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Boris Johnson's sister Rachel: I was so precious, so spoilt
What happened when Rachel Johnson – former editor of The Lady and younger sister of London Mayor Boris – went on a "poverty safari" and tried to survive on £1 a day?
As conversions go, it probably doesn't rank with St Paul, and it happened on the road to Deptford rather than Damascus, but Rachel Johnson, the self-styled "rich bitch from Notting Hill", has changed her mind about the poor.
A month ago she didn't think they existed in this country. Not dirt poor, not hungry poor. "I just assumed they were spending their money on something else," she says. "Cigarettes and television – Sky TV as a human right – booze, probably. The poor people you see on the box are all fat. How, in God's name, can you be over-weight and hungry? Well, now I know."
She is not fat. She's whippet-thin, in fact. And she's definitely not poor. She slightly bridles at being labelled "rich", though of course she is. "I'm asset rich, maybe. But I haven't inherited money. I've made all the money I have."
The assets include the four-storey, stucco-fronted house in Notting Hill we're sitting in, which she shares with husband Ivo Dawnay (an Old Etonian who works as London director for the National Trust). This is the most fashionable postcode in London; not just posh and expensive, but hip to boot.
Hugh Grant snogged Julia Roberts in the gated communal garden out the back in the eponymous 1999 romcom. The chancellor, George Osborne, grew up across the way in a house reputedly worth £15 million. Rachel's house isn't quite in that league but, don't worry, her feet are bare because she's an upper-crust, boho media moll, and not because she can't afford shoes.
The area gets progressively whiter, in every sense, as you walk uphill from Ladbroke Grove Tube station. Long ago, it was a dormitory for West Indian immigrants, but today the only black face in Johnson's street is a kerbside car-washer, polishing already gleaming 4x4s at £25 (minimum) a time. The nearest shop sells Greek icons. Next door, Clarendon Cross Canines offers grooming and "daycare" for pampered pets – "pop your paws in our doors" – and sells "doggie treats" that cost more than the daily food budget for an entire poor family.
Rachel candidly admits she lives a life of "infinite choice, pleasure and privilege", but when the television people asked her to live in poverty for a week, she jumped at it.
It was partly timing, taking place just after a fraught family Christmas at their farm on Exmoor (another asset). "We were ready to kill each other and I needed a holiday from them." And it was partly the challenge. "I am now so precious, so spoilt, so pernickety, so orthorexic. [Me neither: it means obsessed by healthy eating.] You know, even the extra-virgin olive oil had to be cold pressed. All this b******s, and my family were bored with it.
"I thought it would be a complete eye-opener to live absolutely without choice, about what I did in the day, what I put in my mouth. To have no spending power. At all."
So it came to pass that the former editor of The Lady, who knew what hunger was – she has written graphically about huddling under her pink candlewick bedspread at her prep school sucking on a toothpaste tube to curb the hunger pangs – set out to meet the poor.
The first door she knocked on was a council house in Deptford, south-east London, belonging to Dee, a widow in her 50s. Dee has four daughters, two of whom, Chloe and Diane, are still living at home. Rachel's first reaction? "I walked in and immediately had to breathe through my mouth. They've got an alsatian and seven cats. Don't ask me what it smelt like, but it's amazing what you can get used to."
Their reaction? "They were terribly disappointed. The production company had rather oversold the celebrity thing. The teenagers were expecting Justin Bieber and their poor little faces fell." It seems The Lady, the magazine for women in need of under-butlers that Rachel used to edit, doesn't circulate widely in Deptford.
All of which makes her sound a heartless, right-wing caricature. She's not. At a rough guess I would think it unlikely she subscribes to The Guardian, but she's funny and smart, with the family penchant for reckless honesty that stops just short of self-parody.
She went in, she says, "like a tornado". The first thing she did was go through the family budget. Dee, a former seamstress who had a stroke a few years ago, gets five different benefits totalling, Rachel says, £786 a month. Her outgoings added up to £662, leaving not much more than £1 a day each for food. "I flung open the cupboards and they were bare," (her italics).
Then began three "very long" days. Most of them seemed to be spent in front of the television watching Celebrity Big Brother ("I was bloody grateful it was on") and eating "these ghastly repetitive meals".
"They eat the s**ttiest pap – white bread from the food banks, sugar, frozen stuff. The girls were really quite big and unhealthy. What I discovered was that poverty and obesity are two sides of the same coin."
Rachel seems to have taken charge. "In the end they just sat there while I did the cooking." She went out to buy proper food – beef and vegetables for a stew – and ended up begging outside Iceland for the odd 9p she did not have.
It still cost over £5. "I suddenly realised this is going to be the story. I come in with my poncey Notting Hill ideas. Instead of living within their means I bust their budget with a sort of Marie Antoinette, let-them-eat-cake-style stew. How I simply couldn't compute, in my fluffy over-privileged head, that if you only have £3 a day you can't eat well.
"I was furious. It's jolly hard, labour intensive, but you can. Anyway, it was damn fine, and it lasted two days."
Rachel doesn't blame Dee. In fact, she began to talk about the plight of the poor like a New Statesman editorial. There were things she might have criticised, but doesn't. The biggest drain on Dee's finances is a £1,000 loan she took out one Christmas. She still owes more than that and the bailiff calls every week. "Everybody makes poor choices," says Rachel.
Dee smokes – £4 boxes of Russian cigarettes. Rachel quotes George Orwell: "Tobacco's the only thing that makes life tolerable."
Stews need long cooking, and the family watch the "electric" like hawks, Rachel says. The meter's always running out and they watch TV in their overcoats.
And all those animals? "They get pet food from the food banks; they eat better than humans do. Besides, without the TV and the animals, what would they have in their lives?"
It was so hopeless, Rachel "blubbed". "Not a full-on, snorting, three-hanky job but it was just so desperate. You just longed to help them but you had this sense of absolutely paralysing powerlessness. There was no night and day. No structure. No leadership or motivation in the house. You could see how depression and giving up altogether settles in very fast."
The next place, she says, tugged at her heart-strings even more. Jackie and Mick and their two "gorgeous" young daughters live in a council flat at Clacton-on-Sea.
"They were young, they were funny and they were bright." They were also former heroin addicts with long criminal records. Poor choices again, according to Rachel, who is rather pleased with picking up the lingo – "using" and "going on the rob".
The family's budget was weighed down by an "unpayable" fine (originally £100 but since escalated to £600) imposed on Jackie when she stole a packet of washing powder and some bacon from a Tesco Metro. "They were classic chavs," says Rachel, "but they were a fantastic, loving family. They were desperate to work (Mick is a roofer); they shouldn't be on benefits, but nobody was giving them a second chance.
"Every time they opened their mouths some new hell was revealed. Everything had happened to them. I had every advantage; they had every disadvantage. I could cry every time I think about them."
She is still digesting the experience (not to mention the food; she says she was sick for days afterwards). She's not about to jump into Ed Balls's arms, and rather blames socialists for a welfare state "where people are paid to do nothing and feel there is nothing they can offer".
But she thinks the rest of us just don't get poverty, screen it out of our lives, and Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, should do what she's just done. She says the answer is stopping people going on benefits in the first place, but it isn't clear to me, and probably not to her, how that can be achieved.
"There's this terrible sense of human waste. They're existing rather than living, like battery hens. Apart from the telly and the cigarettes they are living like animals."
She's a novelty now in Notting Hill. "Bizarrely," she says, "because we live such pampered lives, I think there's a lot of envy. Lucky old Rachel, she went on poverty safari – an experience they can never have, even with all the money they've got. Even Ivo, my husband, was envious."
The show has made her feel guilty about her own spending habits. "I realised, with a terrible thud, how much money I've wasted. I can't pay my £3 for a 'flat white' coffee without thinking that's a day's food for a poor family."
But she's settling back into the world of the well-off. And, as a well brought-up girl should, she's already written her thank you notes, and sent a jar of home-made jam to her hosts on Planet Poverty.
Famous, Rich and Hungry is on tonight at 9:00pm on BBC1


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according to a public relations representative, sony is still planning a spring 2006 launch of its next-gen console. this new comment from sony is apparently in response to a report from merrill lynch in japan stating that many software and hardware companies have hinted at a fall 2006 launch for the ps3.
now, while sony admits it is still aiming for a spring launch, the same public relations rep is admitting that sony is "… currently waiting until the last minute for the specifications to be finalized."
in think it is safe to say that what sony is doing is covering all bases here. it is probably pushing hard to meet the spring 2006 launch, but may have to ultimately admit that problems could delay the launch. in other words, the ps3 will be ready when sony says it is ready.
read more at ign.
user comments 84 comment(s)
|doug the retard (8:44am est tue feb 21 2006)
let me get this straight…
sony reiterates, for the thousandth time, that they are on track for spring 2006 launch, but mention that there are things that could go wrong.
and doug the retard tries to claim this is 'backtracking'.
whatever dimwit.
