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06-15-2010, 22:05 | #1 |
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To cat or not to cat, that is the question... (cat your tarp, that is)
A question to anyone who has made their own hammock tarp (a la blackcat) -- considering this is my first sewing project with silnylon, does anyone have any advice/recommendations in terms of whether it is wise to make the cat cuts? or to stay rectangular? (or hex?)
It looks like there is quite a bit of fabric cut away from the blackcat -- does it provide adequate coverage in rain and/or wind? I did buy some scrap material to practice on (cotton, so not even similar to sil, but was ~$0.80/yd) and test a shape, maybe between that and other people's input I can get it close to right on the first shot with the sil?? I realize there are a number of variables here (hammock length, ridge length, etc.)... just kinda nervous and looking for some advice... 12' ridgeline w/ 62-ish wide sil. Thanks! |
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The BlackCat (12' ridgeline) provides fantastic coverage. I've weathered many storms under mine.
The cat cuts make quite a difference in tautness of pitch. Well worth the effort.
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The cat-cuts really do help you get a tighter pitch. You probably don't need to make them as deep as the Blackcat instructions either. I made mine about 4" deep and they still work fine.
I also made the ground edge wider than was called for. I just wanted a little extra coverage. That's the great part of DIY - you can try whatever you want. Jerry
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Great points -- I'm thinking of making the cuts a little less deep. Did you use the calculator to get them right or adjust accordingly? Guess I'm still a little unsure about whether there is a certain magic to the exact angle of the curve.... |
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* a cat calculator that is (like the excel spreadsheet I've downloaded)
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Getting the math right isn't all that critical. You can just flex a suitable item into an arc of the right depth, let's say 4" or 6" and mark the pattern onto the fabric.
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i put cat cuts into a tarp i just made.i have only been sewing a little while.those curves were very hard ,to my limitted sewing skill to hem.(folded hem)maybe this is why some people use grosgrain ribbon for hemming there tarps?mine turned out well kind of good.did some ironing,taping stich pulling,resewing... maybe i just suck as a sewer
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I finished my DIY sil tarp a while ago and skipped cat'ing the sides to keep it simple for my first piece of gear.
There is definitely slack in the tarp (nothing ridiculous, but there nonetheless), which didn't bother me, but i can definitely see a tighter pitch being desirable. I vote go for it if you trust your sewing/bs'ing abilities One benefit of NOT doing the cat cuts the first time around is that if you are happy without them, great --- if you wish you had done them, you can always just go back and redo the edges. |
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A couple of sewing tips for doing cat cut hems. 1) use a shorter than normal stitch. Not tiny short unless you really want to spend a good chunk of time for each hem. The shorter the stitch the longer it takes to stitch each foot of length. _But_ the benefit is.. the shorter the stitch the easier it is to go around curves. So a short stitch is worth the additional time IMO. 2) Fold something into the hem when you get started. I use 3/8" twill tape. I would advise against gros grain for this because gros grain likes to go on straight. The weave makes it somewhat stiffer and so you may have to fight to get it around the curve. I know lots of people like using gros grain for binding the hem and I am not saying it is wrong to use. But I think it takes a more skillful or more patient stitcher. The benefits of rolling something inside the em is two fold (groan). It provides an extra bit of strength to the hem. Plus it acts as a guide to help keep the rolls in the hem consistent.
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"Is the--?" he started.
"Oh, yes," she agreed. "You'll make a fine Indian maiden."
"Thanks!" He ran on. But something was nagging one corner of his mind. Those young women--if their name tags were literal, they might not be the best sources of information. Misguide, Misinform, Mischief ...
Then he spied a fork in the path. The left fork was marked CONTEST BEACH and the right fork CASTLE ZOMBIE. Ordinarily Umlaut would have preferred the left, especially if he could have watched all the girls in the group donning Wetti shirts for the contest. But at the moment the right fork seemed better. Nobody much who wasn't a zombie went there.
Sure enough, the pursuit soon languished. Umlaut knew the teens wouldn't be too disappointed, because Sherry liked to kiss people, especially boys. But just in case any of the girls followed, he kept running. He let his emulation lapse; he'd run by the castle and then go home.
He almost collided with a group of teen zombie girls. He hadn't realized that zombies had teens, but of course they would be out today if they existed.
"Ooooz, ughsh!" one cried. "A live bzoy!"
"Who caresz?" another demanded. "He'z male."
"Say, yesh," a third said. "Letz kisz him!"
For some reason that escaped him at the moment, Umlaut did not want to be kissed by a group of zombie girlz. So he quickly refurbished his emulation. "I'm notz a boy," he protested. "I'm anozer zombie girzl."
"Oh, zo you are," the second girl said, disappointed. "Whatz you got?"
"Wetti shirts," Umlaut said, realizing that he still carried the package. "They're good for girls in contests."
"Letz try them!" the first girl said.
