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King Kong (1933)
When you think of big event pictures, can you really get any bigger than King Kong? As if the name and the stature of the character werent grandiose enough, the stop-motion spectacular of its visuals have come to epitomize the wonder of cinema. Considering it hit at the heart of the Great Depression and would go one to become one of the highest grossing movies in history is testament to its ability to whisk the viewer away into a world of wonder (and, for a time, New York, which itself certainly has a wonder to it, especially to a depression era public). With epic pictures like Gone with the Wind (also by Kong executive producer David O. Selznick) and The Wizard of Oz to follow shortly after, theres definitely a case to be made for recessions and its impact on the escapism of cinema. But back to Kong its been remade twice, both to big box office and critical success, but yet its the original that still climbs highest today. What is it about it that makes endure above all the others nearly eighty years later? Lets all behold the 8th wonder in the world on Blu-ray and find out.
The Story
Everyone knows how King Kong ends, but not a lot of people are familiar with the overall story. As autobiographical as a fictional film can be, Co-Director Marian C. Cooper virtually places himself in the role of bombastic film director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong). For his next big undertaking, Denham wants to take his crew over to the mysterious Skull Island to give his picture an exotic quality that cant be captured on the studio back lots (and of course, Skull Island would end up entirely filmed on back lots). Hes got his leading man, John Driscoll (Bruce Cabot), and hes going to need a big strong man to lead the crew through all that rough wilderness. He needs a woman, though, against the wishes of his producers. Itll appeal to a broader audience, Denham quips, dreaming big despite the fact that they head out the next day and he hasnt even cast the part yet. At a newspaper stand, though, he spots the divine Ann Darrell (Fay Wray), takes her out for dinner and sure enough shes on the boat the next day to Skull Island.
When they arrive at the island, they learn from the natives, who are all stereotypically portrayed as feral, spear-waving monsters, that on the island lives a great beast known as Kong. So big is this gorilla that theyve erected a giant wall to shield themselves from his wrath and even offer a sacrifice to keep the peace with Kong. Denham, always wanting to go into the throws of danger to get a good shot, decides to go through the gate to hopefully capture some footage of the beast. As his cast and crew quickly find out, though, theres a lot more behind the wall than a giant gorilla. They are all attacked by large monsters, from prehistoric dinosaurs like pterodactyls and brontosauri to sea serpents and cave dwellers. Many of the cast and crew are killed, but angelic Ann is grabbed by Kong and made his captive. While a wrecking machine to anyone that gets in his way, Kong is playful and affectionate to Ann, the beauty to his beast. Determined not to let his leading lady and off-screen love to fall victim to the beast, John sets out to trick the creature and rescue Ann.
John and Ann make it back behind the wall, but Kong wont give up without a fight, using all his strength to ram through the giant gate. He tears his way through the village and its tribesman, but eventually succumbs to the smoke bombs thrown by Denham. With the beast unconscious, Denham gets the grand idea to tie him up and bring him back to civilization to show him as a theater attraction. Back in New York, the first showing of the Denham dubbed 8th Wonder of the World does gangbuster business, but upon seeing Ann again in front of a picture taking paparazzi, he unleashes his inner Sean Penn and breaks himself free from the chains and goes after the press. Kong then smashes his way through New York City, wrecking subways and scaling buildings in search of his love. He finds her, and brings her to a sanctuary atop the Empire State Building, but the American air force has other plans.
Merian C. Cooper had such a holistic understanding of what made cinema so effective. He knew how story could motivate the action, he knew how music could heighten the action, and boy oh boy, did he know how to shoot action. In addition to directing movies, Cooper was head of RKO, and pioneered the Cinemascope and color film processes. More than knowing just how to make a picture, he understood the business side, the technical side and knew the ingredients required to move his audience. You see this mastery, not just of storytelling but of the medium itself, through every frame of King Kong, and its for that reason why the film has endured when so many other films have tried to, um, ape it.
