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Samsung all the WAY!!!
I have a four camera Samsung unit with DVR. It connects to the internet and can email/text me when the cameras are triggered or other events. And yes, you can watch live from a browser or smart phone (I don't)
I keep mine recording 24 hours a day and do not use the motion sensor to trigger recording. It takes up more disk space but I like to keep 'em rollin all the time if you know what I mean.. I can store an entire week of footage if I use two cameras and about 3 days if I run all four. Currently I am running two cameras. One that covers my driveway up to my front porch and I can see the apartment building across the street. The other cameara views my entire front yard and sidewalk..(Im the creepy neighbor!) I live in a so so area, some realllly nice houses and some very, very sketchy apartments...
Mine is not wireless but they do have wireless ones. I did extensive research and also have a few neighbors who have systems as well. We all went with various Samsung models.
Samsung is the leader in these devices and offers 24 hour customer support for free for the first year. Ive been thrilled with mine and actually handed over footage and had people busted for dumping couches on the sidewalk across the street. I gave the footy to the apartment manager, not law enforcement. The tennant came back and got his couches when confronted with the footage! FUCK YEAH SUCK IT ASSHOLES!!!
depending on what you want to spend, how many cameras you want and if you want wireless you can spend anywhere from 200-1000
my system is wired and came with 4 cameras--2 night vision and two day vision. The system cost under 300 dollars from Amazon (prime baby!) Worth every single penny. Yeah I have a couple ugly cables tacked under my eaves and a couple holes drilled in my walls, aint no thing. The cameras themselves are passive and do not require power, just video cables.
The DVR software is easy to learn and use and I can buy nicer cameras later. i.e. I want to replace my two day only cameras for night vision and I plan to do so.
Check your local laws for legallity regarding a sign stating property is under surveillance. Where I am it's illegal to record anyone INSIDE without warning but just fine to record them outside. I have my cameras in a fairly obvious location and just the sight of them deters a lot of people from entering my property. I can't tell you how many times Ive reviewed footage and seen people trespassing up my driveway, make eye contact with the camera and turn away. I get less menus and fliers put on my door for sure. As a single chick who lives alone I wouldn't have it any other way..I love my system and can't say enough great things about it. Tho I am tempted to get a sign that says "SMILE you're on CAMERA" just to freak people out.
and oh yeah be prepared for your guests asking you for the bedroom footage. That's the first thing friends say when they come over. "so uh...where else ya got the cameras eh?!?"
Home video surveillance options... advice?
Hey guys.
Im looking to intall a few cameras in/around my house. I want to avoid monthly monitoring fees - I'm looking for something that I can purchase as a package and then be able to view my cameras online through my smart phone. If there's a cheap monitoring fee I dont mind - I know some charge you for "alerts" etc (some have yearly fee's depending on how many alerts you get), but I dont want to pay a high monthly fee to a large Home Security company.
Ideally I'd like to have 3 cameras - 2 outside (back yard and front door/driveway) and 1 on the main level inside. I know many systems allow for you to add cameras (most if im not mistaken)
Prefer wireless - cant be bothered running cables to my internet connection or power source.
Anyone running something similar? what do you recommend
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The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a small, semi-aquatic mammal endemic to the eastern part of Australia, and one of the four extant monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young (the other three are echidnas). It is the sole representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of fossilised relatives have been found, some of them also in the Ornithorhynchus genus.
The scientific name Ornithorhynchus literally means 'bird nose' in Greek, and anatinus means 'duck'. The common name means 'flat foot' and was originally given to it as a Linnaean genus name, but it was discovered to already belong to the wood-boring ambrosia beetle.
The body and the broad, flat tail of the Platypus are covered with brown fur. It has webbed feet and a large, rubbery snout that are more reminiscent of a duck than any other known mammal. (This has led to it being known as the 'Duckbilled Platypus'. Early British settlers called it the 'Water Mole'.)
Size varies considerably between less than a kilogramme and over two kilogrammes; with body length ranging from 30 to 40 centimetres, and tail length from 10 to 15 centimetres. Males are around one-third larger than females. There is substantial variation in average size from one region to another, though oddly this pattern does not seem to follow any particular climatic rule.
Modern Platypus young have tribosphenic 'three-cusped' molars, which are one of the hallmarks of mammals; adults are toothless. The Platypus jaw is constructed somewhat differently from that of other mammals, and the jaw opening muscle is different. As in all true mammals, the tiny bones that conduct sound to the inner ear are fully incorporated into the skull, rather than lying in the jaw as in cynodonts and other pre-mammalian synapsids. However, the external opening of the ear still lies at the base of the jaw. The Platypus has extra bones in the shoulder girdle, including an interclavicle, which is not found in other mammals. It also has a reptile-like gait, with legs that are on the sides of rather than underneath the body.
