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|February 28th, 2007, 06:32 PM
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The latest letter about the new ORV bill from Dick Ranney
Another important message...
This came today, feb. 28th. Please read.
Inside michigan house bill 4323 february 27, 2007 michigan motorized recreation council for immediate release: the purpose of the bill is to resolve the questions surrounding the legality of a county, township or municipality to open its roadways for orv use in northern michigan. Considerable within the bill is redundant of current michigan law, if reading, observe changes in current law in bold print. The following is our understanding from reading and visiting with representative sheltrowns office. Obviously, everything you read is subject to amendments and we must continuously monitor the bill until passage or defeat. Here is how the bill affects various stakeholders; counties, townships & municipalities a county board of commissioners will have the ability to adopt an ordinance permitting the operation of orvs on their roadways and may extend the authority to local municipalities. Bill permits this to be done in counties north of townline 12. Southernmost tier of counties would include mason, lake, osceola, clare, gladwin & arenac at their southern borders. Maximum speed limit is 25 mph unless a lower speed limit is posted. Orvs are to be operated single file, with the flow of traffic on the extreme right side of the road or right-of-way. Hours of operation are ½ hour before sunrise and ½ hour after sunset. Age of operator is 18, unless they have a valid michigan operators license, or under the direct visual supervision of parent/guardian, and have a valid orv safety certificate. Beginning january 1, 2010, all orv operating on public roadways, shall have lighted headlight and taillight. A civil infraction of $500, plus any court ordered remediation for damages may be adopted by a county. Enforcement the treasurer of the local unit of government shall deposit fines collected for violation of an ordinance in a fund designated, orv fund. The local unit of government shall appropriate 50% for orv enforcement and training. (officers) road commissions under the orv fund, 50% of all fines collected in violation of an ordinance, shall be distributed to the county road commission for the purpose of orv signage and maintenance of streets and roadways. Under the bill, a road commission will have the right to close a street or road right-of-way to orv use to protect the environment or poses a threat to public safety. A road commission may not close more than 30% of the linear miles of roadway within the county. A road commission or municipality does not have a duty to maintain a road under its jurisdiction for the safe and convenient operation of orvs under an ordinance provided by this bill. Remaining, language on prima facia negligent immunity from tort liability for a county board of commissioners, county road commission and local municipalities unless gross negligence can be proven. Users no increase of fees. Operating headlight and taillight by 2010 to operate on roadway or right-of-way. Speed no greater than 25 mph unless posted lesser. Ride to the far right of road or right-of-way or area designated within ordinance. Emphasis within bill on adult visual supervision, no different than existing law. drive by sound test included, different than exhaust sound emission test, seldom if ever used. Further language on trespass, must have written owner or lessee permission. Liable for damage to private property, including growing crops and other living creatures, including domesticated animals. Monies from fines no longer go into general fund. House bill 4323 is a giant step forward in managing the growth of orv activity in michigan in the interest of safety, convenience, recreational opportunity and economic growth. House bill 4323 is the first orv legislation in michigan since 1995, covers primarily one area that needs legislative adjustment to meet the needs of michigan and the orv users within our state. (346,000 registered with secretary of state 1-31-07) it is seldom that a new piece of legislation is 100% agreeable to everyone, however, hb 4323 offers a fair and reasonable compromise that has far more positives than negatives. Therefore, the leadership of michigan motorized recreation council join many others in supporting house bill 4323. Michigan motorized recreation council public releases are the results of roundtable discussions by the leaders of the major orv organizations within michigan, representing over 20,000 members.
|March 3rd, 2007, 08:39 AM
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Time to show support by email (again for some of you).
Email each House Natural Resources Committee Representative by Monday, March 5th.
We're down to the wire and need a last minute 'push' to make sure this gets through Committee.
Your Email only has to be one sentence:
Please support HB4323.
If you want to say anything more, that's great.
|March 4th, 2007, 07:13 PM
"...50% of all fines collected in violation of an ordinance, shall be distributed to the county road commission for the purpose of orv signage and maintenance...
...A road commission or municipality does not have a duty to maintain a road under its jurisdiction for the safe and convenient operation of orv's....
"...a road commission will have the right to close a street or road right-of-way to orv use to protect the environment...
"...Users no increase of fee's..."
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|March 6th, 2007, 09:09 PM
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Never said it was perfect, merely an improvement over what currently exists. I think it would be a HUGE improvement and, as such, deserves our support.
Don't get me wrong. I have issues with it too. I'd like to see the Township 12 line reset to the Rifle Line. The purpose of the Bill is to allow non-street licensed orv access from the trail system to services. Muskegon, Oceana, and Newago counties are all below the Township 12 line but have State trails in them.
I still whole heartedly support the Bill.
|March 13th, 2007, 07:24 PM
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HB 4323, which would regulate ORVs on county roads in northern Michigan was reported to the full House of Representatives by the House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation, and Natural Resources Committee this morning on a vote of 11-0. The committee exercised its option to recommend that the full House adopt the bill.
You may wish to contact your state representative ASAP and ask that they support the bill on the House floor.
-Joel Sheltrown
|March 14th, 2007, 01:59 AM
It's an unfunded mandate plain and simple folks.
The next thing we'll see is every greenie in the state snapping pictures on the side of the road for evidence of "protecting the environment" spelled out very clearly in the bill itself; which they will then take to their local road commissioner with a demand that they close same down as directed, again, by law.
Hate to make you guys appear stupid....but aren't you once again allowing the minority cycle community to pen legislation for the majority orv community that is just plain ripe for embarrasment ???
So the sides of the road are shut back down in the future for a lack of proper planning and the intitial funds needed to properly construct and sustainably maintain them....are any of you dumb enough to think that this will be any skin off of the full-size or cycle community's noses?
Uhhhhh, 'guys'.....ever hear of a simply responsibe concept.....called "pay-to-play"???
Soooo.... no fee hike to cover the HUGE added cost here was "O.K." because both the full-size and cyclists sure as heck weren't going to to pay for what they weren't going to use anyways....while the majority atvers can't even sum up the courage to simply stand up like a man and demand that these massive projects be properly funded??? (for even the sake of exhibiting how this community takes care of our resources....and especially when they're in plain view on the side of the damn road?).
Looks like the cyclists finally got that "long term study" in atv trail damage that they were looking for years ago...as this bill as written is truly a train wreck waiting to happen.(and one that will have zero effect on its authors when the pressure is put on these road commissions to close certain portions of these access routes down).
"No fee increase to users..."
Yeah, let every light 4-wheeler in the state run the sides of these roads....yet damn well force the locals to foot the bill for MAINTAINING all this massive mileage in an almost broke 4 season state....all the while encouraging the localities to fund said costly program through $500 fines that discourage folks from ever coming back to spend money in their community to begin with.
Typical metro/suburban Detroit liberal mentality....we'll screw it up....and force you (outstate Michigan) to pay for it.
Southeastern local hero "Jenny" is bound to sign this one over the above principle alone....
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|March 14th, 2007, 07:24 AM
It's also sadly ironic that the fire program can stamp their feet and cry about supporting the orv program while demanding 9and simply taking) funding from us (page 1 under orv budget report here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dn...s_188116_7.pdf )...yet when the road commissioners and these 'hick' communities 'dare' to ask the exact same thing and need funding from us NOW to keep a program in initial development from becomming an embarassment.....our cycle "leaders" make certain that NONE of us by gosh PAY for cramming this mileage down these locality's throats without due and continuing guaranteed compensation.
What's next?
