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Just my preference.
For me, Roxanne sounds natural on the vocals and I like the bass signature of Jh, heavy low end. K10 is more on mid bass and very good highs, I do like its highs than Rox a bit.
Roxanne sounds warmer and just sounds very natural to me.
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I do find that the Roxanne sounds better at higher volumes - which reminds me of the Westone 4 - but I don't always want to listen to loud music.
If nothing else, the Roxanne has helped me realise the type of sound I prefer: spacious with prominent treble rather than dark and smooth. I'll be waiting for more reviews of new IEMs before ordering in future. I can definitely see myself ordering the JH 13 fp, though not until I've given the Roxanne another couple of months.
This mirrors a lot on my impression with the uni rox demo (I'm also a longtime w4 user). I come to the conclusion I like my jh13fp's more airy and spacious presentation. I think you would love it too. You can also consider the 1plus2 which I love and has the most spacious sound WITH impactful bass of all IEM I tried but it's tuned a bit more on the aggressive side than the neutral side of things.
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^ When I pre-ordered the Roxanne's I was hoping for an improved JH13 (is that possible?), but obviously, they have a completely different sound signature. I think I would prefer the JH13 sound in general. However, I really like the Roxanne's sound as well as long as the bass is turned to 9pm or lower.
Which one do you like better the 1plus2 or JH13 FP?
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I share your pain, but at the end of the day only your ears can tell you what's worth and what's not. And this is if you're lucky. Your tastes will probably change and spending 30min with a demo won't guarantee you will like them for the years to come (just think of your past girlfriends...)
I mean, would you buy a pair of shoes without even seeing them, based solely on description and opinions?
Sometimes I think that spending all these hours here is a waste of time. Sometime I think it's just awesome to be able to exchange with people sharing the same hobby. CIEM are and will always be delight and frustration...
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Anyone know if the roxanne bass is as deep/dynamic/similar to jh16 fp? I've listened to alot of iems/ciems and they all sound different. Not bad, just different, and I'm hoping that the roxannes bass is similar/identical to the jh16fps because I'm so used to it.
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Remember Roxanne has an adjustable bass. It can definitely go deeper than JH16. The main difference is the density. Roxanne has a denser bass than JH16. Many people say Roxanne has a thicker SQ. I think it's because of a very dense bass. The bass can really hit hard even at the lowest level.
I seldom set it pass 10 o'clock position. It's at 9 o'clock most of the time for me.
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In your case, I suggest you spend some time with a demo before you make your decision whether to buy it or not. You should trust what you hear from your ears more than what you read on reviews because people have different tastes. For example, I think everyone has his own definition of advancement when talking about IEMs.
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I used to have the UE10s, roughly what you have with less bass. They were excellent, but didn't have sufficient frequency range to compete with decent full sizers. The original JH13s were a huge jump in performance from the UE10s. I consider them game changers, putting IEMs in the same field as full sizers for the first time. They still sound great today. Not once in 5 years have I felt they weren't worth the money. And now I have the Roxannes, which are another huge step up. Coming from the UE11s, you can expect a vast increase in resolution. They'll be brighter, as the UE11s top off at 16 kHz, and start rolling off before then. If you like the UE11 bass boost, you should be able to approximate it with the Roxanne cable. And if you, like many posters here, decide you want a brighter sound, it's only a matter of time before someone makes a cable with a treble dial. I've yet to hear a single piece of music I'd want that for though. The Roxannes sound increasingly neutral to me the more I listen to them.
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How to hang a swing........in the closet.
I have been on this site for many years but created a new Id today for this post. It is a serious request. We have been married for several years and decided to purchase a swing. Without getting into any unnecessary details, suffice to say that the swing needs to be able to support both of us. (A combined weight of about 330lbs.) The swing looks to be very well made and the manual says it can safely support up to 350 lbs. It has 2 points to attach to the ceiling-1 on each side of the swing. I would like to mount it in our large walk in closet. The walls are 8 feet apart and the ceiling joists are 2x6's on 16" center. I would like to hang the swing on 1 of the ceiling joists with the anchors 3'6" apart. That would put each anchor 2'3" from each wall. The supplied screw in anchors are 1/2" in diameter and 6 inches long. I was going to drill pilot holes in the center of the joist and screw them in. Does all of this seem adequate? I have access to the attic above the closet if I need to do any reinforcing. Thanks in advance for any help on this slightly awkward post.
just like any other diy job, distributing the weight
is a good idea.
drilling a pilot holes and inserting the bolts
will weaken the joist.
it would be best to spread the weight to seperate ceiling
joists, rather than putting all the wieght on one joist.
increasing size of bolts increases
weight to be supported.
That's an interesting question, where's a structural engineer when you need one... ;-) Most ceiling joists aren't designed to support a large load but I don't know what load they are designed for.
My gut reaction says to sister the joists in question with another 2x6 (glue and screw to the existing joist) and maybe put in lumber long enough to rest on load bearing walls. Then attach your swing to the sistered joist. I just don't know if it's necessary to go to a wall or smaller piece of lumber would be sufficient. I would imagine it very much depends on where in the span the attachment point is.
