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The Eucharist is a liturgical meal of bread and wine, which is almost always preceded by a service of reading the Scriptures. Christians attribute the origin of the Eucharist to Jesus Christ himself at the Last Supper on the night before he died. Many Christians regard the Eucharist as a sacrament and as their central ritual, and many celebrate the Eucharist weekly or even more often. This sacred meal has had various names throughout history: the Lord's Supper, Holy Communion, the Offering, the Divine Liturgy, the Mass. The most common name in the early 21st century, however, is Eucharist, which derives from the Greek word Eucharistia, a thanksgiving.
What we know since the 3rd century as the basic form of the Christian Eucharist is most probably the result of a number of trajectories from the first 150 years of Christianity coming together, including: fellowship meals in remembrance of Jesus, celebrations of his passion and resurrection, and the tradition of his significant meals such as the Last Supper and the Supper at Emmaus (Luke 24).
In the late 4th and 5th centuries, many local traditions coalesced to produce (1) a basic common form of Eucharistic liturgy consisting of entrance rite, liturgy of the word, homily, prayers, the sharing of a kiss of peace, presentation of gifts of bread and wine, Eucharistic prayer, Lord's Prayer, fraction of the bread, distribution of communion, and dismissal; and (2) the various traditional liturgical families tied to major Christian cities: Byzantine (Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch), Coptic (Alexandria), East Syrian (Edessa), and Roman.
The church of the first millennium knew a common affirmation of the understanding of Christ's real presence in the Eucharistic elements as well as a variety of ways of expressing the notion of Eucharist as sacrifice. The first controversies over how to express Christ's presence arose in the 9th century, and they rose to a crescendo with Berengar of Tours in the 11th century. The most sophisticated explanation of that presence (transubstantiation) was provided by Thomas Aquinas in the mid-13th century.
The Protestant reformers of the 16th century made various criticisms of traditional Roman Catholic theology and practice. They insisted on using the language of the people, giving communion in both bread and wine, and dismissing the language of Eucharistic sacrifice. The Reformed tradition (John Calvin) and the Lutheran differed considerably, however, on how to affirm Christ's presence in the Eucharistic celebration, with Luther taking a much more realist position and Calvin a more "spiritual" understanding. The Church of England was reluctant to take sides in this discussion and its own theological position on the Eucharist remains a matter of debate.
The liturgical movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, combined with renewed interest in biblical and patristic scholarship, has produced a remarkable convergence among various Christian churches, and it has led to Eucharistic liturgies among Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and Methodists that bear a notable similarity to one another.
Keywords: Eucharist, Holy Communion, divine liturgy, Eucharistic sacrifice, transubstantiation, Anaphora, Eucharistic prayer, Mass
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Arlington, Texas
The Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation proudly brings the youth of the Diocese of Fort Worth together for Spirit Games, a day of fun, faith, and competition!
Games include:
Registration begins at 10:00 AM with an outdoor mass lead by Bishop Olson at 11:00.
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Have you ever felt insecure about your mid-section? You're definitely not alone. Whether you've felt uncomfortable without a shirt on in summer or less-than-average in those jeans through winter… we've all been there.
Did you know that there are two types of abdominal fat?
Subcutaneous fat is the type that you can pinch and prevents us from seeing any sign of 'abs'. Although it is not necessarily bad for our health, it can make us feel insecure about our appearance. Visceral fat is hormonal and relates to the fat cells sitting around your heart, lungs, liver and other organs – this stuff is harmful! Sure, we need some of it for 'cushioning' around our organs, but if you have too much of it you are more likely to be at risk. Some of the biggest risk factors of visceral fat include increased blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin sensitivity and is linked to diabetes and heart disease.
When people slim down through exercise and diet, visceral fat disappears twice as fast as subcutaneous fat according to Dr. Klein, Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science at Washington University School of Medicine. One of the easiest ways to measure this is to get a body scan – enquire through your GP or local fitness centre.
Spot-training your abdominal muscles will help grow and strengthen your core - the higher the intensity of this training the better chance of burning fat. Just remember, good nutrition is just as important for losing belly fat – eat fewer processed foods, watch your portions and increase your protein and fibre intake.
Having strength through your core will improve your stability and your range of motion as well as helping to maintain a good posture. The following workout will target your abdominal muscles that connect to the spine, pelvis and shoulders. Exercising these muscles provide the foundation for all arm and leg movements and will help to prevent injury from poor posture.
What I want you to do during the workout (especially the first time that you try this one out!) is to focus on the activation and movement of the muscles. Make sure to move from your waist rather than your hips – and don't forget to breathe!
Equipment needed: none!
All you need is a carpeted floor or mat.
10 x Burpees
20 x Leg Raises
30 x Reverse Crunches
40 x Bicycle Crunches
50 x Mountain Climbers
Repeat 3 – 5 times.
Rest for 30 - 45 seconds between each set.
Complete this 2 – 3 times per week – try to include it as a 'cool down' after your cardio sessions. This workout should only take 15-20 minutes.


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We are excited to share some photos with you from the Francis/Goodrich wedding that we designed at the Donald W. Reynolds center in Poteau, OK. This was such a fun group to work with from start to finish! We were able to transform the event space into an elegant, spring inspired reception atmosphere. Enjoy!
Venue - Donald W. Reynolds Center
Photo Credits - Holly Cooper Photography
Black Crown - Design, Coordination, Lighting, Drapery, DJ, Photobooth, Accent Furniture


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What sort of help is available?
The most important point here is that there is help available for everyone who has a problem so long as you want it! Absolutely anyone with an addiction can beat it (so long as it is not too late) and everyone can go on to lead a happy and independent life. It may not feel like a reality now but we promise you it is a truth. We know literally hundreds of people – many of whom felt like hopeless cases – who have proved that together we really can get better.
The help available comes in many different forms. Our job is to find the right help for you depending on the nature of your problem and your personal circumstances. You may need or be directed by us to any of the following
Alcohol & Drug Detox:
If you have an alcohol, drug or prescription medication addiction, you will probably need help in stopping to drink / take the drugs / medication. Sometimes a medically supervised detox treatment is absolutely vital as it can be dangerous to suddenly stop drinking, for example. Your body has become so dependent on the alcohol or drugs that if it does not get what it is expecting, then it can go into shock – which can mean you have fits (like epileptic fits), hallucinations, sweats, shakes etc. Fits can be life threatening. So if you have been drinking or using drugs or medication for a long time, just trying to stop through willpower is not advisable.
A detox can be medically supervised at home – you will need to see your GP. It is more comfortable for you if you can have it in a detox or rehab facility as then you are kept absolutely safe away from any temptation, and are cared for during your detox. We will advise you of the best option for you, depending on your circumstances
Residential treatment:
A detox will only address the physical addiction and get your body clean. Of course this will make you feel a lot better but the psychological addiction – the constant thinking about alcohol, drugs , medication, gambling etc will remain. The chances are that if this is not dealt with then at some point you will go back to the substance you have abused in the past (relapse).
A Rehab Center will address the psychological / mental addiction with you and help you to really gain freedom in your mind from your alcohol or drug addiction. They will give you the tools to live a clean and sober life and point you in the right direction so that this can continue once you leave their facility.
Rehab Treatment Centers are not cheap but we can make sure we recommend the most appropriate one for you that will give you the best value for your money. We will explain the costs to you in detail so that there are no surprises
We can even arrange transport for you to get to the treatment center. We want to make things as simple as possible.
Just about everyone in active addiction is not completely happy and sometimes counselling can help to address the underlying issues. If you will benefit from some one to one counselling we will be able to advise you and put you in touch with a counsellor local to you who can help and support you with getting well.
Local services:
There are local addiction services that you can access which are publicly funded. If this is the best way forward for you, we will provide information to help you to get in touch with these and advise you what they can do for you.
Local support groups:
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I got one of these a few months back, am incredibly pleased with it.
5 mins to fit and check side float clearance, another 5 mins to refit appropriately shimmed. Turned on Garmin, spin of pedals and connected first time.
Power readings are similar ride on ride for effort and conditions. Can't validate accuracy with my setup but it is remarkable consistent with no obvious rogue data in hundreds of miles. The power readings have been consistent with the Wattbikes I use so no reason to doubt.
Almost swapped out crankset and got a Gen 2 stages, but seeing the problems my ride buddy has put me off (he ended up sending it back twice, first ran out batteries overnight and on the second the power constantly crept up during a ride - he eventually got a 4iiii instead).
