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Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Best 100 Songs of 2000-2009: Part 5/10
We're at the half-way stage...
Penitentiary Philosophy (Erykah Badu): the first track from her underrated Mama's Gun sees Badu's foray into the ether of funky third-party consciousness. Whereas her previous work dealt with her rebirth, the new direction sought to tackle other stuff and it all started here. ()
There, There (Radiohead): not quite about the state of the environment but more the profit from it, There, There centers on human greed and our inability to just leave things alone. When Yorke warps his lo-fi vocals around the hallowed ending chorus ('we are accidents/ waiting to happen') you know doomsday approaches. No wonder Yorke reportedly got teary-eyed when the completed version was played for the first time. He was simply in awe of its brilliance too. ()
Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?(Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ): the detached, cold sound of a star burning up in the estimation of others and the backlash wielded as a response. ()
One Armed Scissor (At The Drive-In): not directly evolved from Bowie's Ziggy Stardust days but the loneliness of space exploration features heavily in this punk-pop romp. There are no hallowed days here though as this is a trip to the ether gone horribly awry and sequenced as such. Utterly devastating. ()
Notorious (Turbulence): a paean to Rasta beliefs and the King Haile Selassie but Turbulence straddles the line with an almost fanatical demonstration that would turn one into a disciple as well. ()
The Way I Am (Eminem): the most biting social commentary put on record this decade, Eminem unleashes his serious side and in the process we see the depression behind the bravura. When he lets loose, '…the always keep asking the same fucking question.' one can hear the jadedness chilling in his voice. ()
Work It (Missy Elliott): 'I'm not a prostitute/ but I can give you what you wants', raps Missy and in the process straddles the line of heterosexual male fantasy. The age-old maxim of what a man wants/needs in a woman is funnily explored with her unpretentious style. ()
Go-go Gadget Gospel(Gnarls Barkley): booty-shaking in a can. ()
Handle Me(Robyn): if Bjork ever revisited conventional pop then it'd sound like this brilliant mess. ()
Never Let Me Down(Kanye West feat. Jay Z): Jay spins this wicked retrospection on its head like no other hip/hop joint this decade. ()
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 27, 2011
A while back Apprising Ministries told you that Rick Warren And Peter Scazzero Are Up To Monk-ee Business and also asked is: Tim Keller Endorsing Counter-Reformation Contemplative Spirituality? Briefly, Leadership Network's propped up Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren has actually been been up to spiritual monk-ee business for years now in opening the door for corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster—and his spiritual twin Dallas Willard—within the mainstream of evangelicalism.
You need to understand that this spurious CSM is basically reimagined Roman Catholic mysticism allegedly "discovered" by Foster, and now perpetrated within the mainstream of evangelicalism as supposed Spiritual Formation—with an able assist from his running mate Willard; both were key mentors of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. CSM was a core doctrine in the EC right from its hatching in Hell and plays a large part in the development of its postmodern Progressive Christian theology—a Liberalism 2.0—that they often refer to as "big tent" Emergence Christianity.
The truth is that the very rotten core practice of this CSM is Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP), which is sometimes referred to as practicing "silence and solitude" or by the ridiculous moniker "wordless prayer"; but it's actually a type of meditation in an altered state of consciousness that's virtually identical to that practiced in Eastern religions such as Zen Buddhism and the transcendental meditation of Hinduism. And yet this kind of spurious spiritual formation—so-called "Christian" mysticism, which really developed in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism, is now showing up in more and more evangelical churches.
Read more: http://apprising.org/2011/01/27/tim-keller-recommending-roman-catholic-mysticism/

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They had been together for 6 months now. He was her dream. He had been doing well until today.
|PC: Sean Fallon
Suddenly, he started behaving lousy, making weird noises, breaking everything around.
She wondered what happened.
She didn't want him to fail. He was her last hope.
Then she said "Let me try changing him"
So, she took 5 batteries from her battery jar & put it in her experimental robot. And now he is working fine again
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Ed Gelbstein, Ph.D.
Information security has become a visible issue in business, on the move and at home. Its practice places emphasis on preventing attacks that target availability (e.g., denial of service) and those that result in infections by malicious software (malware) that allow a third party to do unauthorized things with data and information (e.g., theft, disclosure, modification, destruction of data).
The Stuxnet worm reported in 2010 altered the operation of an industrial process and was designed to damage physical equipment and modify the operator's monitoring indications to show that the equipment was working normally.1 This was an attack on data integrity (also referred to as a "semantic attack") that, if and when replicated on other targets, could cause major problems in critical information infrastructures such as utilities, emergency services, air traffic control and others with a large IT component on which society relies. Data governance is an essential component for strengthening data integrity.
A recent article in the ISACA Journal presents a data governance framework developed by Microsoft for privacy, confidentiality and compliance. It discusses the roles of people, process and technology; the data life cycle; and the principles of data privacy and confidentiality. It also provides links to more detailed papers on the subject of trustworthy computing.2
Here, these topics will be expanded upon, focusing on data integrity, the standards and best practices that support it, and the role of data governance. This article also introduces a nonproprietary data governance framework.
Of the three main domains of information security, availability is closely associated with technology and lends itself to being measured. Downtime is visible and can be expressed as an absolute value (e.g., in minutes per incident) or as a percentage, and it is simple enough to understand that "five nines" (99.999 percent) availability means a total cumulative downtime of around five minutes in a year. Data center operators know what it takes to achieve this.
Confidentiality is easy enough to explain, but makes sense only if data and documents have been classified into categories that reflect the business need to protect them, such as "public," "restricted to," "embargoed until" and "secret."
The technical people who provide IT infrastructure and services should not be expected to perform this classification, as they may not have enough business knowledge to do so and, through outsourcing and/or cloud computing, they may even be external to the business. Therefore, business functions must take ownership of the data and their classification process, while IT service and technology providers support this with tools and processes such as identity access management (IAM) controls and encryption.
The simplest metric for confidentiality is binary: An item that should not be disclosed either has not been (confidentiality is preserved) or has been (confidentiality is lost). Unfortunately, this is not a very useful metric, as it does not reveal the impact of such a disclosure, which can range from mild embarrassment to a breach of national security.
When it comes to integrity, the situation is more complex because the word means different things to different people. This creates fertile ground for miscommunication and misunderstandings, with the risk that the activity will not be done well enough because of unclear accountabilities.
The importance of data integrity can be illustrated simply: A person needs hospital treatment that includes taking a daily medication dosage of 10 milligrams (mg). By accidental or deliberate intervention, the electronic record of the treatment is changed to a dosage of 100 mg—with fatal consequences. In another example, what if, as in a work of fiction that predates the Stuxnet attack of 2010, the control systems of a nuclear power station are interfered with to show normal conditions while, in fact, a chain reaction has been triggered?3 Are professionals aware of the many definitions of "data integrity"? According to:
Accuracy and consistency of stored data, indicated by an absence of any alteration in data between two updates of a data record. Data integrity is imposed within a database at its design stage through the use of standard rules and procedures and is maintained through the use of error checking and validation routines.4
Quality of correctness, completeness, wholeness, soundness and compliance with the intention of the creators of the data. It is achieved by preventing accidental or deliberate, but unauthorized, insertion, modification or destruction of data in a database. Data integrity is one of the six fundamental components of information security.5
There is no doubt that there are more definitions to be found. But they have overlaps, address different issues and create semantic confusion, which is a likely reason for databases to be the least protected objects in the IT infrastructure.
