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I had originally planned on sailing south to Isla Margarita, thence straight the the ABC Islands and then Panama, but now I am debating heading westwards in the northern islands and jumping from Jamaica to Panama. That passage isn't too long and while the Caribbean sea can be uncomfortable I think that I can wait for a good window as I'll be in no great hurry.
I would think that the once south of Guadeloupe it makes sense to stay away from secluded anchorages as a singlehander.
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What kind of advice are you looking for? I've cruised the Caribbean singlehanded quite a bit and am returning for some more bumming about after the hurricane season, thence through the canal for points west.
I am planning to singlehand in the Bahamas and perhaps on to VI's, then to the canal and on to the west coast. What route to Panama are you taking? ..would you recommend? Being a woman alone, I'm nervous about the coasts of Venezuala/Columbia.
Miss Gail ,
What precludes you from sending your " friend " on some fool's errand & letting him return to find his things on the dock & the boat gone ??? Being sociopathic does not necessarily make you a bad person .
IMO you just have to take a firm line with your "friend" and draw some boundaries including offloading him & his guests for those periods ... not easy, but it's a clear decision from what I'm seeing/reading.
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Krozet, yes I did tell my friend about my displeasure that he was inviting extra guests, and he brushed off my concerns, saying they were only coming for short visits, 5 days at a time, and we were going to be on the boat for six weeks, so two weeks of having guests is not a big deal.... I pointed out my goals for this six weeks one of which is to write the rough draft of a book I've been wanting to find the time to write for a number of years now. He said they are his guests and he will take the responsibility to keep them entertained. He says they are people that I will enjoy meeting, that I will have a lot in common with, etc. Bottom line is, this is not how I envisioned I would spend this time.
Volkhard, I think you have hit the nail on the head. Absolutely I'm stuck being the captain while my friend is the hero.
TQA, you bring up an interesting problem that I had not considered, and I can certainly see how the situation can look like I am chartering without a license. Unfortunately the reality is that I don't expect to be compensated for my "services" which include taking responsibility for their safety while they are aboard my boat. I can just imagine them taking long showers and using up all the fresh water on board which I will have to pay to replace.
I like the idea of them staying ashore during their visits which will give me the private time I'm looking for to pursue my individual goals. I really don't want the hassle of adding them to the crew list then taking them off. The fewer visits to Customs and Immigration the better.
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If it where me, Id use your idea of telling him to stay on shore when friends are visiting.
If that expense does not obstruct his exploits, Id tell him the truth.
Live is too short to put up with two months of misery
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Thanks for the advice. My friend just informed me that he has now invited a THIRD friend to come for a visit. Next time I'm definitely planning to singlehand!
Most of the friends I know, don't invite a bunch of strangers on trips on a boat that is not theirs.
So I ask again, are you sure this guys a "friend"?
Also we are going to be in BVI in January. If you're still around we would love to meet up share a drink and some adventure stories.
Be careful about changing crew in a French island. They can decide you are chartering without a licence. What happens next varies but expect a couple of days wait at a minimum.
In your case this is more likely as your boat is a [ex?] charter boat.
My experience is that a "friend" like this allways brings bad karma along maybe just due to your own displeasure or it really is bad juju. I had one of these friends come to Housotn and go sailing with me and had blown a head gasket in my engine and my head and about a half dozen other things go wrong. Another friend invited himself a couple months later and all the sudden had carb and fuel pump issues. Oh yeah the engine was only two months old. Then they both thought they could fix the issues better than I could and had to just let them tinker for a couple hours before I could make them believe that my diagnosis was correct. Aughhhhh.
I would just drop the ball on him and say enjoy your flight and get a hotel/resort. I know thats easier said than done but I can already tell from you post that you are stressing over this and just think to yourself about how you are going to feel when the time comes. This is your dream and will be your reality. Just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions.
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During the August 1 edition of C-SPAN2's Book TV, while discussing his new book Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy, conservative economist Stephen Moore stated that opposing fracking "is like being against a cure for cancer" because it is "one of the great seismic technological breakthroughs" that is "giving us huge amounts of energy at very low prices." He criticized Florida high school students who oppose fracking, claiming they were "indoctrinated in their high school classes" to think that "somehow fracking is a bad thing."
Moore also dismissed the widespread concerns about fracking contaminating drinking water supplies by claiming that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "said there were no findings of water contamination from fracking." But the EPA's report actually found multiple instances of water contamination from fracking, and that the EPA itself emphasized that its data was "insufficient" to evaluate how often fracking impacts water "with any certainty," leading its own scientists to call its conclusions into question.
Days before C-SPAN2 aired the discussion, Trump told a local Denver television station that "voters should have a say" in whether to allow fracking, adding, "[I]f a municipality or a state wants to ban fracking I can understand that." Many towns in Colorado have placed local bans or moratoriums on fracking, and Democrats are currently working to place an initiative for a statewide ban on fracking on the November ballot, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Moore is reportedly one of Trump's "council of wise men" and a campaign adviser, who was picked by Trump, along with CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow, to re-write his tax plan. Moore, who is also a Fox News contributor and senior economist at the fossil fuel-funded Heritage Foundation, has compared fracking to a cancer cure in the past, and has also distorted a NASA study to claim that it was an "indication" that global warming is "actually not happening."
