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Timing Advance?
I know, KISS, Keep it simple stupid. Well my 69 square nose starts and runs OK but had issues with running smooth and bogging down under power. Compression is within 4 points at 112 lbs. Has Pedtronix Ignitor electronic ignition, new plugs, cap, rotor, coil and wires.
Number one cylinder at TDC, pointer on bottom pulley mark. Runs a little rough at 500 rpms, not bad though. Runs the same at 1,600 rpms. With throttle set at 500 rpms, timing light shows pointer on bottom pulley mark. Run it up to 1,600 rpms, pointer stays on bottom pulley mark.
Shouldn't it move to the top pulley mark at full throttle?
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At idle, it should be at the top pulley mark (TDC), and full throttle it should move down to the bottom mark (16* advance).
Set the idle to the top mark first, then see what happens when you increase the throttle. If it doesn't move to the bottom mark, the check the weights in the distributor.
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Follow Ray's directions to see if the advance is working.
Under the rotor, in the center of the post it sits on, is suppose to be a wick. This wick is to be oiled - and usually not. If advance is not working, set engine on TDC, # 1 cylinder and remove distributor. Set distributor upright in vise or stand. Add quality solvent to the wick. Let set. See if the solvent frees up the advance.
You will only get about an 8 degree movement in the advance, not much more than a wiggle, when it frees up. When free, oil wick and move advance mechanism. Then oil weight and spring pivots.
I have an excuse. CRS.
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Thank you, I'll check that tomorrow lube up the post.
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Since the tractor is designed to do its work at or near full throttle, you should actually set the timing at full throttle using the 16 degree mark.
It should move toward the 0 degree mark at an idle. If it doesn't make it all the way down to the 0 degree mark then that's ok. Live with it being off a bit at an idle. The tractor is not "doing work" at an idle and will still start very reliably.
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At engine cranking speed the ignition system needs to fire at 0 crankshaft degrees, or perhaps a tiny smidgen of a degree later/after. Should the ignition system fire the piston before TDC at engine cranking speed - hard start or no start problems.
I have an excuse. CRS.
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Checked my service manual.
Spark advance @ 400 rpm............0-1 degrees
Spark advance @ 800 rpm............4-8 degrees
Spark advance @ 1200 rpm............10-14 degrees
Spark advance @ 1600 rpm............15-16 degrees
If using a timing light, and verifying the RPM's as you are measuring then timing your engine is easiest (and best) at working RPM's.
I notice it doesn't give a specification for higher RPM's even for the numbered series tractor engines. If you have the 16 degree mark on your front pulley and can set the timing at 1600 rpm's, then the rest usually works out okee dokee. I don't worry about the idle because I may not get my tractor to purr down to 400rpm. Just make sure the timing advance mechanism functions and the timing is being retarded at the lower RPM's.
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Thank you for the input. I won't be able to get to it until Monday. I will take all the input and get it straightened out then and report back.
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Ditto this remark. I static timed my dist, then put a timing light on it to make sure it was getting proper advance. It was a few degrees short, so I adjusted the dist. That changed the static time, and, as Eugene says, I started having starting problems. Re-did the static time, and she was fine again. Not sure what changed since (probably the fact that I decided to change the points and condenser shortly after and oiled the felt), but she is now advancing properly at high idle.
Lesson learned, make sure the static timing is correct. If you can't get proper advance, then there is something else wrong.
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Not trying to hijack the thread and I am a novice mechanic, but how to you advance #1 to TDC? Pull the spark plug and rotate crank until the piston is at the top of the stroke? Sorry for the dumb question.
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In this instance the engine is capable of running.
Remove distributor cap. Rotate engine by hand until the rotor points to the previous #1 spark plug wire location when distributor cap was installed. Check and line up the pointer and TDC mark on pulley by hand.
If engine is not capable of running. Finger in #1 cylinder spark plug hole. Rotate engine until compression felt. Then line up pointer and TDC mark on pulley.
I have an excuse. CRS.
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To follow up, I static timed my 69 Square Nose. With a timing light, at 1,600 rpm's the pointer is on the bottom pulley mark. At 500 rpm's, it remains on the bottom mark. I have removed the distributor and lubed the wick. I will continue to lube it and spin the distributor manually several times through out today and reinstall it in the morning to see if it frees up the weights.
If not, I guess I will have to disassemble the distributor to free then up???????
Thank you for your help and suggestions.
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Bob, under the plate the points mount on are weights and springs that cause the advance as it speeds up. The shaft the rotor and points operate with is actually a separate shaft form the one that drives the distributor with one shaft being inside the other. That may be gunked/rusted and need to be cleaned and lubed. with the engine not running you should be able to use your hand to turn the rotor forward and backward a few degrees, with the springs returning it when you release it.
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Thanks John. I've never had that plate off and was a little concerned that I may screw it up if I went digging in there.
I just went out and held the drive gear and turned the shaft. It was stiff. I lubed it again and worked it several more times. It appears to be freeing up a little. I will continue to lube it and move it for the rest of the day and reinstall it in the morning.
Thank you again.
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PLANS for a huge business park near Southend Airport, creating thousands of jobs, are set to be go ahead within the next three to four years.
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12:20pm Fri 10 Jan 14
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rgos etc), which seems regularly to cause traffic problems each weekend.
2:05pm Fri 10 Jan 14
BinDipper says...
This is excellent for the town, with Lloyds and HSBC taking 2,000 jobs out of the town in the last few years this is quite a boost. Shame it can't be fasttracked.
4:48pm Fri 10 Jan 14
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5:13pm Fri 10 Jan 14
chunkus04 says...
jolllyboy wrote:The Bell and Kent elms are already marked for improvement works, and you can bet these works all start at the same too!
