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To Lynda Weinman, it's funny that the online learning site she and her husband founded in 1995 suddenly seems like an overnight success. "Yes, only two decades in the making," she joked at a lunch I had with her last week. But there certainly has been a big buzz around Lynda.com — named after Weinman — after the Carpinteria, Calif., company raised $103 million a month ago in its first major funding. And, last week, as part of a major expansion globally using that money, it bought Austria-based video2brain to add to its online course offerings in a range of computer and other skills, in a number of European languages. It's all part of the plan to dominate the continuing education market, and to bring 60 more employees and a pile of lessons to a service that competes with a range of others, such as Codecademy and Treehouse in the business and computer learning space. Currently, Lynda has 83,000 videos in 1,500 courses, and close to 500 employees. Unlike many hot startups, Lynda.com has been profitable for a long time, making more than $100 million in revenue annually from subscriptions from a range of customer groups, including individuals, companies, schools and the U.S.
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- Why Project ERP Often Falls Short
- Tighter Integration
- Risk, Cash Poorly Managed
Some companies, like engineer-to-order manufacturers, engineering procurement and construction contractors and even process manufacturers find their situation so demanding than even tier I ERP products cannot meet them completely.
Charles Rathmann is an analyst with IFS North America.
When it comes to enterprise software like enterprise resource planning (ERP) and enterprise asset management (EAM), not every company is created equal.
A manufacturer with predictable, repetitive processes may find a broad spectrum of software offerings that can meet their needs. But some companies, like engineer-to-order manufacturers, engineering procurement and construction contractors and even process manufacturers find their situation so demanding than even tier I ERP products cannot meet them completely.
One area that frequently is left wanting for this latter group is project management. Because ERP came from the world of materials planning for repetitive manufacturing and EAM often amounts to a glorified maintenance work order management system, these applications cannot address the more anecdotal, complex and dynamic requirements of real-time enterprise project management.
At least that has been our experience as we interact with executives at project-centric and asset-intensive companies. And that is also the conclusion of a recent study IFS North America conducted with help from Mint Jutras Principal Analyst Cindy Jutras.
Study Results
We surveyed more than 200 executives with industrial companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. We then ran frequencies on the data to identify the companies with more complex, project-centric business models. These companies proved to be:
- Companies engaged in engineer-to-order manufacturing.
- Companies delivering projects as an engineering, procurement, and construction contractor.
- Those involved in batch process, which would cause them to be involved heavily in enterprise asset management of process manufacturing plants and equipment.
Reviewing the data, it becomes clear that exposure to projects enters an organization in two different ways: Either the company relies on projects as part of its product delivery system or it relies on projects as a way to manage its capital assets.
Engineer-to-order manufacturers and engineering procurement construction contractors are examples of the former. They are involved in short run or one-off projects where the administrative and management overhead costs normally counted as overhead must be accounted for and managed just as aggressively as materials and manufacturing or fabrication costs.
Process manufacturers are an example of the latter. They plan, construct and then maintain process manufacturing plants and equipment to yield a return over a period of years or decades. That entire asset lifecycle may be considered a project that needs to be managed on a macro level. But on a micro level, there are numerous equipment installations, refits, overhauls and plant shutdowns that require aggressive project management to control cost, ensure a successful outcome and limit business disruption.
Many other manufacturers, according to the study, find their product lifecycles are short enough that they, too, are best managed as a project. The conception, engineering, design, prototyping and product launch cycle may come frequently enough that they represent a significant portion of the cost of a given product or product line. Again, project management is required on both the macro and micro levels.
Very few executives in this study reported having substantial integration between project management functionality and their underlying enterprise application, be that ERP, EAM or something else.

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Vikings It is a name for someone who lived in the counties of the Scottish/English Borderlands.
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Cumberland, where they held a family seat for many centuries, before the Norman Conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy in 1066 A.D.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Weber State women's tennis team dropped to 5-7 on the season overall and to 0-3 in Big Sky play on Saturday following a 7-0 loss to Sacramento State.
The Wildcats ran into a buzzsaw with the Hornets, who cruised through doubles play, winning at No. 1 and 2 by 8-2 scores and shutting out WSU in the No. 3 match 8-0.
In singles play, things did not get any easier for Weber State, as Sacramento State took all six matches in straight sets.
Sacramento State 7, Weber State 0
Mar 15, 2014 at Sacramento, Calif. (Rio Del Oro RC)
Singles competition
1. NGUYEN, Jennifer (SAC) def. BACHANEK, Agata (WSU) 6-2, 6-3
2. SAVCHENKO, Daria (SAC) def. ELMER, Kristi (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
3. SOLTANICI, Alina (SAC) def. TANNER, Ashley (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie (SAC) def. KURER, Thais (WSU) 6-1, 7-5
5. KNOEBL, Katharina (SAC) def. PHONHARATH, Nittaya (WSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. BOIJA, Olivia (SAC) def. WARWICK, Michelle (WSU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. BOIJA, Olivia/LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie (SAC) def. BACHANEK, Agata/ELMER, Kristi (WSU) 8-2
2. NGUYEN, Jennifer/SAVCHENKO, Daria (SAC) def. KURER, Thais/PHONHARATH, Nittaya (WSU) 8-2
3. KNOEBL, Katharina/SOLTANICI, Alina (SAC) def. TANNER, Ashley/WARWICK, Michelle (WSU) 8-0
Match Notes
Weber State 5-7, 0-3 BSC
Sacramento State 3-7, 2-0 BSC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,5,6,4,1,2)


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Greets. We've been experiencing a problem introduced by IE 7, which
arguably is caused by improved security. This is in a non-m0n0wall
context, but it seems that the problem will become widespread soon.
We have a walled garden/captive portal page users are redirected to
via HTTPS. The server presents a cert in the server hello, as usual,
but a sufficiently paranoid client (as is the default with MSIE 7, but
could be the case with Firefox dep. on settings), the attempt to
validate the cert - either by following the OCSP URL baked into the
cert, or via CRL fetch - fails.
