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Gâday Fett-Heads! Busy at work on my new ESB paint up - was happy with my first effort a while back, but have learnt a lot since then, and due to things like tools, not stencilling properly etc, I really wanted to make some solid improvements. I recently acquired a sensational new airbrush and compressor kit, so been really loving it. I actually have two airbrushes now âa dual action which I received with the compressor, which rocks for detail and smaller work, and a single action for larger coverage. This lid is one of Jamesâ(BGHunter), and itâs even more refined and perfect than the last one I got from him. I really canât talk highly enough of his product, so can only hope my paint does his work some justice. I will break things down section by section,but due to time constraints, this will take me some time to finish. I am documenting this to show my progress, but also for my own use. Hope you enjoy,all feedback welcome kids!
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*All the paints listed are ENAMEL based through an airbrush
BASE COAT â Humbrol 147 (light grey)
BACK PANELS - Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol Blue Grey (79), Floquil Concrete, MAIN GREEN/BLUE - Humbrol Uniform Green (76) + Humbrol RAF Blue (96) mix ratio 1:1.
DOME AND LOWER CHEEKS â Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol Blue Grey (79). MAIN GREEN - Humbrol Cockpit Green (78). Weathering on dome with sand brown (93) around visor trim, as well as various greys around dent. Lower Cheek detail in corner, has green 76+96 (1:1 ratio) with added black drops to darken until satisfied. After the main green (78) is applied, there is a light misting across bottom of cheeks with Sea Grey (27).
KILLSTRIPES : Humbrol Insignia Yellow (154); fade Humbrol Orange Lining (82) in towards middle and last killstripes.
UPPER CHEEKS â Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol Blue Grey (79). MAIN UPPER CHEEK COLOUR â Humbrol Matt Black( 33).
MANDIBLES AND TRIM - Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol Ocean Grey (106), Purple Mix â Humbrol Wine (73) + Humbrol Oxford Blue (104) mixed (1:1 ratio). I put just one or two extra drops of Wine 73 in to just tone back the blue value ever so slightly. MAIN MANDIBLE COLOUR - Humbrol Wine (73).
LEFT EAR - Humbrol Scarlet (60), Humbrol Camouflage Grey (28)+ Humbrol Light Grey (64) 1:1 ratio mix. MAIN GREEN - Humbrol Khaki Drab (159) + Humbrol Cockpit Green(78) 1:1 ratio mix. Humbrol Matt White (34) for decal.
RANGEFINDER EAR - Humbrol silver (11), Humbrol Blue Grey (79). MAIN COLOUR - Humbrol Brown Yellow (94). Arches and 9 small stripes masked, then sprayed with Humbrol Satin Black (85), white half arch Humbrol white (34).
DETAIL : A heap of fine detail work throughout entire helmet with various colors, starting from, but not limited to : Humbrol Light Grey (147), Humbrol Matt White (34), Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol Matt Black (33), Humbrol Cockpit Green (78), Humbrol Insignia Yellow (154), Humbrol Wine (73), Humbrol Leather (62).
Splatters added using main colour of Humbrol Leather (62). I also put in some light splatters using Humrol Rust (113), Humbrol Desert Yellow (93) and Humbrol light grey (147).


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|Depends on where were walking. Down the sidewalk she's always in a heel, out in the mountains or on the greenbelt i let her run around And sniff things, shes never far from me, and if we see somebody she heels right away.
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When we are walking for exercise I do both. If I'm on my own, I am walking two GSDs together but they will both heel together on command and free walk on command.
It is healthy for them to smell things along the way (gets their brain working).
I don't allow them to stop though when they like, however if they are really showing interest in an area I will let them have a good sniff.
Unless we're specifically working on heelwork for part of a walk, which is rare, they aren't heeling. A loose 6' lead is fine, or if possible, they are off leash. They can sniff and do as they please, get recalled back into heel position for a stay if people come, or if they are leashed I ask for attention while walking by people, and they're expected to leave it when I say if they're hung up on sniffing an item.
Never had a problem. I don't think it's very enjoyable/fun for either of us to have my dog staring at my face an inch from my pant seam when we're out walking in nature. XD They're good dogs - they earned the right to sniff and explore just like I am.
I think it's pretty non-debatable that dogs have more fun sniffing around and exploring rather than walking by our side. My opinion is that the more obedient and well mannered a dog is, the more freedom it should have.
I would start with loose leash walking and end at full voice control. The more reliable he becomes with commands and the more well mannered he is in the presence of stimuli, imo the more the dog should be rewarded with free time.
I will say that I always start and end my walk in a heel. Coming out for a walk the dog is already hyper, I don't want him thinking he can run around being a butt head. He has to start out in a nice calm heel before he is released to go sniff and pee on whatever he wants. Some walks/runs I never release him from the heel. It's whenever I feel like. A walk doesn't automatically mean play time.
|I like a nice, gentle walk. We usually walk in a heel and his reward for being good for the 1/4 mile is to go on his 50' lead or off leash for a good run. I wouldn't say he has a tight heel, but it's a nice, loose leash and he doesn't investigate much.
|Yeah I don't let him stop and sniff but I was letting him walk on the grass and sniff like tracking, he was continually moving. I just didn't want to be forcing him to be in a heel position and not let him enjoy going out and walking. Again, he has not learned "heel" yet but I have been keeping him on my left side and keeping him fairly close I just don't want to stifle his fun time and make him dread walks. I need to find some trails to take him on but haven't explored much with him yet as we are still getting used to eachother and he is still learning to trust me.
|I have my dogs heel. I don't let them sniff and have them keep their nose off the ground. They are only allowed to sniff when given the release command. Heeling is hard to teach and I make it a habit for them to always be next to me. It's my walk (technically I'm only walking because of them so really it's their walk ) and I like to have them focus on me then everything else around them
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I don't keep Cruz in a heel. I let him wonder a bit but stopping and sniffing is a no no. Stopping and sniffing every two feet I found can cause two problems. One, they din't want to stop and when they do it's on thier terms. I want the walk on my terms and does not include stopping and sniffing. I also think when you let them stop frequently, say a row of light poles or mailbox posts, they see the next one just ahead and may cause them to pull. They want to get to the next post or whatever as quick as possible and that usually means faster than you want to go. I've seen other dogs around do just that. Yank go go go stop. Yank go go go stop. All the way down the street.
