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|And what I am trying to point out is what is recommended by the all the manufacturers, such as that link to Victor which is one of if not the leader in torch/cutting gear, plus trade schools and every welding text you are likely to find. In all my years of doing this I don't think I have ever heard such a thing as one simple setting from an experienced welder, I mean good gosh man it is just basic and common torch skill! That one particular setting like that may be a decent number to use if the operator was limited to one such choice but as that chart (and many others) clearly shows any one setting would have to be a compromise in most situations so why limit yourself? Like I said if it works for you do it that way but for most people there is simply no reason to limit their tools to such a simplistic compromise when tuning the darn thing for optimum results is so simple, anyone using that chart will find it very easy and will quickly find they can do it by "feel" in just a very short time and the chart is really not something always needed as a reference. The chart is a handy way to get started but just as other techniques will need to be learned so does adjusting the regulators, it is just part of it and saying that one specific pressure setting is best for everything makes little sense because every situation is different. Actually a few lbs of Oxygen pressure makes a big difference in how well a torch will cut and I just can't imagine trying to use one without being able to tune it to whatever is best for what I am cutting, like I said that is just part of it. I guess if a person can not develop the skill for what is the right setting and don't want to bother with using a chart then maybe that simplistic approach is better than nothing.
You might get away with 40 PSI on a machine torch and large hoses but I find that 50 to 55 works a lot better when cutting by hand with the usual equipment most of the guys here are going to have, however if you are super steady you may be able to do it, most people will not be able to. Besides that's way bigger than anything likely to be found for what anyone here will be using. 40 PSI is way too much pressure for 1/2" or less and for automotive work like what we normally talk about here 25 lbs is plenty with a, for example, Victor no. 1 tip or slightly higher with a smaller tip, it in fact will give a better cut than the higher pressures on these thin materials in addition to saving Oxygen. Again there simply is no one Oxygen setting for all around use but if that's the way you do it and it works for you then by all means keep doing it that way. For you guys learning to do this try using a tip chart for the particular brand of tip/torch you will be using or simply adjust the Oxygen down to the lowest PSI that gives a clean cut for you. Some of the smaller rigs with the 1/4" hoses may need a slightly higher pressure setting than the bigger torches with larger hose but the difference will be slight.
Here is a handy chart I have used as an example before and it works quite well, 40 PSI certainly is used as are many other pressure settings.
These are just good starting points however and good cutting skills will determine what variations are required when using different tip sizes than the chart shows. Very few people would have an exact optimum tip size for for every thickness of metal likely to be encountered so as an example then the chart shows 1/2" plate at 30/35 PSI with a no. 0 tip but using a no.1 is just fine at about 25 to 30 PSI, a no. 2 will also give a good cut on 1/2" with about 25 PSI on the same plate thickness but that would be about the largest practical size to use on plate of that thickness. Certainly larger or even smaller tips could be made to work but anything out of that range starts to push practical limits, same principle applies to thicker/thinner metal. This is why there is no one setting for everything and telling someone who is just learning that there is will be getting them off to a bad start. Generally adjusting the Oxygen pressure before starting a cut is just part of the process and after you do it a while it becomes quite simple to look at the size of the tip and the thickness being cut and set the pressure according to the task at hand. A "one pressure for everything setting" may work ok for some things, make a poor cut for some and simply waste Oxygen on others so why not just learn to do it right? Nothing to it really and it simply becomes second nature to know how much pressure will work best for what after a person does this for just a little while.
I've never had a problem cutting plate up to or more than 6" with OXY set at 40 PSI and Acetylene at 7 PSI,i just do a bit of preheating with the torch before i make the cut and they've come out clean cuts..which personaly i do the little pre-heat on anything or any size i cut with a OXY/Acetylene torch,it makes a cleaner cut.
The summer of 2008 up in Morgantown W.V. i was on the new coal burner they were building,biggest boilers in the USA,i was regularly the one cutting the cope out on the beams because the steel was fabbed in china and nothing fit right,and the beams were anything from 1/2" to 8",using a #3 tip on the thicker iron.
The only time i've ever had to set it higher is if we added a hundred feet or more to the hose to get up high somewhere or somewhere where the torch cart couldn't go.
I've never seen it a problem as waisting OXY at 40 PSI with anything 1/4" up,anything thinner i use a Plasma Arc or a 6" Metabo or Dewault with a cutting wheel.
Use the right size tip according to the size steel you're cutting and the tip won't let it waiste OXY with it set at 40 PSI
I do agree that anyone using an OXY/Acetylene torch to cut 1/8" or less will get away with less pressure settings,but i'd never use it for that for the fact it will warp anything that small or smaller even with a .00 tip making it a mess to straighten out.
|These "one size fits all" suggestions for Oxy/fuel settings is simply ridiculous and the Oxygen pressure needs to be set for the task at hand, are you saying you cut 1/4" plate with 40 PSI Oxygen? How about 1/8" plate? What about 6" plate even with a large tip? Sure 40 PSI CAN work in a lot of situations but there are a heck of a lot more where a lot less pressure, or more pressure, would work a lot better. Using 40 PSI on thin plate is going to waste a lot of Oxygen and with the right (small tip) it is going to make a poor cut! Fellas there IS NOT ANY ONE SETTING FOR OXYGEN! Even Acetylene sometimes needs more than 7 PSI although for the vast majority of jobs that setting would be fine, try using a no. 6 (Victor) tip to cut 6" plate with only 7 PSI on the fuel gauge, might work if you have 1/2" hose! Learn to set the Oxygen pressure to whatever works properly for what is being done and I would think that for what most of the guys here would be using a torch for 40 PSI Oxygen is simply way too high, even if it works ok you would be wasting a lot of it on thin plate.
WOW..talk about bringing a thread back from the dead!..lol
But i've never seen this one,mostly because i am not here much in the past 2 years or so because i have been into the 4x4'n,Jeeps and Early Bronco "FAD" lately..lol
I have to agree with krazyone 100%,not because i am also an International Ironworker and been in the trade for 30+ years,but i've also ALWAYS been told Oxy-40 PSI,Acetylene-7 PSI...and the oxy valve wide open..and the Acetylene valve 1/2 way.
This is also and has always been the practice of Pipefitters,Boilermakers,Millwrights and Specialty Welders companys and any Fab shops i've ever worked around the country and Apprenticeship classes.
The reason i have been told is that the Acetylene valve is not designed for "wide open"....the acetone in the bottle used to dissolve Acetylene when refilled can get to the seal if the valve is wide open and
cracking the valve wide open can cause the Acetylene to be even more unstable as it already is because of the high pressure being exerted through the gauges....whether this is true or not?..i don't know,but i tend to use those practices because we go through "thorough" safety classes and STRICT safety rule standards in the BIG industrial plants and jobsites before we are even allowed to work there and this is what myself and millions of craft hands have been and still taught.
One thing i didn't notice in this thread ,maybe it was brought up because i mostly "breezed" through all the posts...