The Platypus is nocturnal and semi-aquatic, inhabiting small streams and rivers over an extensive range from the cold highlands of Tasmania and the Australian Alps to the tropical rainforests of coastal Queensland as far north as the base of the Cape York Peninsula. Inland, its distribution is not well known: it is extinct in South Australia (bar an introduced population on Kangaroo Island) and is no longer found in the main part of the Murray-Darling Basin, probably because of the declining water quality brought about by extensive land clearing and irrigation schemes. Along the coastal river systems, its distribution is unpredictable; it appears to be absent from some relatively healthy rivers, and yet maintains a presence in others that are quite degraded (the lower Maribyrnong, for example).
The Platypus is an excellent swimmer and spends much of its time in the water. It keeps its eyes tightly shut when swimming, relying completely on its other senses. All four feet of the Platypus are webbed. When it swims, it propels itself by paddling with the front two feet. The tail and hind feet assist in steering but not propulsion.
The Platypus is a carnivore. It feeds on worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish) that it digs out of the river bed with its snout or catches while swimming. Its bill is very sensitive, allowing it to hunt its food without using sight. It is one of the few mammals known to have a sense of electroception: it locates its prey in part by detecting their body electricity. Its electroception is the most sensitive of any mammal.
When not in the water, the Platypus retires to a short, straight burrow of oval cross-section, nearly always in the riverbank not far above water level, and often hidden under a protective tangle of roots. For breeding, the female digs much larger and more elaborate burrows, up to 20 metres long and blocked with plugs at intervals. She fills the nest at the end of the tunnel with reeds for bedding material.
As a monotreme, the Platypus does not give birth to live young but instead lays eggs in its nest. The eggs are retained in the body for some time before they are laid, nourished actively by the parent. When the eggs hatch after an incubation period of roughly ten days, the small hairless babies cling to the mother. Like other mammals, the mother produces milk for the young. The Platypus does not have nipples, but excretes the milk through pores in her skin. The young suck milk up from the mother's belly while she lies on her back.
When the Platypus was first discovered by Europeans in the late 1700s, a pelt was sent back to Britain for examination by the scientific community. The British scientists were at first convinced that the seemingly odd collection of physical attributes must be a hoax, produced by some Asian taxidermist.
Much of the world was introduced to the Platypus in 1939 when National Geographic magazine published an article on the Platypus and the efforts to study and raise it in captivity. This is a very difficult task, and only a few young have been successfully raised since. (Notably at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria.)
Seeing a Platypus in the wild is more a matter of luck and of patience than of difficulty. They tend to dislike populated areas, spend almost all their time underground or under water, and are primarily nocturnal. However, they are not especially uncommon, and in suitable areas most keen anglers or birdwatchers see a Platypus feeding quietly along a riverbank every year or two.
The Platypus does not appear to be in immediate danger of extinction. It is variously classified as secure but faces future threat or common but vulnerable, mainly because the species is sensitive to water pollution.
The Platypus and other monotremes were very poorly understood for many years, and to this day some of the 19th century myths that grew up around them endure, particularly in the northern hemisphere. It is still sometimes thought, for example, that the monotremes are 'inferior' or quasi-reptilian, and that they are the distant ancestor of the 'superior' placental mammals. It is now known that modern monotremes are the survivors of an early branching of the mammal tree; a later branching is thought to have led to the marsupial and placental groups. The oldest fossils of monotremes (Teinolophos and Steropodon are closely related to the modern Platypus. In summary, the Platypus is one of the closest relatives of ancestral mammals, but not itself a link in the chain of mammalian evolution. It is a branch quite separate from any other known one.
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhynchidae
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Queensland Government - Environmental Protection Agency
Interesting narrative. "The platypus is one of only three monotremes. The other two species are Australia's short-beaked echidna and Papua New Guinea's long-beaked echidna".
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National Geographic
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"really it's just a creature that's just very specialized to do what platys do best -- swim, eat, and burrow!". Narrative. Good site for kids
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Tasmania - Dept. of Primary Industries, Water, and Environment
"The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), with its duck bill and webbed feet, is a unique Australian animal". Categorized information on distribution and habitat, behavior, breeding, diet, status, etc.
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Resouce Guide to Platypus
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Australian Platypus Conservancy
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Canadian Museum of Nature
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Creature World
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Unique Australian Animals
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Unique Australian Animals
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Queensland Government
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Blue Planet Biomes
Brief description of Duckbill Platypus with additional references
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Resouce Guide of the Platypus
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Wolf selected to vacant Aurora City Council seat
Aurora City Council selected Scott Wolf on Thursday night to fill the at-large Council seat of Mayor Anne Womer Benjamin.
He received six votes after eight candidates were interviewed, while Robert Galaska Jr. received one vote. Candidates Joe Kastelic and Fred Rote withdrew from consideration prior to the evening meeting.
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Falls man arrested on felony child porn charges
A Cuyahoga Falls man is in custody on child pornography charges.
Jason Alan Clark, 29, was arrested on Friday after the Cuyahoga Falls Police Detective Bureau and the U.S. Secret Service executed a search warrant at about 9 a.m. at a residence on Filmore Avenue, according to news release from the police department.
Hudson Pastor Tom Randall freed from Philippines jail after charges dropped
According to reports from Christ Community Chapel in Hudson and posts on the Free Tom Randall Facebook Page, Pastor Tom Randall was released from a Filipino jail Feb. 3 after 22 days behind bars.
