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But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr. Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. Soon he is lending his help to the government in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte, creating ghostly fleets of rain-ships to confuse and alarm the French.
All goes well until a rival magician appears. Jonathan Strange is handsome, charming, and talkative, the very opposite of Mr. Norrell. Strange thinks nothing of enduring the rigors of campaigning with Wellington's army and doing magic on battlefields. Astonished to find another practicing magician, Mr. Norrell accepts Strange as a pupil. But it soon becomes clear that their ideas of what English magic ought to be are very different. For Mr. Norrell, their power is something to be cautiously controlled, while Jonathan Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic. He becomes fascinated by the ancient, shadowy figure of the Raven King, a child taken by fairies who became king of both England and Faerie, and the most legendary magician of all. Eventually Strange's heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens to destroy not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear.
Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that 32 hours leave readers longing for more.
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"A smashing success....An exceptionally compelling, brilliantly creative, and historically fine-tuned piece of work." (Booklist)
"Extraordinary....Immersion in the mesmerizing story reveals its intimacy, humor, and insight, and will enchant readers of fantasy and literary fiction alike." (Publishers Weekly)
"Ravishing...superb...combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre that rivals Tolkien." (Time)
"Clarke welcomes herself into an exalted company of British writers - not only, some might argue, Dickens and Austen, but also the fantasy legends Kenneth Grahame and George MacDonald - as well as contemporary writers like Susan Cooper and Philip Pullman." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Hang in there!"
Both of the following are true: 1) This is a very good book; and 2) That fact is not obvious for about the first eight hours of the audio version. It starts very slowly, reading much like Jane Austen with magicians (though not as funny as Austen). But after a while, the plot really takes off, and it becomes an aborbing, even gripping, "read". Alas, it may have lost many listeners by that point; it nearly lost me! I don't think it's particularly well served by the audiobook format, since in text one can easily skim ahead if things are moving too slowly. I ended up doing something similar with the audiobook: I'd listen at night, with a sleep timer, and not worry too much about backing up if I fell asleep and missed fifteen or thirty minutes here or there.
My advice: Hang in there! There's a great novel in store, if you can make it through the opening.
"Best Listen In a Long Time"
I never take the time to review the books I listen to off audible unless they are terrible or amazing, this one is amazing. There are other decent reviews of the plot, similar authors etc. so I will just hit two points:
1. The narration is excellent, it is saying something when a deep voiced man can accurately portray a female character with nuance and feeling and bring tears to my hard heart.
2. The massive detail and interesting footnotes make for a long book and for 80% of it's progress one is left interested but not knowing what it is all about. I consider this more of an asset than a defect but if you need everything spelled out for you and good and bad guys assigned clearly it may be frustraiting. It is not ADD friendly, it reads like it was written by someone who loves to read intricate books not someone who wanted a simple plot so it would make a easy screenplay (tho it is being made into a film anyway). As a result if you do not get past that 80% mark you are missing out on a real gem.
In closing this was an excellent listen, if you like the fantasy work of Ursula K. LeGuin (the books, not the worthless tv show) chances are you will love it.
"Magic and Meaning"
This is one of the best downloads I've heard. Susanna Clarke has hit a home run. The universe of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell is a strangely dark and disquieting one. The people are a complex mixture of good, evil and indifference and who is to know the difference. The musings about the Raven King and his role in the world echo theological arguments that entangle the great minds of today. She couches great themes in small events. Language has been well served in this book. A delight to listen to.
S. Marie
"A gorgeous novel that redefines fantasy"
Though I've given other audible books 5 stars, after listening to this one, I realize they deserved only 3 or 4. Set in seventeenth century England this story is lushly peopled with servants, kings, magicians and lunatics. Though "magic" is a central theme of the book, the fantastical is so seamlessly interwoven with real historical figures and events that it is hard to tell fact from fiction. I warn that the first hours of the book are difficult. Though Clarke writes beautifully, the barrage of characters introduced are hard to keep straight, and can feel disorienting. Nonetheless, after setting the stage, the story pulls you in and under. Don't miss one of the best novels in Audible's library.
"best book i've gotten at audible"
i've downloaded a variety of books from audible, probably 40ish. this by far is my favorite. its starts a little slow. i had to try 2-3 times to start the book, but when i did i didn't want the story to end, and when it did end i was devastated there wasn't any sequels. not many great books do though. but it did leave me wanting more; so i did what i could only do. i listened to it again.
to give you a reference some of my favorite books are---
ender's game saga
count of monte cristo
the fountainhead
the alchemist
the prophet
Novelist. Steelheart, Mistborn, The Rithmatist, The Wheel of Time, The Stormlight Archive.
"A delightful and unique book"
I am not a professional reviewer. I'm a writer. Beyond that, I appreciate works for what they are and what they're trying to be. If I review a book, I will probably give it a five-star review. This is because the books that I don't enjoy enough to give five stars--or the books that I don't finish--I won't end up reviewing, simply out of professional courtesy to my colleagues in the business. Elitist Book Reviews will give more balanced reviews, whereas my reviews are not intended to be balanced. They are intended to talk about the book, what I like about it, and maybe some of the things that annoyed me. But at the end of the day, if I finished the book, then it deserves a good rating in my opinion.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – I found this book delightful even though I didn't really expect to. In fact, during the first third of the book, I was convinced that I was going to end up putting it down. It was just too slow, though the slowness wasn't really as big an issue as it sounds because Susanna Clarke's prose is wonderful.