NEVER..i mean NEVER! use oil or grease ANYWHERE on a torch setup..gauges,torch,hoses,fittings....NOWHERE...it will ignite the Acetylene/Oxy like as if you put a flame to it,its not a Question of "IF" it will happen..it is a fact of "IT WILL HAPPEN".
Fire Arresters,or also called "Flash Arresters" are a standard on a torch setup and a MUST on any job i work anymore,they must be placed at the exit side of the regulators/gauges,not at the torch end.
|might as well put in my 2 cents! i am an ironworker and use oxy/acl torches on a daily basis. i was taught in apprentice class that oxy tank gets opened all the way. acl tank gets opened half way. 40 lbs at the oxy, and 7 lbs at the fuel. i think that the most important thing is to prevent an accident in the first place! whenever i use the torches at work they are at least 25 ft away. when i use the torches at my house i put them outside the garage door. always blow the slag away from the bottles! keep a fire extinguisher next to your work! even a bucket of water to put cut scrap pieces into. torches have to be one of the most usefull tools in the shop, but if they have leaky hoses, leaky regulators they can be a real big hazzard. alot of people buy those japan torch kits with the 15 ft hose that comes with them, buy another section of hose, be safe! buy a few plastic hand spring clamps and some fireproof tarps if you do cutting in the garage and need to protect windows and stuff you don't want slag on. it's all just common sence!!!!!! anyway my 2 cents!
The demo I saw the guy had 8 plates stacked together for a total of 4", as I said I was told about the video of the larger stack but I never saw that.
It's supposed to be on the web, let's see if we can find it,
Well that didn't take long!
How about TWENTY rusty plates?
Not a video but quite interesting anyway.
Ok, I just discovered that the video I was told about is found on the site at the link above.
The 10-12 plates were stacked for the cut?
|The one time I saw it demonstrated the fella had eight 1/2" rusty plates stacked on top of each other and that darn thing went right through them like it was one solid piece of clean steel! Pretty impressive itself but I have heard of a video where the same demo was done using something like 10 or 12 rusty plates of about the same thickness, I have sure seen the times when something like that would have been really handy. Since I have retired I keep seeing all these wonderful toys coming out and I can't help but wonder what the next 40 or so years will bring.
|Red, I have seen it used, but have never gathered up the testicular fortitude to try it! It is actually making a comeback. Something about fire and gasoline seems scary to me! I've always said that a welder is just one step above cavemen. I tell my students we are basically knuckle draggers, get used to it! FIRE GOOD!!! LOL
|Wedge, have you used Oxy/gasoline? I have never had the opportunity to try this setup but from what I have read it does seem quite fascinating.
I might as well chime in on the arguement. Not that it makes me the authority on the subject, but I do teach welding and fabrication for a living, and I am a Certified Welder, Welding Inspector, and Certified Welding Educator through the American Welding Society. I teach per Harris Calorific's instruction of 1/2 turn acetylene and full open oxygen. 5-7 PSI for fuel, never to exceed 15 PSI 20-40 PSI oxygen, never to exceed 1/2 wide open of gauge. As previously stated, I teach the oxygen regulator is a double seat design. I have never encountered a double seat fuel regulator. As for gasses, I use acetylene and a fuel blend sold by CHEMTANE (propane blend) It is capable of 6000F. It cuts extremely well and very fast. It WILL NOT weld, but for cutting, I have never used better. It is safe at full tank pressure, not that you would ever need to. It lasts longer and is much safer. I was a die hard acetylene man and I still use it, but the CHEMTANE is awesome. Try it, you will like it. My
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|I agree that there is no performance gains in opening more than 1/2 turn and I actually never even thought about that one way or the other. That is not a manufacturer manual I have but rather a welding supply catalog from back around 1998 or '97. As I said from the beginning this has been discussed for as far back as I can remember and that's why I said several times in this thread that it is a matter of opinion and for everyone to be their own judge. One thing is for sure whether or not one takes the position of opening the valve all the way or only 1/2 turn the overwhelming advice is to go only with the 1/2 turn, so overwhelming in fact that I have found next to nothing to the contrary even though I took the time to search.
To the best of my knowledge, no valve manufacturer makes a double seat low pressure valve. Keep in mind, it takes very little leakage to sound like a hole in the boat.
If you feel more comfortable opening it all the way, I say go nuts! There is no gains as far as performance of the tool to be had by 1/2 turn or 12 turns.
As far as leaks in the stem and bonnet, if there is one, the supply house should be notified and the valve should be replaced.
The curiosity is killing me. what manufacturer manual do you have that shows a double seat? I would be interested into looking at one.
Thanks for your input on this Oldred.
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A greener shade of history
Ballard woman first in line for historic Seattle marijuana purchase
By Tim Clifford
Being at the front of the line to make the first historic retail purchase of marijuana in Seattle was not the initial plan for Ballard's Deborah Greene.
"James [the owner of Cannabis City] came walking out the door and said "Oh my god, it's my first customer," looks at his watch and it was 2:58. "This is incredible, and I said 'I guess I can't go home now,'" Greene describes of showing up the day before Cannabis City begins legal retail sales of marijuana.
With well over 200 people in line and waiting before mid-day and after hosting a media event to inaugurate the grand opening the small retail space that is Cannabis City was swarmed beyond capacity. After winning in a lottery held by the state liquor board to obtain a license to sell marijuana and a lengthy inspection process Cannabis City opened Tuesday at noon as the first retail marijuana store in Seattle, with Deborah Greene as their first customer.
The price for 2 grams on opening day will be $40 dollars and Cannabis city is prepared to sell out quickly despite the high mark up.
"I probably smoke a bowl once a month if that. So it really isn't about getting the pot today necessarily, it's about being a part of the history of it," says Greene. A four year resident of Ballard the 65 year old felt comfortable camping overnight in the SODO since Cannabis City had prepared for early arrivals by hiring Eastside Security to manage crowd control and food was provided to those in line by representatives from Leafly, a cannabis information app.
"Security was here all night, armed security, and there were some characters who came through, but nothing was ever really threatening," says Greene of the overnight experience.
After James Lathrop, owner of Cannabis City, cut away the mock police tape that acted as the ceremonial ribbon over the door a short press conference was held.
Alison Holcomb, the driving force behind Initiative 502 which has made today possible for shops like Cannabis City, was the first to speak cited the occasion as a progressive step for civil liberties. "Decriminalization, ending the arrest of users is something that has already been done in other several states and countries. What we are tackling today is the supply side of the equation. Removing marijuana out of the shadows, regulating it for consumer and community safety, and dedicating new tax revenues to keeping kids healthy and in school" said Holcomb.
Next up was city attorney Pete Holmes who drew an uproar of applause when he closed his speech by saying "The most important take away for everyone here is that today marijuana sales became legal, and I am here to personally exercise [that right] myself".
Greene stood and posed for pictures in front of the press as if being on a red carpet next to Magical Butter's Jeremy Cooper. Cooper, along with the rest of his crew, wore a Willy Wonka-esque bright green wig the entire morning. With the declaration from Lathrop of "I think it's time to free the weed" the doors were open and sales and Greene was lead inside to make her purchase and her way into a chapter of Seattle history.