The arms are same fitment as the SL-K Light crankset I took off, so could save a little weight over the alloy arm.
Supplied by Swift Cycles in central London, they have looked after me really well since discovered them a couple of years ago.


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Hidden in the depths of the Candid Arts Centre, Angel Islington is the "Flea Circus". Inspired by the combination of grime and wonder that the name 'Flea Circus' brings to mind and aiming to bring you the most exciting bands, the funniest comedians, the most brilliant poets, and anything else that'll stick if thrown at a stage!
Entrance is a tiny £3, and drinks a recession beating £2, so everyone's happy!
Flea Circus attracts crowds of 150 entirely down to the quality of the acts. Previous acts have been nominated for if.comedy awards, won chortle student comedy awards, been interviewed in the Guardian music section, and won poetry slam competitions.
The Next Flea Circus is: THURSDAY 17th December 2009
For more information, and to find out when the next one is on, visit www.fleacircuslondon.co.uk
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Flea Circus London
Saturday, 5 December 2009
A chance to own a microscopic piece of art
The London Evening Standard is running a charity Christmas Auction for Kids Company.
One of the lots (No 21) is a unique piece of microsculpture from Willard Wigan. The Scales of Justice is perched on a pinhead, and comes with a purpose-built, wall-mounted, magnifying display cabinet. Bidding starts at £5000 and the final sale price will go to support Kids Company.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Flaming Scottish Fleas
It's been a bit of a week for new flea circuses in the directory, the latest entry is Circus Maximus from Scotland.
Mamamia and Dr. Flea (Maria & Michael Start) present a traditional Flea Circus of 10 acts.
These two automata builders and experts have created a portable suitcased based circus ring with carosel, tightrope, fire eating fleas and a cannon for the finale.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Maria Fernanda Cardoso
One of the most famous recent flea trainers was Colombian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso who travelled the globe in the 1990s with her flea circus performance. The Tate purchased her props and circus in 2007 and have it in their archives.
Her performances include:
- San Francisco Exploratorium 1996
- Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia 1996
- New Museum, New York 1998
- George Pompidue 1998
- Sydney Opera House 2000
The website has recently been updated with photos and videos of the flea circus.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Flea Circus from Holland
The latest Flea Circus performer to be added into the Flea Circus Directory is Dr. Q from the Netherlands with his Vlooien Circus. The cart based performance have some excellent acts including tightrope walking, balancing on a ball and a flaming hoop jump.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Train too small for fleas
David Smith has built a trainset that we believe would be too small even for fleas. This 1:35,000 scale train runs through a scenic countryside just 2cm across.
Thanks to Lee Clarke and Sean Fallon from Gizmondo for the link
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Snow Flea
Opening on November 3rd at Theatre Massalia, Marseille, Buchinger's Boot Marionettes present "La Puce de Neige" ("The Snow Flea"), a fantastical puppet-opera by Patrick Sims, with original musical score by Ergo Phizmiz.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Fleas Wanted
The Flea Circus Research Library recieves regular emails from people looking for real fleas for different purposes from testing new optical equipment to TV shows.
Today's email was a little different in that Melissa was looking for a model flea.
A few years back Disney and Pixar made a PT Flea character from the Bugs Life film. The model opens up to reveal the acts including a cannon and a tightrope act.
If anyone has one of these to donate or sell, please get in touch and I'll pass your details on to Melissa.
Friday, 4 September 2009
Fleas in the Bible
Fleas have been around a long time, they are even mentioned in the Bible. When David is being pursued by King Saul he compares himself to a flea.
1 Samuel 26:20b
"For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
The following links mention the flea as "pa'-rosh" and "barghut" so perhaps there's some more flea translations to be added to the Flea Circus Research Library Language of Fleas page.
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Pestival 2009
The Southbank Centre is celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect.
Friday 4 - Sunday 6 September
'A rare and wonderful celebration of the creepy crawly' (The Independent).
Did you know 80% of creatures on earth are insects? Bring your family along to Pestival to learn about these "pests" without whom humans wouldn't survive.
Events include exhibitions, demonstrations and family workshops
Bee Social
The Insect Circus Museum
Become an Insect Detective
Step inside the BeeCab
Insect Mask Making
Praying Mantis Kung Fu
The Termite Pavilion
Slow Food Market
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Historic Japanese Flea and other insects
The above image of a flea is part of Kenbikyō Mushi No Zu ("Illustrations of Microscopic Insects"), a scroll published in 1860. The scroll contains paintings of a series of insects and seen through a microscope.
The Tohoku University Library houses the original copy of the Kenbikyō Mushi No Zu scroll.
Source: Stephen Reinhardt of Tessella Zine and edo of Pink Tentacle
Friday, 24 July 2009
Visiting Canadians and Bertolotto
Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet with Dr Barton who was visting from Canada. She was in London to visit the British Library and the Natural History Museum for research for a book on fleas she is writing. We had a long chat about all things big and small about fleas including real and "humbug" circuses, the plague, symbolism and famous flea performers from history.
Dr Barton has a copy of a letter sent by L. Bertolotto to a famous author that contains information about his early years and why he moved to Canada. I hope to put more on the site after her book is released. In the mean time it's given me some ideas of new areas to research.
Friday, 17 July 2009
The Magic Cafe discussions on Flea Circuses
There's been a bit of activity on the Magic Cafe forums just recently on the topic of Flea Circuses. The Magic Cafe site describes itself as "Magicians Helping Magicians" and is open 24 hours a day and the forums are frequented by a wide variety of Magicians and related artists.
Recent discussions have been comparing new models of flea circus props, the merits of making your own circus vs buying one, different sizes of circus and how to make your flea fire out of a cannon with a bang. The discussions are normally in the "Believe it or not", "Tricks and Effects" and "The Workshop" forums.
Monday, 13 July 2009
Flea Circus in Detective Fiction
Bart Hardin from the novel Terror on Broadway (1954) a newsroom investigator was written as living above a flea circus in a Times Square tenement by author David Alexander.
From Killer Covers of the Week.
See other references to Flea Circuses in Fiction or in Films.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
The legend of the flea people
The Yokut Native American tribe of the California Central Valley saw the three bright stars of the Pleiades constellation as the foot prints of the god of the flea people.
According to legend, when the flea's five wives became itchy and ran away, three times the god of the flea people jumped into the sky to look for them. When his footprints cannot be seen (stars drop below the horizon winter months) the flea people grow afraid and go into hiding (i.e. dormant). This helped explain to the tribal people why they couldn't count on those stars for guides in winter months, and why there were no fleas about.
Read more about the Yokut people
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Orchard Toys - Flea Circus Game
There's a new Flea Circus Game from Orchard Toys.
The idea of the game is the roll a dice and move your ringmaster around the board. Players must collect their performing fleas and build a big top before all of the audience arrives. You need to watch out for escaping fleas though. The fleas perform a few traditional flea acts like the trapeze and strong man as well as some more exotic ones such as plate spinning and unicycling.
The game can improve observation skills, develops social communication, and links with Early Learning Goals and National Curriculum Maths Key Stage 1.
Age: 5+
Players: 2-4
Price £11
Available direct from Orchard or from Amazon.
Like all Orchard Toys games and puzzles the Flea Circus Game is made from 100% recycled board and is designed, manufactured and packed in the Norfolk, UK. The instructions are provided in 12 different European and International Languages.
Monday, 1 June 2009
Insect Festival 2009
On Saturday 4 July in York, celebrating the insect world will be the Insect Festival 2009. The Festival, organised by the Royal Entomological Society, will be the largest event of its kind in the north of England
This event is good for all the family with a wide variety of exhibitions and lectures for the adults and insect hunts and interactive displays for the budding new entomologists.
The festival exhibition will include RES stands, live insect displays, demonstrations, award-winning photographic displays, regional natural history societies, book sellers, entomologist's equipment and artwork.
Presentations and lectures will be given in the Tempest Anderson Hall with the trade and exhibitor stands in the half timbered 14th Century Hospitium.
Admission for the general public is £1 per adult, with free entry for under 16's.
Event: Insect Festival 2009
Organiser: Royal Entomological Society
Date: Saturday 4 July 2009
Venue: York Museum Gardens, York
Time: 10am – 4pm
Map and directions
More information
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Jumping Flea Tune
Composer and story teller James Clark is writing a song about the flea circus. He's put up a draft version on his blog and hopes to add more instruments such as an accordian. Why not have a listen and tell him what you think?