It seems to me that rather than inventing a separate OCSP/CRL proxy,
this functionality should be in the captive portal itself -- once
the $$ are paid or password given etc, the user is no longer restricted
to the captive portal.
Forgive me if this has been a topic of discussion here and I missed it.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Northern Arizona had nine different players record points on five first half goals, including a pair of goals from senior Brandy Carr and the first-career goals for freshmen Alana D'Onofrio and Dana Williams, as the Lumberjacks cruised to a 5-0 win over Montana on a frigid afternoon in Lumberjack Stadium. NAU remained the only undefeated team in Big Sky play and extended its school-record unbeaten streak to nine straight games, improving to 9-3-3 overall and 4-0-1 in conference, while Montana dropped to 2-12-2 and 1-4-0 in the Big Sky.
"One thing that we've talked about is having a lot of different players step up and score goals for us, and that happened today," said head coach Andre Luciano. "Our bench did a great job in the second half coming in and relieving most of our starters. This was really a good team win."
The Lumberjacks came out hot despite low-40's, windy, and rainy conditions. NAU got on the board first after a failed clearance by the Montana defense in the 12th minute, as D'Onofrio bounced a shot on goal from 35 yards out. The try was initially stopped by Montana freshman goalkeeper Kendra McMillen, but the ball would roll out of her hands and over the goal line to put the Lumberjacks ahead.
Less than seven minutes later, NAU would strike again. A corner kick from senior Brenna Boies found junior Chelsea Bednarz for a header in front of the Montana goal and past McMillen, extending Boies' NAU career assist record to 21 and giving the Lumberjacks a 2-0 lead.
Just over eight minutes would pass until the Lumberjacks would score again, as junior Jenna Samora had an open look in front of the goal stopped by McMillen and the rebound found Carr, who had entered the game only 38 seconds earlier, with an empty net in front of her to push the lead to 3-0.
Carr would strike again in the 40th minute, as a cross from junior Carolyn Savage found the Lumberjack senior for a shot into the top left corner of the Grizzly goal and a fourth tally for the home team.
A fifth first-half goal would come just over two minutes later off a corner kick from senior Corie McGuire. The feed was knocked down in front of the Grizzly goal by Lumberjack freshman Shawnee Morhan to Williams, who would finish with her first-career goal and end a wild first half with NAU comfortably ahead.
With the game well in hand to start the second half, both teams focused on a heavy rotation of substitutions in the final 45 minutes. Only one shot was placed on goal in the second half, with Lumberjack junior netminder Tori Rocke making her only save of the game to extend her school record to 18 career shutouts and give NAU a 5-0 win.
The Lumberjacks out-shot Montana 16-4 for the contest after a 10-1 shot advantage for the home team in the first half. 11 different Lumberjacks attempted a shot in the game, with McMillen recording three saves for the Grizzlies. D'Onofrio, Morgan and Williams each record their first-career points in the match.
Northern Arizona plays its final road game of the regular season at Eastern Washington (2-12-1, 2-3-0 BSC) on Sunday at 11 a.m. Depending on other Big Sky results on Sunday, the Lumberjacks could clinch their first-ever Big Sky regular season title with a win against the Eagles.


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Atlas Copco opens rock reinforcement competence center in Austria
Atlas Copco inaugurated, on September 17, its first dedicated development center for rock reinforcement technology, with the aim to make rock excavation and underground operations safer and more productive.
The center, based in Feistritz/Drau, Austria, in the hard rock Alpine region at the heart of Europe's tunnelling activities, is the former headquarters of MAI Ankertechnik, which Atlas Copco acquired in 2001. Major investments have been made in new manufacturing machines and up grading of existing facilities in order to increase productivity and lower production costs.
"This dedicated technology center for the development of superior rock reinforcement products has been created to serve the worldwide tunnelling, mining and construction industries," says Herbert Papousek, General Manager of Atlas Copco MAI "As a result of this investment a considerable amount of market-driven product development will be possible, and customers worldwide can expect to see many new and interesting products coming from Atlas Copco in the years ahead."
Atlas Copco's rock reinforcement product line was relocated to Austria to join Ankertechnik's product line, enabling the Company to utilize common resources and facilities in a more efficient and productive way. In line with the Group's strategy of continuous
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In Darwin's Black Box: The BiochemicalChallenge to Evolution I argued thatpurposeful intelligent design, rather thanDarwinian natural selection, better explainssome aspects of the complexity that modernscience has discovered at the molecularfoundation of life. In the five years since itspublication the book has been widely discussedand has received considerable criticism. Here Irespond to what I deem to be the mostfundamental objections. In the first part ofthe article I address empirical criticismsbased on experimental studies alleging eitherthat biochemical systems I discussed are notirreducibly complex or that similar systemshave been demonstrated to be able to evolve byDarwinian processes. In the remainder of thearticle I address methodological concerns,including whether a claim of intelligent designis falsifiable and whether intelligent designis a permissible scientific conclusion.


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(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. government, which has rejected a treaty banning nuclear testing, is not participating in an international conference on the treaty in Vienna this week.
Despite Washington's evident lack of interest, a U.S.-based arms control advocacy group said it remained optimistic that American policy would change, to enable the eventual implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
The treaty, which seeks to outlaw all nuclear detonations, cannot become active without ratification by the U.S. and 11 other specified countries that have not yet formally supported it.
President Clinton signed the CTBT in 1996 but the Senate voted three years later against ratification, after critics argued that it could undermine America's ability to maintain its nuclear superiority.
The U.S. remains the largest funder -- providing almost one-quarter of the annual $84 million budget -- of the CTBT Organization's Preparatory Commission (PrepCom), the Vienna-based body working to prepare for the treaty's entry into force.
The Bush administration has not sent a delegation to a three-day conference in the Austrian capital, aimed at hastening the treaty's implementation. The U.S. did also not attend the previous such meeting, in New York in late 2001.
The Counselor for Arms Control at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, John Sequeira, was instead taking part in routine PrepCom "working group" meetings, a spokesman said from the mission Wednesday.
PrepCom spokeswoman Daniela Rozgonova confirmed by phone Thursday that the U.S. had not officially registered or sent an official delegation to the conference, where representatives from more than 100 nations are discussing ways of hastening the treaty's entry into force.