The southeast Michigan big city slicker riding area that "won't cost us anything"???
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|March 14th, 2007, 05:48 PM
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well John you missed your chance again.
|March 14th, 2007, 06:21 PM
Not to get off-topic....but has anybody EVER witnessed any member of the balance of this board (members supposedly representing the orv community)...actually "make the meeting minutes" with something profound enough to be mentioned even ONCE in that quarterly document? (this 'highly condensed' version of all issues orv-related being the one and only official news source that the puiblic has ever been allowed to view?).
I've had the displeasure of reading them all for 8 years now and am still waiting for somebody (save the sherrif) to stand up and speak representing the orv community...without the chairman's lips moving at the same time.
If somebody could please review the meeting minutes since these guys first showed up and point out an instance where these 'leaders' people who had never attended a meeting previously...said more than simply making or seconding a motion.... I'd appreciate it.
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|March 14th, 2007, 08:57 PM
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So how about an extra 5 bucks per sticker?
200,000 stickers x 5 bucks = 1,000,000 per year.
300,000 stickers x 5 bucks = 1,500,000 per year
Would that fund it?
Would users (including 4x4) support it?
|March 14th, 2007, 09:40 PM
It's like you are suddenly acting as if all the above was 'never discussed previously' in these closed door meetings ("what if the 4x4ers don't support it...")...and the public simply looks back at both you and the MMRC as if to say...."what in the heck do you guys discuss in these meetings anyways???"
Great idea...just please tell me that this current roadside funding 'brainstorm' wasn't kicked around a long time ago at these anonymous gatherings and that somebody (even a full-sizer) had the stones to stand up for or against it when that particular discussion ensued.
I'm seriously thinking that we all need to take a look at those MMRC recommendations submitted to the DNR in January if we're on our second attempt to form a funding committe (or 'taskforce' as they called it last May) and that there are now inexplicable funding priority 'revelations' suspicously coming out at the zero hour with little practical effect considering the suddenly fast-moving timetables.
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|March 15th, 2007, 06:54 AM
BTW, with everybody here evidently so 'proud' of the manner in which this MMRC is operating out back there in the shadows....how about somebody posting (quote/unquote) "our" suggestions regarding the funding of this mess contained in the document sent to the DNR way back on January 17th as outlined in the last orv advisory board meeting minuters? (in its entirety).
For that matter, how about all of the correspondence these anonymous and secretive 'representatives' have put forth in our name since their very inception years ago?
When I hear of funding suggestions put forth by a MMRC board member regarding legislation already being voted on and orv advisory board funding sub-committees being formed this late in the game and just as fee increases are about to be announced....I'm sorry, but the orv community has a right to know just what in the heck that these people have been proposing that the state do all along with our monies and just when they got around to making each individual issue a priority in their formal and informal 'representative' presentations to that same body.
Post this almost two-month old document up here NOW; or simply continue this council's multi-year streak of never releasing a damn thing to the general public for the consumption or commentary needed to approach AT THE VERY LEAST OUR ADVISORY BOARD with informed and intelligent questions as to what the heck is/has been going on in regards to our issues.
Again, a lot of good any two month old info will do us now with decisions already or about to be made (see the whole Travel management Plan debacle; where this secretive council wasn't heard from as one voice EVEN ONCE in the single most important process that this community has ever faced...yet now is the time to force those speaking for us into finally releasing ALL of these documents in their entirety.
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|March 15th, 2007, 01:11 PM
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|March 15th, 2007, 03:37 PM
If you choose to make light of this simple request by indeed further illustrating exactly how this council has denied all previous requests for basic information regarding these issues in which both they and obviously you represent us....that is certainly your choice.
|March 15th, 2007, 04:03 PM
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I never see funding as an issue, look at how much folks pay to use the Mounds. its a non issue. if the land is there people will pay to use it. IF the state is running any kind of park or if its privatly run there will be a fee, and if it saves someone $50 in fuel to drive they will pay it. kinda like a dirt Disneyland.
|March 15th, 2007, 08:51 PM
We've went beyond 'funding' here and gotten into simple disclosure by Ironman and everybody else who sits on that council; not to mentiong DNR personnel who are supposedly in posession of this extremely inportant document regarding our collective views on these matters .
If these guys won't give up this combined opinion of the orv community after submitting same to the DNR almost two months ago...so be it.
But let's not change the subject here and allow any one of them to now simply sit back and not admit that this is indeed the case.(not surprisingly, the exact same thing happened not very long ago when the just as critically important orv update plan was announced and community opinions were solicited. I had to lay out I don't know how much money on an FOIA after these same people refused to supply the same basic (what should be) public information...which is no less ridiculous today then it was when they 'balked' at proudly displaying our views at that time also.
There is absolutely no reason that this crap should be argued and it's pretty sad to witness so many sit on the sidelines with no opinion one way or the other when simple 'stand up like a man' issues come to the forefront.
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|March 16th, 2007, 07:20 AM
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What, specifically, are you looking for?
I have a copy of our collective Draft Forest Plan comments if you'd like a copy.
That was the last document we submitted 'collectively'.
I can post it, but it's like 6 or 8 pages in length.
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Quest Book: It will now be possible to click on a compass button to active or deactivate the arrow or compass quest markers.
Environment: The error message received when unable to plant in an area will be slightly improved to clarify that it will be necessary to kill more monsters, or have to go plant a little further to perform this action.
Love these QOL changes.
Was a streaming client for Wakfu really needed though? I consider my download speeds to be average at best and I can download the entire game in half an hour or so.

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" Brand: CND / Varnish. / Type: Nail Varnish / Subcategory: Coat "
After taking a little shine to the world of nail art I decided to go wild and spend a few bucks on some nice new top coats from CND. In my rush to buy it, it cost me near £6-which for myself and my nails is a splurge...especially as I bought a few things.
Like a child every night I would run home awaiting the arrival of my new toys! Evetually it arrived!!
Very well wrapped up and it was a wrestle between myself and the bubble wrap trying to actually get my hands on this polish! But in the end the bubble wrap lay burst on the floor, me standing triumphant.
*~* The Product and Packaging *~*
Bascially this topcoat is meant to transform your favourite nail varnish by taking away it's shiny finish and turning into an on trend matt finish.
The topcoat arrive in a little box with aq wee window so you can see whats inside. The packaging gives all the general info, what it is, directions etc...
The bottle itself is clear and I actually like the design, it has a flat back for reasons unknown, but i like that feature. Perhaps if it was on a slanted shelf or stand it would sit nicely with the name still facing the front.
The fluid inside looks like watered down PVA glue...not too promising but I assumed it would dry to give the matte finish.
*~* Using The Product *~*
I had this product opening an on my nails with in five minutes of tossing that damn bubble wrap in the bin!
The product is as easy to use as any other nail varnish. Just apply to your nails after you have already put on your chosen colour of polish. The brush bristles are quite stiff but allow for an easy even coat. I found you had to do a few strokes though to evenly cover the nail (not the desired 3 strokes and your done test I like to use with my polishes).
It takes a while to dry which was quite annoying as you would need to sit still for a very long time, I found even near an hour later it was still getting smudged by my finger.
However, the waiting time was not my biggest worry.....
*~* The Results *~*
I sat waiting for this topcoat to dry thinking surely it's going to look better when it's dry...but it never did.
The product went on milky- to be fair I did put a lot on as I was a bit over excited but none the less- and did not dry any better. There was no sign of a matt finish to my nails at all. The colour now underneath was now just slightly toned down by a cloudy and! shiny film of varnish. I would even go as far to say except for the colour difference you would never know I had this on in terms of shine.
