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1: Do I really need to keep a min 1" ID?
2: The walls this hive will most likely live on all face north and receive virtually no direct sun, so the entrance won't get any.....does it matter?
3: How much of an issue do folks find trash at the bottom of hive?
Is some sort of screened bottom/tray worth while?
4: I can see top entrance helping with keeping the dead from clogging it up...but might it provide too much ventilation in this case?
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Montana Could Legalize Road Kill Consumption
Montana could allow people to eat their road kill, according to ABC news.
A bill passed Montanas House of Representatives allows game animals, fur-bearing animals, migratory game birds and upland game birds hit by a car to be collected. Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, and Georgia all have similar bills.
State Rep. Steve Lavin introduced the bill.
Lavin and food safety specialist Benjamin Chapman gave some practical advice to families using road kill for dinner.Quote:
Lavin said that in his day job as a state trooper he sees a ton of animals hit on Montanas roadways that could potentially be repurposed to provide meat for people in need. State troopers already alert food banks to viable bumper banquets. This bill would simply make the practice legal.
If passed, Lavin said the law would explicitly exclude species such as big horn sheep and bear over concerns there would be profiteering from horns, claws and other body parts collectors covet. He added that it certainly wouldnt apply to situations like finding a dead squirrel in the middle of the road either.
Its like any other meatif you leave it outside the refrigerator for a couple of hours, you arent going to want to eat it, Lavin said.Quote:
Chapman advised using a meat thermometer and cooking large game to a temperature of at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit. When dressing the carcass, keep it away from other foods, scrub work surfaces with bleach afterward, and wash hands thoroughly.
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Black Blade: And it's tenderized already! Okay, seriously though - I see many dead game animals that are left to rot because it's illegal. We kill more deer on our roads in Wyoming than hunters harvest during hunting season. That's a lot of wasted meat. I knew an old Arkie who used to drive his pickup with push bar fast up and down mountain roads hoping to "bag" a deer for his family. Odd old boy but he was good people.

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Kim Basinger does some shopping while hiding from the sun.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard in Hawii.
Hello Lizzy Caplan.
Michael Sheen and his pleather was at the same event.
Lindsay Lohan having a smoke while checking her messages from backpage.
Malin Akerman and her son out yesterday.
Maggie Gyllenhaal in a rare pap photo.
Miranda Kerr had Flynn yesterday while
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'"We were looking for players that are going to make a difference here. We believe Chris is that," Buffalo General Manager Darcy Regier said when he signed Drury to a contract that will pay him $3.45 million this season. "When you get the type of player Chris is, you want to make a commitment and you believe you can create a strong winning environment."'
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edgrrrzzmom wrote:What's even more puzzling is that 4 people have voted for it. Where have they been?
I'd wear it.
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lonelypond wrote:darn cute
Thanks lonelypond!
vielleicht wrote:If this doesn't print I will be so sad.
Awww...glad you like it. And tell people to vote!!
I want to buy this shirt how can I??
Re: Cyber Purrrate
Re: Just my Day Job
Excellent use of glow-in-the-dark!
Re: Tech Bugs
This is super rad-
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Love it!
Re: Who needs woot
I laughed.
agree! will definitely buy one when you win it!
It is pretty clever.
Re: Bug Found
A must have for a developer. I hope it wins!
Re: One Pill, Two Pill
This same shirt is also available on Tshirt Roundup. Same shirt, same artist...David Benton.
Re: See Zombies RUN
my fav this week
Re: Hacker
you could have called it "warez night life"
otherwise nice work and just clever use of glow ink
I love that mantis!
Re: Blue Pill /Red Pill
Not trying to be picky, but you have a return statement before the second if-else, so that could never be executed...
taternuggets wrote:I'd wear it.
I like cake and I don't have enough white slate shirts.
My programming-obsessed teenager who is starting a technology-focused HS this fall needs one of these shirts to fit in with the cool kids. Love it!
While I love the graphic, the placement on the shirt would be very awkward for me. Does the preview accurately represent the size and placement of the graphic?
kcastle411 wrote:Nice,love the reference!
What is the reference?
I'll buy the crap out of this if it prints. Genius, jasneko!
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I thought this was a patrickpens from the painterly style - just now noticed it is yours Spirit! Cute and well done.
edgrrrzzmom wrote:Are you sure you can use this cat? I'm pretty sure it's trademarked.
Yes it is however, thats not a direct copy of the kat clock. much like the many ninja turtles, marios, zeldas and portals are all trademarked. They still design them with slight differences and get by with it.
ryleek wrote:What is the reference?
I would definitely pick up a couple of these! I hope it wins.
Thanks, jas'. I'm trying to work more painting into my designs. :^)
Cheers @ FlyingMouse!
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All our base are belong to Darth Vader!!!
ignorant wrote:I like cake and I don't have enough white slate shirts.
Plus, the face in the cake is hilarious.
Nice work on the code! Good luck with this one. :^)
Lovely, lovely design. But I'd totally ding it for poor indentation on the code review, super powers or not.
I'd buy this faster than sauce on spagett.
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Re: An Unexpected Cyber Gift
This is a great design. I would buy 3 if it would print!
Re: CSS Wizardry
Why doesnt this have more love? SO awesome!
shikausstan wrote:Very nice, +1 Like Always!
I've been checking your vote tally every day but this shirt is just not rising as fast as it should. Too bad. The design is so interesting and executed so well. It is such a clever visual pun. And the color is great. Sigh. Maybe there will be a way to re-submit in another derby. This should be a winning shirt. Thanks for letting us see it.
This design is awesome. I want one!
smokinjoe43 wrote:Not trying to be picky, but you have a return statement before the second if-else, so that could never be executed...
Don't worry. I have zero experience in coding.
But then again, you could be an agent trying to persuade me to stay in the Matrix. lol
taternuggets wrote:Plus, the face in the cake is hilarious.
Oh boy are you right, the guy I'm picturing is a mess and there is cake everywhere! I can't wait to get this one.
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This is my favorite entry in this derby. I love the throwback joke and the graphics/coloring/distressing are spot on!
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text: I have only been coming to this site for a few months and I am amazed and VERY appreciative of the information compiled by TDH members. Let me first say thanks...Thanks. Okay, I recently purchased my first Helmet (ESB/ROTJ epoxy resin "Mystery" recast) Based on what I recieved from a "no longer a registered user" on Ebay, all I can say is it's a 15 lbs bucket that has been a blast to cut and work on. I have finally come to the paint job and decided on ESB as for some reason it really holds more appeal to me. I have read NUMEROUS tutorials on painting techniques and would love to shake the hand of Steve The Swede as his work is beautiful. However, I am NOT Steve (nor do I play him on TV). So, with endless amount of time but limits on patience I ask. "What is the best method to paint the ESB helmet?" I have spray paint, an airbrush, liquid masking, exacto knives and access to just about everything Hobby Lobby can offer up. I am interested in experienced oppinions on this subject. I want accurate but not Hyper-Accurate for my helmet. I want to troop with this not just sit it on a shelf. I am wondering about painting, clear-coats weathering (I have read some really good threads on here so far) padding and even ventilation and any other tid bits that this site occupants can offer up. Good links are also welcome. I want to extend my appreciation in advance for any and all words of wisdom that you can throw my way. Cheers!


