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What should my next move be with this guy? Or maybe he is not worth bothering about at all? LONG and teenagery- sorry!(24 Posts)
I met a guy through a website for casual hookups about 3 weeks ago. He lives in London but comes to my city for work once or twice a month. I have found myself falling for him but can't figure out if he feels the same.
We initially met up for drinks to see if there was chemistry. I stayed for 2 hours then went home. I can't say I was blown away by him at first but felt a mild attraction and so told him I would stay in his hotel next time he came up (he told me he found me attractive).
The next time I met him he showered me with compliments in the bar we met up in. He implied that he sees me as being way out of his league and that he can't believe his luck that I find him attractive (I didn't have a photo on my online profile so he contacted me not knowing what I look like although I sent him some photos before we met). When we went back to the hotel I still didn't feel a strong strong attraction but from the minute we started kissing, it just felt "right" (as they say in the songs, such a cliche but something just really clicked!).
From the next week we were texting a huge amount and he arranged to come up the following Friday despite not having to be up for work. In one of his texts he wrote that he hadn't felt this excited about a girl in years. In another he said that his perfect day would be talking to me all day and having sex with me all night. When he got here we had an evening of (what I thought was) amazing sex and went out for lunch before he had to get his plane back down the following day. He was affectionate at lunch and had his arm around me or on my knee. When I was walking him to the bus station to get to the airport he said that "this has turned out to be more than I thought it would" (or maybe it was "this is turning out to be more than I thought it would"?).
Since he went back down South he has been in contact much less. When I text him his texts are still kind and sweet but he doesn't always try to continue the conversation. He is about to change jobs so I know he is busy tying up loose ends in the company he is leaving but even so, I'd have thought he'd be more in touch if he was excited about me. I haven't texted him excessively, as I know he is quite busy. He still has to come up again before he leaves this job and might have to come up in his new job too.
The second last text I sent he didn't reply to even though I could see he was online on the site I met him through (not a problem - we are both free to see and sleep with other people but I don't like being ignored). I eventually sent a text saying I was sorry to bore him and if he was coming up again to let me know the dates and that I'd let him know if I was free. He got back to me the next day saying he wasn't ignoring me but got my text when getting into a cab and gets terrible motion sickness from looking at the screen (!?). He said he went straight to bed as soon as he got home and signed off with two kisses. I got that on Thursday and haven't bothered texting him since as it made me feel bad.
I know this all seems terribly teenager-y but I have only been in love once before. I was 17 and the relationship was very short lived and also abusive. I am now in my early thirties so it has been 14 years and to be honest I'd come to accept that I'd never feel like that again - the last 3 weeks have kind of knocked me for six. I will not pursue this at any cost but it's so unusual for me I'm reluctant to just leave it. On the one hand I don't think he'd just not bother to reply to me if he was really into me but then why say all that stuff?! He said it all when he knew we would definitely have sex and there was no reason to say it as it was just supposed to be a casual arrangement.
Part of me thinks he maybe did really like me but has realised how expensive it would be to continue if he doesn't end up coming up through the new company.
Should I just leave this? If not, what should I do next?
The clue here is in your very first sentence. He's not looking to get attached, was looking for a quick shag. It sounds like he might be married too, or why would he not look for someone in his own town? I think just forget it and move on
You're on a site for 'casual hookups' so you got a casual hookup.
It doesn't matter how much you like him because he's not looking for a relationship.
Take what guys say prior to sex with a pinch of salt if you don't know them...
If he really liked you then he would be calling you and coming to visit.
Same as above awkwardsis. Sweet texts and compliments are part of the groundwork to get the feelings going. Reluctance and avoidance is worry over you trying to tie him down / his wife finding out.
Sounds like he's looking to get his end away, had a very enjoyable time and has a newly boosted ego and confidence. Now it's time to get shot of you.
I don't mean that to sound mean, and obviously my opinion is my own. But this is not something that I talk about without some degree of experience. I would be careful in investing anything more into this little soirée, very careful indeed. You may have just met one of those bastards that does that kind of thing.
Once he gets a saucy picture of you, his work will be finally done. Don't be surprised when he asks for it.
I was only looking for casual sex too though, but just found out we got on really well.
And why say it had turned out to be more than he thought it would be? I have had plenty of fuck buddies before and the excessive compliments are never necessary because you both already know you're getting what you were after without having to do all that stuff.
He's changed his mind by the sounds of it. Try not to waste too much energy trying to understand it. There could be a thousand reasons but the end result is....he's not ringing you so move on. Maybe you are ready for something more meaningful now and should go out with people who are at the same stage.
I think there is a certain type of person - male and female - who consider "falling in love" to be synonymous with lust.
The whole "you're great", "I can't wait to see you again" is all part of the scene-setting for sex. If they don't have it they feel the sex is somehow tawdry, whereas this allows them to view themselves as simply enjoying "free love".
I consider it a sign of immaturity TBH, because while I see the attraction if you're that at ease with consensual but promiscuous sex, you don't need anyone else's approval or even your own; it simply feels normal and right. It also gives off completely the wrong vibe to the sexual partner who may take these words on face value - as you have. I
It doesn't mean he was lying through his teeth to play you, it's simply his MO. A lot of people do it and in his defence he may have felt you were also playing a similar game because you were on the casual hook-up site yourself.
If you want a relationship, you've probably had a lucky escape. If you want casual sex, I think you need to harden up a bit to this sort of behaviour. Sorry if you feel a little hurt about it though. No one likes rejection even if you weren't that sure you wanted the person who rejected you in the first place.
"We initially met up for drinks to see if there was chemistry. I stayed for 2 hours then went home. I can't say I was blown away by him at first but felt a mild attraction and so told him I would stay in his hotel next time he came up (he told me he found me attractive)."
Why would you do that? Why would you have sex with someone didn't really find attractive?
Vivacia - I didn't not find him attractive, I just wasn't bowled over with lust. This is normal for me though. I don't feel like that about any men I sleep with but the sex is still often pretty brilliant. I have been on match.com for 4 years and met over 100 guys. I haven't felt very little for any of them (despite many being incredibly eligible and many being really into me).
Getting casual sex when you're a man is a pretty decent result, especially if he wasn't all that attractive by conventional standards. Once you've found your sex buddy, getting her to fall for you is part of it for some people as the Dahlen pointed out. It's just how some people work. No harm done, you both had a few good times together, but I would move right along and look for something more meaningful elsewhere.
You see, that's strange for me, because I want to feel desperate for someone before I sleep with him. For the first time at least!
my opinion is different. I think he DID mean that you blew him away and said as much ;'this is turning out to be much more than we planned' but, and it's big 'but', he has reasons why he's not lookign for relationship, and he is now avoiding you as he likes you too much for this to be casual. Sounds like he's married or has a GF and can't get involved with you, but he feels like he could get emotional. No guarantee of this, but it makes sense. I agree that FB type arrangements don't require going overboard with compliments, lots of women are up for that nowadays, and what you feel couldn't be completely fake.
What to do? nothing, leave it to him, he can then see how he feels in a few weeks, if he can't forget it, he'll get back to you but on a more serious basis.
I think if it was just the expense, he'd have mentioned it, it's a problem but not the dealbreaker for most people.
I'm sorry op that you've been made to feel as if there was more on offer than there actually was. I was a match.com girl for a while. Interesting times (in hindsight) and so tricky to find someone you like who likes you too. Ime, I liked them loads, they were ambivalent or they liked me a lot and I just wanted them to sod off. I don't actually think of match.com as a casual hook up site though?
