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Archive for February, 2006
Link of the Day Feb 28, 2006
by admin on Feb.28, 2006, under General
Saw this interesting website on a way for people to publish their own material. Figured there were enough dreamers, writers, musicians, and other creative types reading this blog to perhaps take an interest
And, for all those teachers out there, here's something I saw today. There's an operating system that's free to download and use – Linux – that I've espoused repeatedly. However, there's a version of Linux designed for educational use, including several programs for kindergarten, on up. Edubuntu includes several math applications, drawing applications, games, etc. that look like they'd be great for children. Granted, I'm NOT a child, don't have any children, and thus have no clue, but to me, this looks like a great system. For teachers, it also includes calendaring and collaberation software, which I think would be useful in a school environment. SO, teachers, check it out and let me know what ya think – is something like this useful?
Link of the Day Feb 27, 2006
by admin on Feb.27, 2006, under General
Well, didn't do my links for the weekend, but had to post this link I pulled of of Robert Scoble's blog:
This is a parody of what the iPod packaging would be like if done by Microsoft.
To clarify, the post was originally from a forum on a Microsoft developer site. which has some interesting commentary on the video
Links of the Day
by admin on Feb.24, 2006, under General
Ok, saw this one and HAD to post it:Someone accessed 40 Palm Beach County voting machines Nov 2004. Does it strike anyone else as more than a little alarming that votes could be altered so easily? Particularly in a MAJOR election decision. This is the kinda stuff that scares me about unscrupulous business practices.
Now, with my alarm stated, let me also say I do think electronic voting SHOULD be enabled, but done differently. I think voting needs open standards to work. Here's how I think it should work. I think the electronic voting machines should issue a "receipt" that generates a "vote" number and the results. I think every single vote number should be allowed to display online, so a person could go and check and make sure their vote WAS counted, and WAS accurate. I also think these summaries should be publicly accessible, upon request. That is, you should be allowed to download a csv file of the results. This allows for various calculations to be done on the results, and open verification. Because you're doing these results based upon a generic number, not a person, you ensure confidentiality.
OK, with that massive political issue out of the way, figured I'd send a cool link to a scientific discovery of mammals who lived during prehistoric times. Looks like dinosaurs weren't the only things roaming the earth (I know there were more – but mammals weren't supposed to be around until much later!).
LoD (links of the day) – Feb 23, 2006
by admin on Feb.23, 2006, under General
Here's a few "fun" links, as well as a "politics" link. This politics link though isn't about republican/democrats, but more about our rights as consumers. First and foremost, let me start off with a firm delcaration of support for this post – namely the movie companies and recording industry, as well as numerous other companies trying to keep us consumers from using things we buy in a way we wish. I'm not even talking stealing – I'm talking simple uses of a VCR to record a television show. They want this to be illegal. They also think making duplicates of your CD's is illegal.
This kinda stuff NEEDS TO STOP. Why do people willing lay down and let people tramp all over their rights? Is the citizenry of the United States so apathetic that we don't care what the government does to us??? WAKE UP AMERICA.
Ok, now for a fun link: Rumors of a new iPod and "picture" which almost looks like a hoax to me
LoD (links of the day) – Feb 22, 2006
by admin on Feb.22, 2006, under General
- "National Geographic Photo of the Day" – I can't explain how much I love seeing some of these photos – it's a constant reminder of places I want to go and explore and visit someday. There is sooo much beauty in this world, that sometimes it seems unbearable. Look at the picture for today, Feb 22 – the Adirondack's. Such a place is rare indeed anymore, worth preserving, and worth admiring.
- "Fit to Command" – an interesting concept in an opinion article from salon.com. I say interesting, in that it's interesting and something I wish would happen, but wouldn't ever happen. There are several reasons for this. First, is the "hippy tree hugger" types. I'm an environmentalist to my core, but there are sooo many anti-military people out there, who think guns, defense, the military, etc. is such a bad idea that this would never happen. Personally, I think ANYONE who dismisses the military as a waste is an idiot. I could go into a whole big post on that issue. Anyways, to finish, the article is interesting, because the argument is that a president MUST have military experience to be a president. I'd argue some more – they should have gone from Enlisted to Officer to become president – so they can see what it feels like to be at the lowest level, to work to get to the higher levels based upon merit – not how much money their family has, or how much butt they kiss.
- I wanted to add another note real quick on this link – this article reminds me VERY much of a Robert Heinlein book – "Starship Troopers" – one of my favorite books of all time. I say now, and will always argue, that some of the concepts in that book are concepts that people really need to apply in every day life, and in society. WITH THAT SAID, there are some definite bad points to Starship Troopers – I just think it needs to be read and considedered. So, here are a few links with regards to Heinlein, his history, and some other general information.
- Wikipedia Heinlein entry
- "site:RAH – The Robert A. Heinlein Page" – a Robert Heinlein fan site with VERY good information.
- "Heinlein Society" – more "official" page on the Heinlein legacy.
- Had to update this post with this link a friend posted on her blog. A most impressive detail list of the accomplishments of President Bush!
Links of the day
by admin on Feb.21, 2006, under General
- "U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review" – NYTimes.com As always, I have to post some "political" links and articles on things I find distressing in the government. This specific article is on a topic I'm of two minds about – infomation disclosure. I do agree with the article that documents should be open that have no security basis (and definitely shouldn't be reclassified). I'm a HUGE fan of information disclosure – I can't help but think for a democracy, full disclosure of information is the only way we can ever really know and keep a good check on our government. I do think some information should be classified, but right now, the problem is we're classifying too much.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day – Space Suit goes free – The APOD is a great site for pictures, and this is one I picked out that I really like (Space people, SPACE!). I'd highly recommend going through for some interesting photography pictures, as well as just cool pictures overall.
- Newegg.com – one of the best sites for purchasing computer/electronic hardware. I've bought sooo many items from them, the service has been great, delivery reliable, prices great, etc.
SO, a short list of links for today – but a pretty nice selection. Hopefully more will come tomorrow
Links of the day
by admin on Feb.20, 2006, under General
I'm tempted to start writing "links of the day" posts – things I see that I think people should look at or check out. Wanted to include a few big ones from today:
- "The great American vowel hunt" (C-Net news.com)
- "Lawmakers assail deal giving Dubai firm control of ports" (MercuryNews.com)
- "At a Scientific Gathering, U.S. Policies Are Lamented" (NY Times online)
- "Monsters in the Apple Lobby – Video Clip" (Writers Block Live)
As you can tell, several of these are not very supportive of Bush and his administration – but that's what you get when you start reading real news that's not coming from "Fox News" or "CNN" :
Of course, some links are just things of interest – for example, the ones on the "great american vowel hunt" – I find it interesting how language changes from one place in the country to another. Anyone who's heard of the "Jerwsy" accent (I'm purposely misspelling to get the point across) knows what I'm talking about.
With all of that said, hopefully I can do more regular updates of things I see that I find interesting. We'll see how that goes, however.
My RSS Feeds
by admin on Feb.20, 2006, under General
I wanted to upload my OPML file of RSS feeds – essentially a file of all the news sites I check out on a really regular basis, as well as friends blogs and other locations. I'm doing this for a number of reasons, including letting others see what I read, keeping a backup of my news listing, etc.
Feel free to download this file, as well as let me know what you think of it. If you've got recommended sites for me to include, leave a comment or email me!
An entertaining sight :)
by admin on Feb.17, 2006, under General
Was making some tea this morning to try and wake up. While doing so, I glanced in our training room which is near by. Let's say I got a few laughs after seeing this:
Can anyone spot the glaring problem here?
Why phone companies are evil
by admin on Feb.13, 2006, under General
Just saw this article in the New York Times and thought I'd repost it for people to take a look at. I've not now, or ever been a big fan of the phone companies. Nor cable companies for that matter. Actually, I'm not generally a big fan of ANY large company (minus maybe Apple or Google). However, sometimes things really just get under my skin, and the way a lot of large companies, particularly cable/telco companies do business bothers me a great deal.
As this article so eloquently states it, "The phone companies made this promise as Congress was getting ready to pass the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, he points out. In return, they received benefits including tax breaks and changes in state laws lifting limits on their profits amounting to more than $200 billion, Mr. Kushnick writes. But instead of building the infrastructure, they spent money on more immediately profitable services like plain old copper-wire D.S.L. and hoary long-distance networks, " (as a note, this is a reference to a book the article references itself).
What happened to keeping commitments? Sometimes I think the goal of profitability is a goal that companies pay too close of attention to, instead of keeping promises to customers, and looking to the future. So many companies seem to pay so much attention to their rankings in the stock market, which seem to be based entirely on a year ahead viewpoints. What happened to long term planning? What happened to helping the customer out, and making a profit through doing good work, not "cut as many corners to make a profit" type attitudes? Sometimes, it seems capitalism doesn't work, or at least not the way it's currently setup in this market. *sigh* Someday hopefully things will change…


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Richter, L'Insoumis - The Enigma
1 Sep 2012
Barcode: 0880242735188
Other participants: Sviatoslav Richter, Bruno Monsaingeon
Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), one of the greatest pianists of all time, breaks his lifelong silence and allows himself to be interviewed for this autobiographical fi lm. We see his life on an epic scale as he evokes his wild childhood, his encounters with the great names in the musical world, his debuts and his activities as a concert artist in the Soviet Union, a country tortured by troubles, war and terror. By turns acerbic, captivating, lucid, always unexpected, he reveals himself here with disarming candour, full of humour. Previously unseen archive footage and a wealth of performance extracts complete this portrait of an artist who refused to conform, one of the giants of the 20th century.
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon

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Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to Dead But Dreaming, a humble metal blog broadcast in infamy from the shores of beautiful R'lyeh. In this, our first edition, I interrupt The Famine's Nick Nowell in the middle of his day job (shockingly, not in the church-burning industry, but at the Dallas-area Habitat For Humanity) to find out how the death metal quintet redeemed themselves from a hellish year with their new album, The Architects of Guilt. I've also got two web-exclusive CD reviews to throw on your sacrificial altar: The Hymns of a Broken Man, the long-awaited project from Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach and Times of Grace, and Bizzaro World, the latest release from German heavyweights Deadlock.
Don't forget!
Tohight the Atticus Metal Tour makes its stop at In The Venue. This is an all-ages show, tickets are $20 at Smith's tix, and with a lineup boasting such names as Born of Osiris, Darkest Hour, The Human Abstract, and Norma Jean, it's sure to be a night of fury.
Saturday, local favorites Arsenic Addiction will be playing at Five Monkeys in celebration of the birth of their guitarist The Butcher. Only $5 at the door, the show starts at 8, and from personal experience, these delightfully dead debutantes of funeral metal know how to party. Also, Saturday at the Urban Lounge, Subrosa is having their CD release show with INVDRS and Blackhole. This FREE show starts at 9:30, and Subrosa will be selling their new album No Help For the Mighty Ones for only $5!
Looking for something appropriately solemn to do after church this week? From the exotic ports of Singapore, we've got Wormrot, joined by Ninth Zealot and Doomed to Extinction, playing at Raunch Records this Sunday at 6 pm. This is an all ages show with a $5 suggested donation for the touring band.
And more good news, our friends at Amazon have declared March the Month of Metal! To celebrate, they're giving away this excellent 11-song MP3 album including tracks from Deicide, Winds of Plague, the aforementioned Wormrot and Architects. It's free, people! Free! So download and be grateful. There are kids in Siberia who go to bed without metal every night. You can grab the free download here!
The Famine Interview:
SLUG: In 2010, you guys lost vocalist Kris McCaddon, and you stepped up from bass to take over as front man of The Famine. Was that a change you were excited about, or was it more of a means to an end for the band?
Nick Nowell: You're probably asking the wrong person, it was really weird for me. I love Kris, Kris is my brother- not literally, of course, but you understand. I really have a connection with him, he and I, I think, are kindred spirits in a lot of ways, so when the rumblings in the ranks started to take place about maybe Kris not being the right guy for the job stepping into this record, stepping into this new era for the band, I was really quick to recues myself from the entire situation, just because I felt early on that I had a vested interest because my name was probably the first on the list as a potential replacement. I'm not afraid of making hard decisions or being involved with things like that, but I just wanted to be able to sleep at night knowing I wasn't actively vying to take my friend's spot at his expense. So that was a decision Mark and Andy came to, and I told them early on, "Listen, I'd love to be the vocalist for The Famine, I'd like to think I could bring something to the table, but I also love playing bass, if you guys demoted me to tin flute I'd still want to be part of The Famine. And I love Kris and I love sharing a stage with Kris, so whatever decision you guys make, I'll support it, but I just don't feel comfortable being part of the decision-making process." Andy made the phone call to Kris to let him know what the situation would be. I think in a lot of ways Kris was kinda pushed before he jumped in his decision. And right after that of course, Kris was really upset—cue righteous indignation, all that stuff. I actually went out of the country, I went on vacation to Mexico. I didn't have phone or internet access or anything like that. I came back and they had announced that I was the singer for The Famine, which was news to me. But at least I can live with myself knowing that I feel like I came about it honestly. You know, it would be dirty and underhanded for me to have been vying for Kris's spot from day one, because that wasn't my agenda. Like I said, I would have played tambourine for these guys, I was just happy to be a part of it. I love the music, I like the guys and I like what they're doing, I certainly don't want to sacrifice friendships for my personal gain. If I want to scream into a microphone, I can do that on my own time.
SLUG: How did you guys find a replacement bassist for you so quickly?
Nowell: Jon [Richardson] and I had played in several bands together before. When I took Jon on tour the first time he had recently turned 18, he was fresh and green and I think had played in a Primus cover band no less than two years before that. He's one of those guys I wish everyone could have the opportunity to meet. He's just a great guy who's genuinely interested in everything people have to say, even if it's hypercritical. I'm jealous of him and his composure and the way he handles things. I'm sure we could probably sequester a lot of really talented people into being into the band and if finding a great bass player was our only priority, we could have a list a day long. But a lot of them are dickheads. You have to think about the fact that this guy, first of all, in becoming a part of the band is going to be a really important part of my life and future, and second of all, I'm going to have to live in a four-by-eight enclosed space with this guy for a month of my life at a time when we're all at our hungriest and sleepiest and most cranky and furthest from home. I want it to be a guy who I can count on lifting me up instead of just a wild card, and we lucked out with Jon because he's also an awesome bass player. And we wouldn't have brought him in the band if he wasn't a great bass player. I mean, he's a way better bass player than I could ever hope to be which was just an added bonus. In a lot of ways I feel like Jon coming into the band doesn't get enough credit for really kind of changing the sound on this record, cause I think he brought a lot into the dynamic. I was always a guitar player before I joined The Famine, and so I kind of approach bass from that mentality, and I liked playing bass and it definitely opened me up to new musical possibilities and kind of set me into a new frame of motion. But Jon has been living it, he's been recording on tapes in basements and playing punk rock bands and watching people get stabbed and stuff for 10 years-plus, so he came into it with just a great attitude and nimble-but-Star-Wars-loving fingers.
SLUG: Do you think The Famine's direction or message has changed with you on vocals? Do you see yourself taking the band anywhere that it hasn't already been, say like Jon is doing with bass?
Nowell: I would love to be able to stand here and take credit for version 2.0 and leading the way, but all I can say regarding that is I know I only have so many tricks in my bag. Back when these guys were in Embodyment, back in the day, I was always so blown away by their technicality and musicianship. Like I said before, I'm yelling into a microphone essentially—there's nothing too glorious about that and there only so many things you can do with it, so I wanted to try to bring a little of my personality, maybe even a little of my politics, my view to the plate because I felt like that was something that wasn't necessarily there before. And it makes sense that it wasn't there before, because Kris didn't write lyrics, they were written by the band, so it was kind of 'catch as catch can'. If someone had an idea for the song, then hey, cool, you go write the song. This one's about your friend that got divorced, this one's about 9/11, and I look back on that record that I was so fortunate to be a part of, and I'm not ashamed of any of it, I still like that record. But it was, I would say, incongruous. I kinda had the opportunity this time to form more of a united front. I have a background in English and education, and I'm also a turbo-political person, and I didn't necessarily want to step up on stage, and make a record that's like, "Oh these guys love Propagandhi!", which I do, but I could never make a political record like Propagandhi could make a political record. I could never make a record about the culture wars like maybe Craft did, or Nation States, things like that. I guess I just try to bring a little bit of all of that into the realm of death metal which I think is something that probably hasn't been done regularly since bands like Forsook and early Brutal Truth in the early '90s, and those are more grindcore bands. A lot of death meal is about cutting chicks up and eating labia, cartoonish and hokey and I love it, and it is what it is. It helps conjure an image, certainly, but it's also not really progressing the genre forward at all. I'm certainly no torch bearer for a hard-line liberal agenda. It wasn't like the band said, "Alright Nick, go ahead and do what you want to do," I think it probably would have been an entirely different record if they had said, "Yeah, say exactly what it is that you believe." We all kind of took it on ourselves to make a record that we could all stand behind. It's a big, important thing for us at this point in the band and our lives just to be honest and real. If someone comes up to a show and asks us about the political implications of a line in a song, I want all four of us to be able to stand behind the answer. All four of us have different views on politics and religion and culture war, just like any four people you put in a room that are freethinking, intelligent individuals would. It's a more difficult task to find a common thread that runs between everybody and hopefully that is the line I was able to tread on this record.
SLUG: Being on Solid State, you occasionally get labeled a Christian band, which you've said before in interviews the band doesn't appreciate. Is there a philosophy that The Famine does carry as a whole? What is that common string as a band that you guys carry no matter what?
Nowell: I understand why people bring those questions and comparisons to the table—Solid State has a history of putting out records that are essentially heavy metal praise albums from time to time. The fact of the matter is I'm not a Christian, I'm an atheist. Jon is Jewish, Mark and Andy both have their own takes on their personal Christian faith. My hope is that it has no bearing on what we do when the four of us come together. It's really tricky, because it's more difficult to divorce from it. Like if I say I have no religion whatsoever, people make the logical assumption that I'm the mouthpiece for the band, and therefore, we have no religion as a band, and that therefore, we're anti-religion, and that therefore we're grinding that axe. They're really ready to kinda place that label, and that's fine, and if that helps them sleep at night, whatever. I mean no disrespect, and if all you want to listen to is Christian music, that's cool, and if that's edifying and uplifting to you in your personal life, and those are your convictions, I can support that as long as you feel like you're doing something for yourself. If the guitar player is awesome, and the drums are great, and you really like the vocals, and you can't understand what he's saying anyway, are you so principled that the very idea of consuming something with which you may potentially disagree is just violently disgusting to you? Honestly, that's important, and that's what's wrong with this world.
SLUG: How do you guys think The Architects of Guilt has been received in comparison to the earlier records?
Nowell: It's been pretty cool. We've gotten a lot of really good reviews coming on, which was awesome. We got good reviews for the last record also, but I think a lot of that was, "Hey this is Embodiment 2.0." Jesus Christ Magazine was really ready to give us their stamp of approval. I think they thought The Famine was going to be a band who was going out there and really thumping the Bible hard. The record came out and some of the lyrics on that record were written by some of the guys who have very strong faith, very strong religion, and so there were a couple of tracks on there that probably backed up that mentality if that was the way you wanted to interpret it. The reviews for this record were awesome, I think maybe for the opposite reasons, because that was kind of the persona that we were labeled with from pretty early on. We weren't trying to push back against that as much as we were just trying to create a more cohesive record, but I think in certain circles and the certain most vocal circles, it's like- please allow me this aside—why is the NRA considered this super-important voting arm, super-important mechanism and politicians kowtow to their wills and desires, when they make up maybe one percent of the voting population? It's because they're the most vocal. People who are into the NRA and into the amendment, they really know how to beat the drum. I don't want to say [we've] suffered, cause that's a strong word, but there has been a little of a backlash with me doing interviews and things like that, coming out and going, "Hey listen, we're not a Christian band, this isn't a Christian record, if that's what you want that's cool, I have no disrespect for that." But me calling Dave Mustaine an asshole has offended some people which By the way, Dave Mustaine, if you ever have the time to listen to anything that I've said, I take that back, I apologize.
SLUG: Duly noted!
Nowell: [laughs] I love Megadeth so much! It was an offhanded remark that I didn't mean, it was disingenuous. You know, or me saying like "piss poor," for instance, on one of the songs on the record. They're like "Well why would this band, if their mission is to uplift the lord's message, why would they feel it necessary to say piss?"
SLUG: You'd think the logical deduction would be, "Well maybe that's not the goal."
Nowell: Well, no, because what's funny about this is there are bands—I can't remember what band it is, like Impending Doom or something like that, one of the more kind of outspokenly religious of the extreme metal bands—has a song about taking a piss on the devil or something like that. People are way stoked on it, when they're singing about taking a piss on the devil, getting all victorious, saying, "Yeah, the devil sucks man!" But when I'm taking about the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., I'm saying we all have a piss-poor excuse for not talking about it or being aware of it, it makes people a bit more uncomfortable.
SLUG: I can see how that would backfire for some people.
Nowell: And I don't mean that as a knock on Impending Doom, I just saw that as one of the kind of responses that we're venting about. A big part of the way we're trying to approach this album and this record and the message we're trying to put out there is: everyone bears a measure of acceptance. As a Christian nation, it's really, really easy, especially after September 11th, to vilify the entire Islamic faith as being a bunch of extremists who are hell-bent on our demise. But if you were to give me the task of cherry-picking verses from the Bible to apply the same message, it wouldn't take me long to do that. We're all so ready to pull the trigger, and part of my personal belief is we could all do with just a little measure of understanding. If we could spend a little bit less time vilifying other people and a little bit more time understanding, I think we could take some great leaps.
SLUG: What is The Famine listening to right now?
Nowell: Mark and Andy are old as dirt, and outdated, and awful [laughs]. Andy loves Peter Gabriel, and not in an ironic sense. He was a child of the late '70s, grew up in the '80s, so that was kind of his genre of pop music. That guy is like a storehouse—you could ask him what Kajagoogoo's second B-side was, and he could tell you immediately. And I don't know if that's a vestige of his childhood, or if it's some deep seated love he still fosters, but I'm the same way for 90s alternative rock. I'm not like, pounding the pavement with my Our Lady Peace records, but if you ever wanted some obscure 90s alternative rock knowledge, I'd be the guy to go to. I think in the world of metal, Death's albums are all being re-released and re-mastered with bonus tracks, and our bass player Jon is a huge Death fan. That's really refreshing because you hear the last Death record and then Necrophagous, who is a band I really love and I feel are on the cutting edge of death metal still and they have been for several years. You go back and you listen to Death's last record and you go, "Necrophagous would not exist without this album that no one knows about!" cause Chuck Schuldine died 3 years after that record was made. I don't want to call us consummate historians on death metal or anything like that, but when it comes to extreme music, that's more of the stuff we're into, like Carcass's first albums and we love anything Cannibal Corpse. I think Jon and I are more in the Corpsegrinder field, and Andy and Mark are more in the Chris Barnes field, but that could be because of our age when we got into them. Bands like Suffocation and Napalm Death and Brutal Truth, that's when it comes to metal. I think we only listen to metal 30 percent of the time. Sometimes it gets to be a little too break-neck. I consider myself to be a heavy metal fan, I've got the long hair, a closet full of black T-shirts with pointy logos you can't read, and yet even I can't listen to metal too much or it I just get tired—I start taking too many naps [laughs].
SLUG: Well thank you sir, this has been a delight. Anything else you want the fans to know?
Nowell: We're playing South by Southwest on Wednesday March 16th at the 311 Club. It's a free show and it's all-ages, we'd love to meet everyone. We're looking to hit the road pretty substantially this year. We've always done limited dates and limited engagements—we toured for seven weeks back to back and it broke our backs. After that, we were kind of soured on the whole thing, but with the new lineup and the new record it's something we're all really passionate about, so we really want to take it out there.
SLUG: So you're hopefully going to tour longer than you have in the past?
Nowell: Absolutely. Cause we're not dealing with people on two coasts anymore. With us being down here and Kris in New York City, anytime we wanted to do anything, we had to clear $700 worth of headway to get Kris down here to even start and now we're all down here. I think this is a better record, just from my personal tastes anyway, so I feel like we have a stronger product. And I think we're a better band together just like any band would after playing several more years. So, our goal is definitely to be able to tour and bring it out to people. And blah blah, it's sacrifice for us, but you know what? Paying 15 dollars to get into a show is a lot of a sacrifice for some people when they have to be there till 2 in the morning, and then be at work at 6am at the 7-11. But I hope that we'll be able to tour, that's our plan, and I hope that if we do, people are encouraged to come out and check it out, even if you've never heard of us before. I'd love to talk to you about the Jonestown Massacre, and Ruby Ridge and things like that. Outside of that, free the West Memphis Three, that's all I have to say.
Blog Exclusive CD Reviews:
Bizzaro World
Lifeforce Records
Street: 03.15
Deadlock = Lacuna Coil + Caliban + Dark Tranquility
This is my first experience with Deadlock, and right away I have to say: what a surprisingly great record. While the concept of Bizzaro World 's dystopian pains are meant to feel strange and uncomfortable, this album is so tightly structured in its excellence that chaos is far from mind. "Virus Jones" opens the album with techno samplings, before they smash your face in with a rough beat and distorted guitars. Sabine Scherer's voice comes soaring in the pre-chorus, backing Johannes Prem's thick deep screams, and it's a shockingly beautiful and catchy moment. She has that clear-as-a-bell sweetness that you rarely find in metal maidens (except maybe Ashley Ellyllon of Abigail Williams), and it adds a serious layer of emotion. "You Left Me Dead" is part love song, part suicide note, blending piano, crashing guitars, and shadowy drumming. "Falling Skywards" and "Brutal Romance" showcase a bit more of the techno sampling, but it never overwhelms the pure metal beneath. "Paranoia Extravaganza" closes with dark strength, and its evocative vocals will crawl under your skin before you can stop it. The imaginative song construction of this band is worth its weight in gold, and they've got a new fan in me. - Megan Kennedy
Times Of Grace
The Hymn Of A Broken Man
Roadrunner Records
Street: 01.28
Times Of Grace = Killswitch Engage - Howard Jones + All That Remains
Patience is a virtue, or so I'm inclined to believe now that former Killswitch Engage front man Jesse Leach has finally brought us Times of Grace, his long-incubating project with Adam Dutkiewicz. "Strength In Numbers" opens the album with a one-two punch of sharp military drumming and speedy licks before Jesse's voice erupts like a prophet addressing his masses . "Where The Spirit Leads Me" sounds like a missing Alive Or Just Breathing? cut with windblown clean over gravel-deep vocals, tricky guitar work and thumping drums; it's catchy as hell and lingers in your brain. "The Forgotten One" is a fantastic ballad, and the acoustic guitars and lonesome cowboy feel of it only makes the vocal harmonies stronger. Mosh pit fiends will love the fist-in-the-air anthem "Fight For Life" and the wicked shredding of "Hope Remains." "Until The End Of Days" is a forceful dichotomy, beginning with dreamy chords and clean singing before it drops into a death metal hell of thick screams, merciless drums and discordant minor notes. It's not reinventing metal, but I dare say it is a masterpiece just the same, and it's right where Jesse Leach belongs. - Megan Kennedy


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Tax Incentives
The Detroit Next Michigan Development Corporation Renaissance Zone offers an exemption or waiver of most taxes for businesses that locate new facilities in Detroit's employment corridors that result in substantial investment and job creation opportunities.
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Allows the city to waive most taxes for businesses Certified as an Eligible Next Michigan Business (ENMB) and that moves products or services via "multimodal commerce". Multimodal commerce involves the movement of products or services via (2) or more modes of transportation (ie air, road, rail or water).
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- Up to 10-year term
- Targeted Areas
- Applicant must enter in a Development Agreement with the City of Detroit.
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Business projects in manufacturing, mining, research and development, wholesale trade, and operations may be eligible for the abatement of all personal property taxes in targeted areas. Retail businesses and casinos are not eligible. Targeted areas include Renaissance Zones, enterprise zones, Brownfield redevelopment zones, empowerment zones, tax increment financing districts, local development financing districts, or a downtown development districts.
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State sponsored performance based grants/loans for highly competitive project creating a minimum of 50 jobs. Statutory limit on any loan or grant is $10M depending on business case and need for the program.
State sponsored performance based grants/loans targeted for the renovation of blighted, functionally obsolete or historic resource sites within targeted investment areas. Will not exceed 25% of eligible investment.
The Collateral Support Program and Loan Participation Programs seeks to enable companies to acquire the necessary financing that might otherwise be unavailable due to a collateral shortfall and/or cash flow shortages according to the lender's analysis.
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State sponsored program that subsidizes training and also provides wrap around services for companies hiring structurally under-employed individuals in Detroit.
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation offers recruitment assistance, readiness training, customized training and subsidies related to the various training programs.
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Provides tax credits for the substantial, certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures for commercial, industrial and rental residential purposes
Provides incentives that can be monetized for eligible projects benefitting targeted populations within designated low income census tracts.
Highly competitive federal program that can provide federal match for eligible construction-related costs related to job-producing projects that meet a national objective. (May have significant time lag prior to disbursement of funds)
Site assessment grants currently available through the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority-led coalition.
Highly competitive federal program that provide funding for a grant recipient to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. (May have significant time lag prior to disbursement of funds)
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I am in the midst of taking the Connected Coaching course through the Powerful Learning Practice organization. It has been a great experience so far. I would recommend their courses to anyone looking to become more connected.
One of our current assignments is to reflect upon the following Connected Coaching standards:
1. Persevere in exploring ideas and concepts, rethinking, revising, and continual repacking and unpacking as they build upon and assist in uncovering strengths of those they coach.
One of the most important concepts I have taken away from this experience is appreciative inquiry. I am constantly revisiting it. My goal is to reflect on my capacity to focus on the positive when working with other learners in online spaces. One of the best resources shared by Lani Ritter Hall (our teacher/guide/mentor) is this article, which contains the visual you see below.
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What I find so interesting is this framework describes the same steps that teachers should apply when using formative assessments to move students toward a learning goal. What does this mean? Just as school leaders must act as coaches with colleagues, teachers should replicate the coaching experience with their students. It's about encouraging growth (Dweck) and a dynamic-learning mindset (Johnston).
2. Engage in discussions on difficult or messy topics from an appreciative inquiry perspective to increase confidence and self efficacy.
The idea of engaging in difficult discussions may seem like an oxymoron. Why look for an argument? The idea is that these touchy conversations are just the issues we need to address if we are to move forward in our learning. Our beliefs and practices will not be altered unless we truly reflect on their effectiveness and consider other possibilities. Having these conversations from an appreciate inquiry standpoint forces listeners to really consider others' opinions and look for the positive in what they are saying.
3. Use activities to create a connection to the content and context, to oneself, and to those who are part of the learning community at school and online.
To address this standard, I have taken the leap into Google+ Communities. I was reluctant at first – I didn't think I needed another social media to keep tabs on. What makes G+ Communities different is I can better organize my connections with colleagues based on interest and on the desired openness of our conversations. To create a "walled garden", I can make a private Community. Posts are only visible to the members of our group. This has been a great tool to provide an online space for learners new to social media.
4. Collectively review and analyze with an open mind and without judgment all and many perspectives on coaching.
The ladder of inference has been a very useful mental model for keeping an open mind. Developed by Chris Agyris and often referenced by Peter Senge, the Ladder of Inference is about not jumping to conclusions. There are clear application possibilities of this model to professional learning communities, conferring with students, project-based learning, etc. In my context, it's a critical skill if I am to be an active listener when coaching others both face-to-face and online. This visual is helpful in reminding me to hold my assumptions at bay:
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Here is one example: It is so easy to make snap judgments about students when looking at assessment data and not considering all the possibilities. Why is a child not successful? Instead of assuming its just classroom instruction or lack of motivation on the part of the student, it is smart to consider the context of the situation, along with our preconceived biases, before arriving at conclusions regarding specific situations. Maybe we don't have enough data to support our initial assumptions. The solution may be to go back and assess the child using a different tool to get a more comprehensive look of their skills. We need to trust our intuition, as long as it leads us on the path toward deeper understanding.


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One thing is sure: It is not easy to slide on an Alice band. Deeply ingrained in our cultural memory, it's inextricably entwined with notions of childhood innocence and trussed-up perfection - see its namesake, Alice in Wonderland and more recently Charlotte York in Sex and the City and Bree Van de Kamp in Desperate Housewives. The catwalk has played with those Alice Bands last summer, but still this trend is not popular on the streets yet. That was the reason I wanted Isik to become part of Imprimoloco because I love the way she is wearing her Alice Band - my personal Alice in Wonderland.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
And to top it all off, the vet said that since our cats all stay indoors it's likely that I gave them the fleas.
Fae is most assuredly not pleased.
25 comments:
I can't imagine that you got fleas from the upstanding classy library clientele that frequents the stacks.
- July 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Ladyfox said...
Poor kittehs! Whenever we get a flea problem around our den we've had good success with the stuff called Advantage. The only thing I dislike about it is not being able to snorgle with our kittehs while they have it on. -_-
- July 24, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- Mike W. said...
You mean hobos have fleas!? Who woulda thought. Hope you kill those nasty buggers dead soon.
I was late giving Zack his frontline this month and was praying he wouldn't start scratching.
- July 24, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Bob said...
Raid Yard Guard will kill any fleas currently in the carpets, just herd the cats into a back bedroom while you spray the rest of the house. You might have to repeat the treatment in a few days when any flea eggs hatch out. Turn off your a/c system while fogging.
- July 24, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Robb Allen said...
Yup. The little suckers jump on you while you're outdoors, then you bring them in. It's happened to me as well.
The liquid drops you put on the back of their necks (I believe Advantage is one of them) is as close to a miracle cure as there is. Within a day, you won't see a single flea. The stuff is absorbed into the kitty's blood stream and turns their blood poisonous to the fleas.
Best stuff I've ever used.
- July 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Warthog said...
you can also sprinkle borax powder over your carpet. It can be found in the laundry section of your supermarket, it's not toxic to teh kittehs and it kills the fleas dead by dehydrating them.
- July 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- James said...
One old remedy that killed adult fleas from back when I had the farm is to hang a light bulb over a flat pan of water where the fleas are the thickest. Put detergent in the water to reduce the surface tension. Fleas jump at heat or motion so the little bundles of joy will jump at the light, fall into the water and drown. Flea eggs will be in your carpets and frequent vacuuming will help there, dispose of the bag contents very carefully.
- July 24, 2010 at 5:22 PM
- RevolverRob said...
Borax and table salt!
We had a mammoth infestation of fleas and the exterminator couldn't kill them. Borax and table salt works wonders though. Use it for a laundry detergent, use it to powder the carpets, furniture, mattresses, everything. The borax and table salt also kill the eggs and prevent them from coming back.
If you wash the kitties in Dawn dish soap, it will kill the fleas and not bother the kitties (well too much).
Good luck!
- July 24, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- OrangeNeck said...
Do you have fleas or do the fleas have you?
- July 24, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- DaddyBear said...
Be careful to not overdo it if you go the insecticide route. Cats are sensitive to the poisons, and too much will mess with them. Follow instructions carefully, and be careful to use the formula for cats, not dogs.
Never tried the borax method, but what has been said about the vacuum cleaner is spot on. My mother raised yorkies, and we were continually fighting fleas until we realized we were providing a hatchery in the vacuum.
Good luck, and try not to wear holes in your hide scratching!
- July 24, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- B Smith said...
@ OrangeNeck: This begs the question: What gun for fleas?
- July 24, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Dean Carder said...
Simple solution. First salt your carpets heavily. Two days later vacuum. Salt again and repeat for a week. Then run the vac every day. Wash the cats and yourself with Miracle Two soap. No fleas.
- July 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- Heath said...
Salt the cat well enough, and it's halfway edible...
- July 24, 2010 at 10:12 PM
- Christina LMT said...
Make sure you put mothballs in your vacuum cleaner bag, that'll kill any fleas/eggs inside and those the machine sucks up, too.
- July 25, 2010 at 1:15 AM
I don't envy you this problem, but it does sound like there are good tools and the experience to use them.
- July 25, 2010 at 1:47 AM
- Roberta X said...
...I have in the past, at some of my more horrible apartments, slept with flea collars on my ankles. Really bad flea seasons, I wore 'em as anklets outdoors, too.
- July 25, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- dr mac said...
My method is 1)Deflea all animals with a flea bath and put in car, 2)Deflea humans, 3)Set off flea bombs in each room and nuke the hell out 'em 4)Go on 3 hour car trip, 5)Return and vacumn, 5)Return all animals and humans to previoulsly invaded habitat.
It takes half a day but it works. Considering my lower legs would immediately swell with red blotches, I knew immediately when a flea invasion had taken place. It just made the house inhabitable.
Good Luck !
- July 25, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Old NFO said...
Dr Mack is right, and Borax works wonders on carpet to kill them. I did that before the bug bomb.
- July 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Diatomaceous earth works as well as borax and its non-toxic to critters larger than fleas. It kills fleas by physical action - under a microscope the particles look like shards of glass. Too small to hurt people and kittehs, but lethal nasty for fleas and flea larva. It works for ants too.
- July 25, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Jennifer said...
EW fleas! They like hubby more than me. Thankfully, we haven't had them since eliminating the carpet from the house. Salt on the carpet and a dish of water with a little soap works great. Also, daily baths for kittehs until they are gone. I live with a pair of Siamese so this was a very loud undertaking.
- July 25, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- Lissa said...
LOL, the look on Fae's face . . . she looks like you just goosed her with a thermometer :)
- July 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- Tennessee Budd said...
I feel your pain. All 4 of our cats had fleas. Last week was spent bathing them repeatedly, bombing the house, doing laundry, catching said cats & putting collars on them, doctoring our wounds from putting collars on, etc.
We think we've got the fleas taken care of, but only time will tell.
- July 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Warthog said...
What gun for fleas? Probably something similar to what Caleb might carry at work? LOL
- July 26, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Glenn B said...
Sorry to hear about your plight. I know that fleasliterally suck. Went to sleep on my uncle's couch in his farmhouse, years ago. Woke up with what looked like red bracelets/welts around the area a few inches above my ankles. I had been wearing socks, sweat pants and a sweat shirt. Wear the pants and socked were separated by about 2 inches of flesh on each leg, I was literally eaten alive by those little boogers. I noticed them when I saw one black dot, then another and yet another appear out from within the fabric of my white socks as I looked at the welts. One continuous welt around each leg mind you that was really badly inflamed. When I moved a hand toward one of my socks all the dots disappeared. Then I moved my hand over the couch and it looked like it was sprinkled with live pepper on the cushion on which my legs had been stretched out. Then I checked the carpetting, the house was crawling wiuth them, probably millions of them.
My uncle tried to blame it on my dogs having been there two months before even though we used a flea treatment and they never scratched themselves except for an odd itch now and again. His dogs, on the other paw, were allowed to wander his 152 acre farm and more, were not treated yet that year for fleasa, and always were scratching. Took him 2 or three flea bomb attempts to rid the whole house of them. Had to do it once, then a set time laterto get any that hatched since the first bombing, then again because he had not gotten em all for some reason the first two times. The flea bombs did work after that third attempt. Good luck getting rid of them.
As for getting ill, I had no ill effect except I itched and then scratched myself bloody for a few days. If you start feeling ill within up to the next month, let the doc know you were bitten by fleas. Probably and hopefully, you will not get ill.
All the best,
Glenn B
- August 8, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Glenn B said...
Did I really write "wear the pants" instead of 'where the pants', jeesh!
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"You cannot be called an alarmist if there really is something to be alarmed about." Unknown
Welcome to a not-so-happy summary of the current state of global warming and the climate emergency we now face. (If you do not clearly understand what global warming is or how it works, we strongly advise you click here first to learn more about this and then continue with the rest of this document.)
On the following page you will discover the stark facts and science about our current level of global warming and how fast global warming is escalating. You will also discover:
Why we are already in a global warming State of Emergency!
Why we are already out of meaningful control of our global warming crisis for at least the next 30-50 years. (Please click here to learn how and why global warming has become out of our meaningful control and exactly what that means for your future. This page will be the most important thing you have ever read about our global warming and our future.)
While reading this candid and disturbing brief on how bad global warming has become, keep in mind that if we act wisely together and with urgency, there is still a narrow window of hope that we can slow down escalating global warming enough so that more of us will be able to survive it.
But, before we can find a way to effectively slow global warming, it is necessary to honestly face exactly where we are starting from. The rest of this brief document will give you a quick but candid overview of where we are now.
Thirty plus years of global warming reduction failure
In spite of 30 years of warnings by credible scientists and the work of the environmental movement, plus a preponderance of collaborating scientific evidence, as well as numerous conferences and previous treaties, the carbon dioxide and methane pollution of our atmosphere, has not stopped, slowed, or even leveled off. On the contrary, it is getting worse faster than ever before!
Image provided by NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA (http://esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/)
Leading climate scientists like James Hansen, who originally warned us about the global warming danger 30 years ago, say we would remain safe if carbon in the atmosphere did not go over 350 parts per million (ppm). As of August 2016, carbon was near 407 ppm and increasing at about 3 ppm per year in a near exponential progression.
When you combine the heating effect of carbon with the other greenhouse gases, it is called the CO2e ppm rating. CO2e, or carbon dioxide equivalent. CO2e is a standard unit for measuring all greenhouse gases in terms of the amount of warming they create compared to CO2.carbon footprints.
When you include atmospheric methane and the other greenhouse gas pollutants, our current adjusted CO2e rating has already risen to the shocking level of 430 ppmv of CO2e! Worse yet, we will be at carbon 450 ppm in 10 years or less when we include atmospheric methane in our calculations.
To put this in a time-lapse perspective, from 1850 to about 1950, the increase in carbon pollution was steady at about 1 ppm per year. From 1950 to 2000, the increase rose to 2 ppm per year, and now in its current exponential curve, it is at about 3 ppm per year and rising rapidly toward 3-4 ppm per year. If carbon continues to rise in this exponential, nonlinear way, virtually unchecked by our ineffective previous actions, the increase could easily reach a level of 4-5 ppm per year by 2025.
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According to James Hansen, a carbon 450 ppm level would eventually correspond and develop into an average global temperature increase of 6° Celsius (10.8° Fahrenheit) in this century and the end of human civilization as we've come to know it. Based on carbon ppm levels already in the system and reaching the 450 mark, this also means at least another 2.7° Celsius (4.9° Fahrenheit) global temperature increase beyond where we are now is the eventual and inescapable future reality.
This 2.7° Celsius would also be the most realistic minimal temperature increase to project as part of any future planning over the next 10-30 years. Bear in mind that even this scenario applies only if everything goes perfectly and we cross no additional global warming tipping points.
Unfortunately, it is already certain that because of our ongoing denial and delay in addressing escalating global warming, atmospheric carbon in parts per million will most likely continue to rapidly rise beyond the carbon 450-550 ppm total, which translates to a 3° to 4° plus Celsius increase (5.4° to 7.2°+ Fahrenheit) up to as much as a 6° Celsius (10.8° Fahrenheit) increase in average global temperature. (A 4° Celsius increase [7.2° Fahrenheit] in average global temperature would become "Hell on earth" as Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, has stated. Additionally, anything at or above a 4°Celcius increase in average global temperature would be incompatible with an organized global society and would be beyond adaptation!)
Hansen's projections for "ending human civilization as we know it" are not the same as mass human extinction (as much as 70-90 % of humanity dying in as little as 30-50 years,) as we approach carbon 500 ppm and carbon 600 ppm which turn into the the 5° or 6° Celsius (10.8° to about 12° Fahrenheit) temperature levels. In Hansen's 6° Celsius rise coming from eventually crossing the carbon 450 ppm mark, what would be considered normal, stable, comfortable, or predictable daily life in developed nations will become severely impaired and dysfunctional to say the least.
In undeveloped nations, there will be a high and consistent level of chaos and breakdown that will rapidly render most of these nations politically and economically unsustainable. As it is already occurring, the chaos of existing less-developed nations destabilized by factors such as war and the global warming emergency will then affect the more developed and stable nations far beyond just the current massive migrations of climagees escaping the suffering and heat.
In spite of all the media PR, 21 United Nations climate conferences, endless warnings from credible scientists over the last 30 + years, and national reduction pledges and treaties, things are worsening in a nearly exponential progression (2,4,8,16, etc.). There is no way to deny we are not only losing the escalating global warming battle, and we are losing it at a progressively faster rate!
Instead of enacting the needed changes when they were far easier, more gradual, and far less costly, we must now take radical, painful, and costly tough medicine if we are going to save the future. The changes that would have been merely inconvenient 30 years ago will now become nearly unbearable.
Some of today's most disturbing global warming facts
We are not receiving adequate accurate facts about how bad global warming is now, or how bad it will REALLY become. The heavily lobbied global media decline to alarm us to the real dangers in order to allow the fossil fuel industry to continue business as usual.
Current atmospheric fossil fuel burning-related carbon ppm values are now at 413. This is higher than at any other time in the last 1 million years (possibly higher than any time in the last 25 million years). This new carbon pollution record represents an increase of 85 carbon ppm in the 55 years since David Keeling began making his revolutionary atmospheric carbon pollution measurements at Mauna Loa. (See graphs in this and previous chapters).
Carbon pollution accumulating in the atmosphere has been increasing even faster over the last few decades. It is now nearly certain that if we refuse to take immediate, effective measures to resolve global warming, future increases will happen at even faster rates.
Global average temperatures have the potential to rise far faster than what we normally experience. For example, about 9600 BC, in the Boreal climatic phase, global temperatures rose 7° C (12.6° F) in less than a decade, pushing the ice sheets into rapid collapse and sending sea levels soaring.
Our 30-year inability to control the global warming emergency is due in part to:
The lack of national and international verifiable and enforceable international laws that would make continued large-scale carbon and methane pollution of the atmosphere a strongly punished activity or crime.
The physical time lags in developing and deploying the infrastructure needed for the new green energy technologies. As we are progressing now, it will likely take another 30-50 years.
Click here to see more key reasons for what has caused our current out of meaningful control global warming emergency for at least the next 30-50 years.
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The following Illustration is From the new Climageddon book:


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From our Co-VP Jeffrey:
We have more volunteer opportunities this coming weekend for Dancing In The Streets! A great downtown festival to enjoy music while helping the Pride Center make money to support itself and its many upcoming activities, most notably, next month's OUTfest!
Duties during the event are monitoring trash levels in the containers and empyting when needed, as well as picking up litter on the street/bridge/stage areas. VERY LIGHT DUTY and no heavy lifting or moving things…PLUS, imagine all great entertainment as a backdrop to your volunteer shift!
West Side/Pedestrian bridge
4 persons 7-9pm
4 persons 9-11pm
East Side/Depot
4 persons 6-8 pm
4 persons 8-11pm
Duties for this part a little more lifting/moving of things in terms of stage, but also light duties such as putting down tents, stacking folding chairs, and trash clean up sweeps of festival area!
6 persons from 11pm til complete (approximately 1-1:30am)
YOU are the reason that Pride is able to keep our doors open and providing the funding needed to give back to the Community at large! AND, Pride Lafayette and its volunteers leads the pack in dedicated and excellent service to these great downtown festivals!
PLEASE E-MAIL ME Jeffrey (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your name and shirt size by Tuesday, July 16th in the afternoon! I will pick up all tees and materials on Wednesday 17th to have at Center for your pick up during hosting hours Wednesday through Saturday. For late adds (after Tuesday deadline) I will instruct you as to which command post to check in at event!


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My name's Micah and I lead Micah's Gang which is based at All Saints Church.
Micah's Gang is available to help resource local churches in a number of ways.
The Gang is made up of Adults and Children who meet twice a month to practise songs and sketches using some of my puppet friends. We'd love to welcome new members who want to learn more about using puppets to share the good news about Jesus.
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Late 19th Century Painted Armies in 1/72 (20mm)
Welcome to my 20mm (1/72) colonial and late 19th Century painting blog.
I don't know why but I love reanimating and customising 1/72 plastic & metal figures.
Our hobby has seen an explosion of new figures over the past few years with companies such as Hat, Strelets and Waterloo 1815 bringing to the market some very exciting, highly animated and well designed figures; organisations such as Hat and Strelets involving customers more and more it is becoming an even more interesting and enjoyable hobbie.
I have been painting on and off since my father introduced me to my first ever plastic 54mm Napoleonic figures at the age of 9. By the time I was 14 I have over 600 painted figures, these have unfortunately been lost in the various moves I have had to under-go over the past 40 plus years.
Painting has always been a love of mine and it helps me to relax and deal with the various trials and tribulations life throws at us from time to time.
I have accumulated a large collection of painted (and unpainted) figures and I thought now was the right time to share some of these with like mined collectors and hobbyist...or mad individuals like me!
Many other blogs, manufacturers and figure painter´s sites have inspired me to finish some of my old figures, paint and customise some of the new ones and then photograph these in various settings.
I will upload images of my painted and customised figures to this site.
I hope you will enjoy the images
About Me
Duncan in Berlin
I was brought up in West Germany in the 70´s and Berlin was always somewhere that held a great fascination for me. When the wall effectively fell on the 9th November 1989 I just knew it was a place I would one day live in. I first came here in 1998 and in 2006 I left the bright lights of Dubai to set up home here with my partner Ute. We then spent some time in Singapore setting up a new business and came home once that was successfully accomplished. Berlin is a city full of life, history; fascinating cultural diversity within each one of Berlin´s kiez, with their own style of coffee shops, bars etc etc. We love it here, it is simply wonderful.
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My Stuff. Images of my painted figures, work bench plans and Colonial Uniform Scans
54mm Colonials
British Colonial Cavalry 1870 to 1900
British Expidition to the Sudan using Hat Camel Corps and Jacklex figures
British in Zululand
Colonial Conflicts in Afghanistan
Colonial Naval Brigade 1879 to 1900
Dervish Army
Egyptian and Sudanese Army 1882 to1898
French Foreign Legion in Egypt
Gorden Relief Exhibition 1885
How to clean your figures
Ian Weekley
Latest Projects
Magazine front and back covers...
Model Shows
Nile Gun Boat
Peter Gilder
Redcoats in the Sudan
Suakin Field Force 1884 – 1885
Wolseley's Campaign in Egypt 1882
Zulu Warriors
My Blog list
19th Century Sudan Wargames Armies 1883-1885
The British Ambassador's Residence in Cairo
11 years ago
All things Jacklex
Found in a box in my cellar - Jack's boats
2 months ago
Battle Game of the Month
Huzzah! Too busy having fun to blog
2 hours ago
Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree
Morning 23 May 1899: El Harper's Bazaar
5 hours ago
Colonial Wargaming
Clearing a nest of Sea Rats!
7 years ago
History in 1/72
Arndt's first photos for the battle of the Pyramides
2 weeks ago
Keith's Wargaming / Painting Blog
Castles of Cornwall
2 years ago
Lead Gardens
Casting Season
5 years ago
Luke Skywalker turns KNIGHT TEMPLAR in KnightFall Season 2
1 month ago
Modus Reg Magni Momenti
AHPC update
3 months ago
Paul´s Bods
The "Silk Dress Balloon" Gazelle
4 days ago
Steve's Random Musings on Wargaming and other stuff...
Infernal machines...
1 day ago
The Old Metal Detector
Lamming additions
8 months ago
Vintage Wargaming
Desert Update 2
7 months ago
Warfare in the Age of Steam
Les Vivandières de l'Armée française 1860
2 days ago
Buying 1/72 or 20mm colonial figures plus support from metals and resin accessories...
HaT - our No.1 heros have an excellent range of Colonial figures...exciting stuff planned too
Strelets - Heros no.2; have a great range of figures
A call to Arms - Great British and Zulu Infantry
Waterloo 1815. Great Egyptian troops & British Officers
RedBox...some good stuff such as their extensive Boxer Rebellion range, Colonial British & Afghan Warriors
ESCI started my passion for this game...with their Colonial India British Infantry - now produced by Italeri
Waterloo 1815. The best Dervish infantry in plastic on the market...with 100's of animation options
Waterloo1815 AP011 Dervish Infantry wonderfully painted here on Peter's Cave
ESCI (Muslim Warriors) now produced by Italeri
ESCI Muslim Warriors wonderfully painted here on Peter's Cave
Nikolai's Arabic Civilians...Arabische Zivilisten
Nikolai - Fabulous 17th Lancers
Vintage 20mm listing - a good source of information and a great place to start
QUALITICAST MINIATURES; if they would just answer an order request...would be nice!
RSM Colonials (Pax Britannica). The best 20mm metals available
Spencer Smith (Old Jacklex) 20mm figures. Work very well with plastics...offer a great range of guns and accessories too
Newline Design...offers Afghans, Boers & Zulus
Hagen Miniatures; offer some terrific support troops such as Turkish/Egyptian officers, Egyptian Cavalry, German "Schutztruppe" and a wonderful Zulu Chief!
CP Models & TQD Castings - these look very nice indeed!
Stan Johansen Miniatures..BOXER REBELLION...not sure if they are any good...
Raventhorpe - some good stuff here; esp. heads and boddies
BandB miniatures; French Foreign Legion...not my favourite...but nice Arabs
Jack Scruby's Toy Soldiers; African Range...I have no idea how good (or otherwise) these models are...Now offered by Historifigs
SHQ's ACW Limbers, Guns, ammunition and other great stuff...
My favourite galleries and Uniform links
Major General Tremorden Rederring's Colonial-era Wargames Page (just click Impatient?)
French Colonial Uniforms - Spahis, Chasseurs d'Afrique, Zouaves, Turcos etc
Excellent 25mm British Redcoat Infantry
French Colonial Uniforms
French Colonial late 19th C Uniforms - Excellent source
Colonial Steamboat company...some great ideas for building etc
The Battle of Ginnis, interesting reading
A great place to start for Unform images...search till you drop
A great blog on Colonial figs et al
German Colonial Troops
German Colonial Uniforms
Benno´s Figure Forum
Soldatini online Gallery. A good source of colourful ideas
Fuhrmann figures Gallery
Plastic Soldier Review...simply excellent
The Miniatures Page. A good source of chat and new releases; dominated by our 28 (25) & 15mm cousins!
Great Colonial Battle Reports
The Men Who Would Be Kings game at HRGG
THE PINK FAMINGO's Colonials...excellent stuff gentlemen
Connoisseur Sudan figures
Great painted colonials by Hores and Muskets fabulous paint brush
Ian Weekley's 15mm Pathan fort on the NW frontier
25mm colonials...well OK then!
The best colonial games table ever...Khartoum - Triumph and Tragedy
If this doesnt get you painting...nothing will!
55 Days dats at Peking by the gang at SOTCW
Rabbits in my Basement...the Great Game Russia & NWF
Some great stuff from our NZ chaps - Tally Ho
Reports from more 15mm chaps - Throwing Spears - including some great images too
Excellent report from our smaller chaps...including train!
Battle for Maxim's
The Amazing Adventures of the Red Shadow
David Bickly's Wargame site
The Colonial Angle...its a place to start...full of excellent reports and downloads
Trevor's Colonial Wargame pages...excellent stuff
Some great Colonial idea's here
A superb Sudan battle in 25mm
A great Sudan Battle
Lead Gardens - Colonials...Jacklex!
Ed's Colonials
Colonel Huds Colonial Blog
Keith's Colonial Wargamers Blog
Will's Wargamers (Colonial) Blog
Lonely Gamers - Wargaming in the Sudan
Assault on Fort Khalaam
Relief of Wadi Zoum Zoum
Great starting point - although it is from our 25mm Cousins
Some great painting and inspiration
David Richard's Chasseurs d'Afrique
Dave Hennen's excellent Anglo-Boer War Artillery Conversion...posted in 2006
Some great (non painted) images of Jacklex support troops
Some of Steve's old Pax Britannica Colonial British...can we see more?
More of Will's great Colonial works from his blog
More for the Sudan...some Will's lovely creative thinking here...
Jack's 'Never Enough Marines'...he mixes Newline with a number of plastics...with excellent results
Massimo's marvellous Camel Corps masters...oh my word!
Jacklex 20mm British and Sudanese/Egyptian Camels
MacDonald's Kop - Majuba 1881
Massimo's amazing SUDAN 1898 figures;Cameron Highlanders 2° rgt. Egyptian & Sudanese Infantry
The Road to Metammeh (Sudan 1885) by my friend Massimo
Massimo Costa's amazing awards
The Road to Metammeh (Sudan 1885) by my Mr Massimo Costa
Officer, Cameron Highlanders, Egypt 1882 by the brilliant Massimo Costa
Just off the boat and into the sand...Naval Chaps
Palm Trees, Craig's Wargaming Blog
3 fabulous different versions of Hät 1/72 Gatling Gun by José Manuel Chasco
My man Massimo's work in progress; Tel el Kebir 1882
Some great Colonial light horse and marines
Jaques brilliant Colonial Highlanders
Excellent painting of Hat 8180 Gardner Gun and Crew by Peter
Transvaal Boer Commando
Peter's Indian Infantry
Some excellent examples of British Infantry 2nd Boer War
NWF Indian Infantry
Excellent early converted Colonial armies by Richard Brooks...excellent!
British artillery from the Boer/South African war by Werner
Chinese Gordon from David in Australia...posted in 2002
More great colonial conversions...before blogs
Battle of Adua by Mr. Rossi
Oh the good ol days of Colonial Conversions...thanks to Mr. Kattinger
Strelets Turkish Artillery-Crew as 1880 Egyptians
The Sudan early 1880's by Keith...great stuff!
Peter's Hat 8180 Gardner Gun and Crew
CP models "Darkest Africa" British Infantryman Zulu war 1/72
Uwe's Egyptians in winter uniform & bengal lancers
An excellent conversion of a Highland Guard, Afghan Army, 1879 by Jaques
"Ondurman 1898" 21th Lancers by the Maestro Massimo
Rudolf Slatin Pasha "Firket 7 June 1896" by Massimo
Tel-El-Kebir. 1882! This is going to be fab...
Converted Colonial Highlanders et al by the fabulous brushes of Jaques
Colonial Highlanders...Fantastic!
Colonial Indians Conversions...again by the brilliant Jacques
Jaques's Colonial Indians Infantry
How Jaques made his Colonial Indians
Colonial Gurkhas...thanks Jaques they are brilliant
Part II of Russel King's "Colonial Square"
The Egyptian Army; Fellahin Infantry from Wargaming.info
The Egyptian Army: Sudanese Infantry from Wargaming.info
Sudan Battle Report (2008) from Der Alte Fritz Journal
A great Sudan Game - with ELEPHANTS? Fabulous stuff
Sander's superb Indian Infantry
Sander's excellent Highlanders
Alan's British infantryman Omdurman conversion
Brecht's excellent Gatling Guns
Russel King's "Colonial Square"...part 2 is to follow
Egyptian Camel Corps in winter (blue) uniform. Cheers Alan
A superb Diw...Rudolf Slatin Pasha "Firket 7 June 1896" by our friend Massimo
Alan's excellent Colonial Indian Infantry and Camel Corp
Narrative of the Battle of Mhebja. Gavin this is the Best Ever!!
More pictures from Gav's fantastic fictitious Sudan game: The Battle of Mhebja
British Camel Corps somewhere in the Sudan. By Gavin
Gatling Gun and Crew by Bradley
Great pictures of Gardner Gun and Crew by Bradley in New Zealand
Nick's wonderfully converted Colonial 'Screw Guns'
Colonial Artillery by Nick - great stuff
Colonial Naval Gatling Gun by Nick. We like them a lot!
Some early examples of Bengal Lancers conversions...fantastic work!
Colonial Wars: British Artillery by Thomas Willers, great photos too
Gardner Gun by Michael Remmers. How did he do the grasses
Sudan 1883 by Capt Morris. An outstanding diorama
Punjab Frontier Force,1887 by Gavin Bowden. Just Fab!
Egyptian Artillery circa 1885 by Alan Buckingham. I love the mounted Officer
Colonial Highlanders by Gavin Bowden
Excellent diorama; Royal Irish Fusiliers 1899,by Massimo Costa
British Camel Corps by Andrea Melani, great stuff!
Italians at Eritrea 1896 by Andrea Melani, Brilliant
Gurkha Riflemen by Mr Mannix...now I have to have a go at these!
Gordon Highlander with their favorite comrades-in-arms the Gurkahs by Mr Mannix; a great inspiration
Gordon Highlanders 2d Afghan War by S. M. Mannix....simply fantastic
A British square using HaT Highlanders, Naval Brigade Gardner and Gatlings by Mr. van de Pijl
Her Majesty's Elephant Dumbo by Sander van Straeten...fantastic!
Royal Irish Fusiliers 1899 Boer War by Massimo Costa
Strelets British Lancers by Roberto Casti
Australian Lancers by David Harper
North-West-Frontier 1891 by Egbert Balzar
A really good Gardner Gun vignette
HaT Camel Corps by Adam TAFKA Parsons
British Colonial Artillery by Nuno Cabeçadas
Colonial Indian Infantry by Thomas Willers
Colonial British diorama by Taran...great inspiration
Excellent Colonials by Nuno M. Cabeçadas
Colonial Highlander by Jan-Willem van der Pijl
HäT Colonial Navel figures, very well painted by Sander van Straeten
A great (25mm) Sudan Gallery
Hat British & Egyptian Camel Corps
Anglo-Egyptian Army
Tel el Kebir 1882, a fantastic diorama with wonderful images by Massimo Costa
Transvaal Boer Commando
Peter's Indian Infantry
Some excellent examples of British Infantry 2nd Boer War
NWF Indian Infantry
Transvaal Boer Commando
Peter's Indian Infantry
Dervish and Ansar Forces in Miniature
Tom's Arabs from the not so often seen company GerMan
A few ideas from Tom's Miniatures
British Camel-Corps
Tom's excellent Anglo-Egyptian Army
Tom's Paintjob: 2. Part of the 24. British Inf. Rgt. Zulu War
Zulu War: British 24. Inf. Rgt
Tom's ECSI 1898 Sudan Campaign, British Light Marine-Inf.
Tom's Sudan-Infantry for Sudan Campaign
The best painting ever; Men of the Mahdi; DIE MÄNNER DES MAHDI (UPDATE 1)
Mahdo by Enrico...simply the best...the best!
Generic Colonial Natives
Mahdists horde by one man and his brushes
Khandibarian town of Khitkhat :o)
Mr P's Khandibarian Artillary
Paul's Khandibarian Cavalry
Queen Victoria's Enemies. Some great ideas for conversions here...thanks Jaques
Pauls Khandibarian Infantry :o)
More of Pauls excellent Dervish lads
A Mahdist Horde...excellent stuff by Mr. Berta
Some fantastic Dervish lads...Beja Tribesmen...in 25mm
Paul's fabulous Khandibarian camels,,,excellent stuff sir
Keith's Taaishi Camels
Dervish lads by Pivo
Alan's great Mahdist forces on the march
Mannix's HaT Hadendowa Camelry and Infantry testshots
Mr. Mannix's HaT Taaishi Conversions
Alan's 1/72 Dervish Warriors (test shots)
Taaishi Camelry by Sander
Hadendowa Camelry by Sander
Some great Taaishi Camelry with some excellent conversions by Alan
Duel on the sand - Part 4 Taaishi Camelry dueling with converted Bengal Lancer by Taran. Simply brillient
Duel on the sand - Part 3 - Taaishi Camelry by Taran
Duel on the sand - Part 2 - Hadendowah Camelry by Taran
Duel on the sand - Part 1 - Dervish Cavalry by Taran
Hadendowa Camels by Dirk Donvil
Taaishi Camels by Dirk Donvil
Arab warriors by Dykio
Waterloo Dervish infantry painted by Thomas Willers. Excellent!
ESCI Muslim Warriors Painted. Some good ideas to start the ball rolling
Some excellent Muslim Warriors Conversions by Jaques
Hadendowa Camelry by Rafael Oscar Moccia
Superb Taaishi camelry with some excellent conversions...well done Gav
Hadendowa Camelry test shots by Rafael - capturing the mood with some great images
Hadendowa camelry by Gavin Bowden...love the settings too!
Excellent Dervish Command by Alan Buckingham
A Mahdist Horde...excellent stuff by Mr. Berta
Colonial Gun Boats & Arabic Buildings
Nile steam Boat in 25mm...by the Table Top boys from Germany
Another Nile steam Boat in 25mm...terrific
DIE BOOTE DER NIL EXPEDITION The Boats of the Nile - Part 1
The Boats of the Nile - Part 2; some wonderful sketches from the Sudan Exhibition
The Boats of the Nile - Part 3; Text is in Germany and there are some wonderful sketches from the Sudan Exhibition
Green Line's excellent Arabic Houses made of hard cardboard and balsa wood...I have two!
MBM's North African gate & base "Benghazi"
Nikolai's excellent Arabic display bases
MBM models 1/72 Arabic street...a great idea for dio's
MBM models 1/72 Arabic building house (Part) sorry about the Panzer
MBM models 1/72 Arabic building house (Part) sorry again about the Panzer!
MBM models 1/72 Arab house
MBM models 1/72 North African house (Part)
Some great ideas for Steamers and buildings
Lead Gardens - Arab Dhow
Lead Gardens Gun Boat Battles
A great site for Gun Boats (15mm) a good place to start
Lead Gardens - How he builds Gunboats
The Melik Society
Pt 1 of a British colonial ship vignette by Sven
Pt 2 of Sven's British colonial ship vignette - Finished
Peter Guilder's Gun Boat
Carmen's Building a River Boat - excllent
Carmen's 28mm finished Nile Steamer (just photos)
Gunboat Melik 1898
Bengal Cavalry
Bengal Lancers in a Day - Excellent stuff
Ed's Strelets Bengal Cavalry
9th Bengal Lancers from Peter Gilder's collection
9th & 13th Bengal Lancers (25mm Cousins) by John Moher
HaT's Bengla Lancers - 2012? If we're lucky!
I have ordered some of these from Uwe...will post the images when they're finished
How Massimo works...
Some more of Massimo's great work
Massimo's excellent work
Some great conversions here too...fabulous stuff
13th Bengal Lancers at Tel el Kebir 1882 by Alan Buckingham. An inspiration to our hobbie...great stuff Alan!
Taran's great conversion
Alan's first great converstion
17th Lancers
Keith's excellent HaT 1:72 Scale 17th Lancers
Massimo Costa's splendid sculpting
British 17th Lancers (test shots) by Brecht
One of the best ever dio's I have ever seen...fantastic stuff Erik
Ulundi Aftermath 1879...simply excellent
Some great 17th conversions here...excellent stuff Sven
Nikolai's 17th Lancers - great models...should I buy a few?
We shall all thank Alan one day...here are his 17th
Nick's great set of 17th
Sander's wonderfully painted 17th Lancers
Taran's excellent 17th Lancers
Zulu War in Plastic (and metal)
Uwe and his many friends' Isandhlwana...posted in 2004
Louis's excellent Hat Zulu War British
Zulu War Again...The Defenders
The Last Stand by Dirk...excellent dio!
YouTube; Isandlwana diorama zulu war
YouTube; ESCI ZULU WARS BRITISH
Pier Giuseppe Sopegno's wonderful 'Battaglia di' Rorke's Drift 1879
Maurizio Berselli's brilliant 'Zulu' Rorke's Drift 1879
A wonderful diorama of Isandlwana by Capt. Morris
Paul's wonderful Natal Native Horse
Mr. Moccia's terrific British Infantry Command, Zulu Wars
Zulu War for Principles of War.1:72 plastics from Hat, A Call to Arms, and Esci
Painting test of two new HaT's sets: Zulu War British Infantry and Zulu War British Command.
Drifting towards Rorke; HaT's British Colonial infantry in 1:72: Zulu Wars
Some great ESCI's Zulu war British infantry and cavalry conversions
Rich's CP Models "Darkest Africa" British Infantry Zulu war 1/72.
Some excellent idea's (and lessons here) 25mm
Zulu Conversions
How to make a Zulu on a Horse...by Jaques
Jaques excellent conversions using HaT Zulus and CP models and some!
R. Goodrum's excellent Rorkes Drift diorama
Rorke's Drift: a realistic representation with historic distribution and action using over 300 Esci figures; by Raul Garcia of Mexico
An early Rorke's Drift diorama just in front of the hospital
1/72 Natal Mounted Police by Oriol
Frontier Light Horse test shots by Sander
Nick's excellent 1/72 Dragoons In Zululand
Alan's fab the morning after the night before Rorkes Drift
This is wonderful...Saving the Queen´s Colours by Capt Morris
Colonel Durnford by Jaques
How Jaques made his Martini-Henry Bayonets
Jaques excellent converted CP "Darkest Africa" British
Zulu Commander...brilliant Jaques
Battaglia di Rorke's Drift 1879 by Giuseppe Sopegno
More Natal Native Contingent (test shots) from Brecht
Alan's Natal Native Contingent (test shots)
Alan's excellent Zulus (test sprue)
Colonial Artillery converted 'at rest'...great stuff Nick
Natal Native Contingent by the excellent brush of Sander
Peeler's excellent DB Game at The Recon Show. Some really wonderful stuff here...
Nick's outstanding Zulu War 'Dash of the Colours'...and this is part 1 only
The Best 20mm Zulu War game by Keith Brown...brillient
Some excellent Natal Carbineers by Ian
Fantastic images of a Zulu War camp. Thanks Nick
Rockets at Isandhlwana by Nick. Some great idea's here
A wonderful set of images of Zulu War Hales Rockets (scratch built) by Alan Buckingham
Gatling Guns by Alan
Alan's excellent Natal Mounted Police
A superb diorama of the last moments during the battle of Isandlwana by Frank Salles
Battle of Ulundi by Thierry Maguet. Excellent stuff too
Gavin Bowden's Mounted Infantry (dismounted)...wonderful
Mounted Infantry by Gavin Bowden. Excellent stuff
Zulu by Maurizio Berselli, very good it is too...
Gatling Gun by Michael Remmers
Zulu War British Mounted Infantry by S. M. Mannix
Royal Navy Landing Party Zululand in 1879 by S. M. Mannix
Isandhlwana 1879 by Giorgio Brigà
British Mounted Infantry by Thomas Willers
Zulu Attack by Capt Old Wolf
These are some of the best painted plastics I have seen
ESCI British Infantry Zulu War Figure Review
Islandlwana on Andrew's webpage
Trapped! Rourke's Drift 1879...this is simply brilliant
Islandlwana by Capt. Morris...this is excellent
The Redoubt by General Peter
French Foreign Legion (and Italians)...1/72 & 20mm
Tom's Legion Etrangere (ESCI/Italeri)
French Chocolate Bar Trading Cards...an Interesting Colonial Diversion
Dogali 1887 by Adriano Scroccaro...excellent conversions and battle scene
Legione straniera...stranded Legion...Airfix 1/72..excellent stuff here
Fort Shara...Legione Straniera...Airfix fort and the Legion...have a look!
Massimo Costa's magnificent sculptures of Camerone
Marco Garbarino's excellent Legione Straniera
Edmond Dantès's Marocco 1907
March or Die...excellent stuff from Christophe
Keith's Italeri French Foreign Legion
Invasion of Mexico by Lic. V. Gómez of Mexico
Early World War I French Infantry by Jack
Excellent stuff by Shadrach
Some great FFL from Der Kleine Soldat
A great little dio by Felipe
Fort sahara by Blockhouse - although I don't think that is his name...
No list is complete without Pauls Bods...simply brilliant!
French Foreign Legion in Dahomey by Pivo
Monte Cristo's excellent entries for Benno's figure competition..outstanding!
Fort Sahara by Emanuele Piscitello, excellent
1966 Beau Geste Movie - (Airfix) Fort Zinderneuf by Garrison Clay
French Foreign Legion
A lone French Foreign Legionnaire
To March or To Die by Jaques
The French Foreign Legion by Capt Morris
Franco/Prussian War - Zouaves by Kaktus
Franco/Prussian War - French Infantry by Kaktus
March or Die diorama by Egbert Balzar
25mm French Foreign Legion fort by Walt Siko
Peter Helm constructs a 25mm Foreign Legion fort - Fort Zinderneuf
Foreign Legion by Jan-Willem van der Pijl
French Foreign Legion, 1855 - 1886. Airfix review
French Foreign Legion Conversion by Jaques (Brazil)
French Foreign Legion by Laurent Maillard
1/72 French Foreign Legion by Melanie Mel
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