Lets get the first reason why Kong still inspires today out of the way: the effects. Willis OBriens miniatures are filled with detail and move with a fluidity that suggests real life. His dinosaurs, salvaged from the cancelled film Creation, look breathtaking and his Kong is of course iconic. What makes the effects so spellbinding today, though, is that they are not mere examples of a simple, outdated technical process, they are an ingenious meld of many forms of visual trickery that provide something that still cannot be as convincingly created today. They are a combination of stop-motion, plate painting, matte cropping, foregrounding and backgrounding, miniatures and so much more, often all in the same single shot. Theres a bit where a wonderfully animated Kong grabs a large structure in the background and hurtles it out of frame, only to have it fall, in real-time on running actors in the foreground. Theres another where real actors, looking like ants on the screen, throw spears into the face of a comparatively gargantuan stop-motion Kong and the arrow transition is seamless. Cooper and OBrien werent just content with pulling off a simple effect they went to every length to suggest its authenticity. Even during the climax, they had shots of a stop-motion Kong shot through a moving planes perspective, thus animating both the gorilla and the camera itself shot by shot to suggest reality. You know its all fake, but its been orchestrated with such painstaking attention to detail that to this day you still wonder how they were able to pull it all off. With CG you might be able to pull off a similar level of grandeur, but the illusion is gone, its a simple fake. Plus, with how specialized the film (and effects) world has become today, the industry is lacking those grand visionaries like Merian C. Cooper who were able to dream even bigger than the screen. Computer technicians may be able to create comparable effects today, but they certainly dont have a vision comparable to Coopers.
Another thing that Cooper does so well that other action movie directors have not is his attention to story and character. King Kong is not a long movie, but we go almost half the movie before we even see the beast. He spends a lot of time establishing his characters, although to be honest, do we really remember anyone other than Cooper himself and Fay Wray? What makes it interesting is that Cooper tells what he knows, offering a perceptive look into the spectacle of the cinema via his doppelganger director Carl Denham. He shows us what goes into making a grand movie, from casting to locations, and then has the movie form before us. When Kong finally does show up, his grandeur is even grander because hes bigger than even the filmmakers within the film could have imagined. Hes bigger than Hollywood. Because Cooper effectively places himself in the movie, and because he takes the time to develop his Denham character and his leading lady, it seems almost real. Like another of the documentaries he had so memorably shot before.
Spending the first half of the movie without Kong does more than just develop character, though. It effectively builds our anticipation for the beast. The poster promised Kong attacking New York with Fay Wray in grip, and we definitely get that, but not before a full forty minutes of building tension and anticipation. Cooper has a storm on the seas and even the tribal drum thumping of the natives help personify the beast in nature, making the build-up to his unveiling even more intense. Theres hardly any mention of Kong either, which indirectly heightens his buildup even more. He definitely does become the elephant in the room, and by the time we do see him, its as if we already know him and fear him all at once.
Much has been made about Kong being the first real sympathetic special effect. I agree that Kong is a sympathetic character, something more than just a simple effect, but thats not the reason he fascinates me. What makes him such an interesting character is not that we want him to live, but that we believe, indeed, that he is actually living. Its not just his animation that seems genuine, its what the creature does. When he kills a dinosaur, he memorably plays with his limp jaw, opening it and closing it like a chimp playing with a new toy. When he grabs a woman who turns out not to be Ann, he simply drops her to her death without thought and carries onward. Where others have failed is that theyve made the beast too sympathetic. Always compassionate and one that would never harm a fly. That goes against reality, as even a steadfast domestic dog would probably eviscerate a baby kitten if given the chance. Kong is driven by love, and thats why we care about him, but hes still a threatening animal, and thats what makes him to believable. Hes not a MacDonalds Happy Meal this beast has edge.
