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But the official said this was meant only to inform Iran about U.S. actions, not to start negotiations over what to do about ISIS.
Hobbes lacked the data of archaeology and anthropology to inform his theories about the dangerous nature of pre-state existence.
The challenge is reaching its goals of helping to change and inform the way the world uses energy.
Your lawyer might also fail to inform you of your only right, which is the right to remain silent.
I've created Twitter lists, where I can see only tweets from select people who inspire and inform.
"Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you that you are discharged," said that functionary.
You will be about the last person he will inform of his plans.
Prayer is not intended to inform God, but to benefit ourselves.
I must inform the reader that the captain and color-sergeant are closely allied.
I have come to inform you that the Xedii armies formally surrendered near Chromdin early this morning.
early 14c., "to train or instruct in some specific subject," from Old French informer "instruct, inform, teach," and directly from Latin informare "to shape, form," figuratively "train, instruct, educate," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + formare "to form, shape," from forma "form" (see form (n.)). Varied with enform until c.1600. Sense of "report facts or news" first recorded late 14c. Related: Informed; informing.


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The Obama Recovery: A More Pessimistic Correction
posted at 1:00 pm on February 21, 2012 by Mitch Berg
Yesterday, in my piece "This Is Your Obama Recovery", I looked at the math behind the unemployment numbers. I concluded that when you subtract the unemployment numbersfrom the Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor Force Participation numbers, the number of Americans working is two percentage points lower than it was when Barack Obama was inaugurated, and only a fifth of a point better than the "low point" of the recession (in uemployment terms), in October of 2009.
I reached the numbers by subtracting the unemployment figure from the participation figure; for example, in October of 2009, I subtracted the 10% unemployment rate from the 65% participation rate to get an overall employment rate of 55%.
A commenter, "topdog", at Hot Air – where Allahpundit was kind enough to run my post in its entirety – pointed out that I did the math wrong. He was correct, of course; the unemployment rate is among those participating in the labor force, not the entire force. I needed to recalculate, multiplying the BLS Labor Force Participation Rate by the same month'sunemployment rate as supplied by the BLS.
It actually makes things worse for the Administration.
- January 2009: 7.8% unemployment among the 65.7% of people participating in the workforce meant 60.67% of the work force was working the day Barack Obama was inaugurated.
- October 2010 – lopping 10% unemployment from the 65% particpation rate leaves you 58.5% of the workforce at work on the month the unemployment rate supposedly bottomed.
- January 2012 – Three years after Obama took office, with the unemployment rate right about the point where Obama said that it'd peak with Porkulus? 8.3% unemployment among a 63.7% share of the workforce still in the workforce yields58.41% of the labor force actually working.
So I was wrong. We actually have a lower percentage of the work force actually working now than at the "low point" of the recession", and two and a quarter points lower than when Obama took office.
I regret the error.
I hope America feels the same.

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ACS/LA's 2013 Ultimate Whale Watch
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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Our ULTIMATE WHALE WATCH will leave from San Pedro and head toward Catalina Island to look for whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, birds, and other marine life.
We had an excellent southbound gray whale migration and hope to find many of them along their northbound journey. Other whales we hope to see include fin whales, humpback whales and minke whales.
Experienced naturalists will be aboard to narrate the trip. A full galley is available.
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'"I think we played well the 40 minutes before (the third-period rally)", Vanek said. "In the third period, we wanted to get more pucks on net and get to those rebounds. I was fortunate to get a couple of goals, but in the end, a penalty shot cost us the game."'
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CITY DESK!: The phone jangled like a tambourine being thrown down a concrete stairwell.
"City desk!" we chirped in the manner of generations of cranky desk men who have fielded calls - story ideas, complaints, suggestions and, mostly, questions - from readers.
"You might want to check your facts on the weather page," sniped the caller. "You've got the moon rising at 2:18 in the afternoon."
"What happened? Didn't it show up?
"At two o'clock in the afternoon? The moon comes up at night, not in the daytime!"
We tried to explain to the caller that the moon comes up when it's good and ready. The moon, we told the caller, does not cause nighttime.
The caller, finally exasperated with the depths of our stupidity, hung up.
The phone buzzed like a Japanese beetle in a beer can.
"City desk!" we growled.
"I'm trying to find the reporter who did an article about my father."
"When did the article appear?" we asked.
"June 1965."
