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|September 21, 2012, 01:52 AM
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Bushmaster - nice work, on a target smaller than a standard 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper, to put it in context. I can't do that.
Your shooting reminds me of the recent incident where the good old boy whipped out his .357 revolver and long-range popped a perp who was about to murder a cop in a trailer park, after the perp had murdered others and the cop was responding to the call.
|September 21, 2012, 02:39 AM
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I find that shooting one-handed is easier for precision shooting than two-handed. I guess part of it is that the way I see my sights makes it easier. Two hands works great for recoil management if you gotta get a bunch of rounds off quickly, but one hand works better for precision if you have all day.
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|September 21, 2012, 04:16 AM
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This is one of the reasons why the .357 is and will always remain my favorite round.
|September 21, 2012, 09:16 AM
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Thank you OG! Talk about shooting. Really nice. And multiple guns. You should re-post on the " beware the man with one gun" thread. Thanks again.
|September 22, 2012, 01:06 AM
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|September 22, 2012, 12:35 PM
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Nice shooting you guys. I think many folks doubt simply due to a lack of experience and a self imposed belief that since they can't, never saw it done, or never have, that nobody can. Nonsense. Another issue is the size of the front sight in relation to the target or group. What folks fail to see is that that big fat front sight has a exact center. The exact center is the same size as the center of a fine sight or even the center of a set of cross hairs. It is the ability to use that center in conjunction with the rest of the basic shooting fundamentals that allow a person to make a decent shot at a longer range.
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|September 22, 2012, 10:05 PM
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If I can hit a 6" gong at 25 yards standing without a support, why shouldn't I be able to hit a 6" x 8" target at 100 yards from a support?
I would bet the gun can shoot much better than I can.
|September 23, 2012, 06:17 AM
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|September 23, 2012, 07:18 AM
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|September 23, 2012, 08:15 AM
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thats some great shooting, I don't care what position you were in, thats some great shooting
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thats some great shooting as well
In my 60's now with lineless trifocals and some floaters in my eyes I could not do that well either
|September 23, 2012, 10:14 AM
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The trick for me is to shoot with no corrective glasses, just safety glasses.
the target is something between a blur and a blob, but am able to fix on the bottom of it and get a clear view of the front and rear sights on the pistol with arms extended.
Ironically, I am not able to use iron sights on a rifle to any good accuracy because the rear sight is way too blurry. an aperture sight might work, but I do not have any.
|September 23, 2012, 10:41 AM
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Try finding (or making) a pinhole aperture for your glasses like the one below. I believe the hole diameter is 2mm. My eyes are like yours and it really sharpened up the rear sight on my AK, amazingly so. The design allows you to reposition the aperture for various situations as needed.
Here's one that's homemade... he used a 5/64" drill bit which, ironically is almost exactly 2mm.
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|September 23, 2012, 01:49 PM
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Is the aperture on the glasses like squinting?
|September 23, 2012, 02:34 PM
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Yes, it's just like the principle of using a smaller aperture on a camera to increase the depth of field. As long as there is enough light available, it can make a dramatic difference by blocking the off-axis rays that make the image fuzzy.
|September 23, 2012, 07:54 PM
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I tried it by punching two holes, one smaller than the other, into a sheet of black cardboard.
I tried it on small print that I could not read without my glasses at 8 inches from my eye and it is amazing!
Looking forward to trying it at the range with iron sights on a pre-64 Model 70.
The good news is that with this trick I might be able to shoot a Model 1894.
The bad news is that I don't own one.
|September 25, 2012, 12:53 AM
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About a hundred years ago When I was teaching young police officers I would occasionally get one to laughing at my 45 and when asked why he would explain that his (daddy, uncle, grandpa, pick one), had explained to him that the gun was useless beyond 25', 50', 25 yards, pick one), and that you might just as well throw the 45 pistol at the bad guy as to try and shoot him.
I would give that young officer a 50 yard target and have him post it on the 100 yard line and then I would shoot 5 shots with my 22, my 45 and his 38 spcl service revolver. (hey I told you this was a while back)
Then I would send him down to get the target while I lit up a cigar and waited for him. This same guy I could not get to stop bull gazing and was shooting 20" patterns at 25 yards all of a sudden became a believer in his gun and started to serious listen to what I was telling him.
I didn't make long range shooters out of them but they did tighten up their groups a lot at the ranges I had them shooting at, 50' and 75' and when they got a chance to shoot the qual course at the big old silhouette targets they used back then all of the shots of all of my students would be in a kill zone. There was no magic, just convincing them that basic fundamentals work and to have confidence in their gun whatever it was.
All of you can do it, just dial in your brain that you can do it, then have faith in your gun and know that at a short range like 100 yards the bullet drop is not that significant. Stretch it out to 200 yards and its even more fun but now you have a little bit of drop to factor in.
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|September 25, 2012, 05:57 AM
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The secret to keepin em all on the paper for us older eyed fellers is simple - - - - - -
Get BIGGER paper !!!!!
No , GOOD shootin fellers !!!!
My grouping stops at around 60-70yds or so , when we were younger we`d shoot at an old truck rim across the feild (30=34" ole coka-cola truck rim)at 150-175 yds & it was alot of fun "walkin" your shots out to it , but once dialed in to it hits were fairly common & the 44 still carried alot of power at that distance .
|September 25, 2012, 11:42 AM
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Good post, and good shooting!
I've long been a fan of longer distance shooting, though as many have found, you get a lot of people that simply dont believe you if you talk about it. We have an 18" plate @ 300 yards, I've probably shot at it more with handguns in the last 6-8 years than any closer distance, though I've been shooting distance for 30 years or so. The 24" 600 yard plate is a bit more difficult, I've only tried it once, but managed a couple hits out of 10 rounds fired with a g-19. That takes a spotter. Once the distance starts opening up, the velocity fo the round being used starts to make a big difference. Making hits at 300 yards with a 45 auto takes waaay more sight than a 9mm, or anything with a similar velocity spreads. 357's are good at this game.
Regarding the eyepiece/hole thing, Merit has long made a device that does this, and is adjustable. You dial it until your image becomes sharp. You can suddenly see both sights and the target clearly. I have one, but usually forget to take it. They work like magic for aging (or not) eyes. This is one thing that does exctly what it says, I'm surprised more dont know about them or use them. They also make an adjustable aperture for peep sights that is supposed to do the same thing. I haven't tried one. The guys that use tang sights on lever guns say they sharpen up the vison when the correct sized aperture is used.
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|September 25, 2012, 02:35 PM
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|September 25, 2012, 08:09 PM
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Good find, I'm pretty sure that's the same one I have. I couldn't remember where I found it, thought it might have been Champion's Choice but couldn't find it there either.
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Vermont Mulligatawny 1
I've had a cold for a week and all I want is soup. Spicy soup, especially. And the other day a can of coconut milk jumped out of the cupboard (probably literally, as you know if you've ever seen how I cram things in there) at me, and I had some chicken breast left over from a roast chicken (I always do, since I really don't like white meat), and before I knew it, mulligatawny was on its way.
You know mulligatawny, right? It's the creamy curried soup with chicken and usually rice. In this case, I had root vegetables about and used those instead; it was a nice change from the other ways we've been eating them all winter long.
And the soup was just right for this cold-riddled time of year: creamy, spicy, hearty and great for warming you up from the inside out. Even our visiting 5-year old neighbor agreed … while E. & Z. were eating frozen Costco pizza and staring at him in a sort of confused surprise.
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- I started with cooked leftover chicken, but if yours isn't cooked, cut it into pieces and brown it well in the first step, removing it before you add the vegetables, and then returning it to the pot to finish cooking in step 4.
- Go ahead and substitute in other vegetables if you like, but make sure they're mostly of the mild and savory variety for best flavor.
Vermont Mulligatawny
Serves 3-4
1. In a big pot, heat until rippling:
- 3 T. mild oil (I had some palm oil around, which I used for the flavor. This would also be a good place to use up any ghee or coconut oil you may have.)
- 2 carrots, cut into small-ish dice
- 1 celery root, peeled and cut into small-ish dice
- 2 potatoes, cut into small-ish dice
- 1 onion, cut into small-ish dice
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- one 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced (I was out and added 1 T. ground ginger instead)
3. Stir, then add to it:
- 1 T. curry powder
Which is what I totally would have done if I had had it. Fortunately I had a lot of interesting bits of spices and seeds and things around and got out my awesome molcajete and ground it up instead, using approximately:
- 1 small dried hot pepper
- 1 t. cumin seeds
- 1 t. turmeric
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Two games in 24 hours proved to be one game too many for the Detroit Lakes boys' hockey team, as they went 1-1 through the first two days of the St. Cloud Tournament.
After scoring a solid 7-3 win over St. Cloud Apollo in the Tuesday night opener, the Lakers fell to Sauk Rapids-Rice by the score of 5-3 on Wednesday.
Though they earned a victory Tuesday, head coach Chris Denardo wasn't altogether happy with his team's performance in either of the two games.
"The last two games, even though we won (Tuesday) night, we're still not playing our best hockey," Denardo said on Wednesday, noting that he was hopeful the team could break out of its slump with Thursday's matchup against Mound-Westonka.
(Because of early holiday deadlines, the results of Thursday's game weren't available before this issue of the Record went to press. Look for a wrapup in Wednesday's Detroit Lakes Tribune.)
"We didn't play the best game (Tuesday) night, but we did enough, and capitalized when we needed to," Denardo said.
"We started off a little slow," he continued. "We came out not moving our feet well, and we weren't getting the puck up the ice. It was probably 8 or 9 minutes in that we got that first goal. That seemed to boost our energy."
The Lakers stretched their lead to 4-0 by the end of the first period.
"Once we started to move the puck they weren't able to handle us too easily," the coach added.
Senior forward Nate Baker, the state's second-leading scorer, continued his hot streak, adding three more goals to his points total along with an assist.
"Nate had the hat trick," Denardo said.
Also scoring goals in the winning effort were Alex Mason, Andy Schupp, Ethan Brekke and Kirby Inderreiden, with assists going to Schupp (2), Mason, Derick Brehm and Frantisek Jung.
Goalie Blake Murphy also had a strong showing, saving 38 of 41 shots on goal from St. Cloud Apollo.
Wednesday's loss against Sauk Rapids was only the second of the season for Detroit Lakes, which now boasts a 7-2-0 record.
"We didn't play very well," said the Laker coach bluntly. "We let Sauk Rapids beat us to a lot of pucks.
"We didn't get as many shots on goal (21 total), and Sauk outskated us. They got a lot of shots on our goalie (33) and capitalized a lot more than we did."
Baker was credited with one goal and one assist, with the other two goals in the game going to Mason and Brekke.
Jung and Alex DeConcini also provided assists.
"Sauk Rapids was a good team, and they moved the puck well," Denardo said. "They were a step ahead of us the entire game."


