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May 2, 2020 May 9, 2020 CarloRLeave a comment
With a few parallels in aviation history, especially in the years immediately following WWII, former Yugoslavia benefited from supplies by a great number of countries. As a matter of fact, the air force of this newborn communist republic was formed at first from leftovers of retreating Germany and conquering Britain, followed by the establishment of a supply line initially from the USSR, and later the US and again Britain.
The special political ability of marshal Tito, who ruled uncontested as a communist dictator since the foundation of Yugoslavia in 1945 until his death in 1980, and the credit he benefited from especially in Britain, allowed him to keep out of the sphere of influence of the USSR since 1948. In a strategic position on the border with NATO countries like Italy and Greece, Tito adopted a detente policy of 'equal-distance' between the two opposing blocs over the Cold War period (even though NATO did not trust him fully, as testified by the deployment of a SAM defense line in northeastern Italy, see this post).
Of course, most of the military supply was of Soviet make, especially after the death of Stalin and well until the end of communism in Europe and the bloody fragmentation of the Yugoslav state. However, concerning civil aviation, autonomy from Moscow allowed the adoption of western aircraft, like the French Aerospatiale Caravelle and much of the Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas inventory, in the major national airline JAT – something which happened very rarely anywhere in the communist bloc over the years of the Cold War, another notable instance being Romania, again a 'semi-autonomous' communist dictatorship, who refused the Soviet Tupolev Tu-134 in favor of license-built British BAC 1-11s.
Another effect of the autonomy from the USSR was the creation of a national aviation industry, which especially in the case of SOKO, produced military trainers and light attack aircraft of good success, which despite ageing, are still flying today.
More recently, the fierce conflicts raging over the Balkans in the 1990s have created a major active front for modern aviation, where the air force of Serbia – which inherited the geographically central part of Yugoslavia and its capital city, Belgrade – confronted the NATO alliance in an open conflict. The unbalance of forces allowed the western coalition to quickly establish air superiority, which did not come without a few notable material losses however.
A rich display of this peculiar aviation history, actually tracing back to WWI and the early years of aviation, can be found in the Aeronautical Museum of Belgrade, which despite being in today's Serbia, acts as a kind of Yugoslav Aviation Museum. As a matter of fact, it was founded as such back in the years of Tito, and opened in its current building nearby 'Nikola Tesla' civil airport of Belgrade in 1989, when Yugoslavia was still a reality.
This short post provides an outline of what you can find in this museum, with photographs taken on a visit in April 2019.
The museum occupies a relatively large area in the vicinity of the airport of Belgrade, and is made of an open-air exhibition, open-air storage area, and big mushroom-shaped building hosting an indoor exhibition.
The 'gate guardian' is a SOKO J-21 Jastreb, a nice light multi-role aircraft from the 1960s, powered by a British Rolls-Royce Viper jet engine.
Aeronautical Museum Belgrade Serbia Aviation
Indoor exhibition
The entry hall of the mushroom-shaped building features is a good example of the architectural style from the late communist era. The ground floor hosts a small exhibition about the early days of aviation in the former region of the Balkans, with documents from WWI years. Among the items on display, you can find early pilot's licenses from notable war pilots, likely granted after training abroad, and actually written in French.
The main hall of the museum can be found upstairs. This large can be walked on two levels. Most aircraft are to be found on the lower level, but a few are suspended to the glassy circular sidewall of the mushroom, lighted from behind by the sunlight – so that taking pictures is just a nightmare!
The centerpiece of the collection is an exemplar of the SOKO J-22 Orao, a twin-engined – two Rolls-Royce Viper turbofans – light ground-attack and trainer aircraft from the 1970s. Designed jointly by Yugoslavia and Romania, this model equipped the Yugoslav (then Serbian) air force during the 1990s, where a handful exemplars are still flying today.
Indeed a clean design with an interesting performance, this aircraft was possibly the last heir of the Ikarus-then-SOKO lineage, originated back in the years before WWII. In this respect, some unique exemplars of aircraft are preserved in this museum, witnessing the existence of a school of skilled aircraft designers in Serbia, not much known in the western world.
A key figure of the Ikarus design bureau, Dragoljub Beslin led the design of Ikarus S-451, a nice, very small, twin-prop attack aircraft flown in 1951, especially designed to sustain high load factors in maneuvers at high speed.
Another unique specimen is the twin-jet Ikarus 451M, the first jet aircraft built by Yugoslavia. Same designer as the S-451, this unusual jet-engined taildragger flew in 1952, but was soon superseded by more modern models, in those years of quick-paced development of aviation technology. Again, the engines were from the West, in the form of two French Turbomeca Palas turbojets.
Another member of the 'Ikarus 451' family – it must be said this Yugoslav one is likely the oddest model numbering systems ever created… – the T 451 MM Strsljen (Hornet) features a more convincing configuration, resembling the single-engined British BAC Jet Provost and the Italian Macchi MB 326, both rather successful trainers from the late 1950s. On display is actually the 'Strsljen II' version, which is a attack/training version with more thrust than the first series aircraft. This model was conceived to operate from unprepared runways, and featured two Turbomeca Marbore II French turbojets. The aircraft flew in 1958, but an air force contract was not granted.
Some functional wind tunnel models of other aircraft, actually never reaching the 1:1 prototype stage, are on display. These include a rare ekranoplane design, the UTVA 754. With a mechanic-monster-like appearance like all ekranoplanes (the most famous being probably the Bertini-Beriev preserved at the Russian Air Force Museum in Monino, see here), this machine was designed in 1982 in the then-Yugoslav town of Zagreb, today the capital city of Croatia.
A medevac aircraft conceived for easy conversion between floats and wheels, the UTVA 66H can be visited also inside. The indigenous SOKO is represented by a number of models. These include the SOKO G-2 Galeb, a successful trainer/light attack aircraft from the 1950s, built around a single Rolls-Royce Viper turbofan. During its long history it was exported to several international operators, and gave birth to the more recent SOKO J-21 Jastreb. The Galeb was in service with Serbia until 1999.
Another section of the museum features aircraft of foreign make which witness the intricate history of alliances of both the pre-WWII Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-WWII communist Yugoslavia. Most remarkably, these include a Messerschmitt Bf-109-G! The history of this particular aircraft is not very clear, some sources stating it was captured from Bulgarian air force. As a matter of fact, Yugoslavia acquired about 70 Bf-109-E from Germany in 1940, which in turn furiously invaded from north in a quick an violent campaign in spring 1941.
Next in line is nothing less than a British Hawker Hurricane! A group of Hurricanes were acquired from Britain in the immediate pre-war years, and even license-built in Belgrade in a small number – Yugoslavia apparently purchased aircraft seamlessly from both opponents at the outbreak of WWII. Later on, Hurricane-equipped squadrons of Yugoslavia fought back on the side of the Allies from bases in southern Italy, finally regaining control over the Balkans.
In a similar fashion, a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V witnesses the involvement of British-supplied national air force squadrons in the liberation of Yugoslavia from the German invaders.
In the closing years of WWII, Yugoslavia benefited also from the help of the USSR. This is witnessed by a massive – and pretty rare, out of former soviet republics! – Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik. This big attack aircraft, possibly the most famous Soviet aircraft of WWII, equipped three squadrons in the Yugoslav air force, and helped in the fight on the so-called 'Srem front' north of Belgrade. An often overlooked sector of the European front, substantial operations were carried out since late 1944 until April 1945, with the forces of Nazi Germany slowly retreating under the offensive of the Red Army (including Bulgarian divisions) and of Yugoslavia from the south. These operations involved 250'000 troops on either side, thus engaging the Germans and draining resources from mainland defense. At that time, an entire division of the Yugoslav air force were equipped with this aircraft type, kept in service until the 1950s.
Similarly, an elegant WWII Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter of Soviet make can be found nearby in the colors of Yugoslavia.
After the end of WWII, Tito was determined not to surrender his political and economic independence to Stalin. In this high-stake gamble, he made no secret of his thoughts, and sought international recognition from the west. As expected, Stalin showed no sense of humor in that matter, and as the USSR broke relationships with Yugoslavia, this country faced the risk of isolation and of Soviet invasion in the early stage of the Cold War (late 1940s).
Over the years, the good relationship established with the western Allies during WWII were strengthened further, and most incredibly for a communist country, the US provided aircraft and helicopters, in the form of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, Republic F-84G Thunderjet and (much later, in the early 1960s) North American F-86D 'long-nosed' Sabre.
The years of Kennedy administration saw a significant improvement of the relationship between Tito and Khrushchev, and this led to a switch to Soviet aircraft in the form of the supersonic MiG-21, which equipped the Yugoslav air force in substantial numbers over the following two decades. An exemplar of this iconic and ubiquitous aircraft, an unquestionably well-performing aircraft in his age, is preserved in the museum. By the way, the early 1960s saw also the widespread adoption of SOKO Galeb trainers and the phase out of older British/US models.
Other peculiar exhibits in the indoor part of the museum are the wrecks resulting from air fight operations during the Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s. On the national (Yugoslav) side, the tail cone of a SOKO G-4 Super Galeb – a totally different design from the quasi-homonym G-2 – damaged by a shoulder-launched Stinger missile in 1991.
But much more material is from NATO countries, resulting from combat during operation 'Allied Force' against Serbia in 1999. Most notably, you can see a substantial part of the wing of a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the famous stealth aircraft downed by a vintage Soviet SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missile in March 1999, as well as a landing gear, ejection seat, pilot's helmet, Vulcan cannon and some smaller parts of a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon downed the following May, again due to an SA-3 missile. The first stage of the missile which hit the Nighthawk is on display too.
These are basically the only aircraft lost in action over enemy territory during that operation.
An apparently easier prey, General Atomics RQ-1 Predator UAVs were used in great numbers, some twenty of them being downed. One wrecked example is put on display.
More items of the kind include parts of NATO missiles, including HARM anti-radiation missiles and cluster-bombs containers.
On the upper level, you can find a mostly photographic exhibition mainly about the national carrier JAT. Interestingly, not a single Soviet-made model appears in the pictures, whereas you can find Boeing 707s, 727s, 737s, Douglas DC-9s, McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, Aerospatiale Caravelles and ATR-42/72s – clearly a strong commercial bound with the West, pretty unusual for a communist country!
Another Yugoslav airline started operations to a later date – Aviogenex. This apparently did use aircraft from the USSR, in particular Tupolev Tu-134s, later flanked by Boeing 737s. Aviogenex ceased operations much later than the end of Yugoslavia, and operated as a Serbian company for some years.
One of the most iconic brutalist monstrosities in northern Belgrade is the skyscraper which used to host the headquarters of this airline – it looks like a good setting for some 'Blade Runner' or 'Judge Dredd' movie…
Some more panels include descriptions of airport history and modern operations in the nearby airport of Belgrade. The history line of the national aviation industry is also presented in detail through historical pictures.
Some more aircraft can be found on this level, as well as a SA-3 Goa missile in a non-operative paint scheme, likely for training or telemetry tuning purposes.
Outdoor exhibition
The large area around the building is split between a small outdoor exhibition prepared for the public, and a larger storage area with many more aircraft which can not be neared nor walked around.
The displayed aircraft include an Aerospatiale Caravelle in the colors of JAT. This exemplar was one of three operated by this airline, and was active between 1963 and 1976.
A much elder transport, a German (French license-built) Junkers 52 with P&W engines represents a fleet of four such aircraft operated by the Yugoslav air force, complementing another group of originally German aircraft captured during the war.
An aircraft of historical significance is an Ilyushin Il-14 twin-prop transport. This aircraft was a personal goodwill gift from Khrushchev to marshal Tito, and the founding member of Yugoslav presidential fleet.
A couple of Lisunov Li-2 and some original Douglas C-47 Skytrain, of which the former is a license-built Soviet version, are on display, albeit not all complete. A MiG-21 Fishbed and a Kamov twin-rotor helicopter are also on display.
Another extremely rare item from the post-WWII years, a Short SA.6 Sealand amphibious aircraft of British make has made its way to Belgrade, after years as a transport aircraft in the Yugoslav air force.
The non-visible part of the museum features a rather impressive collection of MiG-21 in several versions, SOKO J-21 Jastreb and SOKO J-20 Kraguj in a large number, a SA-2 Guideline soviet-made SAM launcher with two missiles, and a number of partly assembled aircraft and wrecks.
A mystery item is a part of an allegedly US aircraft, apparently a part of the tail empennage of a bigger transport – any suggestion about this item welcome!
The museum is located to the northwest of the airport of Belgrade. It can be easily reached by car from the access road going to the main terminal area. Website with info in English here. Parking ahead of the entrance.
The museum can be visited in about 2 hours by an interested subject, much less if you have just a mild interest in aviation. Much paneling is in double Serbian and English language, allowing to get the most from your visit.
Despite being fully operative, the place has a somewhat rotting appearance especially from the outside, as mostly typical to former state-run institutions in former Yugoslavia. Furthermore, some form of protection for the aircraft in the outside exhibition is hopefully to be considered by the management, otherwise the aircraft with literally disintegrate to the action of the elements in a matter of some years.
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At the end of WWII, the territory of conquered Germany was split in four sectors by the then-Allies – the US, Great Britain, France and the USSR. A substantial part to the north-east of the country fell in Stalin's hands. A few years later, following a re-organization of all territories occupied by the Red Army during WWII, the Soviet part of Germany was turned into a communist-led state known as German Democratic Republic ('GDR', or 'DDR' in German language).
Especially from a military standpoint, similar to Poland, and later Hungary and Czechoslovakia, this produced a kind of cohabitation. As a matter of fact, besides clearly backing the communist dictatorship in occupied countries, the Soviets did not quit at all from newly acquired western territories. On the contrary, thanks to the position on a potential war front had the Cold War turned hot, the westernmost Soviet-controlled countries – with the GDR on top – were stuffed with Soviet military bases, and hundreds of thousands troops. These shared the map with the national military, which in the GDR were known as NVA (an acronym standing for the German equivalent of 'National People's Army').
The national and Soviet forces often took control of separated military facilities, and while operating in a coordinated fashion, they were substantially different entities. As said, this was typical to many Soviet-controlled countries. Yet especially on the relatively small East German territory, of high strategic value thanks to the shared border with the West, the total number of tank bases, training academies, air bases, missile bases, nuclear depots, shooting ranges, etc., reached an unrivaled world's peak, when compared to the population or the size of the country.
Following the crisis leading to the end of the GDR in 1989, and the collapse of the USSR roughly two years later, all these military assets turned surplus. The German reunification, and the disappearance of a significant military opponent in the close vicinity of the border, triggered a rationalization of military resources in Germany. Most of the NVA bases were closed. The Soviet-controlled installations were evacuated more slowly – it took until 1994 to bring back to their Russian homeland the thousands of troops and tonnes of material stationed in Germany. Once returned to Germany, also most of these bases were deactivated and closed.
Since then, the fate of these former military facilities in Germany has been in the hands of local governments or national initiatives. As a matter of fact, following a few decades spent as ghost bases – a real paradise for urbex explorers! – most air bases have been converted into solar power plants. Some of them have retained an airport status, either with a very reduced runway, or in some cases being turned into full-scale commercial airports. There are exceptions too, as some are still at least partly abandoned, and while invaded by vegetation, they are still totally recognizable especially from above. Other bases, like tank bases or nuclear depots, while mostly earmarked for demolition, have been comparatively better 'preserved' – at least, they have been attacked by the state more slowly, so there is still much to see there.
You can find on this website several reports about quite a few of these military bases in the former GDR – especially airbases – from a 'ground perspective'. Sometimes, it is difficult to appreciate the size, shape, as well as their concentration over the former GDR territory. In order to better show these aspects, now here you have a portrait of many of these bases from the air!
The photographs in the present post are from a single, two-hours flight on a Cessna 172 single-prop aircraft. The flight took place in July 2019. As you can see from the locations pinpointed on the map below, on our route we met not less than 15 former (or still active) military items. And this is just a short trip mostly in southern Brandenburg – i.e. the region immediately south of Berlin.
This report is a complement to other chapters on this site, yet it is especially interesting on its own, as a comprehensive bundle of aerial pics on this subject is not easy to find!
Points of interest are listed following the flight plan, which was flown roughly as on the map, in a counter-clockwise direction, starting from Reinsdorf Airfield.
Soviet Nuclear Bunker Stolzenhain
This one-of-a-kind facility – there were actually two such depots, but one is today demolished and inaccessible – used to be a major storage for nuclear weapons for the Soviet Western Group of Forces, which included all Soviet troops stationed in the GDR.
The bunker is today closed, but it apparently lies on private land, hence sparing it from being turned into something else (or simply flattened) by the local government. You can see a dedicated report in this chapter.
Vegetation has grown wild in the area, but from above you can clearly spot the rectangular perimeter of the external concrete wall. From north to south, an internal road crossed the rectangle in the middle.
Abandoned Soviet Nuclear Bunker Depot Stolzenhain Objekt 4000 – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
The bunkers are half-interred, hence from above you can barely spot the entrances. These are aligned along a service road arranged in a hexagonal shape.
To the south of the bunker area, you can spot a former group of barracks and an access road heading west. Construction and demolition works are taking place in this area.
Control and Reporting Center Schönewalde
This is an active military installation, and actually quite an advanced one. It is tasked with monitoring the air operations over a large part of the airspace over Germany.
The origin of this half-interred technical installation can be traced to the 1970s, when the site was activated under responsibility of the NVA. Following the end of communist rule and after German reunification, unlike many others this site was not demolished, but instead it was developed further, and pressed into the defense chain of NATO since the mid-1990s.
Control and Reporting CRC Point Schönewalde NATO German Air Force Bundeswehr – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
You can see many half-interred warehouses, garages for trucks, a smaller radar antenna to the west of the complex, close to a helipad.
There is also a larger antenna to the northeastern corner of the CRC.
Holzdorf Air Base
This large airport used to be an airbase of the NVA. It is one of the few airports from the Cold War in the GDR which were turned into a full-scale modern airport. Today it is a base of the Bundeswehr, i.e. the German military.
As we approached from north, you can spot first typical large communist buildings, forming a citadel which is likely still today hosting troops and their families. There is also reportedly a flight academy for helicopters in this complex, north of the airport.
Holzdorf Air Base former NVA East Germany (DDR) Base – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
The airport features large hangars for military helicopters to the northwest of the runway.
A rather old-styled control tower can be seen to the south of the runway.
Falkenberg Air Base
We reached the southernmost point on our flight with the former Soviet base in Falkenberg. This old base dating to the 1930s went on to be developed into a Soviet base home to fighter aircraft, MiG-23 and later MiG-29. Close to the airfield, there used to be a SAM missile battery (to the west of the runway).
Approaching from the north-west, you can notice a small ghost town and a large technical area, with what appear to be big unreinforced maintenance hangars, today used for something else by local companies.
Falkenberg Abandoned Soviet Base East Germany (DDR) – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
The airport is today dedicated to light aviation activities. The runway has been shortened, and sadly large portions of the original airfield have been covered with solar cells.
Most interestingly, in the trees to the northwest of the runway, you can spot four unfinished aircraft shelters – possibly of the type AU-16, which could host both the MiG-23 and MiG-29. They look like short concrete tunnels. They should have been covered with land, but works were interrupted in 1990.
More aircraft shelters – completed – can be found to the east of the field, today used for storage, as it is often the case.
Finsterwalde Air Base
This installation was operative since WWII, when the large hangars and control tower still in place to the south of the apron were built. The base went on serving as a Soviet base, hosting fighters and fighter-bombers of many kinds along its illustrious history. A visit to this site, with its nuclear depot, can be found in this chapter.
Approaching from the southwest, we flew over the nuclear storage bunker, made for nuclear warheads to supply aircraft operating from here. The columns once holding the crane to lift the warheads can be clearly spotted.
Finsterwalde Abandoned Soviet Base East Germany (DDR) Nuclear Bunker – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
There is also a group of Soviet-style houses for the families of the troops. Apparently somebody is still living there!
The base was enlarged with reinforced shelters to the north and southwest of the runway. The large hangars to the south are still in use with local companies, some of course connected with flight operations – this airport is still active for general aviation operations.
Enroute to the next waypoint, we flew over a natural preserve, which offered some quite spectacular sights.
Naturpark Lausitz – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
Alteno-Luckwalde Air Base
This airfield north of Finsterwalde was a reserve airport of the East German NVA. While never developed to the extent of primary airfields, it was among the few reserve air bases to receive an asphalt runway.
Today, the view is rather desolating – the airfield has been totally covered with solar cells.
Alteno Fliegerhorst Luckau Abandoned NVA East Germany (DDR) Air Force Base – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
Brand-Briesen Air Base
This WWII base was selected for quick and substantial improvement since the early Cold War years, and went on to be one of the most developed Soviet air bases in the former GDR. In the beginning it hosted Ilyushin Il-28 bombers, but in the jet age it was home to a number of different squadrons and aircraft types. You can find the results of the exploration of a part of this base in this chapter.
Approaching from the south, you first spot an immense hangar, conceived at the turning of the century for commercial airships, and later turned into a water park – Tropical Island.
Brand Abandoned Soviet Air Base Nuclear Bunker East Germany (DDR) – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
But more interestingly, to the south of the airfield – unusually far from it, actually – you can find a depot for nuclear weapons, to supply the aircraft operating from the base. Similar to Finsterwalde, the pillars once holding the crane for lifting the warheads can be clearly seen.
Still to the south of the airfield, the local citadel for the troops is today an interesting ghost town.
As you may notice, the airfield is today closed, and has been largely converted into a recreation park. Incredibly, they decided to build an array of small houses on the former premises of the airport, and in close proximity to the monster airship hangar.
Yet some relics from the past function of the air base are to be found scattered around. These include aircraft shelters, and more rare engine testing facilities – V-shaped concrete walls emerging from the grass nearby some of the shelters.
Kleinköris Air Base
This airbase was activated in the late 1960s as a reserve airfield for the East German NVA. It was used for exercises, and as a home base for helicopters of the Volkspolizei, i.e. the police of the GDR. After deactivation, it was used as a military storage for a while, and finally closed.
Kleinköris Löpten Abandoned NVA Air Base East Germany (DDR) – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
The appearance, perfectly evident from the air, is rather unusual – it features a long grassy runway, with concrete taxiways at the ends. To the reports from the time, this is the original configuration of the airbase. Luckily, it is basically still intact.
Wünsdorf
The name of this small town will be forever linked to the two military high commands which were headquartered on its premises – Hitler's OKW first, and the command of the Soviet Western Group of Forces for the full span of the Cold War. You can find a dedicated chapter here.
From above, you can get a nice view of the extension and shape of this military town, as well as good portraits of some of the highlights in it. Approaching from the southeast, you first meet the most famous building in Wünsdorf, the officers' house. This majestic building dates from the early 20th century. It knew an extensive renovation during the Cold War years, as an officers' club for the Soviet Red Army.
Wünsdorf Soviet Nazi Military Headquarters Abandoned East Germany (DDR) – Aerial View Picture Luftbild
This huge building features a statue of Lenin on one side. In the wings to the back, you can find a swimming pool and a theater. The round building with a mural is a late Soviet addition, and once hosted a circular panorama painting.
The high command occupied the buildings north of the officers' club, today converted into something else.
Another highlight of Wünsdorf are the many bunkers. These include the Maybach bunkers from Hitler's era, once hosting the OKW. These were designed for deception as living houses, but could withstand aerial bombardment. They were blown by the Soviet, with only partial success. The Zeppelin bunkers, like cusped concrete towers, were designed to resist bombardment, by deviating air-dropped bombs falling from above along the sidewalls and down to the ground nearby.
Soviet bunkers were located very close to the array of Maybach bunkers. They are largely interred, and from above you can see some concrete tunnels in the trees.
The railway line and station is an historical track from the time. The Wünsdorf-Moscow line operated in both ways on a daily basis. The service was suspended only


