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Interview: Boutique Amp maker Daytona Dave – Getting Started
Daytona Dave, aka David Whalen, is the sole owner and builder of Boot Hill Amps. Dave offers buildable valve guitar amp kits (or tube amp kits, as you would say in the US) that are delivered to your door worldwide, ready to assemble.
Hairdresser by day, amp builder by day off (and probably night), he lives to spread the good news of affordable tone and a DIY attitude to high-end musical equipment.
His unique approach makes building your own amp affordable and easy. By offering basic "chassis" kits, where you get all the components you need to get started, including the eyelet circuit board and chassis, but without valves, speaker and cabinet (the more pricey elements, but easier to source independently), a Boot Hill kit allows you to finance and build your amp over as long or short a period of time as you want/need.
And with his basic 5F1 chassis kit coming in at just $129 (about £85), getting started on your first amp is easier and cheaper than you may have thought. (The idea being that you can then source the valves, speaker and cabinets at whichever price range suits you, and can spread the expense out over a few months).
I chatted to Dave from his home and workshop in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he talked about everything from his beginnings building guitars to his top safety tips for budding amp builders.
- Part One: Getting Started
- Part Two: Tube Bias and Speaker Selection
- Part Three: Soldering and Circuit Building Safety
Getting Started Building Guitar Amps
How did you get started building amps?
I got started building a Weber kit. Once I was done, I wanted to build more, so I thought, what's a good way for me to build a lot of kits? I decided to get enough materials to sell a few and support my hobby. It really began to take off, and – this started about 4 years ago – I'm still doing it today, so far I've sold a couple hundred kits. I've sold a few built amplifiers as well, but mostly I do kits.
And mostly to fund your own amp building?
Well, initially it was, but it's kinda taken off and become more of a business.
I also help people build the kits. I hang out on this forum, at tdpri.com, it's actually a telecaster web-forum… See, I began building guitars first, and then started venturing into the amplifiers. I've been on that forum the whole time, and that's where I help people build the kits. There are other builders on there, they have no business connection with me, but they have experience and they're able to help people who have questions as they move along.
"It's a great community of amp builders helping out and supporting people who are just starting out."
I recommend that people take pictures of their builds and post them on the forum, that way it helps them if they run into questions or problems. It's a great community of amp builders helping out and supporting people who are just starting out. Of course, other dealers and brands are welcome, but there's a lot from Boot Hill Amps on there. As a hobbyist myself, I try to keep it one on one with the customers.
So, you say you built guitars before you built amps, are you quite a handy person in general? Have you always enjoyed making things?
Yeah, I like to work with my hands, build things, and I like to learn new skills. I actually learned about building amps on the internet on various forums. Just start with simple kits and move on from there. And once you've built a number of them, you become fairly proficient at it.
A History of Tube Amp Schematics: To Transistors and Back
You mentioned you've sold quite a few kits in the relatively small time you've been doing this, why are these kits so popular?
You know, there's a big fan base of these vintage tube-driven amplifiers, they have a long history dating back to the 50's. The industry has gone through a series of changes since then, for instance, when the transistor came out, everything moved away from tubes, but then people realised that transistors didn't sound as good for guitar amps, so they started going back to tubes.
"Hobbyists began looking at the schematics of the old Fender amps which were readily available… There had been few, if any, copyright restrictions."
The second wave of tube amp offerings were generally expensive products brought to market by a handful of manufacturers. Unfortunately, there were inherent reliability issues due to PCB construction, heat and the beatings the amps would often sustain on the road.
Hobbyists began looking at the schematics of the old Fender amps which were readily available. The tube manufacturers had provided the engineering and design of these early schematics which were given freely to anyone who wanted to use them. The tube companies wanted to sell their tubes. There had been few, if any, copyright restrictions.
So, 50 years later, you have this wonderful free information, which is probably connected with Fender having not copyrighted the schematics. Anybody can find them and copy them. My competitors, who sell kits, post the layouts on their websites. They're careful not to tell you the origin of these layouts. The point being that these make great roadworthy guitar amplifiers. I say Fender, but you can also get other styles of amps, from older companies, like Supro for instance. I mean, they're all very similar in circuitry, but generally they're the ones from the 50's, the older style of amp.
So yeah, these old layouts… The layout shows where all the pieces go, sort of like a cartoon diagram, which is what a beginner would use the first time he builds a kit. A schematic is a slightly more complicated diagram that more experienced builders will understand better. But both the layouts and the schematics are ubiquitous across the internet. And, of course, you don't have to buy a kit, you can source all your own parts.
The problem is by the time you've paid postage gathering up all the various parts, you'd have spent more than if you ordered a kit.
Briefly tell me about the different types of amps that you sell.
So basically I deal with the 3 types:
The 5F1 is a basic amplifier with 12 resistors and 7 capacitors. It's a single-ended amplifier, which means it only has one power tube. It's a small and simple amplifier, but it's really useful, and it can be used for gigs in small venues, and even larger venues if it's mic'd up properly. So, it's not a toy, it's a fairly serious amplifier. Fender has recently released them again, calling them the Eric Clapton Series. But I think the reason Fender got back into it is because boutique builders had been building them like crazy and they were getting very popular.
The second one is the 5E3; Elvis used to sing vocals through one, Steely Dan played their guitars through them and Neil Young uses a supped-up 5E3 on stage. Of course the originals are antiques and quite valuable, but the clones, that you would build from a kit, reproduce the tone as closely as possible. The funny thing is, the old amplifiers' capacitors are generally too old to be played through, so they tend to be more collector's items than actual operational amplifiers. Capacitors tend to last between 10 and 15 years. So clones are good to get that same tone with newer parts and a much smaller price tag.
The last amp is the big one, the Bassman, 5F6A. And those are good for playing bigger clubs. They're 45 watt amplifiers, with a full tone stack.
Both the 5E3 and the 5F6A are "push-pull" amps. They have 2 power tubes. When one is pushing the other one is pulling and back and forth. This gives you more power than two tubes working independently. The 5E3 uses a 6V6 power tube, which is a lower gain tube, and the 5F6A uses a 6L6 power tube, which is higher gain.
The older style board is beneficial because it's much tougher than the PCB.
The other interesting thing about these amps is that they use eyelet circuit boards, instead of printed circuit boards. And these you can fit with bigger components, and they're a lot sturdier than the printed circuit boards, which tend to develop problems sooner or later down the line.
The older style board is beneficial because it's much tougher than the PCB.
When someone orders a kit from you, what do they get in the kit, and what do they need to source themselves?
My basic kit is a chassis, and all the passive components. That's capacitors and resistors, wire, tube sockets, switches, fuse holder, jacks, pots, grommets and power chord.
Basically, everything comes in the kit, except for tubes, transformers, cabinet and speaker. I offer these things too, but I specialise in the chassis kits. You can build it as you go, and it makes it easier to afford that way too, because you're spreading your cost. You can get a 5F1 kit for about $130, put together the board, then source and add the other parts when you can. So it's about spreading your cost so your wife or girlfriend won't freak out.
