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The car only has 1200 miles on it now.
About 3-4 weeks ago I had removed the shaft for re-balancing,
at that time I found that the NEW bearing and rubber had pulled from the carrier. That would explain that "clunkclunkclunkclunk" on launch, but it did not have the (i dunno--shudder, buzz, vibration, harmonics ) any worse then, than it does now, (rebalance-new bearings).
Could very well be the differential---that is the only component that has not been replaced with a new one. It has some tall gearing as it came from a 6/pg car. I'm just saving to get another diff. rebuilt with a posi, hoping I can get 3:36 or 3:08 gears----454 need MPG
I think the reason the bearing pulled out was that during assembly of the frame, there was no weight on the suspension (body off--frame replaced). As the body was installed and the rest of the weight adding installs, the driveshaft pulls away from the tranny close to 1-1/2" .
And as GM engineers had a great brain fart, they did not include a slip yoke AFTER the carrier, where common sense and most normal people would have put one. Have no idea why they put a slip on the front shaft, does not go up or down, and really shouldn't have to go in and out.
Purchasing a rear shaft with a slip yoke is on my agenda.
Hijack alert sorry
PS---Poncho----I would be a lot better off if I had found this little community about 2 years ago---not AFTER I registered the car last June
|Bryan......Have you checked your support bearing. That is usually where these problems are on these cars. It is just a rubber mounted bearing in a flimsy sheet metal bracket. My 62 was diung similar things.....replaced the support bearing and all new "U" joints and it went away.........Im sure it was the support bearing though.
I am not sure that the angle of the tranny or diff is all that important
What is important is the angle from trans to shaft and shaft to pinion.
These two angles need to be very close
I think I read somewhere that about 6* is the MAX working angle for a long wearing joint-----and probably about 1* min (the joints need to work some)
I think I am having propshaft issues myself---seems all the information I get on driveshaft angles only apply to one piece shafts. My 59 Elky is a 2-piece.
Adding about 10" to tranny length with the TKO really screwed up my angles.
I'm getting a shudder at about 60----very slight, but there.
If anyone can locate info and extremes on a 2-piece---I'd appreciate it.
driveshaft angle
I have it phased right--Trans at 2 degrees down and rear at 2 degrees up. The shaft is only 10-3/4" long .Yes the rear pinion IS pointing UP but because of the '47 Ford pinion location (high on the rear end) that is why it is 8 degrees UP to the rear.??
Not sure if I understand what you are saying.
The theory is that the angle at each "U" joint should be the same.........So, if the angle from the trans to the driveshaft is 2* and the angle from the driveshaft to the rear is 2*, then you should be fine.
If you are saying that the rear end is facing dowm at the pinion and the trans is facing down at the back.....and the driveshaft is going upwards from the front to back........you are not OK...............although, you may not have a problem.
Driveshaft angle
I have a '47 Ford open drive rear-end and a C-4 trans. The trans is pointing down at 2 degrees and the rear is up at 2 degrees BUT the driveshaft is at 8 degrees upward! Because of the old Ford rear. Will I have trouble wearing out U joints with this set-up??
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I've just started trying to source paints.
I have the added problem of being in England and it's hard to get floquil here. They stock Tamiya a few places, but nowhere has ANY of the colours I need.
A range I haven't seen mentioned before does a lot of the colours.
Vellejo Model Air
Most of their paints have the same names, they claim to be matched to RLM colours? and their 'Fire Red' looks close to caboose.
Has anyone used these or can anyone vouch for their accuracy,
here is an example of their 'Panzer Olive Green' http://www.relishmodels.co.uk/vallej...reen-1943.html
Again anyone who has used these or knows if the colours look right, it would be a lot of help, ty.

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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jun 19, 2009.
DX's take on Mullens' supposed 'promise': DraftExpress: Jonathan Givony
I am salivating like all of Pavlov's dogs over here Cloud if this scenario comes to fruition. By the way, you better stop posting so sporadically around here, I miss you when you stay away so long, you must think you are grown, lol. We go back a loooong way Cloud.
If we look at Cloud's scenario, especialy if you consider the rumor that suggests the Pistons picking up Washngton's #5, enter Thabeet, the resigning of Laimbeer. Maybe it's all a plan to have Laim's come in as an asst or head coach to mentor the young guy. This is wishful thinking, but again, just trying to outhink Joe D.
Right on Dre. I have talked to a lot of Ohio State fans here, and they hate BJ Mullens. The only way Joe D takes Mullens is to trade him to another team IMHO. Mullens is a serious Buster, I shutter to think what life would be like on this Forum if Joe gets a "Senior Moment" and draft this stiff.
Yeah right...I don't think anyone is worried about being duped after the Billups trade if anything Joe is probably turning down crappy offers left and right.
I just saw his profile on NBAtv and he said that he would like to play like Dirk because he likes the way that he shoots the ball. Deja vu.
Do those OSU fans hate him because of his play or because he opted for the draft?
I understand the need to get younger and hungrier. However, my High School team is younger and hungrier than the Pistons roster, but we would go 0-82 in the NBA. Well we might beat OKC Thunder lol. If youth is the game, how about this lineup? PG Stuckey SG Trent Plaisted Cousin SF Trent Plaisted Nephew PF Trent Plaisted Brother C Trent Plaisted We would be young, Hungry, and have team chemistry. With this lineup and our current head coach, we might be able to party like it was 2004.
"Motvation level is a question mark..." WTF people...Am I missing something here??? How can that not jump out at you? What good can come of this? If he isn't motivated now what the hell will make him motivated??? Do NOT draft him. Do not pass GO. Do NOT pay out $200 bajillion dollars!!!!!! BUST BUST BUST. I'm talking Dolly Parton here. DO NOT get this guy. Joe please remember, Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on ME! Don't do it.
Nothing else to do here.
As the Who and GW tried to say "hopefully we [strike]won't[/strike] don't get fooled again"
Nice rant But emphatically proclaiming him a bust based on a nebulous 'question mark' seems a bit over the top. Mullens put up decent numbers in 2 games against eventual NCAA Championship runner-up MSU. He looked motivated and pretty darn good by my estimation. Me thinks the Darko experience has made Piston fans overly gun-shy of drafting a 1st round young big. The difference is Mullens would be the 15th pick in a crappy draft vs #2 in a great draft class. IMO he's a low risk gamble whether Joe keeps him or trades him to OKC to ditch Amir.
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I'd like to draft James Johnson if he is available, please.
Nice post Det... guess they didn't let all the smart folks escape Troy (worked there for 12 years).
Would you like 24 additional reasons? DraftExpress NBA Draft Prospect Profile: B.J. Mullens, Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook So maybe he played hard against MSU. That's two games. I want guys on my team that play hard all the time. Why replace the old light switch just to get a new one that flickers on and off? There are too many things about this guy that send up red flags.
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Well, We got a lot of rain over the weekend and now my 14k mile Q5 sits with the battery disconnected. It started off that I heard this humming noise from outside my house. I went outside to see one fog light barely lit, the one xeon flickering and washer fluid spritzing. it pumped out an entire gallon of fluid. So, I checked around for wet spots on anything important I could get to. nothing. This whole time the key was out.
Also the diagnostics were telling me about faulty bulbs up front. rear wiper and washer were at a lost at this point.
I proceded to disconnect the battery and I plan to limp it to Audi tomorrow. I hope it's not all dried out by then or nothing will get fixed.
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The thing about camo, it doesn't typically work in urban situations. So your plan to sneak into the bathroom at that coffee shop without buying anything just isn't going to work. Especially with the way you're dancing around with your legs all crossed and whatnot. Nice try, pal. There's a Honey Bucket a couple blocks down.
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My weekend was fantastic, spoiled only briefly by a botched attempt at Roasted Chickpeas. I got 'em right the second time around, but wanted to transcribe the wrong directions, just in case anyone ever attempts them. Here goes:
1) Comb Food Blog Search for acceptable Roasted Chickpea recipe.
2) Settle on Roasted Chickpeas at Anne's Food. Revel in Scandinavian…ness, as she is fellow Swede.
3) Resolve to visit Sweden, see if everyone is really blonde/lithe.
4) Rinse and dry chickpeas. Place on cookie sheet. Place in preheated 425ºF oven.
5) As chickpeas roast, play Scrabulous with friend F. Watch in horror as F spells "EQUATES" and "SLUGGED" one after the other, scoring 86 and 79 points, respectively.
6) Retaliate with "NOOSE," as F has just essentially hanged you.
7) Resolve to start socializing with dumber people.
8) Attempt to remove chickpeas from roasting vessel. Instead, spill entire pan in oven.
9) Gnash teeth. Traumatize backyard squirrel with volume of yelled obscenities.
10) One by one, painstakingly pick 150 chickpeas out of ancient, formerly scorching oven, taking care not to burn digits and/or face off by accidentally leaning on blazing surface.
11) Burn digit and/or face off by accidentally leaning on blazing surface.
12) Yell more obscenities. Resolve to enroll backyard squirrel in therapy.
13) Realize (with horror) oven has not been cleaned since the Paleozoic era.
14) Resolve to clean oven.
15) Realize you will never clean oven.
16) Resolve to get roommate to clean oven.
17) Realize roommate will never, ever clean oven, as roommate rarely cleans anything.
18) Ponder life.
19) Attempt recipe again, using correct directions (listed below).
20) Succeed!
21) Lose Scrabulous by record 4 billion points. Remain happy due to ultra-cheap, highly tasty chickpea recipe.
Roasted Chickpeas
4 servings
Adapted from Anne's Food.
1 14.5 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 teaspoon olive oil
¼ - ½ teaspoon salt (1/2 will be very salty. - Kris)
5 dashes cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1) Preheat oven to 425°F.
2) Place chickpeas on baking/cookie sheet. Roast for 10 minutes. Shake the pan. (Do not spill on kitchen floor.) Roast another 10 minutes.
3) In a medium bowl, combine chickpeas, oil, salt, and spices. Stir well to combine.
4) Spread chickpeas back out on baking sheet. Roast between 5 and 15 more minutes, until they're browned and super crunchy. Serve.
Approximate Calories, Fat, and Price Per Serving
135 calories, 4.3 g fat, $0.15
1 14.5 oz can chickpeas: 500 calories, 4.8 g fat, $0.50
1 teaspoon olive oil: 39 calories, 4.5 g fat, $0.03
¼ - ½ teaspoon salt: negligible calories and fat, $0.01
5 dashes cayenne pepper: negligible calories and fat, $0.02
1 teaspoon cumin: negligible calories and fat, $0.02
TOTAL: 539 calories, 9.3 g fat, $0.58
PER SERVING: 135 calories, 4.3 g fat, $0.15


