High Speed Air Does Korean Air have high-speed internet access?
I will be going flying Korean Air and I would like to know if there is high-speed access.
Korean Air implemented the high speed internet from July 2006. I flew with Korean Air on December that year and the passengers were browsing webpages and chatting the whole flight (well not the whole time since they have to turn in off during launch and touchdown).
I’m not sure about the LAN connection but for sure the wireless connection was available at that time. According to one of them:
“비행기타때 노트북 필수입니다 ㅋㅋㅋ”
“When you’re in a flight (on a plane) a notebook is a must hihihi”
Rumours say that they intend to cancel the internet connection since not many people are using it. But then that move never materialize so it is safe to assume that the internet connection is still available for passengers to use.
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Automatic Auto Level Auto Trans Fluid and Filter-When to change?
I bought a 1999 Corolla 4 months ago at 46K miles, this car now has 52K miles. The only service records I was given show regular oil changes. At what mileage should I get the Automatic trans. fluid and filter changed?
(I don’t suspect anything wrong, I just want to do all the needed maintenance on schedule. I may keep this car for many, many years. Trans. shifts great, and fluid level stays right where it is supposed to be)
I have the owner’s manual, but it does not tell at how many miles it should be changed.
f y i – Called Toyota Dealer (after reading many of your answers) and was told Toyota recommends service at 60K miles or every 3 yrs, whichever comes first.
I have over 20 years experience in the automatic transmission arena and I agree with the other respondents that the fluid and filter should be changed every 30 to 50000 miles. However, I caution you not to be taken in by a shop offering to flush your transmission. The important thing in transmission maintenance is the replacement of the filter and flushing does not remove all contamination from the system.
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The Phonecian culture merged and mixed with the Hellenic culture, before the area was conqured by the Romans. Many Phonetician and Hellenic artisans were taken back to Rome as slaves, taking their glass making skills with them. The Romans brought mass production to glass making, in the 1st Century AD they started using metal tubes for glass blowing, making it quicker and easier than ever before to make glass objects. The increased demand led them to build kilns in coastal areas which were abundant in raw materials and fuel for making the raw glass. The raw glass was then taken by ships into the cities to be worked by the artisans. This lowered the cost of glass even more, making it available to the masses, and glass jewelry became an economic alternative to precious stones and metals.
With the fall of the the Roman Empire, Western Europe plunged into the dark ages. The production of fine glassware continued in Constantinople, capital of the former Eastern Empire, later know as the Byzantine Empire. The Venetian Republic gained its power and status in the same period. Constantinople was the largest and most important city in Europe at the time, and Western Europe was embroiled in Tribal battles and feudal systems. Venice was naturally positioned between the two worlds, allowing Venetian merchants to ply their trade along the Adriatic coasts and into the Eastern Mediterranean.
By the 11th Century Venice was one of the most important and rich city states in Europe, and, with Venetian Republic’s help, in 1204 the Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Many artists and craftsmen fled to what is now Italy, especially Florence and Venice. Many historians believe that this was an event that helped trigger the Renaissance period, the rebirth of Western European culture. The Byzantine glass workers found a good home in Venice. The fine quality of the local sand, a fledging glass industry, and the flamboyant nature of the many wealthy families, made the city fertile ground for high quality artistic glasswork. Within a short time there was a thriving and expanding glass industry, goods not purchased locally were exported by the traders.
In 1291, the Grand Council of Venice forced the glassworkers to move out of the city, and encouraged them to settle on the nearby island of Murano. The official reason was the fire risk from the furnaces and kilns, but subsequent events suggest the real motive was part of a plan to build a center of excellence for glass working. The Venetians used their trading skills to establish a monopoly on quality soda ash from the middle east, combined with the high quartz Venetian sands it ensured they had the best materials. The Glass makers guild was given the highest possible status, it’s members were allowed to wear swords and mix with nobility, but they were not allowed to leave the city and take their skills elsewhere.
As a result of these changes, by the 14th Century Murano had established itself as the principal glass making center of Europe, and enjoyed a virtual monopoly on artistic glass wares and glass jewelry. Throughout the 15th and 16th Centuries, Murano glass maintained it’s dominant position. Most fine glassware in Europe came from Murano. It wasn’t until the 17th Century that the situation started to change. Portugal, followed by Spain, Holland and England, had started to explore the new world, establishing colonies all over the globe. It was a situation that led to Venice losing much of it’s importance as the traditional trading post between East and West, and the effects where also felt by the Murano glassmakers.
Venice’s economy was more dependent on it’s manufactured goods. Much effort was made to preserve the leading position of the Murano glassmakers. The Renaissance, and later colonization, had brought with it an increase in wealth throughout Europe, there was a greater demand for artistic glassware. But there were also many new producers serving the market. Murano lost it’s status as the place were nearly all artistic glass was made, but remained the most important, and the finest producer. In fact, the competition from many newer and smaller operations appears to have motivated Murano into continuous improvements of it’s technique and quality, they concentrated on staying remaining the best.
But in 1797 a bombshell arrived. Venice was occupied by Napoleon Bonaparte, bringing to an end a thousand years of independence. The institutions were dismantled and the guilds shut down. By 1804 control of the city had passed to the house of Hamburg, who imposed impossible taxes on Murano glass as favor to their own Bohemian glass works.
