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PoliticsBattle continues for Libya's Misurata Libyan army reportedly withdraws from centre of besieged city, but fighting still ongoing for control of port. 27 Apr 2011 12:21 GMT | Politics, Africa, US & Canada, France, Italy The western city of Misurata has borne the brunt of bombardment by Gaddafi's forces for almost six weeks [Al Jazeera] Libya's opposition fighters are battling Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the country's western border, while fighting continues in the besieged city of Misurata. Pro-democracy forces said the Libyan army withdrew from central Misurata, but fierce fighting was still ongoing for control of the city's port on Wednesday. "Gaddafi's forces retreated from the port area where they were positioned yesterday after air strikesby the NATO forces. The strikes completely destroyed 37 military vehicles," an opposition spokesman, called Reda, told the Reuters news agency."Gaddafi's forces this morning started bombarding an area about 10km north of the city. It is known as the Steel area."The bombardment is still going on. They are using Grad missiles ... Warplanes are flying over Misurata's outskirts but I don't hear any sound of strikes," he said by telephone. While government forces pulled out of the city over the weekend under pressure from NATO air attacks, they have since unleashed a heavy bombardment on the city, the only major western city in opposition hands."Another development which is rather disturbing is that there has been shelling in the docks area, which is the lifeline to opposition forces and indeed the civilian population here," Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reported from Misurata. "Reports from an opposition spokesperson say pro-Gaddafi troops are intent to cut the main road from city to the port. If the lifeline is cut then everyone is in a desperate situation. "Though Gaddafi troops have left the city everybody is under threat of shellfire. The whole city centre has been destroyed and needs to be rebuilt." Migrant workers stranded Amid the tension, thousands of migrant workers have been left stranded in Misurata, waiting for relief organisations to ship them to safety. One ship sent to evacuate a thousand migrants from the city docked on Wednesday in the port after spending a night offshore awaiting a lull in shelling, the aid agency International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. It said at least one migrant from Niger was reported killed and up to 20 others wounded in the bombardment of Misurata a day earlier. At least 1,500 migrants, most from sub-Saharan Africa including Niger and Chad, have gathered at the port some 10-12 kms east of the city awaiting rescue, the group said. It said tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, have fled the conflict in Libya into northern Niger and Chad, and are in need of urgent support. Fears of stalemate With fears of a stalemate in the Libyan conflict looming, Liam Fox, British defence secretary, met Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, in Washington on Tuesday. "We discussed how situation is progressing. Thanks for Predator drones made available by the United States. Also there has been progress in Misurata and the Gaddafi regime is on the back foot," Fox said. "We've seen some momentum gained in the last few days." Libya, for its part, has urged Russia to call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss what it called "Western aggression". Vladmir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has criticised the NATO-led coalition no-fly zone over Libya and said it had no mandate to kill Gaddafi. 'Gaddafi not targeted' However, the US defence secretary said the coalition was not targeting Gaddafi specifically, despite hitting one of his compounds with a recent air strike. "The same values and principles apply to all countries. Our response to each country has to be tailored on the prevailing situation in each country," Gates said. "There was a degree of international support for the Libya air strikes. The Arab League passed a resolution in support of no-fly zone and later the UN also backed it." Meanwhile, US senator John McCain, the highest profile American politician to visit Libya since the start of the conflict, called for the use of more air power to prevent what he called a humanitarian crisis in Libya. "If you are really in this to prevent a humanitarian disaster, the only way you can prevent it is to have Gaddafi not able to inflict it," McCain told Al Jazeera. US Senator John McCain, who recently visited Benghazi, advocates the use of air power in Libya [ Al Jazeera] Meanwhile, the Obama administration has eased its sanctions against Libya to allow for the sale of oil controlled by the rebels. The move will allow Libya's opposition forces to use the income from oil sales to buy weapons and other supplies. The US also ordered the expenditure of up to $25 million in surplus government goods to support Libyan opposition groups and protect civilians threatened by Gaddafi forces. In a related development, Italy said it would join the British and French in carrying out bombing attacks on Libya. Geographically the closest major NATO member state to Libya, Italy had until Monday only provided bases and reconnaissance and monitoring aircraft. The rebel-led the Libyan National Transitional Council [NTC] welcomed the Italian decision. Separately, Italy and France called on the international community to stop shipping oil products to the Libyan government and urged market operators not to buy its crude oil.Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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Decisions, decisions, decisions.