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Skeet123 wrote:Can you imagine what the swamp will look like opening day?
Ilovesidebysides wrote:Hi guys. Mind if I ask a question? Thanks!
How far up the river are you guys talking about hunting? I fish around dam 4 I think...(Harpers Ferry area). Every time I go, which is often, I see so many geese/ducks. I've heard horror stories about hunting the river though, so I'm terrified to do it. Are you guys way up beyond where I am?
Grey Dog wrote:Thanks for the correction. I have not found anywhere on line that verifies the information that I received and posted above.
According to this site NPS runs all the ramps in that stretch, including Riley's and White's Ferry. That just can't be right. I believe that WF charges a fee for launching.
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Thanks for the update Will! I must admit, I enjoy the show even though I know most of it is scripted, edited, etc... An educational show dedicated to firearms (past, present, and future) was long overdue. Not to mention, it's just plain cool to see stuff get blown up.
My favorite was repairing the flame thrower for Woody. The look in his eye's when he got to light that bad boy up was priceless, albeit a bit scary.
Many blessings to you and the Red Jacket family. As other forum member said it, "don't forget to slow down and enjoy life".


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Close Calls Not Enough for Phoenix Against Marquette
By: Jill Wunrow (@JillWunrow)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After a tough fought battle with many close chances to score, Green Bay (1-1-) fell 1-0 against in-state opponent Marquette (2-0-0) Sunday at Aldo Santaga Stadium. It was the first loss for the Phoenix on its home field since Sept. 16, 2011, snapping a seven game winning streak.
"The guys gave a tremendous effort and fought until the last minute," said head coach Dan Popik. "This was a good weekend for us. We've been together two-and-a-half weeks and the team has surpassed my expectations in how hard they've worked."
In the first period Green Bay had some great looks at the net, including in the 39th minute when Alonso Flores (Chicago, Ill.) found Ahmad Bah (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) in the top of the box. Bah's shot was inches to the left of the goal, sending the Phoenix back on defense.
In the 33rd minute, Marquette's play on its corner kick set up a shot for Eric Pothast but it hit the bar to keep the game scoreless. The Golden Eagles had two additional shots in the opening half hit the post as Green Bay's defense played tough.
With 29:09 to play in the first period, Pothast scored off Marquette's free kick to take the 1-0 advantage. Whitney Browne (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) tried to answer for the Phoenix with 27:24 to play in the opening period when he dribbled through three defenders and fired a shot from 30 yards out but just missed to the left side of the goal.
Marquette outshot Green Bay 8-6 and 4-2 on corner kicks in the opening period with both Browne and Sam Krenzien (Wauwatosa, Wis.) leading the way with two shots each.
"I'm glad they didn't walk off the field happy they just lost 1-0 to Marquette," Popik said. "Marquette is a very organized and well-coached team and we showed we belonged on the field with them today."
Green Bay had six shots in the second half but its closest look at the goal came with 37:51 to play when Bah broke free on the left side of the field and fired a shot over his defender only to hit the cross bar and leave the crowd with intense reaction.
Browne finished the game leading all players with four shots while Bah added three and Krenzien finished with two for the Phoenix. Senior goalkeeper Ryan Wehking (St. Louis, Mo.) registered seven saves.
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I would appreciate any information as to the model of a Rossi .22 6-shot I purchased from a gun shop. On the right hand side of the pistol barrel it has: "MADE IN BRAZIL. THE GARCIA CORP. WASH. D.C." On the other side, on the barrel, it indicates it is a ".22 L.R." It also, above the grips (what appears to me, to be): "ROSSI" symbol immediately below. On the right hand side, on the barrel, it has: "AMADEO ROSSI S.A." and immediately below that (I believe): "SAO LEOPOLDO R.S." On the right side of the revolver it has a serial number 00180 and on the cylinder crane the number 9428. The cylinder release button is rounded.
Need to replace the recoil spring and it's odd- there is no hole to pin it and releae the tension, it also rests on a triangle support in the frame handle. Any idea on how to pull the rod and replace the spring? Thks


