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If Larry Craig were held to the standard of sexual conduct he imposes on the U.S. armed forces, he'd be out of his job.
Fourteen years ago, in his first term as a Republican senator from Idaho, Craig helped to enact the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. It stipulates:
A member of the armed forces shall be separated from the armed forces under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense if one or more of the following findings is made and approved in accordance with procedures set forth in such regulations: (1) That the member has engaged in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts unless there are further findings … that the member has demonstrated that—(A) such conduct is a departure from the member's usual and customary behavior; (B) such conduct, under all the circumstances, is unlikely to recur; … [and] the member does not have a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts.
The policy reappears verbatim in the U.S. Code and in regulations of the armed services. The Air Force, for instance, says any airman will be discharged if he "has engaged in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act."
According to the report filed by the officer who arrested Craig at the Minneapolis airport in June, Craig stood outside the officer's bathroom stall for two minutes, repeatedly looked at the officer "through the crack in the door," sat in the stall next to the officer, tapped his foot, and gradually "moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot … within my stall area." Craig proceeded to "swipe his hand under the stall divider for a few seconds" three times, palm up, using the hand farthest from that side of Craig's stall. Most of these gestures, the officer explained, were known pickup signals in a room known (and hence under surveillance for) public sex. When the officer took Craig outside and told him so, Craig claimed he had been reaching down with his hand to retrieve a piece of paper from the floor. The officer wrote that no such paper had been on the floor.
Two months later, Craig signed a plea agreement stating that he had "reviewed the arrest report" and that "in the restroom," he had "engaged in conduct which I knew or should have known tended to arouse alarm or resentment." Officially, the charge to which he pleaded guilty was disorderly conduct.
I feel sorry for Craig. I hate the idea of cops going into bathrooms and busting people for coded gestures of interest. I'd rather live, let live, and tell the guy waving his hand under the stall to buzz off. But that's not the standard Craig applies to others. Any gay soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine who admitted to doing what Craig has admitted would, at a minimum, lose his job for violating DADT. In fact, many have been kicked out for less.
Most people think "don't ask, don't tell" means that if you don't announce that you're gay, you can keep your job. It should mean that. But in practice, if you don't tell, the military can—and often does—investigate and interrogate you until you're forced to tell.
Margaret Witt, a major in the Air Force Reserve, is in the process of being discharged for lesbianism. How did investigators find out she was gay? An anonymous tip. They tracked down her former partner, a civilian, and got the woman to admit that she and Witt had lived together. When they interrogated Witt, she confessed. If she hadn't, they could have prosecuted her for "false official statements" and imprisoned her for five years. Last fall, a federal judge conceded that Witt had "served her country faithfully and with distinction" and "did not draw attention to her sexual orientation." Nevertheless, he concluded, she had no constitutional grounds to contest her discharge. If you don't tell, they make you tell.
Six years ago, the Army kicked out Alex Nicholson, an interrogator, under DADT. How did he disclose his homosexuality? He mentioned it in a letter to a friend—in Portuguese. A colleague found the letter, translated it, and outed him. "Nobody asked me if I was gay and I wasn't telling anyone," says Nicholson. "You would think that a private letter that you had written in a foreign language would be sufficiently safe." But you would be wrong.
Last year, the Army discharged Bleu Copas, a sergeant, from the 82nd Airborne. The basis? Anonymous e-mails. The first time superiors asked Copas whether he was gay, the context was informal, and he denied it. The next time, they put him under formal interrogation—"Have you ever engaged in homosexual activity or conduct?"—and he refused to answer. Eventually, to avoid prosecution for perjury, he gave in.
Four days ago, the Stockton, Calif., Record reported the recent expulsion of Randy Miller, a paratrooper who served in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne. His offense? Being in a gay bar—and rejecting a proposition from a fellow soldier, who apparently retaliated by reporting him to the Army. Like Witt, Miller admitted his homosexuality, but only under interrogation. If you don't tell, they make you tell.
Compare any of these cases to Craig's. You cohabit quietly with a same-sex partner for six years. You write a letter to a friend in Portuguese. You deny being gay but are interrogated until you give up. You're spotted in a gay bar rejecting a sexual overture. For these offenses, you lose your career, thanks to a man who stared and extended his hands and feet repeatedly into a neighboring bathroom stall.
Were Craig's gestures ambiguous? Not by his own standards. He signed off on the arrest report. Under DADT, he'd have to prove that what he did was "a departure from [his] usual and customary behavior," that it was "unlikely to recur," and that he did "not have a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts." But the Idaho Statesman reports three other incidents, from 1967 to 2004, in which Craig allegedly made similar overtures. On the Statesman's Web site, you can listen to an interview in which one of the men describes his tryst with Craig in a public bathroom. These accounts, combined with Craig's arrest report, would easily get him thrown out of the Army if he were a soldier.
Has Craig's arrest chastened him about DADT? Not a bit. Two weeks ago, in a letter to a constituent, he reiterated his support for the policy. "I don't believe the military should be a place for social experimentation," Craig wrote. "It is unacceptable to risk the lives of American soldiers and sailors merely to accommodate the sexual lifestyles of certain individuals."
Now you know why Craig is trying to withdraw his guilty plea. The cardinal rule of "don't ask, don't tell" isn't heterosexuality. It's hypocrisy. The one thing you can't do is tell the truth.
In that sense, Craig is honoring the policy in his own life. But that's the only sense. I don't think what he did should cost him his career. I'd like to cut him some slack. But first, I'd like to restore the careers of a few thousand other gay Americans who have done a lot more for their country.