From the August 1 edition of C-SPAN2's Book TV:
STEPHEN MOORE: How many of you have seen that video from Gasland where the West Virginia -- they light the big lighter near the water and it looks like -- I'm sure you've seen that, it looks like a blowtorch -- and I remember when that came out, when did that come out? Four or five years ago or something like that? And I remember we went to West Virginia to give a talk about energy policy, and I was talking to these folks about it and I mentioned the Gasland scene, and these people burst out laughing, they were like, "This has been happening for 75 years in West Virginia." ... So the point is, that's not fracking. This is just a perfect example of a propaganda campaign that's going on. It's not fracking, it's natural seepage of that, just as you're describing, it seeps up into the -- so, if that being the case, how do you prevent it from getting into the drinking water? You actually drill it out. If you drill it out, it's less likely to contaminate drinking water. The EPA -- correct me if I'm wrong on this, you're the expert -- but, was it about a year or so ago, the EPA said there were no findings of water contamination from fracking. I've got to say, this is an amazing thing that's going on in this country. I gave a talk two years ago to the valedictorians, high school valedictorians of Florida. And there were about 50 of these kids, and they were incredibly impressive and bright and smart and they were inquisitive and so on. And I remember during my little talk to them -- I gave two or three minutes about this energy stuff and how great this is -- and I remember they started to frown. And I said, "Gee, this is kind of weird." And then all of a sudden I said, "Wait a minute. Wait, wait wait. How many of you in this room, of you 50 kids, how many of you think fracking is a good thing?" About 12 of them raised their hands. "How many of you think fracking is a bad thing?" Thirty of them raised their hands. Now, look, to be against fracking is like being against a cure for cancer. This is one of the great seismic technological breakthroughs. We're way ahead of the rest of the world. It's giving us access to huge amounts of energy at very low prices. How could anybody be against this? And it occurred to me, these kids have been indoctrinated in their high school classes that somehow fracking is a bad thing. And this is a tough thing to defeat, this kind of wacko propaganda campaign that infiltrates every area of our culture.
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C-SPAN allowed disgraced former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson to push numerous debunked Benghazi myths for over half an hour. Attkisson has a noted history of pushing a "Benghazi Campaign" and left CBS News after executives saw her "wading dangerously close to advocacy on the issue."
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Now that the Obama administration and Congress are engaged in a debate over immigration policy, a Media Matters review of major news outlets has found that when it comes to immigration coverage, anti-immigrant commentator Mark Krikorian continues to be the media's preferred conservative voice. Krikorian heads the Center for Immigration Studies, a group associated with notorious nativist John Tanton and whose research has been called into question -- but these facts are routinely ignored in coverage of his remarks.
The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky has been on the media circuit this week in a desperate effort to convince the American people that expensive and unnecessary voter ID laws are necessary to prevent widespread voter fraud from corrupting our democracy. After appearing on CNN Saturday morning, von Spakovsky was hosted on C-SPAN Tuesday morning to debate the matter with Jon Greenbaum of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. His misrepresentations about the prevalence of voter fraud in America began almost immediately.
When pressed about the claim that there is very little evidence of voter fraud in America, von Spakovsky cited as the perfect example of why Mississippi and other states need to pass voter ID laws the case of U.S. v. Brown, a lawsuit prosecuted by the Justice Department against Ike Brown, the Democratic leader in Noxubee County, MS. But it's hard to see how the voter ID laws could have prevented Brown's crimes.
VON SPAKOVSKY: Well, let's talk about Mississippi where they're voting today in a referendum about voter ID. Anyone who has any doubts about this can pull up a case called U.S. v. Brown, it's a lawsuit that was won under the Voting Rights Act in 2007 by the Justice Department, and the defendant in that case was convicted of all kinds of violations of the Voting Rights Act, discrimination, also he was engaging in voter fraud. And there was testimony in that case, cited in the court decision, by a former deputy sheriff, an African American, about how he witnessed the defendant in that case outside a polling place, telling a young black woman that she should go into the polling place and vote, that she could use any name, no one would question her about it. And how could she do that? Because Mississippi doesn't have a voter ID law.
One woman trying to vote under another name (and there's no evidence in the judgment against Brown that she either attempted this or was successful at it) is the least of their problems in Noxubee County. The complaint against Brown and the Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee accused the parties of, among other things, recruiting unqualified African American candidates from outside the district to run against white candidates, excluding white people from participation in Democratic Executive Committee activities/decisions, manipulating voter rolls, prohibiting white people from voting, and rejecting valid absentee ballots.
The Mississippi law being supported by von Spakovsky would require voters at the polls to present a government issued photo ID before being permitted to vote. The former DOJ attorney suggests that a voter ID requirement would prevent Brown's crimes. But how? Brown was running the polling operations in the voting district - he seemed to have no trouble picking and choosing which laws to follow, so why would von Spakovsky expect him to honor the voter ID restrictions? In fact, it stretches the boundaries of reason to believe that any laws on the books would have prevented Brown from committing the crimes of which he was found guilty.
For some unknown reason, on Friday, C-SPAN decided to host Roy Beck, executive director of anti-immigration group NumbersUSA, to talk about immigration policy. And Beck, whose strategy centers on advocating for an immigration system that will leave immigrants with no choice but to depart the United States en masse, appeared on the network's Washington Journal program unchallenged. Not once during the more than half-hour interview did he go head-to-head against an immigrants' rights activist or face off against a caller with an opposing viewpoint. This is odd considering the network and the show's stated aims.
The network states that it "does not endorse" any comments made by guests, and that hosts step in when callers make "ad hominem attacks or use indecent language or obviously racist language." Moreover, says C-SPAN, "[e]ach program strives to educate the viewing public about national issues and to learn from them." But how is airing the "heir apparent" to an "anti-immigration crusader," whose organizations have been accused of being "in bed with racist hate groups," educational or even helpful to understanding vital immigration policy?