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In a recent (of Sept. 16, 2005) publication in Science, Hatun et al. find that record-high salinities have been observed over the past decade in the region where water from the Atlantic flows into the northern oceans. They combine an analysis of observations with simulations using an ocean model, concluding that the salinity of the inflow to the northern oceans is controlled by ocean dynamics and the circulation in the sub-polar gyre. The observations by Hatun et al. may suggest that at the moment the warm and salty waters from the south are especially warm and salty.
In another publication paper in Science from June 17th 2005, on the other hand, Curry & Mauritzen conclude that as a whole the northern North Atlantic has become significantly fresher (less salty) in recent decades. The latter study was based entirely on observations (hydrographic data between Labrador and Europe in the past 50 years). The recent evidence for salinification provided by Hatun et al. has been interpreted by some as being inconsistent with the evidence for high-latitude North Atlantic freshening found in previous reports. So what is really happening? Is the salinity increasing or decreasing? And can the two recent Science studies be consistent with each other?
Northern Europe experiences a mild climate relative to other regions of the same latitude. For instance, Oslo is at approximately the same latitude as the southern tip of Greenland, but has a substantially more mild climate. Though the atmosphere plays an important role here too, the heat transported by the ocean is a key factor responsible for the mild conditions in many parts of Northern Europe. A component of this transport is tied to a current system where salty surface water near the Arctic loses heat, becomes denser, and thus sinks into the deep ocean. This sinking is believed to be part of a large-scale ocean circulation known as the 'global conveyor belt', sometimes referred to as the thermohaline circulation because the circulation is driven by density variations related to variations in temperature and salinity.
Many of the surface currents of the world oceans (i.e., the ocean 'gyres' which appear as rotating horizontal current systems in the upper ocean) are driven by the wind, however, the sinking in the Arctic is related to the buoyancy forcing (effects that change either the temperature or salinity of the water, and hence its buoyancy). The sinking is mainly driven by the saltiness of the water, which is affected by evaporation of fresh water from the surface or, particularly in the Arctic, freezing seawater which leaves salt behind in the water beneath the ice.
Theory and modelling suggest that if the sinking of the salty surface waters in the North Atlantic slowed down or stopped, there would be a reduction in the heat transport by the ocean, which would have implications for the climate of northern Europe. Projections of potential future climates indicate that this may occur in response to increasing greenhouse gas forcing, though the degree of the change is highly variable from one model simulation to another.
Freshening of the ocean can result from numerous factors–the melting of ice, freshwater discharge from rivers, or increased precipitation at high latitudes. The salinity levels of the northern ocean region are also influence by the inflow of warm and salty water from lower latitudes in the Atlantic Ocean. Thus, the salinity of the water is the result of a delicate balance between multiple competing influences.
It is important to keep in mind that different regions of the ocean in the Arctic, often sepearted by sharp fronts, can have different characteristics and that they may undergo different changes. These oceanic regions are often referred to by different names, but we will try to simplify the discussion here by using the term 'northern oceans' when refering to the basin between Greenland, Iceland, and Norway; Hatun et al. (2005) use 'Arctic Mediterranean' whereas Curry & Mauritzen (2005) use the label 'Nordic Seas'.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Lori Spingola tossed a no-hitter as the Tar Heels shut out North Dakota State 4-0 Thursday in UNC's first game of the Carolina Classic. Spingola struck out nine batters in six innings while walking only one batter.
Freshman Erin Satterfield walked to lead of the sixth, and then sophomore Amber Parrish homered over right center to drive in Satterfield and put the Tar Heels up 2-0. Senior Constance Orr then drew a walk before junior Amy Nece also hit a home run over left center for the 4-0 win.
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Discussion in 'March 2008' started by max, Mar 22, 2008.
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Re: Chicago March 23 8PM Isn't it at Washington?
Re: Chicago March 23 8PM Max report it if it needs to be changed, slippy or I can do it.
Sorry about that all. I read the wrong day. There is also no pre-game info avail yet and I am not going to be able to post it until late Sunday so look for the injury reports and whatnot at that time.
8.9 DR Wash still in the hunt and hungry. - Hey, shouldn't the Piston scheldule be list here somewhere.
this game will be the most useless of the year...win or lose...here's what my starting lineup would be: F-JOHNSON F- PRINCE C- WALLACE G- BILLUPS G- STUCKEY bench rotation: RATLIFF MAXIEL HAYES HUNTER day off: MC DYESS HAMILTON and I'd run this rotation with one of the starters of on a 1-5 game ratio until game 79. Then i'd use the last 3 games to roll the starters and rotation into the playoffs with glorious THUNDER!!! BTW..the 10 commamndments are on tonight..36 yrs in a row of not missing it in my life...my other TV streaks: i CANT REMEMBER the last time I've missed one of these shows per year.. - WIZARD OF OZ - MERRY CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN - RUDOLPH THE REDNOSED REINDEER - SOUND OF MUSIC - PATTON
The Wizard of Oz was on this afternoon on TCM...did you and the girls watch it? Also Blazing Saddles aired today on AMC
Will be at this game!!!!!!! Dissapointed that I can`t sit as close as I would like, but oh well. The Wiz are not playing bad at all without their egotistical star "Agent Zero" They are coming off a big win against the Magic the other night, perhaps their 1st round opponent in the playoffs, (BTW, that is not a gimmie for Orlando). Someone mentioned earlier in the season about acquiring Brendan Haywood, I thought that person was insane, after watching him some this season, he has changed my mind. Haywood is having the best year of his career. I know this game doesn`t mean much to the Pistons, however, the Wiz will be playing this game like it`s the playoffs. I hope this is not a wate of my money!!!!!!
Have a great time there. Happy Easter.
Wizard of Oz was also on Friday night. We have the DVD and we still watched it. Blazing Saddles dont count. It has to be a traditional show and has to be as old as us!!
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Halftime; Dyess continues his downward spiral into sucking. I love how Amir fouls Jamison and gets pulled yet Hayes/Theo/Max get abused and stay in the game. Gotta love Flip's "rotations" No AA. It was nice when we came back with a vengenance after a loss; now we are for lack of better word sissies. Sheed doesn't want to play tonight Chauncey looks confused. Tay/Rip are OK although both of them are playing "matador" defense at times At least we are succeeding in our quest to help the Wiz hold on to the 5th spot.
Amir had a poor first half. That is why he was pulled. Looks like Sheed is showing for the 2nd half at least.
Oh my god, that technical foul on Rasheed was ridiculous. The foul was called... and he looked at the ref. Not a word came out of his mouth, and he gets a tech. Technical fouls are given for dirty looks now? Good god.
So then why weren't Max/Theo/Dyess pulled? Selective benching?
