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Jun 20, 2013 12:05 PM, With Bennett Liles
And you managed to convince the priests to use head-worn mics when they're not always enthusiastic about that. How did they take to using the Audio-Technica mics for the services?
They really liked it. The priests really, really loved them. Like I said, that series comes with the dual-ear mounts on it, so like I said it fastens down to both sides. The problem when you do a single ear-worn, it has a tendency, when they're running through their vestments, every time they move their head it wants to pull the microphone and eventually, by the end of mass, it's up by their eyeball. But with the dual ear-worn, that Audio-Technia BP892 TH, like I said, it comes with dual ear and when we locked it in there and put it on the head it doesn't move. Basically none of the congregation really do see it except the ones closer to up front. And the priest even wears glasses and it doesn't affect the glasses or anything like that. So yeah, they really do like it. They bought a couple more for backup, the priests, so they like to be over-cautious and make sure they never were without. [Timestamp: 5:05]
Well, I know they liked the sound of it. That's got to be a huge improvement especially in that reverberant an environment. Now what are they using for a mixer in there?
Like you mentioned before, we just had to leave in what the church currently had. They do have a Peavey 24-channel mixer. Again, that was purchased several years before we jumped in. The mixer's quiet. I went through and listened to everything and made sure it was clean. So that's back there in the back in the sacristy area there where the amps and everything are at, so it's kind of a mix back there. It's kind of a set-it-and-forget-it system. [Timestamp: 5:41]
Pretty much automatic? They don't have a full-time audio op guy there?
No sir, huh-uh. No, it's gotta be right so they can just turn it on any time during the daytime, whether you've got a funeral, a wedding, and you don't have to have somebody on call all the time. We kind of—with the head-worn microphone and working with the one maintenance guy, Greg Owen, over there and who's been there for years and is a member of the church--basically a set-it-and-forget-it system, so we had to make sure things were set up. We did go back and make a couple changes with like the choir loft, how much they were hearing, and a few things on the dSPEC, but beyond that, like I said, knock on wood, it's been in since Christmas and we're still getting reviews coming in of how well people like the system. [Timestamp: 6:25]
So you got everything hooked up and connected. How was it checking out everything initially? Did you just get on the mics and "check one, two, three"?
Yeah, and Greg is actually a person who actually does some readings and stuff in the church. He knows what has been problems in the past and so he would read like last week's message or readings and stuff like that. Then I'd have to get up there and use my vocal – whee. But we'd just read through and listen to what the room was doing and then being what it was when the kids came in, it was like a time him and I stopped everything once we got the system hooked up when they were doing their worship things. We were running all over the church while they were practicing the mass, because neither one had to be behind the microphone and listen to what the kids were saying and get them intelligible. Again, some of them were rushing through the words really, really fast, so diction and clarity of the system and how it rolled itself off naturally, it was actually an anomaly that happened with the processing. And even though we delayed and had to delay times and stuff right, everything coming together in harmony, the system just really worked well on its own, too. [Timestamp: 7:38]
Yeah, the kids are going to be the most sure test. If it will work well for them, then it should work for anybody.
Oh yeah. You've got all sorts of dynamics going on there. You get some of them too fast, too slow, too loud, too soft. Yeah, just it works well. I mean I wish I could sit there and go over a bunch of technical things that we did and all these tweaks and stuff, but put a good product in and it does work for you. [Timestamp: 8:05]
Well, it sounds like it's all working OK and you got this one all done. What's coming up next for Stage Right Productions? What have you got in the pipeline?
I know we've got some gymnasiums we're putting some stuff in, a couple of baseball fields, and production season is getting ready to take hold of us and keep us out on the weekends. So yeah, we've got that and a few sales when they come in through the door and stuff like that. Just again, helping out here in the community the way we can whenever we can. [Timestamp: 8:33]
Okay, and a job well done. This was the St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Stage Right Productions and Steve Merrill up there in Ohio. Thanks for telling us about how this one went and taking the time.
Hey, no problem. Thank you. It was a pleasure and again, one of those jobs we got done, there's satisfaction in work when you know you leave and somebody can hear that message, is the main thing. [Timestamp: 8:56]
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Cablegram 43 19 April 1940, 11.02 p.m.
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Meanwhile following is the text of reference to Netherlands East Indies made by Minister for External Affairs in view of international situation in House of Representatives this morning.
'Any large scale invasion of Netherlands it will surely be appreciated would affect status Netherlands East Indies, a territory at our back door and our closest neighbour, whose fate is of immediate and vital concern to Australia.' Minister for External Affairs also cited Hull [4] and Arita [5] declarations, former with gratification. [6]


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Re: Analysis for Re-Comment - 3 - U.K./MIL - NSS and SDSR Assessment - V. 2.0
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*didn't get this trimmed down much, but hopefully its a bit better
organized. Thoughts on organization and places where this might be
trimmed are appreciated.
