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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 00:09:49 EDT
Interview of SSgt Kevin Vance 25 March 2002 - Bagram, Afghanistan
My name is Kevin Donell Vance. In June, I will have been in the United States Air Force for eight years. I hold the rank of Staff Sergeant. I am currently married with two children, ages four and two. I was born on 3 September 1976 and am currently 25 years old.
I entered into the USAF eleven days after graduating from high school. I went to open general basic training. I was not sure which career path to take until I was asked to try out to be a tactical air control party [TACP] from a TACP recruiter. I was one of the few who tried out and was chosen. I went to technical school in Florida for fourteen weeks. My first assignment was at Ft. Polk in Louisiana supporting the 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment [ACR] for three years. I then transferred to support the Joint Readiness Training Center [JRTC] for a year. Next, I was assigned to Camp Casey in Korea for one year. Afterwards, I tried out for and was selected for my present job. I have been with my current unit for two and a half years. I have had basic training, TACP training, Ranger School, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, HALO School, and Pathfinder School.
At around 0115z on 4 March 2002, I was told that a military member was on the ground in a hostile area in Afghanistan after falling out of a helicopter. My team was told that another team was attempting to go in and get him, but if they were not successful, my team would go in. We were waiting to find out if we would go in to try to get to our lost military member. My team was in a helicopter in route and our estimated time of arrival was 0150z. My team consisted of ten people plus three special tactics squadron members [STS] and we were with eight crewmembers, a total of twenty-one personnel.
At 0140z I had noticed we were flying in circles around the mountaintop because I had noticed the same terrain twice. As we were circling about the third time, we were hit with a rocket-propelled grenade [RPG] around 0145z.There were sparks on the right side of the aircraft and we started to shake violently. Then our helicopter just fell out of the sky about 15 feet to the ground. After the first RPG hit us to when the helicopter hit the ground, I do not remember specifics of what happened, it was a blur. No one, to my knowledge, was injured from the initial crash.
Before I could get off the aircraft, another RPG hit the aircraft where the right door gunner was. There was only one military member between the right door gunner and myself. I am not positive how many times our helicopter was shot but I think altogether, four RPGs were shot at us. I was snap linked into the helicopter, a precaution so we do not fall out of the helicopter. First I was trying to get my snap link/safety line off but the pararescueman [PJ] behind me was pushing me so it pulled tight. I had a little bit of trouble getting it off; it slowed me down about 15 seconds. I then ran off the back of the aircraft.
By the time I was able to get off of the aircraft, three of our team members were already dead. One team member was on the ramp with a hole in his head. There was no mistaking that he was dead. The second team member was at the end of the ramp face down in the snow. His position was such that if there had been life left in him, he would have moved his head out of the snow. I later found out that he had been shot under the arm though his chest and out his above right nipple. The last deceased team member was lying on his back at the end of the ramp not moving. These three deceased members survived the initial crash without injury, but had died from enemy fire. Their names were Marc Anderson, Brad Crose, and Matt Commons.
I knew we had three killed in action [KIA], which left seven of our team, three of which were injured. I had shrapnel in the arm, but did not notice it until later. My platoon leader had shrapnel in his leg, it was a pretty good chunk, and another team member had shrapnel in his lower left calf and was moving slow. Our team knew how to fight and how to operate on the ground. The aircrew did not have the same training.
I exited the aircraft and threw my rucksack off but kept it within 20 meters from me. I figured out which way we were being engaged from and I sought cover behind a cut out in the rock face. It was just big enough for four team members to kneel behind it. We set up a perimeter. Two other members were back to my right and three members to my left. I was closest to the enemy. There were two enemies about 50 meters north of us near a tree. There was one enemy behind me and to the right already dead. There were some more enemies to the south coming out. Then we started to engage the enemy. I was shooting an M4. At first, my priority was to keep engaging the enemy to hold them back and then to seek assistance for close air support [CAS] on the radio. My radio, a PRC 117F, was still in my rucksack. There was a combat controller [CCT] with us named Gabe Brown who was behind me a bit. I turned around and yelled at him to work on getting communications running, he already was working on it. I decided that I needed to be on the line fighting, if I had been on the radio, then the combat controller would have been sitting there doing nothing because he doesn't have the assault training. I decided that he should call in the CAS as I directed him. I told him my rucksack had a radio in it. A member of the crew dragged my rucksack to the CCT so he had my radio.
First, we shot M203 rounds at bunker. A M203 is a grenade launcher that fits on a M4/16. As the squad leader and team leader shot M203s, I stood up and provided covering fire. When he would stand up to fire a grenade at the bunker, I would standup and shoot at the bunker to cover him. I did the same when the crewmembers would run for more ammo. We tried throwing fragment grenades at the enemy but it they were too far away and the bunker was on the backside of the hill. The enemy threw fragment grenades at us but they landed 5-10 feet in front of me, buried in the snow and blew up.
I believe one of the helicopter pilots was dead and the other was injured severely. The other pilot opened the door to the aircraft and fell out of the aircraft face first. He lay there in the snow securing his area. There was no power to the aircraft without which we could not operate the mini-guns. One of the team members yelled at a member of the crew to get the power working so we could use those guns. The mini-guns shoot 7.62 ammo and so does our M240. The crew was taking ammo and giving it to our M240 gunner. When the crewmembers would run back to the aircraft for more ammo, I would standup and shoot at the bunker to cover them. They were also taking M203 rounds and magazines off of the KIA and bringing it to us. The crew pulled off insulation from the aircraft to wrap the casualties in to keep them warm.
Then four of us (myself, the platoon leader, squad leader, and team leader) started to assault the tree area where the enemy was coming from while the M240 gunner suppressed it. The CPT Self, the platoon leader [PL], was in charge. Once we realized that it was a bunker, a couple of enemy came out from behind a tree and took shots at us. We were moving slow because the snow was up to our knees and we were going uphill. The platoon leader finally said let's back up and rethink this. We backed up because we could not afford to lose any more guys.
The combat controller yelled that we have F-15s on station. The Platoon Leader was next to me and we discussed it. Then F-15s were overhead and the combat controller was directing them to the enemy according to my instructions. I told the combat controller to have the F-15s to strafe the bunker and have them come in from our right to our left. The CCT repeated what I said. He was smart enough that I did not have to tell him too much detail of what to say on the radio. We used the position of the helicopter to give clock directions. He had basic knowledge of CAS so I could tell him to have the fighters do gun runs on an area from which direction and he would get on the radio and make it happen. The first F-15 pass was really close and I was uncomfortable because I could not tell if the guns were pointing at my team or the enemy bunker so I told the CCT to abort it. I told him to have them come in more from behind us, so I could tell they were not pointing at us. I told him to clear them and the rounds hit right by the bunker. I told him to have them do that over and over again. I think the gun runs were made by both F-15s and F-16s. For the first 10-15 minutes, the CCT thought I was the team leader. He yelled to me 'team leader' when the team leader was sitting next to him.
At this point, the team member who was injured in the leg and could not move easily was facing one way. Sgt Walker and I were pulling security on the bunker. CPT Self and I tried to determine where would be a good landing zone.
The fighters did some more gun runs and the enemy was still jumping up shooting at us. The enemy was moving on us from behind us (we didn't know this at the time) but the majority of enemy were firing at us were on the hill near the bunker area. We killed seven of them. The last time I saw anyone move in the bunker, I was scanning the hilltop and I saw the upper half of an enemy behind some bushes. I shot three times, got down and stood back up. This was the last I had seen him. I never went over towards that bunker so I cannot confirm if I had killed him.