– by calculus
|not gonna hold my breath… (8:47am est tue feb 21 2006)
microshaft launcheed the 360 last year and i'm still waiting to get one. i bet i'll be waiting till next year to get a ps3 as well… – by malcivar
|news to me (8:53am est tue feb 21 2006)
i don't read up on all the buzz on the ps3 like calculus here. so this is new new to me. – by matt
|waaa… (8:53am est tue feb 21 2006)
while you're waiting, try going outside and exercise you couch potatoes!! – by mr. olympia
|don't buy sony (8:58am est tue feb 21 2006)
remember the rootkit fiasco not too long ago……
oh, you won't be able to anyway!
never mind, lets go for a pizza to take our minds off the disappointment – by llort
|csvvsf (9:28am est tue feb 21 2006)
there's tons of xbox360 unsold in japan – by vvz
|calculus (10:27am est tue feb 21 2006)
"sony reiterates, for the thousandth time, that they are on track for spring 2006 launch"
"on track" = not having a final standard for their blu ray.
"on track" = having just shipped their final dev kits.
notice the news on news.google.com today?? apparently, sony will have downloadable games. is this just buzz to take away from the bad press??
anyhow… you can continue dreaming about having your 1300 hour off switch, rootkit, overly hyped ps3. – by i'm enjoying 360 now
|360??? (10:39am est tue feb 21 2006)
no one gives a fuck about last gen consoles like the 360.
how goes that backwards compat, moron?
how many times have you had to ship your pos back to ms to be replaced, moron?
how goes those ripoff prices for accessories, moron?
how goes those crappy, jag-filled graphics, moron?
how goes those system and games crashes, waiting for more patches, moron?
what an idiot for admitting to owning a 360 when it is the laughing stock of the console world.
– by calculus
|calculus (10:45am est tue feb 21 2006)
you come across as a little rude, maybe you should try to be nice to everyone and then the ducks of crushing bleakness may leave your life?
or you could flame me… – by llort
|calculus…closer to 5th grade math (10:59am est tue feb 21 2006)
wow you really told that guy. you should be proud of yourself lil' guy. way to be!!!
"no one gives a fuck about last gen consoles like the 360."
seems like alot of people care about the 360 considering it sells out everywhere besides xenophobic japan.
"how goes that backwards compat, moron?"
how many people playlast generation games on your new shiny console. in my opinion, not many.
"how many times have you had to ship your pos back to ms to be replaced, moron?"
i think you might be stretching the truth a little on this one. their have been isolated incidinces of problems, but call microsoft and they will have it back to you in 12 days. plus, i seem to remember a sony product(cough,ps2,cough)
how goes those ripoff prices for accessories, moron?
$40 for a controller, $50 for wireless, that is ten dollars more than current prices. i still don't see to many people complaining.
how goes those crappy, jag-filled graphics, moron?
not any worse than your ps3…oh that's right they haven't released any actual demos yet. we just have to "trust" that killzone is real and not make-believe, right? seriously spec-wise same ram, same graphics proc powerwise, differrent cpu. i really think they will be close in power.
how goes those system and games crashes, waiting for more patches, moron?
once again, where do you get you information? the "i love sony so much i want to cry network". maybe you exagerate a little bit?
"what an idiot for admitting to owning a 360 when it is the laughing stock of the console world."
do you know how many people would kill to have a 360, but once again you know the truth, it's a laughing stock. ok you're right, i sure take your opinion more seriously from now on.
– by truth
|re: calculus (11:17am est tue feb 21 2006)
how goes that backwards compat, moron?
it's ok… but i'd rather play kameo atm.
how many times have you had to ship your pos back to ms to be replaced, moron?
how goes those ripoff prices for accessories, moron?
hmm… everything came with it… no need for a multitap, no need for memory cards, no need network adapter, no need for harddrive… you tell me how that ps2 is doing with accessories.
how goes those crappy, jag-filled graphics, moron?
about the same as the ps3 i'm sure.
how goes those system and games crashes, waiting for more patches, moron?
none to date.
same questions to you…
how goes that backwards compat, moron?
how many times have you had to ship your pos back to sony to be replaced, moron?
how goes those ripoff prices for accessories, moron?
how goes those crappy, jag-filled graphics, moron?
how goes those system and games crashes, waiting for more patches, moron?
|loss leader (11:44am est tue feb 21 2006)
900 bucks, do the math. sony sells lets say 10 million of something that costs 900 bucks but sells for lets just say 360 bucks asp. lets for grins say the average bill of material drops so that the 10 million bill of material is 600 bucks –> 10,000,000 * ( 600-360 selling ) = 2,400,000,000
no wonder sony is delaying. they need to delay 3 years till the cost of materials drops to 300 bucks – by loss leader gamebox
|calculus can't add (11:50am est tue feb 21 2006)
it is shame and really sad when some fewl goes all half-cocked about something they know nothing about. calculus, you plainly don't have a 360 and have no first hand knowledge and i doubt you can handle simple algebra, let alone calculus.
enjoy waiting for your 2007 ps3 with crappy first gen games while xbox 360 owners are experiencing 2nd and 3rd gen games. plus i hope you enjoy paying about $200 more for the ps3 – you fewl!
|crap (11:55am est tue feb 21 2006)
"while xbox 360 owners are experiencing 2nd and 3rd gen games."
so, the 2nd gen 360 games are the ones that don't look like crap?
is this where 'developers get a handle on teh scarry world of teh multi-core development' and 'developers use all the cores'
nothing but pity for the tiny number of people dumb enough to latch on to another marketplace failure from microsoft. suck it losers.
– by calculus
|calculus=fatsonyfanboy (12:00pm est tue feb 21 2006)
fatsonyfanboy,calculus, whatever your name is, you need to stop your arguments that make no sense except in your sony puppydogs and rainbows brain of yours.
if you are going to post something, try, wait…..just don't post anything. it will save us both time. – by truth
|gamebox owns himself (12:04pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"900 bucks, do the math."
way to make a fool of yourself with one damn sentence dimwit.
not only has that bogus 'report' been laughed at across the net, you are stupid enough to repeat the incorrectly added up number…
and then tell people to do the math.
oh, god, that is so sad!!!
– by calculus
|ouch.. (12:07pm est tue feb 21 2006)
that is a lot of zeros.. gameboxs are loss leaders.. pity the silicon and hardare makers for the losses they pile up. – by not a loss leader
|bogus report (12:10pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"not only has that bogus 'report' been laughed at across the net, you are stupid enough to repeat the incorrectly added up number…
and then tell people to do the math.
oh, god, that is so sad!!!"
so reuters reported a fake merril lynch report. hmm, did i miss something?
are there any facts that it is bogus. or are we supposed to trust you and your infinite wisdom that it's not real. – by help me
|before buying… (12:13pm est tue feb 21 2006)
any nex-gen console, i will wait 2 years so they can fix all the bugs, integrate new peripherals, lower their prices, and best of all, see some 'real' next-gen games. – by truegamer
|re: help me (12:14pm est tue feb 21 2006)
be my guest dummy, go right on believing.
who the f cares if you are too stupid to not have bothered to read the tens of console news pages that ridiculed the article.
– by calculus
|re:calculus (12:15pm est tue feb 21 2006)
read it straight from the horse' mouth. $900. – by junkthemagicdragon
|19 moooore days…… (12:16pm est tue feb 21 2006)
19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days, 19 days – by ps3 release
|this message board proves one thing… (12:54pm est tue feb 21 2006)
sony fanboys are complete idiots! – by jj
|calculus… (1:06pm est tue feb 21 2006)
…you're a raging asshole. you can't hold a calm, rational discussion without coming across like somebody pissed in your wheaties…or krispy kremes…jackass. – by the base
|free xbox 360s!!! (1:06pm est tue feb 21 2006)
it has been estimated that sony's manufacturing cost for a ps3 will be around $900.
so if sony tries to sell the ps3 at $399 to match the price of the xbox 360 then microsoft could actually give the 360s away for free and still take less of a loss than sony would on each unit.
the math just doesn't work, sony will be forced to price the ps3 a lot higher than the xbox 360. any attempt to match the price of the xbox 360 will just get them into a price war that they can not win, especially since microsoft has much deeper pockets than sony.
sony can't cut features since sony must win the bluray/hddvd battle against toshiba and the bluray people are counting on the ps3 to establish bluray as the defacto next-gen video standard.
both the ps3 and bluray players will be priced way higher than the xbox 360 and hddvd counterparts. furthermore, there will be little or no visible difference in quality between any of these systems.
looks like sony is screwed and that the ps3 and bluray will both go down in history as two of the biggest business flops.