"The reporter is dead," we replied. We based our theory on the facts that June 1965 was a long time ago and reporters don't take good care of themselves now; and they especially didn't in 1965, when cigarettes were encouraged and whiskey-drinking on the clock was mandatory.
"Can you at least look up the story?" asked the caller. She sounded desperate and Southern. "My father's name was Roscoe Mizenheimer-Johanson. He was a con artist."
We spent 15 minutes tracking down the story. Turned out he had three to four wives. Maybe more.
"Oh, Lord," wailed the lady. "I might have brothers and sisters out there. Does it say anything about kids?"
"No. He also has a bunch of other names." We rattled them off.
"The more I find out, the less I know," she moaned.
Welcome to our world.
"City desk!" we barked.
"How do I get pop-up ads to quit popping up?"
"What browser are you using?"
"Go to `Safari,' select `Block pop-up windows."'
"City desk!" we wheezed. We were losing light.
"I work in a high-rise downtown ..."
"So do we. Put some clothes on."
"I just called to say the B-1 bomber that's in town just scared us to death here in the office."
"That's what bombers do: They scare people."
"It was coming right at us. If it hadn't have turned it would've killed us."
"City desk," we whined.
"I can tell you how to solve your raccoon problem."
"I don't have a raccoon problem."
"I call it the CoonZapper 2000. You take an electrical cord and a pie tin ..."
"City desk." That's all: Just "city desk."
The guy was drunk.
"Settle a bet for me: Who hit more home runs, Ted Williams or Ernie Banks?"
"Ted Williams."
"Ha! I told you!," he roared at, we imagine, his neighbor on the next barstool. Then he roared back at us: "Tell this guy!"
This guy got on the phone.
"Ernie Banks," we told him.
"Is this an answering machine?"
"Yes. Yes, it is. Leave a message and I'll call you back."
"OK, this is ... ."
"No, I'm kidding," we said.
She finished her message and hung up.
At some point, probably around the time of the invention of the telephone, people decided they could call the newspaper with any question, and they have.
And it's OK with us.
It used to be pretty difficult when all we had was a tower of phone books, World Books and old Information Please almanacs that were always about four presidents behind the times.
Still, it always improved our mad research skills, and we still pitch in to answer the city desk phones when we feel especially helpful, which means something shy of all the time.
Incidentally, the guy who wrote that con-man story in 1965 is, in fact, alive and living in Sacramento. B-1 bomber pilots know how to steer planes. Ted Williams hit 521 career home runs; Ernie Banks hit 512. And the moon rises at 6:47 p.m. today. It'll still be light, but don't panic. It takes the moon a couple of hours to make things dark.
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'"I hope so," Rangers winger Jaromir Jagr replied when asked if Lundqvist was in the Sabres' heads. "It does happen. The perfect example I thought was when Anaheim went to the [2003 Stanley Cup] final and [Jean-Sebastien] Giguere got hot. He's a good goalie but he was just . . . you couldn't score. And your confidence is building up every time you make a save. It is possible."'
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Look, Listen, and Sing Along! Children's Choir Performs Spring Concert
April 16, 2011 • Lazarus Saturday Spring Concert • By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
On Lazarus Saturday afternoon, ten children from our seminary community, led by their director, Danielle Miller, offered a superb Spring Concert on our campus. His Grace The Right Rev. Michael, bishop of the New York and New Jersey Diocese of the OCA, enjoyed a front row view of the performance, which included selections ranging from Byzantine chant to classical music by Handel and Vivaldi to contemporary pieces, such as "Siyahamba," a South African freedom song.
First-year seminarian Ashley Lear acted as assistant director for the group, and first-year seminarian Harrison Russin acted as their accompanist. Children comprising the choir include: Colin, Hannah, and Mary Katherine Barberg; Rufus Behr; Alex, Asher, and Judah Bozeman; Sophia Dooley; and Sofia and Stella Miller. Following the concert, each student received a certificate from Mrs. Miller, in recognition of their hard work.
The St. Vladimir's Seminary Children's Choir is in its second year and rehearses once per week after school during the academic year. This year's choir has equal numbers of boys and girls ages 8–13, who all sing in the treble range. The children work on voice training, sight-singing, and musicianship using Dalcroze principles and use these skills to sing classical, folk, and liturgical music. The choir participates in the Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy, along with campus church school children, and has the yearly Spring Concert. Next year, the choir will work on portions of the vespers service with hopes of singing on several Saturday evenings.
