Working with Juliette Tompkins, Marketing Executive of Brown & Co was a real pleasure. As a leading provider in agency, professional and consultancy property services – covering rural, commercial and residential property, plus agriculture and the environment – Brown & Co work from a growing network of offices throughout our county and the whole of East Anglia, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber combining a high level of specialist technical expertise with local knowledge.
Juliette arranged my running order for the day, as well as a spacious location in the centre of Norwich. The remit was for head shots and corporate photographs which wouldn't look out of place with the pictures already on their website. Above and below are a small selection of photographs taken on the day.
Testimonial: With staff numbers of over 200 and a growing business, we are constantly updating our website with new staff photos. We selected Angie, being a local photographer and a fast response to our requirements was received. A speedy turnaround was prioritised and the attention to detail before the session was great. Angie has specifically colour-matched our new staff photos with some pre-existing photos taken by another photographer. Flexible, great to work with and fantastic photos. Could not fault the service! Would 100% recommend.
Thank you so much for the photographs, they're all great, and everyone that I have spoken to is really happy with them (which is rare!) Thanks again for the fab quality shots, they really tie in well with the current photos. It was a pleasure to work with you and I must say a huge thank you again for the fast turnaround – Juliette Tompkins, Marketing Executive – Brown & Co.


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For the first time in decades, IT leaders now consider all-flash storage as a strategic IT asset. IT has become a new operating model that enables self-service with high performance, density and resiliency. It also offers the self-service agility of the public cloud combined with the security, performance, and cost-effectiveness of a private cloud. Download this MIT Technology Review paper to learn more about how all-flash storage is transforming the data center.


So, casting allegations around here it seems. But maybe I'm wrong and you have a great depth of knowledge of this breed of ex- police inspectors that show great delight in taking firearms certificates off people. I guess you mean people who should have firearms and are safe to have them? Do tell us. We need to know who they are and why do they go from a job which wants to shaft firearms certificate holders to one that supports them.
Someone aske for an example of an insurance pay out. I will not go into details but a beaters dog was shot during a driven day, the animal made a full recovery but was minus one leg for the rest of its life. The gun was insured via BASC and the owner of the dog received quick payments from them not only for vets bills but also to cover the cost for a replacement fully trained dog. No hassle.
I am not casting anything it's a fact the he works for sacs inspector Fraser lamb.
Fraser lambs job was to do just that!
This **** me off. One day hes taking guns off people the next he working for so called org that fighting for people and you think there no conflict of interest!
How many ex-coppers work for BASC - including those that left in disputes?
Hes not just a typical copper he was in Firearms licensing inspector stop trying to white wash it oh hes just a police constable . They guy who started this thread was asking what insurance he should take. My option is stay away from sacs. If your a sacs groupie good luck to you that's my opinion if anyone asks me about sacs I will tell the truth I was a sacs member from the days of Ian Clark.
Thanks .277....it's only when other members take time to post on these threads that a wider view of many topics is had.
Oh, and nearly forgot about Ex-Copper Gary Ashton being employed by BASC as well.
I'm not certain about the staffing numbers at either organisation, but I suspect that over time the ratio of ex-cops to civvies would be far higher at one - and it's not the one you are advising people to steer clear of.
No, that doesn't wash. I queried how many ex-coppers worked for BASC, and you replied, "BASC to my knowledge zero". So you were way wrong in that.
If you want to split hairs, then the former firearms licensing manager with BASC would have probably had more of a day-to-day, hands-on involvement in revoking licenses that the bogeyman 'firearms licensing inspector' you appear to be fixated with.
You're hilarious please stick around !!!


Although it is a French grape, Tannat grows remarkably well throughout the new world. Little known in many places, it is a star in Uruguay, which has adopted this bold variety as the country's national grape. Along with earthy flavors and spice, Tannat's rich palate often showcases juicy fruit flavors, including plum and raspberry, and tends to be high in acidity and tannins with a very full body. Usually produced as a single varietal wine in Virginia, its smoky character make it a perfect pairing for sausage, roasted meats, and strong aged cheeses.
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What's citizenship got to do with mental health? Rationale for inclusion of citizenship as part of a mental health strategy
MacIntyre, G., Cogan, N. A., Stewart, A. E., Quinn, N., Rowe, M. & O'Connell, M., 5 Sep 2019, In: Journal of Public Mental Health. 18, 3, p. 157-161 5 p.
What's energy management got to do with it? Exploring the role of energy management in the smart home adoption process
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Adams, C., Jun 2008, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 16, 2, p. 196-209 13 p.
What's in a name? Theorising the inter-relationships of gender and violence
Boyle, K., 1 Jan 2019, In: Feminist Theory. 20, 1, p. 19-36 18 p.
What's in a wait? contrasting management science and economic perspectives on waiting for emergency care
Morton, A. & Bevan, G., 2008, In: Health Policy. 85, 2, p. 207-217 11 p.
What's law got to do with it? how and why law matters in the regulation of sex work
Scoular, J., Mar 2010, In: Journal of Law and Society. 37, 1, p. 12-39 28 p.
What's natural about killing? gender, copycat violence, and natural born killers
Boyle, K., 2001, In: Journal of Gender Studies. 10, 3, p. 311-321 11 p.
What's on the therapist's mind? A grounded theory analysis of family therapist reflections during individual therapy sessions
Rober, P., Elliott, R., Buysse, A., Loots, G. & De Corte, K., 3 Jan 2008, In: Psychotherapy Research. 18, 1, p. 48-57 10 p.
What's taking so long? A collaborative method of collecting designers' insight into what factors increase design effort levels in projects
Holliman, A. F., Thomson, A., Hird, A. & Wilson, N., 11 Sep 2020, In: AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. 34, 3, p. 341-362 22 p.
What's the difference between a hospital and a bottling factory?
Morton, A. & Cornwell, J., 22 Aug 2009, In: BMJ . 339, 3 p., b2727.
'What's the point?' An investigation into the experiences of staff working with adults with autism spectrum disorders
Butrimaviciute, R., Grieve, A. & Cogan, N., 31 Oct 2016, In: Clinical Psychology Forum. 286, p. 21-25 5 p.
What's the use of ethical philosophy? The role of ethical theory in special educational needs
Lewin, D., 30 Nov 2014, In: European Journal of Special Needs Education. 29, 4, p. 536-547 12 p.
What's the use of residential childcare? Findings of two studies detailing current trends in the use of residential childcare in Scotland
McPheat, G. A., Milligan, I. M. & Hunter, L., 2007, In: Journal of Children's Services. 2, 2, p. 15-25 10 p.
What's the use of theory and philosophy of education?
Kenklies, K., 14 Sep 2021, In: SERA Research Education Bulletin. 11, p. 26-28 3 p.
What's wrong with having 'complex' passwords? A lot.
Renaud, K., 15 Sep 2021, The Wall Street Journal 1 p.
What's wrong with Scottish firms? Local sourcing in electronics
McCalman, J., Feb 1987, In: Quarterly Economic Commentary. 12, 3, p. 62-69 8 p.
What's wrong with the murals at the Mogao Grottoes: a near-infrared hyperspectral imaging method
Sun, M., Zhang, D., Wang, Z., Ren, J., Chai, B. & Sun, J., 23 Sep 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, 10 p., 14371 .
'What's your dinosaur?' Or, imaginative reconstruction and absolute truth in the museum space
Kistler, J. & Tattersdill, W., 7 Aug 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Museum & Society.
What teacher factors influence their attributions for children's difficulties in learning?
Brady, K. & Woolfson, L., Dec 2008, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 78, 4, p. 527-544 18 p.
What the civil partnership act 2004 does not do
Norrie, K., 2004, In: Scots Law Times. p. 35-40 6 p.
What the council of economic advisors need to know about sustainable development
Williams, E., McRory, E., Richards, C., Mathieson, S. & Ashcroft, B. (ed.), Jul 2007, In: Quarterly Economic Commentary. 31, 4, p. 49-53 5 p.
"What think you of this present state?": Representations of Scotland and Scottish union in Robert Greene's The Scottish History of James the Fourth and John Ford's Perkin Warbeck
Veerapen, S., 3 Feb 2017, In: Early Modern Literary Studies. Special Issue 26, 26 p.
What title: Why title to seek orders such as contact orders is not confined to those entitled to apply for an order conferring parental rights
Norrie, K., Oct 2004, In: Journal of the Law Society of Scotland. 49, 10, p. 22-23 1 p.
What to expect after the honeymoon: testing a lifecycle theory of franchise relationships
Blut, M., Backhaus, C., Heussler, T., Woisetschlager, D. M., Evanschitzky, H. & Ahlert, D., Sep 2011, In: Journal of Retailing. 87, 3, p. 306-319 14 p.
What voters have and what voters need: the relation between public opinion and political knowledge
Johns, R., Heath, A. (ed.) & Jadot, A. (ed.), 2003, In: Revue de la Maison française d'Oxford. 1, 1, p. 47-68 21 p.
"What was become of Mr Burns' children": Jean Armour's 1804 letter to Maria Riddell, a New York junk shop, and serendipity.
Bold, V. & Groce, N., 30 Jan 2010, In: Scottish Literary Review. 2, 1, p. 117-134. 18 p.
What we know and what we believe: lessons from cognitive psychology
Bradfield, R., Dec 2004, In: Development. 47, 4, p. 35-42 8 p.
What we know and what we need to know about graduate skills
James, S., Warhurst, C., Tholen, G. & Commander, J., 9 Dec 2013, In: Work, Employment and Society . 27, 6, p. 952-963 12 p.
What we talk about when we talk about 'local' participation in international biodiversity law: the changing scope of indigenous peoples and local communities' participation under the convention on biological diversity
Parks, L. & Schröder, M., 18 Feb 2019, In: Partecipazione e Conflitto. 11, 3, p. 743-785 43 p.
What Work? What Life? What Balance? Critical Reflections on the Work-Life Balance Debate
Eikhof, D. R., Warhurst, C. & Haunschild, A., 2007, In: Employee Relations. 29, 4, p. 325-333 8 p.
What works and what's just?
McNeill, F. & University of Glasgow, 2009, In: European Journal of Probation. 1, 1, p. 21-40 20 p.
What works and what's right?
McNeill, F., 12 Feb 2009, In: European Journal of Probation. 1, 1, p. 21-40 19 p.
What works for us - boys' views of their experiences in a former list D school
Smith, M., McKay, E. S. & Chakrabarti, M. R., 2004, In: British Journal of Special Education. 31, 2, p. 89-93 5 p.
What would you do? Reflecting on ethical values in librarianship
McMenemy, D., 2006, In: Impact: Journal of the Career Development Group. 9, 4, p. 71-73 2 p.
What would you tell the president in three minutes about Iraq
Rose, R., May 2008, In: European Political Science. 7, 1, p. 78-83 6 p.
Wheatleys Scotland
Smith, A. & Miller, B., 1974, In: New Society. 28, 606, p. 385-385 1 p.
When a predator avoids infected prey: a model-based theoretical study
Haque, M. & Greenhalgh, D., 2010, In: Mathematical Medicine and Biology. 27, 1, p. 75-94 19 p.
When communism met black anti-colonialism in interwar France
Murphy, D., 29 Jun 2020, In: Jacobin. 29 June
When dizziness becomes sinister: oropharyngeal carcinoma presenting as a paraneoplastic neurological disorder
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When does a physical system compute?
Horsman, C., Stepney, S., Wagner, R. C. & Kendon, V., 8 Sep 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A : Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 470, 2169, p. 1-25 25 p.
When do firms implement corporate social responsibility? A study of the Spanish construction and real-estate sector
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When electrons step in: polarizing effects explored with triisobutylaluminum
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When facial attractiveness is only skin deep
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When girl meets boy: The Gender Recognition Bill and its effects
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When gist is mist: mismatches in small-scale climate change litigation
Bouwer, K., 1 Apr 2015, In: Environmental Law and Management.
When good design intentions do (not) meet users' expectations
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When good design intentions do not meet users expectations: exploring Qatar University campus outdoor spaces
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I want to learn more about the formula modeler. I've opened up the formula presets but I don't know enough about what the formula for a pumpkin or a seashell should be to figure out how to use the u,v,p1,p2 parameters. I think I might be able to get started if I saw a formula for a shape I think I understand, like a sphere. I can look up a formula for the x,y,z coordinates of a basic shape, but I can't figure out how to translate that into the uv space of a Carrara scene.
x-squared + y-squared + z-squared = R-squared.
How does that get translated into the u,v and p1,p2 settings in the formula modeler?
All Carrara's formula primitive does is cycle through u and v from 0 to 1, and builds a grid of those values. To make a sphere out of that, you need to use sin() and cos() and treat u and v as latitude and longitude.
The p1 and p2 parameters are values you can control in your timeline to adjust the formula.
and then animate p1 between 0 and 1 second.
Perfect. Thanks. I will play with this for a while, then go back to "that French site" that has all of the samples.


