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The Design of Bow Saws
A Gramercy Bow Saw Kit provides the parts and plans necessary to build one of the most useful tools in the hand-tool workshop. The tensioned, lightweight frame of the saw supports a narrow blade able to cut tight turns with precision. The control afforded by a 12" bow saw makes it an excellent choice for wasting dovetails, or for sculptural work like roughing a cabriole leg.
Building a bow saw isn't difficult with the right hardware. The parts offered here are the same ones found on our award-winning Gramercy Tools 12" Bow Saw. Full measured drawings of the saw are free, and available for download even without the purchase of a kit. Additionally, we've published a great deal of our research into the design of tensioned frame, and turning saws, to aid in constructing your own customized saw.
The Gramercy Bow Saw Kit (literally) revolves around the precision machined brass pins that connect the frame to the handle. The hook of the pin allows blades to be switched, or threaded through a workpiece with minimal hassle. In addition to the hook, the blades have a 1/16" hole for mounting drilled blades. The blade slot of the pin is .030" wide, to accept a wide range of blades, including our own 12" bow saw blades, or coping saw blades. If you wish to use a thicker blade, grind the ends of the blade to fit.
The 1/4" shaft of the brass pins fits through the frame of the saw, allowing the blade to be turned a full 360 degrees. The tension of the frame and blade are supported by the 1/2" diameter shoulder of the pin. Behind the shoulder the pin is machined with grooves and a flat that create an interference fit when the handle is glued in place. Overall the pins are about 2 3/4" of which the front part of the shaft with the hook is 1 7/8" long, with a shaft Diameter of 1/4" and a shoulder diameter of 1/2".
We offer several kit options, from individual blades up to the full kit including Pins, Handles, and blades. Kits with blades include 10TPI, 16TPI, and 24TPI blades. To tension the frame you'll need a strong, lightweight cord or string. Our bow saw line is the same stuff we use on our complete saws, available in a range of colors for a final customized touch.
Plans, Design Documents, and General Instructions can be found here
Replacement Blades are available separately - see the accessories and related link below. Likewise for the complete Gramercy Tools Bowsaw.
Gramercy Bow Saw Pins, Handles and Blades are Made in the USA.
The following primer is condensed from our more extensive documentation on the design of Bow saws which can be read in its entirety
. Follow the same link, and click "Construction notes, plans, and tips on use" to download measured drawings of our design for the Gramercy Bow Saw.
Any saw with a blade tensioned in a frame is generally referred to as a frame saw. To this day, European woodworkers use frame saws of around two feet long, with wide blades to do all their main cutting of boards. In the English and American traditions (after 1700 or so) woodworkers used handsaws for those tasks, and a narrow-tensioned blade in a frame saw only for cutting curves. These smaller saws are typically called either bow saws or turning saws.
The frame of a turning saw consists of a pair of mortised cheeks held apart by a tenoned cross-member called the stretcher. The hardware, or pins, hold the blade in the cheeks and also provide a mount for the handles. Finally, the tension on the blade is kept by a twisted cord, a Spanish windlass type of traction device kept from unwinding by the all-important toggle.
Early turning saws had very thin, almost spidery frames. The reason for this, of course, is that the weight of the frame will influence the cut. When you turn the saw in the cut, you want the entire saw frame to move, so that the blade stays straight in the frame. A beefy frame will cause the saw to feel top-heavy in use.
This brings us to the question of the wood. A turning saw can be made from almost any wood that can take a little tension, and we have seen saws made from Maple, Cherry, Walnut, and even a few exotics like cocobolo. However a lighter-weight wood is preferable because of the nimbleness factor outlined above. Our completed Gramercy Tools Bow Saws are made of American Hickory, because it is strong, flexible, and lightweight.
The design of the Gramercy Bow Saw captures what we believe to be the best aspects of 18th and early 19th century turning saws. It is a light weight and nimble tool, and represents what we would consider the optimum for a general purpose turning saw. Historically every trade used slightly different versions of the saw to meet their own specifications. We think you can have a lot of fun playing with the design and making a frame that suits your needs.
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Customer Reviews:
By: Arthur Mensch (Jan, 2019)
I used the parts kit and plans to make my bow saw using walnut for the sides, handle, toe knob, and toggle, and oak for the stretcher. I made a pattern for the sides and used a router with a pattern cutting bit and spoke shave. The saw works great and looks really nice. I really enjoy working with tools that I have made myself. Thank you.
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Blades break with light use
By: Peter Bernhardt (Jan, 2018)
The saw is wonderful and is great for shaping. I've had a problem with the blades breaking at the post that holds them into the pins. So either this is a quality issue, or it comes down to exercising greater care when using the tool. Probably a bit of both. ;)
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Customizable bow saw
By: Todd Larsen (Nov, 2017)
I really enjoyed building this saw (twice). I built one with a swan's neck top and a second following your design. Both worked extremely well. I used hickory as suggested (being also very inexpensive to pick up). I eboniized the second tool, and ended up gifting it to a friend. I am considering buying another kit as I had the coarse blade in one and the fine blade in the other...
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By: M.P.Sale (Apr, 2017)
An absolutely fun,easy,and entertaining kit to build or use for teaching youths woodworking. It can be as fancy or plain as you wish. It's your choice. Makes a great gift for family and friends as well.
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fun build, nice saw
By: James Meloan (Feb, 2017)
I bought two of these kits, one to make for myself and one as a gift for my brother-in-law who is getting into woodworking. I used walnut for the frames. Mine hangs right above my bench and I reach for it quite often, even with a decent bandsaw ten feet away. These make a great gift for someone getting into woodworking, nothing stokes your enthusiasm like using a tool you made to make something else.
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Fun project and useful tool
By: John Cariotto (Nov, 2016)
I used the clear plans to build the bow saw from a piece of hickory. It works quite well and is easier to use on small projects than changing blades on the band saw.
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By: Keith Meisenhelter (Apr, 2016)
THANK YOU. Your kits make it possible for me to have any size bow saw I want. Smallest fits a 6 1/2 to 7" blade my largest is for 30" bow saw blade. With many sizes in between. Make your own saw Wow what a feeling of pride. thanks again
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By: Jeff (Apr, 2016)
This bow saw is a real surprise to me. It works so much better than I anticipated. It is easy to control and quite comfortable. I was expecting it to be a bit awkard. Not the case at all. I built it from some pretty white oak from the plans on the website and purchased the pins handles and blades. Also the service and support was excellent.
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By: Tim (Dec, 2015)
I made this from white oak (like most folks responding, it's what I had on hand). I used my bandsaw to rough out one cheek and did the final shaping with floats. This made a template to easily shape the second on the router table, followed by a block plane to taper them. It came together nicely and the saw cuts well. Wonderful item. Buy the kit for the fun of it; buy the finished saw if you just want the tool. This was about ten hours for me.
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Such a regular reliable tool
By: Brian Biggs (Sep, 2015)
I've been using 1 saw with a fine or coarse blade for the past few years. The only issue I've had is that the strings I used occasionally break - so now there is a tougher string available! And because I'm not storing the saw broken down, I've finally started putting together a 2nd saw to pretty much be my coarse saw. And because it does break down easily it's GREAT to be ready to use it by having it available in the toolbox! (Which will mean, yep, a 3rd saw!)
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Bow Saw Kit
By: Per Widing (Jul, 2015)
A great little kit, I fell for the beautiful shape, I've used the Swedish birch because it is strong and I had some left over from another project.
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Bow Saw Kit
By: Waco Muse (Apr, 2015)
I got the pins and blades, and used the templates to make a saw out of Mahogany (because I had it on hand). I also used chain saw file handles for the handle and toe. The saw works great, and is now one of my favorite tools.
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Bow Saw Kit
By: Bob Crigler (Feb, 2014)
I tried this kit on a whim and I am very impressed. I purchased the blades and the pins and made the rest. Just finished my second saw and love it. Buying four more kits to build as they will make wonderful gifts.
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Bow saw kit
By: Ryan (Feb, 2014)
I really like how well the saw works; it's surprisingly light and the high blade tension makes it cut better than a coping saw. Keeping it together while Changing blades is a little fiddly, but no other complaints. Took about eight hours to make with hand tools, mine looks good, although rougher than the pictures (I used hickory too). The plans are clear, but not sized for 8x11 paper, so keep that in mind if you print them out at home.
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One day bow saw
By: Ross (Sep, 2013)
A rare rainy day in southern New Mexico gave me the chance to convert a bow saw kit into a working saw. Selecting a cut-off curly maple board, and several hours of work resulted in a small bow saw to complement my old Marples. One thing I noted: the cross brace was 5/16" too long for the saw blades, so I shortened it 1/4" to make the joinery fit better. Saw works very well, and is attractive as well. This is a very satisfying day project.
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Dir: Clark Gregg. US. 2013. 90mins
Can a child star get a fair shake in Hollywood? A shake-down is more likely, as seen in Trust Me, in which director/star Clark Gregg's cynicism is saved by his satire.
Gregg captures the awkward restlessness of the talent promoter who's lost everything but hope, addicted to the next teenager's deal like a compulsive gambler.
Gregg plays a former child star, now an agent who represents child actors, in a knotted tale of Tinseltown duplicity. His parable of injustice at an early age with a dream team cast could rise above the pack of backstage dramas if nubile newcomer Saxon Sharbino catches on with the young audience. A parade of witty turns from marquee names will also help, although the beautiful Sharbino is crucial to leveraging interest outside of English-speaking territories.
And then there's the problem of making any agent likeable, even in an industry that can peddle flying dinosaurs.
Howard Holloway (Gregg) is on the outs, even by loser standards. He lives in a cheap apartment in Hollywood and operates out of a storage locker.
His luck seems to shift when he finds Lydia (Sharbino), a girl of 13, who stands to star in a Twilight-like franchise directed by Ang Lee. Yet mega-agent nemesis Aldo Stankis (Sam Rockwell) wants to poach her, her alcoholic father (Paul Sparks) needs booze and cash, and the project's casting agent (Allison Janney) and producer (Felicity Huffman) loathe Howard. Lydia proves to be shrewd beyond her years, which doesn't make the film's losers any less unfortunate.
Gregg's script, which he calls a neo-noir, has enough odd twists folding upon themselves to veer into gothic places, including a truncated finish. The existential malaise of a hapless has-been agent seeking success among entertainment's most exploited of the exploited has a fatalism that gets at the feel of Chinatown (Lydia was pimped by her mother) and Robert Altman's 1970's private eye films.
Noir or not, Trust Me is also a clever ensemble comedy, with endless wry comments on show business and "innocent" characters, plus jokes about losers with Howard in mind – all told shamelessly to his face, with special aplomb by Rockwell and Huffman. It's a long way from Marvel's The Avengers, in which Gregg had a key role (as he did in the preceding Marvel films that ran to the film) as Agent Peters.
Cinematographer Terry Stacey shoots the comic drama tightly in office lobbies and parking lots, rarely opening the camera widely into the landscape. The visual commentary on the limited horizons of any career in show business is clear enough, and Trust Me looks and feels claustrophobic.
In a cheap suit – that he slept in - Gregg captures the awkward restlessness of the talent promoter who's lost everything but hope, addicted to the next teenager's deal like a compulsive gambler. Huffman, one of many adversaries, masters the cruel deadpan that refuses to waste much time on air-kiss insincerity.
Thanks to the talent (friends) that he could draw - no doubt without large agents' fees - Gregg assembled a cast that covers the less radiant extremes of the Hollywood palette. As a mother abandoned by her husband in an apartment on Howard's low-rent court, Amanda Peet is desperate enough to consider dating Howard, and desperate in her job selling Audis to showbiz glitterati, with sleazy car dealer boss William H. Macy jealous of Howard entering her life – is car lot sleaze an homage to Fargo?
Trust Me is a title that trumpets its own falsehood, and a story true to its subject in scenes that mix grimaces with laughs. It's a long shot to make money, but Gregg's agent can at least be proud.
Production companies: Unified Pictures, Savage Bunny, Bron Studios, Visionary Pictures, Amberdale Productions, Luma Pictures, IAM Entertainment
International sales: Radiant Films, http://radiant-films.com
Producers: Keith Kjarval, Aaron L. Gilbert, Mary Vernieu, Clark Gregg, Raju Hariharan, Akshaii Hariharan, Brad Greiner
Executive producers: Raymond Brothers, Scott Glassgold, Payam Shohadai, John Raymonds, Ronald J. Giacose, Tara Moross, Randy Wayne, Jeff Rice, Sam Rockwell
Cinematography: Terry Stacey
Editor: Kathryn Himoff
Production designer: Stephen Altman
Music: Mark Kilian
Main Cast: Clark Gregg, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, William H. Macy. Niecy Nash, Amanda Peet, Sam Rockwell, Molly Shannon, Saxon Sharbino, Paul Sparks

