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Which one for INDIA? "S10 or GSA"
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Kindly assist me with my dilemma.<o:p></o:p>
I work in Middle east and usually take 2-3 vacations a year and have been riding my 2000 Model Yamaha TDM 850 back home since last 4 years, for about 2 weeks every time I visit home. Rest of the time the bike is parked with my Mechanic in his workshop. I have put on lots of after market parts to my TDM and it looks close to big bore adventure bike. Few things I don't like about the bike is less ground clearance, low fuel average, less dirt worthy. I believe the weight is close to 225 Kgs when wet, but this was manageable as I am 5.9 tall and balance the bike well in any situation.<o:p></o:p>
Since few months I am thinking of upgrading for full size adventure bikes. After few websites and reading adventure forums I landed up to go for S10 or GSA. I have not tried any of those so far and even not had test rides. To own these bikes brand new it will cost me as below in India due to customs and Regional Transport Office charges (insurance/registration/number plates/road tax/etc..):<o:p></o:p>
BMW R1200 GS Adventure: 42,000 US$ (Available through order in BMW showrooms across India, nearest one is 30 Kms from my house.)<o:p></o:p>
Yamaha Super Tenere 1200: 32,000 US$ (Have to purchase in Dubai or Oman and then export it to India)<o:p></o:p>
Considering my type of use, which is Using 2-3 weeks (3000 Kms) every 4 months and then parking for 4 long months, which of this two is more suitable to India? Also considering 4 months Rain, 4 months Summer and 4 months Winter. <o:p></o:p>
I may not be happy if I get S10 and later see it nearly same as TDM with terms of performance and riding features.<o:p></o:p>
Looking for advise from Guru's and expert adventure riders here. Below are some pics.<o:p></o:p>
Thanks & Best Regards.<o:p></o:p>
Rezy :evil
Some pics here:http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...98401&page=157
Besides, those two, although comfortable, are very heavy, and they´re not real dirtbikes. Also the big engines won´t be particularly economical.
I have no idea, how easily you can get spare parts for those bikes in India? I rode from Europe to India, and across India (Amritsar-Delhi-Agra-Mumbai-Kochin-Chennai) on my Suzuki bike 5 years ago, and certainly seemed like there weren´t any spares easily available for my bike (but luckily I did not have to search for them, so I don´t really know). Also tyres for the wheel sizes of big bikes seemed to be rare.
Generally I think a big trailie bike is well suited for India, because even the roads always seemed to be at least a little bumpy... but me, I would not need 1200cc for India, even my 650 Suzuki had plenty of power for my needs (and I did this trip two-up, my girlfriend was my pillion, and with luggage for 6 months trip). But I´m no guru, and I can only speak for myself of course.
Keep riding the TDM.. Your other two choices might give you 10% more but for a lot more money.. Or look at a cheaper alternative such as Suzuki's DL1000 or DL650. But if you really wanted to spend the money, I'd go with the most reliable option: S10.
My thoughts exactly.
Thanks Pecha.. & GB
Now almost every major town in india has super bike clubs or group, spares are available and Ebay is always there, its just that they are expensive. I will keep evaluvating for a while untill i finalize. Will be updating more info shortly.
I've owned both bikes you're interested in.. For your uses, I'd pick the S10 hands down. The dry clutch on the GSA cannot take the abuse of a wet clutch, in the situation shown in your picture of the TDM going up the stairs. A worn out wet clutch on the S10 can be easily accessed and replaced. Replacing a worn clutch on a GSA is a very labor intensive job where the bike needs to be split in half to access the clutch. The S10 is a well sorted machine, and you don't need to be married to the BMW dealer for servicing and hooking up the bike to their service computer.
If you find the TDM's clearance too low, you can spend some money on a taller shock and save all that money on a new bike for something else. Plus it's a pity to spend all that money on a bike that just sits for most of the year unused.
Talking from another developing country: I wouldn't buy a new bike from a manufacturer that doesn't seem interested in my money. You said that you'd have to import the S10 by yourself, right? That means that Yamaha India doesn't offer it in the country. Well, if Yamaha doesn't even bother with the people who want a S10, why should you? Take your money somewhere else.
The same happens a lot here in Brazil. Suzuki, for instance, is the only japanese big-four that doesn't have an official representation here. They sell their bikes through a local, and exclusive, distributor. And, let's put it this way, this distributor doesn't give a shit for its customers (examples abound). If Suzuki HQ doesn't care how buyers of its bikes are being treated in a huge country (4th ot 5th biggest market in the world, depending on who's counting), well, they won't ever see a penny from me.
There were two predestrian crossing bridges next to each other just 15 meteres apart, the stone bridge is probably 75 yrs old 2 feet width and villagers stopped me from crossing it over the bridge with the bike, fearing if it may crack and break. So i had to go for photo session, which otherwise i was planning to cross.
The another bridge is a concrate bride which is 15 years old and looks as if it can stand another 5 years due to poor quality of steel and construction, for which villagers are worried and advised not to put vibrating load and heavy bike on narrow stone bridge.
All Japaneese and European firms have launched sports bike officialy in big showrooms across the country, in some occasion Ducati & Harley bikes selling as high as 1,25,000 US$ and there are nerds buying them.
India has landscape more like Brazil, its now or later dual purpose bikes will be in market place and being very much practical.
I dont know, i would have gone with the flow.. but the bridge was still solid to passby and provided chance i would have tried it.
