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GPS 24+3 Configuration: A Closer Look
In the few years I've been writing this column, very few subjects have warranted back-to-back newsletter coverage. The new GPS 24+3 onfiguration is one of them. The reason I've continued with this discussion is because it will significantly affect your GPS operations, especially if you're using RTK or DGPS.
What is the new 24+3 GPS configuration?
If you didn't read my last column, you might want to read it so you have a common frame of reference. Essentially, the effect of the 24+3 configuration will be to increase the visibility of more GPS satellites throughout the day at a given location. In addition to have more satellites in view, you will generally see lower PDOP values which can result in an increase in accuracy; but certainly the increased satellite visibility is the major upside with 24+3.
Remember that the GPS satellites are configured in 6 orbital planes (A, B, C, D, E, F) with X number of satellites in each plane that are referred to as "slots." For example, slot A1 is the first satellite in the A plane, slot B4 is the fourth satellite in the B plane. Note that the slots aren't necessarily in numerical order. Following is a graphic presented by the U.S. Air Force in September 2009 to provide an illustration of the planes, and slots within each plane. GLAN is the Geographic Longitude of the Ascending Node.
On the graphic above, note that many of the satellites are paired together. When GPS satellites are paired together, there is little benefit to the user on the ground because the satellites aren't "spread out". Ideally, the user on the ground needs the satellites to be "spread out" in the sky which will result in a lower PDOP value (better constellation geometry) and ultimately better accuracy. The satellites are in this configuration today because GPS policy defines a 21+3 configuration. Since there are 30 operational GPS satellites in orbit (six more than required), the six spares are placed near other operational satellites. This isn't optimal for the user on the ground.
The concept behind the 24+3 configuration is to spread out the satellites more than the current configuration to benefit users on the ground. This involves significantly repositioning three GPS satellites (SVN24, SVN26, SVN49) and slightly repositioning three other GPS satellites (SVN56, SVN46, SVN55).
Following is a tabular listing of each slot in the 21+3 configuration. Please note that the graphic above is a rough graphic for illustration purposes (referencing GLAN) while the tabular data below are the actual values.
Epoch: 00:00:00 UTC, 1 July 1993
Greenwich Hour Angle: 18h 36m 14.4s
Orbital Slot IDs are Arbitrarily Numbered
* Orbital Slots Marked by an Asterisk are Expandable
In the 24+3 configuration, slots B1, D2, F2 are split to B1F/B1A, D2F/D2A, and F2F/F2A. The F designation is Fore and the A designation is Aft.
Following is the tabular data for the expanded slots:
On the B plane, SVN49 is repositioning to slot B1F while SVN56 is moving slightly to slot B1A.
On the D plane, SVN24 is repositioning to slot D2F while SVN46 is moving slightly to slot D2A.
On the F plane, SVN26 is repostioning to slot F2F while SVN55 is moving slightly to slot F2A.
You can refer to the graphic at the beginning of this article to reference the current location (approximate) of each SVN as well as the slot id. The SVN number is to the left of the symbol while the slot id is to the right.
SVN24 has the furthest distance to travel. It began its journey late last month and will arrive in January 2011. SVN49 and SVN26 will both arrive at their destination slots in May 2010.
If they were in a hurry, the satellite travel time could be reduced, but according to folks I've spoken to they have to conserve fuel. After the satellite reaches its destination slot, it must have enough fuel to occasionally maneuver as well as retain enough fuel for an end of life boost which could happen many years in the future.
The description of 24+3 configuration is detailed in the September 2008 release of the Global Positioning System Standard Positioning Service Performance Standard document. You'll see this is the source of the two tables I've shown above.
Exactly how many more GPS satellite will my receiver "see"?
I was hoping to publish satellite visibility charts in this column for different regions of the world to illustrate the upside of 24+3. This is where the "rubber meets the road." I've been experimenting with a modified GPS almanac in satellite visibility software to generate these, but I want to confirm the accuracy of the plots before I publish them. I'm close, but not quite there yet.
Also, I want to publish a separate satellite visibility chart for DGPS users. Remember from my last column that SVN49 is a tricky one. It's still unhealthy since it was launched into orbit last March. Most likely, it will never be usable by SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS) and DGPS receivers and will effectively reduce the 24+3 configuration to a 24+2 configuration for those users. Mind you, even if SVN49 is not usable by SBAS and DGPS, the new configuration will still be an improvement over the current configuration.
Look for continuing coverage on the 24+3 configuration. It will be the most relevant GPS topic for day-to-day GPS users in 2010.
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After coming within one question of winning a fortune on a game show, an uneducated young "slumdog" is accused of cheating and arrested. While in custody, he accounts for knowing all the answers by reflecting on his hardscrabble life.