But we do a heel at least part of the walk. I also use about a 20' lead when we go off onto trails, fields ect. I just let him enjoy zig zagging and we play alittle find it with some treats.
|I read somewhere (don't remember where) that suggested to have the dog walk in a heel for the entire walk and then to "reward" a good walk with some added leash length/exploration time at the end. I have stuck to that so far for the most part, but since my dog is a pup, we stop about half way and play/sniff/potty and then continue on. So if we are walking, we are walking in a heel and I release him to explore. I hope that helps!
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So when you are out walking just for pleasure do you have your dog heel or just let him wander? I don't mean like on a 50' lead or anything just sniffing the grass and bushes and stuff.
I have taken Darius on a few walks around the neighborhood and he likes to sniff stuff and not stay right on my side, he has not been to obedience class or anything yet so he hasn't been taught but I am just wondering how everybody does it.
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Hey, how much did you want for them? (Bo has killed my savings)
Hey, how much did you want for them? (Bo has killed my savings)
Just buy me a glass of bubbly next time you see me
Do you have all the other thingies for your gaunts?
still working out the knife (so jealous yours will extend/retract) and those disc thingies on the other one. I got all the darts and stuff (came with the kit)
a glass or two of bubbly it shall be and I'll even share one with you. We met briefly at Armageddon 2012. Not sure if I can attend this year as I might be going to Sydney instead.
Are you coming to Dreamworld troop?
Not sure about dreamworld and if I go, I will probably bring my Legacy mando as my Bo will not be finished by then and Im a little over my Rav.
Your costume looks awesome btw, I really love your flightsuit colour. Cant wait to see it finished.
Anyway I realise the latch things may not make much sense in that picture so I took some more tonight, these are on my legacy gauntlets which are vacformed. I used to have velcro but it kept on coming off so I designed these:
open, pin out
Closed, pin pushed in:
You align different holes to adjust.
There is no need to have a hinge on the opposite side in ABS guants because you can just flex them open that little bit to push your hand through kinda like a bracelet. Hope that helps
Hey Ash, did you have any issues with shaping the gauntlet caps to fit on top of the gauntlets? I'm looking at mine and, as they are formed, it looks like I will have to grind down past the top of the gauntlet cap to get the sides low enough to match up to the top of the gauntlet. So, as you're looking at the curved area that you have to cut/sand out of the gauntlet cap to make the entire cap sit flush, all the way around, on the gauntlet, the top of that curve will bottom out past the side/vertical area and into the flat area where the lights/etc are.
How did you shape that area? Can you post up some pictures?
Kevin, any luck with the video? I'm still not able to load it using the link you posted above.
OHHH that makes sense! Thanks April!
It'd be great to share a drink or two anyway
It'd be great if I could grab some. Thanks
The suit material I got from spandexworld.com and the material I'm using is called milliskin. I think the material is either called gunmetal or charcoal (can't remember)
Slight problem. How do I *ahem* fill the cup in?
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Looking great , good work! I am also making a bo Katan costume and also bought my armor from KWdesigns, but its my first time costructing an armor so i am Little uncertain with the gauntlets also, aprilstorm how much do you take for your ABS hinges or does velcro tape work well also? I dont want to break the plastics. Ashbash what is the name of the magnets you are using to your suit?
Hi Ash, I trimmed the bottom of each one a bit and then we stuffed a padded bra. The reason we stuffed was to get the undershirt to rise up to the inside of the top of each cup so that the diamond piece floats at the same level as the cups. This worked out great. Otherwise, the diamond will be down lower in between the cups. Hope this helps.
Ok all I have one question and I hope some one can help us PLEASE. Can anyone tell me is it a silver or gray for Bo's armor. I am almost ready to paint but can't figure this last puzzle out to this armor. Thanks in advance for the help.
Definitely grey... BUT I put a slight coat (and I mean hold the can very far away) with silver and it gives it a really nice sheen
Thanks so much for the info we really appreciate the help.
Hi what airbrush do you use i like your bodysuit
I don't know the make or brand/model of the airbrush as I used a friends airbrush but as long as you use one that's meant for fabric paints you should be fine. If you can't get fabric paint, use an acrylic paint mixed with a textile medium which helps set the paint into the fabric
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Beautiful bucket!! As I wait for mine to arrive, I have been killing time by reading all of your posts and learning quite a bit.... thank you for the wealth of info and pics to help me with my build.
Hi nice helmet! good job what color brand do you use?
The paint is called White Knight (I think :/) not sure if its available overseas
ok thanks dont Think i can find it in Sweden but i try to look for something similar, thanks again and good luck with your build
Things are still being ironed out but it's all done
501st approved!!! Pretty sure I'm the 1st Bo in the Southern Hemisphere... If not, then definitely Australian first. Trooping in 2 days at Supanova.
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Is Kubuntu in trouble?
Wow, what a busy time! I can barely find a break to keep up with Linux news and share them here. Hope the smoke clears soon so I can finish some of the reviews I started before they stink too bad. Today I want to share some sad news coming from Kubuntu camp. Jonathan Riddell, the sole developer Canonical funded for the development of the project, explained: "Today I bring the disappointing news that Canonical will no longer be funding my work on Kubuntu after 12.04. Canonical wants to treat Kubuntu in the same way as the other community flavors such as Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu, and support the projects with infrastructure. This is a big challenge to Kubuntu of course and KDE as well. The practical changes are I won't be able to work on KDE bits in my work time after 12.04 and there won't be paid support for versions after 12.04. This is a rational business decision, Kubuntu has not been a business success after 7 years of trying, and it is unrealistic to expect it to continue to have financial resources put into it." Worrying comments indeed. Jonathan goes on about how the Kubuntu project needs to adjust and do some things differently if it is to be successful (survive!). I see reasons to be positive in that Kubuntu 11.10 was an entirely community supported release, and it is the best Kubuntu yet, but I think it would not be smart to ignore the challenges that this decision from Canonical will bring to the Kubuntu project. Personally, I wish the best for Kubuntu, it is currently one of my favorite distros and has a lot of potential in front of it. Let's hope it lives on and does so healthy and strong!