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Cited as a priority issue by many members of Congress and Obama, 2013 came and went without an immigration package, to the chagrin of many advocacy groups.
McMorris Rodgers said she still thinks a deal could be struck before the election. "I believe there is a path that we get a bill on the floor by August," she said.
A bipartisan plan was passed in the Senate last spring but made no headway in the Republican-controlled House. McMorris Rodgers echoed the concern brought up by many in the chamber, saying she wants to see stronger border security. But she said she'd support a bill that grants legal status to those undocumented immigrants working toward citizenship, allowing them to remain in the country to work and go to school while they wait their turn in the current system.
"We're going to have to push that this is a legal status, not amnesty," she said.
House Speaker John Boehner did not endear himself to conservatives when he used a comical and whiny voice on Thursday to imitate how they opposed immigration reform, according to Stephen Moore, chief economist for The Heritage Foundation.
"I've always liked John Boehner. He's been a pretty decent Speaker, but lately he has been mocking conservatives in a way that does not advance his cause," Moore told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.
"This causes friction within the conservative coalition within the House. Look, I'm actually in favor of immigration reform. We need to get that done in a responsible way, but you know, for him to mock his opponents and his own party, I don't think serves his cause."…
"Wherever you stand on immigration reform, it is nuts to be mocking people who oppose [it]. You're not going to get a compromise in that way."
Raul Labrador, the Idaho Republican who last year served as a middleman between conservative House Republicans opposed to the Senate's Gang of Eight bill and Democrats looking to drag it across the finish line, says he is "disappointed" with House speaker John Boehner's recent comments, in which he mocked his Republican colleagues for their refusal to tackle immigration reform.
"I was disappointed with Speaker's Boehner's comments, and I think they will make it harder – not easier – to pass immigration reform," Labrador said in a statement…
"The problem is Obama, not House Republicans," he said. "Speaker Boehner should have made that point, instead of criticizing the people he is supposed to be leading. I know Speaker Boehner sincerely cares about immigration reform as much as I do. If he wants the Republican Conference to follow him on this issue, he needs to stand up for House Republicans, instead of catering to the media and special interest groups."
"What these comments clearly illustrate is that when John Boehner and (House Democratic Leader) Nancy Pelosi sit down to talk about immigration, he is not representing the views of his people," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which opposes legal status for those now in the U.S. illegally. "He is working … to get Republicans to agree to Democrat objectives."…
"There is nothing Boehner could say to his own supporters that they would believe," Krikorian said. "This makes any kind of immigration legislation essentially impossible."
Latino advocates and Capitol Hill Democrats responded with derision, saying it's Boehner's job as leader of the House to bring the issue to a vote, not to blame others. "He's acting like he's not the Speaker of the House," said Lynn Tramonte, deputy director of America's Voice, an immigration advocacy group…
Asked if Boehner was sending mixed messages on the issue, Holler said "doublespeak" was a better description. "There's doublespeak that's confusing everything," he said.
In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Peter King joined a handful of moderate House Republicans urging an immigration-reform vote this year.
"It would be in our country's national interest, as well as the interest of our party, if this could be achieved," King wrote to Boehner in the letter released Friday.
"Republican policies of self-reliance and family values would have much appeal to immigrants if we take time to articulate them," King said.
"I fully understand and appreciate the argument that illegal behavior should not be rewarded," King wrote. "The reality though is that we are not going to deport 11 million immigrants."
"Just judging by the public comments, right now Boehner is the No. 1 who wants to get it done," Jacoby said. "It's always hard to read exactly where Mr. Cantor is, but he's the author of a version of the Dream Act so it's not like he's against immigration reform.
Cantor has worked on legislation since last year that would grant legal status to illegal immigrants who were brought to the country at a young age. But Cantor has no plans to unveil the legislation, tentatively entitled the Kids Act, anytime soon…
A memo on the spring's legislative agenda that Cantor released to the media Friday made no mention of immigration reform. It instead highlighted declining median household income, the need to replace ObamaCare with "patient-focused" reforms, legislation to modernize federal charter schools programs, and a resolution holding Lois Lerner, a former IRS official, in contempt of Congress…
"It's not just Boehner versus everyone. On both sides you have these strong feelings. Some people are saying this isn't the year but other people saying we really got to get to this," said Jacoby.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Boehner told some pro-reform donors just last week that he was "hellbent" on getting immigration reform passed this year. Every Republican I have spoken to since then has said, in so many words, "not a chance."
Everyone in both parties, and everyone either advocating or opposing reform, knows Boehner could pass a reform bill, including the controversial legalization provisions, tomorrow with mostly Democrats and a few Republicans. It would make conservatives mad. More mad than his chastising comments from yesterday?
Retirement or reelection — just do it, Mr. Speaker, if you feel so strongly about it. No more path of least resistance.
Boehner has also said several times — most notably during an interview with Jay Leno — that "a leader without followers is simply a man taking a walk."
That's the attitude he took during last year's government shutdown and it's the same approach he's taking with immigration. In the fall, he urged his colleagues to avoid plunging the federal government into a partial government shutdown. Rank-and-file Republicans heard him out, but disagreed and Boehner heard them, so he re-calibrated. Republicans were badly bruised following the government shutdown as Boehner told them they would be.
A similar political dynamic for Republicans might eventually play out on immigration. For now, Boehner is concerned about maintaining and expanding the GOP majority in the House and in keeping his job as speaker. He needs to keep his conference focused on subjects popular with their base and away from areas that might stir up political controversy. And he needs to keep his colleagues happy in the event he decides to stay on as speaker.
Add it up and you get a simple conclusion: Immigration reform ain't happening between now and November.
It's refreshing that the speaker has dropped the pretext of blaming Mr. Obama for the failure of immigration reform — among the greatest of this Congress's many failures. For better or for worse (we'd say for the better), the president has signaled that he is willing to compromise to do a deal — to bulk up security on the southwestern border beyond what is sensible, perhaps to settle for legal status short of citizenship for the millions of immigrants now living in the shadows. Republicans are the obstacle.
The trouble is that this bracing shot of honesty from Mr. Boehner probably will not fix the underlying problem, which is a Republican Party that cannot see a future for itself, or for the nation, beyond its own predominantly white, aging electorate. House Republicans, rooted in parts of the country demographically distinct from an increasingly diverse nation, are loath to embrace the nation's Hispanics in part because relatively few of them live or vote in their districts. As they cling to an older America, a new America is rising fast.
Some Republicans, including Mr. Boehner, Karl Rove and others, have seen this and tried to coax back-benchers toward a deal on immigration that would align Republican interests with a changing nation. So far they have failed — but at least in Mr. Boehner's case, they are starting to level with the public as to why.
If you want to pass immigration reform, @SpeakerBoehner, bring it up for a vote. It'll pass. #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/nTHYILgtxH
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) April 25, 2014
"I think we finally have the policy right," [Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.] said in a phone interview. "I think we have figured out a way to secure, to have border and interior security, holding the administration accountable for the enforcement … forcing the administration to enforce the law whether they want to or not. And I think we figured out a way to deal with the folks that are here in a way that is fair — fair, by the way, to those in the legal system … who are doing everything legally, and also deals with the folks that are here in a way that is fair and reasonable. And adheres, strictly adheres, to the rule of law…
Diaz-Balart said he thinks they're close to a deal that can pass both chambers.
"It is as close as we have ever been. It is still a big, big, heavy lift," he said. "I think we're going to get there."
"Getting legislation that can get you to that 218 you need is not easy on this issue," he said, but "I feel really good about it."


