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"Rewriting the rules about sensitive and sensible development," is how residential architect editor S. Claire Conroy described the focus of this session. In separate presentations, speakers Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED AP, of Michelle Kaufmann Designs; Randy Brown, FAIA, LEED AP, of Randy Brown Architects; and David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, of David Baker + Partners, Architects, explained how they're addressing the issue in design and practice.
What emerged were three different approaches to bridging the gap between architect-designed custom homes and what the majority of home buyers can afford. Kaufmann shared the story of how she started her own modular factory. Brown discussed his efforts on a green, modern pocket development outside of Omaha, Neb. And Baker advocated high-density, mixed-use projects that foster active community in urban San Francisco neighborhoods.
Kaufmann's quest for "making thoughtful sustainable design accessible" began with her and her husband's search for their first home. The young couple couldn't find anything they liked that they could afford, and neither could many of their friends. Kaufmann's disgust at the volume of senseless development they were seeing inspired her crusade to provide modular "homes designed for clean, simple living." Today, her firm only does modular houses and even operates its own factory. Preconfigured modular designs (including The Glidehouse, based on her own home) and fully custom modular homes are available The Builder series—her newest creation—offers designs for large-scale development. Kaufmann says people want green to be easy, adding that factory-built houses reduce construction waste by 50 percent to 75 percent. "We've brought automation to every other industry," she said. "Why not housing too?"
Brown followed with his tale of creating a Modern EcoVillage in conservative Omaha. It began when his family launched their own development company. "I found a McMansion on this amazing 2-acre site adjoining a nature preserve, so we bought it," he says. He then designed a "circled wagons" configuration for the site that will eventually yield 12 houses. The economy dampened Brown's hopes of completing and selling all of the houses—including the remodeled existing home—within four years. Fortunately, he can wait for things to improve: profits from his commercial development projects allowed him to pay off all loans on the property. Brown's design for infill development in a single-family format will eventually give Omaha a taste of his contemporary aesthetic and environmentally friendly philosophy.
Baker concluded the session with an in-depth discussion of ideas he put forth in his keynote address, "Shelter and Delight: Improving the Livability, Affordability, and Sustainability of America's Housing." Baker talked about how his firm's ultra-high-density projects positively contribute and interact with surrounding neighborhoods. Reducing or eliminating parking was a common thread. It's a practice that this architect, who bikes to work daily, preaches enthusiastically to developers and city planners. He showed several options for replacing bleak parking structures with vibrant community spaces. Other strategies for making these dense designs livable include the integration of public, semi-public, and private green spaces. Baker showed examples of inviting entry courtyards that connect to the street, as well as concealed interior greenways shared by residents. He also touted the benefit of balconies, even if they are small, as "private bits of the outdoors and visual connections to the larger community."


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1. To oppose him, A LUMINOUS INDIVIDUAL (1ST REFERENCE) CALLED MUHAMMAD MAHDI (2ND REFERENCE) OF THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET WILL COME TO LEAD the people of sainthood and perfection, who are bound to the luminous chain of the Family of the Prophet, and he will kill the current of dissemblers, which will be the collective personality of the Sufyan, and scatter it. (Letters / Fifteenth Letter - p. 79)
2. THAT SUPREME PERSON (3RD REPETITION) of the Last Days will be a descendant of the Prophet (saas)… (The Rays / The Fourteenth Ray - p. 440)
3. THAT PERSON (4TH REPETITION) will make a program of research already conducted by that community and writing, by which he will have fulfilled his first duty. The force and spiritual host on which that duty depends consist of students who are in full possession of the qualities of purity and loyalty and solidarity. No matter how few in number, they are regarded as being as powerful and valuable as a spiritual army (Emirdag Addendum, pp. 266-267)
4. … And I told them: "I am not a sayyid [descended from our Prophet (saas)]. Descendants are unknown in this time. Whereas that GREAT PERSON (5TH REPETITION) of the End Times will be from the Ahl al-Bayt [be descended from the Prophet (saas)](Emirdag Addendum, p. 267)
5. I believe I am a servant of this WONDROUS PERSON WHO (6TH REPETITION) will appear in the future, a rear-guard to set a background for him, and a pioneering soldier of that GREAT COMMANDER (7TH REPETITION)... (Barla Addendum, p. 162)
6. Since His custom has proceeded in this way, certainly, at the time of the greatest corruption at the end of time, He will send a luminous person as both the GREATEST INTERPRETER (8TH REPETITION) OF THE LAW, and THE GREATEST RENEWER (9TH REPETITION), AND RULER (10TH REPETITION), and HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) (11TH REPTITION) and as GUIDE (12TH REPETITION), AND SPIRITUAL POLE, and THAT PERSON (13rd) REPETITION) will be from the Family of the Prophet. (Letters / Twenty - Ninth Letter - Seventh Section - p.515)
The above qualities used in this passage from Bediuzzamanın clearly refer to those of a single individual.