Are you thinking about taking your motor to track day? Here at Unit18, we love a track day; it's thrilling and fun all at the same time. There are a few things you should do to prepare your vehicle before taking it to a race track days, and we're going to tell you how!
What is a track days?
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How can I prepare for a track day?
Most race courses require you to have a few things with you before you can take part in any race. Firstly and most importantly you will need a helmet that meets the specific requirements made by the governing body. Merlin Motorsport has a range of helmets available. We always recommend before purchasing a helmet check the regulations and ensure yours meets them.
You will also want to look at getting protective clothing for the race; most UK racing tracks require you to have both arms and legs covered while in the car even in the summer. You may be wondering why but if your car was to catch fire you want to keep your body as safe as you possibly can. You will also need to look at suitable racing shoes or trainers; you don't want to be wearing anything that could potentially slide of the pedals while you are driving.
Here at Unit18 Automotive we always recommend having a second vehicle for track days as the last thing you want is for anything to happen to the vehicle you use day in day out. However, if you are using your vehicle not to worry, first of all on any vehicle, you are going to want to check if you have the right insurance. There would be nothing worse than to need to claim on your insurance because of something that happened on a track day to find out you were not covered.
Should I have my car serviced beforehand?
Many motorheads tend to know most home servicing tricks to check out for. However, we always recommend taking the car for an car service in Milton Keynes. You don't want anything happening to your vehicle while driving it around a track so a servicing will pick any potential faults up, it will also ensure all your fluids have been filled up and are at the right levels.
You should always have your car cleared before taking it for a track day, remember you will be driving at significant speeds so any loose objects could be a potential hazard. If you want to film your track day from the inside of your vehicle you have to ensure this is securely mounted, this will most likely be checked by one of the officials before your allowed onto the track.
There are a variety of modifications you can make both on the body of the vehicle and the engine. Here at Unit18 Automotive, we have two ECU Remapping Milton Keynes software that would work great on vehicles. OEM+ remapping Milton Keynes which works best on Volkswagen group vehicles, it is offered in stages with each being more beneficial and adding more performance to your vehicle. Shark Performance remapping Milton Keynes can be carried out on a range of vehicles including Audi, VW, Seat, Volvo and Skoda. Shark performance works in a slightly different way in that it allows you to reach your desired speed quickly while giving you better fuel economy.
Regarding interior to get better speed, you can think about taking interiors out of the vehicle. We understand that this might not be for everyone however it can help. Getting rid of weight inside the car helps with a number of things, it puts less pressure on the car to perform. The suspension can take it slightly easier and give your consumables a more relaxed time while you drive around the track.
Know the flag signals before you go!
Flag signals are normally discussed in detail when you get to your track event, but there is no harm in knowing them before you go. The last thing you want to do is forget what they mean and then find out there's a hazard ahead.
Yellow – There is a potential danger ahead which means you need to slow down to half the speed and no overtaking. Once you have passed the incident, you may see a green flag which means it is all clear and you can drive at any speed.
Red – There is danger ahead, you can only go at half speed around the whole track and must return to pitlanes immediately.
Black – this is normally for individual drivers, this flag tells you to return to the pits and report to the organisers of the event. You may need to be spoken to regarding your vehicle or your driving.
Yellow and red stripes – There is a slippy surface ahead, this is a warning for you to be more cautious.
Blue – This means that there is a faster car behind you wishing to overtake, but it is unsafe to do so. If you see this flag, it means move over on the straight and allow them to overtake.