NumbersUSA is a well-known anti-immigration organization that aims to reduce the overall numerical levels of annual legal and illegal immigration. The group was founded and funded by controversial activist John Tanton, "the anti-immigration crusader" who "spent decades at the heart of the white nationalist movement." According to The New York Times:
[Tanton] increasingly made his case against immigration in racial terms.
"One of my prime concerns," he wrote to a large donor, "is about the decline of folks who look like you and me." He warned a friend that "for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear one at that."
Dr. Tanton acknowledged the shift from his earlier, colorblind arguments, but the "uncomfortable truth," he wrote, was that those arguments had failed. With a million or more immigrants coming each year -- perhaps a third illegally -- he warned, "The end may be nearer than we think."
Beck has tried to downplay his close relationship with Tanton, but he nevertheless has welcomed Tanton naming him the "heir apparent" to his vast right-wing, anti-immigration network. Moreover, Beck has spoken at a conference of Tanton's Social Contract Press, a pseudo academic outfit that, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, "routinely publishes race-baiting articles penned by white nationalists." Beck's views of immigrants are akin to Tanton's in that he doesn't think too highly of them. For instance, Beck has called them "thieves" because they "are people who came to steal a job."
C-SPAN, the network known for its ad-free broadcasts of congressional proceedings, purports to present their content in a balanced manner. Their mission statement reads:
C-SPAN is a public service created by the American cable television industry: To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided -- all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view.
It's surprising, then, that C-SPAN has repeatedly simulcast the show of Iowa radio bigot Jan Mickelson, an apparent birther who is virulently anti-gay. In a speech at a conservative event last month that was broadcast by C-SPAN, Mickelson said that because President Obama "has left out 'equally endowed by our Creator" in his recitation of the Declaration "even after he's been told several times that he's an Arab" for doing so, his actions must be "deliberate" and are therefore "evil."
On Tuesday, C-SPAN dedicated two and a half hours of airtime to giving Mickelson's show, which he describes as "fairly right of center," a national audience.
It's unclear how a hateful voice like Mickelson's fits into the thoughtful, balanced and bipartisan tone that C-SPAN and its corporate funders say they are seeking to undertake. In a statement to Media Matters, C-SPAN declined to comment on Mickelson's rhetoric, but acknowledged that the network has aired Mickelson's show ten times as a part of their efforts in "simulcasting local radio stations... with the intent of giving national audiences a sense of local debate and discussion."
So for C-SPAN, broadcasting Mickelson's record of vitriol is justified since it is just part of the local flavor of Iowa. Below the fold are just a few of the incendiary remarks C-SPAN disregarded when deciding to provide a national platform to Mickelson's "local debate."
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Tonight is the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, otherwise known as "nerd prom." You can watch all the insidery beltway media festivities on CSPAN - check local listings for time and channel.
For those of you on Twitter, folks will be tweeting all night under a few hashtags: #nerdprom, #whca and #whcd. I'll be at a few parties and you can follow me @KarlFrisch.
It will be interesting to see what news comes out of tonight's dinner. You may recall in 2006 how Stephen Colbert, the night's comedic entertainment, was roundly criticized for being too "tough" on President Bush. Some even said he didn't bring much laughter to the room -- I was there and my perception was a bit different... everyone seemed to love Colbert at least until the following Monday when the media finger wagging began. Of course some in the media chose to ignore Colbert entirely.
For those of you who missed it, I present to you Stephen Colbert's remarks via YouTube in three parts.
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On C-SPAN, Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation, asserted that, if Sen. Barack Obama were elected president and someone were to write a book critical of him or to publish "a cartoon like The New Yorker," "Obama might just have to create a department of hate crimes and put them in jail."


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Mega Millions Jackpot Continues to Grow
Lines at the lottery counter will be longer Tuesday as millions of Americans play for a Mega Millions jackpot that will challenge last year's record $656 million payout.
If you're the lucky one, KTRH "Money Man" Pat Shinn has some advice.
"You'll probably want to disconnect your phone," he says. "Because you're going to be getting every sob story from anyone who ever knew you or claims to have known you."
"Before you actually show up to pick up the big check, consult an attorney and establish some sort of a trust," says Shinn. "That way the trust is the winner of the ticket, not you personally."
A trust will help both shield your identity and keep your winnings safe from frivolous lawsuits later one.
As for investments, Shinn says maybe a fast-food chain, but don't go overboard.
"Even if you put it into something that was super safe, paid very little interest, but carried no risk at all to it, that's fine, you don't need it to earn a lot," he says.
With that much money, Shinn says you could live off the interest each year without investing a dime.
If nobody wins Tuesday night, that jackpot could reach $1 billion by Christmas.


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Kim Kardashian posted an adorable 'selfie' of her and baby North West on Instagram this week.
The reality star, 33, who will marry rapper Kanye West later this year, uploaded a candid shot of her holding seven-month-old North, captioned 'Good morning'.
The picture is mainly of the newly-blonde mother, with the top of North's head peeking out.
Although Kim is well accustomed to the camera as a star of her family's hit E! series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, she and Kanye rejected a huge magazine spread to introduce little Nori to the world. Her Instagram account, on the other hand, is dotted with shots of North and the rest of the Kardashian clan.
Fiancé Kanye, first released a photo of Nori two months after her birth on talk show Kris, hosted by his soon to be mother-in-law Kris Jenner, in August 2013.
Speaking of cute mother and baby pairs, check out these stars and their little cherubs. From Beyonce to Victoria Beckham, the stars cannot resist sharing their proud mummy snaps.