Merian Cooper was a grandstanding beast himself, and one who certainly deserved the praise. His King Kong is one of the true tentpoles not only of the genre, but of cinema itself. Its a masterpiece of construction on all levels, from story and sound to camera and effects. It was made by a visionary who dreamed even bigger than the screen, and in a way was able to transcend even the biggest screen by making a creation that was in every way larger than life. Without a doubt, Kong is King.
Image Quality
King Kong is approaching eighty, and while the wrinkles are certainly there, the beast still looks good in HD. Remastered for the DVD release a few years ago to tie in with the Peter Jackson remake (remember that?), the film has been cleaned up if not totally restored. Given all the compositing done on all the effects shots (which comprise over a third of the film), its not surprising that instances of dirt still show up in the frame. Its also not a surprise, given the optical process that required composite scenes to be shot again to preserve their integrity, that many images look soft as a result. Another hindrance in the quality of the picture is the occasional fading of the image or the coarseness of the grain in some of the poorer preserved reels. Considering all the grain present in the black and white image, though, the added resolution of Blu-ray definitely makes for a much more natural film image with the added bitrate. Youll never confuse this 1.33:1 film for new, or even close to pristine, but it has been preserved, and with this digital transfer it wont be going anywhere any time soon.
Talkies were just in their infancy when King Kong came barging into theaters, and as a result the spoken word was still something of a novelty. Because of that, and all the elaborate stop-motion effects work throughout the film, most of it still plays very much like a silent movie. Max Steiners (Gone with the Wind, Casablanca) bombastic score thus leads most of this DTS-HD Master Audio mono track, and it sounds about as full as an eighty year old movie could. Dialogue sounds a little thin and scratchy at times, but is always audible and mixed well with the music and effects. With King Kong, its antiquity is part of its charm, so a full surround remix would likely take away from the old authenticity of the picture. Thus, giving the film uncompressed audio in its original form is the best a purist could ask for.
Supplemental Material
This Blu-ray release of King Kong effectively preserves everything from the previous two-disc DVD except for the assortment of Merian C. Cooper trailers, which are all sadly absent save for the re-release trailer for Kong. Thats nothing to cry over, though, given that there are over six hours of tightly produced and informative extras. First is a live commentary with two special effects legends, Ken Ralston and Ray Harryhausen (who got his start animating the ape for Willis OBrien in Mighty Joe Young), and with interview segments by Merian Cooper and Fay Wray spliced in between. The track is very enjoyable, with the two vets marveling at the film that inspired them, and with insightful comments by Cooper and Wray peppered in at moments that complement whats happening on screen. Wray only gets a few sentences in throughout the track, but Cooper has quite a few snippets, although his are recorded in less than optimal audio conditions.
Harryhausen also lends his commentary to original test footage for the cancelled Creation, the film whose sets and miniature designs by Willis OBrien, carried over to King Kong. The footage is presented in 1080p and a lot of it is rather impressive. Most notable is a sequence where a hunter shoots a baby triceratops in the eye, only to entice the wrath of its mother. Even in a test state, much of the footage in this short five minute demo reel is awe inspiring.
Another short sequence is the spider pit sequence that was excised from the movie. Let me clarify that. The original spider pit sequence was cut from the movie by Cooper for stopping the story, with only stills and some artists renderings remaining today. Peter Jackson and his Kong remake crew, though, aimed to recreate the infamous sequence from scratch using the same techniques as would have been used in 1933. The result is a pretty convincing little sequence, although the art and animation isnt quite up to OBrien standards. The scene itself is pretty wild, with several large, almost alien-looking arachnoids terrorizing the crew after Kong throws them all off the log and into the pit below. In the movie it played as if they just died when they hit the floor, and considering the fall, thats probably exactly what happened. In this scene, though, they live for a moment before being attacked by giant crabs, spiders and other multi-legged creatures. It might be a bit too malicious and over the top compared to the rest of the movie, but still a fine piece of whats effectively fan fiction. While the supplement runs six minutes long, only about forty seconds of that is unseen footage. This clip is also featured in full in the seven part documentary highlighted later.
