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Kevin McHale on Donatas Motiejunas: "D-Mo probably won't start training camp. We'll see where that goes." D-Mo rehabbing after back surgery.
Houston Chronicle "Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas – whose season ended last April before the playoffs could begin – said Friday he was not sure if he will be far enough along in his rehabilitation after back surgery to be cleared for the start of training camp this month. Speaking at the Rockets annual Sept...." September 11
Houston Chronicle "Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas is a long way from cleared to play after last season's back surgery, but he returned to Las Vegas, anyway to continue his rehabilitation with the Rockets medical staff, saying he remains on schedule for the start of training camp." July 15
Another huge hit for Houston: I'm told Donatas Motiejunas is out for the season with his back injury. Story to come at @USATODAYsports
Houston Chronicle "Though Rockets coach Kevin McHale called the Rockets' power forward position open, saying he needs to see more physical defense and rebounding from the position, a vote of confidence for his returning power forwards, Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas, is expected before the season..." October 01
Houston's been calling teams, trying to assist forward Donatas Motiejunas in finding a new team, sources tell Yahoo. He wants playing time.
The Dream Shake "The Rockets' 7-foot Lithuanian Donatas Motiejunas is being assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Houston's D-League affiliate. Is it a chance to get his mojo back or a D-Mo showcase for a future trade? D-Mo spent 7 games with the Vipers last season. He posted 20.3 ppg & 9.7 rpg in 34 mpg..." January 06
Houston Chronicle "Second-year power forwards Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas might have been unable to lock down the starting spot, but they did sign on for another season on Wednesday. The Rockets picked up their third-year options on the rookie contracts for both players, keeping them under contract..." October 30
Funny seeing @dmorey in hallway after shootaround with extension paperwork for TJones, D-Mo to sign. Not much ceremony for no-brainer moves.
October 29
Grizzlies forward Ed Davis has been fined $15k for making excessive & unnecessary contact w/ Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas (from Fri.).
Houston Chronicle "Donatas Motiejunas' first coach in Lithuania never minced words with his young players about the discipline required to have success or the long odds against attaining it. "He said 'From all of you, all the players, if it comes out with one good player, I will be blessed,' " Motiejunas..." February 27
The Dream Shake "The times they are a changin'. In an unanticipated move today, Kevin McHale has announced that there will be a new face in the starting line-up tomorrow night against the Bucks During his first significant NBA minutes, Donatas Motiejūnas scored 13 points, grabbed three rebounds and two assists..." February 26


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Recently I was sent a question about how to read from a serial port and save the information to a database so instead of following up privately I thought I'd post my answer here. There's a good article in the MSDN Library that has some hints on how to do this with the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class. In Visual Basic 2005 you can use the My Namespace to access the ports on your computer easily. For instance, you can open a port to COM4 like this:
Dim WithEvents mySerialport As SerialPortmySerialport = My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM4", 56000, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One)
Once we open the serial port we can listen to the DataReceived event. In my sample I just append the incomming messages to a StringBuilder and then save the string to a DataSet when we stop listening to the port. Its important to note that the DataReceived event will fire on a separate thread than your main thread. So if you need to update UI elements on a Form you need to use the Form's Invoke method in order to execute code onto the UI thread.
Dim myStringBuilder As New StringBuilder
'This happens on another thread
Me.Invoke(New EventHandler(AddressOf UpdateControls))
End Sub
Private Sub UpdateControls(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
'Do any UI code here on the main thread
Me.TextBox1.Text = myStringBuilder.ToString()
I just created a simple SQL-Server Express database with one table called Message that has a field called Message. I then created a DataSet called MessageDataSet with the one MessageDataTable and then dropped that onto a grid onto my form to hook up some data binding automatically. When we stop reading from the serial port I just add a new MessageRow and then save it back using the MessageTableAdapter.Update() method.
Private Sub Stop_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStopRead.Click
If mySerialport IsNot Nothing Then
End If
Dim message As MessageDataSet.MessageRow = Me.MessageDataSet.Message.NewMessageRow()
message.Message = myStringBuilder.ToString()
myStringBuilder.Remove(0, myStringBuilder.Length)
Me.TextBox1.Text = ""
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
Private Sub Save()
Beth this is great! I'm in the infancy stages of developing an application that will need to read data from a serial port and I wasnt finding many resources on it. You are a Queen for opening this door for me :-)
Thank you for this article. it really proved beneficial in an application i am working on. couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you very much for the videos you sent to me.
Now, and for the first time my application is working very well without producing any error.
Hee Cool stuff,
Im not good at this, so i have a question!
I want to control not only the input from a port, but also the output, i want to send out a decimal or binary number to a port. But how do i do this?
And I want to use Microsoft DLL's (Windows DLL's when possible)
When you have a awnser you can mail me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you for posting this.
I'm trying to write my first VB program and after mind numbing hours of trying to find something useful, I finally have!
Thank you very much Beth for the serial code. I've converted it in VB2008 for use with a container filling machine I'm designing. It's given me the insight I needed.
As this is my first attempt at a software controlled machine, the serial port is proving to be tricky. It would be good to use the serial port from VB2008 but I can't find any info on the subject. Do you know of any such document? If not, I'll just have to stick with you girl!
Thank you again,
PS I'm restoring a 1972 TVR Vixen
Your article was very helpful in helping me write my first Serial Port programming App in VB.Net (VS2005). I only infd a very funny issue - which i am unable to solve.
When I write the code similar to your code in a Windows App (vb.net) - it works fine. But, if i have to write it as a Windows Service (but ofcourse i do not call the Invoke UpdateControls - i just use the Received string from the DataReceived event for my logic). I noticed that the Windows App recieves the data correctly, and the Windows Service App receives the data but there are breaks in the data (Enter lines). I use the same ReadExisting method. I am not sure if i should use any other of the ReadMethods. Do you have any advice?
Thanks for the info, really helpful.
so nice.
sir. i really want to know how to send data (text) from pc to led display with application like gui. that application build with vb
i'm using microcontroller at89s51 with basic language.
i have finish build led matrix. but i dont know how to design gui interface.
please give me solution. beni-aceh
indonesian firstname.lastname@example.com
my probleme is :
i m working with serialport
each week i have the deadscren(blue screen)
how can i resolve the problem?
Hi Beth, is a great article!!!