We were promised 6,000 jobs not 3 - 4000. All those lorries, all those employees in cars or a new bus route. It cannot be done without massive infrastructure changes and if the roundabout near Tesco is anything to go by it will be a nightmare. The Bell and kent elms junctions would have to be improved massively too. Heaven help us all.
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Nebs says...
In an article in this newspaper in May 2012 we were told: "It is estimated the centre alone will create up to 4,000 jobs, with the surrounding park bringing thousands more. The grand plan, approved this week by the Government, is set to transform green belt land off Cherry Orchard Way, near Southend Airport..... Southend Council's chief executive Rob Tinlin was this week at the House of Commons to see the project given Government approval after months of negotiation."
Given the 2012 approval, what permission are we now waiting for?
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The American Civil Liberties Union, the city of San Francisco and a host of liberal and homosexual activist groups remain hopeful that the California Supreme Court will overturn Prop 8 -- a constitutional amendment that defines marriage between one man and one woman -- but if they fail, they have a Plan B.
The backup plan -- already in the very early stages -- is to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to reverse Prop 8's effect. With Hollywood backing it, such a signature drive no doubt will be well-funded.
Supporters of Prop 8 needed 690,000 signatures to qualify the proposal for the ballot and turned in approximately 1.1 million. It passed, 52-48 percent.
Homosexual activists groups such as Equality California are gearing up for what would be another costly political battle.
"We can -- and we will -- overturn Prop 8 to win back marriage equality," Equality California says in a statement on its website. "It will take hard work, extensive engagement of all communities, outreach to people who voted yes, research to determine the best upcoming election and exact ballot language and significant funding."
The statement ends by urging each reader to volunteer and gather 20 signatures once petitions are circulated.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom echoed that sentiment, saying in The Los Angeles Times, "The question is not if this will be back on the ballot. The question is when this will be back on the ballot."
Getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot in California is far less difficult than in other states, although it's not easy. It requires gathering signatures equal to 8 percent of all the votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election (which was 690,000 during the recent election cycle). The next gubernatorial election is in 2010. Unlike some states, California law allows paid canvassers -- people who are paid to gather signatures -- making it easier for a well-funded campaign to qualify a proposal.
If supporters succeed in placing an amendment on the ballot legalizing "gay marriage," it could put a President Obama in an uncomfortable position. Obama says he opposes "gay marriage," although he also opposed Prop 8, calling it "divisive and discriminatory." If Californians voted to overturn Prop 8, Obama either would have to 1) remain neutral, 2) oppose it and anger homosexuals within his base or 3) support it and, by extension, support "gay marriage" -- which would be an historic step. Exit polls showed that nationally, 70 percent of homosexuals voted for him.
Already, homosexual leaders are discussing whether Obama will reverse course and publicly state his support for "gay marriage" during his administration. He and the leading homosexual groups agree on every other major issue, including repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. Overturning DOMA could force every state to recognize "gay marriages" from states such as Massachusetts. Obama says he supports civil unions, which grant same-sex couples all the legal benefits of marriage.
In a live blog with other homosexual leaders Nov. 20, Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said she believes Obama will come out for "gay marriage" during his time in the White House, "especially if we can persuade other federal elected officials to stand up for marriage equality -- which should have happened long ago and is long overdue." Nadine Smith, executive director for Equality Florida, agreed, saying, "I think he knows [his position] isn't logical or justifiable."
VT. GOV. AGAINST 'GAY MARRIAGE' BILL -- Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, says he would oppose a "gay marriage" bill if it is introduced in the legislature, the Associated Press reported Nov. 20. Douglas' statement puts in jeopardy a bill that supporters had hoped could become law in the near future. Vermont has a civil unions law that grants same-sex couples all the legal benefits of marriage.
"I think the current civil union law is sufficient," Douglas said. "It accords equality of rights to Vermonters in terms of their relationships and I think we should leave the law as it is."
Conservatives have long warned that civil unions are simply a stepping stone to "gay marriage" -- a belief underscored not only by events in Vermont but in Connecticut, which passed a civil unions law, only to see the state Supreme Court legalize "gay marriage."
Vermont State Sen. John Campbell says he will introduce a bill to legalize "gay marriage."
Said Douglas, "I never indicate what I might do when a bill gets to my desk, but I've been quite clear that I don't support the legislation."
Michael Foust is an assistant editor of Baptist Press.
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Hamas officials who arrived in Bulgaria on Wednesday said they came to present
the "Palestinian narrative and expose the false Israeli narrative on the
Palestinians and Hamas."
The visit is the first of its kind by Hamas
officials to a member of the EU.
Ismail al-Ashkar, head of the Hamas
parliamentary list, Change and Reform, headed the delegation. Hamas legislators
Salah Bardaweel and Mushir al-Masri, who is also a spokesman for the Islamist
movement in the Gaza Strip, accompanied him.
The three Hamas officials
arrived in Bulgaria at the invitation of the Center for International and Middle
East Studies, sources close to the movement said.
Bardaweel said the
visit to Bulgaria was significant "because Hamas had been denied the opportunity
to express the views of its people from this important podium for political
reasons." He did not say whether he and his colleagues had plans to meet with
government officials during their visit to Bulgaria.
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said the Hamas delegation was planning to talk about the IDF's arrest of Hamas
legislators in the West Bank and the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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Bulgarian parliament, as well as representatives of various political parties
and the media.
Bardaweel praised the Bulgarian authorities for
facilitating the Hamas delegation's visit and providing it with an opportunity
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Saint Of Circumstance India Pale Ale - Berkshire Brewing Company Inc.
