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|Could it be that the social success I've attained over the years was due to my choice of the cruising vessel of the future? A wooden home built gaff rigged Spray?
My experience is that the "less into it" crew members (may include wifes, friends, children etc) really appreciate a boat with a high "comfort factor", in particular when the going gets a bit rougher which on any cruise will happen sooner or later.
COMFORT FACTOR = disp/(.65*(.7*lwl+.3*loa)*beam^1.33) This is an empirical term developed by yacht designer Ted Brewer. Large numbers indicate a smoother, more comfortable motion in a sea way. The equation favors heavy boats with lots of overhang and a narrow beam. These are all factors that slow down a boats response in violent conditions, which is a major factor in reducing crew fatigue. This design philosophy is contrary to many modern racer / cruisers. A value of 30 - 40 is recommended for a cruising boat. Racing designs are typically less than 30, and a full keel, Colin Archer design, could be as high as 55. Teds recommendations were used for the optimal values, with a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 50.
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Originally Posted by SloopJonB View Post
You haven't factored in that you got one of the only ones around that are like that.
I'm joking, but not by THAT much - most women prefer comfort and security to adventure.
But you are right, I won the wife lottery. Now I will step back and un-hijack the thread.
|Capn Len, if you survive that catch and release comment, you'll be fortunate!
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|Better to be a good sport about the gender thing. Practice catch and release. Sooner or later you find a keeper and then be amazed at how your life has changed.
Originally Posted by ext222 View Post
Not directed at the OP in any way, rather at the general idea that women need to be mollycoddled more than men, and that maybe men would be happier leaving them at home:
I think the first list to make should be "What to look for in a wife"!
Every adventure I have undertaken in my life, from kayaking to BASE jumping to scuba diving to sailing, my wife has jumped into with equal enthusiasm. (And she is usually better at it than I am.)
It must be miserable to be married to someone who isn't as big of a nut as you are.
I'm joking, but not by THAT much - most women prefer comfort and security to adventure.
Originally Posted by davidpm View Post
This is a 35' Wauquieq Pretorian
As you can see the wheel comes to within an inch of the seats on the side.
The only way to get to the helm position is to climb on top of the seats then climb down.
For some people this is a problem.
David , thanks for the clarification and I can but agree that the need to climb over the cockpit seats to get to the wheel is a less than perfect arrangement.
Regarding centreline berth, I was thinking you meant a centreline sea berth. Centreline island double berth is a nice thing no doubt though I'm not convinced about them when they are under the cockpit. CruisingDad, though reckons this works in his Catalina but hell, what would he know? We are OK with our v-berth that has good width forward. We sleep heads forward in winter but in summer we reverse cos better ventilation.
In my summation, which btw was based on what the Wombet likes, I did forget to mention tankage. We carry 600 litres of water and 400l of diesel plus we have a watermaker. For power generation twin 185ah solar cells, wind generator and balmar high output alternator. The wind generator btw is rarely used. Even though ours is one of the quietest around it is still noisy and quite frankly is nowhere near as useful as the solar cells. Were we to be in a less sunny environment then this could well change.
Not directed at the OP in any way, rather at the general idea that women need to be mollycoddled more than men, and that maybe men would be happier leaving them at home:
I think the first list to make should be "What to look for in a wife"!
Every adventure I have undertaken in my life, from kayaking to BASE jumping to scuba diving to sailing, my wife has jumped into with equal enthusiasm. (And she is usually better at it than I am.)
It must be miserable to be married to someone who isn't as big of a nut as you are.
Originally Posted by Melrna View Post
I love the fact that she put on the top of her list, helm station she can get too without having to climb over the lazeratte to get to. ...
with a small wheel you cannot reach the wheel siting there, or you have just to bend forward making the position uncomfortable. With a big wheel it is more difficult to go forward but you can comfortably steer the boat sitting on the side with the foot on the pedestal.
The two wheel setup have just solved that. On an older boat you have too chose between a better sailing seating position or an easier passage on the cockpit
Originally Posted by Faster View Post
A workable galley and decent storage would have been my wife's top pick, ... cockpit was a bit more ergonomically friendly, esp while heeled.
We had a 36ft Bavaria and she compares that boat with all the boats we see on boat shows. The problem is that the Bavaria was a very good boat in what regards tankage and storage space. Even the galley was good for a 36ft boat.
I remember some bigger boats that I found interesting like the "old" Jeanneau 42i that she surprisingly found that had less storage space than the Bavaria in what regards storage.
It was of no use to argue with her that the weight distribution of the boat was very important and that the tanks should better be on both sides of the boat. She just see that is just a big waste of space
A boat is a compromise and each one has it's own. It is better to have a look without such a complete list and see how the boat meet the criteria you and your wife find more important.
My wife had been with me in some test sails and she found quickly that a narrow boat sails with a lot of heel while a modern beamy boat sails with much less heel. If the choose was all hers, she would chose a boat like the RM 1200, a boat with a huge initial stability and that sails with less heel.
I guess that heel is important while cooking. You have just to look to the new Benetau, the Sense and the Oceanis: The women have won, they want boats that heel not much while sailing and they have got it
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- Anonymous said...
I appreciate the difficult job that the TSA does in keeping us safe on the airlines. My family and I flew out of DFW to Columbia, SC and we went right through security checkpoints without any problems. But when we went through security at Columbia airport to go back to DFW, we had to dispose of several items (body lotion, hair spray, and a few other cosmetic items) that were properly stored in required zip-lock baggies per FDA regulations. Here is a concern that I would like to address. If these items were allowed at DFW's security point, why were they not allowed at the Columbia (CAE) checkpoint? I would have thought that the TSA would have some consistency in their security checkpoints. Would this not be something that all employees are trained in regardless of the size of the airport? It's frustrating to passengers when one airport allows certain items through check points and another airport does not. I would appreciate if you could clarify this situation for me so that I could be informed for future flights.
Again, let me say that I appreciate the hard work that the TSA does in keeping us safe.
Laurencio Arroyo
- March 22, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
I flew through Love Field recently, and I had a quite good experience over all. The only thing I noticed was that the TSA people in the security lines didn't have quart sized plastic bags for people who had forgotten about liquids they had in their carry ons. If they did have them, they weren't apparent at all. I've seen TSA people at other air ports offer people waiting in the security lines plastic bags and I feel like it was helpful.