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What's up with the (apparent) fallout between Google and Adobe Flash?
I know that way back in the day Steve Jobs got into a pissing match with Adobe and banned Flash from Apple.
But what's going on with Android and no more Flash as of Oct., Dec of 2011?
I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 which can't run Flash. What the ¥%*} do they expect us to do ? Just stand around twiddling our thumbs until the rest of the web plays catch-up with HTML 5?
I know that XDA Developers have a bunch of APK files for various versions, but that's for people who know what the heck they're doing with this stuff. What about the majority of us technotards who just want to be able to click on a video and have it actually play instead of staring at that stupid blue cube and ?
I need my Daily Show extended interviews (the parts which are cut off in the TV airing and put up on the web…in other words, the real "meat" of the interview)
A large part of why I was willing to consider dealing with the vagaries of Android was to be able to have Flash (and Apple was and still is unlikely to change their policy).
But have Android/Google and Adobe lost their collective minds as well ? WTF ?
1.) What the Hell is going on and…
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Santa Barbara. Such a quaint town just up the 101. Lovely downtown with nice shops and plenty of restaurants, especially on the water.
Well, imagine taking a weekend trip and it's time for a nice meal at Moby Dick Restaurant located on Stearns Wharf. You sitting there, enjoying your shrimp cocktail while looking out the window watching those crazy waves crash up against the restaurant once in a while.
And then all of the sudden, BOOM! Your shrimp cocktail is now back in the ocean and you're wet, thanks to one of the waves crashing through the windows next to your table.
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The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that Dr. Martin MacNeill, who is accused of murdering his wife Michele in 2007, can also be tried in an unrelated case on charges of sexual abuse and witness tampering. These charges stem from a 2007 accusation by an adult female relative that MacNeill touched her inappropriately and then tried to have her sign an affidavit saying he never touched her.
Prosecutors originally dismissed the sex abuse and witness tampering charges in 2008, stating that they may not have enough evidence to succeed at trial.
MacNeill's Lawyer, Randy Spencer, said that the Prosecution could not proceed after discovering "numerous inconsistencies on the part of the alleged victim."
However, in 2009, prosecutors re-filed the charges. MacNeill contested the People's ability to try him again, arguing double jeopardy, right to a speedy trial and due process. The case ultimately went to the Utah Court of Appeals where on Thursday September 20, 2012, the appellate court held that the original charges were not dismissed with prejudice and therefore may be re-filed.
The judge sent the sex abuse case back to Provo's 4th District Court for trial.
MacNeill was charged August 28, 2012, with first degree felony murder and obstructing justice in the April 11, 2007, death of his wife, Michele. According to the charges, his daughter found her body in a bathtub ¼ full of water and then MacNeill lied to the police about performing resuscitation and other events surrounding her death. Prosecutors accuse him of killing her with a lethal combination of drugs.
MacNeill will be tried in both cases.
He was reportedly having an affair at the time of his wife's death and killed her in order to continue the affair.
He just finished a three year prison sentence in July after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting after he stole his daughter's identity while she was in the Ukraine.
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Mangaluru: Experienced teacher and educationist Dr N Sukumara of Makkala Mantapa fame has been chosen to preside over the 20th DK district Kannada literary meet to be held in the Government H P School premises at Kateel on Aug 28, 29 and 30.
Hailing from Jalsur in Sullia taluk of the district, he, after securing BEd degree, served in St Anne's Secondary School in Virajpet, Kodagu, and later in St Philomena High School.
Later on, he obtained a MA degree from Benares Hindu University and MEd from Mysore University and served as a lecturer at Manipal College of Education.
In 1975, he moved over to Canada and studied in different universities. During his 12 years' stay in Canada, he taught from lower level to the top rungs of field of education.
After returning to India, he served as director of the Manipal Institute of Languages for five years. Besides presenting scholarly research papers in several papers in international forums, he has guided a number of students in their PhD studies.
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"I feel pretty good. It could have been worse, a lot worse. I felt my leg go in the other direction, so I felt something was wrong right away. I was just glad that it wasn't worse. I was in here and they took a look at it right away, and the things that worried me the most, they were pretty stable right away. So that kind of got my hopes up a little bit more. Then the MRI showed there was nothing wrong with my ACL, so I'm happy."–Jonathan Ericsson
We won't really know how long the Big Rig will be out until the swelling in his leg goes down a bit. So while we wait, let's see what Ericsson had to say about his assailant, Shane Doan…
"It was a clean hit, it's just he hit my leg first and just hit the inside of my knee. That was where the big impact was. I don't feel it was a dirty hit at all."
I suppose I agree with that, even though Ericsson doesn't do a very good job of explaining it. Unlike the Laraque hit on Kronwall, Doan did appear to lead with his shoulder…it was just an awkward collision. Doan is a classy guy too, from what I can tell. Apparently, Doan went to a trainer to see how Ericsson was doing, and expressed his sympathies for the result of their encounter.
"I appreciate those kinds of things. Even though it wasn't a dirty hit, he was still worried. I kind of respect him more as a player right now — he's concerned about me after what happened, and it's nice."
Very nice. But you should still line him up next time you play against the 'Yotes. Hell, I might just gripe about it being a dirty hit when I'm at the game in Glendale. I don't have credentials. No access coming my way. What have I got to lose?


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Samsung has already shipped mobile WiMax equipment to one customer in China and is in talks with a second customer about supplying similar equipment, a company executive said today.
"I cannot disclose any names," said Hwan Woo Chung, vice-president at Samsung's Mobile WiMax Group, speaking at a conference in Singapore. "You will see early next year what will happen there."
The first customer will not roll out a national mobile WiMax network, instead using the technology for "special applications" in several provinces, Chung said, declining to comment further on the deal. Mobile WiMax is currently used to provide commercial services in South Korea and is being rolled out elsewhere.
Service providers in China today have few options for mobile data services, as the government has yet to issue licences for 3G (third-generation) mobile services.
Samsung was one of the first companies to offer mobile WiMax technology, which is capable of downlink speeds up to 10.2Mbps (megabits per second) while travelling at 120kmph (75mph). By the third quarter of next year, Samsung expects to push downlink speeds higher, to a maximum of nearly 40Mbps.
Samsung signed more than 20 contracts for mobile WiMax trial networks during 2006, and has dozens more under negotiation, Chung said.


