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It's been over a year since I posted here. I update my media consumption list, but I have stopped posting in large part because I haven't written poetry in 2-3 years.
But now there are changes on the horizon. I am moving away from home in hopes of finding it. True, it is only forty minutes north, but it's a new state, in several ways. And I don't know how I'm going to do it. That's faith. But I am eager to start a new chapter.
And during this time, I am living with the beautiful song by Iona, "Edge of the World". It says what I cannot.
"Edge of the World"
Mist that hangs like silk
Soaking in the rain
Trees that rise like ghosts
Bearing people's names
And a sea that takes me
Where I do not know
But I gladly go
Shrouded in the sweetest grass
I've ever known
This my earthly bed
My beloved home
But the voice that calls me
To the far away
I can only trust every word you say
And here I am
Out on the edge of the world
With You, With You
Shall I leave the print of my knees
Upon the sand
This my final prayer
In my native land
Shall I turn my face
Towards the shining sea
Taste the salt of tears
For those I have to leave
Thursday, April 28
Thursday, March 26
A Taste of My Short Fiction Course
Mary had always been a good neighbour. The kind of lady who never said anything about my walking naked by the window on my way to the shower each morning. When she saw me sitting out back on warm pre-autumn nights, she would wobble over with a beer in her hand and sit down unasked in the matching chair beside mine. A favourite topic of hers was Dusty Springfield's life. She must have read a biography.
I was surprised one night when a woman in her thirties came sauntering over from Mary's porch. She shared her mother's gait and freeness about sitting in other people's chairs. She never did say where Mary was that night or how she came to be there instead, and I initially feared the worst. But the story she told was not her mother's, but her sister, Linda's.
Linda was a pharmacist and fond of the names of the drugs she dispensed. Albuterol, methocarbamol, irbesartan HTZ – they were musical words, magical words, words that stopped the pain. One day a customer came in for some klonopin. He had a girl with him whose Japanese features did not match his own sunburned face. The girl's name was Lucy, and she was a budding equestrienne, adopted through great beaurocratic struggle, and the man's pride and joy.
But Lucy's horse had died.
Nothing the man could do would ease her grieving heart. It was as if her soul had been pinned beneath the horse when it fell, and try as he might, he was not strong enough to pull it free.
What the man did not know was that Lucy was suffering greatly from schoolyard cruelty. The loss of her horse was only a catalyst for her pain and helplessness. In a way, she was glad for it. It gave a focus to her aching and was something she could share with her father when he asked about her moods. For Lucy, no magic words could fill the gap. Linda felt powerless, just as the girl must have felt.
Months went by, and Linda stopped noticing the names of the drugs she counted out. Each was a dead horse in her fingers. Each seemed to gang up on the others. Eventually, she left her job. When her sister had seen me sitting there, she had recognized the sadness in my eyes as similar to Linda's. That was all she had come to say. That I was not alone.
And then she left me, waddling back to her mother's porch. I never saw her again.
Friday, January 23
A Mary Heart
Your children are of vocal stock
One thing that they can do is talk
And fill their face with laughter lines
That overlap and intertwine
But I was born to stand apart
And ponder these within my heart
To wander in the yard and see
To dream, to get to know a tree
And so amid the word-filled air
You may not have known that I was there
But sight may be a thing we shared
And you indeed may not have cared
That I was somber, staid, and terse
And slow of tongue and filled with verse
You may have known something at least
About a heart that holds its peace
But in the end you had no choice
When sickness took away your voice
And I would sit beside your bed
And not regret the words not said
While all around were laughter peals
While words were whittled, wheels in wheels
But in that raucous holy place
A Martha practiced Mary grace
Within, your deep would call to deep
And you would blink and drift to sleep
And I would note the cherished depth
Of holy secrets that you kept
And now that death has closed your eye
We sit in silence, you and I
And dream a dream of sainted throngs
And bellowed praise and angel songs
Where loud reunions fill the air
I think you're going to like it there
Tuesday, July 8
One of these days
One of these days
I may decay
And fizzle instead of flourish
If I decay (and Lord, I may)
If I decay,
May I nourish
Saturday, May 3
Ready and Waiting
I've read all the books;
Now I'm waiting for life to begin.
So I'll just watch TV
While I wait for the joy to kick in.
But a stepstool never taught me height,
And a candle never taught me light,
And this world never taught me sight–
Just enough to crave.
And assurance never quenched my fear,
And logic never made things clear.
Invocation only brought you near
Enough to just behave.
So I've checked off the list,
And I'm waiting for sanctification,
And I'll sit by the door
'Til your message is preached to the nations.
Friday, April 11
Kiss the book
Kiss the book
But read its writ
All that is and shall be said
About love
Is nothing
Is no thing among things
But reify the deified trait
By clarifying your rarefied state
For God is love
And God is a verb
So bite the bitter book
Swallow that script-scrawled scroll
And when it strikes you sick
Know that that means love
Action it
And all shall be well
Friday, April 4
In Hall
The words from the wilderness taught us to live,
But when we grew weary of their wildness
We went to the man in royal robes.
Gold had gathered in icicles that hung from his beard.
They chimed each other as he talked,
Sketching out the way he had for us.
The music was alluring, lulling us into his words,
Though they were only I-cycles that echoed nothing.
But we would learn the hard way.
He was many. The hall was filled with him.
And no one thought of the single voice that had cried,
Calling us in, making the first mark on our souls.
We were hungry to listen, to follow a word,
And his felt so free in its shackles.
We gave his words our actions.
Actions echoed out of the wilderness, knocking words on their knees.
The wind had come to reap its wild children.
But we were seated at royal table
And felt nothing.