text: It seems to me that different stakeholders have different preferences in what high-level skating competitions should reward. When the scoring system and the judges reward things that the fans (or skaters) consider less important, or fail to reward things they consider most important, people get outraged. Even judges may be outraged if the rest of the panel disagrees with them or if the scoring system sets the numerical values in such a way that they can't use the numbers honestly in such a way as to produce the results that their holistic expert judgment tells them is correct. Clearly not all members of each category below will value the same aspects to the same degree, and some of them are contradictory within categories. So it will never be possible to please all fans or all skaters or all officials at the same time, let alone all the categories. I think everyone wants the final results to match their gut sense of who they think skated best over the course of the competition. (Except the most controversy-loving journalists or conspiracy-theory-minded fans who get the most pleasure out of disagreeing with the results.) It's just that stakeholders with different emphases in what they think makes for a good performance will often disagree about who was the best. And individual skaters and supporters of specific skaters (family, friends, fans, federations) tend to be biased in their perceptions when it comes to that skater even if they can be completely objective when their skater is not involved. Casual fans/general public tend to like *Clean programs *Cutting edge jump difficulty *Confident performance *Skaters showing personality through facial expression, movement to music, etc. *Attractive body line *Big jumps, fast spins, flashy highlight moves *Accessible music (specific preferences will vary among individuals) *Program themes that are understandable from costume, music, gestures, etc. *Long careers that allow them to follow the same skaters from year to year and to bond with their favorites *Underdogs -- including newcomers -- triumphing when they skate cleanest, most confidently, with the highest difficulty, and/or with the highest artistry *Come-from-behind stories (winners moving up in the free skate, and also larger-scale triumph over adversity stories involving off-ice aspects of the skaters' lives) *Final results matching long program results, although they will understand a skater who bombed the earlier round (short program) not being able to pull up all the way to the top even by winning the free skate *Human drama in the scoring that allows them to feel validated when results agree with their own opinions and to enjoy outrage at specific officials with human faces when they disagree *Scores that are meaningful and understandable at first glance Media tend to like all of the above, especially *Controversy over results -- especially when it can be framed in terms of good guys (skaters who deserved better scores) and bad guys (corrupt officials, overmarked skaters) *Hometown/home country winners Serious fans tend to like all of the above and also *Good technique and good technical content that can be appreciated by knowing the elements and rules more than can be communicated within a single TV broadcast, but not necessarily nitpicky fine points of technique *Turnover among the medalists *Perennial also-rans with appealing qualities finally putting together good performances at important events to win medals *Watching skaters improve over the course of a season or from one year to the next and be rewarded for that improvement *Ability to identify specific decisions by specific officials -- to analyze the results in detail and also to identify "good" and "bad" judges/tech specialists *Signature moves, original moves and variations, resurrection of formerly popular moves from in a modern context *More challenging music selections and sophisticated whole-body choreography *Scores that they can understand and predict or come up with on their own based on knowledge of the sport Skaters tend to like *Difficulty being rewarded -- including difficulties of program construction, connections in and out of elements and the details of the skating between the elements *Quality being rewarded -- including fine points of technique that the general public can't appreciate (e.g., many will take more pride in a fall on a rotated jump than landing a severely cheated jump on one foot), including speed and edge quality *Significant penalties for significant errors *Detailed explanations for the scores -- knowing where they gained and lost points and where they can earn more next time *Being rewarded for good short programs as well as good free skates *Being rewarded for what they actually do during the performance at hand, not based on reputation (previous events, practices, etc.) or politics *Freedom to showcase their own best skills *Freedom to make up for mistakes by adding missed elements later Technical panels tend to like *Clear elements that leave no question as to what was attempted, either successfully or not, including clear edges and positions *Knowing exactly where each element starts and ends *No do-overs Judges tend to like *Good technique in the basic skating, especially fluid, steady, deep edges with effortless power and flow *Good technique on elements, including fine points *Successful elements *Good carriage and body line including core strength/upper body control *Skating with confidence and "attack" *Amplitude, speed, ice coverage on elements (or centering/lack of ice coverage in the case of spins) *Use of the full ice surface with variety of element placement, travel patterns curving and turning in both directions *Use of advanced turns *Movement that matches the music in style and also in beat-to-beat rhythm *Originality in the use of edges, creative entries and exits of elements, creative body positions in connection with correct edges *Hometown/home country skaters doing well (but if they're honest they won't let familiarity and personal connection with the skater influence their scores) *Veterans with good skills finally putting all the pieces together with a good skate in an important event (ditto) *Freedom to call it as they see it without political pressure *Feeling that their decisions count, not that the tech panel calls completely determine the results I've probably left out a few important points somewhere. Feel free to add. What I'm wondering is whether it is possible to adjust the rules in such a way that will more often meet the needs of all these groups. And where the needs of different groups conflict, whose should take priority? Should the ISU change the rules to encourage results and narratives that will be most appealing to fans? Which fans? Sports fans or arts fans or casual fans looking for casual entertainment? US fans or Canadian fans or Russian or French or Japanese or Korean fans? Should there be different rules for the important televised championships than for the developmental and qualifying events that all skaters have to go through to identify the best who will make it to the championships? If the rules are designed primarily to reward good technical skating as a sport, can the ISU do anything to help casual viewers understand the technique without relying on TV networks to focus on fundamental but less TV-friendly skills?


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'Hasek tired of playing the role of savior. The Sabres had become overly dependent on his magic and unwilling, or financially unable, to adequately compliment his skills. His value to them was as a drawing card capable of performing the miraculous and fostering a thinly stretched sense of hope.'
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Strawberry Chiffon Pie RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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This scrumptious strawberry chiffon filling is so refreshing. Either of the crumb crusts on this page will showcase it nicely.
Recommended: 57 Bake Sale Recipes That'll Earn Big Bucks
- 2-1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 2 tablespoons lemonade concentrate
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1-1/2 cups reduced-fat whipped topping
- 1 reduced-fat graham cracker crust (8 inches) or chocolate crumb crust
- 4 large fresh strawberries, halved
- Place sliced strawberries in a food processor or blender; cover and process until smooth. Set aside 1-1/2 cups for filling (discard remaining puree or save for another use). In a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over lemonade concentrate; let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in sugar and reserved strawberry puree. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat.