Post-Game Since this one's already over -It's sad that if we don't have a lead going into the 4th we likely have no shot to win. -Sheed plays the entire 2nd half LOL against the Wizards! -No Amir; obviously he was soo bad in the 1st half, he should never play again; forget the fact that our bigs are getting lit up by Darius Songalia and EJ played some russian guy i've never heard of. We're getting outhustled again. -Rip is going to end up with 45 min, Tay with 40+. Isn't it fun taking AA out of the rotation? -Theo is fantastic. Such energy off the bench. What a great pick-up! -50+ % shooting for the Wiz. Nope defense not the problem. -I'm sure i can come up with more Flip Saunders greatness, but why waste my energy? Looks like we're "peaking" at the right time. Can't wait for the PO's, and getting lit up by other ppl's young legs off the bench. But it's ok; We just missed shots that's all. edited to add; I can't afford to leave out Flip's solution to offensive woes. Pass to Dyess. What a great idea.
the Pistons obviously have problems with 2 types of players- quick penetrating guards and big centers who have a mimimum of offensive game. Too bad the Cavs have both in LBJ and Ilgauskas.
Sometimes when you have your playoff spot clinched and you are playing a team who is missing their best player, you just need to ensure that you get the W by sticking with your starters. Yeah, it didn't work this time, but it was still a solid strategy. They just made more shots. In all seriousness, this game blew chunks of regurgitated eggplant.
*sigh* You had to know we weren't winning this game when the starters came out not playing D and looking like they just came off a night on the town. I can't even muster up any outrage over this - though I stand by the assertion that Dice's minutes need to be cut, at least a little. He just cannot continue to play at this clip and be effective come the playoffs. Stuckey probably needs a little more time to grow into his role as well, but Flipper needs to let him be himself first. AJ looked like he was thinking too much, not playing on instinct as he should, which of course resulted in mistakes and Flip pulling him, never to see the floor again.
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Michelle Obama violated debate prohibition against applauding
posted at 11:52 am on October 17, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
As commented on earlier, the agreed-to silence on the part of the audience at Hofstra University was broken at one point during Tuesday's presidential debate by inappropriate and partisan applause. It turns out that one of the individuals who violated the promise to keep quiet—and, in so doing, a rule imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)—was the spouse of one of the candidates. You get two guesses as to which wife couldn't restrain her enthusiasm, though the answer is provided by an overhead camera shot of the audience captured by FOX News. In the video, which can be viewed at Real Clear Politics, Michelle Obama can be seen putting her hands together for her hubby at approximately 18 seconds in. This vidstill captures her mid-clap.
In addition to moderator Candy Crowley's reminder at the outset of the debate that "the audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite and attentive—no cheering or booing or outbursts of any sort," Article 9, Section A, Subsection 7 of a CPD "memorandum of understanding" clearly states that the audience will "not to applaud, speak, or otherwise participate in the debate by any means other than by silent observation."
As RCP notes, "Nearly all of the audible applause came from those sitting away from the actual debate," making Mrs. Obama the lone miscreant. For the record, Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, was also sitting with the debate participants but was able to keep her hands still.
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Customers want efficient, effortless service from the touchpoint and communication channel of their choice. They want to receive accurate, relevant, and complete answers to their questions upon first contact with a company. Forrester data backs this up: Sixty-six percent of customers agree that valuing their time is the most important thing a company can do to provide good service. Forty-five percent of US online adults will abandon their online purchase if they can't find a quick answer to their question.
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I want to start this off by saying that I cannot say enough good things about Darrell and the blaster itself. He's a fantastic guy, a great vendor, and after this whole experience, someone I definitely call a good friend. He's just such a nice guy....and his work is outstanding.
So here's the pictures I remembered to take as I worked on the blaster I purchased from him.
So, basically what i did was.....
I used the Krylon Fusion for plastic paint. It's a dark metallic textured paint that gives it a carbon-fiber look to it. I forgot to take progress pics so forgive me, but I was just honestly so excited in how it was coming, and well, I'm a bit lazy when it comes to remembering progress pics! lol
So after a base coat of the krylon, I sealed it with Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear with a Satin finish to protect the base layer.
Then I grabbed my Gamesworkshop Citadel paints that I have used to about 23 years worth of painting Warhammer miniatures.
For this job I used Mithril Silver and Snakebite Leather and the technique used is called "drybrushing". Drybrushing is when you basically gob the paint onto a brush, grab some paper towel, and wipe off the paint to the point where you can barely see any paint on the brush at all. Then, you drag the brush over the area you want to highlight, and the raised surfaces (especially in a textured paint) will be the only parts that pick up the color, resulting in a raised, highlighted look. For the blaster, the highlight colors are meant to show damage and wear, so it works perfectly!
I began with drybrushing light bits of Mithril Silver in areas where you'd see the most "chrome" on a blaster. The nozzle, the scope edges, the trigger.
Then after satisfied with the initial pass, I watered down some Snakebite Leather heavily, wiped most off into a paper towel again, and began drybrushing that as well.
In the area on the barrel exposed in the center of the T-Track, I used heavily watered down snakebite leather just where the track meets the barrel, lightly working towards the center. Then I mixed the Mithril silver with snakebite leather, and drybrushed just the center of the barrel, blending towards the outside where the track meets the barrel but taking care not to go over the previously painted rust effect. Then as an extra highlight, I drybrushed JUST the center of the barrel with pure mithril silver. This layered and blended effect gives the barrel a chome look with rusted edges and I think it REALLY offsets the blaster and gives it a realistic look to it.
The rest of the blaster I kept using a mix of snakebite leather and mithril silver, making sure to drybrush lightly in what would be the less contacted parts, and heavily in the areas where normal wear would occur. Because the paint itself dries very fast, and drybrushing even faster, I kept making sure to hold the blaster in the same ways I plan to normally, looking at where my hands would rest, my forearms would rest, basically anywhere that gets touched while holding it, and drybrushing as needed. The butt of the stock I made sure to weather heavy in the center, light on the edges, one side of it more than another as shown in the pictures, and the handle of the blaster itself of course.
When it was all done how I liked it, I went ahead and sealed it again with the Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear Satin finish seal.
Again, I am compelled to say that I can't say enough good things about Darrell and the blaster.
If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. It's no helmet or armor paintup by some of the insanely talented artists here, but I'm really happy with how it came out and drybrushing, inking, highlighting, blending and weathering with Citadel paints is something I'm very confident in.


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I know I've brought you other awesome guitar tab sites in the past, but Soundslice offers something more than just free tablature. They have created an interface where you can see the tablature synced with video of the song being performed.
I know from my work as an academic coach that everyone learns differently and at their own pace. From knitting, I've learned that sometimes that line of pattern makes no sense to me until I can see someone else hands going through the motions. In fact, I almost exclusively use YouTube for knitting how-to videos these days.
So why wouldn't the same be true of playing guitar. Now you can not only hear what you're trying to play and see the guitar tabs, but you can actually watch someone play the piece. If you've had difficulty and wondered if seeing someone do it would be more helpful, then this is the site to help you learn guitar tabs. Another great feature of the interface is the ability to slow both the tabs and the video down to half time so you can easily see what's going on and practice at a slower pace.
Best of all the site is free to join and use, but what I like more than that is that you can click the Play with an Example button and try it out before signing up. So that if it doesn't work for you, or you don't like the platform then you won't have another random account out there. If you do like it you can easily register for a free account from both the main page and the example page.