It feels like the best mix of regency and modern with a slight sarcasm to it and a very keen sense of ambiance and world-building. The footnotes are great, and the whole thing just works together masterfully prose-wise, but the character--particularly Mr. Norrell at the beginning--was just so unengaging that despite the nice prose and world-building, I was having trouble getting through the book.
The fact that it was an audio book--and that the narrator is so fantastic--really pushed me through this. Once I arrived at Jonathan Strange's viewpoint, I found him more dynamic and more interesting. Though the pacing of the book only increased a little bit, the natural wonder and whimsy of the language was able to take center stage, and I found myself thoroughly enjoying the book.
By the ending, I was happy I had finished listening to the novel. I think it is somewhat unique as a piece, and is a wonderful read, particularly in audio book. The ending left me a little disappointed, but this is really relating to characterization, and I don't want give any spoilers. The characters are very well-drawn; they're just not always the people that I wish they could be.
I make a special note of the side characters. To a person I found them very interesting and a highlight of the book. I thought that Childermass was particularly a fun, complicated, and interesting character. Overall, I really enjoyed this book, but I do have to reiterate what a lot of people said. It is slow. It is a book about the language and the setting, not a book about character and thought.
"Immersive, engrossing, probably not for everybody"
I'm definitely in the camp with those who LOVE this book, rather than those who think it's length and breadth are a detriment.
Some stories are told in such a way that you're in the passenger seat of a sports car at high speed - you feel the road, are aware of every upcoming curve, and are gripping the seat for dear life. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is not like this.
Think of this book like a long distance train ride: the story is delivered in a smooth, civilized way, at a pace that never seems excessive, even though the countryside the writer covers is beautiful and expansive, the horizons out every window are lush and as stretch as far as you can look. The pace is such that you have lots of time to become familiar with this world, with the characters, even though the amount of information delivered is vast.
That being said, there are a million small details, and if you aren't paying attention you might miss something that will become important information in holding together the strands of the story in the upcoming landscape: the significance of a river, a footnoted character, the location of a town.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is not a book you should listen to if you want a high speed romp through a sorcerer's battlefield. It is a book you should listen to if you want to give your brain a story to chew on that's interesting, a world that's just a twist from our own (i.e. with the additon of magic), that's been written and read by two people (Ms. Clarke and Mr. Preeble, respectively) who together create a fantastic and civilized journey through an ancient time that almost was.
"I didn't want it to end."
This is not a book for individuals with attention spans the size of fruit flies.
Yes, it is long. Yes, it takes some imagination and thoughtfulness to appreciate. There are those however, who appreciate an author who doesn't insult our intelligence or try to manipulate us by telling us exactly how we should feel in every scene. If you need your story spoon-fed to you and refuse to do any of the intellectual heavy lifting required to appreciate good writing then this book probably isn't for you.
The story ultimately belongs to Jonathan Strange and his evolution from a callow and self-centered life of privilege to a man scarred by the losses of war and a literal darkness. Mr. Norrell's narrative is that of a man grown old, fearful of losing what he has, to see that it's nothing at all if he has no one to share it with. In this sense, it is NOT a story about magic, but about PEOPLE. It is the story of the relationship between Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, between Jonathan Strange and his wife, between Mrs. Strange and Mrs. Pol, between Mrs. Pol and The Man with the Thistledownhair, and so on... very rich, complex, interesting relationships.
This book has many rewards for those who open themselves to its beautiful language and the way its story unfolds - with grace and dignity. Not the least of its rewards is how Mr. Segundus' steadfast faith and love for the study of magic is rewarded in the end. It is unfortunate that it has been unfairly maligned in the reviews for not being what some people think it should be, which is shallow and unreflective.
I grew up on Golden Age Radio, I love to learn about a great many things, and I enjoy a wide variety of genres. Me, bored? Never!
For most people, this one's either really good or really bad. I found myself right in the middle. It's well-written, imaginative, and brilliant in its scope and depth, but I found it moved far too slow for me. Ultimately it's the old-world charm that kept me with it, and I'm glad I made it to the end, as the story starts truly building about 8 hours or so into it. I suspect this is one that, should I revisit it, I'll get even more out of it.
SImon Prebble brings his ever-present A game, and he is a more than comfortable choice for narrator.
"Rambling oddity"
I really could not connect with this book. I listened and waited for it to take off and engage and it just never happened for me. It was like reading sketches for a novel all strung together with such loose cohesion that it boggled the mind. I kept hoping that an editor would step in and make some sense of the whole thing. Parts of it are excellent but to me the whole was a disappointment.
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Gyropter II RC Helicopter with G-Sensor
Intuitive motion control for novice or expert pilots.
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This is a fun helicopter. I have a few. The cool thing about this is once you can fly well using the regular remote, you can do motion control to fly the copter around the room. Only thing is you just have to make sure you know which mode you're in. Nice and stable flight.
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I have been interested in the Naginata. Which arts train with it? I have seen the term Naginatajutsu, is this a practiced art on its own or simply a part of another art?
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The use of the Naginata in martial arts, naginatajutsu, is practiced in Bujinkan, Koryū (古流) and Kobudō (古武道) schools.
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all teach 薙刀術 naginatajutsu.
The bujinkan, jinenkan, and genbukan teach naginatajutsu through 九鬼神伝流 kukishinden-ryū.
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What is a Guest Book Puzzle you ask?
A guest book puzzle is a custom made 1/4 inch thick WOODEN jigsaw puzzle that is hand crafted piece by piece using your personal enlarged engagement photograph (Or any other photo, or photo collage you wish to use) or any romantic art print that you wish to use. The puzzle pieces of these very unique puzzles are rather large, averaging from 2 inches x 2 inches to maybe 4 inches x 4 inches in size (roughly the size of the palm of a hand). The wooden backside of each of the puzzle pieces are hand sanded to be practically as smooth as glass, so that each of your special guests have enough room to comfortably write a sentence or two, plus sign their names.