7.... luminous person
8.... greatest interpreter of the Law
9... ruler
10... Mahdi
11... guide
12... spiritual pole
13... person
14. Until the true lords of the broad sphere of life, THE MAHDI (14th REPETITION) and HIS STUDENTS come in the End Times, by Almighty Allah's leave, and broaden that sphere and cause those seeds to flourish. (The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 172) (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 72)
15. These three qualities being present at one time IN ONE PERSON or community, and their being perfect and not impairing one another seems very remote, or even impossible. In the End Times, they can only come together in the GREAT MAHDI (15TH REPETITON) and the collective personality of his community, who represent the luminous community of the Ahl al-Bayt [the line of the Prophet (saas)]. (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 139, The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 186)
16. …… The collective personality of the holy COMMUNITY REPRESENTED BY THE MAHDI (16TH REPETITION), has three duties. (Emirdag Addendum, p. 265)
17. The most important and greatest and most valuable of the three duties of THE PERSON AWAITED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WHO WILL COME IN THE END TIMES (17TH REPETITION) is to spread the true faith and to save believers from deviation. (The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 9)
18. It appears from this truth that THIS HOLY PERSON (18TH REPETITION) WHO WILL COME LATER…(The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 9)
19. ... There will be such intellectual trends at that time even IF THAT PERSON (19TH REPETITION) WHO IS TRULY AWAITED AND WILL COME IN A CENTURY'S TIME comes at that time, since he takes everything for his own account... (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 57)
20. ... YET THAT GREAT PERSONAGE (20Th REPETITION) OF THE END TIMES WILL BE FROM THE AHL AL-BAYT [descended from the Prophet (saas)]… (Emirdag Addendum, 247-250)
21. In the narrations are various different prophecies about THE MAHDI (AS) (21ST REPETITION) (The Rays / The Fifth Ray - Second Station - p.112)
22. ...Said stated in his protestation, saying: "I am not a Sayyid, AND THE MAHDI (22ND REPETITION) WILL BE A SAYYID," thus refuting them (The Rays / The Fourteenth Ray - p. 407)
23. ... But flowers appear in the spring, and the ground has to be prepared for sacred flowers such as that. I understood that with this service of ours we are preparing the ground for THOSE LUMINOUS PEOPLE (23RD REPETITION). (The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 189)
24. ... Certainly, the elevated ardor in that huge force will surge up and HAZRAT MAHDI (24TH REPETITION) SHALL COME TO LEAD IT, guiding it to the way of truth and reality. (Letters / Twenty - Ninth Letter - Seventh Section - p. 516)
25. ... ... a guide, a kind of Mahdi and reformer comes in every century, but in terms of discharging each of these three duties, none have received the title of THE GREAT MAHDI (25TH REPETITION) OF THE END TIMES." (Emirdag Addendum, p. 260)
26. ...one interpretation of these various narrations is this: THE GREAT MAHDI (26TH REPEPTITION) WILL HAVE NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS. He will carry out duties in the world of politics, the world of religion, the world of government, and in the many spheres of the world of jihad (intellectual struggle) ... (The Rays / The Fifth Ray - Second Station - p. 112)
27. … HAZRAT MAHDI WILL HAVE NO TIME AND BE IN NO STATE TO PERSONALLY (27TH REPEPTITION) protect believers from depravity (prevent them straying from the true path) and to perform that duty for the whole world, leaving nothing behind, and with much research... (Emirdag Addendum, p. 266-267)
28. ...TO GIVE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL (28TH REPEPTITION) TO COME recalls his three duties at once, it would be wrong… (The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, p. 9)
29. …THAT PERSON (29TH REPETITION) WILL STRIVE TO PERFORM HIS (30th REPETITION) GREAT DUTY with the help of all believers and the assistance of the Islamic union, and of scholars and teachers and of millions of loyal people from the Ahl al-Bayt (the line of the Prophet (saas)) present powerfully and in large numbers every century. (Emirdag Addendum, p. 266-267)
30. ...We anticipate from the divine mercy that HIS (31st REPETITION) community and the community of sayyids will fullfill those duties. (Emirdag Addendum, p. 265)
31. ... THE PEOPLE who will disperse the darkness in a century's time may be the students of HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) (33RD REPETITION). (The Rays, p. 605)
32. THE MAHDI'S (34TH REPETITION) LUMINOUS community... (Letters / Twenty - Ninth Letter - Seventh Section - p. 516)
33. Also, the CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GREAT MAHDI (35TH REPETITION) do not fit the narrations alluding to the earlier Mahdis, and these have become allegorical Hadiths. (The Rays, p. 582)
34. ... THOSE INDIVIDUALS (36TH REPETITION) OF THE END OF TIME will be known through the insight and the light of belief. (The Words / Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p. 355)
35. Moreover, they imagined the mighty works belonging to the collective identity or community which those individuals represent to be in their persons and expounded them in that way, so that they ascribed a form to them whereby when THOSE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS (37TH REPETITION) appear, EVERYONE WILL RECOGNIZE THEM.. (The Words / Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p. 355)
36. ..The fact that the fifth and sixth signs are connected personally to HAZRAT MAHDI (38TH REPETITION) and that this command refers to THIS GLORIOUS INDIVIDUAL (39TH REPETITION) is a truth like a powerful Sun that will eliminate the skepticism of those who harbor doubts and reinforce their credence. (Barla Addendum - Letter No: 111 - p. 1452)

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I am doing some research for a mail order lab in the UK. It is a long standing company with 78 years of history behind it.
There have been major changes in the photographic sector as you all know and I wondered if anyone had any suggestions for how the industry could improve its service for you.
With regard to
delivery time?
services you would like to see?
How would you like to be able to pay?
How do you want to be able to submit work? ie downloadable order forms.
Any other gripes or examples of good service?
Your comments gratefully received.
Many thanks
Mail Order Processing
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Interesting, I think companies should still offer services for black & white and film photography.
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Does anyone know if the Digital Rebel w/Black Body will be coming to the U.S.?
I believe it is only available in Japan right now.
Black Body Digital Rebel In U.s.?
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Brown Posts Triple-Double as Green Bay Rolls, 92-57
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – When Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) blocked a program record 11 shots during his sophomore season, he finished shy of a triple-double with eight points and nine rebounds. On Saturday night at the Resch Center, the 7-foot-1 senior took care of all three categories to post the third triple-double in program history (15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 blocks) as Green Bay (2-1) defeated Minnesota Duluth 92-57 in non-conference men's basketball action.
Brown's block total was the second-highest in program history behind his school record set on Jan. 14, 2012 against Wright State. Green Bay's 13 blocks on Saturday (Jordan Fouse 3) are also the second most in program history behind the 14 team blocks that the Phoenix had in the same game against Wright State. The Phoenix has blocked 31 blocks in three games this season.
Javier Mendiburu had the first two triple-doubles in program history, with the last coming Feb. 5, 2005 at Youngstown State. Brown becomes the first Horizon League player to record a triple-double including blocked shots.
Junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.), scored the first nine points of the game en route to a game-high 21 points. The point guard finished 8-of-9 from the field with three dunks. Sykes is averaging 21 points per game through three contests and is now 63 points shy of 1,000 for his career.
With Brown and junior Greg Mays (Chicago, Ill.) each grabbing 10 rebounds and sophomore Jordan Fouse (Racine, Wis.) collecting nine, Green Bay held a 47-36 advantage on the glass. The Phoenix shot 59.3 percent from the field for the game (32-54), including 66.7 percent (16-24) in the first half as Green Bay took a 47-25 lead into the break.
Helped by the 13 blocks, the Green Bay defense held the Bulldogs to just 27.9 percent shooting from the field (19-68).
Green Bay returns to action on Thursday, opening play in the Great Alaska Shootout against Pepperdine at 8:30 p.m. CT. The contest will be nationally televised by CBS Sports Network.
All tickets for the 2013-14 men's basketball season are on sale now. For more information about season tickets, ticket packages and more, please visit the ticketing page at GreenBayPhoenix.com.For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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'"I had my skates on an hour before [practice]," Ruff said after the Sabres skated in Amherst. "You anticipate the first game. You're excited about getting going. We've had a good camp. We've got a great atmosphere around here. We really just want to finish what we started last year."'
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To save the Everglades
The challenge: To restore and preserve south Florida's natural ecosystems while enhancing water supplies and maintaining flood control.
The issues: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is bogged down by rising construction costs and a sluggish funding and construction timeline that spans three decades.
The solution: The Acceler8 expansion program, which will complete eight CERP stormwater treatment area projects ahead of schedule. The projects provide half of the needed water storage for CERP and clean water flowing into the Everglades.
The timeline: Acceler8 projects began October 2005 and are scheduled to be completed in 2010.
The cost: $1.8 billion
The Everglades is a dying ecosystem. Once as large as 3 million acres, the Everglades habitat has shrunk by almost half. For well over a century its wetlands have given way to homes, businesses, and farms as south Florida's population boomed.
Now that the Everglades's natural water flow has been altered to civilize Florida, civilization is attempting to alter the wetlands again—this time to save the Everglades.
