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Legacy applications: Inspiration for future vehicles?
Dale Brosius, a consultant and president of Quickstep Composites (Dayton, Ohio), looks back at past automotive composites applications for today's market opportunities.
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I attended the Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Innovation Awards dinner on Nov. 6, 2013 (full disclosure: I am one of the event's blue-ribbon judges), where a number of excellent applications of plastics from around the globe took awards. Award categories included Powertrain, Body Exterior, Body Interior and others, and at the end of the evening, one of the category winners is selected for the Grand Award. The big winner in 2013 was an all-olefinic liftgate for the Nissan Rogue, consisting of a thermoplastic olefin (TPO) outer skin and a long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene structural inner panel. The assembly is 30 percent lighter than the stamped-steel version it replaces — a considerable weight savings. It will be interesting to see if Nissan adopts this technology on the Murano and the Juke, two other crossover SUVs in its line — and if other OEMs will introduce similar technology.
The automotive industry is rife with good applications that failed to proliferate to other models built by the same OEM, let alone to other OEMs. This lack of proliferation has been a great source of frustration for Tier 1 suppliers and those who supply composite materials to them. Almost every composite materials supplier has looked at the automotive industry and, noting that the average vehicle weighs roughly 1,500 kg/3,300 lb, asked, "How hard could it be to get just 1 kg on every vehicle?" The answer — no surprise to industry veterans — is "very hard."
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New materials earn their way onto vehicle platforms, one application and one model at a time. Although it seems logical that when a part offers weight or cost savings to one OEM, other OEMs would line up to gain the same advantage, it rarely works that way. OEMs differ in engineering philosophies and risk-taking perspectives; and then there's the "not invented here" syndrome. Given the new pressures to increase fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions, and the advances in composites manufacturing technologies, maybe it's time to revisit some composite solutions from the past and see if they can be reprised in vehicles now on the drawing board.
For inspiration, I looked back through the list of previous SPE Grand Award winners. Some applications, like polyamide radiator end caps (1981 winner), thermoplastic air-intake manifolds (1994) and integrated front-end systems (1995) have, indeed, managed to catch on across multiple platforms and OEMs. However, several structural composite winners saw brief periods of expansion, followed by contraction, but are by no means obsolete.
In 1980, for example, General Motors won the Grand Award for the transverse fiberglass/epoxy filament-wound leaf spring used on the Corvette front and rear suspensions. In addition to saving weight, the spring enabled the designers to lower the hood line, improving aerodynamics and styling. In the late 1980s, GM extended the concept to a line of minivans and to large-volume, midsize passenger cars, before moving back to coil and strut suspensions in subsequent models. The Corvette still uses composite springs, but no other vehicle does. Ford developed composite springs for the Ranger pickup that proved much more durable and 75 percent lighter than multileaf steel springs, but they never made it into full production. Given today's faster curing resins and improved winding machines, it seems a good time to take another look at composite suspensions. (For more on composite leaf springs, see the article titled "Composite leaf springs: Saving weight in production suspension systems," under "Editor's Picks," at top right.)
In 1984, I attended my first SPE Automotive Awards ceremony, where the filament wound carbon fiber/vinyl ester driveshaft used on the Ford Econoline van took the Grand Award. My employer at the time, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.), supplied the vinyl ester resin for this application, which saved considerable weight and was less expensive (despite the high cost of carbon fiber in 1984) than the two-piece steel driveshaft design. General Motors followed a few years later with a version where carbon fiber/vinyl ester was pultruded over a thin aluminum sleeve, and installed on numerous pickup trucks over a period of about five years. Today, no North American vehicles have carbon fiber driveshafts, although a few models in Japan employ the technology. With today's carbon fiber prices and fast-curing epoxy resins, the economics, again, could be attractive.
In 2005, the Honda Ridgeline won the Grand Award for its sheet molding compound (SMC) pickup box with an innovative in-bed "trunk" storage system. In 2001, Ford had pioneered an SMC box in its Explorer Sport Trac, which remained in production until 2010. In 2002, General Motors introduced a one-piece composite box as a factory alternative to the standard steel box. Molded using directed-fiber preforms and the SRIM (structural resin injection molding) process, the 6.5-ft/2.0m long box shaved 50 lb/22.7 kg in weight vs. the steel box, and went on the vehicle in the same assembly line. Although it was a technical success, dealers were given little incentive to promote the composite box, so the option was discontinued after a couple of years. In 2006, a new Toyota Tacoma pickup model was introduced with an SMC box. Today, only the Ridgeline and the Tacoma have composite boxes. Compared to other options for saving weight in trucks, this definitely seems like an idea worth revisiting.
While it's easy to become infatuated with the "next big thing," like the carbon composite passenger cell in the BMW i3, there's good reason to take a look at what worked in the past and take advantage of new design software and manufacturing technologies that can breathe fresh life into those applications for future vehicles. Sometimes, a little nostalgia isn't such a bad thing.
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Eight years after an effort began to remove the word "plantations" from Rhode Island's official state name, a related bill has not made it out of committee. Yet during a House Fi-nance Committee hearing last week, the current legislation — sponsored by state Representative Joseph Almeida (D-Providence) and state Senator Harold Metts (D-Providence) — generated widespread support in the African-American community and among social justice groups.
