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By Bob Brownell
When you just leafed through the Brownells catalog, you may have noticed we seem to carry lots of pages recoil pads. I'll admit, when I was younger and not all that interested in gunsmithing or tools, recoil pads seemed to me to be nothing more than some kind of generic product, about as exciting as shopping for shoes. One size fits all so to speak. Well, after really taking a close look at the huge variety of recoil pads that Brownells sells, I was very wrong in my assumptions.
Brownells sells a large variety of recoil pads for virtually every commercially available rifle and shotgun. And, most of these can also be "modified" to fit a variety of other custom and out-of-production models. Others simply slip on and off depending on the type of shooting a person is doing or the desire to permanently change the gun. Plus greatly cutting down on the amount of time and work it takes to install a permanent recoil pad.
If you're looking for some pretty simple to install and very functional recoil pads, I checked out several that looked promising. One of the first pads I checked out was the Leather Lace-On Recoil Pad that simply slides right onto the end of your stock and laces up tight. These are handy little units, very light and made out of smooth, tanned cowhide. I was surprised at the amount of padding as well, nearly half an inch of comfort. In all, a very nice setup for those of you who want to throw a recoil pad on quickly and easily with no alterations to do on the stock. For those of you who like the cowboy look on your guns, this setup will give your rifles and shotguns that "old west" look.
The Slip–On Recoil Pad from Pachmayr is another great recoil pad. As the name says, it slips right on over the butt of your stock. These come in three sizes and you can choose between brown and black. They're also made to fit snugly on the stock so you don't have to worry about it sliding around while your shooting and messing up your shot. Again, these recoil pads require no fitting or alterations to be done to the stock. They're very economical and extremely well made, and I was really impressed with both the quality and the price!
Another neat set-up I examined was the Slip On Recoil Pad and Comb Raising Kit, which also allows you to install the pad without altering the stock. This set is rubber-backed with neoprene pads and comes with foam spacers in 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and 5/8" sizes to allow you to get just the right stock length that you're looking for. This recoil pad also fits snugly on the stock and has a small slot for a sling swivel. The Comb Raising Kit allows you to convert your stock to a Monte Carlo-style stock easily without alterations. With an extra neoprene pad and some more foam inserts, you can adjust everything to get a good cheek rest height (which is nice because it cuts down on those bruised cheeks after a hard day of shooting.) These recoil pads and the kits come in black, brown, and Mossy Oak camouflage.
While slip-on recoil pads are very useful and economical, a lot of people prefer a more permanent solution for the guns they shoot. With so many different types, sizes, and manufacturers of recoil pads, the possibilities for finding exactly what you want and one that fits your personal preferences isn't all that hard to do. Since I've been doing some basic gunsmithing recently, I thought that doing some work on recoil pads would be a great thing to try out. As with the slip-on models I mentioned, you can also buy recoil pads that come pre-fit for your particular gun and are pretty easy to install. I checked out some of the Pre-Fit Recoil Pads from Pachmayr to see what would be involved in replacing a recoil pad on an old Marlin 336 that belongs to a buddy of mine. I simply typed in "Recoil Pads" in the search engine on the Brownells website and scrolled down through the results that I got. Clicking on the link above gave me exactly what I was looking for.
After getting the recoil pad for the rifle, I did a little reading on the installing procedure, and decided it looked a little intimidating. So, I decided to save the actual installation for a future article
I also checked out some of the Kick-Eez Colored Recoil Pads that Brownells carries. These are very nice recoil pads made from a material called Sorbothane which is very soft and springy but also extremely durable. One of the unique selling points of these recoil pads are the screw hole plugs that come with them and give your new pad a smooth, finished look. These come in a variety of different colors for those of you who want to dress up your firearms with some non-traditional looking recoil pads. International Safety Orange is a great way for hunters to get just a little more safety when out in the field. A great idea in my opinion. These also come in a brilliant light red color that really sets off the appearance of shotguns and rifles, both match and varmint. The 201 Series Sporting Clays have a diagonal cut at the heel and won't catch on your clothes which makes it a lot easier to shoulder your shotgun quickly when shooting clays. The 301 Series Solid pads have a leather grained, flat face, and the 401 Series Trap models have a curved, ribbed face.
I know a lot of folks who have been seriously bitten by the AR bug and I'll admit, I'm one, too. The AR-15/M16 Rubber Recoil Pad come in a good assortment of choices for everything from AR's, M16's, M1 Garands, and even 10/22's and Mini 14's. These are nice for those of you who have fixed stocks and want a little more length and a lot more comfort. These are easy to change out with factory recoil pads and you'll have no alterations to do to the stock. Made from black Polyethylene rubber with a serrated face, you can be sure that you'll stay on target with no slipping and sliding.
I've seen many very cool guns in my lifetime that people have restored after spending many hours and many dollars in the process. Factory Logo Recoil Pads make your restoration jobs accurate and valuable. These red-brown rubber pads are exact reproductions of those used in the early 1900's. These are nice pads that even come with the original "Made in the U.S.A." and trademark logos on them. A must for those of you restoring your old Hawkins and Winchesters to their "new" state.
I was even surprised to find a little recoil pad for the trigger finger. The Finger Eez is a handy little item made of leather and lined with soft Sorbothane. It's designed to cushion the impact of triggerguard against your middle finger when you're doing a lot of shooting or using magnum loads. I would have never thought about something like this before but it really is a great idea and beats the heck out of wrapping your fingers with sticky white tape.
Also from the folks at Kick-Eez is a lubricant called Slick-Eez. If any of you have ever been out trap shooting and gotten the recoil pad on your shotgun snagged up in your clothes when you bring the gun up, then this stuff is for you. I've seen a lot of people over the years who've wrapped a perfectly good recoil pad with duct tape or electrical tape because they get so darned frustrated with the recoil pad "catching" on them. One application makes your rubber recoil pad extra super slick for faster gun mounting. It goes on easily and dries to frictionless clear film that won't wear off too soon (and won't stain your shirt either.)
If you decide that you're going to install or replace more than one or two recoil pads you may be interested in the Pad Pal Recoil Pad Jig. This multi-purpose, aluminum jig makes it easy to drill, sand or grind recoil pads for a professional installation job. This jig has a heavy base which holds the entire unit down when you're shaping recoil pads and also has guide holes for exact marking and drilling of screw holes. An angle finding feature allows the jig to be used as a setup gauge for correctly angled buttstock cuts.
As I was writing this, I spoke with John Feeley, the head of our Purchasing Department. I asked how many different recoil pads Brownells sold and how many suppliers we carried. After some legwork, he got back to me and said that we have a bunch of them. But, boiled down, we carry 76 different recoil pads from over a half-dozen suppliers. This doesn't include all the models, colors, or other unique little features within these 76 offerings. On top of this, we also carry many, many more factory pads which increases the number significantly. Whew! I had no idea about any of this when I started the research for this article, but I'm really glad I did it now. It seems to me that if you need a new recoil pad, chances are we can probably find you the right one. Or, one can be modified to fit whatever firearm you have - whether it is a brand new Remington 700 fresh out of the box or an old shotgun handed down from your granddad.