Of course the hardware that comes with the unit is as simple as it can get i.e. two 1/2 in. eyebolts. Not sure I'd truct that configuration. Personally I would sister another 2x6 and then run a piece of 1/2 in. trheaded rod between them with a 3/16 to 1/4 in. steel plate bearing on the top of both of the joists, essentially hanging the swing from the top of the joists as opposed to relying on pull out of the screw anchor from the bottom of the joist. You could then use a coupler and a threaded eye bolt to hang the swing. Make sure the ends of the supporting joists are bearing on a supporting wall all the way to the basement if you're on an elevated floor. Remember the weights you are using are static weights with no allowance for dynamic loads from the swing, so actual loads are likely higher.
Also, make sure you consider any potential lateral forces, maybe by putting some header type braces to the adjacent joists
My 0.02.
Provided you make sure the screw eyes are centered, I think it would be more than adequate since they are close to the walls. But doubling up the joist and bolting it together wouldn't hurt. Stagger the bolts a bit, if you do. Predrill all holes, of course.
NO! NO! NO! NO! You MUST NOT drill the joists. No doubt they are part of an engineered truss, and you MUST NOT compromise it by drilling it. You'd create a weak point.
I agree that distributing the load is the answer..
Sistering several joists is not a bad idea, with a cross-piece across them, which would take the load, via blocking. You need to support it across several joists, ideally sistered. You don't want it creaking.
I'd throw away the screw-in bolts, they're not safe. You need an eyebolt that's threaded, and long enough so that you can use nuts and washers on the wood in the attic, so that the bolts are supported by the nuts and washers (and you need two nuts on each, as a locking feature.)
Not all drilling of even engineered trusses for water supply lines and electrical (DWV lines are often large enough to be a problem) cables does not have any significant effect on them.
Try and avoid using any type of threaded fastener in withdrawal (tension).
The unscrewing hazard is the least of the problems.'
You want the fasteners to go perpendicular to the length of the joist.
In one side, out the other, washers and nylon locking insert nuts.
This may mean you need to fasten blocking to the side of the joist that goes though the finished surface.
Doubling up the joist in the area and drilling all the way though vertically and them using blocking to spread the load now at the top of the joist is a very good method.
This post was edited by brickeyee on Fri, Jan 25, 13 at 10:26
I can't help but think we've over engineering this project but maybe I'm not understanding how this swing is used. My initial thought was that it would be swinging in a relatively small arc of maybe 6-8".
I'm wondering about the effect of strength on a joist with, say, a 1/2" hole drilled vertically through it?
Blocking makes sense.
Oh heck, let's put some steel up there. ;-)
I don't like the idea of trying to thread a 6" eyebolt into the 1-1/2" edge of a joist.
I'd rather see you add blocking between two adjacent joists and then thread the eyebolt through the blocking. With your joists only being 2x6s, it'll spread the load from a single joist to two joists.
Another alternative would be to use a couple of roof anchors. They're designed for fall protection for roofers up on a roof. You can find them at the box stores, probably in the roofing area.
There are quite a few varieties of roof anchors, but this is the general type I'm referring to:
Use a keyhole saw to cut a small slit through the ceiling drywall right next to the ceiling joist. You can make the cut from the attic side of the ceiling drywall, with the saw blade held tight against the side of the joist.
Standing in your closet, slide the anchor's strap through the slit in the drywall. Up in the attic, nail the strap off to the side of the joist with the provided nails, or screw it off with deck screws, NOT drywall screws.
LOL. I know what the swings are for. Most people put them...above their beds, and the eyebolt/ring is used to hold mosquito or decorative netting most of the time.
Here in Canada, drilling or any actions that significantly weaken a manufactured truss would result in a failed framing inspection. Rectification would usually involve sistering or similar. I've seen it done after a house was finished, still a stupid idea since, if it's critical, your roof could collapse. We do have to consider snow load where we are, for example.
I've seen HVAC people cut them, and (other)central vac installers. Neither were for good reason.
"I can't help but think we've over engineering this project"
Ya think??
Find the joists. Install an eyebolt that will carry the weight. If the joists don't line up then blocking is in order so you have something solid to attach to.
2 attachment points won't let it unscrew. If it's 1 point then maybe think about a thrubolt.
We're not holding up the world in load here.
A piece of 2x6 laid flat bridging over the top of two adjacent joists at each hanger location will support the swing hangers just fine. Nail the 2 x 6 into the top of the joists to prevent movement. This distributes the weight over two joists nearer their supported ends if the joists run with the length of the swing. If the joist direction is perpendicular to the length of the swing, the number of supporting joists is four.
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Ok so Im replacing all my trim in my house with red oak.I had the shop thats making my trim also mix me some stain,the sample they made me was to my liking so I did a few samples on some small pieces before I started actually staning all my pieces.The problem is I think I put too much stain on and now its too dark.The way they said to do it was to just rub it in and leave it which is what I did but my trim is a lot darker than the sample they made for me.What can I do? I only sprayed one piece of trim with some minwax poly in a can so its really thin.Should I just wipe the stain off with thinner and sand it or is this trim ruin?