Brother Everett Muhammad, of the Ministry of Justice for the Millions More Movement, argues, for example, that the legislation is important to "acknowledge the cruelty of the slave trade and Rhode Island's involvement in it, as well as how slavery dehumanized millions of people and caused unspeakable crimes against men and women."
The bill's detractors argue that "plantations" is an agricultural term that described the farms of Rhode Island, and that linking the term with slavery and the plantations of the South is historically inaccurate.
Keith Stokes, the executive director of the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, is a vocal opponent of removing "plantations" from the state name. While Stokes acknowl-edges that the word brings to mind images of African slavery and oppression, he says it can also empower people of color: "Despite having ancestors who arrived in this country as forced settlers," he notes, "they led remarkable lives highlighted by perseverance and determination to achieve, not only during slavery, but also over the hundreds of years of racial discrimination and exclusion."
Stokes argues that "while it is an honorable intention to want to remove what might offend another person, the removal of a word will not remove the pain of racism, nor will it halt the progression of discrimination." He adds, "Before we change names, why don't we start by knowing our African-American heritage and investing resources in teaching our children this history."
Yet Gene Kelly, another supporter of the bill, asserts that the intention of the creators of the state's name — State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — is not as rele-vant as the word's current meaning. "When 'plantations' was written into state law, it was a body of land," he says.
"However, the connotation changed quickly and came to sig-nify the exploitation of free labor from Africans. This word and its connotation was and is disrespectful to a large group of people, regardless of its intention."
Ramon Martinez, the CEO of Progreso Latino, chairs the community coalition pushing for passage of the bill: the Univocal Legislative Minority Advisory Coalition (ULMAC). At the hearing, he testified that "the archaic English term of 'plantation' . . . now connote a morally reprehensible, politically offensive, and economically exploitative practice of slavery on an estate and/or farm." He pointed to Rhode Island's long history of slavery and racial oppression as evidence.
Despite dim prospects — in part due to the absence of plans for bringing the current bill to the House or Senate floor for a vote — supporters such as Muhammad retain hope that the proposal will be sent to the voters: "If we can get this on the ballot," he says, "I am fully confident that Rhode Islanders will do the right thing and eliminate this horrible and humiliating reminder of slavery in Rhode Island."


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Deep Fried Chicago: The Point
The Point is as its name promises: it's located at the chocolate chip aired intersection where Milwaukee barrels dead into Kinzie and Desplaines. Inside, the brick-lined bar mimics the restaurant's peninsularity, bartenders scurrying within to serve the customers fanning around its confines. The food here is on point (sorry) with its trendy beer list, and you won't be sorry looking past the daily flatbreads and burgers to the fried items on offer.
The Short Rib Nachos ($14.00) are exactly what you want in a barroom version (read: cheesy and big enough to share). It could use a little acidity, though. I kept looking for something pickled and/or spicy, but all I found was a never-ending mound of finely shredded braised beef. Said beef is served atop translucent, just fried chips, plenty of melted cheese, and is sprayed with a confetti of chopped tomatoes, green and red onions, and sautéd corn. All in all, this is a solid, if not particularly revelatory, version.
On the other hand, the Shrimp Po' Boy ($14.00) arrives to the table triumphantly, its glistening top bun perched gently on the soldier line of crispy, curled shrimp. The undersides of the Italian baguette are toasty, while its squishy exterior ensures that all its housed ingredients stay put. The shrimp themselves are crunchy and plentiful, and while the briny sweetness of the squeaky bread and butter pickles threatens to overwhelm, it never does. Come to think of it, no one player sticks out in what is a surprisingly balanced take on the NOLA classic.
While not especially crispy, the skin-on Hand Cut Fries (included with sandwiches or $4.00 as a standalone side) are shockingly well seasoned. I mention this because so many bar versions... aren't. But these are great, and dipping them into a requested side of Sriracha aioli makes them even better.
If you come to The Point looking to be wowed, you'll probably be disappointed. But if you set your sights on a comfortable, inviting space with solid food and plenty of beer on tap, you'll leave happy. Expecting much more of the place would really be missing the point.
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This 19th-Century Book Is Still Timely for Teachers
In the mid-1890s, the philosopher and psychologist William James took to the road, traveling from Boston to Chicago to Colorado Springs, Colo., lecturing to thousands of teachers. He later condensed his ideas into a small book, Talks to Teachers on Psychology, published in 1899. It drew on his influential textbook Principles of Psychology, published nine years before, that brought him fame on the world stage, but Talks to Teachers is rarely talked about today. Although much has changed in American education since the late 19th century, Talks to Teachers remains a remarkable and still relevant book.
The volume, which blends an appreciation of the hands-on and the purely intellectual, anticipates evolutionary psychology and celebrates the curiosity of the young. The author examines the contradictions that humans face every day in the classroom and outside it.
"Deep in our own nature the biological foundations of our consciousness persist undisguised and undiminished," James writes.
Innately aggressive, we go to war, he says, but adds that our fighting instinct can be made an ally of the educator by driving us to master difficult, unpalatable subjects. "Make the pupil feel ashamed of being scared at fractions, of being downed by the law of falling bodies." Effective teachers appeal to pride and ambition, in other words.