There are a lot of articles today talking about how women should be holding out or hooking up, leaning in or opting out.
These are big trend pieces about choices that are deeply personal -- sex, marriage, work, babies. And taken together, these worry-making articles often end up sending mixed messages.
Or maybe they send out just one overriding message: "Ladies, you're doing it wrong."
There are a few factors in the recent rise of woman-scaring articles. Some mainstream news magazines have suddenly discovered that women's issues -- at least women's issues of a certain nerve-wracking kind -- are dynamite. (Forget the Middle East situation: If you crave controversy, start talking about motherhood.) Once dismissed as soft news, once relegated to the "women's page," pieces on relationships, domesticity, family and work have become the stuff that really sells.
That means a lot of genuine human interest. It also means blaring click-bait headlines and polarizing, attention-grabbing magazine covers.
Last week, Time magazine was fighting flagging newsstand sales with a cover that featured a young man and woman lying on a beach. This deceptively serene image was basically a grenade lobbed into one of the latest culture wars: The happy couple was flanked by the confrontational headline, When Having It All Means Not Having Children.
The Time article plays off the conflict in which child-free people view parents as stroller-pushing prigs, while parents view the childless as self-absorbed adolescents. Both sides will probably check out the piece, hoping to have their worst prejudices confirmed.
This hot-button cover follows up Time's incendiary May 2012 cover story on attachment parenting, which showed an attractive woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son, with the provocative question, Are You Mom Enough?
Over at The Atlantic Monthly, we have the notorious baby-in-a-briefcase cover, which illustrated Anne-Marie Slaughter's much buzzed-about June 2012 piece Why Women Still Can't Have It All. The most-read article ever on the Atlantic website, Slaughter's account of opting out of a high-level job to concentrate on family ignited debate and discussion all over the blogosphere.
Some of these pieces are genuinely informative and intelligent. But there also seems to be a lot of writing that's just determined to stir things up, operating in the venerable magazine tradition of making women uneasy and defensive about the choices they've made. Cue the mommy wars and the work-life balance dispute. Bring in the smug marrieds versus the equally smug singles, or the neo-celibates versus the neo-promiscuous, or the bad-and-loving-it moms versus the super-efficient turbo mothers. Divide women into those who plan to redefine corporate North America and those who just want to retreat into New Domesticity with their beekeeping and artisanal jams.
Some of these articles spring from an unstable mix of autobiography and sociology. The Atlantic article What Me, Marry?, about redefining our societal view of singleness, is written, not surprisingly, by a woman who has finally let go of her own idea of traditional marriage. Meanwhile, Marry Him!: The Case For Settling for Mr. Good Enough, is written by a woman who just wants a bit of help paying the mortgage and taking out the garbage, already.
Because many of these pieces take the personal and make it universal, they often lean toward certain assumptions. Most of these stories focus on the experiences of white, straight middle-class women with university degrees. That's not to say that these women's lives are trouble-free, but many of their issues arise from the burden of choice. There is a lot less attention paid to the unglamorous problems faced by women living in poverty or struggling with systemic discrimination.
And where are the men? There's a new section in The Atlantic Monthly entitled Sexes, which would seem to imply discussion of (at least) two genders, but almost all the stories involve women's experiences and viewpoints.
Subjects like sex, marriage and parenting -- which usually involve guys at some point -- tend to be defined as lady problems. Even those recession-era "end of men" stories often ended up saying more about women than men, with their talk about how ambitious and educated and employable females are in the new economy and what that would mean for their experience of family and work.
The Time magazine cover about the child-free life features a picture of a woman and a man, but inside, the text is almost exclusively about the woman's position. "The burden of justification tends to rest on childless women," as writer Lauren Sandler points out.
And it will keep resting on women if the media keeps making these kinds of issues into "women's issues" and keeps excluding men from the conversation.