It nearly saw the end of Murano glass making. In 1800 there had been 24 furnaces supplying Murano’s glass makers, by 1820 only a handful remained. There were no more guilds, no special status for Master glass workers, and all the notable companies closed their doors. The glass making business had been defeated, but the glass makers themselves remained, the tight community of Murano with it’s 600 year history closed it’s ranks. They kept their heads down and concentrated on preserving their skills for future generations.
Fortunately, they didn’t have to wait too long. The political unrest in Northen Italy during the first half of the 19th Century meant little attention was paid to the efforts of the Murano islanders. In the 1850’s, with foreign control of the area defeated, a family of glass workers with a long history restored the family business by opening ‘Fratelli Tosi’, marketing their wares across Europe.
The modern day Italian Republic was officially born in 1861, marking the start of a period that saw a large scale rebirth of Murano glass making. Another ancient glass making family, Salviati, relaunched their activities by attending the Paris Exposition with hundreds of their products, winning many medals and rekindling interest in Murano glass. A glass makers school was founded to replace the role the Guild had once played. The Barovier family, one the oldest and most famous of Murano’s glass making families, relaunched their company, adding even more credibility to the reborn Murano glass industry.
Murano glass propered throughout the 20th Century. The glass workers have concentrated on maintaining and refining the traditional glass working techniques, and adapting them to modern fashions and trends. In the early 20th Century Murano glass was at the forefront of Art Nouveau design, in the post war period there has been a resurgence of popularity in the colorful and trendy Millefiori glass jewelry.
The island of Murano, unspoilt by motor vehicles, is just a few minutes by boat from Venice, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Venice Dodges may have confined the glass makers to the island to isolate them from the outside world, but these days tourists flock in droves to see for themselves how Murano glass is still made in the traditional workshops.
Today’s thriving glass industry on the island proves that, just like centuries ago, the tight knit community of glass workers on Murano are dedicated to carrying their craft through generations despite all adversities and political changes. And that is why, just like diamonds, Murano glass jewelry is forever.
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Hss Drill Bit drill sharpeners- do they actually work?
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How to Judge Whether Chess Sets are Worth Their Price: Quality, Material, Theme and Size
Regardless of whether you need a chess set for professional playing or you simply want it for your own pleasure, the choice can very demanding if you want to buy a quality product. There are several coordinates on which to judge whether chess sets are worth the price: quality, material, theme and size. Regular chess sets are pre-selected, meaning that the pieces and the chessboard are already coupled together in the set when you go to purchase it. Or there is another possibility here: that you get to pick the pieces individually and the matching chessboard in order to create personalized chess sets.
If classical chess sets may seem a little bit dull to you, there are always theme chess sets to choose from; such models work great for children as they stimulate imagination and make the game even more entertaining and challenging. Mythological figures for pieces would work great for the matter or if you buy the gift for someone older you could choose from historical representations of various warlike nations in the history. There are even chess sets with the Civil War figures represented on the chessboard; so, you’ll stimulate your child’s intelligence and also give him / her a history lesson as well.
In terms of quality materials used in the manufacturing of chess sets, wood items are the most appreciated. In the top of the list we need to mention the chess sets made of mahogany as being the most exquisite, but also the most expensive ones too, being closely followed by ebony and rosewood items. As for boards, the preference goes for those made of quality materials, since not only do they look great but they also meet high quality standards too. Furthermore, personalized chess sets are usually ordered by chess clubs and institutions that organize competitions on a regional, national or even international level.
It is not uncommon to come across chess sets that use mix materials for pieces and boards: for instance wood matches with metal pieces as well, without the least unaesthetic risk. Leatherette boards can be matched with metal pieces in some more special chess sets as well. Moreover, the material is not the only one to influence the price of chess sets; size also has an important word to say; the standard way of determining the diameter of the board is by multiplying the size of the king by 1.33. Sometimes, chessboards may be a bit larger but the dimension is never set below this value.
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Power Change Hole how much would you buy my toyota camry 1992 for?
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They go for barely 2 grand around here. I know 2 people that bought them used. Thats high mileage on a 4cyl engine anyhow.
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It occurred to me that I might faint. Watching my only son climb the rigging onboard the Pride of Baltimore II as we sailed for Norfolk was so overwhelming I was afraid I’d swoon like a B movie diva and hit the deck hard. And if that happened, my son would be mortified, undoubtedly scarred for life. But this was a test for both of us. I looked away as Stewart scampered up the rigging after the crew to furl the main course. And I didn’t faint.
We were headed south full tilt, hoping to whip every other boat in the schooner fleet during the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race last October. Sixteen-year-old Stewart had grudgingly agreed to participate in what I at his age could only have dreamed about—there was no Pride of Baltimore then. But he’d gotten over the grumps and bent to with a will that was a joy to behold—well, except when he scurried up the mast. You see, I’m deathly afraid of heights. Deathly, knee-knockingly afraid of heights. Just looking at the masthead of a ship like the Pride gives me the willies. God forbid I should look up and see my baby perched there like he’s leaning against a corner lamppost. No matter, I told myself, studiously peering at the compass in front of me and keeping my hands hard on the helm. This was why I’d wanted him to come.