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Avy danger down, but slide potential still exists
March 13, 2012
Avalanche danger reduced to moderate on all aspects at all elevations late last week, as spring-like, mild weather spread across the Colorado Avalanche Information Center's (CAIC) Vail and Summit County Zone.
Though the upper layers of snowpack are consolidating and strengthening, lower layers and shaded slopes are still unsteady, CAIC forecasters say. Wind slabs are still a danger, as well, on steeper slopes.
As the snow consolidates with warmer temperatures, the thawing cycle can cause trouble for backcountry users by way of wet loose avalanches and falling cornices on sun-exposed slopes.
"If you trigger small avalanches, they may step down into deeper weak layers and release large and destructive persistent slabs," forecaster Tim Brown wrote in a report.
Forecaster Spencer Logan called the larger slides potentially destructive.
"Approach terrain steeper than 35 degrees with caution," he said.
Some human-triggered hard slab slides occurred during the weekend, like the one in the north fork of the Swan River in Breckenridge.
According to the avalanche report, it was triggered on the south-facing side of the ridge that encompasses the north fork bowl.
"Slide was triggered on the third run," observer Brian Montgomery wrote. "Appeared to be triggered from the bottom of pitch. Rider outran the slide."
The same day, Saturday, springlike avalanche activity was observed in Ten Mile Canyon, where what appeared to be a wet slide triggered, presumably from afternoon heating.
"Debris filled the bottom of the track gully but did not reach the bike path," observer Dan Moroz said. According to his report, the slide path doubles as a popular ice climb in the canyon – Triple Tier ice climb.
On Sunday in the Gore Range, snowmobilers reported an avalanche along Elliot Ridge. According to the report, the avalanche slid from a depth hoar layer. It had an average crown of nearly 12 feet and maximum crown of 15 feet. The avalanche was about 1,300 feet wide and slid about 600 feet vertical.
"Lingering deep instabilities persist as evidenced by some human-triggered hard slab slides over the weekend," CAIC forecaster John Snook said. "It is getting harder to trigger an avalanche, but if you find the right (wrong!) spot, you could trigger a large and dangerous slide."


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CDNN has some unmarked CMMG 40 round mags for $12.99
now i am a big fan of the c-products 40 rounders.
on the day ordered from CDNN the C-products 40s were OOS so i picked up a couple of these CMMG's--
the mag is a little smaller and a little shorter than the c-products
. it looks to be well made. damn springs are like a bear trap ---a possible overkill in the spring department.
they came with the green USGI followers . they stick, hang and do every kind of BS you can think of bad in these 40 rd mags.
now i had a couple c-products followers so i slapped them into the CMMG mags--and now the cmmg's run like a clock.
now there is nothing wrong with the green USGI follower in a 20 or 30 round mag --but their iffy with these 40s.
personally i would say get the C-products 40 round mags instead of the CMMGs their only a couple dollars more than the CMMGs and come with the correct followers.
the CMMG can be a good mag --if you do a little work on the followers or just change the follower to a C-products or mag-pull then they run as good as the best 40s out there.
tried out the plastic 20rd thermoulds as well they seem OK enough but i haven't give them a serous run the followers on them are the "dip-O-matics" and the plastic lips seem a bit thin . they should be good enough for some light duty stuff.
i may change them over to green USGI 30 round followers--but the mag is non-standard size and they have to be trimmed to fit.
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Joanna Zelman | March 16, 2011
By Joanna Zelman • Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 18:43
As the tragedy continues to unfold in Japan, the U.S. nuclear energy debate has been reignited.
The New York Times points out that some potential 2012 Republican candidates have already reaffirmed their support for nuclear energy. After citing his concern for the crisis in Japan, Donald Trump recently stated:
"I'm in favor of nuclear energy, very strongly in favor of nuclear energy. If a plane goes down, people keep flying. If you get into an auto crash, people keep driving. There are problems in life. not everything is so perfect. But we do need nuclear energy, and we need a lot of it fast."
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour expressed similar sentiments, stating, "We need to study and learn and make sure that we continue to have safe reliable clean nuclear energy in the United States."
But is there such a thing as "safe reliable clean nuclear energy"?
It's not just Republicans who have classified nuclear power as "clean energy." In President Obama's State of the Union address this year, he set a clean energy goal – by 2035, 80 percent of electricity should come from clean energy sources. His "clean energy sources" include nuclear, natural gas, and coal.
There is debatably no such thing as "clean coal" and natural gas is only as clean as the water it contaminates.
This brings us to "clean" nuclear energy. First, the glaring issue of what happens when a catastrophe strikes a nuclear plant. The U.S. is currently warning people in Japan to stay at least 50 miles from the Fukushima nuclear facility, and small radiation spikes have been detected in Tokyo. Reports suggest that the workers who have stayed to combat the crisis at the nuclear facility may be older retirees, who might die of old age before nuclear-related cancers could kill them.
Obama thought Japan's nuclear plants were safe. Mother Jones found a speech in which Obama cited Japan as a exemplary model of safe nuclear power, an example that America should emulate.
Here's the problem. Let's say no catastrophe strikes near a nuclear plant in the U.S. Say that the nuclear plant in California located less than one mile from a fault line, with no earthquake response plan, is never harmed. Putting aside the worst-case scenarios, nuclear energy is still not "clean energy." It should not be Obama's solution to climate change.
Some reports suggest that nuclear is in fact one of the worst energy sources for the environment. As the German Environmental Ministry once stated:
While the Obama Administration must shift away from nuclear energy, they must at the same time make a move from natural gas and coal. The Wall Street Journal recently posted a graph revealing that if nuclear plants were shut down, there would be an increased reliance on coal, which could raise our country's carbon footprint. Although the graph shows a controversial estimate on the amount of greenhouse gases that nuclear power emits, it does show that alternative energy sources such as wind and geothermal are some of the cleanest energy options.
Recent events in Japan have raised concerns over nuclear energy. But disaster or not, it is time to remove nuclear, coal, and natural gas from Obama's clean energy agenda.
Chernobyl Deaths Played Down?
The late nuclear physicist Vassili B. Nesterenko (2 December 1934–25 August 2008) was hounded and persecuted by the KGB because he published inconvenient truths: research about the consequences of Chernobyl.
He wrote a book that said 985,000 extra deaths happened worldwide due to Chernobyl.
Some information is also on Youtube–Gorbachev narrates part of the film.
In Part 2 of the film, the famous nuclear physicist Vassili Nesterenko explains that the nuclear core might have exploded like a giant atomic bomb. Minsk would have been obliterated and Europe rendered uninhabitable. Many lives were sacrificed so that this would not happen.
India's Daily Latest News (4-27-10) reports:
A report by Alexey Yablokov, Vassily Nesterenko and Alexey Nesterenko which appeared in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences [See "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment"] showed that by 2004, there were 985,000 additional deaths worldwide caused by the nuclear disaster, including 212,000 of them within Western Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
According to a press statement released by the New York Academy of Sciences (4-28-10):
[T]he 327-page volume is an English translation of a 2007 publication by the same authors. The earlier volume, "Chernobyl," published in Russian, presented an analysis of the scientific literature, including more than 1,000 titles and more than 5,000 printed and Internet publications mainly in Slavic languages, on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.
For more information about the life and work of Dr. Vassili Nesterenko read "Death of an exceptional resister: Vassili B. Nesterenko."
"Denialists" in the the Belarus State Security reportedly did not like all this research being published about the consequences of Chernobyl. According to "Death of an exceptional resister" and as noted below in Dr. Vassili Nesterenko's Wikipedia:
Because of his activities, [Vassili Nesterenko] lost his job and got problems with the State Security Agency of Belarus, which threatened him with internment in a psychiatric asylum. Later, however, the Belarusian government tried to soften him proposing him to get back a job in a state institute, "at the condition that he would not work on Chernobyl anymore." He escaped two assassination attempts.
I don't know what is true, but that's what Nesterov said.
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The myth of essential nuclear energy
There is much hand-wringing in the blogosphere about the dangers of nuclear power generation in the face of future electricity needs and the perception that nuclear is an essential contributor to the future mix. Have we really painted ourselves into such a bleakly perilous corner with the deployment of this techno-juggernaut that is the harnessed atom? I hope not and I believe not. That optimism arises from the realisation that while we are intelligent and increasingly knowledgeable, we are not yet wise…but we can become so.
Nuclear energy is an irretrievable juggernaut along with nano-tech and GM, deployed without wisdom, more to satisfy commercial imperatives than humanitarian ones. The reality is that humanity NEEDS none of them…not now and not in the future. Future generations just need a safe place to live with safe food and a balance between expectations/achievements/modest comforts to generate the personal contentment that underpins peaceful coexistence.
Unfortunately this can't be achieved in parallel with exponential population and consumption growth in a finite system. This is the true conundrum we must address to rid ourselves of the risk of future Fukushimas.
De-couple commerce from the supply and delivery of essentials, contract our global footprint, submit to the rules of our ecological support system and then we can get on with becoming a noble species with a future.
Sure it requires a serious voluntary cultural shift that is perhaps uncomfortable in our current view of things, but the industrial juggernauts we've released and the social system that has facilitated their release are constantly forcing cultural changes anyway… worse still, they're involuntary ones.
Global humanity and the Fukushima nuclear plant have much in common - out of control and on trajectory to catastrophe.
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Beyond nukes?
In Ontario this debate usually evokes a distinction between "electricity supply" and "base-load electicity supply." How does the author address reliability of electricity supply in a nuke-free, coal-free, gas-free scenario?
Energy sources
Energy sources provide us with all the comforts that we want. However, it requires a great responsibility in return. A little mistake can affect everything. An explosion in a French nuclear waste treatment facility left one deceased Monday and wounded four others. French authorities say that no radiation was leaked in the event. France depends on nuclear power more than any country on the planet. France has to put a lot of cash advances into the energy because it relies on the energy so much.


