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Well, I am hoping that this year in 2007 will be my best year yet. Now that I've joined Dogster, I have made several pals & that makes me happy!
I really missed the snow for Christmas this year - can you believe it? Living in western NY and no snow for Christmas? I haven't been able to play out in the snow this winter yet because there's been no winter yet. I miss the snow!
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Time to get back to helping Mommy wrap the presents. She needs my paw to help her with the ribbon and bows! That way, I can have a *hand* in it! Woof ! Woof!
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I am looking forward to making new friends here at Dogster. I really want to make some pals here and am looking forward to doing that. I already have 6 friends that invited me to be their friend & I am so happy!
My Mom bought me a new tennis ball the other day, it has a squeeker in it. All the other tiny tennis balls have never had a squueker, but she just happened to find this one for me. I am in heaven now! I love my ball and I love squeekers - this is the best of both worlds!
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Chip foose was drawing at a young age and discovered his talent then. When he was a kid he didnt want toys for christmas he wanted art supplies. He then also went to the 2ND transportation Design school in the U.S. (art center in california). I am attending the College for Creative Studies. Its the newly number 1 art school in the U.S. If you want to be a good artist like chip foose it takes alot of time and hard work. You should just go look at hot rods or whatever you want to draw and just draw them over and over. That way when your looking at the picture you see more in it. Once you have drawn that picture atleast 10 times it will look amazing to you. The kinds of things you should also practice is foundation arts such as still lifes, contours and things like that. Once you have picked most of those things up, introduce yourself into different medias such as painting, photoshop, and alias. Chip Foose uses prismacolor markers. If I were you I would use copic markers for your greys which are cool greys and warm greys. For color markers I would choose the AD markers, there nice and juicy and look great. A whole set of these will average out to about 500 dollars. But if you get on ebay or something you can buy copics whole set with the colors and then buy the greys in another set for about 400. After you have completed this you can start to practice and after about 4 years of practice you would be quite accomplished.
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Insomniac Games is set to spread its multiplatform wings with Overstrike. The EA-published four-player co-op action title will be released for the 360 and PS3, making this the studio's first 360 release. Players will control a group of elite agents who have been tasked with taking down a nefarious organization that is trying to take over the world. The team, known as Overstrike 9, is made up of an ex-mercenary, a thief, a young scientist, and a veteran detective.
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well, trial by fire boys. I'm in buffalo NY this weekend and got a sidewall puncture of a rear rft tire 30 miles from my destination. ( i cracked another 19" rim earlier, so i'm having a very bad tire week.)
none of the local tire shops have anything close to even a regular tire in 255/35/18, so i'm going to have to drive home on the spare. 400 miles back to NYC. its going to suck keeping the speed down. the angry yellow warning label has 50mph listed, but checking the sidewall of the tire has it rated M or 81mph. going to see if i can limp back at 65-70mph. i do not recommend anyone else exceed the listed speed limit on the rim however.
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Much of Barack Obama's rhetoric is about unity: unity between black and white, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, America and the rest of the world - and now, I suppose, between men and women. Yet of late he has seemed surprisingly divisive. On the radio this morning I heard a disappointed supporter of Hillary Clinton - a lifelong Democrat, indeed - declare that she would be voting for John McCain. Her sentiment stemmed, it seemed to me, from incomprehension. How could Hillary have lost - and lost to this man, of little apparent experience, a practitioner of empty if inspiring rhetoric? She just didn't get it. And in doing so she revealed herself as being on one side of the great divide that has opened up in American politics, the watershed that will define the coming election campaign: the divide between those who "get" Obama, and those who don't.
Some of the wilder manifestations of "Obamamania" - the fainting, the hypnotic chants of "Yes we can", the quasi-messianic expectations - have been toned down recently. But there's still a vagueness about his speeches which critics take for lack of substance; and, not getting it, they assume that the whole Obama phenomenon is a bubble that will surely burst. In some ways, I sympathise. I never "got" Tony Blair. Even in his early days, when even Tory-supporting newspapers were giving him a free ride, I could never see him as anything other than hammy and incipiently deranged. Yet I find myself being inspired by Obama. Am I going soft in the head? Is it the effect of distance?
Possibly. For all his talk of change, there is as yet very little indication as to what an Obama presidency would actually be like. His campaign thus far has been pure personality politics, with the politics taken out. What I can't decide is the extent to which this is a bad thing. The US presidency is an office in which it is much easier to do damage than to change things for the better. The best presidents have been inspirers. The worst, on the other hand, has used his two terms to destroy his country's international reputation, for which we are all worse off. If Obama, by impressive rhetoric, or merely by looking and sounding so different from his predecessor, can raise the image of America, we will all have reason to be profoundly grateful. If the world is to have a superpower, let it be a free, open and democratic one, not a tyranny like China or a stifling bureaucratic nightmare like the EU. But the US can't go it alone. It can only lead the world if the world is willing to be led; and my guess is that a large part of the world is willing to be led by Obama.
So I'm happy to go along with the overblown oratory and charisma of the Illinois senator, despite a deep-seated suspicion of emotional manipulation. But I sometimes wonder. In the San Francisco Chronicle the other day, Mark Morford put forward a bizarre explanation for Obama's sudden success, for his ability to lift crowds and inspire a nation. Put simply, Morford appears to be saying, Barack is not of this world. He has a "powerful luminosity, a high-vibration integrity," which marks him out as something extraordinary:
Dismiss it all you like, but I've heard from far too many smart, spiritually attuned people who've been blown away by Obama's presence - not speeches, not policies, but sheer presence - to say it's just a clever marketing ploy, a slick gambit carefully orchestrated by hotshot campaign organizers who, once Obama gets into office, will suddenly turn from perky optimists to vile, soul-sucking lobbyist whores with Obama as their suddenly evil, cackling overlord.
