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The NEW granny!
The only problem is, she's skating in the most competitive country in the world.
It's too bad she couldn't switch to another country. She would be good enough to win Nats in a lot of smaller countries.
If she wants to make Sochi she'll have to skate a lot better than she did this season, but it could be done. Look at Shawn, Alissa, Ryan, etc.
Hardly. Based on the grand prix events she was in this year Sonia Lafuente is now a better skater than Suguri.
The girl needs to get over her crazy delusions (eg- qualifying to compete for Japan in Sochi, ROTFL), and move on with her life, be that in skating or something else.
She was fifth in the SP at Japanese nationals and that was not that bad. But then in the FS she is having problems with doubling jumps and flutzing. At GPs she was kind of a bottom dweller.
They're all 3-6 years younger than Fumie is now. She'll be *33* by Sochi. That would be like if Sasha Cohen decided to come back in 2018, or if Katarina Witt had stayed reinstated and competed until 1999. Which is kind of cool, actually (if she can afford it). Have any other ladies' singles skaters competed beyond age 30? I believe Miriam Manzano was 30 in her last Worlds and Gimazetdinova just competed at Asian Games at age 30. Even Butyrskaya, Malinina, and Liashenko only competed until age 29.
I'm speechless! I know Fumie was having some trouble finding a sponsor to continue skating, but something came through. If she shoots for 2014, she'll be able to distinguish herself by her age! Maybe some sponsors will jump aboard to see if Fumie could do it. It would make a really fun story (if she has some success in the Olympic season) or no story at all. Risky for sponsors, but I suppose that's true much of the time. Athletes, no matter their age, can always get injured.
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Now that I think about it the only way she can get to the next olympics is by acquiring citizenship for skating in another country...otherwise her chances are zero.
Yay! I'm happy she hasn't given up on her dream! Go Fumie!
33 year old Granny Fumie!
i hope her the best few years she has left and a healthy one to boot!
she was always inspiring to me pre '08
I think she has the best flying sit spin/camel spin entrance of any lady
Suguri's sponsor is a pharmaceutical company in Toyama. Looks like its owner is giving money out of some shared feelings toward Suguri. It's more like a personal hobby than a corporate activity. So, her results won't matter much anyway. Suguri's "skating" is turning into nothing more than her personal hobby. I'm curious if the JSF would continue funding to Suguri. She won't have any international assignments in the next season.
Get it Fumie!
Never quit, Fumie!
I would love to see her in Sochi, actually!
yes, it would be nice to see her in the broadcasting booth.
I freakin Love Suguri! do it baby
I'm not sure what her chances of making it to Sochi really are, but good for her! I'm just about how aggravated some posters seem to be about this. Fumie's a grown woman -more than old enough to know what she wants in life. And, competitive skating is not such a terrible addiction. At least she'll still look hot and way younger than her age when she does decide to retire.
Interesting...maybe skating will be the way she gets a bf after all -despite her mother's fears .
Miriam just turned 31 before the 2006 Calgary Worlds. If it weren't for the whole suing the ISA/AOC mess to see whether she or Jo Carter could go to Olympics that year, her season would have turned out much better. And, I'm still hoping we haven't seen the last of Gizmo.
She's soon going to be getting grey hair.
Maybe someone from an obscure ISU nation can marry Ms Suguri, so that she can represent Mongolia or Azerbjean.
The Nationals judges have been very kind to Fumie for the past 4 years or so.
She's doesn't seem to be getting any "just retire already!" marks from her home judges at least, so I can see why she would continue on.
This is both hilarious and inspiring at the same time! I am totally looking forward to seeing a 33-year-old Suguri competing in 2014. She'll be the Chusovitina of figure skating!
Thing is, though, to the casual fan no one would ever know she was in her thirties. She doesn't look a day over 20.
To paraphrase uncle Dick: "Well good for you Fumie Surguri! "
If Suguri was still very competitive like Chusovitina at her age it would make total sense for her to continue. When you are a former 3 time World medalist coming 7th annually at Nationals and 9th in your grand prixs and have no hope of ever making another World team (never mind actually being anywhear near the top 7 or 8 women in the World) and needing to beg for sponsors to dish out some chump change for you to afford to continue, that is a whole other story.
I wish JFA would offer a job of some kind to Suguri and get her off the ice.
I totally respect her as a skater. I disagree with the country-swapping thing. I don't think she would respect herself (no offense to country-swappers). I think her country has treated her like the U.S. has treated Alyssa. Merit for the other stuff.
The only thing that worries me is she stated she's not good at/doesn't like jumping. Even out of Japan, kind of necessary. Not good at it one thing (Sasha), not liking another.
I wish her the best. She is truly a passionate and wonderful skater. I never though Shizuku would win anything, so who knows?
Did she qualify for funding from her placement at the last Nationals? Did she even qualify for a GP or a international in the coming season?
Good that she has a sponsor, because I honestly don't see her winning much prize money or funding otherwise. Still, IIRC she won a free skate at JPN Nats just 2 seasons ago, so never say never I guess.
Maybe revive the pro circuit now that there are so many internationally acclaimed skaters out of Japan?
If not have Ito and Sato as guest skaters, they can have Arakawa, Suguri, Ota, Onda, Nakano, Asada, Ando, Murakami, Suzuki etc... And on the guys side they can have Honda and the current top 3 etc.
I think it's an excellent idea to revive professional skating around Japan. They draw huge audience and TV coverage to cheese fests like Japan Open and Team Competition, so market is definitely there.
Only problem would be finding adequate governing body to commission the pro circuit. I don't see JFA and IMG having interest, as they have too much stake in Olympic eligible competitions. May be Suguri could help her own cause by becoming an entrepreneur and establish the circuit her self?
Good for Fumie. I hope to see more of her.
I'm all for Fumie's decision to keep competing, but if she's going to, at least get some better programs.
Her programs the past 3 seasons have sucked big time choreographically.
If you're going to try for Sochi, at least give yourself a sliver of a fighting chance. Goodness knows there are numerous odds against you already; no need to put yourself at an even greater disadvantage.
If she can return to the type of programs she skated in her prime (2002-2006), then at least I'll feel like her effort is out of a geniune desire to compete, instead of a refusal to let go of the past.


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|I like to ride a little wide because when I bend my knees and get in to a lower body stance it just feels more natural than having a narrow stance. It also adds a lot more stability. Though I do notice that the side of my boot does add more pressure to the side leg when I ride my bindings wide.