- Stir a small amount of filling into egg whites; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over low heat for 3 minutes or until mixture is slightly thickened and a thermometer reaches 160° (do not boil). Remove from the heat; stir in orange juice. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Fold in whipped topping; spoon into crust. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until set. Just before serving, garnish with halved strawberries. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Strawberry Chiffon Pie in Light & Tasty February/March 2001, p19
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Frank Maguire, of Thompsons solicitors, won the prestigious Solicitor of the Year category recently at the Scottish Law Awards in Glasgow.
The award signals a rare double success – Mr Maguire led Thompsons to the Law Firm of the Year title at last year's ceremony.
Mr Maguire is a tireless campaigner on behalf of asbestos victims and NHS patients who contracted Hepatitis C and HIV from infected NHS blood transfusions and products.
The judges at last night's glittering ceremony also recognised his professional skills and praised his political convictions and his impact in changing the law.
Mr Maguire said: "This is a tremendous honour which reflects the professionalism of my colleagues whose support has made it possible.
"The Law is currently going through a period of change and uncertainty, which means we have to be more vigilant than ever that our rights are not eroded.
"I am working with the STUC on their Access to Justice campaign against rising court costs which threaten to price the man in the street out of our courts.
"I am also supporting MSP Bill Butler in his efforts to get the Scottish Parliament to pass the Wrongful Deaths bill which would eliminate the need for details of victims lives to be the subject of courtroom wrangling and give them a legal right to fair and just compensation."


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By Nik Brumsack
Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal's defence was not solely to blame for Saturday's defeat against Chelsea.
Both of the visitors' goals came from set pieces, as first Fernando Torres and then Juan Mata consigned Arsène Wenger's team to their first loss of the season.
"It's a hard one to take but we've conceded from three set pieces in the last two games. That's cost us points and it's not good enough," said Arteta.
"I don't think it's something to do with the defence. It's about an individual defensive set-up in the game which is a free kick or a corner. Today we haven't defended well enough and we've conceded two goals that have cost us the game.
"It's everyone's responsibility. You can't fault one player on that. We have to clean the lines up quickly and you can't just allow runners like that in the box."
Despite Saturday's defeat, Arteta believes there are a lot of plusses to take from Arsenal's start to the season - and is adamant the team will bounce back against Olympiacos on Wednesday.
"We have played probably against some of the best teams in the league and haven't been battered or overplayed at all," he said.
"I think we've been better than Chelsea in the 90 minutes so that's very positive. But obviously after a defeat, the first one of the season at home, it hurts.
"We will bounce back because we know how important it is now to get the three points in the Champions League."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Writer's note: I don't give a ****anymore. There. I said it. And I enjoyed saying it. Normally, I take pride in my writing. I obsess over every period, every paragraph and every pointless detail. I take hours to craft something I can be proud of. Not today. I'm a Buffalo Sabre today.
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wow ive got no clue how i missed this build.
very very impressive and would love to have a set up in this as most of the people just go with blowback.
while id watch the trunnion for cracks as you said, with the reduced force your putting on there it would "seem" to be fine.
you offering any of this work as a conversion service..
or maybe some contact infor for the Litchendberg magwell deal?


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How Rosaly's garden grew into organic Peterborough farm
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Union Leader Correspondent | June 18. 2013 9:12PM
Rosaly's Garden and Farmstand farm manager Matt Gifford and founder Rosaly Bass outside of the Farmstand Thursday morning. (MEGHAN PIERCE PHOTO)
Last week, four workers were hoeing weeds in a field of lettuce — work that continues in all weather — as rain threatened.
The farm employs 11 people, including five women who work the fields with Gifford.
"They pull all the weeds by hand so it's a very labor-intensive thing," he said. "The labor going into it takes a lot more expense than conventional farming. I could run this farm by myself if I sprayed."
"I love it. It's really nice to be connected to where our food comes from," Meyers said, noting the farm would not be what it is today without Gifford. "He's a great boss," she said.
He said strides have been made with more efficient farm equipment but also in specializing.
"It was the first tractor we've ever paid for with farm funds, which feels pretty good," Gifford said.
Growing up organic
Born in 1937, Rosaly Bass grew up on a farm in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts with her parents and four siblings during World War II. Though it wasn't called organic farming back then, Bass said she learned from her mother how to grow food without pesticides.
Bass grew up, got married, had two children and settled in Francestown. She divorced and took her children to New York City, where she taught in a Harlem public school.
Rosaly Bass immediately set to work to grow a garden for her new family, which included Bass' five children.
She grew too much, though.
"So I started selling to The Folkway Restaurant and I thought, 'Hey this is fun.'" In 1990 she opened the Farmstand where today about 90 percent of the farm's produce is sold. Overflow is sold wholesale to local stores, from Roy's Market in Peterborough to Blueberry Fields in Keene.
"He bought me my first tractor, not only my first tractor, but all my tractors. In fact he didn't like getting me jewelry, but he loved getting me tractors."
Rosaly Bass' aim has always been to grow organically, so when the state started issuing certification in 1989, she was one of the first in line. Only one other farm in the state was registered before her, but that farm has since closed, Bass said. Rosaly's is not only the oldest but also the largest organic farm in the state; it cultivates 20 acres. Gifford said there are other farms that are physically larger, but don't have as many acres in cultivation.
"It's rather rigorous," Bass said.
Before Perkins Bass passed away in 2011, he transferred his ownership of his conserved farm land to his adult children, who are happy to have the farm land actively used.
Loyal customers
A high school dropout when he started as a farmhand at 19, Gifford soon found his calling in farming and returned to school to study agriculture.Organic farming doesn't mean no spraying at all, Gifford said. There are some organic compounds certified organic farms are allowed to use, he said, adding, "Spraying is the last line of defense for us.""Anything you can do to avoid spraying, we do," Bass said.
"There's a huge interest in farming locally. There is also a huge interest in organic farming," she said. "I think a lot of conventional farmers are beginning to realize that a lot of the techniques that organic farms are using are better."Organic has the stigma of being more expensive, but the customer base continues to grow, Gifford said. Young people more and more are choosing to shop organic, he said."It's not a novelty. It's an ideology," he said. "Our customer base is incredibly loyal."
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Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of Brangwens, a family deeply involved with the land and noted for their strength and vigour. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter, Anna, as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them. Their stories continue in Women in Love.
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"O'Brien reads the Brangwens, both women and men, as vital people, with instinctive lines that are both sensual and spiritual; always they are whole and organic as they are drawn inexorably into the Rainbow. Both book and reading give us Lawrence at his best." (AudioFile)
Say something about yourself!
"Death and Rebirth, the Old and New."
A brilliant telling of the Brangwen family's 3 generations, before and after the industrial revolution from their small bit of England, and their rise from people of the land, to people of culture and worldly knowledge, with moral, spiritual and earthly struggles. Eventually revolving around the granddaughter, Ursula, a 'modern' women of free thought and the challenges that envelope her. It is a story of great passions, misfortunes, loves and agonies, always surrounded by their small place in the world of earthly power.