The zombies quickly took the remaining shirts and put them on. In a moment all were thoroughly soaked, their upper bodies showing to disadvantage. What looked great on live girls was somewhat sordid on zombie girls.
"Ooooz, ughsh!" they exclaimed, quickly appreciating that fact. "We look awzful!"
They tried to remove the shirts, but the wet things clung, tangling with the regular clothing underneath, so that the effect became worse. The girls were screaming with frustration as bits of cloth tore and dangled.
"What's going on here?" It was an irate black girl who appeared to be fully alive.
"Wetzi shirs," a zombie girl explained. "Contezt."
"A wet T-shirt contest? Zombies have no business getting into that. Who put you up to this nonsense?"
"Zhee did!" the girls said, pointing to Umlaut.
More mischief! Umlaut tried to shrink away but couldn't think of a suitable emulation on the spur of the moment; the spur merely jabbed him uncomfortably.
The black girl turned on Umlaut, a small black cloud forming over her head. "I'll deal with you later," she said menacingly. "For now, go muck out the dungeon."
Umlaut decided not to argue; he was in enough trouble already. This was evidently a person of authority. He hurried toward the castle.
He had expected something pretty dingy. He had underestimated the case. Castle Zombie up close was a festering ruin of an edifice. The moat was covered with sludge, and there was slime on the worn stones. The drawbridge was rotten and about to collapse. He did not want to try to cross over it.
"Got a problem?" It was a young man, fully alive.
Umlaut decided to stick with his zombie girl emulation. "Who zhou?"
The man smiled. "I am Justin Tree, master of Castle Zombie. You don't recognize me?"
Umlaut thought fast. "Bad eyzs."
"Of course; I should have realized. And you can't see the bridge clearly enough to cross."
"Yez. I waz zent to muck the dunzeon."
"Oh, yes, Breanna has been meaning to assign a crew for that. The dragon manure is accumulating. Don't be concerned; that bridge is stronger than it looks. Just walk across and take the first stairway down. You'll find a spading fork at the dungeon entrance."
"Zank youz." Umlaut walked cautiously across, and the bridge did turn out to be solid enough.
So the man was Justin Tree. Umlaut had heard of him. He had married a Black Wave girl a year or so back. That would be the one who had sent him here: Breanna of the Black Wave. They had taken over the castle after the original zombie master had retired. It looked as if they still had a lot of cleaning up to do.
He found the stairway down, as slimy as the rest of it. He made his way below. Now he got nervous: What was this about a dragon? A dungeon was not his idea of fun, and a dungeon and a dragon were definitely worth avoiding. But the only way out was back past the master of the castle. So he went on.
There was the spading fork. He picked it up. If the dragon attacked, maybe he could use the fork to warn it back. That didn't seem very promising, but what else was there? Maybe he could simply duck into a small, dark passage and hide from it. He might emulate an ogre, but that would set back only a medium to small dragon.
He walked on through cobwebbed passages and chambers, his eyes adjusting to the gloom. It wasn't pitch dark so much as intensely dim, with wan weak beams of light seeping through crevices in the walls. This dungeon region was huge; he could get lost in it. So he went back to the foot of the stairway, then advanced again, this time scraping a line with a tine of the fork. That would be his sure trail back. It was easier to make a good mark, one that would show up in thedusky recesses, if he walked backward and held it down behind his progress.
It got more difficult, because a layer of mucky manure was building up, thickening as he progressed. He would have a big job to do, once he had his route marked. Where was he supposed to put all this stuff? The odor was awful.
He bumped into something. Startled, he turned. There was a monstrous snout. "The dragon!" he cried and scrambled to escape. But his feet slipped on the solidified stench, and he fell on his rear and slid into a wall. He was done for.
After a moment he realized two things: His bottom was sore from the fall, and the dragon hadn't eaten him. He climbed to his feet, rubbing his soiled posterior. "Ooo, that smarts," he said.
The dragon moved. The huge nose nudged a shelf Umlaut hadn't seen before, and a bottle fell off and rolled toward him. He stooped to pick it up. The crude label said HEALING.
Could that be true? If so, by what mischance had the monster happened to knock that particular bottle down at this time? Good fortune had never been Umlaut's forte.
He decided to try it. He opened the bottle, poured a drop of goo on his hand, and slid the hand down inside his pants to smear the stuff on his rear. Immediately he felt its benefit; not only did his bottom stop smarting, it suddenly felt great. He had gotten a bit tired from the constant bending and pressing on the fork; now his energy had been restored. It truly was healing elixir.
But the mystery remained: How had what he needed been so providently presented to him--by the action of a dragon? Umlaut did not have a lot of belief in coincidences, at least not favorable ones. Normally they just got him into deeper trouble.
Could the dragon have done it intentionally? That seemed incredible, but added to the fact that the creature had not attacked when it could have, it was a possibility. "Did you do that on purpose?" he inquired.
The huge head nodded.
Still, that was not absolute proof. "Are you going to gobble me up as soon as I turn my back on you?"