Friday, 22 May 2009
Madame Talbot Presents - Eddie Dijon
Madame Talbot, the maker of curios and expert in mysterious has collected a few bits of information about her friend Eddie Dijon who used to run a flea circus in the far east, Canada and the USA.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Walt's Flea
A package arrived in the post the other day from the USA. When I got back from work I opened it with gleeful anticipation. It was an ex-flea from Magician, Inventor and Flea Circus performer Walt Noon. My particular flea was "Trixie, the flea on a Trapeze" and came with an official document of explanation. The trapeze fleas are selected from those that are calm but not docile so that they are not phased by the noise of the audience but move enough to cause the trapeze to swing. Walt's document also explains how he preserves the fleas so you know that you can enjoy them for years to come.
I hope Trixie enjoys her retirement as a charioteer.
If you want to buy your own trained flea, you can do so from flea-circus.com.
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Summer of 1955
Mr Walter E Hunt was yet another Tivoli Garden visitor, who on a budget tour around Europe reached Denmark.
"From there I went to Tivoli Gardens, a popular tourist place similar in many ways to Disney Land. I was fascinated by a flea circus at one of the booths there. The ringmaster, using tweezers, hooked fleas up to small carts and wagons, which they pulled across small circus rings, and did other gymnastics. Skeptic that I am, I looked for magnets or other devices under the table but saw nothing."
Saturday, 4 April 2009
More memories of the Tivoili Flea Circus
Dark Roasted Blend has been accumulating information of flea circus and has written an article on the Victorian Flea Circus.
One of the comments on the article was a lovely reminisce about the flea circus in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
farmgirl said...
"Wonderful article! I was fortunate to see the Flea Circus at the Tivoli Gardens in 1962. The fleas lived in a box and were brought out for the show. They were then attached to the little vehicles during the show. We could not see the fleas, only the little vehicles which magically moved along on the platform.
The wife presented the show to the audience, while the husband would go out to neighboring farms to find the fleas. He would feed them by rolling up his sleeve and give them a meal on his arm!
After they divorced, the wife no longer continued the flea circus. She converted the performing space at the Tivoli to a "Mouse House" which consisted of a small village of buildings such as a school, several stores, homes and police station, etc. which were empty and the mice ran around, in and out of these small buildings.
I brought my family to the Tivoli in 1978 and found the Mouse House after looking for the flea circus which was no more. There was a small set of bleachers where the audience could sit and watch this performance. It was a hilarious show watching the constant scouring around of the little mice., in and out of the buildings. I and my children were rolling with laughter."
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Alberti Flea Circus at MerleFest
Later this month the Alberti Flea Circus will be appearing at the MerleFest music festival in North Carolina.
Thu 23 Apr – Sun 26 Apr 2009
Alberti Flea Circus: http://albertifleacircus.com
MerleFest: http://www.merlefest.org/
Address: PO Box 120 Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 1-800-343-7857
View other flea circus performances on the Flea Circus Calendar
Friday, 27 March 2009
Wiseman's Flea Circus
Richard Wiseman has been blogging about flea circuses and has stired up quite a debate about cruelty to fleas.
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Snow fleas
Linda Kervin from Bridgerland Audubon Society has been writing about Snow Fleas, and how they arn't really fleas at all.
Friday, 20 March 2009
The Adventures of the Araknid Kid, Episode 1
Josh Alves has produced a new comic book set in a "Wild, Wild, West" type version of the "Old West" and called "The Adventures of the Araknid Kid". The first episode has a flea villian from Ritz Nabiscov's Flea Circus.
In good comic book style, the villians "Kracker & Flea", were formed when their travelling show was hit by a meteor. Kracker is a shape-shifting brute made of cracker crumbs and his flea became enlarged and super-smart.
There was a long development of the characters, Josh told me that Araknid Kid was developed out of a character created in high school called BugBoy. Kracker had started out as a research professor not a showman.
For more details of the book you can read a review of The Adventures of the Araknid Kid by Katherine Dacey
You can buy the book via the Araknid Kid website.
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Charlies Fleas
Tom Shone has been looking at Charlie Chaplin's idea for a flea circus from 1919.
Chaplin tries to work the idea into several films but ends up with a short sequence in Limelight where two of the flea escape from the match box.
Other flea films
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Another Flea Circus T-Shirt
Here's another Flea Circus t-shirt design, this time from "grypes" of Shared Areas.
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
More Industrious Fleas
In this latest find of industrious fleas from 1832, the writer is not in anyway impressed by the exhibition. The Athenaeum was a weekly periodical published in London between 1828 and 1923. Thanks to google books for their digitisation of this paper.
The Athenaeum
Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the fine arts
No 219 London, Saturday, January 7, 1832 Price four pence.
Our weekly gossip on literature and art
"But our fashionable friends are spending their wonder on 'The Industrious Fleas' in Regent Street; a strange mania, for there is really nothing in the exhibition worthy a moment;s admiration the fleas have not been taught and trainedl there has been no patient labour bestored on their schooling; they are simply fastened ny a hind leg to a little car, modelled out of the pith of elder, and the struggles of the creatures to escape give motion to the carriage. A flea just caught would do the same thing."
Monday, 9 March 2009
Flea Circus T-Shirt
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Bamboo Flea Trap at London's Science Museum
Thanks to Lee Jackson from the Cat's Meat Shop I've discovered that London's Science Museum houses a bamboo flea trap. The tubes were heated up to attract the fleas inside, once there the fleas stuck to the sticky substance contained within.
Monday, 2 March 2009
Flea Circuses topic on QI
Stephen Fry quizzes his contestants on their knowledge of Flea Circuses on the QI quiz show. In a episode called "Flora and Fauna" he is joined by John Sergeant, Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand and Alan Davies.
Q: What was the biggest destroyer of human fleas? Asks Fry
A: Vacuum Cleaners answers John Sergeant.
However Sergeant then goes on to incorrectly comments that if a human being had as powerful legs as a flea that they could jump over the Eiffel tower. The flea can jump 80 times its own height but if you scaled that up to human sizes then it would not be as high. The reason for this is that muscle strength scales with cross section but mass would increase with volume on a cubic scale. This would mean that a human with flea legs could jump (cuberoot of 80)squared i.e. approx 18.5 times their own height. Taking the UK average of 175cm, which multipled by 18.5 is approx 32m which although very impressive is only 1/10 of the height of the Eiffel tower.
I thought Mr Fry was rather over exuberant with regards to the one rare example of the flea band (who were glued to a heated tray) where as the majority of flea performances were about pulling things, something that does not put any more strain on the flea than a horse pulling a cart. It sounded like he got all his information from Wikipedia but the clips from Pathe News were very good.
BBC Flea (contains Adult themes) 5mins -> 9mins
Sunday, 1 March 2009
The Flea Pit on tour to Wimbledon
Belfast based children's theatre company, Cahoots NI, take to the road this April with The Flea Pit – an original and quirky production that takes place in a miniature, mobile theatre space. The tiny theatre, holding just 15 people, has been magically created to present this delightful Flea Circus.
Dates: 07 April - 18 April
Age Range: 4 - 11
Duration: 20 minutes
These magnificent mini-beasts have performed across the USA, Europe and Ireland amazing people with incredible feats of weight-lifting, trapeze and high-wire. Come along, be amazed and delighted by this sensational circus troupe featuring live music, loads of laughs and magic tricks galore.
Show Details and booking
Polka Theatre is one of the few venues in the UK which is dedicated to producing and presenting work for young audiences. Over 100,000 children a year come to Polka and are inspired, stimulated and enaged by the theatre they see there.
Friday, 27 February 2009
Hooke's Flea on tour in the Hayward Gallery
Robert Hooke's 1665 drawing of a flea has gone south of the river for a few weeks. On loan from the Royal Society's collection at UCL it's now visible at the Hayward Gallery as part of Mark Wallinger's exhibition The Russian Linesman, "Frontiers, Borders and Thresholds".
"Mark Wallinger, winner of the 2007 Turner Prize and one of Britain's most original and unpredictable artists, curates this unique exhibition exploring notions of the liminal: thresholds between physical, political or metaphysical realms."
Exhibition Details
Robert Hooke was a scientist and inventor and is credited with improving the barometer, anemometer, and hygrometer. However he is most famous for his biological studies as documented in Micrographia which was made possible his design for a compound microscope based on Anton van Leeuwenhoek previous model. Hooke was asked by the Royal Society to confirm Leeuwenhoek's suggestion of microscoping life in water and duely did so. He also looked at Mites in Cheese, and the Blue of Plums confirming both to be living organisms.