Both are too big
Both the 1200GS and S10 are too big for India and its crowded roads. How I know is few of my mates own the GS in India and barely ride it. Parts are not as easily available as you think. The BMW showroom will charge you a kidney and other vital organs every time you visit them. A bike I'd highly recommend and one that is easily available in India is the BMW F650 Funduro. I used one in Bangalore and enjoyed every bit of it! Also, have read that they plan to launch the S10 in India in 2013 for about $ 33K :huh
Thanks for the update on S10 future release, If you in Oman then couple of S10 will be soon in Azaiba showroom , i will keep updating this thread.
I cant get over THOSE prices!!!:huh
If it was me -just because of preventive measures- I would spend the extra cash and avoid possible import dramas and go with the one I can get parts and service with ease.
Then again muddysoles seems to have experience on the subject.
What about something lighter? Is KTM available?
We usually have bikes between 150 CC to 250 CC, but almost all like street bikes.
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Fleta grew up on the west coast of Florida, on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. After traveling around the United States and living in San Francisco, Oregon and Virginia, she settled in Asheville, North Carolina in 1981.
"I have always been attracted to beautiful and historic places populated with interesting and artistically inclined people. After visiting Asheville briefly, I decided this was a perfect place to live and work. I love the thriving arts community, and enjoy working and teaching in a poetically timeworn 100 year old warehouse in the River Arts District of Asheville."
The oldest of seven children, she began painting in oils and pastels at an early age. Her earliest works still in existence are pastel copies of Bottecelli paintings, executed at age twelve.
"I have heard it said that an artist only has to look at the art work they created as a child to see the directions and themes that will resonate in their adult work. That is certainly true with me. I experimented with all kinds of materials as a kid – marbling paper with oil paint, making handmade paper, drawing and painting and creating costumes. I would read about some new technique or see some interesting art, and the next thing you knew I was trying it out. Naturally, most of my experimentation took place outside! Now, I love to paint people I know, experiment with mixed media in my paintings and push the image toward abstraction. I am always seeking an essence of thought and feeling when I combine imagery with materials. There is an unbroken thread that weaves through all my work, no matter what materials I use or which techniques I employ. The Gulf of Mexico strongly influenced my visual, spiritual and philosophical senses as have the Mountains here in North Carolina."
Enjoying both an urban and rural experience, Fleta works and teaches in her studio at Riverview Station near downtown Asheville. She and her family share a country home near the city with Peanut, the famous gallery dog, two cats, Jax and Vash, a feisty Quaker parrot named Elvira and a yard populated with hummingbirds, rabbits, opossum and deer.
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Coral Reef #3
6x6 Encaustic Mixed Media Relief Sculpture
Coral Reef #1
6x6 Encaustic and Mixed Media relief sculpture
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6x6 Encaustic and Mixed Media Relief Sculpture
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Deep End
Oil on Panel, 12 x 12
Light Caress
Oil on Panel, 24 x 24, available
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Escaping the Fire
Irresistible Desire
Dark Matter - Soft Landing
Encaustic on panel, 16 x 16Sold
The Lake - Escape
Encaustic on panel, sold
Nightside #9
Oil on Panel
Art has always been a part of my life. My watercolors have something new to say to the viewer. Improvised on the urban landscape - gritty, stark, rough - engaging a deeper emotion - using shadow, texture, color, and glazes moving my art to a more complex tonality. My art evokes an emotion that helps you take the journey with me to that place, into that world.
My studio is the ever-changing world around me. I am an avid bicyclist, swimmer and walker. I do long distance bike trips and paint and photograph as I go. I love visiting noisy cities and bustling streets. Every day is a different wonder, a new world to live in the moment. My work is created from the occasion that makes it unique and with its own particular style. The style is a product of the time and place. The versatility is my signature.
My background as a theatrical set and lighting designer has allowed me to incorporate my knowledge of light and shadow, large and small-scale objects, textures and colors to culminate in the artistic drama I want the viewer to enjoy. My motivation for continuing to paint is for both you and I to escape for a moment to another place and find joy in reliving the moment together. I cherish my continuing fascination of the world and treasure my history.
I am a baby boomer, born in Bird City, Kansas. I lived in western Kansas throughout childhood. My "hood" was a group of 11 boys and no girls. My father was an industrial arts teacher and furniture builder; my mother was a first grade teacher and oil painter. I grew up with a hammer in one hand, a paintbrush in the other and a tough kid attitude. Eventually I got involved in a large regional theatre-Music Theatre of Wichita. I worked as a scenic artist at MTW for five years and met many designers, actors and technicians from New York.
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Quiet in Central Park
Defying Nemo
Out of the Tunnel
Amsterdam Canal
Katrina has emerged from a 28 year Naval career into an art euphoric state. Call it an "artistic hiatus" between the times she was selected as "Most Artistic" in her senior year of high school, to now (a few years later), a full time student at UNCA, completing a Bachelors of Fine Art Certificate in studio art.
It was after retiring to Asheville in 2007 and embracing the Art culture that makes up that town, that Katrina began her insatiable desire for "all things art." It's in this atmosphere amongst other artists that she thrives, and the artist within has become apparent.
With every art workshop and UNCA course completed, comes another creation and desire to create more. Still undecided on a BFA concentration, it's likely between printmaking, sculpture or painting, but you know, it's hard to pick just one!
So for now, that's what you'll see her creating: Prints (Intaglio and Monotypes); Paintings (Oil, Acrylics, Wax and Watercolor) and Sculpture (sky's the limit!).
The decision to take a studio space at 310 in The Peabody Gallery, feeds her already insatiable appetite for art.
Bet has a great sense of humor, but tell her a joke and she gets a blank look and says, "I don't get it", then laughs ten minutes later when she does. This is similar to her entry into the art world.
