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An Interview with Dante Tomaselli By Troy Howarth
Beginning with his startlingly odd feature debut, 1999's Desecration, New Jersey-based composer/writer/director Dante Tomaselli has established an uneasy relationship with fans of the horror genre. Put simply, some love his work and others can't stand it, but the common ground is simple: his love of hallucinatory imagery over intricate plotting has its roots in the hyper-stylized Italian horror films of Mario Bava, Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci (though, as he revealed to me in the course of our correspondence, their influence on his early work is virtually non-existent: barring early viewings of Fulci's Gates of Hell (1980) and Argento's Suspiria (1976), the work of these seminal filmmakers has eluded him until very recently) and in common with those groundbreaking artists, this is very much a 'love it or hate it' style of storytelling. As one watches the arc of Tomaselli's work - Desecration, Horror (2002) and Satan's Playground (2006) - it is very apparent that the director has little interest in imitating popular trends: his films come from a very personal place and have virtually nothing in common with the style of horror so popular at the contemporary Cineplex. This is not to say that his films are pure art house - far from it. Like the earlier Italian maestri (without putting too much emphasis on this essentially accidental similarity) he has a firm grasp on the notion of 'style as content,' but he's also not afraid to toss in plenty of the red stuff. His work is steeped in deep rooted Catholic guilt and familial disintegration, but it also embroiders on his love of fantasy writers like Lovecraft while making use of local legend: Satan's Playground, for example, utilizes the legendary 'New Jersey Devil' rumored to stalk the forests of that state.
Even more evident to those who have followed his work chronologically is his growing maturity as a stylist and a storyteller. Desecration, despite its very low budget, is distinguished by its utter professionalism, but that said his films keep getting better and better, with an ever-growing sense of confidence in his own abilities to communicate with an admittedly limited audience. With his latest opus, The Ocean, set to film in Puerto Rico, it seems a fine time to sit down for a little talk with Dante Tomaselli, a true horror fan and one of the genre's most interesting contemporary practitioners.
TH: Can you tell us anything about your background?
DT: I was born and raised in north New Jersey. Italian American. Big family. 5 kids. My ancestors are from Napoli...Benevento and Caserta. My one grandfather was a shoemaker and my other grandfather, Dante Ruocco, owned a printing company. In my immediate family, I'm the fourth child, I was born on a Wednesday so that makes me a "Wednesday's Child." Am I cursed? October 29th. 1969. Astrologically, my sun is in Scorpio in the First House so I am a kind of an extreme Scorpio, if you follow that stuff. I think there's something to it. My mother was a horror fan, a homemaker and part time actress. I went to the Drive-ins a lot growing up, and that's where I was exposed to many exciting 70s horror movies. She definitely always supported my love for horror and the macabre. My father didn't...at all. My Dad owned a jewelry store and bridal shop. For some reason, he thought I was bringing the house bad luck with all my horror obsessions. We weren't close. I guess you could say we had a 'damaged' relationship. He died of a fatal heart attack...in front of me...when I was 17. 1987. I've always had a lot of nightmares growing up but I had more than ever during this period. I moved to Brooklyn where I attended Pratt Institute and then I moved to NYC where I was a full time student at School of Visual Arts. I paid rent by selling Ad space, shooting cable TV commercials and being a security guard. All throughout my twenties I lived in NYC and made a series of shorts called 'Desecration.' In 1993 I placed an Ad in the Village Voice Bulletin, the back of the Village Voice, looking for a film crew to create a "hard-core horror" movie. The response was overwhelming. I sort of pretended to have more experience than I really had. But I was trying. I was relentless. All I cared about was making those short experimental films. People around me thought I was insane. I lost a lot of friends. But the 'friends' who were the least supportive were like crabs in a bucket...clutching and stuck.
I knew I had to get out of the bucket. After my shorts finally started getting into festivals, I met my investor for the feature length version at NY Angelika Film Center's IFFM (Independent Feature Film Market). Shot in north New Jersey on Super 16 mm, with a $150,000 budget, Desecration made its world premiere to a standing room only audience at 1999's Fantafestival in Rome, Italy. I was terrified and taken aback. Crowds scare me. I'm not a performer, I'm shy. I have a lot of anxiety about getting up in front of people and presenting my film. Some directors love it and embrace the moment. I recoil. In March 2000, Image Entertainment released the film on DVD and Desecration developed a kind of a cult following among some art house and horror aficionados. Image promoted it nicely. It was reviewed a lot all over the Internet and in the genre magazines. The attention Desecration got allowed me to direct my second feature, Horror. That film was shot in rural Upstate New York, on Super 16 mm, with a budget of $250,000. Elite Entertainment distributed it on DVD in May 2003. Surprisingly, Horror got a positive review in Variety Magazine...and it definitely left its mark on the genre critics. They seemed to love it or really hate it. Somehow, Horror, managed to get into the Top 10 on the IMDb out of all movies for a week in September 2003. Recently, Anchor Bay Entertainment released my third film, Satan's Playground, which was shot in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, on Super 16 mm film, with a budget of $500,000. Another good review in Variety Magazine...and horror fans completely divided.
TH: When did you become interested in film?
DT: Since birth, really. It was something that was always there. The screen was always tugging at me. I saw Don't Look Now when I was 3! 1973. I was attracted to horror films from the get go. Most kids in grammar school were writing on their notebooks rock bands and baseball teams. I had The Omen, in its exact movie poster font, plus The Exorcist, Carrie...all those 70s horror movies. I loved them. Of course I loved my cousin (Alfred Sole)'s film, Alice, Sweet Alice. Huge influence. It's so great to see all the attention it's getting all these years later.
TH: What is it about the horror genre that attracts you?
DT: It's a chemical thing, it's in my DNA. When I was like 3 years-old I'd continually draw haunted houses on rolling hills and graveyards and ghosts. And mazes. My mother will tell you this. I played electronic organ music at that age and instinctively pressed all the extreme low and high notes to create an ominous mood.
TH: Do you prefer visceral horror films or suggestive ones?
DT: Suggestive. But that doesn't mean I don't crave to create an Evil Dead-type splatter punk horror film one of these days. I have to admit, each of my films seems to get gorier. The Ocean will be the grisliest by far. There's an Ebola-like virus spreading along a coastal community in Puerto Rico. A family in deep psychic pain is at the core. I'd say The Ocean will be equally suggestive...and visceral.
TH: Do you feel that suggestive horror is a lost art, or do you think it's still with us?
Well, that's what I want to stand for...ambient horror...psychedelic horror. Demons of the mind. I'm interested in an interior journey.
TH: Could you name some of the specific imagery in your favorite horror films that have inspired you?
DT: Hmmm. I haven't really been inspired by anything specific. I'd say there are subliminal nods to classic horror films in my movies. Many 70s and early 80s horror films, the whole spectrum. Unconscious homage's. I especially love early Carpenter. My new film, The Ocean, will have a Fog-like ambiance.
TH: What is your opinion of the current state of "indie" film production?
DT: I think it's really on an upswing. I loved The Abandoned, it really had its own internal logic, I dug that. You know, the storyline didn't play by the rules. I like for the atmosphere to dominate and the plot to be non linear, kind of floating. You just don't see that too much these days. Everything has to be spelled out. I thought it was really disturbing and well-made. Chris Garetano just created an experimental short called 'Cottonmouth' that is hallucinogenic heaven.
TH: Which currently active filmmakers do you admire?
DT: Dario Argento, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, George Romero, Wes Craven, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski...of course John Carpenter, you know the usual masters. Without a doubt, though, I prefer their earlier works.
TH: You say you're more fond of their earlier films - do you feel they've run out of things to say, or do you believe they still have more great films in them?