If is was possible to give this no stars I would as this was just waste of money and excitement. It cannot be used as a normal topcoat and definitely not as a matte topcoat, which is why I bought it. I have yet to find another use for it, but I hope I do as otherwise it shall just be tossed in the bin which is an even bigger waste.
*~* Why Reviews are So Worthwhile *~*
Sadly only after buying this product did I look up reviews. The flurry of buying new things I didn't even stop to look if it had been reviewed online! If I had I would have seen the same problems I experience and would never have bought it!
Lesson learned!


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Do you want to make your WordPress self-hosted blog more beautiful on the iPad? Do you love how Flipboard functions by having the swipe feature then look no further, those of you who have a wordpress.com blog can enjoy the feature as well just search for the words "OnSwipe" and you will then be able to have an awesome looking blog on any iPad out there.
Not only that, but when you bookmark a blog to your home screen it acts later on as if it's an application and launches in such a beautiful way. It's like you're reading a book and not a blog!
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I seem to have hit rock bottom when it comes to wanting the latest tech gadgets. Seriously I need Gadgets Anonymous or something because I have just added the Samsung Galaxy Tab to my "want" list [do you think I have a "need" list, everything is a want except some essentials] and that's all because of this beautiful teaser they have put up. I am not sure if I'll ever succumb to that temptation but who knows, it's tempting.
The fact that it's 7″ wide, wide-screen, weighs practically nothing, expandable memory (not that it's important), has front and back facing cameras, 7 hour battery life, has a regular SIM-slot, and runs Andriod (which I'm dying to try out) is something that makes it a "want" for me. I don't know if I can justify this purchase but we'll see until it is released it's definitely something that'll tempt me.
Dear iPad,
Don't worry I still love you and wouldn't change you for the world :*
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This Eid we were spoiled or better yet I was spoiled from more than one person/company. First there was the release of the Apple iOS 4.1 on September 8th, but before that I got an email saying that my beautiful new baby was shipped and on its way to mama's laps, my beautiful new iPod Nano (RED), but that was not all. On the night of the first day of Eid we got the best gift of all!
The Vampire Diaries returned to us with a brand new season filled with a thousand things! I don't know how I spent the summer without this beautiful show but in the Season premier lots of questions were answered and lots were left hanging! Will Katherine stir some trouble for the Salvatore brothers and Elena? Well I think we have to wait until this season is over to find out. Until then, I am now and forever always Team DAMON! Damn you Stefan for taking all the girls! Let's give Damon a break!
Oh and for those wondering what was the next Eidiya? Well on the first day of Eid we got the Series finale of "Saher El Lail" what better Eid could we have asked for!
Now let's keep an eye out for returning TV Shows next week and the MTV VMA Awards :)
The best TV show in these past 10 years is without a doubt Saher El Lail, it's story clean, written so beautifully and filled with class (gone are the words we hear in every TV Show today), a love story filled with pain and love, something that we have missed in our television lives for so long. We've gotten so used to those cheap trailer trash TV Shows always showcasing us as a drug filled, incest, s!@-obsessed society, one with no morals and values and where we abuse religion and everything around us. We needed to get out of that mold and thank god this show came along. Last year it was "Al Hadama" which gave us a similar story but this year "Saher El Lail" gave us more it made us all fall in love with its characters it made us wish we were in the 70s, it made us cry with Nasser & Lulwa, laugh with Nawaf & Dalal, and let's not forget fall madly and deeply in love with Waleedan and understand a little bit of how handicapped individuals lived back then.
I would like to pass along an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy, whatever award there is to this show and it's actors. I love how each name is famous on its own and that there were big names but they weren't the focus. I loved Hussein Al Mansour and how rational he was. I loved loved loved Fatma Al Housini and believe me she is my best best actress in those TV Shows because I have yet to see her pick something bad since these past few years. She matures real well just like fine wine. Mahmoud & Abdullah Boushihiri I thank your parents for the jewel in acting they gave us because you guys did a great job in making us fall in love with your stories. Each lived a different love story and where one failed the other succeeded. The girls all of you rock, but let's not forget that Haya Abdulsalam did an outstanding job. Oh I think I saved the best for last and that is Basma Hamadah, this era and this genre of TV Shows is the best fit for you and I seriously seriously loved to hate her but in the end she was AWESOME.
Thank you Fahad Al 3elaiwa for this amazing story, thank you for writing the best show ever. I would love to see it as a DVD Set so I can own it and watch it. You know how throughout the show you were showing us those Om Kalthoum and Abdelhalim songs? I put your show right up there with them. You are seriously a great talent and I'm looking forward to something even better next year. Maybe another one of Nasser's stories, maybe their kids can fall in love and we see Nasser & Lulwa together through their children. Bravo and wishing you the ultimate best in your writing life!
I've put this post off for quite a bit, I finally got my iPhone 4 on Sunday after endless waiting since I ordered it last June. I am writing this post as a preview/teaser post to just inform you guys since I didn't upload the pictures yet.
So here goes:
I ordered my beautiful iPhone 4 along with another one for my sister and matching bumpers on the 16th of June, however on the 1st of July the phones were shipped but I was waiting for the consolidated shipment including the bumpers therefore they didn't get to my Aramex mailbox until last Monday the 12th. Thanks to my favorite people at aramex (see: Mehreen, Hasan, Edwina) my babies were put on a plane that same day and were sent to Kuwait. It took 48 hours for them to get to Kuwait and so last Wednesday they touched Kuwaiti soil but the despicable Kuwait Customs people kept them in their clutches all weekend and didn't get to release them until earlier this week on Sunday (we really need to do something about Kuwait Customs, they need to be on the job 24/7 in shifts really!) and I rushed out of the office on Sunday grabbed my babies and changed my SIM Card and just started to sync and enjoy it!
So that my friends is the cliff note version of the story. I will be posting up the Unboxing pictures then a short review on the device itself. But seriously antenna flaw or whatever flaw there is it's such an amazing phone I can't believe it!
P.S. One of the comments I mentioned when I saw the screen was "It feels like I got lasik on my phone!" Seriously it's that clear!
It's been a hectic week trying to get the iPad here, my baby arrived last Wednesday in Kuwait but I just got it today since Customs were being well let's face it Custom-y hehe. Anywho, I was so excited, I had a rough day at work when I got home I saw the box and went insane! Thanks to Aramex for all the help they provided me well I'd like to thank Mr. Hassan Mikail most of all since he's been a great help since the beginning.
But anyways, on to the most important bit of news! I got my baby and the unpacking of it was awesome! Wait why did I say awesome? There was nothing much in the box to unpack! I opened it up there it was lying there in front of me, then there was the cable and charger and that was it! Oh wait I forgot to mention the awesome instruction manual composed of one page!
Anywho, so far it's been awesome! It didn't take long to sync my applications on it and afterwards music and some videos! It's just simply amazing! Keep an eye out for a detailed review coming in the next few days!
Check out the gallery below for more pictures :)
I would like to wish you all a Happy iPad Day! April 3rd from this day forward will be dubbed iPad Day! And until I receive mine in my hands which will probably be within 4-5 days I will be biting my fingernails awaiting this event!
Seriously all those Talk Shows in the US, Modern Family, and more are making me jealous and envious that they've got one in their hands! And you know what? Everyone in my family is asking to rent it out from me just to make their coworkers jealous LOL! And I am really considering going into hiding so I don't have to agree to help them out LOL!
