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Students face to face with dam development
On November 29-30, 2012, IUCN, in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, organized two screenings of a 52-minute documentary on the winners and losers from hydropower development in the Mekong Region. The film was shown at the Vietnam National University (VNU) and Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). … | Vietnamese
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New mangrove record confirmed for Vanuatu
A new mangrove species record has been confirmed for Vanuatu. The hybrid, Sonneratia X gulngai, was discovered during a field assessment on Santo Island and now brings the total national mangrove species record to 20. …
30 Dec 2012 | Article
Những bất cập trong thi pháp luật môi trường và bảo đảm quyền môi trường cho người được trợ giúp pháp lý
Quyền được Trợ giúp pháp lý và quyền môi trường: Nghị định số 07/ CP của Chính phủ ngày 12/1/2007 hướng dẫn thi hành Luật trợ giúp pháp lý 2006, tại Điều 34 đã quy định người nghèo, đối tượng chính sách và nhóm yếu thế khác được trợ giúp pháp lý về 08 lĩnh vực pháp luật trong đó có vấn đề môi trường. … | English | French
30 Dec 2012 | Article
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Policy barriers to cleaner environment in Viet Nam
Since 2008, IUCN has cooperated with the Vietnam Institute of Human Rights (VIHR), one of 10 or so institutions that make up the Ho Chi Minh Political Academy on a range of environmental governance projects. IUCN's interest in working with the VIHR lies primarily in the fact that every year it trains 500-700 government officials who need to pass in order to get promoted. In a one party state that regards independent action by non-state actors with suspicion, such cooperation offers the opportunity to broaden the knowledge and (hopefully) change the attitudes of Vietnam's future leaders. … | Vietnamese
29 Dec 2012 | Article
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Training journalists in the Mekong Delta
On December 5-7, IUCN Viet Nam organized a media training course the water resources management issues in Mekong Delta for 15 journalists. It was held in Dong Thap Province and included a field trip to Sa Rai Town, Tan Hong District, Dong Thap Province. The course was supported by the IUCN-coordinated Mekong Water Dialogues (MWD) and U.N. Democracy Fund (UNDEF). … | Vietnamese
28 Dec 2012 | Article
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Action research for conservation of Asian elephants in Bangladesh
The conservation of Asian elephants is vital to the maintenance of the biodiversity and ecological integrity of Bangladesh. It is estimated that there are 239 wild Asian elephants in the country. …
26 Dec 2012 | Project completed
在2012年12月20日IUCN举办了一场"以自然为基础的生态文明宣传教育圆桌座谈会",并邀请16位来自政府、NGO和商界的环境教育专家分享他们在推动自然宣传教育过程中所遇到的挑战,并讨论推动我国生态文明宣传教育的优先领域和行动。 … | English
26 Dec 2012 | Article
Community Water Dialogues: Creating a platform for community participation in flood and water Management
Over the next year the Thailand National Working Group (NWG), Mekong Water Dialogues will be conducting Community Water Dialogues (CWD) throughout Thailand. CWD will establish a platform for local communities to contribute to flood and water management in Thailand. …
21 Dec 2012 | Article
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Losing the Thai Water onion: A community's fight to stop dredging and protect their ecosystem
On the 12 of December 2012, the Thailand National Working Group, Mekong Water Dialogues, visited Ranong Province in the South of Thailand to talk to local communities and to witness, first hand, the impacts of dredging on the local ecosystem and communities. …
21 Dec 2012 | Article
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Community Water Dialogues: the impacts of dredging in Ranong Province, Thailand
On the 13 of December 2012, IUCN and the Mekong Water Dialogues financially and technically supported the first Community Water Dialogues (CWD) in Ranong Province, Thailand. The CWD in Ranong focused on the impacts of dredging on local communities and environment. …
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|The Laughing Mom: humorous tales of motherhood
|Written by Susan Pfaltzgraff
A different idea of fun
Last summer, my darling husband suggested that we take a day of rest and relaxation. That sounded so nice! I had visions of being a couch potato while letting the day pass slowly and quietly. But I must have momentarily forgotten that I was the mother of crawling baby!
I made a few attempts to recline on our couch, but it never lasted long before I had to get up and chase my daughter Melise.
You would think I would be able to set her down with a pile of toys and she'd be satisfied, but that's not the way reality works. I finally gave up on my idea to relax for the day (and I gave up on ever doing it again until Melise and all my future children grow up and move out!). I had to think of something that would entertain Melise without making me work too hard. So we did laundry!
I know laundry sounds like a chore, but for us it was a summertime game! The washing part of it was quite standard, of course. Melise liked to sit on the washing machine and bob up and down in rhythm with the chug-chug-chugging.
The fun really began when it was time to dry the clothes. We have something 10 times more fun then a dryer—we have a clothesline! It may be old-fashioned and a little labor intensive, but when I was hanging laundry Melise would crawl happily around on the grass at my feet. All our pets would gather (we have a dog and several cats) and the whole group enjoyed mingling in the shade of the clothes as they flapped in the wind.
The fun didn't stop there! When the clothes were dry, Melise helped me collect them. I set the laundry basket below each item and held Melise high against my chest. As I pinched each clothespin, she would grab the item, enthusiastically pull and then drop it into the basket below. Along with each step, I would prompt her with "Grab! Pull! Drop! Good job!" We weren't really a well-oiled machine, and more than a few items missed the basket, but the giggles made it worthwhile!
The next step was to sort the clean clothes. Here I would take full advantage of my daughter's delight in "unloading" any type of basket, box, drawer, etc. that she could get her hands on. I would set Melise down next to the basket and tip the basket toward her. Without hesitation, she would pull each item out and toss it over her shoulder.
I had to work fast to catch each thing, fold it and pile it. The only problem was that if Melise emptied the basket before I had a chance to fold everything she would then turn around, pick up the folded items and throw them back in the basket! A strong sense of humor was required for this step.
Finally we reached the great reward at the end of laundering. When there were no more clothes going in and out of the basket, that was the time for a certain baby to crawl into the basket or pull it over on her head. Whether she was imagining she was sailing in a boat or a birdie in a cage, I knew she was loving every second of it!

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With the 112th Map of the Week we take a look at the Junction Inn in the town center of Slovanian North Junction.
Despite its rather mundane name, the Junction Inn is the most luxurious hostelry in all of Slovania. However, it's important to remember that PC groups have no chance whatsoever to get a room there, unless they have good connections to Count Arnot, who owns the inn. Some of the rooms are rented on a permanent basis to important persons from elsewhere who come frequently to North Junction. Others are let as guest rooms, but only to those who are guests of or visitors to the count, usually in town for business reasons. The guest rooms all are on the second story, along with Innkeeper Eleonora's office and quarters. An armed guard controls entry to the stairway. There are three levels. One part of the cellar is a storage area for the kitchen. The other part is Count Arnot's secret and secured wine cellar. A secret tunnel runs from Arnot's castle to the wine cellar. Barrels of the finest wines from the count's vineyards in the southern part of the county are transported to the castle and then are moved underground to the wine cellar. These wines are Arnot's great vinicultural treasures, all worth considerable money. There also is a locked and trapped door to the wine cellar behind the stage of the count's chamber (a small fest hall) on the ground floor. The ground floor also includes the public room, the count's chamber, the kitchen and jakes.
