Vosque is a contest-based art community online artistic community. It was first launched on November, 2007 by Mason Murphy and Adam Charlton.
Vosque aims to provide a place for any artist, photographer, writer, or Flash artist to submit his or her works. It also provides a community of like-minded individuals that can criticize others work.
Vosque features many forms of creative expression organized in a comprehensive category structure. The artwork on display includes photography, digital art, traditional art, literature and skins for applications.
Origins
Vosque was inspired by projects like morguefile.com and other contest sites. Vosque was a mix of contest sites and sites like morguefile.com. The developer of Vosque is Mason Murphy.
Many of the individuals involved with the initial development and promotion of Vosque still hold positions with the project, from administrators to volunteers.
Where It Was Made
Vosque.com was created at Pendleton High School in Pendleton Oregon.
Vosque Pages of Founders
*Mason Murphy
*Shelley Murphy
Vosque aims to provide a place for any artist, photographer, writer, or Flash artist to submit his or her works. It also provides a community of like-minded individuals that can criticize others work.
Vosque features many forms of creative expression organized in a comprehensive category structure. The artwork on display includes photography, digital art, traditional art, literature and skins for applications.
Origins
Vosque was inspired by projects like morguefile.com and other contest sites. Vosque was a mix of contest sites and sites like morguefile.com. The developer of Vosque is Mason Murphy.
Many of the individuals involved with the initial development and promotion of Vosque still hold positions with the project, from administrators to volunteers.
Where It Was Made
Vosque.com was created at Pendleton High School in Pendleton Oregon.
Vosque Pages of Founders
*Mason Murphy
*Shelley Murphy
Bluematter. is a blog focused on economics run by an anonymous economist. The blog's slogan is "Economics, politics and everything else." The site is updated daily and publishes current events, analyzes economic issues and suggests weekly recommendations of the best of the web. With its first publication written in April 2007, Bluematter quickly attained a significant readership and was quoted by various respectable websites such as Business Week and the Financial Times. As of December 2007, Bluematter has a PageRank of 5.
Themes
Some articles follow common themes, including "Friday Specials", which post each Friday a selection of interesting websites.
Themes
Some articles follow common themes, including "Friday Specials", which post each Friday a selection of interesting websites.
General information
Warm Blankets Orphan Care is a Christian charity that works to rescue orphans in third world countries through establishing and supporting church-based Family Homes.
Orphan Care Model
Every home shares a building with a local Christian church. Orphans live on the top level with the caregivers, while the ground level is where the church and community meet. Each home has the capacity to house about 40 children. The leaders are all indigenous people, which helps to prevent the assimilation that can often occur with "western" missionaries. Some examples of their orphan homes can be found here: http://www.warmblankets.org/home_pictures/gallery.asp
Widows are the principal caregivers in each orphan care facility. The organization intends to help orphans and widows simultaneously, as they can relate emotionally and psychologically over their losses. The staff ratio is one caregiver for every five children. Their focus on orphans and widows is based upon James 1:27 and other biblical verses.
Other Major Programs
This organization is also involved in anti-trafficking efforts , as orphans are often targeted to work in the child sex industry or in sweat shop factories.
Locations
Warm Blankets Orphan Care International has over 140 homes total in Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and have recently expanded into Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Their main office is located in Rolling Meadows, IL.
Fiscal Responsibility
Warm Blankets Orphan Care International uses unbiased third parties to review their financial information such as ECFA and Charity Navigator . All money allotted to orphan care is used for orphan care.
Warm Blankets Orphan Care is a Christian charity that works to rescue orphans in third world countries through establishing and supporting church-based Family Homes.
Orphan Care Model
Every home shares a building with a local Christian church. Orphans live on the top level with the caregivers, while the ground level is where the church and community meet. Each home has the capacity to house about 40 children. The leaders are all indigenous people, which helps to prevent the assimilation that can often occur with "western" missionaries. Some examples of their orphan homes can be found here: http://www.warmblankets.org/home_pictures/gallery.asp
Widows are the principal caregivers in each orphan care facility. The organization intends to help orphans and widows simultaneously, as they can relate emotionally and psychologically over their losses. The staff ratio is one caregiver for every five children. Their focus on orphans and widows is based upon James 1:27 and other biblical verses.
Other Major Programs
This organization is also involved in anti-trafficking efforts , as orphans are often targeted to work in the child sex industry or in sweat shop factories.
Locations
Warm Blankets Orphan Care International has over 140 homes total in Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and have recently expanded into Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Their main office is located in Rolling Meadows, IL.
Fiscal Responsibility
Warm Blankets Orphan Care International uses unbiased third parties to review their financial information such as ECFA and Charity Navigator . All money allotted to orphan care is used for orphan care.
