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The Glorious Month of Damodar, Part 21
The Glorious Month of Damodar, Part 21
Mother Yasoda Chastising Krsna
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Oct 27, 2014 CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.31, October 11, 1974 in Mayapur.
Chastising Krsna
One of the central themes of Damodar-lila is the service rendered by Mother Yasoda, who was duty-bound to chastise her errant son. In a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, Detroit, August 5, 1975, Srila Prabhupada explained:
"He's the supreme controller, but He is controlled by His devotee, Srimati Radharani. He is controlled. So it is not to be easily understood what is the pastimes between... But Krsna is willingly agreed to be controlled by His devotee. That is Krsna's nature. Just like mother Yasoda. Mother Yasoda is controlling Krsna, binding Him: "You are very naughty? I will bind you." Mother Yasoda has a stick, and Krsna is crying. Krsna is crying. These things you study.
It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Kunti's prayer, how she is appreciating that "My dear Krsna, You are the Supreme. But when under the stick of mother Yasoda you are crying, that scene I want to see." So Krsna is so bhakta-vatsala that He is the supreme controller. But a devotee like mother Yasoda, a devotee like Radharani, devotees like gopis, devotees like the cowherds boy, they can control Krsna. That is Vrndavana life."
On many occasions, Srila Prabhupada described the position of the pure devotee whose duty it is to chastise the Lord, such as Mother Yasoda punishing Damodar by tying him to the grinding mortar. There are also pastimes in which the pure devotees are being punished by some demon, in order to illustrate a particular aspect of the Absolute Truth -- for example, Prahlad being punished by his father, Hiranyakasipu, and being saved by Lord Nrsimhadeva.
Durga's name is often mentioned with respect to lessons being demonstrated by punishment. In this passage from Srimad Bhagavatam 6.17.15 Purport, the duty of chastisement is illustrated by both Durga Ma and Mother Yasoda:
"Because Citraketu was undoubtedly a Vaisnava, he might have been surprised that Parvati had cursed him. Therefore the goddess Parvati addressed him as putra, or son. Everyone is the son of mother Durga, but she is not an ordinary mother. As soon as there is a small discrepancy in a demon's behavior, mother Durga immediately punishes the demon so that he may come to his senses. This is explained by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (7.14):
"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." To surrender to Krsna means to surrender to His devotees also, for no one can be a proper servant of Krsna unless he is a proper servant of a devotee. Chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payeche keba: without serving a servant of Krsna, one cannot be elevated to being a servant of Krsna Himself. Therefore mother Parvati spoke to Citraketu exactly like a mother who says to her naughty child, "My dear child, I am punishing you so that you won't do anything like this again." This tendency of a mother to punish her child is found even in mother Yasoda, who became the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mother Yasoda punished Krsna by binding Him and showing Him a stick. Thus it is the duty of a mother to chastise her beloved son, even in the case of the Supreme Lord."
This duty of the mother to punish the Supreme Child has been given by Sri Krsna to His transcendental servant, in the perfection of a reciprocal loving relationship. Srila Prabhupada explains that this is the Lord's causeless mercy, in a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, March 4, 1976, Mayapur:
"Therefore Lord's name is bhakta-vatsala. He can offer to His bhakta any position, more than Himself. Just like mother Yasoda. She is bhakta, and Lord has given her the position for punishing Him. Mother Yasoda is threatening Krsna that "Krsna, You were very naughty. Now I shall bind You." So Krsna, out of being afraid, was crying. So Krsna has given the position to the bhakta that "You chastise Me. I'll accept it." This is bhakta's position. This is Krsna's causeless mercy. He can do that."
In the Eighth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam, 10th Canto is a description of Sri Krsna's pastimes as a small boy, playing with Balaram, friends and cows, and eating dirt. The latter pastime resulted in Krsna being reprimanded by Mother Yasoda, who was then given a glimpse of the Lord's universal form, in His open mouth:
"Sukadeva Gosvami next described how the two children crawled, walked on Their small legs, played with the cows and calves, stole butter and other milk products and broke the butter pots. In this way, he described many naughty activities of Krsna and Balarama. The most wonderful of these occurred when Krsna's playmates complained to mother Yasoda that Krsna was eating earth. Mother Yasoda wanted to open Krsna's mouth to see the evidence so that she could chastise Him. Sometimes she assumed the position of a chastising mother, and at the next moment she was overwhelmed with maternal love. After describing all this to Maharaja Pariksit, Sukadeva Gosvami, at Maharaja Pariksit's request, praised the fortune of mother Yasoda and Nanda. Nanda and Yasoda were formerly Drona and Dhara, and by the order of Brahma they came to this earth and had the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their son."
(Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8 Summary)
In his Bhaktivedanta Purports to Bhagavatam 10.8.34-35, Srila Prabhupada explains that:
"Mother Yasoda was agitated by Krsna's restless misbehavior. Her house was full of sweetmeats. Why then should the restless boy eat dirt in a solitary place? Krsna replied, "My dear mother, they have plotted together and lodged a complaint against Me so that you will punish Me. My elder brother, Balarama, has joined them. Actually, I have not done this. Take My words as true. Do not be angry and chastise Me.'"
And as Krsna tried to convince Yasoda that He had not eaten earth, and his friends were just lying about him, He offered to let her look into His mouth:
"Krsna presented Himself as an innocent child to increase the transcendental ecstasy of maternal affection. As described in the sastra, tadana-bhayan mithyoktir vatsalya-rasa-posika. This means that sometimes a small child speaks lies. For example, he may have stolen something or eaten something and yet deny that he has done so. We ordinarily see this in the material world, but in relation to Krsna it is different; such activities are meant to endow the devotee with transcendental ecstasy. The Supreme Personality of Godhead was playing as a liar and accusing all the other devotees of being liars. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.12.11), krta-punya-punjah: a devotee may attain such an ecstatic position after many, many births of devotional service. Persons who have amassed the results of a vast amount of pious activities can attain the stage of associating with Krsna and playing with Him like ordinary playmates. One should not consider these transactions of transcendental service to be untruthful accusations. One should never accuse such devotees of being ordinary boys speaking lies, for they attained this stage of associating with Krsna by great austerities (tapasa brahmacaryena samena ca damena ca)."
In the same way that Mother Yasoda's duty is to chastise the Lord, for His pleasure, so His childhood friends were deputed to punish Him by lying about eating the dirt.
In a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, October 11, 1974, Mayapur, Srila Prabhupada explains that while the conditioned souls may be fearful of big or threatening men, Krsna is never fearful:
"Therefore Kunti is astonished, vimohayati, that "This is my astonishment, that how Krsna is afraid of His mother? The... Everyone is afraid of Krsna." That Krsna, Kunti admits that... Therefore it is called lila. Everything, whatever Krsna does, it is lila. Lila means He's enjoying that fearful attitude of Himself. Everyone prays Him as the Supreme Lord. He is adored, He's worshiped. Nobody can be fearful to Him. Nobody goes to Krsna: "I have come to chastise You, Krsna." That is not possible. Nobody goes to the temple with the attitude, with a stick--"Sir, I have come to chastise You." Everyone is praying. So when Krsna thinks that "I want to be chastised," at that time He become subordinate to His devotee to be chastised. This is Krsna's lila. Krsna agrees that "Nobody comes to chastise Me, all My devotees. If some devotee comes to chastise Me, I would like it." So Krsna accepts such great devotee as His mother and father, and they are able to chastise Krsna.