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One Man's Perspective
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Cadillac Detailing and Bodywork - Interior and Exterior including Body and Wheels Discussion, Automotive Detailing HALL OF FAME -- FAQ in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; Okay, forumites-- This is an idea that may or may not take off, but we're going to give it a ...
Automotive Detailing HALL OF FAME -- FAQ
Okay, forumites--
This is an idea that may or may not take off, but we're going to give it a try.
There have been some outstanding posts made by members regarding proper procedures and techniques about car detailing. They're just too good to let die on the vine and get lost in the 25 or more pages of posts.
I've seen good posts about cleaning wheels and tires, treating leather, clay bars, buffing scratches, and waxing. I'm looking for individual posts, not entire threads, although I'll try to post a link to the entire thread if someone wants to read more about it.
So, I'll spend the next few weeks looking for material worthy of our Automotive Detailing Hall of Fame. This thread will be a sticky thread, and it will be locked in order to keep it clean.
If you recall a post from the past two years that you feel belongs in the Hall of Fame, simply PM me with a link to that post, and I'll copy it here.
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Read more about it at : http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...ad.php?t=27236
Originally posted by HCVONE on 12/17/04.
It applies to any clay bar, not just the Z-18, which I'm sure is a fine product.
This is on our web site about clay, Z-18 is our clay product, but this would work for Mother's or Clay Magic as well.
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Z-18 ClayBar removes imbedded contamination from the paint finish that cannot be removed using conventional cleaning methods. It works like no cleaner, compound or chemical can and is safe for use on all paint finishes. The following contaminants are a general description of some of the contaminants that Z-18 ClayBar removes.
Rail dust- is actually tiny, sharp bare metal shavings that can adhere and imbed to the paint finish and cause serious damage when left untreated. Over 70% of new vehicles are transported from the factory using the rail system, therefore rail dust is present on new vehicles. There are many instances where a vehicle travels or is parked near a railroad in which case the finish is infected with rail dust.
Brake dust- similar to rail dust, brake dust is also in the form of tiny, sharp bare metal shavings. In recent years, asbestos brake pads were replaced with metallic brake pads, which are actually brake pads made from tiny metal or metallic shavings. Anytime a vehicle is braking; brake dust is disbursed into the air and onto the paint finish. Since the brake dust is now actually tiny particles of bare metal, this form of brake dust can seriously damage the paint finish when left untreated.
Industrial fallout- is the general term used for pollution and can be found in many forms. Eventually, pollution settles onto the paint finish of all vehicles and can cause serious damage when left untreated.
Tree sap, Road tar, Bug residue, Paint overspray, acid rain deposits and other contaminants that adhere and imbed into the paint finish can cause damage when left untreated.
Why you should use Z-18 ClayBar?
Contaminants that are left untreated can weaken the protective properties and even cause serious damage to the paint finish after a short time.
It is the only way to truly clean the paint finish and prepare the surface for protection with wax, polish and/or paint sealant. A "clayed" paint surface allows wax, polish and/or paint sealant to form a stronger bond to the paint finish.
How you should use Z-18 ClayBar?
First you should thoroughly wash the vehicle to make sure that there is no dirt or debris on the paint finish. Although Z-18 ClayBar is not abrasive to the paint finish, if dirt or debris is present on the paint finish, scratches could result when Z-18 ClayBar is rubbed over a dirty surface. Using a dishwashing detergent such as Liquid Dawn diluted with water will make sure
that the vehicle is free from grease, wax and oily film. (Mix 1 ounce of Liquid Dawn to 2.5 gallons of water for an effective cleaning solution)
Z-18 ClayBar should never be used on a hot surface or in direct sunlight. Using on a hot surface could cause Z-18 ClayBar to stick or "track" on the finish, however this can be removed by simply re-lubricating the surface and rubbing Z-18 ClayBar over the area again.
Z-18 ClayBar is designed to be used with a lubricant. The lubricant creates a "slick" surface for Z-18 ClayBar to glide across. In a spray bottle, mix ½ a cap of Z-7 Car Wash to 16 ounces of water for a lubricant. (You can also mix Z-7 Car Wash in a bucked and lubricate the section with a sponge.)
Lubricate a small section of the vehicle to be cleaned (approximately a 3-ft x 3-ft area). Using adequate pressure, begin rubbing Z-18 ClayBar over the lubricated section to remove contaminants. You can actually feel the contaminants being removed and as the section becomes smooth, simply wipe the area with a 100% cotton towel and continue in small sections until the entire vehicle is complete.
As one side of Z-18 ClayBar becomes soiled, simply flip to the other clean side. After both sides have been used, pull, stretch and refold Z-18 ClayBar to expose a fresh clean side. When pulling, stretching and folding no longer exposes a clean side, discard and use a new piece. Note: Occasionally inspect Z-18 ClayBar to make sure there is no heavy dirt or debris present.
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**Important note: Avoid reusing Z-18 ClayBar if it has been dropped on the ground. If dropped on the ground it may pick up dirt, or other debris that can cause serious scratches to the paint finish.
Should I protect the finish after using Z-18 ClayBar?
After using Z-18 ClayBar, the finish has been truly cleaned of all contaminants and stripped of all wax and/or polish leaving it vulnerable to the suns UV rays, acid rain and other elements. The finish should now be protected with wax, polish and or paint sealant to protect the quality and longevity of the finish.
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Re: Automotive Detailing HALL OF FAME -- FAQ
Read more about it at : http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...read.php?t=261
Here's an oldie but a goodie from Dr. Jones in January of 2003
Waxing your car is not equilivant to detailing it. No matter how much you wax and polish it, if you don't also worry about two other parts of the car, it won't look good at all. Those two other parts are the windows and the tires. If they are dirty, the car looks dirty.