Just click the Sign Up button, then provide a working e-mail address, create a username and password, and agree to the terms of service. Once you've filled the form out with the required information, click the Let's Boogie button and get started with your own account.
This is an awesome site for learning guitar tabs, check it out today!
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Construction projects for which any part of the funding comes from federal tax dollars are subject to the Davis-Bacon Act which requires the payment of prevailing wages in the area as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor. If funding for the project is from state or local funds, Davis-Bacon does not apply. Those projects are subject to the Common Construction Wages as set by the Indiana Department of Labor. To receive wage rates for this type of project, contact IDOL at 317.232.2655.
A county may have two open grants and still submit an application for a third grant; cities and towns may have one open grant and apply for a second. The open grants must be under construction, which is verified by submission of the Notice To Start Construction to OCRA, (or in the case of planning grants, the contract must have been awarded for development of the plan). The open grants may not have any overdue reports or may not have any monitoring findings for the grantee to be eligible to submit another application.
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Shabaka is a company that teaches English at the university in Hofuf. It has become notorious for its extremely high teacher turnover rate. The problems started years ago with the case of James Braun, a Canadian teacher. He was terminated for no reason from his position with Shabaka. Mr. Braun fought the dismissal in the Saudi court system and prevailed after a
legal battle. (The wheels of justice turn very slowly in Saudi Arabia.) The case of Mr. Braun was not an aberration. Most teachers are dismissed at the end of every academic year. The program is run by a mercurial minor-league hockey coach and his brother from the USA. There is a hockey game every week, and the teachers who play hockey are given preferential treatment. All hockey players have their contracts renewed every year, and they are treated leniently for being late,for missed teaching days, or for other infractions of the rules. In other words, cronyism is rampant at Shabaka. The hockey coach has a strong predilection for inexperienced teachers who fawn over him, and he has an aversion to highly-capable and more experienced instructors. One result of this is that the quality of instruction in the program is very low. The coach manipulates grades to inflate the students' pass rate. Shabaka has a contract with the university because its Saudi owner has a great deal of wasta. Professional development is virtually non-existent. Management is more interested in their weekly hockey games and their weekly trips to Bahrain than in the amelioration of the academic program. And management is not amenable to employee suggestions for improvement either. At the end of the most recent academic year, most teachers were not renewed-as usual-and they were given an inane certificate of appreciation in lieu of letters-of-reference. What teachers really want and expect is a professional evaluation of their performance and an opportunity to improve and grow as EFL instructors. Sadly, this has never been the case at Shabaka. Because of the high turnover, hundreds of applicants are interviewed by the coach every year and many of them are beguiled into thinking that Shabaka is a professionally-run organization. The coach has been paid for new recruits-creating an incentive for the high turnover. Potential teachers should think twice before accepting an offer from such a dishonest and unprofessional employer. Shabaka does not always honor its signed employment contracts and some are rescinded at the whim of management. Many other teachers have been employed without an iqama. The atmosphere at Shabaka is Machiavellian. On the positive side, the company usually paid on time. Apart from that, however, Shabaka has nothing to recommend it.


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just hit "post reply" it's the same thing. the "go advanced is more there if you start to do quick reply then decide you want to go advance. Atleast thats my thought on it.
When I try to reply to a thread, I can only use the quick reply. When I click on the advanced tab a message pops up that says " Please click on one of the quick reply icons in the posts above to activate quick reply"
Thanks for any help.
just hit "post reply" it's the same thing. the "go advanced is more there if you start to do quick reply then decide you want to go advance. Atleast thats my thought on it.
or just click on the "Post Reply" button and it's takes you to the advanced section.
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When I click the post reply button I still do not get a screen with the options such as smilies above the message box. This is what I get
Oh, this has come up a lot (see, this is why U read EVERY post here )
U need to change your user profile settings. U have it set to the simple box.
Go into the User settings - click edit options.
Almosta t the bottom of the screen - Misc Options - Change from Basic Editor to Standard Editor - then U will see the smilies - Not everyone made it in the transfer - most of us had to make this change ourselves.
Looks like this:Originally Posted by ShipwreckUse the "Full WYSIWYG Editing" option and you should be set.When posting messages to the forums or other members, there are three interface types available to you. The simplest of these is a simple text box, while the last is a fully-fledged WYSIWYG editor, which allows you to format your text as you want it and see the results immediately.
Depending upon the capabilities of your web browser, you may not be able to use all of these options. If you experience problems when posting messages, try switching to a different interface type. Basic Editor - A simple text box Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing Message Editor Interface:
by the way, thanks for the screen shot...it makes it so much easier to understand whats going on when you can actually see it.
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Hey thanks guys, that's the ticket. Never said I knew anything about computers.
Well, hell.. I"ll help ya out even more. Box that baby up and ship it here. I'll get rid of your headache for yaOriginally Posted by hberttmank
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If you were me would you take up one of the positions referred to in the job advertisement I have included with this message or do you think I would be well advised to be skeptical about their requirement that successfull applicants pay 'a $500 non-refundable deposit to cover materials, housing, moderation and certificate fee'? The job advertisement is the following one;
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Sexual Violence as Occupational Hazard—In Iraq and at Home in the U.S.A.
Jamie Leigh Jones was just 20 in 2005 when she took a leap of faith to work in Iraq for her employer, military contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton. She went on a mission she believed in. Shortly after her arrival in Iraq, however, Jones' ambitions were dashed in an alleged gang rape by co-workers. More »


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Video: Mitch McConnell tries to pick up the pieces
posted at 3:05 pm on December 21, 2012 by Guy Benson
On a day dominated by conservative in-fighting (my own contribution to which is here), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell attempts to halt the GOP circular firing squad by highlighting Democrats' recklessness and reminding members of both parties that the American people still demand solutions:
I know most people are focused today on what happened last night over in the House. I'd like to focus on a press conference that Congressional Democrats held a few hours earlier. Here were the leaders of the Democratic Party in the Senate; other than the President, these are the folks with the greatest responsibility for protecting the American people from a massive tax hike in January. And what did they do: they stood in front of the cameras and laughed. They giggled at a bunch of bad jokes and told the American people they didn't plan to do anything this week. Nothing.
Democrats in the House vowed they wouldn't vote for this bill, the Senate Majority Leader vowed he'd ignore it if it made out of the House and landed in the Senate, and the President vowed he'd veto it if it made it out of the Senate. So Democrats spent all day yesterday defeating a bill that would have made current tax rates permanent for more than 99 percent of Americans — and they laughed about it. I don't know if anybody's looked at a calendar lately, but we're out of time here folks. This isn't funny. People's livelihoods are at stake here. The U.S. economy is at stake here. Millions upon millions of families are counting on us to do something.
McConnell is absolutely right, of course, but he evidently wasn't Cc'd on the memo outlining the new rules of American politics. Rule number one is that the words and actions of Democrats don't matter. Rule number two is, it's always the Republicans' fault. Rule number three is that Republicans must fortify the previous two rules by lacking discipline and messaging prowess. Get with the program, Senator.


