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The Beige Book and Southeastern Economic Conditions
March 18, 2011
Jean Tate: Welcome to Southeastern Economic Perspectives, an occasional podcast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. I'm Jean Tate, and the following comments discuss economic activity in the Southeast. Michael Chriszt, an assistant vice president responsible for the Regional Economic Information Network [or REIN], joins me.
Thanks, Mike.
Mike Chriszt: Thank you, Jean.
Tate: The Beige Book was released earlier in March. What did the Atlanta Fed's contribution say about regional economic conditions?Chriszt: Jean, according to what our business contacts were telling us, conditions continued to improve in January and February, but at a modest pace. Overall, retailers said that the bad weather that we experienced in the Southeast in January did hold back sales a little bit, but they did experience a bounceback in February. The hospitality sector, both in terms of leisure travel and business travel, [was] positive. Unfortunately, residential and commercial construction still remain very weak.
A bright spot remains manufacturing. We've seen increases in new orders, and our contacts are telling us that they plan to increase production in the near term. But we still have that lag in the labor market where we haven't seen significant improvement in job creation or big declines in the unemployment rate from throughout our business contacts in the Southeast.
Tate: Well, I know that we compiled the Beige Book here in Atlanta this time. So can you talk a little bit about how our section compared to other districts'?
Chriszt: Yeah, we had the opportunity to be the district that compiled the national Beige Book. It rotates among the Reserve districts on a regular basis, and this last time it was our turn. So it was a real opportunity to see firsthand how conditions compared in other districts to what we are seeing here. And, for the most part, reports from other districts did agree with our take on economic conditions, in general. They reported that conditions continue to expand. Again, the word "modest" or "moderate" was used by many of the districts in their description of overall economic activity.
Another thing that we found that we had in common was we heard a little bit more talk among our retailers and manufacturing contacts about passing through some price increases. Not on an overwhelming basis, but some more noise with regard to that was picked up, not only in our district but in Atlanta. One caveat that we should add: in our contacts with retailers, they said—and they've been saying this for quite some time—that they had planned or were planning to increase some prices on some products, but they realized if there was significant consumer pushback that they were going to have to take back those price increases. But more importantly, we don't really see any evidence of wage pressures across any of the districts.
Tate: The wage question makes me want to turn to the employment report. The January state employment report was disappointing for the Sixth District. Can you talk a little bit about why and maybe talk about what the expectations are for labor market indicators?
Chriszt: Yeah, the five of our six states in the Southeast all showed job decreases in January. It wasn't totally unexpected given that the national report for January was very disappointing. We've seen increases in unemployment rates in several of our states. Tennessee was the only state that showed an increase in payroll employment in January. But I'm a bit more optimistic with regard to February—and we'll get those numbers out towards the end of March—given the fact that the national report was quite positive. We added 222,000 private-sector jobs nationally in February. So we're expecting a bit of a bounceback when we look at the states in our district.
I think part of it did have something to do with weather conditions. December numbers were quite good with regard to retail sales. We saw some pullback in retail activity in January—again, some of it weather-related. So I think part of the explanation is seasonal factors and the lousy weather that we had here in the Southeast in January.
Looking beyond February, I think given that we're seeing some very positive signs in manufacturing, some increases in leisure activity, we think that we'll see some more modest increases in overall payroll employment for our states going forward from that.
Tate: Another indicator that we have talked about in the past is residential real estate. Can you talk about any signs that things might be improving in this sector?
Chriszt: Jean, we're seeing some increases in existing home sales, but mainly in Florida, and I think there is some price capitulation going on down there that is allowing some of those existing home sales to move. Nothing significant on the new construction side. Had a meeting recently with a couple of large construction companies here in Georgia and they are looking forward to only modest increases compared to what they did last year, and last year wasn't very good. So we're still seeing, I think, "bumping along the bottom" might be the best way to describe residential real estate.
A little bit more activity on the commercial side. Again, that's spotty; it's not widespread. There're different reports from geographic areas throughout the Southeast. So, overall, we're not seeing the kind of widespread improvement in residential or commercial real estate that we would have hoped to have seen by this point in the recovery.
Tate: So given some of the headwinds that might be existing, can you give me a sense of the overall outlook for our region's economy?
Chriszt: We really haven't changed our overall outlook, which is one for continued modest improvement. You mentioned the word "headwinds"—I think that's a great word to use—there is a new one that we really didn't have a couple of months ago, and that is the increase in energy prices that we experienced over the past month or so. How long are those prices going to stay elevated? Are they going to keep increasing? That is a significant uncertainty when we think about the outlook, not only for economic activity in the Southeast but nationally as well. So we have not at this point fundamentally changed our outlook for continued modest improvement and economic activity, either nationally or regionally, but recognizing that the increase in energy prices does pose significant uncertainty and another headwind to accelerating that rate of growth.
Tate: Thanks for your comments Mike.
Again, we've been listening to Atlanta Fed research team member Mike Chriszt provide insight into the southeastern economy.
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I wouldn't diddle withe the magazines, you risk making them worse rather than better, I'd just go try some new mags. Wilson Combat and Tripp Research Cobra mags are the top two in my opinion.
As for the mag, you mean that when you load a full magazine, chamber a round, and them remove a magazine that the top cartridge (this would be the #2 cartridge) is loose, and that the #3 cartridge is now on top? Or are you topping off the magazine to refill it after chambering a cartridge?
If you download the magazine (load one less than full capacity) does it do the same? When the mags are new, and fully loaded, the mag spring is putting a lot of tension on that top cartridge and when the slide is chambering the #1 cartridge, friction from that top cartridge moves the #2 cartridge to some extend, ranging from just a little to all the way out.
I'd probably order some new mags. In the mean time, work the magazine spring by loading and unloading the magazine a couple dozen times. Leaving them loaded really doesn't work the spring but the repeated compressing / relaxing of the spring will.


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Not to hijack your thread, but the chinese made American engine parts are kind of hit and miss, with "Cat" being the bottom of the barrel. Be careful where you drop your money on "good deals". I purchased an "SFI approved" BBC flexplate made by Cat and luckily I inspected it thoroughly before I installed it and found 2 of the welds that attatched the gear to the plate to be cracked but still attatching the 2 pieces together. I contacted the internet seller from whom I purchased the part. The guy I talked to said he would send me a Scat brand replacement instead of another Cat, I asked him what the difference was and he said that their company recieved about half as many returns on the Scat brand compared to the Cat brand. I said no thanks and just asked for a refund, he then tried to give me a set of free chinese roller rockers along with a new flexplate if I "would like to give em a shot". I still said no thanks and got my $45 back. Maybe I'm being a little "glass half empty" but I'd be willing to bet those rockers were yet more crap they had recieved on a return.
Unfortunately, unless you have mega-bucks lying around, if you want to build a stroker you've got about 3 options Cat, Scat, or Eagle. I havent heard too many horror stories about Eagle, and they seem to be pretty common place in stroked motors, along with the 4340 scat's. I don't know of anyone thats used a Cat crank personally, but if the quality in their cranks is anything like the quality in their other parts I can see why. Do a little research on their reliability and quality before buying such an important part. It may sound like a good deal, but I'd hate to see anyone throw the money it takes to build a BBC down the drain because they were trying to save a couple hundred bucks on a crucial engine part.
