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After reading both articles, which do you agree with (and why): Reagan brought an end to the Cold War or The Cold War was already coming to a close and therefore Reagan was in the right place at the right time?
6/9/2016 06:27:42 pm
I believe that Ronald Reagan was a big part of why the Soviet Union fell. He saw the weakness of the Soviet Union and their self-destruction and took advantage of it. He sped up the whole destruction process by forcing an arms race onto the Soviet Union that he knew the Union could not win, let alone survive. If it wasn't for his pressure, the Soviet Union would have taken a lot longer to fall on its own. Reagan doesn't deserve all of the credit because he did have the advantage of favorable conditions for the fall of the Soviet Union.
6/9/2016 08:34:59 pm
I agree with Bethany that Ronald Reagan was a big part of why the Soviet Union fell but I also believe that the Cold War was coming to an end. Reagan was able to notice the Soviet Union weaknesses and their self-destruction. However, the self-destruction was due to domestic problems within the Soviet Union. The fall of the Soviet Union was also due to economic problems. Instead of focusing on problems throughout the Soviet Union, the government decided to spend all their money on the military. The Soviet Union spent approximately $1.7 million dollars a day while fighting in Afghanistan. This made the Soviet Union become weaker. Therefore, giving Reagan the opportunity to force an arms race that we knew the Soviet Union wouldn't be able to afford. With the pressure that Reagan put on the Soviet Union and their domestic problems of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's reign came to an end along with the Cold War.
6/9/2016 09:44:36 pm
Ronald Reagan had the ability to end the Cold War by using the Soviet Union's weaknesses against themselves. This is why the end of the Cold War was accomplished by both parties. The Soviet Union would have ended up self-destructing, but how long that would've taken was unknown. Reagan used his knowledge of this and sped up the process. The arms race that he created forced the Soviet Union into collapsing and therefore ending the war. Overall, Ronald Reagan should be credited with speeding up the end of the Cold War, keeping in mind the fact that the end of the war was inevitable.
Ben Reeves
6/9/2016 10:13:24 pm
I believe that both Reagan's policies and the economical failures of the Soviet Union led to a Soviet crumble and end of the Cold War. Both factors played keys roles in ending the decades long arms race between the two world super powers. Reagan believed that putting the most pressure on the Soviet Union was the key to winning the war. Although he received lots of criticism, Reagan deployed missiles in European countries. Reagan never backed down and his harshness forced the already crumbling Soviet Union to a surrender. Although the Soviet Union seemed to be in competition in terms of weapons, their supporting economy could not outlast that of the United States. I believe that while both factors played key roles, Ronald Reagan should be credited with the American victory. If he had not been as hard on the Soviets and considered more peace talks the war would have ended in a stale mate.
6/9/2016 10:25:14 pm
In my opinion, Ronald Reagan did not have much to do with the ending of the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed due to many internal conflicts such as a lack in a civil society, dysfunctional political institution and the arms race crushing their economy. As the first article, "President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War", states Reagan's idea was to support Mikhaik Gotbachev in the reform efforts and pursued an arms reduction agreement, this agreement could do nothing but aid the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would be crushed economically if the arms race had increased its intensity, this would have ultimately been the doom of the Soviets because the economy is the driving force behind every political leadership. However, it was not just these economic problems that brought an end to the Soviet Unions advancements. The political policies in Eastern Europe were transitioning during this time period, capitalism was growing and socialism was failing. Socialism in the Soviet Union was dysfunctional and inefficient for the technological growth that they were experiencing. This dysfunction lead the Warsaw Pact nations and the U.S.S.R. down a damaging path. This is made clear on the top of the second page of the second article that we read, "No, President Ronald Reagan can be credited only with helping end the Cold War...", when it mentions the various policies of the Soviet Union and the containment policy of American. America could not have played a major role in this destruction of the Soviet Union if they were upholding their policy of containment. There is also evidence in this article of the Soviet Union attempting to figure out reforms to their political, military and economic policies prior to the United States intervening. Since this was all done prior to U.S. involvement, this can only mean that the Soviet Union had planned on making these changes and the U.S. policies really had nothing to do with it. Also mentioned in the second article, Gorbachev announced a "'deidolization' super-power relations". This means that he was lessening the military action and stepping down from the United States. These were two major parts of the Cold War, so essentially he was taking away two key components of the war and ending it. In these ways, Gorbachev had a larger influence on ending the war than Reagan did.
6/9/2016 11:02:36 pm
I personally believe that Ronald Reagan added to the Soviet Union downfall. But I also believe that the Cold War was slowly coming to an end. Reagan used the Soviet Union's weaknesses to his own advantage which overall helped the Soviets to basically destroy their nation. Even though the Soviet Union cause their downfall themselves due to the insignificant amount of economic problems Reagan built up the military knowing that the Soviets could not win. I feel like Soviets brought this on themselves and Reagan was just at the place at the right time. Ronald Reagan did help in some aspects to put an end to the cold war although he does not deserve all the credit since he favored the Soviets disadvantages.
Victoria Lane
6/10/2016 08:01:54 am
I agree with Makenzie's opinion on the debate between the ideas of whether Reagan was why the cold war came to an end or if it was already coming to an end and he was just in power at the right time. As she said in the blog above the Cold War was heading to an end do to the weak factors of the Soviet Union like not having enough money to build a strong army like Reagan did to defeat them. He saw a weakness and took advantage of it making the war come to an end sooner. Although he helped speed up the process of ending this war I do not think he can take full credit because there are too many other factors that came in to play on why the war ended. The Soviet Union was already collapsing before Reagan ended the war, he just finished them off with his stronger army and there for all the credit cannot go to him because he was just in power at the right time. I think anyone who was in power at the time could have sped up the process of ending the Cold War because the Soviet Union was only getting weaker.
Talia Torkomian
6/9/2016 11:10:09 pm
I agree with Ben that both the factors of the economic problems in the Soviet Union and Reagan's foreign policies led to the end of the Cold War. Some people may argue that Reagan was in the right place at the right time which is true but what he did during his presidency involving the Cold War sped up the end of the war and it also showed the Soviet Union how powerful America was. Reagan's strong diplomatic presence did not just "contain" communism but it worked to "roll-back" the reign of communism in the countries the Soviet unions power had become prevalent in. This strong force along with a build up of military and weapons showed the Soviet Union that they had no way to compete with the United States. Reagan built up the military so big that the Soviet Union who was struggling economically could not compete and build up their military that was far below the power of America's. These economic problems paired with Reagans powerful force and strong foreign policy put an end to the Cold War. Separately, just the economy or just Reagan's policies would not have been as successful but together the Soviet Union had no way to continue in the Cold War with America.
Leila Loparto
6/9/2016 11:22:31 pm
After reading the two articles, I believe that Ronald Reagan contributed greatly to the ending of the Cold War. This is not saying that the Soviet Union would never have self-destructed because the factors of the economic problems also contributed, however the time that it would have taken for this to happen is unknown and Reagan really just sped up the process. I agree with Bethany and Sean that Reagan recognized their weaknesses and took advantage of them at one point. Maybe he was just in the right place at the right time but that did not change the fact that he was using them and also created the arms race which forced the Soviet Union to collapse. He knew that the union would not last and did not have a chance of winning. He used this knowledge and proceeded eventually bringing the Cold War to an end. He built up the military and never stopped until the Union was forced to surrender. He believed this was key to winning the war, but soon found out it wasn't because they were no longer powerful and couldn't do much more. Although the economic problems contributed too to the downfall, Reagan is most to blame due to his forceful ways and foreign policy that eventually put an end to the Cold War. The two together created what had completely put an and to it, just likeTalia said, not one seperatly could have been as effective.
Garrett Scahill
6/10/2016 02:12:59 am
Many argue that Reagan single-handedly beat down the communist in Russia through his economic policy and strong leadership. This is only partially true, while he did lend a hand to the process, the biggest effects that caused the collapse of the Soviet Union were the near bankruptcy that they faced due to the arms race and the new policies that Gorbachev created to help the citizens of Soviet Russia. These two factors contributed in a much greater sense than Ronald Reagan did.
6/10/2016 07:57:25 am
I believe that Ronald Reagan played an important role in the down fall of the Soviet Union. I also believe that the Cold War was coming to a close during this time period. President Reagan was able to notice that the Soviet was weak and was about to fall apart. The collapse of the Soviet Union was caused by many factors. The economic state during this time for the Soviets was a major problem. The Soviet Union's government put most of its funding into the military. When the Soviets tried in invade Afghanistan the government was spending approximately $1.7 million dollars a day. This made the Soviet Union become weaker. By having the Soviet Union become weaker Reagan was able to take the opportunity to try and weaken the arms race. With the pressure from President Reagan on the Soviet Union and the economic state of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union fell along with the Cold War.
Abby Maziarz
6/10/2016 08:13:23 am
I agree with Ben and Talia that both the problems with the economy of the Soviet Union and the policies put in place by Ronald Reagan led to the end of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was already crumbling because of their economic problems, but the arms race Reagan forced upon them made problems worse. Reagan knew how weak the Soviet Union already was so he built up an army that he knew they would not be able to handle. They spent too much money trying to build up their own military and they didn't focus on the problems within their country. This made their economy even worse. Because of this they could no longer compete with the United States. The end of the Cold War can be credited to both the work of Ronald Reagan and the downfall of the Soviet Union that was already happening and virtually unavoidable.
Nate Heon
6/10/2016 09:08:16 am
The first article argued that it was Reagan's aggression that pushed the Soviet Union into giving in, but it was the second article that made a more convincing case for Gorbachev and his forward thinking. In the second article Gorbachev's role was more prominent in making new policy and providing a different way of thinking from the past Soviet Union leaders. From what was said in the second article it sounded like Gorbachev was the one taking the initiative and putting in place necessary policy to stop the aggression.
Dominic Laflamme-DaCosta
6/10/2016 09:10:21 am
After reading both articles, I agree with the second one. The Cold War was already coming to a close and therefore Reagan was in the right place at the right time because of the Soviet Union's failing economy. By the beginning of the 1980s, the Soviet Union had stretched their resources to supply Third World countries, to fight the war in Afghanistan, and also to build up their military to appear stronger than they actually were. Because of this increase in military funding and ignorance to the rest of the economy, the Soviet Union was sure to collapse even without Reagan's input, thus ending the Cold War.
James kozlowski
6/10/2016 09:20:35 am
The Soviet Union was already falling in on itself economically.But some would argue that Reagan single handedly took down the Soviet Union. It was more of a combined contribution with the Soviet Union already falling and Reagan's strict consistant economic policies. The Soviet uno. Was already falling but Reagan pushed them to fall even faster. If it were not for these two events falling in line the Cold War may never have ended.
Julia Germani
6/10/2016 09:28:39 am
In my opinion the end of the Cold War was inevitable. However, this process was sped up by President Reagan. The Soviet military was deteriorating rapidly and soon would be obliterated. Despite this, Reagan continued to build up the United States military even though it was evident the Soviets would not be able to keep up. This was a classic example of an arms race. President Reagan took advantage of the Soviet's weaknesses and exploited them ultimately resulting in the end of the Cold War.
6/10/2016 09:34:02 am
I believe that both the Soviet Union's weakness' and Ronald Reagan's steps to defeat the Union contributed to the end of the Cold War. However, the Soviet Union was already weak to begin with, which made Reagan have little to do with the Union's collapse. Gorbachev's plans to better the economy failed because they were moving to slow for the Soviet Union. His plans depleted Eastern Europe of its natural economic resources. Gorbachev's plan called perestroika which was originally meant to restore the Union and the original ideals of socialism, resulted in the Union's collapse.
Sandra Nkwantabisa
6/10/2016 09:49:35 am
In the article "president Ronald Reagan: winning the Cold War", The view was more of President Reagan essentially made it so that the Soviet union had no choice. Margaret Thatcher said "...Gorbachev realized that he had no choice: continue a no-win arms race, which would utterly crippled the Soviet economy, or give up the struggle for global hegemony." In the second article, the views were slightly different. It said that Gorbachev's policies were not done in reaction to Reagan's machinations but for reasons internal to the Soviet union. The main focus was that victory was due to a combination of factors which were beyond the control of the White House. Personally I believe the Soviet Union had many issues internally that caused it's only downfall. President Reagan should be somewhat accredited for making the push but solely it was based on the Soviets economic issues that caused them to lose the Cold War. The Soviet Union had no choice, they could not continue an arms race because they were going bankrupt, that alone caused them to divide.
6/10/2016 09:50:07 am
Along with many other people in the class, i believe that the end of the Cold War was not entirely because of Reagan. The Soviet Union was already getting weak and Reagan was able to be in the right place at the right time and take them down completely. Reagan was a major part of the end of the Cold War because he was able to succeed in bringing down the Soviet union but their economy was already failing so therefore their downfall was not all because of Reagan, it was a mix of both.
Nicole Accardi
6/10/2016 10:11:31 am
In my opinion the ending of the Cold War was for the most part out of the White House's control. The Soviet Union couldn't afford to continue the arms race because of their poor economy. Also, they were spending millions in Afghanistan where they weren't making any progress. The Soviet Union set themselves up to fail. However, I think Reagan made the process go a little faster. He knew the Soviet Union was running out of money so he increased the military budget to insure the arms race would continue. Other than that I think Reagan just happened to be in office at the right time.
Derek Degnan
6/10/2016 11:28:50 am
I believe that Ronald Reagan had a big part in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although he definitely had a big impact, it was not 100% the work of Reagan. A lot of the cause was the internal conflicts of the Soviet Union. One conflict was its crippling economy, that has been noted as, on its own, one of the major causes of the Soviet Union's downfall. The poverty stricken streets, the food riots and overall the horrible status economically led to the people wanting change, when they voted themselves out of the Soviet Union. Another impact was the reforms brought upon by Gorbachev. Gorbachev instituted internal reforms that did the opposite of what they were supposed to- they crippled the Soviet Union. Gorbachev has been called the architect of the Soviet downfall, due to the horrible economy and crippling reforms. However, as previously stated, Reagan had a huge impact on the Soviet downfall. Reagan led the Soviets into an arms race that was impossible for them to win and would continue to cripple the Soviet economy. Reagan had a major part in defeating the Soviet Union, but it was not 100% him, as a lot of trouble came with internal affairs of the Soviet Union.
Steven Anzivino
6/10/2016 11:41:45 am
I believe that the Soviet empire was destined to fall during Reagan's presidency. Reagan did all that he could to hasten it's fall but I am doubtful that it would have gone anywhere near as smoothly without the new soviet leadership. Without Gorbachov's reform policy the soviet a would likely stay an iron wall against change. Gorbachov understood that his nation was spending too much money for his economy to sustain and understood that they had too large of a standing military to sustain it. Reagan's policies just happened to coincide with the goals of the Russians so that they worked together.
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"You give me money, I don't care who you are." It was late October, and Zimbabwe's defense attaché, a soft-spoken, thick-shouldered lieutenant colonel, was explaining his country's freewheeling approach to business in the banquet room of the Liaison hotel on Capitol Hill. Mingling around him were representatives from some of the world's best-known private security and military contracting firms, gathered to explore their prospects in the industry's next frontier: Africa. None betrayed any eagerness to do business with Robert Mugabe, notwithstanding assurances from the beaming attaché that Zimbabwe-"the second-largest economy in southern Africa"-remains strong despite 231 million percent annual inflation. But there were plenty of other avenues to explore, including a recent shake-up in the US military's command structure that seemed to promise new demand for firms like Blackwater (which recently changed its name to Xe), Triple Canopy, and DynCorp.
The guests, dressed in business attire and the odd military uniform, were gathered for the annual summit of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), a trade group. Industry reps had traveled from as far as Dubai and Malta to discuss this year's topic-the Pentagon's newly established US Africa Command, or AFRICOM-and to browse booths hawking everything from armored vehicles to high-risk insurance. Arrayed on a table in the back were piles of corporate literature, complete with pictures of Third World children and Western contractors delivering aid, a popular industry meme. Among the big-ticket attractions was a keynote address from William E. "Kip" Ward, the four-star general in charge of AFRICOM.
The event drew record attendance, and industry veterans were not surprised. "Everybody's always been interested in Africa," Chris Taylor, a former Blackwater executive and now a vice president at Ohio-based Mission Essential Personnel, explained over drinks in the hotel bar. "It represents a huge opportunity for business."
Africa is no stranger to armed security contractors; the industry in its modern incarnation was born when mercenary firms like Executive Outcomes and Sandline International fought for embattled African governments during the 1990s, allegedly in exchange for diamond and oil concessions. Since then, security contractors have gained broader acceptance. But serious concerns remain about the role they might play in their old stomping grounds.
"There is a crying, desperate need for some of the services that these people provide," said Alex Yearsley, the head of special projects at Global Witness, a London-based human rights group. "There's no question they can do it. It's a question of when you're going to have a questionable regime hiring these people to kick out indigenous communities or [gain access to] mining areas. That's when it gets problematic."
To companies seeking entrée to the continent, the military's new Africa command could provide a key foothold. To pursue its mission of security, diplomacy, and development, AFRICOM's outreach and partnership director, Paul Saxton, told a packed audience at the conference, the command plans to enlist the help of the private sector. "We're reaching out."
Reliance on contractors, though, could add to the controversy already engulfing AFRICOM, especially the fears that the military's forays into development work could blur the line between aid workers and soldiers or hired guns. Taylor, the former Blackwater executive, downplayed such concerns. AFRICOM, he says, will likely train "partner nations" to provide a secure environment for humanitarian projects. "It doesn't mean that a bunch of dudes with guns are going to show up with bags of rice."
Perhaps not, but critics have also accused the Pentagon of using africom as a fig leaf for broader geopolitical objectives; they view the command as little more than a strategic maneuver to counter China's pursuit of Africa's natural resources. "I want to see it succeed," said the security director of a well-known NGO who is nonetheless wary of AFRICOM's mission. "I want to see development that is focused on empowerment, not as some tactic for US interests. That's not development. That's manipulation."
Africans, too, have greeted the Pentagon's plans with suspicion. As US officials toured the continent in search of a location for the new command's headquarters, they met with so much opposition that they eventually decided to operate from Germany for the time being. This frosty reception should have come as no surprise, Eeben Barlow, the former South African soldier who founded Executive Outcomes, commented on his blog in November. "Looking at...US administrations' record in Africa, it is one long script of betrayal, destabilisation, political blackmail and even worse." African nations, he noted, "remain extremely reluctant and wary to allow the wolf to guard their sheep."
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text: Toxicology Rounds: Delving into the Evidence for HBO, Opioids, and BlockersGussow, Leon MDEmergency Medicine News: February 2014 - Volume 36 - Issue 2 - p 19 doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000443924.91971.60 Toxicology Rounds Author InformationAuthors Article OutlineOutline Article MetricsMetrics Dr. Gussowis a voluntary attending physician at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago (formerly Cook County Hospital), an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Rush Medical College, and a consultant to the Illinois Poison Center. He is also the editor of his own blog, The Poison Review. FastLinks Figure Figure The 2013 Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Seattle had a number of sessions devoted to poisoning and toxicology, but the ones on hyperbaric oxygen, the prescription opioid epidemic, and the differential for hypotensive, bradycardic patients were most interesting to me. Does hyperbaric oxygen significantly improve clinical outcomes in carbon monoxide toxicity? Proponents and skeptics debated the value of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning and the quality of the medical literature addressing it in a lively, contentious session that at times resembled CNN's "Crossfire." On the pro-HBO side were Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD, PhD, the director of the undersea and hyperbaric medicine fellowship at Louisiana State University, and Stephen Thom, MD, PhD, the chief of hyperbaric medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Representing the skeptics were William Mallon, MD,from the University of Southern California, and Jerome Hoffman, MD, from UCLA. The proponents based much of their argument on the paper by Weaver et al, which Dr. Thom called the best published study to date. (N Engl J Med 2002:347[14]:1057.) That investigation of 152 patients with symptomatic acute carbon monoxide poisoning who were randomly assigned to receive three sessions of HBO or one session of normobaric oxygen (NBO) plus two sessions of normobaric room air. All sessions took place in a monoplace hyperbaric chamber in an attempt to minimize bias. The authors concluded that three hyperbaric-oxygen treatments within a 24-hour period appeared to reduce the risk of cognitive sequelae six weeks and 12 months after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Dr. Hoffman countered that the study was seriously flawed because the improved outcomes in the study group might have come from the increased duration of oxygen therapy, not the pressure under which the oxygen was delivered. Drs. Hoffman and Mallon thought that a far better study was done by Scheinkestel et al at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. (Med J Australia 1999;170[5]:203.) That trial randomized 191 patients to receive HBO for 100 minutes on each of the first three hospital days (HBO group) or similar sessions with normobaric oxygen (control group). All sessions in both groups took place in a multiplace chamber. Patients still symptomatic after three days received an additional three days of HBO or NBO. Significantly, all patients in each group received high-flow oxygen between treatments. The chief outcome measurement was performance on neuropsychological tests when treatment was completed and at one month. The authors concluded that HBO therapy did not benefit and may have worsened the outcome. "We cannot recommend its use in CO poisoning," they wrote. Dr. LeGros vigorously attacked the Scheinkestel paper on many fronts, including the disappointing one-month follow-up rate of only 46 percent and possible incomplete data reporting. Most convincingly to my mind, she pointed out that the paper's protocol did not in any way reflect reality because no one routinely treats victims of carbon monoxide poisoning with three to six days of continuous high-flow oxygen. The debate reinforced my belief that none of the CO literature is all that convincing, and that, as Dr. Mallon remarked,we probably would have seen clear evidence by now if HBO significantly improved patient outcomes in important ways. One additional note: I listened to the debate again online, and took ACEP's CME quiz. One of the questions was: Which study is considered the most well done randomized controlled trial on the use of hyperbaric medicine for carbon monoxide poisoning: Mathieu, 1996 Weaver, 2002 Annane, 2011 Scheinkestel, 1999 The only answer accepted was "Weaver, 2002," which is totally outrageous and biased. The question was obviously written from the point of view of the HBO aficionados, who represented only one side of the debate. As the entire session demonstrated, all of the large studies on the use of HBO to treat CO poisoning have serious problems, and there is clearly no consensus on which, if any, is the best. Prescription opioid epidemic: William Hurley, MD, the director of the Washington Poison Center, noted the increase in the number of deaths from prescription opioids since the mid-1990s, and he has tracked the increase in prescriptions written for opioid analgesics over that period. The trend began at the same time drug companies began aggressively marketing preparations such as OxyContin, and pushing the campaign to make pain a "fifth vital sign." Today, prescription opioid overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Some studies suggest that emergency practitioners prescribe up to 50 percent of the drugs responsible for these deaths. Dr. Hurley made some important and not-so-obvious points. Among them: Many patients who overdose on prescription opioids are using them not as analgesics or to get high but to treat underlying comorbid conditions such as anxiety or depression. It is prudent to assume that an ED patient who wakes up after receiving naloxone has taken long-acting methadone and needs to be admitted for prolonged observation unless the presence of methadone can be ruled out with a specific drug test. Several areas, including King County, WA, have succeeded in reducing prescription drug overdoses and deaths,but this has often been followed by an increase in the incidence of heroin overdoses. Differential diagnosis in the hypotensive, bradycardic patient: Steven Bird, MD, from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, gave an excellent lecture called "Cutting Edge Ideas in Toxicology." 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I have put some of my playlists out in the ether. You should be able to access them by clicking the button below.
If, like me, you love music that heals, made a point of finding the Opening the Heart Workshop Playlist and set the Spotify player to 'random'. Many of the tunes you will find there are played in our programs to create the unique ambience that participants have come to recognise as a hallmark of our workshops.
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A blog to help me keep track of my modelling activities, show off some models and to get tips and advice from other hobbyists!
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
3000pts game with my three imperial knights!
It will probably be the only time I get to stick down all three of these at once for along time and it was the first time I had all three painted to be able to so this was quite exciting. I may have got a bit 'pre battle' picture excited and then failed to take any more pictures as the game went on.
My opponents were two friends playing allied eldar and harlequins. They took a knight too, but a much better eldar one. That for some reason costs way less points. GW sort your rule books out for goodness sakes!
Their view.
My view.
Definitely better to be behind these guys.
The three big boys in formation.
Turn 1 saw me kill a viper and assorted harlequins, almost a whole guardian squad and glance a prism tank, limited somewhat by nightfighting. I lost my vindicator and a knight to a charging eldar knight.
My remaining knights charged the single eldar knight and one survived to remove it from play. (its worth mentioning if my opponent has split its attacks he'd have killed both, eldar knights are needlessly amazing.)
Then I forgot to take anymore photos... whoops. The eldar army spent the next few turns concentrating on removing my knight from play. I went for his prism tanks but left on a single hullpoint and cleaned up two squads of firedragons in vipers alongside the last guardians and a harlequin squad.
The game finished early on turn 5 with both sides on 9KP's, we had decided to use no other win conditions because sometimes its just fun to smash face. A well earned draw for everyone involved and great fun was had by all. Probably particularly me as I got to enjoy that freshly painted models on the table moment.
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Imperial Knight 3, completed in just one post and four days!
I got a bit technical with this guy and painted the machinery parts first and based armour plates individually while trying to spray as if they were attached while thinking about light zenith. He's also magnetized so he can weapon swap and to help his body and legs hold together. I did the faceplate completely first because I just wasn't sure on it but its grown on me and now it might be my favourite. My affections are clearly fickle when it comes to faceplates. Next up was sponge weathering and brush painted scratching.
And finished the guy suddenly! Yeah so in my painting fervor I forgot to take more photos of my progress but I'm very happy with how he's turned out. I followed the same steps as with Knight #2 although he's configured more like Knight #1 armwise.
Based! I used the airbrush to get his feet and bottom of the legs and armour good and dirty. Rather than do something scenic and complicated like knight #2 I decided to do a much more simple but busy base using mainly elements from the basing set and some GS to give it a bit of depth. I seem to have put vast numbers of helmets onto the base so gave them a variety of legion colours to mix it up. Maybe I should do a FW one next... or just some warden's... tough choices.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Imperial Knight 2 part 5 Complete! Weapon and faceplate.
The other knightly faceplate here, I wanted them all to have different ones. I guess for number three I'll have to use the skull one I don't like or pick up a Knight Warden helmet... but then what will I use when I impulse buy three knight warden's?! I'm tempted/miffed by the new Knight renegade box set, it seems insane value!
Close up time! You can just about see his eye lenses, if you squint hard and use a torch..
I called this one Ares after the god of war. A short name for the scroll so I fancied up the letters to add some bulk! The 'S' looks a bit Dollar signy... ah well. ARE$ god of profitable war.
And with a gun, the housing is a bit curvy on the wrong side being designed for the other arm in classic GW shortsightedness before they did dakka ones and all the new gubbins. Still I'm very pleased to get this guy onto the finished shelf. Ooo I also gave him a coat of varnish to seal in the decals and help them blend into the model better and I used some tuft bits on the base, a great use for the needlessly massive ones army painter and GW insist on giving you so many of. I'm going to try and speed paint number three, painting the under armour and the armour plates seperately. Of course I might get distracted and just do something else... but that's the plan!
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Labels: Imperial Knights
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Imperial Knight 2 part 4 decals
Popped some decals on him, these are always a bit of a pain being so large and delicate, I find I need to do things like slice between all the eagles 'feathers' to ensure there is no warping over that massive shoulder pad. I also painted the mechanicum icon on his right knee and totally failed to get a close up... whoops. I used white as I lost one of my three transfer sheets to make my remaining one go a bit futher but actually really like the white/red contrast.
Again I slice around all the clear bits to help avoid warp and two slices in the skull around the middle of the forehead. They're not quite even at the bottom but it helped to even out the massive cog difference at the top!
Banner and knee cog.
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Don't buy a rabbit in a shop or a garden centre. Caring breeders don't sell to pet shops, so you may not be getting a baby that has been carefully prepared for life as a pet. Some pet shops have no idea what breeds they are selling or how big the rabbit will grow. This means it is very difficult to work out how much space the rabbit needs in a hutch and run so you may be wasting your money buying a hutch which is too small.
Never buy on the internet – you don't know where it's come from. Always ask if the babies have been handled, if you are buying from an individual breeder. This is the way they learn human beings are friends (Zucca et al., 2012). If they haven't been handled, the rabbit may be very frightened of being picked up (Schepers et al., 2009).
Best of all, go to a rescue centre. About 33,000 bunnies need new homes every year in the UK. At shelters you can get an adult rabbit. They always have adults (best for older children) and will also have babies at regular intervals. A good rescue centre will help you choose a compatible pair of rabbits, or introduce a new rabbit to your existing one. They will also help you choose a good hutch.
Children taken to a rescue shelter learn that a rabbit is not a commodity to be bought over the counter. They are usually thrilled and excited to help save a rabbit's life and do something for animals. Consult www.rabbitrehome.org.uk of the Rabbit Welfare Fund for UK rescues. A good rescue will tell you of any problems. Rabbits should always be adopted in pairs as they are social animals – look here.
Breeds now have breed disorders, like pedigree dogs and cats. There is a shortage of good scientific information about this. Hereditary disorders include buphthalmos (glaucoma), splay leg,and hydrocephalus but these often appear in closed colonies in laboratories. There is some information on genetic problems in rabbit breeds on http://www.ufaw.org.uk/RABBITS.php Do some research on the internet before you pick a breed. Never buy on impulse or out of pity.
If anybody can contribute more scientific information please let me know.
Long haired rabbits. Be careful about buying fluffy little babies (Angora, Cashmere and lionhead breeds) which grow into long haired rabbits that need 10 minutes grooming daily otherwise they mat up and get fly strike. Angora rabbits in particular have coats which are not waterproof and therefore get damp. They are also prone to gut statis, as the fur builds up in their gut.
Lops. English lops have huge ears that trail on the ground and often get injured. They can suffer frostbite or ear infections. Indeed the ears are so huge that they find it difficult to move and thus become obese. This is a breed which is innately dysfunctional. Other lop breeds are prone to ear mites, tooth and jaw problems. Some French lops are prone to ear mites, tooth and problems, entropion, glaucoma and femoral luxation. The large folds of skin may become infected and these breeds also may suffer from entropion (Harcourt-Brown 2002)
Giant breeds. These need giant houses and runs, and may be more likely to suffer from splay legs.
New Zealand whites may be prone to glaucoma and ataxis.
Dwarf breeds. Netherland dwarfs are prone to tooth and jaw problems. Dwarf breeds may be more susceptible to torticollis (Harcourt-Brown 2002)
Rex rabbits. The very soft thin fur in this breed makes them more susceptible to sore hocks (Harcourt-Brown 2002).
Harcourt-Brown, F., (2002), The Textbook of Rabbit Medicine, Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann
Schepers, F., Koene, P. & Beerda, B., (2009), 'Welfare assessment in pet rabbits', Animal Welfare, 18, 477-485
Zucca, D., Redaelli V., Marelli S.P., Bonazza V., Heinzl E., Verga M. & Luzi F.,(2012), 'Effect of handling in pre-weaned rabbits', World Rabbit Science, 20, 97-101.
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All normal safety precautions should be taken when dealing with animals. The advice in this section should be taken only at the owner's own risk. All sick animals should be seen by a vet.
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This is not the first time Marc Gasol has dominated for a team in Memphis.
As a tall, chubby teenager, Gasol starred at Lausanne, a private school in east Memphis. He and his family moved to Memphis after his older brother, Pau, was drafted by the Grizzlies in 2001. Marc, who barely spoke English, dominated on the court. He was bigger than virtually everyone he faced, but he still loved squaring up from beyond the arc and draining three-pointers.
As a senior at Lausanne, Gasol averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds, six blocked shots and five assists.
"I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me," Gasol told the New York Times in a recent profile. "Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense."
After graduating, Gasol moved back to Spain to work on his game. Over five years he transformed from a chubby, awkward big man into a legitimate NBA prospect. Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins, an assistant during Pau Gasol's tenure in Memphis, remembers seeing Marc during the Grizzlies' preseason trip to Spain in 2003. He was blown away by how much the youngster had developed.
"I was like, 'Wow, that's not the same kid,'" Hollins told the New York Times.
When Marc Gasol landed in Memphis, in a trade from the Los Angeles Lakers that included his older brother, the Grizzlies were beginning a rebuilding phase and many fans were upset to see the team trade away its star. But now, some six years later, the younger Gasol has come into his own. His Grizzlies are the surprise of the NBA playoffs thus far, upsetting both the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder en route to the franchise's first appearance in the Western Conference finals.
And the team's newfound success is in no small part due to the strong play of Gasol, the 2012-13 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. In five games against the Thunder, Gasol averaged 19.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in 42 minutes. In Wednesday's series-sealing victory, Gasol hit a 19-footer to silence
the crowd in Oklahoma City and give the Grizzlies an insurmountable lead.
For some who saw Gasol as a gangly high schooler more than a decade ago, it might seem improbable that he has led the team to new heights. And if you were to see a photo of Gasol from that period, you might agree.
"We crack jokes sometimes about what he used to [look like] in high school," Zach Randolph told ESPN. "But man, he's just been growing as a person and individually. The guy's great, man. He's constantly getting better. I'm proud of him."