text:
Photo Gallery
To see the full-size gallery, click on any album title below.
Lions of the Trial Bar CLE (14 images)
Thanks to all of those who came out for the Lions of the Trial Bar CLE featuring guest speaker Mark Curriden and panelists Kathy Brinkman, Marty Pinales and Robert Stachler.November 15, 2013 2:08 pm
Veterans & Military Law Social (18 images)
A big thank you to the sponsors of the Veterans and Military Law Committee at Moerlein Lager House – Dinsmore & Shohl, Wood & Lamping and Croskery Law Offices. Great conversation and sharing by our veterans.November 13, 2013 3:57 pm
YLS Bar Bash (20 images)
Almost 90 YLS members, new lawyers and mentors joined together at Igby's to celebrate the newly admitted lawyers at the YLS Bar Bash.November 11, 2013 4:00 pm
First-Year Minority Law Student Reception (16 images)
On Wednesday, November 6 the BLAC-CBA Round Table held its annual First-Year Minority Law Student Reception. Members of the legal community joined the Round Table to welcome first-year students from Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the University of Cincinnati College of Law to the Greater Cincinnati legal community.November 8, 2013 9:05 am
Second Anti-Bullying Presentation at Espy Boys & Girls Club (8 images)
The second round of anti-bullying presentations was equally awesome at the Espy Boys & Girls Club. Thanks to our volunteers and a grant from the Cincinnati Bar Foundation more than 80 children ages 5–18 benefitted from interactive activities, videos and open discussions about bullying during this two-day presentation. Just another example of YLS volunteers meeting the Challenge!October 30, 2013 9:11 am
Women Lawyers Tour of Findlay Market (10 images)
Twenty plus Women Lawyers Committee members, their family and friends toured Findlay Market on a brisk Saturday morning. The tour guides shared the history of the market and the architectural changes.October 29, 2013 9:55 am
Inn of Court Honors Judge Spiegel (100 images)October 25, 2013 10:17 am
YLS Anti-Bullying at Espy Boys & Girls Club (6 images)
Many thanks to our young lawyer and law student volunteers who presented the Anti-Bullying project to 5-9 year olds at the Espy Boys & Girls Club yesterday. Our second presentation will take place this Thursday for the 10–18 year olds.October 23, 2013 9:27 am
YLS Game Night (6 images)
Volunteers had a great time playing games with youth at the Espy Boys and Girls Club. All volunteers are eligible for the YLS Community Service Challenge. Take part in the challenge and make a difference at an upcoming event!September 23, 2013 12:00 pm
Bench Bar Social (39 images)September 13, 2013 3:47 pm
YLS Volleyball at the Sandbar (6 images)
A good time was had by all! Young professionals from around the city joined the YLS Social Committee at their second volleyball event at the Sandbar. Cincinnati Arts was the winning team. Great fun for the YLS Board and the CBA Board teams, competing in the tournament.September 9, 2013 11:03 am
21st Annual Nast Trinity Dinner (9 images)
A big round of applause goes out to all of our volunteers for serving dinners to those in need at the 21st Annual Nast Trinity Dinner.August 19, 2013 9:55 am
Women Lawyers at Coney Island (12 images)
The Women Lawyers Committee had great weather and a great time at Coney Island Saturday, July 20. Thanks to all of those who came out and enjoyed the event.July 22, 2013 11:10 am
Coffee and Conversations July 19 (3 images)
Thanks to all of those who came out for the July 19 Coffee and Conversations meeting with the Women Lawyers Committee. Jean Geoppinger McCoy, current CBA president, presented to the group. Coffee and Conversations take place every third Firday of the month at the Panera at 6th and Vine.July 19, 2013 4:19 pm
Minority Summer Clerkship Reception (10 images)
The BLAC-CBA Roundtable thanks the Greater Cincinnati legal community for attending the Minority Summer Clerkship Reception on July 11. We hope that the summer associates and SWEL interns were able to make great connections with the legal community at this social event.July 12, 2013 2:55 pm
Civil Gideon and Legal Services for the Poor (4 images)
Thanks to all of those who came out for the presentation on the Right to Legal Counsel in Civil Cases: Civil Gideon and Legal Services for the Poor.June 28, 2013 4:27 pm
Baseball & the Law CLE (3 images)
You can bet that attendees enjoyed the fourth annual baseball & the law CLE focusing on gambling and the great American pastime. CBA members Jim Crowley and Jack Greiner were joined by Dr. Chris Tuell of the Lindner Center of Hope as presenters.June 26, 2013 9:08 am
Senior Lawyer Division: Making the Business Case for iPads (21 images)
Jonathan Adams, the co-founder of Salix led an interactive presentation on using iPads for business purposes. Thanks to the speakers and all of those who attended!June 13, 2013 3:32 pm
Balanced Living Lecture Series: Making Fit FIT (4 images)
Personal trainer David Dickey and CBA member James Bogen, both former Division I College athletes, shared tips for shaping up at "How to Make Fit FIT," the second program in the Health and Well Being Committee's Balanced Living Lecture Series. The next lecture, "Eat to Live," will be held on August 2nd and address nutrition.May 21, 2013 3:51 pm


text:
Erica Capellino
USC Places 10th At Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
Buckley leads young Trojan squad
USC To Run At Pac-12 XC Championships Saturday
Young Trojan squad features 3 sophomores and 4 freshmen
USC To Compete At Titan Invitational Friday
Final regular season meet of the season
USC's Cross Country Team Set To Invade The Inland Empire
Trojans to compete a the 4K Highlander Invitational hosted by UC Riverside
Capellino, Quincey and Vavic Named USC Student-Athletes of the Week
Capellino and Quincey share the honor this week on the women's side, while Vavic represents the men.
At USC: Erica Capellino begins her final season of running cross country for USC...She has been the Trojans' top runner in 10 of her 14 career races. 2013: Was USC's top runner once again, but had her season end after the Pac-12 Championships due to a stress fracture which also kept her out of the track season. Won the individual title by placing first at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on Oct. 11 with a 6K time of 21:47.36 on the Rose Bowl course. Set a 5K PR with a time of 17:40.8 while finishing seventh at the Highlander Invitational on Oct. 19. Had her best Pac-12 Championships finish as she led the Trojans by placing 46th with a time of 23.19 on Nov. 2 in Colorado. 2012: Was USC's top finisher in all four regular season meets in which she competed. Set a then-PR of 17:43.9 in leading USC to a second place finish at the season-opening UC Irvine Invitational...it was the fastest time by a Trojan on the Irvine course in the past seven seasons. Led USC to its first team title since 2009 and became's USC's first individual winner since 2010 when she won the Aztec Invitational on Sept. 15 with a time of 18:11.5, 16 seconds faster than she ran on the Balboa Course in finishing second as a freshman and 10 seconds better than the 2011 winner....Also became the first Trojan since Sarah Cocco in 2007 to win the Aztec Invitational and her time was the fastest individual time since Cocco won with a time of 17:43 that same season. Was USC's top finisher and placed 26th with a 6K PR of 21.43 at the 6K Stanford Invitational on Sept. 29. Paced the Trojans and was fourth overall with a time of 13:52.2 at the 4K Highlander Invitational on Oct. 13. Was USC's second finisher and 55th overall with a time of 22:00 at the Pac-12 Championships held at Robinson's Ranch Golf Course in Los Angeles on Oct. 27. 2011: She had an outstanding first season at USC, developing into one of the top cross country runners and one of the best distance runners in track for the Trojans. In her first cross country race as a Trojan she placed second with a time of 18:27.8 at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego on Sept. 17...Led the Trojans and finished fourth overall with a time of 22:05.48 at the CSUN Invitational on Oct. 15...Was USC's second finisher an 92nd overall with a time of 22.41 at the Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 29...Had a strong Spring running track for USC with a best 800m time of 2:12.58 and USC's best 1500m time and a PR of 4:27.92 at the Trojan Invitational on March 24...Placed second in the 1500m race with a time of 4:32.25 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 30. .
HIGH SCHOOL: Capellino is a 2011 graduate of Palos Verdes High in Palos Verdes, Calif where she competed in cross country and track and field...She took third place in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Cross Country finals on a 3.25 course with a time of 18:39 and fifth at the CIF State Championships on a 5K course with a time of 18:04...Also has cross country best of 18:04 on a 5000m course, 18:10 on a 2.95 mile course and 17.56 on a three mile course...In, track as a senior, Capellino placed second in the 800m and 1600m at the CIF Southern Section Division 3 finals with PRs respectively of 2:14.35 and 4:51.10...Won the one-mile seeded race at the Arcadia Invitational as a senior with a time of 4:57.31...Won the CIF Southern Section 800m final as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Erica was born on January 26, 1993 in Torrance, Calif...Her parents are Kathy and Rick Capellino and she has two siblings, Jordan (Yale) and Alyssa (USC)...Her father attended USC, as did her cousins Jenna and Sam Carmack, uncle Jim Carmack and aunt Terrie Capellino (Carmack)...Lists her favorite place as the beach...Likes to ski, surf and dance in her spare time...Is a Human Biology major at USC...Volunteers for the Joint Educational Project, a service learning organization at USC, the Trojan Athletic Senate and Athletes In Action...Named honorable mention on the 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic team.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Could it be something you ate? Lack of sleep? Here are 11 migraine triggers to look out for.
Find out if PRP therapy right for you.
Tips for preventing one of the most common types of knee injury.
Learn what happens before, during, and after a stroke occurs – and why prompt treatment is key to survival.
Tips and moves to ease backaches
How to bounce back fast from an ankle sprain - and stay pain free.