One unofficial U.S. observer was present, she added.
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Several speakers at the conference have focused on the two major nuclear powers that have not ratified the treaty -- the U.S. and China -- and urged them to do so.
The other 10 holdouts on the list of nations whose ratification is required are Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and Vietnam.
In his address, the representative for Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, directed criticism at the U.S. for a nuclear posture review presented to Congress at the end of 2001, which considers the possible development of new types of nuclear weapons.
They include small nuclear weapons that could be used against targets able to withstand conventional attack, such as underground bunkers.
Ambassador Hussein Haniff said developing new types of nuclear weapons contravened assurances given by the five major nuclear powers at the time the CTBT negotiations were concluded.
A U.S. test ban moratorium has been observed since 1992, but the Pentagon's nuclear posture review cautioned that maintaining the nuclear stockpile without further testing may not be possible indefinitely.
"Some problems in the stockpile due to aging and manufacturing defects have already been identified," the document said. "Increasingly, objective judgments about capability in a non-testing environment will become far more difficult."
"Each year the DoD and DoE [departments of defense and energy] will reassess the need to resume nuclear testing and will make recommendations to the President," it said, adding that "nuclear nations have a responsibility to assure the safety and reliability of their own nuclear weapons."
On the website of the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, information on the CTBT includes a mention of the Senate's 1999 rejection, and speaks of "if" rather than "when" the treaty enters into force.
Despite these signs, an organization promoting the CTBT in the U.S. believes that the official U.S. stance will eventually change.
Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association (ACA), said Wednesday the Bush administration's policy was "self-defeating."
He challenged the assessment in the nuclear policy review that testing may be needed to ensure that existing weapons remained reliable and safe.
"Nuclear testing has not been and is still not necessary to maintain the existing U.S. arsenal, rather, to proof-test new bomb designs," Kimball told CNSNews.com.
The ACA's lobbying efforts and those of other key states around the world had, in his view, "moderated" the U.S. government's opposition to the CTBT.
He pointed out that the Administration and Congress still support paying about 95 percent of the U.S. assessment to the Preparatory Commission.
The U.S. had also, "for now," not moved to withdraw its signature from the CTBT, Kimball added.
A number of conservative commentators and policy analysts have called for the U.S. to "unsign" the treaty, as it did the treaty creating the International Criminal Court.
"Unless unsigned, it remains a loaded weapon that can be taken up by the Senate at any time," conservative columnist Robert Novak argued last year of the CTBT.
'Next battle'
For Kimball and the ACA, the "next important battle" is to get the administration to cancel any proposals to research and develop new nuclear weapons.
Conceding that the prospects for the test ban treaty's entry into force in the next few years were slim, he said was nonetheless "confident that U.S. leadership on the CTBT will eventually be renewed and the other states that must sign and ratify can and will."
"Why am I confident? The CTBT cannot alone stop nuclear proliferation, but we cannot stop nuclear arms competition and further proliferation without the CTBT," he said.
Heritage Foundation expert Baker Spring, who argued strongly ahead of the 1999 Senate decision that the CTBT would make the U.S. less rather than more secure, reiterated that view in a Heritage report released earlier this year.
"In reality, an atrophying U.S. nuclear force is likely both to encourage proliferation by states like North Korea because they will view it as a source of U.S. weakness and to result in more serious consideration of the nuclear option by countries like Japan because they will be less certain of U.S. security commitments," he wrote.
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(I work at a small, locally owned electronics store. 95 percent of my job is putting customer's old home movies on DVD, but since we're located downtown, I get a good deal of work from law firms as well. One day, a known customer comes in. He's always slightly annoying to deal with, but he's friends with the owner.)
Me: "What can I do for you today, Mr. [Customer]?"
Customer: "My lawyer gave me these videos but they won't work in my DVD player."
Me: "Okay. Let me take a look at them real fast."
(I put the disc in my computer and notice it's in an obscure format that needs a specific software that's used exclusively in the legal system.)
Me: "I see the issue. These won't work in any DVD player. You need a specific computer software to view these."
Customer: "I don't own a computer."
Me: "Well, that's fine. I can easily convert these into a format your DVD player can read."
Customer: "Great. Can I get six copies of it?"
Me: "Sure thing. I should have it ready for you tomorrow morning."
(I take the discs, make a DVD out of the video and the make the requested copies. The next day, the customer picks up his order along with the original discs his lawyer gave him. About a week later he returns.)
Customer: "These discs don't work." *hands me the originals*
Me: "These are the discs your lawyer gave you."
Customer: "Yeah, they won't work in my DVD player."
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Customer: "These still won't work in my player."
(He hands me the discs. Right on top is my post-it note.)
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Customer: "Yeah."
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Boss: "Mr. [Customer] dropped by while you were out. He said there was a problem with these discs."
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Elatan (born Second Age circa 515) was a nobleman who lived in the city of Andúnië during the early centuries of Númenor. He wedded Silmariën, the daughter and eldest child of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor. Because of the law of agnatic primogeniture, Silmariën could not take the Sceptre. However, when Elatan and Silmariën had their first child, Valandil, Tar-Elendil created the title Lord of Andúnië to celebrate his first grandson. Valandil would become the first Lord of Andúnië and Elatan's descendants would be titled nobleman.
Elatan's descendants would figure prominently in the history of Middle-earth. After the Downfall of Númenor, Elendil, the last Lord of Andúnië, would found the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Over thousands of years, Elatan would become the ancestor of Aragorn Elessar, the hero of the War of the Ring.
Elatan's name means "Man of the Stars" in Quenya (from elen = "star" and atan = "man").
