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Duel in the Sun (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946) was branded "Lust in the Dust" at the time of its release. This classic epic western was produced by David O. Selznick (who failed in his desire to make it the Western equivalent of his earlier Civil War epic Gone with the Wind). Selznick's over-wrought script, based on the 1944 novel by Niven Busch (husband of actress Teresa Wright who was originally considered for the role of Pearl), was about a sexually-charged half-breed woman (Selznick miscast his own lover/future wife Jennifer Jones) who became the point of contention between two brothers who were Cain/Abel opposites - one brutish and one refined.
[When this film project and its production went to David O. Selznick, Busch went on to produce Raoul Walsh's haunting film-noirish psychological western Pursued (1947) with Robert Mitchum.]
This pretentious, overwrought film was plagued with a stormy production history, mostly involving a conflict between the over-controlling Selznick and famed silent film director King Vidor. In fact, the jumbled film had multiple directors (Josef von Sternberg (uncredited), William Dieterle (uncredited), William Cameron Menzies (uncredited), Otto Brower (uncredited), Sidney Franklin (uncredited)) and three cinematographers (Lee Garmes, Hal Rosson, and Ray Rennahan). This potboiler, amour fou western was the most expensive film ever produced to that date (over $5 million to make and over $2 million to advertise), as well as being controversial for its over-sexed trashiness and melodramatic, amoral excess.
It received only two Academy Awards nominations (without Oscar wins), both in acting categories: Best Actress (Jennifer Jones with her fourth career nomination and third Best Actress nomination after winning for The Song of Bernadette (1943)), and Best Supporting Actress (Lillian Gish with her sole career Oscar nomination). The un-nominated, over-blown musical score was by Dmitri Tiomkin (who later wrote the Oscar-winning theme song and score for High Noon (1952)), and was heavily based on the Stephen Foster tune Beautiful Dreamer.
The film's title inspired Paul Bartel's camp classic and spaghetti western spoof Lust In the Dust (1984), with Tab Hunter and 300 lb. drag queen Divine (who were also both paired in John Waters' first 'mainstream' film Polyester (1981)).The Story
The film, set in Texas in the 1880s, opens with a prologue (spoken by the doom-laden voice of Orson Welles) and a fade-in on a mountain in the shape of a face - Squaw's Head Rock, that is bathed in the bloody-red color of the setting sun. His words set the stage for the legendary tale:
Deep among the lonely sun-baked hills of Texas, the great and weatherbeaten stone still stands. The Comanches called it Squaw's Head Rock. Time cannot change its impassive face, nor dim the legend of the wild young lovers who found Heaven and Hell in the shadows of the rock. For when the sun is low and the cold wind blows across the desert, there are those of Indian blood who still speak of Pearl Chavez, the half-breed girl from down along the border, and of the laughing outlaw with whom she here kept a final rendezvous, never to be seen again... And this is what the legend says: A flower, known nowhere else, grows from out of the desperate crags where Pearl vanished. Pearl, who was herself a wild flower, sprung from the hard clay - quick to blossom and early to die.
As the camera moves in on a close-up of a wildflower, the scene dissolves to a shot of 13-year-old Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) dancing for some street children in front of a massive, bordertown cantina. The parents of the heroine, a dark-skinned, half-breed child of nature are introduced, characterizing the dual, stormy nature that has been bred into her. Pearl is a mixture of dignified respectability and sensual lasciviousness.
In a hot bordertown cantina filled with a crowd of shouting men, Pearl's Indian mother (Tilly Losch) is performing a fiery, sensual dance on top of the great square bar, to the accompaniment of beating Indian drums, interspersed with gunshots and screams. While her father looks on, a dignified Southern aristocrat gentleman named Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall), her half-breed mother entices a new lover (Sidney Blackmer) and ends the seductive movements of her exotic dance directly in front of both her husband and her lover. Pearl's mother leaves with her lover, followed by Chavez. Passionately angered by her wanton, unfaithful actions, Scott murders both her and her gambler lover - the murder is seen in silhouette in a nearby building, while Pearl looks on in horror.
Chavez pleads guilty to the crimes, unremorsefully suggesting that the authorities hang him:
I plead no mitigating circumstances. They deserved to die, as I deserve to die, for I long since killed a person much superior to either of them: myself. I killed that person the day I gave my family's name to the woman who became my wife. And since I believe the punishment should fit the crime, I suggest that you hang me by the neck until I'm dead.
While awaiting his execution in jail, he comforts the child of this stormy union, his daughter Pearl, telling her that he has arranged for her to go to live in Texas with his second cousin and ex-fiancee, Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish), now married to a senator and wealthy cattle baron. Years before, Chavez had been engaged to Laura Belle and loved her dearly. He is assured that she will love and care for the girl and provide a home for her. Tearfully, Pearl is consumed with grief and fright and begs for her condemned father's life. He recites Omar Khayyam before being hanged on a scaffold for his crime: "One thing is certain, and the rest is lies: The flower that once has bloomed, forever dies." The shadow of a noose that will hang him appears silhouetted in red on the jailhouse wall.
Pearl travels on the Guadalupe stagecoach to Paradise Flats, where she is met by Laura Belle's older McCanles son, Jesse McCanles (Joseph Cotten). She is driven to the vast McCanles empire and Spanish Bit Ranch, and taken in by Laura Belle. At the ranch, sultry but innocent Pearl is warmly welcomed by delicate and frail Laura Belle. Outspoken and cantankerous Senator McCanles (Lionel Barrymore), an invalid in a wheelchair who rules the ranch with an iron hand, abruptly makes references to Pearl as Scott Chavez' daughter. He remarks that she's no cousin of his. Laura Belle suggests that Pearl ignore his sneering remarks.
Immediately, the volatile, tempestuous Pearl becomes the center of an emotional struggle between McCanles' two sons, the older one - the spoiled, lecherous, vicious, undisciplined, swaggering no-good Lewt McCanles (Gregory Peck), and the quiet, educated, stable, genteel, good son Jesse. The two sons also symbolize the inherent, dual contradictions bred into Pearl, representing the two paths that she must choose between. Jesse's brother is immediately attracted to Pearl, and calls her a "pretty cute tamale."
Pearl promises Mrs. McCanles that she wants to be what she is - a lady:
Pearl: I'll be a good girl, ma'am. I promise I will. I want to be like you. That's what my father wanted.
Laura Belle: I'm afraid that neither your father nor I found happiness child. I hope you will.
Later that night, Senator McCanles spots Pearl and asks derisively:
Senator: How'd they come to name you Pearl?
