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My Life Dilemma: To Quest or Not to Quest
That is the question.
Isn't it?
I'm not trying to wax philosophical like Shakespeare
(ok, maybe I am)
but seriously:
is this not the GRAND QUESTION OF THEM ALL??!
To Quest or Not to Quest
This is life in a nutshell.
My life, your life, all of our lives:
to play it safe, go for "security"–
or to take risks and go into the unknown,
to live on our edge
and be vulnerable to life.
Not just be vulnerable.
To realize that there's really no other way to be.
Our sense of control is totally an illusion.
Easy example:
Imagine you worked twenty-five years as an airline pilot and were finally ready to retire and get your pension. You've given your life to this company, and now it's time to get taken care of by them.
Four months later… the company announces that it can't pay pensions.
Your whole life, you have believed that your pension was as real as the ground you walk on. Now, it's gone.
This is just one example of many.
What we believe is solid ground can be lost in a single moment.
Our health. Our loved ones. Our jobs. Our home. Our possessions. Our life.
Now, I realize all this…
and yet…
it doesn't make it any easier for me to choose!
The illusion of security, much like in The Matrix when Cypher bites into the steak, knowing it's not really real, is so tantalizing.
I talked to my friend, Lee, today. I call him whenever I'm struggling with a major life decision. He's my unofficial "Life Coach."
I told him about my current dilemma:
I just quit my gig working for a sexologist in LA.
I have an option of doing another work/live opportunity in Simi Valley, just 40mi. north of LA, learning about aquaponics, getting certified to teach archery and leading groups in other nature activities. I'd be working with a good friend, too.
I have another option coming back to Florida and working with my brother, which would afford me a lot of security and ease, and the ability to do my writing and other pursuits on the side.
Both of them are, at least on paper, good options. At least temporarily, I'd probably be more than fine in both places.
But I feel like my time isn't finished on the West Coast–that I have more to learn and experience before leaving (assuming that I do).
When I told Lee about my dilemma, he reminded me of one of the parts of one of my favorite novels, The Alchemist, when the main character is questing and ends up in a village working at a crystal shop.
He was following his dream, but then got caught up in a job that ended up being quite… comfortable. He had his basic needs taken care of, and he had the opportunity to advance and become ever more comfortable, perhaps never having to worry about his "security" again.
But that's when he remembered:
I'm on a quest.
I may have creature comfort, but if I forget this dream that beckons me to explore something deeper… and I never do, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
So, he leaves and his quest, of course, becomes an epic, death-defying, beautiful adventure of imaginable proportions.
Is this guaranteed of everyone who takes the gamble and goes on a quest?
And that's some of what makes it a true quest, isn't it?
There are no guarantees.
But, then again, maybe that also depends on our perspective.
From the place of looking at life as finite, maybe it can go horribly. But if we zoom out, and we take the perspective of the mystics who pretty much all say that "death" isn't really an end, perhaps we can't lose–even if it seems like a disaster.
This idea is probably best illustrated in one of my all-time favorite movies (yes, another), Pan's Labyrinth.
This is truly a magical movie, so if you haven't seen it, you might want to skip the next section until you see the words, safe to read, below…
At the end of the movie, the main character dies, choosing to sacrifice herself to save her little brother, believing in a magical reality of which many signs had led her to believe was real.
But she didn't actually have confirmation of this reality until after she had put everything on the line.
It was a quintessential leap of faith.
Safe to read.
This is a meandering post, I know.
But maybe that's life.
Maybe all our plans are pitted against the void.
And we can plan as much as we'd like, to hedge against its aggressive incursion, but in the end, it's all futile.
Isn't it?
Ok, Alex, let's not get all melodramatic here.
Yes, yes… we all die. We know that. But there's the space in between when we're alive, in these bodies, and it's truly a unique experience–and maybe the only one we'll ever get–so might as well enjoy it; might as well live it fully and experience as much as you can.
Ahhh, yes.
But haven't you just proved my point?
Because what I'm talking about is truly experiencing life, and not just living on the sidelines.
So, is the question of questing really a question after all?
Isn't the question really just one of how much we're willing to risk?
Each risk takes us on a new adventure.
And, often, if we get too comfortable, life has a way of turning our lives upside down, anyway.
So, good luck trying to stay comfortable.
This post is ending.
I still don't know what I'm going to do.
I'm still scared to step into the unknown.
I'm still tempted to choose security–
and if I do,
there's nothing wrong with it.
I might choose stability for my next step, and then use it as a stepping stone for a later adventure.
There's not right or wrong here, but perhaps there is the question of honesty.
Am I choosing illusion,
or am I questing–whether toward stability or insecurity–
with eyes wide open?


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You Ask, I Answer: Alcohol & Weight Loss
I would like to know the calorie content for beer, hard liquor and wine.
If you're trying to lose weight, what kind of alcohol should you stick to/try to avoid?
Is it better to drink wine instead of beer?
— Lori (last name withheld)
Ottawa, Ontario
As far as calorie figures are concerned, please refer to this post from July 2009.
If weight-loss is your goal, though, liquid calories should be the first to go.
Unless you are talking about homemade smoothies made with whole fruits and fiber-rich ingredients like oat bran and ground flax, liquid calories do very little towards helping you feel full, making it very easy to consume several hundred calories and still feel hungry.
The best alcohol to drink is the one you simply drink less of.
If, for instance, you find that one glass of red wine satisfies you the same way that three beers do, then wine is the best choice.
Wine is not "more fattening" than beer, or vice versa.
That said, keep in mind that mixed drinks are often higher in calories because they also include soda, fruit juice, or cream, all of which add extra calories.

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A healthy diet is very vital in maintaing our health. We must consider what we eat at all times to avoid ourselves from having chronic health diseases. Harmful diseases such as high blood pressure, myocardial infarction and diabetes are skyrocketing in the 21st century especially among teenagers as young as 18.Hence, we have to take safety measures to maintain a healthy body. Lets go back to our primary school Science where we have our food pyramid. A food pyramid is a very good example for us to refer to in maintaining a healthy diet. Our diet should mostly carbohydrate which is our main source of energy. It plays an essential role in giving us ebergy to carry out our daily life activities as a healthy teenager.
