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text: Metabolic Syndrome and Soft Drink ConsumptionRegular soft drinks contain sugar, which adds calories to your diet. Sugary drinks also raise insulin levels. This causes you to put on more visceral fat—fat deep inside, around the stomach and other organs. Too much visceral fat can raise certain blood proteins, and that can lead to metabolic syndrome.When insulin is high after a sugary drink, it may increase hunger. That hunger may lead to overeating. You might even reach for another soda, thus continuing the cycle.Even diet soda can be a problem. Studies have shown that drinking diet soda on a regular basis can actually lead to weight gain. The exact reason is still unknown. It might be that diet soda triggers the insulin response. Or, it might be that people tend to drink diet soda along with sugary foods that have this effect.Try to stop drinking or drink less of both regular and diet soft drinks. If you drink soda, pair it with raw fruits and vegetables or nuts. The fiber in these foods can help control the insulin response.Make use of the new nutrition labels on foods that will identify grams of added sugar in drinks and other foods. This will help you to choose healthier alternatives. Health Encyclopedia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Health Library

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This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
November 27, 2011
Anyway, after PT I asked the nurse to check out some of the dressings that were in need of some attention, so she did and asked the on duty doctor to come by. He did, and said that they bandages did look a little more colored than usual, and that they should place additional padding on, as the dressings were going to be changed in the morning anyway. I said that, that was all I wanted in the first place, but I needed to have one of the medical team do it. Tomorrow, prior to the new dressings going on I believe Jason is going to get a shower, and that is something he is really looking forward to. You always feel so much better after a shower, and there is some real healing done when you're clean.
Not much else going on today. We did have a couple of visitors today, two nice ladies from the Wounded Warrior group, Doreen and Barbara. The difference is that they came while Jason was down at PT, so we didn't have the Red Book with us, so they didn't sign the book. They did leave us with their contact information, and said they would help in locating a house for Jason and his family. We'll get them to sign the book next time they come by - in about a week or so. Otherwise Jason and I watched some football (well, actually only a couple of quarters of two different games); Jason played a video game that he plays on line and I did some web searches for a rental property. Finally, we watched The Green Lantern (the movie), and when it was over I took it, and Super Eight, back to the Red Box. We still have the fourth Pirates movie, and we'll watch that tomorrow.
Overall, I'd have to say it was a good day. The weather has been excellent, and we are both feeling good. We have visitors coming this week, from home, so it is going to be a good week. Thank you, for all your prayers and the continued support.
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What a strong advocate you are for Jason.ReplyDelete
God bless...
We're so happy that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that for you all were able to visit with so many family members! Continued healing thoughts coming your way- from all of us at DLC!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 7:31 PM
So glad the Ross family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!ReplyDelete
Jason is the inspiration for me during the trying times our country is going through. Your family is what makes our country great.
My thoughts are with you every morning when I read your blog.
Hoping you will find the "right" home for Jason and Bridgette soon. I so look forward to seeing the family together and "getting on" with their lives.
Thanks George....for your daily blog!!!!
Jason and George ROCK!!
An Air Force mom from Pleasanton!
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM
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Be sure to try the mexican food from El Indio. Great take out, a San Diego favorite. On India St, not too far from where you are.Washington exit from I-5. The bag of chips is a must. Bob grew up in San Diego & all his family is there, so we go to El Indio whenever we go down.
Carol Edson told me about your blog and I'm slowly catching up. God bless all of you in this journey you are on. You are an inspiration to all of us.
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Threats to the once-mighty Colorado River may seem insurmountable, causing a potentially catastrophic scenario for the millions who depend on it, but there is still hope. In the new film Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for a New West, Executive Producer Robert Redford and Producer James Redford offer solutions for the future of the American West.
The Colorado River cuts through seven U.S. and two Mexican states; it is the lifeline to expanding populations and booming urban centers that demand water for drinking, sanitation and energy generation. A large majority of the river's water is used for agriculture, and the river runs dry before it reaches the Gulf of California. Unless we do something soon, the river will continue to retreat.
In the movie we spend time with several individuals who rely on water from the Colorado: a fly fishing guide in the Rockies, a restoration worker, a Navajo Council member, the Mayor of Rifle Colorado, a native of Los Angeles, and a group of Outward Bound teens rafting the Colorado. Viewers have the opportunity to see how each of the individuals conserves water in places from Los Angeles to organic farms in Colorado and hear how their daily lives are shaped by water. This is done from a human interest point of view and it never feels preachy or too extreme; it keeps your interest because you want to learn more about the people in the film. Watershed does an excellent job of capturing the magic of water, and showing how vital water is to life.
Saturday was the film's Southwest U.S Premier; the sold out event packed The Water Conservation Garden amphitheater at Cuyamaca College. Watershed is one of the best films I have seen about water and definitely hits its goal of making water interesting to consumers.
The Best Advice of the Evening
After the movie Peggy Pico, Host of KPBS Evening Edition, moderated a discussion with panelists Jamie Redford, Watershed Producer; Francisco Zamora Arroyo, Director of the Colorado Delta Legacy Program, Sonoran Institute; James Smyth, General Manager, Sweetwater Authority; Jill Witkowski, Waterkeeper, San Diego Coastkeeper; Robert MacClean, President, Cal American Water. The panelist made brief statements and the amphitheater was opened for questions. One of the responses from the audience came from a representative from the Surf Rider Foundation who addressed the audience with a long explanation of the need for conservation and criticized the film for not being tougher on Agriculture. Redford responded by explaining the film was intended as Water Conservation 101, and he and his team had thought long and hard about how to present the information. They concluded the message had to be presented in a way that did not come across as extreme so viewers wouldn't feel alienated. It was the best way to get more people interested in and involved with water conservation. I thought this was extremely good advice and something all of us need to remember as we push our water conservation efforts forward.
There is opportunity for you to hold a screening of the movie yourself, if you like. You can find details about that here. This is not only a must-see water management winner, but a great human interest story too. So if you get a chance to see the movie, I wouldn't miss it. You don't have to be a water conservationist to enjoy it.
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Stork enamine alkylation
The Stork enamine alkylation, involves the addition of an enamine to an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl acceptor in a process similar to the Michael reaction.[1] The product is then hydrolyzed by an aqueous acid to produce a 1,5-dicarbonyl compound.
The process:
- formation of an enamine from a ketone
- addition of the enamine to an alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone
- hydrolysis of the enamine back to a ketone
When the electrophile is an acyl halide, a 1,3-diketone is formed (Stork acylation).[2] The reaction is named after its inventor: Gilbert Stork.
In a special case of this reaction type it is also possible to alkylate ketones or aldehydes with alkyl halides as less reactive electrophiles:[3]
In this method a carbonyl compound is converted to an imine by alkylimino-de-oxo-bisubstitution with a primary amine. The imine is then reacted with an Grignard reagent to the corresponding magnesium salt to an intermediate capable of displacing a halide. Hydrolysis once again yields the alkylated ketone.
- ^ McMurry, John (21 March 2003). Organic Chemistry (Hardcover) (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson-Brooks/Cole. ISBN 0-534-38999-6.