One problem that you run into when using a short rod on a stroked engine is the rod crank angle. To simplify it as much as possible a longer rod is beneficial in two ways as it relates to the effeciency of an engine. The first being the amount of time the piston spends at TDC. A longer rod is going to spend more time at TDC than a shorter rod allowing for more pressure to be built up in the combustion chamber before the power stroke. The second benefit of a longer rod is the amount of force that gets exerted on the cylinder walls. The longer rod gets to spend more of its energy moving up and down in a cylinder bore instead of pushing the piston against the wall of the cylinder creating more wear and friction, which in the long run equates to an engine not lasting as long do to higher stresses in the rotating assembly and an unevenly worn cylinder bore.
|Do a search, there are several very recent posts about building a 496 and all thats involved! Too many things to relist....
your right i jsut yped them wrong ... you on top of these around here lol thanks
would i have any issue if i go wit this crank and rods any modifing need to be done to the block ??
|check that number again. I think it should be 6.385
|well i just got off the phone with the company who makes it he said they are balanced forthe 6.835 rods
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|thanks alot yeah i can get all info on it he posed it with the info
|Only the bore and stroke determine the cubic inch of an engine! Not saying you shouldn't use the stock length rods in your build-up, but typically, most 4.250 cranks have a lot more couterweight structure added to them to aid in the balancing of the added stroke. The shorter rods will require you to remove most of what was added, and in doing so will require you to add back about $600 dollars worth of Mallory metal to bring the rotating assembly into balance. Generally, these crankshafts have their counterweights cut for specific rod lengths, so if its still new,as you say it is, then you should try to find any paperwork or contact the manufacturer, to get their recommendations on what rod lengths they made the crank for....especially before you buy some aftermarket pieces that might not be able to be returned.
how to make a 496 bbc
i have the 454 andi found a guy that has a 4.250 stroke crank for dirt cheap breand new if i bore the block .60)already.30 over)
if i use the stock rods i have will it make it a 496 or do i need longer rods
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Matryeshka, Jan 23, 2011.
Can any one send me links to this week and last week?
I'm so happy to have expat shield and can watch it, but I've found that if I try to see it at the time it's broadcast in England, it takes forever to load. But, if I go online around 8pm my time, when people in England are sleeping, then I have no trouble and can watch it without any issues. It must be all the traffic on the site at the same time.
If you go to the ITV website, all the available episodes are right there, just click on the one you want.
I was sorry to read that the ratings in the UK were such that it was decided not to do a third series of "Upstairs Downstairs". (The "Dowtown Abbey Effect")
There are many storylines that will be left unfinished.
I'll enjoy watching Series 2 on "Masterpiece" while I can.
Honestly...I can live with that. Honestly I was surprised they did a second, especially as they killed off two interesting characters (
the mother and the monkey
), brought back the Nazi ho (the sister; seriously, just leave her in Berlin and let her get bombed or raped by the Red Army in 1945, who cares? She asked for it!), and apparently Rose being away is because Jean Marsh is ill. And I just know this weekend's I'm going to be comparing whoever's playing Joe Kennedy Sr to Tom Wilkinson and finding him wanting (unless by some miracle they GOT Tom Wilkinson, but I doubt it.)
It's just...not good. I *am* starting to like Lord whats-his-name, but not at the expense of sitting through the rest of these clowns.
It's nowhere near as great as the original UD; but, still better and more interesting than much of what we see on US TV; so I'm sorry that the "story arc" won't be completed,
I just can't get into a series, no matter how well-produced, where all I'm thinking is how horrible 90% of the characters are. When you're rooting for the Luftwaffe in a war-era British show, it's a bad sign.
The scripts/writing are missing something.
The preferred actors may have already been busy with "Dowtown Abbey", too.
I think the writers got caught up too much in the concept--what happened to the Bellamy's old house--then were stuck by the original cast either being unavailable because in-story, they couldn't come back (Lady Bellamy died in-universe, their son killed himself, etc) or actor existence failure (a good chunk), changed production values meant they had to come up with a way of overhauling the old set (the old BBC film outside/video inside and cardboard sets wasn't going to fly) but that meant basically rendering the only recognizable "character" unrecognizable. There's the viewer-logic questions (if this is only a few years later, how is it Rose looks like she's aged 40 years?). Once they figured out a new plot, they seem to introduce characters more to teach a lesson of the week (Jews Are People Too), kill them off rather than do anything interesting with them once the point was made, change personalities to suit the situation (especially second season--uh, NOW their marriage is unhappy? Since when was the sister after the husband?), drop points that could have been carried on...
I think where they probably ran into trouble versus Downton was less getting the cast (all the actors are perfectly competent) than things like inadvertent plot similarities where Downton just came off better--the younger sister/chauffeur plot in particular (likable daughter who wants to do something with her life and somewhat extreme but highly sympathetic Irish revolutionary versus bored, self-absorbed lightskirt who just likes to party and THINK she's intellectual and a blackshirt who is initially sympathetic to Hitler--really, which show is more likely to appeal to viewers?) This series I could actually get to like the Lord of the house, but now he's surrounded by crabby self-absorbed people who fight over contrived issues he's getting roped into a REALLY contrived infidelity plot.
And the thing next week bringing in Ambassador Kennedy and of COURSE his second son Jack seems less like a clever plot point than a Hail Mary at this stage.
I wonder how much input Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh had in the revival.
The premise was wrong.
It wasn't "165 Eaton Place" that was interesting.
It was the people whose home it was - above and below-stairs - that fascinated the audience.
Sometimes I think Claire Foy shot herself in the foot with that role. She was just coming off Little Dorrit, if I remember correctly, and I think she did that thing so many actors do, where they think they have to play a really evil person after they've played a really good person. But the UD character was so over-the-top evil that it went too far in the other direction. For most people, she wasn't a love-to-hate character, more like an I-really-HATE-this-woman-get-her-off-my-screen-this-instant character.
The character of Lady Persie is inspired by two real-life sisters, Unity Mitford and Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley. Unity Mitford, the more direct inspiration, went to live in Germany at about the same time as the Lady Persie character, apparently attempted suicide just after World War II started, and died of complications from the incident in 1948. Diana married her second husband, Sir Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists, at Joseph Goebbels' home. She died in 2003, and she was quite outspoken, writing, editing, publishing, and giving interviews, until right up to her death. Most British viewers of Upstairs Downstairs would, at a minimum, know about Diana and have some recollection of her public statements and would recognize her story, if not Unity's, as a source for the Lady Persie character.
And, no, given the real-life exploits of Unity, Diana, and their four other sisters, the character is not at all over the top.
Vagabond, I was waiting for someone to mention the Mitford sisters.
Further, as incredible as it might seem to us in hindsight, they were by no means alone in their "sympathies"/beliefs.
When compared to the Mitford sisters Lady Persie's character is not over the top - but that doesn't mean anyone has to actually like the character - many people did not like the Mitford sisters or their exploits regarding them as traitors to their country. In that respect the dislike of the Lady Persie character was perfectly acceptable IMHO and did nothing to make anyone want to care about her story!!
The biggest issue Upstairs/Downstairs had was being a re-creation of a much loved original show that just did not come up to snuff. That and being up against Downton was always going to mean it was facing an up-hill battle to win viewers!!
Yep, I know all about the Mitford sisters--doesn't mean I like Persie any better, or like THEM, either (Unity got what she deserved. The only people I have less sympathy for than Nazi sympathizers is Soviet sympathizers.)
However I read some spoilers and while I still won't care a bit about her, I'll get SOME satisfaction.
Yes, I'm familiar with them too. I wonder if they inspired as much as sheer annoyance as Persie does.
I really liked the new Upstairs, Downstairs.
It seemed a little more creative (soapy?) in the plotlines than Downton "He's paralyzed! No he's not! They're poor! No they're not!" Abbey. Actions have consequences and there is no deus ex machina to save the day. Never watched the original UD, though.
Oh yeah, that's the issue I have with Downton Abbey at the moment. Things always work out too well. I know that's what people like, but I think it's a bit beneath the person who gave us the first season, and wrote the amazing Gosford Park.
I've been reading about the episode that just aired. I don't think you're going to have that issue anymore.
I'm sure it'll work itself out by the end of the season.
Um . . . no.
I can't wait to see it then, but I'm skeptical that things won't have a way of working out considering how things worked out for many of the beloved characters. I'm not saying it'll be perfect, but it will be nice somehow.
only in uk.... i trtied a link someone sent me but i am not wanting download a tonne of pieces to watch!
I spoiled myself. OMG.
...Spoiler? Someone? Please?
Oh no.
You should really wait untill you can see it, trust me.
Where do you find the spoilers?
I just watched it.
I knew someone was going to die this season but I didn't expect it to be Sybil!. Sniff.
I guessed, but wasn't sure they'd go there.
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i dont blame you last night i went o starbucks i seen a kid prob 8 or 10 looked just like justin beiber but with a green frohawk and spiked earings wearing tight pants .... WHAT THE TRUCK??? and another kid in a purple flannel with a purple tie and a bennie half way on his head longer hair and steven q erkel glasses and tight pants ..another WHAT THE TRUCK??? all i know is if i even thought about dressing like that my dad would beat my A33... lol what is wrong with kids these days ??!!!!!!!