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Aside the fact that most people seem to dislike Chad Belding...(Please stay on topic... ...)
Has anybody tried their layout blinds?
To me the latest of the bunch, the "RIP" blind seems nice... but, my ass has never been in a layout blind, so what do I know.
I'm looking for a blind that is comfy, foldable and works well with extremely weary birds. (Greylag goose)


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'"I'm starting to wonder if his heartbeat ever elevates," U.S. forward David Backes said. "He's cool, calm, collected. Even after that 42-save performance against Canada, we might have got a half of a smile out of him."'
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'"I've really focused on my defensive game," Myers said Friday. "I've put all my thought process and preparation into the D-zone. Even coming off when I sat, I feel like the D-zone has really been my biggest improvement throughout the last few weeks here. So it's just a matter of staying consistent with that."'
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The best way to get to know Mills is by visiting the campus. From the moment you enter the front gate, you'll find yourself welcomed by century-old trees that line Richards Road. Between the Mediterranean-style buildings and the California sun, you may find yourself falling in love with the campus, as so many of our students do.
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By Giuseppe Muro
Arsène Wenger believes Chelsea will have to win every game from now until May if they are to have a realistic chance of winning the Premier League title.
Despite a strong start to the season, Carlo Ancelotti's men have faded of late and currently sit six points behind Arsenal and a further three adrift of leaders Manchester United.
They visit Old Trafford on May 7 and, with just ten fixtures remaining, Wenger says they can ill-afford any slip-ups if they are to retain their crown.
"[If] Chelsea beat Manchester United and win all their games they might have a chance," said the Arsenal manager. "But mathematically it is in our hands or Man United hands.
"The other teams can only come back if Arsenal or Manchester United do not take their opportunities. So it is down to our results.
"It is simple - for me, we have a good opportunity to win the championship. If we do not do it, it will be Manchester United because certainly the other teams are too far away.
"We have a good opportunity to keep our run going and that is what we want to do. We are on a long, strong run in the championship and we want to continue that."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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A man accused of shooting at a Uintah County sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the 2012 incident.
Dallas A. Rowley, 67, is charged in 8th District Court with one count each of attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and failing to respond to an officer's signal, a third-degree felony.
Rowley's not guilty pleas came Wednesday after Judge Clark McClellan heard evidence of the incident during a preliminary hearing and ruled there was enough evidence for Rowley to stand trial on the charges. A trial date was not set on Wednesday, but Rowley will be back in court on April 10 for a motion hearing.
The preliminary hearing for Rowley has been delayed over the last year as the man's competency was questioned.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in court, Deputy Mike Lourenco spotted Rowley's white Chevrolet Suburban on March 8 near Red Wash Road and Highway 45. The deputy said he noticed a handgun within Rowley's reach and asked him to step outside the car for a sobriety test. The Vernal man instead drove off and Lourenco followed.
Lourenco later drove up behind Rowley's vehicle and saw a rifle pointed at him from the driver's window, court documents state. The deputy "laid over in his seat." Police say the patrol car was shot at least 10 times.
"Three bullet holes are in the windshield in a pattern that would have hit Deputy Lourenco in the chest, neck or head if he had remained in an upright, seated position," according to the affidavit.
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Reds pay tribute to 'The Ol' Lefthander'
Nuxhall on display in tribute exhibit
"You always were a thorn in my side," Musial wrote to Nuxhall.
Although quite possibly the only negative words ever written about 'The Ol Lefthander,' even these were splashed with praise.
"Maybe it is just as well I retired when I did," Musial continued in the letter, "because I'm sure glad I wasn't around last year when you made such a wonderful comeback."
On a drizzly, cool day in Cincinnati, fans filed steadily into the Reds Hall of Fame to pay homage to Nuxhall, and view many artifacts from his legendary career as both a pitcher and broadcaster.
The new exhibit, aptly titled 'The Ol' Lefthander: A Tribute to Joe Nuxhall', opened its doors to the public on Saturday morning. It is closed Sunday for Easter, but will come back Monday through the rest of the calendar year.
"I watched him as a player," said Tony Chaney of Middletown, Ohio. "I listened to him on the radio all these years, all his most famous calls. It'll be different to not hear him at all this season. It'll be strange."
Nuxhall, who passed away on Nov. 15 at the age of 79, pitched in the Major Leagues for 16 years, including 15 seasons with the Reds. On June 10, 1944, at the age of 15, Nuxhall became the youngest player to appear in a Major League game. He went 135-117 with a 3.90 ERA in 526 big league appearances.
One of the most beloved figures in Cincinnati sports history, Nuxhall began his broadcasting career in 1967, spending 31 seasons in the Reds radio booth alongside Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman.
Several thousand fans waited hours to pay their last respects at Nuxhall's funeral last November.
On Saturday, fans listened on headphones to more than 40 audio clips from Nuxhall's career, and watched a video compilation of his years as a player, broadcaster and cherished citizen. One female visitor wiped away tears as she watched the film.
The most noticeable display in the Nuxhall exhibit is a huge canvas wall adorned floor-to-ceiling with more than 50 quotes from Nuxhall fans and well-wishers. The messages recently were posted to Reds.com and a local newspaper Web site:
"He was everything a true human should be."
"Today I shed tears for a man I never met."
"He made an ordinary summer evening something to look forward to."
"Joe was the heart and soul of the Reds as my generation knew them."
"It's men like Joe that make the game so special."
The exhibit features many game-worn items, including caps from Nuxhall's stints with the Reds and Kansas City A's, and his Reds jerseys from 1953 and 1966, which are hung in a Crosley Field locker.
Also on display is Nuxhall's Reds Hall of Fame plaque, his golf bag, family photos from his youth, and many items depicting his high-spirited time in the booth with Brennaman, including an Elvis Presley bust and the bright yellow "Banana Phone" that was used to take calls during rain delays.
The Cincinnati chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America confers annually to a Reds player the Joe Nuxhall "Good Guy" Award. Last year's award, given to first baseman Scott Hatteberg, also is featured in the exhibit.
Melanie Owen, a Pittsburgh native who visited the Reds Hall of Fame on Saturday, became a Nuxhall fan shortly after moving to Cincinnati a decade ago.
Owen plans on listening to the Reds take on the Diamondbacks on Monday, March 31 on the radio. She is not sure how she'll react to not hearing Nuxhall's voice on Opening Day.
"It's quite emotional," Owen said. "Joe was a real person. I think that's why so many people connected with him. It'll be strange without him."
Jeff Wallner is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This classic paleo diet crock-pot recipe combines pot roast with traditional stew vegetables like carrots and cabbage. It's an easy, delicious dish you can throw together in the morning and enjoy in the evening. For added flavor, you can rub various spices like black pepper or garlic powder on the meat before placing it in the crockpot. You can also flavor the roast with fresh garlic cloves and replace the water with beef stock.
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- Sprinkle meat with sea salt (optional) and black pepper.