It should also be noted that apart from this lost scene, the Blu-ray of Kong, like the DVD, includes an extra four minutes of the film that were previously cut from the 1938 to 1956 re-releases re-edited back into the film proper. The slow, ominous overture is also included as well to give the full theatrical experience.
That leaves us with two extras, but theyre both about as big as the beast himself. Large in scope, Im King Kong! The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper takes a one hour look into the storied history of Kongs creator. The pieces fascinatingly reveals his tenures in the war and how it influenced his film instincts, his early documentary filmmaking and how his film gimmicks inspired Kong, and later how hed run RKO, pioneer groundbreaking cinema advancements and develop a lasting working relationship with the legendary John Ford. Cooper lived a life that ten men couldnt equal with all his accomplishments and the title of this documentary couldnt be more prophetic.
The last documentary, split into seven large parts, is the gargantuan two hours and forty minutes RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, The Eighth Wonder of the World. The seven parts are: The Origins of King Kong, Willis O'Brien and Creation, Cameras Roll on Kong, The Eighth Wonder, A Milestone in Visual Effects, Passion, Sound and Fury, The Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence and King Kong's Legacy. All deliver pretty much as advertised, with a flurry of interviews with some of the biggest names in the business including Frank Darabont, John Landis, Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Rick Baker, Ray Harryhausen, the Chiodo Brothers(!), Fay Wray and even Harry Knowles, among many others. Its an all-star cast to discuss an all-star film, and quite the fascinating history lesson with all the behind-the-scenes photos, illustrations, footage, letters and script pages shown on screen. Few films have had bigger, more all-encompassing documentaries, but few films have been as deserving as Kong.
Finally, the entire package is housed in a slim little Blu-ray book like many of the other Warner Brothers releases. It features thirty pages of liner notes written by Rudy Behlmer that provide a lot of history, trivia and context for the film and its creators. Overall, a pretty complete package.
Merian C. Cooper had a vision even grander than his most famous beast, and King Kong epitomizes his colossal command of cinema as a medium. The effects are layered and complex, and still more impressive than anything else today, and the way he builds up to the mayhem for the first half of the film demonstrates a masters command at the helm. The film is as engaging and entertaining as ever nearly eighty years later, and this Blu-ray does its best to preserve the landmark. The DTS-HD audio and HD picture accurately preserve the dated, and at times weathered, film, and the six hours of extras really ensure no bit of the films grand history will ever be forgotten. The Empire State Building may not dominate the New York skyline the way it did in the thirties, but all these years later King Kong still remains atop the monster movie pack. Roarrrrrrr!!!!
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Ph.D., With Distinction, Columbia University, History & Education (1968)
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Here are a few links to my activities on the Web.
- You will find my recent book, Enough:A Pedagogic Speculation, raises lots of questions about the direction of education and public life and shows how we can improve them with serious and sustained effort.
- I contribute to Formative Justice, a blog "for the education and culture that all persons merit." I also write periodically at the Dewey Society's Social Issues blog.
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- In 2011, Joe Levine, a good writer working for Teachers College, did a profile about me as "The Accidental Technologist."
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Importation of the Burmese python has led to some rather serious problems in Florida. When people no longer wish to care for or are unable to manage the size of their pythons, they release them into the wild.
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Like I have already said, welders and plasma cutters frequently do not run properly off generator power. Many generators do not produce clean, consistent power. To troubleshoot the machine I really recommend using grid 220.
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How many people have to tell you to diag the machine on grid power before you do? If you want help then you have to listen to suggestions and take them seriously. Otherwise don't bother asking for help.
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but this is just going around in circles... and it sounds like a bunch of people who are giving you good troubleshooting advice are starting to get plenty frustrated...
is there some reason you are unable to test it on grid power??
Some generators do not provide clean enough power to support a welder..
What brand and model generator is it??
are you living off grid and not have grid power available??.