- ^ March, Jerry (1985), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (3rd ed.), New York: Wiley, ISBN 0-471-85472-7
- ^ A New Method for the Alkylation of Ketones and Aldehydes: the C-Alkylation of the Magnesium Salts of N-Substituted Imines Gilbert Stork and Susan R. Dowd J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1963; 85(14) pp 2178–80; doi:10.1021/ja00897a040


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So today I changed my oil - (mobil 1 ftw) and as I finished I found something that bothered me sitting at the bottom of my old oil pan . . .
the damn washer that was supposed to go on my oil drain plug.
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So I can either A) try to be as fast as possible at unscrewing, then rescrewing and add more $$$ Mobil one accordingly, or
B) Leave it screwed in like it is, keep the washer and not worry about it till next oil change.
How critical is that little guy?? HELP! What should i do?? can I get away with it for this one change??
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Benjamin Netanyahu's two-month-old broadened coalition hit its first crisis yesterday over the controversial issue of compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Shaul Mofaz, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the centrist Kadima party, warned that the Israeli Prime Minister had a "matter of days" to implement the report of a committee chaired by a Kadima Knesset member recommending a major increase in military service by the ultra-Orthodox.
The threat of a walkout by the party, whose entry to the government expanded the ruling coalition to a formidable 94 out of 120 Knesset seats, follows a decision by Mr Netanyahu to "dissolve" the committee in the face of opposition to the proposal by the ultra-Orthodox party leaders in his coalition.
Nevertheless, the committee chairman, Yohanan Plesner, went ahead yesterday by announcing his recommendation that 80 per cent of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of draft age should be in military or alternative civilian national service by 2016. Under the Plesner plan, ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers could face fines or even criminal punishment, and lose property tax and housing benefits as well as education scholarships. The widespread exemptions on the grounds of religious study would be narrowed to a mere 1,500 outstanding students per year.
"The report is the result of the first major test of our partnership with the Prime Minister and the Likud," Mr Mofaz told a Kadima party meeting. "I expect the Prime Minister to adopt the committee's decisions. This is a condition for us to remain in the government."
The exemptions for religious study started soon after the state's foundation when 400 students were allowed to forgo military service to build up religious scholarship wiped out by the Holocaust. That number has grown to about 60,000 today.
The Tal law governing the present exemption system has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The ruling was one of several factors that led Mr Netanyahu to call a September election – until Kadima shored up his coalition.
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History Channel Cancels Controversial 'Kennedys' Miniseries
It seems as if the curse of Camelot continues.
A&E Television Networks has scrapped plans to air "The Kennedys," its multi-million dollar miniseries about the legendary American family, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Upon completion of the production of The Kennedys, History has decided not to air the 8-part miniseries on the network," a rep for the network told THR in a statement. "While the film is produced and acted with the highest quality, after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand."
The expensive, high-profile production was scheduled to air this spring on the History Channel. The project has been mired in controversy from the start, most notably in a scathing New York Times article from 2009, in which former Kennedy adviser Theodore Sorenson called the script "vindictive" and "malicious."
Produced by Joel Surnow (the creator of "24″), the eight-part miniseries stars Greg Kinnear as JFK, Katie Holmes as Jackie O, Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy, and Tom Wilkinson as patriarch Joe Kennedy. The cast and producers were informed Friday of the network's decision to cancel its plans to air "The Kennedys."
THR adds that producers may seek out opportunities to bring the project to a pay cable channel. The series is still scheduled to air in Canada on March 6, as well as internationally.
"We recognize historical fiction is an important medium for storytelling and commend all the hard work and passion that has gone into the making of the series, but ultimately deem this as the right programming decision for our network," the rep added.


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who got shot up stinking creek tonight big creek??
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#105 Dec 29, 2012
The Mountain News said that the husband and wife came in together and found a man in the house. the husband was shot in the leg and the thief was shot and killed by the wife.
I hate a thief now God have mercy on his soul
#106 Dec 29, 2012
did you look into that before or after you killed him
#107 Dec 29, 2012
did you look into that before or after you killed him
#108 Dec 29, 2012
really did you see that dump?really what could there have been.everyone has heard one part of the story a man covering his own butt but there is more and everyone will see jesses wife had on affair and this was his way of stopping it
#109 Dec 29, 2012
they have camera footage of the wife picking him up from BP
#110 Dec 29, 2012
Where is the hot spot located?
#111 Dec 29, 2012
whee the old hillbillys was in town it used to be hardees
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#112 Dec 29, 2012
Why is she in the hospital??
#113 Dec 29, 2012
They say crack kills I guess it must be true don't mess with crack and thats for sure if it belongs to someone else no one wonts to share there crack with others. must been some good crack.
#114 Dec 29, 2012
Justice for James cox.
#115 Dec 29, 2012
I've known Jesse and his wife for years, and all this mess is getting out of hand. Jesse is a good person. He has been the fire chief for the stinking creek fire dept. for years. He has put his life on the line many times. He opened his own business called "THE HOTSPOT" and has already reached out to the community during the Christmas holiday. Jesse would not of hurt anyone unless he felt threatened or that harm may come upon his family. The Hot Spot has terrific food and great prices. The looks of a dwelling place has nothing to do with a business. The Hot Spot is CLEAN and so are the employees. I will continue to eat there and would encourage others to do the same. GOD BLESS YOU JESSE and ANGEL.
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#116 Dec 29, 2012
I am sure he did feel threatened. Some other man was having sex with his wife. Jesse is double the size of James but yet he decided to shoot him. And it doesn't matter what he has done for the community, he or she took a man's life and they should in jail for that.
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#117 Dec 29, 2012
You can call me whatever you wish but I know more than you will ever know and I cant help it if you are a jesse fan, but he will need people like you who obviously enjoy licking his butt when he goes to jail for murder. Dont come on here defending him to me...hes guilty and everyone knows it so save your corcerns for him and let the rest of us worry about the hard stuff. Because there is a big difference in what you know and what you are allowed to say. James was by no means perfect but he had a house full of brothers and sisters and a mother that loved him very much who are giving him a funeral fit for a king and will not rest until justice is served. And he will rest in peace. So if you are so concerned then worry about who your neighbors are. Im just curious? What do you care and what business is it of yours? I thought so! You are just a jesse fan on here defending a murderer cause he pays you for your services or pays you in drugs and you dont want your dealer to go to jail.
#118 Dec 29, 2012
The reason the shooter is more and likely not going to jail is because he is a fire fighter in flatlick....
#119 Dec 29, 2012
More and likely the shooter will not go to jail because he is a firefighter up in flatlick.
#120 Dec 29, 2012
Will you all get off here and just stop talking about my son. TY
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#121 Dec 29, 2012
I think it's sad that everyone's talking about who shot the fatal shot that killed James , and if this Jesse or his wife should or shouldn't be in jail , when I have not heard one word of his babies that now have no daddy he has two daughters destinee and Desiree and of course his son James w cox 3 !! What about their loss ? And what about the fact that at ages 13 , 16 , and 17. They are reading each and every word everyone puts on here! I love you destinee, ray ray and bub. You knew your dad and who he was , and that's all that matters !!