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- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Is kubuntu will die or what ? or kubuntu will continue to be released but without financial support from canoncial ?ReplyDelete
I want understand more please .
Kubuntu will not die, not any time soon, at least. The last release, Kubuntu 11.10 was entirely put together by the community, and this new situation may in fact bring opportunities to Kubuntu. For example, Kubuntu repositories will be moved from Main to Universe, which will provide the project with more freedom to move without Canonical approval.ReplyDelete
We´ll have to wait and see how this unfolds, but I doubt the project will die as a result of this. It may change names, though.
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Description: Boulder PrideFest has been canceled due to local flooding. Iliff planned to host a booth at Out Boulder's 10th Annual Boulder PrideFest in Boulder Central Park. Celebrating the richness of the Boulder Community, Boulder Pridefest is a celebration for all LGBTQ people and our Allies. The beautiful Boulder Creek, and the famous Flatirons serve as the stage and backdrop for this fun-filled day. Activities for all ages, music and entertainment fill our celebration, while local food vendors and brewers help create the perfect atmosphere for a day in the park.
Drop by to visit with Iliff volunteers and check out our graduate degree and certificate program materials.
Boulder Pridefest aims to foster the bonds of community and bring us one step closer to equality, respect, and well-being for all.
Date: Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Location: Boulder Central Park, Canyon & Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305


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well... conversion...
here's my old one...
yes... you see it well... it's a Jango belt... bought it from someone in Australia, don't know anything else, was done through ebay.
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well... conversion...
here's my old one...
yes... you see it well... it's a Jango belt... bought it from someone in Australia, don't know anything else, was done through ebay.
And with TK-409's page I got to this...
so you know the drill. They're very rough, tommorow I'll sand them heavily.
ow look at what I found!! I love the way this looks!! some sort of vinyl or something, I'm not sure, 11.50 euros per square meter!!!
I really like this stuff, considerin it looks so much better then what I had... gosh I payed 90 euros for that sucker... :(
allright, I did some cutting and some sanding and some glueing!
well it toke some time but here they are all packed...
here's an annoying job to do... the straps... but it's done, tonight I'll sew them together and turn em inside out...
well the pouches are finished now, with some sewing and glueing... I'm surprised by how well they actually turned out.. :p
the colour is actually like ou see it the pic with all 8 pouches, but the camera flash brightens it up real bad in some of the others pics.
well I'm almost done, as the material is a little strechy I'm going to put a regular leather belt in the back of the thing so that will actually hold the pouches, and the vinyl belt is just for making it look right.
also need to add the rings.
the pics aren't to great but when the full costume is converted you can see everything.
Your conversion came out great. :thumbsup 10x improvement over that Jango belt. Keep up the great work, I love following your progress. :thumbsup
Go ROTJ! :fettrotj
:D thnx man! that means alot to me!!!
here are some better pics taken outside with the side pouches attached and all.
I slid a leather belt through the back and nailed them to the 8 pouches, it's now quit sturdy and possibly more durable, staying in it's form liek this.
you do see the belt closure a bit under the back side, but I don't really care, I really think this one came out quit well :) thnx to TK-409!!!
Very Nice..:thumbsup ....Now weather it up some..;)
yeah it's a bit to clean, but I'm not 100% sure how to do that yet, want to think it over a little... maybe sanding bits off and paint sprays or soemthing...
thnx for the compliment!!! :D
That turned out great :thumbsup
I would TEST out the weathering on a some scrape pieces first.....Quote:
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Again, Nice.:thumbsup
yeah thats a good idea, I got plenty of stuff left so that should be easily done.
stay tuned for progress:)
wanna study the belt a bit more to get an accurate weathering scheme.
yes,those are 'old' style jango's made by me,great job you have done there,but,now make them all useable...........lol.....that's the trick................
:) other time perhaps.
well done on the ammo belt,
:) thnx


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Boat size is really a function of personal choice for the most part. Larger boats, while harder to manage in many cases, are also more expensive to own and maintain. A lot of the people who decide to go cruising are doing so to get away from the very materialistic/conspicuous consumer lifestyle that seems so prevalent today, especially in Western Europe, the Americas and the Far East. Some people don't need a LCD HDTV on their boat, others require a 42" plasma screen with surround sound. Some people will need more space than others, and others want to have a smaller, and easier to clean, maintain and handle boat. Some like multihulls, and don't want to live life at 20 degrees, others want the rail under and the spray in the cockpit.
Finding a boat that works for the type of sailing you do, in the waters you are sailing in is what is important. That said, some boats are better suited to certain purposes than others. If you like entertaining, and do mostly coastal cruising from marina to marina, a Hunter, Beneteau, or something similar might be the right choice for you. If you spend a lot of time anchored out, but like your space, and want to be "off the grid" then a big catamaran may be a better choice.
There is no right or wrong... Find a boat you love, and go sailing.
I would say that your questions are subject to personal preference and subjectivity rather than dispute. I could take umbridge with Camaradie's comment "I think a lot of the "under 40 ft. crowd" recommends this because the writers asking for advice are inexperienced sailors AND because the responders themselves own under 40' boats and have a bias towards that size range." , but I won't. As someone who has sailed on boats of a wide range of sizes, I really think that the choice to go under 40 feet is one of preference rather than saying the decision is budget, or lack of experience driven. Just in the same way some people prefer to drive sports cars, or high quality compact cars, rather than an SUV, some people simply prefer living aboard and sailing smaller boats as well. I live very comfortably in an 1,100 square foot house, but I am designing a 9,500 square foot house for a client whose life style requires this much space. Neither of us are any more wrong in our choices or any more right in our choices. I doubt if I could afford it, that I would buy a bigger house or a bigger boat, but that does not make me univerally right, if you see my point.