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A cheat meal is a way for you to reward yourself at the end of a hard week eating well. We all like our food, and to deny ourselves of the foods we enjoy completely could lead to burning out or simply dropping your healthy meal plan. Complete restriction is not for most.
If you are on an eating plan where you to take certain days or meals off, there are a few things you must consider to lessen their negative effects.
Many people will set a day when they will indulge, usually over the weekend. But is setting a day in advance for your cheat a good idea? Okay, if you feel that you enjoy your Sundays off and have a habit of strolling down to The People's park in Dun Laoghaire for some feasting, maybe picking that day works well. It's the most rewarding for you.
What happens though if your birthday falls on a Tuesday, or you're out for a business dinner and want a few drinks on a Thursday? I believe cheat meals are better stored for when you need them most, like a get out of jail free card. There is another reason why holding off is a good idea.
The answer is hormones. Hormones regulate your body's ability to burn or store fat. Of course hormones are massively controlled by the food you eat, but hormones are also affected by your emotions. Eating when stressed will lead to a higher level of fat storage (see Cortisol – http://yourfitness.ie/blog/?p=229). This is why you should never eat when depressed or upset about something. There is the typical scenario of a woman going for chocolate ice cream after some man trouble (they're not worth it girls), but this will result in fat storage and perpetuate a negative cycle.
I explained hormones because if you set your meal to a Sunday for example, you cannot be sure if you'll be in a good place, or if you'll even be in the mood for good food. I believe your cheats are best held onto for enjoyable times when you are relaxed and just want to enjoy yourself. This is the best way to integrate a healthy eating plan into your life while still having fun. Enjoy your food when you're having fun and you're less likely to store, as well as more likely to enjoy your time.