Maybe he's married, maybe he went on another London date, maybe he just gets off on that. One thing I learnt the hard way though is that if someone wants to see you and be with you.. they make it very clear. The texts flow, they don't go off radar and things feel easy.
Maybe this is a catalyst to nudge you into seeing beyond the hook up bit and look for a relationship that has a future. I'm so sorry you had a crap time in years gone by. It doesn't have to stay that way though.
Oh and in answer to your post - don't phone!
Vivacia - "You see, that's strange for me, because I want to feel desperate for someone before I sleep with him. For the first time at least!"
I would like to feel desperate for someone too but I just never do. I read somewhere that there is a scientific theory that the antidepressants I am on block the naturally occurring chemicals needed for feelings of strong lust or even falling in love and I always wondered if that was why I don't fall for men ever. At least this episode has shown me that I'm not dead inside (although I don't have another 14 years to wait to feel that again).
allaflutter - thanks for your consenting opinion (thanks to everyone else too). My gut feeling is that he was genuine but I don't think he's married. He seems really really kind and I don't think he's the type to fuck someone about. I reckon he's just decided that it can't work or changed his mind for some other reason and needs to put a bit of distance between us. He is still supposed to be coming up again so I may see him again. I didn't write this in my OP as I was trying to keep it as short as possible (ha!) but I've managed to rein my feelings in a bit since last week and I'm feeling back to normal and quite rational again. Not all loved up although I know those feelings could come back (and it would be amazing if there was reason to let them). I wasn't in love - just recognised it could happen and it surprised me.
rabbit - we didn't meet on match.com although I am on it. It was a naughtier/seedier site I usually just use for chatting on but his message was well written and polite and he came across as interesting - I didn't think there was anything to lose. I am looking for something more long term on match.
He also said that he has looked to try and find a fuck buddy in London but hasn't managed to in 4 years of looking (he says he is REALLY fussy - not that fussy obviously as he slept with me and I'm no model). The fact that he is skinny apparently also puts a lot of women off. He has had bad experiences in relationships before though so he may very well just be far happier with something casual for the time being.
Op, he nay not be married but with a GF, OR he may have issues with commitment. Ask yourself why would he specify that he is only after casual hookups! If he was free and with no commitment phobia, he would be much more vague or even state that he wants more. Kind doesn't mean that he can't be also kind to another woman at hte same time. He feels he hasn't done anu damage if he didn't see you many times, it was almost like an apology, 'I know we got emotional a bit, but this wasn't supposed to happen, so sorry about that. He must have his reasons. It could be that he hasn't recovered from a previous seroius r-ship and is on the rebound - also a common reason. In this case he will remember you, andwhen he's ready will get intouch, but of course don't sit and wait.
ah well, here we go, bad experiennces, equals fear of commitment! didn't we all have bad experiences!? hopefully it's temporay and he will lose his fear now, but don't count on it. Do give him as bit of time without chasing/contact. Just to give it a fair chance.
Did it ever come up in conversation whether he was actually single?
I know several single men in their thirties like this, they seem to think women are out to "catch" them and treat them very suspiciously. They also seem to pedal this line about women not fancying them, struggling to meet women, bad experiences in relationships in the past, etc - but here your guy is, having met a woman he is attracted to and not bothering to do much to meet her. They also seem to think women should do the running. Its not very masculine tbh.
tbh how much do you want to chase this man? If you are bothered, you could send a text or phone him, explaining you have strong feelings. Don't be surprised if he doesn't respond though. He sounds very passive. Otherwise, I'd just let it drop, as he does seem to want you to do the running.
He seems really really kind and I don't think he's the type to fuck someone about
No, he's just on a site for casual hook ups, contacts women in different cities (I guess there are no women in London?) so he does't have to see them regularly and has gone quiet on you so he can keep you dangling in case he wants sex with you next time it suits him.
Don't you think it would be difficult to have a good relationship with someone that you met via a hookup site? Do you think you'd find it easy to trust each other?
I'd recommend you go to the doctor and ask for advice re the anti-depressant. They can have a very powerful effect on our feelings and if you believe they're stopping you from experiencing powerful emotions, then you need to ask for something else instead.
You're not on Seroxat, are you?
btw 'kind to women' often means being patronising, and is often a feature of commitment phobes as well as of passive men, as they feel like it's a redeeming feature somehow.
He could sense you weren't that attracted to him so he fed you the line 'you are different.. blah' so that the balance tips in his favour.
Once you slept with him the chase was finished, his head was clear to rationally judge if you 2 are suitable.
Leave him alone because you will likely put up with his BS because you want him to feel the same.
That's exactly how many women get into relationships with unsuitable guys.
No imperial blether, not seroxat - but there are a bunch of them that the study seemed to think could potentially have this effect. I reckon the article would e easy to find on google. I have tried others as mine have other bad side effects too but nothing else has so far worked.
Re trusting, I wouldn't have an issue with it. I have had many fuck buddies over the years and have used various sites a lot but I would never cheat on someone. All types of people use such sites - some to have affairs or cheat on their partners but many are just really nice people who want casual sex while they are single. Plenty of people specify on their profiles that they want nothing to do with anyone who isn't completely single. I've actually met some really lovely people through casual sex.
He was engaged before so I know he's not completely against the idea of commitment and was also laughing saying he didn't think it was right that his little sister is getting married before he is. But he lives miles away and even if he genuinely thinks I'm a bit out of his league (maybe he's just being nice) I get that that doesn't mean I'm his ideal woman (although now I'm remembering other things he said like he thinks I have the perfect looks and the perfect personality . He also said he doesn't get why I'm not all settled down by now with someone really cool. But I don't think he's going to choose to give it a go).
Thanks for your perspective by the way Dahlen - it makes a lot of sense. I actually think that he's the kind of person that tries to make people feel good about themselves and maybe he just went a bit far (I think he may have genuinely had feelings but wasn't looking for anything serious even so).
LessMissAbs- yes, he has assured me he is single and I believed him. I've also checked him out on facebook and can see no evidence of non-singleness. But I suppose it's all academic now anyway.
I suppose I'll wait and see what happens, if anything or I may see if we can just be proper fuck buddies without all the compliments nonsense. Risky but I reckon I can see him in a different light if I'm certain he doesn't want more than something casual.
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In the coming weeks, the world's largest beverage company is introducing its Dasani Drops, which can be squeezed into water for some on-the-spot fruity flavor. Coca-Cola is betting that there's big potential for growth.
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The Coca-Cola Co. isn't the first to come out with flavor drops. The category was pioneered by Kraft Food Inc.'s MiO, which was introduced in March of last year and has quickly spawned copycats.
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Following the lead of All Music guides, Penguin now also designates a "core collection" of 200 discs. Vocalists don't fare well. Norah Jones, Jamie Cullum and Harry Connick Jr. are omitted, as are Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee (and blues singer Bessie Smith), but this adds to the book's curmudgeonly charm.
"The Sinatra Treasures,"
by Charles Pignone (Bulfinch, $45). This unusual and luxurious coffee-table book includes color copies of memorabilia, such as ticket stubs, typed letters, invitations, programs, lead sheets, programs from presidential galas, even a baseball box scorecard, all owned by Sinatra. The little treasures are slipped into 13, full-page translucent covers, in between color and black-and-white photographs family and otherwise interviews and essays. Nothing penetrating, but personal and fun. A CD features rare tracks and a hilarious radio show with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
"Living With Jazz,"
by Dan Morgenstern (Pantheon, $35). One of the great gentlemen scholars and advocates of jazz, Morgenstern has directed the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University since 1976. Raised in Vienna and Copenhagen before coming to the States in 1947, Morgenstern edited Down Beat and Metronome magazines and has written liner notes, reviews, thumbnail sketches and essays and conducted important oral histories and interviews, earning six Grammy Awards for best album notes.