I haven't heard of this fad yet.
Stance width for each person is going to vary for each person's dimensions, board, and ride style. There are considerations to the width of stance. Typically a narrower stance is used by riders that race, and is coupled with a forward stance. A wider stance is typically used by jibbers with a duck stance because it lowers the center of mass and provides for better stability. There is some truth that narrowing the stance can allow for faster rotations much like when a figure skater balls up or draws their body in close. It does come with the penalty of a higher center of balance. Like anything to much or to little of something will have different pros and cons.
|I played around with this a little last year. I'm 6'2 and 230 lbs. I normally ride +13, -13 @ 22.5" stance. I tried +13, -9 @ 21" stance and the out come was a tron meniscus to me knee, not bad enough to require surgery but a rather serious injury none the less. needless to say i'm back to what feels comfortable for me. You can't base your settings off of what others are doing. Everyone's skeleton is made slightly different. For instance if you a person that walks with toe out you hip joint is more likely than not a little rotated backward and if you walk slightly pigeon toed than it could be because your hip joint is slightly more forward and if you walk toes straight forward then you hip are dead center. Now this is not the only causes for said foot types just going on skeletal make up. With that said your setting are individual to you and what works best for you and how your body is made.
|But there's some practical consequences of a given stance, right? If my stance is too narrow I have a lot of trouble bending my knees and getting into a good balanced squat. If I stand up too straight it's just all-around bad. If I have my stance too wide it starts to hurt, although canting might help that.
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J.Gnar- yep he's got a skinny stance and looks way less fluid than someone like JJ and Trice so... Since he's a pro I would expect him to have a lot of style when he rides, doesn't mean I'm going to try and emulate his stance, binding angles, or gear thinking I can ride the same way.
youre missing my point entirely. i am talking about functionality and you are talking about aesthetics/comparing back country riders to street riders. what point are you trying to make?
|Thanks for some input guys. Lately when i watch a park edit i see the skinny stance everywhere. Not many people make it look fluid so its ruining park edits for me.
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J.Gnar- yep he's got a skinny stance and looks way less fluid than someone like JJ and Trice so...
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if your stance feels good and it allows you to ride well, fuck what it looks like
this. I'm 6'3" with a 36" inseam and I ride 21.5-22" I rode 24" for years, narrower just feels better to me all around.
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There is a skinny stance craze going on now? Sweet I'm back in style
I've been riding 20.5"-21" stances as that the widest I can go without serious ankle/knee/hip pain (tried mutiple canted bindings). I'm guessing it is because I have narrow hips (30" waist) and short legs (30" inseam even though I'm 5'9") and because my ankles are messed up from too many ankle sprains... .
Narrow stances are noticeably little less stable, but not huge (I still have landed 65+ ft jumps with my skinny 20.5" stance).
It is a bit harder to press a board though (hence why I was trying to go with 22" stance, but my joint won't let me do that for long).
There is some benefit in free-riding/boardercross/racing as you can turn power the board more. When you see the guys in boardcross, they have slightly narrowed, forward angle stances... but you can see they looking a little less stable, but they are still hitting some decently large jumps.
I've not heard it being done by park rats though... last I checked they were still doing ridiculously wide 24-25" stances which is fan for a giant like Andreas Wiig, less so if you are like a 5'6" kid.
J.Gnar- yep he's got a skinny stance and looks way less fluid than someone like JJ and Trice so... Since he's a pro I would expect him to have a lot of style when he rides, doesn't mean I'm going to try and emulate his stance, binding angles, or gear thinking I can ride the same way. Likely he rides what's comfortable for him, which is different than the jib kids forcing a uber narrow stance for an extra rotation.
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On Sunday, while interviewing National Security Adviser Tom Donilon about the killing of Osama bin Laden, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked [1]: "Why is shooting an unarmed man in the face legal and proper while enhanced interrogation including waterboarding of a detainee under very strict controls and limits, why is that over the line?" Fox News has [2] since [3] promoted [4] this [5] as possibly the best question ever asked.
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Diallo, a resident of the Bronx, was stopped early one morning in February 1999 by New York City police officers looking for a serial rapist. During the stop, Diallo reached into his jacket. The officers said they thought Diallo was reaching for a gun. They fired 41 shots, hitting Diallo 19 times and killing him. It turned out that Diallo was unarmed and had been reaching for his wallet. After a trial, the officers were acquitted of all charges resulting from Diallo's death.
While some disagree with the outcome of the Diallo case, it's obvious that if police officers can show a reasonable fear that a civilian is threatening them, they can respond with force (including deadly force if appropriate).
Louima, a resident of Brooklyn, was arrested by New York City police officers who were responding to a disturbance at a Brooklyn nightclub. One of the police officers believed that Louima had punched him during the disturbance. Louima then was sodomized in a bathroom of the police precinct by police officers. Two of the police officers involved in the case were convicted of charges arising from the Louima case. And no one would dispute that, if Louima's allegations were true, the officers involved committed a crime.
But recall that Louima's ordeal started because an officer believed Louima had attacked him. Therefore, as we know from the Diallo case, the use of force (and perhaps even the use of deadly force) might have been justified in arresting Louima. That doesn't mean, however, that the officers had a free pass to torture Louima later. In other words, just because the police might be able to legally kill someone at one point, it doesn't mean the police are allowed to torture that person under different circumstances.
Of course, there are major differences between Diallo and Louima on the one hand and bin Laden and the Al Qaeda detainees subjected to waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques on the other. Unlike bin Laden, Diallo was an innocent man whom the police were not even in the process of arresting when they killed him.
Louima is also very different from the detainees who were waterboarded. First of all, the detainees who were waterboarded were members of Al Qaeda, not people who may have been involved at a disturbance at a nightclub. There was also no even arguable reason for the police to torture Louima. And Louima's torture did not occur under any controls and limits.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Heading into Sunday's series finale against Detroit, the Green Bay softball team (15-25, 8-12 HL) needed a win over the Titans and a Valparaiso victory over Youngstown State in order to qualify for the 2013 Horizon League Tournament. The Phoenix held up its end of the deal with a 5-0 shutout over Detroit (5-45, 2-19 HL), but Youngstown State snuck into the final playoff spot with a 3-2 win over the Crusaders in 11 innings. The Youngstown State win ends the season for the Phoenix, which finished just a half-game back of the Penguins in the final 2013 Horizon League standings.