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Q: Python Eve: TypeError when I send PATCH and DELETE request I'm making a REST API using Eve. Eve is running on Nginx and uwsgi on a Docker container.
Python version: 3.6.5
Eve: 0.8
Eve-SQLAlchemy: 0.5.0
When I send a GET request for resources and items, there's no problem.
However, when I send a PATCH or a DELETE request, the API server returns Nginx's default 50xError page.
The logs goes like this:
    [pid: 12|app: 0|req: 22/22] 192.168.99.1 () {46 vars in 691 bytes} [Wed Jun  6 22:55:26 2018] PATCH /maintenances/18 => generated 0 bytes in 11 msecs (HTTP/1.1 500) 0 headers in 0 bytes (0 switches on core 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/flaskapp.py", line 1043, in __call__
    return super(Eve, self).__call__(environ, start_response)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2309, in __call__
    return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2295, in wsgi_app
    response = self.handle_exception(e)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1741, in handle_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 35, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2292, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1815, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1718, in handle_user_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 35, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1813, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1799, in dispatch_request
    return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/endpoints.py", line 96, in item_endpoint
    response = patch(resource, **lookup)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/methods/common.py", line 297, in rate_limited
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/auth.py", line 78, in decorated
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/methods/common.py", line 1181, in decorated
    r = f(resource, **combined_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/methods/patch.py", line 41, in patch
    skip_validation=False, **lookup)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/methods/patch.py", line 134, in patch_internal
    original = get_document(resource, concurrency_check, **lookup)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eve/methods/common.py", line 80, in get_document
    **lookup)
TypeError: find_one() takes 3 positional arguments but 5 were given

When I delete authentication from the request, the server returns "Please provide proper credentials," but when I delete "If-Match" header from the request, the server returns this error.
(So it may be possible that some process existing between authentication and etag validation is the cause of this error.