If you love this book as much as I have, 'Women in Love' continues the tale, this time focusing on Ursula's younger sister, Gudrun.
Maureen O'Brien is the best narrator I have, to this point, heard! Remarkable!
"Not so hard"
Often I struggled through this while reading. Not so listening. Also discovered that Lawrence isn't just about sex. He writes a lot about urbanization and modern dehumanizing employment practices, just as relevant today. Even where sex is talked about, it's talked about very deeply and meaningfully. Not at all pornographically. Really an extension of Hardy with a bit of Freud thrown in. Oh, and a bit of Dolls House and Hedda Gabler. Figure that much of the fuss, the establishmentarian reaction, historically speaking, actually related to the story's radical and individualistic view point rather than sex scenes as such (as there really weren't any to speak of, even for the times.) I wouldn't be surprised if Lawrence included more sex later in Women and Chatterley just to stick it to readers who chose not to see past these matters in his first few books. All in all, an incredible author, the likes of whom we won't see again for awhile to come.
"Horrid and depressing"
If your depressed this book might put you over the edge, very repetitive, no hope; I am very glad I am not part of this family. They live in their own doom. I originally bought another book by this author, but decided not to put myself though the misery of listening to it. I give the performance a 5 star because anyone who can suffer through reading it deserves many stars.
yes, job very well done!
disappointment, when you give a book a powerful title like "the Rainbow" you expect it to have some encouraging messages, not to be dreary and depressing! It should have been called "The Hopeless Family".
"no gold at the end of this one"
It's a few decades since I read any Lawrence and I thought I'd give this a try as one of his landmark novels. It tells the story of three generations of a Derbyshire family and their passions, frailties and accommodations with the rising industrialising world around them. On the plus side is some very poetic writing and description and a vivid characterisation of the main protagonists and their passions/dilemmas. But oh how tedious the struggles with sexuality and identity. This might have been liberating to the spirits of his age, for the first time finding their feelings represented in his characters, but to this modern reader it is tedium in the extreme - overblown romanticism and occasional bodice-ripping flights of fancy. One does care about the characters to a degree - though some are more silhouetted than fleshed out. The tale of the last of the 3 generations is the most interesting - how Ursula Brangwen takes flight in search of her destiny, but did we need to dredge through such acres of previous generations and her own sexual anxst to get there? By the time you get here, you couldn't care less. Lawrence stands up far less well than his contemporaries, such as the wonderfully penetrating Henry James or the magnificent James Joyce. By comparison his plotting, psychology, use of ideas and ability to capture meaning is thin and undistinguished. What an overrated writer he turned out to be.
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I have developed an algorithm for determining if two graphs are isomorphic.
Could someone please give me the name and address of any SA computer science
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Great idea. Post the build details please. I'm sure that there will be quite a bit of interest.
I have been using an adapter on this rifle since I purchased it over a year ago. I've made several versions, This is the latest that I'm finally happy with. I wanted a mag release that I could work with my right hand and change mags like an AR. I didn't want to be limited to only one type of mag. I couldn't find what I wanted so I made it. What do you think?
Great idea. Post the build details please. I'm sure that there will be quite a bit of interest.
The build and fitting takes about 4-6 hours per adapter. If you can weld, I could explain, but if not, you couldn't build it. I usually TIG mine, but you could use a MIG if you're careful. The metal is thin and easily burned through.
The cost of the steel isn't all that much, but the time.... If you had to pay someone to do it, It would cost more than the $125 shipped CONUS that I charge for them. If you or anyone else wants the instructions, PM me and I'll be glad to furnish them to your email as they're fairly long. I didn't think about taking pics of the build, so I have to talk you through it.(I didn't have a camera at the time either)
I think you should seriously consider drawing it up, and getting quotes on a 100 piece custom run. You would be surprised at how inexpensive it can be.
I will PM you, and look at the instructions. Pics, very detailed ones of the piece off of the rifle, and with and without the mag inserted would be worth many thousands of words. Anyway, my thought is that you could get them made for about $25-35 each raw, you add finishing touches, and sell for $85-90. Just a thought. I have done this kind of thing with 1895 Mauser rifles that I converted to 7.62x39, and used single stack AK mags on them. Making the mag well took me 12-15 hours, and lots of mistakes and fitting. Once I got a professional involved, the process was reduced to $25.00 each and a two week turn-around. Fitting was a 15 minute process.
Just my $0.02
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I do need to do something. They are really wanted and I can't make them fast enough. I would like someone else to make them and just pay me a % of the sales. I didn't know they would be so popular. I'm more of a designer than a manufacturer. If you do the machining right to the rifle, you don't need a bullet guide. I have people standing in line for the .308 to FAL adapter and don't have time to finish it for building these and my regular job.
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My advise: Design, publish for comments, revise, re-publish. That would be the "open source" way. If you want to get some $$$, you will have to design, simplify, re-design, and get bids and quotes for qty. 100. Make the investment, and sell. No simple shortcuts to commerce!
I do think there is a market for this device. If you can get it under $65.00 and it is installable with only minor filing/fitting, you will have a winner!
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I have been wanting some thing simmular for a regular AK 223 also been thinking that making them for sale would be a good idea. a saiga 308 addapter would be a hit.agreedI do think there is a market for this device. If you can get it under $65.00 and it is installable with only minor filing/fitting, you will have a winner!
when they used to sell complete AR recivers for $90 you would think a adapter could be made for around $50. Id love to see close up picks. does yours latch into a standard ak mag release??? Im very interested. I want to put a ar drum into my 223 varmit build.


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British Lord Nazir Ahmed put a £10 million ($16 million) bounty on both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush Friday, according to The Express Tribune, an English language Pakistani newspaper.
Nazir, who is of Pakistani heritage and a member of the British House of Lords, reportedly made the comments while at a reception in Haripur, a Pakistani city 4o miles north of Islamabad. Nazir told the audience that he was putting the bounty out for the capture of the American leaders in response to the bounty placed on Hafiz Muhammad Saeed by the United States.
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Finally put some time into my first attempt at helmet.
Next up the back plates
Finally put some time into my first attempt at helmet.
Next up the back plates
Great start , looking good , are you layering or painting topically ?
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Looking good so far keep up the good work. What section are you going to take on next?
sorry for my delay, just finished the back panels and now onto the dome
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To me it looks like you have the stencils scaled to large for the helmet...or your tracing outside the lines and then going to large with the liquid masking fluid.
f4real you called it, I really screwed the dome up this week end. I didnt even realize it until it was too late, just like you said. My dent looks like a bazooka hit it. I will post some wips tonight afterwork but I may have to just strip and repaint it ughhhh.
