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Can China Spawn the Next Electronics Giant?
China is pushing to consolidate its electronics industry in a bid to create the next tech giant. The WSJ's Paul Mozur tells us how far the country still has to go to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung.
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[Babel] Notes from my first play test.
April 30, 2010, 09:37:11 AM »
Some System Info:
I've finished the first play test of my games combat engine and basic skills. The set up was the players were on a train headed to New Jericho which was hijacked by a terrorist organization called the Daggers of Solomon.
The players had to defeat the terrorists and disarm two bombs before the train was blown up.
I had six players, four from my standard gaming group and two that I have played with off and on.
We played three sessions each approximately three and a half hours long.
Overall I am very happy with how things went. Everyone had a good time and I got a lot of valuable feedback. The core engine worked well and produced the effect I was shooting for. That being said there is a lot of room for improvement.
As expected the biggest hurdle was the shear number of abilities thrown at the players. Each of them had 5+ attacks, 16+ counters, and 8+ follow-ups. The first round took 2 hours to get through as each player got used to what they could do and the rules. However the players were able to catch on quickly and the second round took about 45 minutes. Every other round lasted between 20-30 minuted depending on the number of opponents, etc.
Stunting increased the time it took to get through a round as the players would often stop to think about a stunt suggest one to another player but the increase interest in the fight and flavor it adds is more then worth it.
Some specific changes that I'm making to the system based on my observations and player input are.
Dropping the global rule where non-lethal damage would stage up to lethal if it was higher then the target's Constitution.
In the end this was an unnecessary extra step that made spike damage much more lethal and devalued armor. In its place I'm introducing a new weapon quality
that has the same effect but is only on a small number of weapons/attacks.
Replacing lethal Brawling and Martial Arts attacks with Crushing attacks.
Lethal Brawl and MA attacks were ineffective because armor would always stage it down to non-lethal.
Adding a new level 5 counter to each combat skill that is very effective at stopping a single attack.
The players and main NPCs need better tools to deal with the occasional attack that roll really, really well (aka spike damage).
Reworking the counter/follow-up system.
Right now some counters and follow-up of each rank are recoverable and others are not. The problem is there are far more non-recoverable abilities then there are recoverable ones and they are (by design) always better. This devalued the recoverable abilities and the system for recovering them.
Instead I'm going to even out the effectiveness of all counters/follow-ups of a given rank and make it so your highest rank of abilities in any skill are none recoverable but all of the abilities in the lower ranks can be recovered. So if a player had rank 4 in Firearms they could recover any of the rank 1, 2, and 3 abilities but not the rank 4 ones.
Also I am going to reduce the number of follow-ups and counters gained at each skill level by about half. This should make it easier for players to manage the game and increase the need to recover abilities in a fight.
Limit the characters to one Extra-Action Counter and one Extra-Action Follow-up per turn.
This is primarily to keep combat moving.
This is the first time I've truly run a play test. If anyone has any suggestions or advice for my next one I would love to hear it.
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30 minute rounds seem painful.
Have you considered imposing time limits for combat actions?
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Quote from: Ar Kayon on May 08, 2010, 05:29:38 PM
30 minute rounds seem painful.
Have you considered imposing time limits for combat actions?
I'm not really sure that would speed anything up. The speed of the system seems to be on par with Champions, Exalted, and other crunch heavy games I've played. The only dead times where we people were looking over their options* or describing stunts, both of which I want them to be doing.
There were 6 new players and all of the NPCs so having 9+ characters acting was the norm with each action produces a counter action with (usually) a stunt. Each character's turn took 1-5 minutes depending on the complexity of the action(s) and how many responses it provoked.
Overall I'm more concerned with making combat engaging then fast. And at least in this play test it seemed to work. Everyone was interested in not only what they did during their round but what everyone was doing because they often had a chance to react to it or use the details provided in some why when they went.
*Which will decrease as they become more familiar with the system/characters and also should be heled by reducing the amount of counters.
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Sounds good, as long as everyone's engaged the whole time rather than waiting a half hour only to miss their attack!
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Quote from: Ar Kayon on May 10, 2010, 01:46:18 PM
Sounds good, as long as everyone's engaged the whole time rather than waiting a half hour only to miss their attack!
I am considering adding a class of abilities that would allow players to occasionally act "off turn" in response to what is happening to other characters. For example if someone is about to shoot at your buddy you'd be able to interrupt that attack in some way; imposing a penalty on it or helping defend against it.
My number one goal is to get away from combat where you act during your turn and do nothing the rest of the time. Instead I want players/characters interacting with the combat as much as possible through active defenses, of turn options, etc.
And thank you again for the feedback. I really appreciate it!
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LOS ANGELES - The Gauchos continued their winning postseason ways on Thursday night, pulling off their second consecutive upset in the MPSF tourney, this time against No. 3 (and the sixth seed in the MPSF tourney) Long Beach State University by a score of 3-1 (25-17, 26-28, 25-20, 25-23). With the win, the Gauchos will advance to the Conference Championship Match for the first time since 1996, when most of the current Gauchos roster was in grade school. UCSB's record now sits at 16-14, which is the lowest of the three remaining teams. However, chances are the Gauchos do not care about records at this point, as they have established as much momentum in the past two matches as they have at any point during the entire season.
Leading the way for the Gauchos was senior outside hitter Jeff Menzel, who was just today named to the All-American First Team. Menzel, who was also honored as an All-MPSF first teamer, led the match with 23 kills, and displayed the dominance that allowed him to lead the nation in kills last season.