- March 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Plastic bags are not provided for by the government. At many airports screeners and supervisors are paying for these items themselves, and at some airports perhaps they've been told not to. At any case, the quart size zip top bag is the passangers responsibility. As for the liquids getting thru one airport and not another.. you got lucky at one.
- March 24, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
RE: I flew through Love Field recently, and I had a quite good experience over all. The only thing I noticed was that the TSA people in the security lines didn't have quart sized plastic bags for people who had forgotten about liquids they had in their carry ons. If they did have them, they weren't apparent at all. I've seen TSA people at other air ports offer people waiting in the security lines plastic bags and I feel like it was helpful.
I flew out of Love recently and although I brought my bag from home with my stuff in it, I noticed both bags and foot thingies in little baskets at the checkpoint.
- March 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm glad this blog exists and I feel the TSA is genuinely making an effort to improve themselves and the experience of passengers. Unfortunately it seems to be stuck at the top for the moment. The day-to-day TSA screeners, the ones passengers have experiences with, just don't seem as well-trained or motivated as the higher-ups who put together this blog.
On that note, what is the policy regarding laptops in bags? I recall earlier that the TSA did away with that policy and I've still had to go through with it every time I've flown, at Love Field and elsewhere. No complaints really, just wondering about the consistency and how long it takes for new rules to filter down.
Also, passengers are already pretty tense when flying anyway which is a function of new security measures, but also of more people flying and of course the airlines don't do much to help. Because of this, people usually want to have as little dealing with the TSA as possible and while I imagine most would have no problem, time allowing of course, to talk to a TSA supervisor, the possibility of being tagged as "suspicious" or put on the "behavioral observation police" watch list or something and risking some kind of extra background check that reveals that their great-great-uncle's third cousin twice removed once had tea with the Ayatollah's great-great-mother-in-law is just too much extra stuff to deal with when they're just hoping to catch their plane on time.
- March 24, 2008 at 7:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
It disgusts me to see these comments regarding security and the supposedly uneducated screeners. There is quite a bit of educated personnel within our ranks from the lowest end (which is a screener) to upper management, but to assume we are all uneducated is quite ignorant. The majority of us have degrees in various subjects or we come highly decorated from various branches of the Armed Forces (you know those people who fight for our freedom), we chose this agency to assist any way we can in ensuring the American public a safe passage. We are targeted on a daily basis from passengers and the media; put yourself in our shoes just for a moment and imagine screening up to 15,000 people and that is just on your shift (which is 8 hours)daily. Can you fathom that? There is 15,000 people coming through your area and you have to explain everything to divest, declare,conduct bag checks, hand wands, full body pat-downs and etc, for eight hours. Are you gong to make everyone happy? The answer is no, because most people come in the airports already upset about the process either something happened to them (once) or they heard various things from co-workers or friends and they are determined not to be happy about any part of the process. We have taken over document checking and identification which we provide 100% better than private companies; we also are conducting Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques, which if you read the TSA website have resulted in the capturing of known felons, persons that are trying to deceive the U.S govt with fraudulent documents and etc. In conclusion, we(screeners) are all human to, we put on our shoes one at a time just the same as you(passengers)if we could all treat each other with openness and respect we would not have these problems we have to day. Have a great day or evening.
- March 27, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have been fortunate enough to fly in and out of Love Field several times over the past year. I must say that the TSA agents assigned to Love are genuinely good at their job.
I have not had any problems with them at all. Every agent I have dealt with has been courteous and considerate. I think that the TSA staff at Love should be modelled in other airports.
Everyone understands the need for security in this day and age, however, there is not a single reason in the world to be rude about it.
- March 30, 2008 at 8:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
I worked at love field for three years. In that time, I have seen nothing but disrespectful, rude behavior from TSA. I know that most of them are in it for the money and benifits; to cite an example I am able to tell you what they make per hour as well as the fact that they make time and a fourth on sundays and I wasn't even close with them. I also had the occasion to run into them inside my place of business. Despite the fact that I was a bartender, they would ignore the to-go station and insist on being served by me. When I would proceed to redirect them back to the to go station they would make imflamitory remarks and comment on the fact that they shouldn't have to wait in line. This was not an isolated incident. ALso in the three years I worked at this job, I never met one person who didn't sigh when they got seated a TSA agent. They were demanding and rude; they also didn't tip despite the discount they recieved. Luckily working at the bar, I had little occasion to serve them being as it wasn't allowed for them to sit there. On occasion they would try and get extremely agitated when they learned of the policy. They also seemed to move increasingly slow,(in the course of their screening duties) if they didn't like a person. One young man who worked inside the airport was subjected to additional screening every time he passed through security because he had gotton in a fight with a particular TSA agent outside of the security checkpoint. I believe the arguement was about who was in the restroom first and who would have to wait for the next available stall. In my vast experience, TSA are just glorified hall monitors. You know what they say about giving someone just a little power...
- March 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
generally, I think the screeners at DAL do a great job. I am glad they are there, and I am glad they are looking out for our safety.
My only comment is that there are 6 lines downstairs and 2 upstairs, but never seem to be more than 4 total open at a time. Why? Flying thru DAL during spring break, the lines were long...
As for flight crews cutting to the front of the line, why don't they have to get there an hour before flight times just like the rest of us. I know they spend a lot of time on the planes, in the airports, etc., but so do the rest of us and we aren't getting paid to be there (just the opposite).
Of course, if TSA had all the lines open (think Friday afternoon during Christmas, Thanksgiving or spring break) instead of just half of them, then it wouldn't make a difference if crews got to go to the front of the line.
- March 30, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
TO CD from IAH,
I fly every week. I've been in most US airports and several foreign ports as well. While I am glad to see you hold your post in high regards, your attitude and inflection give away your true agenda. Though there are "quite a bit" of educated employees in the TSA ranks these positions are out flanked almost 4 to 1 with the masses of GED holding foot soldiers. Look it up. Yes, I agree you have a almost thankless job and it is one that helps secure our great nation. Yes, I do not envy your choice to be a public servant and working for our government that is what you are, a public servant. But as I pointed out it was YOUR CHOICE. If you can't take the pressure please do yourself and the traveling public to whom you serve a favor and CHOOSE another career. Quit playing the disgruntled employee who terrorizes the people you were hired to protect and find a job that will make you happy.
