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Formative Years
Middle school students are at a critical time in their lives when making good choices matters - the decisions they make in these formative years have an impact on their future success. - Danny K. Davis
Patrick was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and in 1981, he and family moved to the Bronx, New York. He attended public school and escaped a number of attempts in middle school were one teacher and a school psychologist were determined to arrest his development, suggesting that he needed to be placed in special education. Fortunately, his mother did not agree with their assessments and, with the intervention and guidance of a retire teacher and deacon of the church, denied them the opportunity to administer "their" psychological evaluation. Up until 12th grade, Patrick excelled academically in school. He participated in numerous student organizations and played basketball. He received numerous academic awards in high school and was recognized by the Daily News and NY Yankees during his senior year as a student who excelled academically and athletically.
Go to High School, Go to College
School completion is the single best predictor of future economic success - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Upon graduating for John F. Kennedy High School, Patrick attended Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA where he majored in Health and Physical Education. During his college years, Patrick excelled academically, and participated in various organizations and activities.
Activities: Delta Psi Kappa Honorary Major Fraternity, 1992, Beta Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated1992-1995, Vice President of Student Government Association 1992-1994, Internship with the Honorable Lawrence Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia's Policy office 1993, Kappa Delta Pi International Honorary Society in Education, 1994
Awards: VSU Student of Excellence School of Liberal Arts 1995, Health and Physical Education Academic Achievement Award, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, Honor's College, 1990-91, 1991-92, Deans List, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, Who's Who among American Universities and College Students, 1994, National Student Government Association Award, 1994, Health and Physical Education Chairperson's Award, 1995
He's Still Learning
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Upon graduating from Virginia State University, Cum Laude, Patrick attended Indiana University, Bloomington to pursue his Masters' degree in the Department of Health Physical Education and Recreation. While at Indiana University, he received an Equal Opportunity Fellowship award and published in the Illuminare (a peer-reviewed student journal). Patrick graduated in December 1996 Magna Cum Laude.
Get Ready for Work, Work, Work, Work, Work
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele
In January, 1997, Patrick began his journey in the "work" world at the Whitaker School in Butner, North Carolina as a Rehabilitation Specialist for adolescents who were troubled and troubling. He held this position for six months before he was promoted to a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS). He held his CTRS position for four months before obtaining his teaching licenses and was promoted to a Licensed Evening Education Teacher/Counselor. He taught Physical Education. While at the Whitaker School he also earned an add-on license in Special Education. His interest in working with at-risk youth was fueled by his desire to become a voice for students who were often misunderstood because their upbringing and socialization process were different from their teachers. In 1998, Patrick received the Teacher of the Year Award (for 1997) at the Whitaker School by the American Re-Education Association at their Biennial Conference. Patrick was nominated numerous times for the same award throughout his teaching career. After two years of employment at the Whitaker School Patrick was promoted to the position of Evening Education Program Director. While at the Whitaker School, Patrick developed a Positive Education Program which allowed students, teachers and staff to write positive comments about one another other. For the students, these comments, written by their teachers and staff, led to an improvement of on-task behaviors. Using his exercise education background, Patrick also developed a strength training curricula that was instrumental in helping the students to remain physical active. After 11 years of teaching and facilitating exercise instructions to students, Patrick decided to resign from the Whitaker School in June, 2008 with the goal to start a nonprofit organization for at-risk youth.
What's Next? Taking Time off to Think of the Next Move
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
In October 2008, while exercising on squared tiles in his kitchen, Patrick came up with the concept of what would become the first and only Exercise Alignment Mat System to standardize the pushup exercise hand-width position and improve participants' pushup performance. Excited about this idea, Patrick spent over 300 hours researching the patentability of this concept. He frequented bookstores, university and public libraries, coffee shops and the United States Patent and Trademark's Office (USPTO) website daily. Because he had invested monies monthly to his emergency savings account, over his 10 years of teaching, Patrick was able to sustain himself comfortably for the years that would come without a regular source of income. During this time Patrick was also studying for his American College of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer's certification. Certain about his mat idea and research conducted, a Design and Utility Patent were filed by his patent attorney for an Exercise Alignment Mat System.
In 2009, Patrick successfully became an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer and established YOUTRAINFITNESS, LLC. He later also became an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist. During this time, Patrick researched and worked with a company in Seattle, Washington that was instrumental in helping to get the exercise alignment mat manufactured.
History in the Making
We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square. Michelle Obama
In 2010 his concept of an Exercise Alignment Mat System materialized into the first of eight issued design and utility patents domestically and internationally.
Patrick began training clients on his Exercise Alignment Mat System (now branded as the The PEAMS® Push-up Mat and over the years has been successful at developing other ways the mat could be used beyond Push-up Training and Assessment.
Always Ask Yourself…What's Next?
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Earl Nightingale
Patrick is very excited about the next stage of development of the The PEAMS® Push-up Mat. There are already new ideas in the works. He has had the opportunity to exhibit the The PEAMS® Push-up Mat before other exercise science students, professionals and faculty who are marveled by his breakthrough invention. His business focus is to provide this solid product through his company YOUTRAINFINTESS, LLC to the Military, Law Enforcement, Schools, College and University Exercise Science Programs, Wellness Centers and product end users who would like to improve the testing and training abilities.
Back to the "Why"
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. William Barclay
Patrick's goal in starting a non-profit organization has shifted since working to market his invention. His new goal is to provide jobs for others by growing YOUTRAINFITNESS, LLC. Once this goal has been realized, he would like to establish a foundation to help fund other non-profit organizations whose values are in line with his to provide the highest level of care for at-risk youth as well as offer scholarships to aspiring and current college students. YOUTRAINFINTESS, LLC has already donated monies to the Gate City Chapter of North State Law Enforcement Officers Association to provide scholarships monies for students attending colleges in North Carolina.
Thank you Mom
Mama was is my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. Stevie Wonder
Patrick credits his continued development to his mother (Finnetta C. Service) for having the foresight to understand his potential. Looking back at his formative years and knowing what he knows now, as a former licenses teacher, if his mother had granted the school permission to perform a psychological evaluation when requested, you would not be reading his bio right now and all the lives that he has had the opportunity to impact and will impact would not occur. Patrick, remains grateful to his mother and family for their continued love and support.
Patrick lives in Durham, North Carolina
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A warm hand clamped over her mouth and an arm went around her waist from behind.
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It's slow. It takes time to do anything from creating a post to previewing to deploying it. I prefer to edit text in a proper text editor, with the full array of keyboard shortcuts, so I usually end up copying and pasting anyways. But using the UI to do everything is cumbersome. Of course I could install a local instance of WordPress so I can preview locally. However, I would have to deploy everything, posts and images, every time. This seems inefficient for just adding a new post.