Read More: Max interviews South African boutique amp builder Benjamin Craig
Most companies don't sell chassis kits like these, so it's a bit of a niche market for me. Also, people can decide what kind of transformers and speakers they want. I also offer upgrades on my kits, where if you want the really fancy components, you can do so, for an added price – F&T filter capacitors, Sprague orange drop coupling capacitors, Mallory coupling capacitors, Switchcraft jacks.
But the basic kit is high quality, there isn't really any need for the upgrades, it's more for the "connoisseurs", or, as we call them in the amp building community, "cork-sniffers". You obviously don't want to load up the kit with low-grade components, so the basic components are still top quality, just not necessarily the most expensive.
What is it that makes building your own amp so rewarding?
That's an easy one, because anyone will feel the satisfaction and joy at making something that seems complex, and having it function the way it should. It's quite thrilling. And you can tell people, "you see that amplifier, I made that!" – Which is, in itself, rewarding!
Read The Rest of The Interview with Amp Builder Daytona Dave
- Part One: Getting Started
- Part Two: Tube Bias and Speaker Selection
- Part Three: Soldering and Circuit Building Safety
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Volume 37, Issue 11, November 2011
Emanuil Aizikovich Kaner (1931–1986) On the 80th anniversary37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672238View Description Hide Description
Strong nonlinear effects in conductivity of thin metallic samples (Review Article)37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672651View Description Hide Description
A series of works, dealt with nontrivial nonlinear stationary and nonstationary phenomena accompanying the flow of the transport current through thin pure single-crystal samples of metals at low temperatures, are discussed. The mechanism of the nonlinearity is magnetidynamical and related with an effect of the intrinsic magnetic field of the current on electron trajectories and, thus, on metal conductivity. The magnetodynamic nonlinearity leads to the nontrivial effect of drop of the resistance in thin samples with increasing the current. At high currents when a radius of curvature of electron trajectories in the intrinsic field of the current becomes smaller than cross sectional dimensions the effect of pinching of the current appears (pinch effect). In this case with increasing the current, the drop of the resistance is replaced by its increase. Experimental investigations of nonlinear current-voltage characteristics of thin cadmium and tungsten samples are also discussed. In these experiments, not only predictions of the theory are confirmed but new nonlinear effects accompanying the flow of strong currents were found. In particular, generation of self-oscillations of voltage in the regime of a given current was found. With increasing the current, the spectrum of the self-oscillations evolves, following a determined scenario with the transition from discrete to continuous, that indicates the appearance of a chaotic regime.
Nonlinear effects in propagation of radio waves in metals (Review Article)37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3673537View Description Hide Description
The main results of works on study of influence of nonlinearity on propagation of radio waves through metals placed in a constant magnetic field are described. The trapping of carriers by the magnetic field of a wave with a large amplitude leads to suppression of collisionless absorption and to a possibility of propagation in metals of waves of various types. In copper, the propagation of helicons becomes possible in the geometry when on the Fermi surface there are open orbits preventing from wave propagation. In zinc, in which the cyclotron absorption by holes exists for any wave lengths in the linear regime, the decrease of this absorption results in a possibility of propagation of an electron doppleron. In noble metals and metals of the Third Group, where any waves are absent in the linear regime, the propagation of nonlinear waves of the new type, which do not have counterparts in the linear regime, becomes possible in the range of weak fields. Multiple reflections of nonlinear waves from internal surfaces of a metallic plate lead to the formation of standing waves in a sample. In this case resonance maxima appear in a dependence of the surface resistance of the sample on a constant magnetic field. In the maxima the transparency coefficient of a metal with respect to radio emission can increase by one-two orders of magnitude.
Electronic states on the rough surface of a solid37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672158View Description Hide Description
Surface electronic states at a periodically rough boundary have been obtained and studied. It is shown that there are two spectral regions of surface states separated by a forbidden band. The properties of the surface states in these regions are quite dissimilar. It is found that the action of surface electronic states gives rise to a subsurface inhomogeneous plasma layer, responsible for the peculiar features of polariton distribution and spatial dispersion of electrostatic vibration frequency. The related dispersion relations are derived. Some peculiarities of electronic state creation are considered for the where the periodic surface roughness is caused by the Rayleigh sound propagation.
Collective excitations of electron gas on the nanotube surface in a magnetic field37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672160View Description Hide Description
The spectra of magnetoplasma waves, zero sound and spin waves in an electron gas on a surface of a nonferromagnetic nanotube in longitudinal magnetic field are considered. The initial spectrum of the electron energy is assumed to be parabolic, and the interelectron interaction is taken into account within the random-phase approximation. It is shown that in a magnetic field there is a shift of the frequency of an intersubband plasmon proportional to a magnetic flux through a cross-section of a tube. The frequency and the damping constant of magnetoplasma waves in a nondegenerate electron gas are calculated. For a great number of filled subbands the frequencies of the zero sound and spin waves in a degenerate electron gas experience oscillations of the type of de Haas-van Alphen and Aharonov-Bohm with changing the density of electrons and magnetic flux.
Microwave-induced spin-flip scattering of electrons in point contacts37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3671676View Description Hide Description
We investigate resonant interaction of conduction electrons with an electromagnetic field that irradiates a point contact between a ferromagnetic and a normal metal in the presence of a strong magnetic field of order 1 T. We show that electron spin-flips caused by resonant absorption and stimulated emission of photons result in a sharp peak in the magnetic-field dependence of the point-contact resistance. The height of the peak is shown to be directly proportional to the net rate of energy transfer to the electromagnetic field in the point contact due to absorption and stimulated emission of photons. Estimations indicate that our theory can serve as a basis for the explanation of recent experiments [A.M. Kadigrobov et al., New J. Phys. 13, 023007 (2011)].
Rainbow trapping of guided waves37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672159View Description Hide Description
We study theoretically the propagation of a wave packet that is a superposition of three s-polarized guided waves with different frequencies in a planar waveguide consisting of a dielectric medium with a graded index of refraction, sandwiched between perfectly conducting walls. The electric field at each point within the waveguide is calculated, and it is shown that each of the constituent modes ceases to propagate at a specific distance along the waveguide that depends on its frequency and on the geometrical and material parameters defining the waveguide. This simple model displays the phenomenon of rainbow trapping of guided waves in an explicit fashion, without the use of a negative index metamaterial.
Electronic density of states for two-dimensional system in uniform magnetic and Aharonov–Bohm fields37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672156View Description Hide Description
We study two-dimensional electronic gas (2DEG) in the background of the Aharonov–Bohm and constant magnetic fields. The problem of ambiguity of the solutions of the Schrödinger equation is investigated by introducing a finite radius of the flux tube, which then set to zero. Wave functions and spectrum of the 2DEG Hamiltonian are used to construct an expression for the local density of states (LDOS). We obtain that LDOS has a depletion near the origin of the vortex and new peaks, which can't be explained by using Landau levelstheory.
