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Check out this YouTube clip of the highlights from ATP World Tour Finals SF between Federer and Murray. Between the 3:10 - 3:45 minute mark, there's a sick point that causes Robbie Koenig to say something unforgettable: "This is pure genius. You can't teach shots like this. That's a half-volley, open stance, with a single-handed backhand. Last time we saw one of those, God was a boy." I guess when you've watched Federer for roughly 15 years on tour it's hard to find the words to describe utter greatness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsl98-Cge0
Federer will never be as impressive as Agassi when it comes to half-volleys from the baseline. Agassi hit 10 times more half-volleys than Federer, as he made a living on the baseline. And I have no doubt if Agassi played the single-handed backhand he'd hit that shot like it was nothing and regular. In fact I recall Agassi hitting a block half-volley return with one hand on the backhand side for a clean winner, and I'm quite sure it too was open stance.
i hate when commentators fawn over federer like that. they ruin it for me. commentators just like topping each other in how ridiculously cheesy and sycophantic they can sound when discussing federer. federer hits shots that no one else has hit. but it doesn't make him a genius.
The thing is Robby Koenig is such a big *******. He makes TT *******s and Brad Gilbert look respectful.
This line is from no one else but the great Robbie Koenig. He came up with comments like "Somebody call 911, player X has just got out of jail.", "Phenome-Nadal" and more.
I have missed that jem. Son, the more I read you the more I can imagine you in your mom's basement. You are so detached from reality.
LOL at Agassi 'making a career' from the baseline. Wtf did Federer do for 15 of his 17 majors then, throw feces until his opponents retired? They both take the ball very early, and hit ridiculous half-volley winners pretty often. NSK doesn't watch tennis. Here's another clean winner from Fed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l9wJK-SEyQ Agassi-Fed highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-TZeGkEQWc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJiLDK-EBk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0Z55crWGE
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Just two more weekends to practice before the Capital Area Soaring Association (CASA) F5B contest on May 20-21, 2006. Due to the loss of the Virginia flying field, the normal May Virginia F5B contest has been shifted to the CASA flying field located just north of Washington DC, in Maryland. I am starting another thread since the last one started wandering.
The contest will be run in the normal VA F5B fashion with two classes: 16 cells and 10 cells. Many pilots will be flying FAI legal F5B and F5F planes, but there will be no measurements or weights taken. The only difference between the two classes will be the number of sub c or smaller NiMh cells; i.e. 10 cells and under and 11-16 cells. Due to safety concerns by the hosting club, absolutely no Lipos are allowed in competitive airframes. Exceptions will be made only for Warmliners, and Foamies. This is a fly what you have contest. The primary purpose is to have fun and allow all individuals the chance to participate in a F5B format contest. We will fly only 5 minutes for duration to speed things up. Hopefully my computer timing equipment will be operational by the contest, but we will default to hand timing if it is not ready. Motor infractions will be called as warnings. The purpose of this contest is to learn and have fun. Competitive pilots will need to bring a spare receiver on your flying channel to interface with the timing equipment. This timing system will time each leg and all motor runs. It will signal motor infractions. The majority of flying will be on Saturday, starting first flights at about 9:00 and trying to wrap up comfortably in time for a group dinner. We will finish the flying on Sunday in time for the out-of-towners to comfortably start home; the die-hards can fly until they have nothing left to fly. The course will probably be a right handed course. The picture below shows one of the potential layouts. Trevor and I flew this layout last week and there is plenty of room. As with all fields, one needs to familiarize themselves with the location of the plane eating trees that come into play on long straight-in approaches and with wide turns not initiated from the proper side of the course. The directions to the flying site can be found on CASAs web site http://www.soarcasa.org under flying sites on the bottom of the page. There are maps and descriptions on how to get to the site. The address of the turn off to the field is 600 East Gude Drive, directly across the street from Fisher Lumber. You need to drive through the group of building, pass through the chain link fence and head up the hill on the dirt road. The flying site is on top of an old landfill. |
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Don Barker, Chn #32 Raketewurm II, Neu 1509/1Y/5.2, Kontronic FAI 18, StraitAir 17x19, IB4200 backup - Avionik B1L, Neu 1512/.5Y/6.7, Hacker 195, RFM 17x18, IB3800 Avionik F5F, Neu 1509/1D/6.7, Hacker 195, RFM 17x16, IB3800 It is going to take more than 32 legs to place in 10 cell class. In 16 cell, Trevor is knocking out 43 legs in practice (I was timing so I know). In the contest I'm going to be flying to make 40 legs with my new Raketenwurm. don |
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I'm on channel# 43 : Surprise 11 ( yes still alive) Neu 1509/1Y/5.2:1,CC125, 16 IP 3800 NiMh Avionik BL01 Hacker B50/5l Carb. schulze ESC, 16 IP 3800 NIMH Avionik BL01 Plettenberg /schulze Esc, 16 cells ( I keep my 4200 for Romania) and if I do 40 laps I will be very happy..... See you soon , J-C |
43 legs !!! Yikes.