Having taught digital imaging, website development, and desktop publishing, her progression into photography was a given. So naturally, she began her artistic career as a photographer of realistic images. Her favorite subjects depicted her love of the mountains, lakes, and culture of Western North Carolina.
Wanting to take her photography to another level, she began incorporating her images into encaustic paintings. "I love the scent of the beeswax, the surprises similar to water colors, and the many ways I can use images in this ancient medium which is now so popular."
"What I like about my new abstracts and monotypes is the way others interpret them. They see things in the pieces I never saw before. "
Bet tends to work with geometrics in her paintings, though she has once again begun to include images—printed on tea bags.
"I have always said that it isn't what I intended to say in the paintings, but how it makes the viewer feel and what they see."
Bet is the director of Encaustic Classes at River's Edge. She has no reservations about sharing her knowledge of encaustic with students. "I love it when students come to class with their own ideas. They inspire me and I hope I have given them a start on their own artistic path."
Bet gets it.
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Transition II
"First of all, I paint because I must... It's as much a part of me as breathing. If life gets in the way, and I don't have time to paint, I soon feel out of sorts and disconnected. So I paint and then I feel whole once more.
I am a self taught artist who learned much by trial and error. Because I had to work through problems while creating, it helped me to understand what new students go through, so I am better equipped to help them. Next to creating my own work, I enjoy teaching others. What a joy it is to see that sparkle of understanding in their eyes! I'm proud to say that in 25 years of teaching art, I have never had a failure!!
As a side note, I was also nominated 5 years in a row for the prestigious "Friends of the Arts Award" in the arts education category. A highlight of my career was to have a piece accepted for an exhibit in Nagano, Japan during the Winter Olympics, which then was part of a traveling exhibit for 6 months.
I enjoy all aspects of the painting process, no matter the subject or medium, but it pleases me most to paint portraits of people and animals. My goal is to capture that innate spirit that makes up the personality of each individual. I truly believe that the eyes are the pathway to the soul. Get that right and the rest is easy!!"
Lorelle Bacon is lead teacher in our Studio program and frequently teaches workshops in all subjects and mediums. See the class descriptions for details of current classes.
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Grandma's Boy
Erin Keane is an encaustic artist and bookbinder who cannot resist luscious beeswax and luscious bindings. Her encaustics feature personal photography, intricately hand-cut designs, and mixed media compositions. Her handbound journals showcase original encaustic artwork on the covers, distinctive sewing along the spine, and hand-torn paper on the inside (awaiting your creative meanderings). "The artist in me craves to explore new techniques, structures, and ideas. This curiosity and drive for originality led me to combine my two obsessions, encaustic and journals, which I had not seen combined before in this manner. The resulting books are individual works of art and conversation pieces, yet they are completely functional as blank journals.My daily photography practice has been integrated into my imagery using a transfer process, which lends a rustic look to the photograph and lays a foundation of color and visual texture. I have an affinity towards nature and patterns and I often construct intuitive abstract landscapes. I aim to convey a feeling of hushing and holding, of peace and tranquility, and of awe with our surrounding beauty."
Erin studied art at Miami University in Ohio where she graduated with an M.A. in Art Education. She moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains after college and taught art at Brevard Middle School for twelve years. She is now a full-time artist and juried member of Southern Highland Craft Guild. Erin exhibits her work at 310 Art Gallery, as well as Southern Highland Craft Gallery in Biltmore Village and Number 7 Arts in Brevard.Erin is an instructor at 310 Art / River's Edge Studio and teaches workshops in encaustic, bookbinding, and visual journaling.
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Shades of Grey
Butterfly Books
Hush and Hold
Blue Ridge Books
Hush and Hold (series)
Visual Journal Page (1)
Visual Journal Page (2)
Visual Journal Page (3)
In the Quiet Space
"Creativity is my voice. Each medium of expression is a language of its own. Curiosity inspires me to seek depth in my creativity. Exploration of alternate mediums is the ultimate journey. Abstracted art through mixed media is the alchemy of my artful expression. I have a love affair with art and all things art."
As an artist, Terri creates abstracted expressive works using Encaustics or Cold Wax/Oil, most of which include mixed media. Her most recent work involves transforming found objects into light sculptures using a variety of mediums.
Her artwork is derived from the natural beauty around her. The macro world opens up limitless perspectives and visual subject matter. Dreams of vivid color and elusive scenarios are fodder for her artwork. Sometimes just seeing the world through the eyes of her pets sparks hidden emotions to express in art.
Terri grew up in the wide open space of Wyoming, graced with monumental buttes and mesas. As a young girl she accompanied her Great Uncle, a lapidary, on sojourns to his secret hunting grounds excavating geodes, jade, agates and fossils. With an appetite for the unknown, her curiosity has been the motivator for travels and explorations throughout the U.S. and Europe. Living in the Netherlands and studying art for seven years altered her artistic path. She currently lives in Weaverville, NC and continues her studies in art, especially delving into unknown mediums.
Koda Chromosome
Koda Chromosome 2
As a native of St. Petersburg, Florida and a twenty five-year resident of the mountains of Western North Carolina, I am influenced by personalities, emotions, images and colors associated with these locals which are distinctive in character and environment. I have over the years developed highly personal perceptions and highly personalized techniques. Applying all I've learned, I seek to project authentic intimate interpretations of the world as I encounter it, coast and mountain, past and present.
Walton teaches Cold Wax and Oil techniques and Abstract painting workshops at RIver's Edge Studio, the teaching venue at 310 ART .