Randall was arrested Jan. 12 by Filipino authorities during an investigation into reports of alleged human trafficking at an orphanage he founded.
Munroe Falls police chief dismissed
On the request of Munroe Falls Mayor Frank Larson, City Council tonight voted 4-3 to dismiss Police Chief Rick Myers.
Voting in favor of the dismissal were Council members Gary Toth, Mike Barnes, Jim Iona and Sam Busic, who was selected to fill the at-large vacancy by Larson and sworn in before the meeting. Dissenting votes were cast by Council members Steve Stahl, John Hegnauer and Bob Pitz.
Tallmadge man arrested for trafficking heroin
A Tallmadge man was arrested Friday for trafficking heroin, according to the Summit County Sheriff's department.
The Summit County Drug Unit executed a search warrant on Gold Street in Akron.
Christopher Hale, 47, of Tallmadge was arrested trafficking in drugs - heroin, a fourth-degree felony. Brian L. Williams, 51, of Akron was arrested for trafficking in drugs - heroin, a fifth-degree felony.
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A bill under consideration by the Ohio House of Representatives could give part of $1 million in payments slated for Northfield Village and North Randall to neighboring communities that have property belonging to Northfield Park and Thistledown race track.
Both Northfield Village and North Randall have already received $1 million each from the state's Casino Operator Settlement Fund for costs related to new racinos, including the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.
Sahbra Farms seeks more than %35 million from city of Streetsboro in legal complaint
Sahbra Farms, which is owned by David Gross, filed a legal complaint Jan. 24 against the city of Streetsboro, alleging the zoning of the 290-acre property at the corner of Route 14 and Diagonal Road is "unconstitutional."
Two separate master planning processes have identified Sahbra Farms as a good location within Streetsboro for a higher density development incorporating "a variety of housing types, a mix of land uses, an active center and a walkable design," according to the complaint, citing the 2009 Comprehensive Land Use plan.
Trailwood Drive man killed while changing tire on I-480 was former Cleveland State University police chief
Warrensville Heights — Trailwood Drive resident and former chief of police for Cleveland State University Lester D. Mitchell, 64, died after being struck by a passing vehicle while changing a tire along Interstate 480 westbound Feb. 2.
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I took my last hunt of the year today. I have to work the rest of the week. So I would like to wish you guys a great end of the season, and stay dry. I had 2 spooines they were the first ones I have ever purposely shot, I didn't want to get skunked on my last hunt of the year. I also had a RingNeck. The Hen spoony made me work. I had a nice double on them but she landed on the other side of the river. So I had to strip and swim for her. I'm not about to leave a duck behind, even if its a spoony, ,I shot it I'll eat it.
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Nuclear Weaponry DU
International Appeal to Ban Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons
"Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself." William Shakespeare
The United States and Britain rely heavily on weapons made with depleted uranium (DU) to penetrate tanks and other armored vehicles and structures. Veterans groups in the US, UK, Italy and Spain consider such weapons harmful to military personnel using them and demand study and treatment of veterans exposed to DU. A worldwide movement is growing to ban the use of uranium weapons as inhumane and dangerous to civilian populations for thousands of generations.
What Is Depleted Uranium?
- Depleted Uranium (DU) is a radioactive and toxic by-product of the process that separates uranium for use in nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. DU makes up 99% of the natural uranium ore. Since it is bulky and hazardous to store, it is available to the Pentagon at very low cost. While its radiation level is lower than natural uranium, it emits alpha radiation for billions of years (radioactive half-life is 4.5 billion years).
- DU is an extremely heavy metal, 1.7 times more dense than lead, with unusual ability to shield or penetrate other metals. It burns easily, creating super-high temperatures (5400 degrees F) and filling the surrounding air with sub-micron ceramic particles that remain radioactive and easily breathed and ingested for billions of years.
How is DU Being Used?
- DU is used in the armor of vehicles such as Abrams tanks and in armor-piercing and ground-penetrating ordnance.
- When fired, the DU immediately begins to bum. As it strikes a target it sharpens, penetrates and makes a fireball, with 40-80% of the DU becoming tiny (sub-micron) breathable particles.
- DU shells are fired by large artillery guns, tank cannons and Gatling-type fast-firing guns mounted on Warthog aircraft and helicopters, as well as light armored vehicles. The miss rate of firing from aircraft is 80-90%. DU munitions that miss their targets usually penetrate the ground, where they degrade in 5-20 years into soluble particles that can contaminate groundwater and soil for billions of years.
Is it Legal to Use DU as a Weapon?
- A 2002 report of a UN Commission on Human Rights committee declares that use of DU shells and bombs violates numerous international conventions forbidding weapons "calculated to cause unnecessary suffering".
- DU weapons violate the UN Convention on Human Rights, in the opinion of many international lawyers, because they impact civilians indiscriminately for many years after hostilities end and seriously impact ecosystems. The US is not a signatory of the Convention on Human Rights.
Where has DU Been Used?