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of the United
Kingdom has unveiled a new National Security Strategy (NSS) and
Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR). Initiated when the
coalition took power in May, the pair of documents has been some five
months in the making. At their core, both documents are about reductions
in budget and in force structure in an attempt to bring British defense
spending in line with fiscal realities. The NSS and SDSR represent a
clear and unambiguous statement of strategy that includes prioritization
and specific choices.
One of the foremost challenges to implementation in the British case is
financial, and Ministry of Defense commitments and plans to procure
various hardware far exceeds the available resources. We should provide
evidence for this here Especially because the decision has been made to
prioritize spending on very expensive operations in Afghanistan above
all else (and to continue to do so until around 2015), deep cuts based
on available funds are necessary. We talk about spending and cuts but we
don't provide any numbers So whereas many strategy statements discuss
abstract capabilities without focusing on specific platforms or
quantities of weapon systems (leaving those for subsequent assessments
of the ways to best address and fulfill the requirements laid out in the
strategic guidance) the SDSR does go down to specifics - at times very
specific. But the question of how decisions regarding specific cuts were
reached is an important one.
The Questions
There are several key questions the specific cuts seem to raise. The
first is cases where figures represent either no or only modest
adjustments to previously-decided upon force structures, as with the
Astute-class nuclear powered attack submarine. The decision to fund
seven boats reflects essentially an endorsement of a force level decided
upon under previous governments under a different National Security
Strategy and founded upon older understandings of strategic
requirements. While in some cases, these prior assessments may
ultimately prove still applicable and viable, there is the concern that
the assumptions upon which those older force structure choices were
founded have not been adequately re-examined can we briefly describe
those assumptions?, especially in the context of the then-still-evolving
national security strategy.
Second, there are cases where cuts seem guided primarily by budgetary
constraints. Budgetary considerations are not only necessary in the
British case, but an inescapable factor in sustaining a military in
general: the expense of the defense enterprise must be consistent with
the fiscally and politically viable means available. But when such
extensive slashing is done, budgetary considerations take on an
overriding role, and the question is how nuanced and a sophisticated was
the understanding of military requirements that guided the hand that did
the slashing. For example, the cut by nearly half of a planned buy of as
many as 22 new CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopters without elaboration
or justification.
It is not the role of statements of strategy to become too bogged down
in the minutiae of the debates that took place behind closed doors or
the tactics of implementation. A strategic statement logically must be
clear, unambiguous (and ideally concise) if it is to provide the proper
strategic guidance for the myriad individuals, units, institutions,
councils and ministries charged with the tactics of its implementation
over a period of time. But strategy must also recognize and account for
the challenges of tactical implementation, and the implications of the
choices it makes in terms of operational capabilities.
Future Capabilities and Gaps
No where does this particular question come to light more starkly than
the cancellation of the new Nimrod MRA4 maritime reconnaissance and
patrol aircraft. Notoriously behind schedule and over budget again
without numbers I have no idea what you mean by over-budget, the MRA4
program was an easy and obvious target for the cuts. Its predecessor,
the Nimrod MR2, had already been retired a year earlier than scheduled
for fiscal reasons - creating a capability gap in maritime
reconnaissance (something of particular importance to an island nation
with strong, global maritime interests) that is now not slated to be
Similarly, the five Airborne STand-Off Radar (ASTOR) Sentinel R1 ground
surveillance aircraft being used to considerable effect in Afghanistan
are slated to be withdrawn from service when the United Kingdom leaves
Afghanistan around 2015. (There are also a handful of smaller Beechcraft
Shadow R1s that serve a related role; though not mentioned specifically,
they can probably be expected to go the way of the Sentinels.) Though
they fulfill different roles, the cut of five Sentinel R1s (and four
Shadow R1s) and the Nimrod MRA4 (repeatedly cut from an original
intended buy of 21 down to 9 airframes before being cancelled
altogether) eviscerates much of the maritime and battlefield
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the Royal
Air Force.
When the war in Afghanistan ends, the only true intelligence
surveillance and reconnaissance platforms in the Royal Air Force
inventory are set to be seven E-3D Sentry Airborne Warning and Control
System aircraft (which the British have had for decades) and three
recently-ordered RC-135V/W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft
from the United States Air Force. Much stock in the report is put in the
yet-to-be-procured F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and the
capabilities of its radar. This is also an area where unmanned systems
can serve an increasingly effective role. But there is very little
mention of unmanned systems in the SDSR. The importance of research and
development got its mention in the NSS and SDSR, but whether that
translates into adequate funding to really pursue and field new
generations of unmanned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
systems in a period of such immense fiscal austerity remains to be seen.
And ultimately, the reductions in this particular field is particularly
stark in a report that places such a heavy emphasis on intelligence
gathering and situational awareness to spot emerging threats early and
provide strategic warning. This incongruity is perhaps one of the most
marked in the entire pair of reports. If we describe this as a stark
incongruity then we need to explain why this is the case. After all the
Brits didn't just drop the ball here. Something led to this situation.