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Janene Carey is a freelance writer, editor and academic. Previously, she was employed as a journalist, sub-editor and acting editor with her local newspaper, The Armidale Express. She has a PhD in writing, and her work has been published in national newspapers, magazines and literary journals, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, OUTBACK magazine, Australian Book Review, TEXT and Perilous Adventures. Her website is www.janenecarey.com
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This book sat on my bedside table for weeks after I'd bought it – somehow I kept putting it off and choosing less confronting, friendlier options for my bedtime reading. I eventually started and then finished it in one hugely satisfying sitting today and remembered why I'd bought it in the first place - because I knew what a sharp and lovely writer Janene Carey is and how rich and nuanced her perceptions are. This was a beautiful book to read – and a privilege to share such personal true stories of people's lives and deaths; tricky territory communicated with dextrous and sensitive honesty. The book travels from family to family, deftly revealing their histories, their idiosyncrasies and the messy contradictions of human relationships. The voices of the carers emerge clearly and distinctively, and their personalities give this book about death such life and spirit. As with all good books, this one changed me just a little; somehow I feel a tiny bit wiser having read it.
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I can't remember a book that has had such a strong emotional impact on me. Maybe it is knowing the author, or having a sick dad myself, but I was floored by this book. I finished it a few days ago, but it has taken me that long to figure out what I want to write about it. Carey has written about a subject that needs to be talked about. Caring for loved ones to their deaths is a task just about all of us will face one day, but nobody talks about it. It's not easy to know what to say, really.
The book begins with several different accounts of caring for dying relatives. Carey has found a really eclectic group of people to explore the a range of experiences of nursing loved ones to death. While in some ways, there are universal threads running through their stories, Carey also highlights the incredible diversity of experiences and emotions people have when they support a loved one to die at home. Her sensitive re-telling of their sacred stories also highlights the enormous impact death has on family dynamics in the lead-up to death and beyond. She explores the impact of impending death on a mother with young children. I was particularly moved by an account of death by a Buddhist family, who saw the whole process as a spiritual practice that was enriching as well as harrowing.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A juvenile who previously shoplifted at a Colorado Springs grocery store returned to the same store Tuesday and was caught after firing a gun at a store employee, police said.
Several employees at Safeway near Circle Drive and Galley Road said they recognized the 17-year-old male suspect from a previous shoplifting incident and were going to confront him in the parking lot about shoplifting again on Tuesday.
"He turned around, took out a handgun and fired a shot into the direction of (an) employee," said Lt. Catherine Buckley of the Police Department.
Buckley said no one was hurt and it's unclear if the bullet hit the store building.
A release issued later by police stated that employees were confronting three juveniles about trespassing when the shot was fired.
Buckley said the teens ran south across Galley and hid in an apartment at Courtyard De Cortez. A neighbor said the two teens who were with the shooting suspect live at the apartment.
"That's hard for me to believe," said Renee Kraus, the neighbor. "I see those boys every day. They're always polite and interacting with other neighbors and kids, and it just doesn't make sense. The third person, I don't know who that is."
Police arrested the teens but didn't immediately find the gun. Officers searched a grassy area between the store and the apartment complex.
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SAHIWAL, (The News): A man along with his aides killed his father and two uncles over old enmity and land issue in Sahiwal, Geo News reported Tuesday.
According to police, accused Rizwan's brother was killed a while ago due to which five persons including Rizwan's father and two uncles were jailed. Later, the family made an accord resulting in the release of the accused that had offended Rizwan.
Therefore, grief-stricken Rizwan attacked the three men of his family and killed them on Monday night with the help of his companions.
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I currently own a 2000 rs coupe and recently acquired a wrx engine with most likely a blown shortblock for incredibly cheap that Im gonna eventually swap in. I wont know the damage until I rip into it. Anyways, the engine is a 2005 block with 2003 heads. If the block is destroyed beyond repair I just wanted to know my options.
Im kind of asking what block you guys think I should go with weighing everything out. I'm doing this on a relatively small budget and I'm not looking to make ridiculous power numbers.
I realize I can replace the block with another EJ20 and run a WRX ecu etc...
But my question is what EM/ECU are you guys with hybrid setups (EJ257 block with wrx heads) running. Is it just the stock STI ecu or are you running tuned wrx ecu's? Keep in mind that Ill need to stay OBDII. Kind of a newb question I realize but Ive been an N/A 2.5 guy for a good bit of time haha.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2---Mrs. Lilly A. Wilson Potter, a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims who was known as the ?Grand Old Lady? of the Red Cross, died yesterday at her home. Her age was 98. She was a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912.
Mrs. Potter, the widow of Col. Thomas Potter Jr., helped found the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross. She became active in relief work at the time of the Johnstown flood, when her husband headed a relief mission to the stricken city. She sent a trained nurse from her household to join Clara Barton during the typhoid epidemic that followed the great flood.
Mrs. Potter headed the Volunteer Corps from World War I through World War II. At one time during World War II, the corps? membership totaled more than 70,000.
She received the Gimbel Award as Philadelphia?s outstanding woman of 1939 and turned $1,000 in prize money over to the Red Cross.
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What are those cute, crazy critters cavorting across our computer screen? Silly, er, rabbit: they're from Cartoona, a new game by artist Robert Burke.
Cartoona is a tile-laying, creature-building game of strategy and chance featuring the whimsical pop art creatures of Robert Burke. The game encourages creativity, strategic thinking and social interaction. Players compete by building colorful, and sometimes hilarious, cartoon creatures from different body part tiles. Cartoona can be played in singles mode, team mode or even a solitaire mode, and there are three different game variants that will ship in the box: the full game, the basic game and a children's game. These different game variants allow for between 1 to 8 players ages 3 to adult.
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Expect Ray-Ban sales to spike Wednesday afternoon. In his very first Instagram post Vice President Biden featured the brand's iconic aviator sunglasses made popular by Maverick in "Top Gun" and by Biden himself. So is the Veep one of those guys? The ones who sport sunglasses inside? Perhaps. This first post promises "the occasional aviators pic" in the future.
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Creating DataModule-like components in .NET
Delphi's DataModules were a useful programming tool because they provided a centralized place to define data schema and business logic which could then be referenced from multiple locations. Visual Studio .NET, however, encourages the programmer to place DataSets and Adapters on each individual page, resulting in decentralized and possibly redundant business logic. However, it is possible to roll your own DataModule-like components in .NET. Here's how:
- Decide whether you want to have your custom DataSet component in the same project or in a class library. Keeping it in the same project is a little simpler, while putting it in a separate class library will result in a separate assembly that contains only data logic, making it more suitable to deploy as a business tier.