– pixelmaster
– by pixelmaster
|hehe (1:11pm est tue feb 21 2006)
despite the funny flames going on, there's some interesting information here.
i for one am enthusiastic about not only the technological war, but also the marketing prowess of ms vs sony. if one were to read that report by merrill lynch, yes, it did say $900, but in the next paragraph, it says if sony were to delay the machine, the drop in revenues would hurt the company more due to reduced installed base (low numbers of early adopters of ps3) as well as extending/delaying the life cycle of the machine, putting the company technologically behind their competitors (ms)…. not to mention their later mentions of the ramifications on the stock of both companies.
in other words, based on what i've read, it is wiser for sony to take a loss early than to take a loss later, and perhaps that is why sony is re-claiming no delays.
|$399? (1:14pm est tue feb 21 2006)
who said ps3 was in the $400 range anyway? i've read a $600 price tag, and even though that is still a loss, much better than a $400 price tag.
and i would agree with you if you said it's a high price. the demographics for ps3 isn't for little kids, it's aimed at young adults… hence, the higher pricetag. – by treatment x
|truth or fantasy ps3 launch date! (1:31pm est tue feb 21 2006)
the launch of playstation 3 (ps3) has been the subject of heavy speculation in the industry as expectations are high for the powerful machine, which will feature cutting-edge technology in its dvd player, processors and graphics.
ps3 will be competing with microsoft corp.'s xbox 360, which went on sale last november, and nintendo co. ltd.'s revolution, which is expected later this year.
"we're aiming for spring, but we haven't announced specific regions," a spokeswoman for sony computer entertainment said, adding that it was waiting for the final specifications on some of the technology it is using in the ps3, such as that related to the blu-ray dvd drive and to input and output video and sound.
the specifications are decided by industry consortiums.
"we're waiting for them until the last possible minute, but the launch could be pushed back if they're not decided soon," the spokeswoman said. if the ps3 is not ready in time, the company will choose the next best timing for the launch, she said.
sony has been promising a spring launch but has been deliberately vague about exactly when that would be. analysts have said it could mean anytime between march and the end of japan's rainy season in june.
sony's shares fell as much as 4.4 percent on monday after merrill lynch said in a research note last week that the ps3's launch might be delayed by six to 12 months and the cost of production could initially approach $900 per unit.
the shares closed down 3.6 percent at 5,300 yen, underperforming the tokyo stock market's electrical machinery index ielec, which fell 1.85 percent.
manufacturers typically sell new game consoles at a loss initially to gain market share so they can later make money by selling software — a $25 billion global market.
but the higher-than-expected cost estimate by merrill means sony will have to take a much larger loss on each ps3 unit it sells or sacrifice market share to microsoft, which is selling its xbox 360 for about $400.
sony currently has about 70 percent of the global market for game consoles, but some analysts have said it could lose as much as 20 percentage points to microsoft, which is making an aggressive push to increase its 15 percent share.
nintendo, which also has a 15 percent market share, is taking a different strategy as it aims to increase the number of game players with a unique console and original games.
merrill lynch also downgraded its rating on sony to "sell" from "neutral," saying in its note that sony could see its earnings decline in the business year from april.
spring launch 'unrealistic'
"no one is seriously thinking a spring release is realistic any more," said hiroshi kamide, an analyst at kbc securities. "if i were sony, i wouldn't be that worried about releasing as soon as i possibly could."
kamide said sony may wait until it is fully prepared, especially after seeing slow initial sales of microsoft's xbox 360 even though it was launched in time for the holidays.
having led the worldwide console gaming market for the last decade, sony is counting on the new machine to dominate in all aspects of networked home entertainment — games, movies, music and more.
yuta sakurai, a senior analyst at nomura securities, said the price of the ps3 was more important than its timing.
"i don't think it matters when sony launches in the u.s. as long as it's in time for christmas," sakurai said. he expects sony to try to launch the ps3 in japan in early summer, in time for the big selling season when schools go on holiday in july.
sakurai estimated that sony could charge at most 50,000 yen ($420) for the console.
retail price estimates by analysts in japan vary widely from about 40,000 yen to several times that much, primarily because of all of the technology that is packed into the machine, which is expected to be the size of a laptop computer.
the ps3, which can be played simultaneously by up to seven people, will be powered by the "cell" chip, which is significantly more powerful than intel corp.'s pentium 4, the most common chip for today's pcs and existing game machine processors.
it will also feature a super-powerful graphics chip, a built-in ethernet port for high-speed internet access, and blu-ray, a next-generation dvd format backed by sony.
analysts generally agree that sony will do whatever it can to avoid missing the key year-end holiday season this year, but many believe it will be unable to make the ps3 in great volumes.
game development for the ps3 is also seen being delayed because the technology specifications have not been finalized.
"game makers are developing games according to their guesses on what the final specifications might be," said takeshi tajima, – by cnn
|ps3 $349.99 (2:19pm est tue feb 21 2006)
gotta love the stupid xbots.
sony has to laughing their asses off at the stupid look on the tiny xbox fanboy community when the ps3 is announced at 349.99…
sorry clowns, not only are cell yields good, they are the best of any chip ibm has ever produced.
love it!
all that's left is aacs to finish up in the next few weeks.
thanks to all the stupid xbot clowns spreading the word that the ps3 is worth 900 bucks! wtg dimwits!
– by calculus
|re: calculus (2:31pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i suggest you take a look at the post above yours….
game, set & match.
lol….jaggoff. – by kids these days
|fatsonyfanboy….recess is over go to class (2:36pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i highly doubt the ps3 will launch at 349.99, but if you say so it must be true. because we all know what an unbiased source of information you are. merril lynch just is a biased fansite, right? it would make it so much easier if all these media outlets would get their info from you, wouldn't it?
sony could release at 349.00, but they would take a heck of a loss.
as for the cell articled you linked, did you even read it? it doesn't say it's getting better yields than any other chip it's ever produced. it says it's yields are improving more than any other chip it ever produced. so it means i for the first month from every silicon wafer it could produce 1 cell chip, and in the second month it could produce 2 cell chips from one wafer, then that's a 100% improvement in yield for the month.
your whole argument has no basis in fact.
now fatsonyfanboy just stop, stop the bleeding. i'm begging you for your sake.
– by help me, help you
|re: help me, help you (2:45pm est tue feb 21 2006)
sorry dummy, not only are the broadband engine yeilds the best ibm has ever had, the chips sony is using are all of the 7/8 spe ones.
so not only do you have the fantastic yields ibm is getting for all be chips including the more expensive/rarer 8/8spe ones, you have sony getting 7/8 spe bes from both their internal production and ibms combined.
which is exactly why sony went with the 7/8 version…so they could comfortably sell the ps3 at…drumroll…349.99. hell they could have gone with a 5 or 6 spe version and still slap the shit out of the underpowered 360.
i won't even bother with the silly bluray number.
aacs, just one more thing, aacs…
and then, boom, 349.99.
love it!
– by calculus
|how do you communicate with children (2:49pm est tue feb 21 2006)
anybody have some good self help books. – by really, i'm serious
|math help (3:00pm est tue feb 21 2006)
" 24 chips from one wafer, and in the second it could produce 32, that's only a 25% improvement." 24 to 32 would be a 33% improvement…. not 25% but at any rate if ibm says its yeilds are improving at the rate they claim then this is nothing but good news for sony and ibm. it probably is true as ibm has a press release about cell powered blade servers so they not only have enough chips to supply sony they seem to have enough left over to make into servers. – by prisoncell
|high cell yields (3:09pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"they not only have enough chips to supply sony they seem to have enough left over to make into servers."
ibm is working with over 200 companies in media, aerospace, and defense on cell based products.
cell chips are designed to be cheap and scalable through a high degree of redundancy.