Next, we have protein above carbohydrate. Protein, as well plays as equal role as carbohydrate. It helps in repairing our tissues and making our bones stronger. Morever, we should also consider ourselves in consuming vitamins and mineral salts. It benefits us in boosting our immune system. Lastly, we have fats and oils on the top most level of our food pyramid. Though it comprises only a little space on the food pyramid, it definitely plays an important role by supplying efficient amount of energy for us. To conclude, to maintain a healthy body, we ourselves must take an effort to practice a healthy diet. If we consume the food as stated in the food pyramid, we can definitely assure ourselve a healthy diet.
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October 17, 2010
"Open yer fuckin' ear's jackass!"
prank call's from the early '90s
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- AnonymousTuesday, October 19, 2010
Uncle Freddy DIED?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousWednesday, October 20, 2010
So fucking weird. I was just just talking about prank calls 2days ago with a friend and we were listening to jerky boys and the Schwarzenegger pizza delivery call.ReplyDelete
On the extreme side, as if they used the jerky boys as preschooling-
There's the fastfood employee strip-search and hotel gas leak prank calls?:
have you ever listened to longmont potion castle? in my opinion, he's without a doubt the crowned king of prank calls. i posted a collection of tracks from him a while back on my blog, here. shit is nutty.ReplyDelete
nah never heard them, i see there's a few volumes to check out too. i put this up for nostalgia really, i don't think it was too widespread where i come from.ReplyDelete


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Our process for analyzing and reporting failures is as follows:
Should the failure analysis be questioned or a root cause cannot be determined by our in-house laboratory, we will contract with a third-party metallurgy laboratory for confirmation or help.
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Rachel Maddow has been many times moved by the recent election, but the MSNBC host got particularly emotional Friday night while talking about vice president-elect Mike Pence and his anti-gay policies.
After going over the long, difficult process that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage, Maddow pointed out that in 2013, Pence signed legislation as governor of Indiana to make it a felony to "lie" on an application for a marriage license, which only had space for one man and one woman.
"So, ultimately, marriage equality becomes the law of the land everywhere thanks to the Supreme Court, but in Indiana, under Mike Pence, gay couples faced 18 months in prison and $10,000 for applying to get married," she says, getting choked up. "Just applying to married put you in jail under Mike Pence."
Later, the host described Pence being selected as Donald Trump's running mate.
"When the Republican party picked as their nominee this year Donald Trump, a man who has honestly kind of a confusing, incoherent position on a lot of culture war issues, including gay rights, you would think it would've been really huge news. You'd think it would've been an acute point of focus in this campaign when the Republican presidential nominee — who has this strange, sort of hard to follow, internally contradictory set of policies on these issues — he picked as his running mate the most vociferously and consistently anti-gay statewide elected official in the country."
She continued to detail some of his other policies: "Mike Pence said you should not only take away money from HIV and AIDS programs, he said AIDS funding should be taken away from serving people with HIV and AIDS because instead it should be diverted into government-funded programs designed to cure people from being gay, to try to fix gay people. That's what the government should spend its money on — not this AIDS stuff."
Maddow added, "Mike Pence is really, really out there."
Watch Maddow's segment below.


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Striped Tasselled Toque
With this free pattern, we aimed for jaunty, playful, and warm—we think we hit the bulls-eye! The Striped Tasselled Toque is perfectly easy—in-the-round knitting with a bit of striping and a bit of seaming. But it's the two tassels that really make us smile.
We knit our Toque (rhymes with duke) in the tech-savvy Blue Sky Fibers Techno! It's a clever, chunky-weight fiber with a core of silken mesh blown through with delicate, baby alpaca fibers. Weightless and lofty, its soft and airy fuzz promises to keep your noggin nice and warm.
Child/Adult Small(Adult Medium, Adult Large).
Approx. 17 (18, 21)"/43 (46, 53)cm circumference.
Instructions given for Child/Adult Small; other sizes in parentheses ( ).
2 skeins Blue Sky Fibers Techno (120 yds/109m each): 1 skein each in 2 colors. Designate colors A and B. Our shop sample used A = Color 1989 Wicked; B = Color 1974 Smoke.
Or, approx. 100 (120, 144) yds/91 (110, 132)m of an equivalent aran-weight yarn divided evenly between 2 colors.
US 9 (5.5mm) 16" circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
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Extra circular needle for 3-needle bind off.
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17 sts/26 rows = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking.
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The Civic Memorial boys' bowling team won the Alton Quad Tournament on Nov. 11 at Bowl Haven in Alton.
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Tuesday, 5 June 2012
So proud to be British
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L'hommage mérité de son peuple à une grande reine.ReplyDelete
Belle journée
Totally agree, the whole country in harmony, proud to be British and long may it continue. Maybe this jubilee will bring new bringings and strength to our the glorious United Kingdom....superb photographs.ReplyDelete
Dear Jill, lovely photos, and a beautiful celebration - I watched it all, wishing I could have been in London....I think we all feel proudly British when watching this magnificent event and special occasion which we could all share in. Have a lovely week. Sharon xReplyDelete
A lovely, lovely celebration. I watched a lot of it here in the US and enjoyed it very much!ReplyDelete
Nobody does it like us Brits! Very proud, and your pics are fabulous and capture the very essence of the celebrations xxxReplyDelete
A great and beautiful Day in the History, what a marvellous show on he Thames ! I watch on TV during all the afternoon ! Her Majesty the Queen has a wonderful clothes. And Princess Catherine was wonderful !ReplyDelete
Thak you for these photos.
Nice evening,
Dear Jill,ReplyDelete
Hasn't it been the most wonderful weekend....I haven't moved from the television as I had to watch EVERY minute !!
I loved the flotilla, the concert, the Thanksgiving service....all of it !!