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Even the zipper ends look all cute! I'm so proud of this pouch, and I'm glad I decided to use some fabric I really love, some MoMo Freebird I've been hoarding since I started sewing last year.
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Jeremy Mayfield, who hasn't competed in NASCAR since failing a May 2009 drug test and unsuccessfully suing to get the suspension overturned, called into a radio show Tuesday night to ask NASCAR Chairman Brian France if he could race again.
France told Mayfield he needed to go through NASCAR's recovery program for drivers who violate the sport's substance-abuse program.
The minute-long exchange occurred on Motor Racing Network's "NASCAR Live" with host Eli Gold.
"I just want to ask Brian if he's willing to accept the fact that I'd like to come back racing and if we could sit down and talk about it and figure out what we would need to do and make that work," Mayfield said.
France responded: "Jeremy, you know the path back for you. It's the path back for anybody. I've always hoped that you would choose the right path and not litigation and a bunch of other things.
"That's up to you. You have a welcome mat out (for you) anytime you want. There's a stated process that AJ Allmendinger just went through and we welcome him back and it's terrific. That's up to you."
Mayfield said: "OK. Well I appreciate that and I didn't mean to bother you on the show but it's the only way I could get hold of you and I figured it would be a great opportunity to do that. You guys have a good night."
France said: "We'd love to have you back."
According to NASCAR, Mayfield failed two drug tests, one on May 1, 2009 and another on July 6, 2009 — five days after he had obtained an injunction that kept NASCAR from suspending him. Under NASCAR's substance-abuse policy, a third failed test would result in a lifetime ban.
During the initial legal proceedings, NASCAR alleged that Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine.
The driver has said that the first test was a false positive caused by a mix of over-the-counter allergy medication and prescription Adderall. He said the second test was a mistake and that he passed a drug test at an independent lab that same night.
Last March, the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling throwing out Mayfield's lawsuit against NASCAR and France, ruling that he had waived his right to sue and questioning the strength of his case.
Mayfield also faces a methamphetamine possession charge along with 18 felony charges relating to stolen goods as the result of a Nov. 1, 2011 search of his home. He has pleaded innocent to those charges and has alleged that NASCAR officials have worked with prosecutors in the case against him.
He said after a court hearing on Monday that he would consider a plea deal but would not agree to any jail time. If convicted on all felonies, Mayfield faces a possible — although unlikely — sentence of more than 40 years in jail.


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Announced on the official YotaPhone site, a Russian company called Yota Devices is currently developing a new design on the traditional smartphone by offering two types of displays for different tasks. Using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean as the software development platform, the 4.3-inch LCD on the front of the YotaPhone runs at 1280 by 720 resolution (720p) and is powered by a 1.5 Ghz, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. On the rear of the device, Yota Devices has installed a 4.3-inch E-Ink display similar to the type of screen found on an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes & Noble Nook E-Reader.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Yota Devices CEO Vladislav Martynov stated "We created this to be different. Most phones nowadays are boring, they are just boxes. This is a phone for people who want to be outside that box."
Conceptually, the two screens are designed to work together to relay different information. For instance, the E-Ink display is perfect for delivering notifications about upcoming meetings or anything happening on social media networks like Facebook or Twitter. The display could also be set to constantly display basic information like the weather or the time. This could potentially help save on battery life since an E-Ink display requires less power to operate than a traditional LCD screen.
In addition, a YotaPhone user could use the E-Ink display to read news or books in direct sunlight rather than being forced to find a good angle on the LCD side of the smartphone. However, the user will have to rely on a touch strip to control the E-Ink display rather than touchscreen controls on the LCD. In addition, third-party developers will have to create applications to support the secondary E-Ink display. It may be difficult to encourage Android developers to include E-Ink display features unless the YotaPhone becomes extremely popular around the world.
Interestingly, the LCD side also includes a touch strip that's designed to replicate traditional buttons found on many Android smartphones. While the rest of the touchscreen reacts to finger taps, the strip offers basic Android navigation control like swiping between pages on the screen.
According to Yota Devices, the smartphone will offer LTE connectivity as well as a 12-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing HD camera. Internally, the camera will operate on 2GB of RAM and consumers will have the option of 32GB or 64GB of flash storage for music, movies, games or other content. The smartphone is powered by a 2,100 mAh battery which is identical to the battery size in the Samsung Galaxy S III. Due to the two screens, the phone is slightly heavier at nearly five ounces compared to the 3.95-ounce iPhone 5 or the 4.7 ounce Samsung Galaxy S III.
Yota Devices is targeting a product launch within Russia around the third quarter of 2013 and is currently in talks with wireless providers to bring the YotaPhone to North America as well as Europe. While Yota Devices won't be showing off the YotaPhone at CES in Las Vegas next month, the company does plan to display the phone at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona during late February 2013.


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Have You Heard About… An Invisible Thread
…an incredible story that brings together two people from such totally different ways of life, that they form a bond that will touch you in ways that will tug at your heart? A friend of mine recommended that I read An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. This is a non-fiction book that, while it sounded intriguing, I wasn't really sure that I liked the subject it dealt with. Once I got started reading though, it only took me about six total hours to read, as I just couldn't put it down.
