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Discussion in 'On Topic' started by sprite, May 30, 2007.
It would be for occasional carry of a Glock 19.
I like mine.
they look like complete junk
Who cares what it looks like? It's an IWB. It's comfortable and it works.
I'm not a big fan of the design in general, but if you were I'd encourage you to consider buying the answer from tucker gun leather. First I think its the right thing to do. Most holster makers don't patent their designs because its just too expensive to get and defend the patent, they get ripped off a lot. The crossbreed is a lower quality copy of tucker's answer and I can't say I love someone taking someone else's idea and not even giving them credit for the design.
The answer is also just a better holster, I think just looking at pictures will show you the difference in quality and craftsmanship that goes into each. If you get the answer I promise you're not gonna have to take a box cutter to it to get a full firing grip
Does it stay put pretty well? Does it allow you to tuck your shirt in far enough for it not be constantly pulling out on accident?
I agree they look kind of shitty, but it looks like it would be slimmer and more comfortable than a CTAC or something similar, and I'm not paying $100+ and then waiting 6 months for a Tucker or Sparks when I'll only be wearing it occasionally.
If Tucker could make them fast enough to keep up with demand then I'd have no trouble laying out the cash. But fuck paying a premium and then waiting... and waiting... and waiting... ad naseum.
No good holster maker will charge you for your holster before they're ready to make/ship it, and I believe that includes tucker. Think of it like getting a custom made suit or shoes. If you want the very best you're going to have to wait a while to get it, but you'll have a really well crafted item at the end of the wait. Crossbreed's website is showing a wait as well. I'd wait the extra 30 days and get the holster that I won't have to take a box cutter to. Ymmv
Mine stays put just fine but i have a gun belt as well. i can't speak for the tucking though because i never tuck my shirt in, i just bought it since its adjustable
I didn't mind having to cut it considering I saved 50%.
How long did you wait for yours and how long have you had it?
I don't remember, my wait was shorter than quoted but its been a couple years by now I think. I still prefer all leather holsters so when I do carry it is seldom my first choice. Its comfortable but I just don't find it helps me conceal a gun as well as some of my other holsters.
What might be some better options for something the size of a Glock 19? The Answer/Crossbreed design just looked like it would be "slimmer" than a lot of other stuff. I'm about 6", 34" waist.
I'm 5'9" 44" waste and I easily conceal a full size 1911 in my crossbreed holster.
Check out K&D Holsters http://www.kdholsters.com
Dakota Defender IWB- They're about the same price ($65) and wait time, but the finished product looks a hell of a lot better than crossbreed's
I think alot of it depends on body size/shape and how you wear it. What doesn't work for me might be loved by someone else.
As far as other options what I've found to be the best for me is Lou Alessi's hideaway. It has a curved front fin that pushes against the leg and tucks the butt of the gun in like none of the other holsters I've tried before. http://cyber-byte.com/photos/alessi2.jpg Its a longer wait for lou's stuff but with it I can hide a p226 under a tshirt while a p99 in my tucker answer will print. Alot of other people seem to love the much copied milt sparks vm2/summer special design also.


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*The Jazz took John Stockton with the 16th pick in the 1984 draft, and Stockton himself didn't think he'd have the longest NBA lifespan.
"I thought they'd figure me out pretty quick," he said. "I though the Jazz would figure out that they made a mistake. So I saved every cent. I rented a one-bedroom apartment that was already furnished and never bought a television set, went to a discount food store and bought a can of chili and made my mom's lasagna and stacked it in the fridge. I was pretty sure I was a one year and out guy."
Obviously, 1,504 games and 15,806 assists later, he turned out just fine.
"John certainly was a pleasant surprise when I got there," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "He was one of those guys, he stepped out in practice like he was playing a game every time he stepped on the court. There was some question, we would question at that time whether or not he would hold up, and he played for 19 years."
Stockton earned the reputation for being unsuspectingly dirty, using his slight frame to throw sneaky screens on bigger players. But Jordan, who faced Sloan and Stockton twice in the Finals, actually came to his defense.
"I wouldn't say that Stockton is the dirtiest point guard. I could name a few others," Jordan said, getting a few laughs out of the crowd. "You could say dirty, I'd say he's a tough, hard-nosed guy that plays with every inch of his body. For us to beat them twice says a lot about our team, because they were a great team."
* Reflecting on a coaching career that started in 1972 at Cheyney State College, a historically black school in Pennsylvania, C. Vivian Stringer recalled when women's college basketball had to fight just to have poll of the top teams. After winning 825 games, taking three schools to the Final Four and seeing players like guard Cappie Pondexter go on to play in the WNBA, Stringer said she was pleased to see how far women's basketball had come, but said there's still progress to be made.
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*David Robinson graduated from Navy in 1987, but didn't make his debut until 1989, spending the two years fulfilling his commitment to the service.
"I was at a submarine base down in Georgia for those two years after I graduated from school, and I don't think there was anyone under 6-1 on that whole base. So I spent a lot of time running by myself in that gym."
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Before this season, Derek Jeter's lowest regular-season batting average since he became the Yankees' starting shortstop in 1996 was the .291 he hit in 1997.
The Yankees played one round in the postseason in 1997 and Jeter batted .333.
Jeter's highest batting average was the .349 he hit in 1999. The Yankees won the World Series that year and Jeter hit .375 combined in three postseason series.
Of course, in neither of those seasons was Jeter 36 years old and in the last year of his contract. And in neither of those seasons was Jeter's ability to get base hits questioned the way it was in this just-completed season, which he ended Sunday with a career-low .270 average.
As the Yankees enter the 14th postseason in Jeter's 15 full seasons, the defending World Series champions have question marks in their pitching rotation. Their ability to beat good lefthanded pitching is in doubt. Even the incomparable Mariano Rivera has been shaky of late.
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Which Jeter will show up this postseason? The one who hit .361 in his first postseason (1996)? The one who hit .344 in his most recent postseason (2009)? Or the one who hit .235 in 1998 or .226 in 2001?
And then there's this: Is it possible that some people have written off Derek Jeter?
"I don't know," he said recently. "Because I don't listen to what you guys say or what anyone writes. Sometimes you're not going to be able to get hits all the time."
Can Jeter live up to his .313 career postseason average? And if he doesn't, how will that affect the unprecedented contract negotiations that he and the Yankees will begin soon after the World Series?
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TTS evaluation campaign with a common spanish database
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Data publicació2010
Condicions d'accésAccés obert
This paper describes the first TTS evaluation campaign designed for Spanish. Seven research institutions took part in the evaluation campaign and developed a voice from a common speech database provided by the organisation. Each participating team had a period of seven weeks to generate a voice. Next, a set of sentences were released and each team had to synthesise them within a week period. Finally, some of the synthesised test audio files were subjectively evaluated via an online test according to the following criteria: similarity to the original voice, naturalness and intelligibility. Box-plots, Wilcoxon tests and WER have been generated in order to analyse the results. Two main conclusions can be drawn: On the one hand, there is considerable margin for improvement to reach the quality level of the natural voice. On the other hand, two systems get significantly better results than the rest: one is based on statistical parametric synthesis and the other one is a concatenative system that makes use of a sinusoidal model to modify both prosody and smooth spectral joints. Therefore, it seems that some kind of spectral control is needed when building voices with a medium size database for unrestricted domains.
CitacióSainz, I. [et al.]. TTS evaluation campaign with a common spanish database. A: International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. "Seventh Int. Conf. on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC)". Valleta: 2010, p. 2155-2160.
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If you have plans to purchase a home, you have probably heard of building inspections. In several cases, this is a requirement for those who are applying for a mortgage loan. A home inspection is a process of checking the subject property of the transaction. A trained inspector conducts the inspection. He checks the different areas and features of the property using the different equipment developed for that purpose.
The inspection will report in detail the current condition of the property. It means that it will not make any claims for how the property will be in the future. It will not also indicate how long the property is going to last.
There are different areas that the inspector will check. Some of them are the roof, the heating system, the plumbing, electrical system, water heater system and the air-conditioning system. The inspector will also look at the overall structure of the property. Although this is the case, it is possible that the inspector will not discover other defects of the property. In fact, certain aspects of the property will not be included in the checking of the building. Some of these are the right of way or easements. Another is the zoning violations as well as the property measurements and boundaries. These are usually dealt with by the title company.
It is very important to have the property inspected before you purchase it. Just like checking any merchandise when you buy it. Although there are properties that have to be purchased as is, most properties sold in the market should undergo inspection. This is to let the buyers know what they are getting into. Buying a home is an important investment. It is only right that home buyers are sure of the home they are purchasing.
There are several benefits of having the property inspected before buying it. Aside from knowing the condition of the property you are planning to buy, you will also know if the property is properly valued. If the property has a lot of defects, then you can negotiate for a lower value. Doing this will allow you pay a lesser price. If the seller does not agree to a lower price, you can ask him to have the defects repaired. If you do not seem to agree, you can cancel the transaction.
The home inspection benefits the seller as well. Before he sells the property, he can hire an inspector to check the house. Certain repairs will improve the value of the property. It includes the bathroom and the kitchen. If he knows about this, he will be able to prioritise the type of repair he is going to make. This will give the seller a rough idea of the price range of the property.
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A Google search will reveal that Agenda 21 was established in 1992, from multiple sources. While that may be true, the concepts promoted by Agenda 21 predate the U.N.
There is an interesting series of books written by inventor King Gillette. Gillette is best known for the Gillette razor blade company, but his writings actually had a greater impact than his inventions, and not for good.
King was a late 19th- early 20th Century progressive/utopian thinker, who advocated and proposed many of the ideas which would become central to globalist ideology. Agenda 21 is actually a modified version of what he proposed in his books. Gillette, proposed the creation of mega-cities (one on each continent) in which the entire human population would reside. He also proposed a merger of various world governments and a world corporation, which would dominate all aspects of human life. He basically envisioned globalization on steroids!
Until I read his books, I was always perplexed as to why the statists were abandoning Marx's plank of equal population distribution. Instead, they seem bent on concentrating populations. It's easy to understand when you realize that they are not actually Marxist; they are totalitarians who use Marx's ideas to further their own agenda. King Gillette's proposal of urbanization, furthers their control agenda much more than Marx's distribution of population.
Rural areas are difficult to control. I grew up in a rural area, but much of my adult life has been spent in large cities. The freedom and independence of rural life is much greater. How many urban dwellers do you know that raise cattle and grow their own food? It's not hard to control people who are completely dependent on your supply chain. So, if you want to control the population, eliminate rural areas by moving people to the cities. For much of the past century elitists have been doing just that, throughout the world.
To move people off the farm, they launched widespread agricultural subsidies, which were designed to destroy small farms. They took control of seeds from small farmers with large companies like Monsanto, who use this control to further weaken small agriculture. They placed high inheritance and property taxes that drive many struggling family farms under the table. They create social programs (The Great Society) and government housing, which incentivizes farm laborers to become urban dwellers.
What do we do about it?
Unfortunately, not everyone can immediately live in a rural area. However, one can plan to live in a more free rural environment in time. In the meantime I recommend making yourself less dependent on supply chains. Buy extra food and supplies. If you can, plant a garden. reducing your dependency on the state/corporate complex make you more free.
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A mid-20th century large Maori carved poutokomanawa type figure, the stylised standing male figure with small 'kumete' supported to his front, an open top with cavity, black stained moko detail, paua inserts. Height 49 cm. Vendor's provenance:
A good 19th century large Maori carved pipe bowl, finely carved in good deep relief with a stylised full male figure to the front and base, tongue extended, genitals present, a further conforming stylised mask to each side, good dark original patina. Diame
An early 20th century waka huia (treasure box), the handle with mirrored tekoteko figures connected at the head above carved wheku heads with inset paua shell eyes. The bowl supported on two humanistic forms with tongues extended and full moko, carved with
Rare tattooing bowl. Very rare tattooing pigment bowl fashioned from a root ball, the naturally bent handle leads to a carved bowl with haehae and pataki designs and is highlighted with an abstracted tiki head with a protruding spilt tongue. Rich mid brown
An early 20th century Maori carved pipe, the bowl with a stylised carved head with paua inset eyes, the silver collar hallmarked London 1901, long tapered mouthpiece
A 20th century Maori lidded kumete (food bowl) c.1950s. Length 45 cm.
A ?th century Maori carved wooden feeding bowl. Bowl is shaped like a gourd. Pakati, haehae designs, with paua shell inlay. The bowl depicts four manaia and one tekoteko face. Length 38 cm, height 10 cm.
Pipe the bowl carved with tiki mask, paua set eyes [pending registration]
A rare contact period very large Matai food bowl (kumete). Found at Ngaere, South Taranaki. Square projection to one side with projecting tiki figure to opposite side (head broken off). Hole to one side near base. Length 85.5 cm. Depth 25.5 cm
Group of Folk items (3) early 20th-century carved folk items: waka, tiki and bowl. Length 40 cm. Width 4.5 cm; length 6.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm; length 13.5 cm. Width 5 cm
Carved pipe finely carved tobacco pipe. Extremely fine spiral h'h' and dog-tooth work throughout the entire bowl and neck. Single tiki face to front with tongue extended. The letters 'Wn' framed in a shield carved to back of bowl. Length 16 cm. Width 4 cm
Ross Johns greenstone sculptured bowl. Ross Johns is a member of Ngai Tahu tribe and the only artist selected by Ngai Tahu to have one piece of his artworks gifted to Te Papa forever. Length 36.5 cm. Height 6.5 cm, W23 cm.
Transitional lidded bowl, carved hollowed bowl seated on a fluted base guarded by four boldly carved tiki motifs. Triple h'h' design and pakati tching overall. The lid also fully carved with tiki figure handle. Inset paua to base rim and eyes. Rich dark pa
Late 19th century Maori food bowl (kumete). Two stone carved Maori figures holding the bowl, tiki faces are carved on either side of the bowl and there are four tiki faces on the lid all with paua shell inset eyes, the kumete has rauru (an elliptical centr
19th century rare wooden Jacob Heberley pipe. beautifully carved with two reclining tattooed Maori males lying back to back on either side of bowl with paua shell inset eyes. Length 13.5 cm
Large transitional Wakahuia, carved bowl supported by the outstretched arms and feet of two stylized figurative forms, each rendered with rauponga, triple h'h' and pakati notching, the lid carved with a bold and muscular tiki figure and decorated with stro
Anaha Te Rahui (1822-1913), superb 19th century ngati tarawhai figure-supported bowl, the carved bowl supported by the outstretched arms of two crouching figures, each superbly rendered with rauponga, triple h'h' and pakati notching, the chin of each figur
Tata (Waka Bailer), extremely well balanced example in the minimalistic early form, the base extends and terminates with minimalist mania or tiki figure, emphasized with fully incised almond-shaped eyes, perforated nostrils and relief mouth, the body of ta
Early 20th century Maori kumete (food bowl), with tattooed stylised Maori faces as lifting handles. Given by the Te Arawa tribe to the native land court judge, Judge Holland 03/09/1932. Carved in spirals, criss-cross decoration. Has a sterling silver plaqu
A superb and important Maori kumete, delicate shallow cupped lid with fine double rarua spirals and h'h' lines throughout. Handle presents mirrored tekoteko figures connected head to head and arching forward in acrobatic stance. Body of vessel carved in fu
19th century Maori stone Grinding bowl. Diameter 26 cm
A highly important Maori kumete food bowl by Patoromu Tamatea
Late 19th century/20th century pipe bowl carved with tiki mask (no stem mouth piece)
A fine 19th century lidded urn, circular on pedestal with lid, pedestal base and stem with wharkarare and whakatara patterns, two Kuri (dogs) on the pedestal, stem with Janis type face with circular paua insets, the bowl and lid with rauru spiral patterns,
A rare and a fine 19th century carved Maori wooden kumete by a master carver (unknown). Two Maori tiki figures support a carved bowl with paua shell eyes