The snout moved sidewise in a ponderous no gesture.
This was becoming more interesting. "Do you understand my words?"
The head nodded.
"What is two plus one?"
The head bobbed three times.
"You're intelligent!" Umlaut exclaimed.
The dragon hesitated.
"For an animal," Umlaut amended.
The head nodded.
"So you understand me and mean me no harm?"
Another nod.
"Well, that's fine, because I have come here to muck out your stall. Do you happen to know where I can dump the stuff?"
The dragon turned and slithered away. Umlaut hesitated, then decided that it was best to trust the creature, since he could not get the job done otherwise. He followed.
The dragon led him to a large chamber with a hole in the floor. "An oubliette!" Umlaut said. "Dump it down there?"
The dragon nodded.
"But there's a lot of this stuff. Won't it eventually fill up the oubliette?"
The head shook no.
"Magic? Or fast composting?"
That seemed to be the case. At any rate, the dragon nodded.
"Well, I'd better get started," Umlaut said. "I think I'll need more than a fork, though."
The dragon slithered to another chamber, leading him to a two-wheeled cart. That would help.
Umlaut worked. Soon he forgot how he had come here and just focused on the job. It did need to be done, and no one else was here to do it. He started with the chambers closest to the oubliette and worked slowly outward.
Then the dragon nudged him. Umlaut jumped; he had almost forgotten the creature's presence, though the dragon was obviously the source of all this manure. "Something wrong?" he asked.
The dragon made a sidewise motion with its snout, then slithered away. Umlaut followed. They went to the foot ofthe stairs. Breanna of the Black Wave stood there, holding a burning torch. "I think there's been a mistake," she said. "We don't have any record of a zombie girl of your description, and the zombies don't know you." She raised the torch. "In fact you don't look like a zombie at all--or a girl."
Oops. Umlaut had let his emulation lapse again. Did it matter? "I'm a living boy named Umlaut," he said. "I got caught up in things."
"Why didn't you protest when I sent you to the dungeon? I thought you were a misbehaving zombie girl."
"It was easier just to go."
She glanced at the dragon. "I see you are getting along well enough with Drivel."
"Drivel Dragon? That's his name?"
"Zombies tend to have descriptive names. He drools."
"I hadn't noticed."
"Well, come on. We'll get you cleaned up and give you supper and a bed for the night, and you can go on your way in the morning with our apology for the misunderstanding."
Umlaut looked at the dragon. "What about Drivel?"
"He won't fit in the castle. He was here when we took over. We feed him and let him be."
"This is not a vicious or stupid creature. Why is he confined?"
"We don't know. The Zombie Master didn't mention him."
Umlaut made what he suspected was a foolish decision. "Thanks, no thanks. I'll stay down here with him. The job's a long way from being done."
"But it's not your job! I mean to get up a cleanup crew, in due course. It's just taking us time to catch up on everything."
"Well, I'll help you catch up. Maybe I can find out why Drivel was locked in here."
"You can't find out! There are no records of him. We just have to accept what is."
Umlaut knew better but just had to make an issue. "I don't know much about you, Breanna of the Black Wave, but from what I heard, you never put up with 'what is' before."
The woman looked stunned. "You're right! I've become part of the status quo. I'm ashamed."
Umlaut was surprised by her change. "I guess we all get caught up in things."
"For sure! You really want to stay down here?"
"Yes. And try to find out what is the case with Drivel. He's certainly not violent."
"I'll bring your food right down." She handed him the torch, turned, and mounted the steps.
Umlaut turned to the dragon. "Am I being foolish?" he asked.
The dragon shrugged. That was a considerable maneuver, a long ripple along its nearer torso, but the meaning seemed clear enough.
"Here's the thing: I don't have much experience with dragons, but it is my understanding that they generally eat people and anything else they catch. Instead you have been friendly to me. That makes me think that you're not an ordinary dragon. You helped me do my job; maybe I can help you in return. If I can just figure out how."
Drivel nodded.
"So maybe if I talk enough, and you agree or disagree, I can figure it out. Then maybe we'll know what's next."
The dragon nodded.
"Is there a place I can put this torch?"
Drivel nosed a section of a wall. Umlaut went there and found a notch in a nook. He set the base of the torch in the notch, and the polished indentation of the nook served to reflect the light outward.
Breanna arrived back with a small cart. She paused at the top of the steps. "I'll toss Drivel's stakes down, but that won't work for your supper; you'll have to come here for it."
Umlaut went up the steps and found a very nice meal on a tray. Then Breanna tossed down one stake after another. They were evidently from a nearby garden, meat-flavored posts. They smelled like fresh flesh.
"See you in the morning," Breanna said as she departed.
They ate together, by the flickering light of the torch. Drivel seemed to like his stakes well enough. Umlaut tried a bite of one: yes, exactly like raw meat.
While they ate, they conversed, in their fashion. Umlaut talked and Drivel nodded or negated, and they zeroed in onthe story. Soon it came reasonably clear. There were some surprises.