Flux-cutting and flux-transport effects in type-II superconductor slabs in a parallel rotating magnetic field37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672157View Description Hide Description
The magnetic response of irreversible type-II superconductor slabs subjected to in-plane rotating magnetic field is investigated by applying the circular, elliptic, extended-elliptic, and rectangular flux-line-cutting critical-state models. Specifically, the models have been applied to explain experiments on a PbBi rotating disk in a fixed magnetic fieldH a , parallel to the flat surfaces. Here, we have exploited the equivalency of the experimental situation with that of a fixed disk under the action of a parallel magnetic field, rotating in the opposite sense. The effect of both the magnitude Ha of the applied magnetic field and its angle of rotation α s upon the magnetization of the superconductor sample is analyzed. When Ha is smaller than the penetration field HP , the magnetization components, parallel and perpendicular to H a , oscillate with increasing the rotation angle. On the other hand, if the magnitude of the applied field, Ha , is larger than HP , both magnetization components become constant functions of α s at large rotation angles. The evolution of the magnetic induction profiles inside the superconductor is also studied.
Anderson localization in metamaterials with compositional disorder37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3671677View Description Hide Description
We consider one-dimensional periodic-on-average bi-layered models with random perturbations in dielectric constants of both basic slabs composing the structure unit-cell. We show that when the thicknesses da and db of basic layers are essentially nonequal, da ≠ db , the localization length L loc is described by the universal expression for two cases: (a) both layers are made from right-handed materials (the RH–RH model), (b) the a layers are of a right-handed material while the b layers are of a left-handed material (the RH–LH model). For these models the derived expression for L loc includes all possible correlations between two disorders. However, when da = db the RH–LH model exhibits a highly nontrivial properties originated from inhomogeneous distribution of the phase of propagating wave, even in the case of white-noise disorder. We analytically show that in this case the localization length diverges in the conventional second order in perturbation parameters. Therefore, recently numerically discovered anomalies in L loc are due to the next order of approximation. On the other hand, for the RH–RH model the general expression for L loc remains valid for da = db as well.
The Landau band effects in the quantum magnetic oscillations and the deviations from the quasiclassical Lifshitz–Kosevich theory in quasi-two-dimensional conductors37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672653View Description Hide Description
The quantum magnetic oscillations (QMO) in the layered and quasi-two-dimensional (2D) conductors deviate from the quasiclassical Lifshitz–Kosevich (LK) theory developed for 3D conventional metals. We discuss deviations related to the broadening of the Landau levels into Landau bands by various mechanisms (layer-stacking, magnetic breakdown, incoherence, disorder, localization etc.). Each mechanism yields a specific factor modulating the QMO amplitudes depending on the density of states and electron velocities within the Landau bands. In contrast to the LK theory, these factors differ for the thermodynamic (de Haas–van Alphen (dHvA)) and kinetic (Shubnikov–de Haas (SdH)) oscillations. We calculated the magnetic breakdown damping factors for the SdH and dHvA oscillations in the 2D conductors and analyzed their difference as well as the analogy between the bandwidth and Weiss oscillations. In case of an isotropic 3D metals the kinetic factors become proportional to the thermodynamic ones as is assumed in the LK theory.
Metafluid with anisotropic dynamic mass37(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3672821View Description Hide Description
We show that a fluid filling the space between metallic cylinders arranged in a two-dimensional lattice exhibits anisotropic dynamic mass for sound waves propagating through the lattice, if its unit cell is anisotropic. Using the plane-waves expansion method we derive (in the long wavelength limit) a formula for the effective masstensor of the metafluid. The proposed formula is very general—it is valid for arbitrary Bravais lattices and arbitrary filling fractions of the cylinders. We apply our method to a periodic structure with very high anisotropy, when other known methods fail. In particular, we calculate the effective masstensor for sound waves in air with embedded lattice of aluminum cylinders having rectangular cross sections, and obtain excellent agreement with experiment. The proposed method of calculation may find numerous applications for tailoring of metafluids with prescribed anisotropy.


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Apr 28 2009Sure, Why Not?: Animal-Shaped Radiators
Guus van Leeuwen's Domestic Animal radiators heat your home without all the shedding and feces associated with keeping a real animal in the house.
[The] radiators are made using between 40 and 60 pieces of steel tubing which are bent using a computer and then welded together by the Eindhoven-based designer. The radiators can then be connected to the heating pipes via the tail. The pelts are real and have been filled with wheat seeds in order to conserve the heat.
Well it's about time! You hear that, Mr. Badger? It's time for you to make like a tree and get out of here. I mean it -- OUT! Oh, being stubborn are we? Fine. *BLAM!* Badger steak for everyone! And, on a 100% completely unrelated note that has absolutely nothing at all to do with sleeping with a badger -- anybody know how to get blood out of bedsheets?
Hit the jump for closeups of the different animals.
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Que tacky.
I would put the Ram in my room
Brings new meaning to the phrase "animals in heat", methinks.
Now if there was a raptor one I might consider it...
I want a radigator.
...or one shaped like an angry robot. I'd get one too but I'd probably keep it in a closet
umm.... creepy.
This is a complete photoshop job. you can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max found a caveman frozen in a glacier and when he thawed him out found the caveman still alive. He took the caveman away to a zoo, and studied him, but as he studied the ancient man he realized he was as much a man as Max, and didn't feel good about keeping him as a captive animal.
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impending TMI... A lot of girls read your site - are you sure you want to be asking them for tips on getting blood out of sheets? :P
I look up this site everyday and being a self described geek I have to say this really sucks! I mean the name geekologie implies that this is a site dedicated to all things geeky, not all things hillbilly! I'm jonesing for some sh!t tailor made for nerds! Anyway sorry to complain GW, you're doing a better job than I could (not to mention you probably get more a$$ than a toilet seat!).
The first idiot to say fur is murder will receive a boot to the head.
It's Furder!!...not really I don't care about killing animals....
I still wouldn't buy one though...
@ Gordon
Technically, YOU said it first, as that exact phrase was in your comment.
If you do it, let us know. If you're still conscious that is. Heh.
These look like pretty hot designs to me.
You're so funnies! Go back to the LOLCATS board and leave the rest of the intertubes to us.
@ 16
And you're just so friggin clever! Y'know, mentioning LOLCATS and all. I can do as I damn well please, and that includes making one goddamn joke at your expense. So boo-hoo, suck it up.
Frankly, I don't give a damn. There's never been any sense in arguing with art fags. You're right Frank. You're always right.
"'I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party' Blow it out your hair cause you work at Hardees"
No, I'm not always right. I never said I was. If that's what you want to believe, fine. Good for you.
And art fag? I write in my spare time. Excuse me for offending your delicate tastes, you "Fücking" prick.
Again, you are right.
BAH!!! People SUCK!!!!! Who the hell quits via 4 line email with no notice?
I want a bantha shaped one...
And meat is murder; tasty, tasty murder.
i would get one, but without the dead animal skin on it.
Well this should up the value of my Manhattan apartment!
A dog would be cheaper.
You haven't seen anything until you've seen MACHO MAN Randy Savage trip/FREAK OUT on a bongful of Salvia:
They should use people skins instead of animals, fur is wrong. ha hippies.
ooh ooh badger steak over here!
It's a good idea.Thank you
This takes the designer radiators concept to the extreme.


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Top quality figs again and a merry Christmas to you too!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you and all the very best Andrew.Delete
They look super and what a great way to start the competition for you!ReplyDelete
Thank you Christopher, maintaining the pace is going to be my difficulty!Delete
They make a really dynamic command group.ReplyDelete
Not doing my restraint any good - tempted to flesh out my Sudan collection!Replies
Thank you Phil, not the best at resting either!Delete
Lovely figs, some of your best yet I think - and thats really saying somethingReplyDelete
Merry Christmas to you and your family Michael.
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Thank you Paul that is very kind of you; here's to a great 2013.Delete
Superb paintjob and Miniatures. love the uniform on these guysReplyDelete
Have a Merry Christmas Michael to you and your family.Replies
Thank you my good man, all the very best for Christmas.Delete
Fabulous work - great seeing troops/uniforms that I am not familiar with. Happy Holidays, DeanReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Dean and a very, very Happy Christmas to you too.Delete
Very nice, Michael. Merry Christmas season, Sir.ReplyDeleteReplies
All the best Jay, have a great break Sir.Delete
Happy Christmas to you too! Beautiful Camel Corps figures! Must do some more Sudan in the New Year!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Sir, here's to more camels in the coming months!Delete
Wonderful painting Michael! Have a great Christmas!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Ray and you too.Delete
Very nicely done Michael and for you this is speed painting!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas!Replies
Thank you Anne, had to sit down with a cup of sugary tea after this lot!Delete
lovely troops friend!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Sir and Happy Christmas.Delete
Merry Christmas. Lovely painting as usual - let's hope to see a lot more next year!!ReplyDelete
Thank you Frank and have a great Christmas yourself.Delete
Very lovely... As usual!ReplyDelete
Have a very Merry Christmas!Replies
Thank you and a very Happy Christmas to you too!Delete
Another lovely set of figures (stop tempting me to start the Camel Corps! :-)ReplyDelete
Have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year Michael!Replies
All the vey best Al and thank you for all the support over the year.Delete
Wonderfu figures and paintjob, Michael!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas ans a happy new year!
Thank you Monty, have a great Christmas.Delete
These are beautiful Michael!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much Rodger, that is very kind of you Sir.Delete
These are excellent looking figs, happy to take a look at them again. Good news is that the New Year is only eight days away so the embargo won't last foreverReplyDelete
Thank you Ian and you are absolutely right as the challenge is throwing up all sorts of wonderful looking miniatures I feel the need to spend my pocket money on!Delete
Wonderful figures and beautifully painted Michael.ReplyDelete
Festive Joy to you and your family Michael and have yourself a very Merry ChristmasReplies
Thank you Pete and a very Happy Christmas to you and your family too.Delete
Great look and great paint MichaelReplyDelete
Happy Christmas ;)Replies
Thank you Vincent and a very Happy Christmas my good man.Delete
Excellent work Michael...Merry Christmas to you and your familyReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Captain and the very best to you and your family.Delete
Wonderful sculpts and superb painting Michael.ReplyDelete
Have a Merry Christmas,
Thank you Pat, the sculpts certainly made the job easier; have a great Christmas.Delete
Beautiful figures, merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Many thanks Phil and a Happy Christmas to you too.Delete
Terrific figures, Michael - what an act to follow! Have a great Christmas, Michael, and very best wishes to you and your family for the festive season.ReplyDeleteReplies
That is very kind of you Sidney and I do hope that you and the family are enjoying a wonderful Christmas.Delete
Again, lovely work Michael.ReplyDelete
And a Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thank you Curt, festive best wishes to the Campbell clan as well.Delete
Gorgeous figures and nicely based. These lads should give those Fuzzy Wuzzies a jolly good curry up.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, they certainly have that steely determination to them!Delete
Most excellent! Merry ChristmasReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Cory and a very Happy Christmas to you too.Delete
Merry Christmas! And these figures look wonderfull!ReplyDelete
Every time I see this particular range from Perry Miniatures painted by talented blokes like yourself, it takes all my will power to keep from placing an order! Marvelous job.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Men of a Certain Age
As they get older, men need to know the facts about prostate cancer
As a man ages, there are new and challenging health concerns that inevitably crop up, complications that would have seemed completely foreign to him in his youth. Joint pain. Hair loss. The inability to play basketball without knowing there's a heating pad and some ibuprofen close by. And while these problems can be defeating, they hardly come as a surprise. Men know they're coming; it's less a question of "If?" than it is "When?" and "How bad is it going to be?"
With its potentially life-threatening nature — so much so that the National Football League (NFL) started a campaign to raise awareness for it — men today need to get the facts about prostate cancer. According to the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association, approximately one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer — and second-most common cause of cancer death — in males, with an estimated 28,000 men dying from the disease each year.
These daunting statistics illustrate just how widespread prostate cancer can be, making it critical that men, as well as their loved ones, have a clear understanding of the condition — who is at risk, how it can be detected and what treatment options are available.
Who is at risk?
Part of the male reproductive system, the prostate is a walnut-sized gland under the bladder and in front of the rectum. Age is the primary consideration in determining the likelihood of getting prostate cancer. Nearly two out of every three cases are found in patients 65 or older, and the risk increases with age. But this is just one of the factors according to Gustavo Ayala, MD, professor and director of UTPath Urologic Pathology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School.
"Like most cancers, there is a familial aspect. If you have close relatives — a father, a brother — who have had prostate cancer, you are at a higher risk," Ayala says. "There are also racial and ethnic differences, not just in the incidences, but in the aggressiveness of the disease. African Americans not only have the highest incidence, but also a more aggressive disease, followed by Caucasians, then followed by Hispanics and Asians."
Ayala explains that all men, if they live long enough, will eventually get prostate cancer, though the majority of those cases will be deemed clinically insignificant, and therefore will not cause any harm. Making the diagnostic process more challenging, there are generally no external indicators that the disease is present. Urinary symptoms, such as urinating often, a weak flow, stopping and starting while going, the inability to hold it in, and painful ejaculation, are often caused by prostate health issues other than cancer.
"By the time you get any warning signs, it is usually an advanced disease. That's why screenings are so significant," Ayala says.
Men who would be considered high-risk — African Americans and those with a family history of prostate cancer — should consult their doctor about getting screened yearly when they turn 40, he says. For those who do not meet any of the at-risk criteria, the age gets bumped to 55, according to the American Urologic Association.
Detecting prostate cancer
There are two ways to be screened for prostate cancer, with each serving as a guiding tool to help doctors formulate an accurate diagnosis. The first is a blood test that measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that, as its name suggests, is produced exclusively by the prostate. High levels of PSA — and the threshold varies from patient to patient, Ayala notes — does not necessarily indicate that you have prostate cancer; it indicates that there is a greater probability that cancer is present, and that the matter should be investigated further. In fact, according to the NFL's aforementioned "Know Your Stats" campaign, less than one-third of high PSA results are caused by prostate cancer.
The other screening method is the digital rectal exam (DRE), in which the doctor inserts a finger through the rectum to physically examine the prostate. This is commonly done as part of an annual checkup once a man's age and family history dictate that he is now at a higher risk for the disease. Like the PSA test, if irregularities are detected, the physician then knows to take a more in-depth look at what is potentially going on with the patient.
While the PSA test and DRE can point doctors in the right direction, a biopsy can help doctors detect if cancer is present. If the biopsy does reveal cancer, doctors then must decide if it is clinically significant or not, and whether treatment is required. Utilizing, among other considerations, the Gleason Grading system, doctors identify the stage and grade of the tumor; the higher the Gleason score, the more aggressive the cancer.
Because not all prostate cancer is life-threatening, Ayala says it is not uncommon for doctors to take a wait-and-see approach known as "active surveillance" or "watchful waiting." Often employed when the cancer is detected early, this strategy involves regular PSA tests and rectal exams, allowing the doctor to monitor the situation closely while saving the patient from unnecessarily enduring any uncomfortable side effects. When going this route, it is imperative that the outlined regimen of checkups is strictly followed in order to limit the possibility of the cancer reaching dangerous levels or from spreading beyond the prostate.
What treatment options are available?
If the cancer is deemed to require immediate attention, it is then time to choose a course of action. There are currently two standard methods most frequently used — and as with everything regarding the disease, what that proper approach is depends on the individual.
For patients in good health who have at least a 10-year life expectancy (determined by assessing a person's age and wellness), and whose cancer is localized to the prostate, having the prostate removed surgically may be the best route to go. By taking out the entire gland, you ensure that all of the cancer cells are taken out with it, which offers many men peace of mind. Before selecting this option, though, patients should talk with their doctor to make sure that they are up to the physical and emotional challenges associated with a major operation, such as anesthesia, a multiday hospital stay and the use of a catheter afterwards.
For patients who are older or who would prefer a less invasive approach, there is radiation therapy. The most common form of this is external beam radiation therapy, or EBRT, which does not involve anesthesia or surgery. EBRT sends targeted beams of high-energy rays to the prostate to kill off the cancer cells. Treatments last only a few minutes each, and the process is done once a day, five days a week for seven to eight weeks. The key to EBRT's success, Ayala explains, is for doctors to dial in a specific strategy for each specific patient. "What you're trying to do is radiate the prostate cancer, not the rectum, which is right next to it. The only way to do that is to understand in three dimensions the anatomy of each individual."
Both surgery and radiation have proven to be effective — and both also carry the risk of side effects, notably impotence and incontinence. The main difference, Ayala points out, is that with surgery, if a patient is going to experience these side effects, he will experience them in the early aftermath of the operation. With radiation, they may not surface until months or years following the completion of the treatment.
Regardless of which approach is taken, and regardless if the cancer is ultimately deemed completely gone, doctors will still put a post-treatment checkup plan in place, conducting regular PSA tests and/or DREs to ensure that the tumor has not come back.
While surgery and radiation are currently the two most prominent treatment options (hormonal therapy and chemotherapy can also be used in certain cases), there are constant strides being made to identify new ways to combat the disease. Look no further than the work done by Ayala, who is the Distinguished Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UTHealth Medical School. Through research and relentless effort in the lab, Ayala has made a key discovery — what it is that affords the cancer its sustainability.
"We have found that nerves are very, very important for prostate cancer; it cannot grow without nerves. That is why people with spinal cord injuries have a much lower incidence or prevalence of the disease," he says.
This revelation then begs the question: Is it possible to somehow disrupt the link between the cancer and the nerves that fuel it? The answer, Ayala says, is yes, and it can be done through the use of a surprising denervating agent that, to this point, has commonly been relegated to superficial, cosmetic use: Botox.
In the same way that it eliminates skin wrinkles by blocking the signal between nerve and muscle, when Botox is injected into the prostate, it chemically disconnects the surrounding nerves from the cancer, and thus cuts the tumor off from its life source. "We are finding that the cancer is dying," Ayala says.
Though his research is still in the clinical trial phase, the hope is that it will one day lead to a new and effective way to counteract the disease.
"It will be one more tool for treatment. You could get a yearly injection of Botox, or you could do Botox before surgery, or you could use Botox before radiation therapy. That is the future," Ayala says.
In the meantime, the best thing men can do is find a doctor they trust, and once they enter the high-risk category, go for regular screenings. And while there are not any clear, proven measures that can be taken to definitively prevent getting prostate cancer, Ayala offers up some straightforward lifestyle advice for everyone regardless of age or family history: Exercise, eat low fatty foods, do not smoke, and lead a good, healthy life, so that it is harder for cancer to grow.comments powered by Disqus
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Cast: Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman, Bob Byington
Current Criticwire Average: B (out of 17 critics)
Official Synopsis: "'The Color Wheel' is the story of JR (Altman), an increasingly transient aspiring news-anchor, forcing her disappointing younger brother Colin (Perry) to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover's apartment. Problem is these grown up kids do not get along and are both too obnoxious to know better. Chaos and calamity are not far behind her beat up Honda Accord. Too bad that nobody else in the world can stand either of them. Not Colin's neglectful girlfriend, nor JR's former high school friends, nor strangers they clash with at pretty much every step of their hopeless and increasingly infuriating voyage of frustration, failure and jerks. It can only be a matter of time before JR and Colin arrive at the strangest and most unsettling of resolutions and put to rest their decades of animosity, half-baked sibling rivalry and endless bickering. Resting uncomfortably somewhere between the solipsistic, unrepressed id of late Jerry Lewis, the confrontational pseudo-sexual self-loathing of Philip Roth and the black and white motels, diners and loners of Robert Frank's America, 'The Color Wheel' is a familial comedy of disappointment and forgiveness."
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I like the simple elegance of this composition. It expresses a common feeling that most of us have felt at one point or another when we envy the talent or knowledge of others, and the beauty that such an understanding represents. However, poetry is art within its own right. Not all things of beauty are patterns or designs inscribed on distant unreachable horizons.
I think this is where this piece is flawed. It makes the presumption that art is something that exists separate from it; that art is visual or more structurally complex than poetic or literary composition. However, art is much more dynamic than any dream can imagine.
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HAZMAT crews investigate white powder at Scottsdale business
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Fire crews were called to a Scottsdale business Wednesday afternoon after workers got sick after coming in contact with an unknown substance.