DT: Lightening can strike many times unpredictably. I definitely believe they all have more great films in them, absolutely. There's no doubt in my mind. I think, more than ever, they should have something to say, something only each director can conjure, with their unique perspectives. Look at Lucio Fulci in his older years. John Carpenter directed Halloween, The Fog and The Thing. Those films were just awe-inspiring. Top of the top in the field of pop horror. He's not that old. The man has earned his stripes no matter what he does and I believe he will come back just as strong or stronger than ever. I really do. I always felt that way about John Carpenter. He's got that trademark mystique. You can hear his moody synthesizer music in your mind when you think about him. Just his name alone has power. As long as he remains healthy, it will happen. He may not be hungry for it, and that's the problem, if there is a problem. But when the time is right it will happen. I'm really optimistic about Polanski too. I mean, if he can create something like Rosemary's Baby, which is hands down one of the greatest films of all time and The Tenant -- he can create something just as outstanding. It's in him. When the planets are aligned. Same with Dario Argento...The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, Inferno, Deep Red, Tenebre, Opera. Those spectacular films came out of one man. The power is inside of him. Ditto George Romero, Wes Craven, the whole gang. That's why it's so nice that Mick Garris is creating these 'Masters of Horror' episodes for us.
TH: Are there any actors or technicians that you'd particularly like to work with?
DT: Wendy Carlos. She scored Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. I listen to her music all the time. Wendy's a true pioneer in electronics and Moog synthesizers. Actors? There are so many. Well, I'll be working with Dee Wallace on The Ocean. That's going to be a dream. She's been in so many great movies. I admire how she channels energy in her performances. Dee knows exactly how to turn on the emotion in a real, raw way. She deeply connected to this script, about a psychic estranged from her family. I can't wait to work with Judith O'Dea. I love working with actors from landmark horror movies, it gives me...a sense of history-in-the-making. Charges me up, just gets me all tingly and inspired. The horror fan boy in me will never die. In The Ocean, Judy O'Dea will play a scuba diver, lost at sea. Her role in the film, in some ways, connects back to her character in Night of the Living Dead. As if she's in a time/space dislocation. You'll see...
TH: Do you have any particular literary or musical influences?
DT: I love a lot of synth artists like Depeche Mode, Jean Michell Jarre, Coil, Kraftwerk, Severed Heads. I like when the beat is like a clock ticking. I love fake drums. I love real drums too, don't get me wrong. But I love fake Christmas trees. I want glowing and blinking noises. I crave glacial sounds and deep throbbing baritones for some reason. And I don't need lyrics. Most of my favorite songs are wordless. Soundscapes. I'm fanatical about The Cars. Ric Ocasek is my hero. His stream-of-consciousness lyrics, his moody soundscapes, they just release serotonin in my brain. I love the mixture of guitars and synths. On the surface, The Cars were sleek and glossy but underneath there was a weird darkness, a mystery, a spiked apple...it's in the lyrics. I especially find that about Depeche Mode. They create pop songs but many times, underneath is a subversive mood, something taboo. I think that's what's missing from most modern horror films...a mysteriousness... I'm a fan of H.P. Lovecraft. The Dunwich Horror is my absolute favorite. Poe is a masterful too, of course, especially 'The Black Cat' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart.' I'm a fan of early Stephen King pop horror novels like Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone, Cujo and Christine. Also John Saul. He sure knew about child horrors with books like Suffer the Children, Comes the Blind Fury and The God Project.
TH: Can you describe your first day directing on set? Was it a nerve-wracking experience, or did it go smoothly for you?
DT: I was paralyzed with fear the day before shooting, nauseous and dizzy, but once I got to the set it actually went pretty smoothly, surprisingly. As soon as I kicked into gear. I was planning Desecration all throughout my twenties, so when it came time to actually shoot the feature length version, I was scared but very very excited, supercharged. A dream was coming true, I was 28...directing my first feature. There was never an awkward debate about what should be done, I just knew. I was planning Desecration in my mind for many years. I think I overreached myself often, there were many scenes I didn't get to shoot...but it was a good lesson on how to manage time. The entire film was storyboarded, though once I got to the set, most of the time I didn't even look at them. I really didn't have to, the images were so clearly etched in my mind.
TH: Do you continue to storyboard your films, or do you prefer to be spontaneous?
DT: Yeah, I storyboard. Sometimes for a visually complex sequence it's something I'll do with an illustrator months before the shoot. Usually, though, I'll storyboard with my cinematographer while we're going over the shot list...or right before we go out on the set. They're more like sketches. It helps my DP...and keeps the both of us on the same page if there's any confusion. Personally, I rarely glance at the storyboards while shooting. I like to get on set and be instinctual...be in the moment...and malleable...because nothing ever really works out exactly how it was originally planned. I'm always open to suggestions. I just hate awkward debates, they stop everything. I like to keep a light set, try to keep things positive, keep the production moving full steam ahead. It's a network and we all have to pull together. It's a group effort. It's only when I go into post production, editing and sound mixing that I become very territorial.
TH: Do you tend to shoot a lot of coverage and sort things out in editing, or are you more of an "in camera editor" filmmaker?
DT: So far, with my budgets and schedules I haven't really been given an opportunity to shoot excessive amounts of coverage. It's been very tight all the time. If I could shoot more takes, I would. I do hate CGI effects. I don't enjoy adding stuff in post production. So I guess maybe I'm an in-camera editor filmmaker overall. I've been avoiding incorporating CGI like the plague. Producers always suggest it. I just think it's so overdone really...and ruining horror movies...making them into cartoons.
TH: Do you have a specific "style" in mind when you set out to do a film, or does it emerge as the film progresses?
DT: It's instinctual. I try to capture the imagery, like a parapsychologist would record a paranormal event. Even though it's fantasy, it's not. The feeling behind it...because I have such a love for the occult, the macabre...it should have the aura of a witch's brew being stirred in a black pot, kind of an incantation. All the ingredients are there and the stars are aligned. When the trance is right, I feel I'm tapping into something else...something celestial...something demonic. I'm allowing the camera to be a vessel. The Kreskin hypnotizing sequence, in my second feature film, Horror, is a perfect example. The Devil was definitely in the church that day! I need to experience a sense of wonder and awe or it's not working. It's about sensations, feelings...not necessarily logic. Some people have said my movies are all style and no substance. My early scripts were skeletal, story wise, yes. I think with my films, the substance is in the style.
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So a friend of mine was in a relationship and after almost one year she decided to take a break from her boyfriend because she wasn't sure about her feelings anymore... it has been 4 months and the guy is still waiting for her to make up her mind... she says that one part of her wants him and is jealous if she sees girls approaching him but other part wants her to be alone , no relationships... i dont know what advice to give her.. what should she do?
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I don't know what advice you should give her, but tell her boyfriend to quit being a sap and act like he has some dignity left and dump her. A break for 4 mo? Get the f*ck outta here? And this guy is waiting for her? I'd be gone the minute I heard "we need to take a break." Damn sure wouldn't be waiting around for her for 4 mo. Let's also be real. You and I know she isn't going back to him. Even if she did she'd make him miserable because she actually has really low interest in him. She'd make him pu*ssywhipped, nag him to death, complain incessantly, and disrespect him because she has such low interest in him in reality. Tell them both to end it and move on.33|00|0
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She's not into it and is using him. The guy is a sap - waiting 4 months for her to decide whether she wants something with him or not. It's silly, immature stuff. If she's outgrown him and wants to be alone then she should be strong enough to do that. It sounds to me like she's selfish and mainly concerned about what she is feeling. She's probably enjoying the power she has over him by keeping him waiting. Tell them both to move on and do other things with their lives.54|11|0
Good point about probably enjoying the power she has over him by keeping him waiting. I didn't think of that.

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6 Signs of Unhealthy Fighting in Marriage
1. When one spouse fears the other
It is very hard to communicate in an atmosphere of fear. When you are the spouse who fears the other, you have to get to the source of that fear in order to reduce it, if possible. The fear may not even be because of the existence of physical danger but may be the fear of losing your partner's affection, or of making that partner angry.
The presence of fear and intimidation is a sign of a serious imbalance in the marital relationship.
2. When one spouse becomes physically threatening
Whether it is actual or threatened physical abuse, it should not be tolerated in any relationship. If there is a reason for you to fear actual violence, you have to get help and remove yourself from the situation. And don't return until your spouse has sought outside help.
If your spouse actually becomes violent and hits you, immediately take steps to protect yourself. If you feel that the situation is out of control, you have to call the police.
