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Posts by lglethal
1174 posts • joined 11 Jun 2007
Westboro Baptist Church taunts Anonymous over supposed attack plan
Which Ones?
Anonymous or West Boro?
US robot ornithopter spy-hummingbird in flight test triumph
The wires are what it lands on...
See title...
Storm brews over Chinese synchronised goldfish
He did all that, but unfortunately they forgot it all 3 seconds later. So in the end he went with the magnets...
UK Border Agency: Good at making cash, crap at making decisions
You've got to be kidding!!!
"positive feedback from stakeholders ...". They obviously dont include customers in that comment. Ive had nothing but headache after headache anytime ive had to deal with the Home Office on immigration issues, not to mention blowing over £1000 on various visas (not all of them granted).
Its got to the point that i will never even bother trying to find work in the UK again, its just not worth the hassle. There are plenty of other countries in the world (especially on the european continent) where Engineering professionals are welcomed for their skills, and im happy to head to those countries now. So long england ill never grace your shores in a working capacity again...
Dinky Florida machine 'could whup world No 1 computer's ass'
More importantly...
... How well does it play Crysis?
Luckless Lush hammered in hack
Massive points off for security (or lack thereof)...
... But you have to give them credit for admitting the breach and actually telling customers it happened. If it had been in the UK, they wouldnt have admitted a thing until the press had somehow found out about it (and they would probably still have denied it for a few months first!)...
Acer shows laptop lid look tablet
I was thinking the same thing
A quick straw poll around the office (ok thats only 4 people) but no one can think of a really good reason for a camera on the back of something this big. I mean your hardly going to whip this out for some quick fire photography like you can with a phone camera, and with only 4MP with no optics, the quality is not going to be anything to write home about...
Ideas anyone? Is it just because the Ipad had one that everyones copying it even if its next to useless?
Mysterious crypto-book dated to 15th century
Just an idea..
I dont know about you but that looks like the sort of thing i used to doodle in the margins of my class books during Mr Pratt's abysmal English lessons. Is it just slightly possible that all this is in fact, is some school boys book where he was supposed to be practicing writing his letters but was in fact fantasising about Mrs Miggins, and her lovely daughters?
Radiohead goes out on a limb with 'newspaper album'
Umm you should read the press release better Kelly
If you had read the press release you would have seen that the box set comes with the online download so No, it is not asking fans to pay twice, the cost of the digital download is included in the box set. Which means that your actually only paying approx 24 pound for the vinyls, physical CD and a big book of Radiohead art. Personally thats a price im willing to pay...
Oh and im not quite sure how you can class 320k MP3's as crappy. If you can tell the difference between 320k mp3 and wav you either own a €100,000 audio setup or your talking bollocks...
Flying dildo downs Oz stag party bloke
Im sorry but...
... why on earth would you go to the press with this story? Are you that desperate for publicity that you really want to me known throughout the world and interwebs as the guy who got battered by a flying dildo?
Honestly i will never understand people...
Latest boffinry: Feeding TNT to sheep
Am i the only one who immediately thought of the old game Worms with its Incredible Exploding Sheep?
Videogame TRAINS TERRORISTS, yells pundit
And Tom Clancy described using airliners to crash into the White house as part of a terrorist attack in one of his books prior to 9/11. So we should ban all books just to be safe! And im sure i saw a terrorist using a bomb in a movie at some point - so BAN ALL MOVIES too. And television is just like movies, it shows real terrorist attacks on the news - BAN TV...
yadda, yadda, need i go on.
The Last Airbender up for nine Razzies
Personal sentiment has to come into it...
As someone already mentioned cinema takings are really only a question of how good the marketing of a movie is. The perfect example of this is Shawshank Redemption, a movie that lists in almost everyone i knows top 10. However, it was a major flop in the cinemas and even didnt get a cinema release in some places, would that mean its a bad film? Of course not.
Also taking your suggestion of using cinema revenue over production cost as a measure of the greatness of a film - then The Blair Witch Project would be the greatest film of all time. Which i dont think any of us think would be true. (i hope not anyway!)
Everyone will have a different idea about what is a good movie and what isnt. I personally cant stand chick flicks, but that doesnt mean theyre necessarily bad movies. Just that i dont want to watch them. If theyre well shot, then theyre probably still good films, just not something i would watch. The Razzies try and find those films which quite frankly ARE bad, and which the Razzie folk believe no one could possibly like (at least without large quantities of hallucinogenic substances).
Good luck to em, i say! :)
El Reg takes a spin round Team Lotus's F1 factory
Please go away Troll
You have no idea about F1 quite obviously, so please leave.
Lotus are quite well funded and have the backing of 3 billionaires (firstly among them Air Asia X founder Tony Fernandes and Air Asia X is going from strength to strength so his money is not at risk).
The fight with Lotus is actually a fight with Proton who own Lotus Cars, however Team Lotus have the rights to the Formula 1 Team Lotus as bought from Mr Chapman grandson of the founder of Team Lotus F1. The legal wrangling is because whilst Team Lotus and Proton had a deal for them to race under the Lotus name, when the new chairman of Proton group came to power he cancelled the deal (illegally) and tried to sue Lotus for using the name. This is in the courts now and everyone involved in the case sees quite a big kicking in the ass for Proton. Expect 2 cars carrying the Lotus name for the next few years - 1 Team Lotus and 1 Lotus sponsored Renault.
As for there cars being uncompetitive, they didnt exist 4 months before the start of a season, of course they were going to be uncompetitive in that first season. However over the course of the season they made up over 10sec per lap in time difference between them and the fastest cars on the grid. With a full year to prepare this years car, and the experience of last year, i expect team Lotus to be firmly midfield fighting the Force India's, William's and Toro Rosso's.
So please dont comment about something you have absolutely no idea about, it just shows your ignorance!
Oh grow up...
So El Reg praised Dell a bit - big deal! I certainly think Dell deserve a bit of praise for once - they did get an F1 team off a piece of paper and on to the track in 3 months! If that doesnt deserve a bit of praise then i dont know what does!
Keira Knightley, Jessica Biel eye Batman
I was thinking the same thing...
Although in my head, it was more a long the lines of "You have got to be f&*ing kidding me!"
Archeologists toast world's oldest wine press
Yep seeing the problem the Armenians had here...
4000 years ago i dont think they had supermarkets, sachets of baking yeast, or bottled water... And possibly not sugar (not being a tropical zone) or lemons.
No doubt though they had plenty of patience though... Still i dont think they quite followed your recipe...
And i bet there wine tasted much better then your swill above!
Hackers mock North Korea heir-apparent birthday boy
You kinda missed the obvious
Whats the point of having a twitter account and youtube feed for a nation whos populace cant view it?
So messing with those streams means that the only people who are going to see it in NK are the top brass, so in effect its kind of tweaking the nose of those brass for trying to send out bad propoganda.
Or as i suspect is more likely the case, the low level lackeys in charge of those accounts will not report that the accounts where ever compromised to their bosses in order to avoid being on the receiving end of a 10 gun salute to the head...