Still, one of the reasons that men are less likely to be dragged into these trend pieces is because, bless them, they're far less susceptible to guilt-inducing, worry-mongering media coverage. They haven't grown up being bombarded by articles about whether to hook up, when to marry, how to juggle work and children. Maybe that gives them some resistance.
Here's one new trend I could get behind: Women, be more like men and refuse to be drawn into hand-wringing discussions of your life choices! How about that?
alison.gillmor @freepress.mb.ca
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04.03.2015 The AIA has teamed up with Houzz to develop a design competition to highlight the talent of emerging professionals in the residential arena. All entrants will be showcased to the more than 25 million people using Houzz. Five winners, chosen by the Houzz community in each of the five contest categories, will also earn the opportunity to collaborate with Houzz on a community revitalization project and be eligible for a $5,000 prize and an expense-paid trip to the 2015 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Atlanta. read more 03.03.2015 The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) heard speakers on a range of topics at the 78th Annual Conference held Feb. 15-18 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Subjects discussed included next-generation replacement of windows, standardization for fenestration products in the European Union, the basics of color measurement and more. read more 03.03.2015 Kone, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has won an iF Design Award for its Kone Turnstile 100 solution. The awarded turnstile sets a new standard for innovative and timeless visual design and functionality, while improving building security, guidance and convenience. This is the third time that Kone has been recognized in the renowned competition. The iF Design Awards' jury of experts evaluated nearly 5,000 top-class entries from 55 countries enrolled in the competition for 2015. Judging was based on criteria such as design quality, choice of materials and degree of innovation. The iF Design Awards have highlighted outstanding achievements in design since 1953. read more 25.02.2015 The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) recognized the contributions and achievements of its members and congratulated award winners at the 78th Annual Conference Awards Banquet held Monday night in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Award presenters noted the importance of these member contributions as they serve to further the industry as a whole. Kim Flanary, engineering director for Milgard (Tacoma, Washington), was named Outstanding Member, as presented by the previous year's award winner, Steve Fronek (Apogee Enterprises/Wausau Window and Wall Systems; Wausau, Wisconsin). read more
04.03.2015 Zumtobel Group AG made excellent progress during the first three quarters of the current financial year (May 2014 to January 2015): The strategic reorientation and implementation of restructuring measures are generally proceeding as planned. read more 04.03.2015 NCC in Denmark has entered into an agreement with Boligselskabet Nordkysten under which it will be responsible for the second and last phase of the energy refurbishment of Tibberupparken in Espergærde, north of Copenhagen, an order worth SEK 257 million. The value of the entire assignment is SEK 305 million. read more 04.03.2015 Savills has reported a major increase in hotel transaction volumes in Europe's smaller cities, with totals rising by as much as 94% in Dublin to €234 million and 39% in Berlin to €411 million in 2014. The growth is being driven by availability constraints in London and Paris, read more 04.03.2015 NIMAB Entreprenad AB of Sjöbo, Sweden, a subsidiary of publicly listed construction group Strabag SE, has been commissioned to build two new apartment buildings on behalf of Ikano Bostad AB of Stockholm. Both projects are situated in Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, and include a total of 236 apartments as well as a number of business premises. The two projects will be performed turnkey in close collaboration with Ikano Bostad under the Strabag teamconcept partnering model. read more 03.03.2015 Turner Construction Company has announced the release of Turner City 2014. The company has produced Turner City – a city made up of major projects completed by Turner in a given year – since 1910. For 2014, the company created the city in-house with Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. The 2014 Turner City includes projects located in 82 cities in eight countries in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The utilization of BIM to create Turner City exemplifies Turner's commitment to continuous improvement and embracing new technologies read more 03.03.2015 French cement maker Lafarge has signed an agreement to acquire the 45% stake held by SOCAM Development Limited in Lafarge Shui On Cement, for a consideration of HK$2, 553 million (eq. to c. €294 million) subject to the completion of its merger project with Swiss firm Holcim. read more 03.03.2015 Sales in 2014 accounted for 34,881 euro million, representing a decrease of a 0.8% compared to 2013. Not considering the impact of the exchange rates and the changes of perimeter sales would have decreased by 1.8%. The international activity of the Group accounts for 84.0% of the total. read more 03.03.2015 The income statement reveals solid business performance, with 8% growth in revenues to 8.800 billion euro and a 5% increase in EBITDA to 980 million euro. read more 02.03.2015 German construction company Hochtief has completed a successful year that saw important changes in the business portfolio. "We have substantially strengthened the balance sheet and enhanced earnings quality, thus creating the basis for a sustained improvement of returns, " said Chairman of the Executive Board Marcelino Fernández Verdes. read more
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Beef Stroganoff
This recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog: Lightened Up Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff. If you're preparing this recipe as gluten free, please see tips at the end of the recipe..