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The Tamaqua-Tanzania connection
Tamaqua native Rebecca McHale Ndikwiki is surrounded by children of the African orphanage where she worked.
The great adventures of Rebecca McHale are interesting enough to be made into a feature length movie.
Rebecca, a Tamaqua native, left the mountains of Pennsylvania in 2007 to explore the richness of humanity. She ended up tending to an orphanage in a far away land. In the process, she traded one small town for another, but discovered lifestyles worlds apart and cultures as diverse as the life forms on the planet. She also found love.
Rebecca traveled across the globe from her Schuylkill County hometown to a neighborhood in the town of Moshi in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, Africa.
For Rebecca a student of cultural anthropology it was a dream come true. She always enjoyed studying other cultures and lifestyles and hoped someday to experience that richness firsthand.
Rebecca is the daughter of George and Patricia Boyle McHale of Hometown. She is accustomed to life in a small town as her father is a Tamaqua native and her mother from the Seek section of Coaldale. Rebecca grew up as a 'people person,' acquiring a sense of appreciation for the value of interpersonal relationships and with strong admiration for those who struggle to overcome life's challenges.
"I had graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2006. I did my senior year project about orphans of AIDS patients," she says.
Rebecca decided to take part in a program of the Cross Cultural Foundation to expand her horizons, but was unsure about her destination as she hadn't made up her mind on which country to visit.
"I was up in the air whether I wanted to go to Tanzania or Kenya."
She eventually chose Tanzania, where she opted to work at an orphanage. Her life changed the minute she stepped foot in the country. There, on her very first day, she was introduced to a man who was to become her husband.
"It was on St. Patrick's Day," she recalls.
Rebecca was introduced to a John Ndikwiki, a young tour guide. He took her on a safari and the two seemed to bond.
"I was working as a safari guide for four or five years," says John, 28, who had recently broken up with a girlfriend who'd moved away to Wales.
Then, a few days later, Rebecca ran into John again at a nearby grocery store that also functions as a tavern. She was somehow drawn to him, but wasn't sure if he felt the same.
"He was stand-offish and I didn't think he liked me," says Rebecca, 29.
Turns out, John was simply shy.
The two went out to dinner at an Indian/Italian restaurant and love soon blossomed.
Learning about John and his background helped Rebecca become acclimated to her new surroundings.
John grew up in western Tanzania and is member of the Muha tribe. He speaks fluent English. He says there are 125 tribes and each speaks its own language. However, Swahili is the national language of the nation.
His family originated from the mountain village of Mugombe, an underdeveloped town coping with insufficient infrastructure. For instance, running water is an issue. The town's 10,000 residents share only 25 water taps.
The situation is a far cry from Rebecca's hometown of Tamaqua, where over 7,000 residents have multiple water taps in each house and more water per capita than any other municipality in the U. S.
Rebecca was expecting to stay in Tanzania for four weeks. But decided to extend her stay.
"Four weeks became three months," she says.
The relationship between Rebecca and John grew. The two eventually married in a modest ceremony in Tanzania. (They later exchanged vows a second time in the U. S. for the benefit of Rebecca's family and friends.) On June 25, 2008, Rebecca gave birth to daughter Skorastica, now 18 months.
The couple moved to Tamaqua and took up residence on the 400 block of West Broad Street. Rebecca enjoyed a warm feeling returning home to all things familiar. For John, it was the adventure of a lifetime.
The trip to the U. S. via Ethiopian Airlines was John's first experience in traveling by jet and his first taste of America.
So, what does John think of the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?
"When I first got here, everything was different... big homes, new cars... and the food is different," he says.
He's still adjusting to American fare. In his native land, he had been accustomed to a diet of rice, beans, beef and spinach.
Rebecca points out that life in Tanzania is far different from her homeland. For instance, a popular snack food in Tanzania likely would make most Americans queasy.
"My brother-in-law introduced me to fried termites," she says. "The termites in Africa are humongous. You tear the wings off and put them in a pan with oil. They become crunchy like popcorn," she says. According to John, those delightful termites are a common native dish.
"In my village, people spend all day long trying to catch them," he says.
Another favorite dish Rebecca discovered in Africa is wildebeest. "It's very good, like filet mignon," she says.
In America's northeast, John is also adjusting to a new climate, one he finds severe.
"It's too cold in the wintertime," he says.
And the American pace of life is far different from that of Tanzania, he says.
"It's too busy here. People have no time to waste. There is no hurry in Africa. People in Africa are never on time." John says it's typical for Africans to be late for appointments. It's an accepted practice. "You can wait two hours," he says.
John is impressed by some sights he's seen, including in Washington, D. C. and Philadelphia. But he was not enamored of New York City, finding it way too hectic.
Now living in Rebecca's hometown, the pair found employment. John works at Transwestern Polymers and Rebecca is employed in therapy staff support with Access Services.
The two also work on a tour business they've started Open Africa Tours & Safaris Ltd. Twenty percent of the profits are earmarked for the Mugombe Water Project in the town of John's parents.
More information about Africa and the tours is available at (570) 814-5418 and (570) 527-0639, or at http://www.openafricatours.com.
Rebecca highly recommends Tanzania as a travel destination because there are many fascinating sites to see, including places such as the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera.
The Crater was formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago. It is 2,001 feet deep and its floor covers 102 square miles. The area is believed to be the site of the first footsteps of man.
Rebecca and John both say that common images of Tanzania often portray the struggles of the poor villages. The country, however, does offer conveniences and amenities for the traveler, including availability of up-to-date hotels and Western food.
It's an extremely friendly, hospitable place to visit, says Rebecca, and one that will cater to your desires. The people are accommodating and willing to share. But don't worry, if someone offers you a crunchy fried termite, you can simply say "no, thank you."
But don't pass up a safari. Rebecca is living proof that an African safari can change your life forever.


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As part of the package they "registered my domain name for me." Months later I find that that they registered it for me but it is in their name. They own it. Very deceptive and unethical.
I now pay $70 a year to re-register it under them.
A week ago I found out that webhost company dropped their small webhost plans and now only do big servers for corporate companys. How did I find out? I have been having email problems, FTP problems and my site has been down intermittantly all week.
I went to their site and the first thing I saw was they no longer offer hosting plans in my price range.
These guys are trying to get rid of me(?). No problem, I'll be glad to go however there is one huge stumbling block: they own my domain.
I can use another domain name but it will take up to 6 months for my site to get up in the search engines.
Another option I have is trying to get my domain name under my ownership.
Can anyone suggest a good way to approach the webhost about this? I have emailed them many times over the years but no responses. They have respond to all my other questions but do not in regard to my domain name.
I am loosing money now because my customers are not able to reach my site all the time, ebay images are not loading, and I am losing credibility in the community.
Any help? Or am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
Many hosting companies, when offering a domain name for free or at a discounted price as
part of their hosting services, tend to put themselves as the "registrant". Whoever is listed
as the registrant is the legal owner, no ifs ands or buts.
It doesn't matter if the customer pays. The online legal prints are what matters.
If this is included in your hosting provider's legal prints, there's nothing you can really do
except retain legal help. If you have a registered trademark or your attorney can prove you
have common law rights, you might have a chance.
Otherwise, no, there's no way you can get the domain name unless the hosting provider says
My domain expires in a few months. After reading what you said I think I will let it expire and try to pick it up using another registar company.
Last night I figured out this may be an option. What do you think?
Here's my reasoning.
A couple of years ago I did not recieve a domain renewal notice from the webhost. I didn't find out until trying to visit my site and it was gone.
I enquired and they said that it had expired that that I had to renew. I did and it took 72 hours before my site was back up because the domain name had to make its way across the internet again, they said.
Perhaps if I let the domain name lapse and pick it up through the $8 regrestration service everone knows about I will have better luck. :)
Would that seem to be a rational solution or do you think that the hosting company will renew it for themselves and keep it hostage?
What have others done in my case besides litigate? I cannot afford a lawyer.
Thank you, again, for your reply. :)
Think about this. The owner of the domain name, and I know you feel otherwise, but it isn't you, doesn't have to let that name expire, not even if you kill off the site and delete all your files from the host server. If they are the named owners, they can throw up an under construction page or anything else they choose. They own it after all.
So they can renew it quite cheaply, bill you their rate for the renewal service and when you don't pay, lock you out for non-payment. Their agreement with you most likely spells this out, though perhaps not so bluntly.
Unless they are willing to transfer the name to you, either as a goodbye present since they don't want accounts your size any more, or for a fee which you pay to them to transfer their ownership to you, then it's probably time to start building a new domain.
As Larry the cable guy would say ... Git R Done.
I would call the provider, be demanding and tell them that you are going to transfer YOUR domain to another registrar. Try to get them to agree, verbally, to let you.
If you do want to seek legal assistance, I know of a firm that charges a low monthly fee for day-to-day legal matters.
I think they even cover some business issues. I have no experience with them, just found their site.
I think, I would slink in, ask them first to transfer the hosting, to wherever you like, then maybe a few months later, ask them to transfer the registry to someplace else (or do it yourself).
Or just ask for the user names/passwords to the registry, transfer the hosting, then later transfer the registry......
I have taken on a couple of sites recently in similar situations. On guy was paying ten times what I usually pay for hosting, with a tenth of the facilities��
Three months later, I'm still waiting for him to get name register details to change hosting! I don't see they can refuse, without stating outright that they registered the name 'you ordered' in their name (go figure).
Patience and knowledge (perhaps in that order).
$70 per year seems a little excessive to me....
Isn't the 'book price' :) some $35 per year?�?�


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We're always game for a good literary holiday. According to the James Joyce Center website:
"Bloomsday celebrates Thursday 16 June 1904 as that day is depicted in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses."
It is also believed to be the day that Joyce went out with his future wife for the first time. So, to celebrate, readers and revelers follow the footsteps of Joyce's characters. If you're not out on your own celebration, you can follow their updates on Twitter.
And if you've never read Ulysses, you can get it here as always.


text: Hi all, I will be getting into large format photography at some point next year but I am gradually purchasing the parts over time to spread the costs, anyway I have some 5x4 double slides coming in the post for the camera (I don't have yet) and I thought in the interim I might look into pinhole photography. I see that there is a nice guide for an 8x10 pinhole on this forum which looks like you just simply strap the film holder to a recess in the back with some rubber bands lol so I might look at making one of those as it seems pretty simple to make considering its a box with an opening at one end Anyway, I was just wondering about how sharp you can get a pinhole image, I know that with normal lenses there is a 'sweet spot' with regards to image sharpness and resolution, I am not after anything tack sharp as I don't really want the image to be clinical as it is with some digital images, but not massively blurred. Is anyone able to post up a pinhole image from a 5x4 camera and let me know what the calculated F stop is for the 'lens'? It would be cool to compare and see what the different effects on the image a small change to the F stop might bring.


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I just finished with my Chalk Talk session, and the launch event is winding down. Folks are heading over to the Launch party at 7 pm, but I will be flying home tonight.
My session went well. Typically, chalk talks don't get much attendance, and I was expecting 20-30 people. But in this case, every single seat in the Chalk Talk area was filled with folks putting extra seats at the back and a bunch of folks standing for the entire session. I spoke about the VS Gallery, the VS SDK and using the VS Shell. The attendees were very engaged throughout the session, had great questions and seemed to have enjoyed the material.
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LA Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Perk is up for MLSsoccer.com's Save of the Week after his quick stop of Real Salt Lake attacker Ned Grabavoy that helepd preserve a 1-1 draw between the Western Conference rivals.
Perk made his first start since May 26, 2012 after starting goalkeeper Jaime Penedo missed the match to attend to his visa in Panama earlier in the week. The 24-year-old's save came in the 57th minute when he pounced on a low-rolling effort by Grabavoy toward the Galaxy near post.
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Discussion in 'Original Pictures Forum' started by Bruce's Lawn Service, Mar 9, 2006.
Here are some pictures of truck I'm rigging.
Nice, more pics.... is that a Box truck? ..... more pics
looks good lets see the cab and inside of it.
He showed us the only pic that really matters, the back where the mowers go.
It looks good must be nice to not have a trailer to pull.
I thought about buying a used office depot or Lowe's NPR and putting on a ramp.


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CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is not expected to return to Congress due to his mental health concerns and a federal investigation against him, officials say.
On Tuesday, Jackson checked out of the Mayo Clinic, where he was treated for bipolar depression since last month, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. It was the second stint at the Minnesota medical facility for Jackson, who has been on a leave of absence from his job June 10. Initially, he sought treatment at an Arizona facility.
Jackson, 47, who was re-elected this month despite his health problems, also is under federal investigation over how he used his campaign funds.
"It's hard to imagine him coming back at this point but I suppose anything's possible," said U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill. "I think that this will be coming to a head very soon, it's just my hunch as this is playing out. ... I'll leave it to the voters of the district to figure out how that happens. I do think this will be coming to a head soon."
"I wouldn't want to dash Jesse Jackson Jr. back onto the floor of the House until he was ready to be there," said U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill.
Asked whether the district had reached the point where Jackson needed to step down and a special election be held, Davis said: "I think we will get to that point. I don't think, it's pretty obvious we haven't necessarily gotten to that point. Nobody can demand that the congressman do something. And there's no such thing as recall in the state of Illinois. I think we have to wait. But I also think we have to give enough time."
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on Jackson to address his constituents.
"I really feel he should address the people of his district about the situation and I think that's the appropriate thing to do," Quinn said.


text: Hello all, Why is there a limitation on the stack size in GHC? Like heap where we can limit the size by -M RTS option but the default is unlimited, why not let the program use as big a stack as required? If not by default, then by a separate option? Some of the functions that we write in recursive fashion will usually cause a stack overflow, but will work fine if there is more stack (suppose we are not worried about efficiency). And these functions generally look nicer and compact than their tail recursive versions. Is this is a technical hurdle, or just a checkpoint for runaway programs? Can we have an RTS flag allowing unlimited stack size? Thanks, Abhay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/attachments/20071103/3e326127/attachment.htm


