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Losing to a completely unathletic stale BBall team like that is horrible. The inability to foul at the end was inexcusable but it shouldnt even come to that. Play freaking ball and make layups...
Wisconsin Celebrates Victory Over M
This video makes me want to set fire to my mgoblog account & re-register with a username that has nothing to do with this stupid state.
I'm okay with the pope thing staying, but this I take offense to!
Correction, this is the worst fucking thread so far today.
I hate those fucking badgers. That my remote and laptop didn't go through my TV remains a minor miracle.
That was the most painful bball loss I can remember since Bucky shot that three a couple of years ago.
This is exactly why Youtube videos in opening posts shouldn't be able to embed.
I hope they all die young
I thought the attempt at dancing would bring joy after a sorrowful weekend
Big win against the possible National Champs, you'd be jacked as well.
Nice marathon you guys had this weekend, too.
I was watching the gamecast and we were down by like 8 with a minute to go, so I jumped ship to go back to my part time job of Troll. When I got back it was in 1OT. Absolutely crazy.
False. Rushing the court during a regular season game is bush league. Act like you've been there before, Wisconsin. You made yourselves look stupid.
Err false what? If you watched the OPs video you would note that this is in the locker room. I am surprised no one made any cracks at the white kids dancing to Ke$ha. Haha.
Well, I didn't watch the video so sue me. I'm a very busy and important person and I only read portions of posts and try to make up the rest of the content based on what I want to say.
/saves face
That is a sound strategy. I do it all the time.
I had that thought, but then I noticed it wasn't just the white kids dancing, so I decided Wisconsin in general must have no taste.
why are you telling college students how to celebrate a win
actually who cares, no one is actually going to listen to you anyway.
You clearly did not read my comment above so I'll repeat. I'm a very important person and, as such, people obviously listen to me. My people just ran the numbers and they expect the amount of court-rushers to decrease by 56.6666% over the next five years just from my statement above.
(FYI - on message boards, people post thoughts and opinions. I don't think anyone here expects to really change how others operate on a day-to-day basis.)
still why are you against rushing the court after big wins
- mgoterp (February 11th, 2013 at 12:24 pm): " ... who cares, no one is actually going to listen to you anyway."
- mgoterp (February 11th, 2013 at 12:51 pm): " ... why are you against rushing the court after big wins"
***Logical inconsistency detector at peak levels!***
Why be for it? What good comes from it? Getting to touch the court? Big deal. Getting to be near the players? Big deal? Getting to cheer and dance around with your friends? You can do the same thing in the stands. I just don't get the draw of it, and I've been to some pretty epic games in my lifetime. But I guess different strokes for different folks. That is, until people get hurt.
btw it was sick just now when we beat duke.
*kanye shrug*
It can be a dangerous pratice. I was actually a little worried for our players Saturday.
But why "during a regular season game?" I mean, if you don't during the regular season, when can you rush the court? During the Tournament made up of fans of other teams?
That language is superfluous but I used it in the hypothetical chance that it was possible to rush the court after a championship game. Of course, it'd probably never happen. But it might. Someday. Potentially. Hypothetically. But probably not.
Evan Turner
We lost, but then again, when people celebrate like that after beating Michigan, it means we are important again, would they have celebrated like this 3-5 years ago? Not saying I want to continue to see this happen, but just saying...GO BLUE!
Ya I agree. I had to have a tiny glimmer of happiness when they rushed the court. They rushed the court for beating Michigan basketball. I mean before the inexorable upward march that followed the anurism of leadership wou would have ever thought that was possible?
I normally shake off losses and do not let them affect my life. However, I still feel the sting from this one.
99 out of 100 that does not go in!!! SRSLY, how did that go in??
I'll try to think of something else...hmmmm....Armando Gallaraga's non perfect game??
Still mad!!!!
UM would celebrate that much if they were unranked and beat a top 5 Wisconsin team in OT at home.
that is not going to happen any time soon, since Wisconsin is allergic to top rankings
Even if we had beaten said team on our court 14 years & running? I hope not.
if you think the spartans won't do the same, you are kidding yourself.
and if you think that nick stauskas should act really reserved because the last time something happened was when daniel horton was on the team, you have forgetten 18.
Are they dancing to Beyonce?
Ke$ha. Which is much worse in my opinion.
i didnt watch the video...and I dont wanna watch it either...
still not over the loss.
This board is a tire fire this morning. Someone make it stop.
Oh, I wanted salt in my wound and kicked in the dick again... All to go along with my Monday morning.
Edit: Just to be clear, that's salt into a dick wound, then kicked in aforementioned dick.
Levert leveret whatever his name is gave away 2 critical 3s why was he in the game at all
You probably shouldn't speak on his abilities if you don't even know his name.
guys, if Wisconsin won by like 7 or 8, you wouldn't see this celebration. the celebration is mostly because they stole a win with a half court shot. you are placing too much emphasis on michigan here.
OP, did you wake up this morning and say, "I don't have any videos of dudes banging mgobloggers wives, so how can I be an piss off everyone today? I know, I'll post a video of Wisconsin celebrating their win against Michigan!!! That'll do it....Bwah ha ha ha ha."
Get over the loss. Time to BEAT STATE. I understand you live on every single Michigan Basketball game and Football game...but you should probably sack up. The guy banging MGoBloggers' wives sure did.
I thought I was obviously kidding...I do give you points for the sacking up comment. That is funny.
The feeling of subjecting myself to this is probably how Russell Brand felt seeing Katy Perry's boobs last night.
to people who say that this doesnt matter ....this loss makes big ten championsip that much tougher....?
if this was not an imp game and we lost it in the same way ...i wud be ok.
we shud have fouled .....up by 3 with 2.4 secs left............................................
I am ashamed of how butthurt our fan base is...do any of you realize the biggest game of the season is TOMORROW? I understand Saturday sucked but all is not lost.
at IU. The most important remaining road game of the season is tomorrow. And I think u need to give people some slack...to steal a road game in BIG this season against one of the top 5 teams in the league would have been huge. To lose, in OT, with some questionable calls...is tough. To know that u lost to a team that celebrates listening to Kesha...well that just plain wrong.
If we win out we win the BIG...Again, I know Saturday sucked but 3-4 losses were expected but if we take care of business at home and win tomorrow we should be OK
You just contradicted yourself. If Michigan has to win out to win the B1G, how is the biggest game of the season tomorrow? Or are you going for the "every game is the biggest game of the season" route?
I guess I was going that route but I also meant @Wisco and @MSU were are two biggest road tests left. We have to win at least one and since we lost @Wisco the East Lansing game becomes our biggest game (assuming we continue to take care of business at home).
Bucky in the B1G tourney, destroy by 20 and then calmly exit the floor.
We've been victimized by Wisconsin twice now and once by Evan freakin Turner in the last 3(?) seasons. We're due for a big buzzer beater against a real opponent...anytime now would be nice
That pissed since D-Mo missed at the buzzer in 2nd round against Duke.
Too soon. Way too soon.
My son (Wisconsin '92) and I were at the game Saturday. Aside from the no-calls, M's shooting percentage, especially from three-point land (28%) was what did us in, IMO. Bucky turned the ball over 14 times. I don't know how many of those TOs M converted, but in a low-possession (>56) game, that many turnovers coupled with a couple more Stauskas or GRIII 3-pointers could have comfortably sealed the deal. M's defense was pretty good throughout the game (held W to .96 ppp) except for the last 2 seconds which we won't talk about.