Is this an oil based stain? If so, you can wipe it off somewhat with paint thinner or naptha. Then, follow the directions on the can.
One of the problems many people have is they make a small sample. Many times, small samples don't give you the information you need. The larger your sample, the better you can tell how it will look on your project.
Actually, controlling the color of a stain is most easily done by wiping the stain on the wood with a soft cotton cloth or a strong paper towel(the blue kind) folded to be easily handled.
That allows you to see immediately how mmuch color is being applied. Darker usually requires multiple coats, so the process does take longer than the flood and wipe off method. The upside is much better control.


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We're doing a last minute potluck Easter dinner at my house tomorrow. A few of our friends' plans changed at the last minute so we decided to get together. The main course is a pork loin (Hispanic influence) and I'm looking for sides.
There will be Caesar salad, green beans and I'm trying to decide if roasted vegies would be okay or too "winter" (although it's freezing here in CT this weekend!). Then I thought perhaps I should substitute asparagus for the green beans since it is a spring veggie at least.
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Dessert will be a flourless chocolate cake, fruit tart and something else I'm sure (we like desserts!).
I love impromtu events but then I still scramble for the perfect combination. Oh well!
Happy Easter!
I would do asparagus instead of green beans...but then I like asparagus better...but it is Easter!
How about roasted summer-ish veggies, like tomatoes, red and green peppers, onions, zuchinni, mushrooms and you could add the asparagus to that too. Don't think you need another veggie if you do that. But how about a fruit and greens salad? Like spinach and strawberries or Boston lettuce with pears, walnuts and blue cheese? or romaine with apple....and a simple vinaigrette with either.
Potatoes? Rice? Pasta? How about a lovely risotto? Too much last minute stuff? Oven roasted potatoes?
Ultimatly it's up to you!!
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I like fried apples with pork like these:
Southern Fried Apples
1/3c sugar
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
4 large cooking apples
5 T butter
Combine sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Wash, core, and slice apples into 1/2" slices. Heat butter in a skillet. Add apple slices and half of sugar mixture. Cook for about 3 minutes. Stir and turn apples and add remaining sugar mixture. Cook until apples are almost transparent. Serve hot.
Great ideas! I'm going to do spinach with strawberries and I think I'll try those fried apples--sound yummy! I'm doing the asparagus rather than the string beans and small red potatoes with balsamic and shallot butter. Someone else is bringing appetizers. Desserts as above.
Any new ideas for the asparagus? I usually just serve them with lemon butter, or cook them on the grill (skewered) after marinating them in a soy and sesame based sauce. Not sure how that would do with the pork. (I don't eat meat so combos are a bit of stretch for me. It's been 30 years!).
We just had roasted asparagus. I tossed it with minced garlic and olive oil...425F for 15 minutes or so...yum.
We like caramelized onions and apples with pork. It's a non-recipe...Caramelize some onions in butter and olive oil, add some sliced apples, drizzle with balsamic vinegar (I like white balsamic) and cook for a few minutes, until apples soften.
My favorite asparagus recipe:
Mustard-Dressed Asparagus
Cooking Light, April 1998
4 lbs asparagus (I used 1 bunch)
2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon mustard seeds
Snap off tough ends of asparagus. Bring 4 qts water to a boil in an 8 qt stockpot. Add half of asparagus; cook 3 minutes. Remove asparagus from stockpot. Rinse with cold water; drain and pat dry. Repeat procedure with remaining asparagus.
Combine the Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl. Place a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add mustard seeds; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add asparagus and mustard mixture, and cook 2 minutes of until thoroughly heated.
Yield: 8 servings
I often fry them!
My biggest non stick sautee pan, skim the bottom with EVOO, add a couple of cloves of crushed garlic and a good tablespoon of sesame seede....jeep just warm...short of HOT for 3 to 5 minutes....turn up the heat and sautee the asparagus until al dente remove to a serving platter and add some fresh lemon juice to the pan, swish and cook about 30 seconds and but the buttery oil with thes esame seeds overf the top.
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Lovely scene, Mike, and I particularly like the little deer with spots, something like Bambi. :D Theolfa
Thank you Sonja and Theolfa I think it was almost feeding time, so they were gathered together for lunch!
The young one was obviously quite relaxed, but I bet it was also waiting for a feed!
Thank you for your comments, I am glad you like this wee group.
Take care, both of you
Now you have me wondering if Cadburys makes chocolate deer or is that only Dove? My daughter just had one the other day.
But I have to have another look as this does not have a Cadburys label. We must be off on another tour. Serves me right for being so tardy...I'm a bit lost!
Verrrry wonderful pic, Mike!!
greetings, David
OKAY jf you aint lost honey!
Maybe a little confused, but that could be my fault!
On Saturday 14 Nov. I went to Cadbgurys World (see map next to photos) then on to stay in a Hotel for the night before going to West Midlands Safari Park the following day, Sunday 15th Nov.
I came home that same evening, making it a two day excursion on a coach, comprendez???