Then we shot some more bombs in the bunker area. I told CCT to direct them to shoot down the backside of the hill north of us. I thought it was better to have them shoot downhill with the first one so we could walk him in to the target. The first bomb hit the backside of the hill and then I told him to bring it up and hit the tree over the bunker. The second one hit the tree dead on and split it in half. The fire from the bunker area ceased. We could not see over the hill and did not know what was over there. CCT said we have some 500-pound bombs to use. After discussing with the PL, I said let's drop them on the backside of the hill and walk them up. They were dropping them about 75 to 100 meters away from us. Some of the pilots did not want to drop them without the commander's initials because they were afraid they would kill us.
At that point we were not taking any more fire from the top of the hill so the platoon leader wanted to wait until our reinforcements linked up with us before we tried moving on the top of the hill.
By this time, the second helicopter landed at the bottom of the hill to our northeast and reinforcements were moving towards us. The second aircraft had ten team members on it. They moved uphill to us. This was about two and a half hours after we had crashed. On the way, they were taking some mortar fire. At one point they had bracketed us with the mortars but then they started shooting mortars down the hill to try and hit the second team members as they were coming up the hill to reinforce us. I do not know where the enemies were shooting the mortars from. Later, I learned they were being shot from a position about 300 meters from us on the backside of the hill. Finally, our reinforcements linked up with us. Sgt Walker took a couple of rounds in his helmet. When the reinforcements arrived, Sgt Walker came forward and told SSG Wilmoth which direction the enemy was located. Sgt Walker's helmet had holes in the top of the head and the side of the head.
A 500-pound bomb hit just over the backside of the hilltop. It hit at an angle where it blew everything back over the top of us so it was raining debris and metal pieces down around us. That was the only point where we were really concerned with our safety from the friendly bombs. This was the last time we used the 500-pound bombs. Together we started to take the top of the hill.
Once we took the top of the hill we found two more friendly bodies. They included the member who fell out of the helicopter that we were there to find and a member from the team before us that tried to go in to get him. We were sent in because they were not successful. Both members had been shot and killed. We had thirty-three members on the hill (including two deceased we found), sixteen were fighting, and three of those sixteen were wounded. The other half was working on casualties or were casualties themselves. As we took the top of the hill, we started taking fire from behind us. We had to turn around and fight the other way. Meanwhile, all of our casualties were lying out in the open down the hill. Once taking fire from the other direction, we had to go downhill to get our casualties. The casualties were the first three team members out of the aircraft and the pilot. A PJ, SrA Jason D. Cunningham, and another team member were killed from gunfire as they were going down to get the casualties. Jason Cunningham was injured seriously but did not die immediately. At this point, I was still on the top of the hill sitting next to the CCT and the PL while talking on the radio. I was reporting back to higher and CCT was talking to the aircraft. We were the command and control [C2] section. I could have taken the radio back from CCT and said that it is my job to call in CAS, but he had been working with them already and understood the landmarks he was talking about. If I had to do it, then it would have been a relearning process so I continued to monitor him and let him call in CAS. The medics kept the PJ alive for about 10 hours (about an hour and half before we got exfiltrated). I reported it to the Controller when he died.
They also dropped 1000 pounders that landed 150 meters away from us. That was a little close and I made sure the CCT had them push those out a bit. It hit the nearside of the hill instead of the far side and shook the team members up. No one was injured. When the bomb hit, some debris on fire flew up into the air about 75 feet over our heads and continued on into the valley where it caught something on fire in the valley.
After being on the ground for about three hours, we had to move the bodies up the mountain before we could be exfiltrated. This would have taken about one half hour. Controller asked me if the pick-up zone [PZ] was cold and how many guys we were going to lose if we waited to be exfiltrated. I asked the medic 'if we hang out here, how many guys are going to die?" The medic said at least two, maybe three. I reported to Controller 'it is a cold PZ and we are going to lose three if we wait. Just as I said it was a cold PZ, we were shot at. However, we could have made it cold by the time they got the helicopters in there. It was just every once and while the enemy would take pop shots at us. If we had CAS on station dropping bombs, we could have gotten out of there at that time. I told CCT to drop bombs down in the valley and on the small hill every now and again. Every time the plane showed up and you could hear them, we weren't being shot at. Just having the planes nearby kept the enemy away. Continuously dropping bombs discouraged them from coming after us. So every now and again, we would drop bombs on them with B52s, B-1s, those were the last aircraft we had. I cannot remember which one. I was watching our medic, he was a part of the second team, as he was working on the PJ. I saw him doing CPR on the PJ and I knew it was bad. I then saw the medic stand up, look over at me, and start walking to me. That is when I got on the radio to Controller and told him that we now have seven KIA.
The whole fifteen and one half hours we were on the ground I was fighting, talking on the radio, or telling CCT what to call in. I shot a total of 420 rounds during the fifteen and one half hours. I was on the C2 line the whole time while watching over CCT's shoulder to make sure everything was all right. As the hostile fire started slowing down, I barely had to tell CCT what to do, just drop bombs over here or over there.
I kept telling Controller that 'we lost another one, cold PZ, when are we getting exfiltrated?' Controller said to hold on. After asking him three times, PL expressed urgency at getting the team out of there. I continued to tell Controller but he just kept telling me to hold on. After the third time, I handed the hand mike to the PL and asked him to tell Controller the same thing.
For the next thirteen hours, there were sporadic firefights from about 300 meters away. All of the close fighting was done because we had neutralized all close enemies. The mountaintop had three different peaks. We held the two highest ones. About 300 meters to our south, southeast was the third hilltop where the enemy was coming up. At one point Controller told me that the enemy was trying to reinforce with seventy guys. I was not clear if he was talking about seventy friendly or enemy. I then asked if the seventy guys coming up this way were not my friends. He said 'Roger.' I said I wanted to make sure that was clear. I tried to keep that between the PL and myself because it would have destroyed the other guys' morale. I think the PL let the team know so they could be ready. We never did see the seventy enemies.
I put the PL on the radio and he was being told the exfiltration sequence of events. I was sitting next to him taking notes. Once the exfiltration plan was sorted out, we sat around and waited until the AC-130 checked in. We had them fly around and occasionally shooting. Controller said we had eight enemies moving in to our south. I never did run into them. CCT was talking to the AC-130 and I was talking to Controller. I gave Controller the approach heading, the land heading and the departure heading. There was a 090 approach heading, 235 land heading, and 270 departure heading. The first aircraft came in on a 090 and then came to a hover. I tried to get him on the radio to tell him to turn around and do a 180. I could not reach him so I called Controller and asked him to get in contact with the second and third helicopters to have them land at 180 degrees from what the first one did. It was important to have the second one land that way in order to upload the KIAs quickly. He was able to reach them and the second and third helicopters landed according to direction. Because the first one landed heading the wrong direction, the exfiltration was slowed down immensely. We had to drag the casualties all the way around the back of the helicopter and load them up. It was important that the second one landed the way it did. My entire unit got on the second helicopter while another unit got off to pull security. They then got on the helicopter and left. If they had landed the way the first one did, it would have taken a lot longer than it did. The entire exfiltration process took too long, about 15 minutes for the first two helicopters. It was all quiet when we were being exfiltrated.
It felt really good when I got back and my buddies said they were sitting around the radio listening. They were impressed that I never got emotional and was calm and professional the whole time. I tried to keep a monotone voice. There were times that I tried to throw some words in there to make Controller realize that we have to get out. It became a personal conversation and we kept saying we have to get out of here.