For Camaradie less than 50 feet is not a comfortable size to live-aboard. For him that may be true. When I was in my 20's I lived on a 25 footer. I found her quite comfortable and at one point found myself asking, why would anyone want something bigger. As a kid, in the 1960's my family of four lived on a 32 foot Vanguard rather comfortably. My rather small 38 footer seems quite sumptuous to me and a good size between ease of handling, performance and seaworthiness. I look at my father's 42 foot offshore cruiser as being too big to be convenient, yet he has lived aboard quite comfortably, found her quite to his likeing offshore, and handles the boat quite easily with my stepmother.
What I am getting at is when you talk about the right sized boat, it is all about your own personal needs and tastes. Camaradie not wrong, he's just not universally right either. None of us can answer for your needs.
Lunch hour is over so I won't get into my disagreement in point of view on the quote "but many like me find [Tartan's, Sabre's etc.] unsuitable due to hull design and/or resulting lack of comfort at sea."
Originally Posted by Alienagw
Hello all,
Good information, however the more I read on Sailnet the more I become confused about boat size vs coastal and off shore sailing. Many of the threads push under 40ft for both liveaboard and costal sailing. How does the below 40ft enter in the equation for ease of control. The Beneteaus are normally well equipped compared to before there was roller furling?
Which also begs the questions what boats are not considered off shore boats?
1. I would never consider UNDER 40 ft for living aboard and cruising. My wife and I safely handle and cruise a 52' 50K lb. boat without the need for any electric winches (we have one for raising the main but we did it manually for 2 years!), or bow thrusters AND we feel a LOT safer in this boat than in any of our previous boats. We single hand during our watches at sea and the boat is easily and safely controlled by one person in most conditions. I think a lot of the "under 40 ft. crowd" recommends this because the writers asking for advice are inexperienced sailors AND because the responders themselves own under 40' boats and have a bias towards that size range. Budgets also tend to limit the size one recommends. Recognize that 90% of living aboard is LIVING not Sailing and a larger boat just makes it so much more comfortable. If you can afford it, there no reason to stay under 40 feet.
2. Beneteaus are generally not considered blue water boats since they are lightly constructed and designed primarily for are market of weekend sailors in protected waters that want a lot of room and ameneties at a good price. Rudder design, lifelines/stanchions, fuel & water tankage, bilge etc. are all generally unnacceptable to someone looking for an offshore boat. I DO think they are GOOD VALUE for their intended purpose.
3. There seems to be general agreement that of TODAY's manufacturers, Hunters/Beneteaus/Catalinas (and I would add Bavarias) are not suitable for offshore work.
Then we get into the middle ground of Tartan's Sabre's etc. which are clearly well constructed and able to stand up to the ocean...but many like me find unsuitable due to hull design and/or resulting lack of comfort at sea. Finally, we have the medium to heavily built offshore boats like Tayana, Passport,Westsail, Cape Dory, Island Packet etc. which are clearly designed for the sea but are thought by some to be too slow and ponderous and as a result...less safe and less fun to sail. This is of course a VAST over-generalization as each boat and model is different and manufacturers have changed over the years...I am simply trying to give you a feel for the scope of the issue.
|I'd strongly agree with SmartCaptain's idea of leaving a fairly sizeable budget for re-fitting, upgrading and repairing the boat. It might also help to know what kind of sailing experience you have, as well as whether you and your spouse both sail or just yourself. Getting a boat that you can single-hand easily is a slightly different task than getting one you can sail as a couple.
A while back there was a good thread discussing the differences between distance offshore cruisers and coastal cruising boats. I suggest that you do a search on that thread.
Generally, long distance offshore cruisers make very poor coastal cruisers, but they will work if you don't mind the compromises.
And by the same token, really good coastal cruisers make really very mediocre offshore boats, but most quality coastal cruisers are capable of making offshore passages.
When you talk about Beneteau Idyle, or Oceanis, or number serioes boats, the construction lacks the kind of robustness to stand up to the kind of repetative abuse that is a part of making an offshore passage and they lack the kind of interior layouts that are optimzed for life aboard during offshore passage making.
"normally well equipped compared to before there was roller furling?"
If by this you are suggesting that in-mast furling somehow changes the equation, I respectfully suggest that for distance voyaging you want a reliable reefing system that allows you reduce sail quickly to a heavy weather size and shape. In-mast furling does not permit the kind of sail shape control that becomes important for offshore work and in talking to delivery skippers who have had a lot of experience with these systems, the robustness and reliablility and sail shape control just is not present with in mast furling.
Hello all,
Good information, however the more I read on Sailnet the more I become confused about boat size vs coastal and off shore sailing. Many of the threads push under 40ft for both liveaboard and costal sailing. How does the below 40ft enter in the equation for ease of control. The Beneteaus are normally well equipped compared to before there was roller furling?
Which also begs the questions what boats are not considered off shore boats?
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... one final thought...
Spend 2/3 of your total budget on the boat and leave 1/3 for repairs, upgrades and outfitting. For example, spend $66k of a $100k budget on the boat and leave $34k for updgrades. It sounds like a lot to spend on gear and repairs, but you'll find that this ratio holds up over the first two years of boat ownership, especially for people buying cruising sailboats.
Best regards,
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Good morning,
I'm partial to Island Packets, having lived aboard my 38 for the past two years and having sailed it over 8,000 miles on five transits of the East Coast. Per your earlier posts, any 38' sailboat will be a lot of work. You might wish to consider a beamy, shorter boat. Check out the IP31 - tons of room and a fantastic cruising boat. You'll be happy you're on an IP when you're on the way to the Bahamas and the Gulf Stream gets nasty!
The best advice I was ever given was "try before you buy". Go out sailing on friends boats, and charter (if possible) any boat you're considering buying. Charter companies like the Moorings have popular Beneteaus, and some charter companies in FL have Island Packets.
