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Nokia launched what will be its only MeeGo device yesterday, the N9 and on the same day, a senior software engineer at Nokia has called out CEO Stephen Elop on his decision to dump the platform.
In his personal blog, entitled "My disagreement with Elop on MeeGo", Felipe Contreras, outlines how some time ago he received an email from Elop which was addressed to him alone. In the email, Elop said the main reason why he was dumping MeeGo was "the small amount of MeeGo devices [available] in the years immediately ahead." Contreras, who works on the hardware adoption of MeeGo, believes this is simply not true. Contreras goes on to say that no one he knows believes what Elop says, adding: "Let's keep in mind that Elop is not an expert in this area, we are." Contreras point is that Nokia could have shipped a dozen MeeGo devices based on the OMAP 3 platform, which the N9 uses, having to tweak the software very little, if at all. Contreras said that if Nokia wanted to use three different hardware platforms then it would require some work from the hardware adoption team but that would then allow Nokia to produce a lot more handsets.
Talking about the decision to adopt Windows Phone as the main software partner, Contreras points out that WP only supports one hardware platform, Qualcomm's Snapdragon, and only certain chips on that platform. In a previous post Contreras talked about how easy it was to port MeeGo to different device and showed examples of people doing it. Having responded to Elop's email, Contreras received a reply from the CEO which simply said: "I am simply going to choose to respectfully disagree on multiple fronts" – without actually mentioning what those reasons were. The decision to dump MeeGo without ever having given it a chance to prove what it could do is certainly a strange one from Nokia's point of view. Surely two viable operating systems would be better than one and it leads us to question whether Nokia were forced to stick solely to WP as part of the Microsoft deal.
Nokia has of course also dumped Symbian, announcing today its has finalised the hand over of Symbian development and support (and 2,800 jobs) to Accenture. There is no doubt a lot of frustration around Espoo at the moment among software engineers and Contreras is only one of those annoyed at the radical changes at Nokia in recent months.
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Ask and ye shall receive! Here are some pics with the fixture in action. I ended up switching to the 90 degree optics because the 60's were giving to much spotlighting. This is much better but there is still a bit, so I think I may raise the whole fixture 4"-5".
All pics were taken with the identical camera settings. The lights definitely add more color to my corals.
Just the LEDS @ 100%
LEDs @100% with one set of T5 bulbs (10000K and actinic)
LEDs @100% with all 4 T5HO bulbs
Just the T5's
Close up my favia:
Just the LEDS @ 100%
LEDs @100% with one set of T5 bulbs (10000K and actinic)
LEDs @100% with all 4 T5HO bulbs
Just the T5's
Just LEDs at lowest power
Overall I am quite happy with it, I get a softer shimmer from less LED's and I can combine the LED spectrum with various different T5 bulbs.
|pics please wanna see your sw setup with the leds
Thanks bud!
It is working like a charm! It gets a little warm when the lights are cranked full blast so I will need to get a couple fans but for now I am only running them at 50% so no problemo.
I don't know if I will ever run it at full blast though, it is wicked bright with the T5's and the LEDS at full.
|looks great. very professional!
Done! Finished it late last night.
Added some electrical tape to the 60 degree optics because they were clear housing
Obligatory pic of them on:
Attached to the fixture
Facing the right way
On the tank:
I haven't tested them out yet, looking forward to try them out when I get home from work. I am probably going to have to raise the fixture up to avoid any spotlighting. I am also wondering if I will need a fan... time to gut my old pc.
Thanks Di. I did paint over the duct tape, I wish I had waited to find my drill bits but I just wanted to get it assembled and painted last night so I could add the LEDS today.
My initial plan for swiveling the light bar was to have a couple fasteners with wing nuts that I would loosen. But I tried it with the screw and nuts first and it works really well. It is tight enough that the bar stays fixed, but it is loose enough to be able to adjust it without unscrewing it. I think with time it will loosen on its own and have to be re-tightened , but I don't plan on fussing with it too much. Once I get the angle of light that I like I will just leave it be.
|Great job tharsis. Did you paint over the duct tape as well? Do you have to loosen the screws on either end to adjust the angle? Or is there just enough of wiggle room?
Alright, got it painted and screwed, I am quite pleased with it. I couldn't find any drill bits for attaching the L-bracket to the heatsink so I just crazy glued it and then wrapped it with duct tape. Screwing it would have been more professional but it is really solid and and I am not too worried about it.
Amazingly, the holes on the bracket lined up perfectly with the screws in the fixture so I didn't have to drill anything.
Now I just need to add in the LEDS and the wire them up and its all done! It should be up and running tomorrow.
Alright well I think that this will be easier than I thought. I just did a quick proof of concept here.
Here are my starting materials:
Attached L-bracket to a straight bracket. It is tight but the angle is adjustable
I am going to drill holes in the square tube and then screw the brackets to that.
For now I am just duct taping it to see how it works.
Attached together
rotated to adjust the angle of the LEDS
Duct taped to my light fixture (again temporary)
I will screw it into the side of the fixture. There is enough room on the ends to allow for a nut and screw. The whole unit is very light weight so it shouldn't put too much stress on the plastic.
Close up of the angle of the bar
example with 60 degree optics
I may bring the brackets out a bit more to limit light hitting the top of the fixture. I think I will paint the whole thing black so that it blends in with the fixture.
So it is almost ready for the LEDs!
This is a super easy retrofit, it is light weight and cheap ~ $15 in materials.
Thanks! Good luck with you build.
I am ready to move on to phase two, which involves adding a strip of LED's to my existing T5HO fixture for my saltwater tank.
This is what I am thinking of doing:
I think that square aluminum tubing should be good for a heatsink...something like this:
I can screw the struts to the side of the fixture and then I just need to find a way to attach the heatsink to the struts so that it can rotate. This will allow me to 'point' my leds where I want them depending on the height of the fixture.
I am going to wander around lowes today looking for some inspiration but if anyone has any ideas please share!
Looks good!
I got two of the 24 LED sets with mostly 6500K some 10000k. Nice color
This is my first time using LEDs and I am impressed. They are really bright but can be dimmed down a lot.