text:
one thing......jp, did you know that you have a heck of an accent ???? :evil:
What accent?! Sounds normal to me! ;)
bro I just got home to listen to ya talk ya got no accent those people are crazy
Excellent job JP! You came across as very calm and competent. You'll probably get even more calls now. :)
Nice to see you working the bees in a t-shirt. That's good PR right there. :)


text:
5 Star Review
Item: CenterPoint Mountable Video Action Cam
Price: $19.99
Shipping Options: $5 Standard OR $9 Two-Day OR $12 One-Day
Condition: New
Search Amazon Search Google
Previous Similar Sales (May not be exact model)
5/21/2013 - $29.99 (Woot-off) - 10 comment(s)
5/13/2013 - $29.99 - 15 comment(s)
4/30/2013 - $29.99 - 13 comment(s)
4/24/2013 - $39.99 (Woot-off) - 3 comment(s)
4/13/2013 - $39.99 - 23 comment(s)
I got one a few months ago when it was on Woot, strapped it on my paintball gun and headed out to the field. If everything was perfectly still this would be a great camera. Unfortunately that's rarely the case when playing most sports and the videos I shot look more like they were filmed with a time lapse security camera rather than a camera that claims to be 30fps. Also the controls are on the right side of the camera meaning if your're right handed you have to use your trigger hand to turn the camera on and off and completely flip the gun over to see the status LED. Had they been on the other side it could be turned on and off with out even having to move my hand from the foregrip. As for pros the rail mount is actually pretty solid and it did stand up to getting hit with a paintball but thats about it. I don't think it was worth the $30 I paid for it and i really doubt I would pay $20 if I knew what I know now.
Anybody have any input on this thing being used as, say, a dash cam in a car?
Just get an 808 keychain camera for $7 at hobbyking.com
fapsausss wrote:Just get an 808 keychain camera for $7 at hobbyking.com
I've looked at those, but they only record up to 60 minutes continuously.
Check out this single perfect review over at amazon
How long before Woot pays us to take these cameras?
So...would this actually hold up on a real gun or just fall apart with the recoil? Say on an evil AR :-)
I ask because most Center Point products are garbage. Every Center Point scope I ever got that was included with an air gun you just took off and threw away. The optics were so wavy and bad you couldn't use it.
prttymf8 wrote:How long before Woot pays us to take these cameras?
Thats what I was begining to think! I bet they have a warehouse full they cant get rid of! Maybe if thet sold them for cost (not more than $2.50 I hope) they could get rid of them and then sell us things we would be willing to pay for instead of showing tnese twice a month hopefully thinking we had forgotten about them! Heck, they probably couldnt sell these in China to film the sweatshops they were made in!
i am going to mount this to my mt Bike FTW
"2x zoom" Optical or digital?
I purchased one on the last round Woot sold it, paid $25. All I can really say is...Meh. The video quality is not great, I attached it to a Ruger 10/22 for testing. Is it worth $20...Sure just don't have high expectations. I plan on using it for competition shooting at the range on the 10/22. It picks up what is going on just fine, just not in to much detail...
radi0j0hn wrote:"2x zoom" Optical or digital?
The zoom is pretty much worthless...
will this mount on a M4 rail system?
I got one of these a couple months ago and used it in conjunction with a PlanetBike bicycle clamp.
The Weaver Style Mount on the base of the CenterPoint Cam has a small block in it that can easily be removed with a screwdriver, thereby making it perfectly compatible with the bike mount.
The Cam is decent, as stated, 720p. Even when I am moving pretty fast, the image is pretty steady.
Agreed the DIGITAL Zoom is pretty worthless, the image you get isn't well interpolated.
Agreed that, after the first few charge/discharges (which I am very careful about), you have to charge it every day to get about 1 1/2 hours out of it. I ride a little more than an hour every day, so that works well.
I really use it to have a record of an accident, if one occurred and it works perfectly for that.
Can not be beaten for the price. Buy 3, sell the other 2 for $34.95 and get it for FREE plus POCKET $5!!!
Ouch, that hurt. That really hurt.
Judging by the YouTube video above, looks like the perfect camera for capturing UFO footage :-/
"Buy Once, Cry Once"
It's really cool when you can capture footage like these cameras are designed to capture but most just do not do it well and leave you wanting something better.
Don't waste your money on these things as they will do nothing but disappoint you.
I picked up a GoPro Hero3 Black (despite many negative reviews on Amazon) and it has been freaking awesome. Attach it to your rail using a StrikeMark Cantilever Mount and you are left with absolutely outstanding footage.
It's more money, yes... but I paid the fee and wont have to look any further.
davidshorin wrote:
I really use it to have a record of an accident, if one occurred and it works perfectly for that.
Can not be beaten for the price. Buy 3, sell the other 2 for $34.95 and get it for FREE plus POCKET $5!!!
@davidshorin, if your purpose is to document an accident, don't you need at least a second rear-facing camera?
Hmmm, are you riding in NYC? Otherwise I wonder how you can enjoy the ride with such a deep concern for documenting an accident.
No worries, rumor has it the Consumer Protection Agency is working on blackbox regulations for bicycles...
Remember how your cell phone camera looked back in 2005, well this thing is almost up to that quality.
I picked one up last time on woot and I gotta say that $20 is way too much for this thing.
As stated above, if you mounted it to a tripod and used it in bright daylight, and filmed something that was slow moving, you may get acceptable results. But if this thing is going to move at all, (like on a paintball gun or a vehicle) you're only going to get blurry images. Don't even think about using it indoors.
Pros: kind of looks cool.
Cons: low frame rate
no image stabilization
no low light ability
poor image quality
I wonder if one could get like 10 of them, and set them up to record at the same time from different angles, and put together matrix style stop motion effects.
Oh wait, the limit is only 3.
Er, Woot - you know there's no such thing as JMPEG? It's MJPEG (Motion JPEG).
Coming to a Besser or Curly near you soon.
bluemaple wrote:@davidshorin, if your purpose is to document an accident, don't you need at least a second rear-facing camera?
Hmmm, are you riding in NYC? Otherwise I wonder how you can enjoy the ride with such a deep concern for documenting an accident.
No worries, rumor has it the Consumer Protection Agency is working on blackbox regulations for bicycles...
Actually, I ride in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and regarding the accident aspect, I've found that (while biking), most of the threats are ahead of you. Cars in Crosswalks, people riding in the opposing direction, etc., but I appreciate your logic. Also, since it records Audio, I do some narration (and have a rear-view mirror) that would be helpful in any bad situation. Cheers! - A.W.W.III


text:
Safety first
Kids Bike Safety Day is a hit in the Mount Washington Valley
By SARA YOUNG-KNOX
Special to the Union Leader | May 12. 2013 8:31PM
"I have such a great time," Cowland commented, "and the kids get to see me, and know I'm not a scary monster."
Finn was first of the trio over the tracks near the Whirling Whale ride, and quickly headed toward the next safety station, where he had to maneuver his bike around a slalom course of traffic pylons, then through a course with hazards such as mock pebbles and a scattering of rocks. The girls, a little slower because of their shorter legs and also their training wheels, soon followed.
"I was good at everything." Abby Murphy said as she parked her bike.
In another decade Abby could be a volunteer at the safety day, like Kennett high School Mountain Bike Team member Meagan Vertigan of North Conway, who was helping guide the adventure rides.
* e-Edition subscription required


text:
In the 19th century, Old Town was the city's downtown center: Upper Canada's first parliament buildings (now long destroyed) were erected here in 1793. Now just east of the city's financial district, the area still hosts a postcard collection of historic buildings. A trot through Toronto's past will escort you to the Toronto Islands—picturesque mini-worlds away from the pulsing financial core that provides a silvery, cinematic backdrop.
Start in the historic St. Lawrence Market neighborhood at (1) St. Lawrence Market (92 Front Street E; www.stlawrencemarket.com), located at the corner of Jarvis Street and Front Street. Built in 1803, the South Market was the city's first city hall and now houses a fragrant cornucopia (and grazing ground) of exotic vittles: over 50 vendors hawk such savories as Québécois artisanal cheeses, fruits, honeys, breads, and glamorous proteins (sushi-grade fish; smoked arctic char; caviar).
After a fortifying wander, walk north from Front Street along Jarvis until you reach King Street, turn left and walk west to Church Street where you'll find (2) St. James Cathedral (King and Church Streets; www.stjamescathedral.on.ca). The cathedral first opened its grand doors for services on June 19, 1853; the 328-foot-tall (100-meter-tall) spire poked out from the cityscape, guiding ships into the harbor. From King and Church, walk south on Church until you reach Front Street again and can behold the red brick (3) Flatiron Building (49 Wellington Street E). Dating back to 1892, the flatiron was built as the head office of the Gooderham and Worts distilling company. With the city's sharp, silver corporate towers as its backdrop, the Flatiron offers a classic Louvre-and-Pyramid-style. Past-present photo opportunity: the blade-silver cityscape offering a cold contrast with the curves and color of the old world.
Continue to walk west along Front Street, past the (4) Hockey Hall of Fame (30 Yonge Street; www.hhof.com), a temple for the puck-and-blade enthusiast, and the majestic (5) Royal York Hotel (100 Front Street W; www.fairmont.com). Turn left on York Street and head south toward Lake Ontario until you reach Queen's Quay; turn left, walk three blocks east to the foot of Bay Street, where you will find the public ferry docks behind the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. The ferries (fee) take passengers on a blustery ride to the (6) Toronto Islands (www.toronto.ca/parks/island). There are eight islands, all linked by footbridges. (7) Ward's Island is the most charming and stroll-happy, with its pedestrian-only streets and Snow White-style bucolic cottages. Stroll along the boardwalk, wend your way through the curling pathways, and behold the best view of the city. Plan for a sunset ferry ride back to town, when buildings and sky blush with pink.
Best of Canada
Top Picks for Travel
2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Who Will Win?
Browse photos of nature, cities, and people and share your favorite photos.
Shop National Geographic
Travel Wallet
"My Town" Custom Map Puzzle


text:
VIDEO: Academic Success A Team Effort for Phoenix
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Academic success is nothing new for the Green Bay women's basketball program. In 2011-12, the Phoenix women finished the season ranked No. 1 in the WBCA's Academic Top-25 for the second time in school history, earning an NCAA-best 3.616 team GPA. The team helped contribute to the athletic department's best fall grade-point average in school history last semester, posting a team GPA of 3.26 as UW-Green Bay student-athletes combined for a 3.24. It marked the impressive 26th straight semester that Green Bay Athletics has achieved a 3.0 or higher, and the 32nd in a row for women's basketball.
While much of the credit for the team's academic success goes to the student-athletes, the Phoenix players realize the importance of people such as tutor/mentor Darrell Patterson, academic coordinator Mike Kline, UW-Green Bay's professors and all those around campus who support Green Bay Athletics.
Check out the video above for more on Green Bay women's basketball's success in the classroom, and those who make it possible.
For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @GBPhoenix & @GBPhoenixWBB
Green Bay
Women's Basketball and Green
Bay Phoenix Athletics
on Facebook.