Best regards,
Boat Suggestions
Have been looking at pictures of the 38T''s and although they are a beautiful boat, I don''t think I''m going to want to take care of that much wood. It looks great, but I want to spend time sailing vs maintaining. Do they all have the teak decking? I also failed to mention that I need something that my wife could singe hand if necessary. We are both in our 30''s and in good shape.
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Yes, this would be my first sailboat. I have had a powerboat for the past year and just can''t give up the idea of sailing. I have sailed a few times with friends about 10 years ago. I don''t plan on purchasing for another 1-2 years but I like to do alot of research before I jump into something. My wife and I both plan on becoming ASA certified for bareboat/coastal cruising. I would like to charter a few differnt boats as well before buying.
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On his June 22 radio show, Michael Savage [1] asserted that "women in America ... don't even like the news ... they want girl talk all the time."
From the June 22 broadcast of the nationally syndicated Savage Nation:
SAVAGE: But women in America don't really like anger. They don't even like the news, I don't know if you know that. They just want it to be calm, and safe -- and they want girl talk all the time. So I'll talk in a quiet, soothing voice today so that women don't get scared and run away. I'll make it friendly for women.
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Barack Obama has been president eight months, he has given a wonderful speech addressed to the Muslim world, but according to Admiral Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US continues to bungle its relations with Muslims. Those who hoped Obama would usher in a new era must confront the reality that not much has changed. Obama continues Bush rendition policies, he refuses to allow establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which might prove to Muslims Americans are ready to confront their mistakes. According to Mullen, "We hurt ourselves more when our words don't aligh with our actions."
Why hasn't Barack Obama grasped the importance of confronting mistakes in the Middle East and letting the world know we acknowledge errors? Mullen made a perceptive remark by noting: "Most strategic communication problems are not communication problems at all. They are policy and execution problems."
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I am currently dealing with real life, and will be taking a break from doing board upgrades. I may resume them in the future, but as of now (16 July 2013) I will not be offering this service.
I am pleased to offer my services to those Pinokio owners out there finding it difficult to find or justify the full cost of a P-board. This modification gives you the full benefit of a P-board (higher BPS, more positive feed/fewer hiccups) without the $60 plus shipping price tag.
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As with all of the third party mods and services offered here, they are listed in the "Voided Warranty" section for a reason. If you have a problem down the line with your hopper and Pinokio refuses warranty service, that is on you. With that said, the mod is pretty much indistinguishable from a factory P-board.
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Conor Henderson says he felt no apprehension at all about making his return from injury in the Reserves' 1-0 win at Newcastle this month.
The 20-year-old had been sidelined for more than eight months after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in a friendly against Cologne in July.
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"It was very good at Newcastle but it's been a frustrating time," he told the Official Arsenal Magazine. "I have just had to stay positive and patient. I knew I would get back eventually.
"I felt relief, happiness, everything you could imagine to be playing again. The frustration was gone, and it was a very good feeling.
"I thought there would be some apprehension about playing again - there was with the last injury [also a cruciate knee ligament injury, when he was 17] - but I felt fearless.
"There were no worries, I just concentrated on playing. I felt comfortable in the game and on the ball, so I was really happy with how it went. There was no reaction in the knee, no pain at all."
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1. Tears of the Sun
2. Blackhawk Down
3. Top Gun
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1. Tears of the Sun
2. Blackhawk Down
3. Top Gun
Patton (I really like George C Scott)
A bridge to far
Guns of Naveron
Actually most all of them to tell the truth :watching:
I don't generally care for military/war movies.
Blackhawk Down was especially hard to watch. It's realistic though. One of my friends, a guy in my unit, was in the eighth vehicle in that convoy through Mogadishu. I also got to have a nice chat with Mark Bowden one night. Nice guy and smart as all hell.
Kelly's Heros.
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Stripes :mrgreen:
Of films that haven't been mentioned yet;
Hamburger Hill
Full Metal Jacket
A Bridge too Far
Das Boot
A midnight clear
"Go there", and your attraction will fade p.d. fast... ditto, Hotel Rwanda. I have come to hate these stupid Hollywood fantasies that never could come close to the reality of hell. Better they had just flattened everything for two blocks in all directions from the flashpoint...no innocent civilians out there, just the clans ...
Kelly's Heros
12 o'clock high
the longest day.
saving private ryan
I always liked Sergeant York,even though it wasn't all about war...
other favorites that I can recall...
Saving Pvt Ryan
Pearl Harbor
Hell is for heros; Steve McQueen
The Great Escape
The Devil's Bridgade
I forgot about Behind Enemy Lines. Great movie.
apocalypse now
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Patton".
I can't believe no one has mentioned Full Metal Jacket! My favorite war movie. (Edit: Whoops I missed it.....someone did mention it).
Saving Private Ryan & Apocalypse Now are my other top choices.
Worst War Movie? Well I'm sure there are some really bad ones out there but Pearl Harbor was a big let down for me
Enemy at the Gates
The Great Raid
Saving Private Ryan
Dirty Dozen
Force 10 from Navaronne
Did anybody see Jarhead? was that any good?


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Green Bay Routs Cleveland State for Two-Game Lead
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
CLEVELAND, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Visiting Green Bay (21-5, 11-2 HL) jumped out to 16-2 lead and held a 20-point lead 12 minutes into Saturday afternoon's game at Cleveland State (18-10, 9-4 HL), and the Phoenix got 18 points each from Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) and Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) en route to a 68-54 win in Horizon League men's basketball action at the Wolstein Center.
With the victory, Green Bay ended the Vikings' seven-game winning streak and extended its lead in the Horizon League standings to two games over Cleveland State and Valparaiso. The Phoenix hosts Valpo on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Resch Center.
Brown scored 42 points this weekend as the Phoenix swept its Ohio road trip against Youngstown State (71-40) and Cleveland State for the second-straight season. Green Bay has won eight of its last nine Horizon League road games, including a 5-1 record this season.