[Update] My #iPad just hit my Aramex Mailbox and I hope that it gets here faster than those 5 days!
Until then, Happy iPad Day!


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Sen. Toomey Says He Opposes A Government Shutdown, Calls It A 'Blunt Weapon'We might be looking at another government shutdown similar to the more than two week long one we experienced October of last year if action is not taken.
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2013 IN REVIEW: Government Shutdown Temporarily Closes Local Historic SitesThe October 2013 government shutdown cost the U.S. economy an estimated $24-Billion, including several million in lost tourist dollars when National Parks in the Philadelphia area closed.
End Of Government Shutdown Brings Philadelphia's Historical Sites Back To LifeThe end of the government shutdown means Philadelphia's historical sites are now open for business.
Sen. Casey Hopeful That Government Brinksmanship Won't Repeat in 2014The deal struck funds the government only through mid-January, and allows the nation to borrow through February 7th.
As Government Shutdown Ends, New Citizens Sworn In at Constitution CenterForty-seven applicants from 32 countries across the globe raised their hands and recited in unison their allegiance to a new land.
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Old Paper Brushes IV by lailomeielWatch
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I know... it's been quite some time now.
14 Old Paper Brushes, enjoy!
Lemme know what you make of them...!
14 Old Paper Brushes, enjoy!
Lemme know what you make of them...!
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thank you!!
Thank you a lot for sharing these, I will try them
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Thanks. These are excellent.
;u; Awesome brushes! I look forward to using them. Thank you very much.
What are the terms on all your brushes?
Looks very nice!!!!
Thank you ^_^
Thank you ^_^
Great brushes :] Thanks a bunch, they were a great help
just love your old paper brushes! thanks for sharing!
I like!
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Gorgeous. Thanks!
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Hehe again... thank you!
Does this work for Adobe Photoshop? They're so gorgeous, but for some reason it's not showing up on my list once I downloaded it :S
These are beautiful TY
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Beautiful brushes! Thank you!
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Australian Crawl
The members of Australian Crawl all hailed from the Mount Eliza area on the Mornington Peninsular in Victoria, Australia. The band came together in 1978 after James Reyne and Simon Binks' first band (called 'Spliff Roach') broke up.
Australian Crawl's accessible sound bore a particular Melbourne resonance, with its fresh and appealing combination of wry social observation, bright guitar licks and vital energy all welded to a sweaty backbeat.
After playing their first live gig in October 1978, Australian Crawl ventured onto the Melbourne pub circuit, initially gaining popularity with university students and inner city audiences.
It was their repertoire of intrinsically Australian songs that brought the band to the attention of producer David Briggs (also guitarist for Little River Band). Briggs was looking for opportunities to expand his interests outside LRB.
Prior to recording, disaster intervened. Reyne was returning from Tullamarine Airport after a meeting with EMI in Sydney when he was struck by a car in Swanston Street, Melbourne. For several weeks, Reyne's two broken arms prevented the band from working.
Undeterred and in plaster, Reyne and the Crawl went ahead with their first sessions and came up with Beautiful People. The band went on tour with The Knack and appeared on Countdown (still with Reyne in plaster). Countdown also featured the group in a documentary called "How to make a record".
Beautiful People became an instant hit, followed up by the LP The Boys Light Up which reached #4 on the national album chart and produced the singles The Boys Light Up and Downhearted. The band went on to sell over 250,000 albums - Australian Crawl was on the way.
Their Next Album, Sirocco, went straight to #1 and stayed in the Top 20 for over eight months, producing the hit singles Things Don't Seem, Errol and Oh No, Not You Again.
On the wave of this popularity and with two #1 Albums they toured extensively playing to huge crowds at Melbourne's Myer Music Bowl (100,000), Sydney's Domain (90,000), the Narara Rock festival (70,000), plus attendance records were smashed at indoor venues in Brisbane and Perth.
After a short break, the band travelled to Hawaii where they recorded the Sons of Beaches album (with producer Mike Chapman) which again went to #1 and established them as one of Australia's biggest acts. The band was propelled into the spotlight again with the release of an EP called Semantics which also shot to #1 and boasted a great song called Reckless (Don't Be So).
In 1982/83, James Reyne tried his hand at an acting career. His less than Academy Award performance in uber-soap Return to Eden was proof enough that his forte was singing (although even his vocal style and enunciation have been much lampooned).
The live mini-album Phalanx was little more than a stop-gap between studio albums, but it reached #4 nevertheless. The band's biggest break came when Duran Duran took them out as support on a UK tour.
In early 1984, prestigious US label Geffen signed the band and released Semantics (a compilation of tracks from their past records) for the American market.
The band was forced off the road when guitarist Guy McDonough was admitted to hospital. He died in 1984 of viral pneumonia.
Australian Crawl re-grouped, adding Mark Greig on guitar for live dates in late 1984. The band recorded Between A Rock And A Hard Place with English producer Adam Kidron. As well as costing just under half a million dollars to produce, the album was a commercial disaster. The band had to tour constantly for most of 1985 simply to pay off the debt.
Unsurprisingly disillusioned, the band had run its course by the end of '85, and called it a day at the beginning of 1986. Their final concert on 27 January was recorded and released in October as an album called The Final Wave.
James Reyne went on to pursue a successful solo career while Brad Robinson moved into television. Robinson died on 13 October 1996 - only weeks after Australian Crawl were inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame - after a three-year battle with lymphoma.
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Bulls Start Strong with Win over Syracuse
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TAMPA- After several hours of tough tennis against one of the Big East's top competitors, the USF women's tennis team was able to show their strength in singles and outlast Syracuse Saturday.
The Bulls pulled off a 5-2 win over the Orangemen in their opening match of the spring season.
USF got on Syracuse early, winning the important doubles point, an area in which head coach Agustin Moreno knew needed improving.
"We came strong in doubles today," said Moreno. "Syracuse is very good in doubles, so I'm just happy we were able to get some wins."
The doubles wins started with no. 1 partners Ecaterina Vasenina and Loreto Alonso Martinez taking down Syracuse's Emily Harmon and Amanda Rodgers 8-3.
Junior Danielle Mills and newcomer Paula Montoya came up with the other doubles victory by defeating Alessondra Parra and Anika Novacek 8-5.
Vasenina, ranked no. 48 in the country in singles, was too much for her opponent Harmon, winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.
The matchup between the two Big East schools would come down to the singles competition and freshman Lucie Rey and Martinez delivered with big three-set wins.
Martinez defeated Parra in a tight three-set match 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, therefore securing USF's win in the match.
With the pressure off, Rey came back against her opponent Jimena Wu, winning her match 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
"I think everyone was so excited after the doubles matches," said Martinez, the sophomore from Asturias, Spain. "We complicated it for ourselves in the singles, but still were able to win."
"Syracuse is going to be one of the top schools in our conference, so to get a win today was a good start for us," said Moreno.
