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French Artist Thrives on Chaos, Neighbors Are Less Enthralled
Thierry Ehrmann's Home Is His Museum, But His Style Isn't French Provincial
ST.-ROMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR, France—One Friday recently, Pascal Floris woke up to an uncommon sight: A nail, 30 feet long, had been planted in his neighbor's garden.
A longtime resident of this picturesque stone village in eastern France, Mr. Floris wasn't terribly surprised.
For the past few years, fluorescent tubes have regularly lighted up his house, creating an atmosphere of arctic white nights in the kitchen and in his son's bedroom. The noise of hammering, welding or chain-sawing regularly accosts his ears, he says.
Mr. Floris lives next to Thierry Ehrmann, a businessman-turned-artist who has transformed a 17th-century dwelling into an open-air museum.
The huge nail was just the latest addition to Mr. Ehrmann's collection. Scattered around the garden are a giant silver skull, a crashed helicopter and a model of the jagged steel remains of the World Trade Center. On the outside, the house is decorated with big black-and-white portraits of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George Bush, Bashar al-Assad and Mitt Romney. Old computers and hard drives hang from a tree in a net.
At the 'Abode of Chaos'
A sign reads: "Chaos in progress."
"I am incredibly lucky," says Mr. Floris. "There is but one Thierry Ehrmann on this planet, and he lives right outside my window."
This village used to be known as a peaceful retreat for people tired of the bustle of nearby Lyon. Occasionally, tourists passed through the village in search of L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, the famous three-star restaurant of Chef Paul Bocuse located minutes away.
Now, however, as Mr. Ehrmann lives for his museum, he is disrupting the provincial French art of living, some villagers say. The "Abode of Chaos," which is his name for the museum, attracts hundreds of visitors on weekends. "They come in droves and look at us as if we were strange animals," says neighbor Boris Perrodon.
A 45-year-old schoolteacher, Mr. Perrodon says he has considered moving away but when he tried to sell his house, he says, he didn't get a single offer. Other neighbors say they are in the same predicament.
Pascal Paysant, who runs a real-estate agency in nearby Fontaines-sur-Saône, says there is no rush to acquire property near the Abode of Chaos. "Perhaps we lack artistic flair, but the fact is this house depreciates real-estate value in the town," he says.
Once every two years, Mr. Ehrmann, who is 50, organizes a festival, during which artists display new works and hold happenings. In July 2011, a naked man covered with wheat flour and wearing a zombielike mask was seen standing on the outer wall, according to Mr. Perrodon.
The village mayor, Françoise Revel, says she was inundated with complaints from parents. "They are worried about their kids," she says. "They think the place is some kind of sect." Parents cite the nude man, the general appearance of the house, the skulls and apocalyptic messages on the walls in explaining their concern.
Villagers hoped Mr. Ehrmann would pull the plug on his museum in December 2009, when a French court ordered him to restore the place to its original look.
But Mr. Ehrmann says he will fight to keep his museum open.
"This is my greatest work of art," he says looking around.
Having lost his case in France, Mr. Ehrmann has turned to the European Court of Human Rights, saying he is a victim of censorship. After a first complaint was rejected, he filed a new one late last year. An official at the European court said the latest filing is being examined.
Mr. Ehrmann says accusations that he runs a sect are "ridiculous," and that except for a few annoyed neighbors, he has good relations with people in the village. One of them, Marc Allardon, who also owns a stake in one of Mr. Ehrmann's companies, says he and Mr. Ehrmann are good friends. Mr. Ehrmann shrugged off allegations that his artistic activities have brought down property prices around his house, saying that any such conclusion would have to be verified by other experts.
As for the light shining on his neighbor's house, he said: "Mr. Floris has never sent me a written letter asking me to switch it off." Mr. Floris says he has complained to Mr. Ehrmann but not in a letter.
When he settled in St.-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, in 1990, Mr. Ehrmann was known as an entrepreneur. Three years earlier, he had founded Artprice , a database that helps clients determine the price of art pieces. His company was much publicized in 1999 when Bernard Arnault, chairman of the luxury goods giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton , bought an interest of about 20% in Artprice. (Mr. Arnault has since sold the stake, a spokesman for LVMH says.)
Villagers say Mr. Ehrmann didn't go unnoticed, dressing in black at the wheel of a Bentley and walking his two Great Danes, named Reuters and Saatchi after the news and advertising agencies. Many of his neighbors say they liked him. At the time, Mr. Ehrmann was a "charming man," recalls Ms. Revel, the mayor.
Mr. Ehrmann says his life changed in 2001, after the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. "That's when the world started to fall apart," he says. "It marked the end of the Western supremacy."
The model of the jagged steel remains of the World Trade Center, which stands in front of the house, was one of his first works. An oil platform and the wall paintings quickly followed.
Mr. Ehrmann's efforts to transform his garden into an art center started to bear fruit. In 2006, a 15-foot-high steel bunker he created with a fellow artist was exhibited in Paris as part of an international art festival, and three years ago, American science-fiction writer Norman Richard Spinrad came to the Abode of Chaos for a lecture as part of Mr. Ehrmann's festival.
In St.-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, however, villagers had embarked on a legal offensive against him.
Pierre Dumont, then the village mayor, filed a lawsuit against Mr. Ehrmann in 2004, claiming the house violated town planning and building rules. Mr. Ehrmann said the regulations shouldn't be applied to his artworks.
After a series of rulings and challenges, an appeals court in the nearby city of Grenoble ordered Mr. Ehrmann to restore the outer walls of the house within the next nine months or pay a daily fine of €75, or about $100.