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We all have moments that bring salty water to our tears ducts as parents, but as GeekDads our moments are sometimes slightly different from others. We might feel it when our child acknowledges that Episode IV is actually better than Episode I, or when they draw their first dragon and call him Smaug. They are things other parents don't fully understand or appreciate. These things are different from first steps or first words, and they run deep for those of us who grew up with our heads in science fiction and our hands on twenty-sided dice. So, I wanted to share with you one of those moments – because where else and with whom else can I share them?
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I had a GeekDad moment a couple of days ago. My 9 year-old was happily playing on the iPad flicking through different apps. I was tinkering over at the TV hooking up my latest Commodore 64 console (because retro gaming is a thing in my head now). He then called out to me and said, "Hey Dad, Scribblenauts knows about Cthulhu." I headed over to the couch to take a look.
For those unaware, Scribblenauts is a very clever educational tool that is a combination of problem solving and the old text-based RPGs we used to play before graphics on computers existed. Basically you have to solve different levels by typing in words of things that might help you to solve the problem. For example, if you need to get to the top of a cliff you might type "wings" to give your character wings, or "aeroplane," or "pegasus." The vocabulary of the game is huge and extends to all types of items that when typed appear on the screen to be used.
Well, my 9-year-old (who is yet to read any H. P. Lovecraft I might add) typed in "Cthulhu." And the Great Old One appeared in Scribblenauts and began to attack him! There was no mention of just how much sanity was lost, but all I could do was ruffle my boys hair and smile. "He typed 'Cthulhu,'" I kept repeating to myself over and over while shaking my head.
I'd love to hear your GeekDad moments. We should be sharing them often, don't you think?
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I've been doing a little reading on Perl 6 (the new version of Perl currently being designed) and Parrot, the new virtual machine (VM) for Perl and possibly other languages.
You can read some of Larry Wall's (Perl's inventor) thoughts on Perl 6 in his "Apocalypses" at http://dev.perl.ogr/perl6 (along with some material on Parrot). Larry and the Perl people are a smart bunch. But I wonder if they're too smart. Maybe I'm wrong, but they seem to be making Perl so complex that the vast majority of users won't have a clue what they're talking about. I think C++ suffers from this as well. Brilliant hacks, but often beyond us mere mortals. It's easy for the language designer to say "you can just use what you need". But what happens when you have to read (and understand!) someone else's code, that uses a different "subset" than what you know.
Luckily, I'm not brilliant enough to have this problem with Suneido. Although it's all relative and I guess some people would say I have already fallen into this trap. :-)
One interesting thing about Parrot is that it's register based rather than stack based like most other VM's (e.g. Suneido, Java, Smalltalk). This point was brought up in the Advogato discussion of the Suneido language (http://www.advogato.org/article/209.html) which referenced a paper saying registers are better than stack (http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/rob/hotchips.html). Interestingly, this paper claims reference counting garbage collection is better, whereas Parrot claims the opposite.
Parrot claims it will be general purpose, not limited to running Perl. Maybe a future version of Suneido should use Parrot?
Other interesting points from Perl 6:
- return, break, continue are "exceptions', similar to how they are implemented in Suneido blocks
- More "statements" are expressions, e.g. a switch is expression that has a result value. I've been asked why Suneido didn't make all/more statements expressions.
- Perl 6 is considering .name as shorthand for self.name just as it's shorthand for this.name in Suneido
- You can put "catch" in any "block" including a function body, "try" isn't required. I like this.
- do { ... } is an expression that "returns" the result of executing the block
- Although it was proposed that you shouldn't have to "declare" lexically scoped variables, Larry is against this, saying it's too confusing otherwise. But if, as most people recommend, you keep all functions/methods small, then I don't think this argument holds.
But my biggest lasting impression is that Perl is getting very big and very complex. You can change the compiler's parsing grammar on the fly for gosh sakes. How are you going to understand code where you don't even know the syntax without looking at how the writer modified the language?!


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As we developed this new magazine, we became convinced that genealogists deserved a magazine as good as any other "special interest" publication. Why should skin divers, teddy-bear collectors and hot rodders all have handsome, four-color magazines with photos and illustrations by the best in the business — but not genealogists? The family history field had many fine research-oriented journals, but no magazine with how-to information written and edited to the standards of, say, National Geographic or American Heritage.