Their conductor, area music teacher Danielle Miller, talked about the importance of the group and its diligence in training, saying, "One of the most fundamental ways to prepare children to fully participate in the life of the Church is by teaching them the singing skills they will use in worship."
Mrs. Miller is a lifelong musician. She taught vocal and general music for more than 13 years in public schools in the Midwest and on the East Coast. Her choirs were regularly awarded top honors in music competitions and invited to perform at professional music education conventions. She has served as a clinician, workshop presenter, and guest conductor, and now teaches K-8 music at Blue Rock School in West Nyack, New York. She is also pursuing certification in Dalcroze, a method of teaching music that brings natural movement to conscious awareness in order to increase musicianship.
A church musician nearly continuously since her teens, Mrs. Miller assisted the Trinity (Episcopal) Church in the City of Boston youth chorister program and taught sight-singing to all the Trinity Church choirs. At Pascha 2008, she was chrismated at St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She conducted the choir at St. George's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Danbury, Connecticut and helped them participate in a pan-orthodox concert in November 2009. She lives with her husband Scott and her daughters Stella and Sofia in nearby Harrison, New York.
All area children ages eight and up with a connection to the Orthodox Church are welcome to participate in the St. Vladimir's Seminary Children's Choir, regardless of their stage of musical development. Please contact Danielle Miller for further information at email@example.com.
View a PDF of the Spring Concert Program, including some sing-along-music, here.
Sing along with the choir's musical selection "Like as a Father," by Luigi Cherubini, in a beautifully crafted slideshow by seminarian Kevin Basil Fritts, here.
Watch the video of the entire concert, by seminarian Kevin Basil Fritts, here.
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Harrogate, Tenn. - The Brevard College Tornados volleyball team concluded the first half of their South Atlantic Conference schedule this weekend, traveling to take on Lincoln Memorial on Saturday afternoon. The Tornados were led by Kortney Conner's 10 kills, but fell to the Lady Railsplitters, 25-16, 25-17, 25-12.
Conner led Brevard (2-12, 0-9 SAC) on the afternoon with her 10 kills and contributed five digs to the overall effort. Jamie Atkinson contributed six kills and three blocks, while Ashlie Morrison added five kills and four digs. Jordei Osby led the Tornados at the net with four total blocks on the afternoon, while Rebecca Schoonover had 10 digs and Sydney Yeomans finished with nine.
The Lady Railsplitters (10-3, 6-3 SAC) were led by Kaitlin Walton and Ashley Knight as both recorded 11 kills on the afternoon. Lauren Kiwacka and Brittany Pugh combined for 32 set assists overall in the match, while Kristen Cantrell had a team high 10 digs for LMU.
The first set was knotted up at 9-9 through the first 18 points before the Lady Railsplitters went on a 6-2 run, going up 15-11 on three BC attack errors. Conner cut the lead back to within two at 15-13 on back-to-back kills, but Lincoln Memorial went up 21-14 after a Kiwacka ace on their way to closing out the first set with a 25-16 victory.
Lincoln Memorial took an early lead in the second set, going up 12-7 on Pugh's serve before the Tornados responded, cutting the lead to within two at 13-11 after a Conner kill and an LMU attack error. The Lady Railsplitters went on another run, going up 21-14, before closing out the set on a Candace Richardson kill to go up 2-0.
In the third set, LMU recorded 11 of the first 14 points and withstood a late BC rally as the Tornados withstood match point on Cassie Smatana's serve, before a service error gave the Lady Railsplitters the match.
The Tornados continue on the road on Wednesday, October 6th, as they travel to Charlotte, N.C. to take on Queens University of Charlotte. First serve between Brevard and the Royals is set for 6:30 p.m. in Ovens Athletic Center.


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Tributes have been placed at the site where two teenage girls were killed in a horror crash early Sunday morning at Anstead in Brisbane's southwest.
Police say it appears the girls' sedan smashed into a power pole in Hawkesbury Road about 3.30am.
Teenagers, Samantha Neilsen and Zara Simon, were believed to be the only occupants of the car.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating speed as a possible cause of the accident.
By late Sunday afternoon, local residents had begun to put flower tributes at the scene of the crash.
Anstead resident Patrick Wood said family groups were among those who began arriving after police and emergency crews left about 2pm.