Here's where it gets gooey. Many spiritually advanced people (not coweringly religious, mind you, but deeply spiritual) I know identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of calmly enlightened being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, of connecting with this bizarre earthly experiment. These kinds of people actually help us evolve. They are philosophers and peacemakers of a high order, and they reignite the soul.
The unusual thing is, true Lightworkers almost never appear on such a brutal, spiritually empty stage as national politics. This is why Obama is so rare. And this is why he is so often compared to JFK and Martin Luther King Jr., to those leaders in our culture whose compelling vibrations still resonate throughout our short history.
Just to prove he's not quite of this world himself, Mystic Morford speculates in an aside about the assassination of President Kennedy:
Those attuned to energies beyond the shallow, literal meanings of things say JFK wasn't assassinated for any typical reason you can name. It's because he was just this kind of high-vibration being, a peacemaker, at odds with the war machine, the CIA, the dark side. And it killed him.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Lee Harvey Oswald. But then people "attuned to energies beyond the shallow literal meanings" come out with a lot of weird shit, don't they? In his defence, Morland does write for a publication in San Francisco, international capital of fruitcakery since 1967.
Morland admits that George W Bush will not be a particularly hard act to follow. And indeed there are probably microbial life-forms buried beneath metres of Arctic permafrost that would make better presidents than the current occupant of the White House. Still, he thinks that the Bush years might have their own cosmic purpose, to "set the stage for an even larger and more fascinating stage of evolution in which we are finally truly ready for another Lightworker to step up." For Barack is much more than just an anti-Bush:
There simply is no denying that extra kick. As one reader put it, in a way, it's not even about Obama, per se. There's a vast amount of positive energy that's been held back by the armies of BushCo darkness, and this energy has now found a a lightning rod, and is now effortlessly self-organizing around Obama's candidacy. People and emotions and ideas of high and positive vibration are automatically drawn to him, because it is clear he is of the same material. It's exactly like how Bush was a magnet for the low vibrations of fear and war and oppression and aggression, but, you know, completely reversed. And different. And far, far better.
You don't need me to point out that this is all complete bollocks; an equal and opposite bollocks to the claims on the loonier shores of the religious right that Obama is a secret Muslim, or even the Antichrist. Obama has unusual charisma, that is all. So does Brad Pitt, but no-one would claim him for the planet Zog. Somehow, a characteristic deemed essential in a top-flight actor or singer, and far from uncommon among religious leaders and sportspeople, causes bafflement, resentment and lunacy when possessed by a politician. Yes, it's unfair. Yes, it's no substitute for policy, intellectual depth or sincere conviction. But it's not nothing. And it certainly isn't supernatural.


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Would love Ed to be in a Pats uniform. Not only will he instantly be an upgrade over Gregory, but then he won't be back there in your backfield causing Brady mental blocks. I think one of the main reasons Brady doesn't play well against your D is he's just too worried about Ed. The guy writes "Find Ed" on his wrist band when we play you. Just not having that mental block for Brady is worth it.
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@espn_afceast: RT @JamesWalkerESPN: There's no way #Patriots can sign Ed Reed, Welker, Talib and Vollmer all to big-money extensions. Someone has to walk.
NEW ORLEANS -- Ravens safety Ed Reed clarified the statements that he made on Wednesday about possibly playing for the Patriots and coach Bill Belichick.
"Of course I want to stay in Baltimore," said Reed, who will be an unrestricted free agent. "I was asked, would I play for Bill Belichick? Yes. What football players wouldn't play for Coach Belichick? Will I be in New England? Most likely not. It's just terrible that people get half the story. It's even more bad when you hear the comments that they make towards you. But it comes with it, man."
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Re: Ed Reed could definitely see himself as a Patriot
Anyone that just looks at statistics doesn't understand what Ed Reed brings to the Ravens' defense. He has a few good years left in him, and he would be good to retain. Players respect him and learn a lot from him. Anyone who thinks he's a cancer is just flat out wrong.
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I don't have a problem with what Ed said. He is a free agent, if I were Ed and the possibility existed that I could not return to the Ravens (if does not retire) due to the cap or the organizations choice, I am not saying anything negative about any team that is a potential suitor for my services and certainly not saying anything negative about a coach who has been very complimentary about me (indicating he could be interested in paying me ). Add to the mix the fact that Ed would seem to be a guy who unless he was offered outrageous money would prefer to play for a competitive team, his comments make sense. I hate the Pats but I could learn to pretend I do not for the right price lol. Why limit your options.A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,
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Property situated in the upper part of Collserola, Can Cortes. Its elevated position allows you to get stunning views of Collserola well as giving absolute privacy.
It is divided into three floors at the entrance there are a double garage with access to the kitchen, living room on two levels with terrace from where we can see much of the gardens also Forest and Collserola, a toilet and suites, two with shared bathroom.
The upper floor is divided into an office and a multipurpose room and a large attic.
On the ground floor suite, the washing, iron and boiler (natural gas), leisure work area and a peculiar cellar, area aging wines and a tasting bar is located. The whole house is surrounded by garden which is accessed by both entry floor and from the ground floor, it has automatic irrigation and work shed for garden tools. The garden is divided into several levels and has chillout areas where you can enjoy the privacy and views from its unique location.
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The Flame Alphabet
William S. Burroughs famously said that "language is a virus." Novelist Ben Marcus took Burrough's line as inspiration for The Flame Alphabet.
In the book, the language of children has become literally poisonous to adults, and a married couple with a teenage daughter is faced with terrible choices.
She muttered in her sleep and awake, she spoke to us, to others, into the phone, out the window, into a bag, it didn't matter. Nice things, mean things, dumb things, just teenagers' chatter like a tour guide to nothing, stalking us from room to room. She did it without thinking and she did it to herself and it was we alone who were sickened, but of course we'd find others, too.