Remember, recoil pads are an important piece of equipment for anyone who shoots. Let us know what you need and we'll do our darndest to set you up. Actually, I've got to replace a couple of recoil pads pretty soon myself, spring, warmer weather, and going out to the range are all coming up. Keep shooting and save your shoulders!
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Shriners' antique fire engine in rollover accident
Passersby lifted the Shriners' antique fire engine off an 88-year-old man after a one-vehicle rollover accident at 10:17 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Division Street and Adams Avenue Northwest. The driver was taken to North Country Regional Hospital by Bemidji Ambulance and then flown to MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, N.D. His name was not released Friday. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron


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Summer program moves ahead
RIVERSIDE—The Highland School District has received a grant from the Iowa Department of Education to offer a summer literacy program for elementary students this summer.
At the school board meeting on Monday, April 28, Ainsworth Elementary School principal Jane O' Leary said the literacy program will be offered at Riverside and Ainsworth Elementary schools.
Students who are now in kindergarten to third grade, and who have a substantial reading deficiency will be the focus of the literacy program, O' Leary said. The district uses a reading assessment called Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) to see if students have a reading deficiency.
An assessment will be given to the students at the beginning of the six-week literacy program to gauge what group the students should work in, O' Leary said.
"We're going to have 30 minutes of small-group instruction four days a week for six weeks this summer," she said. "There will be no costs for that if you are in yellow or red for reading."
There are still some logistics that need to be worked out with the program.
"There's not enough funding to provide a bus to get people here, so we're going to have to work it out," O' Leary said. "Mr. Ewald [Riverside Elementary School principal] has a lot of work ahead of us as far as trying to schedule all of that so parents can get their kids to the tutoring sessions and things like that."
The grant is only for one year, but O' Leary said that money may be available again next year for the program.
"Are we responsible for providing transportation?" asked board member Laura Scheetz.
O' Leary said no. She said it would have been nice to have the option available for parents.
"For students that are not deficient that are interested, is there a fee?" Scheetz asked.
Ewald and O' Leary haven't discussed that option yet, O' Leary said. A teacher asked if a student in fourth or fifth grade wanted to come, and if they were willing to pay a fee, would they be able to attend the summer literacy program.
"It's hard not to help somebody who needs the help because they're a grade late," O' Leary said, "but we haven't addressed that yet."
Highland is offering the summer literacy program because of the early literacy law, which was passed by the Iowa Legislature in 2012.
This law requires school districts to use universal screenings for students in kindergarten through third grade; use progress reports for students who show substantial reading deficiencies; provide 90 minutes of daily scientific, research-based reading; notify parents about the students' reading deficiency and the progress the students make; and retain students who aren't reading at a third-grade level, who didn't attend a summer reading program, or who doesn't qualify for an exemption, according to the law.
These requirements are expected to be in place by Aug. 1, 2014, the law said.
Board member Rachel Longbine asked if retaining a student meant holding the student back.
O' Leary said yes. The requirement to hold a student back goes into effect on May 1, 2017. There are exceptions to this rule but O' Leary said she doesn't know what all of the clauses are.
The dates for the six-week literacy program have not been set, O' Leary said.


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By Brad Ziemer
VANCOUVER—One minute you are in the American Hockey League, wondering when you are going to get your next chance to prove you belong in the NHL.
The next, you are not only up with the big club, but all signs are pointing to a spot in the top four on the Vancouver Canucks defence skating alongside all-star Alex Edler.
Welcome to Chris Tanev's world, which has turned very quickly over the last 48 hours.
Tanev says he's happy to be back with the Canucks and we'll have to take his word for it because the soft-spoken 22-year-old doesn't exactly wear his emotions on his sleeve.
He's something of an emotional flat-liner, which the Canucks think is one of his strengths. He plays the game with a lot of patience and without many ups and downs.
Coach Alain Vigneault is hoping that Tanev, with just 29 regular-season NHL games on his resume, can help settle down a Canuck defence that is suddenly having real trouble moving the puck out of its own zone.
"I am looking for a little bit better stability with the puck," Vigneault said Thursday as he discussed Tanev's recall. "Our whole defensive group here has been making some plays that have cost us quality scoring chances against that we need to get under control.
"One of our strongest assets is our transition, our defence to offence, and it really helps our forwards and it really helps defensively because as soon as we get the puck we make the right play and it's out of our end and in the other team's end and we're wearing them down. Right now, a lot of times the play that we are making is not the right play, we spend more time in our zone, we give the other team momentum, we give the other team scoring chances and we need to do a better job of that."
The Canucks have been been struggling to find a replacement for the injured Sami Salo, who normally plays the right side alongside Edler. The Canucks tried moving some of their left-handed defencemen into that spot and the results weren't good.
After Tuesday night's debacle, when the Los Angeles Kings had a seemingly never-ending series of odd-man rushes in the first period of their 3-2 shootout win over Vancouver, Vigneault had clearly seen enough.
Tanev got the call Wednesday morning.
"We felt that bringing Chris up, a right-handed defenceman, would help our puck-moving ability," Vigneault said. "A lot of times the left-handed defenceman on the right side, it's tough for him to see the opening, to see the cross-ice seams that are open there. . . . Right now, we are having some trouble with our puck movement on the back end and for those who remember Chris, he was a real solid puck-mover with a lot of confidence and really good reads . . . so we thought we'd call him up."
For Tanev, it's another chance to prove he belongs, although he thought maybe he had done that in the pre-season. It looked like he had made the team, but the Canucks decided he'd get more work in Chicago and shipped him off to the Wolves.
"It's hockey, it's a business, you've got to get over things pretty quickly," Tanev said Thursday. "I wanted to stay with the team, but things happen, I am happy to be here now and I am going to try and take advantage of the opportunity."
What made his pre-season demotion even more difficult was the fact that Tanev got hurt in his first game with the Wolves. He suffered an abdominal injury after taking a hit and missed a month.
By all accounts he has been playing well with the Wolves since returning from that injury. He had no goals and 12 assists in 25 games with the Wolves and was a plus-5. With coach Craig MacTavish, Tanev has been working on trying to expand the offensive side of his game and has been seeing regular power-play duty.
But he seems to have a clear understanding that he will be judged here by the work he does in his own end.
"I am not going to try and force things, there's enough guys in this room that know how to score," he said. "But if the opportunity is there I'd definitely be willing to try and contribute in that way."
Tanev also knows he faces greater expectations than he did a year ago, when he was called up for the first time by the Canucks. Back then, he was very much an unknown quantity.
"There's definitely a little bit more (pressure)," he said. "You are here to play and if I am in the lineup I've got to try and do my best and play well or else I won't be here. There's always expectations if you are playing and I definitely want to try and succeed."