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We are the fourth grade class from Hoboken Charter School and we are learning about homelessness and hunger in preparation for our annual Empty Bowls event. This year our theme is, "What the World Eats." We have been studying the causes of homelessness and hunger in our local community, and around the world. We have also been looking into what people eat around the world and why so many people don't have enough to eat. We were appalled to learn from U.N. studies that there is "more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, yet 34,000 children die every single day of hunger or hunger-related causes."
As the ambassadors for our school, it is our responsibility to organize and spread the word about the upcoming Empty Bowls event. We invite you to join us at 12:00 pm on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Hoboken Shelter, 300 Bloomfield St. Tickets for the Empty Bowls event can be purchased at the door for $10.00 a person or $25 per family. There will be live music, food, and hand-made bowls made by HCS students. All proceeds will benefit the work of hunger relief organizations in Hoboken.
Currently the Hoboken Shelter provides several services and programs to the local homeless such as drug and alcohol counseling, budget and medical counseling, job and life skills, mentoring and tutoring and emergency clothing. The day of the Empty Bowls event, Hoboken Charter School faculty and families will be stationed outside of the local supermarkets, accepting a variety of donations. They will provide shoppers with lists of things to buy inside of the stores. If you can't make it to the event, try to go to one of the supermarkets to make a donation.
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Common sense and plenty of research suggest that getting enough sleep is good for you. But a new study finds that even a relatively short nap can boost your ability to solve problems. Women who took a nap after getting stuck on a challenging level in a video game were almost twice as likely to solve the level after taking a nap, compared to being quietly awake, for 90 minutes.
Beijamini, F. et al., "After Being Challenged by a Video Game Problem, Sleep Increases the Chance to Solve It," PLoS ONE (January 2014).
Did an academic paper change the NBA?
In May 2007, an academic study by economists received a lot of media attention for showing that NBA referees called more fouls against players who were not of the same race. As one of the authors told The New York Times, "it suggests that if you spray-painted one of your starters white, you'd win a few more games." The NBA challenged these findings, with commissioner David Stern telling the Times that "our cut at the data is more powerful, more robust, and demonstrates that there is no bias." Now the economists have revisited the topic and generated a further insight: A little self-awareness can be enough to level the field. Their analysis of data from games after those analyzed in the original study but before 2007 is consistent with the original finding of referee racial bias. Yet the statistics also reveal no bias after 2007. This suggests that attention paid to the original study may have ameliorated the bias, though apparently not because of anything the league did: "A phone conversation with NBA league administrators who oversee the NBA's officiating department suggests that [the] NBA did not take any specific action to eliminate referee discrimination."
Pope, D. et al., "Awareness Reduces Racial Bias," National Bureau of Economic Research (December 2013).
Parents: beware praise inflation
It's natural for parents to want to heap praise on their children. But depending on the kid, it may not be as helpful as they might think. In a new study, researchers found that even though parents offered more inflated praise to children with lower self-esteem, children with low self-esteem were actually more motivated to challenge themselves after receiving non-inflated praise ("You made a beautiful drawing!") than if they heard inflated praise ("You made an incredibly beautiful drawing!")
Brummelman, E. et al., "'That's Not Just Beautiful—That's Incredibly Beautiful!': The Adverse Impact of Inflated Praise on Children with Low Self-Esteem," Psychological Science (forthcoming).
Charity for the wrong reasons
How do we see a guy who volunteers every week at a homeless shelter to gain the affection of a woman who works there versus a guy who volunteers there once a month without a crush? The ulterior motive makes a difference, according to a new study from the Yale School of Management. People judged charitable activities or donations more negatively if they also generated self-serving benefits—e.g., impressing a prospective mate or making a profit—even if the benefits to charity were greater.
Newman, G. & Cain, D., "Tainted Altruism: When Doing Some Good Is Evaluated as Worse than Doing No Good at All," Psychological Science (forthcoming).
Welcome to the future of human resources! A study funded by the Air Force examined the multitasking performance of individuals in a simulated drone targeting exercise and found that individuals improved their performance a lot more if they had a specific gene variation associated with greater dopamine levels in the brain.
Parasuraman, R. et al., "Interactive Effects of the COMT Gene and Training on Individual Differences in Supervisory Control of Unmanned Vehicles," Human Factors (forthcoming).
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This continues a series on advice for new top editors in Digital First Media newsrooms.
A Digital First editor leads a lot of change in a newsroom. So you need to be sure that your staff receives the training to execute the changes you are leading.
I help with this in my visits to the newsrooms of new editors for Digital First Media, but the need for training continues and the editor should make training part of the newsroom's culture and routines:
- Join the Digital First Media Journalism Careers Facebook group, and encourage staff members to join, so you and they will know about opportunities for webinars or regional training.
- When staff members master skills you want their colleagues to learn, ask them to lead workshops and/or coach their colleagues in developing those skills.
- Lead some workshops yourself, where you have mastered the skills your staff needs to learn. When the busy editor takes the time to prepare and deliver training, that underscores the importance of that particular skill and of training in general. I made the time to lead workshops for the newsrooms I led in Minot and Cedar Rapids.
- If no one on your staff has a particular skill, invite a colleague from a nearby newsroom to lead a workshop for your staff. Or perhaps someone from your community who is not a journalist might be able to teach a skill that would be helpful. For instance, a local librarian might be able to teach some digital research skills your staff needs.
- Check out the training resources at the Digital Ninja School and pass the appropriate links along to staff members who are trying to develop new skills (or need to start trying).
- Make sure that your staff members working in engagement, data or video belong to the DFM engagement groups on each of those topics. These are great resources for learning from colleagues, either by asking your own questions or just by reading discussions among your colleagues. (These are internal DFM discussion groups, but I encourage developing similar groups among your colleagues if you're a non-DFM staffer reading this.)
- Give some staff members time to learn new digital tools and then to teach their colleagues. Tools such as Storify, Tout and RebelMouse are fairly easy to use. If you encourage an interested staff member to spend a few hours exploring a tool and to use it in a few upcoming stories, you quickly develop a staff expert who can teach colleagues pretty quickly.
- Seek out other opportunities for your staff to learn from colleagues, such as the NICAR-L or IRE-L email discussion lists and services offered by beat-focused organizations such as the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Society of Environmental Journalists, Education Writers Association or Religion Newswriters Association.
- Watch for low-cost online or regional training opportunities through News University, the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, Online News Association, state press associations and journalism organizations.
- In planning your budgets in coming years, advocate for increased money for training, so you can send staff members to such important training opportunities as Poynter seminars, IRE and NICAR conferences and Knight Digital Media Center programs. When staff members return from such seminars, they should lead workshops back in your newsroom for their colleagues to spread the learning.
How have you (or an editor you worked for) provided effective training opportunities for the newsroom staff?
Related reading
Newsroom Training: Where's the Investment?
Earlier posts with advice for editors
Do what you say you'll do — by being organized
Lead and stimulate discussions of ethics
Stand for accuracy and accountability
Deliver criticism with a challenge
How do your daily budgets reflect multi-platform planning needs?
What new beats would help newsrooms cover local news better?
Why editors should be active on Twitter
The Buttry version of social media best practices for editors
How the crowd can save your career
Leading your staff into the Twitterverse
Mentors don't always see their seeds blossom
Upcoming topics
Here are topics I am planning on covering in this series (the order is tentative). What other topics should I cover?
- The power of questions
- Respecting authorship
- Teamwork
- Face-to-face communication
- Personal life
- Time management
- Mobile
- Developing new leaders
- Diversity
- Hiring
- Firing
- The editor's blog
- Role models
- Fun
The posts probably will run daily Monday-Friday for the next few weeks. If you're another Digital First editor (or a leader or former leader in another organization) and would like to propose a guest post as part of the series (as Sue Burzynski Bullard did), email me at sbuttry (at) digitalfirstmedia (dot) com and we'll discuss. I'm not interested in a post of general leadership tips. I'd rather have a post on a particular leadership topic. Feel free to suggest a post that might address a topic I've already covered, but from a different perspective. I welcome posts that disagree with my advice. I will invite a few editors I respect to write posts.