I dunno.. What is up with the TIGHT jeans FORCED off their azzes?
At least when we used to sag, it was NO MORE than a couple inches, with baggy jeans.. I just dont get this whole style
But I agree: stretched tires, plaid interiors are just as lame as Honda owners who put tow rings on theirs cars (though they've never been on a track) and those stupid little teddy bears on their rear bumpers. My grievance is with the blanket statement of MKIV owners. I know many who are serious builders and aren't new to the game and shouldn't be grouped among those who do stupid, non performance oriented things like stretching tires (which looks soo effin stupid).
I think there should be invite only forums for each motor class. Meaning that if you have a simple maintenance question, you would have a dedicated forum for that. If you have a serious performance question, not a dumb one like "turbo vs supercharger" (which pops up every few months in the 12v forum) then you'd have a forum for that. Although, it seems like the 1.8 forum has more than it's fair share of stupid questions that have been asked a million times.
73 votes to 9...where is the moderator to finalize this
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As has been stated before I think there should be a sections in each part of the forum for invite posting only , I'm sick and Fing tired of hearing about stance kids ( you all know who you are ). And I'm sick of looking for stuff to help my build and I have to wait threw all the crap ( half the post are just pure bulls*** from people who don't search , and them they cry cause they got flamed by stance kids spewing **** they were told a 6 months prior , at the sometime stance kids in general don't know Wtf they are talking about) .
I vote yes for this on so many levels and I'm doing a 1.8t St (small turbo , ko4 ).
Know I believe that the vw community is headed in two very different directions , one people who drive these cars and love them for all there stupid little flaws ( I remember when it wasn't cool to own these cars in fact people thought you were strange when you said "I drive a vw",were was I when the memo came out that stated owning a vw is cool) , these are also the people who build the **** out of there cars . And there is two .... stance people who dump the **** out of there cars to the point were of may not even be safe and the same goes for the stretched tires and the tight jeans ( BTW Wtf happens when these guys get boners ....) I'm so sick of stance kids giving me **** cause I have a "stock" headliner or I'm not low enough or I need to stretch my tires , or add a beer tap for a shifter ( this has no place on a race track )or my interior looks like **** cause its more practical to put my shift box inside my car mounted high up
It's like the mods and rocks in England
I have watched fads come and go but this stance **** seems to be staying ... witch is pissing me the **** off .
I'm sorry if this seems strong or I offended someone this is just a year of stance kids tearing my car apart when I spent two years and 12k (unemployed college student thats a lot ) restoring and modifying my mark 2 GTi
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I find it cinda YAWN!. What we really need is a better FAQ and better BT section in that. We will still have many a stupid BT question in a BT only section. There is just no way around young, newbees sprouting off at the keyboard before they research stuff. Any one that has been here awhile, is more likely to research on thier own, and figure a lot more stuff out on their own first.
So how would a BT forumn prevent that? Elighten me please.............
And don't you think if the FAQ was upgraded, it would help more so....?
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My FAQ / DIY Thread -- Look here for 90% of the questions you have
Welcome to the world of racing! Budgets are ALWAYS exceeded, deadlines are never met, end-goals never reached, and wives always unhappy... it's all worth it though!
It would be also be. nice if once a thread is added to the FAQs, if the photos were re hosted so they don't end up with missing images as guys purge their photobucket accounts


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Learn about recent MFA in Visual Arts Faculty, Student, and Alumni events/exhibitions.
Linda Fitz Gibbon, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateTransformationsFeaturing Linda's "inflatable" ceramic series.Monday, November 19 - Thursday, December 13James Kaneko GalleryNoelle Fiori, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateBlue [group show]Juried by Joseph Thompson, Director, Mass MoCAFriday, November 9 - Thursday, January 10Kathryn Schultz and University Place Galleries. University Place Gallery, 124 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge MA 02138Andrew Yang, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateAnimalier: The Animal in Contemporary Art [group show]An exhibition of art focusing on the animal form, sponsored by the Studio Art Program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Curated by Brandice Guerra, Director of Studio Art at Northwestern.Friday, November 2 - Sunday, December 2John Chang, MFA in Visual Arts '09Facing East: Contemporary Work from Four Chinese Artists in America [curator]Featuring works from Bi-Ying Zhang, Zhu-Qing Jiang, Long-Bin Chen, and Wen-Hao Tien. 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This video is now featured on multiple industry-leading websites, including Vans Shoes, Transworld Skateboarding, and Hellaclips.Nancy Grace Horton, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateNancy is the recipient of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Artists Entrepreneurial Grant, 2012. This grant supports opportunities that will increase the capacity of professional artists, and she will be using it to continue and expand on a mentorship relationship.New Hampshire State Council on the Arts | artist's siteJane Rainwater, MFA in Visual Arts '07Jane recently published a book of her current work, Botanical Tyranny. The hard-bound book is now available for preview and purchase.Jeff Brown, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateBrown recently won one of the two awards at the 2011 In-Out Festival at Laznia CCA in Gdansk, Poland, beating out a pool of 150 other submissions.Anthony Apesos, MFA in Visual Arts FacultyApesos juried the New Hampshire Institute of Art 2011 Biennial, on display at NHIA's Amherst Street Gallery and French Building Gallery through December 5. The show is a regional juried exhibition for New England artists.Bridget Lynch, MFA in Visual Arts '11Lynch has been named the Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College effective July 1, 2011. The gallery presents six professional shows a year. Her focus will be primarily on contemporary women artists and shows that act as a kick-starter for the wider intellectual conversation possible within a university setting.Robert Bern, Jill Brody, Jeff Brown, Mike Cirelli, Shea Justice Sr., Liselott Johnsson, Francesca Milliken, Dana Pasila, Betti Pettinatti-Longinotti, Dwight Smith, Diane Wiencke, Joe Wade Wilcox; all MFA in Visual Arts '12Unfolding the Book [group show]An Art Exhibition informed and inspired by books and works of literature. What could be more thought provoking and inspiring than what is contained in a book, printed on paper or materializing out of pixels? From best sellers and top tens to philosophical tomes and dreamy librettos, to digital downloads that fill our kobos and kindles with that next great read, to those weighty reference books that keep us wise (thank you Reference Librarians); this art exhibit is a celebration of the book.Saturday, August 18 - Sunday, October 28Boston Public LibraryAris Moore, MFA in Visual Arts '12Nil and FancyJack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of portraits by Aris Moore. Most of the portraits are of women, though many include men, children, a couple or a family. With disturbingly disproportionate faces, and pleasantly detailed and delicate clothing, the people of Nil and Fancy straddle the lovely and the grotesque. Inhabiting the space between what is perceived versus what is presented, Moore's people are neither children nor adults; never entirely strong, nor vulnerable; attractive nor repulsive. She gives them an uncanny semblance of personality. In fact, while uncomfortably strange, a figure will seem even more unnervingly familiar. It is difficult not to find a peculiar likeness to someone else, be they known, or imagined. Faced with this ambiguity, the viewer becomes a participating judge of character. A couple's embrace may signify comfort to some, or control to others. A girl's smile can be questioned or taken at face value. Without revealing too much about anyone, Moore pinpoints our own attempt to fill in these gaps, though often we are left with all-too-human contradictions.Friday, September 7 - Saturday, September 29Jack Hanley GalleryJudith Barry, Director of MFA in Visual Arts ProgramdOCUMENTA (13)dOCUMENTA (13) is dedicated to artistic research and forms of imagination that explore commitment, matter, things, embodiment, and active living in connection with, yet not subordinated to, theory. Judith's featured piece is a polyhedron book entitled For when all that was read was…so as not to be unknown. Bruno