Tanev played mainly with Keith Ballard last season on the team's third pairing. If he plays with Edler — and coach Alain Vigneault suggested that is likely when the Canucks meet the San Jose Sharks on Saturday — he can expect bigger minutes.
"He is a very good defenceman and I am just going to listen to him and learn and try and help him a little bit out there if he needs any," Tanev said of the prospect of playing with Edler.
Tanev's call-up also sends a message to the Canuck defencemen, particularly the likes of Ballard, Aaron Rome, Andrew Alberts and Alex Sulzer.
"Absolutely it does," Ballard said. "We have carried eight D-men all year and now with Sami down and Chris coming up there's competition for us every night.
"As a group all 20 of us haven't played very well recently. Chris has done well and has earned an opportunity to come and play."
Ballard skated Thursday with Rome and it looked like Alberts and Sulzer could be the odd men out on Saturday.
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Fox kid parents' taunted by trolls
VILE internet trolls are claiming the parents of a baby boy savaged by a fox are lying about the attack.
Why has the story changed from the baby being taken from a cot to a sofa?
They have posted a string of sick messages, including a suggestion a family dog bit off five-week-old Denny Dolan's finger.
Others said Paul Dolan, 27, and Hayley Cawley, 28, had lied about a faulty door lock allowing the creature to get in.
Adam Mills, from Newmarket, Suffolk, tweeted: "Why has the story changed from the baby being taken from a cot to a sofa?"
He also claimed the back door to Paul and Hayley's home in Bromley, south, London, "was fixed a month ago".
Web bullies even mocked up a picture of stricken Denny, showing him lying in hospital with his hand bandaged.
One posted: "Ha ha!! What a ridiculous story! That child's bandage looks even more ridiculous...."
Hayley's stepfather David Slack said: "The things online about Paul and Hayley, are unbelievable. It's just terrifying."


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This is a cross country event. The course is 95% single track with steep climbs and fast flowing decents. Course elevation starts at @4200 ft and climbs to @ 5600 ft at the top of the park. Beautiful views from the top of the course while riding thru the pines. There will be 50% pay back to the open classes with medals and prizes for the Masters, Sport and Beginner classes.
Open men, Open Women, Sport Men (Long Course), Sport Women (Long Course), Masters (50+), Sport Men (18-34)(35-49) Sport Women (18-34)(35+), Junior Men/Women (under 18), Beginner Men/Women (all ages).
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Food cart transforms into Madison restaurant
MADISON—If you've never tasted Peruvian food, a new restaurant on the city's east side is a fine place for an introduction. People in the culinary world are paying lots of attention to Peruvian cuisine these days.
Surco Peruvian Cuisine opened in July in what had been a nondescript space that used to house a Mexican restaurant. It's the same building but improved in significant ways. Colorful Peruvian art now adorns dining room walls, and wonderful cooking is taking place in the kitchen, transforming what could be ordinary rotisserie chicken, for example, into a tender and mildly spicy work of art.
That was our party of four's assessment during a visit last weekend. We were impressed with the well balanced, delectable flavors in dishes built around classic ingredients of Peru: chili peppers, corn, potatoes, seafood, beef and chicken, along with distinctive herbs and spices such as coriander, cilantro, basil and mint.
The dining room is comfortable and a tad formal, with linen napkins, pretty table settings and soft South American music.
Our young server first offered a choice of bread or soup on the house. The excellent carrot soup was spicy and sweet but flavored differently from the more common ginger-carrot soup.
We sampled two appetizers from a list of five. The empanadas (two for $9) are baked pastries stuffed with tasty beef tenderloin and come with two sauces: rocoto (a hot chili pepper native to Peru) or a cilantro cheese sauce. Everyone at our table loved them.
We also enjoyed a plate of jalea ($13)—a mix of battered and deep-fried seafood (fish, shrimp, squid and octopus). The assortment comes with a red onion salsa and yucca root sticks that resemble french fries but are thicker and denser.
Even the least of our main courses was very good—if a bit overpriced. The Pollo a la Parrilla ($16) was a small half chicken marinated with Peruvian chilies and served with the same cilantro huancaina (cheese) sauce and crispy sweet potato fries.
Better was an aromatic plate of lamb simmered in a cilantro stew and served with tacu tacu—a mixture of fried beans and rice blended together to make what looked like mashed potatoes ($22). A generous portion of the spicy, tender meat also came with yucca sticks and salsa criolla (red onion salsa).
An order of Pollo Saltado ($17) didn't disappoint with its succulent mix of saut�ed and stir-fried chicken, onions, tomatoes, red bell peppers, carrots, mushrooms, garlic and ginger. The dish came in a large portion served over white rice, with french fries on the side. Our friend Julia easily had enough leftovers for a second meal the next day.
The Pollo Saltado was prepared in a similar fashion to its more famous cousin, Lomo Saltado ($20), in which sliced beef tenderloin is stir fried with onions, tomatoes, soy sauce, vinegar and chilies and served with rice. The ample chunks of meat were accented with aji Amarillo mayonnaise, avocado and a cheese sauce.
Many Madisonians will recognize those dishes from Surco's food cart, which once was located at the Library Mall on the UW-Madison campus. The food cart disappeared more than a year ago, amid rumors that owner Wilfredo Dextre planned to open a restaurant. Remodeling the building that once housed Antojitos el Toril took so long that many had written off or forgotten the new restaurant.
Since opening in July, Surco has received much local praise but also a little criticism for its prices.
Another problem is the place tends to run out of things listed on the menu. That was the case the night of our visit, when desserts were not available. Alcoholic beverages also are not an option, although our server said the owners expect to have an alcohol license by this time next month.
We settled for the classic Peruvian drink chicha morada ($3)—a delicious clove-flavored beverage prepared from a base of boiled purple maize (which acts as a coloring agent) and a generous amount of powdered cloves, with sugar, cinnamon and ice.
Service at Surco is very good—friendly and efficient—and the food is even better.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington's Brigade Boys & Girls Club has won a $50,000 grant as part of a national contest.
The club, which serves more than 1,300 kids in New Hanover and Pender counties, is the winner of the the first-ever Lincoln's Legacy Award from Lincoln Financial. The award recognizes and invests in nonprofit organizations whose principles and programs advance Abraham Lincoln's legacy of freedom and opportunity through education.
The Brigade was up against nine other non-profits, mostly from large metro-areas such as Chicago, Houston, Boston, Sacramento and Washington, DC, in an online vote that ended earlier this week. The Brigade's project is to support Project Learn, its after-school homework program.
The organization will celebrate its victory Tuesday afternoon.


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In elevator rescue, corn was only part of the concern
From the outside of the Feely Elevator silos, onlookers were left to wonder what was happening inside the silo where Mark Malecha was trapped.