Pearl: I don't know, sir.
Senator: They couldn't have had much eye for color, could they? (laughter) They might have better called you Pocahontas or Minnie-ha-ha. Ain't I right?
Pearl: I guess so.
Lewt barges into Pearl's room and kisses her amidst her protests. She beats at him, and then denounces him: "I hate you, I hate you." "Now don't you pretend nobody ever did that before," Lewt responds. Untamed Lewt is associated with wild horses and stallions, which he can control or tame.
At Spanish Bit Ranch, Pearl takes on certain jobs, such as helping high-voiced Vashti (Butterfly McQueen, in a role that's similar to her part in Gone With the Wind) take inventory. Pearl is quickly distracted from her work when Lewt arrives and lets her ride his horse bareback out onto the open range. Then, he presents his horse to her as a gift. Lewt also provides her with an animal magnetism and intense passion which is irresistible. Pearl, dark and earthy, with a white, scoop-necked, tight-fitting, off-the-shoulder gypsy blouse to outline her voluptuous breasts, is the object of Jesse's and Lewt's attention.
In a scene at "the sump" - a swimming hole, Pearl swims naked to cool off. Lewt discovers her there and lingers on the bank until late into the evening to catch a glimpse of her. (Cut by censors, the notorious "dance at the sump" scene, Pearl tries to arouse Lewt by performing an erotic, seductive dance on the banks of the sump. It is a variation on the dance that led to her mother's death at the beginning of the film.)
When Lewt and Pearl are both missing and then arrive late for dinner, Laura Belle suspects that Pearl's wet hair means that she has been swimming with Lewt at the sump. Lewt thoroughly teases and embarrasses Pearl in front of Laura Belle.
Later that night, Pearl is woken from a sound sleep by Vashti who has come to summon Pearl before Mr. Jubal Crabbe (Walter Huston), the territory's traveling minister - dubbed the "Sin Killer." Draping just a serape blanket around her, Pearl hurries to the sitting room where Laura Belle suggests Jubal give her some needed guidance. The hellfire preacher Sin Killer, a hypocritical, lecherous Bible-thumper sights Pearl under her blanket:
You call her a child, Laura Belle? Under that heathen blanket, there's a full-blossomed woman fit for the devil to drive men crazy...Guidance she needs and guidance she'll get or I ain't been the Sin Killer from here to El Paso for thirty years.
Having designs on her himself, he has her sit down, and asks for her to decide which way she will go. He lustfully delivers a brief but fiery blessing, telling the oversexed Pearl that her feminine curves ordain her to a life of sexual temptation:
Sin Killer: Pearl? You can be a woman of sin or a woman of God. Which is it to be?
Pearl: I want to be a good girl.
Sin Killer: And remember that the devil is always aimin' to hog-tie ya. Sometimes he comes ghostin' over the plains in the shape of a sneakin' rustler. And sometimes, beggin' your pardon Laura Belle, he stakes out the homes of the worthy and the god-fearin'. Pearl, you're curved in the flesh of temptation. Resistance is gonna be a darn sight harder for you than for females protected by the shape of sows. Yes siree, bob. You gotta sweeten yourself with prayer. Pray till you sweat, and you'll save yourself from eternal hell-fire. You understand me girl?
Pearl: Yes sir.
Jubal prays over his sultry convert as she gets on her knees:
Oh Lord, look upon this thy creature. She's a weak vessel and a pauper as thou knowest, but she wants to be thy handmaiden. Give her the horse sense not to go wanderin' off in the tulies with worthless cowpokes. Amen.
Jubal gives her a "hallowed medal" to wear (and taken off a "thievin' cardsharper") that he promises will keep her "sweet and clean as a first milkin'. It won't get ya into heaven, but it'll comfort ya on the way there - that is, if you use it right." He cups her chin in his hand. Then, he concludes with one final prayer, with Pearl on her knees again:
Oh, Lord, have mercy on all men - young and old alike - who gaze upon this, Thy regained servant. Amen.
The subplot of the film deals with the senior cattle baron's fight to stop the encroachment of the railroad. Trouble develops when Sid (Scott McKay) reports to the Senator that the railroad, the Iron Horse, threatens to cross over onto the McCanles ranch that afternoon. Lewt is away in El Paso, so the Senator decides that he and Jesse will have to handle the situation.
The Senator orders armed resistance to the railroad:
Sound every bell from here to Blue Hill Ranch. I want every wrangler, every cowhand, every man and boy on Spanish Bit down there at the East Fence. And I want them there fast...I want them armed.


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|19th January 2013, 12:23 PM
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Right now I have only 5 waveguides with 4mm mounting thickness..The machining cost more.. They're were made for My own ideas and use with a more rigid(steel) front panel where the waveguide wont be sunk and have plan for rigid panel in a Hamlet centre as well..
The cheapest shipping to sweden $25 but it doesn't come with insurance so I kind of stayed away before. So without duty it's 200 total. With the regular 18mm guide its $185 but need to get more..
May I please give more thoughts and challenges..
If you build m4 you will likely be very happy without knowing the difference but I have hundreds of dollars worth of parts laying around from past version that might never find a new home..
I'm waiting for a great 300B thats being made but have a few others here now like el84 and 6mb8 integrates.. The 6mb8 has a msrp of 899 and it's small with smaller transformers and no choke in the power supply. 6mb8 is a 6w integrated all in one tube and this amp sound really good on the Elsinore and control is very good..
m4 dosent have this ability from memory and I think a larger 8w amp would be minimal and still a bit of overhang bass unless using a bit higher power.. Then I ran 100w accuphase a lot for maximum firmness..
The improvements MK5 are HUGE and improvements are across the board..
It still amazes me that when I hear some $80k speakers I find there is something out of whack with balance and integration..
What about taking the time and putting money into machined aluminum front panel or at least the stiffest material you can come up with beyond wood.. you can use my waveguide or better yet have waveguide machined into the front panel..
Whithout the stiffness the speakers are already great and it simply increased the detail and focus but why not and it could look cool..
I guess for me Hot Rodding Elsinore Mk5 makes the most sense..
|19th January 2013, 11:13 PM
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I do approve of mounting the Tweeter directly to a large mass. If you note the cabinet design, where the Tweeter is mounted is designed to be as strong as possible and as "massy" as possible. In fact, it should be the strongest part of the box. It increases focus where the wavelengths are shortest.
So how much mass does acrylic have compared to the inequivalent of aluminium? If acrylic, it is still pretty good I would think.