- Seventeen nations are developing DU weapons, many with sales from the United States, but so far only the US and UK have used such weapons in battle. Germany has rejected DU in favor of tungsten, which is metal-penetrating but not radioactive, and Germany urges all NATO powers to do so.
1991: Iraq - 286,000 kilos
1994-5: Bosnia - 3,260 kilos
1999: Kosovo - 9,450 kilos
2001-2004: Afghanistan - unavailable from the Pentagon
2003-2004: Iraq - unavailable, but use is much higher than in the 1991 war
What Are DU's Health Effects?
- DU weapons usually destroy instantly the occupants of vehicles they penetrate by causing extreme heat and fire.
- Radioactive DU particles can enter the body through inhalation, ingestion of contaminated food or water, and through wounds. Results of external exposure to DU have not been scientifically determined.
- The Pentagon has done only limited testing on DU's health effects. It claims it cannot distinguish between the effects of DU' s chemical toxicity and its alpha radiation. It has made no comprehensive studies of veterans possibly exposed to DU. Nevertheless, the US Army concludes that DU exposure is not a serious health hazard.
- Civilian researchers in the US and Europe, including some who previously worked for the military on DU, have determined that DU in the body causes damage by irradiating the brain, kidneys, immune system, nervous system, respiratory system, and reproductive system. It is both carcinogenic and mutagenic. (NATO troops in Bosnia and Kosovo where DU weapons were extensively used show unusually high cancer rates. Male veterans with exposure to DU are twice as likely and women vets are three times more likely than are unexposed vets to have babies with birth defects. Five out of 17 Iraq War vets tested had DU in their semen. Wives of some exposed vets complain of acute burning sensations during and after intercourse.)
- Immediate health effects of DU exposure are from heavy metal toxicity and include rashes, open sores, respiratory distress, and kidney tissue damage.
- Long-term consequences are potentially more severe, DU remains in the kidneys for up to three months and replaces calcium in the bones, where it can remain radioactive for an estimated 25 years. Research shows that alpha radiation alters blood cells in ways that can promote cancer cells. (NATO troops serving in Bosnia and Kosovo show unusually high rates of leukemia and other cancers.)
What is Being Done to Detect, Ameliorate and Document Human and Environmental Effects?
- In 2002 the Pentagon issued regulations to military officers on protection against "contamination from DU munitions including combat vehicles damaged by DU fire or combat vehicles containing DU armor that have been damaged in anyway." (Army Regulation 700-48 27, September 2002) Veterans report, however, that they were not informed or trained to deal with DU-damaged tanks and other material.
- The commanding medical officer of the Pentagon issued instructions to military physicians to test veterans from Iraq for DU, if the veterans think they have been exposed and request testing. Veterans' organizations report that returning veterans rarely report such exposure out of ignorance or eagerness to return home.
- The US Department of Veterans' Affairs has granted disability claims to an unprecedented percentage of veterans from Gulf War I for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome that have symptoms identical with those detected in the small number of veterans examined for DU exposure.
- In US areas of military operation, there is no disclosure of where DU has been used. There is no sampling of ground water, soil or milk. Nor is there any clean-up in any areas of DU contamination. Military personnel are not warned to stay away from destroyed tanks and other targets of DU weapons.
Good Sources of More Information on DU Weapons.
www.traprockneace.org (Rokke and others: critique of Pentagon)
www.umrc.net (Durakovic: health effects on veterans and civilians)
www.nuclearpress.com (Lewallen: anti-DU campaign)
www.cadu.org.uk (British movement against DU)
International Appeal to Ban Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons
Drafted by Ramsey Clark
Depleted-uranium weapons are an unacceptable threat to life, a violation of international law and an assault on human dignity. To safeguard the future of humanity, we call for an unconditional international ban forbidding research, manufacture, testing, transportation, possession and use of DU for military purposes. In addition, we call for the immediate isolation and containment of all DU weapons and waste, the reclassification of DU as a radioactive and hazardous substance, the cleanup of existing DU-contaminated areas, comprehensive efforts to prevent human exposure and medical care for those who have been exposed.
During the Gulf War, munitions and armor made with depleted uranium were used for the first time in a military action. Iraq and northern Kuwait were a virtual testing range for depleted-uranium weapons. Over 940,000 30-millimeter uranium tipped bullets and "more than 14,000 large caliber DU rounds were consumed during Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield." (US. Army Environmental Policy Institute)
These weapons were used throughout Iraq with no concern for the health and environmental consequences of their use. Between 300 and 800 tons of DU particles and dust have been scattered over the ground and the water in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people, both civilians and soldiers, have suffered the effects of exposure to these radioactive weapons.
Of the 697,000 U.S. troops who served in the Gulf, over 90,000 have reported medical problems. Symptoms include respiratory, liver and kidney dysfunction, memory loss, headaches, fever, low blood pressure. There are birth defects among their newborn children. DU is a leading suspect for a portion of these ailments. The effects on the population living in Iraq are far greater. Under pressure, the Pentagon has been forced to acknowledge Gulf War Syndrome, but they are still stonewalling any connection to DU.