Inside, though, medics worked diligently to save Malecha not only from being crushed by the shifting corn, but from toxins that were building up inside his body while he was trapped.
The latter, referred to as crush syndrome, could have resulted in serious complications once Malecha was pulled from the silo. Dr. Paul Satterlee, associate medical director for Allina Medical Transportation, explained that crush syndrome happens when big muscle groups in the body are subjected to an unusual amount of weight for an extended period.
In Malecha's case, his entire lower body and much of his upper body were buried by the corn. Farmington police chief Brian Lindquist likened the consistency of the semi-frozen freshly poured cement, which meant Malecha was unable to move his extremities. Over time, Satterlee said, the blood flow is affected because the extremities are unable to move. When that happens, acidic toxins build up in the body.
Once the body is freed, the blood begins to flow again. When that happens, the acids also flow through the body and, left untreated, attack the heart and kidneys. Consequences can be fatal.
Understanding that Malecha was likely going to suffer some form of crush syndrome, Satterlee said, medics dispensed sodium-bicarbonate three times while Malecha was still in the silo. Sodium bicarbonate breaks down the acids, Satterlee said. Once he was removed from the silo, Malecha received another infusion before he was loaded into the ambulance, and once again en route to Hennepin County Medical Center.
"We've trained for something like this," Satterlee said. "We have had to plan for the bad events. Corn doesn't pack as tight as sand or mud, but this is the same thing as a building collapse."
Some wondered if the corn dust - which can be highly explosive - was dangerous to Malecha's respiratory system. It was a consideration, Satterlee said, but medics were more worried about the cold temperatures in the silo, and what that could be doing to Malecha's body. A couple of times, medics gave Malecha warm fluids to keep his body teamperature at a safe level.
And, of course, they were worried the corn might shift and bury Malecha, possibly causing him to suffocate. The medics who were in the silo are also trained as firefighters, Satterlee said. They were there not only to attend to Malecha, but also help to dig him out.
Doing that kind of job was taxing to the medics, too. The medics working in the silo were changed out about every half hour or so. Satterlee was on the scene at the end, riding with Malecha in the ambulance, but knew what had been going on all day.
"I was in radio contact with the medics all day. It was blended really well by all the people who worked that scene," he said.
Satterlee also commended Malecha for remaining calm and collected while the rescue mission unfolded.


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Al-Qaeda's North African wing has rejected the mediaeval-style caliphate declared by a militant Islamist group in Iraq and Syria, and confirmed its allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, according a statement posted on social media.
The group calling itself the Islamic State announced last month it was creating a caliphate on lands it has captured in Syria's civil war and during a rapid advance through swathes of Iraq.
In a direct challenge to al Qaeda, its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi assumed the title of caliph and issued a message seeking to assert authority over Muslims everywhere and rally them for jihad, or holy war. The Islamic State is an offshoot of al Qaeda, whose global leadership has disowned it.


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As some know yesterday at the aerotow I crashed my Duster. After release from tow the plane flew fine striaght but almost every turn resulted in a tip stall. I clicked in some clicks of down trim several times throughout the flight but it still fell off a tip on turns. Before setting up for final I made some flatter turns right over my head maybe 200/300 feet high without stalling. There was a turbine on the runway warming up so I flew south toward the mountain. When I heard the turbine taking off I made a 180 degree turn back for the field. The plane tip stalled spiraling in nose first.
I plugged everything in this morning and ran all the surfaces and everything worked. The elevator trim was right at neutral, even though I was clicking in down trim several times durring this flight. I ran the elevator trims and the trim did work. The last time i flew was on the slope in very light conditions. I suspect i had trimed the plane up significantly durring this flight. I built the duster without washout, a possible mistake. I did examin the wings and there does not appear to be any twist, or washin, which would tend to promote tip stalling.
I suspect nothing was wrong with the plane other than the pilot was flying way to slow. Flying these large gliders at Grantsville you can get quite far away, resulting in not being able to really tell how fast you are going and how sharp your turns are. The slope is completely different flying and way more forgiving. Flying this glider 2-3 times /month on the slope and only 3-4 aerotows per year also makes it difficult, at least for me to transition from Ridge lift to thermal flying.
What I will do different.
1) I have never trimed my planes for Aerotow. In the future my first aerotow flight will be a trim flight, for determining the elevator trim that results in sufficent speed where the plane can be banked at a 45 degree angle without tip stalling.
As far as the condition of the Duster...
- Body other than the canopy is fine. Canopy is cracked in several areas. Was not happy with the job I did on the canopy anyway.
- Horizontal and vertical tail surfaces, not damaged.
- Wings are damaged pretty good. The duster had a 78" center section that slides between two bulkheads and securred with bolts, and 50" plug in tip sections. The center section broke on both sides at the dihedral joints. which are about .500" outside the edge of the body. The center section that slides between the bulkheads will have to be completely rebuilt as well as about a foot into each wing. The tips are not in that bad of condition but both at the area where the airelons start have a crack through the sheeting, I will need to disect and see if the spar is damaged in these areas.
I have other funner projects going on right now but eventually might rebuild this.
Oh man, Lee, that really sucks. Glad I wasn't there to witness the crash.
I know exactly what you are talking about, there is a tendency to fly too slowly during aerotow or thermal events. I've had the ASH tip stall on me in turns when it's way up there and hard to determine speed. I think you are right about trimming for a more nose-down attitude to keep the speed up. The other thing that might help is a millimeter or two of reflex in your ailerons. I don't know how the Duster would respond to it, but it is certainly worth a try.
Well, you now have the winter to get her back together. Don't feel too bad though, you'll still need three more rebuilds to match the number of times I've rebuilt the ASH!
Lee, sorry to hear about your crash. I bet you'll have her rebuilt quickly!
Just thought I would mention that my radio (Futaba 9CAPSuper) has 3 flight modes all with different elevator trims. Not sure what radio you're flying but maybe worth looking into:
I use 1 for themal mode (trimmed for level flight at optimal thermaling speed). 2 for speed mode (Launching, Landing, big dives, transitioning from sink to lift.) I don't really use 3 but some guys will use a third flight mode for a speed mode w/reflex.
Good luck with the winter project!
thanks, good idea. I have a 9303, It as three programable flight modes, I would imagin similar.
I guess this is my opportunity to fix those items I was not satisfied with.
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Representative Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)14% (D-CA-28) and Senator Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)4% are pushing a bill to allow crime victims to sue gun makers for redress. are pushing a bill to allow crime victims to sue gun makers for redress.
The bill would also allow suits to be brought against gun sellers.
According to The Hill, the bill is being pushed to reverse the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which was passed in 2005 and signed into law by George W. Bush. The PLCAA protects gun manufacturers from suits stemming from the misuse of their products, but Democrats–particularly Schiff–present the PLCAA as shielding gun manufacturers even in the event of the production of a faulty product.