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System name:
Employee Development Program Records, Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources (DCHR), Office of Training (OT).
Security classification:
System Location:
Social Security Administration, Office of Training, Offices of the Deputy Commissioners, Deputy-level offices and/or Regional Commissioners' offices.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Applicants and participants in all Social Security Administration (SSA) developmental programs at the specific grades covered by the programs.
Categories of in the system:
This system consists of a variety of records relating to an employee's application for, and participation in, the Executive Development Program. In addition to the employee's name, the system contains the employee's title, grade and salary, Social Security number (SSN), organization in which employed, date of entry into the Executive Development Program, training needs while participating in the program, individual development plan and basis for participation in the Employee Development Program.
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5 U.S.C. 3396, et seq.
These records are used to document employee's application for, and participation in, the Executive Development Program. They may be used as a basis for promotion, transfer, or reassignment. They may be used as a basis for preparing management, budgetary or statistical reports to support organizational planning or manpower utilization studies.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
Disclosure may be made for routine uses as indicated below:
1. To Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies in the event that this system of records indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in nature.
2. To another Federal agency in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of an employee, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the record is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
3. To a Federal agency having the power to subpoena records, for example, the Internal Revenue Service or the Civil Rights Commission, in response to a subpoena for information contained in this system of records.
4. To officials of labor organizations recognized under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71 when relevant and necessary to their duties of exclusive representation concerning personnel policies, practices, and matters affecting conditions of employment.
5. To contractors when the Social Security Administration contracts with a private firm for the purpose of collating, analyzing, aggregating or otherwise refining records in this system. The contractor shall be required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to such records.
6. To the Office of Personnel Management, the Merit Systems Protection Board, or the Office of the Special Counsel, when information is requested in connection with appeals, special studies of the civil service and other merit systems, review of those agencies' rules and regulations, investigation of alleged or possible prohibited personnel practices, and for such other functions of these agencies as may be authorized by law, e.g., 5 U.S.C. 1205 and 1206.
7. To the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in connection with investigations into alleged or possible discriminatory practices in the Federal sector, examination of Federal affirmative employment programs, compliance by Federal agencies with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, or other functions vested in the Commission.
8. To the Federal Labor Relations Authority, its General Counsel, the Federation Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Federal Service Impasses Panel, or an arbitrator when information is requested in connection with investigations of allegation of unfair practices, matters before an arbitrator or the Federal Service Impasses Panel.
9. To a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry from congressional office made at the request of that individual.
10. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), a court or other tribunal, or to another party before such tribunal, when:
(a) The Social Security Administration (SSA), or any component thereof; or
(b) Any SSA employee in his/her official capacity; or
(c) Any SSA employee in his/her individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA, where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
(d) The United States or any agency thereof where SSA determines that the litigation is likely to affect SSA or any of its components, is a party to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, a court or other
tribunal, or another party before such tribunal, is relevant and necessary to the litigation, provided, however, that in each case, SSA determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
11. To student volunteers, individuals working under a personal services contract, and other workers who technically do not have the status of Federal employees, when they are performing work for the Social Security Administration (SSA), as authorized by law, and they need access to personally identifiable information in SSA records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
12. To the General Services Administration and the National Archives Records Administration (NARA) under 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906, as amended by the NARA Act of 1984, information which is not restricted from disclosure by Federal law for the use of those agencies in conducting records management studies.
13. We may disclose information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, entities, and persons when (1) we suspect or confirm that the security or confidentiality of information in this system of records has been compromised; (2) we determine that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs of SSA that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) we determine that disclosing the information to such agencies, entities, and persons is necessary to assist in our efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. SSA will use this routine use to respond only to those incidents involving an unintentional release of its records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in this system:
Records are maintained in automated form (e.g., magnetic tapes, hard drives, floppy disks, Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)) and in paper form (e.g., file folders, punch cards, forms).
Records are retrieved by name and SSN.
Access to, and use of, these records is limited to those persons whose official duties require such access. A personnel screening is employed to prevent unauthorized disclosure. Access http://www.socialsecurity.gov/foia/bluebook/app_g.htm for additional information relating to SSA data security measures.
Retention and disposal:
Records of an unsuccessful applicant are retained for 60 days after notification that he or she was not selected for participation, and are then destroyed. Records of a participant are retained for 5 years after the individual has ceased to participate in the program, and are then destroyed.
System manager(s) and address(es):
In the field, Applicable Personnel Officers who service the organization unit in which the individual is employed.
In Headquarters, DCHR:
Office of Personnel
For all training related material:
Notification procedures:
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the system manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN, or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing identifying information that parallels information in the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth, along with one other piece of information, such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her consent in providing information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.40(c)).
Record access procedures:
Same as Notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably specify the record contents being sought. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.40(c)).
Contesting record procedures:
Same as Notification procedures. Also, requesters should reasonably identify the record, specify the information they are contesting and the corrective action sought, and the reasons for the correction, with supporting justification showing how the record is incomplete, untimely, inaccurate or irrelevant. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.65(a)).
Record source categories:
Information in this system of records is: (1) Supplied directly by the individual, or (2) derived from information supplied by the individual, or (3) supplied by SSA officials.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the Privacy Act:


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Bruschetta. Thick slices of grilled bread, rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil, topped with tomatoes and herbs.
Bruschetta. Yum.
While it's mostly used as an appetizer or antipasto, it can be turned into a meal if you use larger portions of bread, kind of like an open faced sandwich.
This Italian dish is always best when fresh tomatoes are in season.
Speaking of Italian, it's time to let you in on a little secret. When preparing Italian food, listening to a mix of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra tunes is a must. This is not negotiable and should be added to your playlist before continuing with the recipe.
Singing along and dancing around the kitchen is completely up to you, but it does make the cooking adventure more fun.
Bruschetta can be whatever you make it to be. Starting with the base ingredients of bread, olive oil and tomatoes you can add herbs, cheeses and sometimes prosciutto. It's all up to your own taste.
The first step is to pick the bread. A fresh Italian loaf or French baguette works well. You can either slice the bread for smaller, appetizer sizes or cut lengthwise for a meal size portion.
Place the bread on a baking sheet and then brush with extra virgin olive oil. You can toast bread in the broiler before adding toppings or, if using cheese, wait until the slices are topped to brown and melt the cheese topping for a bruschetta served warm.
You can layer the next ingredients or mix them together before placing in the bread. Tomatoes are a must for the topping. Using a variety of colors of tomatoes makes a beautiful bruschetta. Chopped miniature heirloom tomatoes work well and add a colorful topping. These can be found locally at a farmer's market and sometimes at the grocery when in season. In the winter I found some at Trader Joe's in Louisville.
Fresh basil always is good for the mix and adds a touch of green to yellow and red tomatoes. This time of year, you can plant basil in a potted garden on your porch or in a windowsill. That way you always can have fresh basil at your finger tips, if you can keep the pets out of it. Boo, my Labrador, seems to like the smell of basil because when he comes in from the sun porch his nose smells like basil.
Garlic can add another twist of flavor to the bruschetta. Using a garlic press can make the garlic easier to spread onto the bread.
To make a toasted or warmed bruschetta, top with your favorite Italian cheese and place under the broiler for one or two minutes, until cheese is melted and slightly brown.
The result is a beautiful and tasty bruschetta that can be served as an appetizer or a larger portion for a meal.
Now, that's amore.
Get cooking and don't forget about the singing and dancing.
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Lara is an illustrator currently based in Hamilton House, Bristol. She has written and illustrated a picture book called Herberto, and recently worked on Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's 2016 Christmas poem, The King of Christmas.
She is influenced by natural history as well as painters and writers such as Maurice Sendak, Marlenka Stupica, Henri Rousseau, Jon Klassen and Tove Jansson.
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Sian Samuel is an artist currently based between Bristol and London. She is inspired by mythology, folklore, the natural world and the human condition. Her work explores the boundary between the physical and the ethereal world, creating images that often have a desolate and disjointed feel.
She works predominately in pencil, gouache and printmaking techniques.
15 February - 28 March
Monica Wilkinson is interested in movement, the human body, femininity and simplicity. The figures in her ongoing projects are very close to her heart, perhaps becoming unintentional self portraits.
These figures float, trying to find a freedom for themselves, but often with an expression of uncertainty which Monica believes comes with growing up and in to yourself. The intentional space in her paintings gives the figures room to move and Monica plays on the contrast of two themes; the push and pull of growing and finding your path in life.
Born in Norfolk, Monica Wilkinson studied Illustration at the Arts University, Bournemouth where she graduated in 2013.
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Lizzie is an illustrator currently living in Bristol after graduating from Falmouth University in 2016. Her work involves a mixture of traditional and digital materials, and she primarily draws people and animals.
She loves cartoons and comics, which comes through in her work pretty obviously, and tries to portray thoughts and feelings in her work in a way that both children and adults can relate to.
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Molly Palfrey is a young Bristol born and based artist; creating detailed, versatile black and white illustrations inspired by her passion for the appreciation and protection of the natural world.
Pieces for this exhibition will illustrate the winter season.
Her technique incorporates the use of dot work and organic patterns; also used to produce a portfolio of unique tattoo designs. Molly also explores the use of pyrography, burning her creative designs into beautiful locally sourced wood and furniture.
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Rosanna graduated from Bristol UWE two years ago and has remained in the city as a full-time illustrator. She has worked on a variety of projects and commissions including children's books, editorial and branding.
Her process involves creating imagery in layers, using pencil or ink, gouache painting and paper textures. The components are then assembled digitally to form a finished composition. Recently she has been putting more focus on abstract thought and is enjoying the challenge of responding to briefs conceptually as well as aesthetically.
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Walk along Bristol's streets, through its parks – or even just out into your own garden. What animal life is there? Bristol writer Emily Koch has teamed up with ten local illustrators to capture the lives of the city's living creatures.
Ten of her haikus – short, three-line poems – have been brought to life for this colourful exhibition, which Bristol artist Dave Bain helped to curate. From squirrels to robins, foxes to pet cats, butterflies to toads - there's something for everyone.
Emily is an author and journalist. Her debut novel will be published in 2018 by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House. She runs regular Bristol writing workshops as part of WriteClub, which she co-founded.
Artists involved in the exhibition are:
Amy Timms, Lindsay McDonagh, Laurie Stansfield, Rosanna Tasker, Dave Bain, Harriet Lee Merrion, Dawn Cooper, Sarah Dennis, Bett Norris and Anna Higgie.
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Patrick Atkins is an artist/illustrator whose work employs narrative, scale and atmosphere to depict quietly surreal landscapes. He's interested in big things, small things, and the sometimes vast space in between them. Using pencil, print making and mixed media, his portfolio includes books, stills and even some recent forays into animation.
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Lindsay has produced a collection of new original lino prints, based on a series of animal designs. Influenced by Japanese woodblock prints they have a bold graphic style, using colour to best represent the animal and texture carved into the lino capturing the sense of fur. The linocut reliefs are printed individually by hand without the use of a press, so each print is unique.
Lindsay is a Bristol based artist and printmaker and is part of the Drawn in Bristol collective. Her studio is based in Hamilton House, Stokes Croft.
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Katharina works in Bristol as an illustrator and creates detailed and intricate drawings, much of her work being inspired by nature and environmental concerns. Mainly she utilises traditional techniques such as painting and drawing. She enjoys experimenting with printmaking and is passionate about making ethical hand made products.
Katharina also takes the time to teach members of the community creative arts workshops to enable people to re-use throw away materials and teach them skills which they can take away with them. Katharina most recently ran a print making workshop for Bristol Green Capital 2015 and a mural community painting project for Bristol City Council.
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Maria is an artist originally from Siberia currently living in Bristol. She has studied fine art and continues to explore different techniques to represent her ideas. Much of her work is inspired by the sea where she spent her childhood, so sailors and gulls are just some of her favourite characters.
She works on canvas with oil, paper and ink or creates digital illustrations. All of her characters are different, but they have something in common - sailor striped tops!
30 November - 20 December
Molly Palfrey is a young Bristol born and based artist; creating detailed, versatile black and white illustrations inspired by her passion for the appreciation and protection of the natural world.
Pieces for this exhibition will illustrate the winter season.
Her technique incorporates the use of dot work and organic patterns; also used to produce a portfolio of unique tattoo designs. Molly also explores the use of pyrography, burning her creative designs into beautiful locally sourced wood and furniture.
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Liane is an artist that is focused on the small and often hidden aspects in nature. Objects found lying on the grass from sheep's skulls to delicate feathers are collected and bought back to the studio.
She composes still life artworks of these found objects, creating detailed ink drawings. Her delicately composed images highlight the amazing natural wonders that can be found if you look no further than a hedge or what lies at your feet.
Mary Corum
28 September - 1 November
A visual artist based in Bristol, Mary Corum creates pieces originating from her own finely detailed drawings, depicting places that she has visited and subjects close to her heart.
She incorporates her knowledge of screen-printed textile designs and love of line and pattern into her work, transforming her original drawings into beautifully crafted fabric artworks.
Cai Burton
31 August - 27 September
Cai Burton is a young, Bristol based artist. He creates black and white illustrations by hand using different types of line and patterns. For this exhibition, he wants to share his work incorporating zentangles and mandalas with Bristol inspired illustration, creating detailed and interesting pieces.
He's worked on a variety of projects across Bristol including creating Co-LABs Spring window display and T-shirt design as well as painting for the Upfest street art festival.
Caroline Savage
3 - 30 August
As part of a personal project titled "A Local's Guide to Bristol", Caroline's illustrations celebrate Bristol's most treasured spots. With an emphasis on intricate detail and strong colour they pick-out the charming character of various places from around the city.
Produced in conjunction with a fold out pocket map of Bristol, these illustrations highlight the areas locals visit on a regular basis. The project includes images of The Grain Barge, The Bristol Ferry, The Old Duke, to name a few, along with Bristolians' comments on their favourite memories and places from around the area.
Andy Cook
29 June - 2 August
By day, Andy Cook is a CAD designer preparing professional building plans. His professional skill and enthusiasm for this design software led him to discover a joy in experimenting with its capabilities, utilising it to form works of art.
Spurred on by fellow artists and Bristol's vibrant creative culture, Andy has developed strikingly simple visions of our city through his knowledge of the CAD design software. His expert use of modest lines and blocks of colour bring a calming and ordered sensibility to his interpretations of our city's landscape.
Charlotte Rowlands
1 - 28 June
Charlotte has lived in the historic maritime city of Bristol all her life. She attended Clifton High School where she studied Art and won The Trevor Haddrell Award. Charlotte enjoys painting landscapes, particularly scenes with water, and Bristol's beautiful harbour provides a plethora of attractive views. In her view, paintings of British beaches, the likes of Devon and Cornwall, and further afield such as Spain and Italy, evoke feelings of pleasure as many people are reminded of happy family holidays.
In addition, Charlotte has been commissioned to paint a wide variety of subjects from landscapes to jazz scenes to military aircraft. Due to her father being a Military Artist, she has been fortunate to showcase some of her paintings, predominantly scenes of Afghanistan, with the Royal Marines, a number of which directly helped to raise money for their Charitable Trust Fund (RMCTF).
Over the years Charlotte has taken part in various Arts Trails and has exhibited her work in The Royal West of England Academy, The Grant Bradley Gallery, numerous Clevedon galleries and The Brick Lane Gallery in London.
Amber Elise
5 - 31 May
Amber Elise is an illustrator and screen printer who has honed her skills as an artist in Bristol over the last six years. She has developed a fresh, bold style inspired by the cut out of Matisse, the bright colours of Andy Warhol and the music of David Bowie.
Using a mapping nib and ink, Amber hand draws all her designs, brought to life using the vibrant palette that makes her style so recognisable. Murals, exhibitions and private commissions form the basis of her work.
Laura Elliott
30 March - 3 May
Laura Elliott illustrates and designs bespoke artworks and has a delightful drawing style. She is exhibiting with us a recent series of bird illustrations which are both joyful and capture a sense of playful fun.
She has also illustrated children's books amongst a wide range of other commercial work and currently works in Bristol under the
'Drawesome Illustration'.
Ben Goodman
7 - 29 March
Ben is an award winning printmaker based in Bristol who exhibits extensively throughout the UK including regular shows and the Royal Academies.
Alongside his personal work he also works occasionally to commission for clients such as The Bristol Old Vic and Palgrave MacMillan.
Chloe Regan
3 February - 1 March
Chloé Regan trained at the Royal College of Art and exhibits nationally, with her work is on permanent display at the V & A Museum. She also lectures on Drawing and Illustration.
Her exhibition with us contains a selection of recent original drawings made from film stills and observation.
5 - 31 January
Alex's photographs are the result of a trip he took to Venice in April 2014. The images seek to capture some of the city's hidden corners and spaces as well as the beauty and magic of its history and architecture. He has chosen to display his pictures at the Grain Barge in the hope that its location will complement the work and inspire an appreciation of Bristol's own waterside culture.
Alex is a writer and photographer living in Bristol. He produces work around travel and urban landscapes as well as writing journalistic articles and short fiction.
Caroline Cesareo
& Marie-Atina Goldet
1 - 29 December
Paper Chase
An exhibition of drawing and etching
For their first exhibition in Bristol, Caroline Cesareo and Marie-Atina Goldet present a set of drawings and etchings inspired by the idea of the exploration of the landscape.
While the one prints enigmatic scenes and creatures, the other one draws and improvises organic and messy architectures, making narration and abstraction converse.
Each in their own way, they evoke an experience of time, constructing an exhibition in the form of a paper chase.
Caroline Cesareo
Marie-Atina Goldet
3 - 29 November
Emily has been working on her series of Bristol images since falling in love with screen printing one ordinary Wednesday in 2006. In the last 18 months she has been experimenting with digitally colouring her drawings to enable her to create larger and more complex views of the city.
Emily is currently undertaking the final year of an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking at UWE and is enjoying seeing the city from a new perspective - looking down from the basket of a hot air balloon as a change from looking across at horizons.
29 September - 2 November
Since September 2012, Steve Broadway has committed himself to producing a drawing at least every other day (on the other days, he looks after grandchildren, inhabits cafes and takes photographs). This exhibition features some of the resulting original ink/pencil sketches.
Before starting this ongoing project, Steve ran a successful architectural practice in Buckinghamshire for nearly 30 years, followed by 6 years working with young people in education in Somerset.
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I have managed to get hold of an old jumpsuit but am not sure that it is a close enough colour match to warrant converting.
I'm going for ROTJ style, What do you all think?
Also any suggestions as to if there is anything I can do if it isn't the correct shade would be appreciated.