I had some free time today between classes, and i've been borrowing my mom's Explorer while my civic is at the body shop, so i decided to do something nice for her and clean up her tires. She uses it to go skiing and stuff, so they were pretty bad.
First i washed the tires using a bucket with water and dawn. To wash them i used an old dirty wash mitt. This is very important. The wash mitt you use on your car makes a HUGE difference (i'll say more on this later). Once you use a wash mitt on your tires, or the underbody, or the lower part of your car if it's verry dirty, that's it for that one. From then on you ONLY use that mitt for that job or something worse. Never take a mitt that has been through that and use it on your finish.
Ok so the cleaning was basically just to remove the salt and mud and all that stuff. For the rims, it's best to use a nice wheel cleaner that is safe for your wheels. Safe usually means water based, most you find are acidic, which can hurt clearcoats and mag wheels. The best water based cleaner i've found is made by P21S. You just spray it on and all that breakdust and everything else comes right off (with the help of a good wheel brush, oxo makes some nice ones). Once they were clean i let them dry, this is a very important step.
Once they are dry they are still brown. There is actually nothing black about the ruber used in tires, i'm not sure what color it normaly is, but it's not black. They use a black dye in the tires to give them that color. That black changes to brown when it's exposed to certain conditions (ie sunlight). The tire dressings are to remove that brown and replace it with black, then in addition add to the black to give it a nice wet or silky look. Tire dressings are quite popular know, you can find them just about everywhere. They even make ones that put different colors on you wheel incase you feel so inclined. In general the gels work much better than the spray. Since the tire is rotating at a very fast speed, the cintripital (sp) force forces everything towards the edge. Light liquids have a much better chance of 'slinging' off than gels do. The one i used was Eimann Fabrik Black Opal Saphire Tire Gel. http://www.properautocare.com/blacsaptirge.html I applied it using some simple applicator pads.
The trick is to go over the tire very thouroughly, getting into all the little cracks. On those tires you knotice they have white writing, this product doesn't turn that black, but many will so be carefull. If you do end up covering that with black, try buffing it off with a rag, if that doesn't work go to an auto parts store to where they have their tire stuff and pick up a little white crayon looking thing that you can use to rewrite the white lettering.
I applied the dressing to as much as the tire as i could, but couldn't get the bottom because of where it hits the ground. The solution is to let the dressing sit for about 10 minutes, then roll the car back/forward about 1/2 a rotation of the tires so that then ends up at top. Dress them again getting the spots you missed, and let it set for another 10 mintutes. Once that is done grab a rag (Those terry cloth towels you can pick up in packs of 10 work good. I use those for this kind of stuff), and buff off the excess so there is no gel or liquid left on the tire. The longer you leave it on and more coats you do, the wetter the tires will look. You have to buff off the excess, or else it will sling off onto your paint just behind the tire the first time you drive it.
You can only get the sides of the tires, which some people don't like because it leaves a little dark side, with a usually lighter color around the tread, this might not look the best, but isn't avoidable. Most good products work fine if you get them just to the edge of the tire. Then after driving around for a little bit it will usually settle and leave a nice gradient of darkness. There is still a color difference, but it's not as noticible.
Finally, here are the results. The pics didn't come out to well, (a lighting thing i think) but here is one. I'll get some more tomorrow in the afternoon.
If anyone actually read all this, i hope it was of help. If you think it's crazy that i can type this much just on doing your tires, just wait till i cover washing, drying, waxing, polishing, buffing and so on.
Last edited by Dr. Jones : 01-31-03 at 03:01 AM.
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This link takes you to one of the best picture-posts we've ever had here.
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Leather cleaning 101:
Too many good posts there to single one out.
Another good place to browse:
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How to get your glass to look showroom new:
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Here's a great thread on surface rust and minor body work...
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Katshot gave us a gem on proper buffer use:
See the entire thread here:
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Dadillac has given us some great advice for cleaning the INSIDE of our windows. I can't see why this wouldn't work. It's been staring me in the face for years. I can't wait to try it.
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We're going to "un-sticky" this one now.
We have a real professional in our midst, and the content has improved dramatically!
Thanks for your contributions, everyone. Your threads are still out there, this was just a quick-reference list.


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Quick question about headlights :]
Hey, been looking around the forums and have only found 1 thread relating to the question i've been looking for but can't seem to find the answer. I own a 2002 Wrangler X, pretty much stock but only 37,000 mi.
I've run into some trouble, I bought some HID bulbs to replace the round headlights. I received them in the mail (about 3 months ago) and the first day I got them I wanted to just switch out the bulbs but when i went to put them in I realized they were sealed housings, after that I kinda just tucked them in the closet and haven't really messed with them.
My question is, where would I be able to find unsealed housings, preferably without the bulbs, to make it more cost efficient for me? Since I can't return the HID bulbs anymore, i'm pretty much stuck with them. Trying to get this all done before I deploy.
Thanks in advance, any help would be appreciated!
I bought the Delta HID conversions, they aren't sealed and come with bulbs already... but might be worth calling them to see if they sell the assemblies minus the main bulbs...
I think I saw those on quadratech for $98, I was hoping there was something near the $50-70 range. I hate to be cheap though
I forgot to mention I ordered the HID kit, it says H4 (hi/lo) - 6000k on the box and it came with the lights and ballasts. I know how to install them and everything but I don't quite know what type of housing or even where to begin looking on where to find them :[
EDIT: I saw these:
But I was in a live chat with someone there and he said those would not work with the H4 kit I got off HIDKit.com, any ideas?
