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1990 Updraft - Around the Web
I've long considered Updraft an undiscovered gem in the Joe line. He's a perfect pilot for the Tomahawk. Though, his Retaliator is a darn nice toy, too. For a figure that's generally unknown, there's a decent amount of content on him out there. Here's the best of the 1990 Updraft from around the web.
1990 Updraft Profile
Updraft Variants by Hit and Run
Updraft at JoeADay.com
Updraft at JoePedia
Updraft by neapolitanjoe
Updraft at 3DJoes.com
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Labels: 1990, Around the Web, Retaliator, Updraft, Vehicle Drivers
2017 General - Red Laser Army Factory Custom
Factory custom figures exist in many flavors. Prior to 2017, though, those flavors were almost exclusively army builders. The few characters (Mortals, Invasors and De Acos, mostly) were Cobra themed and based on rare and expensive figures that most collectors would never own. In 2017, though, this started to shift. First, Starduster figures appeared. An exclusive Bombadier figure also showed up. At the 2017 G.I. Joe Convention, though, Red Laser's Army released a massive set of figures that was a mix of new army builders as well as some brand new characters that were loosely based on early Joe concept or comic artwork. In general, collectors took to these releases and you began to see the figures show up in various photo forums. There were many top notch figures. But, one I found the most interesting was the character of the General.
This figure is Hawk. We all know it's Hawk and really don't hold any pretext that this figure is anyone other than Hawk. He's got the blonde hair and vintage style head mold. The distinguishing feature are the figure's base colors. Gone is the drab, monotone of the 1982/1983 figure. Instead, collectors are offered an panoply of colors that make this figure stand apart. For the first time, I have a representation of Hawk that fits his role as leader of the G.I. Joe team. One of my great laments of the 2000's era repaints was that Hasbro never gave us a first appearance 1986 Hawk figure with a black jacket and blonde hair. It was such a simple repaint. Instead, we got 2 uninspired repaints of the '86 Hawk figure and two equally uninspired General Tomahawk figures. The General fills that void and puts him in the style of the early Joe figures.
The figure is based on an early comic appearance of Hawk. The black upper body positioned against the bright green with brown highlights is a great color combo. (It was later used to great effect on Outlaw, too.) To me, this looks like a 1983 or 1984 repaint of the Hawk character. It's something that would have made the vintage line that much more spectacular. Getting it 35 years later is a treat. I like the brighter colors against the classic 1982-1985 Joe vehicles. They help the figure stand apart from the vehicles, but also still fit in with the overall aesthetic of the classics. It's a tough line to walk, but this figure pulls it off with aplomb.
In terms of gear, the General is sparse. He includes a knife and pistol. The pistol is a thick handled number of which I'm not overly fond. In my opinion, the figure needs a helmet. To me, none of the '82 head molds look right without a helmet. I've found that the helmet and visor from the Tiger Force Starduster factory custom figure is an excellent fit for the General. And, you'll see it on the figure's head in photos below. Others have found some different takes on the vintage helmet that work equally well. But, this figure needs a helmet. At least it's a little easier to find some alternatives for one, now.
The single greatest question in regards to the factory custom figures is always centered around the quality. Through the years, some figures have been ok, some have been good and some have been terrible. The General, though, comes in on the good scale. Mine has vibrant colors, excellent paint and tight joints. The hands are a bit tight. So, I'm leery of placing most accessories into his grip. But, others have done so with no issues. These are not quite vintage Joe quality. But, they are not vintage Joe brittle, either. That's a tradeoff that I find to be worth it since I can take these figures out for photos and not worry about the plastic shattering when I move a leg joint.
This figure is now over a year old. While 2017 brought us nearly 100 factory custom releases in just over half a year, we have yet to see any 2018 offerings. Supposedly, there is an issue with factory paint in China that is delaying any new figures. The Red Laser Army 2018 offerings look to have many figures that continue in the vein of this General figure. With a few of them, a collection of pre-1985 swivel headed figures will be diverse enough to stand as a line unto itself. I like that. But, some of the parts are also reaching the end of practical paint application. You can only repaint a limited number of parts so many times before things start to run together. There are already reports that collector interest in some of the factory custom repaints is starting to dwindle...perhaps the point where some figures are not sustainable as offerings. Regardless of what the future holds, though, I enjoy being able to take advantage of figures like this General that bring much to my collection.
Red Laser figures are $12. They have been $12 since their release and continue to be priced as such. The General has been readily available for nearly a year. Lots of people have him. But, there's no telling what kind of supply is left. We have seen a couple of Red Laser figures pretty much disappear from sales forums. In time, pretty much all of the factory custom figures dry up. Whether they will appreciate or depreciate remains to be seen. For a figure like this General, it can go either way. He's an awesome figure that perfectly updates a classic collection. So, there's a ton of demand for the figure. But, he's also not an army builder and everyone can pretty much be content with one version of the figure. So, that also tempers demand. For $12, though, you can't really go wrong. It's a fair price for a high quality figure that updates a classic Joe run in the way that most collectors dreamed of until the release of the 1986 Hawk figure.
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Labels: 2017, Bootleg, Factory Custom, General, General Hawk, Red Laser Army
1992 General Flagg - Around the Web
This General Flagg figure was one of the first retail purchases I made as a "collector" back in 1992. It's a great mold with solid colors and an awesome weapon. I was surprised at how much I found on this guy out there. But, it really is a good figure. Here's the best of General Flagg from around the web.
General Flagg Profile
General Flagg at JoeADay.com
General Flagg at the G.I. Joe Comics Homepage
General Flagg by Jonah
General Flagg at Half the Battle
General Flagg by GIJoeCollector
General Flagg Pre-Production at YoJoe.com
General Flagg by yihad77
General Flagg by GI_JoeisThere
General Flagg at 3DJoes.com
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Labels: 1992, Around the Web, General Flagg
2004 Cobra Infantry Trooper
Hasbro never released a perfect army building set for collectors. They came within a hair of it in 1998 with the Cobra Infantry Team. A three pack of classically colored Cobra Vipers complete with a full complement of gear for $10 at retail was as close to nirvana as army builders could get. While I still hold this set as the best Cobra army building set of all time, the figures were missing Cobra logos and lost that little something from their absence. It would be 5 years before Hasbro went down the army building rabbit hole again. The 2003 BAT Pack had three good figures, two mediocre figures and one terrible figure. For $15 or so, it was a deal. But, it wasn't perfect. The next big chance came in early 2004. Hasbro released a 6 figure set of classically colored Cobra Troopers and Officers through Toys R Us. For $20, you got an army in a box. The figures used enough of the classic molds to be relevant and were perfectly colored. There was, though, a fatal flaw. The figures included terrible gear and the set loses some validity for that mistake. In retrospect, that bad choice of weapons has shaped the figures from the set. But, at the end of the day, the classic Cobra Troopers in the release remain an excellent example of Hasbro getting a simple idea just about right.
There are two main types of Joe collectors: those who view Vipers as the backbone of the Cobra army and those who view Cobra Troopers as the pillar of Cobra's strength. Neither are wrong. And, most collectors who were kids in the early to mid 1980's were fortunate in that their collecting years overlapped both iconic figures. The Cobra Trooper was the bad guy who started it all. The nazi-esque imagery, covered face and Soviet weapons encompassed every 1980's villain cliche into one package. But, while Vipers had seen several repaints in the Joe resurrection, the Cobra Trooper was ignored. Ostensibly, this was due to a missing mold. (Though, that later proved problematic.) But, Hasbro had enough molds to keep collectors at bay for a few years. Eventually, though, the weight of the army building contingent of collectors forced Hasbro's hand and the Cobra Trooper returned to the line.