From an acoustic point of view, it is the shape of the Waveguide that is important, but mass is about stability. The Waveguide we came up with, if we were to change its shape, we would have to re-start the computer modelling from scratch. And it would likely work OK with a new shape - but the Crossover would have to be changed too.
I don't think I have mentioned this earlier, but the target of the design of the Waveguide was based on getting maximum "gain" at 3KHz, the targeted Crossover point, so that the smallest value series cap could be used - to make the reactance in the cap - which increases as you lower the value, keep it as high as possible. The reason is that high reactance between the amplifier's output terminals and the Tweter's VC terminals, means that the Tweeter will track the current of the amplifier, rather than the voltage. The Tweeter responds more linearly to current than it does to tracking voltage, and also generates less noise due to EMF forces (which are voltages) corrupting the current. The only other person I know who seems to take this seriously is Esa Merelainen in Finland. It just seems to go over the heads of the masses of loudspeaker designers.
Cheers, Joe R.
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|20th January 2013, 04:41 PM
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I will start my project during this spring and have already realized that the nice waveguides from Joel will be to expensive to transport to Sweden. Therefore I have somewhere in my head about the same thought that You have. Lets make a mould and then use some plastic to cast them instead. what are your timeschedule?
|20th January 2013, 04:50 PM
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|20th January 2013, 08:14 PM
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That sounds like a good idea!
I am about to ask some friends/family of mine with experience in doing models, My father, He has been working with making models for 25 years at the now only existing swedish car company. So he knows how to make it, he is just quite bizzy.
I am also about to ask another close relative that is a guitar/furniture carpenter about his ideas of making a waveguide. He is also really good at these things.
If i just get at good model done, then i will have no problem making them from carbon/glass/kevlar fibre and suitable epoxi/polyester/whatever plastics.
Its the mold thats the hard thing to get done right. My father know how to do this.
But, i am going to push this a bit and see what i get for suitable ideas.
Do you have any ideas?
A clay modell is what me thinks so far, or maybe making one out of wood and then make a negative out of it.
About the crossover, i only checked the price for the mk5 xo, and it wasn´t expensive at all. Some 300 sek per speaker i think. Then it was as specified but without the Rifa cap as i didn't find any of those.
Where do you buy xo parts from?
|21st January 2013, 04:38 PM
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Good news. I have access to a lathe.
So, now its time to figure out a good design and make it. Then make a negative and try to make a waveguide out of some plastics.
I think maybe i should try carbonfibre out at first.
What do you guys think?
I have carbon fibre, a small amount of kevlar and lots of glassfibre available.
Epoxy and poyester do i also have. I think glassfibre is going to be too flexy and wobbly.
Carbonfibre is stiff, really stiff when done the right way, and i think it would be a good idea to use some dampening, maybe a thin sheet if bitumen moulded into it? Don´t know, just guessing.
I need your help figuring out what i should try first.
If you have the ability to do this, what would you have tried first?
If i i get a good mould done that i can stand for, then i can make some more for material cost and some labour cost.
If that is okey for you Joe? Nothing set, just exploring the options.
Could be a good idea to have the waveguides available in europe?
They wouldn´t be too heavy either so shipping shouldn´t be too much.
How do you think it should look like? I like the round shape. Fits with the drivers. Could make it the same shape as the 830875 drivers? How thick flange? 5mm should be sufficient i think. 10mm is possible too but then the weight and cost will rise. No probem when done for just me as the material is free for me, already paid for.
Lots of ideas to try out, fun
sharkythefrog, can you pm me swith your email?
I am about to order drivers from the netherlands, all drivers incl shipping is 4,700 sek. If we do it together i am almost certain it would be cheaper, they give discount for 10 drivers so they probably give discount for 20 too.
Just a idea. But i am going to order them very soon as i need a tweet flange to make a mould done.
|23rd January 2013, 08:19 PM
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hi, this project seems very interesting
is there a link to :
-a list of the parts for the last version
- and are they dealers in europe?
-and what is the estimation of the cost ?
thank you
|24th January 2013, 09:29 AM
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You can find all the parts in Europe from internet boutique except the wave guide
Concerning the cost I think around 1200 € with the box and all the crossover parts, damping etc.
|24th January 2013, 08:08 PM
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Pascual, Dondiba,
We are a few i Sweden that will try to put together some Elsinores. Approx costs: Elements €520, filters €100, damping - not found yet, cabinett - could be whatever - but raw cabinets €100. We also try to bring a European version of the waveguide to life as the cross atlantic hipping cost is not at all fun. Pascual - where did you find the correct damping?
|25th January 2013, 06:52 AM
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Hi everybody,
I've haven't build the Elsinore yet but the Nomex 164, you can have a look at my blog, there is a section concerning the costs.
Construction d'enceintes "Nomex 164" - Le blog de pguerin
I think building the Elsinore under 1000 € would not be easy, I mean including ALL parts.
About the waveguide, I already own a pair from joels.
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Meantime, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Congress that the military did not have armed aircraft near Libya that could have helped defend against the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
In a letter to Republican Sen. John McCain on Friday, Panetta specifically addressed the claim that the military could have dispatched armed unmanned aerial vehicles, AC-130 gunships or fighter jets to thwart the attack.
The Pentagon chief said these aircraft weren't near Benghazi and they were not an effective option.
Panetta insisted that the U.S. military did everything "they were in position" to do to respond to the attack and spared no effort save the four American lives.
New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over, and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead.
A Defense Department timeline obtained by The Associated Press underscores how far the military response lagged behind the Sept. 11 attack, due largely to the long distances the commando teams had to travel to get to Libya.
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U.S. officials have released details on the response in an effort to refute news reports that said CIA personnel were told to "stand down" rather than go to the consulate's aid.
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My son is five. Over the last 18 months he has become very interested in computers. He particularly enjoys playing games. I have begun to recognise that this may be his thing; his teachers have commented on his adeptness with the technology. But I am also full of concern about him spending too much time playing games on the computer because I am aware of their addictive nature and how they can replace genuine social interaction.
I have been strict about the amount of time he spends in front of a screen each day (half an hour on schooldays, an hour on other days). However, I have only managed to create a huge battleground between us in which I suspect many battles on unrelated issues are played out. I get tense and uptight around his requests for computer time. On the other hand, I recognise that an ease with computers is a valuable skill to have and I would like to encourage him in his interest.
