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Where there are fewer segments the wheel is more aggressive and will deliver a less smooth surface with more scratches where more segmented wheels will deliver a smoother surface. Generally, segments with sharper leading edges will deliver more aggression, and tapered shapes will provide better dispersion when oriented in the right direction.
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March 8th, 2008
Carved in Stone?
OOOPs! Well I thought I had posts all set to appear while I was on my Spain/Morocco trip, but in my haste to get everything done the night before I neglected to select “publish” and produced a lot of dead air time. SO-while I recover from jet lag, do laundry, catch up on bills, edit my photos for Flickr and try to ease back into my “real” world, I’ll let a couple of these fly……
I love the look of the carved Jali sandstone in these pages fromAlberto Pinto Orientalism (fab book BTW!).
I can’t tell if they are real or painted carvings….
but this look is easily achieved with a single-overlay stenciling and some careful attention to shading with a stencil brush.
I featured in my book, Painted Illusions, and it’s also detailed out in this DVD on Advanced Shading and Shadowing and this one on Furniture and Floor techniques. If you do it on a textured sureface or apply decorative finishing techniques to create the look of stone before adding the stenciling it makes the illusion seem even more real. It works great on wood too! The designs shown above are the Italianate Border, Italian Medallion and Reverse Scroll and can be found here!
December 30th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
We have two websites-www.modellodesigns.com and http://www.royaldesignstudio.com.
July 23rd, 2010 at 7:05 am
This is soo sexy and hot, the other night TMZ got a report that Rihanna was on her last girl on earth tour and she had a surprise visit from Eminem who performed their latest celebrity gossip hit together called, Love The Way You Lie. Rihanna is the prettiest female celebrities out in the music industry, she has had a large amount of celebrity sex tape scandals in her years as a singer song writer
He asked Rihanna to perform whatever song that came to mind for her. Rogers was obviously suprised on what great talent Rihanna had. Immediately, both Rogers and Rihanna made demos containing close to twelve tracks including the 2005 smash hit Pon De Replay and mailed the demos out to various recording comanies including Def Jam Recordings where Rihanna would eventually be signed onto.
July 24th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Rihanna established her dance-pop credentials in summer 2005 with her debut smash hit, “Pon de Replay,” and continued to demonstrate such hit potential in subsequent years (e.g., “S.O.S.” in 2006; “Umbrella” in 2007; “Disturbia” in 2008). However, it was the singer’s third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, that made her a full-fledged international pop star with a regular presence atop the charts. Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados, she exhibited a certain star quality as a young child, often winning beauty and talent contests.
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Rihanna is a singer, song writer, music producer, model, executive producer, author and much much more. Rihanna has gotten herself 6 number one aria awards, 11 number one singles on the hot 100 chart and she is the world’s best selling pop female artist. You never know what Rihanna will get up to next, part of her singing career she posed naked on stage which should have has potential damaging results but it turned out, as always, it propelled her music career to and extremely high level. Rihanna has made millions with her albums, umbrella, love is all around, disturbia. She has the best R&B song of all time and will never go down.

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A coastal landscape photography adventure for professionals and amateurs on the Great Ocean Road and throughout Victoria in Australia.
This superb ten day photography trip, in the company of one of Australia’s award winning landscape photographers, is perfect for photography enthusiasts and amateur photographers from all nations. Learn the best way to get great landscape photos whilst having the opportunity to photograph some of the most stunning scenery found in Southern Australia.
This trip will include such iconic Australian landmarks as “The Twelve Apostles”, The Great Ocean Road, the lighthouses along the way (where we will be staying overnight wherever possible), the beautiful waterfalls and forests of the Otway Ranges, rugged Cape Nelson and much more. We will also be at these iconic locations for sunrises and sunsets to take advantage of the best light.
You’re collected from your Melbourne hotel and we head out towards Geelong and on to Pt. Lonsdale. In the evening we move out to the lighthouse here, before staying overnight at Pt.Lonsdale.
We move out from Pt.Lonsdale travelling on to Lorne for our overnight stay there. On the way we visit the world famous Bells Beach, where some of the worlds best surfing “big waves” are to be found, as well as Aireys Inlet Lighthouse, before moving into the Otway Ranges for some excellent waterfalls.
We explore the Otway Ranges and some further beautiful waterfalls including Hopetoun and Beauchamp Falls before heading into Apollo Bay, our overnight stop, spending some time to photograph the harbour area.
Waterfalls and forest scenery is on the agenda this morning before making our way out to Cape Otway, walking along the coast near to the Cape Otway Lightstation where we spend the night.
We move on towards Port Campbell National Park, stopping on the way to walk on the highest and longest forest canopy walk in the world at the Otway Fly. It’s then on to Wreck Beach for the adventurous for the walk to the anchors that can be found there.
This morning we catch our first glimpse of “The Twelve Apostles” and spend the day exploring the area, including Loch Ard Gorge, and Glenample Homestead. Tonight is spent at Port Campbell.
Today is spent exploring the coastal scenery. We visit “The Bay of Islands”, London Bridge, “The Grotto”, and other places of interest, before photographing the iconic “Twelve Apostles” at sunset. We again spend the night at Port Campbell.
Today we go to Port Fairy, visiting “The Crags” and Childers Cove on the way. At Port Fairy we explore Griffiths Island and take the opportunity to photograph the Lighthouse there. Tonight is spent at Port Fairy.
Today we travel to Cape Nelson via Portland, where we see interesting places such as “The Petrified Forest”. At Cape Nelson we explore the lighthouse and visit the Gannet Hatchery. Accommodation tonight is at the Cape Nelson Lighthouse.
Today we travel back to Melbourne – returning you to your hotel.
Additional activities and side trips included
Subject to time and seasonal availability
- Day 1 – Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
- Day 5 – Otway Fly
- Day 6 or 7 – Scenic Flight over “The Twelve Apostles”
- Day 8 – Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and / or Tower Hill State Game Reserve (view native animals such as Koalas, Kangaroos, Emus etc)
- Day 9 – Cape Bridgewater boat trip to seal colony and visit to Gannet Hatchery.
- The trip includes all transport, and activities as mentioned in the itinerary (unless beyond our control when alternatives may be substituted), from collection at your hotel to return to your hotel at the end of the tour.