I will be hanging them over a Oceanic Illuminata.
Example of dimming same camera settings for all pics:
lowest setting-
pic of the driver and potentiometer
Thanks for the interest in the build Hoppy. I guess I will be a guinea pig for these LED's in a planted tank.
I soldered everything and have it set up already. Here are some pics:
90 degree optics installed
lowest setting
highest setting:
above of the tank (~1.5 feet above tank) with no shield:
with shield
close up of makeshift light shield and fan, I took apart an odyssea 20" fixture and plan on rebuilding it to make the enclosue for the heatsink
|I based my comment on my gut feeling from playing with LED lights, including cheap Ebay 1 and 3 watt LEDs. Since I have no data for the Bridgelux LEDs, I'm not sure just how much light you would get. I am 80% sure it will be way too much with all of those LEDs on, at even 200 mAmps. If you are willing to raise the light a foot or so, then it should work ok, but then you have to provide a glare shield to keep the LEDs from "blinding" everyone in the same room with it. You can rivet aluminum angles, or strips around the heatsink to act as shields.
Thanks for the input! I figured it would be alot of light and likely overdoing it, but are you basing that on Crees? The Bridgelux don't have as much oomph as the Cree LED's from what I have read. What kind of PAR values would 5 Crees vs 5 Bridgelux have at the substrate?
Bottom line is that I have to go with atleast 12 LEDS because the driver I have is for 12-20 LEDS. With this in mind, my rationale for it being doable is that:
1)the bridgelux don't produce as much PAR as the Crees
2)I can dim the fixture
3)I can raise the light as high as I want
In terms of first hand experience, I have been playing around with the fixture (32 LED's) for the last couple of weeks over my reef tank and the dimmers do quite a remarkable job...at the lowest setting my mushrooms would start reaching up for the light which never happened with my 4bulb T5HO odyssea fixture. This suggests to me that the light level for 32 Bridgelux LEDs (dimmed to the minimum) is less than the T5 4 bulb fixture. I am currently running 2 T5 bulbs (Odyssea) over my shrimp tank with no problems so 13 Bridgelux LEDS dimmed to the minimum should be less than the 2 bulb fixture.
Alot of assumptions I know...but my goal is too have a highly versatile fixture that will be usable over a wide range of tank sizes and light levels. If it proves to be way too much light, I can order a new driver and take out some LED's...or get a bigger tank for it haha.
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We're 11 weeks away from the summer Olympics in London and it's about time you got to know some of the athletes poised to bring home the gold. Over the next three months, our Better Know an Athlete series will be profiling some of America's best. This week: Women's Team Gymnastics, an event that pits the top five gymnasts from each country against each other in a variety of events.
Nastia Liukin, started in 1993
Accomplishments: Won the all-around gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games to go along with three silvers (team, balance beam and uneven bars) and a bronze in floor exercise. Nine-time World medalist (four gold and five silver). Two-time U.S. all-around champion (2005 and 2006).
Liukin is perhaps the most prolific American gymnast ever to grace the mats; her 2008 Olympic haul ties the U.S record for gymnastics medals, her nine world medals tie her for second in that category and from 2005 to 2008 she was pretty much unbeatable, winning four straight U.S. uneven bars titles, three balance beam titles and two all-around titles. At 22, she is considered to be an elder stateswoman of the sport and has the choice this year of either competing or coaching.
McKayla Maroney, started in 1997
Accomplishments: 2011 World Championships team and vault gold medalist. Back-to-back vault gold medalist at the Visa Championships in 2010 and 2011.
A rising star on the international stage, Maroney has dominated vault for the past few years and is expected to be on the podium in London. She is another lock to the team competition.
Gabby Douglas, started in 2002
Accomplishments: 2012 Pacific Rim Championships gold medalist in uneven bars. 2011 World Championships Team gold medalist.
A newcomer to the sport, Douglas made a name for herself with the team in 2011 and solidified her status as an all-star with a gold medal in the Pacific Rim Championships earlier this year. Though not the most experienced member of the National Team, don't be surprised to see her name in the fifth slot for the team competition.
Alicia Sacramone, started in 1996
Accomplishments: 2008 Olympic Team silver medalist. 2011 U.S. balance beam champion. Ten World medals (four gold, four silver and two bronze), the most World medals by an American gymnast. Has five U.S. vault titles (2005-2008 and 2010) and two U.S. floor exercise titles.
Sacramone is another veteran on the U.S. National Team, and though her Olympic resume isn't quite as impressive as Liukin's, her World medal total is tops in the U.S. As of 2011 she was still active for the U.S. team event, placing first in Tokyo, so she may be an option for another Olympic run; her presence would solidify the States' shot at gold.
Jordyn Wieber, started in 1999
Accomplishments: Three-time American Cup all-around champion (2009, 2011, 2012). 2011 World Championships team and all-around gold medalist. 2011 U.S. all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise champion. 2010 Pacific Rim all-around, uneven bars, floor exercise and team champion and vault silver medalist.
If Liukin and Sacramone pass the torch to anyone, it will be Wieber; she is a force in any event she competes in, evidenced by her diverse medal resume, and is a sure bet for the team competition to go along with a projected gold in all-around.
Aly Raisman, started in 1996
Accomplishments: 2011 World Championships team gold medalist and floor exercise bronze medalist. 2011 CoverGirl Classic all-around, vault (tie) and floor exercise champion. 2010 World Championships Team silver medalist.
Like Wieber, Raisman is a jack-of-all-trades, trying her hand and faring fairly well at several different events. She proved in 2011 that she can handle all of them, and her flexibility (in both senses of the word) should be valuable in the team competition in London.
Rebecca Bross, started in 1998
Accomplishments: Six-time World medalist (three silver and three bronze) in all-around, floor exercises and uneven bars. 2010 U.S. all-around champion.
Bross is another up-and-comer on the world stage, having already laid claim to six medals, though World gold still eludes her. She hasn't finished lower than third in all-around since taking to the senior circuit in 2009.