I have a question, In the program I added a column to the database is called "Time"
How I can save the the time in this column in the same style that the data saved in the "message"?
Dim message As MessageDataSet.MessageRow = Me.MessageDataSet.Message.NewMessageRow()
message.Message = myStringBuilder.ToString()
Hello Beth,
This is very useful. I need the code to access the database and send it's contents to the serial port. For example if I receive a 7 digit number which is an ID number, the program has to send data of that person to the serial port by searching it in the database. Can you please help me?
Hi Beth,
First, thank you for your blog on this subject -- it has been most helpful. You asked for any bugs so I will report a couple. I have a check scanner attached to COM5 to read the MICR data at the bottom of checks. Also, I am running Visual Studio 2010.
1. There is an error in the parameters used to open the com port. I removed the parameters and just opened COM5.
2. When START is clicked and I read a check it works fine. The data is displayed in the textbox fine. Then I click CLOSE and the data is written to the database. When I then click START again and read a check no data is read. Not sure what is happening here.
Anyway, this put me on the right path to read serial data. Again, thank you.
Just an update form my earlier comment. The problem I listed in item 1 was bacause I was using the wrong baud rate. The check reader uses a different baud rate. That part now works OK.
I still haven't figured out what is going on with problem two. It appears that the probram will only open the com port once.
At any rate, I have used portions of your code in my check reading program and it works great. Thank you so very much!
please, how can i contact beth? Urgent please...

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((((and strength )))))
I told her "did you know he took almost $10,000 from me this winter?" and she just shook her head and said no. I hope she feels great knowing anything he bought her was my money. I realize we were married but this was savings in my name that he was not telling me he was taking. Even after he said he was leaving and before I looked at my bank record, I had the decency to let him know I would be spending some money on clothes before going back to work! HAHA, can you believe that? I wonder what he was thinking? 'Yeah, go ahead, I already took thousands, whatever'.
Thanks everyone!!!
Its important to remember to document things, we often tend to forget the little things that happen but think we'll remember. Write everything down.
Monday seems like a long way away to get your locks changed. Do you know anyone handy that could do it for you if you stopped by the hardware store and picked up your own locks/door knobs?
I spend my minutes going from heartbroken, to extreme anger and rage, to almost acceptance at times, but then, back to missing him so much!
This is what I have felt. I'm one year out from dday. My STBX also said that we were incompatible. His attitude was also, "What's the big deal? I need friends. I told you I was going to make new friends." This is so FAR from reality. He says I am irrational. It's enough to make me wonder if I am the one who has lost touch with reality because he says it with such indifference.
"I can't do this anymore" "too much has been said" and acted like it was all the fighting and the way I was acting
You know, my stbx told me this, too!! He said that my reaction was so strong, that he felt pushed more away from and and more toward the OW whore.
Don't worry about texting him, all of us at some point have done that and wished we hadn't. It happens. What I would recommend to you now though is not to talk to him anymore. He manipulated you into getting info about your whereabouts, you can no longer trust that he won't record conversations and try to make you say things for his own purposes.
He is not the man you remember. Protect yourself, your money, your sanity. Make sure from this day forward he needs to give you $ for his kids (because if he's not you can be damned sure her kids are getting it!! Don't let that happen!) also make sure you tell him when he will have the kids and if he doesn't get them then then he doesn't get them! PERIOD. You are the only rational, mature person in this and you need to lay down the law.
Hugs to you...
All not funny joking aside, I do hope you are documenting everything. Get your bank statements, credit cards, any work info on him and give to your attorney ASAP. Protect yourself and your kids.
Always, tell the other BS! Always!
"It's hard to be in love when you can't tell lies"!
I spoke to his mom finally..at first she didn't want to hear anything but she came around (maybe since she wasn't hearing from him) and I let her know what's going on. She told me the next day she left him a message that she knew he wouldn't pick up or call back because he is the master of avoidance, asked if he replaced his family for a new one and told him she's disappointed in him because he is not acting like a father and has no interest in ever meeting this woman. I spoke to his sister last night and we talked for over two hours. She also said she loves me and is disappointed and said she is sorry this happened.
I sat in a room full of people yesterday for a woman retiring and just looked around at everyone talking and laughing. I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin, so anxious. I left and walked and cried. I picture him in the crowd of people wherever I am, imagine if he was there, and then think about what he did and how he's no longer the man I knew and was married to and it's so hard to accept. This week has been a bad denial week. My brain won't allow the acceptance, it's too painful.
I've read the timeline, I'm talking to people who tell me it will take time and it's normal, I'm seeing an IC, taking Xanax, but it is just so hard.
He called my daughter to tell her he's picking them up today (still doesn't let me know first). Told her his phone was waterlogged. That was the excuse for not calling or visiting THIS weekend. Last weekend it was something about being sick. He hasn't seen them (for a "playdate" is what he calls it) since May 25. Now today, I paid $200 for my sons tux and prom which is tonight and now have to deal with the anxiety of him coming, I don't know if he wants to take the baby or not, I don't even get home until almost 6. Going to save my Xanax for around 3pm so that it is nice and kicked in by 6!
I want to write him and tell him off so bad. There are so many things I am so mad about right now. I want to tell him that I don't want his filthy hands that touched that dirty whore to touch my children, I wished he weren't their father, he is the worst father in the world. I want tell him that I will laugh at him for years thinking that any lack of sex was because he's more sexual! "we don't need to get into who's more sexual"!!! It eats at me to no end that he thinks I am not sexual! That's why he left me? If he didn't know how to make our sex life better and only acted like a needy 4th child, that has nothing to do with my sexuality. His idea of turning me on was walking me into the bedroom and locking the door, period. Wow. Thanks!
I type stuff up and it gets angrier and angrier and then I just save it as draft. Our child support hearing is Monday so I'm going to wait it out and let the court handle him. I'm at work and cannot concentrate, very unproductive...I hope I don't lose my job at this point!!
You can do this. I know what you mean about being unproductive at work. I was like that for almost a year.
I did my job but not with any enthusiasm or energy. I simply did what I had to do.
Please define the boundaries with his visitation. He can't just come and go as he pleases in their life or yours. Set dates (if he fails to keep them then document it for future use) but he can't just waltz in and out.