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4/5 rDev +6.7%
06-11-2014 04:28:54 | More by ELECTRONICAnonymous
New Hampshire
3.25/5 rDev -13.3%
04-23-2014 00:44:35 | More by Kelp
4/5 rDev +6.7%
07-27-2013 03:16:42 | More by GonzoHomebrewer
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
06-25-2013 08:54:35 | More by jaxon53
3.75/5 rDev 0%
10-09-2012 20:06:31 | More by ComRock12
3.7/5 rDev -1.3%
An interesting take on an IPA. Appearance is what you'd expect from an IPA, but the smell is most definitely not. Lot's of whiskey and not a whole lot of hops from this one. Taste is sour with some of the whiskey coming through, not a ton of bitterness. I have to say this is a bit strange for me. Never had a beer like this one and as I am half way through the bottle I can say I am a bit ambivalent about it. A nice change of pace from the typical hoppy IPA, but not sure I would seek it out again.
09-18-2012 22:28:45 | More by mrhartounian
3/5 rDev -20%
09-12-2012 12:05:05 | More by yossarian14
4.5/5 rDev +20%
A surprising beer - aged in sour mash casks from Tennessee... hmmm, sort of begs the question! But wherever they got them, the sour is certainly present. Probably one of the best aftertastes I've ever had from a beer. Light and crisp, nicely tart, smooth finish. I absolutely love this beer and wish they would make more!
07-28-2012 22:12:13 | More by mclynch
2.5/5 rDev -33.3%
06-24-2012 00:57:59 | More by ms11781
3.68/5 rDev -1.9%
22oz bottle served in a standard shaker pint.
body is a slightly cloudy, dull amber shade; fairly aggressive pour yields a big 2" off-white head which demonstrates great retention and a lot of lacing. nose isn't as aromatic as i typically look for in my IPAs, but there is a distinct floral hoppiness to it. for the style i'd put the nose as about average, maybe slightly above.
flavor is interesting. definitely a unique take on the style, the question is 'good unique' or 'bad unique'... seems like i vacillate with each sip. very earthy and florally with some caramel and i do get a hint of smoke. ok, i guess i can dig this. medium bodied mouthfeel with average carbonation.
overall, i guess you could call this one a nice change of pace, a departure from the citric, piney IPAs i tend to gravitate toward. not something i'd seek out on a regular basis but i will be definitely open to more in the future.
(originally reviewed: 05-29-2011)
06-14-2012 21:16:16 | More by BostonHops
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
05-27-2012 04:06:09 | More by DoctorB2B
2.65/5 rDev -29.3%
Local Ma. guy who loves what BBC does, full disclosure. I was very excited to see a new barrel offering....
A- A nice tawny oak, hazy, good pour into a pint glass. A good finger of faom and clingly lace.
A - This is what I am talking about!!! Whiskey barrels! As it should be...
T - Now we're talking about the elephant in the room. This is a barrel IPA but something went a tad askew. This is closer to a sour or a bad barleywine. Big disappointment.
MF - Doesnt matter at this point...
OA - This was a special offering to me from my fave packie (you know where I shop!) . Appreciated but, for once, finding BBC missing the mark.
05-22-2012 21:59:00 | More by beer4colin
4/5 rDev +6.7%
05-19-2012 00:49:42 | More by 40451
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
05-14-2012 16:25:41 | More by smutty33
North Carolina
2.8/5 rDev -25.3%
COudy orange-to-red pour. One finger of light cream head. No retention and no lace.
Weak biscuit malt nose. Just the slightest hint of hops. Light tart fruit sneaks in underneath.
Hint of caramel malt and light strawberries come to mind on first taste. Tart, sour finish. Reminds me more of a mild than an IPA.
Very light body.
If you like your IPA's more malty and fruity, then this is the beer for you.
03-16-2012 16:07:32 | More by beer2day
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
03-05-2012 18:06:59 | More by JAHMUR
4.5/5 rDev +20%
03-05-2012 04:27:21 | More by mctizzz
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
03-02-2012 05:40:03 | More by billybrew21
2.5/5 rDev -33.3%
02-03-2012 19:12:43 | More by chrispoint
4/5 rDev +6.7%
01-04-2012 02:17:51 | More by livewire05
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
12-15-2011 00:29:57 | More by alamode
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
11-25-2011 03:59:20 | More by rab53
3.88/5 rDev +3.5%
22 oz. bottle poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass, the rest split with my wife. Orange in color, very hazy, clearly unfiltered. Lemon popsicle colored head with REALLY good lacing too it. Good looking beer overall.
Smell is pretty good. Yeast is actually a big part here, more than any other IPA I've had before. Kinda bready, but like orange bread. Citrus and floral hops, good pretty good overall.
Taste is good. Again I find it very bready in comparison most IPAs I've had before. A little more malt here, toasted caramel. Citrus, zesty, and earthy hops.
Mouthfeel is pretty good is alright. Not very clean, sort of earthy and thick, because of the yeast. I like it though, pretty drinkable, I'm almost running out of beer to review here.
Overall I like it, an interesting take on an IPA, I guess this one was a pretty happy accident overall.
10-25-2011 01:17:05 | More by AndyAvalanche
3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
The long awaited arrival of a s.o.c in my hand has finally happened as i stumbled into a beer store i havent been in a while to find the last one of these fine brews..
it pours out a clear copper with an orange/red hue. nice 2 inch had gives off aromas of slight pine smoke and butter.
the taste is mostly smoke but it's not overbearing, has a low profile whiskey barrel flavor. butter/toffee back end goin on here.
not much in the hops dept so i really dont get how it's an ipa but it's very tasty and has the signature "berkshire taste" which must be the water up there in deerfield.
nice special beer. wouldn't mind it if they made it all the time
09-30-2011 23:28:26 | More by Ezone024
Rhode Island
4/5 rDev +6.7%
22oz. bottle served at 49 degrees in my BBC Pint. No dating evident on the bottle. Pours a translucent amber with a rocky, two inch, cream-colored head. Head eventually settles into a creamy, 1/8th inch skim. A thick, textured band of lacing encircles the glass. Nose expresses faint citrus esters, a trace of grass and perhaps a hint of rind. Taste is a bit maltier than I anticipated - not overly prominent by any means, but there's definitely a light, toasted malt presence along the backbone with a bit of sweetness. The light citrus and grassy character present in the nose intermingles nicely with the malt and there's a slight mineral quality at the finish. Mouthfeel is light-medium with a slightly oily texture and a lively, almost prickly carbonation. Overall, a really nice brew - not your typical English IPA in my opinion in that I don't get a lot of the biscuit or noble hops flavors I've come to associate with the style, but I did quite enjoy this beer.