I received a minor wound to my left shoulder. It is a shrapnel puncture wound. I didn't notice it until a day later when I woke up and my shoulder felt like someone punched me. I then looked at the T-shirt I was wearing that night and noticed it was blood stained.
I went through so many different emotions, excited, mad, frustrated, sad, any other emotion you could possibly feel, you feel going through this whole thing. And I felt guilty if I felt anything was funny like Sgt Walker's helmet with the holes in it because we had lost members of our team.
Everyone out there just did his job. I just did my job, everything came natural and my training kicked in. There is nothing I could have changed about that day. Nothing we could have done different or better. I could not ask for a better group of guys to work with. I have trained for eight years to do this and now I had the chance to get to do my job -- that is reward enough. Everybody working together and the good Lord is what got us home.
I swear that I have read this statement and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. This statement has been subscribed and sworn to before Capt Erin Bree Wirtanen, an officer authorized to administer oaths this 29th day of March 2002 and witnessed by Lt Col Kenneth M. Rozelsky, II.
SSgt, USAF
At Bagram, Afghanistan, I, Erin Bree Wirtanen, the undersigned do hereby certify that on this 29th day of March 2002, before me personally appeared SSgt Kevin Donell Vance, who signed and executed the foregoing document. I do further certify that I am a person in the service of the United States Armed Forces authorized the general powers of a notary public under 10 U.S.C. 1044a of the grade, branch of service and organization stated below and that this certificate is executed in my capacity as a person authorized notary authority under Title 10 U.S.C. 1044a.
Capt, USAF
332 AEG/JA Al
Jaber AB, Kuwait
I certify I was witness to SSgt Kevin Donell Vance's oath of truthfulness and signature on the aforesaid document on the 29th of March 2002.


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Thanks everyone for a great Minecon 2012!
November 29th, 2012, Cobalt, Competitions, Game Development, IRL Adventures, Indie Life, Map Editor, Mojang, NewsI want to thank everyone who showed interest in Cobalt during Minecon 2012! It was a fantastic weekend for us and I really enjoyed helping people around the Cobalt areas. We held our first official 1v1 DM tournament, in which community member Acontin won first place followed by Ivar from Sweden.
The version used at Minecon was v116 ALPHA, and is not yet available for download. Among other things, it featured a new game mode called Challenge. In Challenge, you focus on doing things as fast as possible, like getting from point A to B. Today we created more maps for the mode. Here is a sneak preview:
We have also added local high score lists with epic voice acting feedback by Kinten to all relevant game modes:
Huge thanks to all the volunteers during Minecon that made it all possible!
Thats it for today!
Good night!

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Civilization VI Steam CD Key EU
An EU key,but it's also region locked,works on Steam and PC.
In Civilization VI,player try to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Wage war, conduct diplomacy, advance your culture, and go head-to-head with history's greatest leaders as you attempt to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known.
Features: EXPANSIVE EMPIRES
See the marvels of your empire spread across the map like never before. Each city spans multiple tiles so you can custom build your cities to take full advantage of the local terrain.
Unlock boosts that speed your civilization's progress through history. To advance more quickly, use your units to actively explore, develop your environment, and discover new cultures.
Interactions with other civilizations change over the course of the game, from primitive first interactions where conflict is a fact of life, to late game alliances and negotiations.
Expanding on the "one unit per tile" design, support units can now be embedded with other units, like anti-tank support with infantry, or a warrior with settlers. Similar units can also be combined to form powerful "Corps" units.
As with other games in the series, the goal for the player is to lead their fledgling civilization from an early settlement through many millennia to become a world power and achieve one of several victory conditions, such as through military power, technological superiority, diplomatic leadership, or cultural influence, over the other human and computer controlled opponents.Players do this by exploring the world, founding new cities, building city improvements, deploying military troops to attack and defend from others, researching new technologies and cultural civics, and engaging in trade and negotiations with other world leaders.


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Years 7 and 8 involve adjusting to new class timetables, homework, tests, thinking about electives (for Years 9 and 10), and shifting relationships.
Year 7
Many schools begin a transition program during Semester 2 of Year 6. Make sure you attend any orientation or 'meet the teacher' events offered by your school. It will make Year 7 easier if you know what to expect, how the school works and who to talk to about issues. Staying in touch with your child's progress is harder than primary school as they may have a different teacher for each subject. Getting to know the staff is important.
Some questions to ask at information sessions:
- Is there a parent or student portal with details of timetables, assessment tasks, excursions and so on? How do you access it?
- Who is the year adviser for Year 7 and how do you contact them?
- How do you contact individual teachers with any concerns?
Homework and study
In high school, students need to do both homework and study.
Does your child have a homework and study planner or diary? Are they using it? Check it weekly. If they aren't using it, find out why. Some will prefer scheduling homework and setting reminders on their iPad or phone, but you still need to check they are keeping up with their homework and study each week. Add all assessment task and exam dates to our term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB) – print a copy to keep it on the fridge as a reminder. A study timetable (DOCX 52.96KB) will help students plan some time each week to revise their work.
Your child will do NAPLAN this year, assessing their literacy and numeracy skills.
Monitor your child's technology use. Are they on Facebook when trying to do their homework? Are they receiving or making texts or calls late at night? Sleep requirements start to change this year and sleep deprivation is a big problem for many students. Midnight texts from friends will only make this worse. Learn more about keeping your child safe online from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner – eSafety information.
If bullying becomes an issue, always contact the school.
The NSW anti-bullying website also provides resources and information for students, teachers, parents and carers.
Year 8
Your child should be settling into high school by now. Attend any parent-teacher events offered. Meeting your child's teachers makes it easier to communicate with the school if there are issues.
Homework and study
If your child seems to be struggling with the difficulty of the work or getting organised to get it done, contact the year adviser.
Remind your child to write any due dates for assessments or exams on their term assessment planner as soon as possible. Use the study timetable to schedule enough time in the weeks and days before assessments, tests and exams. This is a vital habit for students to learn now. In Year 8, students sit VALID tests, assessing their knowledge and skills in science.
From Term 2 onwards, schools will ask Year 8 students to select electives for Year 9. Go to the information events and ask questions. Discuss elective choices with your child. Encourage them to choose subjects they enjoy and expect to do well in. Year 9 electives are about following interests, not setting up career paths. For some students, vocational education and training (VET) subjects may be an option in Years 9 and 10.
Year 8 is a time of shifting relationships for many. Your child may experiment with friendships, push boundaries and want to spend more time away from the family. Balance is important. Know who they're hanging out with in person and online. Know how much screen time your child is having – it can interfere with important sleep, exercise and study time.
If bullying becomes an issue, always contact the school.
The NSW anti-bullying website also provides resources and information for students, teachers, parents and carers.


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Richard and his father created the first Yardbirds® sculpture over 20 years ago in Jamestown, KY. He spent most of his career making things out of metal, including farm gates and large satellite dishes. They began talking about all the things one could make with scrap materials and, after experimenting with things around their own home, the first Yardbird® was born. People instantly loved them as much as they did, so they starting making Yardbirds® full-time. Now, Yardsbirds® are made in Louisville, KY using overrun, discontinued, rejected and scrap materials as much as possible. Some of the items used include garden tools, car parts, farm implements, bicycle parts and mufflers. Yardbirds® save rejected metal pieces from ending up in a landfill and they beautify homes and yards everywhere!
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Product/Race news
May 2016
After an intense 2016 race season, with a German Stock + Modified title, a Reedy 1/12 Race win, our season ended with a double podium and TQ at the European Championship 1/12. The season went well and now we use the free time to update our page and plan new future projects.