My guest book puzzles can have as few as 25 pieces or as many as 360 pieces. (see sizes and pricing below ). Your guests are very likely to have NEVER seen something like my wooden puzzles ever before!
One side of the puzzle has a picture of your choice, and the other has everyone's personal comments.
An additional benefit is that people enjoy putting the picture together so much, that they are talking and mingling. My wedding Guest Book puzzle in many ways also assists as an Ice Breaker Exercise too!
Here is an example of a GREAT photo collage.
This one was 20"x34" in size with 140 pieces
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24" x 36" in size!
After you return from your honeymoon, you can take your assembled guest book puzzle to be professionally framed with a clear, removable backing (Plexiglass works well.), so that you can take it off the wall and view the many comments of your guests, at your leisure, as well as when you have gatherings for the holidays or other special family occasions. My puzzles are designed to out live anyone if cared for properly. By adding a removable backing to the frame, you can also take the puzzle out of the frame and solve it again and again over the years.
I have also made my guest book puzzles for... Formal Dinner Parties, Wedding Anniversary celebrations - especially 25th & 50th, Retirement parties, Graduations, First Communions & Confirmations, Bar-Mitzvahs and Bat-Mitzvahs, College and High School Reunions, even large gatherings of close friends.
Black and White or Color images... are just fine.
Guest Book Puzzles
My puzzles are made from the finest quality 5-ply Finland Birch wood, and are finely hand cut with blades as thin as hair. These puzzles are designed to last for many generations, making them a true "Family Heirloom"! Your Great Grand Children will be able to enjoy them!
of the guest book puzzle in progress below.
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The above photo collage puzzle was 18" x 24"
in size with 70 large pieces that people can
write a few sentences on, and sign their name.
Not to scale! ---- Click here for actual size image!
This is what
the back of the puzzle pieces look like.
The pieces on the left came from a 16"x20" puzzle with 75 pieces. As you vary the physical size of your puzzle, and the total piece count, your puzzle pieces may vary is size from the example shown to the left.
Writing on the back of the puzzle pieces does require the use of a special pen that dries instantly, and does not bleed into the fine wood grain. The pen has available colors of Black, Red or Blue, at a cost of $3.00 each. I recommend one per each 25-30 guests.
A jigsaw puzzle is very much like a persons life. From the day you are born to the day that you die, your life can be captured by a picture puzzle. As you grow from the age of one day old, more and more pieces of your puzzle's picture, start to fall into place piece by piece, creating a seemingly never ending picture of who and what you are.
Your family, relatives, friends, parishioners, co-workers, as well as your hobbies, favorite TV shows, foods, cloths, travels and the many, many other unique interests that you have, all make up the tiny pieces of who you have become. As more pieces are continuously added to your life's picture, you will gradually change and evolve.
When two people care for each other enough to merge their lives to become one, they are also (whether they know it or not) merging their personal picture puzzles together, as each of their lives, past, present and future, now becomes part of the others. The symbolism of this is actually quite amazing when you think that not only are your two lives being directly impacted, but in one way or another, either big or small, the individual pieces that comprise your personal puzzles will feel the changes of your union as well. Those pieces being the people who know each of you, will eventually know each other through your marriage. Meeting one another at your wedding and holiday gatherings as well as, baptisms, birthdays, or at those annual Super bowl Sunday parties.
It is based on this premise that I make my symbolic and unique wooden jigsaw puzzles designed specifically for the purpose of a guest book. The guest book puzzle pieces are large in size, and while the one side of the piece contains an image that you select for your puzzle, the backside of each puzzle piece will eventually contain the signature and a sentence or two from each of your closest friends and family members who attend your wedding reception or rehearsal dinner before the big event. These puzzles are a symbolic gesture that shows each of your guests just how important they have been in your lives, nourishing each of you into who you are on your wedding day and who you will become in the future. They will truly be a part of your life's puzzle.
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How to use my Wedding Guest Book Puzzle at your reception...
Way #1) The ideal way to set up the puzzle at the reception is to have a separate table at least a little bigger than twice the size of your assembled puzzle set up with an attendant. The special pens, and the assembled puzzle are placed on the table one of two ways...
a) Image side up - which is nice to show your guests what the puzzle image you selected looks like during the reception.
b) Image side down, make a sense of intrigue, as people do not know what the puzzle image looks like, and adds a bit of a sense of urgency for everyone to sign their puzzle piece so that the completely signed puzzle can be flipped over to reveal the image that you selected for your one of a kind guest book puzzle.
You will also very likely receive quite a number of compliments from your guests, as to their never quite seeing such a unique utilization of a wedding guest book.
As the reception begins, your guests will be instructed to take a piece (Usually from the edge of the puzzle, and work inward) and take a moment to write a couple well wishing sentences and sign their names, on the back side (Wood side - not image side). The then signed puzzle piece is placed adjacent to the unsigned puzzle, basically pealing pieces away from the unsigned puzzle, and reassembling the signed puzzle adjacently.
If you request any special shaped puzzle pieces such as two interlocking hearts, or two interlocking wedding bells for examples, these pieces should be signed by the bride and groom.