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Parents need to know that despite incidents of violence and cruelty, this is a sweeping, thrilling drama that mature teens will be able to take -- and will probably very much enjoy. There's some extreme violence -- electrocution, murder, and violence perpetrated by, and on, young children -- but it never feels exploitatitive or simplistic. The film revolves around issues of class (how could a poor "slumdog" like the lead character possibly do so well on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?). and includes many images of modern India, including real -- but still hard-to-take -- depictions of poverty and hopelessness.
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- Strong violence; the lead character is beaten, drowned, and electrically shocked by authorities in order to elicit a confession; a depiction of a religious riot includes beatings, on-screen deaths, and men being set ablaze. A young child shoots a man in a clear kill-or-be-killed situation. A young boy is blinded with hot oil to increase his value as a beggar. A woman's face is deliberately scarred with a knife. Fist fighting and other shooting deaths.
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- Modern-day India is depicted as a complex, rich culture of wonderful opportunity and yet terrifying poverty. Police forces are depicted as brutal, but they ultimately do the right thing. Criminal, greedy, and venal behavior is depicted -- and not always punished.
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- The plot revolves around the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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(CHICAGO, August 16, 2001) -- The former White House Counsel whose earlier ruling as a federal appeals court judge struck down the military's infamous "don't ask, don't tell" policy will deliver the annual Bon Foster Memorial Civil Rights Address for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Judge Abner Mikva will address hundreds of Lambda supporters on Friday, October 12 at the Inter-Continental Chicago. Chicago's mayor, the Honorable Richard M. Daley is the event's honorary chair.
Drawing representatives from the area's major law firms and corporations as well as community leaders and other advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and those living with HIV/AIDS, the Bon Foster Address traditionally places the lesbian and gay civil rights movement within the broader spectrum of civil rights struggles taking place across the nation. It is named in honor of Bon Foster, a Chicago attorney who died of AIDS in 1991, and whose generosity aided creation of Lambdas Midwest Regional Office.
As chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Judge Mikva wrote the court's decision rejecting the military's anti-gay policy. His 1993 ruling in the case of Joseph Steffan, Lambda's client in Steffan v. Aspin, unfortunately was overturned after a rehearing before the full court.
Before serving for three years on the federal appeals bench, Mikva was a five-term Illinois congressman and an Illinois state legislator. He was White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 and currently is a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches "Law of the Executive Branch."
Lambda Executive Director Kevin M. Cathcart said, "Judge Mikva's extensive career is unique, not only for including all three branches of government but for the courageous vision he has applied to that work. Just as previous Bon Foster keynote speakers like Coretta Scott King have in the past, he brings an important voice to the discussion about civil rights that America must pursue."
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Utility companies warned that it could take more than a week to restore power to the millions left in the dark after Sandy pounded the Eastern U.S.
Power companies have dispatched thousands of field crews to repair downed lines and damaged equipment, but they are hampered by flooding, debris and continued high winds—and the sheer size of the task.
Along parts of the East Coast, traffic lights remained out and power lines down; one woman was electrocuted in the New York borough of Queens when she stepped into a puddle that had been electrified by a live wire.
The outages will complicate efforts to get mass transit systems rolling again, and will contribute to the troubles of housebound workers who need power for computers and cellphones. But some utilities plan to restore electricity first to hospitals and other critical locations.
New York and New Jersey, where Sandy made landfall Monday, continue to bear the brunt of the region's outages. More than 2.6 million New Jersey customers are living without power, representing 65% of the state's total, and nearly 2.1 million in New York state have been left in the dark, according to federal regulators. But outages were spreading to Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee on Tuesday.
The blackouts came despite preparations by utilities, after what many power companies said was the worst storm ever to test their operations. "In many cases it's worse than anybody thought in New Jersey," said Deann Muzikar, a spokeswoman for Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
The utility pre-emptively shut down six electrical switching stations Monday as a precaution against flooding, cutting power to 500,000 residents, Ms. Muzikar said. Still, about 1.3 million of its 2.2 million customers were without power Tuesday, she said, and electricity may not be fully restored for 10 days.
Jersey Central Power & Light, which provides power to communities along the coast that were among those hardest hit by the storm, said almost 85% of its 1.1 million New Jersey customers were in the dark Tuesday and many could remain without power for seven to 10 more days.
The utility had more than 1,600 line workers on the ground to repair electrical equipment and about 1,200 forestry crews to remove fallen trees and branches. But workers still were waiting for winds to die down so they could dispatch helicopter crews to assess damage to transmission lines and some areas remained flooded.
In New York City, where floodwaters swamped subway tunnels and parts of lower Manhattan and Brooklyn remained underwater, about 805,000 customers of Consolidated Edison were still without power Tuesday. Customers served by underground lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan are likely to have their power restored within four days, the utility said, but it could take at least a week before all power in the city is restored.