Yield: 6 Servings
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 5 hr, 30 min
Beef Stroganoff
This lightened up version of Beef Stroganoff is super simple to make. Let your slow cooker do the work for you and dinner will be done in 6 hours!
1 1/2 pounds beef chuck steak, trimmed & cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 pound sliced cremini mushrooms
2 small onions, finely chopped
2 Tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup low-sodium beef broth
1/2 cup white wine
4 Tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce, divided
1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
cooked egg noodles, whole wheat pasta or rice, for serving
chopped Italian parsley, for garnish (optional)
1. Combine beef, mushrooms, onions, tomato paste, broth, wine and 3 Tablespoons soy sauce in the bowl of a slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or on LOW for 6 hours, or until beef is tender.
2. In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, remaining 1 Tablespoon soy sauce, cornstarch and black pepper; whisk into the hot meat mixture and cook an additional 30 minutes or until sauce has thickened slightly. Serve over pasta or rice and garnish with parsley, if using.
*To prepare this recipe as gluten free, be sure to use GF beef broth and soy sauce, and serve over GF pasta or rice.
Nutritional Information per serving: (meat only- count pasta or rice separately)
Serving size: 1/6th of the recipe
Calories per serving: 246
Fat per serving: 8g
Saturated Fat per serving: 3g
Fiber per serving: 1g
Protein per serving: 26g
Cholesterol per serving: 78mg
Carbohydrates per serving: 1g
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-03-20-2012 #1
Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
How and when will Rams address glaring hole at WR?
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
QUESTION: The Rams seemingly have done pretty well early in free agency, upgrading the defensive line, adding an All-Pro center and securing a top-notch CB. But they still havent addressed what many fans see as the teams most glaring weakness wide receiver. Where is this team going to find a couple of quality wide receivers?
Theres not much left at the position in free agency. The wide receiver shelves were cleaned out quickly, so barring a trade of some kind which seems unlikely the Rams are almost limited to getting help via the draft. And at No. 6 overall, theres no guarantee that Justin Blackmon of Oklahoma State will be available. So yes, the team is in a bit of a predicament at wide receiver.
Clearly they believe the best chance of doing that is in the draft. Why overpay for talent in free agency if you have better grades on the wide receiver talent coming out of college? The Rams should be able to take care of that with either the first- or second-round picks.
Well, theres always the NFL Draft. The Rams have filled several holes in free agency and more work remains on that front. That marketplace seems pretty well picked over, but the draft will provide ample opportunity to upgrade skill and depth. The process of upgrading this roster for 2012 will continue right into the season. And by acquiring future No. 1 picks, the Rams reminded us this will be a multi-year overhaul.
MIKE CLAIBORNE (Host of The Sports Hub on KMOX)
Pretty well? I think I will reserve judgement on just what the Rams have done in free agency, as we have traveled this path before with guys that were supposed to be an improvement as I should remind you of all of the free agent offensive linemen brought in by the previous regime. While the Rams have signed a Pro Bowl center, how are guys like that allowed to leave their previous team? Salary cap? Perhaps, but considering how important offensive linemen are (see Rams for lack of) how does Green Bay allow him to leave? I am hoping that instead of signing a guy who can no longer play, the Rams have signed a player of the ilk of Adam Timmerman, perhaps the best free-agent signing the St. Louis Rams have ever made.