In all other ways my son's development presents little concern. He is doing well at school, has a good friendship circle and spends plenty of time being active outdoors. G, via email
I know lots of people are terrified of screens and think they inevitably lead children into a life of crime and social exclusion, but that isn't the case. Your son sounds normal, healthy and like he has a responsible, caring mother in charge. It sounds as if the problem isn't so much the screen time, but your fear of what it will lead to.
The issue with too much screen time is when it means children aren't getting enough physical exercise: not a problem in your case. There was a paper published recently in the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, entitled "I'm on it 24/7 at the moment". It's not madly relevant to you, but you may find it interesting. One of its authors is Dr Russell Jago, a reader in exercise, nutrition & health sciences at Bristol University. He said there was no guidance to suggest that over a certain limit was bad, and that it really depended what else the child was doing. The more screen time a child has, the less opportunity there is for them being active. He wasn't unduly worried by your son's use of screens.
I also contacted Jackie Marsh from Sheffield University, who has conducted numerous studies of children's use of new technologies and media. Her advice is to use your common sense. "Children should have a balance of activities across a normal day/week, of which computer use can be one activity, and parents should guide young children's use of computers so that they are accessing quality sites/software," she says.
She also said that "computer use has been linked to a range of benefits for children, and these benefits increase when parents are engaged in their children's use of computers."
While Marsh thought it was appropriate to monitor your son's computer use, she felt that your approach may be counter-productive and may be turning the computer into forbidden fruit. Her suggestion? "Change the approach so that at first, let him use the computer as much as he wishes to over a period of a few months. Monitor this use to ensure he is accessing appropriate sites/games, and if you can actively participate in some of these activities, even better."
She thought that after a few weeks he should find a happy medium by himself, as he already has a good social life away from it. If you find he does start to become fixated, then restrict his time – but be flexible, "ie letting him use the computer for longer periods if he is interacting with you in its use, or using it for school. Having a blanket daily time restriction may only fuel the child's obsession (if he indeed has one) and does not allow for the child completing activities on the computer that are beneficial to him."
If you do find you need to restrict his time, get a sand timer – great to help him see how long he has left.
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Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, on July 12, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS announced a new initiative to allow States to experiment under the temporary assistance for needy families, TANF, block grant. The HHS initiative would waive some Federal requirements for qualifying states and instead allow them to develop and use ``alternative and innovative strategies, policies, and procedures that are designed to improve employment outcomes for needy families.'' States would be required to improve employment by 20 percent in order to keep one of these waivers. Some of my colleagues object to this approach.
I was a supporter of 1996 welfare reform and stand by the tenets of that reform. However, it has been seventeen years since that debate on welfare produced the TANF program. We would not expect a car to run for 17 years without maintenance. It is time to tune-up our Nation's antipoverty program. It is time to take a look under the hood.
In the past, TANF has provided crucial benefits to struggling Americans. As poverty rates for women and children increase, it is vital to ensure our programs are adequately meeting the needs of this vulnerable population. The Congressional Research Service estimates that in 1995 over 14 million children were living in poverty. After welfare reform, the number of kids living in poverty decreased to about 11 million by 2000. Since then, these gains have been eroded. There were over 13 million kids in poverty by the start of the recession in 2007. Now there are over 16 million children in desperate need of assistance. These numbers do not indicate a healthy safety net. We must ensure that disadvantaged women and children continue to have access to the vital resources they need.
In 2005, after several attempts to pass a TANF reauthorization bill in ``regular order,'' the TANF program was reauthorized as part of the Deficit Reduction Act. But it was not the comprehensive bipartisan TANF reauthorization voted out of the Finance Committee. Rather, it was a slimmed-down version placed in a budget reconciliation bill that focused on tightening up the work standards and adding grants for marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood. Furthermore, the reauthorization was solely written by Republicans without any Democratic input.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for my distinguished colleague for Utah. I share in my colleague's strong belief that work is honorable and that it should be a cornerstone of our welfare system.
While I certainly share in my colleague from Utah's concern over the unilateral waiver of legislative requirements, I am also a strong supporter of finding ways to improve Federal programs. I agree with the administration that innovation often comes from our partners in the States. As chairman of the Finance Committee, I have provided Montana and the other 49 States numerous opportunities to take initiative and improve our programs. Justice Louis Brandeis said, ``It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may serve as a laboratory, and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.'' Giving the 50 States an opportunity to experiment and improve on Federal programs allows us to determine what works and what doesn't.
Allowing our States to have the flexibility to increase their work rates by 20 percent is a noble goal that improves the very foundation of our welfare system. I understand that there are concerns about how the 20 percent is calculated. However, the goal of increasing employment is my highest priority, a goal that I believe is shared by my friend from Utah.
No matter how noble the goal, I agree that there are better ways to go about making improvements to the TANF program than bypassing the Congress. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over the TANF program. As a committee, we have never shirked our legislative responsibilities and could have been engaged in a more productive manner.
However, this impasse around TANF waivers has prevented productive dialog on the needs of this Nation's most vulnerable women and children for almost a year. It is time to get back to business. I am willing to work with Senator Hatch to end this impasse. The American people deserve our best attention on getting people jobs that will support their families.
With an eye toward reform, I asked the Government Accountability Office, GAO, to evaluate TANF. Since 1996, the number of families served by federal welfare programs has dropped from 3.9 million to 1.9 million in 2010. The GAO noted that this decline was not due to an increase in income but a decline in participation. GAO noted that States have erected increasingly more stringent barriers, making it difficult for families and children to qualify for TANF.
The GAO also noted that current policies may be discouraging States from preparing difficult-to-serve families for the road back to work through TANF. Some options suggested for serving families with complex needs include adjustments to state requirements and a focus on employment outcomes. We may need to make some modest changes to ensure that the program runs smoothly, our tax dollars are spent efficiently, and that we provide a useful safety net for Americans.
A safety net that encourages and inspires resiliency in the face of hardship is crucial to our growth and success. We have worked together to provide States with the opportunity to find solutions while maintaining rigorous standards in the child welfare programs. Continuing this trend is important, even more so when it involves lifting families out of poverty. We have had a strong bipartisan relationship on the Finance Committee, and I look forward to working with the ranking member to improve our welfare system.
Women should not be faced with the hard choices like staying in abusive relationships in order to provide for their kids or leaving their children with less than trustworthy guardians to find a job. We can do better. Input from the administration, States, and other stakeholders on what they think might improve the program is welcome and needed. I am looking forward to working with my colleague from Utah on a legislative solution that improves the TANF program in real ways for women and children.