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- Ok, seems to work. If you want, you can continue updating, but my script should do this automatically within ~1 minute while I'm online. And if I'm not, it should catch up later. --SlashMe (talk) 16:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- GREAT, it's really working. My computer is online 24/7 (but not me). Since updates should be done in time maybe my computer is the better machine for your script. I am on Linux and a cron job is downloading at 00,05,20,35,50 each hour, just in case the update frequency will change again. --Dgbrt (talk) 16:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment. The reason I said "another" river is because "another" is referencing Megan's quote that "yes. there are other rivers" - implying they have arrived at "another" river, not the one they already knew about. I put quotes because as you point out, we haven't exactly seen them come across the first river. As to the water bottle, if you want to change it to "drinking bottle", I'm fine with that. The contents being water is an assumption based on what you might expect someone to do going on a long journey. TheHYPO (talk) 20:18, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- I am not a native English speaker - so thanks for help - but I just want to be correct. And I did edit your edit...
I think a special page (i.e. "1190: Time: Pictures") with a table (description | thumb with link) or other form of separator might work. I seem to remember seeing something on using a different thumb file on a picture link. This is my first time editing wiki pages, but the thumbs and smaller images on the upload pages don't appear to be working. As a work around, I just used blind links without thumbs (e.g. :file:fname...). I can create and upload smaller pictures, but will need some help putting it all together. If this sounds good to you, give me a nod on my talk page and I'll start adding content and let the regulars help straighten it out. Also, am I doing something wrong on the uploads or is it just not working? Galois (talk) 23:52, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- I'm also relatively new to wiki edits, but I'm a programmer, Linux expert (and more OS's) and also the admin for the wiki at my company. Thumbnails do not work because of a bug in the configuration or missing capabilities at the hoster. I will try to talk to the admins here, maybe I can help. --Dgbrt (talk) 16:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Redirections, and incomplete explanations
Hello there, and thank you for your work! :-)
One technical thing that you should note, when you create pages that should redirect directly to a newly created explanation page (for example 332 to redirect to 332: Gyroscopes), use the redirection syntax which goes like this:
#REDIRECT [[332: Gyroscopes]]
You've done it right for 447 / Too Old For This Shit or 531 / Friends for instance, so try to do it all the time, instead of leaving pages with only a link in it, like 332 / Gyroscopes or 311 / Action Movies. Thanks :-)
Another thing, not from me, and about content this time: Davidy22 left you a couple of message in the changes he made to the pages you created, but it's fairly possible that you didn't get them, so here they are:
- (in response to your comment "I am still trying to give every comic a page here. Help me to complete it!"): "I'd really rather leave those links red for someone to write a proper explanation. With explanations that read like second transcripts, all we really do is take traffic away from xkcd.com without adding value."
- "Also, incomplete articles are harder to track than nonexistent articles, so I'd rather we just focus on making explanations well instead of making an unsatisfactory shell for every comic. Incomplete explanations make us look kinda bad too."
- "People on other sites often comment on how our explanations are a wildly mixed bag of quality. I'd rather you put your effort into making a few good substantial explanations instead of loads of summaries and rehashes of the transcript."
Try to take that into account also...
Cheers, Cos (talk) 10:45, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
- Hello Cos, here some comments by me:
- Redirections - I'm sorry for the missing #REDIRECT tag. I'm using often a text editor for my own copy and paste templates. I am sure I would have figured out that error today by myself. Thanks for your help!
- Incomplete explanations - I will stop on this even when I think it's good idea to have a page for each comic here and work afterwards on all those incomplete ones. The pages Help:How_to_add_a_new_comic_explanation and List_of_unexplained_comics should clarify this issue. Furthermore there are many more incomplete comics not marked as incomplete so you can't find them here: Incomplete explanations. I will also send a message to Davidy22 about this.--Dgbrt (talk) 17:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Speaking of incomplete explanations, do you think you could help add some text to 266: Choices: Part 3 and 267: Choices: Part 4? To my knowledge, they are the only articles on the wiki without even a stub for an explanation. In addition, the other three choice articles could use some better explanations. --Oneforfortytwo (talk) 04:02, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Ach nee,...
...schau mal einer an, noch ein Deutscher! Wollte nur mal 'nen Gruß hinterlassen... ;-) --SlashMe (talk) 21:37, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
You worked on the last unexplained comic of xkcd at very much the same time that the article was created! Greyson (talk) 23:41, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
- I was working at the same time to create that explanation. After trying to save I got a warning that it's already there. So I just did add my work there.--Dgbrt (talk) 10:40, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
1190:Time frame renumbering
Apologies if I created confusion, I was under the impression that davidy22 had already made the final decision to renumber the frames. I didn't know there was someone else who made the decision. Patzer (talk) 01:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
It took a while for me to notice your request. I think you've been quite the active figure around the wiki, so I've added the bot to the bots group.
Keep up the work and don't burn out! lcarsos_a (talk) 16:37, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
- Many thanks, my request was mainly for picture uploads to 1190 Time, but maybe I will use this feature in the future. I will be careful, first tests will be done at my local TestWiki.--Dgbrt (talk) 18:29, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
The right place to add 'discussion'
I don't disagree with your comment to User:Anon (although I'd say "additions" instead of "adds"), or to a number of your edits to their additions, but some of what has been added is not worthy of Trivia sections being added. They should probably have been put into the talk page, or in some cases, left where they were. Mark Hurd (talk) 05:39, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
- You are right, I just did not want to delete the additions by this new user. Because I can't move a single line to the talk page by one edit I thought the Trivia section would be the best solution. I don't like links to other comics here when it doesn't explain anything to the actual one. But a sidestep to a similar joke could be worthy to the Trivia section.--Dgbrt (talk) 13:36, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
Explained too much
Hello Dgbrt, I'm sorry I explained too much about comic 1255. I was under the impression that the purpose of this wiki was to explain XKCD comics for those who don't get the references, so I thought it would be helpful to explain the part about sailing in a line tangent to the surface, which wasn't previously touched on in the description. I understand now that what you guys actually do here is to describe and transcribe XKCD comics. That's not something I'm interested in so I'll leave now. Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding. Rombobjörn (talk) 12:47, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, this site does not only "transcribe XKCD comics". The wrong stories about Columbus is the major joke here, Megan did use Tolkien's books, but she also could have used many others. The explain should point on the essentials of the comic, people should be able to read this easy in general.--Dgbrt (talk) 15:07, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hello. Admin here. I don't comb through and look at every single edit that happens in this wiki, but some things flag up as significant and this scuffle qualifies. Reading the current explanation and your addition, there are a number of unexplained and unreferenced Tolkien-specific terms littered around the place. Valar and Ilúvatar will not be familiar to people who have not read the Silmarillion before. Megan appears to be drawing a direct parallel between Eärendil and Columbus here with the quote "A silmaril on his brow, he wanders the heavens as the morning star." There is no apparent evidence to show that the reformation of the earth is referenced in this comic; no mention of Akallabêth, Ilúvatar or any hint of Columbus being of elvish descent. If you can link your reference directly to the comic, feel free to add it in.
- Also, Dgbrt, you only have to reply once to the original talk message. You don't have to leave disjointed messages in other people's talk pages. Davidy²²[talk] 17:05, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Discussions with Quicksilver
Hello! I have noticed that "In this comic" is a pet peeve to you. As a gift, I have removed it from almost all of the 60 explanations that it started, but there remain some more places where it could be removed. If you wish, you can go ahead and remove the newlines that I left in their wake.
If you need a general copy-editor for grammar, punctuation, or usage, let me know. I consider myself adequate at it, being a decently educated native American English speaker. (I am not a professional editor, though, so stuff can always be made better.)
Also, as you definitely have noticed, I can get belligerent over some things, particularly whether a page deserves its "Incomplete" status. I expect some more sparring matches in the coming future. I do hope to work with you on cutting the number of such pages down.
Anyway, thanks for the intro to the wiki! --Quicksilver (talk) 21:31, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Welcome Quicksilver! I did see that you must be an native American speaker but some of your edits are too offensive, I do reply on this, and we have to discuss until a final solution can be presented. Many updates by you are great, but please check all the links, etc. until removing the incomplete tag. This tag does not mean the explain is wrong. BTW: Please sign your discussions.--Dgbrt (talk) 22:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Now that I have your attention, we can begin discussing things. We have a brewing edit war over the following pages (so far): 694: Retro Virus, 54: Science, and 10: Pi Equals.
The first one I claim to be complete, while you dispute this. I cannot see how much further we can go into explanations of XP, viruses, Howard Dean, Friendster, or Kazaa. Apart from those, the comic really doesn't have anything else to explain, and its grammar and style are fair. I see no reason that the Incomplete tag should be there.
In the second one, we have different interpretations of the title text, "Bonus point if you can identify the science in question." You claim that this somehow means we should challenge science. While I understand that part of the spirit of science is questioning it, this sentence has a fairly straightforward meaning: if you can identify the science in question, you get a bonus point. In other words, if you know where this equation comes from, good for you. Randall is praising his readers who happen to know about the blackbody radiation curve, which would be a good number of them (I'd guess).
The third one is a simple issue of punctuation. You have argued, via explanations, that "one must close sentences." While I understand that it may look awkward for the quotation marks in question (those around the name of Mrs Roberts's daughter) to contain a period, not part of the name, and to have the sentence ended by a punctuation mark inside a pair of quotes, this is the English convention on quotation marks. Such a convention can be checked here. This usage clashes with that of French, German, and many other languages, but is standard in English.
As other pages turn into edit wars, I would prefer to discuss them in some central location (such as your wonderful talk page) rather than individual pages. Thank you for your consideration. --Quicksilver (talk) 22:40, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Every comic does have it's own discussion page. Here you can talk about my behave, especial on some few offensive edits I did not accept. And keep short or I will just reply tl;dr--Dgbrt (talk) 23:09, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
- Very well. Our agenda begins with 54: Science. The other two we will address at some point. --Quicksilver (talk) 23:14, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Allegations concerning User:Quicksilver
You have in the edit summary field claimed that Quicksilver's edits are offensive. After a quick glance through some of his recent edits, I don't find this to be the case. Do you care to explain yourself? lcarsos_a (talk) 03:26, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- 200 or 300 edits within a few hours, no one can understand all that comics at this time range. I just did criticized two or three edits he did, but an edit to former content without any understandable explain I can't except. And than he reverts my criticism, that's all.
- I'm not a spam hunter here, but I like CLEAR and SHORT (meaning, people will be able read) explains here. Look at 1256: Questions, just an other hell (nobody will ever read all that masturbation orgasms writers must have - sorry, put this into the sex category.)--Dgbrt (talk) 23:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Language and writing style
Please, please stop reverting and calling editors out on language and writing style. It is not your strong point. Focus on content. When we start work on our german translations, you can go jabbing editors in their talk pages over writing too much. Here, you're only reverting and deterring valuable edits. Davidy²²[talk] 02:35, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
- You know I'm not native American, many viewers are too. American English is still strange sometimes, but you are right: It's not my "strong point". But nevertheless, I always did focus on content in the past, and I will do this in the future. I was just acting on mass updates nobody can review.--Dgbrt (talk) 21:01, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
The post saying that Randall was banned was a joke. There is no PyCon issue. See Talk:153: Cryptography. gijobarts (talk) 20:19, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
- Sure it was joke, so maybe it should be explained, it belongs to this comic.--Dgbrt (talk) 21:19, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
1270: Functional
Would you mind answering my actual concerns regarding 1270? The things you answered are (in my eyes) very minor points, where I would not mind to compromise. However, currently the article does not explain what functional programming is at all! I wanted to change that which you mostly edited away. I am willing to make my explanations more understandable (preferably if you or anyone else has suggestions what is/might be unclear). --Chtz (talk) 16:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, I don't like edit wars. I just did try to simplify the explain for non programmer readers. And I think these facts should be mentioned:
- 1. Functions return a value, unlike procedures do.
- 2. Your wiki link says: "a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs, that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data." My sine(x) idea isn't bad according to this.
- 3. The part "mutable data" means that each call of the function allocates its own memory, local variables are not viewable or changeable from the outside. Recursions just use this feature.
- 4. Tail recursion just means that there is a clearly defined break at the end of the function. The most elegant code should be this (the else statement is removed, braces for a clear code):
factorial(n) { if n > 0 { n * factorial(n-1) } return 1 }
- 5. The wikipedia pages are a little bit confusing and inaccurate (I would mark them incomplete). But even the first reference at functional programming to this PDF is interesting. It's saying (Chapter 4): "Myth 1, that functional programming is the antithesis of conventional imperative programming,...".
- This programming paradigm definitions are still confusing, but here Randall just mentions a recursion with a break at the tail. I think we have to focus on this first. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:33, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- I replaced your bullet points by numbers, so I can refer to them, I hope you don't mind.
- ad 1) I agree, but I don't know why you need to introduce the (imperative) concept of a procedure at all? (There is no such thing in functional programming)
- ad 2) Yes, sine is a function, also in the functional programming sense. It is not really a function one would implement using a functional language (although it is possible). Also this function is not referred to later, so I don't see any benefit from introducing it. How about using the factorial function as example for a function?
- ad 3) There is no such thing as a "variable" in functional programming. Variables are mutable data, and mutable data is avoided.
- ad 4) What I learned is that tail recursion means that the only recursive call happens at the tail of the function ("call" in imperative programming, or substitution in functional programming). Maybe I'm wrong and should study again, and also did not understand what tail recursion wants to say, but I doubt that.
- ad 5) I agree that it is not very easy to understand, but I don't see any inaccuracy in that article. About the reference: Yes, but that does not mean imperative and functional programming is essentially the same. The section continues and describes that functional programming carries on the evolution from low-level (e.g. Assembler, allowing just simple operations) over high-level (imperative) programming which allows expressions to functional programming which says there are only expressions. (If and why and when this is useful is another story -- though actually that is essentially what White Hats wants to know from Cueball)