- March 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
For starters, I always get searched no matter what. I carry a camcorder, lavlier microphones, a tripod and tapes. It never ceases to amaze me that my bag is checked each and every time. During the search I usually have to insist on carefully opening my own bags. I've had items handled improperly in the past.
I also usually get scolded for not taking everything out of my bags before putting them through the metal detector. There isn't enough time to take everything out and then reassmeble eveything. Give me a break.
My only other choice is to check the bag and risk losing the contents or even worse having TSA handlers go through my delicate electronics without me present. When you guys are given the authority to check my belongings, please be careful and respectful you don't have the authority to manhandle and break my belongings.
- March 30, 2008 at 5:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
CD (IAH) said:
"We are targeted on a daily basis from passengers and the media; put yourself in our shoes just for a moment and imagine screening up to 15,000 people and that is just on your shift (which is 8 hours)daily. Can you fathom that? There is 15,000 people coming through your area and you have to explain everything to divest, declare,conduct bag checks, hand wands, full body pat-downs and etc, for eight hours."
We are going afield here, but at least we are still in Texas.
I question your math as to your comment that "there is (sic) 15,000people coming through your area" in an 8 hour shift.
I have looked at the numbers for IAH and taking out arriving passengers and connecting passengers (who are not screened unless connecting from international to domestic), the total number of passengers for the whole airport is approximately 30,000 for the whole day. There are checkpoints in Terminals A, B and E and two separate checkpoints for each of Terminals C and E. That makes seven different areas. Are you confident about your number?
- March 30, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
As a first time passenger since 9-11, I fly private plane most of the time, I found things not as bad as I had been told. Only problem was my lap top, at MAF I put it in to a box by its self opened the case and all was fine. On return out of Love Field I did the same thing and boy was that ever the wrong thing to do. I was sure that I looked around for instructions but found none, would of been nice to know ahead of time
- March 30, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- rave said...
I have been fortunate enough to fly in and out of Love Field several times over the past year. I must say that the TSA agents assigned to Love are genuinely good at their job.
"I have not had any problems with them at all. Every agent I have dealt with has been courteous and considerate. I think that the TSA staff at Love should be modelled in other airports.
Everyone understands the need for security in this day and age, however, there is not a single reason in the world to be rude about it."
I could not have said it any better well said and True
- April 19, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
On the sixth leg of a two state four city swing, I flew through Love Field on Mother's Day with my 12 year old (who looks 16 and acts 22). We have been flying togther since she was 2 and have the routine down - no liquids, shoes off, laptops out - boarding passes & ID's in hand ready for the initial review by TSA. We were DIRECTED to the "family line" behind two ladies in wheel chairs and a gentleman flying with 4 minor children (non of whom were holding on to their own boarding passes). If it weren't for one TSA agent who recognized the mismatch, my daughter and I would still be in line behind those nice people. So much for "self determination".
- May 13, 2008 at 1:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
While I appreciate the TSA and their efforts to keep airports safe, I do think we have gone a little overboard. On my recent journey through the security checkpoint at LUV and TUL, I noticed 6-8 TSA employees at each X-RAY line. There were 3 looking at the X-RAY screen, 1 checking boarding passes and 3-4 others just chatting it up at the end of the conveyor belt. I'm glad to see that the tax dollars we work so diligently for, are being thrown away by over-staffing airport security lines. Also, I would like to know the requirements and pre-reqs for obtaining such a job - 99% of the TSA employees I've encountered can't have more than a high school education. It makes me feel so much better that an uneducated, $8.00 an hour employee is protecting our National Security! Overall, I think the intentions of the TSA are good, but unfortunately, the employees are not quality and the TSA has failed to provide consistent checkpoints across the map. TSA gets two thumbs down and an F in my book! (P.S. The shoe thing is ridiculous - I saw the picture on the front page, and who cares if a guy is hiding $40k in his shoe - He's probably hiding it from the gov't so they can't tax it to create some other worthless agency!)
- May 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
Seeing TSO's stand around isn't as common at the larger, busier airports but even those have down time. The trouble with staffing is that airlines can and do change their flight schedules continually causing either over staffing or understaffing unless we get our schedules changed as well. Also BDO's wear the same uniform as TSO's but do not screen passengers or bags. Having a couple of BDO's standing around doing their jobs which have been talked about on this blog, makes it look like TSO's need to get busy running more screening lanes. But that just isn't how it works.
Also, we make more than 8 dollars an hour and most of us have either college degrees, military training and service, or police training and service. Those things aren't required to be a TSO, but most of us have one or more anyway.
- May 20, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
I recently traveled from DFW to ATL to MIA. I can honestly say that no matter how polite I was, the TSO was rude. The problem is, for every polite TSO that cares about their job and isn't a complete idiot/jerk, there are about six others making you look bad. I'm glad you have this blog because this saves me some letter writing time. There has to be some accountability for the way TSOs behave. There is no job that is without accountability. And whoever made the statement about having to guide over 15K people through security per day-that is no excuse for a negative attitude and poor customer service. As an educator, I have to have the same energy in my last class as I do in my first. No excuses. I'm employed and that goes with the territory. If you don't like your job and if it sucks, you're not being held captive-do something else. If you can't enjoy what you do, and if you can't have a better attitude, I really don't want to deal with you. I should be able to ask questions if I'm confused about something, and get them answered without having to deal with some kid who's in a bad mood. If TSOs are educated and make more than $8 an hour, I have YET to see one act like it. As a PAYING airline customer, I expect to be treated well during my entire flying experience.
- May 22, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am an expert traveler and the new system does not expedite the process for expert travelers. I have observed that I typically can get through the process quicker by going through casual versus expert. In my observation, more travelers are going through expert lanes (even though they are not even close to being experts). In addition, the lane is penalized by having only one station opened for scanning. The casual traveler typically has two.
Please ditch the proces....it's not working.
- June 5, 2008 at 9:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
thank you houston hobbie airport for putting me in your storeage room for a privite screening. IT was fun reading all your importent things on the wall and look at the dif forms u use. Thanks for the drink of water after u took mine. If you fly out off hobbie ask for a privite just for the room.
- June 12, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
I travel weekly through Dallas Love Field. I am very disappointed in the new security screening process. The three different lines (expert, family, etc) do not speed up the process. In fact, it now takes 10-15 minutes LONGER for me to go through security than it did before. Please revert back to the old way!!!
