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The Whitney Presents "Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019"
On November 22, the Whitney opens Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019, an exhibition that foregrounds how visual artists have explored the materials, methods, and strategies of craft. Beginning in the 1950s—at a time when many artists embraced fiber arts and ceramics to challenge the dominance of traditional painting and sculpture—Making Knowing moves through the next seven decades, presenting works that speak to artists' interests in domesticity, hobbyist materials, the decorative, vernacular American traditions, "women's work," and feminist and queer aesthetics.
Drawn primarily from the Whitney's collection, the exhibition features over eighty artworks in a variety of media, including textiles, ceramics, painting, drawing, photography, video, and large-scale sculptural installation. The more than sixty artists represented include Anni Albers, Richard Artschwager, Ruth Asawa, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Robert Gober, Shan Goshorn, Harmony Hammond, Eva Hesse, Sheila Hicks, Mike Kelley, Yayoi Kusama, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Simone Leigh, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Pepón Osorio, Howardena Pindell, Ken Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Faith Ringgold, Miriam Schapiro, Arlene Shechet, Kiki Smith, Lenore Tawney, Peter Voulkos, Marie Watt, and Betty Woodman.
"One of the greatest pleasures and responsibilities that comes with digging into the Whitney's collection is the way it continually compels us to reevaluate our received ideas about taste, style, and even what counts as art at any moment," remarks Scott Rothkopf, Senior Deputy Director and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator. "By focusing on materials and techniques associated with craft, Making Knowing will offer jolts of surprise, emotion, provocation, and discovery through an incredible range of works, more than half of which have never been on display in our galleries."
Making Knowing is organized chronologically and thematically, beginning with a gallery of works from the 1950s. Throughout this decade, artists such as Ruth Asawa, Robert Rauschenberg, and Peter Voulkos experimented with wire, scavenged fabric, and clay. Others, including Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, and Ann Wilson, explored weaving, both on and off the loom, and painting on found quilts. By employing marginalized craft media, they challenged the power structures that determined artistic value. Presenting these artists together reveals the profound influence that craft had on abstraction during this period.
Subsequent galleries demonstrate how artists working in the 1960s and 1970s frequently questioned why fine art was more accepted and valued than more vernacular or utilitarian traditions. Among them, Richard Artschwager, Eva Hesse, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Morris, Howardena Pindell, and Alan Shields experimented with unconventional materials such as rope, felt, and string, and in doing so influenced various art historical movements, including Pop art, Minimalism, and Process art. In Shields's J + K, 1972, the canvas border creates a satirically legitimizing frame for craft materials like strands of beads.
Making Knowing also highlights modes of making from the 1970s and 1980s frequently categorized as "women's work." While this phrase denigrated certain materials and aesthetics associated with femininity, artists purposefully worked in these ways in order to question gender roles in both the art world and society at large. Artists such as Barbara Chase-Riboud, Harmony Hammond, Kim MacConnel, Elaine Reichek, Miriam Schapiro, and Betty Woodman used cloth, embroidery, sewing, and ceramics to elevate the often-disparaged tradition of the "decorative," and to attest to the impossibility of tethering these techniques to a single use or means of expression.
The works on display from the 1980s and 1990s exemplify how artists during this period looked at art and its relationship to devotional practices and often grappled with an ambivalence towards organized religion. Arch Connelly, Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Lucas Samaras, Kiki Smith, and Rosie Lee Tompkins used wide-ranging materials including quilts, found and sewn textiles, candles, artificial flowers, and beads in artworks that reveal the relationship between the spiritual and the worldly. Working at the height of the AIDS crisis, several of these artists' attention to handcrafting objects attempted to provide an emotionally reparative experience in the absence of aid from the government or religious authorities.
A gallery dedicated to artwork from the mid-1990s to the present broadly addresses issues of the body and place. Liza Lou's monumental installation Kitchen, 1991–1996, is a handmade, life-size kitchen composed of sparkling beads. Through subject matter and materials, Lou combines the physical labor of domestic life and the painstaking making of an artwork. On view for the first time here are recent acquisitions by Shan Goshorn, Kahlil Robert Irving, Simone Leigh, Jordan Nassar, and Erin Jane Nelson.
"Many of the artists in Making Knowing have taken up historically marginalized materials in order to upend hierarchies that have persisted in art history and in museum collecting practices," explains co-curator Jennie Goldstein. Elisabeth Sherman, co-curator, continues, "Together they demonstrate that craft-informed techniques of making carry their own kind of knowledge, one that is indispensable to a more complete understanding of the history and potential of art."
Making Knowing offers a fresh look at a prominent, ever-present thread of the Whitney's collection. The exhibition's title reformulates the historical tension often separating craft and fine art by leveling the distinction between the world of the handmade, "making," and the world of ideas, "knowing."
Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 will be on view beginning November 22, 2019, in the Museum's sixth-floor collection galleries. The Whitney's sixth-floor galleries continue to serve as a space to present challenging, thematic exhibitions that explore and rethink various threads of the Museum's collection. Past sixth-floor collection exhibitions include An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection, 1940–2017 (2017–2018) and Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (2018–2019).
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BangBang Cinema: The Hurt Locker
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I see a lot of movies in a year. Hell, I probably see more movies in a month than a lot of people do in twelve. But every now and then, one that I should have caught slips past my checkpoint and executes a successful evasion. Such was the case with The Hurt Locker. You'd think a film that won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, would be immune from my critical eye and TTAG's weapons handling critique. But you'd be wrong. I don't care how many awards you've won, because there's no naked gold man statue on my shelf. Okay, so there is, but it isn't a Hurt Locker Oscar.
The Hurt Locker follows an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team in Iraq during the year 2004 – a pretty active year in terms of things blowing up and general chaos. Billed by many critics as a realistic view of the modern combat, it's hard not to approach the film without excitement. So many have enjoyed it and so many have praised its realism.
The EOD team consists of 'wild man' SFC William James (reckless hot-shot bomb tech), Sergeant Sanborn (level-headed controller) and battle-weary, post-traumatic stress disorder-in-waiting Specialist Eldridge (gun shy spotter). The film lacks a coherent narrative. There's no "day in the life" look at an EOD team operating in Iraq. No over-arching 'bad guy'. No race against the clock. The film ends with a bang, but story-wise, it's a a bit of a dud.
That said, Director Kathryn Bigelow has crafted a tense, visually striking film that's populated with plenty of perfectly crafted set pieces. As you'd expect, Bigelow's talent for action excels in instances when things go boom. Through a mixture of slow motion and a variety of close-ups, you get a real sense of just how Earth shaking a here-comes-the-BOOM can be. She makes excellent use of slow-motion photography, from shell casings falling to the ground to a frantic dash away from a bomb that can't be defused. The Best Director award certainly wasn't given to an undeserving candidate.
No complaints on the acting front. Oscar-nominated Jeremy Renner (James) and the rest of the cast are entirely watchable. But there are no explosive performances, no gut-wrenching moments when you feel completely submersed in the characters' world. Blame the script. Yes, the film won an Oscar for screen writing. But The Hurt Locker is an incredible movie in the wrong way.