The Rams cannot fix everything they need to in free agency and the draft. This will take time. Just because they have the money to spend does not mean they need to throw it away on players who are not that good. In free agency you have to remember the player is a free agent because his contract has expired and the team he played for is prepared to move on without him, not that he is a potential savior of the team, let alone future Pro Bowler. Good scouting and recognizing talent is now even more important for the Rams future.
-03-20-2012 #2
Re: Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
These comments remind us that this attempt at another turn around likely won't be a quick fix but a multi year project.
-03-20-2012 #3
Re: Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
That's why I wasn't thrilled about getting another head coach/GM, but it was, in the long run, necessary. Ultimately, I'm happy that we have Fisher and Snead, I have a good feeling about them both. I know I said that three years ago too
Either way, I think we'll be pleasantly surprised this season--but obviously still far off from where we all want to be: Superbowl winners.
Always and Forever a fan of the St. Louis Rams
-03-20-2012 #4
Re: Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
Long live the doughnut brothers.
-03-21-2012 #5
Re: Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
Well, for this 2012 Draft we may not get Blackmon as the top / No. 1 WR but as they say, there are a few very good 'No. 2s' available on the list. So assuming Justin Blackmon is gone at selection No. 6...
First / foremost -- help me choose! I have limited knowledge at best for this draft (and all NFL Drafts). From the little research I've done lately, I believe these are among the better 10 'PostBlackmon' receiver prospects for the Rams first selection.
Listed in no particular order except for images.
• Marvin Jones, California, 6'3" / 199 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.47. Vertical: 33".
• Kendall Wright, Baylor, 5'10" / 196 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.45. Vertical: 38.5".
• Michael Floyd, Notre Dame, 6'3" / 220 lb. 40 yd dash: 4.42. Vertical: 36.5".
• Stephen Hill, Georgia Tech, 6'4" / 215 lb. 40 yd dash: 4.3. Vertical: 39.5".
• Jarius Wright, Arkansas, 5'10" / 182 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.41. Vertical: 38".
• Dwight Jones, North Carolina, 6'4" / 230 lb. 40 yd dash: 4.46. Vertical: 36".
• Tommy Streeter, Miami, 6'5" / 219 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.34. Vertical: 33".
• Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina, 6'3" / 216 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.60?
• Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers, 6'2" / 211 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.66. Vertical: 36".
• Marvin McNutt, Iowa, 6'4" / 216 lbs. 40 yd dash: 4.42. Vertical: 37".
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-03-21-2012 #6
Re: Round Two: How And When Will Rams Address Glaring Hole At WR?
Well Mr Claiborne it's pretty obvious that the previous "regimes" didn't know what the hell they were doing. A previous OC and DC that weren't ready to be head coaches. So at our RAMS expense and time they gained some head coaching experience. Where are they now? Not head coaching that's for sure!
I feel better now....
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I do not believe the Rams will need 3-4 years to become playoff ready. This team, despite its needs at multiple positions is in better shape than when Spagnuolo took over. It is getting younger, you have a proven head coach in place and most believe the Rams did good work in free agency and in shedding salary. They also fleeced Washington for a slew of draft picks in the RG III sweepstakes.
Of course all of this is contingent upon management drafting well and the Rams buying into and implementing the system installed by the new coaching staff. Nothing is a given. But one thing we should all have learned by now is that teams can turn it around in a hurry through shrewd decision making and a little bit of good fortune. The Rams are due for a heavy dose of both.
And regarding the title of the thread, it's now pretty obvious that the rams will be addressing the wide receiver position in the draft.Last edited by NJ Ramsfan1; -03-21-2012 at 09:16 AM.
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And don't forget Ryan Broyles, the #1 reception leader in NCAA history. His body of work at OU will prevent him from dropping in the draft despite the ACL injury. Just as his teammate Jermaine Gresham went in the first round the same year Sam Bradford did, despite missing his entire senior season. Come to think of it, Sam's missing senior year due to injury didn't hurt him much in the draft either, did it?
Broyles plays like a #1 despite the 5'11" height. He will still be a 2nd round get....