"The goal is to improve water quality and get the right amount of water back into the Everglades," says Randy Smith, public information officer of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).
The problem lies in a complex system of canals, roads, levees, and pumping stations that eliminated the Everglades's natural drainage system.
Built first to drain the wetlands for settlement, and later to provide flood control after devastating hurricanes during the 1920s and '40s, the flood control system works so well that it's starving the Everglades of water. Meanwhile, farmlands added phosphorous in the form of pesticides and insecticides to the runoff water, which polluted the remainder of the Everglades. More than $11 billion is being invested to reverse the damage.
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)—the largest ecosystem restoration effort in the world—was approved for federal funding by Congress in December 2000. The plan calls for capturing fresh water that flows out to sea under the current canal and levee system and holding it in reservoirs and deep wells, to be redirected and released gradually to areas that need it the most. This process of capturing rainfall and slowly releasing it into the land mimics what was once the natural flow of the Everglades.
CERP includes tearing down levees, filling canals, and constructing new water storage areas on land formerly preserved for agriculture and new development. Constructing more stormwater treatment areas (STAs) is an important element of the plan because STAs reduce phosphorous levels before they enter the Everglades, says Smith.
But CERP has not gone according to plan.
For one thing, construction costs are skyrocketing. Another hindrance is the timeline: CERP includes more than 60 elements that will take more than 30 years to construct. What's more, although $1.4 billion was authorized to begin work in 2000, state and federal sponsors must return to Congress every two years to get new projects funded.
SFWMD found a way to speed construction with the Acceler8 expansion program—aimed to hasten the funding, design, and construction of eight of the most critical CERP projects. Florida is using general revenue dollars and "creative financing" to fund the $1.8 billion program, says Smith, by borrowing and selling Certificates of Participation—federal bonds for environmental projects. So far the state has raised $2 million, and plans to sell enough bonds to cover all Acceler8 costs.
Work began October 2005; land has been cleared and test cells have been constructed and verified as viable design models for reservoirs. With Acceler8 already in place, the Everglades should experience some positive benefits by as early as 2010—more than 10 years ahead of schedule.
"It's a very aggressive schedule, but we thought it was important to complete these projects before the original federal funding schedule called for it," says Smith.


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Well here is my progress on the helmet, spent all day working on it using the toothpaste method and spray coat, an got a little to go.
Ignore the first 3 pics, those are of my other helmet
Helmet pics
Not only does it look good but it smells minty fresh!!!


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So, I am a bit of a detective and think I have cracked the internet. If you need to know what social media/network site is right for you then your answer is here.
FaceBook= Spying on your exs.
MySpace= Mail order brides
Linkedin= Transferring RL success to Epeen
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text: His 2nd and 3rd jumps are simply ridiculous! The more I see Drummond play the more I understand why he fell to us. This kid has a ton of physical tools and gifts, he's big, strong, extremely fast, quick, has a solid feel for the game, a great soft touch around the rim that Shaq and Dwight Howard can only dream about and jumps so high that he can get his whole head above the rim from a standing jump........but with all of that he still hasn't figured out how to put it all together on a consistent basis. I picture Drummonds game a like a big puzzle with all the pieces spread apart, some people take those puzzles and put them together quickly, some take a little longer than others and some never put the puzzle together. I sure hope Drummond learns how to put it all together because if/when he does.......We very well could the most dominant big man in the NBA.


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"If a team needs a bunch of balls this is a great ball at a great prize. Bought several for my children as practice balls since they each have a favorite team ball." (E3528)
"It is a very sturdy construction. We have only had it for a few weeks but seems like it will hold up well." (E73754)
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- Silvertone metal frame.
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- Side gussets; hinged at the bottom.
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The Palestinian Authority is euphoric about having more then $7 billion pledged at the Paris Donor Conference that would be used to rebuild the ravaged economy of the nation. However, there continues to be considerable skepticism as to whether this money alone is sufficient to get the Palestinian economy functioning or to ensure widespread public support for the leadership of President Abbas and Fatah. Economist Adel Samara dismisses hopes for genuine economic recovery while Palestinians live under Israel occupation. "It is akin to trying to breed fish in toxic water," he noted alluding to restrictions by the Israeli army on free movement of individuals, goods and services within the West Bank and in Gaza. He charges Israel will only allow economic success if the Palestinian Authority agreed to give in on political considerations. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad underscored the grip Israel exerts on Palestinians when he noted; "The Palestinian economy is fully under the Israel occupation's control. Israel controls all the borders and border crossings of the occupied Palestinian territories. Not a needle can get in or out of the West Bank without an Israeli consent."
The 650 roadblocks inn the West Bank makes for difficulty in conducting normal economic activity. Money alone is not sufficient to quick start an economy in which goods can not readily get to market. The Israel government continues hoping economic pressure will result in political concessions. It is a Catch-22 situation, if the Palestinian Authority gives in politically to obtain economic freedom, it will lose political power which will only result in growth of Hamas which, in turn, will reduce the desire for political concessions. The other factor in the mix is the well known corruption that is part and parcel of the Fatah movement. At this point in time, Palestinians needs a government run by economists who have both economic and political power to transform the PA into a vibrant economy. Will Israel allow that to occur without first demanding political concessions?


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It has been my pleasure to have been teaching Automotive Technology for over 25 years at this writing. It has been my goal as an instructor to have my classes be as close as possible to the 'real ' world so students are prepared for what is in their future. I started in the automotive world as an Apprentice for a couple years in an independent shop in Massachusetts. This is the norm for beginning in a trade. The second step was Journeyman, where I took my show on the road. I learned air conditioning in Florida, alignments in Philadelphia and transmission repair and electronics in New York. This is where I achieved Master Technician status for Toyota, General Motors and ASE, the National Accreditation for Automotive Service Excellence. I was a service tech for over 15 years, shop foreman in a dealership for two years and a Service Manager in a five-franchise dealership for four years when I started teaching at CCC. I got my BS degree Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Oswego '95 in Vocational Technical Education.
Along with my interest in all things mechanical, I enjoy winter sports like skiing and ice boat sailing. In the warmer months I enjoy sailing, power boating, kayaking, motorcycling, and hiking. I think it is important to pursue other areas of interest to keep yourself fresh so you can have longevity in your occupation and enjoy your life.
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My name is Greg
Johnson., my friends call me the "Moose Man". I am the owner of Bear
Lodge, home of the Raging Russians(R) located in Michigan's Upper
My goal is to
transform big game hunters into Dangerous Game Beast Slayers.
If you have ever dreamed of
hunting real Russian Boar then I recommend you cruise this website and
find out for youself if Russian Boar Hunting is right for you.
The Russian Boar has a massive
head with razor sharp tusks. He has a huge hump on his back,
strong power legs, a thick hide, and a heavy coat. He is built
with dense bones, solid muscles, and small hindquarters.