Schiff said, "If you're a pharmaceutical company and sell faulty drugs, you can be held liable. If you're a liquor store and sell alcohol to minors, you can be held liable." He added, ""Why should it be any different for gun manufacturers?"
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In addition to meeting the minimum university requirements for graduate study, applicants must provide transcripts of all college work demonstrating a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work and in all graduate work from an accredited institution of higher education, GRE scores, a statement of purpose, and two letters of recommendation.
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Lucy Hale Spills the Advice She Got From Jana Kramer
Country newcomer Lucy Hale first found success on television, starring in ABC Family's 'Pretty Little Liars.' So, when another actress-turned-songstress Jana Kramer — formerly of 'One Tree Hill' — gave her some advice, Hale made sure to listen up.
Hale, who was born and bred on country, says that music is her first love. But sometimes, it can be tricky to go from one successful career (which in her case, is acting) straight into another sector of entertainment.
Kramer would know the difficulties — after all, she left 'One Tree Hill' to hone in on her music career. She's now working on upcoming new album, but it hasn't been an easy trek to build her country music platform from the ground up.
Needless to say, Hale would be wise to heed her advice.
"She did give me some great advice. She's like, 'They're going to put you through the ringer. It's going to be especially hard for you; it's going to be a little different considering what you're known for,'" Hale dishes.
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Alibaba may be trying to clear room and the legal hurdles of an incestual relationship since Yahoo owns part of the company.
Just six years ago it was asking Yahoo for $1 billion in financial backing to help it compete with eBay.
In October, Alibaba's CEO Jack Ma said his company had $20 billion in cash reserves ready for a Yahoo takeover.
Last week, Yahoo was mulling over offers to take partial control of the company and Thursday morning veteran and respected tech reporter Kara Swisher of All Things D reported that Yahoo "board chairman Roy Bostock and other members of its strategic committee are doing more hurrying up and less waiting by more formally meeting with the two private equity firms
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The following are some examples of the acts of worship that will help us gain His pleasure InshaAllah. • . Perform Hajj (Pilgrimage) Obviously, Hajj is one of the best deeds that one can do during these ten days. However for those of us who were not invited to His House this year, there are still many more ways to earn the pleasure of Allah.
• Fast all nine days and especially on the 'Day of Arafah' The mother of the believers, Hafsah radiyallahu anhaa reports that used to fast the (first) nine days of Dhul Hijjah. (Nasã'ee, Ahmad, Aboo Dãwood) The Prophet used to fast on the ninth day of Dhul-Hijja and he said: "Fasting the Day of 'Arafah (ninth Dhul-Hijja) is an expiation for (all the sins of) the previous year and expiation for (all the sins of) the coming year." (Muslim) For those not performing hajj, it is mustahabb (desirable) to fast on this day according to their own lunar calendar dates of their own country . The fast of 'Youmul 'Arafah' has been emphasised by the Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) as a mustahabb (desirable) act.
• Perform Dhikr and Takbeer The Prophet said: "There are no days on which good deeds are greater or more beloved to Allah than on these ten days, so recite much Tahleel (saying Laa ilaaha ill-Allah), Takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar) and Tahmeed (saying Alhamdu Lillaah)." (Ahmad -Saheeh) Ibn 'Umar and Abu Hurayrah used to go out in the marketplace during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijja, reciting Takbeer, and the people would recite Takbeer when they heard them. (Bukhari) • Stand the Night in Prayer Seeking Allah's forgiveness and humbling ourselves in front of Him in supplication and prayers during the latter part of the night is an act of worship that is very beloved to Allah.
Night of 'Eedul Adh'hã The nights of both 'Eed are described in the Hadeeth as amongst the great and sacred nights in the Muslim calendar. To remain awake on the nights of 'Eed and perform 'ibãdah is a source of great virtue and reward. • Aboo Umarah radiyallahu anhu related that 'Ã'ishah radiyallahu anhaa reports that Rasoolullah said, "Whosoever stays awake and performs 'ibãdah (worship) on the nights of the two 'Eed, with hope for abundant reward (from Allah), his heart will not die on the day (i.e. Qiyãmah) when all hearts will be dead." (Targheeb) Takbirãt of Tashreeq The Takbirãt of Tashreeq are: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Lã ilãha illallãhu wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Walil lahil hamd. "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. There is no deity besides Allah and Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest and all praises are for Allah only." It is wãjib for every adult Muslim to recite these Takbirãt of Tashreeq audibly once after every fardh salaah from the Fajr of 9th Dhul Hijjah to the 'Asr of 13th Dhul Hijjah (i.e. total of 23 salãh). Mas'alah: Women should not say it loudly but softly. Mas'alah: Takbeer should be recited immediately after concluding the fardh prayer. Virtues of Qurbãni Rasoolullah sallalahu alayhi wasallam said, "There is nothing dearer to Allah during the days of Qurbãni than the sacrificing of animals. The sacrificed animal shall come on the Day of Judgement with its horns, hair, and hooves (to be weighed). The sacrifice is accepted by Allah before the blood reaches the ground. Therefore sacrifice with an open and happy heart." (Tirmizi, Ibne Mãjah) When you sacrifice everything that you identify with for Allah Ta'ala, He gives to you a special inner happiness. That is the spiritual "secret" so many of us seek. Both Eid-ul-Adha and Hajj serve as a special occasion that definitely gets one in touch with this "secret"
Let us Celebrate the Day of Eid by caring for the weak, oppressed and needy in our community, discharging our Qurbani and by upholding the Commandments of Allah Ta'ala and the Sunnah of our Beloved Nabi Muhammad(Peace be upon him) . Please do remember the entire Ummah in your duas(prayers).
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You know what? This tea is awesome!
Because I'm still sick, I'm not going to bump up the numeric rating just yet, but, I'm quite tempted. The flavor (Now – with impaired taste buds) is very nutty… much more so than I remember. A very pleasant buttery flavor to it. Sweet, and yummy… what a treat this is! I think I like it better now than I remember.


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With back-to-back games on the West Coast in a week, D.C. United had a decision to make in September.
They could fly back from Los Angeles after last weekend's game against Chivas USA, only to turn around and make the same trip back out west for this Saturday's tilt against the Seattle Sounders.
Or they could take the other choice: remain in Los Angeles early in the week and travel straight up the coast to Seattle. As it turns out, it call was an easy one to make.
"It's nice not to have to make that cross-country flight twice in a short period of time," midfielder Austin da Luz told MLSsoccer.com over the phone. "I think it was a good decision."
Enjoying the warmth and sun of Los Angeles is just one of the many perks that DC have enjoyed this week training on the campus at UCLA. Having the entire group together in a week is almost like a preseason camp in the middle of the season.
"Whenever you get the team together and you can concentrate and focus all week on what you want to do, it's a good thing," midfielder Santino Quaranta said. "This is rare, that you're away from home for 10 days in the season."