09-20-2011 23:22:35 | More by Jwale73
Saint Of Circumstance India Pale Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company Inc.
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INGALLS — After less than a year running the Ingalls Town Council, Jack Stout has resigned from his position as president.
In May, Stout accepted a job at the River of Life church in Indianapolis. The job required Stout to commute back and forth from Indianapolis to Ingalls, and his church responsibilities increased until he was staying in Ingalls only once a week.
"The church doubled in size from the time we started there," Stout said. "It got to the point where we had to make a decision."
Stout realized he wasn't in Ingalls enough to make decisions that would affect the town. He said he put the council on notice that he wouldn't be able to continue in his capacity as president.
Councilman Tim Green said the council had hoped he could stay on until the end of the year. Stout said he agreed to stay through December to try to finish some projects for the town.
But Russ Willis, chairman of the Madison County Republican Party, found out about Stout's commute and asked him where his primary residence was. Stout told him it was Indianapolis, and Willis asked for his resignation.
Stout handed in his letter of resignation at the monthly town meeting on Oct. 28.
Since he was no longer a resident, by law he can no longer serve on the town council.
Green said Stout will be missed and very hard to replace. He and the council were counting on him to help them finalize budgets and projects before the year ended.
"We were really hoping he could stay until the end of the year," Green said. "In my mind, I felt he was still a resident of this town."
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BARREN COUNTY, KY (WAVE) - Former Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton will spend the next 18 months of his life in prison.
Eaton and former deputy sheriff Adam Minor were charged with assault and witness tampering after the arrest of Billy Randall Stinnet in 2010.
The jury acquitted Eaton of the assault charges, but did find him guilty on two counts of witness tampering.
Adam Minor made a plea deal with federal prosecutors and was sentenced to two years probation.
Eaton's sentence could have been much worse since prosecutors were asking the judge for 45 to 57 months.
"They're tough people and I think they've held up well under the circumstances," said Guthrie True, Eaton's attorney. "This is difficult. Even for the strongest people it can break you down."
The former sheriff now has 45 to 60 days before he much report to serve his sentence.
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By Brad Borland, MA, CSCS
Normally seen as reserved for the light-hearted fitness enthusiast bodyweight training can be a surprisingly effective and efficient tool regarding your physique goals. Bodyweight training will not only add to your development, but can also be utilized as a fat-burning circuit in place of machine-driven cardio. Additionally, it can give your body overall strength and performance that some isolated resistance training can lack at times.
Another great benefit is psychological. Throwing in one of these circuits for a break from the norm can rejuvenate certain areas of your physique and get gains moving again. Done at the gym or at home these circuits can many times spawn new muscle strength and growth in lagging areas in less time. Still not convinced?
Do not underestimate a sound bodyweight circuit give these routines an honest try and find out yourself no weights necessary.
Beginner upper body circuit:
to be performed non-stop for 3-5 rounds (rest one minute after each round)
- Push-ups
- Wide-grip pull-ups
- Parallel dips
- Reverse-grip biceps chin-ups
- Leg lift off bench
- Lying crunch
- Plank for 20-30 seconds
Advanced upper body circuit:
to be performed non-stop for 3-5 rounds (rest one minute after each round)
- 3-way push-up (feet on bench, feet on floor, and hands elevated one set of each)
- Rack chins (wide, shoulder and close grip one set of each)
- Bench dips
- Rack biceps curls (like the rack chins, but with a reverse grip)
- Hanging leg raises
- Crunches on exercise ball
- 3-way plank for 20-30 seconds
Beginner lower body circuit:
to be performed non-stop for 3-5 rounds (rest one minute after each round)
- Squat
- Stationary lunge
- Side lunge
- Sumo squat
- One-legged calf raise off of floor
- Incline crunch
Advanced upper body circuit:
to be performed non-stop for 3-5 rounds (rest one minute after each round)
- Jump squat
- Step-up
- Walking lunge
- One-legged Bulgarian split squat
- One-legged calf raise off of block
- 3-way crunch on exercise ball
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When it comes to the variations of the pull-up, is it ok to implement the 'one-rep-at-a-time' method (you know pull-up, rest, pull-up) or do you just go to failure at all 3 variations on the first time?
"When you promise yourself something, make a commitment, you can't give up. Because, when you're in the gym, you have to fulfill the promise you made to yourself. The people who can self motivate - in any field - are usually the ones who win. Regardless of talent." T. Platz
dont know if im just being blind here but how many reps are you to do on each exercise?
The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else."
Yes, the reps do seem to not have been added. I would think that it'd be 1 rep short of failure.
Anyway, I'd like to add that bodyweight training is not just for calisthenics or fat loss circuits. The nature of the exercises make them incredibly difficult to perform - they're closed kinetic chain exercises, which means that the body has to work harder for stability. Also, they tend to burn more calories as they recruit much more muscle fibres and groups in the whole body than iron training. However, I must stress that it's very important that weight be lifted as well.
Bodyweight exercises are also incredibly suited for strength and physique gains. Working to one-limb
work like the one-armed pullup does wonders for your flexibility, mobility, core stability and all-around strength and muscular growth. Few people can actually do a pistol squat! They allow for much more variety here. So, don't just see them as a circuit of "easy" exercises to be lumped together at the end of your training! If they're easy, you're:
a) not doing it right
b) not progressing to the next level of strength.