.... it's pouring with rain here too but, we need it ....that's what I keep telling myself !!!! XXXX
Such beautiful photographs you have chosen :)ReplyDelete
Doesnt Kate just look wonderful?
Are you enjoying the jubilee celebrations?
I'm having a Jubilee giveaway over on my blog if you would like to enter, or share with someone that might like it :)
Dear Jill, despite the fact I'm born and bred Dutch I feel more British...I enjoyed every single Jubilee Moment..Thanks for sharing these photos...ReplyDelete
Hi Jill, lovely photos.I have thoroughly enjoyed this long weekends celebrations.We sure know how to put on a show for our royal family dont we! I love the royal family and am very proud that we still have one.ReplyDelete
Hi Jill,ReplyDelete
Your photo's of the Jubilee celebrations are the first I see being away for the weekend. What an impressive event it must have been! I can imagine you being proud to be British. I feel the same about our queen.
Have a lovely evening!
Madelief x
Thank you for those photographs, I was away this weekend and wasn't able to see any of the events.ReplyDelete
Lise-Lotte from Victoria BC Canada
This country is truly GREAT and I'm so proud of our Queen. What a marvellous Lady,the glue of this nation.ReplyDelete
Stay dry and carry on---ironing Jill.
Joasia x
Sounds like the best time was had by all.ReplyDelete
A lovely collection of photos Jill. What a fabulous weekend it was, proud to be British indeed!ReplyDelete
Have a lovely week,
Essie x
love the first and last pictures best! Queenie looks so happy, and love the blurry flags, being waved madly! haha!ReplyDelete
Wonderful images Jill - and yes, I'm SO proud to be British! It was a wonderful long weekend, and when not scoffing scones and tea we were glued to the television and watching the events unfold. The Queen looked marvelous and the Thames pageant was a brilliant sight despite the rain - did you see the poor choir! As a result, I too have been VERY absent from my blog, but as you say - normal service to resume shortly - lol!ReplyDelete
Paula x
What gorgeous photos!ReplyDelete
It's been such a lovely occasion, hasn't it? It's quite taken my mind of my imending labour!! I love the way we British seem to thrive in the drizzle!
The celebrations must been wonderful!!!!!!ReplyDelete
So happy that you had a great time.
Have a nice weekend.
Everything looked fantastic, the British really know how to celebrate in style!ReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend


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The TPB recently approved eight bicycle and pedestrian projects in Northern Virginia to receive $2.9 million in funding under the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program. A portion of STBG funds are set aside for projects other than traditional highway construction, including bicycle, pedestrian, Safe Routes to School, and recreational trails projects.
Get details on all 8 projects selected to receive funding
Selected projects help meet regional needs
The TPB convened a selection panel to choose projects based on how well they meet key regional needs. Those needs include expanding travel options, improving non-motorized travel in Activity Centers, improving access to transit, and serving disadvantaged groups. Here are three projects that highlight the TPB's focus on regional needs:
- Reston Bikeshare. This project will continue to expand the popular Capital Bikeshare program into Fairfax County. It will add new travel options by linking several residential, business, and retail destinations within the town, and it will improve access to transit by linking Reston with the new Wiehle-Reston East Silver Line station.
- Dumfries Road sidewalk (Prince William County). This project will add a new sidewalk to an 800-foot-long stretch of Dumfries Road between Tayloe Drive and Counselor Road. The new sidewalk will provide a safer and easier way for residents of the Forest Park Mobile Home community to walk to two nearby shopping centers.
- McKinley Elementary School Safe Routes to School. This project will make numerous improvements to help students access the school on foot or by bicycle. Improvements include a new path connecting the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) bike trail to the school, new medians and curb extensions to slow traffic and make it easier for people to cross the street, and a new protected bike lane.
Learn more about the criteria used to select projects
More projects to receive funding later this year
Additional projects in Northern Virginia may receive similar funding later this year when the state's Commonwealth Transportation Board allocates its portion of the federal block-grant funding. The TPB will also be selecting projects in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Applications for Maryland projects are due Monday, May 16. The application timeline for projects in the District has yet to be set.
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Tomorrow, I am back on yetta nother airplane, on my way back to France.
The festival I'll be attending is Etonnants Voyageurs in Saint-Malo on the coast. I've never been to this one before, and so have no idea what to expect. Except, of course, lively discussions, bookish people and lovely beaches. So I think I'm going to enjoy myself.
I know I'll be connecting again with friends from both Trolls&Legendes and Imaginales. And this time, Arnaud Mousnier-Lompre will be there as well! I have not seen Arnaud for a few years, but he is the reason why so many French readers find the Farseer books so enjoyable. He is a skilled and dedicated translator, and if I have my way, I will coerce him into signing books alongside me. After all, I believe in giving credit where credit is due, and an excellent translation is the dream of every writer.
So, I hope I will be seeing many of you there!
I still have not been reunited with my camera, so apologies for the delay in posting my photographs. I expect to have more when I return from Saint-Malo, if Giles remembers to get me my camera back before I depart!
In the mean time, if you have photos of SupaNova, Trolls&Legendes or Imaginales and would like to share them, please leave a post with a link! I'd love to see them.


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• Participate in daily meetings communicating any changes to the QA team
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• As we build out our QA team, assist in growth and development of QA department and staff.
• 4+ year of testing experience in the gaming industry
• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
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IRAQ. Iraq Duty Free has had its exclusive duty free contract at Baghdad and Basra airports extended by ten years until 4 March 2029. The current concession was due to expire on 4 March 2019.
The contract was awarded by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Transport to Iraq Duty Free's parent company Financial Links.
Managing Director Ahmed Kamal said that the retailer will pay a "significantly increased" concession fee from the previous 8% of sales. Specific details on the new fee structure are not being revealed. Additionally, Iraq Duty Free has agreed to refurbish the stores and to invest in key terminal improvements and facilities.
Kamal told The Moodie Davitt Report: "We are delighted to have our contract extended and are planning to invest heavily in a world-class offer."
As revealed recently by The Moodie Davitt Report, Iraq Duty Free – the exclusive duty free retailer at Iraq's major airports of Baghdad, Basra and Sulaimaniyah (the latter operated under a separate contract) – posted +24% sales growth year-on-year to late September, including +29% at Baghdad International.
The retailer recently renovated the shops in the third terminal at Baghdad International Airport, adding 608sq m to the former 1,626sq m of retail space.
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April 26 - 30 1999, Washington DC
Photo and RealAudio highlights from 27 April
RealAudio of conclusions from Monday�s discussions on natural and cultural attributes of cultural site management (CSM)
Sharon Sullivan (left), former Executive Director, Australian Heritage Commission, presented a planning model for the management of archaeological sites.
Pietronella Van Den Oever (far right), Environment and Natural Resources, World Bank Institute, identified necessary conditions for cultural heritage preservation, including technical, economic, socio-cultural and stakeholder factors.
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Thread: MAAC gun show harrisburg,pa
September 8th, 2010, 09:02 PM #1
MAAC gun show harrisburg,pa
SEP 11 and 12th Harrisburg, Pa., 1200 tables Farm Show Complex, (internet map) 2300 North Cameron St., 17110. Interstate - 81 exit 67 Cameron St. south to Farm Show Complex on right. From Pa. turnpike ( I - 76 ) exit 247, follow I - 283 north to I - 83 north to I - 81 south to exit 67. No great buildup needed for this show. It has become the largest show of its kind in the east. None bigger or longer established. Our usuual offerings, plus and open invitation to RUGER, SAVAGE, MARLIN, HOPKINS & ALLEN, IVER JOHNSON, HIGH STANDARD, AND THOMPSON CENTER collectors WORLD WIDE to display or sell. Special display tables will be available and cash awards will be offered for best educational display. For particulars on exhibit space, call or email.
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The parking fee is BS and then they make pay at the door! And there are NEVER any deals there! All the dealers suck too!
See you there!
September 10th, 2010, 12:47 AM #3
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I'll be there. You can usually find good deals on ammo there if you look around. Parking across the street though.
September 11th, 2010, 01:49 PM #4
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Good show. Just got back. Got some pretty decent deals on ammo, and found a Springfield GI 45 NIB that I got $30 off.
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I'm officially done with gun shows. Especially this one. $16 to get in, with parking and admission just to hear a bunch of dealers whine about no one wanting to pay their inflated prices. Cry me a river, what goes around comes around. Remember that next time demand goes back up.
The Only positive thing about the experience was meeting Nathan Lamb, who owns Lanco Tactical in Elizabethtown. He was a very friendly dealer, and while we couldn't make a deal today, was the only one who treated everyone who came to his table well. There's a reason he was busy every time I walked past and its because of his attitude. I will definitely do business with him in the future.
Gun show dealers would do well to stop moping around and behaving as if they're entitled to our money simply because they have guns for sale. Its shameful, and a good way to guarantee that people spend their money elsewhere. I know I'm probably generalizing here, but a few bad apples really can ruin the bunch.
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My dad and I went on Saturday. I thought it was a pretty good show. Plenty of room to move around at a gun show for once.
September 12th, 2010, 06:21 PM #7
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I didn't buy an AK with an underfolder like I had planned. Or .45 and .223 ammo. Or a 1911. I walked out empty handed. Well I shouldn't say that, I did walk out with 1000 rounds of 9mm.... but it was my dads.
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My dad and I walked out with a Harris bipod for our Remington 700 tactial. We saved are money for Valley Forge
September 13th, 2010, 09:12 AM #9
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Sounds like an ad, We dont mope, we get sick of people like you crying about how rude everyone was, and I can bet dollars to donuts you didnt talk to every dealer there, but you come here and complaine about them EXCEPT ONE OF COURSE. Well junior, we do get pissed I will admit that; and here is why.
I have a guy come to my table, he is interested in my Draco ak pistol @ 360.00 ( like that isnt a deal) now he wants it for 330.00 out the door. Some of you bitches must think we mark guns up 1-2 hundred bucks. I told him no can do. Ok, now he wants it out the door for the 360.00. now he pissed me off. I told him I marked it up 30 dollars and if I eat the tax I make a whoping 22 dollars. Gotta sell a lot of guns to pay for 210.00 dollars worth of tables if I make 22 a gun, do the fucking math.
Its obvious you guys who complaine have never ran a buisness. Lots of cost involved , and that dosnt include the paperwork. Now a few of you johnsons will come on here and cry " we didnt tell you to start a buisness" f- off. what did you ever do with out at least trying to be successful at it.
Now ya, there is a small percentage of dealers who do ask some crazy prices for stuff, but all dealers dont operate like that. I have many customers on here in the class 3 game who tell me all the time I have good prices compared to other SOT's in the state. I dont charge MSRP , but I make a good profit, too carry more product at a competative price. This is how to play the game to stay in the BIZ . If you have no clue how capitolism works move to russia or china were the prices are set for you, and have a good time.
I can go on and on, If you would like to know what crap we have put up with in this Biz feel free to call me and we can talk.
September 13th, 2010, 02:15 PM #10
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You can't get pissed, you can't get torn up inside. You price your merch at the margin you need, and move off that price if you have to on an individual basis, depending on the factors at the moment -- customer is a loyal "good" customer and seldom wants to dicker; customer is paying cash; business cash flow is tight, whatever. The "wrong" customer can get to you, however, and I can understand all too well Force's feelings on the subject.
Let me explain my perception of the issue: The majority of non-business-owners are not sensitive to the costs of running a successful business due to lack of experience. While they may acknowledge that business owners have the right to make enough money to cover expenses and make a profit, some just don't want that profit being made from sales to them.
Part of the customer's perception (rather, misperception) is that there are big markups in new guns because new guns carry such high price tags. Not true. A new (insert mfr and model here) with an $899 sticker costs a dealer maybe $800-$825 including shipping, leaving $75 to $99 for paying electricity, heating fuel, telephone and internet, payroll taxes, wages, shipping, FFL license fees, state firearms license fees, property and inventory taxes, business insurance (liability, building and contents), health insurance (now mandated by law), etc. Gotta sell a LOT of those expensive $899 guns to make enough nut to cover those expenses.
Second, anyone willing to spend the $$$ for a copy of SGN or Gun List pretty much knows "wholesale" prices and expects firearms dealers to order them these guns at those prices, charging only a token "transfer fee" of $10-$25 for doing so.
Those two reasons are why gun dealers prefer to sell used guns, buying them at 40%-60% of MSRP and marking them up to 90%-95% MSRP. Most gun dealers rely on sales of new accessories (scopes, mounts, ammo, leather, hunting equipment, etc.) and used guns to make ends meet and stay in business. Especially with a Dunhams, Dicks, Gander Mountain, or good ol' WalMart nearby.
Just my perception.
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Felicity Taylor was not an impatient girl. She'd never once snapped at a younger student for asking her the same question ten times, nor had she ever lost her temper when waiting for some of her dorm mates taking too long in the bathroom in the mornings. The seventh year Hufflepuff might have been called the most patient girl in the school for her ability to heal the McGregor triplets without complaint, even as they failed to follow orders and rest the injured parts.
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The boy in question finally appeared to have remembered their meeting, as he walked through the door like nothing was even wrong. Her eyebrow twitched even more as she looked the boy up and down, noting that he wasn't even in uniform.
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CJ had the distinct feeling that he was forgetting something. He was flipping through the pages of a dirt bike magazine he'd gotten in the mail from his mum, one of the few things she actually consistently sent him, and one of the few possessions he actually valued. He was sitting in the stands at the quidditch pitch, ignoring those people flying down on the field, and marking with a pen each part he wanted to purchase to improve his bike.
Most of the time all he did was mark the pages up and then end up throwing the magazine away when the next one came, never quite having the money for the parts he so desired. The boy was lucky to have the money for his smokes and the repairs that he inevitably needed to make on his bike. The upgrades were simply out of his league, but he still liked to look at them, wishing he could get himself a fancier ride.
The boy had flipped through the magazine a good two or three times before he managed to nod off there in the stands, waking about an hour later with a nagging feeling that he'd definitely forgotten something and it was something rather important at that. It was when he opened his satchel and shoved the magazine inside that he noticed his Herbology notes, or doodles, really, and realization hit him hard in the head.
The project.
He groaned, looking at the setting sun and knowing he'd already missed their planned meeting time long ago. It wasn't so much that he cared, as it was that CJ didn't much enjoy lectures. He didn't go to most of his classes to avoid the things. If he hadn't have gone to the stupid Herbology lesson, he wouldn't even be in this mess, seeing as it was the little 'partner project' that he needed to meet the Taylor girl about.
CJ got up and stretched lazily, trotting toward the greenhouse and hoping she'd given up on his showing up. Of course, he couldn't get that lucky, and he groaned when he entered the building only to get lectured just as he had figured. "Oh, shut it, Taylor. We both know I don't give a damn and you are still going to do pretty much every bit of this project."
He rolled his eyes at her mocking about his name. What did the C stand for? Like he was going to tell her. "The C stands for 'mind your own damn business,' Taylor. Now what else do we have to do with these stupid plants? I have more important things to do."
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I have just recently run a session on a strategic leadership programme for a collection of government departments. I can't say which ones but recent changes in funding, threat and resources have meant they really do need to collaborate much more. The programme is breaking ground, in that it's been set up across departments, the first of its kind. Well that seems a bit obvious to me and to many of readers I assume to share training and development opportunities . However to the UK government, working together is policy; creating the forums for collaboration is, it seems, not.
So what makes good collaborative working at the senior level? Well its more than an edict or policy saying they must. Good collaboration starts with individuals deciding they should, then acting. No amount of policy or direction from the top will break down years of individualization and socialization into strong cultures. What it takes is for individuals to become emotionally engaged in the process, through a shared need, a realisation that there is real benefit in a collaborative approach, and the courage to act on that thought.
We ran a simulation, a game, unfortunately human instinct kicked in and the default settings of competitive behaviour ensued. What was interesting was the debriefing discussion and how difficult it seems to be to establish enough trust to collaborate in the first place. Well ladies and gentlemen servants of the government, we really can't wait for you to love each other, the economic crisis and the state of threat currently enjoyed by our country from those that wish us harm is too high for you to delay. Collaboration is the future of really effective performance, particularly where special talents are scares and consequences of failure so high.
I really do hope the programme works in the long-term, but currently it is one of the few forums for real inter government agency interaction, it's a small but vital step in the right direction.


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I'll probably gets lots of hate mail for this, but for my fellow mac users: Handbrake .m4v to FCPX works! Just have faith! I kept thinking that how it appeared in the preview window was going to be how the end product looked...but apparently not! I don't know how, but when i imported an .m4v made by Handbrake (from a .VOB file) into FCPX it looked aliased and added black bars to the sides. HOWEVER...after exporting that unedited .m4v using FCPX's native .h264 compression, it looked exactly like how the .m4v was before the import. If you wanna be real particular, that end product you can run through some other software and whatnot.
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Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNDX
Despite the markets getting crushed yesterday we managed to find and tag in our premarket report, what would ultimately be the NASDAQ's top gainer of the day. SNDX had been gradually coming up off a bottom in the few sessions prior, but yesterday things really kicked into gear.
It traded in a range from 10.76 to 15.335, a fantastic intraday move of 43% which is really impressive for a $10+ stock. That move inside of the first 90 minutes of the session. That was followed by a dip-and-rip pattern from 12.16 and back to 13.62; a 12% rebound into a strong close at 13.58
The stock traded 56x its 30-day average volume yesterday, and held more than half of its daily advance, so we'll be treating this as a potential momentum play as we head into week's end, looking out for higher highs and higher lows out of SNDX.