- June 16, 2008 at 2:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
I travel to Love Field every week. The three lines (expert, casual, family) do not speed up the process. Please revert back the old way of screening.
- June 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
My last few trips through Love field security lines have been a frustrating experience. The 3 lanes (expert, casual, and family) seem like a good idea in theory, but are not working! Last summer, even though the lines were long, they moved quickly. Since the new system has been put into place, the lines crawl. Please increase the number of employees checking IDs and the number of lanes available to the expert flyers so we can get through quicker! I have seen people get through the casual lane quicker than those of us in the Expert lane.
- June 18, 2008 at 8:08 AM
- Anonymous said...
I fly DAL almost every week. The new 3 line system slows travel not speeds it up. It takes 5 - 10 minutes longer to get through. Please return to the old process.
- June 20, 2008 at 8:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was heartened to find in Terminal D you can buy a brand of water other than the pervasive aquafina...there's a Mart that sells large bottles of Ethos water.
There should be a chance to buy something besides Aquafina and Dasani...
- June 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
In going through security at Dallas Love Field this week, we were behind an elderly couple who clearly did not understand the process of getting through the checkpoint. What upset me about watching this elderly man and woman attempt to properly get through their screening was a lack of effort on any TSA employee's part to assist them. The gentleman at the pass through point only kept telling them to please step back, empty everything from your pockets, remove anything metal that could be setting off the screening machine. Then everyone would sit and wait and watch these people try to figure out what it was they needed to do. At one point, the elderly woman pulled a pen out of her pocket. The screener only said, I doubt a pen would be setting this off. And she continued to search her pockets some more.
Elderly people sometimes need a little extra assistance and it broke my heart that it took 10 minutes of waiting and watching and frustration before a TSA employee finally stepped up and asked that the two step aside.
It would be my recommendation that TSA staff be trained to recognize that at times there will be certain individuals who might need some extra help in figuring out exactly what it is they need to do to successfully maneuver themselves through the security checkpoints. The elderly population is one such group who might need help in this regard more so than the average joe. To sit there and act so robotic as to say the same thing over and over and watch as someone clearly struggles with the process is difficult to comprehend. Can we not think beyond the points listed in a manual? At the same time, such scenarios hold up everyone behind that point and then pretty soon everyone is frustrated.
There should be a separate line where anyone who appears to be having some difficulty in understanding what to do can be pulled into by a designated TSA employee and given a little extra assistance and care. If the gentleman who finally did show up to help had not done so when he did, I wonder how long it would have taken before this couple would have removed every single item from their pockets, etc. before the alarm would no longer go off.
At some point, a little common sense and some common courtesy needs to be added to the mix. There have got to be better ways to get the process of moving people beyond security running a bit more smoothly and that can adjust based on the needs of the population being served at any given moment.
Thank you.
- June 25, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Danica said...
I was flying Southwest Airlines from DAL to CRP and back again. I want to give praise for the TSA security checkpoint at Corpus Christie Airport and specifically agent 52606 who was very thorough in observing people's ID's and truly comparing the picture ID's to the person in front of him. I often feel that the tech making the checks don't actually look at the individual. This may be the new ID policy but he also looked at all the embedded codes in the ID's to make sure that the ID was authentic and I've never seen that before. I was impressed with everyone.
- July 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
Here's a tip -- just because you're an expert traveler doesn't mean you have to wait in the expert line. Look at the various lines and choose the one that's shortest -- it's simple. Chicago Midway airport also put this black diamond system into place, and I usually go in the casual traveler line, even though I've been traveling at least monthly for the last 10 years. The line moves much faster, and all you arrogant, pushy folks are in the expert line. Works perfectly from my perspective.
- July 22, 2008 at 1:59 PM


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I supered using a warré box. It was set on top of the existing honey stores. I already had spacers between the top bars in the honey area, so all I had to do was remove a few spacers to give the bees access to the super. I spread the bars apart a bit more, to about 9mm, and they went up no problem.
I don't really get the whole going with TBH's, then supering. It makes me wonder why anyone would decide on a TBH from the start.
Quote from: BjornBee on December 03, 2010, 08:11:49 AMI don't really get the whole going with TBH's, then supering. It makes me wonder why anyone would decide on a TBH from the start.It might help to put aside some presumptions. I chose a TBH because 1) I wanted to keep bees 2) I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a hive and 3) I liked that TBHs don't look like hives (i.e.: scream to the neighbors "we've got bees!"). It had nothing to do with going "natural" or foundationless or any of the other ideologies people like to attach to TBH beekeeping. For me it boiled down to the fact that I wanted to cheaply keep bees on the down-low.
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Gopher Frog Restoration
Gopher Frog Headstart Program
Gopher Frog Restoration in Georgia
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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division along with the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center and The Nature Conservancy are working together to help restore Georgia's rarest frog species back to protected sites within its historical native range.
Gopher frogs (Rana capito) are nearly endemic to the once-vast longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem of the Southeastern U.S. coastal plain. Largely due to the drastic loss of this ecosystem, as well as to the embedded isolated wetlands necessary for breeding and larval development, gopher frog populations have significantly declined throughout their range. Listed as "rare" in Georgia, extant populations in the state are known from only six sites. Because of the highly fragmented landscape throughout the gopher frog's historic range, it is very unlikely that the species will recolonize restored lands without the help of repatriation efforts.
Project Objective
The aim is to establish self-sustaining and manageable populations of gopher frogs on lands within their historic range that are currently devoid of the species but that have been restored to suitable habitat.
Project at a Glance
Pilot Recipient Site
The Nature Conservancy's Williams Bluffs Preserve, a 1,980-acre tract near Blakely in Early County, Ga., will serve as the sole recipient site for the first five years of releases. Historically, the majority of uplands at this site were made up of longleaf-pine wiregrass communities, but during the era of "king cotton" the landscape was transformed into agricultural fields that likely eliminated much of the native wildlife, possibly including gopher frogs. Since then, restoration efforts have resulted in a return to the historical natural conditions, albeit with a much younger forest. Embedded within the uplands are five limesink, ephemeral wetlands ideal for pond-breeding amphibians. Extensive visual surveys for amphibian egg masses, dip-netting surveys for larvae, and aural surveys using automated frog-loggers have revealed a diversity of species commonly associated with gopher frogs, but gopher frogs themselves were not detected. Because the habitats seem ideal for gopher frogs, and the site is protected in perpetuity and actively managed using prescribed fire, we believe it is an ideal site for a repatriation effort.