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Hi all, I was searching the net for a site about making movie prop helemts and found this place. Funny thing is: I work for Lucasfilm and never even heard about this forum.
Anyway, I'm REALY impressed with you guys skills and think maybe you can help me with my project. You might recognize this as an old Powell Peralta skatebaord graphic.
I've been wanting to make this fantasy Viking helmet for some time now and with Halloween fast approaching, its time to tackle it. I've got some modeling and sculpting experience but I really cant think of where to start on this one and thought I'd turn to the pros for advice.
Ok, I want to be able to actually wear this helmet so it has to fit over my head and not weigh a ton, but still be sturdy enough to wear. I also want it to look REAL, or at least as real as a movie prop looks up close.
I'd like to finish it with metallic paint, a wash for grime and a patina for age so the surface needs to be relatively non-porous.
But what to use? I know about the foam ILM modelers use and I understand its nasty stuff unless you have the proper equipment and space. I'm working out of my living room/patio so it cant be too crazy a material.
As for how I achieve the look, I imagine the "horns" on the sides of the helmet would have to be sculpted separately and then attached to the sides of the helmet....so the material the helmet is made from would need to be able to accept glue or some other type of reinforcement.
And if its a type of foam I use to make it, what types of materials could I coat it with to make it non-porous?
Alright, that's enough rambling, I really need some advice here and look forward to hearing from you!


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Hi Bhantes and All,
Could you provide me some references on sutta that mention the way to treat a person with virtue please? i.e. a person that has no more sin.
Thank you
genkaku wrote:Dear OP -- Could you clarify the question a little? Do you mean how do you exercise your own sinless virtue when dealing with others? Or do you mean, how do you treat someone you imagine to be without sin?
Sorry if my head is muddled.
My own question is, is there any difference between these two?
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text: If you never thought the cheating by itself made Mario Lopez a jerk a-hole or never wearing a wedding band except on camera or cheating on his then wife the day before and after their wedding, then throw this on the pile to see if you can come around to the a-hole side. Imagine a customs line in Mexico. Two flights have landed at the same time. One from Los Angeles and one from New York. This resulted in hundreds of people standing in line. According to the NY Daily News, Mario kept screaming he was a celebrity and needed to get to the front of the line. Airline officials did help him movie past the hundreds of people and one man with three kids who had been waiting a long time asked how come he got to go but none of the people with kids or the elderly. Mario shoved the guy and said it was because he was a celebrity. Mario then passed through customs and yelled back at the guy, "You're in my country now b**ch." Remember that next time you think he is a great guy or are thinking about forgiving him for all his cheater ways. He is a pretentious self-entitled a-hole who is lucky to work as a host.


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Hey guys just wondering any suggestions on paint colors for a ROTJ paint scheme, I have done 2 ESB paint ups this will be my first ROTJ, I am thinking about using humbrol paints but can not find a list just for humbrol. If I can not find the proper humbrol I may go the rattle can way any suggestions on paints for that would be great also.
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A night at the movies
24/01/2013 , 3:48 PM by Clugston Anne
The Cygnet Theatre in Como only has one screen. It's art deco design and intricate interior still looks quite similar to what it did in 1938, when it first opened.
How can a cinema like the Cygnet compete with the megaplexes and super screens?
ABC Morning reporter, Jamie Burnett, went down to the Cygnet and spoke to its owner Colin Stiles, to find out what's planned to keep the cinema alive.
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My 21 year old son is one of the projectionists at the Cygnet and in its early days my dad was too.
Posted by: Barb Hossen | 24/01/2013 at 05:25 PM
This is a fantastic cinema showing movies that never make it to the 'main stream' multi-plex monstrosities,
Posted by: Gerry Prewett | 24/01/2013 at 09:17 PM
This is a lovely local venue that gives an experience that cannot be matched by the big commercial movies venues. We live locally are able to walk there and back, enjoy a big screen and all the ambience that is only possible here.
Posted by: Christine | 24/01/2013 at 10:19 PM
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The Herculean Workout Plan: the Look of a Demigod
One of the most sought after movies from the summer was Hercules which starred 2013 Highest Paid Actor Dwayne Johnson – not a bad stint for someone who started out fame in a wrestling ring with tight leather trunks, right? Hercules is indeed a momentous role for The Rock and having the right preparation to look his best and turn into a sure shot demigod took him a lot of time and effort, all put into his training sessions as well as his daily diet. (See The Herculean Workout Plan: the Look of a Demigod for more info)
You need to give Dwayne Johnson a lot of credit as he has managed to go through so many movie roles and each time winning audiences with his spectacular action sequences and awesome physique. Interviews from The Rock have him admitting that the workouts he have been going through for most of his movies are not an easy task, all of which require a lot of determination, will power and stamina.
The Duration of the Hercules Workout Plan
Specific results take a lot of time and for The Rock to be able to achieve the body that he wanted to turn into he had to specifically follow a 6-month workout program and also focused on eating right for the next 22 weeks. He seriously took on the role as Hercules and himself had to go through a "12 Labors" kind of challenge to be able to sustain a clean diet and match it with grueling and high intensity workouts at the gym.
Dwayne Johnson had to seriously give his body the shock of its life to be able to push through the changes that he wanted to accomplish. The goal of turning into a demigod had him dealing with a much more intense exercise program that made him go through different muscles groups every day of the week.
Every Monday would be for chest exercises: 10 to 12 repetitions of 3 to 5 sets -exercises he had to perform were chest presses, dumbbell flyes and cable machine variations
Every Tuesday would be for leg exercises: beginning from 15 repetitions or until failure is reached and for 3 to 4 sets -exercises he would perform were squats, lunges, extensions and curls
Every Wednesday would be for arms and abs: beginning from 10 repetitions or until failure is reached and for 3 to 4 sets-exercises he would perform are twists, extensions and curls
Every Thursday would be for back exercises: beginning from 10 repetitions or until failure is reached and for 3 to 4 sets-exercises he would perform are rows, pull ups and extensions
Every Friday would be for shoulder exercises: 10 to 15 repetitions of 3 to 4 sets-exercises he would perform are raises and presses
Every Saturday would again be for leg exercises
And every Sunday would be dedicated to recovery and rest, very essential to keep a better looking physique
As mentioned earlier, it was not just the exercise regimen that kept Dwayne Johnson in tremendous effort because even what he had to eat somehow kept him managing a lot of detail. Each food that he ate were very well monitored through weighing and he had to strictly eat 7 meals a day that contained protein (eggs, chicken, fish, fillet mignon) and healthy carbohydrates and grains (potato, broccoli, salads and oatmeal).


