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After buying water bottle and belt pockets from Zimmerbuilt to fit my HMG Porter, I decided I wanted a smaller pack to fit the same pockets. I also wanted to use the Porter belt. Anyways, this is what Chris came up with. Modeled after the ZB2 Long, this is a bit shorter. It should be around 500-600 c.i. The open roll top will allow for a stuff bag to be used if I want more volume.Anyways, it's something different and fills a gap in my pack collection. It should be a blessing for my back as well.He sent me a few pictures, here's the first.
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I had a similar set-up that I consider to be a large butt pack. I found with the pack being low, that I got a lot of bounce with it. I think I'd prefer the pack to be higher on the suspension. YMMV!
I'll see once I get the belt on it. I don't foresee a problem.
In a timeline of months (not years) I forsee getting one of these for bikepacking. The weight stays low to keep your center of gravity down, and I'd get mine with some side storage pockets and hipbelt pockets so I can access my essentials while riding. It seems perfect for cyclists and I could also see a similar design being great for SUL'ers.This has my brain turning into high gear... I wonder if there's a great way to integrate a light sling made from webbing and XPac so that you can stack a second removeable dry-bag on top of the first for a traditional backpack's capacity. As you eat your food, your pack shrinks into oblivion....
The back daisy chains are spaced the same width as my HMG Porter stuff pocket and are high enough to attach 4 out of 6 clips. The top 2 clips of the pocket I can clip to the straps. It will be bunched up a little at the top but, it will be fine. The footprint on this one is 11" x 5" and it's 9" high to fit my pockets. With Chris you can adjust the size to fit your own needs. Down the road, I figure having a tight fitting cuben dry bag that will clip to the straps.I'll report back about any back bouncing. Lumber packs do ride a little different. This one looks well harnessed. Chris, wisely didn't want to build it the way I originally envisioned. I'll also update with pictures with the pockets and belt attached.
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I've tried several large lumbar packs with shoulder straps and have come to the conclusion that the only advantage is that they are a bit cooler. Most are too complex with as many or more straps than a backpack and don't save much in the way of weight or expense. With back issues, I think you get more from a lightly framed pack with good weight transfer to a hip belt. For day hiking setups, I have considered using a small light pack like many of the "stuff sack with shoulder straps" models. The problem with them is being uncomfortable with anything more than a fleece and a snack, and water being the heaviest item, along with a pound of essentials, camera, cell phone and other hardware". To relate this to the half pack, I have looked at adding a hydration-oriented lumbar pack to the small backpack. That combination is usually a few ounces heavier than something like a simple rucksack with water bottle pockets, but it does get all the heavy items on the hips and leaves just the light puffy stuff in the backpack with less density and weight. It also allows easy flexible movement in the lower back, a bit more ventilation, and you end up with two handy-dandy packs. What I haven't seen is a good lumbar pack made from SUL materials, good stabilization, and a couple water bottle pockets. The bruisers like Mountainsmith are totally overbuilt, while the UL running-oriented models lack storage. I would spec a Cuben pack with a roll top that is 4-5 liters volume, a water bottle pocket on each side, a foam reinforced hip belt and a zig-zag strap and buckle setup to get some stabilization. Team that up with an uber minimal backpack like a Zpack Zero. Your water and heavy hardware goes in the waist pack, with clothing in the backpack. I think that is simple and versatile.
You don't save a lot of money over a full pack. It's less work to attach shoulder straps to a full pack and it does take a fair amount of strap to replace a little bit of fabric. I don't expect to save much weight. With that, I didn't want a full pack. I have a full pack. A couple of them. I wanted minimalist with the ability to expand on occasion. Small stays within the pack should work to stabilize while if one did want to expand it, it would not be difficult to position a framesheet. Water pockets on the side and on the shoulder straps, weight will be distributed. A little bouncy, bouncy on the back, I can see the possibility. compared to carrying a full pack for a windshirt and some water. I think I'll be happy.
Max,Sorry to briefly de-rail this thread, but for what your talking about you should look at the Wingnut Gear packs. Not great for hiking (one actually got reviewed here on BPL a long time ago) but great for cycling. I used one on a divide route tour and loved it.Cheers
Scree,Are these Zimmerbuilt packs waterproof if seam sealed? Does the material keep out water as much as cuben?ThanksDerrick
From what Chris told me before, Xpac fabric is as waterproof as Cuben. It's new to me though, can't say from experience. I have a feeling that in a soak test Cuben would win out. If I was pack rafting or in a wet area, I may have gone for Cuben. In wetter weather, I'd probably carry a larger pack with rain gear anyway. This will mainly be used if fair weather.Chris uses a lighter Cuben than HMG. One reason I bought the Porter. For a smaller pack, the difference in weight between fabrics is not near as critical. I went with the greater abrasion resistance which was the XPac.To answer your question, I expect it to be very waterproof. Mike is sending me some new tape for the Porter, which I'm going to seam seal so I may as well do this at the same time. Maybe, I'll see how good a job I do on the Porter first.
I have a ZImmerbuilt pack made from XPac that I haven't gotten around to seam sealing yet and accidentally had it out in a pretty massive rainstorm. I mean I was drenched. My pack did not pick up ANY perceptible water weight and all my stuff inside was perfectly dry.Mine has a lid, and the rain was coming pretty much straight down, so that's probably why the seam issue wasn't an issue. But regardless it was pretty darned waterproof in an absolute soaking of a rainstorm.
Straps stored inside as a Porter pocketThis came in at 11.8 ounces for about a 3 ounce savings. I didn't weigh the belt or count the pockets which were 5 ounces.I don't plan on using the HMG back pocket. Just wanted to see if it would fit. Some speed clips from Chris make the HMG pocket much easier to attach and remove. A good $4 investment.Don't feel much bounce around the house. I'll tell tomorrow after a good day of walking. The straps do take some adjustment to get exactly right though it's really just a matter of fine tuning. I couldn't do that on a full pack. The angle to my back is correct and I'm happy with it.
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With a couple of straps, perhaps in red XPac, would you carry this as a purse?
6Doing a little spoof here, but it really is a nice pack. The unique criss-cross across the face compression lid straps give it an interesting shape.
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A coherent model for turbid imaging with confocal microscopy |
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 500-513 (2013)
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We present an engineering model of coherent imaging within a turbid volume, such as human tissues, with a confocal microscope. The model is built to analyze the statistical effect of aberrations and multiply scattered light on the resulting image. Numerical modeling of theory is compared with experimental results. We describe the construction of a stable phantom that represents the statistical effect of object turbidity on the image recorded. The model and phantom can serve as basis for system optimization in turbid imaging.
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(170.1790) Medical optics and biotechnology : Confocal microscopy
(170.3660) Medical optics and biotechnology : Light propagation in tissues
(110.0113) Imaging systems : Imaging through turbid media
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Optics of Tissue and Turbid Media
Original Manuscript: December 12, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 19, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 22, 2013
Published: March 4, 2013
Christopher E. Glazowski and James Zavislan, "A coherent model for turbid imaging with confocal microscopy," Biomed. Opt. Express 4, 500-513 (2013)
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dc.description.abstract | As a national monument, much of the focus at this park is on cultural heritage rather than natural resources. However, this park is home to 5,000 acres of near pristine wetland as well several hundred more acres of upland and aquatic habitat. Using the methodology laid out by the National Parks Conservation Association Center for the State of the Parks, a qualitative assessment of the natural resources at this park was performed. This was accomplished by performing an extensive literature review at the park, with state and federal data providers, and with National Park Service Regional Inventory and Monitoring offices. Interviews with park staff and, to a limited extent, on-site inspections occurred. These data were used to assign scores of 0-3 (0 being irreparably damaged, 3 being pristine) to various natural resource categories. The sum of these categories was then used as an overall indicator of park health. The park was found to be in vulnerable condition overall. | en |
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dc.subject | Fort Pulaski National Monument | en |
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In The Frame: Women of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a major cultural movement in the 20th century by black artists from the Harlem neighborhood in New York. Although the precise dates of the Renaissance are vague, the artwork remains strong and powerful to this day. Here are some of the women artists of the era.
Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1988)
[L-R: Lois Mailou Jones, Les Fetiches, 1938. Photograph of Lois Mailou Jones, anon.]
Formally trained in art at France's Academie Julian and coming from a relatively privileged background, Lois Mailou Jones used Western influences in her work until she could no longer accept the appropriative nature of the work of artists like Picasso and Matisse who were experimenting with African masks and religious rituals as themes.
"I had to remind them of Modigliani and Picasso and of all the French artists using the inspiration of Africa, and that if anybody had the right to use it, I had it, it was my heritage, and so they had to give in," she said. The Academie Julian was initially disappointed at her rejection of Impressionistic art, but with this new direction came a leaning towards Cubism and sharp forms that were more expressive. This led to a reclaiming of African traditions and symbols that would continue throughout her career, with a particular focus on Ethiopia.
Augusta Savage (1892-1962)
[Augusta Savage, Gamin, 1930]
She may have been rejected by a prestigious Parisian summer school art program, but Augusta Savage didn't let it defeat her. Instead, she went on to be one of the most prominent American female artists of her time, creating work for the 1939 New York World's Fair. She was also the first African-American elected to the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, in 1934. She began to explore art at an early age, making clay models at home as she lived near a brickworks, though her pastor father vocally disapproved. "He almost whipped the art out of me," she said. Overcoming this, she moved on to study art and also to educate others in Harlem about their creative potential, balancing her own sculpting with directing the Harlem Community Art Center.
[Photograph of Augusta Savage, anon.]
Her sculptures of prominent historical figures such as Frederick Douglass remind us of the legacy of great African-Americans and put them, quite rightly, in the spotlight, but she also drew attention to her contemporaries in the Harlem Renaissance in her work, including W.E.B. Du Bois.
Faith Ringgold (1930-)
[Faith Ringgold, Echoes of Harlem, 1980]
She's mainly known for her quilts—there are at least 95 of them—but Faith Ringgold is also a talented painter and incorporates that into her work, often adding acrylic layers or drawing with thread. Each piece tells a story, though only one is expressly autobiographical, and they explore issues such as racism, relationships, and slavery, the last of which is particularly poignant as her enslaved great-great grandmother quilted in the home where she was forced to work.
In Cafe Des Artistes we meet her icons, which include Meta Warrick Fuller, Vincent Van Gogh, and Jacob Lawrence. She's also used her work to illustrate her own books, including Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. Ringgold is passionate about using narratives to communicate with other people, and the Harlem Renaissance embraced this.
[Faith Ringgold, Le Cafe Des Artistes, 1994]
Faith Ringgold's work can be found on the walls of West 125th Street Subway in Harlem, where she created two murals. You can also follow her on Twitter (@faithringgold) and read her blog. She's still going strong, working hard on new ideas and interacting with a modern audience.
All three of these women should not only be celebrated as "Important Artists of Color," or "Important Female Artists"; they are those things, but they're also just plain artists, and we can recognize their contribution to painting, textiles, and sculpture on its merit alone. Though they initially achieved recognition during the Harlem Renaissance, they represent a voice that still needs to be heard, in the art world and beyond.
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July 18th, 2013 11:59 PM #31
I don't have anything to add, I just want to say how much I love the suggestion of Morgana Bellicent Aradia
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July 19th, 2013 02:10 AM #33
Villanelle, Bellicent? I recognize most of the others.
Is this supposed to go in name games, or is this the real deal? Are we roleplaying? 50 Shades of Faeries? I'm not here that often so color me perplexed
Barring the two aforementioned names that would be right at home on the next Disney villain, I really like Pandora Louise. Pandora is a very, very cool name.Mystery, you ate Old Man Jenkins!
July 19th, 2013 02:14 AM #35
Also, Ottilie, were you close with Greeneyedmom on another name board? You are like two peas in a pod. Your name lists and descriptions are so alike it is uncanny, although her childrens' names weren't quite so impressive as yours.
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July 19th, 2013 04:20 AM #37
What a fantastic short-list! I'm loving Hespera even more after reading your description-there is so much earthy strength and wisdom in its femininity. She sounds like the kind of girl i'd like to meet. Your description made me think of
Scheherazade- would that be too much as a middle? Hespera Scheherazade Noor maybe? I'm not very good at combos! I like the idea of Hespera being paired with Roxana/Roksana although i know its not on your current list of middles (sorry!); just throwing this out there- Hespera Yvaine Roxana. Others that i love with Hespera- Isolde, Aurora, Eira (was that on the list? I can't remember)
Morgana is so wonderful and powerful. I still think about one of the combos that you were considering when you were pregnant with Dita- Morgana Eos Zephyrine. Oh my goodness, its just so amazing! So elemental and magical. It would definitely be in my all time top NB greats! :-) I also love the thought of Morgana with Ondine.Last edited by freya55; July 19th, 2013 at 07:30 AM.
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Having read through your list I think maybe waiting until baby has been born to name him/her might be a good idea. That way you can wait to see what spirit the baby has (If I remember correctly, Rosalind was pinks and reds, yet her spirit was greeny blue, so you changed her name to Aphrodite) and avoid unnecessary stress and heartache if baby's name doesn't match the spirit.
Just a thought.
I like Pandora best, and I would completely avoid Tinuviel. It doesn't look or sound like a name to me! Hespera and Morgana are okay. Good luck!
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The longtime minor-league infielder who persevered until getting his big-league debut in 2009 at 31 could be on the verge of pushing Augie Ojeda and Darwin Barney for the Cubs lone infield bench opening. He followed a three-hit game Saturday with a 1-for-3 performance Sunday that included a hand in five double plays as the second baseman. Hes batting .438 as the Cubs approach their first major cuts of camp after the day off Wednesday the symbolic starter gun for a sprint for the last roster spots. Hes playing his tail off, said bench coach Pat Listach, the former middle infielder who was acting manager for Sundays split-squad game. I dont know what the final numbers are going to be as far as roster spots and whats available and what were going to do. But hes opening some eyes right now, the last couple of days, especially. Veteran Scales making big push - Chicago Sun-Times
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Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty): The EA issues licences to waste disposal sites in England and Wales. These licences contain conditions to ensure that the activities authorised do not cause pollution of the environment, harm to human health or become seriously detrimental to the amenities of the locality. Conditions will typically stipulate environmental monitoring requirements for surface and groundwaters, leachate, gases and odours. The licence will also contain conditions relating to the aftercare and post closure monitoring of the landfill site until such a time that the licence is surrendered. The agency carries out appropriate periodic inspections of waste management facilities to check and audit operator compliance with the conditions of the licence and to ensure protection of the environment and human health.
Where odour complaints relate to sources or activities regulated by the agency such as licensed landfill sites, the complaint will be fully investigated and managed in accordance with agency procedures. In light of recent legislative developments, the EA is due to issue a public consultation relating to guidance documents on the management of landfill gas. This guidance will be used by the EA, landfill operators and their advisers to achieve a step change in the management of landfill gas. A number of these guidance documents will focus on the management and minimisation of landfill gas emissions, which will have a beneficial impact on reducing odour.
Earl Howe asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Whitty: The Government support horticultural research through the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and through government departments. Research of immediate relevance to the horticulture industry is also funded by the Horticultural Development Council, a levy-funded statutory body.
The goal of the BBSRC is to support science of international quality that is relevant to the council's mission and to the needs of its users and beneficiaries. Funding is allocated to universities and research institutes by a number of mechanisms, mainly through open competition. The agriculture industry, including the horticulture sector, is one of the main beneficiaries of the council's research.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) funds strategic research in support of its published aims and objectives. Individual horticultural research projects are commissioned by
Defra from a number of research providers. A proportion of the available funding is allocated to open competitions in which research proposals are invited from universities, research institutes and other providers.
Earl Howe asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Whitty: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Horticulture and Potatoes Programme consists of fixed-term projects with specified deliverables which are either commissioned individually from research contractors or chosen from among proposals put forward in response to open competitions. A number of such projects will terminate next year in the usual way. The programmes of work identified by Horticulture Research International (HRI) in its annual reports are not directly commissioned by Defra, but encompass work commissioned from a number of customers. The organisation of these programmes is a matter for the management of HRI.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) currently funds HRI on a similar basis to its own sponsored institutes, mainly through a four-year core strategic grant (CSG) that started in April 2002, and will be reviewed in 2005 prior to its potential renewal. The particular programmes of research supported from the CSG and their start and end dates are determined largely by HRI's chief executive, subject to the general direction of BBSRC based on scientific advice obtained in its four-yearly institute assessment exercise. In addition, HRI is able to apply to the council, in competition with other institutions and up to a defined limit, for supplementary grants for specific fixed-term (usually year) projects. There is ongoing turnover of such projects, some of which will come to their scheduled end in 2003.
Earl Howe asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Whitty: A summary of total public funds provided to Horticulture Research International during the financial years 199798 to 200102 and an estimated outturn for the years 200203 and 200304 are set out in the table below.
Year | R&D payments(4) | CMF(5) | Grants for re-structuring and pensions by Defra | Capital & other payments by Defra | Total (£m) |
199798 | 17.1 | | | 1.7 | 18.8 |
199899 | 17.0 | | 5.9 | 0.4 | 23.3 |
19992000 | 16.2 | | | 0.4 | 16.6 |
200001 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 21.1 |
200102 | 15.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 18.8 |
200203 | 15.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 19.4 |
200304 | 13.7 | | 0.1 | 0.2 | 14.0 |
(3) Public funds means income from Defra, other government departments, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the EU.
(4) Figures provided on an accruals basis as shown in HRI's accounts.
(5) Treasury's Capital Modernisation Fund.
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Whitty: The TSE programme was not submitted as a result of an oversight and a subsequent misunderstanding with the Commission. The programme was submitted on 22 October when we asked the Commission to reconsider making an EU contribution. The Commission has now confirmed that it is not legally possible for a payment to be made.
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Whitty: When the Government announced these emerging sheep research findings on 18 November we said we would continue to operate the National Scrapie Plan as normal pending advice from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC). That remains the position. A sub-group of SEAC is meeting in early December to consider the findings. We will then review the situation in the light of SEAC's advice. The research project used intracerebral inoculation, and this is not a natural route of transmission for TSEs. It remains the case that no sheep of the most resistant (ARR/ARR) genotype has been confirmed as having developed a TSE in natural, non-experimental, conditions or experimentally through the oral transmission route.
Lord Northbourne asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baronesss Ashton of Upholland): The joint chief inspectors' report Safeguarding Children, published on 14 October 2002, contains a recommendation that the Department of Health, Home Office, Department for Education and Skills, and the Lord Chancellor's Department should support and facilitate national and local agencies to recruit and retain sufficient levels of appropriately qualified staff, paying particular regard to the image, status, morale, remuneration and working conditions of specialist child protection staff.
The Government have welcomed the publication of this report. They recognise that there is still more to be done to ensure that the highest standards of child protection are applied in every case. That is why they commissioned the joint chief inspectors' report. It is also why the Secretary of State for Health and the Home Secretary set up the statutory inquiry, chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Laming, into the circumstances leading up to, and surrounding, the death of Victoria Climbie. The recommendations of the joint chief inspectors' report and those of the Victoria Climbie inquiry will provide the Government with an authoritative basis for any reforms to child protection that may need to be made, and if reform is necessary the Government will implement it.
The Government have introduced initiatives designed to improve recruitment and retention in these key areas.
All our policies that affect teachers aim not only to encourage new graduates into the profession, but also to ensure that teachers already within it stay. The Chancellor announced in the recent spending review that more money than ever is going direct to schools to enable heads to manage and staff their schools more effectively. There is also funding for Recruitment Strategy Managers, who are currently working in over 100 LEAs across the country helping to provide a co-ordinated local approach to vacancy-filling, with three specialist advisers dedicated to helping schools in challenging circumstances.
Similarly, the national social work recruitment campaign was launched in October 2001 by the Secretary of State for Health. This includes both national and local press and radio advertising and particular efforts are being made in London and the South East where retention and recruitment of social workers is a particular problem. The third phase of the recruitment campaign was launched on 24 October
Why the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs failed to claim the £4 million European Union grant aid which was available for the monitoring of disease such as scrapie and BSE in 2002.[HL218]
Whether they will continue with their plan to establish a scrapie resistant sheep flock, following the recent case of a sheep with the genotype that is most resistant to the brain disease scrapie developing BSE after the infective prion was injected into its brain.[HL221]
Whether they accept the finding of the joint inspectorate review published by Ofsted (October 2002) that staff shortages in key social services, including schools and social services departments, are in some local authorities a problem seriously affecting the quality of the service they offer; and, if so, what action is being taken to remedy these staff shortages.[HL68]
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By Bernie McCoy: When I saw Laura Serrano's retirement announcement, in an open letter to WBAN, I recalled a long-ago line from a boxing lifer in New Orleans. I was doing time on the "States Item" in that old city and we were propped up at the bar in a joint on Canal Street, one of those places that had "We Never Close" block letter painted in the front window. He was discoursing about a guy named Ralph Dupas, a tough-as-barbed-wire fighter out of the Irish Channel neighborhood, a long standing breeding ground for good professional fighters in the Crescent City.. The line, which I remember to this day, was, a reverential, "Ralph Dupas, man, he did boxing..." a high-praise tribute that left one word unsaid and a line used sparingly about only the most admired of fighters. It's a line that fits comfortably into any discussion of Laura Serrano and her departure from the sport of Women's boxing, "Laura Serrano, she did boxing, right." Laura Serrano ended her career exactly the way she began, coming out of a corner, in a professional boxing ring, to face a tough opponent. In a career that spanned 13 years and 23 bouts along with a take-your-pick list of spectacular highlights, that one fact may be what makes singular Serrano's tenure near the top of the sport of Women's boxing. Her debut fight was against a boxer whose record, at the time, was 21-1-1. Serrano was an unknown fighter from Mexico, her opponent was Christy Martin. The bout ended in a six round draw. Serrano's final opponent, more than 13 years later, had an 18-0 record and Laura Serrano traveled to Germany, Ina Menzer's home country, to drop a close ten round decision. Stop and think for a moment and realize those two bouts, separated by 13 years, crystallize what Laura Serrano's career in the ring was all about: taking tough, competitive bouts, literally, from the beginning to the end, coupled with a willingness to go where the tough fighters and the competitive bouts were. "Laura Serrano, she did boxing, right." And just as significant as what Laura Serrano's career in the ring was, in equal measure, it was what her career was not that was just as impressive, maybe even more so. Serrano's 13 years as a professional fighter were never about the constant pursuit of "look-at-me" publicity; there was no ongoing flow of press releases detailing, at mind numbing length, grievances, real and imagined. Her career was never about unseemly "call outs" of opponents or the disparagement of other fighters or the complaining about the up and down vagaries of the sport. Neither was Serrano's career about an accumulation of title belts, which, as the years passed, were rendered essentially obsolete by the sheer, obscene number of titles available. Serrano held two titles, over her 13 years, the WIBF and IWBF lightweight titles. For a fighter who achieved near stratospheric heights in the ring, Serrano, amazingly, remained "under the radar" as far as publicity was concerned. (It's an attribute that seems to have followed her into retirement. Serrano did not respond to a request to contribute to this article.) "Laura Serrano, she did boxing, right." Even now, Serrano's debut bout, in 1994, is the stuff of Hollywood. To put it into proper perspective, one needs only to recall that there, quite simply, has never been anything comparable, since, now or maybe, forever, to the role that Christy Martin played in the sport of Women's boxing at that time. She wasn't the "face of the sport," she was the arms, legs and torso of the sport; a heavy fisted knockout juggernaut with an 18 bout winning streak, including 13 stoppages, most of them in early rounds. Laura Serrano was Sir Edmund Hillary, starting a career with Mount Everest. In the view of ringsiders in Las Vegas that May evening, underneath Julio Chavez/Frankie Randall, Serrano was, merely, "the next woman in line" for Martin. After twelve minutes of bell-to-bell, back and forth action, Serrano "won" 57-57 on all three cards. She "won," quite simply, because the idea that any female boxer, much less a debuting fighter, could stay on even terms for six rounds with Christy Martin, in 1994, was incomprehensible. Eleven months later, back in Las Vegas, for her second pro bout, Serrano unleashed a devastating body attack to stop Deirdre Gogarty in the seventh round of a ten round bout for the WIBF title. Gogarty's six round decision loss to Christy Martin, the following year, would put Martin on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Gogarty didn't fight Serrano again. Neither did Christy Martin. Instead, Serrano embarked, over eight years, on a 14 fight unbeaten skein (a draw with Melissa Del Valle the only non winning bout) against such names as Layla McCarter, Cynthia Prouder, Kelsey Jeffries, Jo Jo Wyman, Alica Ashley, Chevelle Hallback and Tracy Byrd. "Laura Serrano, she did boxing right" That boxing lifer, in New Orleans, never saw Laura Serrano; a ten count tolled for him long before 1994. I'm fairly sure his initial reaction to Serrano would have been something along the line of "skirts and boxing don't mix." But he liked Ralph Dupas, and, I'm pretty sure, given ample opportunity, he would have come to like Laura Serrano. Because he liked fighters who "did boxing......." and Laura Serrano "did boxing......" She did it as "right" as it was possible to do it, from Las Vegas to Germany and all those stops and all those tough fights and all those fighters in between. In her letter to Sue Fox, Serrano offers her "help and advice" for those, still in the sport. I hope she gets some "takers." She will, if there are enough female fighters out there interested in "doing boxing....," doing it right; if not, too bad for them, too bad for the sport.