Drivel was not actually a dragon. In fact he was not even male. He--she--was a female water serpent whose name was Sesame. She had been chased by a persistent male of her species whose favor she did not desire, so she had fled to where he would not follow: Castle Zombie.
"Me too!" Umlaut agreed. "In my fashion."
But the moat had been too unsanitary for her taste, so she had had to make her way into the dungeon. Unfortunately a storm had come, and the zombies had battened down the hatches, or whatever it was they did, and Sesame had gotten closed in. A real dragon might have burned its way out, but she was merely a stranded sea serpent without fire, smoke, or steam, and without legs or claws. So she was trapped.
"But weren't you uncomfortable out of the water?" Umlaut asked.
She certainly was. Fortunately the dungeon was dank, and the slime on the walls was damp, and when it rained some water leaked in. She had found basins to collect it, so that she was able to drink and sometimes even to bathe. She had become acclimatized to existing out of the water; after all, many serpents were able to cope on land, and so could she.
"But weren't you hungry?"
Yes indeed. So she had approached a zombie who was storing something in the dungeon, representing herself as a male dragon, because she didn't know how close her serpent suitor might be lurking and needed to remain concealed. The zombie had told Breanna, who had assumed that the dragon was supposed to be there and had arranged for food. Stakes and chops from the local meat trees were fine.
"You have my talent!" Umlaut exclaimed.
The dragon/serpent looked at him quizzically.
"I mean you can emulate things. You certainly seemed like a male dragon to me. And I would have seemed like a zombie maiden to you, if I had thought to maintain my emulation."
It turned out that she had taken him for a zombie girl, then realized that he wasn't when he had started working and muttering bad words as he got grimed. Girls, of course, didn't know any bad words.
"So we're two of a kind," Umlaut said. "Which is odd, because talents aren't supposed to repeat."
Sesame shook her head. Further dialogue established her position: that talents did repeat, as shown with the curse fiends who all had the same talent of cursing, and the flying centaurs, whose talent was flying or making themselves light enough to fly. Also, similar talents could be implemented different ways, as with the centaurs who might fly by having powerful wings, or by lightening magic. But mainly there was no rule about it; folk had just assumed that talents could not repeat, without any proof. It was folklore.
"You're right," Umlaut said. "You must have thought about this somewhat."
She had. She had always been a cerebral sort, which set her apart from others of her kind. It was a frustration, because no other serpents were interested in philosophical questions. They cared mainly about chomping the next fish or unwary human swimmer, and about breeding. She had nothing against either pursuit but did not care to be limited to them when the universe was such a fascinating mystery. So she had been exploring the fringes of the watery domain, including Castle Zombie, when she was spied by a land serpent interested only in breeding and got caught away from the sea.
"Castle Zombie is well beyond the fringe of the sea," Umlaut protested. "It's landlocked, in fact junglelocked."
So she had discovered. She had reached it by swimming up a river, then portaging to its moat. It was a fine, intriguing castle, if only she weren't locked into it.
"But you don't need to be locked in anymore. I'm sure they'll let you go, once they realize it's a mistake."
But first she had to verify whether the land serpent remained watching. He could slither faster than she could on land, so she had to be sure not to alert him. She did not want to be subjected to involuntary breeding. But perhaps that was something that Umlaut, a male, would not understand.
Umlaut thought about his relationship with Sherry and decided that he did understand. "Breeding is fine, in its place, at the right time, with the right other person," he said. "But if any of those factors are wrong, then it's not fine. I fled a too-ardent girl on my way here."
He did understand! She was thrilled. It was just about the first time she had encountered anyone else who understood anything halfway obscure. Did he have an obscure mind?
He laughed. "No, just a garden variety human mind."
She would like to meet more minds like that. She had not realized that human folk had them. But of course she could not go among humans and converse with them, because they wouldn't trust her not to gobble them, and because she couldn't talk in their language. She couldn't explain to them that she really didn't like to eat human flesh. It smelled bad, no offense, and tasted worse.
Umlaut began to get a glimmer of an inkling of a notion. He pounced on it before it escaped. "Why don't we travel together? I could talk with the people, and you could listen, and I could ask your questions for you. Then you could meet all the obscure minds you want to."
Oh, that sounded scrumptious! She could just kiss him, except that she didn't want to scare him.
"Well, I think I have pretty well come to trust you," Umlaut said. "You can kiss me if you want to. Just don't swallow me."
She would try not to do that. Would he move into deeper shadow with her?
Umlaut began to get nervous. But nothing in their long dialogue indicated that she wished him any harm, so this would be a good test of his trust. If she chomped him, he would know better next time. If there were ever a next time. He followed her away from the torch.
When it was almost quite dark, he stopped moving. "Here I am." What had he let himself in for? A chomping, or a slavering of drool?
A pretty girl kissed him on the mouth. Startled, he put his arms around her. She was cool and lithe, with a dress made of fine scales. Where had she come from?