Once everyone has signed the puzzle, you can once again see the completed image on the front, and if you wish to flip the puzzle over, you can then display what everyone wrote on the puzzle back. The easiest way to flip the puzzle would be to have two pieces of cardboard / foam core board handy, that are at least as large as the dimensions of the puzzle. Simply sandwich the puzzle in between the boards (like an Oreo cookie), quickly flip it over, and slide the puzzle off of the board, back onto the table, in the upside down position (or downside position, depending on which way you started displaying your puzzle).
At the end of the reception, the puzzle can be disassembled, and stored back in it's sturdy box. If you wish to frame the puzzle when you return from your honeymoon, simply re-assemble the puzzle, and Saran wrap it to a piece of cardboard to be brought to a framer to be professionally framed. Request a clear backing, (1/8" plexiglass) so that the framed puzzle can be viewed front and back.
NOTE: This is the ideal way to use the puzzle at a reception, because you will have all of the pieces located in a small controlled area of your reception. No pieces will accidentally disappear. The puzzle pieces are "not" replaceable if some were to get lost.
Way #2) You can have your bridesmaids/groomsmen walk around during the reception with decorated wicker baskets containing puzzle pieces, and two to three pens each. They will invite people to take a puzzle piece, and write their well wishes and sign their name on a puzzle piece back, and return it to the basket. The Bridesmaids / Groomsmen that do this need to ensure that the collect ALL of the pieces that they handed out.
Once completed, you can either put the puzzle pieces back in their sturdy box, "or" have a table that you can bring all of the pieces too, and allow some of your guests engage in solving the puzzle. Not everyone is into dancing, or all that mobile, so giving some people an opportunity to see, read, and solve the pieces of your puzzle will be very enjoyable for them. More people might want to join in that you would otherwise be aware of.
This is also a great way to verify that all of the puzzle pieces we in fact collected.
Way #3) You can devise your own idea of how to get everyone to sign the puzzle. the above two ways are the only two ways that I have witnessed people using the puzzles. If you come up with another way that you felt worked out well, please let me know about it, and I will be happy to post your information here for others to benefit from.
This small puzzle was used at the Wedding Rehearsal dinner party. Immediate friends and family signed the puzzle.
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|NOTE: The fuzzy fog like glare on some of these photos is due to poor lighting angles in our workshop. In January 2003 we purchased a professional lighting setup. All newer examples that we post will appear a lot clearer.
The basis for the piece count in this column is approximately 70% of your total guest count.
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* The above prices are based on large jigsaw puzzles made using enlarged pictures or fine art prints, that you send to me, in their "actual" size for your custom puzzle order. Photographic images "SHOULD" be printed on KODAK, FUJI or ILFORD photographic paper. be sure to check that the KODAK, FUJI or ILFORD marking is on the reverse side of your print. You "can" send us images printed on other lesser quality papers, however we will not stand behind the puzzle if the paper and image peel in a premature way from standard puzzle handling. My puzzles are wonderful works of art in themselves, and not exactly inexpensive. It is worth investing just a few more dollars, and a little extra effort in ensuring that you are sending me an image printed on quality photo paper.
^^ Large puzzles with few pieces are more susceptible to damage because individual puzzle pieces are large and have reasonable weight to them. If dropped, these larger puzzle pieces could dent or damage the image surface. Additionally Image lifting / peeling is much more prevalent in puzzles with very large individual pieces. When a Customer orders these oversized piece puzzles, they accept full responsibility for significant damage as a result of dropping puzzle pieces, and potential image lift that may occur. MGC Puzzles makes these puzzles as a courtesy, but does not take any responsibility if these two events do in fact happen with your puzzle.
You are ALWAYS WELCOME to send me a large format DIGITAL image file, and we can do all of the printing right in house, ensuring you the best possible quality for your puzzle.
Are you sending me a photograph of your own for your puzzle? Great! Give me a call FIRST, so that we can determine the best size for your enlarged image to be made into. Once your enlargement is made, send it directly to me in a VERY strong shipping tube with your name, address and phone number enclosed.(If you can not stand on the shipping tube without crushing it, it is NOT strong enough to ship me your image) I will then professionally mount and laminate your special picture onto my premium grade 5 ply puzzle wood, and hand carve it into your designated number of puzzle pieces. Once completed the backs of the pieces are sanded to be nearly as smooth as polished glass. Your puzzle is then taken apart, numbered and and signed, (Each is a one of a kind collectible as well) and placed into it's personal strong puzzle box lined with tissue paper. UPS or FedEx will then deliver it directly to your home or office. It is that simple!
On your wedding day, designate your bridesmaids and / or groomsmen to take a couple of 15 minute shifts to oversee the table where your guests will sign the back of each of your puzzle pieces during the reception cocktail hour. I recommend that you set your guest book puzzle on a table of its own near the entrance area. Make sure the table is at least twice the size of your puzzle. START with displaying the complete solved puzzle, picture size up... then as each of your guests removes a piece of the un-signed puzzle to sign it, you can neatly re-assemble the "signed" puzzle pieces next to the one you started with. After all your guests have signed a puzzle piece, you are left with a once again COMPLETE puzzle for all to admire. By using this approach, you will also be able to notice if any pieces have grown legs, and walked off with any of your guests.
I am also very sure that quite a number of your guests will find your unique guest book "puzzle" to be a highlight to the beginning of your wedding reception.
50th Wedding Anniversary
Guest Book Puzzle.
16"x20" with about 75 pieces.
A great fall foliage portrait although I did not photograph this puzzle after it was cut, this is a wonderful example of a great image.
A symbolic lighthouse photograph was used in this wonderful 18" x 24"puzzle with about 80 pieces.
One of the larger size puzzles, this puzzle actually has the date of the wedding cut into the puzzle (see above her watch) and their names cut into the puzzle above their heads. This puzzle was about 2 feet by 3 feet, and had well over 150 pieces in it.
