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Beneath convolution rests clarity—raw, naked and pure. In art, such elements clearly reflect and speak to the human soul. A departure from the colorful art-fair extravagance, one South Beach hotel has eliminated the usual embellishments to offer Art Baselers a glimpse into the captivating, organic fusion of exposed nature and the human form.
Sagamore, The Art Hotel, on Miami Beach, along with its owner, art collector and curator Cricket Taplin, proudly presents FUNDAMENTAL, 2012, highly edited Selections from the Cricket Taplin Collection. The property-wide exhibition, on display during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012, celebrates the essential and provocative aspects of nature, life and culture.
FUNDAMENTAL 2012 disarms the viewer with a cohesive presentation of understated magnificence. Commonalities— natural hues, simple shapes and textures, unaltered lighting, and organic materials—link each piece to the exhibition's theme of fundamentalism. Each artwork included boldly portrays the core elements of its subject. The conceptual focus of the collection highlights the bonds between nature and its offspring—the human form. Significant attention is paid to the symbol of all beginnings, the female body, and the elemental extremes of black and white.
The exhibit features cultural standouts like Emil Lukas, whose work relates to the perception of pressure and form in a constant investigation of structure and materials. The renowned artist's four pieces within FUNDAMENTAL, "Bulge," "Anatomy of Amber Curve," "Moon," and "Wrap," tell the story of pressure—created both by universal forces and man. On loan from the Sperone Westwater Gallery, the pieces feature strong representations of physicality and are made of organic materials including wood, thread, wax and jute.
Demonstrating the intertwining of man and environment, Michele Oka Doner's "Sargassa," 2008—an eight-foot tall relief print on handmade paper from plant pulp—presents an imaginary goddess of the sea from the artist's ongoing personal mythology into human form captured by oceanic entities such as algae and seaweeds.
Highlighting FUNDAMENTAL's gender inspiration, Christina Petersson's massive, 72″ x 96″ graphite on paper, "I Will Still Be Here, Long after the Kingdom Cometh," 2011, shares an impactful message of a woman's connection to nature—fierce and corporal.
Capturing natural sensuality, Beatriz Millar's video piece "Lux Matter" offers a journey—via a captivating video set to classical music –into the female power of creation in the preparation of bread and its offering as nourishment, a human fundamental need. The piece captures iconic reflections of female sexuality, natural wonders and the transformation of elements. Additionally, the piece investigates female roles and the borders between art and craft.
Adding to FUNDAMENTAL's strength is a showcase of pure yet provoking photography from world renowned artists including Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Morris Engel, Walker Evans, Elliott Erwitt, Lee Friedlander, Graciela Iturbide, Helen Levitt, Martin Parr, Charles Pratt, Walter Rosenblum, Joe Schwartz, Louis Stettner, and Francesca Woodman. The artworks by Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson, Jacopo Foggini, Rashawn Griffin, Tom Lieber, Mike and Doug Starn, and Shoshana Weinberger will also be featured within the exhibition.
In tradition, Sagamore, The Art Hotel, is hosting their Annual Art Basel Brunch on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. For the most sought-after Art Basel event of the season, the hotel partners with six local museums including the Bass Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU, and the Wolfsonian-FIU.
"This year's collection is outstanding in its pureness and gathering of extraordinary talent," said Cricket Taplin. "The pieces evoke innate reactions and will connect visitors to primary instincts. We present a refreshing, natural experience that will encourage individuals to reflect on the links between man and environment."
For further property and/or Art Basel exhibition information, call 305 535 8088 or visit SagamoreHotel.com.

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Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Swansea City are still without a win since the opening day of the season but did take a step in the right direction by drawing 0-0 at home to Watford on Bob Bradley's home debut.
The result ended a sequence of four consecutive defeats for the struggling Swans, including their 3-2 loss at Arsenal last weekend in Bradley's first game at the helm.
However, the Welsh side have now gone eight matches without a victory and remain in the relegation zone, two points from safety.
In contrast, Watford are still in the top half having been beaten only once in their last six games after this stalemate at the Liberty Stadium.
Swansea had not won in front of their own fans since May and in an attempt to kick-start his new team's season American boss Bradley made five changes to the side beaten narrowly by Arsenal.
Among the changes, young defender Alfie Mawson, a £5 million ($6.1m, 5.6m euros) summer signing from second-tier Barnsley, came in to make his Premier League debut.
The big centre-back helped Swansea frustrate Watford's powerful strike pairing of Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo, although the Hornets almost got a lucky breakthrough just before the interval.
Deeney nudged a free-kick 30 yards out into the path of Younes Kaboul and his shot took a massive deflection off the Swansea wall only to loop narrowly over with Lukasz Fabianski beaten.
The hosts should have been in front just after the hour mark, but when Mike van der Hoorn stretched to meet a Gylfi Sigurdsson free-kick five yards out, Heurelho Gomes made a fantastic save.
The lively Modou Barrow then set up Sigurdsson for a shot from just outside the area that beat Gomes but came back off the post with seven minutes left.
It was a frustrating finish for Swansea, and Bradley will now hope to oversee a first win when his team visit an improving Stoke City next weekend.


text: President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital looms large in Christmas festivities this year in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Some food vendors, sellers of holiday trinkets and a leading hotelier in biblical Bethlehem say Palestinian protests, triggered by what many here view as a provocative show of pro-Israel bias, have hurt their Christmas business. Yet Bethlehem also offers a stage for a Palestinian rebuttal: banners proclaiming Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Palestine have been draped over facades on Manger Square as a backdrop for Christmas TV broadcasts to a global audience. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is keenly felt - perhaps even more so at Christmas - in Bethlehem, just a few miles (kilometres) south of contested Jerusalem. Israel's separation wall cuts into Bethlehem and a segment of it has become a tourist magnet in its own right. Its cement slabs are covered with works by international graffiti artists such as Banksy and pro-Palestinian slogans left by visitors. While Palestinians try to draw attention to the barrier when foreigners pour in for Christmas, Trump's policy shift on Jerusalem two weeks ago has emerged as the dominant theme this year. It went again international consensus. Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem houses major Muslim, Jewish and Christian shrines, and Palestinians seek it as a future capital. The journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, today pic.twitter.com/sYRo2XLjDs — AJ Labs (@ajlabs) December 24, 2016 Trump's decision Trump's declaration triggered clashes in the Palestinian territories between stone-throwers and Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition. Ten Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, most on the Gaza border, and scores were wounded. In Bethlehem, the fallout was felt immediately. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was to have received Vice President Mike Pence, a devout Christian, in Bethlehem, but cancelled after the US pivot on Jerusalem. The snub came as Abbas rejected Washington as a Middle East broker. Meanwhile, Bethlehem's flagship luxury hotel, the 250-bed Jacir Palace, closed because of frequent nearby clashes. General manager Marwan Kittani said the hotel had been fully booked for Christmas, but that he is now assessing day by day if he can reopen. In Manger Square, next to the Church of the Nativity built over Jesus' traditional birth grotto, some merchants blamed Trump for a drop in business. Two souvenir shop owners selling nativity scenes and tree decorations carved from olive wood said they hadn't had any customers by early afternoon. Mahmoud Salahat, who sells pomegranate juice on the square, said his main source of income - Palestinian citizens of Israel - largely stayed away from Bethlehem during the past two weeks, apparently fearing trouble on the roads. Tourism The Christmas season caps a banner year for tourism in the Palestinian territories, with 2.7 million visitors in 2017, compared with 2.3 million in 2016, said Tourism Ministry official Jiries Qumsieh. Despite some cancellations, Bethlehem's 4,000 hotel rooms were more than 90 percent booked for Christmas, he said. The vast majority of Palestinians are Muslims, but Abbas - like the late Yasser Arafat before him - values close ties with the Christian minority, regularly attending Christmas Eve mass at the Church of the Nativity, which is broadcast live. This year, TV footage will likely show two large banners hanging from roofs in Manger Square, reading: "Jerusalem will always be the eternal capital of Palestine." Activists also plan to circulate a petition to Christmas visitors in support of Palestinian claims to Jerusalem and distribute stickers reading: "We (heart) Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine," said organizer Munther Amira. Earlier this week, two dozen protesters assembled near the square's towering Christmas tree, holding white candles and photos of Pence and Jason Greenblatt, a member of Trump's Middle East team. "Bethlehem welcomes the messengers of peace, not the messengers of war," read the captions under the photos. Amira said it was a protest against US policy, not the American people. Some tourists seem baffled by the politics and are mainly drawn to the Nativity basilica, currently under renovation and partly covered by scaffolding. German pilgrim Ludmilla Trifl said she reserves judgment because she doesn't know enough about the conflict. The separation barrier at the entrance to Bethlehem "does not look good", she said, adding that she's also heard it described as a security measure. Street art The area around the Walled-Off Hotel, a Banksy-linked guesthouse that opened in March, has become a centre for political street art. A recent wall piece said to have been created by Banksy shows two angels, one with a crowbar, on either side of a gap between cement slabs, each trying to widening the opening. A nearby shop called "Wall-Mart" offers stencils and spray paint - with prices for slogan sizes ranging from $14 to $26 - to help visitors to leave their mark. On a recent morning, Australian Farzanah Fazli shook spray cans, filling in a stencil she had taped to the wall. Slowly, the words "Once upon a time, there was humanity" emerged - meant to express her view that Israeli policies have dehumanised the Palestinians. Fazli, 30, a London-based accountant, said leaving that message was the highlight of her Middle East trip, even if it is eventually painted over by others. Graffiti shop employee Wanda Handal, 21, said artists have transformed her neighbourhood. "Back in the day, it was the creepy street," she said. Now, "the street is alive, art everywhere." SOURCE: News agencies Israeli–Palestinian conflict Palestine Middle East


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• The Cursillo Movement proclaims
that God, in Christ, loves us, and it
does so through "short courses" and
regular gatherings in small communities.
• Communion and Liberation, with
its focus on the Incarnation and the
presence of Christ "here and now,"
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and collaborates in the mission of
the church in all spheres of life.
• Focolare (Italian for "family
fireside") aims to contribute to the
realization of Jesus' last will and testament: "may they all be one" and so
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Olympic fever hits Facebook
Facebook has unveiled its new Olympics portal, Explore London 2012, which it hopes will help fans across the world get closer to the Games.
This new way to interact with London 2012 could provide worldwide appeal to those fans without tickets, with Facebook incorporating details from many official athlete pages, as well as the pages of each sport's association.
Currently, just 250 of the 10,000 competing athletes have their pages listed on the portal, including Team GB competitors such as Jessica Ennis and Tom Daley, but such is the draw of Facebook that it can only be a matter of time until more are added.
Social media and the Olympics
Social media use has become a much talked-about issue in the run-up to the Olympics, with much made of the various restrictions imposed on both spectators and athletes by the authorities. Sponsors and broadcasters have paid millions to be part of the festivities in London this summer, and this directly affects what can and can't be shared online.
The situation for social media users has in fact improved as the Olympics draw nearer. Until recently, sharing photographs of the event was banned, but this has now been lifted. Filming remains forbidden, with Olympic chiefs keen to avoid infringing the rights of television companies that have invested so much in order to broadcast the event. Athletes must also be careful not to say anything that may upset paying sponsors of their team or the Games as a whole.
Advert-free zone
Given the number of visitors expected to flock to this new interactive Olympic hub, it is perhaps surprising that Facebook has decided not to include any advertising on the page. This means the focus will be entirely on the shared pictures and stories of those participating, either on the track or in the stands.
With other platforms such as Google+, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare also running their own pages, a huge spike in social media activity is expected as the action gets underway in the capital.
Tom Glass, creative director at theEword, said: "You wouldn't expect Facebook to let an opportunity as big as the Olympics pass it by, and this portal should bring millions of visitors its way. With so many restrictions on what can and can't be shared, this could be the best way to get the inside track on the Games."


text: Amid the half-eaten pizza, there was an unusually calm air backstage before the VPL show, and that's just the way designer Victoria Bartlett likes it. "I prefer this mood, and I love this space," she said of the sunny Bumble and Bumble salon. "There is a feeling of lightness that reflects the theme of the collection, which is parachutes, kites, wind and suspension." With music by fashion week DJ du jour Ben Brunnemer evoking windmills and jellyfish, the tangible calm was finally interrupted by an enthusiastic ovation from front row fashion luminaries Olivier Zahm, Haidee Findlay Levin, Hope Atherton, jewelry designer Brian Crumley who made the exquisite geometric wooden bangles and Arden Wohl who supplied VPL with the headbands (naturally). Out on the runway, Bartlett's spring collection revealed a strong foundation shape minus the finished silhouette. The dueling architecture worked, revealing subtly clingy pieces that could flatter even non-reedy girls. Signature strips of harness held a draping swimsuit close to the body, which then paired with capri pants that had an exaggerated, Arabian swoop of cloth running between the legs. Elsewhere, such as on the collar of a formless shell, rip cords smartly gathered in airy swaths of fabric. Some of the outfits had that messy tumbled-in-with-sheets-and-underwear look, which is a situation we wouldn't necessarily mind.


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World Aviation
Aviation Archive
Airport Movements and interesting aircraft seen over Warwickshire
Aviation Painting
Aviation classics
This is my CAP 232 now fitted with a modified wing with washout incorporated as the original wing had poor low speed characteristics which caused a vicious wing drop at low speeds,the model has done many hours of flying and is a real hot ship.
Shot of my old Sopwith Pup against a angry sky,model is over 20 years old and still going strong.
Another view of my Pup,will fly from small fields easily.
Thumbnail of my Nanny high wing beauty,fitted with flaps the flying speed is nice and slow,she is a real lady and ideal for those balmy summer evenings (remember them!) for relaxed flying
Comper Swift powered by OS.26 Four Stroke engine,this model is one of several that I have built over the years of this type of aircraft,ranging from one powered with a Cox 010 Tee Dee and flown free flight.
Keep an eye on this page for beautiful scale model aircraft that really fly just like the full size aircraft.
This page has been updated with additional material on Tuesday 01-10-2002,here are some more of my models-
This is a model that was condemmed to the scrap heap when a colleague crashed her,the aeroplane is a Benzoil Chipmunk conversion popular for aerobatic flying in the States,what you see here is the results of my rebuild,the wings were broken in three places,the fuselage had sprung apart in several places and had to be re-jigged,the tail seen here removed is rebuilt,in general a bit of tender loving care has bought the model back to life and one day she will fly again! with modern adhesives repairs are now much easier than the old balsa cement days,epoxy resins,cynoacrylate have replaced the old ideas to good effect-
Scratch built models built by my father the late L.J.Clay,I am in the process of restoring them after years of neglect and dust,shown here is a Short Stirling bomber,Tiger Moth,Gloster Gladiator,Hawker Hurricane and a Howard Hughes Racer.
Here is my latest helicopter,a model of the lovely little R-22 made by Frank Robinson,it is modelled around the Hirobo Shuttle kit,excellent basis for experimenting with scale helicopters,they fly well too witness the next picture of the prototype R-22 model-
This next model is far from a new project,I wanted to build a scale model of the lovely old Dakota,in the days before reliable radio control we had to contend with other forms of flight,this was control-line where the aeroplane was flown on wires in a circle,the idea was started in America by a chap called Walker and it became very popular in the fifties,since radio came along it has taken a back seat,I doubt if I will ever fly her as a control line model but perhaps one day build another for radio control,the colours on this model are from the pop group called 'Arctic 7' who used her to fly around the world advertising their group,they had another Dak but this was written off when it got blown over on the ground in severe weather,I think you will agree that the colourscvheme is most attractive-
This is my latest project a scale model of the Robinson R.22 helicopter seen here on its first flight,the donor helicopter is non other than the Shuttle ZX,fuselage is made from paper mache and the boom rolled from miralyte ply,the machine performs really well,radio equipment is JR,engine Irvine 36H,note the specially manufactured undercarriage and ingenious masthead assembly which had to be designed to accomodate the top starter hexagon,top of the front pod goes direct onto the bottom pan which accomodates the radio gear.
The model is a lively little helicopter and very enjoyable to fly.
If you want a new challenge with your flying then build a scale helicopter,once you master the controls it will sharpen up your fixed wing flying,especially the rudder controls because you have to work really hard with helicopters,here is my Squirrel built using a shell around the grand old Shuttle,the model has now clocked up 12 hours of flying and she will handle fairly blustery conditions,practise is the secret with helicopters,get at least one flight in a day if you can and just watch your progress......
Rear view of the Lancaster shows the amout of work already incorporated into the model.
Another view with the Islander stablemate in the background
One of two Islander aircraft now under construction,since this photograph was taken over 40 feet of wiring has been added to the structure operating a total of 8 servos.
The Harvard was finally finished in September after a difficult decision on the colourscheme,I opted for this typical US Navy scheme which proved a good choice due to its visability in the air,I really enjoy flying this model because it presents just that little bit of something to fly correctly,not too easy but once you have mastered her a real joy to handle,I have now clocked up 3 hours of flying with her and Iam very pleased with the results.
Avro Lancaster-more pictures
As can be seen below much progress has been made with this project,all of the major assemblies have now been mated together without any hitches,progress continues apace when time permits..
Another view of the Lancaster under construction since 1998....
The custom built undercarriage can be seen in this front view.
The enormous amount of of work in building this Clipper Flying boat cannot be really seen in this photograph,made from a set of Cleveland Peerless scale plans it is powered by four individual rubber motors,cutting out the parts alone took over 100 hours of work! not for the faint hearted,shown here at Old Warden scale weekend in 1988
This Focke Wulf 190 was built from a free plan in one of the model magazines,it looked lovely in the air but was very tricky to take off,finished in Farnborough captured colourscheme its demise was when someone walked out in front of me when taking off and I had to just roll it in to avoid hitting him,it also suffered from an in cowl fire the week before so could not be considered a very lucky model,thats the way it goes with flying models.
Group of models of mine circa 1990,here are a lovely J3C Cub,Avro 504k and a Fokker D8 built from a Veron kit and modified to take lightweight radio equipment.
Model of a Dakota under construction,a lovely aircraft to make up as a model,scroll up above to see a picture of the completed model.
The De Havilland Leopard Moth has always been a favourite of mine and over the years I have built several models of the design,this one was built from an American plan which a friend gave me,it incorporates much ply in the construction and flew well eventually with a 60 sized four stroke engine,long since gone the photograph was tucked away in my files and this serves as a reminder that stand off scale is probably the best type of model for the sports flyer.
This is a vacuum formed model of the Handley Page Marathon the type of which is now long since extinct,the aeroplane formed the backbone of Derby Aviation which eventually became British Midland Airways.
Model and diorama by Barry Clay.
Rare type is the Convair XV-1 shown here in model form.
Small scale model of the one and only 'Slip Wing Hurricane' this aircraft was designed to increase the range of the type by adding another wing and thus extend its range,the redundant wing was released at a specified point,needless to say the project never came to anything,another idea which was tried on Spitfires was to tow them behind Wellington bombers as gliders,release them and the engines would be started in flight! hair raising by any standards,these experiments were carried out at Staverton airfield during the second world war.
Models from the 'Smallest Aviation Museum' Warwick,UK
This is the Hobbit autogiro with what appears to be a modified dampened helicopter rotor head,despite numerous attempts to fly her she never left the ground! rotor spin up was via a large pulley with which you wound a string and put your foot on the end when you opened the throttle,I never really got to the bottom of why she would not fly but the layout looks very unstable.
This was the model that triggered off my interest in the autogiro type of model,basically it was a standard fuselage with small stub wings added and two contra-rotating rotors,it flew very well indeed and in even the slightest breeze you could hover and land at your feet!
This is my attempt at the Miles Hawk Speed 6 racing aircraft,the plans were drawn up by Chris Hughes of Modelplan and I built the prototype which flew for many years appearing at the scale days at Old Warden,it was to quarter scale which made for a delightful flyer on a mere 120 four stroke,sadly the model was totally written off when an aileron servo failed in flight totally destroying the model including the engine,one day I will build another one when time permits.
Card and Balsa Grumman Ag Cat model photographed just after its first flight with old OS.61 four stroke which eventually wore out the cam and was replaced with a two stroke motor,did not sound as good but there was more spare power.
My SIG Zlin is a lovely aerobatic machine,although it was built some two years ago it has only recently been taken out of the hangar and put through its paces,this aircraft was modelled on the ones that I used to watch at Baginton in 1957 when the Lockheed aerobatic championships were held there with famous names such as Leon Biancotto,J.L.Aresti and Prince Cantucazne flying their lovely aerobatic mounts,Bucker Jungmeisters,Stampes and even youngsters such as Neil Williams flying inverted fuel system Tiger Moths!
Recently put on a miniature airshow with these models,flying one after the other in true airshow fashion,each model has its own qualities and no two fly alike just like the full size counterpart,the Clipt wing Cub in the foreground flies beautifully performing just like the real aircraft,the stall turns look very spectacular asnd the model does them really nicely,on the opposite end of the scale is the model in the extreme background ,the Parnall Elf which is a grand old lady puttering around the circuit on its SC91 four stroke.
Had a lot of fun when we put on this display a few weeks ago at Kineton High school which raised funds for the local Scouts,dog fights with Spitfires and Me.109s,helicopters and a fine twin engined model shown here-
This model was converted from an ARTF kit with two Irvine 25 engines it really goes well.
Found this little (or big!) gem in my files,it is a quarter scale 15 feet wingspan Bristol Bisley made by a group of modellers,the model flew eventually at Duxford but nothing more is known of it,photograph taken at Cranfield on 1.5.88
This ALBATROSS C.1 is a film star! I salvaged her as a wreck after they made the television series 'WINGS' in the seventies,the model had a hard life being loaded up with explosives and given numerous coats of film makers paint,the models had been flown from the back of a lorry and landed in far from ideal places,the wreck was lovingly taken into my workshop and taken apart re-gluing the joints and checking everything out,then I fitted a new radio and engine,re-rigged the model and flew her,she handles like a real old lady very slow and steady,when you ease off the power the nose drops abruptly with the drag of all those wires (built in headwind as they used to say!) and you have to drag her around the circuit to a safe landing,Iflew her once or twice and then grounded her into retirement the object of restoration to flying condition being achieved.
(PS-This model ha been taken out of storage and will be rebuilt in the near future to fly again )
Further examples of the 'WINGS' aeroplanes can be seen at the Helston Flambards museum in Cornwall which is well worth a visit.
This unretouched photograph is of one of my free flight rubber models in flight,note the twin skeins of the rubber drives operating two opposite handed propellers to eliminate torque,photograph taken at Old Warden of my Lockheed Saturn airliner,first I had to launch the model then grab the camera!
B-36 Bomber.slope soarer.
Built from a blue foam cylinder for the fuselage which was covered in ordinary brown paper,nose and tail sections removable for access to radio,designed to test out the large scale soarer concept,only flown three times this six foot span model was eventually scrapped having served its purpose as a test airframe.
The central float took some building and proved troublesome during trimming flights,see below-
Grumman Duck Amphibian
This model was really too small to fly successfully,with all of the scale detail the weight increased alarmingly,the subject is difficult to trim due to that massive centre float,I enjoyed building her it took me all of 8 months to complete,the wings started to warp alarmingly and the model was eventually retired and dismantled,one day I will build another but it will be much larger than this 50 inch span model,some you win and some you loose but it is all good experience on how to tackle a certain subject.
Grumman Duck in the water during taxying tests at Westlake Park 24.5.87,the model was not a great success due most probably to its small size and was scrapped after it was damaged during test flying.
Comper CLA.7 Swift
This model was one of several of the type that I have built over the years,my love of this aeroplane came about working on the real G-ACTF which was a very famous aeroplane having being flown to India by the owner of a tea plantation in 1936,a book was written about this aircraft called 'The Scarlet Angel' and if you have a copy then I would like to purchase it from you.The model is a superb flyer now fitted with a small four stroke engine and is over 15 years old and flown occasionally.
Interesting box artwork for the elusive 'Early Birds' kits which are no longer marketed,kits such as this are ideal starting points to make flying models,scale up the kit and build your own original model.
On fine summer evenings when it is nice and calm out come my collection of rubber driven model aircraft and they are given an airing,the sight of these little miniatures fluttering around the sky is a sight to behold,very low tech but who cares! they are real flying machines and if you can trim one of these out then you can handle anything.
Invader rubber driven twin
Yes even twin engine models fly with rubber power,the secret is to carve two opposite handed propellers to elinate the torque effect of the two motors,short but very realistic flights can be achieved,this model now has experimental Co2 power but that is another story!
P-38 Lightning
Another rubber driven twin which flies really well because of the long drives to the propellers,built from the Comet kit which you can occasionally pick up from model shops.
The French owner of this Croses LC.6 (modern Flying Flea) challenged me to build a working flying model of his aeroplane,he said it could not be done,now that was too much of a challenge and I set to work and in a fortnight built this little model on the left,the longitudinal control is by moving the wing fore and aft with very small movements,on the first flight I had the same dilemma as the full size ones that were sensitive to this control it flipped inverted and continued to fly happily along! despite my efforts it would not right itself and I had no option but to land it inverted,the real ones did exactly the same due to too much movement and usually decapitated the pilot,once sorted out the model continued to fly very well until only last year when it developed wing flutter in windy conditions and was damaged beyond repair.
The real aeroplane on the right was built in the owners bedroom and the engine was a Christmas present from his wife,this amazing aviator used to fly the aircraft across the channel every year to the annual Popular Flying Association Rally at Cranfield with no navigational aids other than a compass,a truly colourful character.
My eleven foot Lancaster project takes shape,here the undercarriage has been added and the flap mechanism installed,each engine has its own servo for individual adjustment,the engine nacelles were made from several layers of brown paper over a blue foam former which was then melted out with thinners,the wing bolts together in three places.
The fuselage
assembly takes shape and since this photograph was taken the cockpit has been individually framed with thin ply,now a mould has been made for the cockpit and a plug made up,a separate cockpit will be then moulded and placed over the framework,full cockpit detail has been made up and will be fitted on completion of the canopy.
Assembly of the Lancaster took place in September 2001,all of the parts made in my small workshop were finally put together and the result is shown here,hundreds of hours have gone so far into the construction which is now into its third year,difficult to believe that this model was scaled up from an Airfix kit!
A previous Lancaster built many years ago for control line flying,long since gone due to fuel soakage.
This is my Pipster tri-motor multi engined trainer,designed to help me with assymetric flying on my Lancaster.
Another view of the Tri Motor now nearing completion.
This is one of many Autogyros made over the years,this design is called the Gyrace and has a pretty safe anti torque rotor system which is a real problem with single rotor autogyros,awaiting test flying when the weather improves.
Another view of the Autogiro sitting on top of my real Enstrom F.28 helicopter preserved cockpit section ,little and large!
This is one of many Bleriot monoplanes that I have made over the years,note the homemade spoked wheels made in a simple jig.
The real thing,G-LOTI Bleriot XI Replica owned by Brooklands Museum Trust and shown at Cranfield on the occasion of the Popular Flying Asssociation Rally held there in 1994,makes for an interesting comparison with my model.
Another view of my Bleriot in Italian period markings.
The Nanny in flight doing circuits,I get my leg pulled because the bottom of the fuselage is v-shaped my buddies say I started to build it as a boat! just look at those clouds,it makes you want to go flying.
My aeromodelling started with building small rubber powered model aircraft which I still build on occasions,here is my latest a Curtiss Jenny built from plans in a 1930's issue of Flying Aces magazine,the models require a lot of patience to complete and need careful trimming out to fly,you learn a lot from them,this one weighs just over 3 ounces.
Another rubber powered model,this is a model of Lindburghs aeroplane the Ryan NYP 'Spirit of St Louis' once again built from a 1930's Flying Aces magazine plan.
Another view of the two models together agains a snow backdrop.
This Bristol Fighter F2B was built by me in 1969 as a free flight model from a free plan in Model Aircraft magazine,due to the use of too much spruce in the structure the model was very overweight and finished its days as an advertisement in an Antique Shop window,it was fitted with a Mills 75 engine.
Another view showing the large amount of constructional work in the model,varnished wood struts,laced fuselage panels and dummy machine guns all add to the realism.
Afront view of the same model showing the complex wing to fuselage fixing.
I was a schoolboy when I first made this model of a Percival Proctor aircraft,the real one was owned by Harry Fanshawe who used to fly G-ANPP from Baginton,the model was control line and was designed by myself from scaleing down the real aeroplane,it flew very well until it struck a wire fence one day during a landing approach breaking off one wing,for a picture of the real aeroplane see the Historical Archive page of this web site.
I built this Stampe SV.4Amodel from home drawn plans in 1970,it was a beautiful flyer,I simply cannot remember its ultimate fate,note the hand painted Rothmans colourscheme
Beautifu De Havilland Dragon DH.84 captured at Old Warden on 23.6.90,here is the full size aircraft that it was modelled on at Wroughton in 1991,it is now part of the wonderful Science Museum collection-
Isuppose that Ihave a soft spot for De Havilland types! here are two more classic types first the Hornet Moth DH.87B and secondly the Dragonfly DH.90 (I once owned the crashed remains of G-AEWZ) this machine was the executive aircraft of the 1930's-
DH.87B Hornet Moth
DH.90 Dragonfly
If you like heavier metal then how about these for models! firstly a control line model of the Lockheed Constellation which has its own trailer to pull it around and then another controlliner a B-29 bomber,both photographed at Old Warden on 21.6.87-
Lockheed Constellation
B-29 Bomber
We have all seen those beautiful professionally built models (albeit non flying) in museums,well here is a really outstanding example of the modellers art,an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.155 built by Stanley Bruce,Ibelieve this model is on display at the Cosford museum,the detail has to be sween to be believed-
AW.155 Argosy


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No parking between the hours of 6am-8am for street cleaning.
My husband and I recently visited San Francisco where we quickly realized that street cleaning was a daily occurrence. This practice required moving our rental car from it's prime parking spot every morning before the crack of dawn.
We probably would not have taken these signs seriously except that the first morning we walked to our car to head out of town to Napa, there was a $45 ticket taped to our window.
This street cleaning is serious business. The accumulation of trash and litter on the pavement solidified in my mind the need to play life-size Tetris each morning as we wiggled our way out of one spot and into another. Because we needed a car to make it to wine-country, we ended up using it in the city more than we would have otherwise.
The first afternoon we were there, however, we hit the streets on foot to explore and take in the sights. It was gritty. We were dodging trash, people and cigarette smoke. Our senses are used to being sheltered by the four walls and windows of our trusty personal vehicles that safely cart us from point A to B without being tainted by the outside world.
Not knowing our way around neighborhoods left us among interesting characters as we wove back and forth between affluence and poverty with each crossing of an intersection. I clutched my purse with one hand and gripped my husband's arm with the other, and our pace quickened as the sun slowly started to set behind the towering cityscape.
It was a vulnerable situation to be in – not knowing where we were except by the little blue dot flickering on our iPhones. We were using a map in our hands, but the context for our location was living and breathing around us. We found ourselves among a diverse group.
I found that my lack of street smarts had me longing for the cushion of a passenger seat and the glare of the window. I could settle for my tourist snaps to flash against the glass right now; the real thing was starting to scare me. I pulled my jacket closer as the wind picked up and stepped over a discarded cigarette.
Urbanization has brought with it many things, one of which we were experiencing in that moment. The distance between people decreases in the heart of the city. Walls come down and people live in homes that mimic the shoulders touching on the subways. The business man and the beggar share the sidewalk with the mother taking her baby for a stroll. Wide open spaces are non-existent and personal space is defined by what's hiding behind your eyes.
We spent much of the trip driving to and from our stops – mostly out of necessity since the parking game of Tetris never ceased, but part of me was relieved to do so. I realized that I'm not a city girl. We strolled and sat in Sausalito across the Bay and participated in a slower pace of life – less people, less noise, less trash. Our view of the city was bird's eye, and we appreciated it from afar. We enjoyed being comfortable, loosening our grips on each other and our belongings.
I don't think there's anything wrong with preferring one lifestyle over another. I have many friends who would look at my descriptions and chuckle, call me a country mouse, and then join the hustle and bustle under city lights with great passion and fervor.
These differences don't bother me. You'll find me on an acre of land, sipping coffee on the front porch and listening to the birds chirp. The only interruption to my thoughts is the hum of an old truck and the honk of a horn to say hey as it passes by. I am content to visit the big cities and come home to suburbia, SUVs and 1/2 acre lots.
When it comes to my faith, though, I long for a little urbanization.
Faith blossoms on the trash-filled streets of our lives. Shoulders bump and spaces are shared. Sidewalk cafes look more like kitchens where tables touch and customers squeeze around their neighbors to fit. Billows of smoke are non-discriminatory, falling on smokers and non-smokers alike. No one is immune to the smells, the sights and the sounds. Experiences are shared by all, and the only difference between them is the perspective. At the end of the day, everyone has left their trash on the street to be picked up and discarded by the street sweepers.
It's in this mess that faith comes alive. Hiding behind glass doors and windows, we try to stay clean and avoid the broken glass that litters our paths. When we are amidst the mess, when we allow ourselves to be touched by the hurt and influenced by the people all around us, then we become like Jesus.
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14
He dwelt among us. If only my faith were more urbanized. I pray that we would all, as people of Jesus, seek the urbanization of our faith, sending it into the streets, into the rough and tumble, into the ditches and the dirt, so that it might shine like a glimmer of glory, full of grace and truth.


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Marriage Licences
To be married in Ontario, you must fill out a marriage licence application form. At least one party to the proposed marriage must apply in person; however, the application must be signed by both applicants. Please be prepared to provide two (2) pieces of identification for both parties.
The following pieces of identification are acceptable:
- A valid birth certificate (including change of name certificates);
- A valid passport;
- A record of immigrant landing;
- A Canadian citizenship card.
In addition to the above documents, a second piece of identification in the form of government issued photo identification must also be presented for both parties of the intended marriage. This may either be:
- A valid driver's licence;
- A valid passport;
- A BYID age of majority card;
- A Military ID.
- A marriage licence is valid for use anywhere in Ontario.
- The licence expires three months after the date of issue.
- The fee for a marriage licence is $100.00 and is payable upon submission of the marriage licence application form. Payment may be made by cash, debit, or cheque.
- Marriage licence fees are non-refundable.
- There are no requirements respecting residency, pre-marital tests or medical certificates.
|Requirements for Marriage Licence
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|Before You Get Married....Service Ontario Publication


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Understanding Your Options
You're pregnant. Are you scared, maybe confused? We can help you. Our understanding, caring staff offers help, support and education. Your life has changed. The choices you face today are different than what they were before you became pregnant, and you don't have the choice to go back in time. Once you're pregnant, you can't get unpregnant.
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We are here to help you as you journey through your pregnancy. Contact us today.
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Obe's Anti-Secret: How a Lifetime Ectomorph Gained 20 Pounds of Muscle in 5 Weeks
Obe is a student in studying commercial aviation, not unlike the other Obi you all know and love. Unlike Obi though, Obe is real. He's married, spends his free time playing soccer and watching movies, and a little over 5 weeks ago became a really supportive member of the Bony to Beastly community. He's kicking some serious ectomorph ass, but isn't even doing anything all that crazy to get his results. He's following the plan, working out for an hour three times a week, eating well and making sure he has his calories in before going to bed. And he gained 4 pounds of muscle a week 5 weeks in a row. This just goes to show what proper training and nutrition can do, and that our potential for growth, hardgainer or not, is a hell of a lot greater than what most of us assume.
A little over five weeks ago Obe joined the program:
"Whats up everyone! My name is Obe and I'm a student. I'm 5'11 and currently weigh 135. I'm freaking stoked to be part of this program as I've always been skinny. The most I've ever weighed is 140. I hope to be at 150-160 and be healthy as well as faster and stronger."
Obe posted his before photos, read through the eBook, and started eating and training. He also started asking other members that were doing well how they were doing it, which resulted in Jeff's great answer. Obe took Jeff's advice to heart and ate like a champ.
This is where the anti-secret comes in. When putting Bony to Beastly together Jared, Marco and I started reading a lot about habit change, lifestyle change, and how to make new habits stick. A big part of making a transformation isn't simply knowing the science and details, but knowing how to incorporate the plan into your current lifestyle and stick with it. Some approaches are better than others, but chances are that even just consistently trying will move you closer to your goals. The problem is that staying motivated and consistent is easier said than done—lots of people make excuses and give up before seeing any lasting results. Obe came into the community, saw that other lifetime ectomorphs were having success, trusted that he could do the same and whipped out four pounds of muscle in his first week. Encouraged by that success he started adding in new muscle-building habits week by week. 5 weeks later he had accomplished his 5 month goal.
One great book on lifestyle change, Switch, recommends studying the "bright spots", seeing what they're doing, and then trying to replicate that success among the others. The cool thing about Obe is that he's just doing what's recommended. He isn't buying fancy supplements, he isn't adding in extra exercises to the program or spending all his time at the gym, he isn't totally changing his lifestyle, and as a result he isn't burning out or messing up the recipe. He's doing what he's supposed to and he's spending the rest of his time studying, flying planes, and watching movies with his wife. He changed his life in the ways he needed to in order to grow, and he keeps doing the things that he loves with the rest of his time. Marco just wrote a really great article on that, here.
We've found this with a couple of other members as well. Sometimes the busiest people have the best results, because it prevents them from going overboard and burning out. The truth is that building muscle is achievable with any lifestyle if you a) know how to do it, and b) slowly turn your skinny-boy habits into muscle-building ones. Take Albert—a young physician paying his dues in the workplace and working 6 days a week for 14+ hours straight. He snacks on the healthier food available at his work when he has a few free minutes, hits the gym efficiently three times a week, makes sure he's gotten in enough calories before going to bed, orders his supplements online to save time and money, and is up 15 pounds in 3 weeks. This isn't about going "hard", living and dying in the gym, or even about being nitpicky—this about understanding the fundamentals of muscle growth, finding a good plan, and being efficient.
The secret to growing like a beast is intelligent consistency, not obsession. If what you're doing right now isn't working, don't do more of it—find a better plan. If your current job is earning you $0/hour the solution isn't to work more hours, the solution is to find a job that pays better. Building muscle is the same. No matter how much of a hardgainer skinny-boy ectomorph you are, and no matter how busy your life is, growing isn't unachievable.
Obe, last week:
"Started week 5 today. At this point I have to buy all new pairs of pants, all my pairs tight and can no longer stretch in them, even ripped a pair last week! I know it sounds dumb but it's a sick feeling! Below are my results, couldn't be more proud. As you can see I did not go up in waist size this time. What I did was not go over the calories and match as closely as I could and ate a lot more greens this week. Specifically beets, avocados & spinach. I'm certain that had something to do with my waist staying the same."
He's right. The phytonutrients in spinach, broccoli, kale and a few other super-vegetables help muscle growth, increase healthy hormone production, reduce estrogen production, and minimize fat storage. Avocados are an incredible source of monounsaturated fats, which are also fantastic for healthy hormone production. It's also interesting to see that Obe, who is clearly building bigger and badasser abs with every week, is being proactive and making sure to eat a healthy diet. Every week he's improving on his habits and gradually turning himself into a healthy muscle-building and fat-resistant machine. No bulking and cutting necessary. He's truly embodying the beastly mentality, and all those little details that most people skip over are almost certainly the reason why he's up an astonishing 20 pounds of muscle in just 5 weeks. He mastered the fundamentals of the program quickly and now week by week he's seeing what he can do to subtly improve his results, and he slowly shifts his lifestyle to incorporate those changes. Changing habit by habit, starting with the most important ones, is allowing Obe to maintain steady but incredibly impressive results week by week.
Last night Obe finished the first phase (there are 4 in total), posted his progress photos and updated his measurements:
Starting phase 1
Weight 134 pounds
Biceps 12 inches
Shoulders 41 inches (measured week 2)
Waist 27.5 inches
Thighs 19.2 inches
End of phase 1
Weight 154 pounds
Biceps 13.8 inches
Shoulders 46 inches
Waist 32.5 inches
Thighs 22.4 inches
What does he credit his success to?
"Definitely being strict with the nutrition. When I read the book it mentioned we should expect growth to slow down as the weeks pass by, so I go a bit over the calories required every day to make sure I keep up with a big gain every week. I try to have an excess of about 200 calories over my daily intake calculation. I have at least one full avocado a day, sometimes 2. I just switched from soy protein to whey but don't notice any difference. I will start the leaning program to reduce my waist hopefully 🙂 I really want to sculpt the "V" look"
Obe is trying to build a V shape, and is a little concerned with his growing waist size. The crazy thing is that he's building such huge amounts of muscle in his back, obliques, and abs that his waist measurements are actually going up by quite a bit. We can always customize his plan a bit if that ever becomes an issue. As far as the V shape goes though, well, he's clearly kicking ass. You can barely even tell that he was once an ectomorph who struggled to put on even a couple pounds. His face even looks fuller and healthier. And he tells us that he now enjoys strutting around shirtless in front of his wife. How does his wife like it? She's excited to go shopping and help him pick out new pants ahaha.
Now, after all this talk about not being obsessive, Future Islands is back in Toronto so it's time to put on my dancing shoes and have a few beers!
—wait a second Shane! that can't be all of it… can it?! All he does is follow the program?! Where's Obe's secret?! Come on, come clean—he's on 'roids, right?
"Lmao! Dood Im surprised too! My brother asked me if I was doing roids too xD I supplement with multivitamins & fish oil everyday!"
Shane Duquette is the co-founder and creative lead of Outlift, Bony to Beastly, and Bony to Bombshell, and has a degree in design from York University in Toronto, Canada. He's personally gained sixty pounds at 11% body fat and has nine years of experience helping nearly ten thousand skinny people bulk up.
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Awesome!! He's cute 🙂 keep going Obe!
Crushing it!
This is inspiring stuff! I am a 23 year old skinny Irish ectomorph… after seeing the changes he has made I will definitely be trying this out! Thank you!
Hi guys super interested, just wondering if you offer a payment plan option! I am a student on a fixed income but this seems exactly what I have been looking for years!
I was wondering if i could get details on the payment plan as well Shane, thanks!
Hi! I'm really interested on that payment plan as well. It would be awesome if you could mail it to me. Thanks in advance.
Hey Shane,
The payment plan option sounds great to me. Could you e-mail me the details? Thanks!
Very interested aswell! Would get on board if you could email me payment plan options aswell? Like most Im a student aswell
hey guys! this looks freakin amazing! Only problem is that i'm a chick! lol. I'm not trying to get all ripped and become the chick from terminator. Just dying to gain weight. i'm 5'7 and 95lbs. I used to blame it on teenage hormones but ….seeing as i'm 30 now, I figured my only hope was waiting for the metabolism to crap out. If i try this would it work as well to remove some training and just get plumper? (yes i said plumper) or would i need to go balls to the wall and pick bones or muscle? thanks!!!
"And he gained 4 pounds of muscle a week 5 weeks in a row."
As soon as you put that, this article lost ALL credibility. A physical impossibility.
I don't know why you'd bother posting this trying to give false hope to people out there.
Never mind – I noticed you're trying to sell people something. So you've decided to fully lie about it in order to get people's money.
If anyone truly believes that someone can put on 20lbs (lean) in 5 weeks, you need to do some research. A quick Google search will prove this all wrong.
This is great mate! Is this all in ebook or do you have hard copies? Can you send that payment plan my way as well. Thanks
Great article. Very inspiring.
Shane, possible you can send me details for the payment plan?
Thank you.
HAHAHA 100% fucking bullshit. Show me some proof it was 5 weeks, otherwise you can stick this article up your ass.
I gained 100 pounds of pure muscle and lost 100 pounds of fat at the same time in 7 days and won mr. Olympia afterwards.
Why aren't you all heavy and muscular if it's that easy? In your another article you wrote that every man wants to be big, it's in our genes. It would be more reasonable to have at least one big man on your team haha. Sad.
Can i get the payment plan?
Hi BtoB guys,
Would your program work for someone who was once skinny, but now not so much? I work out about 8 times a week, mostly doing P90x, so i have some muscles, but i find i dont gain enough. I'm also struggling to get rid of my midsection, which has been a problem since university. I'm 5'7″, 161 lbs, and 39 years old.
Just wondering what your program can do for me…
it is a joke? there is no differences on the pics
Im sure you're sick of this by now but could I get some info about the payment plan too? haha much rather get started in this then wait.
For most people, it's going to to be 20 lbs in the first year. 20 in 5 weeks? Not typical or likely.
Hi Shane, firstly great site, lots of good quality info and inspiring stories. Having been inspired I'm now looking to join in and was wondering if I could get the details for your payment plan? Can't wait to get started and get beastly before my summer holidays!!
Keep up the good work,
Hey Shane. Greeting from Denmark!
Could you also forward the mail about the payment plan to me?
I can wait to get started on the program!
Hi Shane,
I have done a lot of reading on your site and am very interested in giving the program a shot. Would you be able to send me information on the payment plan? I would really appreciate it!
Hi Shane, For all the naysayers and haters, I think you owe it to them and other subscribers to clarify that many ecto's are seriously underweight, so many of your subscribers and probably you, gained mass just to get to the weight that you ought to be, then you can use the normal calculations of weight gain going forward. I think it's not beyond reason, with the right diet and exercise for a hard gainer to gain 20 pounds in a year FROM the weight that they ought to naturally be at. If they are also 20 pounds underweight, then a 40 pound gain isn't out of the question. There are several web sites that discuss (in great detail) the amount of weight a person can gain, and what their potential could be – I think this would be a great addition to your website. I was slightly underweight when I bought the e-book. Since then, I've been eating like a horse and doing just dead lifts (with a hex bar), chins, dips, dumbell shoulder presses… twice a week. I've gained 15 pounds in just a couple of months! My bodyfat has increased, from around 10% to 13.5% too, but I can still see my abs.
Hi Shane,
I was wondering if you could send me the information about the payment plan. I appreciate it!
I'm seventeen and I need a quick way to gain weight. I try eating everything and I am still 130 pounds at 6 foot. Do you think that this program would help me? I want to at least gain 20 pounds..
Hi Shane!
I am super impressed with all the success on this site, I too am ectomorphic weighing in at 134lbs and and 6ft 0 at 26 years of age
I am slightly unique when it comes to this program as I will be attempting to do it with a tweaked version of your nutrition plan as I am a vegetarian(personal reasons) and have been my entire life .
I have lost hope as a result of my diet and being told it is impossible with the situation I am in when it comes to weight gaining. ie being a vegetarian and an ecto,
However I would love to see if there is a way I can make this work for me.
If possible let me know what I can do moving forward
Hey Shane that sounds awesome!
i would be down to give this a shot! 🙂 is there any chance you could send me more information about the payment plan for it? or are we looking at a full payment option as being the only option i have?
kind regards,
Hey, this is brilliantly mind-boggling, but I guess beggars can't be choosers. I'm a 6 foot 3 17 year old weighing in at a startling 137 pounds and this program has definitely grasped my attention. I am on the fence about the payments and how steadfast you have to remain with nutrition and gym membership. If those payment plans are still accessible, I'd be more than grateful to get some more info on that. Thanks!
Hey Shane – super interested to join. Please tell me more about this payment plan ;).
Hey Shane I'm looking into the program super excited about it. Could you shoot me over the payment plan details?
Hey there, I'm really excited about trying this program out. You guys seem to really know what you are talking about, and I can identify with how you were before you started this. Could you send me information about the payment plan please?
Hey guys, I've been checking in on the website a lot lately. All the articles and content is great. I'm really keen to sign up to the program and give it a go, but I'm in the same boat as far as money goes. If you could offer any kind of payment plan I would really appreciate it.
Hey Shane, I've subscribed to get the first chapter a few days ago, is that supposed to take awhile? And could you send me that payment plan? Thanks
Hello. Can you also send me information on the Payment Plan? Thank You.
For a good couple months now I've been nearly obsessed with the idea of adopting your program, after pretty much breaking down with frustration over my weight and not being able to find a solution. Been a long time coming, but now I've finally hit a wall and need to conquer it. What's most frustrating is I do actually have the appetite of a beast (and eating right, so that's covered), but the physique of Slenderman (6'4 and 135-140 lbs, not a good ratio). Even my friends are astonished by the amount of food I cram in with ease; I've even completed eating challenges and gotten my name up next to pro bodybuilders – and I'm hungry pretty much every waking hour. You can imagine the feeling when a person takes a glance at my appearance and tells me to "eat something". Thankfully I haven't had a violent outburst yet. My mind has even lead me to the (hopefully) false suspicion of possibly having an illness of some sort which eats at any gain I possibly make, but it's really my metabolism that's a big factor there. And the fact that my work-out habits are so minimal. Weight-wise the "best" I've ever been was in my teens at 189,6 lbs, but man, I was the epitome of skinnyfat. Seeing pictures of myself from that time period just plain disgust me. Since then my diet has gradually become much better all around and I've leaned down so much I now have actual muscle definition, on the little I have in me. But it's far from what I aspire to be.
After gaining knowledge of my body type (I fit every aspect of the ecto criteria), I've followed with taking in all and every bit of info you guys have put up here (or anyone, anywhere for that matter), but haven't had that extra cash yet to actually get into the action.
But today I started looking for a payment plan option, and I'll be damned – it exists! I was only going to ask for it in a short sentence, but somehow this comment escalated into my life's story. Oops. Maybe I just needed to get that out.
So I'd appreciate if you shot my bony ass an email regarding the plan as well. Thanks!
Hi there, Im sick and tired of being skinny. You all know what its like to look bad in simple tshirt, right? Im 6′ 1″ 191lbs so my weight isnt that low, because of my pretty good legs, butt and little belly (not big issue), but having 3,2ft chest,13,4″ arms and so narrow shoulders that my head looks like a baloon is a nightmare. I cant afford whole price as its a half of my monthly earnings, but if you could send me payment plan it could be great.
Hi shane i've been an ecto my whole life, really interested in your program. Can you send details for the payment plan?
Can I get in on the payment plan as well? Please… The redlight camera ticket in TO the other day sapped my beastly fund!
I would also love info on the payment plan option if still available, thank you in advance!


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Monday, November 24, 2008
Three new releases
The releases are:
TCP/IP Library V5.1
New features are two classes that implement asynchronous TCP encrypted by SSL using OpenSSL (I wrote about it in my first post) and asynchronous TCP encrypted by BlowFish algorithm.
Aho-Corasick search algorithm
This is one of the best multiple string search algorithm, me and my friend Eyal brainstormed about string search algorithms for parental control, my old algorithm was unefficient, something in the likes of O((k^2)*log(n)), k - number of letters in the searched string, n - the number of words in the dictionary, and now with the new Aho-Corasick algorithm it dropped down to O(n+k), k - number of letters in the search string, k - longest dictionary word length, quite a difference :)
Komodia's Relay
This is an open-source relay that I release a long time ago, I decided to post a compiled version of it today after I used it myself to simulate port-forwarding on my machine to allow a friend to use SSH to connect to a VM linux machine (to test a new project of mine)
This was a long productive day, I'm very happy :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Good news, I just finished the newest class that I'm going to publish as part of V5.1 of the TCP/IP library, a symmetrical encrypted socket. I'm using the Blowfish algorithm, since I have a very easy implementation class of this encryption and there aren't any export restrictions. Before using this class I thought of using CryptoPP (http://www.cryptopp.com/) however the "release" version of this library is 18mb which was a big no for me.
There are two kinds of products that you can market, products with existing markets, and you only need to be better than the competition and products without a market, which means the market is new and you will have to let the market know you exist.
Lets take a case scenario, my friend Zak product (http://www.reimage.com) is fixing the XP OS. Suppose he will want to market his product, he will need to advertise the same way as his competition is advertising, a good keyword to advertise with would be "XP Repair". I want to advertise my Komodia Redirector (http://www.komodia.com/index.php?page=redirector.html), which words to use? How do I reach my target costumers? There's no competition, my product is the only one that is on the market. The way I currently market it is by bringing people into my website for information about components that such a product will use, e.g. suppose you come to my shop and buy an engine, gear, oil, fuel, I can assume you want to create a car, so when people come to my site and look for LSP, the Redirector will probably be a product that they will be interested in.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
In love with my code
As an army programmer and as a programmer working as an employee in another company which I was after my army service was over - making such "mistakes" doesn't cost you money, now that I own my own company these mistakes do cost money and avoiding them is a must.
I have many conversations with my friend: Zak Dechovich the founder and CEO of Reimage (http://www.reimage.com/) about marketing and time to market, as an ex programmer he understand where I'm comming from because he experienced it first hand in marketing his "XP repair" product. In a conversation we had a month ago I told him that I have a product that is 70% ready that can filter traffic based on keywords, he asked whether I can release something to the market right now? I told him that I can take the redirecting platform (http://www.komodia.com/index.php?page=redirector.html) and start to market this version within a week, and so I did, that was a good advise on this part and a wise decision on mine.
Today I made another decision, I have core functionality of an "SSL" hijacker which allows me to inspect and modify encrypted SSL data without alerting the browser, however the communication module I wrote which is based on shared memory and named pipes is too slow for me and it reaches a stage that it is so complex that finishing it would take three months. I sat down to see what are my alternatives and found a solution that would enable me to release it in two to three weeks, a good solution that will be more stable then my original one, it's a little "less sexy" but as the artists of the past, I need to walk the fine line between doing my art and pleasing my patron, my patron is the "bottom line" :)
I'm happy I'm able to make such decisions because using a simpler and cleaner technologies means a more stable product, which is easier to understand and maintain. My friend Zak quotes civilization IV: "A product is perfect when you can no longer remove features from it".
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
SSL over TCP/IP
So without further adieu lets go into the technical nitty gritty :)
Currently I'm working on a project that needs to take unsecure traffic on one end, and send this data using SSL to another secure location, the interception is done using LSP and I've decided to use my redirector product (http://www.komodia.com/index.php?page=redirector.html) as a base platform. Currently the redirector doesn't support SSL and takes and outputs normal traffic, if the traffic is encrypted it can only redirect it as is, changes will be noted by initiating or ending party.
So....I thought, lets change the redirector to output SSL on one end, and since I'm an avid user of C++ design patterns and didn't wish to rewrite the "redirector" or refactor the entire code base I've decided to create a socket class based on my TCP/IP library (http://www.komodia.com/index.php?page=newtools.html) CTCPSocketAsync. Naturally I thought of OpenSSL as the library to use, I researched if it's possible to use asynchronous sockets and OpenSSL and I came across this nice project (http://www.lenholgate.com/archives/000456.html) that included a source code of SSL using asynchronous sockets based on MFC framework (something I try to avoid, which made me start writing the TCP/IP library back in the days), but it gave me a good start to learn and understand how OpenSSL operates.
I started with compiling the OpenSSL, it wasn't hard, I still remember the time it took me to compile Mozila/NSS platform, arghhh, I used this nice guide to help me (http://www.devside.net/guides/windows/openssl), then I assembled OpenSSL code on top of a new class called CTCPSocketAsyncSSL (how original), at first some concepts in the sample I learned from weren't clear, however after debugging my code I understood what and why. I took a different approach then the sample, I like to keep infrastructure operations and I count SSL handshake as such, under the hood, if the user wants to do something with that, I allow it, but for most users they don't really care, all they want it Send/Receive and that's it.
After two nights and 1500 lines of code, I got the class to work as SSL client, and I will finish the class tomorrow to be a SSL server as well. After I got the class working I was excited because I'm planning to release version 5.1 of the library and as far as I know there aren't good open source asynchronous socket soluttions (I don't like GPL because it hinders you, you can't use it in commercial applications!) and of course other solutions cost money. V5.1 is going to change this, I think I will release it in one or two weeks, still got to finish some other work before I can dedicate the time needed to release the new version.
So now what? I will incorporate the SSL code into the redirector and then I'll see which SSL solution I will deploy on a Linux machine, would it be perl script or Squid proxy server?
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VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Committee for Solidarity of Catholics hosted a function in Hanoi on Dec. 19 to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year festivals.
The committee's president, Priest Nguyen Cong Danh stated that, together with billions of Christians worldwide, Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants are cheerfully anticipating this year's Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The priest extended Christmas greetings to those present, as well as Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers across the country.
Above: Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee's President, Huynh Dam took this occasion to send his best regards to Christian priests, dignitaries and followers across Vietnam and wished a merry Christmas to all of the nation's families.
Dam noted that this year's Christmas celebrations promise to be a joy, not just for the nation's six million-plus Catholics, but also the entire population of Vietnam . He spoke highly of the contributions made by Catholic followers to the country's socio-economic development.
The VFF president urged the committee to continue its 50-year role as a bridge to encourage all Catholic followers to contribute further to their country and strengthen national unity.
Representatives from the Party Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilisation, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs, the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha and the Hanoi-based Caodai Church were also present at the event.
(Source: VNA)


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Seamark is one of the Europe's leading processors, exporters and distributors of frozen food and has been since it opened its doors in 1976. With national and international operations in the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA, Seamark truly is global in its ambitions and its capabilities.
Our extensive network in the Indian subcontinent and the Far East, such as in; Bangladesh, India, Vietnam China and Thailand has allowed us to introduce a variety of seafood. Most notably we have introduced King Prawns, Vannamei and Black Tiger Shrimps to the European market.
Today we boast more than 1000 items, ranging from our traditional seafood products to a variety of fish, poultry, dry and finger foods. Our supply chain network extends across a vast array of Europe's largest supermarkets, wholesalers and food service companies.
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With large factories in the UK and Bangladesh and a headquarters in Manchester, UK, the resources available to Seamark are vast. The end result is a higher quality of products and a more intimate, dedicated service for our customers. Our 100 000sq.ft processing plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh, alone has a daily output of 100 tonnes of seafood, with Seamark as a whole processing a staggering one million prawns per hour. These resources ensure we have the capacity to meet any customer demands.
Having our own fleet of trawlers, factories and state of the art cold storage facilities, we can ensure a totally traceable product line from source to fork. Furthermore, our assembly of refrigerated vehicles can transfer products to many central European locations within 24 hours.
The group's other operations in Bangladesh include a shrimp processing line, a hatchery and its own deep sea fishing fleet. This operations is based in Cox's Bazaar, a port town and tourist resort 150km south of Chittagong and fishes in the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal.
As a direct result of Seamark's global exports strategy, some of the most recognisable and reliable brands in frozen food have been spawned, with Ibco, Mr Prawn, Tiger and Lilly brands among Seamark's most popular. Many of these products make their way the world's finest kitchens as ingredients in dishes served at the best known hotels and most revered restaurants.
Within the Seamark business group there are also sister companies; Vermilion & Cinnabar – one of Manchester's top restaurant and bar spaces, Ibco Ltd – One of the UK's most successful frozen food suppliers for small-medium sized businesses and Restaurant Wholesale – a popular wholesale outlet based in Manchester and London.
Our success has been acknowledged by numerous awards in this time, most notably:
. 1998 Queen's Award for Export Achievement
. 1999 Inaugural Business in Europe Award; Frozen and Chilled Exporter of the Year
. 2006-2010 Recipient of both the Gold Award and National Export Trophy from the Government of Bangladesh
. 2012 Ranked in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200, which lists the UK's top performing companies


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The Uintatherium is a large, rhinoceros-like herbivore from the Eocene epoch, roughly 40 million years ago. Its unique head featured six bony knobs, and two tusks in its upper jaw. Uintatherium was the subject of a heated competition during the "Bone Wars" in which paleontologists Joseph Leidy, O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope were each trying to be the first to name and describe the fossils they had found. Leidy would end up the winner, naming the strange-skulled creature "Uintatherium", though the rivalry took a toll. Though Leidy is widely considered to be the father of U.S. vertebrate paleontology, the prolonged battles surrounding Uintatherium would lead to him leaving the field altogether. Though Uintatheriums look like rhinos, they are not closely related and no one is quite sure where they belong in the mammalian family tree.
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Many children watch Waybuloo from a young age and start to mimic the postures that the Piplings do during their 'yogo' time. This is a great way to introduce yoga to children and YogaBugs classes capture what children learn and enjoy about the programme in fun packed activity class.
Here are a few questions answered by Fenella about YogaBugs and Waybuloo, in an interview for the BBC. The full interview can be viewed on the CBeebies website by clicking here.
What was your role in developing the 'Waybuloo' series?
'I was asked to create the yoga content, or 'yogo' as we called it, for a concept that was described to me as a kind of spiritual 'Teletubbies'. I loved the idea from the outset, and agreed without hesitation. The real challenge was to devise yoga exercises that could be performed by characters that have pretty cumbersome heads shaped like moons and arms and legs like cocktail sausages! But I was given a little artistic license to adapt their features so that they could perform key yoga posture work.'
'Waybuloo' is one of CBeebies most successful programmes ever.
What do you think is its magic ingredient?
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This episode picks up with Ichigo walking through the doorway and hoping she's in the all correct room, and she soon finds the princes waiting for her. As Ichigo begins to celebrate with the princes a group of older boys push their way through pushing Ichigo to the ground then they tell the princes that they're going down.
Soon, the Chairman takes the stage and congratulates the sixteen passing teams (ten- 3rd years, five- 2nd years, and one- 1st year). The Chairman then explains the first task, each group will have each member bake a different pound cake with the theme of family, and each group will be judged as a whole on good their cakes are, and how well they fit with the theme of family. The chairman then draws the pairings, and Team Ichigo (the boys' name choice) gets paired against the team of rude third year boys. When Ichigo sets forward and goes to shake the hand of the other captain he makes rude comments and tries to crush our sweetheart's hand, pissing off the princes, game on.
The boys have done some research on the other team by locating samples of their cakes, and all four of them taste pretty good. They decide that Ichigo will make a (shock) strawberry cake, Andou will make a green tea cake, Kashino will make a chocolate cake (no kidding), and Hanabusa will make a rose flavored cake.
The bad guys' cake.
Team Ichigo's cake.
Once they get down to practicing, Ichigo, Andou, and Kashino's cakes turn out just fine but Hanabusa can't get his idea of a rose cake to work. The others try to ask Hanabusa why he's so obsessed with roses, but he doesn't say anything. The group has another encounter with the rude team of third years where they insult to other boys, and Ichigo shows a little flash of that infamous redheaded temper (it does exist, my sister is a redhead) by almost cracking the leader upside the head with a pan.
After this incident, Hanabusa needs some alone time so he heads off to think. Later, Café comes back to the group and says that Hanabusa even sent him away. Well, Ichigo tells the boys she's going to talk with him because they're friends. Andou and Kashino talk, and say they never bothered to ask Hanabusa even though they've know him longer than Ichigo and they're supposed to be friends, so they start to follow Ichigo.
Ichigo and Hanabusa have a nice talk about how his father was a rose grower, and his mother was a flowerer arranger who also loved to bake sweets. Hanabusa grew up surrounded by love, roses, and sweets and he vowed to someday become a great maker of sweets and someday create a rose cake. Then a few years ago his father when returning from a job in Paris he booked an earlier flight, and on his way to the airport he got into an accident and was killed. So, all Hanabusa has left of his father is the bottle of natural damask rose water, and he also tells Ichigo that's when he became nicer to girls and women. So, you're not just a plain old narcissist. Well, Andou and Kashino were also listening and they come out of hiding, and all three of them vow to help Hanabusa create his rose cake.
When they head back to the practice kitchen all their attempts at a rose cake end in utter failure, and Hanabusa again walks out to be alone. Then Ichigo and the princes spot Hanabusa standing by the lake. Hanabusa thinks to himself that he's never had a good memory of the rose water, and that maybe even his father might be alive if not for the water. Hanabusa reaches back and throws the bottle towards the lake, Ichigo screams Noooooooooooooo, and makes a flying leap to reach the bottle before it goes into the lake, and……? Cliffhanger time, that's all for this episode.
After the episode finishes we get a little live action skit featuring two little girls showing us how to make some simple homemade Valentine's Day treats.
Well, after watching several episodes featuring the back stories of Ichigo, Andou, and Kashino it was only a matter of time before we had to get Hanabusa's back story. By far, Hanabusa's back story is the most emotional and the saddest, while his youth was wrapped in love, sweets, and roses those memories of roses seems to bring him pain (maybe he needs to remember love more than the sadness), and Ichigo just the girl to help him remember the love.
Hanabusa needs to understand that a child's dream in many ways becomes the dream of their parents; a parent wants their child to be happy and smile. So, I'm sure that Hanabusa's father would want him to achieve his dream and smile. I don't know how Ichigo is going to help Hanabusa remember the love, maybe his mother will help, or maybe his friends will help, but remember he will because that's Ichigo's real magical power.


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|Review: Maleficum Orgia - Maleficum Orgia
|Maleficum Orgia
Label: Insidious Poisoning Records
Year released: 2008
Duration: 66:08
Tracks: 66
Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 4/5
Review online: November 17, 2008
Reviewed by: Michel Renaud
for:Maleficum Orgia
Rated 3/5 (60%) (4 Votes)
Insidious Poisoning sure know how to pick their Black Metal raw and savage. As the name implies, Maleficum Orgia is a satanic fest with sexual overtones - be it the lyrics or the occasional woman moaning. Not too surprisingly, there are a few hints of Carpathian Forest popping up here and there, although I'd say Maleficum Orgia is a little less "polished" (not that I would call C.F. polished), somewhat more chaotic at times and the vocals often borrow more from Death Metal-style growls than the vocal style one would usually expect from Black Metal, be it rasps or screeches (there is some of that.) Some sound effects are used here and there to convey a more demoniac and "terrifying" atmosphere, such as a beast growling and some unidentifiable screechy, grinding sounds for instance - simple but effective. The style of BM at play here is pretty much rooted into the early/mid-90s Scandinavian style, a good mix of mid-paced, heavy and atmospheric parts and fast-paced take-no-prisoner parts that'll make those speakers move around the room. There are some more "mellow" and catchy parts - guitar work mostly (such as on "Black Hate") that sound much more disciplined but still pretty damn raw, but overall this album conveys an evil era that's bound to freak out the uninitiated.
Not much to complain about here, save for the string of 16-second fillers that precede the last three, untitled tracks. That's a fucking annoyance alright, and something I'll just never "get" (assuming there's something there to get in the first place.) Of course it's easy to just rip the album and burn yourself a copy without that stuff, but we shouldn't have to. Anyway, this is minor in what is otherwise a solid slab of raw, chaotic and satanic Black Metal.
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Theatre of War Walkthrough 4 (Page 4)
Counterattack! Enemy soldiers appear in the distance and will be attempting to re-take the crossroads. We'll have to act swiftly to prepare a defensive plan. With the game paused we again take a look at the enemy first.
We see three enemy soldiers, but no doubt there are more.
Clicking again on the little envelope icon, we check the next task in the briefing window. The order is to repel the enemy counterattack aggressively.
Our plan is to man the MG and look for an abandoned armored car which is supposed to be here somewhere, then meet the enemy headon.
There it is! We order three soldiers into the vehicle (including one with the best driver skill), and two to man the MG. The others get movement orders into good defensive positions inside the hamlet. The ability to pause and issue orders allows us to chea...ahem... micromanage as much as we'd like.
The enemy is coming closer, but the combined firepower of the MG and the armored car should be more than enough to break the counter-attack.
The engine roars up and the car advances forward towards the enemy.
Moving the squad MG gunner into position as well. We want him over on the other side of the road to support the Heavy MG on the tripod located inside the buildings.
From his new position, the squad MG gunner spots several anti-tank guns just moving into position!
We've been lucky not to move the armored car too far forward or it would have had no chance against the enemy guns!
During the exchange of fire from both sides, we take a moment to enjoy the view from the enemy position back towards the hamlet. This would be a very difficult situation for our boys, if not for the timely arrival of the Soviet Air Force!
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