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Welcome to our ski resort!
Bagolino-Gaverland is a lovely little resort in Bagolino. You will find pistes with a total length of 15 km and 6 lifts. We offer fun for all ages and skill levels. But nature lovers come here at your expense.
The local ski school offers courses at all levels and you can also take private lessons.
After skiing, you can make a stop at our mountain hut, it is cozy place and the prices are reasonable. Bagolino is a family-friendly ski and well worth a visit!


International Camping offers pet-friendly accommodation in Porlezza. There is a water park on site and guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Lugano is 14 km from the property.
There is a seating and/or dining area in some units. There is also a kitchen in some of the units, fitted with a refrigerator.
International Camping also includes an outdoor pool. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant, with packed lunches available on request.
You can play tennis and table tennis at the property, and the area is popular for fishing. Como is 25 km from International Camping, while Locarno is 30 km away. The nearest airport is Malpensa Airport, 55 km from International Camping.


On October 13, 2014, Casey Cooper and Anna Unruh filed complaints alleging that a group calling itself Grant County Concerned Voters failed to include proper sponsor identification on political advertising supporting Angus Lee and opposing Garth Dano in the 2014 race for Grant County Prosecutor, and that the group failed to register and report as a political committee or file a report of electioneering communication. On October 14, 2014, Ms. Unruh also alleged that Grant County Concerned Voters failed to include proper sponsor identification or report the expenditures for a mailer supporting Dani Bolyard and opposing Tom Dent, both candidates for State Representative in the 13th Legislative District. The complaints were investigated as Case 2138.


Pear + Almond Cake! A glorious cake for your senses! I just love cake, don't you? Especially the traditional kinds of cake. Although it's somewhat modern, being it's gluten free and dairy free, it will still take you back to your favourite baking days with your grandmother! Or at least it does for me!
I had quite a few pears on hand which I needed to make something with otherwise we all know how fast pears and go off! So I decided to bake a pear cake! What pairs better with pears? Almond! Ok, that was quite the tongue twister wasn't it! The texture of this cake is just beautiful, the bursts of those pear slices is wonderful and a drizzling of maple syrup is absolutely delicious! Have I got your attention? Enjoy!
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line a 9-inch round cake tin with parchment paper, set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attached or a large mixing bowl using a hand beater, add eggs, sugar and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for 5 minutes or until pale and thick.
Add lemon zest and oil, beat until just combined.
Add almond meal and sift over flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, all spice and salt. Gently fold until well combined, ensuring not to over-mix. Fold through pear slices.
Pour batter into lined cake tin. Scatter over flaked almonds.
Bake for 55-60 minutes for until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Remove from tin and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Slice, serve, drizzle over maple syrup and enjoy!
Sounds lovely, can you use normal caster sugar?


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Maximum Reserve Valuation and Life Policy Nonforfeiture Interest Rate
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Guidance Date: February 19, 2021
Changes to Maximum Nonforfeiture Interest Rates
Changes to the maximum nonforfeiture interest rates went into effect January 1, 2021. The Department previously issued actuarial guidance on these rates: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/life_insurers/max_reserve_life
Pursuant to New York State Insurance Law section 4221(k)(9)(B)(i), insurers can use the rate for the year immediately preceding:
"At the option of the company, calculations for all policies issued in a particular calendar year may be made on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate, as defined in this subsection, for policies issued in the immediately preceding calendar year."
Therefore, insurers are not required to implement the new rates until January 1, 2022.
Policy form submissions will be necessary to implement this change when the rate is referenced in an approved policy form. The Department is currently accepting these submissions.
Insurers seeking expedited policy form approval may use the Circular Letter No. 6 (2004) certified process, subject to the usual requirements in the product outlines and other guidance related to that process. To further expedite approval, it is recommended that insurers make their submissions well in advance of the January 1, 2022 date for implementing the new rates and not combine the nonforfeiture interest rate change with more extensive product revisions.
Interest Rate Referenced in Policy Form
If a previously approved policy form references the nonforfeiture interest rate, a new version of the policy form must be filed for approval, as the nonforfeiture interest rate may not be bracketed as variable material. The new version of the form will require a new, unique form number.
If the insurer is only updating the interest rate and cash values, and if the underlying policy forms utilize insert specifications pages with a separate form number, then the company need only submit the revised specifications pages with a new form number, a revised memorandum of variable material corresponding to the new form number, actuarial memorandum, statement of self-support, and nonforfeiture certification (Note: The nonforfeiture certification is not required for submissions made pursuant to Circular Letter No. 6 (2004). The general certification required by Circular Letter No. 6 (2004) eliminates the need for this more specific certification).
If the previously approved policy form did not utilize insert specifications pages with a separate form number (i.e., if the specifications pages were embedded in the policy with the same form number), then the full policy form, with a new form number, must be submitted, along with the aforementioned supporting materials.
The policy form submission should be sent to the Life Bureau via SERFF.
The SERFF Filing Description for the form filing should identify:
the form number, state file number, and approval date of the previously approved form(s) being replaced; and
the previously approved forms with which the new policy form will be used. Previously approved related forms, such as an application, that do not reference the interest rate, may be used with the new version of policy form without the need to refile.
These form submissions must also comply with all the usual procedural and substantive requirements set forth in the applicable product outline.
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If the insurer is utilizing a new rate, but the rate is not referenced in the policy form and does not change any information in the policy form, the company must send supporting materials, including a nonforfeiture certification, an updated actuarial memorandum, and a statement of self-support to the Department.
These submissions should be directed to Michael Mazzie via SERFF.
The SERFF Filing Description for the filing should identify:
the previously approved form(s) for which the supporting documentation is being updated; and
the state file number under which such forms were approved.
SERFF submissions should be coded as follows:
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BBC Springwatch has been filming wildlife success story in Glasgow's east end as city's water voles adapt to life underground
The programme will look at the work being done to save an endangered species adapting and thriving here in Glasgow
A large population of water voles still exists in Glasgow, despite rapid decline across the UK (Image: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
An animal in rapid decline across the UK but adapting to new environments here in Glasgow is set to star in this year's edition of Springwatch on the BBC.
The water vole is one of the fastest declining will mammals in the country, and has disappeared from many areas.
Native to Glasgow for hundreds of years, they're usually found in wetlands - but large populations have recently been discovered in the east end, living away from water in long grasslands, road verges, gardens and derelict land.
10 things all Glaswegians can kind of agree on
They've even adapted, digging and spending more time underground like a mole - making the Glasgow water voles unique.
And since they're scarce elsewhere, the Glasgow inhabitants are very important when it comes to conservation.
Glasgow City Council has been working with the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Natural History Society and Scottish Natural Heritage on the Water Voles in the City project, to investigate further, with funding for three years to radio-track the animals.
Heatwave ahead as forecast tops 20 degrees in Glasgow this week
The whole project will be covered in BBC Springwatch, kicking off on May 28, alongside other wildlife stories from across the country.
In the meantime, you can find out more Glasgow's unique water voles on the Glasgow City Council website.
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(1) Any person who initially treats or is requested to treat a person with second-degree or third-degree burn injuries affecting 10 percent or more of the surface area of his or her body shall immediately report such treatment to the local sheriff's department if the treating person determines that the burns were caused by a flammable substance and if the treating person suspects the injury is a result of violence or unlawful activity. The report shall state the name and address of the injured person and the extent of his or her injuries. This section does not apply to burn injuries received by a member of the armed forces, or by a governmental employee, engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
(2) Any person who willfully fails to make the report required by subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 87-219; s. 221, ch. 91-224; s. 1431, ch. 97-102.


