Writer/director Onur Tukel turns in a hilarious performance as the monumentally lazy, socially oblivious and commitment-shy Erik Sparrow, who is dumped by his career-woman girlfriend (Anna Margaret Hollyman, White Reindeer) when he rejects her rather charitable marriage proposal. Feeling lost, he turns to a disastrous string of online dates that successively eat away at his already-deteriorating confidence until a lanky vampire turns him into an undead ladykiller. Soon, Eric is prowling the streets of Brooklyn in search of anything to satisfy both his maniacal sex drive and his hunger for blood. A collision of absurd, self-deprecating wit and existential curiosity, Summer of Blood is a hilarious horror-comedy with a clever bite all its own. (C) Dark Sky Films •. ½ I wouldn't call this a conventionally funny movie, in the sense that the film isn't a laugh a minute indie comedy. It's mostly a cynical, misanthropic character study of this man who's oblivious to the fact that everyone around him thinks he's a dick. Whether it's due to his obliviousness regarding everything, or the fact he doesn't take anything seriously, his somewhat unintentional misogynistic viewpoints, it's kinda hard to like this man, for the most part. Sep 30, 2011 - 2 min - Uploaded by LionsgateUKMoviesHardened teenager Summer is on the road looking to meet her estranged father. Her only clue to. Summer's Blood 2009 - Synopsis: A family of serial killers stalk a young woman out to find the father shes never known. Tagline: Will she become. The film has kind of a hipster feel and tone as to how the story plays out and how talky it is. Because of that, the dialogue-heavy, droll writing, some people will absolutely detest this movie. Can't say that I blame them, this style is more of an acquired taste but I like to keep my mind open. I don't like to dismiss movies just based on whether or not I like the style of writing, cinematography, or acting. A good movie is a good movie and that is all I care about to be honest. Of course, I wouldn't say that this is a good movie at all. The idea of taking vampire tropes and turning them upside down in this indie setting is a good idea. I just found that the movie is a little bit all over the place without a real strong narrative tying all of it together. It certainly tries as Erik, the protagonist, once he turns into a vampire, realizes that he wants all of the things that he was afraid of at the beginning. He also realizes that being a vampire kinda sucks. While it has its benefits, to him, at first. He starts to grow tired of it and wishes to find a way to get rid of it. Erik's ways starts to change as he begins to appreciate what he had with his ex-girlfriend and what he can do to regain that. It's ok, but I don't think it's strong. I think the film is a little bit disjointed and uneven at times. If it focused strongly on this aspect of the character, it would've been better. It's not that the movie doesn't try, it's just that it doesn't do so successfully. The funny has some funny lines, but there's nothing really laugh out loud here, at least to me. There's a funny moment of Erik and the dude that bit him who, on the sidewalk, share a drink of blood from this dude all the while they're having a very casual conversation. It's not hilarious, but it is amusing nonetheless. The acting is fairly decent all things considered. It fits the style perfectly, so nothing to complain about there. I wouldn't really recommend this movie to everybody, it really is an acquired taste, but I think it offers a fairly unique view at the vampire genre. So, at the very least, you get that. It might not be good or anything, but at least it tries to do something different. Average movie at best. Won't miss anything if you decide to skip this.
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The two teams battle it out in the greatest game of backyard cricket ever for the Backyard Ashes. Prices: Adults $14 / Concession $11 / Film club member $9 / Student (full time) $11 / Child (13yrs & under) $9 For more information please call the box office during business hours Monday to Friday 9am - 4.30pm on 5475 7777. Dougie Waters loves nothing more than a weekend barbie and cricket match with his mates. But his paradise on earth is destroyed when his best mate and neighbour Norm is forced to leave town and their new boss, a pompous English administrator called Edward Lords, moves in. The animosity between the two men peaks during one fateful backyard cricket match when Dougie hits a ball that accidentally stuns Edward's prize winning cat, Dexter. The cat falls into the roaring BBQ and is instantly incinerated, leaving only ashes. Dougie's son captures footage of the unfortunate event on camera and it is uploaded onto YouTube where the video instantly goes viral! 