In a field peppered with personal nastiness and partisan pettiness, Morgenstern almost always has managed to remain above the fray, offering insights and observations less a critic than a celebrant. In this collection, which spans the period 1958-2001, Morgenstern takes up everyone from James Reese Europe and Louis Armstrong to Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman, as well as offering probing essays on discography, jazz and TV, and jazz's eternal war with "commercialism."
Jazz compact discs
"Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964" (Columbia).
The producer's note almost apologizes because this music comes from a "tweener" period in Miles' career, not one of the peaks. Good grief. The seven-disc set's "My Funny Valentine," "Seven Steps to Heaven" and "Four and More" are three of the reasons I fell in love with Miles. Here are not only the sexy, sizzling, Harmon-muted ballads, but Miles playing burbling bebop fast as blazes, and smarter than anyone, mostly with George Coleman and often with the rhythm section that would eventually become the mid-'60s group: Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (bass) and Herbie Hancock (piano). "Miles in Tokyo" and "Miles in Berlin" are here, too, as well as seven previously unissued performances. Nice package for the ultimate fan as well as the novice.
"Stompin' at the Savoy: The Original Indie Label 1944-1961" (Savoy).
The documentation on this R & B compilation from a label better known for recording Charlie Parker is frustratingly incomplete no sidemen are listed but many of the cuts are classics (and were No. 1 R & B hits of their day). That means Paul Williams' "The Hucklebuck," Johnny Otis' "Harlem Nocturne," Big Jay McNeely's "Deacon's Hop," The Ravens' "Rickey's Blues" plus tunes by Little Esther Phillips, Joe Turner, Big Maybelle, Brownie McGhee, Doc Pomus, Slim Gaillard, Billy Eckstine, Pete Brown and others. This is a four-disc slice of the raw and sweet black popular music, complete with honking tenor saxophones, that gave rise to rock 'n' roll.
"Chet Baker Prince of Cool: The Pacific Jazz Years 1952-1957" (EMI).
With used copies of the 1994 Reprise Chet Baker Pacific Jazz compilation going for $150, this new compilation on French EMI featuring 52 of the 285 sides Baker waxed for the label is timely. Each of the three discs features a specialty Chet singing, Chet playing as leader and Chet playing with friends (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper).
Way heavier on vocals than the Reprise collection (20, versus three), it also zeroes in on Chet's more accessible, "cool" work in general, which has become such a hipster favorite. Chet sings "Embraceable You," "Time After Time," "My Ideal," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "The Thrill Is Gone," "Like Someone In Love," "My Buddy," "I've Never Been in Love Before" and others, none of which were on the old set. In exchange, one loses the instrumental classics "Freeway," "What's New," "Half Nelson" and "Festive Minor." But hey, it's all Chet whose sad, ghostly voice and sweet, soft trumpet sound were of a piece emotionally distant, but somehow breathtakingly natural and, oddly, as Ted Gioia's liner notes point out, hot and
cool at the same time.
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Putting that aside, the other issue with Kodachrome is that it cannot accurately reproduce the color purple. Instead any purple or lanvender coloring blue.
The best display of this was in the late Galen Rowell's book the Art of Adventure. He shows the same flower photographed with Kodachrome and again with Velvia. Velvia showed the flower correctly as being purple. Kodachrome rendered the flower blue. I tried this myself and it is true.
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For the first time in the history of the U.S. Federal Reserve, its chairman will meet with reporters next week to answer questions on Fed policy. The press conference will occur following the regular meeting Tuesday and Wednesday of the Federal Open Market Committee, at which no big changes are expected.
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Tons of earnings reports are due next week from companies across a wide spectrum of the economic landscape, and lots of economic data as well, notably first quarter GDP.
Rather than name them all – a total of 180 companies from the S&P 500 are expected to report -- here's a few highlights of the biggest and most watched.
Monday: Ameriprise Financial (AMP); Kimberly Clark (KMB), and Netflix (NFLX).
Mail order and online streaming movie rental company Netflix was the biggest gainer of 2010 so investors will be looking to see if it can maintain its momentum as it moves its operations increasingly onto the Web.
Tuesday: Aetna (AET), BristolMyersSquibb (BMY), Colgate Palmolive (CL) , Deutsche Bank (DB), Dow Chemical (DOW), Exxon Mobile (XOM), Ford (F), International Paper (IP), Mack Cali Realty (CLI), Microsoft (MSFT), OfficeMax (OMX), Pepsico (PEP), Raytheon (RTN), Safeway (SWY), Sanofi Aventis (SNY), Sprint Nextel (S), Proctor and Gamble (PG), Time Warner Cable (TWX), Tyco International (TYC), and Waste Management (WM).
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Dow Chemical, Ford and Safeway offer a glimpse into a diverse cross-section of the American economy.
Wednesday: 3M (MMM) Amazon.com (AMZN), Coca Cola (KO), Delphi Financial (DFG), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Office Depot (ODP), UPS (UPS), United States Steel (X), US Airways (LCG), and Valero Energy (VLO).
Amazon and Coca Cola depend on robust consumer spending.
Thursday: Aflac (AFL), Allstate (ALL), Boeing (BA), ConocoPhillips (COP), eBay (EBAY), General Dynamics (GD), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Starbucks (SBUX).
ConocoPhillips is one of a handful of energy companies reporting this week as fuel prices have soared based on fears of shortages of crude oil due to unrest in the Middle East.
Friday: Caterpillar (CAT), Chevron (CVX), ITT (ITT) Merck & Co. (MRK), and Goodyear Tire and Rubber (GT).
Large machinery maker Caterpillar is a good bellwether for the health of global development.
The preliminary estimate of first-quarter GDP is due Thursday and the growth numbers don't look good. Analysts believe a number of economic factors, including a stagnant real estate market, will produce weaker numbers than the previous two quarters. Things may perk up in the second quarter.
Housing data will also be closely watched next week for signs that warmer weather has enticed buyers back into the market. New homes sales data are out Monday, and the Case-Schiller Home Price index is out Tuesday. Analysts are hopeful but not optimistic that that beleaguered sector is picking up momentum.
Two indexes of consumer confidence are also out next week: the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index is set for Tuesday, and the final Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for Friday.


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Park Elementary Students Rack Up Activity Miles Thanks to Fit Club Program
Getting kids to be active throughout the day can be challenging, so one Kearney school took it upon themselves to get kids exercising before the start of their day.
Students at Park Elementary in Kearney have been getting in quite the workout every Tuesday and Thursday morning, and the mileage they're racking up is impressive.
It's barely light out and kindergarten through fifth graders at the school can be seen getting a real workout in as part of their fit club program.
Teacher Katie Mathews said, "Fit club was a program that was started several years ago by our PTO and UNK, and we've had to sustain our own and so a couple of staff members come out every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 7:30 and the kids can either walk or run laps, and we go all year round, even in the coldest of weather."
The program, which has about 100 students, has become so popular that there's now a waiting list to join.
And while it's a fun way for kids to get together with friends before school it's not about goofing off.
"Each time they make a lap they get a tally mark and when they get seven tally marks that's one mile. So they're also working on numerous times even, and so today Daniel got thirty laps, so that's over four miles," she explained.
And these students are putting up big numbers.
Last year they had a combined total of almost 5,000 miles, equaling about 163 marathons.
Students say they hope to beat their record from last year.