Robert Hooke - experimental scientist
A picture of Robert Hooke
Monday, 23 February 2009
The making of the HP flea circus
Animation Blog's Ian Lumsden has a detailed write up on HP's Flea Circus advert including how it was made with a mixture of stop motion with props made from 3D printing with CGI for the fleas.
Related links:
Making of the HP Flea Circus Advert.
Posters for the HP Flea Circus
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Flea Delusions
I've been reading about the unfortunate condition delusory parasitosis in May R. Berenbaum's book, "Bugs in the System". The condition is where people imagine bugs crawling on or in their bodies. The patient can be so convinced that they can actually persuade others that they have bugs on them too.
May writes of Spanish Film Maker, Luis Brunel's autobiography where he mentions a visit to see Salvador Dali in Montmatre.
'I found him stripped to the waist, an enormous bandage on his back. Apparently he thought he'd felt a "flea" or some other strange beast and had attacked his back with a razor blade. Bleeding profusely, he got the hotel manager to call a doctor, only to discover that the "flea" was in reality a pimple.'
May R. Berenbaum: Bugs in the System 1995, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bunel, Luis., 1982. My Last Sigh. New York: Vintage
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Strong Flea Act
Out of all of the acts that can be performed in a humbug flea circus, one of my favourites is the strongman flea. This flea would perform feats such as pulling a heavy wagon, turning a carousel or flipping a coin. The coin trick works by having a special coin and a powerful magnet.
I've not seen these coins available in the UK before and I've asked around a few shops. Here's one supplier of magic self flipping coins. Please let me know if you supply these or know of an alternative supplier.
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Flea Adverts
Mirroring the jewelers and watchmakers of the 19th Century, Swiss Watch Makers International Watch Co. Schaffhausen have used a flea to show just how small and intricate they can make their watch parts.
Working with Agency Jung von Matt from Germany, IWC have created a series of adverts showing their "Passion for Detail", as well as the Flea Circus Advert, their adverts also include a tiny dartboard and a tiny labyrinth style game.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Flea Chariot Racing
Mr T. Smith of "Codex Transportica" has "translated" an interesting sport from the World of King Sprungtopf. Flea-Charioteering aka Capriolet Racing is a dangerous form of chariot racing using the Flea Hopsicle and the article goes into great detail of the practical and social aspects of this sport.
The Codex also contains many other forms of forgotten transport such as the Glittersniffer, the Misbegotten Toboggan and the Royal Orb.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
What's happening to all the bees
Regular viewers of Dr Who will know that the Dr and Donna found that all of the bees had left to follow a trail into the Medusa Cascade.
Norman Carreck from the Linnean Society however presents a scientific rather than science fiction approach to the issue.
On the 19th February, 6:00 PM the society will hear an evening talk about the declining bee population. Topics such as natural variations in population, viruses, parasites and mites will be covered. The talk will also cover recent work into this area.
"Tea will be served in the Library from 5.30pm and the lecture will be followed by a wine reception. This meeting is free and open to all; registration is not necessary."
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Captain Peacock - Lice Hunter
Maureen Claydon has kindly sent me a link to for Captain Peacock "Lice Hunter" which she found via the Tyne and Wear Archives.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Herman Melville - Not a flea fan
I'm not in agreement with Herman Melville who claimed that
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.
I suggest Herman needs to read one of the many flea books that are around.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Too dirty for fleas
The Manchester Evening News reports of a house that was so dirty even the fleas refused to live there.
Anna McDonald, prosecuting at Manchester Magistrates Court, said: "These cats walked, sat and slept in their own excrement. The conditions were so bad that even flea eggs could not survive. This is a case where a life ban from keeping animals is appropriate."
Obviously this is very unfortunate for the cats but I found it facinating that there were such conditions that would be damaging to flea reproduction.
Was it the lack of humidity that stopped the eggs? Or could be other cat illnesses within the excrement that have affected the fleas such as toxoplasmosis, bartonella or tapeworms (that use fleas as a carrier) that could have killed off the fleas? It could also have been a high quantity of ammonia from the cat urine.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Japanese Flea Poem
Fleas! Lice!
A horse peeing By my pillow
--Basho, seventeenth century Japanese poet, staying at a roadside inn.
(Translated by R.Toby)
from "Bugs in the system" by May R. Berenbaum
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Flea Chariot
I've just finished making a tiny flea chariot, the details of which can be seen over on the workshopshed blog.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Fresnel Lenses
Earlier in the week a colleague returned from his lunch break with an A4 sized Fresnel lens. He'd bought from a bookshop to help out an aging parent for a very reasonable price of £9.99. Further investigation reviled that most of the big bookstores such as Waterstones or Foyles have these and various magnifying glasses for reading books and maps. The magnifiers are described as "page magnifiers" or "sheet magnifiers" and range from credit card sized thru to full page magnifiers.
It's also possible to get these online direct from Magnifico
I've bought a couple to allow people to see my latest miniature creation (more on that later in the week).


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The second teaser trailer has just been released which gives you a little more insight from what the first one showed us. This one gives you a look into what the car is equipped with. Real or not it still looks and sounds magnificent.
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February 27, 2009
Tau Pathfinders are a much debated unit. And I often wonder whether Tau Pathfinders are better than a Tau Skyray. Especially when Tau Pathfinders don't take up a Heavy Support slot in my army.
(These Tau Pathfinders were painted by Dave who I've comissioned to give me a hand with painting my Tau army because I'm a painfully slow painter.)
Tau Pathfinders: Awesome support unit or waste of points?
For many players, facing Tau Pathfinders is facing FEAR itself! The Tau Rail Rifle is a comparatively pathetic weapon compared to the vast array of laser powered death that the rest of the Tau army can deliver. So I've chosen to give all 8 of my Pathfinders nothing by pulse carbines with markerlights.
So that's 8 shots, hitting on 4+ at range 36". So I'm pretty much guaranteed 4 markerlight hits. And as I have found from recently fielding a Tau Sky Ray, just 2 markerlight hits can be extremely devastating.
The negative attitude towards Tau Pathfinders comes from having to buy this static unit a transport. But now in 5th edition, that transport can be given to a Tau Firewarrior team. Not so bad when you consider that it has a Marker Beacon, which allows Deep Striking units to reroll the Scatter dice.
Now I only need to address the cost of the Tau Pathfinders themselves.
At 12pts each they're quite a steal when you consider the range 36" markerlight. Simply chuck them in some cover (or use their Scout move to help them get there) and they can concentrate on lighting up priority units throughout the game.
If they get shot at by a particularly nasty volley of fire, simply make them Go To Ground. You'd be amazed how much firepower will be wasted on a 72pts 6 man squad.
So when you consider that they can be as cheap as 72pts, they're a real bargain (minus Devilfish) when you're never going to use that Fast Attack slot anyway.
I need to check the rules, but as Pathfinders get the Scout rule, then so too does their Devilfish, which means it can Outflank.
So when it comes to getting your much needed markerlight fix, which is better: Tau Pathfinders or the Tau Skyray?
Technically the Pathfinders are cheaper if you want a Devilfish for your Firewarriors anyway, plus they can put out up to 8 markerlight shots, which will typically get you 4 markerlight hits. But in all honesty, I can't think of many units (apart from a tree hugging Lictor) that I'd need 4 markerlights on to effectively kill.
Usually 1 or 2 does the trick when combined with a high fire rate unit like Tau Battlesuits or Tau Stealthsuits. Or Tau Broadsides for when you absolutely have to hit that tank with your railguns.
I'll come back to this question after some more playtesting.
But right now, the Tau Skyray is king simply because it's a tough vehicle that can cruise around 12" while firing all its guns and you don't have to worry about it coming on from reserve, while Pathfinders are pretty useless on the turn they arrive, especially if you've given their Devilfish to another squad.
Pathfinders Lead the Way
February 27, 2009
Crisis Battlesuits VS Stealthsuits
February 23, 2009
My Tau battlesuits were amazing last night. Tau battlesuits seem to be a much better investment than Tau Stealthsuits and last night's game against the Tyranids really pressed that home when I ended up with a clear comparison between the two units.
Because this was a 1,000pts game, I couldn't splash out on the usual Plasma Rifle / Missile Pod combination Tau Battlesuits, so I took Missile Pod and Burst Cannon instead combo instead.
