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Top 10 Excuses Allowing You To Hunt Longer
Excuse # 6 Injured yourself.
This is an excuse many of you have had lots of practice with. Remember when you called the boss and in a hoarse, anemic voice, whispered how sick you were and youd be in as soon as the fever subsided? Only to revive as soon as the phone hung up? Grabbing the golf bag and heading out to the green did indeed make you feel better...
Same routine here. Call home and in a voice reminiscent of a death bed confession, tell her of your harrowing escape from death, when the trail you were walking on gave way and you plummeted several hundred feet down the hillside. Keep it simple, tell her you need to take more Tylenol and youll be home as soon as the swelling subsides. Throw in a few groans for good measure. Good for at least 2 additional hunt days.
Excuse # 7 Kidnapped by environmentalists.
Use this excuse if she reads the Enquirer, or has an infatuation with Area 51 and Alien Abductions.
Sound hurried on the phone and describe how youve kidnapped by environmental extremists and you are certain you can escape in 2-3 days. Warn her against calling the police as this may agitate your captors and decrease your chances of escape. Tell her you love her and hang up...
Excuse # 8 Freak snow storm...
Weve all experienced freak storms in our life time. Hunters are no exception, and with Global Warming on the rise who knows what to expect? Drop a few hints prior to leaving the homestead, that bad weather has been predicted in your hunt area. At the appropriate time call and comment on the whiteout conditions you are experiencing and how the road crews are unable to plow the roads for several days. Never fail to tell her how cold you are and that the new sleeping bag you purchased from Cabelas is a lifesaver. Create sound effects by using short blowing and whistling sounds to imitate a severe storm in progress. Use the old standby: "Youre breaking up I can barely hear you" between the wind and storm sound effects.
Excuse # 9 Wounded the Big One.....
Everyone likes a success story. In an excited voice call home and describe the monster bull elk youve shot and wounded. As an ethical hunter youll need to take up the trial in the morning and find the animal before the wolves do. Shell easily grant you the additional time necessary to chase down your quarry and bring home the bacon. Dont forget to describe the terrible tracking conditions and rough terrain you are encountering (over windfall and brush so thick you are actually crawling on your hands and knees). You are certain that youll find him, he is hit pretty hard, but it may take a few days to pack him out once hes found. Tell her you need to go as its getting dark and you need to make camp for the night. If you succeed in harvesting an animal with the extra leave" you have been granted, dont forget to shoot it twice. A crafty hunter must pay attention to details!
Excuse # 10 Blocked road.
If you are from the big city, youll appreciate this one. Hey hon, you wont believe what has happened. This California hunter with a horse trailer has it jack-knifed in the road, the trailer is hanging over the cliff and the horses are freaking out! There is no way you can get around him, he has the whole road blocked. He is walking out to the highway and plans on hitchhiking into town. Hopefully he can find a tow truck to come out and pull him back on the road. He has asked me to stay with the horses and try to keep them calm. This excuse will pull on her equestrian heart strings and shell sympathize with the terrible conditions you are forced to witness. Guaranteed to garner you at least 1-2 days.
Well, there you have it, 10 excuses to grant you more time in the field. Dont abuse them and dont use the same excuse twice in a row, shell get wise to you and your hunting days will be over. Most importantly, burn this article after reading it, if it falls into the wrong hands youll need to take up a new hobby.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What forms of payment do you accept?
We accept Visa, Discover, MasterCard and American Express. We also accept travelers checks but no personal checks. We still accept cash. There is an ATM located on property.
Do you allow pets into Clark's Trading Post?
We only allow service animals inside the grounds. We recommend a doggie daycare located about one mile from the Trading Post called, One Dog Day 603-348-7999. You should call ahead and make reservations.
What is the best time of the day to arrive?
Generally first thing in the morning is not as busy for rides such as the Blaster boats, climbing tower or Segway park. It is also a good idea to go to the photo parlor first thing to sign up to have your picture taken.
When are the best days to visit?
Mondays and Fridays are generally the slowest days of the week. Also there are fewer visitors in the Spring and Fall (other than the holiday weekends.) Rainy days are also a great day to visit because all rides and shows operate with the exception of the Climbing Tower.
What are the restrictions on your rides?
- Download: Clark's Trading Post Ride Rules & Restrictions [219 KB pdf]
Where can I get more information about the locomotives?
If you visit www.whitemountaincentralrr.com you will be able to find many details about all the locomotives and other rolling stock.
Do you offer any discounts for admission to Clark's?
Clark's offers a variety of discounts during the season. Here's where you can find them.
- SENIOR RATE: Tickets for guests ages 65 year of age or older are $20. Please ask for the senior discount when purchasing your tickets.
- MILITARY RATE: Tickets for U. S. active, retired and veteran personnel are $20 with valid ID. The discount is for the Military personnel only.
- DISCOUNTED COUPONS: Select the Discounts tab and find a variety of printable coupons.
- FACEBOOK: Visit the Clark's Trading Post Facebook page to find discounts through out the season.
- GROUP SALES: Please visit our Group Sales page for details on booking your group of 20 or more people.
- AAA: We do not offer a AAA discount.
What happens if it rains?
- A Light Rain: Rides and shows proceed as usual.
- A Heavy Rain: Some rides (Climbing Tower and Segway Park) close until the rain lets up.
- Thunder/Lightening: Rides at Blaster Boats, Climbing Tower, and Segway park are suspended for 10 minutes after last lightening bolt.
- Extreme Weather: If Bear or Circus shows are cancelled, rain checks will be offered. No refund on admissions.
