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OTTAWA — On Oct. 3, 2000, Justin Trudeau rose from his front-row pew in Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica and slowly climbed the stairs to the altar, delivering an emotional eulogy for his deceased father, former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
After the 28-year-old son bade farewell — "Je t'aime, papa" — and wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, he walked to the flag-draped coffin, leaned into it and closed his eyes.
Millions of Canadians shared the moment. The nationally televised coverage of the funeral capped a remarkable week of public sorrow at Pierre Trudeau's death. In life, he had been a polarizing figure; in death, he was transformed into a political legend.
Thousands of kilometres to the west, in Calgary, another man was determined not to let the "myths" surrounding Trudeau's legacy take root.
Stephen Harper, then the 41-year-old president of the National Citizens Coalition (NCC), was a proud conservative who had spent three years as a Reform MP. He had entered politics in the mid-1980s, in part because of his disdain for how Pierre Trudeau's "Just Society" had changed Canada.
So while others were celebrating Trudeau's legacy, Harper hammered out a newspaper article eviscerating the former prime minister on everything from policy to personality.
Harper blasted Trudeau Sr. for creating "huge deficits, a mammoth national debt, high taxes, bloated bureaucracy, rising unemployment, record inflation, curtailed trade and declining competitiveness."
On national unity, he wrote that Trudeau was a failure. "Only a bastardized version of his unity vision remains and his other policies have been rejected and repealed by even his own Liberal party."
Trudeau had merely "embraced the fashionable causes of his time," wrote Harper.
Getting personal, he took a jab at Trudeau over not joining the military during the Second World War: "He was also a member of the 'greatest generation,' the one that defeated the Nazis in war and resolutely stood down the Soviets in the decades that followed. In those battles however, the ones that truly defined his century, Mr. Trudeau took a pass."
The article was published in the
National Post
Oct. 5, 2000 — two days after the funeral.
To this day, it provides a rare glimpse into the inner soul of Stephen Harper, starkly revealing his contempt for Pierre Trudeau.
Now, almost 14 years after Trudeau's death, Harper is preparing to face off in the 2015 election against the first-born son of the man he so despised.
That looming showdown — already foreshadowed in attack ads and derisive comments portraying Justin Trudeau as flaky — raises questions about Harper's instincts and behaviour. Is his political judgment being coloured by his deep dislike of the Trudeaus? Or is it immaterial to him whom he faces in next year's contest?
Trudeau recently told Liberals he's getting ready "for the personal attacks" that will come his way from Harper's Conservatives. "For some reason, I drive them nutty."
With 18 months until the election, Harper's political future could hinge on how he tries to discredit his opponents. His party's public support has plummeted at least 10 points since the last election and the Tories are now running second, behind the Liberals.
The prime minister must decide how much to deride NDP Official Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair, whose party remains competitively in third place. A healthy NDP that keeps votes out of the Liberal camp could allow the Tories to win some tight three-way races.
The Tories are not overlooking New Democrats: they have sent leaflets known as "ten-per-centers" into some NDP-held ridings with a photo of Mulcair under the headline "Reckless spending, higher taxes." But it's not the type of TV ad campaign they have aimed at Trudeau, and letting the NDP off the hook to focus on the Liberals might be a dangerous gambit.
In previous years, through negative TV attack ads, Harper was able to destroy his Liberal opponents before campaigns even began. Stephane Dion was ravaged for perceived bumbling incompetence. Michael Ignatieff was painted as an academic outsider motivated by opportunism.
Trudeau, however, is different. Many Canadians can remember him growing up at 24 Sussex Drive. His supporters call him
"Justin," just as New Democrats called the late Jack Layton by his first name.
So how far can Harper successfully take his attacks? Will they merely play into the hands of Trudeau, who says Canadians are tired of Harper's "negativity"?
"I think it's partly personal, that he wants to take on Trudeau," says Gerry Nicholls, a former vice-president of the NCC who worked closely with Harper there. "I think part of it is he's concerned that he's the only one that can beat Trudeau.
"He's afraid that what he's created here, what he's put together, will be overturned by another Trudeau. I think that's a notion he can't stomach."
Indeed, Harper proudly boasts of how he is changing Canada with an agenda of lower taxes, strict law-and-order reforms, and a foreign policy that emphasizes trade.
Others aren't convinced Harper is fixated on beating Trudeau simply because of his lineage.
"I think he's moved a long way beyond that," says former Reform leader Preston Manning. "I think a leader has to be looking forward. If you're going forward looking in the rear-view mirror, you're liable to run into a tree."
Tom Flanagan, who ran two of Harper's leadership campaigns and one election campaign for the Conservative party, says it's not about Trudeau per se. He says Harper is "basically a predator.
"All opponents are prey. It doesn't really much matter who the opponent is. When he has an opponent, he becomes single-minded in attempting to defeat him. It's not really a personal thing. It's more a predatory thing.
"He knows the stakes are too high to get caught up in personal animosities that could affect your judgment. I think that's the way that Harper approaches things. A very cold-blooded kind of calculation," says Flanagan, who is no longer part of Harper's inner circle.
Still, the animosity towards Pierre Trudeau runs deep.
In the spring of 1987, a 28-year-old Harper was handpicked by Manning to be his chief policy officer. Later that year, Harper spoke to the Reform party's founding convention in Winnipeg.
"Twenty years ago, Canada was ushered into a new era with the promise that the establishment of a 'Just Society' was imminent," he said at that time.
"The rhetoric has not changed. Seldom is there political debate in Canada today — even debate on technical issues — that is not saturated with moral terminology about what is fair, just, and compassionate.
"Yet real fairness remains an issue. The more Canadians hear about fairness, especially here in the West, the more elusive and ephemeral fairness seems."
Harper also railed against Canada's social policy.
"The welfare state has placed unprecedented power in the centralizing hands of the federal bureaucracy, both in terms of its new reaches into Canadian life and its insistence on standardizing all policies and practices on a national scale," he said. "What we are talking about here is big government."
Elected as a Reform MP in 1993, Harper used his first speech in Parliament to condemn the "distant government" that ended Alberta's boom times through Pierre Trudeau's National Energy Program.
"No Canadian can live through an experience like that without it influencing greatly his or her thinking about government and about our country," said Harper.
Nicholls, who began working with Harper in 1997, says it was clear that Trudeau was "enemy No. 1" for him.
"You have to remember that for a lot of people like Stephen and a lot of conservatives, Pierre Trudeau's time in Canada was like a revolution. It overturned a lot of the things they loved about Canada."
"Not just the economic things. But some of the traditional things: the monarchy, the military. It really cut deeply to the psyche of a lot of conservatives."
As prime minister since 2006, Harper has worked to reverse that legacy and put his own stamp on Canada: an emphasis on smaller government and less interference in provincial affairs, lower taxes, and a repudiation of government-run social programs.