Worth Noting: Gymnasts don't tend to be athletic aberrations; their families are usually full-blown athletes. Liukin's father and National team coach took home four medals at the '88 Olympics and her mother was the '87 rhythmic world champion. Maroney's father was a quarterback for Purdue.
Olympic Scouting Report: The U.S. team looks poised to take medals in vault, all-around and floor-exercise but they'll be looking for gold in team. Since 2009, the U.S. National team has placed first in team in every major competition they've entered, and the Olympics shouldn't be any different.


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Human rights rally in Israel
UTSA presents talk by Israeli U.N. representative
(Feb. 8, 2005)--The UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography and the Institute for Law and Public Affairs present Daphna Sharfman, human rights activist and former U.N. representative from Israel, speaking on "Human Rights in Israel" from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday Feb. 9 in Durango Building Room 3.206 at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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Chair of the Western Galilee College Department of Political Science, Sharfman was a member of the Israel delegation to the U.N. general assembly, head of the delegation to the U.N. Third Committee, 1994-1995, and a delegate to two U.N. world conferences on human rights. She has lectured on human rights and women in politics at universities throughout the United States.
Sharfman wrote "Women and Politics" and "Living Without a Constitution: Civil Rights in Israel."
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Nicaragua: Background
Historical Timeline
First known contact with Europeans as Columbus sails along the coast.
Spanish explorers reach Lago de Nicaragua. Cities of Grenada and Leon founded.
Central American provinces declare their independence from Spain.
Central American provinces annex themselves to an independent Mexican Empire under Emperor Agustin I.
Agustin I overthrown. Nicaragua, along with Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, form the Central American Federation.
Central American Federation and the United States sign Treaty of Friendship.
Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica secede from Central American Federation.
British seize Nicaraguan port at Rio San Juan.
American William Walker, hired by liberals in Leon, takes over the conservative city of Granada.
Walker seizes the Presidency and institutionalizes slavery.
Walker is ousted by a coalition of liberals and conservatives and executed in 1860.
Coffee becomes the principle crop in Nicaragua and foreign investment is encouraged.
Liberal revolt brought Jose Santos Zelaya into power.
Dispute with Britain over port is resolved and Nicaragua reincorporates land.
Liberal dictator Jose Santos Zelaya is overthrown, helped by United States funding to conservative forces. United States begins period of financial and military intervention 1911-33.
General Augusto C. Sandino refuses to accept peace accord and leads guerilla force against US Marines.
Earthquake destroys Managua.
General Anastasio Somoza Garcia named director of non-partisan National Guard. US Marines withdraw.
US-trained General Somoza engineers assassination of liberal opposition leader Augusto Sandino. Somoza rules for over 20 years, amassing great personal land and wealth.
Somoza assassinated; sons Luis and Anastasio, Jr. retain control of Nicaragua.
The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) is founded to protest the continuing Somoza regime.
Central American Common Market formed to establish free trade and strengthen economies.
Devastating earthquake hits Nicaragua. Somoza regime mishandles crisis and majority of relief funds are funneled to the government. As a result, another opposition party is founded- the UDEL led by newspaper publisher Pedro Joaquin Chamorro. Daniel Ortega becomes leader of the FSLN.
Chamorro assassinated, resulting in public strikes and protests, some becoming violent. The revolt spreads and even moderates side with the FSLN to overthrown the Somoza regime. The US and the Organization of American States (OAS) fail in negotiations and the US suspends military aid to the region.
July 19, 1979
Somoza regime overthrown and Sandinista-led regime assumes power. Sandinistas immediately begin disassembling former Somoza compounds and forming farming cooperatives. The Reagan-led US, scared by this "people's movement", sent $10 million to aid Contra forces.
US House passes Boland Amendment, which prohibits the United States from supplying Nicaraguan Contras with weapons.
The US mines Nicaragua's harbors in a covert operation. Both US allies and enemies condemn this action. Nicaragua sues the US in World Court and in June 1986, the Court finds the US guilty of violating international law. Sandinista Daniel Ortega wins the presidency with 67% of the vote.
US suspends talks with Nicaragua. Reagan describes Contras as "freedom fighters" and initiates a trade embargo and economic sanctions. Congress approves humanitarian aid for Contras.
It is revealed that contrary to the Boland Amendment, the US has been supplying military aid to the Contras with funds diverted from the sale of US arms to Iran.
Violeta Chamorro, wife of assassinated politician Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, defeats Ortega in presidential election. The US opposed her election, claiming she had accepted Sandinista aid. After the election, the Sandinistas and the contras sign a permanent cease-fire and the contras demobilize.
Constitutional reform of the 1987 Sandinista constitution gave more power to the legislature.
October 20, 1996
Former Managua mayor Arnoldo Aleman elected to the presidency in elections that were proclaimed free and fair by international observers.
January 1997
First ever civilian-controlled Ministry of Defense created.
January 10, 1997
Aleman government inaugurated.
October 1998
Hurricane Mitch destroys infrastructure (hospitals, bridges, roads). 10,000 people die.
June 21-30th, 2000
The government of Nicaragua and Red Cross workers on Thursday the 22nd supplied medicine, food and blankets to help more than 5,000 people affected by flooding of the Rama River in eastern Nicaragua.
September 2001
A devastating drought and plummeting coffee prices have driven Nicaragua into one of its worst economic crises in years, bringing scenes of hunger, malnutrition and misery to its impoverished countryside. The crisis is unfolding in the midst of a heated campaign for the Nov. 4 presidential election.
January 11, 2002
In the Central American nation of Nicaragua, 73-year-old businessman Enrique Bolanos took the presidential oath of office on Thursday. Some observers pointed to blatant US intervention in the outcome of the election.
March, 2002
Daniel Ortega is re-elected as the leader of the opposition Sandinista party, despite his three consecutive defeats since 1990.
August, 2002
Arnoldo Aleman, former president, is charged with money laundering and embezzlement during his presidency. He is tried and convicted for this crime and in December, 2003 he is sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption.
December, 2003
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign onto a free trade agreement with the United States. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) or the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) has been approved by President Bush, but has not yet been signed by Congress.
