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Tobin hat-trick seals it for Boys
Under 16 CAMP'S Brandon Boyle got the only goal in their 1-0 win over Ballyhar at Murt Scott Park. Killarney Celtic A are also through as they defeated Kingdom Boys in Tralee. Evan Cronin, Lee O'Callaghan and Cathal O'Shea scored for Celtic with Shane Lowth and Segun Doyile replying for Kingdom Boys.
Killarney Celtic's Bs have also progressed on the same scoreline as they got past Killorglin A at Celtic Park.
Conor McCarthy and Dara Sheehan scored for Celtic in the first half with Dan Whittleton getting both for Killorglin. However, it was Killarney Celtic that got the all important winning goal in the second half.
The Park A proved too strong for Castleiasland and are also through thanks to goals from James Duggan, Paddy Collins, Ferdia O'Brien, Paudie Griffin, Jack Carmody and Shane McLoughlin. Under 15 INTER Kenmare had to travel to Tralee as their pitch was unplayable last week but they made it a winning trip thanks to a 6-0 win over Park B. One the score sheet for Inter were Kevin Price, Daniel Taylor, Will Sheehy, Tom O'Sullivan and Denis Cronin. Under 14 IN Preliminary Round 1 Castlemaine snatched the win from the jaws of extra-time as Dwight Bascalo's goal late late goal sees then through to the next round after defeating Listowel Celtic B 1-0. Castlemaine now face Mastergeeha for a place in round 1 proper.
In Round 1 The Park travelled to Killarney Athletic and defeated their hosts by double scores 6-3. Conor Lowe hit three for the Park with the others coming from Ciaran Killeen, Dean O'Connell and Ed Moynihan.
Lorcan McMonagle, Reece Hegarty and Liam Curran were Athletic's scorers. Listowel Celtic used home advantage to maximum effect as they were 4-0 winners over Fenit. Dara Goulding hit two with Nicholas MacKessey and Marcus Dowling getting one each.
Both Killarney Celtic sides are through with the A's getting a 2-0 win from Camp, while the Bs proved too strong for Asdee thanks to goals from Dillon Fitzgerald, Chris Wynne, Patrick O'Leary, Kuba Milzarek, Dan Horgan and Ryan Brosnan Casey. Killorglin A were made battle all the way by their club mates Killorgln B. Paddy Cronin, Aaron McCarthy and an og saw the As through 3-1 with Mark O'Connor getting the goal for the Bs.
Kingdom Boys A are amongst the favourites for this competition and are through thanks to a 6-0 win over neighbours Park B. Diarmuid O'Connor, Dara Lowth, Rian O'Sullivan, Dillon Robinson, Paudie Looney and Mike McDonnell got the goals. Under 13 KILLORGLIN have made it to the last eight of the Under-13 Cup following their 5-2 win at home to Park B. Mark O'Connor and Cathal Crosby both hit two each with Gary O'Connor also getting on the scoresheet.
Under 11 KINGDOM Boys Jack Tobin scored a hat trick and Brian Cassidy once for Kingdom Boys as they progress to Round 2 in a 41 win over Inter Kenmare which sees the Tralee boys progress to the last 16.


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This Cut's For You
July 26, 2001
By Wess Mitchell
Even as the first round in this year's tax debate draws to a close with the signing of the $1.35 trillion tax cut, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already toasting the arrival of the next round of tax relief legislation - literally.
In 1991, Congress substantially raised taxes on alcohol and other "luxury goods" as part of an effort to reduce the federal deficit. Now, in the era of budget surpluses, America's beer producers are mounting a forceful campaign to ensure that they are next in line for tax relief.
Legislation currently being proposed by Representatives Phil English (R-Penn.) and Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) would significantly reduce the federal alcohol tax, cutting the rate on a case of beer by half. While such a reduction would cost the federal government about $17 billion in revenues, it would be fiscally prudent for three important reasons: It would create a more efficient tax, it would help stimulate the sagging beverage industry and - more importantly - it would reduce the overall tax burden on the poorest Americans.
First, the way the federal government taxes beer is inefficient. According to Standard and Poor's DRI, when additional state and federal sales tax revenues are included, brewers pay more than $25 billion per year in taxes. Significantly, federal taxes are levied on beer makers during production. Thus, they become part of the cost of production passed along to distributors, wholesalers and retailers. This inevitably means consumers pay higher prices. In fact - rather than hops, barley or labor - taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, accounting for 44% of the total retail price of the average bottle. At purchase, a consumer is actually paying a tax on a product that was taxed during production - that is, he is paying a tax on a tax. These multiple layers of taxation make beer the most highly taxed consumer good - at three times the rate of practically any other item.
High beer taxes also create a drag on the economy by reducing sales and eliminating jobs. The beer industry generates about 2.5 million jobs and produces goods and services totaling nearly $55 billion annually. The industry was hit hard by the 1991 tax hike, which doubled the federal tax on a barrel of beer from $9 to $18, causing a drop in sales by over 4 million barrels and resulting in a loss of around 60,000 jobs. As a result of this downturn, the government's intake of corporate and personal income taxes was reduced, yielding a net of only 50 cents in revenue for every tax dollar paid on beer.
Finally, the beer tax is unfair because it disproportionately affects low-income Americans who consume beer - rather than other forms of alcohol - but who are least equipped to pay high prices. In fact, the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy have estimated that families with incomes in the lowest 20 percent pay five times more in beer taxes than families in the top 20 percent. By placing this heavier burden on lower- and middle-income taxpayers, the beer tax is in essence a regressive tax, penalizing the poor out of proportion to their ability to pay. The unfairness of the situation is striking; of all the consumer goods that Congress targeted as luxury items in 1991, including yachts, furs and private jets, only beer, which is the working man's delight, retains its high "luxury" status and corresponding tax rate.
Clearly, the fair move for Congress is to take the same approach to taxing beer as it ultimately has taken toward taxing the playthings of the wealthy and redress this imbalance. Doing so would lighten the tax burden shouldered by working Americans. It would also help to restore the tens of thousands of jobs lost by workers in the beer industry a decade ago, and alleviate the burdens of an overtaxed industry. Eliminating this inefficient and regressive tax would go a long way towards restoring sanity and fairness to an increasingly complex tax system.