"Probably over one hundred this year because I want to beat my goal from last year," said one student.
"My goal is I want to get probably at least six marathons," added another.
Mileage is kept track of throughout the year, with the students earning trophies and metals at the end of the year.
Not only do the kids love it, but parents also have great things to say according to Mathews.
"We get a lot of encouragement and support from our parents and PTO, and so we encourage that support," she said.
Park Elementary isn't the only school with a program like this for students.
Many other schools in the area have similar activities geared towards instilling healthy life styles for children.


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Energy Efficiency for Large-Scale MapReduce Workloads With Significant Interactive Analysis
MapReduce workloads have evolved to include increasing amounts of time-sensitive, interactive data analysis; the authors refer to such workloads as MapReduce with Interactive Analysis (MIA). Such workloads run on large clusters, whose size and cost make energy efficiency a critical concern. Prior works on MapReduce energy efficiency have not yet considered this workload class. Increasing hardware utilization helps improve efficiency, but is challenging to achieve for MIA workloads. These concerns lead one to develop BEEMR (Berkeley Energy Efficient MapReduce), an energy efficient MapReduce workload manager motivated by empirical analysis of real-life MIA traces at Facebook.
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I got my new phone and tried to run IGO with no success. IGO installed correctly but failed to launch once the progress bar reaches about 15 to 20%. The application closes with no error message and the debug folder has a new file with 0B in it. Due to the lack of error message, I have trouble finding what is the problem. All my files and program work perfectly on another phone with a different screen resolution and OS(with Dalvik). I have tried 4 different APK with the same result.
My phone runs Android 5.1 and I believe Dalvik is not available anymore, it runs on ART only. In addition the runtime menu in the developer options menu is not present anymore.
Could that be the source of my problem?
before I forget.... my phone is not rooted yet.
Actually, I am trying to install it but it keeps telling me that my iGo folder is missing or incomplete. I tried moving all my files to IGO or IGO_Nextgen to no avail. Do not worry, I will eventually find where the files go. I am just starting and I just found some rudimentary instructions on the installation procedure. I will keep searching.
But just before I invest too much time on Nextgen, Do you know if it works for NA maps? I read some places yes and other no.
OK I figured out the installation and it is working perfectly except for a small detail, The licenses do not open North America maps.
Thanks Navifan2 for the North America maps licenses. IGO_Avic works well. I guess Primo is history for me. Time to move on. I will play with it tomorrow to check if TMC works and look for a few interesting skins to try.
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Thanks for the clarification.
I played with NextGen this morning and everything is working perfectly although I did not find the way to activate the GPS within NextGen as I was able to do with Primo. It is a small irritant and NextGen is growing on me. I can't wait to see what the skinners will come up with.
Many thanks to everyone for your help.
Yes, that post AND update was done BEFORE NA2015.Q2 license was posted by X6. No map license is need when it's used in non-NextGen (iGO/Primo) release but NextGen require license for map/poi/building/etc...
Anyway, I was not very impressed with earlier release of NextGen, but the latest Avic release is much better. Fast loading time (around 6 secs instead of 20+ secs) and online TMC works too!


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Miller et al. find benefits of Medicaid for pregnant mothers in 1980s carry over two generations
Starr's findings account for some of the 19% black-white gap in federal sentencing
Frey says suburbs are aging, cities draw millennials
Bailey et al. find higher income among children whose parents had access to federal family planning programs in the 1960s and 70s
U-M's campus climate survey results discussed in CHE story
U-M honors James Jackson's groundbreaking work on how race impacts the health of black Americans
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Laurent, E.J., H.J. Shi, D. Gatziolis, J.P. LeBouton, M.B. Walters, and Jianguo Liu. 2005. "Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns." Remote Sensing of Environment, 97(2): 249-262.
We investigated the potential of using unclassified spectral data for predicting the distribution of three bird species over a similar to 400,000 ha region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula using Landsat ETM+ imagery and 433 locations sampled for birds through point count surveys. These species, Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Ovenbird, were known to be associated with forest understory features during breeding. We examined the influences of varying two spatially explicit classification parameters on prediction accuracy: 1) the window size used to average spectral values in signature creation and 2) the threshold distance required for bird detections to be counted as present. Two accuracy measurements, proportion correctly classified (PCC) and Kappa, of maps predicting species' occurrences were calculated with ground data not used during classification. Maps were validated for all three species with Kappa values >03 and PCC >0.6. However, PCC provided little information other than a summary of sample plot frequencies used to classify species' presence and absence. Comparisons with rule-based maps created using the approach of Gap Analysis showed that spectral information predicted the occurrence of these species that use forest subcanopy components better than could be done using known land cover associations (Kappa values 0.1 to 0.3 higher than Gap Analysis maps). Accuracy statistics for each species were affected in different ways by the detection distance of point count surveys used to stratify plots into presence and absence classes. Moderate-to-large detection distances (100 in and 180 in) best classified maps of Black-throated Green Warbler and Nashville Warbler occurrences, while moderate detection distances (50 in and 100 in), which ignored remote observations, provided the best source of information for classification of Ovenbird occurrence. Window sizes used in signature creation also influenced accuracy statistics but to a lesser extent. Highest Kappa values of majority maps were typically obtained using moderate window sizes of 9 to 13 pixels (0.8 to 1.2 ha), which are representative of the study species territory sizes. The accuracy of wildlife occurrence maps classified from spectral data will therefore differ given the species of interest, the spatial precision of occurrence records used as ground references and the number of pixels included in spectral signatures. For these reasons, a quantitative examination is warranted to determine how subjective decisions made during image classifications affect prediction accuracies.
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December 10th, 2012, 22:13
If I was the nurse, I wouldn't be able to come over the SHAME of being tricked although I was relegated to help and protect A FUTURE QUEEN !
To some people, this might be real worse. Years later : "Ah, so you are the person who fell victim to a phoney call instead of protecting our queen ?"
Everyone in the street would know her. "Ah, so you are the one … How stupid you are that you got tricked by a SIMPLE phone call !"
What i really miss in this discussion is the try to view it from
point of view. All I read here is people who are argueing from the
perspective - or from the perspective of an outsider.
These "trick calls" are not uncommon here, too - but only against "mortals".
This "trick call" was against a future QUEEN, and if you fail this "test", then you are burned forever for your whole life. Everyone will know you. Everyone will laugh over you. Everyone will make jokes about you. And you won't get a medal for service the Queen, either.
Rather the opposite.
I think - I might not be right, but that's what I think - that most people in this discussion here just don't realize how Queen-centric the Brits are. At least that's the impression I get from overseas.
Another point is the definition of "harmless [call]". In my opinion these guys didn't even have a plan. They didn't even apologize. Instead, they congratulated each other opf having overthrown a simple nurse, who was kind of assigned to protect and help a future Queen (some people take this stuff dead serious !).
I get the impression as if they were simply "doing without thinking [of possible consequences]". The impression I get is that of two immature guys doing a prank - without thinking of any consequences. They definitively didn't give this thing a thought. It's a form of selfishness.
By the way, today's newspaper also pointed out that it was the management who gave green light into sending it.
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Free speech under siege
Today's gay-marriage movement seems far more eager to silence its critics than debate them.
Remember "live and let live" — or, as the gay-rights variation goes, "live and let love?" Remember that heady time not so long ago when Americans concerned about the unintended consequences of same-sex marriage were told that we had nothing to fear because the redefinition of marriage to accommodate gays and lesbians would not affect our families or our freedoms? You and your churches and businesses can go on believing what you want about marriage, we were told; just let us do our thing and we'll let you do yours.
How times have changed. In just a few short years, a movement once known for championing tolerance has become the epitome of intolerance. Using their culturally sanctioned victim status as cover, America's gay-rights leaders have become the iron-fisted enforcers of a strict new speech code in which anyone who questions same-sex marriage is denounced as a hateful, homophobic bigot. Erstwhile pleas for "dialogue" about the best way to protect both the institution of marriage and gay and lesbian interests have been replaced by blatant bullying and vicious personal attacks. Its 'silence = death" slogan notwithstanding, today's gay-marriage movement seems far more eager to silence its critics than debate them.
Those who doubt that intimidation has replaced argumentation as the tool of choice in the pro-gay-marriage arsenal need only consider the recent brouhaha over Chick-fil-A. In the wake of some fairly anodyne comments about marriage from CEO Dan Cathy — in a Baptist journal interview, he opted to support for "the biblical definition of the family unit" — the company has found itself under siege.
Mayors in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco pronounced Chick-fil-A unwelcome in their communities. Gay-rights activists planned boycotts and kiss-ins. A flurry of media reports questioned the propriety of Cathy wading into the same-sex marriage debate, even as they gushed with enthusiasm over Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' decision to donate $2.5 million to a pro-gay-marriage referendum in Washington state.
As for those few public figures who dared to defend Chick-fil-A, their treatment was unsurprising: CNN introduced a segment about Sarah Palin's support of the fast-food chain by playing the pop song "Stupid Girls." Facebook, meanwhile, suffered a mysterious glitch that made Mike Huckabee's "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" page disappear from the social media site for 12 hours at the height of the controversy. (Facebook's anti-Chick-fil-A pages somehow escaped attacks from the mystery "bug.")
All in all, it was another predictable chapter in America's increasingly one-sided same-sex marriage debate — if you still could call our national discussion of the subject a debate. These days, the push for a new, unisex definition of marriage seems more like a mandate. And anyone who publicly objects to it can bank on vilification, harassment, threats to his livelihood, even attempts to curb his fundamental liberties. The message from the "love is love" crowd is chillingly clear: Get on board with our vision of social progress, or get ready to be steamrolled.
There are exceptions, of course. The marriage views that prompted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (pictured) to denounce Chick-fil-A and its jobs as unwelcome in a city plagued by crime and unemployment apparently did not bother Emanuel when spouted by his former boss, President Barack Obama, who embraced same-sex marriage only three months ago. As for those "Chicago values" of which Chick-fil-A ran afoul, don't ask Emanuel to explain how a family-owned company that graciously serves gays and lesbians along with anyone else willing to buy its chicken sandwiches offends Windy City ideals but anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan — whom Emanuel embraced the same week he was chiding Chick-fil-A —does not.
Consistency never has been the strong suit of the marriage redefinition crowd. Nor has respect for diversity — if by the term one means ideological, not simply sexual, difference.
Still, the hostility, contempt and even outright bullying directed at those who oppose same-sex marriage has exploded in recent years. Back in 2009, Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean found herself at the center of a national feeding frenzy after uttering a few words on national television in favor of man-woman marriage. These days, concern about Prejean's plight seems almost quaint, given how often we now see ordinary Americans — including small-business owners with no desire to make a political statement — dragged into the limelight and slapped with lawsuits and boycotts for the mildest of infractions: a New Mexico photographer's refusal to shoot a lesbian commitment ceremony, a Colorado baker's choice not to create a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Then there is the proliferation of "anti-gay" blacklists such as GLAAD's "Commentator Accountability Project," which singles out nearly four-dozen prominent defenders of man-woman marriage to discourage journalists from quoting them. Add to that the recent closure of several Catholic adoption agencies in cities where religious liberty has become an early casualty of the push to enshrine new rights for same-sex couples, and the picture is clear: The silencing of critics is not an unhappy byproduct of the same-sex marriage movement. It has become an end in itself.
All Americans worried about what that means for our future freedoms should stand up and speak out now, while they still can.
Colleen Carroll Campbell is a St. Louis-based author, former presidential speechwriter and television and radio host of "Faith & Culture" on EWTN. Her website is www.colleen-campbell.com This article was first published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 August 2012.
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You know what's weird? Hanging out with all your friends from high school and then actually seeing current high school students from your school. Those kids are so young! While I was freaking out about no longer being a teenager and enjoying the beautiful London weather (I'm serious about this one), here's what I almost missed this week:
- Ok let's start with something self-promotional – I was interviewed and photographed by my friends at The Ripe Apples. Definitely the most relaxing and fun situation to have ever involved my face in front of a camera.
- The full Da Mental Vaporz crew (Dran, Bom.K, Sowat, Brusk, Lime, Kan, Iso, Blo and Jaw) put together a show in Toulouse. The crowds look massive and the art looks great. S.Butterfly has all the photos you need here and here.
- Neckface used his installation in Art in the Streets to film a movie trailer.
- Jordan Seiler at PublicAdCampaign took Neko around NYC and the result was a series of beautiful ad disruptions.
SometimesEvery time I think about it, I get annoyed by the close relationship of Juxtapoz and Upper Playground (Matt Revelli is editor-in-chief at Juxtapoz and founder/creative director at Upper Playground). Not so much because of any "journalistic integrity issues," but because Juxtapoz gets lots of great exclusive Upper Playground related content. This time, they have photographs from a trip on freight trains with Swampy, and they've interviewed Swampy for the July issue of Juxtapoz. Definitely check those out. Swampy of course has a show opening next week in San Fransisco at Upper Playground's Fifty24SF.
- Myne has a nice new print out.
- This piece by Simple is crisp.
- One of my favorite painters in New York, Don Pablo Pedro, is in a group show opening today in Brooklyn.
- If you've spent time in Williamsburg, you've seen that pink cloud and lightening bolt logo around and probably wondered about it. Well, it's by Abel Macias, and he's got some really nice Pink Cloud shirts available.
- Anthony Lister is going to do a 6-day painting marathon in Berlin starting June 9th. And you'll be able to monitor his progress online.
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Spain is famous not only for its beaches but also for its ski resorts. Read more about skiing in Spain.
While Spain is famous for its sunny beaches, very few tourists know that it's skiing during winter that gives the country its attractive "holiday-getaway" charm. Spain is home to 5 main skiing regions: the Pyrenean Range, the Cantabrian Range, the Iberian Chain, the Central Chain and the Penibetic Chain.
The Spanish terrain is also the second most mountainous in Europe, making it an ideal place for skiing, snowboarding, ice skating and other winter sports. Many of its ski resorts in Spain are near large cities as Madrid, Granada, Valencia and Barcelona and easily accessible by public transportation. So whether you head North, South, East or West in Spain, there is always a place available for a few unforgettable days of winter fun! Just remember that ski season runs from the end of November through to April or May, depending on conditions.
The oldest ski resort in Spain is La Molina, located in the Catalan Pyrenees, just a 2-hour drive from Barcelona. The most popular skiing location is 36 kilometers (22 miles) south of Granada: Sierra Nevada. It is Europe's most southerly ski resort and one of the highest at 2,150 meters. It is a popular ski destination because with 321 days of sunshine a year and close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea - a mere 70 kilometers (43 miles) - Sierra Nevada enjoys the best weather year round. Many visitors take advantage of this unique weather mixture by skiing and sunbathing on the same day! It IS possible! Sierra Nevada also holds the World Alpine Ski Championships, and offers incomparable conditions as a take-off point for hand-gliding during the summer season.