Sorry to haqve confused you, maybe you should lie down and gather your thoughts awhile!
I have a bit of a problem with that.... shortly after I lie down I am sound asleep and they all scatter again!
Have a good day now, you hear!
Best way!
My thoughts scatter around anyway, whatever I do!!You have a GREAT day, and rein in those thoughts!!
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that little strip near the sidewalk
I'm just curious why it's rarely ever landscaped? The patch of lawn in between a sidewalk and street.
As a matter of fact, the hellstrips (aka parkway strips) are almost always landscaped. And the landscape solution that is used the greatest majority of the time is turf, since the space itself is generally used for moving about or there is such activity in the vicinity. It makes sense to landscape it in such a way that people can walk on it--like carpet--and that there are not obstructions present to get in one's way or themselves be damaged (as frankielynn points out.) While turf is generally a good solution, it requires maintenance. Sometimes people choose to pave these spaces and have only a wide sidewalk.
I personally detest those little hell strips. Takes waaaay too much water to keep sod looking nice there .... which in these days is not water-wise IMO.
I've tried to get my hell strip sod to die by ignoring it for 2 years now. No luck. Looks crummy, but just won't die so I can plant something else there without too much sod removal/digging/hard work! I think there are a lot of choices for these spaces that would withstand the elements, though I've never seen people walk on them here in Texas, so don't think they need to withstand foot traffic. Jasmine, lirope, mondo grass all come to mind. Not fancy, but drought tough once established.
I've also heard of many HOAs who require that sod be in these spaces. Crazy, in my mind, but true. :)
"...though I've never seen people walk on them here in Texas, so don't think they need to withstand foot traffic." People don't walk on them in lieu of the sidewalk. They walk on them going to the mail box, to the car, cutting corners, crossing the street, etc. Vehicles decimate these strips at some intersections.
"Jasmine, lirope, mondo grass all come to mind." When mature, many Liriopes have no trouble reaching 18" - 24" height, which would be an impediment to getting into or out of a car that was parked at the street. Also, it creates a visual barrier to the sidewalk. After being stepped on a few times, Liriope becomes quite unattractive (as I've seen around Atlanta too many times.) Too unfriendly looking insofar as accessing a sidewalk from the street IMO. I could see dwarf Mondo working IF the site was able to satisfy its cultural conditions and the traffic load wasn't much.
I was thinking more like a few trees and stones. There is a neighborhood of Victorian homes and they are lined with huge trees in that strip and maybe it's a rule there since there's a few little young ones in places where there were none - they mostly have nice full landscaping up to the sidewalk too.
Most out here never walk on that bit either except once in awhile, since there is always a connecting paved strip for each house, yet it's 3 ft. wide and just plain old grass.
Kitteh - we have the little connecting strips too ... and of course the driveway is available in many homes to park in for visitors. For myself, I am not so willing to sacrifice scarce water so that I can have a daily grass-filled parkway strip for the occasional times that visitors might need to step on it. But that's just me - but I'm in a very hot, drought-prone part of the country, which informs my opinions.
Stones are a thought, but they, too, would be hot - especially around trees, depending on where you live. Folks here often plant spring flowering bulbs in the hellstrip, and keep it covered with mulch and/or organic stuff during the rest of the year. In my neighborhood, we have generally two parkway trees for every lot, though I've seen crepe myrtles line the parkway to a nice effect.
My two cent's anyway. :)
I live in an area of the country ( San Francisco area) where the houses are set pretty close together and there can be little front yard space.
These hellstrips are considered a valuable landscaping commodity in many neighborhoods and have sparked some of the most unique plantscaping vignettes in the city.
People have planted vegetable gardens, succulent gardens, rose gardens, rockeries and full on topiary gardens.
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"200,000 have died in postsoviet conflicts?" what the hell is he talking about? there is half a million in only two chechen wars. how about a massive 15 million + exodus and a soaring crime and extreme health hazard due to disease, alcohol and drug consumption, abortion etc.
how about "Russia attacking a NATO aspiring Georgia". how is that for a piece of propaganda?
While the "Post Imperium" by Dmitri Trenin appears to deserve more detailed commentary than offered by TE, it is certainly a timely contribution to what has been titled as "Russia's imperial agony". This is not the first time the country had suffered an agony, one could go back to recount some 19th cent. events as well as the revolts of 1905 and 1917, the disaster of 1941-43 and the end of Stalin's rule in 1953.
Russia's imperial agony of different kind could be traced back to Ivan the Terrible (1533 - 1584), a boy whos mother was poisoned when he was eight and who in his adolescence turned cruel and sadistic. After his first wife was poisoned he had six more wives, -two were sent to a monastery, one was drowned, and three were poisoned. After building the magnificent St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow to commemorate his vistory at Kazan Ivan ordered the architects blinded so that they could not duplicate the design.
Russia's Ivan suffered from paranoia, looked for enemies among Russia's boyars, blaming them for his fate and challenging his authority. Historians state that some 10,000 boyars were murdered in a reign of terror over a decade. The victims were usually killed during church services by the tsar and his assistants, the notorious oprichniki, who dressed in the black garb of monks.