If I see the entire bear show, will I miss the train ride?
Our bear & circus shows are coordinated with the train rides. The shows will not start until the train gets back and the train will not leave until the show lets out.
My child has a peanut allergy. Do you have peanuts at Clark's?
Yes. There are shelled and candy coated peanuts in the Main Gift Shop at the candy counter and at the popcorn wagon. The bears are given peanuts in the shell as a treat. The Whistle Stop Snack Bar also offers pre-packaged Peanut Butter and jelly uncrustables. Pullman's Lunch offers packaged peanut butter crackers. Occasionally, the Peppermint Saloon will offer an ice cream choice with peanuts. Food choices can change throughout the year at any location. For highly allergic guests you may want to check with the food services that day. Each food service location at Clark's has an ingredients list for each item served for your convenience.
Do you have wheelchairs or strollers I can use?
Yes. We have dozens of strollers for your use at no charge. Our only request is that you do not bring them into the parking lot or Main Gift Shop. We have several wheelchairs for guests to use if needed. They are on a first come, first served basis.
What if we need first aid assistance?
We have an on-call first aid room located between the Riverbank Restrooms and the picnic pavilion. Should you require first aid assistance, please contact any staff member. There is an AED located in the Railroad Station.
Do you allow smoking at Clark's?
We allow cigarette smoking in designated smoking areas only.
Do you recycle at Clark's?
Yes we do! You will find blue recycling containers all around the grounds for glass and plastic bottles. Our show bear Echo even sets a good example by showing guests how to recylce.
Are you handicapped accessible?
Most of the Clark's Trading Post has paved walkways for easy access throughout the grounds. Listed are some guidelines and suggestions to assist guests with mobility disabilities during their visit. Please contact any employee should you need assistance during your stay.
There are four designated wheelchair spots for the Bear and Circus shows. They are located on the ground level on the North side of the performance ring. For best availability you should plan to arrive to the shows at least 20 minutes early.
A wheelchair lift is available on the excursion car closest to the locomotive. It is only accessible from the Railroad Station side of the train. We recommend you arrive 10 minutes early for boarding. Please let the conductor or ticket agent know when you are ready.
Merlin's Mystical Mansion has several steps to enter. The Tuttle's Rustic House is a guided tour of a building on a severe slant. The Water Blaster Boats require the guest to step into a boat to ride. Wolfie's Segway Park requires the guest to stand and balance on the Segway to ride. The Old Man of the Mountain Climbing Tower requires the guest to use their arms and legs to climb a 30 foot climbing wall.
The Americana Building and Pemigewasset Fire Station have convenient wheelchair access. Avery's Garage has one step up to enter. The front entrance of the Clark History Museum has convenient access through double doors to enter. The Florence Murray Museum has two steps up enter and four steps down to exit.
The only wheelchair accessible entrance into the Main Gift Shop is through the front doors from the parking lot. Guests must exit the park through the Railroad Station and go down the side walk to enter the Main Trading Post Gift Shop.
The Maple Cabin has convenient wheelchair access.
The Candle Shop has easy access through the double door front entrance.
The Print Shop has a ramped entry but a narrow door. Best entry is through the Candle Shop.
The Photo Parlor has convenient wheelchair access.
The Whistle Stop Snack Bar and the Popcorn Wagon have convenient wheelchair access. Pullmans Lunch has convenient ramped access but has narrow aisles. The Peppermint Saloon has a ramp from the patio entrance and one step up from the front entrance. The Picnic Pavilion is a large covered seating area with convenient wheelchair access.
There are two ADA compliant companion assisted restrooms available at the River Bank Restroom facility. Should you need an area for personal care, please ask an employee to contact first aid.
The only wheelchair exit and best exit for guests with mobility disabilities is through the Railroad Station. Please note the Railroad Station closes one hour prior to the park closing. If you need to exit during our last hour of operation you may contact any employee and they will gladly have the Railroad Station doors unlocked for your departure.
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Storm Soaked Bread and CAConrad
Tom Trudgeon at HTMLGIANT reviews CAConrad's Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon! "You also see the exercise make the poem." That's about right. More:
Suddenly is a speed – in as much as it awakens us to see a constancy we've stepped out from. This is in large part what I suppose we all look for in literature or art of any sort. Conrad's book is something sudden – however not in the sense of a sudden rush of fear or panic or power or adrenaline or lust. It's more of the suddenness we feel in finding wind – or sensing even ourselves as sudden, to a tree or some thing. The subtlety of this sort of suddenness is residual and it goes along with you and for things. I like to think the book gives a newness to that which one has assumed to be known, or figured.
Conrad's book is sinuous too. Each Somatic exercise is on a black page with white font, each poem, having been written in response to an exercise, is on a white page in black font. The modality is soothing, but keeps you thinking for polarities – in negations/negatives, as that of a photograph.
Trudgeon then excerpts from Conrad's "Storm SOAKED Bread." He writes that he's done some of the exercises, but doesn't show us (these are the reviews that could be rolling in, we bet!). However:
It's a book for people, I should say. Everyone can be found and find in it. When I go through the work, I like to think of Conrad as more of a guide than an author. He's there working with you and for you. I like that – it's a caring there. It made me happy.
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Library Hours for Intersession and Summer Quarter
Western Libraries will be open during the intersession (June 12th - June 19th) Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed weekends.
During the summer session, (June 20th – August 18th), Western Libraries will be open Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed weekends.
The Map Collection area of the Libraries will be closed June 12-16, and will be open Monday - Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 19-August 18.