text:
Climate Insensitivity
Guest post by Tamino
In a paper, "Heat Capacity, Time Constant, and Sensitivity of Earth's Climate System" soon to be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research (and discussed briefly at RealClimate a few weeks back), Stephen Schwartz of Brookhaven National Laboratory estimates climate sensitivity using observed 20th-century data on ocean heat content and global surface temperature. He arrives at the estimate 1.1±0.5 deg C for a doubling of CO2 concentration (0.3 deg C for every 1 W/m^2 of climate forcing), a figure far lower than most estimates, which fall generally in the range 2 to 4.5 deg C for doubling CO2. This paper has been heralded by global-warming denialists as the death-knell for global warming theory (as most such papers are).
Schwartz's results would imply two important things. First, that the impact of adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will be much smaller than most estimates; second, that almost all of the warming due to the greenhouse gases we've put in the atmosphere so far has already been felt, so there's almost no warming "in the pipeline" due to greenhouse gases already in the air. Both ideas contradict the consensus view of climate scientists, and both ideas give global-warming skeptics a warm fuzzy feeling (but not too warm).
Despite the celebratory reaction from the denialist blogosphere (and U.S. Senator James Inhofe), this is not a "denialist" paper. Schwartz is a highly respected researcher (deservedly so) in atmospheric physics, mainly working on aerosols. He doesn't pretend to smite global-warming theories with a single blow, he simply explores one way to estimate climate sensitivity and reports his results. He seems quite aware of many of the caveats inherent in his method, and invites further study, saying in the "conclusions" section:
Finally, as the present analysis rests on a simple single-compartment energy balance model, the question must inevitably arise whether the rather obdurate climate system might be amenable to determination of its key properties through empirical analysis based on such a simple model. In response to that question it might have to be said that it remains to be seen. In this context it is hoped that the present study might stimulate further work along these lines with more complex models.
What is Schwartz's method? First, assume that the climate system can be effectively modeled as a zero-dimensional energy balance model. This would mean that there would be a single effective heat capacity for the climate system, and a single effective time constant for the system as well. Climate sensitivity will then be
where S is the climate sensitivity, τ is the time constant, and C is the heat capacity. Simple!
To estimate those parameters, Schwartz uses observed climate data. He assumes that the time series of global temperature can effectively be modeled as a linear trend, plus a one-dimensional, first-order "autoregressive" or "Markov" or simply "AR(1)" process [an AR(1) process is a random process with some 'memory' of its previous value; subsequent values y_t are statistically dependent on the immediately preceding value y_(t-1) through an equation of the form y_t = ρ y_(t-1) + ε, where ρ is typically required to be between 0 and 1, and ε is a series of random values conforming to a normal distribution. The AR(1) model is a special case of a more general class of linear time series models known as "Autoregressive moving average" models].
In such as case, the autocorrelation of the global temperature time series (its correlation with a time-delayed copy of itself) can be analyzed to determine the time constant τ. He further assumes that ocean heat content represents the bulk of the heat absorbed by the planet due to climate forces, and that its changes are roughly proportional to the observed surface temperature change; the constant of proportionality gives the heat capacity. The conclusion is that the time constant of the planet is 5±1 years and its heat capacity is 16.7±7 W • yr / (dec C • m^2), so climate sensitivity is 5/16.7 = 0.3 deg C/(W/m^2).
Page 1 of 3 | Next page


text: I've got the red factory Walther F/O sights, front and rear. I'm getting a P22 for squirrel and rabbit hunting, and the HIVIZ green front sight fits both P99 and P22. Could I use the green for the front on the P99 (for color contrast) and put the red on the P22? I know the fitting would work, but is the so-called calibration the same? I imagine if you could use just the front red sight or just the rear red sight interchangably with the factory sights, then you could switch the red and greens with no elevation problems.


text:
what did you buy and what did you scratchbuild yourself?
what did you buy and what did you scratchbuild yourself?
My Jango has so far cost me about $300, and I still need gauntlets, a jet pack and ammo belt. I bought the armor, vest and helmet, but I hadmade the flightsuit and prolly will make the jet pack myself as well.
So far I only have the jumpsuit, boots and vest done for Jango. Made all but the boots. So far, about $70.
about 1200 or more so far, still need to make a jet pack yet.
At least its not like my trooper costume which is at 2300 or so
About $11
Got the Sintra for free
Bought some paint.
Next phase is the jumpsuit and vest
Then the Helm, Jet Pack and Gauntlets
I am at $525. I have all of the stuff for my Jango Costume. I am making the armor and Jet Pack. All of the other stuff I have bought. LAter.
Do I have to add it up???
But I`m building my own custom blaster...Does that count?
Approximately $1750. Someday I'll get a helmet upgrade making me cross the 2 grand mark.....
i think i passed the 2k mark.
Well i got my helmet for free, my mom bought some of the paint, i bought some of the paint, my blasters were 16 for the pair, and that adds up to about $24 or so...
mine cost me my first born.....
I was at the $1400+ mark, until this week. I just spent another $450 on upgrades. And once I add Natty's helmet..... let's just say over two grand when I'm finished, but I will be selling some of my old pieces to recoup a little bit of that.
well as I am, with stuff for two suits, I'm around $1500, but honestly I don't know how much will be out of pocket until the first one is sold in late august...
then we'll see where we're at
Well, I don't know how much my suit cost me, I scratch built everything (except the blaster....that is a converted Webely.....He He He!) When I mean everything I mean the helmet, all the armor, jet pack, boots, jumpsuit, belts, ( I used Shacks lights though and I had the missle machined) so I know I have spent a pretty penny on some things...but over 6 years of spending here and there you loose track.
Hmmm...good question.
Let's see:
Helmet (total w/upgrades): about $110
Jumpsuit: $20
Vest: $8 (cheapo turtleneck with sleeves cut off)
Armor: All Sintra, formed by me...with the paint...$40
Ammo Belt: Scratch built...about $10.
Blaster: Scratch built...$15 or so.
Boots: STILL HAVEN'T GOT HERE!! But..$62.
Gauntlets: Paid for but MB is still making them...$53.
Scalps: $10.
LEDs: $10 or so.
All told...that's about $340.
I'm at the $1000 mark, and I don't have a jet pack yet. Yikes!
Im just curious, anyone know how much it cost ILm to make the Boba and Jango costumes? It would be interesting to compare.
I'm at $1200-
Have to save for those Jango boots bit by bit now...
I've OFTEN wondered how much the original costumes cost to make, and by comparison, if anyone on this board has a suit that costs as much (if not more) than one of the originals.
So far I have:
* Armor: 3mm Sintra, approximately $15
* Gloves: $14 (made from Dunlop golf gloves - you can search for "Dunlop golf" to see a picture of them).
* Cape: $3 (1 yard of fabric, sewn myself)
* Utility belt: $5.99 (1 yard of vinyl, sewn myself) for the pouches, $3 for Velcro to hold them closed, and $9 for a 2" wide brown leather belt to put them on.
* ROTJ Blaster: $165 for kit + another ~$40 in supplies to finish it with.
* Helmet: fiberglass helmet on order from Natty!
* Boots: $120 for Cheng boots
* jumpsuit: Not yet... probably make one myself...
* vest: I might get one from Richie
* jet pack: See "vest" comments above
* miscellaneous items needed for building costume (paint, epoxy, putty, Sculpey, etc.): ~$80 (they add up and it's hard to keep a running total...)
I imagine this will probably end up costing a LOT more than I had anticipated in the beginning, but in the beginning I was planning on getting a "helmet", making some armor, and throwing a suit together. NOW I have to make one that's "PERFECT", thanks to YOU GUYS!!!
My Boba cost me around $2000 so far (I'm always updating) and I've started my Jango, but I'm only $400 into it, but I think I can finish it for $300 more (that's with out building a new stubby jet pack)
bout $150
Vest & Jumpsuit - Myself
Leg Armor - Myself
Ammo Belt - Myself
Gauntlets - RA (well, as soon as they arent so swamped)
Shoulder Bells - Myself
Helmet - Fetts Bounty (Thanks Austin)
Back Armor - RA
Still need Holsters, Blasters, and my jet pack.
I'm well over $2000......
I just dropped $1200 on my new FG helmet and JP this past X-mas alone..... and I have done well over $1500 (includes helm. and JP) in upgrades in the past year alone.
I always sell my older pieces before or after I get my new ones so it helps finance it, if I didn't, I would have close to $3500....
Sad thing is..... With everything I have sold over the past tree years, I could have had my Jango finished insted of just STARTING!!! waaaaa!!
I sold 2 sets of gauntlets, a full set of body armor, knee armor, a JP, and helmet.
I feel sick now.....
Someone kick me......
I am at around $1000 and i still don't have a real jet pack just a styrofoam one!
Wow,Everyone spent less than me DAMN.I have about $1800.00 in
boba,With A few pecies I can not use.This is my first attempt.
It has to be perfect.All I have left is to buy fabric for flight suit and vest.Aside from that I have everything.Then we get to my Jango.About $1200.00 all I have left to buy is fabric again and guantlets.Does not include price for metal westar 34s.I am up there in total price thats for sure,But wait until I post pics. :moon
I'm around $500 with plenty left. I need JP, Gauntlets, boots, other misc, and I'm gonna get a new helmet cause my one now is horibble.


text:
In 1996, Patrick Buchanan said: "We're on the verge of taking [the Republican Party] back as prelude to taking back our country as prelude to taking back the destiny of America, and when we get there, my friends, we will be obedient to one sovereign America and that is the sovereign of God himself" (The Nation, D. Corn, 3/11/96).By 2001, the political forces that agreed with those sentiments had taken control of the government of the old United States. In 2011, they created the apartheid state of the New American Republics. In 2023, following the conclusion of the Second Civil War, Constitutional Democracy was Restored in the Re-United States. This book, published on the 25th anniversary of the Restoration, briefly reviews the political history of the rise and fall of fascism in the old United States and the NAR. The book's principal purpose is to show how fascism can be gradually introduced into any country, even the world's greatest democracy, by constitutional means. The lessons for our time are that the maintenance of constitutional democracy requires eternal vigilance and that those forces whose aims are essentially fascist in nature must never be allowed even one bite of the apple of governmental power. For once they have bitten into it, they will eat the whole apple, core and all. No sharing and no returns. Regurgitation only by the application of extreme force.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Xlibris Corporation, 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # DADAX1413436307
More Information About This Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question
Book Description Xlibris Corp, 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 690 pages. 9.00x6.00x2.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 1413436307
More Information About This Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question
Book Description Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 6763701
More Information About This Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question


text:
Shop By Collection
Shop By Fragrance Family
Bath and Body
Home Fragrance
Gift Ideas
Discover Thymes
Celebrate 25 amazing years of Thymes Lavender Body Lotion! Packaged with silver accents and a silver bow, we are celebrating the silver birthday of this amazing scent. This body lotion helps to moisturize your skin and is beloved for its calming aroma. View All Ingredients.
A fragrant palette of boundless inspiration.
Velvety lavender. Warm rosewood. Fresh clary sage. Earthy violet.
View the Lavender Collection.
Relaxing and Sumptuous
Relaxing and sumptuous smelling. I feel like I am in a field of lavender every time I use it.
Was this review helpful?
yes (0) no (0)
Fabulous fragrance
I absolutely love this long lasting fragrant lotion!!! Definitely a favorite of mine!!
Was this review helpful?
yes (1) no (0)
Lavender Lady
My everyday go-to!
I LOVE the lavender body lotion. I use it on my face and neck each morning. It is so calming and refreshing. It settles down my rosacea so I have not had the need so far to go to a dermatologist for a different regimen to combat redness that can occasionally flare up when in a warm room & drinking alcohol. This lotion is definitely worth it. It is one of a few Thymes lotions I use throughout the year.
Traveling with Thymes Lavender Body Lotion
I first found this product in the lady's room of a local restaurant. I went on line and bought some right away. I took a fresh bottle of this lavender body lotion to Europe with me to use while traveling. I filled a travel size bottle for the trip home and left the rest of the bottle for my Parisian friend. She loves it as much as I do. Now, because a little lotion goes a long way, I use the rest at the end of the day for my dry hands and feet. The lovely aroma of lavender helps me go to sleep right off, an additional benefit to using your lovely lotion. I of course have a new bottle on the shelf for my next trip where I can share it with a friend.
Was this review helpful?
yes (2) no (0)
Perfect scent on a baby's belly!!
I love putting this lotion on my Niece's body right after her bath. It contains a soothing lavender scent and is very relaxing. It is also great for her sensitive skin and leaves her skin moisturized. I too wear it!!
Cetyl Palmitate¹,
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate,
Cetearyl Alcohol¹,
Decyl Oleate¹,
Glyceryl Stearate²,
Stearic Acid¹,
Lavender Oil,
Rosewood Oil,
Clary Oil,
Violet Leaf Extract,
Aloe Vera,
Jojoba Seed Oil,
Shea Butter,
Tocopheryl (Vitamin E) Acetate,
Retinyl Palmitate,
Hydrolyzed Milk Protein,
C13-14 Isoparaffin,
Benzyl Benzoate,
Cinnamyl Alcohol,
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone,
Hexyl Cinnamal,
4-Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde,
Treemoss Extract,
Tetrasodium EDTA,
Potassium Sorbate,
Sodium Benzoate
¹Coconut and/or Palm, ²Mixed Plant, ³Silica
Featured Ingredients:
Jojoba Oil
Shea Butter
Vitamin E
We are required by law to collect state sales tax on orders being shipped to
the following states and provinces - CA, GA, IA, IL, MI, MN, MO, NY, PA, TX, WA, WI, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT.
If you have further questions regarding sales tax, please contact Customer
Service department at 1-800-366-4071.
U.S. shipping is complimentary on orders of $50 or more.
Flat Rate Shipping for Domestic U.S. orders under $50 is $6.95.
Flat Rate Shipping to Canada is $29.95.
For more shipping information, visit our shipping page.


text:
I was wondering who sells the hyperfirm ee3 blaster and how to contact them? besides that are there other individuals that create blasters in the US for convenience reasons?
I was wondering who sells the hyperfirm ee3 blaster and how to contact them? besides that are there other individuals that create blasters in the US for convenience reasons?
Stormrider is the US guy for EE3 blasters....I spoke with him this week and he is moved to GA. But hasnt started any work yet, he has a foam hyperfirm like EE3 he does that he may be offering soon? Id start with him....Scifire is who does Hyperfirm but I dont know if theyre making EE3s anymore?
Yes, what Fett 4 Real said! Stormrider would be your guy! I have one of his kits and it is awesome! Ive also built a few for members here
Sci Fire still makes Hyperfirm EE3s. I've been rocking mine for five years so far.
They still do? That's awesome news! I thought they quit awhile ago
I contacted Lewis a month ago about the ROTJ Hyperfirm EE-3. He still makes them and they are $525 shipped US.
Yeeeeah. I've bought a Hyperfirm DLT-19 and a DC-15s from him. I LOVE both of them. BUT, I'm having trouble stomaching that much on the EE-3. I still need a decent blaster myself. Anyone know if Stormrider or Sidewinder are making kits right now?
The EE3s for a resin one finished is about that much...so your not spending more really
Oh wow. Ok. I was thinking the kit would be around $300+ then some bondo and paint. Well what do you guys recommend best for trooping? I would figure the rubber?
And sorry if I hijacked the thread! I can make my own if necessary.
thanks for all the info. Any addition to this thread would be beneficial for anyone.
needed to fix lat post
Last edited by arbilest; Jan 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM.
Sorry to rez the dead (thread), but how do these hyperfirm blasters compare to the sidewinder kit and the storm rider resin/wood kits? Sorry its just really hard to compare these over the net, please feel free to PM if you feel more comfortable.
Hey Paul, I owned a sidewinder kit before I moved to the Hyperfirm. For me it was all about durability for trooping. With the resin kits one good drop and you will more than likely be doing some repair on it. With my hyperfirm if I want I can hand it off to a kid that I am taking a pic with and not worry about it getting broken. So with that to me it will all depend on what you will be doing with it. If you are just going with a display then the resin one would be just fine.
Seems like Sci-Fire is dead, I can't get a response from them, anyone know otherwise?
They owed me a greeb I never got wont answer txts or anything...


text:
Sign-up starts Saturday, July 5, for the July 19 Solar Light Centerpiece Crafternoon class at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The class meets from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The members of Fond du Lac Visual Arts offer Explosion of Art in July, in the Fond du Lac Public Library Langdon Divers Gallery July 3 to A
He's been called Wisconsin's first scientist. Increase Lapham was an early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers, mounds and all things Wisconsin.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24, authors Martha Bergland and Paul Hayes will present a program on the remarkable life and achievements of Lapham (1811-1875). The program is free; no registration required.
Historian and author Sally Powers-Albertz will present Fond du Lac's Forgotten Pipe Man, the 1909 story of Jared Taylor, a member of the Taylor Park family and pipe man (hose tender) for the FDL Fire Dept. at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The program is free; no registration required.
County Executive Allen Buechel will be joined by Beth Erdman from the Dept. of Natural Resources to discuss and answer questions about the recent Lake Winnebago manure spill and other polluted runoff at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The program is free; no registration required.
They're all the rage, but what can 3-D printers really do and how do they work?
The BookCellar's annual Bag Sale will take place Saturday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Fond du Lac Public Library. The sale is being held in conjunction with the downtown Sidewalk Sale.
If you like mysteries set in Wisconsin, try Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka, the first in the Dave Cubiak series. Cubiak was a Chicago cop who became a park ranger at Peninsula State Park after his wife and daughter were killed in an accident. He is still grieving, feeling guilty, and drinking too much. This is a not a cozy mystery even though the author does a good job of describing the beauty and ambience of Door County.
The Mega-Monday series of free, professional summer entertainment for all ages gets underway at the Fond du Lac Public Library on Monday, June 16, when Steve Russell will perform twice – at 10 a.m. and repeated at 1 p.m. – with his show of juggling, magic, comedy and good, clean fun.
Fulfilling the wishes of many customers, the Fond du Lac Public Library BookCellar now accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. The city's only used book store is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Mondays from noon to 7 p.m.


text:
Why the continued interest?
I believe the idea that galactic cosmic rays (GCR) play a role for the present global warming is unlikely to fade soon, despite a growing number of scientific arguments that normally would falsify a hypothesis and lay it dead (see links here and here). Despite all the arguments against the role of GCR, there was a solicited talk about 'cosmoclimatology' at the European Meteorological Society's (EMS) annual meeting in Toulouse. Henrik Svensmark is further invited by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL) to provide an introduction to their seminar on climate. So why is the GCR-hypothesis still perceived as an interesting explanation?
My impression from the solicited talk, is that the confidence in the GCR hypothesis now rests on two points that were made explicit in the presentation, and that we have not adequately addressed here. So, here they are:
Point I: When I asked Svensmark why he presented a curve describing low cloud-cover from the ISCCP – used for correlation study with GCR (link) – that differed from the curves presented at the ISCCP web site (link), he informed me that he used a corrected version that has been published. Nevertheless, the 'correction' of the curve is controversial, and the ISCCP team is clearly not convinced, despite the likelihood of instrumental degradation.
Good practice would then be to present all the curves that cannot be ruled out because of errors. When asked why he didn't present the other cures too, he said that he only wanted to show the one curve. Not a very convincing answer, and not very reassuring.
Point II involves a 'remarkable' correlation, meant to demonstrate a link between high GCR flux and cold conditions. This analysis is based on a comparison between band-pass filtered ice-rafted debris from iceberg drifts (Bond, 2001) and Carbon-14 (a cosmogenic isotope) over the last 12,000 years (e.g. after the most recent ice age).
The relationship between temperature and drifting icebergs, however, is complicated and not so straight forward. Icebergs are formed when chunks of ice break off glaciers and icesheets – a process known as 'calving'.
On the one hand, icesheets and glaciers grow when the accumulation of precipitation at below freezing temperatures (snow) exceeds the summertime melting. Very low temperatures, tend to be associated with low precipitation, however. One the other hand, iceberg calving does not require very low temperatures (as long as the ice is present), but is favoured by reduced friction at the base of ice caps, resulting in a faster flow towards the sea. Melt water can lubricate the ice sheets and hence affect the ice flow.
Once the icesheets have calved and produced icebergs, they will drift according to the winds and ocean currents. The most influential ocean currents for iceberg drift in the North Atlantic include the East Greenland Current EGC), which follows the east coast of Greenland and flows from northeast to southwest, the West Greenland current (WGC) into the Labrador Sea, and the Labrador current (LC), a coastal current following along the perimeter of the Labrador sea basin in an anti-clockwise fashion.
Page 1 of 3 | Next page