Eventually, civilization becomes undone as parents abandon their children and finally give up language. The children become corrupted by their power, using the language violently against the adults. There are obvious resonances with abuse, bullying, and argumentative teenagers, but also the visceral potential of storytelling itself.
"I wanted to think of the book not just as some fanciful invention, like 'wouldn't it be cool and weird if language did this,'" says Marcus. "This idea of 'sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me' always just seemed crazy. Language can be so potent and so painful. And the best literature is that. Just through words we enter a world that doesn't exist."
Excerpts from the story are read by Ed Herbstman, and feature original music by Jason Cady.
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Illinois and Ohio State Receive Final Weekly Women's Gymnastics Awards
March 14, 2011
Gymnast of the Week
Illinois' Allison Buckley took first place in the all-around and won two event titles at the State of Illinois Classic en route to her second Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award of the season. Buckley led the 16th-ranked Illini to first place at the quad-meet, posting a school-record score of 39.550 in the all-around. She also tied the best score on the balance beam in program history, earning a 9.950. Her second event title came in the floor exercise, where she recorded a 9.925. Buckley also finished second on the vault (9.875) and tied for eighth on the parallel bars (9.800). The three individual titles give the senior 62 in her career, marking the most in school history.
Last Illinois Gymnast of the Week: Allison Buckley (Jan. 24, 2011)
Freshman of the Week
Sarah Miller picked up two first-place finishes to lead No. 14 Ohio State to a tri-meet win against Missouri and Pittsburgh and earn her the final Freshman of the Week award of the season. Miller posted a career-best score of 9.950 on the balance beam, good for first place. She also tied for first in the floor exercise, recording a 9.900. The Collegeville, Pa., native hauls in her sixth weekly laurel of season, tying the Big Ten record for most freshman honors won in a season.
Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Sarah Miller (Feb. 28, 2011)
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Last Thursday, some of the world's top mental illness researchers and advocates gathered at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to celebrate the many achievements of Dr. E. Fuller Torrey and to applaud him towards his continuing career with a Festschrift.
Colleagues offered moving reflections on their relationships with Dr. Torrey, who has inspired, encouraged them to venture into new research and advocacy territory. Among the many topics they discussed were the accomplishments they and their teams have made as a direct result of Dr. Torrey's leadership.
One such example is the "revolutionary" brain bank at the Stanley Medical Research Institute which has created unprecedented availability of a rare sample for brain research on schizophrenia. Another is his stature as a modern leader in investigating viral implication in schizophrenia's cause and course, one of the most exciting and well-followed theoretical paths in studying the nature of the disease.
Dr. Torrey's persistent questioning of traditional beliefs about schizophrenia has led to greater acknowledgment of epidemiology as an important avenue for investigating the causes and nature of the disease, said Dr. Dr. Preben Mortensen of University of Aarhaus and Sir Robin Murray of King's College, London.
Dr. Steven Sharfstein of Sheppard Pratt Health System and others recounted the ways Dr. Torrey's dedication to putting severe mental illness on the agendas of policy makers and service agencies has changed the landscape of mental health in the United States for the better.
Many things are clear about Dr. Torrey's career: he has demonstrated compassion, principle, ingenuity and courage to so many – and he has mobilized a true movement towards a world where severe mental illnesses can one day be treated effectively, allowing individuals and their families and communities the resources they deserve to live free of these diseases.
But as Dr. Torrey humbly said at the event, "Our work is not done. We aren't where we need to be," and so onward we all must go.
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There are a number of emerging trends in classroom technology that will likely shape the way we teach and learn in the very near future. These trends include mobile technologies (BYOD), improved wireless connectivity, and an increased demand for flexible learning spaces.
The Learn Lab at the Holden University Center is an example of an active learning classroom. With three interactive projection whiteboards placed strategically around the room, students are able to connect and to share their work using interactive screens and their laptops. The instructor can display content for all students or small groups from anywhere in the room. The direct line-of-sight configuration creates an optimal environment for student-to-student, student-to-instructor, and student-to-content interactions.
When this classroom was built a few years ago it was considered "state-of-the-art". With the current configuration tables are outfitted with hubs that are wired into the interactive projection screens. Students plug in with their laptops to collaborate with their group. In the short span of a few years we have seen the rapid adoption of tablets and other hand-held technologies. Students are now bringing their personal technology into the classroom with the expectation of using them in support of their own learning.
We are now at a point when wireless technology permits students and faculty to connect and share their devices: laptops, iPads and other tablets, as well as smartphones. This mobility will change how we interact with classroom technologies. It means no longer having to place tables in a fixed location – resulting in greater flexibility. High definition monitors with build in Wi-Fi (or connected devices such as Apple TV) will likely replace interactive projectors and whiteboards as the preferred projection surface – with content from our apps on our hand-held devices.
The next generation interactive classroom…
1) will support students bringing their smartphones and tablets (BYOD) into the classroom. Students can expect to interact with their peers and the content / media on-the-fly, at the same time, discovering new ways to use classroom and web-based technologies to support their own learning.
2) will be increasingly wireless. Apple TV is already being used in classrooms where students and their teachers share their assignments and class projects on high definition TV screens. Emerging wireless technologies such as 802.11 ac, mean faster connection speeds and improved quality of shared media.
3) will mean classrooms are more configurable around the people using them rather than the fixtures and technology in the room. The use of multiple surfaces fosters collaboration, creativity and design, permitting students and instructors the ability to display, capture and share these interactions.
New learning spaces are emerging as a blend of the formal and informal – with flexibility driving design. I envision the classroom in the not-so-distant future will require multiple screens, myriad writing surfaces, configurable and mobile furniture with high speed Wi-Fi and the ability to connect and project from the student's device of choice.
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The first phase of the great battle—known in history as the battle of Picardy—was a defeat to German hopes.
I remember such a one in Picardy, with a name as long as a Gascon's pedigree.
The elder of the two was Marguerite de Roberval, niece of the nobleman from Picardy to whom reference has already been made.
He was the son of poor parents in Picardy, and when a boy was employed to tend sheep.
Two were ordered to go and occupy Picardy and Champagne; and the king kept with him only the third, about six thousand strong.
It was my note of hand to Chatellerault for my Picardy estates.
Some wood is occasionally to be seen; but Picardy is not famous either for the quantity or quality of its timber.
She was dressed like the peasants of Picardy, but with extreme neatness.
Beginning thus, I promise you that you shall presently become a man of prominence in Picardy.
Who would seek the Duke of Monmouth in an obscure farm in Picardy?
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10786. Fire-fighting vehicles owned by colleges. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle owned by an educational institution of collegiate grade, not conducted for profit, having an enrollment of 5,000 students or more and having an acreage of 5,000 acres or more, if such vehicle is used for fire-fighting purposes within the limits of the acreage of such institution, and is operated principally on roads owned by such institution.
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The intrduced Canadian Grey Wolf is NOT indiginous to the lower 48 states.
http://savewesternwildlife.org/lower-48.html in fact they have killed the last 80 remaining American (smaller) Grey Wolves as was easily predicted. That's what wolves do. They kill weaker competing packs whenever they can. USFWS knew that would happen but went ahead with the elk extermination plan anyway.


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It's cheap...If you don't like it take it off. I've used it a few times now and I have to say I'm a fan of it if done correctly. I have to admit my wheels almost look powder coated. Take your time for prep and don't glob it on in one coat. The first two coats should be light just enough to darken whatever your doimg...it doesn't need to be completely covered...it'll just run
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Removing a router password
Once a password has been set, is it possible to remove it from the configuration? This router is passed around to students studying for the CCNA and they don't always document the password changes correctly. We would like them to remove the passwords they have set up before logging off. We have tried using standard passwords for the students to revert the routers back to but somehow one of them always manages to input it wrong! Does Cisco allow you to remove a routers passwords (not just change it) and how?
Also, if there is an "enable Secret" command entered, it needs to be cleared with the "no enable secret", since the enable secret is used over the enable password if both are entered. The enable password is still there because some older configuration programs do not use the enable secret. The Doc link I posted earlier would be used if a student changes the password and leaves without clearing it and no one knows what it is. There is no way to keep anyone from entering a password once the get priviledged access.
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Composting and city living may seem mutually exclusive, but pros explain how to do it right.
Thu Apr 9 2009
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As an environmentally aware citizen of Earth, you may have started to notice how much trash you single-handedly create. According to the Department of Sanitation website, New York City collectively throws out about 11,500 tons of garbage every day, and about 40 percent could have been composted, avoiding the emission of eco-warming greenhouse gases. This waste—which excludes anything fatty or animal-related like dairy, meat, bones and Rover's droppings—can be processed into nutritious, beneficial soil to be put back into the ground. But can we city dwellers, with our limited space and a seemingly open invitation for roaches, compost without feeling like garbage-toting hobos?
Yes, and you'll do a world of good. "Composting isn't the first thing you think of when it comes to climate change, but it's really connected," says Carey Pulverman, project manager at Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC), a facility that offers a waste-collection service. It makes more sense in these lean times too: Less waste output means less tax money spent trucking it out of the city. At right, determine what you can do and what tools you need, according to your level of commitment.
Commitment level:
(You're willing to do your part as long as you don't start smelling like it.)
What to do: Collect food scraps in a tight-lidded Tupperware bin and freeze it until you can get to a drop-off site (see below). "Freezing keeps the scraps from rotting—so no smells, no pests," says Ben Jervey, editor of SustaiNYC.com. No freezer space? The three-quart RSVP ceramic compost keeper ($33 at Green Depot, 222 Bowery St between Prince and Spring Sts; 212-226-0444, greendepot.com) takes up little space and has an odor-screening charcoal filter. Use BioBags ($5 for 25 three-gallon bags, at Whole Foods, wholefooodsmarket.com) as liners: unlike plastic bags, these biodegrade and are compostable.
Commitment level:
(You're hoping your heap impresses Daryl Hannah.)
What to do: Consider indoor composting with a worm bin. "As long as you don't overfill your bin and have enough dry material, the bin should be a self-regulating compost factory," says Pulverman. The compost stand at Union Square Greenmarket sells the red wiggler worms for $22 a pound; $55 for a bin and the worms. Attend a free workshop (registration required: 212-477-3155, lesecologycenter.org) and get a $15-off coupon for the set. If you squirm at the thought of handling live creatures, invest in NatureMill Plus Edition Composter ($299, at naturemill.com), which breaks down up to 120 pounds of food scraps per month and churns out new compost every two weeks.
Commitment level:
("Leave me alone, Daryl Hannah, I've got composting to do.")
What to do: There are many outdoor compost bins on the market, but New Yorkers may fare best with one that looks like a metal garbage can with holes ($20, at nyccompost.org/resources)—it's completely rat-proof. Add a mixture of equal parts dry "browns" (dead leaves, branches, newspaper) and "greens" (food scraps), and cover it well with browns—this helps hide odor. (This will be the same type of mixture you add in the worm bin above.) Depending on how much you aerate the mixture (use a pitchfork or a compost crank), it can take anywhere from 3 to 12 months to yield ready-to-use compost.
Public drop-off sites
* Union Square Greenmarket composting stand, Union Square Park, 17th St at Broadway. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 8am--5pm.
* Lower East Side Ecology Center Garden, E 7th St between Aves B and C (enter on the north side of the street). Sun 8am--5pm, at other times, drop off through the opening at the gate.