- Add a new Component to the target project
- Add a Connection and DataAdapters to the Component, and generate a DataSet. The visibility of the Connection and DataAdapters will default to private, so make sure to change them as appropriate for your design.
- Once the DataSet has been generated, create a new class that descends from the DataSet subclass. The DataSet subclass name is the same as the name of the .xsd schema file.
- Add the following attributes to your DataSet subclass:
- [ Serializable() ]
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- Add a property to the DataSet subclass that references the Component containing all the DataAdapters. Include logic either in the DataSet subclass constructor or in the property accessor to create a new instance of the DataAdapter container if needed.
- Optionally, to hide the base DataSet class, open the base .cs file with the same name as the schema .xsd file and change the ToolboxItem attribute from true to false. Changes made to this file will disappear every time the .xsd it is based on changes, so make the decision whether or not this step is worthwhile accordingly.
- Build the project
- You can now add the custom DataSet class to the Toolbar. When dragged into another project, the Visual Studio IDE will treat the DataSet subclass as if it is a DataSet; it will appear as a top-level item in the DataBinding dialog box and have the DataSet property editor. Additionally, all the custom business logic methods you added to the class will also be available in code. The DataSet schema will only be editable in the project containing the DataSet subclass, which is a natural result of centralizing your schema and logic. Be forewarned that adding such a custom DataSet to the Toolbar while it is still in development might cause more frustration than it's worth, since Visual Studio will not be easily persuaded to detect changes to the DataSet schema, particularly in the designer.
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using System;
namespace MyNamespace.MyDataModules
[ Serializable() ]
[ System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem( true ) ]
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public class CustomDataSet : MyStronglyTypedDataSet
// CustomDataSetAdapters is the name of the Component class
// containing all the DataAdapters used to generate, fill,
// and update the DataSet.
private CustomDataSetAdapters _Adapters;
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
public CustomDataSet( System.ComponentModel.IContainer container )
container.Add( this );
// Initialize DataSet properties here
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public CustomDataSet()
// Initialize DataSet properties here
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Some months ago I needed to have a look at the the OP codes from my STS ´96 (shown on the dashboard information panel). I think these are called OBD II codes !? I preveviously had a link to a site with a very good description of these, but that doesn´t seem to exist anymore (209.145. .... something). Is there anywhere else these codes are described in details ? And preferably also how to get the readouts unsing the OBD control panel buttons (the aircon buttons).
I also once found a reference to a GM bulletin describing what to do with a sodded ´95 - ´97 N* engine. I lost that too :-(
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With the key on simultaneously press and hold the OFF and WARMER buttons until the onboard diagnostics activates and the codes will be displayed. Post back for interpretation or check on the www.caddyinfo.com home page for the diagnostic codes.
What is a "sodded" Northstar engine...?? Not sure of any bulletins on that in specific....LOL
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Thanks for the quick reply. I didn´t have any codes when I asked the question, since I had just cleared them. Now I´ve got a few ones:
P0325, B1983, and B1740. I have a feeling the first one has to do with some electrical stuff, battery problems, charging problems ?
This morning I got a warning right after starting the engine: No Charging :-( and after a few minutes the engine was 'humping away' and then finally stopped.
I still would very much like to find the list I was referring to above, since I occasionally gets some codes (most history, though). I had a search on the site you mention, but couldn´t find a list of all the OBD codes.


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The Endowment Fund is a 501C charitable trust, the funds of which have been and/or will be used to:
- Enhance the collection
- Enhance the technology
- Support "Arts at the Gleason" programs
- Landscape the grounds
- Fund the purchase of furniture and computers during the recent building project
Monies given to the Library endowment directly are put into the Endowment
fund. These monies are used to enhance the facility, above and beyond
what the operating budget allows. Typically these funds are collected
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and scope of the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. Some examples of projects supported by the Endowment are the study room, furniture, staff recognition events, and conference attendance.
Endowment Fund Officers:
Thornton Ash, Chair
Steve Golson, Treasurer
Andrew Beal, Secretary
Susan Mills, Friends of the Library President
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The financial objective of the Gleason Public Library (GPL) Endowment is to raise and manage funds to be expended for future Gleason Library capital needs. While the majority of funds will be held for major capital opportunities, the Endowment's objective is to spend an annual amount for current Library needs at least equal to the annual earned income of invested funds.
The Endowment has a perpetual time horizon. It will never be spent in its entirety in order to ensure income for future generations.
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The investment objective of the GPL Endowment is to prudently invest assets over the long term in a balanced portfolio allocated among growth, value, socially responsible, and income producing holdings. The Endowment will periodically evaluate and adjust its long term investment objectives and cash holdings in consideration of appropriate liquidity to meet anticipated as well as unforeseen needs.
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LuLA by Angelica Cota Crush 2 Wallet
I know I need a thesaurus but this wallet/clutch is too cute!!! I love the heart closure! Spice up your handbag with this super cute, bright yellow wallet.
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The side effects of the housing bubble are still being felt by some borrowers. With the help of rising home prices, thousands of homeowners in the first quarter no longer owed more on their mortgages than what their properties were worth. However, millions of Americans are still upside-down on their homes.
During the first three months of the year, 312,000 residential properties regained positive equity, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic. Despite the rebound, there are 6.3 million homes in the United States with a mortgage still suffering from negative equity, and 10.1 million borrowers technically have equity but are very close to underwater status. The national aggregate value of negative equity homes totaled $383.7 billion in the first quarter, down from $400 billion in the previous quarter.
"Despite the massive improvement in prices and reduction in negative equity over the last few years, many borrowers still lack sufficient equity to move and purchase a home. One in five borrowers have less than 10 percent equity in their property, which is not enough to cover the down payment and additional costs associated with a conventional mortgage," said Sam Khater, deputy chief economist of CoreLogic, in the report.