Then he caught on. "Sesame!"
She nodded. It was indeed her. The scales were not of her dress, but of her neck, and of course she had no arms or hair. She had emulated a girl, using the darkness to hide her real outline. She had known it wouldn't work very well in thelight, but with only their lips touching, the emulation was effective. Did he like it?
"Yes, actually," he said. "How did you learn to kiss like a girl?"
Well, she was a girl--a girl serpent. Kissing came naturally with the gender.
"I wonder if I could kiss like a serpent?" he asked. "I never thought to try an emulation like that."
There was no time like the present, she intimated. She would emulate herself, and he could try being serpentine. She would let him know how well it worked.
Umlaut focused. He had seldom tried animals before, and never a serpent, but the principle should be similar. He thought of himself as a big, powerful, flexing male serpent, looking for a female to kiss. There just happened to be a nice female in range. He shot his head forward and gave her a toothy smooch.
She jerked back, her coils roiling desperately. In a moment she was gone. What had happened?
Then, embarrassed, she returned. He had felt so much like a male serpent that she had thought for a moment that the land serpent had gotten in and was about to force her to breed. She had spooked. She was apologetic.
Umlaut was rather pleased. "I was that good?"
Yes, he had been that good. She would have enjoyed it, had she not spooked.
"When you kissed me, I thought it was a pretty girl," Umlaut said. "I tried to embrace her, before I realized."
Exactly, Sesame agreed. When they couldn't see each other, they could emulate more effectively, because vision did not belie the effect. She had never had occasion to experiment in such a manner before, perhaps because it would not have been safe with a real male serpent.
"Or with a real human girl," he agreed. "Things could go too far, too fast."
It struck her that different as they were in form and gender, some things about their lives were very similar.
"Yes," he agreed. In truth, he had liked Sesame's kiss better than Sherry's. Then he thought of something else. "Maybe--I don't want to be objectionable, but maybe we should try tofind out what the limits of our talents are, before we try going out to travel. Suppose I emulate a serpent, and you emulate a girl, and we kiss again? Could we fool each other simultaneously?"
She agreed it would be worthwhile to find out. So they tried it. And it was a disaster. They both recoiled.
"Girls taste awful!" Umlaut exclaimed, wiping off his mouth.
And serpents were fanged and lipless, she agreed.
"Which is exactly what we would discover if we kissed while neither of us was emulating. We are of different kinds, physically."
Which was of course obvious, she agreed. But didn't he have better things to do than travel with a serpent?
"Actually, no," he said thoughtfully. "My life has been pretty much marking time so far. I always thought I'd like to go out and have big adventures in faraway places, but I never knew how to get started. Maybe this is the way."
They decided to see about it in the morning. Then they settled down to sleep. Sesame coiled into the shape of a mattress, and Umlaut lay down on it. It was very comfortable.
Just as he was drifting off to sleep, the girl kissed him again. He kissed her back, knowing who it was. But he was glad it was dark.
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Mayor says his position "ought to be non-partisan"
The president of the United States is coming to Waukesha.
President Barack Obama will speak Thursday morning at General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines manufacturing facility, 1101 W. St. Paul Ave.
Obama's visit comes two days after he delivers his State of the Union address.
According to a news release, he is expected to appear at the local facility around 11:20 a.m. and will be speaking on the economy.
Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima was invited to the event by White House staff but has declined to attend.
"Although I've assisted our local businesses in adding a record number of over 700 new family supporting jobs to Waukesha during the last four years, because the position of mayor ought to be nonpartisan, I will be passing on this visit from Washington," Scrima said.
Scrima added he has not attended any Republican-based events during his tenure as mayor. He said this includes when U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan visited Waukesha, including during the lead-up to the 2012 Presidential Election when Ryan was announced as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate.
Along with his stop in Waukesha, Obama will visit a few other cities across the country in the days after his State of the Union address.
He will arrive in Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon and stay overnight.
Details of what Obama will exactly talk about at the facility were vague earlier this week.
But a GE representative expressed gratitude for the president picking their business to visit.
"We're excited," said Arvind Gopalratnam, a GE spokesman. "It's a great spotlight on what we're doing here at GE, not only what we're doing across the United States, but right here in Waukesha. It's a great honor."
The event is closed to the public. Gopalratnam said it will be open to some employees at the facility.
Obama's Air Force One will depart from Milwaukee shortly after his visit Thursday afternoon.
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Since we're basically hearing that Josh is going to be out for game three; this is where Tmac should have more playing time. That means he's finally got his wish after all the belly-aching (which may be justified depending..).
Or, he could place Tmac in the 4 spot along side Ivan or Collins to help out on the boards and provide a post option on offense. At this point I would put Joe at shooting guard and Marvin or Vlad Rad(as long as he's not guarding Pierce) in at the 3. I'd actually entertain the idea of Ivan and Marvin guarding Pierce in certain situations.