The Bulls look to make it a 2-0 start tomorrow when they take on Ohio State at 10 a.m. at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
#1: E. Vasenina/L.A. Martinez (USF) vs. E. Harmon/A. Rodgers (SU)
USF wins 8-3
#2: F. Fracassi/L. Rey (USF) vs. A. Marrow/ M. Kobelt (SU)
SU wins 9-7
#3: D. Mills/ P. Montoya (USF) vs. A. Parra/ A. Novacek (SU)
USF wins 8-5
#1: E. Vasenina (USF) vs. E. Harmon (SU)
USF wins 6-2, 6-1
#2: L.A. Martinez (USF) vs. A. Parra (SU)
USF wins 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
#3: D. Mills (USF) vs. M. Kobelt (SU)
SU wins 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
#4: F. Fracassi (USF) vs. A. Marrow (SU)
USF wins 6-0, 6-4
#5: A. Bonte (USF) vs. A. Rodgers (SU)
SU wins 6-4, 7-5
#6: L. Rey (USF) vs. J. Wu (SU)
USF wins 4-6, 6-4, 6-4


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Here's something to ponder during the night-shift…from ESPN New York (I know, I know, we all hate ESPN tonight)
If you knew that Chipper Jones was playing in his last game in New York, would you give him a standing ovation?
I can respect someone who beats me fair and square, but I would see no need to get off my feet. Â He's not a Cal Ripken type icon.
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Latham & Watkins "finds solutions. Engages foreign colleagues when needed and manages everything really well, getting the right results in a very effective manner."
— Chambers Global 2015
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In 2015, Latham M&A lawyers handled more than US$710 billion in announced mergers and acquisitions transactions worldwide, representing principal entities or financial advisors in more than 430 public and private transactions.
Latham M&A lawyers are experienced in acquisitions and dispositions in a wide range of industries, including those that are highly regulated. The firm's industry acumen is broad and deep, and reflects the strengths of Latham's M&A Practice as a whole, as well as the firm's leading corporate finance, regulatory, and controversy practices.
The firm's M&A clients include:
The firm's M&A lawyers participate in transactions in virtually every part of the world. By leveraging the full capabilities of Latham's offices worldwide, the Latham M&A lawyers handle effectively even the most complex, cross-jurisdictional deals.
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The firm has vast experience representing companies in negotiated and contested M&A matters in a wide variety of contexts, including competitive auctions, exclusive transactions, club deals, carve-outs, and joint ventures.
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The Collegiate Chorale Presents BEATRICE DI TENDA at Carnegie Hall, 12/5
The Collegiate Chorale announces its upcoming performance with the American Symphony Orchestra, Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. Tickets start at $12.50 and are available at www.carnegiehall.org. Approximate run time: 2.5 hours.
The Chorale will feature the extraordinary soprano Angela Meade in the title role of Beatrice di Tenda, along with soloists Jamie Barton, Michael Spyres and Nicholas Pallesen. Set in 15th century Milan and based on a historical figure, the opera tells of the tormented but saintly wife of the Duke of Milan, falsely accused of adultery by the scorned lover of one of her admirers and sentenced to death by her husband. Beatrice di Tenda is characterized by ravishing melodies and exciting finales. It premiered in 1833 and was famously revived in 1961 by Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne, Music Director James Bagwell conducts The Collegiate Chorale and American Symphony Orchestra in this gala concert evening.
Angela Meade, Beatrice
Jamie Barton, Agnese
Michael Spyres, Orombello
Nicholas Pallesen, Filippo
James Bagwell, conductor
The Collegiate Chorale
American Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Angela Meade is the winner of the 2012 Beverly Sills Artist Award from the Metropolitan Opera and the 2011 Richard Tucker Award. Less than five years after her professional debut, she has quickly become recognized as one of the outstanding vocalists of her generation. The New Yorker has stated,"Meade is astounding ... She has exceptional dynamic control, able to move from floating pianissimos to sudden dramatic swells. The coloratura effects - rapid runs, trills, delicate turns, and so on - are handled with uncommon ease. She is a very musical singer, naturally and intelligently riding the phrase." Angela Meade excels in the most demanding heroines of the nineteenth-century bel canto repertoire as well as in the operas of Verdi and Mozart.
A winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton has been described by Opera News as "a rising star" with a "sumptuous voice." Ms. Barton is also a recent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. In recent seasons, Ms. Barton appeared with the Houston Grand Opera as Ursula in Béatrice et Bénédict, Giovanna in Rigoletto, and Mrs. Rolandson in the world premiere of André Previn's Brief Encounter. Ms. Barton made her Weill Hall debut in a duo recital with tenor Russell Thomas, presented by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. In the summer of 2009, she joined the Wolf Trap Opera Company in the role of Penelope in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, as well as in recital with pianist Steve Blier, also at Wolf Trap. With the Aspen Music Festival, Ms. Barton appeared in recital with bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, as well as a concert of Bernstein/Bruce Coughlin: Arias and Barcarolles with the Aspen Chamber Symphony, also with Ryan McKinny.
Michael Spyres was born in Mansfield (Missouri), where he grew up in a family of musicians. He began his studies in the U.S.A. and continued them at the Vienna Conservatory. He was a Young Artist with Opera Theatre Saint Louis, where he made his main stage operatic debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Roles in 2010/2011 included Tamino in Liège, the title role in Steffani's Antigono in Lisbon, Gianetto in Rossini's La gazza ladra at the Semperoper Dresden, Ramiro in La Cenerentola at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell at the Caramoor Festival.


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Teaching high school stduents and elementary students about GPS and having them use it to make maps is not a new idea. What is new in Urbana, IL is that the older students are teaching the younger ones. And, both groups are English as a second language students and the teaching and learning is occurring in English. My head spins considering how much learning could be going on in these hands on sessions.
West Potomac High School students from Frances Coffey's Advanced Placement Human Geography class were treated to a visit from Cathi Hoefler and Steven Keating from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency recently. Hoefler and Keating discussed the importance of using data to better predict and respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan and tsunami.
California State University, Fresno's Division of Continuing and Global Education has just announced a new online certificate program focusing on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a field that uses digital technology to manage, map, analyze and display spatial information.
Classes in the 12 credit sequence begin in August. It's Esri-based (included in tuition).


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"I think it quite possibly could be the worst to play in, as far as fans, bar none. It's to the point now that you don't even want to tell your friends that you have a game, it's so embarrassing."
-- Colorado keeper Joe Cannonon the 76,125-seat Invesco Field, where the Rapids recently faced Chicago with an announced attendance of less than 4,000. The Rapids move into a soccer-specific
stadium next season. (Denver Post)


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ACS 5.3 Group Mapping based on AD group membership
I am configuring a new ACS 5.3 system. Part of the rules is that I want to match the users specific AD group membership, and match appropriatly to an identity group.
What i'm trying to do is say that if the user is a member of the AD Group (G-CRP-SEC-ENG) then associate them with the Identity Group SEC-ENG. The under the access service, authorization portion, i assign shell profiles and command sets based on Identity Group.
It seems that the ACS server will not match the AD Group for the user, and it will match the Default of teh Group Mapping portion of the policy every time.
I tried several configuration choices from : AD1:ExternalGroups contains any <string showing in AD>, AD1:memberOf <group>.
Is there something special i need to do in the Group Mapping Policy to get it to match and active directory group and result in assigning the host to an Identity Group?