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The Hacherl Research & Writing Studio is open online during Summer Session from June 20th through August 18th. You can submit a draft online or chat with Studio staff by going to https://library.wwu.edu/rws/connect. If you would like to schedule an in-person meeting with Studio staff, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Jack Berryman to Speak About Fly Fishing Pioneers
Posted on: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 1:38pm
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Jack Berryman to Speak About Northwest Fly Fishing Pioneers: Ralph Wahl, Ralph Olson, and Alfred Knudson
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Supporting Student Professional Development
Posted on: Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 7:55am
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Supporting Student Employee Professional Development
At Western Washington University, student employees play an integral role in helping the Libraries fulfill its teaching and learning mission. Whether through providing research and writing assistance in the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio, dialogue facilitation in the Teaching-Learning Academy (TLA), or by sharing their energy, expertise, and insights in the day-to-day activities that help the Libraries function effectively, the contributions and dedication of library student employees are essential to the successful advancement of Western Libraries' mission.
In addition to their daily work, some students also engage in professional development and research activities, which may include presentations at national and international conferences. For example, as part of their first year as assistants in the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio, student employees develop a research topic related to Studio scholarship and practice, which they later share in the form of "legacy projects." They may also choose to submit their work as proposals for conference presentations.
Last fall, sixteen Studio student assistants attended the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW). Of those sixteen, fifteen students gave presentations where they spoke about their research and the results of their legacy projects with conference attendees.
"Studio assistants tell us that the seminar and the opportunity to design and present a research project to a broader community of practice has a huge impact on their academic and professional skills and lives," explained Pippa Hemsley, Assistant Director of the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio. While an undergraduate student at Western, Hemsley was herself a student assistant in the former Writing Center.
Last fall, two additional library student employees presented at a different conference, the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), held in Los Angeles, California. Autumn Simmons and Nathan Romond, (who both work for the TLA), gave a joint presentation about the use of dialogue and the practice of intentionally flattening hierarchies to eliminate barriers in teaching and learning.
"Autumn and I were able to present our work to an audience of international scholars, many of whom were faculty," explained Romond. He noted that their presentation embodied what they were speaking about, "underscoring the idea that students can engage more personally and deeply with work when operating in an environment that incorporates a flattened hierarchy among students and faculty."
Both Simmons and Romond described their time at ISSoTL as one of the most memorable and significant experiences of their undergraduate education.
"As an undergraduate, the ability to meet with so many academic professionals and share work being done felt like a privilege," stated Simmons. "This sharing of knowledge, and the connections made along the way is what makes this conference so special and necessary in order to maximize the benefits of higher education."
Western Libraries relies on the generosity of its donors to make these life-changing opportunities possible. Philanthropic gifts help support library student employees by funding registration fees, travel expenses, and other associated costs of participating in conferences and other research opportunities that advance the libraries' teaching and learning mission"
If you would like to help, please consider contributing to the Western Libraries Student Employee Opportunity Fund. And a special thank you goes out to everyone who has already contributed to this fund , whether on WWU Give Day or now!
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Undergraduate Research Award Winners
Posted on: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 10:16am
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Announcing the 2016-2017 Western Libraries Undergraduate Award Winners!
Winners of this year's Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award were honored at a small reception in the library on June 9th, during which Dean of Libraries Mark Greenberg recognized the award-winning students for their accomplishments, and presented each awardee with a certificate. Friends, family members of the award-winning students, the students' faculty mentors, and members of the 2016-2017 Undergraduate Research Award review committee were also in attendance. This year's winners are:
- Christina Becker, "Framing the Frat Boy: an analysis of frames used in coverage of campus rape by The New York Times," (Faculty Mentor: Brian J. Bowe, Journalism).
- Nicole Carroll, "A New Look at the Constitutional Convention and State Ratifying Conventions: How Reason and Interest Played a Role," (Faculty Mentor: Johann Neem, History).
- Jeffrey Guptil, "The Grammaticalization of because in Standard English," (Faculty Mentor: Janet Xing, Linguistics).
Three Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards are given annually to Western Washington University undergraduate students in recognition of their excellence and originality in creating research papers for courses taught across the colleges based on significant inquiry using library resources and collections. Each winner of the Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award receives a certificate, a cash award of $500.00, and publication of their prize-winning paper in Western CEDAR, Western Washington University's institutional repository.
Every spring, a review committee consisting of a variety of faculty members from the Libraries and other departments at Western selects from among the submissions three papers which demonstrate excellence in the creation of research papers for courses taught across the colleges. Papers must be based on significant inquiry using library resources and collections, and they must demonstrate originality or the potential to lead to subsequent original research.
Congratulations to this year's winners on their excellent work and their award-winning research! And thank you also to the Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award committee chair Elizabeth Stephan (Libraries) and committee members Gabe Gossett (Libraries), Tim Kowalczyk (Chemistry), Glenn Tsunokai (Sociology), and Colleen Laird (Modern Languages).
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Special Collections Closed June 26-July 5
Posted on: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 11:46am
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Heritage Resources is open during summer session but individual units will be closed at various times as indicated below:
Special Collections will be closed Monday, June 26 through Wednesday, July 5.
This information (also available on our "Hours and Locations" page) will be updated so please check back regularly if you are planning to visit. If you have questions, please call (360) 650-7534.