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After traveling around Japan for all these years, I have come to really enjoy and appreciate the Japanese style baths. It is truly relaxing, and part of the Japanese experience that shouldn't be missed. Bathing is an important part of Japanese life and culture. And one of the best places to experience bathing in Japan are at onsens. However, over the years I have become aware there is a basic misunderstanding of what an onsen is.


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It was a weekend of shutouts, and the Minnesota Twins took one for themselves against the Angels. The game was studded with moments of brilliance. The Twins are really playing some great baseball. The Angels, however, came up dry against the AL-Central leaders, and the game ended 4-0 after nine innings. Basketball Odds
The Twins have played well, and their players continue to improve. They are pitching some excellent ball, and are golden at the plate. Scott Baker pitched seven shutout innings. He made a great stand against the Angels while backed up by an excellent batting lineup. Michael Cuddyer hit a bases loaded double, helping hi team to take yet another victory.
The Angels have played a number of great games, but they couldn't beat the Twins on Sunday. There was simply no way it was going to happen, as they have been coming up short against some of the stronger teams in the nation. The Twins have held the lead in their division over the past few weeks, and still currently have the lead. Baseball Odds
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Darren Barker climbed off the canvas to claim the IBF middleweight title in a gruelling encounter with Daniel Geale in Atlantic City.
Things looked bleak for the Barnet fighter when he was floored by a body shot in the sixth, but the next time he hit the canvas was in a fit of emotion after it was announced he had won the belt by a split decision.
Barker, 31, wept as he dropped to his knees and was congratulated by his team, with tears flowing in all quarters, before dedicating the victory to his brother Gary who died in a car accident in 2006.
"Not many people know the journey I've been through," he said in comments broadcast on Sky Sports 1. "It's been a real Rocky story.
"I dedicate this to my late brother. Everything I've done is for him. Gary, this is for you, mate."
Barker, whose previous world title shot against Sergio Martinez ended in failure in Atlantic City in 2011, appeared to take his Australian opponent by surprise by taking the fight to him.
The Briton landed some big early hits and certainly had the better of the early rounds.
But he was down in round six when Geale connected with a left hook to the body.
The end appeared to be nigh as Geale rained punches in on a dazed Barker, but the Barnet fighter composed himself and ended the round swinging before raising his arms in apparent celebration of withstanding the onslaught.
Barker went on the attack again in round seven but, although he was landing plenty of punches, he did not appear to be hurting his opponent.
It was developing into a gruelling affair and the physicality threatened to take its toll on Barker, who has struggled with injuries in the past.
A lightning combination in the 10th showed Barker, who also landed a big uppercut, still had plenty to offer and he was impressive again in the 11th, but Geale has a reputation as a strong finisher and it was his punches that were landing in the 12th.
Despite that, Barker raised his arms in celebration before the final bell had even sounded and that proved justified.
"I take my hat off to Daniel Geale," Barker said. "He's a great champion and a tough, tough man.
"He caught me right in the solar plexus and completely took my breath away from me."
He added: "I was in absolute bits. I was gone. But as the seconds went on my brother and daughter, they got into my head.
"I showed I've got heart and a lot of people didn't think I did."
Geale said: "I'm no going to whinge and cry and carry on. I worked so hard, I did everything I had to do.
"I could tell he was throwing a lot of punches - whether he was catching me or not, that's to be seen. I felt in control. It wasn't my best performance. Darren's a great fighter, I knew it was going to be tight. I'm very disappointed."
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Stepping Up
Nearly two years have passed since I "stepped down" from my last administrative assignment—a move I've since come to regard as "stepping up" to full-time teaching.
I didn't necessarily feel that way at the time. The move from administration to faculty required significant emotional and cognitive adjustment. For more than 20 years—as a department chair, dean, and program director—I had been "in charge." Now, as a regular, rank-and-file faculty member, I was only in charge of my own courses.
In addition, I had grown accustomed to being "on the inside"—serving on important committees and councils, always among the first to know about the latest policy or program, and even at times having significant say in their formulation. Now I was just like all of my other faculty colleagues: in the dark and out of the loop most of the time.
And finally there were the financial implications of returning to the faculty. Leaving administration cost me thousands of dollars in salary, and even though I've been able to make up much of that by teaching in the summer, the impact on my family has still been noticeable (especially when you consider that faculty members at my institution haven't had a raise in six years).
Two years later, I am here to report that the move from administration to faculty has been, for me, overwhelmingly positive. I'm not advising any of you to leave your administrative positions or promising that, if you do, things will work out as well for you as they have for me. I'm just saying that, in my case, in return for anything I might have given up in terms of prestige, influence, and income, I have been more than compensated in other areas.
Free speech and academic freedom. Most mature people recognize that speech is never really free. You can say what you want, perhaps, but there's often a price to be paid—and it could be your job. One purpose of academic freedom and tenure in higher education is to mitigate that harsh reality, to make it difficult for administrators to fire faculty members who say unpopular things.
But administrators don't have those protections. Even if they're tenured faculty members, and they can't literally be "fired," they can be removed from their administrative positions and lose thousands of dollars in salary, along with other perks. As administrators, they "work at the pleasure of the president," and when you work at someone's pleasure, there's a natural tendency to try to make sure that person is pleased.
Sadly, I failed frequently at that—not because of my job performance but because of the things I insisted on saying in print.
For example, I was once called on the carpet because of something I had written in an opinion essay for a local newspaper that was perceived as critical of the state-university system. "Administrators," I was told, "can't say that sort of thing."
To be fair, and to the administration's credit, I was never fired after that incident (or several others I could relate). I'm not even necessarily questioning my bosses' right to admonish me. I just realized, finally, that they were correct: As an administrator, you really can't write those kinds of things. So instead of deciding to stop writing them, I decided to stop being an administrator.
Similarly, as an administrator, you can't really speak out on the campus about what you might perceive as bad policies or poor management. Outwardly, at least, administrators have to be "supportive" of their bosses. If they want to effect change, they have to try to work within the system. Many administrators are quite good at that. I think I was actually pretty good at it myself. But I reached a point where I just got tired of keeping my mouth shut about things I saw going on that I thought were wrong. That's another reason I decided to leave administration.
As a faculty member, I feel free to speak up. There is still some risk; unhappy administrators could certainly try to make my life miserable. But they couldn't just fire me, not without a long legal battle that they would probably lose. I don't work at their pleasure anymore, and I no longer worry about pleasing them.
Work-life balance. Your time, as a midlevel administrator, is not your own. You can sit at your desk all day, bored half to death, and then suddenly at 4:30 p.m., a crisis will arise that you must deal with immediately. It will keep you at work until 7:30 p.m., meaning that you walk into your daughter's dance recital 45 minutes late, after the flower fairies have already performed.
When the college holds an open house—on a Wednesday night or a Saturday morning—you might be able to cajole a few faculty members into helping out, but you will most certainly be there yourself, staffing your department's booth and (quasi-) cheerfully answering questions.
And when a freak snowstorm rolls in at 10 p.m., while all your faculty colleagues are enjoying hot cocoa in front of their fireplaces, you will be frantically making phone calls to ensure that everyone knows the campus is closed the next day and no one attempts the treacherous drive to work. (If you can't relate, remember that I live in Atlanta.)
Those sorts of things don't happen all that often, but they happen often enough and are unpredictable. As an administrator, in exchange for the salary and perks, you just have to accept that putting the rest of your life on hold in certain situations is part of the job.
As a husband, as a father, as someone with myriad interests outside of work, I reached a point where that trade-off was no longer acceptable. Full-time teaching—even at a community college, where the standard load is five courses a semester—simply provides a more flexible lifestyle than administration. That's especially true if, like me, you have enough seniority on the faculty to be involved in setting your own schedule.
For instance, I'm a morning person, so I start teaching at 7 a.m. and, even with office hours, am usually able to leave the campus by 1 p.m. or so. That frees up my afternoons for grading, class preparation, research and writing, volunteer work at my kids' school, and even the occasional long walk in the park with my wife. I'm still busy, but I'm busy attending to tasks that, for the most part, I've chosen for myself and don't find onerous (except maybe the essay grading).
The difference that has made in my life has been astonishing. I've always been relatively fit, but my blood pressure has come down considerably since I left administration. I sleep better. My lower back pain is less frequent. I'm less irritable and enjoy my family and friends more—and I think they enjoy me more, too. I thought I was happy enough when I was an administrator, but there's really no comparison between those years and the quality of life I have now.
Work-work balance. Perhaps the best result of my decision to trade a corner office for the classroom, though, has been the opportunity to arrange my professional life so that I'm finally doing all the things I've been wanting to do for years.
Supposedly one of the drawbacks of leaving administration is that you have to go back to teaching. I know plenty of administrators who blanch at the thought.
I've always enjoyed teaching, but I'm finding that, this time around, I enjoy it more than ever. Sure, there are aspects that can be tedious—did I mention essay grading?—but nothing gives me a charge like being in the classroom and interacting with students. For the most part, it's fun. I don't even mind teaching five courses a semester. Given the reality that I have to work for a living, there's very little else I'd rather be doing.
In addition to getting to spend more time teaching and less time doing paperwork or sitting in interminable committee meetings, I've also had more time to devote to my writing. Even as an administrator, I cranked out regular columns for The Chronicle and for our local newspaper, mostly because I was determined to do so. But since "stepping down," I've actually been able to publish a couple of books, something I've always wanted to do.
It's true that I had been plugging away for years at both books (one academic, one creative nonfiction), but it wasn't until I left administration that I finally had the time and energy to devote to the challenging tasks of pulling the disparate parts together, finishing the manuscripts, editing and revising, and then landing publishers.
Mostly because of those books, I have also had numerous opportunities to travel around the country speaking to various groups. Just in the last two years, I've received more than 20 invitations to speak at colleges, universities, schools, conferences, and professional meetings—most of which I've been able to accept. I have to work around my teaching schedule, but I've found that people are remarkably accommodating.
The result is that I'm finally doing, almost exclusively, what I've always wanted to do: teaching, writing, and speaking—in other words, being a professor. I took a long (and not altogether unenjoyable) detour into administration because it paid well and I had a growing family, because I was fairly good at it, and because, frankly, it seemed the path of least resistance.
But now I feel as if I'm finally back where I belong, among the ranks of the full-time teaching faculty. And for me, at least, that has definitely been a step up.


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PRINCETON, N.J. -- The 34th season of Ivy League women's basketball kicks off on Friday, as all five teams will open their 2012-13 campaigns. Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Harvard and Yale will tip-off Friday night, while Dartmouth plays its first game on Saturday and three-time defending champion Princeton opens on Sunday.
Princeton was selected to win its fourth-straight conference title after a vote by conference media and women's basketball sports information directors. The Tigers are 41-1 in Ivy play the past three seasons, including a pair of undefeated campaigns (2009-10 and 2011-12). The Tigers are looking to become the first team to win four-straight championships since Dartmouth won five in a row from 1985-90. Princeton ran right through the League last season, winning their Ivy games by an average of 31.0 points.
The Tigers return the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year in senior Niveen Rasheed, who led the League in scoring (16.9) and rebounding (8.8) a year ago, as well as the two-time Defensive Player of the Year in senior Lauren Polansky.
Harvard finished second in the League last season and went 1-1 in the WNIT. The Crimson's 73-71 win at Hofstra in the first round marked the first postseason victory for an Ivy team since Harvard knocked off No. 1-seed Stanford in the opening round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. The Crimson then fell at Temple in the second round of the WNIT, 64-59.
Junior Christine Clark, a first-team All-Ivy honoree a year ago, returns for Harvard, as does sophomore Temi Fagbenle, who will be competing as a rookie after sitting out last season. Fagbenle played for Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics.
Yale, which is celebrating its 40th season in 2012-13, returns senior Megan Vasquez, who earned first-team All-Ivy honors last season after averaging 15.3 points per game, fourth-best in the League. Last year's Rookie of the Year, sophomore Sarah Halejian, also is back for Yale. Penn junior Alyssa Baron finished 18 points off the League lead for scoring, averaging 16.9 points per game. Penn will also benefit from the return of sophomore Kara Bonenberger, who averaged 8.4 points and 5.8 rebounds as a freshman.
Brown will look to second-team All-Ivy recipient Sheila Dixon to lead the team. The senior led the team in both scoring (13.1) and rebounding (6.1) last season. Cornell returns a pair of Honorable Mention All-Ivy performers in senior Clare Fitzpatrick (10.8 points, 6.9 rebounds) and junior Allyson DiMagno (10.7 points, 7.3 rebounds).
Dartmouth senior Faziah Steen finished third in the League in scoring with 15.4 points per game en route to All-Ivy second team honors in 2011-12. Columbia senior Tyler Simpson earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy accolades last year after leading the team in scoring, at 12.6 points per game, including an impressive 15.6 points per game in League contests.
"Inside Ivy League Basketball," a weekly online radio show dedicated to Ivy League men's and women's basketball, returns for its second season in 2012-13.
Hosted by Dan Loney and Brian Seltzer, "Inside Ivy League Basketball" takes in-depth look at all the news and notes surrounding Ivy League men's and women's basketball on and off the courts. "Inside" runs a two-man weave this season with episodes on Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. on BlogTalkRadio.com (blogtalkradio.com/insideivyleaguebasketball) with every episode available on-demand via BlogTalkRadio and IvyLeagueSports.com.
Each episode is packed with highlights, statistics and expert analysis in its 'Around the Ancient Eight' segment. With its 'Program Profile' segment, the show visits with players, coaches and administrators who impact Ivy League men's and women's basketball, both past and present. With its 'Ivy Insights' segment, local and national media join the show to give their thoughts and perspectives on covering the conference.
Via Facebook (search Inside Ivy League Basketball) and Twitter (@insideivyhoops), fans and alumni can follow the show and get a chance to test their Ivy acumen with the 'Trivia Talk' segment. The first person posting the correct answer to each week's trivia question wins a gift certificate to the League's official online store at shop.ivyleaguesports.com.
Check IvyLeagueSports.com in the coming days for this season's episode schedule and guest lineups.
Friday, November 9
Long Island at Columbia, 12 pm
Cornell at Colgate, 6 pm
Harvard at North Dakota State, 6 pm
Penn at Norfolk State, 6 pm
Yale at Holy Cross, 7 pm
Saturday, November 10
Dartmouth at Bryant, 1 pm
Saint Peter's at Brown, 2 pm
Sunday, November 11
Columbia at Vermont, 1 pm
Fordham at Cornell, 1 pm
Harvard at North Dakota, 3 pm
Princeton at St. Joseph's, 3 pm


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Search and Rescue Teams to Recover Snowmobiles April 25th
On Saturday April 25th, a combined effort by the Search and Rescue Teams from Missoula, Seeley Lake and Flathead county, will conduct a operation to recover three snowmobiles from Seeley Lake. Senior Deputy Sheriff Bob Parcell says the event is going to involve many people.
"The plan is to use the scuba team, about ten members from the flathead county. They're bringing their people down, with at least a boat," said Parcell. "We'll have our two boats from the Seeley Swan Search and Rescue and from the Missoula Search and Rescue. And we'll be making an effort to locate and then to hopefully raise the sunken snowmobiles. It might take all of tomorrow, it may go into the next day but at least we'll be getting a start on raising them."
Parcell says that the snowmobiles were left there after an accident where a group of snowmobilers were crossing a dangerous part of seeley lake. The snowmobiles fell then through the ice, leaving two dead.
"We were able to get them out, only did recover their bodies using the two B-air helicopters from Flathead county," said Parcell." When they got here, because they have such a major situation in the middle of the night, but we did retrieve them, and we did retrieve the bodies at that time. Because it's cold water drowning, we did take them to Saint Pats. They did extraordinary life saving measures to try to bring them back, bu they were unsuccessful."
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Au Bon Pain to Provide On-Campus Food in December
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento is proud to announce our partnership with Au Bon Pain. Au Bon Pain will be the new cafeteria food service provider at both Sutter General Hospital and Sutter Memorial Hospital. They also plan on building a restaurant in Sutter Capitol Pavilion, and when the new campus opens in 2014, Au Bon Pain will construct a new cafeteria/restaurant for staff and visitors in the basement of the Women's and Children's Center.
Au Bon Pain is known for their distinctive, healthful casual fare and has been lauded as one of America's Healthiest Restaurants. They currently provide food service in a number of hospitals, airports and malls across the country, but this will be their first site in California.
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Fringe star Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh, coming off Revenge, have joined the cast of Open, HBO's drama pilot from Ryan Murphy. The Fox 21 project, which Murphy co-wrote with Lauren Gussis, is described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships. In her followup to Fringe, Torv will play one of the five central characters, Windsor, a yoga instructor in a longterm relationship with Holly (Leigh), an actress intensely committed to her career, who, upon meeting Grace, feels an instant connection. Aussie Torv, repped by WME and Australia's United Management, and Leigh, repped by CAA and Untitled, join previously cast Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley.
Anna Torv & Jennifer Jason Leigh To Co-Star In Ryan Murphy's HBO Pilot 'Open'
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Thought they'd be playing mother/daughter after reading the title.
Who the hell is Grace?
Grace is a character's name. She hasn't been cast yet.
I hope they cast shelley conn to play grace they are great together
Yay! A Ryan Murphy show with gay women instead of gay men. This way, it will be much harder to exploit stereotypes!
It's Ryan Murphy, I'm sure he'll find a way.
Fifty bucks says, first time we see JJL, she'll be wearing flannel and driving a pick-up truck. Oy.
Captain Caveman's banging his club somewhere…
Loved Anna Torv on Fringe, so I'm curious to watch this show. I'm assuming Grace is her character's first name, though it's not very clear from the article.
No, Torv and Leigh will play lovers, whilst the Grace character is a married woman has a fling with Torv's.
All right! More soft core porn with "name" actors and actresses masquerading as a sit com.
I was already pretty interested in this show, but my interest has risen even higher now that Anna Torv has joined the cast. I loved her on Fringe.
Love Anna Torv, amazing actress.
Should have had several Emmy nominations for her great work on Fringe.
And Anna Torv dares to take risks, love that as well; no greater contrast possible to Olivia Dunham
HBO seems to be the cable where actors get a chance in films as well.
I hope that Ryan Murphy will give her great material, the idea look interesting, as the age differences will be part of the reason for the third party.
So many straight relationships shows on tv, but the moment there is one with some gay /lesbian characters, oh dear.
Sounds lame and tone deaf. Would Netflix commit to a full season of this? No way in HELL.
Great cast.
They had me at Jennifer J., but lost me at Anna Torv. She has the sex appeal and acting skills of a plank. If they improve the casting, I might watch this. At this point, Jennifer is not enough.
Sounds like it'll be a "modern," "provocative" exploration of human sexuality and relationships with a strong focus on White people
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TORONTO Feb 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday, extending a six-week high with its fourth straight gain, as gold miners jumped with bullion and retailer Canadian Tire surged after its earnings beat expectations.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially ended up 64.20 points, or 0.50 percent, at 12,931.36. Seven of its 10 main sectors gained. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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Papiss Cisse still has to score a goal for Newcastle this season, and that was brought up during yesterday's press conference, and manager Alan Pardew said the Senegal striker needs to score in his next two games, or else his place will come under pressure, since Newcastle have more options up front this season.