When Justin Trudeau won the Liberal leadership on a Sunday evening last April, he received the customary phone call of congratulations from the NDP's Mulcair.
But no call came from Harper.
Instead, the next morning Harper's party launched an attack ad with video footage of Trudeau taking his shirt off at a fundraiser for the Canadian Liver Foundation, with carnival-style music playing in the background.
"Justin Trudeau — he was born with a famous name, but does he have the judgment to be prime minister?" the narrator asked.
The ad, it seems, bombed. The Liberals inched up in popularity and stayed there. Harper's Tories fell in public popularity.
But Harper wasn't giving up. At the Conservative party's convention last October, Harper took aim at the Liberal leader.
"Could Justin Trudeau run the economy?" he asked. "In 2015, we're not choosing the winner of Canadian Idol."
In recent days, the Tories have aired more TV ads — once again using the shirt-removing clip and stating Trudeau is in "way over his head" on issues such as terrorism, marijuana legalization and deficit reduction.
For his part, Trudeau has begun to invoke his father's legacy as a call to arms. Last month, he told Liberals that when
his father said in 1968 that Canada must be a Just Society, "fairness was at the heart of that argument."
"He devoted his entire life to that principle. Wrote about it, thought about it, promoted it every chance he got. Heck, some say he even named his first-born child after it."
Liberals speak of the need for major investments in areas ranging from infrastructure to transportation, although the price tag is unknown.
It's also unclear how Trudeau's own vision of a Just Society will take shape — apart from promising it will be built on principles of "fairness, freedom, progress, opportunity, and compassion."
In his
National Post
op-ed following Trudeau's death, Harper wrote of how he had, as a young man in 1977, been unable to attend a lunch he had been invited to with Pierre Trudeau. In 1999, he finally met Trudeau Sr. "simply by chance" on the streets of Montreal.
"There I came face to face with a living legend, someone who had provoked both the loves and hatreds of my political passion, all in the form of a tired out, little old man," wrote Harper.
"I do not make this statement to be unkind or cruel. But one must believe a grown-up will see the world differently than an 18-year-old, just as one must hope Canadians will come to view Mr. Trudeau more soberly than when it mattered."
Now, Harper is facing a different Trudeau — neither tired out, nor old. He's counting on Canadians to take a sober look at his opponent. The battle lines are drawn.


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we all know what kind of reputation china made scopes have and most of us have had some poor experiences with some of their cheaper models, the rumor net has mentioned that many big name optical firms have moved to china and that china does now have the machinery to make reasonably good optics. i have been playing around with various china made scopes for most of the year and this is what i am seeing with various china made rifle scopes.
#1 optisan mamba 1-4x24
glass very good, eye box generous mostly yet it gets tight above 3.5x--not super tight though . illumination very good either green or red , turrets soft but holding zero so far. it can double as red dot close to true on 1x, eye relief about 3.5"
# 2 BSA boss 1.5-4.5x32RGB glass good and clear, generous eye box, illumination OK but nothing to write home about green and red OK but the blue washes out, inside of tube has a little irritating shine to it. turrets feel better than the mamba with positive clicks. so far it looks very good for the $$$ holds zero so far on 9mm ar-15, 4" eye relief
#3 BSA majestic 6-24x44 glass very good, tight eye box with critical eye position that gets really tight above 18x , the scope is clear as a bell through the entire 24x mag range provided you got your eye positioned and the AO adjusted. so far it holds zero though the turrets are the softest of the bunch--the glass is exceptional and the brightness is very good all the way to 24x -- the thing i worry about is the soft turrets --maybe they will hold up. the further the range to the target the better this thing works. eye relief is 4" near about--
#4 center point crossman 1.5-6x44 glass is good --but not as clear as the optisan or majestic , about like a bushnell banner --only a tad better, the illumination is OK i would say, not at the same level of the optisan or PA, it is much like that in a BSA boss , the inside of the tube reflects some light, making it less useful illumination than the optisan or the PA. the good news is the turrets really feel strong and well made , solid clicks you can feel and hear. holds zero and tracks well --it is currently on a 7.62x39 ar-15--the 1.5x seems closer to 2x than 1.5-- about 3.5" eye relief
#5 the primary arms 1-4x24 very good glass slightly less "polish" than the optisan , the 4a crosshair is easy to see and hit with , illuminated red dot in the center is not daylight usable like the circle dot of the optisan, the PA can be adjusted to a very low brightness --this can be very useful for night time pest control. the turrets feel solid with good clicks . the 1x is close to true and the eye box is still generous @4x this scope is sort of a toss up with the optisan over which is better--they are both good scopes so far. about 3.5" eye relief
#6 bushnell banner 3-9x40 glass is OK but gets a little grainy @9x , holds zero OK nothing to get excited about as this is just about a "generic". it is bright enough on the lower settings --pretty much a run of the mill scope.
#7 simmons 3-9x32 from the 1990s --the thing still works, holds zero and so on -- the glass is getting a little frosty though , brightness is OK but nothing great.
# 8 generic FM/famous maker unknown brand name china 1-6x24, glass not as bad as you would think, though it does get dim @ 6x and it does have a frosty spot somewhere around 3x-5x , the illumination ain't bad on its mill-dot. only one BIG problem --the turrets failed on the bore sight bench--didn't even get to fire one shot with the thing. i would say avoid this type of china made "optic" --if it is too cheap or unknown brand name , probably best to walk away,
china made scopes i have heard about that i suspect might be OK for the $$$ --repeat MIGHT-- not in any kind of order here--
simmons 44 mag
simmons whitetail classic (could be made in the PIs)
BSA gold star and sweet-223
cabelas store brand
vortex crossfires
weaver kaspas
bushnell trophy XLT
pentax 3s (heard good and bad about them)
barska FIXED power scopes
there could be other china made scopes out that do very well , and remember that there could be various makes of scopes with the same name brand where some do very well and others are problem children-- a 2-7x34 might do great where the same brand 3-9x40 might be a turkey or the other way around. the key is know what scopes to look for as the 'baby was thrown out with the bath water' when it comes to china made scopes/optics.
and also there are various scope brands that look to carry the EXACT same scope under various brand names,
generally i still try to avoid china made scopes and i only buy one IF i am getting it WAY below retail price. like that BSA majestic i'm happy with it for $69 shipped but for $229 retail i'm thinking you can get a "real" scope like a vortex viper for about $100 more though not in that same mag range----i doubt any of these majestics sell for MSRP probably $140 ish is more the norm.
when you get below $100 you 100% into china scope terrotory and popular china made scopes generally go for $150ish.
the BSA boss was the suprise to me, a very clear scope for $58 shipped --the illumination ain't wonderful but it is adaquete and it is the perfect size and magnification for a 9mm carbine. mechanically it seems very good as well--inexpensive even by china scope standards like 1/3 the optisans price.