Senior Allison Goecks (Beloit, Wis.) went all seven innings on Senior Day, picking up the shutout while allowing just three hits with five walks and a strikeout. Goecks (7-10) fought out of a jam in the top of the seventh to keep Detroit off the board and finish the complete game.
The Phoenix wasted little time getting on the board as junior Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) singled up the middle to score senior Dani Peerenboom (Appleton, Wis.). Peerenboom helped the home team gain a 2-0 advantage in the bottom of the second with an RBI double to center field.
Freshman Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis.) led off the bottom of the third with a triple to center and later scored when sophomore Tia Collins (Orfordville, Wis.) reached on an error by the pitcher. With two outs, senior Cassie Scheel (Hartland, Wis.) drew a walk with the bases loaded to bring home Reinke and give the home team a 4-0 lead.
Senior Jess Hrncar (Bristol, Wis.) slapped a single to shallow right field to lead off the home half of the fourth, and advanced to third on the next play when Michalkiewicz singled up the middle. Reinke followed her with an RBI single to left field, giving the Phoenix a 5-0 advantage.
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I think this is a great time to open this topic since a lot of new MMORPG's just launched like Age of Wushu, Neverwinter, Ragnarok 2, Scarlet Blade (lol) and more...
Before people start jumping to rashional conclusions like "it's based on player preferences" or any other trolling I like to say that, sure different players like different type of MMORPG's, but this is not what this topic will be about.
This topic is about gathering as much info on all current avaliable MMORPG's and comparing each other to determine what more or less they offer. Things like enjoyable combat to class choices, immersion, endgame features and pace of content updates. We currently have more choices than ever when it comes to MMORPG, but because of this I believe the market is scattered and we are seeing a lot of MMORPG's but with reduced quality than what I used to remember playing before the WOW era.
Anyways, if you are playing any MMO that doesn't force monthly sub your welcome to share to the community what exacly it offers. So I'll start...
Last MMORPG DCUO (After it was Path of Exile, but that doesn't really qualify)
Lift of things I can think:
Great graphics, almost fully voiced with a great IP. Innovative and enjoyable combat system, instanced arena type PvP, raids (operations), alerts (daily dungeons). As you can see it's the typical WOW clone minus the rated battlegrounds and a dedicated site for ranking. It has crafting and beautiful cities to explore and do side things like feats (achivements) that actually making your character stronger. It has some seasonal events, but yea that's as much as I can think of atm.
For a free to play player the cash limit can be problematic, but it's bearable. The new content (DLC) cost like $10 I believe and it's optional, which is a good thing to be in control of what you want to buy. I definitely look to check it out again once Origins come out next week. I've truly enjoyed the game over a long period for spending far less than what I remember in WOW.
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Andy Carter's five wicket haul proved in vein as Minor Counties beat Notts Second XI by 52 runs at Wellbeck.
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Notts pair Scott Elstone (38 not out) and Alex Hales (27) were the main contributors with the bat and Captain Rob Ferley chipped in with 24.
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"We put out a very young side and the experience of Rob Ferley was valuable but we only had one staff batter in the top five in Alex Hales and no one around him achieved a decent score.
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|Gary Watson: I answered the wolfman because he told me he had been "upholstering since I was in diapers" which is not the case. Nobody said he didn't do good work, just that what he uses for sewing machines and thread is not what anyone else uses. (or needs to use) I've seen his home page.
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What are you doing cutting the wolfman for ? he has won more National shows over the years than anyone he doesn't do furniture says it is for sissy's... he has even done a few cars for me , I would say he sets the standard he built the 70 Boss 302 that won Fords 100th anniversery show last year in Ky. just finished this past summer converting a 2006 Suburban into a Executive SUV for the owner of the Washington Nationals not to mention a few Goodguys Picks
So while you ( Dan )where playing with girlie material he was Welding, Painting , Building Engines ,putting custom interiors in real rods ,don't cut the Wolfman here is a link to his home page
His prices are down to earth as with his attitude
Gary Watson
Thanks, Wolfman -- the chart I have says that thread size 138 is to be used with a #24 needle. Will my #22 needle handle it okay? If so, I sure would like to use the #138 for top/french stitching!
PS - The Tacsew is a copy of the Singer 111
Elk that is thick I use 22'S the 138 should work on top and 92 on bottom the tacksew I am not to familiar with
tack bradley
Thanks for your response
I learned it back in the early seventies at Godfather Vans which is now godfather customs in every truck mag you read I started sweep up and worked my way up to foreman in 6 months
start as a helper if you can find a job in a shop and auto mechanics will give you the basics you need if not Ron Mangus and thom Taylor has a nice book to give you pointers keep in touch I have taught people to do this but it is up to you on how much patience you have because you will screww up after all the first seat I did was in duct tape
Hey, Jason -- When my Tacsew arrived in 3 separate boxes last Thursday I was so happy I thought I was gonna bust! I was opening the boxes and laughing, saying "This is like Christmas!" LOL! And Friday was my birthday.
This really is a whole lot of fun ... and a real big challenge, too, which I need because I can't sit still for long.
Hey, Wolfman -- I just ordered some #92 thread. That's the largest I can use on my Tacsew; largest needle size = 22 (leather needle) which is what I'm using on 4.5 ounce elk leather.
According to the chart I have:
Anafil Nylon (bonded) thread
#69 has a tensile strength of 10.5 lbs. and a thread diameter of .011
#92 has a tensile strength of 14 lbs. and a thread diameter of .012
#138 has a tensile strength of 21.5 lbs. and a thread diameter of .017
hey wolfman. just checked out your site...very nice my man!!! im sure i'll have questions for you in the future haha. thanks for the post. i might have a guy who needs a couple bike seats done. if your interested i'll talk to him.
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what the hay?