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Didnt the Rams just draft TWO WRs...last year? Who are they again? With Lloyd gone, the cupboard is once again, laughably bare. Rookie WRs generally take a few years to round into solid pros. Bradford needs/deserves a legit #1 WR...NOW. Another year without one will mean another top draft pick and will seriously limit Bradford's growth.
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I'm honestly so tired of having these ''young wrs''. We need a proven veteran, like Llyod who can get the job done. I'm sick of the Brandon Gibsons and the Austin Pettis'.
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I can't embed the video, but Les Snead did an interview for KSDK where he specifically said he's expecting a quick turn around for the team. He stated that there's no such thing as a "5 year rebuild" in the NFL anymore. To quote him "When you come into this situation and we've been losing for 4 years, there's a reason we've been losing, but that doesn't give us an excuse to lose for 2-3 more." Very encouraging.
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You have to understand that a "turnaround" can simply mean "win more games this year than last". That would be a "turnaround". How hard will it be to turn around a 2-14 season? I believe without a shadow of a doubt that the Rams will have a "turnaround" season.
I don't believe they'll compete for a playoff spot for another 2-3 years.Faithful Rams fan since 1968
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We used to "cruise main" on Friday and Satuday nights with plenty of "lookers". It was especially fun to drive thru K-Mart parking lot and blip the throttle to set off motion alarms. Getting off subject here, though. Where I am coming from has to do with personal preference. I don't argue that there may be other color schemes besides military on the Corsair, just that *I* have not seen one. Given a choice, and the necessary experience required for a warbird, I would go for the Corsair, simply because I don't care to "follow the crowd", and actually DO like the appearance of the Corsair. I have never been to any R/C events, but we have a Scale Master's qualifying event coming up towards the end of next month that I will visit. I am almost willing to bet that the Mustangs out-numbers the Corsairs by at least two to one. But I could be wrong.... These are my own personal feelings, so please don't "blast" me with any one line quotes. Keep it in context if you feel the need to respond. Thanks, dano13 |
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I have flown the TF corsiar and a scratch built .60 sized mustang. Dont think there is much difference between the two as far as flying goes. The corsiar does have a nasty habit of rolling inverted and diving when stalling low and slow (called the corsair doe-see-doe). They both take off about the same. Both need to get the tail up pretty quick, then the ground handling is easier. Landings are somewhat comparable, I like to bring them in with power on and land on the mains (1/4 to 1/8 throttle). Then bleed off speed on the ground. Warbird flying IS a little different from sport planes. I practiced with my Super Sportster 60 doing hot landings which helped some. A buddy just bought the H9 corsair and says it pretty much flys like a trainer, he liked it a lot. I would suggest starting there. But you'll have to work on the retracts, they pretty much suck.
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Most mustang plans or kits do not get the nose quite to scale, but are easier to build because of the relativly straight wings as compared to the gull wings on a Corsair, plus getting the retracks just right in the corsair. Dano you could buy that pretty Hanger 9 corsair and actually compete in fun scale at the scale masters event, or are you still flying your trainer.
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What have I said or done to have you making these unnecessary comments? I simply replied to the original poster MHO regarding the two aircraft, stating my inexperience with either one. I also posted that *I* had never seen a non-military scheme on a Corsair. How does that make me "ignorant"? And my own quote: "Given a choice, and the necessary experience required for a warbird, I would go for the Corsair" should tell you that I do not have the experience to fly a warbird. As others have stated, there is little difference in the ease of flying the two planes. I have read this elsewhere in several different threads, and on other forum sites, but with my lack of actual knowledge on either one, I simply stated MHO. And, for the record, yes, I am still on the pacifier (trainer). What does that have to do with the views I have posted? dano13 |
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I just won the Hangar 9 Corsair on eBay for ($269.00) Once it gets here, It'll be a while before I actually fly it due to several other planes that I am working with right now. (Mainly a Soviet Mig-15 ducted fanjet), But when the Corsair finally arrives, the first thing I plan to do with it is to start looking for a good set of retracts as well as a good engine for it. (I still havent made up my mind as to whether I will go with either the 2-stroke or 4-stroke engine or a 2 blade or 3 blade propeller system yet). I also don't think I'm gonna keep it the same blue color that the picture shows on the box either. I saw someone at the field a few weeks ago with one that was painted a dark military green that was absolutely awsome and flew like a angel. This guy would pull up into a very big loop, and when the plane was in the top of the loop, he would cut the engine in mid flight so the wings could be heard cutting through the air just like the real ones sound when diving in on an attack run, then hit the engine again right as it was leveling off. Man I thought that was awsome. I don't know what he did to it to make that sound, but that was a real showstopper Anyway, let me get back to work on this Kamdax Mig 15. Her maiden flight will be either tomorrow or saturday! Thanks for the input everyone |
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Before I go a couldn't help but to take notice of something, I was looking at the red Corsair photo on posting#6 and can't help but wonder...