Latour's remark that "…matter is as it is thought by the mind" provided the genesis for this Guidebook as a modular origami form, designed to be read as it is constructed and whose purpose is to allow all the elements in the "Brain" section of dOCUMENTA (13) to be suspended within a non-hierarchical, endless space; a space with no beginning and no end, a space conceived as being 'inside time,' where perhaps, there is only space. read moreSaturday, June 9 - Sunday, September 16Fridericianum, Kassel, GermanyMFA Mentors Sam Durant, Joan Jonas, and Michael Rakowitz also participated in dOCUMENTA (13).Andrew Yang, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateVideo included in The Worldly House at dOCUMENTA (13)In recognition of the work and ideas of Donna Haraway, member of the dOCUMENTA (13) Honorary Advisory Committee and renowned feminist theorist, dOCUMENTA(13) presents "The Worldly House," an archive compiled by Tue Greenfort, within the exhibition part of Karlsaue Park that will give visitors the opportunity to think through Haraway's writings and teachings in the form of artists' materials, texts, books, and videos. As homage to Haraway, the space functions like a concentrated archive of the thoughts that inform the exhibition, and presents multispecies co- evolution as a key position of dOCUMENTA (13).Linda S. Fitz Gibbon , MFA in Visual Arts CandidateFlatlanders on the Slant: 50 Artists Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Slant Step [group show]2012 Visions in ClayThursday, August 16 - Thursday, September 13LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta CollegeRJ Calabrese, Richard Cutrona, and Jason Wallengren; MFA in Visual Arts '09Yudh Abhyas: Training for War [group show]'Yudh Abhyas' is an Indo- ‐American joint war exercise that has been conducted periodically from the year 2004, either in the forests of Mizoram, in the foothills of the Himalayas in India or at the Fort Richardson base in Alaska, Hawaii in the United States. From basic infantry skills to platoon battle drills, ambushes and counterinsurgency jungle warfare, soldiers from both the nations teach each other in these rigorous US/Indian Army trainings. In the 2006 Yudh Abhyas the American soldiers stayed at the temporarily vacated two- ‐story barracks of the 11th Sikh Regiment in New Delhi during their Himalayan training, dining on the Punjabi specialties the Sikh cooks had prepared. In the 2007 Alaskan training, Indian soldiers and US soldiers played soccer, basketball, and volleyball at an altitude of 6,500 feet, while the soldiers from the Gorkha regiment conducted yoga sessions for their American counterparts. Any form of 'Abhyas' comes with practice, patience, tolerance and understanding. I remember as a student, when I was burdened with the cultural and spiritual predicaments of two different worlds, the advice my American professor Julia Scher gave was unfussy. 'Fuck the dilemma' she said and the heavy load rolled off forever. Military exercise and art is achieved through mutual practice. However, when a celluloid symbol like 'The Dark Knight' could ignite a man to go on a shooting rampage in a cinema hall or cause a former soldier with social dilemmas to shower the praying Sikhs with gunshots, artists too hold the responsibility to unravel the quandary of the social order. Practicing art in a large metropolis or in suburbia is only a joint exercise and artists are collective- ‐ beings in this ever- ‐widening Global art commune. How could the art we practice disentangle the Gordian knot that was left for us to untie?Tuesday, August 21 - Wednesday, September 5A. Jain Marunouchi GalleryShawn Saumell, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateAlternative Realities [juried group show]Tuesday, August 7 - Saturday, September 1Photoplace GalleryErin Shafkind, MFA in Visual Arts '10Lo-Fi Arts Festival, Farm Time 2012 [group show]Saturday, August 25, 12:00pm - Sunday, August 26, 12:00pmThe 6th quasi-annual Lo-Fi Arts Festival, Farm Time 2012, brings together over seventy-five exhibiting artists and hundreds of guests for a 24-hour journey into performance, installation, music, food, community, and the mutability of time. From life-size bird nests to larger-than-life fairy tale sculptures, and from aerial dance to underground rituals, expect the breathtaking and the bizarre.Lo-Fi Arts FestivalMichelle Saffran, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateUnbound, Vol. II: Art Using Books as a Material or Format [juried group show]Friday, July 27 - Saturday, August 25ArtisTree GalleryIan Torney, MFA in Visual Arts '08Surface to AirMonday, July 23 - Friday, August 17Jill C. Wilson Gallery of the Kimball Jenkins EstateNancy McTague-Stock, MFA in Visual Arts '09Black + White [group show]Friday, June 1 - Wednesday, August 15Heather Gaudio Fine ArtDenise Driscoll, MFA in Visual Arts '07Off the Wall [group show]Sunday, June 3 - Sunday, August 5, 2012Exhibition juried by Cody Hartley, Director of Gifts at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Denise's piece, Brane 1, a large-scale mixed media drawing, was selected from over 1400 works by 500 artists.Danforth Museum of ArtShawn Saumell, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateThe Art of Instagram [group exhibition]Thursday, July 12 - Saturday, August 4, 2012Los Angeles Center for Digital ArtMary Zompetti, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateOpen House [group exhibition]Part of the Winnoski Pop-Up Gallery DistrictFriday, June 22 - Saturday, August 4, 2012Curator Talk, Artist Reception, and Catalog Release - Thursday, July 19, 6:00pmCurated by Amy Rahn, Open House is an art exhibition that explores "home" as a concept detached from the familiar architecture of the house. Artists Angelo Arnold, Kate Brandt, and Mary Zompetti each approach the meaning of "home" from richly varied perspectives. Arnold's "familiarture" upholstered sculptures, Brandt's insightful, darkly humorous video works, and Zompetti's ephemeral, meditative photographic works re-interpret the space and essence of "house" and "home", grounding the viewer in a contemplative space. Here, viewers are invited to see "home" as a concept open to interpretation, and a space open to exploration.Zompetti received a grant to do an Artist Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, the largest international artists/writer's residency in the United States, during the first week of May 2012.More on the Studio CenterMary's home art installation, House/Home Project, was also recently reviewed in Seven Days, Vermont's Independent Voice.Rita Maas, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateReality TVFriday, May 25 - Friday, August 3, 2012Reality TV investigates the blizzard of imagery and data we are exposed to daily, our compulsion to consume it, and the effects it may have on us. Maas states, "In approaching this series I focused on the imagery broadcast into our homes via the television. Instead of recording the faces and graphics on the screen, I recorded the ambient light emitted from the tube as it fell on the white walls of the room, reducing the imagery to pure color and muting its message. The assembled images of saturated color vibrate against each other, creating their own visual sensation."University of the Arts Gallery 1401Percy Fortini-Wright, MFA in Visual Arts '08Recent Works: Sound and Form 2Thursday, July 12 - Friday, August 3, 2012Ugly GalleryJill Christian, MFA in Visual Arts '12Rise/Set: Paintings by Jill ChristianFriday, July 6 - Thursday, July 26, 2012Inspired by nuanced light and color in the moments surrounding dawn and dusk, the paintings in this exhibition present fields of brushstrokes that completely fill the canvas with subtly shifting colors. Working within the structure of repetition and reduction, these process-driven, meditative paintings create rhythmic patterns that invite quiet contemplation of their surfaces.The Harwood Art CenterBetti Pettinati-Longinotti, MFA in Visual Arts Candidate2012 American Glass Guild Annual Juried ExhibitionFriday, July 20 - Sunday, July 22, 2012Pettinati-Longinotti will be exhibiting "Mi Frida," one of only 12 exhibited juried works, as well as presenting at the American Glass Guild Conference held the same weekend.Omni William Penn HotelRita Koehler, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateThe Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2012 [group show]One of Rita's pieces from her series The Rite of Ordinary is being featured. In addition, Rita will be speaking on the artist panel on Saturday, May 19th during the opening weekend of the exhibit.Saturday, May 19 - Saturday, July 21, 2012Grunwald Gallery of ArtStacey Piwinski, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateSeductive Surfaces [juried group show of fine art fiber]Tuesday, June 5 - Saturday, July 21, 2012Gallery SevenShawn Saumell, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateViridian Artists' 23rd International Juried Exhibition [group show]Tuesday, July 3 - Saturday, July 21, 2012Juried by Chrissie Iles, curator of the Whitney Museum of American ArtViridian ArtistsStacey Cushner, MFA in Visual Arts '10Borrowing Forward: The New VanitasSaturday, June 9 - Monday, July 9, 2012Marran Gallery at Lesley UniversityJill Christian, MFA in Visual Arts '12Intervals: Paintings by Jill ChristianFriday, June 1 - Friday, July 