- Accommodation will be in high quality historic guest houses and lighthouses throughout the tour
- Meals throughout the tour will be breakfast, lunch and dinner daily with the first meal being lunch on day one and the last meal being breakfast or lunch on day ten, dependant on travelling time on day ten. Water and soft drinks will be provided for the duration of the trip. Alcoholic drinks (where available) will be charged extra.
- Admission Fees and side tour costs for visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Transport will be by high quality small luxury coach
- For Chinese groups a Chinese speaking photographers guide will accompany the tour to cover the photographic aspects of the tour, if required. For other nationalities, please advise when tour request is made.
- Accommodation has not been included for the night before the commencement of the tour, or for your hotel on the evening of day ten, when the tour returns to Melbourne. We can however, for an additional charge, arrange to collect you from the airport and transfer you to a hotel of your choice, for the evening before the tour start, and also arrange the hotel for you for the evening of day ten, when the tour returns. Please advise us of this requirement, if needed, when booking this tour.
- Any transport, food, drink and accommodation not mentioned in the above inclusions and itinerary
- Any International or Domestic air fares
- Any touring not mentioned in the itinerary accept as may be offered by the tour operator
- Any personal expenses for additional food and drink etc not mentioned in the itinerary
- Laundry of any type
- Personal Insurance
Tour Group Sizes – 6 to 12 persons (please advise if larger groups are required). The tour can be arranged for couples and lower group numbers at an additional cost.
$US6,900.00 per person sharing a Twin/Double Room (Discounts are available for agents and clubs)

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Tips & tricks for managing the peer review process with Editorial Manager - Part 4
January 11, 2022 | 6 min read
By Katie Eve, José Stoop
This is the fourth in a series of "tips & tricks" articles on making the review process easier and quicker. This article focuses on how to make a fair and relevant reject decision.
Unfortunately, rejecting manuscripts is part of your daily reality as editor. While specific rates vary between journals and subject fields, of course, across all Elsevier journals editors reject on average over 70% of submitted manuscripts. Reasons for rejection are many and varied, but generally relate to the manuscript lacking novelty or impact, having poor language quality, presenting ethical issues, or falling outside the journal's scope. In this article, we'd like to provide you with some guidance on how to select the most appropriate rejection term for the benefit of the author, their work, and the research community. You can also save yourself time in the process!
Choose the most appropriate "reject" decision term
Each journal has configured its own decision terms. Some are unique to the journal, whereas some are common to all journals on Editorial Manager (EM). In case you have been assigned a manuscript that, for whatever reason, is not suitable for your own journal, it is important that you to choose the most relevant decision term. This is important as these decision terms provide important context to authors but in some cases, they also trigger a follow-up process that further helps authors, such as transfer or resubmission to a more suitable journal.
Take the “out of scope” term as an example. This term should be used when the manuscript is scientifically/technically sound but simply does not fit your journal’s scope. (If there is an alternative journal in the journal’s ATS cluster that does fit the scope, you should choose the "reject – offer transfer" decision.) Selecting the “out of scope” decision term may lead to an author receiving a follow-up email offering assistance with resubmitting to an alternative (non-cluster) journal. It is therefore crucial that you select the “out of scope” decision term only when it applies, and not to mask rejection for fundamental shortcomings, or to simply soften the blow for authors - in which case you are not helping the author improve their work. It is also especially important to flag any ethical issues transparently. As explained above, if an ethical issue is hidden by an “out of scope” decision, there is a risk the article will end up in the published literature via the author being offered a guided transfer of their paper to an alternative journal. The standard ethical reject decision letter in EM is fully aligned with the suspected plagiarism/duplicate submission form letter available in Elsevier’s Publishing Ethics Resource Kit, where other guidance is available for different scenarios. TIP: Is this ethical reject decision letter not part of your decision letter bank? And / or does your journal only have one or a few decision terms configured, and do you think it could benefit from implementing more granular decision terms? Please reach out to your Journal Manager to discuss the options, copying your usual publishing contact.
The most used "reject" decision terms are the following; please check with your Journal Manager if you would like to implement one or more (including the decision template letter) for your journal:
Out of scope
Below publication standards
Similarity (ethical issue)
Unable to secure reviewers
Reject – Suggest transfer (pre- or post-review)
Use decision phrases to provide more context to authors
We know that rejected authors are keen on receiving information about why their manuscript is rejected, as this will help them improve their manuscript for their next submission. To make it easier for editors to provide such information, we have implemented “editor decision phrases” in EM. Editor decision phrases are predefined text snippets providing more context for an editorial decision. You can select one or more of these generic phrases in EM when you are making a final decision. These are then automatically pulled into the author decision letter below your signature, generally under “Editor and Reviewer Comments”, where they can be customized further as needed.
An example of such a decision phrase is that which addresses the language of the manuscript, recommending the author seeks language assistance, either from a colleague who is a native speaker, or via a professional language editing service. This can significantly improve the paper and ensure that good quality research, from authors whose native language isn’t English, has a fair chance of being published.
TIP: You are encouraged to add new, journal-specific phrases to the list of generic ones. If you are interested, please contact your Journal Manager (copying your usual publishing contact) who can implement additional phrases for you.
Make use of the tools that Editorial Manager offers
To help you quickly evaluate and make the most appropriate decisions for your assignments, we have a variety of tools in place or coming soon on Editorial Manager.
A Similarity Check/iThenticate Results report is available for manuscripts in EM. The report is accessed via link in the left-hand side "Action" menu of your list of assignments. Assessing the similarity report will help you gain a better understanding of the level of textual similarity between the submitted manuscript and other work. Form more information about interpreting the similarity report correctly, please consult our quick tips & tricks guide(opens in new tab/window). Important: the % similarity score is not indicative alone, as explained in this "Understanding the Similarity Score"(opens in new tab/window) blog post.
Em duplicate submission check (and Elsevier duplicate submission check - coming soon)
The EM duplicate submission check compares text and author similarity of the submitted manuscript with manuscripts previously submitted to the same journal. This can help you identify whether a manuscript has been accidentally, or intentionally, resubmitted. You will find this on the left-hand side action menu under the CrossCheck action link.
We are currently developing a duplicate submission check between Elsevier journals which will compare text similarity of the submitted manuscript which all manuscripts currently under consideration at Elsevier journals, enabling you to detect potential duplicate submissions across journals, a much requested feature.