January, 2004
World Bank forgives 80% of Nicaragua's debt to the institution. President Bolanos claims this is the best news for Nicaragua in 25 years.


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Appendix A: Research Methodology
The research approach is a combination of case study methodology and benchmarking of "best practices." Used in businesses worldwide as they seek to continuously improve their operations, benchmarking has more recently been applied to education. Benchmarking is a structured, efficient process that targets: key operations and identifies promising practices in relationship to traditional practice, previous practice at the selected sites (lessons learned), and local outcome data. The methodology is further explained in a background document,19 which lays out the justification for identifying promising practices based on four sources of rigor in the approach:
Theory and research base;
Expert review;
Site evidence of effectiveness; and
Systematic field research and cross-site analysis.
The steps of the research process were: defining a study scope, seeking input from experts to refine the scope and inform site selection criteria, screening potential sites, selecting sites to study, conducting site visits, collecting and analyzing data to write case reports, and writing a user-friendly guide.
Site Selection Process
For this guide, over 400 charter secondary schools from 25 states and Washington D.C. (out of 40 states that have charter school laws) were considered. These states had the largest numbers of charter schools and charter school legislation old enough to have schools beyond the start-up phase. Based on recommendations from the advisory group, information from state department staff and state association leaders, and review of achievement data, the initial list of 400 schools was narrowed to 70 charter high schools that served students through grade 12, had already graduated a class of seniors so that graduation and college-going data were available, and had met AYP for at least the past two years.
The list of 70 schools was narrowed to 26 by selecting schools that either demonstrated high academic achievement on state testing, or outperformed comparable local schools, or demonstrated increasing achievement with a predominantly low-income or minority population of students. Information about program features and additional outcome data were gathered on these 26 schools, using phone interviews to fill gaps in information. From this group of 26 schools, eight schools were selected as case study sites based on the compiled information and criteria ratings in a screening matrix. (See next section for more on criteria.) Demographic variation, a range of promising practices, and geographic location, along with achievement data, were all considered in the final site selection.
Site Selection Criteria
A cross section of schools were selected to highlight secondary charter schools successfully meeting the needs of traditionally underserved populations of students (e.g., low income, special education, African-American and Latino students), with strong high school programs serving a range of grade configurations (e.g., 9–12, 5–12, 7–12) and in a range of geographic locations (i.e., seven states including rural, urban and suburban schools), all making academic achievement gains. Schools were selected based on the following criteria, prioritized by the advisory group as key issues for consideration.
Demographic Criteria
Many schools demonstrated that they were working hard to educate students who have been largely underserved in traditional public schools. The schools that were selected had two or more of: 40 percent or more free and reduced-price lunch, 40 percent or more African-American and Hispanic students, 20 percent or more special education students, or rural location.
Achievement Criteria
Schools selected met AYP targets for at least two consecutive years, including the most recent year for which data were available. Researchers looked for schools that scored at least a baseline of the 50th percentile in math or reading on state standardized tests with demonstrated evidence of continued improvement over several years, or schools that were consistently high achieving in the 90th percentile range annually. Data from state Web sites and SchoolMatters.com provided achievement information.
Achievement Gap Criteria
Researchers looked for additional evidence that schools were making progress eliminating achievement gaps. A school was considered to be narrowing the achievement gaps if, internally, gaps among students of different races and socioeconomic backgrounds were closing over time or if the school was demonstrating higher achievement for low-income, minority, or special education students in comparison with a similar population of students in its local district public schools.
Study Framework and Data Collection
A conceptual framework was developed to guide the study of the selected sites. While many things happen at a busy school site, each case study needed to focus on those practices most likely to contribute to a school's success. The framework used in this study was an adaptation of the framework used in the previous guide on charter schools in this Innovations in Education series,20 which was derived from the research literature on charter schools and on organizational effectiveness. The major categories in the framework were mission-driven school, school operations and educational program, external partnerships, and governing for accountability. The framework for this study of charter high schools additionally highlighted issues of particular salience in secondary schools, for example, issues related to transitions both into the school from the lower grade levels and out of the school to college or work. These key secondary issues were determined through a review of the high school reform literature and the input of the researchers on the project's advisory group. Sites also offered their own views of the key factors in their success, which constituted additional input to the analysis.
A site visit was conducted at each school to gather the information for this guide. Each site visit lasted for one or two days and included informal observations throughout the school, attendance at events, and interviews. The primary source of data was interviews with a variety of role groups, including students, parents, teachers, board members, administrators, and school partners. An interview protocol was developed based on the study framework and adapted to each role group. That is, separate but overlapping sets of questions were developed for teachers, administrators, parents, etc. Most interviews were tape-recorded with key interviews later transcribed for more detailed analysis.
Documents from each school served as an additional source of information. Collected during the site visit, these documents included such items as school schedules, sample assessments, lesson plan forms, teacher planning protocols, newsletters, application forms, brochures, charter plans, and report cards. Principals and executive directors also completed a standard form to facilitate consistent compiling of school demographic and outcome information.
Analysis and Reporting
A case report was written about each site, and reviewed by site administrators for accuracy. From these case reports, artifacts, and transcripts of interviews, the project team identified common themes that contributed to success across the sites. This cross-site analysis built on both the research literature as reflected in the study scope and also emerging patterns in the data.
This descriptive research process suggests promising practices—ways to do things that other educators have found helpful, lessons they have learned—and practical "how-to" guidance. This is not the kind of experimental research that can yield valid causal claims about what works. Readers should judge for themselves the merits of these practices, based on their understanding of why they should work, how they fit the local context, and what happens when they actually try them. Also, readers should understand that these descriptions do not constitute an endorsement of specific practices or products.
Using the Guide
Ultimately, readers of this guide will need to select, adapt, and implement practices that meet their individual needs and contexts. Schools coming together in learning communities may continue the study, using the ideas and practices from these sites as a springboard for their own action research. In this way, a pool of promising practices will grow, and schools can support each other in implementation and learning.


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I own a two story apartment and Bees have found a home in the second story eave.