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Greensburg —
Greensburg native Tom Imel was the featured speaker at a small gathering Friday night to observe Veteran's Day at Skybird Manor Apartments.
Imel is a retired Marine Corps veteran who served 30 thirty years, including two 13-month tours in Vietnam and two years as a drill sergeant.
In his speech, which included the reading of a short poem, Imel highlighted the importance of serving one's country. He also stressed the importance of every U.S. citizen making Veteran's Day an important observance.
Imel also talked about the bonds that bind fellow service members across generations.
"When I see any veteran," he said, "that person is my brother or sister."
Imel's wife Wanda related a moving story from several years ago in which she thanked a random, active-duty Marine Corps veteran for his service.
"Even after all these years, we still visit [Marine Corps Base] Camp Lejeune in North Carolina at least once a year, sometimes more," Wanda Imel said. "And one year, as a Marine passed me, I thanked him for his service. He came back a few minutes later and thanked me, tears welling in his eyes, telling me that, in his 10 or 12 years of service, no one's ever simply thanked him for his service to his country."
"I want to thank all of you," she continued, "for remembering our servicemen and women on Veteran's Day. I couldn't be prouder of my own marine."
After his wife's story, Imel reminded the audience that thanking a veteran for his or her service was probably the most important thing any average citizen could do for a member of the military — past or present — for his or her service.
Mayor Gary Herbert introduced Imel, offering his own thoughts on the U.S. military and why military service is vital to our country.
"I can't imagine what the U.S. would be like without our veterans," Herbert said.
Herbert told the small gathering that his dad was a WWII veteran who refused military honors and "didn't talk much about his time in the service."
"But he was always proud of serving his country," the mayor added.
The mayor's grandson currently serves in the U.S. Navy.
"We live in the greatest country in the world, because of our unique form of government," Herbert said. "And regardless of race, skin color, politics, religion or anything else, we are all Americans. When something happens, we all pull together, and the military is an extension of that."
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Chirping birds signal the arrival of spring. And, a gentle reminder that leg baring seasons is almost upon us. But, what to do about those pasty white, winterized legs? The way I see it, you have three choices: embrace the paste, go for the glow or strategically layer your legs in "camouflage clothing."
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Hollywood's endless revisiting of cherished figures from our past has always been a successful entertainment ploy. And none more so than the current obsession of making every character in a movie a dangerous, sexy twenty-something.
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How can i download a DVD i have onto my computer, even if it has the copyright laws on it? I have found programs that cost $$$, but does anyone here know of a free one i can use?
Also, once it is downloaded onto the computer, is there a free program that will convert the files so it can work on an iPod?
u might find puting movies on ya ipod is kinda pointless. o and using dvd decrypter then trying to put it on ipod wont work right cus its all in tons of files. u need 1 file (video) and converted to mpeg or something for it to work on ipod
How do I download a DVD movie to my computer on windows media player..Or copy the disc so it's on my computer and all i need to do is find the file and burn it on a disc?
To convert the file you can use Videora.com It works really well, and then to download it I'm not sure, but if it's like a famous movie or something you can download it off the internet You can get the software at utorrent.com and then You look up the movie you want and you search for it's torrent on any site like google, and then you try a few, and see which works best
Can i record a dvd,[holiday's and family etc] that i have recorded from the video onto a dvd+rw, onto the computer. I want to edit the films on the computer, and then burn them onto a new dvd or cd. Does this make sense?
i really have no idea in the world how to do something like this. but i think it is cool that my message can be shown once i right something and *ya boi* aint my real name or nickname just to let you know!
Ok to solve several problems or questions here we go!
Download (legally or illegally I don't care) DVDFab Platinum 4.
Then, insert the media you want converted. Look on the menu to your left and there are several conversions (PSP,Ipod,Xbox 360,PS3, etc)
Simple to use.
Now for the editing.
For a cheap way use Windows Movie maker, for a better way use Cyberlink's Power Director.
you can turn to HandBrake for help. It can help you rip the DVD to your computer.
here is the guide you can refer to
i also found a great Mac dvd ripper program. if you use os x, sure it will help you out.
there is another way all you have to do is open the video disc without starting it and yes this is possible just if you were wondering then copy all the files onto your harddrive and put them in a file named after the movie den load it onto windows media player or onto itune just look under file and u will see open file or open folder and choose the file and it should work ill be back to write other ways now im on my ps3 and its getting annoying having to go around the whole key board pressing the buttons so ill be back wen im on my computer ps3 owns and it teabags da 360 exept for more people onlive and halo ps3 owns da 360
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you can turn to HandBrake for help. It can help you rip the DVD to your computer.
here is the guide you can refer to
Great tutorial and great advice.
Hi, laymans terms please!!! Want to send somebody a copy of my holiday dvd. Does anyone know a free download to do this???
Using Handbrake. (free, cross platform, open source)
It can convert DVD files to MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM, AAC, MP3 etc.


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The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is looking for information regarding the theft of approximately 1,600 feet of copper wire sometime between May 6-22.
Avista Utilities officials said the wire was stolen between two power poles in the area of North Spotted and West Wild Rose roads. The estimated cost to replace the wire is $12,000.
Anyone with information about this theft is urged to call Crime Check at 456-2233


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If you have bought an air compressor in the last 8 years, that was marked with Peak horsepower rather actual running horsepower, go to http://www.aircompressorsettlement.com/ for information on a settlement that may entitle you to some free air tools.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government
to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the
government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." Patrick Henry
Well, I read through about as much legalese as I could stand, and could only determind that power tools would be donated to "Habitat for Humanity". No mention of owner pay outs. I have the Coleman Powermate and it's not the best. It was that "max kinetic horse power rating" that sold me.
As I understood it, if you bought a Campbell Hausfeld or Devilbiss, you can get some small tools, but if you got a Coleman, the only donations are going to Habitat for Humanity.