It is in this capacity that he warns darkly in the last paragraph of the book that the Russian empire could easily fragment still further.
"The cost of the Soviet collapse" should be measured against the cost of the Soviet empire being in existance.
Loss of 200 000 lives surely is a huge and tragic one. Yet, it is dwatfed by the loss of 3 000 000 (conservative estimate) in Ukrainian Holodomor alone.
The Russian Revolution was like the French Revolution - very costly but necessary for the modern world. What after all was the alternative? A disintegrating Russia shared out by Germany and Japan and the Western powers. It would have meant that the world we know today with ideals of racial and class equality would be unthinkable. The world would be divided into a few racial empires resembling the Nazis.
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You wrote: "the world we know today with ideals of racial and class equality would be unthinkable."
First, where exactly do you see the world with "racial and class equality" ? In today's Russia ?
Second, your term "a disintegrating Russia" or a disintegrating Russian empire ? All othe empires have disintegrated: the French, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, Japanese...etc. Why shouldn't the only remaining one follow the path ?
>>"The Russian Revolution was like the French Revolution - very costly but necessary for the modern world. "<<
After that logic you can also say Nazism and the Holocaust was necessary for the modern world.
After all human rights and multikulti and the fight against anti-semitism and other discrimination was enforced by fighting that that like nothing else.
It is more logical to argue that Nazi Germany or even Fascist Italy would not have come into existence without the horrible triumph and apparent success of communist totalitarianism. Mussolini and Hitler frequently admitted their indebtedness to Lenin and the Bolshevik revolution and totalitarian methods.
All other empires like the British, the Nazi, the French and even to some extent the American disintegrated thanks to the Russian Revolution and its consequences.
The real alternative to Lenin was German imperialist-racist domination of Europe.
True, the Anti-Nazi Revolution was incredibly beneficial. But it was the overcoming of an evil. If it had not existed it would not have been necessary to fight.
That said, fighting evil is always a positive and energising thing.
Without the October Revolution and the Red Army, without Lenin and Trotsky, there would not be the progressive aspects of today's world. We would be heiling Hitler.
Talking about 'horrible triumph and apparent success of communist totalitarianism' one should never forget what was for a short while in 1920-21 an 'apparent success' of communist takeover in Bavaria (brutally crashed by German nationalists) and even more 'horrible triumph' of communism in Hungary under leadership of Moscow trained and supported Hungarian communists. As is well known both attempts by Lenin and his stooges at 'proletarian revolutions' ended in disasters.
You wrote: " without Lenin and Trotsky, there would not be the progressive aspects of today's world"
Holy smoke, here is one genuine leninist-trockyist, totally brainwashed specimen ! When did you graduate with a degree in LSP (Leninist-Stalinist Propaganda) ? Just wonder.
Sounds like you have your dates and facts confused. Lenin's revolution was of course in 1917-20 while the peak of the British and French empires was reached in post WWII years. By that time there was no Nazi state of any kind. There was no Japanese empire either.
Check your facts, it may help to blow away some of the obvious ideological confusion.
This is pure nonesense.
If Russia defeated Napoleon, it could withstand Japam and Germany.
Plus, being occupied doesn't mean the end of a nation. Russia was occupied by the Mongols and prevalied. Germany was controlled by Napoleon and survived and became stronger.
The revolution Russia need was a democtratic one - not a commusitic one. Without the Communist revolution, Russia's population could be 5 times larger than it is today, with a larger middle class. Plus, Russia could be the richest country in the world if it only utilized its resources efficiently. Plus, without the revolution Russia wouldn't withdrew from WW1 and could enjoy additional territories in Europe.
If so, where did the triumph of Communism come from?
Have you forgotten the Great Depression? Hitler had 2.5 per cent of the German vote before it, and Mein Kampf had sold 9500 copies. After it, he sold millions of copies and got 37 per ent of the vote.
The lesson?
"when Russia attacked NATO-aspiring Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia"
I'm with rusotrece in saying that I don't think it panned out quite that way.
The author wrote: "The hammer and sickle flag was lowered from the Kremlin without fanfare. The empire expired with a sigh."
I would strongly suggest to the author to attend the next victory anniversary parade on the Red Square in May 2012 and the October Revolution anniversary in November. He will witness the same hammer and sickle flags, the same fanfare, and the same portraits of main communist idols Lenin and Stalin.
While the Soviet Russian empire has lost some territories both in Europe and in Asia, considering Putin's intention to remain the Kremlin Tsar for the next twelve years ( or longer! ) his Eurasia project may well rejuvenate the old empire albeit within more limited borders. The flags may be different as well as new faces on the stage, but the imperial spirit of the "Third Rome" remains.
The Soviet state.....an evil state, no doubt. Drab, when not dreadful, to live in but not necessarily boring to think about from the outside. It could survive, and with help from allies, turn back the greatest invasion, and in absolute terms, greatest disaster that ever befell a modern nation-state until it stormed the Nazi capital. But it could not survive for 50 years against a democratic enemy that did not invade it. It managed to brutalize and oppress Eastern Europe and still save it from the even worse fate of becoming expendable Slavic subhumans to the "Master Race" (something Eastern Europeans often forget). It built the most deadly arsenal of weapons ever possessed by any nation. Only to die quietly a few years later.