The E-flite P-47D Thunderbolt 400 is an intermediate to advanced electric-powered almost ready-to-fly foam park flyer-class airplane designed, manufactured and distributed by E-flite, a division of Horizon Hobby of Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Introduced shortly before the 2005 holiday season, the P-47D is E-flite's first scale warbird. Injection molded in CA-compatible EPS foam, the subassemblies of the P-47D are fully painted and decorated as is a pilot figure. Injection molding allows for deep, crisp, prototypically correct panel lines; an assembled P-47D makes an attractive static model when not in use. An interesting detail may be observed around the engine cowl. Speckles of aluminum-colored paint represent the chipped paint often seen on the prototype. The aileron servos and their wiring harnesses are hidden from view by vacuum-molded covers attached with Velcro and simulated machine gun barrels come pre-installed on the leading edges of the wing. The paint scheme with its distinctive yellow and black checkerboard pattern represents an actual aircraft flown in the spring of 1944 in Foggia, Italy by flying ace Lt. Cecil O. Dean of the 317th Fighter Squadron/325th Fighter Group of the Fifteenth Air Force. A similar plane, number 11, was flown in that same squadron by Herschel Green (1920-2006), another of World War II's greatest aces.
The model is designed for easy and quick final assembly. Control surfaces come pre-installed as do a carbon fiber wing spar, the pilot, the canopy, motor mount, all decals and control horns. Pushrods are precut with Z-bends and pre-installed clevises. Landing gear wheels and tires are pre-mounted as well; Horizon Hobby claims that the P-47D can be assembled and flight ready in two to four hours. Several propulsion setup options are discussed in the instruction manual and the plane can be built with or without the included landing gear and simulated, wing-mounted bombs and pylons. Because of the various propulsion options available, a stick of modeling clay is included to help weight the nose in order to achieve the proper center of gravity. The balancing points are clearly marked with the letters "CG" on top of the wing. The rudder, vertical stabilizer and fuselage are molded as a unit and requires the rudder be cut from the tail, then trimmed and hinged in order to make it functional.
The recommended setups and their catalog numbers are:
*Use of the brushed 480 and gearbox included with the kit
*4200kv E-flite Park 400 inrunner brushless motor (EFLM1100) with a change from the enclosed 56-tooth spur to a 65-tooth spur (EFLM243), 10-tooth pinion (EFLM1951) and Park 400 heat sink (EFLM1912)
*920kv E-flite Park 400 outrunner (EFLM1305)
*890kv E-flite Park 450 outrunner (EFLM1400)
An adapter to allow use of an outrunner is included with the kit. Use of the included 10x8E propeller is recommended for all but the geared 4200kv setup for which E-flite recommends the use of their 11x7 slow-flyer prop (EFLP1170, sold in packs of two) and enclosed large-to-small hex adapter. A 5/32" drill is required to ream out the propeller. Should one wish to use an APC-styled prop with the supplied gearbox, a suitable adapter is provided although the manual makes no mention of it.
Glossary
*APC: Abbreviation for Advanced Precision Composites, a brand of composite model aircraft propellers
*Brushed motor: An electric motor through which current is applied to the motor's commutator via the use of molded, soft metallic devices called "brushes"
*Brushless motor: An electric motor which relies on rapidly switching electromagnets to spin the armature
*Inrunner: An electric motor whose moving parts and magnets are contained within its shell
*Kv: A term applying primarily to permanent magnet DC motors (both brushed and brushess) and which refers to RPMs per volt. For example, a motor rated at 920kv simply means that the motor will spin approximately 920 rpm at one volt (slightly less, due to resistive losses in the motor)
*Outrunner: An electric motor in which the outer shell rotates around the fixed inner shell. A motor found in a CD-ROM drive is a good example of an outrunner
Specifications
*Wingspan: 39" (990mm)
*Length: 32" (813mm)
*Wing area: 260 sq in (168 sq cm)
*Flying weight: 21–26 oz (595-737g)
*Stock propulsion: Geared 480 with 10x8E propeller
*Radio requirements: Three-channel or greater; at least four-channel if rudder is used
*Recommended servo: E-flite S-75 7.5-gram sub-micro (EFLRS75) or equivalent; a 6" Y-harness (JR JSP98020 or equivalent) is required to operate the aileron servos via a single channel
*Recommended ESC: 20-ampere brushed (Castle Creations Pixie-20 CSEP20P or equivalent) or 20-ampere brushless (E-flite EFLA311B or equivalent)
*Recommended battery: 2100mAh 3S lithium polymer (Thunder Power THP21003SPL or equivalent) or nine-cell 1000mAh nickel metal hydride (ParkZone PKZ1027)
*Catalog number: EFL6000
*Average price: US$89.99
External links and reference
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*[http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t435963&pp15 P-47D forum at rcgroups.com]
Introduced shortly before the 2005 holiday season, the P-47D is E-flite's first scale warbird. Injection molded in CA-compatible EPS foam, the subassemblies of the P-47D are fully painted and decorated as is a pilot figure. Injection molding allows for deep, crisp, prototypically correct panel lines; an assembled P-47D makes an attractive static model when not in use. An interesting detail may be observed around the engine cowl. Speckles of aluminum-colored paint represent the chipped paint often seen on the prototype. The aileron servos and their wiring harnesses are hidden from view by vacuum-molded covers attached with Velcro and simulated machine gun barrels come pre-installed on the leading edges of the wing. The paint scheme with its distinctive yellow and black checkerboard pattern represents an actual aircraft flown in the spring of 1944 in Foggia, Italy by flying ace Lt. Cecil O. Dean of the 317th Fighter Squadron/325th Fighter Group of the Fifteenth Air Force. A similar plane, number 11, was flown in that same squadron by Herschel Green (1920-2006), another of World War II's greatest aces.