And that camaraderie could prove particularly beneficial this weekend. After a 3-0 romp over Chivas USA, a tough matchup against the Seattle Sounders awaits, and having the team in one place gives veterans like Quaranta and forward Josh Wolff opportunities in abundance to remind some of the younger players how difficult the final stretch will really be.
"We've been around long enough to see a playoff run, to win an MLS Cup – [to know] what it takes, what goes into it, how these games go down now," Quaranta said. "They're not going to be like the Chivas game."
DC will fly out of LA on Thursday.
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Three men have appeared in court in connection with the largest ever seizure of smuggled cigarettes in the Republic of Ireland.
The haul of 80 million cigarettes, valued at IR�13m, was found on a ship in County Louth on Tuesday.
Fredrick Kerley, 45, from Chatham and Robert Tibbs, 29, from Canningtown in London, and the captain of the ship, 50-year-old Terrence Wall from Cardiff, appeared in a temporary court building in Dundalk.
All three replied no when attempted evasion of duty charges were put to them.
They were remanded in custody.
Another man arrested in connection with the haul was later released without charge.
The vessel was raided following an international operation involving police, customs, navy and air force in Ireland and Britain.
The ship left Gibraltar for Ireland on 1 December and was traced to Dundalk in County Louth.
The cigarettes were mainly Benson and Hedges representing a potential loss of duty of up to IR�10m.
They were thought to have been bound for the United Kingdom market.
Paul McDonald from customs and excise in the Republic of Ireland said it was a "highly organised" smuggling operation.
"An operation on the scale of this one could only be done on an international basis," he said.
"There was an exchange of intelligence and some good work between our customs officers and customs officers in the UK."
He said it was the latest in a long line of such seizures, bringing the total number of cigarettes seized in the Irish Republic this year to about 120 million.
The cigarettes found on Tuesday were thought to have been purchased in Spain, where duty rates are much lower than in the UK or Ireland.
Earlier this month, the police pledged further action to crack down on organised crime following major cross-border fuel smuggling raids.
Police and customs officers on both sides of the Northern Ireland border raided suspected fuel smuggling and money laundering operations.
Nine men have appeared in court in connection with the operation.
The dissident republican paramilitary group, the Real IRA, were linked to two hauls of smuggled cigarettes in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in November.
Twenty million contraband cigarettes were seized in Dundalk and 24 hours later, up to 40m cigarettes were uncovered across the border in Warrenpoint.
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Craig Young, the way you'd differentiate the cases in my queries is that you'd be able to understand the correctness of my query because you'd know the domain well enough to reason about it and see that it is correct.
Believe me, I'm *all about* writing correct, clear, concise code. But going through conniption fits to satisfy an engine's retarded pickiness, when a developer can see in a few seconds that the keys are preserved, is a waste of time and emotional energy.
If I write a query that I think is so ambiguous as to confuse other developers whether I really intended a random row be the source of a row update, or whether I made a mistake, I'll darn well make one of my RARE comments and say why I did it. There--problem solved, and not by destroying conciseness and turning expressive set operations into hard-to-follow procedural/DML statements (CREATE TABLE, INSERT, etc.).
I certainly have no desire to go random cowboy on my queries and write nonsense like your GROUP BY (but note, some people really like how MySql will execute that query). I'd love Any(), First() OVER ORDER BY, and Last() OVER ORDER BY operators for this case, though. :)


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Latvijas būvniecības nozares attīstības prognozēšanas modelis
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The authors of this book describe an economic-mathematical forecasting model of the system dynamic type for construction industry. The book contains basic equations of the model, a system of indicators and a description of various block of the model – blocks of inhabitant, commercial and national construction demand; blocks of provision of construction materials; basic means; financial capital; personnel and information, etc. The authors also analyse the dynamics in Latvia's construction industry, the factors that influence production increase and development, construction resources and available housing, and housing demand by solvent inhabitants. The book offers forecast pertaining to the construction industry that have been obtained with given model.
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Religious participation and income
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Oklahoma is the only No. 2 in both polls now.
After a week of sharing the No. 2 ranking with Auburn, Oklahoma
edged ahead of the Tigers in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
No. 1 Southern California lost some support during a bye week,
dropping three first-place votes to 48. Still, the Trojans have a
comfortable lead in the rankings with 1,603 points.
Oklahoma has nine first-place votes, one more than last week,
and 1,541 points. No. 3 Auburn got two more first-place votes than
last week, increasing its total to eight, and 1,536 points.
The Sooners defeated Baylor 35-0 Saturday, and Auburn rallied
in the second half to beat Alabama 21-13.
Oklahoma decided to rest its starters once it got a big lead
against the Bears instead of piling it on to impress voters. Last
week, Sooners coach Bob Stoops did the opposite against Nebraska.
"I'm comfortable in the fact that we chose to run the clock
out," Stoops said. "Anyone that doesn't see the dilemma we're in
is not being totally fair. We're in a bad, bad position right
In the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, USC is still No. 1 and No. 2 Oklahoma added two points to its lead over No. 3 Auburn.
The Tigers (10-0) needed to pull way out in front of the Sooners
in the polls to make up ground in the Bowl Championship Series
standings, a new version of which will be released Monday.
The Sooners are second behind USC in the BCS standings because
of strong computer ranking. To make up for Oklahoma's large
advantage in the computers, Auburn needs to be a clear No. 2 in the
No. 4 California, No. 5 Utah and No. 6 Texas all held their
positions from last week in the new rankings.
Louisville moved up to No. 7, followed by Georgia, Miami and
Boise State. Florida State dropped 10 spots to No. 20 after losing
to Florida, 20-13. The Gators moved back into the rankings at No.
25. Michigan, which was upset by Ohio State 37-21, dropped six spots
to No. 13.
Virginia Tech is No. 11, and Iowa, the co-Big Ten champ along
with the Wolverines, is No. 12. No. 14 is LSU, followed by
Tennessee, Virginia, Boston College and Arizona State.
Wisconsin is down to No. 20 after its second straight loss, a
30-7 defeat at Iowa that dashed the Badgers Rose Bowl hopes.
No. 21 West Virginia, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and UTEP join
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ACParadise Network: American Cosplay Paradise American Cosplay Experience American Cosplay Snapshots
Cosplayer TLMFanGabriel > Costume of Anna (Frozen)
- Most Recent Photo
- 04-24-2014
- Series
- Frozen
- Character
- Anna
- Special Variation:
- Winter Clothes
- Year Completed:
- Construction Difficulty:
- Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Conji 2014
- Anime Expo 2014
- Anime LA 2014
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
My goal was to make Anna's costume a little bit more fancy, so I embellished the original design quite a bit but not too much like I usually do for my costumes. I wanted to maintain the spirit of the original design but add my own little twist to it.
The skirt was made out of Pointe de Roma knit fabric since it was one of the only royal blue fabrics I could find while I was at the Joanns, and I wanted to mimic the textures in the film. It has a nice feel to it and the color just SCREAMED Anna. I bought an extra fabric in a lighter blue, which I think was some kind of satiny material I found in the suiting section and cut scallops with them and appliquéd them on by machine. All the panels were painted by hand and I tried out making stencils for each of the designs, and may I just say it made the job so much easier :) Each of the flowers and points of the scallops on the bottom are accented with little rhinestones for a bit of a magical princess feel. I made an underskirt with some basic cotton and added a sequin trim on top of the scalloped hem to mimic a sort of frost bitten look
The cape was made of polar fleece and lined with a cheap satin I bought on Ebay. I was lucky enough to find the perfect color match XDD The cape is hand painted on the edges to make it accurate but some of the shaping came out kinda odd. But I think it works :3 The clasp was a lucky find on Ebay. :)
The blouse was made from an Oxford cotton material and it has some embroidery stitching on the front. It zips up in the front and is painted on the cuffs in that motif she has in the parks. The corset was bought and edited. I painted the rosemaling on the front and added shoulder sleeves and accented the shoulder sleeves with some gold trim and some black lace to match the corset. The corset itself was trimmed with a gold roping XD
The boots were bought from a store in Vegas. They were later heavily sequined and accented with an A in the back of them like how the parks Anna does. :) I painted the soles of them with plain fabric paint
- Personal Thoughts:
- I've been following progress on Frozen since it was still in the concept art stages. I knew after seeing Anna's designs change so much since their first release, I wanted to cosplay her. After seeing the film I really feel like Anna and I are very similar. Plus I know how she feels of having that feeling of being shut out and being lonely :/
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Man charged with murder of Ciara Campbell in Carlow
A man been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Ciara Campbell.
Twenty-three-year-old Gordon Molloy, of Ballinakill, Ballickmoyler, Co Laois, was arrested and charged this morning at Carlow Garda Station.
He appeared before Castlecomer District Court just before lunchtime.
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Album rules but you prefer this over Riverside's other albums? That's interesting.
Digging: Beastmilk - Climax
Album Rating: 5.0Second Life Syndrome is my favorite trilogy album, then Out of Myself (rather immature in comparison, Jacek isn't as good as Michal on keyboards) and then Rapid Eye Movement (third by a small notch). I started Riverside with this album and every second of it is awesome; when I can remember exactly how it goes and I still love it, an album is something REALLY special. That's what ADHD is to me, and I hope it inspires some viewers to give it a second look.
Well said, this album definitely deserves to be in the same rank as their other albums.
Album Rating: 3.0Second Life Syndrome is better than this.
But that's just me.
Digging: Fleurety - The White Death
Album Rating: 3.5Hahaha no.
I like this band but always had trouble really getting into them. So you inspired me to try again. Way to go. Cool review
Album Rating: 3.0I think this is their worst album
there are some good atmospheres, but the ideas are stretched and few
second life syndrome was superior in any aspect
Album Rating: 4.0Very good review.
But in my opinion the first three albums are a little bit better than ADHD.
Still a great album, of course... Left Out is something unbeliavable.
Album Rating: 4.5Yet another fantastic review, further cementing your place as one of the best on the site! Really captured the spirit of the music, I believe. And Egoist Hedonist is such an amazing song. The entire album absolutely kicks unholy amounts of ass, but that song is just...beyond my abilities to describe, so I guess you are definitely a more capable reviewer of this album than I.
Album Rating: 4.0Very detailed review of an exceptional album. Great job, but i still think i like their earlier albums a bit more.
Album Rating: 5.0It's funny how I've just read the 'other 5' review now. But brilliant review! Your transitions and
detail match those of the album :D. How does this only have 2 POS's? Adding a 3rd. Monster album, new
one coming next year! :D
Album Rating: 5.0What a monstrous album, really under appreciated here.
Album Rating: 5.0"ADHD is, to put it very simply, a portrait of a band at its absolute peak of performance. It is among my favorite albums ever recorded and my number one release of 2009, among the best years in prog metal history, with no question whatsoever; I am wholly confident it will remain there for an exceedingly long time. Fresh, modern and 100% relevant on all accounts, this album is progressive music in its purest form."
Album Rating: 4.5This album took some time to grow on me. I bought it, Rapid Eye Movement and Second Life Syndrome at the same time. At first ADHD was the album that I liked the least from those three. But now I would say that it is their best. I love the beginning of the first song. It is so amazing.
Digging: Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness (Part 1)
Album Rating: 5.0Definitely their best and most cohesive album imo. Yeah when I first heard the intro I was intrigued, the quality of the production was immediate. This album still hasn't grown off after so many listens.
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Paul Daley Actually Beat KoscheckMay 9, 2010
I know that technically a boring lay and pray decision is a win, but Daley actually won this fight.
Daley won this fight by TKO...I am talking about the vaginitis outbreak that Koscheck had when he almost got hit with an illegal knee. At first I thought was an disgusting display of someone cheating their way to what may end up to being a close decision.
Turned out the decision was not that close after all, so he didn't need to over react like he did.
Well I then read on Yahoo today that Daley had gotten fired for the aftermatch swing that he took at Koscheck.
Koscheck was being questioned about the fight and the part of the phantom knee came into play. Instead of Koscheck admitting he was a punk and didn't get hit with anything he said he got hit with a punch and that was what had done the damage...he thought it was a knee, but it was a punch.
I don't know about you, but any other match that I had witnessed someone react in that way to a punch they were awarded with a TKO loss.


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Excel automatically determines the cell range for you by including all of the adjacent cells directly above the cell you clicked on. It also gives you a visual representation of what the formula will include by highlighting the included cells with a dotted line. Simply press the Enter key to accept the formula and calculate the sum.
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Pope Francis 'performs exorcism on live TV'
The Catholic world is in ferment after the new Pope appeared to perform a public exorcism.
Experts claimed that Pope Francis cast out the Devil from a wheelchair user at the Vatican at the end of Sunday Mass, which was broadcast on live television.
The Pope approached the man as he greeted disabled pilgrims in St Peter's Square, as he does every week. After speaking to the priest accompanying him, the Pope's expression became more serious and he laid both hands on the man's head. The man began gasping and slumped into his wheelchair.
The incident was picked up by TV2000, a channel owned by the Italian conference of bishops, which consulted exorcism experts. "The exorcists who saw the images have no doubt — it was…


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"He recognized this was an important niche, but I would also argue that he saw himself as contributing to the uplift of African Americans and contributing to a changing America."
"Ebony and Jet increased the visibility of blacks and said that there is a diversity of experience in the black community. Not everyone is poor, and there are celebrities."
"Going past the '70s and '80s there was a great reliance on the celebrity, the movie star and the person who sold a million records. People would argue that Ebony didn't become the journal to discuss substantive and thorny issues."
"I can still remember the first time I was ever in Jet or Ebony, and suddenly all my mother's sisters said, 'I guess you are doing OK.' It didn't matter that I was in the New York Times or other papers."