This Cobra Trooper is a kitbash of new and existing parts. While the new head is the most famous new part for the figure, Hasbro actually resculpted the torso, too. Hasbro could not find the vintage molds for the Trooper and Officer (oddly, they would find them later in the year for the Comic Pack figures....) and recast a new torso based on the vintage design. The arms were from the 1984 Thunder figure. While they do work with the mold and give it far more depth that was noticeably absent on the later uses of this mold, they also cost the Trooper some of his most iconic details like the garrote and bullets that are sculpted on to the arms of the vintage figure. Personally, I'm OK with both this variation of the character and his original incarnation. They're both something nice to have. Though, I am loathe to mix them. I prefer my troops to be uniform and having two figures of the same character but with radically different heads is something I tend to avoid.
In looking back at this set, it seems Hasbro didn't like money. While the Infantry set was relatively available at brick and mortar stores from January through April of 2004 (and online several times during that span, too!) it was easily the best selling set of the Toys R Us era. You would think that Hasbro would have returned to the classic enemy well a few more times. Crimson or Stinger repaints of the figures would have sold just as well. Even desert or Arctic examples would have moved well. But, Hasbro never saw fit to release this version of the classic enemies again. They did find the original head molds and released one comic pack version of the Trooper and Officer in 2004 and then released them again in the 2005 Night Watch set. The club never even entertained the idea of classic enemy repaints and collectors were left wanting for just basic repaints of the molds.
Fortunately, in the past decade, factory custom figure makers have filled Hasbro's void on Cobra Troopers. You can now get all the colors of that mold that Hasbro should have made. But, that doesn't take away from the fact that Hasbro could never really figure out army building. They kind of got it. But, they simply couldn't get the products that collectors really wanted into their hands in an efficient manner. While I didn't want to see an army builder only line at the time, many of the releases we did get, especially in 2005, really seem like wasted slots. And, with Hasbro going through the expense of almost entirely resculpting this figure, just the one retail appearance of the molds seems like resources weren't fully utilized.
Originally, this 6 figure set of Cobra Troopers and Officers was going to be the second offering in the "Internet Exclusive" figure line. The first set was the 2003 BAT Pack. Despite strong, initial, collector interest, that set died on the vine and had to be clearanced out to Amazon and places like Tuesday Morning stores. With that concept dead, Hasbro had the decency to move the set into the first Toys R Us slot in 2004. This ensured that collectors got the figures they so wanted and gave Toys R Us a hit in their slowest sales time of the year. From a collector standpoint, the avenue of release didn't make much difference. It's likely that online dealers would have had stock available for longer than the brick and mortar stores did. But, it's also likely that they would have charged a premium for this due to the pent up demand. So, in that case, it was good that the set was given to Toys R Us.
The new head molds that were created for this set went through some changes prior to release, too. The original design for the heads included a removable helmet. There are samples of these heads out there. They are kind of tall and skinny...even moreso than the single piece head that was released. In this case, I think collectors got the better deal with the second iteration of the heads. While the tall and skinny new heads are different, they work well enough. They are better than the original, removable helmet design and have saved a generation of army builders from having to track down and corral dozens if not hundreds of tiny little helmets that were not likely to have fit onto their heads all that well.
It's also worth noting that there are four variants to this figure. There is a red haired, blonde haired, brown haired and dark skinned variant for the mold. The idea was to make a "diverse" army while also maintaining uniformity. I like the slight differences since it does help make the Cobras seem less like clones. But, at the same time, if these different paint colors cost us useful accessories, then they were probably better spent elsewhere. The figures also feature various unit and rank insignia. Many collectors who bought dozens of sets have swapped out arms to denote Troopers of different ranks. If you run into these, they are a result of kitbashes rather than variants.
We'll talk about the accessories since they are this figure's worst feature. For some reason, Hasbro chose to release the entire set with 6 large Rock Viper rifles and 6 hollowed out SAW Viper backpacks. The gear is oversized, out of scale, cheap and terrible. The gear is not useful in any way, shape or form. So, this leaves you to outfit your troopers through different means. One upside of Hasbro's terrible weapons choices of that time was that it created a market for enterprises like Marauder's Gun Runners. They could made accurate, detailed weapons that were perfect figs for figure sets like the Cobra Infantry. And, Marauder sold quite a few weapon sets with AK-47's and Dragunov snipers that were specifically aimed at army builders of this Cobra Infantry set. Within a couple of years, though, Asian sellers started offering overstock 2000's era accessories. Through them, you could acquire large quantities of weapons like Red Star's AK-47 that were perfect fits for these figures and also used classic Joe molds. Modern factory custom makers have put large quantities of remade 1982 AK-47's and Dragunov Snipers into the collecting world, too. So, we now have a huge range of weapons available to solve the accessory issue with this set. It's still a hassle, though, that we had to go to the aftermarket to get reasonable gear for otherwise exceptional figures.
These days, Cobra Infantry Troops are kind of middle ground. You'll see mint, loose figures with no gear sell in the $7 range. If you can find a lot of several of the figures, you can get them for less. Dealers sell mint and complete with filecard figures in the $12 range: and do move a fair amount of them. You can find deals on complete sets. But, even left to the open market, loose sets tend to fetch over $10 per figure. That's a far cry from buying the figures for $3.33 each at retail. But, it's also been nearly 15 years since the set was first available. Since the Trooper's real gear sucks, you're better off buying cheap figures and then outfitting them with weapons from other sources. It's far more fulfilling and you avoid the cheapness of the real gear.
For me, these figures were awesome...at first. In time, though, I found an army of them wasn't all it was cracked up to be. The figures can have stiff joints, especially in the legs. This made them difficult to pose and use in various combat situations. Trying to find weapons for an army was a hassle, too. It was easy to get a few decent weapons from the JvC sculpt figures of the era. But, that was frustrating and seemed unnecessary. As the factory custom Cobra Troopers came online, I found myself using these 2004 versions less and less. Today, though, I do like them as more specialized units. The softer hands allow the figures to use more weapons and I like a unit of Cobra Troopers with a SAW, bazooka, mortar, sniper type weapons and heavier assault rifles. It makes Cobra more dangerous.
In the end, it was fantastic that Hasbro released these figures. Their entry into collector helped finally quell the built up army building demand. By the end of 2004, army builders were getting tired out and figures like those in this set started to sell for below retail for a bit. I would have loved for Hasbro to either have offered a Stinger repaint or two in this set or done a release of repaints that would have given us some new colors. But, in this case, these figures were perfect for what they were intended to be. The gear sucked. But, the figures don't. Looking back on 2004, that was probably better than could be expected from Hasbro when it came to vintage style Joe releases.
Labels: 2004, Cobra Trooper, Retailer Exclusive
1991 General Hawk - Around the Web
I've not been feeling well for the past week. So, content is sparse. If I'm feeling better, things will be back to normal next week. For now, here's some sparse stuff I was able to find in regards to the excellent 1991 General Hawk figure around the web:
1991 General Hawk Profile
1991 Hawk at the Dragon Fortress
Funskool's take on the 1991 General Hawk
General Hawk Pre-Production at YoJoe.com
General Hawk at 3DJoes.com
Labels: 1991, Around the Web, General Hawk
1991 Sludge Viper - Around the Web
The Sludge Viper lacks spectacular colors. Even someone like me, who can forgive bright hues can find this figure less than stellar just because of the soft pastels. But, the mold is actually quite good and definitely on par with Hasbro's best work. Surprisingly, there's a lot out there on this obscure Cobra. Here's the best of the Sludge Viper from around the web.
1991 Sludge Viper Profile
Sludge Viper by ScarrViper 1
Sludge Viper on Instagram
Sludge Viper Pre Production at YoJoe.com
Sludge Viper at 3DJoes.com
Sludge Viper by Nekoman
Swamp Base Dio
Labels: 1991, Around the Web, Eco Warriors, Sludge Viper
1986 Mainframe - Around the Web
In 1986, computers were novel and big. But, it shows how forward thinking that Joe was when they included Mainframe as a computer specialist. The figure is solid. The grey body was a rarity at the time and the silver and black highlights make for a pretty solid figure. For me, Mainframe was always an older guy who had great wisdom that was of benefit to the Joe team. There's a decent amount of material on the figure/character out there. Here's the best of him from around the web.
Mainframe Profile
Mainframe Video Review
Mainframe at JoeBattleLines.com
Mainframe at 3DJoes.com
Mainframe at JoeADay.com
Mainframe & Zarana by GI_JoeisThere
Mainframe by Otto the Otter
Mainframe by Flatline
Labels: 1986, Around the Web, Mainframe
1993 Frostbite
I really became a Joe collector in the summer of 1995. I had touched on toy aisles through the years. I had bought a few Joes at retail between 1992 and 1994. But, in 1995, it was apparent the Joe line was done. (I didn't follow any toy news magazines so my only indications were dwindling retail stock.) As such, I decided I should buy as many Joe figures as I could find at retail before they were gone, again. So, armed with a summer internship that paid 50% more than I had ever made in my life, I spent the summer sweeping through stores wherever I could in an attempt to snatch up the last bastions of retail G.I. Joe. As the stock was still fairly plentiful when I started, I was choosy and bought the figures I felt were the coolest first. As I acquired those, I went down the rungs and picked up any figure with black weapons and finally anyone I could find who wasn't Armor Tech or Ninja Force. However, as I usually searched for toys on my lunch hour, my time was limited and that usually meant stops only at Toys R Us or Target. One weekend, though, I was near the mall and decided to check out KB Toys. They still had a small section of Joes left. But, their stock featured several figures I had not seen before. Among them was the 1993 Frostbite figure.
One of the nostalgic bents for this figure is I have still have the stack of cardbacks from all the figures I found at retail in the mid 1990's. I kept them all and saved them first in the box of a Razor Blade and later in the discarded box from the Cobra Parasite. They remain bundled together even today, more than 20 years after their purchase. In pulling out Frostbite's card, I see the $3.49 price tag for the figure. KB Toys was always more expensive than either Toys R Us or Target when it came to Joe figures. But, the $3.49 price was closer to the $2.79 price tags from the other stores than I thought. Still, I recall balking at paying the higher prices, even back then. But, since I had never seen Frostbite before (nor the Backblast or Keel Haul who I also purchased that day) I bit the bullet in the chance I'd never see the figure again. And, sure enough, this remained the only 1993 Frostbite figure I would ever see at retail. So, his purchase was fortuitous.
Upon opening the figure, I found a signature accessory: the figure's mask. When I was a kid, I was always a fan of removable helmets or masks. Frostbite's mask was unlike anything I had seen before on a Joe. The faceless expression left the figure as a perfect arctic army builder. And, since he included a white version of my favorite MP-5 inspired rifle from that era, this Frostbite became an army of troopers capable of defeating Snow Serpents. When I found the Blockbuster a while later, this Frostbite joined the crew of Windchill and various Snow Storm repaints and they became a wrecking crew capable of mowing through any well equipped army of 1994 Vipers and 1993 Crimson Guard Commanders who comprised the entirety of my Cobra forces at the time.
As a mold, though, this Frostbite is more than just the mask. He is not overly detailed with tons of extra items that make him cluttered. The figure has a well textured winter coat complete with a fur collar, some web gear and three grenades strung across it. He's interesting enough without being too far gone. Sure, the aqua blue webbing and orange grenades are somewhat gaudy and don't make much sense in a snowy environment. But, it was 1993 and a figure that was mostly properly colored with just some splashes of brightness was OK. Besides, the colors broke up what had, traditionally, been similarly colored figures. The figure's head is a bit large, but that was how Hasbro was sculpting Joes at the time. It allows for greater detail on the face and beard.
For gear, Frostbite featured a white weapon tree. I can accept white weapons for an arctic themed figure. Plus, the tree used for Frostbite included the 1988 Muskrat Shotgun, the Tracker submachine gun and a machete. (It also included the 1991 Grunt's weapon. But, I've never liked that gun and left it on the tree.) He has the requisite missile launcher and missiles, too. The mask was what made the figure stand out. But, getting some weapons whose color matched the figure and his specialty was also useful. While many of the 1993/1994 weapon tree colors didn't make much sense, all of the arctic figures included white weapon trees which complemented the figures very nicely.
While 1993 can be classified as a year full of repaints, the reality is that most of the newly molded figures to be released that year never saw another repaint. Frostbite is among them. This was the only appearance of this mold in the vintage line. We know that Frostbite was going to return in the first wave of the Battle Corps Rangers line in 1995. But, that figure would have been an all new mold that featured a removable hat. (You can see him on the box art of the Battle Station and Sea Wolf.) So, it's unlikely that Hasbro had any further plans for this mold. In 1997, though, this Frostbite mold made a surprise appearance in the Toys R Us exclusive 3 packs, though named Blizzard. (He was a last minute replacement when Hasbro couldn't find the 1988 Blizzard mold.) This figure features far better paint but worse accessories. So, a combo of the 1993 and 1997 releases will get you the best version of the figure. The mold never appeared again, despite Hasbro releasing a couple of arctic vehicles and figure sets. But, at least the lone repaint was decent.
Frostbite follows the pattern of most Battle Corps Joe affiliated characters. Dealers will sell the figure for around $10. And, the figure sells at that point. On the open market, though, Frostbite will fetch close to $8. So, you don't have a huge disparity between dealer and market pricing. Carded Frostbite's can be had for around $20. And, you can easily find the figure in lots where you'll pay only a couple of bucks for each figure if you don't mind picking up some other brightly colored '90's Joes in the deal. On some levels, I feel those prices are high for a late release, unpopular Joe figure. But, at the same time, collector ranks are now comprised heavily of adults who grew up in the 1990's and for whom figures like this Frostbite are their childhood favorites. So, that plays a big part.
For me, had I now found this figure at retail when I did, it's likely he would have slipped through the cracks. As a post retail collector, I've always lived in places where arctic figures don't have tremendous use. (Finding a way to photograph this figure when it's 110 degrees outside certainly doesn't help!) So, I would have missed a quiet gem had I not stopped into that KB Toys that summer 23 years ago. Looking back at this figure helps me remember why I started and why I still collect Joe figures. A lot has happened in the ensuing decades from this figure's release that makes this hobby difficult. But, looking back to a simpler time helps to put that into perspective. This Frostbite represents a time when I collected for the sheer joy of the hobby. It's important for me to recall that every now and then.
Labels: 1993, Battle Corps, Frostbite
1992 Headhunter - Around the Web
The Headhunter is simply a great figure. He's got a spectacular mold, solid colors and exceptional gear. Back in the late 1990's, he was also nearly impossible to find as a loose figure. Slowly, though, that changed and pretty much everyone can enjoy this figure today. So much so that they're pretty popular and expensive. But, they remain a favorite of mine. Here's the best of him from around the web.
1992 Headhunter Profile
Headhunters at the Dragon Fortress
Headhunters at IceBreaker's HQ
Headhunters in Marvel Comics
1992 Headhunter at 3DJoes.com
Headhunters at JoeADay.com
Headhunter Dio
Labels: 1992, Around the Web, DEF, Headhunter


Doesn't smash cake sound like fun?! A few weeks back I have met Katrina from Balloon Chic Marbella and she came up with this cool idea of offering '1st Birthday Cake Smash' photo sessions. It has become almost a tradition now in America and Australia (when Katrina comes from) to organise smash cake photo shoots. Aren't the photos really adorable? Seeing a baby squishing and squashing a beautifully decorated cake surely puts a smile on your face! A session like this is usually done a few weeks before a baby turns one and the pictures are used for birthday invitations and for decorating the party. However, it can also be done on the day of your child's birthday to add to the fun of the days celebrations. We surely had lots of fun taking these photos! Katrina has provided us with many wonderful props and with this organic cute birthday cake! If you would like to book a session like this for your baby lets get in touch! I will be more than happy to discuss options and ideas you might have! Thank you Funky Forest for letting us use your venue and of course massive thank you to our tiny model Lara who did an amazing job!
Prev Roxy's maternity session. Costa del Sol. Spain.
Next The Thornleys. Family Photo Session. Marbella.


From messages I have read on your board, i have seen the cost of a slate roof replacement stated as 10.00 up to $15.00 per square foot. Does that include the complete roof? Are the copper valleys, ridge caps, etc included in that price? What about chimney flashings, are they extra? Out of curiosity, why are there so many more slate roofers in Pennsylvania according to your lists?
That price $15.00/per Sq.Ft.would cover Labor & Material for most Typical Slate Roofs Such as an 18"Length x 1/4 to 5/16"Thickness x Typical color,At least by our Pricing..I really do not know the answer to your second ? Jenkins is from Pa.,Maybe just this Web sites location? Or maybe we have more Slate roofers per capita??? Where are you located?.
I personally count down to the last nail. Seriously. Yes a price per square is a large portion of the price, but then I add for each accessory individually. How much ridge? How much valley flashing? How many chimney flashings? How many plumbing pipe flashings?
IMO this is the ONLY way to give a fair price to each and every customer based on THEIR project and not the laws of averages.


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CNN's Knees Go Weak Looking Back at Obama Election, Painting Tea Partiers as Whack Jobs
Despite the first half or so of CNN's The 2000s episode on the 2008 election and the early Obama years being largely pain-free on the bias front, the liberal media's overwhelming love for Barack Obama burst through when it hit Election Day 2008 and the two years afterward.
In all, CNN swooned over the Obama election with zero objectivity, portrayed Obama as trying to be bipartisan, and subtly painted Tea Partiers as angry, irrational conspiracy theorists who ran around with signs depicting the President as the Joker or a Nazi.
At the 46-minute mark, an old news clip from ABC's David Muir touted the polls opening with massive lines and a current soundbite from far-left New York Times columnist Charles Blow gushing: "All of it felt like: Is this a real thing? Like is it possible that America could do this. And so it was all like a collective holding of our breath."
CNN's Wolf Blitzer was shown leading the network's election coverage while the CNN figurehead reminisced about how announcing Obama as the next President "was an electric moment that I'll never forget."
Later in clips from Inauguration Day, Blitzer gushed at the time that everyone watching were "privileged to have this front-row seat to history."
Back to Election Night and interspersed with clips from Obama supporters crying, The Boston Globe's Renee Graham proclaimed:
For those who lived through segregation, who had lived through the civil right era, it felt like the full fulfillment of everything they thought the country could be. When something seems impossible and suddenly it's achieved, it's sort of beyond words. It's — it's still a shock to me.
Former Obama advisor and senior political commentator David Axelrod added that the feeling "was just overwhelming" upon realizing that his "friend of some years now President-elect and you could see almost instantly a change" with "the weight of the world on his shoulders."
Shifting to the stimulus, historian Yohuru Williams remarked that "Obama believed he'll somehow be able reach across the aisle, but this kind of hope and change and optimism that had made this such an inspiring campaign runs up against the reality of politics in 2009 when he takes office."
He was then followed by a clip from NBC's Kelly O'Donnell noting the lack of bipartisanship from Republicans to support the Obama stimulus.
CNN presidential historian Julian Zelzier piled on, hyping that "Obama is incredibly ambitious, and he still sees that 2009 is a unique moment" as Democrats had strong majorities in both the House and Senate.
On ObamaCare, Zelizer observed: "Obama believes that Republicans will vote with him on something that's reasonable, that if he compromises, they will as well, but over the course of the next few months, it turns into a terrible political challenge."
But when it came to the Tea Party movement and summer town halls in 2009, CNN used a clip from Lyin' Brian Williams to condemn their "shouting at so-called town meetings" as having "reached a fever pitch."
The filmmakers then partnered Sarah Palin's ObamaCare death panels claim with clips of anti-Obama protesters showing the President to everything from a communist to the Joke to a Muslim to a Nazi to tacitly argue that the Tea Party was extreme and kooky.
Never Trump Republican Mona Charen opined in response: "There was an element in the Republican coalition that was already beginning to listen to conspiracy theories and falsehoods. It was a sign of the kinds of things that were going to see balloon later on."
Later and after running newsclips and an Axelrod soundbite about ObamaCare's passage, former Newsweek editor Evan Thomas reacted to the Republican-dominated 2010 midterm election with this doozy (click "expand" to read more):
The mistake was to think that the country speaks as one. They were all one thing. What we really are is a mass of reactions. We're always reacting to the last thing that happened. So if the country goes left, you can be damn sure it's going to go right. If the country is looking for rich people one day, well then the poor people are going to hate that and get angry. If we think that we're past race, well racism will come right back. Our pendulum swings and in the long run, we make progress, but it can be pretty ugly to watch.
Somewhat not surprisingly, the episode ended with Obama's now-infamous taunting of Donald Trump at the 2010 White House Correspondents Dinner, which some cite as the moment when Trump began to (yet again) ponder a presidential bid.
To see the relevant transcript from CNN's The 2000s on August 12, click "expand."
CNN's The 2000s: Yes We Can
9:46 p.m. Eastern
DAVID MUIR [on 11/04/08]: As the polls open from the east to the west across this country, the same picture continued to emerged. Eager voters showed up before the polls even opened and, in many cases, lines as far as the eye could see.
CHARLES BLOW: All of it felt like: Is this a real thing? Like is it possible that America could do this. And so it was all like a collective holding of our breath.
WOLF BLITZER: [on 11/04/08] We're only a few seconds away from the top of the hour when these states will be closing. [NOW] The rules are that we had to wait until all the voting had ended. I remember at 10:59:50, my executive producer was in the ear, saying 10 seconds. It was an electric moment that I'll never forget. [on 11/04/08] And CNN can now project that Barack Obama, 47 year old, he will be the first African-American President of the United States.
[CROWS CHEER]
RENEE GRAHAM: For those who lived through segregation, who had lived through the civil right era, it felt like the full fulfillment of everything they thought the country could be.
[CROWD CHEERING IN CHICAGO's GRANT PARK]
GRAHAM: When something seems impossible and suddenly it's achieved, it's sort of beyond words. It's — it's still a shock to me.
(....)
DAVID AXELROD: It was just overwhelming. There was my friend of some years now President-elect and you could see almost instantly a change. You could see the weight of the world on his shoulders. He was already thinking about responsibilities that had just flowed to him. In the gravity of the moment, it was palpable.
[CROWD CHEERING AT INAUGURATION]
BLITZER: All of us were watching in the United States and around the world, we're really privileged to have this front-row seat to history.
OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear —
BLITZER: Tomorrow, the President of the United States gets down to real business and the enormous challenge facing him and the country on foreign policy, national security front and also on the economic front.
DAVID GREGEN: By all indications he relishes the chance to go into the oval office and get started. He wants to get moving.
CHIP REID: It's a rare day when a President goes to the Capitol to meet only with members of the other party.
OBAMA: Hello, everybody!
REID: President Obama did just that to actively seek bipartisan support for his $825 billion economic stimulus package.
OBAMA: We had a wonderful stage of ideas.
YOHURU WILLIAMS: Obama believed he'll somehow be able reach across the aisle. But this kind of hope and change and optimism that had made this such an inspiring campaign runs up against the reality of politics in 2009 when he takes office.
COLORADO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARK UDALL: H.R. 1, as amended, passes.
KELLY O'DONNELL: It's a victory that came with almost no Republican support zero on the House side, three in the Senate, a long way from those hopes of bipartisanship.
JULIAN ZELIZER: President Obama is incredibly ambitious, and he still sees that 2009 is a unique moment. The Democrats control the House and Senate, and he realizes these windows are limited.
CHARLES GIBSON: The President vowed to solve a problem that has bedeviled presidents since Theodore Roosevelt, how to reduce health care costs and expand coverage.
ZELIZER: Obama believes that Republicans will vote with him on something that's reasonable, that if he compromises, they will as well, but over the course of the next few months, it turns into a terrible political challenge.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: As members of Congress return to their districts for their month-long summer break to hear from their constituents, the shouting at so-called town meetings has sometimes reached a fever pitch.
WOMAN AT TOWN HALL TO SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER: I don't want this country turning into Russia, turning into a socialized country.
MAN AT TOWN HALL: This is not health reform. This is control.
WOMAN #2 AT TOWN HALL: I want to know if it's coming out of my paycheck.
ERIC CANTOR: We really were seeing people who were never involved in politics before, grandmothers, grandfathers across the country, hey, give me my country back. 2009 was the awakening of the tea party.
BILL WEIR: Sarah Palin has now waded into the heated health care debate in a new Facebook posting, the former Governor raises the possibility of what she calls an Obama "death panel."
PROTESTER WITH OBAMA SWASTIKA SIGN: Millions of elderly people will be given the pill to make comfortable while they die.
MONA CHAREN: There was an element in the Republican coalition that was already beginning to listen to conspiracy theories and falsehoods. It was a sign of the kinds of things that were going to see balloon later on.
OBAMA: Where we do disagree, let's disagree on things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that's been proposed.
REID: The President said the debate is over. It's time to pass health care reform. But with Republicans still unanimously opposed, the President left no doubt he wants Democrats in congress to pass his bill with Democratic votes only.
OBAMA: When's the right time? If not now, when? If not us, who?
AXELROD: As the final votes came in, I went and I found the president and I said, you know, I'm so thankful for what you did here on behalf of all those families who won't have to go through what I went through when my child was young and had a chronic illness and we almost went bankrupt. And he just said that's why we do the work.
BLOW: There's a funny thing about political success. People tend to rest at the top of the mountain. And the people who are out of power tend to gather the energy because they have a focal point. We want to get rid of this person — this Congress. We want to change things and that change possibility is energetic and frenetic.
GLORIA BORGER: Two years ago, Barack Obama was at 62 percent in the polls. Time magazine declared the Republican party all but extinct and look at where we are now. The voters have not gotten what they asked for.
EVAN THOMAS: The mistake was to think that the country speaks as one. They were all one thing. What we really are is a mass of reactions. We're always reacting to the last thing that happened. So if the country goes left, you can be damn sure it's going to go right. If the country is looking for rich people one day, well then the poor people are going to hate that and get angry. If we think that we're past race, well racism will come right back. Our pendulum swings and in the long run, we make progress, but it can be pretty ugly to watch.
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Henry IV Part 2
Study Guide NO FEAR Translation
Act 2 Scene 2
page Act 2 Scene 2 Page 1
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 8
Table of Contents Characters Act 1, Prologue Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 2 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 3 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 4 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 5 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 6 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 7 Act 2, Scene 2, Page 8 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 5 How to Cite
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Enter PRINCE HENRY and POINS
PRINCE HENRY and POINS enter.
PRINCE HENRY
Before God, I am exceeding weary.
I swear to God, I'm exceedingly tired.
POINS
Is 't come to that? I had thought weariness durst not have
attached one of so high blood.
Really? I would have thought that weariness wouldn't dare afflict someone as highly born as you.
Faith, it does me; though it discolors the complexion of my
5greatness to acknowledge it. Doth it not show vilely in me
to desire small beer?
Well, it afflicts me, although saying so dims my nobility somewhat. Does it make me seem coarse and common to say that I'd love a
small beer = a kind of weak, thin beer
small beer ?
Why, a prince should not be so loosely studied as to
remember so weak a composition.
A prince shouldn't be vulgarly inclined toward things like small beer.
Belike then my appetite was not princely got, for, by my
10troth, I do now remember the poor creature small beer. But
indeed these humble considerations make me out of love
with my greatness. What a disgrace is it to me to remember
thy name, or to know thy face tomorrow, or to take note how
many pair of silk stockings thou hast—with these, and those
15that were thy peach-colored ones—or to bear the inventory
of thy shirts, as, one for superfluity and another for use. But
that the tennis-court keeper knows better than I, for it is a
low ebb of linen with thee when thou keepest not racket
there, as thou hast not done a great while, because the rest of
20the low countries have made a shift to eat up thy holland; and
God knows whether those that bawl out the ruins of thy linen
shall inherit His kingdom; but the midwives say the children
are not in the fault, whereupon the world increases and
kindreds are mightily strengthened.
Then I suppose don't have a prince's appetite, because right now all I can think about is small beer. But it's true: all these everyday considerations distance me from my own nobility. It's disgraceful that I should be familiar with a man like you! To know your name, your face, and your wardrobe so intimately that I know that you have two pairs of stockings: the ones you're wearing now, and those peach-colored ones. I even know how many shirts you have: one to wear, and one extra. But then, the keeper of the tennis courts knows your wardrobe better than I do, for when you've run out of clean shirts, you don't show up to play. And you haven't played in a while, because the whore houses have eaten all the rest of your money, which you'd otherwise use to buy more shirts. God only knows whether all the crying brats you've fathered will make it to heaven. But then, the midwives say that babies don't bear the sins of the parents. That's how the population increases, and families are strengthened.
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Q: How to include SVG documents into LaTeX document in VSCode with LaTeX Workshop plugin? I try to insert a SVG file into my LaTeX document with this code:
In my main file:
\documentclass[12pt, twoside]{book}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{svg}
\svgsetup{
    inkscape=pdf,
    inkscapeexe={/usr/bin/inkscape -z -C}
}
\chapter{Additional Informations}