In other places, something of the reverse problem appears to be the
case. For example, there appear to be cases of force structure having
been decided upon while key elements of the equation remain under
investigation. The NSS and SDSR have decided upon an army of five
multi-role brigades (along with special forces and Royal Marines)
without a clear understanding of what the Territorial Army and other
reserve forces will look like in the future. Again why such a major
error? But what reserve forces can provide and will be tailored towards
are inescapable parts of the calculus for force structure planning.
Obviously decisions can be modified when the forthcoming report on
British Reserves is unveiled, but it is noteworthy that here and
elsewhere, key elements of decisions explicitly and definitively made in
the NSS and SDSR are still under consideration.
The Future of the Fleet
One of the most decisive areas of the NSS and SDSR has been the Royal
Navy's fleet, where <several of the most expensive naval platforms all
being purchased all at once - a naval procurement nightmare>. In order
to immediately begin to remedy this, significant cuts are made. Of the
Royal Navy's two Invincible-class aircraft carriers and one Ocean-class
helicopter carrier, two are to be decommissioned, leaving only a single
ship (to serve only as a helicopter carrier and amphibious warfare base
of operations) in service; the Harrier is to be retired immediately and
with it the Royal Navy's carrier-based fixed-wing fast jet capability
until the second of two aircraft carriers under construction can be
modified with catapult and arresting gear Need to explain what is this
for the benefit of the uninitiated and fielded in 2020.
This is an explicitly acknowledged capability gap accepted in order to
be able to fund a more modern and capable (as well as interoperable with
U.S. and French carrier aircraft) naval carrier-based fighter fleet in
2020 and beyond. The change to catapult and arresting gear and the fact
that the British have not used such a configuration for decades leaves
this plan with considerable risk of delay, but has longer-term benefits
in terms of the ability to launch longer range aircraft with heavier
payloads and interoperability with U.S. and French carrier aviation
(when the only French aircraft carrier, the Charles De Gaulle, R91, was
in a three year overhaul, French Fleet Air Arm pilots were able to
maintain their qualifications on U.S. carriers). This is particularly
important as the new government intends to reduce to such a one-carrier
fleet in 2020 (the first of the two carriers will be laid up in a state
of extended readiness once the second comes online outfitted with
catapult and arresting gear).
There are vulnerabilities inherent in a one-ship capability: accidents,
repairs and overhauls (which are scheduled well in advance) create
capability gaps that can both leave the military in a lurch in a crisis
and during which adversaries may seek military advantage. But on the
other hand, by keeping a second carrier in an extended state of
readiness (roughly 18 months to active), the Royal Navy retains
considerable flexibility affordably so long as it has strategic notice
of a shift in the threat environment. But strategic notice is not always
something an adversary obliges.
The Challenge Ahead
Ultimately, the NSS and SDSR are the new government's attempt to
radically reshape the Ministry of Defense - and the wider defense and
security enterprises of the United Kingdom - and bring them into line
with fiscal realities. The scale of change required to not only do this,
but simultaneously reshape the military for the 21st century is immense.
The challenges of rapidly conducting a comprehensive assessment of the
world's fourth largest Ministry of Defense (in terms of defense
spending) - one both in crisis and at war - is difficult to overstate,
and are only compounded by a new government facing a far broader fiscal
crisis at home should add a link here.
<The sound strategic and long-range thinking that this entails is
difficult>, particularly without much clarity in terms of future
potential adversaries and threats. It takes not only time - and
certainly is not merely a matter of money - but requires institutions,
individuals and environments trained in, attuned to and capable of
forward, high level thinking, grand strategy and forecasting. During the
Cold War, 50,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact tanks poised west of the Urals
were the clear, present and foremost threat to British national security
- a reality that seemed nearly carved in stone for the foreseeable
future. This sort of clarity and certainty played an immense role in
providing fixed answers to some of the foundational equations of
strategic thinking. A resurgent Russia could pose a similar challenge in
the not too distant future, no?
Pretty much every NATO ally to include the United States has struggled
to get a handle on the uncertainty that has come to characterize the
post-Cold War security environment. Amidst this uncertainty,
institutions and force structures designed for and tailored to Cold War
scenarios and understandings have persisted, often with only modest and
incremental change. For large and sophisticated militaries, this is
compounded by layers of bureaucracy, organization and institutional
inertias that can take years or even a decade to really respond
meaningfully to top-level mandates. The inter-connected, inter-related
and inter-dependent assessments, guiding documents and even basic
assumptions that persist within the bureaucracy long after new strategic
guidance has been issued ensure that older paradigms have considerable
endurance and require not simply a statement of purpose in the form of
documents like the NSS and SDSR but the review and alteration of myriad
lower level documents, training regimes and the like. In keeping with
this logic, by the time the current reforms are fully implemented the
global military environment could have shifted again.