Key to the Cellar:
1. Stairway to the Kitchen.
2. Kitchen Storage Area.
3. Entrance from the Castle Tunnel into the Wine Cellar.
4. Racks of Bottled Wine.
5. Barrels of Wine That Has Not Yet Been Bottled.
6. Bottling Area.
7. Shelves with Empty Wine Bottles.
8. Stairway to the Ground Floor.
Key to the Ground Floor:
9. Woodshed.
10. Stairway to the Second Story. (The second story is reserved for game masters to develop to suit the needs of their own campaigns.)
11. Jakes.
12. Guest Reception Area. An inn employee and an armed guard always are stationed here. Only registered guests or those authorized by the Innkeeper Eleonora are allowed to use the stairs.
13. Rear Door.
14. Kitchen.
15. Food Window. Waitresses pick up guests' food here.
16. Beer Tap and Wine Service.
17. Guests' Booths. Anyone can use the public room, but the booths can be reserved. Guests without a booth reservation may use one only if one is free and unreserved. The booths are the main place where transactions are made where privacy is desired.
18. Public Room. Tables here can be reserved. Unlike the guest rooms on the second story, the public room is open to one and all as long as seats are available.
19. Main Entrance.
20. The Count's Chamber. When not in use, this area always is locked. It usually is available only to the count and his guests. It has a small stage that is used for entertainment or for speakers, if there is a business program.
21. Closet. This area only appears to be a small closet and storage area. In truth, it is the trapped entryway to the stairs that lead to the count's secret wine cellar. The trap system here is not magical, but it is extremely difficult for a thief to understand and disarm. If nothing is done to disarm the trap, a latch trap inside the door will trigger the trap, which will release instantly lethal gas from the floor and ceiling (not mapped) grates. Opening the door will trigger the latch. The Dungeons Daring DL and the OGL 3.5 difficulty class for a thief to determine that the grates probably release gas are only 13. These grates are rather obvious. They would seem to serve no other logical purpose. Learning what triggers the trap or how to disarm it is an entirely different matter DL 40 in Dungeons Daring and DC 45 in OGL 3.5 games. There are five horseshoe-shaped rings in the wall of area 21. Pushing in the third and fifth (from the top) will disable the trap. Pulling the floor lever will restore the rings to their original position, reactivating the trap. The arrow shows the direction in which the door opens. The door is locked normally, and the lock is not trapped. If one succeeds in going through the door, one can reset the trap by setting the trap latch inside the door back to its original position. Doing so also will cause the rings to snap back to their original positions.
22. Stairway to the Wine Cellar.
You can get this floor plan in two versions:
1. The Fractal Mapper (TM) 8 version in FMP format, fully editable (15.5 MB) from the Jörðgarð website.
2. As two JPG flat maps of 3000 Pixels x 2330 Pixels each (6 MB), available above.
Both versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð website at:
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Top lady baller Serena Williams will be featured on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated after capturing her fourth Wimbledon crown and 13th career major.
Tennis scribe Jon Wertheim penned the cover story with the provocative, argument-inducing headline, "Serena Williams: Love Her, Hate Her. She's the Best Ever." If you ask me she still has a bit to go, though not so far in reality, to hoist the title of GOAT. But if anyone in recent memory has had the best chance of reaching the pinnacle it's ReRe.
So how did the current WTA Penthouse resident react to the news of her latest SI cover? Via Twitter:
I thought she'd be happier. Anyway, her latest cover on the sports rag made me curious to look back and reminisce on her past SI moments:
This one came out in May 2003, months after a then 21-year old ReRe completed the "Serena Slam" capturing four straight majors beginning with 2002 Roland Garros and ending at the 2003 Australian Open. She was going for a fifth straight major win in Paris but a spunky Belgian named Justine Henin got in her way in a controversial semifinal upset.
The Wimbledon champ was featured on another cover in May 2003 showcasing the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports (top right corner) where she placed third on the list.
And, of course, the one that started off her spectacular career was her exciting run to the title as a 17-year old at the U.S. Open defeating then-World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final. This cover, released in September 1999, hints at the surprise of seeing ReRe grab the first Grand Slam in the Williams family over sister Venus, whose forlorn look was a memorable moment from that day.
The latest SI issue featuring ReRe will be on stands Wednesday, July 7.
UPDATE: Speaking of ReRe and magazines she's featured in the July 20 issue of Harper's Bazaar. The article includes some interesting tidbits.
On her infamous catsuit from the 2002 U.S. Open:
"I was like, 'I can't go out there. Oh, my God, I'm so nervous, I can't go out. I feel really exposed.'" She asked fellow player Justine Henin what she thought. (Henin recommended a more traditional skirt and top.) But the rest, as they say, is history. "I felt so comfortable," she remembers, "and after that, I owned it."On her body image:
"I was 23 when I realized that I wasn't Venus. She's totally different," she explains. "I'm super-curvy. I have big boobs and this massive butt. She's tall and she's like a model and she fits everything. I was growing up, wanting to be her, wanting to look like her, and I was always fitting in her clothes, but then one day I couldn't." She pauses. "But it's fine. Now I'm obviously good, but it's a weird thing."On her workout regime:
"I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky." Her regimen: Pilates two or three times a week and when she's training for a tournament, "a couple of hours of hitting, then an hour or two of cardio and strengthening in the gym." Also, when she's at home in L.A., she runs the half mile up a hill to Venus's house instead of driving. But no dieting. "I don't even know the D word," she says with a laugh.On the breakup with ex-boyfriend Common back in April:
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Vacation All I Ever Needed … And More.
by Kerry Rivera
A week ago, as I got into my trusty Prius for the long commute home, I gleefully called my husband to report I was officially on vacation. We launched into the Go Go's Vacation All I Ever Wanted, and instantly I felt a weight lift from my shoulders.
For nine glorious days, there would be no horrendous commute, no ironing slacks, no rushed mornings, no meetings, no deadlines … and no Blackberry. Vacation All I Ever Wanted, indeed. But more than that, I knew I desperately needed a vacation.
You see … the month of July was awful, and by the first week of August, I could feel myself crumbling. There was simply too much to do and too little time. The hours, lack of recognition and avalanche of assignments were no match. I started to get crabby. I found myself frequently closing my office door. I felt like I was failing at everything … and the tears started to well in my eyes. Not good … especially in the male-dominated auto industry. I knew if I could just hold out for a few more days, I would get those nine glorious days … but then what?
Don't get me wrong, as I sit here typing away on the eve of my return to the office, I feel relaxed and happy and refreshed. Still, tomorrow, I will return to the sea of red e-mails, deadlines, meetings and internal clients who will want to know when, when, when. My pulse starts to race just thinking about it.