Many community parks and gardens have compost programs. For Manhattan, the Compost GreenMap provides a detailed map of drop-off-friendly places on the island (greenmap.org, enter "Compost Manhattan" in the search field). Keep in mind that gardens' rules vary; a membership may require volunteering (like with the North Brooklyn Compost Project at McCarren Park) or payment. For contact info, visit greenthumbnyc.org, where you can look up the garden by name or area.
For composting in the outer boroughs:
The Brooklyn Compost Project at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (718-623-7290, bbg.org) and the Bronx Green-Up Project at the New York Botanical Garden (718-817-8026, nybg.org) run composting programs and classes.
Is it worm in here?
Learn how to successfully compost with an army of worms at the "Indoor Composting Workshop" at Sustainable NYC (139 Ave A between 8th and 9th Sts, 212-254-5400). Fri 17 5:30--7pm, free. Register at greenapplefestival.com
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Check out Live And Let Die , a new mixtape from Tone Oliver that saw the light of day on Saturday, November 16th, 2013. Tone Oliver's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Live And Let Die has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Tone Oliver has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Tone Oliver has on deck.
These artists contributed to the mixtape: Mann, BEeFF, DJB, Chazz Giovanni, Joy, Buddy, Faith Jones, enimaL.
Check out Tone Oliver on Lennon's Prologue.
If you dig this, visit Tone Oliver's profile for the latest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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We tip 15% and 20% on average. If the bill is $10.I will give $2. However,if I have to search for the waitress or the stuff is wrong I won't tip. I never leave comments as I don't want her to be fired but I expect silverware,a carryout container if I ask etc.
To me a tip is the extra earned for good service.
Sorry your DD got stiffed.
As far as the hair cut goes I have had them refuse a coupon and that usually the amt. of the tip so in that case I have said catch you next time,but I actually will.
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I tip 20%. I had to train DH to tip that much. I still don't know if he does when I am not there. I sure hope he does.06-18-2012, 03:29 PM #18
you really cannot compare a kitchen worker making minimum wage to a waitress getting tips
#1 every restuarant has slow periods that the pay is the same during for kitchen hep and not good for servers
# 2 as a kitchen help you dont have to deal with the customers - you dont have to smile and be sweet to the same 50 yo perverted guy who thinks he is stiill the 18 yo stud he was on high school making semi suggestive comments to you and you cant do a thing but smile because he comes every day brings in alot of busniess for luncheons and is friends with the owner.
you dont get your body stared at - or "accidentally" touched .
you dont have the psychological stress of analyzimg each custoer and what will make their expereince good - how to be nice to a family or a guy with his GF without the insecure wife/ GF thinking you are flirting - when you are just trying to be friendly and helpful to - if she thinks you are flirting there goes your tip- if she thinks you have a bad attitude because you are not friendly enough there goes your tip .
in the kitchen you cook you clean you plate etc - the same for each customer .
doesnt matter how creepy - mean -nice - relaxed- rushed - etc the customer is you do the same for them.
and when the kitchen is slow because its busy - the waitress has to make the excuses and sometimes forfeit tip to people who think she can somehow control the kitchen .
never in my life have i seen kitchen help come out and aplogize for making a med steak rare - forgetting a side order or for a delay .
that is why they get tipped for CS
if someone stinks and has a bad attitude i will not tip them well and ic ant imagine they dont know they had a bad attitude and thats why .if they dont their co workers should point it out
otherwise its at least 20% sometimes more.
if i cant afford the tip i should go to a self service area where everyone gets paid the same.
you walk into an establishment you know its people working on tips- you dont put it back on the establishment to pay them right - and if they did pay them so tips werent needed most would be complaining the prices are too high . and they didnt like their because what incentive would there be for a server to go above and beyond but their own work ethics and sadly that seems far and few anymore .
100% not comparable .Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements06-18-2012, 03:40 PM #19
i have found its not evening out- people dont have as much money so they are eating out and skimping on tips . my daughter use to be able to pay her rent and bills easily - now she is working just as much and struggling .
she use to be able to make 100 a day or 200 a night - now its half that for the same amt of work and food .
and its all the waitresses not just her so i know its not an attitude thing although she has admitted to me its getting harder to smile at a few of the regulars who she finds creepy with their comments - and deal with some of the patrons when she figures out an hourly wage after tip its close to minimum wage and sometimes less if its a day shift .06-18-2012, 03:44 PM #20
The lowest we tip is 15%. Typically, I tip 20% and my husband will tip over that if we're out at a sit-down type restaurant (more like 30%).06-18-2012, 08:04 PM #21
We tip 20% no matter what. If the service was bad we'd speak up, but I honestly can't remember the last time we've had horrible service. Plus if we did have bad service I'd probably just chalk it up to them having a bad day - we've all had those. As for my hair I tip 40 %. She's a single mom who works hard. Even tho I usually just get a wash & cut she spends time cutting.06-18-2012, 08:15 PM #22
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Waitresses and waiters get paid less the min wage? Here that would be illegal. Every person working gets paid a Minimum of Min wage which at the moment is 10.00 an hour.
Sorry about what happened.06-18-2012, 10:04 PM #23
Maybe I just worked at an unusually friendly place but the owners would always come to the tables and settle any issues. Sometimes the cooks went out too. I remember several times I was called upon as a kitchen worker to resolve an issue out in the dining room.
I'm aware that servers have down times. What you're suggesting is that they be paid by future and past customers for the time they are not working. They're working when they're serving. Do you pay your house cleaner for not cleaning? Do you pay your babysitter for the two hours before she came to watch your kid? No, you pay for the actual service rendered at the time it is performed. It is not the customer's responsibility to account for down-time. ~06-18-2012, 10:05 PM #24
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I tip 20% or so. I was a waiter for years. There is always that one table who stiffs you, or leaves you a lousy tip.06-18-2012, 11:10 PM #25
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I do believe service people work very hard for their money and am not comparing the work, but alot of people are making alot less money because of our economy. My dh is working 2 full time jobs right now so we have health ins.06-19-2012, 08:00 AM #26
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I never really add a percentage I just take the bill and add what I think is appropriate to the service. I ate out when I took my dd for her exam last week and it was the first time in ages. Our bill was $27 and I left a $5 as a tip. That might seem cheap to some but truthfully that was all I could afford. That is why I do not eat our regularly. I do agree that you should tip as well as you can though. Now I have to say I don't tip hairdressers. Of course I do not pay one anymore since the exam I took my dd to was for her state cosmetology license. Which by the way she passed. But I have never tip them as I feel they do get paid a decent wage. That is just my opinion.06-19-2012, 10:11 AM #27
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We leave a minimum of 20%, but it's usually closer to 25%. Unfortunately, DH and I see most people leave 10-15%. when we are with people like that, we always make sure to drop an additional 5, 10, or 20 on the table (depending on the cost of the meal). i hate to see people take out their 'tipping calculators'. I think it is so rude!06-19-2012, 10:14 AM #28
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i tip 20-25%.
haircut lady always gets 10 tip on a 20 dollar cut.
i forgot-- i was in a situation once where a co-worker removed everybody's tip from the table and put it in her pocket. her husband was a oil businessman and was a millionaire. she was a teacher.baby step 2- see blog for actual amounts
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I always have a conflict with the whole concept of tipping. Tipping somewhere along the way became mandatory, and that bothers me, because now, even if the service is just adequate, I have to leave a tip, or I'm a big meanie. I do it, but I don't agree with it. I think, if everyone justly tipped for good service, it would work itself out, but I understand that I'm making up for the people who don't tip fairly.
That said, I tip 15%, unless the service was above and beyond. If the service was seriously lacking, or if there was a problem that was brought to the server's attention, but was not addressed, I drop it to 10%. If the problem is resolved by a reduction in my bill, I typically make up the difference in the tip.
My mother is on a fixed income, but occasionally wants to pay for lunch, dinner, etc, when she goes out with me and/or my sister (or her friends). My mother tips 10%, because it is already a stretch for her to pay for the whole meal. When I am with her, I offer to pay the tip, and sometimes she agrees, sometimes not, and I am not going to put her into an embarrassing position of telling her that she should tip more, especially if the service was routine, when she can't really afford it. So I try not to make judgements about how much people tip, because I don't think being on a lower income should mean that you shouldn't ever eat out at a nice restaurant as a treat for yourself, even if you can't afford a big fat tip.
I tip service people closer to 20-25%, including my stylist, my farrier, my pet-sitter, etc.06-19-2012, 11:45 AM #30
When you work at a place that pays much lower than minimum wage and are dependant on the generosity of customers to supplement your income, you're taking your chances. Obviously you won't be guaranteed a particular income from tips.
Tipping is not mandatory, even though it's become more and more expected at more and more places of business.
I do tip based on the quality of service I receive. I totally disagree with the tip being based on the amount of money spent.
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- I had a similar problem with purity, turning the heat down and down to see what happened, till eventually nothing came out the column. I found that increasing the heat actually gave me a purer product. I think what was happening at a certain temperature the column was acting only as a fractionating column not a reflux. All or most of the distillate at the top of the column was being taken off before any reflux was taking place. The cooling water was only tepid. When I increased the heat I then got the reflux I was after and the purity went up. The temperature of the cooling water also went up to 50-60c. It is a fine balancing act, but as your cooling water is not warm the condenser may not be getting the hot vapours?
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> So you figure it's my condenser huh? How will I know how much bigger to go? I have used a 1/4" soft copper coil (about 10' worth) and coiled it into a 1.5" X 13" coil. Should I be using 3/8 soft copper coil then? Or can I get a way with just turning the water up? It make sense in theory what you are saying about the input of heat energy. But does having a colder condenser really produce more distillate? The water coming out of the condenser I have now is not warm, it's fairly cool to the touch (maybe about 10C).