So while the NSS and SDSR are an important first step, and they are
noteworthy for the way in which they prioritize specific threats and cut
specific programs and capabilities, the real challenge for Whitehall
will be their implementation. For example, discussions of integrated,
`all-of-government' approaches to national security are not something
the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition invented. It has long been
discussed on both sides of the Atlantic - it is almost a buzz-word for
coherent national security efforts in the post-Sept. 11, 2001 and July
7, 2005 world, and was a key aspect of the United States' 9/11
Commission's findings. But ask anyone who has worked at a U.S.
counterterrorism `fusion center,' which attempts to unify local, state
and myriad federal agency efforts Seems like this sentence is missing
something at the end. In reality, these centers continue to evince signs
and symptoms of deeply divided institutions and bureaucracies. A paper
mandate and co-location of representatives of disparate entities like
DHS or the establishment of other coordinating bodies such as DNI alone
will not overcome institutional inertias, especially if those bodies
lack budgetary authority.
Similarly, cyberspace is identified as a key, top-tier security issue.
Forthcoming documents will mandate how the threat is to be addressed.
But the issues and concerns with the cyberspace domain are now widely
recognized as atn issue. While much is being done behind closed doors,
particularly in the U.S. and U.K., the profound and fundamentally new
nature of the series of challenges that it presents is an enormous and
daunting issue. The cyber domain cuts across almost every basic
distinction in government - not just requiring seamless coordination
between different ministries (including military and intelligence
ministries that take their independence and secrecy in information
technology extraordinarily seriously), but blurring lines like civilian
and military as well as domestic and foreign. It is at once among the
most serious and at the same time perhaps the least well understood
security challenge - one that has long been under-appreciated and
under-addressed. In this and in `all-of-government' approaches, the NSS
and SDSR say the `right' things. But the issuance of documents
identifying these issues - and in the case of cybersecurity, the
subsequent, in-depth report they mandate - is far from establishing that
they will be addressed in a new and more effective manner. It feels as
though this one graf on cyberspace is an after thought
But for all the documents' flaws, the new British government is poised
to move aggressively to institute dramatic change and fairly rapidly
bring a profligate Ministry of Defense to heel. There will undoubtedly
be both reversals of decisions and deeper-than-anticipated cuts in the
years ahead as one of the most sweeping and rapid reforms of a major
world military since the Cold War is attempted. It could fail
spectacularly, or it could eventually produce a more agile, effective
and more capable British military. The United States and many European
militaries will be watching the process closely - as will Britain's
potential adversaries (whoever they might be).You discuss so many
different issues in this piece. The conclusion should better ties those
themes together.
Nathan Hughes
Military Analysis


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Namaste! Welcome to Kolkata and the start of your eye-opening adventure! Our friendly team will be waiting in the arrivals hall to transfer you to your hotel where you can relax for the rest of the day.
For today enjoy a city sights tour including a visit to the imposing Victoria Memorial. Opened by the Prince of Wales in 1921, this vision in marble is often called the "Taj" of the British Raj. We also visit the New Market – a bazaar on Chowringhee Road, the stately Indian Museum founded in 1814 and the oldest and largest in India, St Paul's Cathedral and the extraordinary Marble Palace which houses paintings by Rubens, Titian and Reynolds.
This morning we pay a visit to Barrackpore which was a military and administrative center under British rule, and was the scene of several acts of rebellion against Britain during the 19th century. This town was also the first established cantonment of the British East India Company. After your sightseeing concludes we will return to your hotel - Remainder of the day at leisure.
Day at leisure - Later today we will transfer you to the train station in Jalpiaguri to embark the sleeper train to Varanasi. (HWH DLI Kalka mail 1940/0617 hrs - - 1st class air conditioned sleeper)
Arrival transfer to your hotel. Afternoon sightseeing to the Sarnath which is where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon to the five holy men; preaching the middleway to final 'NIRVANA'. This evening enjoy a walking tour of various bathing ghats along the river all fronted with ancient buildings of stone this will conclude with seeing the evening ritual worship of the holy river.
Today enjoy full day with your guide visiting the amazing sites of this ancient city places covered will be Alamgir Mosque, Bharat Mata Temple, Government Museum with interesting antiquities, Great Mosque of Aurangzeb, Pandit Malaviya Temple, Ram Nagar Fort and Museum.
This morning a visit to Chunar, 40 kms from Varanasi, is a town with a huge fort overlooking the river Ganges. Former site of many battles, the fort not only has great views of the Ganges, but a sun dial, a huge well, prison an execution room. It is a good option to see the Ganges outside of the crowds in Varanasi. Later we take you to the station for the express train Lucknow - Arrival and we will take you to your hotel. (BSB LKO intercity 1620/2210 hrs)
Today and tomorrow with your guide you will spend visiting the many interesting places in this wonderful and historic city highlights will be Bara Imambara, The British Residency of Lucknow, Chattar Manzil, Jama Masjid, Rumi Darwaza, Clock Tower, Moti Mahal, Lakshmana Tila and Hussainabad Imambara and more depending on level of interest and preference.