Air compressor manufacturers have gotten a little creative (misleading) in their descriptions of horsepower. The "peak" horsepower is a combination of the ability to do work of the compressor and a full tank of air, not the actual horsepower of the motor.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government
to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the
government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." Patrick Henry
When I bought my upright they had two different models on sale... a 5 HP and a 6 1/2 HP. I looked them over carefully to find the differences to see if the 6 1/2 was really worth $100 more. It had a slightly better air cleaner and a larger motor pulley. The motors and all the rest were IDENTICAL! Since I like to add my own automotive air cleaner anyway, I saved the $100.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. Ambrose Bierce
That's a good charity and I'm glad they'll get the tools. The Coleman Powermate I have is a direct drive. The noise is unbearable and the heat transfers all over the unit. I had to replace the thumb-sized regulator after about a year. I'm shopping around for a belt-drive.
as long as we're on the subject, it's a good idea to pipe the air intake to another room, away from dust and sandblasting operations in the shop.
'If they're tappin', they're not burnin'
I've got a commercial upright in the shop, but my portable is a Campbell Hausfeld and is eligable.
Thanks, John, for the heads up
'If they're tappin', they're not burnin'
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Placements are available in a broad range of areas including business; social sciences; humanities; and the visual, fine and graphic arts. We will find an internship to match your academic and professional goals and objectives. During the application process, our internship coordinators will work closely with you in defining your academic and professional ambitions, and will arrange a placement that best reflects these goals.
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Updated 4:12pm Friday 24th January 2014 in News By Tui Benjamin, Reporter
SHOPPERS were stopped in their tracks when performers from a Radcliffe dance school brought Bury town centre alive with a surprise flash mob.
On Saturday, 29 dancers took members of the public by surprise in St John's Square on The Rock as they performed three flashmobs to a mix of eight songs.
The performers, aged six to 21, who attend Freak Dance, in Dale Street, captivated onlookers as part of an I Will If You Will event aimed at getting more women and girls involved in sport and exercise.
Studio owner Aeron Lloyd- Booth said: "The flashmob was fantastic because these things really do make people stop and want to know more about what is going on.
"Getting more people involved was our aim, and curiosity pulled in passersby."
The I Will If You Will event saw women and girls from the borough light up a giant exercise-powered projection across the front of Debenhams, with Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote leading the way.
Bury is a pilot area for the pioneering £2.8 million initiative, funded by Sport England, which is hoped will be used as best practice in other parts of the country.
Freak Dance is holding classes in association with the I Will If You Will campaign.
These include adult fitness classes from 7.15pm until 8pm on Mondays and Thursdays, hiphop dancing on Tuesdays between 7pm and 8pm, pilates sessions on Tuesdays at 11am to noon and piloxing on Wednesdays between 7pm and 8pm.
Aeron added: "We jumped on board with I Will If You Will classes to show them it is not just for young people and adults are welcome too.
"It's all about subscribing to that I Will If You Will vibe – if you rope someone else in you tend to feel more confident going along."
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Munster Junior League Div. 2 – Carrick –On – Suir 34 Killarney 1st XV 28
It never pays to lose home advantage and that was the only thing that prevented Killarney from a good victory here in south Tipp last Sunday. Having turned over the fixture due to regulations over late cancellations, Carrick put mud in our eye when they pipped Killarney in a free-flowing game full of action. Not even a hat-trick of tries from a fantastic performance by Brian O'Sullivan and the sheer dominance of the Killarney scrum could take the spoils. A further try by Mike Nash sealed the double-bonus points but the lads just could not force home that winning score. Paudie Sheahan added four conversions but the final score stayed at 34 – 28.
We are still ahead of Castleisland as we lie third in the table with a game in hand that could still stand to us. Muskerry fixture at home is coming up mid-February and will be crucial. Despite the loss the season has gone supremely well and thanks to Luke O'Sullivan and solid coaching from Des Foy.
The 2nd XV League game was cancelled again due to Dirreen being unplayable.
TICKETS DRAW – a draw will be held for 2 tickets for Ireland v England and 2 more for Ireland v France in Feb and March respectively. For your last chances to win tickets for the sell-out fixtures pick up a book of 5 draw tickets for just €20 or single tickets for €5 – available from all club members and committee officials. Please support this good fundraiser pleas. Thank you. All proceeds towards club costs and overruns towards field development in Aghadoe.
International Tickets: All tickets for England are sold out. French tickets the last few tickets are going this weekend from Mike Walker if not already gone at time of going to print. We do not have an allocation for any away 6 nations matches (Wales, Scotland and Italy). There are no tickets available for Munster v Harlequins either. Contact Mike for details. You must pay for your tickets as you order them in order to secure them.
Fixtures: Saturday 2nd Feb: Mini Rugby continues training at Knockreer from 10.30am to 12 noon. All new players welcome from age 6 to 12.
Sunday 3rd Feb: Killarney 2nd XV are trying to re-schedule a fixture v Iveragh Eagles 2.30pm – for details contact Keith O'Leary. No fixture for 1st XV.
Results of Monthly Club Supporters' Draw for December: 1st prize €250 – Paul McCarthy; 2nd prize €50 – Danny Bowe; 3rd prize €50 – Junior Finnegan (Club President).
You can enter the monthly draws by completing a direct debit mandate for just €10 per month – available from Secretary Anne Clifford 087 222 9039 or Mike Fuller PRO on 087 6489 628.
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Venue: Direen
Date: 14/09/2013
Come along and support the lads as they begin their campain for 2013/2014. Come on KILLARNEY!
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What else premiered in 1958 besides TV's Sea Hunt, Bat Masterson, the Huckleberry Hound Show and 77 Sunset Strip?
You guessed it.
Chevy Impala hit the road as a coupe and convertible and has been an American icon ever since. Now in its 10th generation, the Impala has transformed, re-tuned, re-configured, revamped and altered just about everything on its four wheels.
