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Starting at the corner of Cross and Club Streets, walk up (1) Club. Once the home of Chinese social clubs, shophouses, and brothels, the street has been turned into one of the city-state's trendy neighborhoods lined with boutiques, bars, and clubs. It was named after the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club, established by a Peranakan millionaire in 1892. It's still home to many Chinese clubs, although most have yielded to the likes of the Puma sneaker shop and Italian restaurants.
Once you have walked to the end of Club, turn left on Ann Siang Road. Just on the right, you'll see a formerly dilapidated hotel that has been converted into a nightclub, the (2) Screening Room. It's a great stop in the evenings for dinner or to catch a city view and grab a cold beer on the rooftop bar.
Walk up Ann Siang, turning right at the top of the hill and right again on Erskine Road. At the corner is the (3) Scarlet boutique hotel. Walk down the street, staying to the right side of the street, strolling the covered walkway. The two-story shophouses have been preserved and converted into boutiques.
Turn left on South Bridge Road. Cross the street and walk left to Neil Road. At the corner of Neil and Tanjong Pagar is a (4) two-story brick building that was once the city's center for rickshaws. "Tanjong Pagar was an area humming with activity, with craftsmen, opium smokers, rickshaw pullers, port workers, and ladies of the night," says G. Byrne Bracken, author, A Singapore Walking Tour.
Cross the street again and head down Maxwell Street. On the left is the (5) Maxwell Road Food Center. It's a famous hawker center and is generally packed on any evening. Its neoclassical facade was renovated in 2001. Walk all the way down Maxwell until it turns left around Telok Ayer Park. Keep walking to the left and walk up Telok Ayer Street. On the right side you'll see the (6) Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church. Built in 1924, it's one of the most unusual churches in Singapore with a traditional Chinese roof and large Byzantine windows.
Continuing up Telok Ayer, you'll cross McCallum Street. On the left corner sits the (7) Al-Abrar Mosque. This little mosque was built sometime around 1850 and has both Indian and Islamic touches. The Imam says that the mosque may have begun as a small thatched hut. Continuing up the street, on the left side is the (8) Thian Hock Keng Temple. It is one of the oldest temples in Singapore and the most important for the Hokkien Chinese (predominant ethnic immigrant group from southern China) Buddhists. Imported from China in 1840, the (9) statue of Ma Zu Po, goddess of seafarers, is in the main hall. Continuing up the street, on the corner of Boon Tat Street sits the (10) Nagore Durgha Shrine, built around 1828.
Turn right and walk all the way to the end of Boon Tat Street, through part of downtown, and you'll see (11) Lau Pa Sat in front of you. The ornate octagonal, cast-iron facade was originally done in 1894 by a Scottish architectural firm. In the early 20th century, fishmongers traded here; the market has since been converted into a hawker center.
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STRASBOURG, 09.11.99 - Reports on Croatia, Cyprus, Moldova, Turkey and Albania, issued today, complete the first series of spot-check country reports by the COUNCIL OF EUROPE's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on the Organisation's member States.
The reports identify problems and their causes and offer advice and solutions. They play a role in the ongoing dialogue between the Organisation and its member States on curbing racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and related intolerance. The reports are available on the Internet site in English and French.
In Croatia the problems faced are to a large extent the result of the wars starting in 1991 following the break-up of the Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. Although episodes of ethnically-motivated violence and discriminatory practices are relatively decreasing over time, members of minority groups continue to be subject to physical threats as well as differential treatment in various fields, particularly in certain parts of the country. Key areas identified by ECRI include: the need to ensure that the rights of minority groups are thoroughly respected; the protection of the rights of refugees and displaced persons and the enhancement of confidence-building measures and security conditions in some areas, with a view to facilitating a harmonious reintegration of refugees and displaced persons in their areas of origin; and the need to monitor the non-discriminatory implementation of law and regulations concerning acquisition of citizenship, employment, property rights, provision of social services, etc.
In Cyprus the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, after massive internal displacement, now in the main live in different parts of the island. The northern part (some 37%) is not presently under the effective control of the Cypriot Government, and ECRI has not examined the position of populations living in that area as regards discrimination. ECRI's key findings include: the need to investigate incidents of police ill-treatment of detainees of non-Greek Cypriot origin; specific problems faced by certain groups of non–citizens, particularly Asian women employed as maids; and the need to promote a climate of tolerance to restore confidence and counter prejudice between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.
While in Moldova the confrontation with the Gagauzi minority in the southern part of the country is apparently being handled in a satisfactory fashion, a lasting solution to the conflicts and tensions is still awaited in the region on the left bank of the Dniester river, a region in which the Moldovan authorities presently do not hold control. Among key issues identified by ECRI are: the importance of monitoring the implementation of legal and other measures which have only recently been established, including the law on the special legal status of the Gaugazia region; the development of a comprehensive body of legislation specifically to combat all forms of racism and intolerance; and the need to ensure training in human rights for the police.
Turkey's citizens are of many different ethnic origins, including a significant number of Kurds. One of the main challenges facing Turkey in the field of ECRI's concerns appears to be the need to reconcile the strong sense of national identity and the wish to preserve the unity and integrity of the State with the right of different minority groups within Turkey to express their own sense of ethnic identity, for example through maintenance and development of linguistic and cultural aspects of that identity. ECRI also underlines: the need to ratify international Conventions in the field of combating racism and discrimination; the importance of monitoring and responding appropriately to the new aspects of migration into Turkey and to make appropriate legislative changes; and the need to adopt a wide range of policy, educational and awareness-raising measures to promote tolerance in society as a whole.
ECRI's report on Albania was finalised at the end of November 1998. It therefore does not cover the dramatic developments linked to the crisis related to Kosovo in 1999 and the implications of such events on Albania. Yet some of the key areas identified by ECRI continue to merit particular attention, including the precarious situation of the Roma/Gypsy community, the need to counter discrimination, including police discrimination, against members of this community and the lack of a fully developed legal framework to combat racism and racial discrimination.
Beginning in 1999, ECRI is following up its first round of country-by-country spot checks. New reports are currently under way on Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland.

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By Joe Brewin
Benik Afobe admits it is unlikely that he will head out on loan in the immediate future.
The striker enjoyed a successful loan spell at Huddersfield Town in League One last season and has seen a number of the Club's youngsters secure temporary deals away from Emirates Stadium in the opening weeks of the current campaign.
Afobe might have expected to join them but, for now, he is staying put.
"When I first came back from the summer holidays I was thinking that I would be maybe going out on loan but the boss [Arsène Wenger] and reserve team manager Neil Banfield have both told me they think it would be better for me to stay and keep improving aspects of my game," Afobe told Arsenal.com.
"Obviously we know that the boss likes playing youth players and he likes to give the youngsters a chance if you are good enough to play.