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Indianapolis, IN – The Indianapolis Colts added another piece to a revamped defensive line on Tuesday, agreeing to terms on a contract with free agent tackle Aubrayo Franklin.
A 10-year veteran, Franklin spent last season with the San Diego Chargers and recorded 20 tackles while starting nine of 12 games at nose tackle. He also made nine starts the previous year while then a member of the New Orleans Saints, registering 17 tackles as a rotational run-stopper.
Franklin's most productive seasons came with the San Francisco 49ers, where the 32-year-old averaged 37 tackles and totaled three sacks while earning 50 starts over a four-year span from 2007-10.
The 315-pound Franklin joins an Indianapolis defensive line corps that brought in another ex-49er, Ricky Jean-Francois, via free agency earlier this offseason.


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There's chatter that Bravo has lost another peach because Phaedra Parks may be taking a little time away from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta."
Season 7 of "RHOA" will be a rough on for the author-attorney. Her husband Apollo Nida is heading off to prison, and she's got to figure out how she'll raise their sons on her own while he's in lock up. That's a lot for anyone to deal with, but she's got to it in the public eye!
To take some of the pressure of herself, Phaedra will be taking a small break from the show. According to StraightFromTheA.com, the leave of absence will allow her to make sure that her family is as stable as it can be during this difficult transition.
MUST READ: You'll Never Guess Which 'RHOA' Star Is Leaving The Show And Why!
Phaedra herself hasn't said anything about her rumored retreat, at this time. If the gossip is to be believed, "RHOA" fans may not notice her absence initially as she's filmed a lot of footage for the show.
With Phaedra possibly making her exit, producers may want to consider finding a temporary replacement. There have been whispers that Sheree Whitfield might be making a return to the show this season, so it would be interesting to catch up with her in Phaedra's absence.
MUST READ: You'll Never Guess Which 'RHOA' Star Is In Trouble With The Feds Now
Of course, if Bravo is going to go the comeback route, I would really love to see Dwight Eubanks make a return! He was always billed as the sixth housewife, so it might be high time for him to finally get a peach. If that happened, though, some screen time with NeNe Leakes would be necessary. That might be a little tough to arrange since she unofficially quit the show, but "RHOA" addicts can always hope!
In what would only be the ultimate reality TV crossover, I have to say that it might be kind of cool to see Mona Scott-Young appear as a stand-in for Phaedra. She's an amazing business woman who is constantly surrounded by controversy! What else do you need for good drama on Bravo?
If Phaedra's going to take a break from the show, who would you want to step in for her beauties?
AM BUZZ: Mona Scott Young Planned Joseline's 'LHHATL' Fights?; Apollo & Phaedra Divorce?; More
Kandi Burruss Surprises Phaedra Parks At Her Graduation & It's The Nicest 'RHOA' News We've Read In Months!
Which 'RHOA' Ladies Are Returning For More Shade & 'Fix It Jesus' Moments In Season 7?
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Angela Bassett Reveals The Movie Offers Stopped Rolling In For 18 Months After Her First Oscar Nomination
The Internet Reacts To Chloe Bailey And Damson Idris' Steamy' Swarm' Sex Scene
7 White Male Performers We Thought Were Black Because Of Their Voices
Naomi Osaka Displays Her Perfect Baby Bump In Japan
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Angela Simmons Poses With Her Boo Yo Gotti In Stylish Givenchy Boots


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If you take a look at the output it will look similar to this:
= Start [0x8048209] - 0x8064cc8 [0x8048209] - 0x8064ce0 [0x8048209] - 0x8064cf8 [0x80481eb] + 0x8064c48 0x14 [0x80481eb] + 0x8064c60 0x14 [0x80481eb] + 0x8064c78 0x14 [0x80481eb] + 0x8064c90 0x14 = End
What this all means is not really important since the trace file is not
meant to be read by a human. Therefore no attention is given to
readability. Instead there is a program which comes with the GNU C Library
which interprets the traces and outputs a summary in an
user-friendly way. The program is called
mtrace (it is in fact a
Perl script) and it takes one or two arguments. In any case the name of
the file with the trace output must be specified. If an optional
argument precedes the name of the trace file this must be the name of
the program which generated the trace.
drepper$ mtrace tst-mtrace log No memory leaks.
In this case the program
tst-mtrace was run and it produced a
trace file log. The message printed by
mtrace shows there
are no problems with the code, all allocated memory was freed
If we call
mtrace on the example trace given above we would get a
different outout:
drepper$ mtrace errlog - 0x08064cc8 Free 2 was never alloc'd 0x8048209 - 0x08064ce0 Free 3 was never alloc'd 0x8048209 - 0x08064cf8 Free 4 was never alloc'd 0x8048209 Memory not freed: ----------------- Address Size Caller 0x08064c48 0x14 at 0x80481eb 0x08064c60 0x14 at 0x80481eb 0x08064c78 0x14 at 0x80481eb 0x08064c90 0x14 at 0x80481eb
We have called
mtrace with only one argument and so the script
has no chance to find out what is meant with the addresses given in the
trace. We can do better:
drepper$ mtrace tst errlog - 0x08064cc8 Free 2 was never alloc'd /home/drepper/tst.c:39 - 0x08064ce0 Free 3 was never alloc'd /home/drepper/tst.c:39 - 0x08064cf8 Free 4 was never alloc'd /home/drepper/tst.c:39 Memory not freed: ----------------- Address Size Caller 0x08064c48 0x14 at /home/drepper/tst.c:33 0x08064c60 0x14 at /home/drepper/tst.c:33 0x08064c78 0x14 at /home/drepper/tst.c:33 0x08064c90 0x14 at /home/drepper/tst.c:33
Suddenly the output makes much more sense and the user can see immediately where the function calls causing the trouble can be found.
Interpreting this output is not complicated. There are at most two
different situations being detected. First,
free was called for
pointers which were never returned by one of the allocation functions.
This is usually a very bad problem and what this looks like is shown in
the first three lines of the output. Situations like this are quite
rare and if they appear they show up very drastically: the program
normally crashes.
The other situation which is much harder to detect are memory leaks. As
you can see in the output the
mtrace function collects all this
information and so can say that the program calls an allocation function
from line 33 in the source file /home/drepper/tst-mtrace.c four
times without freeing this memory before the program terminates.
Whether this is a real problem remains to be investigated.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Memphis forward Zach Randolph has been suspended for Game 7 of the Grizzlies' playoff series against Oklahoma City for punching Thunder center Steven Adams in the jaw.
The ruling Friday by the NBA leaves the Grizzlies without their leading scorer for the deciding game in Oklahoma City on Saturday night.
The play came with 6:42 left in the Thunder's 104-84 victory Thursday night. Randolph first elbowed Adams in the midsection with his left elbow, then struck Adams with his right hand.
Randolph is averaging a team-best 18.2 points in the series.