Fresh Options Ideas
Speaking of the markets getting crushed, it appears as if we may see a continuation of that pattern today, so we want to have a few sets of options ideas to fall back on in the event of a continued slide.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA – BABA had been on an incredible bullish run for the better of part of 2017 thus far as you can plainly see on the chart snapshot we've included here. You can also see that the strength index is sharply declining after having recently been indicating the stock was extremely overbought. We can also see the MACD pinching toward a bearish cross.
That's why, along with an earnings miss in the premarket and the overall current of the markets as a whole, we're looking at the BABA Weekly $120-117 Puts for potential quick-strike swing trades.
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) – Also in the vein of our general bearish view of today's overall conditions, we want to line up a set of SPY Puts for observation. Our regular readers know that the SPY is one of our favorite market analogs, and has been a wellspring of gains for us on the options front when we correctly gauge investor sentiment.
Today we want to put the SPY Weekly $237-235 Puts on watch, as a sustained tumultuous period for stocks would likely produce some good chances for us there.
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Beware of the Cumulative Effects of Poor Habits
We often lose sight of the fact that the harmful cumulative effects of insults can manifest with disastrous results. For instance, I noticed the other day that one corner of a rug in my home that is exposed to afternoon sunlight through a window had faded. It did not happen overnight; but, over time, the contrast became significant enough to notice.
See Beyond the Here and Now
How often do we consider the long-term effects of our patients' poor habits? How often do clinicians consider lifestyle choices such as patients' diets in the context of prevention?
Three modifiable behaviors have recently been identified as factors to minimize visual impairment (Klein et al, 2014). The Beaver Dam Eye Study is an ongoing project that evaluates a stable population in Olmsted County, Wis. The results of a 20-year prospective analysis of visual impairment revealed that smoking cessation, moderate alcohol intake, and physical activity were associated with reduced visual impairment. Armed with this information, it may now be easier to initiate the conversation about how these factors may influence vision loss from diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Centuries ago, Hippocrates gave us the first precept of medicine: "First, do no harm." He is less remembered for stating, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." When we think about nutritional deficits causing medical issues, they may seem like historical problems (e.g., vitamin C deficiency and scurvy, or vitamin D deficiency and rickets). But, if we consider the cumulative effects of environmental sunlight exposure on cataract formation, the relationship hits a little closer to home. Similarly, the emerging association of short wavelength visible light and AMD focuses clinicians on the potential for modifying risk factors.
Discuss Poor Diet Effects
Systemic consequences of a poor diet are often very visible. We can see dietary influences from an individual perspective as well as in the obesity epidemic.
One perspective posits that diet-related health problems have resulted from sugars added to foods in response to the high-fat scare. Interventional cardiologist Aseem Malhotra (2013) presents a convincing case that what is substituted for saturated fat matters, and that sugar is the real culprit. Food labeling allows us to analyze this and other ingredients and provides an opportunity for us to discuss dietary recommendations with patients to minimize the impact on visual impairment.
The AREDS studies (Chew et al, 2014; AREDS2 Research Group, 2013) have offered guidelines for slowing the progression of advanced AMD; if early preventive interventions are effective, then the public health impact of visual impairment may be minimized. Considering the increasing lifespans of Americans, visual impairment will become an ever-increasing focus of eyecare providers and healthcare resources.
We should all take the opportunity to advise our patients of these developments and the preventive value of modifiable behaviors. A place to start may be the mantra that I have been offered: no food from vending machines, that can be purchased at a drive-through, or that is advertised on television.
While that may seem limiting, consider the consequences of vision loss. A lifetime of poor eating habits cannot be overcome in a month by taking a few supplements. CLS
For references, please visit www.clspectrum.com/references and click on document #223.
Dr. Semes is a professor of optometry at the UAB School of Optometry. He is a consultant or advisor to Alcon, Allergan, B+L, Sucampo, and Zeiss and is a stock shareholder in HPO and Arctic DX.


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The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First, by Jonah Keri. New York: Ballantine Books, 2011. 272 pp. $26 (hardcover).
For ten years, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ambled up to home plate and struck out. They were the worst team in Major League Baseball, averaging ninety-seven losses per season and finishing last in nine out of ten. They were, in short, the laughingstock of the league—not to mention late-night TV.
In a 2003 episode of the Late Show with David Letterman, Roger Clemens read from the list of the "Top 10 Things Baseball Has Taught Me." Checking in at number four: "The best practical joke? Tell a teammate they've been traded to the Devil Rays." (p. 5)
But the problem with the Devil Rays was not just that they always lost or that the entire league laughed at them. The team's owner was a notorious cheapskate with a volatile temper whose antics were so terrible that he turned the team's hometown against them.
It would have been hard for things to get worse. Indeed, they got better—and Jonah Keri tells how in The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First.
The book starts like a typical Hollywood script, with a businessman playing the role of villain. Keri tells how Vincent J. Naimoli came to own the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and details the ways Naimoli was "the Wrong CEO" for the team.
For one, Naimoli was a miser on the order of Ebenezer Scrooge, penny-pinching even at the price of employee productivity and happiness. Naimoli reused paper when writing memos, refused to buy Internet access for the office, and forced staff to bring a satchel of mail with them when traveling to a company branch (owing to the cost of stamps). And, as Keri says, "he was damn proud of it" (p. 34).
Further, Naimoli took bids from dozens of vendors for everything, requiring them to purchase season tickets first, and then created enemies by pitting them against each other and negotiating for ever more price cuts without knowing when to quit (p. 36). He received a salvo of negative publicity for inviting the local high school band to play the national anthem and telling the kids at the last minute that "they would have to pay to get into the ballpark" (p. 39). And when attendance dropped in the wake of such actions, Naimoli instituted a crackdown on fans who brought in food from outside—turning gate agents and ushers into "unflinching supercops" and creating a miserable ballpark experience for many.