Wise in the ways of PR, the United States military aids and abets a film if they agree with its representation of the U.S. military. If the script meets their approval—and they're not as gung-ho as you might imagine—Uncle Sam will provide men, machinery, transportation, expert advise and "action" on the taxpayer's dime. The Hurt Locker didn't make the grade.
The military took issue with the number of fictional soldiers experiencing PTSD, the lone-wolf mentality of SFC James, and the way in which the three-man EOD team operates.
Now, I'm not a soldier (moved to Hollywood instead). But I watch the Military channel; even an armchair warrior can identify and understand Uncle Sam's complaints.
The EOD team in The Hurt Locker often operate on their own, just three men out in the wild, sometimes while infantry are hiding behind walls. This particular team resists using communications gear and often heads out on their own on hunt-kill missions. Not likely, say the experts. Not realistic. Explosive Ordinance Disposal teams do a dangerous job. BUT they do it as part of a wider team that helps make he site as safe as possible. As one actual EOD put it, "if our job is exciting, we're doing it wrong."
Viewing the film with an eye towards realism, you begin to notice Hurt Locker plays out like an '80's action movie. The renegade hero and his side kicks buck authority, get yelled at by stiff-lipped superiors, and run off into the night on personal quests of vengeance. Instead of the gritty, realistic film world that word-of-mouth lead me to expect, I got something more akin to a PC Top Gun on the ground.
At one point, a commanding officer informs a medic and an infantryman that an insurgent with a survivable wound "won't make it." Moments later, off screen, a single gunshot. For a movie mostly described apolitical, that sounds a whole lot like an Army officer ordering the execution of a wounded man and a soldier carrying it out immediately, in front of at least a dozen witnesses. Has it ever happened? Maybe. Is that a standard policy implemented without discussion or repercussions? No.
Renegade James' motivation is equally inexplicable. For two hours, we watch a "do or die" kinda guy tilting strongly towards the latter. His death wish seems entirely personal.Once stateside, James explains how important bomb techs are and how he must go back. And he does. If James considers his job so serious, why doesn't he address it seriously? His reckless, self-endangering behavior doesn't make sense.
The film portrays the look of the soldiers and their weapons accurately—even if they use them in unrealistic ways. For example, when a taxi breaks a checkpoint, SFC James threatens the driver a Beretta M9. He discharges a few rounds to the ground, then shoots out a windshield. In the real world, someone breaking a checkpoint like that would have been ripped to shreds far sooner, rather than just being detained later.
On display quite frequently: the M4A1 carbine. The new mainstay of our troops on deployment sees some random action in the background when a larger group of soldiers is involved in the scene. It's main time to shine is when the gun-shy Eldridge is roused to action by an enemy in the distances, engaging a target that's sneaked up on their six.
As you'd expect for a film about explosives, there isn't a ton of gun play. The firearms highlight of the film comes when the team stumbles upon a group of British contractors out in the middle of seemingly nowhere. The contractors are all armed with AK variants, most likely AKMS's, outfitted with tactical rails and other cool goodies. The ubiquitous Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is put into play by a Brit with no effective concept of "target acquisition." We call that suppression fire, boys and girls.
This same scene includes a sniper battle. The good guys are armed with the massive Barret M107 .50 caliber sniper system. The insurgents sport the Romanian FPK sniper rifle (a design similar to the infamous Dragunov). Guess who wins.
Because there isn't much gun play in the film, I was impressed, for the most part, with its realism. Up till this point. Once this battle started, my fingers were a flurry with notes on what was wrong and why.
When the team meet up with a group of heavily armed and experienced contractors, of course the EOD team takes the lead in both sniping and winning a firefight. My problem: presentation. The highly trained contractors fire from the hip at times, or with their folding stocks, well, folded, giving them an unstable weapons system—especially when engaging targets that are hundreds of meters away.
When a shirtless Arnold Schwarzenegger rampages through a jungle firing from the hip, we know this is entertainment, in the real world, that sort shit will get you killed. When you want to hit what you're aiming at, you get that gun to your shoulder. Otherwise, you might as well be throwing rocks.
When Sanborn gets his mitts on the Barret M107, one must ask why a former intelligence officer and current EOD member knows how to use the .50cal effectively at such distances. (Helmets off why?) He misses a stationary target by at least four meters, but then somehow hits a running target dead on two seconds later.
On the villain front, the enemy sniper is using a 7.62x54mm rifle, a round that has vastly inferior ballistic performance compared to the .50 caliber. The deadliest sniper is also standing in exposed in a window while shooting. Hitting targets.
First, a good sniper doesn't hang out of a window to shoot. He'll back up a few feet inside the structure so he's not plainly visible. This sniper is also shooting extremely accurately—using an inferior weapon and an inferior stance. Clearly, he is the greatest shot in the world. But he still doesn't know to not hang out of a window. Conversely, remember that Sergeant Sanborn is lying prone, with a superior round, using a bipod. And still misses by four meters.
The Hurt Lockers biggest firearm faux pas: the jammed M107. The previous operator is killed and bleeds onto the weapon. This blood goes into the magazine. Immediately the bolt action rifle fails to properly chamber ammunition and "jams." The nerve-case Eldridge has to "spit and rub" to clean the blood off of the rounds so the gun will work.
Blood is a liquid. It won't jam a gun if it ends up in the magazine. Rounds are chambered with great force; it takes more than some fresh, wet blood to stop that from happening. But even if I give you that caveat and some how the blood is like tar, it doesn't "jam" from a failure to chamber a round. That's called a "failure to feed." And it wouldn't be caused by blood.
Here's the work-around in case you've ever dropped your box magazine into a tar pit and have some shooting to do. Insert the rounds by hand. Take them out of the magazine, open the bolt, insert the round, and release the bolt. If time is of the essence, you can hand feed a semi-automatic rifle, no problem at all.
So in this one scene, almost everything that happens with a firearm has some Hollywood magic dust sprinkled on it. I'm no fan.
While I didn't enjoy the film all that much, I can see why others did. Many of the scenes have a big dose of fright night tension. Viewers who aren't avid shooters and don't watch The Military Channel will enjoy it more than those who are and do. The gun ignorant who think the army really does have some run-and-gun cowboy shit going on, will consider The Hurt Locker a realistic drama. But it isn't. As a primer on how to be an effective soldier or realistically engage in a long distance firefight, it's a damp squib.
Martin Albright says:
In terms of 'realism' the movie is laughable. Watching it with my wife (who has never served in the military, never been around the military and knows very little about it) even she could spot the gaping inconsistencies and unrealistic bits.
As for me, I spent 23 years in the Army and served in OIF in 2004 (although not in Iraq) as well as Afghanistan in 2003 and all I could say is: Now I understand why my dad (who served 4 tours in Vietnam) won't watch Vietnam war movies. It's hard to relax and enjoy a movie when you see so many things that are just jarringly wrong.
On the plus side, it is fast paced and visually spectacular. I thought the movie did a good job of conveying the overwhelming sense of danger, and the fact that a shot could come from any direction at any time.
The David Morse bit where they let a prisoner die is the reason the Army pulled out of the production, BTW. That whole scene seemed tacked on and forced.
Overall I'd give it maybe 3 stars out of 5.
ihatetrees says:
I agree that this movies' gun use was far from realistic. But the pace and the bomb disposal scenes were entertaining.