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- Gavin,If you are trying to get to the azeotrope starting with 10% abv beer, the minimum reflux ratio that you need is 2.4:1. This means that for every 1 liter of product that you take off, you need to send 2.4 liters (or about 70% of the liquified vapor) back down your column. Theoretically, to achieve this minimum you need an infinite number of plates; in practice, you can get close enough to azeotrope that you can't measure the difference with around 25 theoretical plates. To a limited degree, you can reduce the number of plates and still get the same proof by increasing the reflux ratio. At 100% reflux, you can get aeotrope with about 7 plates from a 10% beer (but of course 100% reflux gives you no product and is only useful as a science fair project). Nixon and McCaw advocate short columns and around 90% reflux (10 liters down the column for even one that you take off).This is all dictated by the laws of physics. The only ways around this are:- increase the proof of your beer (decreases reflux for azeotropic product)- reduce your product purity requirement (reduce the required proof of the product)You can also use these same figures and increase your product production rate by increasing the boiler power, but only if you correspondingly increase your condenser heat removal capacity (to maintain the reflux ratio needed for your HETP), and making sure that your column diameter is sufficient to maintain vapor flow up the column at a resasonable rate (12 - 20 in/sec; calculated as I described in an earlier posting).Note that when you start your batch still off with 10% abv, it won't stay this way. As product comes off, the %abv of the beer must reduce and therefore you need to monitor still head temperature (as a proxy for proof) throughout your run and as you see the temperature increase, you must increase your reflux rate to get back to azeptrope (or whatever proof you desire). At some point, your reflux ratio will be so high that you decide that it isn't worth it anymore and you will stop the run and use the low wines on a subsequent run.I cannot emphasize enough that the "correct" way to get your still set up and going the way that you want it is to start with 100% reflux and get the column up into equilibirium. This could easilt take a couple of hours. If you can't achieve equlibrium with 100% reflux, you aren't removing enough heat or don't have enough HETP or have some other issue such as fugitive heat loss from the column, reflux running down the column walls, or plugged packing, etc. If your beer was only ethanol and water, then at equilibrium the still heat temperature would be around 172.5 degrees F which is the boiling point of the azeotrope. You would then SLOWLY start to take off product, carefully watching the thermometer, until you saw it rise to a new, higher temperature at equilibrium, and then you would slightly increase the reflux ratio back to azeotrope and keep watching and adjusting, for reasons stated earlier. Of course you have other stuff in your beer than ethanol and water and some of it has a lower BP than the azeotrope, so your initial equilibrium temperature will be a little lower depending upon how much methanol and other stuff is in your beer. As a spirit distiller, you probably want to very slowly bleed off this stuff (foreshots) and discard it, then start collecting the heads and the main run and stop at the tails. I'm more interested in fuel ethanol and can afford to take this other stuff off as product, as long as I see that it is small (my engine won't get a headache :-).Get you column into equilibrium and keep it in equlibrium at all times!!! This is what reflux distillation is all about. Patience is the watchword here. If you don't have the patience to do this, get yourself a high quality continuous still and then once you get it up into equilibirium and establish the required minimum reflux ratio, you can just leave it there without further adjustment (which doesn't mean unattended -- you are making a highly flammable fuel, regardless of what you actually intend to do with it later :-).Bob
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Just an update on the run Bob. I have tried it with 450W, 600W and 900W of power, I have tried a 2:1, 1:1 and 1/2:1 reflex ratio. Everything that I do achieves 92% ABV, so I am thinking that it is my packing that is preventing further purity. Or, maybe it's my alcoholometer that is faulty.... ------------------------------------ New Distillers group archives are at http://www.taet.com.au/distillers.nsf/ FAQ and other information available at http://homedistiller.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new_distillers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new_distillers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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ZEKE WILSON: Time to go after trout
For those who have the time and the ambition, targeting trout is tough to beat right now. It is almost daily that a stream or lake in our region is receiving a fresh round of hatchery-raised fish.
While my time has been spoken for with work, I have been paying close attention to the fishing pressure during my commutes. This past weekend it looked like the opening day at many popular fishing holes. With stocking lists now public information, anglers can pick and choose their destination and feel confident in their chances of filling a stringer.
Despite many who now practice catch-and-release, there is no shortage of those who still hit the water looking for their limit of five fish. With reduced numbers of stocked trout, during favorable water conditions a stream can be fished out, so to speak, in a week or so.
In approved waters where brown trout are stocked, the good fishing can continue into the summer because they are more apt to be tight-lipped during the first few weeks.
Luckily, for the time being there is a plethora of fish and streams, although many have already received their last round of fish.
n The youth turkey hunt had many experiencing high levels of excitement and adrenaline, with a few even allowed the calming aftereffects of filling their tag. Oftentimes the shakes associated with such a heart-pounding event allow for a clean miss rather than a toasted tom.
While some young hunters bagged their bird on Saturday, chances are that most experienced a thrilling hunt in the spring woods.
Unfortunately, the possibility of negatives, such as missing or not getting off a shot, are real, and it is the mentor's responsibility to insure that the hunt is not a youth's last.
As I have mentioned countless times in past columns, firearm confidence is the key to success. Amusingly, this is often given little consideration, and it is only after the fact that it's realized that perhaps some shooting should have been done from the sitting position.
Another disadvantage for youth hunters is a lack of vision due to being so close to the ground. While this problem is unavoidable, taking the extra time to locate a spot that allows for some elevation can mean the difference.
With the regular season opening Saturday, the woods will be filled with clucks and yelps in the pursuit of poultry. Positively identifying your target seems obvious, yet each year hunters are blinded by excitement and makeirreversible decisions. Locating the beard will insure that the target is not another hunter or an inquisitive hen.
Another thing to keep in mind while out in the turkey woods is the popularity of decoys and shaker-style gobble calls.
Zeke Wilson is an outdoors writer for The Indiana Gazette. His columns appear Tuesday on the Outdoors page and in the Indiana County Area Sports section on The Indiana Gazette Online.
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UPDATE 2-U.S. sugar refiner woes mount as Mexico deal seen choking supply
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NEW YORK Nov 18 (Reuters) - At first blush, the powerful U.S. sugar industry seemed to clinch a big win last month when U.S. trade authorities struck a deal to restrict rising imports from Mexican rivals.
With a closer look, however, it appears that big cane refiners - including the maker of household brand Domino Sugar - might be the biggest losers because the deal could choke off imports of raw sugar from Mexico, cutting critical feedstock.
The pact setting quotas and prices on Mexican sugar imports for the first time appeared to be the best possible outcome to a months-long dispute that had threatened to escalate into an all-out trade war.
Facing global refined prices languishing at multi-year lows and a market that has been in surplus for years, U.S. sugar producers accused Mexico in March of flooding the heavily protected U.S. market with cheap, subsidized refined sugar and called for penalties on imports.
Domino, the top U.S. refiner, is owned by ASR Group, which is the only cane processor that signed onto that case.
For Mexican mills and U.S. food manufacturers such as Hershey Co, the eleventh-hour deal might be a better alternative to the import penalties threatened by the trade case. The new reference prices are about half those including duties.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has slapped duties of over 50 percent on imports, but has said it will drop them if the pact is sealed. Continuación...


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It's been labeled the "Werther Effect," after a rash of suicides among young European men followed the 1774 publication of the romantic novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the title character takes his own life. These days it's also known as "suicide contagion," and a new report by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), a New York-based nonprofit group, has compiled for journalists a set of guidelines designed to minimize the effects of suicide reporting on so-called "copycat" suicides.
