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This past decade, video games have pulled off a stunning transformation. On the one hand, gaming made huge strides as an artform to the point where the "are games art?" discussion now has to be taken seriously. But at the same time, games are no longer solely the domain of basement-dwelling geeks; they're now just another medium like movies, books, or television -- one that different people enjoy for different reasons.
Fans perked up to hear the news today that not only are the rumors true about the new X-Men origins film, Bryan Singer - director of the first two X-Men films - has agreed to take on directing duties.
Despite the massive continuity changes from the comics in the X-Men films, most fans agree that Singer did a passable job taking their beloved characters to screen.
The list of unironically good Hannukah pop music is a short one, but you can bet that They Might Be Giants' "Feast of Lights" would be near the top. Similar to the Charles Brown classic "Please Come Home For Christmas," this song is about putting relationship troubles aside in the name of celebrating Hannukah together.
OK, your mileage may vary with this one. Not everyone can summon an appreciation for a video clip that takes the Jingle Cats' already-terrifying kitty-meow cover of "White Christmas," runs it backward at 80% speed, and plays mad-scientist with the audio until it sounds like a transmission from the depths of Satan's litter box.
There are many terrible Hannukah rap songs on the internet, but the above video is one of the worst. The low production quality, the corny video effects, and the far-from-phat rhymes are enough to tempt any Jewish rapper to lay down a dis track. However, like the creators of Miracle Lights, I think these "rappers" are aware of their limitations and don't much care.
Still making latkes from a box? Don't bother -- it's not that hard to make latkes from scratch, and they're far superior that way. Leslie Jonath tells us how to make the best possible potato pancakes in this video, but not before warning against some common latke mistakes.
If you're already an expert cook and you want to make something more complex, here's a vid explaining how to make a popular Hannukah treat in Israel: sufganiyot (basically, they're donuts).
Photo courtesy Gizmodo's Norway Spiral Anomaly gallery
Here's everyone's favorite Hasidic Jewish reggae musician Matisyahu, attempting to wish you a Happy Hannukah. The jury's still out on whether he's actually high in this video or just terrible at reading a teleprompter.
This is Bush's speech at the White House's first ever Hannukah celebration in 2001. Despite the man's stumbling over the word "menorah" (reminding us all how much we appreciate Obama's "eloquence"), we appreciate his incorporation of Hannukah into the White House routine. Obama plans to continue the tradition this year as well, albeit less lavishly.
Do you prefer to fill your stockings with severed feet? Picture Santa
as a voyeuristic psychopath? If you prefer your eggnog with a splash of
blood, then check out these Twelve Frights of Christmas -- and, if your appetite for yuletide carnage is sufficiently whetted, you can
check them out at the Brattle Theatre's "Ho-ho-horrors!" film line-up this week.
This next Hannukah video is from the Colbert Christmas special last year. Jon Stewart attempts to coax Stephen Colbert - via music - to give Hannukah a try.
The Festival of Lights begins tonight at sundown. On all eight days of the holiday, Laser Orgy will be giving you the gift ... of video. That's right: Hannukah-themed videos from ye olde internet, selected for Viewers Like You.
This first one is an animated trailer for a movie called Miracle Lights, which can be purchased here
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PATRICK STEWART is excited. Next week, he will boldly go where he has never gone before when he steps onto the stage of Edinburgh's King's Theatre.
"I don't think, when I was on tour with the Royal Shakespeare Company, that we ever played Edinburgh," he muses, pausing for a moment to convince himself that his memory has served him properly.
"I did do a piece of filming for two or three days only, but I have never performed live in Edinburgh. So I am regarding coming to Edinburgh as a first time experience and looking on this as my Edinburgh debut."
Now a youthful 68 years old, the man known to millions around the world as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation will make that debut in a modern classic that he has waited more than five decades to tackle, Samuel Beckett's tragic comedy, Waiting For Godot.
"I saw this show performed at the Bristol Theatre Royal, which was a Rep theatre, when I was a 17-year-old student," he reveals. "I was lucky enough to see a young unknown actor called Peter O'Toole play the role of Vladimir.
"I was dazzled by that evening. Confused, alarmed, frightened and excited by this extraordinary new kind of theatre that I had never seen before. And I promised myself then, that one day, if I got the chance to be in the play, I would grab it. It turned up a year ago."
After such a long wait, Stewart, who tours with the piece to the Capital later this month, admits that despite a few initial apprehensions, the opportunity to fulfil his long- held dream proved irresistible when he discovered who he would be playing opposite.
"From time to time I thought about it, but I also realised that the more work I did and the more experienced I became, the more frightened I became of the role and the play. I became somewhat intimidated by them.
"However, when it became clear that I was being asked to do this with my old friend and colleague and Shakespearean, Ian McKellen, it was irresistible.
"Then, when we added the two extraordinary actors Ronald Pickup and Simon Callow to the cast, this was not something one could for a moment think of turning down. And it has proved, and is proving to be an experience of a lifetime."
Once described as "the most significant English language play of the 20th century" (despite the fact that it was written in French) Waiting for Godot follows two consecutive days in the lives of two tramps, Vladimir, played by Stewart, and Estragon, who divert themselves by clowning around, joking and arguing, while waiting expectantly and unsuccessfully for the mysterious Godot.
As already touched on, the play reunites Stewart with Sir Ian McKellen (Estragon), with whom he first worked in 1977, on a production of Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.
More recently the pair have sparred as Magneto and Professor Xavier in the X-Men films and Stewart insists that it is only their long-standing friendship that allows them to create the necessary dynamic to bring their characters to life on the stage.
"We have taken it so far as to insist on sharing a dressing room, so that the two of us are together for at least 45 minutes before every performance, so that by the time we go on stage we are connected.
"You can't do this as you might a conventional play, meeting someone for the first time that day when you see them on stage.
"Frankly I wouldn't know how else the play could be performed. The fact that Ian and I are practically the same age; that we are both Northerners separated only by the Pennines; that we were both passionate about Shakespeare from an early age and pursued that passion into a professional career . . .
"That we both of us had good fortune in film and television to have international commercial success - there are so many things that link us together.
"There are the years that we both worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and then we were brought together by something as extraordinary and unexpected as a comic book movie franchise, which was X-Men.
"Yes, all of that I think has gone into our joint exploration of this play and brought us to a place where we can, in a sense, perform this play like music."
Having mentioned their commercial success, Stewart confesses that he has no qualms about using it to attract new audiences to the theatre.
"That has been my story for years now. From 1990, when I was in the middle of the seven years of Star Trek, I began performing a one-man version of Christmas Carol and I found then, to my delight, that it was attracting huge numbers of people who had never seen me on stage before. Many had never been at the theatre before and many probably had little experience of Dickens.
"So I like to think that in some small way the popular success that I have in television has helped create a new audience for theatre.
"Ian has done exactly the same thing with his huge success as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings. Now here we are, the two of us together. We know, because we meet people in the street or at the stage door, that there are people coming to see this play who probably might not have been drawn to it were it not for Ian and myself being in it. And they are telling us that they are having a wonderful time and they will come and see more theatre.
"Over the years there has been a lot of criticism of film and television people turning to the theatre. I've often thought this is utterly unjustified.
"Actors do whatever they can. I don't care why people come to the theatre – I just want to see them there. Once we have got them there, we can do the rest."
Unlike many of the fans attracted by his TV persona, as a boy Stewart was surrounded by live performance, although it wasn't until after he had turned professional that he discovered there was a family history of treading the boards.
"My father's father had been linked to the theatre in a variety of different ways, as a stage carpenter, as a technician and eventually as a performer. I only learned this just before my grandmother died.
"He had deserted his wife and their four children and was, therefore, an individual who was never spoken of in my family.
"Although he behaved very badly, I did find a certain sense of satisfaction in knowing that there had been a Stewart before me who had been a performer."
Despite coming from poor stock, Stewart recalls that there was never any resistance when he first voiced his dreams of becoming an actor.
"I was fortunate to grow up in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where it was never thought odd to be any kind of a performer," he explains.
"In my town, with a population then of 11,000 people, there were 12 fully active drama groups.
"Now, they might only have put on a pageant or a pantomime once a year, but nevertheless, people were performing, so you weren't thought to be peculiar if you got up on a stage and entertained.
"My mother was in amateur theatricals and my parents were happy that my older brother and I followed in her footsteps.
"My brother was actually a far better performer than me. He was better looking, had more talent, he had a better singing voice and if anybody should have become a professional it should have been my brother Trevor.
"But not many people we knew became professional actors. When I said that was what I wanted to do, my mother and father gave me all the support they could, as did my local authority because we were a poor family and my parents couldn't afford to send me to drama school. The local authority paid for everything."
That confidence in their son paid off and today, 51 years after Patrick Stewart first watched Waiting For Godot he is starring in the piece which is enjoying a sell-out tour.
"It was Sir Ian initially who was very enthusiastic about touring the production and I am so glad that he was and that we pushed it through, because we are halfway through our tour now and it is proving so satisfying.
"To be performing this extraordinary 20th century masterpiece around the country and bringing it to Edinburgh is going to be one of the highlights for us.
Waiting for Godot, King's Theatre, Leven Street, April 13-18, 7.30pm (Wednesday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm), SOLD OUT (returns only), 0131-529 6000
Engaging Patrick Stewart
PATRICK STEWART was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, the son of Gladys, a weaver, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army.
He attended Crowlees C of E Boys' School and Mirfield Secondary Modern School after which his first job was as a junior reporter at the Dewsbury Reporter.
With the help of a scholarship Stewart trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, leaving the drama school in 1959. Seven years later he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where he remained for 16 years. In 1987 he landed the role that would change his life, Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stewart has two children from his first marriage; Daniel Freedom Stewart, who is also an actor and Sophie Alexandra Falconer Stewart, a boutique owner. In 2000 he married his second wife, Wendy Neuss, a film and television producer.

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text: John Rypperda Wierdsma, 80, of Okatie and husband of Susan Salant Wierdsma, died Monday, October 14, 2013, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at the St. Francis statue on Spring Island. Donations may be made to the Spring Island Trust Foundation, 40 Mobley Oaks Lane, Okatie, SC 29909. Arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory.


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A Message from the State Court Administrator
Patricia W. Griffin has served as the State Court Administrator for Delaware since 2005. At the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), she has focused on enhancing the services provided by the AOC to the Courts and others. AOC core support services include judicial budget coordination, court interpreter/language access services, human resources support, judicial education and staff training, court security, Leonard L. Williams Justice Center (formerly New Castle County Courthouse) centralized operations (mailroom, facilities, and security), access to justice initiatives, community education and outreach, court information/news media coordination, research and analysis, Judicial Branch committee staffing and policy development, legislative support and coordination, specialty courts, grant writing, technology coordination (projects, infrastructure support, problem solving, website assistance, and process improvement), and court collections enforcement.
As State Court Administrator, she served as co-chair of the Delaware Supreme Court's Delaware Courts: Fairness for All initiative. On the national level, she served on the Board of Directors of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) (2009 - 2012), and currently serves as co-chair of the Access, Fairness, and Public Trust Joint Committee of the Conference of Chief Justices and COSCA, and as chair of COSCA's Language Access Advisory Committee. She also worked closely with the National Consortium for Language Access in the Courts, serving as chair of the Executive Committee and subsequently as COSCA's liaison to the group. With her leadership, the Consortium was named as a finalist of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government's Innovations in Government Award in 2003.
Prior to becoming the State Court Administrator, Patricia Griffin had been the Chief Magistrate of the Justice of the Peace Court for the State of Delaware from 1993 through 2005. In that position, she was responsible for a number of important initiatives. Perhaps chief among these was the establishment of the Court's highly successful Truancy Court, which received several national awards, including the 2003 Program of the Year and the 2004 Crystal Star Award from the National Center for Truancy and Dropout Prevention. As Chief Magistrate, she also focused on enhancing the professionalism of the Justice of the Peace Court system by creating a formal legal education program for justices of the peace, among other initiatives. In addition, she led the way in developing projects to make more efficient use of resources, such as the Videophone Court, which saves time and money for the law enforcement community and corrections by providing them with expedited access to a judge.
Patricia received the National Center for State Courts 2012 Distinguished Service Award, the "Mission" Award from the Consortium for Language Access in the Courts (2011), Hall of Fame for Delaware Women (2005), Person of the Year by the International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention (2004), and the Chief Justice's Outstanding Judicial Service Award (1998).
She is a member of both the Delaware and Pennsylvania Bars and she has authored or co-authored law review articles on court interpreter issues and judicial immunity, as well as COSCA's 2007 position paper on court interpretation and access to justice.
Prior to serving as Chief Magistrate, she was in the private practice of law in Sussex County. She has also worked for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and as Assistant Dean at the University of North Carolina School of Law and the Washington and Lee School of Law. She graduated, cum laude, from Duke University with a B.A. degree and a J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.


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Oooh this shirt just brings you back into the Thunder-a-Lot adventures!
Man, those care bears are on the move, carebears are loose...
Wow, those are some pretty toned legs for a bear!
Roly poly Thundercats!
See if we can't get this started :D
I'm going to pilfer my own comment from the derby thread:
Yes… Oh my… I can't breath! I CAN'T BREATH!!!!
I am holding my breathe, hoping he will be all right.
Thunderthighs! They made a shirt for you!
I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Thundercats symbol the same way again. Those heart eyes. I'm laughing and shuddering at the same time.
What about Cheetara, and Kat and Kit and of course...Snarf! This shirt is devoid of girl cat/bears...
0x776F6F7421 wrote:I am holding my breathe, hoping he will be all right.
HAHAHA! That was beautiful!
My personal favorites are the I-Don't-Care Bears.
Apathy Bear, Aloof Bear, Coldheart Bear, Indifferent Bear, and Lethargic Bear.
HOOOO! Great colors, looks really good on the shirt today too. Another Rad' win.
Snarf finally unleashed his Snarf Ray and turned them all annoying!
dodiegirl wrote:What about Cheetara, and Kat and Kit and of course...Snarf! This shirt is devoid of girl cat/bears...
All of this! If they would included them, I would have bought three.
mrericreed wrote:Thunderthighs! They made a shirt for you!
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Author, teacher Fraser '82 offers writing tips in blog, video
Jul. 25, 2012 by Wesleyan Alumni Community
Reblogged from: Wesconnect News. (Go to the original post…)
July 25, 2012 / Friendly URL: wesconnect.wesleyan.edu/news-20120725-laura-fraser
A video supplements the blog that writing teacher and author Laura Fraser '82 offers on scenes and summary, and it features Oscar the dog.
"I made a little video to supplement a lecture on scene, summary and musing–featuring Oscar the dog.
"Here's more on scene and summary in memoir:
"In a memoir, you're telling a story, stitching together vivid moments from your life into a plot. Telling a story from your life means slowing down at times to show the reader the important moments and turning points, the key conversations and experiences—almost as if they were in real time. But it also means summarizing swaths of time and experience because the reader would be bored if we tried to show too many moments. It would be like watching a real-time Andy Warhol movie—interesting experiment, boring to watch for hours on end. So we have to move the story along with summary (and we don't have to summarize everything). Storytelling in memoir also involves reflection, or musing, about what those experiences meant to the narrator, the dawning realizations.
"There are two types of writing in most fiction: scene and summary. Judith Barrington, in her Writing the Memoir, adds another in memoir: musing. It's helpful to think of scene and summary in cinematic terms."
Read the full story (and watch the video)…
Image: Laura Fraser.
Related links
- Journalist and author Laura Fraser '82: Her favorite books of 2011 – Wesconnect
- Laura Fraser '82: 'Our way of saying goodbye' – WesLive
- Modern love: Our way of saying goodbye – NYT


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Oxford Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:OXF) had a loss and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased to $-0.21 in the quarter versus EPS of $-0.07 in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue Decreased 4.17% to $88.12 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Oxford Resource Partners, L.P. reported adjusted EPS loss of $0.21 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $-0.24. It beat the average revenue estimate of $88.05 million.


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Week 5 - Player Rankings
Posted by Dawgmaticå on 10/04/11
QB Player Rankings – Week 5
(BYE: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington)
RB Rankings WR Rankings TE Rankings
1. Aaron Rodgers (@ Atl) – Along with Tom Brady, Rodgers is as close to a sure thing in fantasy as there is these days. It doesn't matter who the Packers face, Aaron "it out" simply gets it done. Including the playoffs, Rodgers faced Atlanta twice last season and averaged 355 yards, two passing TDs and one rushing TD against them. With the Green Bay QB hitting his stride and the Falcons being in the bottom third of the league in allowing QB fantasy points this year, I just don't see how he doesn't have a monster game this Sunday night.
2. Michael Vick (@ Buf) – This is exactly the type of game fantasy owners have been waiting for. Going up against a Buffalo defense that has given up the world to opposing QBs is just what Vick needs to open up his vast arsenal of unique talents. What's even better is that the Bills offense has become a scoring machine as well, thus forcing opposing offenses to continue scoring all day long. I wouldn't be surprised to see Vick throw for 300 yards, rush for 100, and have four total TDs against a Bills D that has allowed the fifth most fantasy points to QBs this season.
3. Cam Newton (vs. NO) – I can't believe I am ranking a rookie QB in the top five this week, but Newton has proven to be a gamer and is without question one of the best athletes ever to work under center in this league. I truly thought the Bears would be able to contain him with their speed and Cover-2 defensive scheme, but clearly, I was wrong. I've underestimated his ability up until this point but I will not do so again. New Orleans has allowed a lot of fantasy action to opposing QBs this year and in a game where Carolina will likely be playing catch-up ball, Newton has the potential to do some serious damage.
4. Tom Brady (vs. NYJ) – Brady has averaged 275 yards and 1.75 TDs against the Jets in their last four regular season contests, numbers that would be nice for most QBs in the league. However, Brady is not like most QBs as he just passed the legendary Joe Montana for career touchdown passes with his 274th last weekend. The Jets, however, are as stingy as they come against the pass allowing the least amount of fantasy points to opposing QBs this season. Look for the Pats to mix it up all game long by taking advantage of a surprisingly weak New York rush D instead of unleashing the Stetson Man on them. He'll be fine fantasy-wise, but I'm not expecting one of his monster outputs here.
5. Matthew Stafford (vs. Chi) – Stafford has quickly become one of the more lethal fantasy QBs in the game this season and should continue his onslaught against a weak Bears secondary this Monday night. All-World WR Calvin Johnson is basically unguardable, but even if the Bears try to take him out with double- or triple-teams, Detroit has so many other weapons for Staff to throw to in Nate Burleson, Jahvid Best, Titus Young and Brandon Pettigrew that his stats shouldn't take a hit. I expect the Lions to try to put their stamp on the NFC North this Monday night, an effort which should mean a whole lot of fantasy stats for Stafford.
6. Drew Brees (@ Car) – At first glance, this may look like an easy game for Brees to pile on the fantasy numbers for your team, but it's not. In fact, though Brees has averaged 258 yards a game against Carolina during his career, he's only thrown for 12 TDs in those 10 games. Opposing teams have thrown the ball the least amount of times against the Panthers this season because frankly, their rush D is a sieve, and the Saints will be no different. Brees may come away with some decent stats, but not enough to rank him in the top five.
7. Philip Rivers (@ Den) – Rivers averaged 273 yards and two TDs against the Broncos last season, numbers he should be able to at least equal this Sunday against a Denver pass D that has allowed the second most fantasy points to opposing QBs this season. Antonio Gates will likely sit out again so Rivers' fantasy potential is a bit capped, but I expect QB1 numbers this Sunday nonetheless.
8. Mark Sanchez (@ NE) – Supposedly Coach Ryan wants to go back to the "ground-and-pound" approach for the rest of the season, but I'm guessing that strategy will stay shelved for at least one more week. The Patriots can score in a super-duper hurry and if the Jets fail to keep up with them for even one series, Ryan and Sanchez will abandon the run game in a New York minute. The Patriots haven't allowed less than 344 yards passing to a QB yet this year, so look for Dirty Mark to have a nice comeback fantasy game this week.
9. Matt Ryan (vs. GB) – Green Bay's pass D has been awful this season allowing the second most passing yards per game along with the most fantasy points per game to opposing QBs. However, they did seem to have Ryan's number last year as Matty Ice averaged just 192 yards and one TD against them in their two meetings (playoffs included). Again, though, that was last season. 2011 is a whole new ballgame as Julio Jones seems to be everything he was billed to be while Tony G. is tearing up the league in what could be his swan song. I expect a shootout here, especially on the main stage of Sunday Night Football.
10. Eli Manning (vs. Sea) – Eli has some serious weapons out there to toss the ball around to now with Nicks being Nicks, Manningham healthy and Victor Cruz living up to his 2010 preseason freak show. Seattle's defense is a lot better than some thought it would be, but Manning will be able to carve them up for some good fantasy numbers… at least until the Giants get up by enough to run the clock out with Bradshaw and Jacobs. Expect a really nice stat line, but nothing spectacular.
11. Kevin Kolb (@ Min) – I'm going to say it again: What I like most about Kolb as a fantasy player this year is not his own ability as a QB or the option to throw it to Larry Fitzgerald every play if he wants, but rather the lack of ability shown on the Cardinals defensive side of the ball. Arizona will need to pass the ball quite a bit to get back into games, which is of course nice for Kolb and the rest of his fantasy receivers. Even better for this game in particular is that 'Zona will find themselves having trouble running the ball against the Vikings front seven and need to pass to move the chains. Kolb could end up as a nice sleeper this Sunday.
12. Josh Freeman (@ SF) – Freeman did a little better than I expected last Monday night throwing for 287 yards and one TD while adding in his second career rushing touchdown. That being said, he's still one of the more vanilla QBs in the league and I simply can't trust him to put up fantasy points on a weekly basis. Last year Freeman tossed up two TDs against the 49ers but evened it out by only throwing for 136 yards. However, I'm tentatively expecting a decent game this Sunday as the 'Niners pass D is terrible and the Bucs won't be able to run against their rush D at all.
13. Ryan Fitzpatrick (vs. Phi) – After last week's lame-duck effort against the Cincinnati Jailbungles, I find myself back in the un-sold department on Fitzpatrick. Ivy League Ryan may have been able to pick apart bottom-feeder pass Ds like the Chiefs, Raiders and Patriots, but the Eagles might have more talent in their secondary than those three teams combined. Still, Philly's "Dream Team" hasn't quite gelled yet and has allowed the most passing TDs in the league against them thus far, so there's still some fantasy hope here for Fitz and crew.
14. Jay Cutler (@ Det) – The Bears kept true to their word and got back to the ground game last week against the Panthers, but Cutler will have to pass the ball in this one. Detroit is a completely different team than what Chicago is used to facing lately and they may find themselves down a couple scores early on Monday night. If so, look for OC Mike Martz to pull the same old crap and abandon the run-game for his "greatest show on turf" playbook. Cutler has always done well against the Lions, so there's definitely some upside potential here.
15. Ben Roethlisberger (vs. Ten) – Roethlisberger may be hobbled, but it's not like he hasn't played with injuries before, so I'm not so worried about that. The troubling thing is that the Titans have crept into the top tier of NFL defenses and hold opposing QBs to the fifth least amount of fantasy points per game. Still, there's potential for a good game here as the Steelers may be forced to pass a bit more with possibly Mendenhall and Mewelde Moore sidelined.
16. Donovan McNabb (vs. Ari) – I said last week that if McNasty couldn't do anything against a depleted Kansas City pass D, I wouldn't suggest taking him off your bench for the remainder of the season. Well, he did toss up two TDs, which was nice, but only managed to eke out 202 yards in the process. I'm going to have to call it a wash and give Donovan one last chance to prove himself against an even worse Arizona pass defense. Don't play him unless you absolutely have to, of course, but he might surprise a bit this weekend.
17. Matt Schaub (vs. Oak) – Schaub is a talented QB, but not so much that he'll be able to overcome the loss of Andre Johnson. With Arian Foster back, however, he may not need to. The Raiders have given up the fourth most rushing yards per game this year and allow a mind-boggling 5.9 yards/carry. Foster will go nuts in this one and while I don't see Schaub hitting even the 200-yard mark on Sunday, I tentatively expect him to use the play-action pass in the red-zone for a couple of short TDs.
18. Kyle Orton (vs. SD) – It looks like Orton will get at least one more shot to turn the Broncos season around, but I just don't see it happening. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me to see him get pulled at some point in the second half if he throws a couple of interceptions and/or Denver goes down by a bunch. Still, from a fantasy perspective, Kyle is averaging 236 yards and two TDs a game thus far, good for 15th overall in the QB rankings. It wouldn't be a shock to see those same numbers from him come Sunday.
19. Matt Hasselbeck (@ Pit) – Hasselbeck has turned in a top-10 fantasy performance thus far and been an all-around great fit for this Titans team, but without playmaking WR Kenny Britt against the top-ranked pass defense in the league, you'd be better off looking elsewhere in Week 5.
20. Jason Campbell (@ Hou) – Campbell did as well as I expected last week against the Patriots tossing up 344 yards and a touchdown, but it won't last. Not against a Houston defense that will put pressure on Jason all day long and force him into making mistakes. With Denarius Moore looking awesome, a healthy Jacoby Ford and an improved Darrius Heyward-Bey, the Raiders receivers will at least give Campbell a shot at some success, but Oakland's game-plan will more than likely be run-based with McFadden playing like a man possessed and the Texans being a little easier to run against than pass.
21. Matt Cassel (@ Ind) – Without even a remote threat of a running game, you can bet Indy will be playing the pass pretty hard in this one. That being said, they aren't very good in that area so Cassel should be able to go for about 200 yards and a TD against them. If that floats your boat, go ahead and start him.
22. Andy Dalton (@ Jax) – Dalton has looked pretty darn good for a rookie QB, but he won't become a fantasy starter at any point this season unless ten other starting quarterbacks around the league get injured. Jacksonville starter Blaine Gabbert may have been taken a round ahead of Dalton in the 2011 NFL Draft, but Andy will win this baby-battle simply because the weapons around him are better. Just don't start him on your fantasy team because of it.
23. Alex Smith (vs. TB) – The former 2005 first overall draft pick had a surprisingly nice game against the Eagles last week, but the words "start", "Alex" and "Smith" just don't look right together to me. Alex is normally right on the edge of being playable in leagues where you can start two QBs and I'd have to say, that's right about where he lands again this week against a mediocre Tampa pass defense.
24. Tarvaris Jackson (@ NYG) – Nice work, Tarvaris! I think you may have actually fooled some fantasy players with that 300-yard, three-TD performance last weekend! Not me, however. I know about Atlanta's defense and how they can let guys who have no business doing well put up All Pro numbers against them; or how they haven't had a single sack since Week One against the Bears league-worst offensive line. The Giants won't let that happen. They'll bring the kitchen sink at you and force you to make the mistakes you normally make. I'm not biting on your first career 300-yard game (actually, it was his first 250-yard game in 38 career games!).
25. Curtis Painter (vs. KC) – If it weren't for the playmaking ability of Mr. Pierre Garcon, Painter would have put up his normal awful numbers last Monday night against the Buccaneers. Maybe throwing his first career TD pass jump-starts a Hall-of-Fame career for young shaggy-haired Curtis… or, maybe not.
26. Blaine Gabbert (vs. Cin) – If you really have to start Gabbert on your fantasy team, you should think seriously about another pastime… like crochet. It'll be fun to watch the competitive spirit emanating from the rookie QB head-to-head matchup, but it might also be downright scary at times.
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Not sure if I mentioned this or not, but I'm pretty much loving chia seeds right now. Isaac's a little worried that I might start to sprout green body hair, but I ain't scured, as demonstrated from the photos below. At one point I ran out of seeds (sad, I know) but the chia fairy came to the rescue and this weekend I've been eating big bowls of cookies n cream oat bran, oatmeal, chia, banana, and cinnamon. (What a mouthful, in more ways than one.)
Chia Seed Oatmeal
- 1/4 oat bran
- 1/4 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 banana
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- cinnamon to taste
Cook the oatbran, oatmeal, and sliced banana in the water and milk on medium heat by stove top. After about 5 minutes, or when the oats get thick enough for your tastes turn off the stove and mix in about 1 tablespoon of chia seeds. Let the oats sit for about 5 minutes, transfer into a bowl and add the toppings of your choice. I love to use nut butters, granola, nuts, or coconut. Enjoy.
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As promised here is the recipe for my confetti quinoa is below. The best part about this recipe is you can seriously add any veggie you would like and I'm sure it would still taste lovely. So feel free to have fun with it.
Confetti Quinoa
- 1 1/2 cup quinoa **
- 3 cups water
- 1/8 cup sundried tomatoes (soaked in water to rehydrate)
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbles
- 7 leaves of basil (finely chopped)
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 red bell pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp. olive oil
- 11/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 11/2 tbsp. rice vinegar
- 11/2 tbsp. water
- 2 tsp. garlic powder
- Black Pepper (to taste)
- Sea Salt (to taste)
**Quinoa from the bulk bins will need to be rinsed and then cooked, I used Bob's Red Mill and it is already rinsed.
Bring water to a boil, add quinoa and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes or until the water is fully absorbed. After the pot had cooled, I put the quinoa in the fridge overnight, but if you are in a rush, spread it on a cookie sheet and let cool at room temperature for 30 minutes or so (don't rinse with cool water). Once cooled add the remaining ingredients in with the quinoa and prep the dressing by combining all the ingredients in a small bowl. Pour the dressing on the quinoa mixture and stir it well to coat. Serve right away or store in the fridge until you are ready to eat. Enjoy!
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I am new pup dad !
Need to get the second set of shots and de-worming done this week or next week.
Looking for a good veterinarian (reasonably priced) in the Rochester,NY area.
So far, I have heard and read to stay AWAY from Banfield found in Petsmart.
I would go with Mendon Villlage Animal Hospital. I do not know how it compares to other vet prices in the Rochester area.
South Rochester NY Area Veterinarian | Mendon Village Animal Hospital, Mendon NY
They are the vets that figured out the aflatoxin stuff with Cornell. They have an eye specialist that comes in as well as a great radiologist that does ultrasounds there on certain days.
I would ask what to do in emergencies. I don't know if you've had a pet before in the Rochester area, but VSR is the main emergency/24 hour vet and I just like to know in advance what I would need to do if there was a problem after hours. I see it on their website but not a lot of detail.
They help Big Dogs Big Hearts Rescue Buffalo NY Rochester NY dogs when we get a weird case and are really caring and good.
Congrats on your pup!
EtA: Forgot, heard good things about Clark too, and have had animals seen very successfully by one of their newer vets, but no real experience there: http://clarkanimalcare.com/
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I ended up going to Brighton Animal Hospital. Great guys !
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In agreement with his colleagues in the Länder, the Federal Minister of the Interior decided on 12 June 2014 to increase to 20,000 the previous contingent of refugees from the Syrian civil war who are to be received. On 18 July 2014, the Federal Ministry of the Interior issued a reception order in accordance with section 23 subs. 2 of the German Residence Act (AufenthG). The priority is to receive persons who have relatives in Germany. It was therefore agreed that the lion's share of proposals for this contingent should be made by the Federal Länder once more.
A number of proposals had already been made to the Federal Office which amounted to several times the previously-available contingent of 10,000 persons. The procedure which is described below is to apply to those who it has not yet been possible to include.
Some of the Federal Länder have decided that the proposals which they had already forwarded to the Federal Office are to be worked off in the new federal reception programme. In this case, it is neither necessary nor indeed possible to make any new applications. Other Federal Länder are also permitting new proposals to be put forward. Your competent immigration authority or the agency in your Federal Land which is responsible for accepting applications can inform you whether any new applications can be made in your Federal Land. Under no circumstances should you apply to the Federal Office directly.
Please note that no direct enquiries as to the status of the procedure may be made to the Federal Office. Please address such queries to your immigration authority which forwarded the proposal to us. The following information is available on the status of processing of the applications:
It was agreed with the following Federal Länder that the proposals that are forwarded will be processed in the order in which they were received since these Federal Länder sent reception proposals to the BAMF for considerably more people than there are currently places available to receive Syrian refugees. It is currently possible to include applications in the processing from the Federal Länder listed below which were received by the BAMF by the particular date stated (for all reception orders):
- Baden-Württemberg – up to and including 4 February 2014
- Free State of Bavaria – up to and including 13 February 2014, partially 14 February 2014
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- Rhineland-Palatinate – up to and including 29 January 2014
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Please note that Syrian refugees will not be automatically received simply because the application was received in time before the cut-off date. The BAMF must first of all examine the applications with a view to whether the conditions set out in the third reception order have been complied with. This stage is then followed by the visa procedure carried out at the German diplomatic missions abroad, which applicants need to complete successfully.
The other Federal Länder are already sending the proposals in prioritised form, or only slightly more proposals are made than the contingent that has been allocated. Please enquire to the competent immigration authority to find out whether these Federal Länder have forwarded the proposal to the BAMF. The immigration authority can make enquiries with the BAMF to ascertain the status of processing of applications that have been forwarded. The BAMF will then provide the immigration authority with this information.


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Obama promotes positive signs in housing market
President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct., 19, 2012, before his departure on Marine One helicopter for a trip to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., to spend the weekend preparing for his final presidential debate.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to take note of signs of recovery, President Obama is drawing attention to improvements in the housing industry while keeping up pressure on Republicans to back policies the White House says would help struggling homeowners refinance their debts.
"One of the heaviest drags on our recovery is getting lighter," Obama said Saturday in his [auth] weekly radio and Internet address. "Now we have to build on the progress we've made and keep moving forward."
Obama cited an increased pace in construction of single-family houses and apartments in September. The Commerce Department said this week that last month's construction pace was the fastest in more than four years. Home sales are also up compared with last year, though sales dipped in September from August's two-year high.
With the economy still the dominant issue of the presidential campaign, Obama has been counting on voters believing that conditions are improving. But even indicators that are favorable to Obama still don't signal a strong recovery.
Obama conceded that too many mortgage holders are still under water, owing more than their homes are worth, and blamed congressional Republicans for not passing legislation he proposed in February that would lower lending rates for millions of borrowers. Republicans have objected, citing among other things the estimated $5 billion to $10 billion cost of the proposal.
Obama urged listeners to contact their members of Congress to push for the plan's passage.
"Let's be honest — Republicans in Congress won't act on this plan before the election," Obama said. "But maybe they'll come to their senses afterward if you give them a push."
In the Republican address, Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona said Obama had inherited a fragile economy, "but he's done little to improve it."
Flake, who is running for the Senate from Arizona, accused the Obama administration of regulatory overreach, citing examples in his own state to bar mining on certain lands, impose expensive requirements on power plants and threatening to require hotels and resorts to install lifts in pools and spas.
He called on Senate Democrats to pass a budget. "As bad as our fiscal challenges are, it's not too late," he said. "The bell has rung and it is time for us to get to work."
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Writer Misan Sagay, director Amma Asante, and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw have created a film of exceptional understanding, honoring the life of the real-life woman who inspired the story with intelligence, sensitivity, and insight that illuminate her time and our own. Mbatha-Raw plays the title character, who must navigate her way across lines of gender, class, race, and legitimacy — in its legal and broader senses. Mbatha-Raw ("Larry Crowne") is mesmerizing, a beautiful, thoughtful performance in a film that has all of the trappings of the best sumptuous costume dramas but has a story with unexpected contemporary meaning.
Dido Elizabeth Belle was the illegitimate daughter of a titled officer in the British navy and a West Indian slave woman. When her mother died, he brought his daughter to live with his uncle, Lord Mansfield, the chief judge of England (Tom Wilkinson), his wife (Emily Watson), and their other niece, Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon). The girls are raised like sisters but there are always distinctions. They eat together as a family if they are alone, but if there are guests, Dido is not permitted to eat with them but can join them in the parlor afterward. After her father's death, Dido is an heiress with a respectable fortune while Elizabeth, a legitimate heiress, is cut off from her inheritance by her father's second wife. As Dido and Elizabeth are introduced to society (Elizabeth formally, Dido does not "come out"), the eligible young men rate the women as shrewdly as Jane Austen characters. Does an impoverished young man of good breeding in need of money find Dido's fortune sufficient to overcome her race and unmarried parents? If he does, will Dido have a choice in evaluating his proposal?
Meanwhile, a case is wending its way toward the judge that is of vital interest to Dido. Slaves being transported were jettisoned from a cargo ship. Are they to be seen as property or as people? Dido gets more information about the case from a fiery but poor young law student, risking his opportunity to study with the judge by communicating with her. As she learns more about her mother's people and understands more about the kinds of restrictions she and Elizabeth face — some alike, some different, she begins to understand that some of those restrictions are freeing as well. If she cannot travel the usual path for young women in her society, she can learn to forge her own.
Parents should know that this movie includes discussions of legitimacy, mixed-race relationships, and slavery. There are references to the slaughter and mistreatment of slaves.
Family discussion: How many different distinctions did the family and the culture make between Elizabeth and Dido? Between the two women and the men around them?
If you like this, read more about the real story in Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice and watch "Amazing Grace" and "Amistad."


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In this wonderfully zany musical parody of Agatha Christie mysteries, ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they're picked off by fiendishly clever, yet villainously murderous, devices. As the bodies pile up (in the library, of course), the survivors frantically race to uncover the identity and motivation of the cunning culprit before they become the victim – all while singing and dancing!
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Continuing vs Intermittent Trabectedin in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma (T-DIS)
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|February 23, 2011
|Last Updated Date
|July 27, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|February 2011
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|PFS rate 24 weeks after randomization [ Time Frame: 24 weeks after randomization ]
In each arms among non progressive patients after the 6 first cycles of Trabectedin : occurrence of progression or death 24 weeks after the date of randomization. Intention to treat analysis. Centralised radiological review.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Continuing vs Intermittent Trabectedin in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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|Phase II Randomized Trial to Evaluate Two Strategies: Continuing Versus Intermittent (Drug-holiday) Trabectedin-regimen in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma Experiencing Response or Stable Disease After the Sixth Cycle
|Brief Summary
This randomization discontinuation trial will allow for concomitant evaluation of the following:
|Detailed Description
Selection part (220 patients):
Trabectedin (depending on dose reductions : between 1.5 and 1 mg/m²/3 weeks; over 24 hour administration) until progression, intolerance or 6 cycles (according to the SPC of Trabectedin)
Randomized part (50 patients):
After the 6 first cycles, if there is not progression or unacceptable toxicity, the patients will be randomly assigned to continuous or "intermittent/holiday" therapy with CT-scan evaluation every 6 weeks in both arms
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ABOUTBOOK: In 1932 El Salvador, Elena de Contreras and her husband Ernesto live the luxurious life of the very wealthy: regular trips to Europe and the United States, vast amounts of property, several gorgeous homes. In sharp contrast to their privileged existence, however, are the lives of the coffee workers they employ, who know only the hardships of back-breaking labor and low wages. Mercedes Prieto, a Pipil Indian, comes from such a background. After losing her son and husband in the aftermath of a violent uprising against rich plantation owners, she flees with her daughter Jacinta to work in the household of Elena de Contreras. Their arrival sets in motion a spellbinding story that takes three generations to unfold, as the two families become inexorably intertwined and their private turmoil mirrors the upheaval of the world around them. Rich in history, tradition, color, and drama, Bitter Grounds is at once poetic and unsentimental, a page-turning saga that satisfies and entertains to the very last drop. DISCUSSIONQUES: Q do the generations change, in their attitudes, beliefs, aspirations? Consider the world events surrounding these characters during the span of the novel, from 1932 to 1977: How are outside forces (economic depression, war, worker rebellion, civil unrest) reflected in their daily lives? Q is the significance of "Los Dos," the daily radio soap opera-both its content and the rituals of its audience? Q provides a way of life in El Salvador. What is its role in the lives of these characters, symbolically and literally? Q are elements of magic realism to this story. Discuss examples of magic realism and their role in the story: do you think the departure from reality adds to or detracts from your belief in these events? Why do you think the author chose to include them? Other writers (Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, to name a few) have also used this effect; if you've read their work, compare it to Bitter Grounds, or discuss if or why Latin American writing lends itself to magic realism. Do any North American writers try their hands at it? Q (page 130) Discuss other characters whose lives take equally dramatic and irreversible turns. Q Grounds depicts the sharp differences between the lives of the rich and the poor. But the two classes also shared much in common. In what ways were they alike? Q the poor turned to the left for help politically, the rich turned to the right, and this polarization eventually led to a tragic civil war. Who do you think is to blame for the failure to find a middle ground? Q writing about women are sometimes accused of doing so at the expense of their male characters. Discuss the role of men in this novel and how you feel they are portrayed. Q did you find interesting about mother/daughter relationships in Latin America? And how do these differ, if at all, from the way things work in our country? Q the final analysis, who were the winners and who were the losers in Bitter Grounds? AUTHORBIO: Sandra Benitez was born in Washington, D.C., and spent her childhood and early adulthood in Mexico and El Salvador. She then moved to the United States and received an undergraduate degree and a master's degree from Northeast Missouri State University. She published her first novel, A Place Where the Sea Remembers, when she was 52. She lives with her husband in Edina, Minnesota.
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Spanning the years between 1932 and 1977, this beautifully told epic is set in the heart of El Salvador, where coffee plantations are the center of life for rich and poor alike. Following three generations of the Prieto Clan and the wealthy family they work for, this is the story of mothers and daughters who live, love, and die for their passions.
Bitter Grounds, Sandra Benitez's American Book Award-winning novel, chronicles the lives of three generations of women in war-torn El Salvador. After losing most of their family during the massacres of 1932, Mercedes Prietas and her daughter Jacinta go to work for Elena de Contreras and her family, who own enormous coffee and cotton plantations. During the next 40 years, the women of both families help each other endure the many hardships that come their way. Benitez manages to portray both the poor and the rich women in this book as complex, sympathetic characters. Like the heroines of Los dos, their favorite radio soap opera, the women in this novel suffer heartache, unrequited love, betrayal, and the loss of loved ones. One by one, all of Jacinta's family members are killed amid the country's political turmoil. Elena's heart breaks when she discovers her best friend in bed with her husband on the eve of their daughter's marriage. The Contreras family struggles to retain control of its land during the late 1970s government-mandated redistribution of wealth. Through it all, the women sustain each other, even after circumstances separate them: "Sometimes, late at night or, most often, very early in the morning, when Jacinta lay in her cot in the little room she shared with Rosalba, her mother stirred within her. This was not craziness, but a consolation. To feel her mother's flesh, her bulk, shored up along the banks of her own bones and flesh." Bitter Grounds is a thoughtful, vivid account of the lives of some very resilient women.
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That's the thing. I went against what I wanted. I did what everyone else expected of me. I told my mom I was keeping the baby, and all she could do was shove all the reasons I should abort down my throat until I was convinced that it was the right thing to do. Yes, I made the ultimate decision, but everything about it felt wrong to me.
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It's been 17 years for me and I think about the what ifs still. I had a baby 10 years later and he was born with several heart defects passed away at the age of 2. I know it's my punishment for what I did. I struggle with it every day I wanted my baby but let my dad talk me into abortion. I wish I would have stood up to him
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Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
Anyone have ideas/experience on this?
I'm going to change a 338 Lapua case to 30 cal and the new shoulder angle will be 40 degrees, giving it a .405" long neck.
Will a bushing type FL sizing die of Jim Cartensen's work fine for this simple change?
How many different sizes of bushings, or how far apart can one go with them and get great results?
Any help's much appreciated. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
[ 05-04-2003: Message edited by: Brent ]
Brent Moffitt
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
Your buddy Ken Markle doesn't like 40 degree shoulders. Give him a call. I agree.
Anyone have ideas/experience on this?
I'm going to change a 338 Lapua case to 30 cal and the new shoulder angle will be 40 degrees, giving it a .405" long neck.
Will a bushing type FL sizing die of Jim Cartensen's work fine for this simple change?
I've never seen Jims dies. You are going to do about what I do to my 416 case and what Ken does to his, just on a shorter scale. He moves his in a custom made arrangement in steps much like you mention, but, He supports the entire case when doing it. The short movement you propose on the neck and shoulder could give you trouble. It's actually easier to move a bunch than a little.
How many different sizes of bushings, or how far apart can one go with them and get great results?
I use a 2 piece die arrangement that I would not recommend to you for the distance you're going. FWIW, I START by moving .030 on a side. That's a ton but beleive it or not, it's the easiest move. Then I drop down to .024 on a side, then .018 and finally .015
If I had to do it over again, I would probably use a different gun! Seriously, I would probably go to .035/side on the first pass and go less on #2. The first one for you is gonna be easy because you already have the shoulder radius to begin with and that will go into the bushing very easy. After you do that though, the brass is harder and the next pass is pretty difficult. DO NOT anneal the brass for this as It will surely collapse the shoulder.
Be sure to make the last pass a small one because the concentricity of the brass will be dramatically better if you don't try to push so much on the final size. Beleive it or not, the brass will try to lean sideways when the lube is scraped off in the die on a heavy pass. It's about impossible to eliminate so just minimise it by getting one more bushing for a finish pass.
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
Thanks for the help 4mesh. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] I'll keep track of your recommendations if I have to move the shoulder/body junction point lower on another case down the road. My smith in Anchorage has forming dies consisting of a short and long die with 15 different bushings he says will form any case you can imagine up to and including 416 Rigby size.
The 30/338 Lapua 40 degree Imp case here will not move anything but the neck shoulder junction back to change the angle to 40 degrees and increase the neck length at the same time. It doesn't change the body/shoulder junction length at all in this design, although it will be blown out in diameter on fire forming considerably.
How far apart on the neck bushing sizes you can go and still get the neck started in the next smaller size bushing is what I'm really concerned about. I don't want to buy anymore bushings than I really need for inbetween sizes I'll never use for anything else other than this. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Talk to me about the 40 degree shoulder deal with you and Ken. It's a done deal now as the reamer is being ground already.
My smith recommends the 40 on anything other than something you want to feed from the mag, it just requires more work to feed is all but helps with the throat errosion as well.
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
When using the bushings to neck down, you are forced into smaller steps due to the small radius on the bottom of the bushing. I've never measured it to know how big of a step they will take but I'm guessing .015 would about as big as you can get. The Nitrate coated bushings from Redding seem to have an even smaller radius on them as compared to the plain steel bushing from Wilson.
Normally what I do when necking down a couple of calibers is to go to a local gun show and buy a set of used dies in the intermediate caliber(s). For instance when I neck 300 H&H down to 6.5-300 I use a 7mm Rem Mag sizing die first then run the case into the FL 6.5-300 sizer die.
But in this situation with you using the 338 Lapua brass, I can't think of any dies with big enough shoulders that this case will fit in for 8mm.
I know this doesn't answer all of your questions. I've got a bunch of bushings for 30 caliber and up. I can take one of my retired 338 Yogi cases and try to neck it down and see how it works if your interested. Let me know.
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
Thanks for the help. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I placed a Redding .335" nitrided bushing against the bottom of the Toolhead on the Dillon 550, and with a very heavily chamfered case mouth tried to push it up into it... no dice, it just crumpled one side.
I don't have any larger bushings right now or know anyone that uses them to try out some of theirs.
Aside from maybe buying, maybe, the wrong ones, I'd have to guess at this point.
I'm dropping the neck diameter .030" so, if I could get by with maybe one .350" bushing instead of a .355" and another .345" bushing to get me down the .030" it would be nice to know.
If you'd like to give it a try for me Steve and let me know what works best, I'd very much appreciate it. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I'm thinking I could place a washer below the bushing with an appropriate sized hole that's been tapered with a drill bit to push the shoulder back a little more uniform than I'd get than with the sharper edge of the bushing itself.
I need to bump the shoulder back at the neck junction to 2.320".
The body/ shoulder junction length is 2.177", with the diameter at the shoulder at .570".
If I could get them to chamber doing this, I'd headspace them on the bullet and fireform them, then I'll be set to FL size them using the FL bushing die when it gets here.
Doing this with the FL die itself would be much easier though.
You're right, getting another in between die large enough in diameter is the big problem.
Thanks for all the help. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
If your bushing is nothing more than a cylinder, then I agree with Steve that the radius on the inside is going to be the limiting factor. However, if you have someone grind the ID of the bushings for you or do it with a burr gun (die grinder) you can put your own 40deg angle in there, sand it a little and it'll neck down a mile. Keep in mind that there will be a radius on the brass in front of the necked down part so you don't need to go 100% of the way to do what you want.
My dies that I go big steps with are two pieces. There are 4 tops , all the same except for the holes through the top for the neck are progressivly smaller. Just Cold rolled steel or whatever scrap I've got laying around. I think the last set was an old shaft that bearings spun on then set outside for a decade at some factory locally. It was the example piece for a replacement and I made dies out of it. The steel is then sanded in a lathe or with a die grinder and small 3m wheel. Then, wipe it with die wax and go to town. I wish I had an example of the stages of my brass to show you but I just finished all my brass 2 weeks ago so that's looking like stuff to go in the gun now. If you want a photo of the dies, let me know. I'll take one and send it to you. In another few months, I'd give you the dies for my 40deg 416/30. I just don't like the angle. After I rechamber the barrel, I'll have no use for them since I'm not going back to that again.
Oh yea, you said about the 40 degree thing. Ken says that there is a turbulance issue with a 40 shoulder that is inherantly a problem. The details are not clear to me any more but suffice to say that I will agree just because I don't like the cases forming donuts on every sizing. If the turbulance is a problem, my gun doen't shoot well enough to notice it. I have larger issues. However, I DO like my radius shouldered cases and I have some of them with 25 firings now. This lot of brass I have is much nicer than the last stuff.
The shoulder you are doing is different than mine in that your neck is so long you will most likely not have the base of the bullet in the donut of the case so it'll be no issue. That was the only problem I had with the case design. My real feeling is that if a case has enough room for the powder you want to put in, it's OK. Case configuration affects efficiency, but, the benifits of that are so small that you better really know how to make a gun shoot to realize it. My favorite analogy is, Top Fuel guys don't care about gas mileage. I'd have to shoot a lot of rounds through another case to spend the money I did for this akward case configuration. Twice. I still like it though and it cost less than a bass boat.
You know, If I was you, and wanted to try some of this stuff out, I'd look at some of these used equipment places and get a tool post grinder, a small lathe, like a hardinge collet lathe and a small mill. For under a grand I bet you could get all 3 and then doing a nice job on any small part like this would not be a $300 job at the local machine shop. With a hardinge lathe, you could easily make the form dies like I did in a CNC as long as you just stayed with the angled shoulder. Then just fire form a few cases and have dies made to match by Lee for 50 bucks and your shootin.
Something to think about.
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Re: Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
Do you have AutoCad?
I see what you're doing, your starting at the wrong end. OK, you're at .570 you said. Go down .030 on a side to .510. Then 20 on a side to .470 and so on. Now, I realise that you said the shoulder to body point isn't moving so that first step isn't really gonna do much but, I would say you have to do it anyhow to get the brass to start moving for the next step. That neck is the last piece to do. It should stay mostly straight but i've not gone down that many unsupported steps to know for sure.
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