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Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover Says City 'Taking Precautions' Following New Ricin Letters Scare
Following the news that two ricin-laced letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns were postmarked in Shreveport, Mayor Cedric Glover has issued a statement saying the city is "taking necessary steps" to protect citizens.
"The Shreveport Police Department, in conjunction with the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force is working to apprehend those responsible for sending ricin-laced mail from a local post office," said Glover.
Glover said that while the letters were postmarked at a Shreveport postal station, the origin of the mail is still unclear. He added that citizens should remain "calm but alert."
Mayor Glover also took to his personal Twitter page to urge Shreveporters to "stay tuned to local media sources and outlets for information on how to assist with the apprehension of those responsible."
We are also taking the necessary steps to protect local USPS & Government Plaza personnel as well as local citizens from any possible harm.
— Cedric B. Glover (@MayorGlover) May 30, 2013
Anyone with information that could help police in their investigation should call Caddo Crime Stoppers at (318) 673-7373 or visit www.lockemup.org.


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Span day-to-day after MRI reveals sprained joint
Span day-to-day after MRI reveals sprained joint
An MRI Wednesday morning revealed a sprained sternoclavicular joint, which connects the clavicle to the sternum.
"I guess we're going to take it day to day," Span said. "It's going to be painful. It's kind of just going to be based on how I feel. There's going to be days when I can go out there and swing, and there's going to be bad days."
Ben Revere took over Span's normal posts as leadoff hitter and center fielder in Wednesday's game against the Mariners. Chris Parmelee started in right field.
Span said he will be treated with anti-inflammatories, but the injury will likely nag at him for the remainder of the season.
"I don't think there's really much I can really do," Span said. "They said it takes four to six weeks for it to heal -- if I just did nothing. But they don't seem to think me continuing to try to swing will make it worse. So hopefully get on this anti-inflammatory and get some more treatment, then maybe it'll be more bearable for me to at least play."


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A neuropsychologist with Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center has been named to a federal government panel of experts that seeks to improve the health of youths with traumatic brain injury.
Catherine Broomand, PhD, ABPP-CN, is one of 58 members who serve on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Workgroup to Improve Clinical Care of Youth with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
According to the CDC, appropriate diagnosis and management of children and teens with mild TBI, including concussion, can help safeguard the health of young Americans. While clinical guidelines are available for adults with mild TBI, there is no current U.S. guideline to help clinicians care for children and teens with mild TBI.
The panel, which held its first meeting over the summer, will develop clinical diagnosis and management guidelines for acute mild TBI among children and teens that occur both on and off the sports field. Comprised of leading experts in the field of TBI, the workgroup will create a multi-organizationally endorsed guideline within an 18-24 month timeframe, according to the CDC.
Broomand, an El Dorado Hills resident, is an expert in the area of youth concussions. She is the director of Kaiser Permanente's Roseville-based Youth Sports Concussion Program and president of the Sacramento Valley Concussion Care Consortium.
"It's an honor to be part of this workgroup comprised of national experts because we're all trying to improve the health of young athletes, which is a critical issue," Broomand said. "Through my participation on this panel, I hope to build upon and extend the work I am doing locally within Kaiser Permanente and for the Sacramento Valley Concussion Care Consortium."
She added: "I want kids to continue to participate in the activities that they love, but in a way that we, as parents, can feel more secure about their safety. We will not prevent concussions from happening, but we can help to ensure a better outcome through proper management."
Kaiser Permanente is also a partner of the CDC's Heads Up Northern California concussion-awareness program.


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Ingredient of the week: Corn
This week's ingredient is one of Seattle Kitchen host Tom Douglas' favorites.
"I cannot tell you how much I love corn," says Douglas.
He says we are just arriving at the best time of year for corn and it's time to start eating it. Listen in for his favorite ways to prepare one of his favorite ingredients.


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The Tennessean announced Thursday that Maria DeVarenne has been named executive editor and vice president/news.
DeVarenne comes to The Tennessean, owned by Gannett Co. Inc., from The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. She was vice president/news at that A.H. Belo newspaper, which posted growth in its digital and print audiences during her 10 years there.
"I'm excited and honored to be joining The Tennessean, given its legacy for great journalism," DeVarenne told the newspaper ( http://tnne.ws/vOhEXy ).
"There is a strong, award-winning foundation to build on in the Nashville newsroom as we expand further with digital media to provide news and content any time on any device for the region and foster a greater connectivity throughout the community with social media."
The Tennessean's coverage of the 2010 Nashville flood was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news this year.
DeVarenne is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and a 2009 Fellow of the USC/Knight Digital Media Center.
She succeeds former editor Mark Silverman, who moved to the Gannett corporate staff in September.
Before joining The Press-Enterprise, DeVarenne worked for Gannett newspapers, including the San Bernardino Sun.
DeVarenne starts her new job Dec. 26.
Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com


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Tried "EPM" as listed in other threads and it would simply not work on my win7......so after a few hours of searching I've found exactly what you need!! Just used this software (today) to partition my Seagate 2TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk ext USB2 HDD and it worked a treat!! (very fast)
Just follow the link below:
Free Partition Magic alternative. Free Partition Manager Software for Windows 7/VISTA/XP/2000 and Windows Server 2003/2008/2000.
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November 16th, 2009 03:39 PM #1Senior Member
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BUG REPORT: Problems around the site for me - others?
I have had some trouble today navigating around this site, in an unusual way.. I had tried to post to yesterday's blog, and then taken to an error message. Went back and tried to repost, this time it says I have posted the message already, but it wasn't there. I tried to take some time and look at other stuff and come back to it, now that page won't load the full article, cuts off the bottom in the middle of one comment and many of the images do not load either. Earlier, I posted on today's blog with no problem, but clicked the link at the top for yesterday's article and it said the page I was looking for doesn't exist.
