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About Me :
"My favourite stunt? I actually really enjoy doing fire burns." Meet Brad Martin, Stuntman.
He grew up watching martial arts films, action movies and prime time TV, and, as any child psychologist will tell you, life began to imitate art.
He watched, he read, he trained. He waited.
Cut forward a few years. The set of Young Hercules.
"I kept asking the stuntmen about things, and they'd give me misinformation, or just ignore me. Eventually a fight scene started, and I just ran in. They pushed me out of the way, so I did a fall. Next thing, I hear "CUT", and the director is telling the stunt coordinator 'That was great, can we do it again?'"
Since then, he's flipped, fought and flailed his way through virtually every New Zealand based production that required a fall guy.
Hercules, Lord of The Rings, Shortland Street, and of course, Xena. (Brad's the guy who chops the warrior princess' head off in the final episode, in case any of the fanzines are looking for a scapegoat.)
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Home of the free lube, oil and filter change
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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 2 days ago | bicycle tour, travel
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    Go Go Go!

    Quoted: Marty Jemison Cycling Tours; join us on our seven to nine-day bicyclt tours to the Tour de France, Spain, the Belgian Classics, and Park City, Utah lead by US postal team rider and Tour de France veteran.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 3 days ago | movies
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    IMDb entry on USSR film from 1972 based on Stanislaw Lem's novel.

    Quoted: Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. With Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sites

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 4 days ago | free, demo, synthesizer, paia
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    A nice set of emulators ready to play with, no commitment (no saving your patches, but...) fun nontheless.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 4 days ago | music, audio, paia, synthesizer
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    Nice set of texts on basic sound construction offered free online.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 11 days ago | medicine, geriatrics, hospice
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    Great article on bringing some of the lessons of hospice into the larger senior community.

    Quoted: “Slow medicine,” which encourages less aggressive care at the end of life, is increasingly available in nursing homes.
    (...)
    Kendal begins by asking newcomers whether they want to be resuscitated or go to the hospital and under what circumstances. “They give me an amazingly puzzled look, like ‘Why wouldn’t I?’ “ said Brenda Jordan, Kendal’s second nurse practitioner.

    She replies with CPR survival statistics: A 2002 study, published in the journal Heart, found that fewer than 2 percent of people in their 80s and 90s who had been resuscitated for cardiac arrest at home lived for one month.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 22 days ago | google, running, bicycling, maps

    Here's a more direct link to the route calculator that's so helpful for tracking mileage. This has the added advantage of overlying a topographical map if requested.

    Quoted: running, maps, jogging, triathalon, biking, exercise, bikers, mileage, swimming, fitness, calorie counter, calculator, training, distance, running clubs, google map hacks

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 22 days ago | telephone, cellular, privacy
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    Not just tin-foil-hat stuff (Sorry Chris!). Suspect's phones have been reprogrammed by the US govt. to transmit even though they appear to be turned off. Article notes implications for corporate executive security.

    Quoted: Agency used novel surveillance technique on alleged Mafioso: activating his cell phone's microphone and then just listening.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 25 days ago | education, science education, business, MIT
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    Once again, I am completely amazed at the material available from MIT's OpenCourseWare. I reviewed a couple of Sloan courses this evening. Wonderful service, available to everyone!

    Quoted: Free Courses, Lecture Notes, Syllabus, Tutorials, Audio & Video from MIT professors. All Free. No registration. | MIT OpenCourseWare | ocw.mit.edu

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 25 days ago | DIY
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    Quoted: Fiberglass Mold Making & Repair Blog for Do It Yourself car boat and plane enthusiasts and model builders.

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    0 starsbrad | Shared With: Everyone - 28 days ago | music, free, metal, diy, science education
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    Not completely easy, but looks like fun.

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