A: The problem
It's almost surely related to a version incompatibility between Eve and Eve-SQLAlchemy. Eve-SQLAlchemy 0.5 only supports Eve 0.6 and there is currently no version available supporting newer Eve versions.
This also matches the TypeError you see: find_one() is a method in the data layer, which Eve-SQLAlchemy provides. Probably the interface changed in Eve 0.7 or 0.8.
Where to go from here
If you're using pip then pip check should report an error with your installation, as Eve-SQLAlchemy declares it depends on Eve>=0.6,<0.7 (see https://github.com/pyeve/eve-sqlalchemy/blob/586cec403daabaeab8f7cbe133275d5fcc4e4bf3/setup.py#L35).
To fix this, either remove any pinning of Eve to an incompatible version in your setup.py and/or requirements.txt, or if that does not change anything add Eve<0.7. Unfortunately pip is not always able to determine a set of non-contradicting versions for all your dependencies itself, so it sometimes needs guidance to do so.

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A certificate of appropriateness (COA) is a document issued by the Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission indicating that, in the opinion of the Commission, proposed improvements are not incongruous with the historic character of historic districts or landmarks. Exterior portions of any building or structure on property which lies within historic district boundaries or has been listed as a locally designated landmark may not be materially altered, restored, moved or demolished unless a COA has been issued.
A property owner who is considering changes to the exterior of their property should contact the Commission Coordinator by calling (828) 697-3088 or by writing to 145 Fifth Avenue East, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28792, to determine if a COA is required for the project.
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Fences and Walls: Fences or low walls of wood, stone, brick or cast iron, which comply with the Design Guidelines; chain link fences may be permitted in side or rear yards if they cannot easily be seen from a street.
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Exterior Stairs, Landing, Steps and entryways: Repair or replacement of exterior stairs, steps, ramps or flooring which are made of masonry, rock, painted wood or comparable materials and are similar to styles found in the District. Install new exterior stairs, landings, or steps in the Main Street Local Historic District on side or rear facades that are not visible from King Street, Church Street or an avenue.
Replacement of Missing Details: Replacement of missing or deteriorated siding and trim, porch floors, ceilings, columns and balustrade or other architectural details with new materials identical to the original details.
Upper Facade Windows: Replacement of deteriorated upper facade windows in the Main Street Local Historic district.
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Posts Tagged: Catholic Church
The Pope's "new stance" on homosexuality
by Hawthorn Mineart, September 19, 2013
Let me do the TL;DR up front – it's the same as the old stance. Several new stories have come out today about a recent interview Pope Francis did where he expanded on his comments from July on homosexuality and women's roles in the church. I'll link to some articles about what he had to
Read on »
Republicans block child nutrition, Catholics protest gay portrait exhibit
by Hawthorn Mineart, December 2, 2010
An update on things famous assholes are doing to wreck your life. First – more on the GOP being assholes to poor people: Republicans block child nutrition bill WASHINGTON – House Republicans have temporarily blocked legislation to feed school meals to thousands more hungry children. Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend
by Hawthorn Mineart, April 15, 2010
LOST Artwork « Mattson Creative Really beautiful poster designs. (tags: retro lost poster graphicdesign illustration television) Hyperbole and a Half this is a cute blog with many cute illustrations. You will probably like it. Take a look! (tags: illustration funny blog cartoon comics) Not Just Boys: Catholic Church Abuse of Women + Girls : Ms
by Hawthorn Mineart, March 30, 2010
The Catholic Church is a Criminal Enterprise – Matt Taibbi The church attempts to defend the indefensible, and invalidates practically all good it's ever done in the history of the church in the process. Yeah, I think it's time for the church to disband. (tags: catholicism church crime evil rape abuse) Michigan Christian Militia Raided
City of Pawnee – Parks and Recreation April Ludgate was born in Björk's house in Iceland and grew up on Easter Island, where her parents were giant stone heads. She has the ability to fire beams of tacos out of her hands and she can turn her legs into tigers. On Sundays, April enjoys reading
Catholic League Bill Donohue Quotes
by Hawthorn Mineart, February 7, 2007
According to transcripts of his speech at Justice Sunday: The most insane idea I've heard in my whole life, of two men getting married, I mean – that's something that you expect in the asylum, quite frankly. Donohue on MSNBC: Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular.
Mean Things I've Said about the Catholic Church
I'm apparently not nearly as inflammatory as I thought, or perhaps I'm just remembering stuff I've said out loud, and not things I've blogged. Here's the scrawny, short list of times I've blogged about the Church I grew up in – Catholicism. The top one is probably the longest thing I've written. Which really just
Melissa McEwan is a Goddess
One of my favorite writers is Melissa McEwan, who hosts a group blog called Shakesville – which I link to all the time here, so you should be at least familiar with it if you follow along with what I write at all. Melissa is one of the most eloquent, intelligent writers I've ever run
The Catholic Church Has a New Policy on Gay People
by Hawthorn Mineart, November 17, 2006
This happened earlier in the week, but I haven't had time to address it before now. If you know me, you know I grew up Catholic and have had somethings to say in the past about the Catholic Church and their behavior towards gay people. Catholic Bishops have officially approved new guidelines concerning ministry to
Catholic Church moves to ban gay priests
by Hawthorn Mineart, August 29, 2005
The Pope is considering banning gay men from becoming priests and removing priests who are gay from service. Interesting on so many levels, really. My thoughts: I wonder when they're going to remove all the lesbian nuns. The pedophile scandals will continue, because the priests molesting kids aren't gay, and the gay priests aren't molesting
Catholics refuse communion to people who support gays
by Hawthorn Mineart, May 16, 2005
According to an AP story, A priest in St. Paul, Minnesota denied communion to more than 100 parisioners on Sunday because they wore rainbow color sashes in support of gay and lesbian Catholics. A Roman Catholic priest denied communion to more than 100 people Sunday, saying they could not receive the sacrament because they wore
by Hawthorn Mineart, April 1, 2005
I pray that God bless and care for the Pope and ease his suffering, and forgive him for persecuting gay people. Pope John Paul II in Failing Health
Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays
This is truly frightening. Not letting us get married is one thing, but refusing to provide health care to gay people is chilling, nazi-esque "load up the trains" behavior. Doctors or other health care providers could not be disciplined or sued if they refuse to treat gay patients under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan
Pope speaks out against equal marriage rights for gay people
by Hawthorn Mineart, December 30, 2003
On Sunday, Pope John Paul spoke out against equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian people. "In our times, a misunderstood sense of rights has sometimes disturbed the nature of the family institution and conjugal bond itself," John Paul said. Let me repeat: never setting foot in a Catholic church again.
The Magdalene Sisters Documentary
by Hawthorn Mineart, August 4, 2003
I wrote a few months back about the Magdelene Laundries – In Mid-20th Century Ireland (until the last one closed in 1996), the Catholic Church ran commercial laundries, run by nuns, that were essentially prisons for wayward girls, who were deposited there by their families when they became pregnant, got in trouble or otherwise upset
Mel Gibson is a Total Nutjob
by Hawthorn Mineart, July 23, 2003
Holy crap. What a fucking moron. Gibson's theology, writes Christopher Noxon in the New York Times, "is a strain of Catholicism rooted in the dictates of a 16th-century papal council and nurtured by a splinter group of conspiracy-minded Catholics, mystics, monarchists and disaffected conservatives — including a seminary dropout and rabble-rousing theologist who also happens
Top Ten Conservative Idiots (#113)
by Hawthorn Mineart, June 9, 2003
Courtesy Democratic Underground. In which Bill O'Reilly threatens to shoot Al Franken because Franken is smarter than he is and made him look bad at a book expo. Aw, poor Bill. Also, the Catholic church accuses gay people of hate crimes for kissing. Gee, that's so similar to Matt Shepard being beaten to death and
Santorum is an idiot, part 2
Read the full remarks he made to the Associated Press here. They are more shocking than the edited quotes that appeared elsewhere. This man should not be in a leadership position in a political party.
The Magdalene Laundries and the Catholic Church
by Hawthorn Mineart, January 27, 2003
The Catholic Church has a lot more to answer for than abuse of altar boys. For years the Catholic Church in Ireland enslaved young women in "Magdalene laundries" run by convents, where they were unpaid prisoners forced to work their entire lives for the Church. The last of these laundries closed in 1996. Ireland's Dirty
Catholic Priests Abused Women, Too
by Hawthorn Mineart, January 9, 2003
According to a Salon article [Devout and defiled: While male victims of predatory priests dominate the headlines, abused girls and women suffer in silence], statistics show that half of the victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests are women; something I've been saying all along. Which means that the the sex abuse scandal
Left-Handed People and the Catholic Church
Did you know that "Centuries ago, the Catholic Church declared left-handed people to be servants of the Devil? For generations, left-handers who attended Catholic schools were forced to become right-handed. They justified this belief on the basis of several bible quotations that stigmatized left-handedness. There are also quite a few superstitions about being left-handed. It
Relationships and the Importance of Gay Marriage
This article in the New York Times, in a nutshell, explains what I've been saying for 15 years about why it is important for gay and lesbian people to be allowed to get married. "Marriage, for instance, isn't just about the relationship of two people. Other people have to recognize the couple as a couple.
Scandal in Heaven!
by Hawthorn Mineart, February 21, 1998
Author Unknown Turmoil rocked Heaven this morning as allegations arose that God had an affair with a former worshipper. The scandal began when a 21 year old woman, known only as Mary, claimed that she had given birth to God's "only son" last week in a barn in the hamlet of Bethlehem. Sources close to