I have had some troubles on the forums too. I made a double-post because the first time it took me to an error page - but I deleted the extra post once I could look at the page. Last time this happened, the post only went once. Other times, I am trying to read back on posts if an article looks interesting or has new comments and the page says the page I went to look at isn't there, or when it loads after I submit a comment - not there. Other times, it is fine. Most of the pages take forever to load either way, so I start to think it will take too long and fail, but it only does that sometimes. I've experienced most of these issues here before, but the glitches are usually minor and happen once in a few days or longer, not all at once. It's making it kind of hard to look around today.
Is there some behind-the-scenes construction playing with a lot of the functions or is it on my side? Anyone else experiencing problems I've described?
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Re: BUG REPORT: Problems around the site for me - others?
Sometimes I will be working on a post, and then suddenly the whole thing disappears. So now I post what I'm working on and then work on it some more.
Sometimes I get to a page where it says this page does not exist, so then I just go back to where I was and then try again. The second time usually works.
At times the site seems to be malfunctioning so I go do something else and then return at a later time. Sometimes late at night the site is all messed up, and I figure that someone is working on it. So I get off the computer and do something else.
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Today the site seems very slow to me, and some pages won't load, so I've definitely noticed that something is going on. :-(
I hope that Nameberry feels better soon!
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I had trouble all weekend -- got messages the server wasn't responding. I was able to use other sites without similar messages.


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You have to be careful what you teach your children because it might come back to haunt you in the strangest of places, like the aisles of the local Walmart, for instance.
In the case of my oldest daughter, she taught her children to be thieves and the end result was mayhem in the cereal aisle. Not just any kind of thieves, mind you, she taught her children to be nose thieves and mouth thieves.
Although I don't entirely know why, my daughter started trying to persuade her children at an early age that she could remove their noses from their faces. She would do so by giving their nose a soft pinch and then showing them how their nose was now held between her forefinger and middle finger. She would pinch their nose and then tell them "got your nose" and show them what they thought was their nose but was in fact her thumb impersonating their nose.
It was a cute trick and the kids laughed whenever their mom stole their nose because she would always give it back. But that is where mothers are different from children. Because mothers will use a trick to delight their children and children will use a trick to terrorize their sibling, which is what the "Steal Your Nose Trick" mutated into.
If you could steal a person's nose, then certainly you could also steal their mouth, and if you could steal their mouth, then surely you could steal their entire head, which is what my 4-year-old and 2-year-old grandsons decided to do whenever they had the opportunity, they would steal each other's body parts.
Now sibling body part theft is all well and good when it is done in the relative calm of your own home because you can, for the most part, yell at your children to give back his brother's head and be done with it. But when you are in the cereal aisle of the local Walmart, ordering a child to put his brother's nose back on his face will have a tendency to alarm other shoppers.
When my 2-year-old grandson suddenly reached up and tweaked his big brother's mouth, he began to cry the Walmart cry, which is just like a normal cry only several decibels higher.
"What's wrong with you?" My daughter asked her wailing son.
"Ashtun stole my mouth," my 4-year-old grandson, Gavin, told his mother.
At this point, my daughter did something that was doomed to failure even before she began. She attempted to talk reasonably to a 4-year-old boy crying the Walmart cry.
"If Ashtun stole your mouth, how are you talking?" she asked.
Gavin paused to consider the complexities of her question and finally came up with a solution.
"With my spit!" he said and began to cry all the louder because his little brother seemed on the verge of throwing his mouth down the aisle.
It didn't take much longer, perhaps two confused stares by passers-by, for my daughter to do away with the reasoning approach.
"Ashtun, you give back your brother's mouth right now."
Ashtun slapped his brother's mouth back into place and while leaning close enough to slap his brother's mouth back into place, Gavin reached up and stole his little brother's nose and promptly ate it.
And great weeping and wailing in the Walmart cry echoed down the canyons of cereal.
Furious and still crying that his big brother had stolen and eaten his nose, Ashtun stole back his brother's mouth and tossed it on the floor and then stole his nose and right ear and threw them over the cereal aisle, and Gavin again began to scream as he stole Ashtun's mouth and stuffed it inside his shirt.
My daughter began to laugh at this time, she reports, but I wonder exactly what kind of laugh was it? Was it the hee hee laugh of one amused at the antics of your children or was it a Jack Nicholson haa haaa haaa heee heee heee that made people wonder about your sanity. My daughter, for her part, isn't telling, but I have noticed a twitch in her eye that wasn't there a couple of children ago.2 comments on this story
The boys' father, having heard the Walmart cries of his children from the other side of the store, found his family and after having explained to him what the problem was, carefully went about the process of picking up his children's body parts scattered across the floor of the store. He returned Gavin's and Ashtun's nose, mouth and ear, and the boys were quiet and relatively happy.
For about 10 seconds, when they both started to cry again.
"Now what?" My daughter asked.
"You gave me Ashtun's mouth and nose," Gavin wailed.
This is the point at which I think my daughter's eye twitch became more pronounced.
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The end of the 2004 presidential election campaign doesn't spell the end of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the well-funded alliance of former servicemen that remains dedicated...
WASHINGTON The end of the 2004 presidential election campaign doesn't spell the end of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the well-funded alliance of former servicemen that remains dedicated to preventing John Kerry from becoming president.
The group, which recently changed its name to Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth, plans to convene next month to celebrate its successes and to consider speaking out further about Kerry's military service, his anti-war activities afterward, and other issues, says William Franke, who ran the organization's day-to-day operations.
In his first interview about his role in the anti-Kerry group, the Navy veteran said his group succeeded in its mission to discredit Kerry and may help distribute a controversial film attacking the Massachusetts senator.
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Kerry has given no indication that he might seek the Democratic nomination in 2008 and probably would encounter resistance from many in his party if he did.
Nonetheless, Franke made clear that his disdain for Kerry had not abated and that his group was keeping a wary eye on the senator's activities.
Franke, 60, offered no new evidence for his claims that Kerry misstated facts about his Vietnam service. But he said the Swift boat group's members remained frustrated, feeling that the news media did not bore in sufficiently on what he regards as unanswered questions about Kerry's service records.
He added that he was troubled by a political dust-up in Kerry's home state recently that may have cost the group's public-relations firm, Virginia-based Creative Response Concepts, a contract with the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.