3. When one spouse destroys property
Some people think that venting their anger on objects in the house is a good way to express anger. This display of anger must be judged according to the type of behavior and its effect on the other spouse.
For example, when Paul gets very angry with his wife Amy, he sometimes tears apart whatever he is reading at the moment, like a magazine, a newspaper, or even a book. Amy does not feel intimidated or frightened because it is not exactly a violent act.
On the other hand, John breaks dishes when he gets really angry with his wife. Kate at first thinks that it is a harmless way of releasing his anger but when the display becomes frequent and Paul starts breaking expensive china, the behavior becomes a concern. Kate is not bothered by the loss of expensive stuff, but she is worried that Paul is losing control and it may escalate to a situation where he starts throwing objects at her.
A spouse who destroys property may get dangerously closer to physical intimidation. Property destruction is not a suitable way to argue or express anger. If the behavior continues, the partner who expresses anger this way must consider seeking professional help. If your spouse who displays this kind of behavior refuses to get help and you find that you are in a potentially dangerous situation, then you have to physically get away, for your own safety.
4. When one spouse becomes verbally or emotionally abusive
In an argument, the primary rule is to attack the issue, not the person. The goal is to find a resolution to the issue being disputed about, not to hurt, insult, or put the other down. And no one is to wield power over the other person.
Some couples may use humor in a non-threatening way to put their message across. But there are spouses who use sarcasms and insults to intimidate the other. Research shows that it takes twenty acts of kindness to undo the negative impact of one painful insult.
Physical abuse may be more dangerous than verbal or emotional abuse, but verbal abuse is also an act of violence. Research shows that verbal abuse is more difficult to stop because it leaves no mark and it is easier to deny.
If there is a pattern of verbal or emotional abuse in your marriage, seek help. Go to a counselor or a therapist who can deal with these issues professionally.
5. When spouses fight in front of children
Fighting or arguing must not be done in front of the children. But it is not easy to shield children from your fights, especially when the arguments happen suddenly. Children learn so much about marriage and relationships from observing their parents.
If you can have a healthy disagreement, the children may be given an opportunity to see how a constructive argument is handled. But when emotions run high, kids may become frightened, or they may feel that they are the cause of the fight. Kids can be hurt when parents fight in front of them and they hear what the parents say against each other.
6. When alcohol plays a role in your fights
Many times we hear a wife say that her husband is a good and kind man but when he is drunk, he becomes abusive. Alcohol is often present in many cases of spousal abuse. An otherwise calm argument may quickly explode because alcohol tends to exaggerate people's emotions.
Arguing while drunk is so much like drunk driving. You have less control of what is going on, and you risk hurting yourself and your spouse in the process. When spouses are trying to work out their differences, it is counterproductive when alcohol is present in their arguments.
Arguing is fine, but when lanes of communication breakdown and there is a threat of violence, the relationship becomes toxic.
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A good hub. Behavior of husband in marriage is usually found abusive when there is a lack of mutual understanding. First of all, both the partners need to solve the behavioral issues on the table for betterment of their children. Even if it continues, it is best to say I am full, and proceed further to live a peaceful and respectful life. Voted up.


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Gettysburg: Armored Warfare is a online Real Time Strategy / Third Person Shooter hybrid putting players in the middle of an alternate version of the American Civil War. Large scale multiplayer battles, customizable armies, unique gameplay set in against a familiar yet futuristic backdrop are the key elements in this re-creation of the American Civil War.Read full description
I don't really like American history, but as you can predict this game has nothing to do with it. I like the mixture of future tech and our well known civil war era. I agree that some further developement and more carefull testing could help this game a lot, but it is still very enjoyable.
For a game that was primarily developed by one person, Gettysburg is a seriously impressive undertaking. Also, it does have bot capabilities in it, so you can play offline if you so choose, something which even the steam store page doesn't list. The variety of weapons range from period stuff, such as cavalry and ironclads, to the crazy futuristic steampunk weapons like tanks and zeppelins. You can organize battles where both sides can only use period-correct or futuristic weaponry, or a little of both. Battlefields are absolutely massive, and you can hop into any unit at any time and fight in the battle alongside your troops. Online battles at this time, though, are few and far between, so you'll likely spend most of your time whupping the AI, which is pretty good. Now, unfortunately, there are things wrong with Gettysburg, like the other reviewer states. Graphically, it doesn't look as good as the screenshots make you think, but it doesn't look that bad either. There is tons of lag in game, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with what specs you have - this is being worked on by the developer. Biggest complaint would be the publisher often having the official servers offline, as they tend to go down in the middle of hosting matches. Gettysburg was rushed out by demand, and as such, sales have suffered because of it. If you can put up with the bugs, and are up for trying something different, definitely give Gettysburg a shot.
This game has an amazing concept: putting you into perspective as someone who lived fought during the civil wars WITH future weapons! Sounds great, right? Well, this game has many bugs, many issues, the graphics aren't as great as they seem, and gameplay is dull. This would've had great potential if it was developed a lot further. This is a game that has been put out on the market way too early.
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Friday, October 7, 2016
So much to watch on Netflix this month :o
Luke Cage came out just a couple of days ago, which is the first on my list of things to watch on Netflix. Not only that, but this month has a lot of great shows that will be added on Netflix that I want to catch up on!
Here are the shows and movies that I want to watch coming out on Netflix this month!
The Flash Season Two
iZombie Season Two
Kuromukuro Season Two
DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season One
Kung Fu Panda 3
Not to mention Supergirl Season One and London Has Fallen came out last month that I really want to watch as well. I really want to watch
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but classes are so time consuming... D: I really need catch up and study more so that I don't fail ;__;
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Detroit Lions defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh killed any hope of losing the reputation for being a dirty player on Thanksgiving when he made the poor decision to stomp on the hand of Green Bay Packers' Evan Dietrich-Smith. Now, it appears the Defensive Rookie of the Year will be suspended by the NFL–mainly because this isn't the first offense for Suh.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Suh can expect at least a two-game suspension from the NFL for his actions from Thursday's game against the Packers. Not only did Suh stomp on Dietrich-Smith's arm in the third quarter, but the replay shows Suh slamming his opponent's head into the ground numerous times out of frustration right beforehand.
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Obviously, this may go down as one of the dirtiest plays from the defensive tackle's young career and it should be interesting to see what type of impact this has on the Lions over the final five weeks as they look for their first playoff appearance since the 1999 season. At 7-4, Detroit needs all of the help in the world to reach the playoffs and losing Suh is the last thing this team needed–so it's safe to label him as a dirty and selfish player.
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The Swedish Census 1890...
Since 1749 there have been population censuses in Sweden. Swedish censuses had often been extracts from the household examination rolls (husförhörslängder) made by the Swedish State Church. The population were here registered in their home parishes with name, year of birth, parish of birth, gender, occupation and marital status. The Swedish Census of the past is just like a modern telephone directory, where you can find the Swedish population - not in alphabetic order - but by place of residence.
...has been digitized
In 1994 ARKION (a division under the National Archives of Sweden) started a project of digitizing the Swedish Census of 1890. The work has continued and the database now includes the censuses of 1900, 1890, 1880 and 1870.
...and is now presented on the Internet.
Five counties from the Census 1890 - about 800.000 persons - has since 1998 been made accessible on the Internet by the Research Archives at Umeå University. In this database it is possible to search for persons or groups of persons by the following variables: home parish, residence, first name, last name, year of birth, parish of birth, occupation, marital status and gender. It is also possible to produce statistics from the database.


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We cannot sit by and say and do nothing when things affects us at the core. We will be as just as culpable!
The word "national" has very significant, deep and emotional meaning to most of our population. For example, there are the national anthem, national flag, national bird, national songs, national pledge, etc. Then, there are national buildings like the national library. Further, there is the national instrument. And, there is the requirement that many positions require nationals to fill like Members of Parliament.
In Trinidad and Tobago, we are blessed with a national university, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), that is filling the gap in tertiary education that UWI cannot deal with. Can the Minister of Education or the Board of Governors at UTT or the Cabinet explain to the population how on earth we could not have found a national of this country who lives here or is abroad and willing to return to serve as the President of its national university?