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Golden Scarab
Bleu Lagoon
Brown Mountain Lights
Passing Through
Jane Molinelli began her work in visual arts as a fiber artist. She studied floor-loom weaving and tapestry weaving at the Penland School of Crafts, then studied fabric design at the Fashion Institute in NYC. While living in New York, she had a business producing silk batik as yardage for designers or for making into scarves or one-of-a-kind garments sold to shops and individual clients.
"I have always been in love with color, but the energy and rhythm that painting can convey has always intrigued me. At a young age, I began to gravitate to the contemporary section of any art museum I visited. The vitality, immediacy, and depth of emotion spoke to me like no other. My art is non-objective. Rather than painting a scene, capturing a portrait, or abstracting an object, I try to convey a moment, a memory, a thought, or feeling. My art relies on line, mark, color, energy, and rhythm to communicate with the viewer in an inner language without words. "Website: http://www.jmolinelliart.com
Cool Dances With Warm
oil on paper18 x 24 inches
My Bent Is Not Your Bent
acrylic, pastel, and graphite on paper12 x 16 inches
Finding the Clearing
acrylic, pastel, and graphite on canvas12 x 12 inches
acrylic, pastel, and water-soluble crayon on canvas 12 x 12 inches
Alone, Together
acrylic, pastel, and water-soluble crayon on canvas12 x 12 inches
Summer Mix
oil on paper9 x 12 inches
Green Valley
Inner Map
acrylic, graphite, and water-soluble crayon on canvas36 x 36 inches
"I paint with acrylics on canvas. My technique is to make a wash on the unprimed side of the canvas, and then superimpose a structure of some kind and various images. I love coming up with new visual experiments and puzzles.
I paint with a combination of geometric structures, organic images, as well as images found in the art of other cultures. My latest projects are purely geometric structures. This expresses my interest in architectural forms, symmetry and asymmetry, and positive/negative space.
My influences are studies and meditation on the religious art of various cultures.
The artists I most admire are Paul Klee and Charles Burchfield."
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Ancient Map
Abstract with Head Trees I
Being Seed Pod Sprout
Abstract with Head Trees II
Spiral Cells
Head Gylphs
Stick Figures
Exotic Jungle
Stick Figures II
Tree Faces
Landscape painter Anne K. Allen, relocated to North Carolina from Florida following a career in education and the performing arts. The lure of seasonal changes, blue rimmed mountains and a vibrant arts community drew her family to retire in Western North Carolina.
Since childhood Anne has had a reverence for nature and has always loved to paint outdoors. She has made three trips to Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico to paint en plein air in the high desert. She has enrolled in classes and workshops at the Art League of Bonita Springs, FL, and most recently participates in professional studio critiques at the River's Edge Studio in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC.
Allen is a member of the Appalachian Pastel Society and a former member of the Pastel Society of Southwest Florida. Her work has been displayed in Asheville, NC; Bonita Springs, FL; Tryon, NC; Hendersonville, NC and in the Sheldon Art Gallery, Fifth Avenue South, Naples FL. Her paintings are currently displayed in 310 Art, River Arts District, Asheville, NC.
I Can Hear You Now
Wind Beneath Me
Shall We Dance?
Born on Long Island, NY in 1932, Bob took up a brush and began painting at an early age.
After graduating high school, he attended Pratt Institute for a semester. In 1952, he entered the United States Army as an illustrator for the 6th Army. He painted training aides at Fort Ord, California, and at the Army Language School, Monterey, California.
After receiving an Honorable Discharge from the Army in 1954, Bob worked as an apprentice for a Los Angeles based architectural illustration firm for six months. He then set out on his own to freelance in architectural delineation, a skillful art form he has mastered over the years and from which he retired three years ago.
His public work, still extant, includes a fresco secco mural for the Church of Religious Science, Las Vegas. He illustrated the book 'The Voice Celestial' by Dr. Ernest Holmes, Dodd-Mead, publisher, in 1960.
Bob began tailoring the Scottish kilt commercially in 1976 and began kilt research in 1980, both here and in Scotland. He authored a column "The Kiltmaker's Corner" for the Scottish American newspaper. His book All About Your Kilt (with CD-ROM) grew from these articles and was published in 2001 by Unicorn Books. He was elected a fellow of the former Scottish Tartan Society in 1983 and to the Guild of Tartan Scholars of the Scottish Tartan Authority in 1993. He continues to work as a consulting historian of the kilt, but retired as a kilt maker in 1998.
Bob has five children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and now lives in Candler, NC with his wife, Betty Carlson. He continues his painting in palette knife oils, sumi-e and sumi-e with watercolor. Along with regular shows of his work, Bob participates in 'Quick Draw' and 'Plein Air' Painting demonstrations, as well as at charity auctions and events.
Bob teaches Sumi-e painting and Palette Knife techniques and exhibits in the River Arts District in Asheville, NC at 310 Art Gallery/River's Edge Studio, owned and operated by the artist Fleta Monaghan.
"I paint to please myself. I have nothing to prove with my painting, no theory to expound, no revolutionary ideas to give to the world. I give myself, using my talents to the best of my ability."
Website: theartofbobmartin.com
Mountain Current
Jocassee Deep Rock
Moonless Twilight
Following a many year career in Medical Technology with weaving as a hobby, Betty resigned from her final post as lab supervisor of a small hospital in the area to enroll in the weaving program at Haywood Technical College's School of Craft. She graduated from Haywood to eventually become a juried member in fiber of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild in 1989 and later of the Piedmont Craftman's Guild.
After a short career as a professional weaver, Betty recently sold her weaving studio and began to work in encaustics, using natural items as well as wax, collage and handmade paper. She exhibits at 310 Art Gallery in the River arts district in Asheville, NC.