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Artistic Culture on Campus and in the Community
Posted on: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 1:49pm
Topic(s): Newsletters
The Spring 2017 edition of Heritage Highlights is now available! In this issue you will learn about a variety of Heritage Resources' collections which document local and regional artistic culture, including the digitized correspondence of Skagit County artists, photographs and oral histories related to campus sculpture, and a recent donation of valuable photography books.
Heritage Resources consists of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Special Collections, and University Archives & Records Management.
Image: Isamu Noguchi at the dedication ceremony for Skyviewing Sculpture, 1969, Campus History Collection, Special Collections.
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'Rising Tide in Cascadia' extended
Posted on: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 11:21am
Western Libraries Art Exhibit Extended
"Rising Tide in Cascadia" (Galleries 2 & 4) was created to promote awareness of the effects of climate change and recently appeared at the Mindport Museum on Holly Street in Bellingham.
This exhibit features framed and matted pairs of photographs of local landmarks with the first photo of each pair showing a recognizable local landmark in its current state combined with a second photo that shows what landmark will look like if we fail to take action against climate change. This exhibit will be on display from now through
May 20, 2017.* *This exhibit has been extended and will remain on display through August 18, 2017.
The creators of this exhibit are Alan Sanders and Warren Sheay. Sanders has been a professional photographer for the past 4 decades and has taught at the University of Alaska and Western Washington University. Sanders currently conducts workshops at Whatcom Community College and performs digital imaging at the Quicksilver Photo Lab in Bellingham. By undertaking the significant technical challenges of this project, Sanders demonstrated his firm commitment to help educate people about climate change.
Sheay has also been an educator for many years and is also a self-described "average citizen concerned about climate change." After reading Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything, he was inspired to help create a local statement that would foster awareness about "our planet's precarious condition."
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Take a sock, stuff with fabric or plastic bags. Sew shut. Cut bottom of sock into legs. My kids would love this!
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This festive scent will awaken the senses and leave you feeling refreshed! Plus, the room will smell wonderful for hours to follow.
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How cool are these? Fold over the first pillow and have a great head rest to watch a movie, or the perfect little bed to pull out for those oh-so-fun sleepovers the kids love.
These are so easy to make, you'll wonder why you haven't made one yet. I have the perfect person in mind to gift this one to for christmas. She's already hinted to me her colour request too!
This would be a little work, but so worth the end result!
Perfect idea for the playroom or even for the classroom!
Turn that old sweater into a whole new adventure. Little boys will go nuts for this one! It would go perfect with this next idea too!
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This is perfect for Princess Pea's new bedroom design, and the scrap material I have had on hand now has its purpose :)
You really can't go wrong with any of these ideas. So why not make your next gift that much more special by adding you're own personal touches? Your friends and family will love it.
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I'm not an expert by any means, but if it's giving you the OS not found info then your mother board is probably fine. Make sure that your Pendrive comes first in the boot order. You may be getting that info because your computer is looking for an operating system in a disabled hard drive.
Here's one more USB creator to use as a last ditch effort: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/univers...easy-as-1-2-3/
That's what I used, I never even attempted to use unetbootin.
If you really think its your mother board, check out ebay. There's a lot of good computer parts to be found there, & it's where I got 90% of the parts for my IBM/Lenovo Laptop.


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New to this forum but my husband recommended I start posting here.
I am currently working on this background image composite in PS CS6 that will then be taken into Nuke to be animated and rendered for my Intro to Visual Effects class.
The image is currently maybe 70-85% finished and I've put 6 hours into it. The image is comprised of 17 different images I found on Google of Paris, France.
I am looking for technical critique as this is the first time I have ever attempted something like this. Does the scale and perspective look ok?
I definitely have a few obvious seams and little imperfections but overall, I'm hoping an industry professional can give me some insight into things I overlooked or should take into account for this and future works.
Also, does anyone have any insight or tips on how I might go about animating the clouds, smoke and search lights in the back right of the image in nuke without painting it in every single frame of the animation? Would I just create separate Roto Paint nodes and then animate those over the top of the image?
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- 07-14-12 11:33 PM #1Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Really weird problem (blue smoke)
I'm at a stop light when my brake pad indicator suddenly comes on and then I see blue smoke coming from the back of the cat. I instantly thought my car was on fire since it smelled like plastic. So I shut the car off put the hazards on and go investigate and I noticed it was coming from my exhaust. Decided to risk it to the closest parking lot 200ft away, as I'm driving away the blue smoke clears. Pull over and no more blue smoke, the car is driving fine now but does anyone know what might have caused this?
Any help is welcome, thanks in advance.
ps. When the blue smoke started the cat showed no signs of anything happening ie: oil pressure, temp, rpms were all fine.
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Re: Really weird problem (blue smoke)
Usually, blue smoke means oil is burning in the cylinders from wear or a clogged pcv valve (breather). It usually happens when you first start it up and then burns off. It may have been happening all along but you just happened to notice it when you investigated the brake pad indicator which would seem to be unrelated.
Re: Really weird problem (blue smoke)
Yeah the brake pad indicator is a little irreverent but I just mentioned it because it happened at the same time. I looked at the car a little better today and the vacuum lines above the manifold look a little oily so I'm going to clean everything out. I still don't know what it is because it was a big blue cloud of smoke, not a little puff. Almost looked like I was doing a massive burnout.
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Total newbie here. I've been hooked on Russian watches now for a few weeks and finally, my very first Komandirskie, from 1993 has arrived. Now all I need to do is choose a strap and set the time!
Edit: I should have mentioned it is a 17 jewel mechanism (2414A?).