Hi Mark!
I received the wooden puzzle
in time for my wedding. It made it safely to Hawaii,
and everyone had a blast signing the back of the puzzle. I had
to copy your business card; lots of people were asking for it
at the wedding. It turned out better than I expected.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your wedding puzzle, it worked out wonderfully and many people told me what a great idea it was. Many people also admired your work and the detail of the cuts. The heart figure was great too, Sylvia and I signed that one together and put that piece in last after all the other pieces were assembled.
Thanks again for all that you have done. I'll will eventually put the wedding on my home page so that you can see it as well. cheers,
Robert - Alberta, Canada
"Hi Mark,
Well, Ralph loved his puzzle. He actually got a little emotional about it. About 60 people attended the reception and all were fascinated and very impressed with your puzzle craftsmanship. People kept sifting through the little pieces. I hope they are all still there! We checked the floor really well after the party to make sure that no pieces were on the floor. Ralph has promised to put it together soon and bring it in for all of us to see. Thanks again for doing such a wonderful job!
Sue B." - Tustin, California
I just wanted to thank you for my order. I ordered a puzzle to be done for my brother and now sister-in-law's wedding guest book. It was a complete surprise, and they loved it! The guests thought it was quite original, too.
Thanks for adding another special touch to an already wonderful wedding!
Sherry S
The puzzle was a HUGE hit! It arrived in the nick of time and was beautifully boxed and protected. Everyone has asked where we got it and I'm handing out your web address left and right! Thanks again for making our "Big Day" such a wonderful experience for all our guests!
Jeana and Marcus
Mark, ... (This was a Phone Call from a wedding reception hall pay phone!)
I just had to call you to tell you that I am at Karen S...'s wedding reception, and I am in tears over the puzzle you made form them. It is beautiful. What a powerful symbol it represents for their wedding day. It is also the must unique thing I have seen at any wedding I have ever attended. I think I have been too at least 20 weddings in my life. You do beautiful work Mark. I am not just speaking for me, but for a lot of people here today. Thank you for making Karen's wedding an extra special day for me.
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to make my in law's 50th anniversary a special event. The puzzle
was waiting at the hotel when I arrived on Thursday afternoon.
We received MANY compliments on the idea itself. We had elected to not put it together but instead have everyone sign and my inlaws, who are avid puzzle people, put it together themselves. With all the stuff going on, I'm happy to note that none of the pieces got misplaced. Unfortunately though, a few of the elderly guests couldn't decipher visually the difference between front and back and we have 3 names on the front of the puzzle (including the minister who married them 50 years ago!). Dad says he'll simply forge their names on the back and repair the front.
My inlaws kept the cards you sent and I know of one person who is definitely going to place an order. Others were asking for information as well so hopefully this will generate even more business your way.
Again, thank you soooo much and I look forward to working with you on future needs!
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I'm going to do an addition onto my existing welding shop, My shop now is 38' x 40' with a 16' ceiling, My addition is going to be 40' x 80' with 18' ceilings.
My existing cranes are single phase on a hand pulled bridge, but the new cranes are going to have to span approximately 37'-6" which is to big to be pulling up and down the runway.
Since its alot easier finding used 3 phase powered bridge cranes and next to impossible to find a single phase powered bridge I need to install a phase converter.
Can I use a static phase converter for the crane ( Which I dont think I can ) or do I have to use a rotary.
I know that pumps cant run on static phase converters and I would assume a crane would be the same.
I currently have a static converter for the drill press which has worked great for the last 6 years.
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Thread: Crane for my shop addition
Crane for my shop addition
02-17-2012, 07:16 PM #2Senior Member
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Is this shop in a residential area or industrial? If not indutrial type area then the possibility of getting 3 phase power is about nil. Have you considered an engine drive 3 phase generator to power the crane? There are probably quite a few to choose from if you look around, just fire it up when you need to use the crane. Also Miller makes a 250 Bobcat that outputs 3 phase AC, might be just the thing. You would be staying true to your name "portable welder" with one, and still weld with it. Just a couple of thoughts on this situation.
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Another option is to convert the 3 phase motors to single phase.I did this with an Ironworker once. Had everything rewired and replaced the 7 hp 3 phase motor to a 10 hp single phase.2- XMT's 350 cc/cv
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I am not an expert but this is what I learned when looking for one.
I was always told to only use rotory phase converters. I have one that powers my hyd. punch & a roller & it works good. If I remember correctly it really had to do with longevity of the converter & the power output. A static converter only produces about 1/2 to 2/3 of it's rating while running. So a 15 hp static will provide 15 hp for starting but only approx 7.5 to 10 hp when machine is up & running. A rotory will provide full hp for starting & running. Something about a static one actually disconnects itself once whatever your powering is up & running.
Read about it here. www.phaseconverter.com/what-is-static.htmlMM250
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If you can get 3 phase from the power company it's the way to go if there is a strong likelyhood that you will be adding additional 3 phase equipment, but it can be quite expensive to install. If this is to be your only 3 phase device, go with a rotary phase converter. You can use it for more than just the crane if you will only be running one machine at a time, but the phase converter will need to be sized to run the largest machine, so try to consider this and plan ahead when you buy it. You won't need it running full time, only when you need the 3 phase power, so have it wired so that you can easily turn it on and off.
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To the first response, Yes I'm out in the country so 3 phase is not an option.
#2 My welder is 3 phase but thats even worse than having to hear a phase converter run, We use the cranes through out the day.
#3 I did put a single phase motor on my iron worker and that works because the pump only runs in one direction.
Because single phase motors only run in one direction while a 3 phase motor can easily be reversed by swithing your T-leads thats easy.
Harrington Hoist company makes single phase trucks but they want 5,574.00 for them and I need 2 bridges that equal ___________________________ 11,148.00
and that doesnt include the beam or the hoist or the runway.
02-18-2012, 12:38 PM #7Junior Member
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Static convertor
I have a small shop at my house 30X60 I put a crane in it and used a static convertor the crane works fine but if there is a load on it when you stop it is a little hard on it to restart it. My crane is a 3 ton 5 hp 3 phase I have a small lath and the bridge crane and a milling machine all 3 phase I found me a 7 1/2 hp motor 3 phase and what I do is start the 7 1/2 motor with it not driveing anything with it running I can start up any of my other motors and they start up just fine I also have a 25hp motor on my big lathe the stuff I put in it weights over 2 ton I have a 30hp static convertor. it starts a little hard and it last about 1 1/2 seconds the power company had me put a pole with a meter for my shop but there was problem where they tied in to the power lines there was 2 other houses we were at the end of the line so when I started my lath they would see the dip in power in there houses and there were not to happy with that.so they called the power company [lots of times] what ended up was the power company had to run a new line from the transformer to my meter to stop the dips and was great for me now my dips are less than a second. so this what I did and did not have to get a rotory they are a little priceeee I hope this helps
02-18-2012, 09:20 PM #8Member
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I don't know where in the country you live but many farms have three phase so if there is one nearby they might have it so it wouldn't be a big deal to get it
I checked on 3 phase when I originally built my shop back in 2004 and its 2 miles away, If I remember they told me it would cost approximately $ 30,000.00 to bring it in.
It looks like a rotary phase converter is going to be my cheapest way out.
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I also don't have three phase power on my street. I live about 1/4 mile from two main roads that both have three phase power. The estimate from the power company was $10K to supply 3 phase from one street and $15K for the other.
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In this instructable I gonna try to describe how to make a robotic arm with parts from a printer, and control it using a NES gamepad.
It may look like a hard work but I have prepared templates for all the parts and I try to take pictures for all the angles in order to make it simple.
Also it is a really cheap robot, most of the parts come from a dead printer.
I used two PIC16F628A microcontrollers because only one was not enough for all the motors, they are pretty cheap and easy to get instead of a PIC with more pins.
Age group: only me:18+.
Step 1: Tools and materials
Not many tools are required, a rotary tool is perfect for cut the metal and the plastic, also if you have a driller it could help with all the holes that you have to do.
For the electronics boards you will need a 30w soldering iron.
Most of the stuff come fron a dead printer HP660, other models of the printer like the HP670 are almost the same and will be fine. The things you must take from the printer are detailed in the next step.
For controlling the robot I use a regular Nintendo Entertainment System gamepad, it is not an original gamepad, any kind will work, and it is not hacked at all, you won't need to modify it to work with the robot.
From another printer you need the stepper motor that is attached to the belt, because the HP printer use a DC motor for this and they are harder to control.
Three plastic gears are required, two of the same size and one smaller.
The servo in the hand was broken so y took the wires directly from the motor and control it as a regular dc motor.
A block of plumb for using as counterweight, if you cant get one of these you can replace it with any other heavy thing.
Electronic stuff for the boards are detailed in step 11.
Wood: one piece of 54x16 cm, one piece of 11x11 cm and four pieces of 2x3 cm.
Aluminium: one bar of 8 cm and one bar of 20cm
Age group: only me:18+....LOL. Great Job..I love the added NES gamepad..oldscool :-)
Im have around 3 months trying to make to work this project and it doesnt... =/
Please Upload the circuit diagram.
its will be more cool, if the arm can spin, ,, ^_^


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I've been thinking about this, for months now. It keeps on coming up. I had some TDD training last year, which was brilliant except the bit on Refactoring legacy code. For this example we took a sample of our actual code base and tried to apply our refactoring techniques to it.
Hours later, we still hadn't got 20 lines of code under test, from a single method that was itself in the hundreds of lines of code.
In Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Michael Feathers defines legacy code as "Code without tests". He then goes on to mention numerous techniques which you can use to bring legacy code under test.
But tests aren't enough. Legacy code can be code that was written 8 years ago in .Net 1.0 and is still in use today. Considerable amounts of the functionality probably exist in the framework now, but we have to maintain the legacy ball of muck, because that's are codebase and it's to expensive to re-write it.
This is often the reason why we can't do a re-write. The reason really boils down to, no-one knows why it works the way it does. There's no tests that verify it's behaviour as correct. Even all the original business requirements are long gone and the codebase has seen so many additional bells and whistles bolted on it just doesn't make sense anymore. It's to expensive to extend and evolve.
I think it's important to give the system a reboot every now and again. Otherwise we end up to stuck in our thinking and set in our ways. The original Windows Phone OS was terrible, maybe because they tried to give phone users the comfortable familiar Windows interface. Whereas what everyone wanted was an interface that was designed for; well a phone. We often hear "it must be like that for a reason" don't beleive it. Once many years ago maybe, but sometimes it's better to remove it and break something and people moan. Better than for the code to sit there not-understood, for many years to come.
When we do our re-write it's important to build, in the ability to fallback to the legacy system. If it turns out that the feature is absolutely depended on by a large number of people, then we need to be able to quickly fall back to the old version. Continuous delivery is important for us to be able to add value iteratively. But we also need to be realistic about the value of being able to pull up at the last moment. We need to establish safety nets. A series of tickboxes, proclaiming that we've tested it and know it to work isn't enough. We need a fallback plan. Martin Fowler talks about Blue Green deploy, as part of the mechanism for continuous delivery and I think it can well be used to aid us in a re-write, it can become a safety net as sorts.