"They have called us rag merchants and liars and scum and every name under the sun. But what he has never done is respond substantively to our accusations," Franke said. He said the group might issue more "statements" about Kerry, but he wasn't specific.
Kerry spokesman David Wade repeated assertions from the campaign that Kerry made all his military records public except for private medical records, and that even those had been viewed by a group of reporters last spring.
"This was a smear campaign led by right-wing Republicans who were willing to lie because they hated John Kerry for having spoken out against the war in Vietnam after he came home," Wade said, responding to questions in an e-mail.
"There's a reason why Franke stayed in a secure, undisclosed location during the campaign: This man had no respect for the truth. … History already has discredited Bill Franke and his right-wing crusade. His 15 minutes of fame are over," Wade said.
The ability of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and other "527s" to operate as they did this year probably will depend on Congress. The 527s, so named for the tax-code provision that governs them, emerged as a force this election as a result of what critics regard as a loophole in the recent campaign-finance law.
One of the legislation's main sponsors, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has vowed further efforts to rein the groups in.
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth raised $27.2 million, most of it in a three-month period starting in July, Franke said. Houston home builder Robert Perry, a longtime GOP contributor, gave the group $4 million.
That money fueled some of the campaign season's most aggressive and memorable television ads.
One of the ads featured Navy Swift boat veterans asserting that Kerry lied about his Vietnam service. Another recalled his testimony in 1971 in front of a Senate committee, in which Kerry related allegations of atrocities by American forces in Vietnam. The Swift boat group painted that testimony as a betrayal.
The ads contributed to the broader Republican strategy of portraying Kerry as an unfit leader in time of war and drew wide attention, stalling Kerry's campaign at a critical point in August and generating criticism that the senator did not respond sufficiently to blunt the attack.
In one measure of success, a poll in 12 closely contested states taken on election night by a Republican polling firm found that the Swift boat veterans' ads were far more recognizable and had more effect than ads of pro-Kerry groups.
"Most people, even Democrats, grudgingly acknowledge that those ads were hugely effective," said Charles Lewis, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity.
Franke referred to his group as "a substantive organization" and said it had a 150,000-strong donor list. He said it would be considering proposals related to veterans issues when members convene Jan. 26 in Orlando, Fla., for two days.
Franke said the group might assist in distribution of the film "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal," which is harshly critical of Kerry's testimony in front of the Senate.
A report that the Sinclair Broadcast Group planned to air the documentary on all or most of its 62 television stations just before the election provoked a storm of controversy that sent Sinclair's stock plummeting.
Sinclair ultimately backed down and aired a generally balanced report with the title, "POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media."


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Calvin Harris ready to propose to Taylor Swift, claim pals
LOVED-UP DJ Calvin Harris is close to popping the question to superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift.
Friends of the Scottish hit-maker claim he is preparing to drop down on one knee after discussing marriage with his parents.
Taylor's team recently denied claims the besotted pop couple had officially moved in together.
But according to Calvin's pals he believes he's found "the one" and wants to settle down with his US sweetheart.
A friend of the world's highest-paid DJ told me: "Calvin has discussed the possibility of marrying Taylor with his parents. It is still early days but none of his team would be surprised if he went down on one knee this year.
"They are both very solid at the moment and happy. They have had a fantastic few weeks together over the Christmas period.
"It was the first time they have had a large amount of time together, mixing time alone with family activities, and it went brilliantly.
"It is still early days but none of his team would be surprised if he went down on one knee this year"A pal of Calvin Harris'
"Calvin has never been more content and is really smitten with Taylor. She's also head over heels and has never been in a relationship like this.
"The most important thing for Taylor is that Calvin's won over parents Scott and Andrea, as well as her friends.
"One of Calvin's team has been talking about where to purchase bespoke rings, which has prompted people to feel that an engagement is close."
Taylor and Calvin's year-long romance has had a few ups and downs due to their hectic work schedules.
The couple were rumoured to be breaking up as recently as October but pals claim they are happier than ever.
It would be an amazing achievement for Calvin, who previously dated Rita Ora, to tie down Taylor.
The I Knew You Were Trouble singer has previously dated Harry Styles, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Lautner to name just a few!


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Jessica Simpson carried Daisy to catch a red-eye flight out of LAX yesterday. She had a fun-filled week in LA, including a Lakers date with Tony and having playtime with her adorable nephew Bronx. Yesterday, the Simpson girls spread out their philanthropic efforts — while Ashlee introduced Bronx to the world of charity events at the carnival, Jessica was elsewhere in town performing at the Celebrate Life With Hope event.
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Readers weigh in on the challenges—and desirability—of shedding their 'stuff'
Editor's note: Our recent essay "Forget Martha Stewart; Try Mother Hubbard," by Ellen M. Kozak, looked at the growing popularity of "extreme downsizing" (and Ms. Kozak's desire to move to a small place in Hawaii). The piece prompted an outpouring of emails from readers. Here are some highlights.
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Although I am not in the category of wanting to jump in my car and take off, I do want to slow down and have fewer items to look after. A friend of mine owned and operated a restaurant and lived in a small trailer parked behind it. All entertaining was done in his restaurant; the trailer was for sleeping and a little television.
He always said he didn't want more possessions than would fit in his car. At the time it seemed a bit extreme, but now that I am close to retiring, I do understand.
Margo Ruschmann
Asheville, N.C.
My husband handed me your timely essay this morning. Mind you, he is a very kind and forgiving dear who usually says "nice" when I bring in yet another "treasure" from a sale that I never should have gone to. But…I am a minute away from my accumulations being at near capacity in our smallish house. So thank you. My days of Martha Stewart's matchy-matchy everything are over. I pray for deliverance from stuff.
Kristina Ziebron
Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
After living in Jacksonville, Fla., for 35 years, I retired to South Florida. Of my furniture, I only took my new, very expensive mattress. I also took some professional books (since I might work occasionally) and my clothes. The TV and computer also found their way into the U-Haul that I rented one way—and that was it. I felt as if I was starting out again much lighter and looking forward to the last and best part of my life. Instead of a big house, I live in a one-bedroom condo with 1½ baths that is about 1,100 square feet. Less to clean, care for or hold stuff.