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Workers at PECO, a utility that serves customers in Philadelphia and western Pennsylvania, were also contending with snow in the western part of their territory as they tried to restore power to 585,000 customers. Snow and high winds also led to widespread outages in West Virginia, where close to 300,000 residents were without power Tuesday afternoon.
In Connecticut, 626,559 utility customers remained without power Tuesday afternoon, according to the federal Department of Energy. Widespread power outages also have been reported in Washington, D.C., where government offices were closed for a second consecutive day, and surrounding suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.
Five nuclear plants, in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, developed problems, though as of midday Tuesday the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said none posed a threat to workers or the public. Reactors at three plants—Indian Point in Westchester County, N.Y., Salem in New Jersey on the Delaware Bay, and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 in Scriba, N.Y.—remained out of service Tuesday.
Exelon Corp's Oyster Creek plant in Lacey Township, N.J., lost grid electricity, forcing it to rely on a backup generator. It also had trouble because of rising water on Barnegat Bay, from which it draws cooling water.
The reactor—the oldest still operating in the U.S.—already was shut down for refueling, lowering the risk of a serious incident. Exelon also said 36 of the 43 sirens intended to alert the nearby community of problems at the plant weren't working on Tuesday morning.
Elsewhere, Public Service Enterprise Group said its Salem plant had problems with pumps due to the storm surge that forced operators to shut down the Unit 1 reactor Tuesday morning. It said the plant "dumped" steam into the atmosphere to shed heat. The steam might have contained tiny amounts of radioactive tritium, said a spokesman for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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All organisations use a variety of motivational tools and techniques to motivate their employees in attempts to ensure that they perform to the best of their abilities. This can range from tangible benefits like bonuses and paid holidays to intangible processes like job rotation and the setting of work goals. Sadly, many of these attempts fail. The question asked is, why is this so? Why are organisations not able to harness the full potential of their employees? What motivates employees? Why do employees differ in relation to their motivational needs? These are all perplexing questions, which have got no clear answers. Motivation is a nebulous element that has been studied and practised throughout history, and yet today, we are still unclear as to how to harness it effectively.
The relativity of motivation
Motivation is that which energises, directs and sustains a person�s efforts; hence its complexity. The elements that motivate differ from person to person, from situation to situation and from time to time. Using a simple illustration, a bottle of water will have more value to a person lost in a desert as compared to a person who is not. Rescue the person and put him or her in a hospital and the motivational value of the bottle of water will depreciate. Health then becomes relatively more important.
Another example is in relation to overtime. When doing overtime, employees have a choice between doing extra work and getting extra money, or less work and less money. Some individuals may find that the idea of earning more money outweighs the drawback of having to do extra work. On the other hand there will be those who place more importance on spending time with their families and are thus not amicable to spending more time at work. The same item may therefore motivate according to the person's circumstances at the time. In both these instances, it is clearly demonstrated that motivation is relative and has different values to different people, dependant on circumstances.
The Carrot and Stick Approach to Motivation
A very widely known motivational concept is the �Carrot and Stick� approach. Many managers see motivation in terms of this notion and so their efforts to motivate is limited to asking the question; should I bribe people or simply threaten them? However when put into practice, this concept is found to be more complicated than this. To motivate is to change behaviour. How can you change the behaviour of people, both as individuals and as a group or team? Using the carrot and stick approach, there are basically two ways; behaviour is changed by force or by choice through the use of incentives.
The �stick� or fear is a good motivator and when used at the correct times can be very helpful. In that context, fear has always been the �convenient� choice of Malaysian managers and organisations. When all else fails, the stick approach is somehow most attractive as it usually produces instantaneous compliance and hence immediate results. Fear is also attractive as in the short term, an employee�s performance may be improved without any need for incentives or financial remuneration.
Fear however has its weaknesses in that an organisation motivated by fear is prone to mutiny. It can also be stressful for employees. It is extrinsic, which means that the motivation only works while the motivator is present. When the motivator goes, the motivation also usually goes. Fear is also only useful on a short-term basis, as it needs to be applied in ever-increasing doses. In a worst case scenario, fear motivation can backfire and could even lead to cases of sabotage.
On the other hand, people contribute or become more productive because they are offered incentives i.e. the carrot approach. The major advantage with this is that it can work very well as long as the incentive is attractive enough. A good illustration of this concept is by using the well-known analogy of a donkey with a carrot dangling in front, and with a cart behind. In this instance the carrot serves as the incentive. However, the carrot will only serve as an incentive if:
The donkey is hungry enough.
The carrot is sweet enough.
The load is light enough.
A combination of the above.
If any of the above is not satisfied, then the carrot will not serve as an incentive. On the assumption that the conditions are satisfied, there is still the question of letting the donkey take a bite of the carrot from time to time, otherwise it is going to get discouraged. A new scenario will then develop in that if the donkey gets to eat the whole carrot and is now not hungry anymore, putting another carrot in front of it will not serve as an incentive, until it gets hungry again. This is very often seen in organisations where salesmen on meeting their quota, stop working as their motivation is only limited to meeting that target.