Let's take a look at 10 states with the highest negative equity rates.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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I have always wanted to try quilting. It looks greatReplyDelete
I love to quilt. Just got into it last year. In the winter my mom and I hunker down in the basement of my parents home each Friday night and piece, sandwich, quilt and bind to our hearts content!ReplyDelete
Tammy, that is one of my favorite part about hand made quilts. I love when you wash the and they tighten up, not in there original form. That's what makes the unique. I have only machine quilted, would love to do it by hand, but always seem to be on a mission without the time.ReplyDelete
I think Clay is going to get me a sewing machine for graduation because I want to start quilting! I don't know how it will turn out but I'm excited :)ReplyDelete
I like small projects, but not a whole quilt. Not patient enough :).ReplyDelete
Thank you for your thoughts! I really enjoy hearing from my readers. If you ask a question, I will try to reply A.S.A.P.


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GOALS Essendon: Z. Merrett 2, Goddard, Zaharakis, Carlisle, Daniher, J. Merrett, Watson, Ryder. Brisbane Lions: Green 3, Merrett, Zorko, Brown, Paine, Paparone.
BEST Essendon: Watson, Goddard, Heppell, Hurley, Stanton, Ryder. Brisbane Lions: Rockliff, Green, Aish, Paparone, Hanley, Redden.
REPORTS Maguire (Brisbane Lions) for deliberately tripping Joe Daniher in the third quarter.
UMPIRES Meredith, Mitchell, Leppard.
CROWD 26,432 at Gabba.
You wouldn't think now is the best time in the Brisbane Lions' history to be invoking memories of the Bad News Bears. In a blast from the past, they took to the field for their match against Essendon in a commemorative jumper based on the club guernsey from 1989 to 1991, to honour the club's biennial Hall of Fame event in 10 days.
But at least they came to play, after another week marred by goings-on off the field. Certainly there was far more spark and spirit in their game than last week, when they were destroyed by the Swans. Going one on one with the Bombers, they forced their opponents to scrap and scrape for everything.
In the end, the Bombers just scraped over the line, fatigue getting the better of the Lions in the last minute, Paddy Ryder kicking the winning goal after a turnover upfield. The home side had been better for much of the night but in the end lacked the class and firepower to put Essendon away.
But it was an intensely physical, often willing contest. Paul Chapman's raised elbow to the jaw of Jack Redden was indiscreet, to say the least. More awkward was Andrew Raines' collision with Brendan Goddard; the Jack Viney precedent should see Raines exonerated for an accidental clash where both players were clearly going for the ball.
Earlier, Redden had clashed heads with David Zaharakis, forcing both players temporarily from the field. By the third quarter, even umpire Matthew Leppard required attention after being upended. It was that sort of game; chaotic, low-scoring and no showcase of great skills, but hotly contested.
You couldn't say that about too many other games at the Gabba so far this year. And while the Bombers prevailed, they were anything but convincing, with Chapman facing suspension and more questions over the dismal form of Jake Carlisle. Surely the patience of coach Mark Thompson must be exhausted.
The Lions were wonderfully served by first-year player James Aish, whose courage and clean hands in close were a feature, and second-year tyro Marco Paparone, who was at times erratic but ran far and wide to set up scoring opportunities for his team, including the pass that set up the Lions' first goal, to Daniel Merrett.
Merrett didn't have a great game, but with Matt Maguire back in defence (possibly briefly, for he, too, was reported, for tripping Joe Daniher, in the third quarter), he helped give the Lions some structure and confidence in attack, something they've been lacking all year.
When Jonathan Brown kicked his first from an imperious set shot to give the Lions an early 10-point lead, you could see his teammates visibly lift. Red time, however, has been an Achilles heel for the young Lions all year, and Zach Merrett kicked a running shot on the siren to keep the Bombers in touch.
For most of the second quarter, it looked like the Lions' resistance would melt away. Daniher scrounged one off the deck that floated over the goal line; Carlisle kicked his only goal courtesy of a 5- metre penalty; Zaharakis opened the Lions' defence as easily as an envelope to score the Bombers' fifth.
Another 50-metre penalty for Zach Merrett's second extended the Bombers' lead to 20 points. But instead of wilting, the Lions rallied, showing a pride in the jumper that their predecessors of a generation ago didn't often show. And with just 10 goals kicked collectively to half time, they knew they were well and truly in the contest.
In the third quarter, they charged. It was clear the Bombers were rattled when Daniher, after being tripped by Maguire, sprayed a simple shot from 20 metres out, then Brendan Goddard put a second opportunity out on the full. Josh Green, who played an exceptional small forward's game for the Lions, made them pay.
A goal to an otherwise quiet Jackson Paine gave the Lions back the lead, and from there the match see-sawed, Jobe Watson winning the lead back for his side, Green wresting it again for an increasingly engaged and vocal home crowd in the shadow of the last change. But they couldn't muster another goal in a frantic last quarter, a slick banana on the run from Jackson Merrett giving the Bombers back the lead for the last time before Ryder finally sealed the deal in the last minute.


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Isn't it so amazing? A baby's skin is so soft and flawless.
Sometimes I have a little freak-out moment when I see our faces side-by-side in the mirror. Wow, my skin just isn't as new as it use to be! I can live with that though, as long as I can enjoy the soft, smooth milky-white skin of my baby girls for years to come.
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2007-04-12 / Community
This Girl Scout goes for the gold
Miranda Peterson has spent much of her young life traveling as the daughter of a Hollywood set builder, moving with her family all over the southwestern United States. But recently, Peterson, 18, has been building something of her own, a project that will benefit her community for years to come.
She has been working with the Mountains Restoration Trust as part of earning her Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouts, similar to becoming an Eagle in Boy Scouts.
Peterson joined the Girl Scouts with many of her friends in kindergarten, and after a lot of camping, projects and earning the Silver Award, she was encouraged to go for the gold.
"A lot of the parents were saying I ought to do the Gold Award," Peterson said. "It looks good for college applications, and because I was home-schooled, it would show I was active. I didn't want it to seem like home-schooling was just an easy alternative. Just like some people do the debate team at school, the Gold Award was one more thing on my resume.
"I was also interested in doing something fulfilling, doing something meaningful."
The Gold Award requires several patches, the senior girl leadership award and 45 hours of volunteer work before beginning a project designed to benefit the community. The project must take at least 50 hours to complete.