"But I know it is only the beginning and we know that when we get a chance we have to take it and keep working hard. It doesn't just end here - we need to keep on doing better.
"The likes of Jack Wilshere and Emmanuel Frimpong - they played once or twice, did well and until now they still play well."
The 18-year-old got his first taste of first-team action during pre-season, coming on as a late substitute against Cologne before making his home debut against New York Red Bulls in the Emirates Cup. Now Afobe wants more.
"That's what I have always been dreaming about, to play in the first team with the likes of [Robin] van Persie and the rest of the squad," he said.
"Football is a funny old game, and hopefully I will get my chance this season."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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A New York Times article on Mitt Romney embracing the health care reform he passed in Massachusetts hid the fact that Romney has promised to repeal President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
The Times reported that Romney recently "talked about the health care law he championed as governor of Massachusetts" and quoted Romney saying: "I got everybody in my state insured. ... One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance."
But the Times left out the most important fact on this controversial campaign issue: If he becomes president, Romney plans to undo the law that will provide insurance to all Americans. He has proposed repealing President Obama's Affordable Care Act, which requires that all Americans have health insurance and has even pledged to gut the Affordable Care Act on his first day in office by granting waivers from the law to all 50 states.
Furthermore, Romney's plans for Medicaid would leave many Americans in worse shape than they were before passage of the Affordable Care Act. Romney plans to change Medicaid from a federal program to a system in which the federal government gives a fixed amount of money to each state. According to Bloomberg News, this plan would cut Medicaid by $1.26 trillion over nine years.
As the American College of Physicians has noted, the Congressional Budget Office analyzed a similar plan issued by Romney's running mate and predicted that it could require states to make "considerable cutbacks" in Medicaid. CBO stated that such cutbacks might involve reduced eligibility, reduced "coverage of fewer services, lower payments to providers, or increased cost-sharing by beneficiaries -- all of which would reduce access to care."
In contrast with the Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and The Los Angeles Times all reported that Romney boasted about his health reform in Massachusetts while simultaneously opposing the federal Affordable Care Act.
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Many Minnesota school districts were surprised by an increase in kindergarten enrollment this fall, forcing some schools to add class sections and teachers.
Richfield was one of those districts. The school district's business manager, Michael Schwartz, was expecting about 385 kindergartners this fall. But instead the district enrolled 461.
"It was off substantially," Schwartz said.
To accommodate the 16 percent increase, Richfield hired a new kindergarten teacher, added another class and squeezed more students into kindergarten classrooms — as many as 28 per class in some schools.
Richfield isn't the only Minnesota district dealing with a fall bumper crop of kindergartners.
Anoka-Hennepin saw about 30 more kindergartners this year. Minneapolis Public Schools reports kindergarten enrollment is up more than 100 students from last fall. And St. Paul Public Schools officials say their enrollment is up by 206 compared to last year.
St. Paul Public Schools District Chief of Staff Michelle Walker said that required the hiring of a new kindergarten teacher, and the addition of class sections at six schools.
"Some schools have had to add additional classrooms, because they've added 20 more students than projected or 30 more students than projected," Walker said.
The increases aren't confined to the Twin Cities metro area.
"This year we had an increase of 54 kindergarten students over last year," said Lynn Kovash, superintendent of the Moorhead School District.
That forced Kovash to add three classes and three teachers, one in August, right before school started.
"We knew that we'd have more, we just didn't expect this many more students," Kovash said.
So what's behind the increase in kindergartners?
For St. Paul and Minneapolis, part of the increase can be credited to more robust recruitment campaigns. The urban districts are working harder at winning over parents in the face of competition from charter and private schools.
And districts like Richfield say they've tempted more families in recent years with the addition of all-day kindergarten. Moorhead now offers an extended-day program.
But there's another reason for the increase: an old-fashioned baby boom.
Five and six years ago the number of births in the state exceeded 73,000 a year, the highest since 1964.
Minnesota State Demographer Susan Brower say today's kindergartners are the babies — of the babies — of the baby boomers.
"Demographers call the children of the boomers the boomlets," Brower said. "So maybe these grandchildren are the boomlet-lets."
The new baby boom fueled kindergarten enrollment spike isn't going to last.
State projections show births in the state fell off in 2008, at the beginning of the recession. So after spiking this year, kindergarten enrollment will fall off next year.
But not for long.
Minnesota's increasing population, especially among immigrants, means the state will see a rise in kindergarten enrollment starting again in 2016 and continuing into the foreseeable future.
Projecting kindergarten enrollment is crucial as schools, and the state, plan for the future.
Consider this: The current rate of state funding is more than $5,000 per pupil. That means a projection short by only 1,000 students, could turn into a $5 million shortfall.
"The projections of student counts are very important in figuring out what our likely future state fund balances will be," said Bob Porter, school finance specialist at the state Department of Education. "The more students we have the more the state will have to pay."
Porter said the business of projecting kindergarten enrollment can be complicated and will only get more so in the future.
A sharp and unexpected increase in the birth rate would cause spikes in future kindergarten enrollment. A dip back into recession would do the opposite.
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text: I see mostly 2" nylon webbing out there, even with the aircraft stuff. It might be as you say, though, Gino -- they are not giving exact measurements and are instead rounding up. We can only find out by calling or ordering. All this makes it even more suspicious that the vintage car seat belts with four stripes were exactly 1 3/4". Makes a strong circumstantial case this is what they originally used. Its a little more pricey, but there is plenty for sale on ebay. Interested to see phantomfett's source or pics of what he had. You have any left over from that original 100 yds, phantom?


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Re: Spirit 28 owners?
Hello Ralph
Sounds like you have a few things to do before you are out sailing your boat. I have owned my Spirit for about a year now and spent most of the year getting it the way I like but still have a way to go. I think I have the first one made 001. Sails great and is well built. If you have any questions maybe I can or someone here can help.
Re: Spirit 28 owners?
Hello All,
I have a 1979 spirit 28 down here in Daytona Beach. Nice to know there are some experienced owners around.
The boat is out of the water right now to get the bottom painted and most of the inside redone. Also replacing a rudder that broke off and trying to get the Yanmar running again. I just replaced the windows and wish I had read about replacement windows on this site before. I made them from scratch cutting plexiglass than then heating and bending a frame to fit. It didn't come out as good as I wanted.
|Brian Buzz
Re: Spirit 28 owners?
I only put in a 2.7 cu/ft mini refrigerator (110V) in the quarter berth. The P.O. Put in the cold plates in the ice box but the condenser wasn't working when I bought the boat. The cost was to much to replace so I just got a mini refrigerator from Wal Mart. It runs on dock power only. Things stay cool during day sails.
Re: Spirit 28 owners?