Communities near DU weapons plants, testing facilities, bases and arsenals have also been exposed to this radioactive material which has a half-life of 4.4 billion years. DU-weapons are deployed with U.S. troops in Bosnia. The spreading toxicity of depleted uranium threatens life everywhere.
DU weapons are not conventional weapons. They are highly toxic, radioactive weapons. All international law on warfare has attempted to limit violence to combatants and to prevent the use of cruel and unfocused weapons. International agreements and conventions have tried to protect civilians and non-combatants from the scourge of war and to outlaw the destruction of the environment and the food supply in order to safeguard life on earth.
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Arsenal America was formed in August 2001 by several Arsenal fans who realized that there wasn't a supporters club in the United States. The club was granted official status in 2005 and since then has grown leaps-and-bounds, with new branches popping up all across the United States.
USA.Arsenal.com's Kevin Mooney caught up with Josh Templeton, the new president of Arsenal America. In part one of a three part interview, Josh spoke about the group and how he got involved.
USA.Arsenal.com: Who are you are and how did you become an Arsenal supporter?
Josh Templeton: My name is Josh Templeton, and I am the president of Arsenal America. I have been an Arsenal supporter actively since 2005. I actually started following Arsenal years ago when I was younger. I used to subscribe to a catalogue years ago called Eurosport. At the time, it was one of the few ways for Americans to get visual images of football in the U.S.
I started following Ian Wright back at that time and took a fancy to him, I bought his cleats and kind of took it from there. When the USA finally started showing matches mid-2000, and then became more prominent in 2006 after the World Cup, and it was on pretty regularly I was finally able to start following Arsenal again in real time. It's really blossomed and flourished from there.
USA.Arsenal.com: How did you first get involved with Arsenal America?
Josh Templeton: I got involved with Arsenal America two years ago. I got involved through a friend of mine, Mike Kavanagh, who was looking for some new leadership to step into some different roles that were available. So I stepped in originally as the Vice President of Arsenal America and I ended up taking up a number of different projects ranging from our ticket process to our road trip programs, which had long since become defunct. I really started putting an emphasis in growing Arsenal America in the USA.
At the same time I also took over the responsibility of the also-defunct Charm City branch in Baltimore. So I kind of took on two projects all at once, unbeknownst to me, and as we progressed I took on a number of different responsibilities along with our outgoing president David Kilpatrick and also with Mark Barbeau, our secretary.
USA.Arsenal.com: So what exactly is Arsenal America and what does it do?
Josh Templeton: Arsenal America is the official Arsenal supporters group for the United States. We provide a number of different things.
We provide a conduit for supporters in North America to have a direct relationship with the actual Club. Because we have official supporter status, it does give us access to a number of different things. Number one is it gives us access to match tickets for home games. So any supporter in North America that joins Arsenal America as a paid member for the 2010/11 season has the ability to request tickets for home matches. The nice part is, because we are dealing directly with the Club, the costs are greatly reduced – you are actually paying the face value of the tickets, plus there's a ticket exchange fee that they charge us and we also charge a PayPal fee for currency conversion since we have to pay for everything in pounds. But beyond that it's a relatively easy way to see matches.
Since 2006 – the opening of Emirates Stadium – every single Arsenal Premier League match has been sold out. You cannot go up to the box office and buy tickets. It's very difficult to get tickets to see matches at the Emirates. So what this does, is it provides members who are traveling abroad a great opportunity to see their beloved Gunners in person, and they can do it in an environment that is done directly through the Club.
USA.Arsenal.com: How many active members are currently in Arsenal America?
Josh Templeton: As is stands today, we have well over 3,000 active members of Arsenal America in our range of different membership levels. We have well over 20 different branches that fall under the umbrella of Arsenal America, in cities from Baltimore to New York, from Boston to Minneapolis, to Austin, to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and everywhere in between. So there are groups all over the U.S. under the Arsenal America umbrella. Some of the smaller groups have three to five supporters that frequent a pub or meet up for matches to some of our larger groups that have north of 150 to 500 different members.
As we start this year's membership drive we have already had 200 members renew their relationship with us. And that's just in the first week of our membership drive.
Our membership drive runs throughout the season, although we stop it near the end of the season – typically in May. But we do take members throughout the year. So on average we see anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 members join on a regular basis. It's really exciting, we have seen tremendous growth in the past few years, and that is in no small part to USA.Arsenal.com going up. It's helped provide visibility for our supporters.
» Part 1: Arsenal America's Background
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» Part 3: Arsenal America 'Road Trips'
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Holy Crap! That's Sweet!!! Video would be awesome!
I haven't shot it yet with the suppressor. I'll try and post some vedio later.
Holy Crap! That's Sweet!!! Video would be awesome!
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Damn, I'm jealous !!!! Suppressors are illegal here in MN
Sweet! I cant wait to get one for my Tac!
Come on, man! Video!
Man that's one fine looking pistol. Sure would like to see that in action.
I did shoot it, however I don't have any vedio yet. My camera took a shit and the vedio did not turn out. I will get some taken asap. Man it does make a huge difference in sound. No hearing protection needed at all.
So how much $$$$ and hassle does it take to get a permit for the can?