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Fundamentally this message means that there are not enough enabled agents to service all currently running builds. Other builds were using all the available agents, leaving none for this build.
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Q: android textclock set fontfamily not work i read this page https://developer.android.com/preview/features/fonts-in-xml.html
textview is ok ,but textclock is not work.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.hellokai.myapplication.MainActivity">

    <TextClock
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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How can I make the TextClock work like TextView?
I write the TextClock in a widget,remoteview can't get the TextClock instance. I will change the TextClock font,but i don't konw how to change it.
Hope someone can help me solve this problem.

A: I saved my fonts in assets/fonts folder. I then do the following.
Typeface typeFaceBlack = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "fonts/Font.otf");
textClockID.setTypeface(typeFaceBlack);

A: You need to create your own custom clock, instead of using built-in textclock.
in order to do it:
import java.util.Calendar;

then get hour & minute:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
int minutes = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
int hour = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

and in the end set both hour and minute on 2 seperate TextView and then apply the typeface


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Dragon is the fith animal in the Chinese Zodiac and indicates people with honor. Furthermore the Chinese horoscope indicates that the Dragon is very popular with others. Dragon energy will be present in all themes of life such as love, relationships, career and money. The Chinese zodiac sign explains personality traits and hence gives more insights into the future. Let the fortune teller explain the Dragon horoscope.
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ABBOTT, Keith & BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
Handbill announcing: ''The Diggers Have a Hotel.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out..... More
Handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of the danger of looking for leaders. The Communication Company and the Diggers were very influential in the Haight-Ashbury scene while often being critical of it. Three-hole-punch to left edge as issued, else very..... More
Handbill proclaiming: ''Emmett Grogan is Back! so what [signed] the diggers.''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
''If I Am Doing It at All...''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory..... More
Space Out! (Spaceeeee Outttttt).
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Published March 24, 1967 in advance of "The Summer of Love." A stoned rant against the status quo, in part: "The root of all evil? A neccessity [sic]? Basic need? The gateway to happiness? Is anything mine? What is middleclass? What is..... More
Term Paper.
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and..... More
To the Free World.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Published Easter Sunday 1967. Printed on both sides with a long text (likely by Chester Anderson) explaining how the government will suppress the hippie movement in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" because so many potential protesters could be a threat..... More
ANDERSON, Chester, GROGAN, Emmett, BRAUTIGAN, Richard; & MOSCOSO, Victor.
Small handbill designed by Victor Moscoso announcing The Invisible Circus.
[SF]: Privately published, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a black-and-white picture from..... More
Color woodblock opium den print titled: ''Un Fumerie D'Opium en France.''
Paris: Le Petit Parisien, 1907. Terrific opium den print that takes up the entire front cover of the French newspaper Le Petit Parisien (the complete issue is included). One of the most desirable of the woodblock opium den prints that appeared in various newspapers around the turn of the century..... More
Color woodblock opium den print titled: ''Un Vice Nouveau: Les Fumeries d'Opium en France.''
Paris: Le Petit Journal, 1903. Fabulous opium den print that takes up the entire back cover of the French newspaper Le Petit Journal (the complete issue is included). One of the best of the woodblock opium den prints that appeared in various newspapers around the turn of the century. Unlike..... More
Handbill telling Woodstock concert-goers "How to keep your abandoned car from being towed away by the cops".
n.p.: Woodstock Nation, 1969. The handbill prints what looks like a temporary license plate from Arizona: "Stick this in the back window. They'll know it's phony, but they'll be afraid. Cops are terrified by authority A Woodstock Nation product." Presumably handed out to Woodstock attendees many of whom were forced..... More
BAILEY, David & EVANS, Peter.
Goodbye Baby and Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties.
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base..... More
BARBER, John F. & BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Richard Brautigan: An Annotated Bibliography.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. More
BECK, Joel.
Small poster printing an illustration by sixties underground cartoonist Joel Beck.
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). More
BERMAN, Wallace.
Handmade exhibition announcement by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately published by Wallace Berman, ca. 1965. Features a small photo collage by Berman of a runner crossing the finish line with his hands raised in victory (same image that appeared on the cover of Caterpillar magazine). Above is printed: "Exhibition Sunday Feb. 26 2-5 pm 1440 N. Topanga..... More
Handmade greeting card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, 1967. A piece of thick card stock printed in brownish red by Berman with his characteristic message: "Love / 1967 / Topanga / Bermans." Fine (ca. 2.75" x 4"). More
Handmade mail art card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background probably a rain-blurred window. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above in red ink. Barely perceptible toning to one corner, else fine (4"..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small double exposed photo with the primary image being the head and torso of a Greek statue. Printed below in red ink is "love from the Bermans." Partial cancellation stamp from the post office and faint..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is Berman's self-portrait photograph of him and his son, Tosh holding their hands in the air as if playing "cowboys and indians" in a dilapidated corner of Berman's Semina Gallery in Larkspur. The same photo appears on the..... More
Handmade mail art Christmas card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small photo of a hand holding a transistor radio within which is an image of Christ on the cross. Printed below in red ink is "love from the Bermans." Addressed by Berman and sent to friends..... More
Handmade mail art greeting card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small photo-collage featuring a hand holding a transistor radio within which is the image of an arm with a Hebrew letter on the wrist, a couple of Tarot cards, a piece of machinery, and another image..... More
Original mail art greeting card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1970. Features a silver gelatin photograph of a rock painted with Hebrew letters. Underneath is printed in red ink: "Love Berman Topanga." Addressed by Berman and sent through the mail to friends in Beverly Hills. Small, light spot of toning to bottom edge..... More
BRAUTIGAN, Richard & HOYEM, Andrew.
Handbill announcing the "Le grand farewell appearance by popular demand the poets Richard Brautigan and Andrew Hoyem.''
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at Cal State's Winnett Lounge as part of Brautigan's stay as Poet in Residence, 1967. Printed in black on orange stock. Very fine. More
BRAUTIGAN, Richard, ANDERSON, Chester; & GROGAN, Emmett.
Handbill announcing a ''Rockdance-environment Happening Benefit for the Communication Company in Honor of the CIA.''
SF: Communication Company, 1967. 4to. This event, also known as Bedrock One, was a concert/Happening presented by the Diggers during the "Summer of Love." Richard Brautigan & the Caped Crusaders, the Diggers, the S. F. Mime Troupe, the Steve Miller Blues Band, The Orkustra, and others, are listed as participants..... More


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Roy Petley (born 3 April 1950) is a British painter.

Petley paints en plein air to depict the wide expanse of English beaches and the gentle allure of Venetian landscapes. His works have been likened to those of John Constable, Edward Seago, and Campbell Mellon, British painters whose styles were influenced by the Barbizon school and Impressionism.

Beginning life in a children's home, he became one of the first artists to open an art gallery in Cork Street, a prestigious street lined with art galleries in London's Mayfair. His works are popularly collected by British royalty, including Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Early life and background
The first-born son of a large family, Roy Petley was born on 3 April 1950 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. When he was five, Petley was abandoned to the Woodlands School near Uckfield, Sussex. The school also doubled as a home for abandoned children. He escaped his rough and often violent surroundings through art, teaching himself how to paint and draw.

At the age of sixteen, he received a scholarship to study art at Brighton University. But the pull of Italy and the country's old masters of art such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo proved too much. After a semester at Brighton University, he hitchhiked to Italy, settling in Florence where he eked out a living by drawing tourists who frequent the numerous cafes of the city, and studied the classics at the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti. It was also in Florence that Petley had the chance to work with the collections of old master prints and drawings of the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi Gallery.

Career
Petley was only seventeen when he returned to England in 1968. At first, he headed for Belfast, Northern Ireland where the Bell Gallery provided support and encouragement for the young artist. But after some time in Ireland, Petley returned to London and succeeded in exhibiting his paintings in the galleries of the city's high-end shops, such as Liberty's and Heal's. To support his art, he worked in the art department of the Greenwich Theatre.

By the age of 21, Petley left the theatre world altogether and began exhibiting his works on the railings of Green Park in London. In the 1970s, the perimeter of the park was home to mostly struggling local artists selling their works to the passing public. Exhibiting on Sundays, the Green Park railings were then respectably called "The Open Air Art Show". Though this tradition still continues, railings has since been occupied by individuals peddling tourist gifts and paintings made in China. He achieved minor success with American art dealers who took great interest in his work.

Following a chance encounter with the Duchess of Kent, a member of the late Queen Mother's household staff came to look at his works. Soon after William Tallon, the late Queen Mother's steward, returned to her with Petley's portrait study of Prince Charles, Petley was summoned to the Palace.  Thus began the artist's long-standing friendship with the British Royals, which includes the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Norfolk as his supporters. Exhibitions ensued in London and Dublin, and in places as far away as Dallas, Texas and the island of Barbados.

Art
In every work of art, Petley incorporates a play of light and shadows. As he moves from his natural medium of oil to watercolour or pastel to sanguine, there remains a certain youthful light emanates from his paintings. A plein air painter, his works reflect his surroundings - from the quiet beaches of Norfolk and the picturesque parks of Paris, to his subtle nudes draped with sheets and sunlight. He captures the romanticism of days gone by, with nary a modern automobile or electrical appliance blemishing his canvas.

Renowned British art critic, Brian Sewell, described Petley as "a painter who still paints, who brushes watercolour onto paper and oil paint onto canvas, a painter who even settles down to draw the nude from life - an absurdly old-fashioned discipline for an artist to pursue."

Petleys
Petleys is a fine art gallery based in London. It was first known as Petley Fine Art. In October 2003, with his son Jason and a business partner, Petley established the London gallery with the intent of providing opportunities and promoting the work of other artists. The gallery is in Cork Street, home of numerous art galleries of great repute, the Royal Academy of Arts, and based in the affluent Mayfair district of London. In the spring of 2004, a second gallery was opened in Monte Carlo and the gallery often participated in the Monte Carlo Fine Art & Antiques Fair. The gallery's line-up of artists include established portrait painters Neil Forster, whose sitters have included the Prince of Wales and Martin Yeoman, who is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters; as well as international artists such as Vincente Romero from Spain and Yuri Krotov from Russia. In June 2009, Petley Fine Art was reformed into Petleys.

List of exhibitions
1968: Drawings, Bell Gallery, Belfast
1970: Liberty's Gallery, London; Heal's Gallery, London
1972: The Open Air Art Show, Green Park, London
1973: Crome Gallery, Norfolk
1975: Liberty's Gallery, London
1976: Heal's Gallery, London; One-Man Exhibition, Crome Gallery, Norwich; The Small Gallery, Norwich
1977: Crome Gallery, Norwich
1978: Traveling Show, East Anglian Marine Artists, Cambridge; One-Man Exhibition, Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1979: Traveling Show, East Anglian Marine Artists, Ipswich; Watercolours of Venice, Crome Gallery, Norwich; Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1980: Traveling Show, East Anglian Marine Artists, Cambridge
1981: Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1982: Australian Paintings, Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1983: Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames; Fermoy Gallery, King's Lynn
1984: Figures and Flowers, Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames; Casa de Cultura, Estepona, Spain; Alpine Gallery, London
1985: Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames; One-Man Exhibition, Don Carlos Hotel, Marbella, Spain; Alpine Gallery, London; The Open Air Arts Show, Green Park, London
1986: Galeria Arte, Benehavis, Spain; Paintings from the Mediterranean, Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1987: Alpine Gallery, London; Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames; Fine Art Trade Guild Gallery, London
1988: Fine Art Trade Guild Gallery, London; Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1989: One-Man Exhibition, Oughertson Gallery, Barbados; Fine Art Trade Guild Gallery, London; One-Man Exhibition, Mistral Gallery, London
1990: One-Man Exhibition, Oughertson Gallery, Barbados
1991: One-Man Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1992: The Bruton St. Gallery, London
1993: Davis Messum, Cork St, London
1994: Davis Messum, Cork St, London (watercolours); David Messum, Cork St, London (oil paintings)
1995: Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin; David Messum, Cork St, London
1996: The Victorian Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997: The Victorian Gallery, Dallas, Texas; David Messum, Cork St, London; Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
1998: David Messum, Cork St, London; Sammer Gallery, Marbella, Spain
1999: David Messum, Cork St, London; The Victorian Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000: David Messum, Cork St, London
2001: The Eakin Gallery, Belfast
2002: The Little Gallery, Saint Emilion, France
2003: Stables Gallery, County Antrim; Petley Fine Art, London
2004: Petley Fine Art, London & Monte Carlo; The Little Gallery, Saint Emilion
2005: Petley Fine Art, London & Monte Carlo
2006: Petley Fine Art, London & Monte Carlo
2007: Petley Fine Art, London & Monte Carlo; The Little Gallery, Saint Emilion
2008: Petley Fine Art, London & Monte Carlo
2009: Petleys
2010: Petleys