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Six months have passed since a huge cyclone ripped through Burma leaving over a hundred fifty thousand people suffering from lack of fresh water, food, and lodging. The thug military rulers of the nation refused to take immediate action, but finally allowed in some outside aid groups. However, after months of doing the least necessary action possible, thousands of people remain without access to fresh water, and as the dry season hits, many good watering places will dry up. The United Nations pledged about $500 million in aid, but there is not enough evidence this money has been wisely used. Ironically, the cyclone has proven a blessing in disguise for the military rulers of Burma. The world is not as concerned about lack of freedom in the nation since all thoughts are on economic rebuilding.
Aid does get through, but most of those who suffered still lack access to the aid that is coming from outside sources. There may yet be a worse outcome if basic necessities such as water and food doesn't get through to those who were most impacted by the cyclone.


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Ah, the American Dream: a home, 2.5 children, a dog, a huge American-made sedan that gets four miles to the gallon, and a beautiful little lady to fix supper every night. Obviously all that's dead, but since I'm 30 and finally financially stable enough to afford the fancier brand of Instant Mac & Cheese, my wife and figured it's time to think about buying a house.
And for a long time, all we really did was avoid thinking about it, because buying a house is intense and full of variables and details and jesus just writing about it makes me want to put it off. But ask around! The time is right! Interest rates are super low! There are lots of homes recently foreclosed on or vacated for slightly less horrific reasons and hey, if you don't do it now you'll be kicking yourself later. At least that's what everyone tells me. So I figured I'd document my foray into home ownership.
My wife and I have rented for five years, and we've been lucky to have more positive experiences than negative. Our current landlord tends to answer my phone calls with the phrase, "Don't touch it. I'll replace it." I like the idea of a landlord. I like the idea of someone else having to do all the replacing and renovating and paying for stuff that breaks. But lately the trade-offs have grown to be grating. We have weird neighbors who avoid us in the stairwell. We share walls with a very lovely single mother and her extremely rowdy and easily-upset five year old boy. We share a four car garage with a woman who constantly leaves her door open and got my $1,000 bike stolen. And our upstairs neighbors ratted us out to our landlord for using our smoker in the backyard on a Thursday afternoon when most people are at work. WHO GETS OFFENDED BY THE SMELL OF CEDAR CHIPS AND SMOKED FISH? Savages, that's who. So we agreed it's time to move.
Except how the hell do you move? How much money do you need? Where do you get financing? How do you even sift through all the houses on the market? How do you know you're not getting an old Scooby Doo murder house that's going to ooze blood from the walls or, worse, need a new roof or something? We had no idea. That's why we decided to get a realtor.
Realtors have a reputation similar to car mechanics: you're reasonably certain they're f---ing you over, but it's a professional courtesy for them to keep it from being obvious. When I hear the word "realtor" I can only think of the people from my hometown: the gleaming overly white smile, the bleached blonde hair, the failed assumption that their youth and beauty would carry them beyond high school.
So we went to meet with a realtor. Actually TWO realtors, who I'll call Ronnie and Dave since I don't have their express written consent to talk about 'em. They came highly recommended from some friends of ours who recently bought a house of their own, so we sat down for coffee and a meet and greet. Ronnie's a mile-a-minute woman who I'm guessing is in her 50s and within 12 minutes of meeting us had told us all about getting drunk at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, somehow winding up in St. Louis, and trying to walk to Columbia, MO before winding up stranded at a liquor store/bowling alley somewhere along the lonely I-70 corridor after jumping out of a moving vehicle because the guys she was hitchhiking with were creeping her out. Dave had a nice shirt.
We sat down and they went over the process, talked a lot about what we're looking for, our price point, neighborhoods we liked, and what to expect. We shook hands and walked out of their office with realtors of our very own and an appointment in two weeks to go looking at houses.
Of course none of this matters at all without getting pre-approval from our bank, and oh what a joyous occasion that's going to be.
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Don't pffffft at HOAs. They actually keep the community looking good so you can resell later. Just make sure it's affordable and ask what they actually do. Mine mows and trims the front yards, bushes, and trees of all the homes and green spaces. I know my neighbors won't have unsightly yards when I want to sell.
Yes, owners have to report deaths in a home. Don't ask why I know this.
If you hate yard work (like me), look at patio or zero lot line homes. I love my postage stamp yard.
Older homes are great if you like to do home projects and be a fix-it guy. New homes often have hidden costs (oh, you want grass in the back yard?). Newer but not new is what I aim for.
When you narrow it down, go knocking on doors and talk to your prospective neighbors. Ask them about the neighborhood, schools, etc. Sometimes it's easiest to do this on a weekend.
Visit the house after a good rain. See if you are going to be the future owner of a pond or stream in your yard.
Learn how to spot poor construction and finish carpentry. You're better off buying a place which is well-built but aesthetically challenged, than the other way around. Pay for a home inspection, but only once you know that you're going to get details on the infrastructure systems: electrical, plumbing, insulation, drainage. You want to know materials, capacities, and room for expansion, particularly in comparison to the minimum required by building codes.
Have a reasonable sense of relative costs of home improvements. At the cheap end are things like painting a room or replacing light fixtures; at the expensive end are things like rebuilding the whole kitchen or putting on a new roof. New windows are great but if the rest of the place has little or no meaningful insulation you're still going to struggle to heat or cool it. If the house has cracked/leaking foundations, or obvious drainage problems, walk away, it's not cost-effective to buy that kind of problem.
Above all, make sure you have a firm idea of what location you need. For any given point on the map, if you go farther away from places of value ("the city", big public parks, etc) you'll get more housing for your dollar, but at an increasing intangible cost. If you don't find somewhere you want which meets your location requirements now, wait until something comes on the market that does rather than settling on somewhere else.
Like many folks, I wish I could go back and buy a different first house, but if you have patience and a bit of knowledge you can probably sort it out just fine.
About 3 years ago, I was in the process of buying my first home ($8000 tax credit, aw yiss) and the best advice I can give you is some that will hopefully maintain your sanity throughout the shopping/bidding process:
Don't get your hopes up and automatically assume that you'll go under contract for the first house on which you put an offer. I made that mistake, and was devastated when we were underbid and our offer was declined. It happens. And it can happen a lot. Or not at all! It's entirely possible you'll go under contract to buy the very first house you shoot for. And it will be awesome!
Another example: I've got some friends that are currently on their 5th different offer (if you ask me, they're bidding way too low, and blaming it on greedy homeowners, but hey, who knows) and for every bid, I'm seeing pictures of the potential house on various social media networks. Followed by disappointed statuses and tweets the next day. Maybe I'm just superstitious or way too grumpy (this is the most likely reason), but I think telling the world and posting tons of pictures just jinxes the whole thing.
Good luck and may your house hunting experience be filled with hilariously decorated houses!
ThunderThighs wrote:Don't pffffft at HOAs. They actually keep the community looking good so you can resell later. Just make sure it's affordable and ask what they actually do. Mine mows and trims the front yards, bushes, and trees of all the homes and green spaces. I know my neighbors won't have unsightly yards when I want to sell.
