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Have a look at my post under the title
Who else has trouble with the panasonic nv mx7a.
It seems that Panasonic has a lot of answering to do, The one common thread that they up is "bad or faulty tpe". I have used, Sony, TDK Maxell, JVC, Fuji, Standard & Pro Panasonic tapes all with the same problems.
My older son has a JVC cmacorder which he had the same problems with, & I have just found that JVC is a Matsushita company, & they are considering abandoning the brand as the Panasonic brand is selling better.
Ensure that you get it fixed under warranty, & if it persists, demand a full refund under consumer laws. Otherwise you'l be like me in the fair trading tribunal, after Panasonic refused to answer registered mails etc.


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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsNews & Views
Foose Modified Ford Mustangs - Chip On The Block
Chip Foose overhauls the new Mustang with intent to sell-and does at Barrett-Jackson
Horse Sense: While we struggle to pay for a single toy car on our writers' incomes, it never ceases to amaze us how much disposable money is floating around the U.S. economy. Should the Foose Stallion sell in the quantities envisioned, it would represent an annual business of $14 million.
Most Mustang stories are simple, but this isn't one of them. Too many companies and complex creative people are involved to bang the gears in a straight line from here to there. But it's an interesting tale of a fun, new car, and we'll begin at the current Ford Mustang with its refinement and return to core Mustang styling.
Because of the Mustang's broad appeal, it makes sense for specialty firms, such as Unique Performance of Farmers Branch, Texas, to tool up for meaningful volumes. Unique began as a musclecar restoration shop, but partners Doug Hasty, Chris Layne, and Richard Kearby have leveraged the current musclecar hysteria all the way into new musclecar construction. High-dollar, ground-up, big-block Camaro builds and other icons of the big-block era have emerged from Unique and, on the Ford front, Unique is building GT 500Es and GT 350SRs that are fully sanctioned Shelby American continuation automobiles.
While Unique is not a manufacturer on a scale with Ford, with its large assembly plants, armies of workers, and the capacity to design, build, and certify all-new cars from the ground up, Unique is more than three guys and a toolbox. The company's three partners are also partners in an insurance/staffing brokerage, meaning the company is generously self-funded if necessary for start-up or growth, and it has the oomph, people, and physical plant between itself and its partners to assemble the planned 3,000 Foose Mustangs per year.
Oh, yes, Chip Foose. By now he needs little introduction to automotive enthusiasts, thanks to the Overhaulin' television show. By nature generous and easy-going, Chip is gifted with a designer's eye and a businessman's talent for profit. The youngest person ever inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame, Chip's formative years include a degree from the Art Center College of Design-the auto stylists model farm-and a hard stint with Boyd Coddington. Now firmly his own brand, Chip labors as head of Foose Design, which has teamed with Unique to build a line of Foose autos, including the Foose Stallion, the car we're ogling here.
Bringing the Foose Stallion out of the barn has taken some doing. Chip, of course, penned the Mustang's makeover, then worked with Tecstar, a Detroit-based OEM supplier, to develop the actual body parts. Tecstar also has the assembly duties for the main run of Foose Stallions, with Unique participating via engineering and marketing using a business plan to sell up to 3,000 Stallions per year at $38,000 per (more for convertibles, obviously).
For that money, the Foose Stallion buyer is getting a good-looking car with Foose's hot-rod flavor. Foose Design work can be found in the modified hood, side molding, revised grille, fascias, custom side-marker lights, side C-pillar scoops, and rear wing. The wheels are from-where else-Foose's wheel company; they're 20-inchers and carry BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW rubber on "racing-inspired coil springs." Braking is by our old friends at Baer Brakes; their EradiSpeed cross-drilled rotors are fitted front and rear, while Baer front calipers are optional. A modest power boost is gained from a JBA (more old friends) high-flow after-cat exhaust, a high-flow air filter, and what's called a premium-fuel engine-management tune. Power is estimated at 325 hp and Quaker State synthetic lubricants are used throughout.
There are a couple of options, aside from the Baer calipers: sequential taillights and graphics using DuPont's Hot Hues finishes. But the interior treatment is standard. It features embroidered seats and some trim detailing to the dashboard and bits about the cockpit.
Over the white noise of private-jet slipstream, we asked Chip how the Stallions would be sold. "Our plan is to build 3,000 of those each model year and we're looking for a choice number of . . . I think it's maybe five or four dealerships. The only place you'll be able to buy these is those four dealerships. And serial number one, like I said, will be sold today [at Barrett-Jackson] and I know we've got four other ones spoken for so far-one that will be given away by BFGoodrich, and two by Mac Tools this year. And the rest are up for everybody to buy."