As Keri shows, Naimoli's pursuit of wins on the baseball field was similarly shortsighted. Naimoli was adamant from the start that the Devil Rays make it to the playoffs within five years. "But," says Keri, "five years was an unrealistic projection for an expansion baseball club in the Devil Rays' position" (p. 51)—even more so given the general manager who Naimoli chose, and kept, despite his poor performance. That general manager, Chuck LaMar, botched a number of important decisions. Keri points out that LaMar overlooked talent, paid too much for expensive veterans in hopes of meeting Naimoli's playoff aspirations, and "threw in preference for players with Florida connections, foolishly surmising that such connections would bring in lots more fans, even when the product on the field remained lousy" (p. 57).
After nearly a decade of this sort of management, the Devil Rays had earned their reputations as perennial losers, and the ballclub was almost perfectly set up for a turnaround.
In the typical Hollywood movie the Scrooge counterpart might have handed over the reins to someone unconcerned with money, but what happened in Tampa Bay was different and far more interesting.
With the Devil Rays having hit rock bottom, three men—Stuart Sternberg, Matthew Silverman, and Andrew Friedman—bought Naimoli's stake. The ball club's new owners, hailing from Wall Street, certainly did not shun profits. In contrast to Naimoli, however, they devised a realistic, long-term plan for gaining them, making decisions along the way with their heads rather than their guts. . . .


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This Easter, my brother-in-law and his girlfriend will be visiting my husband and I. The other day, I brought up the idea of dying Easter eggs -- something we all haven't done since I was a kid. My husband and I quickly remembered that the dye and vinegar smell can sometimes be too overwhelming, so I started looking for other ways to decorate Easter eggs. I was happy to find that there are many ways to creatively decorate eggs -- and most of them don't require dyes of any kind! Here is a collection of my favorite methods:Glittered Eggs: Place craft-store glue dots on the eggs and then roll them in fine glitter.
Washi Tape Eggs: Use washi tape in assorted colors to decorate the eggs.
Kool-Aid Eggs: Instead of dye and vinegar, use Kool-Aid to color eggs.
Découpage Eggs: Use this method to create beautiful designs on your eggs.
Doodle Eggs: Use a Sharpie marker to carefully doodle all over your Easter eggs.
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When I say 'most of the time' I really mean it. I was totally ripped off by them the last time I used them, so I never intend to return unless I break down right outside.
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The street's empty. The sound of the wind is strong. The shower was so thin I can barely feel with the wind. The Vliet canal's quiet, no boat, no kayak girls and guys, no one. The team of fun-fishers camping along the canal during the entire week's gone too. No one, stillness, only nature and me and my bike.
The sky's darkening, I speed up to avoid stronger rain. Another street. The cars line the side of the street, everyone's home? Or everyone's away leaving the cars? No food smellfromhouses, no TV flashing views from the windows. No life. Still the wind blows. Warm from biking, cold from the wind. Mixed emotions.
The street's almost done. I have to cross and take another smaller street. Oh! Two souls! A father and a son on their respective bikes. Kiddie's too small. I think he's two. Dad's happy giving directions. They both have red sweaters. I bike past them. I have to cross the Sir Winston Churcillaan. Still quiet, a few cars while I cross. Calm. No heavy traffic. I am near home, still no one around biking. I could smell my dinner. Feeling warm. Feeling not alone. I arrive at my bike shed. I keep my bike, I run upstairs. Someone's there. Amore.
No more alone, no more mixed feelings. Only warmth and love. Summer in Rijswijk Netherlands, Friday evening.


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We are celebrating Thankful Thursday with our Oscars Report Announcement. Our buddy Owen the Tonk will be writing our 2017 Oscar Review.
Why the Excitement about our Oscars Report?
Owen has a skill we don't have, he writes very well, and with a discerning eye about movies . After a break from the blog, he is back (and we also hope to see more regular reviews here too). There are so many films and across a huge range of themes – we don't envy Owen, or the voters, their job this year.
Readers will have enjoyed Owen's 2016 review of the best movies, so why not check out the official Oscar® nominations page, then watch for Owen's daring predictions for movie success, here at Dash Kitten! We would only say, before you all shoot for Zootopia as Animated Feature Film, please check out the visionary stopframe-CGI masterpiece Kubo of the Three Strings.
Keep your eyes open for our Oscars Report soon!
Owen is a valued colleague, and we know you will look forward to his return to the blog. We will make sure you all know when his Oscar report 2017 goes live!
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Is the sister of Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame, III, pilot of American Airlines flight 77 which was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. She is the co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America and a co-founder, along with Liz Cheney and William Kristol, of Keep America Safe. She has testified before Congress on aviation security, and has written for the Wall Street Journal and other national publications on national security issues. She is a board member on the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Foundation.
More About Debra Burlingame
Interview by Joan Harting Barham, Family Security Matters
Debra Burlingame, Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2009
Debra Burlingame, Thomas Joscelyn, Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2010


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New masterpieces from the Italian design house: Antonio Citterio expands the Axor Citterio collection to include additional mixers and showers.
Axor Citterio: the products
Masterpieces for wash basins and bidets
New to the Axor Citterio collection are further mixers for wash basins and bidets. Their classic, elegant design and demanding workmanship transform them into pieces of art. The Axor Citterio mixers are sophisticated and timeless and offer the ultimate convenience.
- High spout for greater convenience
- Integrated joystick handle
- Shiny finish with precise edge guide
- Integrated jet former
- The water consumption is reduced to 5 l/min
- More voluminous jet, enriched with air
An intensive showering sensation
The new Axor Citterio overhead shower combines functionality and aesthetics to create a truly beautiful product. Three jet types – from soft to powerful – promise a customised feel-good showering experience.
- Three different jet types: standard jet, pulsating massage jet and soft jet
- Easy-to-operate adjustable handle
- QuickClean function when changing the jet type
Convenient shower system
The collection is also appropriately expanded to include the Axor Citterio shower pipe, which, together with the Axor Citterio overhead shower, represents a highly convenient shower system.