Pre-European large archaic-form Maori wooden bowl rectangular shape with rounded edges, from a hollowed out tree trunk, two knobs for holding, base has been flattened to allow for stability, dark brown stain (and has probably been stored in a swamp)
Maori carved pipe by Neke Kapua, the bowl carved with three faces and protruding tongues, and a koru style stem
Maori carved pipe with a silver collar by Liberty & Co., also marked 'Ee, London 1926', the carved bowl set with paua shell eyes and a very long stem
Maori pipe, the bowl of a carved face with a protruding tongue and set with paua shell eyes
Canoe Bailer Taranaki Region of dark brown wood, with deep scoop bowl and steep sides. Raised flared handle with rounded knob end, back section with carved face and inset paua shell eyes. Provenance: Given to one of the passengers of 'Lord Worsley' wrecked
A late 19th century two Manaia supported Kumete of deep oval form, in black wood finish with some underlying wood showing through, the Kumete is supported on stand by full manaia figures at each end, the bowl supported on the manaia backs, the bowl has a h
A carver unknown Maori imp character small plaque two-dimensional relief carved, the fairy figure, not unlike the Maori fairy characters created by the pen of Trevor Lloyd, holding aloft a carved bowl with a large pohutukawa flower, a whare in the distance
19th century South Taranaki Maori wooden bowl with horizontal lugs level with the rim, one end carved with a human tiki face, the other lug was not carved
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Steely Dan's drug-influenced and quasi-prophetic song Black Friday loops through my head today. "When Black Friday comes," sings Donald Fagin, "I'll stand down by the door…I'll collect everything I'm owed, and before my friends find out I'll be on the road, When Black Friday falls."
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Valentia True Glow Eye Cream includes several antioxidants and ingredients that are suppose to help lock in moisture, repair and tighten skin around the eye are. The directions say to apply every morning or night by applying a small amount to the eye area using a gentle patting motion.
I have been using this mostly at night for about a week now. I did use it in the morning on a few days, and found that it absorbed quickly, and I was able to apply my makeup over it without any problems.
It comes in a nice pump style bottle, and has a nice light citrus scent. The cream itself is more on the thicker side, but doesn't feel heavy when applied, and like I said before absorbs fairly fast.
While I haven't noticed any huge improvement in wrinkles obviously in the past week, I have noticed less puffiness, and the skin around my eye feels smoother. The eye cream also doesn't feel greasy or sticky which I like. It also didn't irritate my skin and is alcohol, paraben free and suitable for all skin types.
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Hairstyles for Hair Sticks
Introduction: Hairstyles for Hair Sticks
Here are several hairstyles, gathered from my own experience as well as various places on the web, that demonstrate different ways hair sticks can be used.
Hair sticks are fun, and actually pretty easy to use. The best way to insert a hair stick is to push it gently into your hair and sort of weave it up and down as you draw it through your style (bun, braid, ponytail, etc.) so as to anchor it. Don't be afraid to push the stick all the way down to your scalp; it makes the hold even more secure.
Hopefully I haven't missed any steps, and everything is clear enough to follow. The pictures were all taken in my kitchen by my friend, and they all feature my hair. But don't get too excited--it has since been cut.
Step 1: My Favorite Bun (Cinnamon Bun Variation)
I start putting my hair in this bun as soon as it's long enough; adding hair sticks makes it look much more elegant and keeps it very stable. Just a note--my hair is quite long in these photos (just past my butt), so my finished product may look kind of different from what you do with your hair. But you DON'T need hair as long as this to successfully use hair sticks--if you can put your hair up, chances are you can use them.
On to the bun!
1. Gather hair together at crown; twist entire length.
2. Coil entire length of hair, putting each successive layer beneath the previous one, so that you end with a column of hair (the height of which varies depending on the length of your hair).
3. Take top coil of column and pull out, pulling it down so that it surrounds the column, flattening the entire bun. Tuck ends. Insert one or two hair sticks to secure bun.
Step 2: Cinnamon Bun
1. Gather hair together at crown; twist entire length.
2. Coil entire length of hair, starting with a small coil and surrounding it with each successive coil, keeping the bun flat to the head.
3. Tuck ends, secure with hair tie. Secure the rest of the bun with one or two hair sticks.
Step 3: Chinese Bun
1. Gather hair into ponytail at crown. Secure with hair tie of choice.
2. Insert hair stick through gathered hair, behind hair tie.
3. Separate hair into two equal parts.
4. Wind each piece around hair tie, behind hair stick. Tuck ends in, or secure with hair clips/pins.
Step 4: Chinese Braided Bun
1. Gather hair into ponytail at crown. Secure with hair tie of choice. (This can also be done without securing with a hair tie; just make two braids at the back of your head, spaced as closely together as possible.)
2. Divide hair into two equal parts; braid each part so that you end up with two braids.
3. Insert hair stick through gathered hair, behind hair tie.
4. Wind each braid around hair tie, behind hair stick. Tuck in ends, or secure with hair clips/pins.
Step 5: Sock Bun
1. Clip a small hole in a sock (the size of the sock bun will be determined by the size of the sock) and roll from the toes up.
2. Gather hair high up on head, around the crown, and secure with ponytail holder.
3. Twist hair into a rope and slide sock up the length, pushing it against the hair tie. Let hair untwist.
4. Lean over; spread hair back over the sock, covering it entirely. Use another ponytail holder to secure spread-out hair over the sock.
5. Stand up straight; gently push hair down so that the remainder (if you have a remainder) spreads out under the newly-created sock bun. Do whatever you wish with this; braid and twist around bun, simply twist around bun, let hang. At any point, a hair stick can be used to increase the stability of the bun or for decoration.
Step 6: Figure-8 Bun
1. Gather hair at crown. If you desire, secure with a ponytail holder.
2. Coil entire length of hair, putting each successive layer beneath the previous one, so that you end with a column of hair (the height of which varies depending on the length of your hair).
3. Grasp top-most coil. Pull out and up, laying flat on top of the rest of your head. The resulting look should resemble a figure 8.
4. Secure bun with hair stick(s).
Step 7: Hair Knot
(This is a small bun with a ponytail coming out.)
1. Gather hair at crown. Twist entire length and bring over and around, actually tying your hair in a knot.
2. Let the part of the knot coming out hang out loosely. Secure knot with one or two hair sticks.
3. Let ends hang loosely, or braid.
Step 8: Dutch Braid Bun
1. Plait your hair Dutch style (very similar to French style; instead of bringing pieces over, bring them under.)
2. Gather braid and coil it into a bun.
3. Secure with one or two hair sticks.
Step 9: Half-Bun
In this style, a small bun is created by gathering the top part of your hair and letting the rest hang down. The final look of this style, and of course the size of the bun, is greatly determined by the length and thickness of your hair.
1. Gather top half of hair into bun style of choice.
2. Secure with hair stick.
Gonna do the sock bun too... The repurposed orphaned sock ideas post is what got me here, after all!
Whoaaaaa! Yeah! I can totally follow these tutorials... The figure-eight bun is a little harder, but the rest?? AaAWESOME!! I have suuuuper thick, suuuuper wavy shoulder-length hair n (before I get it cut short) I'm totally gonna try th Chinese bun w a hair stick or two... I love using funky swizzle stix in my hair!! I'm currently loving some sea life swizzle sticks... This is gonna rock! I love the braided Chinese bun, too... Maybe I'll take pix if the buns look cool... Thanks!!!!!
i m facing thinning hair problem i search on google and bing found some solutions but prblem is not yet solve
Great tutorial! I hope you don't mind if I link to it from my site.
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Thank You so much
I have really long hair that I love but need out of the way some times.
I used a pen going to invest in a hair stick now.
You hair's actually longer than mine (butt length), that's amazing!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Awesome! My friend Sam has reeeaaalllyy long hair (beyond her hips) and she would love this!
I have been using "hairsticks" for 30 years now. Of course mine are all chopsticks that came decorated and I added charms on the ends or are plain...lol. Love that you did the pictures, but consider a video. I have tried to show my younger friends how to twist their hair, unfortunately I am left handed and they are right. I seem to confuse them. You did a great job with the pics, but a bit more would be wonderful.
Thanks for posting your ible.
I have natural curly hair, so most of these are useless for me, but i recommended to a friend who was looking for good instruction on hairstyles with hairsticks and she loved it. Great instructions :D
Very pretty. I have long hair, too, so it's nice to see different variations than my usual "stick it up in a bun with a stick" style :)
What do you use to keep your hair shiny and what do you shampoo it with?
Thanks, I want long hair like yours. Thanks
heyy i was wondering if u could do a vidoe about treating your hair and im not a freak but your hair looks amazing and im trying to grow my hair out so i was just wondering thanks great job by the way
I use hair stick for special occasions but use 3 inch long hair pins or claw clips the rest of the time. I usually just wind it around like the cinnamon bun. It's really exciting to find something new to do with my long hair!
I'm also excited to see your hair sticks! I don't know how to get in tough with your aunt and find out if she could make some for me. Can you have her get in touch with me?
Love it! I'm starting to grow my hair out again but was worried about what different styles I would be limited to. Now there is hope.
Thank you for the instructions on the sock bun! I looked everywhere for a "bun doughnut" for my daughter's highland dance hair style and never did find one.. A sock is perfect substitute!! I like all of the great pictures on all of the steps. You gave really good instructions. Thank you so much for posting!
I'm ridiculously late in replying, but you're welcome! I'm glad you were able to find what you needed.
I was wondering what you do with the ends. It sort of looks as if you tuck them under the outermost coil before putting in the sticks? Is there a trick to making them stay underneath?
You posted this a while ago--sorry I haven't replied! I would leave a length of about a few inches and then yes, tuck them underneath the coils. I think leaving it a bit long helps the ends stay tucked.
I used a pair of clean chopsticks in my hair yesterday, and got lots of compliments from people about how it looked. Especially from my youngest son. He thought I looked beautiful and Japanese. grin.
Thanks for showing how to wear these - it gives me a more adult option than just a ponytail.
Ditto to Mama29... I'm so sick of ponytails and buns I was pretty close to make the great hack.... this gives me more options for awhile!
I'm not personally interested in this, but seeing my gf trying to do this and usually fail is funny
the "sock hair bun" is how we had to do our hair in the Marines... Except NONE could be hanging down.. It my favorite "clean looking" bun :)
I love this one, it's the first bun I've ever tried that I was able to wear until it went droopy of its own volition without it giving me a headache!
Lovely styles! I want to try the sock bun style! One thing is bugging me, though... the crown is much closer to the hairline than where you indicate in your photographs. It is defined as the top-most part of the head, and I think of it as the highest point of the forehead, right at the hairline.
Love them ! You have beautiful, thick hair ! My hair is so damn thin, you'd see that freakin' sock clear as can be ! Ugh !
Wonderful guide! =D Even with my relatively shorter hair (just a few inches past my shoulders) I can still use a few of the styles you've listed. Braided stuff tends to use up too much hair, but the simpler buns work just fine! And I may just be endlessly jealous of your beautiful long hair. XD<br/>
Thank you so much for these cool instructions! My hair is nearing knee length and these updo's will be a joy to play with.
Wow !!!! great instructable... You have lovely long hair and I'm surely gonna try these hair styles.. I hope you come up with few more like this... -Pink
Fantastic Instructable! My daughter and I are going to have a blast trying these out! Thanks for sharing. :)
This is an awesome instructable, Thank you very much for putting it on here. I am excited to try these styles, My favorite is the chinese bun so far, very neat!
Well done. I am so happy to have something else I can do with my long hair for work. I need to have it pulled back but get sick of the same bun and plain braid. Thanks for postign this!
Great step-by-step instructable, it is real easy to follow. Also, you have very beautiful hair and it is quite long, so you can do these styles easily. Do you also have tips for somewhat shorter hair?
Definitely agreed. Great Instructable and everything! Just a nice job, just wow. Great job once again.


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Detroit Congressman Hansen Clarke says "time is of the essence" for his proposed Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act.
That's legislation Clarke has proposed that would divert federal taxes collected in Detroit into a trust--about $2 billion annually over five years. That money would then be used to finance jobs and infrastructure projects.
But Clarke also proposed using that money to wipe out the city's debt. That's a more a critical element now that the city faces running out of cash by spring at the latest, ending the fiscal year $45 million in the red--and possibly under the control of a state emergency manager.
Clarke says he's trying to push the bill through as fast as he can.
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The Trinitron colour tube, designed by and used exclusively by Sony in all its colour receivers, was the first to have an in -line gun arrangement. The Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) has been slowly changing since its con- ception about 50 years ago. Since then the emitter, accelerator and focus structures at the "gun" end have been added to the vacuum tube to shape and control the amount of electrons from the gun. At the target end of the CRT, the luminescent screen is made of a phos- phor mixture. Phosphor glows white when struck by electrons. Phos- phor brightness is directly proportional to the amount of electrons that strike the phosphor. The CRT sport brightness was controllable with a gun and phosphor screen. The electron beam produced a spot of light that was stationary on the phosphor screen. Placing an electromagnetic field near the electron beam after it left the gun created movement. The spot intensity and location were now controllable and the CRT became known as the pic- ture tube. To produce a color picture on the CRT screen; three independent gun structures are used. The electron guns produce different amounts of electrons targeted to their corresponding Red, Green and Blue phos- phors. Red, Green and Blue are the primary colors for light. In 1968 the Sony Trinitron picture tube was a departure from the tradi- tional three-gun color picture tube. Three major changes to the old color tube created a distinctive Trinitron picture tube:1. Instead of three small electron guns, focus was improved using one large electron gun structure that all three beams pass through.
2. Electrostatic convergence plates were added to bend the outer elec- tron beams so they would land on the corresponding red and blue color phosphor.
3. A continuous vertical slotted aperture grill at the screen end that: • Reduces the effects of terrestrial magnetism. • Prevents adjacent and stray electrons from striking the wrong phos- phor. • Allows more electrons to pass, increasing brightness without short- ening life. • Results in a flat screen. This reduces annoying room light reflections (glare).
It has a single gun assembly with three cathodes mounted in line horizontally, a striped -phosphor screen, an aperture grill with vertical slots instead of the traditional type of shadowmask, and a faceplate with cylindrical rather than parabolic curvature. The Trinitron tube produces a very good display - some people, including the Obsolete Technology Tellye ! - author, would say the best aven if some exceptions with the PHILIPS ERF Series. There are sound technical reasons for making this claim, for example the design of the large electron lens which provides excellent resolution. An advantage of the cylindrical in comparison with the traditional parabolic faceplate is the fact that most of the external light that falls on it is reflected away from instead of towards the viewer, thus improving the. contrast and reducing eye strain.A SCART SOCKET is present and headphone stereo jack too.
The Black Trinitron introduced a couple of years ago gives a further improvement in this respect (the faceplate has been darkened to a black colour). Since the first Trinitron tubes appeared in the UK in the late sixties there has not been a great deal of change in the design, though a number of improvements have been introduced. More recently we have had the Black Trinitron mentioned above and the Pan -focus gun which gives uniform focusing over the entire screen area, eliminating any need for dynamic focusing but further added in large screen models in the 70's and 80's and 90's.
A SCART Connector (which stands for Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs) is a standard for connecting audio-visual equipment together. The official standard for SCART is CENELEC document number EN 50049-1. SCART is also known as Péritel (especially in France) and Euroconnector but the name SCART will be used exclusively herein. The standard defines a 21-pin connector (herein after a SCART connector) for carrying analog television signals. Various pieces of equipment may be connected by cables having a plug fitting the SCART connectors. Television apparatuses commonly include one or more SCART connectors.Although a SCART connector is bidirectional, the present invention is concerned with the use of a SCART connector as an input connector for receiving signals into a television apparatus. A SCART connector can receive input television signals either in an RGB format in which the red, green and blue signals are received on Pins 15, 11 and 7, respectively, or alternatively in an S-Video format in which the luminance (Y) and chroma (C) signals are received on Pins 20 and 15. As a result of the common usage of Pin 15 in accordance with the SCART standard, a SCART connector cannot receive input television signals in an RGB format and in an S-Video format at the same time.Consequently many commercially available television apparatuses include a separate SCART connectors each dedicated to receive input television signals in one of an RGB format and an S-Video format. This limits the functionality of the SCART connectors. In practical terms, the number of SCART connectors which can be provided on a television apparatus is limited by cost and space considerations. However, different users wish the input a wide range of different combinations of formats of television signals, depending on the equipment they personally own and use. However, the provision of SCART connectors dedicated to input television signals in one of an RGB format and an S-Video format limits the overall connectivity of the television apparatus. Furthermore, for many users the different RGB format and S-Video format are confusing. Some users may not understand or may mistake the format of a television signal being supplied on a given cable from a given piece of equipment. This can result in the supply of input television signals of an inappropriate format for the SCART connector concerned.This kind of connector is todays obsoleted !
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SONY KV-27XS TA a television receiver incorporating a processing section for processing stereo/dual sound signals having a first sound carrier which is modulated by a first sound signal and a second sound carrier modulated by a second sound signal and also by a pilot signal which is modulated by a stereo-dual sound identifying signal, said processing section comprising a synchronous demodulator in which the pilot signal is demodulated and to which an output signal of a Phase-Locked Loop circuit is applied, the phase-locked loop circuit comprising a frequency-controllable oscillator and a phase discriminator which compares a signal derived from the oscillator with a reference signal which, as regards frequency and phase, is in a fixed relationship to the pilot signal. Such a television receiver is obtained when the known integrated circuit TDA 4940 marketed by Siemens is used.
As is known, two frequency-modulated sound carriers are used, according to the German standard, for the transmission of stereo/dual sound television signals, the second, for instance weaker, sound carrier being frequency-modulated by a pilot carrier which, in the case of stereo or dual sound transmission, is amplitude-modulated by an identifying signal which characterizes the stereo or dual-sound transmission mode and which is required in the receiver to enable the required switching actions to be effected automatically. In a television receiver comprising the prior art circuit, the identifying signal is obtained in that the modulated pilot carrier is multiplied by the output signal of a PLL circuit whose oscillator oscillates at a frequency equal to 28-times the line frequency and whose frequency is controlled by a phase discriminator which compares the frequency-divided oscillator signal with the line frequency.
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Sony Corporation (Sonī Kabushiki Gaisha) (TYO: 6758, NYSE: SNE), or commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate with revenue exceeding ¥ 7.730.0 trillion, or US$77.20 billion (FY2010).[3] Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, products for the consumer and professional markets.
Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its eight operating segments – Consumer Products & Devices (CPD), Networked Products & Services (NPS), B2B & Disc Manufacturing (B2B & Disc), Pictures, Music, Financial Services, Sony Ericsson and All Other.[5][6] These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.
Its founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka derived the name from sonus, the Latin word for sound, and also from the English slang word "sonny", since they considered themselves to be "sonny boys", a loan word into Japanese which in the early 1950s connoted smart and presentable young men.
Masaru Ibuka, the co-founder of Sony:
In late 1945, after the end of World War II, Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop in a bomb-damaged department store building in Nihonbashi of Tokyo. The next year, he was joined by his colleague, Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K., (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). The company built Japan's first tape recorder called the Type-G.
In the early 1950s, Ibuka traveled in the United States and heard about Bell Labs' invention of the transistor.[8] He convinced Bell to license the transistor technology to his Japanese company. While most American companies were researching the transistor for its military applications, Ibuka and Morita looked to apply it to communications. Although the American companies Regency[disambiguation needed] and Texas Instruments built the first transistor radios, it was Ibuka's company that made them commercially successful for the first time.
In August 1955, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo released the Sony TR-55, Japan's first commercially produced transistor radio.[9] They followed up in December of the same year by releasing the Sony TR-72, a product that won favor both within Japan and in export markets, including Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Germany. Featuring six transistors, push-pull output and greatly improved sound quality, the TR-72 continued to be a popular seller into the early sixties.
In May 1956, the company released the TR-6, which featured an innovative slim design and sound quality capable of rivaling portable tube radios. It was for the TR-6 that Sony first contracted "Atchan", a cartoon character created by Fuyuhiko Okabe, to become its advertising character. Now known as "Sony Boy", the character first appeared in a cartoon ad holding a TR-6 to his ear, but went on to represent the company in ads for a variety of products well into the mid-sixties.[8] The following year, 1957, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo came out with the TR-63 model, then the smallest (112 × 71 × 32 mm) transistor radio in commercial production. It was a worldwide commercial success.[8]
University of Arizona professor Michael Brian Schiffer, Ph.D., says, "Sony was not first, but its transistor radio was the most successful. The TR-63 of 1957 cracked open the U.S. market and launched the new industry of consumer microelectronics." By the mid 1950s, American teens had begun buying portable transistor radios in huge numbers, helping to propel the fledgling industry from an estimated 100,000 units in 1955 to 5,000,000 units by the end of 1968.