Peterson has been working toward the award for two years, and six months ago began her project with Mountains Restoration Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the native wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains.
For her project, she built an interpretive recreation area at Headwaters Corner, installing six benches and four picnic tables. The benches correspond with a trail map Peterson is designing to highlight the various ecosystems at the site.
Debbie Bruschaber, MRT's project manager for Headwaters Corner, said Peterson's work was much appreciated.
"She worked really hard and was able to provide information so that we could make decisions, and she was able to get the materials and things we needed," Bruschaber said. "So she was a great benefit as far as furthering the development of the Headwaters Corner."
Peterson began home-schooling in third grade; her father's career in the movie industry required her family to move frequently. After years in Dallas, her family, which includes 17- and 11-year-old brothers and a 13yearold sister, settled in Woodland Hills about four years ago.
"Moving a lot was more difficult when I was younger," Peterson said. "I had a lot of really close friends in Dallas. But as I grew up, I saw it was also really rewarding. I got to go to a lot of places and see a lot of things I wouldn't have had opportunity to see."
She attends Pierce College as a concurrent high school student and hopes to study psychology at a University of California school next year.
"I wanted to go ahead and start moving in my education," she said. "It's only to a certain point you can teach your children. I'm hoping fall is going to be my last semester, and I'm applying to UCLA or Berkeley in the fall."
When Peterson's family moved to Southern California permanently, she decided to contact the San Fernando Valley Girl Scout Council. As an independent Girl Scout, she doesn't have a troop.
"I decided to go ahead and do it on my own," she said. "If I needed to move, I wouldn't have to stop everything I was doing and not be a part of that."
She said the purpose of her project was to make Headwaters Corner a more relaxing and enjoyable environment for people in surrounding communities, while educating them on their surroundings.
She picked the bench locations based on varied ecosystems so that each stop had differing types of plant and animal life. She had supplies donated, organized volunteers and led a group to pour cement and install the benches and tables.
Peterson lives four miles from Mountains Restoration Trust headquarters, and had volunteered there, but had no idea how much the project would affect her, she said.
"At first, it was just a project I was doing, but once I got into it, I found that what they are doing is really impressive and they are really passionate about what they do. They have so much to share with everyone, and just want everybody to get out there and really appreciate what you are living in."


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Eloise McCain Hassell has been awarded the Greensboro Bar Association Centennial Award. The annual award, conferred jointly with the North Carolina Bar Association, honors an attorney who has demonstrated sustained leadership and involvement in civic and community activities in addition to service within the profession.
The award was established by the NC Bar Association in 1999 upon the occasion of the organization's 100thanniversary of formation and in affirmation of its continuing mission of professional contribution to our state, our system of justice, and to the enrichment our civic life.


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Petra JadeModel Female San Pawl il–Baħar, Northern, Malta
My Website: FacebookMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/petra_jade
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About MeHi everyone..My name is Petra Jade and I'm mainly a pin up/alt model. Im situated in Galway at the moment and have been modelling for nearly two years now but Im making the move to Malta at the end of the summer and would like to organise some shoots over there.
The main area im interested in working in is alternative. I truly adore pin up styles and boudoir shoots. Im also interested in gothic and fetish styles and anything alternative really. To get a good idea of shoots and styles I'd be interested in trying, just take a look at my list below. Im very keen to work with latex and hope to get the opportunity to do so!!!!
People who inspire me in this industry include Dita Von Teese, Bettie Page, Melissa Hayward, Dena Massque, Mosh and Bernie Dexter and would love to channel some of their style and sass to create beautiful pictures.
Im not too heavily pierced, I have 13 piercings. I have my tongue, bellybutton, nose, ears(x7), nipple and medusa pierced and a dermal anchor on my cheek. I have no tattoos as yet. My hair is black at the moment and my skin is pale.
Im here to make a few connections and see where this takes me, and im very excited about creating some lovely pictures! I want to do wild crazy stuff!! Help a girl out!!! Get in touch if you got some crazy ideas! Id be happy to be involved =)
Represented by SINS FAMILY AND SINS GIRLS.
Much love,
Petra Jade x
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Toilet Paper Miracle!
It's my favorite time of year. The air grows crisp and cool, screaming brats get banished to school, and we all look forward to the miraculous blooming of the toilet paper tree.
Toilet paper tree (Papyrus toiletus), first described by famous botanist Scott Charmin in his classic work, Two-Ply for the Straight Guy, is truly a wonder of nature. Depending on its location, it may be tall, short, deciduous, or evergreen. Blooms may appear at any time of year, but heaviest blooming usually occurs on Fridays and Saturdays during football season in fall and winter when few other flowers are seen. The blooms open in the dead of night, delighting and surprising everyone the next morning.
And what fantastic blooms they are! Actually modified leaves called bracts, these brilliant white streamers, up to 10 feet long, billow from the branches from the top of the tree to the bottom. No tree – nay, no plant – on the face of the Earth matches the sheer spectacle of the toilet paper tree.
Beauty is fleeting, however. Like a shooting star, 401K wealth, and the career of Pee Wee Herman, this wonder fades in the wink of an eye. The first rain shower melts the blooms into soggy wads that slowly disintegrate upon the ground.
Stripped of its glorious blossoms, the fabled toilet paper tree fades into obscurity, until another fall weekend, when in the middle of the night as the populace slumbers, the miracle happens once more.
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In the dimly lit room of Iowa's State Historical Museum, Bonnie LeBeau's flaming star flickers and glows on a night-black sky. Like the North Star, the quilt titled "Anpo Peta" (it means morning star) draws me. Orange, red and yellow prisms of fabric come together in crisp, sharp points. It's a skill that evades me after 20 years of quilting.
Bonnie, who lives in Eagles Bluff, South Dakota, credits her mother and grandmother for her talent. Reading Bonnie's story, I can picture these Lakota women: black-haired daughter with head bent over a kitchen table next to her gray-haired mother.