Betty is married to Bob Martin, a painter in Sumi-e and oils, and they make their home in Candler, NC.
In and Out Stencils
Stripes, Spots, Angles
Vivaldi in the Red
"I was an architect for more than 30 years and have a lot of experience with design and presentation. For that reason I feel comfortable doing cityscapes, buildings, landscapes, and those subjects which also entail the use of light, shade, shadow, and color. I try to have an unusual angle of view in my work if possible. I mostly approach painting in a contemporary, even abstract way. I believe a good painting will attract your interest often. I hope mine do that."
A native of Western North Carolina, Ramsey works in the areas of drawing, painting, and mixed media. She is also a published writer and performance poet who extends her work onto visual journals and altered books. Her thought provoking work, which frequently incorporates images of people, aims to engage the viewer on multiple levels. She did undergraduate work at UNC-Asheville and received a Master's degree from Western Carolina University. She teaches Visual Journaling techniques at 310 ART.
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|Tythegston Contents
This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database
This Tythegston database compiled by Gareth Hicks with contributions from;
If a chapel is already mentioned on the main parish page then its name will act as a link to that section for any data recorded there - such as extant records and OS Grid references
Some chapels may have more than one entry if it is not possible to correctly identify each from a particular source
(For an explanation of the various non-conformist denominations see Gareth's Help Page )
Sources referred to (indicated by number shown in brackets after the data entry) where there may be more data available
Additional sources
Nebo Baptist chapel, Cefn Cribbwr
Calvary Chapel (English Baptist), Cefn Rd, Cefn Cribbwr
Siloam Congregational chapel, Cefn Cribbwr
Elim Congregational chapel, Kenfig Hill - wrongly listed under Pyle and Kenfig
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|Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Cefn Cribwr
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Abu Dhabi: First Location For Star Wars Episode VII
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Abu Dhabi is the first official filming location for Star Wars Episode VII, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Sources say that the production crew is attempting to re-create the planet of Tatooine there. Tatooine is the home of Anakin and Luke Skywalker as well as the headquarters of Jabba the Hutt.
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The Tribute in Light is an art installation near the site of the World Trade Center in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
NEW YORK: Americans mark the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Tuesday with relatively low-key ceremonies that reflect a gradual dampening of passions around the fateful day.
The main event will be the ritual reading at New York's Ground Zero of the names of the 2,983 people killed both on 9/11 and in the precursor to those attacks, the 1993 car bombing of the World Trade Center.
Relatives of the dead will take turns to read the names against a backdrop of mournful music.
They will pause for moments of silence marking the time when each of the four planes hijacked by al-Qaeda turned into fireballs -- two smashing into the Twin Towers, one into the Pentagon and one into a Pennsylvania field.
Another two moments of silence will be observed at the times the two towers collapsed, accounting for the vast majority of 9/11's victims.
However, this year New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other politicians will not take the podium at Ground Zero, in contrast with last year's 10th anniversary, when President Barack Obama led a long list of VIP guests.
Obama and his wife Michelle will observe the anniversary with a moment of silence outside the White House, then visit the Pentagon memorial.
Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, will travel to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United flight 93 crashed after passengers attacked the hijackers and thwarted a worse disaster.
The White House said Obama had been briefed by "key national security principals on... preparedness and security posture" for the anniversary.
But in keeping with the lower key atmosphere this year, there will apparently be no official suspension of the bitter presidential campaign.
Former president Bill Clinton will be campaigning for Obama and speaking out against Republican Mitt Romney at an event in Miami.
The passage of time appears to have cooled public attention to September 11, particularly after the huge media coverage of the 10th anniversary, which many saw as a suitable moment for allowing commemorations to peak.
A skyscraper at One World Trade Center is near completion and is again the tallest building in New York, as were the Twin Towers before they came down.
The killing by American troops of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in May 2011 has helped draw a line under 9/11, as has the opening of the Ground Zero memorial, where last year's ceremonies were held.
Bin Laden's successor Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video on the eve of this year's anniversary in which he confirmed that his deputy, Abu Yayha al-Libi, had been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in June.
Libi was considered Al-Qaeda's global propaganda mastermind and his death dealt the biggest blow to the group since the killing of bin Laden.
This year sees the publishing on Tuesday of a book by a former US Navy SEAL who was among the troops who shot dead bin Laden in his Pakistan hideout.
The book describes in gory detail how the special forces killed the fugitive, then radioed back the news, saying it was "for God and country."
The Pentagon has threatened legal action against the author, who uses the penname Mark Owen but has been outed by the US media as Matt Bissonnette.
Last week, Obama said in a radio address that the United States is "stronger, safer and more respected in the world" since 9/11.
But his Republican opponent has accused Obama of weak leadership during the Arab Spring turmoil and of failing to be tough enough on Iran's government.
In Afghanistan, which once hosted bin Laden, US troops continue to battle the Taliban, Islamist fighters who were driven from power during the invasion a decade ago but have since regrouped.
Most foreign troops are scheduled to withdraw by the end of 2014, handing over responsibility for combat to Western-backed Afghan government forces.
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It Seems there's no end to what Mustang enthusiasts can do with their ponycars, whether it's tripling the horsepower output, slashing lap times, or shaving seconds off of their elapsed times. Doing so often involves numerous modifications to the Mustang, and while everyone's always willing to bolt on the latest and greatest speed part, sometimes the rest of the vehicle gets left behind. Such is the case with the Fox-body charging system.
Electric fans are a common early mod, followed by additional fuel pumps, nitrous-oxide solenoids, and high-powered ignition systems, not to mention big stereo systems. Most people don't think about the little stock alternator struggling to keep up with electrical demands that are two and three times out of its operating range. Luckily, PA Performance has been thinking about this for years, and has the products you need to keep that voltmeter hanging high.
"Typically, a stock '87-'93 car had either a 65-amp or 75-amp alternator," says PA Performance's Rick Harmon. "Some suggest that the 65 was used in hardtops and the 75 was for convertibles. We can't find any statistics to prove it, but that makes some sense. The downfall of the stock units was that they only made 20-25 amps at idle. That was barely enough, and then most people added underdrive pulleys or accessories, which just destroys the alternator and battery. Fox-bodies are notorious for slow turn signals and slow power windows when they're stock. Add anything to the system or change the pulleys, and they die."
The '94-'95 SN-95 Mustangs came stock with a 130-amp alternator, which was better, and many Fox-body owners retrofitted them to their earlier horses. Unfortunately, these alternators produce only about 50 amps at idle. Comparatively, the PA Performance 130-amp alternator (PN 1608; $199) that we're installing here offers 80 amps at idle, and a maximum of 160.
Our subject vehicle for this charging system upgrade is a '92 Mustang that has been outfitted with a nitrous-oxide system, an aftermarket ignition box, a high-capacity fuel pump, and an underdrive pulley system. It's the usual list of suspects in a dimming headlight situation, and one that we were about to exacerbate with the addition of an electric fan.
All electric fans are not created equal however, so we called Flex-a-lite for one of its Xtreme cooling models. We had sampled the Xtreme fan on our '93 Cobra project, Stolen Goods, and were extremely pleased with the fit, finish, and operation of the unit. When the need arose for another electric fan, we didn't hesitate in ordering the Xtreme, which draws only 18 amps, yet delivers a stiff 3,300 cfm of airflow. The Xtreme also utilizes a thermostat control unit whose operation can be configured in a variety of ways. The Flex-a-lite Xtreme fan (PN 185) retails for $320.
In addition to the alternator and cooling-fan upgrades, we also installed PA Performance's PMGR mini starter, which sells for $135. The last few times we drove the Mustang, the starter was hanging open, so we knew we needed to remedy the situation. We also opted to upgrade the factory alternator wiring using PA Performance's four-gauge Power wire kit (PN 9902; $59). The stock wiring is only designed to handle what the stock alternator provides, so more power from a new alternator should be complemented with a heavier delivery system.
With PA Performance specializing in charging systems, we posed some questions to PA's Rick Harmon. As you'll find out, there's much more to a simple alternator swap than meets the eye.


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ShinyStyle Gallery: Calvin Klein's 40th anniversary party
By Kimberley Foster on September 9th, 2008
Celebrating 40 years in the business was Calvin Klein on Sunday night at New York Fashion Week. The label attracted a bevy of Hollywood-ites including previous and current CK faces such as Eva Mendes. The red carpet bash, held at a disused railway line, consisted of everything recyclable including the plants and flowers. To see what all the stars wore check out our gallery below.
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Stand Up for the Clean Air Act
Nov 15, 2011 Posted by Dawn Merritt
By Nancy Lange, IWLA Energy Program Director
More than two decades and a few careers ago, I was working with the American Lung Association of Minnesota to strengthen the Clean Air Act. This landmark law, passed with bipartisan support in 1970, is the first line of defense to protect Americans from air pollution that damages our health and costs lives.
In 1990, we worked closely with Senator Dave Durenberger, a Republican from Minnesota, who had crafted bipartisan legislation to update and modernize air pollution standards. This amendment to the Clean Air Act was passed with support from 89 senators and signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
This spring, Senator Durenberger reflected back on that important victory, calling the Clean Air Act "one of the greatest public-health achievements of American history." The law prevents deaths and illness from heart and respiratory diseases, so much so that while implementing the requirements of the Clean Air Act will cost $65 billion, the benefits in health care savings – not to mention lives saved – will reach $2 trillion.
Contrary to those who malign the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its efforts to implement the standards in the Clean Air Act, Senator Durenberger urges instead that EPA "is in the process of acting on recent scientific findings to update and modernize air pollution standards as we envisioned over two decades ago."
When I came back to work for the Izaak Walton League in 2005, our organization was pushing EPA to do just that. The agency was crafting air pollution standards to reduce mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants. Our members testified before EPA that women and children are at risk from eating mercury contaminated fish. We rallied other fishing and conservation groups to join us in asking for common sense standards to preserve the complete angling experience for future generations. While it took too many years and several twists and turns, in late 2010, EPA finally issued a strong standard to bring down levels of these most toxic air pollutants from power plants. And IWLA members were again there to support these new protective standards. Don Roberston, president of the League's Pennsylvania Division, testified before EPA this April that because of mercury contamination, fish from the Susquehanna River cannot be safely consumed. He urged EPA not to weaken the standards in the face of utility industry pressure.
Today, the Clean Air Act is under almost daily assault by politicians who are attempting to derail the standards that will keep our air safe to breathe. Those folks are out of step with most Americans. According to a poll by the American Lung Association, when asked who should be responsible for setting the standards to achieve healthy air, a bipartisan 69 percent of Americans believe that EPA scientists – not Congress – should set pollution standards. Seems like a logical choice to me too.
I learned many lessons from these two decades of work. Clearly, you've got to hang in there to achieve real progress. We need to keep teaching our kids, grandkids, and other young people to love the outdoors so they too will have the energy and passion to fight for clean air and clean water. We need to remind our politicians that a healthy economy is inextricably linked to the health of our land, water, and air resources. And finally, once again, please let your members of Congress know that you oppose any efforts to strip away sensible Clean Air Act protections that safeguard Americans from air pollution.