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Truett-McConnell College has named the following students from Clarke County to the President's Club and the dean's list for fall semester 2002:
President's Club:
Trisha Davis
Assbelli Hernandez
Barrett Hoffman
Stephanie Smith
Dean's list:
Erin Adamson
Brie Barrett
Jessica Beck
Hailey Bolton
Alicia Daniel
Jason Dean
Andrew Frye
Jim Henderson
Erin Lober
Jessie Martin
Trevor Mitchell
Mark Tanner
Meagan Veness
Shannon Withers.
To qualify for the President's Club at Truett-McConnell College a student must earn a 4.0 GPA on a minimum of 12 semester hours of academic study. Students earning a 3.5 GPA on a minimum of 12 semester hours of academic study qualify for the dean's list.
Georgia Southern University Students from the Athens area named to the dean's list for fall semester 2002 include:
Jonathan A. Cawthon, senior majoring in justice studies
Amanda L. Crawford, senior majoring in community health
Andrea Jackson, senior majoring in marketing
Alicia M. Licht, freshman majoring in interior design
Amanda A. Winger, senior majoring in psychology.
To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.
Five students from the Athens area were named to the dean's list at Presbyterian College for the fall semester 2002 by earning a grade point ratio of 3.3 or better were:
Anne DuBose Gilmore, junior psychology major
Kelly Lee Hanson, junior elementary education major
Christopher Thomas Middendorf, junior
Laurie Elizabeth Brown, junior elementary education and visual arts major
Courtney Lauren Horton, junior political science major.
Katherine Amanda Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Brook Arnold, Athens, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Samford University by earning a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0 while attempting at least 12 credit hours of coursework.
nThe following local residents earned the distinction of faculty honors for fall semester 2002 at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Michael Craig Adams
Alan William Bakowski
Glenn Franklin Matthews
Andrew Joseph Lieffring
Mary Elizabeth McGinnis.
Undergraduate students earning a 4.0 academic average for the semester gain the distinction of faculty honors at Georgia Tech.
Robert Brent Erb, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Kent Erb of Athens, was named to Wingate University's dean's list for fall semester, 2002.
Leah Elizabeth Hardeman of Colbert was named to the fall 2002 dean's list at Valdosta State University by maintaining a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and having a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 with at least nine hours of course work. Grade point averages are based on a 4.0 scale.
Tate Michael Keenan recently was named to the dean's list at the College of William and Mary for the fall 2002 semester by seeking a full-time undergraduate degree in the School of Arts and Sciences with at least 12 credit hours and earning a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Monday, March 17, 2003.
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How Long Did It Take You To Learn How To Perfectly Frost A Cake
Decorating By missconfectionality Updated 23 Apr 2013 , 12:09am by kazita
I'm somewhat new to cake decorating and find it SO hard to frost a cake without crumbs or making it perfectly even. Now I'm kind of worried I'll never get the hang of it! :( So for all the pros out there, how long did it take you to make a perfectly smooth cakes??
AI've been at it for a lil bit myself and if you go to craftsy.com, there is a free buttercream tutorial! I hope this helps you!
I take it you are icing the cake with buttercream. Are you crumbcoating 1st? this is a very thin coating of the same icing you will use for the finish coat - just put it on very thinnly. OR: you can heat a small amount (depending on the size of the cake being worked on) by 'zapping it in the MicroWave oven for a few seconds - less than 5 or 6 - and quickly spreading it all over the cake. This will dry in seconds somewhat like a glazed donut :) Now the crumbs are 'locked in' and won't get on the finish coat of icing.
The consistency of the icing you use is very important. It should be a bit on the thin side - medium if following the Wilton recipe. I like it just a bit thinner than that by adding just a bit more *fat* rather than more liquid. That makes the icing creamy instead of thin :)
It's very helpful to have a turntable and a bench scraper, but it can be done w/you off-set spatula. Spread a goodly amount of icing on the cake and push it w/the spatula. Always push the icing around, *don't let the spatula touch the cake*. Get it a smooth as you can, then let the icing set/dry until you can lightly touch it w/a finger and no icing comes off on the finger (this should take not much more than 30 minutes, usually much less). Take a paper towel, lay it on the cake, and smooth w/your hand all over. Any creases, bumps etc will smooth out and the icing will be very smooth.
Instead of using a spatula to apply the icing it is helpful to use the Wilton "Cake Icer" tip - the *big* wide tip. It dispenses just the right amount of icing then all you have to do is smooth it w/your spatula/bench scraper.
Getting the frosting perfectly even is probably the hardest part for me also. I have been doing cakes as a hobby for maybe 8 months or so. I use hot water on my icing scraper then dry it off. Scraper is now warm and I try to smooth out the icing. Normally it is not perfect when I am finished but once my icing has crusted then I go back with a viva paper towel, (Some use wax paper or parchment paper). I then lightly smooth it all the way around till smooth then try to smooth it on top. With practice and more practice it will become easier for you. Don't give up. Just keep trying until you "own the cake". I am no expert because I only do it for family and close friends. Most people use fondant which will make it look smoother but everyone I know that I do cakes for always wants butter cream. The others here probably have a better method than I do. I am always willing to learn something new that will help me also. There is another method called the upside down method for putting on buttercream but I have not tried that one yet. There is a video if you google it for that on the internet. Hang in there!!! It will get better with time!!!
I always tell my students it takes 100 of anything to get it right. It might not be perfect but each time you ice a cake or make a flower it will get better.
Don't give up! Consistency is key! thin creamy icing will work best, Do not use too much liquid. practice practice practice.
Ahttp://cakecentral.com/tutorial/perfectly-smooth-buttercream-icing note she does have a thin crumb coat on her cake before she puts on the finish coat and she doesn't say to wait until the cake crust before taking your viva paper towel to the cake. Plus you can go to www.designmeacake.com and watch her tutorial on how to ice a buttercream cake
AShe doesn't say on designmeacake that you need to let your cake crust up before smoothing with the paper towel but you have to wait for your cake to crust up before you use the paper towel to smooth it out
This works with buttercream too, if you ever want to try it.
It has taken me about a year, or ~35-40 cakes later and I'm still not magazine perfect. It really does take lots of practice and patience. The correct consistency is key as well. Don't give up!
ATen thousand hours.
Godot, that is too funny!!!! ten thousand hours sounds about right. LOL!!! I had to laugh when I read your comment!!!! One good thing about decorating is that you can cover up a lot of mistakes with flowers,borders or whatever you need to do to make it look better. Decorations cover up mistakes!!!!
The 18-inch, icer tip,and a decorating comb with a straight edge.
Happy Baking and Decorating
I have to say the best investment I purchased was Sharon Zambito Perfecting the Art of Buttercream.. When she explained her technique for smoothing it just clicked... and it takes practice... I like to apply my icing with the wilton 1m tip thats the big open star it applies a even layer to the whole cake then use a bench scraper to smooth it out not a spatula..... Here is a pic of a cake I iced today all buttercream no fondant...
I also have Sharon's video on perfecting buttercream. I would watch it over and over again. It took me at least a year until my cakes looked pretty good. I still watch the video when I haven't decorated a cake in a while.
I always tell my students it takes 100 of anything to get it right. It might not be perfect but each time you ice a cake or make a flower it will get better.
Don't give up! Consistency is key! thin creamy icing will work best, Do not use too much liquid. practice practice practice.
I really love this answer! It's so encouraging. Thank you psurrete! I don't want to be a professional. It has become a hobby Cake decorating it's something I always loved watching and admiring. I have started no more than a month, the material it's expensive and sometimes the results are somehow disappointing although not too bad for a first timer... just get anxious and nervous...Will I be able to get it one day? If I lived in MA I would certainly take a class with you!!
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If You Like This Show On Hiatus, We Think You'll Love This One That's On Netflix
Falling in love is a thrill. There's the initial attraction, the getting-to-know-you phase, the time when you get comfortable enough to wear sweatpants in front of the object of your affection. But it's scary, too. You never know what will happen next, and you never want your love to leave you – but sometimes, you have to let it go. With TV shows, it's the same. First you see a commercial, then you watch one episode while waiting for your nails to dry, then you're binge watching in your oldest hoodie. But, alas, all good shows must come to an end, if only for a seasonal hiatus. That's where Netflix comes in! While your favorite show is taking a break, sit on your couch and watch these ones to fill the void. Pants optional.
1. If You Love Boardwalk Empire, Watch The Tudors
Went Off Air: November 24
Returns To HBO: Fall 2014
Replace Steve Buscemi with Jonathon Rhys Meyers (much easier on the eyes), cross the Atlantic and rewind the clock a few hundred years. The Showtime historical fiction show is set in sixteenth-century England during the reign of Henry VIII (Meyers). The Tudors gives you the political intrigue and scandal among the powerful characters that you're looking for and also stars Man of Steel's Henry Cavill. All four seasons are available.
2. If You Love Covert Affairs, Watch Bones
Went Off Air: November 21
Returns To USA: Summer 2014
Nothing better than strong women getting the job done, right? In Fox's Bones, it's Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a socially awkward (but still beautiful) forensic anthropologist. The crime drama angle comes from Bones' work with solving FBI cases. Like Annie Walker and Auggie Anderson in Covert Affairs, Bones must learn to work with a partner to get the job done. The ninth season is currently airing, the first eight are available.
3. If You Love Eastbound & Down, Watch My Name Is Earl
Went Off Air: November 17
Returns To HBO: The show will not be returning for a fifth season.
Both shows feature a man who's down on his luck, but through the struggles, a comedy is portrayed. Jason Lee is Earl on the NBC show, a petty criminal who thinks his strife is over when he wins the lottery. Obviously this isn't the case, because the show wouldn't be funny if he just got rich and all his problems disappeared. All four seasons are available.
4. If You Love Homeland, Watch House of Cards
Goes Off Air: December 15
Returns To Showtime: 2014
Starring Kevin Spacey, House of Cards is a drama created for Netflix. Like Homeland, it's a political thriller. Though the action involves personal scandals and legislature rather than terrorism and prisoners of war, it's a dark, deep show in the best way. You can watch the whole first season on Netflix before the second one premieres in February.
5. If You Love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Watch Arrested Development
Went Off Air: November 27
Returns to FXX: Fall 2014
With a fabulous cast (including a pre-Superbad Michael Cera), Arrested Development covers all the comedic bases. The show features less drinking than It's Always Sunny, but the hilarious family dynamic, struggling business scenario and abundance of shenanigans will keep you from missing the Philly gang. The three original seasons aired on Fox, with a fourth recently produced for Netflix. All four are available.
6. If You Love The League, Watch Scrubs
Went Off Air: November 20
Returns To FX: Fall 2014
A group of guys and gals just living their lives, making fools of themselves in surprisingly endearing ways – I may not trust any of the Scrubs characters to actually treat me in a hospital, but I would love to grab a beer with them. The comedy, airing on NBC until ABC picked it up, is narrated by Zach Braff, who is so laughable you won't believe he pulled off his serious role in Garden State. The comedic interactions between all of the staff at the hospital will make you forget to miss fantasy football. All nine seasons are available.
7. If You Love Masters of Sex, Watch Mad Men
Goes Off Air: December 15
Returns To Showtime: 2014
With all the affairs had by Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in Mad Men, I think he could be considered a "master of sex" too. The AMC drama also features career folk making strides in their field, only in Mad Men the industry is advertising in the 1960s – though the characters do plenty of sexual research on the side. The first five of six seasons are available.
8. If You Love Parks and Recreation, Watch The Office
Goes Off Air: It's complicated.
Returns To NBC: Early 2014. Hopefully.
Parks & Rec is only on hiatus temporarily, but while the folks at NBC get their priorities straightened out, you can get your dose of office comedy from The Office. The NBC show focuses on the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company and the myriad employees that are (often unintentionally) hilarious while dealing with their day jobs. The boss is played by the versatile Steve Carell and everyone's favorite boy-next-door John Krasinski is an employee. All nine seasons are available.
9. If You Love Scandal, Watch Revenge
Goes Off Air: December 12
Returns to ABC: February 2014
ABC's Revenge is a little bloodier than Scandal, but it features a strong female lead trying to become successful while maintaining her professionalism. Of course, in Revenge, "success" is defined by Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) as systematically destroying every person who helped to falsely imprison her father for murder rather than giving legal assistance to the White House, but potato, po-tah-toe.
10. If You Love Sons of Anarchy, Watch Breaking Bad
Goes Off Air: December 10
Returns To FX: Fall 2014
If you somehow missed this crazy popular AMC drama, catch up now while you're waiting for the return of Sons of Anarchy's rough crowd. The show depicts the life of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an average high school chemistry teacher who turns to making meth when he's diagnosed with cancer and the medical bills get out of hand. Walter and his partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) may not ride motorcycles, but there's enough drugs, crime and foul language to keep you enthralled. All five seasons are available.