That slipstream was courtesy of a Cessna Citation Doug Hasty insisted Chip use the weekend of the Barrett-Jackson auction in Phoenix. A typically atypical weekend for Chip, an episode of Overhaulin' was being taped and the Grand National Roadster Show was on in California-both of which Chip was obligated to. But Doug needed the Foose magic on stage 500 miles away in Phoenix when the Camaro and Foose Stallion went across the auction block, hence the private jet. And, yes, we tagged along to sample the auto-designer-as-rock-star lifestyle.
After touchdown in Phoenix, we got in the limo and were off to the Barrett-Jackson circus where Unique people picked us up in golf carts and whirred us directly to the Unique Performance trailer. Chip watched a drift show next door from atop the trailer for all of five minutes before greeting a long line of people who wanted to meet him.
That line might as well be infinite. No matter where he goes, people are waiting. A few want to do business, a few more appreciate the talent, and everyone wants a piece of the celebrity. As is normal with the stars, a handler is required. Should the official enabler be unavailable, an associate rises to the occasion, which happened at Phoenix. We asked what a normal workload was for Chip and were told he does about 20 interviews in a day, but our visit was an off day due to the excessive travel. The handler, Chip's licensing specialist, explained, "...two, three interviews today. He just had an autograph session in the Unique booth, then around 5:00 or 5:30, the Camaro-number one Camaro-will go on the block and the Mustang will go on the block for the auction, so he'll be back on stage at that time. There are press interviews already set up, and Jim Godfrey from the PR firm already got scheduled. Most likely he'll do another five on the fly-just people picking up interviews as he walks or at events. It seems you hardly recognize his face as there are so many microphones in front of him."
During our visit, he had interviews for TV, radio, and a photo shoot with us, not to mention meeting and greeting potential and established buyers of Unique Performance cars. And Chip was generous and courteous to everyone, to the point of frustrating his business associates who wanted him somewhere else.
For the auction, Chip rode onto the auction platform in the Foose Camaro, waving to the masses. Later, he was on the stand again for the sale of the Foose Mustang, the gray hardtop seen here. Chip was on the platform, along with the Barrett-Jackson auction folks, Unique honchos, and the press. Buying a bidding card at a B-J auction seems as good as having a backstage pass at a Stones concert-every sort of fat-wallet and ego-propelled social mixer pinballs around the auction platform in quantum-theory trajectories. It was bad enough with our camera gear and recorder; the video teams, wired together like a three-man stunt crew climbing Disney's Matterhorn, must have found it nearly impossible in that sea of margaritas and Hawaiian shirts.
More baffling than the crowd-or that every other guy is sporting a big stogie and all the 65-year-old-divorcees pushup bras-are the prices. Such is the cost of exclusivity and low serial numbers: The Foose Mustang sold for $155,000 to the founder of the Discovery Channel. The convertible sold for $81,000 at Barrett-Jackson's West Palm Beach, Florida, bash. But in a class where everyone has plenty of money, or at least acts like it, having the first of a limited edition is worth the price of entry.
We'll stick to the $38,000 version with a three-digit serial number-and from the looks of it, we'll enjoy the heck out of it.


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2 Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations � How should pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and auto access be integrated into the site plan for the station and its environs? � What guidelines underlie the provisions of park-and-ride? When are garages preferable to surface parking? � What provisions should be made for TOD and integrating station access with the surrounding neighborhoods? � Under what circumstances are feeder bus services likely to provide a cost-effective means of providing station access? � What are ways to maximize access at constrained stations? General Guidelines Following are general guidelines on providing access to transit stations. These are described in greater detail in various chapters of this report. � Providing access to rapid transit stations should be a cooperative effort by the transit, street transportation, and planning agencies, as well as the surrounding community. The transit agency should be proactive in this effort. � Station access plans should result from comprehensive and cooperative planning processes that identify needs and opportunities and lead to effective and accepted results. � Station access generally should be multi-modal. � The predominant access travel modes depend upon type of land use, street spacing, and development density, among other factors (see Exhibit 1-1). Walking dominates station access in the city center and in contiguous high-density residential areas. Both walking and bus access are the main means of reaching stations within the central city. Suburban stations are typically serviced by autos, buses, and pedestrians. Exhibit 1-1 provides only a summary of key factors related to access; many other factors also affect the mix of access modes at a given station (e.g., network connectivity). Chapter 4 provides detailed information on the different types of transit stations and the various factors that typically affect access. � Improvements to station access should consider the planned build-out of the station area so as not to conflict with or inhibit future planning. Exhibit 1-1. Land use and development density. Typical Net Typical Distance Residential from City Center Density Primary Arrival Location Type (miles) (people/sq. mi.) Modes 1 Central Business 0�2 NA Pedestrian District Pedestrian Central City 2 � 10 8,000 � 20,000 Bus Park-and-Ride Inner Suburbs 10 � 15 4,000 � 6,000 Bus Outer Suburbs 15 � 25 2,500 � 4,000 Park-and-Ride Exurbia Over 25 Varies Park-and-Ride 1 Primary arrival modes indicate how the majority of riders access the station, although most stations will attract at least some from all access modes.


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|Teacher social justice advocacy for children: a scale development and preliminary validity
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|Social injustices on the school, neighborhood, societal, and family level can affect certain populations of children and these injustices have been associated with school-related consequences, including: unequal access to education opportunities, decreased academic achievement, grade repetition, expulsions and suspensions, and higher dropout rates (Bemak & Chung, 2005; Bowen & Bowen, 1999; Brookes-Gunn & Duncan, 1997; Evans, 2004; Garcia-Reid et al., 2005; Knitzer et al., 1991; Slavin, 1997; Walter, Gouze, & Lim, 2006). In light of this impact, scholars have called teachers to increase social advocacy efforts for students (Athanases & Larrabee, 2003; Bemak & Chung, 2005; Gallagher & Clifford, 2000; McCabe & Rubinson, 2008; Rogers & O'Bryon, 2008). There is limited empirical research and no known instruments measuring teacher advocacy orientation. This dissertation sought to develop the Teacher Social Justice Advocacy Scale (TSJAS) to measure teachers' social justice advocacy orientation, as well as provide support for the validity and reliability of the self-report instrument. Six hundred and seven K-12 teachers in the United States participated in the onlinesurvey study. Methodological procedures used to provide evidence of factor structure, validity, and reliability for the scale included: two randomly split samples of principal axis factoring, comparing TSJAS scores with additional survey instruments to assess convergent and criterion validity, and comparing TSJAS scores with specific demographic and participant data. The stability of TSJAS scores was examined with internal consistency values. Results supported a 22-item scale and three distinct factors: teacher advocacy orientation, social justice awareness, and student empowerment. Bivariate correlations demonstrated positive relationships between the TSJAS subscales and a measure of general social advocacy and political involvement, supporting convergent validity; and a negative relationship with a measure of just world ideology, also supporting convergent validity. No group differences were found on the scale depending on participants' race/ethnicity or sexual orientation. TSJAS scores also evidenced adequate internal consistency reliability. Overall, results support the initial psychometric properties of the TSJAS. The primary implication of this research concerns valid and reliable measurement of teacher social advocacy orientation using TSJAS scores. Directions for future application and research of the TSJAS are provided.
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HDIL sells multiplex biz for Rs 105 cr, to focus on slum rehab projects
Mumbai-based realty major Housing Development and Infra has sold its multiplex business HDIL Entertainment, which runs 33 multiplexes under the brand name Kulraj Broadway, to Carnival Films for Rs 105 crore as part of the group's strategy to exit non-core business and reduce its debt. #Mumbai #HDIL #multiplex #Real estate
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HDIL flat buyers on warpath over builder's failure to deliver
Lalit Rao was just 32 and a newly wed when he decided to book a flat in Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd's (HDIL's) affordable housing project in Kurla West in Mumbai. It was in 2009. He and 800 others are still waiting for their dream home even after completing the entire payment. #HowThisWorks #HDIL #home buyers #Real estate #Late delivery #Rakesh Wadhawan
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BGC remains a green haven with new projects
The path to a greener city is right in our midst—the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. The planned city is already one of the most vibrant in Metro Manila and continues to expand day to day.
Despite the amazing growth, the Global City remains a green haven, flush with landscaping and greenery. Among the new and green projects is Net Lima Building, a pilot project under the Philippine Green Building Council's Berde program (Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence).
Net Lima is a development of The Net Group, one of the pioneer builders around The Fort. The company is headed by entrepreneurs Charlie Rufino and Jacques Dupasquier.
The Net Group is the most invested company in office buildings in Bonifacio Global City, also known as BGC or to the historically inclined, The Fort. From the initial privatization of the 240-hectare Fort Bonifacio in 1995, Charlie and Jacques were pioneer builders with their first project, the Net One Center. Net Square, Net Cube, Net Quad and other buildings followed in short order.
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Net Lima, their latest effort, is also the most startlingly unique, and is centrally located at the junction of 5th Avenue and 26th Street. The building is already one of the most recognizable in Global City, thanks to the diagonal glass frits that provide shade and also make its façade a truly iconic addition to the area.
Among the offices that have encamped at Net Lima is NavarroAmper & Co., the local partner of international accounting powerhouse Deloitte. Greg Navarro, managing partner, aside from providing financial and consulting services, is an advocate of the green movement. Greg has partnered with Philippine Business for Social Progress in furthering his green cause and sustainability message, so Net Lima was a natural choice for his firm.
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Greg also noted that a green building also addresses the health and welfare of his employees, and the Global City address means healthy and clean air for them. Being eco-friendly not only benefits the environment, it also provides numerous advantages for the company, such as the stark decrease in power and water consumption.
Accounting firms are famous for overtime work, especially during this tax season, but NavarroAmper's electricity rates are the same as in their previous location. He finds that Net Lima's aesthetic sunshades supplement its glass walls, which permit maximum utilization of sunlight, and the building's VRF air-conditioning system is far more efficient than outdated centralized air conditioning.
Net Lima also has a water condenser feature, which is connected to the VRF air-conditioning system. The feature has decreased water usage to just a tenth of previous consumption. BGC further complements these systems with its own water recovery system, furthering the green aspect of the entire city.
All in all, Net Lima makes life for tenants like Greg and NavarroAmper much more pleasant. The city is home to vibrant clubs and restaurants, and the Boni High Street and Serendra shopping districts add to the multitude of activities possible. Everything is within walking distance of each other, as the city design promotes less use of cars.
With advocates like the Net Group and NavarroAmper cooperating to build a greener city in Metro Manila, we can only hope that other developers and city officials pursue similar visions. Only then can we have a truly greener and more sustainable Philippines.
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Parking meters: Good deeds or good luck?
Good Samaritan or city revenue producer. Editor Don Whitten is trying to decide if he should continue to help out downtown parkers whose meters are about to expire or just let them alone and boost the city coffers from the tickets and fines that would follow. (October 29, 2014, Page 4A)
Lots of Good Samaritans around the community
Local columnist T.J. Ray continues to point out Good Samaritans – Meals on Wheels, Interfaith Compassion Ministries, American Red Cross, et cetera – around the Lafayette-Oxford-University community that we can all help in some way. (December 30, 2011, Page 4A)
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Remember the story of the Good Samaritan. Local columnist T.J. Ray reminds readers of the story and tells how we can be good Samaritans locally by helping with local organizations such as The Pantry. (December 20, 2011, Page 4A)
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Most know the story of the Good Samaritan, but how many of us practice charity with any regularity? Local columnist T.J. Ray takes a closer look at a handout he got the other day that explores the Indian Creed. Two principles he mentions involve not being greedy when others are in need and being in service to others. (April 15, 2011, Page 4A)


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Hi Dell SX270 with Celeron 2.2 GHZ cpu, 2 GB ram,on board graphics, XP pro. trying to hook this up through my Panasonic TV via the pc input. When the boot up starts tv displays the welcome win xp screen then as the process progresses the tv screen goes black and nothing else is displayed although the pc is clicking away. any ideas please regards
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How did you connect to the monitor? VGA or DVi
I think as XP boots the graphics driver its switching away from the VGA output hence on TV picture
Try reconnecting the monitor and setting the TV as second screen in Settings and assign a Key to switch screens which you can then press when connected to TV.
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thanks for your reply. the pc connects to the tv via vga from dvi at pc via dvi to vga cable, what I don't get is that there is some graphics displayed during initial boot up through the tv as said above. can you explain your suggestion in a more simpler way.
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On boot only a basic graphics display is used (you see a picture of XP loading bars)
as XP loads a display driver for your graphics card you are losing the picture, because the display settings are for the monitor and do not suit your TV.