First change is our 1/12 tyre compounds. Please check to see the new updated range. Also there is couple of new things from Team Orion, that you can already find on our page.
August 2014
Interview with World Champ Jilles Groskamp
Speedtech RC: Hello Jilles, thanks for taking the time to have a chat with us. We heard you are in your home country, The Netherlands, right now. Are you only here for holiday?
No problem! Yes, I'm in my home country for the summer holidays, unfortunate not only for holiday. This summer I have a busy schedule with three EFRA euros, ETS and some practice as well.
Speedtech RC: As a former 1/12 Vice-Worldchampion, you again have choosen to use the On-Point 1/12 car and MobGums tyres for the upcoming World Championship in october. There was obviously also other team options, why did you decide on On-Point/MobGums?
With the Worlds coming closer a few month ago I spoke with my good old buddy Markus to run his On-Point car. Obviously he runs the same electronics as I do, Orion! Markus is not the youngest driver in this sport anymore, but he still had some great success over the last years so my choice was pretty easy to make to run his competitive package , On Point, Orion and Mob Gums tires! Markus his experience in 1/12 is one of a kind so I feel very confident he will help us to get the best out of our package!
Speedtech RC: What do you expect from the 1/12 World Championship and who are your favourites for this race?
As every Worlds I think there are pretty much the same guys who will be favorite for the title. 3 times World Champion Naoto is ofcourse the guy to beat but other fellow racers such as Volker, Rheinard, Moore, Harper, Hagberg and Mobers are drivers who are be able to fight for the title as well!
Speedtech RC: We met you for the first time in Apeldoorn 1996. There you won the B-final at the Pro 10 European Championship with a standard Corally F1 car. Back than it was already pretty clear to everybody you will be a man for the future. In 2012 you won the TC World Championship, an intense feeling for sure, as this was close to your hometown as well. Do you still have goals in RC?
Ofcourse winning the Worlds in 2012 was my highlite of my rc racing career that started pretty much in Apeldoorn. After winning the Worlds my goal is to win more big titles and hopefully I can win a Nitro Worlds some time!
Speedtech RC: Jilles, last question, what do you think of the 1/12 class in general and its current situation?
In my opinion 1/12 is still the most difficult class and therefor one of the coolest if you can handle the speed and cornerspeed these cars have! For people who are racing only the summer season, 1/12 is great in wintertime to keep your skills alive! I'm usually only racing big 1/12 events but I quess in general the class needs a little more drivers to make it popular again. I wish we had a nice carpet track in Thailand because sure I will run 1/12 for fun!
Speedtech: Thanks for taking the time to answer. Enjoy your time in Holland with your family.
Thanks and see you soon in Florida!
July 2014
Interview with Markus Mobers
The 1/12 season is about to open and with the 1/12 World Championships being close, we took the time to talk to Markus Mobers. We asked him some questions about racing and general things.
Speedtech RC: Hello Markus, with the 1/12 World Championships getting closer, are you already practicing for this race?
Markus: Oh yes, I have been busy practicing, testing and building things since april, so basically there was no real summer break this time. Especially having Jilles Groskamp on our On-Point-MobGums-Team Orion train again for the World Championships, means a big motivation for me. Jilles and me always have been a great team, so I want to make sure we both have a superb basis to start.
Speedtech RC: What in particular did you test during summertime?
Markus: Well, the first couple of weeks I used to finish our new 1/12 tyre-line, the 1/12 MobGums Dishers. Those tyres have been a major boost for the full MobGums team in the last couple of months and we used the first samples at the Snowbirds and the Euros 1/12 with huge succes. I still needed to test some rubber samples and the full range is fixed now.
Than I tested some things with different chassis layouts, comparing transverse and inline battery position and some rear roll centre tests.
Further there is some new nice 1/12 products from Team Orion coming, I tested those, but of course I can't exactly say what.
Right now I am about to finish Jilles his and my cars. It still seems to be early for that, but as a family guy I of course don't want a big hassle close to the race.
Speedtech RC: After your switch to On-Point and Team Orion products in 2011, it seems this has been a major boost for your racing!?
Markus: Of course there is some reasons for that. In 2008 and 2011 my sons were born. It is a normal procedure in life, that this is more important than RC racing. So I of course supported my wife and spent as much time as possible with my boys. Free time gets way less, but once all has settled down, you learn how to use the time better. I am really enjoying the time with the family and I do have lots of fun with Mika and Louis.
Surely the switch to On-Point and Team Orion was very positive. I immediately won the Snowbirds in 2012 with the car and Team Orion electronics. This does not mean I had a bad time at Team Serpent, but due to the situation and restructure at Serpent, they could never act in the way technically how I wanted. I don't blame them, but suggested improvements could not be done due to the internal situtation. Nevertheless I am happy for Serpent, that they do fine again now.
Speedtech RC: Who are your favourites for the upcoming 1/12 World Championship?
Markus: Surely Naoto Matsukura should be mentioned first. This boy is super talented and has a great mechanic with the well experienced Naoya Kitagawa. But….he is not unbeatable. I think Jilles has a superb package and really has a big chance to match Naoto and win.
Further I do count Keven Hebert and Ronald Völker in. The young canadian is always hard to beat on US ground and I don't need to comment on Ronald. He is a miracle always.
But you never know, there is at least 20 people that can make the Top 5.
Speedtech RC: How do you comment the current situation of the 1/12 class?
Markus: In my opinion 1/12 itself is doing well. Especially in Japan, USA, GB and some other european countries it is doing fine. The situation in EFRA and IFMAR is more or less problematic. I think drivers are not really happy in the way the class is treated or rule decisions are done. Too many decisions are made without drivers, this does not really help the sport on the real race basis. Of course when I started RC 30 years ago there was no internet or mobile phones, communication was not as easy as nowadays, so I think the voting system needs to be changed dramatically. Votings in EFRA or IFMAR are not representative anymore, there is people voting for 1/12 that don't know the class and their national 1/12 drivers are not even involved in themes. A good example is the current WC, first it was decided to hold the WC on asphalt, which was not wanted by the big majority of drivers, than there was made a questionable decision on additive/applying procedure.
It could be so easy to prevent useless discussions like this, simply ask drivers or create a drivers community per class and let them vote per email.
Technically the class needs a better starting base for beginners. But this maybe has to be done on a national level. Right now it is almost impossible for 1/12 beginners to control a 1/12 with a 10.5 motor. It is simply too fast. This is done very well in Japan and USA. They have a 1/12 class based on 17.5 motors, which is a great basis for beginners or old dudes! In the USA this class is huge, but it seems european people have a problem going a bit slower somehow.
Speedtech RC: Last question Markus, what are your goals for the upcoming 1/12 season?
Markus: My biggest goal is of course to increase the popularity of MobGums, On-Point Racing and Team Orion 1/12 products. It is great fun to see all brands growing a lot on the 1/12 market with my support over the last 2-3 years. This shows that hard work pays off. As far as racing is concerned, I really would love to see Jilles win the Worlds with cars I built. Personally for myself I think everything is possible too, I did practice hard and the Euros and Snowbirds showed big potential. To be honest, my most wanted goal is still winning that 1/12 European modified title. I have been close too many times.
Speedtech RC: Thanks for your time Markus, we wish you all the best and do hope you can reach your goals.
April 2014
The all new Team Orion Advantage Touch Duo 2x10 amps charger is updated in our Team Orion product range.
A great charger, that offers 12V or 220V connection and charging two packs at the same time with 10A!
March 2014
On-Point - Team Orion - MobGums European Champions again!