This is great advice - from my experience it definitely depends on the HOA as well as what sort of development it is (townhomes vs detached single family homes). Ours is not responsible for for maintenance of everyone's yard, however, they are certainly responsible for reminding me that I've been lazy for the past few weeks. I am glad that they exist, because our neighborhood looks pretty good, but when they feel like nagging you, they can be a pain.
ThunderThighs wrote:If you hate yard work (like me), look at patio or zero lot line homes. I love my postage stamp yard.
I SO wish someone had given me that advice when I was house-shopping! I did not realize just how much I HATED yard work and I find myself wishing I'd gotten a condo instead. I look forward to fall for a different reason than everyone else: "Aw snap! Looks like the grass is finally dormant until next spring!" *Cracks open champagne*
I've been through the process 3x. The advice I'd give is decide on a relative location before you start looking. Do you want to be downtown? Out in the 'burbs? Or in farm country? Then go on Zillow.com and type in the relevant zip code and price range. Zillow is a great (free) resource for house hunting. It has all sorts of historical pricing data as well as tax info.
We found our current home through it.
The above posts are all very good advice. I just want to add my two cents. I should also mention that my tips are fairly time consuming, so for people with less time, it may be best to allow the realtor to shop for you. But for me, taking ownership of the home search worked out very well.
As soon as we figured out we wanted to buy, we tried to figure out the areas we were interested in and our price range. We then just got in the car and started driving potential areas during open house times (2-4 on Sunday, in my area). Any house even remotely close to our price range was entered and looked at. The idea here is to learn how to look at a house, and experience is the only way (though watching a lot of HGTV also helps). The expensive houses will help you learn the things you want, and the cheap ones will show you what you don't. Figure out things like preferred layouts (open floorplan? number of floors? "split bedroom"?) and features (pool? patio? fence?), and give them a rough priority list.
I was working with a realtor, and she got us signed up to an MLS service. Give a pretty wide criteria for the service, because it's easy enough to sort through it yourself. Look at the new listings every week, being mindful for repeat listings (because re-lists usually means price drops, meaning the owner is eager to sell). If you find a house you're interested in, check it out on Trulia or Zillow and you may find some additional info (like comps, area information, posting history).
In the end, we called our realtor and told her which house we wanted to go see, and now we're living in it.
Best of luck in your search!
solidstiles wrote:I SO wish someone had given me that advice when I was house-shopping!
I knew I didn't like yardwork, but my wife was a country girl so she wanted her yard. It only takes a half hour with a push mower, but I still rue it sometimes.
There are two main types of realtors. One represents the buyer, the most common one represents the seller. Make sure which type you're dealing with so you can tell where they're coming from.
rh48 wrote:There are two main types of realtors. One represents the buyer, the most common one represents the seller. Make sure which type you're dealing with so you can tell where they're coming from.
There are 3 types of relationships. Buyer's agent, seller's agent, dual agency. In the first two cases the fiduciary duty is with the named party, in the latter they represent both (feel free to google it, it's mildly interesting). However, any realtor can perform any of these functions.
The problem with realtors is two factors that combine for terrible results: a) it's fairly easy to be licensed as an agent, b) it's fairly lucrative to be an agent (aside: consider that commissions have largely remained static while housing prices have increased significantly faster than inflation). The result is that it's pretty easy to find realtors that are part timers and fish for the easy money (their neighbors/relatives listings) and are largely incompetent humans. Unfortunately it's very hard to tell a good realtor from a bad one.
Full disclosure: I'm a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Florida. I've never really used my license though. (long story.)
Hey good for you guys! I just made my second mortgage payment today!
I don't know what it's like in the area you're looking... but don't be afraid to jump around (see if theres any spring in the floors/walls) Bring a hard plastic ball and put it in the middle of the floor and see if it rolls (floors uneven/house tilted).
Around me (Boston) all the good houses are either from the 1900's or are new construction. All of the house we looked at built in the 50's 60's 70's on up were pretty crappy. Must be at the perfect intersection of lesser building materials and lax building codes.
Congratulations on taking the BIG step into home- ownership.
HOA are as good as all the "rules & restrictions" not to mention the "fees" are. 1. Read through them all & contact a "member" to see if it is all those above rules mentioned are worth the fees to you & your lady. 2. Remember that the fees are for as long as you own there so be sure that is what you want.
The following is information I would have loved to have prior to my first home purchase;
1. If you are going to have children check out the local "government" school districts for the area you are looking into. Grade the school. Determine if you might have to put a child in private school,(tuition+still pay school district tax).
2. Check the property taxes for the property you are looking into, plus check to see what is covered in those taxes! ( my biggest surprise was the $7000.a year taxes .- (paid monthly into escrow fund after you buy) in advance bill that mandatorily goes up every year due to our school districts mandatory increase, even after being voted down 3 times by the public.)
3. When you believe after looking through your dream house, do as previously stated, don't be afraid of upsetting the sellers by requiring inspections by YOUR OWN INDEPENDANT PEOPLE. Get nosy, look into those closets, turn on faucets, a/c, heat, run the dishwasher, etc. make sure that what you "see" is working, staying & NOT just show items.(yes, borders on walls, supposed built in shelves, shutters, playground equipment as well as above the ground pools & spas). Oop I forgot the garage door openers, & any security cameras or safety items that seem to be built into the home.
Just because it is in there doesn't mean it's being sold with the basic frame structure & land! If you want something put it into the contract!
4. Make sure you have a pre approved loan by a lender. This makes it better to wheel & deal with sellers.
5. Your broker & contract lawyer. Make sure your broker & lawyer are YOURS! The agencies have as mentioned in previous comments, yours, theirs, & both! You want to make sure the people are working for your best interest.
6. Get the home inspected by your own independent reputable inspectors(Angie's List is a great place to find Honest assessments of your interests).
7. Last but not least. When going into closing, make sure to have an extra Lil $$. Sometimes something is forgotten & you want that day to go well! For once its all done & the keys are in your hands, it's all yours.(escrow accounts usually are held until your attorney releases them back to the sellers after your final inspection). Make sure you do that inspection, and get things resolved with the seller if something is amiss.
Then, enjoy your new home......... Oh, don't forget you are now the landlord so, good advice is to keep a maintenance schedule for upkeep on all the Lil things like plumbing, insulation, weathering, landscaping etc.
Happy House hunting.
PS you aren't looking to buy on LI, NY are you? Just checking.... Lol
It's too bad you feel that way about real estate agents.
Through your writing I can see that you seem to know it all anyways so good luck with whatever you are trying to do there.
You used my friend Missy Caulk's image and that is rather unfair to her in this context. She is one of the most amazing real estate professionals I have ever met.
It is unfortunate that you can't open your mind and get out of your know it all world to find someone that can guide you through this process in an ethical manner.
Hah. Have fun. Picking out the house is the fun part.
Speaking of which, I have one I'd be happy to sell you...would be happy to sell anyone at this point.