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Thanks fruit bat, I didn't know that but I had an inkling the graphics output had something to do with it, this pc I'm trying to use has on board graphics and cannot be upgraded as there are no expansion slots, Regards
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The usual problem is too high a refresh rate for flat screen TVs
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hi,,,here's some more answers to various questions raised recently,,,,
the mystique regarding repairing /re-building/truing the GS series wheel is WELL deserved....ricardo kuhn and john mc donald wrote a 15 page thesis chronicaling their adventures at trying to true/rebuild these wheels...i can save ya the read by warning you ahead of time that ya are entering a territory that is akin to the giant whirlpools of our oceans...the ones that will suck you down and leave you wandering into ever murkier corners,,,a labyrinth of confusing effects in unexpected locations for every twist of your wrist....CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!
.....AND that's with a straight rim!!!!!!.....you
WILL NOT stand a GHOST OF A CHANCE
with an even slightly warped/bent rim!!!!!!
yesterday,,,i straightened the front rim of a GS .120" major flat-spot and .090" lateral runout,,,,needless to say his symptoms of shaking handlebars were well founded....6 hours of R&D time at trying various /alternative ways to dealing with the one major (.120") and 5 minor (.080-.020)flat spots on his rim yielded several new techniques at saving your rims and your money,,,,net result....the wheel ran true,,, way under BMW's allowable .060" runout specs at half the cost of a new one
WELD AREA DIVOT...FYI,,,whoever is responsible for grinding down the material at the weld joint on the bead is excessively removing the material at the joint yielding a .020"-.080'' divot on the bead seating surface.....this customer's divot measured .050" !!! and left a tell-tale mark where the tire was seriously trying to fill the divot,,,you could actually see a slight deformation in the sidewalls of the tire in that location,,,, Rx,,some scotchbrite, J&B WELD and a quick spin in our lathe had the bead back where it should have been from the factory,,,,
YES,,,we can make wire wheels tubeless,,,,HOWEVER we only seal rims that have the safety bead on them...all the old rims pre tubeless had much looser specs since the tube was counted on to hold the tire against beads,,, tubeless tire and rim/wheel manufactures agreed to a new international standard including the addition of the safety bead,,,tires have to really pop up and over this bead,,hence the extra energy required at dismounting tubeless tires as many of you may have experienced....PLEASE do not drive over your tires to dismount them,,,,you will only add to my work-load...
YES!!! that is the BMW GS wire wheel assembly machine and its technician that i referred to in my article,,,,don't know how to download it to this spot,,, it was in another thread,,,here's a link to the picture on my website #12/60
NEW for 2012,,,my all new super-duty ss spokes and ss nipples for you heavy duty Adventure riders.....
as well as the ss nipples for all the OEM 3.5mm spokes!!!.....No More rusting ,corroding nipples with 1/8'' =2-3mm of thread showing...thes babies are 3mm longer than oem and stunningly machined.....
will get pics n prices soon
stainless or chrome spokes????,,,,i only use stainless spokes made by buchannans or the factory BMW versions,,,,for any serious rebuilds,,,the chromed ones are only used for rebuilding street versions or low budget patching of the older GS wheels which came with chromed spokes,,,,if ya need shiny,,,we show polish ss spokes for $1each,,,,,main differences,,,chrome has a cold look to it ,,,polished ss looks warm,,,ss spokes won't rust like chrome and the shine remains a long time without much maintenance,,,,NEXT,,,the ss pokes are less brittle than their chromed counterparts,,,something in the chroming process makes them more brittle than the original bare steel ,,,the chromed spokes break under the head and where the threads begin,,, the ss ones usually at the juncture where the thread begins,,,
REPLACING spokes,,preferably do no more than one at a time as advised in your service manual,,,,you MUST take a punch and tap the head of the spoke in order to seat the spoke and then re-torque it or tighten to match the ring of the adjacent spokes,,,your old rim will already have a notch that you should be able to feel when you spin the spoke,,,ALL new rims installed by us have the heads seated in an additional process that is reflected in the higher cost of re-building these wheels
SET/GRUB screws,,,ALL the wheels and parts diagrams i've seen have these little set screws installed,,,,it's these little screws that i didn't know about til the late '90s that thwarted all my earliest attempts at truing these wheels,,,i would bang up against these grub screws without knowing it thinking had bottomed out and there was no more tightening available to me ,,,,frustrated i threw in the towel after 4 days of monkeying around,,once the epiphany hit me that these set screws where there,,,,i revisited these wheels and fiqured out the rest,,,,with all the dirt in the nipple hole it is easy to miss them,,,these screws are so tiny ,,require a 2mm allen,,,and if ya don't want to add to your woes,,,CLEAN out all the dirt embedded in their heads,,,we use dental picks and compressed air and charge you accordingly,,,otherwise you will strip the allen head because the dirt embedded in them doesn't allow your allen wrench to drop in for the required purchase,,,,i personally think that the wheels can survive without them ...IF all the spokes are tight and the heads seated in,,,,,once the spokes get loose however,,,the nipples could start unwinding,,hence BMWs pro-active insurance policy of over engineering thus adding to your safety
here's why i never saw them..the grub-screws..thanks poolside for pics..