The report is part of a multi-pronged effort undertaken by the federal government to actively combat the national rise in suicide rates. Last May, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher announced the ambitious plan, spearheaded by AFSP, that identifies education, intervention and research as the primary tools of the campaign. This unprecedented national push to prevent suicide was spurred by the latest figures on self-inflicted deaths, numbers which tell a chilling story. According to the Center for Mental Health Services (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), more than 30,000 Americans die each year by suicide, which ranks as the nation's eighth-leading cause of death. Just as startling, the incidence of suicide among adolescents and young adults nearly tripled between 1952 and 1995.
The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention lays out 11 specific goals and provides a blueprint for the actions needed to attain those goals, including education (reducing the stigma surrounding suicide and increase citizen access to mental health services), intervention (improving recognition of at-risk behavior and promoting more effective clinical practices) and research (encouraging more studies on suicide.
Included in the recommendations is an effort to inform the media of their unique role in encouraging or perpetuating the factors that cause imitative or "copycat" suicides, and to instruct news outlets how to best minimize those factors in their reporting. To that end, AFSP, along with the Annenberg Public Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has issued a set of reporting guidelines based on international studies of "copycat" suicide behavior.
The most prominent of the studies is one performed in Vienna during the latter half of the 1980s. Although suicides had been reported on the subway system from the time it opened in Vienna in 1978, the number of deaths remained low until 1984, when a significant spike in subway-suicides—accompanied by increasing media attention—occurred. By mid-1987, the problem had reached near-epidemic proportions. The Austrian Association for Suicide Prevention, a group formed to study the media's handling of the situation during its peak, issued a set of media guidelines asking for voluntary restraint among journalists in both the level of detail in their reporting and their decision to run subway-suicide stories. The result: an immediate and precipitous decline in the incidence of subway suicides back to pre-1984 levels.
The guidelines issued by the Annenberg/AFSP report, entitled "Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media," outline several methods by which reporters can minimize the effect their stories have on suicide contagion. Citing a statistic that shows more than 90 percent of suicide victims have significant psychiatric illnesses (mood disorders and substance abuse being the most common), the report urges journalists to emphasize that fact and convey to their readers or viewers that most of the illnesses are readily treatable.
Additionally, the report says that surviving relatives and friends of a suicide victim, when given enough time to reflect, often realize later the presence of warning signs they had missed, even if their initial reaction was one of complete shock. This is a key factor in reporting on suicides, the report says, since it is important to avoid portraying suicide victims as otherwise mentally stable.
Finally, the report points out that a measured application of specific language can minimize the notion of suicide as a way of getting attention or as a form of retaliation against others. For example, the report says it's important to keep the word "suicide" out of the headlines of suicide stories, and graphic descriptions of the method should be avoided. Overall, suicide reporting should not describe the act as inexplicable, romantic or heroic.
Although most of the daily newspapers in western Montana have a general policy that jibes with the spirit of the report (i.e., not covering suicides unless the death involves a public figure or place, and then running the story as a smaller, local piece), the simple fact is that not many instances of suicide contagion have been documented here, so the dynamic between journalism and suicide contagion is largely unexplored. But as might be expected from a profession founded on the principles of free press, some journalists have concerns over blindly jumping in line with all the recommendations.
Bozeman Chronicle Editor Bill Wilke recalls a "so-called cluster" of teen suicides in the area some 10 years ago, when nine high-school students took their own lives over the span of several months. At the time, a concerned group of parents and school officials asked Wilke to "play down" the suicides. Although Wilke felt that reporting the deaths was crucial to keep area parents informed, he did comply to a degree.
"We kept those suicides off the front page," he says. "We applied a different threshold for front-page news to those suicides than we would have otherwise, out of deference to the wishes of school officials."
In October, the Chronicle ran a column in which sportswriter Tony Castleberry expressed his grief and frustration over the suicide of a childhood friend in the eastern United States. The column was moving and heartfelt, but nonetheless contained several elements that run against the media recommendations of the report, including using the word "suicide" in the headline, describing the method of the act, and expressing the act as inexplicable.
In Wilke's eyes, however, there was nothing wrong with the column. "It was simply a person's reaction to a friend's death," he says. "I would not see that as a problem for our readership. If Tony had been writing about a local kid, an athlete he had covered as a sportswriter, then I think we would be dealing with an issue that we should be more sensitive about. It's a matter of context."


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This is a discussion on Glow-On gun sights paint on a Colt New Agent. gutter type sight within the Glow-On forums, part of the Site Sponsors category; Originally Posted by Burt I have some questions for you. My CCW is a Colt New Agent with the trough site. How would Glow-On work ...
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How would Glow-On work in the trough as a sighting aid in low light conditions? It glows
How does it hold up under concealed carry conditions (i.e. exposed to sweat)? No problems so far.
Do you know of anyone who has used it in this manner? concealed ye, we all do. This particular type of sight, only revolves, I have one.
If so, are they satisfied with it? We have a sizable customer base, They seem pretty happy, multiple purchases over a period of time are not unusual.
Great question, so good it merits to open a new thread being this piece such a popular option on two accounts First, built on a 1911 platform so followed. Second sized properly for concealment without becoming a pocket pistol.
Once the paint dries and cures properly, a good transparent coat is necessary.
If you like to scratch the paint to check if it's dry..., resist the temptation, while the paint dries in a couple of hours, it cures in 2-3 days.
The gutter itself should protect the paint job, hi temps, sweat, oil etc shouldn't be a problem, providing the surface is clean before the application.
The acrylic media is a strong glue, so strong, we use it as such instead of regular glue.
The paint is applied away from the hammer and pin to keep it clean.
Our proposal for this firearm is the following: