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A Jan. 23 rally by Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSar) is one of several Utah events focusing on deadly radon.
On Wednesday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared January Radon Action Month. He also presented awards to state poster-contest winners Tucker Nixon, of American Fork Junior High, Eric Anderson, of Summit Academy in Draper, and Skylee Anderson, of Meadow Elementary in Lehi.
Herbert also has challenged state employees to test their homes for deadly gas, which is odorless and colorless.
Meanwhile, learning opportunities are also planned. There will be continuing education programs for real estate professionals and homebuilders. Plus, a radon symposium will take place at LDS Hospital, 2 p.m. Jan. 28.
Besides smoking, radon is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, the deadliest cancer.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is released from rock, soil and water that is blamed for causing the deaths of more than 21,000 deaths each year.
"Since approximately one-third of the homes tested in Utah have elevated levels of radon gas, I strongly encourage all Utah residents to test for radon," said Christine Keyser, who coordinates the state's outreach program. "Testing is the only way to know if you and your family are at risk."
If radon is found to be high, there are ways to reduce it to safe levels.
Radon test kits are available at any hardware retail store or $7 kits may be ordered on the state Radiation Control Division's website at www.radon.utah.gov or by calling 800-324-5928. Also at the state's radon Web page, more information can be found about this month's events.
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Re: Now the moon..the sun would wait til morning
Great concept, but doesn't GMV until you can show what colors will be used. Check out the official shirt.woot template, and update this please!
Re: Mine! Ya Got That?
Cute, reminds me of my son... and my daughter. I always enjoy your entries.
Re: Where Do I Sleep Now?
Excellent use of brown on blue.
Re: Greedball
good idea, but cant ever see myself wearing it :S
godierst wrote:I like the design quite a bit. But pink (especially that light shade of pink) on dark brown just makes me reflexively go "eugh". I think this might work really well on, say, a light green.
First, thanks a ton for all of the positive feedback and the votes.
Second, I really like how the colors work because it reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream.
Third, if this wins I will wear it while watching Rambo, Rocky, and Die Hard and feel all the more manly.
Thanks again everyone!
You tell us.
Re: No Bananas For You
Why does your monkey have a penis-tail?
GravityJMB wrote:I really love the color, shading, and the line work... looks amazing.
thank you! you're very kind!
SailorButterfly wrote:This turned out really awesome Spryte. GMV
Thanks! ^_^ Sorry I've been gone all day...
wreckoning wrote:I think I'd prefer a bottom right or bottom left placement, but this is a great illustration. Plus I don't have any shirts that are this color.
I messed around a little with placement but ultimately decided to put him up on a mountain instead of in a corner. If I'd placed him in a corner he would've ended up in the scrunch zone on most people and I like him too much to let that happen. ^_^ Thanks for the vote!
mia3mom wrote:you create such intense details, Spryte. Wow.
Gorgeous! gmv
I'm flattered, thanks! And thanks for your vote too! ^_^;
Patchitect wrote:WOW! Spryte.. this is over the top.. excellent work...
Thanks! ^_^; I <3 dragons, as you know. Speaking of which, where's that sketch? ^_~
Re: Oil Kings
1) this is really a great tshirt idea, I love it
2) are you really Jimiyo?
(am I dense? I see so much Jimiyo in this shirt....)
AdderXYU wrote:Why does your monkey have a penis-tail?
Nevermore!, that's what she said...
great comment, adder.
cute design, just doesn't get a rise outta me though
Hey Claymeow?? Not sure what your are asking. The color shown is Asphalt which is a woot color. The artwork is done in very muted colors. I believe the shirt picture is a fair representation of the finished product.. remember this is just a vote not a promise to buy. Thanks so much for looking!
Re: Greedy Seal
Leopard Seal Chowing down on a Penguin, no flying for this guy. Luckily there's more where that came from, especially round here...
I'm sick of penguins, why are people round here suckers for a species that is at the bottom of the Artic food chain.
Maybe next I should do a Greedy Polar Bear, then a Greedy Shark... and then whatever else eats penguins out there.
Re: Oooo Shiney!
Nice artwork!
I was going to comment but I'm afraid I will get eaten next..........backing away slowly
I'm blown away by the detail of the drawing! Nice represenation of greed. Awesome job!
Re: Love of Money
great shirt!
Re: Gimme Gimme
original, weird, interesting, great colors! i love it, and you got my vote.
Beefcoat wrote:First, thanks a ton for all of the positive feedback and the votes.
Second, I really like how the colors work because it reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream.
Third, if this wins I will wear it while watching Rambo, Rocky, and Die Hard and feel all the more manly.
Thanks again everyone!
WOW!... It really does remind me of Neapolitan ice cream! That's awesome! I like this shirt even more because you said that!
Love it.
Re: It's Okay To Have One.
My first shot in entering. What do you think?
Jemmacakes wrote:1) this is really a great tshirt idea, I love it
2) are you really Jimiyo?
(am I dense? I see so much Jimiyo in this shirt....)
1.) Thanks Jemmacakes!
2.) Who's Jimiyo?
Re: Price of Greed
I'm in for one!
jeezpf wrote:WOW!... It really does remind me of Neapolitan ice cream! That's awesome! I like this shirt even more because you said that!
Pork, Neccos, & Neapolitan Ice Cream! Mmmmmmm!
Re: Greedy Conquistador
Not a TECHNICALLY pirate, true, but it's pushing it.
I'm gonna clarify one more time..please forgive my newness with this whole process. I understand now the confusion with the color..I see now this works much better with a navy shirt not asphalt. Next entry I will use the official woot template. Soooo navy shirt....k
Re: Mommy He's being greedy!!!!
this is really good. its a shame it was submitted so late, it wont get the votes it deserves.
Re: Penny Pincher
Love the idea, had it not already been rejected anyway, I'd say it looks a bit too cut and pasted, especially the fingers which look like a low-res photo hastily trimmed.
Might be late for a resub, but I looove the expression on Lincoln's face. (hopefully not too detailed for woot to print) Make the fingers a neater, line-art and this would definitely GMV and purchase if it made it.
Seriuosly funny, clever and well done... I hope you get into the fog, totally deserving.
Well done... a simple design that speaks volumes... GMV
I like this. How did you draw your design? Pencil on paper and then scanned in, tablet, or just free hand on photoshop?
njroen wrote:I NEED THIS SHIRT!!! ... Seriously!
