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What do climate scientists think?
by Gavin and Eric.
… and why does it matter?
There is a lot of discussion this week about a new paper in PNAS (Anderegg et al, 2010) that tries to assess the credibility of scientists who have made public declarations about policy directions. This come from a long tradition of papers (and drafts) where people have tried to assess the state of the 'scientific consensus' (Oreskes, Brown et al, Bray and von Storch, Doran and Zimmerman etc.). What has bedevilled all these attempts is that since it is very difficult to get scientists to respond to direct questions (response rates for surveys are pitiful), proxy data of some sort or another are often used that may or may not be useful for the specifics of the 'consensus' being tested (which itself is often not clearly defined). Is the test based on agreeing with every word in the IPCC report? Or just the basic science elements? Does it mean adhering to a specific policy option? Or merely stating that 'something' should be done about emissions? Related issues arise from mis-specified or ambiguous survey questions, and from the obvious fact that opinions about climate in general are quite varied and sometimes can't easily be placed in neatly labelled boxes.
Given these methodological issues (and there are others), why do people bother?
The answer lies squarely in the nature of the public 'debate' on climate. For decades, one of the main tools in the arsenal of those seeking to prevent actions to reduce emissions has been to declare the that the science is too uncertain to justify anything. To that end, folks like Fred Singer, Art Robinson, the Cato Institute and the 'Friends' of Science have periodically organised letters and petitions to indicate (or imply) that 'very important scientists' disagree with Kyoto, or the Earth Summit or Copenhagen or the IPCC etc. These are clearly attempts at 'arguments from authority', and like most such attempts, are fallacious and, indeed, misleading.
They are misleading because as anyone with any familiarity with the field knows, the basic consensus is almost universally accepted. That is, the planet is warming, that human activities are contributing to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (chiefly, but not exclusively CO2), that these changes are playing a big role in the current warming, and thus, further increases in the levels of GHGs in the atmosphere are very likely to cause further warming which could have serious impacts. You can go to any standard meeting or workshop, browse the abstracts, look at any assessment, ask any of the National Academies etc. and receive the same answer. There are certainly disputes about more detailed or specific issues (as there is in any scientific field), and lots of research continues to improve our quantitative understanding of the system, but the basic issues (as outlined above) are very widely (though not universally) accepted.
It is in response to these attempts to portray the scientific community as fractured and in disagreement, that many people have tried to find quantitative ways to assess the degree of consensus among scientists on the science and, as with this new paper, the degree of credibility and expertise among the signers of various letters advocating policies.
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Millions of developers are using Eclipse. And several software vendors and consumers. Here are some more examples:
- The General Services Administration's CIO office uses Eclipse as a base for an integrated modeling environment, one that bridges an agency's enterprise architecture with more technical models
- IBM uses Eclipse as the basis for its Rational line of modeling and architecture applications, as well as Lotus collaboration products such as Sametime 7.5, Workplace Managed Client, and WebSphere Everyplace Deployment.
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So what? It aligns with IBM strategy and customer value in leveraging Eclipse and SOA role based application composition that provides an end-end programming model and the ability to leverage a server managed client environment. The value proposition includes flexibility and choice, web 2.0 capabilities, accelerate innovation, and lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) that in turn drives organizational productivity and effectiveness.
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As always, in Communist China, there are no problems, just people having some fun and in the process a few get injured. The Chinese media is making certain their nation receives plenty of stories and pictures of happy and loving Han and Uighurs working together in a city under conflict due to the actions of a few malcontent Hans and Uighurs. Over 200 are probably dead and thousands wounded, but to the Chinese media, it is best to look at the bright side, there are millions of people who never became involved in any rioting. For some reason, this minor affair caused President Hu Jintao to hurriedly leave a major meeting of world leaders, skip a meeting with President Obama and cancel a state trip to Portugal. The departure reveals Chinese leaders were surprised by the extent of the violence, and divided on how to handle still another outbreak of ethnic anger.
The reality is that Han residents of the capital city feel safe, but Uighurs are remaining inside their homes and keeping children from school due to fear they will be attacked by Han hooligans. According to local Communist party chief, U Zhi, "A handful of Han attackd Uighurs and there were a handful of Uighurs who attacked Han." Now, that the handful of peace disturbers are in jail, everything has returned to joyous happiness in the happy land of Communist China.


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I am looking for a compact 9 mm that has sig quality but is lighter.
Please help me if you have shot both the p229 and the pistol you recommend.
I may stick with the sig, depending on what you say.
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I am looking for a compact 9 mm that has sig quality but is lighter.
Please help me if you have shot both the p229 and the pistol you recommend.
I may stick with the sig, depending on what you say.
Stick with the P229....JJ
Sig makes good guns why would you want a lighter gun if I may ask?
229!!! I love that gun!! Gettin mine soon. I've shot glock 26, ruger lc9, ruger p95. I still love the sig. Also the 229 is able to interchange with the .40 sw, .357 sig, 9mm, and .22.
Sig P239 9MM for carry. Sig SP2022 for lightness. But the P239 carries easier then my snubbie.
My 229 weighs just under 30 oz. with the E2 grip in 9mm. A couple of oz. more in .357 SIG or .40 S&W. I really like mine. I think 9mm or .22 are best for practice; .357 SIG is best for carry, but my CCW hasn't come through yet.
Top Gun has a supply of new P228's. Might be a little cheaper than a 229, plus they have the carbon steel slide which Sig purists swear by. They are definitely lighter than the 229.
Get a HK USPc.
stick with the 229 , or go very light/small with a p938 or a g26.
Carried a Sig P229 SAS Gen 2 for probably close to three years. Great gun, never had one issue, just wanted something smaller and lighter, especially in the hotter weather here. Went with a S&W 1911 Pro Sub-compact. But if you want to stay with a 9mm and Sig quality, the P239 might be the way to go.
Yes, I kept the Sig. No way I am parting with it.
If you want smaller and a single stack 9mm then look at the Sig P239........JJ
I just bought a Sig P229 which seems like a perfect pistol. However, I have been using what I will say is a perfect 9, my CZ P-01. I'll put that gun up against a sig any day for accuracy, reliability, good looks, CCW and price! It's a little lighter and easy to carry in a crossbreed. The finish is very durable but I had to line the inside of the kydex on my holster with vinyl to prevent any scratching from occurring. I like to minimize wear marks but you will mark any gun if you use it enough. You can put thin aluminum grips on it to get it down to 1.1 in thick on the body and the aggressive grips are excellent. I ended up giving this gun to my 30 yr old son who just started getting interested in guns. It was time to give him something very special of mine to let him know how much he means to me and how much I respect him. A gun is the perfect gift from a father to a son.