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1/10 Katie Price
The former glamour model posted the first picture of her new baby daughter (Photo credit: YouGossip)
2/10 Gisele Bundchen & Vivian Lake
The Brazilian supermodel is showing little Vivian some key yoga poses in this cute snap (Photo credit: Bundchen's Instagram)
3/10 Kim Kardashian & North West
How adorable! (from Kim Kardashian's Instagram)
4/10 Miranda Kerr & Flynn
Clearly a mother in love (from Miranda Kerr Instagram)
5/10 Sienna Miller & Marlowe
Sienna and Marlowe having some mummy and daughter time (from Poppy Delevingne 's Instagram)
6/10 Shakira & Milan
The Columbian singer and baby Milan look so happy! (from Shakira's Instagram)
7/10 Victoria Beckham & Harper at seven months
Doting dad David posted this picture of Victoria and Harper sleeping peacefully - still a classic (from David Beckham's Facebook)
8/10 Alessandra Ambrosio & Anja
The model pulls a pose with her baby in tow (from Alessandra Ambrosio's Instagram)
9/10 Beyonce & Blue Ivy
The singer is delighted to see two-year-old Blue running around (from Beyonce's Tumblr)
10/10 Fearne Cotton & Rex
The Radio 1 presenter posted this cheeky snap of her and little Rex (from Fearne Cotton's Instagram)
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this ones going to be too soon for me, but awesome trip dude, have a great one and dont forget to take LOTS of photos for us back here!
have a great and epic journey and if you see a fungi, you know what to do!
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i believe that stock vortecs are 170cc intake runners, now to what you mentioned. typicall 2 valve relief flat top pistons are about -4cc's now as long as you are setting your quench to about .040" then with those heads and those pistons you will be sitting at about 11.6:1 not 10ish:1. the experiment you are planning to do has been done many times before with all kinds of 305 heads, and to let you know they dont have 1.88" intake valves, from the factory those heads came with 1.71 intake valves. and those heads started off life as about 150cc intake runners with tiny exh runners, and if you do those heads it would be stupid not to use a dual pattern cam so that you have the exhaust valve open for longer to compensate for the crappy exh flow from the heads. back to what i was saying about a 383 with 305 heads, sure it will bump up the compression but you will be loosing so much top end it will be crazy, the 305 heads on a 383 wont be able to handle over about 4000-4500rpm and at that point the cam you chose would only be starting to make power.
i just reread you last post about the 305 heads flowing more than what a set of vortecs do, are you sure about that have you had them flow tested and if you have what numbers did you get, dont forget that head performance is not defined by maximum air flow, it is more defined as flow across the curve say .300-.500 lift as well as velocity during this time. when you go cutting a set of heads up you may be able to get the head to flow more air but you will loose velocity as you increase the cross sectional area of the port, this will drastically affect power from 2000-4500rpm where most vehicles do most of their driving
and your goal of 500hp is no where near realistic, like i mentioned before i think you will be hard pressed to even get 350hp from those heads, if people could just take a set of garbage heads and turn them into 500-600hp heads with just some machine work then that would be all people would do instead of looking for the proven performing GM head or a set of aftermarket heads. i have a something i like to day when i see someone trying to work a set of garbage heads here goes "you can polish a turd all you want but in the end you'll still just end up with a turd"
not trying to attack you but i still say that even though this is an "experiment" that these parts have been put together with absolutely no regard as to what actually works TOGETHER
ok, the heads i cant tell you exactly what they flow, but you can sit them side by side and see the diff, sayn that they could fall on there face with the small valves, but i can say my buddy used them for a while on a 355 with 13.0:1 pistons with a 480" cam and a 750 to feed it, and it propelled a 65' chevelle down the 8th at low low 7's, but your prb rite its best to leave them off!
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Toy, That Ingersoll ad is a good example of what I have been saying about sales hype--it is pure nonsense! That ad is worded to sound like the single stage pump is BETTER which is definitely not true! On the surface it looks like the Ingersoll would be the better buy but the Craftsman is by far the best choice here. The Ingersoll has 18.1 CFM from a single stage pump and 5 HP??? I don't believe it and when I get back by the Northern store I will stop in and check that thing because I am willing to bet that is "tank assisted CFM" and the real(SCFM) output will be only about 11-12 CFM! The Craftsman at least is providing believable numbers and that SCFM spec they have is very impressive for a compressor in that price range and should be all the air you will need unless you try to run multiple tools at the same time, it will run that DA sander with NO problem
Normally I would recommend an Ingersoll over a Craftsman because of quality difference but in this case the Ingersoll is just not in the same performance class as the Craftsman in spite of their stated(most likely phony numbers) I have no way of knowing but I have dealt with, and recommended, Ingersoll for years and I can not believe they would resort to this kind of nonsense so I think it is the retailer who is providing this mis-leading info but whoever is responsible DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!
I didn't mean to make it sound as if the Craftsman is poor quality, it is more than just adequate for home and small shop use and should last a long time, it is just that Ingersoll Rand compressors, most of them anyway, are designed for heavy commercial use. That Craftsman should hold up just fine and you will probably use it for many years.
I appreciate the comments very much. I am ready to pull the trigger on this deal and i am still anxious about dropping this much money. The IR motor is rated at 30amps, could that be a reason for the higher output ?
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Published: December 13, 2011 at 3:40 PMRobert, I might have missed this somewhere in your updates but did you travel alone? And if so, how was it? I've often thought of going to both the Paris and Tokyo parks on my own.
Published: December 13, 2011 at 3:57 PMYes, I did travel alone. I was around plenty of other people covering the Transformers opening in Singapore, so I never felt alone on that part of the trip. And I've done so many theme park trips by myself over the years that the Tokyo Disney leg felt perfectly normal, too.