Choosing the most appropriate "reject" decision term and providing context can save you time and help authors transfer to a more suitable journal and improve their manuscript. While we realize it may be tempting to soften you reason(s) for rejection, the author and research community benefits most form honest and comprehensive feedback.

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This morning at sunrise, we were engaged and the ring has made its way from a little idea to my finger!
We went with a jeweler that a fellow craftster suggested we use. She was something else. She'd be out of touch for weeks at a time, would forget major requests about the ring (i.e. hammered or not, number of stones, etc.), and made it in a couple days and sent it before making sure that we liked it..so, lesson learned, but overall we like it. A friend plated it with rhodium (it is 18k white gold, so didn't look quite light enough) and it looks much better now than it did. We'll likely have someone else work on it, but I thought I'd post it to see what you all thought!
It is supposed to look like twigs cradling two rough (unfaceted) sapphires. What do you all think? If we get it worked on any suggestions? Thanks, ladies (and gents). I love the community here!
Hopefully these pics will work!

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2D Boy's popular title World of Goo is now available in the Android Market for a cool 40% off sale price of $2.99 through December 5. Previously available on PC, Mac, Wii, and iOS, World of Goo is an physics-based puzzle adventure through the world of goo balls, which sounds slightly sillier than reality: the game won IGN's Wii Game of the Year along with MetaCritic's iPad Game of the Year, accolades which don't go unnoticed in the gaming world. There's also a demo version available in the Android Market for the remaining skeptics. Hit the break for the download link.
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Everything we know (so far) about the Google Pixel 5
First Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 update enables blood oxygen detection feature
What's your favorite color for the Galaxy Note 20?
The Xperia 1 is still our favorite phone for shooting video
If video recording is your thing, then look no further than the Sony Xperia 1 — it offers a large screen, three great cameras, and extremely robust manual video controls.

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A5 Christmas Cross Stitch
12 individual stamps
You know how much we love stitches here at Inky Doodles so we just had to bring you this fabulous set of cross stitch designs. The backgrounds as usual are fully repeatable in any direction meaning you can create patterns of any size. We've also included some cross stitched Christmas Greetings and a snowflake border design which again can be repeated to any length or used to make an all over pattern.


City Council mostly supportive of traffic pricing
By Albert Amateau
Billed as the best chance to relieve the street-choking traffic on Manhattan’s busiest streets during weekday business hours, the proposed congestion pricing program came before a City Council public hearing on Monday, at times with standing room only, that lasted well into the evening.
Congestion pricing, a joint federal, state and city program, is intended to encourage drivers to leave their cars at home and use mass transit, improving air quality as well as speeding traffic flow.
Promoted over the last 11 months by the Bloomberg administration with the support of Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the program would charge an $8 fee for most motor vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th St. between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, with the revenue going into a “lock box” of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to be spent exclusively on public mass transit improvement and on the implementation of the program.
Trucks would pay $21 but low-emission trucks would pay $7. No fee would be charged for driving out of the zone or entirely within it. But a $1 congestion surcharge would be added to taxi, black car and car service trips that begin or end in the zone during the congestion pricing hours. On-street parking meter rates within the zone would be raised and the current exemption for city residents from the 18 percent tax for off-street parking garages would be eliminated.
And if the Council and the state Legislature pass congestion pricing by April 7, the U.S. Department of Transportation has promised to contribute $354 million in addition to the current federal appropriation for state and city transportation. All of the $354 million would pay for immediate transit improvements, including 367 new buses, eight new bus routes, new subway cars on the E and F lines and more Access-A-Ride vans. All those improvements would be in place and operating before the plan would go into effect in March 2009.
Reaffirming her support at the City Council hearing, Quinn said the program is important for continued city growth and economic expansion. “Traffic congestion is now so bad that it take more than an hour to move a couple of miles in Manhattan, adding to pollution. The city’s mass transit is bursting at the seams and in 2030 it will be worse. We need to do something now,” she said.
The day before the hearing, Quinn said in a radio news interview that she was confident that at least 26 Councilmembers one more than half the members would support congestion pricing and most members who spoke said they were in favor. But as of Tues., March 25, the Council had not scheduled a vote on the issue, nor had the state Legislature.
Gov. David Paterson and State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno have introduced and endorsed the state bill, but opposition is high in the Assembly. The Assembly’s speaker, Sheldon Silver of Lower Manhattan, has said he could support the congestion pricing plan with changes, but he will not pressure his members to vote for it.
John Liu, Queens Councilmember and chairperson of the Transportation Committee, was among many at the hearing strongly supporting the program. “This is crunch time for congestion pricing. A lot of people drive because they don’t have a real choice of public transit,” he said.
But several Councilmembers including Oliver Koppell and Larry Seabrook from the northern Bronx, and David Weprin, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz and Joseph Addabbo from eastern Queens were unconvinced and opposed to the program.
Most of opponents were skeptical that the M.T.A. “lock box” for congestion pricing revenue would stay locked and be spent only for general transit improvement. Outer borough Council members feared that capital projects in Manhattan like the Second Avenue subway and the No. 7 line extension would eat up the extra revenue.
Councilmember Alan Gerson of Lower Manhattan said later that he was trying for many modifications to the program. He apparently is not one of the votes Quinn is counting on.
Lower Manhattan needs a bus management policy to deal with commuter buses, tour buses and long-distance buses to destinations from Boston to Philadelphia with a terminus in Chinatown, he insisted. Gerson also criticized the proposal to eliminate the exemption for city residents of the off-street parking garage tax.
He has said many lower income people in his district who live in public housing own cars and can’t afford to pay the higher taxes.
“I also want significant traffic mitigation on weekends, not just peak hours,” Gerson said.
“I’ve fought hard to reduce traffic congestion,” Gerson said, “and this is an opportunity to do it right. It’s critical that we don’t make the situation worse,” he said, suggesting that drivers might wait till after 6 p.m. to avoid the charge and pour into Downtown.
The plan, presented to the hearing by Transportation Commissioner Jeannette Sadik-Khan, calls for E-ZPass users to deduct the value of all tolls paid on M.T.A. or Port Authority bridges and tunnels up to $8.
Tunnel and George Washington Bridge users with E-ZPass pay $8 coming into Manhattan during weekday peak hours 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. and $6 non-peak. So they would pay no extra fees during rush hour and only a $2 congestion pricing charge coming into the Manhattan zone in the middle of the day.