Papiss Cisse – under pressure to score goals
This is what Alan said about Papiss yesterday:
"I think that's a concern and I think we've worked hard trying to find avenues for Papiss to get that goal and on the inside he's working hard and he needs to concentrate now because he'll come under pressure if he doesn't score in the next couple of games for sure."
"We have Remy we have Gouffran and we have other players and that's the competition you need at the top, so therefore a goal from him would be a welcome addition to the squad." There is always pressure on players, you have got to perform."
"And as I say, I think his work rate has been very good but his focus now needs to be to score goals for us, and hopefully we can create more opportunities for him, and I think particularly in the last two games when we've developed more options, the opportunities are coming his way."
The very fact we have a lot more options up front now, with the likes of Remy now available, means that an alternative starting front three, in a 4-3-3 formation could be Gouffran, Remy and Ben Arfa, or even Sammy Ameobi on the left wing, so the Newcastle manager definitely now has more options.
The good news is that Newcastle are also creating more chances these days, and in one of these games we should be able to score a few goals and improve our goal difference, if the lads can take most of their chances.
Maybe that will be tomorrow against Hull City?
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As always Good Links Paulo.
Yes both of you are correct. emailed with the other person earlier today, he is at 124 with the ussailing link. so he is happy, The other option to get the number, is to measure at many what sounded like thousands of dollars. IIRC getting an IRC cert is about 500-1000 USD.
In the end, he is happy, as he can now do some of the local more open water to ocean catagory races, like Swiftsure, southern straights to name two. My boat turns out to be 121 or 122 depending upon if I use the stock 1.4" hull measure, or 1'5" that I measured when out of the water last Feb, going with seaweed line.
Do either of you know the difference between the old CE number certs and the newer Letter certs? ala is my CE2 equal to or there abouts to a current CE B? this would be my guess.......CE 1 would be equal to an A. Not sure about a CE5, as there is no CE E, only a-d.......
Yes, those simple formulas are only good for very approximative results. Stay away from them. You can have the boat fully measured and weighted and get the results to someone that has a very expensive program (Naval cabinet) that makes the calculations for you (you have to ask what they need) or you make the easiest way that is through an inclining test following ORC instructions. Contact ORC for instructions.
About the differences you can get on stability curves using different programs you may want to have a look here:
Misleading stability - Yachting and Boating World Forums
My understanding is that's the best calc available. If you want any better you need to have the boat measured, which I think involves an inclination test, and majority of people only do that for racing certification.
I believe most yacht designers would be able to come up with measurements, assuming they have sonme fancy software. However, as you normally only see this info on new yachts (and not always) my guess it that it is a difficult process / fair amount of work.
how to figure limit of positive stability.......
Ok, so at the dock party after the race last night, one fellow was trying to figure out what his LPS for lack of better way to put it was. He as told there were two ways, if you did it one way, his boat came out to about 115* or there abouts, another in the 130's. To get a cat 1 PIYA cert, you need to be over 120. so he was trying to figure out what formula to use. I have seen this one at USSailing, puts me at about 117 or so. Not sure where this guys boat is, ie a Farr 1020.
Google searching gets me lots of articles, but only the following ussailing link. I did find an excel program using some STIX figures, but not sure I can find ALL the numbers they want and need.
Angle of Vanishing Stability
So in the end, is there another BETTER formula program online that might do a better job estimating ones LPS?
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I'm one of those folks who fall under the Florida Hunting/Fishing license for $20 annually. Since I came from Texas with a Hunting License and Federal Duck Stamp, please correct me if I'm wrong but I only need to purchase the $20 hunting license in Florida and not another Federal Duck Stamp correct?


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TORONTO, March 26 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday, led by a sharp selloff in gold mining shares and broad declines in most other sectors, after comments from President Barack Obama revived worries about the crisis in Ukraine. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 115.39 points, or 0.81 percent, at 14,184.10. Seven of the 10 main sectors on the index were in the red. (Reporting by John Tilak; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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I have never witnessed a more poorly officiated political debate than the Vice Presidential debate of October 11, 2012, between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Moderated by ABC's Martha Raddatz, the widely respected journalist appeared to give Vice President Joe Biden nearly twice as much time to speak as his republican challenger. While it's true she really never checked either of the men, both of whom became frustrated with the other at various points along the way, Raddatz should have lip checked Biden after he repeatedly interrupted Ryan's allotted time. It went waaaaay too far, way over the line of professionalism on Biden's part.
The 90 minute long oversight was so blatant that I decided to dig a little deeper to see if there was a personal connection between Raddatz and the Obama campaign, and like most of my gut in-"stinks" … it proved fruitful.
Raddatz's former husband, Julius Genachowski, who Raddatz shares a son with, went to law school with Barack Obama – who was a guest at her wedding. Today Genachowski is the current head of the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) under the Obama Administration. The FCC is the federal agency that Raddatz's bosses at ABC as well as all other mainstream media – answer to.
Biden knew Raddatz was going to let him act belligerent – rude – and just flat out "low -pro" because of her affiliations with Barack Obama.
What was even more frustrating for me was Ryan's unwillingness to return the favor when he had the chance even though he had aggravated cause throughout.
Regardless, the score is now 1 up. Obama had better take some pointers from Biden because his opponent, heavyweight debater Mitt Romney – isn't as obliging with his time and was last seen pounding on the prez like a sack of potatoes.
I predict Obama chokes in the upcoming debate and ends his slim chances of returning to Washington for a second term because once a man takes a pounding from another guy, the ripple effects go on and on. Barack Obama has been eating and sleeping Mitt Romney. All he can hear when he lays down at night is Romney pounding away at him, eye to eye about the economy and taxes – telling Obama what a failure he's been in front of an audience of 67 million people, many of whom agree.
Romney is flawless. Never stutters … never slips … never makes that weird eye contact thing as if he's unsure of something he's saying. Obama's ultimate nightmare because a self-indulged narcissist only wants "good attention."
Romney was the guy we wanted all along, many of us at some point along the way, however, have slighted him as 'not a true conservative,' – not a member of the club – and it's bullshit. I don't know any other politician who could have taken Obama to the woodshed like Romney did – not Gingrich, not Palin, not even the conservative movements golden boy Allen West. No one else is that smooth and polished.
By the time election day rolls around, Romney will fly out of a phone booth with a damn cape on and into history as our next great American President.
CNN is polling Ryan the winner of the debate. ABC commentators instantly gave the nod to Biden immediately following the debate, but it appears other networks saw things differently.
Perhaps ABC is closer to the FCC than CNN.
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