Once the donkey has eaten the carrot, the next carrot may not be as attractive an incentive as the first. On the other hand changing the incentive to another vegetable may not necessarily motivate unless the donkey perceives it as a better incentive than the carrot. This is another very important element in motivation and that is the reward must be perceived as attractive enough. Otherwise it will not serve its purpose effectively, and may in fact backfire. For example, if someone is elected the employee of the month and is then given RM 10/ as a reward, this will serve to de-motivate as it is considered to be below perceived expectations.
Is money the best �carrot�?
There is also the often asked question of what is the best �carrot�? The obvious answer to this seems to be money. People need money to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families: this being the basic assumption of Maslow�s theory. Hence, organisations have always based their motivational schemes on this premise that the more money you give to employees, the harder they will work. But is this true?
In her article �Managing People: Lessons from Matsushita Konosuke, � Professor Etsu Inaba of the Asian Institute of Management, spoke of a survey that she conducted of middle managers working in well-managed companies in four Asean countries i.e. Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. All the respondents of this survey received salaries slightly higher than the industry average. They could join their company�s competitors at salaries of between 30 and 50% more. When asked �What would make you stay with the company you are working for now?� their replies were:
Clear growth potential for the company.
A career development plan for employees.
Professionalism in management.
Money was important but it did not appear to be the only concern for the respondents as they were proud of the company that they were working for. The findings of the above survey were complemented by a survey carried out by New York based consulting firm Towers Perrin. In that survey one of the main questions asked was "What is the biggest long-term motivator for you?" The results were different from the survey done in Asia, but money was still not the number one factor. The responses in ranking were as follows:
1. Working for a leader with vision and values.
2. Pay raises and bonuses.
3. Being given greater responsibility.
4. Developing the respect of subordinates and peers.
5. Being given recognition from supervisors and managers.
Simply put, money is not the reason why these respondents want to work. In that context, a billionaire like Bill Gates and two generations after him could live very comfortably with all the money that he presently has, and yet he is known to be a workaholic. Quite clearly, a monthly paycheque is not the main motivation for people like him or the people mentioned previously, to go to work.
Money is important, but it does not override the fact that there are other factors that may be better motivators at the appropriate times. In that context, no motivating factor can be looked at in isolation. No factor by itself will serve to motivate perpetually. There must be a combination of factors which when used together will serve to achieve the overall objective of increasing or at least sustaining the motivational levels of employees. Organisations, which recognise this, will be well on their way to having motivated employees.
Organisations and managers who have the knowledge and skills to motivate employees will always be a step ahead of their competitors; as well motivated and happy employees are invariably easier to manage and thus more productive. The question is why is this situation so difficult to achieve? Perhaps the answer is that most organisations, in the process of motivating their employees have paid more attention to the tangibles rather than the non-tangibles. The trouble with tangibles is that like the carrot, its attractiveness wanes with time and you have to provide more and more attractive incentives. At the end of the day, a word of praise from the Head of Department can mean more than tangibles like paid holidays. If only organisations and managers can reconcile and complement their tangible rewards with the intangibles? That would surely be a winning combination. Perhaps herein lies the long sought after secret to motivation.
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Hi, certainly well written article. Thanks for sharing this...........kindly keep posting interesting and motivating articles like these... Thanks Manmeet
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We're in the process of remodeling our bathroom. Everything was going swimmingly until we went to install the new countertop. Apparently when we measured we were off by 1/4 inch. Now the countertop is too long to fit into our small wall-to-wall space. We called the place we purchased the countertop from and they suggested that we take a belt sander to one end. They also suggested that first we put tape on the glossy finished side of the counter to reduce the risk of chipping the finish.
However, here's my question(s): What grit do we use for the sandpaper? Or is this even a good idea at all to attempt this in the first place? Has anyone here ever dealt with a cultured marble countertop that was too long for the space?
Yes, you can sand cultured marble...I would use either 40 or 60 grit belt....If it is a lot of material to sand, you can cut it using a circular saw with a standard, carbide tipped, wood cutting blade. I have done it many times. I would use a new blade if you are going to cut it.....preferably a 40 tooth blade such as the Irwin Marathon or a Freud.
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Next up for Slow Food Delta Diablo is the annual film screening at Los Medanos College. This is an event we sponsor for students and staff at LMC with the support of members, JoAnn and Dave Hobbs. The screenings have slowly gathered momentum over the past 2 years. This will be our third year of screening films about food and farming.
On the schedule this year: Fresh: the Movie and Homegrown. We think the students will enjoy and learn from both.
In addition, for members who would like to host a small screening in their homes or a house party for increasing membership, we have movies you can use. Remember for the month of September people can join Slow Food for ANY donation. This would be a good time to engage your friends and neighbors. Have them for dinner and a movie and get them to join!
Films available to members are:
Ripe for Change
Eat at Bill's
Harvest Young
King Corn
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Let one of us know if you want to borrow a film.
Raise awareness, have fun.
We are members of the International Slow Food Movement living near the Sacramento Delta and in the shadow of Mt. Diablo.We believe in the sustainability of our local food system and honor our agricultural heritage.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thanks to all!
In this posting we would like to express thanks to all of the following for support and hard work that made our eat-in a success.
Frog Hollow Farm
Whole Foods Market, Walnut Creek
C&M Party Props
Knoll Farms
Yvonne Prinz, for the loan of her truck
Peter Leiggi, for setup and take down of tables and chairs as well as hauling
Head table members:
Lucy Meinhardt, for insurance and school relations
Lesley Stiles, for connections to donors and promotion
Monday, September 7, 2009
Time for Lunch at Las Lomas
The eat in at Las Lomas was a success! The food was delicious, the conversations stimulating and all activity was in support of healthy school lunch. Most of the attendees were new to Slow Food and we happily received pledges from several new members and some people joined up on the spot. We got 25 new signatures on the Slow Food petition for real food at school.
We heard about school gardens in Bay Point from Debbie and Lee Mason who do an amazing job with an inspirational and big project. Debbie talked about her support for changes in the Child Nutrition Act. It was wonderful to gain support from unexpected places and to see so many new faces.
Many thanks to Whole Foods Walnut Creek, Frog Hollow Farm and Knoll Farms for their sponsorship and support. We couldn't have done this without them. Also, many thanks to all members of the Head Table. Special thanks to Lucy Meinhardt and Lesley Stiles who performed well beyond the call of duty.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
What to Bring
The Eat In is a potluck, free to the public. Be sure to bring either a meal for yourselves or a dish to share, plates and utensils. Bring a blanket in case the tables are full. We are not taking RSVPs so we don't know how many people will show up. This is a great way to show Congress and the world that we care about healthy school lunches in Contra Costa County.
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What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
Peter - like it more than the one before, lines can much cleaner and the handies are bad, but overall it looks good. Nice colours is it only paint or also markers or something
indeed the hadies are super bad... I was getting super lazy. I can paint over it and do it again. It's spray paint on canvas and the details are paint marker. My other one was brush with some pasty ass acrylic. I have a few others I am working on I'll post up soon. Thanks. As for you piece I like the direction you're going. I would drop the arrow on the bottom of the T and the way this flows I might make the o, r, e in a cursive fashion. The direction of the E looks promising to me but the execution needs some work keep working on it. It creates a big gap where the BS is. This is a close up of a really bad attempt to conveigh what I had in mind. I should have tilted the O and R to give it a little more cursive feel among otherthings. Keep it up.
@Beast> not a bad start. You're missing 3d on the top of the S, in the hole of the A, and the top of the K. Your 3d seems to change directions a bit too. Put a dot somewhere and use a ruler if you have to. Take your time with it and attention to detail. Keep it up.
Before and After
lol no comment or crits?
Shitty shit shit. I suck at graff again!
Been a long time since I've sketched or even looked in these threads.
Fuck You
cover bommb
hit up in my mini book
all crooked, and scrappy
corner of a pagge
exchange i did for the homie aokay
My D is hella ugly here,
these are all pretty old, camera broke, so no knew flicks(
Stay posted with PWC.
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@KEHM keep it simple for now. letters are jumbled and hard to make out at all with a bunch of extra nonsense that doesn't help.
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old bs battle not sure if it polled
i paint go simpler dont do bends or lean
few 1 liners i was messin wit, kasc work on ur 3 d it sould be one solid piece echoing ur letters keep the width consistant
any crits?
It's not meant to be extremely legible. It says Invok btw.
heres the sketch and 2 other pieces i did yesterday
smack: the squared letters are a far better show. the 3d looks pretty good and proportions are good. If I do a piece like this I'll cheat and use a straight edge to make sure my lines are completly straight and my 3d is perfect. I suggest going lighter with your pencil. To the point it's almost hard to see. It erases easily and can play with structure and shape easily and even over the same letter with out ruining it and then just darken the parts you like. (and it wont leave huge lines in the sheets below like in the bottom left of your page)
truth: not bad I like the C and E. Personally I would have bent the loop of the p down. The A needs work too. Practice the hell out of 3d. Not trying to be a dick, but the 3d on your E is completely fucked. http://www.artgraphica.net/free-art-...or-artists.htm http://www.khulsey.com/perspective-drawing-basics.html
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by SuperTrever, Apr 18, 2011.
I've been trying to use WiiMC to play a DVD but it keeps telling me that I'm using an invalid disk.