We are very sorry for no upgrades lately, that last couple of months were very busy and intense, but majorly succesful for our products and race team!
Indeed this has been the most succesful season ever for our Speedtech team and products. In january history started, Markus Mobers took three podiums at the Snowbird Nationals and hardly chased the current 1/12 World Champion Naoto Matsukura. Besides two third places at the end in 1/12 scale also the On-Point World GT car rocked, and took the runner up spot behind Josh Cyrul.
Next up was the 1/12 German Nats. Markus took TQ and also won his 19th German 1/12 title with his Orion powered On-Point. Also Joey Sorber finished a great 4th. In Stock old friend and team driver Jens Ginnuttis took 3rd overall for On-Point, Orion and MobGums!
The season's peak point was the European Championship 1/12 end of march in italy, Scandiano. Markus dominated stock, he took TQ and won the title for the second time in a row. Also Speedtech's Helge Johannessen took a great 7th overall. In Modified Markus and Arnaud Lemperiere were on a mission too. Arnaud quaified 7th at his first ever Euros and showed some great talent and skills! Some bad luck in the mains gave hime 10th overall. Markus qualified 3rd after struggling to find the right setup. After finding the right settings he won the last run of qualifying. In the first A-main Markus had a hard time getting by 2nd qualifier Ollie Jeffries and got tangled up in traffic giving him only 4th place. In the second main Markus passed Jeffries fast and tried to catch the leader Alex Hagberg. Both were running within 1 second for 8 minutes. In an last lap move Markus put himself besides Hagberg, but accidently Alex got taken out by Markus. In an sportman move Markus let Alex go. This meant Alex was already the Champion. Big congrats to him! In the third main Markus simply followed Jeffries and took it easy, as he knew 2nd in that main would give him 2nd overall. This way the main ended and Markus was also European Vicechampion 1/12 Modified.
Another great result came from Speedtech's Tim Altmann, who finished 14th overall, his best ever 1/12 Euros result!
Some facts:
- The new prototype MobGums dishers work great (available from august 2014)
- On-Point wins 2nd Euros in a row (full kits available now!!)
- Team Orion wins again! The speedo/battery/charger and motor combo is simply outstanding!
- The new Blackart 1/12 shells (006 and 008) do dominate immediately and are European Champions! (available at our shop soon)
- Speedtech Foam Liquid rocks again and wins his 2nd European Championship title!
January 2014
On-Point OP12C now available as full kits in our shop!!
October 2013
On-Point 1/12 conversion sets in stock. The price is lowered to 159 euros now!! The full kit will be available in 3-4 weeks. The price for the full kit will be around 250-260 euros.
Also back in stock: IRS shocks, Silva shocks, TQ wire, AE frontend parts, Team Orion VST 2 motors, Team Orion speedos, Team Orion batteries.
October 2013
Team On-Point, Team Orion and MobGums dominate the first Nuclea Mol race in Belgium. Markus Mobers TQ's Modified and wins in a blistering pace.
Speedtech RC's Daniel Merk dominates stock in great style!! TQ and win with a huge! gap. Watch out for a talented old dude crossing your way!
October 2013
The On-Point and Team Orion/MobGums team is extending!! Welcome European A-finalist Helge Johanessen from Norway and French top drivers Patrick Miltat and Arnaud Lemperie!
August 2013
Blackart 005 and Protoform AMR12 / TR12 bodyshells already in stock!
MobGums graphite pod balancer plates, graphite front ride height adjustments and Jaco/Parma trueing tool in stock!
Bearings and diff parts in stock!
Associated frontend parts in stock!
August 2013
The full range of Team Orion 1/12 products is updated on our page. Please check under Team Orion products.
Also other ranges are updated!
August 2013
We are very proud to distribute Team Orion 1/12 racing products from now on!! Over the last 4 years our relationship to Team Orion has grown rapidly and one of the world leading power plant manufacturers does trust in our test work and promotion on the 1/12 market a lot. Check our site frequently within the next couple of days for more news. Soon we will be able to offer 1/12 dealers and customers the most finest products in the world!
Thanks Team Orion!
August 2013
Our new Touring additives are ready. Approved and tested by ETS Champions.
1. Mobster Grip Touring indoor
2. Mobster Grip Touring outdoor
July 2013
Again we used the summer for intense testing and offering even more great products to our customers.
As there was a major interest for Yokomo R12 offset rear tyres, we will have our Truerun 1/12 rear tyre line in Yokomo offset as well from now on!!
Further, we will have three new additives soon. One will be for 1/12 carpet, as addition to our genius Speedtech Foam Liquid. This one will be less oily and gives a smoother feel. The other ones are for Touring Car. One for indoor and one for outdoor.
More details later!
March 2013
New genius MobGums graphite parts
Left: MobGums front ride hide adjusters, packed a 4 x 0.5mm
for Associated and On-Point
Right: MobGums pod balance spacers, packed as 1x1mm, 1x2mm
You can find the pricing under "Usefull race-stuff"
MobGums tyres and Speedtech RC rule the 1/12 European Championships!!
Speedtech RC owner and the man behind MobGums tyres, Markus Mobers, TQ's and wins the 1/12 European Stock Championships.
He Tqed every qualifier and won all three A-mains in an impressive style.
In Modified things looked good after 3-4 qualifiers too, with still a chance for TQ. The tricky track and traction conditions changed a lot, so at the end little things were missing. Still a 4th overall is a great result.
The top three in Stock were:
1. Markus Mobers-On Point-Orion-Speedtech RC-MobGums tyres
2. Vesa Yli-Speedtech RC-MobGums tyres
3. Mark Stiles
The top three in Modified were:
1. Simo Ahoniemi
2. Juho Levanen-MobGums tyres
3. Alexander Hagberg-MobGums tyres
We really like to thank Juho, Vesa and Alex for choosing our tyres and for sure our customers. More than 50% of the field used the new MobGums Truerun tyres!!!!
December 2012
On-Point racing has upgraded their 1/12 kits for the 2012/13 season. The topdeck is smaller for more space and more front chassis flex, which makes the car even easier to drive!! Check our parts list for the new part-numbers.
A picture of the new design will follow soon!
We are proud to announce our new line of 1/12 tyres, the TRUERUN series.
Those tyres are already available on december 15.
Please check "Tires and rims" for more details.
November 2012
Restructure of MobGums tyre range
Soon we will announce our brand new 1/12 tyre range. After a lot of test work we are finally ready to progress!
We like to thank JACO Racing for their long time support and are looking forward to a new challenge!
April 2012
Jilles Groskamp joins On-Point Racing to race the OP12C at the upcoming 1/12 worlds in Holland.
Together with Mobers and On-Point owner Paul Cicarello this is for sure a competitive and fast team!
On-Point WGT kit has arrived!
Its there, the next genius On-Point product, the On-Point OP10C World GT conversion kit!
This kit is based on the super succesful On-Point OP12 kit, that recently dominated the Snowbirds Nationals and German Nationals.
Check our page for more info!
Januar/Februar/March 2012
Early 2012 was an intense race period with Masters of Foamracing, Snowbird Nationals and the German Nationals 1/12.
All those major 1/12 races proved Speedtech RC and his main man Markus Mobers took the right decisions for the future, not only for racing, but also to provide the potential 1/12 racer with the best products there is!!
All three races were dominated, Markus won the Masters of Foam, the Snowbird Nationals and German Nats in style.
Speedtech RC especially likes to thank his business partners, teamdrivers and supporters for a great season. Watch out for a great package and some new thrilling products soon!
November 2011
NEW Blac kart 005 bodyshell now available!!!