They have been their for many years perhaps 10 i'm not sure. I have in the past sealed up the openings but the find another way in. Today I wasa called out their because the Bees had started a second entry way on the other side of the building approx. 30 feet away. The new one is relatively small as appearing from the outside, perhaps one foot long and four inches wide. The old one nw appears to growing substantialy it is aout 18inches wide, three feet long and a thickness of about 6-10inches. they appear to waiting their turn to enter a now reduced size opening. obviously i'm not a bee keeper and my knowledge is limited. does any one know how they may be moved abscent the idea of cutting the hole in roof and trying to locate the Queen and remove her. I was told this could be a fivr thousand dollar effort. Any assistance would be appreciated. The building is in Pasadena,Ca. thank you


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(May 27, 2005)--Fred Bonner, associate professor in the UTSA Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, has been selected to participate in the 2005-2006 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program.
Bonner is one of 40 college professors and administrators selected to participate in the program. He also is one of only 16 minority candidates selected for the 2005-2006 program.
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The ACE Fellows Program provides its members with seminars, workshops and hands-on experience in university leadership roles. The program aims to develop the future chief executives of the nation's universities. Participants work closely for a semester or year with a college or university president in the decision-making process.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the program has involved 1,495 participants since its creation. Many in the program have gone on to become presidents, vice presidents or deans at institutions of higher learning.


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riveting the semi rec components to begin in the morning
Looks like fun to me, too bad I cant afford to build the ak kits I stockpiled earlier last year.
riveting the semi rec components to begin in the morning
thats great i would be highly interested if you did offered all the parts for a semi build and would buy a set from you. you are a highly talented person.
which m-60 kit is more available on the open market. a jrw or a us ord kit?
Hey, did you ever finish that sig amt build?
the pats I am machining are designed to work with std usgi parts after a little modification to the bolt and oprod
let me know the cost of one of your kits and ill send you a check
for all parts that need to be machined for a semi build.
you are such a rarity w/ the skills you have.
have you ever considered a h&k-91 milled reciever w/ a picatany rail on top that i think would sell like hot cakes
with all the kits floating around i think it would be a great idea.
Yeah, how far did you get with the AMT/PE57?
I realy havent done much with the pe57 but Pirate posted some great looking pics of a rec solution for the sig I am excited about
any updates??
If any punk kid ever comes up to you asking for your `Gang Sign` Tap your chest twice then your forehead once. After doing that only upon a threat do you draw your glock and show him what you meant.
got a letter from ATF stating that possesion of the semi center channel, semi lower rail and left and right rails in semi configuration but with no rivet holes drilled is legal along with one of the unfinished trunions from Dean L and that as they have previously detirmened these parts are legal to use to build a semi automatic rifle
No progress on my actual build, trying to finish the order for vz58 stuff first , and get a shotgun and a couple of other things ready to go to tech, will get back on the 60 project in a couple of weeks


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It appears to me that the queen of the swarm I captured a couple of weeks ago must not have made it. I come to this decision based on the attached images which I just took. I don't think a queen would lay multiple eggs per cell and it appears that is what I am looking at. I was unable to find a queen by looking at the frame, but when looking at the image on screen it becomes apparent that I have 2-3 eggs per cell at times.
Any help is appreciated... what do I do now?
Thanks, queenless in AZ
This shows an overview of the frame:
This shows a closeup of the cells:
One more question, it appears they are building a queen cell in the upper right of the close up image? Why would they do this if they know they do not have a way to raise a queen?


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— human beings are at their very best when they are living free of authority, deciding things among themselve srather than being ordered about. That's what the word means — 'Without Government'. A lot of the time most of us know this anyway (though there are a few oddballs in the world who actually enjoy being pushed around), but we also know just how difficult it can usually be doing anything for yourself — if you try you're likely to break some law or contravene some regulation or other.
But throughout human history people have tried to do just that. To live freely. Sometimes on their own, sometimes in small groups, sometimes in great popular movements.
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Wish you had the chance to play golf with Playmate Pilar Lastra, 20 Playmates and 300 Girls of Golf? Now you do.
People often ask me what it is about the Playboy Golf Finals that make me clear my schedule and cut my world travels short, just so I won't miss a moment of the four day event. My answer is simple; every year the finals keep getting better. Just when I think I had so much fun that nothing could top my experience, Playboy Golf teams up with another amazing sponsor and somehow manages to outdo the experience I had the previous year. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this year's partnership with Macanudo and West Coast Chill has in store for us. Whatever is up their sleeves, I can guarantee everyone will have a great time!
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The weekend takes golfers into the coveted gates of the Playboy mansion not once, but twice during the finals. The event is kicked off Thursday afternoon with a Tee party at the Playboy Mansion and golfers will find themselves there again Saturday night for the famous pajama and lingerie party where golfers receive their awards, and experience a party they will never forget. This party is seriously my favorite one thrown at the mansion. Hef knows how to throw a party, but the difference between a Playboy Golf party and any other party at the mansion is that all the athletes, celebrities, and Playmates are so friendly, fun and approachable. Golfers have no idea when they'll be playing or partying with their favorite athlete. I will never forget when a group of three guys from Dallas were playing in the finals. Needing a 4th player, Playboy Golf filled the spot with Dallas Cowboys' superstar cornerback Terence Newman. The four had such a great time that they actually developed an ongoing relationship! It was awesome they came back the next year just to see T. New!
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I'm leaving Cuba early this year to make the Tee Party on time and I'm looking forward to seeing not only all the golfers I have gotten to know throughout the years, but sharing new memories with new faces.