I'm sure you have a D3 drive, these drives can't play dvds. Check it with your serial number here:
Dang. It says I have GC2-D3-2 (v2). Theres absolutely no way to work around this besides buying a mod chip?
You could use a USB HDD or buy a old wii drive which you could build in, but that's not very easy and your warranty would be gone. Even a modchip would not work because it's a D3-2.
Okay. I'll figure it out thanks!
Only options are USB loader for wii and hard mods for GC. If I'm not mistaken a wiikey fusion still works on the latest revision of the drives at least from the SD card. AS for movies and such USB hard drive again.
Your other option is to buy a new Wii disc drive that is very easily swapped out for the current one. It only requires three things to install a new drive.
1. A triwing screwdriver
2. You must know how to use a screwdriver. (If you don't put the wii down and back away slowly before you hurt yourself)
3. That you be careful not to break any parts inside. don't worry too much as with every Nintendo system I've ever taken apart it's very strong and well built. but still be careful.
Oh and you must be able to switch the cables to the new drive. again very easy just take from one find where it goes on the other and put it in there. the hardest part is getting the ribbon cable into place while still trying to clip it down but if you do things right thats easy too.


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I know yall like to stay informed on new vehicle purchases so I wanted to let yall know I picked up a 07 650i sport convertible this week with heads up display.
Its black sapphire metallic with black interior
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I will soon db. These stock wheels are killing me lol. Painting them black for now until I find something else
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Congrats man!
+1 on more pics :D any planned mods yet?
Congratulations on your new ride :thumbup:
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Look at me. I'm 70 in a couple of weeks and I'm just back from a trip to India. I tramped the crowded, chancy streets of Delhi and Jaipur like a teenager on the hippie trail.
Dimbleby is scarcely advancing the frontiers of silver adventure by stepping into a warm, well-lit tattooist's parlour for an hour. I got the white rose of Yorkshire done on my arm in Sydney in 1984 after a session with Oz trade unionists.
And his fellow broadcaster David Attenborough is still dicing with death and arguing with gorillas in his mid-eighties to bring the natural world to our screens.
You don't have to be famous to have a little bit of senior madness. Practically every day I read about septuagenarians taking up hazardous sports like skydiving.
Dotage daredevils get up to all sorts. Tom Lackey became the world's oldest wing walker aged 91 when he was strapped to the wing of a vintage plane for the 81-minute flight from Stranraer to Londonderry this year. The Pride of Britain winner took up wing walking at the age of 80 to raise money for charity after his wife Isobel died.
Age is no bar to anything. In May, Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura became the oldest man to conquer Everest at the age of 80. Family life? In 2011 an Italian couple became the world's oldest divorcees when the 99-year-old husband divorced his wife of 77 years when he discovered she'd had an affair in the 1940s.
You can still bring kids into the world. Ramajit Raghav claimed to be the oldest man in the world to father a child aged 94 in 2010, and then went onto to have another one a year later. But last month his wife, believed to be in her early 50s, left him.
Some may think this stuff is second childhood. But that's no bad thing. When we were young the first time, we didn't have any money. These days, more pensioners are better off than they've ever been, and more ready to push the boundaries of life.
This rebellion against growing old gracefully is driven in large part by the internet, which has opened up new opportunities for oldies. It is a tremendously liberating influence.
From the comfort of your kitchen table you can sample all the world has to offer, and take it from there.
On a more basic level, the old folks' free bus pass has brought greater freedom to millions. Overheard getting the No 66 Keighley bus only yesterday, from one lady pensioner to another: "I do like to get out. Not every day, of course. Sitting at home on your own all the time isn't good for you."
But??that's??what the??oldies??were supposed??to??do when I was growing up. Sit in the ante-room of death and not make any fuss until it was your turn.
To hell with that, though not perhaps literally.
Of course, there is a downside to this silver assertiveness. Every social change has unintended consequences. We also read too frequently about oldies being given Asbos for anti-social behaviour. And there are more men of pensionable age in prison than ever before.
The number of over-60s serving prison sentences has tripled since 1992. HMP Norwich even has a special wing for oldie jailbirds as more resort to crime. Like the builder who turned to selling black market fags, and the 67-year old-man who faked his own death for the insurance (he was caught with his fingerprints on the death certificate).
Crime is certainly not confined to the young. The world's oldest criminal gang pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges in 2009. The group of British pensioners had an average age of 57 and the oldest was 83.
Police said the gang ran their counterfeiting operation like a professional business at a number of sites across the UK which could each produce a batch of finished notes worth £800 in half an hour.
The Mirror yesterday reported the case of Susan Currall, 75, who attacked cyclist Michael Ramage with her poo bag and covered him with dog excrement after he rode too close to her on a shared footpath.
In the incident at Trumpington (honestly), she called him a "big bully" and told him "go cry to your mummy". Cambridge magistrates gave her a conditional discharge with £100 costs and a £25 cleaning bill.