I would like for you to show me your experience do you have a web site ?where we as Professionals can promote and educate the everyday people who don't know people like us exist ,that can fix a car seat correctly besides the scratch and sniff glue in the burn hole type, I have been upholstering when you were in diapers ,the real difference in thread is ... your 69 has a breaking tension of a whole 10 pounds ...my 138 has a breaking tension of 38 pounds if you get in and out of a car 50 times the 69 is showing its wear and it is so thin it reminds me of the scrawny person on the beach getting sand kicked in his face ..... I joined this to offer my expertise and to lead a new prospect in this hard a## field to make it and answer his question on FAT THREAD and # 69 is not fat even tho it is a magic number!!! ck out my web even tho It is a sampling of my work (Removed commercial link) also check out Virginia Tech 's Home Page www.vatech.edu
and look for the P.L.U.G. I am currently building a enclosure for the P.L.U.G. project I learned along time ago don't box yourself in I personally love a challenge and build anything from Hot Rods to Huge 30 ft by 16 High by 16 wide enclosures going to Africa for scientists to live in ... not to be FAT HEADED but I work with thread , Leather;ultraleather;vinyl;cloth;canvas;carpet oh yeah I learned this profession before molded carpets ...I am open to learning....
hooray for me...
alright my man. i just ordered those 2 books from amazon. shipping out in 2 days...im so excited haha like waiting for christmas morning as a little kid!!! i talked my mom into giving me a crash coarse...then giving me her sewing machine haha. unless theres excercises in these books i'll be starting with straight lines, then 6's then 8's correct? man i cant wait!!!
i think i may be biting off more then i can chew. im learning body and paint work, airbrushing and pinstriping, fiberglassing and now upholstery haha i dont even know what to do with myself. as long as i get the gf involved i should be ok!!! thanks my man...looking forward to the info you'll be posting on your site!!!
(516) Drum Co.
LOL! Looks like a Trimmer's Club is developing here this week! I'm looking forward to learning with you, Bro'! Join in with us! Dusty just got his machine and is waiting to get it back from a tune up ... I just got mine and am waiting for the right size belt to put on so I can rev 'er up! But in the meantime, I've mounted the machine on the table, and just finished modifying my treadle (foot control) and adjusting the servo motor to give me more control. I'll be posting exactly what I did on my site in a couple of days -- my site is about to become a Tacsew T111-155 tutorial site.
The electronic servo motor is something new in the trade (so I gather) ... they say it gives you more control than the standard clutch motor and from what I've seen tonight, playing with it and my treadle, I believe it's true; I can gently nudge the treadle and watch the pulley turn as slow as a turtle on valium.
You can link to those two books at my site - here:
yea sorry, after i posted this i realized there were alot more threads on it. but thanks sooo much. do you know the books off hand? also what did you spend on this machine? looks expensive! im asuming the servo isnt the stock for this? but i really appreciate the help and the willingness to help. im sure i'll be getting to know you guys pretty darn good soon!!! man i love this site!!!
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Join the club, TackBradley.
Read all the posts I started in the past 10 days here in the Interior Forum ... and those by Dusty82 ... there are 2 books mentioned that are really worth having and, since I just purchased an industrial walking foot machine last week, I've been asking all the questions a beginner would ask.
Top stitching is when you sew a visible thread-line to one side of a seam ... french stitching is when you sew a visible thread-line on both sides of a seam.
You need an industrial machine. I started with an old Singer workhorse (see here) and modified it to the max only to learn that it takes the right tools for the right job and in order to sew heavy leather like I'm doing, I needed an industrial walking foot machine. I found what I believe is a great machine at an unbelievable price that included everything I needed to get started -- (see details and link to buy here).
i need a quick rundown...
can someone point me in the direction of uphostery work? i really want to try this but i dont know where to start. what would i need to get started? anyone know of a good tutorial or rundown on getting started? i know some terms but dont know what they mean...like top stiching, french seam, etc. can i use a home sewing machine with a different needle or do i need like an industrial size machine? i want to redo the interior of my towncar.
thanks guys!!! man i love this site!!!
|You are exactly right. I don't know about you, but I have never not been able to sew something with my machines. The only thing that will stop you is something too thick to go under the foot. You wouldn't want to sew extra thick stuff all day every day, but it will handle it for a short run.
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Almost as funny as here in WI with seeing a 4X4 Crew Cab Dually Dodge Ram with dealer issued ( ) 4,500 lb. plates. My 2wd '97 extended cab Silverado tips the scales at 5,300 lbs. How can the dealer get away with getting plates like that?
In a while, Chet.
wow cheap plates..
here is indianaTrucks
Declared gross weight not to exceed: Full Fee Half Fee
* 7,000 lbs. (Suffix A, L, S, T, W, X, Y, Z) 29.75 NA
* 9,000 lbs. (Suffix V) 49.75 NA
* 10,000 lbs. (Suffix Q) 79.75 NA
* 11,000 lbs. (Suffix B) 84.75 NA
16,000 lbs. (Suffix C) 144.75 75.25
20,000 lbs. (Suffix D) 184.75 95.25
23,000 lbs. (Suffix U) 244.75 125.25
26,000 lbs. (Suffix E) 244.75 125.25
30,000 lbs. (Suffix F) 304.75 155.25
36,000 lbs. (Suffix G) 422.75 214.25
42,000 lbs. (Suffix H) 515.75 260.75
48,000 lbs. (Suffix J) 636.75 321.25
54,000 lbs. (Suffix K) 739.75 372.75
60,000 lbs. (Suffix N) 819.75 412.75
66,000 lbs. (Suffix P) 867.75 436.75
Over 66,000 lbs. (Suffix R) 965.75 485.75
i have ran a 9000 pound plate (most don't even know it exists) for 15 years..
here is the trailer plates.
Declared gross weight not to exceed: Full Fee Half Fee
3,000 lbs. 16.75
5,000 lbs. 25.75 15.75
7,000 lbs. 31.75 18.75
9,000 lbs. 36.75 21.25
12,000 lbs. 79.75 42.75
16,000 lbs. 119.75 62.75
22,000 lbs. 179.75 92.75
Over 22,000 lbs. 239.75 122.75
its funney to see a enclosed trailer going down the road with a 3000 pound sticker on it....
Your tag $$$ are about the same as ours ..maybe + a little.
I paid $115 I think for a 15k tag for my 1 ton dually. It's as high as you can get for this truck. Why should I get a 9k tag when it probably weighs more than that with any trailer I would pull. Nonsense.
Seems to me that if your business is trucking that license and tag cost is the least of your worries. If you cost per mile those it could get to the 4th decimal point easy so totally insignificant compared to what it might cost in court time and travel time lost. Again cost per hour or cost per minute. Depends on your accounting.