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Hi all
So as I stated before we got a new dog this weekend on father's day. Originally we thought he was the same age as Aggie but he went to the vet yesterday and the vet says anywhere between 9 to 13 months. He thinks 9 based on teeth and testicles. (Can you figure out human men's age the same way? LOL). We also found out that he has a mild case of mange (no big deal in this house w/ Aggie's skin problems and our last lab getting mange as an older dog I'm a pro at giving meds lol) and rickets. This makes sense to me since he was taken in by the foster as a stray having been dumped very soon after birth from what the foster could tell. They were feeding him kibbles and bits and we flat out cold changed that to Taste of the Wild because it was giving him horrible diarrhea (the foster said it had been for a while but was all she could afford bless her heart.). I figured if I was going to deal with runny poop might as well be from a good food vs a bad one. I've never had a dog with rickets before, he's on tums every day for it for the next month or so along w/ his mange meds. That all being said he's also only about 45lbs (if that) and I can feel/see his spine and ribs. We definitely want to put some weight on him (based on his paws I think he probably will be about Aggie's size, 60ish lbs). It's been 16 years since I had a boy dog so I'm not sure how much more they eat (since obviously I wasn't feeding our last boy dog at age 5 lol) or how much more we should be giving him since he's underweight. Add on top of that rickets and I don't want him to gain weight too quickly I would think with his bones being a little brittle. Does any one have any advice? Currently he's eating the same as Aggie 1 cup in the AM and 2 cups in the PM, but she's a light eater and doesn't rush the food bowl or anything (it's making feeding a challenge) vs him who eats at a good pace (not scarfing but not wandering away either). I'm already going to separate them for food time (not because Aggie cares at all when he eats her food, but because SHE needs to eat her food lol) starting with dinner tonight, so should I give him extra? Should I just monitor him now and see if he starts gaining? Should I add wet food into his dry? I keep TOTW wet on hand because baking it makes delicious treats. When Aggie was so little just putting her on TOTW had her gaining weight but since he's a boy, and they are very active (two walks a day and lots of playing outside, LOVE having him, Aggie has been a great role model and perfect dog since he arrived because she's too tired to misbehave! lol) I'm not sure if I need to increase his food. Any other advice on dealing with mange and rickets I'm all ears!


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< Feb. 01, 2012 > -- Parents should be central to a child's medical care, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
Although this approach might seem obvious to most parents, the AAP issued a new policy statement this week on parental involvement. The policy calls for young patients, their parents, and their health care providers to become partners in care.
"It's incorporating where the family stands, its belief systems, to help in making decisions," says Jerrold Eichner, M.D., co-author of the statement.
The policy, published in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics, urges doctors to offer parents support and to respect their preferences about care. Doctors should communicate openly with children and teenagers about their condition, the policy says.
In hospitals, the policy says, doctors should conduct their rounds with the family and the nursing staff present. Parents should have the option to be present during medical procedures.
Cultural sensitivity is also important, Dr. Eichner says. "If a patient or family has a cultural or personal aversion, they may not tell you; they just won't comply with the treatment," he says.
The policy also says that patients and families should be included on task forces, advisory councils, and committees to improve patient safety, and as leaders of peer-support programs.
The new policy was praised by Karen Herzog, who helped found Sophia's Garden Foundation, an organization that helps families with children who have life-threatening conditions.
"It's imperative that professional organizations like the AAP and the American Medical Association take a firm stand on patient- and family-centered care," Herzog says. "We need to work in partnership to improve our health outcomes together."
But Herzog says she wished the policy placed more emphasis on pediatric care in the home, and on families of children with special needs.
Also missing is a strong recognition of health information technology, Herzog says. "The policy talks about the flow of information. [But] there's nothing about electronic medical records."
For more information on health and wellness, please visit health information modules on this website.
Many pediatricians offer a special time for parents to come and visit the office, learn about the doctors and staff, and ask questions. You may or may not be charged for this visit.
Here is some information to explore:
Ask about the pediatrician's training and experience. Does he or she have a specialty or area of interest? Is the doctor board-certified, and if so, has he or she re-certified recently?
Ask about the pediatrician's opinion on immunization, use of medications, particularly antibiotics and over-the-counter medications. Does he or she prescribe medications over the phone?
Will your child see the same pediatrician for all visits?
What happens if your child gets sick in the night or on weekends? Whom do you call?
As you talk with the pediatrician and the office staff, you will develop a sense of whether they have the same philosophy of child rearing as you do. You can also talk with other parents to find out their experiences and recommendations.
Always talk with your health care provider to find out more information.
(Our Organization is not responsible for the content of Internet sites.)
American Academy of Family Physicians - Choosing a Family Doctor
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By Paul Gardner
Suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, the soccer gods turned on David Beckham, and cut him down while he was doing the very thing at which he was supposed to be divinely inspired: playing soccer.
In a flash, the Beckham myth crumpled. Done in by the greatest mythical figure the Greeks had, the warrior Achilles. Or at least, by his tendon.
But the tragedy that overtook Beckham -- and for him it was certainly that -- is hardly a tragedy of Greek dimensions. That would need grandeur before the fall, and, sadly, there has been so little of that lately in Beckham's life.
Rather the opposite, as Beckham has slavishly devoted himself to pleasing the England coach Fabio Capello, in the hope of making the England World Cup team. During that pursuit, Beckham has not behaved well. He has put his personal ambitions ahead of his commitments to MLS and the Los Angeles Galaxy. In fact, he has done little for either the league or the club, despite the encomiums that MLS Commissioner Don Garber is wont to deliver from time to time.
Now Beckham's dream is shattered -- even to the point where a question mark must hang over his future career as a player. Again, the myth of Achilles comes to mind, the invulnerable warrior . . . and surely we had enough warning that Beckham's view of his own invulnerability, like Achilles', was a dangerous misjudgement.
Remember his first year with the Galaxy -- the jet flights to Europe and back, his certainty that he could simply step off the plane and take the field for the Galaxy? He tried that, it didn't work. The injuries piled up, the pallid performances likewise.
But the 30-plus Beckham continued to behave like a 20-plus edition. He certainly looked the part, for he is blessed with boyish good looks. But his body . . . what was that thinking?
Which is where I have some questions about the injury that has just made a mockery of Beckham's hopes.
I'll start with this. Of all the people in the world -- all 6.8 billion of them -- I would think that David Beckham must be right near the top, if not at the top, of those receiving or having access to, the best in medical attention, the sort of care designed to make sure that he has a perfectly functioning body.
So how is it that he can suffer this disastrous -- but surely predictable, and maybe avoidable -- injury? Where were all the medical personnel, the doctors and the physios and the sports medicine specialists and heaven knows how many more there are of these guys in L.A. and Milan -- where were they when it mattered?
Are we asked to believe that it is absolutely impossible to predict that an Achilles' tendon is weakening? Or that it has, maybe, some sort of slight tear or injury that needs to be rested and treated? Is it really believable that a fully normal, healthy tendon can suddenly snap, as Beckham's did, from the slightest of exertions?
It seems there are no such doctors as tendon specialists -- at least, I haven't been able to track down any tendonologists, or tendinologists either. Given the seriousness of an Achilles' tendon injury to an athlete, this seems rather odd.
As far as Beckham is concerned, there is also an age question. No doubt he is, or was, in pretty good shape for a 30-plus soccer player. And it is certainly not unheard of for athletes to prolong their playing careers as long as possible. So we move into an area that still has no convincing answer: How many games a year is the right number for a pro player? More the point, how many are right for an aging pro? And crucially, if those games involve repeated long-distance flights, if they mean virtually no rest period in a year (all this, ironically, in the pursuit of "fitness") -- then how many games are we talking about?
Already, in 2007, Beckham's schedule, overloaded with the extra games he played for England, was a problem. I wrote then that the Galaxy "has capitulated before his [Beckham's] undoubted charm" -- because it seemed to me that no one at the Galaxy was willing to tell him that his chief responsibility was now to the Galaxy, and that "no one dared to contradict him."
Even so, a glimmer of reality reached Beckham toward the end of his first Galaxy season, when he picked up yet another injury and remarked "Maybe it's time for me to say I need a rest . . ." But that was before AC Milan beckoned.