The Boar is designed by nature
(survival of the fittest) for fighting and breeding. He has a thick
shield (I call it a "Grizzle Plate") that protects his vitals during
The Boar's well developed Grizzle Plate is like dense fingernail
cartilage that shields the lungs heart, and liver making the Boar a
virtual tank.
The shield located beneath the
hide can be seen when the Beast is skinned and quartered. Unlike
a tank, a Boar is lightning fast and has Tusks and heknows how to use
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text: Yeah but Montana won plenty of big games to compensate for one dud. Starr got murdered once on Thanksgiving by the Lions but has two super MVPs and plenty of championships to compensate for it. Favre has had plenty of duds but has a ring and three straight MVPs. And he never failed to show up like Manning did Sunday. Has Manning ever won a big game? Let him win a few playoff games on the road before we cannonize this guy.


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Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died aged 56.
The legendary head of the company had been suffering with pancreatic cancer since 2004 and earlier this year stepped down as CEO to be replaced by Tim Cook. He had assured the world that he would remain involved with Apple by being chairman of the board but sadly his time in this position was cut short.
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being" read a statement on Apple's website. Meanwhile the homepage simply shows a portrait of him looking intently at the camera in signature black polo neck and chin scratching pose, with the years of his birth and death alongside - a fittingly minimalist tribute to the man's style, passion and intensity.
His family also paid tribute in a seperate statement, adding "Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.
"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.
"We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief"
US president, Barack Obama also paid homage saying "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it".
Once great rival and former CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates, said he was "truly saddened" to hear of Jobs' passing and acknowledged the "profound impact" he had on the world. While Google CEO Eric Schmidt described him as "the most successful CEO in the U.S. of the last 25 years," and said that "He uniquely combined an artists touch and an engineers vision to build an extraordinary company. One of the greatest American leaders in history."
Steve Jobs lead the company through many of its brightest periods, overseeing the launch of the the groundbreaking colourful iMac, the iPod, the iPad and the iPhone. His death came just a day after Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S.
He leaves behind a company that is second only to Exxon Mobil in market value, with Apple valued at $351bn (£227bn).
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Those look like some healthy swarms!! You started wearing nitrile gloves or did you always wear them?Keith
Nice. You make it look to easy. Try it without the astronaut suit. :)Sincerely,Brendhan
Good information once again.You know I am very nervous about this whole swarm catching thing. I keep waiting for my phone to ring and I am anxious what it will be like. That's why I keep asking the questions over and over again.Thanks for your helpAnnette
You can make clumps of bees move a certain direction when you smoke them. Usually away from the smoke. And then you can have them move toward the entrance of you box. Bees in box happy times.Sincerely,Brendhan
Annette, you know I am at your beck and call, that is, if, I can get you away from the beemaster! :-D...JP
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Old Fool...You nailed it...As I have mentioned many times on this forum there are true painters and there are applicators....anybody can apply paint, it's how it looks and lasts that makes the difference between the two. For the OP and I'm not trying to offend you, Single Stage paint was not designed to be clear coated...I don't care what is said about this, the fact is when it's sprayed and sprayed properly it's designed to be shiny. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be called single stage...I think they might give it a name like "base coat, clear coat". If it was designed to be clear coated why would it have a shine after you put it on your vehicle before you put the clear on.
The top surfaces are cracking in my opinion because the Single Stage was applied to heavy on the top surfaces and the more product you put on the longer it takes for the catalyst (hardner) to completely react with the paint (You can catalyze a gallon of paint and it may have a pot life of an hour or more, yet you spray the paint and it's sets up in minutes, not cures but sets up). I don't feel that it's a problem of trapped solvents as much as trapped catalyst. You have a catalyst for Single Stage...it may have a part number like LSH80 and your reduction is 4 to 1 for example, your clear coat has a hardner with a part number like DQ7500 with a reduction of 2 to 1...2 part numbers that don't resemble each other, 2 reduction ratios that in no way shape or form appear to be compatible. When the catalyst in the Single Stage hasn't had the time to react with the Single Stage paint and is top coated with a product with an entirely different catalyst who knows how long the product will last? I'm not a chemist and unless a person applying the paint is a chemist it's good advice to stick the tech sheets.
As I mentioned, I don't want to offend the OP, in the future if you paint a vehicle and you want to clear it use base coat clear coat. Your chances of having a problem like this occur will be minimized. If you did it this way because base coat cost to much....well, it took over a year to find your answer why base coat costs more.
By the way...I do seriously appreciate that you want to learn and I'm sorry that you had to learn the hard way...We all have had things happen like this....sometimes I think this trade is more of an art than a trade.
I watch a shop full of guys at work and the differences between them are amazing. One was an apprentice when he came to the shop having been in the business for only a couple of years, just about everything he did as far as real collision work, replacing body panels and frame rails and stuff like that, he did for the first time after he came here. He is amazing, he beats the rest of the shop in efficiency by a TON. He blows everyone away including me when I was on the line. He hardly ever breaks anything, he hardly ever has a come back, he is simply amazing. Then there is another guy who has been doing this for many years, almost 20 at this shop alone. He is the slowest in the shop and breaks things every single day, can't take off the most simple moulding without breaking it. I can see him working from my desk and have watched him do the damnedest stuff. The other day he was taking off a bed moulding off the top of bed side of a Ford truck using a long clip tool simply prying it off, pry POP, pry POP, breaking most every one of the retainers and worse yet bending the panel up where the retainers hold the edge of a square hole, bending it up a quarter inch, no kidding! Then denting it an inch from the hole with the bottom of the clip tool. I walked over and said "why don't you use a long needle nose plier? He said he didn't have one! He has $10K in tool boxes, no kidding, one was $8500 and recently he bought a roll around cart like box for $950 yet he doesn't have a long needle nose plier in one of those boxes? I went and grabbed one from my box and removed the rest of the moulding very easily with zero damage to the moulding or bed side. He has ZERO passion,just does it every day fighting thru everything he does. It is fascinating really, he is working much harder at the job because he has put no effort into learning, thus he puts much more effort into "just doing it".
There is another guy who's father taught him the trade and he will make ANYTHING straight. When it goes over to the paint shop, it is DONE. Often the other guys will go back and forth between the paint and bodyshop correcting things.
It is so interesting seeing the differences out in front of you like a movie, yep, passion can make up for a lot. So even if you aren't a "Natural" you can force yourself to be passionate about the subject and get much better. But without the passion, the guy who isn't a natural is going no where baby.
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I have never been through any type body and fender training so I can't comment on it specifically but my experience elsewhere applies just the same.
I worked in the trades all my adult life.
30 Years in an aluminium rolling mill as a millwright, a welder, and a pipefitter, then the following 10 years since in the construction trades as a pipe fitter.
What I have observed over the last 40 years are there are 2 basic types of journeyman.
The first is the person who went through all the training, learned the theory about and how to do things they were trained in class or on the job.
The second type is the person who had the same training or not, learned a lot about it on the job , and has a natural aptitude to do the craft.