This is not the end of the problem statement. The decentralization of information systems and the availability of powerful programming environments for end users, particularly spreadsheets, have created potentially uncontrolled integrity vulnerabilities because such spreadsheets are used to support executive decisions, possibly without due consideration of data quality and data integrity. How should this be counted? It could be considered as:
Perhaps it could be considered as all three, in which case it must be determined who (i.e., the data owner, the end user who designed the spreadsheet, the IT department or service provider, or all of them working together) should address these.
The previous section used, as an example, untested and undocumented user-designed spreadsheets (aggravated by manual input, particularly when not assisted by validation of the values entered), but there are other, potentially more serious, triggers such as:
To complicate matters, the IT audit function may not have the critical mass to undertake audits covering all of these areas.
Attacks on data integrity involve intentional, unauthorized modifications of data at some point in their life cycle. For the purpose of this article, the data life cycle consists of:
Fraud is the oldest form of attack on data integrity, and it exists in many variants. The variants will not be discussed in this article, other than to mention an example that, in 2008, made page one in the world news: The "abuse of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computer systems" by a trader at Societe Generale (France) resulted in losses estimated at €4.9 billion.6 Judging from the number of publications and international conferences that deal with fraud, this issue is likely to remain high on the agenda for some time.
Web site defacements have affected many organizations in the private and public sectors for many years, but apart from some reputational damage, none could be considered as having been "catastrophic."
Logic bombs, unauthorized software introduced into a system by one or more of its programmers/maintainers, or Trojan horses or other means can also impact data integrity through modifying data (as when a formula in a spreadsheet is incorrect) or encrypting data and then demanding a ransom to provide the decryption key. There have been several such attacks in recent years, mainly affecting hard drives in personal computers. It should be expected that attacks of this type will be launched against servers sooner or later.
Unauthorized modifications of operating systems (OSs) (server and network) and/or applications software (such as undocumented backdoors), database tables, production data and infrastructure configuration are also considered to be attacks on data integrity. It can be assumed that the findings of IT audits regularly include weaknesses in key processes, particularly the management of privileged access, change management, SoD and the monitoring of logs. These weaknesses make such modifications possible and hard to detect (until an incident occurs).
Another form of attack on data integrity is interference with Systems Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, such as those used by critical infrastructures (e.g., electricity, water supply) and in industrial processes. Frequently, these are not installed, operated or managed by the IT function. The attack on the Iranian uranium enrichment facilities in 2010 was designed to modify the behavior of the centrifuges while displaying normal conditions in the control panels.7
It should be noted that many of these control systems are not connected to the Internet and, in the case of the injection of Stuxnet software, required a manual intervention,8 which confirms that "people" remain the weakest link in information security/assurance.
For enterprises that have not already done so, a good place to start planning defenses is the adoption of best practices such as COBIT Deliver and Support (DS) 11.6 Security requirements for data management, used in conjunction with its related section in the IT Assurance Guide: Using COBIT.9
These publications summarize the control objective and its value and risk drivers and offer a list of recommended tests of the control design.
ISACA has also published a series of documents mapping standards related to information security with COBIT 4.1, and these are extremely valuable documents for practitioners and auditors. Additionally, an excellent article that maps the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v2.0 with COBIT 4.1 was recently published in COBIT Focus.10
An additional resource is available from Data Management Association International (DAMA): The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK), specifically chapters three (Data Governance), seven (Data Security Management) and 12 (Data Quality Management).11
From a compliance perspective, there is a growing body of legislation that places accountability for data integrity and information assurance (IA) on organizations. In the US, this includes the Data Quality Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and Fair Credit Reporting Act—all of which impose severe penalties for noncompliance. There is also the Federal Information Security Management Act, which can impose budgetary penalties for noncompliance. (A discussion of legislation outside of the US is beyond the scope of this article; however, two major pieces of comparable legislation are the European Union [EU] "Directive on Data Protection" and the EU "8th Company Law Directive" on statutory audit12, 13).
The adoption of best practices needs to be complemented by formalizing accountabilities for the business and IT processes that support and enhance data security.
Business Responsibilities A program of data integrity assurance needs to address Detect, Deter (2D); Prevent, Prepare (2P); and Respond, Recover (2R).14 As data owners, the initiative must come from the business, and the role of the IT service provider—in-house or outsourced—should be one of implementation.
Good practices to adopt include:
IT and End-user Support Responsibilities Whoever provides information systems and technology operational services (i.e., business unit, in-house IT department, outsourcing service provider) has to demonstrate that appropriate measures—such as those defined in COBIT DS11 Manage data—are carried out to an appropriate level of maturity, and that appropriate performance and risk metrics are collected, monitored and reported.
End-user support teams (either part of IT or independent) are usually responsible for creating accounts and credentials for access to systems and data. These accounts and credentials must be documented fully and implemented only if the relevant authorizations have been formally issued.
Internal Audit Responsibilities The role of auditors is to provide independent and objective assessments of the extent to which business and IT responsibilities for data integrity have been addressed and applied.
IA is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage and transmission of information or data and the systems and processes used for those purposes. IA has grown from the practice of information security, which, in turn, grew out of practices and procedures of computer security.
Service providers (e.g., IT organizations, outsourcers) are clearly responsible for technologies and their operation and put measures in place to provide confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) in the operational environment. With regards to protecting data, they provide services such as backups and disaster recovery arrangements with clearly defined time and point recovery objectives (i.e., the amount of data lost in an incident) documented in service level agreements (SLAs). However, service providers do not have responsibility for data governance and its many related activities.
SLAs place clearly defined responsibilities on IT service providers, but not on data and system owners. This results in a lack of clarity related to accountabilities and, therefore, an inability to ensure that data have been properly classified and that the roles and responsibilities of data users and, in particular, privileged users are managed in a way that reflects their critical roles. As a result, data integrity remains the poor relation of information security and IA.
There is little material published on key metrics, performance and key risk indicators for data integrity in an information security context. The following may be helpful starting points:
Data governance addresses specifically the information resources that are processed and disseminated. The key elements of data governance can be categorized into six major areas: data accessibility, data availability, data quality, data consistency, data security and data auditability. DAMA produced DMBOK,15 which presents a comprehensive framework for data management and governance, including tasks to be performed and inputs, outputs, processes and controls.