- And w.r.t your last point: So you would prefer not to explain (or have someone explain) the parts which are confusing to you? Wasn't explaining that the whole idea of this wiki? --Chtz (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- I don't mind your edit but now I will reply in general. The most important paradigm is structured programming witch did lead to avoid statements like GOTO, but this explain can not be a comprisal on computer since. It's just a small comic mentioning functional programming and tail recursion. But maybe we should try to enhance the English Wikipedia. ;) --Dgbrt (talk) 21:04, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, the article you quoted also says (concluding the Myth 1-section) that functional programming goes further from avoiding goto to also avoiding assignments and control-flow structures. I'll mostly leave enhancing the English wikipedia to English native speakers, actually de:Funktionale Programmierung is not that badly written. (Sure it also gets complicated towards the end, but intuitive and clear does not equal easy ;) ) Damn you, Randall! --Chtz (talk) 21:37, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- The German Wiki is often just a bad translation from English, lacking references. But this part is interesting: de:Funktionale_Programmierung#Abgrenzung_von_imperativer_Programmierung explains the difference of imperative and functional implementations. My example above is functional, NOT imperative, and also includes the the tail part. --Dgbrt (talk) 22:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, you are right, that it is also functional (at least when written using if and else and ignoring the syntactic noise of the return (without the else part, I would consider that control flow: The second return is called after the if statement)). Only functional I would call the formula which comes before the implementation (in the de:wiki article), but the implementation is also a valid imperative function.
- I still don't agree that this is tail recursive (I think our definitions of tail-recursion don't match so far). --Chtz (talk) 23:37, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- The German Wiki is often just a bad translation from English, lacking references. But this part is interesting: de:Funktionale_Programmierung#Abgrenzung_von_imperativer_Programmierung explains the difference of imperative and functional implementations. My example above is functional, NOT imperative, and also includes the the tail part. --Dgbrt (talk) 22:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, the article you quoted also says (concluding the Myth 1-section) that functional programming goes further from avoiding goto to also avoiding assignments and control-flow structures. I'll mostly leave enhancing the English wikipedia to English native speakers, actually de:Funktionale Programmierung is not that badly written. (Sure it also gets complicated towards the end, but intuitive and clear does not equal easy ;) ) Damn you, Randall! --Chtz (talk) 21:37, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- I don't mind your edit but now I will reply in general. The most important paradigm is structured programming witch did lead to avoid statements like GOTO, but this explain can not be a comprisal on computer since. It's just a small comic mentioning functional programming and tail recursion. But maybe we should try to enhance the English Wikipedia. ;) --Dgbrt (talk) 21:04, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The explain is still not very helpful, and the reason is that Computer science isn't a science like physics or math, it's more like philosophy or something else. An author is defining some theories and statements with no prove as it is done in math. Chtz, we are both wrong and correct, but Randall is just joking about this science.
The details about different implementations can be shown below this general classification on computer science. I think this would be the best solution for an explain, different meanings can be shown, just like computer science does. What do you think?--Dgbrt (talk) 21:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Your name
I'm just a random stalker on the Internet reading XKCD, and I see your name alot. I've been reading it as "dogbert", like as in the Dilbert comics, but now I'm really curious. Where does your username come from? 188.8.131.52 02:51, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
- That's just my secret ;) . But you can be sure I was just looking for a unique name without any vowels, like xkcd. You also can find me at the German wiki.--Dgbrt (talk) 19:33, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
1297: oort cloud: comet nuclei, asteroids, etch
Thanks for your many contributions to explainxkcd! In [1] you changed back some of my edits on the oort cloud. I've commented in the talk page about my reasoning, and tried to come up with less arguable language. If you disagree, let's discuss it on the talk page. Cheers, Nealmcb (talk) 16:56, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
- Uhh, that's two days ago, many edits went on that page after this. If I see my major changes correctly I did remove something like "comet at the Oort Cloud" because an object is only a comet when it's encounter the sun; and the Milky Way itself does not influence the orbit of an possible Oort Cloud object. I'm not native English, so I'm still happy for help on this, but I do know physics and more since very well. And much more sad: It still seems ISON is dead. --Dgbrt (talk) 21:28, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dgbrt,
we need to have a discussion about the latest edit on 1246. i believe that we should refrain from further edits until we have discussed this in the discussion page.
Mrarch (talk) 20:32, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
X11 Title Text Explanation
In my absence was it finally decided forever and always how title text explanations would be handled? I can't find a discussion in the Community Portal, if you have a link I'd be interested to come up to speed on the current editing policies. lcarsos_a (talk) 22:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
- A BIG problem is here still that there are NO editing policies in general. I'm just following the main "feel and look". In standard explains the title text is just at the bottom of the explain, and trivia goes after transcript. You are an admin here and maybe you should talk to User:Davidy22. In general I think that X11 still needs a better layout. --Dgbrt (talk) 23:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
- Ok. I had wondered about that. My personal policy, when I was an active editor a year ago, was once a title text explanation is longer than 2 paragraphs it should get it's own subsection. I'll have to get a dialogue started with Davidy about it once more.
- So you know, the English phrase is "look and feel". I know English isn't your first language, I just wanted to correct you on that. If I tried typing in German, I'd probably embarrass myself, and you'd have to help me.
Think you may have marked this as complete a smidgen early - it needed a bit of cleanup, and a few more tweaks (the joke about theology wasn't explained, really). I've done it now, though. 18.104.22.168 16:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- You are welcome to enhance this explain, but in general it's not incomplete any more. If you feel the explain is still incomplete just add the tag again and provide a reason. --Dgbrt (talk) 18:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- Eh, I got it. It was just a couple little things - the Ontological Argument joke, and such. I suppose, though, that "I had intended to do more work on it" isn't really an argument against removing it, is it? 126.96.36.199 18:26, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Cthulhu and Azathoth (1040)
I can only presume you haven't read Lovecraft, but those are the best known sealed-away gods in modern literature. Cthulhu is supposed to live in the extreme depths, Azathoth beyond time, surrounded by insane pipers. They're a far better explanation than the Harry Potter one which is far, far more tangental - it sings in a bath, and contains nothing that could escape - but you're leaving in.
I doubt there's a precise reference being made to anything in the comic, but Cthulhu and other Lovecraftian Gods are the overwhelmingly likely inspiration. Unless someone has a better explanation. I suppose one could discuss The Abyss as well. 22.214.171.124 11:27, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
- I disagree, this comic contains only REAL things. This is NO horror fiction. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
- The door at the bottom of the Marinas Trench is real now? James Cameron really released something on the world because he was distracted by its beautiful music? I think you've missed the actual context of the specific discussion. 184.108.40.206 11:36, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Next time you see errors, could you post the output of this link somewhere? Davidy²²[talk] 08:09, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
- I will do so, but currently there are no problems. It's working great. --Dgbrt (talk) 08:19, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, could you get me the output to that file currently for now? And again in the future if downtime ever does occur. Davidy²²[talk] 09:13, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Here we are, I'm online here via "webproxy.ca" right now. My route from Germany to explainxkcd stops somewhere in Chicago (Illinois) in the US [2]:
traceroute to www.explainxkcd.com (126.96.36.199), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets ... 3 f-ed4-i.F.DE.NET.DTAG.DE (126.96.36.199) 17.008 ms 17.956 ms 19.323 ms 4 220.127.116.11 (184.108.40.206) 20.428 ms * * 5 xe-1-1-3.r20.frnkge04.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (220.127.116.11) 24.298 ms 25.328 ms 26.540 ms 6 ae-1.r23.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (188.8.131.52) 34.319 ms 17.730 ms 17.855 ms 7 ae-1.r03.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (188.8.131.52) 18.859 ms 20.572 ms 21.711 ms 8 xe-4-0-5.ar1.ams3.nl.nlayer.net (22.214.171.124) 21.740 ms * * 9 * * * 10 * * * ..........
And WHOIS gives me this result (excerpt):
Domain Name: NLAYER.NET Registry Domain ID: NA Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com Registrar URL: www.enom.com Creation Date: 2002-12-25 17:52:16Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-25 22:52:00Z Registrar: ENOM, INC. Registrar IANA ID: 48 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse at enom.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: GTT ICT Registrant Organization: GTT Registrant Street: 8484 WESTPARK DR Registrant City: MCLEAN Registrant State/Province: VA Registrant Postal Code: 22102 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: 1. 1.7034425500 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: 1. Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: [email protected]
At this time I even don't get an error message, my browser is loading... and loading... What is it? I'm reaching the US from Germany but then it stops. A Proxy from Canada works well, what the hell??? NSA or CIA or what? Maybe a Webhoster outside of the US would be better. 22:33, 25 January 2014 (UTC)~ dgbrt
- Uh, it'd be nice if you could also post the results from the link I posted. We kinda need that for troubleshooting the actual server issues. And if you could do it via the setup that you suffered the server issues under, that would be helpful. Davidy²²[talk] 09:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think this is helpful, you just see my proxy is located in Toronto:
fl=15f13 h=explainxkcd.com ip=184.108.40.206 ts=1390768261.007 visit_scheme=http uag=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0 colo=DFW spdy=off
- Much more important is this. My route to this site still stops somewhere in the US (184.108.40.206)
traceroute to www.explainxkcd.com (126.96.36.199), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets ...... 5 xe-1-1-3.r20.frnkge04.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (18.104.22.168) 25.018 ms 25.705 ms 26.915 ms 6 ae-1.r23.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (184.108.40.206) 40.023 ms 18.255 ms 17.291 ms 7 ae-1.r03.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net (22.214.171.124) 18.708 ms 19.898 ms 26.766 ms 8 xe-4-0-5.ar1.ams3.nl.nlayer.net (220.127.116.11) 22.642 ms 23.760 ms 25.257 ms 9 * * * 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * ......
- And uhh, I can't reach your link from home. Just because I cannot connect this site without a proxy. --Dgbrt (talk) 20:46, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Holy crab, I'm back from a three day business trip. I did figure it out, it wasn't an ISP issue at all, it was just a remain at my local configuration attempting to avoid former problems. I was looking on this problem everywhere, but not at my own manual overwrites. Shame on me, Human Error. But this error is still much better than a BOT Error; so I'm hoping my BOT will behave on Friday again like it should do. --Dgbrt (talk) 21:50, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- My crab, ehh.. bot should perform as before. My sweet eight legged animal did fail, caused by some former chaos here. I'm hoping that future updates will perform as before, even if an update is late. --Dgbrt (talk) 23:26, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Original transcripts
Where can I find the original xkcd transcripts? 0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101 (talk page) 23:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
- Look at the HTML source. There is a DIV-tag named "transcript", often, but not always Randall provides a hidden transcript here. And sometimes there are deeper information, helpful for explain.
- I'm using Firefox and the Add-On "Stylish" to show me this content at the comic page itself. The code is:
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); @-moz-document domain("xkcd.com") { #transcript { display: block !important; font-variant: normal !important; } }
- --Dgbrt (talk) 20:19, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, now I can see the transcripts. 0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101 (talk page) 18:56, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
The undo button gives you the version of the page prior to the edit that you hit undo on. When you disagree with one part of an edit, hitting the undo button reverts everything else as well. Don't default to the undo button unless you're absolutely sure that the entire edit is bad. Davidy²²[talk] 00:14, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'm using the Undo Button only when I do know what I do delete. That's similar to an update here, I'm still trying to avoid an "edit conflict" here. But some actions here don't make me happy here, I don't know if my actions here are welcome. I don't need a thanks, but the latest GIFs were done by my BOT — that main table would not work without my work. My Undo is mostly done on an another Undo without any given reason, if there was a reason I do reply in a proper manner.--Dgbrt (talk) 00:30, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
- There's been a fair few cases in the past and with this particular case where you've defaulted to autoreverting an edit when the edit button would have sufficed. Disagreements need not be made personal; it is possible for a disagreement to occur without assuming insult. I track recent changes for vandalism/peacekeeping/comment signing duties and while I don't tend to interfere that often with daily happenings, I have noticed that a healthy portion of arguments have included you. Swearing isn't a strictly appropriate response to a user removing an incomplete tag or rewriting an explanation, even if you strongly disagree with it. try to avoid defaulting to arguing. Davidy²²[talk] 03:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Übersetzungen in Deutsch - Translations to German
This is a call for help (in German and English):
- DE: Ich versuche die Startseite mit allen Templates zu übersetzen, ist nicht einfach und vielleicht gibt es ja Leute die helfen können.
- EN: I'm trying to translate the main page into German — including all that templates. That's not an easy task, but maybe someone can help.
--Dgbrt (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dgbrt. This is just a question for my personal curiosity. After seeing this edit, I started wondering whether the use of "when" in that sentence was due to you being a native German speaker. I'm asking because I follow a blog by a Dutch guy who also uses "when" all the time, in sentences where it would make more sense to use "if" instead. Does the equivalent to "when" have extra meanings in Dutch and/or German, outside of the English time-based meaning?
Cheers, Waldir (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Waldir, "if" is more a question about an issue while "when" is more about time. I'm not native English but I'm still trying to learn — Google gives me "if" as "indien" in dutch, and "when" as "wanneer". Since I do know Plattdeutsch I do know many funny misunderstandings belonging even on this simple word. A hurt in English is a pain, in Dutch it is a "pijn", but in German the word "peinlich" doesn't match this meanings at all. I'm doing mistakes on understanding languages, but I still have many fun on exploring. Don't know if (<-NOT WHEN) I did answer your question. --Dgbrt (talk) 23:46, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- Although "when" is "wenn" in German and "if" is "falls", it is very common to use "wenn" for both meanings. Therefore, many Germans (including me) tend to use "when" even
whenthey mean "if". Although I don't speak Dutch, I know that it is very similar to German, so it might be the same issue. --126.96.36.199 14:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
- Using "when" is often a false friend used by Germans, like I did before. In German "wenn" means "when", "if", and more in English; so you have to care about those different words in English. I'm still happy to learn more about the English language, in general it's believed to be more simple than German. But in my opinion this just means that English is much more precise and shorter. --Dgbrt (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