6, 2012An Artscrawl First Friday eventInpost Artspace at the Outpost Performance SpaceLinda S. Fitz Gibbon, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateSlice: A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art [juried group show]One of Linda's pieces was awarded second prize by Diana Daniels, Associate Curator of the Crocker Art Museum.Friday, June 8 - Thursday, July 5, 2012Pence GalleryNoelle Fiori, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateCambridge Art Association's 11th National Prize ShowThursday, May 31 - Thursday, July 5, 2012Kathryn-Schultz GalleryPhil Scorza, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateOne of the works from Phil's keep looking up series was accepted into the 2012 Briar Cliff Review. The image will be published in the book and included in an exhibition.Saturday, May 5 - Sunday, July 1, 2012Sioux City Art CenterMFA in Visual Arts Graduate ExhibitionMonday, June 25 - Saturday, June 30, 2012Split between the Main Gallery and the Gallery at University Hall, this exhibition will feature the work of eighteen MFA students of the sixteenth graduating class.Artists showing at 700 Beacon: Jill Brody, Jeff Brown, JooYoung Choi, Michael Cirelli, Steve Gentile, Liselott Johnsson, Francesca Milliken, Peter Murphey, Dana Pasila, and (lower level) Rebecca Colon Dickerson.Artists showing at University Hall: Robert Bern, James Cox, Shea Justice, Aris Moore, Betti Pettinati-Longinotti, Diane Wiencke, and Joseph Wilcox.Ebenezer Singh, MFA in Visual Arts '09Eloi...Eloi...Thursday, May 31 - Saturday, June 23, 2012A series of work done by the artist in his New York studio. From press release: "These sublime mental paradigms on canvas are Ebenezer's socio-mythical insights, delivered on his self and the immediate social order that exists with or without his partaking. Ebenezer divulges his peripheral existence and his self-worth amidst the populace by making himself the central character of the painting. His physical, mental, and political positioning as the male protagonist not only brings out the sagacity of the artist but also redraws the political diagram of the observer who views the drama and apes the artist."A. Jain Marunouchi GalleryTim Powers, MFA in Visual Arts '12Intimacy, Form, and SpaceFriday, June 1 - Monday, June 11, 2012Whitdel ArtsYa La'ford, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateArtFutura: Art in Motion [juried group show]Thursday, May 31 - Thursday, June 7, 2012Northwestern University Lurie CenterJeri Eisenberg, MFA in Visual Arts '05Luminous LandscapesWednesday, May 2 - Sunday, June 3, 2012Wallspace GalleryJeffrey Ellse, Lynda Schlosberg, MFA in Visual Arts '09; Carol Mordecai Myers, Denise Driscoll, MFA in Visual Arts '07Many Pieces Loosely JoinedFriday, June 1 - Sunday, June 3, 2012Working together as Swarm Intelligence, AIB MFA alumni will collaborate on a large-scale drawing, Many Pieces Loosely Joined, for Alumni Weekend at Lesley University. Swarm Intelligence is a collaborative group that expands and contracts from project to project, always seeking new ways to work together. The group will also host a Panel Discussion focused on their process of collaboration and the influence these collaborations have on their individual practices.Marran Gallery, Lesley UniversityJenna Powell, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateSounding Patterns [one day contemporary art installation]Saturday, June 2, 2012White-Ellery HouseJill Brody, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateAll the Believers: The Hutterites of Liberty County, MontanaThrough Thursday, May 31, 2012Artist Talk: Saturday, April 14, 2:00pmGrove Hall LibraryDeborah Davidson, MFA in Visual Arts FacultyStanding SeeFriday, May 4 - Friday, May 25, 2012Standing See is an elegant and evocative presentation of the artist's interior life. Echoing the subtle yet heroic work of the Minimalist sculptor, Anne Truitt, these hybrid painted sculptures reach that unique space where Davidson notes that, "Underlying all of this work is the attempt to resolve the conversation between wanting to reveal all and at the same time the desire to obliterate."NKG BostonNancy Grace Horton, MFA in Visual Arts CandidatePRC in NYC: Exhibition of Ten PRC Members' Work at the New York Photo FestivalWednesday, May 16 - Sunday, May 20, 2012The PRC is thrilled to announce the ten winners of the call for entries for the PRC in NYC juried competition and exhibition. Jurors Glenn Ruga, Neal Rantoul, and Chehalis Hegner met to discuss submissions and selected Nancy Grace Horton, along with nine other artists, to exhibit their work in a satellite exhibit at the New York Photo Festival.111 Front Street, Gallery 210, BrooklynLeigh Yardley, MFA in Visual Arts CandidateMade in NY 2012 [juried group show]Thursday, March 31 - Sunday, May 20, 2012Schweinfurth Memorial Art CenterErin Shafkind, MFA in Visual Arts '10Don't You (Forgot About Me)Saturday, March 10 - Saturday, May 5, 2012The digital age has changed our relationship to the book; going to bookstores, examining covers, even turning pages has become obsolete. This new work is Shafkin's attempt to exemplify the form. To praise its worthiness, to acknowledge an object that is shifting in meaning and use from cave wall hieroglyphics to animal skin scrolls to paper to the cloud.The Firm, GeorgetownClare Asch, MFA in Visual Arts '05GeomorphsWednesday, April 4 - Sunday, April 29, 2012Galatea Fine Art
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Therapy through Play: 5 Activity Tips Using Cardboard Blocks
January 30, 2013 at 12:23 pm melissaanddoug 3 comments
A wonderful way to encourage kids to build key developmental skills is with toys! Guest blogger and mom of quadruplets (yes, you read that right!) Rebecca from A Beautiful Ruckus recently shared some wonderful therapy activities using our Cardboard Building Blocks. Here's an overview of the activity tips she shared.
1) Exploring
One secret to keeping toys fresh and entertaining is to rotate them in and out of play! Rebecca shares that, when the blocks are brought out for the kids to play with during physical therapy, she first allows some "exploration" time to help start the session on a positive note.
2) Stacking
In their physical therapy sessions, Rebecca's children are practicing stacking skills. Using blocks can help build these skills as kids can practice balancing items on top of each other (and have a little fun knocking them down!)
3) Stepping
A wonderful way to help kids practice going up and down stairs (without any danger) is by using blocks! Blocks that are sturdy enough to stand on will help kids practice balance and focus simultaneously before they take the "leap" on a set of "real" stairs. Tip: Rebecca fills our larger red blocks with rice to weight them down, making sturdier, stackable stairs. She also has the kids "reach up, and step up" to help them practice doing two things at once.
4) Obstacles
The process of walking around obstacles, or clearing them with feet, can be a tricky one to master. Using blocks, Rebecca sets up obstacles of different heights and widths for her children to master!
5) Planking
Planking exercises can help kids who may struggle with their core strength. Using blocks, lift your child up and have them "step on" and "step off" the blocks using their hands. Having something bright and interesting to look at, like colorful blocks, can help make this activity a bit more interesting, too.
For a full recap of the block exercises used by Rebecca and her physical therapist, read her full post here.
What toys do you use to help your child build key developmental skills? We would love to hear your original ideas and suggestions, so share with us in the comments below or join the conversation on Facebook!
Entry filed under: articles for parents & grandparents, Baby (0-12 months), Blocks & Construction Play, By Age, Family Time, Parenting & Family, Play Ideas, Skill Building, Toddler (1-2 years), Toys. Tags: blocks, cardboard blocks, cardboard building blocks, colorful cardboard blocks, developmental activities, developmental skills, Melissa & Doug, Melissa and Doug, physical therapy for kids, sturdy blocks, therapeutic activities for kids.
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And so it begins...
I found this on eBay a couple of weeks ago, and decided I liked it better than alot of the other torso mannequins out there. Notice that this one doesn't lean to one side.
Not only will this provide a decent display, but later in the summer, I plan to use it as a base for Fett armor sculpting (the main reason I didn't want a 'posing' mannequin).
Justin, clear out your garage. This project...begins.


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tarakeet wrote:Is it more immature to make a shirt with a cross on it, or not to be familiar with great works of literature? Or to decide that anything with a cross on it is offensive? Not to understand what the word "allegory" means?
Jesus wasn't the only person ever crucified and a cross isn't strictly a Christian symbol, so unless you understood the story of Moby boghog, this shirt could be completely unreligious.
Besides the fact that it has sacrilicious and jesus written up there so OBVIOUSLY its referencing religion. You can argue if its highly offensive or not (it is) but your specific argument is hugely flawed due to the facts i stated above.