"I am also doing a few things to the boat to make it more enjoyable like a new headsail with furler, reinstalling engine sound damping, refrigerator (just 110v)and so on and so on."
How are you doing the fridge? I currently just have an ice box
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yeah take and post lots of pictures when you do something , because next week someone is going to want to know how you did what you just finished doing
|Brian Buzz
Re: Spirit 28 owners?
There are a lot of Catalina 27 around me but I'm happy with my Spirit. I guess it's the fact that it's unique is why I like it so much. Also it's over a foot longer and wider than the Cat. 27 and that it just fits in the cheaper 29 foot max slip. People come over to this boat a lot to ask what brand it is and tell me they like it. My boat has a tiller and a 15hp diesel. The diesel runs great but no hour meter on it. I just had the bottom painted and saw it out of the water for the first time. A few small blisters and the keel had no cracks or smile. Just paint, wax and back in the water. Cost 1k and I'm happy it wasnt more . Now it's good for the next 3 years.
I am also doing a few things to the boat to make it more enjoyable like a new headsail with furler, reinstalling engine sound damping, refrigerator (just 110v)and so on and so on. I will try and take pictures of the process so maybe it could help someone else. I also have a load of questions myself but will take it slow as not to be a pain in the ass. Any pictures or upgrades that you can upload will be great for future documentary. I think if we can care of these fiberglass boats will out live us.
Hi folks,
It's nice to see people talking about our Spirit 28s!
I recently began the process of deck core replacement. It's challenging, but no where near impossible. One side was done in two days, with a need for sanding and painting.
If anyone is interested let me know and I will post some pics
Re: Spirit 28 owners?
My direct email is mgman at ipa.net .
I am going up to my sailboat Thursday (about 60 miles). I will take my headsail off for the winter and store it and do some work on the boat. I will overnite . Send me a email with some pix of ur boat. I will send u some of mine.
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Re: Spirit 28 owners?
Thanks for the reply. Great looking boat. I'm sure I will have many questions because of the things I still need to do but the boat is in good shape and is just the right size for coastal cruising. I read your past post about your windows and I am not far from Corona Ca., so now i'm thinking about port replacements. Maybe a good job for this winter.
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I spoke to the Sails Loff today and they told me that the reason the headsail does not go to the top is because that area of sail is better used in the foot of the sail then the top of the sail . I measured the foot of my original factory jib sail that I have and it is 14 feet. That makes it a 120 genoa but it only has a 31.5 foot luff and the forestay is over 38 feet. He said it will not be a problem to go to the top on a new sail so I ordered a new 135 Genny bluewater sail that will go to the top of my furler head. Problem solved.
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Those are great, Klauss!
I'll have to share them with my classmates when school starts up again in January.
Southern Medical Terms
Benign......................... What you be, after you be eight.
Artery......................... The study of paintings.
Bacteria....................... Back door to cafeteria.
Barium......................... What doctors do when patients die.
Caesarean Section............... A neighbourhood in Rome.
Catscan........................ Searching for Kitty.
Cauterize...................... Made eye contact with her.
Colic.......................... A sheep dog.
Coma........................... A punctuation mark.
D&C............................ Where Washington is.
Dilate......................... To live long.
Enema.......................... Not a friend.
Fester......................... Quicker than someone else.
Fibula......................... A small lie.
G.I. Series.................... World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail....................... What you hang your coat on.
Impotent....................... Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain..................... Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff.................. A Doctor's cane.
Morbid......................... A higher offer.
Nitrates....................... Cheaper than day rates.
Node........................... I knew it.
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear...................... A fatherhood test.
Pelvis......................... Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative................. A letter carrier.
Recovery Room.................. Place to do upholstery.
Rectum......................... Pretty near killed him.
Secretion...................... Hiding something.
Seizure........................ Roman emperor.
Tablet......................... A small table.
Terminal Illness............... Getting sick at the airport.
Tumour.......................... One plus one more.
Urine.......................... Opposite of you're out.
Varicose....................... Near by/close by
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Old flintlock shooter I met at the range.
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Those are great, Klauss!
I'll have to share them with my classmates when school starts up again in January.
"The way of the warrior is death, this means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. It means nothing more than this, it means to see things through, being resolved."---Yamamoto Tsunemoto's Hagakure
klauss you da man bud,,,,good one
When Injustice Becomes Law....Rebellion Becomes Duty
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people."
-- H. L. Mencken
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I know nothing...........nothing !
I pity you guys down there, it's all true!!!
Be nice now DanOriginally Posted by Dan @ Angola Armory
When Injustice Becomes Law....Rebellion Becomes Duty
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people."
-- H. L. Mencken
Hey can't help it if ya'll can't tell what I'm sayin.
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There are several of us getting together Saturday at Lake Jackson in Tallahassee to do some riding. There is also a group of airboat guys getting together to cook and do a trash pickup. We are trying to merge the 2 groups. Right now it looks like 6-7 mud rigs and 7-10 airboats.
Anyways if you have a boat or want to help or come out and socialize, we'll be at the Hwy 27 dirt landing from 11am to 1pm, and then we will be out riding around after that. There are several boats that do not have riders, so this is your chance to see a few different kinds of rigs and get a ride in one.
Come on out and join us. If you would like to eat lunch at the ramp, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, just reply to this thread so we can make sure enough food is brought.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 243, April 12, 2002
- Etnus Totalview 5.0 Installed on Icehawk
- Upcoming Visitors, Talks, and Events
- SV1 Craylib Problem Isolated
- UAF Computational Physics Programs
- Quick Tip
Etnus Totalview 5.0 Installed on Icehawk
ARSC has just installed the Etnus Totalview 5.0 parallel debugger on its IBM SP Cluster, icehawk.
To use it, add this:
/usr/local/adm/pkg/flexlm/license.datto the settings of your LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. Recompile with the -g compiler option, and launch totalview against the resulting executable. E.g.,
icehawk1$ totalview ./a.outTotalview documentation is built in. Click on "Help".
(When the bugs have been exterminated and you start production runs, be sure to recompile again WITHOUT the -g . -g disables optimizations and kills performance.)
Upcoming Visitors, Talks, and EventsVisitors:
ARSC is hosting several visitors in the next couple of weeks to participate in evaluation of large-scale storage systems. They include Robert Bell (Bureau of Meteorology / CSIRO), David McGee (NAVO DSRC), and Roy Campbell (ERDC DSRC).
The visitors will all be giving presentations open to the wider UAF community.
Title: "Our NEC of the Woods: Oz, CSIRO, HPCCC and NEC"Abstract:
Date: Thursday 25th April 2002
Speaker: Dr. Robert BellBiographical Note:
After a brief introduction to Australia and CSIRO, which is the largest research agency in Australia, this talk will give some background on the computing history of CSIRO. This will lead on to the formation of the Bureau of Meteorology / CSIRO High Performance Computing and Communications Centre (HPCCC).