MobGums, On-Point and Orion destroy competition!!
EPS 1 Race @ Mach Hemsteede/NL
Markus Mobers wins EPS 1 race in Modified. The full Modified podium is powered by Orion and uses MobGums tyres!
The top 2 in Modified use the On-Point 300 kit.
Result: 1. Mobers, 2. Sorber, 3. Savelkoul
Xrays John Ermen wins the Stock class with MobGums tyres. Tq was Robert Krens on MobGums tyres and Orion batteries.
Result: 1. Ermen, 2. Krens, 3. Zevenhoven
German Nats qualifier at Sipotech track
Mobers sets new blistering track record of 9.66, which is more than 1,5 tenth faster than the previous record.
Once again the whole Modified podium is using MobGums tyres and Orion batteries.
4 A-main finalists use the On-Point 300 Kit! The most used car here.
Result: 1. Mobers, 2. T.Altmann 3. K. Altmann
Also in Stock the full podium uses MobGums tyres and Orion batteries. David Arbandt takes 3rd for On-Point in his first outing with the car!
Tq went to Jens Ginuttis, also on On-Point.
Result: 1. Hellmann, 2. Ginuttis, 3. Arbandt
A truly dominating november, stay tuned for more!!
October 2011
The On-Point spare part list is complete now, the first batch of spares is coming in begin november!!
The first 30 OP 300 kits are sold. Most people have already ran the car and are really amazed about the quality and speed the car shows. The first real race test will be soon. Mid november there is the first EPS race at MACH Hemsteede, directly followed by the first german 1/12 qualifier at the Sipotech track. Watch out for a strong On-Point-MobGums performance!!
Orion 1S packs in stock now!
New Associated batch arriving begin november!
We will also have lots of IRS stuff in stock soon. This includes complate rear axles, rear ride height sets, left wheel clamp, pivot ball tool, etc....
Markus has tested a new Blackart 005 prototype shell, which showed great performance! Sure a great contender to the PF AMR shell. It will be available from us end november!
August 2011
New stuff in stock now!
We just received Associated frontend parts, side springs, front springs and center springs.
Further we received some other genius stuff from the US.
Check our pricelists for more details!
Track attack diffrings, bulkpacked (10)
Track attack battery tape, black color
IRS genius pivot ball tool
IRS VCS shock kit, black
Associated R5, full frontend kit
Speedtech RC doesn't sleep, we are ready for the indoor season!
-M. Mobers will join forces with On-Point Racing USA.
-Speedtech RC takes over european On-Point distribution
-MobGums tyres with race ready size in stock
-MobGums tyres on Yokomo R12 wheels already in stock
-Speedtech Foam Liquid in stock
-TQ Racing wire and sensor in stock
-Blackart 004 bodyshells in stock


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CEU – Westchester County & Connecticut – September 8
Fulfill your required four hour CEU's to renew your Westchester County Electrical License.
- Westchester County License Holders must show required MANDATORY IDENTIFICATION:
- ALL ACTIVE license holders will have to show their current license and another ID.
- ALL SHELVED license holders will have to show two ID's – one will have to be a photo ID.
Anyone not providing the mandatory identification documents will not be permitted to attend the class, as described in Rule 14Electricians that are not licensed in Westchester County can also attend this class to increase your knowledge of the Electrical Code. Take advantage of this very informative class.
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Preference will be given to applicants who serve or plan to serve as faculty members of state and private institutions of higher education in Indonesia and have not previously received any Fulbright scholarship.
Applicants will possess:
- a Master's degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.00 scale).
- demonstrated leadership qualities.
- a good understanding of Indonesian and other cultures.
- a deep commitment to the chosen field of study.
- a determination to return to Indonesia upon completion of the Fulbright program and to take up academic positions in higher education upon their return.
- a minimum institutional TOEFL score of 575 or IELTS score of 6.5
Note: Based on recent changes in U.S. institution requirements, the TOEFL requirement for this program has been changed. The new requirement is as follows: "Generally, the TOEFL requirement for PhD program is 575 and above. However, in certain fields a score of 550 and above will be considered."
*(Grant duration is 3 years.)
All disciplines and fields of study are eligible for a Fulbright award. Priority fields are: Social Sciences, Religious Studies, Science and Engineering, Law, and Education-specifically, English Teaching and Higher Education Administration.
Candidates should complete the appropriate application forms. Forms are available either by mail or in person at the AMINEF Office, Gedung Balai Pustaka, 6th floor, Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya 4, Jakarta 10720.
Please return to AMINEF your complete application package by the application deadline that includes:
- Completed application form. This includes a Concise Clearly written and objective study.
- Copy of your most recent, less than two years old, institutional TOEFL score report.
- One letter of reference, either from your current employer or previous lecturer.
- Copy of academic transcript (Bahasa translation).
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Specific questions regarding the application process are accepted via e-mail at the following address: infofulbright_ind[at]aminef.or.id. We do not accept email applications. Hard copies must be sent or delivered to American Indonesian Exchange Foundation.
The deadline for the submission of application materials for this program is April 15, 2011.
Note: Program requirements are subject to change without notice.
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Mercedes-Benz is entering a new phase of its strategic collaboration with Avatar: The Way of Water and 20th Century Studios to integrate sustainability, mobility of the future, technology, and innovation into an emotional brand experience. On December 16, 20th Century Studios will launch a global co-promotion campaign for Avatar: The Way of Water, which opens in theaters. Taking the campaign idea of "Earth is our Pandora" and reinforcing MercedesBenz's corporate messaging "Every action counts", the messaging emphasizes responsibility for the planet.
Exclusive film footage shows Avatar: The Way of Water's vibrant environmental imagery and locations on earth to evoke a dreamlike sense of otherworldliness. A TVC from the campaign depicts fully electric vehicles from MercedesEQ, including the new EQE SUV. The campaign will run across key Mercedes-Benz markets worldwide, with assets covering TV, cinema, digital and social media. There are 30 second, 20 second, 15 second, and ten second assets available for co-promotional campaigns. The co-promotion campaign completes a circle which debuted with the VISION AVTR concept vehicle, which was inspired by the world of AVATAR.
Whenever market conditions allow, MercedesBenz will operate solely on electricity by 2030. As of now, it offers eight battery-electric models: the EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE, EQE SUV, EQS, EQS SUV, and EQV. MercedesAMG also offers all-electric models in every segment it represents, including the EQE, EQE SUV, and EQS performance models. Through innovation, teamwork, and a shared commitment to preserving resources, MercedesEQ models and visionary concept cars demonstrate what's possible today and tomorrow.
VISION EQXX, a research vehicle revealed at the beginning of the year, offers a tangible and completely realistic way forward for electric vehicle technology and sustainability. MercedesBenz designers, engineers, and trend researchers envisioned mobility in the distant future with the VISION AVTR concept vehicle at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
AVATAR, one of the most innovative film brands in the entertainment industry, and MercedesBenz, the eighth most valuable brand in the world (according to Interbrand Ranking 2022), have collaborated to create the MercedesBenz VISION AVTR. With its biometric connection, the autonomous concept vehicle makes an entirely new interaction between man, machine and nature possible. The concept vehicle stands for ADVANCED VEHICLE TRANSFORMATION.
The exterior and interior are connected by taut "one-bow" lines and an organic design language. In a closed-loop economy, sustainable materials such as vegan DINAMICA® leather made from recycled materials, fast-growing Karuun® (rattan) and organic, compostable batteries are used. In subtle gestures, 33 bionic flaps on the back of the vehicle can communicate with the outside world – with and through the driver.