I found a pair on eBay 4 yrs ago for around $23, try a search on there and see what you can find
I got ipf housings off of 4wheelparts.com and they are great and form a really nice beam pattern If you get crappy housings they won't work well and will blind other drivers
Are those the lights that I see on cars that are kind of a blue color?
Good luck
EDIT: I actually just saw these, I don't know the brand name but their relatively cheap for the pair:
Any ideas?
JC Whitney has inexpensive empty housings like you need.
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The new plan, which emphasizes quality of life and preserving residential neighborhoods, was adopted on a 5-0 vote late Thursday night by the City Council, which split over how to allow for a future hotel development on 41st Avenue.
Council members Michael Termini, Dennis Norton Ed Bottorff voted to allow a 2.0 floor area ratio on both sides of 41st Avenue as long as the new development was at least 100 feet from residential neighborhoods. Mayor Sam Storey and council member Stephanie Harlan voted no.
Earlier, Termini proposed to limit the 2.0 floor area ratio to the west side of 41 Avenue, where the Best Western and Fairfield Inn & Suites are located. But he didn't get support.
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Termini, who later said he plans to run for another term, contends the zoning ordinance to be revamped next will be key for a new hotel proposal.
"I'm very pleased to be arriving at this point," said Storey. "We were talking about it when I started on the council eight years ago."
He called the plan, posted at www.plancapitola.com, professionally done and comprehensive with a readable narrative by former Capitola Museum chief Carolyn Swift.
Norton found two photos not depicting Capitola and asked the consultant, PlaceWorks, to remove them.
Harlan wants to look at rezoning properties on 38th Avenue. She suggested the general plan rewrite take place every 10 years "so it doesn't take so long."
The consultant was awarded the contract for the project in November 2010.
Depot Hill residents spoke during public comment of their concerns about the environmental impact report on a proposal by Monarch Cove Inn, habitat for the sensitive Monarch butterfly at the end of El Salto Drive, to expand from 11 rooms to 41 rooms.
Neighbor Vicki Malandra, a real estate agent, said the report did not take into consideration the uniqueness of the neighborhood and its "one way ingress and egress on Depot Hill."
Norton said neighbors' input "would be helpful in the process but this is premature," urging them to submit comments during the review process.
The deadline to submit comments is July 14. Two council members must recuse themselves because they live too close to the site.


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A former Jordanian minister has told The New Yorker magazine a US official confirmed to him that Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi executed six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station last year.
The claim comes in a profile of Mr Allawi written for this week's edition of the magazine by journalist Jon Lee Anderson, the author of The Fall of Baghdad and a regular Baghdad correspondent for The New Yorker.
Writing about his research in Jordan in December, Anderson says: "A well-known former government minister told me that an American official had confirmed that the killings took place, saying to him, 'What a mess we're in - we got rid of one son of a bitch only to get another one'."
The New Yorker said Anderson was present at an interview by Age correspondent Paul McGeough in June with a man who claimed to have witnessed the executions.
Mr Allawi denied the allegations when they were published in The Age in July.
Anderson writes that the man "described how Allawi had been taken to seven suspects . . . Allawi had asked for a pistol, and then shot each prisoner in the head."


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text: The advent of LiDAR sensors has been valuable for the geospatial industry, but there have been some challenges as the community attempts to fully leverage the technology. As you may already know, LiDAR is similar to radar in that both direct an active signal towards the surface of interest and receive a return signal reflected from the surface and objects on it. The time delay of this reflection is used to calculate range from the sensor to the surface. With radar, this results in formation of an "image" with intensities proportional to the reflectivity of the surface at radar wavelengths, which are in the microwave or radio range. In contrast, LiDAR processing is used along with sensor position information to determine the elevation of the surface at each reflection point, or the distance from an established reference plane in the case of terrestrial LIDAR.


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Date of Stay: May, 2006
First of all, all so called Campgrounds, in the Sebago area, are more like trailer parks! Naples CG, is no exception. The staff was very pleasant, there is one pull-through, free wi-fi, nice pool area. The roads are gravel, and very dusty. You have to remember, this place is new, but to me it's still a trailer park! We took the time to look at other CG's in the area, and they all seem to cater to seasonals. The state park in the area was very nice,and if we return to this area again, that is where we'll stay.
Date of Stay: August, 2005
This is the first campground I've stayed at that does not have trash cans. This place has 1400 sites, but I think 1250 are seasonals, and that is who they cater to. The sites are small, and ours was filthy, cigarettes butts all over the ground, cans and bottles in the firering...no trash receptacles remember! Anyhow the night we stayed, there were many available sites, but they put all campers in the same area, for no apparent reason, they could have spread us out. It's one campground I would not recommend.
Date of Stay: August, 2005
This campground is overrun with foul mouth kids, that seemed to be out of control of their parents. The sites are right on top of one another. The pool area has no chairs. There are a lot of seasonals, it seemed as though they were the ones with the out of control kids...the parents were as fouled mouth as the kids. In my opinion, this place is a dump!


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CHICAGO: Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller is the Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.
Miller has averaged 265 yards of total offense and accounted for 29 total touchdowns while leading Ohio State to a 12-0 record despite a knee injury early in the season. The Buckeyes will play Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday.
Wisconsin's Chris Borland was announced as the Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday and Penn State's Christian Hackenberg as Freshman of the Year.
Michigan State's Mark Dantonio was selected Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media after leading the Spartans to an 11-1 record — 8-0 in conference play — and the Legends Division crown.