The HPCCC acquired its first system, an NEC SX-4 in August 1997, and now has a core of two NEC SX-5 systems, and associated storage and front-end systems.
The talk will describe the HPCCC core and associated systems, and some of the applications which use the HPCCC facilities.
Dr. Robert Bell is Deputy Manager of the HPCCC. He has worked for CSIRO since 1974, firstly in numerical modeling for atmospheric research, and since 1987 in the management of computing facilities for scientific research.
He is Asia/Pacific Representative on the Cray User Group Board of Directors.
As soon as it's available, the full schedule of talks will be posted on the "Hot Topics" section of, http://www.arsc.edu.
ARSC Faculty Camp:Expression of interest is required by May 1st to participate in ARSC's 2002 "Faculty Camp." See: http://www.arsc.edu/pubs/bulletins/FacultyCamp2002.shtmlWOMPAT 2002 at ARSC/UAF, Aug 5-7:Check our "vacancies" page, http://www.arsc.edu/misc/jobs.html . Within a week or so, we expect to announce summer/fall openings for student positions.ARSC Summer Tours:ARSC welcomes tourists and other drop-in visitors at 1:00 pm every Wednesday afternoon, June 12 - Aug 28, for a one-hour tour. Just show up at the ARSC machine-room viewing window in the basement of the Butrovich Building on the UAF West-Ridge.
SV1 Craylib Problem Isolated
In issue #224, we noted this:
> Unresolved issues in two SV1 user codes were cleared up recently when > the users switched back from the default craylibs version to craylibs > 22.214.171.124. It is suspected that this is an issue with the FFT routines, > but investigation is ongoing. > > If you feel the need to try this, you should use the command: > > module switch craylib.126.96.36.199
Through a lot of difficult trouble-shooting on one of the two user codes, Tom Logan of ARSC was able to narrow the problem down to the LAPACK routine, CTRSM. CTRSM is a low-level routine. The code accesses CTRSM through a call to the LAPACK routine, CHEGST. The problem manifested itself by a failure of the algorithm to converge when run on 1-CPU, but correct and repeatable results when run on multiple CPUs.
It turns out that Cray already had a problem report open on CTRSM, a fix is in testing and will be integrated in a future release of craylib. From the Cray SPR, a more precise statement of the problem: "For the argument N > 64 and odd, the libsci_sv1 version of CTRSM gives wrong answers."
For now, you can download the netlib LAPACK fortran source of ctrsm.f, and add it into your compilation. ARSC users can contact firstname.lastname@example.com for this fortran file. Linking your own ctrsm.o file will preempt the libsci routine of the same name and thus allow you to safely use everything else from the latest installation of craylib (which, on chilkoot, is release 220.127.116.11).
As usual, please report problems and mysteries to us (email@example.com).
UAF Computational Physics Programs
The Sloan Foundation maintains a web page listings for a number of Physics and Chemistry Masters programs:
http://www.sciencemasters.com/science.phpIt now includes UAF's Computational Physics program:
MS Program in Computational Physics. University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
A new professional masters degree is offered by the Physics Department for students with undergraduate backgrounds in physics or a closely related discipline.
The degree is appropriate for students seeking careers in industry, government, and research that require expertise in modeling and simulation of physical systems. Many department faculty have joint appointments with the Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center and provide a range of interesting computational research projects in the fields of space physics, atmospheric physics, complex system dynamics and turbulence, data analysis techniques, ice-mechanics, and ice-ocean dynamics.
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Katharine and Dan Heffernan of Hamilton, Mass., stop for some ice cream at the Town Docks restaurant in Meredith Saturday. (DAN SEUFERT PHOTO)
But according to the calendar, and to hordes of tourists who jammed the roadways and waterways in the Lakes Region this weekend, the seasons haven't passed just yet.
"Summer hasn't left us yet, there's still a few very nice weeks left," said Robert Cobb of Portland, Maine, who vacations with his wife at their Meredith home each year.
Cobb was continuing his summer tradition of sitting in a lawn chair in Meredith's Hesky Park Saturday, eyeing the busy boat traffic at the Meredith Town Docks with his binoculars and his trusty dog at his side.
The region just enjoyed what many tourist-based business owners called their strongest summer in recent memory. Most small restaurants on or near the lakes, like Flurries in Meredith and Shibley's on the Pier in Alton Bay, were pleased to still be very busy with summer traffic this weekend and plan to stay open through the fall foliage season, though there isn't much talk about foliage yet.
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Katharine and Dan Heffernan sat on the back of their boat, eating ice cream from the Town Docks restaurant nearby. Residents of Hamilton, Mass., they chose to come to Lake Winnipesaukee for the day Saturday because the weather looked good.
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"We tried to do everything we could up here today, we've been shopping all morning, and now we're enjoying the lake," Maiers said as she and Lisner ate lobster, corn-on-the-cob and watermelon at the Town Docks restaurant on Meredith Bay Saturday.
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Rather than reflecting on how the past few weeks have gone, Tennessee is focused on how they can improve with the remaining days, two now, that are left in spring practice.
"I don't really have a place that I want them to be after three weeks," head coach Derek Dooley said. "All I ever really evaluate is, are we getting better each day. How much better really doesn't matter as long as we are getting a little better. I felt like we have gotten better so I'm happy at this point.
"I won't be happy if we come out tomorrow and don't get a little better. That's all I measure it on. Every day, are we getting a little better than we were yesterday? Is the organization better? Is the program better? Is the team better? Are the coaches better? As long we stay on that track, we'll get to where we want to be."
The Vols stayed on that track Tuesday afternoon inside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center.
"We had an excellent practice today," Dooley said. "This is always the harder one because you're now into that last week of spring football. We only had two practices left, two real ones. We're in helmets on Thursday. It was important that we came out here and got a lot of work and make some improvement. I felt like every player needed to pick one thing that he could improve on these next two days. That kept us pretty focused and I proud of how the team responded."
Defensive back Prentiss Waggner is one of 42 preseason candidates for the 2011 Lott IMPACT Trophy Award, which honors the top collegiate defensive player in the nation. Waggner is one of 19 defensive backs and eight SEC student-athletes who are eligible to win the eighth annual Lott Trophy.
"I'm surprised to be nominated for this prestigious award, but at the same time, it's a big honor for me," Waggner said. "My goal is to be better than last year and improve on my weaknesses. If I work hard, everything else will take care of itself."
Dooley announced Tuesday that two longtime Knoxville media members, radio host Mickey Dearstone and Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Mike Strange, have been named as celebrity guest head coaches for the 2011 Dish Network Orange and White Game, held this Saturday, April 16, at Neyland Stadium.