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A Chinese wine wins a major competition. Now what?
I suppose it was just a matter of time before a Chinese wine won an award in a contest that, at least superficially, looks legitimate.
The wine in question was a 2009 Cabernet blend, Jia Bei Lan, and the contest was Decanter's World Wine Awards, where it won for best Bordeaux wine in its price class (about $15), according to this article in the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald.
There were more than 500 Bordeaux wines in the same competition. One of the judges was none other than Steven Spurrier, who said, "[B]efore this, I'd never tasted a cabernet blend in China I thought was worth paying attention to."
You would think the Chinese would chauvinistically celebrate this triumph. A Chinese Cabernet beating 500 real Bordeaux! But that's not exactly what happened. The article quotes the wine's consulting winemaker, Li Demei, as replying, "No, I don't think so," when asked if Chinese wine "will ever be able to compete with Bordeaux." Li says the climate isn't suitable. The article offers no explanation of how a wine from a lousy climate could win so prestigious a competition.
(By the way, I can't imagine a California winemaker ever saying she didn't think California could compete with Bordeaux! She'd be fired.)
But Li's remark does provide evidence about the subjectivity of consumer perception. Li (who interned at Chateau Palmer) goes on the say that "People in China don't care about local wine. For them, Chateau Lafite is the top, top wine in the world. If we talk about my wine, they say how can you compare your wine with Chateau Lafite?"
Well, you can't, of course, assuming that people know they're drinking Lafite. I am assuming that the Decanter judges drank the Jia Bei Lan wine blind, whereas the Chinese who go on and on about how great Lafite is are staring at the label (and showing it off to everybody around them).
Anyway, we know all that. What's interesting is that, this early in their winemaking experience, the Chinese already are producing a decent Bordeaux-style wine. This makes me wonder what will happen when that vast country starts exporting decent, well-made wines, adding further pressure to the likes of Australia, Chile and California. In their own coverage of the competition, Decanter described Jia Bei Lan as "supple, graceful and ripe but not flashy," and they praised its "excellent length and four-square tannins," which makes it sound rather like a 90 point wine. It beat out some St. Emilion Grand Crus as well as California wines. If you search through the competition's results, you'll see some of the California entries: generally distributor supermarket wines (Barefoot, Blossom Hill, Clos du Bois, Ravenswood Vintners Blend, Turning Leaf, Mondavi Woodbridge, etc).
Before you get all scoffy, consider that those are the wines that most wine drinkers drink because they're affordable. So I do wonder what will happen in ten years time if Jia Bei Lan and other Chinese wines start flooding the international markets. They'll have to design a new label to appeal to non-Chinese, but that won't be hard. We all know the Chinese have a penchant for manufacturing things better and cheaper than anyone on the planet. There's no reason why they can't repeat that pattern with wine.
Better brush up on your Mandarin, bro!
I'd be happy to try it.
Knowing the lack, an sometimes complete absence of Chinese appellation laws I would almost guarantee this wine is like all the other wines produced in China. Maybe, maybe there's 15% wine from Chinese grapes the rest is bulk wine from Chile, Argentina, France, or who knows, maybe even California.
Be careful what you say about large-production wine. This is SF,and we are supposed to drink unheard of wine from unheard of producers. What the world drinks, what most of our neighbors drink, is dismissed by the cognoscenti so please be careful lest you be described as an old man who never amounted to much.
Of course, it will be by some thirty-something who has been into wine for six years and knows far more than you–if you ask him.
I guess they really know how to put the lead in it! [bad]
Seriously, it's cool that the whole world is wide-open now when it comes to wine production and consumption.
There are several areas in Western China (Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region) that are very suitable for growing wine grapes. In particular the Tarim (Kashgar, Yarkand) and Dzungarian (Hami, Yining) Basins, which are huge agricultural (irrigated) areas situated in the Taklamakan and Gurbantunggut Deserts, respectively.
Both areas have plenty of water for irrigation from the melting snows of the Pamir, Koonloon, Tien-Shan and Altai Mountains, and exhibit a harsh (mid to high-altitude) continental desert climate whose numbers are not too different from those displayed by most areas of the Columbia Basin (WA) and the Upper Rio Negro Valley in Argentina.
Jamie Goode had a great take on this
I think the most important point of the article was the winemaker's own admission of the aspects of Chinese culture that will make it difficult for local wines to flourish — prestige and fame usually comes before quality in the case of the chinese. I have first hand experience with this phenomenon, in that Chinese visitors to my winery in Napa only want to taste Cabernet Sauvignon, and they only want to buy if it's over $100. With this being said, there are a few questions this contest brings up.
1. The wine world is getting bigger, that much is true, and its being driven by the new world. But what will happen first? Will the rise of wine in China come from the Chinese tasting better and more diverse wines, or will it come from the west being open to try more and more new things? Could we see a better selection on a Chinese menu before we see a Chinese wine for sale at Target? Culture takes a long time to change, but which would change first in your opinion?
2. Are the Chinese right to assume that Lafite will always be better than the homegrown stuff (or anything else for that matter)? All things being equal, will Lafite ALWAYS be better than something from China, or anywhere else?
"You would think the Chinese would chauvinistically celebrate this triumph. A Chinese Cabernet beating 500 real Bordeaux! But that's not exactly what happened."
And to show that is not exactly what happened, one Chinese citizen — out of a population of ~1.3 billion — is cited. Believe it or not, "the Chinese" do not act in unison, and I know a few that did feel exceptional pride at the success of this wine.
Cheers, Boyce


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Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to 127 million Australian dollars ($87 million) to settle an Australian class action stemming from the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, the German automaker and a lawyer said Monday.
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The settlement was announced in the Federal Court in Sydney by law firm Maurice Blackburn and has yet to be approved by a judge.
Volkswagen will pay between AU$87 million and AU$127 million, depending on how many owners of the affected 100,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda diesel vehicles sold in Australia join the class action, the firm's principal lawyer Julian Schimmel said.
Volkswagen said in a statement that it made no admission of liability in the settlement. Volkswagen has also agreed to pay the plaintiffs' legal costs, which have yet to be assessed.
Volkswagen has paid 30 billion euros ($33.5 billion) in fines and civil settlements around the world after it was revealed that the world's largest automaker after Toyota installed software on diesel vehicles to cheat on emissions tests.
Volkswagen announced in May it had set aside 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for legal risks related to the diesel scandal.
Plaintiff Alister Dalton, a Volkswagen owner, said a good settlement had been reached "I think everyone should be happy with how it's all progressed and what the outcome is," Dalton told reporters.
Robyn Richardson, another plaintiff who owns an Audi, said she was relieved. "It's been a long road. It's been a winding road. There have been peaks and troughs in terms of the work and the demands on the legal team," Richardson said.
Volkswagen said another settlement was close to being finalized with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the competition and trade law watchdog. Details of that settlement remain confidential.
"Volkswagen views the in-principle settlements as a further step toward overcoming the diesel issue," the statement said.