Gerson and other critics called for the elimination of the toll offsets for tunnel and bridge users.
But the transportation commissioner said that an estimated two-thirds of Holland and Lincoln Tunnel drivers would pay at least some part of the fee, contributing about $45 million a year or 10 percent of the congestion pricing revenues.
To ensure that the transit money goes to general transit improvement, the fund would be supervised by the M.T.A. Capital Program Review Board with a new member appointed by Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The city would have veto power on the board and the M.T.A. would make public a report annually on all expenditures from the fund.
The plan has been modified from an earlier version, which would have charged motorists $4 for driving within the pricing zone. That plan would have required 300 cameras, but the current plan needs only 25, making it less costly to implement and operate. While the original plan was expected to yield $380 million annually, the modified plan would net an estimated $491 million.
The cost of implementing congestion pricing is estimated at $120 million, which the city is to pay from its general budget, but would be repaid as the first expenditure from the M.T.A. “lock box.”
Testimony supporting the program came from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Transportation Workers Union, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, The New York City Building Congress, General Building Contractors of New York, and The Partnership for New York. Others supporting the program are New York League of Conservation Voters, Straphangers Campaign, and the American Lung Association.
But Assemblymember Richard Brodsky of Westchester submitted an opposition statement.
The Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, created last year in response to Bloomberg’s request for a Congestion Pricing report, was the source of the program. But a 17-page minority report from the commission called the program, “regressive, unfair and a selective tax that disproportionately impacts working families and exempts the wealthy, residents of New Jersey and Connecticut.”


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[this post may trigger dysphoria]
One thing that really bothers me about otherwise trans-friendly cis people is the way that they treat birth as a trans-free situation. I’ve seen cis people who try their best to point out in virtually every other situation that not all female perceived people ARE women, who try to use gender neutral language when talking about birth control and breast exams and other assumed “female-specific” situations, then speak about people who give birth by referring to them exclusively as women and mothers without a second thought. This isn’t malicious, I don’t think it’s intentional, but there seems to be a mental hang-up and it’s a big problem. Because trans people are people, so not all of us want to have children, but some of us do and with as much trouble as cis queer people have adopting- they aren’t going to be lining up to give us children any time soon. I now know too many people who are willing to treat a trans person with respect suddenly start saying “Well, are you still trans? Are you a woman now? How am I supposed to treat you?” after the trans person gets pregnant, when they had no problem accepting the person’s gender and treating them respectfully before.
Sometimes you will get cis people who will only acknowledge a trans person’s gender if they’ve “fully transitioned”, if they can believe that the trans person no longer has their original genitalia. But the same cis people who are willing to accept that there are trans people who may menstruate, indicating a potential for pregnancy, suddenly can’t accept their gender once that person becomes pregnant.
It feels like they, or maybe we as a society, are willing to accept that trans people exist, but aren’t willing to accept that we can be parents. It feels like they consider birth to be this sacred, womyn-born-womyn only space even when saying that they don’t support those spaces in any other situation.
Pregnancy and reproduction is virtually never discussed among or concerning transgender people. The closest I’ve seen is trans people objecting to sterilization being a requirement to legally transition, but no one really talks about the possibility of openly trans people or trans people who’ve started transitioning or trans people in any sense having children. No one talks about what resources pregnant trans people need, I’ve seen people object to the way that reproductive health information can alienate trans people but no one ever says “And, hey, we need obstetricians and midwives who are aware of trans issues, too!”. The only time I’ve seen the situation forced to come up, when Thomas Beatie got so (in)famous, and many trans peoplewere reacting horribly to it.
All of the talk about trans people as parents assumes that we’ve finished having children before we start transitioning or even coming out, that the child hasn’t grown up knowing their parents as their true genders and will have to adjust to the transition. There are no resources for “explaining that your dad gave birth to you”, only “your daddy wants to be a woman, your mommy wants to be a man”.
This needs to change, because there are trans people who’ve gotten pregnant after starting to transition, and there are trans people who are pregnant right now, and there will continue to be trans people who are pregnant and getting pregnant and who want to have children in the future. And these people need support, they need prenatal care from doctors who are understanding of their situation and who don’t trigger dysphoria, they need to know how and when they need to explain this to schools to make sure that their child doesn’t face undo discrimination, they need advice for explaining this to their kids and when to do it.
Instead? Our community treats pregnant trans people like the elephant in the room, the black sheep of our metaphorical family, a shameful secret to brush under the rug.

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Carney Finds Ally in Draghi as Key Rate Kept at 0.5%Jennifer Ryan
Mark Carney has a new ally in his battle to keep Bank of England policy loose: Mario Draghi.
As the BOE’s nine-person Monetary Policy Committee divides between Carney’s view that low rates are still needed and a faction leaning toward higher borrowing costs, events in Frankfurt may favor the governor by weakening the euro against the pound, helping to curb U.K. inflation pressure. The MPC held its key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent today and the European Central Bank cut its benchmark and deposit rates.
Britain’s strengthening recovery and a surge in house prices have prompted some MPC members to question how long the key interest rate should stay at a record low. ECB President Draghi had primed investors to expect a new round of stimulus for the euro area and a pickup for sterling would give Carney ammunition in the BOE debate.
“Sterling has strengthened and that would be a force that would keep inflation down, so there’s no immediate need for a rate rise,” said Steven Bell, an economist at F&C Management in London. “The BOE can can sit back and relax with the best-performing economy in the world, watching the ECB pull every lever it can reach to push inflation up.”
Sterling has advanced almost 5 percent against the euro in the past year. It’s gained 9 percent versus the dollar and reached the highest in almost five years last month. A stronger pound eases inflationary pressure by making imports cheaper.
The currency was a focus of the MPC at its last meeting, when officials’ central view was that “nearly all of the recent sterling appreciation would be passed into consumer prices.” It also said pound strength would put “downward pressure” on inflation over the next couple of years. Price growth was 1.8 percent in April, below the 2 percent target for a fourth month.
The BOE’s key rate has been at 0.5 percent since March
2009. Investors are betting the rate will rise 25 basis points by next May, according to forward contracts based on the sterling overnight interbank average. Minutes of today’s meeting will be published on June 18.
The U.K. grew 0.8 percent in the first quarter and is on track to be the fastest Group of Seven economy this year. While there is also a buoyant property market to contend with, Carney says rates are the last line of defense and put the burden on the BOE’s Financial Policy Committee to deal with stability risks. That panel, which he also leads, meets on June 17.
The ECB cut its benchmark interest rate to a record-low
0.15 percent from 0.25 percent and lowered the deposit rate to minus 0.1 percent.
Draghi will spell out any further measures to tackle the brewing risk of a negative price spiral at a press conference at 2:30 p.m. in Frankfurt. Euro-area inflation slowed to 0.5 percent in May, less than half the central bank’s goal.
The ECB’s key interest rate is currently at 0.25 percent and policy makers are debating a cut of 10 or 15 basis points in both the benchmark and deposit rates, according to two euro-area central bank officials. The Governing Council is also considering measures including liquidity for banks.
Draghi flagged in May that action was likely, saying that the ECB was “comfortable” with acting this month to boost inflation. The pound advanced about 1 percent against the euro since then, and a further gain may stay the hand of any BOE officials concerned about keeping policy at emergency settings.
Draghi has also cited currency moves as a factor in his thinking. He said in March that the euro is “increasingly relevant in our assessment of price stability.” and policy makers blamed a strong currency for weakening price pressures.
Nick Beecroft, senior market analyst at Saxo Capital Markets in London, said the euro may already reflect expectations for measures such as a 15 basis-point cut in ECB rates. Now that Draghi has flagged the Governing Council’s concerns on the currency, a bigger drop may only be possible if officials take more dramatic steps to lift prices.
“The market has realized that the ECB is really focused on the euro, and they will want blood,” he said. “They’ll want deeper cuts in the deposit rate or quantitative easing before the euro weakens further.”
(An earlier version of this story corrected the time of the ECB policy decision.)


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Occasionally, you'll find official cartoon or TV character sites (such as PBS programs) will make available coloring pages for free to their fans. And there are many other sites that distribute coloring pages of those copyrighted characters. Sounds like dangerous legal ground ...but, surprisingly, I've never heard of any of these sites being prosecuted for copyright infringement. So they'll probably continue to make them available.
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From Local to Global: Indigenous Voices in Climate Dialogues
Amidst the diverse terrains of Guatemala, the Consejo de Mujeres Indígenas y Biodiversidad (CMIB), a platform of Indigenous women’s organizations focused on biodiversity and climate change, stands resilient. As a torchbearer for Indigenous women’s rights and voices, they’ve been weaving together the tapestries of grassroots experiences to echo in global forums like COP28.
“Our expectations are that the State of Guatemala remains committed to its agreements at COP28. In fact, the measures adopted to obtain financing for climate change should be allocated mostly to local actions, especially for vulnerable groups such as Indigenous women,” states CMIB. The crux lies in not just alleviating the impacts of climate change but also working on environmental sustainability strategy with emphasis on the sovereignty and food security of indigenous women who face the effects of climate change.
Having journeyed through the COP arenas twice, CMIB brought forth the haunting realities Indigenous women encounter daily. Migration, identity shifts, diseases, droughts – these aren’t mere statistics. They are lived experiences. Bringing these lived experiences together, their strategic alliances with regional Indigenous women’s groups are aimed to present a unified front in global spaces like COP28, amplifying the collective voice of those too often silenced.
However, the gap between these international climate deliberations and the grassroots movements is glaring and when it comes to the representation of Indigenous women in such global forums, the landscape remains bleak. “Global debates or international spaces where Indigenous women can participate are very limited. In these spaces, the States are the ones who have the voice and decision making power on new global policies on climate change issues, among others. Therefore, in many of these spaces, Indigenous women are not represented,” laments CMIB. To address this, they emphasize the significance of providing training opportunities for Indigenous women about global climate intricacies and negotiations, to understand and influence governmental decisions.
There is an urgent call for not just participation but meaningful engagement of Indigenous women’s groups in these dialogues. And if the doors of global forums like COP28 seem less welcoming, alternative pathways beckon. “The limitations are the lack of spaces for effective participation. It is complex to be part of the official State delegation. There is no access to dialogue on climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to seek strategic alliances in international spaces of Indigenous peoples who lead in global spaces on climate change issues, such as the International Indigenous Forum on Climate Change, Caucus Indigna…We believe that we must have national, regional and global strategic alliances to promote actions that allow equality and climate justice for Indigenous women,” the organization asserts.
While the limelight during COP28 may majorly be on state leaders and global policymakers, it’s imperative to remember the tireless endeavors of organizations like CMIB. Their mission, rooted in the experiences of Indigenous women, transcends the confines of COP and aims for a horizon where these women aren’t just participants but recognized as pivotal changemakers.
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I was intending to write about the whole Murdoch — charge for content thing — but have found I have too much to say. Bottom line: it’s a bad idea. But Tyler Cowen today asked whether the idea of charging of news on the web was in the core. Wait, “core!” Isn’t that this blog’s territory?
The starting point is that producing news involves high fixed costs and low marginal costs. If you give your content away and can’t earn any surplus then you are earning less than you could by shutting down. But that doesn’t mean that is in the core — where no individual or group of individual in tandem can profit from charging a price. Indeed, all those in the market will be charging. No one will gain by moving back to $0 as they will not cover costs.
It is only where there are non-monetary motives or other revenue sources that free pricing can be in the core. If the NYT does not add sufficient value relative to NPR, it may not be able to charge a price high enough to stay in business.
The point of all this is that it is not an equilibrium to be a private provider of news content and not be earning any revenue from any source at all. That is why we can’t simply put faith in free and expect things to work out. The real question is whether earning revenue from charging for content directly is an equilibrium relative to earning revenue through ads or something else? But alas I haven’t got time to write about that today.

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Galgalatz, an off-shoot of Galei Tzahal, a radio station run by the Israel Defense Forces, is one of the country’s most popular broadcasters. It’s the station most Israelis have on when they’re stuck in traffic on their way to and from work. It’s the semi-official arbiter of the nation’s mainstream musical taste. And yesterday, it played a song in Arabic praising Palestinian martyrdom.
“Death becomes victory, not defeat,” goes the song, “Tightening Our Strength” by a group called Revolution Makers. “So I am sacrificing my soul to elevate our dignity… I’m willing to die proudly as a Shahid (martyr).”
Enraged listeners soon took to Facebook to complain, and the DJ responsible for the blunder, Sa’ar Gamzo, was quick to apologize.