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Raycom Sports recently announced the 2013 debut of the Emmy Award-nominated ACC Network syndicated series, ACC Basketball: Kings of the Court. Former Tar Heel legend Phil Ford will be featured on the first episode, which debuted this week.
Each half-hour show goes beyond the game to tell the unique story of a player or coach, and how they made a name for themselves in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC Network's Cory Alexander, a former University of Virginia standout and 8-year NBA guard, is the host.
The first show, scheduled to debut this weekend, profiles one of the best players in the history of the ACC, North Carolina point guard Phil Ford. The catalyst for the four corners offense, Ford was named MVP of the ACC Tournament as a freshman, was a starter for the gold medal-winning 1976 U.S. Olympic team, and was National Player of the Year as a senior.
Then follow the journey of Maryland All-American John Lucas. After a legendary collegiate career, Lucas was the No. 1 overall pick of the Houston Rockets in the 1976 NBA Draft and went on to a 14-year NBA career. But substance abuse battles took their toll. After successfully undergoing drug rehabilitation, Lucas has found his second career counseling people battling substance abuse.
Episodes 2 and 3 will be released in February and March, respectively. For complete information on the ACC Basketball: Kings of the Court, including airdates and times, station affiliates and platforms, visit theACC.com/kings
Raycom is the current syndicated television rightsholder of ACC men's basketball and football telecasts through 2023. In a partnership with the ACC, Raycom operates the ACC Network, which distributes ACC content through live television broadcasting, original programming via digital technologies, historical archives, mobile applications, social media, ACC Championship events and the official ACC website.


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The University of Utah's video game design department top-ranked nationally will offer its own graduate degree next fall.
Entertainment Arts and Engineering won approval Friday to streamline and consolidate its two-year master's degree program under its own roof.
Program leaders started graduate classes in 2010, but students earned master's degrees in computer sciences or film and media with a concentration in video game design.
"We did it as an experiment," Executive Director Robert Kessler said at the Utah Board of Regents meeting Friday. "It's been a great experiment, and what we are asking is to take that temporary degree and turn it into a master's."
All 16 members of the first graduating class were employed when they completed their degrees last May, making a median income of $97,000. There are a total of 60 students in the program now, and demand in the profession is expected to increase by 30 percent over the next seven years, he said.
The current degree was ranked No. 2 among graduate programs in the country by the Princeton Review earlier this month. Among undergraduate programs, the U.'s was named the best in the country.
The new version of the graduate degree will give video game program leaders more control over admissions and number of credit hours, Kessler said, and they've got their eye onNo. 1-ranked University of Southern California. "We'll always be trying," he said.
Students can focus on one of three areas: art-oriented game design, programming-centric game engineering, or project management-like game production.
Students in each discipline work together in groups to build games.
"The way we teach," Kessler said, "students learn to work with people who don't think the way they do."


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Anna and Eric were married in a traditional church ceremony at St. Thomas Preservation Hall followed by a reception at 128 South in downtown Wilmington, N.C. on May 17. "I loved the charm of the building and the stunning water views of Cape Fear River" Anna said. The bride wore a sweetheart lace mermaid wedding gown, accessorized with her hair half-up/half-down in loose curls, while the groom wore a tan suit, accessorized with a solid tie and embroidered heart patch that said, "I will always love you." Bridesmaids wore long chiffon dresses and carried bouquets of roses, peonies, hydrangeas, and dusty millers. Guests were greeted inside the renovated brick-walled church with a vintage window panel displayed with the itinerary. "Even after nine years of dating, Anna still gets giddy when Eric kisses her and gives her the sweetest looks of adoration," according to Aaron, the photographer. The reception followed on an outdoor deck covered with a tent. Farm tables were decorated with gold charger plates, sequin runners, mint napkins, and personalized floral place cards. The newlyweds' best advice? "Work together as you can really have fun," she said. Somehow, after dinner, drinks, and dancing, they exited amongst a sea of sparklers and rose off on a pedicab.
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text: Can someone please tell me where this lifesize fig came from and if there are any other pics of this awesome mannequin. this is the one that has made me think about doing one myself. Also I emailed fettpride about boba helmet kits and have had no reply can someone please let me know if he's still doing them or where else does the helmet kits.


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Friday the 13th
The Great Dictator
daveinwarshington wrote:The Great Dictator
Hunger Games
I Was A male War Bride
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The Lone Star Trail
'Neath Arizona Skies
Orange County
Paint Your Wagon
Quiz Show
Rings on her fingers
Thicker than water.
The United States of Leland
Village of the Giants
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The X from Outer Space
Youth Without Youth
Edit: Thanks Dave. Guess I'll pass on this thread until the big guys decide we deserve a better browser >.<
Bronco Billy
Cyrus: Mind of A Serial Killer
Nitetigrezz wrote:
Edit: Thanks Dave. Guess I'll pass on this thread until the big guys decide we deserve a better browser >.<
Don't worry about it. A pic is not required here! It's just a bonus thing, if you want to include a pic.
daveinwarshington wrote:Don't worry about it. A pic is not required here! It's just a bonus thing, if you want to include a pic.
Okay, thanks! That's good to know Looks like I'll be the oddball then.
Edit: Thanks again XD But but but, I wanted to hold the title of oddball!
El Paso Stampede
Ha! I refuse to let you be more oddball than I am!
ps.. It's kinda my fault there's pics. When I found this thread, I started posting pictures, as some of them are interesting. If I thought this would keep anybody from posting in this thread, I apologize.
also.. This was post #666 for this thread. Devils???
daveinwarshington wrote:
Ha! I refuse to let you be more oddball than I am!
ps.. It's kinda my fault there's pics. When I found this thread, I started posting pictures, as some of them are interesting. If I thought this would keep anybody from posting in this thread, I apologize.
also.. This was post #666 for this thread. Devils???
XD Not complaining. It does add more fun to the thread!
Maybe you should have gone with Exorcist then XD
F for Fake
Nitetigrezz wrote:XD Not complaining. It does add more fun to the thread!
Maybe you should have gone with Exorcist then XD
F for Fake
Gone With The Wind
H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond
IT! - the terror from beyond space.