Since the grand launch of the 'Start-Up India' movement last year, India continues to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship. To help the startups mature in the market, Higher & Technical Education Department, Government of Gujarat in association with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd is presenting the National Student Startup & Innovation Summit on 8th October 2017.
The summit will gather top decision-makers from government; the brightest entrepreneurs, investors and corporates to network, interact and pitch the best practices in the industry.
Meet the best entrepreneurs and startup founders from different industries.
The National Student Startup and innovation Awards felicitate and distinguish outstanding achievement in the startup ecosystem.


ParaQuad Industries operates a specialised packaging facility in Shenton Park offering short- and long-term bulk breaking, mass mailings and repetitive assembly at competitive prices. Post Office dispatch is also offered. We have the production capacity to handle large packaging volumes but also the expertise and flexibility to process smaller jobs. All work is carried out in a temperature-controlled environment with appropriate quality controls.


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1.We need a shoebox, a big piece of cardboard, a brown pasteboard, black adhesive tape, scissors, pencil, compass and glue.
2.Roll up the pasteboard and paste to avoid loosening. The resulting cylinder diameter should be about 10 cm.
3.Cover one end of the cylinder with black electrical tape. The tape should extend beyond the edge, then bend inward.
4.We make two rings of tape along the cylinder.
5.We make extensive cuts in the end without of duct tape.
6.The resulting fringes, folded into the cylinder.
7.We seal the earlier part of the fringe with duct tape.
8.Cut 6 or 8 squares of 2x2 cm.
10.Paste the resulting block above the tape and the fringes.
12.Final result of a side of the canyon.
13.We cut the side of the canyon.
14.We cut the other side as the first.
15.We draw 8 circles of 8 cm diameter.
17.We paste it on pairs, so that we have 4 wheels wide.
18.We paste the two sides in the shoebox. The hollow part (without lids) should be set down.
19.Paste the cylinder above the shoe box, in the center of the two sides.
20.We cut two rectangles of 12 x 4 cm.
21. We bend the rectangles. We obtain 4 equal sides, and we surround them with duct tape.
22.We paste the resulting pieces to the sides of the cylinder, in front part of the cannon.
24. This is the canyon resulting.
25.After paint, we have a nice pirate cannon.


Brightroll, an online video network, released its third annual survey of agencies and their buying habits and attitudes. Brightroll reported that online video is included as a component in 27 percent of agency RFPs. Media buyers predict the largest overall spending increases in 2011 will be in online video, mobile video and social.
Where will the share of spending coming into online video come from?
More than 80 percent of media buyers say they are shifting spending out of display and into online video. About two-thirds will shift dollars out of TV. About a quarter of buyers will shift spending from search, social and direct response.
Brightroll reports that online video is attractive to buyers because of its reporting, research and targeting capabilities. However, the cost of online video keeps a lid on spending.
What's going to break online video wide open? Most (96 percent) of media buyers agree that "research provides value to clients," but only 35 percent actually conducted research. More research is needed in areas such as online video versus TV performance; change in purchase intent or brand lift; audience profiling; brand effectiveness; impact on offline purchasing behavior; and translation of GRP to online video buying.


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Leon Marais Travel Writing and Photography.
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Photo of the day: Cheetah family with kill.
Posted by lawsonsafrica on September 20, 2012
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A female Cheetah with five cubs (+- 4 months old) seen on my last Kruger National Park trip.
One of the biggest misconceptions I come across when leading people in the Kruger National Park concerns the other big cat, the Cheetah. I think the idea that Cheetah only inhabit open grassland savannah comes from the fact that most wildlife documentaries concerning big cats are filmed in the Masai Mara / Serengeti complex in East Africa, where the open habitat makes for good filming conditions. The habitat in the Kruger National Park is vastly different, and although there are large open grassland areas on the fine Basalt soils of the central regions, most of Kruger comprises Woodland Savannah which has a well developed shrub and tree component. In some regions, such as the Sabie River region, the habitat is pretty dense, suitable to antelope such as Bushbuck and Kudu, while the permanent water in the river attracts large numbers of Impala, many of which cluster a long the roads where there is some visibility. So when beholding the Woodland Savannah environment of the Kruger visitors often ask me if it's possible to see a Cheetah, thinking back to Big Cat Diaries or some other program where there's nary a tree to be seen and where the Cheetah often use the safari vehicles to gain some elevation. The answer to this often-asked question is that Cheetah do indeed occur in the Kruger and can sometimes be seen in quite densely vegetation places – in fact, while working in the Sabi Sand Game reserve, which is part of the Greater Kruger National Park, we once saw a Cheetah with a Bushbuck kill along the banks of the Sand River, more the realm of Leopards than Cheetahs!
Seen from the air the Kruger is made up of a mosaic-like interspersing of open areas and more densely vegetated areas, with the tree component decreasing on finer clay soils and increasing on coarser granitic soils. Impala the primary prey animal of the Cheetah, are found in all of Kruger's micro-habitats, but are confined to areas where there is permanent surface water, and are usually not found more than about two kilometres away from water. The clay soils often hold pans and puddles, to which Impala are attracted. In winter these are dry, so Impala are then concentrated around permanent rivers, pools in seasonal rivers and man-made dams and drinking troughs. These are the places where Cheetah will be looking for prey. The edge of the clearing makes a great place to stage a hunt, from where the predators can observe the prey from cover and slowly work into position. It makes sense then that in their daily movements – Cheetah cover a lot of ground in huge home ranges – that they will move from clearing to clearing in search of Impala herds. These movements take them through areas of thicker bush, where they can make opportunistic kills, so one can say that even though they prefer open areas, they can be seen pretty much anywhere. They are however uncommon – the numbers in Kruger are estimated to be less than 200 individuals. Compare this to Lion and Leopard, of which there are estimated to be around 1500 – 2000 of each, and you'll realise that seeing a Cheetah involves a lot of luck! I estimate that we have about a 70% hit rate with Cheetah on our dedicated big cat tours, which combine the Kruger National Park with the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. In the Sabi Sand Game Reserve Cheetah are either there in your operating area, or they are not. The reserve is not big enough (only 65 000 hectares) to accommodate Cheetah on a permanent basis, and so they come through now and then, moving from clearing to clearing in search of prey and eventually moving back into the vastness of the Kruger National Park. If any Cheetah happen to be in the area while you are staying in the reserve, then there's a good chance of seeing them. If there aren't any in the area at the time of your visit, then there's zero chance of seeing them, simple as that (and the same goes for Wild Dogs). So while both Lion and Leopard are resident in the reserve, even if they can't be found on occasion, Cheetah are either there or they are not.
The Kruger Park on the other hand is obviously big enough to provide the bulk of the territory for the 200-odd Cheetah of the Greater Kruger National Park. With not many tactics available to aid one in finding game in the Kruger, besides covering as much distance as possible; speaking to other visitors to glean information, using the sightings boards at the camps, using game sighting apps such as Kruger Park Sightings on your smartphone, and some good, old-fashioned spotting, it all boils down to lady luck. Good areas for Cheetah are the grassy plains running in a north-south orientated strip north of Lower Sabie Rest Camp, the Basalt Plains around Satara, the open clearings along the H7 in the Orpen Gate / Rabelais region, and the Mopani Rest Camp region in the central region.
It was on the Rabelais Loop that I've had my most recent and perhaps most spectacular Cheetah sighting in the Kruger National Park. I was having a lunch break with six clients at Orpen Gate when other travellers who were exiting the park told us about a Cheetah sighting not far away. This was a birding safari, but birds were forgotten for a little while as we speedily boarded the vehicle and headed off to see if we could find them. I say 'them' as the reports were of a female Cheetah with cubs and a fresh Impala kill. Great news indeed and we just hoped that we would be there in time, as Cheetah don't really hang around at kills, eating as much as they can as quickly as they can before leaving the area in case Hyenas or Lions pitch up. A kilometre or so off the H7 tar road we came across the scene, which wasn't exactly hard to find as there were a few cars there. About 70 meters off on our left we spotted the female Cheetah, and after some careful observation noted five cubs of about four months old. Cheetahs generally have larger litters than other cat species, so five is by no means unheard of and were spectacular to see. They were feeding on an Impala carcass which was mostly hidden from view in the grass. Hidden from our view that is but not that of the vultures, which soon began gathering. Here's the interesting thing about the 'vullies': while they do of course have brilliant eyesight, apparently able to read a newspaper at several kilometres (which is handy for scanning the obituaries), they observe other scavenging birds and other vultures closely to find their food. In this case there was a Tawny Eagle sitting in a tree close by, watching the scene. A vulture probably saw the Tawny and, knowing that it also scavenges from kills, came down to have a look to see what was happening. Seeing the kill it would have settled down at the scene, either in a tree or on the ground close by. Other vultures would have seen him coming in to land and would then in turn come closer to investigate, which would then attract others from all around, which would have used their keen eyesight to observe the others flying down to ground at a fixed point, and pretty soon there were vultures of four species (White-backed, White-headed, Cape and Hooded Vultures) appearing from all point of the compass. Soon they started gathering on three sides, pressurizing the Cheetahs which were communicating loudly with their bird-like chirping sounds. Soon two Black-backed Jackals appeared and after chasing the scavengers away several times the Cheetah decided that they had eaten enough and that it was time to get out of the area, before the activity attracted something a bit bigger, such as a Spotted Hyena or a Lion.
The Vultures and Jackals piled in with gusto in a dusty melee that saw the remains finished off in a few minutes – an efficient disposal system that spreads the nutrients around for the benefit of many organisms. All in all it was a fantastic introduction to the Kruger and the first time that I'd seen so many cubs there, though I've had some incredible cub encounters in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, and we left the sighting to enjoy the rest of our time in the park, happy with having the other cat species on our list so soon.
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Description: Following the closing on Sunday, May 1st, 2016, of Fullerton, Californias, annual Railroad Days celebration, the four mainline display pieces were coupled together to begin - eventually - the trip back to Los Angeles. Brand-new BNSF Railway ES44C4 4279 is coupled to Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751, Amtrak "Cabbage" (an F40PH diesel converted to an unpowered cab car/baggage car) 90208 and Amtrak P42DC 42. The two Amtrak pieces are both wearing the distinctive Veterans paint scheme. Nearly two hours after closing, the hundreds of spectators got what they wanted - the 3751 belching smoke and steam as this train headed east to rejoin the mainline. It would be almost another hour and a half before the real show, however, when this train would depart westbound for L.A. with the steamer providing the power. It may have been dark, but the sound was amazing!