#124 Dec 29, 2012
he was picked up by the wife she gave permission for him to be there dosent that matter. i think she should be charged for bringing him there sounds like a set up to me... people cheat everyday no man should lose his life no matter what
#125 Dec 29, 2012
Dont know the deceased or his sister, just gonna say this. Unless or until it happens to you then you have no clue where or what you would do.
@- Legally How can there be a trial without an arrest? Best of my knowledge no arrests have been made yet. Gotta wonder how or why not. Brings to mind the woman that was off the creek also wasn't she that shot the guy down here in town. Why did they take her to jail that night still under lockup and nothing done in this one, whats the difference?
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The circumstances will help at trial but to be charged and to break the law they do not!
#126 Dec 29, 2012
To Auntie that cares It's nice that you care about Sheila and the kids However this post just caused a world of shit for her. Tip the piece of shit that he is just called her and told her to stay off fb and topics. She like always got blamed for something she did not do. Tip should be more concered with his own life and not theres he is a dead beat dad he caused them to loose every thing they had!!!! No one wants him around especially his kids and where does he get off blaming Sheila for this and threatening to beat Harleys ass. It will be a cold day in Hell before that happens. He chose his life and it does not include these three kids they will be better off without him. He need not call there house ever again they don't need his bullshit drama. They don't need him or want him.....
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I have been playing with the camera alot the past month. Taking alot of firework photo's but did'nt think anyone wanted to see those. Here is some humming birds I shot last nite.........
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I just pulled the exif data on pic #2. f4.5, Exposure time 1/60, iso 400 at 200mm at 7:10pm. Looks some very low light conditions to be shooting in. I am not familiar at all with Sony's settings on the a380 or for any of them for that matter. But just a couple of thoughts if you could try taking a pic in those lighting conditions again. Try increasing the Iso to either 800 with +2/3 ev or jump up to iso 1600 or 3200 and either + 1/3ev or flat ev and keep your f-stop as low as it will go. I don't know just how good the Sony's are with noise but I would love to see what it will do if you don't mind trying a pic on the hummers again. I am thinking that will get your shutter speed up to 1/500 but it may be very noisy and quite bright. Just curious to see what your camera will do.
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I really do enjoy my invites over to Patrick and Jim's podcasting house to talk about whatever is on their minds. This time around, it is all about obsessing on signs and wonders in cinema. Room 237 is the documentary about obsessive viewers obsessing over Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Upstream Color is the strange new film from Shane Carruth that is open to similar obsessive types that may want to climb down the rabbit hole. The fairly lengthy conversations over at The Director's Club gets into what type of baggage each and every one of you can bring into a movie, and how a movie can unpack and repack that bagging into exciting new things.
Director's Club Bonus Episode: Room 237 and Upstream Color
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text: XenForo Template Andy Richter Controls the Universe: The Complete Series Directed by Andy Ackerman et al Studio: Paramount Year: 2002-2003 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1anamorphic Running Time: 417 minutes Rating: NR Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo English Subtitles: CC MSRP: $ 42.99 Release Date: March 24, 2009 Review Date: March 14, 2009 The Series 3.5/5 James Thurber's whimsical Walter Mitty was renowned for his hilarious flights of fancy, and with Andy Richter Controls the Universe, we have the closest thing to that magical tale that television has attempted in many years. This new three-disc set of the nineteen episode total series output (the show spanned two television seasons) puts the series' quirky point of view and droll characters on display for all to see. The show was not always at the top of its game, and as it ran, it began to delve less in fantasy scenarios and more with its eccentric cast of characters simply trying to cope with life's little foibles that always seem to tangle them up. Like other Fox comedies such as Arrested Development, the show appealed to only a niche audience and never really caught on in a big way. But the show has enormous creativity at its best, and even the lesser episodes will likely put a smile on your face. Andy Richter (Andy Richter) writes technical manuals for various industrial products manufactured by Pickering Industries. Sharing his office is manual illustrator Byron (Jonathan Slavin), a nervous nerdy type who joins Andy in that constant search for love and fulfillment (Andy lands a series of girl friends during the run of the show; Byron finds his ideal mate in Andy's grandmother). Andy's boss Jessica (Paget Brewster), his best friend Keith (James Patrick Stuart), and Keith's receptionist-girl friend Wendy (Irene Molloy) complete the office ensemble. All have personalities that allow the show's writers to bounce some surreal plots off of, and in Richter's Mitty-like fantasies, the plots often stop and start over either more realistically or more absurdly, whichever can bring about the greatest number of laughs. Irene Molloy is the least accomplished performer of the group; she seems to have to work harder to earn her laughs. Those familiar with Paget Brewster from her current dramatic assignment on Criminal Minds will be delighted by her comic timing and command of humor in the series. James Patrick Stuart has his pretty boy "to the manor born" character down to a science and is expert enough not to earn audience scorn by downplaying his good looks and merely playing the character innocently accepting of all the good that comes his way through his appearance. Also turning up in most episodes is the scowling, disapproving, long-dead founder of the company Mr. Pickering (John Bliss) who constantly berates Andy for his bad life and work choices and who takes great pleasure in seeing him struggle. Among the notable scenarios Andy and company get involved with include Jessica's dating twins (one is a whiz at conversation, the other a remarkable lover; she's content to take the best of each), Andy and friends trying to understand Byron's religious leanings (worshipping a sheep god), Wendy's struggle to make it in show biz, and the group trying to be more tolerant of minorities including the Irish. Though not filled with guest stars, a few surprising ones show up during these episodes: Jon Cryer, Molly Sims, Conan O'Brien, Rose Marie, Jack Carter, Cedric Yarborough, Rex Lee, Jim Beaver, Marilu Henner's voice, and June Lockhart. Here are the episodes from the three disc set: 1 - Pilot 2 - Grief Counselor 3 - Little Andy in Charge 4 - Second Episode 5 - Gimme a C 6 - Wedding 7 - We're All the Same, Only Different 8 - Twins 9 - France 10 - Holy Sheep 11 - Relationship Ripcord 12 - The Show Might Go On 13 - Crazy in Rio 14 - The Maid Man 15 - Bully the Kid 16 - Duh Dog 17 - Final Fantasy 18 - Saturday Early Evening Fever 19 - Charity Begins in D Block Once again, the box notes include a caveat about edits in the shows and the changing of music for this presentation. Those much more familiar with the show than I will be able to be more specific about changes which have been made. Video Quality 3.5/5 The program is framed at 1.78:1 and is anamorphically enhanced for widescreen televisions. Nine of the episodes were taped, and those programs feature very good sharpness and luscious flesh tones. The remaining ten episodes were filmed, and those transfers are soft and are much less visually appealing with color a bit dated looking. There are occasional dust specks but nothing too serious in terms of other digital artifacts. Each episode has been divided into 4 chapters. Audio Quality 3/5 The Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio track is minimally stereophonic. Since the show is largely dialog-driven, it's important that this aspect be clear, and it's well done. That and sound effects seem to land strongly in the center channel with the music being channeled to the left and right front speakers. Special Features 2.5/5 Star Andy Richter and creator Victor Fresco contribute two audio commentaries for the set. The commentary for the pilot is entertaining with specific comments made about each of the principal actors and mentioning some scenes that didn't make the final cut of the episode. The commentary for "Little Andy in Charge" is less interesting as they appear to run out of stories and comment more about what's happening on the screen. "How Andy Richter Controlled the Universe" is an anamorphic 25-minute interview with the show's creator Victor Fresco and the five principal actors all looking back on the making of the show and their fondest memories of working with one another. (Each person is interviewed separately.) "What If Andy Richter Controlled the Universe" is a throwaway 4 ½-minute trifle in which the five actors speculate on what the world would be like if Andy were in charge and how it would be different if he or she were the one in charge. It's also in anamorphic widescreen. There are previews for CBS/Paramount comedies like I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Becker, and Evening Shade, among others. In Conclusion 3.5/5 (not an average) A funny, quirky show with a unique approach to storytelling, Andy Richter Controls the Universe is very enjoyable and very different. A couple of bonus features give added value to the package which has been a long time coming to home video. Matt Hough Charlotte, NC


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Facebook Bonus Comics
January 30, 2012 - Monday
If you're a neurotic artist like myself, you sometimes end up drawing comics and then for whatever reason decide against posting then to the main site. Instead of letting these comics sit on my computer without ever being seen, I'm going to try sharing them on the Calamities of Nature Facebook page. For example, I recently posted this comic and got a pretty good response. So if you want to see 10 or more bonus comics in the next month or so, please like my Facebook page so you won't miss them. Thanks!
Physics Forums Partnership
January 24, 2012 - Tuesday
I am excited to announce that Calamities of Nature is now partnering with the Physics Forums website! Each new comic will also be posted in their Science Comics thread, which also features Jorge Cham's fantastic PhD Comics. Please check out the forum, and maybe we can get some nerdy, physics-y discussions going.
Happy New Year and Christmas Comic Wrap-up
January 1, 2012 - Sunday
I hope everyone had a Happy New Year! I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for a great 2011 at Calamities of Nature. The support I've received for this comic never ceases to amaze me. I am truly lucky and humbled that so many of you enjoy reading and supporting my artistic creations.
Case in point, the Christmas comic promotion that we started almost two weeks ago has now come to a close. In all, this comic received 76,183 page views (click the picture below for the detailed stats), which means $152.37 donated to Doctors Without Borders. I was completely flabbergasted by the outpouring of support. The majority of the page views came from Facebook and was a culmination of the work of a large number of individual readers--too many to list here. I do want to mention a couple of key bloggers that really helped spread the word: Hemant Mehta at the Friendly Atheist, Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post, John Wilkins from Evolving Thoughts, Maria Walters at Skepchick, John Glynn of GoComics.com (the same site that hosts Peanuts), Gary Tyrrell at Fleen, and the blogs Movin' Meat and Robot 6 at Comic Book Resources. Of course there are plenty of other blogs I don't have space to mention or may have missed, so feel free to leave a link to your blog post in the comments below if you also posted this comic to your site. Thanks once more for your amazing support and have a great 2012!
A Note About a Christmas Comic
December 19, 2011 - Monday
I have a quick issue I want to discuss, which I hope you'll take the time to read. About a year ago, this comic of mine was first posted. It's probably one of the best received things I've ever drawn. But its success has also resulted in many people altering it for their own purposes, erasing my URL and replacing it with their own, and ruining what I think was originally a positive statement.
My use of the Peanuts characters, in a comic that I drew and wrote myself, is allowed as a parody. But when people grab my art, change a few words, and label it as their own, it amounts to theft. Of course people are free to make their own parodies, but they should use their own art and writing. I could attempt to police these copies, but ultimately this is impossible to do on the internet, especially once images start spreading on social sites like Facebook. But I believe there is one factor strongly in my favor in this matter: my amazing group of readers. So even if I cannot eliminate these other copies, together we can drown them out by spreading a superior message.
Please help me by sharing this comic anyway you can. Post it to your blog, on Twitter, on Facebook page, or even email it to friends and family. In keeping with the spirit of the season, for every 500 page views the comic gets between now and the end of the year, I will donate $1 to Doctors Without Borders. Thank you for your continued support!
Science News for the Week, Dec 10-16
December 17, 2011 - Saturday
Science news!
• Two groups working at the Large Hadron Collider released their results this week, seeing evidence for the elusive Higgs boson near a mass of 126 GeV (126 times the mass of the proton). This is only a 3 sigma-ish result, or about 99.7% certainty. But most physicists like a 5 sigma result (or 99.9999%) before claiming a detection. It will take more data to reach this level of certainty (which will presumably happen next spring and summer). You can listen to more about this result on today's Science Friday.
• Two papers were released this week following up on the supernova of a generation that occurred back in August. This is a Type Ia supernova, the same type that is used to measure the expansion of the Universe and infer its acceleration (potentially due to dark energy), a discovery for which the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded this year. Even though we think these explosions are due to the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf, there is still much we don't understand about these events, so everyone is excited that this nearby supernova will teach us a lot. In the first paper, astronomers report on data just 11 hours after the explosion. This early emission is sensitive to the radius of the star that exploded, which indeed confirms that it is small and consistent with a white dwarf (the first ever direct constraint of this kind). In the second paper, astronomers look at the site of the supernova before it went off with the Hubble Telescope. They actually found nothing at this location, which means that the progenitor was relatively dim. From this we can conclude that the white dwarf that exploded couldn't have been gaining matter from a large, bright, red-giant star. So now we know for certain that the white dwarf must either gain mass from a smaller star, kind of like our Sun, or another white dwarf.
• My favorite news is the amazing discovery of a cloud of gas, about 3 times the mass of the Earth, that is quickly falling toward the four million solar mass black hole at the center of our Galaxy. You can see in the picture below the changing position of the gas, from red to green to blue, getting closer to the black hole (which is at the cross). The gas will reach closest approach in 2013, when it will most likely be tidally ripped apart, form a disk, and then accrete onto the black hole, producing a bright X-ray source. This is an incredible and unprecedented opportunity to learn about how black holes feed, so I expect we will be hearing a lot more about this in the coming years. Also check out this movie describing the discovery in more detail.
• Finally, I feel like I would be amiss if I didn't mention that Christopher Hitchens has passed away. Many other people who knew him better than myself are saying more eloquent things about his amazing life than I can (here and here and here). So instead I'll simply point you to two great comics by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Cyanide & Happiness, as well as these words from Zach Weiner.
Science News for the Week, Dec 3-9
December 10, 2011 - Saturday
Science news is back? Well, at least for this week.
• Kepler, NASA's planet hunting space observatory, made an exciting discovery. It found a planet 600 light years away, which is 2.4 times the radius of the Earth, in a 290 day orbit, and going around a star slightly less massive (and thus less bright) than our Sun. This puts the planet in the "habitable zone," or, in other words, at just the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface. And by the way, Kepler has now found 2,326 planet candidates. These will have to be followed up to be confirmed, but it is becoming clear that our Universe is teeming with planets.
• Physicists everywhere are abuzz that the discovery of the Higgs particle will soon be announced. The Higgs is predicted by the Standard Model to be the particle that gives other particles mass. Even though the Standard Model has been incredibly successful, a detection of the Higgs particle is still missing. Previous results have ruled out a lot of parameter space for its mass, but it appears that it may be around 120 GeV (the mass of a proton is 1 GeV). Two experiments working at the LHC will announce their results on Tuesday. If they have found the Higgs, it would clearly be an amazing intellectual achievement. But personally, I think it could be much more interesting if they were to announce that they haven't found it. Then it would at least be some sort of indication of physics beyond the Standard Model, which we know should be there, but do not have any experimental evidence for at this point.
• Astronomers announced that they have found the two biggest black holes ever, with masses 10 and 20 billion times the mass of our Sun. These black holes are off course not seen directly, but from the influence of their gravity on the stars around them. Black holes have long been observed at the time when the Universe was only a couple billion years old from matter falling into them (known as quasars), so these new black holes represent the quasars' present-day counterparts. Perhaps most interestingly, the masses of these black holes do not follow the same relationship that other galaxies have between the mass of their central black holes and their central bulge of stars. This might indicate something unique about how these massive black holes were fed mass and grown to their present sizes.
• Researchers at UC San Diego have been shedding new light on rainbows with numerical simulations. The work was initially motivated by how hard it was to simulate realistic looking rainbows for movies and video games. It appears that one of their big results is that the shape of raindrops plays a big role. Raindrops become very non-spherical as they're falling, especially when they are large (as is shown here). In the picture below you can see how well they are able to simulate rainbows by comparing the region within the square (which is simulated) to the rest of the picture (which is a photograph). Who would have thought that we still have so much to learn about rainbows?


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Suspect Falls Overboard, Plans Washed Up
Cruise Criminals Caught After Robberies
SNEADS FERRY - A plan to plunder an Onslow County cruise boat and a fishing vessel sent one man overboard Saturday morning, as surveillance cameras captured the crime unfolding.
Deputy Weldon Ferrell, Jr. arrested Zachary Connelly, 19, and Charles Benjamin Williams, 25, near Fulcher Landing Road in Sneads Ferry. According to Sheriff Ed Brown, one of the suspects was soaking wet, both of them holding on to bottles of liquor.
Ferrell was patrolling the Sneads Ferry waterfront around 4:00 a.m., and took the suspects into custody before two boat owners realized they were robbed.
Surveillance video recorded two men scouting the docks around two boats, the Southern Belle, a 65 ft. cruise boat, and the Sea Horse, a 41 ft. sport fishing vessel. The men are seen removing a flat-screen TV from the "Belle," as well as two bottles of Crown Royal and Jack Daniels whiskey.
Eric Brinson, owner of the cruise boat, said the men were drunk during the course of the robbery. Video frames show a suspect spilling a case of beer on the dock, and one of the men fell overboard.
"He thought he was stepping out of the door that lead to the dock," Brinson said Monday. "But instead, he was on the wrong side of the boat, and fell into the water."
On a second surveillance camera, a man is seen emerging from the dark water, struggling to climb back over a fence. Brinson said he further suspects the men were heavily intoxicated because steps leading back to the dock were a few feet away.
Before the suspects entered the Southern Belle, warrants state the men stole a VHF Radio and 185 piece Husky mechanic tool box from the fishing boat.
The two were charged with felony conspiracy, as well as two counts each of breaking /entering a boat and possession of stolen goods /property. They were placed in the Onslow County Jail in Jacksonville under a $90,000 bond each.
The suspects are both from Johnston County, southeast of Raleigh. Sheriff Brown said the two men were in Sneads Ferry last weekend visiting friends who live in the area.
The next court date set for Connelly and Williams is August 27.


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Mercy Primary Care at St. Paul Square: Formal Lease Signing, September 21, 2011
"One of the things I am most proud of is that nothing is boarded up. It (the convent) is life-giving, and each of us has been part of an act of God in keeping the life, the ministry and the mission alive here."
- Msgr. Lewis F. Gaetano, Christ the Servant Parish
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, Bishop George V. Murry and Mercy CEO Thomas Cecconi signed the lease turning over the St. Paul Catholic Church of Canton Convent to Mercy Medical Center to be redesigned into a primary care center offering medical and dental services to the more than 9,000 Northeast Canton families that live without access to these services.
Formal Lease Signing Ceremony and Prayer Service
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From the Canton Repository, September 22, 2011
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Nicholas Bagnolo, Janet Boiarski, Elaine Campbell, Carolyn Capuano, HM; Karen Feller, Dean Fox, Laura Jo Hawk, Mark Juenemann, Cynthia Knox, Richard Regula, Lisa Shannon, Thomas turner, Andrew Wojtkowski, DDS
"O God, the builder of all things, you have placed on us the obligation of toil. Grant that the work we begin today may serve to better our lives and through your goodness contribure to the spread of the kingdom of Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever."
- Prayer of Blessing Mercy Primary Care at St. Paul Square, Bishop George V. Murry


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John C. Wright…
Related posts from Catholic and Enjoying It!:
- Caine
Odd. Almost every link gives me a bad reference (404) error. However may that IS what's wrong with the world!
- Mark S (not for Shea)
Either his links are broken, or his sense of irony is way over my head.
- iClaudius
Something's not Wright with those links.
- Jim in Ohio
I was able to get to the first article here:
Then you can page through them with the arrow at the top.
- kenneth
Yeah, the links are broken but it's just as well. It looks like quite a lengthy set of indictments, and I don't have time for that these days. As an Angry Old White Guy trainee, I'm supposed to be working on my own "What's Wrong with the World" screed.
- A Philosopher
Hmm. So Picasso's painting is part of what's wrong with the world, but Heinlein's portrayal of women isn't. Color me unconvinced.
- John C Wright
The links have been fixed.
The essay does not say Heinlein's portrayal of women is not wrong. All it says is that Heinlein, an enthusiastic supporter of everything wrong in the world, was treated ungratefully by his fellow partisans of the sexual revolution, which is condemned in no uncertain terms.
An anonymous reader should not call himself a philosopher if he avoids the basic philosophical duty of honesty. Making up falsehoods about an article in order to criticize it is a breach of that duty.
- ds
I'm a little disappointed by the fixed links. I was hoping that all the broken links was a commentary on Chesterton. Since he had a book by the same title, maybe you were implying he was some kind of empty blowhard (which is true). But as you like Chesterton, and sadly so does Mark, I guess it only makes sense that I was wrong.
Oh btw HI JOHN! I loved the Golden Age trilogy, and I thoroughly enjoyed Count to a Trillion (although it seemed to run out of gas a little at the end, did you kinda run out of gas on that one?). Please keep writing Sci Fi.
- http://www.chesterton.org Sean P. Dailey
"[Chesterton] was some kind of empty blowhard (which is true)"
Examples, please? Come on. In all of the hundreds of books, thousands of essays, and millions of words, can you find at least one example demonstrating that Chesterton was an empty blowhard?
- ds
I'm pretty sure "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" is some vapid BS, and although I'm pretty sure Chesterton didn't write that, all his incredibly deep conclusions always SOUND like that. Seriously, dude flipped the script so often and predictably he shoulda ended all his essays with "and now you know the rest of the story. This is GK Chesteron………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………GOOD DAY!"
That and anti-semitism conveniently ignored/denied by all his fans.
- Mark Shea
I had no idea you were such a shallow reader.
- ds
You must have suspected.
- http://www.chesterton.org Sean P. Dailey
That's it? Chesterton's rhetoric sounds like a quip I don't like, ergo he's an empty blowhard? Is there any reason why we should take your "criticisms" seriously?
And yes, the anti-semitism charge takes its lonely turn across the stage. When all else fails, bring that up. Again, with no solid examples.
- ds
Well, cripes, guys, I never claimed to be not shallow, like, personally.
Chesterton: Jews are Ok in England if they wear arab dress because they are a foreign nation, and can never be true english citizens. Wiser (less shallow) minds than I discuss here:
Chesterton: If Henry ford says there's a jewish problem, then there's definitely a jewish problem. Um, GK, citing Henry Ford as proof of "Jewish problems" kinda makes you an anti-semite more than it proves "Jewish Problems"
Having shown what little I know of Chesterton, I am willing to believe that he isn't an evil-Hitler kinda anti-semite, just an unfortunate product of his times kind of anti semite, and also it's a minor part of his work and character. But if you ever mention the possibility of anti-semitism the chestertonians become apoplectic.
- Mark Shea
I don't become apoplectic. Chesterton's typical Edwardian attitude toward Jews makes him a man of his times. So? Are you without flaws? And it should be noted that he was one of the first in England to say something about the menace of Hitler. (Also, he was ferociously hostile to the trendy racialism of the 20s elites.) It was more your dumb dismissal of Chesterton as nothing more than a Paul Harvey I found shallow and silly.
- http://www.chesterton.org Sean P. Dailey
We don't become apoplectic. We get exasperated at this approach. When all other misrepresentations of Chesterton and his thought and his writings fail, the critics trot out the tried and true anti-semitism charge, which is just as baseless, but which they hope will shut up Chesterton's supporters once and for all.
Proof-texting Chesterton for alleged anti-semitism is a dead-end. You may as well proof-text the Gospel of John for anti-semitism. Not an single "quote" bears up under scrutinity. Furthermore, compared to what Chesterton wrote and criticized about capitalists, socialists, the aristocricy, doctors, teachers, feminists, America, England, Germany, German philosophers, eugenicists, the Church of England, puritans, Catholics, Buddhists, the industrial revolution, the Irish, detective fiction, World War I, the Boer War, chalk, his hat, art, history, cheese, Thomas Hardy, fairies, Jesus, the Middle Ages, Santa Claus, France, India, and a thousand other topics, he wrote relatively little about Jews. Yet the critics home in on that, and ignore the rest (except for one fellow who called Chesterton anti-German because of the negative things he wrote about German philosophers).
It makes me think that they (a) have an agenda, (b) don't know what they're talking about, and (c) haven't even done any research themselves, but are regurgitating what other people say, who also don't know what they're talking about.
Gilbert Magazine devoted an entire issue to Chesterton and the Jews in December, 2008, addressing each and every criticism. If I can dig up the link, I'll post it.
- ds
Interesting response, Sean. What did GKC criticize about Jesus? About India? About his hat?
- http://www.chesterton.org Sean P. Dailey
I am more and more inclined to agree with Mark: I am finding you shallow and silly.
- Mark Shea
There's something wrong with liking Chesterton? I will never understand some people.
- A Philosopher
"The typical witch-hunt mentality of the Left was brought to bear on these discussions: Heinlein, an advocate of sexual liberty in all things, was now a s*xist and a homophobe."
Heinlein gets called a s*xist because of the rampant sexism of his writing. (Note, by the way, that being in favor of s*xual liberty in all thing goes exactly zero distance toward making one not a s*xist.) Since you take the "Left"'s characterization of Heinlein as a s*xist as a sign of what's wrong with the world, I take it that either you think that Heinlein's portrayal of isn't wrong, or that it's wrong to point out things that aren't wrong. I then charitable impute the first of these two.
(Asterisks added to bypass the ridiculous nanny filter.)
- http://agapas.me Bob LeBlanc
"Heinlein gets called a s*xist because of the rampant sexism of his writing."
Well, I'm unconvinced. I've read Heinlein, and besides his progressive thinking on incest and pedophilia (which I expect will be other sexual "taboos" which will fall some time in the future), it seems he would fit in nicely with your ordinary modern leftist. You'll need to be more specific than this.
- A Philosopher
"Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped it's partly her fault."
But really I'm not interested in proof-texting the claim. If you can read books like Stranger in a Strange Land, Number of the Beast, I Will Fear No Evil, and many others, in which the female characters are consistently defined primarily via their sexuality, and exist only to meet the transparent stand-in character for Heinlein and subserviate themselves to him, I don't think any blog-length comment is going to provide convincing evidence.
- http://agapas.me Bob LeBlanc
Well, that's an example. However, I was thinking of strong female protagonists such as Friday (who is raped and tortured on assignment, and it's made clear then that rape is disgusting).
I think the following statement is closer to the truth:
Gary Westfahl points out that "Heinlein is a problematic case for feminists; on the one hand, his works often feature strong female characters and vigorous statements that women are equal to or even superior to men; but these characters and statements often reflect hopelessly stereotypical attitudes about typical female attributes. It is disconcerting, for example, that in Expanded Universe Heinlein calls for a society where all lawyers and politicians are women, essentially on the grounds that they possess a mysterious feminine practicality that men cannot duplicate."
If moderns/progressives think that stating differences between the sexes is sexist, then I think I understand the charge of sexism. It does seem that for moderns/progressives equality means "the same as", and that Heinlein didn't take that path.
- Observer
Philosophy becomes somewhat abolished by nihililsm because it cannot bear fruit in – ready for this one as hard? as it is to say -a non-philosophy philosophy (or better, the philosophy of undoing philosophy.)
However, the stangest thing is philosophy isn't really undone. Sure, the real life of philosophy is ruined. But, the existence of philosophy cannot be undone.
The rashness and unruly demonstration with which has taken philosophy down the tubes has been really an act of thievry. Sort of how the dragon had taken and stole with violence, in the Hobbit, all the gold, gems, and armory in the city under the Mountain from the dwarves. The dragon in a sense represents the characterization of nihilistic philosophy taking away philosophy (i.e. all that is good – gold, gems, things of value, etc.) You could even venture upon the parable of the lazy servant.
The point is philosophy is being stolen and intentionally possesed in a vault of nihilistic thought which philosophy becomes dead (i.e. as the wealth and items which the dragon could do no good. Or, as irrationality of the lazy servant burying his talent.)


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My first race against someone other than my friends! It made my night. I was in boulder going south to myh house. Sitting at the left only light i see a black sti go past me, loud. i see some decals and figure what the heck its the fun way home. So i catch up an pull alongside. I had seen this car from afar previously at the grocery store. he goosed it a little, but we both were in town so its a bad place to race. Once we were out on the highway, we did a few pulls. First he jumped from about 45ish. He was gone but we shut down quick. the 2nd race was awesome. from about 50to 90. i jumped (we werent honking) and he dropped to my bumper, then i heard it spool up and good bye. holy crap that thing pulled hard. my car isn't slow to 100 and i felt slow. for the first time my felt slow. he was running away it seemed like. so sick. it sounded like a fookin race car too. fun night. and no there werent other cars near us.
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Where are the pullup resistors for the inputs?? With no pullup resistors, how does the line go back to a logic 1 after you've removed the trigger (short to ground)?? Such a great idea but so poorly done. I will definitely be more careful to check schematics before I order anything else.
I assume this is the cause of random triggers and crosstalk. Unless I'm missing something?
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Today we'll be reviewing part number T809. This is the Wallace Forge Fifth Wheel Trailer King Pin. It's going to be the 2-inch industry standard king pin. It's going to be inaudible 00:00:10 on application. We measure the overall distance up on this portion from edge to edge, that's going to give us a measurement of 8 inches. The thickness of this right here is going to measure 1/2 inch. If we measure from the bottom to the top of the raised portion, that's going to give us a measurement of 7/8 of an inch.
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Yes, it's the exact same process, only it's easier with a piece of furniture. However, this should probably not be your first attempt at upholstery, tufting takes practice to have it come out correctly.
The only way the old covering would be of use to you is if you use exactly the same kind of leather, and exactly the same kind of filling. Leather, if it is soft and supple, would actually be to your advantage. The older leather was a lot stiffer than it is now days. It's a lot simpler to do now days having a nice consistent piece of foam to go over.
The depth of the tufts is only dependent on the thickness of the foam you use and how tight you pull the button strings.
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Diamond Tufting for the fainting couch ...
Thanks Dan, for your reply.
My question about using the original covering was centered around the notion that if somehow I were able to take it off (relatively undamaged), then spread it out flat, wouldn't I then have a complete template?
My thought was to get a modern piece of leather and mark it on the back with the locations of the holes using the original covering placed back to back.
Three issues arise when I think about this.
1) This thing is huge, 8' or 9' of leather lengthwise, 4 or 5' width wise, so i'm worried if I can get an appropriate skin that size, or if it would need to be sewn together first. Do you have any suggestions for good suppliers of leather that would work for this type of project? A large skin that folds easy, soft and subtle I imagine.
2) In your discussion you mention that a firm backing is necessary for the tufts to appear well formed. Since the original had buttons that went through a canvas covering, into the spring foundation, I wonder if I'd be better off creating my own padded top-piece, separate from the springs and work it as a separate piece, then attach it to the springs when finished. What type of material would be firm enough, yet still allow me to attach it to springs? Of course I don't know how involved it would be until I took it all apart.
3) I certainly don't want to ruin an expensive piece of leather, so yes I'd try this out with vynal or something similar first. Would you recommend using foam, as opposed to attempting to "stuff" using fibers and horse hair it, as the original seems to have done? What type of foam would be best for a couch like this?
Thanks so much for your help
Trust me when I tell you that tufting is immensely easier using foam for the base. I would use 2 1/2" or 3" thick foam in the firmer range from 45 to 65. Then what you have to do is cut the foam to the size of the piece you're working on and mark out the hole pattern you decide to use on the foam.
The basic concept of tufting is that there is a mathematical correlation between the holes in the foam and where the buttons go through the leather. The correlation is based on two factors, the thickness of the foam and the spacing of the holes in the foam. Where the buttons go through the leather would be larger than the holes in the foam and deck pad. That correlation stays the same for the entire piece, it never changes. You don't tuft the piece right to the furniture frame, you would tuft the leather through the foam and attach it to a deck pad that has the same hole spacing marked on it as the foam. That whole assembly would then go over the springs. You don't attach that deck pad, foam, leather assembly to the furniture until after it has been tufted. This way you can do your tufting on a flat surface instead of right to the furniture.
The old leather will not do you any good unless you can duplicate the tufting exactly as it was done in the first place, including the filling. Because this would be next to impossible, it would be easier to start from scratch. What would happen is that you would try to duplicate it and then have to do it over and over and still probably not have it come out right.
There is no way to find a hide that is as long and as wide as you need. That in itself is not an easy proposition. In order to tuft a large piece, two or more pieces of leather would have to be cut in a zig zag pattern and then sewn together. The seams would be hidden by the folds in the tufts.
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Diamond Tufting for the fainting couch ...
Wow, you've been really great in clearing some things up. We should call this a tutorial on Tufting 101!
I think I see what you mean about the mathematical relationship between the foam thickness and hole spacing.
The only thing I'm still a bit foggy about is when you said, "Where the buttons go through the leather would be larger than the holes in the foam and deck pad."
I don't follow why the hole sizes would be different?
I think you are trying to tell me something important here and I may be missing it. I'm thinking a hole is a hole? I mark the foam and leather with the hole spacing, then I punch a hole through it (a very thin hole) for the button and the tie down (perhaps using an awl?). Then when I place the leather over the foam, I poke a button through the hole and tie it through.
I think you said earlier not to pull these tight at first, but concentrate on folding the tufts and then work it across horizontally, tightening as you go?
Is that the general idea?
It sounds like a process that's learned as you go.
Do you have any recommendations on suppliers for foam, deck pad and leather hides? Probably buttons as well, since whatever hide I use will require leather buttons of the same material.
-thanks so much
Now you're getting it, all except this part....The hole spacing is what is different, not the hole size. The hole spacing for the fabric (in this case leather) has to be bigger than the hole spacing on the foam (these holes are where the buttons are going to be) and the deck pad to account for the depth of the holes as well as the folds in the fabric. In other words, if the hole spacing for the foam is 6" tall and 5" wide, the spacing on the fabric needs to be say 9" tall and 8" wide depending on the thickness of the foam you use. The fabric has to not only span the 6" and 5" distances horizontally, it has to also go down a certain distance into the foam. This extra fabric needs to be folded under accordingly and is what makes the tufts. Also, the holes in the foam need to be about 3/4" to accept the buttons and the surrounding leather more readily.
I don't know what to tell you about the suppliers of foam, leather, and buttons. Most upholsterers make their own buttons, which should be size 22, by the way, which is a little bigger than 1/2" in diameter. I would suggest finding a local upholstery shop to make the buttons and get all the other supplies you'll need. Leather can be bought on line at a lot of different places. Just search for leather and don't be surprised at how much this will cost. If you can do what you want to do for under $1000 I will be very surprised. To cut down some of the cost, have the buttons made from a matching vinyl. Making leather covered buttons is very difficult because of the thickness of the leather, and you'll be charged accordingly if you can even find someone to make that many leather covered buttons for you. I know I wouldn't do it for any price.
Just tighten the buttons down slightly to hold them in place at first, and then start to tighten them down completely in stages, a little tighter at a time. As you do this, you will be able to tell exactly how tight to pull them by the way the tufting looks. It also would be easier to use prong style buttons than eye style buttons. I'll post some pictures of the difference tomorrow and tell you why the prongs are easier.
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Buttons are made in three parts. A small piece of fabric cut in a circle, a shell, and a back. The back can be a nail, an eye, a threaded nail, or a prong. There are other kinds of backs, but these are the most common ones. Tufting can be done with any of these backs depending on where the tufting is going. For example, if you were to tuft the headboard of a bed, you might want to use a nail button and just pound the nails into the headboard. Eye buttons are the most used type of button, but if you've ever pulled 100 button strings tight and tied them off with a mattress knot you can't imagine how sore your hands will get. That leaves the other two alternatives, the threaded nail and the prong. My personal preference for tufting is the threaded nail held in place with a spring washer, but the spring washers are getting hard to find. The last alternative is the prong button which is shown in the middle of the picture with the red head on it. The round thing in the front is a spring washer, and the button on the left is a nail button with a spring washer attached. The other part in the picture is the round button shell. The sleigh was tufted with eye buttons through a piece of 1/4" plywood shaped to fit the sleigh back. (Santa was really happy with the sleigh, BTW) Threaded nails are as long as a prong buttons and have a shaft that has threads on it. The shaft is not as thick as the nail button. With a threaded nail, you push the button through and slip on a spring washer. You don't have to tighten the tuft by pushing the washer all the way on until the very end of the tufting process. With the prong button, you simply push the button through and bend out the prongs in different directions. There again, you can bend the prongs in the middle instead of all the way up by the button head before the final tufting process. Both the threaded nails and prongs come in a variety of lengths depending on how thick the foam is that you're using.
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Dan ...
Thanks so much for that last clarification. Yep, that's what I didn't get, the "depth" of the foam issue. Now it makes perfect sense! It's the last piece to this puzzel.
You're not kidding when you say leather hides are expensive - wow. I'm setting up a much safer test with cheap materials until I develop a skill at this long before I put any money into the hides. (even getting a supplier to zig, zag stitch a few hides together is outrageous).
Also, I like your tip on the button coverings. A synthetic material would be just as good and cut down cost and time.
I know it will be a lot of work, but dang will it look good if I can do it right and I will have learned a valuable skill in the process.
By the way, the Santa Sleigh looks great! My Mom's influence on me -- she would have loved to see something like that.
I'll hunt around for foam suppliers and there is an upholster's shop nearby, I may pay them a visit as well.
Thanks so much for your help and guidance
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Diamond Tufting the fainting couch
The way I envisioned the seams was that they would follow the shape of the diamond. So, for my couch, the spacing between the buttons (horizontally) is 3" and vertically 9" (measuring center button to button and *not* yet accounting for the depth of the foam).
So the zig-zag seam would lie in a horizontal line, but within the depth of the tufting? I think that's how we'd want the seam, so an opportunity would exist to hide it under a fold?
Now to actually arrive at the precise pattern to do that isn't exactly making itself obvious to me.
From the pictures you posted before, I would say the diamonds are 4 1/2" by 3". So.........if the pattern on the fabric is say 7" by 5 1/2" you have to cut the zig zag pattern those dimensions plus 1/2" seam allowance on both sides of the cut.
Look at the pictures. If the layout on the leather is 7" tall by 5 1/2" wide, the black dots on the cardboard represent those dimensions and are where the buttons go. The left side is how the fabric needs to be cut on the left half of the leather being sewed together. The right side is how the right half of the leather needs to be cut so that when they are sewed together, the two pieces interlock. When the final piece is tufted, the stitch lines will be hidden under the folds of the tufts.
There is another way to do it that involves sewing all the tufts in place and leaving small pockets where the buttons go.
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Tufting an antique fainting couch?
That's a perfect illustration on how to seam a hide into the Diamond Pattern. Once seamed according to the diamond pattern + 1/2" allowance on left and right sides, would I trim off that excess leather (make it a very tight seam)?
It seems like a large seam would add bulk to the folds, especially leather, but I certainly see how we could hide it in the folds now.
I'm looking for some backing material for the foam right now. I think this needs to be substantial, yet flexible since it will lay on top of the springs for the couch and require enough resistance to oppose the button tension.
Any suggestions on a sturdy enough material?
-thanks again
No, you don't need to trim the extra leather off the seams, the folds will hide the seam, and the seam will sink into the foam.
I use a product called Flex Pad to go over springs, but I have not seen it available anywhere other than one of my local suppliers. If you want some, just let me know how much you need in a PM and I will send it to you.
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I've almost finished the gauntlets. I made the gauntlet rocket out of some dowels. The tip of the rocket was made by widdling the basic shape then belt sanding it smooth. I almost tore my thumb off doing this, so I wouldn't recommend this method. The fin things on the rocket are just scrap pieces of plastic cut and glued on. I tried to drill holes in the tip but abandoned it because it started looking awful. Since time is running out I decided to just paint some "holes" in it. Yea, I know that's lame, but this is just for a Halloween party and eventually man cave decor, so I'm not worried about it.
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My gauntlet has no keypad because I can't find anything to use for the keys. If I figure anything out before Friday I'll put a keypad on it.
Paint, dowels, more red filler cost me about $20 so we are now at $260.00
Got an idea for the keypad. If you've got a leather punch thing, use that and the for-sale sign, scratch-make a keypad, I've thought about it for Kast. All you have to do is then make the circles ovals, unless you have an oval hole punch handy.
Great job! You've got some mad skillz
Here are my $16 fett boots.
Boot are really hard to find right now, so I had no choice but to make them.
I bought some flat sole No Boundaries slipons from Walmart. Then used masking tape to make a pattern based on them, then cut it out in some leftover canvas I had from making the pouches.
I cut the pattern out in canvas and sewed the pieces together, then I used shoe goo to glue the new slip I made onto the store bought shoe.
Then I painted them gray with flexible fabric paint.
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I'll make the spikes tomorrow. The slip on shoes cost me $10 and the paint $6 so, that puts us at $276
In retrospect, I could have just painted some Chuck Taylors and then added the black stripe down the front. They run about $40 and I wasn't willing to sacrifice mine for the project. This was a cost effective solution.
WOW! Great boots!
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I got the cardboard bucket nearly finished.
The paint for the helmet, armor, and jetpack, ran me $35 plus the welding shield another $16.00 Which brings us to $327
Pretty much finished the helmet
Found a local store that sold girth belts. 10 bucks. Finished the armor. No decals yet but they arrived today. I need to tighten the ammo belt and make a few more tweaks. Need to buy some better gloves.
With the sintra for the armor, miscellaneous pieces, decals, and the girth belt I'm finished with this project and the grand total is $402.00.
If I had to do a budget Boba again I could do it for cheaper now that I know where I made my mistakes. I could probably shave a good 50-one hundred bucks off. Since I have all the paint and materials I could probably make everything except the flight suit and ammo belt for $250-275.
First test fit
Now to start on a Better Boba Build which I will complete by buying high quality parts instead of making them. I've already bought a bucket from a board member. I won't do a thread on this one since it will take a year or more.
Thanks again TDH! Couldn't have done it without you.
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mann dude that look great very nice work bro
this has turned out real nice! And there was me thinking my boba build was cheap :thumbup
This is an awsome first Fett suit you should be very proud dude.
Thanks guys. I really appreciate your support. It kept me going when I got frustrated and wanted to scrap the whole thing.
Amazing. It's really cool to see the entire process and the fact you did it in such a short window is such a huge accomplishment. Looks great!
Awesome work..in that amount of time & cash,unbeliveble!! :thumbup
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Great first suit!!
Now weather it up and enjoy all the pic requests you'll be getting on Halloween!!!