Obviously, it wasn't quite so effective as the Plasma Rifles when gunning down the Carnifex, but against the horde of little gribblies (and that accursed Lictor hiding in the woods with a 2+ cover save) the Burst Cannons were invaluable.
By comparison, the 6 Stealthsuits didn't do so well. They were still highly effective, but lacked the strength to deal with tougher targets and as they took up a larger space on the board, they were more vulnerable to blast weapons and fast assaulting units as well.
So after the game (which took quite a while because we were chatting about all sorts and admiring each other's painted models) we stood round with a few other people and commented on the events that had unfolded as well as the performance and value for points of the various units.
While the Tyranid army had offered minimal resistance and been shot en masse instead, I had still lost the game due to my inability to claim objectives.
I had started by placing most of my infantry units in the building that dominated the centre of my deployment zone. This was to counter the dreaded Genestealer-Lictor-Genestealer tactic most Tyranid players seem to employ nowadays.
The 2 Genestealer units Outflank and move on from the sides (with rerolls thanks to the Lictor) while the Lictor appears in the centre of the enemy deployment zone.
The enemy are then caught between these units and close combat ensues in some form or other. But not today!
By filling the available space with infantry, there was nowhere for the Lictor to go. So I quite happily defended that single terrain feature, which I'd also placed an objective on in our game of Seize Ground.
On Turn 5 most of the Tyranid army was destroyed.
There was a Carnifex in the centre of the table (an immediate threat to my defence and my objective), 2 units of spinegaunts in the far right of the Tyranid deployment zone, claiming an objective, 1 unit of Outflanking Genestealers (reduced to 3 models) on another objective in the right of my deployment zone and a 2nd unit of Outflanking Genestealers on my left.
Had the game ended then, I would have lost on objectives, but I got another turn.
I had to kill the Carnifex in the centre, which took all the firepower I could muster from the Tau Battlesuits and Sky Ray (hooray for markerlights!). Meanwhile the Skyray and Broadsides wiped out the Genestealers on the left flank with their combined Smart Missile Systems. It was up to the Stealth Suits to kill the Genestealers on my right, because then, if the game ended, it would be a draw on objectives and a big win to me on kills.
Well, I killed all but 1 Genestealer. And the game ended.
I need more troops to claim objectives. But then, if I lose any of my Elite units I'll simply be overrun.
My opponent was keen to count up the Kill Points (if Kill Points had been an objective) and pointed out that I would have beaten him 7 to 1.
At least the Tau work well in Annihilation and Capture & Control, because you can go kill things, then sit on your objective in the centre. Still rather worrying for tournament play where you're likely to play 2 of each mission, which means you can only win 4 out of 6 games.
Ah yes, I was talking about Tau Battlesuits and Stealth Suits wasn't I?
Got distracted with my bitter loss for a moment there.
Well, we worked out that for 180pts you can have 6 Tau Stealth Suits.
That's 6 wounds, all with 3+ saves and 6 Burst Cannons which put out a total of 18 shots at Strength 5. Plus the stealth field, which everyone seems to spot anyway...although you do get Infiltrators and Outflank.
Or, for 185pts you can have 3 Tau Battlesuits armed with Burst Cannon, Missile Pod and Multitracker, plus a team leader upgrade with 2 Sheild Drones.
That's 8 wounds, all with 3+ saves, 4+ invulnerable drone saves and 3 Burst Cannons, plus 3 Missile Pods for a total of 15 shots, but 6 of those are at range 36", Strength 7 and AP4.
They take up less room on the board and they're not bad in close combat either with Strength 5.
I think I may drop one of my usual 6 strong Tau Stealth Suit teams in favour of some more Tau Battlesuits.
Expect more regular Warhammer Tau updates on the run up to Carnage 2009
New Army Rumours
February 21, 2009
The recent Imperial Guard rumours have certainly been interesting with regards to the firepower the new Imperial Guard tanks possess. Notably the Leman Russ variants, which include the Leman Russ Executioner which fires 3 plasma cannon shots, while the Leman Russ Punisher's gatling punisher cannon fires 20 shots at range 24" with a strength of 5.
Does anyone else feel that 20 shots is rather excessive?
Well, you may not have so much reason to fear this new tank. So feel free to leave your troops within 30" of this tank and I'll explain why.
That's 20 shots, hitting on 4+ to produce 10 hits and then wounding (lets say space marines) on 3+, which inflicts 6 wounds, 4 passed 3+ power armour saves = 2 dead space marines.
Okay, perhaps its not so bad? Or it just highlights the sheer futility of firepower in 5th edition 40K, especially when you consider it could kill (on average) 2 marines or 6 orks.
It's good to see that the Imperial Guard are getting some new toys after all these years, but none of the new and shiny specimens seem to beat the old Imperial Guard favourites like the Leman Russ, Leman Russ Demolisher and the Hellhound. But I suppose they had to give the Imperial Guard something extra now that the Basilisk has become rather obselete thanks to the True Line of Sight rules that feature so heavily in 5th edition.
The plastic Valkyrie is a truly lovely model. I got to see some of these at the Games Workshop Open Day up in Warhammer World. They were nothing short of breathtaking and I can see a lot of Imperial Guard players getting ready to spend their hard earned monies on the rumoured plastic storm troopers (still haven't seen images of these yet), all riding in Valkyries. No doubt some clever minded persons will install some small speakers and an ipod to play Flight of the Valkyrie as the army swoops in low over the ocean and destroys an Ork village.
I had an interesting discussion recently on Bell of Lost Souls regarding Imperial Guard and the Tau. Tau became kings of the firepower throne through combining elements of Space Marines, Imperial Guard and Eldar, so when I said I was upset to see the Tau losing their top seat, other posters were quick to remind me that the Tau Empire had been shoe horned into the game and into the fluff in order for Games Workshop to break into the Japanese hobbies market.
So upon reflection, will the Tau lose out to the Imperial Guard in the fight for firepower? Probably not if the Punisher can only produce the same number of shots as 20 fire warriors, but without the benefit of marker lights.
Neil from Flame On fame has often lectured me about the value of marker lights for the Tau in 5th edition 40K. After my recent escapades using the Sky Ray and with some Pathfinder models on the way, unleashing an overdose of firepower that hits on 2+ (thanks to 2 markerlights) makes a devastating difference when it comes to killing your targets.
But it seems that Imperial Guard are the least of my worries in the long term, Due to suffering against armies that benefit from the Outflank rules, my Tau are really not looking forward to facing the new Dark Eldar.
We were treated to some new Dark Eldar artwork in the 5th edition rule book, portraying the Dark Eldar as similar to the Craftworld Eldar, but with more sweeping spikes similar to the Dark Eldar glyphs instead of the 'chaos eldar' look they sported before.
I'll confess that I'm quite excited to see the revamp of Dark Eldar, although one play tester warned me that their rules are quite disgusting and suggested that the entire army could come on from the sides of the table (this was in early 2008, long before 5th edition) and that they would retain their 'always get the first turn of the game' rule.
So I think we can expect to see the same fast and fragile approach to the army, provided they don't pounch on you from the flanks and start gnawing on your entrails.
In the last edition, a Dark Eldar Raider with Nets could zoom 24", then disembark its troops who could then Fleet of Foot and charge for a total move of up to 34". If Raiders are crusing on from the sides, sitting slap bang in the middle of the board won't save you, unless you've formed a conga-gun-line. Shadow Fields for vehicles are also set to make a return, allowing Dark Eldar to play the long range game by adding a handful of inches required to get your guns into range.
As before, I expect Dark Eldar to be an army for the tourney goers who have the competitive mind to min/max terrorfexes, destructors and other tasty Dark Eldar weaponry while newcomers to the hobby will struggle.
But for veterans of fluff and tenacious young newcomers, the Space Wolves will be back soon! Great news for all gamers really. I've never met anyone who didn't love the Space Wolves for their character. While they might be a bunch of drunken, hairy heroes in power armour with pet wolves, they have long deserved a new codex.
While nothing has been leaked yet, the Space Wolves will probably continue to follow the trends of their previous codex books with a focus on close quarters fighting and drop pod tactics. Whether or not they get all the new Space Marine toys remains to be seen. They're quite eccentric in nature, so I can see them turning their backs on a lot of this 'new confangled technology' in favour of a big battle axe and a beer.
For anyone following the Horus Heresy books, 'Prospero Burns' has a fantastic image of Leman Russ and the pre-heresy Space Wolves on the front cover. Plus it's written by Dan Abnett.
I'm buying it -that's for certain!
That's all from me for now. It's back to painting those blasted Forgeworld Broadsides.
Army Painting Rack
February 20, 2009
"Nice Rack!" my friend said when he saw me painting my Tau army behind my new painting rack. I was reluctant to invest in a painting rack from CNC Workshop, so I got my relatives to club together and buy me one for Christmas.
But I've got to say what a god send it has been when it comes to keeping my painting and modeling space clean and clutter free.
Before, when I used to use a paint pot, it ended up being placed slightly closer to me, so over an hour or two of painting, a wall of paint pots gradually marched towards me, making my painting space constantly shrink throughout the session.
The great thing about the painting rack is that it not only forces you to organise your paints, but keeps them away from you and slightly elevated, saving massive amounts of space.
As you can see, I got a corner section for all my tools and other random odds and sods. Okay they don't all fit in their perfectly, but it goes a long way to keeping everything tidy and organised. Before I used to use the entire table for painting, but now I only use half.
Yes, I do have more paints, but they're all neatly stored in a shoe box for when I need them. The paints you see here and just for my Tau army, because I'm not painting anything else right now.
So yeah, I highly recommend a painting rack simply for keeping your painting space in order. Never again will you wonder where the green stuff went or struggle to find an essential pot of paint.
That reminds me; I need to go through all my paints, throw out the dried up pots, make a note of all the duplicates and make a list of the ones which are about to run out. I've been getting through Scorched Brown like there's no tomorrow.
The Trouble with Tau Armylists
February 18, 2009
One friend was fed up of playing against my Tau army all the time (and who could blame him when I kept winning). So I've taken a break from the Tau army for now and borrowed some of his other armies for a quick game.
Now the problem I have with my Tau army. In fact, it's a problem I have always had with my Tau army is what to put into a competitive list -especially in 5th edition 40K.
Due to the fragile nature and limited number of Tau Fire Warriors, holding objectives isn't a viable tactic, nor is pressing forward for them, unless the Fire Warriors are safely riding in a pimped out Devilfish costing around 100pts, which is quite pricey for what it is.
On the flip side, it's easy to simple go kill stuff. But can you kill enough and safely contest the objectives without getting charged and torn to shreds?
Little wonder then that so many tournament players appear to have abandoned the Tau in the short term.
My Tau army building dilemma comes after these pick up and play sessions against a friend. He simply gives me a 1,500pts armylist because that's all his has of that particular force and I just plonk it on the table and get on with it, because I have to.
In many ways the Tau army has spoilt me for choice and this choice has led to indecision.
Maybe I should ask my friend to make a Tau army list and I'll just give that a whirl and be done with it?
It could prove interesting and provide a temporary solution until I get more units painted. Speaking of which: Forgeworld Broadsides will be coming soon!
Imperial Guard Threaten the Firepower Throne
February 14, 2009
Having long ago usurped the Imperial Guard as being the firepower army of choice, Tau players will be interested to know that the Imperial Guard are back with a new selection of tank variants packing a variety of new weapons.
Most worrying of all, is the return of the Leman Russ Vanquisher with its single shot battlecannon which fires an armour peircing tank shell with 2D6 armour penetration.
Formerly this unit was only available from the non-tournament-legal Forgeworld books and for a short time when Codex Armageddon was legalised. So does the Imperial Guard have a rival to our beloved Railgun once again?
Well, with an average 2D6 roll of 7, I'd say yes. Add that the Strength 8 battlecannon and Imperial Guard players will be needing a 6 to glance Armour 13, a 7 to glance Armour 14 and an 8 to penetrate Armour 14, which is rather worrying.
Statistically, the Vanquisher Cannon has better odds to damage a tank than a railgun. Let's just hope the Leman Russ Vanquisher remains at Ballistic Skill 3.
The new Imperial Guard have all manner of other tanks; none of which appear to be particularly threatening or effective Heavy Support choices. Instead Games Workshop appear to have designed a new range of tanks and weapons to draw mass appeal to the army from the hordes of kiddies who are into the hobby.
Meanwhile tournament players who plan to squeeze the very best from a potential new army will turn to the old favourites, finding few improvements. Although from the rumours posted on Bell of Lost Souls, it seems that the Hellhound is stronger than ever before and cheaper in points as well!
So what does this all mean for a Tau player? Simply that the Imperial Guard have some new toys, but still can't match us for the sheer quantity of Railguns we are able to field and that Tau and Eldar tanks will still rule the roost thanks to Disruption Pods and Holofields.
However, many of the Imperial Guard units are forecast to become far cheaper in points, which is interesting as I always felt that the 'Guard were often the underdogs due to being far too numerous for a 6' X 4' table and unwieldy due to their static nature.
As a result one of my friends who has been playing Warhammer 40K since the start of 2nd edition dropped his Imperial Guard army in favour of the specialised firepower units available to the Tau.
And it's really no wonder when you consider how specialised Tau units are when it comes to wiping out the enemy: We have railguns for tanks, stealth suits for gunlines of troops, plasma rifles for armoured infantry and missile pods (aka: autocannons) for light vehicles and smart missiles for anything we can't see -plus, the best basic weapon in the game.
While the Tau army has had a rough ride at the start of 5th edition, I believe that if we stick to what we do best (killing stuff!) not even the numbers of the Imperial Guard will be able to absorb all of our firepower.
I love the smell of railguns in the morning!
February 7, 2009
Winning games with a Tau army has never been easy, especially not in a competitive environment and especially that now in 5th edition, due to all the fancy deployment types, you're highly likely to be charged before you can get a your necessary two turns of firepower off.
But if there's one thing that always makes your opponents think twice, it's the humble railgun.
Strength 10, AP1, range 72"
Whoever came up with the railgun clearly wasn't satisfied with their lascannons. In many aspects, it's the biggest gun in the game and makes any opponent think twice about forking out 250pts on a pimped out landraider for their commander to cruise around in.
Two units in the regular Tau army can take railguns and that's the Tau Hammerhead tank and the Tau Broadside Battlesuits.
Recently I've lost faith in the Hammerhead due to the simple fact that you only get one shot with the railgun. This is fine for firing the submunition round, becausse you'r targeting troops and you're bound to hit something. But for the 'solid slug' as I like to call it, I seem to always roll a 1, meaning that markerlights do little to forgive the inaccuracy of this weapon.
However, on a Tau Broadside battery, the railgun becomes a high feared weapon! I've developed a new fondness for Tau Broadside Battlesuits under the 5th edition rules who now seem to stand out in the open, absorbing heavy portions of fire thanks to their 2+ abundance of shield drones while striking back at any threat with their railguns or smart missile systems.
The beauty of the Tau Broadsides are their twin linked railguns and while they may only be hitting on 4+ (although I like to boost them with a markerlight when possible), the reroll almost guarantees that they will score a hit or two on their targets.
Luke is currently running two squads of 2 Tau Broadsides with the Slow and Purposeful upgrade, while one of them has been upgraded to a leader with bonding knife and two shield drones. It's the standard config for Tau Broadside battlesuits, but as I'm thinking of fielding a Skyray in the 3rd heavy slot instead of a Hammerhead, I may try a squad of 3 Broadsides. Or For maximum survivability, 3 broadsides, each with 2 shield drones. Or perhaps the humble Tau Hammerhead has had its day?
Either way, I need to get some more games in.
It won't be long until Carnage 2008 at the end of March and I still have new Forgeworld Broadside Battlesuits to paint.
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Japanese water stones – both natural and synthetic – are known for their superior sharpening performance, not only for Japanese tools, but also on their Western equivalents. The loosely bonded abrasive grit is washed out very quickly, as it blunts during the sharpening process; this exposes new, sharp, particles that can get to work on the blade. Water stones are lubricated only with water! Never use oil!
Our large selection of stones from many well-known manufacturers will allow connoisseurs to find the ideal stone for their needs. Because all manufacturers formulate their stones to emphasize a different mix of qualities, and because these qualities can vary widely between different stones, most woodworkers choose stones from several manufacturers to build up an optimal set of sharpening stones. Then again, once you get to know the characteristics of certain types of stone, you may find one supplier who will provide all the stones you need. Sometimes this can be an advantage. But there is no one size that fits all; each stone must fit your needs and work style.
A large selection of stones can make it hard to choose a workable combination. That is why we offer this brief guide to help you get off to a good start.