"As I saw people turning up, they were taking a few moments to pause and reflect," Mr Wood said.
"There was even a family, with I think four children - a husband and a wife with four children - they took flowers. That was touching.
"I saw two groups of people, so I think they may have been known by other locals."
Mr Wood said the road conditions on Hawkesbury Road were good and the rural road had "catseye" reflectors down the middle of the road.
"The road conditions are good particularly after the resurfacing of Hawksbury Road in 2012," he said.
"There are catseyes in the centre of the road in that section (where the crash occurred) and not on the shoulders.
"Light could be better, but it is a rural road and locals know it."
One friend of the pair, Shay Tolhoek, has created a video tribute to the girls and posted it on YouTube.
The video shows a collection of photos of the girls in happier times, smiling and laughing, to the song Forever Young played by Ms Tolhoek on the ukulele.
"Thank you for blessing all our lives just by being yourself," Ms Tolhoek says at the beginning of the short clip.
Other friends have paid tribute to the girls on Facebook.
"It's been 24 hours since Zara Simon and Samantha Neilsen where taken away from us in such a tragic event. Forever in our heart, you have moved a whole community not just family and friends," one friend wrote.
Another said: "Still can't believe that it happened, life really is a fragile thing. Even though I only new you for a year, you where a mad chick to hang out with! R.I.P Zara Simon, thinking of you."
Earlier Sunday morning, police described the crash scene as "very grim".
Residents along Moggill Road reported hearing police and ambulance sirens as emergency crews were called to the scene.
Traffic was diverted from Hawkesbury Road at Anstead. However, from late Sunday morning vehicles were slowly moving through the area.
A large crane had to be called in to help isolate electricity from the power pole to allow rescuers to remove the wreck Sunday afternoon.
"The extent of the crash is really delaying the efforts to free the car from the power pole, " a police spokesman said at 1.30pm on Sunday.
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Charlotte, N.C. - Neville Bryce and Kelvin Jeter each eclipsed 120 yards on the ground and the Tornados picked up 354 yards on the ground as a team as Brevard defeated host Johnson C. Smith on Saturday afternoon, 25-21.
Bryce led the Tornados (2-1) on the ground, picking up 126 yards on 16 carries, averaging 7.9 yards per attempt to go with a touchdown, while Jeter used a 65-yard rush on the second play of the game on his way to 124 yards on the ground on 11 carries, scoring twice in the game. Thadus Benton added 49 yards on the ground as the Tornados recorded their sixth highest rushing total since the program was reinstated in 2006.
Crumbaker was four of seven in the air for 56 yards, with an interception, but did most of his work on the ground, adding 41 yards and a touchdown. Junior Eric Watts had three catches for eight yards as the most targeted BC receiver on the afternoon, while Jeter added a 48 yard reception in the third quarter on third and 12 to set up Brevard's first score of the third quarter.
Defensively, Salonik Amos led the Tornados with eight solo tackles and also had the game changing play of the afternoon, intercepting a Ryan Carter pass in the third quarter with Brevard down 21-19, returning it 37 yards to the Johnson C. Smith 25 yard line to set up the go-ahead score. Amos also knocked down a late third down attempt to preserve the lead for the Tornados, while Michael Gist added eight tackles on the afternoon and a tackle for loss.
Johnson C. Smith (1-3) was led by Jeremy Franklin as the senior receiver had 14 catches on the afternoon for 138 yards. Chrishawn Rhyne added four catches for 24 yards and a touchdown, while Carter was 26 of 39 in the air for 247 yards and a touchdown and interception. On the ground, Joshua James added 59 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.
Phillip Devore led the Golden Bulls with 10 total tackles, while Darius Johnson and Lawyer Montgomery had eight tackles apiece on the afternoon. Johnson also recorded an interception to end the first half to lead JCSU.
The Tornados struck first on the second play of the game as Jeter took the pitch from Crumbaker and went down the right sideline, before cutting back across the grain for a 63 yard score to put Brevard up 7-0.
Johnson C. Smith came right back on their first possession of the game, as a missed tackle on a screen pass led to a 41 yard gain to Dedrick Anderson for the Golden Bulls, setting up JCSU with a first down at the BC 9 yard line. The Golden Bulls converted three plays later as Carter took the snap and followed the center into the end zone to tie the game up at 7.