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Economic Freedom and the Trade-off between Inequality and Growth
No. 309
Monday, March 31, 2008
by Gerald W. Scully
Table of Contents
About the Author
Gerald W. Scully is a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis and professor emeritus of economics in the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. His articles have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Law and Economics, Public Choice and other scholarly journals. Dr. Scully is also an expert on the economics of sports. His most recent book is The Market Structure of Sports.


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In a season with very little to look forward to other than the finish line, Ales Hemsky can at least get excited about playing in the Olympics.
So, when the cruel hand of fate was deciding whether or not to take that away from him, too, the veteran winger prepared himself for rock bottom in a season spent entirely in the basement.
"I was pretty down, to be honest," said Hemsky, who left the road game in Dallas and flew back to Edmonton for a CT scan after teammate Luke Gazdic ripped a shot off his ankle.
"It was in my head, the Olympics, the same old stuff, here we go again. I missed the last (Olympics) with the shoulder.
"But it was more of I don't want to be injured. I felt pretty good all year, didn't have any troubles, that's why I was down."
Fortunately, it's just a bone bruise. It hurts like heck, and he still isn't ready to play yet, but it's not broken and his place in the Olympics is still there.
"I thought it was the same thing (as last year), a crack, and that I'd try to deal with it and play through it again, which sucks," said Hemsky, who played on the cracked bone until the pain was too much to bear. "I'm happy it's not anything as serious."
He tried out an ankle brace after being hit in Montreal earlier this season, but took it off after one practice. After last year, and the latest scare, he's going to give it another go.
"I think I'll try to wear it, It's not worth it not to."
As for his possible return, Hemsky, who skated by himself on Monday and with the team on Tuesday, isn't ruling out Friday against Phoenix.
"I was thinking it would be worse than it was. It's obviously sore, I knew that. It's just the tight turns that are still sore. Hopefully I can try playing on Friday.
"I'll go to practice Wednesday, try it again, and it if reacts in a good way, I don't have a problem trying to play on Friday.
"It's not broken, so it can't get any worse."
And there are no hard feelings toward Gazdic, by the way.
"It's not his fault, stuff happens during the game. He was trying to take a shot on net, I was in the way and it just hit me. It's just more funny when it happens from your own player."
LARSEN ON THE MEND: Defenceman Philip Larsen is skating with the team again after missing several weeks to illness. He says they still aren't sure what it was, only that it's gone now and he's on the way back.
"I feel better," he said after taking the morning skate Tuesday. "It's nice to be with the guys. It's nice to feel you're part of it again. It's never fun to sit out. you feel useless sitting out, kind of waiting to be better."
Especially when you don't know what's wrong in the first place.
"I just felt bad. I think it was just a flu or a virus going on, a bunch of things. They took a lot of tests and ruled out some bad things, that's good. Hopefully it was just one of those illnesses you have. I'm glad that it's better and hopefully I can come back in the near future."


text: This year students will be leaning the history of the state that we live in, New York. We start with the geography of NY and how that affected the Native Americans and where they decided to settle. Then we will move on to the brave men that explored our state and it possible for the colonists to settle here. Then learn how our Governement was started and finally how our state has grown to what it is today.


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WinFS is a marriage with NTFS! It's a file system that co-exists with and leverages
the best of NTFS. There are areas where NTFS will not scale well in the future, not
because as a file system it is inadequate but because the new requirements people
will have in a world of digital data requires a more relational, query-orientated
file system. WinFS is the solution to this problem.
Looking back at the evolution of Windows file systems, the jump between FAT and NTFS
was huge - everything from file layout to the algorithms for storage were completely
revamped. WinFS does not represent such a huge shift, however - it is based on the
same paradigms but offers stronger and deeper metadata support and a new querying
Key WinFS Concepts
The store is a top-level container for WinFS items. There is more than one
store per NTFS volume, and stores for the system volume are created by default. WinFS
effectively carves out a chunk of the C: drive (called the DefaultStore at present)
as a file; WinFS then exposes as individual files. When you install WinFS, a second
store called the CatalogStore is also created - this is a meta-store which contains
information about the other stores on your system. You can also create your own stores
on-demand against new or existing volumes. Manipulation of stores will be possible
through the standard disk tools such as Disk Management, Disk Fragmenter, as well
as new tools to do WinFS-specific operations such as consistency checking. WinFS will
also integrate into the Plug'n'Play infrastructure, so that as volumes are plugged
in, their stores are surfaced in the WinFS namespace. In summary, the ideal situation
is that WinFS is transparent to the end-user from an operating perspective.
Shares are a view that are carried forward into the WinFS world. WinFS shares can
be created to any folder within WinFS. Again, by default, Longhorn creates a share
called \\localhost\defaultstore, but
you can create your own shares deeper in the store (for example, \\localhost\sharedpictures).
You can then drill down deeper into those shares, e.g. \\localhost\defaultstore\contacts\tims.
What is the default behaviour of WinFS when you install Longhorn? WinFS is not a NTFS
replacement - as mentioned already, it is hosted within an NTFS volume. A fresh install
will host the Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos folders in the DefaultStore. For
upgrades, Longhorn will migrate this same content into the DefaultStore. For non-standard
directories, a tool will be provided to migrate this content into the store.
Developing for WinFS
The ItemContext class can be used as a scoping object into the store. You
can use a ItemSearcher to query against an ItemContext, optionally using OPath filters.
Once you have found a document, you can create a standard StreamWriter object as a
streaming interface into the file.
The traditional Win32 API calls are also supported natively in WinFS - for example
CreateFile, GetSecurity and so on. The same UNC namespace described above is common
to both the managed WinFS API and the Win32 API. One caveat is that non-file backed
items are not exposed via Win32.
Every WinFS application starts with an XML schema which defines the types and relationships.
Within this schema, a PromotionData section (containing PropertyMapping elements)
allows Longhorn to promote custom properties from OLE Document, coupled with
DocumentMapping elements to define which document extensions are to be included within
the schema. This allows applications like Word to be able to build and expose WinFS
metadata without having to have any knowledge of Longhorn or WinFS.
Demotion is the opposite of promotion. Demotion is the process of taking
metadata from WinFS items and moving it back into files so that legacy applications
which only understand files can continue to get at this information. For example,
if you edit a Word document custom property via the shell, it automatically gets updated
in the underlying file itself as a result of demotion.
A WinFS item is the lowest level of granularity for security control. Every
item has a security descriptor, containing a discretionary ACL and a security ACL.
As with NTFS, there is an inheritance mechanism that allows objects or containers
to base their ACLs on a parent object. Inheritance can be blocked so that it does
not propagate through the hierarchy.
WinFS Event Handlers
Every update to WinFS can be processed by an event handler before updating
the store. In concept these closely resemble a SQL trigger. You can register your
own event handlers (for example, an anti-virus software vendor might scan a file before
it is updated). Event handlers can reject, accept, add to or replace an operation,
and can accept just a subset of operations rather than having to monitor every item.
It wasn't clear from the session how the order of event handlers is managed - will
every extension attempt to make itself the last event handler? There are however mechanisms
to prevent a virus itself from registering itself as the final event handler.