Money= Price of the can, $650 in my case, and a $200 tax to the ATF.Originally Posted by Buckeye
You must live in a state where it is legal to own a suppressor or machine gun. Then you have to get a signature from either your police cheif or your county sheriff, then pass a back ground check, get finger printed, pay the $200 tax, and locate a class 3 dealer in your state. Could take up to 6+ months.
Damn, being that I can't even buy a gun in my city limits without a permit and wait (even a hunting shotgun), and the fact there is an assault rifle ban here too, I doubt getting permission from the local police chief is in the cards either. I've already been fingerprinted several times, submitted to an FBI background check for work...would be nice not to shatter my eardrums if someone broke in


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Anyone change careers when they were in their 30's or older? I really need a different career but I have several problems figuring out how to do it. First, I don't know what else I really want to do and most things that I have looked at require 4 years of school. I don't have a problem with school but I can't quit my job to go to school in the daytime. I've looked for online classes but haven't had much luck there either. So I am just wondering what other people have done to change careers.
I suppose that would all depend on how much of a change you are wanting to make. I went from a high paying, high stress, never home type position to a lower paying, lower stress, close to home type of job. I am basically doing the same thing, just at a different level.
For me, it was a great decision.
If you are wanting to go from a heart surgeon to a cookie baker, then that is a BIG change. It would require a great deal of soul searching.
It always seems like the higher the pay the higher the stress. Glad you were able to choose personal happiness over money.
Change of Carreers......Be Patient
Yes I did. While I had been self employed for a long time, when I sold my business I did not know what I wanted to do/be. I was 34 then. I had some ideas but....nothing was pulling me. To make a long story short, 24 years ago I found my third "carreer" and the one I will have until.....
At the time I still had young kids at home.
I did have some parameters though and maybe that would be a good point of initiation....Mine was.....Limited # of employees,no equipment, good revenue (income) growth potential. I was patient and in the first couple years didn't make the money I left but now 24 years later, its been a blessing for me and my family.
In my opinion as a self employed person or one that leaves a carreer for a change, NOT KNOWING what you want to do is the number one thing we all have in common(generally).
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Set some parameters
Decide if it is doable in your area
Find someone who is or has done it
Decide if its money or job satisfaction that you want (you can have both)
Determine if there is a market for this career
Be Patient. If you are going to be a job hunter....unemployment is a reality.
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Yes I tried in my early 40's. I must say after the age of 43 my body started to change and it was more difficult to handle the stress of school (frequent insomnia) and retain some information. On the plus side, being older and more experienced I was able to prioritize better and be more disciplined in my studies. I went to night school for as long as I could then for the last two years attend day classes.
I am not working in my field of study, there are no jobs for new grads in my area and I cannot move or relocate. I studied nursing and could have started out working graveyard shift in a nursing home, but I really wanted the more typical hospital internship to learn some specialized skills. The economy is just not happening in my area for this, I was even planning to apply to work as a jail nurse, they always had entry level openings until 6 months prior to graduation, and that has not opened up since. For me to work 2-3 nights in a nursing home, I'd almost be losing money - I would not have benefits, I'd have to hire and train someone to do my work at my husband's business, so my profit would be about $12,000 more a year plus crappy hours in a place I don't want to work, so all that stress is just not worth $12,000.
So whatever you choose, I'd check to see how available internships are in your area and decided whether you can relocate or not. I'd say a typical path for a full time working person is community college night courses to get the basic classes then transfer as a junior to a 4 year college, at that point it might be student loan time to support you if you can only work part time then.
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I had worked in the transportation industry, mostly as a dispatcher, driver manager, load planner for the last 12 years after being a mostly stay at home mom for 18 years. I started taking medical office assistant classes(mostly online) 3 years ago. I started working at our local hospital in August and REALLY love my new career. The pay is similar but if I ever move I believe it'll be easier to find a new position with this medical background. I'm 54 so it's really never too late.
I am 32 and have had some interesting jobs. In 2010 I was injured on the job had to fight the company, and get surgery to fix my left hand etc. My situation turned out good and I decided to focus on what it is I really want to do. I have always loved playing and writing music. I have always run my own indie music projects as hobbies just for the love of creating music.
Last year I decided to take some classes and eventually go to school for music. It took me a great while to figure out what it was that I really wanted. Once I decided on music I put together a basic plan on how to get to what I want. I understand this can take up to four years of schooling depending on the degree I want for the recording arts. Having a job related to music, sound production, recording, live production I am all for it. I had to figure out a way to get there. :rolleyes:
So I checked out certificate programs that I can take relatively quick for jobs in my area. Mostly business and office work. I decided to go with Medical Billing and Coding because I can take that any place I move to and work at home. So getting that down allows me to work, save money, and adjust work and future school classes. :)
I remember my father always saying do what makes you happy, but be smart about it. Don't rush and have a reasonable plan to execute step by step. If you want it bad enough you will do the work required to achieve it. :D
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Re: How to Proceed...
Originally Posted by Harborless View Post
Thanks so much for your advice and help.
I am not concerned about finding a job- I have loads of experience in the service industry with terrific references. I see little problem finding a serving or bar tending job at a resort,bar, or restaurant.