The Tornados retook the lead halfway through the second quarter as Neville Bryce took the handoff from Crumbaker and broke two tackles at the line of scrimmage before outracing two defenders to the goal-line from 35 yards out. Chase Henry's extra point clanged off the right goalpost to put the score at 13-7 with 9:58 remaining in the first half.
Johnson C. Smith responded to the BC score with a drive of their own as James took the ball into the end zone from 3 yards out to put the Golden Bulls up 14-13.
The Tornados were stopped on their next possession, giving Johnson C. Smith the ball back with 1:13 remaining on the clock in the first half, but penalties offset the Golden Bulls drive, giving the Tornados the ball back for one final play in the first half at the JSCU 45 yard line. Crumbaker's Hail Mary was intercepted by Darius Johnson at the 5 yard line to send both teams to the locker room with JCSU up 14-13.
Opening the second half, Johnson C. Smith marched down the field as James carried the ball 25 yards on four carries, before Carter found Rhyne in the front right corner of the end zone to put the Golden Bulls up 21-13 with 12:02 to play in the third quarter.
Facing a third and 12 on their next drive, the Tornados went to the air as Crumbaker threaded a pass to a wide-open Jeter on the left sideline, and the freshman weaved his way through defenders down to the JCSU 30 yard line. Four plays later, Crumbaker found a gap off the right tackle and squeezed into the end zone. Brevard went for the two-point conversion, but Jeter's carry came short as the score sat at 21-19 with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter.
The Golden Bulls began their next drive on the JCSU 36 yard line as Carter targeted Franklin twice to set up a third-and-two situation. Carter rolled out to his left on the following play, but his attempt for the conversion was picked off by Amos as the junior came back to the ball and he was able to return it to the JCSU 25 yard line before going out-of-bound.
Brevard capitalized off the turnover, four plays later as Jeter took the option pitch around the left end and scampered untouched for 15 yards and the go-ahead score. The two-point conversion was intercepted in the end zone to put the score at 25-21 with 5:37 remaining in the third quarter.
After a defensive stop by the Tornados, JCSU punter Tyler Rabb pinned his kick at the BC 4 yard line. Bryce took the first handoff up to the 20 yard line as the Tornados began a 13 play, 71 yard drive that lasted 7:46 before turning the ball over on downs at the Golden Bulls 25 yard line.
A 35 yard completion from Carter to Franklin was the highlight of Johnson C. Smith's next drive as the Golden Bulls moved the ball to Brevard's 25 yard line, before Amos dove to breakup a pass targeted for Franklin in the left flat, forcing a fourth down. Going for it, Carter's pass was overthrown, heading for Anderson, giving Brevard possession.
The Tornados were forced to punt again, giving Johnson C. Smith one last possession in the game, but a pass targeted for Franklin on fourth and nine was broken up by Gist and the Tornados ran out the clock to end the game.
Brevard continues in non-conference action next weekend, heading to Buena Vista, Va. to take on Southern Virginia University. This will be the second time the Tornados and the Knights have taken the field together as Brevard defeated SVU at Asheville High School last season, 42-3. Kickoff for the game is set for 4 p.m.


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F. and I were introduced by a mutual friend while I was on a visit to L.A. I was living in D.C., newly single and working at a political magazine. I had given myself a firm dating rule: no journalists. In a sleepy company town, where ethics precluded romantic liaisons with my sources, it had begun to feel as if I'd doomed myself to celibacy. F. was a writer who'd just finished his first film and was passing time as a listings editor. He was my best friend's occasional tennis partner. "You'll love him," she promised, sending him a text as I shoved my bag in the backseat of her car at LAX. "I'll have him meet us for drinks at this outdoor German place." We hit it off instantly.
It started with a challenge. I told him that first night that I'd found Donald Antrim's The Verificationist overly self-conscious, so he slid The Hundred Brothers into my carry-on for the red-eye back east. Antrim's endlessly multiplying brothers and claustrophobic prose were right at home in the repetitious concourses of LAX. My perfume leaked in my suitcase during the flight, but I returned his copy anyway, with a handwritten note, reeking of the nape of my neck. Read More


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Section was formerly classified to section 563 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
A prior section 450b, Pub. L. 89–106, § 2, Aug. 4, 1965, 79 Stat. 431, which related to research grants, duration, records, and audit, was transferred to section 450i of this title.
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I own a outback for hunting,and a ovation for 3d/target,I am now maxed out at 68 lbs on the outback,and 66.5 lbs on the ovation.
Now I know the axle to axle is right,and the timing is right,and the brace is close,there are no questions whether or not it's right...
I am about ready to snap,feel like driving to wisconsin and throw this ovation through a window of the manufacturers plant.
I have heard not from a couple of people,but from every Ovation owner that there not getting 70 lbs.at full tilt.
I got a new limbs,and now today,they might send me some more new ones or something?!?
This may not be true for somebody who pulls one out of the box,but not even 6 months,come on....
The lx was sporting 71 all the way to the treestand last year.the sq2 I owned for 3 years was lingering at 70 when I sold it.
I'm not into tweeeking the crap out of my bows,I want them to do and say what it is suppose to say and do.
I also noticed that the clearance tolerance on all mathews really isn't to sweet but short as well.Todays new fletchings blazers and quickspins are running around 5/8",probably undoubtably the best vanes to hit the archery market.If I got fatboys or speed23,or another great fatshaft as I do own,and want to try shooting some of these wonderfull vanes through mathews with instead of duravanes,I can forget about it???????,welcome to the left tear world.
I have never ever in my intire life been more discusted with mathews,and almost 10 years is about enough for me.I really hope 2005 isn't like 2004 for mathews.
I also am not one to bash.This is the way that it is.
I owned enough of them and loved to shoot almost all my bows,I just don't know what to buy now.
Maybe someone from mathews is doing some feedback in there product research after this years ovation, man.I am looking for solid information here.Not a bunch of hipe,and surely not any trouble with anyone.Clear.
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They are not timed right. If they came from the factory and were suppose to be 70lbs bows... then they are suppose to be 70lb bows. I have been having the same problem with my LX until I threw that crappy zebra string in the garbage and bought one that would not strecth. I am not pulling your chain either buddy. I have been fighting this for awhile now.. Go and get the bow timed from someone who knows what they are doing and get them to mark the cam with a marker. When you take it back home I bet you that those marks will move after about 200 shots. Get a new string and buss cable and this problem will go away. When you lose poundage the buss cable is the one that is strecthing.Mathews LX
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It's timed perfectly
Timing isn't the issue,like I said it's all where it is suppose to be.There's a brand new winners choice on it,do you suppose they know what there doing?Replaced it with one I made,the x-coat is hard to beat on it because of the vicious hard cam eats them up.
I called mathews this morning and I was shocked about what the technition told me.
He said that the ata doesn't really matter that I need to aquire the right brace height,and the timing,the limbs can be replaced,but he claims that every bow is different,and that the approximate ata is 40.
I have heard alot of bows that the brace height can fluctuate but I Never Ever heard this one.
Just get the brace height right,and twist the cable atleast four times or so till I get the timing right and don't worry about the ata.
I know not one person so far that owns a Ovation who is getting 70 lbs with a 40" ATA.If there is ONE,you let me know....
Maybe bj,the only thing I know that I can't get is 300F.P.S.Never had the problem with the lx.I know only one person who does.
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You need to listen to what the people are telling you at Mathews. The bow is not timed because if it was, you would be getting 70lbs. Thats all there is to it..Mathews LX
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I really don't know what your ATA says ON the LX,but maybe if it says 35 and your getting 70 lbs fine,It should be close shouldn't it? SO,let's just say the ata of your LX is 34,maybe you might not care but,some people like myself who takes archery quite seriously especially when it comes down to the machines I wheel around,does.
I do know how to set up a bow better than my dealer does.I can say that and even the administrator of this website can varify that.
I don't find it within myself to say approxemately my arrows weigh 335 or so.
Or,I don't figure that my broadheads spin perty good?!?They shoot fine at 20 yards,and there 4 inches left at 50.
Thats fine,I'll just aim left a little,no sorry...
When I bought my 4th mathews bow for target(OVATION),I expected a 40 inch ATA.It's sporting 66 lbs at 40 inches AXLE TO AXLE...
If I wanted a 38 inch bow I would have bought a safari with 80 lb limbs.Ha.
I'm sure that my solution 3 would need a new spring or two.
I need some ovation owners advice,already been the owner of a lx.ha.
I suppose the fatboys should be decked out with blazers or quickspins?SURE WOULD BE NICE.AYE CHRIS?
YOU CAN FORGET EVEN TRYIN'IT.People.Unless you can't do the math there either.1/2 the shaft diameter+5/8=WHAT?
Hitting a mathews cable.
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speed question
Your dead wrong if you think you can get 70lbs out of a Ovation and still keep it in the specs that are advertised.You dont own one if you think it just needs to be timed.You are right on the fact of Zebra strings being part of the problem,but you cant get 70lbs out of a Ovation and have 40" axle to axle.You can get it by twisting your cable more than reccomended by winners choice or any other quality string maker.Mathews missed the boat on the spec sheet thinking they could make it look better than it is.Dont get me wrong the bow shoots great,but i didnt get what was advertised.By the way i do know how to set up a bow !!!!
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Glenny I am removing myself from this forum, because I see already that the moderators are gonna tolerate a$$holes like yourself, "who thinks they know everything" The specs may be wrong on the bow, but I know what the hell I was talking about...Mathews LX
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don't let one guys opinions run you off. There a lot of other people on here that need the help and advise you can offer. The more opinions we have, the better we will become. Hope you don't leave. Jeff
Don't get it.
I really think you can't understand where I am coming from,bjcrafo....there is no quarrel here until the asshole comment.
I am not right sometimes about alot of archery issues especially new ones,I am a smartass and know more than most people when it comes to what I own.
You were the one smiting that you claimed the bow was out of time and that I should take it to someone who knew what they were doing.
As for being off the topic, this thread was started by ME and your advice was irrelevent to being helpfull one bit.
IF I owned a archeryshop,and I was a bowdealer,only but if I was,would I even care less about your significance on this forum?Who do I have to be for somepeople to give me some advice? I really don't care if your a proshooter or someone who just got there first bow a lx 2 weeks ago,I have the same respect for you either way,because I don't know you and who you are.How can anyone if you get fiesty and leave this forum.
There is much to learn from everyone,and tips,advice,and experience in archery comes from guys like myself and jeffro and redflame and whoever else puts there replys to help out here.This is not the way to start or finish here on this forum.I would tell you this much.
So don't leave,hang around and learn something because I am not done shooting my bows, are you?
Sometimes I don't choose to be clearer in my english and my advice,I'm definetly not a perfect shooter or writer.
I can only try........and be here to do my best to leave this topic to be quite the issue for me and many other mathews shooters,whether you like it or not.
I am presently a archer who cares about shooting my own ovation for target,and my outback for hunting.
This Forum so far has no discripency on what your shooting,and I got sick of other forums who do nothing but bash other bow shooters equipment.If I shoot archery equipment,I am excepted.
Just don't bring a knife to a gunfight.......
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Glenny, not trying to be a wiswe arse, but being as you know so much about bows why did you buy this bow in the first place without checking it to make sure it would reach 70lbs?
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Your talking 2 to 4 pounds... what does this add up to in speed and energy. 5 to 6 feet per second?
As for the bow being slow... I advise you to stay away from those fat boys... I tried a dozen and they do not seem to store the energy and drop very quickly. I would recommend the Carbon Express CXLs. They shoot much flatter than the fatboys.
Whe I got th bow I had the original zebra on there.I make my own strings,and decided to make one out of 452x,when I measured the original off the bow it was 1 1/2" short,which was kinda a shock to me,but I measured my freinds and his was 1" short.
I didn't care really just made it what the bow says it was suppose to be.
The thing got chewed up by the cam pretty bad even with camease and camlock on it,they call it a hard cam for a reason.
I was gonna buy just the x-coat cable,but went with the whole winners choice string,and You know they know what there doing,it's held up pretty damn good actually there isn't any seperation at all,that must be a bath they put it in or something.
anyways,I spent about a hour going back and forth with this new sureloc press my freind bought and ended up with39and a strong 1/4.
making a appointment to go visit a merlin dealer here, I just have been a mathews shooter so long.I don't know,what do you think?You shoot a protec,don't you?
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I to make my own strings and cables. I make them for several guys in the area also. Most of the bows are Hoyts. When it comes to being anal about things, I can be. The one thing I have found though, when putting new strings and cables on, I care more about the feel of the bow rather than being at specs. What I mean is, I like the bow bow to hold a certain way. If I loose some A to A or brace height, I don't worry. I have 2 Ultra tecs w/ xt 3000 limbs and niether one is at what Hoyt says. I set them to the poundage I want ,time them ,and then do my set up on them.