I agree that the British contractor / sniper scene was weak. Just once I'd like to see an honest sniper scene with some range estimation and bullet drop issues. Not to mention the standard Hollyweird trope where bullets magically hit the scope cross hairs all the time.
wykon66 says:
The reason he takes his helmet off is for better visibility on the scope, instead of having the brim of the helmet interfere with his vision. Also with his first shot they don't know the windage so it makes sense that he would miss wide left like that and then be able to adjust. His third shot is barely low on the guy out in the open and he was lying down presenting a small target, very hard to hit. It's actually easier to hit a larger moving target than a smaller stationary target because your elevation compensation (by far the hardest part of hitting long range shots) doesn't have to be as precise. The fourth shot does give me some doubt as we are supposed to believe he is an expert marksman and he misses low by 5 feet when he already has his range known and dialed in, but this could be explained by a bad propellant burn if that specific round had a flaw. Overall the scene is extremely accurate save for the the whole blood causing a jam, but they would have wanted to get the blood off anyway because it would have caused build-up in the barrel thus reducing accuracy.
EOD field sniper rifles (typically the newer M107) for ranged detonation of ordnance.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/gr…
Still, the blood was rediculous and they made the UK contractors look like clowns which is highly unlikely.
Chillax says:
It's a movie. Chill out.
Wow yeah chill out. I dont want to watch a documentary. I have and to tell you the truth, in them , often you see a similar scene as the one in the desert. Marines firing at nothing, in many directions and really no sign of recieving fire. One shot comes within a mile of a Marine position and every one exhausts their ammo. What would be considerably more action packed is if we saw an iraq war genre movie from the perspective of the Iraqi Insurgents or Taliban. Then my friends we would be seeing some real chaos, fire and brimstone. In all of the time the sister wars have been on the go, the Allies have barley had to shoot at anything save to keep their weapons warm and daily driven.

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Nigerian Medical Association, Nutritional Experts Weigh in on the NBC, NAFDAC Court Judgement
March 16, 2017 Editor No comments
The Nigerian Medical Association ("NMA") has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ("NAFDAC") and the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure the enforcement of the judgement by a Lagos High Court in Igbosere.
The NMA said that the regulatory agency failed Nigerians by declaring as fit for human consumption, drinks which in the United Kingdom were deemed poisonous when mixed with Vitamin C.
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The forum featured two leading women in Nigerian business who are inspiring young career ladies on their journey of discovering themselves and struggling to strike a work-life balance.
NAFDAC, NBC appeal court ruling on new Fanta-Sprite labeling requirement
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Nigerian Bottling Company ("NBC") have appealed a Lagos High Court judgement which required that NBC put a health warning label on its Fanta and Sprite brands informing consumers that consuming the products with Vitamin C was poisonous.
The Director-General, NAFDAC, Mrs. Yetunde Oni, said that the agency had filed an appeal against the judgement and a motion to stay its execution.
"NAFDAC is a national regulatory authority and will react both scientifically and legally to the matter. Our lawyer has filed an appeal and a motion to stay execution of action of the judgment," the DG stated.
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Following a judgement on Monday by a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere against the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), some consumer advocacy groups in the country are considering bringing a class-action lawsuit against the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited ("NBC") if it is established that a violation has been committed against consumers of its beverage products – Fanta and Sprite.
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Guinness Nigeria Plc, has donated a pair of slit lamps to the management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), as part of its effort to boost healthcare in the country.
Slit lamps are the most frequently used and most universally applicable examination instrument in ophthalmology. Its field of application include the examination of the anterior segment of the eye including the crystalline lens and the anterior vitreous body, observation of the posterior segments and the iridocorneal angle that are not visible in the direct optical path, as well as measuring intraocular pressure.


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Pak 44 in firing position
Heavy Anti-Tank Gun
7.023 m (20 ft) L/55
semi-fixed
Shell weight
28 kg (62 lb) (HE)
28.3 kg (62 lb) (AP)
128 millimetres (5.0 in)
semi-automatic horizontal sliding-block
cruciform (some were split trail)
-7° 51' to +45° 27'
360° (some were about 90°, or less)
24,410 m (26,700 yd)
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 L/55 (PaK, (Ger.) Panzerabwehrkanone) was a German heavy anti-tank gun used during World War II. It was designed as a result of experiences on the Eastern front in 1943. The German army had encountered the Russian 122 mm guns and had issued a requirement for a similar weapon. Development initially concentrated on a field gun known as the Kanone K 44. However once heavier Russian armour such as the IS-2 started to appear the design requirements were altered to include an anti-armour role.
The Pak 44 had short to medium-range performance similar to the 8.8 cm Pak 43, but the 12.8 cm Pak 44 better maintained its anti-tank performance over long to extreme-long ranges (1800–2700+ metres) while also doubling as an effective field gun when firing HE.
The choice of 128 mm was made because of the availability of tooling due to the use of this caliber on naval weapons, design contracts being awarded to Rheinmetall Borsig and Krupp, the first prototype guns were delivered for testing in late 1944. Rheinmetall began development on a variant of the 128 mm FlaK gun, whilst Krupp opted to design a new weapon from the ground up. After initial tests the Rheinmetall design was dropped and development continued with the Krupp design. However the service tests showed that a towed anti-tank gun weighing nearly 11 tonnes was impractical so the towed design was terminated.
Approximately 50 barrels and breeches were used on existing carriages. The weapon that used the ex-French GPF-T carriage was known as the K 81/1 while the K 81/2 used the ex-Russian carriage. Both of these designs were rushed, and were too heavy, making them cumbersome to deploy. In 1943 the design was started for a gun to mount on the Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) and the Maus super-heavy tank was started using the Pak 44 as its starting point. This weapon of which approximately 100 were made was known both as the Pak 44 and Pak 80 / Panzerjägerkanone Pjk 80. Performance was identical to the initial design.
The gun was fed with two-piece ammunition, the projectile and cartridge making up separate pieces. Because of this the gun could be fired using three different sized propellant charges, a light, medium and heavy charge. The light and medium charges were normally used when the gun was fulfilling the role of an artillery piece, where they would launch the ~28 kg projectiles to a muzzle velocity of 845 m/s and 880 m/s respectively. Finally the heavy charge was used when the gun was fulfilling its intended role as an anti-tank gun, where it fired a 28.3 kg APCBC-HE projectile (PzGr.43) at a muzzle velocity of 950 m/s. With the heavy charge, and using the PzGr.43 projectile, the Pak 44 was capable of penetrating just over 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of 30 degree sloped armor at 1000 meters, and 148 millimetres (5.8 in) at 2,000 metres (2,200 yd) range.[1]
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 ended up becoming the standard main armament for the Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer and a tank gun variant was the planned main armament for many future super-heavy tank designs in development during the last months of World War II, including the PzKpfw VIII Maus and E-100.
12.8 cm Kanone 44, Pak 44
12.8 cm Kanone 81/1: K 44 mounted on the ex-French 155mm GPF-T carriage. 2-wheeled spit trail.
12.8 cm Kanone 81/2: K 44 mounted on the ex-Russian 152mm howitzer model 1937 carriage. 2-wheeled split trail.