You all must be tired of being asked how to wind the watch and set the time/date...but I would really like to know. This is my first watch since my Tissot Autoquartz from 2000. So, 9 years later, I'm on a slippery slope of timepieces from Russia. Last year it was fountain pens!
So, I unscrew the crown and it is wobbly as I've read elsewhere.
I gently pull on it as I wind the crown clockwise and it winds. But does it stop? is there a possibility of overwinding and thus breaking it? I would hate to do that.
Pulling the crown further allows me to set the time. Is this correct? And the date? I have read elsewhere I just have to keep winding until I reach the right date. Will the date change in both the forwards direction as well as the backwards directions if I need to set the date to an earlier day?
I'd really appreciate this lesson for beginners...a link to other posts is fine. I'll post pics as soon as I get a strap.


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First of all, I want to thank everyone for the responses to today's Sunday feature on pitching at the high school level. I've had some great baseball minds reach out to me, which has been humbling. I want to stress that this story is just the tip of the iceberg. This is a topic with many, many layers to it, and I'm currently working on putting together a roundtable discussion with coaches, doctors and specialists to examine the issue in more detail. Within the space that I'm given in the paper, I can only delve so deep into the subject. There is clearly much more to it, and I hope that this leads to further examination of pitching at ages when the body is still developing. With that being said, there are a few points that I wanted to make…
I knew when I began working on this story that some might view it as an attack on coaches. That was not my intention, but when coaches are mentioned by name, some will choose to view that as an indictment. There have been some negative comments directed at New Rochelle coach Pete Annunziata and other coaches, and I'd like to ask everyone to pause for a moment before they jump to conclusions. For the sake of full disclosure, I graduated from New Rochelle High, and I have known Pete and members of his coaching staff for years. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the job that they do – as I do for many of the coaches in Section 1 – and their hard work is evident based on the success of the program in recent seasons. I used John Valente's pitch count as an example because I was there tracking each pitch that day, but I'm confident that there have been local pitchers who have exceeded that total. I cannot fault any coach for how any pitcher is handled because they obviously know their athletes better than I do, and they are simply working within the current guidelines in New York state. No one has broken any rules here.
If you ask my honest opinion, I do feel that the state should consider implementing more restrictions when it comes to pitching based on the research that I have done. Many, many experts who know much more than me about this topic agree, and I think that the system that the PSAL has in place is a good model to work off of. As I state in the article, this is an inexact science, and although pitch count tends to garner the most attention, there is way more to it than that. But as many coaches have pointed out to me, stricter guidelines would take some of these decisions out of their hands, which would certainly eliminate a lot of the finger-pointing. And as many have stated, a competitive kid is never going to tell a coach that he wants to come out of a game. To think otherwise is simply naivety.
I've been covering high school baseball for three years, and of all of the questions that I receive, this subject is one which probably comes up most often. Every year I see unfortunate injuries and escalating pitch counts, and as I continued to look into it, it became quite clear that this is worth a discussion. First and foremost, I am a journalist, and if there is a legitimate issue that the public is interested in, I will always address it. I can tell you wholeheartedly that my only agenda was to report the facts and hopefully create an educated discussion.


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Willy Benz, University of Bern, Switzerland
Johan A.M. Bleeker, SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Lennard A. Fisk, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Daniel Fürst, RUAG, Zurich, Switzerland
Alvaro Giménez, ESA, Paris, France
Adrian Jäggi, President of the Pro ISSI Association, Bern, Switzerland
Renato Krpoun, Swiss Space Office, Bern, Switzerland
André Maeder, Observatoire de Genève Sauverny, Switzerland
Jean-Pierre Swings, Université de Liège, Belgium
Sergio Volonté, Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate, ESA, Paris, France - retired
Wu Ji, National Space Science Center (CAS) and International Space Science Institute Beijing, China
Lev M. Zelenyi, Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
The ISSI Directorate is in charge of the scientific, operational and administrative management of the International Space Science Institute. It interacts with the Space Agencies, the Swiss authorities, the Board of Trustees, the Science Committee and the Association Pro ISSI.
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Andrei Bykov, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Athéna Coustenis, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
Xiaolong Dong, International Space Science Institute Beijing, Beijing, China (ex officio)
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Masaki Fujimoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
Kevin Heng, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Switzerland
Timothy Horbury, Imperial College, London, UK
Vladislav Izmodenov, IKI, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (ex officio RAS)
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Federal agencies collect and use personal information for various purposes from information resellers--companies that amass and sell data from many sources. GAO was asked to testify on its report being issued today on agency use of reseller data. For that report, GAO was asked to determine how the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration use personal data from resellers and to review the extent to which information resellers' policies and practices reflect the Fair Information Practices, a set of widely accepted principles for protecting the privacy and security of personal data. GAO also examined agencies' policies and practices for handling personal data from resellers to determine whether these reflect the Fair Information Practices.