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We had a busy month at Lilydale Senior Living! We enjoyed January visits from both the Cretin Derham Hall hockey team and 6th graders from Faithful Shepherd Catholic School. Check out photos from both visits.
The Cretin Derham Hall Hockey team joined the tenants at Lilydale Senior Living for ice cream sundaes and bingo. Lilydale Senior Living tenant, George Rumsey, graduated from Cretin Derham Hall High School in 1942. He was a goalie for the hockey team for two years and lettered in both hockey and baseball. It was a fun afternoon for all!
6th graders from Faithful Shepherd Catholic School in Eagan spent an afternoon at Lilydale Senior Living playing bingo and singing. It was a joyful day!


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Merkel's White takes center stage, signs to play football with Baylor Bears
Merkel's White takes center stage, signs to play football with Baylor Bears Merkel's White takes center stage, signs to play football with Baylor Bears Check out this story on reporternews.com: https://www.reporternews.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2018/12/19/merkels-white-takes-center-stage-signs-play-football-baylor/2369295002/
Joey D. Richards, Abilene Reporter-News Published 4:46 p.m. CT Dec. 19, 2018
Merkel's Jonah White, near left, gives the Baylor Bears' claw sign after signing to play football for the Bears on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, while being surrounded by family members at Merkel High School.(Photo: Joey D. Richards/Abilene Reporter-News)Buy Photo
MERKEL — Jonah White took center stage Wednesday at Merkel High School — literally. The senior signed to play football with Baylor before his classmates on the stage at the school's auditorium on the first day of the NCAA's early signing period.
White, a star athlete on both sides of the ball, admitted it was scarier being the center of attention as opposed to being surrounded by his teammates on the football field.
"I was sitting here for five minutes watching my parents put on the (Baylor) shirts," White said. "I was just sitting here, and everyone was staring at me with the lights on. It was stressful. It was just me. I was a little nervous at first, but I calmed down a little bit."
Finally signing with the Bears ended a long, stressful recruiting process for White, too.
"It was real stressful, doing things and not getting noticed at first," White said. "Coaches told me to be patient. Everything will happen and turn out the way you like, if you keep working hard and be humble. That's what I did. I'm just thankful to get the opportunity to play football."
The moment was special for White, who was joined by his family.
"It means a lot," White said. "I'm just thankful for my family, pushing me every single day to be a better person. I'm thankful for them putting food on the table and clothes on my back. I'm thankful to share this with them. A lot of people don't get to do this."
Merkel QB Jonah White breaks free on a 32-yard TD run in the first quarter against Cisco on Oct. 12, 2018. (Photo: Stephen Garcia/Reporter-News)
Merkel coach John Cornelius was thrilled to see White sign with a major college football program.
"To see him reach this type of success, you can't put it into words," Cornelius said. "It's just really awesome to see this happen."
The 6-foot, 190-pound White did it all for the Badgers this past season. He completed 55 of 128 passes for 893 yards and four touchdowns, while also running for 2,611 yards and 34 TDs on 190 carries in the regular season. He also had three catches for 81 yards and a TD. White also had 41 tackles (13 solo) as a defensive back. He had a sack, two tackles for loss, an interception and broke up seven passes. Teams also threw his direction only 10 times in the regular season, completing two.
Cornelius said White handled both the recruiting process and his play on the field well.
"Through it all, he was a team player and very humble, very selfless the whole time throughout the process," Cornelius said. "At the same time, he went out every Friday night with something to prove. He wanted to prove he belonged on this stage and that he could get to this point. I don't think he left any doubt in most people's minds that saw him play on the field that he could do it."
Merkel finished the season 5-6 after a 26-24 loss to Tulia in the first round of the Class 3A Division II playoffs. The Badgers tied Anson and Ballinger for second in District 4.
White chose Baylor over Kansas, Texas State, Tulane, Army, Texas-El Paso, Louisiana-Lafayette and Abilene Christian.
Merkel quarterback Jonah White surveys the field during a scrimmage against Eastland on Friday, Aug. 17 at Maverick Stadium. (Photo: Stephen Garcia/Reporter-News)
In fact, even after verbally committing to Baylor earlier in the year, it wasn't until his visit to the school earlier this month that he cemented his decision.
"I talked to some of the Kansas coaches, and the Tulane coaches still talk to me," White said. "They were pretty cool. I was feeling there (Tulane) for a little bit. Then Texas State jumped in, and I kind of liked them a little more than Baylor at first. But, (Baylor) coaches stopped by like every two weeks just to see me. That's a long drive from (Waco), and that shows they want me there."
White said Baylor coach Matt Rhule and the Bears made him feel like family, and that was the big reason for his decision to sign with the Bears.
"The coaching staff and the players, they're unselfish," White said. "They treat you like family and want to see you succeed in life and be the best person you can be."
Cornelius knew White was special early on in his career at Merkel.
"From the first time we saw him as an eighth grader, we thought he could do this," Cornelius said. "Now thinking and knowing he has the potential and actually seeing it come to fruition at the end, that's two different things. But we saw it from the beginning that he had the talent."
White said Baylor plans on playing him at running back when he gets to the school next fall.
"They just said that's where they're going to start me at," White said. "Whatever gets me on the field first is where they want to start me."
Merkel's Jonah White (center) runs the boys'100-meter dash at the Region 1-3A track and field meet at Abilene Christian University on last year. White was second in the long jump to qualify for the state meet. (Photo: Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News)
White, who said he feels comfortable at safety or running back, will join Abilene High grad Abram Smith, who is a redshirt freshman running back for the Bears.
"He's a good running back, and it's going to be tough," White said. "Not only him, but there's a lot of good RBs there. You just have to grind every day and get better, compete and earn yourself a spot."
Wylie grad Clay Johnston also is a junior and starting linebacker for the Bears.
White hopes to follow in a long line of small school athletes from the Big Country like Johnston, Jim Ned's Colt McCoy (Texas/Washington Redskins), Munday's L.J. Collier (TCU) Wylie's Case Keenum (Houston/Denver Broncos) and Stamford's James Washington (Oklahoma State/Pittsburgh Steelers) who have gone on to big things.
"That inspired me," White said. "Growing up, I watched James Washington play a couple of games. He was really, really great. I'm still amazed every time I watch him, thinking, 'Wow, he came from a small school like Stamford and he's making plays on athletes like that.' It just proves that anything's possible."
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Spring 2017 Keys to Immortality
Spring 2017 Book Reviews
Keys to Immortality
America's epic origins brought to life.
by William Anthony Hay
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
Before photography and motion pictures existed, painting and sculpture constituted the visual arts. Done well, they made images come alive. Abigail Adams told her sister of one painting of a wartime scene so vivid and affecting that viewers could hear a dying man's groans with "grief, despair and terror…strongly marked." Even mediocre portraiture gave its subjects the only chance to see themselves, besides the reflection the era's blurred mirrors provided. Hence the demand for art, even along the cultural peripheries of Britain's 18th-century American colonies.
Colonial America produced a generation of gifted painters despite their limited opportunities to study. No schools in the new world trained artists or provided live models. Great works of art that could inspire and instruct were available only in reproductions. Largely self-taught, aspiring painters crossed the Atlantic to perfect their art in London and Italy, where artists, connoisseurs, and tourists alike went to experience masterworks. American artists often found themselves caught between the higher expressions of metropolitan culture and the familiar home environments their aspirations had transcended. Jane Kamensky's A Revolution in Color and Paul Staiti's Of Arms and Artists make it possible to understand Revolutionary America's artistic milieu. Both well-illustrated volumes explore the relationship between the colonies and Britain, along with the difficulties artists had launching their careers from the empire's periphery.
Kamensky, a Harvard history professor, shows how John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) was representative of that era's American painters. Artists were still seen as little more than tradesmen. The English portraitist George Allen described encoding meaning in images by allusion and allegory as the "thinking part of painting," which elevated its practitioners to the ranks of poets and philosophers. Far less eminent was the limner, an artisan who took likenesses and hawked his wares. Gentility and learning, along with skill, made the difference.
Surprisingly, nothing is known of Copley's early years other than his birth to Irish immigrants, probably in Boston, and that he may have shown a talent for drawing at a young age. Rather than an inspired genius, he cultivated native talent by hard work and a focus on detail in order to make the leap from humble limner to respected Boston artist. His early works had a stylized aspect until he learned to paint lifelike hands and unforced expressions. A vogue for military portraits gave Copley subjects on whom to practice his skill and, later, contacts that advanced his business—each portrait became an advertisement, drawing new subjects from soldiers in the Seven Years' War and from the Massachusetts elite.