- Place onions, carrots, and celery into crockpot.
- Top with meat.
- Add bay leaf and water.
- Cover? pot and cook on low 5-7 hours, or until meat is tender.
- Add cabbage wedges at any point during cooking (earlier if softer texture is desired, or add near the end if you prefer them to be less cooked).
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Very yummy. My Mom liked this recipe, and even told my Dad about the dinner I made. The only thing I would do differently next time is add more carrots, and only use 1 onion. I also forgot to add the cabbage :( I'm sure it would have been even more awesome with the cabbage. This is a great crock pot recipe that you can just let sit, and slowly cook all day until dinner time.
I made this as my first paleo recipe, since hubby is a big meat eater and wanted it to go over well with him. Boy did it! He LOVES it! I've made it 5x so far and he still loves this one the best I think.Thanks for sharing it. I too forgot the cabbage one time but it tastes just as good with or without.
@Neely: Yes, I turned it on… Put it on low for 3:pm, at 10pm when i came home (busy day) the meat was still raw, not a room temprarature per se – a little dark on the outside, but still very raw in the inside. I left it all through the night and at about 3:30 am I woke up to the smell… I went down to try it… not good at all. @_@ and the cabbage was brown from the meat >_<… the next day i had to throw away the cabbage and vegetables… shread the meat, cut some cilantro, make some hot sauce and use it for making tacos… SO FAR, all the recipies i have gotten here have been good, not sure what went wrong with this one… do the crack pots not all give the same temperature when you put it in low??
How much is in one serving in this recipe? Also what temp do I set the crock pot on all day?
After 7 hours the crock was full of liquid from the meat. The meat was gray and so dry it was inedible. Very disappointing. We couldn't eat it. Not sure what I did wrong I followed the recipe. I guess I'll make tacos from the leftovers like the previous poster.
What do you mean by 1 celery stalk? I took it to mean the whole stalk/bunch, but my husband assumed it means 1 rib. That doesn't seem like enough celery to me, but he's not a fan of celery anyway. Various webpages use stalk interchangeably.
I was confused about the celery as well! I used the whole bunch. I'm sure it'll be fine. But changing directions to one rib might help. Thanks!
What can you do if you do not have a crock pot?
Are the calories correct on this? 609 calories per serving?
I tried this recipe and it was not the best (although I loved your other recipes!!) The meat was not cooked after 7 hours low in my crock pot, and the veggies had no flavor… I cooked about 5 hours more then eventually the meat became tender, but flavorless.
I have been cooking beef pot roast with my crock pot, but none of them call for 5 CUPS of water. I guess without water or less than a cup of water might work.
I don't think I'd like to try it again though.


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I ALWAYS thought that genealogy was for people whose blood ran blue. It was for folks who traced their ancestry to the Mayflower or the American Revolution, not those who came over in steerage one step ahead of the Cossacks.
So when the New England Historic Genealogical Society published the family connections between presidential candidates and celebrities, I was an amused bystander. John McCain is the sixth cousin of Laura Bush? Hillary Clinton is the ninth cousin twice removed of Angelina Jolie? Barrack Obama is related to everyone from the Bushes to Brad Pitt? How American, I thought, to search an entire family tree to connect with the rich and famous who live, twice removed, on some distant branch.
On a lark, I went to visit D. Brenton Simons, the genial head of NEHGS, the society founded in 1845. Simons has so many American presidents in his own ancestry that he stops counting after Washington, Adams, Van Buren and FDR. But what he finds most fascinating are the everyday searches through the 200,000 books and the 28 million manuscripts, papers, and diaries that fill the building in Boston's Back Bay.
"You can be related to a king or a horse thief," says Simons, who shows no favoritism for either lineage. "We all make discoveries that surprise and enlighten us."
So it is that I casually handed over a few names and dates from my own memory bank. I didn't find a king or horse thief or Hollywood star, but I found a family secret. A garden-variety secret, I am sure, but a secret nonetheless.
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I love your posts!
Back in my teaching days, I use to require my students every year to do family history research, then presentations. Because I knew most of them would run into these "skeletons", I always introduced the project my talking about my own!
You would have LOVED the presentations that I received. They were amazing! And, the "skeletons" always ended up being the most entertaining part of each student's tree--to them, the class, and to me.
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Thank you SO much! I'me pretty new at this but I'm really enjoying it. I'm a big fan of genealogy and like you say, our own skeletons can sometimes be highly entertaining.
I feel I would have loved being in your class and hearing about all the "skeletons."


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Re: 1988- It's a bird, it's a plane
I think this should be ok so long as woot puts down a good layer of ink. I love this plane, it's so sexy.
Re: 1968
Nothing against RFMLK (which sounds like a KMFDM cover band), but seriously, we need a ruling on whether dead people are exempt from "celebrity likeness" rules, and why
Re: 1983. The Song. The Year of Apocalyptic Doom.
This is my first time posting here. Hope you like the design. It's based off the apocalyptic song "1983" by Jimi Hendrix. 13 minutes of pure psychedelic funk.
Re: 1970 First Earth Day (1)
i really love the design, but dont like baby blue shirts
Re: 1986: The Legend Was Born
I wasn't born in '86, but I really want that shirt!
Re: 1959- Che and Fidel took over cuba
Again, celeb imagery? Castro is, at the moment at least, still alive, so if the "being dead" thing is what saves it, this isn't saved. Give us some concrete rules as to what gets that specific ax.
Re: 1973
The description sold me on this design. Great job! GMV
Re: 1981 Springbok Tour
I have no clue what the springbok tour was, but I love your springbok enough that I don't care
Re: 1982
Amazing design! dont like the color of the shirt tho :/
Here's the story behind this shirt design:
The 1981 Springbok Tour was a rugby tour where the South African team, the Springboks, traveled to New Zealand to play a bunch of games. As South African was still experiencing apartheid at this time, it was a very controversial decision to allow the team to compete in New Zealand, and it was heavily protested.
Anyway, in my illustration the springbok is crying, shamed by its actions, as it clings to a rugby ball that features a map of New Zealand.
Re: 1985 Coke Can PWN!
In 1985, the Coca Cola company tried to reinvent itself, creatively calling their newer, sweeter product "New Coke." Consumers hated it, and in two months old school Coca Cola Classic ruled the shelves once again...
peppersagooddog wrote:you didnt say arabic.
so we can sub in arabic is what you're saying right?
You know what I mean. Asian languages was an example. This also includes Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Phonetics, Hindu, etc. (for those who wish to continue asking)
Re: 1965 - Levi's Introduces Bell-Bottom Jeans
Nice design...I love the colors.
I'd like to see this win one of the places.
Here's another view.
Beautiful design.
Wootworthy my friend.
SailorButterfly wrote:Nice design...I love the colors.
Thank you! I used to love wearing my cool "big bells" and little tops.
Re: 1987- Year of the Rabbit
This looks incredibly like the monkeys what got rejected last week. Same clip-art batch?
Re: 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
My first attempt at a woot shirt entry!