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Iranian lawmakers presented a bill to the parliament's presiding board which could oblige the government to enrich uranium to 60 percent if new sanctions are imposed, media reported Wednesday.
"If the other negotiating parties ratchet up the sanctions, impose new sanctions or violate our country's nuclear right, this bill will immediately oblige the government to... launch the Arak heavy water reactor and produce 60 percent enriched uranium," ISNA news agency quoted lawmaker Mehdi Mousavi-nejad as saying.
Under the landmark deal struck on November 24, Iran agreed to roll back or freeze parts of its nuclear drive for six months in exchange for modest sanctions relief and a promise by Western powers not to impose new sanctions.
Under the accord, Iran pledged to limit uranium enrichment to 5 percent. It will also neutralise its stockpile of medium-enriched material, which is relatively easy to convert to the weapons-grade level of 90 percent or above.
Iran is also committed not to make further advances at its Fordo, Natanz and Arak facilities.
The US administration hopes the interim agreement can buy time for the negotiation of a comprehensive accord and build trust on both sides, but several US lawmakers have called for tougher sanctions, arguing that they can wring more concessions from Tehran.
The Iranian bill, signed by 100 parliamentarians, was presented to the presiding boards but has yet to be approved by the 290-member parliament.
A small heavy water research reactor at the Arak site is of concern because Tehran could theoretically extract weapons-grade plutonium from its spent fuel if it also builds a reprocessing facility. Iran agreed not to build such a facility.
Western powers suspect Iran's nuclear activities mask military objectives, despite repeated denials from Tehran, which insists its programme is entirely peaceful.
Experts from Iran and the P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany -- have been holding difficult negotiations on the implementation of the nuclear accord.
The negotiations have been temporarily suspended because of Christmas holidays.


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Yamagata-born Ken Okuyama designed JR East's new Cruise Train, due to debut in 2017
Okuyama has designed for Porshe and Pininfarina -- the company that designs Ferrari and Maserati
Cruise Train to have 10 carriages that hold maximum of 34 passengers
What happens when you ask a super-car designer to create a super luxurious train? Magic, judging by the above images released by Japanese rail company JR East.
Yamagata-born Ken Okuyama, well-known in automobile design circles, was brought in to style the company's super slick new Cruise Train, due to start chugging down the tracks in spring 2017.
Holding a maximum of 34 passengers, the Cruise Train will have 10 carriages made up of five suites, one deluxe suite, two glass-walled observation cars, a dining car and lounge.
Okuyama has worked as a chief designer for General Motors, a senior designer for Porsche AG and design director for Pininfarina, the company behind the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Quattroporte.
According to his company, Ken Okuyama Design, he wanted to create a train that would allow passengers "to appreciate the flow of the time and space," while enjoying Japan's landscapes and culture throughout the journey.
One of the more unique features is the observation carriage at the front of the train, which allows passengers to see onto the tracks ahead.
The other observation car is at the end of the train.
JR Rail says the train will be fitted with furniture that conveys the nobility of traditional Japanese culture. The Lounge, for instance, is wrapped in graceful curves and features decor inspired by trees.
All suites will have a private bathroom with a shower and toilet, but the top sleeping space is the split level deluxe suite, which sleeps four. On the bottom are two double beds, on the top a traditional Japanese dining area, with seats on the floor.
The train will be able to run on both electric and nonelectric rails.
Can't wait till 2017?
JR East's upcoming Cruise Train won't be the first Japanese train to take the super-luxury route.
JR Kyushu's Seven Stars train, which features Japanese and Western design elements, hit the tracks in the fall of 2013.
This one only travels through the island of Kyushu and has 14 luxury guest rooms, two deluxe suites, three presidential suites, a lounge car, dining car and bar.
Guests can choose either the two- or three-night experience.
The name "Seven Stars" represents the seven prefectures of Kyushu, the seven carriages of the train and the seven main tourist attractions of the island (nature, cuisine, hot springs, history/culture, spiritual sites, local hospitality and sightseeing).
Those who want to take a Seven Stars journey need to apply online. Prices start from ¥180,000 ($1,765) per person for the two-night trip.
No first come first serve here.
The company says that in the event that applications exceed available places, a lottery will be conducted to select participants.


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Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.
Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of Baton Rouge, so she decided to send a message with her decorations. Neighbors complained and police threatened to arrest her, so she and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued the city.
A judge ruled in her favor Thursday.
"I imagine it will be back up before too long," ACLU of Louisiana executive director Marjorie Esman said of the display.
Childs erected the lights on her roof last month. She has removed them twice - once after a police officer told her she could be fined and again after another officer threatened to arrest her, her lawsuit said.
U.S. District Judge James Brady issued an order temporarily barring city officials from interfering with the display. The two-page order said the city's "continued efforts" to prevent Childs from displaying her holiday lights will violate her rights to free speech and due process. He scheduled a Jan. 7 hearing in Baton Rouge.
Denham Springs attorney Paeton Burkett said the city will comply with Brady's order, but she declined to comment on the lawsuit.
"We're going to sit down with everybody involved and see if there's any merit to it," she said.
Mayor Jimmy Durbin and Police Chief Scott Jones, who are named as defendants, didn't immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
The suit said the police department dispatched an officer to Childs' home after several neighbors complained directly to the mayor. The officer told Childs she would be violating the city's "obscenity statute" and could be fined if she didn't take it down, according to the lawsuit. However, Denham Springs doesn't have an obscenity statute, the suit said.
Childs removed the lights but put them back up after the ACLU defended her in an open letter to the city. That time, the display showed two hands with extended middle fingers.
After another round of complaints, the city responded with a "collateral attack," issuing her two tickets, according to the suit. One accused her of obstructing the flow of traffic as she walked down the side of a street. Another ticket accused her of disturbing the peace while singing an impromptu song about her neighborhood dispute while standing in her driveway.
"Childs' impromptu song allegedly contained some obscenities directed at her neighbors, so the city cited her for simple assault," the suit said.
The ACLU would not say exactly what the neighborhood dispute was about, and a no one answered at a telephone listing for Childs.