It's hard to backup. I could export the WordPress content as an XML file, but this is only useful to WordPress. For a full manual backup, I would use Control Panel to export the database, then FTP into the site and download the entire WordPress content folder as an archive. This is time-consuming and a far cry from proper version control.
It's hard to customize. There are probably a dozen plugins for anything I will ever want to do. While I could view and edit the plugin source, without an easy way to test it's effectively a blackbox. Further, I wouldn't want to have deal with PHP just to customize a plugin.
So it's an easy to decision to put WordPress out to pasture. I looked at Jekyll and deploying on Heroku. Jekyll seems like a good choice because it's used by GitHub, so it's more likely to be developed and less likely to go away. I also checked out Ruhoh, which is created by a Jekyll developer to address some of its shortcomings. I really liked Ruhoh for the customizability, Mustache markup syntax and incremental page generation. I may go back to Ruhoh at some point. I finally settled on Octopress. It adds a theming engine and a host of productivity enhancements to Jekyll as well as beautiful syntax highlighting. It makes it trivially simple to deploy to GitHub Pages.
There are many good articles written about using Octopress. The documentation, for one, is a very good place to start. Here are just some of the issues I ran into along the way.
Importing from WordPress
I used Jekyll's migration tools, specifically
hpricot to process a WordPress export XML file to generate posts and pages. The process worked quite well, although as expected some manual cleanups were necessary.
Setting up DNS
This is probably a no-brainer for many people, unfortunately I'm not among them. Since my blog is now hosted by GitHub Pages, I had to configure my DNS to point my domain to the new IP address. The process is quite clearly laid out in the documentation. In my case, I had to create an A record for my top-level domain,
yentran.org, to point to
220.127.116.11. I also created a CNAME record for the subdomain
www.yentran.org as an alias which points to the same address. I was concerned that my email address
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Image gallery
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Everytime you add or modify a post or page, Jekyll regenerates the entire site. This is so that it can properly update the site metadata. However, this can take a long time, particularly if you have many posts and pages. Octopress provides a useful optimization tool. Type
rake isolate["post name"] moves all other posts except the specified post into a _stash folder, so that regeneration is significantly faster. Once you're done, type
rake integrate to move the other posts back; just don't forget to do this before deploying.
Octopress doesn't provide an out-of-the-box way to display categories, but this can be easily done. I want display them as an aside (Octopress-speak for a sidebar plugin or partial). I based mine on Octostrap3's Category List aside.
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Each category in the
site.categories collection is an array, the first element being the category name and the last containing the pages in the category. Unfortunately Jekyll's Liquid markup language doesn't have a way to sort a collection of arrays. I opted to use JavaScript. This isn't ideal, but some of Octopress's own asides use the same approach.
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This would be another nice-to-have for Octopress. There are a few solutions to display breadcrumbs using Liquid. However, the more I work with Liquid, the less I like it. I would much prefer Mustache. So I again went with a JavaScript solution, which would still work if later on I decide to go with another blogging framework.
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Here's the CSS:
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I created a partial consisting of the JavaScript and the necessary CSS, then included it in the
pages.html layout.
On my travel pages, I want to have a hierarchy of links to different destinations:
Grand Canyon National Park
Cape Canaveral
It should be set up so that if I add a new destination, I wouldn't have to hunt down all the pages containing the links in order add a new one. Luckily, with Jekyll all of the site's metadata is stored in a single YAML file and accessible through the
site variable. In order to capture the navigation hierarchy, I added the following to
- name: "Arizona"
url: az
- name: "Grand Canyon National Park"
url: grand-canyon-national-park
- name: "Florida"
url: fl
- name: "Cape Canaveral"
url: cape-canaveral
YAML is a really compact, highly readable format. In the block above, indentation denotes nesting,
: denotes a key-value pair and
- denotes a collection. The parser turns the above YAML into the following hash:
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After making modifications to
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irb, then typing the following:
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I can access the navigation metadata as follows:
site["travel"]returns a hash containing country objects
site["travel"]["usa"]returns an array of state objects
site["travel"]["usa"][0]returns the first element of the array, which is Arizona
site["travel"]["usa"][0]["name"]returns the text "Arizona" and
site["travel"]["usa"][0]["url"]the corresponding URL
site["travel"]["usa"][0]["places"]returns an array of locations in Arizona
site["travel"]["usa"][0]["places"][0]returns the object for Grand Canyon National Park, and so on
Jekyll makes it even nicer to work with the hash by turning keys into instance methods. So instead of writing
site["travel"]["usa"][0]["places"][0], I could also write
In order to generate the following HTML for the navigation:
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I used the following Liquid code:
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Now if I want to add another destination, I'd only have to modify the YAML.
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N THE TIN PLATED HEELS OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT, surprising many, by British prime minister Tony Blair that the country needed to debate the impact of Islam on British soil and modernism, I just watched an interesting report on CNN. They showed a large gathering of Muslims protesting outside a prominent Catholic church in London. They were protesting against the Pope. How long has this churlish tantrum been going on now, two, three weeks? The Muslims were screaming obligatory death threats against anyone who dared speak out against their ruthless prophet or their Allah, carrying signs reading "Islam will defeat Rome."...Read More


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Primrose and bluebonnets at sunrise this spring. "Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye.. it also includes the inner pictures of the soul." ::: Edvard Munch ::: All Photos © Byron Jorjorian http://www.byronjorjorian.com
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The iconic boat shoe from Sperry has been a must-have for sailors and landlubbers alike for more than 80 years. Fine leather uppers and a 360° lacing system with rust-proof eyelets are the hallmarks of these men's topsiders. This hand-sewn style features shock-absorbing EVA heel cups with heel pillows and molded insoles for all-day comfort. They come in a wide fit and have slip-resistant outsoles.
Style: 197640W
Rated 4 out of 5 by Evvy from Good shoe but a half size smaller than USA/Canada It is a good quality shoe and very comfortable to wear. It was a bargain at Mark's sale price. The only negative is in the Sperry sizing. My 9W was labelled 9W but fits like 8 1/2W. My shoe was exchanged in store for a 9 1/2W and was a good 9W fit. Buy Sperry shoes a half size larger.
Date published: 2017-07-25
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Date published: 2017-06-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jordy P from Comfortable Unlike other reviews, mine came exaclty like the ones in the picture. They are true to the wide fit as well. I followed the advise of reviewers and ordered up 1/2 a size. They fit great now, my only concern is that they might get sloppy when broken in. In which case my regular size would have been good enough.