Thanks I will probably put it up on my Zazzle site when the 60 days are up. For the very, very few people who are interested - heh
Re: Money Hoarder
thats awesome good desighn
Re: I Want It Get Out!
Gonna get rejected for gradients.
Where did u get the idea for this???
Hmm, now I'm glad I missed out on Nevermore. I can get this one instead.
(But damn you guys for buying it out before I could get to it!)
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Fields near Lacey?
Posted 03 May 2011 - 04:56 PM
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Posted 06 May 2011 - 10:37 PM
And the Field your friend mentioned is pretty well respected, and I have heard nothing but great things about them. And from what I hear, they cater more to the speedball crowd.
Posted 07 May 2011 - 06:36 PM
Also though do you know of any tournaments coming up?
Edited by Shock_Tech, 07 May 2011 - 06:36 PM.
Posted 08 May 2011 - 01:36 PM
Thanks for the info and posting. Where do you usually play?
Also though do you know of any tournaments coming up?
I have played at Dangerzone the last few times, however the vast majority of the time I have spent paintballing was at outlaw fields with friends.
I cant say I am familiar with the tournament scene though. You could ask the guys at the Pro shop in Olympia, they should be able to help you out.
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Posted 09 May 2011 - 01:46 PM
Thanks. When's the next time you think you'll be going to play maybe I'll catch you out there. I have to go check out those fields now=]
The next trip to Dangerzone I intend to make will be for their big games in June and July. If you check out the link the other fellow posted, it should have the pricing and schedules for the events.
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Prices are really reasonable and seem like really good people running it. While my group is mostly just friends in the woods playing we all think of Elma as our home field.
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Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Seen the pics of the 4x300 hp powered fast fisher rammed into a restaurant in Florida? Notice the T-shaped thing sticking up out the the wreckage of both? I think its probably something to do with radar which might be a reasonable aid to navigation at planing speeds in thick fog.
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Originally Posted by Mabinogion View Post
I am inclined to agree, why worry about the rules, let's just all do as we wish and the guy with the biggest....boat, wins the urinating contest.
Or better still, let us introduce some consistency for the benefit of those with more than a single brain cell, starting on a Monday, the Colregs apply to those heading left to right, those heading right to left can ignore them and then on subsequent days, staring on, erm, oh yes, Tuesday, those heading right to left are bound by the Colregs, but those travelling left to right can ignore them.
Of course, during the course of a week, things would become biased towards the Monday crowd, so just to ensure equality of treatment with clarity of application, Sunday's are totally rule free, whether you be headed right to left or left to right.
OK, clear and unequivocal.
Oh yes, and don't bother with radar, lights, sound signals, shapes or keeping a watch as no other idiot will be.
Have fun, matelots!
Once a yachtie, always a yachtie.
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
I am inclined to agree, why worry about the rules, let's just all do as we wish and the guy with the biggest....boat, wins the urinating contest.
Or better still, let us introduce some consistency for the benefit of those with more than a single brain cell, starting on a Monday, the Colregs apply to those heading left to right, those heading right to left can ignore them and then on subsequent days, staring on, erm, oh yes, Tuesday, those heading right to left are bound by the Colregs, but those travelling left to right can ignore them.
Of course, during the course of a week, things would become biased towards the Monday crowd, so just to ensure equality of treatment with clarity of application, Sunday's are totally rule free, whether you be headed right to left or left to right.
OK, clear and unequivocal.
Oh yes, and don't bother with radar, lights, sound signals, shapes or keeping a watch as no other idiot will be.
Have fun, matelots!
Once a yachtie, always a yachtie.
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
If you are serious about the COLREGS (nobody here is) then you really cannot cruise on a small boat. One can cite dozens of rules broken all the time. So forget about this silly radar on troll (it comes up in almost every radar thread on every forum).
Or, alternatively, get serious about the simple and unequivocal Rule 5, Look-out. How many here have a watch standing all night, with radar on, while in a pleasant cruiser anchorage. Oooops, almost criminal dereliction of duty as a Captain! There is no wiggle room in Rules 1 thru 8. If you are anchored in navigable water connected to the high seas, or in a slip so connected I suppose, stand the watch with all lights and day-shapes.
And about that inverted cone ... I'm sure I'll put that up ...
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Like I said, turning it off to wait for fog is one thing. Not turning it on when in fog is a different issue.
The question I was answering is if you had to have it on all the time, and I don't think the law requires that.
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Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
There are plenty of interesting cases out there. This owner insisted that his nav lights impeded his vision:
"The accused was charged with dangerous operation of a vessel causing death. The charge arose out of a collision between a vessel being operated by the accused and another vessel. A passenger in the accuseds vessel died as a result. The collision occurred at night in total darkness. The accuseds vessel was displaying no navigation or running lights. The accuseds evidence was that the running lights impeded his night vision and his practice was to turn them off in conditions of reduced visibility. The accuseds vessel was proceeding at a speed of 26 miles per hour and the other vessel was proceeding at 32 miles per hour.
It is not required to prove the accused deliberately operated the vessel in a dangerous manner. The accused was operating his vessel at an unsafe speed, without navigation lights, in a narrow channel where there was a risk of collision and he did not keep a proper look-out. This is operation of a vessel in a manner dangerous to the public and the actus reus is proved. With respect to the mens rea element, the accuseds manner of operation of the vessel displayed a reckless disregard of extreme risk and in the circumstances, exhibited a marked departure from the norm.
Decision: Accused guilty.
Comment: The accused was later sentenced to two years in prison."
This one is interesting too:
"This case concerned a collision involving two fishing vessels. One vessel, under the command of the plaintiff, was in the process of laying lobster traps and proceeding in a northerly direction while the other vessel, under the command of the defendant, was proceeding westerly. The defendant argued he had the right of way pursuant to Rule 15 of the Collision Regulations (the vessel which has the other on her starboard side shall give way). The plaintiff, on the other hand, said he had the right of way as he was a vessel engaged in fishing pursuant to Rule 3.
Decision: The plaintiff was 75% at fault and the defendant 25% at fault.
Held: The plaintiff, although laying traps, was not restricted in his ability to manoeuvre and therefore Rule 3 did not apply. The defendant had the right of way but he ought to have exercised greater care and his failure to see the plaintiffs boat was a failure to keep a proper lookout contrary to Rule 5."
This one for improper navigation light use:
"This case involved a collision on Okanagan Lake between a 26' sailboat operating under power and a 19' motorboat. The collision occurred at dusk. Both vessels were destroyed and the occupants of each were injured. The owner of the sailboat alleged that the collision was caused by the negligence of the other vessel in proceeding at an excessive speed and failing to maintain a proper lookout. The owner of the motorboat argued that the collision was caused by the negligence of the sailboat in failing to have the proper running lights and in turning to port immediately before the collision instead of to starboard as required by the collision regulations. It was uncontested that the driver of the motorboat did not see the sailboat until immediately before the collision and took no steps to avoid the collision. After reviewing all of the evidence the Judge found as a fact that the sailboat was not properly lit and that this was the cause of the collision. The owner/operator of the sailboat was therefore held to be completely at fault."
Alcohol and lack of running lights:
"This matter involved a collision between a small runabout and a sailboat under power in a narrow channel. The main issue in the case was liability and apportionment. The Trial Judge found the parties equally at fault. The operator of the sailboat was at fault for not having the proper lights, for operating on the wrong side of the channel and for failing to take evasive action. The operator of the runabout was at fault for operating his vessel while impaired by alcohol and for failing to observe the other vessel."
No anchor light and alcohol:
"Apportionment of liability was the issue in this small vessel collision case. The Plaintiff's vessel was at anchor and was hit by the Defendant's vessel. The Court apportioned liability 70% to the Defendant and 30% to the Plaintiff. The faults on the part of the Defendant were traveling at night at an excessive rate of speed when having consumed sufficient alcohol to have affected his judgment and vision. The faults on the part of the Plaintiff were not having an anchor light and anchoring his vessel in an area where through traffic was predictable and probable."
And finally not using radar:
"This interesting case involved a collision between the Canadian Naval vessel "Kootenay" and the "Nordpol" on June 1, 1989, in conditions of fog. At the time of the collision the "Kootenay" was engaged in anti-submarine exercises that required her not to emit any radar or radio signals. The "Kootenay" was observed on radar by those on board the "Nordpol" but she could not be raised by radio and her movements were erratic suggesting she was a fishing vessel. The "Nordpol" therefore maintained her course and speed of 13.5 knots assuming the "Kootenay" would pass astern of the "Nordpol". Of course, the "Kootenay" did not pass astern. A close quarters situation developed and the two ships collided. The Court held that both ships were liable and apportioned liability 70% to the "Kootenay" and 30% to the "Nordpol". The "Kootenay" was held primarily responsible because she created the dangerous situation by participating in naval exercises in busy shipping lanes, in fog, without having given any notice to vessel traffic or shipping and without the use of any navigational aids such as radar. The "Nordpol" was also criticized for excessive speed, for failing to take avoiding action and for failing to appreciate the close quarters situation and risk of collision. On the issue of damages, the Court had to consider what was the appropriate date for conversion of foreign currency and what was the appropriate method of calculating loss of use for a warship. On the first issue, the Court reaffirmed that damages incurred in a foreign currency are to be converted to Canadian dollars using the prevailing rate on the date of the commission of the tort. On the second issue, the Court held that there should be damages for loss of use of the "Kootenay", calculated using the capital cost of the ship. It did not matter that the "Kootenay's" duties were performed by other naval ships. There was still a loss to the Defendant; a loss of a "margin of safety"."
I suppose if even a Navy ship not using radar during training exercises can be held 70% at fault it is not a stretch to assume the courts would not look to favorably on "I was worried about my batteries" as an excuse.....
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
This is all very amusing. I'm in the process of installing radar b/c it will be a useful tool for our cruising grounds. Much like a depth sounder or anemometer, radar gives real-time data about what's actually going on in low-visibility areas. THAT is the real reason you should have it, and use it. This whole argument about what the courts will demand seems pretty theoretical, and divorced from reality.
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Well shucks, I guess we will just have to await the outcome of any legal action by Law Enforcement, the Restaurant Owner, customers or passengers of the boat that ended up inside a Tampa restaurant earlier this week having been travelling at high speed in thick fog.
There was a licensed skipper allegedly in charge and fitted with 1200hp of outboard power, then the radar, as obviously fitted, should not have been a drain on available power!
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Frankly I don't know of, any case where a small recreational vessel was even involved in a maritime casualty lawsuit where radar was even an issue. Nor can I imagine where it would be. The cost of the lawyers would far exceed the value of the boats so why bother.
But I would certainly be willing to argue to a court that 'proper use ' on a small sailing vessel includes operating with it off to preserve battery power in the event of fog or rain.
Re: Is Radar an absolute necessity?
Originally Posted by nolatom View Post
Try Rule 7(b) then, it seems if you have risk of collision, and radar, you had better use it..
"Proper use shall be made of radar equipment if fitted..."
Perhaps people should peruse an up to date on-line copy of 7(b), if fitted and operational means what it says on the box.
Just because it is switched off or drains your battery if used is no excuse.
Edit: BTW, what does being on standby mode do to power useage with a modern digital radar?
Any Nautical advocates or other maritime legal specialists able to comment?
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Although I haven't bought a Sig yet, I'm planning on it within the next week or so, provided I can still find a 239 around here. I've decided to make the jump into a Sig (and a big(ger) money gun) because I've heard nothing but good things about them, and seem to have an excellent reputation.
I'll be getting my CCH permit around the first of the year, and right now my carry options are a Beretta 96FS (way too big), a 1911 (Charles Daly piece of shat that I wouldn't trust my enemy's life with) and a Springfield XD-9 subcompact.
I bought the XD back this Spring thinking it would be perfect for carry, and I'm sure I will carry it, however I don't like the fact that it doesn't have either a manual safety or a decocker. The Sig has a decocker, and feels excellent to me as well. I'm planning on getting the .40 cal, which will allow me to buy a .357 barrel and shoot that round with it, IF I ever decide to. I've also been told that I can drop a 9mm barrel, recoil spring, and mags and I'm set for a cheap range shooter too!
Anyway, that's kinda how my mind's thinking right now. Oh, and the fact that every frickin' movie I've seen lately has Sigs out the wa-zoo in them!!! It's driving me crazy!!! It's also driving my wife nuts, because every time she watches one of those movies with me she hears me muttering, "I want a Sig.......I want a Sig baaaad."


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Re: Steamworks Operatica V.2
Excellent Drak! Great idea for this style.
Re: The Girl in Red
no offense, but so generic steampunk. not that interesting, and it's more about the wolf than the idea steampunk.
The second I saw this week's theme I knew Drakxxx was going to steal the show. Your detailed designs are always so great!
I don't think I'd wear it though.. I feel like the top-hatted man demands too much attention and makes the shirt become less steampunk and gives it too much of a general fantasy novel feel.
Re: The Girl in Red
so completely not steampunk...get the hell out of the fog & take that dumb dog with you
Ramyb, I am really liking all of the textures you are using. Lined shadows, half tone smoke and texture on the robot.
Re: Let's Play
im surprised on two levels
1. that woot hasn't rejected it yet
and 2. that people are still voting for the darn thing.
sorry not steampunk at all... it may be kinda cool but to vague for the topic of the derby. not to mention it looks like a shirt you would see at an anime shop's clearance rack, you one o them you-ge-oh shirts.
I know this is a smidge off topic, but I would like to take the oppurtunity to remind everyone that he's got a great T looking for support at Camesa. For just about the price of a woot shirt (10 bucks plus shipping) you could get one of his best designs IMHO, with a much smaller print run than woot.
He needs 35 more people to support him and it's a go. If even a small % of people who voted for this shirt and a larger % who commented will support it, we could have it
really soon.
No I'm not Drakxxx in disguise, I just think it's a great shirt that's not getting the love. 8)
The link.
end plug.
Congrats on the re-fog! Votes need to keep coming to ensure a print!!!
Cool shirt.
I'd buy it. :D
Re: My Dog Breathes Steampunk
The most sinister grin crawled across my face.
JenDupre wrote:I know this is a smidge off topic, but I would like to take the oppurtunity to remind everyone that he's got a great T looking for support at Camesa. For just about the price of a woot shirt (10 bucks plus shipping) you could get one of his best designs IMHO, with a much smaller print run than woot.
He needs 35 more people to support him and it's a go. If even a small % of people who voted for this shirt and a larger % who commented will support it, we could have it
really soon.
No I'm not Drakxxx in disguise, I just think it's a great shirt that's not getting the love. 8)
The link.
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Pimp it, girlfriend! I can't for Illustrators Block to print.
Draxxx, obviously even if you don't print this time around, I think we can all agree that you've achieved something amazing. This was your *second try* and you zoomed right back to the top.
You sir, are awesomes.
I agree that it's not really steampunk.
But I also agree that it's amazing.
I can't wait to wear it!
gesangbaer wrote:This is genius. I love the way the "darker" animals counter the fluffy ones from the base story. Technology over magic, hehehe. I wonder what the prince would be like?
hey thanks!
Re: God's Tea Kettle
woah, way too small...
re: nighttime coolness
This is sooo awesome! I would buy it!
mitchellp wrote:I don't understand why this one doesn't have at least 500 hundred votes
no doubt. by far one of my favorite artist on woot. its a shame his designs fall short in the derby week after week. i have discovered myself its almost pointless to compete with the woot "stars"
1. steam punk
a fantasy story style that involves Using steam era technology to make highly complicated and advanced machines.
seki, i had no idea you and ramyb were dating, that is just awesome.
id like to tell everyone here what i wrote in the ramyb thread.
No matter how much you rant people like me PTERODACTYLS! it all up for you by voting for seki and ramy.....and get this...sometimes i dont even buy their shirts! SHOCKER!!!
this is the power of democracy, the elitists can be as elite as they want, but the majority rules...my party has been kicked around my this concept in the real world enough, may as well take advantage of it in the woot world.
seki, sorry this fell out of the fog, it really is a beautiful design.
brown shirt? woot, i need more of those..gmv
Re: The Aviator
I really like the dichotomy here. The color, hope, and motion of the flyer; the lifeless, drooping sputtering of his created wings. This seems to be a lesson of the Bible: we will never get into heaven by our own righteous works.
The wings' angelic look really hits this home to me.
marzipanapple wrote:Draxxx, obviously even if you don't print this time around, I think we can all agree that you've achieved something amazing. This was your *second try* and you zoomed right back to the top.
You sir, are awesomes.
No doubt. With that said, go Drakxxx!
Re: Darwinism
lillian13 wrote:Nice fish, but very bad placement for those of us with breasts...
Tee hee...booby fish!
Re: Strange Love
damn should have put this one up earlier.
Re: Synthetic Beauty
Hmm, weren't a lot of important discoveries in the field of entomology made during the 1800's? I think I remember that. At least I remember hearing about a lot of female entomologists at the time who couldn't publish their work without attributing it to men. So, seems steampunk to me to take that and put a mechanical spin on it.
I thought this derby was ending about 25 minutes ago... glad it's still going and this shirt still has a chance to print. I hope it can keep the "steam" it's had all day (sorry).
Drakxxx, I haven't bought any of your shirts before, though I've often appreciated your designs for their ability to compete with the pink-backpack mafia (ramyb and sekiyoku, mainly...I'm not saying they're not talented... I'm just saying they seem like the Linkin Park of shirt.woot designers: successful with die-hard fans, but their creations are often very similar and almost formulaic). However, despite the fact that I like your shirts I've never felt the need to comment on them before. This shirt, however, I feel is brilliant. It perfectly captures the idea of "steampunk" and displays it in a way that shows precisely why steampunk is so cool. Though it won't mean much, I'm casting my vote for this shirt because it is the only shirt in a while that I feel actually CAPTURES the topic rather than simply incorporating it. For that reason I am voting for this shirt and will encourage all other shirt.wooters to do the same, to restore glory to derbies by awarding them to those who put forth the effort to actually capture what makes a topic interesting and cool rather than to those who have established fan-bases and can produce one similar design after another and still win derbies with little to no innovation or effort. I praise this shirt not just for what it contains, but for what it represents on shirt.woot and I want to thank you for shaking the foundations of the established aristocracy of shirt.woot designers as well as helping to breathe new life into these stale derbies. Thank you.
Could someone tell me how to make my shirt comp photoshop file small enough to get on here? I can only get it to like 2 MB and as you know it has to be under 500 KB? My shirt comp right now is a copy and paste into a paint jpeg-sad i know.
ZMaiden wrote:Hmm, weren't a lot of important discoveries in the field of entomology made during the 1800's? I think I remember that. At least I remember hearing about a lot of female entomologists at the time who couldn't publish their work without attributing it to men. So, seems steampunk to me to take that and put a mechanical spin on it.
Oh, and I can't believe I forgot to mention butterfly hunting. I don't think I could picture Victorians without thinking about the butterfly houses. It was a pretty big thing.
mrslydia wrote:Could someone tell me how to make my shirt comp photoshop file small enough to get on here? I can only get it to like 2 MB and as you know it has to be under 500 KB? My shirt comp right now is a copy and paste into a paint jpeg-sad i know.
I can only think of two reasons why your comp would be 2 MB - you're submitting something at a huge resolution (only the print-ready file is high res) or you're submitting in the wrong mode (I think CMYK can inflate file size). Follow these guidelines:
1. 580x580 px
2. RGB mode
3. jpg file format
You should leave it uncompressed so it'll be crisp after the upload. Any compression should be done on Woot's end. Even umcompressed, your image shouldn't exceed 500 kb. Good luck!
Edit: Wait, shirt comp PHOTOSHOP file? Your shirt comp should just be a jpg. The PSD file is the print-ready. I believe Woot allows an upload of up to 20 MB (or was it 10?) through the main form, which should be adequate. If it isn't, you can email it to them instead. When I enter the derby, I generally don't upload the print-ready through the form since it takes so long. If it looks like I have a shot at printing, then I email it to them.
itoaseik wrote:I thought this derby was ending about 25 minutes ago... glad it's still going and this shirt still has a chance to print. I hope it can keep the "steam" it's had all day (sorry).
Friday at noon: Derby theme is announced, Derby opens for submissions and voting
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lexaverial wrote:Note that I said I agreed that voting to spite people is shameful. The opposite holds true as well, it is just as bad to vote on name alone. I was just stating that this sort of stuff does happen. I'm not condoning it on any level whatsoever.
I disagree. Voting to spite is much worse than voting on name alone, because voting out of spite is a malicious attempt to sabotage an artist's chances at printing merely because you don't like them, whereas voting on name alone is merely supporting someone who you believe is talented or perhaps have a personal connection with. In general, though, I think most people at least look at the entries they are voting on before they vote. For example, I consider myself to be a friend of sekiyoku's outside of Woot (I knew her from elsewhere before she started entering derbies), but I don't always vote for her designs, especially if I see designs I like better that she is in competition with. However, if I am generally ok with all of the designs she is competing with, I'm more likely to vote for her design than someone else's, because I like to support my friends. This applies to other artists as well, not just sekiyoku. I've worked with sailormoontsu, fablefire, and drakxxx on varying numbers of collaborations in the past, so I tend to support their entries under the same system. I omgwin! to see how that is a bad thing.
Somehow the stupid dog armor one got a ton of votes and just passed this one up. Doesn't look good now
Since when is there a set-in-stone definition of "steampunk?" This isn't a visual version of an essay contest with a set thesis, where only the arguments are allowed to vary. I generally think of steampunk imagery as art that superimposes a Victorian-era obsession with Machinery (with a capital M) onto modern or futuristic technology, or uses of technology. The Victorian-era retellings of Perault's Little Red Riding Hood story make the girl little and cute and completely helpless; in this, it looks as though she is in control of the wolf, via some complicated-looking contraptions. In other words, a very contemporary triumph over the past, but one apparently achieved through visible, mechanical equipment.
I think it's a much more interesting image than a picture of some random object/animal/person with non-functional cogs and pipes added in an aesthetically-pleasing but meaningless way. (That would be the photoshop filter version of steampunk.)
I still really hope this wins. This design is awesome and I really want to buy this shirt.
HeartlineTwist wrote:Once again, why even have a theme at all, then? I mean, I have full confidence that all of the artists of the on-topic submissions that you may not find wearable (which doesn't make too much sense) could do fantastic designs that have absolutely nothing to do with the theme. But that's not the point.
I prefer to think of the theme as a general guide for all the submissions. It sets the mood of the derby and helps bring variety. Nevertheless, I don't think every design has to EXACTLY fit the theme. As long as it is relatively close and Woot does not reject it, any design should be allowed to win.
Another important thing to mention here is that the Steampunk theme is not concrete and well-defined enough. Even looking at several other Steampunk images for reference, one might not easily understand the whole concept behind it or the correct way to represent it. Limiting the derby to only TRUE Steampunk entries would greatly reduce the amount of contestants and prevent many artists from even participating. And that is, in my opionion, not the point of a Woot derby.
I do understand where you're coming from, though. The designs that you actually love and, I assume, would wear are being beaten by designs which do not fit the theme as well. Of course it would be in your best interest that a strict adherence to the theme was enforced. Most of the people here want their favorite designs to win (I hope), excluding those who vote for/against particular artists, of course. However, that does not mean they should bash all the designs/designers (and their fans) they don't like. Everyone has their tastes, and happy are those whose tastes match those of the majority.
hastethechariot wrote:Although I highly repspect the artwork on this one. I really don't dont see the association to the genre. Yeah you put a couple of pipes above his head that are emitting steam, but is this really steam punk?
There are a few more in the top 8 that are more true to the genre. Lets not make this a popularity contest.
eHalcyon wrote:I think it's appropriate and justified to complain about ramy and seki's designs for their off-topic-ness, persistent similarity, etc. but it is ridiculous to bash them just because they are successful. Sure, they have arguably had more success than Cho did (note: jimiyo has always been too good for Woot and has never really been successful here), but just barely. To complain about their success and not Cho's is hypocritical. Maybe people are forgetting just how successful he was because he's been gone for so long. He's very nearly swept derbies before, with multiple entries in the fog and in the top ten. Someone even left a comment in his flying penguin's thread that implies the person voted on name only. Sure, they have fans here that vote for them. So does every other regular artist here - Edgar, Loopy, tgentry, Boots, drakxxx, skirochester - they all have established fan bases. It's just ridiculous to complain that people who like their work are voting for their entries. That's the whole point of the derby.
Totally agree. As a fan of most of the artists you listed, I look for their entries and vote if I want. If I don't like (and there has been MANY times), I won't vote.
BTW, I do look at every entry to the derbies and vote accordingly. You will not hear any bashing from me on any threads, I just move on. To those who do bash, I read your comments, take it with a grain of salt and continue on.
Just a regular wooter.
I actually took my vote back on this one. This really doesn't feel "steampunk" to me. All I get is a robot with a random dog thrown in there, but none of actual theme.
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OK, I have my helmet, I will be preping it soon for painting. It should be ready in a couple of weeks. What colours and gloss do I use? What colour wtih a flat base?