To me it is a total waste of $$$ to pay a fine for out of spec. equipment or speeding or other traffic violations. Why flaunt it and risk giving $$$ away to an organization that will simply waste it again. If you want to do that there are lots of people (me) who could really use a few extra $$$ in our pockets. haha
Tag ratings- This is another area they can light you one and for good reason. Many operators will buy lower weight limit tags for a heavier rated vehicle and then haul gross loads on the light tags. Trying to save money and it usually backfires.
The GVW rating is what they go by (on the data plate).
MD Plate Costs-
My son and I have a go around about this weight, CDL and dollars about once a month. He has a CDL and has driven professionally so I have 2 strike against me everytime we argue.
It's pretty clear in my mind that if the truck/trailer is to haul a racer that even has potential to win $$$ you must comply with DOT. Whether it is a business or not makes no difference.
His contention always is that it is his unit and racer and he does not claim IRS business deduction. He is not working for any one and gets no pay for driving.
I say it doesn't matter, money changes hands as a result of his operating the vehicle on the road therefore Dot reg apply. Who works for whom makes no difference.
If the driver is paid then bets are off. Dot applies.
If it is a toy hauler with my streetrod and we are going to a streetrod event and not entering anything where even a trophy is offered, strictly an RV unit and for personal pleasure, DOT does not apply except for proper unit licensing for weight, and the units need to not be over weights anywhere, etc. You also need appropriate driver license endorsement for the larger over 10k trailer. This is about the only thing that we agree on.
The 23k GCVR vs potential 25,999 limit is also up for discussion. You are over weight at 23,001 according to the way I see the rules.
Prepared to eat black crow.......... or sirloin haha
i should have siad "watching revenue pass them by on the highway"...
kultulz.. please understand i am not try to be a jerk but... ANY truck or trailer with a race car means that the toyota mini truck pulling an alter on a tow dolley.. with sponser decals on it...can be pulled over for DOT inspection..
the toy hauler travel trailers would be good camefloge..LOL
been talking to the state boys here for a couple of years about this. the big one is trailer plates.. always by the trailer plates or truck plates with teh correct rating for them..
crash farmer thanks for the heads up on iowa i have to head thru there next weekend.. better get the rears changed out on the 3/4 ton...
it only gonna get worse ..much worse..
Regarless of how nice it looks, how proud you are of it, never put any race or sponser decals on your rig.
If you are a legit race team and deduct expenses and all that, then make sure you have everything in order. Log book and all. But I'd still skip the decals unless it tied to sponser money.
A little hassle now will save a lot later.
I've been stopped and had my tank dipped a couple times now in central Minn in the farm belt. They even checked my 2 5 gallon cans in the bed.
Just a tip for you diesel guys...I'd forget the Marvel Mystery Oil and ATF as an additive. It turns the fuel red and you are very suspect. Most likely they will give you a ticket and it is up to you to prove it is not red farm fuel.
Besides a number of tests have shown that this and ATF are not good additives for todays diesel.
I got the pleasure of talking to the nice guys in the blue patrol cars three times last week.
The first time was no problem.
The second time I was rolling down a big hill with 82,540 pounds and I exceeded the speed limit a little. That was the money stop. The officer told me that since I was speeding I had just volunteered for a roadside inspection and of course one little fray on an air hose put me out of service. If they want to write you tickets they can always find something. The mechanic that repaired the truck could not believe it. He told me the officer was really reaching for that one. He could not get me for being overweight since I had a load of soybeans and was legal to 88,000
The third time I was just going into a small town and I was about 10 mph under the speed limit when I met a DOT car and he flipped his lights on and turned around. He asked me for my scale ticket and I told him that since I was hauling out of a field I didn't have one for this load. Then he asked me where I was hauling this load and I told him Council Bluffs. He wanted to see my other scale tickets so I gave him the tickets for the last two loads that were 86,00 and 84,000, both legal loads. He asked me if this load was about the same and I told him it was. He didn't even bother weighing me witch kind of surprised me. When I weighed at council bluffs I had on 87,840 pounds so it was a legal load.
One day last week I saw three DOT officers with smaller vehicles stopped. One had a pickup and a trailer stopped just outside of Clarinda, Iowa. Another had one of those one ton cube vans stopped just before the Jordan Creek exit at West Des Moines. That one was sitting on the portable scales. Then I was headed back westbound and there was a DOT officer that had stopped a one ton dually pickup on the eastbound lines by the Van Meter exit. That one didn't even have a trailer on it. Must have been stop the light duty day.
I had better get around, I have to go pay my fines today.
[QUOTE=seriousracer] get used to it the dot is going to crack down on this because they have been watching revenue go out the door...
You couldn't be more correct in this statement. Because of the business I'm in we deal with the D.O.T. more times than I would like to admit-
I recently went to a meeting with the head of the D.O.T. for the State we do business in-he told it to us like it is-this is all about the MONEY. If you have a Travel Trailer, don't go through the Port-there's no money in it for THEM. If, however, you look big enough, LOOK like a Commerical enterprise, look out, you are fair game.
If you get pulled over and don't have a up-to-date Log Book, CDL, IFTA sticker (or receipt), Medical Card, Trip Permit and proper Insurance, you had better be a good Actor-I hear stories all the time from Truckers who deliver to us about getting out of Tickets (through various means), going around the Port, setting their Trucks up with Air valving to drop air in the Trailer axles and stuff to "unload" the Axles across the Scales (which is getting tougher as they are now making more Scales long enough to weigh the entire Truck and Trailer)-and a lot of other tricks-why? You get an over zealous Officer (who may mean well or is just a jerk), they can interpret the rules (read: twist) to their liking-we are 100% compliant and still have to fight them sometimes (the head of the D.O.T. gave everyone of us at the Meeting his Card in case of trouble-I have had to call him more than once due to "interpretation")-
I could not agree more about making your Trailer look like it's being used for personal use-it may not help, but it certainly can't hurt.
If it is indeed a legitimate business, you must mark the vehicle as a commercial vehicle to comply with IRS regulations. That of course draws the interest of the DOT man.
It's going to be like the old days...flat towing or an open car trailer with just a little equipment carried in the bed of the truck.
The horse people are finding this out too.
We've been looking at big toy haulers and these things get heavy fast. They come with 3 6000# axels and barely make rating with them. The factory turns around will put 8k axels on for a fee. But it hasn't solved the problem of the whole thing being over the GCWR. 8000# truck and 18k trailer. 26k and you haven't loaded up Your stuff yet. The individual vehicle is not over weight but the GCWR is.