– by calculus
|my mistake (3:15pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i was simply stating that the what he said about the cell having the best yields ibm has ever had are untrue.
maybe the cell is ready for mass production, but then again maybe not.
about the math mistake. sorry i am at work. i was not concentrating that hard on the problem. but hey if anyone wants to talk about qwest communications and are bundling discounts feel free because that is where most of my effort is going to right now. – by help me, help you
|it probably is true… (3:26pm est tue feb 21 2006)
if you remember back to the problems apple has had with ibm yeilds then it realy is probably true lol anyway sony will probably release before christmas and im gonna guess here that it will roll out at 399 in japan and if not the same price then the 350 mark would be my guess. ps2 was released at 299 here and i think it was higher in japan at the time. i realy dont think sony will go over the 399 mark it seems to be the feeling i get that not many would pay more then that for a game system and i am pretty sure sony has some marketing guys who would agree. – by cellular
|just the facts ma'am (3:26pm est tue feb 21 2006)
so merril lynch=untrue
and statements made by the managing director of sony computer entertainment asia, tetsuhiko yasudaabout ps3 in fall=untrue
the fact that sony has not released one demo with gameplay.
the fact that blu-ray drives still have yet to be released.
the fact that sony just is not a very credible company, period.
but you,fatsonyfanboy, know that it will be released in the next month. man, you must be really in the know because not many other people are buying this. – by neverending story
|ps3 (3:38pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i's wait fo ps3 becus i's want the realilility injen sintasizer. is me graphic realer than real.
– by emotionengine
|untrue indeed (3:38pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"so merril lynch=untrue" well maybe if there was some other source of information that agreed with it… and to be honest i realy dont see why people put so much stock (pun intended) in what merril has to say about tech ? you seem to be fatmerrillynchfanboy ? i think anyone would rather be a sony fan boy in levels of non coolness merril would rank down with being a fanboy of the septic tank industry… and i didnt know christmas was next month… whoa ! time to get a move on shopping… – by skincell
|cingular (3:40pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i'm with cingular business…(well, att business)…i'm paying 25 bux.
can i get a discount? – by to cingular guys
|more gewd news (3:42pm est tue feb 21 2006)
sony is in control. they decide what happens in the gaming market. m$ is in full reactive mode. the only time they were proactive was rushing the crap 360 to market. now nobody cares about that l0ser console except the l0sers that bought one. everyday that sony delays launch is another day m$360 is allowed to decompose. sony better hurry though, the carcass is starting to stink.
sony = teh win – by fatsonyfanboy
|says the engine that could (3:43pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"ps3 (3:38pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i's wait fo ps3 becus i's want the realilility injen sintasizer. is me graphic realer than real.
– by emotionengine"
while pounding his northbridge and his southbridge onto his core and trying to bite his cache. – by tard_lieing_sony
|cingular (3:49pm est tue feb 21 2006)
is that for your home telphone line, and is that with or without caller id, call waiting, and voicemail? – by help me, help you
|similarities (3:52pm est tue feb 21 2006)
sony fanboys are reminding alot of gamecube fanboys when the xbox came out.
sony will lose marketshare this goround. how much remains to be seen, but they will.
– by what i see
|cingular (3:55pm est tue feb 21 2006)
that's my cell phone – by yep
|i dont see why… (3:57pm est tue feb 21 2006)
people get so upset about ms losing some money on a games console (hint: even if ms never sells another console they will be just fine)i also dont see why they get so upset that sony will release this year. lots of people will buy it(fact)will it be as popular as the ps2 time will tell… will it totaly flop with ms being the #1 games system i doubt it as just too many people will be playing ps1 and ps2 games on it. the same market momementum that keeps ms on top in the desktop realm is the same thing that will work against them in the console realm (although i think it plays less of a roll it is still one factor) all in all the writting is pretty much on the wall sony will sell alot of systems ms will sell alot of systems wich one will sell more… sony its pretty much in the bag get over it if you like 360 awsome have fun! good games are sure to come out for both god knows they can both put up some fantastic graphics. – by gamesman
|sorry (3:57pm est tue feb 21 2006)
yeah i wouldn't recomend qwest for your cell service. we use the sprint network, and don't have a very good offering. i use verizon personally. – by help me, help you
|360 fiasco (3:59pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"sony will lose marketshare this goround. how much remains to be seen, but they will. "
oh yes, liddle xbot, with the 360 already deader in japan than the first xbox fiasco and 360s sitting unsold in major retailer's shelves in the us and on ebay.
that old dreamcast 360 name is being way too generous. the 360 is the biggest launch disaster ever.
once again the dimwitted liddle xbots are patheticly trying to claim the complete opposite of reality. losers…
– by calculus
|does anyone speak 11? (4:15pm est tue feb 21 2006)
"oh yes, liddle xbot, with the 360 already deader in japan than the first xbox fiasco and 360s sitting unsold in major retailer's shelves in the us and on ebay.
that old dreamcast 360 name is being way too generous. the 360 is the biggest launch disaster ever.
once again the dimwitted liddle xbots are patheticly trying to claim the complete opposite of reality. losers…"
yes the 360 has not done well in japan.
since when has the 360 been sitting on store shelves. i personally have never seen one, ever. there like a unicorn, or a sasquatch. haven't seen it.
and finally comparing the 360 to the dreamcast. oww you're a smart one, do you remember why the dreamcast failed so badly? because sony and their owerpowered supercomputer on a chip,the emotion engine. what a joke, the underpowered ps2 killed off the cheaper just as powerful dreamcast with hype, hype, and more hype.
some tactics never change, i guess. but this time thinkgs are different. people are wiser to sony's tricks. they are not going to have so easy this time around. but calculus you are living proof that sony's tricks of all hype no substance still work on some people. way to be little fella!
– by over your head
|stop the violence (4:17pm est tue feb 21 2006)
1 versus 100 is hardly fair. and though calculus makes an embarresment of all the sony fans, someone has to try to come to his rescue.
even before the 360 came out, everyone thought the ps3 was going to be released in the fall or winter of '06 despite what sony may have claimed. this should have given the 360 a huge advantage, but now, more than 2 months after the hyped release of the 360, some people still don't have their consoles. the buzz over the 360 has dropped considerably. the fanbase that was supposed to be established ahead of the ps3's release is restless and all those who could jump on the bandwagon after playing their friends' system aren't incentivized. there's only so many times you can play call of duty at best buy before you stop caring. microsoft should have done much better with the release of the system. i'm not saying it didn't do well (selling out is about as good as you can get). but they should have had a bigger stock. that and better games at launch. doa would have been nice to start with. they're wasting their headstart even with the ps3 delays.
could similar delays occur with the ps3? you bet. but the 360 is far from the sure-fire winner right now. the ps3 will have to play catch up, but microsoft isn't making it hard for them.
considering the market-share that sony has with the ps2 vs xbox and gamecube, it's fair to say that many people (not all but many) will want to go from the ps2 to the ps3 instead of jumping ship to the 360. despite the heavier loss that sony will incur, they stand to sell more consoles due to the bigger fanbase.
so then it all comes down to the games. anyone who quotes system stats is an idiot. i'm sure everyone here knows that a powerful system can create really crappy games and dinkier systems can look great (soul calibur for dreamcast).
the $900 cost of the ps3 is one analyst's opinion. the only reason it's gotten so much coverage is because it's the highest estimate to date. that doesn't mean it's correct ().
now it wouldn't be fair if i didn't try to take at least a little cheap shot at the 360 while i have the chance. unless you play halo (or doa which finally came out), there are no titles for xbox exclusively that are worth getting. ps on the otherhand has gta, final fantasy, tekken, devil may cry, just to name a few. and as the next-generation rolls forward, they'll continue to build their lineup of exclusive titles. i'd rather have the best of both worlds plus more than settle for a 360. – by owne dy'nasty
|thank you for not being calculusee (4:29pm est tue feb 21 2006)
but the argument was never whether the 360 would crush the ps3. it was that it cut into sony's marketshare.
ok you said that everyone has always known that the release for the ps3 was going to be fall 06' if this is true, are their no repurcussions for sony blatantly misleading the public. sooner or later it will backfire on them.
now onto the 360 launch. no it hasn't been the best of a launch with the shortages. i still think it is better than having no launch at all. the ps2 suffered huge shortages during its launch. did it stop it from being a success. heck no it didn't.
as for the exclusives advantage for sony. the only advantage that i saw was japanese rpg's. whether that will hold up in this next generation remains to be seen. – by me
|different market (5:08pm est tue feb 21 2006)
japan has a different gamer market than the us. xbox games are mainly geared towards american gamer's tastes. japanese gamers prefer rpg style games which sony has tons of and xbox has very few of. so game types and "made in japan" brand loyalty make it hard for xbox to do well there.