By the mid-1760s, Copley gambled on sending works to London for exhibit. At the same time his contemporary, Benjamin West (1738–1820), a tavern keeper's son from outside Philadelphia, was making the British empire's center the de facto home to an emerging American School. Wealthy patrons had allowed West to travel to Italy in 1760, where he developed a reputation as the "American Raphael," and then on to England in 1763. He benefitted from the enthusiasm for empire, brought by victory in the Seven Years' War. West, embraced by London's art world, helped found the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768 and later became its second president. Though intending to return to America, he never did.
Copley's Boy with a Flying Squirrel used his younger half-brother as the model with a specifically American animal for a pet. The meticulous rendering adapted a conventional form in boy's portraits to carefully play upon surfaces and backdrop while capturing the subject's features. Praised in London as a sign of what Copley might do with training and great art to observe, it also seemed a little too exact. A wonderful picture by a young man never out of New England seemed faint praise. Later portraits Copley sent for exhibits were not quite in the metropolitan style. He faced growing pressure to leave Boston for London or be dismissed as a provincial artist.
Success in Boston, however, brought Cop-ley prominence, which was cemented by his marriage into the wealthy Clarke family. (His merchant father-in-law's tea would provoke the Boston Tea Party.) He painted Governor Francis Bernard and General Thomas Gage along with John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Samuel Adams. Gage's portrait captures the soldier statesman, while Revere's broke with convention to show a reflective artisan. Each became the standard image of its subject. As tensions grew, Copley tried to avoid political controversy that would distract him from art and risk losing clients on either side. Unlike West, who struggled between his British career and American sympathies, Copley thought independence would come naturally with time and that violent conflict could spiral out of control. Patriots branded him an enemy to his country for signing a friendly address in a letter to loyalist Governor Thomas Hutchinson. Copley left to study art in Italy and then with West in London. His career peaked in 1785 with a portrait of George III's daughters that few besides the king liked. Like West, he never returned to America.
Paul Staiti, who teaches American art, architecture, and film at Mount Holyoke College, presents the American Revolution through the eyes of painters as they lived it. Of Arms and Artists shows how their work shaped later generations' sense of the founding era. George Washington shrewdly commented to the Marquis de Lafayette that painters and writers "hold the keys of the gate by which Patriots, Sages, and Heroes are admitted to immortality." Art could define a person or event by making history epic rather than prosaic or chaotic.
Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), whom Staiti calls "Philadelphia's founding artist," understood art's political force. Three years younger than Copley and West, and the orphaned son of a felon in Maryland, he turned from saddle-making to portraiture in his twenties. Patrons enabled him to study in London with West and Copley for three years, beginning in 1767, developing a national style distinct from continental European models. The refined skills he brought back led Peale to became the middle colonies' foremost portrait painter. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1776, amidst war preparations. Besides painting leading figures of the Continental Congress, he served in the Pennsylvania militia and fought at Princeton in 1777.
Once the British evacuated Philadelphia in 1778, he received a large commission to paint what Staiti calls the United States's first great history painting: a portrait of General Washington for the Pennsylvania State House. Peale cast Washington as republican hero, adapting the pose from a 1763 court portrait of King George III. Standing "animated but unperturbed" beside a cannon and other trophies after victory at Princeton—a pivotal moment in the war—Washington is presented "in possession of human attributes so rare that they made him the ultimate paragon of virtue." Copies in Europe drummed up support for the revolution.
Peale had told Benjamin Franklin in 1771 that achieving independence would transfer to America from servile Europe the mantle of great art. Besides organizing pageants and painting statesmen, he founded an American museum to showcase what the new republic alone possessed. Because of the public's preference for novelties and popular entertainments, not the fine art that had defined Peale's career, he found himself in a postwar world that fell short of his expectations.
Fifteen years younger than Peale, Connecticut's John Trumbull (1756–1843) fared better. His father, the only royal governor to side with the Revolution, planned a career as a lawyer or clergyman for his son, believing them more stable than an American painter's life. Trumbull attended Harvard, where he was drawn to the revolutionary cause as well as the work of Copley. After a short stint in the Continental Army, he became one of West's students in London, where he landed in prison on charges of treason. (West stood bail.) Later, during negotiations with Great Britain over the U.S.-Canadian border, Trumbull served as John Jay's secretary.
The best educated among American painters, Trumbull drew a politically charged parallel between the American crisis and republican Rome. His second picture at the Royal Academy exhibit in 1784, depicting the Roman Senate giving Cincinnatus command of the army, made a thinly veiled reference to Washington.
West himself had aspired to paint epic scenes of America's history as he had for Britain, such as The Death of General Wolfe. His painting of the Peace of Paris that recognized American Independence remained unfinished, however. The humiliated British diplomats refused to sit for his work, which framed the scene as an intimate group modeled on a family portrait emphasizing reconciliation.
The task of bringing America's epic origins to life fell instead to Trumbull, who in 1785 began planning a series of historical pictures. The first, completed in 1786, depicted physician Joseph Warren's death at Bunker Hill. By casting Warren as a martyr to the revolutionary cause, Trumbull departed from the strict details to capture a deeper truth about heroism. Painstaking research, taking portraits of people to depict accurately their part in larger scenes, and diplomatic service in Britain delayed later works in the series. Thomas Jefferson, who brought a connoisseur's sensibility to art along with an eye for self-promotion equal to Benjamin Franklin's, guided Trumbull's painting of the Declaration of Independence, which cast the Virginian as the central figure. Between 1819 and 1826, as the revolutionary generation began passing from the scene, Trumbull delivered several more oversized canvasses to be displayed in the new Capitol rotunda, including scenes of Columbus's discovery of the Americas, the Pilgrims' arrival at Plymouth Rock, Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, and General Washington's resignation of his commission.
John Adams believed events should be recorded with an exactitude at odds with artistic license to make deeper points. He feared Trumbull would reduce the revolution to a cartoon of history, and that his grandiose art might corrupt citizens by duping them into thinking monarchy natural and a tyrant beneficent.
As Staiti observes, Adams "had a keen eye." Never diffident, he commissioned a portrait in London by Copley, whom he had known in Boston before the Revolution, to commemorate his diplomatic work in Europe as the civilian parallel to Washington's heroic military portrait. Shown in full length with an almost challenging expression, the figure's plain but polished dress contrasts with an elegant background including a globe and map of North America. Convinced "that plain living was the outward sign of high thinking," Adams cast himself as a republican statesman. Copley took great care collaborating with his subject on a work he matched with an earlier portrait of Samuel Adams. The result disenchanted Adams, who thought it excessive and left the portrait with Copley. Having revealed too much of its subject for comfort, the painting now hangs in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), an entirely apolitical man committed to no cause beyond his own advancement, went to London, too, becoming another American prodigy of West's. Remarkable talent enabled him to overcome a lack of business sense and an even more acute lack of integrity. Subjects forgave his failings because of his ability to capture them so well. Stuart's image of President Washington, used on the $1 bill, is more than famous, but his paintings of other statesmen made him the American portraitist of the age. One he began of President Jefferson in 1805 deliberately broke with the elevated image of the presidency his two predecessors had sought to project. Rather than in a stylistic expression of power, Jefferson appears in a scholarly pose working at a desk on the people's business.
The artists of the Revolutionary Era found posthumous fame in the United States as collectors in the late 19th century sought out their works. The westward spread of learning and art coincided with renewed interest in colonial Americana. West, Copley, Peale, Stuart, and Trumbull came back into their own, defining how subsequent generations viewed pivotal events and the figures behind them. As these two splendid new books show, the leading painters of the American Founding, too, were in key ways creators of a new world.
William Anthony Hay, a historian at Mississippi State University, is author of Lord Liverpool: A Political Life (Boydell Press).
Rhetorical Questions
by Richard A. Lanham
Shared metaphors can lead to shared community.
Zero Shades of Gray
by Joseph Tartakovsky
Sandefur's cure entails a yet worse ill: a free society that needs judges to save it from itself.
Constitutionalism for Realists
by Yuval Levin
Is democracy too important to be left to the people?


A great way of learning about astronomy and sharing it is to see photographs and images of all the neat objects in space.
And it's not just about the pretty pictures of the night sky. Astronomy is about having fun and sharing the excitement of observing with others.


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Story of the Week December 10, 2021
Dorothy Parker, "The Christmas Magazines and the Inevitable Story of the Snowbound Train"
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
From American Christmas Stories
Christmas numbers from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
"Every year I buy them,—the Christmas magazines," wrote Dorothy Parker in December 1916. "Every year I say, hopefully, 'Perhaps this time.' And every year I say, wearily, 'Never again.'" Her annual disappointment was due to the formulaic quality of the short stories, which too often were versions of the syrupy recipe that she had christened "the inevitable story of the snowbound train."
After Vanity Fair published her piece on Christmas magazines, Parker never rose to the challenge and wrote a Christmas classic herself. She did, however, write several Christmas poems—all of which continue to be frequently reprinted. One of them, "The Gentlest Lady," was first published in McCall's magazine in 1927, alongside selections by such luminaries as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elinor Wylie, and Edwin Arlington Robinson, in a feature titled "Christmas Poems by America's Greatest Poets." Another, "The Maid-Servant at the Inn," is ubiquitous in collections of Christmas poetry.
Although Parker would quip that she "was just a little Jewish girl trying to be cute," she was obviously fond of the holiday season. (Her father was Jewish; her mother and stepmother, both dead by the time she was nine, were Protestant.) Her feelings about her hometown were wrapped up with her feelings about Christmas; in 1928 she wrote, "I see New York at holiday time, always in the late afternoon, under a Maxfield Parrish sky, with the crowds even more quick and nervous but even more good-natured, the dark groups splashed with the white of Christmas packages, the lighted, holly-strung shops urging them in to buy more and more."
That Vanity Fair story about the stories in Christmas magazines, published when she was still Dorothy Rothschild, was largely forgotten until recently, when Kevin Fitzpatrick, a historian and the founding president of the Dorothy Parker Society, resurrected it on his blog a few years back. It is included in the new Library of America collection American Christmas Stories, edited by best-selling novelist Connie Willis, and we present it as a Story of the Week selection with an introduction describing how the Christmas magazines came to be and how Parker's apprenticeship at Vogue was "one of most decidedly mismatched hires in literary history."
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Q: Script using rvm ruby-2.1.2 but console using rvm jruby-1.7.12. Script failed All,
I don't think it has been asked after scout through the question here. Here are my problem:
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04. I've developed a script to be run by ruby-2.1.2. I've included the shebang line
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

in the script header and the script path is included in the .profile. Script is made executable by chmod +x. The script can be executed everywhere no problem. My rvm -v output is
rvm 1.25.27 (stable) by Wayne E. Seguin, Michal Papis [https://rvm.io/]

However today I started develop using jruby-1.7.12 and I've rvm the jruby from command line. Suddenly the script doesn't work anymore. The script now run using the jruby-1.7.12 instead of ruby-2.1.2. That is definitely not I wanted.
First Try
Changing the shebang line to
#!/usr/bin/env rvm ruby-2.1.2 do ruby

responded by shell with "/usr/bin/env: rvm ruby-2.1.2 do ruby: No such file or directory"
Second Try
Tried again by changing the shebang line to
#!/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby

Now instead of running the script, the output shows it is compiling for native module, under jruby environment:
/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:89:in `run': ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. (Gem::Ext::BuildError)

/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby extconf.rb
extconf.rb:4:in `<main>': Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
extconf.rb:4:in `<main>': Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
extconf.rb:5:in `<main>': Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
# These line gets substituted with the actual Config::CONFIG items location by extconf.rb
PREFIX = /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2
BINDIR = /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin
INSTALLDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/ruby/shared/rubygems/defaults
OLDINSTALLDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/defaults

ifeq (true,$(shell test -x $(BINDIR)/jruby && echo true))
RAKE=$(BINDIR)/jruby -S rake
else
RAKE=rake
endif

build: .build-post

.build-pre:

.build-post: .build-impl build-exe

build-exe:
    @if [ "$(findstring mingw, $(CONF))" ]; then                                            \
    ${MAKE} -f ${SUB_CONFMK} SUBPROJECTS=${SUBPROJECTS} jruby.exe jrubyw.exe;                   \
    if [ -d ../jruby ]; then cp jruby.exe jrubyw.exe jruby.dll ../jruby/bin/; fi;                   \
    if [ -d D:/work/jruby-dev/jruby ]; then cp jruby.exe jrubyw.exe jruby.dll D:/work/jruby-dev/jruby/bin/; fi; \
    fi

jruby.res: resources/jruby.rc
    windres $^ -O coff -o $@

jruby.exe: jrubyexe.cpp nbexecloader.h utilsfuncs.cpp utilsfuncswin.cpp jruby.res
    g++ $(CXXFLAGS) $^ -s -o $@ $(LDLIBSOPTIONS) -static

jrubyw.exe: jrubyexe.cpp nbexecloader.h utilsfuncs.cpp utilsfuncswin.cpp jruby.res
    g++ $(CXXFLAGS) -DJRUBYW -mwindows $^ -s -o $@ $(LDLIBSOPTIONS) -static

install:
    @if [ ! -f ./jruby ]; then echo "Please run 'make' first."; exit 1; fi
    @if [ x$(BINDIR) = xnotspecified/bin ]; then echo "Please define where to install by passing PREFIX=<jruby-home>."; exit 1; fi
    @if [ ! -w $(BINDIR) ]; then echo "'$(BINDIR)' does not exist or cannot write to '$(BINDIR)'."; exit 1; fi
    @if [ -f $(BINDIR)/jruby -a ! -w $(BINDIR)/jruby ]; then echo "Cannot write to '$(BINDIR)/jruby'."; exit 1; fi
    cp ./jruby $(BINDIR)/jruby
    @if [ x$(PREFIX) = xnotspecified ]; then echo "Please define where to install by passing PREFIX=<jruby-home>."; exit 1; fi
    @if [ ! -w $(INSTALLDIR) ]; then \
        if [ ! -w $(OLDINSTALLDIR) ]; then \
            echo "Neither '$(INSTALLDIR)' nor '$(OLDINSTALLDIR)' exist and are writable"; exit 1; \
        else \
            echo "cp ./lib/rubygems/defaults/jruby_native.rb $(OLDINSTALLDIR)"; \
            cp ./lib/rubygems/defaults/jruby_native.rb $(OLDINSTALLDIR); \
        fi; \
    else \
        echo "cp ./lib/rubygems/defaults/jruby_native.rb $(INSTALLDIR)"; \
        cp ./lib/rubygems/defaults/jruby_native.rb $(INSTALLDIR); \
    fi;

test:
    $(RAKE)

# Universal binary on OSX
FAT_ARCHES=i386 ppc x86_64

fat: $(FAT_ARCHES)
    lipo -create $(foreach arch,$(FAT_ARCHES),build/unix/Darwin-$(arch)/jruby-launcher) -output jruby
    $(RAKE)

$(FAT_ARCHES):
    $(MAKE) -f $(SUB_CONFMK) CND_PLATFORM=Darwin-$@ CFLAGS="-arch $@" build/unix/Darwin-$@/jruby-launcher

clean: .clean-post

.clean-pre:
    -rm -rf build/*

.clean-post: .clean-impl
    rm -f *.exe *.res

clobber: .clobber-post

.clobber-pre:

.clobber-post: .clobber-impl

all: .all-post

.all-pre:

.all-post: .all-impl

help: .help-post

.help-pre:

.help-post: .help-impl

# Use the manually-maintained inc/*.mk makefiles.
# Pass NETBEANS=true on the command-line to use NB's generated
# nbproject/*.mk

ifdef NETBEANS
SUB_IMPLMK=nbproject/Makefile-impl.mk
else
SUB_IMPLMK=inc/Makefile-impl.mk
SUB_CONFMK=inc/Makefile-rules.mk
endif

# include project implementation makefile
include $(SUB_IMPLMK)

# Pick conf based on OS. for mingw64, must manually override for now.
ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
CONF=mingw
else
CONF=unix
endif

ifdef NETBEANS
SUB_CONFMK=nbproject/Makefile-${CONF}.mk
endif

make "DESTDIR=" clean
rm -rf build/*
make -f inc/Makefile-rules.mk CONF=unix SUBPROJECTS= .clean-conf
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'
rm -f -r build/unix
rm -f -f jruby
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'
rm -f *.exe *.res

make "DESTDIR="
make -f inc/Makefile-rules.mk CONF=unix SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'
make -f inc/Makefile-rules.mk jruby
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/argparser.o.d
g++ -O2 -Wall    -c argparser.cpp -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/argparser.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/argparser.o
argparser.cpp: In member function 'bool ArgParser::initPlatformDir()':
argparser.cpp:134:40: warning: converting to non-pointer type 'char' from NULL [-Wconversion-null]
         char sep[2] = { FILE_SEP, NULL };
                                        ^
argparser.cpp:191:58: warning: ignoring return value of 'char* getcwd(char*, size_t)', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
         getcwd(path, PATH_MAX - platformDir.length() - 1);
                                                          ^
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/utilsfuncs.o.d
g++ -O2 -Wall    -c utilsfuncs.cpp -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/utilsfuncs.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/utilsfuncs.o
utilsfuncs.cpp: In function 'std::string findOnPath(const char*)':
utilsfuncs.cpp:126:12: warning: unused variable 'found' [-Wunused-variable]
     char * found;
            ^
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/ng.o.d
gcc -O2 -Wall    -c ng.c -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/ng.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/ng.o
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/strlcpy.o.d
gcc -O2 -Wall    -c strlcpy.c -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/strlcpy.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/strlcpy.o
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/jrubyexe.o.d
g++ -O2 -Wall    -c jrubyexe.cpp -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/jrubyexe.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/jrubyexe.o
mkdir -p build/unix/Linux
rm -f build/unix/Linux/unixlauncher.o.d
g++ -O2 -Wall    -c unixlauncher.cpp -MMD -MP -MF build/unix/Linux/unixlauncher.o.d -o build/unix/Linux/unixlauncher.o
g++ -O2 -Wall     -o build/unix/Linux/jruby-launcher build/unix/Linux/argparser.o build/unix/Linux/utilsfuncs.o build/unix/Linux/ng.o build/unix/Linux/strlcpy.o build/unix/Linux/jrubyexe.o build/unix/Linux/unixlauncher.o -lstdc++
cp build/unix/Linux/jruby-launcher jruby
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java'

make "DESTDIR=" install
cp ./jruby /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin/jruby
Neither '/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/shared/rubygems/defaults' nor '/home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/defaults' exist and are writable
make: *** [install] Error 1

make install failed, exit code 2

Gem files will remain installed in /home/xxx/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.7.12@global/gems/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java for inspection.
Results logged to /home/xxx/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.7.12@global/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.1.0/jruby-launcher-1.1.0-java/gem_make.out
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:51:in `block in make'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:43:in `each'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:43:in `make'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/ext_conf_builder.rb:47:in `block in build'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/tempfile.rb:324:in `open'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/ext_conf_builder.rb:17:in `build'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:161:in `block (2 levels) in build_extension'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:160:in `chdir'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:160:in `block in build_extension'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:159:in `synchronize'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:159:in `build_extension'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:198:in `block in build_extensions'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:195:in `each'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:195:in `build_extensions'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1436:in `block in build_extensions'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/user_interaction.rb:45:in `use_ui'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1434:in `build_extensions'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/stub_specification.rb:60:in `build_extensions'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/basic_specification.rb:56:in `contains_requirable_file?'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:925:in `block in find_inactive_by_path'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:924:in `each'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:924:in `find'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:924:in `find_inactive_by_path'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:185:in `try_activate'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:132:in `rescue in require'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:144:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/Tools/DogFood/TrackerClient/client/webservices.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/Tools/DogFood/TrackerClient/dvcs/git/git.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/Tools/DogFood/TrackerClient/dvcs/dvcs.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/xxx/Tools/DogFood/TrackerClient/tc2.rb:10:in `<main>'

I believe there are others environment value needs to be changed such as GEM_PATH and RUBY_VERSION as indicated in other posting from this site. This is not what is preferred.
Third Try
Found an utility named rvm-shebang-ruby in the bin folder of rvm. Changing shebang to
#!/usr/bin/env rvm-shebang-ruby

Instead running the script, it executed ruby and wait on the console.
May I now is there other way I can accomplished what I want, which is:
Running the script strictly using ruby-2.1.2 and ruby 2.1.2 sits in RVM environment.
Thanks!

A: Okay, your first example (which I assumed would be correct) works on my system because I'm on OSX. Apparently, this is not a portable syntax.
Ah, I see. I am on OSX, which apparently has env which works differently. From Wikipedia on Shebang:

Another portability problem is the interpretation of the command arguments. Some systems, including Linux, do not split up the arguments;[11] for example, when running the script with the first line like,
#!/usr/bin/env python -c

That is, python -c will be passed as one argument to /usr/bin/env, rather than two arguments. Cygwin also behaves this way.

Here's a hack you can do instead:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

unless RUBY_VERSION == '2.1.2'
  Process.exec('rvm', 'ruby-2.1.2', 'do', $0, *ARGV)
end

puts RUBY_VERSION

This will, granted, load the file twice, and load the interpreter twice. You also can't have any syntax-breaking stuff in your file for when it first loads, so everything new should be offloaded to a require. And I'm not too happy about it.
A better and more readable idea would be to have a shell-script wrapper:
#!/bin/sh
rvm ruby-2.1.2 do script.rb