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I was gifted with courtside basketball tickets. I must say, the prime-connecting perspectives from courtside were impressive and rich! The game was tied at half time. Players entering in and periodically stepping off court to take the bench. The crowds were shouting, coaches' voices were raised with their arms flailing and fingers pointing to identify best practices of each of their respective players.
What was most impressive was the reactions and the responses of the players from both teams, who lined up for the foul shots, each side of the basket, with every other member being an opponent. I listened throughout these foul opportunities which were not foul at all. Rather, opponents encouraged each other to make the shot and take the rebound! Several congratulated their rivals on plays well-done by extending their hands-a quick pat to the shoulder or backside, and then off to fight for the ball with the intention to score. Some had clear shots, making 3 point shots often. Others had that same opportunity, but passed the ball to another to take that very same shot. Additionally, coaches were making individual player corrections which were responded to with nod of respect and affirmation of the message received, with appropriate actions following.
Collaborative prime-connections demonstrated by both teams raised both scores to well over 100 points each and the game went into overtime. Although some players may have had more opportunity to score than others, each of the players' names on both teams were mentioned often and no one name was mentioned particularly more than any other. Each player on each team shared the glory throughout the game, although both teams rivaled hard until the very end.
When I reflect on this example of sportsmanship, this is the kind of team I want to be a part of – at work and at play. Prime-connectors that value their team mates as individuals, know each other's skills, cheer each team member on to success, and who share the loss together or celebrate the win together. Yet, this is no easy endeavor. Surely, connecting to this level takes coaching, practice, discipline and repetition, but what was most appreciated and evident by each player was the gratitude of being able to play a game each one loved.
Indeed, the love of the game was the prime-connector among all the team members which fueled all other these other positive behaviors. The courtside lesson I take from these players is: Redefining where my 'love' lies in any activity? And yours? When life gets muddled, revisit the former 'loves' of your life. Dare to get back into the game! Purpose will be renewed, new prime-connections will be made, old prime-connections will be made new, and joy will be restored. Take a shot-find your love of 'the game' again!


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A technology that could help the environment by eliminating the need to ship a power adapter with every electronics device got a vote of confidence Friday from consumer electronics maker Westinghouse Digital Electronics.
Westinghouse said it had committed to using a smart power technology developed by a start-up company, Green Plug, that aims to let people use a single "universal adapter" to power their laptops, cell phones and other electronics gear.
Most products today ship with a custom adapter that converts AC power from a wall socket into the correct DC power required for each device. Green Plug's technology allows each device to communicate its individual power requirements to the power adapter, allowing several devices to share one adapter.
The technology's success depends partly on getting support from electronics manufacturers, who will need to embed Green Plug's firmware into their devices so that they can send their power requirements to the adapter. That's why Westinghouse's support is significant.
"We know we're not the largest [electronics company] but we are the first, and somebody has to be first," said Darwin Chang, CTO of Westinghouse, which makes LCD televisions, computer monitors, and digital photo frames.
Besides helping the environment, the Green Plug technology will also help Westinghouse to cut its costs, Chang said. Eventually it could stop shipping power adapters with its products because customers will already have a universal adapter at home, he said.
Each adapter will act like a hub that several devices can plug into. The first are expected to go on sale in the first quarter next year for under $100, Chang said. The adapters also will shut off the power supply when a device has finished charging or is turned off, giving further energy savings.
It remains to be seen whether other electronics vendors will follow suit. Green Plug also needs semiconductor makers to build its technology into chips that will go into the universal adapters. Green Plug CEO Frank Paniagua said his company already has one chip-maker on board, though he won't say yet who it is.
Westinghouse made its announcement at the second meeting of the Alliance for Universal Power Supplies, a group comprising electronics vendors, power supply makers, utility companies and others promoting standard power systems to reduce e-waste and inefficiency. The meeting in San Francisco was attended by representatives from Fujitsu, Motorola, Intel and Broadcom, among others.
The stakes for the environment are high. More than 3 billion power adapters will be shipped worldwide this year, up from 2.2 billion just three years ago, according to Greg Lefebre of the environmental consultancy ESS. The growth has been driven by the proliferation of devices like cell phones, MP3 players and digital cameras.
A whopping 434 million consumer electronics devices are "retired" in the U.S. each year, Lefebre said, including 130 million cell phones. In many cases those products, along with their chargers and power adapters, end up in landfills, he said.
Some vendors don't have an incentive to eliminate unique power supplies and connector cables, because they get supplementary revenue stream from selling replacements, Lefebre noted. He cited Apple, which uses a proprietary connector for the iPod, as a prime example.
There are other hurdles too. Code Cubitt of Motorola Ventures, speaking on a panel here, said product managers are fixated on providing a good "out of the box" experience. If the company ships a product without an adapter, and the consumer doesn't have a universal adapter at home, it creates a bad impression of the company.
Another issue is liability. If a company ships a product and a consumer plugs it into another vendor's universal adapter and it starts a house fire, all the parties involved could find themselves in court. That problem will be lessened if the product vendor can show it conformed to an industry standard, said Armando Castro of the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
In China, where 500 million cell phones were manufactured last year, the government has regulated that all cell phone chargers, including those imported, have a standard USB interface and output voltage, so consumers don't need a new one with every new phone.
Such regulations are unlikely in the U.S., but if the industry doesn't get its act together then the federal government may start to intervene in some way, speakers here said.
Green Plug offers its firmware to electronics makers for free so they can make their devices support its power specification, and it hopes to make money by licensing the technology to chip-makers. The cost to vendors to include the technology in each device will be about $2, Paniagua said.


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One of the things on my list of "to do" items was to take a photo of the statue of Santa Margherita. I don't know how I can't remember seeing this wonderful statue the last time I was in Santa Margherita Ligure back in 2003. It is located right near where the boats depart for Rapallo, Portofino, and San Fruttuoso. María posted a wonderful photo of this statue on her blog a couple of months ago. I was not able to capture this statue as well as María did, but here are my three tries.
The inscription on the base of the statue:
According to Debra Cole-Weber of the Pittsburgh, Pa. post-gazette.com, the statue of Santa Margherita faces the sea to pray for the safe return of the fishermen of her city.


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Paint Sprayer ReviewsUpdated: Sep. 29, 2022
We put 6 high-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) paint sprayers to the test
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Small paint sprayers
Many of us here at Family Handyman have used small paint sprayers in the past with limited success, so we wondered whether the current batch was an improvement. We decided to test some to find out the best paint sprayer. We focused on small sprayers under $200 that could spray latex paint and other water-based finishes.
A quick survey of readily available sprayers revealed two categories: airless sprayers with a small built-in pump, and high-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) sprayers that rely on a vacuum cleaner–type turbine. In the past, most handheld sprayers were the airless type. They were often nicknamed "buzz guns" for the loud buzzing noise created by the pump. Recently, however, more consumer-grade HVLP sprayers have become available, and we decided to concentrate our efforts on this group.
Unlike airless sprayers, most HVLP sprayers in this price range can't shoot unthinned latex paint. However, they have a few advantages that we think make them worth considering. First, they're quieter and the noise they make is less annoying—more like a vacuum cleaner. Plus, they put more finish on the project and less into the air, which is better in many ways. And finally, the good ones apply a very fine and controllable finish that enables a beginner to successfully finish woodwork, cabinets and furniture.
Features we like in paint sprayers
A tight spray pattern
Our test revealed a large variation in spray patterns. The less expensive paint sprayers with smaller turbines and plastic spray tips produced a pattern that was spread out with foggy edges and large paint spatters. On the other end of the spectrum, the Graco electric paint sprayer produced very fine paint particles in a tight spray pattern with minimal spray beyond the edges, allowing you to get a super-smooth finish with good control.
No thinning needed
The Wagner PaintREADY and PaintREADY System can both spray unthinned latex, but the resulting finish has a bit of texture. We cheated on the viscosity recommended for the Graco and Rockler sprayers and were able to spray unthinned latex with them. We suspect this was due to the more powerful turbines and the good-quality needle and tip sets on these two sprayers.
Brass needle and tip sets
The paint sprayers that produced the best finish had a brass needle and spray tips, just like pro-grade HVLP sprayers. These tips are removable for easy cleaning and can be replaced if they wear out. The Rockler electric paint sprayer includes two different size needles and tips for efficient spraying of thicker and thinner material. You can order other tips for the Graco sprayer from Graco.
Instant spray pattern adjustments
All the spray guns have a shield on the tip that can be adjusted to spray a vertical stripe, horizontal stripe or round pattern. Some require you to loosen a large nut before adjusting the pattern, and you end up with paint on your hands in the process. The Graco gun has a lever that you simply push from side to side to change the pattern. It's easy and foolproof. The Wagner PaintREADY gun also has an easy-to-use spray pattern adjuster.
Easy flow control
All the spray guns have an adjustable flow control to change the amount of material being sprayed. Most have a threaded stop near the trigger that you turn in or out. This limits the trigger movement and changes the position of the needle relative to the spray tip, essentially changing the size of the spray tip opening. The Black & Decker spray gun has an adjusting knob where the hose enters the gun. The knob is easy to turn, and an indicator graph shows the setting. The Graco gun has a nice thumbscrew adjuster.
The option to spray thick or thin
Wagner allows you to spray unthinned latex and thinner materials by providing two front ends in its PaintREADY System. all the other sprayers we tested spray thinned latex paint only, although the Rockler electric sprayer includes two needles and tips so you can optimize the spray pattern for thicker or thinner material.
Manufacturers claim all kinds of features, but here are the ones we think are the most important. Besides the features we mention, you may see claims about easy cleaning or additional adjustments. The truth is that all of these sprayers require disassembly for thorough cleaning, and the only adjustments you really need are for the spray pattern and the paint flow.
A powerful turbine
While airless sprayers are rated by how many gallons per hour they can spray, HVLPs are usually rated by the wattage of the turbine. The theory is that the higher the wattage, the more pressure the turbine can create. and higher pressure allows better atomization of the paint and allows more viscous (thicker) materials to be sprayed. Wattage is only one part of the equation to find the best paint sprayer, but in general, more is better. The Rockler turbine is rated at 1,000 watts, with the Wagner PaintREADY System turbine coming in second at 540 watts.
How We Tested
All of these HVLP sprayers include thinning instructions and a "viscosity cup" to help determine the right amount of solvent—in our case, water—to add. We started by thinning a few gallons of water-base paint enough to meet every sprayer manufacturer's recommendation so we could compare the sprayers with the same viscosity of paint.
Then we sprayed a band of paint for eight seconds with the spray tip held 1 ft. from the surface. We compared the coverage, spray pattern and paint particle size. This gave us a good idea of each sprayer's performance. Next, we practiced on walls and raised-panel doors to get some real-world experience. Finally, we compared features and components. Read on to see what we discovered.
HVLP Sprayer Reviews
GRACO Spraystation 2900 HV2900
Graco, which has made professional-grade sprayers for decades, has ventured into the consumer market with this HVLP sprayer. And you can tell Graco has experience making sprayers. The spray pattern is well contained with very little spatter. Paint coverage is great, and the paint particle size is small enough for a smooth finish.
Features we like include the spray-pattern adjusting lever on the front of the gun, the pro-style metal spray tip and onboard storage of gun and hose. Graco includes a DVD with instructions for using the gun. This sprayer received high marks for the quality of the spray and well-planned features.
WAGNER PaintREADY System 0529003
Wagner's PaintREADY System includes a separate turbine and hose, and two "front ends" that snap onto the spray gun handle, allowing you to spray thick and thin materials efficiently. The additional pressure supplied by the stand-alone 540-watt turbine provides a little better spray quality than you get from the sprayers with onboard turbines. This Wagner paint sprayer is a good choice for maximum versatility, but the fine-finish sprayer still doesn't rival the finish quality of the Graco or Rockler.
WAGNER Control Spray Double Duty 0518050
Wagner has a long history of making small, consumer-grade sprayers and offers many models of both airless and HVLP-type sprayers. This HVLP sprayer with built-in turbine is a solid performer that can apply a better-than-average finish with properly thinned material. This "double-duty" model includes a larger, 1-1/2-qt. material cup for larger exterior projects. If you don't want to spend more than $100 on a Wagner paint sprayer, we think this one is a good choice.
WAGNER PaintREADY Sprayer 0529002
The PaintREADY sprayer (available through our affiliate program with Amazon) is the only HVLP sprayer in this group that's intended for use with unthinned latex paint. And Wagner acknowledges that the paint particles are not as fine as those from the other sprayers, resulting in a "textured" paint surface. Our tests confirmed that this sprayer can handle unthinned latex paint and that the paint surface has a little texture when dry.
This sprayer would work well for exterior projects where a fine finish isn't necessary. But we wouldn't recommend it for spraying woodwork, cabinets or furniture. This is a good sprayer for its intended use, but if you want more versatility, consider spending a little more money for the PaintREADY System.
ROCKLER HVLP Spray Gun Set HVLP-1000
The Rockler sprayer (available through our affiliate program with Amazon) doesn't include any fancy features, just a powerful turbine and a no-nonsense spray gun with a pro-style metal tip. After the Graco, this sprayer applied the best spray pattern with even coverage and a well-confined pattern.
This is the only sprayer in our test that includes a choice of two tip and needle sets for spraying thick or thin material. The more powerful turbine allowed us to use thicker paint with this sprayer.
BLACK & DECKER Smartselect HVLP W. Floor Turbine BDPH400
This sprayer applied the least amount of paint among the sprayers tested. But this doesn't mean it's a bad sprayer, just that it will take a little longer to apply the same amount of paint. The twist knob located on the back of the gun makes paint flow adjustments easier than with most other models we tried. This gun isn't our first choice, but it would work great for small projects.
Hands-on With HVLP Sprayers
If you've never used one, you'll be surprised at the easy-to-control spray of an HVLP sprayer. The turbine sounds like a vacuum cleaner and blows a stream of low-pressure air that puts just enough pressure on the paint in the container to push some up into the stream of air flowing through the gun. There it's broken up by the spray tip and blown onto the surface.
Consumer-grade HVLP turbines like the ones we're looking at in this article lack the power to do a great job with unthinned latex. So the first thing you need to do if you're using water-base paint is to thin it. each of the sprayers includes a funnel-like viscosity cup for this purpose. To use it, you fill the cup and time how long it takes for the paint to run out through the funnel. you thin the paint until it runs out in the specified amount of time. Strain the thinned paint through a mesh filter and fill the paint container to get started.
One problem we discovered when using thinned paint in HVLP sprayers is that it's very easy to apply too much paint, which results in runs. Plan to apply several thin coats rather than one or two thick ones. also read the instruction manual for tips on setup, spray techniques and cleanup procedure. With a little practice, we're sure you'll be able to master an HVLP and apply a professional-looking finish on woodwork, cabinets and furniture.
Best airless sprayers that are a good choice for outdoor work
Wagner Model 0525032
Wagner makes several versions of handheld airless sprayers. The Power Painter Max shown here (available through our affiliate program with Amazon) includes a flexible paint pickup tube so you can spray at any angle, a two-speed pump, and an adapter and hose so you can spray from a paint can instead of the attached paint container.
Ryobi Model P650K
In addition to being powered by an 18-volt lithium ion battery, this Ryobi airless sprayer (P650K) (available through our affiliate program with Amazon) includes a pro-style reversible spray tip that allows you to clear the clogged tip easily by simply twisting the tip 180 degrees.
As the name implies, these sprayers don't rely on a stream of air to propel the paint. Instead, the paint is drawn into a small cylinder and pressed out under high pressure by a piston. The piston pump is what makes these guns noisy. Because there's no air, a lot more paint comes out of the spray tip. The high pressure created by the pump allows the guns to spray unthinned latex paint, but it also creates a lot of overspray and fine particles of paint dust in the air. That's why these sprayers are better for outdoor use or new construction where the overspray and fine paint dust aren't such a problem.
Airless sprayers can be a little finicky since the piston must be kept clean and lubricated, and the spray tip can clog easily. If you're willing to spend a little more money, there are two handheld airless sprayers on the market that include a pro-style reversible spray tip. The Ryobi (shown) and the Graco TrueCoat sprayer both have tips that you can spin 180 degrees to blow out clogs. The Graco model also allows you to exchange tips for different spray patterns. But these sprayers cost $180 to $200, well above the average.
If you don't mind the noise, need to paint large surfaces quickly, and don't want to mess with thinning the paint, then an airless sprayer is a good choice. For less overspray and a finer finish on interior projects, HVLP is a better choice.