Date published: 2018-07-10
Rated 4 out of 5 by Sethenzo from Colour is way off but great shoe Colour is far lighter from what the photos look it. If you're wanting a tan look you'll want to go darker just a heads up. Other than that really stoked on the shoe.
Date published: 2018-05-12
Rated 3 out of 5 by Joe Pace from Too narrow I was hopeful when I ordered these shoes. They were described as 4E and I have wide feet. Unfortunately these are no wider than regular shoes. With time I'm sure they will stretch, but by then they would have lost their shape. They should not be listed as wide. If you have normal width feet and you like these shoes, go ahead and order them.
Date published: 2018-04-14
Rated 1 out of 5 by Sean H from Not very wide Very disappointing. These shoes are approximately as wide as my old regular width sneakers. Back they go!
Date published: 2017-11-14
Rated 1 out of 5 by Angus Nofangus from Is anything but 'wide' as advertised I have been buying Sperry's for decades. Although I have wide feet, the Sperry's shoe in medium has always been a perfect fit. However, the wide was, of all things, much narrower than the medium and did not fit. I would have suspected a one-off mistake from the factory, but reading the reviews confirms this is, in fact, the new sizing (or seems to be). Which is to say, if you have wide feet, forget it.
Date published: 2019-05-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lucky1810 from Super confortable but the price is too high... Sperry make pretty, super good, confortable for sailing ! But the price is too high on the market ... on my own opinion : 85 $ will be ok for me.
Date published: 2020-06-20


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History of Paper Mills is a long one, and it went through several changes together with the evolution of the paper machines and paper industry. Today, paper mills are totally different than the ones created just 100 years ago, and here you can find out why.
History of paper machines started from the moment first Chinese paper recipes arrived to Europe in 11th century AD. From that point on more and more effort was placed on solving the riddle of easy and efficient paper production, with it finally being solved in early 19th century with famous Fourdrinier paper machines. Find out more about history of those machines here.
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|"I... really don't have the time right now..."
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Ishamie Tarker
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Akari Kamigishi
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Gary Bettman
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Hercules enters the battlefield on the recycle chariot, and is then dropped off.
Special Attacks
Neutral B - Best Bow
Hercules gets out a bow and an arrow. This is mainly an attack similar to Link's or Pit's neutral special, though the arrow travels slower and in an arc. If the bow is held for 3 seconds, Hercules falls over, dealing 5% damage to himself.
Side B - Recycle Chariot
Hercules hops in a chariot where he goes the right way and then rams into the opponent while shifting directions. Then he celebrates for two seconds. Doing this move near ledges causes him to fall while in his chariot, and it can't be controlled until Hercules crashes. The crash when falling does 5% damage to himself. This is doable only on land.
Up B - Giant Jump
Hercules takes a great leap with a large, flapping leg behind him. He then celebrates for two seconds.
Down B - Think!
The first part is probably put best in dialogue:
Best Hercules: I... really don't have the time right now.
BH's gay friend: (appears in a random ground spot) No... Think Hercules!
Hercules then takes out his mirror, which deflects projectiles with thrice the power and speed. This can be undone safely by pushing any button, but after that it takes 5 seconds to do it again. The move can be cancelled by hitting Hercules (no knockback and damage to Hercules is halved before he takes out his mirror), or by knocking his gay friend out of the aprk after Hercules says the above line. His gay friend won't appear until 30 seconds have passed, and Hercules's defensive bonus is lost during that time.
Final Smash - OK, Charge!
Hercules rides a boar after telling it to charge forth, which won't stop until it hits something, such as a wall or another opponent. Should the boar hit an opponent, it does 20%-120% to him/her, depending on how long the boar was running.
KOSFX1: "Neaaahh!!"
KOSFX2: "Ooaah!"
Star KOSFX: "UUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
Screen KOSFX: "Augh!"
Up: "You don't mind, do you?"
Sd: celebrates for a LONG TIME!
Dn: flexes his arm muscles
Victory Options+Failure/Clap
1. celebratory rave
2. celebratory rave in the recycled chariot
3. "Ahh...let's go home." leaves
Failure/Clap: Whaat's happening to mee...?
Standard Attacks
Ground attacks
- Neutral attack -
- Dash attack -
- Forward tilt - Swings his sword then falls.
- Up tilt - Thrusts his sword upwards then falls.
- Down tilt -
- Forward smash - Best Hercules throws a spear. This move has a ridiculous start up time.
- Up smash - Best Hercules holds a rope with two men trying to pull it. BH then swings it down, causing the men to fly upwards and hitting anyone.
- Down smash -
- Ledge attack -
- 100% ledge attack -
- Floor attack -
- Trip attack -
Aerial attacks
- Neutral aerial -
- Forward aerial -
- Back aerial -
- Up aerial -
- Down aerial -
Grabs and throws
- Grab - Grabs with left hand. Has a large amount of ending lag if it misses.
- Pummel - Punches with other hand. A slow pummel.
- Forward throw -
- Back throw -
- Up throw - Impales enemy on pike, then throws it up with his strength. Deals 12% damage with good knockback, but he deals himself 2% damage from the exertion.
- Down throw -
Snake Codec
Snake: "Otacon,this guy doesn't look like Hercules...Tell me what you know about him."
Otacon: "I...really don't have the time right now..."
Snake: "Ugh! Think, Otacon!"
Otacon: "Well, um..."
Snake: "What are you, some kind of retard?"
Otacon: "...Noo teasing! Aaaaarrgh! Aaaaaaaarrgh!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh!!!"
Snake: *groans* "Are you crying? You're one good looking caller."
Otacon: "...I am?"
Snake: "Yes."
Otacon: *chuckles* "Well, I do read...Thank you Snake, I feel better now!"
Character Description
There would be a description here, but it... really doesn't have the time right now. This character is an odd version of Hercules from a "so bad, it's good" animated Hercules film. (All parts are found here.)
Classic Mode
Clear Classic Mode with Nicolas Cage to unlock Strong Hercules.
Role In The Subspace Emissary
I... really don't have the time right now
- Best Hercules makes an arrival In the Frollo Show (Frollo Fucks the Gods).
- Chincherrinas is proud to admit that he's maining him.
- I...really don't have the time right now
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— use this for testing currents up to 20 A.
- 1 mV/100 mA (10 mV = 1 A)
— use this for testing current up to 60 A.
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Introduction: Playstation 2 Guitar Amp
I made this for a couple reasons. This would fit on an entertainment center easier than a normal amp, and the second reason was I had the parts and figured why not. Overall I wish I had a better amp to use but for a cheap walmart amp it works.