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A Holiday Message from UTSA President Ricardo Romo
November 22, 2011
Dear UTSA friends,
The renowned poet Maya Angelou said, "One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it."
UTSA receives many gifts each year in many forms. They come through legislative appropriations and tuition, which account for 70 percent of the cost of education. But, the remaining 30 percent comes from individual donors, foundations, businesses, alumni and other friends of UTSA, for which we are grateful.
Thanksgiving is a time to make note of the many gifts we receive, no matter what their form and no matter what challenges we face. I'm thankful for and inspired by the many UTSA community members and supporters who work to help make the world a better place.
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Posted: September 1, 2012 at 4:43 a.m.
WHEN 6 p.m. Central today WHERE Reynolds Razorback Stadium(72,000) Fayetteville 2011 RECORDS Jacksonville State 7-4 (6-2, first in Ohio Valley); Arkansas 11-2 (6-2, third in SEC West) RANKINGS Arkansas is No. 10/10 AP/ Coaches
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(HealthDay)—As Hurricane Arthur threatens the East Coast of the United States, people are getting an important reminder about safety preparations they need to make for hurricane season.
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The public rapporteur of France's top court has recommended ending the life support of a 39-year-old in a vegetative state for the last six years, overriding the wishes of some close relatives.
A French court Thursday ruled against ending the life of a 38-year-old quadriplegic who has been in a vegetative state for years and whose family have been divided about his fate.
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My sons apartment complex at college has switched from cable to directTV service. They really don't want to enter into a 24 month contract but would like to signup for directTV. I have spoken to a few CSR at direcTV but am not confident all the answers are correct. My question is what will they be lacking if they use any of the following receivers.
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Use of old DirecTV receivers
Started by drogers100 , Oct 05 2012 01:27 PM
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 01:27 PM
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 02:34 PM
No HD for sure, I am not sure if the DVR40 and DVR80 can still be re-activated
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 02:52 PM
If the entire apt went to dtv then it would be setup as an MDU and those receivers will not work. Some MDUs dont require contract but you will have to check with MDU rep.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 03:04 PM
Agree with west on this. New MDU (multidwelling units) use SWM technology(or even IP) and none of those receivers will work with SWM. As he posted, some MDUs (college apartments are a good example) don't require a 2-year commitment, the customers get the receivers through the MDU management. You need to talk to whoever at the apartments manages the MDU. A DirecTV CSR will NOT be able to give you good info on this.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 04:13 PM
Texasbrit and west are correct....MDU's are a different sort of animal
My comments and opinions are my own and not necessarily those of DirecTV.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 04:53 PM
I believe the H10 and HR10-250 will work standalone via OTA antenna.
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Wrote TJI reader Cecilia Meisner: "Are you sure that we shouldn't support slots to save the horse racing industry? It would be a good test-run of my plan to sell crack cocaine at duckpin bowling alleys to revitalize Maryland's vital duckpin industry."
And many readers think it's a cool idea to have the state -- rather than the "gaming industry" or a few rich racetrack owners -- own and operate the slots. Why limit their placement to racetracks?
Wrote TJI reader Caren Cutler: "If we absolutely have to have slots, how's this: A slot machine located wherever lottery tickets are sold. So when one gets change back at the local drugstore, supermarket, or convenience store, one can drop the change in the slot machine and give it a whirl!"
Another reader, Charles Baummer, has been thinking about where, if not at racetracks, the state might establish slot machine parlors. "I would like to offer a few suggestions on underused public and private space," Baummer wrote, then listed the following: the international terminal at BWI, the Columbus Center, the Baltimore Convention Center, Ravens Stadium (357 days of the year), Hunt Valley Mall, and the Black & Decker plant in Easton.
Why not at the Motor Vehicle Administration? Think of the revenue stream we could establish if the state offered "slots while you wait" at Mondawmin and Glen Burnie.
According to what Himler heard, the horses of the city's mounted police unit blessed the parade route, as usual. There was no TESC -- Trailing Equine Specimen Collection -- specialist, so a man emerged from the corner of Saratoga and MLK Boulevard, and with borrowed newspaper and plastic bags, cleaned up what the horses had left behind, putting it all into nearby trash cans.
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| Pyongyang, February 9 (KCNA) -- Diplomatic envoys of various countries and representatives of the international organizations here visited the e-library of Kim Il Sung University Wednesday.
The visit was made on the occasion of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's birthday.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Monday in Alexandria in a march from al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque to the area of Sidi Gaber to commemorate the "Friday of Rage on" which took place on January 28 of 2011. The protesters declared that they will hold a sit-in at the Corniche road and start a civil disobedience.
The protesters chanted "Down Down with the rule of the Guide", referring to the Muslim Brotherhood's leader, Mohamed Badie, an eye-witness told Aswat Masriya.
They also chanted against the constitution, saying, "The people want to drop the constitution" and against the President saying that his authority is void.
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I believe you do know what you're talking about with how these orders are made, but I still genuinely think full speed production is NOT happening right now. Maybe by the summer, 3~4 months before release. Not 8 months when the actual design of the PS4 shell might not be finalized.