Baqueira-Beret is Spain's largest and most exclusive resort high up on the Pyrenees. It is a very popular among Spanish skiers and seems to be a favorite of Spain's royal family.
Puerto de Navacerrada is near Madrid at 75/km (46 miles). You can also find pretty good skiing locations in the mountains north of the capital city. A couple of them are Valgrande-Pajares in Asturias and Alto Campo in Cantabria.
Additional skiing locations throughout Spain are: Formigal, Panticosa, El Tarter, Pal, La Pinilla, Masella, Valcotos, Valdesquí, Burguete and Candanchú.
Spain becomes a completely different place during the winter season, and you'll find it hard to believe that you're in Spain. But one thing remains the same and that is you get the chance to experience life the way locals live it by enjoying the simple pleasures each region has to offer no matter what the season


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Paul Scholes has been left out of Manchester United's travelling squad for their Champions League encounter with Real Madrid.
Scholes has been sidelined by a knee injury since the FA Cup win over Fulham on 26 January but did train at the club's Carrington training ground on Tuesday morning.
However, when United left for Spain for their last-16 first-leg tie, Scholes was not part of Sir Alex Ferguson's 22-man squad.
Although Scholes was unlikely to start anyway, his absence does rob United of some valuable experience for their meeting with the nine-times trophy winners.
The positive news was that Ashley Young made the journey after recovering from his knee injury. In addition, Jonny Evans and Phil Jones have overcome the niggles that forced them to be substituted during Sunday's win over Everton.
By opting to remain in Manchester for their final training session, as they have done all season, Ferguson was aiming to keep his plans for the game secret.
It has been predicted Jones will be handed a midfield holding role, after successfully shackling Gareth Bale and Marouane Fellaini in recent weeks. Ferguson has plenty of alternatives, though, which include Tom Cleverley and Anderson, even though Michael Carrick is among those virtually certain to start.
Real were hardly any more forthcoming, opting to do their stretching session on the furthest pitch away from the cameras and not doing any meaningful work until after the media had left.
The former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is expected to be fit and did train on Tuesday morning despite doubts being expressed in the Spanish media about his participation.
Local reports also suggest up to 5,000 United fans will fly in for the game, a significant number of them without tickets.
Evans does not feel United have any reason to feel inferior against Real, who are 33 matches undefeated at home since they were beaten by Barcelona in 2012 and in four meetings with United at their home ground the worst they have done is draw twice.
However, Evans does not view that as an excuse to fret, with United now within touching distance of a record 20th league title and their own record of three Champions League finals in the last five seasons far exceeding Real's over the same period, which includes just two semi-final appearances.
"We can't be daunted," said the Northern Ireland defender. "We are Manchester United. Teams look up to us as well. I am sure the same pressures will be on them. They have good players who can hurt you but we play against Premier League opposition every week and that is one of the best leagues in the world.
"It is just as if we were playing against Manchester City or Liverpool. They are top players and we have to be spot on."


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Andhra Pradesh Police will be soon deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle in its operations against the Maoists, especially in the thick forest areas of northern districts bordering Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy told a yearend press conference in Hyderabad that another option being mulled was the use of a pilotless chopper as will be less time consuming.
The UAV will be deployed at Madurapudi airport near Rajahmundry and will be remote operated by a land-based control room.
The state-of-the-art UAV will have the capability to take photographs of anything under the thick foliage as well as record the sound signals and transmit the same to the control room almost live through satellite. "The speed of transmission (transmitting photos) will be 1,86,000 miles per second, same as the speed of light", the DGP said.
On getting the data from the UAV, the control room will be able to convey the operational units through the land communication and other networks of what was happening and its exact location.
The UAV will be able to carry four types of payloads to carry out its duties of surveillance through satellite imagery and thermal imagery.
Similarly, another proposal of use of a pilotless chopper was also under consideration but it was not available in the country and needed to be imported.
The DGP revealed that the central government had also agreed to provide MI 17 helicopters to the state police to airdrop the Greyhound commandos for quick operations.
The helicopter will be operating out of Visakhapatanam.
The use of the UAV and the MI 17 helicopter was significant in the backdrop of increasing activities of Maoists in the forest and tribal areas of Visakhapatanam, Srikakulam and Khammam district.
The DGP said that 2011 witnessed the lowest incidents of Left-wing extremism in the state. "There was 51 per cent decline in the left wing extremist activities. While four extremists were killed in four incidents of exchange of fire and 38 weapons were seized, not a single policeman was killed in the violence," he said.


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Had my second hole in one this morning playing in my regular foursome with my best friends. I was 4 over coming to the 16th hole on a beautiful fall day in Spring, TX--temperature about 70, calm winds, light scattered clouds, beautiful blue sky. I teed off first, using my 712 AP-2 PW. Hole played 108 yards. Hit that Titleist Pro V1x directly at the flag; it landed and took one short hop directly into the cup. We all high-fived and my playing partners congratulated me. Finished the round at 3 over for a 75. Interestingly, I had hit the flagstick on one bounce on the par 3 2nd hole, playing 118 yards, with my 9 iron and one of the others in the group had hit the flagstick on the par 3 6th hole. I had missed my 3 foot birdie putt and he had made his, but none of us were thinking hole in one when we reached the 16th. This one came just over 23 months after my first hole in one, which had taken over 55 years of golf to achieve. Terrific day. We all went to lunch together to celebrate (I had also recently celebrated my 69th birthday, so they were buying.) Here's the proof:
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CONGRATULATIONS......a day to remember.....sounds like you had your short clubs dialed in today.....and a 75 is a very good score......who said retirement isn't a good thing.....REMINDER: go to Titleist.com and their hole in one site and register you accomplishment and they will send you a pewter bag tag with you name on it......also the PGA will register it and send you a certificate......thanks for sharing the card and ball....NICE
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Way to go Ted! Well done, and happy birthday!
great puplvr, congratulations. A nice round as well.
Teds the man,,,, Hope beer tab wasn't too high, congrats!
Ted, How cool is that? Congratulations!!
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Well done and congrats on the HIO!!!
Sadly still waiting on my first.
Congrats on the Hole in One.
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Congrats Ted...even better on your birthday!!!
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|June 11, 2001, 09:01 PM
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Clean primer pockets?
In 1972 I started loading my own ammo. The common practice back then was you should clean the powder residue out of the primer pocket after decapping. The 1971 Sierra reloading manual stated about cleaning primer pockets:
"With a clean primer pocket the reloader is surer of a tight fit when the primer is seated, eliminating gas leaks to get better performance from your loads."
I also recollect reading/hearing that with a clean primer pocket the primer seats more firmly so firing pin strikes were more uniform.
The Dillon progressive reloaders have become very popular but they don't clean primer pockets. Dillon says you can get match accuracy from their reloaders.
With the reports from Dillon and Dillon users I stopped cleaning primer pockets about 4 years ago. I am not a target shooter but I have had no problems with reliability using dirty primer pockets.
What is the best information on primer pocket cleaning? Are there any benefits to cleaning? Or, is not cleaning just a concession needed to take advantage of progressive
reloading machines? Was I wasting my time for 25 years?
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|June 11, 2001, 09:30 PM
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George -you have been re-loading far longer than I, BUT -I have had so many reports of problems of operation/safety with Mechanical Reloaders, that for heavy rifle and pistol reloads I would continue cleaning the pockets.
I agree with Sierra here!
However, for light/cleaner burning target loads -I would not bother unless they needed it.
My 5c worth anyway.
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|June 11, 2001, 09:53 PM
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Primer pocket cleaning
the primary reason for cleaning the pockets is to make sure the primer cup seats flush with the primer pocket seat....
If you have residue build up here, the primers can be seated to varying degrees of depth, and can cause erratic velocity spreads, and igniton problems and variances...ALL contributing to poor accuracy..........
This is especially true for precision rifle.........
Just because you use a progressive, doesn't preclude the customary rules of case prepping.........
All this said, it just really depends on how UNIFORM do you want your loads to be?.
Myself, with the cost of match grade components being what they are, I want to eek out ALL the benifits I can on each and every round.
Consistency is the key.
And, yes, I use a RL 550 B...............
With a few minor "tweaks", here and there............
|June 12, 2001, 09:11 AM
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I always clean them, but again I do not use a progressive. I take the little wire brush RCBS cleaners and rather then screw them in the plastic handle I chuck them in a 3/8 VSR Drill clamped in my vise. Set the drill to about 1/2 speed and just pop the primver pocket of the cases on it for a sec or so. Works for me.
|June 12, 2001, 11:45 AM
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FWIW, I've NEVER seen anyone loading benchrest ammo with a progressive press. And since you have about 20 minutes between matches to clean your rifle and load anywhere from 5-25 rounds, speed is appreciated.
Get a Sinclair primer pocket uniformer, and use it to both uniform and clean the primer pockets - Works great.
FWIW, I experimented with not cleaning (some folks don't), and I found that primers seated much more consistently in clean pockets.
Consistent is good.
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|June 12, 2001, 04:27 PM
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I don't really know if it makes an accuacy difference, but I always clean mine. I install the stainless brushes on my RCBS Trim Mate. It makes it so easy and fast to do that I never mind the extra step.
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|June 13, 2001, 03:53 PM
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I clean the pockets because my gramps taught me to do it. I find that the primers seat better if I do clean. Gramps wasn't wrong very often !!!
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|June 13, 2001, 08:51 PM
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My answer, for me = it depends.
I've loaded Ks of rounds & have yet to have one not go bang. Lots of those loads were used ('specially for handguns or cast rifle loads) for only plinking where accuracy, or reliability, really didn't matter all that much to me - effort-gain ratio. They go bang & hit "close enough" & I'm happy.
However, for anything used for hunting (varmits to big game), target work, OR utmost reliability (defense round - handguns), the primer pockets not only get cleaned, but reamed to depth. I want the best I can make & that's just one of those li'l extras that goes into making 'em that way.
|June 17, 2001, 04:13 AM
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I will clean primer pockets on important ammo and not clean on plinking ammo.
I am suprised the progressive reloaders did not jump in to say pimer pocket cleaning is useless.
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|June 17, 2001, 09:40 AM
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Jumping in............
Manufactured considerable numbers of rds in multiple calibers for L.E. training; all used cases.
Never cleaned primer pocket, never had F-T-F. Ever.
Would recommend cleaning for ultimate long-range rifle accuracy...........
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|June 17, 2001, 10:00 AM
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Warren Page (Former Field and Stream Shooting Editor and author of "The Accurate Rifle") stated that he never cleaned primer pockets. He did pretty well in Bench Rest shooting! His book should be in EVERY rifleman's library!
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For the second week in a row, the New Zealand dollar fell sharply at the end of the week trading in New York.
The primary driver was better than expected US employment data in the Non Farm Payrolls series.
The US Department of Labor reported a rise of 175,000 in payrolls last month, beating estimates by around 26,000, or about 15%.
Against the US dollar, the kiwi fell below 79 USc for the first time since July 2012.
Against the Japanese yen, the kiwi fell below 77 yen for the first time since March 1, 2013.
Against the euro, the kiwi fell below 60 euro cents for the first time since May 2012.
Against the British pound, the kiwi fell below 51 pence for the first time since December 31, 2012.
Against the Aussie dollar, the kiwi fell on the day although we are tracking the trans tasman currency which fell in a similar manner to the kiwi.
The TWI is now at 73.7, its lowest level in 2013.
Also of note is that China's yuan reached a new high against the US dollar - just in time for the US-China summit.
Those stronger-than-expected US jobs numbers saw US equities rise, oil jump, and gold retreat back below US$1,400/oz.
The NZ dollar has fallen 8.8% since it reached US$0.8634 on April 12, just over 8 weeks ago.
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So this fall in the Kiwi is going to be benign for inflation right? Being as things like oil are priced in US$. That's why we can maintain our interest rates still set at emergency GFC levels?
By the way when you say stronger than expected jobs figures you do mean the rise in unemployment from 7.5% to 7.6%? So you mean unemployment was stronger (as in it went up?).
The US market certainly agreed with you that it was positive- as shown by Stocks soar; Dow gains 200 points on jobs data.
Looking at your TWI chart, as I understand technical charting, the NZD has now broken down through the long term trendline, and so is likely to keep going, at least to some support likely at 69 vs the current 73 on the TWI. So it could head there fairly quickly, and then pause.
The move down must be good for exporters and import substituters, while I would have thought inflation expectations here have enough slack to digest this drop without too much stress.
Forexfactory reckons the consensus was for a 167K gain - so the 175K was a very small over - ditto with the Bloomberg survey which went 163K - that 149K looks mysteriously low. In contrast the unemployment rate was NOT expected to rise:
Yes Andrewj, the bls stats can be interpreted to suit the viewer's bias.
Here is another version that doesn't paint a pretty on-going picture.
In a word: not pretty. As of May, assuming realistic LFP assumptions, the real U-3 unemployment rate should have been not 7.6% but 11.3%.
Charles Hugh-Smith states, and as you have noted many times:
The key feature of digitally creating credit/money is this: it is immeasurably easier to digitally create claims on real-world assets than it is to create real-world assets.
It is the failure to create NZD assets that is driving the value of the NZD down against virtually all other currencies.
Since the government acted out it's intention to run a surplus and pay down government debt during April, foreigner investors have had lilttle choice but to divest their NZD holdings in search of any return elsewhere.
Where were those owning ~69.0% of issued NZ government debt supposed to place their share of NZD 8.120bn net redemptions during April, only to see a further NZD 110 million mature in May?
Government action truly pulled back the veil exposing weak NZ demand for capital to drive economic activity, beyond that already satisfied by insurance claims and cheap neutralised currency swapped foreign borrowings undertaken by banks.
As Stephen notes above the NZD is falling for other reasons than one data point from the United States.
While tempted, I resisted referring to the US Dollar index collapse over recent days - It was so obvious it seemed insulting to make reference to the NZD collapse in terms of USD related events - but since you brought it up, it's only fair I highlight reality. Last week's rapid rise in the value of JPY as reflected in the USD/JPY pair was a more likely cause for NZD weakness - which relates to past Japanese investment in NZ. Margin calls in such a volatile environment demand liquidation of whatever can be sold.
Nice to see someone who does not have his/her head in the sand. Excellent analysis.
Looks to me as though there has been a big turning point in the past few weeks re:currency etc, but precious few have woken up to it. Once petrol shifts north of $2.20 lets watch how things pan out. To take one example - our interest rate settings are looking more bizarre by the day.
Ahh yes the petrol. That had a big impact on prices lifestyle blocks that still hasn't been forgotten going by action around my way. Rising petrol prices could sink the knife in. Be interesting to see the effect on jobs as well.


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On Oct. 18, Robert Reich called on Obama to break up the nation's biggest banks and to resurrect Glass- Steagall. The op ed argues that if the President took such action it would be good policy and would smoke out Mitt Romney.