Google battles Derby cops over access to Street View data
The police dont have a leg to stand on...
What a waste of time from the cops. They would be guaranteed to get a court order within a day or two to get the license plate and then they would be on their way.
But to try and demand that Google breach privacy laws and hand over data, just to save the cops a day or two (which no doubt they have wasted anyway in trying to force Google's hand and going to the media with their whinging), is an utter disgrace.
For once, and i dont think ive ever said this before, but Go Google... The law is the law, its about time the police learned that it applies to them too!
Fail icon because thats what the police have done this time!
US Navy achieves '100 mile' hypersonic railgun test shot
Sorry theres a fair bit to go....
In order to get a working mass driver/rail gun orbital launch facility you need to have an ejection velocity of ~20km/s.
Current studies suggest that ~3km/s is the maximum ejection velocity you can achieve due to power losses and heat (hence why i suspect that the navy are keeping there gun at Mach 7.5 and just upping the payload being launched).
So whilst i would love this sort of tech to be used at the moment its nowhere near getting us into space. I suppose the best current solution using this tech would be to use the rail gun launch as the first stage in a multistage rocket. However, firing a highly explosive rocket from a highly electric, high heat rail gun seems like it could be a slightly dangerous (explosive/suicidal) operation...
Someones forgotten their basic physics lessons
If you launch something with a trajectory on Earth, even at hypersonic speeds, gravity still provides a 9.8m/s^2 downwards acceleration (downwards being towards the centre of the Earth naturally). Hence you will get a standard parabolic arc, as you do with any weapon.
Bullets fired from a gun follow the same path (only at much slower velocity), so your right that the object will APPEAR to have a very flat trajectory, but will indeed be following a parabola back towards the Earth... It might just take around 100 miles to do it...
Only problem i see is if your trying to hit something thats behind a mountain...
New NASA model: Doubled CO2 means just 1.64°C warming
Crap boffins...
Isnt that anything coming out of the social sciences? Or is that Trick cyclists?
Or are Sewage scientists the only ones that we can officially call Crap Boffins?
Enquiring minds want to know...
Operation Ore decision a 'serious miscarriage of justice' - lawyer
The problem is...
Would you really trust a judge to make a better decision based on any technical evidence?
Considering that most judges are well into their 60's (if not older) and have never done anything outside of the law, their knowledge of tech is stuck in the dark ages. Their knowledge of modern technology is usually limited to programming their VCR's ("Whats a DVD?").
I'll still take 12 good men and true any day. At least theres a chance that you might get one person with some technical knowledge... (small admittedly but its better then nothing!).
Steelie Neelie floats pan-European phone number notion
But will you be charged for dialling internationally?
And how much will you be charged for that call, just for the benefit of easy remembering... By the way in this age of ubiquitous internet coverage - who really needs to remember phone numbers? Is it so hard to look up the company's phone number on their website? And at least with the current system you know up front whether your going to be charged for an international call...
Crazed buy-a-satellite-for-the-poor scheme raises $16k
When talking Orbital Mechanics you should really know what your talking about...
Galaxy 15 is drifting out of its assigned orbit, this is correct, but it moves at only about 0.85deg/ year, and it is drifting towards one of the 2 equilibrium points on the geosynchronous orbit. It will not swing all the way around the earth, and even if it did, this would take a hell of a long time (only 420 years by my rough back of the envelope calculation).
Changing satellite location in geosynch/geostat orbit without getting in the way of other satellites takes a significant amount of effort (most likely moving either towards earth or out beyond the geosynch orbit and then moving back the other way when you get to your new location). And i dont know the details but i doubt any comms sat carries enough fuel to do that sort of maneuver and then still have enough propellant left for station keeping at the new location, to justify all the expense.
A new take perhaps?
A new take on the old 419er? Only instead of targeting an individuals greed, theyre targeting a persons extreme stupidity.
Seems like its already off to a successful start...
Russia wins World Cup bid in parrot-sickening travesty
You forgot the funniest parts
Qatar is tiny (less then 2 million people). Its largest city is about 500,000. Its 6th largest city is 10,000 people. I can see how a 40,000 seat stadium will benefit a town of 10,000, cant you?
Joke icon, because well thats FIFA...
Israel Qualifying! God i would love to see that!
I would love to see Israel qualifying! It would be amazing to see if they would be allowed to enter the country at all! (considering theyre not allowed to at the moment! Hell your not even supposed to transit through Qatar if you have an Israeli entry stamp in your passport...
Will FIFA get the chance to show that its more powerful then the UN by forcing Qatar to let Israelis in (at least for the duration of the world cup!) - i hope we get to see... If for nothing else but the fireworks! :P
Inventor only entitled to share of employer's actual patent earnings
True but...
Its true what you say, when there are provisions within a company to allow some sort of bonus for making the company significant profits on new inventions. But many companies dont have these provisions and so inventors rights are the only way to guarantee some reward for bringing brilliant ideas to the table.
I see the inventors rights laws as often the only way a person can get something back from the company that they put into, because inventions are almost never part of a persons work. The majority of peoples work revolves around using the same tools to do the same thing or perhaps instigating an evolutionary step in the development of something to improve efficiency or the like. These sorts of things dont deserve a reward (and indeed would never be patentable). there our bread and butter, so to speak. But when a person does come up with an idea that is revolutionary (and patentable), that will save time, money, resources, etc. they deserve to be rewarded for it.
Or maybe ive just personally been screwed by too many companies to not want my share back when i bring something massive to the table...
Filthy PCs: The X-rated circus of horrors
Right thats it....
... im off to clean my computer, stat!
Facebook royal rant bishop suspended
I do love the irony...
A republican priest in a church whose supreme leader is also the head of a monarchy... Am i the only one that finds the irony delicious?
Get out the bar, your plane's leaving
For passengers useless, for baggage very convenient
As was mentioned in the passing in the article, this would be incredibly efficient for baggage handling, and would seriously speed up that side of the flight equation (so maybe we wouldnt have to check in at least 45mins beforehand to ensure your luggage makes it to your flight!). And as baggage has to be submitted at a check in desk. this is clearly doable.
But as has been mentioned above, many airlines are going to print from home tickets, so the addition of RFIDs to those definitely negates the purpose of the scheme - getting people through check in before they even get to the airport. Also as mentioned above, if an RFID is used to track what someone is doing in the airport - this will have zero affect on stopping someone planning to do something illegal. They'll just leave there ticket (or remove the RFID surreptitiously) and leave it in another area of the airport.
So in conclusion, for passengers this is next to useless. For baggage, this could be a massive improvement!
Has CERN made the VATICAN ANTIMATTER BOMB for real?*
And would anyone notice?
Elon Musk vs NASA and the US rocket industry - ding ding!
The problem with LH2/LOx second stages
Is that they have a habit of not firing in low pressure environments. Its extremely difficult to get them to ignite every time in the vacuum of space or even at the very top of the atmosphere as you need from a 2nd or 3rd stage.