Step 1: PS2 Disassembly
first thing we need to do is a major gutting of the PS2 unit.
Once you remove all of the bottom screws the top will come off. There should be a few screws holding the cdrom in place which will need to be removed. You will have to pry a little bit to get it to come loose. Underneath the cdrom you'll find the motherboard. Once exposed disconnect the power switch/plug and set it aside for later use.
Step 2: CD-Rom Disassembly
Now we need to gut the cdrom for the pick storage drawer.
The top of the drive comes off very easy and exposes the laser and such. You will have to slide the tray around a little bit to get at all of the screws. Basically if you see a screw anywhere take it out. The pictures will show the various spots to pry or unscrew.
Step 3: Tray Assembly
The tray as is will not work so you need to put something in it. There is a piece of insulating plastic from inside that when cut works perfectly. Just cut to size like shown in the picture and glue in place. After its all set just put the top back on to keep the tray from coming all the way out and its finished.
Step 4: Amp Disassembly
This amp was very easy to take apart and for any other projects very easy to mod. Remove the screws shown and the amp head will be able to slide right out. Before I did this I desoldered the speaker wires. To get the board out of the metal casing you need to pull the knobs off then use pliers to unscrew the nuts off the toggles. I bypassed the amp's power switch because I am going to use the ps2's switch. After that I removed the input jack so it could be placed further from the knobs.
Step 5: The Marriage of the PS2 and Amp
I had to make a quickie washer to get the input jack to tighten good enough. I put the input jack where the usb ports were on the ps2. I removed the LED in the middle then extended it with a piece of wire so it could light up in the front. I had to remove the middle piece of plastic so the board would fit in. It's very easy to see where to put the holes for the knobs with the grating in the front. You can go ahead and put all the knobs together and it will help keep the board in place.
The speaker is easy to lay out. Just mark for the screw holes (stupid me only had 2 screws that had nuts with them) then drill in a pattern for sound holes in between.
Step 6: I Have the Power!
I HATE AC adapters. So my idea was to wire the ac adapter internally to the ps2 switch so that there was no need to lug it around. This worked AWESOME. I can use the original ps2 power cable and switch like this. I bent the plug on the ac adapter to get it to fit right. Then placed it on its back up next to the input jack.
Step 7: Closure
After you've checked your connections close up the case. You might have to cut out small amounts of plastic but nothing major. One thing I forgot to take a picture of was LED placement. Its easy enough you just put some hot glue on it and stick it to the reset button back and it will light through it.
Step 8: Guitar Zero to Guitar Hero
Everything is done grab a pick out of the handy dandy storage drawer and rock out!
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Send me a video of how u did that
This was made 6 years ago so I don't have any way to do that since I only did stills.
now i see how you did that.good idea
thats awesome, if I can get my hands on an extra amp I might try this
you can get tiny marshall amps for 10 bucks at alot of stores.where i live at least
I think walmart has the First Act ones still which aren't really anything special but they have minimal electronics and fit well into this. Thats what I used it was like 30$ or so and if you already have the old ps2 imo 30$ for a ps2 guitar amp is worth it haha. Try it for sure if I get another one I am gonna see if I can get a NES for cheap and try to keep the plugs in the cartridge lid
you can find a nes easy in a lot of flea markets and little out of the way game stores, i happen to own 2 myself
Really cool project! my friend has that crappy little first act amp, i'll have to show him this, great idea!
Yea for sure this would work with any non working system. I even contemplated a VCR at first but this PS2 has been dead for a long time and was getting close to being trashed.
Do you have to use the big clunky PS2? Is there a way to use the slim version?
I would think so you just run into space limitations that would force you to go about it differently than I did. For one you can't have the speaker from the amp or the ac adapter because they are too big. Other than that the controls should fit just fine. I would just ditch the power switch from the ps2 and use stereo speaker plugs that crimp right onto wires and use it like a shelf system.
Now I just have to "borrow" my Brother's PS2... Hehehe...


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Here's my entry in the mallet swap. I started out with two mallets and was hoping one would turn out decent enough to be worthy of the talent here on LJ.
The heads are two piece and I cut the handle slot before glue up. I shaped everything on the lathe and fussed with size/balance until it felt right.
The mallet I ended up sending to Mike (mikeacg) was the smaller of the two. The handle was just a little too thin so I added a two piece leather wrap that really made the mallet feel good and balanced. In the photos you can see a few tests attempts with the leather…all looked good but I went with the two piece for style points.
The brass I purchased online and cut and sanded to fit…then I drilled holes to tack it in with small brass nails.
In total I made 4 mallets and this one is the one I kept picking up and wanting to swing. A fun project and I really enjoyed participating in my first swap.
Thanks for looking.
15 comments so far
#1 posted 07-21-2018 02:00 PM
WOW Tom I love the leather wrap handle .. and the head rings set it off …. GREAT JOB :<))
-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN
#2 posted 07-21-2018 02:02 PM
Tom – Very nice mallet and your your first swap. (This is only my 2nd swap).
The leather on the handle looks great and it will help with not losing your grip. I also like the brass bands around the ends of the head. It's a solid, good looking mallet that I wouldn't be afraid to use, often.
Hopefully, you can find time to participate in future swaps as well.
-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"
#3 posted 07-21-2018 02:04 PM
Great job, Tom! That's an awfully good entry for your first swap. Going to be tough to top yourself in the future. ;-)
-- Dave - Santa Fe
#4 posted 07-21-2018 02:13 PM
Super cool design with lot of interesting elements
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
#5 posted 07-21-2018 02:35 PM
Super mallet Tom! Great design. And the execution and finish are top notch. Without the scale of your hand in that pic, it looks as if it could be big enough to pound railroad spikes, but really it's size makes a nice user for bench work. Very cool. I love the leather wrap and the banding.
-- Bill, Yo!......in Brooklyn & Steel City :)
#6 posted 07-21-2018 03:08 PM
Very good looking mallet. Good combination of materials.
-- I came - I sawed - I over-built
#7 posted 07-21-2018 03:58 PM
I have to tell you guys, that he isn't kidding about the swingability of this hammer. It feels so good in your hand and the balance is perfect. Nice to see it come together to help you appreciate the work Tom put into it though I still don't understand how the head/handle are joined together… I want to learn how to do leather wraps like that!!!
-- Mike, A Yooper with a drawl, http://www.artcentergraphics.com
#8 posted 07-21-2018 05:02 PM
My pleasure Mike….I hope you put that puppy to work!
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#10 posted 07-21-2018 06:40 PM
One of my favorites from this swap. Very nice.
-- "My god has more wood than your god" ... G. Carlin.