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Three adults and one juvenile have been arrested after information from a facebook page helped officers solve a string of burglaries in Jefferson County.
Cameron David Pennell, 20, of Nederland, is charged with burglary of a habitation. His bond is set at $15,000.
Jonathan Miller, 20, of Nederland, is charged with two counts of burglary of a habitation. His bonds total $30,000.
Don Franklin McCray, 22, of Nederland, has been charged with burglary of a habitation and marijuana possession. His bonds total $20,000.
Police have not released the name of a fourth suspect, 16, because of his age.
In total, a Sheriff's Office spokesperson says the group is responsible for at least two burglaries in Groves, two in Nederland and two in the county.
Deputy Rod Carroll says the arrests came after deputies got a tip from the Nederland Watchdog Facebook page. This information led deputies to a large amount of stolen property and the identity of the suspects.
Some of the recovered items include guns, 10 flat screen TVs, and numerous computers. The total value of the stolen property is $20,000.
"They broke this with my tool I have in the back to cut with and reached in and unlocked the door," Bill Landry of Nederland said.


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I was wondering if anyone knows how to cook "TEGUTAN SOUP" (i'm not sure if this is how you call it- please correct me if I'm wrong). When I was living in Japan, I used to order this ALL the time whenever I go to a korean bbq place. It's a spicy clear soup- so wonderful during winter. I would love to learn how to cook this! If anyone has a recipe, plz let me know!!
Is it fish soup? If so, it may be daegu tang? (cod stew)
Yeah- I think that's it! It's super spicy but sooo good! Do you have a recipe for it (is it something that can be cooked easily at home?). Also, while I have your attention, do you have a kimchi brand you recommend?
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NEW YOIK (Defecated News) - In Manhattan last night, a twelve-inch children's robot toy was crowned Break-dancer Off The Year 2007 after a very tight final heat.
Percy, nicknamed 'The Popper' impressed judges with his robotics and moonwalk. He was made in Taiwan in 1999 and sold to a loving family.
"I'm so proud to have this award", said Percy. "It's what I was made to do - robotic dance is so natural for me."
Dance Judge and former choreographer Paula Abdul fell for Percy from the start.
"I dunno, I just fell for his charms and was totally overwhelmed by his realistic moves. The alternate arm up and down move was perfect, and the forward walk via shuffle was pretty tight too", she told us.
Percy's winnings include a $400 voucher for batteries and a set of screwdrivers for repairs.


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SEAGROVE BEACH -- Hammering, sawing, bulldozing and paving are going on unabated as The St. Joe Co. continues making over the Florida Panhandle undaunted by economic woes besetting most of the nation.
Even the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have done little to diminish the pace of development by the state's largest private landowner.
"Nobody has gone away," said Britt Greene, president of West Florida operations for Arvida, St. Joe's development arm. "We have not seen a downturn or slowdown in our activity."
St. Joe, which owns nearly 1 million acres, is transforming a region sometimes called the "Redneck Riviera" by building mostly upscale developments along an 80 mile stretch from just east of Destin to Port St. Joe and in the Tallahassee area.
Greene's office overlooks St. Joe's showcase community, WaterColor, a 500-acre development in Walton County. It is wedged between the sand dunes of Grayton Beach State Park and the 80-acre Seaside community, a widely acclaimed example of "new urbanism" designed as a throwback to small town America.
Seaside founder Robert Davis initially had some trepidation about WaterColor, but he said those fears have turned out to be unfounded.
"I think they're doing a great job of execution," Davis said. "For the most part it's generally very well done."
While many other companies have seen declines, Jacksonville-based St. Joe reported third-quarter earnings virtually unchanged from last year of $42.2 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. That translates to 50 cents per undiluted share compared to 49 cents in 2000.
In the two years since ground was broken at WaterColor, about 150 single-family lots have been sold at prices ranging from $220,000 to $1.38 million. Buyers can also use the community's beach club.
WaterColor is patterned closely after Seaside, where pastel-painted homes feature towers, tin roofs, front porches and picket fences, all within walking distance of stores, restaurants and other businesses.
More than 50 multifamily buildings and 14 single-family homes have been completed at WaterColor, with others under construction, Greene said. A maximum of 1,140 residential units are planned. A couple of office buildings are already finished and a 60-room inn on the Gulf of Mexico is set to open in February.
Arvida or other contractors build to strict design criteria at WaterColor, WaterSound and two other Walton County developments, Camp Creek and The Retreat.
In neighboring Bay County, St. Joe has built nearly 400 homes in several developments with others under development. St. Joe also has asked Panama City Beach to annex 4,086 acres although the company has no specific development plans yet.
In Tallahassee, work is underway at SouthWood, a residential-commercial community where the company plans to build 4,700 homes by 2020.
Peter S. Rummell, St. Joe's chairman and chief executive officer, said the company is fortunate because the Panhandle has traditionally been a drive-in market. It is less dependent than other parts of Florida on air travel, which has been down since the terrorist attacks.
"We think this will be a major plus, at least in the short term, since we are so much closer to the feeder markets of the Southeast and Midwest," Rummell said.
In St. Joe's coastal developments, most units are destined for initial use as tourist rentals or second homes for people from Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, and other Southern cities. But the company also wants to attract full-time residents.
To that end, St. Joe has made land available for a hospital in Walton County, an airport for Panama City and widening U.S. 98, the region's main highway.
The company also has helped finance Bear Creek, an independent development about 10 miles north of WaterColor, with less pricey housing for resort workers as well as teachers, police officers, firefighters and other people vital for building and maintaining a viable community.
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Issue No. 02 - March/April (2007 vol. 24)
pp: 73-78
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.49
Colin Connaughton , IBM Australia
David Ross Jeffery , National ICT Australia
Barbara Kitchenham , National ICT Australia
The authors demonstrate that the recommendations for analyzing productivity in the appendix to the ISO/IEC 15939 standard are inappropriate. They also show that problems with the ISO/IEC advice can be compounded if software engineers attempt to apply statistical process-control techniques to software productivity metrics. They recommend using small meaningful data sets as the basis for productivity analysis and using effort-estimation models to assess productivity rather than productivity metrics.This article is part of a special focus section on software metrics.
productivity metrics, effort estimation, statistical process control, ISO/IEC 15939
Colin Connaughton, David Ross Jeffery, Barbara Kitchenham, "Misleading Metrics and Unsound Analyses", IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. , pp. 73-78, March/April 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.49