Matsunaga, with its brands King and Sun Tiger is probably the manufacturer most familiar to European consumers. Its strongpoint are traditional soft stones that abrade quickly to reveal new sharp cutting particles. These kinds of stone must be dressed very often to keep them flat and effective.
Cerax and Suehiro stones from Suehiro are a little harder, and as such do not wear down as quickly as the classic Japanese water stones. The 8000 grit stone will perhaps give you the best cutting edge with a mirror polish on chisels and similar blades. Suehiro also makes a small combination stone for those who do not sharpen tools all that often and are reluctant to spend extra for a Cerax stone.
The stones from Shapton are probably the hardest of all Japanese sharpening stones. They will remain flat for a long time. They are therefore the best choice if you are looking for a relatively coarse stone that cuts quickly without having to be dressed repeatedly. The finer-grained stones also work very well. But Shapton stones do not provide the mirror finish you can achieve with softer stones.
Best among the Naniwa stones are undoubtedly their fine-grained water stones. There are no other stones that achieve such a perfect mirror polish.
A sharpening experience close to that of natural stones is yours to enjoy with Bester water stones from Imanishi in Kyoto. Bester water stones are of medium hardness, require a moderate amount of wetting and get to grips quickly with the job at hand.
With its premium series Select II, the whetstone manufacturer Sigma Power Corporation from Tokyo addresses users of high-alloy steels such as HSS. These stones, too, are obviously intended to engender a grinding experience similar to that of natural stones. The special production process is expensive, but the Sigma Select II probably has no equal when it comes to demolishing steel.
The Juuma sharpening and honing stones offer a simplified working principle while at the same time ensuring the highest possible quality in the offered grits. Juuma Cobalt Blue stones are made of an aluminium oxide and a bonding agent. Adding cobalt serves to slow stone abrasion and increase the speed of sharpening. The speed bonus is especially marked when stoning blue steel (blue paper steel that is often used for Japanese planes and chisels). The cobalt gives the stones their blue colour. Juuma is our proprietary brand. Juuma sharpening stones are produced by a renowned Japanese whetstone manufacturer.
We tend to recommend natural Japanese water stones only to experienced users who are thoroughly familiar with the synthetic Japanese sharpening stones. Natural stones are not to everybody's taste and there are inevitably many uncertainties with regard to their grit grade, which cannot be determined exactly, their hardness and their suitability for certain types of steel.
For rough sharpening – to remove chips along the edge or to restore an unusually dull blade – you will need stones from 120 to 400 grit. We recommend stones from 120 and 240 grit in this case.
For normal sharpening, stones from 700 to 2000 grit are used. We recommend stones from 700 to 1200 grit.
To take off the fine scratches and burrs left by coarser stones, and to polish the surface, you can use stones starting at around 2000 grit. There is theoretically no upper limit, but stones above about 10000 grit achieve practically no measurable improvement in the edge. It is also interesting to note that above 8000 grit, there is no Japanese measurement standard. For stones labelled as having a finer grit, you simply have to take the manufacturer's word for it.
If you have reasonable experience with sharpening, we recommend a finishing stone of 8000 grit. If you are in doubt, or are a beginner, stones from 3000 to 6000 grit will produce acceptable results.
For all practical purposes, if you do a significant amount of sharpening, you will need at least three stones. One to rough-grind, one to sharpen and one to hone.
If you sharpen blades only occasionally, and know that you will not need to remove a chip along the edge of the blade, a combination stone will suffice. The size you choose depends mostly on a trade-off between cost and speed. The bigger the stone, the faster you can work. Smaller stones work just as well, they simply take a little longer.
There are many different options for assembling a good sharpening set for every use and budget. You can buy a starter set of 3 stones for around 50 euros or a professional set for over 300 euros.


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TNA champion AJ Styles vs. Pope Dinero
Earl Hebner threw Ric Flair out of ringside before the match. Hebner actually physically forced Flair up the apron. The building started chanting, "We want Flair." Jeremy Borash did the big time title bout ring introductions.
They locked up and Styles nailed a Beel Toss early. They did some good back and forth wrestling early. The fans were doing the back and forth chants. Dinero took control and almost got a pin with, I kid you not, a side roll. Dinero hiptossed and slammed Styles, then hit a series of arm drags. Styles retreated to the corner in shock. Styles tried to make a comeback but Dinero kept control.
Styles shoulderblocked Dinero down but was caught with a forearm and a series of elbows. Dinero was over big-time. Dinero caught Styles with a kick but Styles sidestepped Dinero and sent him into the cage shoulder-first. Styles drilled him with a perfect dropkick to the face. Styles muscled Dinero up and slammed him down on his shoulder. Styles continued to work on Dinero. Styles then turned his attention to Dinero's leg from the issues Pope had with it due to Desmond Wolfe.
Dinero avoided a Styles kick and sent Styles into the cage head-first. He DDT'd Styles but came down favoring his shoulder. Styles missed a punch but Pope didn't. Dinero cleaned house with several shots and backdropped Styles. He nailed an inverted atomic drop and flying shoulder tackle. Dinero hit a pimp slap on Styles, then caught Styles in a leapfrog attempt, turning it into a powerslam for a two count.
Styles caught Dinero with a shoulderblock in the corner. Styles missed a punch in the corner but thumbed him in the eye. Styles went to the top rope and scored with a flying forearm for a two count. Dinero came back with a diving headbutt but only scored a two count. Taz pondered where Dinero had a separated shoulder.
Dinero went for a move but Styles escaped and hit the Pele Kick for a two count. He nailed a 450 splash for a two count. Styles was pissed he didn't get the pin. Styles went to the top of the cage and dove for a high cross bodyblock but missed. Dinero rolled him up for a two count. Place went nuts. Dinero hit a backstabber for a two count. Styles was in the corner and reached out to grab a pen from a cameraman. He stabbed Dinero in the eye with it. Styles hit a discus clothesline, then the Styles Clash and scored the pin.
Your winner and still TNA champion AJ Styles!
Your winner and still TNA champion AJ Styles!
Really great match, to the point they didn't need to go with the pen bit and I'm a little sad that they did. However, you can't take anything away from the work here and it did make sense for his character. Really good stuff.
Jeremy Borash caught Eric Bischoff coming in and tried to get a word with him but was blown off.
Lethal Lockdown: Team Hogan vs. Team Flair.
Abyss and Robert Roode start out. They are going five minutes. They are claiming Abyss has a hairline fracture of his hip from the car crash on Impact. Robert Roode worked him over early but Abyss fought back with chops and punches in the corner. Abyss choked him with his boot. Abyss threw Roode into the cage several times. Roode came back with a rolling snap mare. Roode tossed Abyss into the cage. Roode started stomping Abyss. Roode worked over Abyss as the clock counted down.
Rob Van Dam hit the ring and began working over Roode with punches in the corner. Van Dam hit a spinkick in the corner. He nailed Roode with Rolling Thunder. Van Dam, who was bandaged from his wound earlier, looked to be bleeding again. Abyss was down in the corner hurting while Van Dam controlled the situation.
Desmond Wolfe came out to even things up. Abyss was waiting for him at the door but Roode lowblowed him. RVD went after Roode but Wolfe dropkicked him into the cage, then rammed him into the cage a second time. Team Flair worked over Team Hogan.
The next man out was Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett was pure white meat babyface, killing everyone in the ring from Team Flair. He hit a double noggin knocker on Wolfe and Roode, then ran them both into the cage at once. Jarrett went for a hurancanrana but was powerbombed down. Wolfe attacked RVD and ripped his face against the cage. Wolfe went after Abyss and tried to take the ring from Abyss, since Chelsea wants it.
Next out for Team Flair was James Storm. He spit beer in Abyss' face and attacked Jarret with a series of rights. Van Dam was bleeding heavily at this point. Jeff Jarrett nailed Roode. He nailed a suplex after holding Roode up for a period. The battle continued.
Next out was Jeff Hardy for Team Hogan. Hardy didn't come out. They went to a shot backstage of Sting and his baseball bat standing over a prone Hardy. If this isn't a build for Hardy to make the save here, TNA severely screwed up. If this is a set up for Hogan to make the superman save, they TRULY screwed up. Hardy is a way bigger star at this point and if he doesn't hit the ring, what the hell is that about? He was hit with the best fireball ever seen in wrestling and is good to go six days later, but a bat shot knocks him out of a main event revenge match? REALLY? I guess we will see.