So these people, these Mayavadi people, they are trying to become one with the God. But a devotee doesn't like to be one with God but better than God or higher than God. That is devotee's position. Devotee's so powerful that Krsna, a devotee can claim to become higher than God. They can produce God. Just like Yasoda-mata, Devaki. He (she) produced God. And God agrees. These Devaki and Vasudeva, they underwent severe penances, austerities. Without any conjugal union, they undergone tapasya. And Krsna came to them, that "What do you want?" "Now I, we want a son like You." So Krsna said, "Who can be equal to Me? That is not possible. I shall become your son." This is the reason that Krsna took birth as the son of Devaki, because they become... Krsna... Vasudeva and Devaki or mother Yasoda or Nanda, they became the father and mother of Krsna, and now they are chastising Krsna. It is not so easy thing. They had to undergo thousands of years in penances to take this position of chastising Krsna."
Particularly at this time of year, as we observe the Disappearance day of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, it's interesting to consider how Srila Prabhupada had his own family pastimes of being chastised by his mother and father, and who the personalities were that served in this lifetime as the mother and father of Sri Damodar's servant, His Divine Grace. On a morning walk, October 3, 1975 in Mauritius, Srila Prabhupada gave an interesting glimpse into this aspect of his life:
Prabhupada: … In my childhood I would not take medicine. Exactly like this, now also. (laughter) So I was given medicine by force in the spoon. Two men will catch me and my mother take me on the lap and then force and I shall take. I never agreed to take any medicine.
Harikesa: Should we do that now, Srila Prabhupada?
Prabhupada: Then you'll kill me.
Harikesa: You would not go to school either.
Prabhupada: I don't like... Yes.
Harikesa: You were telling us last year, you wanted to play mrdanga.
Prabhupada: Yes. [ ]
Prabhupada: (break) ...disagreement between my father and mother. My father would give me all independence, and mother was going that "You are spoiling the child by giving too much independence."
Harikesa: Just see.
Prabhupada: That is going on. Just like mother Yasoda. She would chastise Krsna. But you will never find Nanda Maharaja is ever chastising. Rather, when Krsna was chastised, Nanda Maharaja would come back and take Him on the lap: "All right, I shall punish Your mother," and call him (her?), chastise. And then Krsna will stop His mouth: "No, no. Don't do this." It is natural that when the child is in the lower stage, minor stage, the mother takes more care. That is natural.
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Hello, I'm sorry if this has been answered already, is there going to be a service like WoW's armory?
I've bought the game with the 3 day headstart that starts tomorrow.
However when i log in to the client or the forum it keeps saying something like: Login Error: You do not have access to Guild Wars 2.
Anyone else have this problem, is this just because the game hasnt been released it? Or should I be worried I cant play tomorrow?
Posting here because well.. i apparently dont have acces to the official gw2 forum.
Are you able to login to your account? The forum is closed until the game releases but you should still be able to login to your account.
I have a question. If my friend doesn't pre-purchase Guild Wars 2 before the game releases for those who have the 3 day head start (in 12 hours), will he not be able to play before the 28. of August?
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I cant get a reply from customer support, and looks like I will have to wait till the weekend is over. Ill bet you ordered from Gamestop didn't you. Every time I do an MMO that place fucks me over and I keep promising Never again. This time I mean it.
How do you talk in general chat?,local chat, orglobal chat? i've been trying all the commands i know from others games yet nothing works ;< i also didnt see it in the tab list ( i think )
Silly question i know! but i'm not familiar with this game
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Tried 15 different pages trying to find an answer to this : The game is bought and has no monthly fee right? Does that mean that they will still charge for more content in later patches or for stuff like more character slots/ dungeons and items?
Items? What kind of items? If you're talking XP boosters, crafting skillup boosters, etc, then yes you can buy those. If you're talking anything that can/will give you an advantage in game over someone who really hasn't bought it (omg levelling up cooking), then no. Those will not be charged for, because those types of advantages don't exist.
You can buy awesome armor skins though, to put ontop of your currently existing gear.
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Discussion in 'Photography Beginners' Forum' started by KAikens318, Aug 25, 2009.
Ok, so here is my second attempt, let me know what you think
I don't know what you call it, but it isn't HDR.
There's no enhanced detail in the shadows or highlights that I can see. All I see is an over saturated photograph with any remaining detail wiped away from over sharpening or something, I don't know.
If that's what you were going for, cool... but read up on what HDR is and give it another shot, I'd like to see it again.
Here's a decent little read on it with a relatively good example:
Thanks, I will have to give it another shot.
it just looks way to over saturated to me.
Is this any better saturation wise?
the pic looks really hazy to me..
i cant remember who it is, maybe Jerry.. but someone on here wrote something a while ago that really stuck out to me.. it was a long the lines of: "before you start editing a picture, make sure its a good picture.. if your try to edit a crappy photo, to make it look good, your just doing way to much work.. take a good picture, then tweak it.."
I don't think you really started off with a good image to begin with..
your bumber is broken.
no that's still way to overdone. The colors look really unnatural
pick your battles
i thought so too.. so I no longer see a "ok" photo and say "oh i can fix that in photoshop" if the photo doesnt say "wow" to me the moment I look at it, it goes to the reject pile... i spend far to much time editing mediocre photos after a shoot, its time to just focus on the good ones, and make them even better! the longer i spend sitting on photoshop or lightroom, the less money i'm actually making, so its time to just work with the good stuff
I'll say again... why HDR this?
It appears to be a shot that you can get without HDR, so all HDR does is muddy up the shot.
HDR (or rather tonemapping), is intended to give you a higher dynamic range than would be possible in a normal image. A "usual" example of this is trying to shoot the interior of a building towards a window... normally either the interior would be exposed properly and the exterior would be washed out... or the exterior would be exposed properly and the interior would be black.
An tonemapping process to gain a more high dynamic range image solves this.
Here... here is what would normally happen if you try to expose this properly for the interior...
And here is what would happen when you expose properly for the EXTERIOR...
The problem is that both of these images suck, but the camera simply is unable to replicate what you and I see, which is closer to this tonemapped HDR image...
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World Cup 2014: Live Stream, Predictions, Preview for Brazil vs. NetherlandsJuly 12, 2014
Brazil and the Netherlands are coming off heartbreaking losses in the World Cup semifinals.
They were just two wins away from their ultimate goal and must now try to refocus in time to play a third-place match. It's not an easy task.
Of course, each side was eliminated in a vastly different manner. The Selecao were destroyed 7-1 by Germany as fans from the host nation looked on in shock. The Oranje went to penalty kicks before falling short against Argentina.
It creates an interesting dynamic heading into a match that's probably more of a burden than a consolation prize. With that in mind, let's check out all of the important details for the clash, followed by a preview and prediction.
Viewing Information
Where: Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha in Brasilia, Brazil
When: Saturday, July 12 at 4 p.m. ET/9 p.m. BST
Watch: ESPN/BBC
Live Stream: ESPN3/BBC iPlayer
Match Preview
Unsurprisingly, the vibe ahead of the third-place match was negative. Brazil missed out on a chance to win the World Cup on home soil while the Netherlands watched their hopes end on penalties; both cruel exits on the biggest stage in the sport.