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This was one species that took me by surprise. The Epaulet Skimmer's main habitat is in north Africa, and though known in the Iberian Peninsula, I had no idea they'd be as abundant as they proved to be today. Every time we approached the water they seemed to be there, mostly, like the one pictured here, immature males – though this is so nearly mature it makes little difference.


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Patrick Reed has been as good as the weather and course conditions at the Humana Challenge in La Quinta — and just as predictable.
Another sunny, calm day. Another 9-under 63.
Reed broke the PGA Tour record for relation to par for the first 54 holes, finishing at 27 under Saturday to take a seven-stroke lead into the final round.
Playing over a pond as still as the plastic swans PGA West uses to scare away geese, Reed birdied his final hole on the Nicklaus Private Course, hitting a wedge to 2 feet on the par-4 ninth. He also had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey.
"Any time you set a record on the PGA Tour it means you're doing something right," Reed said. "Well, a lot of things right. But at the same time it doesn't matter if you have the 54-hole lead. All that matters at the end is at the end of Sunday."
The 23-year-old Reed broke the mark of 25 under set by Gay Brewer in the 1967 Pensacola Open and matched by Ernie Els in the 2003 Tournament of Champions, Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic and Pat Perez in the 2009 La Quinta event. Reed was one off Stricker's stroke record of 188 set on a par-71 course.
"Almost seems like I'm in a putting coma," said Reed, the first player in tour history to open an event with three rounds of 63 or better. "The hole seems huge. It almost feels like I can't miss. It's interesting because when I do miss a putt, I get really frustrated because I almost feel like I should make it."
The Wyndham Championship winner in August, Reed opened Thursday on the Arnold Palmer Private Course and played La Quinta Country Club on Friday. He has played the 11 par 5s in 11 under, the 28 par 4s in 12 under and the 13 par 3s in 4 under.
Charley Hoffman and Brendon Todd were tied for second. Hoffman, the 2007 winner, had a 66 on the Palmer course — the site of the final round. Todd shot 68 at La Quinta.
Reed's seven-stroke margin is the largest entering the final round in event history, a stroke more than Rik Massengale took into his 1977 victory. David Duval overcame a seven-stroke deficit to win in 1999, closing with a 59 on the Palmer course. Last year, Brian Gay began the last day six strokes behind and ended up winning in a playoff.
Reed eagled the par-5 16th on his first nine, hitting a 5-iron from 212 yards to 3 feet. Using his 50-degree wedge — the club he hit close on the final hole — on the par-4 sixth, he nearly holed a 125-yard approach, with the ball spinning back by the cup.
European Tour
Phil Mickelson surged up the leaderboard with a 9-under 63 to put himself in second place after the third round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, while Rory McIlroy was hit with a two-shot penalty for a rules infraction that dropped him into a tie for fourth.
Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total.