Right there, three years ago in his very first season, there was clear evidence that injuries were becoming a major problem for Beckham. But with the loan moves to Milan, his schedule was simply allowed to become even more frantic.
Where were the Galaxy and the Milan medical staffs when Beckham was pushing himself beyond the limit? Well, maybe they were heard from -- if so they were ignored. No doubt because whatever Beckham wanted, Beckham got.
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night sights that fit Mil spec dovetail?
SA 1911 Mil-spec. I do not want to have the dovetail cut to a different dimension, I can deal with some fitting if neccessary.
Now, I am looking at a few specific models just am not sure that they fit.
I know the front tennon on the SA is different than the standard wide or small tenon's but I will tackle that later.(I may just buy the trijicon wide tennon front sight and trim it down to fit)
So do SA 1911 Mil specs have .300"x60 degrees?
Wilson Combat night eyes(brownells)
Novak Auto carry
True Dot(Kimber(
I am just not sure if these will fit the SA dovetail, is the Kimber dovetail the same?
There are a set of Heini slant pros that I like but they too are made for Kimbers.
If anyone has these post some pics please and let me know how they fit,'
Brownells sells a Novak rear sight that will it fit the G.I. dovetail. They're available in plain black, white dot, and tritium, with the plain going for about $30 and the night sight going for around $90. These fit the Colt G.I. dovetail, which I believe is the same as the SA G.I. dovetail. If I'm wrong on this then disregard.The Brownells p/n for the night sight config is 662-001-002AA, shown on page 332 of their big catalog. It's called the Novak semi-auto
Carry Rear Sight. I mounted a plain version along with a gold bead front, and the whole thing worked out well.
Yes, I know the Novak one works cuz on the Novak website they have these specifically for SA 1911's. I was wondering about the other ones expecially the Heine ones at Brownwlls that fir Kimbers, and there are those on Taurus too. I guess my real question would be is the Kimber dovetail and Taurus the same as the SA dovetail?
Also, if anyone has pics of a Mil-Spec SA with night sights.
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I may just send it off to get a dovetail on the front sight and a Novak cut on the rear, is there anyone that is not extremelly expensive but does good work with cutting sight chanells?
Trijicon sells a model that WILL fit the Springer Milspec - and U need not do any slide cutting. I had a milspec in the 1990s and had them installed.
but the front sight post width on the SA is neither thin nor wide, so do the trijicon sights address that too or is it just the rear that fits.
Heres what I want. I want a set of tritium sights(3 dot) that will fit both the front post and rear dovetail with minimal fitting, as far as I know the Springfield front sight tenon is not standard. So I do not want to but a 30 dollar trijicon front sight just to mess it up trying to shave it down so it will fir my slide.
If I do decide to have it machined is there anyone you guys recomend that is both fast and not extremelly expensive. Some companioes want about 150 dollars just to do the cuts(and that doesnt include the front sight!)
I dont mind spending a few dollars but that seems a bit high, I may just opt for having the front cut for a dovetail.
Yes - it will fit. But U probably need to ask trijicon if you need wide or narrow. I do not know.
Here is the hard chromed Milspec I had in the 1990s... WIth those trijicon sights...
That doesnt look too bad, but I think I am going to send the slide to Novak instead. The main reason I want to replace the sights in the first place is cuz the front post came loose. I dont want to have to deal with that again so I think I want a dovetail front sight, and if Im going to send it of for that then might as well just do both.
Thanks for the pic tho.
Back when I had this gun, I was cleaning it at the raneg on a windy day, and the slide fell off the table and hit the concrete - It messed up one of the rear tritium vials. It no longer glowed.
However, the sights never came loose. I wouldn't worry about that.
I too prefer the Novaks. But the price to put recut the slide AND install the sights is high IMHO
Dropped off the Slide saturday. It should be at Novak's by tuesday.
I decided that I didnt really like any of the sight options that fit in the factory dovetail, but more importantly I definatelly want a dovetail cut for the front sight. The post sight on this one has come loose already and was crooked before that. I did not go for the tritium, I do not see the need or logic behind that one(maybee the front sight). If it is too dark to see your sights then it is too dark to see what is in front of them, right? Also muzzle flash is a bit blinding I hear
I agree that the price is not cheap, but it is less expensive than some other companies, and I will get them back a week from arrival to thier shop.
So, Lo mount 3 dot white is what I got. I may trade the rear 2 dot for a black u notch serrated and keep the front sight the way it is(or get a fiber optic so it stands out). The point is that now I will have many more choices as far as sights go than before.
next is the beavertail and a trigger job and I think this one will be done.
Reliability check
Sights check
by the way, I cannot seem to find the post I saw that recomended certain beavertails over others for the SA frames, I believe that standard beavertails use a 250 degree radius but SA is different, thus some GS's end up with a gap between it and the frame?
When I had night sights installed on my old GI carry gun, I'd had enough trouble with the front sight shooting loose (it had been removed to be refinished and then re-staked), so I went to a local gunsmith and had him cut a dovetail in the front. Cost me about $30 for the cut since I already had the front sight for him to put in at the same time. You might call around and ask the local shops what they charge for such work.
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At my favorite thrift store this week I saw yet another personalized wedding gift languishing on the shelves. I doubt another John and Amber, who just happened to get married on June 20, 1994, will be searching the knick-knack aisles for just such an item.
As a result, on my weekly shopping forays I'll be subjected to their personalized vase and my mind will weave a story about its unfortunate landing on this dusty shelf. Sure, it may have just not fit in with the decor of the happy couple, but my good sense tells me that John and Amber are now in Splitsville: broken dreams, broken promises, broken home.
I think of the future they once had, dashed. I wonder about the children, the mortgage, the house with the 2-car garage. I am protective and feel like buying it, just to get it off of the shelves and away from prying eyes.
My thrift store habit already borders on the obsessive, so if I start bringing home other people's personalized stuff, I'll be certifiable. But what about the plain plastic frame over there with a middle-aged couple walking down the aisle—probably a second wedding? Couldn't whoever donated it have taken the photo out first so I wouldn't have to wonder, all day, how neither party, no matter how badly burned by love the 2nd time around, would want to keep the picture?
I have a friend who recently bought a vintage scrapbook from a junk shop. It is probably about 60 or so years old. After extensive Internet research, she managed to track down the daughter of the family in the scrapbook. She wants to reunite her with the family album and has placed a phone call, yet unanswered, to the daughter. This friend, like me, savors the story, and sees stuff as more than stuff.
Savoring (or, in my case, imagining) the story can be a burden. It makes me think of John and Amber when I should be thinking of great thrift shop deals I can score for my family. It makes me wonder which photos, dishes and furniture I should save since I serve as my family's unofficial historian. I want my kids to be interested in, but not bogged down by, memories of the past. Our kitchen wall is decorated with the words, "The best things in life aren't things,"and I want to exemplify that to them.
So instead of worrying about John and Amber, and the winners of countless sports trophies and tacky business awards ("Bob Parker—January's Top Salesman!") that line the thrift store shelves, I will try to move on. I'll try to remember the relief these people most likely felt from cleaning up and clearing out—and that sometimes stuff is just stuff. And, when I do finally donate some of the more sentimental "treasures" I have, I'll try not to imagine a phone call reuniting me with my stuff a few years later.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
2 comments:
- Kate Coveny Hood said...
That is actually kind of funny - the idea of thinking you got rid of something and then someone tracking you down just to return it! I always love your posts.
- July 11, 2008 at 2:42 PM
- Leslie said...