When Stewart was born, his father and I had promised him to Jan Miles, one of the Pride’s co-captains and a friend of mine from high school days. Jan could have him for a year, we’d said, before he goes off to college. Naturally, Stewart grew up detesting everything about traditional tall ships. He liked the mechanical advantage of winches, for starters, and he thrived on the fumes and roar of internal combustion. Sailing on the Pride of Baltimore, he announced as high school graduation approached, was for the birds. I tried to convince him that our signing aboard the Pride for the Great Schooner Race was the chance of a lifetime, but he didn’t believe me. He said he’d rather go to school; that missing his calculus test would be an unspeakable hardship; that considering what his father and I pay for tuition it was criminal to even suggest that he miss a few days (I’ll admit, this last argument was pretty convincing). But I played the Mom card and signed him up anyway. It was only four days, not a whole year, I said, and if he really didn’t like it, that would be the end of it. He could join the rat race like everyone else.
And so his father (who gets mortifyingly seasick and thus had begged off ) tumbled him onto the deck of the Pride of Baltimore way too early on the morning of the race. And Stewart sputtered and spit and fumed and generally poisoned the air around him: a child’s revenge, masterfully delivered (no slouch he). And I actually wondered if I’d made a mistake in “forcing” him to come along.
So began our voyage together.
My voyage had actually begun the day before, on Wednesday afternoon. Probably half the fun of the schooner race is the Parade of Sail and the dock party in Baltimore, so I arrived in time to climb aboard the Pride with the full contingent of the A.G. Edwards Baltimore office, Pride’s guests for the parade. (The Pride offices are in Baltimore’s World Trade Center and had been doused into oblivion by Hurricane Isabel. A.G. Edwards, a financial consulting firm, had graciously offered temporary office space, and now the ship was saying thank you.)
Unfortunately the wind was too blustery, so the Parade of Sail was cancelled. But Captain Jan set out anyway. After all, a boat like the Pride is built for wind. Whitecaps sparkled across the Inner Harbor. A bright sun slanted from behind Fort McHenry. The sky was a deep cobalt blue, with just a smudge or two of clouds. We motored past Fells Point and the crew wrestled the ship’s cannon into the gun port. “Fire in the hole!” We plugged our ears as a geyser of flame and sparks shot from what is, literally, a hole in the back end of the cannon. Then, kaboom! We’d just put a shot into the Spirit of Massachusetts’s bow—figuratively, of course. She was the Pride’s main competition in this race, and she’d been put on notice.
With such a breeze, the boat hardly needed sails to move through the water. The wind was abeam full bore as we slid past the green ramparts of Fort McHenry. I looked behind me and tried to imagine Baltimore’s harbor without the tall buildings, without the wharves stretching along the shoreline below the fort. I tried to picture the time when Fort McHenry stood at the harbor’s gate and effectively controlled the shipping up and down the Patapsco River. If I squinted just a little to make things fuzzy and out of focus, I could turn the slope rising from the Canton wharves into a hill of small houses where the laborers for the Fells Point shipyards lived. What a view they must have had from their dormer windows.
The crew had put up the jib and it was enough to pull us toward the Key Bridge. A tanker was coming in from the Bay, and the tugboat Maria Krause idled nearby in the channel. Now that we were at the bridge and looking back at Baltimore, the town seemed smaller, more to scale with my imagination. Steeples poked into the sky. The downtown skyscrapers were hidden.
Our afternoon sail done, the crew retired to the party held beneath Bohager’s giant canopy in Fells Point. A crowd of schooner crew, captains, support staff, assorted significant others and hungry strays had gathered here to eat great quantities of food and drink prodigious amounts of beer. To gain admittance, I was told, I had to wear my official Schooner Race shirt, a long-sleeved affair with a John Barber schooner scene printed on the front. It was cold enough, though, that I was wearing a sweatshirt over it, so coming through Bohager’s door, I was told to peel. Mind you, I hadn’t had any amount of beer yet, prodigious or otherwise, but—transported back to the days of my wayward youth—I felt highly flattered. It had been a long time since anyone had asked me to peel, and I said so. It was like being carded—at my age (a squinch past 50), always a compliment. Turns out they only meant that I had to lift up my sweatshirt so they could verify the shirt. Oh well, you take what you can get.
Sidling up to the bar, I ran into Bill Oliver, once a partner in the nefarious China Sea Marine Trading Company, formerly of Fells Point (where the Fells Point Maritime Museum is now), and now brewer of Oliver’s Ale and proprietor of the Wharf Rat pubs. Not surprisingly, the biggest spigot behind the bar tapped into a keg of his special Ironman Pale Ale. This was a good thing, because Oliver’s Ale is like mother’s milk. You’ve just gotta have it in order to live right. And tonight it was flowing free for the asking. It took me a while to get my first swallow—I wasn’t the only one in line.
Then I was on stage singing with Ship’s Company chanteyman Jim Rockwell (sea music, of course) and the evening took off. More music, more food. And finally the crowd broke up and we walked over to Lane Briggs’s tugantine, Norfolk Rebel, at the Broad Street pier and sang some more. A lot more. Then the sun came up and we staggered back to our boats, some to sleep it off, some to be greeted by surly teenage sons.
Breakfast this morning was a simple meal of strawberries and bagels. Laura Morrissey, the cook, was already about, and I’d offered to help out in the galley. One of my fantasies is to be cook aboard a tall ship. I wouldn’t mind being a deckhand, but hauling on halyards and braces and sheets in the wee hours of the morning could get tedious. And truth be known, I couldn’t, just couldn’t, climb the rigging. The heights thing. Cooks, on the other hand, get to work “normal” hours and aren’t expected to go clambering around on deck unless they particularly want to. At least that’s the drill aboard Pride, according to Laura, who was now supervising me as I put away groceries and generally made myself useful. I was trying to stay as far away from Stewart as possible. Let him fester.