OK, I have my helmet, I will be preping it soon for painting. It should be ready in a couple of weeks. What colours and gloss do I use? What colour wtih a flat base?
a couple questions before you get started. first off, what kind of helmet do you have? cold cast or fiberglass resin?
if it's cold cast then you should sand it down real good, to about 800 grit before you tape it all off. then use rustoleum automobile primer (it's the best!), sand that lightly with 800 grit, then get Krylon Ocean Blue (available at ACE hardware in a small can) for the light blue, wait overnight, tape off the mandibles and head strap then rustoleum royal blue for the ears and cheeks.
if it's a resin helmet then you're going to want to sand it down anyway, all the way to 1000 grit. again use the rustoleum automobile primer and then lightly sand that with 800 and 1000. then get yourself some silver leaf rub'n'buff. let it set for a few days after you get it rnb'd real good then go through just like a cold cast with the two blues i mentioned already.
Thanks for the advice. I had Asok make the helmet for me. I am not sure what he used. I think it was a cold cast. I was looking at krylon paint for the metalic look and the blues. I was just not sure on the specific color blues. Again thanks for the input.
It appears that I do not have a cold cast. The helmet does not have a metalic look. It is a dull grey.
It will look that way at first. Once you start the sanding you will see the shine come through. I will find you some pics of mine
here are some pics I hope there is some order to them.....edit ok they are out of order but the dull gray is 1st, the shiny scratched up looking one is 2nd and the smooth one is after 800 grit sandpaper.
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By the way the dull gray one in the third picture, and all of these for that matter, is the same as the Jango on the stand in post #4.
i've painted up five of asok's helmets for various members on the boards. for inspiration take a look at my most recent progress thread. i've got those asok helmets down to a science.
and if you look at that and you like what you see, i could be talked into doing another helmet.
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Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae was appointed the Ambassador of Japan to the United States in November 2012. Before coming to Washington, he served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, the highest civil service position in the Japanese Foreign Ministry. He studied at Swarthmore College and in 1984 his first foreign assignment was as First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. Among other accomplishments, Ambassador Sasae served as Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister of Japan, Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Director-General of the Asian & Oceania Affairs Bureau and Chief Japanese Negotiator to the Six-Party Talks on North Korea.


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ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter 174, July 30, 1999
PGHPF -Msmp OptionDoug Miles of The Portland Group suggests that T3E HPF users try the pghpf option, "-Msmp". From his message;
It generally helps quite a bit performance-wise -- it causes the compiler to try to do comms via direct manipulation of the E-registers rather than via shmem-based library calls. The comms overhead is often significantly lower with -Msmp.In my trivial test, the -Msmp option gave a 7x speedup, but we'd love to hear results from users with big HPF codes.
CUG T3E Workshop, Oct 7-8T3E Users: here's a conference for you!
CUG (The Cray User Group) has scheduled an intensive T3E Workshop for October 7-8, 1999, in Princeton, New Jersey. Go to http://www.cug.org/ for registration and details. The following is from the web page:
Workshop Goals
The Cray T3E has been an outstanding success in the field of massively parallel computation. What are these successes? What is the future for these machines and codes? The Workshop will feature applications, software updates, and plans for the future. Application Programmers, Managers, and System Administrators should attend.Where and When
The Cray User Group T3E Workshop will be held in Princeton, New Jersey on October 7 and 8, 1999. It will begin with a reception on the evening of October 6th and there will be a workshop dinner on October 7th. Sponsors for the Conference are CUG, SGI and IDA Center for Communications Research, Princeton.Registration
Registration fees for the meeting are:
- $195 for CUG members
- $695 for the first person from a non-member site ( includes a membership in CUG for one year, January 1, through December 31, 2000)
- $195 for additional attendees from non-member sites.
The registration form is available on line.Technical Program
The meeting will be one-track for two days starting at 8:30 on Thursday, October 7th. Planned sessions include:
- User applications
- Tutorials
- Optimization
- Roadmap and software update
- Scheduling on the T3E
- Libraries and other third party projects
There is room for additional talks. Please contact a member of the Program Committee with your abstract. The Preliminary Technical Program will be available from this web site later in the summer.
Monitoring T3E NQS Queues and System UtilizationWe haven't tried this tool, but it looks interesting. (Taken from: http://www.fz-juelich.de/zam/trend/ )
> Trend Overview > > Trend allows you to supervise the run, wait, and NQS batch queues as > well as the system utilization of a CRAY T3E system. The Trend system > is a distributed client/server application which consists of: > > 1. a Trend demon process running on the Cray T3E system to supervise. The > demon captures all necessary data once a minute and transfers it to, > > 2. a (conventional) WWW server. > > 3. The Trend display clients run on the user workstations and get their > data from the WWW server. > > The main reason for this design was to keep the additional load on the > Cray T3E as minimal as possible, even if Trend is heavily used. Using a > conventional WWW server instead of a specialized server has several > benefits: WWW servers are designed to efficiently distribute data in a > secure way, allow access control, are very common and already > installed, keep access logs, and finally, any WWW browser can be used > to access the Trend data from anywhere in the world. > > The user visible part of the Trend system is the user clients. > Currently, are implemented: > > * trend, a platform specific X11 client implemented in Tcl/Tk > * jtrend, a portable client implemented in Java >
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:{{ I've been handed a large Fortran 77 program, and need to get it going. F90, however, is finicky about type consistency and won't compile it. This example shows one of my problems: program test implicit none integer*4 int4 integer*8 int8 integer*8 res8 int4 = 4 int8 = 5 res8 = mod (int8, int4) print*, res8 end Here's the error printout from the f90 compiler: yukon$ f90 test.f res8 = mod (int8, int4) ^ cf90-774 f90: ERROR TEST, File = test.f, Line = 9, Column = 15 Improper intrinsic argument type or inconsistent types. Any suggestions? }} ################################################################## Many thanks to Ed Anderson of Lockheed Martin Technical Services and NESC for these solutions: ####The example in this week's ARSC newsletter about improper intrinsic types is a common Fortran 90 pitfall. A Fortran 90 purist would say that the types don't match and you should change your program to make sure this doesn't happen. There are three less extreme solutions:
- Use the compiler option f90 -s cf77types modtest.f. The compiler gives you a warning, but it works. This is Cray-specific.
Use a macro expansion to massage the types of the arguments to the MOD function. This is kind of dangerous because macros are case sensitive, while Fortran itself is not. It may also be Cray-specific.
#define MOD(x,y) mod(int(x),int(y)) ! Compile with f90 -F test1.F program test integer*4 int4 integer*8 int8 integer*8 res8 int4 = 4 int8 = 5 res8 = MOD(int8, int4) print*, res8 end
For object oriented programming fans, overloading the MOD function is the way to go. The downside is you would have to add USE statements in all the subroutines where the MOD function is giving you trouble.
module GMOD interface mod module procedure gmod48 module procedure gmod84 end interface contains integer(kind=8) function gmod48( i4, j8 ) integer(kind=4) :: i4 integer(kind=8) :: i8, j8 i8 = i4 gmod48 = mod(i8,j8) return end function gmod48 integer(kind=8) function gmod84( i8, j4 ) integer(kind=4) :: j4 integer(kind=8) :: i8, j8 j8 = j4 gmod84 = mod(i8,j8) return end function gmod84 end module GMOD program test use GMOD integer*4 int4 integer*8 int8 integer*8 res8 int4 = 4 int8 = 5 res8 = mod (int8, int4) print*, res8 end
Q: When I try to submit jobs, I get the following response: t3e$ qsub -q mpp job.script NQS local daemon is not present at local host. Retry later. What should I do?
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by detteam, May 15, 2010.
Now there is a line I can appreciate. Very nice.
Well, honestly Lebrxn is loosely or not so loosely tied to the economy of the city of Cleveland and to a lesser extent the state of Ohio. There is some argument to be made for public and city officials to be involved in a recruitment effort.....the problem is... this just sucks.
The only thing I can identify about the LeBron situation is when we watched Grant Hill sell out on us and leave. Man - that was a lousy feeling. I thought we were totally done as a franchise. Cleveland watching as LeBron possibly goes buh-bye has to be about 10x worse.
The Low: Dumars has provided him with a roster of Ewoks and Ents....what do you really expect him to do? Lee356: Win That signature made me a couple times. Classic Low and Lee.
I am happy to see a politician doing something like this, instead of spending his time taking bribes or raising taxes as they are normally wont to do.
Ollie Fretter.....now there is a name I haven't heard since uhh ~Joshua Doore You've gotta uncle in the furniture business, Joshua Doore, Joshua Doore....now who is old enough to remember that motown jingle??
Me! :behindsof What was with Fretter's eyes anyhow? You never knew where he was looking when he offered, "I'll give you 5 pounds of coffee if I can't beat your best deal"! Remember the little kid who says "Robinson Furniture" at the end of their commercial? How about that little puppet in all the commercials for Highland Appliance?
have no fear with Belvedere....
LA wants Lebron too Clippers Fans Plan LeBron James Parade | Larry Brown Sports
Mr. Belvedere starred with Bob Ucker on a sit-com.
Akron planning day to honor LeBron James - NBA - Yahoo! Sports More ridiculousness that makes me less and less surprised why the guy is the way he is and speaks in the 3rd person.
wasn't really sure where to put it so picked this thread, when James bolts has anybody looked how bad of shape there in for next year... heck if he stays there not going to be in good shape If he stays there over the cap so won't be bringing in much help, if he does bolt asuming the cap is 55 mil there only 6 million under the cap.... They also have no draft picks this year. HoopsHype - NBA Salaries - Cleveland Cavaliers looks like a team even we should beat in the standings without james, and what do they do at the center position if he does stay?
Good lord! No wonder this guy's so full of himself: LeBron mum on future at appearance in Cleveland - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
The King can't leave his people." the level of idiotism is reaching to the point where it is not comical anymore...
LeBron and Nike making new shoes for free-agency tour? - Sports Rumors - NBA - Yahoo! Sports just pitiful, if nothing else... atleast the signing of gordon and CV last summer meant we couldn't have our name linked to this idiots 3 ring circus this summer.
They are not idiots for making the shoes...others are....
Cleveland is not happy with this web page. Send LeBron to Chicago
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Tonight's Lyric Concert features unusual instruments and boundary-pushing music old and new from the Hebrides Ensemble.
Monday 3rd July, 7pm - Bailero
A tender call from shepherdess to shepherd, whose gentle repetitive melody once heard cannot be forgotten, especially in Canteloube's evocative aural essence of his French pastoral paradise. Presenter Paul Herriott discovers Josef Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne in the company of musicians Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Veronique Gens and Kent Nagano.
8pm - Paul Herriott presents tonight's concert live from Bantry House, West Cork.
Brahms: Cello Sonata in D major Op.78 transcribed from Violin Sonata
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Julia Wolfe: String Quintet 'Splendid Hopes' (Irish Premiere)
Pacifica Quartet
Johannes Moser (cello)
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84
Doric String Quartet
Julius Drake (piano)
Wednesday 5th July, 7pm - Leaving on a High Note
Towards the end of his life and shortly after World War II, the German composer Richard Strauss returned to his beloved genre of Lieder. He composed one of his finest works: the Four Last Songs, four Romantic poems set for his favourite 'instrument', the soprano voice, and full orchestra. They are Richard Strauss's final work, his farewell to the world. Within the sombre, reflective mood of the songs Strauss is looking back at his own life and on the intimate, if often tempestuous, partnership he had with his wife and life-long muse, the opera singer Pauline de Ahna. Neither would live to see the songs' premiere. In the Four Last Songs Strauss shows once more his compositional mastery as the poems reveal themselves in their foreboding of death and the celebration of life.
8pm - Paul Herriott presents tonight's concert live from Bantry House, West Cork
Adès: The Four Quarters Op.28
Doric String Quartet
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.1 in E flat Op.1/1
Viviane Hagner (violin)
Johannes Moser (cello)
Barry Douglas (piano)
Fauré Piano Quintet in C minor Op.115
Quatuor Zaïde
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Friday 7th July, 8pm
Paul Herriott presents tonight's concert live from Bantry House, West Cork as part of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Claire Booth (soprano)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Dvorák: String Quintet Op.97
Pavel Haas Quartet
Simone Gramaglia (viola)
Vierne: Piano Quintet
Doric String Quartet
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Title: Oboe Quartet In F, K.370
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 14:25
Title: Fantasia In F Minor, K. 594, For Mechanical Organ
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 10:22
Title: Adagio In C, K. 356, For Glass Harmonica
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 2:42
Title: Four Nocturnes (&Apos;Night Music Ii&Apos;)
Performer(s): Crumb, George
Duration: 10:31
Title: Adagio And Rondo In C Minor, K. 617
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 11:50
Title: Vox Balaenae
Performer(s): Crumb, George
Duration: 20:20
Title: Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 6:49
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I understand that the '60' in 4L60E (or the '80' in 4L80E) is a reference to newton meters, but there has to be more to the story since that is not much in terms of foot pounds. Can anybody explain this value?
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By the '87 model year, the 700R4 had been internally upgraded and the problems that plagued earlier versions of the engine disappeared. In the '90s, the name changed to 4L60, reflecting GM's new nomenclature for all its transmissions--"4" for four-speed, "L" for longitudinal (rear-wheel drive), "60" denoting the torque capacity rating. (The "E" was added when the transmission was converted to electronic control.) The 700R4 and 4L60 are internally similar, including gearing.
The 4L60-E came along in the mid-'90s, and shortly thereafter its design was changed from a three-piece construction to a two-piece design. Currently, the L60 and L65 have a separate, 360-degree bellhousing, which completely encloses the torque converter. This was done to increase powertrain stiffness and reduce vibration.
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Originally Posted by QuickMick View Post
dude id love to get the title of that.
rescue in the pacific is another good one.
The book is titled The Raft; authors are Robert Trumbull & Harold F. Dixon; and it was published in 1942 by H. Holt & Co. NY
And my time estimate was a little off, only 34 days in a WWII liferaft
dude id love to get the title of that.
rescue in the pacific is another good one.
|Smack, if you're interested in books on survival at sea, there was a book written about 3 guys shot down in the Pacific in WWII. All they had was their clothes and what they had on at the time - no survival packs! I believe they had a knife between the three of them, and I seem to remember them catching rainwater with their clothes. Finally beached on an island after 2-3 months at sea like that. It's been like 20 years since I read that story, I'll see if I can dig up the title for you if you want.
7. Just follow the sun and you'll run into land.
Originally Posted by smackdaddy View Post
4. Water ballast bags are freakin' amazing. The Butlers were in a Switlick 4-man (which, again, was not quite big enough for 2 to be comfortable). The ballast bags were rectangular (not triangular) with chain at the bottom of each bag. They went through some huge storms with breaking seas up to 25' and never rolled once - WITHOUT the sea anchor in the water.
However, the lack of persons in the raft can easily be offset by substituting each person with 4 cases of beer. Just don't drink the ballast....
Okay, I just finished reading another stuck-in-the-damn-liferaft-for-months book called "66 Days Adrift" by a guy named Butler. This one was about this dude's wooden cutter being holed by pissed-off pilot whales 1200 miles west of Costa Rica. Their yacht went under in 30 minutes and he and his wife took to a coastal-rated life raft (rated to about 2-weeks of usefulness) - because he'd cheaped out on the purchase. This rating was immediately threatened by a 3-inch tear in the main tube by the pushpit rail as they were loading. They patched it with a couple of these things:
Which worked surprisingly well for a very long time.
Overall, this book wasn't as good as Callahan's as these people were not nearly as likable. But it was a bit more current and, therefore, a better perspective on gear and technique.
After reading two of these now, there seem to be some very interesting lessons:
1. You most likely won't starve. Fish are always around, as are sharks, so there seems to be a pretty constant supply of sushi. Callahan (Atlantic) used a slowly decaying spear gun throughout his 76 days - and Butler (Pacific) simply put on a glove and grabbed trigger fish out of the water! Amazing. They all lost over 1/3 of their body weight, but were in remarkably good condition at the end of it.
2. Sharks are always around, and often very aggressive, but rarely do they just eat the raft and it's yummy, chewy center. The Butlers were harassed by mid-sized sharks far more than Callahan was, with those sharks continuously smacking the raft with their tails (enough that they thought the raft would come apart) and spraying the raft to mark it (which was a new one to me). But, even as the Butlers became too tired to beat the sharks away, the sharks didn't become any more aggressive than they had been. The most damage done to the raft by a beastie was actually by a dolphin when a pod of them were feeding on the hundreds of trigger fish under the raft.
3. A WATERMAKER IS LIFE! Callahan only had 2 inflatable water stills. These were effective, but really sketchy and not very durable. They produced just enough water to barely keep him alive. The Butlers had a hand-pump watermaker. They never, ever complained of not having enough water, and actually had plenty stored. The difference in the level of comfort and health in this regard was HUGE.
4. Water ballast bags are freakin' amazing. The Butlers were in a Switlick 4-man (which, again, was not quite big enough for 2 to be comfortable). The ballast bags were rectangular (not triangular) with chain at the bottom of each bag. They went through some huge storms with breaking seas up to 25' and never rolled once - WITHOUT the sea anchor in the water.
5. Carry a CRAPLOAD OF FLARES AND A HANDHELD VHF. They had OVER 30 SHIPS PASS WITHIN SIGHT OF THEM WITH A COUPLE OF THEM VIRTUALLY PASSING WITHIN FEET ALMOST RUNNING THEM DOWN and none of those saw the raft - even with smoke and flares. Those big freighters don't seem to post watches at sea at all. They had no VHF.
6. EPIRB - cuts 65+ days down to 2-5. Serious no brainer.
Go to Amazon.com and click on the "Look Inside" link for this book. They have the full "Appendix" which is his "lessons learned" section with a lot of great info.
They've been fun reads.
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Originally Posted by smackdaddy View Post
Right back where you started.
IIRC in 'a voyage for madmen' one of the sailors was getting head butted by a whale and feared getting holed.
the best he could figure, the whale was sleeping or napping or whatever they do and he rammed it, scaring the thing into thinking it was under attack...
BEWARE THE NAPPING WHALE!! LOL. have a great weekend.
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Presuming no ocean currents and no change in wind speed or direction during daylight hours and no clouds....
You're off the East Coast of N America.
You get up and set sail as soon as you can discern the rising sun. You follow the sun until you can no longer see it.
Other than maybe being a tad further south than where you started, where are you?
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The Klementinum (Clementinum) has undergone a rich architectural evolution. Since the Middle Ages many of Europe's great astronomers, scientists, philosophers and musicians have studied and worked here, influencing the development of its wonderful array of buildings.
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- Baroque Library Hall: stunning home of the Czech National Library, housing 20,000 books from the early 17th century onwards. The hall is decorated with magnificent ceiling frescoes, and remains unaltered since the 18th century.
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