On Saturday, Brown set the tone for the Phoenix, scoring nine points during the 16-2 spurt to start the game. Green Bay extended its lead to 20 points (27-7) eight minutes into the game, took a 32-19 lead into the halftime, and led by as many as 23 points in the second half.
Cleveland State entered Saturday's game as the nation's top three-point shooting team but made just 5-of-23 shots from long range against Green Bay. Meanwhile, Brown made 3-of-4 triples and the Phoenix ended the game 6-of-11 from beyond the arc.
Getting six points from junior Greg Mays (Chicago, Ill.), Green Bay opened the second half on a 10-2 run to extend its lead to 42-22. The Phoenix lead was 57-36 with 7:36 to play before Cleveland State scored 12 points to make things interesting. Green Bay scored the next seven points to put the game away.
Sykes scored 18 points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field and 11-of-14 from the free-throw line. With 161 free throws made in 2013-14, Sykes broke his own single-season program record. Mays finished with 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field.
The nation's second-leading shot blocking team had 10 blocks on Saturday, extending its Horizon League record to 195. Freshman Kenneth Lowe (Little Chute, Wis.) had a career-high four blocks while sophomore Jordan Fouse (Racine, Wis.) blocked three shots and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
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An 'impossible' dream—for an atheist
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Are dreams really just the product of brain circuitry being 'stabilized' during sleep, as evolutionary biologists contend? Or something more …
By the third time that I'd had this dream (in my early twenties), the details were very firmly etched in my mind. It was always the same. In the dream I was walking on a hot day along a dusty rough vehicular track, dodging the muddy potholes—evidence of past rain (I guessed), though not for a while it seemed, as the sides of the potholes had dried out and caked hard. The air smelt of a curious mixture of dry dust and drying mud.
Apart from the bare wheel ruts, the track was overgrown with weedy plants, many of which were in flower—their fragrance along with the smell of mud and airborne dust was unforgettably distinctive. It was obviously a rural area, as to my left and right, i.e. on the other side of each of the barbed wire fences lining the road, cattle—a beautiful chestnut-coloured type, with white legs, which I'd never seen before—were grazing. The air was so still and quiet in the midday heat that I could very clearly hear the cattle crunching on the stubble they were grazing.
At that exact moment, a cloud suddenly provided me with some welcome shady respite from the fierce heat of the midday sun directly overhead. At this point in the dream, I remember noting:
- the sun was indeed directly overhead—something I'd never seen before, having spent all my life (up to that point) at southern latitudes (I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, which is where I had this recurring dream)
- the cloud was obviously very small and the only cloud in the sky, because the land just a short distance away from me (in all directions) was still bathed in sunlight, including in front of me just off to my left a cluster of small greyish white concrete buildings constructed in a style I'd never seen before.
While I was absorbing all this, the silence was suddenly broken by the sound of a chainsaw, coming from a distant stand of trees off to my right.
It was always at this point in the dream that I woke up to find it was morning, in Adelaide, and time for me to go off to school/university. Given that I was an atheist at the time, I simply dismissed the recurring 'dream' as an involuntary product of my brain doing whatever it is that brains do to process and file away information picked up from what our eyes, ears, etc., saw, heard or read during our waking hours. After all (I reasoned at the time), we're just a collection of chemicals, and our brain is really just a bunch of chemical reactions—so our sleep is an opportunity for the body to reorganize/reverse the brain's chemical reactions ready for a new day—akin to recharging batteries overnight.
Or so I thought—back then. (Today, as a Christian, I have a very different view.)
Journey to Indonesia
Time passed, and at 23 years of age I accepted an opportunity to work in Indonesia on an intergovernmental (Australia–Indonesia) cooperative agricultural research project.
Photo by David Catchpoole
Photo by David Catchpoole
I was based at a research station in a rural district about 30 km from Makassar,1 in South Sulawesi, arriving there towards the end of the wet season in early 1983.
I'd never been to the tropics before, and I'd certainly never seen a true 'wet season'—Adelaide's winter of drizzling 'rain' was nothing like this torrential rain I was now seeing bucketing down from the sky! The 700 metres or so of unformed 'road' that I used to walk each day from my living quarters to my field research site was completely sodden—the occasional few vehicles which used the road (to take goods to and from the local 'kampung' (village)) often became bogged in the mud.
Photo by David Catchpoole
Part of the research station land at Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, where the author worked from 1983-1986. A portion of the public 'road' (at that time it was really just a vehicular track) traversed by the author each day is just visible in the background at left (i.e. on the other side of the fence); the fringe of the author's research plots is just visible in the background at right..
But over the subsequent weeks, as the wet season began to ease, giving way to afternoon storms, then to mostly fine weather, the road began to dry out.
So too did the surrounding land under its crops (predominantly maize) and it wasn't long before dozens of workers dotted the local fields, as they laboured to bring in the harvest (by hand—the old-fashioned way!).
The author standing among his field research site plots in late 1983, addressing a group of agricultural science students from Makassar's Hasanuddin University. (For a more recent photo of the author, see his biography here.).
One day, after I had spent a particularly hot morning working at my field research site, I headed back to my living quarters for the midday meal. I felt somewhat weary, and was really looking forward to lunch and a nice cool drink.
The road was now almost dry, apart from the deeper potholes which were still muddy at the bottom, but it obviously wouldn't be too much longer before they dried out too. Just as well only a few vehicles used this road, I thought, because every time a vehicle went past (as one had done only about 20 minutes earlier), it stirred up clouds of very fine dust, which hung in the air for ages afterwards.
With the fierce tropical sun blazing overhead out of a cloudless sky, I deftly skipped around a couple of the deeper potholes as I hurried home for lunch.
But quite suddenly, the sting went out of the sun—I was in shadow! I glanced up and saw that 'out of the blue' a small cloud had formed exactly between me and the sun directly overhead—and I stopped dead in my tracks. Because (as you've probably guessed), I immediately recognized that I'd been here before.