Also, Dampier and Collins must be used in certain situations when Boston tries to slow it down, since their size is their biggest asset.
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Bloomfield letter: Know the facts
As for the free handouts he mentioned, when he spoke of our situation, what you don't know is that first you must qualify financially. Secondly, even if you do qualify for government assistance programs, such as social security and food stamps, you're lucky if the amount you receive is enough to get by each month. Social Security and food stamps are only given monthly. Also, people pay into these programs when they are employed.
If Hayes wants to talk about free, what about golden parachutes that CEOs get when they are fired?
Also, my last name is spelled Stearns not Sterns.
Lastly, the bible passage reads, "When you feed them, give them something to drink, visit them in prison, give them shelter or clothe them, ye do it unto me."
Obviously, this just doesn't refer to children. Hayes spoke of us judging the church, but he judged us without knowing the facts.
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Identification of the B33 martensite phase in Cu-Zr using first-principles and X-ray diffraction
Title | Identification of the B33 martensite phase in Cu-Zr using first-principles and X-ray diffraction |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Zhou SH, Napolitano RE |
Journal Title | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 59 |
Pages | 1143-1146 |
Date Published | 11/01 |
Type of Article | Article |
ISBN Number | 1359-6462 |
Accession Number | ISI:000259885800030 |
Keywords | alloy, augmented-wave method, COP, GLASS-FORMATION, INTERMETALLIC COMPOUND, intermetallics, Martensitic phase transformation, mechanical-properties, microstructure, phases, system, THERMAL-STABILITY, thermodynamics, TRANSFORMATION, X-ray diffraction (XRD) |
Abstract | X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments and first-principles calculations were employed to investigate the martensitic transformation products formed upon rapid cooling of the CuZr-B2 phase. Candidate intermetallic compound structures were selected, and calculations show that CuZr-B11 (CuTi prototype), CuZr-B27 (FeB), CuZr-B19' (NiTi) and CuZr-B33 (BCr) are more stable than the B2 phase at 0 K. Computed XRD patterns, based on first-principles calculations, were compared with experimental XRD measurements. The results indicate that the CuZr martensite consists of the CuZr-B33 and CuZr-B19' phases. (C) 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.07.040 |
Alternate Journal | Scr. Mater. |


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Oct. 18--Bay Area adults love any opportunity to ditch their real identities and reinvent themselves. Need proof? Just look at Burning Man, the Edwardian Ball, the Pride parade, the Folsom Street Fair, the Northern California Renaissance Faire and the Society for Creative Anachronism, to name a few.
But Halloween remains one of the more exciting days of the year. The early buzz on the most popular costume says that the national trend is toward 1920s-style clothing (a la "The Great Gatsby"), ducks and duck-hunting costumes (influenced by TV's "Duck Dynasty"), and a giant foam finger (inspired by Miley Cyrus' MTV Music Awards performance).
In San Francisco, we doubt we'll be seeing any Brian Wilson beards this year, now that the former Giants pitcher has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers. But we won't be too surprised to see Boy Scout uniforms or even a Pope Francis or two, given the group's decision to allow openly gay Scouts and the pontiff's recent remarks about not judging priests for their sexual orientation.
But you know the Bay Area -- the wackier, the better. And what's Halloween without sharing a little inspiration? Send photos of your favorite costumes from Halloweens past to us at email@example.com. At your dress-up parties this year, Tweet and Instagram your pictures and tag them #halloween #sfstyle. We'll post our favorites on our style blog, SFUnzipped, on SFGate.com. For those in need of insight, here are a few places to get into the act on Halloween night:
ACT Costume Shop
For more than 50 years, the American Conservatory Theater has created costumes for the actors in its productions. As a result, the company has thousands of costumes for men and women in stock, in time periods ranging from the ancient world, medieval, Renaissance and Elizabethan times through the 20th century, including military uniforms and clowns. Take note: There are no costumes for commercial characters (Mark Twain, yes; Darth Vader, no), nor sexy pirates, nurses, doctors or anything with fishnets, high heels or unbuttoned cleavage.
"This is not the place for a sexy Mother Teresa, which we have had requests for," said Jef Valentine, inventory supervisor, who handles customers with Callie Floor, the head of rentals. "For sexy, we send them somewhere else."
Costume rentals come in two price tiers: $140 for most costumes, including jewelry, hats, bags, gloves, coats, alterations and dry cleaning; and $200 for newer and more elaborate Renaissance and 18th century Marie Antoinette-style costumes. ACT cannot guarantee the provision of shoes (supplies and sizes are limited), nor does it provide wigs.
Rentals are on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays only, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Customers must bring a credit card and valid ID to the appointment, as a credit card is necessary to put the costume on hold while alterations are made. The rental must be paid for before the costume leaves the building.
"It's best to think ahead -- don't wait until the last minute," said Valentine. "We don't have unlimited sizes and we don't have multiples of anything. Matchy-matchy is not our strong suit."