Re: 1989 Tear Down this Wall
This is one of the better designs I've seen so far. I've been mildly disappointed with the submissions so far but that could be due to my lack of a design idea. O well. Good job! GMV!
tiaerman wrote:The description sold me on this design. Great job! GMV
I thank you, and Doctor Bunsen Honeydew thanks you. ;-)
You can copyright a frequency in the visible portion of the light wave spectrum?
fablefire wrote:Hearts - Typical pixellated hearts.
Bomb - Old school chinese bombs.
Bottle - Modeled after those little souvenir bottles of sand with the cork in them.
Fairy - Also used by Ne*pets, and countless other businesses.
Wooden Sword - Utilized in many, many video games, as well as in the homes of children (provided their parents aren't crazy about safety).
Gems - Standard cut gem.
1986 Shirt - Priceless.
For everything else there's MasterWoot.
We'll see anyway.
I don't know, by that logic you could put Mario on a shirt because a plumbers hat, overalls, mustache, and the letter M are not copyrighted by Nintendo. Looks like you made it through the first round of rejections though, so you may be good to go.
Webfoot08 wrote:Here's another view.
Groove-tastic! :-)
I've got to have this as a gift for my sister's birthday.
sopranogrl22 wrote:NO WAY!!!!
lolololol... behold the power of big industries and copyright laws that give them power to rule the world. sad sad. Good idea anyway, sorry about the rejection
Re: 1970 - First earth day (on cream)
Nice work.
Re: International Year of Peace
I struggled to try to come up with a design like this. This is not the direction I was going with it but that turned up a dead-end anyway. Good job.
fablefire wrote:You can copyright a frequency in the visible portion of the light wave spectrum?
maybe just on a can? That is pretty odd to me.
What's odder is that coke has copyrighted a colour, but apparently not that big iconic "C", as proved by Consumerism. Or did woot get slapped by their lawyers and that led to this?
Re: Wired with Joy
ZOMG I didn't even see the number. Thought it was just a funked up cord.
As a guy, I wouldn't wear this, but great design.
daedalusknight wrote:Groove-tastic! :-)
I've got to have this as a gift for my sister's birthday.
What a nice compliment, thank you. I'd REALLY like to have one myself! :-)
This would look PERFECT with way less detail and some pointless filigree to either side of it.
NathanOfLight wrote:Love the shirt!
If I recall correctly, I think one of the main arguments behind the "theory" that we didn't go to the moon is that there's apparently no wind on the moon, yet the flag was blowing in the video.
The flag didn't move at all once the telescoping bar from which it was suspended had been extended. The fan in the shirt is the one point keeping me from voting for it.
Re: Psychedlic 63
I can't see it well enough to even tell how many colors it has. Can we get a zoomed version?
Re: 1973 - Solar eclipse of the decade
Maybe that's why I liked this design. I didn't copy it though and it really wasn't my intent to use it. In fact, I didn't even notice till after it was done and ready to upload. But I do love Heroes!
jpolson wrote:As a guy, I wouldn't wear this, but great design.
Thank you!
AdderXYU wrote:This would look PERFECT with way less detail and some pointless filigree to either side of it.
Be nice.
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=12883]1986:
. Having done research on 1986 since that is also when I was born, I didn't see any negative connotations in this design. Was that intentional?
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My usual source for celebrity gossip is Oh No They Didn't on LiveJournal (aka ONTD). I like it because the gossip is comprehensive and the original content is democratic - it comes from users rather than one source. Sometimes the community is impressive (they came together and banded against Chris Brown in the wake of Rhianna) and sometimes the comments are sexist and disappointing.
Megan Fox is often posted on over at ONTD because, well, she says a lot of shit, and some of it's easy to make fun of. I'm not going to defend quotes like this:
Golden Globes, January 2009: "I am pretty sure I'm a doppelgänger for Alan Alda. I'm a tranny. I'm a man."Before I move on to discussing ONTD's treatment of her, let's discuss Fox. I think she's interesting.
Esquire, May 2009: "I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man."
Fox trades on her body and sexuality to gain roles, and also claims the title of feminist. I'd even qualify Fox as a feminist based on my definition - she may be problematic, but she's critical of the system of oppression which she works within, recognizes that sexism exists, and speaks out against it. Yes, she wields her body in a problematic way - but everyone has a right to their own body. Fox has been consistently critical of the system that makes her a sex symbol:
You also said that when you go to Hollywood parties you feel like chum to these creepy older guys…Not that her comments aren't sometimes problematic:
I notice them circling me and deciding what their plan of attack is going to be, and I think that's because I have this image of this little sex kitten — this oversexed wild child. So they think that I'm ready to throw down. And so everybody wants to try and, like, get in there. And I'm actually not that way at all.
You've only done a couple of movies, so you're still mostly known as a sex symbol rather than an actress.
It doesn't bother me. I don't know why someone would complain about that. That just means that the bar has been set pretty low. People don't expect me to do anything that's worth watching. So I can only be an overachiever. I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.
My problem in the quote above comes in the use of the plural - "our purpose", "all women". If that's the role that Fox takes on, and that's the role she's comfortable with, great. I'm not going to deny her her agency in that, and the fact that it is conscious is significant. However, that's not a fair expectation for other women. It's not empowering to all women, and erases the feelings of other ambitious women who are not.
If Fox were placing this in the context of her own actions, this would definitely be feminist. She's ambitious, and is willing to use her body in ways that others wouldn't to get what she wants: to become famous, to be powerful. We all have different way of negotiating in this world, and if she feels empowered and not degraded, awesome. It's also awesome that she is calling the system on its use of women rather than dismissing it or ignoring it. In another interview, she compares acting to sex work without shame, and in a way that's critical of the industry - which is astute if not necessarily universally applicable, and something others wouldn't say:
GQ, June 2009: "When you think about it [actors are] kind of prostitutes. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone...It's really kind of gross."I'm not trying to offer a blanket defense of her commentary or actions - I'm sure she's made a lot of mistakes and gross comments, though, and I think we should hold her responsible for them. Feel free to do so in the comments - I'm not going to jump to her defense when she uses slurs like tranny, or makes weird homophobic comments about. But she's loudmouthed and critical and cognizant of the system in which she exists, and there's not a lot of actresses with a platform like hers willing to offer such challenges.
Back to the point. Megan Fox Media Blackout Day is today, and the sexism of that event has been covered by others. In response, ONTD is having a Megan Fox appreciation day, but even that is dripping with sexism:
Personally, I hate the way she's constantly dissing women, and yet claims to be such a feminist. If she'd just stay quiet and look pretty I wouldn't mind her.
Insightful and not loaded with sexism at all!
And as an entry in Rape is hilarious:
So basically, the OP has taken a full agent female villain and made her into the victim of gang rape for the purposes of humor. Rad.
Megan Fox isn't a paragon of feminism, but she is often subject to a lot of sexism, and she deserves defense on those counts as much as she deserves to be held responsible when she sucks.
Recommended reading: Megan Fox: Sex Symbol, Mouthy Slut, or Something Else Entirely? by the excellent Sady of Tiger Beatdown