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Repairing The Transom Part II (Rebuild)
By clanders - Published May 13, 2014 - Viewed 3508 times
Greetings citizens, I'm back with the weekend boat repair report.
So, with the old transom cleaned out, the destruction is (mostly) finished. In order to pour the new transom, you need a form. Usually this would be walls of the transom, but the inner skin is missing, so I need to make a new one. I have a fair bit of experience with epoxy, but none with polyester fiberglass (other than repairing it with epoxy). Naturally, the transom compound needs to bond with polyester, so it looks like I'll be learning.
The first thing I did was make a form, so I can fabricate the new fiberglass panel off the boat. It needs to be curved, but it's pretty forgiving, so I don't need to be too exact.
I made a pattern of the inner dimensions of the boat, using a piece of plywood I had lying around, then transferred the measurements to another piece of plywood that will be the mold for the panel. I also cut a 2x8 in half lengthwise to bend the form to the right shape, and kerfed one side of the plywood so it will bend easily.
Once that was all assembled, I coated the plywood with mold release spray, and started laying up fiberglass. The original skin was quite thick — almost a quarter inch – so it took a lot of fiberglass, and I'm glad I didn't have to buy the epoxy for it. Polyester resin is a lot cheaper. On the other hand, holy crap it smells terrible. Even a little bit inside the attached garage stunk up the whole house and made my wife angry for days. After the first experience, I moved the operation outside, and let the fiberglass cure in the shed.
Because the new transom will start as a liquid, it's a little tough to get it up in the "wings" on the outside, so I'm doing those with regular laminated plywood. That adds a little bit of a wrinkle, though, as I need to use polyester resin for the transom compound, but epoxy resin for the plywood. I ran my plan past Don Casey to see what he thought, and he agreed – epoxy for the wood, and for gluing the wood to the polyester, but polyester for everything else. The plywood bits run counter to my plan of a finished boat that's as rot-proof as I can make it, but they're fairly accessible if I ever do need to replace them.
While I had access to them, I replaced the drain tubes – one for the boat, one for the space in between the floor and the hull. I used plastic ones, and 5200 to glue them in place. Once the transom is poured, they'll be stuck in there anyway, so it seemed like a decent use of 5200. (Digression: I have a friend who suggests buying two tubes of 5200 and spreading one all over yourself before you even start, just to get it out of the way. I only buy the small toothpaste tubes of the stuff to avoid overuse. (Also, Tom Neale wrote about 5200 this week.)) To use metal transom drains, I would need access to the inside of the bilge space, and even if the seal isn't perfect on the inside, there shouldn't be anything down there to rot anyway.
Anyway, after epoxying and tabbing the plywood and panel into place, the transom is ready to pour. Sadly, the closest Arjay distributor to Baltimore is in Tennessee, and after a little research, it was slightly cheaper to just get the stuff shipped from Florida. So while I'm waiting for that I'll take care of a few other projects, like a new windshield.
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At the Captivate event last week, we were lucky enough to check out Asura's Wrath, a new IP from Capcom that is as impressive as it is difficult to explain. Adam Rosenberg was on the scene, though, and got his eyes on the game to bring you a preview. Here's a bit:
"Of all of the game's that Capcom showed last week at its annual Captivate preview event, CyberConnect2's Asura's Wrath is at once the most beautiful and the most difficult to talk about. It's a big game simply in terms of the scale of things; the demo we saw pitted Asura, the game's protagonist, against a demigod that eventually grew to more than double the size of Earth. The best place to start is with the story's basic setup, which Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, the game's producer, walked G4 through in an exclusive interview.
'Asura's Wrath is taking these elements from Asian mythology and blending them into a world of science fiction," he said through a translator. 'Asura himself was one of the demigods who was protecting this Earth and the people who live there.'"
Check out our entire Asura's Wrath preview, and a gallery of Asura's Wrath screenshots.

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Looks like they are off on a great adventure in the last photo!
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This is a shot of me and my oldest friend, which I would love to tell you relates to the age of the relationship not the age of the man …. … but we already established I hate to lie… … but he is a good friend
And here is a picture of my favorite person in the whole world, well maybe tied for first… …. And yes Drew looks pretty good as well.
All in all, it was one of the best fishing trip I have ever been privileged to be on…. …. The catching may have been lacking but the fishing was epic. The last pictures of this verbal data dump shows it all potentially better than I can explain… …
Two shots of a group of good friends who are now better friends … ... And I am confident that all of us will always remember spring break "FORKFEST 13" with fond memories
The shot that I think sums this trip up perfectly is shot that shows a bottle left in the crook of a branch deep in the woods for the spirits that many of us believe haunt the coves and hollows of our "southern highlands" backwoods. When I first saw this picture, which was after the fact, due to the fact that I was a full 2 miles behind him in a 3.1 mile hike, I asked my friend if he tasted the liquid obviously still remaining in the mason jar and he wisely said that he was afraid to check, as he felt the mountain spirits had been given their due by a passing traveler many years previously and those rewards had been left in the bottle as an offering left as thanks for the wonders we had just seen which were substantial. And as much as my civilized brain wanted to argue, I knew he was right to respect the spirits of the hollows and coves…. We were in fact visitors in their world… … and in the end we all were grateful to have been allowed to spend a weekend cradled in the hollows that define the home of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park… … and while the catching was limited we all agreed the fishing was as wonderful as any of us could remember which meant an offering to the gods of the coves and hollows would be not only necessary but also potentially required.
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The MultiFaith Council of Northwest Ohio will sponsor the showing of a feature-length documentary, Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, Sept. 20 in Bowling Green.
The film follows the journey of Valarie Kaur, a 20-year-old college student who took a leave of absence from her studies after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and interviewed hundreds of Americans about their fears and hopes.
Following the movie, a discussion will be led by Kuldeep Singh, local Sikh leader, and Judy Trautman, co-chair man of the MultiFaith Council.
The film will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Maumee Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20189 North Dixie Hwy., Bowling Green.
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High Noon at the North Pole The 1999 summer solstice occurs today at 19:49 UT
June 21, 1999: Later today, at 19:49 UT (3:49 p.m. EDT),
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June 21st marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of winter in the Southern Hemisphere. In the North it's the longest day of the year. At mid-latitudes there is sunlight for over 16 hours. Above the Arctic Circle the sun doesn't set at all!
Above: The Earth's axis (the black line) is tilted by 23.5 degrees relative to the plane in which our planet orbits around the Sun. That's why we have seasons. For three months of the year, centered on June 21, the north pole is tilted toward the Sun and the south pole is tilted away. Six months later the situation is reversed. The tilt of the Earth's spin axis is exaggerated in this figure.
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Normally, there is nothing special about the Sun at the time of the solstice. It is high in the Northern sky and the day is generally warm simply because of the tilt of Earth's axis, not because of any special solar activity. However, next year's summer solstice will coincide with the peak of the Sun's 11 year sunspot cycle.
Left: Click on the image to see an animated gif simulating the Earth's rotation on a single day - June 21 - as seen from the Sun. The North Polar Cap is clearly visible throughout this 24 hour period - the sun doesn't set. And Antarctica cannot be seen - there, the sun doesn't rise. The images were generated by JPL's Solar System Simulator; the animated gif is 349KB.
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Unlike the summer solstice, which is technically just an instant in time when the North Pole points directly sunward, the solar maximum lasts for many months. Even now, nearly a year before the projected peak of solar activity, there are frequent solar flares and the Sun's disk is peppered with sunspots. The image, left, shows what the sun looked like on June 20, 1999.
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The G series and Panasonic 4/3 continues to lag behind is the flash department. It appears that sync speed and implementing FP sync are not a priority - pity as the Pany 4/3 have great potential. Not sure I really trust Olympus right now, but they do understand flash must better than Panasonic. Here's hoping that the GH3 is a real profession camera - min 1/250 flash sync (1/500 should be easy in a mirrorless camera), fully speced flash system (wireless control, FP sync), and a grip for portrait orientation and alternate (AA battery) power source - travel friendly! Love my G1 and LX5 for travel but turn to my Canons for strobe work.
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Last week, Wolves fans paid tribute to Frank Munro, their former Scottish international defender of the 1970s.
Munro was a centre-half of rare skill.
Words like uncompromising, fierce and tough tackling described the thick set giants of the back four in those days. Hammer Horror tackles from Chopper Harris, Ian Ure, Norman Hunter and Mickey Droy filled the grounds with shrieks in that decade.
But Munro was classy and stylish. He had confidence in his own skill and delighted fans with tricks that would make an inside forward drool.
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November 13, 2012
Africa's Mobile Subscriber Base to Cross 750 Million Mark by Year End
The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa will cross the 750 million mark during the fourth quarter of 2012 and reach one billion before the end of 2015, according to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media.
Africa has the highest rate of growth in mobile subscriptions among major world regions, with the number of mobile subscriptions in Africa forecasted to grow by 17.5% over the year to end-2012, a higher rate than in any other major world region and above the world average of 10.75% over the same period.
... The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa will reach 761 million at end-2012 and will rise to 1.13 billion at end-2017, according to Informa forecasts.
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M. Gerald Genta is one of the world's greatest contemporary horologists.
Over his long and illustrious career, he has accumulated universal fame for such iconic creations as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the IWC Ingenieur.
His watches are amongst the most coveted and collectible in the world.
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Drawing inspiration from no watch that had ever gone before but rather assimilating architectural, cultural and social elements from The Ritz Hotel in London, Genta has created three ranges, each comprising a date model, a chronograph model and a tourbillon model.
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text: Just what we need another preseason ranking by a site that has no idea what really goes in the trenches, but to their credit they know how important a great line is for a quarterback and the running game. I found it particularly interesting how low they rank the rest of the East. Dolphins 21st, Jets 29th, and Bills 30th. From the site 8. New England – The Patriots pile up big numbers with interchangeable parts along the offensive line. Only two of Tom Brady's five favorite metaphors are likely to start in 2006. Although the Patriots laugh at continuity, this is the best returning five of the Belichick era. LT Matt Light and future Pro Bowler Dan Koppen return from serious injury. Guards Stephen Neal and Logan Mankins are improving maulers. 21. Miami – Former Chargers line coach Hudson Houck, a real superhero, turned a moribund unit in Miami around in only one season. Still, the talent level, led by new tackle L.J. Shelton, is average at best. This group struggled in pass protection, which is bad news for Daunte Culpepper. 29. New York Jets – Jason Fabini and Kevin Mawae are gone, and rookie first-rounders D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Nick Mangold will take over the two biggest positions on the line. They were good draft picks, but expect a steep learning curve. The rest of the line isn't exciting. 30. Buffalo – Cutting deadweight like Mike Williams and Bennie Anderson was a step in the right direction, but very few personnel additions were made to this dreadful group. It's unreasonable to expect Dick Jauron to solve the problems on his own. http://fantasyfootball.rotoworld.com/content/features/column.asp?sport=NFL&column=25&articleid=23451


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The old idea that consciousness is self-consciousness, that conscious states are states of which one is aware, is the target of yesterday's post, "The Transitivity of Consciousness as a Contingent Reference Fixer." (See also the query I posted (and ensuing discussion) over at the group-blog, Brains, "What Are You Conscious of When You Have Conscious Experiences.")
Here are some further thoughts to help make clearer what my interest in this all is, excerpted from my paper "Phenomenal Consciousness and the Allocentric-Egocentric Interface":
[T]here are philosophical reasons for being suspicious of the transitivity thesis.
First off, according to advocates of the transitivity thesis it is supposed to be intuitively obvious that it is a requirement on having a conscious state that one is conscious of that state. If the transitivity thesis is true it should be obviously incorrect to say of a state that is was conscious before any one was conscious of it. However, if we consider a particular example, it seems that the transitivity thesis is not obviously correct (which is not, of course, to say that it is obviously incorrect). Consider, for example, how one might describe what happens in motion induced blindness experiments when the yellow dots pop into and out of consciousness. [See the demo at the end of "Motion-Induced Blindness and the Concepts of Consciousness"] It seems equally plausible to say either (1) that first the perception of the yellow dot becomes conscious and then you become conscious of your perception of the yellow dot or (2) the perception of the yellow dot becomes conscious only if you also become conscious of your perception of the yellow dot. If the transitivity thesis were pre-theoretically obvious, then option (1) would be obviously incorrect and (2) would be obviously correct. However, since neither (1) nor (2) seem obviously correct (or obviously incorrect), the transitivity thesis is not pre-theoretically obvious.
A second consideration that casts suspicion on the transitivity thesis
concerns how easily we can explain whatever plausibility it has without granting its truth. We can grant that the transitivity thesis may seem plausible to very many people but explain this as being due to the fact that counterexamples would not be accessible from the first-person point of view. If we ask a person to evaluate whether the transparency thesis is true, they will call to mind all of the conscious states of which they have been conscious. But this can not constitute conclusive proof that conscious states are necessarily states that their possessor is conscious of. Consider the following analogy. Every tree that we have ever been aware of is, by definition, a tree that we have been aware of. But this is not due to the definition of being a tree, but only due to the definition of being aware of it. The fact that every tree that we are aware of is a tree of which we have been aware cannot constitute proof that trees are essentially the objects of awareness or that no tree can exist without our being aware of it. By analogy we should not conclude from our being conscious of all of our conscious states that we have been aware of from the first-person point of view that all conscious states are necessarily states that we are conscious of. We should instead view our first-person access to conscious states as a way of picking out a kind of state that we can further investigate utilizing third-person methods. The description "states we are conscious of ourselves as having†thus may be more profitably viewed as a contingent reference fixer of "conscious state†that leaves open the possibility that it is not part of the essence of conscious states that we are conscious of them. Instead, the essence of conscious states is that they are hybrid representations that exist in the allocentric-egocentric interface.


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Wearbest to drop residential fabrics except for Bella-Dura
February 7, 2014-- Furniture Today,
From the New Traditional Lifestyle, part of the Bella-Dura Lifestyle Collection, are these patterns (from top): Makayla, Grasscloth, Genoa.
NEW YORK — Wearbest, a New Jersey-based textile mill, said it will no longer supply new upholstery product for the residential market with the exception of the Bella-Dura performance brand.
Company officials said the suspension applies solely to new developments and will not affect any reorders, which the company will continue to produce for the full term of agreement with its customers. Wearbest, a fourth-generation mill, has been weaving decorative upholstery fabrics for the residential and contract markets since 1980.
"This was a strategic decision that came after much thoughtful consideration," said Irwin Gasner, president of Bella-Dura and Wearbest Sil-Tex mills. "While we have enjoyed many fruitful years serving the residential market with our core Wearbest product offerings, the time has come to streamline our business and refocus our investments."
Gasner said one core residential designer position will be phased out as a result of the shift, and all product will still be woven at the New Jersey facility.
"We believe (this is where) the future of the industry, and our company, lies," Gasner said. "We can better serve our customers and ultimately their customers here, with our award-winning Bella-Dura brand."
He said Wearbest's clients have already seen changes in the Bella-Dura product line resulting from the promotion of Melissa Battah to director of contract and MJ Ramos' appointment as senior stylist for residential. Susan Lobel was hired in June as vice president of marketing and brand development.
"Bella-Dura is growing more than 20% annually," Gasner said. "The line is growing exponentially and with the rollout of new yarns, colors and construction, 2014 will be the largest addition to the line since its inception."
Lobel said that the new focus on Bella-Dura will allow the company to streamline production and focus on telling the Bella-Dura story to designers. "It's essential for designers to understand that Bella-Dura fabrics go beyond the ordinary, and that they can be used for any application, from residential to contract, indoor to out."
Lobel said she is promoting more interaction between designers and distributors to educate designers about the Bella-Dura brand.
"For purchasing, we always lead designers to our distributors, but it is our job to make them aware of the brand and its features so they will ask for it by name when shopping and specifying for their own projects," she said.
The new tagline for Bella-Dura is "Performance by Design" and is meant to suggest that the technological aspects of the fabrics - solution dyed, high abrasion, high UV, antimicrobial, bleach cleanable - complement the design element desired by consumers.
"Our most recent Bella-Dura 2014 spring line has 22 patterns and 150 SKUs, many of which will be featured in our upcoming spring by-the-yard program," said Sarah Keelen, senior stylist. "We are currently developing that and expect it will consist of approximately 130 SKUs. In addition, there are literally thousands of proprietary Bella-Dura SKUs shown through distributors available to the design community."
New videos outlining the performance attributes and highlighting cleanability have been posted on the Bella-Dura website at www.bella-dura.com. Collections and technical information are regularly updated on the site as well.
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The Fourth Annual Statewide Summit for Bilingual Parents will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Hotel Doubletree Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, IL, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. School districts with bilingual/ESL programs are strongly encouraged to register a delegation of bilingual parents who are members of Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) and staff who work with the PACs. While this summit is aimed at members of PACs, other bilingual parents are also encouraged to attend. Keynote presenters include Dr. Pauline Clardy from Illinois State University, Normal and Dr. Linda Espinosa from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
The Illinois State Board of Education will reimburse school districts for registration costs ($200 for each person) for up to ten persons (eight parents and two school representatives.) In addition, if the delegation travels more than 50 miles, the district will be reimbursed for travel expenses. The registration deadline is April 17th. To obtain a registration form and get additional details regarding reimbursement, go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/index.html and click on "4th Annual Summit for Bilingual Parents" on the right hand side of the screen.
Please fill out and send registration forms along with payment to the Illinois Resource Center by FRIDAY, APRIL 17th. If you have specific questions about payment by purchase order, check, or credit card, call the Illinois Resource Center at 224-366-8555. Make sure to register parents and bilingual program staff now for this important event!


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Shrimp-Pineapple Outrigger
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"Combine shrimp, seasoning, salt, vinegar and 4 cups water; mix well.
Place in saucepan; bring to a boil.
Simmer, covered, for about 5 minutes or until pink.
Drain; remove shells.
Cut pineapple, including crown, in half.
Remove fruit, leaving shell about 1/4 inch thick.
Remove core.
Dice pineapple; mix with shrimp.
Marinate with enough French dressing to coat.
Spoon shrimp mixture into pineapple shell.
Garnish with fresh flowers."
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Calories 1246 Calories from Fat 337
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I would like feeedback from other owners of the Dreadnought 32, how they like there boat ,& how it sails & is at anchor & have they had any problems, w/ the balsa core or any other problems. The only problems i''ve had is w/ the wood masts,that I''m curruntly fixing in Baja, in La Paz where I have my boat on the hard while I''m fighting cancer,& now I''m a suvivor & as soon as I finish my ckemo I''m going back to do some cruising, so I would like input from other owners, as I love My boat & love the way she sails& is at anchor,you really find that out in the Sea of Cortez
Thanks Jim
Dreadnought 32
Am researching into Dreadnought 32. If anyone knows anything about this boat, esp the quality of construction and sailing characteristics, pls write a reply. Many thanks!
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These are a fiberglass interpretation of the famous Tahiti Ketches. When it comes to build quality these are very difficult boats to classify. For example, they have balsa cored hulls. While I am generally a fan of cored hulls, these boats were built in the 1970''s before the boat building industry undertood how to build a durable balsa cored hull. As a result these boats are bound to have some coring problems and the problems could be very extensive.
They had concrete (some used resin) and steel boiler punching ballast. This is a recipe for a short lifespan as moisture can reach the steel and eventually destroy the bond bewtween the keel stub and ballast. This is also a low density ballast which meant that these boats have substantially less stability than the wooden externally ballasted Tahiti Ketches and so have substantially less stability. Tahati Ketches were renown as heavy air boats as long as they did not have to go upwind in a breeze. These boats with their significantly higher center of gravity are not likely to be very good heavy air boats and are also bound to have an uncomfortable motion since they are bound to be more rolly than the already rolly original Tahiti''s.
They came with wooden spars and gaff rigs. This means a whole lot to maintain.
By any objective standard these are miserably slow boats. poor handling boats with especially poor performance in light to moderate winds and poor safety perforance in heavy air. They do not point worth a darn and so by any reasonable standard can expect to spend a lot of time motoring. Most have bigger fuel tanks than water tanks.
I would run, not walk the opposite way.
I had a Dreadnought 32 owner tell me that the hull is not cored.
Anybody know for sure?
I own a Dreadnought32 and I can tell you the hull is hand laid fibreglass. The engine is a one cylinder, four stroke sab, 10 horsepower which can be hand cranked. Mine is a cutter rigged sloop with an aluminum mast, the headsail is a genoa and it certainly seems fast enough and is no more tender than other full keeled boats I have sailed. There is a dreadnought owners website at http://www.raireva.com/ this site has an accout of a man single handing a Dreanought around the world. They were built at Carpanteria boat works in CA. I like the boat and get a lot of favorable comments. Refering to the Marine Survey, I can tell you it is hand laminated fiberglass over plywood the keel is moulded with the hull, integral ballast. The designer was WM Crealock.
Do Dreadnaughts have balsa core?????????????
The guy from the D32 owners website mentioned above said that after 76 or 77 there was an option to have a cored hull or solid glass (with roving)
Maru - are you a first owner? How can you tell if it is cored without drilling out a sample?
Mine was one of the last hulls built. It was built in 1982 and sat in a cradle for several years. I believe the hull is solid fiberglass.
I checked with a more knowledgeable person. My hull is solid fiberglass.
How did he tell Maru?
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Peter Mulhern today looks at the blame game that would follow a serious terror attack. I have a similar sort of question.
If Al Queda's #2 man Zawahiri puts out a tape or a fax vowing to attack the US for what it's doing in Iraq, then years later an American city gets nuked followed by a 911 Commission-style investigation that finds the nuclear attack went from campfire idea to authorized plot right after that Zawahiri tape, then is the action cited by AQ in that tape the action that caused the nuclear attack to have been set in motion?
I ask this because the 911 Commission, the Sen Select Committee on Intel, the Der Speigel independent investigation, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed's own testimony in the Moussaoui trial all say the 911 plot was set in motion (authorized by UBL) in Khandahar, in late 98/early 99. The only time he was in Khandahar during that period was for his big press conference in which he declared it was the right and duty of all Muslims to seek to posess wmd. That time frame was between 12/16/98 and 12/27/98. After that we know he went to his falcon hunting lodge-we know this because the US had a capture kill opportunity on him there with eyes on target (Richard Clarke screwed it up when he tipped off the UAE who had a prince there with UBL-see also 911 Comm rpt). So the 911 plot was set in motion between 12/16/98 and 12/27/98.
On December 18, 1998, tapes and faxes from AQ were sent out. "We say it loud and clear that we will retaliate for what is happening to the sons of our nation in Iraq. For the crimes committed by the US against our Islamic nation will not pass without punishment." The statement was signed by the Vanguards of Conquest's secretary general, Abduallah Mansour [an alias for Al Queda's #2 man and strategic planner, Dr Ayaman al Zawahiri]. It was published in the al-Hayat on December 19, 1998.
Immediately afterwards, the 911 plot was authorized by UBL. No other plots were set in motion for another year.
Does that mean that the 911 attacks were "Clinton's fault" or that they were done because of a war on Iraq that the average American doesn't even know was going on from 91-03? (specifically Operation Desert Fox/the post-impeachment wag the dog attack on Iraq?)
The point is the same as in your article: the blame game has been politically distorted to the point where now people seek to argue over which police chief to blame and which example of societal oppression drove the murderers to commit murder….
…rather than blaming the murderers for the murdering.
So when the next attack comes (and there will be another on the US someday), will people blame Bush, Clinton, Bush sr, or the next President? I guess the answer is simple, they'll blame whoever is the most politically expedient, and the blame people place will be the blame that makes the cold, unbearable truth the easiest to bear; the blame will fall upon the best scapegoat and be the best excuse for each person placing the blame.
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Judith Hardt will resign from her role at the helm of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges, after rising tensions within the organisation, Financial News has learned.
Hardt will step down as director general on May 23, a person close to the organisation said. Her replacement is yet to be confirmed but Fese is understood to be considering both internal and external candidates.
Hardt played a key role in representing exchanges' interests during regulatory negotiations on the Markets in Financial Instruments II, Europe's core securities markets legislation.
According to the person, Hardt's decision to step down stems from a growing discord within the organisation.
As reported by Financial News in March, tensions rose within Fese after it emerged that senior members from the body attended a meeting of a cross-industry group – comprising buyside firms, brokers and exchanges – to lobby on Mifid II.
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what do you do when you are bored or can't sleep?
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i dont really know where to post this. im interested to know what do YOU do when:
1. you cant sleep (ideas for getting to sleep, and also ideas of things to do at night when you've given up trying to get to sleep)
2. you have literally nothing to do for a whole day except for sit and stare at the walls
Feb 14 2009 17:22
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-listen to music
-look through cc forums
-read webcomics
-watch a movie/show/anime
-run around, excersize, jump around
-take a long warm bath (actually dont own a bath, but would be nice)
-surf the net, learn something new
-take a walk
-call a friend
-go somewhere. do something. movies? amusement park? picnic? museum? (ok i lie i dont really do this. but would like to)
Feb 14 2009 17:25
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When I'm totally bored and have nothing really to do, I hop on my bike and go on a bike ride. It's very enjoyable and get me out and moving. It's a plus when it's really beautiful outside.
When I can't sleep I put on some nature music and lay in bed with my eyes closed. Very relaxing and eventually it puts me to sleep.
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When I can't sleep I concentrate on my breathing - I'm usually asleep pretty soon.
When I have nothing to do I play piano, read a magazine, read cosmopolitan.com, read CC, go for a run, go for a walk (easier when it's not winter), go rollerblading (only at home, not at school), bake something low cal (also an "at home" activity, I experiment with low cal high fiber muffins and stuff like that - I only use real ingredients, no splenda or anything, just trying to make things healthier with egg whites and pumpkin :-P), look through old pictures/edit them, try and find fun stuff to do this weekend, plan out menus for the week, etc
Sounds like two issues, insomnia and boredom. Two different things.
I sleep at funny times with a swing shift-type schedule (sometimes work nights, sometimes days, sometimes 36 hours straight). I find just laying down and relaxing helps even if you can't sleep. But "sleep hygiene" (medical term) is important for restful sleep. Google it and you'll find some tips that help insomnia. If you're lazy, here's the first link that showed up for me: http://www.umm.edu/sleep/sleep_hyg.htm
I actually counsel people on insomnia (ironically) so please feel free to be annoyed by too much advice (or ask for more) ;)
As for boredom. I'd suggest making a list of things you can do and putting it up somewhere. Like on the fridge if you find you're trying to avoid bored snacking. That way you can just take a look at the list and don't have to come up with anything when you're not totally awake but can't sleep! If you can't sleep because your brain is too busy, journaling those thoughts help a lot.
My list of things to do is pretty diverse and includes things like "make an origami crane", "play with my cat", "clean the toilet" or "respond to an email I've been avoiding" ;)
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k i went to see my doctor a few years ago b/c i used to suffer from insomnia and i REALLY didn't want to get into the habit of taking sleeping pills b/c they are so dangerous
here are the pointers he gave me:
1. go to sleep at the SAME TIME EVERY NIGHT. soooo important...at the time this was hard for me b/c i was 18 and i would go out so late on the weekends but try to aim for the same time...i'm now in a routine of going to sleep 11pm everynight and waking up at 7am...and on weekends i try to be in bed at latest by 1.30.
2. if you can't sleep and you want to get up make sure you are doing something unstimulating (reading a book counts as stimulating)...he actually handed me a book of boring medical advertisements...haha
3. only assosiate your bed with sleep....don't watch tv in bed...don't use your computer in bed...dont do homework in bed! your body needs to condition itself and learn your bed is only for sleep.
as for being bored maybe you can start writing?? when i can't sleep it's because i'm stressed and have a lot of my mind...maybe if you keep a journal it can be cathartic.
I want to know what everyone else does because when I cannot sleep @ night I toss and turn for HOURS until I get finally get some shut eye, except that typically happens about a 1/2 hour before I actually have to wake up in the morning!
1. On nights when I sleep "magically" typically I will read before going to bed or do a cross word puzzle... Also when I do not get super bloated from dinner, I tend to sleep better to - so try not to eat such a large meal at night.
2. Today is one of those days where I really don't have much to do. My weather reporting class was canceled so I got up at around 9:30... went to the gym until about noon... then I ate lunch, did a bit of homework & now I am thinking about going to see a movie. This is a rare occasion for me but it is quite yucky outside, perfect MOVIE watching weather & since I have no good movies at my apartment and need to GET OUT OF my apartment in general, why not go see one! I will probably go fill my car with gas, buy a few things @ The Vitamin Shoppe & Target... and well, maybe take a nap? On these days I also plan on cooking a elaborate & delicious meal because the cooking takes at least an hour to do (woo, one hour wasted!)... If I am really bored though, I will make collages from old magazines, actually catch up on some homework & school work so I don't feel overwhelmed come next week, take a nap, paint my toe nails, shave my legs, clean my kitchen/bathroom, vacuum, watch FRIENDs DVDs... stuff like that...
When I have to sleep and can't, I read. I've also found that drinking chamomile tea helps. Recently I've discovered Moon Drops and LOVE THEM.
When I'm bored and just kill'n time, I do what I am doing now. Computer.
I also might
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I want to know what everyone else does because when I cannot sleep @ night I toss and turn for HOURS until I get finally get some shut eye, except that typically happens about a 1/2 hour before I actually have to wake up in the morning!
I find eating properly helps. Seriously, from your profile page, you need to see a doctor.


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EnteroMedics: Fat Zapper or Pulsing Placebo?
ST. PAUL, Minn. ( TheStreet) --Into the obesity treatment fray rumbles EnteroMedics (ETRM) , which is developing a surgically implanted device that uses electrical pulses to block the primary nerve regulating digestion. Unlike pacemakers, patients power the EnteroMedics' VBLOC device on and off with a control belt worn around the waist. When VBLOC is on, patients are supposed to feel less hungry, eat less and lose weight.
VBLOC is an obesity treatment potentially less invasive and reversible, unlike gastric bypass surgery. But EnteroMedics is also developing VBLOC at a time when the obese have far easier treatment options in the recently approved pills from Vivus (VVUS) and Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) .
EnteroMedics is currently conducting a phase III study of VBLOC compared to a dummy device in obese patients. Results from the study are expected before the end of February.
With a stock price under $3 per share and a market cap of $122 million, the upside potential in EnteroMedics heading into the phase III study data is greater than the downside risk. But, of course, EnteroMedics is "cheap" today because of significant doubts about the efficacy of VBLOC. A previous phase III study failed badly.
In its favor, EnteroMedics designed the current phase III study to optimize the weight loss potential of VBLOC while at the same time make it more difficult for control patients to also lose weight. For this reason, EnteroMedics has better odds of winning with the current VBLOC study than it did the last time.
On balance, however, it's tough to be overly optimistic about VBLOC's chances. Data from the previous study raise many red flags. Let's take a look.
The EMPOWER study enrolled 294 obese patients with a mean Body Mass Index (BMI) of 41.
All the patients underwent surgical implantation of the VBLOC device. Two-thirds of the patients were randomized into the treatment group, which meant their VBLOC devices were fully operational. The remaining one third of patients were randomized to the control group, with VBLOC devices that were set at a minimal, sub-therapeutic level. Patients in both arms also underwent weight-loss counseling.
The primary endpoint of the study was to demonstrate significantly greater "excess weight loss" (EWL) in the VBLOC treatment group compared to the control after 12 months.
EWL was calculated as a percentage equal to total weight loss in the trial (the numerator) divided by the difference in baseline weight and "ideal weight" using a BMI of 25 (the denominator.)
Initial EMPOWER study results were first reported in 2009 and published fully in Obesity Surgery three years later. The EWL for VBLOC-treated patients was 17% compared to 16% for control patients. Clearly, there was no statistically significant difference at all in excess weight loss between the two groups.


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With the death of Hiroo Onoda, Japan has lost its last human link to a creed that put patriotism above all else and yet nearly destroyed it as a nation. The country that mourns him is not just immeasurably more civilised than the one into which he was born 92 years ago. It is an object lesson in the importance of confronting history whenever the temptation may be to rewrite it.
As a young intelligence officer in the Imperial Japanese army, Lieutenant Onoda was stranded on the Philippine island of Lubang by advancing American troops in the summer of 1945.


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Gulf Coast Catholic is a blogsite that will be serving the Catholics of the the great Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. A group of writers got together over a year ago and have been working and planning together to get this site up and running. I am their Chief Editor and we will be writing on activities, events, apostolates, and other things Catholic that are occurring in Houston area.
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And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Apocalypse 6:10
If you listen closely you can hear the attendants (which include the mayor of our fine city of Houston Anise Parker) at this "dedication" commenting on their newly "sacred and holy" ground. They are speaking of the largest abortuary in the United States.
If we are moving toward, or already in, a post-Christian civilization then should we be surprised that those who promote and support abortion and other anti-life policies impart a religious sheen on their actions? After all, human sacrifice was present in almost all pagan religions to some extent with the Aztec sacrifices being among the most infamous. These people are willing and proud worshipers of Baal and, unless we pray, fast and offer Masses in reparation for these sins, we will only allow this evil to grow and ever more innocents slaughtered at the altar of "Choice".
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On June 17, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo expressed "grave concern over the FDA's current process for approving the drug Ulipristal (with the proposed trade name of Ella) for use as an 'emergency contraceptive.' Ulipristal is a close analogue to the abortion drug RU-486, with the same biological effect — that is, it can disrupt an established pregnancy weeks after conception has taken place."
Cardinal DiNardo expressed these concerns as chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, the latest in a line of responsibilities he has assumed in recent years. As recently as 1997, he was simply "Father Dan," a 48-year-old Pittsburgh parish priest, before he was appointed coadjutor bishop of a small Iowa diocese. At the age of 54, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Galveston-Houston, and at 58, Pope Benedict created him a cardinal — the first cardinal from a diocese in the South, and the youngest American cardinal since Cardinal Roger Mahony received his red hat in 1991.
Following the consistory of 2007, Pope Benedict appointed Cardinal DiNardo a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2008) and the Pontifical Council for Culture (2009). In the fall of 2009, he assumed the leadership of the U.S. bishops' pro-life efforts. He will take part in any conclave that occurs before his eightieth birthday in 2029 and appears destined to be one of the leading American ecclesial figures of the next two decades.


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Scott Pluta is currently serving as the Assistant Director for the Office of Consumer Response at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Scott joined the Bureau in the fall of 2010 as an attorney on the U.S. Department of Treasury Implementation Team. Since then he has been involved in every major facet of Consumer Response's design, development, and operation. Notably, Scott was the principal driver within the Bureau, and co-author of the policy that created, the Public Consumer Complaint Database in June 2012. Scott graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2000. After graduation he joined investment bank Lazard Frčres & Co, working in their New York and Chicago offices as a banking analyst. Scott graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2005. After graduation he joined the law firm of Winston & Strawn, working in their Washington, D.C. office as a litigation associate focused on white collar criminal defense. Prior to joining the Bureau Scott served in the Obama Administration at the Department of Homeland Security in the Office of the General Counsel.


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Most of the members from U.K. boy band One Direction are still teenagers: Liam Payne, 19, Niall Horan, 19, Harry Styles, 18, and Zayn Malik, 19, (Louis Tomlinson is 21). Earlier this year the group became the first British band to debut on top of the Billboard 200 list when "Up All Night" sold over 176, 000 copies during its first week of release in America. These guys are massively popular with teenage girls.
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Reducing morbidity and mortality from tobacco-related diseases is an important public health priority. However, we need to do so using honest and accurate communications, not by misleading the public in order to support a particular policy agenda.
Right now, many anti-smoking groups are making inaccurate health claims to the public regarding the acute cardiovascular effects of secondhand smoke. While the known, severe effects of chronic exposure to secondhand smoke justify smoke-free workplace policies, it is not appropriate for public health groups to be scaring the public into thinking that tobacco smoke exposure is worse than it actually is, simply in order to create a more emotional and sensational message.
A current example of one of these inaccurate claims is the statement shown below, which is extracted from a strategy guide produced by the American Cancer Society, entitled "Building Public Awareness About Passive Smoking Hazards." This document is being disseminated worldwide through the GLOBALink website. These claims are being made in the specific context of advising anti-smoking organizations worldwide specifically what to tell the public about the effects of secondhand smoke.
While it may be reasonable to state the immediate effects of secondhand smoke include damaging cell walls (endothelial dysfunction) and thickening of the blood (platelet activation and aggregation), it is absolutely false to state that the immediate effects of secondhand smoke include arteriosclerosis - hardening of the arteries or heart disease.
Atherosclerosis is a process that takes many years to develop. Among active smokers, the process usually takes at least 20 years to develop, often even more. It is extremely rare to see a smoker in his or her 30's with coronary artery disease.
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As public health practitioners, we believe that there is a responsibility of tobacco control groups to accurately communicate science to the public. We also believe it is unnecessary to exaggerate, because the known chronic effects of secondhand smoke should be enough. But if we continue to misrepresent the science, the credibility of the anti-smoking movement will be threatened.
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MBC's upcoming drama 'Time Slip Dr. Jin' is less than 2 weeks away, and as we grow closer to its first episode, MBC has unveiled the official poster for the drama.
The poster shows the five main characters: Song Seung Hun as modern-day doctor, 'Dr. Jin Hyuk', Lee Bum Soo as 'Lee Ha Eung', Jaejoong as the swordsman, 'Kim Kyung Tak', Park Min Young as 'Hong Young Rae' (who also plays 'Yoo Mi Na' in her present-time role) and Lee So Yeon as Chun Hong.
A representative from the drama stated, "[All the actors] play roles that fit them perfectly and each other, which will become the driving force of the richness of the drama of 'Dr. Jin'. …In order to make a project that will stay in the memories of the viewers as having a fun, warm impression, the entire staff and all the actors are int he midst of trying our best. PLease have continued interest in 'Dr. Jin', which is planned to have its first broadcast on the 26th."
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Welcome to the National Museum of American History! The Museum is open every day except Dec. 25. Admission is free.
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Security and Entrance Procedures
All visitors should be prepared for a security check upon entrance to the Museum. Please note there may be a line to enter the building on busy days. To learn more and see a list of prohibited items and other Museum policies, follow the link below.
Museum Renovation
Some areas of the Museum are closed due to the ongoing renovation of our west exhibition wing, and some popular objects may be off display. Use the links below to check on the latest information.
Visit the Welcome Center
Start your visit at the Nina and Ivan Selin Welcome Center for information to help you plan your day at the Museum. Here you can find out what programs are happening that day or pick up a map. If you have a specific question or need assistance, ask one of our friendly visitor services staff.
Lead your own tour through the highlights of the Museum! Guides are available below in .pdf format. Selected guides are also available for pickup at the information desks. PLEASE NOTE: Items may have been moved or taken off display. Please ask at the information desk if you need assistance.
- Highlights (all ages) - Short on time? Want to see our most iconic objects? This guide will take you to a few of our most popular objects.
- Find Yourself in American History! (ages 12-18)
Help students find their American history personality with a quiz then find objects selected especially for them with this new set of guides: The Activist, The Ambassador, The Discoverer, The Innovator, The Local, The Naturalist, The Storyteller.
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I am so dying for Spring right now. Want to know why? I finished college today! And the sun stayed out until nearly 7:30 p.m. in honor of my big day. Now I'm so anxious for fabulous weather I can't even stand it. And what goes better with dreams of nicer days than the happy colors, vibrant patterns & girly touches of these Kate Spade accessories? I'd wear all three of them together with my dark denim shorts & favorite white tee... and I'd be happy as a clam. Kate Spade truly nails the feminine touch!
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I have a thing for self-honesty. It's too easy to lie to yourself for extended periods, like, your whole lifetime, unless you really try not to. If you think about it, I bet you'll agree with me. If not, you're probably lying to yourself about it (isn't circular reasoning fun?).
I have a propensity to seek meaning and self-understanding around stuff like my birthday, Christmas and new years. It's a time for honesty and confession. You need to be in a place safe enough for you to be humble and trusting. Sounds like my column.
So here I go.
We recently had the cast screening party of my new music video for Philly 5 (which came out on New Year's Eve at the infamously huge clean-teen party, Voltage. Search "Philly 5 Swagger" on YouTube or go thecreechleague.com to see it, over 2,000 views in a week, ahem, plug, ahem plug).
The screening was a glorious house overlooking Wakamow, with a brilliant-looking 1080p HD big-Screen.
I love getting to see everyone's faces so excited with how good it turned out (stellar), but I tend to wander at parties. I happened to find myself staring away from the screens and faces and out at the view of Wakamow.
I thought "wow, what a killer view" and then "man, I love trees and nature!"
All this from behind a pane of glass. That's when I noticed, and got honest with myself. This is the part where I become less fun at a party and get found boring someone in a corner with a weird monologue.
I find technology comforting. Not the spacey, grey-everything kind of tech, of course, but the wholistic snuggie kind. I'd bet we all do (lots of bets this article, I know).
I love the woods. In a sense that sees me in some 3,000 sq. ft. cabin with monstrous windows with the entire sky over my head, safely behind glass. The wood, windows and heating keep the bugs out and me cuddly and sound.
Technology is the comfort of not having mosquitoes munch your face off, with the same view.
I love backpacking, but in the REI, Northface, MEC kind of way. I love a whistle that is secretly a knife and can start fires and lend night-time navigation. I love a sleeping bag rated 80 below zero in waterproof backpack designed to make the climb up Everest.
I've thought of myself as outdoorsy. I was in "Backpacking Club" in sixth to eighth grade and hiked into miles of wilderness eating only what I carried in or caught. Let's be honest. I ate what I carried, and snacked on a fish a teacher caught.
I love watching Man vs Wild and foam at the mouth as Bear Grylls eats a raw fish he pulls out of the ice, kills a rattlesnake barehanded and drinks his own urine.
How can I become a man like that? More importantly, what kind of boots is he wearing? What knife does he own? What kind of shirt and pullover does he rely on to cross the Alps?
I cruise the show's website to try to find a list of his gear. Gear is cool.
I don't want to learn to read the stars, I want to use my Starwalk iPad app, and hold it up to the sky and have it overlay all the names and constellations. At the least, I want a sleek, if indestructible, compass that can double as a handgun.
This isn't to lie to myself in any way and conflate all my love of nature and hiking to the simple gear involved, that'd be a stretch. I do love hiking. But I'm not sure if I would do it barefoot.
I guess I'm just admitting that I kind of exclude technology from the equation and pretend that I would still like the camping without stuff I use to make it posh.
I know, pansies like me are always good at admitting how much we like technology, where is the interest in that?
It's that I'd be willing to bet (yet again) some insignificant cash that behind virtually every explorer and outdoorsman was some piece of gear they'd prefer to not live without.
Not you? You like to rough it? Leave the knife and the boots. Those are critical moments of technology. Leave the flint too. Enjoy pure nature.
The 99 per cent of us will be over here, using technology to make us a bit more (or a lot more) comfortable this new year. We'll look out through glass panes at the snow when it comes, and warm up our cars with remote-start. We'll wear our snow pants and all manner of scarf and glove.
We'll read on paperless books and send electronic Christmas cards.
We might even get a game of Angry Birds in, or catch an episode of Man Vs. Wild.
The others? They are the one per cent. I thought we weren't supposed to like or identify with them! They can't be human. We should occupy them.
Hope you all enjoyed the Christmas season, made many resolutions, and aren't afraid to return that Kindle Fire or discount Playbook you got for the iPad 2 you really wanted. It's about being honest with yourself.
Anthony Thomas Creech, MFA, is a filmmaker and lecturer on media, faith and filmmaking. He's the program co-ordinator for the Media Arts Minor at Briercrest College & Seminary. You can find him at thecreechleague.com.


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