The best move you made was getting away from zebra twist stings, they never seem to stop moving. I also use to shoot Mathews, they still make a great bow. I just didn't care for the direction they were heading with there line. I am going to PM you with my number. If you want to talk about this rather than trying to type, then call me. Jeff
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when i got my ovation the dealer said that mathews had a problem with the limbs. If you got a 70 pound bow and it won't pull 70 pounds they would send you new limbs, and the zebra strings will stretch alot.
i have had my outback for about 6 months and have had no variation in the poundage not being what its supposed to be, i started at 50 and i cranked it to 55, dad cranked his down all the way and he is pulling 60 exactally, but thats just my 2 cents, most of what you all are talkin bout isnt makeing a lot of sense to me.Here's my setup Mathews Outback, Alpine Soft-Loc 5 arrow Quiver, Impact Solo-site, NAP Quicktune 2000 RG Arrow rest, Vibracheck stabilizer, Sims Ultra Limb Savers, Scott Mongoose NCS Release. Shooting Easton Axis Arrows (400's)
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I beleive that the whole Ata ordeal with the mathews bows doesn't make sense to atleast more than half of us.I know things are quite secretive to specs and how things are made but JESUS,I should know what MY... bow is suppose to be set at,and so should they,but were talking 3/4 of a inch almost here off.
When he said that the braceheight had to be right and the timing right and whatever the Ata is ,is what it is...
I about couldn't think strait for a few minutes,And it still doesn't register if you want to know the truth.
I've seen bows braceheight fluctuate on specs before but 3/4 of a inch on ATA,never...
My Lx,SQ2,held 70,outback holds 70 but that says approximate ATA and braceheight as well on the spec sheet.
I had a new limb put on already before,now I'm putting 2 news on and selling it,EVEN though it shoots great,I won a tounament in feild with it.
I don't need 70 pounds to shoot,but,I have lost a little confidence with the machine,and if anyone could give me the answers,you think it would be no doubt,it would be the dealers technician.
Any gurus out there want to get in on the void before I blow another grand?
My partners reads 39 5/8,so what is it?
Anyone else know more than some of the people I have been talking to,please be my guest....the posts I have received are inquirative,yet informative.
This post was by no means diriving to put mathews bows to be off on there specs,or there service.There is proof of that here but,I don't know everything about mathews bows I guess,even though I have been shooting them for 8 years now.
I might make senior member when this post gets replied to.Or I might be shooting a mathews that has a forty ata.
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You want some cheese to go with all that whine
sounds to me like you should be out shooting more and inside on your arse less.
I see we like to have fun here.
Yanking out old threads,and delibrately doodling with the past?I got a question for ya.
Are you gonna use the same half used bottle of tinks 69 you saved for this years rut?
I am not whining anymore, since about feb.I got a Bowtech Constitution,
shot 3d's,feild,and spots with it.I went to 3 national ASA events and alot of other local shoots aaand ya know what?,my bow still is reading the original specs when I first bought it... and for some reason?.
I also purchased a Old Glory for hunting season this year,It is shooting oooh,pretty good,I wish I would have got it sooner for some 3d's I did shoot at,but.I got it for some deer that you hang on the wall,do you know what that means?
The specs on that one is somehow mysteriously correct,huh,I wonder what your says?
Anytime you want to get off your glutamus,you come see me,I can send you home with some kleenex and a empty wallet if ya want.
You just give me a Time, I will make sure I can get you a day pass....what facility are you located at again?
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Hello, I'm new to this sight and getting back into archery. After reading this post I was wondering if I could get you (Glenny) to help me. I'm new to the area and live in Belvidere, IL. and I used to shoot Mathews but now because of your post on Mathews bow issues I'm not sure that I want to buy a Mathews. As a matter of fact I'm sure that I don't . I'm looking to get back into shooting 3-Ds and hunting and would like to find someone that knows his "stuff" and you sound like the one that I need to talk to. How long have you been shooting competitive archery? Would you be interested in coaching me? I would like to get to the level of being able to work on my equipment and shooting that you are at now. How much would you charge me for your services. Please let me know, I'm looking forward to meeting you and learning more about archery.
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All I can say is HUNH? I have alot to learn but it keeps sounding like I need to stick with Hoyt or Darton!
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