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I really like the subtle open book beneath the cat, nice touch.
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what book is this from?
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This is good for anybody who likes The Prodigy!
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Me Gusta.
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Definitely like the night version better!
Awesome! +1
This is fantastic!!!!
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Good idea that I think you executed well. Can't wait for your second entry! I can't take the suspense!
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it's like ascii art!
Hopefully it's pretty clear, but the top part is Alice in Wonderland, and the bottom is Through the Looking Glass. I have always loved those old illustrations from the books.
Definitely good stuff!
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This is pretty incredible.
pharmacide wrote:what book is this from?
I think the title of the shirt contains a clue.
Hope you win! I want one
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Very cool! I like the little stick figure the best... my sketchbook might have stranger things coming out of it though!
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The book definitely seems haunted by whats inside of him... I can relate!
Oh HELLZ yeah! GMV
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not this one
taternuggets wrote:I think the title of the shirt contains a clue.
You're right! Never heard of the book before. Good inspiration taken from the title!
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I totally adore this shirt! Not every feline is born to be an lol cat
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You captured C.S. Lewis' bow tie prefectly.
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Oooh, cute idea! I feel like this could expand into a really good children's book!
pharmacide wrote:You're right! Never heard of the book before. Good inspiration taken from the title!
It's a fantastic book. Highly recommend.
Hey guys, this is my first submission to Woot! I really had some fun making this design, and I want to make more in the future. I'd appreciate some feedback and suggestions for things to keep in mind for next week. Thanks!
nnyinside wrote:Hey guys, this is my first submission to Woot! I really had some fun making this design, and I want to make more in the future. I'd appreciate some feedback and suggestions for things to keep in mind for next week. Thanks!
I like it a lot! The golf club is funny. Is that the Elin Woods grape?
The only thing I would say is maybe keep the graphic a little more narrow away from edge of the shirt. Maybe woot fixes that but it might concern me if I were actually buying.
Re: I kill with my heart.
Inspired by The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Awesome series if you never read them. The dual pistols of the gunslinger. I took artistic licensing with placing and enamel rose in the hilt of the pistols. The line is a mantra of sorts for the gunslinger and his kin. The full mantra is:
I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.
groverthehyper wrote:I totally adore this shirt! Not every feline is born to be an lol cat
Re: Read Me resub
I still smile every time I see the thumbnail.
Re: The Grapes of Wrath
Really funny! Looks a little bit like the ax is embedded in the back of the grape, though.
Re: Epic Battle
It is precious to me...
I love the Arthur Conan Doyle quote...he has to be my favorite
mimrm wrote:Twain what?
Two Two Twain.
Re: Search Function
This. On my chest! Now!!!
Love this
loubriccant wrote:Love it, but would much prefer it on a navy shirt. WHEN it prints, maybe woot! will do us a solid and print it both ways?
Totally - I really want this on navy. Not for any kids, though. For me! :D
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Thanks you three! I appreciate the support.
I want this so hard.
To be? Or, not to be?
Is that twain questions Mark?
Mark, what was one when two were twain?
Or when three was thrice, one more than twice?
To have been, but to be no more
Ia better than not to be . . .
Leave it to Clemens to steal the show,
But we all know, it was really said by Poe.
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195.167. Certification of reduction in taxes; January 2010 severe winter storms; Calaveras, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Francisco, and Siskiyou Counties. (a) By October 30, 2010, the auditors of the Counties of Calaveras, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Francisco, and Siskiyou, which were the subject of the Governor's proclamations of a state of emergency for the severe winter storms that commenced in January 2010 that caused damage by the severe rainstorms, heavy snows, floods, or mudslides, shall certify to the Director of Finance an estimate of the total amount of the reduction in property tax revenues on both the regular secured roll and the supplemental roll for the 2009–10 fiscal year resulting from the reassessment by the county assessor pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170 of those properties that are eligible properties as a result of those disasters, except that the amount certified shall not include any estimated property tax revenue reductions to school districts, other than basic state aid school districts, and county offices of education.
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azzzy wrote:I too live in Chicago (Buffalo Grove). I have one of these. Sorry to be a buzzkill but it's a piece of crap. We bought this back in 2010 just in time for the storm in January of 2011 when we had 2 feet of snow. It was very frustrating. The main problem is that it's not self propelled and you have to push it while simultaneously squeezing the bar that turns on the auger. After the couple of hours that it took me to clear my driveway my hands were all cramped up and my forearms were sore for the next few days. The electric cord constantly gets in the way. And of course it's very weak. Works OK on under 6" of powdery snow but anything over that or wet snow... forget it. Especially wet snow - what a nightmare. This thing doesn't throw wet snow, it drools it. The only advantage this electric blower has it's that it's light and small enough to be put in the laundry room sink for the snow to melt. In every other aspect it's horrible. Finally after 2 very frustrating winters this year we bought a 2-stage gas blower. Of course we didn't have snow for the first 2 months of winter but the last couple of weeks the 2-stage blower got a workout, including wet snow. What a difference. The conclusion - it's a great idea but the implementation is subpar. It's probably better than a shovel but nowhere near as good as a self-propelled gas blower.
I had a Toro 2-stage gas powered in NH for 18 yrs. Never broke a pin, always bulled its way thru deepest snow. Had it serviced each year, and that was it.
jmackinac wrote:Hope I didn't waste your time, but wanted to fast-forward you to a perspective that you might share in a few years of dragging extension cords around in the snow.
200 feet of cord! I wouldn't want to do that either. I only need 75', so for such a short driveway this sounds ideal. I agree that I wouldn't want electric in my (bigger) back yard on any machines.
I have a previous version of the Toro electric snowblower.. it's pretty weak. If you get more then a few inches of snow it gets bogged down, especially if it is wet snow. I'm looking for a good deal on a 2 stage gas blower to deal with the winter here in MN. Until then this stays in the garage and I shovel by hand.
GURABoy wrote:I've seen a lot of snow blowers over the years, but always gas-powered. Anyone have any experience with electric? Decent price, but I have to say I'm skeptical, like I am of electric chainsaws...
Well, it's been interesting to read all the opinions, as well as suggestions on how to best use this. I'm in NH where we just dealt with Nemo [why are they naming snowstorms now??]. I used to like shoveling, but my back, along with the rest of me, is getting old, and it's not fun any more. I need to clear a narrow pathway to the house and enough of the driveway to accommodate one car, and I have an outdoor outlet within 50-75 feet of where I'll be working. I'm taking a chance and in for one.
jmbunkin wrote:Very tempted to order one of these. I have a 26" 10 HP gas snow blower to do the big stuff but I have a 12' x 16' deck which is 7' above the ground that I have to shovel.This should be perfect for that job.What to do,what to do,I'm thinking this will sell out today so I need to make up my mind soon.
I'd look into power shovels for that kind of job.
eg http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Joe-322P-12-Inch-Electric/dp/B000FAL3RO/
Wow, this thing would not cut it up in the snowy tundra of Fargo, ND where I live!! This would be best for 2-4 inches at best, with no drifting.
Here's what I have to use to clear our driveway and sidewalks:
buffaloed wrote:I'd look into power shovels for that kind of job.
eg http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Joe-322P-12-Inch-Electric/dp/B000FAL3RO/
Snow Joe Electric Snow Blower for $100 + pickup at Walmart
Walmart offers the Snow Joe Ultra 13.5-Amp Electric Snow Blower, model no. SJ620, for $99.98. Opt for free Site-to-Store pickup to dodge the $29.97 shipping fee. That's tied with our mention from last week as the lowest total price we could find by $10. Sales tax is added where applicable. The blower features pivoting wheels, steel rotor, chute deflector, instant start, scraper, and more
Snow melts if you wait long enough.
I bought one of these at Sears last Fall (on sale, but still quite a bit more than this deal) and I have used it a couple times so far (Dayton Ohio).
Does the job, and all the other electric advantages apply... no gas fumes in garage, lightweight, don't worry about getting an aging gas motor to start (in Winter, no less), and so on.
Thanks for the info but I did buy the Toro,hope it does what I want it to.
orubin wrote:Wow, not many selling in California, Arizona, or Hawaii. Can I use this to blow sand too?
I live in Southern California, and I love my Power Shovel. (I'd be in for one if I didn't have the other). I'm about fifteen miles west of Palm Springs, but at around 5200 feet. More snow is forecast for next week. Remember, in SoCal you can go surfing in the morning and skiing in the afternoon.
jonni87 wrote:
As a side note I have electric chainsaw and I actually like it. But I only use it for small jobs, plus it is lighter and easier for me to use as a woman.
I tried using one as a woman. I don't want to tell you the results.
Was that the last one?
Fountain3586 wrote:It was a very cold, very snowy and very very windy day. University classes were cancelled (which almost never happens) and I was on a rampage. Early that afternoon I had visited a computer lab at the school and shortly after walking outside into the snow, I dropped my cell phone. I didn't realize it until I got to the car. Then a part of me remembered hearing something weird when I had first got outside. I figured it must have been my phone, so I went back. There was 8-12 inches of snow on the ground in some spots and two students were using snow blowers to clean the sidewalks. I searched and searched and then all of a sudden I hear a "what the heck" come from one of those students. The snow blower made a funny noise and my cell phone went flying through the air at exponential speeds. Slamming back into a snow bank, my phone laid there wet, cold, and barely scratched. How did this happen? Why is there not more damage I wondered? Of course I wanted to be able to call my parents and tell them before my phone died that I would not be going home that weekend because the weather was too bad. I couldn't see the number I was dialing and the phone had no picture at all, but it dialed and my mother answered. She said, "Hell"... (and what I figured was supposed to be HELLO) and the phone was dead. I figured, "Hell", what a great description of what my phone just went through...
The end. I have many many more cellular phone stories... many of which are with that same phone.
Um... I think my snow would throw this blower a curve!!!
Aw, bought this from Amazon for $150, thought it'd be handy during Nemo, but turns out we lost power on the Friday and had to shovel everything manually. I need a generator now so I can use my electric snow blower when we lose power.
Hi, I try to get the tension off the plug. You can so this by knotting the connection. I tried to find an easy link, but I suck at that, apparently. If you do a google search for "extension cord knot" it'll pop up as an image. It will ensure that your plug does not disconnect at the machine and it'll stay dry. It won't help from getting unplugged at the outlet, but that's another issue.
In addition to the "it's too small" posts - I'll add that we just picked this up (been on the look out for this size for a while) to match with our 5 horsepower 2 stage self propelled gas thrower. We did fine with the big one and shovels, but this size is great for the 2"-4" snowfalls.
hushpuppy20 wrote:I'm 32 but I have asthma so this little thrower helps out a lot!
I had the problem with the cord coming unplugged on me, getting wet in the snow, and then I'd be afraid to plug it back in. It might not be the safest thing to do but I've started duct taping the cord to the connector.
With these types of throwers the cord is the most annoying part. Just keep it to your left or right, make sure it unwinds right and get a good color like red that will be visible above the snow.
With a little practice you'll be fine. Don't try it out for the first time with all your neighbors out shoveling and watching/judging you if possible!
Whoa! Nice price -- but a week late for those of us in Nemo land. I have a small driveway & replaced an 8 year old version of this a month ago. It takes work to get through any more than 10" of snow (you take half a mawfull rather than trying to chew the whole thing at once) -- but it ate through a 16X16 driveway w/20" or so of heavy, wet snow. Slowly, patiently. Works fine for your average 5-10" snowfall, as long as you're not trying to clean the Champs-Elysees. Beats shoveling.
Since I live in a small house with lots of exterior outlets I've slowly migrated to electric mowers/trimmers etc. and haven't regretted it a bit.
The one exception is an electric start gas powered 21" single stage Toro snowblower - these things are beasts and are used everywhere - family in Minneapolis area depends on theirs and you see them clearing walks in ski resorts everywhere. I've cleared 4' drifts with mine, even if it takes a bit of time.
The electric from Woot shares parts with Toro's smallest gas single-stage unit and their line is good in general. Used with the proper gauge cord and some proper technique (you have to tip the unit forward so it pulls itself into the snow), it might be OK as several reviews have shown, but you're on the lower edge of the power curve.
This is bugging me.
What in the name of Big Office Cubicles does this mean?
I have tried woot, moffi, tech, home, sellout, sport, kids, shirt, wine, deals, AHHHHHHH
After watching this You Tube video... I changed my mind about ordering one.
jpsyche wrote:I'm in Northern Illinois, not much farther south than you, and we get lake effect snow on top of the normal snowfall. Now, this year has been pretty light, but we got 22 inches during snowmaggedon, and I (middle-aged woman) had no problem keeping up. It snowed for twenty eight hours, and went out there twice. No problems pushing it at all; the stuff at the foot of the driveway was harder than the rest, but my neighbors struggled with their gas powered models as well, and one whose gas machine never turned over ended up asking to borrow mine when I finished so he could get his car out of his driveway.
Agreed. Funny how the naysayers get owned. It's obvious they've had no experience using this electric but talk a big game trying to discredit them. ROTFLMAO
jpsyche wrote:Not true, not true and not true.
Oh so true. Chicago. 'Nuff said. This thing would be eaten alive by a typical Chicago winter. I went single stage with my first one and it was much higher quality than this one--it choked. Went two-stage and never looked back.
And if you think there's anything resembling torque on an electric motor like this, compared to gas, then we can just stop right there.
Editing my post here...didn't have anything nice to say about the person who clearly hadn't used a snowblower before...
iguana71 wrote:Agreed. Funny how the naysayers get owned. It's obvious they've had no experience using this electric but talk a big game trying to discredit them. ROTFLMAO
Just stating facts. You're getting what you pay for here.
I had the previous version of this, model #38025. It is small and not too powerful, it could handle a 2-car driveway and sidewalks with under a a foot of snow if you're patient enough to endure multiple passes and the loose directional chute which was a huge problem with this model. I might have considered this model, but our garage flooded during Sandy and the Toro was no more-o.. I replaced it with this Greenworks unit http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030BG1L8/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 which was very highly rated on Amazon and on snowblowersdirect.com, and after one use during Nemo, it seems much better suited than the Toro to handle a decent sized storm..and the Greenworks is 2 inches wider than the Toro and has a 4-year warranty (sorry Woot!)
SalsaShark42 wrote:Just stating facts. You're getting what you pay for here.
And YOU get to pay EVERY year (not to mention lugging it back and forth to the tune up guy)...
Once again ROTFLMAO!! Just stating facts.
Funny thing is you have no interest or experience with this item but keep coming back to post discrediting remarks. Hmmmm.
Darn. I came back at the end here to buy one but the danger of gravel is probably pretty significant... since I have a gravel driveway. Oh well, still got a shovel.
I have this model and I live in Walworth NY.
For those of you who don't know geography, it is a suburb of Rochester, one of the snowiest cities in the US.
Works fine. But yes if you get a blizzard, you better be out there using it when it gets to be about four inches or so. Not good idea to wait until 24 inches or so and then use it. It will take you a long time to finish the job.
But I've had to clear out the driveway after 18 inches ( I was out of town on vacation). Works fine - just takes longer than the gas powered one.
Key is to get the thick blue extension cord from this:
Works fine. Plus is very low maintenance and Im able to hang the blower up on the wall for summer.
cupofworms wrote:Good luck to anyone who buys this unit.
First off this is a snow thrower, not a snow blower. There is a difference.
I hope you only use it for light, fluffy snow on a sidewalk or back deck. Maybe a light snow on a normal size driveway. And that packed in snow that the plows push to the end of your driveway? You'll burn the motor out trying.
Also, have fun dragging a cord around. I hope it doesn't fall out every 30 seconds for you.
And this entire machine is plastic, its almost a toy.
If you want a REAL snow-blower you should be prepared to spend at least $400-500 on the low end. For $130 you get what you pay for. Cross your fingers.
Obviously worms, you have never owned a Toro 1800 "Snow Blower" lol, bahahahahaha!! Just bought my 2nd 1800 from Home Depot 2 days ago, and my 3rd from this awesome bargain from woot! It's a great machine, don't underestimate it! I have no problem with the electric cord! BTW, I bought the last one here on woot, sold them out ;)
I've had one for a while; note the part in the specs where it says ideal for 2-6" of snow. More ideal on the 2" end. And more ideal with fluffy snow, not heavy wet snow. As you expect it just doesn't have the muscle for serious work; consider it more of an electric snowshovel, maybe; like Toro markets it's smaller brothers as basically electric brooms. I eventually bit the bullet and bought a gas version.