The newest Impala has heads turning. It may just pull the classic car out of its doldrums with sleek and sculpted body sides, projector beam headlamps and an equally impressive interior. The 2014 full size sedan finally gives Chevy a car to compete in a global market and at home with rival Ford.
What a welcome relief to drive the new sedan. Without its exterior badging, the new sheet metal design could pass for an expensive import or a refined German touring sedan. Really.
Chevy engineers set out to reinvent the classic '58 model using today's technology and driving dynamics in a posh cabin filled with creature comforts. After a week of test driving the new car, I believe they accomplished their goal.
Primary competitors for the Impala include the Toyota Avalon, Dodge Charger, Ford Taurus and Hyundai Azera.
Three trim levels are available; the LS, LT and LTZ ranging in base price from $26,000-$33,000 respectively. A 2.5-liter four cylinder is standard on all trims with an available six-cylinder developing 305 horsepower. A mini-hybrid, four-cylinder engine with small electric motor will be available later this year.
All models are front wheel drive with a six-speed automatic transmission. In the zero to 60 mile per hour sprint the Impala with six cylinder engine reached its target in 6.9 seconds, about average for its class.
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At Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, studying art means understanding its social, political, and historical contexts. This video offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of From the Fire, a musical commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that demonstrates the power of innovative, relevant theater.
Lang's unique curriculum is designed to bridge the gaps between the arts. While students explore their own discipline within the individual programs—Dance, Music, Theater, and Visual Studies, as well as the independently designed Arts in Context program—they are also required to take integrative classes (including one on aesthetics) to collaborate with one another.
Lang's New York location provides unparalleled opportunities for undergraduates studying the arts. The city offers a wealth of cultural resources of all kinds: theater and dance performances, opera and classical music concerts, jazz and popular music events, commercial and avant-garde cinema, world-class museums and cutting-edge art galleries, lectures, and literary readings. Students can take advantage of these resources through courses taught on site such as Arts in NYC and Lang at the Guggenheim. They also rehearse and perform at venues such as New York Live Arts and La MaMa Experimental Theater. Many Arts majors are engaged with the city's arts scene as interns, gallery assistants, reviewers, DJs, and club promoters.
Arts faculty members bring to the classroom their own experience and expertise as innovative artists, musicians, actors, directors, and scholars. They are regularly involved in exhibitions and performances in New York, nationally, and internationally. Faculty often collaborate to create integrative courses and events. In addition, Lang invites distinguished visiting artists and guest presenters each year to work with students through master classes, workshops, and public presentations.
Home to such prominent figures as Martha Graham and John Cage, The New School has a long tradition of innovation in the arts. Today the university offers a wide range of arts courses to Lang students. At the Extension Division of Mannes, the university's classical music conservatory, students can take additional music courses and private lessons. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents numerous concerts, both on campus and in venues around the city. Parsons offers courses, exhibitions, and lectures in the visual arts, and the New School's Drama program presents theater performances. Numerous shared courses in these divisions are offered to Lang students each semester. Lang students can also enroll in the five-year BA/BFA program, in which they combine a BA degree from Lang with a BFA from Parsons or The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.
After graduation, many students pursue advanced study in their fields and go on to careers in professional ensembles and companies, arts foundations, and publishing firms. Completing their studies, Arts graduates have a strong liberal arts background that enhances their potential for rewarding careers and their development as creative, articulate, and informed citizens.To learn about majors and minors in the arts, visit the curriculum page.


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The Idea in Brief
The Idea in Brief
In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas is an urgent managerial priority. And that calls for major doses of creativity. But many leaders assume creativity is too elusive and intangible to be managed.
It's true that you can't manage creativity. But you can manage for creativity, say innovation leaders and experts who participated in a 2008 Harvard Business School colloquium. Among their recommendations for fostering the conditions in which creativity flourishes:
- Stop thinking of yourself as the wellspring of ideas that employees execute. Instead, elicit and champion others' ideas.
- Open your organization to diverse perspectives—by getting people of different disciplines, backgrounds, and areas of expertise to share their thinking.
- Know when to impose controls on the creative process (such as during the commercialization phase) and when not to (during early-idea generation).
The Idea in Practice
To enhance organizational creativity, consider these practices:
Tap Ideas from All Ranks
Elicit ideas from people throughout your organization. Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page tracked the progress of ideas that came from them versus ideas that bubbled up from the ranks—and discovered a higher success rate in the latter category.
Motivate people to contribute ideas by making it safe to fail. Stress that the goal is to experiment constantly, fail early and often—and learn as much as possible in the process. Convince people that they won't be punished or humiliated if they speak up or make mistakes.
Further engage people by being an appreciative audience. Asking questions about a project and providing even a word of sincere recognition can be more motivating than money.
Open Your Company to Diverse Perspectives
Innovation is more likely when diverse people come together to solve a problem. Even within the mind of an individual, diversity enhances creativity. Individuals who have multiple social identities—for instance, Asian and American, female and engineer—display higher levels of creativity when problems require them to draw on their different realms of knowledge.
The lesson? Avoid suppressing parts of people's identity. For example, craft a culture where female engineers can feel comfortable wearing feminine clothing.
Protect Creatives from Bureaucracy
As a fresh idea travels through an organization toward commercialization, powerful constituencies often beat it into a shape that conforms to the existing model. Protect those doing creative work from this hostile environment by clearing paths for them around obstacles.
Know When to Impose Controls—and When Not To
The early discovery phase of the creative process is inherently confusing and inefficient. So don't impose efficiency-minded controls during that phase. Instead, apply them when the game has moved from discovery to reliability and commercialization.
Know which phase you're in, and ensure that people with the right skills (such as ability to manage the handoff to the commercialization phase) are involved in the right stages.