#11 posted 07-21-2018 06:48 PM
Very nice Tom! Great job on wrapping the handle and the brass hoops.
-- "Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef
#12 posted 07-21-2018 07:22 PM
I also like this mallet very much.
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#13 posted 07-21-2018 08:39 PM
Tom, I really like the style of this one!
-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".
#14 posted 07-21-2018 10:44 PM
Tom , nice job and congratulations on your 'Daily Top 3' award.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
#15 posted 07-23-2018 01:29 PM
This is a beautiful design and exceptional execution Tom! The addition of the leather wrap and the brass hoops not only gets big style points but I'd be willing to bet also improves usability. Looking forward to having you in future swaps!
-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!
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Month: April 2012
Just teasing
I've noticed that a lot of my fellow signed authors at The Wild Rose Press use their blog to post excerpts from their upcoming novels. That got me to thinking…if I would post an excerpt from The Devil's Own Desperado, what would it be? Would I post the first meeting between Colt and Amelia? Or one of those scenes where the sexual tension is starting to really pull on the two characters? Or, would I post the blackest hour, the moment when it seems that all is lost and Colt and Amelia just aren't going to be able to make it work?
So, I decided to post a little bit from one of those sexual tension scenes.
Wronged Women
Jason: O children, what a wicked mother Fate gave you.
Medea: O sons, your father's treachery cost you your lives.
Jason: It was not my hand that killed my sons.
Medea: No, not your hand; but your insult to me, and your new-wedded wife.
Jason: You thought that reason enough to murder them, that I no longer slept with you?
Medea: And is that injury a slight one, do you imagine, to a woman?
The Voices Won't Shut Up!
National hangover and edits
Okay, most people will probably think that somehow the "hangover" from the exhaustion brought on by the insanity which is the Collie Nationals and working on edits for The Devil's Own Desperado which came while I was in Philadelphia have nothing to do with one another. Let me change your mind.
For one week, my life is defined by a grooming area and show ring. I get to the show site as soon as the doors open and often don't leave until they're turning out the lights and pushing us out the door. I'm grooming dogs, showing dogs–and in the case of this year's National, having a meltdown outside of the ring with every cut in the specials' ring that Snape was making. I pour myself into these dogs. I spend hours a day with them, brushing them, bathing them, caring for them. To quote Roger Carras, the esteemed announcer at Westminister Kennel Club for years, "Dogs are not my whole life, but they make my life whole." I have one client dog who carries so much coat, if he is not given a weekly bath and blown dry, his coat is so dense and so heavy, its own weight will cause his undercoat to mat down. Right now, my smooths are losing every stitch of undercoat they own, so twice weekly baths are in order to bring them back into show coat. Showing dogs and having them in prime condition is a serious commitment. It is hard work, but the rewards are priceless. Being told how wonderful my dogs look in the ring vindicates what I do. Handing over a new champion to a deliriously happy owner is often the highlight of my show season. Being able to show that new champion to an award of merit at the Nationals is incredibly gratifying. Leaving an owner speechless with disbelief on the amazing condition of her dog does help to stroke my ego.
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However, the whole time I was in Philly, I knew when I got home, there would be one e-mail waiting for me from my editor at The Wild Rose Press which would have an attachment with editing suggestions for The Devil's Own Desperado. I opened up that e-mail when I got home, downloaded the attachment, and started crying. I felt my editor had bled red all over the pages. I immediately closed the attachment, saved it to my jump drive, and said, "I can't do this."
I went to bed, and I cried myself to sleep. I couldn't help but wonder how in heaven's name my manuscript was contracted for publication if the thing needed that much editing. There had to be some mistake–that following on the heels of that e-mail with its attachment would come a subsequent e-mail telling me that the publishing house had changed their minds and they really weren't going to publish it.
After a good night's sleep, I reopened that attachment. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was. Writing is just as much hard work and takes as much commitment as does this insane hobby I have of showing dogs. I'm not afraid of hard work. So, I took a deep breath and reread the e-mail and then began to read the editorial comments. Frankly, the editing this manuscript needs is a lot of surface work, with some in-depth plot holes to repair. But, one comment made me stop reading, made me sit back in my chair, and grin from ear to ear. That comment was "Colt is great! Readers are going to love him :)."
Colt is great…readers are going to love him.
I've been told over and over to write what I love, and that I have to love my characters or else my readers won't connect with those characters. I admit, I love both Amelia and Colt. Amelia has always been this very quiet, very composed young woman who is so much stronger and resilient than her appearance would allude to. She is the embodiment of the proverb about still waters running deep. Colt is a character near and dear to my heart. I loved him so much, I named one of my smooth collies for him. Colt (the collie) was a lovely tri smooth boy with gorgeous detail of head. Colt was registered with the American Kennel Club as Wych's Rolling Thunder (the original, working title of The Devil's Own Desperado). He finished his championship with points awarded to him by both all-breed judges and specialty judges, something I strive for in my breeding program–to have dogs who have a pretty enough head to win at specialty shows and yet still have the body and movement to be awarded wins from judges where movement is more valued than head detail. Colt (the character) has a very gruff, almost cold exterior–but inside he's a blasted toasted marshmallow. His ability to "love 'em and leave 'em" ends abruptly when he meets Amelia, because with Amelia, he's found what he's longed for. She offers him a chance to put his past as a gun-fighter behind him, to settle down, and live his life without the specter of his past rising up to destroy him.
So, as soon as this blog is posted, I'm back to the editing process. Fortunately, the collies don't need a bath for a few days. So, Colt and Amelia can take precedent. Snape, Tucker, Vander, Diva and the rest will have to wait a few days…


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Now the Spanish sensation is making waves in her freshman year at Lamar University in Texas
Abalde, who helped Spain finish fourth in 2007, has been short-listed for FIBA Europe's Young Player of the year award.
The 1.90m forward, who made her debut in the Liga Femenina at the age of just 15 with Celta, says she couldn't be happier playing the college game in America.
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"The rules are different, basketball here is very physical.
"The NCAA is not a professional competition, and all the girls are quite young."
Abalde made an immediate impact when equaling the university record of 44 points scored in one given game against Wiley College.
"I didn't expect it to be a big deal but it was and that's always nice to get some attention," she said.
Who knows, if Spain earn one of the five places still on offer for the Beijing Games when they host the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, Abalde could find her way onto the squad.
"I know I need to work very hard and try to improve each day, regardless of where I play," she said.
"My aim and dream is to play at the Olympic Games."


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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says paramedics will no longer stay with patients longer than 45 minutes after dropping them off at hospital emergency rooms.
The move is supposed to help reduce wait times for patients arriving by ambulance by re-focussing efforts on getting them into treatment faster. With no new staff or resources to expedite treatment for those patients, it seems more like wishful-thinking than a well thought-out plan to improve patient flow in busy ERs.
Delays in getting treatment to patients arriving by ambulance has been a problem for years at Winnipeg hospitals and it's caused a massive slowdown for paramedics who are often forced to stay with patients because they're too sick or too unstable to remain in ER waiting rooms on their own. When that happens, there are fewer ambulances available to take new calls, which causes an overall increase in response times.
The WRHA and the city's ambulance service have made numerous attempts over the years to solve the problem, including levying fines against the WRHA when paramedics are forced to stay with patients for more than an hour. Not surprisingly, those efforts had little success, largely because the root problem of lengthy ER wait times remains unresolved.
The latest arbitrary cut-off plan won't work either until patient flow improves in hospitals and ER wait times start to come down. So far, we haven't seen much evidence of that. ER wait times have declined slightly in year-over-year comparisons in recent months, but they have increased every month since the Pallister government implemented the first phase of its hospital consolidation plan in October. That means ambulances continue to wait sometimes an hour or more with patients before they can safely hand them over to ER staff.
The average drop-off time hasn't improved much in recent years and still stands at 67 minutes, which is completely unacceptable, but we fail to see how the creation of an artificial 45-minute cut-off rule will change that.
WRHA officials insist that in extenuating circumstances, paramedics will be asked to stay longer than 45 minutes. Patient safety will remain the first priority, they say. If that's true, then the 45-minute cut-off is more of a target or a guideline than a hard-and-fast rule. And without improvements to ER wait times, it's a target that's unlikely to be achieved.


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Prayers of the People: Guíanos
We pray because we have something to say, but let us pray to also hear your voice. Let us hear You speak to us. And then, how should we respond?
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Prayers of the People: A Call to Confession
We admit that we do not always recognize others as your children. Differences and disagreements create gulfs and chasms in our relationships that cloud our vision and damage our hearts. Remind us, God of Love, that your love pursued and pursues us even when we turn away. Help us to pursue others in love, as you have pursued us.
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Prayers of the People: Over It
We have always trusted in your steadfast love. May our hearts continue to rejoice in your salvation. May we continue to sing to you LORD, because you have dealt bountifully with us.
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Prayers of the People: In the Spirit of the Psalms
If I think, "This is the end of me and people like me; there is no one will come to my aid," even then, you have not abandoned me. The weight of my oppression is mere dust to you, easily blown away with a breath of your spirit.
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Prayers of the People: An Introduction
For the many of us who minister to young people, we've also sensed an added dimension to this moment in our history, namely, that the cultural rhetoric, fear, and competing narratives have seeped into their lives and discourse in a way that is in danger of being normalized.
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Finding Poetry in Ministry
Rather than traditional language of God as a Mighty Warrior, what if we imagined God as a Starving Artist? How might our view of creative-types change in this light? Perhaps this Poet God could speak healing into our lives and into our ministries.
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Gratefulness as Spiritual Practice
While I am not grateful for the horrible transition of becoming blind, I am grateful for the loving power of God that surrounded me in such a difficult time. I am grateful for the loving presence of God that is always and everywhere. I am grateful for the people who supported me during those traumatic days and who continue to support me each day.
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Exploring Intergenerational Ministry
Our churches are full of people, of all ages, who are desperately searching for meaningful ways to connect and contribute to the local church. Developing relationships between senior adults and youth serves this purpose to make the church healthier.
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In Praise of Pragmatism
I am outraged and angry, but I am tired of coming up with solutions that ignore contexts and realities... Therefore, in the spirit of pragmatism, I offer the following solution: let's stop shoving the concept of diversity down people's throats and start promoting the pragmatism of cultural intelligence.
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Engage: Faith and Politics
October's Issue – Faith and Politics The polarizing rhetoric…
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An Invitation to Explore
The truth is we will not always have the answer to the questions of our students. But we can always create space for them to ask questions and express their doubts and fears.
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"Appropriate" Embodiment
I am concerned about the psyche of the middle school girl who is growing into this new body that she does not recognize. I am concerned about the teen girl that still doesn't understand the body she is in. I am concerned about the only Black girl in her youth group who wants to wear what her friends wear but doesn't understand why this popular outfit seems to be problematic only on her body.


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The art you choose to surround yourself with tells the world your story. Of course, everyone will interpret the story differently because they are seeing it through their personal psychological lens but it stills gives people an immediate insight into your character, values and background. And it's very powerful even though these messages are received on a subconscious level. Freud may be derided nowadays but we can't deny the power of our subconscious. This rather begs the question 'what art did Freud choose to hang?' Apparently, he hated his contemporary impressionists but loved to fondle renaissance sculptures. Make of that what you will.
So it stands to reason that the art a business chooses to display, or indeed the absence of artwork, is vital to that company's identity and, as many have agreed, its success. Not only does art shape people's perceptions of a business but it can powerfully manipulate atmosphere, intent and outcome. It's basic really – no one (except those with homicidal psychoses) can relax in a massage chair at a spa while peering at Rubens' violent 'Massacre of the Innocents'.
It's taken long enough but the corporate world is realising more and more the true benefits of art investment – a lucrative long-term investment that delivers more than just financially appreciable assets. Expertly chosen and strategically placed art instantly projects the values and messages you want to characterise your company, attracting business before the first word is even uttered. Research has proven that employees are happier and more productive in an interesting and pleasing space but it also shows that complex artwork that challenges the viewer leads to greater innovation and complex problem-solving.
Again, perception still remains a problem, that art investment is only accessible to the top one per cent. After years of recession, one cannot blame companies for not dipping into their limited revenues for what has long been considered as simply aesthetics. How long though can we survive by only planning for tomorrow, by only spending money on the here and now? We all know that long-term strategies reap the greatest rewards but it takes courage to avoid the quick fix. A reputable and experienced art consultancy can help navigate this quagmire by introducing up and coming artists, sourcing art within your budget without compromising on quality and by providing bespoke artwork that is created entirely in sympathy with a company's story and ethos. Access to the game-changing world of original art investment, previously considered unreachable, may now be on trend but to really harness the power of art one needs to access the minds and creativity of the artists themselves. And at Renko London we are proud to offer exactly that.
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At Retirement Age.....Buy A New Bed & Mattress
Some sellers of mine had a nice bed in their home and decided to move to a single story house. So they found the new home and sold the 2 story home they had owned for 10 years. When the movers brought in the furniture the bed (Queen) looked lost in the new bedroom. Considering they had had their mattress (Stearns & Foster) for 29 years, it was time to buy a new foam mattress and larger bed for the couple and their dogs.
Here was their Queen bed at their 2 story home. The bedroom was slightly smaller. The bed was beautiful but a little small for the couple and their 2 dogs.
Here is the master bedroom before they moved in.
Here is the new mattress before the bed was delivered. These mattresses are on their own frame and do not need a bed frame.
Here is the new bed and they added some pictures above the bed to fill in the space.
True, it was an expensive purchase but they sleep better at night, have less aches in the morning and the room looks great. So if you are at retirement age, a new bed/matress might be the perfect purchase.
The husband is preparing for hip surgery soon and thinks this new bed will help with the recovery process and they realized that the mattress they had bought many years ago was not giving their backs the support necessary for good sleep. Don't wait if you have an old matress set.
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Patton Oswalt is a stand up comedian extraordinaire and one of those actors who tries really hard to bring in as much originality, finesse and pure unadulterated awesomeness. As a stand-up, he's dynamite on the microphone (and not just because he resembles a tub of nitroglycerin); explosively funny in delivery, brilliant in content and just under six feet of raging, scatterbrained intellect. Small town America's repressed comedians turning into Dubya-hatin', independent art-lovin', under appreciated, over informed smartass social misanthropists is somewhat of a cliché but the ferocity of his commitment for original humour is something else. He's great for the same reasons men like Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks once were. They say it like they see it, without a filter, and secretly nurse a grudge with the world (or at least the 2% which appreciates good comedy) for laughing along with them.
After watching him in Robert Siegel's Big Fan, I'm also convinced that soon we are going to watch this man receive a 'best supporting actor' Oscar statuette, nervously adjusting a ridiculous bowtie in a tasteless suit while sweating profusely and thanking his best friend, Toby the potted plant, for encouraging him through the journey. Then he'd spit at Meryl Streep and ask the Weinstein brothers if they'd like to kiss his ass for 3$ a cheek only to be escorted outside by security and never to be seen on television ever again.
It wouldn't matter though since Patton Oswalt is one of the funniest fuckers around whether you've heard of him or not. Here's a list of his cameos, movie roles, comedy tours and documentaries I've seen.
Down Periscope: Patton Oswalt made his feature film debut in David Ward's comedy about a goofy submarine crew doing goofy stuff with their super serial Lt. Commander played by Kelsey Grammar. Patton barely gets any screen time as Stingray Radioman and the movie isn't very good either except for this scene. Moving along.
Magnolia: In Paul Thomas Anderson's 188 minutes of mindfuck of a movie, he plays Delmer Darion, a blackjack dealer stricken by fate in one of the opening montages. For what it's worth, he makes a really mean and scurvy face after being accidentally scooped up by a firefighting airplane while scuba diving. Great performances by Julianne Moore, William H. Macy and John C. Reilly too.
Man On The Moon: He has a ridiculously short cameo in Milos Forman's Andy Kaufman biopic as Blue Collar Guy, a sheepish-looking fellow. Nothing much to say here. Instead of moving along, maybe we could take this opportunity to discuss you, my dear minion. Tell me a bit about yourself. Did the cool kids treat you badly in high school? Do you miss listening to audio cassettes?
Zoolander: Not that it is anything to write home about, but he beats Ben Stiller (Zoolander) silly in the absurdity quotient as the Monkey Photographer. Once again he does his shtick for a few seconds and makes us giggle. I think Will Ferrell's a barrel of hoots, but still I would have much rather had Patton Oswalt play Mugatu.
Run Ronnie Run: Troy Miller's trailer park comedy stars a lot of people making idiots out of themselves. Considering David Cross and Brian Posehn co-wrote the script, this film's excessive gross-out content was really disappointing…and I don't seem to remember much of Patton did here. IMDB says he played Dozer – Editor #1. Sounds about right Oh Jeff Goldblum almost saves this film with his killer delivery of one-liners.
Calendar Girls: Nigel Cole's 2003 comedy about none-too-desperate housewives posing nude to raise money for local hospital's fundraiser is vaguely amusing, especially when Ciarán Hinds and Julie Walters are on-screen. The vendible valetudinarian from Virginia is barely noticeable as Larry in this, and for a wee moment, pops in and out.
Starsky & Hutch: Apparently Ben Stiller is a big fan of Patton. I bet Stiller walked up to director Todd Phillips and said, "Patton friggin Oswalt as a 80s disco jockey, man…call me when it sounds like a good idea to you?" Thank god he called. Patton and his swanky disco suit make a memorable appearance in this film and stage a douchebag dancing contest between a coked-out cop and a man child.
Blade Trinity: This was Patton Oswalt's initiation into cinema. While his foreskin wasn't grated and served back to him with a side order of chilli chips, he was expected to act in a truly horrendous film starring Wesley Snipes and stop it plummeting into the abyss. In David Goyer's crapfest of a comic book adaptation, he plays Hedges – a socially challenged tech geek, which is spectacularly convenient considering Patton in real life is a socially challenged comic book geek. All sorts of Grecian justices were done here.
Reno 911 Miami: Read review here.
Ratatouille: It'd be easy to say that Patton Oswalt sold his soul by starring in a Pixar film, so you can go ahead and say it to your heart's content. I actually liked the darn film. As irony would have it, he had the least interesting character (lead, but still) in this film but I'm at least glad to know he didn't do anything stupid with the money like lose weight or star in another Pixar film. Just to remind you, Peter O Toole gives a glorious speech in Ratatouille as Anton Ego, the food critic.
Balls Of Fury: Robert Ben Garant's kooky caper features one of his funniest cameos. He plays Hammer – a local table tennis prima donna looking to derail Randy Daytona's (the film protagonist) path to greatness and awe-inspiring good ol' American heroism. He's barely on our screen for a couple of minutes but is hilarious enough for us to want more. Much more. The absurd cockiness with which he struts about the ping pong table makes me want to see him play a super villain. Are you listening, Nolan? You have the best man to play either The Penguin or The Ventriloquist right here.
All Roads Lead Home: So finally Patton moves up Hollywood's ladder and ends up in the 'main character's best friend' rung. Dennis Fallon's 2008 family drama about broken hearts and sad puppies (no, really) has the world's smallest violin playing a stirring version of Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda Da Vidda (yes, kidding) halfway through the film. Patton Oswalt as Milo – a sensitive animal shelter worker and Peter Boyle (in his final film appearance), who plays a Clint Eastwood-like grandpa, give us reasons to go slow on the 'skip' button. Milo is sometimes sappy, but never annoying, and he's constantly surrounded by cute puppies. Uh Oh.