Photo by David Catchpoole
The author grew very familiar with this road, but did not recognize he had 'seen' it before, until one particular moment ….
Of course, I don't just mean that I'd been at that point of the road before—having walked this way several times a day for months I now knew this 700-metre stretch of road like the back of my hand. What I mean is, I'd been at that moment before. And I was shaken to the core.
Because everything fitted with the recurring dream of years earlier. The distinctive fragrance of the flowering weeds along the road mixed with dust and the smell of drying mud, the cloud between me and the sun in an otherwise cloudless sky, the sun illuminating the 'strange' buildings off to the left in front of me—but of course the greyish-white concrete buildings were no longer strange but very familiar to me, because they were the buildings on the government research station, and I now lived in one!
The author photographed with 'Sapi Bali' (Bali cattle; a type of Bos javanicus) in 1983 in rural Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia..
What's more, the cattle were now here too. This was the first time since my arrival that cattle had been allowed into the cropping land alongside this road. With the harvest only finished yesterday, today the distinctive 'sapi Bali' (Balinese cattle—specifically a breed of Bos javanicus) had been brought in to graze the stubble.
And as I stood stock still listening to them crunching on the stubble on this windless day, I was in deep shock. Because I was trying to work out how it could possibly be that my brain could have known years in advance of this exact moment.
Photo by David Catchpoole
The contrast between the local kampung dwellings, and the concrete buildings on the government research station, was stark..
And my shock was further magnified when the rural quiet was shattered by the sound of a chainsaw starting up (just as in the dream), coming from a distant stand of trees which I now knew (from having explored the area at weekends) concealed another local kampung. (This was the first time I'd heard a chainsaw in Indonesia, but I soon learnt it was a common sound in that area during the dry season—the time of year for cutting regrowth from teak tree stumps.)
I must have stood rooted to that spot for at least ten minutes, absorbing it all in absolute amazement, and trying to make sense of it. At length, the cloud moved (or dissipated—I was too preoccupied to note which), and, reluctantly driven by the stinging heat of the tropical sun, I ambled very slowly towards my living quarters, deep in thought.
An experience too confronting to confront
As I neared my building, a neighbouring staff resident came out to meet me, looking at me very curiously, and asking if I was all right. I replied that there was no problem—but the truth was that I was very badly shaken, and trying to find a rational answer for what I'd just experienced. A 'rational' answer, that is, that fitted with my atheistic worldview, a worldview that is dismissive of anything that might hint at the existence of a spiritual realm, or supernatural occurrences. Going through my head at that moment were claims I'd heard about ESP, horoscopes and fortune-telling—but I dismissed them all. Nevertheless I continued to mentally wrestle with all this for some hours, until at about three o'clock in the afternoon, I simply put it all out of my mind and got on with my life.
In other words, I simply forgot about it. Totally. Don't ask me how—I just don't know.
Photo by David Catchpoole
View of the road from the author's research site back towards his living quarters—at far right of the cluster of buildings in the background. The road bends and passes to the right of those buildings, eventually connecting to the main southern road to Makassar (capital city of South Sulawesi), about 30 km away..
Even though I traversed that road who-knows-how-many times during the following three years, I never (i.e. for the duration of my stay in Indonesia) had the slightest recollection of what had happened to me that day. (Nor have I ever had that dream again.)
In hindsight, I think my putting it 'out of mind' is similar to what has happened on occasion in the scientific community. From time to time, certain findings which contradict scientists' expectations are set aside (dismissed) as 'outliers', i.e. regarded as one-off aberrations due to some fault in the experimental set-up or similar factor. Eventually, after many such 'outliers' are observed, the scientific community will change their paradigm to fit the new evidence (though often reluctantly, and not without stubborn rearguard resistance from diehard supporters of the old paradigm—see box: Science's blind side).
In my case, my 'dream-come-true' did not fit with my evolutionary there-is-no-spirit-realm paradigm, and I conveniently forgot about it. Until, that is, I had a complete change of worldview—I abandoned atheism and became a Christian—and read something in the Bible that I believe relates directly to my dramatic moment on that Indonesian road when the recurring dream of my youth became reality.
Photo by David Catchpoole
Makassar from the air, wet season 1984. Muddy water streams from the twin mouths of the Jeneberang River. Silt deposited like this extends the coastline such that fishing villages along the estuary need to relocate several kilometres downstream every few years, to retain navigable sea access. This is yet another example of how claimed millions-of-years ages for the earth's topography just don't stack up—see, e.g., Eroding ages, Vanishing coastlines, and The earth—how old does it look?.
Note that my experience was not a factor in my conversion—which happened a bit over two years after that cloud shaded me at that spot on the road (i.e. while I was still in Indonesia, but that's another story). As I said, I had completely forgotten about my 'fulfilled dream' until I happened to be reading a certain passage in the Bible a full 16 years after the experience, and 14 years after I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour.
That passage is in the Apostle Paul's famous address to the people of Athens at the Areopagus, where he says:
'From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.' Acts 17:26, NIV
It hit me like a bombshell: 'and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live'. God knew not only the exact place where I would be but also the precise time as well! There's no other way that I could have dreamed such a dream: the appearance of the cattle, buildings, the fragrance of the flowering weeds, the sun directly overhead—I could not have known such details on the basis of my own experience and knowledge prior to going to Indonesia (i.e. years after the recurring dream). And note that despite my walking several times each day over that exact place on the road for some months beforehand it was only when the precise time matched with the scene in my dream that I recognized it.
Why would God have done such a thing? For me, I have no doubt—I believe the Apostle Paul explained why in the very next thing he said to the Athenians:
'God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. "For in him we live and move and have our being."' Acts 17:27–28a, NIV
Just look at that: so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him.
Today, I look at those words with a mixture of gratitude and yet quite some sadness. Because at that time I did not seek Him, nor reach out for Him—I made no effort to find Him whatsoever, despite the fact that, as I now recognize, He is indeed 'not far from each one of us'. (Perhaps if I had sought Him at that time, I would not have had such a difficult time of things during the following two years.)