Having a second helps with justifying the hotel costs, sure, but they were nothing compared with the airfare, in this case. ($1500 for LA->Singapore->Tokyo->LA)
Published: December 13, 2011 at 5:24 PMYes, I've priced it out and it isn't cheap. I've heard the language barrier is easy to navigate, did you have problems with it at the Tokyo park?
Published: December 13, 2011 at 7:43 PMNo problems, but of course my trip would have been more rewarding had I been able to speak more Japanese. I missed the full experience at several attractions because I didn't know exactly what the characters were saying. (Though I always got the gist of it, and in a few cases knew the corresponding English dialogue by heart so I didn't miss a thing.)
There's a kind of cast member pantomime that I learned when I worked at Disney World and would try to get visitors from other countries to go where I needed them to be. In Japan, I just tried to plug into the other end of that, to communicate whatever I needed as a guest (which wasn't much - again, I know my way around a Disney theme park).
For the most part, though, you just go where the arms point, while smiling and nodding in return. When you want to order food, just point at what you want. At buffeterias and table service locations, that's easy enough. At counter service locations, a cast member would come through the line handing small paper menus to each person. I'd just select what I wanted on that menu (which was written in both Japanese and English) and point it out to the person taking the order. (While saying "Arigato," when they rung it up correctly.) This practice is all sorts of awesome and I wish Disney would do this during the high season at Walt Disney World, too.
So even though I met only two cast members who spoke English to me while I was there, I didn't have any problem communicating (with one exception that I'll get to during Tokyo DisneySea week, and that one totally was my fault).
As far as accommodations, I stayed at the Hilton, which has enough bilingual staff to address any issue you might have. And English is the international language of aviation, so there were no problems whatsoever at the airport.
The biggest problem I faced was making Priority Seating reservations at Tokyo Disney. You can do this online, but only via the Japanese version of the Tokyo Disney website. This was the one place where I cheated, and pulled a string I had inside the Disney company to make my reservations for me.
Published: December 13, 2011 at 8:17 PMAbout the visitor makeup of Tokyo Disneyland-- I was told maybe 10 or 15 years ago by relatives visiting from Japan that there was a high percentage of people from other Asian countries visiting Tokyo Disneyland. They explained it by saying that people from Korea or China didn't have to fly all the way to California or Florida to visit a Disney park, as Tokyo was a lot closer for these people.
Of course, there is a Disney park in Hong Kong now, with another under construction in Shanghai. But I find it interesting that more Asians from outside Japan don't go to the Tokyo Disney parks.
Published: December 14, 2011 at 4:38 AMHey Robert, I was thinking about you said on the number of greeters in the park. I reckon it is a cultural trait more than anything. I have never been to Japan, but my brother was and he told me a lot about how in Japan every little shop have at least a person working as a greeter at the door. He said that in Japan business owner treat costumers and guests as the most important value, and that it is considered disrespectful to do not have someone to greet and say "good day" to people.
Published: December 14, 2011 at 8:42 AMIt was a long time since I've been to Japan (10 years), but I never felt language was a barrier. They made it quite easy to navigate. Although few speak English, enough did to make it possible to figure things out. They use English signs and instructions on the machines. The greeters at the subways were very helpful. You merely point to where you want to go. No one will cheat you or steer you wrong.
To lessen the hassle, read up on literature. You don't want to waste time once you arrive.
Published: December 14, 2011 at 9:23 AMI'm surprised you didn't use Disney's translating service when visiting Tokyo Disneyland. At the U.S. parks, Disney offers a translating device for foreign visitors. I believe the translating device activates at various attractions to translate the ride/show dialogue into the native language of the visitor. So, for example, if the guest is from Brazil, the device would translate the dialogue in Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress into Portugese. Doesn't Disney offer a similar device at its non-U.S. parks?
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Published: December 14, 2011 at 1:42 PMI didn't bother. I didn't want to mess around at the beginning of the day trying to track down a translation unit - not when thousands of people were already getting in lines. Plus, I suspected I wouldn't need it for 95%+ of what I wanted to do, and I was right. The only place where I wished I'd had a translation was in the Magic Lamp Theater in Tokyo DisneySea, which runs a show we don't have in the U.S. so I hadn't seen it before. But I still understood the basic narrative and got the sight gags.


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I agree with Dylanwinter1 - and not just because we're both from Oxford,
Few years back a friend (who told me he could sail) and I bought a 24' bilge keel boat from Ebay, the next day we're sailing it into the Solent (south coast England) how we didnt die is beyond me, in the few times we took it out, we tore the sails, ran aground, damaging the keel so when the tide came in the boat filled with water, we even lost the outboard over the back..
I went right back to square one - I've done my RYA lvl 1 and 2 this summer, and now had about 50 hours sailing dingies - mainly a wayfarer - i've just bought myself a nice small, non expensive West Wight Potter 15 - and i'm going to learn slowly, I paid £850 for a good condition boat, with trailor and outboard, and a mooring for the next 2 months.. I SO wish i'd done this in the first place.
Start small and cheap learning to sail and all the other things associated with boat ownership...then after a couple of seasons if you find you actually use it and can afford it, go as big and expensive as you comfortably can. It worked for us, and I'm so glad we didn't mess around and jumped from a 20' $400 boat to our current one.
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We started On the C-22 and weekended 13 times while we were teaching ourselves to sail including never haveing a motor on it and had a great time every time even when the first mate had me storm chaseing solo.
Our Chrysler C-26 has been just as enjoyable, but I'm glad we started with the 22.
We do like the size of the C-26 for the coastal curising.