Laura is a sales executive, single and white. Maurice is a very young, streetwise African American boy panhandling to stay alive. A chance meeting keeps these two people coming back together, and they form a bond that is hard to understand. Laura's past deals with an alcoholic father. A lot of the story is about her. Maurice is from the lowest, meanest projects of Manhattan, New York. The glimpse into this life style is at times harrowing and confusing for those who have never experienced it. Laura finds it unbelievable that Maurice doesn't know how to set a table and has never baked cookies. He doesn't know how to use a knife to cut his meat. Somewhere in his past though, he has learned to be polite and enthusiastic about life.
Maurice tries to shield Laura from the harsh world of his drug-addicted mom and dysfunctional family. Laura persists in helping him, and through the ups and downs of weekly meetings, these two gradually learn to trust each other. As Laura and Maurice age, they lose contact with each other for a while, but when they finally get back together, you'll be amazed at the changes in Maurice's life. There is nothing sentimental or even earth shattering about this book, but as you read it and even cry through it, you'll get a glad feeling in your heart.
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I thought having reached the W's I had concluded my look at the Australian Great War soldiers buried in Milton Cemetery, but it seems that I had overlooked Private Thomas Lynch.
Lynch was born in Adelaide, in South Australia, the son of Henry and Mary Lynch. Enlisting at Keswick on 25 July 1915, he was aged 18, and lived on the corner of Auckland and Ifauld Streets in Adelaide. He was an unapprenticed boilermakers assistant. He was 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighed 140lbs, had chest measurements of 33 and 35.5 inches, a medium complexion, brown eyes (with good eyesight), light brown hair, was a Roman Catholic and had two vaccination marks on his left arm. As an 18 year old he required his mothers permission to enlist, which was duly given.
Upon joining Thomas Lynch was posted to K Group, Base Infantry at Mitcham. Whilst there he was fined a days pay for going absent without leave. Before leaving Australia he was posted to A Company of the 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry. Lynch embarked from Adelaide on 18 November 1915, onboard the HMAT Geelong (A2). He arrived at Suez on 16 December 1915. Whilst at Tel-el-Kebir on 14 March 1916 he was punished for failing to have his kit stacked properly, and at Moascar on 6 June 1916 he was punished for quitting the ranks without permission. He was awarded four days of Field Punishment Number 2 – being shackled. Not long after this incident Lynch embarked to join the BEF, at Alexandria on 17 June onboard the Transport Transylvania. Disembarking at Marseilles on 23 June.
Lynch was wounded at Fromelles on 20 July 1916, receiving gunshot wounds to his left thigh. He was admitted to the 8th Field Ambulance and then the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. By the next day he was at the 32nd Stationary Hospital in Wimereux. His wound was obviously slight, as a day later he was discharged to the 1st Convalescence Camp, also at Wimereux. Four days later, after processing through the Base Details Depot at Etaples, he returned to the Battalion on 15 August 1916.
Lynch was wounded again in the winter of 1916. On 29 November, whilst on the Somme sectory, he received gunshot wounds to his right arm and right thigh. Admitted to the 38th Casualty Clearing Station, the next day he was in the 2nd General Hospital. On 3 December he was embarked on the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle, and taken across the channel to the 5th Southern General Hospital in Portsmouth. Sadly, at 2.30am on 18 December 1916 Private Thomas Lynch died of his wounds. He was buried in Milton Cemetery two days later.
Strangely, AIF HQ in London received the report of his funeral before being informed of his death, which no doubt resulted in some administrative hair-pulling. After his death, it transpired that Thomas was not actually the biological son of Henry and Mary Lynch. In correspondence with Australian Army officials, Mary Lynch referred to him as her adopted son. He had been brought up by her since he was a baby, and he never knew that she was not his mother. She had never told anyone. Despite this, Mary Lynch was paid Thomas's estate of £16.3.6 on 3 December 1917, and received a fortnightly pension of 15/- from 26 February 1917.
And in a fascinating insight into the attitudes of a bereaved mother, Mary Lynch also had this to say in correnspondence with officials:
There is not one thing in the world this minute that I longed to have more than a photo of his grave. How I yearned to have that photo no one knows. I pray that it will not be long before we will have a glorious victory over those inhuman brutes of Germans.
Oddly, there is no report of Lynch's funeral in his service records, nor any detailed hospital records of how exactly he died. We do know, however, that his personal effects were sent back home to his mother. They consisted of:
Cigarette Case, Rosary, part of Rosary, Shaving brush (damaged), 7 religious medallions, wallet, money belt, prayer book, Postcards, 2 cotton bags, scarf, cap-comforter, razor strop, pipe.
This suggests that he was quite a religious young lad. Funnily enough, most of the 12 ANZAC's we have looked at had either cigarettes or pipes, which is interesting. The Great War is often cited as an example of how cigarettes replaced pipe tobacco, as they were easier to transport up to the front line.
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Joseph doesn't make trip to San Jose after being downgraded
The New England Revolution athletic training staff released the Friday injury report, with one noticeable downgrade.
NE Injury Report – April 16, 2010
DOUBTFUL: Nico Colaluca (L knee sprain), Edgaras Jankauskas (R calf strain), Shalrie Joseph (R hip flexor strain)
OUT: Mauricio Castro (R ankle pain), Matt Reis (L shoulder and knee surgeries), Taylor Twellman (concussion)
The biggest news off the injury report is that Shalrie Joseph has been downgraded to DOUBTFUL after being listed as PROBABLE on Tuesday. He did not make the trip with the team to San Jose, and has done little in terms of team participation this week after re-aggravating his hip flexor strain in last Saturday's game.