I call the second type a natural,although they could be a hack or an artist about their work. They have the "knack" .
People admire an artist that can draw a beautiful picture, me included. They say that person just has the natural ability.
People admire the Olympic athlete and their ability to perform at the highest level of their event.
Again it is mentioned they are just a natural.
The same thing applies to the trades, some can just grasp it in their head, almost be able to see through a steel case and diagnose a gear box or such, or take a set of blue prints and see the built structure before ground is broke, or equipment is assembled.
While experience does play a part, the natural ability will always elevate the Craftsman.
Another observation I have made is a person that excels in their field is almost always anal .
Thanks for reading my rambling thoughts
This guy, I don't know what to think about him, he has no passion what so ever in the science of paint. If you have no passion you can go to a hundred classes, you are going to walk away with nothing. Where you and I would test things and see where the boundaries are and so forth, he could care less, it's just a job.
|for painting it's always better to know all the dos and don'ts before you even spray a gun. With bodywork it's get a fender, put a dent it, and heck, you could even somewhat fix the dent with two nice sized rocks if you had to saying unga bunga. For painting you have to read up on lots of details before even picking up a gun or you will be throwing away money. So I'm surprised you guys even had a painter that can't recognize that you spray a spray out card the same as you would the vehicle. This is all mentioned in I-Car and common sense. If he's I CAR platinum as I am at refinishing then he should know this. Is he I car platinum? The new role certified?
|I painted the truck, first time painting a vehicle it wasn't perfect but i was pleased with the outcome and was glad with what i learned. The hood was painted on the truck, i took a closer look and it does appear to be on the horizontal surfaces more than the vertical portions of the hood so it makes sense that maybe those shifted causing the clear to crack. My other question is why a year after did it do it? Sorry for the questions but the more I learn the better I will get at it.
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|Your absolutely right Brian...it's so hard to tell and that's why I was wondering if the cracking was anywhere else. In many cases like this, if the person who painted it saw what was happening and he was honest, the paint problem would be solved immediately. If it's only the hood that's cracking (not the sides, not the cowl not the tops of the fenders or any adjacent panel) the painter screwed up. How about this...the truck got painted, everything looked good except the hood, maybe to much dirt, a big bug right in the middle of the hood, whatever. The truck had to go and they had to put everything back together so take the hood off, re-shoot it while the other guys reassemble the truck....the painter pounds the paint on, throws the hood on the truck and see ya later. I've seen that happen more than once in a body shop (not the cracking paint part so much but taking a hood off to repaint it while the rest of the truck is getting the bumpers headlights grill etc. put back on it so it can leave a 5 o'clock)
Often WAY more material is applied to the horizontal surfaces, so the question is, was it painted off the truck, or if it was on, does the cowl at the edge of the hood have the same cracking? If the cracking were to go to the edge of the hood yet the cowl isn't cracking and the hood was painted on, then it HAS TO BE something under the paint on the hood. Figuring out what happened is very hard with out getting all the information. Was the hood painted off the truck but hanging from hooks vertically? When you walk into a shop as a rep looking at a problem you literally are a cop looking at a crime scene and you ask many questions and look at what is in front of you. With just a few words on a forum is pretty tough.
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|I can appreciate what your saying Brian but, that's why I asked if it was cracking anywhere else...like the roof. Sides, if what your suggesting is the cause, I can see them not cracking because you can't put paint material on as heavy on the sides as you can on a hood, roof or deck lid, (no deck lid in this case because it's a truck). So if the problem was a soft substrate underneath the clear the roof should be cracked as well. If it's only the hood...I'd like to know if the hood was painted off the truck. I've seen painters when they paint a hood off the vehicle just pound the material on...then I could accept the rational.
The reason for "cracking" in most any finish is the upper film gets hard faster than what's under it, plain and simple in my experience that is what could cause "cracking". The film under the clear has "moved" do to it being uncured and soft, just like the ground moving under concrete, the concrete cracks.
Die back of course as Ray mentioned is most common with this but "cracking" is VERY uncommon these days with Urethanes. So I am just going back to the old standard that when something is hard laying over something that is not, the hard cracks.
|I will try to post some pictures later im going to work on the truck. The cracking looks like somebody broke a hard boiled egg shell and is mainly on the hood all over it evenly. I didnt need to do any body work on the hood other than repair a few small dents. I painted the truck in July it was about 90+ plus that week using a slow reducer and waited longer to clear because i was told to when using the SS.
Yep, sometimes it's a matter of semantics.
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Keith was born Toby Keith Covel in Clinton, Oklahoma, in 1961 and grew up mostly on a farm in Moore, near the outskirts of Oklahoma City. He took up guitar at age eight, inspired by the country musicians who played at the supper club his grandmother ran. He listened to his father's Bob Wills records and fell in love with Haggard's music. He worked as a rodeo hand while in high school, and after graduation, he found work in the nearby oil fields. In the meantime, he formed the Easy Money Band and played Alabama-style country-rock in area honky tonks. After about three years, the oil industry hit a major downturn, and Keith turned to playing semi-pro football for a USFL farm team, even trying out (unsuccessfully) for the short-lived league's Oklahoma City franchise. Following two years as a football player, Keith decided to focus on music and adopted a much more rigorous touring schedule. He cut a few records for local indie labels, and his demo tape eventually found its way to one-time Alabama producer Harold Shedd, who helped Keith land a deal with Mercury.
Keith's self-titled debut album was released in 1993 and made him an out-of-the-box success with its chart-topping single "Should've Been a Cowboy." Three more songs from the record -- "Wish I Didn't Know Now," "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action," and "He Ain't Worth Missing" -- made the Top Five, and the album sold over two million copies. "Who's That Man," the lead single from his second album, Boomtown, was released in late 1994 and became his second number one; Boomtown hit stores in early 1995 and went gold on the strength of further Top Ten hits "Upstairs Downtown" and "You Ain't Much Fun." Keith followed it later that year with the holiday record Christmas to Christmas and returned with the proper album Blue Moon in 1996. Its first two singles, "A Woman's Touch" and "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You," went Top Ten, and the third, "Me Too," gave Keith his third number one, also helping the album go platinum. Released in 1997, Dream Walkin' marked his first collaboration with prolific producer James Stroud, with whom he would work regularly from then on. "We Were in Love" and the title track were both Top Five hits, as was "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying," a duet with Sting. However, Keith longed for an even bigger breakthrough, and he was growing dissatisfied with Mercury's promotional efforts. In 1999, he left the label and followed Stroud over to the Nashville division of DreamWorks.
Keith's label debut, How Do You Like Me Now?!, appeared in late 1999 and started to bring him the wider recognition he felt poised for. The title cut went to number one on the country charts and brought him his first Top 40 pop hit; its follow-up, "Country Comes to Town," went Top Five, and "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" also hit number one. Overall, the album had a rough, brash attitude that helped give Keith a stronger identity as a performer. It was also the first to bring him those long-desired major industry awards, when in 2001 the Academy of Country Music named him Male Vocalist of the Year and named How Do You Like Me Now?! its Album of the Year. In the meantime, Keith became more visible in the mainstream media, appearing in cameos on Touched by an Angel and in a Dukes of Hazzard TV reunion movie, as well as co-starring in a series of telephone commercials. Later in 2001, his follow-up album, Pull My Chain, became his first to top the country charts and also his first Top Ten pop album. It spun off three number one singles: "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight," "I Wanna Talk About Me," and "My List."