It gave "equality" a bad name by suggesting it meant equal misery.
But thanks for the Red Army between 1941 and 1945. May the USSR never come back.
"The current system which is based, he says, on economic growth without development, capitalism without democracy and great-power policies without international appeal, is unsustainable."
Wow, in a few strokes of pen, you are writing off the whole aspiration and future of a proud people today represented by a world class leader like Putin?
To say it's too far fetched is an understatement.
That 200,000 people died in conflicts ancillary to the dissolution of Moscow's dominion over the soviet empire, and that some of those conflicts continued over years since, including in Moldova, Tadjikistan, Tchetchnya, Georgia; as well as internal strife as signified by events in Beslan, Nalchik and numerous violent tragedies in Moscow serves as a reminder of the fortunes in this of - late unfortunate country. Russia's leadership, again, since the end of the soviet union has embraced many changes aimed at reforming its own system and reaching out more to a freer world, and that these measures have not really worked is not due to faulty policies, even though the administration in Russia could be perceived as weak on reform and in favour of more micromanagement and paternalism, and control of its people versus recognition of more western constitutional freedoms. One of the problems of the legacy of one - party rule is people got so used to it and the interia and momentum of administration, and that turning the wheel of history fell on the shoulders of one man, Boris Yeltsin, who might have just risen to power on nonetheless sorrowful attributes. It is also disconcerting that Russia continues to search for a "new" Lenin, it does appear, and thus these internecine struggles, military, political and in terrorism, that have troubled the Putin and Medvedev governments. Equally troubling is the national promise (weak and hollow) that country needs to have on the abroad and near abroad. With the next national election in Russia on the immediate time horizon, the primacy and overall heavy influence of the current regime and its political figures and the response to these difficulties, again while no fault of the leaders of post - soviet regimes, it is possible the new president will 'work on' all this, while the country continues to turn inward. This also might be said of former Warsaw Pact countries, too, turning toward Russia itself. The idea of 'managed' freedoms, and such, whatever the term, really signifies an effort to deal practically with changes in the world and the relationship in Russia between town and country that has never been resolved completely.
The economist:"... when Russia attacked NATO-aspiring Georgia"
wikipedia.org: "On 7 August, Georgian and Ossetian forces agreed on a ceasefire.[37] However, in the first hours of 8 August 2008, Georgia launched a massive attack...." (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia)
The lapsed system was just a cocktail of many things. Its specification was mainly based on an orthodox religion compounded with the contemporary thoughts on mathematics, philosophy, sociology and so on. The combination then became an ideology to be put in practice far and wide. Overtime and on a hindsight, we know its inadequacy, distorted interpretation, disturbing consequences and so on. Revisionism took place after the death of Lenin. China was dragged into fiasco in the utimate implementation during the cultural revolution to uphold its purity. Its Deng who in 1980 decided to change course under his famous motto of testing of ideology has told the truth, thus steering China towards capitalism.
Looking back, we know that all thoughts have to be tested before a fair conclusion can be derived. This would require some wise and responsible guys to think and take it through. Anyway, it is a great and bitter lesson to be learned. Lets create a huge global workshop for the purpose, via internet. Participatorism is to breed.
To Yingnam
Correction : replace Lenin to Stalin
A failing state which covers one seventh of the land mass of the Earth and has over 6,000 nuclear weapons cannot be more of a threat to itself than the outside world as the article blissfully proposes!
The declining empire is protecting and sponsoring would be nuclear terrorist states such as North Korea and Iran for feckless reasons of geopolitical resentment and other negative goals. This not good news for the stability of the world in the 21st century.
I had no idea that the collapse of the Soviet Union caused quite so much trouble. Indeed, the world was preoccupied with Germany, but still should have payed more attention than that. I also find the fact that Russians rarely remember those killed in the 1991 failed coup distressing.
You need lots of money to secure a state with as many borders as Russia has. You need lots of money to satisfy disgruntled religious minorities in a country as multicultural as Russia. You need highly developed logistics to keep a country like Russia united. And you need a sound tax base to fund all of those security and logistics issues, which means...
Anyway, I enjoyed reading Yura2009's comment on Ivant the Terrible, but I would argue that Russia fell to Polish invaders soon after. It took the ascent of two Romanovs - Nikolai and Peter the Great - to build the military apparatus and institutions which united the country, and Catherine the Great to Nicholas 1 to cement the Empire as a whole.
I think Ivan's legacy was fear, but very little at the institutional level.
You wrote: "It took the ascent of two Romanovs ..... and Catherine the Great to Nicholas 1 to cement the Empire as a whole."
Actually she was not a 'Catherine' having been born as Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1729 in Stettin, Germany. Her father was known as Prince Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, a rather minor German princeling, who married Princess Johanna of Holstein-Gottorp.
Johanna's brother Karl August of Holstein-Gottorp, wanted to marry Russian princess Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, but died of small pox.