12.8 cm Kanone 81/3: K 44 mounted on a Gerät 579 Medium Weapons Carriage. Krupp version. 4-wheeled version where two wheels at one end and two at the other. Firing position allows 360° traverse.
12.8 cm Pak 80: Pak 44 mounted on Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) tank destroyers.
As is common at this time this weapon underwent several name changes. At various times it was known as K 44, Pak 44, Kanone 81, Pak 80 and Pjk 80.
The equipment numbered in the 8x range were temporary equipment issued usually in small numbers and not regarded as standard issue service weapons. Hence Pak 80 and Pjk 80 were temporary names as were K81/x.
Had this equipment been accepted into full service it would have had a Pak 4x designation attached. The only difference between the Pak 44 and the K 44 was mode of operation—the weapon itself was identical.
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Most people think that your choice of windows is a superficial choice that you can make without other considerations. This is false and very far from the truth. When choosing windows for your home there are very many considerations that you have to take into account to ensure that you make the right choice. The style of windows that you use in your home will have a profound impact on your home both inside and outside. The ease with which or open the windows should be a factor that you should definitely take into account.
When it comes to choosing the type of windows that you will have in your home some of the most popular options which people can choose from are sliding windows and casement windows. Many people use these windows since they are practical. Below are the differences between the types of windows and this will help you choose the best windows that are suited for you.
Sliding Windows Sliding windows are windows that are opened by sliding them on a pane from side to side of the window frame. This type of window is best when the width of the window is greater than the height of the window.
This creates a very pleasing visual appeal and you will fall in love with these types of windows if you love open spaces and free flowing air. The windows are available for single slides and double slides depending on how you want to open the windows. Some of the windows also have large openings which may have a fixed picture in the middle. The picture is at the middle and the operable windows can be moved from side to side and this is a sight that you will want to see daily.
This is one of the main disadvantages of sliding windows as most people have complained. Some slide windows can be fitted securely to ensure that they are hard or almost impossible to open. This is however not the case for most slide windows and you should ensure that you choose slide windows that can be fitted securely.
When you have small kids then sliding windows may be very risky to have in your home. If someone happens to leave the window closed it is so easy for the kids to crawl out of the house and in they process they may harm themselves.
When sliding windows are closed you will realize that the ventilation may be very poor. This is because for most sliding windows you have to either open the windows entirely or shut them completely.
These are windows that open with a crank handle and here you swing your window outside when you open the windows. The window pane has been hinged on one side and swings open when you crank the handle. There are different types of casement windows depending on whether the windows swing from up or down. The windows which swing from the bottom are usually used in basements and are very practicable in that case.
This is a very important advantage since your house will remain ventilated all almost all the time. Poor ventilation is bad for your health and you will be very uncomfortable if you live in a home with very poor ventilation.
Since the casement windows have to be opened with a crank from the inside then you can be sure that your kids will be safe when you leave them at home. Since they cannot turn the cranks themselves they will remain the house. Since the cranks are found inside the house it will also be very hard for other individuals to get inside your house.
Since casement windows have a hinge they can be opened and left to hang. This makes the whole cleaning process much easier and you do not have to use ladders as is the case with window slides.
Ease Of Opening. Some cranks may be a bit too hard for your kids to open the windows. This is because some force is require to move the crank and your kids may not be as strong.
Since the casement windows use hinges you have to lubricate them constantly so that they can last longer.


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Palazzo Roverella in Rovigo is often the location of great exhibitions that bring prestige to the city and Veneto. Its latest exhibition is titled The elegant 19th century and is a thorough review of art in Italy over a 30 year period between 1860 and 1890. There are many subjects and stories represented in the exhibited works from events in Italy, to social and religious happenings through the birth of the bourgeoisies, which came to cover exactly during this period an important role within the newly born State and is, therefore, the most common painted subject in the paintings of this time. These are characterized by the depiction of the elegant atmosphere of the fashionable salons and the practices (such as races, parties, masked balls) of the bourgeoisies. As cited in the subheading, the exhibition is centred on the figure of Mariano Fortuny (1838-1874 who became famous for the warmth and brightness of the colours used in his paintings, a perfect representation of the happiness and playfulness of life in those years. The elegant 19th century presents the best paintings in Italy at the turn of the 20th century, a period when the Reign of Italy was being unified and the new Italian State in the process of being formed. The splendour and opulence of a time period that was also very lively and dynamic, not only from an artistic point of view but also a from a cultural, social and economic one. Weekdays opening times: 9.00-19.00; Saturdays. 9.00-20.00; Sundays 9.00-20.00. Closed on Mondays.


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New project alert! Cam has joined the cast of the Netflix original film, Windfall.
DEADLINE – Netflix has added a bevy of actors to the Michael Scott-directed original feature thriller Windfall including Jessie T. Usher (Independence Day: Resurgence, Shaft), Jamie Chung (The Gifted, Big Hero 6), Cam Gigandet (Ice, Twilight, The Magnificent Seven) with Sasha Alexander (Shameless, Bernard and Huey) and Oscar nominee Elliott Gould (Ocean's Eight, Ray Donovan).
All of them join previously announced Riverdale actress Camilia Mendes in the David Golden scripted project. In Windfall, when a wealthy elderly man dies and unexpectedly leaves his estate to his new caregiver, she's drawn into a web of deception and murder. If she's going to survive, she'll have to question everyone's motives — even the people she loves.
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like nobody's watching. Micah is standing up more, walking more, using his legs more in general. He now loves to move his feet and dance. I caught a little of his dance on video the other day.
We all know how much Naomi loves to dance. She's started doing more jumping, dancing, bending, walking on tipetoes...all that good stuff. She's a crazy little lady but oh so much fun!


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The Leopards Spots by Thomas Dixon Jr.
The Leopards Spots
Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman (1905), which was to become the inspiration for D. W. GriffithsMoreThomas F. Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman (1905), which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffiths film, The Birth of a Nation (1915). Although currently his life and works are discredited by his racism, he was among the most popular speakers and writers of his day. His brother, the popular preacher Amzi Clarence Dixon, was also famous for helping to edit The Fundamentals, a series of articles influential in fundamentalist Christianity. He was the author of 22 novels- additionally, he wrote many plays, sermons, and works of nonfiction. Most of his work centered around three major themes constant throughout his writings: the need for racial purity, the evils of socialism, and the necessity of a stable family with a traditional role for the wife/mother. His other works include The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln (1913), The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis (1914), The Foolish Virgin (1915), The Way of a Man (1918) and The Man in Gray (1921). The Leopards Spots by Thomas Dixon Jr.
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GEOTHERMAL 101
SUSTAINING PARTNER PROGRAM
OGA CONFERENCE 2020
Environmentally Responsible Without Costing a Fortune
He was a fearsome hockey foe in his day, but Mike Ault has spent most of his time as a gentle partner to Mother Nature; an egg, dairy and cattle farmer in the Hanesville, Ontario area. "I believe in being as environmentally responsible as possible, with out spending a fortune," says Mike, who installed geothermal in his house about 10 years ago and says it has always worked perfectly, with minimal annual service.
The house is 934 square feet, plus a loft and a basement. When the previous electric furnace became too old, Mike asked his Friend Jimmie Thom, from ATEL Air, to install a Bard GeoTec 3 ton two-stage heat pump that was connected to six-feet-deep horizontal geothermal trenches next to the building.