Stewart and I weren’t the only guests onboard. The Pride keeps several guest cabins open for thems that are willing to pony up for the privilege of sailing the ship from here to there—generally speaking, the short legs between two ports of call on the Pride’s hectic agenda. The price of the guest ticket pays for room and board and chucks a little into the boat’s operating coffers. In return, guests are expected to join the crew and work their butts off before the mast. Fun, eh? For the schooner race, Stewart and I were joined by John MacIver and Mac MacIver (fast friends, but no relation), and Ron Shurie and John Menocal. All of them had sailed the Pride in the schooner race before. Nothing to it, they said. Gluttons for punishment, I thought.
As the Pride headed out to the starting line, Laura told me I could make the soup for lunch. Nothing to it! She had what I needed for five-finger lentil stew: an ingredient and a cup of liquid for each digit. In this case, one carrot, one onion, one celery stalk, one bay leaf, one cup of lentils and five cups of water. Saute the dry ingredients for a few minutes before adding the water, then. . . . Oops, I didn’t get it started early enough, so it was a bit chewy at eight bells. (Way to go, Mom.) But the crew was very kind—those that weren’t related to me, anyway. They made their own sandwiches, adding diplomatically that under cooked was usually better than burnt, and it would save Laura the trouble of making soup tomorrow.
I joined the port watch, with Stewart, to work the boat. Even though I was the cook’s helper, I wanted to work the deck when I could. Laura gave me an alarmed look. It’s a slippery slope, said she. Help them once, they’ll come to expect it. But I reminded her that I was here for the fun and the experience, so I wanted to help sometimes. We’ll see, she said ominously. Stewart’s surliness had washed off, thankfully, and he was jumping into the fray, hauling on lines and generally looking lively. I found it a lot easier to stay out of the way and watch, especially after I ripped off half my finger hauling on a wayward halyard. But alas, Laura was right. I was soon perceived as one of the grunts and put to learning the ropes with the rest of the “guests.” I could hear Captain Jan snigger from the helm.
It was like this: Three or four of us picked up a line about half the thickness of my wrist. When the mate (or whoever) yelled haul, we all hauled. Or maybe we yelled haul ourselves to get a rhythm going. Or maybe nobody yelled haul and we just bloody well hauled anyway. For all we were worth. And when we thought we’d hauled enough, the mate yelled haul again, and we bloody well hauled again. And so on, until someone said, “That’s well,” and we could make the line fast. I had blisters before we even got the damn sail up. Before my nervous system could even register the news, the blisters ripped open and any remaining surface skin abraded away. I was a hurting puppy. (Stewart had brought his sailing gloves, smarty-pants.)
It dawned on me that this was not going to be a Sunday sail. The Pride actually needed every muscle the crew could muster. There was a brisk wind, and it was on the nose from Norfolk. We would have to tack over the starting line, then beat down the Bay. So it was all hands on deck, just like in the songs I like to sing. And just because I gouged a big hole in my index finger at the get-go didn’t mean I could weenie out. Jan knew me too well for that. Cook’s helper, hah! I cradled my wound with a moleskin doughnut and wrapped it with black electrical tape. My black badge of courage. I was a real deckhand now. It was like having a tattoo. If only I’d had a knife strapped on my belt.
I headed down below to wash up the pots and pans in the short stints between tacks, but I ran up on deck at the “Ready about!” to haul on lines. And I reminded myself that I’d withstood the rigors of childbirth twice, so a dinky little blister wasn’t going to get me down. Besides, how long could it possibly take us to get to Norfolk? Were we there yet? The warning gun went off—five minutes to start—and all hell broke loose aboard the Pride.
I’ve known Jan Miles for most of my life. In fact, he was my first crush. I met him when we were both in high school. He’d just returned from his first major ocean voyage—to Tierra del Fuego and back—and he carried the swell of the ocean like a sea chest slung across his shoulders. My mother said a girl could go anywhere with Jan. And I thought, first Tierra del Fuego, then . . .
My crush went the way of Clearasil, but Jan went on to crew and captain some of the finest tall ships in America. He’s one of the most laid-back people you could ever know. Years of sailing tall ships has honed his instincts and built a rock-solid confidence. But out there at the start of the schooner race, a change came over my mild-mannered friend. When that warning gun fired and all the schooners pirouetted into position, his eyes blazed, his cheeks flushed and he became absolutely focused on the task at hand. “All right, you sons of whores, get that jib in!” he bellowed (he’s a big guy, and can he ever bellow). And we sons of whores hopped to and tried with all our might—which, in this instance, wasn’t quite enough—to get that jib in. And Captain Jan noted our efforts and allowed as how we were a bunch of lily-livered lumps of lard—or words to that effect—and we did our damnedest to show him that by golly we weren’t. And so it went as the Pride flew across the starting line and the race began with the final bang of the starting gun. This was to be no sedate around-the-buoys affair. This race would be won on the windward leg (aren’t they all?), but with the wind screaming from the south, it would be a long windward leg. And Captain Jan suggested that this pack of puckered prunes had better shape up and get with the program. Which meant getting the blinking jib in when the captain said “in.” Or else. At the rate we were going, if the British had been on our tail instead of the Spirit of Massachusetts, we’d have been toast. But we got better, and by the seventh or eighth tack, we’d gotten a lot better, and the mild-mannered Jan Miles came back and we were making good time. At least, at this point, there weren’t any other schooners nearby, so the competition wasn’t exactly lapping up our bow waves. And the Spirit of Massachusetts had fallen behind.