James warns that not every subject is interesting or easy to master. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is naive when he advises Émile (the title character in Rousseau's novel about rearing a child) to compete only with himself, according to James. Runners need competition; so do students. James is wary of soft pedagogues who would do away with grades, ranking, and trophies. He is also scornful of Karl Marx's advice to share all property. Even students are covetous, desiring their own desks, pencils, and books. "Among the first words which an infant learns to utter," he writes, "are the words 'my' and 'mine.' "
The educators of today should find inspiration in James' reflections. Though he was a believer in individualism, James emphasized the importance of imitation and emulation in all areas of life, particularly in the classroom. Impressionable children need admirable teachers, he writes. To motivate students, teachers must be interesting. To instruct, teachers must be skilled. What lies at the heart of the skill: association, which makes connections and commands attention. The effective teacher constantly connects his subject with the students' previous knowledge and experience. James lauds the masterful connector, the imaginative associator, the instructor who seizes the right moment and sets the right example.
Clearly, James' classroom is teacher-centered, and a superior teacher would be more than a coach, a facilitator, or a guide on the side.
A realist, James knew that even inspired teaching does not guarantee success: "It is nonsense to suppose that every step in education can be interesting." The teacher must use the spot quiz and the gold star, depending on fear and self-interest as well as curiosity. Students need to memorize, not mindlessly but through association, striving for an educated memory. Anticipating E.D. Hirsch's defense of cultural literacy, James claims that the best-educated mind has the largest stock of ideas and conceptions "ready to meet the largest possible variety of the emergencies of life."
A pragmatist like James does not insist on one method of instruction. Pupils are not to be bludgeoned with mindless drills and tedious lectures. Defenders of differentiated instruction have a friend in James. Anticipating Howard Gardner's discovery of multiple intelligences, James insists that students vary in temperament and that a skilled instructor uses different techniques for different learning styles.
Jean Piaget was born shortly after James finished his Psychology. Like Piaget, James advocates matching a student's mental stage with the appropriate subject. Like his younger contemporary John Dewey, James lauds object teaching—playing with blocks, handling wool and cotton—and laments the disappearance of the world of natural things. He says that laboratory work and shop work will encourage precision, self-reliance, accuracy, and honesty.
James, of course, devoured books and loved to play with ideas. He looked forward to the arrival of what he called the "theoretic curiosity" of adolescence and the possibility of abstract thought. But the cerebral James worried that a youth "brought up exclusively by books carries through life a certain remoteness from reality."
One of the most popular chapters in Talks to Teachers was titled "The Laws of Habit." Habit makes tasks that at first seem impossible easier, James believed. Making routine the mundane tasks of life sets free the "higher powers of mind ... for their own proper work," he writes. Believing in the plasticity of the young brain, James urged teachers to inculcate and students to acquire good habits. "Our virtues," he reminds us, "are habits as much as our vices."
James was modest. At the beginning of Talks to Teachers, he warns his audience that there is no "new psychology," just a little physiology of the brain and Charles Darwin. He concedes that his work depends on that of many other researchers. Further, knowing psychology does not make a good teacher. Teaching is an art, and artists should not be too docile or dependent on experts, James says, while insisting that content is as important as pedagogy.
"Prepare yourself and the subject so well that it shall be always on tap: then in the classroom trust your spontaneity and fling away all further care," he advises.
James was skeptical of credentialism and evaluation. In higher education, he warned about the "Ph.D. Octopus," which encouraged snobbery and docility and offered no evidence that its recipient could teach. Though James believed in giving students feedback, he would not be sympathetic to our mania for testing. He recognized that students vary enormously and develop differently.
Of course, there are omissions in Talks to Teachers. James does not presume to say what subjects should be taught when or whether students should be grouped by age. He does not speculate on the role of Latin or civics. There is no mention of immigrant children or the family. He did not visit dozens of schools, as Horace Mann did, or found a laboratory school, like Dewey. James gives us a sense of the complexity of the human brain, but he did not have access to current brain-imaging technology or to current brain research trying to explain the interaction of billions of neurons. Rather, James wished to make his psychological study useful to teachers of all subjects and grades.
James was a traditionalist: Teachers should be talented people who know their subjects and can instill good habits and a desire for virtue in students who are immature. Learning involves hard work and the acquisition of facts. Students are hard-wired to imitate, to compete, to be rewarded.
James was a progressive: Teachers must connect their subjects to the students' minds and to the real world. They must engage the natural curiosity of students with material objects. Students differ in temperament and ability, and the teacher should employ a range of techniques to instruct them and to match the techniques to the age of a student.
James was suspicious of ideologues and skeptical of educators who thought they had a quick fix or the right answer. Truth, said this pragmatist, is what works. Talks to Teachers offers today's readers keen insights and graceful prose.
Most importantly, Talks exemplifies balance. James' approach to education is pragmatic and eclectic: memorize and associate, handle objects and think abstractly, compete and cooperate, work in groups and struggle alone. To a friend, he wrote that Talks should encourage "a certain flexibility of mind"—as useful a habit today as in 1899.
Vol. 32, Issue 18, Pages 23, 28Published in Print: January 23, 2013, as A Timeless View of Education From 1899
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*blows off the dust*
Well, hello, there! I know that it's been an age. I'll spare you the uninteresting details of how my day job has sucked up my life, but I just couldn't let my 1 year blogiversary pass without a post.*
And a post about my first New York Fashion Week event ever! Yes, I said ever. Despite being a lifelong New Yorker. Hey, better late than never, right? And what a way to start it off, with the Maison Kitsuné Spring/Summer 15 collection, in all its adorable Frenchness. How fitting, n'est-ce pas?!


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The body of a Craig man missing since Sept. 15 has been found in ocean water east of Ketchikan.
The Anchorage Daily News reports a boater Thursday spotted the body of 24-year-old Garrett Hagan in Behm Canal near Fox Point about 30 miles south of the Chickamin River.
Hagan had hunted with 51-year-old Adrian Knopps of Grand Ledge, Mich.
Hagan was last seen on a 7-foot skiff loaded with 600 pounds of bear meat and towing a kayak that carried a heavy bear hide.
He was heading for the 44-foot Abundance anchored three miles off the mouth of the Chickamin.
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At Maine, Belcher had been in group opposed to violence
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- Would have signed pledge to not commit violence against women
- Was Colonial Athletic Association defensive player of the year
ORNO, Maine -- Jovan Belcher earned a degree in child development and family relations from the University of Maine in just 3 ½ years and, while at the school, the football star was a member of Male Athletes Against Violence initiative, one former teammate said.
As part of MAAV, Belcher would have signed a pledge card, vowing never to commit violence against women and to stand up against those who did. The pledge, among other things, required him to "look honestly at my actions in regards to violence and make changes, if necessary."
On Saturday, according to police, Belcher shot and killed Kasandra Perkins, the mother of their infant child, at a home he leased for them in Kansas City. Police said Belcher then drove to the Kansas City Chiefs' facility and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
The shocking developments have left his former college coach and two teammates teammates baffled.
"This is a real tragedy, a horrible tragedy," said Maine football head coach Jack Cosgrove. "Jovan was was one of those young men that we have such great memories of here.
"His impact on this program was boundless. His teammates and the young men who don't even know him, their stomachs and hearts ache today. It's a real difficult time for me personally and through our football family."
Former Maine teammate Mike Brusko of Emmaus, Pa., who was a member of Male Athletes Against Violence with Belcher, couldn't fathom such a scenario involving his friend.
"Right now, the immediate reaction is disbelief. It's something that you could never imagine," said Brusko, who played with Belcher at Maine from 2005-2008. "I am incredibly thankful for the memories of him that I have and the person that I got to know. It's just beyond comprehension and explanation right now."
Brusko repeatedly became choked up as he talked about Belcher and how much he came to love and respect him as a friend and teammate.
"On and off the field, he had a big heart and was full of love for a lot of people," Brusko said. "He played the game the way that it was meant to be played."
In St. Louis, similar sentiments were expressed by Rams tight end Matt Mulligan. The native of Enfield, Maine, also played four seasons with Belcher at Maine. He got the word prior to St. Louis' team meeting on Saturday morning.
"Gut-wrenching," was how Mulligan described hearing the news. "I was shocked, in a state of disbelief. It was just horrific."
Mulligan said he last spoke to Belcher after the Rams played an exhibition game at Kansas City in August.
"We reminisced about things and I asked him how everything was going, simple stuff that you talk to a guy about after a game," Mulligan said.
He explained the men talked about Belcher making a trip to Maine for a visit during the offseason.
"You always wonder, what could I have done, what should I have seen, is there anything I should have picked up on as a human being to say: I should talk to him or see if he needs anybody to talk to," Mulligan said.
While at Maine, Mulligan marveled at the defensive end's hard-hitting style and the way he carried himself off the field.
"Jovan's demeanor and his personality was one that anybody could be attracted to," he said. "You wanted to be friends with him, be around him."
Both men had a hard time believing the young man they knew and played with could have committed such an act.
"It just makes you look at life and realize how special and how delicate it really is, because it can be gone in a moment," said Mulligan, who said his faith in God is critical at such a time.
Brusko, who described Belcher as passionate and caring, wants people to know the positive impact he had on others.
"That's who he was and always will be to me, not this person that he was on his last day," said Brusko, who wondered aloud whether Belcher's behavior might have been related to traumatic head injuries players sustain playing football.
"It's a tragedy and we can't deny that, we can't avoid that," he added. "Something caused him to do a very bad thing."
Judging from his final Facebook post, which came on Thursday, Belcher appeared to be in good spirits less than 48 hours before the apparent murder-suicide.
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You gotta feel for Dominic Raiola. The Lion's center was the second player ever drafted by Matt Millen and has been forced to play every single game of his terrible reign in Detroit. So Dominic is understandably frustrated with the way his otherwise successful career has developed. Can anyone really blame him for flipping off his home crowd after their latest loss on Sunday?
The fans at Ford Field—the ones that show up—have gotten notably nastier as Lions head toward their 0-16 season. Or maybe they're just noticeable because the rest of the stands are so quiet that players on the field say they can hear individual taunts. Apparently, Raiola had enough on Sunday and gave a few hecklers a piece of his flexible middle finger.