The one chosen seems quite qualified in his field. But to have a non-national leading and representing our national university is certainly a slap on all of our faces by those who made this appointment.
We are not talking about a lecturer from another country who has expertise in a subject matter and was hired. This is the head of a national institution that we are speaking about!
I note with deep appreciation that the current drive to recruit a Commissioner of Police for the TTPS specifies that applicants must be nationals. Certain things must remain in our own hands like the head of our national university, the head of our police service, etc.
Can you imagine the new non-national head of national UTT having to deal with local officials on agriculture, fashion, environment, crime, etc? What local standing does he have? Are we back to the colonial days? Is it that in 2017, we still think foreign is always better?


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- Helped my niece choose a dress for her first formal
Milo guarding some more washing!!!!!
A new start for the Halloween Ornament SAL 2013. This is actually next month's stitch - the choice being Mummies or tombstones. (No, I haven't finished May's stitch yet - don't ask!!!)
The design is called Halloween Alley from "Angelic Stitches by Velda". It is another freebie from here. The fabbie is actually quite a deep denim blue but the flash on the camera has washed it out. ...and yes, I am using WDW Fiesta for the moon again - just loving that floss! Altogether I am just using colours that go with the fabbie rather than the suggested floss colours.
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Analyzing the demand for the Nikon D800
Nikon has struggled to fulfill the demand of the new Nikon D800, but is it really all their fault? And what does this mean for future camera launches?
Go onto any online photography forum and you'll see a thread about the lack of supply for the Nikon D800. Some have been waiting months since the initial launch and pre-order start date. Their frustrations and concerns are well justified, I mean why launch a new product if you don't have enough supply to fill the orders right?
However I think we're focusing on the wrong issue. It's not the supply but the demand that we should be looking at. Let me explain.
The online rumor mill on the D800 and it's features started more than six months prior to its arrival. Unlike 5 or 7 years ago where one or two online sites talked about new camera's, we now had every online photography site (including this one) hyping up the arrival date.
I'll go even further and say that in the last two years the addition of online camera "rumor" sites have grown more than 5 to 10 times. Just my opinion, no scientific fact. The demand was created by the online community, a phenomenon only seen in recent years.
Below is a graph taken directly from Google Insights analyzing the search phrase "Nikon D800". As you can see prior to the launch there was an increase of searches for that term. On February 5, 2012 it peaked, that was the announcement date.
This rise is expected, however what's interesting is the amount of the "peak", it reached 100. Google insight states that "these are not absolute search volume numbers, because the data is normalized and presented on a scale from 0-100". Not all search terms peak at 100, try different search terms and see what you get.
The D800 graph is very identical to when the Canon 5d Mark III was launched, see graph below.
From the graphs, we can't tell the "volume" of searched, but we can conclude that the "interest" and thus demand for information regarding the D800 was similar to that of the 5d Mark III. Canon is a much larger company than Nikon, that we know. And so is their ability to manufacturer more units in a single month.
So in this case, it's not a question necessarily of supply as it is more of demand. Photography and those who purchase mid to high end camera equipment is more of a niche. It's not like Apple when they produce millions of iPads or Sony supplying millions of TV's. I don't know the production numbers per month for Nikon, but I'm pretty sure it's not in the millions or even hundreds of thousands. I'd say it's more in the tens of thousands and in the low end at that.
Some may see this as a bad thing, not being able to fulfill the demand. But as a company, I'm sure Nikon is loving it. This means they are growing and with high demand means more resources to allocate to that growth.
So if you're one of the many people waiting for a D800, look at the graph above and note that the "interest" is still high for that particular model. So unlike the first month, one may be looking at weeks rather than months if you placed your order in the last couple of months. Plus,look at it this way, in the next several years Nikon will have more resources to fulfill your future orders faster.


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Even though diabetes is every minute of every hour of every day, I began writing about it one day each week on my personal blog in a feature I called "Type 1 Tuesday."
Since beginning D-Mom Blog, I no longer write solely on Tuesdays.
So forget your feed readers…join me here each week for a gathering of diabetes-related posts.
Go ahead and link to any and all posts you have written in the past week. Take a walk around the community to see what others have written. And if you don't normally leave comments, take the time to let people know you've stopped by.
All "types" welcome.
Join me for the first ever Type 1 Tuesday blog post round up.
Include your blog name and post title. For example: D-Mom Blog (Mother's Intuition)
You can even add the shiny T1 Tuesday button for your own site.
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Featured D-Blogs of the Week
Here are some of my favorite posts I have read recently:
- Kelly of Diabetesaliciousness: Bumping Pumps- It Ain't Nothing But a D-Thing
- Cary of Blogabetes: If the Grinch Had Diabetes
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- 56 years old
- Date of birth: Aug 30, 1958
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Albany, New York, United States
- Date of passing: Mar 2, 2015
- Place of passing:
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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A Celebration of Barbaras life is being hosted
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Monday March 23 from 6 to 8 pm.
Please join us to remeber and honor her
"Barb, I will miss you forever. I am sure you and Art are watching down on all of us. Love you."
"Barb, I think of you often. So glad you had Bill at your side. We that knew you were lucky people. Love you,"
"Barb,i miss you!Bill ,my heart goes out to you,may you find some peace in your heart................."
"Happy Birthday dear Barbara, you gave so much of yourself, and we all loved you so much. May you rest in peace, miss and think of you always."
"I am still heart broken. What a gentle sweet woman and I am glad I knew her. I am so glad Barb had Bill at her side. Bill you were her life."
"Today is the first anniversary of the passing of my beloved Barbara. I have come to the point of dreading firsts. First wedding anniversary, first Thanksgiving, first Christmas, and now the painful first of being a year without Barb. They say that time heals wounds, but i find time is just a recurring reminder of what I have lost.
I spent two thirds of my adult life with this incredible woman. She was the yin to my yang. She kept me grounded in a semi-fractious life. No matter the stresses and adverse tests that life threw at us, she was always there, side-by-side to create with me a synergy of emotional strength to deal with the negative issues of life.
The pain has changed to a numbness, but every day there are triggers and cues that constantly remind me of my loss. Morning coffee for one, glancing at the front door in the afternoons expecting her to come home from work, watching T.V. and commenting on the show to an empty room, and worst of all, retiring at night to an empty bed.
I know in time I will adapt and try to get on with life. I have solid supports from our children and a small circle of friends. I know this posting is dark and negative, but today of all days is not a milestone, but a continuing reminder of loss.
Never, ever take life for granted. Take measure of every moment of every day. Create the memories of life together, because in time that is all you will have left as a personal measure of your own life.
Barbara A. Mozingo
"Gone, But Never Forgotten"
The Love of my Life.
"I miss you!! I cannot believe it is a YEAR!! I love you!!"
"Love and miss you, you were a wonderful daughter in law, rest in peace!"
"I miss you!! I hope your looking down on this Christmas Eve at your sons and are proud of us.. I was not the son I should of been, and I did not treat you the way I should of treated you.. I know I can't change it.. But I sure wish I could go back and make it perfect.. I love you and miss you!! Thank you for being the best mother!! On this Christmas Eve I want you to know you are missed!!"
"Happy Birthday, miss you and love you!"
"Happy Birthday, Barb I think of you so often and of all our "silly" times at work I miss you and love you"
"Bill. I am so glad I stopped to see you today and shared our tears of love for Barb. Those of us that knew her were lucky. What a kind gentle woman. My hugs and kisses go to her in heaven. Just thinking of her warms my heart. You two had a very special love."
"Bar you will truly be missed , your spirit has always been like an eagle strong and free and you have always soared above every situation that life has thrown your way . I am truly touch by your life forever with God"
"I am blessed to know Barb for many years as well as Bill and the boys. She was there when my mom died one of her best friends. I remember the morning coffee at least 4 morings a week she was special in this life and now she will be even more special in heaven she is loved and missed by me. Feeling very thankful for knowing her."
"I miss Barb at work everyday,she was the best carryout girl we had.She was always such a giving person.She is missed by all of our guests who knew her.May you rest in peace Barb.Bill I
am so sad for your loss ."