Sony's headquarters moved to Minato, Tokyo from Shinagawa, Tokyo around the end of 2006.
Origin of name
When Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was looking for a romanized name to use to market themselves, they strongly considered using their initials, TTK. The primary reason they did not is that the railway company Tokyo Kyuko was known as TKK.[8] The company occasionally used the acronym "Totsuko" in Japan, but during his visit to the United States, Morita discovered that Americans had trouble pronouncing that name. Another early name that was tried out for a while was "Tokyo Teletech" until Morita discovered that there was an American company already using Teletech as a brand name.
The name "Sony" was chosen for the brand as a mix of two words. One was the Latin word Sonus which is the root of "sonic" and "sound" and the other was "sonny," a familiar term used in 1950s America to call a boy.
The first Sony-branded product, the TR-55 transistor radio, appeared in 1955 but the company name did not change to Sony until January 1958.
At the time of the change, it was extremely unusual for a Japanese company to use Roman letters to spell its name instead of writing it in kanji. The move was not without opposition: TTK's principal bank at the time, Mitsui, had strong feelings about the name. They pushed for a name such as Sony Electronic Industries, or Sony Teletech. Akio Morita was firm, however, as he did not want the company name tied to any particular industry. Eventually, both Ibuka and Mitsui Bank's chairman gave their approval.
By Japanese standards Sony is a comparative newcomer. It started out in May 1946, recently celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. Most of the major Japanese companies in the consumer electronics field were formed much earlier. Hitachi and Toshiba for example date from the nineteenth century, Matsuhsita from the early years of the twentieth century. During those fifty years however Sony's achievements have been second to none. Sony started operations as Tokyo Tsuchin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). Its aim was "to make unique products", and to "create and introduce technologies that larger companies cannot match". One of its earliest achievements was Japan's first reel-to-reel audio tape recorder, which was launched in 1950. The tape to go with it, also developed by the company, was called Soni-tape. In 1954 the company launched the first all -transistor radio to go into production anywhere. When, in the following year, it decided to start exporting, a simple brand name that would be easily recognised in any part of the globe was required. Sony was the obvious answer, and in 1958 the company changed its name to the Sony Corporation. The Sony Corporation of America was set up in 1960. Sony UK, in 1968, brought Sony to Europe. Innovation continued apace. In 1960 Sony launched the fast fully transistorised portable TV receiver. Five years later the first open -reel video tape recorder for domestic use was introduced. The Trinitron colour system arrived in 1968. It was incredible, though typical, that Sony should develop its own colour TV tube from scratch. While relying on the traditional three primary colour phosphors and a shadowmask, the phosphors were laid down in stripes, the mask became a shadow grille, the guns were arranged in -line and the faceplate became much flatter. This was to be the way tube development would go. The Betamax VCR system was introduced in 1975. It is today generally accepted that it was the best of its time. But, as with the Trinitron system, Sony wouldn't licence it to other manufacturers. That mistake led to its demise, and wasn't repeated. The 8nun video system, which has come to dominate the camcorder field, was launched by Sony ten years later, in 1985. Meanwhile Sony had had an extraordinary success with the Walkman portable audio system, which was launched in 1979. This is claimed to have been "the single best-selling consumer electronics product ever marketed". Sony kept up the pace of development, moving on to digital systems. The MiniDisc, capable of both record and playback, arrived in 1993. In 1995 Sony was first to launch a digital camcorder. A home DV recorder is due later this year, along with a device called the DV cap: this links a DV camera to a PC for editing and image manipulation. There have been a number of other significant developments in recent times. The highly successful PlayStation established Sony in the video games market. Sony is to introduce its first PC later this year, while "a true living -room computer" is promised for next year. Plasmatron large, flat screen TV sets are already available in Japan. DVD players are another imminent prospect. All in all it has been an extraordinary story, and Sony's position at the centre of electronics development looks set to continue indefinitely. The company has combined world -class R&D capabilities, manufacturing excellence, the ability to read and to create markets, and remarkable marketing skills. The UK's main CE innovator for a long time, Amstrad, makes a sorry contrast. For a time Amstrad couldn't do anything wrong. It came up with a string of innovative ideas and products, skillfully meeting and developing user requirements. Packaged audio, wordprocessors then an IBM PC clone. There were the combined TV/VCR units, then the video Double Decker. Amstrad was in and out of audio, video and TV, always with highly competitive products. The company came up with the first Sky package at under £200. But while it came up with products that met contemporary needs, it never seemed to take root and grow. We are now witnessing its final dismemberment. Psion, the hand-held computer manufacturer, is negotiating to take over Amstrad's digital telephone interests, which fit in with its own product development programme. Amstrad's loss - making consumer electronics interests are to be split between Betacom, an affiliated company, and a new company to be called Digicom Technology. The latter will take over Amstrad's analogue satellite business and inherit a small R&D operation. How did Sony succeed, starting out with twenty employees, no machinery and negligible capital, while Amstrad simply shuffles off stage? Because Amstrad never developed a comprehensive business strategy. It came up with bright ideas, subcontracted production, stocked up then walked away as soon as the market turned.
It's the tragic story of much of UK and European industry.R.I.P. EUROPE.


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