Morning transfer to railway station for train to Gwalior - BJU GWL Mail 1150/2100 hrs 2nd class air conditioned carriage - Arrive Gwalior and transfer to your hotel.
Today we enjoy a guided tour of Gwalior's huge fort that was constructed in the 15th century, a vast complex that encompasses several interesting temples, ruined palaces after we visit the deserted Man Singh Palace and its subterranean rooms is a definite highlight of the day.
We continue our exploration of Gwalior today visiting the Jai Vilas Palace and a few other highlights time permitting. Later we travel by Car to Agra - Arrival transfer to your hotel. This evening we take a motorised buggy to visit the legendary Taj Mahal remainder of the evening at leisure.
Morning visit to the Agra fort with it's impressive Mughal feature, onward drive to Deeg interestingly during the Raj the British people couldn't enter in the city, the last wish of British people was to see the Deeg palace when they were leaving India but the royal jat raja did not allow them. After visiting the palace at your leisure (No guide) and other highlights we continue to Delhi.
Enjoy a full day sightseeing tour of Delhi, taking in the impressive Red Fort, Jama Masjid - India's oldest and largest mosque, Raj Ghat - the site of Gandhi's cremation - we take a drive to see the Government Buildings and Rashtrapati Bhawan inside if open and more time permitting.
This evening your guide will transfer you to visit to Akshardham Temple (no guide required/included you pay entrance at the door) Enjoy some time to for shopping or exploring then late this afternoon you will travel by train on the express train to Amritsar. Amritsar Shatabdi 1630/2235 hrs Air conditioned chair car. Arrival transfer to your hotel.
This morning enjoy a sightseeing tour of the historic Amritsar, including the Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh. This afternoon travel approximately 28km to Wagah, which is the only border crossing between India and Pakistan where the changing of the guards and the ceremonial lowering of the flags ceremony is carried out with great pomp which you will see this evening.
This morning you travel by train toward the mighty Himalayas -ASR CDG SUP 0520/0945 hrs -- Air conditioned chair car. Arriving at Chandigarh we drive you to Kalka and you will transfer onto the toy train that takes you up to Shimla on the winding narrow gauge railway. Arrival and we will transfer you to your hotel. (Himalayan Queen 1210/1720 hrs -- Non air conditioned chair car)
Today offers free time for you to independently explore Shimla. You can opt to stroll, drop by the colourful Lakkar Bazaar or hike to the summit of Jakhoo Hill, Shimla's highest point. Here visitors are rewarded with panoramic views of the eternal snows set as a glorious backdrop to the sleepy township of Shimla beneath.
Free morning to explore. Hotel check out is at 12 noon, opt for some lunch and pack an evening picnic meal before your transfer to board the Kalka Shatabdi Express at sunset and arriving into Delhi late this evening. (Kalka Shatadi 1745/2155 -- Air conditioned chair car)
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Seeing if people like the asphalt combination better than baby blue.
heartluce wrote:I love the colors, background and composition. Another great entry!!! GMV
Thank you very much!
Re: DinoIsland Rules!
I love dinosaurs If i could vote i would
tgentry wrote:République de Vapeurland French text reads: Faith in Ingenuity - Republic of Steamland
Awesome, lovely to have another steampunk-inspired design.
phzzt wrote:Thanks. I don't want to make anyone angry, I'm just trying to say that part of why we're all on woot, I hope, is that it's fun to make things and design for people. Sometimes it's not fun for me to make an alphabet or slogan shirt. I've got one I'm working on that's a really time intensive wolf shirt but it wouldn't fit into any of the themes woot puts up. I worked all evening yesterday on my "nowhere" shirt in this derby and it doesn't get a lot of votes. Big deal. It was fun and I thought it was funny. I just like getting feedback so I get better. So to all of you who take the time to discuss what we're doing and support each other, that's awesome. That's why we design.
I've seen DBH and am working on some things for them. I like it too because there are fewer restrictions. There, I can just work on a shirt I think is cool. Over here, it seems you have to design for a specific audience. Which I have been trying to do. I don't think I deserve to win the derby any more than any of the other wonderful designs that get submitted but never make it to the fog, I just get frustrated being down in the echelons with people who have MS Paint style shirts. Getting ~100 votes or into the hotness category would jazz me up and encourage me to come back next week and try harder. But getting barely 25 after a week is rather discouraging. This one seems to be a doing a little better. Maybe I'm on track for ~50. Ultimately, I am doing stuff that I think is clever and fairly well executed and hoping that other people like it as well. But it doesn't seem like too many people its clever and witty enough. Maybe if the yetis were holding joysticks instead? Well hey I dont mean to complain about the yetis yet. We'll see what happens with them. Mostly grumbling about past weeks at this point. What I also like about DBH is that its not just who gets the most votes in a set period. If a shirt is getting good rave reviews, then they make the decision to print it as a shirt of the day. Here on woot the masses win, and there's been plenty of shirts that get voted by the masses but then don't sell out. Seems like a lot of the time people think the idea or graphic or whatever is clever, but when it comes down to it, they probably wouldn't wear the shirt.