Scottsdale Fire Division Chief Jay Ducotes said the incident happened at the Loan Depot office building located near the Loop 101 and Thunderbird Road.
Authorities said reports came in employees found white powder on a few of the desks in the building.
When workers used bleach to wipe down their desks, they started getting sick.
Officials said all of the employees refused treatment saying they were only feeling nauseous at the time.
Fire captain Ken Mantay said using bleach to clean the area may hinder the investigation.
"They eradicated any evidence that we had, so were basically doing the real fine surveys to find out if there's any other product that's remaining."
Firefighters said 200 employees were evacuated from the building while crews worked to determine what the substance was.
Scottsdale police said they will be questioning employees to see if someone meant to disrupt business or had an intent to harm.
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It does support tasks. Perhaps a more specific question would be better, your current one is too broad.
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The opensource version doesn't currently, and the NE only limited support for ZCO, I thought. I've been keeping an eye on the bug RFE thread and looks like it's making good progress for the next major version, looking forward to it!
It's just not gonna happen. There are too may server-side changes that need to happen.
We never intro new major features like that in minor releases. Minor releases are meant to fix bugs, not introduce them.
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The future looks bright for NSW based sunglass lens replacement company The Sunglass Fix after their commitment to customer service excellence was recently recognised by the Australian Customer Service Awards (ACSA).
The ACSA program is completely independent of The Sunglass Fix and is based on detailed analysis of feedback from the company's own customers. Almost 130 of the Sunglass Fix customers participated in the process, providing responses to a wide range of questions designed to assess the quality of customer service they received from The Sunglass Fix.
The quality of customer feedback was so high that The Sunglass Fix has been presented with the prestigious Platinum Award, which is the highest award possible and a resounding endorsement of the company's commitment to and investment in outstanding customer service standards.
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i think that since you want to call it pokemon legends you should make the story about someone who wants to catch all of the legendary pokemon from each game plus one you make up i think that would be a good idea because everyone always tries to catch the legendaries on each game so i think it would be good but difficult becuase you would have to make places for mew mewtwo articuno molrtes zapdos lugia ho-oh entai(i think thats how you spell it) suicune rakiou jirachi deoxys regirock regice recisteel rayquaza groudon and kyogre lol but i think it would be great!
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2010 Ministry Update
from Chris Larson Nov 02, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsIt is a useful Christian discipline to recount often the goodness of God and express thanksgiving for his mercies. This year's 2010 Ministry Update does that again as we see the way the Lord has worked through Ligonier's various outreaches. And, it gives us the opportunity to say "thank you" again to the thousands of ministry supporters who uplift this sacred cause with their prayers and financial support. Keep Reading
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from Chris Larson Aug 25, 2010 Category: EventsDr. Albert Mohler has responded to critics claiming he misrepresented Charles Darwin's views as he set sail on the Beagle. Keep Reading
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from Chris Larson May 12, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsWhen I came to work at Ligonier over five years ago, I knew we had a challenge in front of us. The ministry was growing — thriving even. But what would happen when the day came that Dr. Sproul could no longer provide his steady hand on the helm of the ministry he founded in 1971? I soon found out I wasn't the only one concerned. No one cared more about this question than Ligonier's founder himself, and I discovered he had already been working on the solution with his acute mind and humble heart. Keep Reading
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Kandi Burruss Admits Real Housewives of Atlanta Is "Hard to Watch Sometimes"
We would assume that it would be fun to watch yourself on reality TV. But for Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, it can be tough, especially with all the drama and tension on the show.
Kandi was asked by a Twitter follower on December 15 whether she ever watches episodes of the show, and whether it's painful to relive everything.
"Is this stuff difficult to revisit as it airs?" Kandi's fan wanted to know. "Do you even watch again?"
Indeed, Kandi acknowledges that it is tough to watch. "It's hard to watch sometimes...." Kandi responds.
We admire Kandi for being so open about the pain of having to watch the show. And Kandi should know that we love watching her, even if she doesn't always love seeing herself!
We can imagine that perhaps the most difficult scenes for Kandi might be the tension surrounded Mama Joyce and Kandi's fiance, Todd Tucker, as Joyce has made her disdain for Todd quite clear. Todd and Joyce are reportedly getting along better these days, so it's probably tough to remember how bad things got for them.
Are you surprised that it's so painful for Kandi to watch episodes of the show? And do you think scenes about her mom and Todd are the toughest ones for her to watch?
Source: Kandi on Twitter


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This eye catching demo utilizes the appealing 'photo' effect. This effect is inspired from the popular photo collages and each transition gives a glimpse of it. Before a new slide comes out, viewers get a glimpse of an entire collage of all the different slides. The overall impact due to this awesome animation is simply stunning. Each time a viewer sees a new slide pop out, one simply cannot help but focus all their attention on it.
The slideshow demo is designed with a green theme. This is why the arrows, which are visible only when the pointer moves across the slides, are green angular square with white arrows. The traditional slideshow bullets have been replaced with a green bar divided into several thin rectangles. It is placed in the bottom right corner while the bottom left corner is reserved for the accompanying text box.
Each slide is complemented with a green rectangular text box. The writing is done in white. The overall contrast of green and white is refreshing and soothing for the eyes. The entire demo slideshow doesn't have a border but in coherence with the theme, there is a green border at the bottom.
No doubt, this demo will be perfectly suited to display a series of colorful pictures in an attractive manner. The collage like 'photo' effect will look great when these pictures are full of different contrasting bright colors.


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I'm upgrading ZCS Network edition to v5.0.15 from 5.0.8 and changing of server
I have change the hostname. All works fine except webmail acces. When i tried to access via http
or http , I have the login page and after i'm redirect to the old hostname.
Any idear, I think about of misconfiguration of servername in web server.
I don't know what's webserver is used by zimbra (tomcat, apache?)
Thanks for any suggestions


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They're gonna need a bigger room. With the performance roster for the 2012 Woodie Awards growing seemingly by the hour (OK, week), Tuesday (March 13) brought one of the biggest additions to date: multiple nominee Mac Miller.
Mr. Blue Slide Park himself has jumped on a list of acts on the show that already includes Steve Aoki, Childish Gambino and Santigold .
And that's already in addition to the equally bulging group that will take part in the 2012 mtvU 2012 Woodie Awards Festival, which includes fun., A$AP Rocky, Walk the Moon, Wallpaper., Kimbra, Chiddy Bang, Gary Clark Jr., Ed Sheeran, Dev, Machine Gun Kelly, Imagine Dragons, and Of Verona.
The festival event kicks off Thursday, March 15, at 1 p.m. CT at Red River and East 1st Street in Austin, Texas, helping to get the ball rolling on this year's SXSW Music Festival. The first-ever open-air Woodies festival is open to all SXSW badge-holders and free for music fans, with the day full of performances leading up to that night's Woodie Awards, which will kick off at 8 p.m. CT. The Woodies Fest will also stream live on Woodies.mtvU.com and the best moments from the Woodies will be featured in a 30-minute special, airing on MTV and mtvU at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 18.