A.C.T. Costume Rentals, San Francisco, by appointment only; (415) 439-2379; www.actcostumerentals.org. Address of rental shop will be given to customers when an appointment is made. Due to high volume, walk-ins are not allowed.
San Francisco Zombie Prom
This year marks the fifth annual San Francisco Zombie Prom, created by local music agent Tanoa Stewart and his wife, Lee. His agency, A-Town Booking Agency & Events, provides local clubs with bands playing music popular from the 1930s through the 1960s -- everything from swing and rockabilly to surf, Americana and country.
The prom sprang out of a dance party that Stewart hosts every Tuesday at the Verdi Club. Five years ago, that Tuesday coincided with Halloween. "I said to myself, 'Obviously, I've got to do something special,' " he said. "Zombies were becoming popular with various movies being released, and 'The Walking Dead' zombie series on TV. My wife came up with 'Zombie Prom,' so we went with it."
The party features live music by Slim Jenkins, a midnight costume contest with a $200 prize, a photo booth, DJ Undead Jeff, zombie go-go dancers Svandora LaVey, Roxy Reve and Mynx D'Meanor, and others.
A big part of the fun is dressing like a zombie. Last year's theme was "Circus of Horror," while this year's is "Haunted Hollywood," in which guests are asked to dress as their favorite undead movie star, sports icon or public persona from the 1930s through the 1950s.
"We get all sorts of people attending, really a vast melting pot -- not just people who are into the 1930s through 1960s music scene," Stewart said. He predicts many undead Elvises, Marilyn Monroes and James Deans, but said people have asked if they can dress as characters from the 1980s. Not one to be a buzz kill, Stewart replied, "Why not?"
Oct. 25, The Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Open to adults 18 and up; doors open 8 p.m. For advance tickets ($16) and information, go to www.zombiepromsf.com. Tickets $20 at the door, cash only.
"Grand Guignol" horror play
Film director Mitchell Altieri is firm in the belief that people love to be scared, and that scary stories are "one of the best forms of storytelling."
If so, the North American premiere of "Grand Guignol" in San Francisco should satisfy the bloodthirsty among us. The theatrical horror play is influenced by the Theatre du Grand Guignol and horror stage shows that were popular in London and Paris in the early 1900s. The play is set in Paris and the back streets of Montmartre in 1903 and features a serial killer and the search for his influences. Written by Carl Grose, and directed by Altieri ("Lurking in Suburbia," "The Violent Kind"), the sets are by Charlie Smith, costumes are by Beaver Bauer, lighting is by Pamela Z. Gray and hair and makeup are by Shae Smoot.
A "splatter zone" and VIP "shock boxes" are part of the fun. Theatergoers are encouraged to dress in the spirit of the play, whether steampunk, Jack the Ripper or an Edwardian era motif.
"People like to be uncomfortable, to squirm a bit," Charlie Smith, a co-producer of the show, told The Chronicle in September. "We want people to have a good time. Going to the theater should feel like a party."
Z Space, 450 Florida St., San Francisco. 7 and 10 p.m. Oct. 30-Nov. 3, Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. An Oct. 31 Halloween package includes an after-party. Adults 21 and over only. For information and tickets ($15-$195), go to the box office tab at www.zspace.org.
For a video of Shae Smoot's zombie makeup tips, go to www.sfgate.com/style.
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Hahaha, you know what's even more scary? I work at McDonald's! (Just a summer job, lol.)
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I'm going to be moving in a few months so have started the mass clearout of old junk and have begun the ritual ebay sale inventory when I came across these few items, in my box of old scopes, that are probably better placed here than there.
1). A PAIR of Original Model 7 4x20 scopes (S in circle symbol) Correct long version. These are required for the Dr Evazan Blaster and Chewbacca Bowcaster props.
a). This one is in excellent condition withvery minimal signs of wear to scope and rings. Comes complete with end caps, protective pad and bag, instructions and the original 1970s box!
b). The second is the same scope but in even better condition. Whilst I cannot be certain I sincerely doubt that this has ever been used at all. It really is in immaculate condition. Once again this one comes with bag/padding, instructions and box.
£200.00 for the PAIR. Shipping is extra.
2). ASI 4x20 Scope (infinity symbol) with correct Hero ring and 'tall feet'. This one is in very nice shape indeed and has the correct type 2 plastic eyepiece. I know I've had a few of these for sale on TDH recently but I think this one will be the last, so If you want one then now is the time. If there are any more lying around my flat then they aren't where they should be (which was the case with the last two!).
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An executive in the Singapore office of a major pricing data provider pointed this out to me in an extensive conversation today. We arrived at this angle while discussing the LEI standard rules, and walking through when they might be finalized and take effect, and when that provider would thus be able to serve its customers with LEI in mind.
There's last month's European Financial Stability Board (FSB) workshop that yielded the idea of different levels of LEI data for consideration by the FSB's Expert Group, which in turn is due to present LEI proposals to the overall board by the end of this month. Then those proposals, if approved by the FSB, will go to the Group of 20. Meanwhile, in the US, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has set an interim compliant identifier standard to tide the industry there over until Europe reaches its LEI decisions. The commission also has asked firms to submit for consideration as sources to identify swap counterparties, starting July 16.
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This portfolio will be dealing briefly with the topic of rational zeros.
In mathematics, a rational number is a number which can be expressed as a ratio of two integers. Non-integer rational numbers (commonly called fractions) are usually written as the basic fraction , where b = 0.i
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What does the introduction do?
Topic: A Blessing
What does the introduction do?
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Wright's "A Blessing" demonstrates a flat, common portrayal of experience. The skill of the poem is its restraint in the rendering of action, and its sudden, climactic expansiveness at the end. The first 21 lines are essential because they allow the reader to share, verbally, the speaker's experience. The care with which the landscape is drawn, the description of events in the present tense, the shift from what the ponies do to how the speaker is responding—all this gives an immediacy which sets the stage for the speaker's concluding revelation. This revelation could not have been accomplished without the introduction.
Posted by epollock on October 30, 2010 at 6:20 PM (Answer #1)
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An Agent-based Classification ModelGu, Feng and Aickelin, Uwe and Greensmith, Julie (2007) An Agent-based Classification Model. In: The 9th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS 2007), Durham, UK.
AbstractThe major function of this model is to access the UCI Wisconsin Breast Cancer data-set[1] and classify the data items into two categories, which are normal and anomalous. This kind of classification can be referred as anomaly detection, which discriminates anomalous behaviour from normal behaviour in computer systems. One popular solution for anomaly detection is Artificial Immune Systems (AIS). AIS are adaptive systems inspired by theoretical immunology and observed immune functions, principles and models which are applied to problem solving. The Dendritic Cell Algorithm (DCA)[2] is an AIS algorithm that is developed specifically for anomaly detection. It has been successfully applied to intrusion detection in computer security. It is believed that agent-based modelling is an ideal approach for implementing AIS, as intelligent agents could be the perfect representations of immune entities in AIS. This model evaluates the feasibility of re-implementing the DCA in an agent-based simulation environment called AnyLogic, where the immune entities in the DCA are represented by intelligent agents. If this model can be successfully implemented, it makes it possible to implement more complicated and adaptive AIS models in the agent-based simulation environment.
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Breakstep - 140 Bass & Breaks Heavy basslines and rollin' beats... crossing over from Dubstep, Breaks, Hardcore, Jungle and Garage/2-Step.. please read description before submitting..
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These are the Breaks! All broken beat genre's, all the time!
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BreakBeat BreakBeat / BigBeat / Nu School Breaks for Djs Producers and Fans
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Breakbeat Associate We launch brekabeat associate for Breakbeat Dj, Producer, Agency....
Carl Loben's review of this track really summed up nicely what we set out to do with this tune, so I'll let him do the talking...
"As the opening seconds of 'Moments In Time' unfold, we are actually transported back in time. Back to the mid-'90s and the oceanic jungle of PFM, LTJ Bukem and the like. Lush tropical pads - sort of bursting into a glistening rainforest clearing - and kookaburras in trees are augmented by steely Source Direct breakbeats that tuffen in the mid-section for a deep, emotive piece."
Classic C83 roller here, released early November 2010 on en:vision recordings
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- Ariel X
Ariel X on October 30, 2012 14:57
I just discovered you guys last night, and I'm blown away! You take me back to the days when almost everyone was doing something new and exciting in electronic dance music; you've kept that inspiration, alive, fellas! BIG UP! You're a new favorite....PS--I've especially loved the tracks you've had with Liz Melody! what a voice....
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FLN at 2.57 on February 22, 2011 02:36
Love this!! cool track, Weve just finished a 140 breaks track On the Ride by FLN would be cool to know what you think, and let us know if your up for a 320 swap or somthing?
- joka
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- ToLoud
ToLoud at 3.46 on November 03, 2010 19:47
A bit slower, dark, creepy. Like it a lot! Especially spirit of oldskull
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IMETIC at 4.08 on November 03, 2010 16:04
DAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm loving the Doc Scott/Bukem/Crystal vibes on this. A PROPER roller... I'm caining the fuck out of this when it's out. FACT!
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- Breakz
Breakz at 4.27 on October 31, 2010 14:40
Awesome Beats going on here!!! Thanks for adding to the group!! Big Tune!!
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C83 at 2.49 on October 30, 2010 12:39
@Bill Vega: yeah checked that mix out yesterday...cheers for supporting the track...we gonna try and come along to Drum Rush so hopefully catch you then!
- Bill Vega
Bill Vega at 2.49 on October 30, 2010 10:17
Love this track fellas, used it as the intro track to my latest mix, check my page if you want it: Bill Vega
- The_Real_Marty_B
C83 at 0.16 on October 30, 2010 00:47
@Sketi: thanks mate...that's exactly the vibe we were going for! :)