“Every week, I put together a show consisting of groovy music from around the world, with an emphasis on Israel and the Middle East,” he said. “In case of this particular song, I made a mistake. I don’t speak Arabic, I don’t understand Arabic, and I don’t read Arabic. I chose the song because it fit the vibe of the show. Had I understood the lyrics, I wouldn’t have aired the song… I hope we can continue to celebrate the beauty of music moving forward.”
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Amidst a dismal economic climate, crisis of governance at the states level and a waning democratic culture, is the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill indicative of the emergence of a new and self serving political narrative?
Tansgender is defined as a person whose gender does not match with the gender assigned to that person at the time of his/her birth. Tansgender includes trans man or trans woman, a person with intersex variations, queer and a person […]
In this part of CPPR Political Observatory we discuss the unfolding political dynamics post Maharashtra Elections, RCEP Exit and Ayodhya Verdict. The Indian politics is fast changing. There is a void created now in the political discourse on the topics […]
Panel Discussion on Disaster Communication: The Role of Media at ‘America with Kerala’ workshop organised by the US Consulate General in Chennai and Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi, in association with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority at Kozhikode […]
This part of CPPR’s Election analysis series, ‘Decoding the Polls’ we explore how the seat sharing agreement between political parties in Maharashtra will pan out and how it will impact the outcome of the Maharashtra State Assembly Elections. We also […]
CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj comments in a news article published in The Times of India. Kochi: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), industrial corridors will have a positive effect on the country’s economy, acting as an economic corridor that […]
News article published in the OneIndia about panel discussion organised by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on the recently concluded General Elections. CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was one of the panelist The Association […]
News article published in the Outlook India about panel discussion organised by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on the recently concluded General Elections. CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was one of the panelist Experts […]
Libertarianism as a philosophy emerged in an attempt to cure the unfairness that plagues our world. This blog will attempt to question the basis for its very existence, along with assessing the effect of libertarian principles on intellectual property. CPPR […]
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Genetically Modified Salmon Approved for Consumption The AquaAdvantage salmon has been genetically altered to grow faster than other Atlantic salmon. AquaBounty technology, which produced it, says, "It can be farmed close to major consumer markets in a more sustainable manner." It's taken 20 years for the FDA to approve the genetically modified salmon for human consumption. Will consumers in the United States go along? Photo by josullivan.59
Will the march for science politicize objective research? Protesters are gathering all over the country for tomorrow's Earth Day March for Science. Since President Trump has proposed massive cuts in basic scientific research, will the movement be perceived as partisan politics — whether scientists themselves like it or not?
Nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula slowly coming to a head North Korea did not conduct a nuclear test this weekend, but it did show apparent progress in developing a missile that that could strike the United States. The Trump Administration says it has lost its "strategic patience." We hear what that might -- or might not -- mean for North Korea, China and the prospects for diplomacy.
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Arauca is one of the 32 administrative departments of Colombia and is part of the more prominent geographic region of the Llanos Orientales (western flatlands). The Orinoco River Basin, the third biggest basin in South America drained by one of the most important rivers in the world, represents a valley of evolution and propagation of the criollo genetic lineage.
Arauca was named after the Arauca River, which now separates it from Venezuela, and it’s a big affluent of Orinoco River.
Their oldest plantations are 70 years old and are entirely part of the domesticated criollo lineage. These plants are currently in danger because of the spread of new high-yielding clones in the region.
Arauca has a unique biodiversity of flora and fauna and high potential in the touristic offer, which has always been limited by the violence and safety issues.
Arauca is one of the only regions where entire families depend explicitly on cacao growing; hence the knowledge of cacao is deeper. These families that this region hosts have a long tradition of several generations that produce and grow cacao.
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WorkSafe has agreed to amend an exemption granted to the Pike River Recovery Agency Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa (PRRA) from compliance with regulation 170(4)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016 (the Regulations).
The amendment to the exemption allows the PRRA to install a VCD2 seal in the mine to replace the phenolic seal that was previously installed. Once that VCD2 seal is installed, the exemption applies to re-entry and recovery of the drift up to that seal.
The reasons for the decision to grant the amendment to the exemption were that the VCD2 seal proposed to be installed:
- is considered superior in performance to the current phenolic plug, is suitable as a long term structure and is compliant with the regulations. This ensures an effective sealing of disused areas in a coalmine;
- provides a significant improvement (compared to the phenolic seal), to the control of hazards caused by the migration of methane, oxygen or noxious gases between the sealed area of a mine and the ventilated working area of the mine; and
- will increase the level of health and safety protection for workers and other persons.
The amendment also clarifies, to avoid doubt, that the PRRA may enter the area between the VCD2 seal and the roof fall, in full compliance with the Regulations.
The amendment to the exemption is made by WorkSafe in accordance with section 220 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (the Act) on the basis that WorkSafe is satisfied that:
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- the amended exemption is not inconsistent with the purpose of the Act.
The exemption granted on 3 December 2019 (Gazette Notice 2019-au5626(external link)) is related to the use of forced ventilation and implementation of additional measures to prevent a catastrophic event, and control any potential risks associated with the re-entry and recovery of the drift at Pike River mine.
The exemption has been granted by WorkSafe in accordance with section 220 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (the Act) on the basis that WorkSafe is satisfied that:
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- in the Pike River mine, either an exhaust or forced ventilation would still be vulnerable in an emergency situation;
- by implementing the 27 additional controls identified in the exemption request for escaping in return air and the other controls included in the principal hazard management plans, principal control plans, trigger action response plans, and standard operating procedures, PRRA will provide an equal level of safety to workers than would be achieved by using exhausting ventilation and complying with regulation 170(4)(a) of the Regulations;
- using forced ventilation is appropriate and will provide an overall safer working environment for workers and other people by reducing or eliminating some risks (e.g. explosive or noxious gas mixture, ignition sources);
- the advantages of using forced ventilation include that:
- it provides a greater ability to scour any remnant gases in the drift as the recovery proceeds; and
- it eliminates the requirement to reticulate high voltage underground to support an auxiliary ventilation system, therefore reducing hazards in the workplace; and
- therefore Worksafe is satisfied that the criteria for the granting of an exemption under section 220(2) of the Act are met.
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Amaravati: Badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu has been appointed the brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh government’s anti-graft helpline.
The ace shuttler featured along with Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in a video released by the state government on Tuesday as a promo for its toll-free anti-graft number.