After the game I would describe the attitude of the great majority of W fans as sheepish. I walked into a couple bars (the Nitty Gritty and Wando's) in all my M gear and, although each place was packed with happy fans, no one said much of anything to me. They knew damn well they stole a win and most seemed happy just to shut up about it.
Maybe you'd be a bit more OptiMICHtic if you stopped watching videos such as these.
I am more optimistic than 90% of this thread. I just thought the video was funny. Instead, no Michigan fans can take a joke or knock on their team without freaking out a little bit.
How does one become optimistic by not watching dancing videos exactly?
Sorry, I just felt it was the perfect opportunity to make a joke of my own. I thought it was funny at least, but my sense of humor can be somewhat childish at times.
Good, good. Let them think this is a glorious validation.


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DEFIANCE, Ohio - On a cold and blustery afternoon in which the teams combined to keep the statistician busy with 20 errors, the Bluffton University softball team managed to walk away with a sweep of rival Defiance College on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. The Beavers improved to 18-12 on the season and 6-2 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance fell to 7-22 overall and 4-6 in the HCAC.
After trading single runs in the second inning of game one, Bluffton jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the top of the third. Emily Manahan (Columbus/Bishop Watterson) doubled home Chelsie Osborne (Chillicothe/Waverly) before Lindsay Robertson (Cincinnati/Northwest) picked up Manahan and Katie Clark (New Palestine, Ind.) with a base hit. Shelby Wade (Delaware/Buckeye Valleye) made the score 5-1 with an RBI single up the middle.
The home team took advantage of two Bluffton errors in both the fifth and sixth, putting up three runs in each inning as the Yellow Jackets took a 7-6 lead into the final frame.
With one out in the top of the seventh, pinch hitter Mackenzie Bedlion (Marshallville/Smithville) reached on one of Defiance's three errors in the game. Alexandra Haugh (Highland, Ind./Andrean) re-entered for Bedlion and moved up 60 feet on a wild pitch. Wade picked Haugh up with a single to center, tying the game at 7-7. Meagan Price (Toledo/Springfield) knocked in Wade with what turned out to be the game winner on another hit to center.
Starter Megan Patton (Waynesfield/Perry), who went back to the circle with two outs in the sixth, worked around a leadoff walk and Bluffton error in the seventh to nail down her sixth victory of the season with back-to-back strikeouts to end the game. She fanned nine and walked five in 6.1 innings of work. Patton and Chloe Shell (Covington) allowed seven runs, however, none were earned as the Beavers committed six errors.
Manahan was a perfect 4-of-4 with a double, two RBI and one run scored. Clark went 3-of-4, while Price and Wade both tallied two hits. Robertson and Wade drove in two runs apiece and Osborne scored twice.
Bluffton was unable to take advantage of doubles by Meagan Price and Katie Clark in the first inning of game two as a double play erased Price. Defiance used a couple Bluffton errors to go ahead 2-0 in the bottom half of the frame.
The home team coughed it up four times in the top of the third as Bluffton scored five times to make the score 5-2. Osborne, Robertson and Jessica Kuzara (Flat Rock, MI/Huron) all drove in runs in the third. A couple tallies for Defiance in the bottom half made it a one-run game.
Single runs in the fourth and sixth made it 7-4 Bluffton heading to the final inning. Kuzara and Wade both doubled home runs in the top of the seventh as Bluffton opened up a 10-4 margin. The Yellow Jackets made it interesting with three hits and two more Bluffton errors, but the Beavers held on for a 10-7 victory in the nightcap.
Wade was 4-of-4 with three runs scored and one RBI and both she and Emily Manahan finished the day 6-for-8. Kuzara, who had two RBI, and Price were 2-of-4 while Emily Kolezynski (Strongsville) finished 2-of-3 with a run scored. She also picked up her first career win, working four innings of relief. The freshman allowed three runs, just one earned, on four hits, three of which came in the final inning.
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This one is a "mental photograph" of sorts. I was driving on an eastern Iowa freeway in mid-Sept 2011 when I looked to my right and saw a green, summer-like, wooded area with this one blazing red tree sticking out like a torch. I only glimpsed the scene for about 5 seconds, but I thought it would make an interesting wallpaper. I fired up Vue when I got home and constructed this scene from memory (with a bit of artistic license). I hope you like it! The third and fourth versions I rendered deviate a bit from my initial inspiration. The second version looked very much like what I saw on the roadside, but I wanted to try something a little more subtle. Vue doesn't allow you to vary the leaf color on a "per-branch" level so I rendered a few different shades and composited them in Photoshop.
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I take great pride in my trees :-)
Proof that Ryan got the tree perfect as usual: https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=young+maple&client=ms-android-hms-vf-nz&prmd=ivmn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-6J6ovJ_XAhULKJQKHVmYAPQQ_AUIEigB&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=ky3uxP9iToHNCM:
Well, you know, some people feel the need to trash the work of others to make themselves feel better about what's lacking in their own lives.
I have been a lifetime member of DB for about ten years now, and I can say unequivocally that your work is second to none, and how someone -- anyone -- can call your work pathetic is simply beyond me (@tina). Yes, it was four years ago, but still, I read her comment and my heart really went out to you, Ryan. The point isn't even what kind of tree that is. It could have been a tree of your own invention. There are no rules here. You create worlds and scenes that, as far as we know, do not exist in reality, so what purpose did Tina have in saying what she said. She has probably moved on with her life and has forgotten all about this little evil moment of hers, but I wanted you to know that you are an artist of the first caliber. Your mind sees something, and you create it. I highly suspect that this woman could do a tenth, a hundredth, of what you have accomplished in these scenes of yours. You've created impressions of worlds that are mysterious, glorious, daunting, exciting, moving, and evocative in any number of ways, and how someone could form the opinion that your work is pathetic is just so far beyond understanding and untenable that the issue is more about Tina's evil and corrupted spirit than it is about your work. She is the personification of all that is spiteful and ugly in this world, while you and your brilliant mind and pure heart represent all that is good and wonderful and perfect.
Yes, the comment is four years old, but, frankly, I still had to say something. Words hang in the air. They don't just disappear. They cling to us, like cobwebs, and sometimes a memory is evoked simply by way of a word. I can remember things from my past that, for all pretense and purposes, I should have long since forgotten because the event or circumstance they represent have no significance in my life. But I remember useless scenes, and they stay with me, for no reason at all. And just in case Tina's words have stayed with you, I want you to know that you are a good and decent man, anyone can see that, and your heart is decent and good. You walk with the goodwill and hopes of all who have ever seen your work. You are blessed. And you are loved.
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another wow; beautiful subtle tonality - just lovely. Catches that first "yikes" moment just perfectly.
The colors, the light, the content are serene, peaceful, calming. It's one of those scenes one wouldn't mind stepping into; ala 'The Twilight Zone' But the 'Zone' story as usual, has a strong and ironic twist. It's a story about a man who wants to escape into a painting ( a man fishing on a lake) and he visits the gallery everyday, wishing, hoping he can escape into that place and time. He is a nazi who escaped from the war and wishes to hide. He is discovered, runs to the gallery and wishes himself into the painting, but unknown to him the painting has been replaced by a different one. A man being crucified. Not that this compares to that, it is just such a peaceful idlyic scene, place and time. You have captured that photographic quality, light and ideal time of day. Thank you.