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Dishwasher miscellaneous parts
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I've been using my Replicator to print replacement parts for my dishwasher, because the parts companies only sell the complete rack assembly, for $400/rack . I originally printed them in ABS, but after a few months the ABS breaks down under the heat and stress of the interior of a dishwasher. Rather than print replacements every few months, I was about to break down and buy the (expensive) replacement assemblies, when Taulman 645 came out. Like Taulman 618, it's Nylon, which is (nearly) indestructible, but 645 is much more rigid than 618, so it works very nicely for this application. So rather than spending $800 on replacement assemblies, I've been printing them again in Taulman 645 Nylon. Yay!
The parts are all generated in OpenSCAD, so you can customize them to the measurements of your dishwasher. In particular, pin size, length, and spacing are highly variable between dishwashers.
Part 1: This is my unimaginative name for a rack section that folds up and down, on the top rack. The printed one isn't as strong as the metal piece it replaced, but it's sufficient to hold glasses in place so they don't hit each other. The pin spacing is uneven, because I copied the original part.
Part 2: This is a clip that holds a cross-piece in place. The cross-piece rotates so that pins are either up or down. I designed the piece so that the identical part works on both ends of the cross-piece.
Rack Protector: Pins tend to rust at the joint where they attack to the rack. This protector is a piece that fits over the pins in the rack to protect the joint where the pin attaches to the rack. This strengthens the joint if it's already weakened, and it protects it from damage, because dishes rest on the protector instead of the (thin) plastic coating on the pin. These snap nicely into place, so you don't need any adhesive to hold them in place. This is Ed Nisley's Dishwasher Rack Protector, tweaked a bit.
Rack Protector with Pin: if the pin has broken off, you can use a protector which includes the pin, in place of the missing pin. You'll need to glue the base into place so that it doesn't swivel around the rack. There's a parameter in the code so that if there's a 'stub' of the pin left, this will fit over the stub. This is from my Rack Protector with Pin.
I'm including the STL files, and a few photos, so that you can see what the parts are. But it's highly unlikely that the parts that fit my KitchenAid dishwasher will fit your dishwasher, so you'll likely need to take some measurements and tweak the OpenSCAD files to fit your needs.
I hope these are useful!
Printed using Taulman 645 Nylon, at 240 degrees, 40 mm/s, 0.4mm layer height. Printed on Garolite LE heated to 110 degrees. 3 shells, 20% infill. Worked great for all parts.
Also printed using Taulman 618 Nylon, at 240 degrees, 40 mm/s, 0.27mm layer height. Printed on Garolite LE, unheated. 3 shells, 20% infil. Worked great for the protectors.
What you should do is measure the part that needs replacing in your dishwasher, and tweak the OpenSCAD to suit. The important thing is to copy the relevant structural elements, not every detail of the part. I found that all of the parts that I designed to be 3D printable turned out quite functional, but they look very different from the injection molded or mass-produced parts that they replaced.
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why you heated your garolite le sheet? 645 can't be print on non-heated bed?
my sheet of phenolic(garolite) le is 1/4" thick i don't think heat gonna be conducted.
did your printed part is all in contact with the bed? i don't have print yet on, i'm searching more info on printer setup.
I have since printed 645 on both a heated and unheated sheet of Garolite LE. The heated sheet was 1/32 inch thick, clipped to the HPB with binder clips. The unheated sheet was quarter inch thick, same as yours. And I agree, a sheet that thick wouldn't heat up, at least not rapidly.
Since it printed fine unheated, that's how I print nylon now. It's much faster not waiting for the print bed to heat, and it avoids putting stress on the HPB cable.
Amazing! Do you find the nylon hard to work with?
Easy! Taulman Nylon (http://www.taulman3d.comhttp://www.taulman3d.com) is fairly similar to ABS to print.
Typically Nylon requires very high temperatures to melt, which wouldn't be an option on a home 3D printer. But Taulman worked out a formulation that melts at about the same temperature as ABS. Even better, Taulman 618 Nylon prints onto an unheated print bed, so you should be able to print with it on any printer that can use PLA. This really opens options up, since PLA is quite rigid and fragile, while Nylon is flexible and indestructible.
The only tricky parts are that Nylon you need to print onto Garolite LE, and that Nylon shrinks as it cools, which means that it really wants to curl up off the build platform, even more than ABS. So you need to make sure that the first layer really sticks to the platform, and for large objects you may need to add "ears" to hold the print down. I didn't need to do that for this relatively small dishwasher part.
Garolite LE is:
12" x 12" =
6" x 6" =
For small parts, I am using a 1/32" thick sheet, clipped to my build platform with binder clips. For large parts, I have a 1/4" thick sheet, which sits on top of the build platform.
Very nice!
Thanks. This new nylon really opens up the range of usable parts that can be printed.
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Announces Online Karaoke Contest
Viewers are Invited to Submit Online Karaoke Renditions of
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" or "Unchained Melody"
Millions can play along at home as America's most talented karaoke singers take the stage Friday, August 12 on "Karaoke Battle USA." "Karaoke Battle USA's" panel of all-star judges and show producers will select finalists from the best video submissions from aspiring amateur karaoke stars. Then viewers will pick a winning At-Home King and Queen online. Contestants should visit www.karaokebattleusa.com or the "Karaoke Battle USA" Facebook page and follow the directions to enter, starting at 9:00 a.m., ET on August 12. A karaoke version of either "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" or "Unchained Melody" will be available upon registration, and eligible contestants can upload a video of their solo performance using Facebook or YouTube.
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"We are really rooting for the at-home karaoke singers to succeed, but they're going to have to sing well to impress us!," said show judge Carnie Wilson ("Bridesmaids" and Wilson Phillips). "We will be judging the at-home karaoke singers just as carefully as we judge the show contestants, with great attention to voice quality, interpretation and entertainment value."
John R. Green, executive producer of "Karaoke Battle USA," said: "We were so inspired by what we saw in karaoke bars across the nation, we wanted to give people at home a chance to channel their inner star for our judges from home."
The winners receive a professional karaoke machine and $100 iTunes gift certificate.
Finalists for the At-Home Karaoke King and Queen will be chosen in advance of August 26, and their performances will be posted online for viewers to vote and ultimately pick a male and female winner to be announced in September. See the Official contest rules at Karaoke Battle USA (www.karaokebattleusa.com) for all the details. No purchase necessary.
About "Karaoke Battle USA":
"Karaoke Battle USA" shines the spotlight on the best karaoke singers across the country in six one-hour episodes, hosted by Joey Fatone (*NSYNC, "Dancing w/the Stars") and premiering with a two-hour episode, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The series will air regularly Fridays from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET.
Host Joey Fatone and a judging panel including singer/songwriter and TV host Carnie Wilson ("Bridesmaids"), music journalist Joe Levy (Maxim, Rolling Stone) and 2009 National Karaoke Champion Brian Scott will travel to the regional competitions at House of Blues locales, semi-finals and finals, along with officials from the pre-eminent Karaoke World Championships USA organization, which crowns two U.S. champs each year. As part of "Karaoke Battle USA," the best male and female performers at each regional competition will move on to the Los Angeles House of Blues, where they will square off for the titles of King and Queen of Karaoke. In addition to those bragging rights, winners will also receive a prize package that includes a recording released by Hollywood Records and a trip to compete at the Karaoke World Championships in Ireland later this year.
The series is produced for ABC by Lincoln Square Productions. Executive producers are Rudy Bednar, Muriel Pearson, James Sunderland and John R. Green.
"Karaoke Battle USA" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with stereo sound. TV parental guideline is TV-PG.


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form or level or both from the applicable maximum rate level in this
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to be transported, any other charges, and specifying either: (i)
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In total day ratings, Fox News Channel was third among all cable networks, surpassing ratings for ESPN and USA.
By comparison, CNN, which averaged 447,000 total day viewers, was No. 18. MSNBC, with 328,000 total viewers, was No. 26.
The summer was full of hot-button news stories, including the civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and U.S. involvement in Iraq and Syria. Competition from cable entertainment...


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1997 Outback auto tranny filter
Posted 10 March 2006 - 11:40 AM
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Does anyone have any advice on changing the auto transmission filter in a 1997 2.5 Outback (191k miles)? I cannot find any info regarding this in either the service schedule or my Haynes manual, but I know that the filter is available. I change the fluid regularly but my tranny still shifts rough...usually it'll "clunk" into the next highest gear and when I'm decelerating in traffic, it sometimes "clunks" into a lower gear. It is becoming more sluggish shifting into higher gears as well, though it has never shifted particularly smoothly since I've owned the car. I plan on having this car for a few more years but do not look forward to having to replace the tranny. Any advice, including possible fluid additives, would be appreciated.
Easy, you dont change it. There is no innfo because it is a screen in the tranny and not a filter. It can be replaced, but its not worth the work and tranny pan leaks that will folow.
Clunking, check all your drveline parts, mounts, driveshaft, cv joints and exhaust system mounts.
Clunking can be a one way clutch inside the tranny going bad. if you havnet changed the fluid in 30k miles change it. Have you tried shifting the car manually. The automatic shifting is controlled by the computer from a varity of inputs. It could be one of these inputs is going bad. Another posability is that the govenor is sticking or failing.
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