- Three different jet types: standard jet, pulsating massage jet and soft jet
- Integrated thermostat technology for saving water
- SafetyStop function to protect against scalding


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Journal Articles: 2010
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Mechanical and tribological properties of sputter deposited nanostructured Cr-WS2 solid lubricant coatings
Surf. Coat. Technol. (2010), 205 (7), 1937-1946
Performance evaluation of TiAlCrYN nanocomposite coatings deposited using four-cathode reactive unbalanced pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering system
Vacuum (2010), 85 (3), 411-420
Structure, morphology and chemical composition of sputter deposited nanostructured Cr-WS2 solid lubricant coatings
Surf. Coat. Technol. (2010), 205 (2), 565-574
Understanding release kinetics of biopolymer drug delivery microcapsules for biomedical applications
Mater. Sci. Eng., B (2010), 168 (1-3), 127-131
Carbon nanotube ribbon and thread support attachment and differentiation of neural stem cells
Nano LIFE (2010), 1 (1 & 2), 89-97
Simple surface modification of a titanium alloy with silanated zwitterionic phosphorylcholine or sulfobetaine modifiers to reduce thrombogenicity
Colloids Surf., B (2010), 79 (2), 357-364
Tailoring the degradation kinetics of poly(ester carbonate urethane)urea thermoplastic elastomers for tissue engineering scaffolds
Biomaterials (2010), 31 (15), 4249-4258
Responsive materials
Mrs Bulletin (2010), 35 (9), 659-664 doi
Regenerative medicine for craniomaxillofacial surgery
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am (2010), 22 (1), 33-42 doi Web
Nanotube responsive materials
Mrs Bulletin (2010), 35 (9), 682-692 doi
Novel synthesis strategies for natural polymer and composite biomaterials as potential scaffolds for tissue engineering
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci (2010), 368 (1917), 1981-1997 doi Web
Incorporation of double-walled microspheres into polymer nerve guides for the sustained delivery of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
Biomaterials (2010), 31 (8), 2313-2322 doi Web
Protein bioactivity and polymer orientation is affected by stabilizer incorporation for double-walled microspheres
J Control Release (2010), 141 (2), 168-176 doi Web
Chemical synthesis and characterization of magnesium substituted amorphous calcium phosphate (MG-ACP)
Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications (2010), 30 (8), 1313-1317 doi
Chemical synthesis and stabilization of magnesium substituted brushite
Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications (2010), 30 (7), 934-943 doi
The effect of substrate positions in chemical vapor deposition reactor on the growth of carbon nanotube arrays
Carbon (2010), 48 (7), 2111-2115 doi
First-principles studies on alloying and simplified thermodynamic aqueous chemical stability of calcium-, zinc-, aluminum-, yttrium- and iron-doped magnesium alloys
Acta Biomater (2010), 6 (5), 1698-1704 doi Web
Development of an electrode cell impedance method to measure osteoblast cell activity in magnesium-conditioned media
Anal Bioanal Chem (2010), 396 (8), 3009-3015 doi Web
Evaluation of bone tunnel placement for suture augmentation of an injured anterior cruciate ligament: effects on joint stability in a goat model
Journal of Orthopaedic Research (2010), 28 (10), 1373-1379 doi


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PDF Reader/Editor - Add Annotations, Measurements, Layers to PDF & TIFF Construction Drawings-1
Budget $2-8 USD / ora
I am looking for a C# programmer who can developed a project similar to the application Plan Viewer Download OnScreen takeoff, I will incorporate it into my own estimating software, so full source code would be required.
The Access Database (Which is Fully Developed & Ready), will also be required to be developed to upgrade to SQL as my does my estimating software.
This a Windows Forms Application - PDF Reader/Editor with the ability to set View Ports, Create Layers.
This also Consists of Adding Annotations and the ability to set View Ports to Calculate Drawing Scales(ie, 1/8=1'-0" = 0.00381=0.3048) - 1/4" = 1'-0" = 0.0762 =0.3048, etc, this will be used for Imperial & Metric Dimensions to Measure PDF & TIFF Construction Drawings.
All Dimensions are stored in DB as Metric Now and converted to imperial.
Must be able to take off LF (Lineal Foot) , Count Items, SF ( Areas) , etc., each condition (item) measured must be able to be colored coded and be able to set line Thickness..
This project is for a Desktop Application.
The OnScreen Take has been started using [url removed, login to view] a C# PDF VIEWER.
Any Better Solutions , just bring it to my attention.
Any Developer that has worked on or completed a similar application will be given top priority.
Please carefully read the description, do not submit a placeholder Dollar Amount, Developers must submit a proposal with there qualifications, if a Proposal is not submitted, the developer will not be considered..
This Project is being done on a Microsoft TFS, you must have a Microsoft Login, you wil be working with a team of three other developers.
The application to view what is expected can be down loaded at the link below:
Please note that this is a free viewer, so some of the features are not enabled.. Any questions, please ask..
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A sample PDF Construction Drawing can be downloaded at the link below:
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This application I suggested has all of the requirements needed.
Has to be able to convert PDF's to Tif's (The PDF to Tiff conversation work has been Completed) but still need to open/view/edit/measure and annotate the .PDF, and .TIFF files.
The ability to create and use multiple layers, and create duplicate pages.
This is a 2D Solution.
I am attaching several images of the work I have done to date, please note that the context menus are not developed.
Please do not hesitate to ask any questions. Thank you
Must run on Windows 7 through 10 - 32 bit and 64 bit.
Thank you very much.
Please do not hesitate to ask any questions. Thank you.
1) Complete and fully functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done.
2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables):
a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment-
-Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment.
b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request.
3) All deliverables will be considered "Work Made for Hire" under U.S. Copyright law.
Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased.
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Really digging into a couple of things - music, art, running, knitting, whatever can be a lot of fun. And nurturing, too. arrete
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I went to Fat Camp this summer. Lost 74 pounds. Decided to go to cooking school. Signed up, showed up, cut my fingers, learning dice from chop. Thought that if I'm going to stay fit I should learn how to feed my new skinny self.
Trial and error. I'm a dope, out of place, could care less. The Ladies in class are sweet and patient with me.
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