In fiscal year 2005, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration reported that they used personal information obtained from resellers for a variety of purposes, including performing criminal investigations, locating witnesses and fugitives, researching assets held by individuals of interest, and detecting prescription drug fraud. The agencies spent approximately $30 million on contractual arrangements with resellers that enabled the acquisition and use of such information. About 91 percent of the planned fiscal year 2005 spending was for law enforcement (69 percent) or counterterrorism (22 percent). The major information resellers that do business with the federal agencies GAO reviewed have practices in place to protect privacy, but these measures are not fully consistent with the Fair Information Practices. For example, the principles that the collection and use of personal information should be limited and its intended use specified are largely at odds with the nature of the information reseller business, which is based on obtaining personal information from many sources and making it available to multiple customers for multiple purposes. Resellers believe it is not appropriate for them to fully adhere to these principles because they do not obtain their information directly from individuals. Nonetheless, in many cases, resellers take steps that address aspects of the Fair Information Practices. For example, resellers reported that they have taken steps recently to improve their security safeguards, and they generally inform the public about key privacy principles and policies. However, resellers generally limit the extent to which individuals can gain access to personal information held about themselves, as well as the extent to which inaccurate information contained in their databases can be corrected or deleted. Agency practices for handling personal information acquired from information resellers did not always fully reflect the Fair Information Practices. That is, for some of these principles, agency practices were uneven. For example, although agencies issued public notices when they systematically collected personal information, these notices did not always notify the public that information resellers were among the sources to be used. This practice is not consistent with the principle that individuals should be informed about privacy policies and the collection of information. Contributing to the uneven application of the Fair Information Practices are ambiguities in guidance from the Office of Management and Budget regarding the applicability of privacy requirements to federal agency uses of reseller information. In addition, agencies generally lack policies that specifically address these uses.
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Christmas ships bring music and spirt of the season to West Seattle waters
Ships return to Lowman and Alki tonight at 4:35 and 5:25
The Argosy Cruises Christmas ships paid their first visit to West Seattle waters on Friday Dec. 7 as hundreds of people lined the waters edge at the Don Armeni Boat launch to hear the Dickens Carolers, enjoy a bonfire and sing along as the colorful boats celebrated the Christmas spirit.
On Saturday, December 8, the Christmas Ship will be earlier, coming at 4:35 till 4:44 at Lowman Beach Park and from 5:25-5:45 Alki Beach Park, near the Alki Bathhouse.
From the Argosy Cruises website:
The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition since 1949. Its main purpose is to bring communities together to celebrate the holiday season. From our flotilla of ships to the crowds of people who gather onshore, this celebration is one of the gems of the holiday season.
From November 24th through December 23rd, 2012 the Argosy Christmas Ship™ sails to different Puget Sound waterfront communities, over 45 in total. Choirs onboard sing 20-minute performances to these communities, all broadcast via state-of-the-art speaker system.
On shore, thousands of people gather around roaring bonfires anticipating the arrival of the Christmas Ship™. You can either join us on board the Christmas Ship™ or one of the Parade ships that follow, or join with friends and neighbors to gather together for your own caroling tradition. If you own your own boat, feel welcome to add lights to your vessel and join in the festival and help form the largest holiday floating parade in the world! (We also have an option aboard our dinner boat the Royal Argosy, for those looking for a full meal and a private dining table.)
In addition to good cheer, family, and friends, a portion of all ticket sales benefits The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy, an annual program that raises money for several charitable organizations in the Puget Sound area.
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SCOTT JAGOW: I just wanna say two words to you. Just two words. Are you listening? Plastic bags. There's a great future in plastic bags. Will ya think about it? From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Jule Gardner reports.
JULE GARDNER: Hear that?
That's the sound of plastic bags taking over your life, magically multiplying in that space between the wall and your fridge. You may think you have too many plastic bags, but there's no such thing for the Virginia-based Trex Company.
Accounts manager Ray Hampton:
RAY HAMPTON: "A thousand bags equal about seven pounds and we typically purchase thematerial in 40,000-pound increments, which pretty much fills up a tractor trailer."
That's a lot of bags and Trex is one of a few companies giving them new life.
Trex chops them up, mixes them with wood pulp, and then shapes them into boards. The boards are used for decks that never need to be treated or stained.
Termites don't like them, but designers do because the boards can be bent and custom-colored. And there's a good chance that if you recycle your plastic bags, they'll end up at one of the Trex factories.
Here in Winchester, assistant production supervisor Steve Orndorf explains the process.
STEVE ORNDORF: "Down here is where we receive our plastic in, we receive polyethylene bags. Each line has a wood hopper. Wood hoppers are just recycled woods, hard woods. They are combined together at about a 50-50 ratio and then formed into a board."
Trex's Ray Hampton says different products can be made out of this composite. Some other companies make fencing, railroad ties, even plastic garden tools. And lots of different materials qualify as fodder.
HAMPTON:"This material is some over-wrap that went around paper towels, this is some other tissue covering. Newspaper bags, dry cleaning bags, all that stuff."
But there's a catch. Typically the only place to drop off your bags is in those bins at the grocery store. The American Plastics Council is working on how to expand plastic-bag recycling. You can check that out at plasticbagrecycling.org.
But beyond that, here's some advice from the council's Robert Krebs:
ROBERT KREBS:"Uh, they're a great mitt for things you don't want to touch, like picking up after your dog. They're umbrella holders so that you can put that wet umbrella inside of your purse or inside your briefcase so that it doesn't flood it. There's shoe covers, you know when you come in from the mud and you don't want to track it all over your house . . ."
And he's got another idea to keep bags organized before they become either decking material or doggie gloves: Stuff them in an old sock, cut the toe off and pull them out one by one.
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Former dental assistant, labor commissioner speak on case
BEND, Ore. - Scientology has often been surrounded by controversy, often involving movie stars. But the latest attention-grabbing legal fight focuses on a Bend dentist's alleged dictate that an employee attend a Scientology-affiliated symposium.
"The ultimatum that he gave me, to go to this symposium, sit down and listen to him speak to me about it, or it was my resignation if I left the room," said the former dental assistant for Dr. Andrew Engel. She agreed to talk to NewsChannel 21 by phone on Friday, if we did not use her name.