I couldn't decide if I wanted to go to a 40 and ended up getting a gun that can do both. I have always been intrigued by Sig guns, now I have one.
I will also say, the most fun gun I have ever shot is a S&W 629 6in 44 Mag, with strong loads. This is a fire breathing dragon. I'm taking that deer hunting next week.
Have fun and be safe.
I would agree with some of the others that the Sig P239 would be a good alternative to your P229. Kahr also makes some very nice 9mm pistols that are smaller and lighter than the P229. The K9 is all steel construction while the P9 has a polymer frame and would be lighter than the Sig. I have and carry both the Sig P239 and the Kahr P9... Both are excellent quality pistols. Bottom line, go to your LGS and fondle and shoot both if possible and pick the one you like the best.


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That Day, no one will punish as He punishes and no one will shackle as He shackles. ( Surat al-Fajr, 89:25-26)
Despite all of the surrounding evidence, those who have no faith in Allah and who insist upon disregarding His grandeur and power surely deserve a great punishment, for Allah created us, placed us on Earth, and provided us with whatever we need. However, despite all of these blessings, some people insist on denial and even hate believers and try to destroy their faith. No doubt, such people will be repaid both in this world and beyond.
Allah directs some affairs in this world through His Messengers and sometimes punishes unbelievers in this world through the hands of His Messengers. Allah reveals this fact in the Qur'an, as follows:
If the hypocrites and those with a sickness in their hearts and the rumor-mongers in Madina do not desist, We will set you upon them. Then they will only be your neighbors there for a very short time. They are an accursed people. Wherever they are found, they should be seized and mercilessly put to death. This is Allah's pattern with those who passed away before. You will not find any alteration in Allah's pattern. ( Surat al-Ahzab, 33:60-62)
Their fearsome punishment in the Hereafter will continue to exist, unless Allah wills otherwise, for all eternity. Allah created various forms of psychological and physical punishments, for He knows each person's most secret weaknesses. Thus, He is the One Who can give the most suitable punishment. According to the following verses:
But as for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have prepared for them a painful punishment. ( Surat al-Isra', 17:10)
But as for those who are deviators, their refuge is the Fire. Every time that they want to get out, they are put straight back into it again and are told: "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you denied." We will give them a taste of lesser punishment before the greater punishment, so that hopefully they will turn back. ( Surat as-Sajda, 32:20-21)
Tell My servants that I am the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful, but also that My punishment is the Painful Punishment. ( Surat al-Hijr, 15:49-50)
Those before them also plotted, and Allah came at their building from the foundations and the roof caved in on top of them. The punishment came at them from where they did not expect. ( Surat an-Nahl, 16:26)
As for those who were unbelievers and barred access to the way of Allah, We will heap punishment on top of their punishment because of the corruption they brought about. ( Surat an-Nahl, 16:88)
However, we need to remember that Allah creates infinite opportunities for each of us to repent and take refuge in His mercy. When we turn to Him in sincere repentance we will find our Lord to be the most merciful and compassionate, regardless of what type of sins one has committed. Allah gives the good news of His infinite mercy to His servants who sincerely repent:
But if anyone repents after his wrongdoing and puts things right, Allah will turn toward him. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ( Surat al-Ma'ida, 5:39)
2009-08-19 00:24:39But I am Ever-Forgiving to anyone who repents, believes, acts rightly, and then is guided. (Surah Ta Ha, 20:82)


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Very pretty! Would be an awesome tattoo, methinks!
Nice design ramyb! I admit I'm not usually a fan of your more cutesy creations, but this shirt is right up my alley. In for one.
Another extreme cinnamon 5gum advertisement!
Way cooler than any of those Ghostrider movies.
The second I saw it was spelled with a "Y," I giggled with glee.
As an English major, I just have to say... I don't have any explanation for stanza 1's weird rhyme, either.
Eye of the tyger?
CowboyDann wrote:Way cooler than any of those Ghostrider movies.
Obviously someone didn't watch the second Ghostrider.
Ghostrider's pet cat.
Fear my symmetry people!
hobosunday wrote:Obviously someone didn't watch the second Ghostrider.
Honestly I don't know anyone who watched the second Ghostrider.
Is there a message in the artist bio?
I have the same tiger air-brushed on the side of my van. Although, mine is fighting a unicorn, so it's waaay more bad-ass.
Anyway... do you kids want some candy? Come on in.
Reminds me of the awesomeness of the three wolves shirt, hopefully this helps me while I'm out on the prowl.
You've come a long from from turtles, penguins, and rabbits Grasshopper.
Even Balrogs need kitty cats to play with!
Reminds me of a ferocious fall I took while snowboarding once.
and no one has said: needs more forest? Lot of night, lot of tiger...but where's the forest? Green can glow too. Nice flame flow though.
Ah, the beast may seem fearsome, and indeed it does appear to burn with an inner ferocity. However, I cannot help but think how timid and how tamed the burning bright beast would be were I to confront it with a simple bucket of water.
Will I get this one mixed up with my Foxfall shirt? Probably. Do I care? Nope.
So, I searched for the text of the poem to enlighten my uncultured swine of a husband.
I found this really intriguing breakdown of the poem along with some interesting stuff about Blake-as-schizo, from a pathologist, and thought I'd share.
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jwaal wrote:You've come a long from from turtles, penguins, and rabbits Grasshopper.
On the corollary, he's been doing such "flowing" designs since his first print here.
Reminds me of another of ramyb's shirts On The Prowl.
I like the new one better. ;-)
I've seen a lot of ragging on Ramy, so I'd like to mention that I think his two finalists for this derby are exceptional pieces of art.
Is this one going to shrink like crazy? I got a L foxfall and it became a medium when the washer was done with it. It fits okay, but isn't long enough anymore!
I think I'll get an XL of this one just in case.
Draithy wrote:The second I saw it was spelled with a "Y," I giggled with glee.
As an English major, I just have to say... I don't have any explanation for stanza 1's weird rhyme, either.
Blake really wants it to be near rhyme, but that only sort of works. The [ai] diphthong is not too much of a stretch from [tri], to my mind, but the real issue is that the accent of "symmetry" is on the first syllable, so a "good" rhyme would have to start there.
But that's assuming that a "good" rhyme is what's called for here, and the real genius of the moment is that it doesn't work the way to internal ear tells us it should. Just at the words "fearful symmetry," the symmetry of the rhyme breaks down. It's a beautiful example of form--well, sound--matching content. If Wallace Stevens had done it 150 years later, I would've had to hear about it in five different classes by now.
Also, Byron is remarkably literate and expressive, given that he was only six when this poem was published.
Anyone else think it's ironic that this image isn't centered?
I wish fire made cool shapes like that.
Let's see, I like fire, I like cats, and I like black shirts (the last two sometimes cause problems). This is certainly an easy choice!
I love that the positioning on the shirt implies the wearer is belching a chili-tiger burp.
Damnit, how can I not buy this when it's based on the poem I chose to memorize in eighth grade!? Stupid teacher telling me that the Lamb bit wasn't a reference to Jesus.
Tomorrow's shirt had better not be about some poisoned apple tree...
I would've liked it a lot more if it actually related to the poem, rather than just appearing as a shirt of a tiger.
foxzeta wrote:Is this one going to shrink like crazy? I got a L foxfall and it became a medium when the washer was done with it. It fits okay, but isn't long enough anymore!
I think I'll get an XL of this one just in case.
It's probably the dryer, not the washer, although if you're using HAWT water that ages them too. The dryer just cooks t-shirts.
As much as I love Ramyb's cutsey-wootsey shirts, I really like when he pulls off stuff like this. One of my favorite poems AND the image makes total sense.
I would classify this as a "sight" rhyme, but I'm not sure if it qualifies. According to theFreeDictionary.com, an eye rhyme is a "rhyme consisting of words, such as lint and pint, with similar spellings but different sounds. Also called sight rhyme."
The lines flow exceptionally well in this design, making the use of fire and the pose of the tiger seem entirely natural. Ramy you got skills!
Congrats on 1st place. :^)
My finger's are crossed hard for two particular shirts this weekend... super strong derby though.
I have bought one Tyger shirt and have tried at least thirty times to buy one more. A notice comes up that I have already bought one on this account. Am I restricted to one? I sent the first to my daughter And now want one for myself. May I purchase one more?
To the English major and other who are confounded by the half/near rhyme of symmetry, I suggest two explanations:
Blake was all about Wit -- for humor, politics, and satire. He could have been riffing straight off the almost rhyme as a treatise on lack of symmetry. He might have put in the half-rhyme to create a subliminal sense of discomfort in the reader. Blake loved to create discomfort or uncertainty -- both were familiar sensations to him.
Another possibility is that Blake's commoner status meant that the words rhymed to his ear. In a society wherein class dictated the learned use of the language, Blake was raised in the lower class and therefore had a pronunciation stye that was substantially different from the upper class educated English that we hear from his contemporary Romantic-era poets.
Think: "How would Eliza Doolittle say this poem vs. the Professor?"
wollfdove1 wrote:I have bought one Tyger shirt and have tried at least thirty times to buy one more. A notice comes up that I have already bought one on this account. Am I restricted to one? I sent the first to my daughter And now want one for myself. May I purchase one more?
Sorry, WolfDove. The Woot works with one purchase per customer of one to three items.
However, since you didn't hit your maximum of three items, I bet you WOOT would be glad to take your money. If you write to customer service and explain the situation, they will most likely charge your card again and send you a second t-shirt. I think.
If not, the shirt.Woot! is cool in that it's not just a one chance opportunity. In three more days, you can buy this t-shirt as part of the regular Woot stock -- at least until a Reckoning knocks it down.
Have I mentioned all the quirky Woot sales concepts in one post? Wow... It CAN get confusing around here.
Good luck!
Congrats on taking first place, Ramy!
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Dr. Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to the US, he thought he'd escape brutal epidemic deaths. But he began to look more carefully at gun violence — whose spread follows the same pattern as an infectious disease. His conclusion: We've reversed the impact of so many diseases, says Slutkin, and we can do the same with violence. A mind-flipping look at a problem that too many communities have accepted as a given.
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We can now confirm that our FA Cup third-round fixture will be played as under:
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Kick-off: 1.30pm
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The Premier League have confirmed that all games on the last day of the season will kick off at 4pm. Consequently our last game of the season will now be scheduled as under:
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Kick-off: 4pm (previously 3pm)
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The LNHP was founded in 1984 through a partnership with the state of Louisiana and The Nature Conservancy, and is now maintained by LDWF. LNHP was founded with the goal of developing and maintaining a database on rare, threatened and endangered (r/t/e) species of plants and animals and natural communities for Louisiana. In the process of working toward this goal, we have accumulated over 6,000 occurrences of r/t/e species, unique natural communities and other distinctive elements of natural diversity, and identified some 380 ecologically significant sites statewide. A detailed Element Occurrence Record (EOR), which includes precise locations, species population status, and habitat conditions and characteristics, is entered for each species occurrence in the LNHP Biological Conservation Database (BCD). Location for each element is mapped on USGS 7.5' topographic maps, and element locations may also be downloaded from the BCD and mapped in a Geographic Information System (GIS) format. Information for element occurrence records is generally gathered from LNHP staff field surveys, but is also obtained from survey contracts, state and federal government agencies, research studies, university contacts, herbaria, and Louisiana nature enthusiasts. While LNHP has created an extensive database documenting Louisiana's native biological diversity, there are many natural areas in the state that have not yet been surveyed. Records for new occurrences are continuously being added to the database, and current records are updated as new information becomes available. LNHP data is applied to land use decisions, environmental impact assessment, resource management, conservation planning, endangered species review, research and education.
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Dan Popik begins his third season at the helm of the Phoenix men's soccer program in 2014.
Popik saw his 2013 team go 7-7-3 overall and 2-4-1 in the Horizon League. His squad posted vast improvements over the previous season, recording five more wins while also increasing offensive production by 16 goals (29 for the season).
Senior Sam Krenzien and junior Lawerence Talery earned Second Team All-League honors, while freshman Audi Jepson was named to the All-Newcomer Squad. Popik earned his first conference win at Green Bay on October 8 as the Phoenix topped then-No. 24 Milwaukee in double-overtime, 2-1, to reclaim the Chancellor's Cup for the first time since 2010. Earlier in the season the Phoenix also tied with in-state rival Marquette, which was ranked ninth in the nation at the time.
Off the field, Popik's squad took home NSCAA Academic Team Honors for just the second time in program history.
In his first season at the helm, Popik helped coach Sam Krenzien to First Team All-Horizon League honors, while Jordan Dover was named to the conference all-newcomer squad. He also set a high expectation for his players in the classroom, with three players (Sam Krenzien, AJ Patterson, Ryan Wehking) named to the 2012-13 Horizon League Academic Honor Roll in either the spring or fall semesters.
Former Green Bay Director of Athletics Ken Bothof announced the hiring of Popik as the new men's soccer head coach on June 18, 2012. Popik joined the Phoenix from Furman University, becoming the ninth head coach in the history of Green Bay's program.
Popik brings seven years of coaching experience on various levels in addition to six years of playing experience at the professional level. Rated among College Soccer News' Top-20 Assistant coaches in 2011, Popik spent the 2011 season as the associate head coach at Furman University. He helped lead the Paladins to a 14-4-4 record and the program's first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
While at Furman, Popik coached the Southern Conference Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and six all-conference selections while recruiting the No. 5 recruiting class by College Soccer News.
Prior to his tenure at Furman University, Popik served as the associate head coach (2008-10) at North Carolina State University, where he helped lead the Wolfpack to a 10-8-2 record in the 2010 season and No. 9 South Region ranking. In 2009, as a No. 15 seed NC State advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and ACC Tournament finalist.
Prior to being named Associate Head Coach at NC State, Popik fulfilled the role of assistant coach from 2005-08 and coached five players to All-ACC teams. In addition, five players were selected in the MLS Draft during his time at NC State.
As a USSF Development Academy Scout, Popik is responsible for scouting and evaluating games, selecting youth national teams, evaluating practice sessions and coaching training sessions.
Popik's six years playing at the professional level included stints with the Columbus Crew (2006), Los Angeles Galaxy (2004-05) and Milwaukee Rampage (2000-03). For his efforts in guiding his Milwaukee team to the USL A-League Championship in 2002, Popik earned team MVP honors.
A United States Soccer Federation National "A" License Coach and NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma recipient, Popik began his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina in 1997 before transferring to St. John's where he helped lead his squad to a Big East Championship in 1998. The Red Storm also advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both of his seasons at St. John's.
Popik earned a Bachelor of Science Sports Management degree and Masters of Science Parks, Recreation and Tourism from North Carolina State University. Popik's wife, Jodie hails from Menomonee Falls, Wis. and the couple has a son, Gavin.


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By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
MADISON, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 result to Wisconsin Sunday morning at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on the University of Wisconsin campus. The Phoenix falls to 0-2 on the young spring season, while the Badgers improve to 3-0.
Wisconsin took all three doubles matches before sweeping the six singles contests in straight sets. Senior Morgan Weuve (Green Bay, Wis.) turned in Green Bay's best performance Sunday, battling tough with the Badgers' Nova Patel at the No. 3 singles spot before eventually falling 6-2, 7-5.
"Weuve demonstrated great senior leadership," first-year Phoenix head coach Sara Schubring said. "Patience from the baseline and great court coverage kept her in position to take a set off of Patel. Credit to Patel for staying with her game plan and executing clutch passing shots to grab the late break, cutting Weuve's bid short."
Although the Phoenix dropped both of its matches this weekend against Eastern Michigan and Wisconsin, Schubring is confident about the direction the team is headed.
"Consistently choosing high-percentage shots based on court positioning is an on-going theme for our team this spring, and despite being swept in each match, the team showed progress in this area from Friday to Sunday."
Green Bay returns to action next Saturday against Marquette in Milwaukee, Wis., at 5 p.m.
No. 1 - Hannah Berner/Alaina Trgovich (UW) def. Jennifer Bradfield/Rebecca Nelson (GB), 8-2
No. 2 - Angela Chupa/ Aleksandra Markovic (UW) def. Amanda Timm/Morgan Weuve (GB), 8-0
No. 3 - Lauren Gruber/ Caroline Bauer (UW) def. Maria Anderson/Samantha Iwen (GB), 8-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
No. 1 - Hannah Berner (UW) def. Jennifer Bradfield (GB), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 - Sarah Loebel (UW) def. Amanda Timm (GB), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 - Nova Patel (UW) def. Morgan Weuve (GB), 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 - Lauren Gruber (UW) def. Maria Anderson (GB), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 - Caroline Bauer (UW) def. Rebecca Nelson (GB), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 - Angela Chupa (UW) def. Samantha Iwen (GB), 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 1, 4, 2, 5, 3
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$189.99 in August: complaints were loud over the cost for the older tools with non-lithium batteries (although at least one person said their tools worked well):
September woot-off: $149.99 (and tonight $139.99)
Your call.
Makita is a solid brand but $135 for a 14.4V combo kit with the older style NiCd batteries is not a good investment. You could get a Makita or Milwaukee 18V combo kit with the newer Lithium-Ion batteries for $200.
If you just need a small drill and impact driver for around the house you could get a 12V combo kit with Lithium-Ion batteries for around this price.
what a terrible deal, this has been on woot way too many times, nicad? do they work with commodore 64's? what out for this rip off.
Makita or Dewalt? hmmmmm
You couldn't give me these tools with those batteries. I'm not sure you can even get a charger anymore.
Good tools, obsolete batteries.
I have a 20 year old Makita cordless drill that just won't die - even have one of the original battery packs with it. That said, NiCd is a waste, particularly as they discharge over time and will develop a charge-limiting "memory" over time as the nickel crystallizes in the cells.
You can get batteries and chargers even for very old versions (Sears and Amazon among others), but why not get good stuff to begin with?
Oh, and a flashlight doesn't count as a tool...sorry, Woot, but this is a 2 piece set with a bonus shiny.
andrewhallze wrote:Makita or Dewalt? hmmmmm
No contest. With me it's Dewalt or Porter Gable. Dewalt wins unless I find a Porter Gable cheap.
Makita, yes always although don't buy this one. Not enough power. If you are serious about your tools and want them forever, buy the 18V XLT Series.
I've still got these in 12V and a couple others in 14.4.
Makita's quality just crushes most other brands. I've had mine for over 12 years and use them every weekend.
A couple mechanics at work use theirs every day. Same model.
I've had one battery out of 6 go bad but even it still works in the light.
The light is a tool as well. It has an extra bulb under the reflector and the adjustable head makes it a great addition to my collection of tools.
Once again a horrible deal on a horribly outdated set of tools. Maybe a decent deal at $79.99 but even then they are OLD technology. Come on Woot, while your at it, sell us a Motorola "brick" phone for $250 and try to convince us it is a great deal too!
Nobody needs question the amazing quality of Makita cordless! I own makita, dewalt and milwaukee...miles above ryobi. My makita drill fell two stories and still works, left out in rain for a week and works...can't say the same for my dewalt but dewalts no slouch and I use my tools all day every day.
We have had a similar set for over 10 years and we love it! It may be older technology, but the batteries have been generally fine. We thought the batteries were bad and bought new ones, but it turned out a power surge had taken out the charger. Se we went right to Home Depot and bought a new one.
Last year, I tried to upgrade him to the new style and battery, and he hated it. He said the drill was wobbly and the power kept fluctuating. This older model seems to have been made before "planned obsolescence" became the norm. If you need a drill, and want to spend less, this is a great set!
Was giving this some thought, read here and then there and thought NiCd? Really?!
Ummm....no thank you.
Thanks all for the comments and setting me str8!
Seems like no matter how many times they appear on Sellout woot" they won't sell out! There are mounds of good reasons for them not selling every time they appear and of course this time is no exception. As they continue to appear over and over again they should be dubbed, "The Tools That Would Not Go Away".
'Sorry Woot...
Makita = sweet, excellent, I want more.
Ni Cad batteries = bitter, evil, are they even still making them?, wouldn't buy at any price, they'll steadily die over a year - 18 months.
On the positive side, this would be slightly better than having to feed it throw away alkaline D-cell batteries.
Like the Makita brand, but 14.4V? In NiCad??? Wow, no thanks, at any price. Heck, two years ago I bought a Hitachi set of drill, impact driver, light, 2 18V Li-ion batts and a charger in a hard case for $200 from Lowes. Woot should be able to do better than this.
JeffKhaled wrote:Makita is a solid brand but $135 for a 14.4V combo kit with the older style NiCd batteries is not a good investment. You could get a Makita or Milwaukee 18V combo kit with the newer Lithium-Ion batteries for $200.
If you just need a small drill and impact driver for around the house you could get a 12V combo kit with Lithium-Ion batteries for around this price.
I see one problem with the charger specs which say "Input: A.C. Only (50 Hz - 60 Hz)." It does not spec the voltage. When I search on the model number of the charger, I get EU voltage at 230 volts.
Jesus, this again? Mark this pile of crap down to 50 bucks already so we can all buy one just so we don't have to see it waste space for something that might be a worth while deal.
Picked up a Hitachi combo same tools drill, driver and light, but it was 18 volt and Li-ion batteries for $149.99 recently. Back up to $199.99 now, but makes this deal a little less attractive with NiCad and 14.4v.


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- Arsenal's last league game at Emirates Stadium was the north London derby, and the Gunners have now scored more goals against Tottenham there than any other opposition. The teams that have conceded at least four goals at the Emirates are:
Saturday's clash at Emirates Stadium will bring together two of the most aesthetically-pleasing sides in the Premier League for a clash of the pass masters.
Swansea have attracted plaudits since their arrival in the top flight in 2011, and under new manager Michael Laudrup they have continued to entertain. Led by the impressive Michu, the Welsh club have scored 21 goals in 14 matches and have an impressive pass success rate of 86 per cent (only bettered by Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United). Their 6,177 passes - the fourth most in the league - demonstrates their commitment to an attractive, possession-based game and they will provide a stern test for the Gunners.
Arsenal, though, have made nearly a thousand more passes than Swansea and can still boast a better success rate of 87 per cent. With the likes of Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott in fine form, they have also made far more successful dribbles than the visitors (151 to 66), although the Swans have had more success with their crossing.
Defensively, the two teams are relatively well-matched, with Arsenal having conceded three less goals thus far and winning 228 tackles to the visitors' 209. Laudrup's side do have a superior tackle success rate (79.2 per cent to 77 per cent), but the Gunners have been far more successful in their duels, winning 825 to Swansea's 681.
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- Arsenal and Swansea have met six times in the league, with both sides winning three times each
- Arsenal have won just three of their last nine Premier League home games (W3 D4 L2) and two of those have been when the opposition have been reduced to 10 men
- Swansea have won just two of their last 10 Premier League away games (W2 D2 L6)
- Arsenal have conceded a league-high proportion of 71 per cent of their goals in the first half of games this season
- The Gunners are the only team yet to concede a goal in the final 15 minutes of a Premier League game this season
- Theo Walcott has scored nine goals in his last 11 matches in all competitions for Arsenal
- Michu has scored a league high four headed goals from just six headers on target this season
- Only Gerhard Tremmel (85 per cent) has a better saves to shots ratio this season than Wojciech Szczesny (81 per cent) in the Premier League
- Arsenal haven't won of the seven Premier League games this season where they have had fewer than five shots on target
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Gay rights organization to stage 'kiss-in' in front of Chick-Fil-A
posted at 3:10 pm on July 26, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, then the way to an ostensibly unenlightened man's heart must be through his gallbladder. That seems to be the message of Equality Illinois, a gay rights group that plans to protest fast food chain against Chick-Fil-A's opposition to gay marriage by staging same-sex "kiss-ins" outside franchises.
In addition to the blatantly in-your-face smooch-athons, CBS Chicago reports that the group has also designated Aug. 1 an "Eat for Love Day." Activists are urging Chicagoans to eat at a local restaurant that supports LGBT rights and "is unafraid to show its support for equality for everyone."
Has fighting fire with fire has ever accomplished anything other than a larger conflagration? That is assuming, for starters, that the fire-with-fire analogy is appropriate to this situation, which seems more like one in which a person complains that his neighbor is playing music too loud, to which the neighbor responds by spitefully bumping up the volume.
For those unacquainted with Chick-Fil-A's "original sin," the dustup harks back to a company profile published on July 16 at the Christian news site Baptist Press. In it, Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy said, "We are very much supportive of the family—the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
The story soon went viral, prompting supporters of gay rights in the liberal media to dig for other "damning" quotes to hang around Cathy's neck. They found the transcript of a radio interview he gave in June on the The Ken Coleman Show. In it he said:
I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say 'we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,' and I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.
It is no secret that the view Cathy espouses is also held by many Christians and protected by the First Amendment. Predictably, the gay community was vexed by the comments. But rather than demonstrate tolerance for opposing views—a virtue that gays of all people should cherish—they mounted a petition directed at universities and malls that host Chick-Fil-A restaurants. In it, they ask prospective signers to tell Dan Cathy "that hate has no place in a business." But aren't their actions just a demonstration of their own hatred for Cathy and his beliefs?
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Ignasi Miquel turned heads on Sunday with an impressive Arsenal debut.
The 18-year-old Catalan defender was calmness personified against a physical Leyton Orient side and looked to have contributed to a clean sheet until the League One outfit's late equaliser.
Despite his obvious disappointment at conceding the equaliser, the Spaniard still wore a broad smile when he spoke to TV Online after the game.
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- the atmosphere in the dressing room after the game
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- the impact of Tehoue
- making his debut after two unused substitute appearances
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There are a few minor items this week worthy of mention:
1. The CO2 rise. Who dunnit?
Here at RealClimate, we have been (naively, apparently) operating under the assumption that climate change contrarians had long ago moved on from the untenable position that humans are not even responsible for the observed increase in CO2 concentrations over the past two centuries. The dubious paper by Ernst Beck we commented on the other day indicates that there is indeed still a rear guard attack being waged. As if to drive the point home further, pundit Alexander Cockburn, known generally for his progressive views, has perplexingly disputed the existence of any link between CO2 emissions and rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere in a screed he penned this week for the online journal "Counterpunch" (also printed in The Nation). It's hard to know where to start, since his piece is so over the top and gets just about everything so thoroughly wrong, it's almost comical. So we'll just hit the low points: (a) Cockburn claims that there is zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend, despite the fact that not even such strident climate change contrarians as Pat Michaels dispute that there is a measurable influence of anthropogenic greenhouse gases on global temperature. Plus there's all the empirical evidence of course (see the new IPCC report). (b) Going further, Cockburn brazenly opines that 'it is impossible to assert that the increase in atmospheric CO2 stems from human burning of fossil fuels' despite the fact that there is an isotopic smoking gun for this connection. He then (c) fails to understand that water vapor is a feedback not a forcing, and citing 'expert' Dr. Martin Hertzberg, quite remarkably states that 'It is the warming of the earth that is causing the increase of carbon dioxide and not the reverse.' Never mind that isotopic evidence proves otherwise. Upon what evidence does he base this assertion?
Since no anti-global warming op-ed these days is complete without it, Cockburn (d) resorts to the usual misrepresentation of lag/lead relationships between CO2 and temperatures during glacial/interglacial cycles as if they disprove the causal relationship between greenhouse gas concentrations and surface temperatures (see our most recent debunking of this favorite contrarian talking point here). Oh dear.
2. The other (Glenn) Beck–Even Worse!
CNN gave their resident shock-jock Glenn Beck a forum for spreading more disinformation on global warming in an hour-long segment entitled Exposed: The Climate of Fear (see also this discussion by "Media Matters"). We could pick apart his (rather thin) arguments, which constitute the usual cocktail of long debunked contrarian talking points. Suffice it to say, however, that the moment a rhetorician invokes Hitler, Nazi Germany, and Eugenics, it is the moment they are no longer worthy of being listened to (cf Godwin's Law of usenet debates). We don't seem to be alone in our opinion here. Beck's performance earned him the dubious title of "worst person in the world" from analyst Keith Olbermann.
However, there was one amusing moment: Beck asked Christopher 'Incorrect' Horner what the key thing to google was that would show that Al Gore was wrong. Horner suggested the lag between CO2 and temperature in the ice cores. Of course, if you do Google that, the first hit is the RealClimate debunking of the issue. Thanks!
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Letter follows recent Sunday Times article on health professionals offering to perform harmful illegal practice
London, England - Gender equality advocates from Equality Now yesterday wrote to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley reminding him of his legal duty to have due regard to the need to remove disadvantages suffered by women and girls at risk of FGM and offering suggestions as to how his department can help fight FGM.
FGM is an abhorrent practice which causes serious physical and psychological damage to girls and women. Independent studies suggest that FGM is being performed on tens of thousands of girls in the UK today. On Sunday, The Sunday Times reported that health professionals including a dentist and a doctor had been caught on camera offering to perform the procedure.
Though FGM has been illegal in the UK since 1985, no one has ever been prosecuted under its FGM Acts (1985, 2003) even though reporting on FGM has actually increased.1 A 2001 study estimated that 66,000 African women residing in England and Wales had undergone female genital mutilation and 23,000 girls in African communities under the age of 15 were at risk of FGM.2 The World Health Organisation has said that FGM "reflects a deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women."
Yet the Department of Health has no strategy for tackling FGM.
Efua Dorkenoo OBE, of Equality Now, states, "This case illustrates the urgent need for the government to fulfill its obligation to protect all children. The Health Department is uniquely positioned to take early preventative measures to stop this human rights violation against girls and women, which has been occurring unchecked for decades despite the law. Optional guidelines are not enough when a child's health and well-being are in danger."
1Sumanta Roy et al . "The missing Link – A joined up approach to addressing Harmful Practices in London, Executive Summary", GLA, September 2011.
2Efua Dorkenoo, Linda Morison and Alison Macfarlane. "A Statistical Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales", FORWARD, 2007.


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When I was very young, I remember the day when my great aunt was extremely sick and EMS was called to her home. My mother, several other family members and I were with her. When EMS arrived, they were working diligently and tenaciously to help her in her time of need. I remember, even at a young age, how impressed I was with how they treated her and the family.
Finding my way to Lancaster County EMS was the result of a quick right turn into an EMS station one day while on a family reunion trip to my brother's home in Indian Land. Most paramedics have a curiosity about other EMS systems in areas they are visiting and I am no different. Usually I find a system that is woefully in need of better equipment, medical protocols and better personnel.
In 1976, my mother married my stepfather, Robert Johnson, who was an EMT and shift supervisor with Lancaster County EMS. During the next several years, I read all of his EMT and medical books, which gave me my initial interest in EMS.
I initially received my training as an EMT through the military while deployed during Desert Storm as a hospital corpsman in the Navy in 1991. I also volunteered with Bethune Rescue Squad. When Springs Industries plant in Kershaw began its reduction in the workforce, I sought and found full-time employment with Kershaw County EMS as an EMT. I advanced to the intermediate level and eventually became a paramedic/supervisor.
I became an EMT so that I could pay it forward. When I was 21, I had two small children and was a widow, due to a tragic accident. I don't remember a lot about the day my husband was killed, but the one thing that I do remember was an EMT held my hand, hugged my neck and stayed with me until my family got to hospital. The very same EMT came to the funeral to pay respect.
Three years later my, mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and died. Once again, I had another experience with another EMT.
In the fall of 2006, I was the stay-at-home mother of two boys – Matt, 12, and Mason, 4. With my youngest child starting kindergarten the following year, I felt it was time for me to think about going back to work. Most of my work experience was in retail, and frankly, I had no desire to return to it. This was a new opportunity to me, and I wanted a career – not just a job, but a career that would set a good example for my boys and make them proud of their mom.
Downtown Lancaster is celebrating the arrival of spring on May 18 and 19 with the Red Rose Festival. Now in its third year, the rain-or-shine festival offers a chance to come to relax with great music, food and activities.
Events include outdoor concerts, arts, crafts, a kids zone, car show, karate showcase and Radio Disney fun, along with roaming entertainment and more.
Join us from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday, May 18, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, in beautiful historic downtown Lancaster.
McDonald Green Elementary held a family workshop at the school on March 27.
Workshop sessions included Healthy Living presented by Michael Owens, the school's physical education teacher. Technology to raise academic achievement for the 21st Century was presented by Lesley Saxon, the school's computer lab manager and Social Networking was presented by Shandra Hall, school counselor.
The school's Beta Club members served as greeters and assembled personal care packages, that included items donated by Gilliam Dentistry.
Nonprofit organizations like the Lancaster County Council of the Arts depend on the good will of others to be able to carry out their mission in the community. Those of us who love and believe in our work in the not-for-profit sector delight in the shared experiences provided for and by our community "family" members. This month's column will highlight many of the cultural opportunities and events we hope you will share with us.
Arts gala on May 12
Michele Roberts
For The Lancaster News
Members of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church gathered April 14 to pay tribute to the eldest members of the church, with a program entitled "Remembering Our Past, Honoring Our Present, and Celebrating Our Future."
Eleven members of the congregation, ranging in age from 82 to 96, were honored during the program. They include Huretta White, Beulah Benson, Burnez Brown, Carrie L. Waiters, Almetta Cunningham, Creola Moses, Idell Waiters, Charlie Smith, Oscar Hall and Jerry Mingo.
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I did have a foster who was treated with ivermectin injections and the vet declared her cured. She was adopted and ended up infecting the resident dog. What their vet recommended was full body dips, which finally cured the problem.
Sarcoptic mange is often misdiagnosed as food allergy.
Sarcoptic Mange Question
Hi all,
I'm new here. It seems that lots of people here have experience with Sarcoptic Mange, so I'm asking you for help.
I'm fostering a spayed female GSD named Tara. She was kenneled for close to a year before we took her in, in mid-January. She was underweight, itchy, and had hair loss and crusts on her ear tips and face.
Initially, she was diagnosed with food allergies. But, I was never comfortable with that. After doing some digging and talking to lots of dog owners and veterinary staffers, I determined that she likely had Sarcoptic Mange.
All alone, without professional guidance, we surfed the 'net and tried different remedies. Tea Tree Oil was useless and stunk to high heaven. Revolution worked, but only for 3-4 days. We started making progress with Neem Oil, but then she experienced a massive egg-hatch and that's when her whole body broke out. There was literally nowhere that she could be touched without hitting a scab or bump. She was scratching constantly.
I found some posts in this forum that recommended Goodwinol. We got some, tried it on her face and ears, and finally got results! But, what to do with the rest of her poor body?
She was finally diagnosed by an experienced vet in March. She has had 5 weekly Ivermectin injections. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be doing much. They've stopped the progress of the mites, but it doesn't seem to be enough to fully cure her.
In fact, after 3 weeks with little progress, the vet was ready to terminate the treatment and test for allergies. We had to talk the vet into continuing the shots -- mainly because the Goodwinol was working so well on Tara's face. At that point (about 2 weeks ago), I added very small amounts of Goodwinol to all active spots and kept her busy until it soaked in (so she wouldn't lick). Those areas are finally showing some improvement.
Here's her protocol:
Weekly - Ivermectin shots
Daily - Goodwinol and Neem Oil application to affected spots. Neem on all affected and healing areas; Goodwinol on active spots (red bumps or scabs).
Every Other Day - Wash bedding, spray collar with Permethrin spray, mineral bath w/ essential oils (Lavender, Melrose & Thieves).
After a few months of this, the whole family was itching. Tara is now confined to two rooms (my office and the kitchen). Everyone else is doing better. But I still itch like crazy because I have so much contact with the dog. I've been using the Goodwinol on myself, as well as taking Neem Oil baths.
After all of this, we're FINALLY making progress. Tara is STARTING to get better. But I have to wonder, what do I have to do to actually CURE this poor dog?
Has anyone dealt with such a stubborn case of Sarcoptic Mange?
When will I know she's totally free from the mites and eggs?
And once she's cured, what do I have to do to ensure that I don't reinfect her?
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How is it that 12 percent of Germans consent to being organ donors, yet neighborhing Austria has a 99.9 percent consent rate? At a seminar organized by the Regulatory Policy Program on November 29, Professor Cass Sunstein explained that in Austria, citizens are automatically designated organ donors unless they opt out of the program, while in Germany people must opt in.
Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor at Harvard Law School and former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, argued that default rules strongly influence consumer behavior, and that government "choice architects" could use default rules to achieve policy goals.
According to Sunstein, choice architects have three options: set impersonal defaults that are the same for all consumers, require consumers to make active choices about their decisions, or provide personalized defaults that differ by consumer or group. Impersonal defaults may result in sub-optimal decisions. "People typically say 'yeah, whatever, I'll stick with [the default],'" Sunstein said, unless the default is exceedingly unwanted. An active choice model can result in better outcomes, but only for straightforward decisions. "If a situation is unfamiliar and complicated, then active choosing may impose unjustified or excessive costs," Sunstein continued, giving as an example the impracticability of choosing all cell phone options at purchase.
Personalized default rules, conversely, can provide a diverse array of consumers accurate and beneficial rules without the transaction cost. Personalization only works if choice architects know consumers' past choices, or can make frame rules based on consumers' characteristics. Understanding the evolution of preferences over time is also important. Technology has enabled certain industries to personalize defaults, such as storing credit card information online and retaining knowledge about airplane seat preferences.
Lawrence Summers, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor, provided a commentary on Sunstein's presentation. Summers noted that consideration of default rules in public policy should account for the broader context of decisions by private firms. Profit-maximization drives firms to limit choices at the firm-level and market forces naturally yield defaults. Sunstein noted his intent to highlight insights about the power of default rules for private institutions and illuminate ways for the public sector to employ default models to deliver societal goals.
This seminar is part of a series sponsored this fall by the Regulatory Policy Program(RPP) at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. The series explores new directions in regulation. RPP serves as a catalyst and clearinghouse for the study of regulation across Harvard University. The program's objectives are to cross-pollinate research, spark new lines of inquiry, and increase the connection between theory and practice. Prof. Sunstein's working paper is available on the Regulatory Policy Program website.
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I discovered the other main value of a written contract in business. American courts usually define a contract, in general, as "a meeting of the minds."
Sitting down and trying to write down what the contract is invariably reveals, very plainly and very quickly, whether or not a genuine meeting of the minds exists. If it does, the contract will be easy to write. If it doesn't, someone will say "wait a minute, what?"
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This thread has been interesting reading. There are risks picking up crew as well as crewing for a not all there skipper. The AST story was something that grabs your attention.
As the one gentleman pointed out a contract and there were those of you that took exception to that. Regardless of what you call it a written agreement that's discussed agreed-upon and signed by all parties is important. It's easy to forget or did remember definitely what was discussed in the past and that piece of paper is great to refer to later.
I used to get my sailing fix (before I own my own boat) by helping friends move their boats primarily between Alaska and the lower 48. Some trips from British Columbia to Mexico and back. I was fortunate that I had a job that gave me the time to do these trips. I would do this for expenses, airfare groceries. Over time, other people that weren't friends or acquaintances were coming to me for the same services. One individual needed his boat moved from Bellingham, Washington to Seldovia AK. This person was heavy into electronics. He told me about GPS and a program from map tech where you could have charts on the computer. I was really intrigued. We made an agreement that I would skipper his boat and would not be forced to meet a schedule and safety would prevail. If we could not complete the trip and what time we had, we would dock the boat, I would fly back so I could go to work and would come back and complete the trip when I was off.
He went to the boat about 3 weeks prior to the trip started getting things ready. He had his new electronic gadgets all set up, but in neglected things like running the lines, getting the sales out of the bags or any those minor things. It should of told me something. I arrived with a full set of tools, 32 old black-and-white copies of British Columbia charts as he had told me he had charts for Alaska. It took 4 days of work just getting the boat ready to leave with a long list of stuff to be worked on when time allowed.
We went to the grocery store to provision for the trip. At the checkout counter his credit card was denied so I forked mine over (clue number 2). We pulled out of the slip with him at the helm to go to the fuel dock. There was well over 100 foot of dock space without another vessel there. It took him 15 minutes to get close enough that I could throw line to the fuel hand. His credit card worked this time. We had to motorways till we finally picked up a little bit of a breeze and put sales up to see how the vessel handled.
He had pretty well turned over handling the vessel, route planning to me. I would take the waypoints off the laptop (a 486 computer) write them down, and he would enter them into the GPS. Periodically he would take a turn at the helm as the autopilot was nonfunctional. He was always asking me where we were going to stop what was it like, and when we get there. He was spend hours lying in his birth reading the sci-fi novel.
It appeared the problem with the autopilot was that the Gyro needed to sit in mineral oil, and there wasn't enough mineral oil for it to function. We picked up some mineral oil in a pharmacy/drugstore in new Bella. The autopilot when 1st turned on would go nuts, but would settle down and hold decent course. This allowed me to work on other things while he was keeping watch for a couple hours in the cockpit.
Somewhere in the Grenville channel checking the engine oil it was low, 1 quart. I went to get oil out of one of the gallon containers and discovered it wasn't oil but diesel that are been drained out of the fuel filters. Before leaving Bellingham I had made a request that he get enough oil for 2 complete oil changes, as well as other things. We did not have a spare quart of oil on board.
Exiting the Grenville channel we picked up a nice breeze and opted to continue to Ketchikan rather than stop in Prince Rupert. I checked the oil at the fuel dock and we were down 1 1/2 quarts. He only wanted to buy 2 quarts. I requested that he obtained the fluids on my list that I'd given him in Bellingham. Also that he take a shower. He said sponge baths were okay with him. I let him know there were not okay with me, and he needed a shower. This was not something he wanted to do so. I said fine. I would catch the next flight out and he would be on his own.
I discovered that he only had two charts of Alaska, one that covered Kodiak to Seattle and the other one. A detailed chart of Sitka, but his map tech charts should be there a CD any day. He wasn't willing to purchase any paper charts. This was the last straw. I opted to fly back home to go to work. He did not have a flashlight on the boat. Very few tools and his only coat consisted of a light polar fleece jacket. I left my tools, coat, float coat, rain gear and a few charts of Alaska that had been mixed in with my British Columbia charts.
About 9 months later I was able to get a hold of him. He wanted to keep what I had left him for payment, for what I owed him. He told me several other friends have helped him finally get to Seldovia. One had been an idiot because he failed to take off the stern line when he drove away from the dock and ripped the stern cleat out. I was out 5 airplane tickets, grocery expenses and several hundred dollars worth of personal equipment that I've left him because he needed it. We had a verbal agreement that was remembered differently. My mistake.
On another occasion, the owner was not going to be available for the trip and I needed to find crew. One individual can do me with an impressive resume. He was intelligent, articulate, and seemed to be too good to be true. His 1st name was Joe and do a little research and found out there was also a Joshua and a Joseph with the same last name that have multiple felony convictions in all of these guys have the same birthday. Not the kind of guy you want to have crewing with you in the middle of nowhere.
I have skippered friends vessels in one was the best trip I have ever had and that was because of the quality of the owner of the boat. He was an exceptional man that I was fortunate enough to get to know.
There are probably better ways now than there were in the past to determine if you want that person to skipper your vessel or crew for you. Be cautious.
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Originally Posted by jgragrg View Post
The skipper is responsible for life and limb etc and indiscretions of all crew. Its easier to not have them onboard. When I was a teenager, I crewed on many yachts/boats/ fishing trawlers.
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The skipper is responsible for life and limb etc and indiscretions of all crew. Its easier to not have them onboard. When I was a teenager, I crewed on many yachts/boats/ fishing trawlers.
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Looking for Feedback:
This is my first time using this forum. So far (after two days) the response is nil. Am I going about this wrong?
"Crew Wanted
Owner of Cape Dory 36 Cutter is looking for one or two crew. Returning to Annapolis, MD from Southport, NC. Limited experience OK traveling via ICW. Leaving Southport mid-March; Came from Annapolis late October solo and need crew for return trip due to medical issue. Inner ear problem (Menieres desease) results in vertigo. Occurrence is unpredictable."
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Maybe I should have said "Charter" instead of contract.
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I understand Stiff Wind's position on the value of contracts and their enforcement, but I think they do serve a purpose if well written so that all know what is expected and have signed their names indicating they agreed.
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I've moved your post to it's own thread, you'll probably get better response under the new title.
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I am single and ready to retire. Last year I bought a new boat (50') and sailed in Chesapeake with friends. Next year I am going to sail all season May through October on the East Coast (Maine here I come), and in November I am thinking about a Rally to Tortola and spend the spring in Caribbean. However, I am not comfortable doing this all by myself so I am considering taking on a crew of at least one, to ensure safe passages and share the work. Is this the place to find people who wants to sail for extended period? Recommendations please?
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Ya got my attention right there, I had crew step on the boat and say "I don't know how to cook", I'd already paid his airfare.
"how bout sandwiches? can you cook them?"
"How bout coffee? you drink it you must know how to make it?"
"How bout I teach you, french press, you just need to boil water?"
"nope, I don't know how to cook"
I should have bought him a return ticket but had to leave asap.
I can make something hot. when boat is heel over and pitching.
My special boat curry.
big deep pot.
What ever meet is left in cooler. chop up chuck in pot.
some of each vegitable chop up chuck in pot.
Some potatoes. chop up chuck in pot.
Can of Guiness drink some pour rest in pot. other beers work so does wine and or cider.
canned tomatoes chuck in pot
cannned fruit chuch in pot.
look in spice rack open each bottle of spices in turn regardless of label chuck som in pot.
boil the heck out of it.
When hot serve
tastes great.
any complaints you can cook
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