The video titled ‘stop corruption’ tells people to keep their eyes and ears open against corruption.
“Our Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is working towards a corruption-free Andhra Pradesh. Whenever you see corruption, raise your voice. To complain against corruption, call on toll-free number 14400. Your identity will be kept secret,” Sindhu says in the promo released by the Chief Minister.
“Say no to illegal activities, say no to looting, say no to sand mafia, say no to any sort of corruption,” the Chief Minister says in the same promo.
In the Telugu version of the promo, Jagan Mohan Reddy says that one has to pay bribe for any work and even for constructing a toilet. He called for completely rooting out the corrupt practice.
Sindhu already holds the post of a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh. After she had won the silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016, the then government headed by Chandrababu Naidu had announced a cash reward of Rs 3 crore for her in addition to a residential plot in Amaravati and a Group-I officer’s job.


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Taking an approach different from (hat of earlier biographers, A. Owen Aldridge examines Voltaire's literary and intellectual career chronologically, using the methods both of comparative literature and of the history of ideas. The resulting biography portrays a fascinating personality as well as a great writer and thinker. Voltaire is revealed not only through his correspondence, here extensively quoted, but through the statements others made about him in anecdotes, memoirs, and other contemporary documents.
New information is introduced regarding Voltaire's sojourn in England, his later relations with English men of letters, his domestic turmoils at the court of Frederick the Great, and his contact with French contemporaries such as Montesquieu and Diderot. For the first time in any biography, attention is given to Voltaire's extensive knowledge of Spanish literature and its influence on his own work, particularly Candide. Voltaire is portrayed as a conscious participant in the Enlightenment. In his early years he was interested primarily in aesthetics and abstract philosophy; later, he passionately dedicated himself to humanitarian causes with ideological implications. Professor Aldridge brings forward evidence pointing to the contrast between these two periods in Voltaire's life.
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Six months into the deepest financial crisis in Erie County history, neither the County Legislature nor the county executive has demonstrated a clear understanding of the impact of draconian personnel and spending cuts, the willingness or ability to responsibly confront the crisis or how to restore basic services with current resources. Their failed leadership and fiscal irresponsibility have harmed everybody in the county.
The Legislature's "cut now, ponder later" reaction to pressure from angry taxpayers has left behind a mess. Some of the cuts have crippled county operations that actually produce revenue. Legislators made cuts with an ax, not a scalpel, and a startling lack of information.
A moderate property tax increase -- as distasteful as that would have been -- still would have left county property taxes below most other upstate counties. Instead, faced with County Executive Joel Giambra's choice of enacting one of the highest sales taxes in the country or decimating county services, the legislators chose the latter. Giambra, who refused to call for a property tax increase as he ran through the county's reserve fund, thought that his scorched earth "red budget," which wiped out most discretionary spending, would turn voter anger toward the Legislature in Albany. If Giambra figured that would shame the state into granting the county sufficient Medicaid relief to close a 2005 budget gap north of $100 million, or would give county legislators political cover to grant a full penny increase in the sales tax, to 9.25 percent, he was woefully incorrect.
Voters in an overtaxed county in an overtaxed state made it clear to their county legislators that they did not want to pay more taxes. Nine legislators went out on a limb for the extra penny, but no legislator wanted to commit what was seen as political suicide by providing the 10th vote, which the state delegation in Albany demanded in order to get the increase through the State Legislature.
Which brings us to our present state, a painful mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. County spending has, in fact, been cut, from nearly $1.2 billion to about $958 million, and the number of county employees has gone from a 2004 peak of nearly 9,000 to about 7,100. But there are closed parks, long lines at the one surviving county Auto Bureau and questions about policing and snowplowing. The legislators who slashed the budget did so with an eye only on numbers. Even worse, County Comptroller Nancy Naples now estimates that the county -- even after budget cuts saving $108 million -- is on track to run up a 2005 budget deficit of $113 million.
So taxpayers are left with this conundrum: How can they enjoy the basic quality-of-life amenities that governments are supposed to provide -- and which businesses look for in making site decisions -- without unduly adding to an unbearable tax burden? The problem is that taxpayers don't have enough information to even begin to answer that riddle. That doesn't mean the taxpayer revolt should come to an end. It does mean that the elected officials who run county government have to differentiate between politics and governance, and begin to manage available financial resources while delivering needed services as efficiently as possible.
Before this community can begin the governmental repairs that are so desperately needed, it needs the tools to start the job. Chief among those tools should be a comprehensive operations study by non-political experts, defining what services are provided and whether they can be delivered more efficiently.
With reserve funds exhausted and mandated costs rising, Erie County may not be able to avoid tax hikes next year. But taxpayers need evidence that more taxes really are the only alternative, and they have made it clear that they don't want higher taxes or service cuts dictated by politics and patronage.
The audit now under way by State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's office will be helpful, as will a study by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. But a broader and deeper operational perspective likely will be needed to truly reform county government.
Such an undertaking is clearly beyond the ability of county legislators more interested in re-election prospects than in re-engineering government. If you needed any further evidence of that, the Legislature as of Wednesday still had not implemented the cut in staff salaries it promised in March.
It is time for the county to commission an outside, independent study by acknowledged experts in municipal government. Such a study should be based on governmental functions, not on governmental jurisdictions. It should be taken out of political hands and done by an experienced independent organization -- the Center for Governmental Research or the National Academy of Public Administration, for example.
Give us a tool to measure progress so that one day we might have progress to measure.
MONDAY: The fix begins in Albany.


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Most new recurve bows come already set up, but if you have purchased an older recurve bow or a used bow, you should understand how to set up and tune it, so the equipment is performing at its most efficient. Becoming a good shot with a recurve takes commitment and lots of practice. If you make bad shots, or have erratic arrow flight, knowing the bow is set up correctly and properly tuned will allow you to work on your shot and form, rather than learning bad habits from a bow that is not performing the way it’s supposed to.
1. Check the entire bow for straightness by first stringing the bow, and then stand back and look at the string in relation to the bow’s riser and limbs.
2. Limb gauges made by Beiter can be clipped onto the limbs to find their centers. Use the gauge to locate the center of the limbs and look to see if the string is lined up to the center of the limbs and riser.
3. If anything looks off-center, make adjustments to the top and bottom limbs according to the available adjustments where the limbs and riser connect. Some recurves have Allen key adjustments located at the limb pockets. These can be loosened, so the top or bottom limbs can be slightly moved to the left or right to line up the limbs with the center of the riser and/or bow string.