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awsome i need a Bass 2 go with my guitar shirt one
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I like men!
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Very Very weird But....very weird..... I love it
wow that's slightly revealing
Re: State of Paranoia
cool shirt I like it
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Oh city sky lime, how I missed you.
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I like the green
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I like the mythical creathures cool
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gnomes are scary
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cute, well-drawn, and a great combo, jadenkale! love this one, can't wait to show it to the girls after the weekend!
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Oooh! Flying man! I want one. It's a bit dark though, yes? will it print well?
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Hooray! I wasn't sure if anyone would notice/know what it was. You win the smart award!
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Great. I love comics. :-)
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I love the cows and i guess i say pretty cheesy stuff So I gotta say i love the shirt
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how wonderfully green and punny. plus it's one of my girls' favorite vegetables, which amuses me. thanks for the grin, adder!
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Definitely agree with your friend, people hear slap and immediately associate it with Seinfeld. It begins to wear on a bassist rather quickly. :/ Anyways, this design's too big for me to wear, personally. But I am excited to see a bass shirt in the fog.
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Lovely! Can you post a larger, detail picture?
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so buy a shirt that is currently available or the shirt that comes up at midnight tonite and then you can vote!
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great idea, patch! nice dragon, too. good work with an artistic impression of imagination, very cool
Re: The nation in my head is inside my mouth.
Amusing. But another anthropmorphized object? :/
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I like this shirt, but I wish the "Nation" stood out from the rest of the word. The hyphen is too subtle for me. Great idea though.
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This is probably a shirt that would cure cancer if you wore it
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I like the white flag decision. good luck in the derby.
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I feel a buzz just looking at this.
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twofivefive wrote:This is probably a shirt that would cure cancer if you wore it
Sadly only cancer in rats, I'm afraid. You put so much detail in this (it appears) but we can't see it. I tried. I squinted bunches and now have a headache. Maybe resubmit with the design larger on the detail? I'd love to be able to make out all the touches.
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The former Sheffield United and Wales striker's case was rejected by three judges in a London court.
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The van Straatens have attracted nearly four dozen artists to Riverhouse, and many of them are big names in the fine arts. When they opened the printer, they were already seasoned art dealers in Chicago, and they used contacts that they had made there. That's how Riverhouse got off to such a quick start, as revealed by some of the prints in the show, which date back to the 1980s. In this group is Alex Katz's remarkable and gigantic "3PM," a 1988 woodcut in which two people are having a conversation, and Al Held's "Pachinko," from 1989, a riot of color and geometric forms crammed into the rectangular picture plane. Though undated, I think Eric Fischl's "Horizontal Images (color)" was also made in the 1980s. A scene of nude bathers at the beach, it's better than most of his paintings.
Riverhouse really hit its stride in the 1990s, and the biggest portion of the exhibit is given over to prints pulled then. Abstract artists were especially attracted to Riverhouse. Falling into this category is Sol Lewitt, whose self-explanatory "Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions" is one of the stars of the show. Lewitt has gone to Riverhouse several times; this print was done there in 1992. Also from the '90s is "Untitled 78," by Lynda Benglis, done long after she was famous, and Fred Tomaselli's "50 Vs for the center of your face," created just as he started to make a giant splash.
The show also includes some recent prints. The newest of them, done late last year by Kiki Smith, is a matching pair titled "Noon," done in aquatint and drypoint. In each, there's a detailed portrait of a young man set off-center. One is a redneck in a straw cowboy hat, the other a Latino with shoulder-length hair. The implication of the title — and the fact that Smith did two matching prints — combined with the serious expressions on the men's faces suggests that the artist is attempting to conjure up a showdown out on the street.
Over the next few months, the gallery will transition into a new course set by the van Straatens. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the place got a new name. Already, many artists have been asked to pick up their work and are now free agents, a difficult route for them to follow. I just hope that some of my favorites — like Homare Ikeda, Jeff Wenzel and Quintín González — are kept on. Only time, and the van Straatens, will tell.


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A shtick, you say? Probably so. After all, Taylor has not one, not two, but three new (and very entertaining) cassettes to promote--Haulin' Hogs to Texas, Unhitched and the "onstage" opus Live at the Truckadero. But you've got to give Tyler credit for playing it out so well. When yours truly dialed him up and asked to talk about Bub, he replied, "Can he call you back? I'm not in my Bub head right now." An hour or two later, Bub himself phoned. Then, after I'd bid Bub farewell, Bob rang to apologize for his alter ego. "He forgot to say thank you," he explained.
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As Bub (not Bob) tells it, "I was born in the sleeper cabin of a '53 Kenworth that was parked in the lot outside the Grand Ole Opry." The vehicle belonged to Bub's mama, whom he describes as "one of the very few outstanding women truck drivers. Back in the Forties and Fifties she was pretty much the only woman out there hauling rigs down the road." And his father? "I never knew my dad," Bub confesses. "I don't like to talk about that very much."