Out comes Sting, who never even took off his leather jacket. The roof and the weapons lowered for the Lethal Lockdown with a 4 on 3 Everyone grabbed weapons and Team Flair began working over Team Hogan. Trash cans, lids, cookie sheets, a steel pipe, chairs and more were used on the Hogan team.
Jeff Jarrett caught Wolfe coming off the ropes and nailed a trash can shot. RVD followed suit. RVD nailed Sting with a trash can. Sting no sold it and hit RVD with a baseball bat. Roode tossed RVD into the cage. Jarrett pulled himself up using the cage. Beer Money throttled Jarrett into the cage and the door opened. Jarrett went to the floor. Beer Money followed and beat Jarrett on the floor.
Abyss pulled out tacks. He ripped Sting's jacket off. He tried to chokeslam Sting on them. Wolfe attacked Abyss. Abyss fought him off and went for the chokeslam again. Storm drilled Abyss with a beer bottle. Jeff Hardy's music hit and Hardy ran out with a singapore cane, cleaning house on everyone and anyone from Team Flair. The place immediately began chanting for Hardy.
Jarrett drilled Wolfe with a guitar shot. RVD came off the top with a five star frog splash. Sting tried to clothesline Abyss into the tacks. Abyss nearly toppled over but caught Sting and chokeslammed Sting into the tacks. Never thought we'd see that. Hardy climbed up the cage and dared Beer Money to meet him. They followed him. Hardy began nailing them with cane and trash can lid shots.
Beer Money worked over Hardy on the cage after overwhelming them. They set up a table on top of the cage. Taz had a great call, saying, "Why the hell is there a table up there???" They teased hitting the DWI through a table but Hardy fought them off with the cane. He hit the Twist of Fate on Roode on top of the cage. Hardy set Storm on top of the table, then set up a ladder that was also, mysteriously, on top of the cage.
Hardy went to the top of the ladder and stood on it. He nailed a splash through the table. The entire place went nuts chanting for TNA and "Holy sh**."
Ric Flair's music hit, which of course, makes no sense, but whatever. Flair hit the ring in street clothes and began working on Abyss in the ring. He starts trying to get the ring off Abyss' finger. He began biting the finger. So, of course, Hulk Hogan's music hits and out come Hogan. Hogan looked to be limping. Flair began backing off when Hogan hit the ring. Eric Bischoff came running out and got in the middle of them. Hogan began demanding to know where Bischoff has been.
Bischoff begged Hogan to calm down. Bischoff pulled out brass knucks, then tossed them to Hulk. So, the swerve is there is no swerve and Hogan needs to get one over on Flair again. Hogan nails Flair, who immediately bled more than anyone else on the show. Hogan and Flair faced off while EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE MATCH STOPPED. Flair took a bump into the tacks and was then hit with a trash can.
Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam on Wolfe and scored the pin.
Your winners, Team Hogan.
This thing was schizophrenic. That's the best way to describe it. They had a backwards dramatic build, then teased no Hardy. Hardy made the save for the team and you had the big dramatic ending with a crazy bump. Then, everyone else was forgotten about and it became the Hulk and Flair show.
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John De Payva, President, National Trades Union Congress
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) celebrates our 50th Anniversary this year. Not many organisations manage to survive for half a century. Far fewer manage to flourish for so long.
When NTUC was founded 50 years ago, the outlook was bleak for us. With the split of the Singapore Trades Union Congress then into NTUC and the Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU), NTUC was very much the underdog. The vast majority of the union ground was with pro-communist SATU and not with NTUC. At that point, not many would have dared to predict the survival of NTUC, much less expect us to grow into a strong and progressive labour movement 50 years on.
Yet this is precisely what happened. Today, our progressive approach to work towards win-win outcomes in a constructive tripartite arrangement has gained international recognition. Many union movements around the world have come to realise that our approach is more constructive to furthering the welfare and interests of workers.
How have we been able to achieve all this, against all odds? The key factor is our uniquely Singapore brand of tripartism, one that has proven itself through many trials and downturns. Every downturn, our strong tripartite partnership enabled us to recover swiftly to minimise the pain to workers. This is widely recognised.
What is less well known is that the foundation for tripartism lies in our symbiotic relationship with the People's Action Party (PAP). This symbiotic relationship was born in 1961, when the Barisan Sosialis broke away from PAP and was allied to SATU. NTUC was also founded in that same year, backed by PAP. In fact, many of the founding members of NTUC were PAP members.
Today, this symbiotic relationship celebrates its 50th Anniversary as well. It is an opportune time for us to remember the basis for this symbiotic relationship. The foundation for this symbiotic relationship lies in the common goal that both NTUC and PAP share to better the lives of workers in Singapore through concrete actions, policies and programmes that focus on enhancing the long-term interests of workers.
This symbiotic relationship is a conscious choice and decision on both sides. NTUC recognises that the PAP Government has the welfare of workers at heart, and PAP recognises NTUC as a progressive labour movement that supports sustainable policies to enhance Singapore's competitiveness, which would benefit Singapore workers in the long run. For 50 years, we have affirmed this symbiotic relationship, as it has stood the test of time and many trials together. The most recent was the downturn of 2008/2009 where the PAP Government again acted upon its philosophy of minimising the pain to workers through the massive Resilience Package.
So brothers and sisters, as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary this May Day, let us re-affirm the role of the PAP-NTUC symbiotic relationship in delivering better lives for workers in Singapore.
Happy 50th birthday, NTUC!


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Discovering The Truth About Health
The Relationship Between Hormones and Supplements Various hormones like adrenaline, estrogen, insulin and testosterone are good chemical messengers that affect many parts of your overall well-being. Hormones will be released by various organs and glands, including thyroid cartilage, adrenal gland, testicles, pancreas, adrenal glands, pituitary gland and ovaries. The entire endocrine system operates together to control levels of hormones that circulate in the body. If one or more is slightly unbalanced, it can cause major health problems. Some of the used medicines cause hormonal imbalances and these include insulin injections, birth control pills, thyroid drugs, and synthetic hormone replacement therapy among others. Hormonal imbalances vary widely depending on the type of disease or disorder they cause. For example, a lot of estrogen can cause problems that cause reproductive and endometriosis problems, while diabetes symptoms usually cause changes in appetite, weight gain, vision problems and nerve damage. Hormonal imbalances occur as a result of multifactorial disorders, which indicate they are caused by a mixture of components, such as exposure to environmental hazards, stress levels, genetics, medical history and diet. Taking a wide range of foods high in long, medium and short chain fatty acids is crucial to keeping your hormones under control. Your body needs different types of fat to make hormones, including soaked fat and cholesterol. Not only are these basic fats important building blocks for hormone production, but they maintain low levels of irritation, help digestion and promote weight reduction. Solid fat has the inverse effect of refined sugars, which causes irritation and can tamper with the balance of the hormones.
If You Think You Understand Hormones, Then Read This
Adaptogen herbs are a remarkable recovery class that promotes hormone balance and protects the body from a variety of infections, including those caused by excessive pressure. The important part of adjusting the hormones is usually to keep an emotional imbalance that you can manage. You can achieve it by reducing the stress level, taking part in personal reflection and setting the time for yourself. Practice healing or medication exercises can be priceless, similar to daily practice, spending time outdoors and breathing exercises.
If You Think You Get Hormones, Then This Might Change Your Mind
For natural balance of your hormones, it is important to remove toxins in your body by maintaining a long distance from traditional body care products. The products are usually made with harmful chemicals, including propylene glycol, sodium lauryl sulfate, DEA and parabens. The overall choice is to use natural goods made from raw materials such as oil, spar oil, coconut oil and shea butter. Sometimes it is important to supplement with a specific end goal to fill the gap that can cause hormonal imbalance. Some control pills and birth control can affect your hormone balance which causes side effects such as depression, sadness, low libido, variable sleep patterns, appetite change and fatigue.


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Detroit Papers Set to Curtail Print
Under Plan, Free Press, News Would End Most Home Delivery, Expand Web Editions
Detroit Media Partnership L.P., which operates the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, is expected to announce next week that it will cease home delivery of the papers' print editions on most days of the week, according to people familiar with the company's thinking.
Detroit Media has not made a final decision, these people said. But the leading scenario set to be unveiled Tuesday calls for the Free Press, the 20th largest U.S. newspaper by weekday circulation, and the News to end home delivery on all but the most lucrative...