It’s hard work tacking a topsail schooner. At the moment, running down the Western Shore opposite the mouth of the Choptank River, we had eight sails up: the jib topsail, jib, fore-staysail, foresail, fore topsail, topgallant, mainsail and main gaff-topsail. And they all needed some kind of major adjustment at every tack—releasing sheets, taking in sheets, slacking braces, tightening braces. The only sail we didn’t have to manhandle was the mainsail, which behaved like any proper mainsail and obediently tacked itself. The only sails that weren’t up were the studding sails (stunsails) and the ring tail. But stay tuned. At this very moment one of the studding sails was being checked and patched and readied for rigging in the event the wind came around and we could bear off. The ring tail, I was told, wasn’t worth the bother. Too much work for too little oomph. And oomph counted for a lot in this race.
Night came on with winks and nods, like a fawning deckhand unsure just where to go. The sun blazed down, leaving a puff of color in the crease between land and water. The stars switched on against the dark of the sky. No moon yet. Stewart and I sat companionably on the deckhouse, breathing it all in. He’d worked the kinks out of his system and was ready to acknowledge that I was a fellow traveler. (This is pretty cool, Mom.) I showed him how to find Polaris, the North Star, and we monitored our progress through time by the turn of the other stars around it, and we checked our progress down the Bay by the way it hung astern. The half moon rose like a golden whale’s eye, defining the leviathan sky. We were moving along at eight knots, creaming through the water. There was no phosphorus, but the bow waves spilled away like milk, and moonlight paved the Bay with golden flagstones leading east. It was dark on deck. Even in the glimmer of moonlight, it was hard to see underfoot. It was easy to trip on lines and tackle that in daylight are relatively benign but at night behaved like rambunctious puppies nipping at our heels. At midnight Stewart and I were off watch and the boat had just slipped below the Patuxent River.
We were awakened at 5:30 a.m. to get the studding sail up. The wind had dropped and we were ghosting along on a whisper. Two of the crew were already up on the course yard setting the studding sail boom—running it out from where it normally lies against the yardarm. Moonlight poured down behind them, silhouetting them in a golden haze. The studding sail sat on the foredeck; someone had already carried it up from below. We rigged the halyard and the sheets and hoisted the spar up to the windward yardarm. Sail set, we could go back to our bunks. It was close to 7 a.m. now, and Friday morning was easing up on one elbow with a smudge of cheap rouge smeared across her cheeks. She, like me, had been too long at the fair. Laura was up, though, so I hastily brushed my teeth, washed my face, took off my woolie underwear, smeared on another layer of deodorant and grabbed a cup of coffee.
We were back on deck at 8 a.m. and down came the studding sail—gravity helped. And morning came to the Chesapeake. We could see Gwynn’s Island and Wolf Trap Light, which put us well below the Potomac. And there was no wind to speak of. The morning doldrums had us ambling along with plenty of time to look around and see—no one! We were as solitary on this Bay as Wolf Trap.
The finish was an imaginary line extending east from Thimble Shoal. The wind had picked up and Jan gave me the helm to take the boat across. I was honored. I could feel the boat surging under my hands. The helm was surprising. When the boat was balanced, she sailed a straight line, and for a moment or two I thought that Jan had switched on the autopilot and only pretended to give me the wheel. She didn’t deviate a hair from her compass course. But then we crossed the finish line and Jan told me to bear off, and I stayed on the helm as we tacked and began to work our way west. Full and by, Jan said. Just sail her. And I felt the wind across my cheek and looked at the sails, and I turned the wheel and the boat responded. To me! It doesn’t get any better than this. And then Stewart went up the rigging to furl something and I thought I was going to faint.
The race was over and Jan did some quick calculations. In 21:20 hours we raced a total of 139 nautical miles, at an average speed of 6.53 knots on a rhumb line of 127 miles. We hauled 12 long tons per person. (No wonder I was stiff.) We finished at 10:59:58 a.m. First in class. The Spirit of Massachusetts couldn’t touch us.
Stewart was back on deck and I asked him if sailing tall ships might be in his future. No way, Mom. Yes, he’d remember this sail for as long as he lives. But think about it, said he: He’s spent every minute of his waking life trying to invent his way to easy street. Without getting out of bed, he can turn on his bedroom light, switch on his radio, adjust the window fan, even close his door, using clever labor-saving devices of his own design. He understands the concept of mechanical advantage. Sail a traditional tall ship without winches? Why?
He is my son with whom I am well pleased, and I told him so. When he grows up (sometime next week) he’ll build fast engines for race cars, or maybe engineer the breakthrough for a mainstream hydrogen Fuel Cell. His house will be wired with buttons and switches that make things open, shut or turn off. Exerting minimum effort he will effect maximum change. If it weren’t for brains like his, we’d all be sailing tall ships—and not for the fun of it. Meanwhile, we headed for the party: roasted pig, awards, more singing. Then home to study calculus.