Downsize and move on with your life. I did.
Ruth Ort
Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Inspiring article. Wish I had the guts to follow through with it.
Cliff Ourso
Sun City West, Ariz.
One tip that worked for me (a type-A mementoist): When a move meant I had to release my garage of stage costumes assembled over 20 years of costuming/acting, I took pictures of every beloved keepsake before donating. Polaroids then; cellphone snaps now.
A digital scrapbook lets me have my cake and eat it, too. The next step may be to upload them to an album on Facebook so I can revisit those times and events like I do journeys. Your charming piece reminds me to spend more time making my present delightful than I do revisiting my delightful past.
Blair Richwood
Los Angeles
We have been married 53 years, and I have been de-junking for many years. No one wants my "stuff." My motto now is that if it needs dusting get rid of it (or put it under glass), and anything anyone gives me better be consumable. I had a large collection of salt and pepper shakers, Royal Doulton figures, Wedgwood Jasperware, souvenir spoons and stuff from my travels all over the world. It is all gone. Only the necessities now.
George Carlin once said in one of his routines that the only reason we have a house is to put our "stuff" somewhere.
Jo Ann Manigold
Brownwood, Texas
My husband and I are in the process of getting rid of "things" from our three-bedroom house so we can live in our 36-foot motor home. It's not easy, but I'm working on it.
Cindy Mankus
Plano, Texas
I'm currently living and working in Germany. The Germans here would probably hang or burn you as a witch. ("Throw things away?! You must be an alien!")
It took me a while some years ago to come to the same realization you are seeing: Go with the flow. You'll live longer and breathe less dust. And those memorable items should not be the controlling factor in your life; it can be construed as a burden—which it really is.
John W. Whitehurst
Friolzheim, Germany
My wife and I have a cozy condo and learned a long time ago that less is more. Large homes are a bit of an American addiction; when we travel, especially to Japan, we see that a mountain of space does not necessarily make a person happy in one's home. A smaller home has less to clean, less to repair and is much cheaper overall. Enjoy!
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Friday, April 21, 2006
Hon-Shimeji mushrooms - a drawing
Every now and again I give in to the urge to draw something very precise in graphite. I found these Hon-shimeji mushrooms at the supermarket earlier this week and they've proved to be a fascinating subject to draw - even though they began to dry out overnight and needed to relax in a bowl of water before we settled down for the second sitting............
This is mechanical pencil on a sheet of Arches HP watercolour paper 9 x 12 inches.
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- Jeanette Jobson said...
Beautiful graphite drawing Katherine. I can see why these intrigued you. They are a drawing waiting to happen. There is something fascinating about small versions of anything.
I love also how your links educate me futher. Thank you!
I haven't come across these mushrooms here yet, but then again, living on a small island, exotics are the rarity rather than the norm. All part of the charm...
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- Laura said...
Making drawings like this one (I mean, precise, tight, smooth) is such a meditative enterprise. Nice rendering.
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- Karen Winters said...
Very beautiful. I love the subtle tones you've achieved in this.
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- Katherine said...
Thanks ladies. Laura - you had it spot on - there's something very satisfying and meditative about pushing graphite around a piece of good quality paper...
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- Karl Zipser said...
I've been looking at the mushroom drawing again and again. I find it impressive.
I was wondering about the darker areas on the right side and bottom of the sheet. Are these part of the drawing, or an effect of the photograph? It seems to me that this "shading" contributes to the drawing, especially along the bottom edge.
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This signature has been discussed on here before. I believe that quite a few collector's including myself have the same signed item and a very convincing reproduction it is too. I think they are trying to sell a very common reproduction here.
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csiquet wrote:Indeed, this thread is very useful and I was looking for this kind of topic in order to introduce myself.
I am actually more active on the Portuguese LUG Forum and from time to time on Eurobricks as well, and I am afraid I won't be posting too much on this one ; LEGO is the passion, not forums.
I love classic StarWars, classic space, City, Catles, pirates, LDD creation, well...pretty much everything but Bionicles
As an introduction, I am going to leave my Eurobricks Introduction link not to repeat was has been written already.
I have a little Brickshelf gallery I intend to use a bit more in time. As you'll see in my gallery, I own a Chrome Stormtrooper ; it is being distributed at ToysRus with SW sets in Europe as you all well know.
I found out with awe, reading the news of FBTB, that the white Boba Fett won't make it to us. What a shame...
I would be lying if I would say I didn't join FBTB with the hope to exchange one for another.
But all in good time, I'll try to find my way around here and the rest is yet to come...
theJudeAbides wrote: Heck, even my choke-tastic Vikings are better than [the Cowboys]. (If you want to learn how to most effectively choke in football, just watch Vikings tapes... they pretty much wrote the book on it). Really, though, all we need is a good quarterback. I mean, we've got good recievers and backs (see: Adrien Peterson) as well as solid offensive and defensive lines (the Williams are not easily beaten). It's just that Tarvaris is shaky at best and Frerotte is old and soggy. We need someone who can throw the ball well and can lead the team. It may also be helpful Adrien stops coating his hands in butter before the game.
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As promised, this week I'll take a look at some fantasy football busts I'll be avoiding this season. Keep in mind when you hear the word 'bust' it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll fall off the face of the earth or won't be fantasy relevant. Rather, it's reflective of players who I think will be drafted too high or cost too much in auctions in the coming weeks and months.
Reggie Bush, RB, MIA 'The Dolphins did little of substance to improve their team in the offseason and as a result could end up as one of the league's doormats. Brandon Marshall was traded away and the team couldn't manage to sign any of the marquee free agent quarterbacks, leading the Dolphins to pick raw QB Ryan Tannehill with the eighth overall pick. Without much to count on in the passing game, opposing defenses will be looking to shut down Bush at the line of scrimmage. Bush only missed one game (Week 17) in 2011, but over the previous four seasons, he averaged less than 11 played. Division rivals Buffalo and New England will both have improved defenses and Miami's drafting of Lamar Miller adds another running back besides Daniel Thomas to fight Bush for touches. Considering the crowded backfield, injury risk and weakness of the team in general, I'd stay away from Bush this season.