GIGO is as valid today as it was when it was first formulated some 60 years ago. The difference between then and now is that the volume of data in digital form has grown exponentially, and this growth has not been accompanied by the development and strengthening of data governance disciplines. The fact regarding CIA (the three pillars of information security) remains—that availability is the only component for which metrics are well defined and generally accepted.
Not applying data integrity metrics should be seen as an obstacle, because it implies that an enterprise cannot demonstrate that confidentiality or integrity are "better" or "worse" than before procedures and processes were introduced to manage them.
As long as data governance does not receive the same degree of attention as IT governance (and the latter often remains the weak link in corporate governance), organizations will be exposed to significant operational, financial, noncompliance and reputational risk.
Related to this topic, Managing Enterprise Information Integrity: Security, Control and Audit Issues is available from the ISACA Bookstore. For information, see the ISACA Bookstore Supplement in this Journal, visit www.isaca.org/bookstore, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone +1.847.660.5650.
1 Farwell, James P.; Rafal Rohozinski; "Stuxnet and the Future of Cyber War," Survival, vol. 53, issue 1, 2011 2 Salido, Javier; "Data Governance for Privacy, Confidentiality and Compliance: A Holistic Approach," ISACA Journal, vol. 6, 2010 3 Dobbs, Michael; The Edge of Madness, Simon & Shuster UK Ltd., UK, 2008 4 IBM, Top 3 Keys to Higher ROI From Data Mining, IBM SPSS white paper5 YourDictionary.com, http://computer.yourdictionary.com/data-integrity 6 See Kerviel, Jerome; L'engranage, Memoires d'un Trader, Flammarion, France, 2010, and Societe Generale, www.societegenerale.com/en/search/node/kerviel. 7 Op cit, Farwell 8 Broad, William J.; John Markoff; David E. Sanger; "Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay," The New York Times, 15 January 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html?pagewanted=all 9 IT Governance Institute, IT Assurance Guide: Using COBIT, USA, 2007, p. 212 10 Bankar, Pritam; Sharad Verma; "Mapping PCI DSS v2.0 With COBIT 4.1," COBIT Focus, vol. 2, 2011, www.isaca.org/cobitnewsletter 11 Data Management Association International (DAMA), The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge, Technics Publications LLC, USA, 2009, www.dama.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3345 12 European Union (EU), Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the Protection of Individuals With Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data 13 EU, Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on Statutory Audits of Annual Accounts and Consolidated Accounts, Amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and Repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC 14 Adapted from the US Chiefs of Staff Joint Publication 3-28, "Civil Support," USA, 14 September 2007 15 Op cit, DAMA
Ed Gelbstein, Ph.D.,has worked in IT for more than 40 years and is the former director of the United Nations (UN) International Computing Centre, a service organization providing IT services around the globe to most of the organizations in the UN system. Since leaving the UN, Gelbstein has been an advisor on IT matters to the UN Board of Auditors and the French National Audit Office (Cour des Comptes), and is also a faculty member of Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a regular speaker at international conferences covering audit, risk, governance and information security, and is the author of several publications. Gelbstein lives in France and may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Amazon brings MySQL to AWS, enhancing relational database offerings
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just added support for a cloud-based MySQL database, called Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), giving developers an alternative to its own SimpleDB inside EC2. Also, the price of Linux EC2 instances will drop 15% as of November 1.
The company says this does not signify a change in direction for AWS but an increase in options available to developers. This may appeal to developers who would like a cloud-based MySQL database that is managed externally.
"In the database crowd there is no one-size-fits-all option," Adam Selipsky, VP of AWS told SearchSOA.com. "Some customers want to run something that's not like MySQL but actually is MySQL."
From Amazon's release:
Amazon RDS provides a fully featured MySQL database, so the code, applications, and tools that developers use today with their existing MySQL databases work seamlessly with Amazon RDS. The service automatically handles common database administration tasks such as setup and provisioning, patch management, and backup – storing the backups for a user-defined retention period. Customers also have the flexibility to scale the compute and storage resources associated with their database instance through a simple API call.


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|A town is positioned in the inner zone based on dice rolls (see previous post for approach for terrain placement)
|Remaining town is added
|Road rolled for North to South position
|Fields are placed
|All terrain features are placed and ready for a game
The game is then fought with the available units and those coming on from reserves (the next post will cover this). The game ends after 15 turns. I am ignoring the game clock in my rules for this campaign.
After 15 turns the control of terrain features is used to determine the winning player. To control a terrain feature a player's unit must either: occupy the square or be adjacent to a vacant terrain feature with no adjacent enemy units.
Terrain features are worth different points:
- Building square = 4 points
- River crossing bridge/ford = 6 points
- Wood square = 2 point
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While trying to promote her store, Rasheeda Frost delivered the unintentional joke of the day. The Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star showed why she is a real fashionista.
The reality star and businesswoman posed in front of a counter where she was hoping to obtain the perfect picture that would go viral on social media, and she did but for all the wrong and funny reasons.
In the snapshot, Kirk Frost's estranged wife is wearing a simple T-shirt, distressed jean shorts, and a very bright cap. The mother of two is still sporting her long blonde wig.
However, this time around, Rasheeda's fans are not really focusing on her look, they are rolling on the floor with laughter because of the giant "no picture" sign sitting right behind her.
Many of them are saying "oh, the irony," the former Boss Chic femcee is actually taking a picture when there is a sign in her store that says explicitly no photos allowed.
One fan replied: "I need those shorts Rasheeda! You are plain Jane but you dress so well!! I love it. Rasheeda, I adore your strength, courage, strive, faith and so on. Really, there are not enough words that describe you to be honest. You are my hero!!! Keep pushing sis!! God has plenty in store for you!!! Gotta laugh at the sign thou. Love you hunny."
Another commenter answered: "You are such a fashion inspiration. You slay every look, and most women would look silly trying to pull off what you can. Lovvvveeeee it! I think you are so beautiful and look good in anything and I love all your hairstyles. You are such a lovely lady and Boss I watch you on LHHAL on Monday's. Where did you get those jeans shorts from?!
A third supporter concluded by: "Love you Sheeda and that sign. Lol. Keep up the excellent work on everything you are doing and God bless you and your beautiful family and friends and keep up the superb work on everything you are doing and God bless you and you and Tammy are my favorite ones on love and hip-hop Atlanta… you are a beautiful black queen that you are looking beautiful as always go girl."
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Multiple health problems can occur from excess fluid in the body. In fact, if we keep excess amount of water in our body, excess dietary sodium and diseases in the heart or kidney will occur at a greater chance.
Because of this, herbal diuretic became one of the best options for losing excess fluid in the body, and prevent the onset of several of these serious illnesses. However, herbal diuretics are not always advantageous. Like some the prescription diuretics, they are they tend to flush some important minerals that we need from our body. Nonetheless, herbal diuretics still persist as the better option compared to over-the-counter diuretic prescriptions.
One of the most popular and used herbal diuretics is an herb called Uva ursi. It is derived from the leaves of the bearberry tree, and it has been used for a long time, with good efficiency. In fact, since the Middle Ages, many herbals demonstrate that Uva ursi was a reliable herbal diuretic, and was often applied in an urinary infection. By the end of the eighteenth century, it had become an official entry in the London Pharmacopoeia.
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Uva ursi contains arbutin, which is a natural chemical that promotes greater urinary output. In addition, it is also applied to treat wounds and vaginal infections. It is contemplated that this remedy has an important cleansing action on the genitourinary system and is suggested as a postpartum diuretic. Another herb known as horse chestnut is also thought to be one of the best options. It contains two active components, aescin and aesculine, both demonstrating moderate diuretic activity. Horse chestnut is also widely used to help vein circulation in the legs for a long time. It has been shown to protect against reducing leg swelling and there has been no known side effects present.
An herb indigenous to South Africa is the Buchu. Like the Uva ursi, this herb has also had a long history of use. It is considered that the leaves of this herb are processed into supplements, and sold to regulate water balance.
The final herbs are the birch tree, butcher's broom, cola nut, dandelion root, horsetail, and juniper berry, probably the most well known. They too are responsible for regulating water balance in the body.


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Benefits Assessor Threatened Claimant And Told Him In Advance That He Would Fail Assessment
This is awful. Please share widely.
May 30, 2016 7:29 am
No wonder a lot of people commit Suicide after been assessed I have not had a Face to Face assessment for P.I.P or E.S.A yet but know that I will Fail as outwardly I look 100% healthy and have received E.S.A and D.L.A since December 2007 when I had a Stroke and became Epileptic so now my days are spent waiting for the Brown Envelope asking me to attend an assessment as I suffer from severe Anxiety and Depression and I have already made Plans to join the Thousands who have already took their lives because of been Failed by unqualified assessors who would have made good Employees in Hitlers Death Camps deciding who to Exterminate and who to allow to live a bit longer until Worked or Starved to Death
May 30, 2016 12:08 pm
Lawrence you are not alone, I occasionally go here (link below) when I'm struggling but can still hold a rational conversation. I wish you all the luck in the world and hope you get through it all. Same goes to every poor sod suffering in silence just waiting for the brown envelope and knowing full well how it will end. https://www.facebook.com/groups/contactBELIEVEadmin/
May 30, 2016 2:31 pm
Getting rock solid evidence isn't easy if you have a right wing moron for a GP who insists he has a direct line to Ian Duncan Smith.
So far an appeal which apparently would be a formality has cost £1000 and the judge wants to restrict what's considered and ignore untreated CAD, my heart operation was after 5.5 hours stopped early leaving untreated CAD but my GP makes it look like it's treated, I believe deliberately.
My lawyer says think of your worst days, not the way you feel on the day, and they will take advantage of a brain injury.
It looks like my GP is going to get sued for malpractice; failing to investigate or treat conditions which could all be related, and the DVLA for refusing a licence without any reason.
Best of luck; take an independent witness because asking for a recording couldn't work considering the lies the assessor told, contradictions in the report that because of the strange way the law works cannot be considered as evidence of telling lies.
Incidentally the judge mocked my heart condition on the way in and said the clerk had nothing to do with the hearing or DWP so often I got the idea she really did have.
June 5, 2016 5:27 am
Hi Stephen,
>because of the strange way the law works cannot
>be considered as evidence of telling lies
Of course recordings can be considered (*should* be used) as evidence.
As should all lawfully obtained evidence.
the prevention or detection of crime,
the apprehension or prosecution of offenders,
for the purpose of, or in connection with, any legal proceedings,
or for the purpose of obtaining legal advice
… and public interest journalism
are all uses that are *Exempt* from the –
Data Protection Act –
(see Part IV Exemptions)
You're a private individual, so the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act does not apply to you and it's their ahem 'professional' conduct you're recording so it's nothing at all to do with their private life or ahem 'human' rights.
If anyone tries to tell you that recordings can't be used then checkout –
Perverting The Course of Justice –
You say that you have a lawyer?
He/She has at least told you about –
Fraud Act 2006 –
Abuse of Vulnerable Adults –
Misconduct in Public Office –
and told you that reporting crime to the police is free… Right?
June 6, 2016 2:35 pm
Lawrence… I am writing to tell you how to cope from here on in. Lean on a partner, relative, friend you can rely on.Don't worry about failing. Prepare positively for a fight. YOU WILL WIN. WE WON AFTER AN 11 MONTH FIGHT. It's an incredibly long strung out claim this uncaring government have subjected the disabled to. The assessment will probably come back a disappointment, at times you will think they are talking about a different person. They will omit things you told them, and inexplicably find you able to do stuff that you can't. Don't fall into the depression my wife did, as it is designed to make you want to give up. Fortunately Debbie had me. Instead of getting depressed I got ANGRY. OK, next step is you cannot appeal straight-away???? You have to ask for a 'Mandatory reconsideration' This is another 3 to 4 weeks of delaying tactics. Then you appeal, wait 3 or 4 weeks, it's turned down. NOW YOU'VE ARRIVED AT THE WINNING POST! You request a tribunal. Get your local MP involved… they may even represent you. We got in touch with the Money Advice officer at our local council. She will have represented many in your situation. Or you can contact some one from the Citizen's Advice Bureau who will represent you. Ask for letters from your doctor, consultant, mental health worker… in fact any medical professionals who treat you. You'll get all of these in a week or so. Put the main emphasis on your mental health, and the thing you need help with. The tribunal (Judge, Doctor, DWP rep) will take 1 hr. and they give you a decision 20 mins. later. You WILL get what you are genuinely entitled to. In my wife's case, the assessor awarded 8 points for Daily Living Component and 0 points for Mobility Component
Tribunal awarded 13 points and 12 points respectively. and gave both Enhanced Care & Mobility. It took 11 months. So don't let these Tory millionaires weigh you down. Fight them and you WILL win. Good Luck.
John Roche permalinkMay 30, 2016 9:13 am
How he should be sacked
Korienia mcneilly permalinkMay 30, 2016 5:29 pm
So happy this has been brought to light. It's so so wrong what the disabled of this country are being put through. Hang in there Mark you have right on your side.
Chris McCabe permalinkMay 30, 2016 5:37 pm
Complain to yr MP, & to the firm running assessments. https://www.writetothem.com/
May 30, 2016 8:33 pm
It is not clear whether the claimant asked for mandatory reconsideration or if he went on to appeal. People on the autistic spectrum are often dealt with harshly as the assessors, who should not have been assessing them, usually know nothing about autism.When you have a so-called health professional with no realisation of how ignorant they are trying to do a face-to-face interview with someone whom it may have taken weeks for someone who knows them well to have been able to complete the application forms, and the person being interviewed may lack insight into the amount of support they need and they may answer, but only briefly and literally and saying enough to get the assessor to move on to get it all over and done with , the whole thing is a very damaging farce, for it then takes a third party to intervene and spell out all of the difficulties, which can be devastating for the person with autism to hear. Physios,nurses, OTs, paramedics and most doctors have no relevant knowledge, but they do not employ specialist psychologists, social workers and mental health nurses or learning disability nurses who may have relevant knowledge. GPs are in the middle of a three-year training programme , but many psychologists,and psychiatrists do not know enough to be able to assess people on the autistic spectrum. One person was told that because he had dyspraxia, amongst many sensory and other issues as well as Asperger Syndrome, turned up for an ESA assessment, only for it to be cancelled, as he needed to be seen by a doctor because of his dyspraxia, but doctors do not usually diagnose this at all and an Educational Psychologist would be more appropriate. The system is an abusive farce. In that case, I pointed out that as a teacher with social qualifications and a lifetime of caring for people on the autistic spectrum, I was far more qualified than their staff to do an assessment. They did a paper assessment and he was put in the Support Group. The local MPs need to be involved in every problematic case, so that they get a realistic idea of how vulnerable people are being treated so inappropriately.


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It should come as little surprise that the dudes in experimental Christian metalcore quartet Gwen Stacy loved reading Spider-Man comics when they were kids (well, drummer T.J. Sego considers himself more an X-Men guy, but we digress).
After all, the band takes its name from the classic Spidey series. Gwen Stacy was Peter Parker's first love, and she was killed off by the Green Goblin in a 1973 edition of "The Amazing Spider-Man," thus opening the doors to Petey's heart for the arrival of his chief love interest, Mary Jane Watson. All right — that's enough geeking out for one day.
It should, however, come as something of a shock to learn that the folks over at Marvel Comics, home to the beloved web-head, haven't pursued any legal action against the Indiana rockers for copyright infringement. In fact, Marvel actually supports the band's usage of the Gwen Stacy moniker, according to the band.
"We were actually worried about them coming after us," Sego, who has been battling a wicked case of tendonitis in both his wrists these last three months, said. "They contacted us about it one time, and we thought it was going to be a negative thing — but they were pretty excited about it. There was some unofficial talk of them doing some stuff with us — what, I'm not sure — but nothing ever happened with that."
Gwen Stacy, who've been around since 2004, have a record on the way — their first for Ferret Music. The Life I Know drops February 5 and will feature "I Was Born With Two First Names," "What Will Happen If I Hit Enter" and "I'll Splatter You Like Jackson Pollock." The band self-released an EP, ... I Believe in Humility
"We had a few labels that were feeling us out and wanted to know where we were as far as other labels [went], but there's always just a lot of talk — just talk and talk and talk," the drummer explained. "It took a lot of patience on our part, but Ferret was our label of choice. We had a very small list of labels we were willing to work with, and Ferret was at the top for all four of us."
Sego said he's anxious about the impending release of the band's first LP, but that the guys aren't letting those nerves get to them.
"I'd be lying if I said we weren't nervous at all, but it isn't getting any of us," he said. "I think good music speaks for itself, and we worked our butts off on this album. We're proud as we can be of it, and we think it's a great album. I don't see how a kid could listen to it and not like it. But if it flops and doesn't sell, I'll still be proud of it. I poured my heart and soul into it — all of us did.
"It's a really, really passionate album," Sego continued. "There are entire songs in there that just flat-out explain my life. This album is our hearts on tape. ... We love to play and hang with our fans, and we love our Lord and Savior, and that's basically what the album is all about."
Gwen Stacy's members are devout Christians, but they're not preachy, Sego said.
"We believe in Jesus with all our hearts, and we take that very seriously," he said. "We don't throw it around lightly. The Bible says to love the Lord and Savior with all your heart, and to love your neighbors — that's our stance. We love people, and we love our fans, and there's nothing we wouldn't do for any of them.
"We've taken some fire for being Christians, and it's to be expected," he continued. "We don't mind. We have a little 15-second thing that we throw into our set each night, which lets kids know our stance — that we play because we love Jesus. But we're not about to judge them if they don't believe the same thing. We make sure that kids know that we're not there to ... ram our beliefs down their throats. ... We have our beliefs, and anyone who wants to know about them, we are more than prepared to share what we believe, but we won't look down at them if they don't."
Gwen Stacy will spread their message on tour with Haste the Day, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Drop Dead Gorgeous starting Friday night (January 11) in Dallas for a jaunt that runs through February 17 in Gwen Stacy's hometown of Indianapolis. The band has also booked a co-headlining run in late February with Inhale Exhale and will spend a week in March touring South America with Haste the Day and Still Remains. The band's summer plans remain wide open — for now.
According to Sego, Gwen Stacy have expressed interest in joining this summer's Sounds of the Underground Tour — and there's a very real chance they'll be on it, seeing as how Ferret is one of the festival's sponsors. But they'd prefer to be on the Warped Tour, he said.
"That's a freaking rad tour, and we're always down for playing anywhere, anytime," he said. "We have our fingers crossed for Warped, and there has been some talk about that. We are really, really pushing for that tour, because every year ... it seems like Warped just gets better and better, and they keep pulling more bands from our genre, which is awesome."
If they do get on the Warped Tour, that will no doubt give Gwen Stacy ample opportunity to hype The Life I Know. Sego takes pride in the fact that his band — and no one else — crafted the album's tracks, something he says many bands in the genre don't do.
"The album is written by us," he said. "A lot of bands are going into the studio with three or four songs, expecting the producer to help them do their job and finish the rest of the album. We were very much an independent band through this entire process. For me, I couldn't go out there and play someone else's songs. For it to not be legitimate, that's the ultimate scam. I would rather write crap and write it myself than have something great that someone else did for me."
The rest of the week's metal news:
Iron Steel, a bass-heavy all-star group with death-tongue planted firmly in cheek, are looking for distribution for their five-song debut EP, The Devil May Care, which will be mixed at the end of the month. The band features Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose, singer/guitarist Fran Strine and guitarist Tommy Redd, in addition to a slew of bassists: Dragonforce's Fred Leclercq (who actually plays guitar for Iron Steel), ex-Megadeth member David Ellefson, Skid Row's Rachel Bolan and Chimaira's Jim LaMarca. "Iron Steel is all things, all the time, including ferocious playing, banshee screaming and a good sense of humor," Ellefson told Metal File. "The name says it all. You can't fit any more metal into a name like Iron Steel." The Devil May Care was produced by Johnny K (Disturbed, Staind) at Tree Sound studios/Light House Studios in Atlanta, Georgia and includes the tracks "STD," "Pie Eater," "goth Girl" and "Hail Satan." ...
In one of the strangest tour pairings since Slayer and Marilyn Manson, Slipknot and Disturbed will hit the road together on the Rockstar Mayhem tour, which runs from July through August. Dates and additional bands will be announced soon. The tour is the brainchild of Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and John Reese, who works with Lyman on Taste of Chaos, which is also sponsored by Rockstar. Slipknot are currently working on their new album, and the next Disturbed disc, Indestructible, is tentatively scheduled for a May release. ... Stick to Your Guns, a Southern California quintet, have just finished working on their second full-length, Comes From the Heart, which was produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) and is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall. "It has been a dream of ours to work with Zeuss since we were in our early teens," singer Jesse Barnett said in a statement. "He is so awesome at what he does, and we are so happy with how it turned out." ...
Instrumental experimental Chicago band Pelican will release the DVD-and-3-inch-CD set "After the Ceiling Cracked" on January 22. The DVD features a show recorded in December 2005 at London's Kings Cross Scala, various live footage shot between 2003 and 2006, and the video for "Autumn Into Summer." Pelican will tour North America with Black Cobra and Unearthly Trance starting February 28 in Chicago and running through March 15 in Louisville, Kentucky. ... On Saturday night, Suicidal Tendencies, Supersuckers and Daughters of Mara will perform at a party to celebrate NAMM at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta will DJ between sets. ...
Atlanta black/death-metal band Withered have signed to Prosthetic Records and will release their new album, Folie Circulaire, in late spring. The album will be produced by Phillip Cope (Kylesa, Baroness) and is the follow-up to Withered's 2005 debut, Memento Mori. Withered will preface their new release with a tour that runs from March 14 in Nashville to March 26 in Houston. ... Members of Baroness, Alabama Thuderpussy and Municipal Waste will release the second album by their side project Birds of Prey, Sulfur and Semen, on January 22. The follow-up to their 2006 debut, Weight of the Wound, was produced by Vince Burke at Sniper Studio in Moyock, North Carolina, and includes "Mentoring the Mongoloids (Return to the Attic)," "Turning Big Rocks Into Little Rocks," "Murder the Homeless/ Burn the Upper Class" and, surprisingly, a cover of "Show Him the Ground" by indie-folk act Iron and Wine. ...
Artsy demolitionists the Human Abstract have entered Red Bull studios in Santa Monica, California, with producer Tony Wright (Slayer, Alice in Chains) to record the follow-up to 2006's dizzying Nocturne. The band plans to take some time off from recording to play this year's Take Action Tour, which also features Every Time I Die, From First to Last, the Bled and August Burns Red. Dates run from February 14 in Detroit through March 23 in New York. ... Om, the ambient stoner band that features ex-Sleep members Al Cisneros (bass and vocals) and Chris Hakius (drums), will launch a North American tour Wednesday in Seattle. The band will remain on the West Coast through January 20 in Los Angeles, then it will plunder the East Coast starting February 6 in Baltimore and trudge through February 9 in Boston.


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Another huge Champions League game this week, as one Italian team welcomes another English team in the first leg of this encounter. Its Napoli v Chelsea today, the Azurri versus the Blues. A 'Battle of the Blues' if you will, as the Stadio San Paolo in the city of Naples, Italy hosts another potentially-explosive Champions League Round-of-16 game.
Napoli are currently placed 6th in the Serie A table and and their domestic form has been inconsistent at best. But make no mistake, they are an extremely dangerous side with a potent trio of attacking players up front in Cavani, Lavezzi and Hamsik. They will be especially dangerous at home, with their spirited crowed oft considered to be their '12th man'. And lets not forget that Napoli had a major role to play in the elimination of Champions League debutants and 'World's Richest Football Club' Manchester City during this year's group stages, and it was a comprehensive 2-1 when City visited San Polo, with none other than Edinson Cavani doing most of the damage.
The big man is, once again, confident that his team has what it takes to eliminate another English team from the competition. Safe to say, the Napoli team will be high on confidence after not only making it this far into the UCL, but progressing from what was the 'Group of Death' this year. Their coach Walter Mazzarri however thinks that his players are the underdogs here here and Chelsea's experience in the UCL will have a part in how events unroll tonight and over the course of the two legs.
Napoli usually line up in a 3-4-3 formation. Tactically they are an interesting team to watch – without the ball, their two defensive midfielders drop deep, almost in line with their three defenders to form a back-5. With the ball, the play a 3-4-2-1 (a slightly variated 3-4-3), with Hamsik and/or Lavezzi remaining central and sticking close to the forward up front Edinson Cavani. They stick to their formations very well and in typical Italian style, are very disciplined without the ball, as was seen in the Manchester City game.
Their line up should be as expected – with Captain Paolo Cannavaro at CB and the likes of Gokhan Inler (an excellent buy from Udinese this summer) and Walter Gargano in the heart of their midfield. Up front too should be as expected, with Marek Hamsik and Ezequiel 'Pocho' Lavezzi playing just behind Edinson Cavani. All three are extremely agile players, have plenty of pace to burn and are clinical in front of goal.
A defeat will be a huge blow to Chelsea, but an even bigger one for the man at the helm of affairs – Andre Villas-Boas, who has come under increasing scrutiny owing to his team's bad run of form this season, which has seen them drop out of top-5 in the domestic table and underperform in the domestic competitions.
Make no mistake, this will be a tough game for Chelsea, a true test of their ability, confidence and resilience. Their captain and a central figure in their team (on-field and off) John Terry looks set to miss out today, as reports say he has failed to recover from the knee injury he suffered. Which, in all probability means Gary Cahill will be handed his Champions League debut. He will play alongside David Luiz, who, lets hope for Chelsea's sake, is not being controlled by a 10-year old on a PlayStation tonight. Luiz has regressed as a player and a CB this season under Villas-Boas , and has a habit of foraying deep inside enemy territory with the ball, leaving space to be exploited behind him, leaving his defense exposed and thus much more prone to a counter attack. His defending basics are weak and he will most certainly be targetted by the Napoli front-three tonight.
Villas-Boas could perhaps look to move Branislav Ivanovic to the center the place of the adventurous-yet-error-prone David Luiz, but that move could potentially backfire, since Ivanovic is at his best at right-back rather than in the centre and moving him to the centre in a game of this magnitude could have catastrophic consequences. In case Ivanovic does play in the center, Napoli will look to test his replacement Jose Bosingwa. Bosingwa's is an interesting story, he started out really well under Villas-Boas in the domestic league, but after a few games where he really shined has now become a liability, and it is evident why he was a squad player under Carlo Ancelotti. Even is Chelsea have Ivanovic playing RB and Luiz-Cahill in the middle, Bosingwa could be deployed as a makeshift LB, since Ashley Cole is still 50/50 to start today.
In midfield, Villas-Boas should start Juan Mata in the centre (behind the front three), where he is a much better player than when he plays on the wings, as explained by Michael Cox in his piece on The Guardian. Chelsea have options in the centre of the park – Essien, Ramires, Romeu, Mikel and Miereles. Miereles and Ramires will most certainly be dropped in favour of two more defensively-sound players (Essien and Romeu in all probability), which is what is required of Chelsea here. Up front, Didier Drogba should start in place of Fernando Torres, whose poor form continues and has now gone 20 games or nearly 1300 minutes without scoring! Torres himself has acknowledged his poor form in front of goal, and one thinks a loan spell in the lower echelons of English football just might've done him and his shattered confidence a world of good.
But more importantly, in case Cole is not fit to start (or even if he is), expect Daniel Sturridge to be dropped in favour of either Salomon Kalou or Florent Malouda, both of whom will provide more defensive cover on the left side of Chelsea's formation.
It will be an interesting battle tonight. And Chelsea might be taken by surprise since they have not faced a lot of teams playing a 3-4-3 especially in the recent past. The Chelsea team is low on confidence and behind-the-scene problems a plenty at the Bridge – including Villas-Boas having lost the backing of his players, player revolts, players supposedly undermining Villas-Boas, heck even ex-managers undermining Villas-Boas and what not – an attacking Napoli side should come all guns blazing here and will be looking to put this tie to bed in the first 90 minutes of this encounter. It is not mission impossible for Chelsea, they need to be disciplined and resolute. Defensive resolve could earn them a draw, which would be nothing short of a victory for them.
Villas-Boas has appealed for patience and asked for the time that it requires for his 'project' to bear fruit. However with the trigger-friendly Roman Abramovic circling the waters, some crucial weeks and games lie ahead for Andre Villas-Boas. Patience is running thin in Roman's camp as well as with the Chelsea faithful. Being on the losing end of these games could be in the final nail in the coffin for AVB.
UPDATE: John Terry ruled out of the Napoli game, and could remain sidelined for as long as 2 months!
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Area 55,126 square mi (133,910 square km)
Population 158.5 million 2014
Capital Dhaka
Highest Point 4,035 ft (1,230 m)
Lowest Point 0 m
GDP $173.8 billion 2014
Primary Natural Resources natural gas, arable land, coal.
BANGLADESH HAS been an independent country since 1971, when it seceded from PAKISTAN in South Asia. Prior to Muslim occupation (1203), its people were believers of Hinduism and Buddhism. With British colonization since 1757, Western influence included a British educational system and the introduction of English, which even today remains the language of the elites. The BAY OF BENGAL lies to the south, INDIA is to the east, west, and north. It has a limited boundary with MYANMAR (Burma). Ninety-eight percent of Bangladeshis speak Bengali (Bangla), the national language; 83 percent are Muslims and 16 percent Hindus.
Three major rivers of the country are the GANGES, Brahmaputra, and Meghna. They discharge an enormous amount of water to the Bay of Bengal, only surpassed by the AMAZON and CONGO rivers. The southern part of the country consists of a DELTA formed by the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. North-central and southeastern parts are mountainous.
Most of the country is low-lying and riverine and susceptible to flooding during the rainy season, which starts in June and lasts until the beginning of October. Its tropical monsoon climate is erratic; some years cause heavy rainfall; some are normal or have occasional draughts. Its annual rainfall averages 60–80 in (152–203 cm). Floods and occasional droughts ravage the country, bringing about misery. Cyclones (hurricanes) originating from the Bay of Bengal just before and after the rainy season, cause heavy damage in the southern part.
Because of high rural population density, land is intensively cultivated. As one of the most densely populated countries of the world, Bangladesh suffers from severe overpopulation: 80 percent of country's labor force is employed in agriculture. Rice is the principal food crop; rural Bangladeshis often eat three meals of rice every day. A third of Bangladeshis live below the poverty line. Dhaka, with an estimated population of about 12 million, is the capital and pacesetter of the country. Since its independence and the assassination of the founder of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (father of the nation), in 1975, the country has alternated democracy with military dictatorships.


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Happy belated Birthday Chris Bosh. The NBA star celebrated his 30th Bday this past weekend with a huge "Cirque du Noir" themed party hosted by his wife Adrienne. The star-stuffed affair took over Marlins Park in Miami and packed it with clowns, dunk tanks, and skee balls just to name a few of the many carnival games present. The party also featured performances by musical acts Ty Dolla $ign and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
Chris looked suave for his special day clothed in a modernistic custom tuxedo by Waraire Boswell completed with a Lanvin bowtie. Check out photos from Chris' bash below.
Chris with teammates Dwyane Wade and Lebron James
Dwyane Wade attended Bosh's party with his lovely lady Gabrielle Union. D-Wade looked sharp in a custom Ralph Lauren suit spruced up with The Tie Bar x Dwyane Wade collection bow tie & Del Toro shoes.
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Mick Reid
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American-made in Oz!!
Apr 19th, 2019 04:02 AM Edit Profile
I'm beginning the first stages of my next strat build.
It's a mahogany body routed for a vibrato, but I'm building it as a hardtail. (I've never owned a hardtail strat before)
It's dang near impossible to find an unfinished HT body here without costing the earth, so I'm channelling my inner MacGyver.
I shaped pieces of Tasmanian Oak to fill the routes. I'll glue them in and mill them down, then fill the gaps with builders bog. (Bondo)
It's going to be a solid colour so you'll never know there were ever holes in there once I'm done.
I have a little more machining to do on the "top" of the vibrato block and then I'll begin the filling & sanding.
I'm going to make an effort to keep a photo diary of the process and post the updates here.
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Just beyond Mars
there's a world of fools
Apr 19th, 2019 07:23 AM Edit Profile
Wow, Mick, that looks like some nice work!
My only suggestion is to use two-part epoxy to stick the wood blocks in. I mention this for two reasons:
- It is an exceptional gap filler
- It negates the need for Bondo
Assemble it with the epoxy and leave the squeeze-out along the seams. When cured, it gets pared down with a sharp chisel.
Te 52
Laws of Physics
strictly enforced
Apr 19th, 2019 11:30 AM Edit Profile
Just one word of caution: Gluing pieces of wood together with grain running in perpendicular directions is a woodworking no-no in most cases. This applies particularly to the piece that plugs the space for the trem block. Since these are not structural joints or really important from an appearance standpoint, it may not matter. But I can guarantee that some of those glued seams will separate and crack the finish and become visible within a few years.
M Tracy
Contributing Member
Lafayette IN
Apr 19th, 2019 03:05 PM Edit Profile
I did a trem to hard tail conversion on a strat once. Nothing as fancy as the wood block thing though. I filled the cavity with an LED driver and a small board bump up a 9 volt battery to the 12 volts the driver wants. It's a clear acrylic strat filled with blinking lights now.
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
Apr 19th, 2019 04:27 PM Edit Profile
Good suggestion re: the epoxy Peegoo.
I half thought of that before, but now I may reconsider it.
Te, I'm aware of the cross-grain gluing issue but neither of these two pieces are actually glued to each other and the trem block is fairly tight so it's almost more of a "plug".
I'm very confident there won't be any separation problem with my method.
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U.S. - Virginia
Apr 19th, 2019 11:18 PM Edit Profile
Speaking of 2 part epoxy, when Bill Callaham filled my old trem screw holes to resize my Mexi strat for vintage spacing, we used Acraglas. I can't tell you what Bill said it would cure as hard as on this forum.
It is very strong, for accurizing gun stocks.
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U.S. - Virginia
Apr 19th, 2019 11:18 PM Edit Profile
Plus, hardtails are awesome.
Heck, I need one.
Mick Reid
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American-made in Oz!!
May 16th, 2019 04:06 AM Edit Profile
I finished this part of the project early last week and thought I already posted the pics... d'oh!!!
So I'm posting them now :^)
I used epoxy to fix the Tassie Oak blocks to the body. I decided to chamfer the outer edge of the blocks so I could fill the seams more adequately.
I've grain filled and shellaced it since the photos were taken and hopefully will get it primed this weekend.
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Planet Peegoo
Rhythm & Lewd Guitarist
May 16th, 2019 07:36 AM Edit Profile
Wow. Nice work, Mick. That repair will be invisible once you get a few coats of shellac or other sealer on there and sanded smooth.
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Pueblo, Co
I qualify!
May 16th, 2019 09:24 AM Edit Profile
Very nice, Mick,
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San Diego, CA USA
May 16th, 2019 11:26 AM Edit Profile
That looks great- can't wait to see the next phase pics!!
Say what one more time!
May 16th, 2019 01:15 PM Edit Profile
You could tell people that the "symbol" on the back is a copy of something you found on a cave wall in the outback! :-)
Somebody might believe you.....
It looks great!
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U.S. - Virginia
May 16th, 2019 02:43 PM Edit Profile
Dangit. Time to make a hardtail strat.
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
May 16th, 2019 03:59 PM Edit Profile
Thanks all. This has been a bit of an experiment and definitely a learning experience.
It actually required a little more thinking and finesse than just "whacking a couple chunks o'wood" in there ;^)
If I ever do another conversion like this, it should be easier and I will have streamlined the process.
I have my colour scheme worked out and all my hardware now, so it's just a matter of finishing, assembly and set up. However, there is cutting a nut and fretwork in all that too.
If it turns out like I see it in my head, it'll be pretty cool!
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
May 22nd, 2019 05:02 AM Edit Profile
Well got the body primed on the weekend and shot the base & clear coats today.
My first job with the new compressor and spray gun. Base coat came out okay, but got some pretty good (bad) orange peel on the clear.
I think I've worked out where I went wrong, so will level it and re-shoot it in a couple of days. (hopefully with a better result!)
Sorry, I ain't postin' no pics of my horrible work! Only the good'un!
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
Jun 27th, 2019 05:23 AM Edit Profile
I'm finally getting closer to the finish line with this one...
Hopefully I should have it assembled and playing by the end of the weekend.
It's taken a lot longer (11+ wks) than I anticipated but had some detours along the way.
I didn't plan on doing a total neck re-radius, re-fret and re-finish but that's where it took me.
It's been a great experience though. I've learnt more from this build than I have in a while. I'm pretty chuffed.
Pictures *will* follow. Hopefully it plays and sounds as cool as it's going to look!
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Planet Peegoo
Rhythm & Lewd Guitarist
Jun 27th, 2019 05:33 AM Edit Profile
Many people wonder why custom guitar work is so expensive. Getting to the point that you've worked out all the details, start to finish, takes a long time. That experience is what the customer is paying for.
The really cool thing about building guitars is there's always more than one good way to achieve the same result. You find out what works for you and you go with it.
Can't wait to see pics of the finished beast!
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The Escalator
Jun 27th, 2019 06:58 AM Edit Profile
Can't wait to see it!
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
Jun 27th, 2019 07:02 AM Edit Profile
"Many people wonder why custom guitar work is so expensive."
If I valued any of my builds based on an hourly rate, you'd need a second mortgage to buy one.
If I sold one based on its market value, I'd make 2 cents an hour. (if I was lucky!)
Mick Reid
Contributing Member
American-made in Oz!!
Jul 1st, 2019 08:14 PM Edit Profile
And 74 days later... it's done!
As I mentioned a few posts back, I've learnt (or at least affirmed) a lot on this build.
It was my first finish job using a spray gun & compressor for one. It's far from perfect but a definite step up from my earlier rattle can jobs.
I also discovered that I am able to re-radius a fretboard (it was a 14", it's now a 12") and do a complete re-fret with excellent results.
There were a few other things but now my shoulder's getting sore from patting myself on the back...
Anyway, have a click and see. There's some details/specs in the description of the first pic.
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My apologies for not having a weekly post last week. My SOs Grandmother had an extremely close call that kept me from creating a post. Love this blog but family obviously comes first. Instead I made a quick post on imgur of my set up. You can view it here.
Anyways, recently GTA brews aka the homebrew club I belong to acquired a full sized barrel. As part of the team of dirrectors I have paired up with a few others with organizing this project. I have yet to actually see the barrel in person but from what I am told it came from a Niagara winery called Pillitteri. We believe it previously held Cab Franc. This barrel is going to be held by our good friends at Muddy York. If in the area you have gotta try their stork derby stout! That stuff is to die for. Because Muddy York is a business and a way of life for Jeff (the owner) he has told us the barrel cannot be buggy. We decided to go with a clean imperial saison. Something that will be ready for the summer (hopefully) and benefits from a wine note.
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In the past 2 weeks I brewed up a whopping 22 gallons. 6 gallong of ESB (Best Bitter) for my SO, 10 gallons of Rare Barrel golden sour blend 5.5 gal of Flanders red and 0.5 gal of extra wort from the Flanders brewday that I am attempting a spontaneous experiment on.
The ESB (Best Bitter) brew day went off nearly without a hitch. Had an open ball lock when I began to mash in. Luckily I cause it and only had an oz or 2 of water to wipe up. My SO joined me for that brewday and we had our most enjoyable brew day yet. Shes really getting the hand of this whole brewing thing! 7 day gravity sample of that beer was beautiful and I plan to bottle it this coming Saturday.
The 10 gallon of sour base beer was brewed last Saturday with a friend and fellow homebrewer at his house. We split it onto a 5.5 gal and 4.5 gal (homebrewers and their damned different sized fermentors) batch. The 5.5 has been dubbed Sour Boy and has an amalgamation of 5 dregs from mixed fermentation sour beers and a health pitch of Cali ale yeast form Escarpment Labs. The 4.5 was dubbed Funk Girl and has Orval and Limberlost dregs, some of my wild captured sacch/hanseni and a health pitch of Cali ale yeast form Escarpment Labs. Sour Girl got a little excited and blew her top off after a few days. This was my first drink while I brew day and drinking certainly slowed us down. Lots of fun was had though since I did not have to drive afterwards.
The Flanders red was a perfect brew day. Extra volume and 1 point higher than my expected OG. Efficiency was amazing! The wort was pitched with 3763 Roeselare, WLP665 Flemish Ale Blend, WLP 575 Belgian Style Ale Blend and 5 various Flemish style dregs. The extra 1/2 of spontaneous experimental beer has not yet done anything. Waiting game for now.


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