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The Tharks are green-skinned, six-limbed, and tusked humanoids that live in loose tribal units. They are also belligerent race that value raw, physical strength and martial prowess above all else. His unnatural Terran strength, his military training, and experience pay off greatly as he manages to defend himself against his would-be captors. Upon seeing his skill with a blade, his amazing strength, and utter fearlessness the Tharks take his as a kindred spirit, earning both the respect and friendship of the Thark Chieftain,. He rises to a position of prominence within the tribe in due time, honoring him by giving him a new Barsoomian name, Dotar Sojat, a cognate name formed from the combination of the names of two prominent warriors that he had defeated in single combat. The Tharks are a society of raiders and they later capture the Princess of the City-State of Helium, the beautiful. Dejah belongs to the Red Martian race, a species of Martian more closely resembling human beings save for a deeply tanned, nearly brick-colored skin hue, hence their common name. The red Martians reside in widely spaced grid of independent city-states. They also hold influence over the few remaining canals upon the bone-dry Martian surface where unsurprisingly most of the farming is done. John Carter frees Dejah Thoris from the Tharks and returns her to her people. Consequently, his rescue of Dejah Thoris results in his involvement in the messy political dealings of both the Red Martians and the Tharks. Eventually, through a combination of raw might, charisma, and sheer bravado he manages to win over both the Red Martians and the Tharks, forming a tenuous peace between the two races. His stay on Barsoom is marked by a number of great escapades: he is imprisoned by the Warhoons, a horde of nearly feral Tharks, but he eventually defeats them. He locates the Atmosphere Factory, a vast terraforming edifice that, as its name suggests, is responsible for producing all the air that the native Barsoomians breathe. His adventures culminate in his epic battle with Helium’s bitter, historic rival, the city-state of Zodanga. He leads a great horde of Tharks against their hated enemy and together they finally defeat them. His victory over Zodanga catapults him into greatness, eventually becoming himself a Prince of Helium, and marrying Princess Dejah Thoris. Their happy union lasts for nine years, until the tragic, sudden failure of the Atmosphere Plant. It’s failure meant death for all life on Barsoom. Carter sends out an encrypted telepathic message to be allowed entrance along with an mechanic skilled enough to repair the complex machinery of the Atmosphere Plant into the plant’s inner complex. Unfortunately, Carter is overcome by the lack of oxygen and he passes out, only to mysteriously awaken back on Earth--Jasoom--as the Martians called it. A badly confused John Carter is now left to ponder the fate of his kingdom, his subjects, and his beloved princess. Update this section! You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this section. After you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. How To Cite in MLA Format singson, jelo. 'A Princess of Mars Summary'. GradeSaver, 8 September 2017 Web. Another month, another wedding comedy. We could spend a whole review pointing out comparisons with Four Weddings And A Funeral, Wedding Crashers, 27 Dresses and even - yikes - The Wedding Date. Early signs that this effort will easily trump the latter four, however, soon give way to a disappointingly unoriginal entry to the genre. The casting scores the first point. Made of Honor (2008) Parents Guide Add to guide (Coming Soon) Showing all 8 items. Parents Guide; Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites. Made of Honor (Made of Honour in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Australia) is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Paul Weiland and written. Michelle Monaghan and Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey spark off each other immediately as a smart-talking platonic pair clearly destined for each other. His cynical New Yorker turn is taken one step further than usual: Tom is a ruthless womaniser who refuses to see a date two nights in a row (“I don’t do back-to-backs”). The legion of adoring model-types prepared to accept this won’t win over either realists or feminists, but his philosophies are sharp enough to amuse, and his easy relationship with Monaghan’s Hannah prevents us from dismissing him as a hopeless misogynist. Hannah is also cast in a flattering light. She’s contrastingly sweet, bright and down to earth, if occasionally under-developed and disappointingly shocked by the presence of sex toys at her bridal shower (perhaps there’s a cultural