To be honest, there is not much I can do to control the work. Perhaps delegate a little more and take on a little less. But if there is one thing I realized as I hit my breaking point in early August, it was this – I need to do a better job taking care of myself.
Vacations come and go, and while my nine glorious days off helped my sanity, I need to do more for me in the months between those delightful breaks.
After a week camping in the rain, for me, coming back to work felt like a holiday!
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I'm getting ready to start my week long vacation. This year we're saving money and taking off in the rv. We're going to teach the kids what camping in the great outdoors is all about, yosemite here we come! I'm excited but at the same time I know we'll be exhausted, dirty and tired when we get home and then right back to work we go. I'm going to try my best to feel rejuvenated by the expereience of being outdoors and enjoying such an experience with my kids! When I return I'm making an "end-of the year list" and I'm going to find little ways to take care of me! Thanks for the article!
Kerry, great article. Your list is right on. You've inspired me to dust off my own spa certificate, given a YEAR ago. Yikes.


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Family Tree is giving away two copies of Charles Dickens by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley (RRP £30). To enter the draw all you have to do is answer the following question correctly, by 27 January 2012. Two winners will be picked at random after this date.
In what year was Charles Dickens born?
Charles Dickens, published by Andre Deutsch, celebrates Dickens' bicentenary 1812-2012 and is the definitive interactive illustrated guide to the man and his works, produced in association with the Charles Dickens Museum, London. The biography contains removable facsimile documents from Dickens' personal archives.
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Stätten der Justiz in Berlin und ihre Geschichte
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Aims and Scope
Berlin is an important site for the history of justice in Germany. The book documents the history of justice here from 1468, with the first documented reference to the Kammergericht ("Court of Appeal"), through to the present, as well as the sites at which it all took place, and is still taking place. This interesting presentation is rounded off by many illustrations.
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LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA9) - Giant Food says it has removed products recalled by Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto.
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NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen Monday welcomed an agreement signed with Tokyo pledging Japan's continued cooperation in the fight against "emerging security challenges".
Secretary General Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks in Tokyo and issued a joint declaration on closer NATO-Japan partnership, local media said.
The declaration highlights cooperation in managing crisis situations including natural disasters and "emerging security challenges -- terrorism, cyber attacks, piracy, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery", he said ahead of the talks.
Thanking Japan for its past support, including in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia and in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Rasmussen said: "So how can we build on these experiences?"
"How can NATO and Japan deepen and broaden their relationship in the future to help make the world safer for all of us? First and foremost, we should continue to intensify our political dialogue," he said.
Rasmussen said after NATO troops leave Afghanistan in 2014 the alliance wants to continue training and assisting Afghan security forces.
"I very much hope that Japan will continue its support for the efforts of the international community in Afghanistan."
Japan has never had a combat role in Afghanistan, but has been involved in reconstruction and is a major donor.
Japanese naval ships returned home in early 2010 at the close of an eight-year refuelling mission in support of US-led military operations in Afghanistan at a time of strains in the US-Japan alliance.
Japan last year hosted an Afghan aid conference where donor nations pledged $16 billion for Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into turmoil when foreign combat troops depart, but called on Kabul to implement reforms to fight graft.


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Over/Under 2 on how many additional wins ISU has if Wes Eikmeier stayed this year. Call me crazy - but I take the over easily. I liked Eikmeier. For everything he lacked - he brought some scoring swagger to the team. A year preparing this off season could have made him a valuable bench player and a spark this team desperately needed.
All Eikmeier would have been this year is a warm body off the bench. I'd take the under easily.
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Is this a serious question...0 change, possibly more losses.
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day".-Frank Sinatra
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i forget, where did he transfer? and did he play this year or did he have to sit out?
Sat out this year at Colorado State.
Originally Posted by Greglixhislips
Sat out this year at Colorado State.
He was nothing more than a poor man's Scotty C. Under.
Over. Once Lucca left, the one thing our team lacked was the ability to knock down treys. I don't see how anyone could make a case for the under. If all he does is sit on the bench we end up with the same exact players that played, and therefore the same record. No way him sitting on the bench causes us to actually lose more...
Edit: Didn't see the nonchalant 2 placed after the over/under in the OP. My apologies.
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He was going to be RS'd this year. So, none.
I liked him, but I'm not sure where he would get mins from.
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He was going to be RS'd this year. So, none.
This. I would love to still have Eikmeier on the team and think he would have been a good player for us as a junior and senior. But, he would not have played at all this year as the plan was for him to redshirt.
Seneca Wallace.
He didn't have the drive to be a high major D1 player, but I still think we would have gotten at least one or two more wins with him. He was a heady player, and could get off a quick release. If he was able to commit himself to the weight room/training table, I believe he could have been a legit Big 12 player. Unfortunately, for us and and him, he didn't want to put forth the effort...
Maybe 1, if he made a 3 pter Vs Mizzou, but Lucca could have obviosly done that
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Q: Who sponsored New York's video game law?
A: There were two identical versions, one in the NY State Assembly and another in the NY State Senate. The Assembly version (A.11717) was sponsorsed by Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D, Brooklyn). The Senate version (S.6401-A) was sponsored by Sen. Andrew Lanza (R, Staten Island).
Q. How was it voted on in the legislature?
A. The Assembly version was passed 137-1. The Senate version passed 61-1.
Q. How did the bill get to be law?
A. After approval by the Assembly and Senate, Gov. David Paterson (D) signed it into law on July 22nd.
Q. Is this the same legislation that former Gov. Spitzer was favoring before his hooker incident cost him his job?
A. No. The bill under consideration last year would have made selling an M-rated game to a minor a felony crime. There is no such provision in this law.
Q. What does the law require?
A. The law requires:
- Video games sold by retailers in New York State which have a "standardized" and "commonly used" (e.g., ESRB) rating must display that rating on the outside of their packaging.
- New console systems sold in NY State must have parental controls
- A 16-member advisory council, appointed by the Governor, will a.) study the relationship between violent media and youth violence b.) evaluate the effectiveness of the ESRB rating system and make recommendations concerning it c.) study the potential of creating a parent-teacher violence awareness program to identify and assist potentially violent student
Q: Does the law apply to games sold online as well as in retail stores?
A: No. Although Sen. Lanza's website initially claimed that it did, a reading of the legislation shows that "mail order" businesses, which under NY law include online retailers, are exempt from the rating requirements. GamePolitics contacted Sen. Lanza's staff, which said that the online comment was a mistake and does NOT apply. The law applies ONLY to so-called "brick and mortar" retailers.
Q: Are the current ESRB ratings & content descriptors sufficient to meet the requirements of the law?
A: Yes. As long as a video game available at retail displays an ESRB rating and its associated content descriptors (and they already do), the retailer is in compliance.
Q. What about small publishers or independently created games which are not submitted for an ESRB rating?
A. As long as they are sold via online, no problem. They aren't required to be rated.
Q. Are used games subject to the law?
A. If they are sold at retail, yes, but not for online sales, Ebay, etc.
Q. Do all games sold in New York have to display a rating?
A. Not exactly. Only games that are rated must display the rating. If an indie developer, for example, created a game, did not pay the ESRB to rate it, and sold it on his own, through non-industry retail channels, doing so would not violate the law. For all practical purposes, however, that's a non-issue. All major retailers require games to be rated by the ESRB.
Q. When does the rating requirement take effect?
A. 120 days from the Governor signing the bill, approximately November 18th, 2008.
Q. As far as the parental control requirement for consoles, when does that take effect?
A. September 1, 2010.
Q. Why is there a delay?
A. "In order to permit the industry to adjust accordingly." We assume that relates to giving retailers time to clear their inventory of any remaining older consoles which lack parental controls, or perhaps giving the industry time to devise parental controls (although they are already in place for the current console generation).
Q. Does the law apply to sales of used systems?
A. No, it applies to new systems only.
Q. Are PC's considered game systems under the law?
A. No, they are specifically excluded.
Q. Are handhelds like the DS or PSP subject to the law?
A. No, they too are specifically excluded.
Q. Who will serve on the Advisory Council?
A. That is up to Gov. Paterson, who will appoint the 16 members. According to the law, 14 of the members should have expertise in juvenile violence issues, while one seat goes to represent video game retailers and another goes to represent video game "manufacturers" (we believe they mean publishers).
Q. How long do the Advisory Council members serve? Are they paid?
A. Three years. They are not paid.
Q. When does the Advisory Council take effect?
A. Immediately.
Q. What are the penalties for violating the law?
A. In regard to selling consoles without parental controls, to quote from the legislation: "Whenever the court shall determine that a violation… has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for a single violation and not more than fifty thousand dollars for multiple violations resulting from a single act or incident." As regards selling a game without a visible rating, the penalty is a civil fine of $100.
Q. What has been the video game industry's response to the law?
A. Prior to the Governor signing the bill, the ESA, representing game publishers, asked members of its Video Game Voters Network to urge the Governor not to sign. Now that the bill has been signed, the ESA has not said what course of action it plans to take. The EMA, representing video game retailers, also opposed the bill as unnecessary. While the organization has not officially declared its course of action, initial comments seem to indicate that it believes its members can live with the law because it essentially changes nothing. Moreover, there has been a law in NY State for some years requiring DVDs sold at retail to display ratings which apparently has not impacted retailers in any material way.
Q. Why is this law different from numerous other laws that the game industry fought (and beat) in court?
A. The main reason is that there is no attempt to regulate the sale of any game. Other laws typically called for a fine or even the arrest of a retail clerk who sold an M-rated game to an underage buyer. There's nothing like that in the NY law.
Q. Are there other laws that the video game industry has not opposed?
A. Yes. There are laws requiring that information about the industry's rating system be posted in retail stores on the books in several states, including California, Washington, Georgia and Michigan. In Maryland there is a law making it illegal to sell a video game containing pornographic content to a minor which was not opposed by the industry.
Q. What other groups have opposed the law?
A. A number of groups have expressed concern. They include:
- NY Civil Liberties Union
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Media Freedom Project
Q. Will any of these groups sue to block the law, even if the game industry doesn't?
A. That remains to be seen. GamePolitics was in touch with the NYCLU on July 23rd, but they had not decided upon a course of action at that point.
Q. What would be the constitutional arguments against the NY law?
A. One argument is that by using government power to mandate that there must be a rating on a game or parental controls built into consoles, it is thus "compelled speech," a free speech no-no. The advisory council, it could be argued, is a governmental oversight agency that will impose its will on the industry's content rating process.
Q. Are there political risks to the video game industry in fighting the law?
A. Possibly. Since the law basically affirms parental resources that are already in place, fighting the law might be portrayed by game industry critics in terms of the industry not being serious or committed to the permanence of its ratings and/or parental controls.
Q. Where can I find all GamePolitics reports on the NY law?
A. Click here.
Q. Where can I find a copy of the legislation?
A. Here
Q. Is it true that before he was busted as a client of a call girl ring, former Gov. Spitzer attacked the inclusion of hookers in Grand Theft Auto when he was pushing video game legislation in 2006-2007?
A. LOL, yes. In fact, GamePolitics readers named him Gaming's Biggest Political Hypocrite over the call girl issue.
GP: We will be updating this FAQ as new information/developments become known.


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MORGANTOWN - They called it a success.
Certainly not the end, but the effort from a defense that had been taking its lumps for the better part of two months.
Yes, West Virginia lost again (39-38), and yes, the defense wound up giving up 39 points, but there were signs of improvement all over the place from one of the nation's most maligned units.
Ultimately, the players simply played better than they had, but defensive coordinator Joe DeForest was talking about the big picture.
And who could argue with him? Head coach Dana Holgorsen ordered a switch with his co-defensive coordinators, putting DeForest in the press box and bringing Keith Patterson on the field for the game.
From that view, you can see half of the city, much less all of the field.
"In the big picture," DeForest said, "we got better. If you get better every day, then things are going to build."
It was the first time in 23 years of coaching DeForest coached from the box.
"I loved it," he said. "I thought I was calm. It's so surreal up there. I don't think I'll ever leave. I could see what was going on in the secondary, which is the most important thing. I was calm making plays. And I think that had a lot to do with how we played."
What DeForest saw was guys getting pressure on the quarterback. They had three sacks, forced a pair of fumbles, got six three-and-outs, and picked off a pass in the red zone.
"That's good defense," DeForest said. "It was probably the best game we played defensively as a whole. It just doesn't look that way (because of the loss)."
The three-and-outs were significant. Kansas State scored on all but one possession in the last time the WVU defense was seen on the field attempting to get off of it. TCU was 4 of 17 on third down in this one.
Still, it wasn't good enough. There were still occurrences in which you could tell things hadn't changed that dramatically, none more reprehensible than the 94-yard touchdown pass the Mountaineers gave up with 1:28 left that allowed TCU to tie it at 31-31 and ultimately send it into overtime.
It was a repeat of what we saw before halftime of the Baylor game. What we saw before halftime at Texas Tech.
"We just busted a coverage," DeForest said. "It was a lack of communication. We had the game won. All we had to do was stay in coverage. The problem, you can't give up the big one. As well as you play throughout 60 minutes, that's what we've got to continue to work off of."
Still, how does this keep happening?
"Lack of focus," DeForest said. "We've got to do a better job of getting them to understand the situation. It was something that we've done right all of the last two weeks (in practice). We've never made that mistake and we made that mistake. That's on us for not harping on it even more. Ultimately, they have to do what they have to do, but we have to coach them better to make sure do."
Holgorsen, who wasn't happy about much, liked what he saw from the defenders.
"I thought they played good," Holgorsen said. "They responded to all the criticism and scrutiny that they've been under. They practiced hard for two weeks and got better."
So at the end of the day, giving up 39 points and 405 yards is not much to write home about. Unless you've been where the Mountaineers defense was.


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London 2012 - Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic won Olympic Games gold with a sprint finish at the end of the men's Mountain Bike race at Hadleigh Farm. The 2011 world champion had enough strength to hold off Nino Schurter of Switzerland in 1:29:07, with Italy's Marco Fontana third, 25 seconds adrift.
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Wired Up!Written by on January 1, 2002 Circle Track Has Gathered Some Basic Wiring Tips From Some Of The Industrys Top Wiring Professionals
From the lowest class of stock car racing all the way up to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, wiring is an important aspect of getting your race car to Victory Lane. One bad connection or exposed wire can ruin your chances of finishing the race. Circle Track spoke to numerous experts who deal with wiring systems in race cars to come up with some hot tips on how to install and maintain your race cars wiring system.
Many of our experts manufacture and install wiring systems for the upper levels of auto racing, such as the Winston Cup Series. Though their products may be at the higher end of the racing spectrum, their tips on proper wiring cover all classes of racing.
In regards to weatherproofing and fire prevention, Dennis Overholser of Painless Performance supplied us with a great many tips, while Wade Brown of Brown & Miller Racing Solutions gave us some pointers on connectors, terminals and switches. Last, but not least, David Hatfield of Hatfield Ignition let us in on some of his tips for batteries, battery cables and ignition wires.
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Terminals come in all shapes and sizes. Choosing the correct terminal for your car's wiring system, along with a proper crimp, will ensure a reliable connection and, in most cases, a night free of electrical problems.Careful selection of connectors is important. Environment, type of connector and current rating, among other things, should all be considered in order to prevent electrical failure.Like terminals and connectors, it is important to select the correct barrel size when you are splicing wire. Select your barrel size based on the wire size you are using.Proper crimp tool selection is almost as important as the wiring system itself. Poor crimps may cause unreliable connections and broken wire strands. Crimping tools range from the more expensive powered crimpers to the basic manual crimper most racers should have in their tool box.A shroud, whether it is made of nylon or another type of material, is often recommended for added protection of the wiring harness assembly.Proper assembly and installation are extremely important when it comes to your car's wiring system. Extra time and effort should be put into routing the assembly.


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- 43" wide x 23.5" deep x 23" high
- Holds up to a 40" flat-screen TV.
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- Outfitted with cord cutouts for wire management.
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- Maximum weight capacity for adjustable shelf: 25 pounds
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Reclaiming A Stock Steering Wheel - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!Written by on July 30, 2012
If you're building a classic truck with a certain period in mind, it's hard to argue the styling cues of a stock steering wheel. Back before they contained airbags shod in a giant rubber box, steering wheels had a sort of "je ne sais quoi" about them. If you're drinking a Molson and swinging a hockey stick as you're reading this on a frozen lake, chances are you know what that means. If, like me, you skipped French class altogether in high school, that translates loosely to, "I don't know what" in English. Allow me to use it in a sentence. "That girl over there with the flat feet and overbite sure is cute. She just has a certain je ne sais quoi about her."
But enough with the French lesson. The point is OEM steering wheels are cool. However, oftentimes their styling suits our purpose, but the size does not. Most of the truck wheels were designed back when power steering meant you had forearms like a lumberjack and a 17-inch steering wheel to give you a little added "umph." Today, with most of us adding power steering to our haulers, that giant steering wheel is not just unnecessary; it's just plain in the way. But what of those cool, old wheels that would look great, but perhaps reduced by an inch or so?
That's where I found myself as I started to drive my '68 Chevy around a few months back. The suspension was now dialed, thanks to Classic Performance Products, but I still had the stock steering wheel bolted up to the original column. It worked, but when we swung the truck through the slalom a few weeks back (see my editorial in the June issue for a pic), it was obvious that the larger diameter 17-inch steering wheel and manual steering box needed some lovin'. It took a full half sweep of the wheel to get the truck to move enough to dodge the cones, which I have to say was a bit comical watching from the sidelines!
That's when I knew something needed to be done. I dug the original steering wheel design of the '67-68 trucks, but my only option was to replace it with a reproduction wheel of the same size or to install an aftermarket wheel with a reduced diameter. Not wanting to change the OEM look of my interior, I opted to do the next best thing; reduce and restore the stock wheel.
I did a little detective work and found that most original steering wheels have a steel core with a cast plastic exterior. What I pass as common sense said that I could cut the wheel apart, weld up the steel cores, and remold the wheel back to stock guise, reducing the diameter in the process. It sounded like a good challenge, so I called up our buddies at Eastwood to see if this was something that was even possible, and as it turns out, I wasn't the only guy who wanted to retain his stock steering wheel. As you could imagine, it's fairly common in the restoration business to refurb an original wheel and Eastwood had just the kit to do so.
What they recommended was their complete steering wheel restoration kit which consists of two cans of PC-7 epoxy, plastic adhesion promoter, and a can of PRE paint prep. Not having the slightest clue how to go forward, I also had them send along their Steering Wheel Restoration Handbook, which handed down some pretty good tech tips.
With a decent plan in hand, I then decided that I wanted to crank it up a notch and replace my original standard wheel with a Deluxe CST steering wheel that I found on eBay. It had the usual cracks in the plastic, but overall was in pretty good shape. More importantly, the CST horn button was in really good shape. I was never really excited about the standard Chevy horn button that my truck came with and it was pretty thrashed, so making the swap simply made that much more sense.
Next month, we'll tackle installing the newly restored and reduced wheel on a new tilt column from ididit, as well as mating the whole shebang up to a CPP power steering box, but until then, check out how I went from an oversized, crusty steering wheel to one that not only matches the rest of my truck, but works even better. CCT
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While known as a 17-inch wheel, it actually measures out to 16� inches. I have to admit that a simple 1-inch reduction doesn't seem like much, but it will be all the difference between a wheel that's too large and one that's just right.The first step in making the reduction is to remove the center three-spoke hub from the rim. I used an angle grinder to cut the spokes apart as close as possible to the rim.Here's what you're left with after the separation. Also, note that I split the rim at the very bottom as well.To ensure that the new rim stays round, I made a jig using plywood and glue blocks laid out in a 15�-inch diameter. Here you can see the difference as the finished wheel will actually fit inside the diameter of the stock wheel.Calculating the height of the stock steering wheel's hub in relation to the rim, I was able to space the hub appropriately. This ensures that the stock depth does not get altered.With the rim in the jig, it's possible to establish the amount that needs to be removed to reduce its diameter.
Trimming the hub center is then necessary before it can be welded to the rim. Beforehand, I made sure that it's level.Here's the reduced wheel after welding—so far, so good. Now it's time to start the restoration process.To ensure these cracks don't come back, it's necessary to file them out completely, from one end to the other. For this, I used a hacksaw blade to cut out the crack and then chamfered the slot with a file to ensure that the epoxy has a nice, deep section to adhere to.Eastwood's steering wheel restoration kit consists of PC-7 two-part epoxy, PRE painting prep, and plastic adhesion promoter.This is where things start to get, well, interesting. After cleaning the wheel with PRE, I sprayed it with the plastic adhesion promoter. This will help the epoxy mate to the plastic steering wheel surface. Next, I mixed up a test batch of the PC-7 epoxy in a 1:1 manner before applying it to the steering wheel. A little acetone on a gloved finger works good to smooth out the epoxy, but as you can see, it's not exactly a graceful process as the epoxy has the consistency of cold molasses.
More concerned with whether or not I had built up the area than making it pretty at this point is an understatement. Once the epoxy is molded to the wheel, it maintains the shape and consistency very well, making it possible to fill large voids such as where the spokes meet the rim.The PC-7 requires three days to cure, but I opted to give it a full week before I started sanding on the wheel. Once I did however, a contour gauge was used to ensure that the wheel was staying round.For the tighter radii, I used a barrel sander on the end of my Dremel combined with a file to shape it quickly, while the final contour was done by hand.A 1/2-inch socket extension shod in 120-grit sandpaper worked out great for getting in between the finger knurls on the rim.Here's the wheel after the initial epoxy work was completed. Now it's time to bodywork it to perfection.
After the initial coat of primer, there were still a few pinholes and imperfections to be found throughout the wheel that needed to be sorted out.For this end, I'll be using a combination of spot putty as well as Bondo professional gold body filler.The spot putty is super easy to sand, so I applied it pretty liberally to any imperfection I could find. The center spokes looked a little wavy, so I skimmed them in filler as well before block sanding the entire length to get them nice and straight.I've got a variety of different sanding blocks that always come in handy for these types of projects.Sanded down and almost perfect, our reduced wheel is now ready for another coat of high-build primer.To coat the wheel, I initially used Eastwood's self-etching primer, though I found that I really needed more of a high-build type primer. Luckily, I had some of their Epoxy 1:1 primer left over from a previous project. Also pictured here are their Huggin' Orange basecoat and 2.1 VOC Urethane clearcoat, both of which use the same urethane activator.
The first primer application consisted of three to four coats applied in 10-15 minute intervals. Once it flashed dry, I wet sanded it using 400-grit sandpaper thoroughly before applying a second series of primer coats. I wet sanded the entire wheel again before it was smooth as glass and ready for color. Applying multiple coats between sanding sessions ensures that there is plenty of primer built up on the surface, keeping "burn through" to a minimum when it came to sanding things smooth.Now it's time to spray some color! A light to medium coat went down first with a 10-15 minute flash interval before I applied multiple wet coats of the urethane base. A similar process was used to apply the clear, allowing each coat to flash before applying the next. This reduces sagging and runs by allowing the paint to flash or dry a little bit before another wet coat is applied.


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Might be its my extreme love of mountains and forests/trees, but dang do I really love how you made them! This is fantastic!
Did I already rep you? xD
The Work on this map showed me alot about composition and Styles, how to combine traditional handwork with electronical Tools and How to create a streamlined Design for a fantasy Worldmap. From the Beginning I didnt want to start small and tried all my best into a Map that have been hounting my mind since a very long time. Of course the map have still some flaws like the Mismatching trees and other minor details, but it is another step forward into the crafts of mapmaking. I am very honored by the Featuremap Award of the Cartographer Guild, but in recieving this honor, I also want to say how greatful I am for all the Help that I got as a new member of this community and also to acknowledge all the hard work that the ones who stand before me in this spot, to make this community work.
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"Ok, my first map ever in this digital style. I have done some textures on handdrawn stuff before, but never something in this scale. Its more or less 2m^2 big. It was always a dream of mine to realy bring all the maps of Arden together to form this map. I started playing RPGs more than 20 Years ago and this world was there from the first day and walked along my side for the most part of my life. In the progress I have learned a lot about patient, ok I admit it, also about frustration. I have always be a person who cant wait to finish up things, but this map sure neede its time. I am very grateful to all those excellent Map tutorials and inspirations. Espacialy I have to thank Diamond, Tilt, Tear, Coyotemax and a lot more for the beoutiful works on display on Cartographersguild.
Ok I dont realy know what to say more. I am happy the map is finished and that I can go on to start the next one."
If anyone should be interested in commision a map made by me, I can be contacted by email: aristagon13 @ Yahoo.de
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Might be its my extreme love of mountains and forests/trees, but dang do I really love how you made them! This is fantastic!
Did I already rep you? xD
House Baratheon
~Ours is the Fury~
Wow, thanks for posting it! I'm an old diehard for hand drawn myself but this is really nice. The Melenekurion area of the map really caught my attention. Rep.... Dang have to go and spread some more rep.
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Thanks for the kind words. I am thinking about posting the brushes of the mountains if people like them.
Did you hear that? That was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. I kept checking in on your WIP thread and knew this would turn out well, but dang have you ever created an incredible piece of work here. Congratulations! This map is a beauty to behold and I'm sure will be an inspiration to many, including myself.
And yes, your mountain brushes are amazing - all your brushes are. I don't think anyone here would complain if you decided to share them.
wow dat's hawt!
[edit - dang, i seem to have given you rep recently, won't let me give you some for this.. yet... ]
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Awesome map my man! My world is named Aren, pretty close to yours huh? But, I slash at you with my 1-inch dagger of +4 Repping.
Great to see you have finished this monster! And the result is absolutely stunning.
Hattu feinemacht!
Awesome, awesome map. Very clear, very distinctive, very suggestive and atmospheric. Just awesome.
Thank you all! The only Issues that I want to do better next time are trees and Rivers. For the rest I am very happy with the outcome now.


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Rogers, AK (Sports Network) - University of Arkansas graduate Stacy Lewis was
one of three players to shoot a 6-under 65 on Friday and grab a share of the
lead of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Chie Arimura and Beatriz Recari also fired 65s during their second round at
Pinnacle Country Club, while So Yeon Ryu carded a 5-under 66 to make it a
four-way tie atop the leaderboard at 10-under-par 132.
I.K. Kim tied the low round of the day with a 7-under 64 to join world No. 1
Inbee Park (65), Pornanong Phatlum (65) and Ji Young Oh (66) in fifth place at
First-round leader Mika Miyazato managed just a 1-under 70 to grab a share of
ninth place at Lydia Ko (66) at minus-7.
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June 1, 2016
Attorney General Jim Hood said a $29 million settlement has been reached with thirty states and Toyota Motor Corporation over allegations Toyota concealed safety issues related to unintended acceleration.
Hood said Toyota agreed to pay the money to settle consumer protection claims and has agreed to provide additional restitution and incentives to vehicle owners to promote compliance with unintended acceleration safety recalls.
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New Year's Resolutions, Cafe Rio Style
Everyone makes resolutions, and the majority of people break those same resolutions. It happens and who can blame you? Surely not us, in fact we're here to help you.
That's right Amigo's, you heard right, we're here help.
We think you're amazing just the way you are. Period.
That no one can make you happy, only you can make you happy, well that's not entirely true, we're pretty sure we can make you happy too
You don't have to quit chocolate or soda, but if you do, we have fresh fruit fresca's to fill the void. That takes care of the sugar AND the drink side. So there you go, check that puppy off the list.
Maybe keep the resolution about smoking though, cuz that black lung thing isn't any fun, and we don't really have a fix for that one.
Giving up red meat? No sweat, we totally have you covered in creamy tomatillo sauce with a side of black beans! Or rather, chicken, fish and veggie options.
Giving up carbs? No problem. Our tortillas are totally carb free. Ok, maybe not, but you don't have to eat the whole tortilla. See that, we totally just cut your carb count in half! Booyah! We are so here for you.
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I would like to know about this item that is selling for this price. So, Do you are selling both rear and front or only front ? Because, in the information weight its showed 317 g then now I have a second question this weight is only for one piece or both? Thanks. Marcos L Lopes.
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T-Rex Heavy Duty Alt / Az Mount
Posted 14 February 2011 - 05:33 PM
By Peter J Hexter.
Posted 14 February 2011 - 06:45 PM
Reads like a good old fashioned, honest impression of the gear.
I like the fact that you took the time and opportunity to have it side-by-side with a DM6 - much appreciated!
Posted 14 February 2011 - 07:25 PM
I have two of these things now, so you can pretty much guess what I think of the T-Rex.
I've had both a Meade AR-6 and a Meade AR-5 on the mount at different times (each with a 60mm scope attached to it), a C9.25, several smaller scopes, and even a 60mm f16.7 by itself. My favorite combination of scopes on it is an Antares 105mm f14.3 with a 60mm f16.7 riding on the back of it. Moving around the sky with a well-balanced long refractor tube on one of these mounts is a real pleasure.
I've got one of the T-Rex mounts on a Stellarvue wooden tripod that used to carry their M7 mount, and the other is on a Losmandy G11 heavy duty tripod with two pier extensions attached for use with the long Antares scope. Both setups are as solid as a rock.
The ultimate compliment any mount can be paid is to say it gets out the way while you're observing because you simply forget about it -- and that's exactly what happens with this one.
Posted 14 February 2011 - 09:43 PM
Posted 14 February 2011 - 10:55 PM
With the larger OTAs like the newt or the SCT, did the tube width restrict altitude motion, could they all reach zenith?
The SCT reached zenith with no trouble.
The 8" f5 Newt fully loaded (w 72mm WO, 31mm Nagler and SV60 finder), needed to be shuffled a bit and the tripod legs bought in a little.
Fortunately there are a fair number of extension piers that fit the mount (its basically a Synta/Orion base) that will allow complete clearance of a longer, thicker OTA.
Despite not having a terribly big scope, I've ordered one anyway as I find the mass of the (lowered) tripod very useful in balancing a heavy tube - especially with the wind here!
Clear Skies,
Posted 15 February 2011 - 12:05 AM
I had a DM-6 and loved it. But I used to really struggle with that thing when viewing directly overhead. It works for that kind of viewing, but it can be kind of a wrestling match at times, especially with a short-tubed scope like an SCT. It's much, much easier to do that kind of viewing with the T-Rex.
........ although it can still leave you with a pain in the neck.
Posted 18 February 2011 - 08:47 PM
Posted 18 February 2011 - 10:03 PM
How will it handle a Mewlon 250?
Good question Mike.
It handled an M210 like it wasn't there, but that's not a particularly heavy scope.
I used the standard, back-heavy configuration to mount it which seemed to have no adverse effect.
I would think that it would handle an M250 well. If memory serves they have a counterweight system that can be adjusted to balance the tube?
At around 13kgs the 250 is well whithin the ballpark weight limit so I think if you can adjust the scopes centre of gravity (or moment or whatever its called this year)
it would be fine.
Just as a BTW, and because I was bored, I filled an 8" ID / 30' long bit of aggy pipe with 20kg of sand, mounted it and was able to move it about with little difficulty.
I had to tighten up the tension levers to almost full, and I couldn't push/pull steadily, but the slo-mo controls worked just fine.
Hope that helps!
Posted 19 February 2011 - 07:18 PM
How will it handle a Mewlon 250?
Hi Mike,
I've use Vixen VMC260L on T-REX. I think other people use C11 on it. So I think Mewlon 250 should be OK.
I use Intes-Micro MN-86 (8" f/6 MakNewt) on T-REX. The scope setup is about 40lb. With good tripod, it is indeed rock solid.
As you can see, the flexible cable is too short for MN-86.
Barry@Kokusai Kohki is working on longer slow motion control flexible cable.
PS: Peter, nice review
Posted 19 March 2011 - 08:03 AM
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 12:04 AM
I think a Planewave would be a bit beyond its capacity.
I've had 20kgs (about 4lbs less than your Planewave) on it, but 'free' movement was definately affected as I had to tension the bolts to nearly full lock.
There is, AFAIK, no counterweight system for the T-Rex and I'm not sure if the c-w system on the DM6 actually increases carrying capacity or just helps balance a heavy load.
Posted 23 March 2011 - 11:12 AM
Thanks for the information about your experience with your 20 kg scope and the T Rex. Tammy Homma's comments about his 44 lb MN 86 scope and the T Rex suggests that that combination is "rock solid" though no two scopes have the same geometry. The Planewave weighs 2-3 pounds more, but does not require as much mounting hardware (no rings needed) so the weight has to be fairly close. Also, the tube length of the Planewave is only 31" vs. 46" for the MN86 which may make it easier to handle in that respect. The only thing I can thing of going against the Planewave vs the MN86 is the larger diameter optical tube which puts it's center of gravity 2-3 inches further away from the center of the tripod.
Supposedly, there are folks who use C-14's with the DM6 + counterweights. As I understand it, the weights not only help balance the load across the tripod, but in doing this, weight gets distributed more evenly across the bearings which makes them more functional with higher loads. Of course, the fact that some people do this doesn't say anything about how well it works in practice.
The only option I can think of that is specifically designed for heavy loads like a Planewave 12.5 and more is APM's maxload alt ax mount. Unfortunately, they do not appear to offer a DSC option. I suppose there might be some way to install encoders. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.
Posted 24 March 2011 - 10:33 PM
I also contacted Tom Peters at DM6 who said there is a counterweight option for that mount, but he does not publicize this on his web site because he does not want people to think that it is needed it for scopes up to C-11 or TEC-180 size. He said there are a few C-14 owners who use them. The counterweights are supposed to make the DM6 serviceable with this kind of load as it evens weight distribtuion across the bearings.
The heavyweight king among portable alt az mounts appears to be the APM Maxload which is supposedly capable of handling loads of 120 pounds without difficulty.
Posted 05 April 2011 - 07:30 PM
I've fine-tuned the gears a couple of times because initially when I got the mount, when utilizing the slo-mo controls they were too tight causing stiction, which in turn caused the scope to vibrate with every little minute adjustment of the controls. After adjusting the gears I was able to eliminate the stiction so everything moved nicely, but this was at the cost of creating slight back-lash on the azimuth which is where I think the movement is coming from in windy conditions. I suppose it may come from the Stellarvue tripod, as such I may have to try it on another tripod to rule out that variable. Does anybody else have slight azimuth back-lash that doesn't cause them problems in windy conditions? If so, maybe I need to rule that out as the problem. I'm just trying to figure out where the weak link is and if I can fix it.
Posted 05 April 2011 - 10:31 PM
The only time I get vibration is when I've mis-balanced the tube. I am using the EQ6/Atlas Tripod and its very solid and effectively wind-proof. As a result I've been able to view succesfully in winds up to 35mph. Trying a heavier tpod might indeed work.
What I have noticed is that the mount responds more easily with a heavier scope. It will move my TOA130 with all the trimmings much more smoothly than it does my AT106.
However it is not as "stictiony" (I can't call it [i]stiff[/i} exactly :) )as when I first got it. I'm not very good at fiddling with things, so I've left mine stock, but I suspect some fine tuning might just ease it up.
Posted 05 April 2011 - 11:48 PM
So the tripod is not the issue (shouldn't be, anyway), and you should have more than enough weight with the TSA-120 on it.
There are two things that you might check. The first one is to make sure the T-Rex mount head is very tightly in place on the tripod pier. When I put the mount on the pier, at the point where the head stops turning on the stud, I loosen it a bit, and then give it a good, strong twist to make sure it's really tightly in place. Grab hold of the bottom half of the mount head (the part that doesn't turn when the azimuth clutch is loose) when you do that. And I check that periodically, too, to make sure it hasn't become loose.
The other is to check your azimuth clutch and make sure it's locked down tight when the wind is blowing. I normally leave mine loose and move the scope in azimuth by hand. But if it's windy, I'll get a lot of motion also unless I lock the clutch down tight. There are instructions with the mount on adjusting the tension of the clutches, so you might check that, too.
Hope one of those two things helps.
Posted 07 April 2011 - 01:03 AM
Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:44 PM
There is just a bit of backlash in the vertical movement of one of the two T-Rex mounts I've got - none in the horizontal movement on either mount, though.
Might try sending a message to Barry at T-Rex, also. He's very responsive, and since he designed the mount, he knows it better than anyone else.
Posted 26 April 2011 - 03:45 PM
A friend of mine have had the idea to install a Synscan Goto and after Barry gave me all details we checked what we need and it seems to be not difficult.Is this something other owners would be interested too ? If a few kids could be made, it may cut down a bit the cost
enjoy your T-Rex
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Object image recognition is a challenge but important problem. Towards addressing this problem, we initialed the Picto project. Our research in this project covers three fundamental aspects of this problem: low-level image features, middle level image representations, and indexing and recognition algorithms. We specially emphasize scalability and applicability in our research.
1. Large-scale indexing techniques
In most object image retrieval systems, images are represented by the so-called bag-of-visual-words (BOF) vectors, in which each entry corresponds to a "visual word". Due to its special characteristics, i.e. high-dimensional and extremely sparse, most of traditional indexing approaches have problems to indexing BOF in terms of efficiency. In this work, we propose to decompose visual words of a BOF vector to three parts: background words, topic words and image specific words [1]. Topic words could be further compressed to a compact vector in a low-dimensional sub-space, and the amount of image specific words could be restricted to be small. These properties enable an efficient indexing framework, which is named as DocX in our papers. We evaluated the framework on various benchmark datasets, and obtained promising results.
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3. Supervised dictionary learning
Bag-of-features (BOF) is a powerful and popular representation of images for visual object categorization. To get the representation, a dictionary must be generated to quantize local features of images. However, most of existing works adopt unsupervised approaches, e.g. k-means, to generate the dictionaries. Obviously, such dictionaries are not optimal for categorization because it ignores supervisory information. To overcome this problem, we propose some supervised probabilistic models to generate dictionaries [2]. The proposed models can be applied to other applications where you need to train supervised Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM). To further improve the capability of the learned dictionaries, we introduce the max-margin criterion in the objective function. the new objective function integrates classifier training and dictionary learning together [4].
[1] Efficient indexing for large scale visual search. Xiao Zhang, Zhiwei Li, Lei Zhang, Wei-Ying Ma, and Heung-Yeung Shum. ICCV 2009
[2] Probabilistic models for supervised dictionary learning. Xiao-chen Lian, Zhiwei Li, Changhu Wang, Bao-liang Lv, and Lei Zhang. CVPR 2010
[3] Spatial-bag-of-features. Yang Cao, Changhu Wang, Zhiwei Li, Liqing Zhang, and Lei Zhang. CVPR 2010
[4] Max-margin dictionary learning for multiclass image categorization. Xiao-chen Lian, Zhiwei Li, Bao-liang Lv, and Lei Zhang. ECCV 2010
- Wenbin Tang, Rui Cai, Zhiwei Li, and Lei Zhang, Contextual Synonym Dictionary for Visual Object Retrieval, in Proceeding of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM 2011), Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 28 November 2011.


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text: Where I live in north east Montana, it was not uncommon for reprorts of over 2" of rain this weekend! I was down in Sweetgrass county at the ranch I hunt, and Saturday evening, we received over half an inch of rain, not to mention some small hail and tremendous lighting storm. Was forced down off the foothills due to cloud to ground lightning. Things are all ready pretty green, but hopefully with a little cooler weather and this moisture things will start to green up again. Mostly did some scouting and set up a couple of tree stands along the creek bottom for deer and bear, wasn't able to due a lot of elk scouting due to the weather conditions, but things sure look alot better then last year. Did see a couple of nice black bears and some really nice whitetail bucks though, hoping the weather changes soon, highs in the 80's and lows in the 60's are a little warm to get the bulls rutting !


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We have an old Notes server (our current server), and our Zimbra server that we are setting up. How would we send an email from the Zimbra server from firstname.lastname@example.com to firstname.lastname@example.com, where user1 resides on the Zimbra server, and user2 resides on Notes server.
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Unveiled to the world's beauty and fashion press today (Thursday 30th November 2012) our all-encompassing collection is set to feature all the products you'd expect from a beauty collection; including eye shadows, blushers and bronzers, mirrors, tweezers and a nail refinery kit.
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Quick Cobbler
From the kitchen of Melanie Packwood
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine in bowl:
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 c. sugar
1c. flour
1c. powdered milk
then add:
1 cup water, milk, or fruit juice from canned or frozen fruit
Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
Top with 4 cups any fruit: fresh, frozen, or canned
Bake for 40-50 minutes or until golden on top.
The crust begins on the bottom and ends up on the top!
- The consistency of the cobbler varies depending on variety of fruit and amount of juice, but still always tastes delicious!
- My family especially likes this served hot and topped with milk or ice cream.
- I have used a variety of fruits and fruit combinations, our favorites are apple-cranberry and strawberry-rhubarb – a note of caution when using sour fruits like rhubarb & cranberries: chop the fruit finely and mix a little sugar or cinnamon/sugar with it before pouring on top.
- When using naturally sweet fruits, like apples, you can reduce the sugar put into the crust, to taste.
- I don't always have powdered milk and have successfully used just 1 cup milk in place of the both the powdered milk and 1 cup liquid, and it worked.
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