Just how things were done in Russia is illustrated by the fact that, in 1741, Elizabeth seized the throne with the help of the Imperal Guards, overthrowing the then Empress Anna Leopoldovna, who ruled as a regent for the infant Ivan VI.
The Empress Elizabeth then issued a decree declaring her nephew Peter Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp heir to the throne and changed his name to Peter Fedorovich, who became the future Tsar Peter III.
So much for Russia's line of succession, including the ongoing glorification of the "Russian' imperial dynasty. The only thing "Russian" about them was their autocratic habits and a taste for assembling and displaying their wealth.
In reprospect, one wonders if the 18th cent. Germans must have known better how to take over the rule in Russia. Why should the Keiser send the whole Prussian army ( in 1914-18) or Hitler launched the Nazi army (in 1941-45) when all they really needed to do was to find a handsome German prince or an attractive German princess. The rest would come naturally.
So what if there had been no Vladmir Putin? Would Russia have magically become a thriving democracy?
You point out:
"By that time there was no Nazi state of any kind. There was no Japanese empire either."
Thanks mainly to the Red Army founded by Leon Trotsky.
Possibly, end of USSR was bad for Russia. More's the pity.
For all european nations invaded by Russia, it was naturally positive. A holiday. Death of empires is positive like death of dinosaurs. That's the thing called progress.
And the example of Belarus, the only one's still trying to build union with Russia, the only one's still trying to reveal soviet idea. It shows the world that it brings nothing good. Belarus for now seems more poor comparently to other Eastern European states (%%) than in 1992-94. Bang!
Russia needs Putin's kind of regime. It's naturally the Russian way. It is still pre-national kind of state, an imperial one.
For now they have big gap between russian idea & russian heartland for their nation (80% of population concentrated on 25% of territory) and kind of federalism for the state.
Minorities have big problems in cross-culture relation to Russian and Russians have also.
So the only way to control those land is to control all the cash flows and the resources flows you can. And control is needed for all outposts, where there resources are mined & big markets, where population is concentrated. So it caused federalism on paper and straight control by goodfellas from Moscow for real.
That's why parliamentarism fails there any time.
That's where the gas & oil stronghold comes from. And it was gold & other metals 100 years ago. Before that it was lumber. And before that there were fur supplies, the reason why Siberia was won. Resources were traded to Europe all those centuries.
That's natural way of things.
And all the way as they've been trying to get more 'western' society and to force 'moderniztion', it turned out with even harsher & bloodier reactionists to come. Naturally, that was every 100-200 years.
So we gonna see muscle playing Russia back again and then there would be new imperial mitosis. Wonder how many people will die.
You hit the point! This country had never realy changed... until recently. The foundations were laid by muscovy conquering all neighbouring russian states. The whole history of Russia since 15th century is an ongoing conquer and onslaught of cities or nations that not abide the rule of the Third Rome. However, it seems that Russia can not push its borders even further. It is so natural. Once Russia inherited the Byzantium court (and coat of arms)after the collapse of Constantinopole, It was said that there were two romes which had collapsed; now there is the third and there will never be fourth. Which seems to be correct. Third Rome collapsed and there will be no fourth. Interesting is how this huge landmass will be disintegrating. I bet Kaliningrad will lead the way. As soon as some catastrophic economic collapse will take place in Russia, new baltic state will emerge. Everyone there dreams about separating from mother Russia. When one thinks about shrinking oil reserves which are projected to last for 20 years, and diminishing profits from natural gas exploration, this moment seems just around the corner.
"As soon as some catastrophic economic collapse will take place in Russia, new baltic state will emerge." ----- Care to name which Baltic state specifically? Balticstan?
I may need to brush up on my Baltics hostory; however, I do not recall any Baltic states except for Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Are you talking about Livonia perhpas?
I wonder which chodorkovsky you are. If you are THAT one I'll forward you some fruit, vitamins to avoid vitamin deficiency since I believe Karelian prisons are not that comfortable as Norwegian ones where Anders Breivik is whiling away the time.
I see you know Russian history pretty well. I believe Didomyk might be of great help. He is a never-ending source of this information with PhD degree. He will give you maps of Russia's disintegration. He got quite a collection. Two of you can dream on it. However, your tale on disintegration of Russia is many centuries old, a joke which has grown whiskers. You'd better start thinking of sinking Europe and its disintegration that is more tangible today. Can't you think of an idea that Germany has a very crafty plan to conquer Europe without a single shot since most of the EU economies are screwed and depend on German money?
kuzmich, you are wasting your time wondering about Germany having a 'crafty plan' to conquer Europe without a shot. Their historic interest was in taking over Russia, preferably without a shot.
You know, like it was very successfully done a couple of centuries back when the German princess Catherine, known as Sophia, took over Russia with a smile. And you call her "Catherine the Great" !
As pointed out by Yura2009, the 18th cent. Germans must have known how to take over the rule in Russia without a shot. Hitler was stupid to send his Nazi army in 1941 when all that was really needed was to find an attractive German princess to marry one of Stalin's two son's. The deal could have been struck as a TOP secret addendum to the Hitler-Stalin pact of August 1939 and by 1941 the marriage consumated. By 1945 the Berlin-Moscow Federation could have been proclaimed. Some opponents would have been deported to Kolyma but needless death and destruction could have been avoided.
Kuzmich, can you imagine the difference in the history of the 20th century ? Say, doesn't Putin have two eligible daughters that might be interested in a deal of the 21st century ?
I don't mind at all having Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg to rule this country again if such provided. We'll need the shots but only different ones. She as an Empress of Russia became true Russian lady enjoying Russian traditions and tastes. During her reign, Ukraine came to the size of what it is now. So Didomyk, you must enjoy some extra land once provided for your Ukrainian loyalty. Don't be so ungrateful.
Dido writes: "Kuzmich, can you imagine the difference in the history of the 20th century ? Say, doesn't Putin have two eligible daughters that might be interested in a deal of the 21st century ?" ----- I believe Waltron, our "German" buddy, may be interested. Can you get in touch with him please? I'm not sure if there is a decent internet connection between Earth and Alfa Centavra.
Oh and Dido, I think it's in your own, and Bat'kivschina's, interst that Putin and his party win; otherwise, if Communists come to power, it's not going to be pretty. A repeat of 1917 may occur, in 2017 say? Yes, you better mark that date on your calendar, you never know when you need to pack your things and move to 1) Germany to live with Waltron or 2)Australian to live with your Ausie buddy. Either way, stay safe, my friend.
After decades of strict Soviet rule, it is no surprise that areas on the margins of Russia saw significant conflict. Clashes between different ethnic groups erupted after years of subjugation under first imperial, then one-party communist rule. Changes in the Russian social and political system allowed these conflicts to surface.
Thank heavens, the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. could have been much worse.For all Mr. Trenin's pessimism Russia is not doomed it has a clear history of gloom and repression going back centuries,but as a people I suspect Russia will survive.
You wrote: 'as a people I suspect Russia will survive'
As a people, of course. But as the present so-called Federation, very doubtful. The Caucasus Moslem natives have been 'boiling' against Moscow for decades. In Asia Tatarstan, Kalmykia, Yakutia and others Asian peoples have experienced for well over a century the 'benefits' of Russiam (Soviet) imperial rule. They will no longer remain silent watching their natural wealth, their non-renewable resources used mainly for the benefit of the European part of the Federal state. Their strong allegiance to their native traditions, in most cases to Islamic faith is shared with other Asian peoples, not with Russian orthodoxy.
And then there is the unprecedented economic challenge of China's revival. The Chinese, who have made a fantastic economic progress over the past two decades, cannot be stopped. Since China's own landmass is way too restrictive for the needs of 1,300 million people, the nearly vacant Far Eastern territories north of the Amur river and up the Pacifc coast are way too inviting. There is no other way for Russia to respond to the Chinese challenge but by seeking peaceful accomodation. And that will spell an end to the last two centuries of Russian claims on most of Siberia.
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Given an array of points, it is easy to draw a line based on these, e.g. using the GraphicsPath class.
For instance, the following array of points...
[0]: (0,0)
[1]: (100,0)
[2]: (0,100)
[3]: (100,100)
...describes a line that resembles a Z.
But here comes the challenge; I need to draw rounded corners with a radius of e.g. 10 pixels. By corners I mean the points in the line that aren't start or end points. In this case there are two corners at
(0,100) and
I've played around with beziers, curves and arcs, some of which might hold the solution - I just haven't been able to find it myself yet, since I have to be able to handle lines drawn in all angles, not just horizontal or vertical lines.
Setting the
LineJoin of the
Pen object to
Round isn't sufficient, since this only shows with wider pens.
Edit: To clarify, I'm well aware of the bezier, curve and arc capabilities of the GraphicsPath class. I am looking for some more specific advice in regard to building the algorithm that can take any number of points, and string them together with rounded corners.
I put together the following function which returns a path representing the line with rounded corners. The function makes use of a LengthenLine function, which can be found here.
protected GraphicsPath GetRoundedLine(PointF[] points, float cornerRadius)
GraphicsPath path = new GraphicsPath();
PointF previousEndPoint = PointF.Empty;
for (int i = 1; i < points.Length; i++)
PointF startPoint = points[i - 1];
PointF endPoint = points[i];
if (i > 1)
// shorten start point and add bezier curve for all but the first line segment:
PointF cornerPoint = startPoint;
LengthenLine(endPoint, ref startPoint, -cornerRadius);
PointF controlPoint1 = cornerPoint;
PointF controlPoint2 = cornerPoint;
LengthenLine(previousEndPoint, ref controlPoint1, -cornerRadius / 2);
LengthenLine(startPoint, ref controlPoint2, -cornerRadius / 2);
path.AddBezier(previousEndPoint, controlPoint1, controlPoint2, startPoint);
if (i + 1 < points.Length) // shorten end point of all but the last line segment.
LengthenLine(startPoint, ref endPoint, -cornerRadius);
path.AddLine(startPoint, endPoint);
previousEndPoint = endPoint;
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