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As daily triple-digit weather overcomes Roswell – announcing the onset of June and the rules for the next three months – artist Miranda Howe defiantly [auth] creates her latest masterpieces inside a hot kiln room.
Perhaps the last place anyone would want to be when the mercury rises, Howe is at home in the kiln room at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence artist compound. Her father, Tom Howe, built the room that can now be used by artists from near and far who come to the compound when they're chosen by the RAiR program to do a residency.
A boon for the artists who live there, the kiln room is just one expression of Howe's impressively artistic family.
Howe's grandfather, Bill Wiggins, was a local artist – expressing himself through painting.
"He was born and raised here," Howe said of her grandfather, who painted from the 1940s until he passed away in 2012. Miranda's mother, Elaine Howe, was instrumental in the creation of the Creative Learning Center and in implementing some of its most enduring programs, such as the Legacy Project.
"They contract with professional artists to work with fifth-graders," Miranda Howe said of the program. Together, artists and fifth-graders create a work of art that is installed at their school. The Legacy Project has been known to be any kind of medium – from ceramics to mosaic, from murals to printmaking.
"They're leaving their legacy before they move on to middle school," Howe said. "When you go into these schools, they're just amassing all this work that's been created by fifth-graders over the years.
"Our schools are becoming more art-friendly and art-rich." Howe has participated in the Legacy Projects every year for the past five years.
Both Elaine Howe and Wiggins have been recognized for their contribution to culture and art. Elaine Howe received a Governor's Award for Excellence in Art in 2009 for her positive impact on education. Wiggins received the same award for his painting in 2011.
Furthermore, Howe's two brothers – Jeremy and Logan Howe – are both artists. Jeremy is a trained geologist who deals primarily with rocks, minerals and even fire to create art. Logan works with glass and makes jewelry.
"I come from a family of artists, that's for sure," Miranda Howe said with a chuckle. She shines in her own element – sculpture and ceramics. She creates works big and small, often creating designs on her work that are stimulating both to the sight and to the touch. Her most recent work involves creating smaller pieces and placing them together to create a structure taller than the average human being.
"It's definitely challenged me physically," Howe said of her larger works. "I love that quality. I also love parts coming together to make a whole." In this sense, she explained, her works are reminiscent of a quilter's labor.
Howe grew up in Capitan, her family moving to Roswell when she was in the 10th grade. She completed high school at Goddard High, graduating in 1989.
She attended Lubbock Christian University, which did not have an extensive art program, she said, but it did offer many possibilities to learn and create ceramics. When she began attending Texas Tech University, she tried several other art forms; but always returned to ceramics.
In 1995, Howe completed a bachelor in fine arts in ceramics from TTU. In 2002, she completed a master of fine arts in ceramics at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont.
She's completed various residencies; including one through the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Mont.; The LH Project in Joseph, Ore., and a residency through the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colo.
Most recently, Howe has embarked on teaching. She is a ceramics instructor at Eastern New Mexico University- Ruidoso, but returned to Roswell Dec. 15, 2012, to begin her residency through the RAiR program.
Being granted an entire year to focus solely on her art, Howe has created ceramic works big and small to present during her residency exhibition, set to open June 15 with a slide talk at 5:30 p.m. and a reception from 6-7 p.m. at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.
"For me as an artist, coming to this exhibition, having the opportunity of the residency, allows the opportunity for me to explore the ideas I may not have had the time or resources (to explore) otherwise," Howe said.
Despite the fact she's from the area and has shown her work to the community, Howe wants her audience to know to expect something different from her upcoming exhibition.
"Much of the community here has seen my work, watched it grow and been supportive of me," she said. "I want them to see a continued growth, a newness, an exploration in my work."
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If you happened to be in West London last night, you probably noticed an influx of beautiful people. That's because the Elle Style Awards were being held in Notting Hill.
And entertainment's brightest and best were honored with their very own Elle. Kylie Minogue was named the "Woman of the Year" and looked stunning in a strappy belted gown and short blonde bob.
While the States are gearing up for the Grammy Awards tonight, London has a few things going on, as well. Along with kicking off London fashion week, the BAFTA Awards get underway on Sunday (February 10).
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Aussie pop star Kylie Minogue was on hand to receive Germany's top show business honor, the prestigious Golden Camera award.
Minogue, who showed up to the event sporting a brand new curly hairdo, was honored as best international music act at the awards ceremony held on Wednesday in Berlin.
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The 39-year-old sop actress turned pop star caused a little stir the day before by reuniting with her ex fiancé Oliver Martinez and his dog Sheba in the French capital.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture that sets out to challenge, inspire, inform and delight.
Changing exhibitions and projects are sited in 500 acres of historic gardens and parkland, five indoor galleries and an award-winning visitor centre.
This stunning setting brings together art and nature for everyone to discover and enjoy.
Venue Type:
Summer: 10am-6pm Centre, Shop, Restaurant + Galleries 10-5pm.
Winter: 10am-5pm Centre, Shop, Restaurant + Galleries 10-4pm.
Closed: 24+25 December
Admission free / Parking charges apply
YSP is a charity. Your parking fee supports everything we do.
Additional info
Mobility Scooters are available on free loan. Call 01924 832631 to reserve a scooter.
YSP has eight distinct outdoor 'gallery' spaces located in the 500 acre Bretton Estate. Designed in the 18th and 19th centuries, this varied landscape is a rich environment for some of the best modern and contemporary sculpture created by international artists. YSP presents changing special exhibitions and individual works by eminent artists all year round, so there are always at least 40 sculptures on display in the landscape.
Temporary indoor exhibitions take place in the Underground Gallery, Bothy Gallery, Garden Gallery and Longside Gallery.
Collection details
Fine Art
Key artists and exhibits
- Henry Moore
- Barbara Hepworth
- Anthony Caro
- Elisabeth Frink
- Sol LeWitt
- Antony Gormley
- Sophie Ryder
- Winter and Horbelt
- Andy Goldsworthy
- James Turrell
Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects
- 4 March — 3 September 2017 *on now
The biggest UK exhibition to date by leading sculptor Tony Cragg. New sculptures, drawings and works drawn from nearly five decades of Cragg's practice will survey and demonstrate the artist's pioneering and continued mastery of materials in the Underground Gallery and open air.
A 'radical materialist', Cragg defines sculpture as a 'rare category of objects', and takes a taxonomic approach to his own practice, something which is reflected in the exhibition. The wit and will to analyse the properties of all of the planet's resources and use them to make new things is unique to human beings, along with the intuition to sort, order and categorise the things that exist and that we bring into existence.
Cragg's extraordinary career has its roots in a fascination for, and exploration of, the possibilities of the material world, which he considers to be 'the huge storeroom [in which] lie the keys to essential processes and explanations of our existence'. Cragg's artistic practice developed from drawings he made to document experiments whilst working as a lab technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association (1966–68). He went on to study at London's Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal College of Art and during two summer vacations worked nightshifts in a foundry that manufactured components for engines. The combination of art and the experience of the physical transformation of materials through industrial processes is the cornerstone of Cragg's practice.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Ai Wei Wei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads
- 1 April 2017 — 22 April 2018 *on now
See Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads in Lower Park until 22 April 2018. Ai reinterpreted the 12 bronze heads representing the traditional Chinese zodiac that once adorned the famed fountain-clock of the Yuanming Yuan, the imperial summer palace retreat in Beijing. Ransacked in 1860 during the Second Opium War by the British and French, only seven of the original heads have been returned to China – the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, monkey, and boar. The locations of the other five – dragon, snake, goat, rooster, and dog – are still unknown. Central to Ai's reimagined zodiac is the metamorphosis provoked by expulsion, migration, and deliberate change of location undergone by people and objects alike. In 2015, Ai was awarded the Ambassador of Conscience Award by Amnesty International.
Cast in bronze and standing three metres high, the sculptures each weigh 363kg. Through the re-interpretation of the heads on a larger scale, Ai comments and encourages debate on the politics of ownership, cultural history, repatriation and authenticity. The artist also wanted the work to be playful and accessible to the general public: "I want this to be seen as an object that doesn't have a monumental quality, but rather is a funny piece… people can relate to or interpret on many different levels, because everybody has a zodiac connection".
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- Family friendly
Zak Ové: Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness
- 8 April 2017 — 3 June 2018 *on now
This spring, we welcome an extraordinary assembly of 80 sculptures by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové.
Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness, a mass of identical two-metre-tall figures, is a striking statement within the Park's 18th century landscape. Powerful and totemic, the impact of the group is amplified through their repeated forms, facing forward to confront the viewer en masse.
The installation builds on Ové's 2016 project for the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair which saw 40 figures sited in the courtyard of London's Somerset House. In this location, the installation directly referenced Ben Jonson's play The Masque of Blackness, which was enacted by Anne of Denmark and members of her court at Somerset House in 1605. Featuring white actors in blackface, the play was reflective of the societal shift towards a preference for lighter skin in the early 17th century. Ové also alludes to Ralph Ellison's acclaimed novel The Invisible Man, a pioneering consideration of racism and marginalised communities in America told through the eyes of its black protagonist.
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- Family friendly
Phyllida Barlow
- 22 April 2017 — 4 May 2018 *on now
British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, and represents Britain in the 2017 Venice Biennale. Alongside her artistic practice, she has had an important influence on younger generations of artists through over 40 years of teaching in London art schools.
Commonly known for her colossal sculptural projects, Barlow uses 'a distinctive vocabulary of inexpensive materials such as plywood, cardboard, plaster, cement, fabric and paint' to create striking sculptures.
Since the late 1960s, Barlow has developed a sculptural practice that is grounded in an anti-monumental tradition. Her often brightly coloured sculptures are made of readily available materials such as cardboard, cement and plaster, polystyrene, timber and paint. These inexpensive materials are then transformed through layering, accumulation and careful combination to create large-scale pieces.
"Obtrusive and invasive, Barlow's large-scale sculptural objects are frequently arranged in complex installations in which mass and volume seem to be at odds with the space around them. Their role is restless and unpredictable: they block, interrupt, intervene, straddle and perch, both dictating and challenging the experience of viewing." Her constructions are often crudely painted in industrial or synthetic colours, resulting in abstract, seemingly unstable forms.
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- Family friendly
Tread Softly: An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme exhibition
- 27 May — 3 September 2017 *on now
Many of the works within the exhibition exist in a place where fact and fiction blur and where fantasy melds with memory, affected by both time and distance. Negotiating and defining identity is a momentous journey, with early experiences leaving indelible marks on our characters, as fragile dreams are pitted against the sometimes painful ingress of the adult world.
Powerful works by Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry reveal how art was ultimately a salvation amidst difficult circumstances, Perry's Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot stating "I got out 'coz I could paint". Other works consider the way in which fragments of experience linger in the memory, like a perfume that triggers highly personal reminiscences.
Photographs by Fiona Crisp and Nigel Shafran recall family caravan holidays at the seaside and present the emotionally charged everyday objects left in a room by a departed father. Mary Kelly's iconic Post-Partum Document and Mona Hatoum's Measures of Distance also scrutinise the parent-child relationship, bringing intensely private and quietly moving moments that are often unseen and take place silently in the home, into the public gaze.
Tread Softly also features new commission Shame Chorus (2017) by Jordan McKenzie, a work originally conceived as a live performance that explores memory, sexuality, community and catharsis though collective action and singing. Renowned psychoanalyst Dr Susie Orbach conducted interviews with members of the London Gay Men's Chorus, exploring early, formative experiences of shame and coming out. Giving voice to often-internalised feelings, their stories were then set to music by leading musicians and composers (Billy Bragg, Leo Chadburn, Shane Cullinan, David McAlmont, Verity Susman and Jack White) and words with narrative texts by London-based writer Andy White.
Other artists featured in the exhibition are Vanley Burke, Tarik Chawdry, Saad Qureshi, Kathy Prendergast, Marion Coutts, Susan Hiller, Permindar Kaur, Bedwyr Williams, Dennis Morris and Jo Spence.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Haroon Mirza: Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11)
- 3 June — 2 July 2017 *on now
'The sun is the provider of almost all the energy on the planet, and although we only harness a tiny fraction of that energy, it is and has been throughout the history of life the subject of awe, worship and inspiration' – Haroon Mirza
Mirza's sculpture, Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11), was conceived especially for James Turrell's Deer Shelter Skyspace at YSP. It creates an alternative symphony in the landscape between nature and technology, channelling the sun's energy and finding new ways to give it both power and meaning. Situated within the Skyspace, the work references neolithic and megalithic monuments that worship the sun and creates a direct relationship and interaction between the changing environment within the space.
As the amount of sunlight changes, fluctuating with both the time of day and weather conditions overhead, the intensity and patterns of the LEDs and audio output will adjust accordingly, creating a direct interaction between the environment and Mirza's installation. This harmony between Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11) and the environment extends from the ideas and language of land art, referencing a long history of human creativity in relation to the sun, of channeling its power, and giving it a shape and voice. Mirza often combines and layers the work of other artists with his own and has previously responded to works by Jean Tinguely, Alexander Calder and Anish Kapoor.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Still Looking: Mindfulness and art
- 11 July 2017 11am-1pm
- 8 August 2017 11am-1pm
A new way to take a bit of time out for yourself and enjoy experiencing art mindfully. Learn how to use mindfulness practices to move from being a passive observer to more active engagement with artworks in the galleries and the open air – and if that's not enough of a treat it's all rounded off with tasty refreshments and time to share your experiences (or keep them to yourself if you prefer!)
Quotes from participants:
'An extraordinary experience that should be offered to all!'
'Such a positive experience, becoming calmer and more mindful I was ready to look and see sculpture in a more meaningful way.'
Suitable for
- 18+
Tickets £20.00
Art and Social for over 55s
- 29 June 2017 2-4pm *on now
- 27 July 2017 2-4pm
- 31 August 2017 2-4pm
Join us for tea or coffee and cake, followed by a look around the exhibitions, a gentle walk, or perhaps a drawing or making activity – you tell us what you like and we'll try to make it happen. Whether you come alone or with a friend, we guarantee a warm welcome!
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
Tickets £5.00
Paper Quilt Workshop with Alice Pattullo
- 8 July 2017 10am-4pm
Alice will introduce different mark-making and print techniques which can be used to produce patterned and textured papers to collage together and work into to make your design. Alice will provide a selection of reference material, such as images of traditional American school house quilts which inspired her own 'quilt', old paper cut images, and more contemporary photos of different architecture to draw inspiration from. You may want to bring images of a house that is important to you to include in your design.
No need for strong drawing skills – your design can be as literal or abstract as you like depending on your confidence. Pre-made templates, inspired by patchwork pieces will be provided to be used with your papers, or you can make your own silhouettes.
Suitable for
- 18+
Frame, Focus, Shoot: Photography for Bigger Kids
- 26 July 2017 11am-1pm
Work with local photographer David Lindsay to explore composition, framing, editing and experimenting, using your camera lens to look at Tony Cragg's exhibition. Curate a series of your own photographs that tell your story of the show.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Animal Escapades
- 2 August 2017 11am-12pm
Meet Monkey, Rabbit, Ox and friends and participate in an animal escapade with storyteller Oksana Tyminska. Have your animal voices ready to squawk and squeak, and join us as we hoppity skip, wriggle and roll near the Zodiac Heads by Ai Weiwei in Lower Park.
Suitable for
- 0-4
Wire Bird Making Workshop with Chris Moss
- 12 August 2017 10am-4pm
During this workshop, you'll learn basic wire techniques and tools and discover how to use them to create your own scribbly wire wren, sparrow or robin. You'll have the opportunity to develop your ideas further during the day and with Chris' support and encouragement, create your own handmade flock of small birds, decorated with coloured wire and other accessories. The skills acquired on the day will enable you to continue to explore your creative ideas at home. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners.
Suitable for
- 18+
Parlour Pastimes: Paper Flower Arranging with Alice Pattullo
- 16 September 2017 10am-4pm
Alice will introduce different mark-making and print techniques which can be used to produce patterned and textured papers to collage together and work into to make your flowers.
Alice will provide a selection of reference material, to introduce different stylistic approaches to interpreting the flower, from images of patchwork quilts, old gardening books, Victorian scraps and botanical papercuts. You may want to look at the plants in the YSP grounds to work from, or bring your own flowers or images to inspire you.
Alice's constant inspiration from the stories/ history behind topics could be taken heed of here by looking at the tradition of floriography which allocates a sentiment or meaning to each flower, so that a coded message could be sent with a bouquet in a time when a young woman couldn't interact in the world without a chaperone.
No need for strong drawing skills - your flowers can be interpreted as literally or abstract as you like depending on your confidence. Pre-made templates can be used to draw around to apply your own decoration to.
Suitable for
- 18+
Artist-led group activities
Over many years YSP has organised and developed a range of artist-led activities aimed at providing an enhanced focus and stimulus for visiting pupils and students. Activities are available for groups of all ages and abilities and include; workshop/study days, guided tours, slide talks and lectures, and Inset/professional training days. All activities can provide a general introduction to sculpture or can be tailored to meet individual group interests.
How to obtain
All visits must be booked with YSP Education. For visits for artist-led activities please book well in advance to avoid disappointment. For further information on activities, costs, and availability please contact Education on 01924 830642.
Education Resource Packs
In addition to free information, YSP Education offers Resource packs to assist teachers and groups leaders in planning visits to YSP or for work in school. The Education Resource Pack (£10+VAT) includes supporting material exploring the outdoor collection, Access Sculpture Trail and other areas. The Curriculum Resource Pack (£5+VAT) provides support for QCA guidelines which can be used for long-distance learning and work in schools as well as for visits to YSP.
How to obtain
For free information or to order Education resource pack please contact Education on 01924 830642
Heritage Tours
Yorkshire Sculpture Park's new team of Heritage Volunteers will be leading free, guided heritage tours around the YSP landscape at weekends from February. Tours will take visitors from the YSP Visitor Centre, into the fascinating, historical landscape, and will explore the stories that have defined the area over the last one thousand years.
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Tours are free and start at 2:00pm on the Visitor Centre concourse
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When Claire Herminjard left the tech industry, she knew what the direction and drive of her new career would be. "I wanted to start a business, in food, that made me feel like I was doing something good in the world and adhered to my values—and that was not necessarily starting a meat company. I didn't start out saying I wanted to start a meat company."
But as she dug into the issues of the industry—and the potential market opportunities they presented—it became clear that the future was meat. Specifically, non-GMO verified meat.
Now, after nearly a year of back and forth with the United States Department of Agriculture, The Non-GMO Project has received approval for labels that verify meat and liquid egg products have been raised without the use of GMO feed. Herminjard's company, Mindful Meats, Mary's Chicken, and the egg producer Hidden Villa Ranch will be the first to carry the seal on their products.
The process began last summer, when Mary's Chicken submitted a label stating that its birds were fed non-GMO grain to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service—but its request was denied.
And thus began a lengthy process of the meat and egg companies working with USDA/FSIS to demonstrate that they were meeting the standards required by The Non-GMO Project for meat and egg products. However, Catherine Cochran of FSIS makes it clear that this is not a label backed by the USDA: "The agency has not developed any new policy regarding non-GE or non-GMO products and is not certifying that the labeled products are free of genetic engineering or genetic modifications."
"It was a thoughtful process, that's most certainly the case," says Herminjard. "They took their time to do their due diligence to understand how the Non-GMO Project verifies products—what their standards are, how they control that and how they audit it."
For the Non-GMO Project, the new meat regulations represent a significant step forward. Currently, the nonprofit has about 10,000 non-GMO-verified products, items that can be found throughout the grocery story—but not in the meat case. "The labeling of meat and liquid eggs was lagging behind," says Megan Westgate, the organization's executive director.
For foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency responsible for the majority of the items verified by the Non-GMO Project, there's no requirement to get pre-market approval of labels. Dealing with meat, eggs, and the USDA is a different story. Since, "they just didn't have a policy, and they're typically pretty conservative about things," says Westgate, fine-tuning the label and language took time.
In the interim, Mindful Meats was able to sell cuts of beef to restaurants and get its steaks stocked in butcher cases at supermarkets. But without the labeling approval, Herminjard couldn't sell any packaged ground beef—a product that's key to the company's financial sustainability. Even if the wait forced Mindful Meats to take something of a financial hit, Herminjard didn't mind too much. "I love following policy, so it was fun for me."
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First-year goalkeeper Scott Gambon saved his best performance of the season for Abington when it needed it the most, stopping all 12 Cardinal Spellman shots he faced to carry the sixth-seeded Green Wave to a 2-0 upset of the third-seeded Cardinals in their Division 4 South Sectional tournament quarterfinal on Monday night.
On a cold night in goal for the Abington High boys soccer team, Scott Gambo had the hot hand.
The first-year goalkeeper saved his best performance of the season for Abington when it needed it the most, stopping all 12 Cardinal Spellman shots he faced to carry the sixth-seeded Green Wave to a 2-0 upset of the third-seeded Cardinals in their Division 4 South Sectional tournament quarterfinal on Monday night.
"That was the best game I've seen him play all season," Abington High coach John McGinness said of Gambo. "That's about the best I can ask for."
Senior forward Rob McClafferty scored both goals for Abington (13-4-3), which will next meet the winner of Tuesday's Nantucket-Sacred Heart Div. 4 quarterfinal in the semifinals with the date and time to be determined.
Abington first had to withstand a game-long barrage of shots from the Cardinals (13-3-5), who kept the Green Wave's defensemen scrambling from sideline to sideline in an effort to keep Spellman at bay.
"A one-goal lead, you don't feel comfortable," McGinness admitted. "My guys in the middle ... they created a defensive wall that is very tough to get behind."
When the Cardinals did manage to get the ball behind Abington's back line of Alex Nagle, Bryan Macaluso, Max McNulty and Derek Gately, Gambo was there to slam the door with six saves in each half.
"I really stepped up this game," Gambo said. "I was trying to stay aggressive and keep us in it.
"There were a few scary moments there, especially in the second half to open it up," he added.
Making things even trickier were the less-than-ideal field conditions, which created havoc for both starting goalkeepers
"There were a few bad bounces," Gambo said. "It was hard to keep a handle on things."
Cardinals coach Mike Gerrish was disappointed with the end result, but satisfied with his team's effort.
"I thought we played well all night," said Gerrish. "We had a lot of great opportunities, but hats off to them.
"The problem was, we just couldn't put it home," Gerrish added. "We had pressure, pressure, pressure, but (Gambo) just kept coming up with big saves. When the ball was loose in the area and he wasn't near there, we couldn't get a solid foot on it and they ended up clearing it.
"We had some opportunities, but we never had that clear-cut break."
Abington went into the game looking to score early, McGinness said, in order to keep the Cardinals from going into a defensive shell. McClafferty made that plan work to perfection less than three minutes into the game when he raced down the right side and fired a shot into the upper corner of the net past a Cardinals defender and diving goalkeeper Evan Stimpson for a quick Abington lead.
Both teams came out strong with end-to-end action, although the Cardinals applied the most pressure. Within a span of three minutes early in the game, Gambo stopped the Cardinals' Jake Armstrong after he had split a pair of defenders and Pat Grzybinski on a hard, low shot before catching a break when Armstrong couldn't find a loose rebound in front of the net and Nick DeLuca blasted it high.
The Cardinals squandered several first-half corner kicks, with Gambo making a diving save on a Austin Ferriera corner kick at the corner of the net late in the first half.
McClafferty, who scored five goals in a first-round win over South Shore Christian, was denied by Stimpson on a diving save midway through the second half, but iced the outcome against backup goalkeeper Brian Naughton in the final minute of injury time. McClafferty weaved his way through three Spellman defenders before unleashing a shot past a charging Naughton for the final margin.
"You go out with your head high," Gerrish said. "The loss hurts like heck, but you absolutely walk off here feeling good about yourself and the way you played. You can't play any better. We just didn't put it in the net."


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The H-racer is a COOL car that runs on actual clean hydrogen fuel. The H-racer also come with a solar panel and is sure to bring lots of fun to your child. But hey, let's all face it, those Dad's will LOVE these too, heck I want one!!!
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How's this for a toy car? The H-Racer is fueled through "a miniature solar-powered hydrogen refueling station that converts water to hydrogen using energy captured from the sun." Priced about $80, it would make a great Father's Day gift. (hint, hint)
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- Get vaccinated against the flu every year
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- Cough and sneeze into your sleeve, not your hands
- Stay home from work, school or childcare when sick
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- How appealing the video is to middle and high school students
MINNEAPOLIS, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, along with Kohl's Cares ® , today announced the placement of three finalists in the Kohl's Cares and Children's Flu Prevention PSA Video Contest: First place ($3,000): Eagan High School for "The Flu"Second place ($1,500): Minnehaha Academy for "Flu Break Up"Third place ($1,000): Mahtomedi High School for "Putting Off Homework" The results of the contest were announced on Children's Facebook page on April 1. New to the contest in 2013, Kohl's Cares ® and Children's gave the public a chance to vote in order to help pick the contest winners. After all the submitted videos passed through a round of voting by Children's staff, patients and volunteers, three videos were chosen to be voted on by the general public. "At Children's, we care for the sickest of the sick, and this year's flu season has been one of the most severe in recent memory, so the messages of prevention are as important as ever," said Patsy Stinchfield, director of pediatric infectious disease at Children's of Minnesota. "Our hope is that this contest has helped to educate and inform young people all across Minnesota about the importance of preventing the flu and that they will take what they've learned and share it with their family and friends." BackgroundSince 2009, Kohl's Cares ® has awarded a yearly grant to Children's of Minnesota to fund the Kohl's Cares and Children's Flu Prevention Project. The project offers flu vaccine clinics and educational assemblies at schools and Kohl's Department Stores around the Twin Cities to teach children and their parents about flu prevention. To date, Children's has received more than $5 million in programmatic support through the generosity of Kohl's Cares ® . The contestIn January, students from all middle and high schools in Minnesota were invited to enter the contest and worked under the supervision of a staff member at their school. The videos were judged by Children's staff, patients and volunteers on the following criteria:


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Following her painful split from longtime husband Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani fell in love with her "The Voice" costar Blake Shelton, and she was clearly smitten during her interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday (February 25).
It's no secret that she hit a snag while singing at the 2016 Grammy Awards earlier this week, but Adele got the chance to prove her prowess on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday (February 18).
As the enthusiastic studio audience looked on, the "Rumor Has It" singer belted out her sentimental ditty and sounded incredible.
Her career has been punctuated with mostly high notes, though when Adele hit a speed bump at the 2016 Grammy Awards on Monday (February 15) it was hard for her to handle.
"Furious 7" star Ronda Rousey was so devastated by her brutal Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) knockout she contemplated suicide.
The athlete and actress went into the fight against Holly Holm as the undefeated women's bantamweight champion, but suffered her first knockout in the second round.
Fans are excited for the February 26th debut of "Fuller House," and now Netflix is rolling out a fresh trailer to keep the hype building.
Following the success of 1990s series "Full House," the forthcoming show will star Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber as their characters try to navigate life as adults with children.
Given her European heritage Heidi Klum has always been a fan of nudity, and she showed off her unmentionables during her appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Friday (February 5).
The 42-year-old German goddess wore a skimpy black dress for her interview, and Ellen expressed a little concern regarding Klum's modesty- "Are you peeking? Did you test that dress out before you came out? Did you sit in it before you came out here?"
She always has a way of chasing down juicy gossip tidbits, and Ellen DeGeneres suckered George Clooney into a game of "Never Have I Ever" on Thursday's show (February 4).
He's a man of many talents and Zac Efron put his body to work on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday (January 20).
While promoting his new film "Dirty Grandpa," out on Friday (January 22nd), the "High School Musical" stud agreed to play a racy version of "Heads Up," much to Ellen's delight.


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Venezuela have created the occasional talent, but they rarely seem like they can create an elite team. Talents like Carlos Salazar and Jose Miguel Reyes prove they can create talented players, but sadly not enough for the success their fans would crave. For now it's Reyes whose name is on the back of the Venezuela soccer jerseys, but they're in need of a new talent to take his place.


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Now I have to encode this integer string back to a BCD array .Impossible, and pointless, until you get the conversion to string representation correct. Once you understand how to do that, and what it actually means, the converse is child's play.


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Kurnool Tourism
Kurnool Travel Guide
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Andhra Pradesh Tourism Destinations
Kurnool Info
- State: Andhra Pradesh
- Famous for/as: Heritage
- District: Kurnool
Kurnool is located in the southern banks of rivers Handri and Tungabhadra, in the west-central part of Andhra Pradesh. It is the largest of the four districts of Andhra Pradesh while the other three are Kadapa, Anantapur and Chittore. This region earlier was under the influence of the Hindu King, Sri Krishnadevaraya.
The name of the place as Kurnool was derived from Kandanavolu, which is a Telugu name found in the ancient inscriptions and in literature. In the year 1687, the last Mogul Emperor Aurungzeb conquered the Deccan and later on let the Nizams control the Andhra centre of Kurnool.
After some time, the Nizams and the Nawabs declared independence and later on ruled their independent regions of Hyderabad and Kurnool. The first ruler of Kurnool was Nawab Alaf Khan Bahadur and after his tenure, his descendants ruled the area for over 200 years. In the early 18th century, the Nawabs along with the sultans fought against the British Empire.
The climatic conditions in Kurnool keep on changing. There are seasonal variations in the temperature throughout the year with summers being very hot in the months of April and May. The temperature is at its peak in the month of May with the months of January and February being the pleasant ones.
The popular celebrations held here include the Car festival of Kurnool, held during the months of November and December for eight days from Margasira Suddha Triodasi. This festival is dedicated to Sri Ajaneyaswami. Other than the festivals, the popular places to visit in the city are the ruins of the historical fort of the 15th century with several Persian and Arabic influences.
Other popular tourist destinations include the ancient prison of Kurnool Fort by the name of Kondareddy Burz. Located on the banks of the River Handri is the 17th century tomb of Abdul Wahab and the ruins of the palace of the last Hindu ruler, Gopal Raju. The places with religious importance are the temples of Nagareswarasawami, Peta Anjaneyaswami, Venugoplaswami, Iswaraswami, Saibaba and Birla Mandir or Satyanarayaswami.
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- K s r c murthy
- 3 Reviews
- Posted Mar 7, 2017
A place which is very easy to go to all nearby places. Hotels bus station & Railway station are nearby. Hotels are good and also good. Places like Alampur, Gadwala, yaganti, Mahanadi, Belum caves, rock garden, kodareddy buruju & mantralayam and many more places to see from Kurnool.
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- Nithin koneru
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"Very Classy hotel, Best in Kurnool"
- Posted Feb 1, 2017
The best hotel in Kurnool, Food is very tasty & good. Hotel cleanliness & maintenance is very good. The hotel also is in a prime location & very good for the parking and for the other facilities. Room service is also good. You can also see the famous kondareddy buruju in the nearby location
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- Somesh
- Lives in Hyderabad
- 2 Reviews
"Nice place with good facilities"
- Posted Dec 9, 2015
I am having Very good experience with Kurnool and visited rock garden but hotel facilities still needs improvement and other facilities also need to provide. State Government has to take care about this kind issues. Kurnool city have very good potential for touring by all facilities.
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- Arun kumar
- Lives in Vijayawada
- 5 Reviews
"Place of Spiritual destinations"
- Posted Sep 21, 2015
Kurnool is a first capital of Andhra state after separation from Madras. Also known as Gateway of Rayalaseema. Entire district is famous for it's spiritual destinations. This is a beautiful, peaceful place in AP ruled by Krishnadevaraya. Once upon a time they use to sell diamonds and rubies on roads in Kurnool. Many historical places are there in Kurnool.
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- Nirajan
- Lives in Delhi
- 8 Reviews
- Posted Sep 14, 2015
Kurnool is a good place in AP, I was visiting a Iron ore mines. I was feeling very good at SLV Residency. I like most Kurnool environment, I visited some shopping mall store, I will be visiting Kurnool again with my friends & my family.
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- Prakash Manjrekar
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Rupala Sangameswara Temple located on Jagannatha Hill near B. Thandrapadu in Kurnool district. This temple is dedicated to Lord Siva. The shivalinga is of 6 feet height and 2 feet in width which is made up of granite stone. When the Srisailam Dam was constructed the Rupala Sangameswara Temple has been dismantled and reconstructed above the Jagannatha Hill top near Kurnool under the guidance of Kanchi Kama Koti swami. The sculptures and beautiful carvings at this temple are very nice. Being on the top of the hill it has a serene atmosphere. This is one the popular tourist site located near Kurnool city.
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- Shiv Charan
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"One of the best Spiritual and Heritage destination"
- Posted Apr 28, 2015
In fact Kurnool is a First capital of Andhra state after separation from Madras. Also known as Gateway of Rayalaseema. Entire district is famous for it's spiritual destinations so one who is looking to have a Spiritual & Heritage journey can definitely visit this place.
Konda Reddy fort is the first place you come across, It's just the symbolic representation of Kurnool district. Ancient fort built by Konda Reddy king. One of the Heritage site. Rock gardens just a 30min journey from City (Shooting spot ) and Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary .
Kurnool Sona Masuri rice is famous all over the world. One can buy rice from this city. "Uggani" along with Bhajji is the famous dish of Rayalaseema you can't get this kind of dish in any other place.
Kurnool district is surrounded by several temples like Srisailam, Alampur , Mantralayam, Ahobilam, Yaganti, Mahanandi etc.
You can reach Kurnool by Road/Rail as it is having a connectivity to South Indian cities like Hyderabad / Bangalore / Tirupati / Chennai. If by Air you need to get down at Hyderabad which is 210 KM away & 3 hrs ride in car.
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- Sree Harsha
- 19 Reviews
- Posted Oct 1, 2014
This is a beautiful place and a peaceful place in AP. It was ruled by Krishna deva raya. Once upon a time they used sell diamonds and rubies on roads in kurnool. Many historical places are there in kurnool. It is the first capital of AP. Britishers built many churches and bridges in this city.
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- Giridharan Balaraman
- Lives in Hyderabad
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- Posted Nov 17, 2012
Central town from where we can plan visits to a number of places around like Mantralayam, Belum Caves, Srisailam, Ahobilam, Mahanandi etc.Good hotel facilities are available.
Food, sight-seeing and shopping: number of good joints for eating and lots of local shopping to be done. Lots of cultural and religious sight seeing around kurnool.
Activities & things to do: Bird watching, exploring the caves in Belum, visiting Gadwal for handlooms, temple trip to ahobilam, mantralayam and srisailam,
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Lies on the NH7 from Hyd and very easy to reach as its well sign posted.
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- Sathish Chowdry
- 2 Reviews
- Posted Oct 15, 2012
Kurnool is very good city. there is number historic places are there like kondareddy buruju, mosq etc,from kurnool you will have number of good places to see
Food, sight-seeing and shopping: All kind of items are available, shopping is not much exiting here
Activities & things to do: nothing
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: From Hyderabad number of buses available to kurnool
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Hanging with the outlaws
Sitting at my desk at the newspaper a week ago, I got a tweet from CrunchBang's lead developer Philip Newborough: They're talking about you on #LO.
Hmmm. It's not the first time I've been talked about, and thanks to the heads-up from Philip, I got to sit in on a taping of Linux Outlaws No. 302, which is now out in the wider world here. The quote that gave me worldwide renown, at least on Linux Outlaws, was from a recent blog about Ubuntu: "The gravity with which Canonical pulls Ubuntu further from its original FOSS orbit is nothing short of tragic."
Linux Outlaws, according to their page, talks about anything that runs on Linux, about open source software on other platforms and many other things. Dan Lynch and Fabian Scherschel are the hosts of Linux Outlaws, and the pair go into great detail on the news and other happenings in the Linux/FOSS world. As described on the site, listening to the show is very much like listening to two friends sitting in a pub, having fun and talking about things they find interesting — and thanks to the modern miracle of podcasts, it's like you're there with them, pint in hand.
There is gratuitous swearing and neither Dan nor Fabian pull any punches when describing shortcomings or stupidity, intentional or not, and calling people out for it. Ranting seems to be par for the course — again, in a good way, and Dan tends to be low-key and methodical in his analysis while Fabian positions himself on opposite side of that spectrum, sometimes redlining the needle on the rant tachometer. It's all thought-provoking and informative, punctuated with humor and hilarity.
Of course, while Linux Outlaws is not for the faint of heart, it's still clearly worth a listen.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the edited podcast yet, and as I write this, they're doing the live taping of Episode 303 — and I find myself having to explain to my colleagues what I'm laughing at (long story). However, the live broadcast for 302 was incredibly entertaining, and they have earned a regular fan here.
Keep up the great work, guys!
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software in his individual consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
What's that sound?
Originally I had planned to write about Philip Newborough of Lincoln, England, who some know as corenominal and who even others know as the lead developer of CrunchBang GNU/Linux. The tale I had originally conceived to put on pixels here was how Philip not only talks the FOSS talk, but he also walks the FOSS walk: He has decided to leave gainful employment recently in order to concentrate on developing CrunchBang.
That's no small feat, for starters, and it takes an enormous amount of courage to make that proverbial leap, especially when one has a family, as Philip does. Additionally, this leap of faith multiplies by a factor of several due to the enormous amount of confidence in the project one must have to press forward with this life-altering change.
Fortunately for Philip, his Debian-based distro CrunchBang does not let him down.
And while I had planned to write about Philip and how he took the plunge, I thought it would be a better blog to talk about the improvements he has made to what can clearly be described as the best distro you've never heard of.
With the cacophony of writers singing the praises of Linux Mint on the release of Linux Mint 12 Lisa, it might be a good idea to listen to the more dulcet tones of a Crash and a Bang and take a look the new release of CrunchBang Statler as well.
Over the weekend, Philip made available some updated CrunchBang Statler images. The changes were somewhat profound and, as Philip points out in his blog, "the new images are not really about additional features, but more about what has been removed and/or cleaned up (although there are a few new features to look forward to)."
CrunchBang is going the window manager route with Openbox, so that means Xfce version of CrunchBang is retired. the main thing to have been removed/retired is the Xfce version. "Besides," Philip writes, "there are plenty of brilliant Xfce based distributions available, and if you know what you are doing, installing Xfce under Debian is really not too difficult."
GDM? Gone, and it's replaced by SLiM.
Plymouth? Gone, and the decision to remove it was really a personal preference. "I apologise to any bling lovers, but personally, I believe that graphical boot loaders take away more than they give," Philip writers. "Also, CrunchBang is not really an exercise in branding and so removing a flashing logo is not a problem at all."
So what's new and/or added to CrunchBang Statler?
Openbox 3.5 — The latest and greatest version of the window manager.
Iceweasel/Firefox 8 replaces Chromium 9 — CrunchBang seems to switch back-and-forth between default browsers, according to Philip, probably like a lot of users
do. "I do not think this is problem, but merely reflects the state of browser development and availability at the time." Agreed.
Geany replaces gedit — Geany is highly configurable, has lots of great plugins and is desktop environment independent. So it serves as an adequate replacement.
Gigolo and Thunar for managing connections to remote file systems — CrunchBang Statler includes Gigolo, configuring it to work out-of-the-box with Thunar. It is now simple to connect to remote file systems via SSH and Samba, among others.
LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice.org — Writes Philip: "Actually, CrunchBang ships with AbiWord and Gnumeric, but many people choose to install a more feature rich office suite via the CrunchBang post installation script. The script has been changed to suggest LibreOffice."
I've been using CrunchBang since July on a second laptop that usually accompanies me wherever I go (long story there, but part of it can be found in an old blog here). I have always liked the speed CrunchBang afforded this old laptop, and if it runs this well on older hardware, it must fly on newer machines.
You can easily consider me a convert to the ranks of the CrunchBangers, and as such I put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. Philip and CrunchBang are raising funds to get things off the ground, and I'd invite you to join me in donating to help CrunchBang along.
So thanks to Philip and the CrunchBang team for making an excellent distro.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)


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New Mexico Telegram » Entries tagged with "Nate Silver"
Cook Political Report: Pearce still very likely to win CD2, but not a sure thing
The Cook Political Report made waves on Thursday when it moved 14 House races towards Democrats as a result of the government shutdown and the resulting shift in public opinion. One of those races is New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, where the electoral prognosticators moved it from "Solid R" to "Likely R." This means that Republicans are still heavily favored to keep the seat — but it isn't a sure thing any more. The Rothenburg Political Report … Read entire article »
Silver: Udall second safest Dem Senator in 2014
According to electoral predictions wizard Nate Silver, Tom Udall is among the safest Democrat Senators up for election in 2014. Silver listed Udall as only behind Rhode Island's Jack Reed on list of most Democratic seats in his "initial snapshot" of the 2014 Senatorial elections. Other Senators that are among the safest seats are in Democratic bastions like Delaware (Chris Coons), Hawaii (Brian Schatz) and Illinois (Richard Durbin). Virginia's Mark Warner is also put in there despite … Read entire article »


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A newly developed tattoo ink will soften the definition of permanent. The company Freedom-2 Inc. of Camden, New Jersey has created tattoo inks that can be removed with a single laser treatment, which substantially improves upon the standard series of multiple laser treatments needed to destroy tattoo ink within the skin.
Working with scientists at Harvard Medical School, Rutgers-Camden Technology Campus, and Brown University, Freedom-2"! Inc. encapsulated water soluble pigments within polymers. The microencapsulation process in which the pigments are captured within polymers was designed by Edith Mathiowitz of Brown University. When the polymer capsules within the tattooed skin are broken during a single laser treatment, the pigment within becomes unprotected and will gradually be absorbed by the body. Roughly eight weeks are needed for the inks to disappear from the skin.
When Discover Magazine reported on the new tattoo ink, it described the ink release process as similar to how scratch-and-sniff stickers work. The laser treatment is the "scratch" that breaks the inks out of the polymer and lets them dissolve.
The inks developed by Freedom-2 Inc. come in a variety of colors, and the company, as of the end of 2007, was poised to begin large scale production and market the inks to tattoo artists. The company says that the tattoo pigments are organic and designed to minimize adverse physical reactions like allergies when released into the body during a tattoo removal. For example, vegetable based substances like beta carotene that comes from carrots go into the pigments.
Freedom-2 Inc. has put considerable investments into developing the easy to remove tattoo inks. The Courier-Post of Camden, New Jersey reported that the tattoo ink company raised $5.5 million from a New York group of investors and will then need another $5 million to cover start up costs of manufacturing and marketing the inks.
The option to choose easier to remove tattoo inks could ease misgivings about the permanency of tattoos that some people have. And even when people are totally committed to a tattoo, the use of the inks developed by Freedom-2 Inc. would come in handy in the event of a change of heart in the future.
With tattoos becoming a common part of many people's lives, there has been a rise in the number of people who want to remove tattoos. A Harris Interactive Survey found that tattoos inspired by former lovers and spouses are the number one type of tattoos that people want to remove. So, when love doesn't last forever, the tattoo doesn't have to either with the new inks.
"Tattoo Technology Gives Exit Strategy" by Eileen Smith, Courier-Post, November 4th, 2007.
"Regret-Me-Not" by Morgen Peck, Discover Magazine, November 2007, p. 12.


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Switching from marine head to porta potty
Mr. cthoops (aka Pegu Club) and I are the new owners of a 1975 Bristol Corsair 24' 7" (our first boat).
The boat came with a manual marine head and never-used holding tank, but we want to remove the holding tank and head and switch to a port potty. We like to keep things simple, and having a couple of less thruhulls is appealing. Given that it's never been used, we figure this is the perfect time to do it.
Is this a difficult job, or is it something that a couple of newbies can do? Approximately how long can it take? Most importantly, can someone point me to a link or even a book that would describe how to do this?
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
Really ?
Have you ever carried a full porta-potty to a head and dumped it? Familiar with the expression "Gag a vulture off a gut wagon"?
I spent half my life dreaming of the day I'd have a boat big enough to have a real head, don't remove it.
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
I can appreciate the desire to simplify. The prospect of tearing apart the head on my boat to rebuild it really isn't something that I'm thrilled with But, as Capttpb said, dumping the port-a-potty really isn't something I'm thrilled with, either. In the end, I'd rather rebuild the head every few years and handle the "mess" via a pump-out rather than having to carry a feces and urine filled port-a-potty to whatever location it needs to go to before I can dump it. But that's just my opinion. If you do decide to switch, do your best to keep the tank, etc. in place for the next owner. There may even be a way of plugging up the thru-hull without permanently glassing it over that would still address your concern.
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
I know that people have strong opinions re: marine heads vs porta potties, and my intent wasn't to rekindle that debate. I'm just looking for info on removing the tank and head. It looks like a fairly simple procedure from what I've seen. Cut the hoses, take out the tank, repeat with head. Is that true, or am I missing something?
Why a port a potty rather than a composting head? Best of both worlds (and better than both in some ways). That's what I intend to replace the port a potty with on my boat eventually.
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Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
there's nothing too it, pull it all out throw it away, fill the holes next time you haul out. I use a bucket and always will. All heads stink.
PS I've yet to have a single girl aboard that wouldn't use the bucket.
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
Might affect re-sale value. Anyway, if you look up filling holes in boats with fiberglass, epoxy, backing plates covering the holes. Cost of hauling boat and launching, store on land cost, labor cost, materials. Don Casey's books are a possibility.
The hoses are really tuff and strong and so are the thru hulls and your life may depend on a good job done by somebody in sealing the hole.
..Is there anything that bothers you about the holding tank ? Where are you going to dump the porta potti ?
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
I don't believe the boat was originally designed with one to begin with so the whole system needed to be kind of jury rigged. The holding tank takes up quite a bit of what is already limited storage, it doesn't seem to be in the best location (aft of amidships with the head in the vberth), the hoses, the thruhulls, the winterizing, etc.
I'm the kind of girl who has no problem using a lady j and a water bottle when I have to pee, so frankly between that and the marina heads, I doubt the porta potty will get much use anyway. Given all of that, it seems easier overall to just get rid of the system.
The marina has a portable pumpout and dump station, and bathrooms.
Re: Switching from marine head to porta potty
I personally don't have the problems with a porta-pottie as others here do. They actually are pretty easily maintained... so I don't really get the stigma...
HOWEVER, a head with a holding tank is a good thing (in my opinion of course)... the ONLY reason I'd kill myself removing it, would be if pump out facilities are hard to find (which is my case)...
As far as removing it... your biggest problem is the through hull. You can leave the holding tank and cork it (but it may be just as easy to remove). Cutting out all the hoses is pretty straightforward. The through hull can be stoppered for now (if the boat is in the water)... then again at next haul out you can affect repairs on your schedule. Honestly, I think the job is doable by a noob... just have to be thorough. Also be prepared to haul the boat back out if it fails on relaunch!
Again, I wouldn't remove a functioning head with a holding tank for a porta pottie (because of the work)... but if it's because pump-outs are hard to get to... then by all means.
As far as not having any women aboard that wouldn't use a bucket... well, that MAY be but he also might not have had many aboard! or ones that came back! PP and Head is a little more civilized at least.
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Aug 2011
Arcing horns on rural HT distribution networks are considered to be a good first line of defense against lightning strikes for both the lines and associated equipment and the downstream transformers to consumers' premises. Their widespread use in the general overhead distribution networks is justified by both their low cost and their low maintenance factor. For a better level of protection at overhead system entry points into switchyards, the more sophisticated MOV arrestor is used because of its superior ability to divert the lightning surge away from the equipment it is protecting. But because they are considerably much more expensive than pairs of arcing horns they tend to be used only where the equipment being protected is much higher in value and more easily damaged by transients.
Although considered to be old technology and widespread throughout first world rural areas for basic, first-line protection for electrical HT distribution networks against damage from lightning strikes, the omission of the installation of arcing horns, leading to loss of HT equipment in a local consumer's substation, has recently been encountered. Not only did the consumer suffer sizeable damage to his incoming substation installation, but there was also a considerable loss encountered through business interruption. The simple action of placing arcing horns at the nearest 'upstream' and 'downstream' support structures from the consumer's point of connection to the HT supply would have considerably reduced the risk of exposure to damage from a lightning strike entering the distribution system anywhere close by.
The elevated plateau topography of the area where the distribution network to the consumer's premises was located made it more than reasonable to consider that it would be prone to lightning strike damage. The facility affected was rurally located and remote from any other buildings or structures that could have presented a favourable alternative 'target' for a lightning strike. Considering these aspects, it was a profile that placed this installation in a category where there was a high likelihood of lightning strikes to be expected.
Arcing horns are basically a means of providing an air-gap interposed between the live side of the equipment and earth potential. They present an immediate path to earth accessible across an air-gap 'tuned' to the voltage of the circuit they are protecting. The air-gap is set so that dielectric strength of the air between the tip of the earthed electrode and the tip of the electrode connected to the live side of the installation being protected is sufficient to withstand breakdown at the 'line voltage' of the installation. When a voltage transient enters the HT distribution system such as that generated by HT switching, or more commonly a lightning strike, the voltage difference across the air-gap exceeds the breakdown voltage across the air-gap. At this point a spark forms which ionizes the air between the electrodes and considerable current flows, maintaining the arc until the potential difference on the line side of the installation has been discharged. This protects the 'downstream' equipment from the damaging current flows associated with lightning damage.
Extra high tension transmission lines often have their suspension insulator strings protected with arcing horns in order to divert the lightning discharge to the air gap rather than have the discharges finding their way to earth across the creepage paths on the insulator sheds, thus causing them to shatter with the heating effect from the passage of high levels of current.
Rurally located outdoor transformers are generally protected in this way with arcing horns set up across the HT bushings for the transformer so that any lightning strikes on the HT supply line to the transformer are discharged across the air-gap and are thus prevented from entering the transformer.
The transformer in our case mentioned at the beginning of this article had sustained a partially abated lightning strike within the substation. Some of the energy from the strike had been diverted through the rupturing of the insulation of the HT cable to the substation. Further energy from the strike had been diverted when the interposing HT switchgear had been compromised by flashovers. The walls of the transformer tank had comprised cooling fins and these had all enlarged. The HT windings of the transformer had been wound with resin reinforced fiberglass tapes and these had melted with the heat pulse generated by the lightning strike. Remarkably the transformer windings had remained intact and still exhibited good levels of insulation resistance.
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No reviews or costs, just what I've been told. Ruger Blackhawk=Heap good gun! Hope you find a one!
I'm in the market for a Ruger Blackhawk Convertable .45 Colt/.45 ACP.
It looks "built tough" and can handle both of these rounds by simply
changing cylinders.I also want to upgrade my arsonal to handle heavier
loads.I'm getting rid of my lightweights and going for more power."My choice".
The only lightweight I prefer is my little .380 LCP..I'll never part with it.I am
upgrading my carry gun to a Ruger LCR .357/.38 .Both the Blackhawk and the
LCR in those covertables are hard to find weapons,but I'm patient.
My quetion is,can any of you give a review on these?Cost?Thanks.
No reviews or costs, just what I've been told. Ruger Blackhawk=Heap good gun! Hope you find a one!
I can't talk about the Blackhawk. Or its cost.
I do have an Italian (Pieta via EMF) SAA clone in .45 Long Colt. Used to be my trail gun. I wanted more pop.
The max load I've used in this gun is standard Win. 225 grain Silvertip hollowpoints.
Muzzle Velocity: 920 fps Muzzle Energy: 423 ft. lbs
This is a "pretty much the same" as your standard .45 ACP.
I've also used the "same deal" from Federal in their "Champion .45 Colt" 225 grain semi-wadcutter hollow poiints.
Muzzle Velocity: 900 fps Muzzle Energy: 405 ft. lbs
Same deal as the Silvertips. I'm kinda partial to "Silver".
Obviously the Blackhawk can eat this level of stuff for the rest of its (and yours) life.
However, shooting factory ammo in .45 LC ain't cheap.
I think there is some .45 LC +P stuff around. But, I haven't tried any. I just jumped to the next level.
Because my other gun that eats .45 LC is a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan. Big and HEAVY gun.
But, it's a totally "different deal" being a double-action 2 1/2" barrel snubby.
"Standard" .45 LC recoil with loads described above in this gun is pretty mild.
.454 Casull recoil in this snubby isn't really all that bad.
What makes "you RECOIL" is the price of .454 Casull factory ammo.
MagTech does make a "decent mid-range" velocity/energy load for about $32 for 20.
Federal makes a "mild" .454 Casull load. Their "Fusion" 260 grain hollowpoint. $44.95 for 20.
Muzzle Velocity: 1350 fps Muzzle Energy: 1050 ft.
If my memory serves, this is about "the range" of .45 LC +P.
And, a real "heavy load", Win. Supreme Nosler Partition Gold 260 grain, is my trail self-defense load.
Muzzle Velocity: 2000 fps Muzzle Energy: 2309 ft. lbs
This should take care of most anything that walks in North America. For about $2 plus a pop.
Another viable and fun combo is .44 Magnum as your heavy with .44 Special as your "reduced load".
Playing around in any of these sandboxes will quickly make you see the economics of investing
in a progressive reloading setup.
The .454 Casull.I'd love to have one.Why?I don't really know.I don't
have bear or anything close to it here in South Texas.I guess just
to show my friends that monster.I do reload.Make my own bullets.
It cost me more than expected to get set up for what I do.A couple of
.45 L.C.s and one .44 Mag.I'm hopeing that the cost will dwindle
on the money I save doing this.I'm wanting the .45/.45 ACP Ruger
just to kill 2 birds with one stone.It is supposed to be a simple swap
out of cylinders.No tools.Heard from other web sites that the older
model cylinders would jam.Ruger has this new model,that I have heard
little about.I've read what I could.I figure if it has problems,Ruger would
fix it free?Anyways,I have to find one first.No one in the U.S. seems
to have a new model.All are on "back order".Same as the Ruger
LCR in .357 Magnum.Oh well.Maybe someones trying to tell me something.
I have the .357/9mm, convertible, Ruger Blackhawk. I bought it used in good shape with the two cylinders. During the ammo crunch a couple of years ago, it was a great piece to take out and shoot, with any of .357, .38 special, or 9 mm ammo. It works great and is one of my "go to" pieces, when I go to the range. npdxc
I hav ethe 45lc/45acp blackhawk and the cylinders swap out just like a single six. Takes just a few seconds to drop the loading gate, pull the base pin and the cylider will fall right out. It's an excelent & fun gun to have!
talldrink=Did you have trouble finding it?I have gone all over the net,checked with my
gun dealers here locally,and have had no luck.How much did you have to give for it?
Any problems to speak of?Will it handle +P loads?Thanks,bayhawk
I bought it second hand as it just kinda "fell in my lap" back in Sept. Wasn't really looking for another SA, but I couldn't pass it up. I've shot about 200 ACP and performs perfectly. Really there isn't much to go wrong with it. Haven't shot a full box of LC yet as they are just cowboy loads. I didn't receive the box or papers so I'm not for sure about +P loads, but I would be VERY surprised if it couldn't handle it. They're pretty robust. If I come up with the PDF manual online I'll take a look. It shouldn't be much of a search on google to find a free copy.
talldrink-Thanks for the info.Sounds like you were lucky
on your find.Hold on to it.It seems to be a very rare and in
demand weapon.Supposedly they made these sometime back
and quit making them.They had problems with the cylinders sticking.
The newer ones,like you have,are the good ones.As you have
described.I have my name on the list from a few dealers I know.
I think they will be in the ballpark of $530 or so.Maybe a little more.
Once again thanks,and have a great new year.
I bought one of these recently. Very handson weapon, built like a tank, and great fit and finish. Couple of downers though. First, the gun shoots high even with rear sight cranked all the way down, and I'm not talking a little bit. Second, although I was able to get the ACP cylinder to group about 2.5" the best the 45 Colt cyl would do is like dinner plate sized. I have read that the cylinder throat often needs to be reamed out a bit for these to get good accuracy. And I have read of complaints of short front sights. So overall first impressions are not great. But I will take the issue up with Ruger, and will let you know how it turns out.
holejack-Since my original post in January,I have got one of the
Ruger .45 colt/.45 ACP convertables.Everything you gave on
your review is true in my weapon also.I cast my own bullets
so the first problem I had was that the bullets would'nt
go into the cylinders but about 3/4 of the way then stop.
I sized my bullets and they just would'nt go.As you also say,
I did ream the throats of the cylinders and all is good now.
I didn't really get to check the acuracy of the gun before reaming
the throats.
The acuracy is now very good.I had to work
up some loads to get it right.It did start out shooting high.
I had to adjust it all the way down and it is just enough to make my
rounds about right with a flush bead.I had basicly the same thing with
the windage adjustment.I now love this gun,especially with the
.45 ACP.Cheap rounds to reload and the brass at my range is plentiful.
By the way,I did call Ruger about the cylinder throats being to tight,and
he asked if I was shooting re-loads.I said yes and it was the end of the
conversation.He didn't want to hear my complaint after that.I've heard
others call Ruger about reaming the cylinders,even with factory ammo not
fitting.Ruger will not ream the cylinders.B/H
I've had a Ruger .45 ACP/.45 LC Blackhawk 'new model' Convertible since 1986 and absolutely love it!
Prices back then aren't really relevant today, but I paid $275 for it used in as-new condition. I rarely shoot it
with the .45 ACP cyclinder and use factory ammo when I do. However I often shoot the Long Colt and normally handload the ammo for it. My favorite bullet is a 238 gr. cast semi-wad cutter, Lyman mold #452423. For comfortable loads I use either 5.2 gr. of Bullseye powder, or 8.5 gr. of Unique for higher velocity. I've also
made up some hotter loads using the same bullet with either 6.5 gr. of Bullseye or 10.3 gr. of Unique.
About 6000 rounds have gone through this Blackhawk over the years in without the first problem. I haven't
had any of those problems loading the cyclinders either, but perhaps it's because my freshly-cast bullets are
always sized to .451 when lubed.
I hope this is useful.
I have two Ruger .45Colt/.45 ACP revolvers, one 7 1/2", one 4 5/8" barrel. Both have Super Blackhawk grip frames and have been color case hardened by Doug Turnbull. The 7 1/2" gun has nearly 20,000 rounds fired through it, the shorter gun maybe 15,000 or so. Most of my shooting has been in .45 Colt, the .45 ACP just for novelty.
As to heavy loads, I've used the big 350 gr. bullet intended for the .45-70 pushed to around 1200 fps with both H110 and H4227 powders.
They're great guns.
Bob Wright
I have a Super Blackhawk in .38/.357/9mm. It loves 158gr LSWC's & Trailboss for a plinking load. I've never had a problem with the 9mm, the shells fall in and out of the cylinder.
LCR 357 is about 6 1/2 inches long and weights about 17 oz empty.The best deal I have seen here in Missouri is 465.00.It has a pretty good recoil but the trigger is very smooth.You can get Crimson Trace.The 38 LCR has been out here for awhile and they are going for about 600.00 with Crimson Trace.


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