At least she kept her sense of humour, saying after the hearing: "Now I'm the one in the s***."
That's the spirit, Susan!


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The confusing troubled world of Iran increasingly displays evidence of power conflicts between President Ahmadinejad and cleric bosses led by the Ayatollah Khamenei. The boss man already has vetoed Cabinet appointments by the president and publicly rebuked him for saying things without permission of the Big Boss. Just to make things clearer, Khamenei told the world: "presently, the country's ruling system is a presidential one…. however, if one day,probably in the future, it is deemed that the parliamentary system is more appropriate… there would be no problem in changing the existing structure." In other words, Mr. President, shut up unless I tell you to speak!"
Iran is very unstable and this is not the time for President Obama to make threats. It is time for calm diplomatic negotiations. The US has to work with Turkey since Prime Minister Erdogan has contacts inside Iran that could be beneficial in working out a compromise.


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With 2009 coming to a close, here is a look back at some of the biggest stories of the year. Click the image above for a slideshow of the year in photos.
Ballard thief arrested
By Michael Harthorne
A 46-year-old man suspected of stealing from numerous businesses in Ballard in the past weeks was arrested Dec. 31 near 20th Avenue Northwest and Market Street for an outstanding warrant in Missouri.
According to victims, the man is suspected of entering businesses on Market Street and Ballard Avenue during business hours and taking money from back offices, safes and employees' purses.
"I'm glad he's been caught," said Kylee Harris, owner of Cugini Café on Ballard Avenue. "But, I think the real thing we need to figure out is how to bust him for what he's stolen."
Macefield house to be sold
By Michael Harthorne
The house once belonging to Edith Macefield that has stood empty in a cocoon of new development since her death in June will be sold by its new owner, Barry Martin of Ledcor Construction.
On Nov. 18, the Seattle School Board voted unanimously to approve the New Student Assignment Plan boundary maps. The New Student Assignment Plan and recently approved boundary maps will be phased in beginning in the 2010-2011 school year for students at entry-grade levels—usually kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades.
The final maps will reflect the changes included in an omnibus amendment submitted by the School Board Executive Committee that outlines adjustments for the Whittier and Loyal Heights attendance areas.
Staff will incorporate the approved amendments to the boundaries into a final set of maps. Those maps, and an updated address look-up tool, will be available on the district's Web site next week.
In what was one of the more controversial aspects of the new attendance areas, the northern boundary for Ballard High School will remain Northwest 85th Street.
Seattle Public Schools is committed to providing an excellent education for every student and we are dedicated to preparing every student to graduate from high school ready for college, careers and life.
The District's strategic plan, Excellence for All, focuses on raising student achievement by ensuring excellence in every classroom, strengthening leadership throughout the district and building an infrastructure that works well.
As part of Seattle Public Schools' engagement process, the community is invited to four meetings designed to share information about curriculum alignment. One of the key strategies of our strategic plan, Excellence for All, is to align curriculum across the district to provide consistently high standards in every classroom.
The high school curriculum alignment projects will result in aligning high school Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and World Languages core classes to college-ready standards, revising course offerings in academic subjects to better prepare students for college, careers and life and providing professional development for teachers to support their delivery of the aligned curricula.
Boundary maps for Seattle Public Schools were presented during the School Board workshop on their New Student Assignment Plan at John Stanford Center auditorium on Tuesday, November 3rd. The boundaries are used to determine which school students in elementary, middle school and high schools will attend. The SPS Communications Department has built an address lookup tool which can be found here:
The links specific to certain schools are as follows:
Sealth High School
West Seattle High School
Denny Middle School
Madison Middle School
Alki Elementary School
Ballard may be known as a Scandinavian enclave, but one North Beach family is creating a new generation of Francophones right in their own backyard.
Isabelle and Sean Kuhlmeyer haven been operating La Petite Maison, a French immersion preschool, in the home of a north Ballard neighbor for the past year and a half.
The Kuhlmeyers decided to start the school when Isabelle, who is from France, was pregnant with her son Cedric and was having no luck finding a place for him to learn the language before he was 2.
"He has to be able to say, 'Hey, that's my ball' in French on the playground," Isabelle said of Cedric, who will be visiting his cousin in France regularly.
There are a few French immersion preschools and daycares in Seattle, but none close to Ballard, and the Kuhlmeyers said they weren't quite what they were looking for.
Isabelle said they did not want a 25-child school in a commercial space.
La Petite Maison is the realization of that desire. There are five to six children on any given day in the home of the neighbors, who are on a multiyear tour of the globe.
Instructors Bruce Scott and Jessie Murphy taught the fundamentals with some novice motorcycle riders during motorcycle training classes on Saturday, Oct. 10 in the north parking lot of South Seattle Community College.