Do you really want him to take the baby at this point? Is he capable of being responsible? And your mind will go to is the OW holding my baby, caring for it, etc. That will be hard for you.
Enjoy your son's night. Know that you are a great mother and that they will see their father for who he is. They know who takes care of them.
DO NOT blame yourself in anyway for the A. It wasn't about sex. It was about his inability to communicate productively with you and address what was going on in his mind/heart. He chose to cheat because the bubble of the fanatasy land they've created. Reality will set in soon enough.
You have every right to be angry.
I am glad his family is supporting you.
Good luck. Stay strong and know we all care and are rooting for you.
I bet you can't wait until the hearing, so you have some back up and end this crazymaking BS of him doing what he wants with regard to the kids. It's sad to think his role as a father is only as a 'playdate'. I'd be sure to mention that to the judge at the hearing next week.
Keep on posting, keep on venting.
((((and strength))))
Mom of 4 here, we should form a club or something.
My X left 10 years ago and hasn't looked back. My kids were 12,12,(twins) 10 and 8 at the time.
He moved in with OW and her 2 kids, filed for divorce from me. Got engaged, Got divorced and married OW all in about 6 months. My kids are now 22, 22, 20, 18 and I have a 1yo granddaughter
Today his friends tell me she has snipped, clipped him and has him on a very short leash. Think about it.. they can never truly trust each other, afterall they had affairs with each other while they both were married. Marriage means nothing to them.
He is not allowed to talk to me-hasn't been ALLOWED for 10 years. I do not talk to him... unless a kid has an emergency. WE just attended one DD's college graduation.. did not speak. Also attended youngest's HS graduation... did not speak. He did not speak to his parents either. OW/NW is mad at them becaue they refused to be controlled by her.
He wasn't allowed to see his DD or newborn granddaughter when they were in the hospital-she forbade him from seeing them.
My XH is suffering from Cranialrectal Inversion-His head is firmly stuck up his arse and has been for at least 12 years.
He has become a stranger to you with access to your physical space, finances, children, etc. Do everything you can to Protect them all. Call the banks, investment companies, etc. move everything into your name only. or take your half and do that. Ask your lawyer which is the best way to handle the finances.
Keep coming here... it is the best place for discovering what to expect (unfortunately) and how others have dealt with the crazy spouse.
Good luck, and Hugs,
When he returned he said I didn't put any diapers in the bag so he needs to be changed. (He wasn't even that wet). I said "buy a diaper". And I had to tell him what size. I asked what was going on for Father's Day and he started making the excuse that the kids want to do a fire (he roasts marshmallows in some firepit in his new place) but he can't do it with the baby. I said why not? He said the smoke, and I said "we have 4 kids, you have 4 kids...there is a lot I can't do with the kids because of the baby too" and he says "well you said you didn't need me" referring to one of our fights this winter while he was emotionally with her and I didn't know yet where I told him "we don't need you, just go". This is the fight and the line he uses to say I kicked him out and tries to make me think it was my fault. So anyway, as he walked out I said "what I said has NOTHING to do with what happened..NOTHING"
I felt kind of good that I stood up for myself, but then the kids told me that night that she had been there AGAIN a previous time on May 26 when they slept over and that her kids told my son that they already slept over there a few times!
So I was hit in the face with reality again. I keep still hoping they must not have time to spend together with her 4 kids around, they must not be that serious but I hear this stuff and feel like a truck hits me everytime!
Just got into work and ran into his cousins wife (she works here) who he works for and she says he leaves everyday at 5. His excuses for weeks have been that he's working late and can't come and works been so busy. It's all bullshit.
He's putting this romance and her kids before my own. My poor 8 yr old son says "I'm gonna ask dad why her kids get to sleep over more than us."
The hardest part is, I see him and I am still so attracted to him, I could just die thinking that he's in bed with her all the time! This is complete torture!!!!
I feel like their relationship may work out and it just kills me! I wonder sometimes if I'm the one being punished for something and he deserves happiness.
I agree with the earlier posts about taking care of yourself too. You are the only "true" parent those four children have and you need to be okay to take care of them.
Bless your Mom!! She loves you as much as you love your children. Accept her assistance with graciousness and a hug!!
If you need a night to go out with friends, do so!! We were 2-12 when our Dad left and we were all healthier when Mom was able to do things for herself. NO GUILT!!!
One thing I do give Mom credit for is that she was very, very careful in her future relationships with other men. We won the step-dad lottery. He didn't come into our lives until several years later, but he was truly worth the wait for all of us. BE CAREFUL in your relationships when you are ready to step forward. This is something I think an IC can help with, they can help you to not seek out the same type of man the second time.
Hugs to you!!!
I wonder sometimes if I'm the one being punished for something and he deserves happiness
You are not being punished. You were the unlucky recipient of the aftermath of your husband's selfish and horrid behavior. You got dealt a really bad hand. But you aren't the dealer and you did not cause this. Don't do that to yourself. PLEASE.
Even if they stay together their relationship IS based on lies. You have two morally bankrupt people that will continue to feed each other BS. Karma is a bitch. So let the fools have each other.
You are mourning the loss or the marriage you thought you had. You are mourning the loss of the man you married. All completely understandable. You are grieving. Let yourself grieve.
Don't beat yourself up over the not needing him comment. He is using it to justify his behavior. Manipulation 101.
Please see an attorney and get a custody schedule ASAP. Do not let him pick his play date times. He needs to respect you and your children more than that.
I am sorry you had a rough night. Keep you head up and let us know how you are doing.
We are here and we care.
[This message edited by 1Faith at 12:59 PM, June 13th (Thursday)]
I can barely drag myself out of bed as it is and I am soooo nervous about tomorrow. I can't stand seeing him knowing he doesn't want me and has moved on with this new woman! I am so nervous about tomorrow!
Also, he didn't take the baby and my 13 year old didn't want to go.
I know he is the biggest toolbag disgusting awful man but I still long for him. I still want him to come home and say "I'm so sorry, I want to come home, I've been so stupid".
I did force myself to meet a guy out for a drink after work on Friday. He was very nice, good looking, understanding, smart, (an elementary school principal) and he texted me last night that he thought about my eyes and smile as he watched the sun set! I know. But I believe him and it helps get my mind off things just slightly.