We haven't even been able to get agreement from the cops and troopers on this. They kinda throw up their hands, the cops say it's not their problem and the troopers say we have bigger fish to catch...just don't speed and break other traffic laws.
this has been brewin for years...wisconson you better stop at the scales.
Indiana you better be watching you length...etc.etc.etc...
get used to it the dot is going to crack down on this because they have been watching revenue go out the door...
someone said something about deducting it and socking it to them.. gues what the first time you buy your fuel permit(and yes this is coming for duallies)you won't even get a precentage back what you were trying to write..
the started busting people 6 years ago down at irp for over length and no air brake endoresments in motorhomes.....
this has been on the bubble for a long time ....
always if you ever get pulled over say just racing or fun...
get the sponser decals off the side of the trailer and the cars..even if you just put the stickers on there to be cool...
the moment you are for winning money you becoame for profit and ANY!! truck and trailer has to follow DOT regulations...make friends and take your local dot cop out to lunch sit down and have a long talk with him.. you will learn...
D.O.T/ California DMV...What a joke!!!
I live in California. My wife and I decided to buy a pick-up truck last year. I get in the mail, a registration renewal notice from California DMV...$500.00+ I'm thinking HOLY CRAP, what's this!!! I went to my local DMV office and asked and I was shocked to learn their answer.
Apparently in California if you own a standard run of the mill pick-up truck. California classifies it as a COMMERCIAL vehicle and YOU WILL be charged registration fee's and taxes equal to that of a COMMERCIAL vehicle/business because I, you, whomever "COULD" use said vehicle to transport products, for commerce, etc. It is irrelevant if said vehicle is being used solely for a private conveyance, you will be charged fee's and taxes that of a commercial vehicle business.
I also own an inflatable 4' pool raft. If I had to register it with California's DMV then I guess California DMV "COULD" charge me registration/taxes that are equal to me owning a 100' yacht.
Since when is it possible for anyone, business, government, whatever able to charge a fee for something that an individual "COULD" own or "COULD" do with their personal property.
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Posting this here for a little show off, but mostly if anyone else wants to make something similar and not sure how to go about it.
I first woke up at 7am for no reason and drew on the mythosaur pattern. A lot of people keep thinking I used a CnC router but I really can't afford such a thing, all I used was a jig saw. It took some time with all the backing up and going over lines again but it was worth it. When I finished cutting into the 3/4" plywood board that is 54 1/2" x 18" the sun was at a cool angle for this picture to happen.
After finishing staining it black.
Here is the supports being prepared to be screwed together. The legs are 4x4's cut at 16 1/2". At first for the sides I was going to use 2x4's, but the 2 fluorescent lights I bought were too big, so I moved on to 2x6's. The side 2x6's were cut at 47 1/2" and the end pieces cut at 21".
All assembled using pocket hole screws... which I had no idea was a thing until this project.
For the bottom color part, I used a .125" translucent amber acrylic sheet. I ordered a 24x24 piece without measuring my mythosaur because I'm a derp, but it ended up working out BAAAAAARELY. Ignore my awkward mannequin that I'm also working on so I can pose it for my Boba armor.
Then underneath that I have a .30" clear acrylic 24x24 piece that I added some frosted vinyl to to give a more diffused look when the lights underneath are on.
Here's what it looked like so far with the plastic pieces drilled on to the back.
I used 2 18" fluorescent lights placed right where the mythosaur is.
The first time plugging it in, I oooooooooooooooooooo'ed like crazy and wanted to hug it.
I measured and cut this thin flexible board for the bottom.. I can't remember what the material is called sorry, and added reflective tape where the symbol is so the light would shine upwards more.
And the (almost) finished product! Right now I have a temporary piece of glass sitting over the symbol it protect it until I get a custom sized glass top made. Other than that I just need to stain the bottom board, and work out an extension cord to go under the carpet so no one trips.


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I roll my own 7.62x54r 125's with reduced loading for plinking and pest control (close up coyotes and badgers, the like) and it works well, at least in my Mosins. It wouldn't be all that bad to use light bullets and turn that PSL into a lightweight subsonic straight-pull bolt action.
Again, what a sweet rifle/can combo! Hunting without all the noise :)


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I say we take a vote or a poll?? maybe?...so we can call this one done.;)
Personally, I'll probably paint them white. :lol
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I know I dont post on here much but I must say that I think they are still silver. I used to have a silver car that under bright light it would look like it's white. Maybe this is what we are seeing.
Also, look at other things in those pics that you know are silver, they also look white.
Comparison to trooper armor may help??
and contrasting to the red background I see white..:p
also we know the left ear has white at the top sooo ... it seems to have the same value.
SF posted it already but i thought a whole pic may change some minds.
the studs look gray to me in that last pic, which seems like what a flat aluminum would be, but I may be seeing it differently somehow. I think an analysis of how they look in motion, how they appear as they move around might reveal more than a still by itself. The thing is, they have flat sides, and under the bright lights of the set they are unlikely to show gradations of color, so comparing to the suit's other silver parts could be misleading. Interestingly, the silver strip on the hexagonal center chest piece, which is flat-sided like the studs and at the same angle to the camera, is showing up a similar whitish/gray color as the studs, but I believe it is universally acknowledged that it is in fact silver there. Am I wrong? I could be. Maybe that is not agreed upon. Anyway, aluminum color can easily light up as white as has been suggested here already. Watching the studs move through the light might reveal gradations in color if they are actually silver. Trouble is, I believe they go to a wider shot when he starts walking through the set in this scene, making the resolution too low for any helpful analysis. I actually have 35mm film of this scene that one could take to a lab for color density readings if we are desperate enough. :lol
Also, not to confuse the issue, but... I see a lot of ESB fett armor vests that are bright white, but here in this frame from the film, if going on the other values of white in the image, that vest is clearly a light gray and not a blindingly clean white I so often see in repros. In fact, there is even a clear difference of color between the vest and the neck seal which appears whiter. I think this gray vest suffers from the same problem as the gray/silver studs... all lit up, they have a tendency to look white when in fact they aren't.
But I am happy to acknowledge I have no idea what the answer is. My opinions are admittedly subject to extreme error. :o
Sixxgunn, that's a pretty interesting point with the stormtrooper in the shot, however as Lufo mentioned there is the center diamond piece which appears to have the same value as the studs. Also if you look at the last shot that Alex posted in his original post look at the calculator pad compared to the studs. The calculator pad is universally accepted as silver and it appears to have the same value as the studs as well.