Just A Little Harmless Sex
Jason X
Didn't I just do K?
How about Kiki's Delivery Service?
lawrence of arabia
Someone already did Meet the Feebles? I love wooters XD
Meet the Robinsons
naruto the movie: ninja clash in the land of snow
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F Ferris Buehler's Day Off, Firefox, For a Few Dollars More, First Wives Club, Force 10 from Navarone, Fargo, Fight Club, From Here to Eternity, Falling Down, Fierce Creatures, Friday, Frankenweenie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Far and Away, Fists of Fury, Fantasia, For Colored Girls, Footloose, Fast & Furious, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fahrenheit 451, Formula 51, Fire Maidens from Outer Space, Friday the 13th, F for Fake,
G Good Morning Vietnam, Goonies, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Gallipoli, Go West, Galaxy Quest, The Guantlet, Godzilla, Ghost Rider, The Great Gatsby, Grand Prix, Gallipoli, Ghost, Good Will Hunting, Going My Way, Gigli, Gone Baby Gone, Gidget, Ghostbusters, Guns of Navarone, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Gideon's Trumpet, Gacy, The Great Dictator, Gone with the Wind,
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J Jasper Texas, Jaws, The Jackal, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jumanji, Jaberwocky, The Joy Luck Club, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Jumping Jacks, Jersey Girl, Joe Dirt, J. Edgar, Just One of the Guys, Juno, Jane Eyre, Jerry Maguire, Jason and the Argonauts, Joan of Arc, Johnny Dangerously, Jacob's Ladder, Jarhead, Jury Duty, J Edgar, Just A Little Harmless Sex, Jason X,
K The King's Speech, Knocked Up, Kangaroo Jack, Karate Kid II, Krull, Kangaroo Jack, A Knight's Tale, King Ralph, Keeping Up with the Steins, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Kung Fu Panda, Keeping the Faith, Kramer vs. Kramer, King Kong, Klute, The Killing Fields, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, Kinky Boots, Kill Bill, Kill Bill 2, Kull the Conqueror, Kelly's Heroes, the Karate Kid(orginal), King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Kiki's Delivery Service,
L Labarinth, Lolita, Lost in Translation, Ladyhawke, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Love Story, The Lovely Bones, Lawnmower Man, Little Giants, Love Actually, Last Tango In Paris, Love in the Afternoon, Lord Love a Duck!, The Lion in Winter, The Last Starfighter, Laura (1944), The Last Holiday, Little Rascals, The Longest Day, The Longest Yard, Lady and the Tramp, The Lost Continent, The Lone Star Trail, lawrence of Arabia,
M Mommy Dearest, Monkey Business, Mutiny on the Bounty, Marathon Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "M", Meet the Feebles, Mister Roberts, Miracle on 34th Street, Mean Machine, Magic Mike, Monkeys Go Home!, Monkey Business, My Favorite Year, Moonstruck, The Monkey's Uncle, Mad Max, Mystery Men, Meet the Fockers, Magnum Force, Midway, Man of La Mancha, Machete, Meet the Robinson's,
N North By Northwest, Neverland, New Jack City, Never Say Never Again, Napoleon Dynamite, The Natural, Naked in New York, Nosferatu, No Country for Old Men, No No Nanette, Nobody's Fool, Norma Rae, Now and Then, Never on Sunday, Now and Then, Natural Born Killers, The Naked Gun , New Jack City, The NeverEnding Story, North to Alaska, A Nightmare on Elm, Street, Nuns On The Run, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters, 'Neath Arizona Skies, naruto the movie: ninja clash in the land of snow,
O Ordinary People, O' Brother Where Art Thou, Ocean's Eleven, Oh, God!, OctoAuntie Em, Othello, On Golden Pond, Over the Top, Oliver!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Open Season, Oh! Calcutta!, Oklahoma!, Operation Petticoat, Once Around, Operation Crossbow, (The) Omen, October Sky, Overboard, The Others, Octo(Look at the cute kitty cat.), (The) Out-Of-Towners, Open Water, Orange County,
P Predator, Prometheus, Paradise Lost, People vs. Larry Flynt, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Public Enemy, Prince of Egypt, The Passion of the Christ, The Peacemaker, Pecker, Police Story, Papillon, People Like Us, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Pippin, Private Benjamin, Pippi Longstocking, Psycho, Pirates of the Caribbean, Point Break, Play Misty for Me, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Paint your Wagon,
Q Q & A, Quick Change, Quigley Down Under, Quo Vadis, Quicksilver, Quantum of Solace, Quicksilver, Quest for Camelot, Quiz Show, Quartet, Quadrophenia, Q: The Winged Serpent , The Queen, The Quick and the Dead, The Quiet Man, Queen's Logic, The Quest for Fire, The Quick Gun, The Quite American, Quo Vadis, Queen of the Damned, Quarantine, The Quest, Quiz Show,
R Rocky, Rollerball, Raising Arizona, Ronin, Rounders, Rules of Engagement, Raging Bull, Revenge of the Nerds, Real Genius, Red Dawn, Rage in Harlem, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Radio Flyer, Risky Business, Rain Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rio Bravo, Ruthless People, Requiem for a Dream, Resident Evil, Red River, A River Runs Through It, Rush, Rings on her Fingers,
S Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Spaceballs, Sleeping Beauty, Serpico Snatch, Scent of a Woman, Serenity, Slumdog Millionaire, Saturday Night Fever, Superbad, Sixteen Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful, Stagecoach, Silverado, Star Wars: A New Hope, South Park, Seven Pounds, The Social Network, Superman IV, Sister Act, Same Time Next Year, Spanglish, Saw, Santa Fe Trail, Snowpiercer,
T Terminator, Trainspotting, Time Bandits, Tombstone, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, That Thing You Do, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Teen Wolf, Twelve Angry Men, Turk 182, Terms of Endearment, Timeline, Tootsie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Time Bandits, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, They Call Me Mister Tibbs, They Call Me Bruce, True Grit, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tentacles, Two Family House, Thicker than Water,
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AFter a woman is forced to marry a man befitting her social position, a woman falls into a 27 year long silence.