i think ps3 has to be more than the 360 because it has blu-ray. that alone makes it at least $100 more expensive. the first blu-ray players came out costing around $800 alone and that was just a couple months ago. also it should be noted that blu-ray discs cost much more than dvds so games will probably be more at least for awhile. – by the red pill
|delay (6:36pm est tue feb 21 2006)
i for one hope sony delays release until the x-mas season. that way i can sell them for a 1000 bucks on e-bay when the shortage hits, as every console release is prone to. i've been quoted $335 wholesale. my guys always good as gold. – by the pete
|help me help u (7:03pm est tue feb 21 2006)
thanks for the consideration. – by yep
|sony will relesae lower than ms to force ms to lower their prices and (11:19pm est tue feb 21 2006)
take higher losses. the components cost $900, so sony will take a bath. but how much time has sony had to test and certify titles on the hardware before release?
can't wait for e3. – by may
|ps3 (4:13am est wed feb 22 2006)
ill be havplaying great games like gta and socom .why complain about price point or release dates on ps3 you allready have psp ,oh and by the way 4gig internal harddrive version coming soon to knock ipods out of the moble media cloud vii er 9(pun).well back to gt4 need to get more cars.ig a great time with my psp in hand – by icigo_kun
|psp vx ipod (8:15am est wed feb 22 2006)
i know it's a topic switch, but icigo_kun, a 4g psp will not "knock ipods out of the movle media cloud." half the people who have ipods probably don't even play videogames. buying a psp isnt even on their radar. plus, due to the fact that psp is designed for games, the portability of a psp vs an ipod makes it a ridiculous idea as a replacement if all you want to do is play music. because they serve different audiences, psps will always cater towards games, and the ipod towards media (music/video). psp only happens as a media play but it lacks the simplicity because it is primarily a game machine.
– by owne dy'nasty
|re: fatsonyfanboy (8:41am est wed feb 22 2006)
move out of your mum's basement and get a job.
every time i read your post i think, "that's the winner of the next darwin awards right there." i just wish you'd hurry up and have sex with your damn precious ps2 and electrocute yourself so that we can go ahead and award you for purifying our gene pool by ramoving yourself from it.
it's funny – whenever sony do anything, it's all part of this 'master plan' to 'utterly destroy' all the other consoles (which really reflects your miniscule intelligence in using such immature concepts and such a biased and childlike understandings) but as soon as anyone else does exactly the same thing, it's becasue they're scared, or because they've messed up.
two things:
1. as nice as it would be to have such a childlike mentality and an unwavering belief in something as you do, it acts as more of a hinderance in modern society where people usually prefer fact instead of blind opinion when you're trying to persuade them to change their point of view.
2. get a life. hurling abuse at anyone that doesn't conform to your view with regards to a 'superior console' is very nazi-esque.
fatsonyfanboy = teh lose. – by valentine
|ahh the price (11:55am est wed feb 22 2006)
well does anyone remember when the ps 1 was first released?
over here in the uk it cost �500/�600
and that just played game and cds
we always get ripped off xbox and sony are getting shit! most of the games are getting shit.
do any of you on here really want to play or care about another harry potter game or something =ly as shit! – by keffer p
|psp for teh win! (10:22pm est wed feb 22 2006)
who cares about stupid consoles when psp is all we need! – by psp pimp
|the red pill… (12:02pm est thu feb 23 2006)
you and a couple other folks in here and myself are making since! there is alot of dis info in this blog.i personally dont care which console i buy its just that i have to wait and see who is going to have the better one. i dont want to make a mistake by buying the wrong console. and no matter what folks say the proof is in the pudden. side by side and one game that looks cool isnt any reason for running out and buying a console. i think if you do that your not a gamer your a lame gamer. for me i want the biggest bang for the buck and ya dont get that when ya run out and by a console because a game looks cool. maybe its cause i'm a older gamer and have been around since the beginning of video games who knows. – by cnn
|few of us just wait about a year or 2 after release (2:34pm est thu feb 23 2006)
i bought ps2 2 years after release and spent $100 on it. cool wit me and there a plenty of games i can play.
also i bought xbox 2 years after release abd spent $160 on it. cool wit me and plenty more games i can play.
those 2 consoles are still ppurrrrring in excellant condiction.
why buy newest released console when there arent many games on the shelf to play…. – by stranger
|yes wait indeed ! (12:00am est fri feb 24 2006)
totaly agree with the poster above. i did buy a ps2 for 299 around launch here in the us but ps1 i waited for a while (i was still enjoying my snes) but thinking back if it wasnt for the ps2 playing ps1 games i would have been a little starved for games (twisted metal black went a looong way in making me happy back then) anyway unless sony has some realy good launch titles i will wait for the price drop. hmmmm metal gear looks like it could pry open my wallet… – by funkychicken
|i'd believe sony's claim (2:12am est fri feb 24 2006)
as much as i believe the emotion engine is the most powwwwr ful chip that you can dip and eat. – by sony bo loney
|this just in (2:14am est fri feb 24 2006)
sony cell processor is able to emulate the universe! and also predict all probabilities of events since every atom and it's path creates events.
sony will be able to talk to god in it's future cell chip – by sony rules
|wow (2:36am est sat feb 25 2006)
sony? on time? quality product? (pfff..)hahaahahahahahahahaha!!!! i've never heard those 3 in the same sentence. sony should stop failing at making video games so badly and become a corpration of clowns and comedians. sony couldn't launch their way out of a paper bag, let alone releasing a good product on time. – by cheez mastah
|ps3 sux (1:26pm est sat feb 25 2006)
dam the ps3 sux – by ps3 sux
|rants (12:45am est thu mar 02 2006)
man, people flame and rant way too much :p
and thank u to people who actually have something to say. u make reading comments worth it ) – by that guy
|should i get an xbox 360 (4:49am est sun mar 05 2006)
should i get an exbox 360 – by damienwhoisbald
|tired of waiting !! (5:09am est sun mar 05 2006)
was holding of getting a 360, because the ps3 looks better on paper. but at this rate the 360 will be a year old by the time the ps3 is released. thats a whole lot of gaming ! i think its time to make a purchase ! – by hadenough
|re ps3 (9:21am est mon mar 06 2006)
the ps3 will cost sony �455 per unit to produce at launch, according to financial analyst merrill lynch.
they gota be joking.
|all things come to those who wait (12:42pm est mon mar 06 2006)
and the fact is anybody with half a brain would rather wait and get the finished (and superior) article rather than a microsoft-esque 'my new machine won't work' debacle like the 360.
not to mention the fact that the new cell chip is gonna wipe the floor with all competition.
quite blowing about the 360. it's not that much of an advancement in technology. there's a reason why nvidia decided not to be associated with it you know.
enjoy your impatiend shallow pleasure 360 fans.
the smart money's put aside for a machine worth the cash. sure it'll cost more. but you get what you pay for.
eat it. – by thetruth
|we are (8:31am est wed mar 08 2006)
thankyou very much we are enjoying the pleasure of the 360 its a good console and im sure the ps3 will also be good but the fact is 360 is here now, and ps3 is not. microsoft will get a bigger part of the console market which in the long run will make things better for all gamers lets hope when ps3 does get to the shops it lives up to the hype, untill then get a psp or buy a 360 i think your in for a long wait for the ps3 – by steve
|listen up all you 360 qeefs (1:55pm est wed mar 08 2006)
the ps3 will have double of everything that the 360 has with in it the ps3 is set forth to those people who are real gamers the graphics are superior the hd resolution will be,more controlers for a real house party to go down,dvd will play more better than the 360 see ps3 is about the gameing and the 360 is just about the online use wich i might say sucks all u guys are saying the games at e3 are prerenderd just because there are no demos what u seen on the screen was real u want to know how i know 1st when making games there is a graphics card when making a game the developers use a computer to make the game they are real to the fact just beacuase there not running a demo on the ps3 doesnot mean that it is prerenderd they showed there software and graphics by running it by what they made on the computer when transfering a game to a disc they move the software to it ,it may not look the same but the ps3 has a way to take it off the computer and run it on the ps3 unlike the retarted 360 got more to say see ya bitchez – by jay and silent bob
|jay and bob (6:56am est thu mar 09 2006)
did you guys write that after you smoked some weed. – by steve
|just keep waiting (7:05am est thu mar 09 2006)
if sony is true to form then guys you have to keep waiting & waiting & waiting, and then they will give you a date then you will wait some more and some more and some more, then if it does make it to the shops you will have to wait some more because supply will be short. ha ha just keep waiting you sad people. – by steve
|ps3 hd ready. (7:06am est thu mar 09 2006)
im a ps fan & always have been since the beginning, which makes me quite old.. lol.
the questions & answers that i have been looking for is that i have already hd equipment & yet most of the time cable, sky & dvd's are just not there yet.
who's to say that ps3 will make that much of a big impact when most people are still in the infant stage of hd. they will be getting the ps3 & complaining that they can't see any difference becuase they will not be running the full whack of the ps3 due to hd technology.. tv's etc..
people need to know the facts & be ready for when the big day comes..
other than that.. i can wait..
|have a look.. (7:16am est thu mar 09 2006)
with next-generation gaming on all our minds, midway blasts into the arena with a hong kong action epic from the mind of renowned director john woo..
will be on the ps3. * graphics are there.. looks soooo good.