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I truly appreciate the help I've received so far here, and I don't want posts like yours to make people think I don't. I just don't have the capacity to try every suggestion right away. The gentleman from True Arc was generous enough to offer to let me bring the machine over and run it off his 240V mains. So tomorrow I'm going to haul it, plus my gas bottle and PPE to see if I can't get it to stall mid-weld again. If it doesn't, then that excludes pretty much everything except my grid at home. I'm not using a crappy generator, it's a Briggs and Stratton EXL8000, but of course any piece of equipment is capable of not working properly. But I did read a solid 240V coming from it, so who knows what the problem with it is. Is there any way to check the "cleanliness" of its power???
As usual, thank you for the help guys. Don't think that it goes ignored or unappreciated
Looking forward to the results. I imagine you are pretty frustrated, OK REALLY PISSED ! That would make anyone upset. Hopefully we'll all know in the next couple of days. Sometimes alcohol helps.
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Before I sold my 211 and replaced it with a 252, I never ran it on a genny OR on 120 volts so can't help there -
The ONLY way to verify that your genny isn't "dropping the ball" is to test it under load. Even a 1 kw genny will show you no voltage drop, even with a 1000' extension cord on it.
If you have access to a dual channel oscilloscope with capability of line sync, you could have a friend try welding while you look at the 240 volts - when you first pull the trigger, you will see the trace (synced to grid power, NOT genny power, IOW the scope should be powered by grid) the trace should move left to right, indicating it is lower freq. than grid - then, IF the genny can keep up, it should stabilize the trace on the scope so it stays nearly still on screen. If not, then your genny isn't putting out 60 hZ power -
"clean" power should look like a smooth, un-distorted sine wave (google images with that phrase if you're not sure) - if you see anything else, especially "spikes", it's not "clean".
Not sure how much further you wanna take this til I know if you can do any of it... Steve
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You wouldn't be able to tell about "clean" power, for that you need to see the actual waveform or have a REALLY fancy device called a waveform analyzer or similar - but if your multimeter is upscale enough to have a FREQUENCY reading, you could at least tell how much (if any) your genny is being loaded down when you first strike an arc - you'd still need a helper, either to weld while YOU look at the frequency, or vice versa.
I agree with the other posts though, I would first verify it isn't the welder itself - and that would be best done by having the seller VERIFY it's working on grid power, both 120 and 240 volt, with you WATCHING it happen.
Again, remember that measuring voltage at the other end of a NON-loaded extension cord you'll get the same reading using a 100 foot #22 gauge wire as you would with a 100 foot #2 gauge. Only real measurement of drop on a wire is under LOAD, measured AT THE WELDER - for that, you'd need a multi-plug adapter at the end of the cord closest to the welder, and plug your multimeter into the adapter. That way, you will see the voltage the welder is REALLY getting during welding.
Any other way and you're only fooling yourself... Steve
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Oh, in answer to one of your previous questions - since a MIG is almost always a Constant Voltage source, if it's very advanced and it doesn't see enough voltage (too small a cord, etc) it will probably INCREASE its current draw in order to maintain the voltage it wants to see - so it's possible that ANY cause of undervoltage in its supply could cause the unit to draw more CURRENT, thereby popping the breaker... Steve
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What rest steps do you take?
When it shuts off do you have to flip the switch on the back "off and back on" or just on? (I don't even know if this even matters.)
I know on my cart the sheet metal is really close enough to bump the on/off switch so I put in a spacer...could this be causing an on/off flicker of the machine as you move around?
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Each year Saint Martin's professors and staff lead groups of excited and
interested students around the globe for an international learning
experience. Students are able to better appreciate the subject matter by
experiencing it first-hand and professors and staff make the subject matter
more meaningful.
Each program provides the same quality of teaching and care that our on
campus classes do. Here is a summary of our short term programs offered
this year:
Japan cultural exchange tour
Contact: Brenda Burns, study abroad
Dates: Travel May, application due November
Cost: $1,700
Description: This program is a prestigious SMU tradition. Each year,
selected students, faculty, and staff travel to Japan for two weeks and
represent SMU at three sister schools where they stay with host families,
are greeted with ceremonies and Japanese hospitality. No previous knowledge
of Japanese is required.