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It's best to listen to this CBSRMT episode twice. The actors are good as always, but the story was standard with not enough mystery in it. I couldn't imagine how it was possible for Veile (played by Carol Teitel) to be silent for 27 years. My guess was that she stayed silent the same way of that TWILIGHT ZONE episode from Season 2 Episode 25 "The Silence" where the character had their vocal cords severed. But no. Instead, Veile stayed silent on her own. If you really want to know the mystery on why the woman was silent for 27 years, the answer is in ACT-3
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Led by clutch shot maker B.J. Cardarelli's 23 points, the Penmen (19-10) won their sixth straight game and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament, which begins on Saturday.
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LAKELAND, FL (February 25, 2014) - Mayor Howard Wiggs invites you to become involved with the City of Lakeland by volunteering on one of the seven newly established task forces that have been created to help make Lakeland a better place to live, work and play. A brief description of each task force is listed below. Those interested in serving on a Task Force must be a customer of Lakeland Electric. An easy to use form is on-line at http://www.lakelandgov.net/CityGovernment/MayorsTaskForces.aspx.
AGING/QUALITY OF LIFE TASK FORCE - The Task Force will serve as a forum to share information and to promote inter-agency understanding. The group will work together as advocates, educators and legislative activists to address the issues of older adults.
ARTS AND CULTURE EVALUATION TASK FORCE - This Task Force will review funding needs to help support arts and cultural programs. There is a great interest in this area and in improving the coordination of the arts in Lakeland and clearly has budgetary implications that will need to be addressed both short and long term.
BUSINESS EVALUATION TASK FORCE - The Task Force will review City regulations and ordinances; they will evaluate processes for permitting and inspections; they will discuss the possible creation of a small business Small Business Liaison and how that position would be used. The group will discuss what changes might be needed to improve Lakeland's business friendly environment.
CODE REVIEW TASK FORCE - This Task Force will undertake a comprehensive review of the City's Code of Ordinances. The group will identify and address outdated codes that may no longer be relevant to our community and organization.
GANG TASK FORCE - This Task Force will explore how our community can respond to the negative impacts of gang-related activities. This group will work with outreach programs and representatives from law enforcement, Community Development and Parks & Recreation Department, the Polk County School Board, faith-based organizations and other community/neighborhood associations. The group will discuss the current state of affairs and outline a comprehensive strategy in response to the destructive nature of gangs and their related violence to help protect the future of our youth.
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE - This Task Force will discuss how the needs of the City's neighborhoods can be better addressed. The team will evaluate how Code Enforcement may be more effective in the neighborhoods. The group will make recommendations as to how the Neighborhood Association Coalition might operate more effectively and if the structure should be modified. There will be a focus on citizen engagement and ways to improve our neighborhoods.
SOCIAL MEDIA TASK FORCE - The Task Force will evaluate social media effectiveness to determine ways in which the City of Lakeland might improve current social media programs to enhance citizen engagement. The group will provide recommendations on social media tools and strategies, assist emerging City agencies on social media, evaluate new social media platforms and update social media guidelines and policies.
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Web Profiles Haunt Students
A growing number of top-ranked U.S. colleges say they are finding objectionable material online that hurts the chances of prospective freshmen.
About a quarter of admissions officers at the nation's top 500 colleges have used websites such as Facebook and Google to vet applicants, according to an annual Kaplan Test Prep survey. Of those, more than one-third say they have found something that has hurt a student's chance of admission, up from 12% last year.
"We have seen students that have been involved in bullying behavior or alcohol or drugs," said Martha Blevins Allman, dean of admissions at Wake Forest University. "We never use it as a single indicator and we don't search blindly, but if we have other suspicions, we will look."
Vetting by using social-media sites including Facebook and Twitter still hovers in a gray zone at most college admissions offices. Just 15% of the schools in the survey had an official policy about whether to do so, and more than two-thirds of those schools said they won't use the technique.
Among schools without a policy, more than a quarter say they have checked out a student's online persona, up slightly from last year, said Jeff Olson, vice president of data science at Kaplan Test Prep, who conducted the survey this summer. Kaplan has included questions about social media in its annual survey for four years.
"The trend line is there," Mr. Olson said. "My advice to students is to be smart and think twice about what you post online."
Most colleges don't have the time, resources or inclination to vet every candidate's social-media presence. The amount of information that students provide—between essays, transcripts and recommendations—can be overwhelming. But several admissions officers interviewed said they occasionally Google students to learn more about a project in which they were involved, or because a red flag was raised in an interview, recommendation or somewhere else.
"We leave it up to the individual admissions officers, and if something gives them cause to scratch their head, then they do it," said Paul Marthers, vice president for enrollment at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. "But it's a very small number. Among the 15,000 applications we get, it would be well under 100 times."
Mr. Marthers said his school has turned up cases of plagiarism and accusations of sexual assault. It also has found behavior that resulted in school disciplinary action but didn't rise to the level of a suspension and didn't show up on the student's transcript.
One applicant Mr. Marthers said he encountered at his previous job at Reed College was asked to leave a private high school for bullying. Mr. Marthers called the counselor at that school who said, "It's not something I would ever put in writing but, yes, that's what happened," Mr. Marthers said. The student was denied admission.
At Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, spokeswoman Laurie Saxton said a student who had been accepted for the class of 2015 and was at the university for a summer session ahead of his freshman year posted "inappropriate comments" on the school's Facebook page for the freshman class.
"We sat him down and told him that was not the right way to communicate," Ms. Saxton said. "He removed his comments."
Today's prospective freshmen have come of age using Facebook and are increasingly savvy about its use, but many still said the idea of college admissions officers reading their posts seemed weird.
Naomi Wiener, an 18-year-old freshman engineering student at Cornell University, said the issue's fairness comes down to the amount of disclosure on colleges' part.
"Everything you present to a college you prepare for," she said. "To blindside someone by looking at some side of them without them knowing is different from every other part of the college process."
Marilyn Scholze, a volunteer college counselor at Lowell High School in San Francisco, said that while she reminds students to monitor their online behavior, it isn't part of the counseling curriculum in a systematic way.
"I would prefer that colleges didn't use online profiles that way," said the 61-year-old, who has volunteered at the public school for 14 years. "I guess if someone was on the margin and they were really concerned about a student's character, they might take a look. It's a personal thing and a little bit unfair."


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|Autocross Racing The place to discuss information about autocross stats, tips and events. Track sanctioned events only.