If after a month no job was forthcoming, the Virgin islands are only a short leap away.
I still have no received any knowledge as to why the keys are a better area to be during cane season then the bahamas caicos or rico?
1. The Keys aren't a better to be -- they're all bad places to be in a tropical storm / hurricane.
2. If you don't speak Spanish you aren't likely to get a job working tables / bar in PR. In addition, there also aren't many places where you can live on your boat and work in a resort in PR, Fajardo being a possible exception.
3. You are probably most likely to get a job of in the service industry in the USVI. And you can anchor your boat for an extended period and live aboard in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. From Charlotte Amalie you could work anywhere on the island and commute by public transportation. Same is probably true to a lesser extent in Christiansted, St. Croix, but the anchorage there would be a very bad place to in a storm. Charlotte Amalie is a much better place to be, if you have to be somewhere afloat during the hurricane season.
4. FWIW, you might consider parking your boat in FL somewhere, flying to the VI for a few days and scout out the job situation before you go to all the trouble of moving the boat south.
5. If you take your boat into the tropics during the hurricane season you must be comfortable with the possibility that you will lose the boat. If you can accept that and live with it... OK, it's your boat and your life.
6. $2000 is not enough to go crusing for an extended period of time. Try working in FL somewhere until the autumn. Save your money and go south when the season's right. Jobs are easier to find in the islands when the tourists are there and summer isn't the high season.
Best of luck to you.
PS -- IMHO, being able to actually live your dreams requires that you confront reality head-on, be reasonable in how you approach problems that present themselves, work hard, be patient and have faith that eventually things will work out.
Re: How to Proceed...
For safety you really need a tillerpilot. This will cut down the fatigue dramatically.
Hand steering for long passages is very tiring. Tired people make bad decisions.
Fitting is simple and the boat does not need to come out.
When you head down the Thorny path you will need a spare for safety, two spares would not be overkill.
Re: How to Proceed...
Your welcome.
However, there is more to it than being 'worried parents'. We've often seen people's dreams dashed by skipping some basics or pushing aside the advice from those have gone before. (Jon, btw has done the trip you're about to do many many times). The real loss is to see someone fail, when they could have succeeded.
I have a real wonder at the moment about a poster that was asking tons of questions on going to the BVI. Many of us, who have been there multiple times, tried to redirect their thinking a bit. They accepted some but pushed back on most. While posting the day before the trip, they've been back for a month or more and no word. I know they've signed on to SN. I worry it didn't go as well as they dreamed.
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I vry much appreciate the thought out responses here, they are invaluable. I will take heed of the warnng regarding leaving St. Augastine at night and push it to first light.
The problem with the ICW is I have never looked at anything regarding it or sailing it. I would have to plan a whole new passage and get all the charts and navigation aids. The problem here is I AM sort of bare bonesing it in that when I leave, that is it. I have $2500 and a sailboat in really good shape with tons of spares. I have two degrees ( AA and BS) and the world. I have to make sure I make landfall somewhere to make money before I spend too much f it on alternate charts, tiller pilots, ect.
I still need an outboard for my dinghy and I am not sure how the instllation of a tiller pilot would work (would require haul-out) at this point I do not want to put any more big money into the boa until I find my next source of income because right now its all going to be red.
I did just youtube tiller pilots... I will check more today on the installation but the price is not bad actually... If I can install without a haulout or lots of expensive mounts I will do it before I leave, thanks for the recommendation. If I do not get it in before I go I am 25 and a bit of an insomniac anyway.. Of course I would have MRE's ready before I left s I could quickly (2-3 minutes) leave the iller with what I have and prepare them quickly. Usually when I do solo sail I set the tiller lock in conjunction with the sail trim and just sit back there beside it and read. Works well unless the wind pick up too much.
The ICW sounds peaceful... I actually want to do offshore thouh, nervous tho I will be. I have good charts and have my GPS figured out (so far). I can always VHF locally on approach for latest advice on conditions and procedures.
Of course I use a Hawaiian sling, otherwise where would the sport be?
Lastly thanks again to al the responders here. I know behind all of your "asking for disaster," comments are really just worried parents and sailors trying to look out for another. Its nice to have that sort of thing especially online such as this.
Re: How to Proceed...
Originally Posted by Harborless View Post
Primarily myself and the tiller along with an egg timer. I also have practiced sailing using bungee cords and sail trim to hold a course. Lastly i have a tiller lock which holds the tiller on course long enough for me to tinker with the jib or do something else.
this is why i have planned the trip in no more than 12a hour runs with me possibly leaving out of st augastine at night to make new smyrna before dark the next day. My average cruising speed should be around 4.5 knots with dinghy in tow.
If merrits on the wy why not! Yea the keys sound like a fun time.. plus its something new. I just hope there is ample spear fishing.
If you're coming down from Mayport outside, you really want to avoid hitting St Augustine on the ebb, it can be a real mess, especially now with the new channel... If sailing conditions are not favorable outside, it can be much quicker to go down the ICW if you hit the St John's River/ICW junction at about high water, and ride the flood south... Then, by the time you hit the Tolomato River south of Palm Valley, you can ride the ebb down to St Augustine...