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that sounds like it probably is a SAIGA that has been converted to ak possibly?
there good arms but i don't think it would be worth anything like a real milled AK so there is a big variation in value here.
got a friend of a friend who got a russian AK that he wants to get rid of. All he knows is its russian but tacticalled out. collapsable stock, quad rail, scope etc. He doesnt know what make, model, stamped or milled. Basically his dad gave it to him, he doesnt want it, its still at his dads. Assuming its a real russian AK, whats a realistic (non gunbroker) price for one? I told him the extra stuff really doesnt add any value to me, I perfer a regular hand guard and wood stock myself. He knows its worth more than a wasr10 but not sure how much more. Last russian AK I saw offered locally turned out to be a wasr10, but I figured I would ask. Im suppose to get more info in the next week. My luck its going to turn out to be a sks. jim
that sounds like it probably is a SAIGA that has been converted to ak possibly?
there good arms but i don't think it would be worth anything like a real milled AK so there is a big variation in value here.
its really hard to figure when someone calls out of the blue and asks a question like this without any info. I'll wait until I get some info and post it here. Prices around here seems to be lower than what I see online. Last summer I bought a PSL with the rhineland stock matching mag for $650, it was advertised for a week before I finally convinced myself to go look at it. Matching erfurt luger with worn finish but everything else matched except a unnumbered firing pin $750. I think tucson is just too small of a market. jim
Jim, I hope its a "real" Russian and you can get it reasonable. I bet its a saiga but you never know.
Clan MacPherson
Ok Jim, whats the word?
Clan MacPherson
it was a full auto an a atf sting??????
talked to my buddy who gave the guy my number just now. I still havent heard back and he said next time he talks to him he'll ask about it. The guy is more of a car guy like me than a gun guy. He just picked up a 69 camaro and has a 66 chevelle too! jim
went over and talked to the guy with the AK tonight, actually he's selling a 66 chevelle and I went over with my friend to check the car out. Turns out the "russian" AK is a romanian wasr 10. Go figure. jim
Make him a fair offer. You may be able to get it at a decent price. Being a car guy, you know that accessorys dont nessesaraly make it worth more.
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Mt. San Antonio College, with quarterback Nick Montana and speedy receivers Kaelin Clay, Dontae Ingraham and Edwin Tillman, features one of the better offenses in the California Community College Athletic Association.
But the Mounties, who host Bakersfield on Saturday at 6 p.m. for a spot in the Dec. 8 CCCAA football title game, still are alive for a possible sixth consecutive Southern California Football Association title because of a defense that also might be the best in the state.
The unit, led by sophomore linebacker Julian Gener (Bishop Amat High School) has stepped up the past two weeks.
The Mounties shut out Riverside Community College two weeks ago to help secure the SFCA National Division Central Conference before keeping Saddleback's offense out of the end zone in a 12-7 victory over the Gauchos in the National Bowl that put Mt. SAC in this week's SFCA title game against Bakersfield.
"Basically, the last three or four games, they shut the (opponent) out," said Mt. SAC coach Bob Jastrab, whose team is ranked No. 2 nationally by JCGridiron.com. "We messed up a punt (Saturday) for them to score a touchdown.
"(The defense) made the stops when they needed to and we were able to make the plays when we needed to."
Gener, who was defensive MVP when Mt. SAC lost to City College of San Francisco in the 2011 CCCAA title game, has continued to look like one of the top defenders in the state.
He opened the season with an 18-tackle effort in a 51-48 victory over Saddleback on Sept. 1 and comes into this weekend leading the Mounties with 93 stops. He also has 13 tackles for a loss, including four sacks.
The unit also includes defensive backs Dennis Rufus (Charter Oak) and Geoffrey Vaughns (South Hills), who lead the team with three interceptions each, and defensive lineman Mataele Tutulupeatau, whose 10 1/2 sacks top the defense.
The Mounties, who have given up just 17 points in their last four games, including two shutouts, now take aim at Bakersfield, who they beat 34-14 in September.
The Rengades, ranked No. 9 by JCGridiron, are 9-2 and advanced with a 48-8 victory over No. 2 Ventura. Bakersfield has won seven consecutive games.
The winner will host the CCCAA title game against either San Francisco (9-1) or American River (8-2).
Jennifer Estrada, who helped the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team to a share of the South Coast Conference title with El Camino, was named conference co-Most Valuable Player on Monday.
The sophomore, who moved from outside hitter to libero early in the season, ranked among the conference leaders with 3.95 digs per game. She's a key for the No. 6 Lancers (19-4), who begin the CCCAA state playoffs with a home game tonight at 7 against No. 11 Cypress (9-11).
Other area matchups are No. 10 Mt. SAC (17-11) at No. 7 Irvine Valley (15-5); No. 13 Citrus (14-8) at No. 4 Golden West (19-3) and No. 16 Rio Hondo (16-6) at No. 1 Los Angeles Pierce (27-0).
The winners advance to Saturday's second round.
Mt. SAC SURVIVES
The Mt. SAC men's soccer team was the lone area team to survive the first round of the CCCAA soccer playoffs.
The Mounties (17-3-1) scored a 4-0 victory over San Bernardino Valley and will host No. 6 Southwestern (15-1-6) in today's second round at 2 p.m.
The regional finals are Saturday, with the state final four scheduled for Mt. SAC on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2.


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A 62-year-old man charged in relation to the death of his 78-year-old neighbour who attacked him with a crowbar will go to trial.
Emanu Toafiga is charged with the manslaughter of Leslie Otto, who died nine days after being admitted to hospital in April this year.
Toafiga appeared at the High Court at Auckland this morning where his lawyer Steve Cullen told the court that his client was pleading not guilty to the charge.
Mr Cullen has earlier told the court that Toafiga was attacked from behind by Mr Otto who had a crowbar.