When Sony starts production in July, It's a little late to call AMD and order CPU's and Samsung to order Memory, they will just reply "sorry but all our production lines or take by MS"
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From humble beginnings to a self-made multimillionaire with over $4 billion to date in global product sales and a starring role on ABC's newest business reality television show, "Shark Tank," Daymond John will share his entrepreneurial story and the strategies that continue to bring him financial success at the Washburn Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 in White Concert Hall, Garvey Fine Arts Center, Washburn University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
As Founder and CEO, John steered FUBU from a mere concept to a global fashion powerhouse with annual retail sales exceeding $350 million at its peak. Utilizing many of the same tactics commonly used today, John pioneered the art of integrating fashion, culture, and music nearly twenty years ago. From his then unprecedented guerrilla marketing and branding techniques to the continuously innovative ways in which he uses social media, brand integration, and his expertise on pop culture, John remains a cutting edge business strategist.
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Campus Activities Board, Multicultural affairs and Washburn Student Government Association are sponsoring the event. For more information, visit daymondjohn.com or call the CAB office at 785-670-1222 or the WSGA office at 785-670-1169.
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Astronomers from Britain, Germany and the US have identified what they believe is the youngest protostar ever found. It is so young that it may not become a fully fledged star - burning nuclear fuel at its core - for another 100,000 years. It is still cocooned in dust, and can be seen only at infrared and millimetre wavelengths.
Colin Aspin of the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii and his colleagues found the protostar in NGC 1333, a nebula 1100 light years from the Earth which has long been recognised as a region of star formation. In 1983, the infrared satellite IRAS found seven bright knots in a region to the south of the optical nebula.
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Suddenly I understand all those musicians I've dated in the past. All y'all bass players and drummers. Ooohkay, I finally get it.
When I was a wee little one, I spent my childhood playing piano for hours on end—to my dismay, without an ounce of pleasure because I was forced to from the very start. It was more of a regime than an act of enjoyment. Being raised by Korean parents straight from the ways of the East while integrating into the Western world means the story usually unfolds something like the kid either plays the piano or the violin—not too many other options. Kind of like how at Christian churches there's most likely Mountain Dew soda and/or donuts present.
Before I was a yoga instructor and CranioSacral Therapist, guess what I did? I worked as a wardrobe stylist and was a singer in a band. It was that whole typical LA fashion/music lifestyle scene. It was fun for a minute—but got old quick. I liked what I was doing, but there was something missing…my heart wasn't fully engaged, it didn't turn me on, it didn't get my insides feelin' all wibbly wobbly. AHA! Isn't it funny though-- how everything in life always comes full circle for the cycle to complete itself?
Playing an instrument and singing was the missing piece to my spiritual practice. I'm so happy I've FOUND the link! I just partook in Govindas' Kirtan Camp at Bhakti Yoga Shala. (Which, by the way, is one of my favorite studios on this planet.) Kirtan Camp was one of the best weekends of my life—I discovered something new that I absolutely love to do! I love it when I realize more pieces of my past were just merely to serve as the training ground for what I am to do here and now. Playing harmonium and singing kirtan or chanting feeds me with something that nothing else in life really touches or gives. I receive so much not only just from the act of doing—but even more from the act of listening. I'm so delighted I've found what gives me such joy and elation.
The literal translation of mantra is divided up into two parts. man ~ mind; tra~ technology or vehicle in which. = mantra ~ technology for the mind. The most curious thing about mantra is that it works. Mantras are otherwise known as prayers, songs, words, syllables, vibrations—that have been used, recited, sung and vocalized on the palette on thousands and thousands of tongues from as early as the 4th century BCE. Mantra will raise your frequency—that's just a fact. You repeat these sounds over and over and over again and something begins to seep deep and settle into your system of your bodymind. Think about it—repeat the word 'love' to yourself 10 times a day vs. the word 'fear' and watch the ricochet effect that this habit has on the wellbeing of you and your life. Everything's connected, you just have to trace all the external manifestations back to the source or the root.
You don't have to sing mantra if you think it's weird. Just sing your favorite song with words that you resonate with and like. When I first moved to Bali—that was really the initiation for me into the practice of chanting. I remember the moment as vivid as it were happening well, right now. I was driving my motorbike through the jungle and something arose, from deep within me. A geyser of sound, from the floor of my pelvis singing out, OM NAMAH SHIVAYA. I was shocked! What the hell was that? It was almost as if something was moving through me for these sounds to come out of my mouth. It most certainly wasn't me—I wasn't telling myself to do it—it just, happened. And ever since then, I've been on an avid exploration of hmm, what was that?! This journey continues to astonish and amaze me.
Emotions and feelings such as joy, pure love, happiness, devotion and enjoyment raise your frequency. Singing, is already an act of enjoyment—when you add on 1. a song you like, plus 2. a melody that makes your body move, plus 3. words that uplift your sense of being, plus 4. expressing your joy in any way or form = HIGH HIGH HIGH VIBES. That's just the way it works. Keep enjoying and celebrating everything you do and your vibration will just keep getting higher and higher and higher. * B L I S S *
There's nothing like creating sound. Filling empty space with tangible frequency—you not only just hear it, but you feel it. That's why musicians are so damn sexy. Cos they're in tune with themselves and know how to feel. Can't play music by being stiff and static; you gotta feel it, let it in you, let it move you, let it go through you. There's nothing like playing what you feel and feeling what you play.
Sing with others, play music with others and jam! You think you're already on a sweet trip? Get together with others who are trippin' on their own ride and watch the ride get even bigger, better, GRAND, moving up and down the scale of melodies and riffs, with more flavor, texture, richness and fulfillment. We're here on this planet to share with one another what we love to do. Give one another a peak into our own hearts and step in, step up, show up and support one another in our heart's song. Start dancin', raise your voices, and give praise! As Earth Wind and Fire would say, SING A SONG!!!


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