Big Fan: Read review here.
Observe and Report: Read review here.
The Informant: Steven Soderbergh has a discernable talent. He hires A-list actors, gives them vaguely quirky characters and makes them behave like they took a crash course in existentialism. Credit to Matt Damon for not letting it bother him; he is surprisingly good in this film. As for the portly and paludicolous possum (don't ask) from Portsmouth, he plays Ed Berst – one of the company lawyers out to prove Mark Whitacre (Damon) wrong. He sports a great facial expression when Whitacre unrelentingly bullshits in the conference room.
No Reason To Complain / Werewolves and Lollipops / My Weakness is Strong: He hates Republicans, hippies, bigotry, glam rock, Steven Spielberg, and politics, loves indie music, comic books, action figurines and the cleansing aura of nihilism. Plus, he's tremendously funny. In the Werewolves and Lollipops TV special, he even gives a State Of The Urinal address, urging people not to pee on other people because it's just not nice at all. Yes, somebody actually peed on another person during one of his shows in Austin, Texas and yes, he's that funny. Now I'm going to try and see of he'll be my pen pal.
The Comedians of Comedy: This is, as Generation X and Y have so lovingly coined, the shit. In 2004, some funny people – Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford – filmed one of their erstwhile stand-up tours and, with the help of Netflix, shot a documentary feature called The Comedians of Comedy. This is no Werner Herzog documentary where a collage of sounds, colours and ideas explodes in front our eyes, leaving them breathless and shivering. No need to fret about editing, the camerawork and sound-mixing either. They barely delve deep enough into their psyche to give Oprah a chance to even consider giving an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dotted fuck. This is about four eccentric comedians trying to hustle some interest for their Gregg Turkington-influenced stand-up tour that features them performing at smaller indie rock venues instead of comedy clubs, and to bring the funnies, fast and furious.
Patton's in usual form, transitioning from psychotic post-modern preacher mode to 'funniest dude from college' mode with ease. He makes Dane Cook's jokes about society sound like Mickey Mouse's farts against a cellophane sheet. Zach Galifianakis seems a bit like Jack Black, but not nearly as annoying. But he doesn't get funnier after the first few minutes he's in. I'm not a fan of pairing music with comedy either, so his song-style skits didn't do much for me. As for Maria Bamford, she does great impersonations of people, both living and fictitious, and cute jokes about her dysfunctional family. I really liked the bits when wasn't on stage and just chilling in front of the camera; also, she should start acting in indie movies since she has a fantastically dreary Hope Davis-like look.
Brian Posehn, for me, is the highlight of the documentary. You might know him as this guy from the sitcom Just Shoot Me, which incidentally makes you want to do just that. He is also a regular on the Sarah Silverman Program. As goes for most people who look like they skin city folks in a lonesome cabin by the hills and eat the rats that try feasting on the remains because mommy didn't love them enough, Posehn has a great personality. While his jokes are mostly self-derogatory, the punchlines are so sharp and vicious that you never get tired of them. Plus, his uber geekdom towards comic books and arcade games are both creepy and adorable. There's even a half of minute of proper cinematic goodness when he awkwardly hugs his wife before hitting the road with Patton.
I hope a special place is reserved for me in hell because I'm going to have to say, these guys are truly the comedians of comedy.
One more thing. Support independent musicians, film-makers and comedians. Given all the torrent-ing and thieving that happens, and will continue to do so, we should pledge our allegiance to them any way we can. So go on, order an album from Amazon, buy a DVD of eBay and more importantly, move your butts and watch them perform live.


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I've never been more terrified about farting accidentally than I was before my first yoga class. It didn't matter that I had been doing yoga in the comfort of my apartment for five (mostly) flatulence free months. The thing that I was most worried about when I walked into the modest yoga studio in my Brooklyn neighborhood was letting one rip.
Turns out I'm not the only one! When I talked with Lindsay Carson, a yoga instructor at my local Equinox, she brought it up before I could even ask. "Every guy tells me they can't do yoga because they'll fart in class," she said, laughing. "Who decided this? You won't! Even if you do, be a man and just move on. Yoga is about being comfortable in your own body." Taking instruction to "be comfortable in your own body" may sound a little out there, but it turns out that's what yoga is all about. And it's totally worth it.
Source: The Leery Beginner's Guide To Yoga
To those who'd say "Yoga is totally unnecessary. Just lift heavy, sprint hard, fuck your brains out and you'll be way more relaxed and fit and than a million years of yoga.":
I want to be the first to say that I appreciate the fit of your tank top, the slight crook of your backwards cap and how awesome it must be to be able to transport so many things in your cargo shorts.


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Lina Wertmuller
Cinema Italia
This one-day festival features "Swept Away," "Seven Beauties" and others. See the website for complete details.
This is what SF/Arts curator Sura Wood has to say about Lina Wertmuller :
The trailblazing Italian director Lina Wertmuller, who started her professional life in a touring puppet show, was a sensation when she hit the international movie scene in the 1970s; she later was the first woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar. A one-day marathon homage at the Castro Theatre includes "Swept Away," "Seven Beauties," "Love & Anarchy" and "Behind the White Glasses," a documentary portrait of the woman and her career.
Event Info
Sep 23
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$12-$14; festival pass: $70
Castro Theatre
429 Castro, San Francisco
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This course is aimed at individuals not currently teaching or training; those new to teaching/training, assessors who want to develop their teaching skills further and/or recognition for those teaching with no formal qualifications.
(This qualification replaced PTLLS in September 2013 and is offered through HABC awarding body)
Entry Requirements:
Individuals must be over 19 years old and complete an initial assessment in English & Maths.
Course Outline:
Units included in this qualification:
Duration: Delivery over 5 weeks
Cost: £349.00 + VAT per person*
The assessment methods will be the following:
This qualification, offered through HABC awarding body, is suitable for individuals who:
Entry Requirements:
You must have a minimum of 30 hours of teaching practice, with confirmation from your manager that this is able to take place
Minimum of Level 3 qualification in area of teaching
Individuals must be over 19 years old and complete an initial assessment in English, Maths & ICT
*Please note that previous PTLLS does not automatically contribute towards this qualification (only the Level 3 Award in Education & Training maps across). If previously achieved PTLLS completion of a question & answer session will be required.
Level 4 Certificate in Education & Training (QCF)
This qualification is offered through HABC awarding body.
Course Outline:
This qualification develops practical teaching skills and prepares teachers to work in a wide range of contexts.
Duration: Delivered over a 6 month period, one day a week.
Cost: £1379.00 + VAT per person*
The assessment methods will be the following: