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Author MacLean's Book Reviews
An Affair Most Wicked
Avon, Feb 2004, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0060527056 In 1883, American Clara Wilton notices how happy her sister Sophia is with her ducal spouse of three years. She wants the same thing that her sibling has. Marquess Seger Wolfe is the Ton's number one lover because he gives more to his women than he receives back from them. He knows he will never find love again as he lost his one and only when she died eight years ago. Now he seeks superficial ...
My Own Private Hero
Avon, Dec 2004, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0060597283 In 1884, following the path of her older sisters Clara and Sophia, Adele Wilson crosses the Atlantic to marry an English aristocrat named Lord Osulton. Adele feels she and her fianc� Harold are well suited as both enjoy quiet rather than adventures and prefer rustication as opposed to the big city. But during a short stop on coastal West England, someone abducts Adele from her cabin. The kidnapp...
Surrender to a Scoundrel
Lady Evelyn Wheaton has alway been secretly in love with Lord Martin Langdon. When they were children, he saved her from drowning in an icy pond, but as they got older, he became a ladies man and she became socially awkward. As teenagers, Evelyn participated in a scheme where she and a friend snuck into Martin's room at Eton, only to find him in bed with another girl. Outraged and hurt, Evelyn vowed to never let her feelings toward Martin to ever...
To Marry the Duke
Avon, Jun 2003, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0060527048 In 1881 at the urging of her mother nouveau riche American heiress Sophia Wilson comes to London to marry a title. Sophia hates shopping for a spouse as she has rejected proposals back home because she wants to marry for love. She believes she may have found her love when she meets the �unacceptable Duke� James Langdon. Needing money, James is also attracted to Sophia, so he courts her. However...


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Tuesday 27th August / posted by Karun Cowper
Last week RTRFM's activist program indymedia struck a major coup when they spoke to Wikileaks founder and king of the whistleblowers Julian Assange from his Ecuadorian Embassy hideaway in the centre of London.
Throughout the subsequent week, Assange was assailed by journalists asking him about the Wikileaks Party's unusual and unexpected preferencing in the forthcoming Federal Senate Election.
The man at the centre of this controversy is lead Senate candidate for Wikileaks in Western Australia Gerry Georgatos, and the man who may lose his seat on the back of Georgatos' preferences, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
Alex Whisson and Karun Cowper spoke to them both.Play Wikileaks


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Tim White, SVP marketing at Fashion Bug, and a 30-year retail industry veteran, this week was inducted into the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association's Advertising Hall of Fame. White is currently leading a team focused on building a brand identity at Fashion Bug that satisfies the clothing wants and needs of today value conscious woman. White spent the early part of his career with Kmart, ascending the ranks to become the lead marketing executive for Kmart's launch of the super center initiative. White's compelling branding and advertising programs for the Super Kmart Centers won acclaim from numerous marketing institutions, including the Effie Award for Kmart's groundbreaking radio campaign.
After leaving Kmart, White briefly served as director of marketing for Tandy Corporation's Computer City Stores before moving on to become a key executive member of the team that launched The Great Indoors retail concept, a unit of Sears. White also served as SVP marketing for Linens 'n' Things, where he directed strategic marketing, brand management and customer research to aid in the company's national expansion efforts.


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Re: Practical Sailor magazine
I subscribe to it because it's a good resource for many of the things (radios, foul weather gear, hot water tanks, etc.) that I've been researching. As with so many things about sailing, if you ask 6 people, you'll get 10 wildly divergent opinions. PS is not the gospel, but it does provide a valuable source of aggregated information to help filter your thinking.
Re: Practical Sailor magazine
I think that PS is a fantastic resource. Though I am getting a bit tired of the seemingly endless anchor comparisons that pop up every other issue and the bottom paint article every spring, for my $14 per year it is a steal. I had no idea that my fiberglass Lite Cylinder propane tanks had been recalled until I read it in PS. Not every issue addressed an issue that is relevant to me and my boat but when they do, I have found them most helpful. You can complain all you want about their testing methodology but, bottom line, they are using a methodology and putting equipment through the paces--a whole lot more reliable than what Joe Schmo from down the dock gives you when he tells you that a Spade is better than a Rocna/Manson is better than a CQR is better than a Bruce is better than a Fortress/danforth.
Re: Practical Sailor magazine
The best boating magazine in the business Professional Boat Builder and subscription is free if you are in the marine business.
they also run podcasts on all sorts of boat topics and have free webinars.
Re: Practical Sailor magazine
Just decided to try it out.
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PS is a load of garbage. I subscribed to their crappy magazine for a year, as their advertising had mislead me. I was thoroughly diappointed in every artcle I received. First, it is not cheap. It looks to be some crappy publication I could print off my printer at work with 3-hole binding. Graphics and picts lacking... Well, I gave it a chance, stupidly thinking content might outweigh its flaws. Nope. It is pretty much a West Marine advertising bulletin. That's it. Amen. The rag is so full of bad reviews on products that you can tell who their sponsors are. I felt no remorse for failing to renew my subscription after a year. I only subscribe to SAIL (they have pretty picts and articles for waaay cheap) and Good Old Boat (quarterly, and expensive, but damn well worth the price.) I can go to West Marine for free and hear how great they think their stuff is without a subscription.
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Originally Posted by sailaway21 View Post
Practical Sailor is sometimes not too practical. I let my subscription lapse because of their bias towards testing of items mostly applicable to only the high end, cruising sailor.
Three examples come to mind: I have purchased a FilterBoss dual Racor fuel pump, an idea I saw in a less formal form in ON. I saw in PS the idea of having a reel of line stowed vertically off the arch for stern anchoring or reaching the shore. And finally, I started thinking about all the problems caused by seawater intrusion into fuel and water tanks from deck fills and topside vents, and this lead me to a great old book called Small Steel Craft by Ian Nicholson. Lo and behold, in there I learned that it once was (and may still be) customary to route all vents to centerline goosenecks on pilothouse cabin tops. I think I can improve on this by making a vent manifold with separate shutoffs, and by routing the vent stack, so to speak, inside a brass pole, which can double as a handhold in the pilothouse AND can have a drain **** at the lower end. Even if the boat rolls with the engine running, I have a shot at keeping seawater out of my tankage. Granted, that might be the least of my concerns, but the ideas were sparked by reading PS and Ocean Navigator and realizing that the way things are done today for the average cruising boat is neither sensible nor applicable to the distance cruiser, and the right idea might be an old idea awaiting rediscovery.
Sure, I read the product comparisons and gear reviews, but mainly these magazines get me thinking productively, I hope, about how to improve my vessel.
Originally Posted by tdw View Post
Knowing that you have a steel boat I was wondering if you are a member of the metal boat society ? I was but found I didn't use the site all that often and have since let my membership lapse.
But it is in the back of my mind, because I want to learn to do "light welding" before we go.
Practical Sailor is sometimes not too practical. I let my subscription lapse because of their bias towards testing of items mostly applicable to only the high end, cruising sailor.
I also was somewhat less than impressed with some of their testing methodology. Some of that can be ascribed to the limited resources that subscription revenue only dictates. Some of it can be ascribed to preconceived notions showing themselves, which is something that Consumer's Report shares as a weakness. CR's automobile reviews are next to worthless if you know and love to drive. Car and Driver seems to be able to call 'em like they see's 'em, publish an excellent rag, and still keep ad dollars rolling in. Don't hold your breath waiting on the CR review of high performance rubber for your Honda Civic or the radar detector review. PS could, in my opinion, do much better with some selected ad revenue, and expanded, more thorough, testing.
The fact that they are somewhat mis-guided can only be seen by the evidence here. Sailnet only needs one designated subscriber and he'll update the rest of us. PS needs to deliver more bang for the buck to get my mailbox open again. Good Old Boat currently has priority.
Knowing that you have a steel boat I was wondering if you are a member of the metal boat society ? I was but found I didn't use the site all that often and have since let my membership lapse.
I like Practical Sailor. Don't always agree with them but the good seems to outweigh the bad. Will have to check out Ocean Navigator.
I've been subscribing since 2001, and PS and Ocean Navigator are the only two I get now, although I will pick up selected issues of Good Old Boat.
I just use the search function and find the issue date and then look it up in hard copy. There's few articles pre-2001 that I need at this point because the gear changes in five-year cycles for the most part.
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April 11, 2011
Here They Come!
Let me start by thanking all of you for all your hard work in conservation and the time and effort you put forth for Delta Waterfowl. We greatly appreciate it.
The great news for today is that Delta Waterfowl just got a little stronger in your flyway because the Drift Prairie Chapter of Delta Waterfowl in Jamestown, ND joined the team. We welcome Travis, Barry, Chrissy, and Lynda on board. Let's give a friendly Delta hello and encourage any of your friends and family in their area to look them up on our website www.deltawaterfowl.org
So there you have it. Just like all of us, here is another group of passionate individuals who believe that together we can make a difference when it comes to conservation and advocacy towards the sport we truly love.
We are the only voice who will stand up for the rights of waterfowl hunters and together we are heard!
"Take the Drake"
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Barnard News
Professor Alexander Cooley has been named director of the Harriman Institute, one of the world's leading academic institutions for the study of Russia, Eurasia, and East Central Europe.
Design plans unveiled at year-end party
'Once' featured in the weekly magazine's poetry column
Art history professor reflects on expansiveness of new museum and its inaugural exhibition
Economics professor considers regulators' enforcement of securities laws
Peer Career Advisors gather for a closing dinner.
Sociology professor honored by John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation
Barnard junior wins gold at international competition in Uzbekistan
Lifetime achievement award from the Society of Behavioral Endocrinology honors Silver's contributions to science and academia


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'Peca would fill in many of the Flames' gaps and supply the leadership they lack. Plus, the Buffalo Sabres would be more than happy to see their holdout headache go west instead of joining a potential playoff foe in the east.'
Peca perfect remedy for Flames' funk
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text: With Max Aaron being the newly crowned US champion, it seems like Max, Ross, and Jeremy are the 3 men likely to go to the Olympics next year, and that's IF the men get back 3 spots this year which will be hard given the depth of the field. Anyways, I'm curious to hear peoples thoughts, do you think any of these guys has a realistic shot to make the Sochi Olympic team, and who do you think will/should stick around after next season? It seems like the USFS is finally starting to recognize Farris' talent, is still supporting Rippon despite no quad attempts at this past Nationals, and is more than willing to give Dornbush big scores when he delivers. Mahbanoozadeh is more of a question mark, but he was on the podium last season. Do you think any of these guys could be contenders on the World level after 2014 when I expect we'll see several retirements and the level might drop down a bit? Do they have what it takes to become heavy hitters in the next quad, and are they likely to stick around that long to see? (I expect obviously Farris will skate through 2018 at least, but there seem to be concerns that he is too boring, which might hold him back).


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I have a FAL ordered and should receive it sometime this month and have some questions regarding the 620A Scope Mount.
This mount replaces the normal top cover, yes?
I'm thinking of making this FAL a multi-purpose rifle. So, my idea was to buy two of these mounts -- red dot on one -- scope on the other. If I want to shoot short range -- put the top cover with the red dot on. Long distance? Pull the entire mount and sight off and slap on the scoped one.
Question is...will the respective optics return to zero when this assembly is pulled and reinstalled?
I was figuring this is viable, because I would think you have to remove the mount/top cover to clean the rifle anyway.
Is the idea of multiple topcover/mounts for multiple optics a good one, or am I asking for problems doing this?