Keith was already a burgeoning superstar when he recorded "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" in the summer of 2002. A raging response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the song struck a fierce chord with aggressively patriotic listeners, while others condemned it as knee-jerk jingoism. The whole controversy came to a head when ABC News anchor Peter Jennings objected to Keith's scheduled performance on a network Fourth of July schedule. Keith was axed from the guest list, and the ensuing media flap proved to be a publicity coup. Meanwhile, the song went to number one on the country charts and crossed over into the pop Top 25. All of this set the stage for Unleashed, which sold like hotcakes upon its release later in 2002, debuting at number one on both the country and pop charts. "Who's Your Daddy?" was a number one country hit, and the Willie Nelson duet "Beer for My Horses" also made the country Top Ten.
In 2003, Keith released Shock'n Y'All, which, despite its title, was chock-full of enough rough-and-rowdy hits to once again connect hugely with heartland America. Honkytonk University followed in May 2005, the same year that Mercury released Chronicles, a collection of three of his biggest albums: Toby Keith, Boomtown, and Blue Moon.
After departing from Universal and longtime producer Stroud, Keith established his own company, Show Dog Nashville, and in 2006 released the label's first record, the number two hit White Trash with Money. A year later he released Big Dog Daddy, the first album he produced himself, and also a holiday album, A Classic Christmas. Keith continued his steady pace over the next few years, releasing That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy in 2008, American Ride in 2009, and Bullets in the Gun in 2010.
Clancy's Tavern, which appeared in 2011, was inspired by his grandmother's club, which he visited frequently as a child. Keith was also selected Artist of the Decade at the American Country Awards in December of 2011. Clancy's Tavern gave Keith a pair of hits in "Made in America" and "Red Solo Cup" -- the former topped Billboard's country charts; the latter reached the Billboard Top 40. In the fall of 2012 he returned with another new album, Hope on the Rocks, which was preceded by the single "I Like Girls That Drink Beer." Neither "I Like Girls That Drink Beer" nor the album's second single "Hope on the Rocks" went further than 17 on the charts, and Keith soon returned with his 17th album, Drinks After Work. Released almost a year to the day after Hope on the Rocks, Drinks After Work appeared in late October 2013; it was preceded by the single release of its title track, which peaked at number 28 on the country charts. The follow-up, "Shut Up and Hold On," made it to number 49. Keith released "Drunk Americans," the first single from his forthcoming album, in October 2014 but it took another full year before 35 MPH Town materialized, preceded by the title track as a single in the spring of 2015. ~ Steve Huey
Selected Discography
Track List: 35 Mph Town
Track List: Drinks After Work (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Drinks After Work
Track List: Hope On The Rocks (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Hope On The Rocks
Track List: Clancy's Tavern (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Clancy's Tavern
Track List: Bullets In The Gun
Track List: Bullets In The Gun (Deluxe Version)
Track List: American Ride
Track List: That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy
Track List: Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits
Track List: Big Dog Daddy
Track List: White Trash With Money
Track List: Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums (Toby Keith)
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Track List: The Best Of Toby Keith - 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
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Track List: How Do You Like Me Now?!
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Between ordering a cap and gown and the ceremony invitations, senior year can seem to revolve around graduation. But much of the year is devoted to students selecting the next step to take after walking the line.
With graduation behind many of the local students, now is the time they begin preparing for the next phase of their lives. Graduates will take many paths, including attending college, enlisting in the military or entering the workforce.
By NANNETTE JOHNSTON
I had the opportunity recently to visit with a dear childhood friend. We talked about many of our favorite memories and then she said, "So, tell me how things are going with Hardin County Schools."
My response was, "Wow. Where do I begin?"
I honestly can say that in all of my 30-plus years as an employee of Hardin County Schools, I do not recall this level of energy and excitement. The number of awards is growing and the opportunities for our students increase with each passing day.
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LaRue County Schools is well into its first year of district-wide implementation of a student program designed to motivate all students involved, advance their individual capabilities and at the same time, create leadership opportunities through the use of technology.
By GARY FRENCH
Elizabethtown Independent Schools and Elizabethtown Community and Technical College would like to take this opportunity to recognize and applaud the efforts of our local Brother to Brother Academy.
The Academy has been in existence for five years and currently has 21 males enrolled, eight of whom are students from Elizabethtown Independent Schools.
Students active in performing arts might be accustomed to conveying emotion on stage through their body language and facial expressions.
But when the performance is a puppet show, that body language and those facial expressions must be communicated through an inanimate object.
That was part of the challenge for drama students at Elizabethtown High School as they presented "Panther Tales," a collection of short plays in the form of a puppet show. They performed for younger students.
Like many other students at John Hardin High School, sophomore Christopher Narmi has found the performing arts beneficial in a variety of ways.
At 15, Narmi already knows he wants to be a professional musician.
Narmi, who is in choir and speech, performed in the school's production of "Hairspray" in February. He said being involved in theater, choir and speech has helped him develop rhythm and an ear for music.
The performing arts, he said, also allow him the opportunity to be creative and expressive.
Blake Stephens knew from an early age that he wanted to be a missionary. Now he's gaining experience he needs while still in high school.
Stephens felt strongly enough about pursuing a career in ministry that he created the co-op position at Severns Valley Baptist Church in which he's now serving. He thought the experience of working in a church would help him accomplish his ultimate goal of becoming a missionary.
"I feel like I am being called into a missionary field," Stephens said.
Recent scores released on EXPLORE and PLAN tests show LaRue County students are on track to be ready for college coursework by the time they graduate high school.
EXPLORE is given to all eighth-grade public school students and PLAN is administered to all 10th-grade students in Kentucky each September. The assessments, precursors to the ACT college entrance exam given to all public high school juniors in the state each March, test knowledge in English, math, reading and science.
A Central Hardin High School student has turned a love of animals into a career-building experience.
Shelby Highbaugh heads to Helmwood Veterinary Clinic every afternoon to spend part of her school day working in and learning about the field of veterinary medicine. Highbaugh is a co-op student and a senior at Central Hardin High School.
She has worked at the clinic since the beginning of the school year. She wanted to pursue veterinary science and the experience would ensure that this was the field in which she wanted to work.
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Spring in Kentucky brings the promise of March Madness, junior ACT assessments and Elizabethtown High School's Power Pact.
Power Pact, an educational partnership, was formed in 2001 between Elizabethtown High School and Kentucky Utilities as an initiative of the Gear Up (Gaining Early Awareness and College Readiness) grant administered through Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.