The longer I look at this one, the more I appreciate it. The foreground vegetation, especially, is really well done, IMO. Might be the best ground cover of any of your renders--it just looks real!
It's gone!
This is perhaps my favorite one yet in my 12 years of following DB. I used to live in NE Iowa, Decorah, and have seen many an autumn pasture just like this. You really capture the sense of those secluded paradises tucked away along gravel roads whose beauty often goes unnoticed until you stop and take a closer look. Wonderful! Thank you.
Let me know if you are still seeing the gibberish.
note: this happens on every preview.shtml page, not just firstblush.
I am using FF3.6 (I can't handle FF's new layout so I can't upgrade). I also use adblock to remove a considerable amount of undesired content around the net (including things like Facebook/Twitter widgets like you use here, etc.), which may or may not be interfering with it.
Here is a screenshot, which shows that the gobbledegook looks like it should be the contents of the dropdown menu:
is there anyway I can get the 3840x1080 in split files? Otherwise I have to have a reverse picture with the colored tree on the left instead of the right. Is there another way to fix this?
Thanks for the heads-up! The files should have the correct links now.
I think some of the multiscreen pickle jar renders all point to the same version (with the brighter red tree), the filenames are the same for the bigger images. Is that intended?
My pick is #4. Each year my eye is suddenly drawn to just such a tree as I travel to/from work in autumn, somehow it seems to change colors overnight. You've captured this image perfectly, Ryan!! This is one sight that I look forward to as the seasons change here in southwestern PA.
I liked the plain red one, too. But with the multicolor (especially #4) the whole image really pops. I think it's becoming one of my favorite fall images that you've done. Thanks for sharing your "mental" snapshot. :-)
May I ask what browser you are using?
There's a block of gobbledegook visible under the multiscreen pictures that looks like it's supposed to be part of the download dropdown. :x
I've posted multiscreen versions of #4 and #2 (in the Pickle Jar). You will notice that the color pattern on version 4 is a bit different than the single screen version. Since I used Photoshop to create the effect in #4 it would be difficult (but not impossible) to replicate exactly. I chose instead to create a new distribution. Hope you like it!
The multiscreen is finished rendering and now I am putting together the different foilage renders. It should be up later today!
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Ryan, I would have to say this is spot on! It looks just like the Vine Maple we have here on the west side of the Cascades Mountains here in Oregon. These wallpapers exemplify why this is my wife's favorite time of year. She loves the foliage color changes…especially the Vine Maple!! I'm sure she will have this set as her desktop wallpaper by the end of today!
Never mind, it's already in there! I just needed to Ctrl+F better.
Great render!
If it isn't too much work could I get a 480x800 version of First Blush #2 for my Windows Phone? That one is my favourite!
The previous desktop and this one are a reminder for me to keep renewing my membership. Just what my workstation needed for the warm and colourful Autumn now enveloping England. Thank you.
I like the second version best. The first one had the tree too muted and in the background. The multi-color version is almost too surrealistic for my taste. (although I can easily see how it could be someone's favorite)
I like the contrast best with the second one.
I am actually very excited to see which one is ultimately selected as the "official" version.
We get fog for a lot of the morning here in Southern California and this picture captures it perfectly. Once again you have dome some spectacular work!!
I knew there was a good reason I despised "social" networking sites. I am personally glad I never fell into that particular addiction, but I certainly understand your frustration, Ryan. But once my local bank and supermarkets started adding "Like This" links to their pasta and Free Personal Checking, I figured it couldn't go anywhere but down from there. Just like I remember the days when MTV actually played Videos!
Also love the latest version of First Blush (#3), though I'd still love to see some nice tendrilly fog ;)
@tina - just wow. At least be clear when you're scathing. I have no idea what the heck your criticism even was supposed to be.
This looks a lot like our yard (we live on a farm). We have a small odd-shaped tree that comes out first every Fall. I like #4, but #3 really is first blush.
Perfect for the coming fall! I love maple trees!
I was going for a maple tree here.
|Justin B
Actually, my grandparents have a young maple tree that looks very much like that. It turns to it's fall colors sooner than any other tree on the street, and it's tall and slender. Almost exactly like the one in the picture.
But I guess since you can't see it it must not be real...
I dont mean to contradict you, but the enjoyment of the image is in the art, not so much the realism, at least for me.
Pathetic. What Oak, or whatever that tree is, looks like that. Good attempt at a survival statement, but pathetic.
I like the current version (4th) better, it beast the 2nd one.
I really like the realistic colors in the fourth one, but version 2 remains my favorite.
At first I wasn't extremely excited about this work, but now with the great red-yellow-green hues of the tree, it rocks :-)
I still really like 2 but 4 does grow on you and like he said it looks more real. When I first saw 2 I thought it looked a little unreal because of the solid red. I think you've won me over with the brighter colors, but I do also still like 2.
|Justin B
I was sure that the 2nd one would be my pick, but the more I look at this one, the more I like it. It adds a touch of realism to it, in that it definitely feels like it's in the midst of changing, as opposed to being dead. Heh. I also think it still retains enough "pop" to hold true to the original idea. So I think that either 2 or 4 would be proper additions to the gallery.
Actually the different variations look like the same scene over the time of foliage change. Awesome stuff, Ryan!
firstblush3 looks the most realistic and is my favorite version.
|Mike K
My vote is Firstblush 3 and it is mainly because the variations of the color catches your eye alot easier then a simple 1 color scheme. Very nice :D
The vari-colored tree takes the cake.
|Chris B
it's pretty cool if you put them in slide show V3 then 4 then 1 then 2
|Chris B
Version 2. I like the almost overemphasized flaming red color. But then I also like the subdued v1 because it is more natural. v4 is nice too, but I think i'll stick with v2 for now.
I'm still a bigger fan of the first one. It's more subdued and I don't feel it needs any extra emphasis. It's already red for goodness sake. Whichever one you decide on, I"m glad I have that one. :)
|Brandi U.
As others have said, the second (and to a lesser degree, the first) versions seem to capture your original vision best. Versions 3 and 4 take away from the "flaming" effect of that first tree changing colors.
|Mary H
i like them all but I think you have captured the best with the last one.
I've added one last version (for today) that retains more "fire" from the original but also varies the colors a little. Thanks for the great feedback!
Agree with Justin B that this one falls a little flat after looking at the second one.
|Henry V.
Justin puts it right. The first two versions go with what I'm familiar with seeing here. Where you have one tree that changes colors quicker than the others. This one the subject does not stand out as much from the background.
|Justin B
I don't feel like the most recent version fits with your original inspiration. Granted, only you know what you saw, but to me version 3 doesn't strike me as extraordinary. It's reminiscent of any ole woods this time of year. It's a gorgeous picture in it's own right, but it doesn't have the same feeling, or "pop", that the other versions have. The newest one, "eh, fall is coming". The original, "wow, look at that tree!"
Love the colors & really love the depth of the forest behind the foggy foreground. One of my favorites, very rich. Hope you are planning on doing a multi-screen render for this one :)
I just downloaded and voted for the 2nd version, and the third version just popped up. I like all THREE!
This is a lot better than the original. The fog is nice too.
I love the overall image, the colors, and the depth and serenity that the fog brings. Even without the fall tree this would be a lovely image. My one minor nitpick: the shape of the fall tree somehow seems unnatural to me, perhaps a bit to tall and slender? Just my opinion, though.
It reminds me of a scene I saw just yesterday that was the opposite of this: a mountain hillside covered in trees of crimson, orange and gold, and in the middle was a grove of green trees, like the last holdouts of a surrounded army.
Ryan this new render of first bush is so much better than the first one and is now a new favorite of mine. Thanks for the new version of this render, it's awesome!!! :-)
I love this image in it's concept, but I also don't like the way the fog looks. I think if it had more of that patchy, tendriled rising fog look it would help? But I look forward to autumn as being RID of horrible icky sticky humidity (which we've been drowning in here in the northeast for over a week). The general wash-out look fromthe fog just makes the scene look sticky and damp, rather than that exhilarating crisp fall damp that's gone by 9am I'm looking forward to =)
Of course since those on-off trees like this one start to change as early as July, I might be having wishful-thinking-syndrome that it's late October in that scene.
Beautiful work nontheless, but those are my thoughts on the Fog Debate ;)
I've never liked fall, too much of a reminder that winter is coming. However, this really is lovely. Summer is still hanging around but the beauty of fall has come. The mist is a good touch as is brings to life the cold dew of the morning burning off as the sun rises. Your best fall picture ever!!
I like the way the red tree resembles a flame. :-)
Really like this, its always good to experiment with ideas, what might also look good is if you made everything black and white except for the orange tree...
Nice beginning of Autumn render! I like the second one better because the tree is brighter. I like that much of everything else is somewhat dark and mysterious.
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I like the ganja looking plants. I highly doubt you intended them to look like that. But really cool looking plants. Well done.
A lot of your work has subtle but distracting barrel distortion, especially on multi-screens, but in this one in particular it is particularly distracting to me. This seems like something you could address in rendering by placing the camera much farther (by an order of magnitude) back and reducing the field of view. (I don't know if maybe this is something you've experimented with and rejected already.)
When I decide to use a heavily distorted image as my desktop, I correct it in Gimp, but I would rather you did it since you have the artist's eye.
Approximately what would be a time differential for you to put out a multi-display rendering of a work?
(FWIW - It's the multi-displays that really have me onboard.)
Enjoy the work very, very much. Only wish you had more 'planetary' renderings.
The red tree looked too dim in the first one. The second one matches the lighting better I think.
Both versions are good, but I prefer the original render. The bush looks more realistic in that one.
I think the fog gives it an almost dreamy feel to it. Without the fog it'd be a more conventional picture, and I think weaker for it.
I love the "painting" feel this image has. I very strongly disagree with Samuel's comments below and agree with Sara's. I love the mystical feel of the mist, too, and I'm glad you left it in. :) Thank you for a lovely picture. It takes me away from the world for a moment, ahhhhhh.....
I've added a new render this morning which brightens the red tree considerably and moves it a bit more front & center. I know a number of comments have asked about removing the fog, but it adds a sense of depth that I feel is missing without it. The original is still available here for comparison purposes.
Thanks for the feedback!
I think it is a great idea, however, I feel like the upper part of the picture (especially on the right side) is too dark. I also think it would look better without the fog.
I like it!, just the brownish haze detracts from it!... the rather green looking plants on the ground between the yellow flowers looks almost like Cannabis at a quick glance! :)
Usually I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell, but in this case I think this render has just the right amount. ;) @ Samir: Always happy to meet another SNL fan who fondly remembers that Christopher Walken/Blue Oyster Cult sketch.
I disagree with Samuel. I think the mist gives it a mystical appearance.
... Looks a little washed out, like there's too much white balance or something. The fog itself is perfectly fine, gives it a nice soft feel, but there needs to be a bit more contrast.
And if you really want some interesting views like this, check out places like Eagle's Peak on the western Wisconsin boarder... it'll blow your mind this time of year.
|Brandi U.
This looks fantastic on my monitor. The lighting is superb. Deep, dark forest behind one blazing red tree. Really like the play of light. The green foliage and yellow daises upfront is perfect and very photo realistic. All of it combines to really show off the red tree. Don't change a thing on this one.
I wonder if it looks too dark to some due to their monitor's gamma setting.
I like the trees, but the fog makes it look...nasty.
Just give us the forest! It would look gorgeous.
|Jeff K
What I find interesting is that this looks more like a painting whereas Elegy looked more photorealistic. I still like Elegy better.
I think with the dark forest background the red tree needs to be even brighter, and loose the fog also.
I agree with Chuck's earlier comment it's "Meh" and I'm not sure why either, I most always prefer your naturescapes, but somethings not quite right about this one.
Wow! I can't exactly put my finger on what it is about this image that is so amazing. It has the feel of an oil painting, with the detail of a photograph. I don't know if it is the lighting or the subject matter, but I would say that this is the best image you have created to date. Can't wait for the widescreens.
You could do an interesting initial winter version of this scene by making all of the trees that are currently green appear in deep rich fall colors, and the current red tree being the first one to have lost all of it's leaves. You could continue this idea with "First Green" by having the blush tree with the first blossoms of spring and all the other trees bare, etc . . .
This has been a fantastic investment that has paid huge dividends. Keep up the great work!
I love that you can go from something like String Theory to this. Definitely shows your wide range of abilities.
Simplistic, highly detailed, colorful and elegant.
I think it's a lovely addition.
Thanks, Ryan! This reminds me of the first red tree I saw about forty years ago, in Maine, after growing up in autumnally-incorrect California. However, when I look at First Blush on my monitor, the red leaves seem to be "buzzing," almost like a movement. I can feel my eyes constantly trying to focus.
Can it be tweaked?
Thanks for giving us so much beauty :)
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I'm a life time member and I just wanted to take a minute to say thanks. You work displayed on my desktop always gets me complements and I love the vast library of works. Keep up the good work and I bid you and your family God's peace.
I like the idea of the contrast in tree colour, but think if you made the background more dense, it would bring out the red colour in the tree a lot more. Also more fog in the foreground but remove it from the top would also compliment this idea. It makes it slightly more spooky but this render is all about the colour.
I like your nature wallpapers, but I'm a little indifferent about this one. Unfortunately I couldn't tell you why, it's just my thought.
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Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho does not expect to sell Kaka in the January transfer window.
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The Brazilian is a bit-part player at the Bernabeu, but Mourinho wants to keep hold of him to add extra depth to the squad.
He said: "I don't think that Kaka will go anywhere. He will stay. And as I've said all along, if he stays then it is good for us because he provides us with an extra option."
Mourinho also wished Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova a speedy recovery as the 44-year-old began a second battle with cancer.
Vilanova had an operation on his parotid gland yesterday, which the club confirmed went "as expected" and will now start six weeks of chemotherapy.
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ENGLEWOOD (AP) - With strong-armed Jay Cutler under center, it would seem impossible to find anybody at the Denver Broncos training camp who misses Jake Plummer.
Kicker Jason Elam does.