Create a Filtering Mechanism
For every idea with real commercial promise, there are dozens that aren't worth pursuing. How to winnow out the bad from the good? Have people from a variety of disciplines, functions, and viewpoints act as filters. Also consider using business "accelerators" (outside companies that test product ideas) to gauge their potential.
♦ BLOG: Join the conversation with Teresa Amabile about the challenges of managing creativity.
Creativity has always been at the heart of business, but until now it hasn't been at the top of the management agenda. By definition the ability to create something novel and appropriate, creativity is essential to the entrepreneurship that gets new businesses started and that sustains the best companies after they have reached global scale. But perhaps because creativity was considered unmanageable—too elusive and intangible to pin down—or because concentrating on it produced a less immediate payoff than improving execution, it hasn't been the focus of most managers' attention.
Creativity has, however, long been a focus of academics in fields ranging from anthropology to neuroscience, and has enticed management scholars as well. Therefore, a substantial body of work on creativity has been available to any businessperson inclined to step back from the fray of daily management and engage in its questions. And that's suddenly very fortunate, because what used to be an intellectual interest for some thoughtful executives has now become an urgent concern for many. The shift to a more innovation-driven economy has been abrupt. Today, execution capabilities are widely shared and the life cycles of new offerings are short. As competition turns into a game of who can generate the best and greatest number of ideas, creativity scholars are being asked pointed questions about their research. What does it mean? How relevant is it? Does it offer guidance on the decisions that leaders in creativity-dependent businesses have to make?
To help make the connections between theory and practice, we recently convened a two-day colloquium at Harvard Business School, inviting business leaders from companies whose success depends on creativity—such as design consultancy IDEO, technology innovator E Ink, internet giant Google, and pharmaceutical leader Novartis. At the gathering, leading scholars presented their newest and most important research. In all, we brought together nearly 100 people who were deeply concerned with the workings of creativity in organizations and let the sparks fly.
Over those two days, we saw a new agenda for business leadership begin to take shape. At first, we heard skepticism that creativity should be managed at all. Intuit cofounder Scott Cook, for example, wondered whether management was "a net positive or a net negative" for creativity. "If there is a bottleneck in organizational creativity," he asked, "might it be at the top of the bottle?" By the colloquium's end, however, most attendees agreed that there is a role for management in the creative process; it is just different from what the traditional work of management might suggest. The leadership imperatives we discussed, which we share in this article, reflect a viewpoint we came to hold in common: One doesn't manage creativity. One manages for creativity.
Drawing on the Right Minds
The first priority of leadership is to engage the right people, at the right times, to the right degree in creative work. That engagement starts when the leader recasts the role of employees. Rather than simply roll up their sleeves and execute top-down strategy, employees must contribute imagination. As Cook put it, "Traditional management prioritizes projects and assigns people to them. But increasingly, managers are not the source of the idea."
Tap ideas from all ranks.
Cook told the story of an eye-opening analysis of innovations at Google: Its founders tracked the progress of ideas that they had backed versus ideas that had been executed in the ranks without support from above, and discovered a higher success rate in the latter category. Similarly, it was noted that Philip Rosedale, the founder and chairman of Linden Lab, the fast-growing company that manages Second Life, claims to give most workers enormous autonomy, and says the greatest successes come from workers' own initiatives.
Research by Israel Drori, a professor at the College of Management in Israel, and Benson Honig, a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, highlights the hazards of not distributing creative responsibilities across the organization. They observed an internet start-up offering a new, sophisticated form of computer graphics from its inception in 1996 until its collapse, seven years later. While the venture enjoyed initial success, it was ultimately unsustainable because it depended too much on the genius of its award-winning artist-founder—and took organizational creativity for granted.


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The Part of Fortune is often in a very interesting exact degree aspect at significant points in people's lives. This connection may seem obvious, but I am not convinced of its 'fortunate' nature.
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The author of this article, Corinna Hurst, is working toward her diploma in the Kepler Certificate Program. She selected the Part of Fortune to examine more closely for an assignment in her course on Symmetry in Astrology with Bruce Scofield. This paper represents her journey testing whether or not the generally accepted meaning of the Part of Fortune applies in actual practice.
My first experience with the Kepler Certificate Program has been an amazing journey. After many years of reading and trying to understand how astrology works, I decided I needed help pulling all the pieces together.
Since I work and have a family, the Kepler online learning program has been a wonderful way for me to reach out to the Universe and understand just a little more about who I am and where I want to go. The teachers are extremely knowledgeable and accessible.
The online learning environment is a great tool with video, audio, webinars, resource links, pdf documents, etc. Kepler also includes their own text and work book and a great selection of an easy to understand astrology books. With the ability to review any area I may find challenging, my learning is exciting and adapted to my needs.
I am enthusiastic and looking forward to continuing my astrological search with Kepler.
Thanks again, Linda Schingen (W101)
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American aerospace and security company Lockheed Martin has set its sight on a landlocked target: sepsis. And its using missile defence technology to do it »
Mars One, a private foundation, has contracted Lockheed Martin and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to develop mission concept studies. A Mars lander will be built by Lockheed Martin and a communications satellite will be built by SSTL »
When Kelly Johnson set up the original Skunk Works he also laid down a set of rules for its success »
US defence firm Lockheed Martin has extended the flight time of its unmanned Stalker drone to more than 48 hours, by recharging its batteries mid-flight -- using a laser »
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The next-gen F-35B jet has an arsenal of supersonic surprises under its hood »
Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has been building an unmanned drone that mimics the helicopter-like movement of sycamore seeds »
Nasa has revealed the possible face of 2025's aviation, with three concept designs for the quiet, energy efficient aircraft of the near future »
A magnetic-wave generator developed by Nikola Tesla has been updated by engineers at Lockheed Martin to save lives after mining disasters »
Lockheed Martin has successfully flown a reusable rocket plane aimed at developing an inexpensive orbital delivery system »
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