Thats why the Ariane 5 went with a LH2/LOx mainstage, although as it was described to me by one of the Ariane 5's designers - their LH2/LOx stage is really theyre second stage - they just light it on the ground!
Actually, there are big improvements that can be made on the launch capability of the US rockets. The best proof of this is that Arianespace (the launch company who officially launch the European Ariane 5 series rockets) dominates the commercial sector of Space. 90% of commercial geostaionary satellites are launched by Ariane 5 rockets, and the percentage for smaller LEO satellites is well over 50% as well.
They have done this by upgrading there tech consistently. Ariane 1,2, and 3 were actually based on the old tech that most american launches are still based on, Ariane 4 was a redevelopment of Ariane 3 which is the level of the current american launch capability. Ariane 5 however, was a redesign from the base up and has proven to be the most complete launcher out there.
Theres a lot that can be done, but requiring political will to initiate a change is always going to lead to failure...
Sacked IT director banged up for revenge hack attack
I suspect...
I suspect you meant Keyser Söze... Its a Hungarian name you know, nothing to do with King Sochai...
Sorry just being pedantic...
UK border police seize £500k from Nigerians' hand luggage
European banks are much better for transfers, its only UK banks i have a problem with. This last trip, it was HUGELY cheaper to withdraw a large number of pounds from my deutsche bank account in cash (commision fee and with a minimal exchange rate fee(~1%)), bring that to the UK and deposit in my UK bank account then for me to either send it electronically (min £12 fee plus 3% exchange rate fee - all but £1.50 of which was the UK bank fee) or to bring euros and deposit that in my uk account (min £4 fee plus 3% exchange rate fee). Transfer between euro accounts on the continent is almost always fee free.
This country really needs to brings its banks into line, its a completely unjustified rip-off the fees that the banks charge...
Actually i dont see too many problems with the prove the money is not the proceeds of crime thing (except im not a big fan of the guilty unless proven innocent vibe).
If your trying to bring €500k into the country and you can show you own a large business with profits in that range it probably wouldnt be a big problem (although knowing the UK gov, they'd probably find some way to tax you 40% for bringing the cash into the country). If you work at McDonalds and are caught with the €500k i would have a very hard time believing that the money was yours. Same if you worked in a job earning €50k a year i would be quite suspicious if your carrying around 10 times your yearly salary, however if it was Richard Branson was carrying around €500k i would simply consider him a pretentious beardy git, but certainly not suspicious!
And of course you can prove that the £10 in your wallet is yours. You have a job, and payslips, etc. What do you think the tax office are asking you to prove at tax return time?
This is interesting...
Because customs law states that you dont have to declare cash your bringing into the country from within the EU. If your coming from outside the EU you have to declare anything over £5000 i think it is. Since they were coming from within the EU they would not have needed to declare it.
True carrying £500k in cash is going to make you very suspicious to any competent border guard, but under customs law they did not need to declare it. So im particularly interested to now know about this law allowing the police to "detain" your money. I suppose it will make me that little bit more cautious about carrying money between the UK and the continent (which i do occasionally in order to avoid the ludicrous exchange fees British banks charge!).
Botnet-harbouring survey fails to accounts for sinkholes
OK now what?
The authors of this study seem to be implying they know where a large number of C&C servers are, and they're in countries with relatively effective police forces, etc. So they need to take these details to them, get court orders to close down the identified servers for 30 days, take these to the host companies (very publicly), have the sites shut down. If no one steps forward complaining about there site being taken down (lets assume there will be at least one or two misidentified sites), then the site is taken down permanently.
Additionally, any of these sites who's owner details (which will be fake no doubt) is used on another site automatically get taken down for 30 days, pending the real person stepping forward, and then deleted permanently.
True this will not stop the criminals, who will just open more sites with more fake credentials, but the more difficult you make it, the better is for all of us...
Street View spies a €2.4m fine
Couldnt disagree more...
I know numerous spanish books which are absolutely fantastic. In fact my favourite book is El Club Dumas by Arturo Perez Reverte (obviously in the english translation because i dont speak spanish!).
So your generalisation is completely inane and i shall ignore everything you say from now on because one post of yours is enough for me to generalise and say that you are a moron... Fair call?
NASA's WISE loses its chill
You seem to have missed a bit...
You seem to have missed the bit where they said it had finished its primary mission (photographing the entire sky in 4 wavelengths), and was now about to start its secondary mission of searching for asteroids, comets and near earth objects in 2 wavelengths...
So it hasnt finished after 10 months at all... Its only just begun...
School caretaker jailed for fitting up colleague
Im dreaming i know but...
... I would love to see it made law that if a newspaper/tv program/any media outlet outs someone BEFORE a trial and it turns out that they were innocent, then the medai outlet should have to donate the EXACT amount of column inches on the exact same page (or screen time at the same time in the show) as the orignal outing took up, in order to declare the person innocent and apologise for the defamation against them...
That would go some way to correcting the situation... It'll never happen though...
On the ball? Your kidding right?
It took them 8 MONTHS to stop prosecuting him. I'd hardly call that "on the ball"...
Steve Jobs carried 'ninja throwing stars' in hand luggage
No wonder...
Have you noticed the intelligence level of most airport security guards? The fact they know which way to hold the metal detector correctly is a constant source of amazement to me and gives me hope that one day we will have our monkey butlers...
They would never understand the difference betwen mass and volume...
Its still a public airport champ...
What is to stop someone (read: Would be terrorist), hiring a private jet, walking through carrying weapons, and claiming "Its my jet why cant i take them on?". If they're allowed through what is to stop those weapons being quietly handed over to "colleagues" who are boarding regular flights and thus allowing a terrorist incident.
If he was flying from a private airfield, then it would be a different story but then as they as a general rule do not have security checkpoints and rely on tip offs to catch people smuggling contraband. As this story specifically says he was at a security checkpoint which implies that he was flying from a public airport and so would be mingling with mere mortals in the airport (it takes time to walk to the VIP lounge after all!) before boarding his aircraft...
So good job to Japanese border police - Job well done!
Coalition pledges free appeals for filesharers
Hmm i doubt it...
I would expect that a media company operating a torrent of their own stuff in order to trap people would be tantamount to entrapment and so would be illegal. Additionally, it would put at risk the very thing (copyright) that they're trying to protect, as the very first thing a judge would say was "You made it available for free to anyone on an unlimited basis? Thats your loss then."
Playboy centrefold freaks out at 10,000 feet
I think...
... the main reason people get charged with offences when they try this (even though like you've said it is impossible to open the doors), is the panic that it can cause on a flight.
It is not common knowledge that Airline doors cannot be opened in flight and even for a large number of people who suspect it might be the case, they're still not 100% sure (just check the comments on this article from supposedly technical people).
So for those people who dont know about the impossibility, what do they see? Someone who they think is trying to cause the aircraft to crash. Whats the likely outcome? Panic and pandemonium on the aircraft, as some of the more action driven people rush to tackle this person and lets face it they're unlikely to be polite about it to either the person trying to open the door or to anyone in their way to getting to that person. This will lead to a great deal of injuries, shouting and screaming in the cabin, people running around and basic chaos. This could quite quickly lead to distractions in the cockpit as the pilots think something is happening in the cabin (terrorist attack maybe?) and you are then walking a very quick path to disaster.
This is the thinking of the authorities when they look at an event like this, so i have no problem with the person being charged. In this case, she's gotten off because of the Panic attack and whilst i can understand that to some degree, the fact is that she boarded the flight without taking her meds knowing that a Panic attack was a likely event. Really that sort of negligence on her part should see her get some sort of punishment - community service would seem a fitting punishment ot me...
Anyway just my 2p...
US Special Ops robot whispercopter crashes in Belize
This raises the philosophical question...
... If a US Special Ops stealthy whirlybird crashes in the forest, and there's nobody left alive to hear it, does it make sound?
Rackspace claims credit for shushing Koran-burning 'pastor'
OK im sick of hearing this...
Lets a get a few things straight:
Stalin - trained as an orthodox priest before leaving to join the revolution.
Manson - started his own "church". Kinda like this moron.
Hitler - happily bought off the church with a large amount of money in the form of the kirchesteuben (Church tax). And singled out other religions (judaism in particular, but others as well) as being for the gas chamber.
Just because they didnt do their death and destruction in the name of a religion, doesnt mean they didnt follow a religion.
Why you thought your comment was a relevant reply to AC's comment, which was stating that fundamentalists of all religions cause problems for the rest of us, i will never know!
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After a slow start to the ski season, officials at the newly reopened Powder Ridge is hoping Winter Storm Bethany will provide some much needed snow.
The mountain finally has some slopes open and chair lifts running but still has a long way to go.
Once the temperatures dropped this week, employees at Powder Ridge said they were really able to crank up the snow makers and finally get some good cover going.
"We're pumping out over 1,200 gallons a minute, putting snow down as fast as we can now that we have the temperatures, and it finally looks like a winter resort," said Powder Ridge CEO Sean Hayes.
Hayes said there have been challenges since he bought the abandoned Powder Ridge Ski Resort and invested millions to get it back up and running.
"It's been closed for eight years, so you're finding the devils in the details," Hayes said. "Pipes are cracking, this is breaking. You're finding things we thought we were OK with, and it's really just pains as she wakes back up."
This week, five of the 24 trails were open and the Jib Park was pretty packed. The magic carpet and two chairlifts are running.
Families said they've been waiting.
"We live in Durham, so it's a five-minute drive from our house, and we're really excited to come here after school for a couple of hours and on the weekend," Sue Strang said.
But some said they had hoped to see more by now.
"Right now, there's not a lot of stuff set up," said Nino Polleta, of Watertown. "They don't have a lot of snow, but with the big snowstorm coming up this weekend, I really think it's going to help them out."
With the kinks worked out and the snow guns flying, skiers and boarders alike said storm Bethany could be a lot of fun.
"I love snow," said Kelsey Richey, of Cromwell. "I'm not the one that cries about it or anything. I love the fact that everything will be covered in white powder soon."
The lights were turned on at Powder Ridge, which means the slopes will open until 10 p.m. Officials at Powder Ridge said they are hoping that'll be the case every day now for the rest of the season.
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Old pic time: My brother broke his arm (in 2011) and I drew this on his cast. Doctor Chop!
This is an amazing gift I got at Otakon last year! (finally got the pics) My favorite part certainly is CBS' big bun. I love it! Thank you very much!
Arist: Christopher L Barley. www.bricktowncomic.com (the URL doesn't seem to be working :<, but I think this is his Behance profile)
Strip #297 "Don't Hide!" is up! http://www.springiette.net/strips/don%27t_hide + Blog post!
Springiette is baaaaaaaack toooooooo!
Chop Chop Ninja Doom, Chocobanana Sofuto, Boo & Sushi!
I bet y'all thought I forgot about them!
(Chars from Springiette.net < on temporary hiatus)
Been reading Beck. Then this happens.
The whole cast! (Chef Fraiche, Candy Kitty, Puffa Puffa Afro Dude, Pork Chop, Debris Harakiri, Chocobanana Sofuto, Chop Chop Ninja Doom, Chocomom, Agent Pirate, Tiramisu Elli, Chef Twizzy)
From my webcomic Springiette!
Get prints and more at my store.
Wow, has it really been two months since the last update? Half of that time I spent it in bed sick, so I don't really remembered much. But I am back, yaaay!
Thank you for your patience and I hope many of you returned and is reading this new update! I also wanna thank to everyone who came by my Otakon table, it was my first convention ever, and it was great to meet readers, and fans of cute as well! It was so much fun I am already planning to attend more cons next year!
I did a lot of editing on the websites, organized and cleaned them up. And my friends convinced me, and now I have a board on the Pixie Trix forum! And we became partners with Hiveworks, for which you'll see Marian & Emily's faces in many more websites now. :P
Finally, remember that splash of color that was all my con merchandise? It's up on the store! Prints, buttons, charms, and the limited print run of Fragile Chapter 0.5! I only printed a small batch for the con, and once they're gone, they're gone!
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Announcement #: 13-331-01EX
Title, Series, Grade (Code): Unlicensed Junior Engineer (W), WM-9954-15 (331)
Base Salary: $35,474 Per annum
Type of
Appointment: Excepted Service Career-Conditional
Opening Date: October 01, 2012 Closing
Date Open continuously with periodic cut-offs
Location: Military Sealift Command (MSC) Vessels Worldwide
Who May Apply: Open to all qualified United States Citizens who are currently not employed with Military Sealift Command (MSC) as civil service mariner (CIVMAR) employees.
Relocation expenses are not authorized for this position.
Duties: Unlicensed Junior Engineer works directly under the supervision of the licensed watch engineer that he/she is assigned to, or the First Assistant Engineer if he/she is a day worker. The Unlicensed Junior Engineer is responsible for making rounds of the engine room and outside spaces while on duty recording all plant temperatures, pressures, fuel meters, water meters, and revolution counters as designated by the engine room log book. The Unlicensed Junior Engineer duties will include standing watch on the main propulsion plant, monitoring operating equipment, and making rounds at a frequency designated by the ships standing orders. They will stand watches designated by the Chief Engineer. They report
all abnormal conditions directly to the engineer on watch. The Unlicensed Junior Engineer will take tank soundings, test water, and operate evaporators to fill various water tanks as required. They will take readings on evaporators, fill out evaporator logs, and acid clean evaporators when needed. They will stand by main
throttle while maneuvering and assist the watch engineer
with answering bells from bridge. In addition, they will perform maintenance and repairs as directed by the watch engineer. As a day worker, the Unlicensed Junior
Engineer will perform various maintenance and repair work
as directed by the First Assistant Engineer or his/her designate. They will assist in the taking-on and off- loading of fresh water, lube oil, fuel oil, and connecting and disconnecting all shore services. The
Unlicensed Junior Engineer will know the locations of all
fire fighting, damage control and rescue equipment in the engineering spaces. They will know the locations and how
to operate all emergency remote shut down devices. The Unlicensed Junior Engineer will have a thorough knowledge of all casualty control procedures, main space fire doctrine, and rescue procedures. The Unlicensed Junior Engineer shall know all environmental protection and pollution laws. They will also have a thorough knowledge in the operation of all pollution abatement equipment. During under way replenishment operations the Unlicensed Junior Engineer will perform all duties as assigned.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements: Must be a United States Citizen of at least 18 years of age and possess and maintain a valid:
1. U. S. Passport with a minimum of 7 months remaining of expiration date,
2. United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner's
Document (MMD), or Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), with a minimum of 10 months remaining of expiration date with any of the following Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED)ratings: Junior Engineer or Fireman/Watertender and Oiler (FOWT) or Engineman or Deck Engine Mechanic or Any Unlicensed Rating within the Engine Department.
3. Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card with a minimum of 10 months remaining of expiration date.
4. Licensing/Certification requirements: Must possess
a valid USCG STCW 95 Certification with Rating Forming Part of an Engineering Watch (RFPEW) valid for steam and motor propulsions.
Criteria: Applicants who meet the Minimum Eligibility Requirements described above will be further evaluated. Documented knowledge, skills, and abilities, education, training, and awards contained in the application package and
resume will be reviewed and rated to determine the degree
to which applicants possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below that are essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position for which applicants are being considered.
1. Knowledge of ship's main propulsion plant/engineering plant operation.
2. Ability to maintain and operate the ship's auxiliary machinery equipment.
3. Knowledge of ship's boiler and engine operation.
4. Skill in computer, oral and written communication, including demonstrated ability to use common MSC applications such as MS-Office, SAMM, LogBook, ShipClip, etc.
Related MSC, military, and/or commercial experience, etc., will also be part of the rating process.
Conditions of
Employment: 1. CIVMAR positions are subject to drug urinalysis testing.
2. Able to obtain and maintain security clearance
eligibility and assignment to a sensitive position.
3. Able to successfully pass the physical examinations
(arranged by MSC) and maintain MSC medical requirements. Participate in vaccine immunization; including a tuberculosis (TB) screening test is also required. TB screening is not provided at the MSC-arranged medical examination, but can usually be obtained from your personal medical provider or free at any local Public Health Clinic. If you have previously had a positive TB skin test (i.e. a CONVERTER or REACTOR), another skin test is not required, but you must instead provide the Medical Department written proof that you have completed treatment with medicine (i.e. INH), or that you have started treatment with medicine, or that such treatment is not warranted as determined by competent medical authority.
4. Attend and successfully complete all mandatory training courses, including Personal Survival, which requires the ability to float in the water for a minimum of 60 seconds.
5. Be ready, willing, and able to physically perform the duty of this position worldwide at all times.
6. Be ready, willing, and able to work in shipboard environment conditions, and wear protective equipment worldwide at all times.
7. Entry-level positions require candidates to pass an
English Language Competency Test.
8. Participate in direct deposit/electronic funds transfer as the standard method of payroll payments.
9. Capable of speaking, understanding, reading and writing the English language.
a. The tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to report to any of the scheduled appointments, fails the physical examination, fails the language competency test, fails drug test, fails to disclose employment information, fails to report to the New Employee Orientation, or is unable to obtain a security clearance.
b. In case by case bases, an applicant who accepts a
tentative offer of employment will be required to provide a VA Rating Decisions and or Office of Worker's Compensation Program (OWCP) Scheduled Awards.
How to Apply: ALL documents MUST be POSTMARKED by the cut-off or
closing date of this announcement. Only applications
received during the announced timeframe will be considered. MSC is not responsible for obtaining documents to include in your package.
The following documents are required and are to be submitted in the following order:
1. A completed, signed and dated Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF-612) to include social security number, US Citizenship, veterans preference and previous federal employment. For forms visit http://www.sealiftcommand.com.
2. A completed, signed and dated Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306), including Applicant's Statement of Selective Service Registration Status, for forms visit http://www.sealiftcommand.com. For Selective Service information, visit www.sss.gov. If you answered yes to Questions 9 and/or 11; or have current or pending
criminal charges and/or charges for any violation of law, court abstracts from the Clerk of Courts are required.
3. A current United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD), front and back or Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), all pages and front and back copy of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) with a minimum of ten months remaining of expiration date.
4. A front and back copy of your current United States Coast Guard license, and/or STCW certificate with a minimum of ten months remaining of expiration date, if applicable.
5. A current U. S. Passport with a minimum of seven months remaining of expiration date.
6. A copy of professional certificates as applicable for this position.
7. If you are a current federal employee, you must include a copy of your most recent Notice of Personnel Action (SF-50).
8. If you are a prior federal government employee, you must include a copy of your separation Notice of Personnel Action (SF-50).
9. If you served in the U.S. Military Service, you must provide a copy of your Certificate of Discharge (DD214)
that shows the type of discharge you received. This information is located under the "Character of Service" block of your DD214. If you are claiming 10 points or higher veteran's preference, you must provide supporting documentation such as, a completed Application for Preference (SF-15) (http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf). Additional information on Veterans' Preference is available at www.opm.gov/veterans. You will also be required to provide a copy of the VA Rating Decisions upon accepting the tentative offer of employment.
10. Resume. All resumes shall be one sided, type written in Courier New (12 pitch), and must show sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which applicants are being
considered; and shall include the following information in its order:(See template):
(a) Full name.
(b) Relevant work experience within the last 5 years including paid and non paid public or private
sector work experience related to the job for which applying.
(c) Colleges or universities name, city, and state (with zip code), major(s), type and year of any degree received (if no degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours).
11. Last 5 years of Performance Evaluations (if available) and training certificates applicable to the position you are applying to.
12. Job related honors, awards, and special accomplishments; for example, Military, Government or recognized professional organizations related to the maritime field and performance awards. Submit copies.
Failure to submit any required information to show that you meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the JOA will result in the applicant being found ineligible. Failure to provide a Resume as directed in the JOA will result in applicant being found ineligible.
All applications and supporting documents will become the property of MSC, and will not be returned to the
applicant once submitted. Applicants are encouraged to
make copies of all documentation prior to submission.
How To Contact
Us: Please send completed packages to:
Military Sealift Command
CIVMAR Support Center
6353 Center Drive, Building #8, Suite 202
Norfolk, VA 23502
If you have any questions, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call our toll free Recruitment hotline at 1-877-JOBS-MSC (1-877-562-7672). Please also visit our website at http://www.sealiftcommand.com.
THIS POSITION WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT YOUR ELIGIBILITY. Federal job applicants who make a false statement in any part of the application could be turned down for the job, fired after beginning work, or subject to fine, imprisonment (U.S. Code, title 18, section 1001), or
other disciplinary action.
In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or re-determined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1)or
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1. Previous Security Clearance Issues (intents to deny or the revocation of security clearances).
2. Debts.
3. Previous felony convictions where actual time was served in jail for more than one year.
Any questions relative to this issue should be directed to the CIVMAR Support Center at 1-866-562-7672.
IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All applicants meeting minimum qualifications will receive consideration without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, lawful political affiliation, non-disqualifying disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, other personal condition unrelated to the applicant's basic ability to perform satisfactory. Please visit http://www.msc.navy.mil/civmar/eeo.htm for more information. Determinations of whether an accommodation is appropriate shall be made by the agency as soon as
practicable, after the initial application process and shall be made with regard to all applicable statutes and regulations. If assistance is required to complete the application process, interested applicants should call our CIVMAR Support Center at the above number and refer to the "How to Apply" section of this announcement.
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God's Word says that life and death lies in the power of the tongue. One of the greatest things you can do is boldly and declaratively speak positive filled words of life over yourself.
Too often, we're relying on outside influences as a source of validation. But your tongue is your greatest gift or your worst enemy. It's through the tongue that you can speak victory over yourself. It's through the tongue that you can speak opportunity, increase and abundant blessings over yourself.
Studies show you believe more of what you say, than what others say about you. One of the most powerful conversations you can have are the spoken monologues with yourself to yourself, about yourself.
Dare to boldly declare that you are valuable. You are worthy. You are blessed going in and coming out.
It's not enough to simply think the thoughts, no, you have to speak it. In the morning when you wake up, instead of speaking defeat over your day, speak life, victory, joy and rest. God will reward you for your faithfulness.
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Omg this candle smells so yummy!!! As another reviewer stated, it smells like fruity bubble Gum. Some might think that it would be too sweet but I love it. I also purchased the car vent fresheners. Love love! :)
Yankee Candles are crap. Cheap, wax based product that smell like a gas station bathroom. They don't burn cleanly and don't last long. You will end up repainting your ceiling if you use them often.
Spend a little more and buy a nice soy based candle like Voluspa. Sure, it costs more but the scents are clean and luxurious.
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I took off 1 lippi only because the oil diffuser for this hardly smells up the room as expected (although I know the candles are always stronger). I LOVE this scent and I LOVE this candle in this scent!! Smells slightly "bubble-gummy" and sweet floral fruity! Just wish the oil diffuser would be just as strong.
Pink Sands is my second favourite spring/summer scent behind Vanilla Lime, it has a very cool and very sweet smell, but not in an overpowering way; and reminds me of DKNY Fresh Blossom. This is definitely not for those who prefer earthy or spicy scents, I would nearly place this smell in the floral section rather than fresh category, although this does have a slight hint of sun cream, but not a strongly as Sun & Sand. This candle has a medium/small throw, and I find that after I extinguish the scent in a house warmer jar the smell disappears almost instantaneously, also I don't think it smells as nice when burnt as it does in the jar.
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Smells like orgasm. I truly enjoyed this if you know what I mean ;) Would defiantly buy again.
This scent is uber-girly. It's very sweet. It reminds me of an escada fragrance. I'm terrible at describing notes, but it suffices to say that if Escada and Aquolina teamed together to make their quintessential home fragrance, this would be it.
Update: The novelty has worn off for me. Taking one lippie off for being overly saccharine.
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i have the car freshener of this scent and it's uhhh-mazing! i feel like i'm sitting on a private beach under swaying palms with a warm breeze brushing my face and clear waters lapping at my feet while drinking a pina colada with a hot guy catering to my every whim, when in fact i'm sitting on the 405 freeway trying to ignore all the douchers cutting me off on my way home. must try/smell/burn this if you love the beach and everything that comes with it.
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i have this in the medium jar, which has a decent throw. Pink Sands is definitely a scent for warm weather. the best way to describe it is a mix of fruit, floral, perfume and sandiness. i must admit that this would be much too sweet for me normally, but it has a kind of humidity to it that really soothes me. it's also lovely mixed with an evening breeze through an open window on a warm night. if you are familiar with 'Sun and Sand' then this is much more perfumed than that.
i also love the way the lovely picture on the front glows when it's lit! even though it's obviously digitally edited ;)
i would recommend this if you want a humid summer candle but with extra sugariness to it for a bit of a kick. i wouldn't recommend this for those who prefer more leafy, subtle scents because this is quite sweet.
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I am excited to announce that I am hosting a new weekly linkup called Green & Natural Mama Thursdays.
How to participte:
- Share your favorite green living or natural parenting post of the week. Add your URL in the linky form below my post which will be published every Thursday morning. The linky will be available until the following Thursday, so it doesn't matter what day you choose to publish your post that week.
- I would love if you could grab the html for the Green & Natural Mama Thursday button and either add it to your blog sidebar or as a picture in your actual blog post.
- Visit some of the other blog posts that are linked up for the week, and be sure to leave them a comment letting them know that you are visiting from Green & Natural Mama Thursday. The more support we can lend each other, the better!
The benefits:
1. Discover new blogs about green living and natural parenting by visiting the other linked up posts.
2. Boost the readership of your post! I will be sure to comment on your post and promote your post on either Facebook or Twitter. Other bloggers linking up with Green & Natural Mama Thursday will visit your post too.
Please spread the word! I look forward to reading your posts!
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Panasonic Lumix DMC FX550 review
Full specification for Panasonic Lumix FX550
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|5x optical zoom (25mm-125mm)
|3in touch screen LCD, 230k dot
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Window Muntins: What Would You Do?
Say you own an old house with 80-year-old, original windows. They're made up of divided lights, with eight panes per sash in white-painted, double-hung windows. They're drafty and ill-fitting, with some missing storm windows. A few are difficult to operate or are even painted shut!
You're considering a replacement to improve the energy efficiency of the home and provide better operability. Each of the following options is about 25% less expensive than the next:
- Replacing in wood with simulated divided lights is most expensive.
- Next is replacing in fiberglass (better insulation and durability with the heft and look of painted wood) with simulated divided lights.
- Alternatively, you could forego the simulated divided lights in either ("divided lights" in double-paned replacement windows are faking the look, anyway, and that's a little tough to come to terms with!).
- The final alternative is to keep the original windows, restoring them as best you can to operate properly and putting on the storm windows each season for the best efficiency you can eek out of them.
Obviously, I'm deliberating on what to do in my own case. I have a hunch as to a direction, but am really curious as to what Apartment Therapy readers would do, namely with regard to keeping a divided light look or losing it. The Apartment Therapy reader community has impeccable taste and I'd love to hear what you have to say!
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First, I think it's worth checking around the neighborhood to see what's common. If the neighbors have replaced all windows with inexpensive simulated divided lite windows, you won't gain much from a more expensive solution. On the other hand, if your neighbors have used wood replacement windows with real divided lites, it's probably best to do the same on your house.
I live in a town with an older housing stock, and a popular solution is to replace the windows that don't face the street with energy-efficient windows that have fewer or no lite divisions.
People usually keep the original windows facing the street, and either keep the original wooden storms, or replace them with paintable aluminum storms. If the windows require restoration, that's preferable to outright replacement.
In Texas we had the same problem and my husband restored 15 of the 21 double hung windows. We did not have a/c so it was great in the summer that they could open up or down. And since it was Texas, it wasn't so bad heat wise....it is easier to be hot than cold. I voted storm windows; but I have no experience with them. I just love old windows/glass.
I live in a 1929 bingalow where we too have the original windows. About half of our windows are leaded glass, so replacement is simply not an option. What we did was to get custom storms, in aluminum, in the same color as the window frames (in our case a medium brown). They work well, look amazing (especially since they replaced cheap off the shelf silver aluminum frames). The cost was quite reasonable--around $100.00 per storm (we have around 30 windows total), and while we may not get quite the energy efficiency, they did cut our winter heating considerably (we live in WI) and have already more than paid for themselves.
Being in somewhat the same position, budget dictates the solution. My 1920 home has leaky windows, and by leaky I mean the rain sneaks in. They are in really bad shape and restoration is not a cost effective solution.
To replace with mid-grade period windows I'd be looking at about $15K+ for my home. Fakey divided light vinyl windows would set us back about $4K+.
For us, I'm leaning towards the fakey, even though I despise them. I NEED new windows now though, and $4K fits the budget.
Do what you can afford. If you can afford replacement period wood windows - go for it!!
From personal experience, fibreglass doesn't hold-up at all ... It looks good for a few years, but then the colours start to fade and when you go to re-paint it just ... doesn't work. Real wood, if taken care of, can last years upon years.
Plus ... there's something about wood. It's always warm, no matter what the weather or conditions are.
Though, personally, I like the idea of keeping the original windows. Old glass is just beautiful.
In your shoes, I'd opt for storm windows. This is from George Nash's _Renovating Old Houses_ (our bible): "While the thermal performance of a refurbished single-glazed window fitted with a tight storm panel can never quite equal that of the best factory-made double-glazed windows, the difference is not so great as to merit the replacement of old windows solely for reasons of improved energy efficiency. The argument for new windows only makes sense when compared to the cost of doing nothing about the old ones or of paying a professional to improve them. Otherwise, you probably won't live long enough to amortize the investment."
Our old house did not come with its original windows. The owners before us inherited the house with bad replacement windows (just as drafty, but without the charm of leaded glass), so they went ahead and did what heather77 recommends, which is having simulated divided lights on the street-facing windows and just single panes on the back. It cost them a bundle, and it's nice having one fewer project to worry about in this house, but our windows are certainly not as charming as our entryway, which does have old glass and real divided lights. Consider yourself fortunate you get to make this decision!
There are other options besides those 4.
Anderson Windows (as well as others) make replacement sashes: Your existing window frame remains - only the sashes are replaced with new insulated glass panels. As long as your existing windowframes are in good condition and are square - this is a smart and cost effective solution, not only from the basic cost of the window but the reduced labor costs as well as being less invasive - You wouldn't have to replace the exterior and interior trimwork on each window, which can be a very costly project.
Regardless of whether you replace the sashes or the entire window frame - They also have the choice of grilles installed in between the glass, inside removable grilles, outside removable grilles, fixed grilles, or both inside and outside permanent grilles with a spacer in between (The most visually-correct solution)
What you don't want to do is go cheap - This is your home and the windows are like the eyes. Plucking them out and replacing them with cheap blank hole windows without divided lites and thin/cheap moulding is never the right choice - It won't help your curb appeal or your resale value.
We have an older home, as well. Ours was built in 1932, so approximately the same age. We have energy efficient windows. They are fiberglass with a wood veneer with the simulated divided panes (with the "dividing trim" encased between the 2 pcs of glass) If you look around, you can find these though, admittedly, it was hard when we had a contractor break our window during inspection.
They don't look original (obviously) but they really look great and sure beat a cold room and drafts, anyday. Their biggest up side is, we have small children so there is no concern of lead in the paint especially when we open & close them (creating the lead dust that is inhaled). All of our moulding was replaced to original specs too.
All of those votes for keeping the originals don't have to live with that decision. I love charm as much as the next person but make your home comfortable, you can always add charm in decor! In my humble opinion, avoid replacing with the cheapest option because you may be cozy but will never be happy with the look.
I have forever coveted a log home near me (actually 3 log homes dogtrotted together), that the 2nd owners refurbished. They had lovingly restored all of the home's details including the beautiful original glass windows with all of their bubbles and waves. The next owners immediately replaced the windows. The home is not the same. Every time I drive by the windows stare at me with blank expression.
Keep the windows.
This is a hard question. Personally, I could get a good simulated divided light window because of cost and energy efficiency, but it sure would be a shame to get rid of the originals :(
I think it would be cool to create a green house with the originals, I've always wanted to do that.
You might want to look into interior storms, too. You can get them pre-made or make them yourself (if you're handier than I am).
I guess where you live is a factor (say Minnesota vs. Texas). Painted shut can be fixed and difficult to operate can be fixed -- they might just need new ropes.
I live in an 1872 house in New England. I have all original windows, and couldn't change them if I wanted to (historic district rules). But I have been replacing the storm windows -- I've gotten ones made by Harvey Industries of MA (some of my windows are the size of doors -- 82x36"), and they've made a noticeable difference.
I've also gotten honeycomb shades (from Symphony Shades, a VT company), that help a LOT with both heat and cold.
The shades ranged from $100 -- $200 per window, and the storms were from $200 -- $350 each.
We just went through this with the windows in our 1915 home. I learned a HUGE amount in the process! First, for anyone with an old house and old windows, I highly recommend Terence Meany's book "Working Windows." It's a wonderful guide to windows, regardless of what you decide to do at the end.
Next, look at your windows individually to find out what the issues are. If they're not fitting properly or are drafty, is there rot, loose or cracked glass, etc.? How bad is the damage? If it's minor, you can get older windows into shape pretty easily with caulk, replacing cracked glass, etc. if the basic window is sound. They won't be quite as efficient as modern double-paned windows, but they'll be a lot closer than you'd imagine. For most of our original double-hung windows, we got rid of the drafts by caulking and weatherstripping (I used spring bronze, but there are lots of easier modern types as well---all are DIY jobs). Weatherstripping improved the sound considerably, too. (We don't live in storm window country, but if we did that would be the very first thing I'd invest in.)
However, we had a few windows that had a huge amount of dry rot in the sashes, and no amount of weatherstripping was going to help with those. We replaced them with wood windows designed to look like the originals (but that function like modern windows, so they do have vinyl slides; for more money you can even get original double-hung sashes with ropes made, but that was way beyond our budget!) If you look closely, of course you know they're modern windows, but from a distance they look just like the original windows in the rest of the house. This was a great middle ground for us, and our drafts are gone except for two leaded glass casement windows that we're saving up to rebuild when we can afford the real deal.
For what it's worth, our city also has requirements for houses over a certain age, and would not have allowed many types of cheaper windows. So that's also something to check.
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I live near Atlanta in a 1910 bungalow. Most of our windows are original. We've gone the storm window route, with less expensive double hung aluminum windows on the back and side that have been carefully painted to match the two-tone of the windows. The front windows will be storm picture windows. The storms have made a great difference in terms of drafts, but what made an even bigger difference is the in-wall insullation we've been adding this summer as part of our exterior rennovation. So far we have about half of the house insullated and the difference is amazing. We've saved what siding we could using a heat gun and removed the bad. When the walls are exposed we fish the pink batting up the walls - each section has to be cut to fit because of course no measurements are the same - the joys of an old house.
The other thing I'd say about storms is that they are a great crime deterrent. One of the ways criminals access houses is by shoving the flat end of a shovel under the lower part of the window and prying up and then snapping the sash. They can't do this with the storm. yes they can still throw a brick through the window, but that will 'hopefully" set off the alarm and slow them down.
It really would come down to budget. If you can afford it, and the building is architecturally significant to justify it, I'd restore the windows and look into the Slimlite double glazing for period windows (http://www.slimliteglass.co.uk/ ).
I'd keep the historic windows. Even the best replacement windows never wind up looking the same - always seem a little off to me in a historic house. Plus, with the windows properly repaired (a lot of which you can do yourself) and good quality storm windows, you'll get almost the same R-value. See this article from Fine Homebuilding: Should I replace my windows?
John Leeke at Historic Homeworks in ME has great how-to videos for window repairs you can do yourself.
Depending on where you live, there may be historic tax credits available to help you pay for the repairs and storms and other work on the house.
If that is your house shown above or yours is similar, I think you definitely want the appearance of muntins, if not the real thing.
I have a pet peeve with people thinking everybody ELSE should live in a museum. All the advice to "keep the old windows" seems to me to be a reaction against changing anything old. If that's your preference, by all means, go for it, but don't let the votes of people who will never see the house run your decision.
If your architecture and decor are traditional, I'd probably see muntins as contributing to the historical effect. But *I* would probably do it with new double pane "faux" muntin windows. My current home has the kind that are sandwiched between the panes of glass, from Harvey. (Vinyl clad.) Our old home had wooden structures that clipped within the frame to give that look, which was more three dimensional, at least from indoors. Anderson and Pella make really lovely options, but are more expensive.
Old glass has interesting imperfections, but it's brutal to actually SEE through. If you like it and want to live with it, again, that's your choice. I like to watch birds and keep an eye on the strange person idling in their car at the end of the cul de sac -- I want clear vision, thermal protection, no leaks, etc. not arty old panes, no matter how "blank" the "eyes" of my house seem to somebody who doesn't live in it!
If you are on the fence, ask a local real estate agent how your various ideas would effect the market value. If you have an authentic "historic house", as opposed to just an OLD house, different rules apply.
I love those large windows!
Do those windows need to open? They look like pretty special windows. I personally would opt for storms.
We frequently haunt our local Restore (Habitat for Humanity store) to see if we can find newer replacements. Maybe that is an option for you if you're not looking for an exact match.
How true! A 'window muntins' protagonist now struggles between two radical "goods." Either it's true good looking (read: the real thing), authentic, replacement or, the "look" of true, authentic replacement for today's world. Seems clear. The former doesn't satisfy us today. Older materials can't do what is required by our new energy and environmental consciousness. Renewed "old traditional materials" might "look" right, but at what cost to us and the planet? Green plastic window materials would lessen our environmental footprint and "look" right. Since both can "look" right, and one reduces our carbon footprint, this is a no-brainer. We want to increase the window light not increase our chores too: painting, de-molding, unsticking. The organization www.greenbuildingsolutions.org is a not-for-profit. We don't sell windows, but it's clear that vinyl windows can have a specific historical look no matter the age, be virtually maintenance free, open easily, never need painting, and, you get a thermal break between the family and the holiday snowstorms outside. Plastic green building solutions can reduce our energy use and the associated heating and cooling energy and pollution. Check out: http://bit.ly/bQgTnG .
Surprised that vinyl windows are not offered as an option on the survey. Vinyl windows represent more than half of the total windows sold in the U.S. (25.5 million in 2009).
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Writers like Paul Berman have already shown a connection between Islamist ideas and 20th-century Western Fascism, with its own atavistic hatreds of modernity. Some of these ideas have emerged on the political left, as well, appearing in Marxist thought and inspiring the anti-globalization movement. Their impact on the political and religious landscape has been profound.
But how did such ideas develop? One surprising source turns out to be a little-known group of 20th-century European intellectuals. They passed these ideas on to small groups of ardent followers, but their books and pamphlets gradually shaped a worldwide subculture of belief and devotion. Their loose-limbed movement, which began in the 1920's, has been called traditionalism.
One of the central documents of traditionalism is a relatively brief book, first published in 1927, ''The Crisis of the Modern World.'' Its author, René Guénon (1886-1951), born in Blois, France, to Catholic parents, had been a student of mathematics but soon turned to theosophy, Masonry, medieval Christianity, Hinduism and, finally, Islam. Guénon moved to Cairo and later seemed to retreat into solitude, fearing evil sorcery. - NYT
The central idea of traditionalism is that reality is a coherent whole in which patterns matter more than media. As a result, when we learn a pattern we should apply it to achieve the best results.
This is the direct opposite of modern post-totalitarianism, which is based on not consequences but feelings, appearances and other social and subjective factors. Post-totalitarianism works by neutralizing the individual by feeding it a stream of "freedoms" that lead nowhere.
The best voices for Traditionalism are Plato, Huxley and Nietzsche. Without a familiarity in those, no one has a chance in hell of getting what Guenon, Evola and Woodruff are on about.
But yes, the modern world fails it and we hate the modern world. The technology is great; the humanity expanding like a cancer, all-powerful lowest common denominator, political correctness and denial of reality that puts idiots ahead of the intelligent? Not so much -- it's ecocidal soul poison.
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Nearly opened the scoring with a superb curling free kick from 20 yards out before lifting a delightful pass over for Bothroyd's chance but did concede too many niggly fouls and eventually picked up a booking.
J. Bothroyd
Had a great chance to open the scoring, but his lifted effort over McCarthy ran inches wide of the post. Made life awkward for Gunter on the wing a couple of times and was able to get to the byline more than once.
L. Rémy
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H. Robson-Kanu
Made his return to the side, coming on for Blackman early in the second half, but brought no real intensity and Reading struggled to impose the dominance they enjoyed in the first half.
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[Kaiba x Yami Bakura ficlet] Seto Kaiba has no desire whatsoever to beat his rival with the help of 'stupid parlour tricks' - but Yami Bakura keeps trying to change his mind.
(#) darkokita 2008-05-26 01:54:52 PMThis is well done and your English has obviously improved.
As to the point of view, thank you for using third person. All of those first person POV's are irritating as hell.
I think what Michelle meant was that since this story, so far, has been told through Yami Bakura's thoughts, it might be nice to see what Kaiba thinks, for a change.
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