Collections
The Prince of Wales
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
The Duchess of Norfolk
Durban Museum
The Lord Hanson
Frederick Forsyth
Mr & Mrs R. K. Black
The Duke of Edinburgh
The Duchess of Kent
Ulster Museum
Harvard University
Susan George
Timothy Dalton
The Sultan of Brunei
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

See also
John Constable
Edward Seago

References

External links
 http://roypetley.com/
 Petleys, contemporary figurative art gallery
 Roy Petley, struggling artist to gallery owner
 Roy Petley on Artnet
 Roy Petley on Artprice
 Roy Petley and his friendship with William Tallon by the Independent
 Susan George's exhibition
 Roy Petley and art hedge funds on Canada.com
 Roy Petley and art hedge funds by the Independent

Living people
1951 births
British Impressionist painters
20th-century British painters
British male painters
21st-century British painters
People from Grantham
20th-century British male artists
21st-century British male artists

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Reality stars, Matt and Amy Roloff, of "Little People, Big World", have announced that they will be separating after four children and 26 years of marriage.
This news comes as a heartbreak and shock to all who watched their TLC reality show, which focused on the dynamics of a family dealing with dwarfism.
The latest season of "Little People, Big World" premiered on October 29, 2013, but the divorce is an obvious sign of a cancellation of the show.
We hope that the Roloffs are able to patch things up before the ink dries on the divorce papers, but if they are anything like the other reality show marriages, then the relationship is long gone.


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Home News Spotlight on Guy Fawkes
Spotlight on Guy Fawkes
Sub-council 18 chairperson Shanen Rossouw.
Every year on November 5 the streets on the Cape Flats descend into chaos as residents set off fireworks for Guy Fawkes Day.
People are also known to attack each other with eggs, shoe polish and paint, sometimes containing dangerous blades, and hitting each other with socks filled with rocks.
This year Sub-council 18 called a meeting with principals, police, traffic services and the City of Cape Town's law enforcement agencies to discuss a contingency plan for the weeks leading up to and on Guy Fawkes Day.
Sub-council 18 chairperson Shanen Rossouw said every year residents, especially school children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups were targeted by youngsters and gangsters who use the day to cause havoc.
Ms Rossouw said although the day is on a Sunday this year, contingency plans are still important. "Thankfully the day falls on a Sunday this year but we cannot take the risk to not have any plans in place because people, especially school going children, will probably be attacked on Friday November 3," said Ms Rossouw.
At the meeting, which was held on Friday October 20, principal inspector Hendrik de Wee from the traffic services department said law enforcement agencies have plans in place to manage the events that take place on the day.
"The City has allocated spots where fireworks can be discharged and we have different legislation with regards to the selling and discharging of fireworks and the noise it generates that is set out in by-laws. That is all we can do, manage it to the best of our ability," said Mr De Wee.
Graham Ritchie, principal of Zeekoevlei Primary School in Lotus River, said more should be done by the City to have the day and fireworks banned. "The day is a tradition that has nothing to do with South Africa so I really don't understand why our people are celebrating it," he said.
Guy Fawkes Day is an annual commemoration observed in Britain. It marks the anniversary of the discovery of a plot organised by Catholic conspirators to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605.
Mr Richie raised the issue that has been an ongoing debate in Cape Town, many people calling for the day and fireworks to be banned because of the effects it has on animals, the fire and injury risks when discharging fireworks and the noise made by the fireworks.
JP Smith, Mayco member for safety and security; and social services, said every year the City is inundated with complaints about why fireworks are allowed in the first place. He said the City's Community Fire Safety By-law already does the maximum that a local authority can do in terms of the law and that is to ban the use of fireworks in public places but said only national government has the legislative competency to ban the import, production and sale of fireworks or restrict usage by age.
"The City designates sites for use on traditional days to ensure that fireworks are let off in a controlled environment with emergency response staff on standby, thus limiting any potential damage. Unfortunately, we don't have the authority to do more than that," said Mr Smith.
Trade and Industry Department spokesperson Sidwell Medupe said even though the provincial government had asked for the use and sale of fireworks to be further restricted, it was unlikely the importation of fireworks could be banned because it is not illegal.
Mr Smith said Guy Fawkes is a very challenging day for the City's enforcement agencies. "The reality is that we are doing the best we can with what we have in order to police a tradition that has a keen following among residents," he said.
Mr Smith added that it is a concern that Guy Fawkes is on a Sunday this year. "There could potentially be an increase in the number of complaints from the public about fireworks in their neighbourhoods, terrorised pets and of course the blatant assault of innocent people by marauding gangs who derive great pleasure from targeting their victims with paint, eggs and even faeces," he said.
Mr Smith said the City will have a deployment plan for Guy Fawkes of both their enforcement agencies as well as emergency and rescue services.
He implored people to be sensible about their use of fireworks and to respect the rights of others who do not share their enthusiasm for the tradition.
Penalties for selling and detonating fireworks in public in terms of Section 30 of the Explosives Act is a R200 fine for use or detonation of any fireworks in any building and public thoroughfare. It's a R300 fine for selling fireworks to a child under the age of 16 and R300 for allowing a child under the age of 16 to handle fireworks without adult supervision.
Grassy Park acting station commander Lieutenant Colonel Christian Esau said they also have plans in place. "We partner with the CPF, neighbourhood watches and security structures in the area. We also go out to schools and shops to warn people not to sell fireworks,"said Lieutenant Colonel Esau.
He said patrol vehicles, crime prevention, sector managers and the normal functional officers are deployed to assist on Guy Fawkes Day with the load of complaints from the community.
"We urge parents to ensure that their children do not get involved in these activities to ensure their own safety and not to be prosecuted if found that they are involved in criminal activities. In general we ask the community to be vigilant and structures in the community to educate on the dangers of fireworks and the effect it has on both people and animals," he said. To report the illegal sale or use of fireworks, contact the City's Public Emergency Call Centre on 107 from a landline or 021 480 7700 from a cellphone or to the South African Police Service on 10111. General emergencies can be directed via the City's Public Emergency Call Centre.
Law Enforcement officer Moenieba Sinclair, principal inspector Hendrick de Wee from the traffic department, ward councillor Monty Oliver and ward councillor Shanen Rossouw.
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Supervising sound editor Per Hallberg will be returning from 'Skyfall' to continue his award winning duties on Bond 24. Hallberd accepted the Academy Award alongside Karen Baker Landers for Best Achievement in Sound Editing for 'Skyfall'. It will be the 75th credit in a sound department for the Swede, who has been in the industry since 1971. Aside from 'Skyfall', his other big credits include 'Gladiator' (2000), 'Devil's Advocate' (1997), 'Braveheart' (1995) and 'Blade Runner' (1982).
Daniel Craig landed in Marrakesh, Morocco, on the weekend. The country is being lined up for location work on Bond 24, with 007 himself paying the region a visit. According to local press, filming may take place in the south of county and may double for a different real-world locale. Over the decades, the region has been used by films such as 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Cleopatra', 'Kingdom of Heaven', 'Alexander the Great', 'Gladiator' and 'Troy'. Back in 1987, 'The Living Daylights' filmed there as a double for Afghanistan. Of all the countries scouted earlier in the year, the least is known about how Morocco will be used.
English actress Joanne Froggat, who was first linked to Bond 24 back in April, was very coy in a new interview about her prospects on the film. When the Downton Abbey star was asked if she had screentested for a role, she replied: "I can't comment really on that one. Who wouldn't like to be a Bond girl? I am not the Bond girl type. I would probably be more a Q or an M...we'll see. I don't know."
As the start of principal photography on December 6th is fast approaching, casting is in full swing. The avalanche of press speculation and media buzz surrounding the new members of the Bond series is set to snowball in the coming weeks.