On the VISION AVTR, the center console has a multifunctional control element instead of a steering wheel. The interior comes to life when passengers place their hands on the controls, and the vehicle recognizes them based on their heart rate. By simply raising their hand, the intelligent system projects a menu selection onto their palm, allowing them to choose intuitively between different features.
More than a decade after the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water tells the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their children), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to protect one another, the battles they fight to survive, and the tragedies they endure as they grow up.
Avatar: The Way of Water is directed by James Cameron, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and executive produced by David Valdes and Richard Baneham. Among the stars of the film are Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Rabisi and Kate Winslet. It is scheduled for release on December 16, 2022.


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Freudama und Sodele
I fall in love with boys, but… not as hard as i do for certain graphics and ideas. Freudama und Sodele had me with both… i love their graphic design aesthetic, and the idea of locking these great designs as slide film images locked into various materials. Not to mention their story… i love a good artistic love affair…
united by friendship and a similar taste
in art and humour, freudama & sodele started out in summer 1999. they
design and make contemporary jewellery as well as other small objects, drawing from both parties different educational backgrounds. one might see their work as mini art, as lovable oddities or as roguish
They kind of remind me of the stories of Charles and Marie. I know i'm such a sappy romantic when design/travel/big ideas come into play.


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F(ab')2 fragment antibodies are generated by pepsin digestion of whole IgG antibodies to remove most of the Fc region while leaving some of the hinge region. F(ab')2 fragments have two antigen-binding Fab portions linked together by disulfide bonds and therefore they are divalent. The average molecular weight is about 110 kDa. They are used for specific applications, such as to avoid binding of secondary antibodies to live cells with Fc receptors or to Protein A or Protein G.
Storage and Rehydration: Store freeze-dried solid at 2-8°C. Rehydrate with the indicated volume of dH2O (see product specification sheet) and centrifuge if not clear. Prepare working dilution on day of use. Product is stable for about 6 weeks at 2-8°C as an undiluted liquid.
Extended Storage after Rehydration: Aliquot and freeze at -70°C or below. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Alternatively, add an equal volume of glycerol (ACS grade or better) for a final concentration of 50%, and store at -20°C as a liquid.
Expiration date: one year from date of rehydration. The expiration date may be extended if test results are acceptable for the intended use.
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Proletary, No. 35 |
Published according |
From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1963
Vol. 15, pp. 202-209.
Translated from the Russian
Edited by Andrew Rothstein and Bernard Isaacs
page 202
To identify the great artist with the revolution which he has obviously failed to understand, and from which he obviously stands aloof, may at first sight seem strange and artificial. A mirror which does not reflect things correctly could hardly be called a mirror. Our revolution, however, is an extremely complicated thing. Among the mass of those who are directly making and participating in it there are many social elements which have also obviously not understood what is taking place and which also stand aloof from the real historical tasks with which the course of events has confronted them. And if we have before us a really great artist, he must have reflected in his work at least some of the essential aspects of the revolution.
The legal Russian press, though its pages teem with articles, letters and comments on Tolstoy's eightieth birthday, is least of all interested in analysing his works from the standpoint of the character of the Russian revolution and its motive forces. The whole of this press is steeped to nausea in hypocrisy, hypocrisy of a double kind: official and liberal. The former is the crude hypocrisy of the venal hack who was ordered yesterday to hound Leo Tolstoy, and today to show that Tolstoy is a patriot, and to try to observe the decencies before the eyes of Europe. That the hacks of this kind have been paid for their screeds is common knowledge and they cannot deceive anybody. Much more refined and, therefore, much more pernicious and dangerous is liberal hypocrisy. To listen to the Cadet Balalaikins[97] of Rech, one would think that their sympathy for Tolstoy is of the
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most complete and ardent kind. Actually, their calculated declamations and pompous phrases about the "great seeker after God" are false from beginning to end, for no Russian liberal believes in Tolstoy's God, or sympathises with Tolstoy's criticism of the existing social order. He associates himself with a popular name in order to increase his political capital, in order to pose as a leader of the nation-wide opposition; he seeks, with the din and thunder of claptrap, to drown the demand for a straight and clear answer to the question: what are the glaring contradictions of "Tolstoyism" due to, and what shortcomings and weaknesses of our revolution do they express?
The contradictions in Tolstoy's works, views, doctrines, in his school, are indeed glaring. On the one hand, we have the great artist, the genius who has not only drawn incomparable pictures of Russian life but has made first-class contributions to world literature. On the other hand we have the landlord obsessed with Christ. On the one hand, the remarkably powerful, forthright and sincere protest against social falsehood and hypocrisy; and on the other, the "Tolstoyan", i.e., the jaded, hysterical sniveller called the Russian intellectual, who publicly beats his breast and wails: "I am a bad wicked man, but I am practising moral self-perfection; I don't eat meat any more I now eat rice cutlets." On the one hand, merciless criticism of capitalist exploitation, exposure of government outrages, the farcical courts and the state administration, and unmasking of the profound contradictions between the growth of wealth and achievements of civilisation and the growth of poverty, degradation and misery among the working masses. On the other, the crackpot preaching of submission, "resist not evil" with violence. On the one hand, the most sober realism, the tearing away of all and sundry masks; on the other, the preaching of one of the most odious things on earth, namely, religion, the striving to replace officially appointed priests by priests who will serve from moral conviction, i.e., to cultivate the most refined and, therefore, particularly disgusting clericalism. Verily:
Thou art a pauper, yet thou art abundant,
That Tolstoy, owing to these contradictions, could not possibly understand either the working-class movement and its role in the struggle for socialism, or the Russian revolution, goes without saying. But the contradictions in Tolstoy's views and doctrines are not accidental; they express the contradictory conditions of Russian life in the last third of the nineteenth century. The patriarchal countryside, only recently emancipated from serfdom, was literally given over to the capitalist and the tax-collector to be fleeced and plundered. The ancient foundations of peasant economy and peasant life, foundations that had really held for centuries, were broken up for scrap with extraordinary rapidity. And the contradictions in Tolstoy's views must be appraised not from the standpoint of the present-day working-class movement and present-day socialism (such an appraisal is, of course, needed, but it is not enough), but from the standpoint of protest against advancing capitalism, against the ruining of the masses, who are being dispossessed of their land -- a protest which had to arise from the patriarchal Russian countryside. Tolstoy is absurd as a prophet who has discovered new nostrums for the salvation of mankind -- and therefore the foreign and Russian "Tolstoyans" who have sought to convert the weakest side of his doctrine into a dogma, are not worth speaking of. Tolstoy is great as the spokesman of the ideas and sentiments that emerged among the millions of Russian peasants at the time the bourgeois revolution was approaching in Russia. Tolstoy is original, because the sum total of his views, taken as a whole, happens to express the specific features of our revolution as a peasant bourgeois revolution. From this point of view, the contradictions in Tolstoy's views are indeed a mirror of those contradictory conditions in which the peasantry had to play their historical part in our revolution. On the one hand, centuries of feudal oppression and decades of accelerated post-Reform pauperisation piled up mountains of hate, resentment, and desperate determination. The striving to sweep away completely the official church, the landlords and the landlord government, to destroy all the old forms and ways of landownership, to clear the land, to replace the police-class state by a community of free and equal small peasants -- this striving the is the keynote of every historical step the peasantry has
taken in our revolution; and, undoubtedly, the message of Tolstoy's writings conforms to this peasant striving far more than it does to abstract "Christian Anarchism", as his "system" of views is sometimes appraised.