Frank Gore, RB, SF ' In 2011, Gore was finally able to stay healthy for an entire season for only the second time in his seven-year career. However, prior to last season he had missed at least two games in each of his previous three campaigns. The 49ers added Brandon Jacobs in the offseason and then drafted LaMichael James to join Kendall Hunter in what will be a crowded backfield. Gore has only eclipsed eight rushing touchdowns once in his career and had a reduced role in the passing game, with only 17 catches last season. He enters 2012 with a lot of mileage (1,653 carries) and his 4.3 and 4.2 yards per carry averages over the last two seasons suggest that he's slowing down. I'll pass on Gore this season.
Steve Smith, WR, CAR ' For as much as Smith was undervalued last season, it's likely he'll be overvalued heading into this season. With the surprising emergence of Cam Newton, Smith exploded over the first half of the 2011 season with 918 receiving yards and four touchdowns, but only managed 476 receiving yards and three touchdowns over the final eight games. With no reports of a significant injury, this shows that opponents were able to adjust to the chemistry that had developed between the two. Moreover, the 33-year-old Smith isn't a big red zone threat due to his size and he hasn't had more than seven touchdowns in any of the last five seasons. The potential significant drop in receiving yards plus the lack of scores will add up to Smith being a bust this season.
Baltimore Defense ' We have the Ravens ranked as having the 16th-best fantasy defense for the upcoming season. However, I still get the sense that people are going to draft them higher, possibly even as a top-five defense. Last season, the Ravens gave up the third-fewest yards (4,622), the third-fewest points (16.6 pts/game), while recording the third-most sacks (48) in the league. However, there are a few red flags to take note of here. Ray Lewis just turned 37 and missed four games last season due to injury. Ed Reed will be 34 when the season starts and hasn't given a definitive answer as to whether or not he's going to play this season. Meanwhile, Terrell Suggs (14 sacks and two interceptions) will miss most of the season, meaning that other teams won't have to use their best pass blockers on him or double-team him on passing downs. Remember this is 2012, not 2000, so let others overvalue the Ravens based on their past defensive dominance.
Wes Welker, WR, NE ' I know it's wearing the Captain Obvious hat to point out that Welker won't duplicate last year's career stats ' 1,569 receiving yards, 173 targets and nine receiving touchdowns. But I've seen him ranked as high as the second overall wide receiver in some places and on MockDraftCentral.com, he's being taken ahead of Victor Cruz. The addition of Brandon Lloyd should have a direct effect on his stats and it doesn't appear that his contract issue will be resolved to his liking, which also could affect Welker. I think the numbers we have projected for him ' 1,155 receiving yards, seven touchdowns ' are pretty good estimates as to what you should expect from him. That means Welker's fantasy production will drop by 53 points for the entire season, or 3.3 fantasy points per week.
Beanie Wells, RB, ARI ' I've bought into the Wells hype in the past and a quick start last season sucked in many other owners. The fact is, outside of the first three games of the season and one advantageous matchup against St. Louis, Wells had a disappointing season. Aside from those four games, Wells had 159 carries for 498 yards for a 3.1 YPC average. His knee issues have hampered him, dating back to college and the offseason surgery he had revealed more damage than originally thought. Moreover, he has little explosive ability, which limits his big-play potential. The two runs of 40+ yards for his career (in which he has accumulated 537 carries) both occurred in the aforementioned favorable matchup against St. Louis. His career mark of only 10 runs of 20+ yards further indicates the lack of burst at the second level. Ryan Williams was drafted early in the second round of the 2011 draft and though he was injured last year, he should be healthy enough to factor in this season. Wells is coming off the boards an average of 54th overall according to MockDraftCentral.com, way too high in my opinion.
C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF ' This is another case where the acquisition cost won't equal the production. What's beyond mystifying to me is that Spiller is being drafted ahead of running backs like Shonn Greene and Ben Tate. Tate is the interesting comparison, given that he's in a similar situation being the backup in Houston, as Spiller is in Buffalo. Fred Jackson, while coming off an injury, has suffered no setbacks and is the clear-cut starter for the Bills. Spiller has never been viewed as a workhorse and that was clear after Jackson was hurt last season. Over the final six games while Jackson was out, Spiller never had over 19 carries and only averaged 14.3 carries during that span. Now with Jackson back, that number should drop even more. Spiller will have some extra value in PPR formats as the Bills like to get him to the perimeter for short passes, but his current ADP of 67 seems inflated.


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6 July 2012 – María de Villota, who suffered severe head and facial injuries during a testing crash at Duxford on Tuesday, has undergone further surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. The Spaniard directly hit the loading tray of a Marussia team lorry when returning from a straight-line run at the airfield, resulting in the loss of her right eye.
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Wow Ken! That's cool and the price is right for sure. Clean that puppy up and put her together and you've got one heck of a nice 10" reflector. Very nice, and good condition considering the age. Congrats!
Davidson 10" reflector 1947
Posted 06 August 2014 - 09:28 PM
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Posted 06 August 2014 - 10:11 PM
I can't find it in your thread. What's the f/ ratio? It looks loooonnnggg!
Posted 07 August 2014 - 12:15 AM
I can't find it in your thread. What's the f/ ratio? It looks loooonnnggg!
I believe it is a 10" f/8 from the measurements I have taken on the OTA. I have not done the test with the mirror yet.
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Posted 07 August 2014 - 06:39 AM
That is one seriously cool scope! Oh man, it needs to be mounted on a steampunk GEM.
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Posted 07 August 2014 - 08:57 AM
That is one seriously cool scope! Oh man, it needs to be mounted on a steampunk GEM.
That is one of the things I've been thinking about George. What would be an appropriate mount for this if it were an ATM scope made in 1947? I really wish I could find out what happened to the mount. If a person put this much thought into the OTA, you would have to think he or she would spent some time on the mount too. I'm not giving up trying to find the maker. Just who was F. Davidson?
So this brings up some questions I have for the group. What was the state of ATM'ing in 1947? I'm guessing this tube is some sort of a composite material like fiberglass or phenolic possibly. Were these materials available or being used in telescope making in 1947?