Bub skipped from place to place during his youth; the closest thing to home for him was Tupelo, Mississippi, where his aunt and uncle lived. Then, when he turned eighteen, his mother decided that he was ready to strike out on his own and dumped him at a truck stop. He subsequently joined the Marines and was sent to Vietnam. While overseas, he wound up sharing a drunk tank with Twangin' Dick Twitty, a guitarist with whom he later formed his first band, the Dirty Old Truckers. By the early Seventies, Taylor and the Truckers had moved to Memphis and landed a recording deal with a small label, Biscuits and Gravy Records, and cut a trio of platters: The Freewheelin' Bub Taylor, Stairway to Stuckey's and I Haul, Y'all Haul, We All Haul for U-Haul. "I'm in negotiations to try and get the rights back to those," Bub reveals. "I'm hoping to put together some compilations. You know--Bub: The Early Years."
To Bub's chagrin, his relationship with Biscuits and Gravy came to a bad end. Times turned hard. "Commander Cody and Asleep at the Wheel really took the truck-driving market at that time," he notes. "I was getting gigs at truck stops and all, but I didn't get any big-ticket jobs or anything." So Bub started driving rigs of his own, and in time he began to enjoy it. "One day in the late Eighties, I was driving through the middle of Nevada in my semi, and I realized, 'I am a truck driver,'" he rhapsodizes. "And ever since then, I've been much happier--and my music has become more heartfelt. Now more than ever, it relates to the real Bub Taylor."
About a year ago Bub first possessed Tyler, who's perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with local chanteuse Celeste Krenz. According to Bob (not Bub), this visitation came shortly after he'd learned about Space Truckers, a Dennis Hopper movie then in production. "They wanted quirky country songs," he recalls. "So I went through all the Bob Tyler songs looking for something, and then I sat down with my dog, Kenn. The dog said, 'Maybe you could sell truck-driving music at truck stops.' And suddenly, out came Bub."
Initially, Bub says, Bob didn't much like having the use of his body taken away from him. "Any kind of host is going to be a little reluctant to be possessed," he says. "They have an image in society to protect." But after a while, Bob found that there were some advantages to it. Bob can only drink so much, but when I take over, it doubles his capacity. Actually, it triples it, since I've got double the capacity all by myself."
The first Bub tune that emerged from Bob was the Taylor autobiography "Mother Trucker," which appears in both a studio version, on Haulin' Hogs, and a live opus so long that it begins on side A of Truckadero and concludes on side B. The songs that followed epitomize the Bub worldview: They include "I Don't Need No Stinkin' Self-Esteem," "Your Baby Don't Look Like Me," "Motel Sixty Nine" and, of course, "The Night I Knocked Ol' Dixie Up."
It didn't take long for the material to pile up; "I'd say we had fourteen songs in about three hours," Bob claims. Shortly thereafter, Tyler recorded Bub's oeuvre, sometimes in a voice that sounds suspiciously like his own, other times using a pitch that recalls Elvis Presley's. ("On some songs, I just have to sing like Elvis," Bub reports. "It's all the years I spent in Tupelo and Memphis. It just happens.") The reactions he received from the friends for whom he played these ditties differed by gender: "The men thought it was a stroke of genius. But the women--they'd usually just laugh politely."


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Mariners add some muscle to the middle of the order
Veteran sluggers Michael Morse, Kendrys Morales and Raul Ibanez have had success hitting in the middle of the order.
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OF Michael Morse
Age: 31. Role: Will hit third or fourth, play RFScouting report: Morse was given an opportunity and became a legit middle-of-the-order hitter for the Nationals after the M's traded him in 2009.
1B/DH Kendrys Morales
Age: 29. Role: Middle-of-lineup hitterScouting report: Morales missed most of the 2010 season and all of 2011 after his injury and says he wasn't at full strength heading into the 2012 season. He is now.
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Age: 40. Role: Veteran leadership, part-time playerScouting report: Ibanez proved this spring he's still a capable power hitter. He'll be spotted in the lineup against right-handers and won't see many lefties.
Getting a cheap laugh out of Michael Morse simply requires suggesting that batting in the middle of the order is no tougher than any other spot.
"Oh, yeah, sure it isn't," Morse said with a chuckle, shaking his head slowly. "It's real easy."
The Mariners always envisioned Morse as a future middle-of-the-order type. But it wasn't until after a trade to the Washington Nationals in 2009 that he finally was thrust into that spot full-time, then proved he could handle it.
That demonstrated ability is what convinced general manager Jack Zduriencik to reacquire the hitter he'd traded four years earlier, hoping Morse can anchor a mid-order revival for Seattle not seen since before Edgar Martinez retired. When Zduriencik and others discuss middle-of-the-order hitters, they really mean spots 3, 4 and 5, in the "heart" of any lineup, though teams generally want power in the No. 6 position, as well.