Theater and
Fiction in England and Ireland
Contact: Professors Stephen Mead and
Julia Chavez
Dates: May
Cost: $4,800, potential fundraising
Description: Join us to take a class in the spring of 2015 on the prose and
drama of this region and then travel to explore the Globe Theatre;
Stratford, birthplace of Shakespeare; Bath, setting of Jane Austen novels;
and historical Dublin, Ireland. We'll take a Dickens' walk in Old London,
see Shakespeare in a recreation of the Bard's original theatre, visit the
Roman baths and fly to the Old Sod (that's Ireland) for a nip of the
peat-fired lamb stew!
Sociology in Scandinavia
Contact: Professors David Price
Aaron Goings
Dates: May
Cost: Approximately $4,000
Description: This program will take place in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. It
begins with a reading seminar designed to ground our understanding of the
rich history and dynamic politics of this region and then the group will
travel to northern Europe with planned stops in several of the region's
major cities, small villages, and rural countryside. This program will
include ferry and train rides from Finland's 100,000 lakes and islands to
the Norwegian mountains and fjords!
Saints in Spain
Contact: Professors Jeff
Birkenstein and Irina
Dates: June. Course currently waitlisted
Cost: Approximately $ 4,000, with the potential for fundraising
Description: This course has at its center a unique backpacking food and
culture venture to Spain. An adventure which will span the country from
north to south, students will be exploring Spain's food, its culture, and
some of its fiction. We will explore the country and its rewards through, in
part, an introductory examination of semiotics, as we cross literature and
sociology, language and visuality, wine and food.
Brazil cultural exchange
program (BCEP)
Contact: Brenda Burns, study abroad
Dates: TBD
Cost: Approximately $2,700
Description: As a Saint Martin's University student representative, students
will stay in Rio and learn about Brazilian life. In Rio, students will take
basic Portuguese and culture classes on food, sports, music, and daily life.
Then these topics will come to life as Brazilian students show SMU
participants around town and what life is like in Rio. The group will also
visit culturally significant areas. This is a not-for-credit program.
Korea cultural exchange
program (KCEP)
Contact: Brenda Burns, study abroad
Dates: May-June
Cost: $1,500
Description: Selected students receive a scholarship for participation in a
cultural and business program offered by Saint Martin's sister university,
Konkuk University, in Chung-Ju, Republic of Korea (South Korea). While
there, you will learn about Korean businesses such as Samsung and visit
traditional cultural landmarks and even visit a special temple! No previous
knowledge of Korean is required!
Teaching Program in Inner Mongolia and Beijing
Contact: Brenda Burns, study abroad
Dates: May-June
Cost: Approximately $3,000
Description: Students wishing to explore teaching abroad should take this
incredible opportunity to experience Chinese life and the sights and culture
of Inner Mongolia. In Baotou, students will gain teaching experience and
earn credits for doing so. This program includes a stay over in Beijing,
where there is the opportunity to visit the Great Wall and other historical
Short term study abroad application
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for you and the students. Beyond developing relationships and taking in
new sights, many other benefits exist including: Networking with faculty
at other foreign universities and discovering collaborative projects and
unique research opportunities. Strengthening your own campus courses as
a result of the new perspective you bring back to Saint Martin's.
Enhancing the overall academic experience for students by providing an
alternative perspective to learning subject matter. Developing student
confidence and character by facilitating personal growth, independence,
and a stronger sense of direction and interconnectedness to the world.
"It is such a privilege to witness students deepen their
understanding of another language and culture outside the classroom.
They learn so much from the each other as well as the experience of
exploring a different country." – Kathleen McKain, PhD., SMU French
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In 1971, Congress declared our wild horses and burros an integral part of our public rangelands and ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to care for them as cultural icons. Over the years, the BLM has rounded up tens of thousands of our wild equines, often with cruel methods, and shipped them to tax-funded holding facilities where they are confined for the rest of their lives.