For a typical long recurve bow, the string length is 4 inches shorter than the length of the bow. Proper measurement of the bow starts at the top string groove. Run the tape measure along the unstrung bow on the side that faces you when you shoot, all the way to the other string groove (not at the tip). You may use a slightly different length bow string to adjust brace height and/or poundage if needed. Use bow string material that is stretch-and-water resistant, lightweight, and strong.. Consider adding twists to the bow string to adjust brace height and/or creep /stretch adjustment.
Recommended strands for bow strings are:
20 – 30 lbs 8 strands
30 – 35 lbs 10 strands
35 – 45 lbs 12 strands
45 – 55 lbs 14 strands
55 – 80 lbs 16 strands
Fast Flight or Dacron?
Fast Flight string material will have minimal stretching, but it will potentially damage limb tips if your bow has not been reinforced to handle it. Dacron string material has been around forever and is the standard, but it will stretch more, and adjustments may be needed over time to keep the bow shooting its best.
The brace height of the bow is the distance from the string to the back of the grip. For recurve bows, this is generally 7 inches or more. The best way to measure your bow’s brace height is by using a T-square. Finding the perfect brace height means shooting the bow and making adjustments until the arrow flies perfect. A shorter brace height will increase the speed of the arrow; decreasing the brace height distance may be done by using a slightly longer string or removing twists on a Flemish string (strands of string that are twisted together), but if the brace height of your bow is too short, the arrow will stay on the string longer before letting loose, and the arrow may fly erratically if the shaft should happen to make any contact with the riser before the arrow leaves the string. When trying different brace height adjustments, you may also notice when the brace height is set farther away from the “perfect spot,” the shot will become a bit noisier.
To increase brace height, you may get away with using a shorter-length bow string, but if it’s not optimal for the bow set up (too much distance from the string to the back of the grip), you may lose energy from having a shorter power stroke (shorter draw-back distance).
Start with the manufacturer’s recommended brace height and experiment from there to find the best arrow flight. This is a critical part of tuning the bow, and every recurve shooter should work toward finding the perfect brace height. Yes, you should spend the effort to keep shooting and experimenting with the bow and to learn how different brace height settings affect your arrow flight.
The tiller measurement is the distance that starts from the point (or inside corner) where the limb and riser meet across to the string. The tiller is the balance of energy given by the top and bottom limbs. A symmetrical tiller will kick upward on release, so most recurve bows are set from the factory with a positive tiller (the upper measurement is greater than the lower measurement). This positive tiller may typically be 1/8” greater on the top limb, thus countering the upward kick by balancing the shot when the bottom tiller is set to make the limb stiffer than the top.
3.Fine Tuning the Tiller: Keep in mind, the way you hold the bow also directly affects the tiller. If you are interested in fine-tuning the tiller on your bow, try either of these two methods.
1. To further fine-tune the tiller, set aside some time to shoot 10 or 20 arrows with the top and bottom tiller at a starting point (measure top and bottom tiller), and observe arrow flight and groups. This is where my Vanguard Endeavor ED binoculars come in handy. I am able to see and note my arrow groups and take notes of what adjustments I need to make. Adjust the top limb bolt, measure the top tiller and shoot 20 more arrows. Take notes on how the shot feels, and observe arrow flight and groups. Do the same for the next 20 arrows with the bottom limb bolts and take notes. When you feel that there is no difference at a certain setting and the shots and groups feel pretty good, record the measurement — this is the best tiller setting for your bow.
2. The sight pin should not drift noticeably up or down when you come to full draw. Draw back the bow and come to anchor. If the sight pin drifts upward, increase the top tiller distance by loosening the top limb bolt. If the sight pin drifts noticeably downward, slightly decrease the tiller distance by tightening the top limb bolt.
The center shot location for finger shooters on a recurve bow should be set up with the arrow shaft pointed slightly to the left of the string. If you are using an adjustable arrow rest, this can be done by adjusting the arrow rest (left/right “windage” adjustment) to move the arrow position slightly to the left, so when you hold the bow out in front of you and look down the string, you can see that the arrow shaft is slightly pointing left of the string. The centershot adjustment on a recurve is very limited, as the riser has a narrow shelf, and it is absolutely normal to rely on the overall string alignment to the bow and use consistency to compensate for limited centershot adjustment. Actually, most recurve bows will only accommodate a flipper style arrow rest, with no adjustments at all.
The sight pin should line up with the string for the initial set up. Sight the bow in by shooting groups and adjust the sight pin accordingly.
Ideally, the arrow should leave the bow without making contact with any part of the bow once it leaves the rest. Choose feathers over plastic vanes for older bows with a narrow riser shelf. Feathers will bend back, minimizing any contact interference with arrow flight. Hold the bow out in front of you and look through the string and down the arrow shaft to look for any obvious potential contact from where the arrow sits on the rest.
Other Possible Clearance Problems:
1. Brace height distance too short
2. Using stiff plastic vanes that, when shot, will not “give” way to any contact with the bow.
3. Incorrect arrow rest: Installing an arrow rest that does not allow the arrow to be lined up properly in relation to the bow string. For instance, some newer arrow rests, when installed on a recurve bow with a narrow shelf, will make an arrow point way too far out to the left.
4. Nock point too low
5. Nock too tight and pinching string, causing tail of arrow shaft to contact the bow
6. Arrows spine too stiff
7. Tillers measurements set too far off will introduce an upward or downward “kick”
While wooden arrows were used originally in recurve bows, I highly recommend using carbon fiber arrows for their overall durability and forgiveness. For optimal arrow flight and safety, find the correct spine (stiffness) by referring to the chart on the side of every box of arrows. Look up the draw weight and draw length to determine the correct arrow spine to shoot in your bow. Choose feather fletching over plastic vanes, as feathers will bend back out of the way when the arrow is released and traveling passed the arrow rest and riser. Plastic vanes will cause more resistance when making contact with the narrow riser shelf on a recurve bow.
PRACTICE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE:
There is only one way to become a good shot with a recurve bow is to shoot as much as possible. The best advice I’ve learned is to shoot 50 to 100 arrows per day. The discoveries achieved from this type of commitment will be challenging but truly rewarding. Now, finding the time to do this, well, that’s the problem!
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