OK, weird. I have relatives named John & Amber. For real. But they were married around 2002. Darn it, that was almost the PERFECT gift!
- July 20, 2008 at 3:27 PM
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Scott Wilson was just wide with a diving header from Scott Thomson's free-kick as Dunfermline took control.
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But Burchill equalised, pouncing after McKenzie had blocked an effort from Taraschulski.
And the striker headed the winner, although Livi players protested that Hunt had scrambled the ball over the line at the back post with his hand.
Dunfermline: McGregor, Labonte, Shields, Scott Wilson, Thomson, Ross, Mason, Muirhead (Daquin 73), Hunt (Tod 90), Burchill, Tarachulski. Subs Not Used: Halliwell, Phinn, Iain Campbell, Andy Campbell, Camano.
Booked: Hunt.
Goals: Burchill 38 pen, 78, 85.
Livingston: McKenzie, McNamee (Tierney 87), Pinxten, Strong, Mackay, Brittain, Healy, Walker, Hoolahan, Morrow (Hislop 45), Whelan. Subs Not Used: Woods, Adams, Scott, Miller, Dorrans.
Booked: Mackay, Strong.
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As I stood looking in the mirror at a shirt I just purchased, second hand, I spotted a black spider descending from my sleeve. Surprisingly, I was extremely calm. I didn't go into panic mode like expected. As soon as it hit the floor I grabbed a shoe and killed it. I bent down for a closer look and was fascinated by the size of the abdomenIt was huge! That's when it dawned on me, could this be a black widow? I turned it over and sure enough staring back at me was the familiar eerie red symbol. Ok now I was freaking out! Later that day I thought about God's goodness to me. I had no idea danger was near, but God did, and he protected me from what could have been a painful bite. My confidence in God's protection over me soared for sure.
Trusting God is where the Israelites failed, while in the wilderness. Despite the power God displayed, the deliverance He executed and the provisions He provided, they failed to trust him over and over. When Israel left Egypt, they were held up at the Red Sea. Pharaoh's army was charging after them. They thought God had abandoned them and left them to die. But Moses, full of faith, said, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today (Exodus 14:13). After God safely delivered the Israelites onto the other side, it says of Israel, "Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses" (Exodus 14:31). They learned to trust God by their circumstances. God showed His mighty hand in their midst.
Are we any different from ancient Israel? Not really. We fret and worry about so many things. We doubt God's closeness. Does that help change our circumstances? For the worse, if anything. Fear lurks at every corner and will try to slip in through our thought life.
Trusting God at all times can be difficult, not because of his character but our own. What does trust in God mean? It doesn't mean that everything will be perfect in our lives or that there will be a happy ending after every circumstance. Rather, trusting Him means that whatever difficulty we facegreat or smallGod will work it all out for our good, in the end (Romans 8:28). We see dimly and shortsighted. God sees the whole picture; He knows the beginning from the end. With that knowledge, trusting Him comes a bit easier. We can't change many of our circumstances, but we can trust that God is overseeing them. Our circumstances will drain us and weary our bodies, but we find that trusting God actually renews us. It strengthens, enables and lifts us up (Isaiah 40:31). It is the best place to be.
Joni Eareckson Tada, on her radio broadcast, Joni and Friends, said it well, "It is a glorious thing to know that your Father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust Him, no matter what.
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I think by "help" he means a double scotch, preferably a nice single malt but he'll take whatever you happen to have.
This is a discussion on Joe Biden Needs My Help within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I just received this email: "If not now, when? From: "Vice President Joe Biden, The White House" <email@example.com> Hello -- Today President Obama announced a ...
I just received this email:
"If not now, when?
From: "Vice President Joe Biden, The White House" <email@example.com>
Hello --
Today President Obama announced a plan to help protect our kids and communities from gun violence. You're going to hear a lot about it, but I wanted to make sure you got a chance to get the facts, straight from me.
After hearing from Americans from across the political spectrum, we decided to focus on some key priorities: closing background check loopholes, banning military-style assault weapons, making our schools safer, and increasing access to mental health services.
The ideas we sent to President Obama are straightforward. Each of them honors the rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans to bear arms. Some of them will require action from Congress; the President is acting on others immediately. But they're all commonsense and will help make us a little safer.
Now is the time for all of us to act.
Read about the events that brought us to this point, learn about the plan we've proposed to help protect our kids, and then add your name in support to help build momentum for this plan.
Here's what we've put together:
We're calling for requiring background checks for all gun sales and closing the loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to make their purchase without going through one of these checks.
We're asking for a new, stronger ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that allow a shooter to fire dozens of bullets as quickly as he can pull a trigger. And we're asking Congress to help protect law enforcement by make it illegal for members of the public to possess armor-piercing bullets.
We're going to give law enforcement more tools and resources to prevent and prosecute gun crimes, and we're going to end the freeze on gun violence research that prevents the Center from Disease Control from looking at the causes of gun violence.
We're calling on Congress to help make schools safer by putting up to 1,000 school resource officers and mental health professionals in schools and ensuring they have comprehensive emergency management plans in place.
And we're going to increase coverage so that students and young adults can get access to the mental health treatment they may need.
We know that no policy we enact or law we enforce can prevent every senseless act of violence in our country. But if we can save the life of even one child, we have a deep responsibility to act.
Now is the time to come together to protect our kids. Learn about the plan, then add your name alongside mine:
Now is the time | The White House
Vice President Joe Biden"
"I'm set up to play a game right now. However, I doubt most people would want to get into a gun fight with me."
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I think by "help" he means a double scotch, preferably a nice single malt but he'll take whatever you happen to have.
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"I don't believe gun owners have rights." - Sarah Brady
I attempted to email back but the mailbox is not monitored. Then i tried the "contact us" link and conveniently the site is undergoing maintenance.
Anyway here is what I tried to respond with. If you agree feel free to use it. Ill try to resend it tomorrow.
The answer to your question of "If not now, when?" is very simple- the when is WHEN YOU CAN ISSUE EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN AN ARMED OFFICIAL TO PROTECT US. We want the same protections you and King Barack are afforded. Since that is obviously not feasable, I will continue to protect my own family using my lawfully acquired weapons-and yes that includes the "big bad military style assault weapons" you continue to demonize. This is absolutely not about keeping our kids safe. If it was, you would be protecting kids from car accidents, drug overdoses, abusive parents, household chemicals, and drowning- all of which kill more kids every single year than these big bad assault weapons. This movement is nothing more than a power grab from the leftists who support a large government with complete control of the people. We the People- the good people of America who truly want a better place for our children to live- will not support your bold, unconstitutional power grab.
Thank you,
"my name"
Wow...you're on "The List."
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Or he wants to help one of the new ladies on the hill with her pecks as covered by the media as he brushes her check ( NBC NEWS)
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government. --George Washington
Only 1000 SROs? Im sure we have more than 1000 schools in this country.. he must mean 1000 SROs at the school King O's kids goto.
Sure he needs our help. But clues can be expensive.
"I practice the ancient art of Klik Pao."
Joe need all the help he can get especially from the medical profession
Praise the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle --- Psalm 144
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
I'm bothered by the fact that what they have proposed is worthless in preventing more school shootings; I'm also bothered by the fact that more school shootings will drive more emotion toward more gun control.
Do any of you get the same vibes I'm feeling? Surely I'm wrong about this?
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Yeah i got that email too. Made me chuckle how he said he wanted me to hear the facts from him first. guy is so full of it, heh wouldn't know what a fact was if it hit him in the face.
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