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July 15, 2008
I definitely took more from this experience than I ever expected to. I learned a great deal of information, but more importantly, I developed pride in Indiana, especially Lawrence County.
I learned, to my dismay, that the deceased are easier to research than the living. As two of my astronauts are still, this proved to be a tough obstacle. But I remained relentless, learning from what sources I could, and I feel that I have gathered enough information to present a good presentation on the Lawrence County Astronauts.
I was glad to research the topic, especially for the residents of Lawrence County, to prove that there is much more than limestone and Damon Bailey Mania in southwestern Indiana.
Like the astronaut Ken Bowersox, I was not born in Bedford but consider it my home. I lived there only four years before trekking up to Wabash, but still I consider the town home.
Researching the lives of these three astronauts, I can see why its important to establish pride in your home, and I know also that this pride is not ill-placed. Just as I said in the conclusion of my presentation, it does not matter where you are born: you still can reach the stars.


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This numbered edition Acrylic Glass Print, designed by Dorian Legret, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Printed on archival-quality photo paper mounted on the back of a 1/8" thick, clear acrylic substrate, this artwork comes ready to hang on a wire attached to a wooden frame fixed on the back.
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This roll stock comes in black, silver and gold and can be used to create your own customized packaging. It is compatible with most form weigh fill and seal machines and allows you the flexibility and freedom to make your own bags, pouches or packets depending on your specific needs.
Other sizes and custom printing available, call for details.


text: Farmer Songs Capture Intensity of Inner Lives September 16, 2013 12:00 AM Tweet © Susan Werner TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Susan Werner began writing songs about farmers when her parents announced they would be leaving the family operation—160 acres west of Dubuque, Iowa, with a 50/50 corn-soybean split—and moving to town. The singer with a dozen albums to her name wanted to convey the language, characters and personalities she cherishes. "I wanted to capture as much of it as I could before it disappeared from the immediate experience of my family," Werner says. What began as a modest Internet campaign to fund the project turned into a full-fledged joint commission by the Lied Center for Performing Arts and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, both part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The resulting album, "Hayseed" features 11 titles including "City Kids", which describes how country kids view those from the city; "Egg Money", a humorous story about a resilient wife-turned-murderer; and "While You Wait For The Rain", an elegy for farmers in a drought. (Click here to find a "Hayseed" tour performance near you.) "We've coined this venture 'Ag Meets Art'," says Bill Stephan, executive director, Lied Center. "Agriculture is central to life here in Nebraska. In order to fully communicate its importance goes far beyond the limitation of spoken word. Susan's ability to capture rural life in a song has had a resounding impact on our audiences. Half leave the theatre laughing, half crying. Susan's songs touch everyone in a truly unique way." Ronnie Green, Harlan vice chancellor of the agriculture and natural resources institute, agrees. "Her music speaks to the phenomenal story of production agriculture, and the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources is so proud to have had a chance to help Susan, through her musical genius, bring how agriculture indeed makes the world go round clearly to the public eye and ear," Green says. "It is a phenomenal collection of stories in music." While she is pleased with the album, Werner says her favorite part about the songs is the opportunity to perform them on the road. Farmers generally are modest, humble and frugal, she says, and being on stage gives her a venue to spotlight the humanity, inner lives and feelings that the public often doesn't acknowledge. Heartbreak, revenge and a variety of other feelings are represented. "I feel a sense of responsibility about doing it right and making the most of this particular moment with this subject matter," Werner says. She recalls the words of folk legend Pete Seeger, whom she sought out at a concert for advice on doing for agriculture what he had done for the Hudson River. "Songs are better than speeches," he replied. Making the most of the moment includes engaging in sometimes lively conversations with audience members, many of them conventional farmers, about what sustainable agriculture should look like. For example, Werner—who characterizes herself as a moderate—dialogued chemical usage with a no-till farmer at a recent concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The farmer argued herbicides and pesticides are necessary to get the best yield possible. Werner had a somewhat different viewpoint. "While I am a cheerleader for successful farming for all times, I do have a soft spot for sustainable and organic farming because I have such affection for the land, and I want the land to do well," she says. For her, that means preserving the topsoil as a resource, limiting inputs, and developing new crops and management practices. Whatever a person's perspective, Werner says, the fact is "we're all sitting side by side, drinking the same coffee out of the same Styrofoam cup." She feels conversation is vital to finding the best land-management practices that will further agriculture for the next 100 years and beyond. Werner sees renewed interest in agriculture among the American public, and that inspires her. Traditionally, a farmer's work day has been hemmed in by the rising and setting of the sun, and she thinks many people now seek a similar sense of a beginning and end to their work day. What's more, people long to connect to an industry where professionals perform physical labor with tangible results, in the face of great uncertainty. "With farming, there is so much that is out of your control, especially with the weather," Werner says. "There's a humility that farmers possess because they know so much is out of their hands." Over the next several months, Werner will perform throughout the Midwest, including in Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana. Along the way, she visits local farmers markets, buys the most interesting produce she finds and gives it out free to audience members, as she did recently in Birmingham Alabama, tossing out Chinese yard long string beans to the audience, which grabbed them up like Mardi Gras beads. She encourages farmers to attend a show, stand up and "go crazy," even if it means shouting opposing views her way. She loves every minute of it. "It's been very satisfying," Werner says. Back to news


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A lot of airport and hotel WiFi options suck. The Print -> Save As PDF option in OS X rocks. Defeat the suck with the rock.
Here's a long article on the Web. I'd like to read it, but I just got back from Utah, my plane leaves for Scotland tomorrow, and I've got a lot to do.
Here it is in 14 lovely, legible pages, readable anywhere, even on the plane, thanks to the magic of Print -> Save As PDF.
Now I'm golden (as long as I can keep my battery freshly juiced).


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Clone [login to view URL]
Budjetti $100-500 USD
i need a clone site of www.powerlinks.com.
some of the basic features are:
1. server side's script, to which client side use fsockopen to
connect. it will generate directory page, and send to client side (see
2. client side's script, should be many version, php, asp, asp.net,
cgi, jsp, ...
3. member join wizard, step 1 ask use to input his website, and choose
language, step 2 give them script, step 3 check it. (similar with
wizard of [url removed, login to view])
4. we need to save all member's website into db, and dynamic generate
directory page (which will be sent to cient side by server side's
5. member login area, member can login, and retrieve script again, and
change their information.
6. backend checking script, we can run this script once 6 hours, to
check all member's link are active or dead.
if any one needs access to members area i can give you the login password so you can take an inside look.
* i dont really care about the exact outside look , what i need is the script for the link exchange.
* can you guys build this script with with OSCOMMERCE ? or what else you can use.
*** budget between $100 - $250
let me know your best price.


text: Hi, I have an ISPConfig 3 on Ubuntu Server 10.04 It seems that IP setting has been changed after release-upgrade or by some other reason. My local IP setup is: Server IP: 192.168.1.200 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Doing "ifconfig" I get a "broadcast 192.168.0.255" I'm quite sure it used to be "192.168.1.255" Is it wrong? And if, do I chance it at the shell or can it be done in ISPConfig 3 controlpanel? Looking forward to your response


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Brent Wilkes necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 99 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) was established in 1991 as a nonpartisan association of major Hispanic national organizations and distinguished Hispanic leaders from all over the nation. NHLA's mission calls for unity among Latinos around the country to provide the Hispanic community with greater visibility and a clearer, stronger influence in our country's affairs. NHLA brings together Hispanic leaders to establish policy priorities that address, and raise public awareness of, the major issues affecting the Latino community and the nation as a whole.
NHLA is composed of 30 of the leading national and regional Hispanic civil rights and public policy organizations and other elected officials, and prominent Hispanic Americans. NHLA coalition members represent the diversity of the Latino community – Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Hispanic Americans.
We are looking for a modern patriotic design that encompasses our initials (NHLA) and is beffitting a coalition of civil rights organizations focused on national policies. We would prefer a two color (red/blue) ai design for letterhead and a web stylized version of the same design that encompasses shading effects in psd or ai.
Attached is the original logo NHLA.ai
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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I haven't given up on the search for a BB cream for me (Blemish Balm – where skincare meets foundation meets concealer meets SPF).
However, the fact is most of them are very light – too light for my NC30 – 35 skintone. I've even had some allergic reactions, such as itching and little bumps on the skin.
Now – I have never heard of Nanoce before – it was actually reader and blogger Eve who was talking about this product with me and we decided to do a swap!
Here is the BB Cream by Nanoce:
Its a pretty inoffensive looking tube – I got shade 02 Healthy Ocre which is supposed to be an ok match for my skin.
This BB Cream gives an SPF 30 and is moisturising, and has a good amount of cover.
The product – ok so the shade is fine. I would say its a NC30 match – its the tiniest bit too light on my but its nothing devastating – I could slap this on without much worry in the mornings I think.
The product:
Its a medium thick cream as you can see. No runny business here, its got a good amount of coverage and hydration. I doubt it would be good for very oily skins though.
It also lacks the extra oily slick I sometimes feel with BB creams (skinfood BB creams are bad for this) – so thats a .
Blended in:
Plain, very dry, tender skin:
With base. Its quite a yellow base ironically and in daylight its ok but in this picture I think it looks a little light and yellow on me.
One downside for me is that with my very dry skin, it really clung to the flaky areas. So much so that I felt that I had to put extra cream on underneath (in which case the base didn't last as long).
So for now – I have shelved this BB cream whilst my skin is recovering from its dry phase. For summer, this could be ideal (as its got the SPF)…but then again, I'll probably be even darker in the summer.
Problems, problems….
If you can read Japanese, here are some benefits! hehe:
Its a good BB cream if you have normal skin, neither too dry not too oily. Has medium coverage and doesn't cause allergies.
Its sold here on for $28 in 2 shades.


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Some of America's fastest-growing cities – from Round Rock, Texas, to Raleigh, N.C. – were the last to slip into the recession. Now they are hoping to harness their momentum and slingshot their way out of it.
"We can either sit back and wait for President Obama to send us a check, or we can take control of our own future," says Alan McGraw, mayor of Round Rock, the Austin suburb that was the second-fastest-growing US city between 2007 and 2008.
Cities in Texas, California, Arizona, Louisiana, and North Carolina dominated the ranks of fastest-growing cities, according to a Census Bureau report released Wednesday. New York City was the numerical winner, gaining 53,000 residents.
But New Orleans topped the list in percentage terms, reflecting continued rebuilding after hurricane Katrina. Texas hosts four of the top 10 cities, including Round Rock – which was No. 2 – Killeen (9), Fort Worth (10), and McKinney (5).
The others include Raleigh (8) and Cary (3) in North Carolina; Roseville (6) and Irvine (7) in California; and Gilbert (4), in Arizona. Faltering tourism and a free-falling real-estate market seem to have taken the wind out of North Las Vegas, which dropped from No. 4 in 2007 to No. 19 last year.
To be sure, much has happened since the rankings closed at the end of 2008. Growth in Raleigh and Round Rock, which had hovered at over 5 percent, is down to 2 percent.
But nearly all the chart-toppers share specific traits. Good public schools, partnerships between businesses and universities, entrepreneurship, low crime rates, and cultural outlets such as museums and minor-league ballparks have turned places such as Raleigh from a backwater capital to a perennial rankings-topper in business and lifestyle magazines.
Some of these cities have been growing steadily for years. And their mayors say they're using the experience of attracting people during the good times to come up with strategies to shake off the current doldrums.
The rise of Round Rock
Until recently, Round Rock was a one-trick pony. The world headquarters of Dell Computers, the city basked in sales tax largess and job-creation from one of America's most popular computer manufacturers.
Today, the city is seeing the largest-ever expansion of the Austin Community College District and is awaiting the opening of the Texas A&M Health Science Center. It's also working with developers to energize its sleepy downtown.
"We're not betting that the economy is going to magically get better one day," says Mr. McGraw, the Round Rock mayor.
Raleigh, too, is positioning itself for a rebound. The city is expanding its parks and transit system and improving public safety.
"We're trying to position ourselves to be one of the first communities to come out of the recession," says Mayor Charles Meeker. "We've been fortunate so far, but we need to keep rolling."
A concentration of growth?
But there are also limits to what such places can teach other struggling cities.
The key factors to their growth – including what demographers call "talent-clustering" – are crucial not just to their ability to withstand recessionary forces, but could reshape American lives in the aftermath of the recession, some researchers say.
In a recent article in The Atlantic, urban theorist Richard Florida posited that the recession is likely to ultimately accelerate growth around already-large cities like Austin and Raleigh, posing new challenges for straggling areas.
"The coming decades will likely see a further clustering of output, jobs, and innovation in a smaller number of bigger cities and city-regions," writes Mr. Florida. "Properly shaping that growth will be one of the government's biggest challenges."


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Worcester Technical High School robotics team members and leaders are proud that they are one of only five schools in the world that made it to the world robotics competition six out of six years.
The Worcester Technical High School Robotics and Automation Technology Team — the Tech-Know Commandos — will spend their April school vacation in Anaheim, Calif., competing in the 2013 VEX Robotics World Championship from April 17-20.
Michael Meagher, department head of the robotics and automation technology program, said he is excited about the team's accomplishments and very proud of his students. He said the theme of this year's competition, "Sack Game," was announced at last year's competition.
"The plane ride home from Anaheim was just comical," Mr. Meagher said. He said the students immediately began planning their strategy last year, and have not stopped working and brainstorming since. He said the five members of the Tech-Know Commandos team competed in seven regional competitions during the school year. "These kids came home with six out of seven championships," he said.
Team members Natalie Correa, senior; Jason McKinney, senior; Greg Carlson, junior; Jake Richard, junior; and Kahlan Cardin, sophomore, demonstrated the "Sack Game" for sponsors and city and school officials Monday morning at the high school.
"I think we have a pretty good chance," Ms. Cardin said. She began competing in robotics in middle school because her science teacher thought she might enjoy it.
Working against other team's robots, the goal is for the robots to scoop up as many bean bags and deposit them in scoring troughs in a 12-foot by 12-foot area. Teams command their robots to work as quickly as they can.
Mr. Meagher said the team has never gone into a competition with the same robot design.
City Manager Michael V. O'Brien congratulated the team for advancing to the robotics championship and thanked Worcester Polytechnic Institute, National Grid and Metso Automation for funding the trip, before he took a turn driving the robot.
Mr. O'Brien said he is an avid supporter, and he told the team he wanted frequent updates from Anaheim. He said the high school's successful robotics program was "fuel for our local industry here." Last year's team placed 14th out of 100 teams.
More than 230 top robotics teams will compete in this year's VEX Robotics World Championship.
Contact Linda Bock via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LindaBockTG


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WASHINGTON — Judges across the country are increasingly split over whether private employers and their companies can cite their religious beliefs as a valid reason for denying birth control coverage to their employees.
Earlier this month the Obama administration proposed a compromise for some nonprofit religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals and colleges, that would allow them to avoid paying directly for such insurance. But the administration refused to consider a similar exemption for private, for-profit employers.
The growing legal dispute over paying for birth control is the latest in a long-running battle over how to weigh claims of religious liberty, one that has sometimes flipped the usual conservative-liberal divide.
Lawyers for the Obama administration rely heavily on an opinion by conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that rejected the notion that the Constitution's protection for the "free exercise of religion" gives believers an exemption from some laws.


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My wife is spending too much time raising someone else's kid
Dear Carolyn:
I am hoping for a resolution beyond the typical "walk away" or "accept."
I remarried 12 years ago. We are retired and ought to be able to travel or lead a life of our choosing. My wife and I have a great relationship when we are away, but traveling is becoming less frequent due to a growing situation.
When in town, my wife, her unmarried 35-year-old stepdaughter from a previous marriage, and the stepdaughter's 5-year-old son have a relationship that barely includes me.
The ex-stepdaughter has a good career, and enjoys leading a life that rarely includes her son. My wife enables this by caring for the child whenever asked, and often in our home. This involves most weekdays and evenings, and some weekends when the child's father does not have him.
If I voice any complaint, I am cast as the jealous malcontent. My wife claims the mother has a mental problem and that is why she is self-involved (my words) and does not want her child around.
I like the child but do not want the encumbrance at this stage of my life. I raised my own children. I adore my wife's three other children and enjoy our grandchildren who are raised by their own parent(s).
Am I wrong to want more from a relationship with my wife? What do you suggest?
Of course it's not wrong to want more of your wife's company.
Calling a neglected 5-year-old an "encumbrance" packs a good deal less charm, though, even accounting for kids as hard work.
I'm not unsympathetic; you understandably thought you were past all this, plus you got a multiyear taste of life sans dependents, only to watch that life slip away.
But as any adult knows, plans aren't destiny -- and high expectations often just amplify our eventual disappointment.
My apologies if this resembles "the typical ... 'accept,'" but you have two very good reasons to adjust your expectations to account for this little boy.
The first is that you can't make your wife change any behavior she doesn't want to change.
The second, the big one, is that your justifications notwithstanding -- your stage in life, your antipathy for the stepdaughter, her duty to raise her own offspring -- the child's needs trump yours. You just don't push aside kids because you're owed a cruise, and you don't judge a child for his mother's failings. He's innocent.
To be fair, your wife's "jealous malcontent" rejoinder doesn't help. It's not pretty to see two adults act like children, especially as a real child counts on you both.
I have to believe -- and not just because it fits my thesis -- that your wife will be more open to giving you more attention if you stop resenting her compassion, and instead praise it: "You might be saving this boy. I get it, and admire you for it." Can you come by that honestly?
Then: "I'd like to help you more." Surely that's the cure for your sense of exclusion? Attachment where resentment now lurks?
Then: "I'd also like to draw some lines" -- X days a week for sitting, Y weeks of the year for traveling, etc. -- "so that we're supporting Stepdaughter versus flat-out doing her job." To get what you want, understand who you want it from.


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1970: Katherine Crosson served in Togo in Agoueve beginning in 1970
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Departure Year: 1972
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text: Team was priority for Mercedes as Rosberg (pictured) was told to stay behind teammate Hamilton [GETTY]Germany's Nico Rosberg would have stood on the Malaysian Grand Prix podium had he taken a leaf out of compatriot Sebastian Vettel's book and ignored his team's orders on Sunday.Instead, the Mercedes Formula One driver finished a frustrated fourth behind Lewis Hamilton but earned his team mate's thanks and recognition. "I don't feel great sitting here. I think Nico deserves to be sitting where I am now," Hamilton told reporters at a post-race news conference for the top three. "I guess the team thought that with the positions in the championships, it was logical to stay in the positions we were in. I have to give congratulations to Nico as he drove a smarter, more controlled race than I did today." "Obviously as a racing driver and from a sporting point of view you can question is that what the spectator wants to see or not?" Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff Triple world champion Vettel had earlier ignored Red Bull instructions and roared past team mate Mark Webber to steal a contentious victory at steamy Sepang that left the two drivers barely speaking to each other.Rosberg had repeatedly asked his team to tell 2008 champion Hamilton to let him through, since he was faster, but the request was denied and he accepted the need to conserve fuel and go easy on the tyres.While the bad blood between Webber and Vettel is likely to have ramifications for Red Bull, Rosberg's obedience was warmly received by Mercedes and he clearly appreciated the importance of banking points."It's an important day for us, that's for sure. We've had such a tough time in the past years. To be third and fourth, fighting the Red Bulls is such a milestone," said the German, whose win for Mercedes in China last season was their sole success in the past three years."We need to put in some consistency, so to bring it home third and fourth, fully understandable. "I know that if it had been the other way round they would have done the same thing. So that's okay. For sure, there will be time to fight also between team mates in the future."Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff said the decision to hold position may not have been the most popular among spectators but the team were determined to get both cars home safely."Obviously as a racing driver and from a sporting point of view you can question is that what the spectator wants to see or not?" the Austrian asked. "But the team came from a very miserable second half of the season and it's about bringing it home, scoring a solid result. And we had a problem with the fuel, so both cars were told to back off a little bit. Hearing Nico, I think he understood." SOURCE: Reuters Sport Formula One China Germany


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Student or Learner
I know the letter is a bit long so Thanks a lot for your time !!
Here we go :
I am currently enrolled in a Master of political Science in XXX. Part of my course implies the completion of an internship starting anytime from July. Through this internship I want to achieve two main goals:
1. Working in the research and development department of a well established NGO to gain hand on experience and pursue my career in this field.
2. Working in Brazil as I highly desire to develop my understanding of Portuguese and would like to have experience of the country.
If my proficiency in Portuguese is still basic I nonetheless have an excellent understanding (written and oral) of Spanish that allows me to well read and understand documents in Portuguese. I am also strongly driven in pursuing my efforts in learning this language.
{which formulation is best ?}
1) I am convinced that I display assets that would benefit to XXX if I was assigned to support the Name of a person.
2) I am convinced that I display assets that would make me be a productive member for XXX in the quality of subordinate to Name of the person.
Besides my working experience and my academic records, my excellent understanding of French and English allows me to contribute immediately to two aspects of this role:
1. Collection and production of materials about the reconstruction of Haiti. Analysis of government proposals.
2. Develop and maintain contacts with overseas partners and organizations.
Moreover, to complete my Master I undertook the writing of a thesis, which is due to December this year. I have chosen to work on the humanitarian response to the Haitian crisis and the post-crisis management. This means that I will dedicate my personal time gathering and analysing data on the matter therefore providing "The organization name" with substantial extra materials.
Furthermore, as I will progress in my understanding of Portuguese I will steadily be able to assist in the support of the regional and national programs of "Name of the organization" or any other requested task.
Finally, in case of a positive response, I will make arrangements to come to Brazil as soon as possible (beginning of June) to undertake intensive Portuguese classes.
Madam, Sir please be ensured of my high commitment and enthusiasm regarding the above proposal.
If you have the possibility, I would appreciate if you could confirm good reception of this email. In any case, I will contact ActionAid Brazil office in the course of next week to discuss the matter further.
Yours sincerely,
Thanks again for the courageous that have read the letter till the end
Any comment welcome !