difference here). When the classic love obstacle strides into the picture in the strapping shape of Kevin McKidd, the wit keeps coming. McKidd’s Colin dismays Tom with his hilariously overstated perfection, trouncing him in everything from basketball to the trouser department. For good measure, he also distils excellent whisky, sings love songs, tosses cabers and is a honest-to-goodness Duke. Nevertheless, the story takes a distinct downward turn when the wedding party heads off to Colin’s native Scotland. Enter the pursed-lipped, tartan-touting, whisky-swigging Scots in their stately castle, all too keen to frown on the American invasion. There’s no fun or originality in a stereotypical portrayal that’s borderline xenophobic in its depiction of a narrow-minded clan and plain ridiculous looking to British audiences. Still, the chemistry continues despite the increasingly sentiment and the comic misfires (that caber scene, ‘comedy’ thick Scottish brogues). Ditto the supporting cast: sitcom regular Busy Philipps shows breakout promise in her role as a competitive bridesmaid determined to outdo Tom. It’s just a shame the plot’s so predictable: an early hint of a twist proved to be either our imagination or the victim of an on-set rewrite. A strong opening, bursting with wit and vigour, gives way to a predictable, patronising and immensely lazy second half. Could have been so much more. Back in the days when we thought a “” might be a raunchy joke gone awry, young David Hahn was gathering all the radioactive material he could get his hands on. But he came in peace. “David Hahn, who achieved some notoriety as a teenage boy scout with his attempt to build a nuclear reactor in his garden shed, has passed away,” read a notice. Oct 18, 2016 - 25 min - Uploaded by Kenneth HoughWhat's more frightening than an unlicensed nuclear reactor? The neighbor's. Hahn is the man who earned the sobriquet “” in 1995 when he came very close to building a in his backyard in suburban Detroit. I am serious as a meltdown. I heard about his tale while I spent some time with some of New York’s finest – the anti-terrorism unit. In the course of a whirlwind day that involved time in a chopper, a boat, an SUV and the, I picked up on the legend of the really rad Boy Scout from my home state. I kept asking if anyone could or would have the time, energy, money and knowledge to gather up some readily available radiological materials, duct tape it to some dynamite, and make himself or herself the kind of dirty bomb that the post-9/11 world has come to fear and loathe. And finally one of the anti-terror cops mentioned David Hahn’s story. A little bit of digging and we found David more than willing to tell his tale. We were booked to faster than the half-life of Seaborgium (). David is now in his mid-30s and going to college to become a practitioner of the science of public relations. Before he landed back in Michigan, he had two stints in the service: one tour as a Marine and one as a Navy enlisted man. In that latter role, he became the helmsman of the USS Enterprise — a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — which he says is a bear to parallel park. That job presented a ironic turn for the kid who grew up devouring a 1960s vintage Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments – which offered all kinds of interesting, sometimes dangerous, ways for kids to get a taste of the what it is like to be a scientist. David loved the story of Pierre and Marie Curie’s discovery of Radium. In fact, he could not stop thinking about the glowing material depicted in the drawing on that page in the book. He figured it was the best way to solve the energy crisis. With his father’s encouragement, he decided to become an Eagle Scout (did you know 11 of the 12 Apollo moonwalkers were scouts? First man on the moon Neil Armstrong and moonwalker Charles Duke were the two Eagle Scouts of the group).* Naturally, the atomic energy merit badge interested him the most. The book required the Eagle wannabe to make a model of a nuclear reactor out of straws and matches and stuff. David decided he would rather make the real thing — and then set about to gather up as much hot stuff as he could lay his hands on. He got Thorium from lantern mantles, Americium from smoke detectors and Radium from old clock dials. He had pretty much all he needed to make a small breeder reactor, which can generate more fissile material than it consumes. It sounds like a cool trick but as you can imagine these things have a way of going south to China. David spent sometimes eight or 10 hours a day in his backyard shed trying to fashion himself a breeder reactor. All he wanted to do was transform one element to the next. He thinks he may have done that but cannot be sure. Before things got even weirder in his