About the Author
By Jane Meneely, writer for Chesapeake Bay Magazine. For more great articles and photos on boating, sailing, fishing, and cruising, visit http://www.ChesapeakeBoating.net
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High Pressure Air-knives Vs. Compressed Air Blowoff Systems
Canadian Air Systems Co. is a well known designer and manufacturer of industrial blow-off air-knife systems.
Many industrial manufacrurers that traditionally were using compressed air for their blow-off needs realize the problem stemmed from their use of compressed air. Employees using compressed air guns were unable to completely blow off cleaner / phosphate solution from steel parts surface as they emerge at high speed from industrial washer. Moreover, the cost to make the compressed air is excessive. Compressed air may be the most expensive product a plant can make using electricity; so that using of compressed air for blow-off applications is considered by many industrial users as “just one huge air leak”.
Another common problem at industrial plants is lack of space to establish a normal drying line, forcing them to look for a blowoff method that could be installed in an absolute minimum of space.
Canadian Air Systems Co. has developed an universal blow-off air-knife system that includes a super high pressure single stage centrifugal pressure blower ans a system of tube-type slot air knives, that completely replaces traditional compressed air blowoff systems, and save money due to much higher operating efficiency. A flexible PVC pipe is sued to feed Air Knives from the outlet og high pressure blower. Adjustble slot opening at each air-knife enables to regulate the air velocity and volume, as well as “focus” air blow off system on a certain distance from a flat surface that has to be dryed. If necessary an additional air damper at the blower can be added fro more flexibility. An inlet blower Filter helps to eleiminate any dust and solid particles inside the blower and air knives. Typical air velocity at the exit from Air Knife reaches 30,000 – 40,000 feet per minute, that provides efficient flowoff effect even with relatively high-speed conveyor lines.
A specially designed support system for Air Knives also allows for directional adjustment of the air flow around moving parts. With this elaborated air adjustment system it is easy for an employee to re-direct blow-off air to handle whatever industrial process configuration is being run at any given time.
An added bonus is that Canadian Air Systems AirKnife System lets its customers free up at least 80% of an employee’s time. For manufacturers running two or three shifts a day, those man-hour savings add up to substantial cost savings.
The maintenance of the system is minimal, it consists of air filter replacing ones in few months… it takes may be ten minutes… that’s all the regular maintenance that the blowoff system requires.
Standard material of Air-Knife construction includes a mild steel blower and aluminum air-knife body with steel powder coated or Stainless Steel support columns. But some tough industrial applications might necessiate using of stainless steel air knives or stainless blowers, that are available from Canadian Air Systems too; as well as inline De-Ionizing accessory
Canadian Air Systems Co. is a world’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-penetration air-knives for a variety of industrial process applications:
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Air knives are available in extruded aluminum, welded steel, stainless steel, plastic construction; lengths from 12″ to 144″; air velocities up to 40,000 Ft/min; adjustable slot opening, flexible support structures; precise focusing systems.
For special applications Canadian Air Systems offer air canons and air nozzles to achieve turbulent high velocity air flow.
For additional information please refer to http://www.nis-co.com/index.html.
About the Author
Canadian air-handling systems designer.
Siuozanna Terlitskaia, nis-co@nis-co.com
Canadian Air Systems
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Piece Power Tool besides using a lathe, what are some suggestions or exsisting hand tools that can produce accurate dowels?
im trying to handcraft some earings (plugs) and for the time being i dont want to use any power tools. does anyone have any advice on how to get a precise rounded piece of wood? ive been using compases, rulers, squares, files, sandpaper, all sorts of things and the results have been frusterating.
even in the days of old lathes were used to make dowels. they were foot powered lathes. you could try a spoke shave but i doubt that you would be happy with the results.
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Wind turbine was used from hundreds of years ago, and it had helped many farmers and villagers alike to sow and water their crops and plants. Up until now, The Wind Turbine is used for more sophisticated and deeper purpose, to produce energy.
The wind turbine works by moving the correspondent blades of turbine that will create a moving stimulant for the rotor applied in the wind turbine component, thus giving the rotor the power to produce energy. Here is where the wind plays its important part because the wind will become the essential component that moves the Wind Turbine Blades.
But having a large wind turbine in your house nowadays will invite controversy in the neighborhood. Despite your good intention, people will wondering whether the turbine that attached to your house was safe and provide no danger to anyone near it. But with a micro wind turbine, you can erase those doubts off their minds.
The micro wind turbine term stands as a very Small Wind Turbine designed to provide electric power to a home or other local site for a variety of applications. It consists of Alternating Current and Direct Current type of power which can be directed to supply the lighting, water heating, and hybrid ground source heat pump systems (or also hybrid micro wind for Photovoltaic systems), not to mention battery charging for portable needs. Despite its compact size, it still can produce the same amount of electrical power given by conventional turbine.
Micro wind turbine is becoming well known around the world nowadays. The ever increasing popularity of micro wind turbine has also opened up more broad usages which are previously not possible to wind energy. Two of the many new broad usages are providing power for remote telephone call boxes, and charging electric fences, which once dominated by the role of Solar Power. Micro wind turbine have been around us for more than a decade, and it became more widely known as it gained increasing reputation of their broader usage for portable applications on land. I think personally, one of these days Micro wind turbine is going to have a major part as a component that produces and distributes electrical power to the modern world.
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I have heard that many people believe the wind turbines are ugly and should be kept out of the view of homes. I believe they are beautiful and are necessary. What do you think?
I think they are beautiful and should count as a sculpture. It is a perception issue. We are a glutenous nation and we tolerate smog, but not wind turbines or Solar Panels.
Why Do Wheel Covers Have a Habit of Falling Off Suvs
A wheel cover is also called a hubcap or wheel trim and is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers a minimum the central portion of the wheel. Cars which use the stamped steel wheels a lot use a full wheel cover that cover up the entire wheel. Cars which use alloy wheels or stylish steel wheels generally use smaller hubcaps, at times called center caps. A wheel cover is an accessory covering an external rear-mounted standby tire found on some vehicles.
Earlier hubcaps were very small, and sometimes purely covering the greased wheel bearing. These snap onto bulges of the wheel, and then to change the wheel they are pried off with a tool which resembles a very large slotted-tip screwdriver. These differs from the spinners that serves the same purpose for racing cars and those cars with those wire wheels, which were intended to be quickly unthreaded by hand. Hubcaps were once manufactured from chrome-plated steel or Stainless Steel.
Wood or many fitted metal parts were used to make wheel in olden days. The pressed steel wheels became common by the 1940s, and these were often painted the same color as the car body. Next advancements came in the form of the specialty wheels of magnesium or aluminum alloy, and wheel covers were a cheap means of imitating the styling of those. Plastic wheel covers also known as wheel trims were manufactured in the 1970s and became mainstream in the 1980s. Plastic has chiefly replaced steel as the primary material for manufacturing hubcaps/trims, and where the steel wheels are still used, they are now painted black so that the wheel is less visible through cutouts in the wheel trim. Now a day, full-wheel hubcaps are most commonly seen on budget models and base trim levels, while fashionable and performance oriented sedans have alloy wheels.
The trademark or symbol of the maker of the automobile or the maker of the hubcap is etched in it. The hubcaps earlier were often chrome plated, and many had decorative, non-functional spokes. The major trouble of hubcaps is that on rough bumpy roads they have a weakness of falling off due to hitting a bump. In southwest U.S., and in Mexico, there were lots of automotive garages whose stockade were decorated with all sorts of hubcaps that had fallen off in the surrounding area and were put for sale.
Hubcaps by and large use either clip-on retention, where some type of spring clip engages a channel in the wheel, or bolt-on retention, where a threaded fastener retains the hubcap. Clip-on hubcaps have a propensity to pop off suddenly when the wheel bangs a pothole or curbstone, while bolt-on hubcaps are more likely to vibrate loose over time, and tend to rattle and whine.
In order to prevent such loss, many users attach plastic wheel trims to the wheel itself by means of an electrical zip tie, which are available for sale in a silver color for this very purpose. Enterprising producers also sell a small kit consisting of standby zip ties, a pair of cutting pliers and latex gloves to allow a trim thus secured to be detached easily in the event of a puncture.
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Introduction to Glass Cutting Tools
Glass is undoubtedly one of the most popular materials used for different ornamental and industrial projects. Homeowners are recognizing the need to cut glass because more often, there are just simple tasks at home that need the ability and skill to do so. Thus, the popularity of glass cutting tools is a natural and phenomenal occurrence. These days, such glass cutting materials are proliferating across the market.
If you are not yet that familiar about the most useful and recommended glass cutting tools, there is a need for you to catch up. There are just too many of such items in the market these days and the number is continuously rising. Perhaps a trip to the hardware or home keeping shop will be effective and helpful to bring you the needed exposure.
Observe precautionary measures and extra care when handling glass materials for whatever purpose you may have. This is a logical and practical tip. You know that glass materials can easily cut you, especially if you are a little clumsy. However, even if you are extremely careful, you might still get some cuts if you try to cut glass without using the necessary and prescribed tools and instruments.
Here are some of the most commonly found glass cutting tools across the market. If you are out to buy any glass cutter you will initially encounter any of the following common glass cutting tools.
Solid brass glass cutter – The solid brass glass cutter is oil filled and is supplied with a professional quality cutting head. Usually, you can easily recognize and distinguish this glass cutting tool because it comes with a knurled handle that is painted creatively and impressively with dark gray and other colors. The brass oil filled plug is also o-ring sealed. The item is not very expensive, usually costing around $30 on the average.
Running pliers – You may not initially classify a running pliers as among glass cutting tools. However, you should get used to categorizing the object as one. In general, running pliers are used strategically to break glass along a line that is scored using a cutter. The tool has jaws that are coated with plastic and are angled to apply pressure into the glass in the spot where you may want to break it or cut it. The running pliers are among the cheapest glass cutting tools there are in the market, costing about $10 on the average.
Tile cutter or nipper – This is a professional quality type of cutter that is designed to conveniently cut small pieces and strips of glass materials. Aside from expertly and smoothly cutting stained glass, the item is also used popularly and widely as a cutting tool for ceramic tiles, shells, terrazzo and stones of about a quarter of an inch thick. Some people note that these glass cutting tools are most admirable and effective when used in mosaics. Thus, home keepers like this one because of its versatility and wider use. The average price on the market stands at about $30.