Besides Morse, 31, who hit 31 home runs for the Nationals in 2011, then 18 more in an injury-shortened campaign last year, the team also acquired Kendrys Morales, 29, in a trade with the Angels. Morales is a onetime 34-homer slugger who just returned last year after missing most of the past two seasons recovering from a severe ankle fracture.
That duo is expected to handle the bulk of duties in the Nos. 3 and 4 lineup spots, taking the pressure off younger hitters by bumping them further back in the order. The Mariners have also brought in veteran Raul Ibanez, who hit 18 home runs for the Yankees last season, to use in a more part-time role, primarily against right-handed pitching, and handle any mid-order duties if the need arises.
All kidding aside, Morse says there's a big difference hitting in the middle of the order compared to other places.
"You have to really be able to hit all different kinds of pitches," Morse said. "You don't necessarily get just fastballs. You don't necessarily get strikes. You have to be patient and be able to hit a slider, or a curveball or changeup."
Morse said it wasn't until going to play winter ball in Venezuela that he learned how to hit off-speed pitches. If you can't do that, he added, then you can't survive in the middle of the order.
"I think that helped me," he said.
Morales, who debuted in 2006 with the Angels, feels there's a confidence level required to stay in the middle of the lineup. He had only sporadic work in the Nos. 3 and 4 spots at first. Even in his breakout season in 2009 he was primarily in the Nos. 5 through 7 slots.
It wasn't until the year after that 34-homer campaign that the Angels finally made him a full-time, mid-order hitter.
"I've been doing it for many years now, knowing it's a responsibility to hit in the middle of the lineup," Morales said. "And obviously, from watching other veterans and learning, I've taken that on and that's given me additional responsibility too that I take very seriously."
Morales said after gaining big-league experience and confidence, he wasn't afraid of how pitchers might work him in the middle of the order.
"That's what enabled me to continue hitting with confidence in the middle of the lineup," he said.
Ibanez said a good middle of the order makes the entire lineup better.
"Of course," he said. "It impacts the rest of the lineup and it impacts the opposing pitcher. It puts a lot of pressure on the opposing pitcher to know there's a big block of hitters that he has to make pitches to.
"And it helps the rest of the lineup because a pitcher will sometimes get up for the middle guys and it can be mentally draining. He might ease up a bit and that's when the rest of the lineup gets in on it and gets it done."
Zduriencik said true mid-order hitters have three traits: a proven track record, the ability to hit the ball out of the park and to drive in runs.
The Mariners gave 311 plate appearances to rookie Jesus Montero in the clean-up spot last season. Kyle Seager had 301 plate appearances in the No. 3 slot in his first full big-league season. Justin Smoak had 297 plate appearances in spots No. 4 and 5 despite major struggles.
Having Morse and Morales to handle that load could take pressure off young hitters.
"When you hit in the middle of the order, it's a mentality, a mindset," said outfielder Michael Saunders, who has hit in the middle of the lineup sporadically. "The guys we've brought in here, they've been doing it for years in the middle of the order. They know how to handle the pressure and handle the expectations."


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Do I need to dry seaweed before mulching with it? Why? I live east coast Florida, do I need to be concerned about contamination from seaweed? Arsenic, Ecoli and so forth? |
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In any general sense there is no need to dry your seaweed before using it as a mulch, however, rinsing it to remove as much sea water as possible is a good idea. Whether you need be concerned about contamination depends on where you are and where you are collecting that seaweed. Some places will contain enough pollutants to be of concern while other places the pollutants will be so dilute they are not a concern. |
Don't bother with rinsing; just leave it in a pile and let it get a couple of good rain-drenches. Seaweed dries out wicked fast and then will pretty much cease to break down, especially in florida sun and sand soil. I would put it on wet and then put a couple inches of sand over it to help keep it moist. |
You don't need to rinse seaweed by any method. Thalassa Cruso, Eliot Coleman and the author of the Good Green Garden, whose name I cannot remember, all say that rinsing is unnecessary. I don't know anything about Florida, but Maine seaweed is edible, and I assume fairly pollutant free. I use all I can get my hands on. Seaweed does dry out quickly, but every time it rains, it rehydrates, which is one reason I like it so much. |
Yes, it's quite unlikely that one could introduce enough seaweed to seriously salinize the soil. The Nearings used hardly anything else for compost in their Maine place (Coleman was their star disciple) and apparently never had a problem..... |
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We had seaweed to our garden yearly. I use it for mulch. It's an excellent weed suppressant. It's also excellent for tea used to water plants. It's the only "fertilizer" I use for thousands of seedlings every year. When I have enough for mulch the next loads go into the compost bins. There's no need to rinse it. |
- Posted by celticgarden z6b CT (My Page) on Thu, Jun 12, 08 at 11:10
How do all of you collect it? I have loaded it into trash bags and hauled it that way but wet seaweed is heavy. Not to mention the odd looks from the multitudes of CT people who don't know anything or much about sustainable growing. What a gift seaweed is! |
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