– by uk*ps3*fan
|how would i know (4:35pm est thu mar 09 2006)
get a life and get off game geek and get a girlfriend and stop worrying when the ps3 is gonna be out – by who cares
|???????? (4:37pm est thu mar 09 2006)
get a life, get off game geek and get a gf, the ps3 will come out when sony releases it – by who cares
|bingo play (6:39pm est sun mar 12 2006)
into the room whipping loose papers around the noise died down and bingo[/url] school was very difficult for me and i found comfort in two things. – by bingo play
|ps3/gta (9:09am est tue mar 14 2006)
all i know is that when rockstar release a new gta for the ps3 its gonna kick ass! and until the ps3 comes out we will have to make do with the 360 for now! see ya ppl – by ??????????
|360/ps3 (10:08am est mon apr 17 2006)
who gives a f*ck anyway…no doubt graphics card manufacturers will come up with something that will wipe the floor with both the 360 and ps3 soon,it works this way all the time.new console released…looks better than pc graphics….few months later new graphics card released….makes consoles look like asda checkout till. – by bob


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The Barnstormers of Tamworth, now the oldest professional summer theater in New Hampshire, was the creation of Francis and Alice Cleveland and their friend Edward P. Goodnow. Francis Grover Cleveland (1903-1995) was the youngest child of President Grover and Frances Cleveland.
After retiring from the White House in 1897, the Clevelands lived in Princeton, New Jersey and summered on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Following the death of their daughter Ruth in January of 1904, they could not bear to return to their Buzzards Bay summer home, so they summered instead in Tamworth, attracted there by the Finleys, friends from Princeton. Grover enjoyed fishing in the area's waters and talking to the locals. The Clevelands liked Tamworth so much that they bought a home near the Finleys' summer place on what is now known as Cleveland Hill, to which they returned every summer, even after the President's death in 1908. The Cleveland children and grand children would later build their own summer homes on the hill.
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Following his marriage to Alice Erdman in 1925, he taught English and Latin for three years at a private school in Cambridge, where he directed student plays. Francis then became a professional actor, working in Boston and New York. For two years, he was one of the original cast members of "Our Town", the classic New Hampshire play by Thornton Wilder.
Francis and Alice Cleveland became interested in establishing a summer theater. They considered a summer theater in the Lake Placid area where Alice's family had a home, but that plan did not work out. In 1928, they built their own small summer house next to the Cleveland family summer home in Tamworth. Discussions about a summer theater with their friend Edward Goodnow now centered on Tamworth. In the fall of 1930, the Clevelands visited Tamworth and found that they could use the Tamworth Gardens, a barn converted to a recreation hall, on the grounds of the Tamworth Inn.
So, the Barnstormers were formed. They held their first performance, a benefit of "The Ghost Train" for St. Andrews In The Valley Church, on July 18, 1931 at the Tamworth Gardens. That summer, six plays were performed. Ticket prices in those Depression times ranged from 50 cents to $1.25.
In their early years, the Barnstormers, as their name implied, were a traveling troupe. Given the poor condition of the roads in the area, summer people could not be expected to travel in large numbers to Tamworth to see a play. The plays would have to be brought to them. So, the actors and stage crew lived at the Tamworth Inn and traveled each day for one or two night stands in different resorts. The actors presented a new play each week, while learning and rehearsing the next week's play during the day. The sets and props had to be moved by truck from one stage to the next as often as five times a week.
Three towns, Tamworth, Conway, and Wolfeboro were always on the Barnstormers tour during their first 11 seasons, from 1931 through 1941. The Masonic Temple Auditorium in Wolfeboro, now the home of the Village Players, was actually the only venue that they played consistently through all these seasons. The Barnstormers were very popular in Wolfeboro.
As Francis Cleveland recalled "To us those Wolfeboro audiences were so receptive and so friendly, that we looked forward all week to Friday nights [in Wolfeboro], where we became the theatrical giants of our dreams."
The Tamworth Gardens was converted to a theater by the addition of a stage. But the stage was too small, only 18 feet wide, the seats were hard, and the box office was a table under an umbrella on the porch. So, in the fall of 1934, Frances Cleveland, who often went trouping with her son's drama company, bought an old general store in Tamworth village. The upper floor of the two-story early 19th century building was the Grange Hall, long used for plays produced by both local amateurs and traveling professionals.
Following the designs of Cambridge architect W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., the building was thoroughly remodeled into a modern theater with a welcoming portico on the street gable end. Only the shell was retained, as the interior was given a real stage with lights and curtains, dressing rooms, and a two-story high auditorium with a balcony. The Tamworth theater has been the Barnstormers' home base ever since it opened in 1935.
In Conway, the Barnstormers played their first two seasons in the old Bijou Theater on Pleasant Street in Conway village. But, after the Bijou was converted to a wood products factory, they moved in 1933 to the Intervale Playgrounds, a new recreation/ dance hall in the Intervale section of Bartlett. Just before their 1935 season began, the Barnstormers bought the Mill, a dance hall/ restaurant on Pequawket Brook in Conway village. Built on the site of an old mill, the Mill Theater straddled the former mill canal, which was both noisy and, given the use of the brook for sewage disposal, "odorous."
In 1936, the theater was remodeled, enlarged to provide more seating, and the water diverted by a penstock. In 1940, the Sunset Pavilion on the grounds of the Eastern Slope Inn in North Conway was remodeled as the Eastern Slope Playhouse and became the Conway home of the Barnstormers.
The other venues of the Barnstormers changed over the years. For the first three seasons, they played weekly at the Playhouse in the Rockywold camp on Squam Lake in Holderness. In 1934, they alternated Tuesday performances between Rockywold and the Bald Peak Colony Club in Moultonborough. The resort hotel, Pecketts on Sugar Hill, was visited for four seasons from 1933 through 1936. The Plymouth Theater was used in 1935, and the New Hampton School gymnasium in 1936. In 1940 and 1941, the Barnstormers played at the Laconia High School. They even traveled into Maine, playing at the Poland Springs House in Poland Springs from 1937 through 1939 and at the Deertrees Theater in Harrison in 1941. Each town was different. Francis Cleveland later recalled that "anything off-color was strictly forbidden " at Rockywold, but could be played at the Bald Peak Colony Club. "In Wolfeboro you could say 'damn' and 'hell' but in Tamworth we had to cut those words out."
The actors and crew lived in the same Tamworth inn, ate their meals together in a Tamworth boarding house, worked together day and night, and traveled together in open cars to and from their performances every night. Cleveland remembered that "quite a few romances sprang up under the laprobes on the cold trip back from Sugar Hill. This propinquity, I believe gave rise to some seven marriages�."
World War II closed the Barnstormers for four seasons, from 1942 through 1945. The Clevelands, who had moved permanently to Tamworth in 1940, showed movies in the theater during those summers. Live drama did not resume until the summer of 1946, when two plays were presented in a shortened season. Improved roads and automobiles and a growing desire to stay in one place brought an end to the actual barnstorming after the war. The Tamworth theater became the Barnstormers' only venue.
The heyday for the traditional summer theater in the United States was the period between the two World Wars and for a short period after the second war. In the post war era, summer theaters faced increasing competition from television and other diversions. In the 1950s, package shows began traveling from theater to theater. The professional resident summer stock theater companies declined in number and by the 1980s, had almost disappeared. But the Barnstormers persevered, despite some hard times.
Financial problems reduced the 1953 season to one show and closed the theater entirely in 1960. In that dark year, the Clevelands decided to make the Barnstormers a nonprofit corporation, and set up a board of directors. Plays resumed in 1961. The audiences and the financial condition of the Barnstormers slowly improved. And in 1970, the Clevelands deeded the Tamworth theater property to The Barnstormers, Inc. Francis Cleveland, although periodically announcing his imminent retirement as early as 1980, continued to work with the theater group until his death in 1995.
The following year, a capital campaign was begun to upgrade and winterize the theater to make it usable year round as a cultural center for the community. In three years, over one million dollars was raised. Construction began in the fall of 1998 and was completed before the summer season of 1999.
The popular 8-week summer season remains a major focus of the theater. The Barnstormers state on their website (www.barnstormerstheatre.org) that they are apparently "the only theatre in the country still producing a show a week with a resident company in the old summer stock tradition."
This summer's shows include an entertaining mix of five comedies, two musicals and a mystery. But, the theater is now used year round, for drama, dance performances, concerts, talks and other events. In 2004, for example, 22 different organizations scheduled cultural events at the theater. The Barnstormers also expanded their own programs, beginning in the fall of 2006. They began performing at least one play in each of the three off-seasons, fall, winter and spring. And they started eight-week theater programs for both children and adults in the fall and spring. The Barnstormers, once a wandering group of actors and stagehands, have become one of the Lakes Region's most enduring and important cultural institutions.
The Barnstormers is a theatrical institution
The Barnstormers of Tamworth, now the oldest professional summer theater in New Hampshire, was the creation of Francis and Alice Cleveland and their friend Edward P. Goodnow. Francis Grover Cleveland (1903-1995) was the youngest child of President Grover and Frances Cleveland.


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** SpaFFFnutz - 48" Coroplast/FFF Hybrid Flying Wing **
This thread is about a spin-off design that evolved from tony65x55's Zagnutz flying wing which is detailed in his ** Kline-Fogleman Airfoiled Flying Wing ** thread:
To avoid any further confusion as to where the SpaFFFnutz thread is and to prevent any further contamination of Tony's fine design by my tamperings, I'll hereby move SpaFFFnutz here.
That said, welcome to SpaFFFnutz land!
Last edited by jackerbes; Mar 27, 2010 at 05:58 AM.
In the beginning...
There is a KFm1 flying wing named Zagnutz. It is arguably one of the first Kline-Fogelman foamies to appear on rcgroups.com. It first used the KFm1 airfoil and evolved to KFm3, then KFm4. Then I made one using a piece of Corolast (corrugated plastic, think of the "Vote for..." and "For Sale by..." signs you see everywhere).
The first details about SpaFFFnutz were posted here:
That post is quoted herewith:
14 November 2009
With my full apologies to tony65x55, let me introduce you to the latest variant on the Zagnutz. I even gave it a name that is derived from it's roots:
SPAD = Simple Plastic Airplane Design, the popular Coroplast planes
FFF = Well, we all know what that is.
and I transliterated and mutated that to "SpaFFFnutz" and if the plane flies maybe I'll give it a thread of it's own.
Here are the build details for now though.
Wing span: 48"
Weight: 770 grams/27 oz.
Wing area: 377 sq. in.
Wing loading: 10.3 oz/sq. ft.
Battery: 4S A123 1100 mAh (180 grams, 13.2V nominal)
Motor: Turnigy DAT-750 brushless outrunner, 750 Kv, 80 grams, 180 Watts
Prop: Great Planes Powerflow 10x4.5 Slow Fly
ESC: Atlas Black 20A
Servos: two generic 9 gram micros
Material: Coroplast 4mm center panel sandwiched between Dow PB III FFF to make KFm4 strips. Factory folded edge of two FFF sheets was used for the leading edge of wing, no spars or other stiffening was added to the wing.
This is a fast build because the Coroplast center panel does not have any spar on it or in it.
The five sided center filler panels were added to the center of the wing, top and bottom. These extend back to the prop slot cutout. The filler panels are also PU glued to the coro for a little additional stiffening in the wing center.
With the FFF KFm strips on the top and bottom of the wing wrapping the coro back to the 50% mark, the filler panels in the center, and all of the FFF being glued to the coro for it's full contact area, the wing stiffens up nicely while still retaining some gentle spanwise flexibility. I think this wing will flex a little under load in flight but that might turn out to be a good thing.
The wing is .670" thick at the KFm strips and the wing thickness and step height is constant across the wing span. The KFm steps are about .230 high (a single layer of FFF).
The elevons were made from FFF and clear package sealing tape was used to make full length hinges. The elevons were later covered with a second layer of colored package sealing tape for additional strenghening and stiffening.
Motor was mounted with a 3/8"/9mm square stick. The square stick rests on the top of the coro center panel and is held in place by two screws from the bottom. The screws go through doubler was made from a paint stirring stick.
Coro is quite a bit heavier than FFF, it weighs 70 grams per sq. ft compared to FFF's 20 grams sq. ft. The change to coro center panel probably increased the weight of this build by 3 or 4 oz. over an all FFF build with spars. But I'll bet this build has made the center section pretty much indestructible too.
The wing is 378 sq. in., the loading is about 10.3 oz/sq. ft, and the plane will be flying at about 106 Watts per pound at full throttle.
Note added 22 March 2010 - I have added a working drawing of the SpaFFFnutz to this post, it should help with construction.
Note: Updated drawing files as of 27 March 2010 - Let me know if these are what you need or aren't working for you.
Note: Added drawing with imperial (inch) dimensions 28 March 2010.
Note: Added dimensions for center panel to drawing on 07 April 2010
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Last edited by jackerbes; Aug 03, 2015 at 06:07 AM.
One of the first flights of the SpaFFFnuzt is seen here. It is very capable of slow stable flight at low throttle. Like nearly all of the KFm4 flying wings, I think it can be easily flown by a pilot that has mastered a RET trainer. Put some power on it, and it will warm the heart of more advanced fliers too as the maneuverability improves with speed.
SpaFFFnutz is strong! As I acquired a gum pack camera and started flying that mounted to the wing of SpaFFFnutz, it became a major player in my first used of AP video. Lot's of fun as can be seen here:
Click on the More Videos From... link on those videos and you can find a number of other videos shot from SpaFFFnutz with the gum pack camera.
Note: 28 March 2010 - What the heck was I thinking! I had linked to the Zagnutz videos not the SpaFFFnutz videos. Now I have them right!
Last edited by jackerbes; Mar 28, 2010 at 06:20 PM.
I need another equipment list for the SpaFFFnutz please!
Jack's list
The equipment you listed for the SpaFFFnutz is
Battery: 4S A123 1100 mAh (180 grams, 13.2V nominal)
Motor: Turnigy DAT-750 brushless outrunner, 750 Kv, 80 grams, 180 Watts
Prop: Great Planes Powerflow 10x4.5 Slow Fly
ESC: Atlas Black 20A
Servos: two generic 9 gram micros
I cannot find a Turnigy DAT_750. I think you have a "Turborix" DAT-750 and, R2Hobbies is out of stock. Can you recommend another motor?
Are you building your "A123" battery? If so, what LiPo battery would work with the new motor you're recommending?
In order to buy the correct esc, I just determinewhether the motor is brushless or not and, get a little more amperage than is listed for that particular motor, right?
As far as servos go, I only need to look to see if it is weighs 9 grams? Is there no other criteria such as length of stroke or anything.
I feel like an idiot but, I am lost as what to buy and I'd like to fly this thing soon.
Hi Ray,
To your questions:
It is the Turborix DAT-750, I got my "T" brands mixed up. And to further the confusion, Hobby King has renamed that motor to be the Hextronik DT750, you can see it here:
Or the DT700 will work too:
Both are out of stock right now so it you order them from HK it will delay your entire order until when/if the item is ever in stock again.
If you want a recommendation for a similar motor and are going to order from Hobby King let me know and I'll recommend one that will work.
The A123 batteries I used on that have the 1100 mAh cells and the pack weighs about 175 grams. Those cells came to me cheap ($3.75 a cell) when Wal-Mart was closing out B&D VPX packs. They will cost you about three to four times that now so you'll probably want to use a 3S LiPO pack instead. Something like this in a 1800 to 2200 or so size:
It will be about the same weight as the A123 pack and that will make the CG work out about right.
The DAT-750 is rated for 18A, mine pulls up to 25A for short periods without self destructing. So for an ESC you would want one rated a little higher than 25A, like a 30 or 40 or so to give yourself a little "cushion" there. I like the Castle Creations ESCs and would use a Thunderbird 36 there.
I buy those on eBay and usually get them below retail, like about $30-40 or so. They are U.S. made and more expensive than the cheap imports.