So, from the disgruntled-seller's POV, here's some advice:
1. Don't watch too much HGTV. Realy. Dead flowers in a pot on the front porch do NOT signal that there's something HORRIBLY WRONG with the house. And the pot of dead foliage is probably not for sale. (Real advice here: look at the house, not the decoarations...decorations leave with the seller unless you specifically write them into a contract).
(yes, we had a potential buyer complain, in the middle of a drought in August with temps in the 100's that a pot of flowers was dying....)
2. Save yourselves and the sellers some serious headaches by getting pre-approved for a loan for which you could actually get real approval. We had a contract fall through very recently where the buyer was pre-approved on a FHA loan, but already held an FHA loan (and you can't have two)...they didn't read the fine print. And they forked over $ for a home inspection on a house they can't afford to buy.
3. It sounds like you're buying a first house, so I guess it doesn't help to suggest that you actually sell your old one before purchasing the new one. But that was my own pitfall
4. Just because a house has been sitting on the market for a long time doesn't mean that there is something wrong with it. In our case, the "something wrong" involved a couple of failed contracts (due to buyer issues), plus a hail storm that poked holes the roof and siding and made the house look trashed for the peak selling season (construction in-progress isn't pretty...see the HGTV comment above). In fact, if you're looking for a good deal, try trolling the listings for ones that have been sitting for a while...they usually come with motivated sellers
Good luck. Check the mileage to the nearest home improvement store. Brush-up on your painting skills because you will likely be using them. And don't forget to budget for a fridge, lawn mower, washer/dryer, and movers (unless you don't actually need those things).
shackdiva wrote:It's too bad you feel that way about real estate agents.
Through your writing I can see that you seem to know it all anyways so good luck with whatever you are trying to do there.
You used my friend Missy Caulk's image and that is rather unfair to her in this context. She is one of the most amazing real estate professionals I have ever met.
It is unfortunate that you can't open your mind and get out of your know it all world to find someone that can guide you through this process in an ethical manner.
Reading comprehension fail. I did get a realtor. I have two, in fact.
Wow, I didn't expect so many genuine and helpful comments. Thanks guys!
Even if you're not intending to have children, it's still worth investigating the school district in terms of resale value: the next buyers might care deeply about the quality of the schools. How much this matters depends, in part, on the particular house: a two bedroom/one bathroom house is more likely to appeal to newlyweds, empty nesters, or folks without children, while a four bedroom/four bathroom is far more likely to appeal to a family with children.
Something I did for the second house I owned, but not the first one, was to think about how my family actually used space, and what I realistically wanted in terms of fundamental layout. For example, my current place has relatively small bedrooms and a small kitchen, but a large living room that's mostly open to a dining room. Some families hang out in their kitchen and it's the center of their home, but we cook in the kitchen, eat in the dining room, and hang out in the living room, so I wanted the living spaces to be larger than the kitchen - and I didn't want to look at dirty pots when I was in the living room! I also wanted a smaller kitchen where everything was within 2-3 steps.
Picture how you and your wife use space: do you cook together? Do you tend to hang out in the evenings together? Does one of you have poker night once a week and the other wants to have a space where he/she can get away from that? Either of you have hobbies that take up a lot of display space or storage space, or are more convenient if left out? (For the last one, I'm thinking of my sewing machine: it's nice to have a place where I can leave it out instead of putting it away each time I hem something quickly, but I wouldn't want to leave it out where I'd be looking at it all the time.)
If you've been living in an apartment - and especially if you'd like to have kids eventually - talk about how your families used space when you were growing up. For example, my family ate in the living room in front of the TV (I disliked this), while my grandparents ate in a dining room separate from the kitchen (I loved this).
Think about whether you enjoy home repair or home maintenance, and contemplate what era of house you're seeking. Older houses may actually require less maintenance than newer ones, especially ones that aren't-quite-new anymore (1980s or 1990s), but that depends on the quality of construction and what work has already been done to the older house. The age of the roof and of the appliances (especially furnace/water heater)can influence the costs of maintenance over the next five-ten years. Similarly, the age/quality/fuel of heating/cooling/windows has a serious impact on your utility bills. If you're not originally from the area, be sure to investigate not only property taxes, but also what's included and what gets billed separately. I was used to trash/recycling pickup and things like sidewalk maintenance being included in my property tax and was surprised when I moved to a community where I had to contract for trash pick-up - and shocked when I received my first annual assessment for sidewalks... and then one for road maintenance... and then one for.... well, it made the cheaper-than-home! property taxes not as cheap as we'd thought.
Randomly: in kitchens, pull-out shelves in bottom cabinets (or better yet, drawers!) are indescribably awesome.
Make sure you calculate the forgotten expenses when buying a home like Taxes, Insurance, HOA, PMI, and don't forget the Home Improvement Stores
This is an AWESOME calculator to help with the financial decisions Karls Mortgage Calculator
Blurb from another site……
Users could add the estimated annual mortgage insurance on the home. They may also input property taxes to ensure that no detail is taken for granted. Once the data have been gathered, Karl's Mortgage Calculator will then compute the possible monthly payment, overall interest, the real interest paid and the percentage of the total interest.
To determine the differences in the interest and the savings, one could also add prepayment data to the mortgage calculator. These prepayment data include one-time prepayment amount, monthly prepayment and the annual prepayment. The user should include the start date on each of the prepayment data to ensure that results would be accurate. The changes will then be seen on top of the page as indicated by a detailed graph. There would also be an annual table that predicts the interest and the principal for every year. This also comes with the mortgage balance and the monthly payments.
It lets you see how much you really pay for the mortgage and estimate what you can do to lower that amount.
elitsirk wrote:
1. Don't watch too much HGTV. Realy. Dead flowers in a pot on the front porch do NOT signal that there's something HORRIBLY WRONG with the house. And the pot of dead foliage is probably not for sale. (Real advice here: look at the house, not the decoarations...decorations leave with the seller unless you specifically write them into a contract).
As someone who specifically endorsed watching HGTV, I feel compelled to defend. I don't know which shows you were watching, but I think most of the house-hunting shows emphasize substance over style (landscaping), unless the buyer has a specific reason for it being perfect on move-in (vacation home, about to have a baby, etc.).
They also tend to show the buyers listing off the things they're looking for in a house, and then having to face reality about their budget and having to prioritize their needs. I think this is also a good message to new home buyers.
My favorite show right now is Property Brothers, in which every home purchased is a renovation project. Every single episode, the buyers express concerns that this dumpy house will be too expensive to renovate and is hideous, but the brothers emphasize good bones and good location, and the renos always look great.
So in summary, I think HGTV does a good job of not emphasizing the surface flaws, and of presenting an informative view of the home search.
Other good shows: House Hunters, Property Virgins, Love It or List It, and Buying and Selling.