Your big challenge in wanting to sail on the Potomac beyond draft issues is finding a slip. They are notoriously difficult to get in my experience. If you're on base with slip access (Quantico) you might have an easier time. But usually the Potomac marinas that support sailboats have waiting lists 1-2 years long.
I had an O'Day 22 on the Potomac. Bought it as a turnkey boat. It was at Washington Sailing Marina south of Reagan Airport and my experience has been borne out that the only way into the marina short of a long wait is to literally buy a boat already there. They'll transfer the slip to you if the seller agrees as part of the transaction. I see ads fairly regularly for boats at WSM that include slip transfers.
Draft is an issue. To maintain access, a draw of 2 1/2 feet or less is ideal. Deeper drafts can work but you'll have to pay close attention to your charts and stick to the channels. Given the narrowness of the Potomac in many places this can severely limit your sailing options. Even with my O'Day's sub 2-foot draw I still ran her aground once.
Despite wanting to start out small on the Potomac, my wife quickly wanted to upgrade the next season to something that didn't require us having to tack every 10 minutes as well and play dodge the powerboat in crossing two shipping channels. Now we're on the Bay with a lot more open space.
You don't necessarily need to take the courses to get the big boat experience. Get to know local sailors and groups for various boats and you'll have no problem finding rides on other people's boats.
In terms of boat type, that is up to you. What can you handle cost and rig-wise? Given my wife only likes to assist in pulling the jib sheets, I single-hand the boat most of the time so that drove a lot of my decision making. Like your spouse, mine wanted a galley, a head, some space down below. To get that you'll need to be looking at boats usually no smaller than 26 feet to get at least six feet of headroom down below. 27-30 feet is the usual "sweet spot" for first boats in terms of affordability, ongoing costs, sail handling, docility and so on.
But with the Potomac, you'll have to pay very close attention to the keel setup to get a boat in that size with low draft. Most are shoal draft keels or swing keels.
Consider the Chesapeake Bay. Seriously. Middle Bay between Pax River and Annapolis is within an hour's drive and there are lots of options for marinas and boats. And with the exception of the marina approaches, you won't be constrained heavily by draft in most cases. My Catalina 27 draws 4 feet. Can't get into some places say a shoal draft keel can but shallow enough for most of the Bay and more access than boats that draw 6 feet. And lots of wonderful places you can daysail or overnight to and enjoy the dinner/cocktail thing.
My $.02.
Annapolis is great from what my Uncle tells me. He has sailed there for decades.
Stay under 30 feet at this point. Save a ton of money. Build your skills along with your wife. A small family can cruise great in a 27-29ft boat.
FWIW, my folks would spend two weeks with them and 5 grandkids on a Cal 29. Worked out great.
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|I'm going to sort of agree with Dylanwinter1 because it's what I did, though lessons are a really terrific way to avoid the incredibly stupid things you can do on any boat. Bigger doesn't mean too expensive. There are an awful lot of great boats out there for bargain prices. Mine was in better shape than the day it was made, more gear, plus trailer for $6K. Walk around the marinas and haunt the web. Get a survey when you finally find the boat of your dreams.
|I bought a 1980 Hunter 25 this year to sail around Wisconsin's largest inland lake. I find that it's fun and easy and draws 3'6". BUT when we entertain there is not much room in the cockpit. Nobody in their right mind wants to sail in the cabin. Go bigger if you'll have guests. Other contributors have also mentioned that a transom hung rudder and aft mounted traveler give the cockpit more useable room. One other thing, the combination of 90 degree weather, 100% humidity, rain, and mosquitos make overnighting in the boat less than a joy. Plan on buying an air conditioner and a boat big enough to accomodate it.
don't buy a big boat - don't take any lessons
My advice is to buy a small sailing boat with a reliable outboard and teach yourself to sail
use it for daysailing - picnics with the family
what you do is to motor into the wind - turn around and unroll the gib and sail downwind - its lovely - leave the main furled
then repeat the excercise a few times
try sailing across the wind a bit
once you are confident doing that put away the gib and play with the main a bit - find another boat - watch what they are doing and follow them - putting your sails in the same positions as theirs.
keep the cheap boat for a year - then decide what to do
all that training will get in the way of simple sailing fun and yu will save yourself one heck of a lot of money
the other good thing about a small boat is that you can sail it single handed
no need for crew - and if your wife decides she does not want to go sailing you can still go out - besides with a wife and a child on board you will effectively be sailing single handed anyway.
so buty a small catalina or even a west wight potter
of course I know nuffink so take no notice of me - splurge out $50,000 ona 30 footer with two bogs and winches as big as trash cans and run into the usual eye watering marina bills
|Thanks, great info. My dad also chimed in and said the same thing- commute to Annapolis. That okay with me. I'll start reading about 30 footers.
Catalina 30
You should also consider a Catalina 30. They are easy to sail and great for weekend trips, very roomy cabin. Also, they are many of them in the area, especially on the Chesapeake Bay. I agree that the Bay is much better sailing than the Potomac. There are also many marinas to choose from out there. I would stick to a Laser or Hobie Cat on the Potomac.
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The Chicago office of Duke Realty has signed leases totaling 456,719 square feet in two of its industrial properties along the I-55 corridor. APL Logistics, a third-party logistics services provider, signed a new lease for 126,450 square feet in Crossroads 1, while existing tenant Exel Inc., a supply chain and logistics company, renewed its 241,110-square-foot lease and expanded by 89,159 square feet in Park 55 Building 1.
"Both our Crossroads and Park 55 properties are modern, state-of-the-art industrial facilities with features that APL Logistics and Exel need for their operations," said Steve Schnur, senior vice president of Duke Realty's Chicago operations. "Both buildings' features help facilitate the storage and handling of products in an efficient and cost-effective manner, while their location offers quick and easy access to and from the highway."