Dearstone is the host of the "Doc, Jeff, and Heather" morning radio show on The Sports Animal FM 99.1 (WNML-AM). He serves as the station's program director and has worked 23 years in radio, including 14 years on the Vol Network as the voice of Lady Vols Basketball.
Strange is currently in his 29th year with the News Sentinel, having joined the newspaper in 1983. He has covered Tennessee football and men's basketball since 1984.
A Wednesday night draft will determine the rosters for Saturday's game. Seniors are split 50-50 between the two squads and then take turns selecting teammates, coaches, support staff, and administrators. Thursday at Haslam Field, Dearstone and Strange will meet their teams and help conduct the final practice of the spring.
The Dish Network Orange and White Game kicks off at 2 p.m. Eastern on Saturday. The game will be streamed live online at foxsportstennessee.com and will also be shown on a tape-delayed basis on SportSouth at three times: Sunday, April 17, at 8 p.m. and Monday, April 18, at both 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. (all times Eastern).
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Second team All-SEC performers Malik Jackson and Prentiss Waggner spoke highly of sophomore defensive back Brent Brewer following Tuesday's practice.
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I've been playin' around with Smooth On's "Foam It" and "Flex Foam" products for a while, with little, single parts and things;but have yet to do a full size,'Stunt' peice.
While at an armor party with the Old Line Garrison, I was challenged by some of the members, including Scott and Charlie of AW Studios, to make a light, full foam pistol or rifle for trooping. Having squired once before, I've already seen my share of dropped E-11's and FX lightsabers.
Since I've been a Ghostbead for the last few years, it was refreshing to do a new prop. So, to start out slow, I picked the Biker Scout pistol.
Reference was hard to come by, but since I was doing a rubber stunt version, noone had any objections to using the heavily used stunt from the Visual Dictionary.
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I did a simple jacketed two part mold, buffered in foam instead of fiberglass. Once cured and split up, I painted in Flex Foam 25, dyed black, which expanded twice it's depth, and formed a nice, solid rubber outer skin.
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I want to purchase a film scanner, primarily to scan film from my 35mm cameras. I currently have an Agfa Snapscan flatbed scanner that doesn't cut it.
I also have (vague) plans to purchase a medium format camera, most likely a 6x6 or 6x4.5, and I sure will want to be able to scan negatives from that one as well.
New 135/120 scanners are costly - from what I see on the net they tend to run from 2.000 US dollars upwards, and that is quite a bit more than I think that I will be able to spend - I am aming more for the 500-800 US dollar range. What used 135/120 format scanners might I be able to find for that kind of money, which ones are good and which ones to avoid? Or should I give up om medium format in the short term, go for a 35mm one, and rather trade up when and if I realize my medium format camera dreams?
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Where do you start in selecting a sway bar or actually anti-sway bar?
I'm looking at using a splined tube from Speedway Engineering or ??? which would have some amount of adjustability.
Rates from 125 pounds to 400 or even higher are available. I have not been able to find any info on how to figure out how stiff the bar should be.
I believe that for the rear, weight and roll center height above ground must be the most important factors, but are there others? I have a solid rear with a triangulated, 4 link with 500 pounds per wheel. I can't remember what the roll center calculations were.
in the front, suspension geometry probably plays a role, also. I have double A arm with 550 pounds per wheel.
Can anyone provide any insight to what I need to know and how to determine what I need?
Dan, excellent questions. Unfortunately there is no easy answers, too many variables. You are right that roll center height is a big determining factor, on the front as well as the rear. Wheel rate, track width, tire size etc all play a role. What kind of car are you working on?
I am a believer in "softer" springs and stiffer anti-roll bars, some folks think just the opposite. It is really up to you. If it is an unusual application, an adjustable bar would be desirable. If you could give us some more information on your car we should be able to steer you in the right direction.
It is a bit hard to explain so I have attached (I hope) a couple photos to give you the idea.
It is a round tube frame (most of the triangulation is missing in the photo) with a center structural tunnel (also missing). 302 Ford, T5, and 8.8 posi with 4.11 gears. Modified, Mustang II front suspension with Coil-overs. Coil-overs, and triangulated 4 link in the rear. I checked my notes for roll center heights, but I didn't find them yet.
The cab is a '49 Ford, sectioned 4 inches, chopped 2.5 inches, and channeled to the bottom of the lower tube which is 6 inches off the ground. Wheelbase is 108". Total weight will be just under 2200.
While it is somewhat unique, for the purpose of the sway bars it is probably similar to a '30's lowboy roadster with Mustang II front end.
Thanks for responding
I'm going thru the same issues with my Willys. There are at least 3 stock type front anti roll bars for the Must II. Unfortunately they are designed for the real Must II which is about 3400 pounds and about 60% on the front end. I got one and tried it out. I have the lightest springs available for the coil over Must replacement shock/spring. It should just float on these but they are still too stiff. Not only that the single adjustable shock are valved too stiffly. There is so much compression in the shock that the ride is really rough. It handles quite nicely but the ride leaves a lot to be desired. The anti roll bar I have was so stiff that going over even a small bump with one front tire caused the other side to follow almost exactly. Inother works way too stiff. I'm told all front anti roll bars for the Must II are about the same. My nice shiny new anti roll bar is now standing up in the corner by itself.
If you can make some nice mounts for the Speedway sprint car anti roll bars, they should work nicey. I'm thinking along the the same lines. Speedway may work with you on exchange but don't mark the bars up.
For the rear there are a number of setups available. All run $250-$450. These are short and very stiff bars as they are normally used with narrowed rear end.
You will need to make your mounts to give you the roll center you want.
My case I have a very narrow rear end with the shocks only 18 inches apart. This means the springs are pretty ineffective at countering torque from the drive shaft. One wheel wonder. yeah you can install a Detroit Locker and make it so both tires spin but al it really does is drive the left tire hard and the right tire just more or less goes along for the ride. The car will drive hard to the right (rear goes to the right). I've already proved this. so I'm also working on a very stiff rear anti roll bar.
I too have the calculation somewhere but SolidWorks gives a very close answer and is much faster and easier.
Be aware that small changes in diameter of short bars changes the rate very significantly. It is also possible to overstress these stiff bars and cause them to stay twisted.
Finally it's not really necessary to depend entirely on the splines for adjustment. Design an adjustable link. You can even preload the system with these.
Thanks for the info. I may have the same problem with my front shocks. We weighed all four wheels when most of the parts were on and I think the front is 500 - 700 pounds lighter than the Mustang II. We also lowered the front roll center, so I think that would require an even softer sway bar. Your experience confirms my thought that Mustang II bar would be way too stiff.
My goal is to have a canyon carver that could navigate a road seam without launching it into the next lane.