Consequently, despite my 'impossible' dream-come-true having left me profoundly shaken, I ignored it, and therefore at that time was none the wiser for having had the experience.
But today, I've put this into print so that hopefully anyone reading this who has not yet taken to heart Jesus' promise that 'seek and you shall find' (Matthew 7:7), might learn from what happened to me. Because, as the Apostle Paul said, it really is true—it's only in God, our Creator, the One Who gives us life and breath and everything else (Acts 17:25), that we live and move and have our being.
Apart from God, any dreams we might have are meaningless. He has revealed in His written Word, the Bible, everything that we need for salvation (2 Timothy 3:15–17). All experience must be interpreted by the light of Scripture, not vice versa.
Science's blind sideThe public perception of science is often that 'science is neutral', but in practice, the ruling 'paradigm' can be so strong that conflicting data and anomalies are often ignored.
Of course, when this is pointed out, there is frequently denial and resistance from certain quarters in the scientific community (especially in relation to the origin-of-life issue). It has been reported that: 'Kuhn2 aroused the ire of many scientists when he argued that paradigms have philosophical and psychological components and are not readily discarded in the face of anomalous evidence.'3
One such scientist who, in the context of the creation/evolution debate, would like the public to view science as being truly objective is renowned anti-creationist Ian Plimer. He has written:
'If new evidence disproves a scientific theory, then the existing theory is rejected or undergoes revision in the light of the new evidence.'4
If Dr Plimer actually believes that, then his view is naïve in the extreme. In reality, scientists are often in the grip of the prevailing paradigm (i.e. belief system) of the day. (Something that, as one of the few voices railing against the current global warming alarmism paradigm, Ian Plimer has recently experienced first-hand.)
The philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn (mentioned above) demonstrated the stifling hold that the prevailing 'accepted' view can have on researchers in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He described true scientific revolutions as being nothing less than wholesale paradigm shifts. But these are rare, and Kuhn described how science in the grip of a widely-accepted paradigm tolerates anomalies and some contrary evidence for some time in the hope of solving them within the paradigm.5
Also noteworthy is the fact that, as Professor Evelleen Richards, a non-creationist historian of science at the University of New South Wales, Australia, has pointed out, scientists challenging the ruling paradigm find it hard to get published or receive research grants—see this quote.
And here's another key observation from a non-creationist, Hubert Yockey, regarding the stranglehold a paradigm can have, especially in the absence of any known alternative:
'The history of science shows that a paradigm, once it has achieved the status of acceptance (and is incorporated in textbooks) and regardless of its failures, is declared invalid only when a new paradigm is available to replace it.'6,7
Another philosopher of science, Imre Lakatos, pointed out that the ruling paradigm can be further protected with auxiliary hypotheses. Any contrary evidence is blamed on the failure of one of these hypotheses, which is then sacrificed to protect the core theory. See how this works in practice with the big bang paradigm.
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- Makassar has also been known by the alternative name 'Ujung Pandang'. Return to text.
- Kuhn, T., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (3rd edition), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996. Return to text.
- From an essay by Jonathan Wells in: Dembski, WA, ed., Mere Creation—Science, Faith & Intelligent Design, with Contributions by Michael Behe, David Berlinski, Phillip Johnson, Hugh Ross and others, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, p. 66, 1998. Return to text.
- See: More nonsense from Ian Plimer Return to text.
- David Catchpoole comments: 'That's clearly what I was trying to do until about 3pm on the day of the "dream-come-true"—i.e. I was trying to solve the obvious anomaly from within the atheistic/evolutionary paradigm.' Return to text.
- Hubert P. Yockey, Information Theory and Molecular Biology, Cambridge University Press, UK, 1992, p. 336. For a longer extract see: Quotable quote: Primeval soup failed paradigm Return to text.
- David Catchpoole comments: 'So, despite my dream experience [main text], in the absence of a new paradigm that did not invoke a spiritual realm, I simply tolerated (ignored) the anomaly, and did not seriously question my atheistic/evolutionary paradigm.' Return to text.


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El Nino's effect on CO2 causes confusion about CO2's role for climate change
Are the rising atmospheric CO2-levels a result of oceans warming up? And does that mean that CO2 has little role in the global warming? Moreover, are the rising levels of CO2 at all related to human activity?
These are claims made in a fresh publication by Humlum et al. (2012). However, when seeing them in the context of their analysis, they seem to be on par with the misguided notion that the rain from clouds cannot come from the oceans because the clouds are intermittent and highly variable whereas the oceans are just there all the time. I think that the analysis presented in Humlum et al. (2012) is weak on four important accounts: the analysis, the physics, reviewing past literature, and logic.
This time Humlum et al. did not directly remove part of the data which didn't fit their conclusions, however, they chose to use a short record of global mean CO2 from NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), starting from 1980, rather than the longer Keeling curve from Mauna Loa starting in 1958.
The two CO2 records, however, are almost identical over 1980-2012 (green curves in Fig. 1), and hence it would be more appropriate to use the longer record because CO2 is expected to play a role for long timescales. Hence, the Humlum et al. paper highlights the need for sorting out some classic misunderstandings, namely the mix-up between time scales. We have already discussed the absurdly misguided claims of a "halted global warming" based on a brief period after 1998 (here and here and ….)
In order to assess the claims made in Humlum et al. (2012) (in italics above), I have repeated part of their analysis and got very similar results (all reproduced with the on-line R-script). Fig 1 here is a replication of figure 1 in Humlum et al. (2012) and I got almost identical results using the Keeling curve from Mauna Loa starting in 1958 rather than the global curve starting in 1980.
Fig. 2 corresponds to the lower panel in their figure 2, and shows the results of my attempt to reproduce the quantities making up the basis for their claims: their 'DIFF12' quantities (a type of differentiation operator) which really is meant to describe the rate of changes in the original curves.
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- O. Humlum, K. Stordahl, and J. Solheim, "The phase relation between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperature", Global and Planetary Change, vol. 100, pp. 51-69, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.08.008