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So..it's set up to hold things on all four sides? I mean..It appears to have at least three rails that I can see. So0 I imagine there's one on the right side too.
Hello all, I'm new here but I wanted to get your opinions on this. I always wanted a scope mount for the P99 but could never find one. So I decided to make my own. I designed it in 3D CAD and our machinists at work made the parts.
I took it out for the first time yesterday with my buddy's cheap red dot and it worked beautifully (the mount that is... the red dot sucked, lol). 350 or so rounds and it didn't budge.
Anyway, I just thought you guys would appreciate it. Not the most practical thing ever, but it's fun to have.
So..it's set up to hold things on all four sides? I mean..It appears to have at least three rails that I can see. So0 I imagine there's one on the right side too.
Yea, the rails can be taken off or added on at will. So you only need to have the ones on that you use. They are all built to Picatinny specs so anything that will fit those rails should fit just fine.
very clever! i like it, but since the sight dosnt work on it, what will you use it for?
and how does it attach? does it just clamp on with set screws or does that gun have rails on it already?
But what matters is you like it. It is a pretty neat design.
The sight works on it just fine, the problem was the cheap-o red dot was hard to see. Once you aimed at a dark place and found the dot then kept your eyes on it until it got onto the white paper plate it worked just fine. LOL. It's a just a matter of getting one that cost more than $40.
It clamps to the Walther mounting rail. Here's one of the CAD drawings that shows it better.
I get the "ones" comment all the time. Like I said, it's not something that you'd need, just something fun to have.
Wow! That's some craftsmenship. Looks really nice.
That is nice work, but Jesus man. What is the total added weight? I bet it helps with muzzle flip though.
I never weighed the parts but this is what Solidworks says - which for the $$$$ should be damn accurate, lol.
Mass = 0.28 pounds
Volume = 3.72 cubic inches
Surface area = 57.59 inches^2
Center of mass: ( inches )
That doesn't count the screws though so probably .3 lbs or so. It seems to help with accuracy a little bit, but I'm still fairly new to shooting so my accuracy kinda sucks either way. I don't mind the added weight at all. It actually feels a little more balanced to me with the weight on the front and a full mag in the back.
solidworks will give you a pretty reliable estimate. does the added weight feel akward while your shooting?
Not at all. I actually think I prefer it with a little weight up front. Seems to balance better - with a full mag at least.
Just curious, what machine(s) did you use to make this, and what program did you use to generate the machining code? Also, how many hours of fixture making/ machining went into this project?
BTW, very cool engineering project, and having fun is what life is all about! I wish I had the ability to cook up something like this every once in awhile.
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I would guess it would take me awhile too, if I had to make that on a regular 3-axis mill. With all the angles and intricate work, I was thinking it had been cut on a 5-axis CNC mill.
And before I forget, thanks for sharing!
I just went and looked and it's a Milltronics VM17. A 5-axis would be sweet. I'm not sure how they did it, I wasn't there for virtually any of the machining. I just handed them the files and they handed me the real life pieces - which is pretty cool in my book!
Speaking of, they should be back from getting black anodized tomorrow. I got the tactical flashlight Friday so I'll post up some pics when I can.
It's all done now. The red dot I bought online and turned out to be much larger than I thought. Still works well though.
Outstanding job! Thanks for the post.
While there's probably a limited market for that creation, your talents might be put to profitable use if you were to machine a metal magazine base, trigger, or guide rod to replace the existing plastic parts. Just a thought.


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Mine are probably Tommy and Tuppence, although my first favorite was Hercule. For years, I couldn't stand Ms. Marple, but I finally started appreciating her a few years ago - it was great, because I suddenly had new Agatha Christie books to read!
I think I liked how Tommy and Tuppence just kind of stumbled into mysteries and were more amateurs than Hercule Poirot. They were more down to earth too, and Tuppence is also just a great name!
I saw the movies before I started reading Christie's books back in high school, so I always associate Poirot with Albert Finney, and Marple with Angela Lansbury. Those two are my favorites, and it is a shame these two performers only played their Christie roles once.
my number hero is Hercule Poirot.he is an absolute genius.i have been fascinated by him and his intelligence.
I am just in love with Tommy and Tuppance. I do have this to say, however: those particular books were never as well written as her others. I love them because of the characters.
I have also developed a deep appreciation for Miss Marple. The fact is that the vast majority of the aphorisms and homilies that she pops out with are actually very apt. Agatha Christie had a pretty good understanding of human nature and, when she was concentrating, could concoct amazingly satisfying plots.
A current favorite is "Taken At The Flood", which is actually Hercule Poirot, but it is an excellent example of Christie's understanding of people and their natural behavior patterns.
Personally, my favorite detective was always Hercules Poirot, but my favorite TV adaptations are the ones with Miss Marple that are currently airing on PBS. There's one on tonight! I'm so excited!
I love Hercule Poirot- he has always been my favorite! I hated Miss Marple books until I saw the TV version (with Geraldine McEwan) then I started to read her stories- and loved them! I really recommend those PBS adaptations. (My favorite-right now-is What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw/ The 4:50 from Paddington.)
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Didn't you like Joan Hickson's Miss Marple? I loved her gentle portrait of the spinster sleuth, whereas my first reaction to the new series was pretty negative. Initially I thought McEwan's interpretation was patronising and annoying. I did catch 4:50 From Paddington, which I thought was the best adaptation of all the versions, (I think John Hannah pulled it together) and that has made me warm towards her.
