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When Hattie McDaniel, the first African American ever nominated for an Academy Award, arrived at the Ambassador Hotel for the 1940 ceremony, she was seated at a table on the extreme periphery of the auditorium. McDaniel had been nominated for Best Supporting Actress based on her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939). Though this seating assignment was quite insulting, such slights were not uncommon, as McDaniel had also been forced to miss the film's Atlanta premiere due to southern Jim Crow laws. McDaniel would go on to win the Academy Award that evening in 1940, becoming the first African American to ever win the prestigious award. It would be 24 years before another African American would be declared an Oscar winner.
In the 61-year time span from 1940-2001, only five other African Americans—Sidney Poitier, Lou Gossett, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding (can we put an asterisk next to this one?)—won the distinct gold statuette in the prestigious acting categories. Of those six total awards, Sidney Poitier is the only one to have won in the Best Actor category for his role in Lilies of the Field (1963); all the others were for supporting roles.
So when Eddie Murphy stood up to present the award for Best Picture at the 1988 awards ceremony, the troubled racial history of Hollywood loomed large. Murphy, a comedian whose persona was generally apolitical, decided that the incongruity of his prominent presence at the 1988 ceremony, set against the lack of recognition for African Americans in Hollywood historically, was just too insulting to ignore. Murphy "went off," chastising the gathered industry figures regarding Hollywood's racism. He said that if one looked closely at the scattered history of African Americans receiving Oscars, that at the rate things were going, another African American probably would not be receiving an award until the year 2004.
Reports after the show were that the program's producers, along with some of the celebrities at the event, vocalized their displeasure to Murphy, saying that his critique was both rude and inappropriate. Murphy is said to have responded to these criticisms the way that one would expect to him respond—shall we say, by loudly declaring that he was aggressively indifferent to their objections.
Some eight years after Eddie Murphy called out Hollywood, Jesse Jackson led a protest outside the Oscar ceremony over what he felt was a continued lack of inclusion for African Americans. Jackson's protest was most certainly days late and quite a few dollars short—not to mention self-aggrandizing as one had come to expect of Jackson by this time—but his protest added another footnote to the long, troubled history of African Americans in Hollywood.
Well, a lot has changed since Eddie Murphy decided to get in Hollywood's collective ass—and since the man Cannonball Adderley once anointed as "The Country Preacher" led his 1996 protest. Starting in 2002, Hollywood has been a lot more generous in its recognition of African Americans. Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson have all won awards since then. Of those six, only Freeman and Hudson have been in the best supporting categories, the rest won Best Actor or Best Actress.
Other milestones would include Sidney Poitier receiving a lifetime achievement award in 2002 and Chris Rock hosting the 2005 broadcast, joining Whoopi Goldberg and Richard Pryor as the only other African Americans to rock the mic as the program's MC through the years.
Perhaps the most surprising and concurrently the most satisfying moment of note since 2002 involved watching Three 6 Mafia win the Oscar for Best Song in 2006. Not since Isaac Hayes donned a vest of chains while performing his own Oscar-winning song "Shaft" back in the early '70s have the Academy Awards been the site of such an unbelievably off-the-chain performance. In many ways, the unlikely success of Three 6 Mafia's victory for a song titled "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp," demonstrated that in 10 short years a lot had changed since Jackson had decided to protest the event. In other words, some might say if Three 6 Mafia can win singing about the existential struggles inherent to the pimp game, then perhaps at long last Hollywood had finally created a more level playing field for African Americans.
Then there are those who seem to conflate the NAACP Image Awards with the Oscars, assuming that because the Image Awards reward positive images, the Oscars automatically should do the same. With this in mind, as alluded to in the Jadakiss lyric, there is the belief that Hollywood ignored Denzel's noble performance in Malcolm X (1992), while rewarding him for playing the especially corrupt cop Alonzo in Training Day (2001), the film for which he won his Best Actor award.
Denzel "should" have won for his role in Training Day, as this uncanny performance was outside the more comfortable range that he usually works within. By getting away from his movie star persona while immersed in the role of Alonzo, Denzel demonstrated an emotional range that indicated he was willing to get his hands dirty as an actor. He risked playing an unpopular character in the interest of expanding what was on the surface a potentially limited role. Training Day as a film is enjoyable, but it's far from a cinematic classic—though Denzel's performance in the film is indeed outstanding.
His performance in Malcolm X, on the other hand, has generally been overrated. I'm not saying that his performance was terrible, not at all, what I'm saying is that he was Denzel in that film, not Malcolm X. While there is a certain enjoyment one gets from watching a master at work, there is a difference between being Denzel and being Malcolm. If you don't believe me, watch the film again and then watch The Hurricane (1999), followed by American Gangster (2007) and then you'll see that Ruben Carter, Frank Lucas and Malcolm X are all basically the same guy. Yet, the role of Malcolm X is the type of role that has historically been rewarded by the Academy, it's just that in this case, the acting wasn't always up to the level of the role, whereas in Training Day, the acting superseded the role.
If you're really looking for a conspiracy though, go back to the 1990 Academy Awards, when Do the Right Thing (1989), Spike Lee's timely magnum opus was completely dissed, in a year when the Best Picture award went to the postmodern segregationist fantasy otherwise known as Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Kim Basinger nervously, but courageously pointed out the glaring omission of Do the Right Thing while presenting an award during the broadcast.
My reason for mentioning these examples is to demonstrate that the Academy Awards are very subjective; it is impossible to objectively evaluate a film or acting performance. What are the rules and standards that constitute a good performance versus a great performance, a good movie versus great cinema? When people argue about sports, at least there are statistics to inform the conversation. When arguing about the Oscars, though, it all comes down to one's personal preferences.
This is because, at the end of the day, the Oscars are an elaborate promotion for the film industry. It's all about PR and selling the product of Hollywood. The evening gowns and the tuxedos, the pomp and circumstance, the red carpet, all of this is in the interest of promoting the film industry. Hollywood has long been good at creating fiction—and the Academy Awards might just be their best fiction yet. For a long time African Americans were excluded from participating in this fiction. Now it seems that this has changed somewhat.
In other ways though, the intense focus on a film like Precious this year covers up the fact that there are so few substantive African-American films being produced these days that there are bigger issues at stake than simply winning another Academy Award. While such awards are great for the individuals in question, we have reached a point where another African American winning an Academy Award is less and less newsworthy, at least in the acting categories. Though African-American actors and actresses have fared much better at the Academy Awards as of late, any improvement over the way things were before 2002 must be considered relative to a previously dismal history.
Dr. Todd Boyd is the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture and Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His blog is Notorious Ph.D.


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1992 year. Las Venturas. David Williams came to the town of a casino. He is from Liberty City. He was a gangsta' there. But after he had got two gun shots from some Mafia mobsters, he was in the hospital for two weeks. Dave decided to start a new life, without crime. He had finished all his business and moved to San Andreas state, to Las Venturas. He had found a work as a taxi driver and bought a flat on the outskirts of the town. A month passed... David went to a night work of a taxi driver. He delivered some passengers. And when he was resting, one man got in his car and cried to hit the gas. There were some gangsters, who were following this man. When David had lost them, he took that man to his place. He called himself as Mark Cooper, gave the money to Dave and proposed to be in a gang called Dimes. David thought for a while and accepted the proposition. He decided to back to the crime life.
David Williams - he is 25 years old and he's from Liberty City. He was a gangsta' in LC, but after Dave had got two gun shoots from Mafia, he decided to start a new life in Las Venturas, without crime. He worked there for a month, as a taxi driver. One day, he saved a man. His name is Mark Cooper and he's from the Dimes gang. After that day, David is a gangster of Dimes gang.
Mark Cooper - he is 27 years old and his hometown is Las Venturas. He finished the secondary school and right after this went into a Dimes gang. Mark doesn't have a very high rank in the gang, but he's a very known person in it. He is probably the best friend of David. Mark is very honest and loyal to his gang and he will kill anyone who will cross the road of Dimes.
Dimes is the weakest gang in Las Venturas. The leader formed it in 1992 to protect himself, because there was the biggest crime level in San Andreas state in that year.
Status: Friends.
Leader: Coming soon.
Wolfs is one of the most powerful gangs in Las Venturas. This gang shares its powerful with another gangs, that are the enemies with Dimes.
Status: Enemies.
Leader: Coming soon.
Map details:
- your Safe House.
- Mark Cooper.
The status of the missions and chapters:
Work in progress (WIP).
Not even started working on.
Chapter 1 - Welcome to Las Venturas. Progress - 100%. (Download)
1. Intro.
2. The preposition.
3. Initiation.
4. Fight with Wolfs.
5. Expanding the sphere of influence.
6. Ambush.
7. A new mob war.
8. Drive By.
9. Outro.
Chapter 2 - The Real Beginning
1. Intro.
2. Some conversation.
3. Blowing work.
4. My Boss is Your Boss.
5. Take some rest, dude.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered brain cells called astrocytes are what distinguish the human brain from that of other animals.
"Studies in rodents show that non-neuronal cells are part of information processing," said Dr. Maiken Nedergaard of the University of Rochester Medical Center, who led the research team. "And our study suggests that astrocytes are part of the higher cognitive functioning that defines who we are as humans."
The scientists noted there are 10 times as many astrocytes in the brain than the neurons that send electrical signals.
Medical student Nancy Ann Oberheim, first author of the study, said human astrocytes signals are faster, bigger and more complex than those found in mice and rats.
The researchers discovered new types of astrocytes, and also determined astrocytes use calcium, rather than electrical signals, to communicate with neurons. The research team reported astrocytes send much slower signals that do neurons, but are just as important in the basic working of the brain.
The study that included scientists from New York Medical College and the University of Washington appears in the Journal of Neuroscience.


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NHS consultant is paid via PAYE - and is within the superannuation scheme.
He also has some private income (medical reports etc) - totalling about £8K per year - on a self-employed basis.
As well as the superannuation, he pays the standard £3,600 (£2,880 net) into a personal pension. Is there any higher rate relief due on these latter contributions on the strength of his non-superannuable income?
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The answer is, in theory at least, yes.
However, you need to check if the consultant is caught by the anti-forestalling rules (2010/11) and that the Pensions Annual Allowance of £50k hasn't been exceeded (2011/12).
Bear in mind that consultants are in the NHS defined benefits scheme, so you need to refer to the growth in the value of their benefits, not the contributions paid in the year. This is a complicated subject with specific calculations to perform - not for the ill-informed or the faint-hearted!


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Israeli, PA Negotiating Teams to Meet on Monday in Jericho
According to senior Fatah negotiator Nabil Shaath, expiration of settlement freeze has been postponed from Sept. 26 to Sept. 30 to give negotiators full month to iron out a deal.
A member of the Fatah Central Committee said on Friday that the Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams will meet in the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday.
This will be the first meeting since direct negotiations began in Washington this past week.
Senior Fatah negotiator Nabil Shaath, who attended the official launch of the direct peace talks in Washington earlier this week, said a United States representative would be present at the meeting, which will also include chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators Yitzhak Molcho and Saeb Erekat.
The meeting this upcoming week is being held to prepare for the next formal negotiating session, which is scheduled to begin on September 14 in the southern Sinai Red Sea city of Sharm al-Sheikh. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will all participate in that meeting.
Shaath said that Israel has decided to postpone the expiration date of the contentious West Bank settlement freeze from September 26 to September 30, thus giving the two sides a full month to negotiate before the building freeze expires.
"Israelis claim that they can't continue the settlement freeze while we say that we can't continue with negotiations if settlement building continues," Shaath said. "We will continue to work seriously until the end of the month."
"We have before us a month during which we will work under the framework of preparatory meetings and summit meetings," Shaath said.
According to Shaath, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he intends to visit the region in order to move the peace process forward, but an official date has yet to be set.
Back in Washington, Shaath said that Abbas and Netanyahu met for three hours on Thursday, focusing on four issues which remain undisclosed. During the meeting, Abbas presented Netanyahu with all of the points that he had agreed upon with former prime minister Ehud Olmert and former foreign minister Tzip Livni. During their meeting, they were joined by Clinton, who was briefed on what had been discussed.
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I'm curious has to how many other developers are using HTML5 and CSS3 these days?
I couple of years ago I still had to test using IE6 and up to keep stuff backwards compatible for a few clients. But now I'm more thinking screw it, if they want to be stuck with a old browser they can upgrade for FREE then I'm not wasting my time and I'm going to make something nice and clean while using the newest techniques my browser supports.
Today I get the feeling more people are adopting smarter browsers and most (if not all) smart phones and tablets fully support HTML5 and CSS3. I have only seen 1 person in the last year that was still stuck using IE6 and she was a complete freak worried that even if her phone number got online her bank account would be drained.
I'm just curious what others are doing for clients these days.


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LORAIN — Have you tried turning it off and on?
When Lorain Municipal Court computer software went down for two hours Dec. 3, it wasn't a typical glitch solved with the standard suggestion from IT departments far and wide to restart the machine
Instead, access was denied by software provider Henschen and Associates, according to a temporary restraining order request filed Friday in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas by the city and court against the Bowling Green-based company.
Henschen demanded $2,487 and threatened a January shutdown if it is not paid $2,000 per month, according to R. J. Budway, a Lorain assistant law director. The suit said Henschen was paid $5,000 after the Dec. 3 shutdown. Budway said Henschen is paid up to $5,000 annually by the city.
"It's preposterous that they now want up to $2,000 per month to let us use the system that we've already paid for and have a maintenance agreement on," he said. "There's nothing in any of the contracts or maintenance agreements about paying them $2,000 per month."
Bud Henschen, company president, didn't return a call Friday, but Budway said Henschen is mad about the city court switching to a different vendor. A shutdown also occurred Aug. 1 until the court paid Henschen $20.
It decided to go with AMCAD, a Herndon, Va.-based company whose website said it has more than 1,000 government customers in 38 states. Budway said the change was made because AMCAD could provide paperless service and Henschen couldn't. The court has used Henschen since 1998 to provide the software for the court docket.
Budway said the switch is expected in the next couple of months.
"It's hard to accept the fact that our long time relationship is nearing an end," Bud Henschen wrote in a Jan. 13 letter to Judge Thomas Elwell, Judge Mark Mihok and Court Clerk Lori Maiorana. Henschen thanked them for their service but also delivered a warning.
Henschen wrote that the company would do "everything possible" for a "quick and smooth transition," but also warned that his company's contract with the court forbids obtaining the services of another vendor to modify Henschen software without his company's approval. He said doing so constituted breach of contract "and may result in action being taken to protect our company's copyright and trade secrets."
In a Sept. 27 letter, Henschen questioned why the transition has taken nine months for a conversion he said usually takes 90 days.
"We have heard through the 'grapevine' that AMCAD's system is not totally Ohio compliant and not fully developed or functional," he wrote. "You may want to reconsider leaving Henschen's Muncipal Court system."
Henschen also again warned about copyright infringement.
Judge Christopher Rothgery granted the restraining order and set a Jan. 7 court date, according to court documents. The ruling said the city, court and public would suffer harm without the order and the city and court have demonstrated a "substantial likelihood of success" in winning the case.
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It's entirely clear why, but a large portion of Internet traffic in China on Tuesday was redirected to a block of Internet addresses registered to a mystery company housed on a residential street in Cheyenne, Wyo.
The company, Sophidea Incorporated, is operated out of a small, 1,700-square-foot house.
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, many of China's 500 million Internet users couldn't load websites ending in .com, .net or .org so they were re-routed to Sophidea Incorporated's addresses.
Details about the company are sparse, but it appears that it may be in the business of redirecting traffic from one address to another to hide a person's whereabouts or to evade the type of firewall used by China's Internet censoring system.
"Either it was an intentional DNS [domain name system] hack or the unintentional result of the Great Firewall, but I haven't seen any technical analysis of what was more likely," Adam Segal, a cybersecurity expert at the Council on Foreign Relations told The Washington Post.
The traffic redirection problem was fixed after about eight hours.
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Young mother 'killed instantly' in freak Luas accident, inquest hears
A mum of one was killed instantly when she was struck during a freak Luas accident, an inquest heard.
Yao Webster (35) from Eden Grove, Donabate, Co Dublin died when she was struck by a car that had collided moments before with a Luas at the corner of Jervis Street Shopping Centre on the morning of April 7 this year.
At the opening of the inquest into her death at Dublin Coroner's Court, her husband Robin Webster gave evidence that he last saw her at Connolly Station after they made their way into town to go to work.
"Yao and I travelled into town to work on the 7.57am train in to Connolly Station. We got off the train and Yao said goodbye at the barriers and headed off to work toward the Luas escalators. I went to my Dart platform," he said.
He found out that his wife had been involved in an accident when he received a call later that day from Inspector Tim McCarthy to get in contact with gardaí immediately. He went to the Bridewell Garda Station where gardaí delivered the "terrible news that Yao had been killed in a traffic accident," he said.
Mrs Webster was an An Post clerk working from Usher's Quay. Mr Webster said that she would sometimes to go to the shops on Henry Street before work to shop or browse.
Her body was identified using personal possessions and dental records. Mr Webster said that he recognised her watch, wedding ring and other jewellery as well as her mobile phone. The identification was subsequently confirmed by Dr Mary Clarke using dental records.
The post-mortem was carried out by Professor Eamon Leen who gave the cause of death as severe head injuries. Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said that the only consolation he could offer to the family is that Prof Leen's believes that death was "instantaneous".
Inspector Sharon Kennedy requested an adjournment of the inquest telling the coroner that a file is currently being prepared for the director of public prosecutions.
Dr Farrell adjourned the inquest for further mention on December 2.
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Public concerns over the county's new Unified Development Ordinance and Official Zoning Map has resulted in at least another month being added to the already 19-month-long rewriting process for the UDO.
More than 75 people, most from the Elgin community, attended the UDO public hearing Tuesday night to voice their concerns about the ordinance's Environmental Hazardous Overlay District, which they fear will restrict their land use. Many addressed the Planning Commission during the citizens' comments portion in the four-hour meeting.
A two-month-long effort by the Lancaster Police Department to get pay raises for nine mid-level and senior officers has been rejected by Lancaster City Council.
City employees from other departments turned out in force at Tuesday night's council meeting, arguing that if the officers got raises, all other city workers should get raises too. After a long executive session to discuss the matter, council voted 5-2 against the police pay hikes.
Lancaster County Council approved second reading of a tax-incentive package for internet marketing firm Red Ventures and an affiliated real estate company that would save the businesses an estimated $25.6 million in taxes over 30 years.
The incentive matter, one of several on the agenda for local companies, prompted discussion of a longstanding, yet rarely collected county tax on properties once zoned agricultural.
Eight candidates, including two challengers, filed for Lancaster County school board and Lancaster City Council before filing closed Friday at noon.
Three seats are open on both the school board and city council, with one contested race in each.
School board
Lorenzo Small will challenge incumbent Tyrom Faulkner for the District 2 seat.
Small, who is running for the first time, said he looks forward to having an opportunity to provide new insight to the school board.
In a reversal of the usual script, a dozen passionate citizens urged the Lancaster County Council to raise their taxes at Monday night's council meeting.
The taxpayers showed up to support the proposed 2 percent hospitality tax to fund a centrally-located county sports complex with a gym, walking and cycling trails, and fields for baseball, soccer and football.
Among the deferred agenda items at Monday night's Lancaster County Council meeting was a proposed ordinance that would establish a storm-water utility for the Lancaster County Panhandle.
Monday night's discussion and deferral was the first many residents had heard of what will essentially be a new county department charged with managing storm-water issues and infrastructure in the Panhandle – and a new fee on their tax bills to pay for it.
Candidate filing for three Lancaster City Council seats and four school board seats will begin Aug. 1.
Candidates can file for city council Districts 3, 4 and 6 for a $35 filing fee. The current seat holders are Jackie Harris in District 3, Tamara Green Garris in District 4 and Sara Eddins in District 6.
School board seats for Districts 2, 4, and 6 are up for election and have no filing fee. The current seat holders are Tyrom Faulkner in District 2, Bill Sumner in District 4 and Margaret Gamble in District 6.
Lancaster County Council deferred action on a pair of motions related to Indian Land's Avondale development Monday night, as discussion of the matter devolved into a testy scrap over Robert's Rules of Order.
Located between Calvin Hall and Harrisburg roads, the 189-acre mixed-use Avondale development is to have more than 500 homes and 200 residences for seniors, plus limited commercial and retail space.
Terry Graham of Van Wyck won the Lancaster County Council District 1 primary runoff election Tuesday against fellow Republican contender Melvin Stroble.
Barring the slim possibility of a successful write-in campaign by another candidate, Tuesday night's victory means Graham is the presumptive winner of the District 1 seat, since he has no Democratic challenger in the general election, which is Nov. 8.
According to the Lancaster County Elections Office, Graham received 860 votes, or 60.52 percent of the 1,421 ballots cast in District 1.
Susan Hunter Wallace squeaked by in Tuesday's runoff election for Lancaster County auditor, narrowly defeating Allen Blackmon.
Hunter Wallace received 1,848 votes (51.3 percent) in the Republican runoff, leaving Blackmon close behind with 1,755 votes (48.7 percent). She will have no Democratic opposition in November's general election.
"I'm humbled, and I know I'm privileged to be the next auditor," Hunter Wallace said. "It's not money and it's not power. I give (God) all the glory for this win."
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Cosplayer Lin-Z > Costume of Elsa (Frozen)
- Most Recent Photo
- 02-22-2014
- Series
- Frozen
- Character
- Elsa
- Special Variation:
- Snow Queen
- Year Completed:
- 2014
- Construction Difficulty:
- Difficult
- Wig styled by
- jeanralphio
- Costume worn at:
- Katsucon 2014
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Over 80 hours went into this, a full 56 of them solely dedicated to the bodice. It took me about 15 hours to modify and sew a corset pattern to make the base, and 41 hours to hand sew each sequin onto the bodice (the sequins came from a seller in China). Curiously, in person, the sequins are much closer to a greenish aqua-blue, but photograph as the much lighter blue you see! There are three layers of fabric in the bodice; the innermost is leftover white casa satin, then a layer of cotton drill (like twill) to provide strength, and finally a decorative powder blue crepe. The bodice has a thick white zipper in the back, and contains 9 pieces of plastic boning.
The cape took close to 20 hours and was constructed out of mesh netting and a "blue pearlized sheer" fabric from Joann's, plus some scrap matte blue cotton. I first cut the bottom of the netting into a triangle and then gathered the top to an appropriate width. I then had to hand-draft and trace a template for the shiny snowflake (the pearlized sheer fabric), trace it on to the fabric, cut it, and then apply fray check on the entire thing. Then I gathered the sheer fabric to the same width as the netting, sewed them into the matte cotton casing, and put snaps inside the casing and bodice where the cape would attach (this proved to be a really good idea, as several people stepped on my cape and the snaps let it pop out without too much damage). After all that, I hand sewed a bead to each point in the snowflake pattern - both for fanciness and to tack the sheer fabric to the netting (this I put off so I had to pull an all-nighter before catching a 7:38am train to Katsu WHOOPS). Because of the silver thread I was using, I had to put a dot of glue on each tack, which took up a lot of extra time.
The shirt is light blue stretch mesh from Spandex House. The sleeve detailing was done with puffy paint that I covered with glitter and let dry. It's not as complete as I would like it to be, but it worked well enough for a debut run!
The skirt shown in these pictures is not the skirt I made due to an embarrassing and costly mistake (involving the all-nighter previously mentioned), but it is interestingly made out of the same fabric. The same, extremely not-the-color-I-thought-it-was-when-I-bought-it-online fabric. It's some kind of polyester teal crinkle lamé, so I couldn't even bleach it lighter. The skirt I made had horsehair trim in the hem and does actually have the slit in the side; the one I'm wearing in these pictures I bought from the dealer's room on Friday and has layers in the back for a bustle effect.
I wore pre-owned white sandals because I didn't have time to modify the heels I bought to suit Elsa.
The hair snowflakes are - I kid you not - Martha Stewart brand jewel casings with Martha Stewart brand jewels inside bobby pinned into the wig.
- Personal Thoughts:
- So pretty much right when I walked out of the theater, I turned to my little sister and said "I want to cosplay Elsa." She said she'd be my Anna, but she didn't want to do the coronation gowns (at the time) so I decided I would be snowy Elsa, which turned out to be an undertaking a little too big for the time I had to complete it haha.
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- Unknown
- Wig Name
- Long Curly without Bangs
- Original Color:
- White Blonde
- Wig Quality Rating
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In Praise of Imports
By Aaron Steelman
Throughout U.S. history, people have argued for restricting imports. Some have claimed that, in a world of free trade, our borders would be flooded with goods and that American companies would not have a chance to get off the ground. Others have insisted that trade barriers serve national security interests, because they support certain sectors of the economy that would be crucial in wartime.
But perhaps the most common of all protectionist claims is what might be called the "perfect world" argument. It goes something like this: "I would support cutting our tariffs if other countries would do the same." There are variations on this theme. For instance, you might hear someone say that free trade would be great if our neighbors would stop subsidizing their industries - or if wages were uniform around the world. Of course, these conditions are unlikely to be met, so in practice trade protections are unlikely to be cut.
The problem with such arguments is that they misunderstand why nations trade in the first place: to consume. Imports are the real benefit of international trade.
Consider the case of 19th-century America. During that period, we frequently imported more than we exported. In other words, we ran persistent and often large trade deficits. Did this cripple the U.S. economy? Quite the opposite. The U.S. economy grew enormously - and imports played an important role. During the 1800s, "substantial resources of labor and capital were diverted out of consumer-goods production into canal and railroad construction, and a large increase in imported consumer goods partially offset this domestic decline. In the 1850s, we also imported a large amount of railroad iron for construction," writes Douglass North, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in economics. "Foreign capital not only financed the import surplus described above but directed resources into cotton expansion and the social overhead investment in transportation."
Likewise, poor countries around the world today could improve their lot by opening their borders to foreign goods. Russell Roberts, an economist at Washington University in St. Louis, illustrates the benefits of trade for developing countries through a hypothetical example.
Think about what would happen if residents of St. Louis were forced to buy only products made in that city. Houses would have to be destroyed so that the land they stood on could be turned into farms. And people would have to change jobs so that they could concentrate on producing goods necessary for survival. "A whole string of economic changes would occur and all of them would be impoverishing," Roberts writes. "The poorest countries are a lot like St. Louis ... in that their size makes self-sufficiency extremely expensive. Trade lets them avoid that trap. Trading with them doesn't exploit them - it allows them to escape the poverty of self-sufficiency."
A number of developing countries in Latin America followed the opposite path from the 1950s through the 1980s. They adopted "import-substitution" policies aimed at promoting industrialization. Such protectionist policies did indeed create an industrial sector in Latin America - but at a very high cost. "Exports were discouraged, the exchange rate became overvalued, employment creation lagged behind, and massive amounts of resources - including skilled human talent - were withdrawn from the protective sphere and devoted to lobbying," writes Sebastian Edwards, an economist at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Edwards hits on a counterintuitive insight. One might think that, if a country boosted its tariff barriers, it would send at least as many goods overseas - if not more. But, in practice, that rarely happens, an observation that economist Abba Lerner made in the 1930s. Lerner argued that a tax on imports is equivalent to a tax on exports.
Contrast the cases of Chile and Brazil. Chile was one of the few Latin countries to liberalize trade in the 1970s. During the next 25 years its imports and exports, as measured as a percentage of gross domestic product, both surged. Meanwhile, in Brazil, where protectionist policies remained in place, international trade figures remained relatively stagnant.
The lesson here is that trade barriers are no panacea. They make nations poorer and have little or no effect on the current account balance. As Milton and Rose Friedman have written, the United States should say to the rest of the world: "We cannot force you to be free. But we can offer full cooperation on equal terms to all. Our market is open to you without tariffs or other restrictions. Sell here what you can and wish to. Buy whatever you can and wish to. In that way cooperation among individuals can be worldwide and free."
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"It's my magic pill." Tom is eager to explain: before he started taking it, he was expelled from boarding school. Problems started when he felt he lacked individual attention. "Teachers didn't care about me - why should I care about them?"
Tom's father is a highly successful doctor: Tom wants to be a photographer. But his confidence is so depleted that he can't write an opening paragraph for his A-level art project. No one has taught him essay planning or told him that the introduction can be the hardest place to start. His talents make him ideally suited to multi-sensory learning, but he hasn't been taught any techniques.
Tom saw a psychiatrist. "She said, 'I don't know why you can't concentrate but there's this drug you can take. If it works, you've got ADHD.' "
Tom's story is backed up by his school file. Pre-Ritalin, he "disappoints" and "refuses to concentrate". Post-Ritalin, he's "a kind and thoughtful boy" who "tries very hard". Suddenly, teachers think he's nice.
This is why Tom is addicted to Ritalin. Parents and teachers can also get addicted to this drug, since within 20 minutes of taking it, a child who refuses to listen or comply turns into an angel. What a relief for everybody.
About 3% of the population, mostly children, are too dreamy (ADD) or hyperactive (ADHD). Either way, they're inattentive: they don't listen, don't learn, repeat mistakes, flit from one thing to another.
Ritalin focuses them. So doctors like Tom's psychiatrist use Ritalin as a means of establishing a diagnosis of AD(H)D: if the medicine works, the patient has the disease.
Anti-Ritalin specialists protest: anyone who takes Ritalin finds his or her concentration improves. Certain writers admit they use it to help them focus on a long piece. It's well-known amongst professional bodybuilders desperate to keep going against the odds.
The "harmless drug in safe hands" argument is also dubious. Americans classify this amphetamine as a Schedule II drug, alongside morphine and cocaine. Judy Garland added it to her infamous drug cocktails and junkies try it to kick the heroin habit. In Scotland, drug-support groups say Ritalin gets illegally sold to adults. This is why there is concern here and in the US about street-wise children trading Ritalin.
American television programmes have revealed incidents in which children were snorting Ritalin, teachers and pharmacists were stealing it, parents selling it. The International Narcotics Control Board in the US has warned of more and more children aged 10-14 abusing Ritalin as a street drug. Anecdotally, even teachers in the UK have been heard to discuss the problem of pupils trading in Ritalin.
But as doctors spread the news to other doctors that Ritalin works, more children take it: last year 92,000 NHS prescriptions were written and the figures seem set to double every year. These don't take account of youngsters like Tom, on private schemes.
Nor do the figures include the amphetamine Dexedrine or various tricyclic anti-depressants, anti- psychotics and anti-hypertensives also prescribed for AD(H)D.
As you would imagine, all of these drugs have side-effects, for which doctors also prescribe more drugs, for instance to treat the varying degrees of obsessive-compulsive behaviour, anxiety, depression and aggression which Ritalin can provoke. Other side effects include loss of appetite, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, tics and visual disturbances. Not to mention stunted growth and, in some cases, irregular heartbeat.
Pro-Ritalin doctors say Ritalin's side effects are exaggerated. But no one knows the effects of prolonged use on children's brains, immune systems or vital organs: no study of the drug's effects exceeds 14 months.
In the UK, Ritalin is made by Medeva. Its chief executive, Dr Bill Bogie, is a medical practitioner. He says that Ritalin is only used in very strictly controlled conditions. "The drug is only part of the story. The treatment of AD(H)D is more complex, involving a full investigation of the child and his or her background, and the drug is only administered with the support of the parents and teachers. Drugs are not at the forefront of treatment - children can be helped without them. If you do decide to administer them, for some children it is like a light switch being thrown - there is a remarkable improvement in their behaviour, at home and at school, and in their performance. So it can have a very positive effect. But it has to be used properly - short courses, with regular checks on behaviour. There should be no carte blanche, they must be under medical supervision." Dr Bogie continues: "The reason sometimes headteachers are giving them out is that they are needed more than once a day. Schools in the US especially are taking over the midday dose. It is preferable to having the children carrying them around in their pockets."
This assessment does tie in with the official guidelines controlling the use of Ritalin. When a child with suspected problems is referred to a doctor - either a child/adolescent psychiatrist, a paediatrician or a GP, the doctor assesses the child, taking into account medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, personal and family histories. Parents' comments and school reports are sought.
This year, a report commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation has revealed that youngsters are getting more and more stressed. As many as one in five suffers mental health problems. In the spring the Joint National Project was launched to investigate children's emotional and behavioural disorders. There is concern that Ritalin is being used as a cheap alternative to counselling and as a quick fix for reducing the number of school exclusions: the diagnosis of AD(H)D is conveniently subjective. Concerns worldwide have prompted the United Nations to call on governments to "seek out over-diagnosis".
But even this pre-supposes the very existence of AD(H)D on a physiological level. American doctors admit they still don't have any conclusive evidence that AD(H)D can be found in the brain. Recent scans suggest "dopamine imbalances" and "frontal lobe dysfunction" but so far AD(H)D has been shown to be a bundle of symptoms only. We know the predisposition to be impulsive, distracted and hyperactive runs in families, and the search for a gene is under way.
So what could trigger the symptoms? An increasing number of specialists suggest modern life. Children don't exercise much (the average schoolgirl walks less than seven minutes a day). They eat frozen, reheated, vacuum-packed, tinned, microwaved, chemically altered, genetically modified foods high in saturated fats, salt and sugar. The average can of soft drink contains 16 spoonfuls of sugar. Most of the meat that ends up on their plates originates from animals fed on antibiotics and fattened on hormones. The supermarket culture serves up ready-made meals and fresh foods "ripened" under fluorescent tubes, which then lose much of their precious little nutritional value as they sit on shelves and in fridges.
So much for a balanced diet. Environmental irritants such as air pollution and electro-magnetic radiation and ozone from electrical equipment produce yet more toxins in their bodies. Anti-oxidant treatments pioneered in the US have had success but are, as yet, unlicensed in the UK.
Technology doesn't help. On-screen violence triggers fight-or-flight reactions and highs of adrenaline with no physical outlet. Today, children get what children want: instant gratification and over-stimulation.
What they don't get is time to absorb information and grow up gently. The variety of human contact provided by large families and communities has been replaced by stress and tedium. Playtime is all but disappearing from schools under increasing pressure to produce results (a pressure that the government's proposed performance-related pay scheme will undoubtedly exacerbate).
Then there's the soaring divorce rate. Take 10-year old Jimmy. His teacher, a trainee at the Tavistock Clinic in London, presents his case to seven other teachers and two psychotherapists. For two hours we pore over his traumatic life history. His parents are at each other's throats all the time. Jimmy needs all the help he can get. What's he getting? Ritalin.
I inquire a few months later about Jimmy's progress on the drug. "Not good," says his teacher, "but his mother prefers him on Ritalin. She says he's stopped following her round the house and asking too many questions." She also likes the extra £34 weekly attendance allowance Ritalin gives her.
Yes, Ritalin works. It enables our children to survive. It puts an end to the problem of too many questions. It stops us asking what message we give children when we give them drugs. It saves us thinking about why they can't learn, or focusing on creating an environment that makes them healthy and happy. It's our magic pill.
Further information
The International Centre for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
The Davis Dyslexia Association gives help on multi-sensory learning helpful to children with AD(H)D symptoms.
ADD Information Services, for general information: 0181-905 2013
www.p-a-r.org (Parents Against Ritalin)
www.chesapeake.net/vparker (Grandparents and Parents Against Ritalin)
Alternative approaches: Books
Ritalin Nation - Richard DeGrandpre, WW Norton & Company Ltd, 1999
Talking Back to Ritalin: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants for Children - PR Breggin, Common Courage Press, 1998
Ritalin is Not the Answer - David Stein, Jossey-Bass, 1999
No More Ritalin - Dr Mary Ann Block, Kensington Books, 1996
Eileen Tracy is a study skills counsellor and lecturer. Call 0181-968 9748.


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And then there was one. After sorting through interest and offers from more than 20 schools, J.J. Hickson is finally a committed player. The five-star forward from Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga., announced that he will play his college basketball at N.C. State at a press conference at his school on Thursday afternoon.
Hickson, the No. 15 ranked player in the class of 2007, said his decision came down to his relationship with new N.C. State head coach Sidney Lowe.
"The main thing was my relationship with him. He has really taught me how to conduct myself and to be professional in everything that I do. That was the difference-maker," Hickson told Rivals.com in an exclusive interview. "It was really 50-50 (between Tennessee and N.C. State). It was the hardest decision I've had to make. But in the end, I felt like I was really the only player that they needed and that they were missing.
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"We just talked on the phone and he didn't rush in and say, 'We need you, we need you. You are our man.' He got to know me as a person and not just a basketball player. In fact, I don't think he offered me a scholarship until three weeks after we started talking. He got to know me real well. I kind of look at him like my big brother or a father figure."
For Lowe, Hickson is the star Wolfpack fans have been waiting for on the recruiting front. With a front line that needs a spark, Hickson said he knows the expectations for him as a freshman will be high.
"To me, there is no pressure. I want to do something that I wanted to do and not be forced into something. To me, going there is no big deal. I'm going to go in and play my game and get some wins," Hickson said.
"I want to be a leader and make my own footprints instead of stepping into someone else's. I hope others will follow. I want to help them restore their program and win some championships."
Lowe's experience in the NBA was a major factor in his decision, Hickson said.
"He knows what it takes to get there because he has been there. It's all about hard work," Hickson said. "He knows the drills and we've had a couple of talks about how he'll use me. He said he has never coached in college, so everything he does will be pro sets. There will be a lot of spacing that will allow me to do what I do."
N.C. State needs immediate help down low, and Hickson feels like he can be the player to help spark the front line from Day One.
"There is a big gap (down low) at N.C. State, and I feel like I need to be the guy that can put the team on my back," he said.
Hickson picked N.C. State over Tennessee. He also considered Florida and Georgetown. At one point, Hickson had more than 20 offers - all from schools in power conferences.
With the decision behind him, Hickson said he can now focus on winning a state championship - a task that didn't happen last year despite a tremendous team and a deep run into the playoffs. His other goal is being named a McDonald's All-American.
Hickson is the second player to commit to the Wolfpack in the class of 2007. He joins North Carolina native Johnny Thomas, a three-star forward from Greensboro.


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Read My Lips Marker We've all seen it in the films right? After a night of passion or regret, someone always wakes up, walks into the bathroom and sees a note scrawled across their mirror in bright red lipstick. I know what I'd be thinking if it was my mirror that had been so lovingly defaced: "GODDAMMIT that will take forever to clean off".
Imagine my surprise when my better half left for work this morning, and as I ventured into the bathroom there was a huge message scrawled across the bathroom mirror: "GONE TO WORK. BUY EGGS. XOXO" I didn't know what I was more annoyed at, the fact that my mirror had been defaced by lipstick, or the fact that we had no eggs.
As I trundled over to the mirror to begin my lengthy cleaning operation, heartbroken and dejected at the thought that I couldn't have an omelette, my world was turned on its head: The lipstick just WIPED off.
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Arsames (baund)
Arsames is a Iranian daith metal baund frae Mashhad, the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran. The baund wis formed in 2002 bi Ali Madarshahi.[1] Arsames haed chyngit its line-up mony times, Vocalist an first drummer Ali Madarshahi is the anerlie oreeginal member who haes remained.[2] The oreegin o the name o the baund, Arsames, came frae the name o ane o the keengs o Persian Empire durin the Achaemenid dynasty.
The baund play hivy metal muisic despite it being illegal in Iran an, accordin tae the baund, it considered Satanic bi the govrenment.[1][3][4]
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Arsames oreeginally formed in winter of 2002. They record their debut single "Adiposere" in 2005 in their hame studio which wis in the brutal daith metal genre. In 2006 they released an unsigned studio album (Cyclopia) digitally. The album got positive regards bi the fans specialy on myspace.[3][unreliable soorce?] A second download-only album, Homo Sapiens, was released in 2007.[5]
In 2007, Malaysian documentary-maker Zan Azlee interviewed the baund as pairt o I'm Muslim Too!, a documentary on youth in the Middle East.[6]
In 2008 Arsames joined a baund contest at Metalcamp 2009 in Slovenie an they received the maist votes. In Julie 2009 Arsames performed at the Unirock Open Air Festival in Turkey wi baunds like Arch Enemy, Kreator an Amon Amarth.[5] They hae got mony positive reaction frae fans an critics as they addressed Arsames as Iron Maiden an daith o Iran.[5]
2010 wis a busy year for arsames, in Aprile they played at Metal Asylum in Dubai.[2][7] Arsames released their first signed album, Immortal Identity, containing eight tracks.[8] In November Arsames heidlined a metal festival named 'Sikkim Fest' in Indie.[1][9]
The baund's leerical themes include Persian history an meethology, an they describe their muisic as "auncient daith metal".[4][5]
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- Current members
- Ali Madarshahi - Vocals
- Morteza Shahrami - Guitar
- Ahmad Takalou - Guitar
- Rouzbeh Zourchang - Bass guitar
- Saeed Shariat - Drums
- Umwhile members
- Hamed "Fetusgrinder" Azizi - Vocals
- Ali Azhari - Guitar
- Hamid Yousefi Faverani - Guitar
- Hamid Alizadeh - Guitar
- Ali Sanayi - Bass guitar
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Band braves ban for a blare - Iran metal musicians to rock Gangtok on sunday", The Telegraph (Kolkata), 20 November 2010, retrieved 2011-01-28
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Georgina Enzer (Mairch 25, 2010). "Arsames: 'We have to stay and fight for it'". Gulfnews. Retrieved 17 Januar 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vince DiMaggio (2008). "Arsames Interview" (Digital). MetalStormMag. Retrieved Januar 17, 2011. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilkinson, James (2010) "Iranian metal", Time Out Dubai, 30 March 2010, retrieved 2011-01-28
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Dayal Paterson (2009). "Arsames" [Arsames: Peachy Keen]. MetalHammer.UK. 202: 22. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ↑ Johan, Rizal (2008-09-28). "A zeal for telling people's stories". The Star. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ↑ Arsames – a profile; November 20, 2010 [Retrieved 2010.01.17].
- ↑ Imortal Media/Releses; 2010.01.17.
- ↑ "ARTIST OF THE MONTH : ECCENTRIC PENDULUM". October 11, 2010. Retrieved 17 Januar 2011.


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A convoy driver who suffered crushed bones in both hands while serving in Iraq, she has been diagnosed with post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). But even more seriously, the wife of a disabled Navy veteran has a terminal disease she acquired in Iraq known as Constrictive Bronchitis. At best, she has two years to live.
The fatal diagnosis has not deterred Lauren from carrying out her personal mission to force Washington to develop a simple plan to restructure and overhaul the Veterans Administration, the second largest department in our government. A former paralegal in civilian life, she and a small group of military people called The Veteran Warriors, have been investigating and documenting problems plaguing the VA.
Lauren speaks with authority and much experience on this issue. It took the VA four years to settle her claim for her terminal lung disease.
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|4th December 2010, 07:05 PM
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I see that you would like a width of 24" external. I assume that you would be using 18mm (3/4") birch ply for a PA cabinet so this would give an internal width of 572mm (22.5 in). Also I see that the you have a preference for the 550 litre cabinet. Please note that in practical terms the real cabinet might have a lower response and efficiency due to the volume of the driver in the horn mouth, which is something that is probably not completely taken account of in the sims.
I,m not completely convinced about using an inductor to flatten the passband response. I think we will struggle to find an inductor that will be satisfactory at the sort of power levels your looking at.
BTW would you be using the QSC PLX RMX amplifiers in 4 ohm bridge for a pair of 8 ohm drivers? This gives 1700W per driver for the PLX3402 and 1200W per driver for the RMX2450.
I assuming that this is the way that you want to go forward with this and that you are probably looking at a pair of cabinets to start with.
I think we need to nail your requirements before setting out a final folding scheme. Once that is complete a physical prototype might be in order
|5th December 2010, 10:29 AM
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he back again.as expected infection was spread severly and they had to remove my hearbones,meaning my hearing is not getting better(one side)
it wasn't good anway,but stil a dissapointment.
stil a lot of pain and groggyness.but i wil be ok again.
i agree wth xco1 bilding a test moddel.
looking at the ss15 th of jbel id say use 15 mm birch ply for the actual moddel,just use bracing in the mout bit and the flappy ends.
u can always put a coil in series later if u want but you must use an aircoil(no ferrit coil)1.2 mm minnimum.
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|6th December 2010, 12:52 AM
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"I see that you would like a width of 24" external"
24" width external or less (two cabs side by side equaling 48") or 48" tall external or less (loading the cabs sideways in the truck) are just optimal dimensions as they will be less hassle to take in an SUV.
"I assume that you would be using 18mm (3/4") birch ply for a PA cabinet"
Xoc1, what do you think about using 15mm birch w/bracing?
"Please note that in practical terms the real cabinet might have a lower response and efficiency due to the volume of the driver in the horn mouth, which is something that is probably not completely taken account of in the sims."
What would you recommend - or is this just a heads-up?
"BTW would you be using the QSC PLX RMX amplifiers in 4 ohm bridge for a pair of 8 ohm drivers?"
I will be using whatever amp is suitable for the cabs; but, yes - the plan was to wire the cabs parallel and run the amp(s) 4 ohm bridged.
"I think we need to nail your requirements before setting out a final folding scheme."
Let me know if there's any more info you need
"he back again"
Glad to have you back - safely. Too bad to find out they had to be removed. Hope the pain reduces quickly.
"i agree wth xco1 bilding a test moddel."
I'm all for building a test model. Would I be building the enclosure like normal (with poly adhesive), just minus the braces?
"looking at the ss15 th of jbel"
What ss15??
"u can always put a coil in series later if u want but you must use an aircoil(no ferrit coil)1.2 mm minnimum."
I'll start the coil research
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|6th December 2010, 07:33 AM
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feeling better 2day
ss15 =single sheet tapped horn of jbell.
he uses 12 mm wood(dont know if its birch ply).
this is why i think 15 mm will do fine wih some bracing.
also 15 mm is 20% lighter than 18 mm.
|6th December 2010, 02:12 PM
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JBells Large TH used 18mm (3/4") Ply.
As was Wood1y,s RCF 15" TH....
Dare I say that a Danley TH118 is 18mm Birch Ply
I think that ScreamerUSA Furybox is also 18mm (But failed to find a specific reference)
As this project is about reaching 30Hz and high power levels, I would say that 18mm might be prudent. 15mm might be possible dependent on your cabinetry skills, and how much time you are prepared to dedicate to bracing the cabinet without causing any adverse effects.
I know of a double 15" FLH design that works well in 15mm birch ply, but it is far more complicated than this TH, and the double horn construction avoids having an unbraced side to the horn mouth.
wishing you a speedy recovery from your operation.
My partner had a similar procedure on one of her ears a couple of years ago, and despite the hearing loss still appreciates good music, and the differences when I improve our home soundsystem using the fantastic amount of knowlege available here on Diyaudio
|6th December 2010, 02:49 PM
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fast healing epa.
The ss15 isn't a 30hz box, it's a 45hz box. It is loud and a great PA performer, and makes 40hz with authority in pairs. A few mods could get it to about 35hz, but I think solid 28hz, and 32hz d&b notes are non starters for this design. With a grill, the ss15 really doesn't need any additional bracing, even though it is built with 1/2" ply. My personal rule of thumb is that any panel over 12" -- needs some kind of bracing. In the ss15, that only applies to the top, back, and bottom panels. My limited bracing accomplishes everything needed except for the mouth.
The 'compromise' plan from earlier in this thread looks good. Basically an extra fold for the stadiumhorn. I find that the TH's I build play just a bit lower than I expect, so the compromise design that doesn't quite get to the desired low end cut -- is usually right on target.
|6th December 2010, 03:38 PM
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thnx all
i have no ideer what 2 expect from a hearing aid,but if your partner hears improvements,thats a bit comforting i gues tnx.
for thicknes one could use 15mm and use more bracing,or use 18 mm with less bracing.i think its up to the constructor.
i think jbells argument of max 12"spacing makes sence .
in our "compromise" moddel that means top, back and bottem
its up to justin now to choose a design and thicknes,knowing that the actual design wil be a few hz lower and less efficient then predicted in hr.
|6th December 2010, 04:23 PM
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hollow out your bracing. (big holes) Solid bracing reduces low end output (in cabinets I've built) I don't think your 'bottom' brace will accomplish much, better to grill or put a couple of vertical braces and a horizontal brace right at the mouth opening
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a strong gril like your ss15 is a good ideer
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Corina Georgiana Ungureanu (born August 29. 1980, Ploieşti, Romania) is a world-class Romanian artistic gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999. She was a member of two gold medal-winning World Championships teams and was the 1998 European Champion on the floor exercise.
Ungureanu began gymnastics at the Petrolul Ploieşti club in her hometown of Ploieşti, but spent the major part of her career training in Bucharest under Leana Sima. In the national training center in Deva, she was coached by Octavian Belu. Ungureanu's first international assignment was a junior dual meet between Romania and Germany, where she placed first with her team and eighth in the all-around. She resurfaced on the international scene again in 1996, when she won the all-around title at the EcoAir Cup. She did not compete in the 1996 Olympics, but was a member of the gold medal-winning Romanian teams at the 1997 and 1999 World Gymnastics Championships. She was forced to retire in 1999 due to a spinal cord injury.
After retiring from gymnastics, she sparked some controversy by posing nude for the January 2000 edition of Playboy Romania. These pictures were reprinted in Playboy Japan in May 2000 and led to her producing a nude photobook, Corina Ungureanu Photograph Collection (コリーナ・ウングレアーヌ 写真集) ISBN 4-7976-7021-5, in Japan later that year. In 2002, along with former teammates Lavinia Miloșovici and Claudia Presecan, Ungureanu appeared in two Japanese DVDs, Gold Bird and Euro Angels, which included scenes of the three gymnasts performing gymnastics routines topless. A second nude photobook, LCC Gold ISBN 4-87279-118-5, appeared at the same time. A number of photographs from the photobook and DVDs were subsequently published in the Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai. An edited version of the DVDs entitled 3 Gold Girls was released in Germany in 2004.
The DVDs proved controversial as some of the scenes and publicity material featured the gymnasts in their official Romanian team leotards. It later emerged that they had not been aware of the contractual obligation to wear their official leotards until filming had already begun [1]. In the wake of the controversy, Ungureanu and her former teammates were banned from coaching or competing in Romania from 2002 to 2007. To compensate, Ungureanu spent some time coaching in Italy.
In 2004, her authorized biography, Corina Ungureanu: Beginning and End, written by Laurian Stãnchescu was published. Ungureanu is now also a spokesmodel for Bucovina SA, a bottled water company in Romania. She currently manages a coffee shop called New Haven in Ploieşti with her boyfriend. In early 2007 she took up a coaching position in England, alongside former colleague Claudia Presecan.
Ungureanu posed for Playboy Romania again in March 2008.
Major awards[edit]
- 1996 EcoAir Cup: 1st AA
- 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: 1st team
- 1997 International Team Championships: 1st team
- 1997 International Championship of Romania: 2nd AA
- 1997 Romanian Nationals: 2nd BB; 4th AA
- 1997 Germany-Romania dual meet: 1st team
- 1997 Romania-Italy-Ukraine tri-meet: 1st team; 4th AA
- 1998 Goodwill Games: 3rd BB; 3rd FX
- 1998 European Championships: 1st team, FX; 4th UB
- 1998 International Team Championships: 2nd team
- 1999 World Gymnastics Championships: 1st team
Key: AA: all-around; BB: balance beam; FX: floor exercise; UB: uneven bars; VT: vault
External links[edit]
- Corina Ungureanu at the International Federation of Gymnastics
- Bio at romanian-gymnastics.com
- List of competitive results
- Her biography at gymbox.net
- More about the book
- Interview about the Playboy scandal
- SportsIllustrated article about the DVD controversy
- Interview about the DVD controversy
- Article about her coffee shop, and her coaching in England (in Romanian)
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The lightning warning that delayed the start of the NFL season opener was a bit premature. The strong stuff didn't come down until the second half.
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Manning, 37, is the first quarterback — not Drew Brees, not Tom Brady, not Aaron Rodgers — since the AFL and NFL merged to throw for seven in one game. He's one of only six to throw for seven TDs; the last was the Minnesota Vikings' Joe Kapp, who accomplished the feat against the Baltimore Colts in 1969.
Joe Kapp? "Joe Kapp, great Canadian quarterback out of Cal," Manning said in a Wikipedia moment afterward. "Kicked the crap out of a guy on YouTube a couple years ago."
Remember when Manning's arm strength was questioned after he missed the 2011 season because of neck surgery? Nah, nobody does, not when he's on pace to pass for 112 TDs (and nearly 7,400 yards) this season. In fact, at this pace, he'd shatter it at around the halfway point of the season.
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The performance, with two TD passes each going to Wes Welker, Demaryius Thomas and Julius Thomas, was staggering on a surreal night. Neither aspect of the evening was lost on Manning.
"Usually the Super Bowl champion gets to play at home. The fact that they were here, we knew it was a unique game," Manning told ESPN. "I think the lightning delay was just kind of fitting. It was just a strange set of circumstances. You had the other team's quarterback's picture on your stadium. It's not a normal game. We said the team prayer, and put our hands in and broke it down 'Broncos on three' three different times. Never had that happen before. … That lightning delay, we kept thinking it was time to start and we kept going back to sit down. It took us a while to get started."
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About the exhibition –
Thought provoking Street Artists AVOID pi & infinity team up for their first duo show together entitled Babel Code. Peering through a semiotic Petri dish intermixed with sub-conscious communication, Babel Code uses primitive and mystical sources as well as runic references, which charges the works of art with a power and energy beyond the objects themselves.
Babel Code challenges the viewer to reconsider the basic notions of communication and cultural mutation, while providing a closer look into the artist's own techniques of non-verbal interactions. Building upon a symbolic language shared by both artists, their influences range from a resonance of mixed signals and errant transmissions.
Their symbolism ranges from introverted Platonic deliberation and chemical structures to numerology and DNA; anything and everything from hobo marks and astronomy to grammar diagrams and physics equations.
The show will run through June 11, 2010. Mighty Tanaka Studio, 68 Jay Street, Suite 416, Brooklyn, New York.
Full exclusive preview of Babel Code after the jump.


text: Hello! This is my first attempt at a PTR and I am hoping I get some people following along. I tend to ramble on, so lets cross our fingers I don't do that to much! Cast of this trip is: Myself (Erin) and DH (Chad) My Oldest The Middle Son and finally our Baby! We are going at the end of September 2012, for ours Oldests 10th Birthday. We are also hoping my mom will be joining us, but more on that later on!