"What a kind, nice, wonderful lady Barb was!! I am so glad to have known such a special lady!! RIP"
"Im so happy to have known Barb. I will never forget her. She was one of the kindest people I will ever know. Miss you. Rest in Peace."
"Barb...what can I say, a kind heart always smiling. Lucky to have known her."
"So glad to have had Barb for a good friend for so many years. She will be missed and thought of often. Thinking of you Bill."
"I'm forever grateful that I got to know you and able to give you a grandson, we love love and we miss you ever day. No matter what I will make sure Matty know his one and only mozingo!"
"Bill, Troy and I are so sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers."
"Rest In Peace Barbara, you gave us such a great part of you when you gave us your son, Joseph (Jay) Dean. I know that he loves you and will miss you, as will his wife and their children."
"To Bill and family, We are so sorry for your loss. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all. We know that she is watching down on us, like the true angel she really is. " Rest in peace " We will miss you.
From: Vince and Joann"
"Barb were like a daughter to me, I loved you so much! I know your smiling down at us. We will forever keep you in our hearts, rest in peace !"
"So glad I had the chance to know this beautiful person I love you,
Barb and will think of you often and miss you terribly! Watch over all of us from up there."
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What a great opportunity to teach about debt! Sounds like she learned from it too. Today I gave my son a nickel for folding his baby sister's cloth diapers. This is a simple chore he can do and he was happy to get paid for it.
Teaching Kids About Debt
My nine year old had a dilemma. She had gotten an invitation to go to the mall with a friend but she didn't have any money. This was a scenario that I had proposed to her verbatim just a few weeks before. I know in her mind it was just another nagging lecture from mom. "You should do some chores for extra cash because you never know when you might need some money." Her response of course was, "no thanks I'd rather watch TV."
When this perfect parenting scenario presented itself I decided (with great restraint) not to say I told you so, but instead to teach her a valuable lesson about debt.
It's never to early to start teaching kids about debt.
I lent her some money to go to the mall explaining that she would have to pay me back with extra chores. Not chores of her choosing when she felt like it. Like a college kid with a shiny new credit card she nodded without listening grabbing her prize and heading out the door without thinking twice.
I waited a few days until the glow of the mall trip had worn off before I went to "collect." Not surprisingly I was met with begging and tears. "What? But I want to go to my friends house today. You never let me have any fun." I explained that "fun in the moment" is what got her into this situation in the first place. She had dug herself into this hole and now she had to work hard to get out.
I glossed over what interest on debt means because I didn't want to get into specifics. I wanted her to begin to understand what it means to owe someone and how hard you have to work to pay it back. Was she grouchy doing her chores, yes of course. But the next time I offered a job of folding towels for money guess who was first in line.
What are your creative parenting stories for teaching kids about debt?
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This post will answer some of the most common and basic questions surrounding proper wine tasting. Questions like, swirl or smell first? And why swirl at all?! How do you smell and why do people stick their noses in the glass?! What about that first sip? Do you take a big sip, or little, and why? We'll go over all these questions and more!
I've laid everything out in a full length YouTube video here.
But you can catch the highlights in this shorter video:
You can easily break down proper wine tasting into 4 steps:
1.) The See: First, grab something white. You can use a napkin, plate, tablecloth or menu. If you don't have anything white near you, hold your wine up to the light and tip the glass sideways so you can see the wine thinned out. Here you are looking for color and clarity. As red wines age, the color lessens and as white wine ages, the color intensifies. Next see if the wine is clear or hazy. You also want to observe the 'legs' of the wine. After your glass is tipped over, sit it upright and observe how the wine runs down the glass. Does it leave long slow streaks? Or does it run straight down? This will give you an idea of the body of the wine. Slow long streaks indicate a fuller bodied wine.
2.) The Smell (and swirl): Next you want to swirl and smell your wine. Swirl first! The purpose of swirling is to expose the wine to more oxygen. This helps open the aromas and bouquet of the wine. Hold the stem of your wine glass like a pencil and 'draw' small circles for 15-20 seconds. After your wine is sufficiently swirled, get your nose way down in the glass and get a big sniff. This is the 'nose' or the 'bouquet' of the wine. Try to pick out a few scents, or even just generalize the overall smell. Are you getting more fruit smells or Earth scents? Go from there!
3.) The Sip: The first sip of wine is going to tell you a lot. You want your first sip to be a bigger sip than average. Coat the whole inside of your mouth, really swirl the wine around for a few seconds. You want the wine to cover all of your taste buds so you can get an accurate sense of the wine. After your first sip, think about the flavors you're getting. Again, just try to decide if you're getting more Earth flavors (dirt, minerals, stone, herbs, etc.) or more fruit flavors. Wine can have hundreds of flavors, this will just give you a starting point. After your initial sip, take 2 or 3 small sips and try to hone in on the specific flavors your picking up on.
4.) The Savor: The final step in wine tasting is the 'savor'. This is where you consider what you just tasted. It is really the conclusion or the finale of the sip! Think about how it leaves your mouth tasting and feeling. This is where I also think about savoring the moment… I've said all along that wine is more than a drink, it is an experience.
I had so much fun doing this post and shooting my first video! A very special thanks to the Messina Hof Tasting room in downtown Grapevine! They have some UH-MAZING TEXAS wine! (I was sipping on their GSM in the videos)
Lastly, I didn't think this post would be complete without a few outtakes!
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The wine is an opaque, dusty plum color in the glass. Varietal aromas of cassis, dark cherry, currant, and blackberry are accented by mocha, black licorice, a sprig of dill, green peppercorns, graphite, and menthol. It's juicy in the mouth, brimming with dark, fleshy fruits that sweeten up and coat the palate. The tannins are integrated and velvety, making this a joy to drink in its youth. Are you dining at a fine steakhouse tonight? This red will outperform most labels costing twice as much.
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"Teamlegalchicago.com strives to break the mold of bait and switch advertising in the legal field that is so prevalent, and more importantly the negative perception that exists" Makedonski stated. "Seven out of ten clients that walk through my door have already been to another firm and have walked away because they weren't who they said they were when it comes to the price quoted them on the phone or advertisement" says Makedonski.
Teamlegalchicago.com was founded by Chicago bankruptcy attorney Tom Makedonski, in December of 2007 as an internet entity to streamline its business based on the flat fee model for chapter 7 bankruptcies. "Technology is the main reason we can charge a flat fee and still make a profit" says Makedonski. "Three years ago before filings went online, we had to file petitions directly at the court building sometimes waiting in line over an hour to see the clerk" says Makedonski. "This is billable time that we can now pass down to the client as the system has become more efficient and provides lower fees to the client" Makedonski stated.
Chicago bankruptcy attorney Tom Makedonski has been filing chapter 7 bankruptcies since 2000, and has taken his experiences with debtors to form teamlegalchicago.com. "Besides technology we are a three person law firm and are in no way trying to compete with the big law firm that spends $50,000 a month in advertising" says Makedonski. "We decided to just do one thing and keep costs down and provide the same level of service as the big firms" said Makedonski. "There is no status in over paying or hiring an attorney just because they advertise in larger media outlets" says Makedonski.
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Glad you got to do the shopping and make sure all the money for supplies went to supplies! lol We were lucky in that we had quite a few supplies from the kids last year that could be reused again this year. They all had some notebooks that were only written on a few pages...so just tore those out and reused this year. Binders that they brought home in good shape so reusing them again.
I do buy kleenex, but don't buy paper towels, cleaning wipes, or ziploc bags anymore. My kids never used the ziploc bags after like 1st grade. And I pay $500 per child in school fees for public school. I feel that they can provide the cleaning supplies. That fee doesn't even cover the extra fees they charge per sport, band, etc.
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We are in Huaraz, Peru at a 10,000 feet elevation getting ready to go on the 4 day Santa Cruz trek. But today we decided to get off the beaten path a little and wander out to a small community about 30 minutes from town to eat lunch. The Yurac Yacu Café is part of the Andean Alliance and supports local projects and provides training and employment for members of the community. We had read about it the day before in a cafe in Huaraz and thought it sounded like a fun little adventure… find the cafe.
The given instructions are "take Collectivo Combi Linea #15 (Marian) on Avenida Raymondi to Marian and walk up to km 3 on the Cachipampa Road to Yurac Yacu". Other option, is take a taxi. We opted to try out the Combi.
The Combis run up and down the main roads in Huaraz and there are no set stops. Just flag it down and tell them where you're going. Combi #15 has a 15 on the front and goes along Raymondi every few minutes during the day.
If you're headed to Yurac Yacu, make sure you tell them "Marian or Cachipampa" otherwise they will just say "no". You will get off at the last stop and it's currently S/. 1.50 (about $0.50) a person from town. Depending on how far the combi takes you up the Cachipampa road it's a pretty steep 20-30 min walk the rest of the way. The good news, you can't really get lost.
Once you get off the combi, keep walking up the road you were driving. You'll eventually get to a sign pointing to the Lazy Dog Hostel and the Yurac Yacu community center. If you have GPS/Google Maps, the cafe is next to the Lazy Dog Hostel, which is marked on Google.
The cafe has a small but delicious menu. A few salads, sandwiches and quesadillas. They just opened for the season and told us business has been pretty good. They get about 6-8 people a day. We stuffed ourselves full of chicken quesadilla, quinoa salad and homemade cookies. The view is amazing.
I of course love the idea of this cafe. The proceeds go back into training and community projects to help the small village support itself. There is also a small shop selling handmade hats. scarves, mittens and things made from the wool of their sheep and dyed using local materials. Naturally I bought a one of a kind hat for S/.20 ($6). This programs is part the Club de Mujeres.
If you are in Huaraz long enough to relax a little, I highly recommend the trip out to the Yurac Yacu community. The people are warm and friendly (it's helpful to know a little Spanish) and the food is wonderful.


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Acrylics they are much better x
You're compairing apples and oranges. Both have their advantages and drawbacks.
I like both but oils are my fav. I like the fact that if I do not like my tree, or clouds, I can take them off, with long drying time, it's a snap.
The disadvantage is the thinner, it is difficult to separate the clean from the dirty, you have to wait til it settles in the bottom of the container, then drain the clean off the top.
Have you tried water-based (water-miscible) oil paints? The drawback is there isn't as wide a selection of colours, and another possible drawback (or not) is that the drying time is a lot quicker. But you don't have to use turps to clean! Just good ole fashioned soap and water
I glaze a lot and find that oils give a richer set of layers. But acrylics offer speed and glazing with the new mediums. Both are fine with me, if I have the space for the oils to dry.
I'd say that acrylics are easier to work with but oils allow a much larger range of textures. I work with both.
Acrylics for a plethora of reasons. It used to be a no brainier in that oils were the choice of Art only because Acrylics could not match the vibrant colors offered by oils. But now-a days, acrylics can match the vibrancy and offer so much more such as gels, textures, and mixes. The quicker drying times are a plus and can be held under control by using a wet palate so there isn't much waste.
Always preferred oils for aesthetic reasons.
Liked the smell for one.
Acrylics are easier to work with, yet Oils can take it to another level
I use acrylics because they dry faster and are easier to work with.Oil have the texture and depth to them but you must be the patient type to use them..
Hi there.
Acrylics are a fast drying medium (the carrier for the pigment is, essentially, plastic). Depending on the kind of work, this may or may not be ideal. I've seen some artists do wonderful things in acrylic.
Oils, on the other hand, are called that because the pigment is carried in an oil binder, usually some combination of safflower and linseed oil. These sorts of paints dry a LOT slower, which can prove to your advantage if you want to achieve a "wet-into-wet" effect in your painting.
The slow-drying of oils can even be modified based on other mediums mixed into the oil before it is administered to your surface. Liquin, for example, produced by Winsor & Newton, is a plasticky quick drying medium. Cobalt drier is used for the opposite effect (it is, however, very toxic and must be used with care. I don't use it, personally).
You can actually paint on top of dry acrylic (don't mix oil and acrylic when they're wet). Don't try to paint acrylic paints over dry oils, however. This would multiple the cost for your paints, however.
Personally, I use oils. Quality paint will be expensive regardless of medium, because the pigment will be made of the same material - cadmium red will still be made of baked cadmium.
Yes don't put acrylic over oils, a waste, nice combination though at times
Acrylics are polymers. The pigment is not suspended (as in oils or latex) in the top brands, it is part of the molecular structure.
I like both yet I must say that I'm a huge fan of oils. Oil paints are slower drying than other varieties of paint because they are made of small particles of pigment that are suspended in a drying oil.
But I love how it's capacity to create luminous colours that are hardwearing. It can also be left open for long periods of time. And I'm just so astounded every time I notice its wonderful result when blended on canvas. Awesome!
Nevertheless, I guess it's the spirit and love you put while working your artwork regardless of the material you are using. It's like the genuine beauty that will blaze whether or not you are using acrylics/oils.
True enough, any material
I built most my career from just sandsculpture and snowsculpture,
Who would have thought that?
The last time I used oils was at college because there was the space and it didn't matter much about the mess I loved them! I don't use them at home because it's busy with animals and children but I miss them! I used some acrylics yesterday and it was fun but dries too quickly. I like oils because you can come back the next day and move the paint around.
I agree, Oils are versatile and I like the range of textures and effects you can create with them- but they take ages to dry. Acrylics dry a lot quicker which is a bonus.
I prefer acrylics any day! Oils can be beautiful to look at, but such a pain to work with. For me, it's just not worth it.
I'm more of an oil kinda gal. It dries slower so it's easier to go back into after I've started and make corrections/changes.
depends for what you want it. Acrilic is easier to manipulate. Oil looks better.
I prefer oils, the pigments are far better. I had to paint in acrylics for some scenery painting in the attraction where I worked. I couldn't get to grips with how fast they dried. I would spend some time getting the mix right, do a bit of painting with it, go on to something else. when i went back to use the mix and it was dry! i like how oils take so long to dry, if you change your mind about a mixture all you have to do is scrape it off. i find that if you paint over dry paint your new mixture uses its radiance- the colour sinks.
I've only ever used acrylics and just recently started using real acrylics and found them to be amazing. They really make my paintings turn out the way I want them. I have considered oils but they seem like they would be much harder to work with.
I like oils for blending, but I'm allergic to turpentine (pine). I use acrylics in all my mural work and most of my paintings. Oils almost always crack in time. There are exceptions, and that is where the science of oil painting comes in. Acrylics don't mud out and they will last a long time. Maybe even until the end of the world.
I have tried watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Mostly, I prefer the oils because I like the texture, thickness of the paint. Mixing colors is really fun too.
I like both for different reasons and for the different looks they offer.
The medium a painter uses is dependent upon the desired end result and what you have to do to get that result.
I have used both as well as watercolor. I paint more with watercolor because of what I can do with them that cannot be done with oils or acrylics.
Pick one. Stick with it. Both have pros and cons. You can waste a lot of time in the technique hole.
Different mediums achieve different effects - oils the colors have a different depth of color, acrylics dry faster allowing you to work on the same area faster.
Acrylics tend to stay dry in a part of the tube or bottle they are in, so its wise to separate colors first before painting... If you are a beginner learning acrylics can be easy and fun although they are willing to ease the thinner as used in oils. They don't compartmentalize what you can do in acrylics, a wide range of subjects may work. Oils on the other hand to to ooze out the tube without enough oil basically. It is not the fact you have to mix oils, it is the quantity of mixing and basic argument that oils are of a post-modern era. It is opposite of what acrylic painters like about acrylics the most. They are fast drying and adhere to a sketch better as I have described.
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I've been using acrylics and I love them, but my curiosity for water soluble oils is growing daily. Should I make the jump and invest in new tubes? Any knowledge, please share.
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IDeaS Helps Hoteliers Further Optimize Group, Meetings and Events Revenue Through Smart Space Acquisition
Event managers can easily plan, manage and price function space using dynamic data and visual analysis solutions
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. April 3, 2017 On March 3, 2017, IDeaS Revenue Solutions acquired the business assets of Smart Space Strategy Limited. Smart Space pioneered a cloud-based, visual strategy management solution that helps companies analyze the business trends and performance of meeting and event space within hotels and conference center venues.
By combining Smart Space with IDeaS suite of hotel revenue management solutions, IDeaS will continue to bridge the roles of revenue management and function space sales and marketing, signaling the growing need for technology solution providers to equip hotels with a more holistic approach to a combined sales and revenue management strategy.
By combining our revenue management expertise with a function space sales and strategy-focused application like Smart Space, we can help our clients sell, market and manage meeting spaces with more precision and detail than ever before, said Sanjay Nagalia, chief operating officer for IDeaS. This acquisition represents an incredible opportunity to blend traditionally siloed roles and will help integrate revenue management into the events business. Were thrilled to welcome the Smart Space family to IDeaS.
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Global spending on meetings and events continues to rise, and the need for hotel and event managers to understand the impact of group business is critical. Smart Space creates a firm connection between revenue managers and event sales managers by providing visibility into meeting and event demand in a powerful web-based tool. It seamlessly pulls data from other sales tools to strategically manage meetings and event functions, allowing hoteliers to collaborate and create ideal pricing scenarios for group business.
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Playstation All Stars Battle Royale VITA version will run 60 FPS
Daryl Allison, Senior Producer Playstation All Stars Battle Royale has confirmed that PS VITA version of the game will run at 60 FPS. Furthermore, Bluepoint promised to create full PS3 experience of PlayStation All-Stars on PS Vita.
In a recent developer post on official US PS Blog, Daryl Allison said, "The connectivity and gameplay is a frame-perfect, seamless experience. The only separation between the versions is where players choose to play, not which platform,"
"Bringing the very best out of this portable platform has led our team at Bluepoint to hit back with a combo of high-end math and old-school dev tricks. It hasnt been easy, but were doing it, and all with the game blazing at 60 frames per second."
"We regularly grab raw HD data and 240 FPS video to check that input latency, rendering fidelity and the awesome remains tight. Running at 60 FPS is as much for the smoothness of the graphics as for the controls," he said.
"Its important that there are no advantages (or disadvantages) due to the different hardware no network lag, no input lag, so PlayStation All-Stars on PS Vita must be and is tuned to have the same tight gameplay responsiveness. From button press to character action, the quality of fighting is upheld to PS3 standards."


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"The Shining
Star, the Beating Heart"
4, 2015
Isaiah 60:1-6
Matthew 2:1-12
I recently ran across some New Year's
Resolutions that Woody Guthrie wrote in his journal on January 1, 1942.There
were 33 of them, written on two pages at the center of his notebook. Along with
those that looked toward new productivity, such as "Work more and better,"
"Work by a schedule," and "Write a new song every day," and those resolutions
that perhaps give us too much information, such as "Take bath," "Wear clean
clothes," and "Change socks," there was Resolution Number 16: "Keep hoping
machine running."
We have just come through another year
that most likely will be remembered for its tragedies—natural and of human
origin—tragedies that still leave us shaken when we recall them. Our "hoping
machines" can fall into disrepair. We can become cynical, despairing, and
jaded. The start of a new year is often filled with hope or at least a cheerful
optimism and it is up to each of us to keep that machine running.
So I begin to understand the wisdom of linking
Christmas with the coming of the New Year. Early Christians began marking the
birth of Jesus on the 25th of December because of the winter
solstice. The days are beginning to get just a little longer once more. The
light has triumphed over the darkness. What better time to celebrate God with
us in Jesus? What better time to mark the advent of the one we call the light
of the world?
Without our yearly celebration of
incarnation—which concludes today—we would be reluctant to go into another
We know, don't we, that in most respects, we're
pretty much the same people that we were back in November. We still have the
same strengths that we bring to our work and our families, to this city and
this congregation. We still have the same concerns about our world and the
poverty, hunger, and violence that still haunt it. And, yes, we're still
dealing with the same foibles, flaws, and, well, sin, in spite of the goodwill
and resolve that we've known in recent weeks.
Advent, Christmas, Epiphany—such days and
seasons don't change us. This was part of the wisdom of the old Congregational
neglect of these occasions. But these times do remind us that God is at work in
our world and in our lives—telling us that even we might be transformed by
God's love; even we might be remade in the image of Christ. These days, this
season helps keep the hoping machine running.
Each year the weight of the past gets
heavier—the things done that should not have been done, the things left undone
that should have been done. Each year the weight of the past gets heavier—and
so we continue to seek out this Jesus who tells us his yoke is easy, his burden
is light.
Today, as friends and family take their
leave, as we return from various journeys, as school looms and a new year gets
going, we hear one last Christmas story—of the magi and their travels, what
they learn, what new things they behold.
We call this day "Epiphany," a word that
means "revelation." In this story we are shown something that we couldn't
discover on our own. When the magi arrive in Bethlehem with their gifts the
Word made flesh in Jesus is revealed to the Gentiles—to you and to me. We
couldn't have come up with this on our own. To see the central reality of all
of life: Emmanuel—God with us—we need an epiphany.
Call it inspiration. It is a deep
grasping of truth that is revelation.
This morning we are confronted by the unfamiliar,
the uncommon: astrologers from the East, an enraged, tyrannical ruler,
frankincense, gold, and myrrh.
What is being revealed to us?
Those involved in this story have
The magi
come first to Jerusalem, certain about the one whom they seek but uncertain
about exactly where to look. The foolishness of the wise is shown in that they
decide to ask Herod, of all people,
just where it is that they will be able to find this newborn king. They've
brought along a few gifts, you see, and they would like to, well, worship him.
upon hearing this request, is frightened. Scared, but not scared out of his wits,
which he still has about him. First he finds out what the magi, for all of
their knowledge of the stars were not able to determine. He gathers the
religious leaders together and learns that Bethlehem would be a good spot to
look for a king. David, the shepherd king, grew up there. And while it was a
small and insignificant a town, it just might be the place where the new
shepherd of Israel would be found.
Herod says to the Magi. "Do me a favor, would you? I'm too busy to go myself
right now. You understand that. You're important people. But when you find this
child, send me word so that I can go and, uh, worship him too."
he were honest, Herod would have said "kill" instead of "worship." And a few
years later that would be the solution that the Roman government would find to
the problems that this Jesus would cause.
The magi
go on their way, following a star. As astrologers they are led by something
they know. They understand that changes in the heavens mean changes on the
earth. And this looked big.
in Bethlehem, they are overwhelmed with joy. They don't know whether they
should laugh or cry, so they do a little of both. Their gifts, which they
though were, just the thing
in their own country now, however, appear to be a little inappropriate for a
child. What were they thinking when they allowed the clerk to convince them
that myrrh, which was used for embalming, would be the ideal gift?
though, it didn't really matter. They leave the gifts and head back home, their
heads still reeling, their hearts still beating faster than they had known for
a long time.
The magi
are once again off stage until next December. And the excitement of their
Christmas discovery begins to fade in our hearts.
in the Congregational tradition are not known for our passion. "God's frozen
chosen" is the label that has been applied to us.
But this
is a story of passion, of deep emotion.
The fear of Herod—and all Jerusalem
with him.
The overwhelming joy of the magi.
The star
announces a birth that will shake us from dull apathy and remind us again that
we are alive.
The star
challenges our complacency, our passivity, our expectation that everything will
pretty much continue on the way that it has been.
The star
raises more questions than answers. It's been said that the birth of this child
invites us into a search. I think the simple truth that is being held out here
is that at its richest the Christian life is not so much a life lived as though
all the answers were given, but a life lived as though all our answers are only
gateways into deeper levels of answering—which in turn give way to bended knee
and adoration and praise. The Christian life begins in wonder and ends in
worship, which in a sense is an even more profound sense of wonder.
morning I'm left with more questions than answers—so help me.
What is
the star that rises in the heaven of your heart and leads you?
Is there
a star that give you reason to hope? Reason to love?
gets your heart beating—enough that you'd pack up your camel and head out? Is
there some beauty, some goodness, some truth that you seek, that you want to
bring into the world? What gift do you have that you want to offer? What gift
do you have that the world is waiting to receive?
gets the heart of this congregation beating? What new mission shines brightly
for us to follow? What do we hope for—and what do we fear?
The One found in Bethlehem is the One
who gives life and calls forth our own gifts—the best that we have, the best
that we are, the best that is in our control, the best that is in us. Like the
Magi we are struck with the sense that none of this is enough. We empty our
treasure chests and in our emptiness discover that this is the One who comes to
us as a gift.
We give because we need to give. We give
because we need to offer ourselves and our substance to the God who comes to us
in Jesus. And suddenly we see it: Our gifts are not given to the needy. Our gifts come from the needy—from you and me.
Giving generously we meet our needs.
Giving wisely, we meet our own needs.
We give. And we, the needy receive, this
day and every day, not certainty, but revelation—a making known to us of that
which we can't think through or reason out. The eyes of faith have seen and the
ears of hope have heard what eyes have not seen and ears have not heard: God is
with us—not just in the wonder and beauty of Christmas but also when the lights
have come down, the tree has been thrown out and the angels have returned into
the heavens. In all of our days and nights, in our living and in our dying, in
our returning and starting over God is with us.
So we can be with one another, seeking to love
as we have been loved. We can be with the world, seeking to bring healing to
our city, our nation. We can even—and sometimes this is the most difficult—we
can even be with ourselves in stillness, in acceptance, in love, in hope.
Because the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, we can be at peace in our own
Read Matthew's story of the magi again sometime
this week and think of what is revealed to you in this story. Notice that God
is never mentioned. God is with us. But God is with us "unobtrusively and
ambiguously."[i] This is how God chooses to
be with us—in a way beyond our deepest fears and our wildest hopes.
We couldn't have come up with this on our own.
It is a revelation—an epiphany.
God is with us.
In these
cold days, the incarnation of God calls us again to explore our passions.
If we
will face our fears, if we will follow our joys, perhaps we will yet arrive at
the place where Christ is born in the world today.
[i] Eugene Boring, Matthew, NIB, vol. 8, pg. 143.


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James Edward Cox
James Edward Cox Family homesteaded in Dewey County just outside Oakwood-1895. I have copy of the patent and pictures of the family in front of the dugout.She died just after childbirth in June 1902.He became ill, went back to KS and died in Dec.2 children (1 of which was my grandfather-William L. Cox) tried to keep the farm but eventually left.The mother was buried in Oakwood Memorial-by the lodge members of which he belonged-the Butte Lodge-(I have copy of it). She had to have been one of the first to be buried there. We put up a new headstone.Two children stayed (1 eventually in Perry), 2 children went to live in KS.A neighbor, A.L. Slayton said the baby went to a family in Oakwood.We would like to know if there is anyone who knows what happened to the baby.Does anyone want to know more about this family?


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The ADS Reactor
How does the ADS design stack up to the LFTR and would it be worth pursuing in favor of the LFTR? Does it also have a high enough operating temperature that can be used as process heat for the synthesis of many chemical compounds like the LFTR and VHTR? Where is the research in the development and construction of such a reactor as the ADS? How much would it theoretically cost to build one? Does it have the scaling problems that many reactor designs do?
If anybody knows the details of the ADS reactor, feel free to tell me, as I am eager to learn more about it.
6 comments:
- DV8 2XL said...
You might want to read this:
The key quote:
"I therefore reiterate that the ONLY advantage of a subcritical assembly for producing power using either a uranium or thorium cycle seems to me to be the possible psychological advantage of avoiding prompt criticality."
- Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:22:00 PM
- Neurovore said...
Thank you sir, I will take a look.
- Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:40:00 PM
- Luke said...
I'm extremely skeptical about whether the ADS actually does anything worthwhile to justify the extra complexity and cost of such a large, very powerful particle accelerator added to the reactor, particularly when compared against other modern, advanced fission reactors such as IFR, LFTR etc.
There seem to be two main advantages that are claimed:
(1) No fissile start charge is needed, you just run starting from pure U-232 or Th-232.
However, there are ample amounts of HEU, high-grade Pu-239 and U-233 in the world already to provide the startup charges for thousands of IFRs and LFTRs.
Claimed advantage 2: The reactor can't go out of control or melt down, you just turn off the accelerator and it all settles down stably, and fission stops.
Well, so what? No Generation IV reactor such as a IFR, LFTR or PBMR can "melt down", and essentially no reactor can ever explode (with the exception of the RBMK under certain conditions).
The ability to quickly and rapidly shut down criticality and stop the fission chain reaction has been built in to pretty much every reactor ever built... starting from Fermi's squash court pile. (again, excepting those worrisome RBMKs).
Furthermore.... you're talking about a really, really, really powerful proton accelerator, with loads of beam current.
Off the top of my head, the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL is 2-3 MW beam power, but the accelerator for one of these things needs to be about 12 MW. It's a serious engineering problem just to build the accelerator.
Basically... an ADS is a whole lot more complex than an IFR or LFTR, and a whole lot more expensive, and doesn't actually have anything meaningful to show for it.
- Friday, February 05, 2010 9:10:00 AM
- Luke said...
Oops, typo.
"pure U-232" in my above post should say U-238.
- Friday, February 05, 2010 9:11:00 AM
- Neurovore said...
Ah, yes...so the ADS concept is merely a modified Gen III with a few extra bells and whistles from what I have seen so far. Thank you for clearing that up for me.
HOWEVER, the ADS concept might be worth looking into as the Gen IV designs such as the IFR and the LFTR might prove to be politically impossible, particularly with the LFTR because of the fact that it is such a radical departure from traditional reactor designs and trying to get the NRC to license it might prove to be impossible. There is also the fact that the political challenges of setting up a closed-fuel cycle in the US look to be particularly formidable.
I am sorry, but I just have this nagging doubt that many of these technological concepts are ever going to see the light of day here in the US anytime soon simply because of politics and marketing. History is filled with many workable ideas and revolutionary projects but they have simply been shelved by short-sighted supervisors and superiors and forgotten about ever since. Not out of some big conspiracy but simply because the people in charge were too short-sighted or too ignorant to fully understand or care about what they meant at the time.
As it is, I hope that the "Nuclear Renaissance" really does come to pass instead of being buried in a coal-slurry mound by the "clean coal" agenda while choking on the carbon dioxide waste of natural gas peak-generators.
Do not mind my melodrama, just that I am in a bit of a pessimistic mood today.
- Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:53:00 AM
- DV8 2XL said...
The Nuclear Renaissance is happening, but it is centered in India and the Far East at this time. The West will be following this time, not leading.
It will also be GenIII and GenIII+ designs that will lead the way for the first two or three decades. While there are many interesting GenIV ideas they will not get approval or financing to make a difference initially. Keep in mind that the new designs that are well into the approval process, represent huge sunken costs by GE, Westinghouse, et. al. that will need to be recovered before they can move on to new technology.
The only market that may be amenable to penetration by new models is the small reactor sector, which is not being serviced by traditional builders. Here Nuclear Battery, Pebble Bed, and and other small-scale/compact power plants may have a chance.
Even here ADS is unlikely to make much headway because of the huge internal losses systemic to the design.
- Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:28:00 PM


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The rather ugly wooden Accademia Bridge, which spans the Grand Canal near the Accademia Gallery, was built in the 1930s, replacing an 1854 steel structure. It is no. 4 on the map at the back of the book (Afterword p. 7).
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1991 · New York
by Mosley, Walter
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Author's Second book, First issue, 284pp. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over tan paper covered boards, spine lettering red and white foil. A fine copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. (Inventory #: 3497)


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Beatles Day (2017-01-16)
Beatles Day is celebrated worldwide on 16 January. This date of the legendary group The Beatles was approved by UNESCO in 2001.
On the 16 January 1957 in Liverpool has opened the Cavern club, where The Beatles debuted and that was the beginning of one of the best groups of the twentieth century.
In this date, fans around the world are organizing many events dedicated to the Beatles.
Take this opportunity and send beatles cards, ecards, beatles quotes and wishes in this special day.
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