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October 21, 1997
Week focuses on women in business
By ROSIE FLORES
The ribbons are in honor of National Business Women's Week and Breast Cancer Awareness Week.
"The green ribbon is for the National Business Women's Week, while the pink one symbolizes breast cancer awareness," said Debbie Thomas, president of the Pecos Business and Professional Women's Club.
Thomas explained that the group decided to combine both this year and make the public aware of the importance of both.
The Pecos Business and Professional Women's Club is proud to honor Women In Business and all the working women in our communities, according to Thomas.
This year the club co-sponsored the Reeves County Hispanic Pioneer Family Reception for the first time.
"We have for several years co-sponsored the pioneer family celebration that is held during the July 4th weekend," said Thomas.
Partners in these events, with the woman's club, are the Friends of the Museum and the West of the Pecos Museum.
"These are great opportunities for families and communities to remember their rich history and renew family ties," said Thomas.
Pecos BPW is well known for their association with the West of the Pecos Rodeo, who begins selling sponsorships to the rodeo program in January.
"This is a big job that takes every member's participation, but with the end result being college scholarships, we rise to the occasion," said Thomas.
"In July, the heat is on for us to sell the programs during the rodeo performances. With a tradition of over 50 years, we smile, we sweat and we sell, and we invite others to join us," said Thomas.
The club is also building a reputation for the meet the candidates forum that the group sponsors, according to Thomas.
"An ideal way to open the future to our young is to make their parents aware of the political goings-on in our neighborhoods," said Thomas. "By sponsoring these events, we believe that we have made it easier for people to question candidates and compare, "she said.
Thomas stated that hopefully more people will use their voting privileges because they understand that they can make a difference.
Meet-the-Candidates for Reeves County will be in February or March and Meet-the-Candidates for the Town of Pecos City/Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD/Reeves County Hospital Board will be in early April.
"We do try to work interesting programs in during the year, concerning pay equity, health issues, workplace conditions and finances," said Thomas.
"We invite any and all to join us at any time, we meet the second and fourth Tuesdays, at 7 p.m., at the Quality Inn on Highway 285 and I-20," said Thomas.
Saturday classes given at Pecos Learning Center
By CARA ALLIGOOD
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - Child development classes are being taught at the Pecos Learning Center every other Saturday, and while most of the students are Learning Center employees, the classes are open to anyone. The classes are extension courses from Odessa College, worth three college credit hours each.
Local resident Mary Barfield, who holds an associates degree in child development, teaches the classes. People who work in child care are required to take such courses for child development certification, Barfield said, but working in the field is not required to be able to take the classes.
"More important than the certification is the wonderful skills that the students learn," Barfield said.
She stated that the courses would be excellent for teachers aides in the public schools, parents, scout leaders, Sunday school teachers, and anyone who works with children on a professional or volunteer basis.
The class Barfield is teaching this semester is "Creative Activities for Children." She will be teaching another course next semester, but had not decided which course it will be as of press time.
Youth to spread message with candy
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - Candy caddies are on the way with bags of goodies, thanks to the Youth Advisory Commission who decided at a meeting last night to distribute bags of candy at the upcoming Pecos Eagles home game, when the Eagles take on San Angelo.
The meeting opened with Vice Chairman Sarah Matta leading the pledge and Graciela Garcia the invocation. Since neither Councilman Gerald Tellez or City Secretary Geneva Martinez were present, the youth could not review the by-laws; and, as Chairman Jonathan Fuentes pointed out, considering the year has not closed, the Treasury Report could not accurately be reviewed. Both items were tabled, by a motion of the commission, until a later date.
Calender events was the one remaining item on the agenda. Several ideas circulated among the students, much of which related to an upcoming Pecos Elementary dance. Several students wanted to help out with the dance's haunted house, others expressed a desire to set up a vending booth to raise funds, and one student suggested that a video game could be imported to the school for the night.
In a motion led by Graciela Garcia, the commission decided to distribute candy at the football game. Included in each bag would be a note stating the commission's purpose, which (according to the by-laws) is to "serve as a liaison between City Council and the youth...and to encourage the positive growth and development of youth."
Fuentes said that he would like the commission to "try to get as active as possible this year...and try to have two events each month." He said that, as well planning on the candy handouts, he would look into the possibility of having a booth at the elementary school dance. "If we need to, we will hold an emergency meeting."
Fire department brings home awards
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - Pecos' Fire Department came home with an armful of awards from a series of fire hose races last Saturday in Grand Falls. According to Fire Chief Doug Cox, as many as 15 other departments competed in the race.
The Pecos men's group placed first in the 6-man pumper and 6-man scramble races. They also placed in the 3-man hose race, but Cox was uncertain as to what position they came in at.
The Pecos women's group also did well at the event, placing 2nd in the 6-women pumper race.
Railroad builds to crisis for CEO
By JOE RUFF
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) October 21, 1997 - Union Pacific Railroad's crisis with its congested rail lines can be measured in part by the hours its chief executive has devoted to clearing up the problem.
"In the last several months, almost every day and a lot of the night of my life," said UP Corp. chairman Dick Davidson. Based in Dallas, Davidson has spent four or five days a week in Omaha, as opposed to one or two days a week if things had gone smoothly.
A "War Room" at the railroad's main dispatching center in Omaha has five or six extra people managing the service recovery plan 24 hours a day.
Under pressure from shippers and federal regulators to unclog its congested system, the railroad told the Surface Transportation Board on Monday that the recovery plan filed with the board Oct. 1 has made progress.
The board is overseeing Union Pacific's year-old merger with Southern Pacific. The filing came just two days before railroad officials meet with investment companies in New York and one week before a national hearing on UP's problems.
About 19 percent of the system's 40,000 excess cars had been cleared as of Friday, the railroad said. The average number of excess cars in the key states of Texas and Louisiana had dropped about 20 percent, Union Pacific Corp. chairman Dick Davidson said.
Those numbers will fluctuate, but the railroad should be back on track within the 90 days projected when the recovery plan was filed, Davidson said. "We're well within the target now," he said.
The board has requested weekly reports from Union Pacific, and a public hearing on Union Pacific's service problems is scheduled for Monday.
Harvest will be challenging, with the third-largest corn harvest in history, a record soybean crop and a large wheat harvest in Kansas, Davidson said. Grain elevators are being told Union Pacific will do its best to get cars to them, Davidson said.
On Friday, Union Pacific said beginning Nov. 1 it will suspend six of 50 trains that run each day between Chicago and Texas. The move will affect consumer goods such as furniture and general merchandise, not raw freight such as grain and coal. Shippers affected can use other railroads or trucks, Davidson said.
Third quarter earnings will be below projections, Davidson said, but investors will be told Wednesday that Union Pacific is making progress.
"We're going to go through some of the good things that are happening as a result of this service recovery, so we can demonstrate that it is working and that we're going to be back to normal in the not-too-distant future," Davidson.
The Surface Transportation Board's meeting next week in Washington will be a chance for Union Pacific to outline what happened to cause the congestion and what the railroad is doing to clear the lines, Davidson said. The railroad has cited a surge in chemical and plastics business and difficulties implementing the merger as some of the reasons for the logjams in Texas that rippled across its system.
"Many people think that this problem occurred because of rushing the merger," Davidson said. "In this case, if we had been able to implement the merger more quickly, we could well have avoided any of these problems," he said. Lines would have been merged more quickly with Southern Pacific and sharing of work crews might have occurred more quickly, he said.
Davidson said if Southern Pacific had experienced the same congestion problems as a stand-alone railroad, it might not have survived financially.
"They might not have had the firepower to recover from it," Davidson said. "That's one of the clear cut advantages of this merger, we do have the strength and we do have the resources and we are going to pull out of it."
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Officials warned that sentencing may be unfair
WASHINGTON (AP) October 21, 1997 - In an extraordinary warning, four Supreme Court justices have told Texas officials their rules in death penalty sentencing may be unfair to some convicted killers.