How come the pilot chose to fly with a four blade prop? I was under the assumption that a 2 blade prob would be best for speed and the more blades you have the less effective (slower) it will be. I would think that a fighter or a racer would be built for speed. Why the four blades?...anyone know |
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I know the answer to that one, in one word it's horsepower! You're right about a two blade prop being more effecient than a four blade, in fact if you talk to an aerodynamicist he'd tell you a single blade would be even more effecient because it doesn't have to travel through the other props turbulent air. They put multi-bladed props on planes to soak up all the horsepower that those huge engines produce. For instance the corsair's prop is just a tick over 13" in diameter, just imagine how large it would have to be if it was only a two blade! not to mention how long the landing gear would have to be.
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Died | 23 April 1996 London, England, United Kingdom | (aged 96)
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Pamela Lyndon Travers, appearing in the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
Born | Helen Lyndon Goff 9 August 1899 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
Died | 23 April 1996 London, England, United Kingdom | (aged 96)
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Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE (born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist.[1] In 1924, she emigrated to England where she wrote under the pen name P. L. Travers. In 1933, she began writing her series of children's novels about the mystical and magical English nanny Mary Poppins. During the Second World War, while working for the British Ministry of Information, she travelled to New York where Roy Disney first contacted her about selling the Mary Poppins character to the Disney studio for film use.
For services to literature, Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen in 1977. Her popular books have been adapted many times, including the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and the Broadway musical originally produced in London's West End.
Helen Lyndon Goff (known within her family as Lyndon) was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Her father, Travers Robert Goff, was of Irish background, but born in Deptford, south London, England. He was an alcoholic and unsuccessful in his career as bank manager (later demoted to bank clerk).[2] Her mother was Margaret Agnes, née Morehead, the niece of Boyd Dunlop Morehead, who was Premier of Queensland from 1888 to 1890. Travers Goff's occupation took the family to Allora, Queensland in 1905, where he died of influenza two years later, aged 43. Following this, Lyndon Goff and her mother and sisters moved to Bowral, New South Wales in 1907, and lived there until 1917.[3] She boarded at Normanhurst Girls School in Ashfield, Sydney, during World War I.
Lyndon Goff began publishing her poems while still a teenager and wrote for The Bulletin and Triad while also gaining a reputation as an actress; she soon adopted the stage name "Pamela Lyndon Travers". She toured Australia and New Zealand with Allan Wilkie's Shakespearean Company before leaving for England in 1924. There she dedicated herself to writing under the pen name P. L. Travers.[4] In 1931, she moved out of a rented flat in London that she shared with her friend Madge Burnand, and the two set up home together in a thatched Sussex cottage.[2] It was here, in the winter of 1933, that she began to write Mary Poppins.[2]
Travers greatly admired and emulated J. M. Barrie, the author of the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, which bears many structural resemblances to the Mary Poppins series. Indeed, Travers' first publisher was Peter Llewelyn Davies, Barrie's adopted son and widely regarded as the model for Peter Pan.[2]
While in Ireland in 1925, Travers met the poet George William Russell (who wrote under the name "Æ") who, as editor of The Irish Statesman, accepted some of her poems for publication. Through Russell, Travers met W. B. Yeats, Oliver St. John Gogarty, and other Irish poets who fostered her interest in and knowledge of world mythology. She had studied the Gurdjieff System under Jane Heap and in March 1936, with the help of Jessie Orage (widow of Alfred Richard Orage), she met the mystic George Gurdjieff, who would have a great effect on her, as well as on several other literary figures.[5]
At the invitation of her friend, US Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, Travers spent two summers living among the Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo peoples studying their mythology and folklore.[6][7] After the war, she became Writer-in-Residence at Radcliffe College and Smith College.[8] She returned to England, making only one brief visit to Sydney in 1960 while on her way to Japan to study Zen mysticism.