BSA seems to be either a love um or hate um thng. i have only had three BSAs , never had any problems with um--so far--simmons either --other than the glass getting dime after 20+ years bouncing around in a PU--
or maybe i just got lucky?--LOL!

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Got a pintail on the weekend here on the West Coast.
My wife plucked it and breasted it.
Made soup with the carcass and we had it for lunch and it tasted oddly fishy.
Then she broiled the breasts last night and the odour kind of fouled up the kitchen.
Anyway, they were edible, but tasted like mussels with a metallic after taste. Odd.
She said it was a lot like canned whale meat she'd had in Japan.
I would have expected a diver to taste like that but I thought pintails were more dabblers and vegetarian. This one seemed to think it was a surf scoter in the dietary department!


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Okay, so I didn't want to go to the cobbler and pay him to install some snaps in my boots for the shoe armor. I also didn't want to shell out a bunch of money for a professional snap setter. Here's the cheap as dirt method I came up with for installing the boot snaps.
Step 1: Drill a hole in the heel of your boots where the snap will be installed.
Step 2: Place the snap in the hole just like you would with any other snap.
Step 3: Purchase a 2" C-Clamp from Home Depot for $3.97
Step 4: Glue/Epoxy the pivoting end of the C-Clamp so that it won't move around when you clamp down.
Step 5: Take a Regular Snap Setter and cut off the end with a metal cutting wheel on your dremel
Step 6: Place the snap setter end into the snap just like you would any other time except now the setter is way too short to hit with a hammer.
Step 7: Place the clamp over the snap and start screwing down onto the setter. It may take a couple of tries but you will get it.
Step 8 (OPTIONAL): Epoxy the setter tip onto the clamp itself. It should increase stability, but your clamp will be permanently ruined (not too big of a loss considering it cost $4).


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Often called kosher-style dill pickles, these are quick to make. Use either small whole cucumbers or cut larger ones into quarters. For an additional interesting flavor, tuck a small dried hot red pepper into each jar.
- Yield
- Makes 4 pint (500 mL) jars
- 8-10 small pickling cucumbers (about 3pounds/1.5kg)
- 2 cups (500 mL) white vinegar
- 2 cups (500 mL) water
- 2 tablespoons (25 mL) pickling salt
- 4 heads fresh dill or 4 teaspoons dill seeds (20 mL)
- 4 small cloves garlic
- 1. Cut a thin slice from the ends of each cucumber
- 2. Meanwhile, combine vinegar, water, and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- 3. Remove hot jars from canner. Place 1 head fresh dill or 1 tsp (5 mL) dill seeds and 1 clove garlic into each jar; pack in cucumbers. Pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) of rim (head space). Process 10 minutes for pint (500 mL) jars and 15 minutes for quart (1 L) jars as directed for Longer Time Processing Procedure.
- Tip:
- Garlic may turn blue or green in the jar. Nothing to be alarmed about, it is only the effect of the acid on the natural pigments in the garlic.
Extra! Tips from Epicurious:
• Pickling salt is free of the additives found in table salt, which can discolor homemade pickles. The popular brand Mrs. Wages is available online at www.canningpantry.com/pickling-salt.html. If you use regular table salt, the pickles will taste fine, but they may turn dark, with cloudy liquid. Do not substitute kosher salt, as the difference in texture can result in incorrect measurements. • "The proportion of water to vinegar necessary to inhibit the growth of organisms produces a very sour pickle," says Topp. "While you can't change this proportion, you can safely add up to one tablespoon of sugar if you want to slightly sweeten the pickles."
Reprinted with permission from The Complete Book of Year-Round Small-Batch Preserving by Eleanor Topp and Margaret Howard ©2001 Firefly Books Ltd.
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- Calories78
- Carbohydrates13 g(4%)
- Fat0 g(1%)
- Protein2 g(5%)
- Saturated Fat0 g(1%)
- Sodium1385 mg(58%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber2 g(7%)
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Ever since I first helped my Dad band ducks as a kid, I've been fascinated with bird bands. The biologists who came up with that idea were brilliant, because it's such a great way to learn about avian life, their travels, and patterns! Then, as hunters, when we're lucky enough to take a banded bird (or mammal) during our outings, it somehow adds an extra spice to an already thrilling experience, and gives us a physical piece of jewelry to remind us of the hunt and honor the fallen prey. Not that those animals which were banded are any more special than the others we take, but it's just really exciting to look at them "in-hand" and see that they've been captured and banded at an earlier time. When we later receive the data back from the banding agency, it feels like we've been a part of that creature's life, and it feels good. I've been very lucky in my hunting career to take a number of banded birds, so I'm going to list them here and hope others will share their successes, too.
1 Banded Dove - banded and shot near the same location in Kentucky.
1 Banded Pheasant - I didn't kill him, but found his carcass while turkey hunting in Oklahoma.
5 Banded Ducks - all Mallards and all shot in Indiana, but I can't remember or find their paperwork of where they were banded. I know one was banded in KY and another in Georgia, and seems like another was from Saskatchewan.
8 Banded Canada Geese (3 wore colored plastic collars, too) - all shot in Indiana, and at least 3 were banded within a few miles of where they were killed. 1 came from up around the Labrador Bay, and at least 1 other was from Canada The paperwork is somewhere!
5 Banded Turkeys - 3 Rio Grandes shot in Oklahoma, 1 Osceola from Florida which also sported numbered wing tags and a radio pack, and a double-banded Tom from Delaware.
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We can see you now, sitting at your desk or the dining room table, surrounded by brochures from your top-choice schools. You have paper applications stacked or scattered nearby, or your eyes are burning from filling out online apps. You haven't showered in days, and you're seriously considering writing an essay about how Harry Potter is the literary figure who has most influenced your life.
Amid this chaos, it would be easy to make a mistake or two. But if there were ever a time to avoid mistakes, it's now.
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College admission officers aren't looking for reasons to keep you out of their schools. They're not sitting at their desks, just waiting for you to write the name of your county in the box that says "country" so they can yell, "Deny!" and stamp your app with a big black X.
At the same time, you want to show that you're up to all of the challenges college offers—starting with the gargantuan task of applying. Use this checklist to avoid common mistakes, and then take a break—and a shower.
Not answering the essay prompt. Even if it means writing yet another essay and risking the possibility of your head exploding, you must answer the essay prompt for each specific school. Don't persuade yourself that the school will be so impressed by your essay on Americans' dependence on oil that the admissions committee will overlook the fact that you didn't answer their prompt—about where you'd go if you could travel back in time.
Telling School A how much you want to go to School B. It's fine to write one essay and then modify for other schools, as long as the essay actually matches the prompts. But if part of your essay describes how badly you want to go to School A , be sure you change the school's name before sending the essay to School B.
Forgetting the Common App supplements. The Common App allows you to fill out one app and send it to multiple schools, saving you time and headaches. But remember that many schools ask students to complete supplements specific to each college.
Using the email address that your friends think is hilarious. Create an email account exclusively for communicating about colleges, and make the address professional. A combination of your first initial, last name and birth date is probably a safe bet.
Dissing your teachers. Many apps have room for you to explain special circumstances that affected your grades. Don't use this opportunity to blame a teacher if you have a less-than-awesome grade. Take ownership, identify the problem and then quickly explain how you have overcome it. Colleges don't want people who rely on excuses when they struggle.
Confusing "Early Decision" and "Early Action." Both plans allow you to apply early—usually in November—and get the school's decision early, probably in December or January. But there's a big difference between the two plans: If you're admitted under an early decision plan, you must enroll at that school, but early action plans allow you to wait until the spring to decide.
Forgetting transcripts or letters of recommendation. All of your application materials are due by the deadline. Be sure you give your guidance counselor and teachers at least four weeks to submit the supplementary materials that will make your app complete.
Letting your mom or dad help—too much. Part of the allure of college is your independence, right? So now's the time to show your self-sufficiency by completing your apps by yourself. Sure, it's fine for your parents to review them when you're done to make sure you haven't made any errors or missed important info. But limit their involvement to proofreaders and cheerleaders.
Procrastinating. Yes, your mom called and asked us to remind you to start your applications. Now.
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Things you should never say or do in your quest for college admission.
List "hanging out with friends" or "watching my little brother" as extracurricular activities. They don't count.
Tell a college rep that his school is your safety school. Not anymore.
Post on your Facebook page pictures of yourself in, ahem, less-than-appropriate situations. You just never know who might be checking out your profile.
Mention that a school is "crazy" not to admit you. Confidence is good; arrogance is annoying.
Let your mom or dad call to check on the status of your application -- unless, of course, you're planning to take them to college with you.


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Voter ID Resurfaces In State Legislatures, But ALEC Remains Incognito In Media Coverage
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As conservative legislators in nine states renew the push for restrictive voter ID laws, their efforts have been aided by state media outlets that continue to ignore or misinform readers on the issue.
Republican lawmakers in several states -- Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin -- have stated that new or more restrictive voter ID rules will top their agendas in 2013. (Republicans control both houses of the legislature in all those states but New York and West Virginia. In Virginia, the GOP controls the House and maintains a 50/50 split with Democrats in the state Senate.) These proposals come just weeks after the 2012 election, in which there was no evidence of massive voter fraud.
A Media Matters analysis of the largest newspapers in each state found that coverage of these new voter ID initiatives has been largely devoid of context about the overstated dangers of voter fraud or of the significant influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy organization dedicated to pushing a homogeneous conservative agenda state-by-state. Only four of the nine newspapers covered the 2013 initiatives at all, and only one mentioned ALEC.


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Discussion in 'February 2009' started by Dlev59, Feb 5, 2009.
Yeah I actually agree with you, but that seems to be a bit taboo for some of the posters here.
definitely. you're welcome. sort of. all i want is: a) that people actually read the posts of others with a minimal capacity for absorbing whatever in the post doesn't conform to (a.1) the reader's preconception of the poster and/or (a.2) the reader's own preconceptions of the issue at hand; b) that people actually be rational when they are claiming to be rational and c) acknowledge that they are being passionate and irrational when they are being passionate and irrational. i think a lot of pseudo-debate and needless back-and-forthing could be avoided by adhering to this (this is me being rational). and whatever problems it didn't solve i don't care about because i didn't come up with solutions to them (this is me being irrational). the cool thing is that (c) lets us say absolutely any old biased irrational wacko b.s. we want so long as we're up front about it being biased irrational wacko b.s.
Yes somebody watch and then provides the real +/- for the Sheed/Dyess combo for the past 18 games , which we are misarable 6 and 12
We probably can find at least two or three of those 'stupid shots from Sheed the past 3-4 years...someone cue up the Youtube Sheed lo-lights
The last 3 games have proven that we need an energy big in the game at all times. Look at what Chicago just did to us. Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah were all about the paint. They have very little skills compared to Dyess and Sheed, but they have 5x the energy level and athleticism. Thomas and Noah took 15 shots from point blank tonight. They had more in the paint, but those were just dunks, layups, tap-ins. Sheed was on fire tonight and TT and JN still outscored Sheed and Dyess almost purely on 2nd chance points off of 14 offensive rebounds. We have guys like those 2. We can be the ones frustrating the other teams with shotblocking, offensive rebounds, and manic energy. Sheed and Dyess are great players in their own way, but they are no longer willing or able to bounce around in the paint all day. And I will end with a brief comment on how disappointed I am that in a game where Amir was actually being very effective, MC still didn't trust him when things started slipping. Amir had 4 fouls, yes, as he always seems to. 1- attempted to take a charge. 2- stopped a dunk (dunker made 1 of 2 FT's). 3- committed foul while trying to get offensive rebound. 4- took a charge, but didn't get the call. All of those are acceptable fouls. They aren't an idiot kid leaving his feet on pump fake variety. This was a landmark loss. A back breaker. One of those losses where guys start thinking about themselves going forward instead of the team. A loss where all you can hear on the flight home is muffled beats from over amplified headphones.
If Curry were playing the young guys and there was some improvement in them and also vets still played with conviction, I would give him a pass. However the situation seems to be going from bad to worse as we are winning just enough to keep the four games above .500 cushion we had prior to AI's first game But at this point I would be willing to have Flip too just to be happy in the regular season even though I already would know what the future would look like in round 3... He is still being paid, maybe we should bring him back and make him earn his pay.
I haven't seen a loss like that from the Pistons in a long time. That was a COMPLETE COLLAPSE. I don't get really bummed out about things like that, but still, it was absolutely incredible. Breathtaking you might say. I don't think any of the Celtics losses in the playoffs were this shocking. This was one game where I feel the old saying that "it's just one game" doesn't hold true. I wonder if this caused Joe to make up his mind on pulling the trigger... How long is Curry's contract?
Chauncey aside, I think the directionless 4th quarters are a product of lineups. AI CAN lead, same with Stuckey - potentially - he's shown flashes. But neither of them can really control who's out there with them, or what plays are being called. Neither of them have the "clout", so to speak, to really, effectively guide the other players. I think some of those guys might still be living in the past, living off past glory. Curry's end game lineups are as dysfunctional as they come. It's like Curry's fielding the best team to get us to another inexplicable loss.
iirc, 2 years.
Michael Curry gets 3-year contract to coach Detroit Pistons - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com I actually thought his contract was for way less than $2.5M. Why did they pay him this much? He wouldn't have done it for $500K? Still, a buyout isn't major cash in the grand scheme of things. The organization could make the money back in wins.
Thanks TaS. Looks like Joe overpaid.
There another one just like that a few games ago by the same guy. I was not aware that I jump on every post about CB. If I do then I appologize. "The Team does not know how to finish games without CB". I guess thats not about the trade in particular. More about not having the guy anymore when we still could have and been able to finish out this game. I would imagine that leadership is supposed to come from the vets who are still on the team. Its just not happening this year.
This is serious, not rhetorical... What was Sheed actually thinking? Did he lose track of time? Did he think that because we were going to leave time for Chicago that milking the clock further wouldn't have done much? Did he think a 3 would really seal it? Did he think he was taking an OK shot? It was a really strange decision.
The Pistons have been woeful in late clock and end game situations. Players do not know time and score, they seem completely undisciplined and disorganized, and that all comes back to the coach. Sure, Sheed is probably guilty of not knowing time and score, or maybe just taking a bizarre and reckless shot, but the sideline is supposed to make sure reckless shots don't happen by reinforcing a plan, and reminding of the circumstances. Honestly, we could have 5 bowling pins on the sideline, and it would be the same outcome.
When you put it in perspective, almost any three point shot taken in crunch that misses could be considered a WTF are taking that shot for? If it goes in and you win, you get a highfive and a highlight on ESPN or NBA TV...if it misses, then you are a goat for the rest of the night no matter whatever you did in the game prior to the shot. Sheed seems to lose track sometimes and unconsiously takes a three that no one else out on the floor would take without thinking about it first. That ball in the hands of someone else may have been dribbled around for few wasted seconds, hurried a shot and we may have or may not have got the same result .....you now have to wonder what play was drawn up in the huddle and if Sheed was actually listening to it or joking with Red Kerr or Scottie at the broadcast table.
This would have been a good post, but.....it's BARRY not BERRY. Lay off the sauce, son.
After thinking about it further, Sheed arguably did the right thing by shooting it so early in the clock (he just shouldn't have taken a bad shot). This may have been drawn up by MC, although I doubt he would think it through like this. Since we were going to leave a substantial amount of time for them even if we milked the clock down to the end, we may as well have left > 24 seconds so that if we miss and they make, we will still have time left for ourselves. This doesn't explain why Sheed would sprint out to the 3 point line like we were down 3, but it maybe explains why he was so quick to shoot.
They weren't leaders before. Why would we expect them to be now? The leader of the team is usually the PG because he has control of the flow, the game, and where the ball is going. Stuckey is showing that he's not ready to be that, and the coach isn't capable of being that so now we're left with a bunch of players just wandering around looking a little more shell-shocked after every embarrassing loss. It doesn't look we practice at all. And if we do WTH are we practicing? b/c we look so disorganized. edited to add; One day Curry will learn that giving it to Sheed in the post is not a good end of game play.
PISTONS: Pistons 102, Bulls 107 Amir Johnson. I'm so sick of these brilliant third quarters being wasted. The same thing happened in the Cavs game. Why can't Amir play in the 4th ever? I'll give you a hint Rip it starts with Dye . . . and end with eed. And it's only a problem when it happens at the same time.
Dyess and Sheed? I agree. With both points.
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Im actually glad its not like RO1. After years of that game, and years of private servers of that game. I can honestly say im pretty much done with RO1. But im excited to still be able to set foot in the same world tho
Way i see it is, RO2 is equivalent to the movie Prometheus. Its still a mmorpg, just like Prometheus is a sci-fi movie. Yet, they both really dont do anything new. Nothing, out of the ordinary. Pretty generic stuff tbh. But, they are both set in the same "world"
Its not exactly what most of you wanted, but its good enough for me.
Livin' proof of a dying dream
It has potential anyway and hopefully with all the aspects of Ragnarok alot of us love it will turn out to be something Ragnarok players will actuall enjoy one day.
Glad it's being run by warpportal so atleast we know the game will keep rolling along and not close down anytime soon.
People above actually have a point. People should stop comparing RO2 to RO1 and just learn to appreciate the game itself. I know a lot of people who enjoy it despite of the negative comments found alll over the internet LOL
But to be honest, bothering to point it out isnt constructive either. Saying "wish people would stop complaining and comparing it to other games that I dont want them to" is completely redudent and egocentric. Let people say their opinion, regardless if it is actually their own. People who are actually interested in the game will try it and come to their own conclusions.
I and many others in this thread has shared our honest opinion (many favorable) of the game yet you seems to pass constructive opinion and solely focus and call out the ones "you disagree with".
Last edited by renrinken; 05-01-2013 at 02:57 AM.
I Don't remember disagreeing with anyone
yeah, you all guys shared your opinions... that's why im also sharing mine
So I shall briefly support what you said. Indeed RO1 and RO2 are very different games, they are not even in the same genre. RO1 is a sprite based isometric MMO with simplistic combat that was highly customization in terms of character builds. RO2 on other hand is iterative themepark MMO with the traditional hotkey MMO we have come to love. Classes are cookie cutter and focus is more about progressing then being a unique little flower and building a unique class.
It is also important to identify at this current time, RO2 is almost exclusively PVE, where RO1 was heavily pvp focused.
So yes, absolutely dont play RO2 if your wanting a RO1.5, different game, different genre. However if you want a iterative MMO that follows in footsteps of games like Eden Eternal with fun classes and semi-immersive world then this game is definitely worth trying out.
So ragnarok online 2 is like wow or eden eternal, i think i'll just return back to the original one day.
is this the same as the one on steam?


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Boy, Jobs Must Be Really Expensive in Los Angeles!
posted at 6:20 pm on September 19, 2010 by Jimmie Bise, Jr
Why do I dislike big progressive government so much? Let me tell you the story of Los Angeles and its Missing Money. As a result of last year's Vote Buying Act Stimulus Bill, Los Angeles received a humongous pile of money — 111 million dollars, to be exact. The purpose of that money was to create jobs as it circulated through, and thereby stimulated, the economy. The city's unemployment rate is 12 percent, so one can assume that a few truckloads of money getting dumped into the local economy would probably be a big help. At least, that's the theory being Keynesian Economics, the preferred method by which Democrat take money from you, launder it through a couple layers of government, then give what's left back to you in handy Super Stimulated form.
This past week, the City Controller released the results of an audit her office conducted and found that with that $111 million, Los Angeles has created a grand total of 54.46 jobs (PDF link). How that is possible can be explained in this quote from the Controller, Wendy Greuel.
"I'm disappointed that we've only created or retained 55 jobs after receiving $111 million in ARRA funds. With our local unemployment rate over 12% we need to do a better job cutting the red tape and putting Angelenos back to work," said City Controller Greuel. "While it doesn't appear that any of the ARRA funds were misspent, the City needs to do a better job expediting the process and creating jobs…" [Emphasis mine]
What struck me about this report is that, even though each job her city allegedly created (or saved, whatever the heck that means) cost us well over 2 million dollars, Controller Greuel doesn't see any particular reason for alarm. She doesn't appear to believe that her government has failed miserably, nor that there's anything at all wrong that a few tweaks here or there to speed up the spending process. Nope, her response is to say that she she can make her government work quickly and efficiently.
And there's your problem. This is always the response from the Democrats. Every single time government wastes another few truckloads of our money, Democrats tell us that they'll get it right the next time for sure. And, for reasons I can not for the life of me understand, we believe them, even though their pet economic theories have never worked. Well, I have a few questions for Ms. Greuel. Who will she fire for wasting so much of our money? Which regulation will she remove to speed up the flow of money? What byzantine and corrupt contracting process will she waive to get some of that $2 million a job free from the grasping hands of bureaucrats who don't want to let that money go? Which budget will she cut to free up even more money for job creation?
I'm no fool. I know I won't get an answer to any of those questions, but if enough of us ask them, and keep on asking them at every opportunity, we will be impossible to ignore.
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Am doing a one month self retreat in November (focus on breath and bare awareness). At home I also do focusing on the breath and when feel I can (am still enough) open it up to bare awareness (I do bare awareness as much as possible but this tends to be less than 50% of the time).
However, when I do a one month retreat obviously the ability to focus on bare awareness may well improve. My question is:
Has anyone got any tips on balance of focus between breathing / bare awareness based on their experience of a relatively long retreat? i.e. how concentrated to try and become and whether this is best built up by just breath for a period of time or mixture of breath / bare awareness. Some methods seem to use the breath for a very long time to me (not sure how useful this is or not)
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text: We'll see a lot of bench tommorow then. Memphis is horrible though since there 2 top big men are out. Good game to let the bench do their thing. Liked what Sheed did for us. He bounced back and remained calm and gave the Pistons a near 20 and 10 game. What CB and Rip did better than scoring 47 was getting to the line 19 times and making 17 free throws. Chauncey can always muscle his way to the paint and Rip can drive right by defenders. There is no reason the backcourt shouldn't get inside. Tay did good. He only got 12 points, but he got 7 boards 4 assists and he prevented Pierce from having a great game. Nazr did very well especially in the beginning. Delfino and Dice crashed the boards well the only Piston who didn't do too good was Flip. I'm looking for the starters to only play 24-28 minutes tommorow, and a better effort by everyone off the bench.


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I am trying to retrieve a date variable out of my MySQL database through a select-list form, but I keep getting this error:
"You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\'2012-08-02\' AND \'2013-12-31\' ORDER BY project_descriptions.proj_date_final ' at line 1"
Here is the relevant part of the query:
"WHERE project_descriptions.proj_date_final BETWEEN $value"
Here is the variable:
//Grabs the date from the dropdown list$value="'2007-01-01' AND '2013-12-31'";if(isset($_POST['value'])) { $value=$_POST['value'];}
Here is the select menu:
<select name="value"> <option value="'2007-01-01' AND '2013-12-31'">All Dates</option> <option value="'2007-01-01' AND '2007-12-31'">2007</option> <option value="'2008-01-01' AND '2008-12-31'">2008</option> <option value="'2009-01-01' AND '2009-12-31'">2009</option> <option value="'2010-01-01' AND '2010-12-31'">2010</option> <option value="'2011-01-01' AND '2011-12-31'">2011</option> <option value="'2007-01-01' AND '2012-08-01'">2012</option> <option value="'2012-08-02' AND '2013-12-31'">Ongoing</option></select>
Essentially, the default value of $value loads just fine when the page renders, but whenever I submit the form (including the All Dates value, which is the same as the default one), I get this error message.
I echoed the query in hopes that I could find something, but it's all good except the (\') marks. Only when I mess with the quote marks does anything change--usually for the much worse! So I am pretty sure that it is the single quote marks in the value attribute of the option tag is the snag. I tried escaping them (is that the right term?) in the attribute (e.g., value="\'2007-01-01\' AND \'2013-12-31\'">) but, again, that just made matters worse.
What am I missing here? Is there a better way to give me a range of dates from my database?
... but forgot to show it to us
That is because I set up the the query echo in another page that contains the cascading set of form elements. It printed out the query as the last "else" of the script. When I add it to the page of this single form element, all it prints is the name of the query ($query_projTbl.) Here is what I put:
//Grabs the date from the dropdown list$value="'2007-01-01' AND '2013-12-31'";if(isset($_POST['value'])) { $value=$_POST['value']; echo '$query_projTbl' . '

';}
However, I already used it to isolate the trouble: the single quote marks in the value attribute. Are you saying that the code I supplied above should work? The weird thing is that it did work, and then stopped.
If it would help, please advise on what to place (and where.) If there is anything else that would help get to the bottom of this, please let me know.
what you want to end up with, of course, is...
WHERE project_descriptions.proj_date_final
how you achieve that isn't really a mysql topic, but rather php
mysql does not need (nor want) those quotes escaped
The query does say that when the page loads, but it doesn't when the form data gets posted. The query is saying:
WHERE project_descriptions.proj_date_final BETWEEN '\'2007-01-01\' AND \'2013-12-31\'
Where did those slashes come from? PHP didn't put them there, because they don't show up in any other variables.
And if that isn't really a MySQL topic, then what would be the proper query to use in this circumstance?
i have no idea, but i'm willing to bet that it actually was php
the proper query is in post #4
perhaps you should ask a moderator (hit the little red flag icon) to move this thread to the php forum


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'"I love the guy," Ted Black said. "There are no pretenses about him. He's just a wonderful, wonderful human being who happened to do extraordinary things with his business. I love hockey, and I love what we're gonna do, but if Terry Pegula ever went back to drilling gas wells, I'd think seriously about going with him."'
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I had such a humbling experience visiting the hospital and seeing what these kids face on a daily basis. The fact they are able to beat the odds given their circumstances, made me reassess what is important in my own life. My only complaint is that I wish I had more time to spend with the children.
"You cannot help, but be touched when you visit the hospital the Sunday before game. Words cannot describe the feeling that you get from bringing so much joy into these children's lives. I'm so proud to be back coaching at the East-West Shrine Game and help raise money for such a special cause."
"Family means everything in the world to me. So when I saw first-hand the struggles these children and their parents go through, it was heartbreaking. I could not imagine what their lives would be like without the Shriners organization and the great work they do to help the foundation of our future."
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Anytime you have the chance to visit kids at the Shriners Hospital for Children and help our next generation, is a cause that is very dear to me. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to coach in the 86th East-West Shrine Game and go up against my longtime friend Dan Reeves.


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I'm going to need/want a new tank soon, so all I've been wondering is, what reason is there to get anything else over the Ninja dura with a pro reg? Price isn't an issue, but other than aesthetics I have yet to hear a con to buying a dura tank, only pros.
Dura Tank w/Pro Reg vs. Everything Else
Started by BurningPlaydoh, Jan 24 2013 10:59 PM
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Posted 24 January 2013 - 10:59 PM
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:17 PM
There isn't a con. Best tank on the market. And if you are around 5'10" to around 6 foot, the Dura 77/4500 is fucking awesome.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:18 PM
there is a con, its slightly more expensive that buying just the grey ghost with the pro-reg which will suffice
other then that, its the best reg/tank on the market.
other then that, its the best reg/tank on the market.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 01:41 PM
Thanks guys, looks like I'm going with the dura tank! Ill try out that 77ci on a gun at the proshop too
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BIG SIGH. It's like they're taunting me.
Fingers crossed for EC.
Re: Octo System
I still think I'd buy this. EC this one too, Woot!
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Thanks! I look forward to it.
Re: Island Pressure
See now, I think this shirt is one of the neatest ideas, with some of the best colors that I've seen on here...why are there not MORE votes!
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bellarific wrote:I really enjoy this design. I always have, and I ,too, love the orange on the red. It makes me wonder how it would print, though, since the colors are so close to each other. I I wonder if the orange would kind of get lost in the red, since colors tend to print darker than they show up on screen. For the most part. Hm.
Still, gmv for the second time. :D
actually, the shirt color is orange. Pretty much the whole color scheme is kinda orang-ish.
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Holy cow, I totally missed this one the first time around. Very nicely done
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We learned about these guys in my bio class the same week it was up the first time. Very cool idea.
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So here we go again. I'm no artist, but ... is that eight colors?
dark brown
lighter brown
Re: Flight of the Tusk Fairy
this is so delightful!!!!!! i so hope it becomes an editor's choice. i'd get at least 2 : )
I very, very much want this to be printed. Love the colors, love the monster's expression, LOVE the bed balanced on his head.
This needs to be printed. Let's not let it get away twice!
Nice shirt I'd def get it.
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There is something about this that is just really awesome and at the same time it is a very visually pleasing design. I would love one!
Shame this didn't do better in the space derby or this one. It's really pretty and wearable.
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This must win. GMV for sure.
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I'd love to see this concept with a more advanced design!
If this wins, I'd be most curious as to how well woot prints it.
Not sure on my vote yet--there's so many designs I'd like to see printed this do-over. Still, best of luck, DF.
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Editor's choice.
Since, yknow, the wooters never actually vote the best work up into the fog by the end. Even when woot tells them what the best work is.
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You have my vote! Surely I would wear such a thing!
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Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Here is the problem I see with your plan.
You are trying to get too much out of one boat.
Single Hand
Under 30'
While Seaojoes boat looks like a beautiful boat to sail and camp on for the weekend, I don't see it winning any races. If you intend to race and win you need a boat set up for that meaning new sails, new lines, and maybe a new job. Almost any competitive racing boat I have seen has been stripped below and stuffed with sails. Even up to 41 feet, I have seen little room to sleep or cook.
On racing boats less than 30 feet the boats tend to be tight below but then when stuffed with sails, you'd be hard pressed to find room to even use the head.
A few suggestions around this. Figure out if racing or weekending are more important to you. You could do both but the same boat in the size range you are looking at won't be comfortable and competitive in the same boat. Except maybe the Ericsons or J-92.
If you live near Dana Point I have two solutions for you. Buy whatever boat you want and call me, I can be there 3 days a week so you won't have to single hand. Join Aventura sailing club. My sailing club in SD is affiliated with it, I wish I had joined there instead as it is closer and the boats are outrageously cheap to rent.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Originally Posted by SHNOOL View Post
I can't stress this enough, but a AUTOPILOT is an absolute GOD-SEND. Now they stink when the winds are crazy shifty, but when the winds are consistent, they give you an extra hand to actually do fore-deck work, or sort lines, or anything that requires 2 hands to do correctly (winch in a jib perhaps?).
I have the ST2000 (Raymarine) on my C&C24. While the displacement would apparently allow the cheaper ST1000, I prefer to have the faster response time and higher power due to the immense loads imposed when cruising or steaming downwind.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
J/80 should be a piece of cake... roller furler and all.
I single hand race (freshwater) all the time, which definitely ISN'T the same... but with practice I don't know why it wouldn't be. The list of boats you mention will all have varying degrees of success as single handed racing/cruisers.
This board, WILL help teach you to cruise single handed... giving you some tips to get you there. Some configuration on your part will help.
Some suggestions, since the boat isn't purchased....
Roller furling (it's part of the OD of the J/80), but can be added on any boat you choose.
Ample long sheets, this allows you to "cross-sheet" to the windward winch, AS it starts to pipe up, you don't want to be low side grinding. if the winches are easily reachable from the helmsman's position, then, wrap 1 wrap around the leeward winch, then across the cockpit to the windward winch, now 2 wraps around that. Now you can grind and release from high-side. Since my boat is small (25 feet), this leaves me with a jib-sheet across my cockpit right at mid stomach height... I can forgo the winch handle, if I then grab this line, and lean back with it, this sheets the genny, I then hold the line with one hand, and cleat off the tag end... See here what I mean... About 7 minutes in there is a tack (which is hard to see, but you get the jist given the config you see before.
I have a dual headfoil, so my sail changes, and whatnot are forward on the bow, and not easy like a furler, but I just deal, because it's about speed, and I am not dealin with waves like you...
Also a consideration for you might be lazy-jacks for the main. They are a cruiser setup, but the extra weight, and wind resistance of the lines surrounding the main, is a small price to pay to be able to just head up into the wind and drop main... I have a boltrope main, and it's a PITA in wind to fight alone. I do it, but it's not my preferred way (I at the very least will buy my next main with sail slugs, this boltrope is just a struggle).
I can't stress this enough, but a AUTOPILOT is an absolute GOD-SEND. Now they stink when the winds are crazy shifty, but when the winds are consistent, they give you an extra hand to actually do fore-deck work, or sort lines, or anything that requires 2 hands to do correctly (winch in a jib perhaps?)...
My boat is a one design with a symmetrical spin... Believe it or not I've launched that single handed several times but only in super-light winds. I can't wrap my head around doing it alone in any kind of wind say past 10 mph. That being said, I'd love to switch to an asym, and perhaps with a sprit (like the J/80) where I suspect I could with a good auto-pilot launch the spin myself should I want that off-wind performance.
Now, you asked about boats, and you asked about people that single hand... I think you'll find MANY people here single hand, if not always, they do a lot, I suppose it's the nature of busy lives. That being said, I think you can get most your answers if you ask them pointedly here.
One more word... 22ft or 42 feet, they can ALL be single handed, properly configured. As far as what would work best in your waters, well obviously higher displacement in the SA/D formula will handle waves/wind better, but it's subjective, you can sail a cork with a t-shirt if you can put up with the bobbing. I think ONLY YOU can answer what size is "comfortable" for your waters. My best suggestion is to drop by on a busy weekend at a marina, and offer up crew services, so you can try out "other peoples boats."
Now cruising weekends... I'd think you'd want bare essentials... at least a decent sized porta-pottie, a sink with 5-10 gallons of water, human sized berths (6'6" or more).... a way to eat (if you can live on packaged goods alone, you're a better man than me), a stern pulpit grill is a cool way to eat but requires a sheltered area to use effectively, if you plan to be sailing an cooking, then you want something with at least a minimal galley (Cat 27 and 30 are good for that, but are slower than others you've mentioned)...
Finally PHRF, keep in mind, you want a boat that'll sail nicely to it's own rating, not necessarily be "fast." Decide if you are OK with being last across the line, and correcting over everyone (that's an exaggeration but point made)... The aforementioned Catalina 27, and 30 will sail real well to their ratings with decent sails, and some "tweaks" to their rigging. A J/80 on the other hand, or U20, or any of the other racers, are gonna get you there physically faster, but their ratings can be hard to sail to (as those making up the ratings almost all have tweaked and added sails), and be prepared for slower boats to correct over you if you go with one of them. I personally like go fast, and am OK with people correcting over me...
Oh and docking of the bigger boats is harder single handed, but still doable, just make sure to match the motor with the boat, and it'll still be doable.
Hope some of this helps.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
I singlehand my 30 footer without too much problem. I only have to go on deck to raise and lower the main, I have a wheel so I put her into the wind lock the wheel and raise the sail quick, same when dropping it. I will let the main lay on the deck and flake it as I make my way back in. Jib is roller furler so that that makes life easy as do the self tailing winches (which the boat came with) My buddy singlehands his cal30 and it is tougher without the self tailers, but you learn your boat as you go and adapt. It is all about practice and planning ahead, you will also learn what makes life easier and change your boat to fit you.
On the topic of weekending on the boat, I am moving on to mine full time. It is all about what you are comfortable with. Make a list of criteria you want and find a boat that matches. I needed to be able to stand up because I am 6', I have the stove, head, shower, and ice box. I wish I had a chart table but it was a sacrifice I had to make for all the other goodies and to stay in budget. Plenty of people cruise on boats in the 20's, use a coleman camp stove and couldn't be happier. As for the wave size it goes back to your comfort level. Capt. Aaron said in one thread that he likes boats under 30 feet in the ocean because of the way it sits nicely in the trough between swells. Generally you will find that a sailboat is a lot stronger than a person when it comes to handling big water.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Hi Richard,
First I have never single handed anything bigger than 22'. But that was without motor. Its not the sailing so much as the getting in and out of the slip by yourself. One concern I have about single handing is staying on the boat. I love Seaojoes boat but don't think I want to be out solo without any lifelines.
I think the size and style of the boat are less important than the layout. You want all lines led aft, preferably with clutches, jiffy reefing, roller furling and self tailing winches for jib sheets.
If you want to race and spend the weekends on a boat I would suggest something in a 30 foot range. A Catalina 30 if you want space an Olson 30 if you want to go fast and don't mind crouching, Ericson 29, 30, 32, J92, not sure of the price but a fun sailor with room for 3 to camp out on. One other thing to consider for finding crew is a Meetup group. I am in one in SD and sail 2+ days a week on strangers boats, although I am getting to know the owners. You can have people bring you lunch and beer if you take them sailing.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Thank you all very much. I really appreciate your comments.
I have been looking at Single-handed Race results for California and noticed several smaller boats that showed up often: Ultimate 20, Wilderness 21, Ranger 23, Ultimate 24, Moore 24, B-25, Olson 25, and J/80. Are you familiar with any of these boats?
They apparently work well for single-handed racing. Do you know if any of these would also work as a Cruise-Racer (enough stability and room for a weekend coastal cruise?) Which would be your choices for that?
Thank you, Richard
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Continuation from last post....
Attached is a video of one of my first trips out on a windy day last winter. I have since made many improvements to the boat and to my technique - this was one of my first times out on the boat after working on it all summer last year. It is kind of long and may be boring to some, but I used it to improve the rigging and technique.
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
Richard - that's the way I sail all the time. I'm not sure if my it's my body odor or my personality, but I can't talk people into going sailing with me very often. Most of my neighbors (and family) prefer power boats so I usually just go by myself. My 31' boat can be a hand full when the wind kicks up but I manage. I will attach a video soon......
Fair Winds and Blue Skies
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
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Seajoe, so it's a 24' (plus sprit) cutter? Sounds like fun! Do you have any other pics of her?
Here's a link to the 'show me interior pics' thread on SN. I posted pics yesterday in the thread.
here's one of them:
Re: Single-handed Sailing, So. Calif.
There has been some great advice already, so I'll keep mine short. I would recommend a Catalina 30 for single-handing. They are lots of fun, and can be had for very cheap. I have single-handed my C30, my C36, and now my CSY 44, which is a bit of a handful. As mentioned earlier, plan your moves well in advance. The most stress and work will be docking, at least it is for me.
Enjoy, Bill
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Robert, it's the north London derby against Tottenham on Saturday. Did you really look forward to these games when you were at Arsenal?
Yes, very much so, simply because it's the derby and it's the big one. It's always a tough game with a cracking atmosphere. But above all it's a match you can't afford to lose, plain and simple. Over the years a great rivalry has developed between the two clubs and that's why when you play at home it's a must-win for the fans.
What are your favourite memories from these games?
I've got quite a few! From a personal point of view, I've been lucky enough to score quite a few goals against Tottenham, either in the league or in the FA Cup. I always enjoyed playing against them as I knew that the games would be really difficult as the Tottenham players were always really up to beat us. But that's why I always enjoyed playing against Spurs!
You scored eight goals in 12 games against Tottenham. Why do you think you had such a good record against them?
I don't know, it's a good question! As I mentioned before, I really enjoyed playing against them, especially at Highbury where there was always a really good atmosphere and I had a great bond with the fans. But you get certain teams who you always do well against.
How much of a buzz did it give you to win the title at Tottenham in 2004?
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How confident are you that Arsenal will win against Tottenham on Saturday?
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