Think about it, small companies always out manouveour large ones. They're able to utilise the latest technology, grasping the latest tools and techniques in order to compete with their much larger foe. Large companies are trying to steer their huge legacy code base around with their smaller competitors zipping past them in a dingy.
Most companies are all in for agile software development. TDD, BDD with continious delivery, and struggling to increasing their agility. New apps can certainly be written using .Net 4.0 and JQuery. But our core business, the legacy app must remain on .Net 1.0. It's to expensive to re-write it.
When you think about it, this is a crazy attitude. "Our core business isn't worth the cost of upgrading and testing, just so we can improve our agility and competitiveness"? Surely we can't say that, but all to often we do.
Large legacy codebases, have this habit of being monolothic. Quite often when they were started, what has now been identified as the distinct components of the system weren't known. But now 10 years later we can learn a bit from history.
Pick a subsystem, and re-write it. Set clear boundaries as to what it's going to do. Use BDD and TDD. Get the Scenarios and User stories all done properly. Replace legacy subsystem with your new one. Fitting the new sub-system into your legacy app might be difficult. But once it's there it'll be like a window opening letting all the new clean code rush in. You'll also find the morale of the development team has probably improved. That alone, is worth the cost. Refactor the code. I'm not saying refactoring is bad, it's an absolute must but refactoring code with newly written tests and therefore defined behaviours is much more cost affective, that carefully constructing tests around legacy code. It's the difference between using modern scaffolding to extend a building, and doing an archaelogical dig.
Shining New Light onto a legacy code base
At the end of last year, I visited New York for the first time (fantastic city). One thing I learnt that intrigued me is that the torch is not the original. The originals depicted below. Apparently it was after considerable effort and re-working of the original torch, that they decided that it needed to be replaced by another.
It's as good as the old one, it looks spectacular and still does the liberty justice.
At the beginning of Clean Code by Uncle Bob he talks about the total cost of owning a mess. He talks about how every programmer with more than a few years experience, has experienced being slowed down by legacy. He cites that the development team eventually rebel and tell management that a total redesign is needed. Management begrudginly agree, because they see that productivity is low because it seems to take so long to get anything done.
Next it goes into as he calls it a Tiger team and the maintenance team, and it becomes a battle. Everyone wants to be on the green field project. The tiger team are given the challenge of providing all the features of the old system. Whilst the maintenance team are asked to continually add features to the old system.
This just doesn't seem like the best way does it! Why would you have a maintenance and a tiger team. It'd be better to teams re-write sub-sections of the code as features need to be added to it. Maybe they want some new filter added to the search logic. The team might decide that it's time to replace the search logic, with something more modular, since over the past few years there's be an awful lot grafted on to it. We could even remove filters that aren't used anymore. Now we've got a new search module that has tests for the filters we re-implemented and when adding new filters we can feel safe in the knowledge that all the old filters tests pass. Decrypting the existing search logic, would be a slow painful experience. Therefore it makes sense.
There's also the requirement that the new system have all the features of the old system; Why? Does a new car really need a CD player? Wouldn't the usb/ipod connector be fine. How many people use CD's nowdays? Who uses the caps-lock key on the keyboard couldn't we just remove it? Do PC's need DVD drives anymore?
Often when we talk about re-writes, we mention chaos and often depict it in graphs like this one.
Refactoring here takes less overall time albeit releasing later, but has less chaos. But is it true? Firstly we're assuming chaos is bad. Also what signifies chaos? Does adding new features count as chaos? Is adding features bad therefore? To refactor legacy code to write a new feature, you're going to first have to write tests around the existing legacy code. I'm going to assume the tests don't currently exist. There also seems to be an assumption there's a final release and a stablisation period. I imagine this is more common in desktop software, but I'm really thinking about web development here. There will be bugs that's inevitable. We'll end up fixing the same bugs in the re-write as were fixed in the legacy system. Maybe true some of the time, but hopefully this will be captured by the unit tests. If we indeed know what bugs were previously found in the legacy system. It might be prudent to build these into the test cases of the new system. Assuming you know what bugs were fixed on the legacy system.
Please excuse the crudity of this illustrative graph. As we can see they're more of less the same, only the factorings tail goes much further out. That's because it takes so much time and effort to get to the point where you have test coverage of all the legacy code.
So I conclude that targetted specific re-writing of sub-system by sub-system, shouldn't just be discounted as bad practice. It's an option that should be considered and the pro's and con's weighed up. I can't stress enough, refactoring is important, the whole point of re-writing is really to make it so you can refactor your code going forward. We're making big assumptions that you'll be aiming for clean well designed code. With a full battery of tests to run through for every subsequent change you make.
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Inhibin A, Tumor Marker, Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Inhibins are heterodimeric protein hormones secreted by granulosa cells of the ovary in the female and Sertoli cells of the testis in the male. They selectively suppress the secretion of pituitary follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and also have local paracrine actions in the gonads. The inhibins consist of a dimer of 2 homologous subunits, an alpha subunit and either a beta A or beta B subunit, to form inhibin A and inhibin B, respectively.
In females, inhibin A is primarily produced by the dominant follicle and corpus luteum: whereas inhibin B is predominantly produced by small developing follicles. Serum inhibin A and B levels fluctuate during the menstrual cycle. At menopause, with the depletion of ovarian follicles, serum inhibin A and B decrease to very low or undetectable levels.