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Got the skins today. They look great. Can't wait to get to the bench and tie up some soft hackles and nymphs..
Great bug, very nicely tied, excellent SBS.
I will be trying to reproduce a dozen tomorrow. Wish me luck.
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Been there done that, (a few times)
Use mine for BWO nymphs.
Actually it is closer to four pounds.
QUOTE=stcroixguy;504917]Weight? I guess about 5 pounds. It's heavier than the stock Rinzetti base. It doesn't move around when I'm butchering...
Weight? I guess about 5 pounds. It's heavier than the stock Rinzetti base. It doesn't move around when I'm butchering ( attempting to tie ) a basic fly pattern. A little heavy to be portable.
Made mine. One inch aluminum, with a magnet inserted (under the hooks). Went with gloss white to reflect light.
Rinzetti traveler. Hands down best vise for the money. (IMHO)
Nice pictures, good story. BUT:
If I were the person that lived there, I would NOT want pics of my house and directions to get there posted on the web.
I tie theses in green,
Humpy, madam x, Turks tarantula and always the green drake.
For nymphs, green copper john, pheasant (in olive actually) tail and woolly bugger.
I fish theses...
I pretty much tie that same fly, with a dark head. Just change the body color per bug. Olive,tan,grey, white or yellow. Covers all my may fly needs. I find color not as important as size or shape.
SBS would be great .
Even I could catch with those.
I tie almost that exact fly, (October caddis), just add a simple sparse black soft hackle.
This fly is a killer swung for cuts, I landed a 10lb steelhead on that fly also. More fancy doesn't...
Very nice. I tie something close to that, but not nearly as elegant.
Those are some smart looking vise jaws, might I inquire as to their make?
Never been to a fish in. Would love to.
What what waters do you all fish that are near by?
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That fly will catch fish.
That being said, I am not a fan of CDC feathers on a dry fly. If not very careful the CDC gets wet and the fly rides low in the water. Sometimes a fly " half sunk in the...
No names, that was not the point of this thread. I do have other hackle from the same brand and it is GREAT, also, the dealer I bought them from is wonderful and I have had very good experiences...
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On Saturday, college basketball fans will finally get to see America's two biggest little schools play each other at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse with all the trimmings: A prime-time tip and a national audience on ESPN.
"You talk about the Final Four, bucket list. You talk about Maui (Invitational), bucket list, Preseason NIT, bucket list," Butler coach Brad Stevens said. "So when (College) GameDay comes to town, you play when they tell you to play."
The showcase also happens to pit two of America's best teams, No. 8 Gonzaga and No. 13 Butler, and both are on a roll.
After beating Portland on Thursday night, Gonzaga practiced Friday afternoon at Mountain View High School in Vancouver before boarding a flight for Indiana.
Two-time national runner-up Butler (15-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10) has won 12 straight since losing to Illinois in Maui two months ago. It has already upset then-No. 1 Indiana and then-No. 9 North Carolina, as well as three traditional A-10 front-runners in St. Joseph's, Dayton and Richmond.
It has beaten teams from the ACC (North Carolina), Big East (Marquette) SEC (Vanderbilt) and two Big Ten schools (Indiana and Northwestern), none of them at Hinkle.
A win this weekend would make this the first Butler team to beat three top 10 teams in one season.
One thing fans won't see is Butler's top scorer, Rotnei Clarke, who will miss his second straight game with a severely sprained neck. It didn't bother them in Wednesday's 62-47 win over Richmond, and the Bulldogs insist they won't do anything different Saturday, either.
"It's just our next game," said 7-foot center Andrew Smith, the only active college player to start in two national championship games. "They're a great team, but we'll play just as hard as we always do."
The Zags, meanwhile, are making a cross-country journey less than 48 hours after playing at Portland.
Gonzaga (17-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference) has won eight straight, is off to the best start in school history and has its own laundry list of big-time wins. The Zags have beaten Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and West Virginia of the Big 12, Clemson of the ACC and Washington State of the Pac-12. Like Butler, Gonzaga's only loss came to Illinois.
Unlike Butler, the Zags have never reached a Final Four and haven't played in a regional final since 1999.
Maybe that will change in 2013. These Zags are big, strong and deep as Portland found out when 7-foot center Kelly Olynyk, the WCC's top scorer, spent 14 minutes of the first half on the bench because of foul trouble. Gonzaga still won 71-49.
"They have the No. 1 frontcourt in the country," Portland coach Eric Reveno said after the game. "We forced them to go to Plan B, and their Plan B is almost as good as Plan A."


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MILWAUKEE Tim Wakefield's agent issued what amounted to a challenge to the Red Sox this afternoon. Barry Meister said that if the Red Sox don't bring the 45-year-old knuckleballer back, "he's going to win 15 games somewhere else."
"Tim's going to play again, absolutely," Meister said in the lobby of the Pfister Hotel. "I hope it's with Boston and I've expressed that to them. I feel strongly that he can pitch and pitch effectively whether it's in a starter's role or in that hybrid role. I just think if he didn't pitch for the Boston Red Sox it would be a shame. If not, we've got a lot of teams that have called and we're entertaining their offers."
The Sox, according to Meister, are focusing on their search for a manager and will deal with Wakefield later on.
Wakefield was 7-8 with a 5.12 ERA in 33 games (23 starts) last season. He was 2-5, 5.55 after the All-Star break. Wakefield is 11-18, 5.22 over the last two seasons.
"He loves being a Red Sock and he loves being a baseball player," Meister said. "If for some reason they don't feel like he can play, well he's going to win 15 games somewhere else and show them that, once again, they've underestimated him."
Wakefield last won 15 games in 2007.
"He loves Boston," Meister said. "Whether it's his charity or The Jimmy Fund, this is his community and he feels like he can help this club. He feels like he has unfinished business."
In what sense?
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Wakefield has been with the Red Sox for 17 seasons and has won 186 games, six shy of tying Cy Young and Roger Clemens for the franchise record.
Meister mentioned the idea of Wakefield pitching in the National League, saying that his research shows knuckleballers who switch from the AL to the NL show a significant improvement in their ERA.
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Wakefield told Fox Sports in September that he wanted to return because fans "deserved" to see him break the franchise wins record. Meister claimed Wakefield is more intent on winning another World Series.


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Located just outside Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Gramacho, Brazil, is the world's largest garbage landfill. Modern artist, Vik Muniz works with the so-called catadores, the men and women who pick through the refuse, to create art out of recycled materials. Muniz selects six of the garbage pickers to pose as subjects in a series of photographs mimicking famous paintings. In his desire to assist the catadores and change their lives, Muniz finds himself changed as well.
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Some people, when they're suffering from a broken heart, have a tendency to express their hurt by saying stupid, vindictive things to or about the person they love. Things like "f**k you," and "Oh sh*t, she's a gold-digger." Cee-Lo Green knows exactly what I'm talking about, judging by the newly-released lead single off his senior solo set. On Only You, premiered Tuesday via Rolling Stone, the R&B heavyweight lets an ex-girl know that is feelings for her haven't changed, despite his lashing out at her in the past. Elektra/Atlantic labelmate Lauriana Mae plays the woman in question, echoing Green's romantic longing in her guest verse and chorus, and an uncredited beatsmith provides a lush, pop-soul backdrop for their duet. How about it, readers: is Only You worthy to stand alongside the Cee-Lo's previous solo hits? Debate away—and keep it locked for the latest on the singer's unscheduled forthcoming set, Cee Lo Green… Is Everybody's Brother.
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The programme does not merely end with imparting training to the selected villagers. It will also document the traditional user, inventorise the local name for the species, take up activity on specimen collection and finally an easy-to-use reference guide on local biodiversity will be prepared with the collected data.
Dr. Pisupati said: "In the present day context, taxonomy as a subject of study is not as attractive as it used to be two decades ago. Moreover, the students are not aware of the plants, trees, birds or animals found close to their homes. So the programme will provide an opportunity to the locals to learn on the biodiversity found in their area, how to identify them and on how to collect and record the local names used by the farmers."
The programme will be initially launched in Gujarat, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh. A total of 25 villagers from each State would be imparted training by a team of resource persons, numbering four per State. They will cover subjects such as medicinal plants, agricultural biodiversity, fodder crops, birds and endemic animals.
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Although planners of California's bullet train won praise last week for candor about the train's cost, an analysis of their 230-page plan shows they are still making highly speculative assumptions about funding and ridership.