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Here are some pics of my progress, I know I have Jet Pack, and boot pics mixed in there as well. But hope you enjoy! lol
Here are some pics of my progress, I know I have Jet Pack, and boot pics mixed in there as well. But hope you enjoy! lol
Looking good, keep going
Looks like you're goin' ROTJ! Nice work so far, dude!
Thank you, a friend of mine on here is helping me out tremendously.
Here are some updated pics of my armor in the works. I am currently working on the chest symbol, and the skull on the shoulder bell. Once those are done, it will be back to weathering the armor. So hope you all like.
Cool looking armor! Nice work so far.
Hey you're from VA Beach eh? I lived in Newport News for about 8 years when I was stationed at Langley.
Do you know a little sci-fi shop called Trilogy? I can't remember exactly where it was. It was somewhere on the southside.
Just curious if it's still there.
Thanks for the compliments. There are now 2 Trilogy comic stores, one in Virginia Beach, and the other in Norfolk off of little creek road.
Oh yeah, they have all kinds of stuff still. The owner just bought someones whole personal collection of SW stuff! It's pretty sweet.
Well back to the drawing board for me! I messed up on the chest symbol and didnt like how it turned out afterwards. So back to sanding and all that good stuff. I will post some pictures once I am back on track!
The armor looks great!
So you're handpainting the chest symbol? I just got done with painting the background shape, and I can say that I'll be using a decal when I paint my actual armor.
What I did was Airbrush on the blue circle. Where I messed up was trying to aribrush the white parts. My stencil for that part did not work out right. So I will probably either try making a better stencil for the white, or just hand paint those pieces on.
Here are some more updated pics since I sanded everything down.
Fett Project
armor looks great!
Posted some more pics of my armor progress. Enjoy
Coming along nicely! Keep up the good work.
love the boots
They Cheng's?
No, they are not Cheng's. I cant remember the name of the person that did them, I will have to look and see if I have any of the information. I got these boots years ago, just havnt done anything with them yet. But now that I am doing the Boba Project again, I am glad that I kept them.
Jango Wes boots?
Still trying to find the information from when I got them. All I can remember right now is that they came from someone in Texas.
That could be true, when I got them, a friend of mine ordered them for me as he was getting a set too. I got them about 3 or so years ago, just havnt done anything with them until now.
Well here is another update. I finished hand painting on the chest symbol and the shoulder bell bantha skull. What do you all think?
Pictures turned out just a tad blurry.
Ok, I have been working on my Fett armor for a little while now, here and there when I can, and here are some updated pictures. I am going for the MOM look.
What do you think so far?
I love the handpainted skull and chest. It almost makes me think I maybe CAN do it myself!


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OK, so I got the bug, worked a little overtime, and finally got my wife's approval. So, I took on yet another project!
Although Boba Fett is by far one of the coolest Star Wars characters, there is little doubt that, next to Darth Vader, the Stormtrooper is one of the most recognizable and beloved characters of the Star Wars universe. There is definitely a "coolness" factor unlike any other.
I am sure many members here probably already have a Stromtrooper set up, and most likely nicer than this set, but I wanted to post this just to get input from you all and share the experience. Not at all a difficult project, really nothing creative to do, but worth sharing anyway.
I do know there are other forums dedicated to Stomtoopers and I have checked them out. But I started at TDH with my Fett, like the members here, and love the ease of this website compared to others.
With that, here is what came today in the mail.! I was happier than a kid at Christmas!
I got the mannequin from eBay, great price, and this one is cool because he has poseable arms, they bend at the elbow. You will see later when I get the blaster in.
Thanks to all who sent me info on the Stormtrooper armor! It was a tuff decision, but I got this at an excellent price.
I bought the shirt and pants from Big 5 Sporting Goods . I have a few other details on the way.
I am anxious to get working on this!
(BTW, my Han Solo in Carbonite is almost done, he has not been adandoned.)


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Annette, I'm too tired to think right now so will do my best, perhaps you will be on in the morning and we can chat.Since you didn't check the bottom box you don't know if there's honey there or not, could be.If you feed, dry feed if you anticipate cold snaps.It was a queen cell or cup? What position on the frame? I wouldn't be alarmed if you only saw one, again, cup or cell?Hives coming out of winter are laying drones now so I wouldn't be too worried that you're seeing drone brood.Things may be better than you think.Make sure she has room to lay, leave honey frames on outer edges....JP
Hi Annette!I'm your neighbor here in Sacramento, glad to meet you here in the forums. :-DIf it was me, I'd check thru that bottom box, and take a box of hatching sealed brood with the queen and move it away to a new location a couple feet away. The original location hive will make you a queen and and you'll have 2 hives. Move one frame of honey away with the queen in her new location. Feed if you feel it's needed, but we are now starting good flows with Plum, Almond, wild mustard and radish, and others. Cherries will be blooming in a couple or three weeks. The early nectar flows are beginning. Best of luck to you. :lol:


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I am surprised by the coverage of the Michael Jackson in blogs immediately after his demise. The media has focused on Jackson's alleged pedophilia for the last decade; however, all mention of this was absent from most immediate memorial posts. The only post that I have seen thus far that makes reference to these tragic charges is Pandagon:
Of course his body gave out---god only knows how many drugs a plastic surgery addict and pedophile must take to escape the reality of himself. I think it shook me because I mentally chose to believe that the Michael Jackson that I loved died within minutes of releasing "Smooth Criminal". ... But even if you plug your ears and try to pretend that there was only one Michael Jackson---the Michael of the Jackson 5, of Off The Wall, of Thriller---it's hard. His earlier music that displayed his practically supernatural talent is impossible to listen to without occasionally hearing portends of the child molesting freak show shell of a human he was to become.I know we shouldn't speak well of the immediate dead especially. I understand that this may be in poor taste (I've never been great with etiquette). Certainly he was a musical genius and a tremendously talented man who put a lot of positive energy into the universe. I don't object to highlighting or focusing on those accomplishments. I also understand that he was never found guilty, but he is the man most associated with a serious evil and even that is worthy of mention.
Glossing over, marginally mentioning, or using euphemisms discounts extremely serious offenses towards those in society who need the most protection. Sexual predators are a serious threat to all children, and all too often their crimes are ignored (often because of class privilege). Some bloggers that I respect a great deal completely erased these serious evils - especially my most recent fave blog Shakesville, which posted two articles on his death without any sort of reference to his issues with children at all. Jon Pareles of the New York Times also went almost completely without mentioning his pedophilia, despite going into some detail about his career.
Obituaries and media coverage of one's death are the first drafts of their legacy. I don't object to remembering Jackson primarily for his music, much as we respect major misogynists such as Ernest Hemingway for their brilliance (though Hemingway's mistakes were far less evil to my knowledge). But Jackson's wealth was a prime example of how class privilege can constitute exemption from responsibility in our penal system. Child molestation is not something to turn into a historical footnote.
ETA: Commenters at the Shakesville threads brought something that I missed to my attention: Jackson's childhood abuse. Just as the repeated accusations against Jackson should merit mention, so should the abuse that Jackson and his brothers faced as child performers. Jackson was as much victim as victimizer in the cycle of abuse, and his tortured childhood should not be forgotten. It's a valuable example of the way children and child performers are sometimes treated. Comprehensively his personal life is a tragic case of the cycle of abuse that is independent of his astounding, almost mythic talent and music for the ages.


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