"I don't take one thing back," Raiola said Monday. "I'll say the same thing to a fan that I see in the street. I wish I could give my address out to some fans. I'll do that.
"But, you know, I can't. Nobody plays with fists. Everybody wants to play with metal. So I can't.
"I'm so frustrated. I'm tired of being a doormat for people to just talk to us how they want to talk to us. I'm just not going to put up with it anymore."
I would personally like to seem him hand out business cards to fans after the game, printed with the time and place where he will kick their ass. Of course, that wouldn't make the Lions any better or solve the mystery of why Millen's removal seems to have only made the team worse. He was fired ten games ago and Detroit is more pathetic than they've ever been. That must explain the rumor from NFL "sources" that Millen is still secretly pulling the strings in Motown.
Two different National Football League sources - one of them close to the Fords - insist that the Millen firing earlier this season was just a ploy to appease angry fans of the 0-13 Lions and that Millen is still calling the shots and on the club's payroll as a consultant. One NFL scout acknowledged that this rumour is making the rounds through the league and that while he couldn't absolutely confirm it, it wouldn't be shocking news to many in the football world. "It wouldn't surprise me at all," he said. Added another NFL personnel type: "Whoever is calling the shots, they're doing a terrible job at it."
I don't think I buy it (although Millen and William Clay Ford Sr. are clearly BFFL), but the mere fact that it's completely plausible says something about the club. Maybe it doesn't say as much as the fact that Ford's actual business is even closer to folding than the Lions are, but it definitely says something.
Raiola: No apologies for response to heckling fans [Free Press]
Is Millen still calling the shots for the Lions? [Windsor Star]
MILLEN STILL RUNNING THE SHOW IN DETROIT? [World Of Isaac]
How Not To Build a Team: The Detroit Lions Draft History [Bleacher Report]


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Last Friday, local MSI distributor Corbell organized a dinner gathering in hazy Singapore for selected power users and retailers to experience the latest MSI Intel 8-series motherboards and Nvidia GeForce graphics cards that were launched earlier this month at Computex.
Regional representative Howard from MSI Taiwan gave a short presentation on the company's latest overclocking/gaming-oriented offerings to the 50+ invited guests in attendance, who also had the chance to play with the demo Haswell exhibits and pose technical questions to the product managers who were around.
Some of the wares on display included the overclocking oriented Z87 XPower / MPower motherboards (see our previous write-up), motherboards/GPUs from the red dragon themed Gaming series and even a lovely (albeit H87) mini-ITX offering. The enthusiast-grade products come with MSI's Miltary Class 4 set of components, "Audio Boost" technology for high fidelity audio and Killer E2200 Gigabit NIC for gaming optimized networking.
At the end of the night, a lucky draw was conducted and the 1st Prize winner walked away with a Z87 MPower motherboard worth SGD$590.


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Hey folks, if your a fan of all things action figure and you live in or near the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you might want to swing by the Arlington Convention Center on September 3rd and 4th for the
Great Texas G.I. Joe & Action Figure Expo VII
That's right. This is our 7th show in Texas (our 5th in DFW). The show started out with just vendors selling vintage G.I. Joes, but through the years has expanded into 1:6 scale and 1:18 G.I. Joe in both vintage and new offerings, plus the likes of Transformers, Star Wars, Marx, Masters of The Universe, Dragon Models, DID, Hot Toys - you name it. If it's an action figure - it will most likely be at this show.
Also, if you're a fan of militaria and military re-enacting, bring your cameras, for we'll have military vehicles, weapons, equipment, and re-enactors themselves in full uniform from both WWI and WWII on display and walking around the showroom floor.
Science fiction more your thing? No problem. The Star Garrison of the 501st Legion and Clan Muraan of the Mandalorian Mercs will also be in attendance at the show in full gear loadout.
Finally, if you're a figure customizer - small or large scale - you might be interested in entering one or more of our four custom figure contest that we're hosting. Lots of prizes are to be won - some worth as much as $300!
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See you there!!!
The Great Texas G.I. Joe & Action Figure Expo VII


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Courtroom contretemps: Client says former mayor throttled him
The case has been continued to December 13 at 9:05am as Buck's deep ties to the legal community have led Charlottesville District Court Judge Bob Downer to consider recusing himself. Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman says he has requested that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case.
–Updated Friday, November 19 at 1:56pm
Original story:
Lots of people have imagined throttling someone. Attorney and former Charlottesville mayor Frank Buck may have acted on the impulse.
Buck was arrested on Thursday, November 11, and charged with misdemeanor assault for his role in a day-earlier incident that his legal client and alleged victim, Milton Leo John, calls "outrageous."
According to John, a 53-year-old airline pilot, the judge and bailiffs had stepped out of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on a recess when his attorney, Buck, began to discuss a week-earlier hearing. The topic was an old domestic abuse charge that, John says, was dismissed shortly after it was lodged and which should have already been expunged. John says he was calmly expressing his frustration over Buck's alleged failure to press his case and presented a letter he'd sent Buck showing that he'd made the expungement request several years earlier.
John, who stands 5'7" and weighs 160 pounds, says he began reading from the letter when his 6-foot-tall, 230-pound attorney suddenly and unexpectedly went berzerk.
"Mr. Buck became agitated and verbally abusive towards me," John writes in the criminal complaint. "He then abruptly stood up, and physically grabbed me around my neck with both hands and squeezed."
Buck admits to touching his client's neck–- but disputes much of the rest of John's account.
"He starts claiming I haven't done anything for him, that I'm taking advantage of him," says Buck, adding that his three- or four-year representation of John has been marked by unpaid bills and a litany of unfounded complaints.
Buck says he'd explained prior to the hearing that state statute would prevent the judge from approving expungement, although he offered John the chance to appeal. Buck says that when John started excoriating his legal acumen, Buck (a $225-per-hour lawyer who practices with Delegate David Toscano) felt his temper rising and recoiled from John's allegedly unsavory language.
"I turned away from him, and he kept cursing," says Buck. "I said, 'Just shut up,' and he said, 'Make me be quiet.'"
"I snapped," Buck admits. "I did put my hands to his neck, then immediately realized what a stupid thing that was for me to do, so I stepped away from him."
John says a security video of the 5:20pm incident–- which he has seen but not yet obtained–- supports his account of the events leading up to the alleged assault.
"Mr. Buck and I are sitting there talking," says John, who claims the video shows his ex-wife and her attorney sitting nearby and registering no reaction to suggest an argument is occurring in the courtroom before the assault. Neither the other attorney, Annie Lee Jacobs, nor John's ex-wife, Vanessa John, returned a reporter's calls.
Attorney Deborah Wyatt expresses shock about the incident, particularly since she says it seems out of character for Buck, who served as mayor from 1980-88. Buck's tenure included both the coffer-sweetening Revenue Sharing Agreement as well as the coffer-draining Omni hotel development; but in a 2006 Hook article on Charlottesville's mayors, the notoriously press-shy Buck declined all comment.
"The legal profession certainly is stressful," says Wyatt, noting, "We're all personally responsible for how we respond to such stress."
If convicted of assault, Buck could face up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. And attorney David Heilberg says a conviction might also trigger an additional sanction from the Virginia State Bar.
"It could be anything," says Heilberg, who says the Bar would likely take into account Buck's "long and distinguished career."
Buck points out that John was uninjured, and he expresses a mixture of defense and chagrin.
"I certainly was provoked," he says, "but I'm disappointed that I let him get under my skin so I did in fact react."
Buck is scheduled to appear in Charlottesville General District Court on Thursday, November 18, which is also his 65th birthday.
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I'm not very worldly on this matter, but we have in this County seat a peculiar resistance to expungement in cases which, in other locales, would process almost automatically....and without legal fees.
That Zug thing seems a large part of it.
Sounds like Frank shoulda tossed the little pecker out a window and be done with it.
Expungement? Who cares about that. The real story is about another big shot has been, that will have an interesting birthday. Oh wait, He'll just ask for a new date. What a jerk. Not too sure about his client but Hey Frank, Maybe it's time for you to retire.
@Cville Eye:
"@boooo!, should ladies be allowed to slap men who insult them?"
Well, in the spirit of yesteryear where men drew swords or engaged in fisticuffs, why not. Ladies could gasp, take off their gloves and use the glove to slap the man across the cheek, then proclaim "Why, I never!"
There are plenty of people I would like to choke, but: I don't. It is not OK to do that, right?
I have known Frank Buck for over 30 years. He is a friend and colleague. I worked for the City Attorney's long ago for 8 years while Frank was on City Council. He was Mayor for 7 of those 8 years. He represented me once in a real estate closing. I have also had professional contact with Milton John recently and I have spoken about this incident with an attorney who has viewed the security camera footage of the incident in question. Frank reacted badly and has admitted as much, but what he did is way out of character for him and I believe him when he says he was provoked. Thank goodness he realized his error immediately and had the self-discipline to step away from the situation before anyone was hurt physically. Few people realize what despicable conduct lawyers put up with occasionally from their own clients (people often retain us to help them when they are feeling desperate and overwhelmed and they are not always at their best during our relationship with them). Maybe Frank needs a vacation, but this incident, and Frank's handling of it since it occurred, have not altered my very favorable opinion of him as a person or as a lawyer. Happy Birthday, Frank.
@ meanwhile....
"Frank Buck is a lawyer. If anyone's to blame for men not being allowed to respond how they want or how they used to it's LAWYERS."
Good point. And a bit ironic!
If Mr. Buck was acting in self defense, he would have said so in his quotes. You then go on to impune the reputation of someone that you do not know in any way. Glad that you didn't get to write the story, and hope that you never get called for jury duty.
What a hit piece. Who the heck is Deborah Wyatt and why is she qualified to comment on the incident? And why is the top half of the story entirely dominated by the word of a domestic abuser who doesn't pay his attorney fees? And it takes until the third to last paragraph to note that the guy was uninjured? I'm thinking Courteney Stuart needs to work on reporting a full story...or move on to writing for the Schilling show blog.
>>I'm thinking Courteney Stuart needs to work on reporting a full story"Šor move on to writing for the Schilling show blog.
We would welcome Courteney's talents at SchillingShow.com
I've known Frank Buck since the seventies and I wouldn't say he wouldn't do such a thing, but if he did he would've been sorely provoked. Read between the lines about his extended representation of this guy and you'll get the picture of an unpleasant man. I like the stories about Nero going out at night into the city in disguise, there to ambush and throw a whupping on senators who'd crossed him. We have us a situation where you put your hand on someone and it's assault if they choose to call it such. At least now he won't have to represent this guy anymore and I'd imagine most of the downtown legal club will "recuse" themselves if he tries to hire them.
Frank Buck is a lawyer. If anyone's to blame for men not being allowed to respond how they want or how they used to it's LAWYERS.
So he has a good reputation amongst many. This does not give him license to act however he wants.
It sounds like he's owning up to his behavior, provoked or not. Instead of assassinating the character of the man he allegedly assaulted, people should probably take a cue from the alleged perpetrator in this case.
Jeez the last man hanged at the old stone jail in Charlottesville was a former mayor (lived in Corwyn Hall on Park Street). What is it about the mayor's office that turns people to throttling friends and acquaintances? All the pointless meetings they have to attend? "That's one less person to call a meeting," says the mayor, washing the blood off his fingers.
Geez Biff, this guy you want to forgive and forget for assaulting someone, but the alleged pimp you want to condemn for his haircut and for not being an American?
Either you are for law and order or you are not. The color of someone's skin and their last name is not supposed to alter how the criminal justice system treats them, although it is obvious it does alter how you think about them.
Whatever precipitated this event must have been some very ugly behavior on the part of his client. Frank Buck has served our community with dedication, honesty and integrity. If a person such as Mr. John continued to be a client despite his expensive debt to his attorney, and abusive behavior, it seems that Mr. Buck may have endured years of abuse. Whatever happened during Mr. Johns ALLEGED injury, I am sure that Mr. Buck was acting in self defense. Whether that was from a precipitory physical assault by Mr. John, aggresive invasion of Mr. Buck's personal space, threatening motions by Mr. John or verbal threats and abuse to Mr. Buck, it is clear to me that Mr. John is not telling the whole truth. It is sad that our community is willing to believe sansationalized remarks from someone who probably has a record of this type of behavior (has anyone shared the details of Mr. John's past?). Remember that anyone can file a police report (true or not)and the police are under obligation to investigate. If Mr. John was endangered inside the courtroom I am sure that the bailiff and the judge would have immediately arrested Mr. Buck and/or filed a protective order. Attorneys have rights too-- Mr. Buck has the right to the same legal process as his misaligned client has enjoyed apparently for free.
A check of public records shows numerous traffic violations, many speeding, several expired inspection stickers,one possess radar detector, an illegal burning charge, and one STALKING.
I have a brother who quit law after many years mainly because of clients who insisted on leading a "my way" lifestyle.
People who stalk are such sweethearts.
@boooo!, should ladies be allowed to slap men who insult them?
This "John" is an airline pilot? Does the airline know of his emotional balance? Does the pilot licensing authority know?
John at the controls is another reason not to fly.
I have known Frank Buck for 20+ years and he is a man of great integrity and a fine attorney. His humility, respect for people and easy going personality brings me to ask some questions about this story. What causes an experienced attorney and community leader to react in such a way? Was Mr. John really "calmly expressing his frustration"? Could Mr. John who has previously been charged with "domestic abuse" start belittling and abusing his attorney? Was Mr. John trying to get his fees reduced? Does Mr. John order a meal at a restaurant and eat most of it before telling the server how awful it was and wants it taken off his bill? Hummm????
Former Mayor the megalopolis of Charlottesville throttles his client in regards to the client's complaint of the crooked kangaroo court system of Virginia-Charlottesville.
Any wonder why there is no progress in Virginia entering the twentieth Century--whilst the rest of the world has moved onward to the twenty-first?
Frank Buck is the most kind giving man I have ever meet. Do not judge him. the story makes him out to be a nasty person. That is the far from the truth. Shame on you Courteney Stuart. He helps people in need. He has helped me. That man that was his client must be a very b** man.
And I think Frank Buck's a swell guy, too, Inezââ?¬â?but there's nothing about this story that strikes me as in any way inappropriate or biased.
I know Mr.Buck as well, and he is a fine lawyer. He admits he made a mistake, he's just human. We all make mistakes, but I don't find the reporting to be inaccurate.
I have known Frank Buck for XX years and he consistently rescues kittens from tall trees and buys all teh candy and magazines he can from under priv'ledged young negroes.
Therefore, verily I say unto thee - "HE IS A GOOD LIBERAL AND CANNOT HAVE POSSIBLY PERFORMED SUCH VILLAINOUS ACTS, digital recording not withstanding."
Liberals gone wild, volume 82.
Collect them all, including: the Unabomber, the nut who crashed his plane into the Houston IRS office, the bomb clad nut who shot up the Discovery building.
@boooo! , thanks for the smile.
The city is the same way. They fight expungements tooth and nail. Personally, I think it's all about dishing out a "little bit more punishment" even if they couldn't win a case against a person.
It's not the first case Mr. Buck has royally screwed up - maybe Mr. Buck it's time you retire...
"whose character" not "who's character" Mon Dieu
@meanwhile Come on now do you need close-captioning to decode the meaning for you? Or shalll I be lit-hip and same "limn it for you"? And do you not see the intended highlight of the irony inherent in a defense attorney saying "Oh whoops my bad, it was just an impulsive act, let's not let this turn into something where my reputation, time, money, and perhaps even freedom are compromised as a result of it?".
The courts are full of people of lesser means (and perhaps a tad less restraint) who act on impulse and have their mail forwarded to Avon St as a result.
But on the other hand this is a guy who's character is known to be decent reacting to gross provocation without any harm except ruffled feathers (dignity wasn't there to begin with it seems).
So pay a defense lawyer $200 an hour to help him get admonished on his way.
Mr/Mrs/Miss WishIDidn'tReadtheHook, if you don't know who Debbie Wyatt is, you must not read The Hook as much as you want people to think you do.
She is one of the best defense attorneys that's ever practiced law in Virginia. Her latest victory was winning a large multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit for a family whose son was shot and killed by cops. All along the cop shoppe and commonwealth said the cops were involved in no wrongdoing. She convinced the jury to say otherwise.
Her nickname was "Black Widow". Just when the commonwealth (or the defense in a civil case) thought they had summed up their slam dunk case, she would sneak up and bite them in the butt like a spider. She was good. And it was a terrible loss for this community when she retired.
Sometimes I really wish we could return to the old days. You know, where men were allowed to settle disputes as real men. Fisticuffs, drawing of swords, whatever. But they were allowed to be men, and to settle their disputes face to face and take care of business, then be on with it Nowadays a man taunts another man, the other man responds as men have for tens of thousands of years by getting physical, to defend himself and his name (or to defend those closest to him, or their names, etc.)..........and now the other guy runs crying to a lawyer and it goes to litigation. People can dish it out, but they can't take it. There's a name for those types (several names in fact, that all basically mean the same thing), but I'll let others use their imaginations.
I don't know the situation, I don't know the people involved, and I wasn't there. But I will say this: If a man is taunting another man than that man should be able to sock him out and be done with it. Modern society is desperately trying to emasculate males and to strip away people's inherant rights to self defense. In "The Powers That Be's" effort to curb actual unprovoked criminal violence against truly innocent victims, the pendulum has now swung so far out of balance that you can't even look at a person the wrong way, or breathe on them incorrectly without the other party getting lawyered up. And let's face it....many people know this and definitely take advantage of that. Lot of people out there go around *baiting* others and trying to provoke them into some sort of hostile response, because they *know* the law is on their side. Again, there's a word for those types. And if you dish it out then you should be fully prepared to take it.
Even if Mr. Leo was right for whatever he was saying to Mr. Buck, men should have that right to respond as men have since the beginning of time and defend themselves. This modern society is going to collapse on itself because no part of it is working, and it's completely out of balance and out of synch for what humans are. Stuff is trying to mold people into something we're not, and it's not working.
End of rant.
Hmmm...a momentary lapse of judgement on the part of an otherwise decent person due to extreme provocation. What percentage of defense attorneys' income comes from this source? So does one say "don't do it where ya eat" or "physician heal thyself"? Or just "Sansational! Bust 'im upside the head counselah."


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Our fall show (below) has concluded; the gallery will be closed through the end of 2014.
The Male Spectrum
Artist: Vishwas
October 18 - November 22
Vitruvian Gallery is pleased to introduce local artist, Vishwas, in his debut show "The Male Spectrum." This show features nearly two dozen original paintings of tastefully composed male nudes. The colors are lush and each piece is sensual in its own way. While each is named for a color, each speaks for itself and elicits a warm response…in a Vishwas painting, blue is not sad, red is not anger, and purple is certainly not disgust. Colors complement the physical expression, line, and shadow to form a captivating work of art that's equally compelling and comforting. You'll love this show.
All original works are offered for sale and may be picked up on or after November 22, 2014. Prints may be ordered through the gallery for delivery following production.


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Kick Your Heels :
Kick The Ballistics :
It means you realise the intensity of a situation.
Kick The Bucket :
When someone ricks the bucket, they die.
Kick Up You Heels :
If you kick up your heels, you go to parties or celebrate something.
Kick Your Heels :
If you have to kick your heels, you are forced to wait for the result or outcome of something.
Kicked To Touch :
Touch is a zone of the playing field in rugby. Kicked to touch means the ball was put safely out of play. Idiomatic usage usually means a person has deftly avoided an issue in arguments.
Kid Gloves :
If someone is handled with kid gloves, they are given special treatment handled with great care.
Kill The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg. :
If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you ruin something that is very profitable.
Kill Two Birds with One Stone :
When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties of matters with a single action.
Kindred Spirit :
A kindred spirit is someone who feels and thinks the way you do.
King of The Castle :
The king of the castle is the person who is in charge of something or in a very comfortable position compared to their companions.
King's Ransom :
If something costs or is worth a king's ransom, it costs or is worth lot of money.
Kiss and Tell :
If people kiss and tell, they disclose private or confidential information.
Kick Your Heels
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