The Telegraph passed along comments from Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who tried to put things in perspective but struggled to do so:
I understand what a spot, what a stain this is. I know what shame is all about, I know what is about. I will keep that and it will never leave me. But I am going to continue with my life, my players will continue with their lives.
Life goes on and we have another objective to achieve, third place on Saturday.
On the opposite side, Dutch superstar Arjen Robben had no interest in sugarcoating his thoughts about the match, per the Associated Press (via USA Today): "They (Brazil) can keep it. Only one prize counts and that is becoming world champion."
The third-place game is good for the purpose of helping bridge the gap between the semifinals and the championship match. For the players involved, however, it's very difficult to get back in a good mental state after watching a chance to win the World Cup slip away.
That said, once the match starts, the competitive juices usually start flowing again. They won't be at the same level as a final, but both sides will hope to end on a high note.
It's a goal that's more prominent for Brazil. The country did a lot to get prepared to welcome the world for this event and everybody hoped the payoff would be raising the World Cup trophy.
That's no longer possible, but giving fans one last chance to cheer would help alleviate at least some of the pain. While it won't erase the memory of the German rout, a win is something to help the fanbase move forward.
The squad will also be boosted by the return of captain Thiago Silva. He was banned from the semifinal due to yellow card accumulation, and the impact was felt in a major way during the loss, as noted by Ben Hayward of Goal:
All the talk before the Germany match was about Neymar's absence, but Thiago Silva was missed much more as the Selecao defense capitulated in catastrophic circumstances. The captain will be expected to restore some discipline at the back on Saturday—but lifting morale will be a tough task after Tuesday's nightmare defeat.
As for the Netherlands, it was a popular pick to go out early due to a tough group. That didn't happen as the Oranje overcame the absences of Rafael van der Vaart and Kevin Strootman to quickly establish themselves as contenders again.
They didn't reach their ultimate goal. Finishing third would still be a nice accomplishment based on the pre-tournament predictions, though. A lot depends on the attitude of Robben, who clearly wasn't interested in the match after the semifinal loss, and his fellow stars.
All told, the match means more to Brazil as the host nation. And in a match where determination is a major factor given the disappointment of just a few short days ago, that's enough to swing the advantage to the Selecao.
Expect Silva to bring some stability back to the defense, which will help give the attack more time on the ball. It should be enough to score a narrow victory over the Dutch.
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Grosvenor Road Dublin gem sold for £461,000
Number 32 Grosvenor Road in Rathgar Dublin 6 is a gem of a home and its auction yesterday afternoon attracted international interest. A Channel 4 crew filmed the proceedings for its programme on Ireland's entry into EMU, featuring the property as a typical quality Dublin townhouse.
At the Ganly Walters auction three parties were keen to purchase the property, bidding the price up to £461,000. A young married couple purchased the home, which was guided at £360,00.
This three-bedroom two-storey over garden level Victorian residence has elegant iron railings and sweeping granite stairs leading to the front door. It has been refurbished to enhance period details and in the basement is a large fitted kitchen.
The detached family residence at No 21 Foxrock Manor Dublin 18 was sold prior to auction for more that £420,000, well in excess of the £330,000 guide issued by joint agents Billy O'Sullivan & Associates and O'Connor Shannon.
The well presented four-bedroom home with luxuries such as Jacuzzi, parquat flooring and stained glass doors was sold by property businessman David Sharkey, who recently bought the home of hotelier David Doyle nearby.
In other results on the southside, No 48 Glenabbey Road, Mount Merrion Co. Dublin went for £260,000, close to its guide of £230,000 at a Lisney auction in Wednesday. The double fronted four-bedroom home, was built in the 1950s.
Lambda, a site of about one-third of an acre at Monkstown Farm, Monkstown, Co. Dublin realised £740,000 on Wednesday. Ross McParland had been guiding the property at £500,000.
Meanwhile in Dublin 6, Lisney was guiding excess £220,000 for No 83 Rathgar Road, a terraced period residence currently in units. The house, which could benefit from refurbishment, sold for £340,000.
No 27 Brighton Square, a 2,000 sq ft Victorian redbrick in seven bedsits, was sold by Herman White for £325,000. The agent had issued a guide of £220,000.
Orchard Auctioneers withdrew No 143 Terenure Road West and is quoting excess £250,000. The agent had been guiding the four-bedroom semi-detached residence with garage £190,000-£200,000.
Glasha on Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, a detached three-bedroom family residence, perched on an elevated site achieved £224,000, close to Lisney's £200,000 guide.
Closer to the city centre, the same agent withdrew No 2 Vernon Street, off South Circular Road, Dublin 8 from auction yesterday. They had been guiding the refurbished two-bedroom cottage style residence at £200,000 and are now quoting £235,000.
On the north side of Dublin, Sherry FitzGerald was guiding No 64 Howth Road, Clontarf at £175,000. The 1930s four-bedroom bay window residence is 1,465 sq ft It sold for £225,000.
The same agent withdrew No 52 Iona Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 at auction yesterday. This semi-detached Strain built property, which was recently refurbished, had a guide price of £320,000. They are now quoting £370,000 for the 2,200 sq ft four-bedroom home.
Outside of Dublin, agent Jim FitzGerald sold Wyndberg, Straffan Road, in Kill prior to yesterday's auction date. The three-bedroom period dwelling on one-third of an acre went for well in excess of its £110,000 guide.
Colm McEvoy issued a guide of £70,000 for a three-bedroom cottage at Rathasker Road in Naas. It sold under the hammer for £75,000.


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I made extra time to look out my office window that day, to appreciate the beauty of the woodline behind my own home, to take in the busy work of two robins nest-building under my deck, to listen to the spring peepers in my little pond.
Lloyd Evans, BrightonHow do nest-building birds get the first few twigs to balance?
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But it was man-sized and seemed possessed of more than a ganglionic nest-building instinct.
In the end, I suppose, I shall become a nest-builder, for of a surety nest-building is one of her pretty ways.
Food preparation is the most natural, instinctive activity in the world, right up there with nest-building and baby-making.
Both male and female contribute to nest-building: the nest is created in an area shaded from the sun and protected from predators.
The list of Federal agencies which are immune to such insider nest-building is quite short.
In 2009, in what is becoming a pattern, mating and nest-building by ibises and other wading birds soared, right on schedule, scientists say, two years after the most recent drought.
Joseph B. Treaster: Dry Spells, Good Eats Put Everglades Birds In the Mating Mood
A picture, an action shot, of one of them nest-building, a stick in its beak, wings spread wide for a landing.
There were also some huge bubbles floating on the tank, like he'd been belching or fantastically flatulent -- not like he'd been nest-building.


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Picnik Chief Executive Jonathan Sposato tells TechCrunch that he is not afraid of Adobe's new consumer online photo editing service, PhotoShop Express.
"Hopefully, I am not smoking crack but I do think the marketplace is so efficient that we can compete based ultimately on quality and 'winsomeness' of the product (to use a very old fashion word)," Sposato says.
Meanwhile, Wired notes that Adobe's name recognition and compelling user interface may be enough for the giant software developer to gain traction against Picnik and FotoFlexer. But the battle isn't over yet.
"Adobe says that the company is "considering adding APIs for outside developers and also is evaluating how the developers would be able to access the APIs," but at the moment there's no API, which gives Picnik a definite edge when it comes to seamless editing from your favorite sharing sites," Wired notes.