Miller is up against the Black Keys and Skrillex for the coveted Woodie of the Year and Performing Woodie awards. Woodie Award voting is now closed, except for the Breaking Woodie category, for which voting will continue through the live show on Thursday. Fans can vote for their favorite Breaking Woodie artist at Woodies.mtvU.com, on their mobile phones at m.mtv.com or by texting "VOTE" to 66333 (standard message and data rates may apply).
Here's the schedule of performers for the Woodies Fest:
» 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT – Ed Sheeran
» 2 p.m. ET/ 1:35 p.m. CT – Kimbra
» 3 p.m. ET/ 2 p.m. CT – A$AP Rocky
» 3:35 p.m. ET/ 2:35 p.m. CT – Gary Clark Jr.
» 4 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. CT – Machine Gun Kelly
» 4:35 p.m. ET/ 3:35 p.m. CT – Of Verona
» 5 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. CT – Dev
» 5:35 p.m. ET/ 4:35 p.m. CT – Wallpaper.
» 6 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. CT – Chiddy Bang
» 6:35 p.m. ET/ 5:45 p.m. CT – Imagine Dragons
» 7:15 p.m. ET/ 6:15 p.m. CT – fun.
» 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT – Walk the Moon
» 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT – Childish Gambino, Santigold, Mac Miller and Steve Aoki
The Woodies invade SXSW on March 15 with the Woodies Festival. The best of the 2012 mtvU Woodies will air on MTV and mtvU on March 18 at 8 p.m. ET.


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Written By Wake Forest Sports Information Dept.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest senior forward Travis McKie was named the ACC Co-Player of the Week on Monday after leading the Demon Deacons to two wins last week.
McKie averaged 19.0 points and hit 7-of-13 from 3-point range in leading Wake Forest to a win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday and a home victory over Notre Dame on Saturday.
McKie entered the week in a slump, having scored a combined 15 points over his previous four games. But he broke out of the slump with a season-high 24 points on Wednesday at Virginia Tech, leading the Demon Deacons to their first ACC road win in two years.
McKie went 7-for-10 from the field, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, against the Hokies. He scored 15 of his points in the first half in helping Wake Forest build a 21-point advantage early on. McKie also pulled down six boards and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the line on the night.
While his numbers in Saturday's 65-58 win over Notre Dame did not match Wednesday's, McKie helped seal the win with his play down the stretch. He hit 4-of-4 free throws in the final 30 seconds and also pulled down a critical defensive rebound when the Deacons were leading by three with 20 seconds remaining.
McKie finished with 14 points, three rebounds, a block and a steal in 32 minutes against Notre Dame.
McKie shared the weekly honor with Pittsburgh's Lamar Patterson. It was McKie's first Player of the Week award. He earned three ACC Rookie of the Week awards in 2010-11.
Duke's Jabari Parker was named this week's ACC Rookie of the Week.
McKie is the 31st all-time Demon Deacon to earn an ACC Player of the Week award since the conference began handing out the weekly honor in 1970. C.J. Harris won the award last season after leading Wake Forest to an upset of No. 2-ranked Miami.
Wake Forest is 14-6 overall and 4-3 on the season entering Wednesday's game against No. 2-ranked Syracuse. The Deacons will host the Orange at the LJVM Coliseum with tip-off scheduled for 9 p.m.
Wake Forest Sports Information Dept.


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The Music Building
The Music Building is an outstanding facility for practice, rehearsal, recording, and classroom study. It offers a variety of large, acoustically isolated rehearsal and performance spaces, including a 198-seat Choral Hall and a 280-seat Recital Hall; 72 practice rooms and teaching studios; and digital recording studios, two fully equipped MIDI sequencing rooms, and two state-of-the-art hard-disk digital assembly studios.
The Performing Arts Center
One of the finest facilities on any East Coast college campus, the Performing Arts Center (PAC), is located adjacent to the Music Building and is available for the conservatory's activities. The PAC has four professional performance spaces and one of the largest portable Flentrop tracker organs in the world.
The conservatory's inventory of instruments includes:


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AMQP mocking and expectations library
This is a mocking and expectations library for node-amqp inspired by nock.
On your test, you can setup your mocking object like this:
var amqp = require'amqp'; var amqpmock = require'amqp-mock'; var scope = amqpmockurl: 'amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672' exchange'topic_animals' type: 'topic' publish'quick.orange.rabbit' 'Hello' publish'lazy.brown.fox' 'World' exchange'work' type: 'fanout' publish'' 'approve' ack: true // expect to be acknowledged publish'' 'disapprove' ack: false // expect to be not acknowledged ; var connection = amqpcreateConnectionurl: 'amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672'; connectionon'ready' connectionexchange'topic_animals' type:'topic' connectionqueue'' queuebindexchangename '*.*.rabbit'; queuebindexchangename 'lazy.#'; queuesubscribeack: false console.logmessagedata; ; ; ; connectionexchange'work' type:'fanout' connectionqueue'' queuebindexchangename ''; queuesubscribeack: true console.logmessagedata; if messagedata === 'approve' queueshift; ; ; ; ; setTimeout // This will assert that all specified calls on the scope were performed. scopedone; 10;
Since we depend on node-amqp internals and public API, node-amqp-mock version number is aligned with node-amqp version. A build number is added to specify updates.
For example, node-amqp-mock 0.1.2-3 would be the third revision compatible with node-amqp 0.1.2


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The New York State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill which bans texting, playing video games or surfing the Internet while driving, reports Buffalo Business First.
The measure, which previously was approved by the New York Assembly, now goes to Gov. David Paterson, who is expected to sign it into law. If so, the new regulations will take effect in November.
Newsday offers a comment from bill sponsor Sen. Martin Dilan (D):
This is a long-overdue safety measure for New York. Texting and burgeoning [portable electronic] technologies continue to pose serious, and sometimes fatal, distractions to drivers of all ages.
Violators of the new law will be subject to a $150 fine. However, the ban on portable electronics is considered a secondary offense, which means that it could only be levied if a driver is pulled over for another violation.


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In this video, Paul Stekler offers his analysis of political campaign advertisements, focusing on the Republican primaries.
Paul Stekler is a nationally recognized documentary filmmaker whose award-winning work includes "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire"; "Last Man Standing: Politics, Texas Style"; "Vote for Me: Politics in America" and a four-hour PBS special about grassroots electoral politics. Stekler is the Radio-Television-Film Department chair in the College of Communication and a professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.


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Images: Royal Thai Marines, US Marines train in jungle [Image 6 of 11]
Photo by Cpl. Adam Miller
Lance Cpl. Beto A. Chavarria leaps to a low profile position Feb. 12 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is a multinational and multiservice exercise, which takes place annually in the Kingdom of Thailand and was developed by the Thai and U.S. militaries. The day's training evolution consisted of Royal Thai Marines and U.S. Marines practicing various jungle patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. Chavarria is a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which is currently attached to 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, as part of the Marine Corps' unit deployment program.