He said Toafiga took the crowbar off Mr Otto before allegedly striking the elderly man.
Mr Cullen said Mr Otto was taken to hospital but refused treatment, showed signs of dementia and alcohol withdrawal, and removed medical tubes before he died of pneumonia.
Mr Cullen told the court he was waiting for a pathologist's report and has employed a private investigator.
Judge Pamela Andrews remanded Toafiga on bail until his trial in July next year, which is expected to take eight days.
The Herald on Sunday has previously reported that both men lived in a block of units in the Auckland suburb of Waterview.


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While visiting an estate in Ontario's Niagara Falls two years ago, a film enthusiast stumbled upon a rare World War I Richard Verascope stereo camera previously owned by the French Army. Here's what he found inside.
The verascope camera, which was purchased by A Nerd's World's Chris Hughes, was found in pristine condition and included the original leather carrying case and glass slides. The antique had been in the possession of an elderly man who was clearing out his camera collection in preparation for retirement.
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Large families have long attracted stares and jokes. They have also been the inspiration behind screen dramas, from the 50s' film Cheaper By The Dozen to the 70s' TV series Eight Is Enough. Shelley Bridgeman meets three New Zealand families for whom sharing is an everyday reality - and they wouldn't want it any other way.
All Tessa Palmer, a self-confessed "home-body", ever wanted to do was be a wife and mother of a large family. Luckily her husband Glen, whom she married at the age of 19, was of the same mind. "Right from the start we always said: 'Let's have six'. And six came along very, very fast, a lot faster than we expected, actually," she says. "So when we had six, we [had to decide] 'okay, do we stop? Are we done?' We sat in a cafe and made the fateful decision to try for one more baby."
Their one last baby turned out to be twins - Jared and Renee, now aged 2. Along with older siblings Hayden, 12, Rachel, 11, Shane, 10, Kylamarie, 8, Philip, 7 and Ethan, 5, they comprise the Mangere-based Palmer family. Tessa, a stay at home mum, relies on Glen's support - both practical and emotional.
"He is my backbone. I couldn't do this without him. Right from the beginning Glen's always made sure that his job and his hours have been family-friendly. It's rare for him to come home after 5 o'clock. Usually it's between 4 and 4.30, which I think is a real blessing. I have friends whose husbands don't get home until 7 or 7.30 at night and I think I would be in the loony bin by now if that was the case."
The Palmers have decided that, with sufficient children to make up their very own netball team with one reserve, eight is enough. As it is, they create a great deal of interest from curious passers-by whenever they go out en masse.
"Everywhere we went, everyone would stare. When I had my twins the public attention stepped up a notch," says 32-year-old Tessa.
"We'd all go out to The Warehouse and you'd see people. They'd walk past us, they'd spot the twins in the pram and they'd actually stop, turn around and come and have a look inside and count. Even as we're driving, at the lights people will point and go: 'one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight'. I've taken to stopping them and saying: 'There's eight' as soon as I start seeing a hand pointing. And they usually laugh or feel embarrassed or something."
It's little wonder these extra-large families generate a high degree of comment; with family sizes diminishing they're becoming increasingly rare. At the last census 93 per cent of New Zealand's 640,000 families had either one, two or three children. Just 384 couples had eight.
Super-sized families have a lot in common. The mothers are preternaturally pragmatic, the fathers uniformly supportive. As well as sharing unwanted public scrutiny, their households are rowdy, their homes unpretentious. Rules and routines get them through their busy days and being organised is an absolute must. Minivans are the main form of transport and canny budgeting stretches the housekeeping dollars that bit further. Holidays are often spent at home but any lack of material luxuries is more than compensated for by an abundance of familial love and warmth. And, most importantly, each child is welcomed as a blessing, a precious gift.
"It's very chaotic. Our house is full of noise and laughter. At times it can be full of arguing and bickering but there's always something going on," says Tessa. "Even just chatter around the table can escalate to the point where you actually have to yell to be heard." The dining table, which seats eight, accommodates all the children but Tessa and Glen usually eat their dinner sitting on the couch.
The Palmers, whose family vehicle is a Toyota Hiace 11-seater van, live in a "fairly small" four-bedroom house with just one toilet.
"The number of times that I go to the toilet, in the middle of the night even, and there's someone already there ... Our house is pretty rough around the edges and I prefer it that way. I don't want the kids running around feeling like they need to tiptoe. It's very lived-in.
"One of the biggest disadvantages to having a large family is banks don't like you. One of the first questions they ask you is 'how many dependents do you have?' We had six children when we tried to get our mortgage. It was literally like trying to get blood out of a stone."
Thanks to the efforts of a mortgage broker, the Palmers do own their home but Tessa dreams of one day buying a larger house with three bathrooms.
Collectively, they consume close to three litres of milk and three loaves of bread daily. They "buy absolutely everything we can second-hand" and clothe everyone from the garage sales they attend each Saturday. Five or six loads of washing are done per day. While Tessa takes the endless washing and drying in her stride, she is regularly daunted by the "mammoth pile" of folding that almost reaches to the living room ceiling.
"I tell people a lot that I'm quite ordinary. I guess that's hard to swallow. I understand it probably sounds a bit odd because our family is anything but ordinary. But I'm a simple person who just loves having children. I love the simple pleasures of life - holding my babies in my arms, giving them kisses and hugs and lots of smiles, and just seeing the pleasure in their faces. It's something I feel is priceless, invaluable."
Despite his ambition to have a large family, Glen acknowledges the reality has its challenges. "It had been something that I had in my mind but I wasn't quite ready for. But it happened."