That verdict became final in late 2009, after France's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, rejected Mr. Ehrmann's appeal.
The village mayor Ms. Revel, who has been pursuing the fight against Mr. Ehrmann undertaken by her predecessor, says the protracted legal battle has left her on her knees. She says she is exhausted physically and mentally because dealing with Mr. Ehrmann's mail is "a full-time job."
"It is unbearable," she says, showing off piles of letters on her desk sent to her by Mr. Ehrmann.
On Monday, prosecutors with the Grenoble appeals court recommended to increase the daily penalty to €1,500 from €75 on the grounds that Mr. Ehrmann didn't comply with the 2009 ruling, according to Ms. Revel and Mr. Erhmann. The court is expected to rule on the matter in May.
Some villagers are losing patience. Mr. Floris, the neighbor whose house is illuminated by Mr. Ehrmann's fluorescent lights, says he is taking antidepressants and in no mood for jokes. The teacher says he is preparing for the worst because the next Abode of Chaos festival is looming in September.
Mr. Ehrmann says villagers need not worry: "It's just a cultural event," he says.
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Comment: Westminster is so amateur it's becoming embarrassing
Jeremy Hunt's bias and Baroness Warsi's expenses are further proof we need a more competent political class.
By Dr Matthew Ashton
Every day there seemed to be a new scandal or gaffe engulfing the coalition. It's almost gotten to the point where you expect to see a sign hanging on the famous front door of 10 Downing Street proudly proclaiming how long they've gone without an accident or resignation.
In the space of a few days we've seen yet further revelations from the Leveson Inquiry about Jeremy Hunt's views on the BskyB deal; and just today it turns out Baroness Warsi, co-chair of the Conservative party, has failed to declare all of her expenses. In both cases the mistakes are entirely of the individuals own making and are indicative of a wider problem with our political system.
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It's now clear Jeremy Hunt was broadly supportive of Rupert Murdoch's proposed takeover of BSkyB. What's more he wasn't afraid to let people know. However, when he was asked to be the impartial adjudicator in charge of the process it didn't seem to occur to anyone that this might be a problem. It's a bit like selecting a jury and high court judge who are all convinced of a defendant's guilt or innocence before the trial takes place. Vince Cable was removed because it was felt that he was biased against Murdoch. It therefore makes little to no sense to replace him with someone who was openly pro-Murdoch. This is such an obvious problem that you've got to wonder whether it was incompetence or hubris that it didn't set the alarm bells ringing sooner.
The Baroness Warsi affair is even harder to understand. It's not as if anyone in politics is unaware that expenses are more likely to be scrutinised these days. Each party should ideally have a team, or at least an individual, whose job it is to sit down with their MPs to go through their expenses with a fine toothcomb to make sure these sorts of mistakes don't happen in future. In many other countries this sort of vetting is standard; here we take a much more relaxed attitude.
It's not just the coalition government that has this problem. Labour have been equally shambolic at times when they were in power. All of this is indicative of a much wider 'this'll do' attitude to how politics is conducted. In Britain we've always taken pride in our celebration of the amateur. Certainly in some fields people's amateur status has allowed their genius to blossom. I'm not sure this is the case in politics.
That said whenever we've attempted to professionalise politics, we've always gone about it in entirely the wrong way. Take the case of political speeches. When you listen to Cameron or Miliband's conference speeches you get the feeling that they've been hastily cobbled together that afternoon by a few young people from central office. Alternatively we've seen the rise of a new class of slightly sinister 'political advisors', or SpAds. As a result most speeches you hear these days lack a set of coherent ideas, original thinking, or even any memorable phrases.
It's not unreasonable, considering the vast amount of money we pour into our political system, to expect a great deal more competence and professionalism. But whenever this point is raised MPs start complaining that people don't realise how hard they work or the good things they do. In some cases this is true; we certainly have people in parliament and at the local level from all three major parties who are both excellent representatives and very hard-working. However its interesting how quick MPs are to condemn other professions whenever they fail to live up to expectations. How many times have you seen a politician give a speech criticising an entire industry or workforce of 'not facing up to the new realities of the globalised world' or 'failing to modernise' or 'failing to provide value for money' or 'not being fit for purpose'.
Maybe they are, maybe they're not, it's just that you so rarely see politicians asking that question of themselves. Far too often we talk about 'our political rulers'; instead we should always remember that politicians are 'servants of the people', not the other way round.
Dr Matthew Ashton is a politics lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Visit his blog.
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Sophomore quarterback Todd Smolinsky (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) connected with senior Cam Di Fede (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) on a 41 yard pass and first-year Cole Ahnell (Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson) covered 15 yards to set up a five yard scoring run by fullback Mike Capone (Dupont, Pa./Pittston Area).
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All hail Oyashiro-sama
Where the words would float next to the character in an awesome way.
|2008-11-08, 21:14
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I'll be mad somebody if they don't show either the ep. 2 scene in the end between Rosa and Maria or ep. 1 scene with Natsuhi and Jessica. Those scenes made me want to cry ;A;
Yeah...Higurashi's humor just got old. It was the same. Keiichi loses a game and he wears some embarrasing clothes or has his face written. Or the same old "Take-home-mode"Rena...although sometimes that was funny.
Umineko has many scenes that can make you laugh...hopefully they won't butcher it out that much. (I want to see the plane ride or the boat ride animated xD Even for 5 seconds xD Although they do have to show the boat ride. We get introduced to Maria's creepiness.)
|2008-11-08, 21:17
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Regarding the episode amount problem...
I think that 26 episodes wouldn't be enough for Umineko.
I reckon that they might make it 32 episodes?
8 Eps for each arc? [that's still not enough imo]
If they do 4 eps each arc... that's going to be sad........
And now, with the red text!!
I think what they might do is take some Evangelion action and put the red text on a black screen or something.
That'd be cool...
But I like the idea of the text floating around the room being better lol.
|2008-11-08, 21:27
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A mini-season (those 12-16 episode ones) per arc would be nice.
I like the floating text idea. I kind of have a feeling they won't do it at all though....
|2008-11-08, 21:41
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I prefer 32 xD Although some arcs...(like I think the 3rd one) will need about 10. So I guess I'll stick to 40 ep. per season.
Yeah I prefer the black background with the red text. I just can't imagine the red text floating xDDD But that is the Meta world xDDD Who knows what can happen in there xD
|2008-11-11, 03:13
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I just want whoever is doing Umineko to not mess up the pacing. The difference in pacing between Higurashi's seasons are just argh.
If you guys thought the magical elements in episode two would be fun to see animated, I can't wait for your reactions to episode three. It's just really making me wonder who'd voice Eva....
I'm hoping they animate the tea parties somehow, but tea parties look very biased as to whether witches exist or not. Though, the same could be said for how the Umineko manga makes it look like witches don't exist. Episode three's tea party with Lambda made me "wtf" and the hidden tea party is sad. What will episode four tell us, I wonder.
Actually, I just really want episode two's hidden tea party with Bernkastel saying this to be animated:
えーと、その、 ふぁ、 ふぁいと、お~。
That... That's all I really want. To hear Tamura Yukari say that in her deeper, more mature voice would be pure bliss.
I can't quite think of someone who I think would be good Beato, but a mate thought of Nabatame Hitomi. I was starting to think of Watanabe Misa, if only for her role as Cendrillon in Otogi-Jushi Akazukin.
I also keep imagining Iguchi Yuka as Maria and her role as Index isn't helping much. But really, who would voice Eva....
Am I the only one hoping they don't re-use the majority of the main cast of Higurashi for this?
I wonder who'd voice Ange.
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I still think Fuyuka Oura would do a better job... I mean how can cute little Lambda get a droopy mature voice like Takano? I mean it MIGHT happen anyway, but I still think the woman who played Miyoko would do a better job than the woman who played her older version. D:
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When I saw Shannon first time,I thought he is female.I suggest Eri Kitamura for this character.
*or better choice "Maaya Sakamoto"
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Perhaps it's becuase most shows I've seen with Kitamura Eri, she voiced male character or boyish-girls, I can't really imagine her as Shannon. Okay she can also do these seducing female voices well, but also not what I've imagined as Shannon. Sakamoto Maaya would be alright...she has a good range of voices.
I am still thinking of Endo Aya -> Shannon and Sawashiro Miyuki -> Kanon
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I can only see Paku Romi, or better: Sakamoto Mayaa (her voice for Ciel Phantomhive in Kuroshitsuji is perfect)
also, should they put Wakamoto, I would rather see Kinzo. A nutty Wakamoto would be awesome .
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Why didn't I think of Mayaa? I have been watching Kuroshitsuji, and I agree entirely. It would work especially when he gets angry.
Oh my god. Imagining Kinzo with Emperor Charles (Code Geass) voice is the funniest thing I've done in a while.
Having just completed episode 2. I agree with those thinking a large amount of episodes is necessary. I really want to see how they will do episode 2 (do it linear or make the supernatural scenes as flashbacks)......aso I want to see Kanon's particularly awesome scene animated
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(Seattle – Oct. 21, 2011) Today, EPA Region 10 issued a final air permit to Shell Offshore Inc. for oil and gas exploration drilling in the Alaska Arctic. This air permit is one of several federal authorizations Shell needs to explore for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Beaufort Sea starting in July 2012.
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EPA's final permit significantly reduces the potential air pollution from Shell's drilling operations and protects the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Strict pollution controls in the permit include selective catalytic reduction units and catalytic oxidation reduction units on some engines, use of low-sulfur diesel fuel fleet-wide, and limits on operational hours. The permit reduces Shell's potential emissions of sulfur dioxide from 833 to 10 tons per year, nitrogen oxide from 2,339 to 240 tons per year, carbon monoxide from 855 to 200 tons per year, and greenhouse gases from 141,487 to 80,000 tons per year.
EPA Region 10 proposed the draft Kulluk permit for public comment on July 22, 2011 and held public hearings in Barrow and Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 23 & 26, 2011. The final permit and EPA Region 10 responses to public comments are available at: https://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/airpage.nsf/Permits/kullukap/
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On Sept. 19, 2011, EPA Region 10 issued two "major source" Prevention of Significant Deterioration air permits to Shell for oil and gas exploration drilling in the Alaska Arctic. Shell intends to use the Discoverer drillship and associated fleet to explore for oil and gas in both the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in 2012.
In July 2011, EPA Region 10 proposed a similar draft Outer Continental Shelf Title V air permit for ConocoPhillips to explore for oil and gas using a jack-up drill rig in the Chukchi Sea. On Sept. 26, 2011 ConocoPhillips withdrew their permit application and expects to reapply in December 2011.
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Headnotes: I used to make this from scratch. The pasta all the way through...This time around I got a jump start by paying $3 for a pound of fresh egg pasta sheets at the farmers' market. Fantastic return on $3. You still need to run those sheets through a pasta machine a few times to achieve the most thin and delicate sheets of pasta possible - but starting from pre-bought was a bit of a revelation for me, and a big timesaver. If you don't have a pasta machine (they are actually quite affordable!), try a rolling pin - not quite the same, but will help thin out the sheets....It also dawned on me that I might be able to get away with skipping the pre-boil step in this recipe altogether and dial up the amount of sauce a bit (though I've never tried it this way) - I suspect you might be sacrificing some of the tenderness of the noodles to save the time it takes to boil and drain...just a thought. Make sure the pasta sheets you buy are fresh and moist. Proper seasoning is important throughout this recipe, if you undersalt it is going to taste flat and the flavors won't pop - the right amount of salt brings the pasta forward and focuses the tomato and lemon flavors in the sauce.
1 pound fresh egg pasta sheets (or make some from scratch)
butter to prep baking dish
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 28-ounce can crushed organic tomatoes
zest of one lemon
3 4-ounce balls of fresh mozzarella, torn up into little pieces
a handful of slivered basil (optional)
freshly grated Parmesan (optional)
Preheat your oven to 375. Start by clearing off every flat space in your kitchen, you are going to need and use all of it.
Make your sauce: Place the olive oil, salt, pepper flakes, and garlic in a pan. Dial the heat up and saute for a minute or two. Add the tomatoes and slowly bring to a simmer as well. Remove from heat, stir in the lemon zest and taste for seasoning. Add more salt if needed. Set aside.
Fill your biggest pot full of water and bring to a boil.
Lavishly butter a deep, square baking dish. The one I use is 9x9 and 2 1/2-inches deep.
Thin out your pasta using a pasta machine. Start by cutting the big sheets into 2-inch(ish) wide ribbons. This means making 2 cuts along the sheets. This should yield you about 12 2-foot strips. Run them through the pasta machine. I go to the 8 setting, one shy of the very thinnest setting. The sheets should almost be translucent. Cut the strips into manageable rectangles roughly 4-inches in length.
Pre-cook the pasta: Fill a large bowl with cold water and a few glugs of olive oil. Place a large flour sack or cotton dish towel across one of your counters. Salt your pot of boiling water generously. Ok, now you are ready to boil off your pasta. Believe it or not, you are on the home stretch. Place a handful of the pasta rectangles into the boiling water to cook (I've found I can get away with about 20 at a time), fish them out (I use a pasta claw) after just 15-20 seconds, don't over cook. Transfer them immediately to the cold olive-oil water for a quick swim and cool-off. Remove from the cold water bath and place flat and neat on the cotton towel. It is ok for them to overlap, I don't have a problem with the sheets sticking typically. Repeat until all your pasta is boiled.
Pull it all together. Ladle a bit of the sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Cover the bottom with a layer of pasta sheets. Now a thin layer of sauce, and a bit of cheese. Go for another layer of pasta, then sauce, then pasta again, then sauce and cheese. Keep going until you've used up all the sauce and pasta. You want to finish with a layer of pasta. Top with the last of the sauce and the very last of the cheese so you have a nice cheesy top.
Bake until everything is melted and fragrant, 35 minutes or so. Let it sit for 10 minutes before serving, so everything has a chance to set up a bit. Dust with parmesan and a bit of slivered basil.
Serves many.
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How To "Roast" Garlic In the Microwave
I use a lot of roasted garlic in my cooking. I love its mellow flavor, like a love-sweetened cousin to its sharper raw form. If I am on top of things, I will roast a big batch of garlic at once and toss a few heads in the freezer for squeezing into casseroles and pasta salads like this one). But when I'm not well-stocked, and when I find myself with a sudden need for some gooey garlic, I do it the fast way, the way that doesn't heat up my kitchen: In the microwave, with an optional flavor-boosting turbo charge in the oven.
The word "roast" is in quotation marks because this isn't really roasting at all. It's steaming. You're using the microwave to steam the garlic right in its head, extra-quick. This will give you soft, smushable, cooked garlic that you can use in any recipe calling for roasted garlic. It won't be quite as mellow, but in a recipe it will be indistinguishable from the longer-cooked variety. And all in 6 to 8 minutes, as opposed to the 50 to 70 minutes it takes to roast garlic in the oven.
If you have an extra 10 to 15 minutes, and if you don't mind heating up your oven (or if it's already heated), you can roast the garlic at high heat to help it get some of that traditional roasted garlic flavor. But all the long work of softening the garlic will already be done — in the microwave, with less energy and heat.
What You Need
1 or more heads raw garlic
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Microwave and oven-safe dish, such as a glass container
Microwave-safe lid, such as a ceramic saucer
1. Cut the top off each head of garlic, exposing the cloves within.
2. Place the garlic heads in the baking dish and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
3. Pour in about 1 1/2 tablespoons water for each head of garlic. (Option: You can also use white wine, for a winey-infused garlic.)
4. Cover the dish with a microwave-safe lid.
5. Microwave on 50% power in periods of 3 minutes.
6. Check the garlic after each 3-minute period, poking it with a fork to see how tender the garlic cloves are. (Be careful when removing the lid, as hot steam will billow out.)
7. Continue microwaving. After 6 minutes have elapsed, cook in increments of 1 minute each, until the garlic is very soft and can be pierced easily with a fork. Squeeze garlic out of the cloves and use in a recipe. Or turbo-boost your garlic by giving it a quick roast!
8. Heat the oven to 450°F. Wrap the steamed garlic head in a large piece of foil and put in the baking dish. (Pour out any remaining water first.)
9. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the garlic has begun to color.
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|October 25, 2012, 05:42 PM
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Winchester 1400..thoughts?
Have a chance to buy a very nice (about 95%) Winchester 1400 semi-automatic 28" barreled 12ga. It is not the Ranger model, it's the little higher grade one with the nicer walnut stock and non-fixed choke vent rib barrel. Comes with chokes....$200.
Thoughts anyone? I've never had a Winchester shotgun of any kind, but my dad likes his 1300 Wild Turkey Federation model well enough. Any problems with this model? Price sound good for the condition? Wasn't really seriously looking for one, I'm just always scanning for good guns at a good price and just realized my safe is lacking a Auto-loading 12ga....so therefore I need one
Quick response would be helpful. The guy may meet me tonight.
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|October 25, 2012, 05:50 PM
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The 1400s never had a very good reputation for durability. If you really want a used semi-auto, a Remington 1100 would be much preferable, or a Remington 58, or an 11-58.
I bought my Father a 58 years ago, and it came back to me when he died. I've had to replace some of the small parts (a spring and an extractor, but the great thing about that is that so many of the parts are interchangeable with Remington's models today.
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|October 25, 2012, 08:53 PM
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Well that's something good to know about the durability. I wonder if it's like a 4 out of 10 thing on the toughness scale, or just don't bang it on a fence post kind of deal. Odds are this Winchester wouldn't get much use other than screwing around with shooting clay's or maybe Waterfowl now and then. Just seems like a nice looking gun for $100 or so less than them seem to go for is GSs or gunbroker.
I really don't care for Remington (or the price of them). For a working gun my go to guy is my Mossy oak camo 835 ulti-mag. And for anything special it's Beretta. It's kinda the coke/Pepsi chevy/ford thing for me.
Shotgun: Mossberg
Truck: Dodge or GMC
And yes.... Pepsi or RC
I just don't get excited over the usual faves like Remington, Colt, S&W (or Chevy). I'm sure to get flamed for this..but hey, it's America.
Thanks for the insight though, I'll have to research some more. Don't want to end up with and egg. Being careful is one thing, but I don't want to have something that needs wrapped in bubble wrap to take it into the field. Or something really finicky about loads...like the old mossberg autoloaders.
picture of the culprit by the way.
After he sent the pic I quickly became aware that it does NOT have walnut stocks. Looks like Birch, maybe?
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|October 25, 2012, 10:30 PM
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If you really want a gun that goes bang when you pull the trigger, I would get something else. There's a reason they are cheap. I am sure there is someone who has had one for 40 years and it has never blinked, but I have seen a heck of a lot of them with issues.
|October 25, 2012, 10:47 PM
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Any specific reason or issues? All of them I've seen for sale on gunbroker and the like have been anywhere from $350-$400, much older ones and some in poor condition. I thought $200 was pretty low for one in like new condition? Don't really want to drop $600 on another shotgun.
|October 25, 2012, 11:37 PM
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I had a 1400 some years ago and never had any trouble with it. Traded it for something I wanted more.
The only thing you might want to check on is availability of parts if/when something breaks. Not sure Winchester is making parts for it anymore, though used parts might be an option.
|October 26, 2012, 05:05 PM
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berdan, theres a few 1400's on GunAuction with prices higher than the s/g you are looking at. (starting $250 up to $400). Guns America 1400's between $250-$459. The price certainly looks good for a 95% s/g.
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Well, after a VERY disappointing venture for a wood and blued Mossy 835 this morning....I went and picked up the Winchester. Everything seems to be in good working order as far as I can tell. It is in good condition as promised (one very light 1" scratch in the left side of the stock and one little ding (less than half a centimeter long about the width of a medium sowing needle) on the left side of the receiver, opposite the ejection port...flawless otherwise. I guess I'll find out for sure tomorrow.
A buddy from work told me today that he bought one of these new in 1991 from Galyans. He loved his and said he didn't have one single problem out of it over years of medium to heavy use....after the factory damaged barrel was replaced free of charge. But his friend also bought one and I guess his was very problematic from day one. Just hope I got one of the good ones
MidwestGunWorks has Winchester factory rebuild kits for $29, thought about getting one or two to have on hand in case the ol' girl ever needs a tune up...since parts for these could completely dry up at any time. Mid west seems to be the only ones with any parts...unless someone knows of someplace else.
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|October 28, 2012, 06:17 PM
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Well I took the Winchester out today. I had an ammo can full of everything from old S&B 00 Buck to light bird loads and high brass 4s along with a couple hand fulls of mixed slugs. I also brought several boxes of new Super X 4s and 6s and two boxes of Remington slugs. It ate the hell out of all of it without a single malfunction other than two of the 15 year old low recoil 00 rounds didn't have the guts to re-cock, but they did eject and load. Patterned well and grouped slugs about baseball size or smaller at 60 yards, dead on wind wise but shot the slugs about 5" high.
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|October 28, 2012, 07:39 PM
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i have a 1400 mk2.its a decent gun but only shoots high brass or slugs.doesnt like the cheap stuff at all!Has many new parts inside to try to remedy situation but to no avail.Good ammo or nothing for mine
|October 30, 2012, 05:08 AM
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These gun do have walnut, just about the lowest grade available though. The Ranger series were meant to be an entry level model. I had one back in the late 1990s and it was a decent gun. It had a rifled barrel and the plain looking wood like yours, although yours does have some good colors to it. I painted it and chased hogs with it for a few yrs. It could he finicky if it wasn't cleaned often, monthly, but other than that it was a good gun.
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|October 30, 2012, 10:35 AM
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Over the last three days we've fired over 300 shells of varying age, brand and quality: from the cheapest of walmart bird loads to high quality high brass game loads and slugs....without a single hiccup (save for those two nasty old S&B 00). That was with a quick cleaning prior to the 300+ and no cleaning was done in between. A quick patch swab down the barrel, inside of the magazine tube and of the piston itself with CLP.
The young man I bough this from was a collage student that was a member of a private trap shooting team, and was wanting to step up to a "real" trap gun. It was VERY dirty on the inside and he said he had been shooting it since last year without (other than the barrel) cleaning it. I believe it's safe to say out of the sea of lemon 1400s...I've got a gem. No wear can be found on any of the internals.
The only part that needed attention was the cup that separates the magazine and piston springs. Some slight strain on the pins from recoil I'd wager. That has been since resolved. For this type of shotgun, I prefer plain. In truth I really wouldn't mind if it even had any checkering. I was expecting walnut, but it is most definitely birch. They will be getting replaced with some nicer grade walnut the next time the gun show rolls around. There is a guy there that has parts for any older shotguns you could imagine, including...a plethora of Winchester 1400 parts, stocks and barrels. Last time he had several very nice looking unfinished plain walnut stocks and forearms for the 1400.
Also the serial number places the manufacture date around '88
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|October 31, 2012, 03:19 PM
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Great Find on your part I have it's brother, the Ranger 120 pump that came with a Deer Slug barrel (rifled sights)..takes both 2-3/4, 3in shells...it loves sporting clays
I'm no gun collector, however, I have purchased and sold many different brand long guns over the last 25yrs. My own experience has revealed to me, that Winchesters are bang for the buck. On any given day, you can find a well serviced used Winchester at a local gun shop in this pressed economy, that someone had to part with, due to these hard times. No worries for parts..Countless Wins have been sold and continue to be re-cycled thru many hands, which generates the need for a continuation of parts thru various suppliers.
Hopefully, Remington, Marlin and Mossberg, will start to build with quality and reliability once again..we all should know now, the big problems that have faced each of these gun makers.
All 3 of my Wins, have proven themselves, at the range and in the field under harsh conditions, without any trouble. Thankfully, they have provided much bounty for the table
|November 8, 2012, 03:58 PM
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I just picked up a Win. mod 1400 two days ago, well its actually a Sears and Robuck Ted Williams 300. I got two barrels one Winchester w/ fixed modified choke and the other is the original Ted Williams barrel w/ an adjustable choke. The reason I mentioned this was to ask about the adjustable choke. Do these work well? I will be using the gun for trap.
I really like it so far, I've always had pumps.
|November 8, 2012, 04:29 PM
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I have had a Win 1400 for about 15 years which I got in trade. I have shot 100's and 100's of loads from target loads to slugs and it has always worked perfectly!
I mainly use it for knocking clay's out of the sky and it does it well.
I have always had a much higher opinion of the 1400 because I own one!
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|November 8, 2012, 09:05 PM
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Nothing wrong with the 1400 (Mk I and II) guns - keep it clean and oiled. Parts can be a challenge but there is stuff out there. The only real soft spot on the guns is the plastic follower - if you attempt to load too many shells it will disintegrate and a replacement is very hard to find. The later 1400 series guns were made up of some really cheap parts and were worth about what you paid for it.
|November 9, 2012, 07:17 AM
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Congrats on the good buy! Ive heard some stories about them too. Im glad you found a good one.
|March 14, 2013, 09:48 AM
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I too came across a Winchester 1400 Ranger 12ga about the same time as the OP. Got it from a co-worker for $175. He had never shot it.
I've put about 400rd of Winchester x target loads through it.
It doesn't say on the barrel, but how can you tell what choke it is? It came with a screw in choke but took it out and now I can't hit anything with it (trap) so I'll but it back in for trap league tonight.
I figured it would/is a good starter Shotgun and move up to a Higher quality ? gun later.
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I owned one in 20 ga. Never again. It's the only gift gun I've ever sold.
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With the loss, Charlotte drops to 28-25 and will face the non-advancing team, third-seeded Temple (27-20) from the Temple/Saint Joseph's matchup tonight at 6:00 PM CT. George Washington improves to (23-28) on the season and advances to face top-seeded Massachusetts (35-11) tomorrow at 1:00 PM CT.
Errors proved to be costly for the 49ers, as Charlotte committed a season-high five errors in the game that resulted in eight of the Colonials' nine runs.
George Washington jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after tacking on three runs in the bottom of the third inning following a Julia Orlandi fielder's choice that saw two runs cross the plate followed by a perfectly executed squeeze play that brought home another run. In the fourth inning, GW's Amanda Zakeri contributed an RBI groundout that pushed the Colonial lead to 4-0.
Charlotte got on the board in the top of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to two, 4-2. Rogers singled, Lorena Vela walked and Bri Gwaltney notched a base hit to left to load the bases with Niners. Rookie shortstop Samantha Slade then drilled an RBI single to left, and the next batter, Chelsea Stamey grounded out to third, scoring a second Charlotte run.
Kalie Lang almost kept the inning alive, drilling a ball to third base with two runners in scoring position and two out in the frame, but the Colonials' third baseman made an outstanding snag to end the Niner threat.
George Washington added to its advantage in the bottom half of the inning with RBI singles by Autumn Taylor and Sandi Monynihan, followed by a two-run single by Samantha Dos Santos. The Colonials would later tack on final run in the sixth en route to the victory.
Despite giving up no earned runs through 4.2 innings, rookie pitcher Lexi Betancourt suffered the loss. She allowed seven hits and eight unearned runs, sitting down six and walking just one. Chelsea Lisikatos pitched the final 1.1 innings, surrendering one earned run on four hits with a strikeout.
Picking up the win for the Colonials was starter Heidi Penna (6-2), who pitched 4.1 innings and allowed both runs on seven hits while striking out two. Kara Clauss got the save after pitching 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.
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The campers started rolling in on Saturday morning, July 5. And while some New Hampshire Motor Speedway guests are still enjoying themselves on property, NASCAR drivers, teams, and officials have all departed the Magic Mile for a much-needed week off after what was a jam-packed week of racing in the Granite State.
NASCAR will return to New Hampshire in nine weeks with another full slate, including the return of the fan-favorite Camping World Truck Series after a two-year hiatus. The UNOH 175 will run on Saturday, Sept. 20. Also featured in September will be the Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100, the American-Canadian Tour Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational, and the SYLVANIA 300 - the second race the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.
But before we look forward to September, let's take one last look back at the week that was the past Camping World RV Sales 301 NASCAR weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
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Brad Keselowski had no trouble working his way through the field in Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301. The No. 2 Redd's Apple Ale was a heat-seeking missile, focused solely on the front row, which is where he finished. Despite finding himself outside the top-five on more than one occasion following pit stops during the race, Keselowski was able to pick apart the competition, something that isn't always easy to do at the Magic Mile.
Keselowski made a little history, too, becoming the first driver in track history to sweep both weekend races (he also won Saturday's Sta-Green 200 Nationwide race). Keselowski's win, his first ever victory in the Sprint Cup Series at the Magic Mile, also extended the longest active streak of different Sprint Cup winners. The 13-for-13 streak ties Texas Motor Speedway for the longest streak in NASCAR history.
After Sunday, that term now has a whole new meaning for New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman. One of the best interior wideouts in the National Football League, Edelman - the Official Pace Car Driver for the Camping World RV Sales 301 - was told in a pre-race meet-and-greet with Kyle Busch that he might get a little physical with the Patriot.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed that his company will amalgamate all major versions of Windows into one operating system. Speaking on the company's quarterly earnings call today, Nadella told analysts Microsoft will "streamline the next version of Windows from three operating systems into one single converged operating system." Describing the implications of the change, Nadella said "this means one operating system that covers all screen sizes."
Not exactly news, but it's good to have it explicitly out in the open like this. And if they're going to want to keep focusing on consumers, they're going to need some pretty big changes. They sold fewer than half a million Surface devices in the last quarter, and only 5.8 million Lumia devices. That last figure is misleading, though, as it only covers two months due to the Nokia deal. Even adding another month, it's safe to say it's well below 10 million.
This actually raises an interesting question: has Microsoft actually ever made any profit off Windows Phone? Especially taking into account the huge amount of money they had to pour into Nokia's devices division every quarter just to keep it alive? And now they also need to earn the costs of the acquisition back.
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They have NEVER been successful with ANY hardware, outside of keyboards and mice! They need to DITCH Windows Phone, Surface (except MAYBE the Pro models), and Xbox and focus on providing SOFTWARE for the successful hardware on the market...Android and iOS.
They need to "fix" Windows...give us back our damn Start Menu and get rid of "Metro" on the desktop...go back to being OPEN (to develop for) and quit trying to be a content "gatekeeper".
Sadly, they won't do any of this...and they will continue flogging dead horses for the foreseeable future.


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My love is like a red, red stock index. Not terribly romantic, but neither is the stock market.
Valentine's Day typically brings investors no flowers. Since 1928, the S&P 500 SPX, -2.33% has been up just 40% of the time on Feb. 14, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.24% has advanced 43% of the time, according to research from S&P.
Which begs the question: Why do fools fall in love with a stock?
Here's the achy breaky heart truth: A stock doesn't know you own it and doesn't care about you. It doesn't swoon when you buy it or cry when you sell. It doesn't expect candles and Champagne and promises to keep.
But too many investors demand undying loyalty from their stocks. They want a stock to whisper sweet nothings about how smart, how right, how skilled they are for including that company in their investing life. Their ideal Valentine's Day card goes something like this: "Dear Investor: You are so beautiful to me. I am so happy to make you money. Love, Your Stock."
Dream on. Love and investing aren't a match — and these opposites do not attract. Investing is cold, calculated business. Warren Buffett's oft-quoted saying, "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful" isn't what you'd tell your heart's desire in a moment of passion. But it is exactly what to tell your head in that moment. Put bluntly, don't allow emotions to run away with your money. You have to play it cool and be objective. Be gutsy, not gushy.
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Giving advice: Who asked you?
Anna desperately wanted to discuss her concerns with Kara, her younger sister. Kara had everything going for her -- a great career, a good heart and beauty. But for some reason, Kara kept choosing men whom Anna thought were beneath her. Finally, when Kara started dating a stable and successful young guy, Anna was thrilled. Then Kara broke up with him, claiming that they had nothing in common.
This was the final straw for Anna, who felt she owed it to her sister to weigh in on the matter. She wanted to know how to present her "case" to her sister. Here's what I told her: "The best approach to offering unsolicited advice is not to give it in the first place."
There are good reasons why most of us get our hackles up when anyone decides to offer us unsolicited advice:
Generally speaking we each want to believe that we're the best experts on ourselves.
We often feel belittled, criticized or disrespected when, unbidden, someone inserts themselves into our business.
Our personal boundaries feel violated when someone decides to offer advice for which we haven't asked.
That said, there may still be times when you want to speak your mind, even at the risk of annoying, hurting or angering the recipient of your concerns. If you decide to test these uncharted -- and potentially treacherous -- waters, here are some things to consider:
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January 10, 2007
The Controls Advanced Research Turbine (CART) at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) received a facelift last month when an NWTC team replaced its two-bladed rotor with a new three-bladed rotor from GE. The new 40-m rotor (trimmed down from 47 meters to fit the machine) will allow NREL researchers to test new control schemes applicable only to three-bladed machines. Control schemes are used to reduce wind turbine loads and increase energy capture. Although many of the schemes tested in the past at the NWTC are applicable to both two- and three-bladed machines, most of the turbines in commercial use today are three-bladed, so the CART upgrade will enable NREL to better meet industry research needs.
Replacing the rotor was a complex procedure requiring five operations, two cranes, and a great deal of preparation time by the NWTC team. All operations were completed smoothly and safely. Team members included Garth Johnson, Lee Fingersh, Scott Wilde, Jim Adams, Luke Adams, Dave Jager, and Jerry McCarty.


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And i was actually thinking why didn't Keima just bring her to see fire trucks. It turns out that thats is his intention all along. I think Elsee is happier with Keima bringing her to the fire station anyway.
The pause the 2 girls had when the other girl said who would want to marry Keima practically confirmed that they had feelings for him. Not sure about the tomboy though.
|2010-06-24, 01:23
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I don't think it's because they have feeling for Kami-Nii-sama, but they feel something missing (due to memory erasing by HELL) which tilt in their head.
Like Deja Vu, a familiarity feeling that come without any explanation. They have something like 'what was that again?' and unable to recall it or even the reason it come to their mind.
|2010-06-24, 02:32
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So I re-read the whole series again. . . And then I start to notice something...
Do you guys think that Keima is a good guy ? It's like...I was wondering what would happen if Keima didn't get chosen as Elsee's partner to capture runaway spirit. The way he acted towards the girl are more because of his duty to capture them...so I was wondering if in his heart, he really cared about them or not
I guess this chapter about Elsee shows that he also has a caring side inside of him too ;_; but the way I've seen him interacting with Chihiro and Ayumi somehow made me doubt it a little
|2010-06-24, 02:55
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For 1st hint, he forced to start butt his head to something he considered as trash in 1st chapter (a 3D or real world girl). He attract the girl only to save his neck
2nd He never experienced fall in love till the latest chapter, only some doki2 moment when his calculation goes wrong (due to his God-like ability to predict the ending accurately before his miss calculation)
3rd He is too Otaku....I won't surprise if the manga ended with Keima married his PFP
|2010-06-24, 04:14
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You kind of also have to keep in mind that he's actively trying to avoid them because they were his 'captures' and of course he's noticed that they haven't completely forgotten. This means that of course he's not romantically interested, which is pretty clear. But that doesn't mean he doesn't want anything to do / blatantly ignore them... don't you think if they got in some kind of trouble or depression (like Elsee), and if he notices/gets asked to help, he wouldn't lend a hand? Sure he wouldn't before, but he's definitely changed since then.
|2010-06-24, 05:20
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The character development has been quite timid thus far. But Keima definitely changed bit by bit. He's much more empathatic towards the girls than he was at the start of the series. Although still unimpressed by nudity, even the mighty god of galgames has to blush when he gets french kissed
|2010-06-24, 19:32
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The hesitation between Chihiro and Ayumi simply confirms they have pretty strong feelings for him. Elsee also harbors some romantic emotions towards Keima but has to stifle that because of the sisterlike treatment he gets from him. Despite everything, I thought what he did for her was sweet: he knew what she wanted and gave that to her.
Hinoki showed pretty strong emotions towards Keima. You simply just don't French kiss anybody. Kusonoki's jealousy showed because of that. Keima's been very aloof. I want to see the other women he's saved in his quest to save more, because it's going to be interesting seeing how they react to his presence.
|2010-06-25, 13:00
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I don't know if you'd chalk it up to Japanese stereotypes of the "Western promiscuity" she might have picked up while in America, or her age, or some combination of the two, but she's far from the blushing, coy, yamato nadeshiko type the other girls in the series all appear to strive towards being on at least some level...
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Friday June 14, 2013
British model Agyness Deyn, 30, is set to play an epileptic in a new British indie drama Electricity, directed by Bryn Higgins.
The aspiring actress is taking on her first leading role in the film adaptation of Ray Robinson's award-winning novel about epileptic Lily O'Connor who forced to leave her small seaside town in search for her long lost brother.
The character's epilepsy brings on vivid hallucinations which the audience will see through her eyes.
"I love Lily's journey, she is a survivor. Her strength and her ability to live in the present really drew me to her. She is a delight to discover and she's teaching me a lot," said the recently married model.
The film will also feature Being Human's Lenora Crichlow, Cemetery Junction's Christian Cooke, The Sweeney's Paul Anderson and Sightseers star Alice Lowe.
Previously Agyness has played Aphrodite in Clash of the Titans and Flo in Pusher. She has also recently signed up for another female lead in Terance Davies' film adaptation of the gritty period novel Sunset Song.