Ponce Inlet is no problem in good conditions, though you really have to pay attention once inside... On the ebb, however, whole different ballgame, and of course you do not want to try it with any significant swell running or a strong onshore breeze...
I'd also suggest considering going down inside behind Canaveral, once you're out into Mosquito Lagoon, you can do a lot of sailing if conditions favor doing so... That stretch down the St Pierce is the nicest in all of FL, you can sail most of the way if you're lucky, plenty of nice anchorages and towns with decent shore access...
Going outside around Canaveral to Ft Pierce, on the other hand, can be a LONG trip. I sure wouldn't want to hand-steer that whole deal, and if you decide to go back in at Port Canaveral, you'll add many more miles to the overall distance compared to the ICW...
IMHO, you really, REALLY want to get yourself a tillerpilot... Running down the FL coast in such close proximity, leaving the possible fate of your boat to an egg timer and some bungee cords, is an absolute recipe for disaster... An autopilot will completely transform your cruising, I guarantee once you finally have one, you will be kicking yourself for not having gotten one sooner... Stop in Sailor's Exchange in St Augustine, they may have something laying around... Raymarine 1000 and 2000 tillerpilots come up on eBay all the time, one will be well worth whatever you pay... Setting off on the sort of trip you're planning without a reliable form of self-steering is asking for trouble, bigtime, IMHO...
And when you make it to the Bahamas, remember that fishing with a spear gun is prohibited, only a Hawaiian sling is permitted over there...
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I don't know as I've ever personally run a boat for 12 straight hours alone, let alone without an auto-helm of some sort. I've done several hours on a tiller and 10 or more on a wheel many times, but always had someone to relieve me, even if just for a few minutes, so I could use the head or quickly eat a sandwich.
Every year, my wife and I will do a few dawn to dusk passages. I do not have to remain at the helm the entire time, but I'm always on alert, as she feels capable to sail unless something goes wrong. I am always totally and completely wiped out and we have an auto-pilot.
12 hours alone on a tiller with no auto-helm, would require super-human sailing skills and endurance in open water, IMO. Find something, even it used, to allow you a break.
Take realistic steps on your adventure and it will come together.
Re: How to Proceed...
Originally Posted by luv4sailin View Post
NSB looks like a very tight inlet if the weather is not cooperating. i don't think it will be a fun experience if it is blowing 20-25 knots out of the East when you get there. There appears to be no margin for error.
What are you using for self steering? That is the question that we singlehanders always ask.
this is why i have planned the trip in no more than 12a hour runs with me possibly leaving out of st augastine at night to make new smyrna before dark the next day. My average cruising speed should be around 4.5 knots with dinghy in tow.
If merrits on the wy why not! Yea the keys sound like a fun time.. plus its something new. I just hope there is ample spear fishing.
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NSB looks like a very tight inlet if the weather is not cooperating. i don't think it will be a fun experience if it is blowing 20-25 knots out of the East when you get there. There appears to be no margin for error.
What are you using for self steering? That is the question that we singlehanders always ask.
Re: How to Proceed...
Hey Harborless - my apologies on being slow to respond to you, but on the idea of sticking to S. Fla or the Keys for this trip, I was thinking you would be more likely to be able to find work there, the options for sailing when you're not working are still awesome, evading hurricanes from there would be easier (and safer) because you don't have to cross the gulf stream or open ocean and, if a hurricane sneaks up on you and you can't sail away, you can always anchor the boat somehwere and take the bus to mainland. Plus, it's going to be a lot easier on your wallet. Charts are cheap, (heck, I have paper charts of the Keys I can loan you) and you're still in the US so no IC fees, food, fuel, and fun are cheaper, and if something breaks you can get parts and service fairly conveniently (join SeaTow or BoatUS if you aren't already a member).
If I had 8 weeks to spend on the boat in June and July, and didn't have to work, I would gunkhole around the Keys, shoot over to the Bahamas if a good weather window opened up, go to Ft.Jefferson, check out the Little Snake River and the southwest Florida coast, and just plain soak up some sun and enjoy time on the boat.
Pressing into the wind and current to get to a destination 1,300 miles away just doesn't sound like much fun to me, but I'm kind of a slacker that way.
Either way you go, I'm envious of your opportunity to go Cruising! I'll buy you a beer if you stop at Merritt Island as you go by.
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Damn you wind god!
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I apologize for the crude internet acronym but it's actually nicer than what I'm saying here IRL (in real life)! I just read this article from the Guardian about computers marking exam essays. When I visited the site for the Pearson Test of English Academic, I found that not only is the writing component marked by computer, but also the speaking! And they claim to be able to assess a person's fluency up to the CEF C2 level!
I am more than a little shocked by this, I really just don't believe that computers are capable of understanding and assessing non-native English as well as trained assessors, unless of course the essays and the speaking tasks are extremely narrow in focus.
I don't really have much to say, other than to ask how long it is until they introduce computer teachers and tell us that they are actually much more accurate and effective than human ones.
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