Bonnie isn't the only one of the 25 quilters with work on display in the show "Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers from 21st-Century America" who mentions family as the reason for their love of the art of quilting. Patricia Cox of Minneapolis says she started quilting to replace one her grandmother gave her that she "loved to death"; now she spends nine to 12 hours a day at some quilting-related task. And Eldeen Geist of Deils Lake, North Dakota, credits her artistry to watching her mother "make something from nothing."
Thriftiness, industry, debts of honor—concepts learned at the elbow of an elder. Even if we never master the art a mentor is trying to teach us (like me and those darn points), we learn important ideals, ones vital to a strong society. And that is why people who don't even know a quilter will connect to the rainbow of colors and kaleidoscope of patterns on display in Des Moines through Jan. 31, 2014.
(This show was developed by Arts Midwest and South Arts with assistance from the Great Lakes Quilt Center at Michigan State University as a way to share American culture with the People's Republic of China through a love of textiles. Parts of it will be displayed at other locations throughout the United States. This is the only show of all 25 quilts.)
All photos by Mike Jensen.
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Hi Everyone,
I've been registered on TDH for some time now but have not had much time to post anything. Most of my spare time has been spent on trying to build a helmet, not talk about it, but I think maybe it's time I put something up about what I have done so far.
My goal is to produce an ESB Boba Fett helmet, simply because I prefer the colour scheme to the other variants (all other factors aside). I am aiming to get it as accurate as possible for putting on display.
I will state at this point, for what it's worth, that I live in Victoria, Australia, so materials that I may refer to will be those readily available here. Also, if I have glossed over anything that someone needs/wants clarified please let me know. I am trying not to prattle on too much, where its not required.
I started off by making both a Wizard of Flight and RalFal paper templates (a big thank-you to both of you gentlemen for these, both are amazing works) and chose in the end to go with the WoF base (just personal preference). I printed this on 200 gsm card and then glued this onto pasteboard using a glue-stick for added rigidity (not knowing how solid a base I would need when I put fibre-glass on it later).
For the most part this seemed to work well, except for the dome which was a bit of a mongrel to stick/glue together 'cause it was so thick.
The flat cheek sections I did by doubling up on the pasteboard to guarantee they would remain flat (which they didn't).
The upper cheek sections were a pain, until I was able to get my head around how they had to curve to fit into place (I spent a lot of time looking at photos until that clicked).
Lastly, between the dome and the brow I used 3mm foam board to fill up the gap, I think that this may be a bit much, but after having tried an extra layer of pasteboard it looked too small.
I know some people have used plastic sheet to form the basis for their construction, I would probably recommend trying the plastic if you can get it for a reasonable price, it will save you from a lot of the issues I faced further into my build. But the cardboard is cheap.
Putting it together.
Initially I secured everything in place with common household masking tape until I was sure that I had everything right, then I used hot-glue to fix things permanently. I also used rubber bands to hold the curved parts in place over the inner-skeleton until they had set. This worked really well as I was able to re-melt the glue and adjust anything I wasn't happy with. The only down side is that the masking tape really makes a mess of the paper surface when it comes off.
After that I pencilled in a few of the details of the helmet, the 'Kill Marks' and the dent, which I am not too sure I got in the right place. I couldn't find any specific info on where that should be located, i.e. x degrees from the centre-line of the helm to the left and y degrees up from the brow-line. If anyone knows for sure it would be nice to see how accurately I 'guestimated' it.
Pasteboard construction after hot-glue. Brow-line has been held in place with rubber band until fully set.
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Dome section fit pretty well but I have lots of edges that are going to cause me no end of grief later on...
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Details pencilled in for dent and kill-marks prior to cutting out the dent.
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The next step was to begin with the fibre-glassing (FG). Preparation with a capital 'P' is the word here, I didn't : (. It ended up being an absolute flamin' mess, and gloves didn't help. All I can suggest here for anyone about to try this for the first time is that you pre-cut all your pieces of fibre-glass and plan how you will fit them into your helm. It will get very, very sticky and the smell is quite potent, make sure you have a mask and are in the open as much as possible.
Apparently there are a couple of different methods available for fibre-glassing (some less toxic than others), good luck with that, outside of specialty suppliers all I could find was the 'Diggers' kit available at most hardware stores, which while it worked okay. I can't vouch for it's long-term durability or if it will warp over time. You will find two options here for the fibre-glass material Mat or Cloth... go Mat! The cloth is supposed to be stronger, but is way messier to work with and will not bend well to fix into sharp corners or recesses. And yes, given I have seen seen both options within the forums here... Use the fibre-glass cloth on the inside of the helmet, NOT the outside!
Two layers of FG, 1st layer FG mat, 2nd layer FG cloth.
Excess material has been trimmed with a rotary tool.
You can see here where the initial layer of fibre-glass mat would not bend into the sharp corners.
Detail of dent. You can also see a 'funny' raised section on the back of the dome. It looks odd here but looks bang-on from the side for the shape of the dome. I will need to do some serious filling in on either side of this to get the rear half of the dome to look right.
So, where did I go wrong?
The brow-ridge: I used 3mm foam board here to buff out the brow from the dome. 1. its too thick, 2. it tends to melt when exposed to epoxy leaving holes that have to be filled with more epoxy, etc.
Raw cardboard vs. resin impregnated: something which I did not do, but would try if I had this to do over again. Once the fibre-glass has cured after a couple of days, I would recommend mixing up another batch of the resin and painting that over the outer surface of the helmet. Do not put any cloth on the outside, just the resin. The idea is to get it to soak into the paper (like it would the FG cloth or mat) and make it rock hard. You will know when this has happened because the cardboard will turn a greyish colour when dry. Why? Because when you are sanding your helm later on and you get down to the paper edges they will burr & tear and be a complete pain to fix! I have spent weeks trying to fix this and I still have rough bits in the surface that wont sand smooth. Grrr!
You can see in the picture below, just around the right-side eye slit where the resin has soaked in, these areas were much easier to sand smooth than the other paper areas.
I will leave that for now and post the next part of the build shortly.
If anyone out there has any suggestions or tips on dealing with the issues I have faced I would love to hear it, feedback is always good.
I am however well into the epoxy/bog/car body filler and sanding stage so will be posting that part shortly.


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