Nico Colaluca and Edgaras Jankauskas remain as DOUBTFUL after becoming more and more integrated in the team's training sessions this week. After doing passing and possession, both players continued to work on fitness with the athletic training staff during the small-sided games and game simulation.
Mauricio Castro continues to work inside with the athletic training staff during training, is still listed as OUT with ongoing ankle pain, while Taylor Twellman has started integrating more with the team on the warm-ups and passing, before going off to work one-on-one with the medical staff on fitness and cardio. Matt Reis, who has been progressing well since his off-season surgeries, spent most of the week inside doing pool work to help progress his shoulder rehab.


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My mom learned the recipe from her mom who learned it working as a housekeeper/cook/maid in the 1930's. It used sage AND poultry seasoning which is key. My brother was the pickiest eater ever and he loves this stuffing, so it's kid friendly.
My mom learned the recipe from her mom who learned it working as a housekeeper/cook/maid in the 1930's. It used sage AND poultry seasoning which is key. My brother was the pickiest eater ever and he loves this stuffing, so it's kid friendly.—Yateski
Serves: 6-8 depening on how much they like stuffing
Loaves of white bread cubed and put in a large container for mixing
Liver from the turkey washed off a bit
cups chopped celery, remove the strings
cup chopped white onion
cup milk (more may be needed later depending on the softness of the stuffing)
cup chopped parsley
salt (season to taste)
pepper (to taste)
teaspoon poultry seasoning (or more to taste)
teaspoon sage (or more to taste, it will smell right when you mix them)
In This Recipe
- (Assuming the oven is preheated to the turkey package directions and the turkey is rinsed clean inside and out, patted dry and waiting in the roaster already) Cube the bread and put it in the large container for mixing. This is something kids can help with. You can cube 3-4 pieces stacked at the same time to speed up the process.
- Put bread aside. Chop liver into small pieces along with the onion and celery and saute all three in frying pan. Use small pat of butter to get it saute-ing. Cook until the onions and celery are getting transparent. Pour sauted items right into the container of bread, melted butter and all.
- Crack egg into a small bowl and beat with the cup of milk to make a mixture liquid. Pour this over the bread also.
- Add the salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, sage and parsley to the bread mixture sprinkling on top. You can add more or less of any of these seasonings to match your taste, my mom doesn't measure them, its my best approximation of the quantity. It should smell good to you when the seasoning is right.
- Mash all the ingredients together with your hands. Yes really. Until everything is evenly distributed and moist. If the stuffing isn't kinda sticky, add a splash more milk until it gets soft and gooey.
- When everything is mixed in properly and smells good, stuff the bird. We pack it in pretty tightly and it ends up expanding a little, but its always a lot better in the bird than in the casserole dish. (adding chicken stock instead of extra milk can help the stuffing if you are not making it in a bird). If you have a small turkey you will have stuffing left over, put this in a casserole dish next to the turkey in the oven. Watch the stuffing so it doesn't burn, and cover with foil, it may only need 30 min to cook, but check to make sure its cooked through.
- We don't dress the bird in any fancy way, just sprinkle skin with salt, pepper, sage and poultry seasoning and a drizzle of melted butter and then in the oven it goes, as directed by the turkey packaging. You can tie up the legs and other fancy stuff if you like. Happy Thanksgiving!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Thanksgiving Stuffing
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Stewart Sherwood on Storyboards
"I just learned so much from Will and some of the others there... the atmosphere... it was just so creative... the development, the transformation of my work was just overnight. I couldn't believe it myself."
As the youngest artist in the room, and having not yet established many contacts, Stewart was grateful just to be in the presence of these others. To help him out the older established artists would send storyboard work his way.
"They used to give me some storyboards," explains Stewart, "because they felt sorry for me... because I wasn't making any money." He chuckles, "I just came in and parked myself in the corner and did samples."
"I guess I'm kind of a commercial artist," he says with an almost apologetic laugh. "They came in with storyboards for me to do and I did 'em! In otherwords, I didn't have any problem doing them for the price they were willing to pay. I viewed it as work - and actually, its good for you because boy, you sure learn how to work fast and how to draw."
Initially, though markers were around, Stewart used chalk pastels. Over time, as he did more and more comps and layouts, he switched to markers. These examples, which Stewart did for an animatic, were done mostly in marker with some gouache paint and black chalk pastel. At roughly 18" x 24", they are absolutely some of the biggest marker renderings I've ever seen - and must have been a tremendous amount of work.
About this project, Stewart recalls that "Lorna Lampert ( the art director on the project shown here) used to call me in a lot because she liked the way I did portraits. And she felt that they looked the way they were supposed to look and that would help sell the concept to the client." Earlier in his career, to aid him in the accuracy of his drawings, Stewart says he first had to learn how to use the 'Lucie' (Lucigraph). During his early days at the Toronto art studio TDF, "the salesmen would come in with a project and say, "we need this back in an hour."
"I had never known how to use the Lucie before," he continues, "and how to find the shortcuts... and it was tough! Because I had learned how to draw and paint - but I didn't know how to work under pressure. And you know, with getting likenesses, its crazy to just sit there and just try and draw the thing."
"But," he says with some qualification, "I think the secret to the Lucie is that you do need to know how to draw. You still need to know how to break the thing down and make it work."
Drawing well and being fast are the two most important qualities a storyboard artist must possess. "It requires a special kind of skill that not too many people have," he wisely points out. "I did a lot of other things in the way of finished art, but I found with storyboards, very few guys could do it."