Ovarian cancer is classified into 3 types: epithelial, stromal sex cord, and germ cell tumors. Epithelial ovarian tumors account for 90% of cases and are further subdivided into: serous (70%), mucinous (10%-15%), and endometrioid (10%-15%) types. Granulosa cell tumors represent the majority of the stromal sex cord tumors, which account for 2% to 5% of all ovarian tumors.
Elevations of serum inhibin A and/or B are detected in some patients with granulosa cell tumors. Inhibin A elevations have been reported in approximately 70% of granulosa cell tumors. In these patients, inhibin A levels tend to show a 6-fold to 7-fold increase over the reference range value. The frequency of elevated levels varies amongst studies, likely due to the different specificities of the antibodies used in the immunoassays.
Inhibin A also appears to be suitable markers for epithelial tumors of the mucinous type with about 20% of cases having elevated inhibin A levels. In contrast, inhibin is not a very good marker in nonmucinous epithelial tumors. At best, total inhibin is elevated in 15% to 35% of nonmucinous epithelial ovarian cancer cases.
Inhibin seems to be a complementary to cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) as an ovarian cancer marker. CA 125 is not as good of a tumor marker for mucinous and granulosa ovarian cell tumors. Inhibin shows a better performance in those 2 types of ovarian cancer.
The majority of the studies for inhibin A and B as an ovarian cancer marker have been limited to postmenopausal women where the levels for both proteins are normally very low. Inhibin A has limited utility as an ovarian cancer marker in premenopausal women, where circulating levels are higher and fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle and, therefore, are difficult to interpret.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
An aid in the diagnosis of patients with granulosa cell tumors of the ovary when used in combination with inhibin B
Monitoring of patients with granulosa cell tumors and epithelial mucinous-type tumors of the ovary known to secrete inhibin A
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Inhibin A levels are elevated in approximately 70% of patients with granulosa cell tumors and in approximately 20% of patients with epithelial ovarian tumors. A normal inhibin A level does not rule-out a mucinous or granulosa ovarian cell tumor. Testing for inhibin B in these cases might be informative as a higher proportion of mucinous or granulosa ovarian cell tumors will have an elevated inhibin B level. Consider ordering INHAB / Inhibin A and B, Tumor Marker, Serum.
For monitoring of patients with known ovarian cancer, inhibin A levels decrease shortly after surgery. Elevations of inhibin A after treatment are suggestive of residual, recurrent, or progressive disease. In patients with recurrent disease, inhibin A elevation seems to be present earlier than clinical symptoms. Patients in remission show normal levels of inhibin A.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Do not interpret serum inhibin levels as absolute evidence of the presence or the absence of malignant disease. Use results in conjunction with information from the clinical evaluation of the patient and other diagnostic procedures.
Inhibin values fluctuate during the menstrual cycle. Inhibin levels in premenopausal women should be interpreted with caution.
Some patients who have been exposed to animal antigens, either in the environment or as part of treatment or imaging procedures, may have circulating antianimal antibodies present. These antibodies may interfere with the assay reagents to produce unreliable results.
Tumor markers are not specific for malignancy and values may vary by testing methodology. The same method should be used to serially monitor patients.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Males: <2.0 pg/mL
<11 years: <4.7 pg/mL
11-17 years: <97.5 pg/mL
Premenopausal: <97.5 pg/mL
Postmenopausal: <2.1 pg/mL
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Mom CH, Engelen MJ, Willemse PH, et al: Granulosa cell tumors of the ovary: the clinical value of serum inhibin A and B levels in a large single center cohort. Gynecol Oncol 2007 May;105(2):365-372
2. Robertson DM, Pruysers E, Jobling T: Inhibin as a diagnostic marker for ovarian cancer. Cancer Lett 2007; 249:14-17
3. Jamieson S, Fuller PJ: Management of granulosa cell tumour of the ovary. Curr Opin Oncol 2008;20(5):560-564


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You are a welder when you make a smart a$$ comment and when your wife slaps you in the back of the head,the slag breaks off and she discovers you do still have hair!Millermatic 252
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YMBAW if you don't notice that you got bit by ants, until you see the puss filled bite marks that look like fire ant bites the following day...
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. . . if, upon hearing that you are a welder, some non-welder proceeds to explain that most of the skill has gone out of your trade with the advent of the new equipment (wire-feed welders, electronic hoods), that his grandmother could learn to do it, and that he is planning to pick up a new 120V wire-feeder from Harbor Freight and do all his own body-work like Jesse James, build himself a trailer, make a trailer hitch for his pickup, and who needs you anymore?
A weldor if.......
You are a weldor if you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about that last pass you made....and it wasn't at a member of the opposite gender ( I have to use that word because if I say s*x this danged thing edits it to ***!)
You are a weldor if you bring test welds, REALLY great looking cover on tests or cut and bent coupons to your wife as presents....and,for some reason, she doesn't seem to appreciate them at all. WTF???????????????Don J
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I was just at the gym checking out all the welds on the equipment. Nice thread.
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Hah; get her over here to tell us about it!!
Grannies can surprise you. Mine was visiting from Missouri many years ago, and wandered up when I was picking through a stack of boatbuilding wood. She made some remark, so I told her what it was. Her response was, "Is it air-dried or Kiln-dried?" Surprised, I asked, "How do you know about that?" Turns out that as a young gal she had been a secretary for a little lumber camp in Arkansas during WW1.
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ymbawi; you have random coupons everywhere.
i cleaned my room and my car and found a good 45 coupons ranging from 1/8-1 inch thick lol


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The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "medium size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.