"Although juries are required to assess a capital defendant's `future dangerousness' before sentencing him to death," said Justice John Paul Stevens, "he is prohibited from presenting truthful information to the jury about when he would be eligible for parole if sentenced to life."
Three other justices joined Stevens' opinion. But the four did not vote to hear an appeal by Texas death row inmate Arthur Brown Jr., convicted of four drug-related murders in Houston five years ago.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had upheld Brown's death sentence and the Supreme Court on Monday declined to disturb that ruling.
The four justices who expressed misgivings with Texas' death penalty procedures served notice that they're carefully watching how the state lets juries choose between death or life in prison for convicted murderers.
Texas has become the nation's far-and-away leader in executions with 31 this year of the nationwide total of 59. Since the Supreme Court ended a four-year legal moratorium on capital punishment in 1976, 417 have been executed, including 138 in Texas.
Stevens, whose opinion was joined by Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, noted that Brown would have had to spend 35 years in prison before being eligible for parole if sentenced to life.
Brown sought to have the jury learn of that fact but was prevented from doing so by Texas law.
Stevens cited a 1994 Supreme Court ruling that said convicted murderers can tell sentencing juries when there's no chance they could be paroled if sentenced to life in prison. He said there is "obvious tension"between that ruling and the Texas rule.
"The Texas rule unquestionably tips the scales in favor of a death sentence that a fully informed jury might not impose,"said Stevens.
Nonetheless, the four justices did not disagree with their five colleagues who silently left Brown's sentence intact - even though only four votes are needed to grant review to such appeals.
Stevens said their purpose was to drive home the point that the court doesn't always grant review even when it thinks a lower court was wrong.
"The likelihood that the issue will be resolved correctly may increase if this court allows other tribunals to serve as laboratories in which the issue receives further study before it is addressed by this court,"Stevens wrote.
Meanwhile, the Catholic bishops of Texas are urging a public outcry to abolish the death penalty.
"As religious leaders, we are deeply concerned that the state of Texas is usurping the sovereign dominion of God over human life by employing capital punishment for heinous crimes,"the bishops said. "We implore all citizens to call on our elected officials to reject the violence of the death penalty and replace it with non-lethal means of punishment."
The Supreme Court case is Brown vs. Texas, 96-9187.
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Towns not happy about 'abandoned' trains
ABILENE, Texas (AP) October 21, 1997 - Twice in the past two weeks, Union Pacific Railroad crew members have run "out of hours" on their trips and parked freight trains, refusing to go any farther, officials in two West Texas towns say.
Saturday, Clyde police chief Ron Young said, a train blocked three intersections from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., after a crew stopped working to wait for a relief crew, then left the 1.3-mile train unattended.
The week before, another Union Pacific train was left unattended and idling on a Sweetwater side track for several hours. The train was parked near a motel area, and paramedics were called to treat one woman for respiratory difficulties related to inhaling diesel exhaust fumes.
The woman was treated at the scene while police attempted for several hours to contact Union Pacific officials on Oct. 12.
In Clyde, Young said, "They just showed up here in the middle of town and left it." The crew on board said they had "run out of hours" and that the train "would not move an inch" until a relief crew could be brought from Dallas.
Young said the old crew left in a van for Big Spring about noon, and that the new crew did not arrive until 2:30 p.m.
Callahan County dispatcher supervisor Linda Dennis said a similar incident occurred earlier this month when a stopped train blocked a private driveway west of Hayes Road and prevented a resident from leaving her property for four hours.
Young said he asked the crew to "break" the train - to disconnect certain cars and push them apart to leave roadway intersections open. The police chief said the crew's dispatcher told them not to move the train "one inch."
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Rates keep dropping below double digits
By RICK SMITH
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - For the second month in a row the Pecos unemployment rate has dropped below double digit figures.
The Pecos unemployment rate for September last year sat at 11.5 percent and decreased to 8.6 percent for the month this year.
Contributing to the decrease in the unemployment rate for Pecos was a drop in the civilian work force from 5,899 in September 1996 to 5,120 in September for the current year. The number of employed people in Pecos dropped from 5222 for the month last yea r to 4680 in September 1997. Unemployed persons decreased from 677 for the month in 1996 to 440 in September this year.
Other Permian Basin city unemployment rates are (Sept. 1996) - Sept. 1997): Andrews, 5.3 percent - 5.8 percent; Big Spring, 4.3 percent - 4.1 percent; Crane, 3.8 percent - 3.5 percent; Fort Stockton, 6.7 percent - 6.6 percent; Kermit, 7.4 percent - 8.1 p ercent; Lamesa, 7.7 percent - 6.0 percent; Midland, 4.3 percent - 3.8 percent; Odessa, 6.3 percent - 5.6 percent; Rankin, 4.5 percent - 4.4 percent; Seminole, 2.6 percent - 2.7 percent; Stanton, 3.6 percent - 5.8 percent; West Odessa, 6.5 percent - 5.6 p ercent; and Wink, 3.9 percent - 4.3 percent.
The Bryan-College Station area has the lowest unemployment rate in the state for the month at two percent. Close behind are Austin-San Marcos at 3.1 percent; San Angelo at 3.4 percent; and Fort Worth-Arlington at 3.5 percent.
McAllen-Endinburg-Mission has the highest unemployment rate in the state at 17.1 percent. Brownsville-Harlingen follows with 11.6 percent and El Paso at 11.1 percent.
Reeves County had an unemployment rate of 7.5 percent for September 1997. Other Permian Basin county unemployment rates for the month were: Ward, 7 percent; Ector, 5.7 percent; and Pecos, 5.8 percent. The average unemployment rate in September 1997 for t he Permian Basin was 4.9 percent.
The unemployment rate for the Odessa-Midland MSA declined by .3 percent for the month, from 5.1 percent to 4.8 percent. The Odessa-Midland area has the fourteenth lowest unemployment rate in the state. The total civilian labor force dropped by 1,029 dur ing the month for a total loss of 312 for the year. The drop in the unemployment rate for the month for Odessa-Midland has been largely attributed to the residual seasonal factors of the summer ending and the education sector starting up again.
The total non-farm employment level for the Odessa-Midland area increased for the month by about 800 or 0.8 percent.
The service producing sector grew by about 300 or 0.4 percent. Government was the main growth component of the service producing sector.
Goods producing grew by 500 or 2 percent. Of the goods producing sector, mining and construction had the biggest decline (200) and manufacturing followed with a decline of 100.
Total nonfarm employment level from a year ago for the Odessa-Midland area rose by more than 1,000 or one percent. Goods producing increased by 800 and out grew service producing (200) for the year.
Revival planned for October 26-29
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - Fall leaves and cold breezes aren't the only things in the air these days, according to the Rev. Paul Garcia of Primera Iglesia Bautista in Pecos. An old-fashioned tent revival scheduled for Oct. 26-29 is being planned by Primer a members, and "revival is already in the air, " says Garcia.
Bi-lingual services are set for 7 p.m. each day, with the Rev. Ruben Hernandez of San Antonio as the guest evangelist. "Lord, Send A Revival" will be the theme for the revival.
All services will be held in a large tent which holds as many as 500 persons, with the exception of Children's Church which will be held inside the church fellowship hall. The tent will be set up next to the church building, located at the corner of Eighth and Sycamore Streets.
Children's Church will be for ages six to nine. Kevin Kimmel, youth minister of First Baptist, Pecos, will be bringing Bible stories and other special programs. Susie Arenivas is the coordinator for Children's Church and will serve refreshments each night.
Rudy Casteneda, music minister of Second Baptist Church in San Angelo, will be leading the music, as well as singing solo. Casteneda serves as second vice president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas. Primera members and other churches from Pecos will also participate in bringing special music each night.
Although sponsored by Primera, several local and area churches have joined in the effort to bring "revival" to Pecos...to people of all walks of life, regardless of race or denomination. Those helping with prayer, manpower, and finances include Pecos churches: First Baptist, West Park, North Temple, House of Prayer, Barstow Baptist and several Midland churches.
Ruben Hernandez, 45, is an evangelist who is president of Ruben Hernandez Evangelism, International in San Antonio. He has preached revivals, crusades and camps in Texas, California, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Virginia, New Mexico, Arizona, Missouri, the Philippines, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Panama.
Hernandez has been conference leader for the World Conference for Itinerant Evangelist sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He has served as associate evangelist and director of operations for the Rudy Hernandez (his father) Evangelistic Association of Grand Prairie.
He also was preacher and organizer for State Youth Conferences with the Division of Evangelism and the Mexican Baptist Convention of Texas. He has preached and sung on radio and television programs in several different countries, including being the producer/director of the Spanish television program, "Solution" for 12 years.
Hernandez began his ministry at the age of 15. He was licensed to preach at the age of 18 and ordained to the ministry at the age of 23 by the First Mexican Baptist Church of Corpus Christi.
Born in Galveston, he attended Dallas and Corpus Christi public schools, graduating form W.B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi and Howard Payne University in Brownwood. He is also a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
His many accomplishments include pastoring churches in Robert Lee, Dallas, Fort Worth, Crystal City, Carrizo Springs and San Antonio. He is married to Aurora Hernandez and they have two sons, Robert and Abraham.
"We invite and urge the whole city of Pecos to come and receive a blessing, while hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ preached through word and song at this 'God-Sent' revival, " said Pastor Garcia.
The revival is free, as well as a nursery which will be provided inside the church building.
Board of Directors meet tonight at 6:30
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - The Board of Directors of Reeves County Hospital District will meet tonight in the hospital classroom at 6:30 p.m. to review the records of September meetings, entertain public comments, open ambulance proposals and discuss the resale of properties struck off at previous tax sales.
Also scheduled to be discussed are the reports of the medical staff (specifically, reviewing the credentials of Mohammad Salameh, MD, and David Zahaluk, MD) and the administrator. The purchase of a new washer and hospital signs will be considered and the bills are slated to be paid.
Schools to hold "Drug-Free Rally" Friday
By ROSIE FLORES
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - Students will have a chance to enjoy themselves, while learning some valuable lessons, on Friday.
A Drug-Free Rally will be held beginning at 10 a.m. Friday at the Pecos High School Stadium.
The rally is sponsored by all the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD guidance counselors, the Pecos High School Student Council, along with the assistance and support of all administrators, teachers and support staff of the district.
"All the campuses will be bused to the high school to participate," said PHS counselor Pat Cobos.
This is the first district-wide rally the district has ever held, according to Cobos.
Students from kindergarten through high school will participate in this event, including Barstow Elementary.
Law enforcement officials, such as the Department of Public Safety, Reeves County Sheriff's Department, Border Patrol and Drug Task Force will be on hand.
"We want to show our appreciation for all these agencies," said counselor Jim Adams.
Visitors are welcome to join the students and are asked to sit in the G-Section of the stadium.
"Everything will be held on the west side and we want everyone to come and participate," said Adams.
Emcees for the event will be Gabi Bafidis and Rosie Salcido. The national anthem will be sung by Cynthia Almanza, with the pledge of allegiance led by Bafidis.
Guest speaker for the event is Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo.
The high school cheerleaders, along with the junior high cheerleaders, will be on hand to do some cheers and boost morale.
Students from Austin and Pecos Elementary schools will spell "Drug Free" on the field and a competition among the grades to cheer "Victory" will be held.
The Pecos Eagle Band will also be a part of the activities.
"We're very excited about this project," said Cobos.
Newborn baby found in a box with note
PITTSBURGH (AP) October 21, 1997 - A 6-day-old boy was found in a box with a note suggesting that his mother is 12 years old and could not keep him.
The infant, who was conscious but not crying, had a body temperature of only 94 degrees. He is being treated for hypothermia and possible infections and will likely be placed with a foster family.
"If we do not find the mother in six months, this baby can be adopted," police Cmdr. Gwen Elliott said Monday.
Richard Keenan, a security guard, was inspecting the grounds at Magee-Womens Hospital Sunday when he discovered the baby and the note printed on lined paper.
"This is Jacob. Please help him. He's 6 days old. I can't keep him. I'm only 12. He's very good baby," the message read.
It was only 36 degrees in Pittsburgh around the time Jacob was found, the National Weather Service said.
Police were asking for help finding the mother. They said it was unlikely that she was able to keep the infant secret for six days.
"It's not only Baby Jacob that we're concerned about, but about his mother and his family and the potential need for her to receive medical care," said Dr. Charles Bender of Magee-Womens Hospital.
The baby will be turned over to Allegheny County Children and Youth Services, which will probably place him in a foster home while his parents are being sought, Elliott said.
Immigration provision will be extended
By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT
WASHINGTON (AP) October 21, 1997 - House Republican leaders tentatively have agreed to a short-term extension of an expiring statute that allows certain illegal immigrants to remain here while filing for legal residence in exchange for paying a $1,000 fine.
A House GOP leadership source said today that aides to Speaker Newt Gingrich and Majority Leader Dick Armey argued forcefully for extension during a meeting Monday.
"I think they are afraid of being viewed as anti-immigrant," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The question confronting leadership is whether to include the provision in a stopgap spending bill Congress must pass this week to keep government operations running. Lawmakers have yet to complete the appropriations process for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
An earlier stopgap spending bill, which expires Thursday, included an extension of the immigration provision.
Opponents, led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., contend the statute fosters illegal immigration and improperly rewards people who broke U.S. laws by entering the country without authorization or overstaying their visas. They also say the measure penalizes people who apply for visas overseas and often must wait years for permission to enter the country.
But supporters say the provision, first enacted in 1994 and supported by the Clinton administration, benefits only those already eligible for legal residence. And they say it doesn't grant filers preferential status over those who apply abroad.
The statute doesn't apply to the entire undocumented population in the United States, which now exceeds 5 million. It is targeted at those eligible for legal residence, either because they're already in line for visas or are the spouse or minor child of a U.S. citizen. Parents of adult children who are U.S. citizens also can apply.
Some 345,000 people took advantage of the rule in 1995 and 1996. This year, an estimated 214,000 are applying.
Facing possible loss of the provision, thousands of immigrants have grappled with a difficult decision in recent weeks: Leave to secure their green cards abroad or remain here illegally. With the application process sometimes taking years, the immigrants would face a lengthy period away from family and jobs if they left the United States.
The Senate has approved a permanent extension. But that approval, which wasn't matched on the House side, is included in an appropriations bill that has yet to be finalized.
Rohrabacher was promised a future vote on the provision after he threatened to disrupt House consideration of the last stopgap spending bill.
PECOS, October 21, 1997 - High Monday, 56, low this morning, 75. A fast-moving cold front triggered rain today in the Texas Panhandle, with precipitation expected in other sections of the state as the system moved southward. Early-morning temperatures ranged from 44 degrees behind the front at Amarillo and Borger to 69 at Galveston. A weaker system extended from Paris in Northeast Texas through Waco to Midland. A stronger front was expected to pass through North Texas by this evening. The National Weath er Service reported thunderstorms and .14 inch of rain near Lubbock and Childress, with light showers in the Childress area. Showers also developed along the Gulf of Mexico near Freeport. High pressure in the southern United States continued to move east, leaving Texas vulnerable to bands of an upper-level low pressure system in the Southwest. A chance of showers or thunderstorms was predicted through Wednesday, with daytime highs from the 40s in the Panhandle to near 80 in Big Bend valleys and mid-80s in Southeast Texas. Overnight lows should range from 30s and 40s in Northwest Texas to 54 southeast.
Pecos Enterprise
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Easily Shims 3 to 5 Guns - I call it our RDA PistolSmith Kit - The 44 Magnum!
Has the following Shims -
Hammer - 16 Shims
Trigger - 14 Shims
Hammer Dog Shims - 14 Shims
RDA 44 Shim Kit #RDA-PS44 $44.00 Free Shipping w/ Tracking
cylinder removal
ejector and center pin removal
Hello Lance,
A few years ago I ordered a custom set of trigger and hammer shims for a Ruger GP-100. They installed easily and made a huge difference in the feel of the action. It feels like the gun's internals have been polished when it's just some inexpensive shims! I also installed a spring kit brining my investment to about $25, and it feels like I had a gunsmith do an action job! I'm very impressed with your products. I've sent hundreds of rounds down range since adding the shims and springs, and everything is still running great. I'll be purchasing an SP-101 in a few weeks, and will be measuring it for shims and springs as soon as I get it home.
Thanks again for producing such a great product.
-Aaron in Michigan
Just to let you know these shims that you sent me work just great for the Ruger LCP hammer.
Bill in MI
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# 184XX Choose 10# - 11# - 12#
Fits - SP101, GP100, Super Redhawk
*and some models of Security Six
*will not fit Redhawk - Use Kit 17108
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Our TriggerShims SP/GP/SRH
Ruger Double Action Hammer 3 Spring Pak
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This is Our Special Hammer Spring Pak
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In this video, I install a TriggerShims RDA Pak of Shims,
and a Wolff 17113 Reduced Power Shooters Pak in a Ruger SP101.
The Trigger Pull before was very tough in Double Action, with a inconsistent Single Action trigger pull weight of 5 pounds.
After this install, the Double Action trigger pull was Much Better, and the Single Action Trigger Pull Dropped to a Very Smooth Consistent 3 1/2 Pounds!
And the best part is there were no permanent alterations to this gun.
Hammer Spring R&R Fixture
There are Several Ways to Accomplish Removing and Reinstalling the Hammer Spring, but I wanted to Show the Simplest Method Possible Here.
Take a Small Block of Wood, You Could Even Use Your Bench Top, Drill a 3/16 Diameter by 3/8 Deep Hole to Anchor Your Hammer Strut, Grasp the Spring Firmly with Your Fingers and Push Down to Relive the Tension and Remove the Pin.
A Thin Leather Glove Helps, as Does Working Quickly.
When Reinstalling The Cross Pin, I Found that on Your First Attempt if You Just Get the Pin Half Way, That Will Allow You to Get a Better Grip, Making Installing It the Rest of the Way Eaiser.
SP101 Trigger Job Guide
by Kevin Wilson
Click on the link below to open Kevin's Excellent Trigger Job Guide Web Site Page in a new window.
Ruger Tech Tips
RedHawk Disassembly
and Reassembly
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Lance and Tammy,
My local gun shop ordered a Ruger Sp101 for me and when it arrived I was shocked at the terrible trigger on the little gun. Besides having an over-weighted mainspring and trigger return spring, the action was rough and gritty.
I already had a 10# Wolff mainspring and an 8# trigger return spring. I replaced the factory springs and immediately noticed a trigger-pull improvement but the action was still rough and gritty. I decided to do the SP101 Trigger Job that was posted online by Kevin Wilson to smooth things up. After doing so, the action was smoother but It wasn't as nice as it could be.
When looking at Kevin's preliminary information he referred to installing hammer and trigger shims and listed your company as a source. I didn't know if I wanted to go that far but after I had done all the sanding and polishing and re-springing the little revolver, I felt the trigger could still be better and shims could help.
Since I didn't know the shim sizes needed, I ordered the #RDA-Pak GS-30 Piece set. They seemed to be shipped almost before I finished the order. (Your shipments are fast.) The #RDA-Pak GS-30 Piece set gave me plenty of thickness options (and plus possible spares for other guns).
Using the excellent video showing how to install both the trigger and hammer springs, I completed the installation in no time at all. I settled on .002 trigger shims and .008 hammer shims. The shims completed my trigger job. That final tweaking made a good trigger great. I feel the shims were the icing on the cake - no more rough and gritty action.
To test my efforts, I took the little revolver to the range and cranked off 50 rounds of Federal American Eagle 130g ammo without a single malfunction. It performed exactly how I wanted: smoothly and accurately. I was amazed that a small amount of financial investment along with a little time, effort and good instruction, turned good gun into a sweet shooter.
Thanks Lance and Tammy,
Sincerely, Bart in Kentucky
Cylinder Disassembly for Cylinder Shims
You can purchase the bit to fit slotted screws in Ruger Double Action Revolvers
at Brownell's at - https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/handgun-tools/action-frame-tools/ejector-tools/ruger-double-action-screwdriver-set-prod22138.aspx
You can find a Home-Made Tool Video here - https://youtu.be/rw5kzPAuk3w
You can find Disassembly Instructions here - https://youtu.be/WwrSW2wbdhY
You can find further Disassembly and Tool info here - https://youtu.be/rw5kzPAuk3w
If you enjoy these videos, leave Mr. Olemite a nice comment, and say you found
his video's at TriggerShims.com
If you don't like his videos, remember what your Mother should have taught you...
"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
New Style Hex Screwdriver Bits
Some New Style Cylinders will need a special hex bit.
This Suggestion comes from Karl Ramm - Krammloxusa.com;
Hi Lance, I made a little tool out of a hex security screw tip.
Drilled a 5/64" (.078") hole about 1/2"deep in a 1/8" Hex Security Screw Bit.
Heated the Cylinder Ejector Screw a little with a bic lighter for about 30 seconds
to loosen any Loctite.
Left handed thread turned with not much force. The screw came right out. See pics.
You will need a Carbide Drill Bit to drill the hardened Security Screw Driver Bit.
I can make these 1/8" Hex Security Screw Bits if anyone needs one,
they can contact me at; 714-402-3980
Just so you know, the shims fixed the End Shake issue and the SP101 works perfectly. I was sent some shims from Power and they were the wrong ones. They said they were for the double actions GP, SP, RH & SRH. I knew they wouldn't fit (had a feeling) and ordered from you. Your site showed specifically for the SP101 and are perfect. Thanks for the fast service.
- Karl


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Piaget is committed to preserving natural resources and minimizing its environmental impact.
We measure the CO2 consumption of buildings with the intention of continuous improvement.
At headquarter level, following environmental audits, several improvements have been implemented regarding the buildings.
- Solar panels on the roof of the Manufacture permit the heating of water used in the restrooms on the Geneva site.
- We use green electricity in our production facilities: 100% of the electricity used comes from a hydroelectric source.
- Energy-saving lighting (LED) has been implemented in offices and boutiques.
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We only use wood certified FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) for communication materials such as boxes and displays.
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A project aiding sustainable development in China's glass industry creating school scholarships and 24 new green jobs.
Piaget contributes to this forestry project that supports local communities' development and ecosystems.
Piaget offers a BJOP's Jewelry Design Scholarship
Piaget supported the third graduating class of the Bachelor Design Bijou from l'École Privée de la Bijouterie-Joaillerie.
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Hey everyone...Travis back with more Tampa Bay entertainment options for you. We are heading back to the David A Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts for some hilariouis antics. Gabriel Iglesias will be performing there this Saturday (so you need to get your tickets soon). Here's the scoop on the show:
Gabriel Iglesias has been described as unbelievably funny, electrifying, and a gifted performer who has the ability to consistently deliver a quality comedy experience in every venue he performs in. His high-octane show is a hilarious mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters and sound effects that bring all his personal issues to life. Gabe's clean, animated comedy style has earned national crossover appeal. Ask anyone who has seen him in concert and you will probably hear the same thing, "He was so funny!".
Gabriel's mass appeal opened the door to a rare opportunity to film a second one hour special and DVD. The new special entitled "I'm Not… Fat I'm Fluffy" Live from El Paso premiered on Comedy Central November 8, 2009. The new show is packed with a perfect blend of impeccable voice skills and an uncanny knack for hilarious storytelling that Gabe is known for. His vast imitative skills re-create numerous sound effects from speeding cars to microwave ovens to a plethora of dead-on voices. The new special is destine to top his previous hugely successful Special/DVD "Hot & Fluffy".
Make sure you head over to www.tbpac.org to get more details...and yes, order tickets. You'll be laughing your way out of the center that night...
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Well, it's Friday here and I've made it through the week by the skin of my teeth. Why does the lead up to Christmas always have to be fraught with last minute projects and deadlines?!
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Frank sent me his latest work. There is a historical backround to this scene. I thought it an insteresting idea.
We are a group of Enthusiasts from all over the world, mostly Germany, who create historical battles in scale 1:72. As we do this since more than 10 years we thought it is time for our own blog. Being a historical enthusiast I wanted to fulfill my dream of producing my own figures in this scale too. So I started working with several sculptors to produce exotic figures in 1:72 which I fear nobody else would bring on the market.
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A. Your plight is not uncommon from what I hear daily from couples in my office. Oftentimes, couples come to counseling after their issues are deeply entrenched and resentment has started to set in. However, as a counselor, when I see these couples in my office, I do have hope for them. I believe that God can truly transform a marriage through the power of GRACE. Grace is loosely defined as giving or receiving a good thing that is unmerited.
With the power of relational grace in marriage, so many couples can finally start to make movement toward healing from issues. But if two individuals refuse to be the first one to make changes or to let go of hurt, they will continue to be deeply entrenched. Relational grace can really loosen the soil for forgiveness and change to take place. Scripture says, "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you" (Eph 4:32, ESV). When I can get couples to begin to live out this verse in their marriage, wonderful things begin to happen. Relational grace creates a vulnerability and opens the other spouse up to want to be different and change his or her behavior.
One of my favorite books for counselors on this subject is Counseling Couples in Conflict by James Sells and Mark Yarhouse. In their book, they talk about how marriage counseling is not intended to just put out fires, but to grow grace in marriages. They use the analogy of a garden to describe growing grace. They say, "Gardens don't naturally grow in the aftermath of a fire; weeds do. Gardens are planned. Gardeners are selective as to the particular foliage that is cultivated and will be permitted to flower. Grace and justice are the plants to be grown to replace the use of defenses in the presence of pain. Counselors don't just put out fires, they teach the couples how to grow gardens." (pg. 123)** These are gardens of relational grace.
So, my encouragement to you is to look at the level of grace you give in your marriage. Do you allow room for difference between you and your spouse? Do you expect them to do things or handle things the way you do? Do you allow for mistakes or do you expect perfection? Examine for yourself if you are embodying Eph. 4:32 as a spouse. You might just be surprised at how being the first one to offer relational grace and room for errors can really help make that movement toward healing.
If you don't feel like this is something you can accomplish on your own, feel free to contact a professional counselor or your pastor. Sometimes we need an outside 'gardener' to come in and help us 'weed' out the criticism and hurt before we can have healthy 'plants' of relational grace.
**Excerpt taken from Counseling Couples in Conflict by James Sells and Mark Yarhouse, Intervarsity Press, 2011.
Jim Sells will be at Pathways Professional Counseling in Birmingham, AL Sept. 27th presenting on this topic for counselors and pastors. For more information, click here.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Stroller Dilemma
The dilemma is that we have just about outgrown our Phil and Ted's double and so we need to purchase a side-by-side jogger to accommodate our growing children. The dilemma is that it is physically hurting me at the thought of spending upwards of $600 for a stroller. I have done some research and feel that the BOB Revolution is our best option. It is sturdy and has gotten rave reviews from the parents I have spoken to. It is, however, $659. This is not a purchase to be made lightly.
I was actually at the store this morning looking at it and the thought of actually spending this much money is tying my stomach into knots. I have been wracking my brain about how I can make our Phil and Ted's work (don't know how I can do this seeing as there is a weight limit and we are a few pounds shy of it). I have been trying to find other exercise options to no avail. I am now trying to convince myself that $659 is well worth having a healthier me.
I think I am going to have to sit with this idea of spending this much for a bit and see if gets any easier to swallow. I think I am partly torn as well because I would rather spend this money on a tablet.
I just wish stroller were less expensive. Oh, and I have been on Kijiji and Craig's List every day with no sign of a BOB for sale yet! I will continue to look but have a feeling that buying a new one is our only option.
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Phil and Ted's has a really high resale value, nearly that of the BOB. I do a little Kijiji research on the going rate and sell your Phil and Teds and that should really help offset the cost! :0) good luck!ReplyDelete
Canadian Tire has a double jogger for like $200.ReplyDelete
what about a bike trailer that can also have a handle attached to it for use as a stroller? not sure what the max weight is you'll be pushing but ours has a 100lb. weight limit and was under $100. Maybe some of the nicer ones in the $200 range have a greater weight limit? Not to mention they're enclosed and many have UPF fabric on them.ReplyDelete
The consignment shops near where I live have different versions of these kind of strollers from time to time for around $50.00. I would totally check a consignment shop near you before committing to such a high price!ReplyDelete
The reviews for the cheaper strollers have been horrible! There was one at Babies R US for $399 that looked promising but as I did more research it really scared me off. There were quite a few terrible reviews.ReplyDelete
As for selling the Phil & Ted, we may have a third child in the next year so we can't do it yet.
I will checkout the Canadian Tire one Jen and see if I've checked out the reviews yet.
Oh and all the consignments stores near me have no double strollers at the moment :(.ReplyDelete
You can buy the car seat attachment for the BOB though, so if you have a 3rd, you can totally use this stroller for YEARS! Break down the cost by how many years you will use it, and it might be easier to swallow. You are right about the reviews...you don't want a "cheap" jogger. Its not good for the kids in terms of the amount of shock being absorbed!ReplyDelete
Good point that I could use this as our stroller with a third. I just love the manueverability of the P&T as well as the ease of getting it in and out of the car. The BOB was definitely not easy to fold.ReplyDelete


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Escape Magazine:
The Great Escape Twenty Years On
Can it really have begun only twenty years ago? It's hard to believe that 2003 marked the 20th anniversary of the first issue of Escape, the British comics magazine which Peter Stanbury and I co-edited nineteen issues of until Autumn 1989. For six years Escape helped to promote an evolving bunch of distinctive British creators, many of whom were quickly picked up by other comics publishers and by the UK music press, newspapers, magazines and galleries. Now is a good time to look back at how we came together and what some of the singular 'Escape Artists' have achieved and are achieving still.
Nothing to do with Houdini, 'Escape Artists' was no more than a name, because they obviously never 'belonged' to us or to anyone, and they never saw themselves as a unified group. What they did all have in common, though, were their art school backgrounds, by and large, their strongly individual approaches that ignored genre and formula, and their openness to all kinds of influences from within comics and beyond. Cumulatively, their work appears as idiosyncratic and refreshing as ever and continues to motivate successive generations of cartoonists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Today, two decades after the birth of Escape, it seems so much easier and more natural to think and network globally, to look at the bigger picture. With e-mail we can make connections in the blink of a synapse. We can let the world and its websites flood into our home computer screens. In the American comics landscape, specialist stores, as well as many bookstores and libraries, fill their shelves with squarebound graphic novels that can earn literary awards and top the charts as Hollywood movies. Alternatively, you can bypass all the middlemen and deliver your paperless comics online direct to readers anywhere. Of course, physical gatherings of the clans, like the Angouleme Festival in France or ICAF/SPX in Washington, are still important and now truly international, bringing people together from all over the world, but the contacts they make there in the flesh can now go on to develop virtually.
All this feels like living in some whiz-bang, sci-fi future out of one of Glenn Dakin's loopier Abe strips, when compared to just twenty years ago, pre-internet, pre-manga (Barefoot Gen had barely begun), pre-Maus (only the first chapters in Raw), pre-the full-scale British Invasion of America comic books (sparked by Alan Moore's Swamp Thing the next year). Back then, it was more low tech, haphazard and human, in a way. For instance, in Britain the comics community would write each other letters, usually by hand, and might meet up in each other's homes, down the pub or at Comic Marts or the annual Conventions. And through the modern miracle of xerography almost anyone could photocopy their own comic, sometimes as few as ten or twenty copies, and try selling them in shops, at marts and, if you got it reviewed in one of the few fanzines, through the post.
Around September 1982, Peter Stanbury and I moved into our first apartment together, where we decided that it would be fun to run a comic magazine. It was Peter who hit on the perfect name - Escape - not so much for 'escapism', more from the idea of breaking out from the stifling conformity of the comics mainstream. At the time, Peter had risen through the ranks at Harpers & Queen magazine, a high-society, high-fashion women's glossy, and he knew everything about print design and production. I was less than a year into my first proper paid job in comics at the unfortunately named pssst! magazine. This was the misguided dream of a delightfully wacky and wealthy French couple, Serge and Henriette Boissevain, who were convinced that a British attempt at the sort of luxurious 'adult' bande dessinée magazine that sold in France would make a fortune here; instead, it nearly lost them theirs.
I had started at pssst! late in 1981 as their promotions man, touring England in the middle of winter with a beefy driver Mick and a punky assistant Nick on a double-decker London bus. Outside, its side windows were covered and painted with wild cartoon graphics, while inside, the seats downstairs had been removed to make a shop, and the seats upstairs were kept to form a cinema screening a back-projected, sound-and-light comics slide show, for adults only. On the road one of my duties was to seek out new artists and we found more than we could imagine. One discovery when we hit Manchester's art college was curly-haired student Glenn Dakin, whose devilish cartooning on Temptation quickly made it into pssst! magazine.
In the end, after being hounded out of town by irate council officials and scraping ice off the inside of the windows (thankfully we never had to sleep on the bus), it was a relief to be taken off the road for good. I got an ideal job back at the offices as Traffic Manager, co-ordinating artwork and interviewing potential contributors. There was a buzz to opening each day's submissions and presenting them to the weekly editorial meetings. I got to see loads of art and artists and I learnt a lot about magazines, both what to do and what not. Put together by committee, pssst! was a camel of a magazine, which was forced to close after ten ssues.
Escape partly grew out the frustrations I felt at having no say about pssst! magazine's contents and seeing them reject such great material, including Eddie Campbell's life-affirming, autobiographical Alec. I had landed the job at pssst! in the first place, because its main editor Mal Burns knew about my contacts within the UK small press scene. Earlier in 1981 I had started Fast Fiction, a stall, 'Info Sheet' and mail order service, based at the bi-monthly Saturday Comic Marts at Westminster Hall, London and open to everyone. By providing encouragement, feedback and a regular meeting-place, Fast Fiction brought together self-publishers from across the country into an ever-changing, do-it-yourself revolution, one source to find many of the Escape Artists to come.
Once I started working at pssst!, comic artists Phil Elliott and Ian Wieczorek, local Essex friends since my school days, had taken on Fast Fiction and soon wanted to publish their work in a Fast Fiction magazine. The first artist to join them had to be Eddie Campbell, another Essex boy down in nearby Southend-on-Sea, his 'Letratone Impressionism' and seaside slice-of-life total revelations when we discovered his limited-circulation 'apa-zine' Flick. I think it's safe for me to confess now that on Saturday mornings, I'd moonlight with the three of them in the pssst! darkroom and reduce their pages for free on the fancy PMT (photo-mechanical transfer) machine for printing. What's more, several artists in the first Escape had either debuted, or were about to, in the pages of pssst!, not only Glenn Dakin, but also Paul Bignell, Rian Hughes, Paul Johnson and Shaky Kane. In a real sense, Fast Fiction magazine, and Escape that followed, owed much of their beginnings to pssst! magazine.
For our models for Escape, Peter and I were looking as much to Europe as to America. There is no denying the fundamental example set by spiegelman and Mouly's Raw, bridging the American underground with its European counterparts. To give the Escape strips, largely by unknowns, some context and help them sell, we wanted to interweave them with editorial and 'Snacks with the Stars' interviews (Clerc, Beyer, Swarte, Mariscal, Briggs, Burns, Moore, etc), a recipe applied by anthologies like Métal Hurlant, Charlie Mensuel, A Suivre and PLG in France and Seventies' American forerunners Arcade, Heavy Metal and Cascade Comix Monthly. We settled for the first seven issues of Escape on a digest or 'A5' size, cheaper to print, handy for mailing and what most small pressers were used to and suited to. Covers were wraparound, laboriously hand-separated by Peter until full process color arrived from issue six. With nobody getting paid except the printers, Peter and I put in a couple of hundred pounds each to produce the first issue and Phil Elliott drew the cover and lead strip starring his quiffed teenage Tintin, Gimbley. We were off.
Considering its modest quality, Escape #1 generated a disproportionate amount of media interest, especially in the music and style press, and we found subscribers, retailers, distributors and from the second number much-need advertisers. We also found more artists, through the Fast Fiction channels, and by other means. Myra Hancock was selling her spiky, spirited Myra Magazines on Camden Market dressed like a punk match-girl or cinema usherette, while Chris Long had just got back from Italy where he'd been contributing trendy fumetti to Frigidaire. Later, there was the thrill 'discovering' Carol Swain drawing her first ever magical comic at an Escape workshop, and Warren Pleece, exhibiting his mean and moody noir strips at a degree show.
Rightly or wrongly, Escape was a living thing in restless evolution, in format and contents. No issue was ever exactly like another. Inevitably, not every contributor liked everything in every issue. While we had some regulars for a time, this turnover was partly due to our finding the next 'young guns' to promote, making some artists feel eclipsed or no longer 'flavor of the month'. It was also partly caused by artists moving to other projects and publishers, for example Knockabout, Fox Comics, Splat!, Ark, Heartbreak Hotel, Fantagraphics' Honk! and the black and white, boom and bust of Harrier's genre comic books. It was only human nature for us to be a bit nervous and reactive about this perceived threat to Escape's identity. Knockabout could pay their contributors, so that helped persuade us that we should too. Escape had always been run in an informal, gentlemen's agreement manner, but when Honk! insisted on tying cartoonists strips down in contracts, we felt obliged to try also, to a mixed response. Peter and I lived and breathed Escape, few people saw how much thought and work we poured into it, and in the end we came to realize that the most important element that defined Escape was our editorial vision.
I think there is a natural life cycle to comics anthologies. Like rock bands or marriages, they can't always last or stay the same. There is a tendency to start off with a core group and add to that, often expanding the page count to bursting point accommodate them all. A total re-think often follows and a shift in format, the addition of colour, a switch from complete stories to a serial or two perhaps. In Escape's case, we kept on adding new artists, culminating in our bulging 'Bumper' issue seven.
Next came the most controversial stage, a change in logos to Peter's extra-pronged, eccentric typeface and expansion to American magazine size, reflecting a greater confidence in the contributors' artwork, enabling us to translate work from Europe (Tardi, Munoz & Sampayo, Mattotti, Swarte, Götting etc.) and putting us more prominently on newsstand and comic shop racks. With issue ten, after protracted negotiations, we were published squarebound by Titan Books. Try as they might, we resisted any attempts to dictate the contents, but it was occasionally a bumpy ride. Titan was never behind our goal of getting Escape distributed more widely into newsagents across Britain. After two years and ten issues, we parted ways with our last issue, nineteen. Peter and I showed around a third incarnation of Escape, a gorgeous monthly, bigger still with colour and imported serials, which impressed several non-comics publishers, but not enough to take the plunge. Escape left a void and I'm not the only one who thinks it has never quite been filled by further Brit anthologies, big-time or small press - Crisis, Deadline, Revolver, Xpresso, A1, Inkling, Scenes From The Inside, Blast, Strip.
I've asked some of the contributors about their feelings about the Escape days. Eddie Campbell's emigration to Australia could have meant his being remote if not completely exiled from the US/UK comics industries. Instead, through sheer drive and creativity, he has become a major force in the field and come full circle back to being a self-publisher again, though this time on a much grander scale, thanks his massive From Hell tome written by Alan Moore becoming a movie and an international best-seller. Eddie once commented, in Arkensword #17-18, 1986, "the whole small press movement…[is] the first real upheaval in this country of Comics as a genuine Art - Art being to me a thing which is a lively part of life while commenting on life - as opposed to comics as journalism-cartooning or comics as a collecting-hobby or comics as boys power fantasies."
Eddie has transformed his experiences of Escape and the whole heady period into a unapologetically skewed diary-cum-self-help graphic novel, Alec: How To Be An Artist. I can't help feeling flattered by his mostly positive portrayals of me as 'The Man At The Crossroads', but everybody had their own experiences and perspective, their personal history. With hindsight, I'm more aware of all the expectations which, knowingly or not, Escape helped to raise in many people, not least in Peter and myself, the fallings out and the difficulty of going on with your life. Phil Elliott has written movingly about these ambivalent feelings in two stories drawn by Paul Grist, another light that shone in later Escapes. In Stage Struck, I appear in these stories in a less flattering guise, as 'Tony', a flighty band promoter, always positive but always in search of new acts, in a field that becomes 'all glitz without a conscience'. Phil's alter ego is a woman singer-songwriter who feels hurt and disappointed. In its coda, In Sight Of…, set a year later, Phil's songstress seems reconciled, more realistic, less trusting perhaps, yet unable to resist the 'tantalising enticements' from publishers. These are sobering, sensitive pieces. I had never thought how dangerous raising hopes could be.
It would be a mistake to pretend that everything went smoothly and everyone got along. Glenn Dakin in The Comics Journal #238, October 2001, explained that Escape "provided a focal point for people. People would meet up and discuss their dreams and ideas and get together as friends or have arguments and fall out and sometimes even if somebody annoys you or if somebody didn't seem to have respect for your work, that would be enough to fill you with enough anger to go out there and try to prove them wrong." Recently, John Bagnall told me, "To some readers at the time, Escape Artists were sometimes generalized as the school of strips "where nothing happened", but their approaches were actually much more disparate. As for the social scene, there was a loose sense of unity when we would meet up in London, though naturally not everyone got on well or were even huge fans of certain people's work. I remember on one visit laughing at Mark Robinson's wry comment that the UK scene was more 'Vicar's Tea Party' than the Haight Ashbury revolution he'd just watched in a TV documentary on Robert Crumb!" I remember another reviewer likened the first issue to a village cricket match.
Nevertheless, after Escape was over, many of the creators whom we helped get wider exposure soon found clients and outlets for their work, from strips in national and local newspapers (Phil Elliott's The Suttons, Woodrow Phoenix's Sumo Family, Warren & Gary Pleece's Seventies Cop) to solo comic books and graphic novels (Carol Swain's Way Out Strips and Chris Reynolds' Mauretania graphic novel from Penguin Books). Both Hunt Emerson and Savage Pencil had already clocked up several years in UK underground comix and rock papers, but they were youthful, committed mavericks and we were so lucky to be able to invite them to cut loose in Escape's pages. And a pair named Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, first seen together on the Escape graphic novel Violent Cases, have gone on to do a few odds and ends, together and separately.
To wrap up, I'll let John Bagnall blow our trumpet for me. "Picking some back issues off the bookshelf, I'm amazed at how many cartoonists were included, how most of the reviews were intelligent and non-fanboy-ish, and how well designed the whole thing was. It hasn't dated significantly either, probably because the Escape vision was always forward-looking." So let's take a look at some of the Escape Artists' recent and upcoming projects. Phil Elliott's graphic novel written by James Robinson, Illegal Alien, is in the pipeline for re-release, while he's colouring Paul Grist's Image debut, the charming British superhero Jack Staff. Glenn Dakin wears so many hats, it's hard to keep up, but his Abe collection came out last year from Top Shelf and still draws his Robot Crusoe weekly strip for The Sunday Times. Ed Pinsent just published his tenth issue of The Sound Projector, surely one of the most intense and enthused music journals on the planet. Chris Reynolds has a 30-minute live-action Mauretania film out Summer 2003, Hunters Of The Sun. Woodrow Phoenix is in heaven working on his Cartoon Network animated version of Pants Ant, one of the Sugar Buzz cast written by Ian Carney for Slave Labor. Carol Swain returns with her second Fantagraphics graphic novel Food Boy, published in Spring 2003. John Bagnall has his first all-new strip collection out imminently from Kingly Comics, Don't Tread On My Rosaries, mining his affections for Roman Catholic excesses and Northern English peculiarities. Savage Pencil has illustrated Ken Hollings' book Destroy All Monsters and Warren Pleece is laying out a new DC Vertigo Pop series for Philip Bond (yet another first promoted in Escape).
This is proof that many of Escape's contributors are still very much involved in today's comics-related culture. Looking forward a little further, the 20th anniversary of Escape is looming. I'll leave the last word to Mr Campbell who recently wrote to me: "I remember what I liked about your Escape philosophy was that comics were culture and that they were of a particular sort, comics culture, a vision of the world cultivated through the best cartoons. A hip, alert, humorous, informed, aware, international view. We could assume that one who knew all the right comics would not be a political jerk for instance. Nor would he or she be an Art jerk." That sounds like a pretty good philosophy to me.
This is dedicated to my friend through comics, Alan Gaulton (1956-2002), in gratitude for all of his generosity and humour through the years.Posted: May 7, 2006
A revised version of this 2002 article appeared in The Comics Journal Special Edition Vol 3, Winter 2003, accompanied by a portfolio of brand new one-page strips by several Escape Artists.


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How the Oligarchs Took America
by Andy Kroll
Global Research
December 3, 2010
There is a war underway. I'm not talking about Washington's bloody misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, but a war within our own borders. It's a war fought on the airwaves, on television and radio and over the Internet, a war of words and images, of half-truth, innuendo, and raging lies. I'm talking about a political war, pitting liberals against conservatives, Democrats against Republicans. I'm talking about a spending war, fueled by stealthy front groups and deep-pocketed anonymous donors. It's a war that's poised to topple what's left of American democracy.
The right wing won the opening battle. In the 2010 midterm elections, shadowy outside organizations (who didn't have to disclose their donors until well after Election Day, if at all) backing Republican candidates doled out $190 million, outspending their adversaries by a more than two-to-one margin, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. American Action Network, operated by Republican consultant Fred Malek and former Republican Senator Norm Coleman, spent $26 million; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plunked down $33 million; and Karl Rove's American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS shelled out a combined $38.6 million. Their investments in conservative candidates across the country paid off: the 62 House seats and six Senate seats claimed by Republicans were the most in the postwar era — literally, a historic victory.
Knocked out of their complacency, no longer basking in the glow of Barack Obama's 2008 victory, wealthy Democrats are now plotting their response. Left-wing media mogul David Brock plans to create an outside group dubbed American Bridge in response to Rove's Crossroads outfits that will fight in the trenches of 2012 campaign spending. Many more outfits like Brock's will surely follow, as liberal and centrist Democrats brace for a promised $500 million onslaught by the Chamber of Commerce and others of its ilk.
Even the Obama administration, which shunned outside groups in 2008, has opened the door to a covert spending war. The Democrats will now fight fire with fire. "Is small money better? You bet. But we're in a fucking fight," Democratic strategist and fundraiser Harold Ickes told me recently. "And if you're in a fistfight, then you're in a fistfight, and you use all legal means available."
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"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."---Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Mexico anger over US border fence
"I'm sure that the United States is committing a grave mistake in building this fence." Outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox called the plans "shameful".
Mexico has pledged to challenge the fence at the United Nations, having already appealed to the Organization of American States.
Excuse me?
Who the hell do you people think you are to tell us what we can do inside our own borders? Since when are you entitled to use our country as a way of bleeding off the unemployed, poor, and criminals of your country? If you are so worried about your people, why not improve your country so they quit trying to leave? Why are you so concerned because we want legal immigrants who will obey the laws? What is shameful is that you cannot keep your citizens happy in their own country.
As far as appealing to the United Nations, I could care less what that useless bunch of idiots thinks. So to all the people who think we should roll over and let everyone trample us into the sort of place that they are trying to escape, you can KMA and STFU.
Just my opinion.
4 comments:
- bjbarron said...
A valid rant...if the damn fence was real. It's more of a virtual fence right now - unfunded.
It's for of a 'the fence on the border is paved with good intentions' sort of fence right now. And even that leaves a whopping 1400 miles of non-fence that's not even virtual.
The whole thing stinks - one would think that with 70% of the public calling for border security, both parties would be falling over themselves to build it.
Something is fishy.
I wonder what vincente would say to a border mine field with razor wire.
- Tall Cool Drink of Water said...
How about we put Vincente in the mine field with a blindfold on and see if he can make his way out. He is one worthless pile of dog dung in my eyes.
- DirtCrashr said...
I think he's trying to distract attention from the uprising down in Oaxaca, they must have one helluva powerful-activist Teacher's Union...hmmm, not unlike the one here in California maybe.


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In response to questions from The Record about the grading curve, Vice Dean for Academics Andrew L. Kaufman replied, in an e-mail (edited for style, pleasantries omitted):
Record: Why are there grades, as opposed to a simple pass/fail system?
Kaufman: The faculty has made a judgment that evaluating performance is a useful part of the educational process, and that pass/fail alone would not accomplish the same goals.
Record: Is [the reason grades exist] because potential employers need a way to distinguish between Harvard Law School candidates?
Kaufman: No.
Record: Are courses graded on a curve? If so, which courses?
Kaufman: There is a suggested curve for courses with over 30 students.
Record: Why is there a curve?
Kaufman: To help ensure fairness across curricular offerings and faculty.
Record: What is the curve? Is it the same as it was in 2009, when it was published, with 37 percent of students in large lecture courses receiving Honors, 55 percent receiving Passes, and eight percent receiving Low Passes or Fails?
Kaufman: After 2009, a decision was made to revert to the historical practice of not publishing the curve, including any adjustments made over time.
Record: Why is the curve unpublished?
Kaufman: The curve has historically not been published because of a belief that publishing it would overemphasize it and create an unintended focus on it.
Record: Are all professors bound by the curve or is it merely suggested? Are only 1L professors bound by the curve? Are only lecture class professors bound by the curve?
Kaufman: The curve is suggested in all classes with over 30 students.
Record: Do all professors have to give a certain number of LPs? Do only 1L professors have to give a certain number of LPs? Do only lecture class professors have to give a certain number of LPs?
Kaufman: No professor is required to give an LP. The LP grade is to be given only when a student's performance is substandard.
Record: For a class that is bound to follow a curve, are L.L.M.s included in the same curve distribution as JD students?
Kaufman: The suggested curve includes J.D. and L.L.M. students on an undifferentiated basis.
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Okay guys so recently I nurbed up. I thankfully haven't bought gold in some time, but lets face it....slutty santa soka costume <3. So I went out and bought some.
My favorite method of buying gold is always buying Ultimate Gamer Cards from offgamers.com =)
Now I had this error happen to me. I bought a 20$ code, but I stupidly/accidentally selected 10$ from the [Buy More] under G1 Credits. What happened? Well they credited me with 10$ or 800g1 creds, but I couldnt use the code again and I should have gotten 1600. I sent out a ticket to g1 and got this:
Thank you for contacting GamersFirst Payments Support.
When you redeem an Ultimate Game Card the full value of the card is put towards the order that you are redeeming the card to. These funds do not stay on the card, as an Ultimate Game Card can only be redeemed one time. If the balance owed on your order is less than the value of your card, then the overpayment is noted on the account as a credit (PayByCash Pixels). A PayByCash Pixel is a form of digital currency, with your remaining balance, which may only be applied toward future purchases for the same game, by the same user account.
To use the credit that is currently on your account you will first need to place a new PayByCash order. Once you have placed this order you will be asked if you would like to use the balance that is noted on your account. You will need to select "Yes." The next step is to fill out the order information. Once you have filled this out, you will then be taken to the payment page where there will be a button that says "credit by balance." You will need to make sure to click this button in order for your payment to go through.
If you have any additional inquiries, please submit a new ticket.
We appreciate you taking the time to contact us.
Okay so I need to try PayByCash? fine. I tried this, works like they said, everything appears, except there is a charge fee and when I click "use balance" and UGC it says to enter a pin, but there is no field for it. BullShit.
So here is the solution if you mess us like me. Don't bother ticketing G1, u will just get the message above, instead, follow the steps in the message until u get to the payment screen, there choose contact the PayByCash site representative, make and account or login, and submit a ticket directly to them! They responded to me fast, here is a copy of the message I put down for them:
I recently had an issue where I had a 20$ Ultimate Game Card and I accidentally hit pay for 10$ at the GamersFirst by K2 Network, Inc Paysite for the game Sword 2. I was then credited with $10 since I only bought 10. Could you apply the remaining 10$ towards my account on Sword 2 for G1 Credits and I initially intended?
I was told this was how to remedy the situation and found a guide here:
Where this guy looks like he had the same problem, according to the pay sheet I have this information:
Account Name: XXXXXXXXX
Remaining Balance of $10
You needed to get to the payment section of PayByCash to get your account name.
I got an email back in like 2 hours and they had credited me back. All hope is not lost!
I feel bad because I once traded a dude who did this exact thing, at the time I had no idea wtf he was talking about, you would think if you entered a UGC card for the wrong amount they would deny u or just immediately credit u for the amount of the card, w/e, At least It all worked out for the best.


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Bruins Goalie, Colorado Rep. Snub President Obama
(WASHINGTON) -- When President Obama welcomed the NHL's Boston Bruins to the White House Monday, goalie Tim Thomas, one of the hockey team's star players, snubbed the presidential invite, staying home in protest of the state of Washington politics.
"I believe the federal government has grown out of control, threatening the rights, liberties, and property of the people," Thomas said in a statement, adding that his decision not to attend the ceremony, "was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country."
Thomas' snub is not the first cold shoulder Obama has gotten from a sports star.
In September, when Obama invited 12 NASCAR drivers to the White House, two declined the invite. Although Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart cited scheduling conflicts, their high-profile hooky did not go unnoticed or un-criticized by their fellow drivers.
"Regardless of political views, when (the president of the United States) sends an invite and wants to honor you at the White House, you accept," driver Jimmie Johnson tweeted, adding a hash tag with the word "respect."
Later that month former Chicago Bears lineman Dan Hampton also chose not to attend an Oval Office celebration of the Bears' 1985 Super Bowl win, saying he's, "not a fan of the guy in the White House." Obama honored the team's 25-year-old win last September because the Bears' initial visit with Ronald Reagan in 1986 was canceled after of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Former President George H.W. Bush was also on the receiving end of a superstar snub. Basketball legend Michael Jordon was a no-show in 1991 when Bush invited the NBA Champion Chicago Bulls to celebrate their win at the White House.
It's not just sports stars who have a habit of turning down invites from the commander-in-chief. Politicians have a long track record of opting out of major presidential events, such as the State of the Union address.
Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn has already announced he will not attend Obama's third State of the Union speech tonight because he, "does not support the policies of Barack Obama."
At last year's State of the Union, three front-row seats where empty after Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas refused to attend.
Their absence was likely inspired by an uncomfortable exchange during Obama's 2010 address, when the president publicy criticized the decision of the highest court in the land, claiming the court's Citizens United decision allowed corporations to have a greater impact in election financing. During the speech Justice Alito was seen mouthing the words, "not true."
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first off thank you for a great tool, wish i would have found it about 10,000 hairs ago..
couple ideas-requests if possible:
1) can the batch import from eqplayers have a config.php setting on how many to import at a time.. ie in config.php $batch_import = 20 . after the first 20 get imported at the bottom of status page, process next batch ect ect. would help alot with the timeouts from eqplayers.
2) can you add all US time zones.. mountain zone is missing
3) is there a way to import aa's from eqplayers?
4) after setting Main: (charname) in guild notes, can anything be added after that and not mess with the import?
5) add Retired to title area
6) a users help guide. (not sure if there is a faq or help file arround somewhere that details 85%+ of what all the tool has and how to use it so the users can read and set their stuff properly.)
7) reading some posts from back in 04, was the probation-recruit added in? in guild tool do we just have to put recruit or probation in instead of Main: name ?
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any instructions or patch to have the roster use the logins from a phpbb forum?
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thats all i can think of atm.. been drooling at the roster tool since i found it.. keep up the great work.