I think when my friend, and I too, first saw the cast aluminum mirror cell, we assumed that it must be commercially made. After all, who casts there own aluminum cells? After looking at the other metal work, I kind of formed an image in my mind of a person making this scope that may have developed those skills during the wartime since this was not long after the end of WWII . Machining and metal working skills were everywhere during WWII.
There is some damage to the section of tubing on the focuser end, so I will be removing it today to try and effect a repair. Like a lot of old scopes, it looks like it may have been knocked over at some time and cracked the tube around the focuser hole. Luckily the focuser is okay.
Posted 07 August 2014 - 12:32 PM
Hard to say on the mount. My BiL has his father's ATM 6" scope that is probably from around the same era (I need to have him set it up sometime so I can take pics). It's actually the first scope I ever looked through and was what started my interest in this pursuit.
I haven't seen the scope in many many years, but my recollection is the mount was based upon pipe fittings. The pipe has inserts IIRC that were machined nice and smooth. I cannot remember if it was brass or just painted a brass/gold color. The interesting thing is the shaft housings were about twice as long as typical plumbing fittings. I'm 98% certain that the shafts were NOT threaded, i.e., into the dec housing or into the saddle. Something of that sort seems appropriate.
Again, such a cool scope!
As you said, there was a lot of talent around back then and a lot of surplus as well.
Posted 07 August 2014 - 12:42 PM
Here is a shot for some perspective on the size of this. I'm 5'-8" tall. It is mirror cell up. No glass in it here.
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Posted 08 August 2014 - 05:39 AM
Healthy sized scope.
Rich (RLTYS)
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Posted 08 August 2014 - 10:02 AM
This instrument, or parts of it, may have been produced by the Davidson Manufacturing Company of Alhambra and Los Angeles, California.
Started in 1932, Davidson was apparently a producer, and at times a reseller, of photographic equipment, primarily darkroom gear and tripods. By 1952 the company seems to have become deeply involved in optics manufacturing and had four facilities in the L.A. basin, three in Alhambra and one in Los Angeles proper. In 1953 all production appears to have been moved to a brand-new facility in West Covina, California. The firm was tasked with re-figuring the primary of the 42" Clark & Sons reflector at Lowell Observatory in 1956. The company, or a branch of it, may have later became known as Davidson Optics, Inc., and eventually Davidson Optronics at present.
(Information in the foregoing paragraph collated from a brief web search)
As Lew Chilton mention in the archived CN article referenced by the OP, Davidson Manufacturing apparently produced a line of eyepieces and a focusing mount at their West Covina facility in 1955; eyepiece focal lengths were 11mm, 16mm and 22mm. Neither the eyepieces nor the focuser displayed in the S&T advertisements at the time resemble the focuser and eyepiece in the OP, but that is hardly surprising given that the latter may be eight years or more older. This single ad ran in S&T for only about a year, from mid-1955 to 1956.
Davidson Optronics has a website, as well as a telephone number and an email address if further inquiries are contemplated: http://www.davidsonoptronics.com
The Optical Society of Southern California might also be able to provide further information on this firm: http://www.ossc.org
Alternatively, the instrument's origins can forever remain a mystery.
Edited by amicus sidera, 08 August 2014 - 02:36 PM.
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Posted 08 August 2014 - 02:15 PM
Here is a shot for some perspective on the size of this. I'm 5'-8" tall. It is mirror cell up. No glass in it here.
Understand this issue all to well. I frequently come accross vintage scopes/mirrors that are too tall.
I remember Preston acquiring one years back - I asked him if he was going to make it into a travel telescope
I don't hear often of the outcomes of these. Myself and many others are a little gun shy of ladders - the mere memory of the ladder journey to the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers 24" eyepiece gives me the shudders...
Just last month got a nice 12" f/8 for free (the guy begged me to take it), but even assessing it is a chore given the 8 foot focal length! Guess I'm spoiled by small f/ scopes that keep my feet on the ground.
I've toyed with "low rider" and "chiefspiegler" (Ed Jones) remakes, but my heart isn't quite in those. The CO and/or making a custom plano concave lens isn't all that appealing, not to mention the functional issues of counterweighting such on GEM mounts.
What to do when they get too big.
Edited by wfj, 08 August 2014 - 02:17 PM.
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Posted 08 August 2014 - 02:45 PM
What to do when they get too big.
I've seen raised decks built around instruments like these, with a hole in the center to accommodate the mount and pier, as well as allow clearance for the lower part of the tube; thus the eyepiece remains at a reasonable height. A long-focus reflector as described, equipped with a tiny secondary, could likely equal or best any refractor of similar aperture in regards to planetary viewing, not to mention saving the happy owner $100,000 or so...
Edited by amicus sidera, 08 August 2014 - 02:46 PM.
Posted 08 August 2014 - 06:18 PM
This is why I thought of the English style fork mount (I think that is the correct term) because it will get the eyepiece lower. It is certainly era appropriate. Mel's scope sure inspired me also. Terra suggested looking in Ingalls's "Amateur Telescope Making" book and I just happened to have a copy. Low and behold, it is a 1947 edition, same as the scope.
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Posted 09 August 2014 - 08:09 AM
The total weight of the OTA with optics is a hair over 36 pounds.
Posted 09 August 2014 - 11:13 AM
That's some heavy iron! I suspect that cooling time may be a wee bit longer than that of your RV-6...
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Posted 09 August 2014 - 11:15 AM
I have no idea if you want to see this, but here it is. Mount on Ebay
Posted 09 August 2014 - 04:19 PM
Thanks for your answer, its very smart. But there are limits - when I was younger (20's) went through long refractor craze, where 8"/12"/16" refractors mattered. Got cured of that with a "clean and jerk" of a vintage 8" f/15 tube (sans focuser and objective + cell) onto a high saddle.
Closing on 60's, this is less interesting. Permanant observing fixtures also - when I observe its almost always mobile - last night I made my usual pilgrmage to the other side of the hill for Antares, M4, Saturn and Mars.
The 4" f/6.5 and the 12.5" f/4.8 get moved there more often.
Have done the deep fork. Tends to vibrate. Needs a tapered design that makes big/stiff even more so. When you build big, things add up fast.