I'm planning to make the mounts and build links that can lengthen or shorten the arms. However, there are so many choices in sway bar spring rate, I'd like to get close to begin with.
And I'd like to understand the mechanics well enough to be able to make some sort of educated guess.
Sway Bar Rate Calculator- shows you the spring rate of a sway bar:
Posted in another forum by Billy Shope:
"If you're using a torsion bar and arms from a place like Speedway Engineering, the calculation for rate, at the end of the arm, is very straightforward:
rate = 1.139E6*D^4/(A^2*L)
where the "E6" indicates the true decimal point is located 6 spaces to the right, the "^" indicates exponentiation, "*" is multiplication, "D" is the diameter of the bar, "A" is the length of the arm, and "L" is the length of the bar.
Unfortunately, with an OEM bar, you simply have to make a reasonable estimate for some of the dimensions. In addition, some OEM bars have additional "jogs" in them. There are ways to get around these problems with an acceptable error, but they're beyond the scope of a short post like this."
A LOT of chassis info:
Cobalt 327,
Great information on both sites, that's really what I was looking for. Now I'm no longer confused - I know I can't determine what I need.
I didn't realize that what the sway bars are really doing is moving the load between the front wheels and rear wheels, so front sway bar stiffness is dependant upon rear bar stiffness and vise versa.
Also, as Bentwings pointed out, the coil-over spring rate and shock valving are a large factor in roll-resistance and ride. I'm not sure how suited my coil-overs are to my project, I may be in the same boat.
At any rate, I guess I should probably wait on the sway bars until I see how the coil-overs are working.
Thanks for all the help!
But it sounds like you are grasping the intricacies of it all and that is saying a lot, IMHO.
My extent of "handling" cars was a Porsche 928 on extended loan from my overseas nephew and a pair of Datsun Z's, so I'm basically clueless. I did find out that you can get REAL loose by bolting a T/A W41 front sway bar onto a base Camaro with HP but w/o a rear bar! Also it will plow like a John Deere by doing the opposite.
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I really don't like this book. Twice I've tried reading it to learn the design patterns presented, and both times I end up getting frustrated at the amount of typos in the code examples. And I always end up looking through the errata section and see that the typos have been reported but still "unconfirmed". Additionally I feel some of the examples are poor, and don't always clearly illustrate the point. Not the usual level of quality I'm used to in Oreilly books. To the author: please edit this book properly.
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I tired to read other design pattern books before with not much success. this book explains patterns and gives coulple of easy to understand examples. it also tries to use some C#/.Net feature like delegates which i found useful.
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Poorly written. Typos present. UML diagrams wrong. Coding style leaves something to be desired. At best two stars. Buy the original GOF book and skip this one.
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NOTE: The answers to the exercises are NOT on the website, just the example code from the book. This is poor in my opinion.
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The exercises solutions
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I'm just starting to read this excellent book. Where do I can find the exercises solutions ? I'm new to design patterns and I can't answer most of the questions there.
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In my noble opinion Judith Bishop really earns a statue! So many patterns so well explained for the C# .Net developer in so few pages including examples. Congratulations!I really used some -many codelines saving- stuff from the book. Although I still haven't the time yet to read the book cover to cover, I already used several patterns from the book in 'real programming live'. I already used it several times as a reference guide and it really guides me well (some of my coworker coming over to see what wonderful code I have made).Also wonderful that it's dealing up to version 3.0 of C#.
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Well,Judith has finally done the fantastic job for .NET developer communities with respect to implementation of classic Design Patterns of GOF. There are plenty good books in the market for Design Pattern for .NET implementation. However, they are mostly of syntactical polymorphisms without leveraging the actual technologies or platform such as .NET or C#. They are either inherently or smartly transcended implementation of Java or C++ lingo though it shows as C# implementation.I like particularly the way Judith twisted on lazy singleton pattern with nested class for instance. That's a good example of leveraging on the true .NET or C# power. That's not all, if you look each one of the implementations for each design pattern specific, this is the way you need to go and do implementation in C# or .NET technologies.Congratulation Judith! You have done a very good job for .NET designers and developers. It will change lots of code designs and implementations in next few years to intermediate developers mindsets.
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Essential design patterns book for .NET developers
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C# 3.0 Design Patterns by Judith Bishop takes a new approach to a classic subject. In so doing, Bishop imparts deep insight into what is widely considered a difficult subject and conveys practical knowledge in a concise manner that will greatly benefit any serious developer programming in C# for .NET.After an introductory chapter entitled "C# Meets Design Patterns," there are nine chapters presenting all of the 23 classic design patterns from Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides's seminal work Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. The patterns are presented two or three at a time, and each chapter begins with a real-world illustration of the pattern in action. This is followed by a clear UML diagram, a concise description of the pattern players and their roles and a theory example that implements the pattern in quesiton in a complete console application that is made as short as possible, usually 50 to 80 lines of code.After presenting each pattern, Bishop provides one or more examples, several of which are carried over to and expanded in subsequent chapters, and presents numerous exercises for the reader. Each chapter typically contains sidebars briefly describing one or more C# features and how they can be leveraged in implementing the pattern at hand. There is also excellent guidance on when to use each pattern and an invaluable comparison of the patterns presented in each chapter that provides further insight into their characteristics. In addition, all of the patterns, their interactions and the examples in which they are illustrated are summarized in the final chapter.In a book of less than 300 pages, the examples, although highly relevant to practical programming problems, are necessarily somewhat simplistic. They do not contain any of the error checking, exception handling or test methods that would be present in industrial-strength code. Nonetheless, they are all complete programs that clearly illustrate the pattern in question and how to code it in C#. Several of the examples are also expanded over several chapters and presented in an appendix as fully functional programs that can be easily extended to provide additional functionality.Perhaps the greatest strength of Bishop's book and its greatest benefit to C#/.NET developers is its description of advanced C# 3.0 features and how they can be leveraged to create pattern implementations that are elegant and concise. Bishop not only writes with the authority one would expect of a professor of computer science. It is also very evident that she is an educator who has considerable experience in making difficult subjects comprehensible. As Microsoft C# Senior Developer Eric Lippert puts it in his preface to the book, "C# 3.0 Design Patterns brings the frequently abstruse world of design patterns into sharp focus with pragmatic C# 3.0 implementations."Accomplishing this in less than 300 pages is nothing short of a tour de force. I have been trying for some time to get my head around design patterns and searching for good C# implementations. Now my search is over, and I have a practical guide to understanding and implementing the patterns that I need written by an accomplished theorist, practitioner and educator.
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feeding peas to fish
I know there are many posts on this, but I was hoping I could get a few quick answers & save the time hunting the posts down...