"I used to watch guys around me who'd be thinking, 'Oh, this is easy,' but then they'd end up doing these wooden-type of figures. Half the battle is to capture a certain kind of feeling in the drawing. Its not just a matter of putting a figure here or there... your drawing has to actually look like you know what you're doing."
"The drawing has to sing a little bit, you know, the drawing, the line and the feeling of it... and if you can capture that in marker or pen or chalk, it doesn't have to be modelled up that much. So long as it captures a moment in time."
Most illustrators are too rigid - they can't get into that."
I ask him when he stopped doing storyboards and he says it was some time in the 1980's. "The biggest thing with storyboards is the deadline pressure," says Stewart. "Often you would end up working nights on them. I did a lot of storyboards because I guess I was a little more money-oriented then," he chuckles. "Later on I wanted to focus more and more on finished art so I guess I kind of sacrificed on that."
"You know," he says thoughtfully, "it really wasn't my favourite kind of thing to do... but I was always proud of the stuff I did. And I enjoyed it, too. Its a special art."
* At some time in the near future, I hope to bring you an entire week devoted to exploring Stewart Sherwood's career.
* Stewart Sherwood's website
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- Bandito5:00 PM
I think these type of storyboards epitomise a kind of quality art the public never sees. So often these are treated with total disrespect by Ad people being cut-up,drawn over or junked.ReplyDelete
Have you ever noticed how in movie credits the storyboard artist,so essential to the commissioning and integral to the look of the production, is right down the bottom of the list below the animal wranglers,personal assistants,drivers and 3rd assistant focus pullers?
These marker pieces are just incredibly gorgeous. I've been gawking all day today at the one that came as an attachment to the TI email. Makes me feel so totally unskilled!ReplyDelete
Bandito; I must admit I hadn't noticed that - but I guess I'm not surprised. As for the ad business, yes, that I know about first-hand.ReplyDelete
Hopefully this week's series gives some people pause to slow down and appreciate the quality of the work being done by these artists.
As with comics where, for the longest time, no one saw any real beauty or merit in what was considered to be totally disposable hack-work, perhaps more people (at least in the illustration profession) won't be quite so dismissive of the art of storyboards and comps.
Chrissie; I'm happy you find this work so inspiring - and can completely relate to how you feel. There were some incredibly talented marker renderers who did work like this... all us 'young guns' used to scoop up whatever we could save from the trash at our respective agencies back in the day and study it to death! Still determined to be half as good some day...ReplyDelete
- Bandito8:56 PM
Hey Leif do you have access to any more pastel pieces by Will you can blow us away with or trash salvage?ReplyDelete
I want to thank you for all the hard work you put into this blog I hope Mrs Peng doesnt mind this particular 'love triangle!'
Hey Bandito;ReplyDelete
I will try to dig up a couple more of Will's pastel comps. Glad you like them so much :^)
That is indeed Ricardo Montalban. He did a series of Maxwell House ads in (the 70's?) ... must be. You can find them on youtube.
In 1963 I don't recall whether markers were used for black and white storyboards in S.F. I'm not sure when markers became the norm in S.F., but it was probably around 65. My last semester at Art Center School in L.A., we were taught to use pastels for color comps and charcoal pencils for black and white comps. Unfortunately, storyboards were almost ignored in art school, and I'm not sure why. Art Center and Art Students League were considered the top schools in the country at that time, and yet Art Center apparently thought learning to comp ads would give us enough experience to do storyboard assignments... not so! Storyboards were much more complex and demanding. When I finally did switch to markers, I had to learn how to use them, and that was a real chore. They drove me nuts until I finally got the hang of them. Pastels were much more forgiving.ReplyDelete
I don't recall the conversation with the A.D., but I probably asked him if charcoal pencil was OK to use, or he may have shown me charcoal pencil examples to follow. At the time, I was working at a small quick and dirty art studio, grinding out low budget pamphlets, fliers, brochures, newspaper ads, logo designs and anything else that came through the door. An illustrator friend that had been one of my teachers at the Academy of Art, was too busy, and recommended me for the storyboard job. It was double the pressure, because I had to please the agency, not let my friend down and work on it at night after my studio job, to meet a very tight deadline. I was a nervous wreck, and almost regretted accepting it, but I managed to finish it on time, and they were very happy with the results... much to my relief. The experience gave me much needed confidence at the time.
You mentioned comps done in gouache. I may have told you this already, but in the early 1990's, a big name C.D. from Young & Rubicam in Sidney, Australia was flown out to the S.F. office to come up with a TV ad campaign. I was recommended to comp. up the entire 2 year TV ad campaign for Chevron Corporation for their service station division. He wanted each frame to be approx.
8 1/2" X 11", so I asked him if I could use gouache on illustration board... at that large size, I felt they would go faster in gouache. He said, "I don't care if you use house paint, as long as they look great!". I don't remember how many boards I did over several months, but I wore out several sable brushes and went through a lot of tubes of gouache. He was very satisfied with all of them, and I had several very profitable months... however, afterward I needed to take a week off before I started working on other jobs.