Glen, 32, is a hands-on father who makes a point of spending as much time as possible with the children. Having to spread his attention across eight offspring means that often they don't get as much 'dad time' as he would like.
"One of the difficult things is to make time for each, especially one-on-one. There's little things that I do with them ... If I'm heading up to the supermarket or something I'll grab one or two kids and take them with me and make a fun time of it."
Recently he has started taking the older ones out for special treats; in December he took 11-year-old Rachel to dinner at a restaurant and plans to play Laser Strike with the two oldest boys.
Inevitably, focusing on the children comes at the expense of the adults being able to enjoy each other's company as a couple.
"The worst part ... it's difficult to have time to myself sometimes or more time for me and Tess to ourselves. We try and get out maybe once a month on a date-night, normally dinner; it gives us a chance to talk and relax."
But Glen, a supply chain manager, has no doubt than any minor disadvantages or inconveniences created by the family size are greatly outweighed by the sharing and co-operative attitudes its members seem to adopt naturally.
"There's a big benefit in big families, where the tendency to be selfish isn't there. There is an expectation that they pull their weight, I guess. There's an expectation that they participate with the family and not let everyone else do all the work. We're kind of training the kids to be self-sufficient," he says.
Glen is just as bemused as his wife by the responses of strangers to their large brood.
"We all went to the mall last weekend and had an ice cream. It's always the same. It's like a broken record. It's crazy. There's like two or three comments that everyone'll make: 'Are they all yours?', 'you've got your hands full' and 'don't you have a TV?'
Angela Archer and her husband Simon, both 52, are practising Catholics with a grand total of 11 children: Brigid, 32, Rebecca, 30, Gabrielle, 29, Sarah, 28, Hannah, 26, Leo, 22, Frances, 20, Miriam, 18, Elizabeth, 16, Samuel, 14 and Madeleine, 8. Only the youngest four still live at the family's Papakura home; the others are away working or studying. Because Angela's childbearing was spread over 24 years, nine children were the most the Archers had living under their roof at any one time.
"And that was busy. I had to be organised ... The girls learnt to make breakfast for the younger ones and I always breastfed my babies so I'd be up feeding whoever. The priority was the little ones," says Angela.
But when it came to ablutions the older girls had preferential bathroom access.
"If they needed to shave their legs they had to do it at night because time was too precious in the morning."
A roster system covering bathroom usage and lunch-making was briefly trialled "but inevitably it broke down because of sporting commitments or whatever ... I feel as though I've spent my entire life refereeing and cracking a whip. It was years of that - and being the 'meanest mother'. It was basically having the kids obey the rules. They had to bring up their dirty washing. They had to change their sheets. They had to make their beds. They had to keep their room tidy. If they didn't do that it would just descend into absolute chaos".
Money-wise, raising nine girls and two boys has been a strain.
"Somehow we've muddled through. Again, through prayer and we've been blessed with the occasional large gift of money to help us out. The house needs repair work done and a few things are falling apart but we've always managed to eat," says Angela, adding that mince and sausages regularly feature.
"I tell people we're poor financially but rich in every other way," says Simon, a human resources and operations contractor.
There may have been frequent fights and strong differences of opinion between the Archer children while they were growing up - "the girls tended to bitch and they had the gift of the gab over the boys" - but today they share a camaraderie that has endured long after most of them have flown the nest.
"They're very loyal to each other. They're supportive. If anybody puts one down - anybody from outside the family or anything - they will certainly stick up for each other," says Angela.
"Birthdays are neat, and family occasions, of course, because there are so many of them. I can't imagine not being with them. I try to imagine if we'd stopped at four."
And, it seems, that to flourish within a large family means acquiring positive characteristics.
"We've noticed how well-prepared our kids are for life. They've learned to share, they've learned to take responsibility, they've learned accountability," says Simon, whose car number plate reads "PAOF11"; Angela's is "MAOF11" and they frequently elicit friendly toots and thumbs-up signs on the motorway.
Predictably, whenever the Archer tribe ventures out to celebrate mass at Christmas or Easter they attract attention.
"People look sideways at us. People are genuinely interested. You know: Fancy having 11 children! How do you do it? How do you cope? What's your grocery bill like? How do you manage with bathrooms?" says Angela.
"It's quite funny really. We couldn't imagine just two kids. And they came out one at a time. It wasn't as though you get 11 kids dumped on you all at once."
Being asked personal questions by complete strangers is all part of being a parent of a cricket-team-sized family. Simon has a stock of "pet responses" to deal with such interrogations.
He routinely replies to remarks such as "don't you know what causes it?" and "don't you have a TV?" with a caustic: "Well, how's your sex life?"
New Plymouth-based Delwyn McManus, 41, and husband Dene, 45, have six children: Petra, 18, Kimberly, 16, Toby, 13, Tremain, 10, Logan, 8 and Eli, 6. Such a large family is a considerable accomplishment for a woman who in her early 20s was told by a doctor that she would be unable to have children. So Petra's arrival seemed like something of a miracle. Subsequently being advised they were suffering from secondary infertility effectively dashed the couple's hopes of more children.
But they defied medical wisdom once again.
"When we had the chance to have Kimberly, we had Kimberly and we just kept going, basically. We look at it as 'every child's a gift'."
The addition of further children - four boys - to the family was somehow symbolic of beating the conception odds, a celebration of a freshly discovered fecundity. Because Delwyn's last pregnancy was a stressful one in which she developed gestational diabetes, the growth of the McManus clan was curtailed.
"We thought: 'Nah, six is enough now'."
The living conditions in their three-bedroom ex-state house with just one small bathroom are still cramped, even though their eldest has moved to Christchurch to study. Kimberly has her own room; the two oldest boys share another, while the youngest two share the third bedroom. So where do the parents sleep?
"My husband and I made the radical decision we would live in the lounge. It's only for a [little longer] because our 16-year-old will be leaving in a couple of years," explains Delwyn.
"People think we're nuts, that we should buy a bigger house with a bigger mortgage, which we've decided we don't want to do."
The chief mode of transport is a seven-seater Honda Odyssey and the extendable dining table is permanently at full-stretch. House rules dictate that each child must cook a family meal once he or she reaches high school. Even the 6-year-old makes his own school lunch. Supermarket specials, meat that is reduced to clear and cheaper cuts such as pickled pork are often on the menu. Shoes are $10 a pair from Number 1 Shoes.
A simple trip to McDonald's can cost a prohibitive $60. Instead of going to the movies, they often rent three or four DVDs for a marathon viewing session at home.
"We don't do big holidays, things like that. You just don't put that in the equation."
The children cheerfully wear pre-loved, op-shop clothes and hand-me-downs.
"My eldest actually summed it all up when I first started doing it. [She said] 'but it's new to me, Mum'."
Delwyn has to steel herself for the reaction of people when she's out in public with the children.
"Some people can be really rude - really, really rude. A lot were rude when I was pregnant with number six. They'd say: 'Don't you know how it works? Can't you control yourself?' You have to brush those really horrible comments off."
Recently a less-than-charming fellow supermarket shopper, upon discovering her family's size, said, "I hope you're not having any more".
One of the biggest rewards of having a large family is that affectionate moments can be larger than life, often involving an ensemble cast.
"The kids, they've got this constant love with them. My boys are real cuddly boys and they will come up - when we're in town or something - and just randomly I've got four of them doing a group hug on me. Those sorts of things are really cool."


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text: by Arjun Gopalratnam Feb 19, 2013 Comments (0) AIChE Topics: Biological Engineering Share This Post: The ubiquity of digital and server-stored file formats has brought about increased interest in ensuring that creative works conceived today will be preserved, digitally, forever. Chemical engineers play an important role in preserving this information, and new research suggests that bioengineers may also be able to contribute. Modern today, forgotten tomorrow Some of today's best television shows are filmed and edited digitally and then released solely online, through content providers like Hulu, Netflix, or YouTube. Although this can provide a convenient viewing experience, some important factors must be considered pertaining to the long-term viability of such art. Those companies will certainly not be around forever. I would like to think that future generations will be able to have access to today's video, art, and music to help them decipher what life in 2012 was like, the way that contemporary historians can extract information from cave drawings that depict life 50,000 years ago, or become mesmerized by celluloid film images from 100 years ago. Modern data storage excels at many things: ease of transport, random access, and incredible economies of scale among them. At the same time, it is susceptible to temporary loss in the event of power outages and natural disasters, and permanent loss due to changing Internet legislation or cyber terrorism -- not to mention the ever-evolving software and technology used to encode and access the data. Digital media created and "saved" using the standard software of only a decade ago may no longer be easily readable using today's devices and standard platforms. Storage through nature itself If we were to design a storage format with the goal of having the data last forever, it might help to borrow from a model that has proven itself to be nature's long-lasting data-storage format -- DNA. DNA and RNA are remarkably simple considering their universality (they are found in all living things) and how accurately they transmit encoded data. They can store data for an incredibly long time (under the right conditions, an upper limit is estimated to be one million years) and their position at the very center of biology means that the format is unlikely to ever go out of use. The viability of using a man-made analog to DNA for long-term data storage was detailed in a paper published in the August 17, 2012, issue of Science. Researchers at Harvard Medical School encoded a book with more than 50,000 words into a DNA microchip -- a sort of virtual DNA. The researchers converted each character of text into binary code, the same way a computer would, and then encoded each 1 as a molecule of adenine or cytosine and each 0 as a molecule of thymine or guanine. The end product is a long chain of DNA with each molecule indicating a 1or 0 in the binary code that represents the original text. The researchers then used next-generation DNA sequencing to read the book. Although the researchers could have used a base-4 system instead of base-2, with each type of nucleotide base indicating a different component of the encoded message, the base-2 system avoids problems with reading and writing certain sequences of DNA (e.g., long repeats of guanine andcytosine) that are fragile in nature. Even with this slightly less-efficient encoding, the researchers wereable to store 5.5 petabits (that's 700,000 gigabytes) per cubic millimeter of DNA. Unparalleled efficiency for future storage At this efficiency, the researchers say, about four grams of DNA could store the digital data humankind creates in a single year. The storage density exceeds any other known method by many orders of magnitude, but there are considerable limitations that will prevent DNA storage from appearing in your next computer. For example, the data cannot be read out of order; there will be limited starting points, just as biological DNA has start and stop codons. It is also semi-permanent -- an entirely new strand of DNA needs to be created to modify any base pair within it. Still, DNA storage may eventually prove useful as a long-term archive of history. Copies can b ecreated cheaply and stored separately, and the data should be readable by any future civilization with our level of technical knowledge. With DNA storage, we will not just be storing human-created works -- we will be able to store huge quantities of data that are currently meaningless to us and are lost as quickly as they are created. For example, imagine an enormous data store of every measurement made by meteorological instruments from all over the world. A thousand years of such data combined with measurements of other environmental factors such as industrial pollutant concentrations could provide future researchers with the information they need to study and test climatology theories on a much larger scale than we can currently envision. Chemical engineers, and now bioengineers, will be instrumental in designing the instruments that use this technology and others like it that revolutionize the way we think about data. Our profession will only become more important in the future. How soon do you think DNA will become widely used as storage? Log in to post comments