I want to introduce much more veggie matter to my fish - 90% of which are various tetras (larger tetras, like Buenos Aries and Columbians). Sadly, the poor things rarely get any veggies, as I feed Tetra Crisps and Hikari Bloodworms, and Tetra Spirulina flakes when I remember to buy them. I actually thought I was helping them by feeding bloodworms 3 - 4 days a week, not realizing that so much protein was hard on them, and the water quality.
Some of the fish like the zucchini I offer, some don't. Tonight I tried peas. Wow! I admit I used canned peas because that's what I was going to cook (no sodium added) but I usually buy frozen peas. As a matter of fact this was the first can of peas I've bought in years - lol. I imagine they (canned) are not so healthy for fish. Anyhow, they went nuts for it. I only squeezed out 4 peas for a 125 tankful of fish, then 2 peas for some tiger and rosy barbs & celebes rainbows in a 29. I was worried that too much of a new thing - or the fact that they were canned peas - might be rough on them. But since they loved them so much, I'm wondering how often is it ok to feed peas to fish? A youtube vid has a guy that feeds peas every other day. I was thinking maybe every 3rd day? Can I use it like regular food, and give them as much as they completely consume in a minute or two? Next; I try spinach! lol
I feed mine peas once a week, it looks like it has a positive impact on the health of the fish in my tank. I'm not sure the exact interval that is optimum to feed them though. And I would also only feed what they can eat in a couple minutes, because they are not algae eaters or anything who will graze on it all day.
Peas are good for any fish in moderation, also people feed betta's a pea once a week to "flush" their system.
I keep a bag of frozen baby peas for the fish & shrimp...and for homemade soup. Thaw a few & mush with a fork. The goldfish get them 2Xs a wk. Planted tank every other week as I want those fish & shrimp to be primarily eating algae.
Peas are OK for some fish, and yes, people do feed them to bettas BUT they should not.
Bettas are purely carnivorous fish, and the digestive tract is not made to handle a big influx of roughage. A well-balanced pellet food (NLS or similar) contains all the required fiber and plant material that a betta would need. Constipation and bloat with bettas is almost always an overfeeding issue. Bettas are opportunity feeders - meaning they'll eat anything they can find, even if they aren't hungry.
Peas are bad for bettas, but not all fish. Highly-vegetarian fish like some goldfish and varieties of cichlid do well with peas.
Thanks everyone! As I said, 90% of my fish are large tetras which should be provided vegetable matter, I don't have bettas but I did read that they shouldn't have veggies & why. Thanks for pointing it out though, if I had been a clueless betta owner, you would have saved my fish!
Dogfish, I'm curious; are your goldfish outside pond fish, or inside in a tank? I ask because I've become enamored of Fizzie's (drat - I can't remember her whole username just now!) big, beautiful planted goldfish tank. I'm actually considering reserving one of my 29s for two goldfish-only (and heavy filtration - lol). My reading also said it's highly recommended to feed peas to goldfish especially.
What I didn't have a clue about was how often to feed my tetras peas, but the general consensus seems to be 2x a week. I'm going shopping today and will also pick up some spinach and lettuce to see how that goes...
thank you everyone!
Reactions vary, but I've had good responses to: acorn squash, pumpkin, yams, green beans, and pretty much any dark green leaf, incuding radish leaves.
My Orandas are in a 40 (sump tank) of my Aquaponic system. That's were I'm using the MattenFilter. Yes, on the Peas for Goldfish but in moderation as Peas are high fiber.
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I hear you can get a G19 and 50 rounds of ammo for $570 in blackwater!
Ok, so I have decided the gun to replace my "sick" Sig until I can pay a gunsmith to fix it (no, Sig won't fix it, long story) is a Glock. Only which one is the question.
I have it narrowed down to two. The 21SF and the 36. I am leaning toward the 21SF, but it sort of knocks off any chance of conceal carrying it, at least in the summer. However, and this is so petty I can't believe I am even saying it, the 36 looks weird when open carrying, which I do at work and would do with this gun.
When trying to rationalize either one, I end up defeating myself. The 21SF, if not easy to conceal, will end up as a range gun only when I move on to the job I am working on getting, which will result in an issued weapon (I'm getting in shape to try for the police department). The 36 will end up never being open carried.
What are your thoughts?
Question two. I may have a chance to buy a used 36 (which may result in me buying both guns at some point). However... it will be an old retired range rental gun. Good idea? Bad idea?
I hear you can get a G19 and 50 rounds of ammo for $570 in blackwater!
I was very impressed with the 21SF when I shot it a few weeks ago. The 36 seems fine for a CCW, but it also seems prone to malfunctions more than any of the other Glocks.
Who cares what the gun looks like when you carry it openly? It's a Glock, so it looks funny regardless. But is it a fashion accessory or a life-saving tool?
The best gun is the one you always have with you. The First Rule of Gunfighting, as defined years ago by Mark Moritz, is: "Have a gun!"
If you'll carry the 36 when Godzilla is left at home...get the 36.
Unfortunetly, as a gun sales person, it is part fashion accesory. If I wasn't doing this job the choice would be a lot easier. But sadly, the customers look at what the sales people are carrying. Whatever is on my hip is what I sell the most of. If the look was completely it, I wouldn't be looking at a Glock. But being a woman who stands 6'0" tall and isn't exactly wearing a size 2, customers see something is "off" about my gun and turn away from the entire brand. We tried an experiment with my Bersa to this effect, and it was near impossible to sell Bersas that day... which is saying something since the little buggers usually fly like they're the next hot thing. I chose Glock because of the function. I'm debating those two because they feel best in my hand out of what I've handled of Glocks so far. And the choice right now is stuck on a few details, one of which is, sadly, what it looks like on my hip, but it is not the entire or even the main concern. But if it was all about protecting the store, I'd strap my K31 to my back and be done with it.
Main issues I am having right now: will I actually shoot the 36? Will I opt to carry the 36 instead of my Bersa when I'm not working? Will I say to heck with it and go back to my Sig? Will I keep the revolver on regardless? Will the 21SF sit up in my armpit the way my revolver does (and don't think the customers aren't turned off by the 686 when they see it my armpit, which is also a problem)? With some things I've heard about the 36, will buying it turn me back away from Glock again? And, yes, will the customers have a good laugh at the tiny little gun on my hip and move on to another brand?
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Thigh holster, anyone?
Seriously, that's a lot of conflicting requirements. One compromise might be something like a Glock 23. When you're working, bulk it up with a +2 mag. You can just switch to a flush mag for concealment. Not sure if this an option for the 36, though you can get +2s for 30s.
Get an OWB pancake holster (or maybe a crossdraw?) for carry in the shop. They take up a lot of real estate on the belt and make the gun look bigger. Crossdraw usually solves the armpit problem.
But if you're only concerned about open carry in the shop, the 21 seems a reasonable choice, if your hands are big enough for the gun.