I love to come, but I only have a lipo setup:
Zoom Sport with Neu 1509/1Y/6.7 with 4S2P Hyperion VX 2100. Does anybody have a spare pack of "legal cells" I could "rent"? I am willing to pay for the usage, of course, in any form or fashion we might come up with. I never flew an actual F5B race, but I would love to try. Thanks, Beat |
Sounds fantastic! Thank you! I am using Deans on my setup, which pulls just short of 100 amps. I am glad soldering whatever is necessary onto my ESC. Where can I buy the correct Stekker connectors? Checked at Esprit, Soaring USA and NE, but no success. Also, did a quick check with motocalc for my setup. Looks like the 1509/1Y would pull around 90 amps for a 1000 Watts with a 17x13. That sounds good to me. I am very much looking forward to try this out and fly a first contest. Thank you for your support. Beat |
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I will be coming in from Arizona. Not 100 % sure about my team mate Dave..? Surprise 12-10 cell CH#37 Avionik -Ch#31 (back up) Can I fly on Friday? Look forward to seeing you. hope you get your timming gear ready. I want to send you mine to assemble! Dyno Don |
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noob question - about the "MKIII Tripath TA2020 PCB"
I bought a MKIII Tripath TA2020 PCB from Arjen Helder and it works fine - very happy with it - but it's not very loud cranked up full this is probably not surprising because they're old-school 50w SONY SS-2030 speakers that are apparently 8 Ohm (but I'm not sure cos the labels are gone) when I look at the specs of the TA2020 I read this : High Power - 13W @ 8 Ohms, 10% THD+N - 23W @ 4 Ohms10% THD+N - 38W EIAJ* VDD=14.4V @ 4Ohm does it mean that it's only effectively putting out 13w ? I also see that it's 23w at 4 Ohms and then there's another line with 38w at 4 Ohms - does this have something to do the 14.4V ? is that the power supply ? I'm using a standard 12v adapter but would it be slightly louder if I increased the voltage ? if not, does anyone know of PCBs like these ones but at least twice as powerful ? thanks |
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voltage would not increase loudness..
The quiet volume is probably down to you pairing it with insensitive speakers, my speakers are rated 95db sensitivity, 8ohm impedance, so goes plenty loud enough for my needs in my system, but then again, loud is subjective.....there are other T-amps that are more powerful if you need yes, search for TK2050, 100w into 4-ohm I believe. Which Arjen sells a version of also.. however can't see it listed on his auction listing at the moment. infact there is a long thread about that particular board (TK2050) on this page if you look. . Last edited by Aurality; 4th December 2010 at 02:42 PM. |
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The two most common reasons for low percieved output from a TA202x based amp has nothing to do with the actual output power but are:
1) You using a low output device like an mp3 player to drive the amp. In that case you have to change the feedback resistors and/or input resistors to something that is suitable for a low output device. 22KOhm and 82KOhm for Rin and Rfb respectively is optimum for e.g. an iPod used as input device. and/or 2) Your speakers have low sensitivity. They're nothing to do about that, getting a more powerful amp won't help either as it won't cure the underlying problem. Get better or just more sensitive speakers. |
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thanks to both for your replies
At the moment the sound source is a computer so I guess that's probably low level - though I'm working on getting a phono pre-amp so I can use my turntable and horpefully the output will be better I didn't know about the sensitivity - I think I'll try to get some info about that for my speakers but I don't really have the cash to get new ones and maybe I'll check out the TK2050 if it's not too expensive thanks again for all that info |
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if it is indeed the low input gain causing the problem..
Arjen sells a tube buffer to use with the amp you have, which is fairly cheap and will give you more gain and a much better sound.. New product The MKII 12AU7 buffer amp with Tube on eBay (end time 25-Dec-10 06:03:34 GMT) |
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that looks interesting - thanks !
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Most sound cards are capable of 1Vrms or more, how much higher do you need?
Plus, this Tripath's input is biased @ 2.4VDC so you can't increase the input signal by much further. You might have better luck changing the feedback resistor. Last edited by wwenze; 5th December 2010 at 10:02 AM. |
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June 19, 2012, David Caraviello, NASCAR.com
Blame it on the rain. Rick Hendrick had been at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, but he was unable to stay after the scheduled start of the Sprint Cup event was pushed back more two hours because of rain. He had a meeting scheduled for the next morning in Atlanta, and had to have his pilots back on the ground in North Carolina by 6:30 that evening. So the car owner headed back home to Charlotte, N.C., where he watched Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominate the Michigan event to snap a winless streak that had stretched to 143 races over four years -- but not without a few anxious moments in front of the television. "In one way I'm glad I wasn't there, because nobody got to put the camera on me and see how nervous I was those last 20 laps," Hendrick said Tuesday. "Because I was climbing over chairs, around chairs, about to go nuts -- because it had just been so long. After this year I was just saying ... something's going to happen. Somebody's going to break, somebody's going to blow, something's going to happen." But nothing happened. There was no late caution to allow the field to catch up to Earnhardt, whose Batman-themed car cruised to a victory that ignited a celebration in the grandstands. Earnhardt had barely pulled into Victory Lane when he was handed a cell phone with a congratulatory call from the boss. "I just told him, 'I knew we were going to get it done,' " Hendrick said. " 'I'm so proud of you. Enjoy this. The world's been looking at you, and now you can take a deep breath and go have fun.' " The driver wasn't the only one savoring the moment. Throughout the long winless streak, Hendrick never lost faith in Earnhardt, whom he awarded a contract extension last season. Despite all the battles Hendrick's drivers had through the years with Dale Earnhardt, the car owner has always enjoyed a strong relationship with the Earnhardt family -- the elder Earnhardt once drove a then-Busch car for Hendrick, who also employed Earnhardt Jr.'s grandfather, Robert Gee, as a fabricator. That connection extended to Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley, who runs the day-to-day operations at JR Motorsports, of which Hendrick is a co-owner. Hendrick tried several different personnel combinations on the No. 88 car, determined to find one that worked. He finally did in Earnhardt's current crew chief, Steve Letarte. "Dale and I have a real bond. I look at him not like a son, but close to it. I've known him since he was a kid. He and Kelley and I have been tight for a long time. The fact that he had faith in me, and I saw him run good and knew he could drive, knew he had the talent, to come to our organization and then to fail -- I mean, I did not want that on my résumé, because he had faith in me," Hendrick said. "I was going to do everything in my power to give him what he needed to get the job done because I knew it was inside those walls. What we were missing was a coach and a quarterback. We finally got the best coach and quarterback with him, then things started to happen. So it was like, I just didn't want to give up on something. We had talked, he had faith and confidence in me to come over there. I was not going to quit trying until we hit on something that would work, because I know he can drive a race car."Drought is over!
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The Delors White Paper rightly states that there is no miracle cure for unemployment. But only the British Conservatives, obsessed with the supposed beauties of the free market, have ever argued that there is. Delors has included in his paper the favourite Tory themes of low labour costs, deregulation and private sector investment. Nobody denies that these may play some role. Delors, however, raises four further issues, which have been virtually wiped out of public debate in Britain, yet are equally important in any strategy for reducing unemployment.
First, he proposes an old-fashioned Keynesian programme of public sector investment: for example, new rail, road and waterway links, improvements in airports, new telecommunications networks, more efficient energy and water distribution. The projects will bring permanent benefits, and possibly provide attractions other than rock-bottom costs to potential investors. They will also be labour-intensive and they will usually involve relatively low import costs. The Tories insist that they should be mounted only with private sector funding. But the Jubilee Line, the Channel tunnel rail link and Crossrail - to name just three examples - show that this is merely a recipe for delay and uncertainty.
Second, Delors raises the question of creating new, socially useful jobs. The elderly and handicapped need home helps, children in run-down areas need play areas, old houses need renovation, rural areas need transport services, polluted rivers need cleaning up. Is it entirely beyond the wit of governments to use the pool of long-term unemployed for such tasks?
Third, the White Paper raises the possibility of work-sharing, which is anathema to the British government and to most industrialists and orthodox economists. David Hunt, the Secretary of State for Employment, has called it 'utter nonsense' and the 'politics of despair'. Yet it seems a matter for much greater despair if there is no alternative to a society in which some people work 70 hours a week - often neglecting the 'family values' that ministers consider so precious - and others not at all. Over the past decade, average weekly hours have increased in Britain, for both men and women, manual and non-manual. At 43.7 hours, the average week for a full-time British employee is by far the highest in Europe - Portugal, at 41.9, is the next highest. If the 9 million hours now worked in overtime each week in manufacturing were converted into full-time jobs, that alone would take 250,000 people off the jobless register. A national edict limiting hours would be wrong, and cuts in the working week would be pointless without corresponding cuts in wages. But the Government should at least encourage employers to explore this solution. During the 1980s, it had two schemes offering incentives for work-sharing; it scrapped both.
The main objection to work-sharing, discussed in a paper published last week by the Employment Policy Institute, is that the job vacancies would be taken by less skilled and less productive people. This brings us to the fourth issue: the need to raise the skill levels of the workforce. Britain is catching up with the rest of Europe in the provision of higher education; but, in vocational training, we still trail far behind.
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I'm so delighted the result of this ginger curd, solidify firm as sold in the shop. Excited and confidently I try out using solely 'Milk Powder'
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GINGER MILK CURD RECIPE #2 3 Tbs Milk Powder 2 Tsp sugar 125ml water 1/2 Tbs Ginger Juice Kindly refer here for the instruction |
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PolyVision CeramicSteel panels span both ends of Noordstation a major rail station in the center of Brussels. The artwork, which features a wooded scene, was screen printed on Standard 1 panels at PolyVision's facility in Genk, Belgium. Colorful LED lights illuminate the black and white artwork, bringing it to life.
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Deathwatch: Social Media Innovation is Not Dying
With apologies to Monty Python...
In the late 90s, some organization declared the World Wide Web was over. The prediction of the web's demise was based on the decline in the number of corporate press releases announcing the launch of a new corporate website. (I have tried to find that report. I've come up empty, but my memory of the report is so clear that I'm willing to bet real money that the prediction happened.)
Of course, the web was not in decline. It had just become so common for companies to have websites that announcing it not only didn't get you any coverage, it made you look behind the times. ("Oh, you're finally getting around to launching a website, are you?")
It wasn't long after that when you stopped hearing so much about the development of new web technologies. The really cool stuff in any new technology tends to come early in it life when the big advances—like being able to watch video on the web—catch everyone's eye. But neither the decline in site launch announcements nor the slowed pace of innovation signaled that we had somehow moved into a post-web era.
The assertion that the web was over back in the late 90s came to mind as I read Geoff Livingston's intriguing post claiming that we have entered a post social media era. Geoff's a smart guy whose posts spark some deep thinking. But I don't agree that we're in a post social media era, or even close to one. Geoff listed seven reasons, but I want to address only the first two in this post.
Firs, Geoff argues:
New social networking apps, while still developing, are not generating huge investment rounds or attention anymore. Heck, even the most mainstream of social networking apps are retooling to meet the new mobile visual Internet. As the old adage goes, follow the money.
His second reason notes that the social media IPO craze might be drawing to a close. "No big U.S. social media start-ups are on the horizon with the exception of Pinterest," he says.
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In a comment, I challenged the idea that innovation was over, and Geoff replied that incremental advances will continue, but that the big money will flow toward other types of tools. I don't disagree that the Internet of Things and the age of context will drive a lot of innovation and investment, but doesn't signal an automatic and conurrent decline in social media innovation.
I just learned, for example, of the launch of a relatively new site called Product Hunt, which founder Ryan Hoover calls "Reddit for products." It's a pure social media play, a community built around new products in which community members vote new products up or down and comment on them. According to TechCrunch, Product Hunt is in the current Y Combinator batch.
Product Hunt isn't the only "Reddit for Blank" tool that has found its footing in recent months. I have reported on Betterific, which you could call Reddit for customer feedback. There are few tools more social media-centric than Reddit, which is serving as a model for a lot of new sites.
The rise of the professional social network
Professional-centric social networks are another category attracting investors. Forty percent of all doctors in the U.S. use Doximity, which recently was financed to the tune of $50 million. College students are flocking to Piazza, which raised $8 million. RallyPoint raised $5.3 million; it's billed as "LinkedIn for the military." It was only in 2012 when GitHub, a social network for software engineers, raised $100 million.
There are other social media companies getting healthy investment rounds, including Inbilin, a social networking voice call app, which raised $15 million. A Chinese social shopping platform, Mogujie, raised $200 million. Why haven't we heard of these? Why aren't they all over the news? They're just not as sexy as Facebook and Pinterest were when they were new. They represent more infrastructure than the networking itself. And, let's face it, we're kind of bored by new innovations for maturing technologies.
Investment isn't the only sign that social media innovation continues unabated, even if the most of the sexiest innovations were introduced back in the early, heady days of social media. The Wall Street Journal points out that Facebook continues to soar among consumers, the adoption of social media in the enterprise still hasn't ramped up. The integration of social media into work processes is taking longer than expected, and a lot of innovation is still to come on that front.
Much of the innovation currently taking is wrapped up in the shift to mobile, with Facebook and other social networks launching apps. These may be single-purpose apps—consider Instagram, which Facebook acquired—but they're still pure social plays.
Baking social media into the web
Nothing, however, speaks more to the continuing rise of social media than the announcement a few days ago that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched an initiative to standardize social networking technology into the web. The W3C effort will "create a standard way of building social-network operations into the Web," according to C|Net. This includes "adding friends, commenting, and sharing updates with text, photos, and video," and will also feature the ability for multiple sites to federate.
As B2B marketers continue to struggle figuring out social media, C-suites and boards of directors just begin paying attention to it as a high-level responsibility, and enterprises grapple with how employees use it, it seems counterintuitive to suggest we have already moved beyond social media.
A point on a continuum
Part of my perspective is based on the fact that I have been watching the way people engage with each other online since 1985 when I first logged on to a BBS. After that came Compuserve and AOL, and then the web. Some people argue that Compuserve forums (like the PR and Marketing Forum, which rocked) and usenet news groups all fit into the social media category. For me, though, social media is defined largely by the tools that made it possible for the average person to engage without gaining more technical prowess than they wanted to.
There is ample data to make it clear that what others say about brands and products drives purchase decisions. In his book, "Absolute Value, Emanuel Rosen and co-author Itamar Simonson argue that getting third-party consumer reviews should be a marketer's most important task. As one review of the book noted, "Consumers are acutely aware of both consumer and expert reviews. If a particular product does not meet the expectations of the consumer, loyalty will not hold consumers in a franchise."
As I noted in an earlier post, a Dutch study found that positive consumer reviews of your organization will lead the reviewer's friends and followers to form equally favorable views, and that the more people use social media, the more likely they are to engage with your brand. The study pointed out that, because social media use is surging among all demographic groups, this represents a huge opportunity to boost your company's reputation.
And let's not overlook the fact that brands, institutions and individuals continue to find innovative ways to apply social media to various opportunities and challenges.
None of which sounds like a post social media era to me. The desire to connect and share online predates social media; it's a continuum with no end in site. Social media in five years will most likely look completely different than it did five years ago. That's what happens on continuums.
The greatest risk with adopting a post social media mentality is that business leaders will have another excuse to dismiss it.
That would be a fatal mistake.
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Great post, Shel. And terrific counter-argument. I would also add that when you consider investment into the so-called "collaborative economy" companies like Uber and others, which are highly dependent on social sharing, ratings, and data, then you have an even stronger argument for the resiliance of "social."
Jeremiah Owyang, of course, is brilliant on this subject.
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Wait, what? Where can I go to watch hookers fight?
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--Nice info really usefull maybe someday i might go to thailand
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--Wow. I didn't know so many people traveled to Thailand to train.
I have a friend who went for a while and he wanted to go watch a Muay Thai fight while he was there, but he told me that most of the ones for tourists are staged.
I would love to travel there to train and check out the culture. Is there any advantage to training in Thailand vs training in the states?Last edited by Keeze; 12/12/2009 11:47am at .
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--Just read this entire thread... Ive been saving up for a car but i might scrap that idea lol
that country sounds AWESOME!
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I would argue that he didn't actually look around enough. Unless he's talking about this sort of thing: YouTube- Tarzan Complex
Tourists can go watch fights wherever they want, really.Last edited by P-Dub; 12/14/2009 12:21am at .
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--Hey guys... Im going to Thailand in Janurary (only a short 5 day trip... am going to Vietnam for Uni and decided I didnt want to spend my last 5 days of break in NJ so I bought a ticket to Bangkok (airasia.com ---amazingly cheap flights within SE Asia...cost me around 150USD)
Anyway... I wish I had the time to train out there but hopefully another time.... I was wondering if anyone knew a place where I can buy some cheaply priced equipment/shorts ... from the bit of research I did, I read that you shouldn't buy from training camps because they are priced a little higher than what you would find elsewhere in Thailand. The only problem is I have yet to find any specific locations/addresses to get gear other than at training camps. Any info would be appreciated :) Thx!
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There are stores right next to the entrance to Lumphini Stadium in Bangkok that sell all kinds of boxing and Muay Thai gear and clothing. I can't speak to the prices though, as I've never bought any of it there.
Fairtex sells gear out of their factory in Bang Plee, which is about a half an hour outside of Bangkok by taxi. This factory is right next to their camp. Not many taxi drivers in Bangkok will know how to get there, but most seem to know Big C Theparak ("tay-pa-rak"). Big C is a sort of Thai mega WalMart store, and the Theparak store is about 5 minutes from the camp. Most taxi drivers at this Big C will know how to get to Fairtex.
The prices at the Fairtex equipment factory are lower than their catalog, but still not super cheap. Their stuff is good quality though.
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Twins and Windy are the best brands in Thailand, and the whole world for that matter.
They may be slightly more expensive at the camps but still very cheap by our standards, the Taxi ride to the factory may cost you more than the just buying it at the nearest place.
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the stores at lumphini have a great selection, and although i may be wrong when i was asked where "the" twins store was in bangkok, i was sent there. not sure about buying at the factory, though.
when i was on koh samui, there was gear available at the camp, but the prices and selection were way better at a sports store about 15 minutes away by scooter, so it pays to look around before buying. you may want to ask the other people training at the camp, as the people working there will of course want you to buy from them."Face punches are an essential character building part of a martial art. You don't truly love your children unless you allow them to get punched in the face." - chi-conspiricy
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The most disconcerting thing about the Japanese is their ability to sleep while standing up. It is also a bit odd the way that everybody regularly sleeps in meetings, and no one minds. One day I hope to be in a meeting where everybody falls asleep at the same time. I have my iphone Vuvuzela App primed to celebrate the event.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
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- EliRabett said...
Welcome to New York
- 6/7/10 9:09 pm
- pough said...
This is a great photo! I've slept on a subway in Japan, but not standing up. I've also taken a photo of a woman sleeping while standing on the subway, but yours is way better. The lighting is quite similar to the ad in the background, which makes for an interesting effect.
- 7/7/10 8:37 pm
- Steve Bloom said...
I suppose you meant to say everyone but you. :)
- 7/7/10 10:22 pm
- jules said...
Thanks pough... The chap on the bottom of the photo is wide awake and avidly reading manga, which, I thought, added a little something to the scene.
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Problem : If a space shuttle is launched from the equator, what eastward speed (relative to the ground) is required to propel it into a low-earth orbit ( r r e )? Take into account the rotation of the earth in this problem.
The earth rotates from west to east. The circumference of the earth is approximately c e 2Πr e = 4.00×107 m. The earth rotates through one twenty-fourth of this distance every hour, and the tangential velocity can be calculated to be 464 m/s. What speed is required for a low-earth orbit?
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Problem : What if the space shuttle, instead of being launched from the equator, is launched from Melbourne, Australia, at a latitude of 38 o below the equator? Again, calculate the required eastwards speed.
The shuttle requires the same velocity to achieve low-earth orbit, but now in a direction 38 o northwards of due east. At this latitude, the radius of the earth is given by r ecos(38 o ) = 5.03×107 m and hence the tangential speed is = 366 m/s. But the eastwards speed required by the shuttle is 7.91×103cos(38 o ) = 6.23×103 m/s. Again we can subtract the eastwards speed of the earth, which we calculated for this latitude, and thus we have a required eastwards speed of: 6230366 = 5.87×103 m/s. Of course, the shuttle also needs to be given some velocity in the northwards direction.Problem : Calculate the value for G which would be given by a Cavendish apparatus (in an imaginary universe) set up as shown:
Problem : Calculate g on the moon due to the moon's gravity. Compare this to the gravitational force exerted on a mass m on the moon due to the earth (ie. what is g for the earth at the height of the moon?)(The mass of the moon is M m = 7.35×1022 and its radius r m = 1700 kilometers, the earth-moon distance is r = 3.84×108 meters, the mass of the earth is 5.98×1024 kilograms).
The value for g is given by: g = = 1.7 . The g value of the earth at the moon distance is given by: g e = = 0.003 . The gravity on the moon is therefore approximately 6 times less than that on the earth.Problem : A ball is dropped from a height of 1000 kilometers above the earth. Calculate the time taken for it to hit the ground as given by i) assuming g takes the value at the surface of the earth; ii) assuming g takes the value at the top of the ball's path. The mass of the earth is 5.98×1024 kilograms.
In the first case, we can just use the standard kinematical equation: x = 1/2gt 2âát = = = 452 secs. In the second case, we must replace r e by r e + h : t = = 523 secs. As we would expect, the time is longer, since the gravitational force is weaker further away from the earth, accelerating the ball more slowly.Take a Study Break!


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No Patch - Dec. 11Th
Posted 07 December 2012 - 02:58 PM
We are here to tell you there will be no patch this coming week. Things that were going to be included that week are shifting to the following week. We'll be burning the midnight oil to get in the maximum amount of fixes, tweaks, and changes done we possibly can.
Next patch is sure to be a doozy though, so stay tuned and we'll let you know our progress as it happens. Ballistic lovers in particular are really going to like what we've changed.
We wanted to thank you, again, for being with us, and that we feel very lucky to have such a passionate and flat-out awesome fanbase. You guys rock, and we love you.
See you on the battlefield!
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Posted 07 December 2012 - 03:09 PM
I love you guys too, but I'm not buying the Christmas decorations!
Posted 07 December 2012 - 03:38 PM
But each update, you seem to make changes to ballistics to make them more powerful. Please work on the EMP effect BEFORE working on more ballistic upgrades after this patch. They've gotten all the love and PPCs have been hung out to dry. The ROF is crazy for ballistics (and your comment seems to make me think it's only going to get worse)... if you're not going to do the EMP anytime soon, then bump the damage or ROF or decrease the heat on PPCs/ERPPCs to make them somewhat comparable to the ballistic weapons.
I'm not trying to ***** about the ballistic changes, its more that PPCs haven't had ANY changes for awhile, and they are definitely underpowered compared to TT.
EDIT: Just checked the updates... I am now stoked though that it looks like Conquest will most likely be part of the 12/18 patch. Finally, something other than Assault!
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Don't overheat and cook off your ammo stores working on this.
Posted 07 December 2012 - 04:12 PM
And thank you for ECM, it's PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't change a thing!
Posted 07 December 2012 - 04:16 PM
For Xmas, will you get me a lower heat PPC? Best present ever
Posted 07 December 2012 - 04:19 PM
Posted 07 December 2012 - 04:55 PM
Right now the Command Chair posts are good (and holy crap, the amount of information exchange has gone up by many multiples, THANK YOU) but figuring out what to expect at one time is a bit tough.
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Posted 07 December 2012 - 05:30 PM
no patch next week ? fail
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Crazycajun, on 07 December 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:
no patch next week ? fail
...the frequency of their patching has no bearing on the amount of progress they've made on rewriting the netcode, other than if it's done it makes it into a patch.
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Garth Erlam, on 07 December 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:
so.. netcode is being fixed?
cuz you know, that's really the biggest problem with ballistics right now, not being able to hit what you think you hit
it's not how much mechs shake (which you've actually said you're reducing, except for ac20s)
it's not how fast the projectiles move (which you've said you're increasing, but that's not really a big deal)
it's not the inability to knock down small mechs with a big hit (which we know won't happen until the physics get worked out, and you've already said collisions are months away from returning)
so, unless we can take this to mean netcode is being fixed (not that i believe anything pgi says until it actually happens anyway), i'm pretty sure ballistic lovers won't really be satisfied
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TCEQ Inspectors to Train at GBRA-Run Plant
Posted: January 23, 2013
For more informationTammy Beutnagel , GBRA, (830) 379-5822,
SAN MARCOS–Eight Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) inspectors will convene at the GBRA-run San Marcos Water Treatment Plant (SMWTP) on Wednesday, Jan. 23 through Friday, Jan. 25 to undergo environmental training and conduct a special performance evaluation (SPE).
The TCEQ inspectors will tour the treatment plant and learn about critical items they need to evaluate when performing routine annual plant inspections. This training will help the investigators inspect other water treatment plants throughout the state. "We're happy to be of service to our state's inspectors in this way," Bill West, GBRA general manager, said. "The fact that the TCEQ selected this plant speaks highly to both our staff's expertise in running the plant and the uniqueness of the plant itself."
"The purpose of this SPE is to provide a training opportunity for our staff," said Ada Lichaa, TCEQ manager. "Our inspectors will collect data on the design, operation, maintenance, and administration of the plant and conduct other activities during the training session."
Darel Ball, GBRA division manager for Hays/Caldwell, said, "The San Marcos plant was selected because of its reputation as a well-run facility, and its close proximity to Austin. TCEQ has used a GBRA-run water treatment plant for this type of training several times over the past few years, and we appreciate this opportunity."
TCEQ inspectors regularly review treatment plant design and plant records for compliance with state and federal drinking water standards.
The GBRA was established by the Texas Legislature in 1933 as a water conservation and reclamation district. GBRA provides stewardship for the water resources in its 10-county statutory district, which begins near the headwaters of the Guadalupe and Blanco rivers, ends at San Antonio Bay, and includes Kendall, Comal, Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, Calhoun, and Refugio counties.


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Cousin Mary teaching my dad and me her mother's secret kata recipe (Photo by Kevin Miller) |
In Part 3, I want to break down the argument presented in the study, "The Joy of Cooking?", step by step. First, the authors assert that working mothers feel duty-bound to cook because of pressure from a traditional ideal of motherhood coupled with pressure from various "food gurus" who are advocating for Americans to cook more often at home. In the course of interviewing women to support this theory, they also uncover several barriers that make cooking difficult for their interviewees: poverty, work pressures, transportation, housing, child care. Finally, they propose a number of possible "creative solutions" to feed families without forcing mothers into the kitchen.
The authors of the study seem to contend that no working mother wants to cook, but does so due to external obligations. They write, "Mothers felt responsible for preparing healthy meals for their children and keenly experienced the gap between the romanticized version of cooking and the realities of their lives." Women are feeling even more pressure, they argue, because "modern-day food gurus" such as Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, and Rachel Ray, as well as political figures like Michelle Obama, "advocate a return to the kitchen." (I'm just going to note here that Pollan's book, Cooked, includes a gender analysis that demonstrates he is aware of these issues.)
Of course, the ideal of motherhood exists; of course, mothers constantly feel guilty for not living up to it. But to say that mothers are manipulated to this extent simply by unrealistic standards is to ignore the ways that we defy these standards on a daily basis. A search for "good enough mother" turns up the words of many mothers who are rejecting the ideal. Periodically, studies come out that "prove" that stay-at-home mothers are best for their children, or that day cares will damage children irreparably. Do working mothers feel horribly guilty when these studies come out? Yes. And then they go back to work, either by choice or by necessity, knowing that their work is helping their children by providing the financial support they need and by modeling working womanhood. (And those studies get refuted.)
So while I don't deny that ideology is a factor in mothers feeling oppressed by cooking, I would add that to pin the blame solely on idealized motherhood and foodies is to miss the point.
If the ideal—and the sexism contained within it—is truly at issue, then how do partnerships that are less traditionally gendered look? I asked several mothers and fathers about how they divide cooking and other domestic work, and I received a range of responses. (Because this post will be long, I'll include direct most quotes in a coda to this series.) I heard from stay-at-home and work-at-home dads who actively enjoy and take pride in cooking. I heard from opposite-gender couples who split cooking 50/50. I heard from same-gender couples where one partner did most of the domestic tasks. I heard from single mothers who are struggling to do it all. From a small sample, I received a breadth of possible family configurations, each negotiating cooking and domestic tasks in their own way.
In the diversity of responses, one consistency stood out for me. Many women in opposite-gender couples, who had generally egalitarian relationships, said they cook because their male partners simply lacked know-how. No one had taught their men to cook when they were young. As adults, the men had little time or motivation to learn, so if their female partners wanted to eat decently, then they cooked.
If families abandon cooking entirely, then we lose one path to gender equity: men who cook. I am fortunate that my son loves to help me in the kitchen. I count teaching him to cook amongst my small, daily feminist acts. One day, after picking up my son from preschool, my daughter asked him, "Do you want to play 'Frozen'?" "No," my son replied. "I want to help Mama make dinner." Heart cockles: warmed.
If gender dynamics and motherhood ideals can't fully explain the problem of working mothers and cooking, what else is at play? One clue is revealed in this quote from Elaine, a white, middle-class married mother interviewed for the study: "When we get home it's such a rush. I just don't know what happens to the time. I am so frustrated. That's why I get so angry! I get frustrated 'cause I'm like, I wanna make this good meal that's really healthy and I like to cook 'cause it's kind of my way to show them that I love them, 'This is my love for you guys!' And then I wind up at the end just, you know, grrr! Mad at the food because it takes me so long. It's like, how can it take an hour for me to do this when I've already cut up the carrots and the celery and all I'm doing is shoving it into a bowl?" (emphasis mine)
Elaine says herself that she likes to cook, but she is frustrated that she doesn't have the time to cook the way she wants to for her family. I hear her longing for a certain kind of connection that a home-cooked family meal can bring, but time pressures turn a leisure activity into a stressful obligation.
The study authors themselves name many of the barriers to cooking: food costs, particularly for healthy foods; basic food insecurity; long work hours; unpredictable schedules; differing family schedules; inadequate transportation; and long commutes to work. Some mothers live in particularly dire situations: "During the month we spent with Flora, a poor black mother who was currently separated from her husband, she was living with her daughter and two grandchildren in a cockroach- and flea-infested hotel room with two double beds. They prepared all of their food in a small microwave, rinsing their utensils in the bathroom sink."
Is cooking really the problem here?
Would Flora benefit more if she were released from a gendered obligation to cook? Or would she perhaps find more relief if her city had a program to house the homeless like Salt Lake City's?
Sign from the New York City strike of McDonald's workers this summer. (Photo by Annette Bernhardt, from WikiMedia Commons) |
Moreover, employees do not get regular shifts. Instead, every Saturday evening, hours are posted for the following week. Each worker receives a thin strip of paper with her or his schedule. Imagine what this unpredictability means for parents trying to arrange child care.
As if this level of exploitation isn't enough, some workers don't even get paid for the hours they put in. Finnegan reports, "Two former McDonald's managers recently went public with confessions of systematic wage theft, claiming that pressure from both franchisees and the corporation forces them to alter time sheets and compel employees to work off the clock."
This kind of treatment is inhumane, for parents and non-parents alike. And it isn't just the fast food industry. American workers put in longer hours for less pay than their counterparts in other developed countries, and they also take fewer vacations. No legal limits exist to prevent American workers from answering e-mails and analyzing spreadsheets when ostensibly having family time at home.
Rather than an accusation against cooking for causing misery amongst working women, I would like to see an indictment of a brutal work culture engendered by skyrocketing inequality. I would like to see an examination of farm subsidies that make processed foods artificially cheap while making raw foods unattainably expensive. I would like to see a report on the economic conditions that create food deserts in certain neighborhoods when food is so abundant in others. I would like to see a denunciation of a political climate that makes raising the national minimum wage to a paltry $15/hour an impossibility. I would like to see rage against weak and ineffective initiatives to end poverty while the top 0.1 percent continue to attain new heights of wealth.
The study authors suggest in their conclusion a variety of "creative solutions" to feed families healthy meals without continuing to overburden mothers. They suggest town suppers and healthy food trucks, to-go meals that parents pick up at their children's schools to heat up at home.
While I am interested in collectivist solutions, the logistics bring up more questions. Where would the food come from? Who would grow it? What food traditions would be represented? How would it all get funded? If families buy the meals, how could the meals be affordable yet made with good quality, fresh ingredients?
The main question I have is, who would prepare these foods? How much would they get paid? What hours would they work? Because I can imagine, all too easily, that these programs would rely on part-time workers juggling two jobs, some of them parents. Parents who would work long hours to prepare food for parents, who are working too much to prepare food. Alternatively, I can imagine stay-at-home moms being asked to volunteer their labor, just as they are tasked with filling in labor gaps in their children's schools.
This isn't a solution. It's a displacement of the problem.
The answer to the question, "Why do working mothers find it so hard to cook?" is not an easy one, but cooking itself is not the problem. The way most Americans, not just working mothers, find it difficult-to-impossible to engage in one of the most fundamental human activities is but one symptom of a cancer in American culture.
So what can we do? We can insist on connection. We are all linked: the farmers who grow our food, the migrant workers who harvest it, the drivers who transport it, the grocers who stock it, the corner-store owners who sell it, the food workers who prep and cook it, the parents who bring it home, the children who either eat it or complain about it.
Cooking can be feminist or anti-feminist. But insisting on a more just and equal world is feminist to the core.


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I agree with keeping more brown shoes (and its variation) that just plain blacks. You can pair browns with grey trousers, or navy suits.
After trying out nicer shoes, I now dislike my Kenneth Cole's. I will have to wear them until I can get a replacement. I'll look into chukkas. Thanks!
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text: Power wins fifth straight August 2, 2013 Chris Dorst West Virginia's Jordan Steranka scores a run as Lakewood catcher Chace Numata bobbles the ball. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Power won its fifth consecutive game Friday night, a 10-1 blowout of the Lakewood BlueClaws in front of over 5,200 fans at Appalachian Power Park.Right fielder Josh Bell and third baseman Eric Wood each scored two runs on two and three hits, respectively. Wood also drove in three runs. Designated hitter Dilson Herrera hit a home run as part of his two-run, two-RBI night. Shortstop Max Moroff, first baseman Jordan Steranka, center fielder Walker Gourley and catcher Kawika Emsley-Pai each scored a run in the victory.Starter Jason Creasy (3-3) was the benefactor of the hot Power bats, allowing just one earned run while striking out six through six innings. West Virginia (26-14) remains in first place of the South Atlantic League's Northern Division, 11/2 games ahead of the Hagerstown Suns. The Power will play the second game of its four-game series with Lakewood at 7:05 p.m. today.


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crap lol I recently bought a lot of aquariums off of craigslist. I tried to drill a hole in the 150, but little did I know it was tempered glass. Now the whole side panel is cracked, all over, but it didn't shatter LOL It looks like someone cracked it in one place, then slowly applied pressure to the entire plate, not breaking it, but spreading the cracks LOL Except it happened all at once In like 1 second Halp me |
If on bottom buy thick acrylic piece you can drill it .I would even mount the tank on plywood after the repair drill through both. when they build aquariums on "TANKED" they are mounted on plywood |
You can cut a piece of either tempered or even window glass to fit the entire inside end, leaving the existing glass in place. Put a bead of silicone first, place the glass, then seal it in place. Forget about drilling. ;-) Quote:
Window glass would probably work for a smaller tank, but not for a 150. Plate glass at 3/16" is about as thick as it gets for windows. I go to ace hardware to get window glass cut for tank lids and it is thinner then your typical glass top to the point where the glass sags on my 3 ft tank. The glass they sell is thinner 1/8" I think. Getting a replacement piece of glass for the 150 you will have to go to a specific store for glass that can do custom orders, but its not likely going to be cheap for a large piece of thick glass. If you want to replace it with non-tempered you need to look into the thickness it should be. Non-tempered will likely have to be thicker then what the tempered sheet was, since tempered glass is much stronger. Then there is the work of removing the bottom and top trim(hopefully not damaging the other panes) then removing the broken pane and putting the new one in. Then the issue if the trim would fit back on if the replacement pane was thicker. Trim is very important for tempered glass as it is actually weak to impacts on the edges then typical glass. Once you break a pane there is no fixing it. You could try to fix it using plywood but, I have very little knowledge of how this is done. If the side pane is tempered the entire tank will be. Its a lesson learned the hard way but you should always check for tempered glass whenever drilling a large tank. Above 55 gallons tempered glass is pretty common. My first 55 gallon tank was fully tempered according to the sticker. I replaced it after 7 years when the brace started giving out and the new 55 is non-tempered with noticeably thicker glass. There are plenty of videos on Youtube of how to identify tempered glass, it involves a LCD/LED screen(cellphone usually these are polarized) and another polarized filter(camera or sunglasses). Make sure you check both side and bottom panes. Some tanks can have all panes tempered, some only the bottom pane, and other will not be tempered at all. |
Bear in mind that I was referring to placing glass directly over the existing cracked glass, not replacing it. Of course if the glass is being replaced, tempered glass of the appropriate thickness is required...however, without framing this can be difficult to get right. Edit: come to think of it, I might silicone in a piece of acrylic on top of/over the existing side wall glass. |
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Ladies, get your box of kleenex out. Here is some beautiful footage of a wedding we produced at the Palmer House just a few weeks ago, captured by the Delack Media Group. Enjoy!!
Tina and Barry were such a pleasure to work with! I just loved how the two Jewish and Chinese cultures were honored on their special day at the Sofitel Hotel. You'll see in some of the vibrant photos captured by JPP Studios below. You must visit their blog to see more images of their wedding day.
The Happy Couple!
The Osaka Gardens
The Bridal Party at the Sofitel Hotel in Chicago
Each bridesmaid carried their own unique flower bouquet (and wore their own dress too!)
The bride carried orchids, delphinium, and calla lilies and the groom wore an orchid
They were married under a chiffon and crystal draped chuppah
The tablescapes of orchids and crystals
Winter is right around the corner and today it certainly feels like it! I take solace in knowing that one of the trees outside my house still has green leaves (phew). I'm not ready for sub-zero temperatures and ice on my windshield.
That being said, I am excited about all of our winter wonderland weddings approaching! I just love the twinkling lights, white feathers, and pine set in silver mercury glass vessels. Last winter we designed a cozy wedding at an exclusive club in Chicago that was featured in Be U Weddings today. They did a gorgeous spread of photographs taken by the talented Heather Parker. Here's a few images from the feature. Click here to view more.
Happy Monday! Isn't this sunny weather perfect? I just love how the leaves are turning on the trees. A perfect autumn day in Chicago if you ask me!
I'm going to throw a little more sunshine your way to brighten up your week ahead. Karin and Nathan were recently celebrated their wedding day at the beautiful Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum right off of Lake Michigan. They chose a vibrant color palette of yellow with undertones of grey. We incorporated whimsical blooms like craspedia, cymbidium orchids, and yarrow to name a few. Pen Carlson did a fantastic job of capturing all the little details that went into making their day unforgettable.
Congratulations, Karin and Nathan!!
Enjoy the images below...
Happy Monday! We just received word that Style Me Pretty has featured another one of our beautiful weddings! It was of an intimate gathering a few months back at the Erie Cafe right off the riverfront. I just loved how all of the organic elements of this wedding came together - the succulents, ferns, and assorted foliages to name a few. It just made the interior space of the Erie Cafe even cozier. Here are just a few of Erica Rose's lovely photos from the feature. Click here to see the full gallery.
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