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Thanks Joe I do have the diagram. I am a member of the forum you linked above. I posted over there as well but have not got a response. I didn't look real close at the turn signal switch and realize the front and back where seperate. I will pull it apart and jump the wires.
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Maybe a wiring diagram would help. Here is a 1964 Chevy truck wiring diagram I found. (link to 67-72chevytrucks.com)
Just because the front turn lights work correctly doesn't necessarily rule out the turn signal switch. Reconnect the wires in the rear and disconnect the turn signal switch column connector. Using a jumper wire, power each of the rear turn wires (gReen is R and yeLLow is L) one at a time. If the lights work independently when powered directly from the turn signal switch harness connector, then the problem is in the switch itself.
If the both rear turn lights light up when you power only the green or yellow wire at the turn signal switch connector, that would confirm the problem is in the wiring.
I'm sure there are many ways to track this problem down. Hopefully you'll get some input from others here as well.
Good luck...
Joe G.
64' Chevy Stepside Taillights
Hello Guys,
I need some help. I spent all day today getting my truck ready for inspection. I got everything working except the rear taillights blinkers.
Here is what happens when I turn either blinker on both blink like hazards. But the front park lamps don't they blink like they are suppose to independently. I got underneath the back and checked the wiring. The green wire is going to the right and the yellow to the left and the brown to both and the license plate light. I pulled the plug apart and jumped each wire to each side and they worked properly. But when the harness is plugged together they both blink regardless of which side I have turned on. The rear side of the harness had 4 wires coming out of it and it and there was a yellow wire with a brown stripe that was taped and not plugged to anything. What is it suppose to hook up to.
So I thought maybe there is a short inside the plug. So I wired directly to the front harness with blade connectors. It still does the same thing!
Here is the plug sorry its kinda fuzzy.
I am stumped. Does anybody know what is wrong here. I assume the wiring inside the column is good or the front blinkers wouldn't be working independently.
The only thing I can think of is the rear taillights are not stock. They both have white lenses on the bottom of them. So I assume they were replaced at some point and they are maybe for a trailer or both left or right assemblies?
This is the only thing keeping me from getting my truck inspected.
Thanks for your help.
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By Nick Solano
There is a short version of how the Orange County Gooners came to be. Several of us locals wanted something closer to home than LA, we brainstormed, talked to some people at Arsenal America, found a venue to watch games and there you have it! The OC Gooners were born.
It actually took a little more than just that.
It all started back in 2003, around the time that I moved to Orange County from Los Angeles. I had only been in LA for about six months, and was still new to California. I had recently joined Arsenal America, and knew of the LA branch but no longer lived close by. I was constantly searching for a local venue, but always came up short-handed. I didn't even know many other Gooners in the area.
|Nick Solano of the OC Gooners
So it was home or LA. I chose home, mostly because I hated driving to LA from Orange County. That and having no car at the time. Yes, I had no car in Southern California. Don't ask!
So for years I just dealt with it like I had in the many years before when I lived in other parts of the country. I sat at home and watched matches in my living room by myself in the early AM -- often waking up my roommates. I'd jump on message boards and get my discussion fix in with other Gooners.
But once I landed a steady job, I was exposed to several new fellow football fans at my work place. Mind you, none of them were Arsenal supporters, but it was better than nothing. We'd have our daily football discussions, start up fantasy leagues, play FIFA together, etc.
This was great… but I still hated their clubs.
Jump ahead a few years, and more football fans continued to crop up at my work place, including a few Arsenal supporters. With them came a few more mutual Gooner friends. Finally the proper surroundings!
At first it was much of the same: gather at somebody's residence, watch the match, and then have a great weekend or a terrible weekend, depending on the result. At this point, the 2008/2009 season, we all started talking about how great it would be to have a local branch to watch with other Arsenal supporters. We knew of the LA Gooners and had been up to Los Angeles several times, but we were all pretty lazy and preferred to watch matches together, without having to get up an hour earlier to make the trek north.
But it seemed like a mere pipe dream. Yes, it would be fantastic, but no way could it happen. So for one more season, 2009/2010, we made the LA trip a few times, continued to watch locally at a friend's residence and felt like we were getting enough.
We were wrong.
During that 2009/2010 season, Heineken brought the Champions League trophy on tour across the United States and one of the stops was a local pub. No football fan can pass up an opportunity like that. So one nice Sunday evening, our little group donned our Arsenal kits and went to take a look at the trophy our club had yet to win. When we got there, we discovered that we weren't the only Arsenal supporters in the pub. There were dozens and dozens of Gooners.
We then realized that we seriously had to start a local branch!
We joined some fellow Gooners at that same pub for a few of the last Champions League matches, and stayed in touch with several of them as the season ended. During the summer, I contacted several members of Arsenal America about starting up a branch. After I was given the green light, they advised me that we only needed to find a reliable local pub to screen matches, show up every week and create a means of contacting and letting members know what was going on.
I had already startedscouting out pubs and even had several on a short list, but most of them had an issue with opening up early or were in a less than ideal location. Some friends of mine, along with their club's supporters group, were regulars at 'The Olde Ship' in Santa Ana. I attended a few World Cup matches there and loved the place -- it was definitely the perfect spot.
I contacted the management, told them what we were doing and asked if they would be okay with being declared our watch site. They didn't hesitate. With a venue locked down, we let Arsenal America know, were confirmed as a local branch, created a Facebook group, and got our website up-and-running.
When we acquired our domain name, we were given some credit for a Facebook ad. We ran it for about a week, and the group grew by 60-70 members.
|The OC Gooners at their new home
It's been a journey and I still cannot believe where we are today. The group continues to grow, we are generating a solid turnout for each match and people seem to really enjoy it. We currently are working on a new logo and website redesign and are also planning to create some group merchandise and a flag. Our Twitter account continues to gain more and more followers. We've also had Gooners show up and tell us they found us through the USA.Arsenal.com branch feature or from Arsenal America.
We've also discussed creating friendly matches with our other clubs' supporter groups in the area and making trips of our own. When the LA Galaxy recently hosted the Red Bulls, we held a Thierry Henry event. Both the LA and OC branches met up at the Home Depot Center before kick-off and had a section of seats for our members. Unfortunately, Thierry wasn't fit and didn't even make the trip but our members still had a lot of fun.
And we expect a lot more of that. We expect to become a large group in the OC and be a great spot for local Gooners. Special thanks go to Keith Hall and Daniel Zarate, without whom the branch would not have been established.
If anybody is thinking about starting up their own branch, there are many tools available to get the word out. Arsenal America is a huge resource and we are proud to be an official branch. We encourage anybody thinking of starting their own branch to not hesitate and get out there!
If any Gooners from anywhere in the world ever make it to Orange County, stop by on match day and join us.
Up the Arsenal!
Nick Solano has been an Arsenal fan since the mid-90's. Since then, he co-founded the OC Gooners and developed a passion that he will take to the grave. He's planning on making it over to the Emirates in early 2011 to take in a few matches.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source