Having handled the 36, it doesn't seem like a small gun at all. It's still bigger than a 26 or 27, to me. I think it will be a noticeable presence on your belt, especially if you strap on a nice double leather mag pouch as an accessory, along with Mike's suggestion of the extended mags.
I've gravitated towards mid-frames like the 229, Glock 19, Beretta Cougar, etc. They fit my hand better. So my vote is the 36. You're sold on the .45, it sounds like. Though I would think the 22 or 23 in .40 would serve your purpose as well, if not the 17 or 19. If you can stomach 9mm or 40, that is. Those pistols take up a bit more room on the belt.
As to your example with the Bersa: I think Glock has some cachet that the Bersa doesn't have. Even non-gun folks recognize Glocks. People will probably think, "That's a cool, small Glock, in .45 no less." The Glock mystique at work.
I'm getting more and more sold on the idea of carrying and shooting one gun as much as possible. Familiarity breeds competence, I would think. The 36 would work better for me, but I'm packing a 27 when and where permissible, for that reason. But that's simply my personal preference.
Well, there are many answers to your question but I don't think any one will do. Personally, I carry a smaller gun since I'm only 5'7". I carry my Glock 23 in the heavier clothes months and my Kel-Tec P-3AT in the summer in my pocket holster. I would like to have something with more thump to it if I were to use it defensivly than the .380 but hey, it's better than not carrying anything.
I may someday go with a G26 but then they are pretty thick (same as G23) for me so I will probably go for a single stack when I have the money.
Why not carry what you want to sell the most of at work and carry what you are comfortable with carrying off hours? A pretty 1911 looks good and sell for a lot. As long as you're selling a good handgun then make a little money with it. Look at the markups ect.
I think I am really liking the 30 at this point. I was doing some looking at work today. I still need to shoot it, though. That will be the definte end all.
The 23 was on my list, but again, I need to shoot it. I seem to have trouble with the .40 in lighter framed guns. It's been a great round in my Sig, but when I shot the HK a few months back I couldn't control it. I haven't tried it in the Glock yet, but I will. I've got weird ammo trouble, like I can handle a 500 fine but not a 44 mag. I don't understand it much.
I am definetly hoping for a OWB pancake holster. Have one for my Sig, it is my all time favorite for every kind of carry, on and off the clock. I may like that little Galco more than I like the gun in it! LOL! But I was also looking at the Blackhawk CQC holsters. I just have a thing for leather holsters, though, so I'll probably get another Galco.
Well, hopefully, I'll be hitting the range with some Glocks in the next few days. I'll let you know if my thoughts change drastically or if I settle on one. I think I have written off the 36 and will try the 30 instead. I've taken some things said here and asked around and it seems thoughts are along the same line. So it has been bumped.
I was looking at some 30's on line, now that you mention it. It seems like it will fit your needs quite nicely.
Let us know how you like it.
Glock Model 30.
Good to go carried concealed or open carry.


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So Art and Kristen since you guys looked so close at the Storm Shadow costume...what does the coat appear to be made out of?
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So Art and Kristen since you guys looked so close at the Storm Shadow costume...what does the coat appear to be made out of?
Leather? Really? Who wears a giant white leather coat like that?? That doesn't seem comfortable at all. Nor does it seem like that would help his fighting ability. What about the pants?
pants looked like standard cotton. BTW, the jacket had stetch areas under the armpits for mobility....
Ah, so at least this costume should cost a bloody fortune to replicate.
Perhaps the Snake Eyes pants are an older model of the Crye Precision pants. The stuff Duke wears by is theirs so perhaps Snake Eyes has the same brand. It's not their newest stuff but perhaps one of their older models. They have the velcro on the fly and the pattern looks similar though the new ones have shin pads and extra pockets. I also think the material they make is smooth and not rip stop like most BDUs. Just my 2c.
Got my storm shadow sneakers in today! For a cheap chinese rip off the quality is VERY good and the overall look is relatively close!
The original Dior Homme shoes appear to be all leather (as are these replicas) but the stormshadow sneakers have a cloth part at the ankle... Not sure if they added that so they could have the inside zipper added or what...
The one issue I have is that these are huge on me. I got size 44 (US 10) because I wanted to make sure they fit. I believe they would be closer to 11.5 or 12! Anyone got big feet and need stormshadow shoes?
At $100 I think this is a steal considering the originals go between $450-$850 if you could even find them!!!
These came from ioffer and took about 12 days to arrive from China which I thought was pretty good!
Just read on another board that Snake Eyes' watch might be an upcoming watch from Oakley.... that seems really unlikely, but I thought I would throw it out there anyway.
Can you mail your Storm Shadow shoes back for a smaller size?
A Snake-Eyes Oakley watch? Interesting....
I am actually sending the shoes to another board member. Hopefully they will fit him and I will just pick up another pair.
Don't take the watch thing to heart... I just saw it posted on another board that the visor was two of Oakley's football visors fused together (which seems... far fetched, even though we know Oakley provided the visor), the the boots were the Oakley SI (already knew that one) and that the watch was a new watch coming from Oakley. Might not be anything to it, but I thought I would at least throw it out here in case there is something to it. The thing is, don't you think they would have released that to coincide with the movie?
A number of people told me they missed this part of the film, which I thought was one of the very best, so I thought I would throw up a could of screen grabs (poor as they are) to show Storm Shadow snapping his swords together to create a double bladed sword like Darth Maul.
Just insert Darth Maul and Obi Wan into that bottom picture and voila! Episode I end fight scene!
Except Obi doesn't fight with two tonfas with blades on the ends of them. Of all the weapons in that movie those were the strangest ones...
Saw this over at the RPF .. thought I would slip it in here for a slightly off topic giggle intermission :lol
The Ballad of GI-Joe ....... be sure and give it a chance though. And keep your eye out for REAL celebs all over the place :lol
so, should I go see this movie?
Overall, the movie was terrible. It is just my childhood love of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow as well as my appreciation of storm shadow's costume design that is causing me to pursue this. While I didn't care for the movie at all, a lot of our members did...
See...thats what I have in mind Artimus. Like the GI Joe I remember from being a kid, I just feel if I see it, it might tarnish that memory. But at the same time I know it is just Hollywoods ploy to try and make money of something that was good, no matter how terrible it turns out.
So with that said, I will probably go see it, just for the fact I wanna do Snake Eyes' costume!
LOL!!!!:lol:lol:lol it killed me!
Been reading this topic from top to bottom and it's superb!!!! You guys rock!
..."screen accurate abs"... I cannot stop laughing, you over did it!
Maulfett, how's that costume coming up? Did you finished with the belts and all? Can wait to see that costume "up close and personal"
Found so many quality pictures of Storm Shadow that now I can definetly make that jacket.


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