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Check out the silky leash method. It conditions the dog to understand that giving in to leash pressure is a good thing:
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She doesn't understand the leash. I am no expert dog trainer either.
We have had a leash on our 8 week old pup from day 1. However, I didn't want the leash to be traumatic to him. He would struggle under leash pressure and I would immediately give him slack, Squat down and call him to me. He usually came right away without the leash pressure.
That progressed into a very short and VERY light tug, (not a leash correction) then immediately gave slack. More to get his attention than anything. He seemed very responsive to this. Sometimes it took two of these in succession to get his attention. I would call him while doing this and we started walking.
Now at 10 weeks we are starting to use the leash as a training tool and not just to keep him from running into traffic etc. We are just starting to teach leash pressure and what it means. Tone of voice, light pressure, maybe a "come" with some excitement and a slap on my hip to get him excited.
This is combined with some heavy bonding so he trusts me. I am no longer the ogre that is dragging him around by the neck. Use treats if you want/need if that is what will get her to forget about the leash.
I'm not that crazy dog person but some common sense and your ability to understand what the dog is going through is crucial at this stage. She was just removed from her mom, brothers and sisters, the environment she knows and is with new people in a new place and now this person is dragging her around by the neck. I would be a little apprehensive too.
I am making that sound worse than I am sure it is. I am just trying to make a point. I am not insinuating that your doing anything bad. The first couple of weeks, bond with the pup, work on potty training and crate training and use the leash to keep her from harm only. Some dogs take to it easier than others. In my opinion she first needs to trust you.
She's a bitty baby that, at 7 weeks, was not only taken from her mom a week earlier then is recommended (or legal in most states) but also has no idea what a leash is about.
At this age is should just be so you don't lose her.
The main 'training' you should be doing is ---> http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...s-puppies.html
you have a very interesting name. . your pup might not be pulling
because she hates the leash. she might be pulling because she wants
to go home. when my pup wanted to go home i encouraged him
to go a little farther. when we headed home i would walk past my house
and then turn around and go home.
to help with the leash training i put the leash on my pup and let him drag
it around the house. if you do this watch your pup closely. you don't want
the leash getting caught on something and you don't see it.
if you don't know how to train a dog find a trainer. it's well worth it.
when ever i walked my pup i kept him on my left side. i was setting
him up to teach him "heel". he had plenty of loose leash time and
no leash time.
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7 week old just hates her leash. She will walk with me about 10 feet then pull away. Ive read here to change directions but to me that would be givin in to the dog and tugging on her just makes it worse. Been workin on this about 10 days. Any ideas would be great
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I'm searching for my first pair of boots and don't have a lot of chances to spend time at stores trying on pair after pair. So I ordered three brands in my price range at my favorite online shop and tried them all on. I was surprised by the results. Here were my observations and thoughts, from a noob's perspective. But first about me:
Weight: 145 lbs
Regular shoe size: 8.5
Experience: beginner, just want to do groomed slopes and maybe park
Looking for: best value and quality in an entry level boot
DC Phase 2014, size 8.5, Grey Wash
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Thoughts: Decided to try these on first since I wasn't expecting much from them and only ordered them for comparison. But I liked them! Very comfortable. Straight-forward, didn't seem like it was trying to do anything fancy but looked and felt like a quality product. Light-weight, liked the look. Laced up nicely and I was hurrying through it. Inner and liner felt comfy. The fit was good, about what I expected from an 8.5, snug but not tight, didn't feel any heel lift and I could have done a better job lacing.
Burton Invader 2014, size 9, Black/Grey
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Thoughts: Since the DC's went well, thought the Burtons would blow me away. They didn't. First thing I noticed, no inner lacing system. Just velcroed to the tongue. Then I put them on and ouch, the top part of my foot (instep?) was super tight and uncomfortable. Okay fit length wise. Laced them up and just didn't feel supportive. Read good things about these so perhaps I need to take my time lacing these up and maybe they perform awesome on the mountain. But trying them on just didn't feel right. Light-weight though and the styling is cool. Like the green accents and little details. Just didn't dig them.
Forum Tramp 2013, size 9, Black
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Thoughts: Also read good things about these, expected to really like them but unfortunately, I didn't. The size 9 fit snug, a little tight even. The inner lacing system was kinda weird, like it only tightened in the middle near my ankle. Plus, the pull strings and the lock felt flimsy and unreliable compared to the DC's. Also, the front piece of the inner lining was narrow compared to the DC's which was really fat and wide. I didn't like that it velcroed together. The inside of the heel has this ridge at the back which I guess promotes your foot to be lodged in which felt okay but maybe that's what made it feel a little too snug. It looked nice in photos but in person, I didn't like the style as much. Personally didn't like the front toe part where they are stitched upward together. Little details lacked quality which was disappointing. Maybe they take a lot of adjusting to feel right? And maybe they perform better than they initially feel and look? Without being able to actually use them, it's falling short of what I expected.
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Thoughts: Super tight. Was expecting this when I felt how snug the size 9 already was. I like this color better. Couldn't wear it though.
So, in my quick try-ons in my living room, the DC Phase is the winner. Am I missing something? Would I be totally wrong if I was able to get out there and try all three out on the board? Does your experience differ? I'd appreciate any thoughts and advice. Thanks!
I just bought a pair of the same Burton invaders. I'm usually a 9.5, but 8.5 was what I needed for the Invaders. Try going down a half size or a whole size.
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Just a word to point out that Media Companion is not dead - in fact it's more alive than ever.
Christmas seen Media Companion finally move to open source. There are already half a dozen developers signed up, and at least a couple of them are very active.
It will probably take a while to clean the code up and iron out some of the bugs, but I would imagine that in a month or two you should start to see some big improvements.
MC is being developed on CodePlex, and if anyone is interested in working on this project then we would be happy to see you.
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TV Show Support has now been added to the latest build.
As people reading the Media Companion forum, I have had great difficulty finding time to continue development of this project alone on my own. After much consideration I have decided that perhaps the best option is to make the whole project open source, and hopefully increase development of the program.
Following advice I have uploaded the code to CodePlex, the project can be found at http://mediacompanion.codeplex.com/ and will be licenced under GPLv2
I know that this is likely a busy time for most people but for those who have expressed a willingness to get involved I will be happy to add people to the project, there is no doubt a lot to do with perhaps the first order of business probably being to clean up the code and identify buggy areas. As a fairly mature project with little documentation in the code I dare say that a lot of explanations will be needed and I will try to make myself available as much as possible, especially at first.
People who are needed
A Coordinator, I have every intention of remaining involved in this project, but I would like at least one other coordinator to work with me. Ideally this role will be given to someone I am familiar with, perhaps someone who has made valuable contributions to either this forum, or MCs own forum.
Programmers familiar with Visual Basic .NET 2.0, prepared to spend a lot of time understanding many thousands of lines of code written in perhaps an unorthodox manner. As I have stated before, I am a completely self tought amateur programmer who is a little out of his league now.