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It MIGHT work if you called an interested friend instead of my sister, but I wouldn't make any promises. She had her phone on speaker the first time we talked during a race and there was quite a crowd around her in the grocery store.
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Heh, I'm reminded a little of my first autocross.
I'll second most of what was already said here -
Walking the course is key. An easy course, I'll walk 3 times, minimum. A tougher course, with weird transitions or overlap points, I'll walk 4 times at least. One real test of this is that, after you've walked the course sufficiently, you SHOULD be able to close your eyes, put your hands at 10-and-2 in the air, and "steer" thru the course. If you can do that by memory, nothing in the course can screw you up too badly. I can't always get it down that well before gametime though.
Working the morning shift, I find, helps a lot. I can see where other people are getting lost, or scrubbing speed, or taking too tight a line, etc. I always volunteer to pick cones too. I'm not neeeeearly good enough a driver yet to ignore the other drivers.
40/45 isnt a bad pressure split. Street tires behave strangely to tire pressures; one car might oversteer uncontrollably with this setup, where another will understeer so bad it won't be able to turn. I find the Focus (the SVT at least) steers best running more air in the fronts. Also, you may eventually notice that the car behaves differently depending on how its driven. If I hamfist the car around the course, with harsh inputs, I tend to understeer badly. My best guess is the Eagle F1s on the car are too squishy to take the forces at the contact patch at too quick a rate, and the squishy sidewall goes all flubby. If I can plan the inputs ahead of time and execute smoother, and tail tends to play more, and the front sticks better.
With street tires, there seems to be a point to which more air will help your grip situation, until the carcass starts to round out too much, and grip drops back off again. But suspension set ups, input rates, camber and toe gain, tire sidewall construction, and the current phase of the moon ALL seem to affect this, so nothing is holy. The best way to be fast is to figure out what the car's doing and drive around that problem, rather than reinvent the wheel trying to change the setup.
Smoothness is key.
Slow is fast.
Check your tire pressures.
Watch out for Minis.
Stay on 16, unless the dealer has a weak showing.
|Oh that wouldn't work- I mean I just couldn't do that. I don't even KNOW your sister...
I found it best to take my first couple of runs with my sister on the other end of a cell phone (on speaker, of course). It kept me calm and I would describe the track as I went through it. I learned that by talking to her, I was actually describing what came NEXT which is what you are supposed to be looking at.
Just tuck your cell phone in the visor flap and go. I'd call her when there was one car in front of me in the staging area.
Boy, you guys are making me wish that I hadn't sold my focus and all of my wonderful little parts (that never got installed).
http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/a...t=100_3164.flv - my only interior vid of a race, you could hear my sister on the speaker phone occasionally (the thing bouncing around my clutch was a switch that had been tucked under the hood release cable but don't ask why)
My point about hitting the cone in a way is sort of a backwards way of saying what I was trying to... it's difficult to explain but a catchy way to remember the advice. I guess what I was trying to say is, if you are fretting over having a perfect run and devote your racing strictly to not hitting any cones, then you will not be as creative and flexible on your lines as you should be, therefore costing you a lot in experience and quite possibly lap time. Step out of the comfort zone a little and push past the limit to see where the limit actually is.
I can see where you would disagree with this WeeAsp because that's usually a very bad situation in road racing, but for the most part it's a freebie in auto-x and worst thing that will happen is you come out with a little cone smudge as a battle scar.
One of the best analogies about AX I've ever heard is that it is
"Automotive Golf"
Being consistent is key. And above all...don't drive angry.
Lousy last run? Next one is a new opportunity to excel. Someone mentioned hitting a cone. I understand the point, but at the same time you do need a reference. That may or may not be the solution, but remember, you always save time by hitting the cone you can't avoid at speed vs. slowing down, backing up and going around. The final clock is what matters, not the penalty.
Stick with it and things will come around.
|It's much easier to learn the course the second time around.
Talk about the steepest part of the learning curve- I'm on it! Anyway, I have a brand new hobby where I can put my little car to good use.
During course walk, I only look at the turn cones, and memorize turn to turn to turn cones. Noting where to input steering,brake or gazzzzz!
Then slowly and smoothly connecting turns during 1st lap-always my slowest lap. Getting on it a lil more each run.
Once u go and have fun u will be alot more excited about a/x.
Bring a banana and a friend.And try to run in 2nd heat...so u can course work(learn) first.
Better luck next time.
The first time I ran I DNFd the first three runs. The second three I constantly improved because I had a chance to watch the other cars go around the track and see where I was screwing up. That's pretty much how it works.
The good news is, now you've got your bearings and you know hopefully certain layout types for the cones, and your tire pressure. That will save you headaches later on. It's tough to learn if you don't know you're doing anything wrong.
One more piece of advice, coming from a perfectionist. Hit a cone or two as you're improving your laps. If you don't hit one or have a few close calls, you're probably not using as much of the track that you can and you end up going too slow. But it's a balancing act I'm sure you know, and you don't want to go faster that the Focus will handle.
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Will be stationed for a few months in Mass, on the north shore, but have gun will travel. Wondered if any of you have any successes hunting sea ducks there? I checked in on the Mass site, but didn't feel much love there, weirdness and paranoia?
Anyway, would love to hear of any good experiences and also a good guide or two?


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401.4. Valuation of owner-occupied single-family dwelling. When valuing an owner-occupied single-family dwelling and the land on which it is situated that may be required for the convenient occupation and use of such dwelling, if such dwelling is on land which is zoned exclusively for single-family home use or which is zoned for agricultural use where single-family homes are permitted, the assessor shall not value the land at any value greater than that which would reflect the use of the land as a site for a single-family dwelling.
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This may have been covered before, in which case this will be a really short discussion.
Does anyone know if Boba's boots were custom made? The reason that I bring it up is that I was looking at scuba gear (buckles and spear guns parts) and came across some diving boots that looked similar. Now, they were not exactly the same, but I have not seen a lot of boots from the late 70's yet. Some of them have the same white soles though and the multicolored striping. The material looks remarkably similar as well. Perhaps they bought several scuba pieces for his costume?
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text: I recently heard Schubert's Serenade being played and thought it sounded so familiar, that it must have been used in skating. I found that Irina Slutskaya used it for her SP in the 2001-02 season. I just love this piece of music! Are there other skaters who have skated to it? I'm thinking there must be... anyone out there with a better memory than mine? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uIvHWQ7vyY