The model is designed for easy and quick final assembly. Control surfaces come pre-installed as do a carbon fiber wing spar, the pilot, the canopy, motor mount, all decals and control horns. Pushrods are precut with Z-bends and pre-installed clevises. Landing gear wheels and tires are pre-mounted as well; Horizon Hobby claims that the P-47D can be assembled and flight ready in two to four hours. Several propulsion setup options are discussed in the instruction manual and the plane can be built with or without the included landing gear and simulated, wing-mounted bombs and pylons. Because of the various propulsion options available, a stick of modeling clay is included to help weight the nose in order to achieve the proper center of gravity. The balancing points are clearly marked with the letters "CG" on top of the wing. The rudder, vertical stabilizer and fuselage are molded as a unit and requires the rudder be cut from the tail, then trimmed and hinged in order to make it functional.
The recommended setups and their catalog numbers are:
*Use of the brushed 480 and gearbox included with the kit
*4200kv E-flite Park 400 inrunner brushless motor (EFLM1100) with a change from the enclosed 56-tooth spur to a 65-tooth spur (EFLM243), 10-tooth pinion (EFLM1951) and Park 400 heat sink (EFLM1912)
*920kv E-flite Park 400 outrunner (EFLM1305)
*890kv E-flite Park 450 outrunner (EFLM1400)
An adapter to allow use of an outrunner is included with the kit. Use of the included 10x8E propeller is recommended for all but the geared 4200kv setup for which E-flite recommends the use of their 11x7 slow-flyer prop (EFLP1170, sold in packs of two) and enclosed large-to-small hex adapter. A 5/32" drill is required to ream out the propeller. Should one wish to use an APC-styled prop with the supplied gearbox, a suitable adapter is provided although the manual makes no mention of it.
Glossary
*APC: Abbreviation for Advanced Precision Composites, a brand of composite model aircraft propellers
*Brushed motor: An electric motor through which current is applied to the motor's commutator via the use of molded, soft metallic devices called "brushes"
*Brushless motor: An electric motor which relies on rapidly switching electromagnets to spin the armature
*Inrunner: An electric motor whose moving parts and magnets are contained within its shell
*Kv: A term applying primarily to permanent magnet DC motors (both brushed and brushess) and which refers to RPMs per volt. For example, a motor rated at 920kv simply means that the motor will spin approximately 920 rpm at one volt (slightly less, due to resistive losses in the motor)
*Outrunner: An electric motor in which the outer shell rotates around the fixed inner shell. A motor found in a CD-ROM drive is a good example of an outrunner
Specifications
*Wingspan: 39" (990mm)
*Length: 32" (813mm)
*Wing area: 260 sq in (168 sq cm)
*Flying weight: 21–26 oz (595-737g)
*Stock propulsion: Geared 480 with 10x8E propeller
*Radio requirements: Three-channel or greater; at least four-channel if rudder is used
*Recommended servo: E-flite S-75 7.5-gram sub-micro (EFLRS75) or equivalent; a 6" Y-harness (JR JSP98020 or equivalent) is required to operate the aileron servos via a single channel
*Recommended ESC: 20-ampere brushed (Castle Creations Pixie-20 CSEP20P or equivalent) or 20-ampere brushless (E-flite EFLA311B or equivalent)
*Recommended battery: 2100mAh 3S lithium polymer (Thunder Power THP21003SPL or equivalent) or nine-cell 1000mAh nickel metal hydride (ParkZone PKZ1027)
*Catalog number: EFL6000
*Average price: US$89.99
External links and reference
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*[http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t435963&pp15 P-47D forum at rcgroups.com]