That mount I deferred buying when a few hundred to possibly a hundred. Know both the guy selling and the guy that bought in order to sell. First sells things that are collections of parts, on the promise of a whole. Second one profits by remarketing 10x-20x and takes 5-10 years to sell fram a magnificent junkyard (or telescope art gallery). Interesting characters, hae bought from them, as well as TG.
I didn't buy it because it is too heavy, parts (in my opinion) are too worn and unmodifieable/replaceable, it vibrates way too much, has a too small chain drive that has way to much flex. I need light because of portable. Other than that its fine.
I looked at it because I had a scope that would have fit immediately.
Posted 09 August 2014 - 06:37 PM
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Posted 10 August 2014 - 02:14 PM
I wonder if this could be converted? It looks like it might be big enough? I will be there tomorrow night and could have a looksee?
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Posted 10 August 2014 - 08:54 PM
By the way, I have built and converted fork mounts before. You see one of them in my avatar image adjacent to this post.
My first attempt was cast aluminum, where I made the wooden forms for the arm and joining block. It was solid but extremely heavy.
The one in the image is Mark II - it was made of sheet aluminum on the outside and a honeycomb/eggcrate on the inside. So it turned out lighter and stiffer. The base and axle were not stiff enough - Mark III unbuilt was to be a honeycomb cone axle against a honeycomb inverted arch base, but I never came up with a good enough dimensional control for the complex sheet metal fabrication.
The approach came out of work with aircraft/spacecraft structures. My dad, who did satellites including the Voyagers and Viking, wanted me to make it out of composites using graphite filled epoxies - he was a master of glues among other things. Wish we'd had the chance to work out the bugs back in the 70's...
Posted 11 August 2014 - 12:56 PM
I wonder if this could be converted? It looks like it might be big enough? I will be there tomorrow night and could have a looksee?
That looks really neat Terra. Unfortunately I have no funds to buy anything right now after being off from work for so long after my surgery. Hopefully I will be able to do something about a mount when I get back to work. For now I can fiddle around with the OTA. A fellow club member is going to take a cursory look at the mirror with a Ronchi EP this Saturday. For now this is the only test I can do, but it will show us if there is anything horribly wrong with it.
Posted 11 August 2014 - 12:59 PM
By the way, I have built and converted fork mounts before. You see one of them in my avatar image adjacent to this post.
My first attempt was cast aluminum, where I made the wooden forms for the arm and joining block. It was solid but extremely heavy.
The one in the image is Mark II - it was made of sheet aluminum on the outside and a honeycomb/eggcrate on the inside. So it turned out lighter and stiffer. The base and axle were not stiff enough - Mark III unbuilt was to be a honeycomb cone axle against a honeycomb inverted arch base, but I never came up with a good enough dimensional control for the complex sheet metal fabrication.
The approach came out of work with aircraft/spacecraft structures. My dad, who did satellites including the Voyagers and Viking, wanted me to make it out of composites using graphite filled epoxies - he was a master of glues among other things. Wish we'd had the chance to work out the bugs back in the 70's...
As a sheet metal worker and welder for 29 years,I have a fair bit of the metal working skills to do a lot of the fabrication. I'm no machinist or engineer, so some of that I have to fake my way through. Unfortunately I do not have a welder at home that can do aluminum, but I do have access to machines at work when I get back to work.
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Posted 15 August 2014 - 09:51 PM
I did a bunch of crack repair on the upper section of the tube today. I simply opened up the cracks the best that I could and ran liquid form cyanoacrylate into them. I then quickly clamped them down or put pressure on them until it set. The glue worked great. It really absorbed into the crack and seems very strong now. After reading the other thread about heating up the RV-6 tube, I am really thinking that this is an actual Bakelite tube. I have not done the 409 test on it yet to see for sure.
Where would someone have been able to get a tube like that in 1947? It is perfectly 11" I.D. and .125" thick. I think it it Bakelite because it has no discernible layers and the color is consistent all the way through.
Funny story about Bakelite. My Grandmother had a set of Bakelite dishes she bought from a traveling salesman. My Mother and her twin sister sat and listened to the salesman's pitch about how they were unbreakable. So as soon as they got a chance they took one of Grandma's new bowls out in the street and whacked it with a hammer. The salesman thought it was funny luckily and replaced it for free.
Posted 16 August 2014 - 12:15 AM
Where would someone have been able to get a tube like that in 1947?
Bakelite's been available since near the beginning of the twentieth century. Matter of fact, you can still get custom Bakelite-type tubes made today; they are used primarily for transformer winding cores.
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Posted 18 August 2014 - 02:18 PM
I was able to take the mirror to my club meeting last Saturday and have one of our members take a look at it. We were able to examine it with a Ronchi screen, but we had a problem with the Foucault tester and were unable to to do any knife edge tests. We will try and take another run on it with the Foucault at another time. I'm no expert with mirror testing, but my fellow member has quite a bit of mirror making experience. The Ronchi images looked very good. He had printed out some pictures of exactly what we should be seeing for that size mirror and the image looked just like the ideal model. With just the 3 bars showing it looked great to my inexperienced eye. No edge problem showing and the middle lined was dead straight. This gives me a bit of confidence now that I can work on the rest of the OTA and not be wasting my time if the mirror was a complete mess. I had already decided that if the mirror has issues, I am going to try and correct it on my own. I'm wanting to grind a mirror soon anyway and so is another club member. Unfortunately we have no instructor, so we will be relying on our study of written material we have.


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The competition becomes stiff when Ignorant Park steps up to bat, claiming Geon-Woo's sassy girl for his own. But Geon-Woo will not idly stand by, and a contest is decided with the winner getting Geon-Woo's girlfriend as the prize! Sorely underpowered to take on the brutish hulk, Geon-Woo finds a way to pit his confidence against Park's by playing "chicken" with a speeding train!
But when all is said and done, is this just another game manufactured by his sassy girl to chap his hide? And will Geon-Woo's love for her prevail, or has he finally had enough?
Story by Ho Sik Kim and Art by Dae Hong Min.
(added on 2012-09-30, modified on 2012-09-30)
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