Refusing to go, she says she was badgered by her boss.
"It wasn't an easy decision for me to make, to walk away from my job," she said. "Unemployment was very high at the time, and I was the only full-time employee in my family."
On her last day, she says she told Engel she was filing a complaint with the state.
Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian said Thursday he has ordered Engel and his dental practice to pay nearly $350,000 in damages to the former employee who fled her job when ordered to attend a three-day Scientology-affiliated symposium or be fired.
Engel, whose Bend practice is AWE Dental Spa, issued a brief statement Friday through Portland attorney Michael Gordon, who said they will appeal the state labor commissioner's decision to the Oregon Court of Appeals:
"The decision from BOLI is erroneous, unsupported by the facts and contrary to Oregon law. This employee was never discriminated against. Dr. Engel and his office will appeal this erroneous ruling and continue professionally treating its patients as it always has."
Besides lost wages and health benefits, the damages include moving expenses after the complainant had to move out of state to find work, as well as emotional distress damages associated with the workplace harassment and complainant's separation from her teenage daughter as she pursued alternate employment.
"Oregon workers deserve to feel safe on the job, secure from an employer's pressure to do something that conflicts with their religious beliefs," said Avakian. "When an employee asks for an accommodation of their religious beliefs, there needs to be a real discussion about accommodation—not a 'my way or the highway' dismissal by the employer."
In investigating and prosecuting this case, Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) said it found that Engel badgered the dental hygienist, now working in East Texas, for several days to convince her to attend the required training with her co-workers, repeatedly brushing aside concerns that Scientology conflicted with her Christian religious beliefs and ignoring a specific accommodation request for an alternative, non-religious training opportunity.
"Oregonians expect, and deserve, an agency that will support local employers who want to do right by their workers," Avakian said. "Right along with that, Oregonians rightly expect that an employer who is hounding a worker to attend a religion-based training conference, to the point that she quits a good job to get away from that environment, is going to be held accountable for their actions."
Avakian said he imposed a much higher damage award than the $80,000 recommended by the agency's prosecutor, the largest by BOLI in recent history.
The sum includes moving expenses to Texas and a large payment for emotional distress for the harassment, and for a key impact on the dental assistant's personal life.
"She had to separate from her daughter and move to Texas to find work," Avakian said. "And in my opinion, that warranted the $347,000 order."
The woman said she had no idea such a sum would be ordered -- or any at all.
"I wasn't expecting that, nor did I ask for that," she said. "Actually, I didn't ask for any monetary amount."
BOLI called the order commensurate with what a jury verdict would see in a similar case. However, the victim also was advised she's unlikely to see any of that money for years -- if at all.


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Iran has nearly completed their examination of a crashed U.S. Air Force spy drone and are preparing to reverse-engineer it so it can be mass-produced for the Iranian military.
Iran refused requests from the U.S. that the drone be returned.
"The Americans have perhaps decided to give us this spy plane," Iranian President Mahmoud Admadinejad said during an interview on Venezuelan TV Tuesday night in response to the Obama Administration's request for the drone's return. "We now have control of this plane."
"In the near future we will be able to reproduce it…Iranian engineers will soon build an aircraft superior to the American," according to Parviz Sorouri, a member of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, who was interviewed on Iran state television Monday.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told reporters at a press conference yesterday that it's impossible to know how much information Iran could get from the crashed RQ-170 Sentinel because it's unclear how much damage it took in the crash.
Defense analysts predicted it would be impossible to reproduce the advanced systems on the U.S. drone or gather much intelligence from the encrypted data it carries. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, did acknowledge there is a danger some portions of the design could be copied, however.
Iran reported on Dec. 4 that the drone had crashed inside Iran, about 140 miles from the country's border with Afghanistan. U.S. military officials said the drone was on a mission for the CIA, but was scouting Western Afghanistan, not Iran, when it malfunctioned and eventually crashed.
The RQ-170 does not carry weapons, but is jet-powered, stealthy flying wing design that is far more sophisticated in evading electronic detection and monitoring complex installations than would normally be required in the non-technologically blessed western reaches of Afghanistan, as Sky News pointed out.
Its reputed ability to detect minute samples of airborne chemicals of the kind that could indicate nuclear-fuel development, and to intercept cell-phone conversations from the ground, would be of little use tracking the Taliban.
It is much better suited to covert monitoring of things like nuclear development facilities; the crash site is about halfway between the Iran/Afghanistan border and a cluster of nuclear facilities around Tehran.
Replacing unnecessarily smart drone with an even smarter one
By remarkable coincidence, the Air Force is sending a test version of its most advanced drone for real-world combat testing in Afghanistan, according to Wired's Danger Room.
The General Atomics Predator C "Avenger" is capable of carrying weapons – in internal weapons bays that preserve the radar-frustrating stealthiness intended to keep it safe from radar-guided anti-aircraft missiles the Taliban do not have. Iran and Pakistan, both of which border on Afghanistan, do have lots of radar-guided missiles and a history of shooting at U.S. aircraft that fly in for a look around.
The Avenger also reportedly carries ground-mapping radar and highly sophisticated cameras, both of which are more suited to checking the details on nuclear development plants than they are to tracking small groups of Taliban across remote trails in the high mountains.
There are plenty of lower-tech U.S. drones already flying missions daily in Afghanistan to take care of those types of missions.
U.S. officials haven't said what the Avenger will be given to do.
How did you lose another drone?