Perhaps you have no programming skills, but would like to be involved. Editors can be involved in making the project pages look as good as possible, keeping the project information current, perhaps creating the wiki or just updating the RSS feeds.
For everyone else, perhaps you could sign up to codeplex and give media companion your rating, perhaps follow it. This interest will help attract developers to MC.
I am hopeful that this move will allow MC to grow and develop much beyond what I could accomplish on my own.
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Thx billy
Works fine so far.
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The menus do not work for me, only "Tools" has a "Rebuild movies" option
Since you're using external scrapers, is it possible to use the xbmc scrapers?
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Does Media Companion Gen2 now use Nicezia's ScraperXML library so that it can use XML scrapers from XBMC?
Would be great if it could share scrapers with XBMC, this scraper editor also makes it easier to edit scrapers:
If not, is that planned for the future? ...and when, if ever are you going to open source Media Companion?
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THx billyad2000, great start for the new generation, work for me...i'm sure that only fews improvements and it will be perfect
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Thanks man, my favorite media manager returns!
Are you planning on features like extrathumbs and media flagging?
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eriksmith200 Wrote:The menus do not work for me, only "Tools" has a "Rebuild movies" option
As I said, I rushed this release out, the main menu items haven't been added yet, although MC doesn't really need them.
At the moment MC is not using XBMC scrapers, although looking at Gamester17s post then it may be time to implement this feature.
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Just a couple of things I noticed:
1)If I choose preferences-scraper-'disable output log', the check mark doesnt get saved.
2) The version I was using before this one finds all 714 of my movies. This one only finds 611. All the movies are in one folder.
Edit: It looks like it is not finding my 'iso' files.
Other than that, love the new interface. Much cleaner!!
Thanks Billy!!
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Louike Wrote:Thanks man, my favorite media manager returns!
Media tagging is already implemented, just enable HD Tags (that does not include the studio tag hack)
What do you mean by extra thumbs?
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dtviewer Wrote:Just a couple of things I noticed:
Need some more info in the fault,
is the fault on finding already created nfo files, or when you are searching for new media?
I've tested this and MC has no specific problem with iso files. It detects them just fine.
if all your movies and nfos are in the same folder, and it's loading some, but not all, then I can only suggest that their are xml errors within the files.
You can test this by opening one of the nfo files in internet explorer or firefox. If there is an error you will get a message. Just delete the bad nfo(s) and rescrape.
One of the disadvantages of using xml parsing is that it has zero tolerence for any errors in the xml. On the other hand. since the output is now created properly, these errors should not happen now.
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Gamester17 Wrote:Does Media Companion Gen2 now use Nicezia's ScraperXML library so that it can use XML scrapers from XBMC?
Media Companion does not use Nicezia's ScraperXML library YET!
I've been offline for a few weeks and I wasn't aware of it's existance. If it works as well as it appears to at first glance then i'll be certainly looking to implement this asap.
TBH Media Companion can be open sourced now, I keep thinking that I will tidy the code up and include some documentation, but it never seems to happen, I just have not got the time, it's even worse now, a great deal of code needs pruning. If anybody wants to wade through the code then they are welcome to it. Although I have not got the slightest idea about how multiple people keep their work in sync.
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dtviewer Wrote:Just a couple of things I noticed:
Sorry, forgot to comment on that one,
That option, along with a great many others is not at this time enabled. I could have spent another week or two making it 100%, but with the movie scraper being broken, i just concentrated on making sure the basics were ok.
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Thanks for releasing this. I had to try MIP and i did not care for it. Yours is WAY better IMO. Everything that is enabled seems to be working great for me. It seems faster also.
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Thanks for the reply Billy.
I was wrong about it being just 'iso' files. It is some 'iso' and some 'avi' files that dont show.
A little more info for you:
I was recently using MC 2.135. All my movies are stored on my NAS in one folder. (\\Dansserver\movies)
Some of the movies are avi files, some iso files. ALL have nfo, tbn and jpg files generated by MC 2.135, and all show perfectly in xbmc with thumbs and fanart.
Today I downloaded the new MC gen 2 and added the \\dansserver\movies folder and clicked the scan folders for new movies button. MC Gen 2 says 'Displaying 611 of 611 movies'.
If I close Gen 2 and open 2.135 it shows 724 movies.
Zack And Miri Make A Porno[2008] does not show in Gen 2, but did in 2.135. This is an avi file. You've got mail [1998] shows in both. (also avi.)
Edit: After rereading your response to me it looks like exactly what you suggested: corrupt nfo files. I will delete and rescrape them. Thanks!!!
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billyad2000 Wrote:Media Companion does not use Nicezia's ScraperXML library YET!
I've been out of the loop awhile as well, checked out the scraper and it seems pretty straightforward, still have things to try out with it, but a great step towards UMC (formerlly UMM).. your new gui is slick, clean, and straightforward, I'd vote it be the base for UMC (if your still up for that one).
In about 2 weeks i'll be able to really start to hammer on UMC, to be honest I'm not sure of the current status, but will be checking it out.
I think what we need for that is a wrapper around the scraper xml so we can pass in an object and return it's propertys (i.e. pass in movie object and have it populated).. that should also work for the web gui and other os's as well. there's a bunch to figure out, and alot of the initial drive kinda was lost of the last month or so while I've been handling some personal matters.
I guess my point is that if you are still up for it, i'd like to get together in a few weeks to hammer out some details with the team.
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Just a warning -- she is not fully vaccinated and should not be WALKING in the neighborhood either. You are putting her at huge risk of parvo walking around the neighborhood not fully vaccinated.
A dog park and pet store are the worst places to take a timid dog. She will be bullied and over stimulated. It will not work out well.
My advice -- immediately STOP walking her. She's young, you are frightening her more and more, and you are on the quick trip to parvo land.
Find yourself a good private dog school. NOT petsmart or petco, like a real place that is indoors with good trainers. Once she is vaccinated fully, start with a puppy kindergarten. Training, socialization, and other dogs. Each week your trainer can suggest a couple appropriate outtings to build confidence. Keep going with obedience school - basic, intermediate, advanced. This builds socialization with people and dogs in a controlled environment and also confidence as she gains success. An agility 1 class also brings confidence as the dogs master the different obstacles.
Forcing a timid dog to "face her fears" does not work. Dogs don't understand "oh just get over it you are OK" like you can do with children.
Work with a trainer on confidence building appropriate activities and add more and more different experiences as she ages and can cope. For now, you can have people visit and maybe an adult fully vaccinated healthy well balanced dog visit. Have a different person come every day. Do things at home like different surfaces, climbing on things, different noises, riding around in the car, watching things from windows.
Please don't go walking her around the neighborhood not fully vaccinated. Don't keep forcing her into really scary situations. It will only teach her the world is a very scary place.
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After she is completely vaccinated I hope to take her to dog parks and into pet stores but I don't want her to be freaked out. What should I do or have you done in this situation? Will she grow out of it in time or is it something I should be really worried about since I know during the puppy stages is when she needs to be socialized. Please any advice would be great. Thank you for your time!
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