On the other hand, it does have a few advantages; paradoxically, it's lack of robustness makes it better for mammoth blizzards like the recent one, because you can hoist it up and shave the top off and work down slowly, whereas a serious blower is fated to be on the bottom of that 5 foot drift, and won't fare too well. Of course, the other advantages are obvious; no gas engine maintenance issues, no gasoline to be procured, if it stalls no problems starting it again, in the offseason you can just hang it from a hook on the garage wall. I'd recommend it for light snowfalls, for limited areas like a deck or porch that you wouldn't/couldn't do with a monster machine, and for folks who aren't sufficiently strong enough themselves to wield a big monster.
(I've also got an electric chainsaw, and it's quite good at its job up to maybe 4" diameter.)
jmbunkin wrote:LOL I bet your weenie "uncapable" neighbors think the world of you! You're the badest shoveler in MN and you have the best snow blower money can buy the Ariens Beast! Kind of like John Henry but snow blower vs the shovel and you beat them everytime.Boy oh boy what a yarn... Baaahaaaa !
This lazy "uncapable" guy is in for one for I'm no match for The Magic Shovel
good luck with your mickey mouse snow thrower!
L2 wrote:good luck with your mickey mouse snow thrower!
Thanks, I think the Toro will be very helpful in clearing my deck. I look forward to maybe seeing you in the next winter Olympics shoveling competition,stay in shape we're counting on ya.
bought one for my mom's house[NJ] a few years ago. i was tired of shoveling and sore backs. it works really well once you figure out a pattern for your property and how this handles dry snow and wet snow[each has a different approach]. just got this one because i plan on buying a house this summer. what a steal. thing works great. this video convinced me when i was first contemplating one. they work just as good, if not better than the video...
How about that Woot boys and girls,I received mine today!!That is a new record for delivery I didn't even know UPS was working today.Great work Woot.com
Received mine today in New England! The fastest Woot ship I've ever encountered! Although I only received one of the two ordered. I'm hoping they were shipped separately. Otherwise, that means one was stolen from the driveway! Tracking info is not helpful, no comment as to how many packages were delivered.
jetedel94 wrote:Received mine today in New England! The fastest Woot ship I've ever encountered! Although I only received one of the two ordered. I'm hoping they were shipped separately. Otherwise, that means one was stolen from the driveway! Tracking info is not helpful, no comment as to how many packages were delivered.
Sorry to hear that you might be possibly missing your second order. If you're concerned about receiving it, please feel free to email into Woot Member Services at email@example.com and they can help you track it.
I ordered it Friday, it arrived on my doorstep on Wednesday, and it snowed like the bejesus on Thursday. Thanks for the prompt deliverey!!! Worked like a charm getting 12-15" of snow out of my drive.
I got mine yesterday just before Winter Storm Q hit. I was honestly surprised how well this thing worked. The deepest I had to deal with was about 10 inches, but this handled it just fine. Sure, it was a little harder to push through 10 inches than through 4 inches, but I still had no problems.
I had seen some comments (can't remember if here or if on amazon) about problems with the extension cord coming unplugged from the blower. These people obviously didn't read the owner's manual. There's a hook on the handle that you jam your extension cord into specifically so that it doesn't come unplugged. I accidentally stepped on the extension cord a few times and it never came unplugged.
One year to the day the motor won't spin anymore. I've used the unit less than a dozen times. I contacted Toro because there's supposed to be a two year warranty on it. I filled out the form on-line and I got an email back within a 1/2 hour stating: Thank you for contacting Toro Customer Care. We are working on providing you with an answer to your email. Due to high seasonal volumes, it may take up to two business days for us to respond.
yatzr wrote:I got mine yesterday just before Winter Storm Q hit. I was honestly surprised how well this thing worked. The deepest I had to deal with was about 10 inches, but this handled it just fine. Sure, it was a little harder to push through 10 inches than through 4 inches, but I still had no problems.
I had seen some comments (can't remember if here or if on amazon) about problems with the extension cord coming unplugged from the blower. These people obviously didn't read the owner's manual. There's a hook on the handle that you jam your extension cord into specifically so that it doesn't come unplugged. I accidentally stepped on the extension cord a few times and it never came unplugged.
I usually tie a knot in the cord to keep it from unplugging. Works great.
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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
I have to say that the first time I went to a zine fest (Portland, OR) I was a little freaked out.
There were a 100(+) tables with zine spreads all over and the authors were right there staring at me.
I felt awkward standing in front of someone and reading their zine because if it was not my style and I walked away, I felt like I was personally rejecting them. It was like a bad reality show where I had to dump 50 contestants in the first hour.
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Then when I became a tabler, I felt that pseudo-rejection. It was not personal, but where else are you that close with a critic?
Being a hawker from my days selling at the farmers market, I tried to talk up my zine and be chatty, but this did not work. Many ziners are a shy lot or they simply wanted to have some space to check out my stuff. If they had a question, they would ask.
So I found that I kind of ignored the fest going public by default and talked with my table neighbors.
To solve for my lack of talking to customers, I printed up a large sample page of my zine and displayed it on a mini easel. That way people could walk by and see what my zine was about from a distance.
"Oh, he does a four panel a day diary comic. Cool." or "I am not into diary comics." (Thats fine)
But then I started thinking.
If I felt awkward sitting at my table and they felt awkward looking at my zine with me there, then why don't I just leave my table and give them some space?
That is what I did at my last fest. I walked the fest and look back at my table from time to time.
Or better yet, I figured why not let people take my zine and have them find a corner to read it and then come back and either pay for it or give it back?
Which is what I plan to do for my next fest.
This may seem strange, but its what every bookstore on the planet does. You get to look through a book and decide if you want to buy it. And the author is not there to make you feel awkward.
But what if they take off with my zine? (dine and dash)
If they liked it that much to steal it, I say they can have it. I'd be flattered.
But I figure most will buy it or read it for free and return it. Either way I got someone to read my zine, which is really all I wanted in the first place.
Or another idea is a Best of the Fest Zine Table.
I picture this as a huge display of representative zines from tablers placed in the front of the fest . People can look through the zines and then visit the tablers. These sample zines will have the ziners name and table number on them, so they can found the tabler on a map of the fest.
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Very cool idea. I love it. I hate that awkward dynamic.
I don't know about just walking away, there's this little thing called 'theft' that people think of - don't expect people to KNOW you want them to take a zine and come back and pay for it later if they want it. Nobody is psychic. And an empty table does you no good to promote your stuff.
You do NOT have to make eye contact with everyone, you can sit there and sketch or write, or do whatever. The table is not a judgement on you, it's your wares and you're laying them out for others to peruse if they want. If you don't feel comfortable about eye contact, then don't make it, keep yourself busy with creating something or reading, or whatever.
Trying to leave it up to the average person walking the room isn't the best way to go. You have to have some sort of format/guide for them. Worst case scenario - bring someone along who LIKES to talk with the public and can engage them while you go off and do something else. But certainly don't leave the table unmanned.
i think meeting or even just seeing the creator of a zine can make the zine more personal and more human, ive found.
but i can also see where youre coming from, i dont always like conversation.
Well, I do know that it's 'awkward' for some people more than others. I haven't done farmers markets, but I did start out as a huckster at a science fiction convention (I had help at the table with the selling most of the time), then at SCA events, small craft shows, then a Ren Faire. It gets easier as you go. I used to be super shy too but being behind the table helped a lot with getting me more outgoing.
People perusing wares on a table aren't looking for a lot of social interaction, they're looking at the WARES. Some do like to converse but the vast majority just want to look and satisfy their curiosity. The only thing you're obligated to say is hi and thank you. Anything other than that depends on the expectations of the customer, and they'll be the ones to initiate the talking 99% of the time.
What REALLY is of interest to a lot of customers is seeing the seller doing something zine related. If you have any assembly to work on at the table, folding, DRAWING (that gets the interest a lot). It also gives you a safe way to 'hide' in plain sight without having to do any interacting with strangers if that's a problem for a person at an event like that.


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