The BLM is again looking to apply the same failed model of round-ups and removals in revised management plans for wild horses out West. These plans must be altered.
If adopted, these management plans would decimate the wild horse population in the Wyoming Checkerboard, a two-million-acre mix of public and private land where nearly half of Wyoming's wild horses live. This is certainly not the free-roaming vision Congress set out for these majestic animals.
The good news is that you can help! The BLM is accepting public comments through Friday, September 27, on the potentially devastating revisions to Resource Management Plans that will cull wild horses in Wyoming.
Please be a voice for our wild horses before their time runs out. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center right now to quickly contact the BLM. Urge the agency to adopt policies that give horses their fair share of habitat and keep them on the range where they belong.
On behalf of the horses, we thank you!
September is National Chicken Month, so it's especially fitting that this month the ASPCA launched a national campaign to improve the lives of the nearly 9 billion chickens raised and slaughtered every year for meat. The Truth About Chicken is a big initiative for a big problem.
As the graph below shows, since 1920 the average weight of a meat chicken has risen while the time it takes to reach "slaughter weight" has shrunk. This is no accident. In the name of producing as much cheap white breast meat as possible, modern chickens have been bred for unnaturally fast and disproportionate weight gain.
On factory farms, where 99% of them live, chickens are packed into windowless sheds by the tens of thousands where in just over six weeks, they explode from tiny chicks into top-heavy, sumo-sized six-pound birds. That's almost a pound of weight gain a week!
The weight strains the birds' bones and organs, which haven't had enough time to develop, causing all kinds of breakdown: broken bones, torn tendons, difficulty breathing, heart attacks and birds who collapse under their own weight. Overburdened but still youngsters, these chickens lie in their own waste for much of their lives, causing burns and open sores on their chests and feet. These wounds allow in Salmonella, campylobacter and other pathogens that can make consumers sick.
As farmer Will Harris states, "We have successfully bred most of the chicken out of the chicken. A chicken in 1940, raised for 14 weeks to maturity, could fly. A chicken in 2010, raised for 6 weeks to maturity, struggles to walk."
We're fighting for better lives for chickens and we need your help. Tell the industry that you won't stand for this kind of cruelty in the name of profit. Take action at TruthAboutChicken.org today!
Sources: Data sources include USDA Poultry Slaughter Reports, National Chicken Council, Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production (2002) and Handbook of Poultry and Egg Statistics (1937). Graphic created by CountingAnimals.com from blog post on Sept. 10, 2013.
When Shakira H. decided to bring home a feline companion from the ASPCA Adoption Center, she thought it was best to take her time. Having recently lost her beloved Tabby, Brooklyn, whom she adopted from the ASPCA, Shakira wanted to spend some quality time with the adoptable cats to find the perfect fit.
"The ASPCA representatives were helpful and patient," Shakira says. "I went to the Adoption Center for a whole week just visiting and trying to make the right decision for this lifelong commitment. The staff worked with me, listened and understood what I was looking for in a cat."
After plenty of time and thought, Shakira ended up with not one but two kittens. She named them Gusto and Niu Niu.
"Gusto and Niu Niu were the ideal pair," Shakira says. "They were exactly what I wanted: a young, bonded pair. They were adorable, playful and friendly."
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"Gusto, Niu Niu and I are still adjusting," she says. "They are very playful and curious, as any 6-month-old kittens would be. They are also fast learners. Their antics keep me going and put a smile on my face."
Team ASPCA, our national endurance training and fundraising program, is headed to the Magic Kingdom this January for the Walt Disney World® Marathon and Half Marathon!
Want to come join us in sunny Florida this winter? It's not too late to run or walk with us to raise money for homeless, abused and injured animals—and on top of the satisfaction of making a real impact on animals' lives, Team ASPCA participants will receive:
- Guaranteed race entry into the Walt Disney World race of your choice.