backyard, David got cold feet, gathered up his stuff, put it in the trunk of a car and proceeded to get pulled over by the fuzz. A moon-suited team was there in a jiffy — and his shed, the hot stuff and much of the dirt in his backyard made its way to a radioactive waste dump in Utah. David’s reactor-building days were done. But since he never broke the law — or meant any harm, he never did any time in the can. He said he never thought for a moment about building a bomb! But here is the bottom line — and why he was a nice addition to our story: He says it was awfully darn hard to gather up all the smoke detectors, Coleman lantern mantles and old clocks. Matter of fact, they say you would need about 2 million smoke detectors to make a single dirty bomb of any consequence. What we should be worried about is the radioactive material that sits in machines inside hospitals. There is enough Cesium in one blood irradiator to make many dozens of dirty bombs. So let’s hope they are battening the hatches inside hospitals these days. We don’t want anyone getting a dirty bomb merit badge. For more, on the threat of ‘dirty bombs’ in the U.S. *An earlier version of this post incorrectly identified the number of Apollo moonwalkers who were also Eagle Scouts. A funeral notice quietly appeared recently, announcing the death of David Charles Hahn. Though no cause of death was provided, when he was 17 Hahn 'achieved some notoriety as a teenage Boy Scout with his attempt to build a nuclear reactor in his garden shed,' remembers Slashdot reader: His 'reactor' ended when the EPA declared his backyard as a Superfund cleanup site due to hazardous levels of radiation. His story was captured in a, and later the book 'The Radioactive Boy Scout' by Ken Silverstein. Hahn had used materials from household products like lithium batteries, smoke detectors, and old radium clocks, according to Wikipedia, which adds that shortly after Hahn's lab was dismantled, he. At the time she did it, she knew that it was no more unhealthy than any other boiling up of tonnes of rock in fuming nitric acid. Which is not the healthiest of occupations, but not because of the radioactivity of fuming nitric acid. Actually, radiologists who've since examined the case suggest that Marie Curie's fatal cancer was most likelt due to her medal-winning work as a volunteer X-ray operator during the Great War. (advertised as 'The War to End War' without a word of irony. That time.) Those battlef. Considering the fact that he has been apparently working with radioactive materials for at least a decade (arrested in 2007 for trying to steal smoke detectors for their Americium) without a single thought to safety, and considering he has turned down medical treatment for radiation exposure numerous times I'd say he died of complications resulting from exposure (and lack of treatment) to radioactive materials. His mugshot from 2007 (which someone posted above) is dreadful and definitely indicates a lack of. Considering the fact that he has been apparently working with radioactive materials for at least a decade (arrested in 2007 for trying to steal smoke detectors for their Americium) without a single thought to safety, and considering he has turned down medical treatment for radiation exposure numerous times I'd say he died of complications resulting from exposure (and lack of treatment) to radioactive materials. What you aren't considering is the very low actual risk numbers and a long history of medical evidence regarding exposure at even higher levels not resulting in significant statistical increases that a normal person would consider risk significant. If there was a 1 in 100,000 increase in the chance that this person would get cancer before he died, than in all likelihood your assumption is incorrect. He could have handled it so much better. Particularly as an adult. He kept on carrying on in the same manner he did as a child. Nuclear physics isn't about just randomly jamming things together, you do calculations and simulations to see how your idea will work. You determine your radiation hazards, you look up your material handling guidelines, you permit (okay, I'd forgive him for skipping that one, he'd never get approval), then you build. As an adult he apparently wanted to invent an always-on nuclear lightbulb. Of course, we already have those with tritium-lit exit signs, but he had some design of his own in mind, something bright (and almost certainly obscenely dangerous). This goes for anything you do, but particularly anything dangerous. Turns out humans have done a lot of research on shit, and we know the right answer for a lot of things already. So rather than just flailing about trying to figure out what is going on, do some research. It may turn out that the problem you are trying to solve has already been solved, or that people have figured out a good reason it can't. You can save yourself a lot of time and headache, and in the case of something like nuclear materials. He was on my ship. I was a nuke. He was not, and he was not nearly smart enough to be one. The Harper's story reminds me of something Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. The story paints a picture of a kid who appears to have little common sense or self-preservation instinct, and yet he improvised a procedure to reduce extract the thorium dioxide from lantern mantles and reduce it with lithium (from lithium batteries) to metallic thorium! Then he tries to reduce the radiation escaping into the neighborhood by using cobalt steel drill bits as 'control rods' in his makeshift reactor. I think his story may suggest that we underestimate how smart even not-particularly-smart people can be if they're sufficiently motivated. Maybe Or for a more extreme boost, obsessed. Of course we don't for sure, but if he was taking apart that stuff with his bare hands he was probably accidentally ingesting small amounts of contaminated material from whatever got onto his hands and dust getting onto food, the air he was breathing, etc. Remember, he was taking apart hundreds to possibly thousands of devices. Ingestion is what killed the ladies painting aircraft instrument dials with radium-laced paint (the radium to make the dials glow in the dark). In that case it was more direct, the. I've never seen an exact level, but it's been described as 'well over 1000 times normal background radiation'. That would mean 'well over 2,4 sievert per year'. No comments on exactly where a person had to be standing to receive that - assumedly in the shed right by the 'reactor' ('target' would be a better description). You certainly wouldn't want to be sleeping there every night. But if you're in the next house over, no, it's probably pretty insignificant. Unless he had a fire or something and aeroso. No, they are not, meaning you can't find a banana that emits statistically different amount from the background, unless maybe you manage to grow one near that reactor in Chernobyl. We test some every year (students invariably bring them to our nuclear physics lab), and we've never seen anything but the background. True (I just checked this my Ludlum 2221). A banana has only about 0.4 g of potassium in it which would produce 11 decays per second. It would be difficult to pick this out of background. But if you test a jar of NuSalt, or other potassium chloride salt substitute, which contains 100 g of potassium or so, the radiation is very easy to detect. 1000 times background measured directly over a source is really not that much. And the risks it presents is much lower than a huge majority of people seem to think. I know the number 1000 sounds like a lot, but 1000 times something very small can still be very small. The question of course, is what he was exposed to, how often, and did he ingest any of the radioactive matter. He was altready a bit careless, having OD'ed on canthaxanthin that he ingested as part of an experiment. He created an explosion of Red phosphorus n the basement of his house apparently not knowing that it was sensitive to shock, and he was pounding it with a hammer. So we have a young fellow that is remarkably careless. The Americium from the smoke detectors, of which he stole a number of them - apparently 100 known. So most of that is excreted but the rest goes to the liver and one's nutsack if they happen to have one. Thorium is fairly safe stuff, unless it is ingested, being an alpha emitter. Ingestion of the dust from one isn't so safe. He collected lantern mantles to collect the thorium they contained. Hahn used lithium from dismantled batteries to purify the thorium, using a Bunsen burner in the process. His standard of sanitation was not high. Radium is another matter entirely about 20 percent of ingested radium makes its's way into the bones, and it is an alpha and gamma emitter. It's daughter element radon gas is also radioactive and causes cancer. Tritium that he was going to use as a moderator, is also a radioactive beta emitter, but probably isn't/wasn't that big a deal. So it is very plausible that this young fellow ingested enough material to do himself physical harm from the radioactivity. We'll never know the full extent of the radioactivity, because his mother threw most of his collected materials into the regular trash. She was fearful of her property value. Even for ingestion or radium though, it is levels that matter. That's the part people miss. Just to say it 'causes cancer' is meaningless without levels. To say it 'makes its way to the bones' sounds scary until you realize how much is actually required to significantly increase your risk of cancer. Sunlight causes cancer as well. The point is that risk perception of the public regarding radioactivity is tremendously skewed. Mostly due to FUD and much due to ignorance. The person displaying the most ignorance here is you Mr D From 63! Why are you so interested in levels when you first quoted 1000 times background as no big deal, without any reference to alpha beta or gamma radiation. You are basically saying nothing. Tell me, what do you think the increase in risk is being exposed to 1000 times background radiation constantly for, say, a week? I bet you haven't the foggiest notion. Once again, you make things up. I never refute that ionizing radiation can cause cancer. I was talking about the risks from the levels of exposure we are discussing. You cannot seem to separate risk from absolution. Did you know that the risk of skin cancer from sunlight is much higher than health. He didn't exactly have an idyllic childhood. His mother was schizophrenic, seriously in cloud-cookoo land until she was hospitalized and put on heavy medication. It mostly controlled it after that, but she became very inattentive. She was also alcoholic. His parents divorced when he was a child. As a teen, he initially did most of his work at his father and stepmother's place, but as they became increasingly concerned by the danger level of his experiments, they began cracking down and disposing of any. He created an explosion of Red phosphorus n the basement of his house apparently not knowing that it was sensitive to shock, and he was pounding it with a hammer. So we have a young fellow that is remarkably careless. You have a young fellow who's PARENTS were remarkably careless. I too pounded stuff with hammers when I was around 16 year old. I too liked fire, chemical experiments, playing with electricity. I did as well. One of my favorite Christmas gifts was a big Chemistry set - and this was back in teh day where they put real chemicals in them, not just vinegar and baking soda. I made a lot of interesting stuff. I even had my own little outbuilding to use as a chemistry shed. But I did get some guidance and limits. I did adhere to them as well. I quickly understood radioactivity and it's ability to reach out and touch you. Its all just safety with chemicals. In this fellows family, there were some major. You have two representations of fact that I have not seen elsewhere. One is that his mother threw his items in the trash. The other that he used stolen detectors. As I have seen the story presented, he may have committed fraud in order to acquire the detectors mainly to mask his age, but he did not steal them. He both practiced fraud and theft at different times. The account is in Silverstein's book. The other is you assertion that his mother threw out 'most' of his items. The story as presented is that he was pulled over by a policeman and some items were found that led to the complete excavation of the family's yard. Now perhaps his mother threw out items prior to the discovery by authorities. That is more or less correct. What Hahn had in the trunk of his car appears to be the materials from smoke detectors and gas mantles - americium and thorium. It was months before the shed was investigated. You have two representations of fact that I have not seen elsewhere. One is that his mother threw his items in the trash. From the Harper's article at [harpers.org] P 'David’s mother, alerted by Ken and Kathy and petrified that the government would take her home away as a result of her son’s experiments, had ransacked the shed and discarded most of what she found, including his neutron gun, the radium, pellets of thorium that were far more radioactive than what the health officials found, and several quarts of radioactive powder. “The funny thing is,” David now says, “they onl. Just that radium paint alone, you wouldn't want the teen next door to have something like that. What if he had more dangerous toxins like those found in a can of insecticide or certain common petroleum products at his disposal? We wouldn't want that either would we. I truly hope that you do not work in the nuclear industry, as you have a remarkably arrogant and dangerous attitude. No, Mister D from 63, they are not an equivalent as you suggest. Many radioactive elements are also chemically poisonous as well as radioactive. A bit of Uranium in one's lunch will take out your kidneys before the radiation does anything to you. A kid shouldn't be playing with radioactive materials nor your ridiculous insecticide comparison. However, to take your opinion that somehow radioactivity is safe, and making grand sweeping statements to that effect and not even making reference to the type of radioactivity is/was involved, makes me feel quite safe that you don't know what you are talking about. I did not draw any