text:
To the slave tradersOn this day, the molesters chose eight for enslavement. Anyone associated with dolphinariums has blood on their hands. Anyone who patronizes a captive dolphin commercial enterprise is supporting the slaughter of dolphins and the devastation of an extended family group. We need to stop the demand in order to stop the supply. Just say no!
In the process of examining dolphins to determine if they are "fit" for servitude, two were drowned. It seems that the "loving" trainers hold dolphins underwater to make them more docile and easier to load onto slings. Well, two of them did not make it and were left to float upside down in the killing cove. See the video (it may take a day or two to get this video transferred and up on this site, check back to see it). This is how the "happy" dolphins get from the wild to your local dolphinarium.
We know the criteria the molesters (trainers) use to determine if a particular dolphin is to be destined for the captive trade. But what are the criteria for selecting which ones live and which ones become dinner? Of the approximately 100 dolphins pushed into the cove yesterday, about 40 were slaughtered and the remaining 50 or so (except for the eight sent to the pens) were pushed back out towards the sea.
Windblown tarp cover in the waterWhen the survivors took off, several of them jumped high out of the water. It was amazing to watch, and then we saw the two juveniles who did not run with the pod. These two swam back into the bloody waters looking for their mothers who had either been imprisoned or slaughtered. Perhaps it was their own mothers' blood in which they swam. Without their mothers, these two were doomed. They met their fate sooner rather than later though when the molesters slew them.
Whoever told the molesters their work is honorable, lied to them. Dolphin molesters (trainers the world over are included in this category) dishonor themselves, their families, their communities, and their nations. The Taiji molesters shame the people of Japan. All of this carnage for a few local jobs; are you insane as well as cruel? What about the people here who know, but say and do nothing?Take a close look at your hands. They are red with the dripping blood of dolphins.
The molesters prepare evermore-elaborate methods and devices in a vain attempt to hide their shame. Here is an idea, get an honest job.
You can help. In addition to the frustration they are feeling with our presence is the pressure they are feeling from the constant phone calls, emails, and letters everyone is sending to the Japanese embassies and consulates around the world. Keep it up. Every time dolphins are pushed into the cove, let them have it. Every time there is blood in the water, let them have it. Do not grow weary for you are being heard.
Spread the word, send donations to Sea Shepherd to fund the Cove Guardian campaign, avoid all travel to Japan except to become a Cove Guardian with us here in Taiji, make good consumer choices regarding whether or not to purchase Japanese products, and ensure that you do everything you can to keep the pressure on the Japanese authorities and your own governments. It is unfortunate that the reputation of an entire nation is being tarnished by the evil and shameful deeds of a handful of men and women in Taiji. To join us (voluntarily, and completely at your own cost and risk) in Taiji, write to me at email@example.com. I will get back to you, but please be patient. I cannot keep an eye on the Cove and answer email at the same time.
For the Oceans,
Scott WestSea Shepherd Conservation Society
alt=""Length: 16 minutes
The Blog Log:My daughter, Elora Malama West, has been with me here since day one and keeps a blog of her experiences.Current Cove Guardians Rex Ray, Tarah, and Rosie and Dinielle are also keeping blogs.Future Cove Guardians Carolyn, Steven, Bob and Carrie and William have started blogs about their endeavors.The Taiji Dolphin Action Group blog.
Please support our work to save dolphins and ocean life around the globe!


text:
Main menu
- Find
- Get Help
- Collections
- Services
- About Us
- Hours
- Ask a Librarian
Earth Week Contest to start Wednesday April 18th 9 am - 2 am April 19th!
Come by the Reference Desk on Wednesday, April 18th and guess how many recycled cans and bottles are in the bag and you may win a prize!
On April 18, you will see a big plastic bag filled with recycled cans on the first floor in front of the circular reference desk. If you guess the correct number of recycled cans, you will win a prize. In case of a tie, all the winners will be entered into a grand prize drawing!


text:
Absolutely incredible! Please tell me you intend to put these concepts into actual armor production! If so, I'd definitely like to see progress pics.
Absolutely incredible! Please tell me you intend to put these concepts into actual armor production! If so, I'd definitely like to see progress pics.
amazing! the time it took to make these sketches alone is impressive! great work
This is Skip's custom mando design that he asked me to do.
That looks AWESOME!!! How much do you charge???
Ya man great artwork!
Hey ner'vod that is some great concepts.You should post your work more often.
You know I love it bro! Awesome!!!
The heavy, the sith and Skip's are my favorite! These are so sick!!
I like Skip's too.
Amazing work, Ner'vod! I'm dying to see these fabricated. On the concepts, is there a time period they are supposed to be from? I ask because the visor design on a few of them reminds me of the Mando in the Old Republic trailer, and a Sith Mando (awesome) seems to fit with that era.
Hey vod; I am enjoying these photos you have of mandalorians. Really sweet. I love the heavy damage mando. That one kicks ***** along with the sith one. Great job. I really hope to see more come from you.
I want to see a colaboration on the Heavy Mando between you and Skip's awesome Pepakura abilities. Especially on the gun and helmet!
I do intend to do that heavy Mando when I find the time.
Should give a try with an assassin or stealth type mando. Just a sudjestion. All of your other work is really good and I bet it would look nice if someone actually made armor of what you posted.
I agree, it'd be awesome to see them a reality. Though the drawing he did of my armor has been in the works for a year now so that one at least will be a reality.
Ooh! Looking forward to those mate.
Sarcastically: Yeah I've been looking through the files of your computer checking to see what work you have been going though with mandos.
That popped into my head because I have a tone of different assassin photos and I was thinking what a mandalorian would look like if he had an assassin style of armor. That is why I brought it up. But who knows maybe someone will try and make one of the concepts you have drawn up. It will look cool if I may add as well.
Lovin how the visor is cut on that black and green. The red one is awesome, but the bar across the visor's going to be right in your line of vision. Not the best idea.
Hey Willis! This is Mr. D. Great art work brotha!
You know on some of the concepts you should perform some photos of the mandos who have actually made armor. Your drawing skills are better then mine. Maybe I should get you to draw up my mando LOL!
Wow! I'm glad I found this thread! These are great! oneone1111! I realy liked all of the detail, the unigue antinea/ranger finders, the spurs, the individual crests and emblems, battledroid head, the custom plates, everything!
I like the Jedi a lot. I've had an idea in my head for a long time to make a Mando Jedi with gaunts similar to that. The chracter grew up in the temple, then his master taught him to dual weild sabers. So when he makes his new larger adult sized sabers as he nears knighthood, his little padawan ones get mounted on a set of gaunts. In my design they are under slung though, rather than being on the top, where'd have to make the gaunt really tall so you don't cut our hand off, I mounted mine on the outside/underside of the forearm, in other words, directly aposed to the thumb, like weher you have the droidika blaster mounted on "heavily damaged" but a little closer to the arm that that blast is.
Dude, I cant believe I didn't see this... If you ever start commissions on art, lemme know, I'd love to see you do my Snow Mando.
I have two done by Alpha and one by Kal'ika, they're havin fun with my guy.
I'm definitely gonna subscribe to this one.


text:
Does anyone have hands-on use with this program? I've got a trial of it. I like it, but then again, I've gotten so used to my own file organization, and the browse function of photoshop or paint shop pro. I'm not sure if it's something that's really all that handy. I can't seem to resize images within the program either - unless I email them somewhere.
I'd love to hear what others think of this type of photo organization software.
Adobe Photo Album Vs....
Started by nynavey, Mar 25 2004 05:04 PM
1 reply to this topic
Posted 25 March 2004 - 05:04 PM
Posted 30 March 2004 - 09:13 AM
I intend to use a product called IMatch when I eventually find some time to sort out my photo archive. You might want to compare Adobe Photo Album with that.
Mark Goldstein
Editor, PhotographyBLOG
Editor, PhotographyBLOG
Reply to this topic
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
« Local Home
Longview, Texas Animal Shelters - Dog-Friendly Listings
Texas: Longview: Animal Shelters
Longview - as dog-friendly as they come! This city guide will show you all the best (and worst) places for your pets. Don't forget to add your reviews for the businesses in this ultimate resource.
|Top-Rated Animal Shelters
|Animal Shelters:
Add a Listing
If you still can't find the listing you're looking for, feel free to add it now!


text:
The already-reeling "consensus" supposedly linking climate change to CO2 is about to receive its final coup-de-grace from a remarkable new result announced in a press conference today by Dr. Ewe Noh-Watt of the New Zealand Institute of Veterinary Climatology [1]. Noh-Watt and his co-workers, describing work funded by a generous grant from the Veterinary Climate Science Coalition, declared "We have seen the future of climate — and it is Sheep." Prof. Jean-Belliere Poisson d'Avril, star student of Claude Allegro Molto-Troppo (discoverer of the Tropposphere) reacted with the words, "Parbleu! C'est la meilleure chose depuis les baguettes tranchées!"
The hypothesis begins with the simple observation that most sheep are white, and therefore have a higher albedo than the land on which they typically graze (see figure below). This effect is confirmed by the recent Sheep Radiation Budget Experiment. The next step in the chain of logic is to note that the sheep population of New Zealand has plummeted in recent years. The resulting decrease in albedo leads to an increase in absorbed Solar radiation, thus warming the planet. The Sheep Albedo hypothesis draws some inspiration from the earlier work of Squeak and Diddlesworth [2] on the effect of the ptarmigan population on the energy balance of the Laurentide ice sheet. Noh-Watt hastens to emphasize that the two hypotheses are quite distinct, since the species of ptarmigan involved in the Squeak-Diddlesworth effect is now extinct.
The proof of the pudding is in the data, shown in the Figure below. Here, the Sheep Albedo Index is defined as the New Zealand Sheep population in each year, subtracted from the 2007 population. The index is defined that way because fewer sheep means lower albedo, and thus a positive radiative forcing. It can be seen that the recent warming can be explained entirely by the decline in the New Zealand sheep population, without any need to bring in any mysterious so-called "radiative forcing" from carbon dioxide, which doesn't affect the sunlight (hardly) anyway — unlike Sheep Albedo. Some researchers have expressed surprise at the large effect from the relatively small radiative forcing attributable to New Zealand Sheep, or indeed to New Zealand as a whole. "This only shows the fallacy of the concept of Radiative Forcing, which is after all only a theory, not a fact," says Noh-Watt. "Evidently there are amplifying feedbacks at work which give the Sheep Albedo Index a disproportionate influence over climate."
"A real breakthrough was using the statistical technique pioneered by Frusen-Glädje and Haagendassen in their study of the solar-climate connection." said Noh-Watt "Just as in their case, to get a good match to the observed climate, we had to optimize our smoothing algorithm by smoothing some parts of the sheep record more than others, and then rescaling the results." The optimized smoothing was applied to the years 1975-1991. Noted skeptic Rasmus Benestad has criticized this technique as meaningless curve-bashing (see footnote [3] below), but according to Noh-Watt, " All these guys are interested in is getting rich by riding their bicycles to work and selling carbon credits to the EU."
Not everybody agrees with the Sheep Albedo Hypothesis. Leading the flock of skeptics is the New Zealand Sheep Farmers Guild. Their spokesman, Steve Ramsturf (no relation) was quoted as saying "Baaah, Humbug. No matter what goes wrong with the world, they're always trying to blame the poor New Zealand Sheep Farmer. First it was the methane belch tax. Now this Albedo thing. "
The recognition of the role of sheep albedo opens up some fascinating new possibilities for climate change mechanisms. There is in fact an important destabilizing feedback in the system: as climate gets warmer, there is less demand for wool sweaters and wooly underwear. Hence the sheep population tends to drop, leading to even more warming. In an extreme form, this can lead to a "runaway sheep-albedo feedback," which is believed to have led to the present torrid climate of Venus. Most researchers do not think this could happen on Earth, though. In fact, Oprah and Averell Chanteur, authors of the popular "Unstoppable" series (soon to be a major motion picture) say that the warming will usher in a new era of peace and prosperity, with less enslavement of domestic wool-bearing animals. The hypothesis is laid out in their forthcoming book, "Unstoppable Sheep, every five or six days," which expands on earlier popular titles in the series, such as "Unstoppable daylight, every 42 hours," "Unstoppable Summer, every 17 months, " and the ever-popular autobiographical work "Unstoppable nonsense, every two or three years."
However, Dirk Blitzen, noted researcher from Hogwartz Institute of Technology, has proposed an additional wrinkle on the sheep-albedo idea, which he calls the "sheep-Iris effect" (see Dasher et al. [4] for details). According to Blitzen, a reanalysis of Landsat images shows that as the climate gets warmer, sheep tend to huddle together less. Since wool has a lower emissivity than bare ground, the lack of huddling allows more infrared emission to escape from the ground, cooling the planet and stabilizing its climate. "Frankly, I don't see how the climate can change much at all," stated Blitzen in recent testimony before the House of Lords, "To be honest, at this point I have a little trouble figuring out how there can even be summer and winter. In the end, I think it will turn out to be a problem with the data." Ozark Junior College satellite expert Jhon Chrystal agrees; his new analysis of MSU satellite data in fact casts doubt on the "consensus" that summer and winter have different temperatures.
But the sheep story may not be as simple as it seems. Hendreck Svampmark of the Danish Institute for Solar-Sheep Interactions notes that at the same time the number of sheep has been going down, the number of cows (which have a lower albedo than sheep) has been going up. "We believe that what is really behind it all are Galactic Cowsmic Rays, which are transmuting sheep DNA into cow DNA." Svampmark hypothesizes a currently undetected particle flux, which he calls "Cowsmic," because there is no observed trend in any of the better-known components of the Galactic Cosmic Ray flux. "We are trying to get money to put sheep in dark-matter accelerators to test our hypothesis, but there's a hold-up with PETA. It's all a big conspiracy to protect the consensus, I say."
[1] Noh-Watt, Ewe "Sheep-Albedo Feedback: A paradigm shift for climate change science." To be submitted to Readers' Digest, "Humor in Uniform" section.
[2] Squeak, P.P. & Diddlesworth, I.R. 1987. The influence of ptarmigan population dynamics on the thermal regime of the Laurentide Ice Sheet : the surface boundary condition. In eds Edwin D. Waddington & Joseph S. Walder, The Physical Basis of Ice Sheet Modelling (Proceedings of a symposium held during the XIX Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics at Vancouver, August 1987), p.381-384.
[3] Benestad, a well-known spoilsport, points out that without the "optimized" smoothing out of the sheep-albedo-dip in the 1970's, the correlation breaks down; it breaks down further if one looks at the pre-1966 record. His unprocessed version of the data is shown below:
[4] Dasher ON., Dantzer ON, Prantzer ON, Vixen ON, Comet ON, Cupid ON Donner . , and Blitzen, D.R , (2007) "Why does Rudolf's nose glow so bright? Infrared effects of mammalian herd behavior." Bull. Tromsø Inst. Reindeer Husbandry