This work, Royal Thai Marines, US Marines train in jungle [Image 1 of 11], by 2LT Adam Miller, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
Date Taken:02.12.2014
Date Posted:02.13.2014 20:53
Photo ID:1167272
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Location:BAN CHAN KREM, TH
Hometown:CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, US
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Food and Wine Top 100 Tastes - #40 Southern Italian Wine
I will be the first to admit... I am not a wine snob. My husband and I enjoy wine, we enjoy going to wine tastings, and we have a nice collection of wine. We do not, however, have the faintest idea about what wines are better than others and why. I personally like to pick the wine we drink based on how pretty the label is. Yes... I judge the wine by the cover (I can feel you cringing now, Kate!). Another plus in my book is if the wine has a fun or interesting name.
I do love to drink wine and was so pleased to see how many great wine selections there were in the Food and Wine 100 Tastes to Try in 2007 list. Taste number 40 is Southern Italian Wine. Based on how pretty the label was, I chose to order a bottle of Donnafugata Sedara. We were eating T-Bone steaks with friends and this was the perfect companion to the meal we had.
I don't really feel qualified to critique this wine, but in plain "wine gal" terms, it was a very dry wine with a full fruit body. The aroma was sweet and the color was a deep ruby red. In my husband's terms..."I would drink it again." So, there you have it... two thumbs up from two label judging wine drinkers!
I'm behind on posting some of my Food and Wine Top 100 Tastes challenge. We tried a couple of other wines over the weekend that I'll blog about soon. I'm sure since my wine posts are so informative, you'll be hanging on the edge of your chair until the next wine post comes along.
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I am often guilty of seeing a wine bottle and thinking "What a pretty label! It must be good!" Small boutique wineries often have beautiful labels.
It's all subjective, my friend, and don't ever apologize about it again. Drink what you like. Just share your good finds with me!
In the end, price, label, name — none of it really matters.
It's what you like, what suits your palate.
Thank you so much for your wonderful commment - and congrats on your own little baby!!!


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I've had missed calls from this number, I tried calling back since it's a mobile, and an automated message says the number is inactive!
I have now noticed on my bill, I've been charged for the privilege of calling back at £2.08! Fuming!!!
Someone from this number has just phoned me but when I answered no one was there I have no idea who it is but I am getting sick and tired of Unsolicited phone calls I am registered with TPS but this doesn't seem to make any difference. Virgin are a waste of space as well as they say they can't do anything!! Wonder if I told them I was going to take my custom elsewhere this might make a difference (probably not) Looks like we have to put up with it or get rid of landline!
Why are these people calling me at 17.40 on a Sunday. Pricks
Second time this week and this time on a Sunday at 11.am! Silence for 1.5 minutes.
missed a call from them this morning. Thinking it was a genuine caller, I called the number and got a recorded message: "This number is inactive" !!!!
These stupid people have called me 3 times now asking for my husband ( who died 14 years ago) they still keep calling and putting the phone down . I AM FUMIMG!! i have called back but a recorded msg asks for a pin number or something like that. Who can i report this to. There are very limited people who have my home number and its so bloody annoying. What do they get out of hanging up on people.
Keeps calling and hanging up fumed
4 calls today from this no. finally someone spoke asked for me by name. gave me an address and asked me to confirm as mine. when i said it wasnt he hung up
Same thing is happenin to me, getting rather f***ed off with it!
A right pain in the neck don't know who they are, but let me get hold of them!
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Publicising Feminism
Ferrier, Carole, Hecate
What does `feminism' mean now? Does it mean something rather different to the `women's liberation' we talked about in the 1960s and early 1970s and, if so, why?
Hardly anyone talks about women's liberation any more, was the title of a review I wrote in 1986.(1) A perceptible shift in the terminology used for the visible manifestations of women's activism can be observed from the late 1960s through the 1980s; the term Women's Liberation Movement is gradually replaced by Women's Movement and this, in its turn, by `feminism,' though the latter remains a contested site.
Many former women's liberationists (some of whom would still see themselves as Marxists or socialists) are now using the term `feminism' to encompass their own practice, though they don't perceive this as within the historical tradition of mainstream `feminism' (represented by figures like Lily Braun, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst or Rose Scott), which has never been socialist.
Ann Curthoys argued back in 1975 in an article reprinted in For and Against Feminism that the kind of society feminism seeks is one in which sexism as well as "other structural inequalities and oppression" have been eliminated.
The older term `women's liberation' expresses this dual aim better than do our `new' terms `feminist' and `the women's movement' but probably we are stuck with `feminist' as a shorter and more linguistically flexible term. (Curthoys 1988, 21, my underlining)
But in fact, is it this linguistic flexibility of the term `feminism' that has contributed to the problem - does `feminism' mean anything much now? In 1986, Rosalind Delmar commented in an essay "What is Feminism?" in a book of the same title:
The fragmentation of contemporary feminism bears ample witness to the impossibility of constructing modern feminism as a simple unity in the present or of arriving at a shared feminist definition of feminism...it now makes more sense to speak of a plurality of feminisms than of one. (Mitchell and Oakley 1986, 9)
The Marxist left has often used the term `feminist' to designate radical or liberal feminism from which it distinguished its own theory of women's liberation. At the moment, `feminism' is in the process of being aggressively recuperated by gendercentred practitioners (see articles by Judith Allen and others in Watson 1990). However, the linguistic flexibility of the term `feminism' that has led to its incorporating women's liberation to some degree has also led to the marginalisation of the latter which, as I have said, is now rarely talked about. In the interest of clarity, we need to revive the term `women's liberation' to talk about the difference between `feminism' (as primarily a liberal cross-class practice) and the real Marxist tradition of women's liberation (even though this has been occluded and suppressed by decades of socialism being equated with Stalinism, see Lee Ack 1991). Socialist feminists have often reinforced the false equation of Marxism with the Stalinist practices of western Communist Parties; Sheila Rowbotham, for example, comments:
My generation...inherited a Marxism which had only continued in the western capitalist countries as a defensive body of orthodoxy surrounded by protective walls, encrusted with fear, stiff with terror, brittle with bitterness, aching with disillusionment. (1981, x)
Another reason why `feminism' doesn't mean much now for women's liberationists, is the rightward shift that, following the Kerr coup in 1975, has accelerated in the political climate generally. In the arena of women's movement activities there was a development away from the working class orientated campaigns around equal pay, childcare, abortion and so on, towards a central concern with rape, domestic violence, pornography and so on; and a shift away from militancy, towards welfare and working from within the system. Intersecting with this displacement, influencing and being influenced by it, has been a dominance of patriarchy theory ever class theory, even for feminists who might see themselves as Marxists. …


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