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Attacks Across Iraq Kill 71
Scene from a funeral in Baghdad (file photo) (epa) October 15, 2006 -- Suspected Shi'ite militiamen killed 46 Sunni Arab in a weekend rampage of revenge killing in the city of Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Officials say the killings, committed late on October 14 and early on October 15, were in apparent retaliation for the slaying of 17 Shi'ites whose decapitated bodies were found in Balad on October 13.
Meanwhile, police in the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk says 10 people were killed on October 15 in five attacks.
In Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, a husband, wife, and two of their sons were killed early on October 15.
In the capital itself, an Interior Ministry official survived a roadside bomb attack that killed seven others.
In addition, U.S. statements say three U.S. soldiers and a marine were killed on October 14 in separate attacks.
In a new challenge to the Iraqi government, a Sunni militant network, the Mutayibeen Coalition, has announced it seeking to establishing an Islamic state in six Iraqi provinces, including Baghdad. The Mutayibeen Coalition includes Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Setting Your Squish Clearance
Something we emphasize a lot is the value of getting
your squish clearance right. A proper squish
clearance makes the motor both more efficient and
less prone to detonation. When you're assembling
your high performance motor project, this little
detail is well worth the small amount of time and
effort it takes to get it right. You'll have more
power, better fuel mileage, and your motor is less
likely to "ping" on you.
In the ideal world, your squish clearance should be
set to about .030". Tighter than that risks piston
to head contact; looser starts reducing the chamber
turbulence effects that you're going for. Unfortunately, I don't think I've ever
pulled apart a factory assembled engine that had a
squish clearance of less than .050"! So you can see
what a huge opportunity this is to improve on your
So let's talk a little about what squish clearance
is and how to adjust it.
Put simply, a squish band is the area or areas where
the piston comes in close proximity to the chamber
as it passes through top dead center (TDC).
Fuel trapped in this space gets squeezed out at high
velocity and generates turbulence in the chamber.
Turbulence in the chamber promotes better
atomization and less separation of the fuel and air,
encouraging it to burn.
Shown above is an angled squish band, i.e.
the squish band is at an angle from the horizontal.
More common in stock HD motors is a flat or
zero degree squish band, which is the same
thing except that the fuel is squeezed out
horizontally. Here are some factory heads with flat
squish bands:
Evolution Big Twin heads have a zero degree
squish band on one side
of the chamber only.
Buell XB and 2004-up XL1200 heads have a pear
shaped chamber with
flat squish bands on each side. This is commonly
referred to as a "bathtub"
Twin Cam heads also have a zero degree squish
angle in a
bathtub chamber, although it's oval shaped.
So squish bands are common in HD/Buell motors. In
fact, the only modern HD models that don't have
squish bands designed in are the 86-03 Sportster
models, pre-Thunderstorm Buells, and all 86-present
In any event, the idea is the same whether the
squish band is angled or flat: the piston comes
close to the squish squish shelf in the head as it passes through top
dead center, squeezing fuel out and generating
turbulence, and that improves the efficiency of the
burn while helping resist detonation. And regardless
of which HD or Buell model you have, unless you've
optimized the squish clearance, it's probably got a
lot more clearance than it should have, just due to
the way the motors are mass produced. HD has to
design things such that in a worst case tolerance
stack-up situation, the clearance is still adequate
to prevent piston to head contact, and that means
the typical motor will have much more clearance than
you'd like.
So now that you know what the squish band is
all about, how do you go about measuring and setting
it? It's really not hard at all.
Since none of us are small enough to climb down
into the chamber and measure it directly, we have to
do it indirectly. The easiest and most
straightforward way to do this is with some small
strips of .065" diameter solder placed strategically
around the piston:
.065" diameter solder placed around the squish
area of a Twin Cam piston.
A small dab of grease works well for holding the
solder in place. Some
people use tape instead, just be sure to tape it
in an area outside the
squish area so the tape doesn't change the
Simply place some small pieces at
strategic places around the piston dome as shown
above, Turn the motor backwards slightly to pull the
piston down the bore a little, put your gasket in
place making sure the rivets (if so equipped) aren't
getting sandwiched in between the head and cylinder
(grind off any that do), torque the head into place, rotate the piston
through TDC, and remove the head.
With any luck, your individual pieces of solder will
look like this. Now simply measure with a caliper:
Squish clearance is then modified to the desired value
by adjusting the height of the cylinder, the
thickness of the head and base gaskets, using a piston
with a larger compression height, or some
combination thereof.
Both head and base gaskets are available in
different thicknesses, select as needed
to achieve a .030 to .035 squish clearance. See
gaskets page for the various sizes.
As often as not, we don't use a base gasket! In
many cases the proper squish can only
be achieved if we leave it out. Three-Bond 1104
works great in it's place. Squeeze it out around the
base of the spigot and then spread it around the
base surface with your fingers. The excess can be
easily wiped off with a rag soaked with lacquer
thinner. In the future, when the cylinder is
removed, the old 1104 is also easily cleaned off
with lacquer thinner.
There are a couple of other things to think about when
you tighten the squish. Number one, since tightening
the squish lowers the height of the engine, you need
to be aware that your lifters are being preloaded
more and youre reducing the valve-to-piston
clearance, as well as changing the way the intake
manifold fits. Generally, at the .020 to .030
youll typically be dropping the top end when you
optimize squish, these things arent a concern.
Measure them if youre not sure. If youre lowering
beyond .050 or so (not likely unless youre
specifically milling the heads for more compression), you
need to pay attention to these details.
Second, tightening the squish does cause an increase
in compression. Often it does so without any
introducing any pinging because the more effective
squish band has detonation reducing effects. But be
aware of it. At NRHS, we measure all chambers and
adjust the size to give the desired compression
ratio at .030" of squish clearance. So if you're
buying a matched set from us, you're good to go.
One more thing, if you're inside your motor doing a
hop-up project, consider angling your squish bands.
Zero degree squish bands are easy to mass produce
and they work reasonably well, but an angled squish
band offers a couple of advantages. First, the fuel
being squeezed out of the squish band is aimed more
directly at the flame front. Second, an angled
squish band reduces the shelf that the air must go
around as it enters or exits the chamber, thus
improving breathing.
There's only one factory motor that came with
an angled squish band:
Buell Thunderstorm heads came from the factory
with a cast-in
15 degree angled squish shelf. A matching 15
degree domed piston
was used in these motors as well.
Buell Thunderstorm heads and matching pistons are
set up this way, with a squish angle of 15 degrees. However, since the Thunderstorm squish
band is cast-in, it's not very accurate. The squish
clearance will typically vary around it's perimeter
and it can even have fuel traps. We frequently
machine the Thunderstorm squish shelf accurately to
match the piston:
A Thunderstorm head that's had it's squish band
machined out to 30 degrees,
shown with a 30 degree domed piston
Unfortunately, the Thunderstorm head has quite a bit
of excess deck overhang around the perimeter of the
chamber, and as a result, we almost always have to
mill at least .040" off the head to remachine the
squish band at stock diameter. Often it takes .050",
it just depends on the specific heads.
"Lightning" heads, as used on 96-03 XL1200S models,
Buell Blasts,
and pre-Thunderstorm Buells, also have a squish band
cast into them, 10 degrees in this case. But they
were paired with flat top pistons so they don't have
an effective squish band as delivered. The Buell
Blast actually comes with a 15 degree Thunderstorm
piston under it's 10 degree squish shelf, so it has
a mismatch from the factory, and it's in a bad
direction that creates a fuel trap.
We often machine out the flat squish bands on other
factory heads as well:
A 2004 XL1200 head, which started life with a
pear-shaped bathtub chamber
using zero degree squish bands, after machining
the chamber for 30 degree
squish bands.
Common squish band angles you'll see are 10, 15, 20,
and 30 degrees.
There's a downside to angling squish bands, though. An angled squish
band gives up squish band surface area for a given
dome height. The steeper the angle, the more squish
area you give up, unless you make the dome taller. For this reason, steeper angles
such as 30 degrees (which approximates the valve
angles) are usually only seen in conjunction with
higher domes and thus higher compression ratios.
Shallower angles, down to the zero degrees found on
many factory Harleys, are more common on street
motors. For most street applications, we recommend
an angle of 15 degrees, as this provides a good
balance of squish area and angle without an
excessively tall dome. For most race applications,
we use a 30 degree angle.
In summary, adjusting squish is really not a lot of trouble at
all, particularly if youre in there anyway. It
takes very little extra effort to get this right.
And it pays back triple. You can make the engine run
better, reduce pinging, and improve your gas mileage
all at the same time.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Hey, you! Get off of my cloud!
Last weekend I went to get trained up at Blackwater.
Yesterday Palin got tapped for Veep.
This morning I burned a ton of lead downrange and was just absolutely lights out with any gun I touched. And then I went out for lunch with a friend. Plus it's a positively beautiful day outside. My face hurts from smiling.
You know, the world may end tomorrow, but for today, ain't nothin' gonna break my stride. :)
15 comments:
- Ahab said...
Where'd you shoot at? I was Marion County Fish & Game this morning, burning lead as well.
- 4:11 PM, August 30, 2008
- Tam said...
I was at Eagle Creek. We need to meet up so I can get you that book, bro. I want to see if I can't win some money on you in the state IDPA meet.
- 4:46 PM, August 30, 2008
- José Giganté said...
I was down in Martyville converting money into smoke and noise this morning. Has anyone tried out the range at Aterbury? http://www.atterburyshootingrange.com/
- 4:49 PM, August 30, 2008
- Don Gwinn said...
I gave your name to some woman on THR this morning, Tam. She was looking for people to shoot with in Indy.
- 4:55 PM, August 30, 2008
- red said...
What about a Range Meet-Up before the weather turns craptastic?
- 5:58 PM, August 30, 2008
- Tam said...
Anytime! :)
Call it and set it up and if I'm in town, I'll be there!
- 6:07 PM, August 30, 2008
- Earl said...
Shoot, all I got to do was go to a wedding and look at beautiful women, which at my age is almost a waste of time, no - never a waste of time, foolish perhaps but they were beautiful. Tomorrow I will go shoot after church, three day weekends should have at least two days of shooting or hunting in them - unless you fish.
- 6:29 PM, August 30, 2008
I know what you mean, Tam. I worked at my friend's Trap & Skeet Range this morning. It was crappy out up until 12, and then the sun came out and turned into a beautiful day. Then I went to the gun shop to buy a box of 10mm rounds and ended up walking out with another hunting rifle - a pre-owned Browning A-Bolt .243 Win. in stainless steel and synthetic stock, with a B.O.S.S. on it. I'm taking my guns to the range tomorrow and burning some lead myself. I'm going to celebrate my birthday with mucho gusto and shooty goodness!!
Hmm...word verification: dubnyr ['W' as in the first letter of my name, and NY-R(epublican)]. How appropriate.
- 6:52 PM, August 30, 2008
- DirtCrashr said...
I took fourth place in my club's M1 Carbine Match. It was hot and sunny and still felt like summer. Yay!
- 9:09 PM, August 30, 2008
- Robert said...
Q: What's the difference between Tam right now and a Scotsman?
- 9:25 PM, August 30, 2008
- Jay G said...
I took two new shooters (well, one new and one returning) to the range today.
And then reconnected with a longtime friend and drank frosty malt beverages.
It was a good day.
- 10:07 PM, August 30, 2008
- Robert said...
A: Tam says "Hey you, get off my cloud!" A Scotsman says "Hey MacLeod! Get off my ewe!"
- 10:38 PM, August 30, 2008
I've qualified twice at Atterbury's range. Once on the "paper" range, and once on the popup one.
I've been on more than a dozen ranges in the military; I'd have to say that, for target visibility (a luxury we don't have in combat) and comfort of the lanes (nice smooth pea gravel that doesn't dig into your elbows), Atturbury's are the nicest by far.
Plus their popu targets seem to, you know, GO DOWN when you in fact hit them, unlike many ranges with jacked-up target machines.
I'm planning a range day in October at Jasper-Pulaski, but I'll go further south if invited.
- 12:57 AM, August 31, 2008
- Carl H said...
Here's a web comic archive that I think you'll enjoy. Keep that smile thing working.
- 1:13 AM, August 31, 2008
- Tam said...
Thanks! That's some pretty good stuff right there. :)
- 6:49 AM, August 31, 2008


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The Alpenzoo. Feb 08, 2018
This zoo is built on and around a mountain. It has only animals that live in alpine habitats.
I couldn' t find the time to visit it on my first visit to Innsbruck. I had read lots of info about this zoo and I thought it was a very interesting and funny place. Unfortunately it turned out to be a real tourist trap for me.
I was given a map of the zoo. I walked and climbed a lot there. I was able to spot only a few animals. Some birds, a couple of hyenas, several savage cats, some owls and other animals.
I couldn' t see the bears. Later the cashier told me there was only a bear at the zoo. I can' t imagine where it was.
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A fun thing to do when you are visiting Innsbruck is going
to its Zoo. The Alpenzoo is a day of fun for kids and even adults.
The Alpenzoo is not your average zoo, here you can find all the animals which are typical for the Alps. It is the only zoo in the world to devote itself specifically to this topic.
But besides the animals found in the Alps, there are also the animals that live in the rest of Europe. While you get the know more about these animals you also get the spectacular views of the surrounding mountains for "free".
When you visit the zoo make sure you bring good walking shoes with you because it is very hilly. The zoo is "housed" on a slope of a mountain and some area's are very steep! It is said that the zoo is the highest one in all of Europe, I don't know if this is true, but it is a fact that you have to climb alot!
All in all it is a fun place to spend a day and you learn something more about animals that live not so far away from your own neigbourhood ... if you live in Europe that is! :)
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Do defenses really wear out over the course of a game? Do defenses benefit from long drives that give them more time to rest on the sideline? Guest columnist Ben Baldwin investigates.
24 Aug 2010
compiled by Rory Hickey
"No one is deserving or worthy of all the attention. Heck, I'm not."
-- Vikings quarterback Brett Favre echoing the sentiment of nearly everyone involved with the saga (Vikings.com)
"We have to send messages to every offense about how physical it's going to be when they play us. Those messages are out there, starting with No. 4."
-- Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams promising another beating for Brett Favre during their Week 1 matchup
"Those are just meathead comments. You know what, it is what it is. People trying to get their team fired up."
-- Vikings defensive end Jared Allen (WCCO)
"We were going to do the same thing without him coming back or not. But do I believe it? I don't even know if I care enough to believe it or not to be honest. It's his career; he's got to do what he's got to do. But it doesn't change nothing for us. We're going to have the same goal whether it's Tarvaris (Jackson), Jeffrey Dahmer or Norman Bates quarterbacking. We're still trying to do the same thing."
-- Packers linebacker Nick Barnett on whether he believed media reports of Brett Favre's 'retirement' (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
"There's not going to be any football. If there's a lockout, I have to find a job. I figure the Nuggets will be a better choice because of the welcome home cheer I'll get -- a couple of boos at first. I'm gonna get with a basketball coach and get to work, prepare for the lockout."
"Not pursuing -- I'm going to be on an NBA team. Seriously."
-- Dolphins WR Brandon Marshall on his plans if there is an NFL lockout in 2011.
"I've seen him jump -- he's not playing basketball."
-- Dolphins coach Tony Sparano (ESPN)
"Great job. We're right where we wanna be. No question about that. Enjoy this time, get away from it. No matter what your doing, it's better than my f**king vacation. I'm cruising the Baltic with my in-laws and sh*t."
-- Jets coach Rex Ryan addressing his team on an episode of Hard Knocks (Shutdown Corner)
"You couldn't see it on his face, but I knew he was nervous because when he got under center and put his hand underneath my rear end, his hand was shaking -- it was quivering. And of course, I didn't say anything, but it's a very awkward feeling for me as well when someone has their hand shaking underneath your rear end."
-- Rams center Jason Brown on rookie quarterback Sam Bradford (NFL Nation Blog)
"Nah, I didn't have trouble. I mean, they asked me to pause. I had nailed it the one time before but they had to redo it and they just told me to pause between each one of [the names]."
-- Jets corner Antonio Cromartie on the reason he had difficultyremembering the name of his eight kids on an episode of Hard Knocks (New York Post)
"I'm alive. It went pretty good. I was kind of off, but a couple of cans of WD-40 and I'll be all right. I need to get in football shape."
-- Bengals right tackle Andre Smith on his first practice since his February (Cincinnati.com)
"I remember when I was inducted into the Hall of Fame and they gave me my Hall of Fame yellow blazer. I wore it for two straight days. Finally my wife was in bed and said she wanted to make love but that I had to take the coat off. I refused and kept the blazer on because I wanted to perform like a Hall of Famer on the field and off."
-- Hall of Famer Michael Irvin recalling when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame (Chicago Tribune)
"Number one they should put them all in front of a firing squad and shoot their ass. [Laughs] If you catch guys doing that stuff, because that's wrong. Those guys are grown men and you're taking advantage of 18-, 20- and 21-year-old kids."
-- Grambling University coach Rod Broadway on how to handle the problem of NFL agents on college campuses (College Football Talk)
"I heard everybody cheering during our individual drills, and I knew they weren't hollering about the O-line."
-- Panthers left tackle Jordan Gross on the cheers heard at practice when wide receiver Steve Smith returned to practice after missing time with a broken arm (Charlotte News-Observer)
"Make sure you don't Dez Bryant me. You guys won't like how it turns out for you."
-- Giants defensive end Justin Tuck addressing Giants rookies alluding to Bryant's decision not to carry Roy Williams' pads (NFL Nation Blog)
"I'm not a mad scientist ... I might be out there tomorrow."
-- Eagles defensive back Asante Samuel when asked when he might return to practice (NFL Nation Blog)
For every quote sent to quotes-at-footballoutsiders.com, I will donate one dollar to the search for life inside Braylon Edwards' beard
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Man, I root for the most boring team in sports. When was the last time a Colts player, coach, or GM appeared here?
I think one of them said something about an idiot kicker
"Goddamnit, Donald?"
They must of thought I was the old Osama Bin Laden they made me strip down somethn crucial at the airport sheeeeesh... not djacc I'm str8
-Djacc, via Twitter
reggie wayne was quoted on here last season. i forget what he said, just that the comment was how the new coaching let the players talk more. it was more surprising that a colts player said anything at all, i think.
hail damage
Reggie Wayne might have had the quote of the year last year with "sometimes you just got to make a choice."
So that's another Colts fan bitching and moaning while everything's going great.
I think Irvin wins quote of the year already.
His was good, but Jason Brown and Tony Sporano were better.
Tiger:Sent: 04"02 PM 08/29/2009:
I want to treat you rough. Throw you around, spank and slap you
Tiger:Sent: 04:07 PM 08/29/2009:
You are my f------ w----
Tiger:Sent: 04:08 PM 08/29/2009:
Hold you down while i choke you ...
Tiger:Sent: 04:10 PM 08/29/2009:
Then im going to tell you to shut the F--- up while i slap your face and pull your hair for making noise
No turkey unless it is a club sandwich
this week last year in quotes...
I agree, it is what it is and he's got to do what he's got to do.
-- Grambling University coach Rod Broadway, a grown man drawing a paycheck for coaching a team that's part of a lucrative sports association built on leveraging monopoly power against underpaid 18-, 20- and 21-year-old kids, on how to handle the problem of NFL agents on college campuses.
so the 19-year-old kids are fairly compensated? :)
The irony is even more rich when it comes from the mouths of the football coaches from the University of Florida or Alabama. Nothing quite as instructive as being lectured on the evils of greed by Nick Saban. Do these guys have any inkling of what transparent A-holes they appear to be, or are they so used to having their asses kissed that it is completely oblvious to them?
Look, I am an LSU fan so I have the right to hate Nick Saban as much as anyone. But lets face it. He has the rare combination of abilities of (1) being able to convince talented athletes (or their mommas) that they need to come to his program, (2) developing them into complete football players, and (3) using them to win lots of football games. I don't see any problem with his earning a salary which is in line with his talents (I just wish it was still LSU paying him). I also don't see a problem with his having a problem with agents that are breaking the rules (and getting his program into trouble).
I really don't care much about rules that result in a coach earning a 7 figure income, while the players risk their health for 20k a year in tuition, room, and board. If college football is a business, then the players ought to be able to sell their services to the highest bidder, just like a coach, without inteference from a cartel. If college football isn't a business, then coaches shouldn't be paid what guys like Saban make. If Nick Saban want to ear millions coaching, let him go get his ass kicked in the NFL. If he wants to coach in college, then his players ought to be getting some of the pie he keeps to himself.
Since when is the SWAC lucrative?
"Head coaches without a long contract sometimes struggle to lead and enforce their necessary juice. John Fox has that obstacle heading into 2010..."
It doesn't belong in This Week in Quotes, since it's only from a Fox Sports article, but I thought this'd be the place to figure out what "necessary juice" is and how one might go about enforcing it.
I have a hunch that Shawnne Merriman used to know. Maybe Brian Cushing can help us?
The only way to really discipline players who have received a fair amount of guaranteed money in their current contract is to keep them off the field. A coach whose contract is such that a small differences in wins could mean losing his head coaching career is not in a good postion to keep a talented but unprofessional player on the bench.
To be fair, he is an excessively sized human being
Dahmer at QB; sweet. He would've eaten up defenses.
I might of shed a tear or two when Herm Edwards lost his job, both for the loss of his quotes, and the lolz of his incompetenancy. However my faith in humanity was restored with Rex Ryan, and Raheem Morris. Seriously, Rex has to be the most quotable coach since John McKay. The whole week in quotes could just be Rex Ryan's first three episodes of Hard Knocks. Still laughing at these guys couldn't play dead in a B western. As for Raheem Morris, you know Brian Billick and Steve Mariucci sit every day on NFL Network, and go WTF? Really? Is this real life?


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Bahrain: construction beginning for Catholic cathedral
June 30, 2014
Construction is due to begin on a Catholic cathedral in Bahrain, one of the few Islamic countries that allows freedom of worship for Christians.
When Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met with Pope Francis in May, the Pontiff thanked the Arabic ruler for donating the land on which the cathedral will be built. Construction is proceeding despite a petition opposing the existence of a Christian church, signed by dozens of Islamic leaders.
Although Bahrain is an island nation, theoretically the cathedral could serve the estimated 2.5 million Catholics-- most of them guest workers-- who live on the Arabian peninsula. Bahrain is located just off the coast of Saudi Arabia, which does not allow for Christian churches.
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Skip to comments.Robert H. Bork 1927-2012, RIP
Posted on 12/19/2012 6:20:43 AM PST by cotton1706
Judge Robert H. Bork, one of the the greatest jurists this country has ever produced, died early this morning from heart complications in a Virginia hospital near his home. He was 84.
Bork was a national celebrity. Several years ago, my wife and I visited the Borks in Maine where they had taken a summer house off Somes Sound. I cannot count the times that total strangers would approach us at a lobster shack or park asking to shake the Judges hand and to assure him of their admiration and support.
Borks celebrity was only partly conferred upon him by brilliant legal work and his service as Solicitor General and then Acting Attorney General in the tumultuous Watergate years of the Nixon administration. (Andrew McCarthy wrote an excellent summary of Judge Borks work in The New Criterion a few years ago: Robert H. Bork on Law and Life.) But by far the most important fuel for fame was the riveting, not to say obscene, attack upon his candidacy for the Supreme Court in the 1980s under Ronald Reagan.
The vicious campaign waged against Judge Bork set a new lowpossibly never exceededin the exhibition of unbridled leftist venom, indeed hate. Reporters combed through the Borks trash hoping to find comprising tidbits; they inspected his movie rentals, and were disgusted to find the films of John Wayne liberally represented. So hysterical was the campaign against Judge Bork that a new transitive verb entered our political vocabulary: To Bork, scruple at nothing in order to discredit and defeat a political figure. Monsieur Guillotine gave his name to that means of execution; progressives, those leftists haters of America who have so disfigured our national life since the 1960s, gave us the this new form of character assassination. The so-called Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy, surely one of the most despicable men ever to hold high public office in the United States (yes, thats saying something), stood on the Senate floor and emitted a serious of calumnious lies designed not simply to prevent Judge Bork from being appointed to the Supreme Court but to soil his character irretrievably. Robert Borks America, quoth Kennedy,
is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit down at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government, and the doors of the Federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for whom the judiciary is often the only protector of the individual rights that are the heart of democracy.
A breathtaking congeries of falsehoods that, were they not protected by the prerogatives of senatorial privilege, would have taken a conspicuous place in the annals of malicious slander and character assassination. In The Tempting of America, Judge Bork recounts his incredulity at this tissue of malign fabrication. It had simply never occurred to me that anybody could misrepresent my career and views as Kennedy did. At the time, he notes, many people thought that Kennedy had blundered by emitting so flagrant, and flagrantly untrue, an attack. They were wrong. His calculated personal assault, . . . more violent than any against a judicial nominee in our countrys history, did the job (with a little help from Joe Biden and Arlen Specter). Not only was Kennedy instrumental in preventing a great jurist from taking his place on the Supreme Court, he also contributed immeasurably to the cheapening of American political discourse.
In a way, Robert Bork had the last laugh. Ted Kennedy went to his grave a rancid, lumbering, pathetic laughing stock. Bork went from intellectual triumph to intellectual triumph, contributing now-classic studies to the library of legal understanding and penning two of the most important works of social criticism of the last several decades, the aofremention Tempting of America and Slouching Toward Gemorrah, wild bestsellers both. I am proud to say that this spring Encounter Books will be publishing a memoir by Judge Bork called Saving Justice: Watergate,. The Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General.
Bob Bork was a great American and a dear friend, witty, compassionate, with a laser-like analytical mind and compendious store of cultural reference. (It was he who introduced me to John Buchans marvelous memoir Memory, Hold the Door.) I will have more to say about Bob and his achievement in due course. For now, I wish merely to register my gratitude for his friendship, admiration of his work, and sorrow at his passing. Requiescat in pace.
Robert Bork was a GREAT American and a good man. Rest in Peace Mr. Bork. Thank you for your contributions to this country.
RIP Judge Bork
May God welcome you into Paradise, Judge.
And we thank you for what you did here and for what you tried to do here as well.
*shudder* if he had been on the court.... Obama would be replacing him!
(for the first time in my life I am glad Bork didn't make it on the court)
I had the same exact thought, assuming he had not retired.
One of the really good guys. Thank you, your honor. May you rest in peace.
My heart aches as all the history of what was done to this Good Man passes before my memory.
RIP, Your Honor.
Rest in Peace, Your Honor. Thanks for posting this fine eulogy by Roger Kimball.
Rest in peace, Judge Bork.
May he rest in peace. We are losing a lot of great men and only the dregs seem to be left.
RIP Robert Bork.
I did not become an activist and really get motivated until the Reagan era. We finally had a man to talk-the-talk. With the nomination of Bork, we saw the opportunity to have a Jurist enshrine the legal understanding of our Constitution and provide a sea change to our direction at the Judicial branch.
His "borking" was the vivid example of the leftist full control of the Democrat Party agenda and its total orientation against the Republic and all its structure.
I hope our legal scholars chime in and I am going to try and listen to Mark Levin tonight who should have a lot to say as I am sure RB was an influence on his younger years.
R.I.P. Judge Bork.
"Thanks to Ted Kennedy and his ilk, the country was denied a great jurist on the Supreme Court."
More correctly:
Thanks to Ted Kennedy and his ilk, the country was denied the future that it was entitled to.
Sorry I gave him a ride to NYC once (even if it was in the coach behind the engine...)
Justice Bork will no longer have to see the continued destruction of this once-great nation.
But let us not whitewash Bork in his death: He was also a gungrabber.
Bork has denounced what he calls the "NRA view" of the Second Amendment, something he describes as the "belief that the constitution guarantees a right to Teflon-coated bullets." Instead, he has argued that the Second Amendment merely guarantees a right to participate in a government militia.[34]
I don't know what kind of lies Ted Kennedy spread in Massachusetts about Judge Bork's role in the Saturday Night Massacre, but in 1987, then-Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, and his then-Deputy AG, Bill Ruckelshaus told me the real story. When Nixon fired Archibold Cox, all THREE top political appointees in the Justice Department at the time--Richardson, Ruckelshaus, AND Bork (Solicitor General)--but Richardson and Ruckelshaus told Bork to "hold the bag," because all three thought they if they resigned at the same time, they'd put the Justice Department's highest-ranking position in the hands of a career diplomat, thereby creating what they feared would be a "constitutional crisis." Accordingly, while Richardson and Ruckelshaus hogged the "glory" and "fame" of resigning in protest, they left Bork to run the Justice Department, and to suffer Ted Kennedy's--and others'--lies.
I really liked him and a real shame he was run out of town on a rail. I went to see him speak one time in the early 1990's at Franklin College near Indy. He was very interesting and hilarious, opposite of what the LSM tried to project of him.
More like you and we might still have a Republic.
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That is a good post.
When people refer to Entertainers as not challenging, I have to disagree. From Day 1 (well, more like Day 3 since I was at Origins during SWG release), I made it my goal to stand out as a Dancer. This was why I had no problems while people were posting, "We don't get any tips." This was before the AFK craze, when even the lousy players would tip Entertainers because they recognized our contribution.
It was a fun exercise to bring people over to my corner to watch me. I wouldn't try to steal from another Dancer, but if I didn't have a rapt audience, I tried persuading newcomers to watch me.
And the real challenge is to do it in ways other than, "Hey, watch me so I can get XP!" Anyone can beg for XP, and there are people who sympathize with your plight who'll do it. The challenge lay in engaging these people so they just kind of drift in your direction because you are so enthralling.
Entertaining is not a challenge? I'd argue that it's more challenging than hunting Maulers or Tuskens. With those tasks, you just click or hit tab and then press the right F buttons. Medics have a slightly larger challenge by watching the combatants. Entertainers can't just click in order to accomplish their goals. They have to actually work at it. That was what made me fall in love with the profession back in August.
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Even if you're RPing, and it doesn't make sense that you would know his name, you can engage a little conversation. And most people will talk to you if you talk to them first. Really!
Really really good post, thank you.
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Even if you're RPing, and it doesn't make sense that you would know his name, you can engage a little conversation. And most people will talk to you if you talk to them first. Really!
Really really good post, thank you.
If you're one of those who insist on not knowing a name unless a character tells you IC (I don't personally subscribe to this because of the shortage of time), there are tricks to engaging in a conversation. After all, some people won't realize you're talking to them.
If you /pointat, /nod, or /beam at someone, it's obvious. If you do an /emote, you can use "%NT" to automatically plug in his name. Like.... /emote gasps at how wounded %NT looks. /say Oh my, what happened to you?
Some handy tricks like that. Of course, if a patron is the only one wearing a bright yellow jumpsuit with yellow boots and a yellow hat, he'll know you're talking to him if you wonder why anyone would be dressed like a Yavinian banana.
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Well said, Sirii! I always try to chat with my customers--it makes it much more fun for me, and I hope it makes the game more interesting for them. Another thing I have noticed is that when I am conversing IC with patrons, I tend to get more patrons (and bigger tips :smileyhappy so I really think most players think it adds to their experience.
- Cassie, Dance Hall Girl
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As Luke Skywalker and Kirah from my server say: I care.
I don't know which makes me blush more: that Madame would quote little ole me or that I was mentioned in the same breath as /sigh . . . Luke Skywalker!
A couple of days ago a fellow guild member was dismayed when I told him a buff would take 8 minutes, but he needed one and agreed to "stick it out". I started up my buff and timer and began to engage him in a lively conversation, getting him to talk about an assortment of topics he seemed interested in: his plans for the evening (and use of the buff), his profession, the goals he hoped to accomplish . . . When I told him his buff was complete and he could /stopw and check his stat, he was amazed. "Finished already?" He actually sounded disappointed!!
Its absolutely imperative that, as entertainers, we remember our focus must be the patron, not on the xp we need to get to reach the next level or the tip amount we are looking for, if we are to survive individually and collectively. Give a good performance and even the hardened "arpy" will appreciate your efforts.
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You go with this!
I have always always thought of myself as an entertainer FIRST, healer second...and buffer dead last!
I dont spam in macros about how good my skill tapes are on my clothes...nor do i spam about how i am doing buffs. First off if a patron wants a buff they will ask for it. And they will only ask if they know your there. They arent going to waste time asking around to the afk spammers.
Alot of times, i just go out and entertainer period. Some lonely starport somewhere. The Kaadara Starport is a very good locale for giving people a smile. From what i have learned this is the only town where BH's can get high lvl investigation missions. So they corner the market on this particular starport. And let me tell ya i have a very close person to me who is working on master Bounty hunter, i followed them around for a full gaming session. This has got to be without a doubt the most mind numbing profession tree ever. Not to mention the aggrivation of broken leads...missing marks..marks stuck in walls. Missed shuttles, lost droids. Sitting in the middle of nowhere waiting for a seekerdroid to update a waypoint etc and etc.
Noolos needs a friend people. Bounty hunter has got to be the lonliest profession. I will stay in that starport all alone, mainly because i know that once Noolos gets done hunting his quarry he will be forced back to this very spot to rinse and repeat the journey. Every time he comes back he knows i will be waiting. Even if its only for a few minutes, i put on a smile. I dance my heart out or play any song he wants to hear. I keep his spirits up. And if for some reason he gets beaten down. I walk him to the nearest camp, or Cantina and help him back to full health. And if i cant do it personally because he is on another planet...i will go out of my way to find an ATK entertainer where he is and tell him...Hey Noolos while your there in Coronet go see my good friend Kaligne...i will send ahead and let her know your coming she will treat you really nice :0).
Its not even about the money anymore. I just enjoy being an entertainer...and alot of being an entertainer is being a good listener...conversationlist..and friend all rolled into one nice and neat package.
Not only that but with the addition of the entertainer moduled droids, i am a one woman traveling show. I am working very hard at putting together a really nice show package that i can do all my myself. I traveled all over the galaxy today just doing what i do. Mainly so alot of combat characters could see the new droids. Most appreciated it so much i made my travel expenses and then some. Not only that but let me tell ya something. Alot of even the most hardcore gamers are getting tired of afk'rs...when i showed up on Dantooine today, there were several people coming and going from the afk buffbots in the cantina there. But when i started playing outside next thing i know they all want buffs and healing from me. You know why? Cause they want to be entertained, thats what games are for, to be entertaining. So they want cute lil me. cause the buff bots only know how to do one thing...and thats automate. Live people like myself and a select few others do what we can, but we are spread very thin. So take notice of the topic post. Those of us who stick thru it find our own reward.
Master dancer / Master Musician / Master Entertainer
/Master of Noolos' fun
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Never mind. Deleted what I was going to ask.
Seems people in here can be just as rude as most of the people in game these days. Pardon my presence. I wont intrude again.
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Seastreak Blog
April 14, 2014
Create your own history lesson by researching your family history dating back to Ellis Island arrivals or learn about someone else's history at The National Archives of New York City. Located downtown at One Bowling Green, the archives are a historical wonderland for those curious about everything and anything. Dubbed a "walk in research experience", take your time to sift through original documents and microfilms in all their old-timer glory, as well as "oo" and "aah" over original artifacts. And we love that all events and access to the archives is totally free!
Their resources in the Research Center include online subscription services such as Ancestry, Fold3, Heritage Quest, and ProQuest. They also offer activities in The Learning Center for families Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, in addition to pre-registered programs for adults, teachers and students.
It's a perfect spring break activity for families as well! For the April 14th – 18th break the archives have put together self directed learning activities that can be done from noon until 3pm. So take your kids, parents and grand-parents to dig deeper than their jewelry box for treasured family jewels (of information that is).
A fun activity that will be occurring on May 19th is their genealogy program where you can learn about immigration and naturalization records from a USCIS historian.
They even give short tours to get you acquainted with all the archives have to offer Wednesdays at noon. To top it off, kids age 12 and under ride free through Memorial Day on Seastreak, so it really is a family and wallet friendly activity.
One Bowling Green, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Sea you soon,
The Seastreak Family
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