Depression is still in full gear though, just sat in the house all weekend and nothing makes me happy. Can't get comfortable, can't bring myself to clean, cook and barely want to get out of bed. Just want to fast forward through this nightmare!
My father acted in a similar way and my sister and I have no relationship with him now, your children will remember his behaviour as they grow up
He is p obviously the worlds biggest Dbag. Make sure you ask tomorrow in front of the judge what your obligations are for him and watching/keeping his own kids. I'm sorry but had it been me when he showed up no one would have been home. F him. His kids are already figuring things out. Kids thrive on routine and he is throwing that out the window. Soon they won't want to go, they won't believe when he says he s coming, and they will support you.
When this shitstorm that he created hits him, you are going to be able to sit back and know that you and those kids are gonna be just fine.
Final word of caution. Don't date, don't look for a guy tell your friends you aren't interested. Figure out who you are and learn to love that person and e happy with her. That's one way you won't allow some asshole to do this to you again.
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Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot Poems
- Ash Wednesday I Because I do not hope to turn ...
- The Love Song Of J Alfred Pruf... S'io credesse che mia ...
- The Waste Land 'Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis ...
- A Cooking Egg En l'an trentiesme de mon aage Que toutes ...
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's ...
- The Hollow Men I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed...
- The Naming Of Cats The Naming of Cats is a difficult ...
Eliot was born into the Eliot family of St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Ware Eliot (1843–1919), was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis; his mother, born Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929), wrote poems and was also a social worker. Eliot was the last of six surviving children; his parents were both 44 years old when he was born. His four sisters were between eleven and nineteen years older than he; his brother was eight years older. Known to family and friends as Tom, he was the namesake of his maternal grandfather Thomas Stearns.
From 1898 to 1905 Eliot was a student at Smith Academy, a preparatory school ... more »
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Souren Mondal
What the... Why is not a single one of his poems can be read here? ? : (
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PLEASE tell me why I cannot add any of Eliot's poetry to my list of favorite poems!
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A wonderful poet who's poetry has changed my life
Jared Midwood
The Waste Land is the most important piece of American literature ever published. It is Eliot's tour-de-force, a stunningly realistic portrayal of the downfall of western civilization. It was the first poem to require pages and pages of footnotes! I think it contained 50 or more references to classic literature and music...
Kimberly Kastner
I got his book Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats for my b-day a couple years ago. All the poems in that book are so cute! My favorite one is 'Cat Morgan Introduces Himself.' I liked how Eliot changed the spelling of some of the words to show Morgan's accent.
Kimberly Kastner
I got his book Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats for my b-day a couple years ago. All the poems in that book are so cute! My favorite one is 'Cat Morgan Introduces Himself.' I liked how Eliot changed the spelling of some of the words to show Morgan's accent.
Ash Wednesday
Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things
(Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?)
Why should I mourn
The vanished power of the usual reign?
Because I do not hope to know
The infirm glory of the positive hour
Because I do not think
Because I know I shall not know
The one veritable transitory power
Because I cannot drink
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On November 16, 2013, members of the Navigators Society, their families and special invited guests attended the annual Navigator Family and Friends Night. The Navigator Society is a community of dedicated supporters who share a commitment to preserving and protecting the beauty and wonder of the blue planet through annual operating gifts.
Guests enjoyed a reception before a screening of our newest IMAX film Great White Shark 3D. Then guests headed inside the Aquarium to continue the celebration of the recently renovated Giant Ocean Tank and the New Aquarium Experience. The evening's open house featured a strolling dinner, activities for kids and an opportunity to explore the Aquarium without the everyday crowds. A special thank you goes out to those who helped make this event a success! We are grateful for their support of the Aquarium and their pledge to live blue™.
Consider joining the Navigator Society for an opportunity to take part in these special evenings each year.
Photos: 2013 Navigator Families and Friends Night
Saturday, November 16, 2013
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Inside the National Trust at Cragside
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New TV series airs 6 October 2013, 12.25pm ITV1
This autumn, ITV is showcasing six National Trust places, including Cragside and the Farne Islands in Northumberland, in a 20 part series which reveals just what goes on behind the scenes to keep our special places open.
Broadcast journalist Michael Buerk will rediscover some of Britain's best-loved landscapes, uncover hidden secrets and meet the people behind the scenes of the National Trust in this new documentary series. In each episode he will also try his hand at a new skill.
Staff, volunteers and animals are all set to become the stars of the show with everyday occurrences captured on film from puffin counting on the Farne Islands to an insight into Victorians at Cragside.
Cragside is an extraordinary Victorian house, gardens and woodland built by Lord Armstrong – a Victorian inventor, innovator and landscape genius.
Andrew Sawyer has worked as a Conservation Officer at Cragside for 25 years. He says: 'My favourite moment was talking with Michael Buerk about jelly and jelly moulds. It is just one of those wonderful moments in life you have to pinch yourself and say, am I really talking to this influential, serious journalist about Victorian jelly making? It was just so much fun with all the jolly jelly japes we all had! It was just brilliant to be part of the film crew camaraderie.'
Michael Buerk commented on Cragside: 'A Victorian palace in the most extraordinary spectacular setting. Built by Lord Armstrong who built most of the British (and also Japanese) navy's ships...one of the great inventors, manufacturers and entrepreneurs of that, or any other age. He made one of the biggest fortunes in the world, and spent so much of it on this amazing house.'
Home to the most exciting seabird colony in England, visitors to the Farne Islands can see 23 nestings species, including 37,000 pairs of puffins, arctic terns and guillemots. There is also a large grey seal colony with more than 1,000 pups born every autumn.
It's been a special and busy year on the Farne Islands with head ranger David Steel and his eight strong team performing the five yearly puffin count. He says: 'The puffin count is the only way we can truly measure how our colonies are doing. With the extremes of weather and rain especially last year, we have been really concerned about population numbers falling.
'Viewers will see the outcome of the count; and the coming and goings of our birds - particularly during the nesting season – as well as witnessing the challenges all island inhabitants' face with the extremes of weather.'
Michael Buerk commented: 'I love grand houses, but the Farne Islands are special. With all the birds in the breeding season, they're the closest thing England has to the Galápagos. To be there during the Terns' breeding season was hair-raising in almost every way and the closet you can get to nature this side of the African bush.'