The Broncos' career scoring leader has struggled getting used to his new holders at training camp.
Twice this week, the 15th-year pro has missed three field goals in one practice as he adjusts to Cutler and punters Todd Sauerbrun and Paul Ernster holding for him.
"The last couple of years I had Jake Plummer and he was so good, he was a great holder," Elam said Friday. "He had really quick hands and got the ball down fast for me so I could have a real long look."
Elam isn't pointing fingers. He said it's just a matter of adjusting to his new cohorts.
The Broncos and their fans aren't accustomed to seeing the three-time Pro Bowler struggle. He holds team records for most career field goals (368) and best career percentage (.802) as well as extra points made (568) and points scored (1,672).
Last year, he converted 27 of 29 field goal tries for a franchise-best .931 average.
So, the crowds at camp and his teammates have been doing double takes as his kicks sail left and right.
Special teams coach Scott O'Brien said it's just a matter of working out the kinks, and Elam said he's not overly concerned, either.
"Everybody in the league has to deal with getting that operation down every year and getting the timing back, so I'm not worried about it," Elam said. "I'm sure it will come around real quick."
It's not like his mechanics are a mess or his mind muddled.
"I've got it surrounded, the last two days I've kicked I hit the upright twice," he said. "But I feel really, really strong. I feel probably stronger than I have the last couple of years, really good offseason workout. So, more than anything it's just a little timing issue. It's just completely me. I've got to get my timing back.
"It's not like I'm missing them 15 feet left or 20 feet right. I'm inches away from being right on."
Plummer was supplanted by Cutler as the starting quarterback with five games to go in 2006 and retired shortly after the Broncos traded him to Tampa Bay last offseason.
Elam has found himself in this position before, adjusting during camp to a new crew. He was spoiled by having Tom Rouen as his holder for eight straight seasons.
"I just knew what he was thinking. I had so much of a comfort level that the ball was going to be where I needed it to be," Elam said. "So, now I've had a bunch of different holders the last few years. It's not ideal. It's not what a kicker wants to go through. But it's what everybody has to deal with."
What made Plummer such a good holder was his uncommonly quick reflexes.
One time two years ago, against the Giants at the Meadowlands, Plummer mishandled the snap from Mike Leach but still managed to grab the ball and put it down in a split second for a stunned Elam to kick it through the uprights on one stutter step.
"He just shocked me how fast he got it down," Elam recounted. "But he was just so fast. His hands, he could spin the laces, he could get his hands out of the way. He was just really good."
Elam would like for the new holder to be determined by the team's third preseason game.
"Whoever it's going to be, I would probably push: Please, let me have the guy who's going to be the guy so I can really start honing it on it and get into a real good rhythm," he said.
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|2010-05-13, 03:16
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Pretentious moe scholar
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Anyway, this discussion inspired me to go and watch that Angel Beats promo special from a while back that I was too busy to watch when it first came out. The tone of the thing is as self promoting as you'd expect, but it did mention that the second half of the show is supposed to be more Key like in tone than the first, so I wouldn't form any judgements just yet.
It's also fairly clear from the interviews that Maeda wanted to do something a bit different from what he'd written for Key, so I get the impression that this is a bit of an experiment for him.
|2010-05-13, 11:56
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It's largely subjective. Mai-HiME is one of my favorites, but even I will admit there's a lot of stupid shit in there. But I don't care.
Arguably, the plot of Angel Beats is only a little more silly than the plot of Air (also created by Jun Maeda) which was pretty wacked and also a mess in pacing. But that was a good show too. So yea.
|2010-05-13, 12:21
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I still think One Piece is one league above Bleach and Naruto. People just tend to group them together because they are all famous and long shounen....
Also I enjoyed read/watch through different materials about one show, so i don't mind Angel Beats novel/anime/4-koma at all (could be just me). SOme people mentioned that it's a joint project and you supported to do so to enjoy the most or something
Anyway, back to the topic. The shows that recently really irritated me is Kara no Kyoukai. SImply because i hate the main character with all my guts. Without him, the show is quite good actually. I even actually rated ep 1 and 5 to be 5/5 and the rest to be 1/5 because of that. In fact i prefer the guy in ep 5 to be the main character. But too bad.....
|2010-05-13, 13:11
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Aye, Angel Beats isn't *terrible* ... its just that a lot depends on the baggage and history the viewer brings with them in assessing the series.
Series I was very fond of a few years ago sometimes don't stand the test of more experience with other series. OTOH, some series retain their appeal and none of their descendants seem to have the same spark.
You have to sift through a lot of chaff and crap to find the few jewels that actually appeal to *you*.
|2010-05-13, 13:21
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is one piece much more greater story than Naruto and bleach??
because I just cant find why people love one piece...... maybe I kinda dont like the animation at all......
If One piece story is much more greater than those 2 then maybe I'll try to watch it forcefully...
|2010-05-13, 13:24
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Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. I don't get the hype, they don't even have a plot like Inuyusha, and it's like the scriptwriters go rush their work and "OK! This will do for this week."
Angel Beats! is okay. Just okay. The storyline seems just like another high school anime, but with a morbid twist to it, just not morbid enough to count as artistic. But meh, who cares if Tenshi is cute?
Now let's hope the animators do us a favour and put cat ears on her......
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|2010-05-13, 15:27
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It's not a deal breaker for me and still effective in some cases, but I understand how it can annoy people.
The last episode of Angel Beats is probably this aspect at its worst, since it involves a character that well... I don't care about. So yea, it doesn't bode well for you, sadly. But I can hope for the best; they do seem to be trying hard to not slip back into their own cliches this time.
|2010-05-13, 15:45
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Well, actually I can see where you're coming from. I'm guessing it was that naive idealistic "killing is always wrong" and "do what i say Ryougi Shiki or else I won't forgive you!" attitude, am I right? I'll admit that did kinda irk me at the time.
But I still liked him because he was willing to go the extra mile. He prevented my one of my favourite characters becoming a psychotic murderer and it's not like he got off easy what with the eye and all...
|2010-05-17, 00:29
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I believe hate is a very strong word and should not be used so freely. Differences of opinion are usually a result of individual preference.
I often come across films/series I do not particularly like, but I will always see merit, and give praise where it is deserved. Evidently our indvidual preferences do taint our judgment, are bias, but I do make a conscious effort to remain impartial when describing a film or recommending it to others.
A film/series can be incredible, and very popularly liked - and I will admit that, despite whether or not I like it myself.
Personally I am only really interested in anime with adult themes and content. This doesn't simply refer to the obvious: sexual explicitness, violence and gore - but storyline's that are deep and complex, philosophical in nature, or that explore intense human interpersonal relationships - social commentaries if you like. Anime's that only an adult audience could possibly understand.
Something like the incredibly popular Naruto holds little appeal with me. I attempted to watch it on a number of occasions, but it just bored me. It's an anime that is suitable for all ages, a family orientated anime - like The Simpsons, everyone can enjoy it. It is not something I would enjoy watching, but impartially, I feel it's a good series with interesting characters and an imaginative concept.
I am in the process of creating a review blog - just for fun, a creative outlet. I try to remain impartial - analysing and interpreting what I view, exploring the positive and negative aspects of any given film/series, without injecting my personal opinion. I reserve my personal opinion until the very end, after I have given all of the information - and alongside other sourced ratings - to allow people to make up their own minds. The purpose is primarily to share the interest, the enthusiasm - than to negatively or positively criticise.
I find with a lot of sites, not just regarding anime (or indeed this one), but regarding music for instance, people are quick to slag off something they do not like themselves, and consquently ridicule others for their tastes, without seeing merit or anything positive in it. It can be quite difficult when people hold such strong personal opinions, and are unable to take anyone else's into consideration.
Fortunately it appears this website is frequented by intelligent people who can justify their opinions and even see beyond them - unlike many other website's I have been on in the past.
|2010-05-17, 16:19
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I would happily answer this with DBZ/Naruto
I've tried watching them and I just couldn't get into them. I just don't really have the patience to go and watch One Peice or Bleach either. I just have this thing about watching incredibly long shows, I either get bored of watching them a little bit in, or I get halfway then never finish watching them.
|2010-05-19, 20:58
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I wish some of you One piece haters from a few pages back would actually criticize the series after reading or watching through it in its entirety instead of chanting, LOL the art sux and the setting is stupid.
One piece is the only series amongst the big three that gets better as it goes along. Whereas Kubo and Kishi are doing their best to elongate their stagnated behemoths it's nice to see someone who actually thinks about the story and knows where it's headed.
Yet people will be content to sit by their vapid criticisms to justify their irrational hate for the series.
|2010-05-19, 21:42
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Uhhh... not sure if it's popular, but I kinda dislike most fan service anime on the borderline of hentai (lots of censored things happening here and there). I rather watch real hentai or better yet.... porn. While I don't really hate most of the titles listed here, I don't watch Naruto, Bleach and OP, because they are too long... As for K-on, I don't hate it, but I don't love it either... I watch it because I watched the first season.
|2010-05-20, 04:23
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Honestly, every series comes with haters. Just that in some cases there are some shows where the vocal hate is obscenely rare even on shows I personally didn't like. I have 2 examples of this.
One of them is Canaan. Most everybody who followed it loved it but I for one thought it was pretty boring, predictable, and unoriginal (the colors aside); complete with a cast I simply had a hard time caring much about at all. And this is coming from someone who's normally lenient on action series because its a genre that can easily leave me entertained without really trying that hard.
The other is Macross Frontier. All production values, pretty much nothing else imo. Perhaps for a series this big there are bound to be quite a sum of haters but if there are they havn't been a vocal bunch when I'm around (granted I'm never around enough ). But really, I think I'm one of the very few here that honestly thinks this show is below average. Cast suffers much the same way as Canaan's does for me only this one gets the added bonus of the love triangle making the main characters even more unlikeable than they already are. And the amount of time spent on that was a nice way of really sinking an already uneventful plot. I could go on but I think that's enough out of me.
|2010-05-20, 06:28
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|2010-05-20, 06:52
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For me I'm finally find my dream watch a anime with 100% Hollywood Style. But I'm know I overrating this one.
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Serves 4
This recipe comes from my Jamaican friend Cynthia "Dor" Ennis, a seriously good cook and a master of goat curry. Jamaican curry powder is at Caribbean markets or well-stocked supermarkets (or online). If necessary, regular curry powder will do, but add a dash of allspice, the main distinguishing feature of Jamaican curry powder. As the goat cooks, you'll add a total of 3¼ cups water during cooking, at 20-minute intervals. Keep the water in a saucepan on the back of the stove. The idea is to let each addition reduce a bit before adding more.
|pounds bone-in goat shoulder, cut into chunks
|tablespoons Jamaican curry
|tablespoons olive oil
|Salt and black pepper, to taste
|bunch scallions, chopped
|shallots, chopped
|medium onion, sliced
|piece (2 inches) fresh ginger, peeled and split lengthwise
|sprigs fresh thyme
|cloves garlic
|scotch bonnet or habanero chili pepper
|cups hot water
|small golden potatoes or 4 large Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into
1-inch pieces
1. In a large bowl, combine the goat, curry powder, 1½ tablespoons of the oil, salt, black pepper, half the scallions, the shallots, onion, ginger, thyme, garlic, and chili pepper. With clean hands, massage the seasonings into the meat; cover and refrigerate overnight.
2. In a large flameproof casserole over high heat, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the goat and seasonings. Cover immediately. Let the mixture cook for 20 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
3. Turn the heat to medium and begin adding a little more than ¾ cup water at 20-minute intervals for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until the goat is very tender when pierced with a skewer. Add the potatoes during the last 20 minutes.
4. When the potatoes are tender when pierced with a skewer, serve the curry and potatoes over white rice, garnished with the remaining scallions. Luke Pyenson. Adapted from Cynthia "Dor" Ennis


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Downtown, Stone Oak, the Medical Center area, the North Star Mall area and Terrell Heights all got a dusting of sleet. The frozen precipitation left a small amount of slush on some surfaces but caused no major problems as evening temperatures remained above the freezing mark.
According to the National Weather Service, after an overnight low around 31, there is a slight chance of more rain and sleet until 7 a.m. today, followed by a slight chance of rain through noon.
Today's high temperature is expected to be in the upper 50s, with wind gusts up to 25 mph. Clear conditions are predicted by tonight, and freezing temperatures will return overnight.
The evening's wintry weather caught many San Antonians by surprise. Earlier Tuesday, the city recorded a record-high temperature for the date of 85, eclipsing the 83 mark set in 1939.
While South Texas had only light precipitation, some areas of North Texas were heavily damaged as storms — including some probable tornadoes — moved south through the state late Monday.
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Keith A. Burch, 60, of Brighton, Colo., passed away on Sept. 29, 2012, after a three-year battle with cancer. He was a strong man, a fighter, and gave it his all.
Keith A. Burch, 60, of Brighton, Colo., passed away on Sept. 29, 2012, after a three-year battle with cancer. He was a strong man, a fighter, and gave it his all.
Keith went to Canton-Galva High School, and shortly after graduating, began his 25-year career in the oil field. He met Terri in 1994 and became an amazing father figure to Terri's children: Mandi and Matthew. They moved to Colorado in 1999 and lived in Brighton happily until his passing.
He enjoyed life!! Their land in Trinidad, Colo., was his favorite getaway... He also had a love for fishing, hiking, building, family and his current eight-year job with Logan School. He loved his job, family and their dog Tater more than anything. He could fix anything, build anything, and would do anything for those he loved.
He is survived by his wife, Terri Burch; children, Matthew of Brighton, Mandi of Oklahoma City, April of Oklahoma City; and three grandchildren. He is also survived by his mother, Betty Burch of McPherson; sisters: Diane Unruh (Randall) of Galva, Jeanie Nelson (Tim) of Chelsea, Okla., Sheila LeDuc (Ron) of Assaria, Kim Nightingale (Russ) of Galva, and Edwina Howard (David) of McPherson; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Keith is preceded in death by his father Raymond Keith Burch. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Visitation and services were held Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, Thornton, CO 80229.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Keith to The American Cancer Society, 2255 S. Oneida St., Denver, CO 80224; www.cancer.org.
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A Reno woman has sued Coors Brewing Co. over her son's death in a traffic accident, claiming it promotes underage drinking.
In her lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washoe County District Court, Jodie Pisco contends Coors has failed in its duty to protect the country's youth from drinking. The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Her 19-year-old son, Ryan, was killed in March 2002 after he drank Coors at a party in Reno and drove his girlfriend's car into a light pole at 90 mph.
"They should be well aware that people under 21 are drinking Coors," said Ken McKenna, Jodie Pisco's lawyer. "They should be liable for the damage caused by underage drinking."
Laura Sankey, a spokeswoman for Golden, Colo.-based Coors, said she could not comment on pending litigation but the company adamantly opposes drinking by minors.
"Coors Brewing Company doesn't want underage consumers - period," Sankey told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "Tragedies like this further reinforce why the fight against underage drinking and drunk driving must continue."
A person answering the phone at New West Distributing Inc., a local Coors distributor also named in the lawsuit, had no comment.
Pisco drank his favorite beer, Coors, at a party near the University of Nevada, Reno before becoming intoxicated and crashing the car.
Rescue workers said they found a Coors box in the car, and the wreckage reeked of alcohol.
"Coors sponsors and supports events that are attractive to minors and youthful persons, glorifying a culture of youth, sex and glamour while hiding the dangers of alcohol abuse and addiction," the suit says.
"Coors targets the youth of America with false images of conquest, achievement and success that are reckless, willful and a deliberate disregard for the impact of illegal alcohol consumption by underage youths," the suit adds.
Despite Pisco's intoxication and lack of a valid driver's license, his girlfriend, Heather Taylor, allowed him to drive off in her car, which had been given to her by her mother, Janice Taylor, the suit says.
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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — A driver accused of causing a fatal rollover crash on Interstate 80 in Wyoming is wanted by authorities in Florida.
A 6-year-old girl from Plainfield, Ill., Dynasty X. Barcenas, died in the crash early Friday morning while on her way to California for a wedding with her family. Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Rebarchek of Wheatland, Wyo. is accused of hitting the rear end of the family's Nissan Armada. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said he didn't stop and was arrested at a truck stop later.
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As a general rule, the quality of a dining or drinking establishment is directly proportional to the establishment's distance from the airport (the rule even extends inside the airport, where quality diminishes the closer you get to the gate). This is a hard-and-fast truth.
Cigar City Brewing, in spitting distance of the Tampa international airport, is an exception to this rule. It's also an exception to the general notion that Great Beer comes from the East or West and nowhere in between. Cigar City makes world class beers in the South, in a state where beer is sold pale, ice-cold, and 24 hours a day at your local pharmacy. Cigar City beer is more than worth a 45-minute delay sitting on the tarmac.
I sampled two Cigar City beers recently and feel the need to tell you about them. The first, a cucumber saison, is like no other beer I have ever had.
It's hard to make a totally novel beer these days, but Cigar City has done it with this offering. On first thought a cucumber saison makes perfect sense. A saison, or farmhouse ale, is characterized by complex spice notes and a clean, fruity bite. "Why aren't there more cucumber beers?" I thought as I perused the bottle. A fun narrative written there about the role of sliced cucumbers in spa treatments tied it all together.
Why not have more cucumber beers? I began to find out when I cracked open the bottle and took a few deep whiffs. The beer is gorgeous; we're talking a sunny, orange color with a structured head. The first scent wafting up from the beer is refreshing and reminiscent of the cucumber-infused water you'd get at a spa or in the lobby of a business hotel. The more I smelled, however, the more I thought of taking a big whiff over the top of a pickle jar. Belgian yeast also produced a familiar scent of banana.
The first sip is exceptional. OK, I see what's going on here. It's an easy-drinking, 5-percent ABV saison with cucumber. Sorachi Ace and Citra hops infuse citrus notes, which combine with the cucumber to add to your refreshment. It all makes sense, and yet on the second, third, and fourth sips, the cucumber starts to become overwhelming. There's the pickle flavor creeping up again, rearing its ugly green head. There's no bigger pickle fan than me, but I found the beer tough to take down.
This beer has received exceptionally high ratings on Rate Beer and Beer Advocate. Esquire even named it one of the best beers of 2012. Those ratings seem to be driven by the Cigar City reputation more than this particular beer. I wanted so badly for this to be my favorite beer ever, and it fell well short.
As expected, the next Cigar City beer did not let me down. The Humidor Series IPA is part of a series of beers aged on Spanish cedar, the same wood used to make cigar boxes. Starting with the standout Jai Alai IPA as a base, the cedar aging adds a complexity to the beer and mellows out its bitter citrus notes.
Humidor series IPA pours much darker than the previous beer, with a shorter but no less substantial head. I'm no cigar expert, but the beer smells just like a humidor. The wood combined with the tobacco notes of the beer's hops create an exceptional aroma.
The first sip is complex. Citrus, pepper, and spice are balanced by caramel malt and cedar. Oak-aged beers tend to mellow in flavor; the cedar aging is less overpowering than oak but provides a welcome smoothness. This is still an IPA, but it's more nuanced. Winner of several Great American Beer Festival medals, the case can be made that this is one of the best beers in the world in terms of both craftsmanship and drinkability. It's surprisingly smooth for 7.5 percent alcohol and 70 IBUs.
These are, quite obviously, two very different beers. I'd be curious to try another iteration of the cucumber saison. I'd be happy to drink the IPA forever. Cigar City beer is not available in Massachusetts; each bottle retailed for around $11 in the Tampa area.Gary Dzen can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @Globegarydzen.


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OPTIX - New device boosts fight against terrorist bombs
It is an all-too familiar scene. A suspect package in a crowded public place like a shopping mall, a train or an airport. Is it harmless? Or is it a bomb? The improvised explosive device, or IED, is the weapon of choice in some 60% of terrorist attacks - so easy to carry around and deploy unnoticed. Or noticed only at the very last moment.
In the fightback against the ever-present threat posed by the terrorists who use these deadly devices, security forces require powerful tools and techniques of their own. High on the list of such tools is something which can rapidly, safely, and remotely identify which suspect package is indeed a bomb, and which is just the harmless result of someone's absent-mindedness.
That "something" may now be close to reality, as a result of a three and a half year research project funded by the European Union. Due to conclude in spring 2012, the OPTIX project, undertaken as part of the EU's programme of stimulating collaborative research and development across member states, is the most technologically ambitious attempt ever implemented in Europe to make it possible to carry out remote explosives detection.
The EU contributed around 75% of the project's total € 3.3 million cost.
Led by Spain's leading IT company, Indra, and bringing together a range of technical and industrial partners from 6 EU member states, including specialist businesses, research institutes, universities and Spain's Guardia Civil security force, the OPTIX project aims to provide law enforcement and security agencies with a method to identify explosives at distances of up to 20 meters.
With its ability to detect even microscopic traces of explosives - for example on the outside of a package, or the door of a suspicious car - OPTIX represents a real potential breakthrough: the possibility of carrying out a quick, reliable, remote identification of explosive materials, without the need for dangerous close-quarter investigation.
To date, no system in the world has been able to offer sufficient accuracy to be usd by the police for this purpose.
The unique feature of the OPTIX device is that it combines three separate advanced technologies to provide different ways of assessing a suspect package. One is the infrared technology that we are all familiar with. The others use lasers to analyse the molecular nature of the target substance and to determine not only if it is explosive, but also, if it is, which explosive it is.
Such technologies have already proved very useful in intercepting counterfeit drugs, analysing their "molecular fingerprint" through the packaging, without the need to open them.
Combining three technologies in one device, while keeping that device portable, was one of the key challenges the OPTIX consortium had to overcome. Its success in this was a key stride towards making the device significantly more reliable and sensitive in detecting explosives than anything that has existed before.
As well as detecting and analysing suspect IEDs, the OPTIX system will also be an important tool in detecting traffickers' who may be transporting the ingredients for bombs that are yet to be made, thus choking off the terrorists' crucial supply chain.
If all goes well with the current OPTIX prototype testing, the way could very soon be clear to a rapid and major step forward in the global fight against terrorism - thanks to an ingenious and innovative act of collaboration between a unique group of dedicated and specialised European partners.
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RPMH has much to celebrate this week
Local medical center honors work of nursing team and observes national celebration of hospitalsAs many rural healthcare facilities struggle, residents of Nolan County have much to be thankful for as Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital (RPMH) continues to thrive amidst a challenging economy and an ever-changing healthcare landscape. The local medical community will join the nation in celebrating National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week. "Miracles occur every day at our hospital," said Donna Boatright, administrator at RPMH. "A wealth of medical services are available right here in Sweetwater and it is important that we remind members of our community that one of the best hospitals in a rural Texas is available right around the corner." Growth still visible around hospital -- Over the past two years, the hospital has undergone many changes. Last year, renovations were completed on the medical/surgical wing and construction is slated to be completed in the next few months on a new medical office building that will provide the hospital with additional much-needed space for physician offices. According to Boatright, the new facility will be used for existing doctors and provide expanded space for additional doctors in the future. "As our community continues to grow, we naturally need to be able to accommodate the needs of local residents," Boatright explained. "The new building will add much needed room for us to welcome new doctors while our existing facility will be renovated with essential new features." The recent expansion and renovations, along with upgrades in equipment and notable team achievements are right on the heels of an appropriate week to celebrate milestones for the hospital. National Hospital Week is a nationwide campaign where thousands of hospitals from across the country celebrate the healthcare professionals and their services that keep communities healthy. What began in 1921 as the brainchild of a magazine editor who wanted to educate the public about the work of hospitals, National Hospital Week has become one of the nation's largest healthcare celebrations. The RPMH nursing team key to driving patient satisfaction -- When one enters the hospital for medical care, their visit would not be complete without care from a member of the nursing team. The nurses at RPMH have consistently performed above average across the state, as they provide professional, compassionate service. The nurses at RPMH ensure the needs of patients are met and are one of the many important assets of the hospital. "We strive for superior patient satisfaction, and I can say our nursing team has been critical in helping RPMH achieve great ratings in post-visit surveys," said Boatright. Celebrated at the same time each year, National Nurses Week is rooted in the work of the profession's most notable icon, Florence Nightingale. Often referred to as the "lady with the lamp," Nightingale received her reputation during the Crimean War when she led a group of 38 nurses through the battleground, providing much needed services to the badly wounded British troops. As night fell, she continued her mission lighting the way with her famous lamp. In 1974, President Nixon declared May 6 through May 12 National Nurses Week. It begins on May 6 of each year, the anniversary of Nightingale's arrival in Crimea and ends on her birthday, May 12. Healthy outlook -- RPMH remains committed to remaining agile and continuing their mission of providing the best in medical care for the communities in Nolan County. As the community expands, so will the hospital. "Rolling Plains Memorial will continue to be the center of a healthy community," Boatright added. "With National Hospital and Nurses Week, we will not only praise our team and facility, but continue to look ahead to discover how we can keep those in our community healthy." About Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital: Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital provides healthcare for those in the communities they serve. Founded in 1976, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital offers a wealth of medical services including: 24 hour emergency care, advanced radiology services including CT scanning and MRIs, outpatient lab, physical therapy, surgical services, swing bed services, patient education, home health and assistive services, and more. For additional information, please visit www.rpmh.net.


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The Sangamon County Regional Office of Education hopes to have its new computer lab set up by the first of the year to accommodate changes in the General Educational Development testing program.
Regional School Superintendent Jeff Vose said the new lab will be at 2201 S. Dirksen Parkway near the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center and Animal Control buildings. Sangamon County owns the new building.
The lab will have six computer stations and will be open for test-takers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Times could change based on the needs of test-takers, Vose said.
People used to take the test on scheduled Saturdays at Lanphier High School. On average, about 50 to 60 people attended.
Taking the test on a computer is among major changes to the high school equivalency testing program in Illinois beginning in January.
The old paper-and-pencil format is going by the wayside. The questions on the test will be harder, officials say, and the cost will more than double.
The test will now cost $120 � $70 more than before. However, test-takers can pay as they go, with each section costing $30.
The GED test will feature four sections instead of five: reasoning through language arts, mathematical reasoning, science and social studies.
The changes were made to align with a higher level of learning standards adopted in Illinois and most other states called Common Core.
Educators say the idea behind the new standards, which have been adopted for English and math, is to make clearer what students should know at the end of each grade and to build on that knowledge from year to year.
Vose said being able to take the test in sections should be a benefit. If the regional office notices six computers aren�t enough to meet the demand, the lab could expand to 12, he said.
It cost his office about $10,000 to assemble the lab, including setting up computers, desks and an Internet connection.
The space also could be used to provide a testing location for teachers to get new certifications or licenses, Vose added.
Eventually, the goal is to move the regional office out of the Sangamon County Complex and into the new building, roughly doubling its space, Vose said.
The regional office handles GED testing, teacher certification, district school code compliance visits, truancy intervention, school building inspections, bus driver training, background checks and professional development.
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Donald Molloy, 78, Bucklin, died Sunday, April 21, 201 at his home.
Donald Molloy, 78, Bucklin, died Sunday, April 21, 201 at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline, with Rev. Brian Baker officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at the funeral home in Marceline. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery, Bucklin.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today, April 24, 2013, at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline, with Rev. Brian Baker officiating. Visitation was held from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery, Bucklin. Pallbearers will be Kim Molloy, Paul Dowell, Stanley Lauzoway, Jeremy Molloy, Bryan Switzer and Jim Thompson.
Memorials to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, MO 64658.
Donald was born March 22, 1935, in Bucklin, son of Otha "Doc" and Emma (Dowell) Molloy. He married Myrna Sue Gillespie on June 10, 1956, in Brookfield.
Donald had worked at Remington Manufacturing, Lexington. He was a graduate of the 1953 class of Bucklin High School, was a member of the Steel Workers Union and AFLCIO, and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of Bucklin. He had moved back to Bucklin in 2000.
Survivors include his wife, Myrna, of the home in Bucklin, two sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Beverly Molloy, Las Vegas, NV; Gregory and Elsy Molloy, Garden City, KS; daughter, Pamela Molloy, Las Vegas, NV; seven grandchildren, Kristen Molloy, Matthew Molloy, both of Las Vegas, NV, Ashley and Eric Morgan, Blue Springs, Celeena Molloy, Las Vegas, NV, and Austin, Aaron, and Alyssa Molloy, Garden City, KS; and three great-grandchildren, Jade Teichman, Lexington, and Madysyn and Kyler Jo Morgan, both of Blue Springs.
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