For an HK ESC the Turnigy Plush 30 would work:
The HXT900 servo is always a good choice for servos, use them til they don't work, then throw them away and don't look back or feel bad. They are good and reliable though:
hey jack, glad you have put this on its own thread, and i have now decided to give my keselcoro a new lease of life, but was wondering what motor to use, the last time it was in the air i was using a 2600Kv himodel, but seeing your video has made me want a lower Kv motor so i can slow it down but still got loads of grunt, i am going to use my 3s 1500 mAh lipos, just got 4 more so have 8 now, also will use a 30 amp Esc and my 9 grm servos, as you said use em and bin em when they die, so was wondering what your motor recommendation is for this 32" keselcoro, as i am in the UK i will see what you recommend then see if it is available here, if not i will try to get the same spec
I really like that DAT-750 motor but it seems to be getting hard to find. Hobby King has it in 700 and 750 Kv and is back ordered on both.
I think what makes the DAT-750 work so well is the large 40mm bell and 750 Kv. It is like it has more torque or inertia in that big bell or something. Maybe it is the Harley-Davidson of brushless motors?
It is rated at 18A max and I been pumping that much and more (in bursts) through mine for a long time and it is handling it fine. But throttle back and slowed down with the stronger slow fly props like the Great Planes Power Flow Slow Fly props, it has the low RPM power.
If you use about any 80 gram or so low Kv (750-1200 or so) motor that will run at about 20A continuous on a 3S LiPO, producing about 200 Watts of power, it should produce all the fun that most of us can handle.
I just spent 30 minutes cruising the motor listing at HK and don't see a motor that seems like a good replacement. I'll study that a little more...
The ultimate demise of the frist one was from a combination of minor cracks and cold weather brittleness in the coro. The first cracks were in the corners of the prop cutout and were from prop strikes when I didn't get off the power quick enough when it hit trees and stuff. The cracks grew over time and a large number of hard nose first impacts didn't help either. Eventually it started to break in half in flight. It was actually flapping it's wings in flight!
I'm going to slide some bamboo skewers in the corrugations around the prop slot to strengthen that area against blade strikes a little on the build I just started.
I just posted updated drawings for the SpaFFFnutz. The parts drawing is full sized parts and I have a version of it tiled to 8 x 10 paper also for making templates.
Let me know if someone wants or needs something different on the drawings, maybe I can provide. it.
This is what I am about to order 3 sets of from HobbyPartz.com. This stuff can be used on my Super Cub upgrade and, hopefully for my SpaFFFnutZ.
EXI S1123 9G Micro Servo $2.88
Blue LiPo 3-Cell 2200mAh 3S1P 11.1v 30C LiPo Battery $19.70
30A Brushless ESC Speed Controller [Volcano Series] With ESC Programming Card (+$7.95) Both $18.95
Alpha 480 (1020kv) OutRunner Brushless Motor $16.70
Dynam Supermate DC6 DC Multi Function Balance Charger/Discharger 1-6 cell Lilo/LiPo/LiFe, 1 to 15 cells NiCd NiMH $34.95
We are in the process of cutting the templates for an OshKosh Special for my granddaughter. I would be glad if these same components could be used on the OshKosh also.
It just seems smart to choose builds that can all use the same components right now. Each plane will have it's own components. They will just have them in common.
I would like to know what prop to use with this motor on my SpaFFFnutZ?
The little Dynam charger above is a 12-volt machine. My Hobby Zone Super Cub also came with a 12-volt charger. But, it included an AC adapter. Can I use this AC adapter to provide me with the needed 12-volt-DC at home? I mean, 12-volt-DC is the same, whether it comes from a battery or a transformer, right?
I just printed 32 pages of your tiled plans for 8X10 paper. Is this gonna work on my regular-sized 81/2 X 11 paper? This is not gonna cause me to wind up with another odd-sized plane again, is it?
I do see that each page has the 8x10 square inside the page. If this is normal, do y'all cut the 1/2-inch and 1/4-inch edges off before putting the pages together?
The Alfa 480 will work find on the SpaFFFnutz but is too big for the OKS. I think the Alfa 300 is a good choice for the BB 33 at 35 grams, 1380 Kv, and 7A continuous. With a smaller 3S (900 or so) that will give you 70 Watts at full throttle and also make for a good throttled back slow flyer for the little lady. I'd go with the 25 gram Alfa 250 except that the Kv is a little high at 2200 Kv.
On the paper size, the 8 x 10 is so that just about any printer margin imaginable will not cut off any parts. So as long as you are not seeing any missing border lines you are OK. If you line up the sheets it should measure righ (24" half span, 5-1/2" wing tip, etc.).
I cut the top and right edge of sheet each sheet off so I can lay them with overlap and tape them into position with clear package sealing tape. Then I run pack sealing tape over each overlap on the front and back and the perimeter of each part. Then I cut those out and they are keepers, heavy enough for many uses.
I can put up a drawing with dimensions if someone wants it, I didn't think about that...
Rather than printing out the tiled pages, I think a drawing with a few dimensions would ge me started. I have tons of Coroplast left over from my SPAD days and I've been building almost exclusively with FFF for the past three years. So your design that combines the two would scratch my nostalgic itch (at one time our club had eleven Zagis).
I'll get those up sometime today, I have the drawing done I just need to clean it up a little I think.
If you liked Zagis you'll love SpaFFFnutz. It is like a Zagi that almost anyone can fly and then when you turn up the wick a little bit it will entertain the experienced guys too.
well i finished work tonight at 7pm, and stuck and cut the plan together, then found a big bit of scrap coro, and cut out the main body, the only thing was i had a slight shortfall on the coro, so had to add about a couple of small pieces onto the wing, but as the KFM steps will go over it, it should be ok, and now i have all the bits cut out, but i will start to build on tuesday, its my last day of my shift at work tomorrow, and off for 3 days, and as the UK weather is so windy at the mo i cannot get out and maiden my 26" bluecor/depron wing and my 3rd divinity 42", so will use the time to build, and i have seen these 2 motors, do you think they will be suitable, http://www.giantcod.co.uk/keda-thumr...-p-403682.html
i have added a couple of pics of my cut out pieces, and a picture of the 2 added bits
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The female characters in this show, have many strong qualities but are limited and only shown through that of stereotypical 'female' jobs. A single mother, a girlfriend, a lover, and an ex wife. Needless to say that by episode 9, all the predicaments have been saved by a man and his wealth. The women are blinded by money and do not fend for themselves in this programme. This a sheltered and old fashioned way of representing women in our society.ReplyDelete
Jane - patronised by men in her current 'vunerable' condition, and using her relations with men to keep her in her job and raise her status
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The 2018 Buick Enclave offers an all-new design and 10 percent more interior space than the 2017 model, according to Fremont Motors. Read More »
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The 911 button on modern vehicles can come in handy during emergency situations, even when those in the vehicle have cellphones. Read More »
The Fremont Motors blog recently posted a review of the 2017 Toyota RAV4, which has a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read More »
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No matter how experienced the driver, keeping the headlights in good shape helps ensure the safest drive possible, according to a Kiefer Kia blog post. Read More »
The Washington Auto Show offers a chance to see some new up-and-coming vehicles in the Washington, D.C. area. Read More »
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The 2018 Hyundai Elantra sedan offers loads of features at an affordable price, according to Walser Automotive Group of Edina, Minnesota. Read More »
The 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander's infotainment system offers a number of features that are both useful and entertaining, according to Continental Mitsubishi. Read More »


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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Shelve Your Shock
Love Barnabas Piper's writing. You know what the hardest response to see and hear is when I tell someone something personal or sensitive is? It's not anger. I can see that coming a mile away and change course. It's not judgment; those people are easy to ignore. It's not even apathy, though that can sting,… Read more »
NPR's April Fool's Day Prank Was An Absolute Masterpiece
Probably the only internet April Fool's prank I've ever enjoyed.
Christian Freedom
John Piper with a great analogy about what Christian freedom looks like. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
Own Your Process: Ending Agile Guilt
Good thoughts on the agile process. What we've ended up with is something Agile-y. Agile-ish. Sort of, kind of Agile. Not agile-with-a-capital-A Agile, but you know, mostly Agile. Sometimes more waterfall-y than Agile, depending on the project and customer. … So, let go of the guilt. Own your process. Is it working for your client… Read more »


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I'm just busting to talk about all the movies I love and even those I don't. So much so that I'm willing to foist (or Faust, in this case) them on you.
As a nice Jewish girl who grew up in Brooklyn, I watched many a movie on weekends. I wasn't allowed to date until I was 18, so movies were my best friends. I saw all kinds: good, bad and everything in between. And because I have a near photographic memory, I remember most of the details of all of them.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Welcome to Gina Faust, Movie Maven
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