The training was conducted by Evergreen Safety Council, who holds a contract with the state to offer rider courses as part of the Washington Motorcyle Safety program. This was a two-day novice rider course, teaching people how to ride and enabling them to get a waiver for skills testing with the Department of Licensing.
Twelve students attended the Saturday class.
"This class involves learning the basics, riding 40 feet and stopping, just to get familiar with basic operation," said, Jessie Murphy a second instructor.
To learn more about the program you can visit www.esc.org where you can also register. Additional information can also be found at the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Web site www.msf.usa.org.
Ballard High's Jesse V. Chugani is one of several Seattle Public School students who was announced as a semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The Seattle students are among 16,000 students nationwide who earned top scores on the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for about 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will
win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
Seattle students competing for the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program:
Lily I. Albrecht, Garfield High
Kate A. Lemly, Garfield High
Jixia Ao, Roosevelt High
Annika Linde, Garfield High
Lillian L. Brown, Garfield High
Jesse V. Chugani, Ballard High
Ted Nutting, a 12-year veteran math teacher at Ballard High School, was presented the first ever PI Award for excellence in math education during a Sept. 17 Ballard PTSA meeting.
The award was given to Nutting by Where's the Math?, a non-partisan advocacy group of parents, educators, and community members in Washington, for raising the Advanced Placement test scores of his AP Calculus students to the highest in the Seattle School District over the last two years.
Ballard High School Principal Phil Brockman said the test scores are just amazing.
"He knows how to do it," Brockman said. "He knows how to reach those kids."
In 2007, Nutting was selected to present "The Ballard Miracle: How AP Calculus Scores Quickly Rose from the Depths to the Stratosphere" to a conference of superintendents.
Brockman said Nutting's success in teaching comes from his high expectations of students and his knowledge of the curriculum.
"The bottom line of every great teacher is knowing what to teach and how to teach it," Brockman said. "He knows mathematics. He knows that material forward and backward."


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Plaster Bulges and Cracks -- Help.
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Greetings. I just found this forum, and I'm hoping I can get some help with my plaster problems.
My house is 130 years old. The walls are plaster over lathing. I've noticed in a lot of interior walls the development of very fine cracks in the plaster. They look as if someone drew thin pencil lines. Some of these have started to form actual cracks. (Photo 1) Most are on stairway walls. In one areas, I've developed a long "bulge" in the plaster (photo 2). The bulge is still firm, however. If I press it, it doesn't flex back to the lathing. There seems to be a thin crack forming along the ridge of the bulge.
In other areas, such as a back stairway, which is not heated, the cracks are very bad. (Photo 3).
Any ideas what causes the cracking? My house is not well-insulated, and it's a weekend house. During the summers, it gets up to 80 or so and in the winters down to 55* (except on those rare power out occasions, when it freezes).
I'm especially curious about the bulge. My contracto has no idea what caused it.
I want to do some painting, but I think I need to address these cracks first. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Here are two more photos. One of the "bulge" and another of a bad plaster crack. There seems to be some drywall tape along the ridge of the bulge.
Someone told me about Big Wally's Plaster Magic. I saw someone had a positive review about it. Would that help me here?
(Sorry, I did the photo upload incorrectly. I'll try to fix them)
There is really not much to worry about it. The wall has served its purpose for a long time. It is just plaster separating from the lathe.
Ceiling is another matter because large chunk can fall. Easiest in that case is to cover the entire ceiling with 1/2" sheetrock. Mud ring for the electrical boxes. In fact, soon as possible for the ceiling.
If you must repair, search the net and the youtube for plaster repair. Repair depends on how well your plaster is locked to the lathe in general, but it looks like it is time to remove and reboard. Wallpaper, mesh sheets, glue and screw, all depends on your plaster.
It might also be worth considering what else might be moving that would lead to the cracking. Is something settling down below? Has something else shifted? Plaster is pretty rigid and generally isn't going to crack unless something else causes it to move. So, before you go repairing this it'd be worth figuring out if something else is to blame.
The "bulge" is firm because the plaster has moved forcing the crack shut tight. You need to make sure the plaster is firmly attached to the lath/framing or it will open-up after your fix, later. Here is a unique way to adhere the plaster; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuj_1...eature=related Need more finishing than shown, maybe even paper tape/setting type compound over the crack rather than just filling it after gouging with a screwdriver or can opener.
I've had success with "plaster buttons". I'll run them along the crack on both sides then tape and spackle. I suppose on smaller cracks they could be installed on the crack.
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'I spent £3,000 in five hours' on slot machines
It is thought Scots are spending over £4bn a year on betting machines which have been branded "crack cocaine" for gamblers.
The sum is the equivalent of four new hospitals or two Forth Road crossings and works out at around £1,000 for each adult in Scotland.
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling has called for spend on machines to have a £2 limit.
Bookmakers dispute the figures and say they have eight million happy customers across the UK.
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- From the section Scotland