"They did a good job, nice and neat. They changed some of the ductwork, too."
"I'm glad he liked our work," says Jimmie with a wink. "I played against Mike in hockey. He was tough as nails on the ice. Wouldn't want to get on his bad side."
Jimmie explains that getting the ductwork right is important to avoid hot and cold spots in the house and unnecessary noise. His company has been installing geothermal in the Morrisburg area since 1984. They have 8 crews that work on all kinds of heating and air conditioning systems. He says they do about 10 geothermal systems each year for people who care about clean energy and want to save some money on heating and cooling. He describes a large recent geo job for Upper Canada Village, a nearby historical attraction. "They were spending about $500,000 a year on electricity, so at this point they're raving about the money they're saving."
Mike estimates that summer cooling in his little house costs about $90 or $100 per month, and winter heat about $250 per month. "I have no regrets. It's a lot less than the alternatives," says Mike.
He also worked for a time for an excavation company and knew his way around trenching. He saved quite a bit of the up front costs of the system by taking care of digging his own geothermal field.
For those who are not as fortunate, the up front cost can seem daunting at first glance. But the equipment pays for itself in utility savings in about 10 years and lasts much longer. Geothermal heat pumps last about 20-30 years and geothermal fields last about 25-50 years.
"Financing is available so that you can make payments roughly equal to the amount you're saving on utilities," says Jimmie. "So it doesn't really have to cost you anything to upgrade to a cleaner system." He processes fast customer approvals on his iPad through a company called Snap Financial. The interest rate is about 8% or 9%. Some people can do better through their existing financial institution. More and more conventional banks are extending financing for clean energy upgrades.
"I wanted solar panels too but the local utility didn't have enough local line capacity," says Mike. "People in this area are going that way. Just a few miles east of here there's a big wind power installation. I think we have to do what we can to protect Mother Earth."
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Q: MongoDB - Downside to having different documents on same collection? What are the downsides of storing completely different documents on the same collection of MongoDB?
Unlike others questions, the documents I'm referring to are not related (like parent-child).
The motivator here is cost-reduction. Azure CosmosDB Mongo API charges and scalability are per-collection.

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*The size of the collection will get a lot bigger a lot faster.

*Speed of queries could be impacted as you'll have to scan more documents than required (could maybe use sparse indexes)

*Index sizes will be a lot bigger and longer to scan

*You'll need to store a discriminator with the documents so you can tell what type one document is compared to another.

If the documents are not related at all, I'd store them in completely separate collections.

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'Sex and the City' Revival Teaser Introduces Characters New and Old: Watch
Jacklyn Krol Published: November 12, 2021
And Just Like That, the new Sex and the City revival has a premiere date and new teaser.
On Friday (Nov. 12), HBO Max unveiled a 50-second teaser that showcases returning stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.
The first two episodes will premiere simultaneously on HBO's streaming platform and on Sky Comedy on Dec. 9, followed by weekly episodes that will air every Thursday.
The 10-episode limited series will mark the final screen appearance of Willie Garson, who portrayed Carrie's BFF Stanford. He passed away from pancreatic cancer in September at the age of 57.
Other returning cast members include Chris Noth, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg and Evan Handle.
Fans will welcome numerous new faces to the franchise. Newcomers Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker and Karen Pittman can be seen in the trailer. It's rumored that Parker's character will join their core friend group. Ramírez will play a character named Che Diaz, a queer, non-binary comedian and podcast host.
Watch the teaser below:
Sadly for longtime fans, the character of Samantha Jones will not appear in the new limited series after actress Kim Cattrall decided to not return to the franchise.
HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys suggested to TV Line that Samantha's absence is a result of growing apart from her friends.
"Friendships fade, and new friendships start," he explained. "So I think it is all very indicative of the real stages, the actual stages of life… They're trying to tell an honest story about being a woman in her 50s in New York. So it should all feel somewhat organic, and the friends that you have when you're 30, you may not have when you're 50."
The original series, which premiered back in 1998, detailed the lives, relationships and friendships of then-30-somethings Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Nixon), Samantha Jones (Cattrall) and Charlotte York (Davis). The smash hit series ran for six seasons and spawned two films. The new series will explore the "complicated reality of life and friendship in [the characters'] 50s."
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Out now! "Flucht nach Berlin" by Will Tremper (Darling Berlin) on DVD and VoD
Classic Movie, Darling Berlin, Film, News 17. April 2015
The movie "Flucht nach Berlin", directed by Will Tremper, is about The East German farmer Hermann Güden who has from the government-arranged harassment of the SED superiors enough. He is no longer willing to submit to the forced collectivization in his home village in Saxony-Anhalt, as this state offers him no future. And so he…
Out now! "Radio Silence – The Movie"
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Doc Rock is the host of pirate radio station "Nighthawk". His favorite topic: the Nightslasher – a serial killer that haunts the town. Doc mocks the police: "How hard can it be to prevent the slasher from slaying his next victim?" A bad idea! Just a moment later there's a phone call in the home…
"Radio Silence – The Series" exclusive on CiNENET Germany
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Amateur radio presenter Doc Rock has anticipated his listeners to his mission over the so-called "Nightslasher", a brutal killer, not! The Night Slasher himself turns into the mission and provides Doc remained a mystery on whose solution the life of the young and pretty Tara hangs, the latest victim of the night Carver. The game…
Out now: Impressions of "Unterwäschelügen 1" by Klaus Lemke
Cinema, Darling Berlin, Film, Movie Distribution, News 23. January 2015
Darling Berlin proundly presents the official clip from mastermind Klaus Lemke called "Unterwäschelügen 1". Klaus Lemke was born on October 13, 1940 in Germany. He is a director and producer, known for movies like Amore (1978), Rocker (1972) and "Die Ratte" (1993). "Unterwäschelügen 1" has just sexy girls, fantastic pictures and perfect sound-design substituting any…
"Open Fiction Online Festival" from Spiegel.TV starts 23h of January 2015
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From January 23 Spiegel.TV shows eight young feature films: In "Open Fiction" run the best German Impro films – the first online festival for the currently most exciting trend in German cinemas. In the trailer tells director and actor Tom Lass about his working methods and his favorite films. Together with his brother Jacob, he…
The movie "Family Fever" (Familienfieber) starts in cinemas over Germany
"Nico Sommer tells about the relationship crisis of three couples in a relaxed but very detailed way. A great melange of tragedy and comedy – in other words: Don't mess with Peter (Trabner)…!" ( EPD film), "Absurd family fun!" (TV Movie). "Family Fever" (Familienfieber) starts on 15th January 2015 in German cinemas and already the…
"Love Steaks" was nominated for the German Film Critics
Love Steaks was nominated even twice – not only director Jakob Lass was nominated for Best Feature Film Debut, also producer and composer Golo Schultz was honored with the first nomination for Best Soundtrack in his career. Congratulations to both nominees from our side and we wish great success at the award ceremony! The German…
Out now on DVD and VoD: Berlinized (Darling Berlin)
Cinema, Darling Berlin, Film, Movie Distribution, News 9. January 2015
Berlin in the 1990s: amongst great political change and in the shadow of ultra-commercialized Techno culture, there existed a parallel universe, now mostly forgotten, but defining for the feeling and lifestyle of the city: the world of basement bars and off-creatives. After the Wall fell, a lively and very motley scene of young people used…
MEM – The Series – now exclusive @ CiNENET Germany
CiNENET, Film, M-Square Pictures, News 13. December 2014
MEM is a post-apocalyptic Western Web series which takes place in the Antarctic of the 24th century. Life in Antarctica is possible after a devastating war with biological weapons, where the last people fight for their very survival. A Government does not exist, the level of technology is located in the early industrial revolution. Those…
Starting today at the cinemas: "Kaptn Oskar" from Tom Lass (Darling Berlin)
Cinema, Darling Berlin, Film, Movie Distribution, News 11. December 2014
The turbulent relationship between Oskar and Alex ends in a big blaze, Alex has set in Oskar's apartment. So Oskar decides that everything shall be different with the next one and he makes a deal with fun-loving Masha: sleeping together but no making love. They both drift through Berlin and through their lives, sometimes playful,…


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Springfield Armory's "GI .45 Mil-Spec"
No B.S., just a solid, working man's .45.....By D. Kamm
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Springfield Armory, Inc. of Geneseo, IL bears no relation to the original government-owned facility of the same name. The original Springfield Armory had origins dating back to the Revolutionary War, and in 1794 began building muskets for the then-new Continental Army. Up until 1968 it was a major manufacturer of US Martial Arms, including weapons on contract that were designed by civilian gunmaking firms. An example of this was the Colt Model 1911 .45 caliber pistol, which although primarily manufactured by Colt for the US military, rights were granted for Springfield to manufacture roughly one-third of the needed production once Colt had already received orders for 50,000 pistols*. From 1914-1916 Springfield manufactured a total of 25,767 pistols, discontinuing production only to concentrate on manufacturing more Model 1903 rifles* (a much greater priority once the USA became involved in World War One). While Springfield never resumed production of the 1911 pistol after war's end, a few barrels were made as field replacements that are occasionally found in the hands of collectors or inside rebuilt pistols. Springfield Armory continued to manufacture rifles such as the illustrious M1 Garand and M14 until finally being closed by the government in 1968, after which it was transferred to the US Park Service and converted into a museum.
In 1974 a commercial enterprise in Geneseo, IL was formed and incorporated, taking the name of Springfield Armory. Again, this new private company was completely unrelated in everything but name to the old government armory, however they began offering replacement parts and builder's kits for M1 Garand, M1A (a civilian-legal M14), and 1911-type firearms. Their manufacturing source was a Brazilian weapons producer, Industria de Material Belico do Brasil (IMBEL). A few years after opening their doors they began to offer complete M1 and M1A rifles, and by 1985 they had released their own version of a 1911, called the "Model 1911-A1". The raw forgings were produced in Brazil, then shipped to Illinois for final machining, finishing and assembly. The first Springfield 1911-A1 pistols were dead ringers for a US military-issue M1911A1 pistol, down to everything except the markings. Only a few thousand guns into production the cocking serrations became angled forward, the ejection port was lowered, and the thumb safety changed to a Colt-style with the larger thumb shelf. Aside from that however they remained mechanically identical to the original M1911A1 for a number of years. But beginning around 1990 Springfield began to update their 1911-A1 line to incorporate changes often requested by customers. In addition to manufacturing "factory custom" guns with larger sights, rowel hammers, a beavertail grip safety, and other changes, the basic "Mil-Spec 1911-A1" was altered as well. Larger 3-dot sights were added, the ejection port was flared, a .38 Super-sized firing pin was used and the frame made with less-rounded contours on the dust cover and front strap. It is also believed that by this time the pistols were being completely manufactured in Brazil, which in addition to the frame and slide changes is thought to have helped reduce the manufacturing costs of the pistol.
Recently Springfield changed the frame on their pistols back to the original Colt-style rounded contour, and as a result their pistol has enjoyed increased sales. They also noticed the increased demand for 1911 pistols that looked more like the original WW2-era guns. The popularity of Colt's recent M1911A1 Reproduction pistol (despite its high price tag) certainly did not go unnoticed, therefore a decision was made to come out with a similar product. However, rather than come out with an identical high-priced replica Springfield chose the opposite approach, to instead make a no-frills .45 styled to look like a GI .45 but at a bargain price of about $400 retail. Their new model, listed in their catalog as SKU #PW9108L is labeled as the "GI .45 Mil-Spec", also known as the "WW2 Mil-Spec" (the "regular" Mil-Spec remains in production and has a SKU of #PB9108L). As this is written a new stainless version has also been released, SKU #PW9151L. However, as we are primarily dealing with new "GI-type" pistols on this website I'll focus primarily on the parkerized carbon-steel versions of this pistol. When first released the WW2 models had the same blocky frame contours as the earlier Springfield guns, leading this author to believe Springfield used this chance to clear out their inventory of older frames. Just how they were able to release a new 1911 pistol at a price point at or below $400 in today's market puzzled the author, therefore a decision was made to purchase one for evaluation as well as for use as a range gun. I waited until I began to see newer guns with the rounded frame contours hit dealer shelves, which all the newest production has. As stated earlier the "regular" Mil-Spec 1911-A1 is still made, and at about $100 more has the larger sights, lowered ejection port, and angled slide serrations. The WW2 model looks closer to a GI gun, although not exactly as I will describe below.
My pistol was purchased off the shelf at a local dealer. Immediately upon bringing it home I began to give it a thorough look-over. Observations, from top to bottom:
*Fitting and finish is excellent. Tooling marks are minor and confined to the interior of the pistol. Edges are straight, the parkerized finish is even and uniform, and the parts are all fitted together very well. The slide to frame fit was very snug, but not too tight. I've seen some pistols that seemed to me to be just a bit too tight. A true military 1911 would normally have some play in the slide and frame to ensure reliable operation in battlefield conditions. This being a civilian pistol however, most customers seem to only want a snug-fitting gun so Springfield aimed to please. The parkerizing is a dark slate-grey, not quite the same color as most GI pistols I have observed but close enough for, umm, "government work". It comes closest to the finish on my 1945-vintage Ithaca M1911A1, and similar to my 1944 Remington Rand.
*The markings look nothing like those on true USGI pistols, proving that Springfield's intent was not necessarily to create an exact replica, but simply a low-cost look-alike. The left side of the slide is simply marked "MODEL 1911-A1" in plain block letters, and the right side is marked "SPRINGFIELD ARMORY" in identical fashion. The frame of course has the maker's name and address, along with a serial number starting with "WW". The frame markings are relatively large and deeply struck, which is a bit inelegant to my eyes. Many of the small parts are clearly marked with letters here and there, such as "K" on the inside face of the extractor and numerous similar markings under the slide. These bear no relation to the assembly and inspection marks seen on true GI guns, and are apparently just normal Springfield Armory assembly or identification marks. Underneath the dust cover is marked "IMBEL BRAZIL" in faint letters, while the same along with the year of manufacture (2003) can be found underneath the right grip panel once removed.
*The slide, frame, and barrel are forged steel. The small parts appear to be a mix of investment-cast and MIM (metal injection molded) steel. There are no plastic components other than the brown checkered grips. Early production (the ones with a blocky frame) came with black grips by mistake, but word from the factory is that they will replace black grips with brown ones for the customer at no charge. It is something I advise, as the black grips I've observed are brittle and have a tendency to break in half.
*The sights are true to GI guns, with a tiny serrated ramp front and small square-notch rear. Interestingly, Springfield has always used a proprietary tenon size for their front sights. Older Colt and most military guns have a .058" width slot in the slide for the front sight tenon, while post-1988 Colts use a .125" tenon. Springfields by contrast use a .088" tenon size, so keep that in mind if you plan to order new replacement sights. The .125" tenon can be trimmed down by a gunsmith, but an easier solution is the correct-size sights offered by King's Gun Works in Glendale, California.
*As already noted, Springfield now uses a .38 Super firing pin in all models, which has a narrower tip than a .45 firing pin. Again keep this in mind if you need to buy a replacement. In addition, the factory firing pin is made of titanium and uses an extra-heavy firing pin return spring to allow Springfield's guns to pass the laws in California regarding drop-test safety requirements. While Colt and other 1911 makers use a firing pin safety block system to avoid discharge should a loaded pistol be dropped, for now Springfield has been able to avoid this by using the titanium pin/heavy spring setup. As a comparison, Colt's new Series 70 and WW1/WW2 replica pistols use a standard steel firing pin and spring, and therefore are not certified for sale in California. Whether they will actually likely discharge if dropped is subject to debate, but for now Colt hasn't been willing to submit their guns to CA-DOJ for testing and find out.
*The slide itself otherwise is identical to GI guns. The cocking serrations are vertical, with 19 grooves. The ejection port is the narrow type. The extractor is a pure GI-spec unit. I could not tell if it is made of MIM, cast, or barstock steel. Those who are concerned can easily replace it with a quality aftermarket extractor, which I recommend if the pistol is to see a lot of use. The extractor is at the heart of 1911 reliability, and a sub-standard part simply will not do. This one may actually be a quality unit, but I can't be sure. Unfortunately requests for information from Springfield regarding construction of their guns has yielded no answer as of this writing.
*The barrel is conventional, but is has a slightly larger taper starting 3/4" from the muzzle. While not a feature of GI barrels, it does making fitting a tighter aftermarket bushing easier as it provides drop-down clearance for the barrel during recoil. The barrel is also stamped "S.A. .45 AUTO" on the chamber hood. Early WW2 Mil-Specs had the same polished stainless barrel as the regular Mil-Specs, along with a loaded chamber indicator (really just a small slot cut into the barrel hood extension). The one on mine is also stainless, but is black-oxide coated all over to look more like a GI barrel. The chamber mouth is throated as on most new pistols, and is done perfectly on my example, so feeding JHP ammunition shouldn't be a problem. The recoil system is pure GI, with a checkered plug and short spring guide. The ejector is the conventional non-extended type, and is pinned into the frame (some earlier Springfield products used ejectors held in place with Loc-Tite adhesive).
*The spur hammer is serrated, which only replicates the ones seen on late-war Ithaca M1911A1 pistols. Other GI guns had checkered hammers. The sides are narrowed to avoid ugly rub marks, but again it's not an authentic feature. The slide stop is also serrated, but most Remington Rand and Ithaca pistols also had serrated slide stops so that's not a big deal. However I was displeased to see it is clearly made of MIM steel, whish is a bad thing. Slide stops take a pounding in a 1911 pistol, and it's not uncommon for them to break after heavy or extended use. This part should be made of forged steel, and I will definitely replace it in my pistol with a quality aftermarket part. The trigger and magazine catch are also serrated, but on original GI guns these parts were checkered as well. The serrated thumb safety is similar to current Colt units, and unlike the small-shelf part that rode on original GI pistols. However the newer-styled part is easier to manipulate thanks to the larger thumb shelf, so for a working gun it is fine as-is. At least it isn't an extended unit as seen on many custom pistols, which I do not like.
*As mentioned the grips on mine are brown plastic, and they are similar to those seen on GI guns. On my pistol I removed them after these pictures were taken, and substituted a set of authentic WW2-era Keyes Fiber Co. grips. As this is written the newest pistols are coming with wood double-diamond grips with a large "US" mark in the center (see photo at the bottom of this page). It's also worth mentioning that the frames on Springfield 1911's have smaller frame cutouts under the grips than Colt or other maker's 1911 pistols. But you'll never notice unless you buy a set of grips that indexes off the frame cutouts as well as the grip screw bushings (99% of them don't, so don't worry). Some users have reported the grip screw bushings were too tall on their Springfield pistols and interfered with the installation of aftermarket grips, but I encountered no problems with mine.
*The arched, serrated mainspring housing has a lanyard loop at the base and is serrated like on many GI pistols, but also has a new proprietary ILS (Integrated Locking System) device built-in. It consists of a small cylinder that is turned with a small key, and it will lock up with the special mainspring cap to lock the hammer from retracting. It is a modern safety device intended to allow sales in areas where some sort of handgun locking device is mandatory. While it doesn't interfere with normal operation of the pistol when unlocked, many owners will no doubt remove the ILS housing and replace it with a standard non-ILS housing out of principle. If you choose to do so, you will also need to replace the non-standard parts that work with the ILS housing as well. In addition to a standard mainspring housing, a standard GI-spec mainspring, mainspring cap, and mainspring cap retaining pin will also be required. As far as I am concerned, the ILS housing isn't hurting anything so I'm leaving it installed in my pistol for now. Looking at the base of the gun I did find one small flaw. On my example the MS housing retaining pin hole is drilled slightly high, so that the MS housing isn't flush with the bottom of the frame. I tried other housings I had on hand and the result was the same, so I'm certain it's an off-center hole in the frame causing it. For what it's worth I looked at another WW2 Mil-Spec at another dealer, and it didn't have the same problem. Fortunately it's just a cosmetic issue and won't affect functioning of my pistol.
The pistol is shipped with one 7-round GI-style magazine with a flat follower, and comes in a cardboard box with Styrofoam liner along with a manual, two ILS housing keys, a tiny disassembly tool for the housing, a steel cleaning rod, brush, and coupon good for accessories from Springfield.
So far I have run about 500 rounds through my pistol as this is written, about 400 rounds of S&B 230gr. Ball and 100 rounds of Winchester 230gr. JHP. There have been no issues with functioning, although I did unknowingly have a bad magazine with me during one range visit. It caused problems both with this pistol as well as a genuine GI Colt M1911A1 I brought along as a baseline comparison. The feel and handling of the new Springfield is identical to the GI gun I shot alongside it, with the same gritty trigger pull and same standard of accuracy. You quite literally could have blindfolded me and put either pistol in my hand, and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference in feel or functioning (and no, I don't advocate shooting while blindfolded!). Interestingly the GI pistol was just as reliable with the JHP rounds, leaving me to suspect that in this day and age we can't blame 1911 feeding issues on ammunition incompatibility anymore. The days of exotic-shaped, jam-prone bullets are behind us now that they've developed effective ammunition that maintains a rounded hardball-shaped bullet ogive.
In a nutshell, there was nowhere I could see where shortcuts were made in the manufacture of this pistol in order to be able to sell it for such an excellent price. I suspect either Springfield has a low margin on this pistol to increase sales, or else they are relying exclusively on cheap Brazilian labor to make these. In either case I know they could charge $100 more for this pistol and still sell it, so I recommend not waiting if you're thinking about one. Mine is a solid performer, and with just the minor changes already mentioned above I expect to be able to fire many thousands of rounds through this pistol in the field and on the range without any problems.
Text and photos Copyright 2004 D.Kamm
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Champagne Tour in France, Château de Rilly.
Available mid-week and weekends throughout the year. Please note that the Château's restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays (as well as Tuesdays from November to the end of March).
Whether you are looking for romance, rest or relaxation, enjoy a serene stay in a traditional, Premier Cru Champagne-making village at the 4* Château de Rilly. Due to the remote location of the Château, having acess to your own vehicle is strongly recommended and we have included return Eurotunnel crossings as part of the package. Having access to your own vehicle is particularly important if you are staying across a Sunday or Monday, when the Château's restaurant will be closed. The nearest restaurant are located in Reims and Epernay, which are a twenty minute drive or approximately 70 Euros per way in a taxi in the evening.
On the morning of day two, you will be met at the Château by an English-speaking specialist driver/guide, who will accompany you on a full day transported Champagne tour, visiting two small, family-run Champagne Houses. During the course of the day, your guide will regale you with tales and anecdotes of the history of Champagne and its vineyards, introducing you to the particularities of the region. You will also stop in a vineyard to learn about the work undertaken here and the tour is designed to be as hands-on as possible. A lunch with a glass of wine, water and coffee will be served in a local restaurant. Ending the day in style, you will then visit Champagne Mercier or Champagne De Castellane in Epernay, for a tour of their cellars followed by a flute of their Champagne. Your guide will take you back to your hotel following the tour.
For those staying an additional night, day three offers you the chance to visit your favourite Champagne House in Reims and we will arrange for return transfers from the Château to the city centre. Subject to your dates of travel / availability, options include Taittinger, where two Champagnes will be served, GH Mumm to taste their Blanc de Blancs and Blancs de Noirs Champagnes, Pommery to sample two Champagnes, Ruinart to taste Ruinart Blanc de Blancs or Ruinart rosé followed by their flagship Prestige Cuvée Dom Ruinart, white or rosé and Veuve Clicquot, to enjoy a flute of their celebrated La Grande Dame. Please note that some of these Houses (particularly Veuve Clicquot and Ruinart) are very popular and offer very few tours, therefore early booking is essential.
After returning to the village in the afternoon, you will be welcomed at the estate of a boutique Champagne maker. As well as having a tour of the property, you will learn the Napoleonic art of Sabrage (the art of opening the Champagne bottle with a sword). Since you will open your own bottles, you will then need to drink at least some of the Champagnes that have been opened. Learning Sabrage is a tremendously fun and festive activity and not only is it a fantastic photo opportunity, you will also have acquired a new party trick to entertain your friends and family at home with! You can see Sabrage in action on our You Tube channel.
In the evening, a four course dinner (excluding drinks) will be served in the Château's gourmet restaurant.
Drive to Rilly-la-Montagne from the UK, taking the Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais. You are free to choose your crossing time.
Upon arrival, check into a standard or balcony/terrace room at the Château de Rilly.
Free afternoon and evening to explore the grounds and relax.
We will provide you with a list of recommended restaurants in Reims and Epernay and we would be delighted to reserve you a table at any of these for dinner.
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A tour and a flute or two of Champagne at a large, prestigious Champagne House.
Return pre-booked and pre-paid taxi transfers to Reims.
A tour and a flute or two of Champagne at your favourite prestigious Champagne House. Options include Ruinart, Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, GH Mumm and Pommery.
A tour and tastings with Sabrage at a boutique Champagne House in the village.
After a leisurely breakfast, check out of the hotel and make your way back to the UK, taking the Eurotunnel from Calais to Folkestone.
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Stay longer! Just let us know which room grader you prefer at the Château and we will provide you with the price for any additional nights including breakfast and city tax.
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Record number of people walk across Humber Bridge to fight dementia
Three thousand people covered the Humber Bridge in a sea of blue
Sophie CorcoranReporter
Three thousand people took to the Humber Bridge today as they walked united against dementia.
The Humber Bridge Memory Walk attracted the tide of walkers who had all registered in order to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Society.
The amount of walkers has reached its highest amount this year with 3,000 pounding the pavement - the group has seen a rise of a third since last year's walk which took place around the city centre.
Joan Jones, 76, took part in the walk with her daughter, Rachel Braniff, 47.
Both ladies were part of the 20 strong group, the North Hull Posse, who came from the charity's Memory Cafe at the North Hull Community Centre.
Humber Bridge Memory Walk
Joan and Rachel cut the ribbon with MP Emma Hardy before joining the fleet on the 6km walk.
Rachel said: "Mum struggles with words and now finds it difficult to form sentences as a result of the dementia, but at the cafe it's like one big family and she's able to socialise, which is brilliant.
"Alzheimer's Society's support is huge, mum would not be coping as well as she is without the support of the group, it really is life changing."
Joan said she was "thrilled to bits" to be cutting the ribbon to start the walkers on their way.
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She said: "It's wonderful to be asked to start the walk."
Julie Ibbertson, a dementia support worker and organiser of the Memory Cafe, said: "We began the cafe with four people now it's up to 40 - it has just grown and grown.
"The group is just like on big family and everyone has made such good friendships - the support they give each other is priceless.
"I've taken part in Memory Walk for four years and I'm always emotional being with people united against dementia."
Memory Walk's media officer, Howard Keal, said: "We have done the Memory Walk at the Humber Bridge for a number of years and went into the city centre last year for the City of Culture celebrations.
"It is very exciting and the number of people taking part is up by a massive third from previous years.
"We've got 3,000 people united against dementia, which shows a number of really important things. It raises vital funds for research as well as awareness. That increases with the number of people taking part."
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Hull and Hessle MP, Emma Hardy, said: "It is brilliant to see so many people uniting against dementia, helping to raise awareness as well as funds needed by the Alzheimer's Society to provide services and vital research to find a way to defeat the disease.
"We face a huge challenge as a result of the growing impact of dementia and the social care crisis, so it is more important than ever that walkers stepped out on the Humber Bridge Memory Walk and turned it into a ribbon of blue for a brilliant cause.
"Dementia does not discriminate - it doesn't care who you are. We have to find new treatments and every step taken by the walkers is another in the right direction towards that goal.
"There is a better future, but to find it we need to fund it. Humber Bridge Memory Walk helps make that happen."
Margaret McHugh, services manager at Alzheimer's Society, said: "Dementia is now the UK's biggest killer, with someone developing it every three minutes.
"Dementia devastates lives; it slowly strips people of their memories, relationships and identities. People across Hull and the East Riding stepped out to fight to change things.
"Every pound raised will help Alzheimer's Society provide information and support, fund research and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
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"We are committed to spending at least £150 million over the next decade on dementia research to improve care for people today and find a cure for tomorrow.
"It is fantastic that the number of people taking part this year has rocketed up by a third, which shows how awareness of the need for action is growing every day.
"I would like to say a huge thank you to every single walker and supporter who has helped make this year's walk such a brilliant success."
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