We may never know for sure, but I am closer to accepting white as a possibility than i was before but I think for now I will still hold to my opinion that they are silver.
Heres a silly question, but it says, and not a direct quote...
'trophies hanging from his belt'. What are the trophies on his belt?
Here's that same pic, but with a little color correction. It's really all in the eye of the beholder, but I see a flat aluminum. I'm going to watch ESB again, and see what these look like in action. If they are really white, it should be very noticeable.
That refers to this pic from the PP2 suit. It kind of looks like a metal safety cap from a solvent can. As far as I know this is the only trophy, and it was only on this version of the suit. And no, that's not a silly question!Quote:
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Aw k-rap! The chest armor center diamond is generally considered silver?!?! I thought it was generally considered white!!?? It too looks to be the same color as the studs.
HA.. someone has jokes :rolleyes
But seriously, we've all been so use to the fact it may be silver studs, we've never questioned it till now... I've been in a member/lurker for 10+ years and I've overlooked a lot of stuff due to not really looking...
But If you really look at the suit as a whole it only make sence to have white dabbled here or there.
Almost every green part has some form of white on it..
I see white, others may not... but hey I like my suit right.:lol
Can someone clip and paste the WHITE studs near the known silver parts (chest diamond)
so you can see the grey tones next to the WHITE of the studs...lol
I guess the Stormtrooper is silver as well:facepalm
ok, I got bored. Here are parts of the studs, the center piece and the stormtrooper blown up into swatches, placed next to each other with a neutral 155/155/155 gray in back. The studs show an RGB reading that is closer to the diamond center piece than the trooper, but I noticed two problems with this image. First, it is too low resolution. This causes serious bleeding on the studs from surrounding colors. Secondly, the color correction is skewed. There are no true whites. Even the stormtrooper is reading more in the baby blue range. I don't think this image will produce definitive results.
Nice pics Lufo :) I wonder how much the shadow and lighting affects those screenshots though.
I think I'll just paint mine light/pale grey like the subtle tones in the helmet colours... :lol
Maybe they were a light grey like the AT-AT's grey. That's can be an explanation of why sometimes they look a light grey and sometimes they look white.
Thx Lufo...:thumbsup
I wasn't able to do that cause my Mac is not at my place.
I have a higher res-image, I think...I'll try the same and post it later.
Remember how we all thought AT-AT Pilots were white?
Mac user Sixx? Rock on!!!
So if they started on the super trooper, but there were 6 suits made total, they all could have started out white, and each set was painted/repainted arbitrarily?
Not trying to kink up the works, but I'm not even convinced that the Albino Fett studs were white. These pics are a very low quality, but I don't see the studs as white. There's a good full shot of the Albino Fett in the Insider #99 that I need to scan.
And on the previous color correction the bright point in that pic is the wall light next to the trooper, not the trooper. I messed with the colors to take any color shift out of the trooper, and it really fouled up the whole picture! Shadows on white objects naturally fall in the blue range.
Interesting development. I see what you are saying about not being weight, they sure look at least darker than the armor that's for sure.
Ryan, I am with you to a degree. However, I do believe at least some of the supertroopers did have white shoulder studs. I know this is a terrible photo, but the studs appear to be white to me in this example.
Is there more to that photo Art? Do we have a way to distinguish one supertrooper from another? I would agree that they definately look white in that shot, at least compared to the armor and helmet but it's hard to tell for sure in black and white.
There is... but the fact is, right now, I can't show it... :( I am trying my hardest to get these released and as always, will do so as soon as I have permission.
From the limited photos I have seen, no I don't think there is any real way to ID one supertrooper from another. I tend to believe that most of the photos we see is the first one sent over which later became the PP1. I doubt they bothered taking photos of the others because they were all going to be repainted... of course a lot of that is just my thoughts and opinions.


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Wanted to share this last minute (days in reality) effort to try and have a complete costume in time for Halloween. After failing to win one of SEEKER's ammo belts the other day on ebay, I was forced to try my hand at making an ammo belt.
While I was at it I also made a pouch for my digital camara (thanks Turo for the idea). That's my daughter showing how it closes and getting it sticky because she had just dropped her sucker on the floor.
And I ended up not suit up for Halloween. Oh well, at least I'm now ready for Wonder Con.
The leather finish is more brown in color...but you know what a flash will do. And the weathering was intentionally made heavy to go with my version of Jango.


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This man could have been a model. Born in bad circumstances. Too bad. What went wrong Jeremy. Didn't someone tell you? Couldn't you have saved some money and moved to L.A. or New York? What were you thinking?
Go look this guy up…. he's an ugly ass thug waste of life whose other pictures show what he really looks like…. he's missing teeth, crackhead look really fooled a lot of the sheep this time….
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Transfer news: Sunderland sign Fiorentina left-back Marcos Alonso on loan
Fiorentina full-back Marcos Alonso will join Sunderland on loan when the transfer window opens later this week.
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The left-back, who plays for Italian club Fiorentina, has passed a medical and agreed a deal until the end of the season.
Alonso is Gus Poyet's first signing as Sunderland manager and returns to England six months after leaving Bolton for Serie A.
"I can confirm Marcos is going to be with us for the rest of the season," said Poyet.
"I was looking for a player in that position on the left side and I hope he will help us and everybody will like him.
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Not quite sure what it's classified as Paul; nature reserve perhaps.
Bernsad,Those requirements are nothing compared with the fees they'll charge you.Lone
You've tried it before Lone?
As far as keeping hives 200m away from a track, you will just have to rename them paths and access roads. That's rules and regulations for you :)Lone


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Need some help here for this one! Anyone, please post any ideas you have. I am a fairly new ESL teacher in China. There is a company I ´m working for. The boss is someone my wife knows quite well, so the relationship is quite good. Anyway he has opened an ESL training center here and has scheduled an open class where parents and children that I have never met before will come and listen to me teach. The objective is to make them satisfied enough to register with this training center.
So I have got the task to do this open class. There will be 100 students of varying levels from Grade 1 - 6 and my task is to make them talk. Parents will be there watching but not participating. The DURATION is 45 minuets. Obviously I will choose some students maybe 10 to do some kind of task where they need to speak. The topic will have to be fairly easy because there are grade 1 ESL students there as well.