equivalences, only a comparison which is valid from a risk perspective. I also did not say radioactivity is 'safe', but we all know low levels are safe relative to risks we welcome every day like crossing the street or getting some sun exposure. I also said nothing about the nuclear industry nor would I suggest the change their practices or lower their standards. They have very conservative standards and that has served them well. So, your attempt to twist my words and scare with swee. Alpha and neutron, mainly. The 1000 number is from the original 'radioactive boy scout' article and has been cited by a number of article since then. Regardless, when you're dealing with 'well over 2.4 sievert', it would be bad for you to be spending great amounts of time in that environment. Surely not what killed him, though. He's not going to get sores on his face like that just from having spent time near his 'reactor' in the shed. That looks like small radiation ulcers, like he was getting material on. The annual average effective dose from natural background is 2.4 mSv. However, when the article claim 1000 times normal background radiation, it doesn't say anything about the radiation type which is an important criteria to determine the effective dose. You need to qualifies the radiation, how much X-, gamma or beta radiation vs alpha, fission fragments and heavy particles vs neutrons vs high-energy protons. Doing a comparison in sievert is not appropriate. Where did you get this 1000 number? No doubt from the rectum. We had radium, Americium-241,Thorium, and tritium. So we have alpha, beta and gamma. Purification techniques performed in a small shed, and probably under woefully inadequate conditions. The likelihood of ingestion and inhalation of daughter element radon was very likely. What is more, Hahn's mother was fearful of the radioactive element' being known would negatively impact her property value, so she gathered up what she could and threw it out in the trash. This was a remarkably scrrewed up family. So the total extent of the radioactivity will never be known. Whether or not an autopsy will be performed on Hahn is not known either. But almost certainly, the scraping of the radium clocks, as well as the Americium-241 from the smoke detectors, the purification of the thorium from the lantern mantles ( apparently with nitric acid) the not always careful lad almost had to be dosing himself severely with radiation as well as regular chemical poisons. I shudder to think of just the nitric acid exposure. And 30 some years is about right for the delay between exposure and problems. I've never seen an exact level, but it's been described as 'well over 1000 times normal background radiation'. The thing about 'normal' is that it isn't very normal. It varies widely, from areas with almost no background radiation, to areas with very high levels. People who live in pitchblende areas deal with higher levels, every day, 24/7. Yes, walk a few feet away, and radiation from radioactive sources drops radically, so as you say, the low energy 'reactor' next door has absolutely no effect - you probably wouldn't even be able to measure it. The radiation levels from living next door to a powerplant for a yea. No you have never seen an exact level and this whole story is greatly overblown (because it is so darn colorful, with a catchy title). The entire account known to the public is based solely on the book 'The Radioactive Boy Scout' by Ken Silverstein. The only reason why anyone has ever heard of this case is because of Silverstein. No statements about actual radiation levels are found anywhere in the book, what you are reporting is pure rumor. And if you actually read the book several things become clear. Addendum: another thing that stands out is how ignorant Hahn was, and remained, about the basics of the relevant physics. Silverstein is easily impressed by this 'precocious' kid (IIRC, actually 17 when he got himself busted). But if you were ever a precocious kid yourself, interested in science (as many people who read this site undoubtedly are) then the account is not at all impressive. Hahn remains woefully misinformed to the very end, apparently never really reading a single good text on the subject (lik. Another addendum: what the book does report is the radioactivity of a few specific items found at the shed. The most radioactive was a vegetable can with a count rate of 50,000 CPM. Definitely radioactive, but to put this in context uranium glazed Fiestaware, which was sold to the public to eat off of as late as 1972, emits up to [unitednuclear.com] and yes, you can buy one of these for $39 today if you like. The next most radioactive item was 6,000 CPM, one at 3,000, one at 1,500, and nothing else more than the low. 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