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I'm Pregnant
> PG after TTC 12+ Months: Pilot Thread...
I'm doing okay. MUCH better than before, though! My nausea has FINALLY ended (still a bit gaggy, but I'll take it) and I've got my asthma about 85% under control. We're moving today, to a new apartment! I'm not looking forward to the actual moving process, but I am excited about the new place. The baby moves a lot now and I think I'm starting to look pregnant (I had just been looking lumpy for a while).
How is everyone? I think this whole thing is beginning to feel real to me. Yeah, even the nausea and vomiting didn't do that for me, but something in the past month has made me feel like there really is a baby coming.
I haven't been on in a while, but wanted to spread some good news-
I conceived in Feb 08 after 2 years and a late first tri miscarraige. We were using clomid+metformin and we were on our last cycle of clomid before moving on.
I had my little boy on Nov 13th at home. All is well, we're both healthy and happy, and all the waiting, testing, trying and crying was so worth it!
Best of luck to everyone here!
puffnstuff, I'm glad you're feeling better!! I'm very slowly building up a baby stash (whatever I can get free or cheap from craigslist) and everytime I"ve gone to pick something up, I get asked, so... are you pregnant? I"m 6 months and wearing maternity clothes, I thought it was pretty obvious!!
So my ego has been bruised a little bit.
The baby definately feels real now! He is very active, especially when I am tell him that Daddy is near and will be kissing him.
And maybe I am just projecting but the baby seems to get really excited whenever I take a shower. I think I may have a water baby on my hands!
Stacymom, congrats!!
Mine loves the shower, too!! I think it likes the warm feeling or the sound or something. It gets all squirmy and I imagine it's dancing. My mom asked "are you sure it likes it? Maybe it doesn't like it and that's why it moves," but it just somehow feels like happy movement to me. Swirly and dancy, not upset or anything. It also seems to like it when I drink warm things like tea or soup, but not quite as much as the shower!
bumping in case we have any new ladies joining....
How is everyone?
Hey Ladies,
Well you all may know that I've had my little BOY January 3rd at home! I'm so happy about it. We're pretty much enjoying our babymoon. Since we live up here in very cold Maine and we're getting an arctic blast, it's keeping us in the house with the exception for Thursday when we go to see the midwife for our after first week appointment. The birth was a very powerful experience and one that I believe I would like to repeat again some day. At this point I'm doing my research on non-hormonal birth control methods. I may just do what my mother did and get a diaphram and a fertilty monitor and call it a day. The other stuff just doesn't do anything for me or I don't like them. Oh yeah, pics can be found in my signature for Rohan (my baby).
Anyways, I hope that the rest of your pregnancies are going well and that you all have wonderful birth experiences. I feel so fulfilled now that I have a little one of my own. It's great!
Yeah!! I was just wondering the other day why MDC didn't have a pregnancy after infertility board!
I'm 36 weeks pregnant with my IVF miracle after 9 years of agonizing infertility treatments. We have male factor - anti-sperm antibodies. We went to a new RE last January to finally "move on" to donor sperm and we got a grant to pay for IVF!!!! Miracle of miracles.
We also have 3 snowflakes on ice at the embryologists - 2 3 day 8 cells and one blastocyst.
Being pregnant is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to us. Just pure bliss! I can't wait to meet my beautiful little girl. Her name is Aellyn.
So happy to meet others who didn't "get pregnant when he looked at me." *gag*
Glad this thread is here now. I want to jump in too.
Like PaigeC, we were dealing with male factor-antisperm antibodies (and that is not all that common from what I gather). Glad to have a comrad in the asa world.
Took us no time with my daughter almost 7 years ago so we had no idea there was a problem. This time, however, it took 37 cycles of frustration and an HSG, clomid challenges, semen analysis (2x), ruptured clomid cyst, 3 medicated IUIs and finally 4 unmedicated IUIs (when they determined I was not a good candidate for clomid) and we were about to move on to IVF. Consultation was set up for Jan 12th, in fact.
A miraculous 7th IUI actually worked!! We were stunned of course.
I am almost 11 weeks now and things look like they are going well.
So it CAN happen. Even when you are completely ready to throw in the towel, things can still work out. WOW.
And, yes, I agree...so nice to hear from other women who didn't get pregnant as an "oopsy".
Awesome Faye! That is so great - congrats on your pregnancy!!!
: How cool to meet someone else with asa problems. (well not cool, but you know what I mean!)
Congratulations to all the newly pregnant women!!
: Well and to all of us!
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How is everyone?
I am doing well! 36 weeks tomorrow and sooooo ready! I can't believe it's almost time for him to be in my arms. I don't know how I'm going to handle it if he decides to come late
KJad29 - Congratulations on your new son!!
: I peeked at your photos and he is adorable! I'm jealous!
Please keep this positive info coming, ladies... I just had to join the TTC 12+ months club and I'm hoping that I'll be graduating to a DDC sometime soon. It's hard to stay positive but I feel much better after reading all of your stories.
Alice, I hope you graduate soon, too. I had just about given up hope myself (but, I mean...of course kept on doing the deed!) when it happened for us. I had even started making serious plans to change grad school programs and other such life changes, so it really caught me off guard and I had to change my plans once again, but I think we've all learned that "planning" life in general is a joke, eh?
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Please keep this positive info coming, ladies... I just had to join the TTC 12+ months club and I'm hoping that I'll be graduating to a DDC sometime soon. It's hard to stay positive but I feel much better after reading all of your stories.
Hi Alice! I remember you from the TTC boards. I'm sorry that you're still waiting
. I know how you feel about trying to stay positive, it is so hard. I didn't wait as long as some - we got pregnant just after 12 months of trying. And we had actually decided to start having testing done the next month, but instead I found out I was pregnant.
Lots of baby dust for you!!
Kemi, I just wanted to say CONGRATS on the babe, he is adorable!!
Gillian, CONGRATS to you too mama!!!
You can see our little miracle in my siggy, he's 6 months old now. The 21 cycles and all the meds to get him here seem like a thing of the past now. We're still totally in love with him.
just bumping...
Talula Fairie
Oooh I never saw this thread before
I will tell my ever-amusing pregnancy stories.
The first time it took us just shy of 2 years to get pregnant successfully. After 18 months I went to a reproductive endocrinologist. She determined I was probably ovulating fine, based on an u/s and the fact that I had very regular 28 to 29 day cycle. We did a semen analysis on my husband and found he had a relatively low sperm count, (28 million sperm per mL versus a normal count which is more like 55-90). The doctor still called our infertility "unexplained" since I was so young (I was 21 at the time) and really should have gotten pregnant by that point. She put me on Clomid but I reacted badly to it so we tried Femara. I got pregnant and it was ectopic (this was December 2003).
At that point, I gave up. We had several stressful things happen during that period, and we weren't getting along very well. I decided to go out, have fun with my friends, enjoy my youth and just give up on having babies. Well, I promptly got pregnant (Feb/March 2004) . I think we had sex TWO WHOLE TIMES that entire month. After years of doing it at least every other day! Obviously it was meant to be.
So the second time, we were sure it would be 6-12 months of trying at least. I was aiming for my kids to be 24 months apart. We started trying when #1 was 7 months old and got pregnant right. away. I'd only had like two post partum periods, I wasn't even sure I was ovulating yet! Obviously I was
This time around, we started trying in Jan of 2008. I got pregnant in late Feb, but had to have a D&C in April due to a blighted ovum
We kept trying and nothing. NOTHING! I took herbs at one point, did everything including the 'not trying but not preventing' thing, but couldn't get pregnant. It was baffling to me a little, to flip from being ultrafertile to not very fertile. Well, I started having health problems in October so we gave up TTC for awhile. I called my OB for a prescription for the pill, but when it was prescribed to me in November, I'd just had my period. I was waiting for December's period to roll around so I could start the pills.
And uh, that period never came
I knew I was pregnant too becuase I had a dream that I was turning test after test positive! Again it was a situation where we'd had sex only two times, and we deliberately avoided my fertile days (obviously not very well!). So this time around, it took just barely shy of 12 months to get pregnant successfully, although I'm not sure if it totally counts since we were NOT trying the last two months. This baby was a surprise, but a wanted surprise nontheless. It's been tough though, becuase I don't think my body was prepared. I have to tough it out with my TMJ pain, my bipolar is better so that's nice but I can't take my bipolar meds either, and I get HG in pregnancy, probably even worse this time becuase my liver wasn't quite up to the task.
I still can't figure out why I get pregnant sometimes and not other times. I never get pregnant when I think I will. It's a crapshoot!
Congrats to all you mamas who tried foreverandever and are pregnant now!
Any more? I am about to hit 16 months and I know I'm going to lose my sh*t when my period comes next week
Stories like this really help me feel like it's still possible.


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After months of speculation as to who would guide the future of the Fred T. Foard football program, the Tigers finally have their man.
Jason Phelps, who spent the past three seasons at Bartlett Yancey High School, was hired as the head football coach at Foard.
Phelps was introduced Wednesday evening in the Fred T. Foard High School cafeteria with parents and students watching in attendance.
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Brilliant Bayou Pumpkin Seed Snack
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1 egg white 2 teaspoons commercial Cajun seasoning powder 1 teaspoon safflower oil 8 ounces shelled, unsalted pumpkin seeds 1 teaspoon salt 8 ounces lite cream cheese, softened Fancy crackers Cayenne powder to taste Methods/stepsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg white, cajun seasoning, and safflower oil. Add the pumpkin seeds and stir to coat. Spread the seeds on a non-stick baking sheet, and sprinkle with the salt. Bake the seeds for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Remove the seeds from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Place them in the refrigerator if you need them to cook down quickly. Place the softened brick of lite cream cheese in a medium mixing bowl. Stir the seeds into the cream cheese and then place the mixture into a small, attractive serving dish. Place the dish on a platter and then put the crackers around the dish. Additional TipsNeighbors stop by unexpectedly? Don't panic. You can whip up this fun snack in less time than it takes to polish off a beer or two. Of course, the trick is to have these ingredients on hand at all times. This is easily accomplished, as pumpkin seeds last practically forever when kept in a cool, dry place in an airtight bag or jar. Reviews |


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What McDonald Means for Unenumerated RightsA. Christopher BryantUniversity of Cincinnati - College of Law September 1, 2010 U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-27 Abstract: In June a splintered Supreme Court held in McDonald v. City of Chicago that the Second Amendment applied to state and local governments. But the case was about much more than handguns. It presented the Court with an unprecedented opportunity to correct its own erroneous precedent and revive the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. The plurality declined the offer not, as Justice Alito's opinion suggested, out of a profound respect for stare decisis, but rather because at least four Justices like the consequences of that ancient error, especially insofar as unenumerated rights are concerned. This observation in turn raises questions about interpretative method and the Court's fidelity to the written Constitution. Number of Pages in PDF File: 23 Keywords: McDonald, Second Amendment, Privileges or Immunities, Fourteenth Amendment JEL Classification: K10 Date posted: September 5, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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This program is available for download in the Ice Stories Polar Media Collection.
Meet Dr. Ethan Brodsky from the U. of Wisconsin, who advised a group of undergraduate students in the design and build of an electric snowmobile. This clean machine has been just the ticket for everyone up at Summit Camp, Greenland: a quiet, non-polluting, fast and powerful alternative to traditional snowmobiles. Much better than hauling stuff in sleds too! Video produced by Ice Stories correspondent Zoe Courville.
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A 65-year-old homeless man who authorities say walked into Providence police headquarters and confessed to an unsolved 1990 killing in the city has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.
An attorney for Daniel Serrano entered the plea during a brief arraignment in Providence Superior Court on Wednesday. He remains detained without bail and is due back in court for a pre-trial conference on June 19.
Authorities say Serrano walked into police headquarters in December and said he wanted to confess to the murder of 32-year-old Michael Holliday, whose body was found in a vacant apartment in February 1990. Police say Serrano told them things that only the killer would know.
Police say Serrano told them he mistook Holliday for another man he wanted to kill for harassing him.
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Caesarea, called also Palaestinae or Maritima to be distinguished from many other towns sharing the same name in the Roman Empire, was founded by Herod the Great and named after his patron Caesar Augustus in the 1st century BC. When Judaea was established as a Roman province in 6 AD, Caesarea became its administrative and military centre. This status was maintained during both the Roman and Byzantine Periods. Palaestina on the Peutinger Map (Tabula Peuntingeriana - an 11th century copy of a 2nd century AD map of the Roman World). North is to the right. Roads are marked in red, names and distances in black. Maps like this must have been extremely useful to travelers like our anonymous pilgrim. As a matter of fact, almost every route taken by him is marked on the map, as are many geographical features like the river Jordan and the Dead Sea. The towns of Caesarea, Scytopolis, Neapolis, Jerusalem, Jericho are all denoted by a pair of small towers. View from the top of Mount Garizim showing:
(1) the ruins of the Hellenistic city and of the Samaritan place of worship in the foreground
(2) the Roman temple on the lower wooded peak, connectet to the town (Flavia Neapolis) by means of a long flight of steps
(3) Mount Ebal in the middleground
(4) the tomb of Joseph in the valley, among the houses (Balata)
(5) Jacob's well at the very foot of the mountain to the right.
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea in the United States. Although C. difficile is widely-recognized as a pathogen among hospitalized populations, CDI has emerged in the community setting but is under-diagnosed. This study sought to increase knowledge about the incidence of, risk factors for, and outcomes associated with community-associated CDI (CA-CDI).
A retrospective nested case-control study was conducted using insurance claims data from the Wellmark Data Repository for the time period between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2007. Persons with CDI were identified and were classified as community-associated CDI and hospital-acquired CDI. During this time, 304 cases of CA-CDI and 338 cases of HA-CDI were identified. Within this population, the incidence rate for CA-CDI was 11.16 cases per 100,000 person-years, whereas the incidence rate for HA-CDI was 12.41 cases per 100,000 person-years.
Conditional logistic regression was utilized to determine the risk for CA-CDI related to pharmacologic exposures, comorbidity, demographic characteristics, and healthcare utilization. Prior to controlling for other risk factors and covariates; being over the age of 50 years, gender, history of hospitalization, number of outpatient physician visits, antimicrobial use, gastric acid suppressant use, underlying comorbidity, and diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease (including IBD, diverticular disease, GERD) were associated with the development of CA-CDI. However, after adjustment for all covariates, increased risk for CA-CDI within this population was consistently associated with antimicrobial use, being between the age of 19 and 74 years, and diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease. Gastric acid suppressant use was a risk factor in a number of models, although this association was not consistent. Furthermore, persons who last received antimicrobials in the previous 150 days and persons who received a greater number of different antimicrobial agents were at increased risk for CA-CDI.
Antimicrobial use was the primary risk factor for CA-CDI, although 27% of cases did not have prior exposure to antimicrobials. In fact, 17% of CA-CDI cases did not have any of the traditional risk factors for CDI (i.e., no antimicrobial or gastric acid suppressant exposure, no underlying illness, and no history of hospitalization). Furthermore, none of the CA-CDI cases underwent surgical procedures attributable to CA-CDI, although approximately 25% of CA-CDI cases were hospitalized with a diagnosis of CDI.
This research demonstrates that CDI is occurring in the community setting and in populations that were previously not considered to be at risk. In this study, the risk factors for CA-CDI were similar to those identified in hospitalized populations, although it was not uncommon for persons to develop CA-CDI without any of these risk factors. Furthermore, the characteristics of persons with CA-CDI and the outcomes in this group were different than those previously reported among hospital-acquired CDI cases. Collectively, this study provides valuable knowledge about the epidemiology of CA-CDI and serves as a foundation for future research.
Clostridium difficile, incidence, risk factors
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Copyright 2010 Jennifer Lee Kuntz


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A mysterious, seemingly global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, the darkness hones in on them alone.
Vanishing On 7th Street doesn't presently have a release date. It was produced by Herrick Entertainment. It stars Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo.
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Automobili Lamborghini
developed by Titus Interactive
Poor control. Subpar graphics (a lot of "fog" in the backgrounds). Difficulty level is rather high.
An attempt to capitalize on the appeal of the Lamborghini automobile brand, this game brings a lot of promise with it but needs some polishing. It boasts an impressive lineup of machines, from easy-to-drive cars to flat-out speed demons, plus there are hidden machies to unlock. Play modes include arcade-style against the clock or a Championship mode with realistic effects like tires wearing out, which affects your control.
The stages look nice but due to processing issues, the sky an track ahead always appear foggy from a distance. The music is generally OK but gets redundant after a while. Even seasoned racing veterans will be frustrated at first by the game's high difficulty level & steep learning curve.
While it's not a bad game on the whole, it feels like more a rush job than anything. It's got the power to be a contender but just not enough in the control department to stay competitive.


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'69 AMC AMX Drag On Lady
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Here it is, original figure in pieces...
Now it looks better.
Test fit. It's quite good, I think.
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Feel free for comments...
Posted 08 September 2010 - 03:20 PM
i am really digging on your work dude!
very nice!
i have wanted one of those kits for a long time, now i will know what to expect "when" i get it!
thank you Nikko!
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Comments welcome!
Posted 20 September 2010 - 04:05 AM
Niko, a suggestion and a bit of constructive criticism ... tone down Shirley's eyes! She looks like she's scared to death!
Oh yes, now when you said it, I think so too! I must do something to it, thank you for that note!
Posted 20 September 2010 - 04:25 AM
what hood came with the stang !!!!
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I thought Shirley had dark hair.
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Posted 04 December 2010 - 09:24 AM
Rear axle isn't so simple thing. I borrowed AMT's AMT Matador rear axle and some plasticine to copy two rear axles. Other one is for Javelin. I pushed those rear axle halves to that plasticine and put that to freezer for 15 minutes. When I took it away from there, I took those axle halves away from plasticine and with bondo, I filled those axle molds. In the morning, I took that bondo away from that plasticine and then I took those copied rear axle halves away from the putty "sheet". Glued them together with Araldit and then some bondo and sanding, now it needs some more bondo and sanding...
Comments are welcome.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 12:06 AM
Wow, how bad they actually look in SuperMacro picture.
Now I'm going to European Championchip drag race here, Finland! In European Championchip standings, Top Fuel leader is Tommy Johnsson JR, but on the second place, Risto Poutiainen from FINLAND! And in Pro Stock, Sampsa Palos from Finland is the leader. He moved to Pro Stock just a little time ago, his first race with Pro Stock was last year Finals in Santa Pod, England.
Posted 29 June 2011 - 03:33 AM
Here's a couple pics of something similar I did when I was building my '49 Mercury...........I've come to hate tub interiors since they intro'd the platform style some years ago.
Keep the pics coming! As you can tell by my avatar............I LOVE AMX'S!
Edit: Whoops! Sorry if my reply seemed out of turn............I didn't see the little disclaimer at the top of the page, until I clicked on the "Add Reply" button and my comment was added! Gregg, you can delete this if you'd like............sorry!
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Posted 04 July 2011 - 07:42 PM
Niko, just a little tip to help you out--------------I would totally cut the side panels away in your interior and work with them that way. It'll make it much easier to do your scribing and painting. When you're done, you could then reattach them as before and it might save you a lot of swearing!
Yes, that would be a good idea. But I was just thinking that if I cut them to single pieces, can I glue them nicely to the interior floor anymore... Don't know, what I'll be doing with them, of course the interior is getting close to painting, so maybe I just let them be and just make the other side modifications too... But for the Javelin, I might cut those door panels off from the floor, because it needs lot more cutting and work...
Posted 12 October 2011 - 07:35 AM
Those door handles, I made from styrene on the last update, I built new ones. They are bit thinner than old ones, and lots of cleaner, they look bit bad on those super macro pictures, but live they are looking much better. I painted the center part of them brown to simulate wood, it needs to be cleared. Then I painted some black, but I didn't realize to use masking tape, so I must do a bit of cleanup before installing those parts.
Also painted the wheels. I painted some gloss black around the bolts of them. I removed paint off from those bolts, so they are chromed. Center knob is painted with clear blue from Revell, then I removed paint from that Gragar-text. Interior floor is now painted matt black and then I put some flocking there, as a carpet. Tomorrow I remove all unnecessary flocking, and then I can start painting the door panels. Pedals needs to be built also, I'm not going to use those from the kit. Also added some styrene to that subframe, it will be the basis of new inner fenders.
First picture shows those door handles on progress, on the lower picture they are how they look right now, needs to do a lot of cleaning etc...
Posted 13 October 2011 - 06:58 AM
Bit more putty to that chassis also, hope after sanding this, it'll be smooth....


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First Foal for Trinniberg is a Filly
Trinniberg, the 2012 champion sprinter, was represented by his first reported foal when a filly produced from Princesspatseattle was foaled Jan. 11 at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y.
Trinniberg, the 2012 champion sprinter, was represented by his first reported foal when a filly produced from Princesspatseattle was foaled Jan. 11 at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y.
Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y. has announced the stud fees for its 2015 roster of six stallions. Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner Trinniberg carries the highest fee at $7,500.
Champion sprinter Trinniberg will shuttle to Haras Ponta Pora in Brazil for Southern Hemisphere stud duties later this year, Lere Visagie's Rockridge Stud announced May 19.
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Tom Simon's Vinery New York announced that six of its stallions standing at Sugar Maple Farm near Poughquag will be moving to Lere Visagie's Rockridge Stud near Hudson beginning with the 2014 season.
Trinniberg's connections believe top competition in the XpressBet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park could bring out the best in the reigning champion sprinter.
While several top finishers from last year's Xpresset Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) return to this year's edition, a hot Southern California-based blazer not from that group figures in Private Zone.
Trinniberg stamped himself as the Genaro family's horse after just missing the 2011 Hopeful Stakes at 68-1. They rooted him all the way through a Breeders' Cup victory and championship in 2012.
A good number of the Oct. 26 works at Santa Anita were by Breeders' Cup candidates getting in major licks before the Nov. 1-2 World Championships, including Classic contenders Mucho Macho Man and Moreno.
The best of the best will be on display at Santa Anita Park Nov. 1-2, with the leading trainers in the United States and Europe pre-entering a star-studded array of talent for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Goldencents worked five furlongs on Santa Anita's main track in 59 seconds flat under leading rider Rafael Bejarano Oct. 18 as he prepares for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
Points Offthebench will take a four-race win streak into the Nov. 2 Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) following a sharp victory in the $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I) Oct. 5.
Winless in three starts this season, champion Trinniberg returns to the track where he won last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), against a strong field in the $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I).
Bahamian Squall upset a strong field of sprinters in the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II) July 6 at Calder Casino & Race Course, earning a potential start in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
Tom LaMarra and Claire Novak take a look at Calder's Summit of Speed race card. They handicap the Smile Sprint Handicap and the Princess Rooney Handicap. Will Jackson Bend be able to handle the talented Trinniberg? watch video
Champion sprinter Trinniberg looks to get back on track in a competitive edition of the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II) July 6 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Former claimer Delaunay increased his win streak to six when he swept past Trinniberg at the head of the stretch and prevailed by an easy four lengths over a sloppy track in the May 4 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II).
Champion sprinter Trinniberg heads a strong field for the 79th running of the $400,000 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) to be run May 4 at the Louisville track.
Racing wide into the turn, Reynaldothewizard got the jump on his competition heading for home and held on to win the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News on Saturday, March 30 at Meydan.
Horses featured include Joy And Fun (orange #5), Great Attack (orange #6), Zazou (blue #4), Trinniberg (gold #2), Medicean Man (orange #11), Animal Kingdom (white #2), Little Mike (yellow #3), He's Had Enough, and more. Watch Video
Dubai Racing Channel's Laura King previews Dubai World Cup Day. Watch Video
Pat Cummings presents an analysis of racing March 30 at the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan in the United Arab Emirates. Presented by AmWest Entertainment.
Dubai is a mix of tough memories and a great opportunity for trainer Shivananda Parbhoo. His last trip to Dubai was last year with ill-fated Giant Ryan. Now he is trying to make racing history with Trinniberg.
Champion Sprinter Trinniberg will try to make history when he faces an expected 12 other starters in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen presented by Gulf News (UAE-I) Saturday, March 30 at Meydan.
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2013 spring sale of 2-year-olds in training is available on the OBS website at obssales.com.
Horse | Trainer | Breeder / Owner |
Angel's Tune | Todd A. Pletcher |
Clip the Coupons | Chad C. Brown |
Hannibal Lecter | John T. Toscano, Jr. |
Jagati | Eddie Kenneally |
Seeker | Marcos Zulueta |
She Digs Me | Henry Dominguez |
Trinniberg | Bisnath Parboo |
Vexor | Cathal A. Lynch |
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Bank of AlbuquerqueS. | ALB | |
Albuquerque Journal S. | ALB | |
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Thanks for the request! UH, be careful with those nails now heh heh heh!
Thank you so much for the add
Take care and feel free to comment on my profile
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