On the other hand the peasantry, striving towards new ways of life, had a very crude, patriarchal, semi-religious idea of what kind of life this should be, by what struggle could liberty be won, what leaders it could have in this struggle, what was the attitude of the bourgeoisie and the bourgeois intelligentsia towards the interests of peasant revolution, why the forcible overthrow of tsarist rule was needed in order to abolish landlordism. The whole past life of the peasantry had taught it to hate the landowner and the official, but it did not, and could not, teach it where to seek an answer to all these questions. In our revolution a minor part of the peasantry really did fight, did organise to some extent for this purpose: and a very small part indeed rose up in arms to exterminate its enemies, to destroy the tsar's servants and protectors of the landlords. Most of the peasantry wept and prayed, moralised and dreamed, wrote petitions and sent "pleaders" -- quite in the vein of Leo Tolstoy! And, as always happens in such cases, the effect of this Tolstoyan abstention from politics, this Tolstoyan renunciation of politics, this lack of interest in and understanding of politics, was that only a minority followed the lead of the class-conscious revolutionary proletariat, while the majority became the prey of those unprincipled, servile, bourgeois intellectuals who under the name of Cadets hastened from a meeting of Trudoviks to Stolypin's ante-room, and begged, haggled, reconciled and promised to reconcile -- until they were kicked out with a military jackboot. Tolstoy's ideas are a mirror of the weakness, the short comings of our peasant revolt, a reflection of the flabbiness of the patriarchal countryside and of the hidebound cowardice of the "enterprising muzhik".
Take the soldiers' insurrections in 1905-O6. In social composition these men who fought in our revolution were partly peasants and partly proletarians. The proletarians were in the minority; therefore the movement in the armed forces does not even approximately show the same nation-wide solidarity, the same party consciousness, as were displayed
by the proletariat, which became Social-Democratic as if by the wave of a hand. Yet there is nothing more mistaken than the view that the insurrections in the armed forces failed because no officers had led them. On the contrary, the enormous progress the revolution had made since the time of the Narodnaya Volya[99] was shown precisely by the fact that the "grey herd" rose in arms against their superiors, and it was this self-dependency of theirs that so frightened the liberal landlords and the liberal officers. The common soldier fully sympathised with the peasants' cause; his eyes lit up at the very mention of land. There was more than one case when authority in the armed forces passed to the mass of the rank and file, but determined use of this authority was hardly made at all; the soldiers wavered; after a couple of days, in some cases a few hours, after killing some hated officer, they released the others who had been arrested, parleyed with the authorities and then faced the firing squad, or bared their backs for the birch, or put on the yoke again -- quite in the vein of Leo Tolstoy!
Tolstoy reflected the pent-up hatred, the ripened striving for a better lot, the desire to get rid of the past -- and also the immature dreaming, the political inexperience, the revolutionary flabbiness. Historical and economic conditions explain both the inevitable beginning of the revolutionary struggle of the masses and their unpreparedness for the struggle, their Tolstoyan non-resistance to evil, which was a most serious cause of the defeat of the first revolutionary campaign.
It is said that beaten armies learn well. Of course, revolutionary classes can be compared with armies only in a very limited sense. The development of capitalism is hourly changing and intensifying the conditions which roused the millions of peasants -- united by their hatred for the feudalist landlords and their government -- for the revolutionary democratic struggle. Among the peasantry themselves the growth of exchange, of the rule of the market and the power of money is steadily ousting old-fashioned patriarchalism and the patriarchal Tolstoyan ideology. But there is one gain from the first years of the revolution and the first reverses in mass revolutionary struggle about which there can be no doubt. It is the mortal blow struck at the former softness
and flabbiness of the masses. The lines of demarcation have become more distinct. The cleavage of classes and parties has taken place. Under the hammer blows of the lessons taught by Stolypin, and with undeviating and consistent agitation by the revolutionary Social-Democrats not only the socialist proletariat but also the democratic masses of the peasantry will inevitably advance from their midst more and more steeled fighters who will be less capable of falling into our historical sin of Tolstoyism!
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Thou art mighty, yet thou art impotent-
-Mother Russia! [98]
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Notes on |
page 587
Balalaikin -- a character in Saltykov-Shchedrin's A Modern Idyll ; a liberal windbag, adventurer and liar.
[p. 202]
From the poem by N. A. Nekrasov "Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia".
[p. 205]
Narodnaya Volya (The People's Will ) -- an illegal organisation of the revolutionary-minded Narodnik intellectuals founded in 1879 with the object of fighting the autocracy. It existed up to the second half of the eighties.
[p. 208]


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SBS: Marie Fleur - quick base step by step
by Roman aka jar
the jungle of MV is heading towards announcing the MV challenge for 2018.
There will be two categories. One more interesting than the other, believe me.
Speaking about the MV challenge:
If you are someone still missing a challenge prize from last years challenge please write an email with your adress to: jarhead(at)massivevoodoo(dot)com
Life kicked me in the nuts earlier this year and I put this task far aside as I was just not able to ship the last couple remaining parcels as I had significant other priorities. I am very sorry for this, but it is time to get things sorted out and if you drop me your adress again I get things rolling. Thank you for your patience on this! The jungle never forgets.
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One will subject this great 28 mm sculpt by MV Member Benedikt Sedlmair that will be released next week via Mr. Lee's Minis when we announce the challenge. Stay tuned for it, it will challenge all these brave painters outthere to create magnificant pieces. Roman and Josua did made up their minds to bring you two great categories and even do something good with it. It just was a big organisation whirlwind behind the curtains.
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A little girl, named Marie Fleur,
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She is really tiny!
Quick base step by step on this project:
I created this base with all different types of materials from my basing drawers. Following is an insight in the materials I used for the rough build up:
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- cork
- pieces of plaster of paris
- plastic profiles
- stones
- plastic card
- and quite a lot of superglue as usual
Then I checked back where to place Marie herself, but planned to paint her off the base as she is such a delicate sculpt. I used some fine stone sand and hid the cork areas and used some to place in corners for natural looking dirt.
As you can spot on the photos above I wanted to create old roughed wallpaper to the balsa wood areas and I did this with thin paper you can buy for rolling cigarettes and matte varnish. Matte varnish is great to fix such elements in place. Superglue or other glues might destroy the fragile elements.
Dunk your stripes of paper in matte varnish and place them to the walls. Just like the real thing, somehow. Use a toothpick to push them around as you want them, damage them as you see fit. This brings great areas for painting afterwards, where you can play with light and shadow.
I started the paintjob rather roughly and used the airbrush to bring in my main color. A little touch of green to sketch in where I wanted to go in the end. I also used this method to create old fabrics in the wind. Can you imagine to make miniature newspaper with this technique too? No? Check this article!
Continued working out different materials and elements on the base, like stones, rusted elements, wood parts and such and then - as it is my favourite color - everything turned green :D
I added some moss to make it look more natural.
Just like I did in this cool step by step of "Memories".
When "Marie" was painted aside I placed her again to the base.
I really enjoyed the green turning more warm, yellowish around where she stands. That is why I love green so much. It can give you a warm and welcoming feeling of hope or it can be a cold color too that feels sad. It is just about the amount of blues and yellows in the mix.
Using these two options by painting green I was able to tell a sad story of hope. Maybe with a happy end or not. Nobody knows. At least there is hope. If hope dies, everything is lost.
I hope you enjoyed the small walkthrough.
Keep on happy painting!
This tutorial is for free,
if you enjoy its content and find it helpful I would always be happy about a small donation for a coffee or a tea, or even better icecream. Thanks! I am writing this to inspire and help other fellow painters, hobby people, artists and such!
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