Meanwhile, in the Seychelles…Another U.S. drone crashed and was "totally destroyed" according to witnesses on the scent a the Seychelles International Airport on the island of Mahe.
The drone that was destroyed was a propeller-driven MQ-9 Reaper, not the more advanced, jet-powered RQ-170 model that crashed in Iran.
U.S. officials wouldn't say what the Reaper's mission was in the Seychelles – a cluster of tiny islands in the Indian Ocean, less than 1,000 miles to the south and east of the coast of Somalia.
State Department cables released by WikiLeaks showed they may have been used for anti-terrorism missions as well as to track pirates in the Indian Ocean, which local officials said was their primary mission.
The Associated Press reported local witnesses who said the unarmed Reaper developed engine problems shortly after takeoff that forced it to return for an emergency landing.
It was moving too fast at touchdown to be able to stop, ran off the end of the runway and crashed with a fire that damaged the craft but was quickly put out, according to AP.
The English-language National Turk collected reports that the Reaper was destroyed in a "fiery crash," as well as confirmation from the U.S. embassy in Mauritius that a drone made an emergency landing Tuesday morning at Seychelles Airport due to mechanical problems.
The Turk suggested both the Reaper crash and loss of the RQ-170 in Iran may have been the result of virus infections detected in drones at the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada this fall.
The viruses infected systems in the drone cockpits, but had no impact on operators' ability to control the craft, according to Air Force reports at the time.
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Daylight visible in attic, under stove hood vent!
I've noticed daylight in our very shallow attic. It comes from around the vent for the stove hood. This doesn't feel right. Is there any venting that is supposed to let in daylight from the roof? Someone ran a flex duct from the hood into the attic, I wonder if the duct somehow got detached from the roof vent?
I've been on the roof, and the vent looks normal from there. When I run the stove hood air is pushed out the vent.
You should not see daylight from a duct exit. It should be continuous to the exterior of the roof. I wonder if maybe the duct was run to a roof vent without a proper exhaust vent installed. Also, flex duct should not be used on a hood exhaust. The ridges collect grease which can be a fire hazard.
Flex duct not meant for hood ranges. And you should not see any daylight at all.
Got a picture so we can see what your seeing?
Here is the picture.
The light is in the center of the pic, over the pipe and under the beam. You can vaguely see the flexible vent pipe, and the light around it. It's about 25' down the center of the attic. Quite bright.
Oddly, when the hood fan is blowing there is air being pushed out of the vent on the roof. So I am not quite sure what is going on.
The flex line was installed when they put in the torched roof 3 or 4 years ago.
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Your probably seeing light coming in from the 7" t-top, the ducting is run short or its not large enough to fill the 7" opening of the 7" t-top. Light is coming in around the duct because its not a good fit or came loose.
Here is what you have:
Well, despite the others comments, the rule of thumb is this.
Seeing the sky is bad. Seeing reflected light, but not the sky is usually fine. Pix from above would be nice.
Are you seeing light. or sky? Big difference. Some hood setups use a collar, then a pipe collar cap which is separate and reflected light is not unusual.
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Have a 09 FLHT
I am thinking of changing stock cams to the 255 cams.
What are the REAL gains gotton from the change (HP & Torque,0-60 & or 1/4 mile times)
we have a 96 running, d and d boss, or fat cat, 203 cams, s.e.r.t., and stg 1 a/c
just shy of 94 hp and 103 trq
I like the looks of that!
I would choose the 204 instead of the 203 but just me.
I will add if that was had from a stock head and stock compression 96ci with 203's you did good! nice job!
EDIT: to say the D&D was the diff in 8-10 hp and 2-5 tq. on your 203 build wouldnt you say. service guy? that just shows you what a good pipe can do for the build.
then there is the x-tra tq. under the curve that will be felt @ 2300 rpm and out to 5500 rpm.
again nice job!
yes sir, stock heads and compression, 204s are a good choice to though, over all though we were happy with how it turned out.
and yes, i took 3 dyno sheets and overlaped all of them , all of them had the same set up cams, a/c tuner and such minus the pipes.
rush slips only 2 in baffle gave us 83.6hp 96.95 trq
v h 2.5 inch baffle 85hp 99 trq
fat cat was the numbers i alredy gave,
we are about to do another 203 and fat cat combo but with a heavy breather, ill let you know how it comes out
103", SE Intake, SE Exhaust, new 259 cams:
96hp, 115 tq
I am still trying to find a way to scan my dyno sheet. The torque 'curve' isn't really a curve. Basically stays within 10ft/lbs from 2500rpm through 6-7000rpms.
Take a look at these new cams, they're a welcome suggestion from my HD tech.
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Woo hoo. got my new flak vest (and just finished painting my TF lid). just wanted to show it off
Woo hoo. got my new flak vest (and just finished painting my TF lid). just wanted to show it off
Nice one John, looks good - a nice fit.
Who is the maker of the vest and armour? I ask because I have the FP3 armour and it seems to cover all of my upper body!
Nice paint job too buddy.
thanx Rob,
The armour is Bobamaker and is fantastic. The flak vest I bought from Mandalore697 (aka Dan) but yet again its Bobamaker.
to be honest, I think i will end up with most of my costume being from Bobamaker, its really that good
All i need now is a neck
Sure is a great looking flak vest
That vest is rockin!... i dread the day i have to mount my armor (which is coming soon)
I will be needing to mount my armour soon(ish). Any tips?
I am thinking about marking the position of the armour on the vest, make the holes and then use the quick setting epoxy putty and fix the armour to the holes? Make sense?


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