"In some ways, this museum in Washington gets to do something very important, ... It can be a lens to help us all better understand what it means to be an American--to use African-American culture as that lens to understand the history of this country as well."
"There will be stories in here of great pain, great tragedy, great brutality, ... because you can't run away from that because those are instructive."
"This is too important to fail, because it is holding a nation's--holding a people's--culture in my hands, ... My litmus test will be, Would my ancestors be happy?"
"I want to talk to the elders within the African American community. I want to get their sense, and their blessing, and an artifact or two,"
"[Organizers say they hope the exhibit will bring the unvarnished reality of the bus boycott home to viewers.] In some ways, we've romanticized the civil rights movement, ... We often forget just how strong the walls of segregation were, just how close to the surface racial hatred was. This wasn't simply a walk in the park."


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When Sony first unveiled their Alpha D-SLR system in June 2006, the company made a pledge to expand its line of lenses with additional Sony G models as well as some Carl Zeiss lenses. The first three of these products, with a ZA designator indicating Zeiss Alpha, are available at this time, distributed exclusively by Sony. A fourth model, a wide aperture (f/2.8) zoom, should be released in the spring of 2008, according to reliable industry sources. All are compatible with the late Maxxum cameras and future Sony models in the Alpha Pkrstar88.com Agen Texas dan Domino Online Indonesia Terpercaya | Pulaujudi.com Master Agen Judi Bola Online Terbaik dan Terpercaya di Indonesia | BOLAWIN88.COM BANDAR TARUHAN AGEN JUDI BOLA CASINO DOMINO BOLA TANGKAS DAN TOGEL ONLINE TERPERCAYA INDONESIA | JagadPokr.com Agen Texas Pokr dan Domino Online Indonesia Terpercaya | Olb365.com Agen Judi Bola Online, Agen Judi Casino Online Indonesia Terpercaya 855online.com AGEN BOLA SBOBET IBCBET CASINO 338A TANGKAS TOGEL ONLINE INDONESIA TERPERCAYA | Agen Ibcbet | SBOBET | Agen Bola dan Taruhan Bola | Agen Bola | Taruhan Bola | Judi Bola Terpercaya | Rajamerah.com situs judi online terbaik terpercaya dan juga jangan lupa membaca ulasan lainnya
Three Carl Zeiss T* Lenses From Sony For The Alpha, And Soon-To-Come Sony D-SLRs; Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA Zoom, Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZA, And Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 ZA Page 2
Carl Zeiss Zoom Lens
Described as a professional-grade model, the Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA zoom was designed exclusively for D-SLRs. This 24-120mm equivalent zoom benefits from a circular aperture, T* coatings, and two glass-molded aspherical elements with several benefits. They correct spherical aberration (curvature of field) for more consistent edge-to-edge sharpness even at wide apertures while reducing comatic flare (blurring near the edges) and linear distortion. This lens is similar to the primes, but smaller and lighter, with a narrower focus ring and the addition of a zoom ring. While focusing is internal, the lens does extend when zoomed, by about 1.75" at the 80mm end.
In spite of the strong family resemblance, this more affordable lens does not feel quite as rugged as the primes. The barrel includes more parts made of high-grade polycarbonate materials in order to keep weight at a tolerable level. That's understandable since this more affordable lens targets a wider range of consumers, including families who would never want an unusually heavy zoom. Even so, overall build quality is definitely above average. Mechanically this is a very fine lens, with tight tolerances; both zooming and manual focus action are stiff but smooth. Autofocus was also fast and accurate during tests with an A100 camera.
This zoom turned in performance that justifies its $659 street price, producing
images with remarkably high resolution in the central area even at the maximum
apertures. At those apertures, there's some slight softening near the
borders as well as a bit of shading. Both aspects improve noticeably by f/5.6.
Thanks to the effective lens hood, multilayered T* coating, and internal anti-reflective
strategies, flare is extremely well controlled.
Peak optical performance (incredibly high) was produced in the 18-80mm range, at f/8, for a level of quality usually expected only from a single focal length lens. Corner sharpness/brightness is very high, and the images exhibit great resolution of the most intricate detail, great clarity, snappy contrast, and a beautiful color rendition. Barrel distortion (bowing outward of lines near the edges) is obvious at 16mm, decreasing very noticeably at slightly longer focal lengths. By 24mm, there's virtually no linear distortion. I made some really stunning 13x19" prints, the largest possible with my Epson desktop printer; even larger outputs should be equally impressive.
Final Evaluation
As my comments indicated, these ZA-series lenses are certainly worthy of the blue Zeiss logo. The most affordable of the premium-grade trio, the 16-80mm Vario-Sonnar T* zoom is also the most desirable in terms of portability and versatility. It's not built like a high-end Mercedes-Benz but its imaging performance should be a real eye-opener for anyone who has used only a kit lens or other inexpensive zoom. This would be a perfect complement particularly for the 10-megapixel Sony A100 or a future prosumer-level Sony Alpha camera with even higher resolution.
The 85mm f/1.4 and 135mm f/1.8 Carl Zeiss lenses were intended as problem-solving tools for those who need a telephoto with the widest possible maximum aperture. They're professional tools and priced accordingly but this duo should also attract the most discriminating photo enthusiast. Granted, both command a premium price but they do pay dividends in terms of superior mechanical, electronic, and optical features. Try them while visiting a photo retailer and you'll agree that these robust, beautifully finished lenses hold the potential for a lifetime of serious photography. Either model should satisfy those who place a high value on flawless performance, unsurpassed quality, as well as pride of ownership, prestige, and exclusivity.
Technical Specifications: Carl Zeiss ZA Lenses
|Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZA
|Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 ZA
|Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA
|Sony Model #
|Angle Of View (Diagonal)
|29Þ (35mm); 19Þ (D-SLR)
|18Þ (35mm); 12Þ (D-SLR)
|83 to 20Þ (D-SLR)
|Eight elements in seven groups
|11 elements in eight groups, including two ED
|14 elements in 10 groups, including two aspherical
|Min. Focus
|2.8 ft
|Max. Magnification
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|Dimensions (DxL)
|20 oz
|37 oz
|15.5 oz
|Sony/Maxxum SLR Compatibility
|Digital only
|Street Price
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The King's Singers: The Great American Songbook
- February 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Concert Hall
This British a cappella sextet returns to our stage with The Great American Songbook in which they perform treasured songs by Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Etta James, and others. The King's Singers are revered for their crystal-clear sound, impeccable pitch, delightful British wit, and mastery of an expansive repertoire spanning centuries of great music. They have captivated audiences the world over with their stunning interpretations of vocal music covering everything from Bach to Bublé, and have performed to sold-out crowds at nearly every prestigious concert hall, picking up a Grammy Award and a number of other accolades along the way. This is sure to be a truly memorable concert of beloved popular music sung by true entertainers.
$48, $40, $24