Yes, I do enjoy Joan Hickson's Miss Marple- but I really like McEwan's demeanor and interpretation of Miss Marple.
Do you prefer David Suchet's version of Poirot? For me nothing can beat the books- but I think Suchet's version has the perfect characters- a great Hastings and a very funny Japp.
I like each of them for different reasons. I enjoyed Ustinov as a kid, and I still enjoy the older versions, but I think they are less true to the book version, whereas I think Suchet is fabulously in keeping.
I agree with you about the secondary characters, they're much more fleshed out in the Suchet version, especially Hastings, who is a particular favourite of mine. I read somewhere that Christie thought Albert Finney's performance in Murder on the Orient Express was perfectly in keeping with the character, but I prefer Suchet.
I did not enjoy Peter Ustinov's Poirot. While "Evil Under the Sun" is probably my favorite Christie-based movie, I thought he played it for laughs too often, including the TV movies that followed.
That's true enough, and the Hastings in the Ustinov version had the same problem. Although to be fair to the actors it was an era which celebrated comic mystery.
I still like them for sentimental reasons. And I was genuinely upset when Ustinov passed away (as I was when Joan Hickson died). That's something that the books have going for them, the characters only die if Christie decides they should.
CharlesTatumJr: If you're not a fan of Ustinov, do you have a favourite?
Yup, I posted it earlier, but my favorites were the ones who only played their roles once: Albert Finney as Poirot in "Murder on the Orient Express" and Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple in "The Mirror Crack'd".
I love poirot! then miss Marple those two are so cool!
Actually, "The Mirror Cracked" is my least favourite movie version, I hated Elizabeth Taylor, and I thought Lansbury was ridiculous in this role. (Come on, people, she was made up to be about twenty years older than she really was!) Which is strange because I'm a huge fan of her in Murder She Wrote.
Of course "Murder on the Orient Express" is a tour de force - no question.
O.K. I'm a McEwan convert. I just bought the dvd collection and it only took about 20 hours of back-to-back reruns to persuade me. Thanks for inspiring me to have another look at the series.
Poirot and Miss Marple, both. I can't pick between them.
Nobody's mentioned The Mysterious Mr. Quin and Mr. Satterhwaite, but I like them too.
I think I like Ms Marple best. She uses her age in a smart way, and she is a smart woman.
i like poirot. i've only found one book with tommy and tuppence (partners in crime) but i loved it! however, i'd have to say i prefer the books with no particular detective (and then there were none, the secret of chimneys, etc)
Poirot is my favorite, both in print and on Television. David Suchet is Poirot to a "T."
I just love Miss Marple.
She solves murder mysteries and knits...
Suchet is a great Poirot, but Finney is a close second. His Poirot never turned his head. It's hysterical to watch.
I love Hercule Poirot - his intelligence and understanding of the human psychology is fascinating to read and to watch. He loves playing the role of the "foreigner" in England, and it is amazing how many people are shocked by his astute observations.
David Suchet is a magnificent Poirot, and I am truly saddened that there will be no new Poirot movies after this years season. :(
My favorite would be Hercule Poirot. I've read only one Tommy & Tuppence (By the pricking of my thumbs) but i liked it. I don't like Miss Marple much but i've read only few of her stories so i'm not sure.
My favorite has always been Hercule Poirot, but I enjoy the others as well.
My favorite is Miss Marple. I think it's probably because many of her mysteries involve certain elements of pyschology/human nature, which never ceases to fascinate me. I also want to be just like her when I am an old lady :)
I love Miss Marple - she's such an unlikely detective, but it all make sense! I also love Tommy & Tuppence, they are both interesting people and I like that they age in real time. Poirot is too clichedly-arrogant for him to be my favourite, although I still enjoy reading his books.
I haven't read too much of Superintendent Battle, but from I would like to read more. He sounds thoroughly sensible.
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First, the victory.
The Saints traveled to South St. Paul Friday night where they trimmed Hope Christian 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16).
"We took care of business in a match in which we were favored," said FCS Coach Mike Sohre. "We served well, at 89 percent, our second best this season."
Lauren Freichels was 16-18 serving with 10 aces and she had three kills and 20 digs while Carlyn Ross was 14-14 serving with five aces and she had three kills and five digs. Madde Brown was 13-16 serving with three aces and she had three kills and 11 digs and Korrina Rauschendorfer was 9-10 serving with two aces.
Now, the setbacks.
On Monday, Oct. 1, Faith Christian lost to St. Cloud Christian 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-17) in a match played at St. Cloud Cathedral.
"We played pretty well but St. Cloud Christian is a tall, solid team," said Sohre. "They are young but have been playing together since sixth grade – they are going to be a force for a long time."
Freichels was 16-17 serving with five aces and she notched five kills and had 31 digs. Ashley Johnson was 10-11 serving with three aces and she had 19 digs while Brown had 39 digs.
On Saturday, the Saints traveled to Rochester Area Home School 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-5) and St. Cloud Christian 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22).
"We were flat against Rochester," said Sohre. "Our attitude was good but we had a hard time getting going after traveling Friday and Saturday.
"Rochester and St. Cloud Christian are tied for second place in the Christian Athletic League, so we faced another good team."
Freichels was 7-9 serving and had 10 digs against Rochester while Johnson was 6-6 serving and had eight digs. Ashley Nordvik was 4-4 serving and had 10 digs.
Against St. Cloud Christian School, Johnson was 11-12 serving with six aces and she had three kills and 18 digs while Freichels was 11-14 serving with four aces and she had 18 digs. Ross was 14-14 serving with five aces while Rauschendorfer was 8-10 serving with two aces and she had nine digs.
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