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Sopwith F.1 Camel & LVG C.VI
Sopwith F.1 Camel & LVG C.VI - The Duellists
When Wingnut Wings announced their new Sopwith Camels last year there was added excitement because they also revealed their latest "The Duelists" double-kit comprising a "Clerget" Camel and an LVG C.VI. I'd missed the LVG the first time around and it had been out of production for some time and was already fetching elevated second hand prices, so the prospect of nabbing one of the remaining kits along with the new Camel was an opportunity I didn't want to miss.
Double-kits like this aren't a new concept - UK modellers of my generation will probably have cut their modelling teeth on Airfix's Dogfight Doubles, and I well remember building Frog's Ju 88 and Spitfire that attached to a framed boxtop picture.
Wingnut Wings take a rather different approach by featuring aircraft that took part in an individual real-life engagement. Hence "The Duellists" - in this case the Camels flown by Harold Kerr and V.H. Thornton of 4 Sqn. AFC, who forced down and captured Sgt. Greyer and Lt. Köhnke in their Flieger Abteilung LVG 13 C.VI.
The inevitable minor compromise of "The Duellists" format for me is that it does offer more limited colour schemes than individual Wingnut Wings releases (importantly, though, it's cheaper than buying two similar kits), so the icing on the cake for me would be markings for, say, two alternative engagements instead of just one as featured.
The kit arrives in an enormous box. If anyone's contemplating trying to sneak this into the house unseen… forget it! Lifting the lid reveals the kits packed basically side by side, with an internal divider to prevent the box being crushed in transit. The sprues and accessories are bagged individually and everything reached me perfectly intact. One of the first things you notice is that WNW have changed the colour of the styrene they use so, while the older sprues for the LVG are moulded in the familiar mid grey, the new Camel parts are a warm grey, with just the Clerget still the old colour.
"The Duellists" comprises:
Camel F.1
111 x standard parts ( 31 not used)
6 x clear parts ( 9 unused)
10 x photo-etched parts, plus a nameplate
Decals for 2 x aircraft
LVG C.VI
1 x clear part
5 x photo-etched parts, plus a nameplate
The high number of unused parts on the Camel is because the same sprues form the basis of four different versions, while the LVG contains WNW's standard German accessories sprues - so you'll get plenty of useful additions for the spares box or to dress up a diorama or vignette.
The moulding in both kits is exceptional, and the LVG sprues look every bit as good as the new Camel parts. One difference is the way the rib tapes and stitching is handled; they slightly more crisply defined on the Camel, but the LVG's will be under two layers of decals (lozenges and rib tapes) by the time the kit is finished, so the fact they are slightly softer treated is probably no bad thing in ensuring that the decals snuggle down over them easily.
Clerget Camel
Please refer to Michael Satin's excellent overview of the individual Camel boxings when they first appeared in the USA a month or so ahead of their UK release.
The Camel comes first in "The Duellists" instruction book and work kicks off with the cockpit. The simplicity of the original is reflected in the kit, with only 15 parts needed to construct a very nicely fitted out "office". The side frames have excellent integral details, while individual decals are included for each instrument on the crisply moulded panel. The pilot's seat has a wicker-effect back to fit onto a padded bases which is moulded onto a base which also forms the bottom of the fuel tank. With that assembled, you're ready for the pair of etched brass lap belts provided.
The instructions illustrate bracing wires and control cables in a colour-coded diagram - and once these are added, the completed cockpit will look very effective.
Each Vickers gun comprises 5 parts, with a moulded cocking handle and separate muzzle, plus an etched sight for the starboard weapon. The cockpit decking requires some minor surgery for this boxing of the Camel, ready to install 2 new cowl sections around the guns.
The lower wing is moulded full-span to provide a solid platform for the rest of the build, while the top wing is constructed from 3 panels. Separate ailerons are included, but the elevators and rudder are fixed. The wings are moulded solid, so the trailing edges are lovely and thin, and they include cut-outs for the clear inspection covers over the control runs.
Moulding the wings solid makes them the heaviest parts of the kit, but the undercarriage for this version uses the later faired legs and looks sufficiently strong for the task of supporting what will be, after all, quite a compact finished kit. The wheels feature maker's logos, plus internal spokes which will be visible through the holes in the separate outer covers.
One of the most impressive pieces of moulding in the kit is the rack for the 20lb Cooper bombs. In most kits you'd expect it to be built up from multiple pieces or folded etched parts, but here it is a single, beautifully delicate item.
The Clerget rotary engine is constructed from 15 parts, with a choice of front plates for the 130 hp or 140 hp versions. With the cowl in place (make sure you use the correct one as 4 styles are included on the sprue) you can fit the nicely moulded propeller and its optional spinner.
The final stage of the instructions covers the rigging, which Wingnut Wings illustrate with a pair of main colour-coded diagrams supported by additional info-views.
Andrew Beard first looked at the LVG C.VI when it was released back in 2009, and it still looks just as impressive today.
Construction begins again with the cockpit, which is a bit more elaborate than the Camels – as you'd expect for a two-seater – with over 25 parts plus etched seatbelts. Again, there are decals for the instrument faces, along with placards for the side frames and radio set. Interestingly, the instructions suggest that the observer's seat probably wasn't installed, so the poor guy must have had an uncomfortable flight (there's no sling seat to rest on as an alternative). I guess he must have just curled up in a ball on the floor if he grew tired of standing – but that's hardly ideal for "observing" anything.
Next up is the 18-part 230 hp Benz in-line, which should look excellent with careful painting. It's half-exposed, so you may well want to add ignition leads to the neatly moulded spark plugs.
The pilot's "Spandau" can be built in two ways – with either a solid-moulded cooling jacket or an etched brass item that must be curled around a former. The latter version also includes an etched front sight, but you could always attach this to the solid barrel. The gunner's Parabellum is has no etched parts but looks excellent.
The undercarriage looks quite straightforward to construct, but you'll need to watch out for the attachments to the fuselage, because they are quite delicate. Hopefully, the struts will be sturdy once in place, because the LVG is going to be a heavier model. Like the Camel, the tyres include maker's logos. I'll also file slight "flats" on them to give an impression of the bulk of aircraft.
The construction of the wings differs from the Camel, with separate panels each side. The lower wings have long locating "spars" which slot through holes in the fuselage and meet inside. This is something I'd like to check before attaching the top decking, because it might be a good idea to reinforce the joints to help keep the completed wings rigid. The top wing is built up from 6 pieces, with separate upper and lower panels. The trailing edges of the panels look nice and delicate – but remember the wings are going to have lozenge decals added, so you'll want to make sure the joints are as tight as possible. Unlike the Camel, all the control surfaces are separate.
Main construction ends with the propeller and exhaust stack. As with the Camel, make sure you pick the correct propeller, because this time there are no less than 6 on the sprues! With the exhaust, it will definitely be worth hollowing out the end for a better appearance.
Wingnut Wing's accessories set includes a mass of optional extra parts, including three types of camera, a pair step ladders, a first aid kit and homing pigeon box – and, of course, the all essential teddy bear mascot.
Rounding everything off is the rigging, which is clearly illustrated again with a pair of diagrams.
The assembly guide is produced in Wingnut Wing's classic "retro" style, as a very classy 30-page A4 booklet, printed in colour throughout. The diagrams are clear, and construction is broken down into easy to follow stages. What I always appreciate in Wingnut Wing's kits is that many of the parts are named, so you get more of a feel for what you're building and how the original worked.
Comprehensive colour suggestions are included, with matches given for Tamiya and Humbrol paints, along with FS equivalents where possible.
Decals are included for three aircraft involved in the fateful encounter on October 9th, 1918:
A. Sopwith Camel F.1 flown by Harold Kerr of 4 Sqn. AFC
B. Sopwith Camel F.1 flown by V.H. Thornton of 4 Sqn. AFC
C. LVG C.VI, 7243/18, flown by Sgt. Greyer and Lt. Köhnke, Flieger Abteilung 13
The kit includes 4 impressive decal sheets printed by Cartograf. The quality is superb – as you'd expect from this source, with pin sharp registration and precise printing on even the smallest text. One sheet is shared between the Camel and LVG and includes national and individual markings, along with stencils, placards and instrument faces. The remaining three sheets provide lozenge fabric panels and rib tapes.
Wingnut Wing's Camel & LVG C.VI "The Duellists" is a magnificent kit. It's obviously not cheap (and the current low exchange rate for Sterling hardly helps UK modellers), but quality like this seldom is, and it does offer a worthwhile saving over buying individual kits – especially if you take the often inflated prices being asked recently for the long out-of-production LVG. Highly recommended.
Highs: Superbly detailed and presented. A (possibly) final chance to get the LVG if you missed it first time around. Cheaper than buying spearate kits.
Lows: Limited colour schemes compared with the individual boxings for each of the featured aircraft.
Verdict: There's no two ways about it - "The Duellists" is a magnificent kit. It's a lot of money to splash out at once, but will undoubtedly provide months' of top quality modelling pleasure.
Mfg. ID: 32803
Suggested Retail: £170.09 (Model Hobbies)
Kevlar06
When I worked in a LHS, we had a customer who would leave his garage door open about a foot so he could slip his new purchases in under the door of the garage without his wife noticing. We had another customer who kept his newly purchased kits in the cargo bed tool box of his pickup truck until he could find an opportune time to bring it into the house. Another customer just waited for his wife to go out to get her hair done before bringing stuff in the house. Maybe these methods would work for you too! VR, Russ
APR 22, 2017 - 10:22 AM
I never cease to be amazed at how many people in the hobby seem to have to 'sneak' kits into the house to avoid the wrath of the wife, partner, or girlfriend etc. Whilst much of it is doubtless light hearted and probably exaggerated to make it more entertaining, I do actually know people myself in the hobby who have to resort to tactics akin to special ops to get kits effectively smuggled into the house. As long as the mortgage is paid, all bills settled, petrol (gas) in the fuel tank and food is always on the table, I fail to see what the problem is with denying a bloke from spending his own (disposable) income on something that makes him happy? Be interesting to hear a woman's (non-hobbyist) perspective on the matter if any can offer a cogent explanation? Gary
APR 22, 2017 - 05:20 PM
Here's my opinion on how wives look at model kits coming into the house: My wife only minds it when she looks at my 200+ kit stash-- she doesn't understand why I "need another kit when I haven't built everything yet! But she loves it when a birthday or Xmas come around, as she knows exactly what to get me! Now bringing this back to the WnW Camel kit-- she had an awful time trying to get a BR1 Camel from Weta-- multiple emails, threats, and a 4 month delay later, the Camel finally arrived last week, unfortunately it was the wrong one-- a "USAS Camel". She promptly went to the Sprue Brothers site and ordered the right BR1. Less than 36 hours later, I had the right one in my hands-- I have a great wife- and now two Camels too! VR, Russ
Kudos Russ and good result with the kits! Gary
JPTRR
Man oh man, I want this set. What a beautiful pair of canvas falcons.
Terri? Jessica? Care to chime in?
There are a few liberated right-thinking ladies out there. Years ago while my wife huffed and snorted around a model railroad show, she say down next to a little old lady (LOL) to pout, and asked her about how silly it is to play with trains. (This was AFTER her eyes bugged out in amazed appreciation at HO scale scratchbuilt furniture with dresser drawers that opened, cabinets that hinged open and closed, and doors...) LOL told her she's been coming to model shows with hubby for 30 years and she is happy he has something to do, to keep down his stress, etc. She also said she knows that when he flits around looking guilty with a bulge under his coat that it is a train and not a bottle of booze, and that she doesn't worry about him chasing women. So she convinced my wife that models are far better - and usually much cheaper - than private detectives, country clubs, infidelity, and medical expenses due to stress. LOL & models: 1 Grumpy ex-wife: 0
Willard79
I was just being light-hearted, but I do suffer from self-imposed guilt at times, so I don't exactly shout it from the rafters when my will power snaps.
Hi Spud Yep - I must admit I did battle briefly with a little self-imposed guilt when buying this one, but that vanished as soon as I opened the box and realised just how gorgeous the kit is. I've got too many projects already underway to dive straight into The Duellists, but in terms of "modelling bangs per buck" it's good value and I'm really looking forward to getting started. All the best Rowan


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