Earlier this year, in July, immediately after Sandy Weill had recanted his opposition to Glass-Steagall, Reich had written an op ed in the Huffington Post entitled: "The Man Who Invented 'Too Big to Fail' Banks Finally Recants. Will Obama or Romney Follow?" in which he concluded in a manner not based on the party system: "What's the betting that one of the presidential candidates will take up Weill's proposal?"
Three months later Reich ostensibly launches into an attack on Romney as Wall Street's candidate, knowing full well that it has been Obama who has opposed Glass-Steagall, implemented the bailout of Wall Street, and pushed the Dodd-Frank Act, which maintains the too big to fail policy. He does so even though in the first debate, Romney called for repealing Dodd-Frank and eliminating the policy of too big to fail.
Reich writes: "The President should counter Romney's extraordinary solicitude toward the Street with a proposal to cap the size of the nation's biggest banks so that no bank is ever again too big to fail. And to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act, which once separated commercial from investment banking. In the 1980s the ten biggest banks had less than 30 percent of bank depositary assets. Now they have 54 percent. And the four biggest now dominate the Street almost completely. Because lenders and investors know they're too big to fail, the four biggest banks have a competitive advantage over smaller rivals that pose larger financial risks. That means they'll only get bigger. Breaking up the biggest banks and capping the size of all banks is hardly a radical suggestion these days. The Dallas Federal Reserve Board, which has never been accused of excessive liberalism, has called for it. So has Sanford Weill, the creator of Citigroup, one of the biggest of the big. So has Daniel Tarullo, the Federal Reserve governor charged with bank regulation. So have conservative commentators such as George Will.... Calling for a breakup of the biggest banks and a resurrection of Glass-Steagall would smoke out Mitt Romney — revealing clearly and decisively he's not on the side of most Americans."
Reich is correct that Romney, like Obama, has not endorsed Glass-Steagall. It is also true that on economic policy he is presently in large part captive to Republican Party ideology.
However, the fact that Sandy Weill and a number of conservatives have endorsed Glass-Steagall points to the potential of freeing Romney from the Republican Party ideologues who oppose it.
Is it possible that Reich, in making this proposal, is actually trying to smoke out not just Romney but also Obama, who for the last four years, with help from Geithner and Holder, among others, has in fact defended and bailed out Wall Street at the behest of the Queen of England to the detriment of the American people?
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Iron Chef and lesbian mom Cat Cora, in an interview with the Food Gal, has spoken out against Prop 8. She also mentions that she and her partner Jen Cora are expecting their third child in April. Congratulations! (Thanks, After Ellen.)
This is as good an excuse as any to move from politics to domestic matters:
What are you cooking for the holidays?
My brother and his wife are hosting our family Thanksgiving this year, so I'm just doing a few side dishes. I'll be making a cranberry-pecan rye bread that's a riff on a King Arthur Flour recipe. I use regular rye flour instead of pumpernickel (just because it's easier to find), and substitute dried cranberries for at least half, if not all, the raisins.
I'm also making the fiery cranbanero sauce I've been doing for a few years now.
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China, Chinese culture, entertainment, fair, Grand Canal, Hangzhou, holiday, travel, trips, weekend
You will remember (or not, more likely) the post I wrote about finding the very charming place which is the Hangzhou Grand Canal and which apparently no one ever mentions.
I've made it my business to change this sad state of things and so here's a quick follow-up.
And that's it for now – but I'm still not done with the subject! There's the umbrella museum. The traditional Chinese medicine museum. The knives museum. And lots of other stuff. Another time!


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What were Mary's and Martha's thoughts during Lazarus' illness and dying? Those who have nursed a loved one during such time may know. On one side, there is the growing realization that the dreaded moment creeps closer and closer. On the other side, nursed by shreds of prayer and stories of miracles, there is childlike hope. Maybe, maybe, God will hear our pleas and those eyes that are closing will open, healthy and joyful. All will be well again. Maybe.
The Alberta bishops' recent pastoral letter on Indian residential schools did many positive things. Besides again apologizing for Catholic involvement in the schools and inviting the Catholic community to participate in the March 27-30 Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in Edmonton, the bishops also said "God is speaking to us today through the gifts of aboriginal culture and spirituality."
The Big Bang has captured the scientific and popular mind as the spectacular beginning of the entire universe. There is even an eponymous sitcom which, to judge from what is available on airplanes, might just be the most popular television program ever made. The Big Bang. At one moment there was nothing and then the next moment – bang! – it was there, an explosive mix of all that would become, slowly but inexorably, all that is.
My preparations for Easter this year have a unique dimension; I am planning the route for a visit to my father's wartime past in Holland, a route that I will begin Easter weekend. I have been looking through old papers and photographs, reading books, talking to people in Holland who are the children of men he knew there, researching the museums and memorials for the ones that hold the most significance.
The question "What did you give up for Lent?" makes its rounds during many conversations right now. The usual answers came fast and furious. "Coffee." "Chocolate." "Butter." "Wine." Some cheer at the amount of weight they will lose during this religious season. Others acknowledge it as a test of their willpower. For many, it's a witness to their faith.
This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Triggered the night of April 6, 1994, Hutu extremists retaliated over the assassination of President Habyarimana by killing local Tutsis blamed for the attack. Mounting ethnic tensions between the Hutu majority and Tutsi minority erupted in widespread violence that engulfed the country. For the next 100 days approximately 800,000 Tutsi, Twa and Hutu moderates were killed.
Is hell a physical place? Does God send us to hell? Does the resurrection signify physical movement to a place in space with physical dimensions? If so, space exploration must be penetrating that physical place we still call heaven.
On Shrove Tuesday, I was at a church pancake supper. The conversation quickly turned to Lent, which started the next day, and about fasting. Each of us started talking about the specifics of what we were going to give up during Lent. Different foods and activities were named. Every year, there is a Scripture passage (Isaiah 58) that talks about fasting that appears in the Liturgy of the Hours on Ash Wednesday and in the daily Mass readings two days later.
Why did thousands of unprotected Ukrainian protesters remain in Independence Square on Feb. 20 as sniper fire rained down on them from above? Why did they not run for cover as did the foreign journalists who were reporting on the protests? Think first of the Holodomor of 1932-33, the forced starvation of millions of people suffering under Soviet oppression. Think of the attempted annihilation following the Second World War of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a body most determined to stand for Ukrainian national identity, cultural expression and freedom. Think of the imprisonment and exile of poet Taras Shevchenko and numerous other 19th-century Ukrainian artists who passionately wrote against the repression of Ukrainians by the tsar and in favour of Ukrainian national identity.
There are three kinds of performers: The first, while singing a song or doing a dance, are making love to themselves. The second, while performing, are making love to the audience. The third, while on stage, are making love to the song, to the dance, to the drama itself. Of course, it's not difficult to discern who the better performer is. The one making love to the song, of course, best honours the song and draws energy from some deeper place. He or she does this by entering into and channeling the energy of the song rather than by entering into and channeling their own energy or the energy of the audience.


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I am high school music teacher and my students have to rehearse outside. We have been receiving numerous complaints from one neighbor about the drums being too loud during the day. We are finished before 5 PM if we do have to rehearse outside which is about once a month. He has recently resorted to taking photographs of my students from his yard and sending them to the principal. My question is, is it legal to take photographs of minors at a public school without their consent? I live in California
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Yep, it's legal. They are in a public place, in plain view. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy. The photos can't be used for commercial purposes without consent. It doesn't sound like your outside practices constitute a nuisance, particularly since music is expected to be a type of noise typically coming from a school, the music isn't late or louder than a prescribed decibel level. No problem.
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