text:
Mosquitoes are midge-like flies comprising the family Cucilidae. There are over 3,500 species of mosquito described worldwide and most of these require vertebrate blood as the principal portion of the female diet. The blood provides protein for egg development and maturation, and the lipids it contains are an energy source. Females possess elongated piercing and sucking mouthparts for obtaining their blood meals. Males obtain all their energy from sweet fluids such as nectar and honeydew. Since they don't lay eggs, male mosquitoes do not require a protein source and do not bite.
The elongated proboscis of this female mosquito enables it to obtain the protein it requires for egg development and maturation.Image: sondebueuSource: sondebueu via cc
Adult females lay eggs in or near water, commonly on vegetation, a few days after a blood meal. The life cycle includes four larval stages, or instars. Between each instar the larva moults in order to grow. The larvae, or 'wrigglers' (so-called due to their characteristic movement), typically inhabit stagnant water bodies, and must come to the surface periodically to breathe through spiracles or a siphon. The larvae of some species use their mouth bristles to filter water for microorganisms, while others scrape food particles off the surfaces of submerged objects. The pupa does not feed but must come to the surface to breathe through respiratory trumpets.
The mouth bristles, used in filter feeding, are clearly visible on this wriggler. Note also the three body segments and the segmented abdomen.Image: Tim BlackburnSource: Museum Victoria
Female mosquitoes inject saliva that contains an anticoagulant into their host to prevent blood-clotting. The saliva also contains components that cause vasodilation (to increase blood blow) and suppress the immune response of the host (to protect the mosquito). Once the feeding episode ends, the host produces antibodies which trigger a release of histamine. This in turn increases the permeability of adjacent blood vessels, thereby enabling a stronger immune response. The blood vessels swell and this causes the familiar, itchy lump—the 'mozzie bite'.
A female mosquito just after landing on my toe as it commences a blood meal. Note the thin abdomen at the start of the meal.Image: Tim BlackburnSource: Museum Victoria
The same mosquito one minute later. Note the swollen abdomen which is red because it is full of my blood.Image: Tim BlackburnSource: Museum Victoria
Viruses and pathogens are easily transferred between mosquito and host via the saliva. Mosquitoes are serious agents in the transmission of diseases such as dengue and yellow fever, malaria and lymphatic filariasis. In 1996, the World Health Organisation estimated that several million people die each year from mosquito-borne diseases around the world. Each disease is spread by a specific type of mosquito; malaria is spread by Anopheles spp. and dengue fever is primarily spread by Aedes aegypti.
However, mosquito-borne diseases are rare in Victoria, and mosquitoes here are more likely to annoy rather than cause disease. You can prevent bites by wearing insect repellent and protective clothing, and removing breeding sites. Window mesh and mosquito nets also help exclude potentially harmful species, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas. Various plant species such as Citronella Grass, Rosemary, Catnip and Marigolds repel mosquitoes and may be especially useful if planted near doorways and windows.
Vector-borne diseases in Victoria
We love receiving comments, but can't always respond.
Updates on what's happening at Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, the Royal Exhibition Building, and beyond.
Thanks Caitlin for your keen eyes - we are on to it, hopefully the updated information will be published on the next scheduled page refresh
To read the latest tweets from @museumsvictoria
Follow Museums Victoria on
Solstices astrologically traditionally observed on the 21st June/December.
Yet the weather announcers pronouncements state that here in the Southern Hemispher...


text:
I'm a newbie here and to pistols in general, in fact so new that my application for a permit is still in the works. Here in New York it takes forever. Been waiting almost 8 months since I turned in all the paperwork. No pity parties please.
In any case, I've been looking at my next purchase already. I'm intrigued by the barrel swaps avail for both Glock and Sig. Been seriously looking at the 357 Sig/ 40 combination. A bit confused with some of the threads though. Is there a pistol made by Glock or Sig that will accept a barrel for 357Sig, 40 cal AND 9 mm? I know the mags are the same for the 40 and 357 and there is a no tool barrel swap, but can you change to a 9mm too? I would have to assume it would be a mag and barrel (maybe spring too) change, but can you shoot all 3 calipers with just 1 frame?
Thanks for the help.


text:
Right now, it feels like the MMO industry is about to get busy again. Lots of new titles, lots of localizations are going on, lots of big patches people are waiting for, so what is your current hype?
For me:
- Waiting for TERA to add their new class
- Waiting for ArcheAge testing (so hyped, it hurts)
- Playing TalesRunner with OG. Very glad they brought it back, but I'm interested to see what they do to it once it hit Open Beta.
- Secretly hyping GW2's April patch. Hoping they add solid content and not another stupid living story/spamonebuttonforahat-fest
I'm interested to see what other people are excited for so I can maybe get excited with you.


text:
All In One Diapers
About All In One Diapers
Just as the name implies, All In One Cloth Diapers are a diaper and cover "all in one". They are the most convenient cloth diaper available. They are fitted diapers and are as easy to use as disposable diapers, but much more economical, because they are reusable.


text:
'"I find after watching a hockey game for hours that my eyes hurt," Larry Quinn, the Sabres' managing partner told The Buffalo News. "I think the glare from the (painted) white ice causes eye fatigue. I think there's a feeling we want to modernize the game. I think there's definitely some fresh air in the league. I think people are open to innovation. I think there's a sense of a new era."'
Blue ice, so nice?
March 14, 2005 Submitted by
Via: Toronto Sun