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- Plus, to help you reach your goal, a personal online fundraising page and guidance from Team ASPCA Alumni and professional fundraisers!
The entire event weekend (all races!) is 100% sold out, so new participants can join only as members of a charity team like Team ASPCA. We are hosting online information meetings through October 16—visit teamaspca.org to learn more, and get active for a great cause!
Zack was one of about 150 Jack Russell Terriers and Shiba Inus we rescued from a Michigan puppy mill earlier this year. After rescue, he needed surgery on his eyes—but he also needed extensive behavior help.
ASPCA behavior expert Kristen Collins was at the rescue to help remove dogs from the property, and she noticed Zack right away. He shook violently as he crouched in terror, his eyes wide. When Collins approached his enclosure, he bolted for the broken crate that was his only shelter from the elements.
"He looked like the most fearful dog on the property," Collins remembers. She knew Zack's best hope was intensive treatment at our Rehab Center for puppy mill and hoarding survivors.
When Zack arrived at the Rehab Center, his behavior was no different than the first time Collins saw him quake with fear at her approach. He cowered in the back of his space, ears flat and body low. And yet—after a few days, though he remained skeptical about human touch, Zack began to tentatively wag his tail at the sight of familiar people.
Today, Zack has been adopted and is part of a loving family. We wanted to show you the amazing progress Zack made during his time with us—please watch his video below.
We also wanted to thank those of you who have given to the ASPCA. Zack's recovery wouldn't be possible without you. If you haven't given recently, you can do so here to help other animals like Zack. Thank you!


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I have an exhausting system replacing the factory cat with high flow cat... the flanges have sleeves, it slips right over the cutted downpipe where the cat used to attached to... it has a little rust, it is steel / aluminuzed steel ? the sleeve over is stainless.... since it fitted over with a little gap. between old a little rust and new pipe. what is the best process , recommendations ?
I have acess: Mig with carbon steel / flux or gassed. or Tig dynasty 200DX with 309L 308L or carbon wires , or silicon rods ?
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what is the best way to weld this
Since you are dealing with stainless and aluminized (as well as used/contaminated) steel, I'd use one of these: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/WLK-33226/Miller Syncrowave 200
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If you want it pretty, tig it with some 308 rod. If you want it done fast, mig it with some carbon steel and 75/25.Miller 330 BPA - Sold
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Thanks Guys, I would try the band clamp but it is close right at the bend ...
so tig / mig might be the only way to go....... do I have to clean off the rust / scales from the original pipe or would the welding process cleans it up ??
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Try to always clean prior to welding. Too much garbage can stay in the welld and weaken.
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The aluminum here is the killing agent in the steel and/or a corrosion prevention coating. Aluminum killed steels weld just fine, only difference is the aluminum oxide won't melt in the weld and form a tiny slag bead like silicon killed steels. And Al killed steels are finer grain with slightly better corrosion resistance.
Aluminized steel has a mechanically-applied coating of aluminum which acts like the zinc coating in galvanized steel. Only aluminum won't vaporize as easily, zinc will rapidly degrade/vaporize under exhaust heat.
Metal fume issues are not present with aluminized steels don't have the dangers of galvanized/zinc coated products, most weldable primers like Deoxaluminite are aluminum based.
Finally, killed steel refers to the lack of free oxygen in the final mill product. Steel is borne from the basic oxygen process which takes molten cast iron (4%+ carbon dissolved in iron) and bubbles oxygen through it to burn out the carbon. This leaves the iron with less than 1% carbon but it also fizzes like a soft drink since residual oxygen and carbon monoxide are present. Silicon, aluminum and or manganese are added which strongly combine with the oxygen and carbon monoxide, making the steel "quiet" or "killed". If you have ever welded mystery steel which bubbles, pops and causes issues even when perfectly clean, that is probably non-killed steel. It is frustrating, especially with sheet products.