\subfile{../chapters/10/chapter-title/content.tex}

\end{document}

In my subfile:
\documentclass[../../../../book/main.tex]{subfiles}
\pagebreak

\begin{document}
\section*{Exchange rates}
\begin{multicols}{2}
    ...

    \begin{figure}[H]
        \includesvg[width=136mm]{chart.svg}
    \end{figure}

    ...
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

I get this result:
includesvg

You didn't enable `shell escape' (or `write18')
(svg)   so it wasn't possible to launch the Inkscape export
(svg)   for `../chapters/10/chapter-title/chart.svg'.
LaTeX
Package svg: File `chart_svg-tex.pdf' is missing.
LaTeX
Package svg: File `chart_svg-tex.pdf_tex' is missing.
LaTeX

I checked this question, but none of these answers helped.
I see other soultions for convert SVG files into PDF online or other tools, but it seems to a little dirty solutions for me. I want to use a clean and simle way.
Basically I don't have any settings.json file in my project, but if it's need I can create it.
Any idea how can I use SVG files into my LaTeX project?

A: Click the gear icon on the left button side to open the setting page.
click the tab "working space" and search the word "latex-workshop.latex.tools".
There will show the only option start with sentance "Define LaTeX compiling tools to be used in recipes. Each tool is labeled by its name.".
click the link "editing in setting.json", and your vscode will open a json that you expect.

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Q: Plotting 3-D Solid of Revolution in Python Using Matplotlib Given the region bounded by the curves y=x^2, y=(x-2)^2 and the axis.

I want to plot the 3-D solid rotated about the x-axis.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D

# Define the function to rotate
def f(x):
    return x**2
def g(x):
    return (x-2)**2

# Define the range of x values to plot
x = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
x2=np.linspace(1, 2, 100)

# Define the range of angles to rotate over
theta = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 100)

# Create a meshgrid of x and theta values
X, Theta = np.meshgrid(x, theta)
X2, Theta = np.meshgrid(x2, theta)

# Calculate the corresponding cylindrical coordinates
R = X
Y = R*np.sin(Theta)
Z = R*np.cos(Theta)*f(X)

R2 = X2
Y2 = R2*np.sin(Theta)
Z2 = R2*np.cos(Theta)*g(X2)

# Create the 3D plot
fig = plt.figure(figsize = (11,8))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z)
ax.plot_surface(X2, Y2, Z2)
ax.set_xlabel('X')
ax.set_ylabel('Y')
ax.set_zlabel('Z')
plt.show()

Output:

As you can see, it works fine for the first curve y = x^2 (blue) but it's not rendering correctly for y=(x-2)^2 (orange). Why is it doing that?
The code and output attached above.

A: I used a trick to make the plotting process easier.
Instead of rotating around the x-axis, it is much easier rotating around the z-axis using spherical coordinates. matplotlib has intuitive example of utilizing spherical coordinates to draw a ball. Hence, we can swap the axis (e.g. treat the x-axis in the 2D plot as the z-axis in the 3D plot), compute the required spherical coordinates from the given two functions, and then convert back to Cartesian for plotting.
Since we swap the coordinates, eventually we have to rotate the plot and manually assign the axis label.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from typing import Tuple, Callable

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 10))
ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')

# Define the function to rotate
def f(x):
    return x**2
def g(x):
    return (x-2)**2

def get_p(phi: np.ndarray, f: Callable, x0: float = 0) -> np.ndarray:
    """Get the distance p

    Let the origin be O and a line starting from O with its angle relative to
    x-axis being phi intersect with the curve y = f(x) at point Q, the distance
    p is the length of the line segment OQ.

    :param phi: the angle relative to x-axis
    :type phi: np.ndarray
    :param f: the curve to be rotated around its x-axis
    :type f: Callable
    :param x0: starting estimate of x-coord of intersection Q. Use this to
        control which intersection is desired. default to 0
    :type x0: optional, float
    :return: an array of distance, corresponding to each given phi
    :rtype: np.ndarray
    """
    ks = np.tan(phi)
    x = []
    for k in ks:
        func = lambda x : f(x) - k * x
        # we only look for one root
        x.append(scipy.optimize.fsolve(func, x0)[0])
    x = np.array(x)
    y = x * ks
    return np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)

def get_xyz(
    theta: np.ndarray, phi: np.ndarray, p: np.ndarray,
) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
    """Produce the Cartesian coordinates from the given spherical coordinates.

    For reference, see: https://mathinsight.org/spherical_coordinates#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20the%20formulas%20for,%CE%B8z%3D%CF%81cos%CF%95.

    :param theta: in the 3D coordinate, given its origin O, a point P and its
        projection Q on the XY plane, theta is the angle between line segment
        OQ and positive x-axis.
    :type theta: np.ndarray
    :param phi: using the same setup as described above, phi is the angle
        between line segment OP and positive z-axis
    :type phi: np.ndarray
    :param p: using the same setup as described above, p is the length of line
        segment OP.
    :type p: np.ndarray
    :return: the Cartesian coordinates converted from the spherical coordinates
        in the form of (x, y, z)
    :rtype: Tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]
    """
    return (
        np.outer(np.cos(theta), np.sin(phi) * p),
        np.outer(np.sin(theta), np.sin(phi) * p),
        np.outer(np.ones(np.size(theta)), np.cos(phi) * p),
    )

# Make data
theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100)
phi_intercept = np.pi / 4  # the angle relative to x-axis when the two curves meet

# Plot y = x^2 half
phi2 = np.linspace(0, phi_intercept, 50)
p2 = get_p(phi2, f, x0=1)
ax.plot_surface(*get_xyz(theta, phi2, p2))

# Plot y = (x - 2)^2 half
phi1 = np.linspace(0, phi_intercept, 50)
p1 = get_p(phi1, g, x0=1)
ax.plot_surface(*get_xyz(theta, phi1, p1))

# Set plot properties
ax.set_box_aspect([1,1,1])
# x axis in the 2D plot becomes z here
ax.set_zlim(0, 2)
ax.set_zlabel('X')
# y axis in the 2D plot is still y here
ax.set_ylim(-1, 1)
ax.set_ylabel('Y')
# the new z axis after rotation becomes x here
ax.set_xlim(-1, 1)
ax.set_xlabel('Z')

# rotate the plot
ax.view_init(10, 0, -90)
plt.savefig('demo.png', dpi=100)


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Born Jun 23 1890, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina.5,7
On Jun 5 1917 Joseph Berkett Hinshaw, age 26, registered for the World War I draft in Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina. He declared he was born June 23 1890 in Randleman, North Carolina, and he was then still residing in Randleman where he was married and a self-employed farmer. He was recorded as tall, slender, blue eyes, light hair, slightly bald.5
He married Loraine Bowman3,6,8,9 [Lorene Bowman1, Lorena Bowman3, Sweet Bowman3], Dec 16 19163,6,8,9, Randolph County, North Carolina3,6,8,9. Loraine, daughter of Jacob Bowman & Emma Norah McMasters, was born Mar 4 1893, North Carolina.1,2,6,9
Bart and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 17 1920), Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina:1
Hinshaw, Bart, head-of-household, age 30, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; rented home; occupation: shop hand, chair factory.
Hinshaw, Lorene, wife, age 27, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina.
Hinshaw, Juanita, daughter, age 2, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina.
Living seven households away in 1920 were Joseph's parents and siblings.10
Bart and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 10 1930), Harden Road, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina:2
Hinshaw, Bart, head-of-household, age 40, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; owned home; no radio in home; first married at age 27; occupation: lumberman, furniture co.
Hinshaw, Lorain, wife, age 37, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; first married at age 23.
Hinshaw, Juanita, daughter, age 12, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; attended school.
Hinshaw, Pauline, daughter, age 8, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; attended school.
Hinshaw, Jacob, son, age 7, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; attended school.
Loraine died Mar 5 1971, at daughter Pauline's home, 120 Spencer St., Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina; age 78.6,9
Social Security information for Loraine Bowman: 243-28-2159
1920 census, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T625-1318, ED 113, page 12A, line #35, family #229.
1930 census, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T626-1715, ED 25, page 14B, line #80, dwelling #295, family #295.
North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000; http://www.ancestry.com.
Obituary of Jacob Worth Hinshaw.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975; http://www.ancestry.com.
1900 census, Randleman, Randleman Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T623-1213, ED 95, page 6B-7A, line #98, dwelling #110, family #111.
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004; http://www.ancestry.com.
"Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
1920 census, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T625-1318, ED 113, page 12A, line #7, family #222.
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In his first US solo show, The Street Is In The House, Italian born artist Carlo Sampietro presents five years of work based on his observations of life in megalopolises. The Street Is In The House is a body of work that transmutes elements of urban life into objets d'art. By using found materials and placing them in unfamiliar contexts and sophisticated designs, Sampietro reshapes everyday objects into meaningful amalgams. Sampietro dismantles established value structures and elements of social behavior, the catastrophic result of human ignorance, and the immutability of desire.
The artist begins by surrounding himself with objects that populate NYC sidewalks. He obsessively searches for familiar props on the street that will represent and communicate metaphors concerning problematic situations rooted in urban society. Based on his international background and his research, he uses a point of view and comparison that expands to megacities worldwide. He forces the audience to face social realities by bringing repurposed street objects into the house or bringing viewers out into the street.
At the gallery, spectators will be able to play mini-golf through "Street Scraper," a reconstruction of a 50 feet sidewalk where urban elements seem to emerge from the concrete. This installation is a provocation to reuse the sidewalk as a social melting pot and as an extension of our living rooms, the way life in the city used to be.
In his installation, PopDogs, Sampietro investigates facets of the urban condition by creating a gargantuan edifice—a popcorn machine that spews plastic dogs at an alarming rate—a symbolic parallel to canine overpopulation in urban centers. In the video art Bunda Pandeiro, Sampietro explores the roles of gender and race in the contemporary world. An entire room will be dedicated to Cloche Sofa Masterpieces, a body of work that dismantles discarded elements of construction materials, such as sewer pipes and elevates them into unique and functional designs.
Carlo Sampietro's works have appeared in several exhibitions including Figment (NYC), Galleria Rossana Orlandi (Milan) and Queens Museum of Art (NYC). He is the recipient of the Celeste Prize (2012) by Premio Scultura Urbana and first prize from A' Design Award (2013). His film Bunda Pandeiro was featured at the Berlin Short Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival and won in the Experimental category in both the Tirana International Film Festival (2013) and the Brooklyn Film Festival (2013). His work has been featured in The Financial Times, The Washington Post, El Pais, Corriere Della Sera, Public Art Review, among other publications. Sampietro has lived in NYC for 13 years and continues to search for objects which will interpret his visión for his upcoming projects Aqueduct and onimoD.


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More than three decades after it aired, Carl Sagan's groundbreaking, brilliant 13-part TV series Cosmos:A Personal Voyage will finally get a sequel.
Cosmos, which originally ran in 1980 and was rerun many times over the following decade, is widely regarded as one of the first, and best, TV shows to make science accessible to everyone. You can watch the show now on Hulu, but despite its brilliance it is still a show from more than 30 years ago, and you can tell – the special effects are primitive by today's standards, but more importantly some of the content has been superseded by discoveries in the intervening years.
So, it's high time someone made a sequel to it, and now someone is! In partnership with Sagan's colleagues Ann Druyan (who is also his widow) and Steven Soter, Seth MacFarlane – yes, that Seth MacFarlane – is going to produce a new 13-part series to serve as a sequel and modern update to Sagan's masterpiece.
Taking over the hosting duties will be none other than well-known astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has served as host of NOVA ScienceNOW on PBS for the past five years, so he has plenty of experience making science accessible to the general public. It would be difficult to think of anyone who would be better able to succeed the late, great Carl Sagan.
The folks working on it will take their time and do it right – it's not scheduled to air until sometime in 2013.
The producers of the show say the new series will tell "the story of how human beings began to comprehend the laws of nature and find our place in space and time." They go on to boast: "It will take viewers to other worlds and travel across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. The most profound scientific concepts will be presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience."
That's the good news. The bad – or at least, potentially bad – news is that, because of MacFarlane's involvement, the series will air in prime time, and on Fox.
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5 Best Battery Powered Air Conditioners in 2021 [Reviews+Buyer's Guide]
Portable air conditioners are something millions of American's search for each year, and it's one of the more misunderstood areas in the HVAC world. While they do exist, they aren't what most consumers imagine, and many don't live up to the hype. With that in mind, we've compiled a list featuring five of the best battery powered air conditioners.
The Best Battery Powered Air Conditioner
#1 Zero Breeze Mark 2 Portable Air Conditioner
#3 Evapolar evaCHILL Evaporative Air Cooler
#4 Evaporative Air Cooler Personal Air Conditioner
#5 Ryobi One+ Cooling Cooler
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Zero Breeze Mark 2
Max Runtime: 5 hours
Speeds: 4
Battery: Removable
Form Factor: Portable
IcyBreeze V2
Form Factor: Wheeled Cooler
Evapolar evaCHILL
Battery: Fixed
Form Factor: Desktop
Evaporative Air Cooler
Ryobi Cooling Cooler
The Best Portable Battery Powered Air Conditioner
Each year we see a number of products arrive that are billed as life-changing or the first of their kind. The Zero Breeze Mark 2 fits that bill as it's one of the only battery-powered AC units on the market, although it's a niche product with an extremely high price tag.
The Mark 2 is the second generation portable air conditioner from Zero Breeze. It has a larger 24-volt lithium-ion battery, which provides up to 5 hours of runtime. It takes almost as long to recharge the system, and while it doesn't work while charging, you can swap out batteries to extend the cooling time of this unit.
While the Mark 2 is 20" long and around 10" in diameter, this portable air conditioner has a tiny compressor inside. The micro-compressor can drop the temperature down by 30 degrees in only 10 minutes with Power Mode activated. A variable frequency produces 120 CFM, while a wind duct allows you to direct that airflow.
As this is a high-tech system, you can look forward to more features that you'll find from other portable units on our list. That includes Sleep Mode, a built-in LED light, and a charging port on the base, which lets you juice up mobile devices on the go. The Mark 2 also comes with a remote control and is backed by a 12-month warranty.
If you are looking for a real portable air conditioner that has a compressor and is actually cordless, the Zero Breeze Mark 2 is the best option currently available. While it's a significant step up from the previous model, it is still a luxury product at this point, given the hefty price tag and the fact it isn't marketed or sold through traditional channels. If you'd like to learn more about this system, check out our Zero Breeze Mark 2 Review.
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The Best Personal Battery Operated Air Conditioner
Evapolar is a brand that specializes in personal cooling solutions, and while they don't have any traditional AC units, they have a very popular cooler called the evaCHILL. It's a Freon-Free system and one that's small enough so that it can easily be taken on the go.
The evaCHILL is an evaporative cooler built for personal use with a range of 45 square feet. It has smooth curves and a foldable handle on the top that makes it easy to take on the road. Measuring 6.6" x 6.6" x 6.7", it won't take up much space and is lightweight when empty at only 1.6 pounds. Despite its size, this little unit can cool you off for up to 8 hours.
A leak-proof water tank holds 27 ounces of water and is easy to fill through an outlet on top. That tank is also illuminated with a soft Ice Blue LED, which doubles as a nightlight. Depending on the speed, this cooler can get you through the night, although there is no warning or refill light when the tank runs dry. It has a respectable airflow rating of 49 CFM and is listed at 50dBA, so the sound level will be noticeable given its range.
This portable battery operated air conditioner is powered through a USB cord. You can plug it into anything with power and add a longer cord to extend its reach. It's not as easy to clean as similar coolers, but far more stylish and very easy to use. The replacement cartridges are a bit pricey, however, and should be changed every 3-6 months.
The evaCHILL is one of the best personal coolers on the market, although it's a far cry from a Freon-powered AC unit when it comes to cooling. Consumers like this system's style and its portable size, but many feel it's overpriced for what it can actually do. If you're interested in a small device that can chill the air while adding some humidity to a room, this one's worth a look and has better reviews than portable coolers from Blaux and others.
A Budget-Friendly Personal Cooling System
The second evaporative cooler to make our list has a completely different vibe from the first. The aptly named Evaporative Air Cooler is a system that can be found under a variety of different monikers depending on the seller, but it's affordable and ideal for smaller spaces.
With a built-in 5,000mAh battery, this small system can be used anywhere as long as you have water on hand. It can be charged from other devices through a USB cable or even powered from portable power banks for extended use. The runtime is listed at up to 9 hours, but that depends on a variety of factors, including the speed and water level.
The tank on this evaporative cooler is listed at 23 ounces, which is slightly smaller than the evaCHILL. It has three standard speeds to go along with a misting feature and two oscillation settings at 60 or 120 degrees. There are no other reliable tech specs or features to speak of on this unit, but consumers found it easy to fill, use, and recharge.
While this evaporative cooler is half the price of the evaCHILL, it's not nearly as well-made, and it's a device that's been rebranded by dozens of companies. It seems to work well as long as you can avoid quality control issues, however, and remember what it's designed to do. The unit is backed by a lifetime warranty with registration, but you'll want to read the fine print and take the length lightly.
Portable Cooling for Ryobi Tool Owners
The minds behind the IcyBreeze may have set the high mark for cooler-based air conditioners, but it isn't the only system of its kind. Ryobi's Cooling Cooler is geared to work with the company's lithium-ion batteries and is worth a look if you're already invested in the company's cordless tool line.
The inside of this cooler has a 50-quart capacity, so there's plenty of room for ice or beverages. It can hold more than the IcyBreeze V2 but is also heavier and larger. The Ryobi Cooling Cooler measures 20"H x 18"D x 30"W, and tips the scales at 35 pounds when empty. It's a heavy cooler, but one that has rugged wheels and a handle to help you pull it about.
Part of the heft is due to the design of this cooler. The lid has a fan in the middle and two compartments on each side. One is for the battery and charging, while the other side doubles as a small storage area for smartphones or other gear. There are no charging ports on the cooler or other features aside from a drain port.
Ryobi lists the runtime on their Cooling Cooler at 4 hours, and it will work with any 18-volt ONE+ battery from the company's lineup. Charging times vary depending on the battery used and charger used, although you won't have to pick one up for this model. It comes with the P102 battery and P119 charger from Ryobi.
While this cooler may seem like a great choice, the reviews are mixed, and it has a high price tag. After we ruled out reviews where consumers didn't quite understand its purpose, we noticed a variety of problems related to quality control. A 3-year guarantee will buy some peace of mind, but it's still a very basic swamp cooler when compared to the competition.
If you've found your way to this section of our guide, you've been on the hunt for an air conditioner that runs off battery power. While there are more portable units in this class than battery-powered heaters, the overall selection is underwhelming. In this guide, we're going to tell you why a good battery-operated air conditioner is hard to find and discuss a few other portable cooling options available.
The first thing you need to know about these systems is that manufacturers like to use the term air conditioner with reckless abandon. While you may see dozens of listings for battery-powered AC units, there are only 2-3 that actually work. That's because a traditional air conditioner with a compressor requires a lot of power.
Engineering a battery-powered system that's small but powerful enough to run for more than a few hours is challenging – especially if you want to keep the price down. It's also somewhat of a niche product reserved for campers and outdoor enthusiasts from a practical standpoint. With that in mind, all of these devices fall into two categories, with refrigerant-based units and air coolers.
An air conditioner is easy to identify despite how some manufacturers may have them classified. On the other hand, the world of air coolers is vast and encompasses various products in different form factors or styles. There are significant differences between these systems, although it's easy for consumers to become confused.
Any system that has a compressor and uses refrigerant is technically classified as an air conditioner. That includes large central systems that sit outside of your home, the AC unit in your vehicle, or window air conditioning systems. Portable units are also in this class, but 99% of traditional air conditioners are tethered to the wall with a power cord.
When you need to cool an area quickly or for an extended amount of time, this is your best choice. There is a price point and style to suit every consumer, but you will need to have access to a power outlet or generator at all times unless you pick up something like the Mark 2 from Zero Breeze.
The term air cooler generally refers to evaporative cooling systems. It's something we are very familiar with and a great way to cool down small areas while adding some moisture to the air. There are dozens of high-quality evaporative coolers that perform as advertised, but all of these units are corded – not powered by batteries.
Cordless evaporative coolers are small devices that you can take on the go. They are often low wattage systems powered through a USB connection and require water to work. Bucket coolers or mini swamp coolers are in this category as well, along with unique alternatives like "cooling" coolers and the G2T Moai N1 Plus electric scarf.
Many people think of AAA batteries when they hear the words battery-powered, but that couldn't be further from the truth with battery operated AC units and air coolers. While there are a few exceptions that didn't make our list and some 12v hybrids, most of the devices have a rechargeable fixed battery or rely on a removable one.
If you appreciate ease of use, you'll like any gadget with an internal battery. You simply need to plug these devices into the recommended outlet to charge them up, and they are often cheaper than systems with removable batteries. On the downside, once the battery goes dead, you typically need to purchase a new unit.
Systems with replaceable batteries allow you to run portable air conditioners for extended periods of time. They are more expensive, and you have to take the price of the batteries into account as well. Some companies allow you to use third-party batteries in their systems, but that's not a common option and may require additional accessories.
This is an area where many consumers find themselves turning back to a powered air conditioner as the runtime isn't great on battery operated AC units. In our research, we found that you can expect 3-5 hours from most units regardless of the speed or type of system. In the middle of the summer, that's not exactly ideal, considering corded units can run continuously.
The only solution for an AC unit with a short runtime is fast charging times. Unfortunately, that's something you won't find on battery-powered air conditioners at this time. Charging times are usually 4-5 hours, although some units allow you to run the air conditioner while it's charging or on low power. That's a common feature on mini evaporative coolers but rare on Freon-based systems.
Normally when we're discussing central HVAC systems or window AC units, we talk about BTU ratings and square footage. The former is a measurement of heating and cooling power, and when combined with the latter, it gives you an idea of how large of a unit you need to heat or cool a room. With battery-powered air conditioners, you can throw those guidelines out the window.
All portable AC units are designed for small areas or considered personal coolers. While we've seen some manufacturers claim their battery-operated air conditioning systems can handle large areas, coverage is usually around 50 square feet in our experience. If you plan on using it as a tent air conditioner or in other open areas, coverage isn't an issue.
As you can see, battery powered air conditioners are still not very common although that will change with new advances in technology. Considering we can already power large lawn mowers and other power-hungry appliances with big batteries, it's only a matter of time before we see new battery operated air conditioners and heaters as well.
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