Just kidding about feeling like a dinosaur, Leif. After all, Charlie Allen thinks I'm still a "youngster". ;-)
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- Charlie Allen9:42 PM
TOM.....You really are a youngster....and these latter-day guys with markers and computers....what can I say? Just watched a bunch of Super Bowl commercials....a crazy mix of real folks, digital monsters and characters, a whole new world of visual communication. Only thing I've said that is really true....change is the only constant!ReplyDelete
To Leif....or 'Superpeng'...the new blog is a great idea....I'm sure you have plenty of time to spare for it. Looking back, I did a few Newpastel comps, but switched to markers as soon as they came in....50's ? Each had drawbacks. Chalks were a dusty mess...I couldn't breathe in one AD's office. Markers had benzene....later declared carcinogenic. I can believe it....gave me allergies when used. Luckily, I worked in gouache most of the time....harmless. The Will Davies chalk comps are amazing...any more? Great comments and stories on this....thanks.


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A midsize luxury sedan, the Infiniti M56 is a relatively new model that was first introduced in 2011. Like all models belonging to Infiniti's popular M line, the M56 cuts into the market share traditionally commanded by European standard bearers in the luxury sedan market, such as BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz. Throughout its run of production, the M56 has been available in a single, generously appointed trim level. However, Infiniti offers several additional features as options, along with add-on packages.
Manufactured by Infiniti, the luxury imprint of Japanese automaker Nissan, the M56 is a midsize luxury sedan that competes with similarly sized sedans produced by German and Swiss luxury marques. As one of the newer additions to Infiniti's M line, the M56 offers drivers a formidable combination of luxury, power, performance, and style.
In addition to the M56, the 2012 Infiniti M comes in two other standard versions: the M35 and the M37. There is also a new hybrid version: the M35h. Models belonging to the Infiniti M line have names that represent their engine displacements. Hence the 2012 M56 contains a 5.6-liter V-8 engine that produces 420 horsepower. That engine matches with a seven-speed automatic transmission that, according to reviews, grabs the right gears gently and seamlessly when the car is cruising along, but can also respond with the appropriate urgency when needed.
Both the M56 and its sibling, the M37, received complete redesigns for 2011. As a result, there's very little to tell the two apart from the vantage point of the exterior. The M56 does sport a considerably more voluptuous body design than many previous Infiniti models. With flowing lines and an aggressive, eye-catching profile, the 2012 M56 is a head turner.
Standard equipment on the 2012 Infiniti M35 includes 18-inch wheels, automatic bi-xenon headlamps, fog lamps, power-folding heated mirrors, automatic wipers, a sunroof, a keyless ignition, keyless entry, dual-zone climate control, leather upholstery, heated and ventilated power front seats, a power tilt-and-telescoping steering column, a heated steering wheel, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror. Standard technological features include Bluetooth connectivity, a rearview camera, a navigation system, and a Bose sound system equipped with 10 speakers, a CD/DVD player, an iPod interface, satellite radio, and digital music storage.
The Deluxe Touring package features additional amenities such as a power rear sun shade, an in-car air purifier, an upgraded leather interior, and an improved Bose surround sound system with 16 speakers. Meanwhile, the Sports package features 20-inch wheels, summer tires, four-wheel active steering, sports seats, sport-tuned suspension and brakes, and additional exterior style elements. Opting for the Sport Touring packages gets you all the features included in the Sports package along with the surround sound stereo, air-purifier, and power sun shade. Additionally, there is a Technology package available that offers the addition of adaptive cruise control, a lane departure warning system, a blind spot warning system, a forward collision warning system, adaptive headlamps, and an eco pedal that provides driver feedback to help facilitate better gas mileage.
Rear-wheel drive comes standard on the M56; however, an M56x model boasts all-wheel drive. The M56's 5.6-liter V-8 produces 420 horsepower and 417 lb-ft of torque. Reviews indicate that the sedan accelerates from zero to 60 in just 5 seconds. For a midsize luxury sedan, the M56 also earns decent marks for fuel economy with an EPA-estimated rating of 16/25 mpg city/highway and 19 mpg combined on the rear-wheel drive model. The all-wheel drive version earns an estimated rating of 16/23/18 mpg city/highway/combined.
The 2012 M56 also earns high marks for safety, having received an overall rating of four out of five stars. Standard safety equipment on the vehicle includes anti-lock brakes, stability control, traction control, front side airbags, side curtain airbags, and active head restraints.
In addition to being well appointed with features, the M56's interior cabin is stylish and constructed from high-quality materials. The Deluxe Touring or Sport Touring versions add even more opulent interior features such as diamond-quilted leather upholstery, a faux-suede headliner, and a unique wooden trim. The model offers plenty of cabin space for passengers and good outward visibility.
Reviews indicate that the 2012 M56 lives up to the Infiniti M line's tradition of offering the drivability of a much smaller car in the guise of a midsize sedan.
2013 Infiniti M56
Luxury, Sedan
A high-end sports sedan, the Infiniti M56 offers all the luxury and performance consumers are looking for these days.
2012 Infiniti M56
Infiniti has changed the way many people look at luxury sedans.
2011 Infiniti M56
The 2011 Infiniti M56 marks a new luxury sedan that replaces the Infiniti M45.


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wtblacklock necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Moodfish - currently Turn2Live at http://www.turn2live.com
We are rebranding Turn2Live.com to Moodfish. Moodfish is a live-entertainment search engine that helps you find all the local live events happening around you based on your mood or mood recipes such as Romantic Date Night or Dance Night Out. The current turn2live.com has been well received visually yet can use a bit of a friendly facelift. Starting with this logo. Think Twitter.
Our primary target consists of tech-adept individuals between the ages of 25-40. This group of people graduated from college in the early 2000's and started small families. They are ethnically diverse and interested in local events as well as more well known events, e.g. local live music vs. touring acts, local theatre productions vs. touring broadway shows. Our target audience typically enjoys attending local events at locally-owned establishments. They are a busy group used to the age of Blackberries and iPhones thus they depend on their smart phone to help them make plans. This community is extremely active and always looking to find new and different things to do around their city.
Our secondary target consists of people between the ages of 21-24 who are tech-saavy students or new professionals. This group is unmarried and without children. For now, they choose to spend their time enjoying their funky and progressive communities. They are also ethnically diverse and eccentric with a strong sense of cultural identity. They enjoy coordinating plans with a large group of friends to soak up the vibrant nightlife that their city has to offer. This group uses the Internet for a convenient, quick and easy source to create plans for a night out with friends.
Need a logo (type and mark - perhaps mascot?) that communicates "mood based search" based on the below 9 words.
Moodfish is:
• Hip
• Innovative
• Active
• Simple
• Creative
• Intuitive
• Social
• Accurate
• Inspired
The moods Moodfish searches with are:
• Energetic
• Mellow
• Sunny
• Melancholy
• Sensual
• Quirky
• Intense
Also if you feel like varying Moodfish with MoodFish we would be happy to see what you take on the extra CAP would be.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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In 2001, it was August rains, which resulted in boll rot. "It was like the wheels came off," said Barham, who farms 3,100 acres, in Greenwood, Miss. "So many farmers went ahead and picked and cut the stalks, just to get it over with. We didn't do that. We picked it and kept fighting. We scrapped it and managed to pick over 800 pounds (total) and we had about 60 percent boll rot. That was the difference. We didn't make any money, but we got out with our hide."
This year, Barham was not as concerned with boll rot as with what wind and rain might do to fields that were defoliated and ready to pick. Those fears were not unfounded. On Sept. 26, Tropical Storm Isidore dumped rain and open cotton on the ground, reducing Barham's expected yield on several fields by as much as 200 pounds.
Speaking prior to the storm, Barham was cautiously optimistic about his prospects. "Our cotton has gotten a little tall," he said. "But you can make it if you get an east wind in August when you turn the water off. Where you get in trouble is a year like last year, where you get a big rain in the latter part of August and you've got a big dense canopy."
If weather cooperates from here on out, Barham will harvest, scrap, then cut stalks. "Then in the areas where we need to break, we'll run a Paratill. We'll try to get it all rowed up."
Barham has become more selective with his tillage since the advent of Roundup Ready cotton varieties.
"We're finding that instead of plowing with cultivators in the spring, we have a High Cycle that's covering a lot of acres going across the field and it's only hitting in a few middles and it stands to reason that we're not compacting it the way we were."
With compaction not such a chronic problem "We've started running a penetrometer to find out what the soil was doing rather than going with a shotgun approach of cutting the stalks, breaking it up, disking and re-hipping," Barham said.
In January or February, Barham will burndown with Roundup and Salvo. If he has time in the spring, he'll burndown again with Roundup. "If we have a good spring, we might even go in and freshen the beds up. Otherwise, we're going to try and get as close as we can to that planting time with a bed that's in good condition and is clean. This is the first year that I haven't used a lot of the DNA herbicides."
Barham started planting cotton in mid-April and finished up around May 11, which is normal for his farm.
He did reduce his seeding rate across several farms this year, a decision that has some pros and cons. "If it's a plant that tries to get a little leggy on you when you try to space it out, it tends to load up a little better," he explained.
"The trouble is if you have any adversity during the critical emergence time, instead of getting a minimum of a seed per foot, you may be looking at a seed per 3 to 4 feet. Reducing the seeding rate is a calculated risk. It's worked for me a time or two. It may not work every time."
Barham uses an additional seed treatment for Rhizoctonia and Pythium for diseases and applied Temik in-furrow for thrips. Seed was also treated with Gaucho.
Varieties planted this season were Stoneville ST 5599 BR, ST 4892BR, BXN 49 B and ST 4793 R (for his refuge).
The ST 5599 is a new, high-yielding, high-quality variety, which according to Stoneville compares with DPL's new release, DP 555 BG/RR. The variety has an added bonus of tolerance for root knot nematode, a pest that infests a few of Barham's fields. "The thing that I'm looking for in a variety is a little bit better lint quality and high yield," Barham said.
Wet weather was an unwelcome visitor early in the season, noted Barham, whose major weed problems are morningglory, smartweed and annual grasses.
"We try to get our two over-the-top Roundup applications out before the fifth true leaf, and then we go with a thrips application. We're juggling all that as we go. Hopefully, you work it out with the equipment and the manpower."
Because of wet weather, Barham was delayed three weeks in getting out his layby application. "I don't care what you have out there, weeds are going to come up. There were some places where it had gotten pretty rough.
"We were a little nervous about it, but at layby, we went with a broadcast application of Roundup and Direx under the cotton. We'll know how it worked when we pick it."
Barham's insect consultant picked up some plant bug activity this season, "but we're in the boll weevil eradication program and the Malathion sprays helped us. We also had a few bollworms and a few armyworms next to the hills."
The season also produced another surprise pest in no-till cotton. "There was one field where you couldn't put your foot on the ground without stepping on a snail. They would climb up on the stalks and they would lay over. What we need to do next year is put out another burndown or put it out a little earlier so they don't have the vegetation to live on."
Barham defoliated his crop with Def/Folex and Prep. Prior to the late September assault by Isidore, ST 5599 BR yields were looking good, according to Barham, although he was concerned about the variety's storm resistance.