Despite hostility towards the project from Republicans in Congress, the California High-Speed Rail Authority expects to receive $55 billion in federal grants – including $13 billion in the next 10 years.
The planners are also counting on Congress to approve a new form of infrastructure bonds – and to get 27 percent, or $13 billion, of all those bonds issued nationwide.
And they expect to draw $11 billion in private capital, based on ridership estimates that suggest Merced will draw more passengers than Penn Station in New York City.
The business plan portrays a project that will be rolling in money – eventually billions of dollars in profits annually – but only after it begins carrying passengers in 2022.
Until then it will depend on billions of dollars every year from congressional leaders who have labeled it a boondoggle.
The rail authority is proposing to build the project in phases – the same way, the business plan notes, that California built the mammoth State Water Project and I-5 through the Central Valley during the 1960s and '70s.
There is, however, a key difference between those projects and high-speed rail: Those earlier projects had dedicated streams of money that kept engineers and construction crews busy, year after year, decade after decade.
The state will spend all of its current federal grant money on the first 130 miles of track from Bakersfield to Fresno.
Despite the mocking nickname critics have given that link – "the train to nowhere" – it will have no train. There is no money in the budget for a high-speed train on that segment.
The backup plan is to let Amtrak run its heavy, 79 mph engines on the new tracks. That will shave 45 minutes off the 2 1/2-hour run between Bakersfield and Fresno. A million passengers a year take that ride.
If there is ever to be a high-speed train in California, it will arrive with the second phase, after the authority extends the tracks some 100 miles to the north or south of that first segment, to either San Jose or the San Fernando Valley.
Total price tag for the second phase: between $19.4 billion and $25.8 billion. The authority will spend all its remaining state bond money – $5 billion – on that second phase. It hopes to somehow raise $7 billion to $8.5 billion in federal grants from 2015 to 2021.
As for the remaining $12 billion to $13 billion needed for the second phase, the authority is banking on something that Congress has not even authorized: "qualified tax credit bonds."
Legislation proposed earlier this year by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and John Hoeven, R-N.D., would create a 10-year, $50 billion pool of these bonds for sale to private investors to fund transportation improvements.
The rail authority needs 26 percent of the national total to help put high-speed rail in operation.


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BNSF's investment program this year is expected to reach an estimated $4.1 billion to deal with burgeoning oil carloads and intermodal expansion plans. "This record capital plan continues our long-term focus on ensuring our network is prepared for the growing U.S. demand for freight rail," said BNSF Chairman and CEO Matthew Rose. "We are focused on investing to meet our customers' expectations and to expand capacity where growth is occurring."
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Mary E. Lowd is a science-fiction and furry writer in Eugene, Oregon. She's had more than fifty short stories published by various magazines and anthologies, and her first novel, "Otters In Space," was picked up by a small press after a year and half of being self-published. The sequel, "Otters In Space 2: Jupiter, Deadly," came out in the summer of 2013. Her fiction has won an Ursa Major Award and two Cóyotl Awards. She's a member of SFWA, the Furry Writers' Guild, a judge for the Cat Writers' Association, and co-chair of her local critique group, the Wordos. She lives with her husband, two children, three dogs, three cats, and zero otters.
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Villainous cat, zombie mice...this story is really great! Don't miss the follow-up story Shreddy and the Zomb-dogs. Ms. Lowd, as usual, hits this short story out of the park.
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It was cute and horrifying at the same time. Also looking forward to the Cat Havana sequal!
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Inside every cat there is a supervillain just waiting to get out!
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Entertaining story :)Hope there'll be more such short stories on the way.
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on Jan. 13, 2011 :
Enjoyed the story, inventive and funny. Highly recommended.
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Very fun and entertaining.
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Rating: 4 - I Really Liked It
Shreddy, a disgruntled cat, discovers the ability to bring back mice from the dead with the help of a broken All-In-One machine. He devises an evil plan to use the mice to get at the yummy orchid his owner has cordoned off to protect it from Shreddy.
This was a quirky, fun, and quick read that any cat lover is bound to appreciate. I'm not sure I "got" the ending but I enjoyed the story nonetheless. I often find short stories to to be unsatisfying but this one did not disappoint. I'd love to read more of Shreddy's adventures and hopefully there will be some more to come in the future. And hey, it's free! Can't be that with dead mouse ;)
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"The Necromouser" is a fun short story about a cat turned mad scientist.
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