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by David Crane david at defensereview.com – Vltor Weapon Systems is now manufacturing Russian-type 7.62mmx54R (7.62x54mm) PKM General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) for U.S. military forces. It's our understanding that the Vltor PKMs will be used for familiarization training, and possibly OPFOR (just seems logical). DefRev got to view and handle one of these guns at the Vltor booth, and ... Read More »
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by David Crane [email protected] March 13, 2006 On June 20, 2005, DefenseReview broke the story on the U.S.-made Milkor USA MGL-140 multi-shot grenade launcher (6-shot MGL), after we handled it at International SOF Week /APBI (Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry) 2005 in Tampa, FL (To our knowledge, we were the first to report on it and show pictures of it.). ... Read More »
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The following is a press release from Metal Storm Limited on the developmental Metal Storm Advanced Individual Combat Weapon (AICW) prototype (Photo shown below.). BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – 31 August 2005 Metal Storm Limited (ASX trading code: MST and NASDAQ Small Cap ticker symbol MTSX) today announced the successful test firing of the Advanced Individual Combat Weapon (AICW) Capability Technology Demonstrator ... Read More »
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by David Crane [email protected] All digital photos of the HK416 Enhanced Carbine at International SOF Week/APBI below were taken by, and are the exclusive property of, DefenseReview.com. Click on photos below to view them full-size. July 15, 2005 It looks like the FN SCAR-Light (FN SCAR-L) carbine/subcarbine (select-fire, 5.56x45mm) might have some competition in SOF (Special Operations Forces) circles–and, more ... Read More »
New Milkor MGL-140/MEI Hyper-Lethal 40mm Combo/Weapon System for Infantry
by David Crane [email protected] June 20, 2005 The following story is a DefenseReview.com exclusive. All digital photos accompanying this article were taken by, and are the exclusive property of, DefenseReview.com. Click on photos to view them full-size. Back in July 2004, DefenseReview wrote about the Milkor MGL Mk-1S 40mm multiple grenade launcher, which is an improved version of their original ... Read More »
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Metal Storm 40mm Weapon System/Talon Robot Live-Fire Demo for U.S. Military
by David Crane [email protected] A 16-round Metal Storm prototype 40mm grenade launcher system attached to/mounted on a Foster-Miller Talon Robot/UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) apparently successfully completed a series of live-fire tests in front of approx. 100 senior scientific and technical personnel from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and selected military defense industry representatives at a U.S. Army's firing range ... Read More »
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by David Crane [email protected] The following Sources Sought Notice looks like it's essentially the same solicitation as that covered in the previous article, just in alternate form (a previous version, if you will): "General Information Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: W15QKN-05-X-0427 Posted Date: Nov 05, 2004 Original Response Date: Dec 07, 2004 Current Response Date: Dec 07, 2004 ... Read More »
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A drinking game in which 7 shots of hard alcohol are consumed in seven minutes, one every minute. You can use different kinds of shots to make the game really gnarly.
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Love Letters: I Don't Want To Be Creepy
Dear Meredith,
I'm going to be moving from my current job to a new opportunity in the next couple of weeks. I work with a small group of people, one of whom I am quite attracted to. Since we work together, I have not acted on my attraction, and I have probably been more aloof with this person than with others in my group. Now that I will be moving on, I want to show my potential interest to this person.
My question is, how can I do this without being creepy? To complicate matters, I was in a very serious relationship when I started this job, but that has quietly ended. I'm pretty sure there is no reason for this person to even know I am now single. Under normal circumstances I would think a subtle "let's meet up for drinks sometime" would suffice, but in my case "let's meet up for drinks sometime, and by the way I'm single now and I think you're pretty hot" is a bit less subtle.
And if I go through with it, what if he tells the whole office after I'm gone? I might work with some of these folks again in the future. Is it always creepy/unprofessional to ask out someone you work/have worked with?
Thanks for any advice!
– Trying not to be Creepy in Cambridge
It's not creepy to ask him out for a drink. "Let's meet up for drinks sometime" is a fine, simple request. You can get into the "I'm single and you're hot" stuff once you're actually out for the night.
If you're concerned that the drink request will confuse him -- because you've been aloof and he doesn't know that you're single -- ask the entire group to hang out after work to celebrate your departure, and then, when you're all relaxed, get to know him better. See how you guys get along outside the office. If it goes well, you'll feel less creepy about asking him out on a real date.
Readers? Should the letter writer go out in a group first? What if her co-workers talk about this after she's gone?
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The first time Reece Mastin came to New Zealand, at a public signing session at an Auckland mall last year, the event had to be cut short when several teenage girls fainted.
A year later, the singer, who won The X-Factor Australia in 2011 at the age of 16, will open his second New Zealand tour.
Mastin will begin his Kiwi sojourn with a St Valentine's Day in Hamilton.
Mastin has quickly built on his Australian success. His self-titled debut album reached No 1 and subsequently achieved platinum status, both in New Zealand and Australia, while his recent DVD, Behind Closed Doors, also topped the charts.
Mastin's latest visit is to promote his second album, released late last year. The 15-song Beautiful Midnight continues his run of pop-rock, radio-friendly singles such as Shut Up and Kiss Me and Shout It Out - in short, designed to prompt singalongs.
Yet, despite the shiny production, Mastin says he's always been a sucker for a distorted guitar.
"When I was young, I would listen to all my Dad's old records. I got into Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith. I listen to as much music as I can but my first love would be rock music," Mastin says by phone as he prepares for yet another show in Australia.
"We did a stadium tour, which was about 10 shows in Australia, and now we are 10 shows into the regional tour, with another eight or nine to go before we go to New Zealand," adding he plans to head to Los Angeles soon to begin work on new material.
"I have always written songs." Mastin says he enjoyed collaborating with writers on his new album.
"I don't think it required any compromise. The best thing about it is you can bounce ideas off other people. Someone will come up with an idea that will take you to another level.
"It works in weird ways sometimes. For example, with Shout It Out, I had the lyrics done and we had a lot of fun mucking about. A lot of the time I'll try to go with an idea and it'll get twisted a little."
On the subject of twisted, Mastin has witnessed the darker side of media exposure.
Following the announcement last year that he was dating Rhiannon Fish, an actor on Home and Away, the young woman received death threats on Twitter.
"At the end of the day, I know who my real fans are," Mastin says. "Now I can't even mention her name during a show without people screaming [in support].
"I have always told others who are thinking about entering such shows that they need to make sure they are ready for what's going to come. It is hard work. Everything you do is on social media or the news."
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I just finished the chest display prototype. It is very small. It will be even smaller and thinner when the printed circuit boards arrive. Take a look. It is animated to match the ESB or ROTJ version.
I just finished the chest display prototype. It is very small. It will be even smaller and thinner when the printed circuit boards arrive. Take a look. It is animated to match the ESB or ROTJ version.
looks good...how much for the finished product?
Looks pretty cool ... but what's "Sci-fire"? Is this something you developed, or something you bought that is programmable? Sorry, don't recall ever hearing about it and it looks interesting.
I think he means sci-fire.com They are the new kid on the block, offering some very cool rubber guns as well as a DP Dlx recast helmet.
Working on price. Right now the prototype is a bit bigger than we had hoped. The printed circuit board will shrink the base a bit. We are putting in a 10 position pot to make the version of chest display selectable. Should work out well.
ballpark price?
The initial run will be between $70.00 to $90.00. Not quite sure because we haven't gotten pricing back from the PCB people. I really want to get a list of interested people and get a preorder going. I know I'm new to the "dented helmet" but this will be a top notch product. It will most likely allow a selectable ESB or ROTJ display. The largest benefits will be the small footprint, brightness, vacuum formed backshell and battery life. I don't know if anyone is interested in a unit like this but it's guaranteed quality.
I am probally intrested pending price and final pics.
The board is now in progress. The pricing will be $75.00 plus shipping. The display will be selectable via a 2 position micro selector. You will be able to display the ESB or ROTJ version at any given time. We produce movie props for a living. This is a piece of cake. The gentleman doing the electronics has many years of experience on many features such as The Fifth Element and Terminator 2 and 3. His background is in movie electronics. I guarantee that the quality is excellent or money will instantly be refunded.
Okay. Slight update to the display that I didn't mention. The entire display is wired. The message can be changed via programming. We can burn a new chip and send it to you for about $20 if you decide to customize the display. If by chance we all get the DVD release of Star Wars and find out that the display is completely different than what we have believed, it's a piece of cake. Also, with the selector on the display, you are capable of changing from ESB to ROTJ on the fly.
Anyway you could wire hese bad boys up to smaller batteries, IE the thin lithium kind? I would love to see a small, compact, all together unit.
Sure, we could do that as long as the voltage will run the LEDs properly. I'll talk to the electronics guy about incorporating a battery clip instead of a 9v lead.
The only drawback to the Lithium type batteries is that the cost and availability is no where near the 9volt. I would appreciate feedback from others on this before I make any changes. What do you guys think?
Exactly what distinction are you making between the ESB and ROTJ display? As you might have read, there is not enough reference or evidence to show any differences, if any, between the ESB and ROTJ displays.
Just curious what you were basing your Jedi display on.
At this point nothing other than a slighly different motion. The idea is that the capability is there so that when the DVDs come out, hopefully we will be able to correct the displays based on a clearer image or behind the scenes stuff. Regardless, we can add a custom display setting to the unit before shipping.
Ah, interesting idea!
For now, I think the display will be set up with ESB and Don Post versions. We will change it when the time comes.
My only reasoning behind asking about a thiner type battery is mounting it on your armor...a watch battery is significantly less weight than a 9v.
My persnoal opinion is that going with a watch battery isn't worth what you give up with the 9V. You'd lose capacity, pay higher prices for the batteries, and only thing gained is space. In a project like this, where you're putting the circuit behind chest armor instead of something small like a blaster, the benefit of a smaller package isn't substantial.
Just for the sake of an example, for those that have seen my light set, the reason I made the second board on a cable was because of all the room in the chest area. The display could set in its required position, and the other board could balance it out under the other chest plate. It could have been reduced to a smaller board, but with all the room in the chest area, why? Hope that made sense (with regard to space savings of the battery that is).
Sure. The problem is the amount of current that a watch battery can provide and the life expectancy. The 9volt although bulky will probably run this unit for a good 6 to 8 hours. The watch battery will not provide enough juice to run this for more than a few minutes. I can use something like an L544 camera battery that is roughly 1/2 the length of a AAA battery but it also will not run the unit for more than 3 hours without losing power. Plus, the camera batteries are about $7.00 a pop. versus $7.00 a box of 9v. I am willing to make them however the majority of people want. I just want to make sure that you are all aware of the trade off.
Thanks for the questions. Keep them coming.
Best regards,
By-the-way, the units can be ready to ship within a couple weeks. The boards are almost done and I can turn out 40 units a week. If you are truly interested in a very solid state chest display, please let me know.
I know there are others who are making these same displays. I don't wish to snuff them out. I am just trying to make this into what I will want for my costume. I already know that I want a custom display pattern as well as a screen accurate. This unit will allow that.
Best regards,
Just to keep the waters clear, I wanted to emphasize what I said in my last post. The reason I mentioned my set was just for the sake of discussion, regarding the room in the chest area. I for one welcome others to build lights (for themselves or sale), that's why I offered my schematic for the DIYers.
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I know there are others who are making these same displays. I don't wish to snuff them out. I am just trying to make this into what I will want for my costume. I already know that I want a custom display pattern as well as a screen accurate. This unit will allow that.
Best regards,
Oh, and mine is micro-controlled, and upgradeable by replacing a chip as well. Maybe great minds think alike.
Good luck,
I've seen your display. It's a spectacular setup. I started this because I was talking about it to our electronics guy. He said he could make me one. I flipped him some cash and poof. He then asked me to see if there were others interested in the same thing. That's kind of how this whole thing came about. I'd actually like to colaborate on some really cool projects with some people. I have a great shop of guys that have all the talents to make very cool stuff. Check out my work website.
You can see what the guys are capable of building.
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On Magic (Columbia), Bruce Springsteen's first album with the E Street Band in five years, not everything is what it seems. As with the sleight of hand described in the title track, there's what you think you're getting and what you really get. If you think that the album is just a collection of random new Springsteen songs tailored for the returning E Street Band, or that its title is generic (All Music Guide lists more than 70 albums called Magic), you're not paying enough attention to the magician.
There are layers to each of Magic's songs, and the trick is to uncover them. The exuberant "Livin' in the Future," it turns out, is about livin' in the present, even as Clarence Clemons's "10th Avenue Freeze-Out"–ditto sax solo points to the past. "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," with its Spectorian production and Wilsonian melody, may suggest an idyllic world fit for a spinning 45, but "My jacket's on, I'm out the door/And tonight I'm gonna burn this town down" offers anything but. On "Magic," a sucker is still born every minute: "I got a shiny saw blade, all I need's a volunteer/I'll cut you in half while you're smiling ear to ear," Springsteen proposes, but before you can even raise your hand, he warns, "Trust none of what you hear and less of what you see."
Magic is less strident than 2002's The Rising, the previous album featuring the E Street Band, but in many ways it's a sequel — words like "fear" and "dead" and "blood" still tarnish Springsteen's landscape, and now they're joined by "mistake" and "crumbled" and "lies." "You can't sleep at night, you can't dream your dream" opens "Your Own Worst Enemy," sung in a Roy Orbison croon against a brooding string section, and "Your flag it flew so high, it drifted into the sky" closes the song. The hope and pride and oneness of 9/12 have given way to paranoia, distrust, and disgruntlement; the shattering sense of loss reflected in The Rising is palpable, but there's been no resolution, only polarization and sullenness. "There's bodies hangin' in the trees," Springsteen sings as "Magic" fades, but he's accepting, not outraged: "This is what will be, this is what will be," he repeats. The darkness on the edge of town now shrouds Main Street, too.
Magic's characters aren't defeated, they're just tired. Tired of being lied to, tired of feeling helpless and insignificant and tossed away. In the new America, it's business as usual — except we're embittered now, defenseless, cynical, and not nearly as angry as we should be. We're handcuffed and bound, locked inside a box and tossed overboard with no idea how to get out.
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Was AIG railroaded by the federal government into not suing the US over harsh bailout terms?
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On another thread, it was suggested that the government was in some way responsible for AIG's behavior.
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Someone named Doug Miller said:
"Then there is the other side of this argument which says that the government forced banks to loan to people who couldn't afford such loans."
I responded:
Doug, this is about AIG, not banks. AIG was not and is not a bank. I have never seen an argument anywhere that the government forced AIG to do anything that caused their derivatives portfolio to collapse and bankrupt the company. AIG never made that argument. No one I know made that argument. AIG collapsed because it made side bets in the derivatives market using credit defaults swaps. The made horrible bets and the bets went sour. It is as simple as that. I can't see any "other side" to this.
Can you point me to any information, a link or anything, that shows AIG was in any way forced by the government to bet the way it did in the swaps market? Or were you not talking about AIG?
Perhaps Mr. Miller did not see my reply. If you get a chance, please respond.
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what you talkin bout Willis?
what you talkin bout Willis?
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sigh...... people REALLY do want every player released no matter who it is.
"Once a Giant, ALWAYS, a Giant."
But Willis is a good player? We're heading into the season without a real veteran RB on our roster and very little reliability.
Wilson is into is second year - whose to see his fumbling issues don't come back?
Brown hasn't proven he can last a full season
Torain can't stay healthy, Scott hasn't done much at all and Cox hasn't had much playing time at college.
Although I'm excited about Wilson and Brown next year, I can't help but think it's a risk. If Wilson was to go down Week 1, I don't know whether we'd be that dominant with, say, Brown and Da'Rel Scott as our two RB's.
where is this myth about wilson and his "fumbling issues" coming from? bradshaw coughed up more balls then he did last year.
i still remember that injury Willis had in the national title game way back, the fact hes lasted this long as a tough running back is nothing short of incredible.
No, he's injury prone....Lets try to start healthy....If anything, get Leach..


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That's the best helmet display I have ever seen nice job!
That's the best helmet display I have ever seen nice job!
Very nice
That is one spectacular bucket stand! I really love the LCD display--it adds that little bit of mojo and sets it apparatus from all others.
I've been meaning to build some stands for all of my helmets, and yours is a true inspiration to get it going again.
Thanks for sharing!
I bow before you, brother. Awesome job!
That's very cool, love the neck-seal add on. Nice work, beats my recycled cup stand hands down
very cool
Very creative! Definitely sparked an idea or with that stand...maybe when I get some free time Ill attempt something similiar in a different design. Nice job.
that looks great wow
i dunno how i missed this...looks awesome man!
Best helmet stand I've ever seen. great job!
Thanks for the kind words everone. Really glad you all like it!
Great idea to have an animated helmet display, very interesting, fresh and well done.
Many thanks
Nice stand I'm working on these.
Very cool.
thats awesome
Great Work, what is the price??
I need one or three of these ASAP great work
Nice stand!!!
Wow! It looks awesome!
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The LCD stand is absolutely awesome! Really adds to the overall display.
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Glad you like the stand.


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I posted earlier in March when the Fett was first finished that I was having some serious problems with the collar armor and vest riding up and choking me while I was wearing it. The jet pack weight, although put onto the straps, for some reason was pulling the back of the vest down, and the front of the vest up. I came up with 2 solutions and put them both into play with my outfit. First, I changed the way I wore my harness. Instead of the standard H shape, I crossed the straps over each shoulder, forming an X with the harness. This put the weight more onto my shoulders, and also kept the harness from moving around as much. Second, I put 2 heavy duty snaps on the vest, underneath the lower "stomach" armor plate. These are facing INSIDE the vest. I put the other half of the snap assembly onto the flightsuit. When I put the vest on, I snapped the together, effectively joining the vest to the one piece flight suit. Two hours trooping, wearing the full outfit, and the the vest did NOT ride up and I didn't get a bruise on my neck this time. I'll post some pics of the event as well as some photos of the disassembled armor when I get home later today.
As a side note, I also found the my helmet padding was a tad off, which resulting in the tiltling of my head to look out of the T. I think this is why I always seemed to be looking down in photos. I started looking more through the center part of T visor, and the photos came out great.


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This is 15 mins. of video of the entrance to my new, and first, top bar hive, recorded last Saturday, 9 April 2011. SteveBee and I installed a swarm that he captured two days earlier (7 April 2011) near his home 15 miles away.
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