text:
31 Ford door glass
I purchased a 31 Ford 5 window coupe that has been chopped 2 1/2" by the previous owner. It has crank up side windows and I would like to put in electric. The previous owner installed the felt glass channel in the form of one piece which travels from one side over the top and down the other side. This has worn out and I would like to replace with new. I thought that Ford used the felt channel on the door pillar sides and a rubber piece with a groove along the top? The glass that was put in has a rather large radius at the top corners which means they had to match that radius when they carried the channel around and across the top and back down again. This makes the corners from the inside of the doors look weird as you can see the entire piece of channel as it curves around the radius and does not fill the opening all the way into the corner before going across the top. Question: what is the "norm" for Hot Rods now? Would it be better to replace the glass. Place the felt channel only in the sides and the other rubber bumper piece across the top or just replace what they used before? Thanks for your help!
I did by chopped 29 Tudor a little while ago and it would seem that you would need new glass. My glass has a very small radius at the top. I made a rough template out of plexiglass and then I had ones made from safety glass.
|All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:29 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright Hotrodders.com 1999 - 2012. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Discussion in '2009 Playoffs' started by max, Apr 16, 2009.
Nope. But I can tell you that I am pretty sure Joe thinks a lot more of these guys than other GMs.
Tell me was this game lost on the defensive end, the FT line or the 3pt line?? Only 2 of 12 from beyound the arc..I saw Alf miss two or three in the 4th qtr alone. Only 10-12 from the FT line...either refs blew it, or we were not agressive enough in going to the hole?? Stuckey got there 6 times i think...how come the rest of the players couldn't do it?? Defense...Labron hit 13-20 fg and shot more FT (14) than the entire Pistons staff --- no one could stop him?? I saw a Cleveland highlight of Tay giving LeBron a baby push at the end of the half when he made the three ball...but Tay did it as an afterthought as he was heading to the locker room.
You really think that Joe thinks that he has good players on this roster? Joe is then delusional. I do not know what has happened to Maxiell. Maybe he has personal problems. He seems like a totally different player. Amir, Kwame, Hermann, Affalo, Sharpe, etc. Nobody wants these players. He has gambled on Amir and Maxiell and he lost big. So sad.
Agreed. Sometimes I think Joe's on another planet.
Wow. What horrible coaching by Curry. Basically, no backup small forward. So if Tay is doing terrible, and he was, no choices. Afflalo did do a pretty decent job of backing up small forward defensively - but it sure would be nice to have an actual small forward to backup Prince. Just maybe we could get some scoring out of the position. (nothing wrong with Afflalo playing backup to Rip, but as a backup to Tay, we go small.) No power forwards used save for 6 minutes. (Not including 3 minutes of GT, where between Amir and JMAX, they logged in another 6 minutes.) The entire game, either we had two centers in where we only need one, or we were going with small ball, three guards. Herrmann did get into the game for a couple of minutes. Pretended to play D. Bron scored some pretty easy baskets right there. As I have said, we don't have a backup small forward. Herrmann is not even an NBA player. What kind of total amaterish organization goes into the playoffs with no backup small forward? Dumars and Curry should be fired for this one. Stuckey was about the only guy getting to the basket for us and getting to the foul line. But Sheed was at least shooting some stuff closer in than the 3 line. Stuckey did ok in the first half, but I think he fell in love with his jumper after making a couple. Rip and Tay seemed invisible. Rip did hit some shots. But what an embarrassment on that fast break. No, Tay knew exactly what Rip wanted to do. Finish a fast break by missing a stupid midranger. Can't blame Tay. You can blame the coach for even allowing this type of nonsense during the regular season. Don't let your kids watch this stuff. Fast breaks are suppose to end at the basket. Chances of Curry changing anything? Not a chance. If anything, he will cut the bench minutes even more. Who cares if our starting unit can't play a lick of defense. PS, I don't know what Tay was smiling about. Seemed way to jovial to me for a game where his team was getting waxed. Amir did not play. Probably never will again as a Piston. What a shame. Did I mention, Dumars really needs to go at this point. Correcting the mistake now by firing Curry - too late. Hiring your buddy to embarrass the city this bad - you need to go. You should resign in shame. Back to the game. Not much more to say. Oh, Bynum did so so. Kwmame really looks like he cares. But Curry can't let him play too much as he might make the other team foul him. Not in Curry's play book. Edited to add. I hope I do not even have to state this by now. But just in case someone is reading one of my game reports for the first time this season - the absence of a power forward meant that our defensive rotation was lacking the whole game. (All of it, around the basket and the perimeter.)
LOL. Herrmann and Amir came into the game at the exact some time. Better rewind and watch the last 2:53 again.
Right. It was more like feeling his muscles. Notice how it was right before he went to the locker room so he could fantasize about the upcoming summer with Lebiceps?
Statistically Tay is the 10th best Small Forward in the league... Who do you want to replace him with?
What is Tay's fascination with Lebron? I feel that Tay should have never been on the Olympic team? Maybe they had a lovefest or other activities. What is going on?
Lee, yes, the defensive rotations were bad and have been. I can't believe how much Sheed has slowed down. I expected it but not this much.
Wrong Picture. Here's the one you want.
I saw that too. Tay probably offered to wash LBJ's jock after the game.
still Sheed acts ( on arguing calls and non calls) like he owns this playground.
The game turned for me when Rip pulled up and missed his J on the break when they were down 3. You have to look at people like Jerome James, Bobby Phils and Malik Sealy before I choose Rip on a fast break. I'm not sure who the 2 bigs are that people think they're going to bring in next year, but unless they're a 25 year old Shaq and Tim Duncan I don't see it being enough to offset Tay, Rip & Stuckey. I can't even tell if their using live announcers when they're critiquing Tay's play because they say the same thing year after year. Everything the Pistons run is for their guards. The Pistons took 78 shots today with Rip & Stuckey combining for 35 of them. I have hard time seeing the guys that they run nothing for as being the problem. I guess I'm crazy. I wasn't that upset after today. The little things killed them as it has most of the year. I don't know what Tay was thinking when Bron got off the last shot of the first half. That was horrible.
Very nice.
Nice job. Tay looking as hot as Eva
Raxrets, I would cut Sheed some slack. Here is a guy who got in about 6 conference finals and a guy who could turn it on when he wanted to in his youth. I believed him when he guaransheed that second game in Indiana back in 2004. Too bad I don't bet. I see him more as a fallen warrior who is still proud. He was never a Garnett in mentality but he accomplished a lot with his teams anyway.
then u wont like this...Indians 22, yankees 4 IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH! THE GAME IS STILL GOING! LMAO
I cant stand any player who's motto is: 'can turn it on when he wants to!' SHEEDESTA also has cost us one NBA championshio, and 2 OTHER finals apperances!!
Separate names with a comma.


text:
'The Sabres, who beat Washington at home Monday after an 0-3 road trip, haven't won back-to-back games since capturing four in a row from November 4-11.'
Archives for December 2011
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 1
Devils Top Sabres 3-1
'Miller takes the loss, stopping 20 shots, but did come up with a couple of nice saves including one on Sykora in the 2nd period, denying the Devils foward a hat trick, and another on Parise in the 3rd. Checking injuries, Sekera left this game with an upper-body injury and did not return. During his postgame comments, Lindy Ruff stated that Sekera would be out for a while.'
Regehr's enjoy their 1st WNY holiday
'The Regehr's celebrated Christmas for the first time in Western New York. He said, "Normally we go back to Saskatchewan every single year so this was the first year my wife and myself and the kids were away." The defenseman added, "It was good, we enjoyed the time together, but we missed being with the extended family, but it was also good to just focus on one another and the four of us."'
Skid Road
'"I think we did a lot of good things (tonight)," said Jason Pominville. "A few mistakes ended up in the back of our net. But it is a little bit of both: us putting our chances away, and trying to eliminate those quality scoring chances we gave up. But we've gotta score more than one goal to win a game, and we weren't able to do that tonight."'
Thursday's Rochester Coverage
Jacob Lagace sparks Rochester Americans to SO win (Rochester D&C)
Amerks Beat Barons In Shootout To Win Fourth Straight Game (Amerks.com)
Barons Fall To Rochester 4-3 In A Shootout (OKCBarons.com)
Power play clicking for Sabres
'"Getting the puck moving is important and getting pucks on net has been a big part of it," said defenseman Jordan Leopold. "Maybe some of them haven't been real pretty but we'll take the goals any way we can get them."'
Time to get on a roll is long overdue
'"First and foremost we have to get a little bit healthy and [Monday's 4-2 win over Washington] helped us in the health category," said coach Lindy Ruff, referring to the return of Brad Boyes and Jochen Hecht. "Now it's to try to put a little bit of a run together."'
Ehrhoff yet earn his keep for Sabres
'"The stats are not there where most people expected," Ehrhoff acknowledged Tuesday inside the Northtown Center after the Sabres prepared for tonight's tilt in New Jersey against the Devils. "I don't really judge myself on my stats. But, for me, it's about trying to play consistent, too. I think I've been better at that lately."'
Hitchcock Turns Blues Around, Now It's Ruff's Turn
'As evidenced already this season in St. Louis, a new coach can be the shake-up a team needs.'
Wednesday's New Jersey Coverage
Buffalo (17-15-3) at New Jersey (19-15-1) (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (17-15-3) at New Jersey Devils (19-15-1) (The Sports Network)
Devils host Sabres, who chase consecutive wins (NHL.com)
Sabres Gerbe takes the next step
'The Sabres have had a lot of experience lately with concussions and getting those players ready to play. Ruff said, "They're all different really, some have been able to do a pretty heavy work load before they get to the ice, some are not even close to being ready. In Nathan's case, he got in some pretty good off ice work and now it'll be two or three days and we'll get a pretty good idea of where he's at."'
Lindy Ruff Updates Sabres' Injuries
'Ville Leino is a couple of weeks away according to the head coach, meanwhile Tyler Ennis does not have a timetable. Ruff said they don't want to bring Ennis back too early from his ankle injury and put him at risk to reaggravate it as was the case during his last return to game action.'
Wednesday's Rochester Coverage
Rochester Americans get big OT win (Rochester D&C)
OKC Barons fail to capitalize on chances in loss to Amerks (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)
Three players shake off the rust after missing games (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)
Amerks dismiss League-leading Barons with 4-3 overtime win (Amerks.com)
Rochester downs Barons 4-3 in OT (OKCBarons.com)
Sabres roar out of Christmas break, down Caps
'"We got a good jump. In this league, the lead is important," said Sabres goalie Ryan Miller, who made 20 saves. "I thought that we did a great job of supporting each other and playing the game fast, and that's what gave us opportunities."'
Caps' Hunter has history in Buffalo
'"It was the fans. It was always great battles, playoffs and stuff," Hunter said Monday inside the First Niagara Center prior to Sabres' 4-2 win over the Caps. "It's a hockey town, and what's better than being here tonight again?"'


text:
Submit News
FAA Electronics Ban on Planes Causes More Harm Than Good
Tiffany Kaiser
December 31, 2012 1:15 PM
Recipient E-mail
Sender E-mail
(Source: NBC Universal)
Passengers are acting out against the rules and even hurting one another
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worries that
electronic device use on planes
places passengers in harm's way, but the real issue is that the FAA is spreading fear about an issue that hasn't been proven yet.
The FAA has set rules that make it so passengers cannot use electronic devices like smartphones, tablets and e-readers during takeoff and landing on a flight. However, there is no solid proof that electronics affect the way a plane performs. This has been in question for some time, but the FAA continues to impose these rules on passengers, and it has caused panic and even injuries among those who travel by plane.
For instance, a 68-year-old man punched a 15-year-old on a plane when the teenager refused to turn off his smartphone during a flight. According to the man, he was doing it to save the entire plane from any harmful consequences.
Just a couple of months ago, a passenger was arrested in El Paso when he decided not to turn off his cell phone during landing. Last month, another passenger did the same when landing in New York and a swarm of cop cars were waiting for him once he exited the plane.
Of course, many also remember the incident where Alec Baldwin was kicked off a plane in 2011 for playing Words With Friends.
This goes to show that the FAA is causing more trouble by making people believe that electronics are an issue when they may very well not be.
Back in March, the FAA said it would
the effects of tablet/e-reader use
during takeoff and landing.
Pilots can already use iPads during the entire flight [Image Soure: The AirplaneNut]
The FAA likely put this testing off due to costs and the amount of testing required for these devices to pass. In order for the FAA to approve the use of e-readers and tablets during takeoff and landing, each kind of device needs to be tested. For example, an iPad cannot be tested alone; the iPad 2 and the new iPad must be tested as well. There are already several versions of the Kindle available as well, such as the Kindle Fire tablet, and many other Android-powered tablets on the market. There are now Windows 8 tablets on the market too.
In early December 2011, the FAA raised a few eyebrows when
allowing American Airlines pilots to use iPads in the cockpit
. The FAA allowed iPads to replace paper manuals and charts, and they could be used during takeoff and landing. The FAA argued that allowing two iPads in the cockpit was a significantly different scenario than several passengers using several devices for longer periods of time.
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
pressured the FAA to allow greater use of electronic devices
during takeoff and landing because
"they empower people to stay informed and connected with friends and family, and they enable both large and small businesses to be more productive and efficient, helping drive economic growth and boost U.S. competitiveness."
The New York Times
"We can't expect users to use common sense. That would eliminate the need for all sorts of legislation, committees, oversight and lawyers." -- Christopher Jennings
Related Articles
FCC Pressures FAA to Allow Greater Use of Mobile Devices During Flights
December 7, 2012, 8:42 AM
New FAA Committee to Discuss Use of Tablets, E-Readers During Takeoff/Landing
August 28, 2012, 1:05 PM
FAA to Review Rules Regarding Tablet/E-Reader Use During Takeoff, Landing
March 19, 2012, 10:00 AM
American Airlines Pilots to Use iPads in Cockpits, Passengers Must Still Turn Them Off
December 14, 2011, 10:21 AM
Latest Headlines
BlackBerry KEYone Unlocked Version Will Be Available Later This Summer in Canada
June 29, 2017, 6:19 AM
Huawei officially releases the Honor 9 for sale in Europe.
June 28, 2017, 6:15 AM
HMD Nokia 6
June 27, 2017, 6:28 AM
Apple's iPhone SE hits the market soon.
June 23, 2017, 6:30 AM
Apple iPhone 8 & its features confirmed, and Wow, iPhone9?
June 19, 2017, 7:39 AM
It's a time to purchase a gadget or two for your dad.
June 17, 2017, 5:28 AM
More Headlines
Most Popular Articles
ASUS X299 Motherboards.
June 22, 2017, 6:00 AM
Apple's iPhone SE hits the market soon.
June 23, 2017, 6:30 AM
12-inch MacBook – A big laptop experience in the thinnest, lightest MacBook available.
June 23, 2017, 8:00 AM
Acer Predator Helios 300 – Midrange Gaming Laptop at a Midrange Price.
June 24, 2017, 6:37 AM
Lenovo Yoga 910 (14") – Powerful Laptop with 4K Display and Immersive Sound
June 22, 2017, 8:08 AM
Latest Blog Posts
Future Energy: LA crystals turn cars into energy source
DailyTech Staff
Jun 29, 2017, 6:59 AM
Global Ransomware Attack Causes Turmoil
DailyTech Staff
Jun 28, 2017, 6:38 AM
Nintendo reveals classic SNES console
DailyTech Staff
Jun 27, 2017, 7:54 AM
Ohio's Government Sites hacked
DailyTech Staff
Jun 26, 2017, 6:36 AM
UK Parliament's Email System hit by Cyberattack
DailyTech Staff
Jun 25, 2017, 6:35 AM
Samsung New 64-Layer Flash NAND
Nenfort Golit
Jun 25, 2017, 6:00 AM
TCS Ranked Among Top 2 IT Job In The US
DailyTech Staff
Jun 24, 2017, 6:30 AM
Microsoft Online Simulator for Raspberry Pi.
Nenfort Golit
Jun 24, 2017, 6:27 AM
Intel uncovers its New Core i9 X Series
Nenfort Golit
Jun 23, 2017, 6:28 AM
Extra-virgin olive oil may prevent Alzheimer's
DailyTech Staff
Jun 22, 2017, 6:00 AM
Startup in Korea Creating Headband to Treats Depression.
Nenfort Golit
Jun 21, 2017, 6:31 AM
Prostate Cancer blood test 'helps target treatment'
DailyTech Staff
Jun 20, 2017, 7:30 AM
Amazon Fire HD 8
Nenfort Golit
Jun 19, 2017, 6:00 AM
Google Chromecast Support for Oculus Gear VR.
Nenfort Golit
Jun 19, 2017, 6:00 AM
Microsoft Office Now Available in the Windows Store.
Nenfort Golit
Jun 17, 2017, 5:26 AM
The portable Intel Compute Card
Nenfort Golit
Jun 16, 2017, 6:28 AM
The Smallest Android Phone in the World
Nenfort Golit
Jun 15, 2017, 6:00 AM
What is the Move of Google on its Android gadgets?
DailyTech Staff
Jun 14, 2017, 7:56 AM
You Can Now Pre-order Sony Xperia XZ Premium
Nenfort Golit
Jun 14, 2017, 6:00 AM
Sony's New E Ink Watch is now on sale in Japan.
Nenfort Golit
Jun 13, 2017, 6:14 AM
More Blog Posts
Copyright 2017 DailyTech LLC. -
RSS Feed
About Us
Terms, Conditions & Privacy Information
Kristopher Kubicki


text:
George Will's Bad Obamacare/Segregation Argument
Newly christened Fox News contributor George Will [1] sat down with NPR's Steve Inskeep on the October 9 Morning Edition to educate us all [2] on the subtle governmental intricacies behind the week-old government shutdown and the week-or-so-away debt limit fracture. Leaning on the Founding Fathers, Will gave his stamp of approval to the Republican-led effort to repeal Obamacare and argued against the inviolability of the Affordable Care Act as "the law," observing [3] that "the Fugitive Slave Act was the law, separate but equal was the law, lots of things are the law and then we change them."
Will is right: laws are not sacrosanct and can be altered or thrown out at any time. Obamacare is real-time proof of that -- the Supreme Court upheld the law but ruled that states could not be forced to participate in its expansion of Medicaid. But that's a pedestrian observation made provocative by the out-of-line invocation of segregation and slavery. "Separate but equal" and the Fugitive Slave Act were moral travesties; the ACA helps people buy health insurance. The similarities begin and end with their status as laws. Other laws have been scuttled too -- Prohibition, for example -- but Will chose those two particular laws and in doing so invited a comparison that he can't justify because it's unjustifiable.
And then there's Will's assertion that what we're seeing with the government shutdown and the attendant gridlock over Obamacare is the "Madisonian scheme," the idea that government is "hard to move, it's supposed to be. People look at Washington and say 'oh, this is so difficult.' It's supposed to be difficult."
Again, Will is right that governing and passing legislation is hard work. It was hard work for the Democrats to win majorities in both houses of Congress, and it was hard work for Barack Obama to win the presidency in 2008. Even with those majorities, it was really quite difficult for the president and the Democrats to craft a health care bill and get it through Congress, and they paid a difficult price for it at the ballot box in 2010. Defending the law in front of the Supreme Court was a monumentally difficult task, and even though it emerged, it did not do so unscathed. And then Obama and the Democrats had to go before the electorate again, in 2012, to defend the law, and not only did they succeed, they actually improved their standing in both the House and the Senate.
That was all really difficult work that utilized the normal procedures and machinery of government spread across all three branches, and was tested in national elections. Now a small faction of House Republicans, incapable of using that machinery to achieve their goal, are sabotaging the process, the workings of the government, and perhaps even the global economy [4] in order to undo all that difficult work. As Will himself noted, they have no strategy and no clear endgame.
And yet he says this is all part of the process because "it's supposed to be difficult"? It's already been difficult. This has been one of the ugliest and most drawn out fights over domestic affairs the country has ever experienced. What we're seeing from the Republicans is an attempt to circumvent the work needed to realize the goal they've been unable to achieve over the past 5 years.
Will closed out the interview with Inskeep by musing on his hero, James Madison, and the Federalist Papers:
The political problem, as Madison understood it, is at bottom a problem of passions. And the entire architecture of our government is an attempt to moderate through a deliberative process the passions that are endemic to popular government. So when we see passions in play, we shouldn't be startled that's the problem. We knew they're always in play. Rather, we should say, how are we doing at moderating them?
Right now a minority in one House of government, animated by unerring zeal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is causing massive disruptions to government operations, financial markets, and the lives of everyday Americans because they have no other leverage. Even Madison, Will's champion of "difficult" government, might be inclined to think we're not doing so great a job at "moderating" those "passions."
- Posted In
- Government [5], Health Care Reform [6]
- Network/Outlet
- Fox News Channel [7], NPR [8]
- Person
- George F. Will [9]
- Show/Publication
- Morning Edition [10]


text:
I would recommend The Colt .45 Automatic by Jerry Kuhnhausen vol 1. Plus I would go over to 1911.org web site and look up the information there and ask questions. That's all I can help you with as I take most all things to my smith.
Good luck.
Best Baldy.


text:
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV, 89109
Location: Strip
Type: Ultimate Pools
(702) 388-8588
TAO Beach at The Venetian will once again heat up Las Vegas days and nights this season.
TAO Beach is one of the hottest daytime experiences in Las Vegas. By day, guests can secure a reservation to lounge poolside in one of seven luxury cabanas that feature such amenities as air-conditioning, high definition plasma screen televisions with X-box gaming consoles, a DVD library, WiFi, and customized mini bars. Other amenities include sunglass cleaning and a staff of masseuses. Asian-inspired day beds are scattered throughout the 18,000 square foot oasis, which also includes a 30-foot bar where guests can sip on TAO-tinis and TAO-jitos made with fresh exotic ingredients. An extensive appetizer and grill menu from the kitchen of TAO Asian Bistro.


text:
It has been announced today that E. Stanley Kroenke has accepted the Board's invitation to become a director of Arsenal Holdings PLC ("Arsenal") as a Non-Executive Director.
Mr Kroenke is the shareholder in Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE), the leading live sports and entertainment group based in Denver, Colorado. In April this year KSE acquired from ITV plc a 50% share in Arsenal Broadband Limited and at the same time entered into a strategic partnership with the Club through Colorado Rapids, the KSE franchise. Mr Kroenke holds approximately 12.4% of Arsenal's issued share capital.
Mr Kroenke fully supports the approach the Board has taken in setting the direction of the Club. The Board believes Mr Kroenke's experience in sports team commercial management, sports marketing, media and new media rights as well as real estate development will be of great value to the Board.
Mr Kroenke has confirmed that he will not increase his shareholding beyond 29.9% of Arsenal's issued share capital within the twelve months following the date of this announcement, save as specified in this announcement.*
Arsenal Chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, commented:"We are delighted to welcome Stan to the Board of Arsenal. He brings with him a wealth of experience through his direct involvement in sports clubs in the US and we expect to benefit from his commercial insights and knowledge."
Stan Kroenke said: "It is a real honour to be invited to join the Board of Arsenal given its pre-eminent reputation and position in football world-wide. I hope that my background in sports management will be an asset to Arsenal in its commercial dealings going forward."
*Mr Kroenke, and any person who has acted in concert with him or any person who is subsequently acting in concert with him, reserves the right to increase his shareholding beyond 29.9% of Arsenal's issued share capital within twelve months, and to take any other action which would otherwise be precluded under Rule 2.8 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, with the agreement of the Board of Arsenal or following the announcement of an offer or possible offer for Arsenal or if there is a material change of circumstances. Mr. Kroenke is not a party to the lockdown agreement which was signed by the other directors of Arsenal in October 2007.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