Travers' literary output other than Mary Poppins and its sequels included other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction.
Published in London in 1934, Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success. Sequels followed (the last in 1988).[9]
While appearing as a guest on BBC Radio 4's radio programme Desert Island Discs in May 1977, Travers revealed that the name "M. Poppins" originated from childhood stories that she contrived for her sisters, and that she was still in possession of a book from that age with this name inscribed within.[10] Travers' great aunt, Helen Morehead, who lived in Woollahra, Sydney, and used to say, 'Spit spot, into bed' is a likely inspiration for the character.[11][12]
The Disney musical adaptation was released in 1964. Primarily based on the first novel in what expanded into a series of eight books, it also lifted elements from the sequel Mary Poppins Comes Back. Although Travers was an adviser to the production, she disapproved of the dilution of the harsher aspects of Mary Poppins' character, felt ambivalent about the music, and so hated the use of animation that she ruled out any further adaptations of the later Mary Poppins novels.[13] At the film's star-studded première (to which she was not invited, but had to ask Walt Disney for permission to attend), she reportedly approached Disney and told him that the animated sequence had to go.[14] Disney responded by walking away, saying as he did, "Pamela, the ship has sailed."[14] Enraged at what she considered shabby treatment at Disney's hands, Travers would never again agree to another Poppins/Disney adaptation, though Disney made several attempts to persuade her to change her mind.
So fervent was Travers' dislike of the Disney adaptation and of the way she felt she had been treated during the production, that when producer Cameron Mackintosh approached her about the stage musical when she was into her 90s, she acquiesced on the condition that only English-born writers and no one from the film production were to be directly involved with creating the stage musical.[15] This specifically excluded the Sherman Brothers from writing additional songs for the production. However, original songs and other aspects from the 1964 film were allowed to be incorporated into the production. Contrary to popular belief these points were not stipulated in her last will and testament.[16] A section in her will (section 5-c) directs the trustees to follow her wishes regarding exploitation of her literary estate, but these wishes have not been made public.
The 2013 movie Saving Mr. Banks is a dramatised story about both the working process during the planning of Mary Poppins and also that of Travers' early life, drawing parallels with Mary Poppins and that of the author's childhood. The movie stars Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
Though Travers had numerous fleeting relationships with men throughout her life, she lived for more than a decade with Madge Burnand, daughter of Sir Francis Burnand, a playwright and the former editor of Punch. They shared a London flat from 1927 to 1934, then moved to a thatched cottage in Sussex, where Travers published the first of the Mary Poppins books; while on holiday in Italy, Burnand photographed Travers topless on the beach. Their friendship, in the words of one biographer, was "intense," but also equally ambiguous.[17]
At the age of 40, two years after moving out on her own, Travers adopted a baby boy from Ireland whom she named Camillus Travers Hone. He was the grandchild of Joseph Hone, W. B. Yeats' first biographer, who was raising his seven grandchildren with his wife. Camillus had a twin brother named Anthony, but Travers chose only Camillus, based on advice from her astrologer. Camillus was unaware of his true parentage or the existence of any siblings until the age of 17, when Anthony came to London and knocked on the door of Travers' house. He had been drinking and demanded to see his brother. Travers refused to allow it and threatened to call the police. Anthony left, but soon after, Camillus, following an argument with Travers, went looking for his brother and found him in a pub on Kings Road.[17][18][19]
Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1977. She lived into advanced old age, but her health was declining toward the end of her life. Travers died in London on 23 April 1996 at the age of 96. According to her grandchildren, Travers "died loving no one and with no one loving her."[20]
Her son Camillus died in London in November 2011.[21]
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