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Queso Grande
Reminds me of Hamster Dance
Looks cheery as well as a bit cheesy. Plus, cats, dogs and a mouse chasing around on the shirtwoot! homepage all night...good thing the little guy's armed.
I never thought that you could make Zelda Cheesy. Get it, cheesy?
lichme wrote:I never thought that you could make Zelda Cheesy. Get it, cheesy?
Mouse Link still has the practice sword I see.
safyrejet wrote:Mouse Link still has the practice sword I see.
They probably didn't feel safe giving him a real one... I mean, just look at the Tri-Force! It's full of holes!
Delicious, cheesy holes...
I noticed that too.
Mouse link has the full triforce but only the wooden sword. Cat Gannon will destroy him.
The Tri-Cheese? The Cheese-Force? Whatever it's called, sign me up for some Cheese of Power.
Ahh, thanks guys! Feels real Gouda to print again.
This shirt is not complete without the sound effect.
marzipanapple wrote:Ahh, thanks guys! Feels real Gouda to print again.
Congrats on the print!
From the thumbnail, I thought the little guy was wearing lederhosen.
It's one of those 'how is this not already a thing?' ideas, and by one of my favorite character artists too! <3
That's cheesey enough to make me blow my Serpinski gasket!
You know I have to have one of these ^_^.
congrats Marzipanapple!
Instabuy! Easily one of my favorite shirts in a while, and it isn't from ramyb!
His name is Link. He has a health potion and a wooden sword. That's a cheese tri-force!!! Title = Legend of Zamorano (a hard Spanish cheese)
awesome shirt Marzipanapple!
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I was listening to Rant in E Minor, one of Bill Hicks' classic CDs, the other day. At one point he says, "That's what fundamentalism breeds, no irony." Or at least no sense of irony, no awareness of when one is psychologically projecting, as Bill Donohue does in this quote about the American Atheists billboard in Times Square:
"This year Silverman wanted to make a big splash, so he decided to draw blood. It shows what he is made of. He and his supporters do not want to be left alone – they want to inflame the passions of those with whom they disagree. Unlike Christians who do not provoke, harass or otherwise mock atheists, Silverman and his ilk want nothing more than to stick it to Christians at Christmastime. It's who they are."
Christians don't provoke or harass atheists? Let me introduce you to Jessica Ahlquist, who had to be escorted to school by armed police officers because of the torrent of death threats she received after winning her lawsuit. And to Joann Bell, who received her own obituary in the mail, was assaulted on school property, got constant death threats and had her house burned down. Or to any of the other people whose stories will be in my book.


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In a motion picture, Borat leaves peaceful, backward Kazakhstan on a voyage to the modern world of America. In real life, Kazakhstan is anything but a peaceful backward part of the world, it is the center of intrigue and murder. Rakhat Aliyev,former chief of the nation's intelligence service, and son-in-law of its president, Nursultan Nazaerbayev, claimed his father-in-law ordered the murder of political opponents. He claims being given the order by his father-in-law to assassinate the opposition leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev. During a 90 minutes interview held in a secret location because Aliyev has been forced into exile and fears he will be killed, the former intelligence chief revealed information about murders of other political opponents of the President of Kazakhstan. Aliyev was once the golden boy of the regime and destined to one day lead the nation but ran into trouble when his father-in-law feared Aliyev's growing political ambitions and sacked him as Ambassador to Austria and made him flee for his life. "i"m no angel," he admitted but denies he is taking revenge because his father-in-law forced his wife to divorce him. His accusations come at a time when Nazaerbayev is headed toward meetings with England's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and with George Bush.
This story appears to be one lifted straight from a Shakespeare play about royal intrigue and conspiracies. Unfortunately, President Nazaerbayev has a reputation of being a cruel, sadistic ruler who has killed many people during his one man reign of terror. Maybe, Shakespeare is right about royal families.


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This is a lovely garden-inspired craft that teaches kids about recycling.
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On November 13, 2000, the OPM Investigations Service (IS) hosted its fourth annual Security Professionals Seminar at the Holiday Inn Westpark Hotel, Rosslyn, VA. Over 180 security professionals, representing 90 agency components, attended.
The seminar opened with a welcome and update on the Investigations Program by Rich Ferris, Associate Director-IS and Kathy Dillaman, Director of Federal Investigations Systems. Jim Green, OPM, Office of General Counsel followed with a Legislative Update. The morning plenary session ended with a presentation on Federal Bureau of Investigations Initiatives by Billy Martin, FBI, CJIS, Clarksburg, WV. During lunch Janice Lachance, Director of OPM, recognized the nominees and presented the second annual OPM Guardian Award. More information on the nominees and winner of the Guardian Award is attached. The lunch program concluded with a presentation by Pat Divinnie, National Security Agency, on "SF86, From a Counter Intelligence Perspective". Participants attended three separate workshops throughout the day (described below). The day ended with wrap up summaries within each workshop.
The first workshop was on the Electronic Questionnaire for Investigation Processing (e-QIP). The e-QIP is a secure web-based system that enables users to create, edit, retrieve and update personal investigative data as part of the background investigation process. Participants were given a demonstration of the prototype and an explanation of the security controls being implemented to ensure secure transmission of data. OPM-IS will be piloting the e-QIP with the Department of Commerce initially using only the SF86 beginning in April 2001. Expansion of the e-QIP to additional agencies will be dependent upon the success of the pilot. Workshop presenters were Keith Bryson and Forrest Schwengels, BWXT (formerly Lockheed Martin Energy Systems), and Laurie McCandless, OPM-IS.
The Personnel Security Research Projects Workshop was developed to inform our customer agencies of recent and current research projects within the security community. The Automated Continuing Evaluation System (ACES), by Howard Timm, Defense Security Research Center, is based on the principle that the way we conduct backgrounds has changed little since the 1950's. ACES based on established criteria would tap into the wealth of computer technology and security related databases available to trigger the timing of reinvestigations. An SSBI-PR Productivity Study by Robert Hagan, Personnel Security Managers' Research Program, is in the process of analyzing over 5,000 SSBI-PR's. Results of this research will be used to determine possible alternative or more effective ways of conducting background investigations. Jennifer O'Connor-Boes, Security Policy Board, provided a general research overview during the workshop.
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