The six featured properties are Cragside and the Farne Islands in Northumberland, Wimpole in Cambridgeshire and Sizergh, Wordsworth House and The Lake District in Cumbria.
Inside the National Trust is to be broadcast weekly on Sundays at 12.25pm from 6 October.
For more information on Inside the National Trust visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/insidethenationaltrust or follow #InsideNT on Twitter.


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Robert HeineckenAmerican (Denver, Colorado, 1931 - 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico)
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Why is so much importance given to the performance of the Ziyarat of Arba'een and the observance of Arba'een (40 days of mourning)?
Ziyarat, as we all know is a visitation, which in essence, is the act of speaking with and visiting our role models. Of course the physical manifestation of the ziyarat is actually being present in Kerbala to perform the Ziyarat of Arba'een, but, in reality, that is not possible for every believer.
So does making ziyarat while not in Kerbala give one the same benefits? Ahadith tell us that performing the Ziyarat of Imam Hussain far from Kerbala would hold the same significance as being in the land of Kerbala, as long as the person performing the Ziyarat has truly understood the status of the Imam and seeks to emulate him.
Imam Muhamed al-Baqir states that the heavens wept over Imam Hussain for forty mornings, rising red and setting red. As we complete 40 days of remembrance of our Imam, we re-assert our pledge of obedience and loyalty to him,
"I bear witness that you are the Imam (who is) the upright, the pious, well-pleased (with Allah), the pure, the guide and the rightly-guided. I bear witness that you fulfilled the pledge of Allah and you struggled in His way…I am a friend of whoever befriends him ..."
By performing the Ziyarat of Arba'een, we pledge that we will continue to follow the path of justice and righteousness and will reject injustice and speak up against the oppressors of the time, I am an enemy of whoever is his enemy.
In essence, we make a promise to continue to mold our lives according to the teaching of Imam Hussain .
But why is it that we mourn and remember Imam Hussain for a period of forty days and then move on?
Our Prophet has said, "The earth mourns the death of a believer for forty mornings." Therefore it appears that the deceased should be remembered and mourned over for a period of forty days. Performing an act for a continuous period of forty days is also known to help one to not just form a habit, but also to carry on the practice for the rest of his life.
If we look at studies dealing with bringing a lifestyle change, we notice the time period emphasized to bring about a change is usually 6 weeks which is about the same time period as 40 days (to be exact it is 42 days).
In the book 40 Days to Personal Revolution: A Break through Program to Radically Change Your Body and Awaken the Sacred Within Your Soul, the author Baron Baptiste explains the significance of forty days:
Why forty days? Because the number 40 holds tremendous spiritual significance in the realm of transformation. Jesus wandered in the desert for forty days in order to experience purification and come to a greater understanding of himself and his mission. Moses and his people traveled through the desert for forty years before arriving at their home in the holy land. Noah preserved the sacredness of life by sailing his ark for forty days and forty nights. According to the Kabbalah, the ancient Jewish mystical text, it takes forty days to ingrain any new way of being into our system….
Reciting particular duas for a period of 40 days is highly recommended in our practices as well.
The unit 40 (forty) is said to be very effective. If a particular Duaa is recited 40 times, or 40 people gather to recite it, or it is recited for 40 days then its effectiveness is highly increased. (Duas.org)
It is reported from Imam Ja'fer Sadiq that whoever recites Dua-e-Ahad for forty days, after morning prayers will be amongst the helpers of the 12th Imam . Visitation of the shrine of Imam Hussain as well as Masjid-e-Sahla for 40 consecutive Thursdays is also very highly recommended and is one of the acts that promises a visit from the 12th Imam (May God hasten his honorable revelation).
Thus, as we perform the Ziyarat of Arba'een and commemorate the Arba'een, 40 days of mourning of Imam Hussain , we hope and pray that this forty days of remembrance of Imam Hussain , brings about a transformation in us by which we can continue to follow the path of Imam Hussain and carry on his message of upholding justice with true faith and a strong sense of sacrifice!
- A'maal of Muharram and Safar (Tayyiba Publishers)
- Kerbala and Beyond by Yasin T. Al-Jabouri
- The Miracle of Ziyarat-e-Ashoora
- Commentary on Ziyarat Ashura, translated by Saleem Bhimji from the work of Ali Asghar Azizi Tehrani
- Kitab al-Irshad, translated by IKA Howard, authored by Sheikh Al-Mufeed
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Firefox & Windows 8 – Mouse-wheel can not scroll down the page at all!
Works here on Windows 8.1 and Firefox v27.0.1. What version of Firefox are you running?
Nice forum!
Great work!
Hi, mean no disrespect but the homepage had me lost – didn't even notice the menu icon until I saw it in one of your pics – think I was intimidated by the large search box, felt like that was the only way to get into the site if you know what I mean (and the content underneath is very bare so that didn't really guide me).
I'm kinda used to being around sites, so I'm thinking if I felt like that, what would an inexperienced user think?
Hope no one takes offense that I'm critiquing rather than saying GLWS, but after a second viewing I did see the functionality contained within the site and was actually really impressed and I felt compelled to comment on the homepage…and lack of demo content.
As always both design and UI experience is very individual. I appreciate your comments and understand where you are coming from. The demo is setup to act like a support forum where users would come to get answers to specific questions – hence the huge search box.
I just wanted to tell you that this theme has gotten some major changes and I have submitted it again for re-review today. Among other things the homepage has gotten totally reworked from scratch. If all goes well it should be live in a couple of days.
Hey, homepage looks miles better and is more user friendly in my opinion now and the functionality is as great as it was originally!
Will you be updating the demo further to include options to view the traditional nav / different colours etc?
Hope something comes along where I can use it and best of luck with sales, but gonna nitpick and say the demo still doesn't do the theme justice – a bit too bare bones and slightly confusing, sorry!
I'll think about adding some kind of style switcher to the demo. If you don't mind me asking, what is it you find confusing about the theme?
Again, just my opinion of what I'd expect from a forum theme, and for a lot of it, the functionality is probably already there, but the demo should show us (the general public) how the site can potentially be used – it's easier to see than it is to imagine and I know users on here show theme demos to clients.
The main issue I have is I can't understand the demo content and how it relates to this type of site.
1 – for example, in the slider, the heading 'A totally fake community' takes me to the knowledge base – I've only just noticed that now because neither the first or last slide have any links. If instead, it read 'Find answers to common problems … see the knowledge base', it would make a lot more sense to me.
2 – your site description says that user content is put in focus, but the homepage has very little of it – I would want strong focus on the community on the home page. At the moment, that seems an afterthought. Ideally quick links to various topics (new/popular etc) – and really obvious and in your face.
3 – from the homepage, it's hard to get around the site, except for the navigation – is no easily visible content that takes you directly to the forum or the knowledge base
4 – once in the forum, the content again makes it hard to understand what you're looking at. So instead of VW Beetles 1951 – 1967, if it was labelled more clearly as to say what it is (topic), then the sub-topics followed by actual user posts.
Looking at the actual individual posts, its easy to understand what they are (this is a closed topic / another solved topic etc), and the functionality is again awesome, but to me, it just felt like too much work to figure out what I was looking at.
Awesome work!
Clean and Great Work! GLWS!
Good design!Best of luck
I'd love to see a traditional header with navigation bar on the top. Also I'd include some alternative homepages…
Hoping to buy this with a few more options…
This theme has now been reworked almost from scratch. I just submitted it for re-review so hopefully it should be live within a couple of days. A lot of new features has been added.
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Great theme, but again i completely agree with the comment from @625web.
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The search box from the home page (huge and to the point!!) – Is there a way to move this to be above the forum area itself, on every area / post?
Also could there be a way to drop the first message (new post) from the top area (where ideally the search would appear) and have it as a normal reply in the boxed area below?
I am currently finishing up another theme. As soon as that is done I will make quite a few changes to RoyalPress (adding multiple homepage layouts, "traditional navigation" and more).
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2 questions : how can users change avatar ? What file to modify for the date (... ago) ?
I found a way for the avatar but the homepage background is not working for me : http://forums.medias-culture.fr
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Looking at your website, the "dynamic.css" file created by OptionTree is not containing a value for the background image. The problem might be that dynamic.css has incorrect file permissions and that your WordPress install can't write to it (since most of the content inside it looks like standard values).
Send me an email via my profile page and I will help you get this sorted out.
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Hello! Sorry for my late reply. I will get started on RoyalPress changes first thing monday morning. I'll let you know once I have submitted it for review.
I just submitted it for re-review. The theme has been reworked almost from scratch and gotten a lot of new features. If all goes well it should be live within a couple of days.
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Hey ! How is it possible to deny the access to conversions to unregistered users ?
Hello. Sorry for late reply.
bbPress actually has a few visibility options built-in. So when creating your forum section you can set it as "private". Only logged in users will be able to view those.
Hi, I am very interested in purchasing this template as a resource for the company I am working for, but I have an important question before I do so: Is it possible to password-protect the entire site? I understand from the comment above that you can set the forum section as "private," but can I set other sections to "private" as well? If so, which ones? Are there any that I cannot?
Thanks so much! I love this template!
I am using the klein theme for a buddypress site, but have a lot of things I want changed for the bbpress options that come with it. I am trying to see if it is possible to just buy a bbpress theme to sharpen up my forum area. I like the spacing and how it is easy to read.
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I really just want to borrow formatting from a bbpress theme for my forums, but keep all the other buddypress forum for the rest of the site. thanks
Demo link says 404 not found. Is the any way to see the demo?
Sorry about that. This theme has now been updated and the demo is back online.
a quick question. Is it possible to integrate social login with the theme?
It's possible. By default the login form performs an AJAX request to the WordPress backend (theme's functions.php file). From there you can do pretty much "anything" with the supplied data.
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I setup this theme for work and it looks like the forum replies are not showing up on the front-end but they show up in the WordPress under replies. When you click to view them it goes to the topic but doesn't show the replies? Do you know anything about this and can you help?
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when the winds are becoming too gentle for a rokkaku battle, take your ninjas and enjoy them dancing together in the sky!
choose your weapon:
see dimensions and span of the urban ninja kite in comparison with the synergetic wing-kites.
the urban ninja kite is a current product of the swiss kite lab: horvath.ch, and this article reflects precisely our urban ninja, manufactured at our atelier in switzerland and commercially distributed by us.
should we be able, after more than 2 dozens of prototypes, to refine its flying characteristics, to simplify parts of the product or to make some building steps easyer to understand, we will show the results highlighted in rose for a couple of days in this original plan. if you have any suggestions, please drop us a line!
smoother and harder variants of the original ninja kite:
for now: the smooth ones and new: the bad with a short clip.....
the carbon tubes used in the kite are avia.125 - 3.1 mm, 7.5 g/m. they come mostly in lengths of 1 m or 2 m, that's roughly 40 inches or 80 inches.
and now to the kite making: please read this kite building turorial and plan completely, then start preparing all the parts shown on the bill of material.
when done, print one of these templates:
check the 500 mm bar to make shure your print is properly scaled. in the print dialog, turn off all options like "fit to paper" or something similar to ensure a real scale print.
cut away the part left of the center fold of the panels. punch 3 mm holes at the corners, spine and leading edge marks.
or download the plan in dxf format, set the dimensions probably to cm, import text as text, preseve faces, the file is a 2d plan.
the pictures in this kite building plan are often showing details quite big, taken from a short distance. as a clue, you can watch the squares in the icarex cloth to determine the scale of a pic: they are around 10 mm, or two and a half of them are an inch.
western kite builders, making designs such as rokkakus, deltas, genkis or codys etc. may be surprised how small and accurate the details of an urban ninja are formed. on the other hand, people involved in indian fighters or north american fighter kites, will have to imagine the kite and its details in double size.
fold icarex sharply, lay the template on top of it and align the left edges of both.
mark all the points through the holes, including the bridle and leading edge marks for the upper black panel. remove the template, then cut the still folded panels with a straightedge and a sharp cutter.
for the leading edge marks of the upper black panel cut a small wedge as guide for drawing the marks on both left and right sides of the panel.
here are the measurements for direct drafting onto the sail, again folded first. as on the printed template, these are the dimensions for cutting the panels, including the 6 mm overlaps and the boundaries, that will reside in the leading and trailing edges of the completed sail. the units are in mm, millimeters: 1 inch = 25.4 mm
press transfer adhesive tape, 6 mm or 1/4 inch wide, to the back side of the black panels, leaving a few millimeters free at the center fold. place one half of the white panel over the highly visible tape liner and roll it back. remove the liner slowly and let the white icarex drop back onto the adhesive tape.
the overlap of the panels is 6 mm or 1/4 inch. using 5 mm wide tape, as we do on our production ninjas, there are nice 0.5 mm of icarex left on both sides of the tape, protecting the adhesive from dust or sand.
lay the left side of the white panel on to its right side, adjust the position for a good symmetry. remove 1/2 inch of the tape liner at the center and fold it tightly up at 90°
lay the left side of the black panel on to the white panel, adjust the position accurately and lock it with weights. pull out the liner very slowly, be careful not to displace the panels. press the black icarex to the tape with the fingers, do not rub to avoid distortion of the seam.
the assembled sail of the kite with the profiled keel: last chance to check for perfect symmetry!
should your finished flying kite lean to one side later in the sky, you can correct this by moving the y-line along the x-line.
the back side of the kite: the panels sticked together with standard 6 mm wide tape, which is exactly the measurement of the overlap.
before sewing, make compound patches of an adhesive dacron 12 x 20 mm and two adhesive icarex pieces 9 x 40 mm. place the compound patches for the bridle and the z-line attachement exactly at the center fold. two of them start on the white panel, this will make three layers at this tension loaded point.
the upper bridle attachment is centered at 110 mm above the end of the black panel or 104 mm from the end of the white panel. that is 245 mm from the nose tip. then triple zig zag the panels together, 4 mm wide and 3 mm long is a nice stitch. at the center you may shorten the stitches to 1.5 mm to improve resistance.
the front side of the sail, the black panel is on top:
sew first the folded icarex trailing edges, avoid tensions as much as possible. maybe a long double zig zag, reduced upper and lower thread tension and a double fabric transport will help. then sew the leading edges with a narrow medium length triple zig zag.
for the wingtip cut pieces of icarex-coated kevlar 6 x 16 mm and self-adhesive icarex 10 x 10 mm and 16 x 40 mm. stick the small adhesive icarex patch at the outer end of the leading edge.
fold the icarex piece sharply, fold the paper liner back and place the kevlar or dacron reinforcement onto the adhesive
stick half of the icarex piece to the leading edge using the fold as a positioning guide, turn the sail and press the second half down to the back side. punch a hole, diameter 5 mm.
place the leading edge spar reinfocement patch. temporarily you may stick an additional layer here to protect this exposed point of the leading edge in hard city-flights on asphalt. then cut out the leading edge: the opening is 9 mm deep and 80 mm long, the lower end at 20 mm, the upper end at 60 mm from the silver mark.
make a compound of adhesive dacron 20 x 50 mm folded at 30 mm and a piece of dacron 10 x 40 mm for the spine end pocket. stick it accuratly aligned with the center fold of the kite and sew it to the sail with two straight stitches.
front side of the spine end: melt the thread ends down and press them to the fabric.
back side of the spine end: punch or melt with a soldering bit two holes, diameter 3mm.
to make the exposed tail section more durable, you may place the sticker onto the sail first. this part is included in the urban ninja ul building set.
and now the nose:
make a piece of adhesive coated dacron 25 x 50 mm with two beveled corners and two cuts 5 mm long and 5 mm from the center fold.
fold half of the paper liner sharply back and stick the nose piece to the sail, the sharp folds will help in positioning and centering accurately.
sew the nose to the sail, seal the front tip with a lighter, and punch 3 mm holes. prepare a 85 mm long 1.8 mm bungi cord with good flanges at both ends.
try to make a square knot or reef knot, called the samariter- knoten in switzerland. use the pliers to arrange it and tighten it with a continuous pull.
voila! the accurately placed holes and the bungi will hold the spine exactly at the center of the kite.
to make a flange: let 4 mm line out of the pliers. all given lengths of lines include this allowance: the z-line is 130 mm when cut, with the two flanges melted down it will be 122 mm, ready for the loop.
for a nice, compact flange: melt the bridle line and press it even and gently to the pliers with the plastic part of the lighter.
make a loose loop like this: the line shown is the z-line which will pull down the spine to the spreader.
lay the loop around a slightly conical pen and pull the line until the flange stops at the knot.
tighten the loop around the pen to proof the strength of the knot. these loops are made directly on both ends of the x-line, at one end of the y-line and at one end of the z-line.
punch or melt with a soldering bit two holes, diameter 3mm, at the three reinforcements along the spine. we use to fold the sail to make each pair of the holes in one step, good for symmetry too.
tie the z-line and the two legs of the bridle to the sail and tighten the knots carefully, again with the pen, but leave the loops open for inserting the spine later.
the leader line has an overhand knot, stopped with a flange at each end. larkshead the bridle around a knot of the leader line.
use the lightest bridle line you can find. we like our all black 320 n spectra core bridle line, which equals a 70 lb bridle line (such a sleeved line is 1 mm = 0.04 inch in diameter, and 0.6 mm = 0.02 inch when pressed in the tighten knot). all lenghts given are for this line, if you are using heavyer stuff, add a few millimeters at each end. see more unit conversions at the top of the left column.
insert the spine through the loops of the z-line and the bridle and into the tail pocket. shown here the loop of the z-line near the seam and the upper bridle loop bottom right. tighten the three loops. in the upper left shown the x-line with the attached y-line, the kite is assemembled on this photo. this is a production urban ninja, the panels are sticked together with 5 mm wide 9460 tape at the 6 mm overlap.
tension the bungi at the nose, putting first the knot into the jaco, then the second loop. the jaco is cut at the ring and shortened by 12 mm.
the pic is showing the second diagonal loop of the bungi, which is pulled into the nose piece of the kite.
you may shorten the 995 mm spine a little bit, depending on the strength of the bungi line and the strain and stretch in the fabric used. most sail fabric will get longer under tension over time, so let a couple of mm space between the jaco and the tip of the nose, especially if the sail is nylon spinaker. but better use icarex.
the less the sail is tensioned along the spine, the better.
make the upper ends of the leading edge tubes as round and smooth as possible by sanding them. the backside of the kite is shown. the upper end of the stopper is 138 mm from the top of the avia.125 3.1 mm carbon le-tube.
insert the leading edge tubes fitted with the vinyl stoppers from top through the cutout into the leading edge and through the holes at the wingtip out again until the upper end is at the cutout. place first the loop of the x-line above the stopper, then the apa connector.....
.....and push the tube up into the leading edge. move the x-line and the apa down to the stopper
when assembled, the loop of the x-line should align with the silver mark on the sail. shown here the front side of the kite.
attaching the spreader: extend the loop of the z-line to form a double loop around the spreader. this is the neutral standard setup for all of our kites and wings. with a single loop, the z-line will be longer, with three loops it will pull and bend the spine closer down to the spreader.
when flying in the city, protect the double loop with a tape or two small vinyl or teflon tubes around the spreader beside the bridle line. this will prevent erosion of the z-line loops at take-offs and landings on asphalt.
now the kite is ready to beeing built up: bend the spreader by holding both ends firmly and use the thumbs to place it into the apas. the x-line will be probably a little bit loose or a little bit tight, this will be adjusted with the y-line.
first setup of the y-line: at the tail use two half hitches (zwei halbe schläge) to tie the y-line around the spine. the x-line line should get a considerable tension and the sail should be rather slack.
shown here the front side view of the kite, now ready to fly ! ! !
for flights in the city protect the short section of the exposed y-line with tape, or go with the line through a short vinyl or teflon tube, which will contact the asphalt at take-offs.
draw the numbers onto both faces, the front side and the back side of the sail with a black marker pen. stick a sample to the window to test the effects from an appropriate distance. we use comics-like wide fonts of course, like this one called "field day filter" and numbers, which clearly indicate the orientation of the ninja on its wild flights, also from the back side.
fredi haller, switzerland, is applying highly pigmented acrylic resin calligraphy ink 29700 from rohrer-klingler for the graphic-design on his urban ninjas. he's painting with aquarel brushes on either one or both sides of the sail. after a short drying period the lightfast paint is resistant to water and abrasion. it doesnt break off when folding the kite down. the black ink is darker than that of a marker pen and looks a bit more even.
here's a real scale pdf of this cool font designed by ray larabie. you can print it on a4 sheets. your name is to identify your personal kite on a crowded field, all urban ninjas look the same after all. we would be delighted about a mentioning like "powered by horvath.ch" as well, thanks.
the following pics show the urban ninja with the standard setup: it will park at 60 m in medium to stronger winds. in zero or very gentle breezes it has a light, but responsive pull. the short fly aways or dives will show an extreme nose up tendency, so you will be able to turn back the kite towards you anytime. the urban ninja rolls backwards gladly and recovers to a nice short horizontal glide within a few meters. slacken the line instantly after the impulsive pull to fly this and most other moves.
the dihedral can be adjusted with the length of the z-line to vary the yaw stability in glides. as an additional effect of a shorter z-line the spine bend increases and flatspins become tighter.
the most important adjustment is the tension of the whole sail. shorten or lenghten the y-line on the field to adjust the effective span of the spreader. this affects directly the span of the kite and the slack in the sail.
the first half hitch of the y-line at the keel.....and the second half hitch. the line goes around the carbon spine as well.
the urban ninja flies best with a very very slack sail, resulting in a deep billow and an accented keel area. a slack sail slows this fast little kite down. the airflow will pass a softer, flexible surface, especially if the icarex is somewhat crinkly, hence adjust the y-line at will. the pictures show a rather tight sail.
with a lighter bridle setting, the kite will fly more agile and respond to light, but sharp pulls on the flying line. this is good for the urban ninja flying style. shown here the aggressive 580 mm bridle, or 600 mm using heavier bridle line.
lay at least 50 m of spectra line (called dyneema in europe) like the zero.6 or .7 well sorted to the ground, attach it with a larkshead loop to the leader line and fly!
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the flight card shows the flying style of our kites. the movie of the urban ninja is showing the rather fast freestyle moves. to compare with the single line gliders, here is a movie of a flight with the long way home or a short indoor session with the c'est la vie gran turismo. these clips are in .mov format, on the movies page you find also clips for your i-phone or i-pod.
find more information on light materials for kite building, such as measured weights on our kite building page.
thomas k. horvath, zurich switzerland, summer 2006
if you find out any improvement on the kite design itself or some details or want to help us in correcting our clumsy english in this tutorial, feel free to send us an e-mail. thank you!
ninjas at the donaueschingen kite festival 2007. there was too little wind for kites other than synergetic zerowind ones to lift off. picture © markus egger ch 2007
never ever build your urban ninja kite heavier than indicated in the specs of this plan, it would be definitely too jumpy and less fun to control. using icarex, the sound would also be much crisper than with soft fabrics like chikara, good for locating the kite in the dark. if it's impossible for you to find the adequate light materials for making this kite, we can offer:
the fast and convenient way to kite building and flying, for kids and teens too: a complete construction kit with pre cut carbon spars, all materials, including the cnc cutted and perforated adhesive reinforcements and a sheet of transfer adhesive to build your own perfect urban ninja.
the center panel comes cutted and folded as a reference, choose one of four standard colors at the zerowind kite store.
if you prefer to fly this single line kite innovation right away, you can order a ready to fly urban ninja ul. choose one of 4 standard colors at the zerowind kite store, or your favourite color from the icarex color palette. comes without a number, in the famous black tube.
with this gesture, you help us to pay the running costs of this project and you support further developments in our atelier. thank you.
this kite making plan is for non commercial, private use only.
© ch 2006 - 2015 horvath.ch
creative commons attribution-noncommercial-no-derivative-works license.
if you are planning to build a couple of these kites in a workshop, please contact us. there are some simple concepts to find a fair deal.
you may not trade off urban ninjas against other kites or anything else.
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|the kite: concept und specs
|1 list of material and templates
|2 cutting and assembling the sail
|3 sewing the sail
|4 the leading edges
|5 nose and tail of the kite
|6 flanges and the pen loops
|7 assembling the kite
|8 typography
|9 flight and setup, movies
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This demonstrates one of the great powers and weaknesses of photojournalism. The picture is a slice of time - removing the context of the security staff which had tried unsuccessfully to have the "protesters" leave peacefully. As it was clear that the students were unwilling to obey the lawful orders of the University security officers, even after being warned about the consequences of doing so. Then to minimize injury to themselves and the students, the officers used a noxious but non injurious tool to break up the group.