Pistol grip cutter – For requirements of cutting glass into longer and more precise strips, the pistol grip glass cutting tool is the most recommended. Usually, the instrument has a wheel that is carbide scoring glass and allowing for breakage along the especially scored line. This type of glass cutter is the most popular choice among home owners because of its wide availability. Beginners can even have the advantage of easily figuring out how this equipment is practically used. The average price tags stand at about $30. Not bad for a very helpful glass cutting tool.
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Case Service Man Should I get the car repaired or Sell?
I bought a Dihatsu Centro ( Second hand) for 1200 Australian Dollars. Used it very well for 6 months. Now the camshaft and the camshaft gear needs to be changed. Its expenses are running to around 500 Australian Dollars.
What do your want to suggest?
1) Spend 500 $ and get the car fixed (The Service man says that the valve as well might be gone – its a rare case . . that would include more expenses)- What chances that the valve might as well be gone?
2) Sell the car to wrek yard or sell it off for 200 $ or more ?
Kind Regards
sam
Any time you have top end problems like a cam, or a valve, you always run a very realistic chance of having head damage. If this is the case, the head will have to be removed and refinished at the least. If there is a bent valve, it may or may not have cause damage to the head. A best case scenario with a bent valve is you replace it, the guide and the guide seal. I would just do the math. How much is it worth in good running condition? How much more will you be into it than market value versus the cost of buying it and the costs of this repair.
Keep in mind that not only will the mechanic charge you for the cam, but he will also try to talk you into changing your timing chain and water pump since that part of the engine will already be exposed.
The questions should be, will it cost you more money to sell this for what you can get and buy something different, or to repair it and assume the risk that the car might require more repairs down the road. My vote – get a Honda, they are bullet proof. Good luck
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Youtube Hotel Room Service Lyrics
This place is considered as one of the most memorable and interesting part of a trip. Youtube Hotel Room Service Lyrics Knowing things to expect from these chains and what they may expect from you plays a bit importance on both parts. Hence, one should know hotel etiquette.
We have these kind of hotels intended for business traveler called commercial hotels. Why? For they have these facilities available like conference rooms, machines for secretarial services intended to serve well businessmen. Aside from being clean and comfortable, these are cheaper than luxury hotels.
As for this kind of hotel, if you were for business purpose, be sure to pack a travel iron or a hair dryer (for women). As you will be attending meetings and transactions, there are times that you will have to borrow it from a hotel or even worse it is not available, so this might cause delay for you.
Avoid also doing business in your hotel room and never share a room with an opposite sex colleague. This kind of attitude damages your credibility as a businessman and as well as of your company. Make a move that will make them respect you as a person that holds position from a certain company.
Ordering your meal for a breakfast should be done night before. When the meal arrived, it is fine to greet the room service man in your robe. Let the waiter set up it for you and after your meal, make a phone call, asking the room service man to come and get the tray instead of just leaving it on the hall. Give a tip for that service.
We can never give our 100% confident as to the honesty of the hotel staff. That is why better leave no cash or any valuables in your room. I have heard one instance a story from my nephew (worked as a room service waiter) saying that they were all called for a meeting because one guests have lost his laptop. Imagine how did that happen? Well, there is this propaganda done by one of the stuff, having a key duplicated for his own benefit, without the knowledge of anyone, that if there is this certain guests, who will take this certain room, then while the guest is away, that is the time that he is going to take something. What an idea right?
Checking out also has etiquette to follow. This could be done by confirming your departure to the desk, day before and be sure to verify your check out time. But cases like if the hotel is not full, then you can do arrange a late departure. Call for the help of the porter to collect your bags. Of course, be generous to give a tip.
As you leave the hotel, leave your room neat to leave an impression that you are professional and is an organized person. Do not be shy and be humble to say “Goodbye” to your host. Leave a smile and thanked them for the service.
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Glass Cutter Plastic who has heard of these dumb inventions?
1. solar powerd flashlight
2. inflatable dart board
3. sliding doors on a submarine
4. reusable condoms
5. dehydrated water
6. pet rocks
7. plastic firewood
8. soleless shoes
9. a book on how to read
10. a flammable fire extinguisher
11. a glass baseball bat
12. wooden soap
13. plasticine wire cutters
14. a water proof tea bag
15. revolving basement restaurant
I heard of an unscrupulous crematory owner who sold ashes to cannibals: Instant People! Just add water!
Also, years ago, there was an unscrupulous scam artist who advertised Solar Clothes Dryers, Compete Kit and plans only $49.95 He sold a lot of lengths of clothesline before the courts forced him to stop.
Another guy sold Cordless Screwdrivers (batteries not incuded). They were manual, of course.
You might be able to find some of these if you buy a stack of old Popular Mechanics at a yard sale or flea market.
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Studio Pro dry-wheeled glass cutter is engineered of those who prefer cutting without oil. Features a durable steel wheel. On year manufacturer warranty (excludes cutter head).
The Score 1 is an amazing tool that makes glass cutting easy just adjust the height and pressure, then turn the dial. Scores glass evenly and cleanly every time. If you and 39;ve ever gotten an imperfect score line because your hand got tired or in an awkward position, this cutter is right for you. It exerts constant pressure, so you can concentrate on guiding the cutter head. You can even cut glass while sitting down. Carbide cutter head will last for years with normal use.
This Fletcher “Gold-Tip” Designer II fluid dispensing glass cutter deliver superior glass cutting performance. It features the new Fiberlock anti-leak fluid displesing system that lays down a perfect bead of fluid for smooth, precise scores.
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