After Isidore's rains sloshed across his farm, he was facing a second year in a row in which harsh weather robbed him of potentially record-breaking yields. With another tropical storm – Lili – brewing at the time of this writing, he knows the fight's not over yet.


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Conspiracy Tour 2010 Slinking Into Pittsburgh August 30 and 31!
by Conspiracy Tour Saturday, Jul. 03, 2010 at 10:43 PM
This summer, the Conspiracy Tour is going on a whirlwind, month-long excursion across the continental United States to raise awareness of and solidarity for political activists from Minneapolis, MN who are facing severe state repression, as well as help people find ways to strengthen and protect their communities from future incidences of state repression. You know, just in case.
Conspiracy Tour 2010 Slinking Into Your Town This Summer!
Tour to Raise Support Has the State Up in Arms
The State of Minnesota alleges that organizing a convergence space for protesters to have meetings, eat free meals, and check teh interwebs (on computers that an FBI informant helpfully set up!) makes the RNC 8 guilty of conspiracy. The Federal government claims that Scott DeMuth's writings and associations suggest that he is an anarchist and therefore a domestic terrorist, making him guilty of conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
We say organizing resistance to state repression isn't conspiracy. It's survival. We say living our lives according to our principles isn't terrorism. It's our right. We say we'll continue organizing no matter how much the state tries to destroy us and our communities.
So if this is conspiracy, we say to you...Join the Conspiracy!
This summer, the Conspiracy Tour is going on a whirlwind, month-long excursion across the continental United States to raise awareness of and solidarity for political activists from Minneapolis, MN who are facing severe state repression. Come join us in raising political support and much-needed legal defense funds for the RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth.
It's been alleged that the Tour will include a musical puppet show, a scintillating presentation on the charges the activists are facing, and various (some would say nefarious) ways you can join the Conspiracy to support targets of state repression. In addition to the usual perks of joining a conspiracy, co-conspirators will be learning ways to strengthen and protect their communities from future incidences of state repression. You know, just in case.
Come find solidarity, strategizing, resistance, and community that the state could only dream of! This will be a roadshow to remember even before you read about it in your FBI file.
Find out more about the Tour: http://conspiracytour.wordpress.com.
Questions? Wanna help out? Hit us up at midwestconspiracy(A)gmail.com.
About the RNC 8
The RNC 8--Max Specktor (who will be speaking on the West Coast stops of the tour), Erik Oseland, Eryn Trimmer, Garret Fitzgerald, Luce Guillén-Givins, Monica Bicking, Nathanael Secor, and Rob Czernik--were preemptively arrested in a series of raids by heavily armed SWAT teams and other targeted arrests on the weekend before the Republican National Convention in 2008. The criminal complaints are based on the allegations of confidential reliable informants and an undercover Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy, who infiltrated the RNC Welcoming Committee and conducted surveillance on the activists for about a year. Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner initially slapped them with "terrorism" enhancements in the first known use of Minnesota's version of the PATRIOT Act. After a successful pressure campaign against Gaertner's gubernatorial bid, she dismissed the terrorism enhancement charges. The 8 still face felony charges of conspiracy to commit riot in the 2nd degree and conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property in the 1st degree. Their joint trial will begin on October 25, 2010 and could last up to two months. More info at http://rnc8.org.
About Scott DeMuth
In November 2009, Scott DeMuth and Carrie Feldman were subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Iowa investigating a 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. Though they had no information about the incident, they both refused to cooperate with the grand jury on principle and were jailed for civil contempt. Carrie was held for four months before being released, and will be speaking about her experience on this tour. Two days after being jailed, Scott was indicted for conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. He has been released with conditions pending trial and has been re-indicted twice in response to his attorneys' motions to dismiss. In March 2010, the Utah house of well-known animal rights activist and former political prisoner Peter Young was raided on a federal search warrant from Iowa. The raid happened only days before Carrie's release and lists Scott and others by name. More info at http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com.
Tour Schedule (more updated info with locations on our website)
Winona July 25
Madison J26
Milwaukee J27
Chicago J28
Cleveland J29
Pittsburgh July 30 + 31
Buffalo August 1
Philadelphia A3
Carrboro A6
Asheville A7
Louisville A8
Bloomington, IN A9
St Louis A10
Omaha A11
Denver A12
Salt Lake City A13
Bay Area A14 +15
Santa Cruz A16
Portland A18
Tacoma A19
Seattle A20
Rock Island A23
Iowa City A24
Minneapolis A26
This tour is part of the We Are Everywhere campaign, a month of decentralized anarchist activities and events to promote visibility and outreach in August 2010.
Looking forward to seeing you there!


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Carmelo Anthony knows ... the 2003 NBA draft was LEGENDARY -- with 4 of the top 5 picks putting together Hall of Fame careers. There's just one exception ...
Anthony was arriving at LAX yesterday when we talked about his incredible draft class -- which includes NBA superstars LeBron James (#1 overall), Carmelo (#3), Chris Bosh (#4) and Dwyane Wade (#5).
So what happened to the #2 guy taken in the 2003 draft? Let's just say no one's clearing out space for a Darko Milicic plaque in Springfield, Mass.


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Heart It Or Hate It: Britney Spears Debuts 'Perfume' Music Video
It's here! It's here! (We'll pretend you're as excited as we are.) Britney Spears has just dropped the official music video for "Perfume," the second single off of her new album, Britney Jean. The video's directed by Joseph Kahn.
Check it out!
Britney's marking her territory!
What do you think, Instincters? Heart it or hate it??
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