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(PublicWire.com Press Release) —Worldwide Internet, Inc. (OTC Pink: WNTR) announced today that the company has entered into a Letter of Intent with Hemp Market Watch (www.hempmarketwatch.com).
The parties will work together to develop an informational portal for the marijuana industry. The portal will provide updated information on the industry and track a portfolio of companies that are involved in providing goods and services. In addition the parties will work together to identify a diversified portfolio of potential investments in the marijuana industry.
Frank Kristan, President of Worldwide Internet, Inc. stated that:
"We see this as an opportunity to further develop a central source for accurate and updated information on the industry while identifying companies that may provide value for our shareholders. In any new industry it is difficult to identify potentially successful companies. A diversified approach fits our business model that could provide dividends to shareholders."
About Worldwide Internet, Inc.
Worldwide Internet, Inc. (OTC Pink: WNTR) (www.worldwideinternetinc.com). The company is now focused on making acquisitions of business operations and investments to create a diversified holding company.
About Hemp Market Watch
Hemp Market Watch (www.hempmarketwatch.com) is focused on developing an informational portal for the Marijuana Industry that will provide for updated and accurate information being available to the public.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the OTC Markets and. undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University men's basketball team will make its fifth trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament this weekend, and you can be a part of the action.
Georgia College, the No. 4-seed, takes on No. 5-seed and 2007 National Champion Barton College at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14 at Augusta State University's Christenberry Fieldhouse.
The 22-6 Bobcats will play in the fourth of four games that day, and GCSU mascot "Thunder" Wants You to come out and support the Bobcat cagers as they do battle with the Barton Bulldogs.
Ticket information is available at http://www.aug.edu/athletics/sports/mbasketball/09ncaa/.
The Bobcats rely on the long-range shot and taking good care of the ball. Georgia College is fourth in the nation in threes made, averaging 10.3 per contest. GCSU is also 10th in turnover margin (+4.6) and 12th in turnovers per game (11.7).
The standard starting five for the Bobcats has been senior guard Shaun Keaton (Albany, Ga.), senior forward Ken Kemp (Dublin, Ga.), junior guards Ty Rowland (Lilburn, Ga.) and Graham Martin (Marietta, Ga.) and sophomore forward Josh Hurst (Athens, Ga.).
Keaton ranks in the top five in scoring in school history, and is the school's all-time three-point shooter. He's scored 20-plus in each of his last five games.
Kemp is 10th in career rebounding at GCSU, despite playing an undersized forward at 6-foot-3.
Rowland is 86th in the nation at 4.2 assists per game, also taking 59th in assist to turnover ratio.
Martin is second on the team in scoring at 11.9 per game. He's also crept his way into the top-10 in career threes made at GCSU.
Hurst is one of two players to start all 27 games this season for Georgia College. He leads the team in blocks with 31, is second in rebounds and third in steals.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement.


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Tools and techniques for properly restoring a tattered body panel to its pristine original shape.
One of the most costly aspects of building your dream hot rod is going to be the body and paint portion. Each year, thousands of guys jump head first into sheetmetal work because they don't want to be held hostage by the high price of body restoration. For a lot of guys, bodywork marks the final adventure in the DIY frontier, and with a company like Eastwood, regular guys can afford to get more involved both to save money and to have fun.
Older cars like our 1968 Chevy Nova project car have a nasty habit of picking up dozens or even hundreds of dents in their lifetime. These can range from improperly repaired collisions, to simple shopping cart dings. If your aim is to restore your ride to like-new condition (or better), you'll have to address these dents well before body filler, primer, or paint gets near those flanks. In the past few issues, we've shown you how to replace a doorskin that was beyond repair, we've illustrated the proper technique for making small patch panels to fix rust areas, and we've even taken on the monumental task of replacing an entire quarter-panel. All those are useful skills, but perhaps the most common (and easy) sheemetal job you'll run into is repairing the common small dent.
While you may be tempted to just mud over those many door dings, lay on the filler primer thick, and blast everything flat with a D/A sander, bitter disappointment will overwhelm you as you put the final buff on the clearcoat. Your pride and joy will have enough waves on its surface to make you seasick. To avoid this, it's imperative that you make the right moves at the right time during the restoration process.
During the course of our Nova's restoration at Outlaw Motorsports in Riverside, California, we've documented those moves for you with the help of Outlaw's proprietor, Ron Aschtgen. This month, we'll explore the use of a stud welder and slide hammer kit from Eastwood, as well as a seven-piece hammer and dolly set, also from Eastwood. Tools like these are absolutely essential for a proper resto, and together are used for the lion's share of metalworking tasks in any ground-up body and paint project.
So how'd it all turn out? After seeing the Nova's body undergo a transformation over the last several months, the curiosity has got to be killing you. As this is written, we are putting the final touches on our Eastwood paintjob, and let us tell you this: All the hard work of leveling the body has resulted in a perfectly flat, wave-free finish. This proves that using the right tools and techniques does pay off, and at a fraction of the cost of having a body shop hold your car hostage!
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
July 4 - Theodore of Cyrene, Martyr, Bishop, Scribe
Theodore's work was complicated, difficult, and consuming. Though he was a priest and a bishop he had given himself over also to a task that few could do in the third and fourth century and even fewer were willing to do. Theodore did not have to dig ditches or perform any sort of manual labor--that is to say nothing more difficult than picking up a book and turning pages--but his work still drained him of his life's energies. Day by day Theodore made it his practice and profession to copy the sacred books of the Church so that others might benefit from the penetrating and comforting power of the holy words therein. With each stroke of his pen he committed yet another letter to a blank page that would be read countless times by those able to read and be heard by crowds of Christians throughout the empire. He was meticulous in his careful copying work because he understood it to be a holy calling--but it was not his only calling. He didn't only copy books during his days in this world but he, also, cared for the Body of Christ as a priest and, eventually, a bishop. He was forced to do so mostly in secret so that he would not be forced to risk his own life or, worse yet, the lives of those to whom he ministered.
Since it was in the reign of Diocletian Theodore knew well that there was a likely cost associated with his copying work. Diocletian wanted the Church annihilated and felt that the quickest way to accomplish this task was through brutal executions of its members. Priests were especially prized victims because their death symbolized not only an extra dose of fear for the Christian community but, also, the Church's loss of another leader. Furthermore, a bishop was, likely, the most highly prized victim because it represented a significant attack on the faith of the priests and members of the Church but, also, presented the opportunity to cripple the leadership of the Church. So, as a priest and a bishop Theodore knew that he was a prime, potential target for the death-workers of the empire. Added to the list of his extensive qualifications was his work copying books that helped to preserve the Faith even as Diocletian campaigned against it. Problematic for those who copied books, though, was that the better the job they did the sooner they were found out and executed.After all, if they copied and distributed many books than they were that much more likely to be betrayed. In the case of Theodore, though, it was not some acquaintance who finally betrayed him--it was his own son.
Theodore's son Leo knew his father was breaking the law of the empire not only by being a Christian, a priest, and a bishop, but, also, by copying the sacred texts of the Christians for distribution. For some unknown reason--perhaps it was a simple lust for power--Leo went to the empire's governor Dignianus with betrayal in mind. He informed Dignianus that his own father was in possession of many Christian books to be distributed to illegal congregations throughout the empire and that he was encouraging Roman citizens to abandon the faith of Rome and to trust in Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior. The governor's men went and dragged Theodore before Dignianus and Leo as he was accused of his crimes.Theodore knew that it was his own son who had betrayed him but he offered forgiveness in the same breath that he refused to submit to governor's demand that he make a sacrifice to the Roman gods. They beat him with rods until he was bruised and bloody and placed an offering before him to sacrifice. Using what little strength he retained he cast the offering to the floor and insisted that his faith would not be shaken. They continued to beat him savagely. Eventually, they tired of his prayers and forgiveness and cut out his tongue so that he could no longer speak to them. While he remained alive, though, he continued to mouth his prayers and love. They threw him into prison for the night with the intention of further torturing him in the morning if he made it through the night, but he did not survive the night. Theodore passed from this world but the texts he had so lovingly copied were copied again and again by yet others who picked up his work and continued his vocation. The empire had killed one God's priests and bishops but had not killed the spirit that animated countless others or crushed the power of the stories that spread in the words that were copied under penalty of death.
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris has won a temporary victory in its fight to keep larger health warnings off cigarettes for sale in Thailand.
The company on Tuesday praised a court's decision to temporarily suspend an Oct. 2 government deadline requiring new labels on the dangers of smoking to cover 85 per cent of a cigarette package. The requirement now is for 55 per cent.
Bangkok-based Philip Morris spokeswoman Onanong Pratakphiriya said such warning labels were not effective. She also said the regulation was "illogical," since it exempts cheap, roll-your-own cigarettes, which she said accounts for almost half the tobacco consumed in Thailand.
Cigarette packages are displayed for sale at a shop Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Onanong said the larger labeling was intended as a "scare tactic." She added that a recent government survey showed that health risks linked to smoking are "known universally in Thailand."
The injunction, issued by a Thai court on Friday, will stay in place, pending a lawsuit by Philip Morris and more than 1,400 Thai retailers trying to overturn the regulation. The company said it expects the legal process to take more than a year. The Public Health Ministry said it will study and likely appeal the court injunction.
Aabout 50,000 people die from smoking-related diseases each year in the Southeast Asian nation of about 65 million people.
Nopporn Cheanklin of the Public Health Ministry's Disease Control Department said larger warnings are more effective.
"The bigger the warnings are, the better we will be at preventing people from smoking," he said. Labels are meant not only to remind smokers of the risks but to prevent children from starting, he said.
"If cigarette packages are attractive, youngsters will be drawn to them," Nopporn said. "Our goal is to scare (children), so there won't be any new smokers."
The lawsuit also contends the regulation is illegal because it was enacted without consulting the Thai tobacco industry — retailers, distributors, manufacturers and others — which will be most affected by the labels and suffer "potential negative consequences."
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The author of the transcendent Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, has finally written a new novel--for adults.
It's called "The Casual Vacancy," and it comes out soon. Ian Parker of the New Yorker has reviewed it.
It's about "an idyllic English town named Pagford; the death of a man named Barry; a parish-council election."
It sounds pretty boring.
Of course, Harry Potter sounded pretty boring, too. But it wasn't. So we won't judge this one by its coverage.
Still, in reading about the new J.K. Rowling book, it's impossible to avoid two feelings.
First, that the characters she's writing about are really the Harry Potter characters. And, therefore, that the new book is effectively "Harry Potter for adults" and therefore includes phrases and observations that occurred in the Harry Potter books but would have been out of place had they been noted.
Such as these three highlighted by Katy Waldman of Slate:
"The leathery skin of her upper cleavage radiated little cracks that no longer vanished when decompressed."
...a "miraculously unguarded vagina."
"A lustful boy sits on a school bus 'with an ache in his heart and in his balls.'"
[So is that's what Harry Potter was really thinking about? Vaginas and balls?]
The second feeling you get upon reading about a J.K. Rowling book for adults, especially a "realist" one like this, is the feeling you got when watching Michael Jordan retire from basketball because he was bored and start playing minor-league pro baseball. Jordan was certainly within his rights to do this--he didn't owe anyone anything--but it still seemed sad and a waste. It was instantly obvious that Jordan would never be a great baseball player, and the world loves greatness. So the world cheered when Jordan finally packed it in on his baseball career and returned to the game he dominated.
J.K. Rowling may well be a good writer of adult realist fiction, but it seems unlikely that she'll be the genius she was when writing the Harry Potter books.
So J.K. Rowling fans everywhere will probably hope that Rowling's adult realist period is merely a well-deserved break, and that she'll soon return to her strengths and take full advantage of her gift.
And, on that score, there's hope:
"She is working on two books "for slightly younger children" than her Harry Potter readers," says the New Yorker's Parker.
J.K. Rowling herself sounds more interesting than her new novel, and Parker reveals a lot of new details...


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Mexico's Compartamos Sees More Growth In Micro-Lending – WSJ.com
MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)–Mexico's Compartamos SAB (CMPRF, COMPARC.MX) said Wednesday its net profit expanded 12% on the year in the first quarter as the microfinance lender grew its loan portfolio and attracted new clients.
Chief Financial Officer Patricio Diez told Dow Jones Newswires that the company is "very satisfied" with the results.
Compartamos grew its loan portfolio by 40% to 14.88 billion pesos ($1.13 billion) while expanding its client base by 23% to 2.47 million. Its net profit came to MXN503 million. In addition to Mexico, where 95% of Compartamos' clients reside, the lender is also active in Guatemala and Peru.
Operating expenses rose 43%, to MXN1.18 billion, as the company opened 35 service branches, invested in new technology, added employees to service clients and spent more on advertising.
Diez said Compartamos sees a highly competitive environment among lenders to the low-income market segment, but not from large banks. "We have to always be focused on better products and services," he said.
Compartamos has long aimed to loan in rural areas and to women, but is now beefing up its capabilities in urban and semiurban areas. The diversification into new markets and products has driven the lender's rate of nonperforming loans higher, to 2.86% in March from 2.65% at end-2011 and 2.01% for first quarter 2011.
The vast majority of the lender's clients in Mexico are women, whereas in Peru the split is more even between the two sexes, Diez said. Demand for credit in Guatemala is similar to the market Compartamos has in Mexico, mostly rural and mostly female.
Compartamos Profit Beats Estimates as Loan Portfolio Expands-Bloomberg
Compartamos SAB (COMPARC*), the operator of microfinance companies in Mexico and Peru, posted first-quarter profit that beat analyst expectations.
Net income climbed 14.3 percent to 497 million pesos ($37.8 million) in the first three months of the year, the Mexico City- based company said today in an e-mailed statement. Banco Santander SA had projected profit would total 475.2 million pesos, according to an April 24 research note.
Outstanding loans rose 40 percent to 14.9 billion pesos, the company said.
Compartamos shares fell 2.1 percent to 15.35 pesos in Mexico City trading before release of the report.


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by Lou Mancinelli
Members of City Council's Rules Committee voted unanimously today to recommend a change in zoning from industrial to C-2 commercial at 10 E. Moreland Ave., further paving the way for a proposed and controversial Fresenius dialysis center to open its doors.
City Council Bill 100753, introduced by Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller on Nov. 4 and recommended by the city's Planning Commission on Nov. 15, would enable the dialysis center to open by-right. The bill now moves to the entire council for a vote.
Earlier this year, Fresenius requested a zoning variance because the industrial zoning did not allow for a medical office. The Chestnut Hill Community Association supported that variance, but neighbors opposed to the variance without a proviso limiting hours of operation asked the ZBA for relief. They received it in the form of a proviso prohibiting the facility from keeping its doors open past 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Later, Fresenius asked the ZBA to reconsider the restriction, and the ZBA reversed course – without a hearing – removing the proviso and prompting neighbors to file an appeal to reverse the ZBA's reversal on the grounds that the ZBA did not have the right to change its mind without a hearing.
That issue was brought forward at a contested hearing of the City Council Rules Committee this morning at City Hall.
"We feel like our due process has been taken away," said Moreland Avenue resident Peter Burke, who with his wife filed the appeal on behalf of neighbors—more than 70 signed a petition to restrict the zoning change.
Burke and two of his neighbors were at today's hearing and testified against the possible zoning change, claiming the bill circumvented the judicial process. The neighbors said CHCA decisions the past 10 years have come to reflect the interests of businesses and institutions as opposed to the residents whose interests ought to be the most protected.
"Everyone of these meetings was published," said CHCA President Walter Sullivan early in the hearing. "We want the public to come to community meetings if they are for it or against it, or if they have questions. …We have to call it as we see it. Our committees concluded [this project] was in the best interest of Chestnut Hill."
Beyond that, the sticking point between neighbors and the Dialysis center remained the nine hours a week — from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays — that neighbors had hoped to keep the center closed. Some had expressed fear that the center could conceivably stay open 24 hours a day if no restrictions were placed on the center. See Letters this week.
Burke claimed Dr. Edward Jones, a medical director for Fresenius told residents at previous community planning meetings that for 30 years the company operated from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
When Dr. Jones later explained patients arrive at scattered times throughout the day, the last and third shift beginning at 4 p.m., neighbors opposed the hours.
"Trying to provide care for those who need dialysis is a local problem," said Jones. "You shouldn't have to travel far to get aid. Some people need evening hours because they work and have kids. I don't want a citizen of Northwest Philadelphia to have kidney failure and have to tell them to go somewhere else."
"They told us they never had third shifts, and that's a problem," said Burke. "I'm opposed to the decisions by the zoning board to remove the proviso."
Fresenius attorney Carl Primavera went on record to explain why his client entered into a written agreement with the Chestnut Hill Community Association and is willing to sign any agreement with the community that says the center would not operate later than 9 p.m.
"We have no interest to go beyond 9:00 at night," he said. "We are legally bound to it."
"When you get past all that," said Councilman Greenlee. "I just don't understand why three hours matters, whether it's Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday."
Greenlee's question fell in line with those of other council members who asked about traffic, the building's design, lighting and parking lot, all issues that proved to be noncontroversial with neighbors.
Council Chairwomen Anna Verna addressed emails committee members received that claimed the bill was spot-zoning and said spot-zoning, is when one property is changed to something inconsistent with the zoning in the neighborhood. That is not the case in this situation, she said. By changing E. 10 Moreland from industrial to C-2, the property becomes more in line with the current businesses and zoning restrictions in the neighborhood.
Representatives from the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the city's planning commission also provided testimony in favor of the bill.
Ron Recko of the Chestnut Hill Residents Association expressed his dismay with the rules committee.
"This is only round two," he said. "The problem is that this went before the zoning board and the zoning board voted unanimously to limit hours. All we're talking about is taking away nine hours. So for nine hours, Fresenius called the zoning board to get them to remove the consideration."
Given the fact that there now exists an agreement to close at 9 p.m., the neighbors' (who until it was announced at the hearing said they were unaware of any such agreement) appeal is one step closer to becoming moot if the council approves the zoning change, which it seems poised to do
"We were not aware until we heard from [Primavera] today that there was an agreement reached for no 24-7 work," Recko said. "If that's so, and the neighbors are happy, that's fine with the CHRA.
Still, Recko said he was not happy with the way Council came to the rescue of Fresenius in spite of ample residential opposition.
"These people have to realize that they are elected and if they are not going to take care of the residents, the residents are not going to take care of them come reelection time," he said.


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This memorandum report presents performance data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects. OIG has collected these data since 1997. In July 2010, the Administration on Aging (AoA), which is now part of ACL, requested that OIG continue to collect and report performance data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects to support AoA's efforts to evaluate and improve the performance of these projects. OIG currently collects performance data every 6 months and reports the data on an annual basis.
This review is based on data reported by the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects. In addition, we requested and reviewed documentation from the projects for the funds recovered to the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, beneficiaries, and others that were attributable to the projects. We also requested and reviewed documentation for the measure of cost avoidance. We did not review documentation for the other performance measures.
In 2011, the 54 Senior Medicare Patrol Projects had 5,671 active volunteers, a 14-percent increase from 2010. These volunteers conducted 66,303 one-on-one counseling sessions and 11,109 group education sessions. In 2011, 431,128 beneficiaries attended group education sessions, an increase from 298,097 in 2010. At the same time, Medicare funds recovered that were attributable to the projects were $19,283 in 2011. Total savings to Medicare, Medicaid, beneficiaries, and others were $32,941. Additionally, cost avoidance on behalf of the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, beneficiaries, and others, totaled $247,850. One of the projects, however, reported referring two large-dollar cases to a Medicare contractor. In one of these cases, the Medicare contractor is seeking to recover $2.9 million in overpayments from a provider who was identified by the project.
We continue to emphasize that the number of beneficiaries who have learned from the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects to detect fraud, waste, and abuse and who subsequently refer cases to Medicare contractors or law enforcement entities cannot be always be tracked. Therefore, the projects may not be receiving full credit for savings attributable to their work. In addition, the projects are unable to track substantial savings derived from a sentinel effect whereby fraud and errors are reduced by Medicare beneficiaries' scrutiny of their bills.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Brooks Wilson Strikes Back!
Amazingly, a feature film based upon Brooks Wilson Ltd. was made in 1970. Titled 'Loving' (for no apparent reason!), it starred George Segal in the title role with support from Eva Marie Saint as his long-suffering wife, Keenan Wynn as his bullying agent, Sterling Hayden as the impossible client Mr. Lepridon, and Roy Scheider as the harried agency flack. The director was Irving Kershner, who George Lucas tapped a decade later to direct 'The Empire Strikes Back'!
It's a condensed version of the same sad story: Brooks the hapless freelancer is torn between his artsy girlfriend in Manhattan and his family back home in (where else?) Westport Connecticut. A drunken tryst with a randy neighbour, televised by CCTV at a suburban Xmas party from hell, finally sinks him, and the film peters out as Brooks attempts to placate both the GF and his wife with news that he finally got the Lepridon account.
Early in the film Brooks discovers his agent has yet again locked himself in the bathroom, being too cheap to fix the doorknob. In the background we see plenty of tearsheets and stacks of originals, and it appears that the boxer illo bears the signature Brooks Wilson.
Back home, he hires a shapely model, who he poses in the livingroom - Brooks' young daughter sits and reads a book during the session, his wife's way of ensuring there's no hanky-panky!
His agent's smarmy underling arrives with a stack of illos, all of which require inane revisions ASAP. Brooks refuses, but this show of spine is more to impress the model, who he eyes with other than professional interest.
While in the city, Brooks gets bombed and makes a spectacle of himself at the 'Artist's Club' which was actually shot at the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan. You can just make out their 60's-era logo on the coffee cups, as Brooks makes new friends (and enemies) over a multi-martini lunch.
Tomorrow: we bid farewell to the feckless Brooks Wilson, but not before he ably demonstrates his journeyman skills as an illustrator!
* We'd love to have your best guess at which artists where actually responsible for the prop artwork attributed to Brooks Wilson in the film. I'll get the ball rolling by ID'ing the "Bear Attack" illo, which I recognize as being by John McDermott, from a 1960 issue of Outdoor Life. ~ Leif
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Leif, part of that movie (which was awful) was filmed in Bernie Fuchs' house. If you are willing to suffer through the movie, you can get some good views of "Brooks Wilson" working in Bernie's studio.ReplyDelete
Wow, David - how cool! So perhaps you can provide some insight into who did the various illustrations we see featured in these screen grabs?ReplyDelete
Correction: Leif, I am reminded by a member of the Fuchs family that Bernie's studio appears in the film as the studio Brooks would LIKE to move into, not the studio that Brooks actually works in. He sees it in a house that is for sale, but they never end up buying the house.ReplyDelete
My bad.
I do have some thoughts on who did a couple of those illustrations, but I want to look at them up close. I'm at the office right now, but I'll be back to you.
Ken, Leif, David, this is great! So much of the book and it seems film takes chunks from the reality of illustration in that era. It would be nice to know what's real and whats not and who did what artwork. This is better than the book, Ken!!ReplyDelete
- Ken Steacy8:45 PM
Thanx for the great feedback, guys - LOVING is available on Netflix, and while it's categorically not Oscar material, it's certainly worth five bux and ninety minutes of yr life! B^)ReplyDelete
The race car looks like a Peter Helck painting.ReplyDelete
The "Bowling Cartoonists" group of Westport went to the audition and drew lots of funny pictures thereby scoring parts as extras in the restaurant scene. Jerry Marcus, Orlando Buscino and some others can be seen in the background.
I was an instructor at Famous Artists School at the time and the film didn't seem that much different than work!
The plot thickens...a little anyway... Movies about cartoonists or illustrators are rare. Isn't Tom Ewell a "dirty" paperback illustrator in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH? There's also THAT CERTAIN FEELING (with Bob Hope and Al Capp)... I can't think about very many others...ReplyDelete
i dimly recall LOVING being advertised when i was a kid, but have not seen it. It's worth checking out on NETFLIX so thanks for the tip...
@Will: Richard Widmark's character was a cartoonist in THE TUNNEL OF LOVE, with Doris Day in 1958; Jack Lemmon's character was a cartoonist in HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE, in 1965. The swedish comedian Povel Ramel starred in HOPPSAN!, 1955, as a superhero comic strip artist, when the concerned citizens in Sweden had heard of Frederic Wertham and were condemning the comics as the road to damnation.ReplyDelete
Irving Kershner, Hans Hoffman's best student. (or is that Robert de Niro, Sr.?)ReplyDelete
Lionel @Will
Errol Flynn plays an illustrator in 'Never Say Goodbye' (1946). His art is done by Zoe Mozert.
There is a funny scene of a pulp artist at work in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' (1947).
Brooks meets his client (Sterling Hayden) atop the World Trade Center, then under construction.ReplyDelete
One of the more authentic portrayal of cartoonists is in the French film "César and Rosalie" (1972), praised by Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael. During dialogue the cartoonists hardly look up; they just keep drawing. The comic strips were drawn by Jean-Marc Laureau and Claude Poppe.
I have an apparently false memory of a Tony Randall film, this must be it. The lucy described clinches it.ReplyDelete
There was also The Hand (1981) starring Michael Caine as a comic book artist who loses his hand (temporarily). The comic art, as I recall, was done by Barry Windsor Smith and was Conanesque.ReplyDelete


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TALISMAN Call for JRP proposal
Deadline 1st May 2015
TALISMAN 6th Call for JRP proposal
6th and last call closed!
REMINDER! All JRPs funded by TALISMAN have to be finalised before the end of 2015.
One of the main activities of TALISMAN is to offer transnational access to major actinide research facilities in Europe. Any researcher from Europe Member States or Associated States can answer the calls. When a project built in close collaboration with at least one of the facilities is selected, travel and accommodation of the researcher coming to work in the facility is paid by the Project for up to 3 months.
Important rule: To be paid by the project, the JRP has to be achieve and finalized (including the providing of the requested reports) within TALISMAN time-frame, ie before 31/12/2015.
Three scopes are open for proposal:
- Actinide chemistry for separation
- Actinide chemistry in the geological environment
- Actinide materials
Pooled facilities
You can propose a JRP in collaboration with 7 pooled facilities:
1. CEA ATALANTE - Contact:
or CEA DPC analytical platform - Contact:
Submission procedure
The procedure to submit proposals is as follows:
Please use the relevant form to prepare your proposal.
- You should contact the PF contact person to get the assurance that i) the facility will be available to perform the planned work, and ii) the safety case has been considered and is reasonable
- You should sign your proposal; the contact person will sign it later.
- Send your proposals to the JRPcall dedicated email address, before 1st May 2015; Please use "TALISMAN - Call 06" as subject of your mail.
- The Scientific Advisory Committee will meet beginning of June 2015 to examine all received proposals and to give its recommendations.
- The Executive Committee will meet end of June 2015 in order to select the proposals and allocate the grants for projects.
- Results will be communicated end of June 2015.
Email for proposal sending:
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All approved projects must:
- submit a "end-of-stay report" form after each stay at a pooled facility;
- send a final activity report two months after the end of the project at the latest (template available in the links hereafter);
- acknowledge TALIMSAN in all resulting scientific presentations and publications (for example "this work has been supported by the European FP7 TALISMAN project, under contract with the European Commission").
Tentative schedule for next call submission deadlines:
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I have titled this blog so as at the moment it really does feel like it! There are virtually no science staff (most are on holiday) but 5 million visitors!! The Museum is exceptionally busy at the moment and the fact that it has not stopped raining has compounded the problem!! The public are queuing around the ice rink!! Just getting through the public galleries is an ordeal!! I feel nicely tucked away in my bay just listening to the few other entomologists typing away . I have been reading papers on the use of museum specimens for DNA analyses and am now itching to get back into the lab and have another go at extracting. We are working on some UK mosquitoes at the moment that were collected from our various fieldtrips this year that have been stored in the freezer to prevent the DNA degrading.
I have spent the morning in the Specimen Preparation area in the Cocoon. I have been waiting to properly get my hands dirty with the material that came from French Guyana and so though that this would be the perfect opportunity. For some reason there are an awful lot of horse flies. Several of us have commented on this fact that when using malaise traps (tent like trap for catching small flying insects) there is always an abundance of them. The speaker system was not working though and I spent a long time scribbling down things for the public. These samples have an abundance of dung beetles, cockroaches, hymenoptera of all sorts, bark beetles and of course my babies! As well as all of the horse flies (and some long tongued ones!) and the robberflies there are also some very pretty soldier flies . I cant decide which is better - knowing that there is loads of new, undescribed species or being able to say what is in there already. It's all terribly exciting - I will calm down soon!
I was trying to write down little facts for the public as I sorted. I am not sure that they were happy about some of them. There are the Phorid flies of which some burrow down into coffins whilst others decapitate ants! Then there were the assassin bugs of which some are blood feeders on us! There are the dung beetles where i described my fieldwork of collecting them using various different types of dung....
...I will have to change the alcohol that the sample arrived in though as after two hours i was a little bit vacant to say the least!
This afternoon i am writing a case study for sampling insects in Costa Rica for a book to be published later on in the year. I have written a draft already but it needs to be more concise. I see an afternoon of red pen!
I am preparing myself for the sleepover as well. I have been revising my knowledge of all arthropods that can harm, maim, cause death etc. I will be such a hit at the New Years Eve party I am going to!


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|2006-10-15, 10:13
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Negima Q & A
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|2006-10-28, 06:22
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I tried to post in the negima subforum but i couldnt so i am posting in the next closest forum.
i found out about negima when i was watching some MVs and i am curious about it.
now i've went and checked out various sites and all of them shows the character in more or less like love hina style. but in the MV it shows them in a more serious side.
now i know the two characters that is fighting in the video is the main character and the woman is the vampire. and that seems to be consistant with Negima so i'm assuming it's from the same anime.
so why the difference in anime style? i rather like the serious side.
|2006-10-28, 11:51
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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You should have a read of the general discussion thread and the episode discussions. There's a lot of explanation there. Short explanation is in the title "!?"
This is a re-interpretation of Negima as a collaboration between the manga author and the director Shinbo and his team (whom also did Tsukuyomi Moon Phase and Pani Poni Dash). Its been a bit controversial, but a lot of us really like this different take on the story, both in the art style and in what we've seen in plot line so far.
Downside has been that "favorite story parts" of some have been skipped over. Upside seems to be we may get into some of the more exciting parts of the story, both for action and for the little crushes different characters have for each other.
Getting past the early set up so fast also means there may be more screentime available for everyone's favorite characters.
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|2006-10-28, 15:50
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same serie. (Negima!? is actually airing in japan, the third episode is out and fansubbed.)
in fact, the art style used for Thousand Master / Evangeline fight (the video you watched) is special, to put some stress on the climax and the past part of the whole fight. (it's similar to other anime past style : in black and white, etc)
|2006-10-28, 16:35
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for the original first serie, i do not know (didn't watch the first one), maybe someone will tell you (but as far as i can remember of some spoiler, the first serie didn't cover a lot about thousand master story)
edit : found something. try episode VIII.
this part of the story is only covered with "evangeline" arc, and shouldn't be shown later.
however, some details can be shown with episodes dedicated to negi's father.
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|2006-10-28, 17:56
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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Also, the "wiki" only covers the manga and the original series from the other year... I haven't looked to see if someone had started one for the new series yet.
The two series have not much to do with each other outside of the name and characters -- and neither really follows the manga very well. The first series had a lot of problems though it had a few bright spots .... it looks as if this new series is not making the same mistakes but it has a very different emphasis so we'll just have to watch and see.
I've compared these differences to things like the different versions of King Arthur conflict depending on the century they were written (or rewritten) in.
|2006-10-28, 19:13
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|2006-10-29, 15:47
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in fact, just like vexx said, both series don't have anything in common except the characters and the main subject/storyline.
therefor, the art style, arc focus and following/side events will probably be different.
if you do really care about "mature" and serious business with negima, just stick with the new serie by SHAFT (i wouldn't recommand the first serie for this, especially if you don't fancy fanservice)
but, you should really try the original manga, it unites perfeclty well the comedy and serious action, especially the kyoto arc (though the fanservice level is extremely high... akamatsu's touch indeed)
|2006-10-30, 02:44
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so.. i still cant pinpoint where the anime from the mv comes from, i know it's from negima but i dont know which version and i dont know which episode because apparently the 'serious' side only comes out in certain moments??
so which version of negima and which episode is the mv from?
|2006-11-01, 19:36
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umm this might be a stupid question but umm im new to this series and i want to know, wuts negima all about, like in general. cus im watching negima!? and im kind of confused. i havent watched or read any anime or manga in the past regarding this anime so im lost. can anyone help me out here with a summary or something?
|2006-11-01, 20:09
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err... this would be long to summary this... (the second serie isn't really "new to the serie" friendly )
i recommand you to read the plot summary at wikipedia, here (the overview)
just in case : this is NOT "harry potter" in manga... absolutely not. (don't let the glasses fooling you !)
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|2006-11-01, 20:24
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if you can't decide after reading the wiki, you should give it a try. (depend of your tastes).
of course, if you don't like shonen/magic/action/school anime genre, pass, it won't suit you.
if you thought it was harry potter like... just remove slightly the seriousness, add... lots of girls (the fanservice level depend on with format you are watching/reading. the current serie by shaft is really light (almost 0 fanservice) , except the OVA), japan context, anime etc... (this is more action adventure, rather than fantasy)
|2006-11-01, 20:39
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ah i see thanks alot klash also, i want to know if i should start with mahou sensei negima! or negima!? because the story has alot of potential and i just finished watching zero no tsukaima which is also magic related
|2006-11-01, 20:49
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well... the manga is really full of stuff, and should be avoided only if you don't like Akamatsu-style
which mean :
-most characters are kawaii,
-dangerous humor,
-lots of "each character development" sometimes rendered as fillers, slowing the main plot a bit
if you could "bear" Love Hina slow pacing, you will enjoy MSN a lot (MSN is way more straightforward)
but the current serie (Negima!?) is pretty enjoyable, and gives another aspect of negima (if you lurk around forums and anime review, you will see that most fan (and new to the serie) are really excited with SHAFT work).
explore both of the serie (why not reading the manga while waiting the next episode? XD). in any way, just choose the easiest format for you to have.
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Shared Decision Making to Improve Care and Outcomes for Children With Autism
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01921244
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 13, 2013
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2016
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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) commonly experience behavioral challenges that may be improved with pharmacotherapy, including difficulties with sleep, attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behavior, mood swings, self-injury, and aggression. While 34-58% of children with ASD take medication for such behaviors, there is wide practice variation nationally and a lack of evidence to support the use of most commonly prescribed agents. Complex clinical situations such as this where there is no clear "best choice" regarding which behaviors to target and which medications to use lend themselves well to the use of a Shared Decision Making (SDM) tool to ensure that well-informed parent preferences shape every treatment plan.
The primary goal of this study is to modify a previously published decision aid about use of medication to manage challenging behaviors in children with autism to make it easy to implement in practice and then evaluate this version in terms of proximal decisional outcomes and parent/child outcomes 3 months later. Providers in a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric clinic will be enrolled and randomly allocated to intervention or control (treatment as usual) groups. Initially, providers randomized to the intervention group will test and refine the modified intervention. Once the intervention is finalized, eligible patients of participating providers will be enrolled in the randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the intervention. Following the trial, control group providers will be crossed over and receive the intervention. Both proximal decisional outcomes (e.g. parent decisional conflict, provider amount of SDM, parent knowledge of treatment options) and outcomes 3 months later (e.g. parenting stress, decisional conflict, and change in child behavioral symptoms) will be assessed.
Approximately 10 providers and 240 of their patients with autism will be included in the study. Chart reviews, parental surveys, and recordings of provider-parent-patient interactions during the index visit will be collected at baseline (prior to physician allocation), during the intervention trial, and after the control group has crossed over. Between- and within-group analyses will examine factors associated with parental decisional conflict and whether the intervention produces significant improvements in outcomes over and above typical autism care. Analyses will include multiple linear regression modeling and general linear models / repeated measure models, accounting for data clustered by provider.
|Condition or disease
|Autistic Disorder Pervasive Developmental Disorder Child Development Disorders, Pervasive Asperger Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism
|Other: Decision Aid
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|142 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Shared Decision Making to Improve Care and Outcomes for Children With Autism
|Study Start Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2015
No Intervention: Usual Care
Approximately 120 families will be asked to participate as "usual care" subjects and will complete surveys before and immediately after their visit, and approximately 3 months after the visit. These families will not receive the decision aid nor will their provider have been trained how to use the decision aid. All participating providers will have up to 10 "usual care" patients enrolled at baseline prior to allocation. During the trial, the control group ["usual care" providers] will have up to 10 additional patients enrolled for ongoing "usual care" data collection. After the trial is complete, the control group providers will cross over to the intervention arm.
Experimental: Intervention
Approximately 80 families/patients with regularly scheduled clinic follow-up visits in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DDBP) at Cincinnati Childrens with providers trained on shared decision making will receive the decision aid prior to their index visit and complete surveys before and immediately after their visit, and approximately 3 months later.
Other: Decision Aid
Parents will receive an intervention modified from the previously published tool called "Autism: Should My Child Take Medicine for Challenging Behavior?" This packet provides parents with educational information, elicits parent ratings of particular behavioral domains, describes behaviors that are and are not amenable to medication treatment, and elicits parent preferences regarding treatment. Providers will be trained on use of the intervention in practice to promote shared decision making during clinical encounters.
Other Name: Use of Medication to Treat Challenging Behavior in Autism
- Decisional Conflict [ Time Frame: At the end of the Day 1 (initial study) visit ]
The primary outcome of interest for this study is decisional conflict as measured immediately at the end of the Day 1 initial study clinic visit. This measure will also be collected before the Day 1 visit to be able to compare pre- and post- visit levels of decisional conflict. Additionally, this measure will be collected 3 months after the Day 1 visit to determine levels of ongoing decisional conflict that parents of children with autism experience.
This will be measured using the Decisional Conflict Scale. This is a validated 16-item questionnaire which reports on the uncertainty experienced when feeling uninformed about the alternatives, benefits and risks, unclear about personal values, or unsupported in making a choice.
- Parent-physician interaction [ Time Frame: During the Day 1 (initial study) visit ]The OPTION scale (validated 12-item measure) will be used to score parent-physician interactions developing a treatment plan based on coding of audio or video recordings of the clinic visit.
- Parental Knowledge of Medications for Challenging Behaviors in ASD [ Time Frame: At the end of the Day 1 (initial study) visit ]Assess parents' knowledge of medications for challenging ASD behaviors with an 18-item checklist developed for this study. This includes questions on general knowledge about the role of medication in ASD treatment and assesses caregiver expectations of whether medication might improve specific challenging behaviors.
- Parenting Stress [ Time Frame: Before or at the time of the Day 1 (initial study) visit and at the 3 month interval follow up ]Will be measured using the Parenting Stress Index- Short Form. This is a validated 36-item questionnaire pertaining to the demands of taking care of a child. It includes 3 subscales and a total score: parental distress, parent-child dysfunctional interaction, and difficult child.
- Shared Decision Making [ Time Frame: At the end of the Day 1 (initial study) visit ]Parental perception of shared decision making during the clinical encounter will be assessed using the CollaboRATE. This is a brief, 3-question survey that assesses parent-reported shared decision making.
- Child Behavioral Symptoms [ Time Frame: Before or at the time of the Day 1 (initial study) visit and 3 month interval follow up ]
Child behavioral symptoms will be measured at the time of the Day 1 (initial study) visit and 3 months later using:
- The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) will be used to assess behavioral functioning by domains of treatment. The CBCL is a commonly used clinical and research measure. The 120 scale items map onto Diagnostic and Statistical Manual(DSM)-oriented scales and will be used as a standardized measure of behavioral symptoms.
- Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC): 58-item caregiver report form developed to assess maladaptive behaviors in individuals with developmental disabilities and commonly used to assess behavior in studies of children with ASD.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|4 Years to 15 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Providers must be a licensed professional, either a physician (MD) or a nurse practitioner (APN) in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
- Provider must regularly treat patients within the age range and for the diagnoses of interest in this study (Autism Spectrum Disorders).
- Participants must be a parent or legal guardian who self-identifies as the primary caregiver of a child or adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder cared for by an enrolled provider in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
- Participants must be able to speak and read English in order to complete the surveys
- Child or adolescent must have a clinical diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder including one of the following diagnoses: a) Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), b) Asperger's Syndrome, c) Autism Spectrum Disorder, d) Autism, e) Infantile Autism
- Child or adolescent must be between the ages of 4 years 0 months and 15 years 11 months
- Child or adolescent must be scheduled for a follow up visit with a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric provider enrolled in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
-Parents who are unable to speak and read English are not eligible for the study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01921244
|United States, Ohio
|Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
|Principal Investigator:
|Julia Anixt, MD
|Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01921244 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|August 13, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 5, 2016
|Last Verified:
|February 2016
Keywords provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:
Autistic Disorder
Decision Making
Medication Therapy Management
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Autistic Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
Developmental Disabilities
Asperger Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders


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Review: Dishonored
RRP: $88 ($68 on PC)
Platform(s): Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Classification: MA15+
Reviewed on: Xbox 360
Rating: 8.5/10
It's refreshing to see a new and untested game IP make it to stores. Our collections are filled with the newest iteration of Modern Warfare, Fifa and Need for Speed, while the latter quarter of 2012 is a sequel bonanza. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Many of the games emerging in October, November and December are well-made and innovative regardless of the number that succeeds the name.
Unlike those games, Dishonored is sneaking into stores just at the beginning of the biggest release period of the year and yet many gamers aren't aware of just how interesting this game is.
Developed by Arkane Studios, and published by Bethesda, Dishonored is a classic tale of revenge set in an exciting and original world.
Many gamers hear Bethesda's name (keep in mind they're a publisher here and not a developer) and automatically imagine the snow-capped peaks of Skyrim or the murky marshlands of Morrowind but Dishonored's world of Gristol shows why Bethesda has such faith in the relatively untested Arkane Studios. The game is set in the city of Dunwall. The best way to describe it is a steampunk/neo-victorian city but really the city defies any traditional sci-fi classification.
Thanks to Viktor Antonov, the brain behind City 17 in Valve's Half Life 2, the designs are delightfully original and eerily familiar of plague-era London. This is especially true during the second half of the game when you see the dilapidated, plague-infested side of Dunwall. The level design really stands out. Seeing survivors huddle in crumbling ruins as they hide from the man-eating swarms of rats, patrolling city watch and plague-riddled "weepers" really makes Dunwall feel like a terrible place to live, but a fantastic place to set a game.
The city is as much a character in the game as the protagonist, Corvo Attano. Corvo was Royal Protector, the personal bodyguard to the Empress, before being framed for her murder and sentenced to execution. While waiting for his time to become a head shorter, Corvo is broken out of prison by a group of Loyalists who need his help to bring down the new, self-appointed Lord Regent.
Shortly after his escape through the sewers, Corvo is met by The Outsider, a mythical figure in the Dishonored universe. Neither good nor evil, The Outsider gives you his "mark" (which comes with fantastic powers) merely because he finds you interesting. Acting as a chaotic demi-god, he comes to you at points throughout the game and praises your unpredictability and viciousness in the face of overwhelming odds.
But by the end of the game you only know a small amount more about The Outsider than at the beginning, and most of it is conjecture. He feels very much like a character that could be explored in greater depth should we ever get to experience the world of Gristol again.
But back to Corvo. The amount of choice when it comes to how you find your target and deal with them is quite exciting. With the powers you're given you could possess a rat and infiltrate a building through the air vents or climb the exterior and gain entry through an upper floor.
Every situation is tailored to multiple play-styles and this is where Dishonored really shines. Aggressive players will find Corvo an unmatched killing machine with plenty of powerful and gruesome tactics available to him. More subtle players can actually complete the entire game without killing a single person. Depending on how you play, your "chaos" rating goes up or down, and this affects which of the two endings you get.
The good and bad endings have some fascinating differences come the final mission, but ultimately the story never truly delivers. Many gamers won't notice this as they hack their way through Dunwall's remaining population but by the end of the game the resolution left me feeling unsatisfied. Not because it was bad by any means, merely because it peters out. The violent ending is more interesting as internal struggles between the conspirators lead to all sorts of backstabbing. Mostly the plot just leads you from one target to another but I never felt invested in Corvo's struggle.
The side missions are worth exploring but once again never really go anywhere. An optional objective involving helping a character called Granny Rags is definitely one of the better ones but even so, her story is just left unfinished by the end of the game.
Not all is perfect in the state of Dunwall. As I've mentioned, the story never really comes to an emotionally satisfying conclusion but that isn't all. The fantastic design is fairly proficient at masking the sometimes murky graphics. This won't affect your experience, but players concerned with this issue should definitely seek out the PC version.
My main concern is that, for a stealth game, the stealth is often hit and miss. The system of relaying guard awareness to players is a set of lightning bolts over the enemy's head. Though some guards will have superhuman senses, others apparently neglected to tell their employer they're clinically blind. For a game that prides itself on the stealth option, staying hidden can be a matter of luck some of the time. This might be a question of AI, as the guards follow preset paths until their alertness level goes up, but having sentries that never look up just feels lazy.
Dishonored is a great game. The variety of ways you can accomplish your missions are fun, engaging and offer plenty of replayability. But the game isn't perfect. The beautiful world of Dunwall is a highlight but you're never privy to the more interesting aspects of the society. Should Arkane ever revisit Gristol there's plenty of material ripe to explore. Regardless of my small gripes, this is still one of the must play games of 2012.


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Saturday, September 1, 2007
THE ALPHABET - when we have not studied
Posted by Zari
Labels: atc, illustration friday
32 comments:
- flora said...
Hahahaha... it's funny! I like it!
- September 1, 2007 at 11:00 PM
- JO said...
This is very cute and imaginative.
- September 2, 2007 at 12:25 AM
- Chickengirl said...
awesome characters!!!
- September 2, 2007 at 5:05 AM
- South Ocean said...
Your characters are so cute and funny! Love it!
- September 2, 2007 at 1:04 PM
- Dudley Redhead said...
I love the expressions. very graphic.cool.
- September 2, 2007 at 1:29 PM
- ® said...
good character
- September 2, 2007 at 6:01 PM
- k*smith said...
They are so cute!
- September 2, 2007 at 8:59 PM
- mushroommeadows said...
Really great idea. I love the scanned photo; it adds another dimension to your work.
I wonder how your numbers would look. :) When I was in grade school, I always imagined odd numbers to be very, very mean and even numbers to be nice. :)
- September 2, 2007 at 9:32 PM
- rawini said...
Ooohh Thank you! :) Ohh don't mind about the multiple comments hahaha at least you make my day! I love your cute graphic cartoon. Nice! :D
- September 3, 2007 at 3:34 AM
- Paola said...
Pero qué lindo Zari! Aun en apuros es el más lindo personajito de todos!
- September 3, 2007 at 3:46 AM
- Pati @-;-- said...
Ahhhhhhhh... ¡me encanta cuando se pueden ver los bocetos! es casi como si te pudiera espiar mientras trabajas ¡qué nota!
Comprendo totalmente a Zappy* a mí me pasa lo mismo cuando no estudio las conjugaciones y el vocabulario nuevo en francés ;)
Un besote a ti, Zari, y a mi amigo Zappy ;)
- September 3, 2007 at 3:15 PM
- JC said...
Zari, this is so cute! And I LOVE that you made ATC's out of the idea, too. Your work is amazing, and I always look forward to seeing what you create! =)
- September 3, 2007 at 8:11 PM
- lunara said...
Como siempre... me fascinaaaa!!! muy lindoo q es.. jeje..
Amiga Zari.. he estado ausente ya te enterarás en mi blog.. he agradecido publicamente por tu bello premio.. (por fin.. sorry jeje)... pero bueno ya vuelvo por aca.., muchos saludos y abrazossss!!!!!
- September 3, 2007 at 8:31 PM
- mushroommeadows said...
I got the card!!! YAH! :) The quality is really nice, actually. And the packaging was great. Thanks. :)
- September 4, 2007 at 12:15 AM
- Tracy said...
These are adorable (well, the letters are a little mean-spirited, but still cuties!) I think it would be perfect for my school to remind our kiddoes to study for those spelling tests! Great idea :)
- September 4, 2007 at 3:02 AM
- claude said...
the characters look great, and they fit well with the background photo! Also the "framing" of the whole illu is very nice, just using the bubble as outline of the layout!
- September 4, 2007 at 12:40 PM
- rosmayd said...
hOLA zAri muy lindo y divertido como siempre.
saludos Ro
- September 4, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Thanks for sharing your process. I really love your work and your great creative attitude. Keep it up and you will find where you are suppose to be.
- September 5, 2007 at 8:31 AM
- Eoin said...
Love those letters! They are great!
- September 5, 2007 at 8:22 PM
- Blanca Bk Gimeno said...
He descubierto este blog de casualidad y debo decirte que me has sorprendido mucho y que me gusta un monton lo que haces. El bichito Zappy es una chulada!!!! :D
Besotes!!!!!!!!! ^^
- September 6, 2007 at 12:03 AM
- Jules said...
- September 6, 2007 at 2:03 AM
- 3ster said...
Qué lindo el alphabet!
Mi postal ya viaja hacia allá ;)
Besotes Zarii
- September 6, 2007 at 2:13 PM
- Cal said...
Tienes unas ilustraciones muy simpaticas.me encanta "Lori" entu post de "Who is the captain" Unos diseños muy divertidos :D
Gracias por pasarte por mi blog.Te he linkeao. Saludos!
- September 6, 2007 at 4:03 PM
- Michelle Lana said...
Hehe...these are cute!
- September 6, 2007 at 6:44 PM
- scribblesk said...
Wow, some really angry letters! Clever and well done! Thanks for showing your process!
- September 6, 2007 at 9:37 PM
- Bernardo Díaz Carrizo said...
Nuevamente me sorprendes con tu trabajo, cada día me gusta más tu estilo y como solo tú sabes utilizar el negro como color central de la composición, genial...
- September 6, 2007 at 10:02 PM
- Kei Phillips said...
all these latest posts are really great! fab work!! soo good!
- September 6, 2007 at 11:44 PM
- Craig Lamberton said...
great work as always! :)
- September 7, 2007 at 4:08 AM
- Ken said...
nice illustration!
thanks for sharing your process too!
- September 7, 2007 at 11:10 AM
- zari.ZHM said...
Thanks a lot for your kind comments...you really encourage me to keep going! thanks!
Muchas gracias por sus comentarios...me animan mucho para seguir adelante! gracias!
- September 8, 2007 at 12:10 AM
- Emila Yusof said...
Great characters! I like C, she looks like milipede!
- September 8, 2007 at 8:54 AM
- cata said...
Oh! Estas letritas estan muy lindas!!
- September 9, 2007 at 11:58 AM


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Paul Walker's publicist confirmed to NBC News that the actor best known for starring in "The Fast and the Furious" movie franchise has died after a fiery crash in Valencia, Calif., Saturday afternoon.
He was 40 years old.
"It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide," said a post on the actor's verified Facebook page Saturday evening.
The Facebook post said Walker was the passenger in a friend's vehicle at the time of the crash, but authorities have not confirmed that detail.
Deputies responded to the wreck about 3:30 p.m. in the 28300 block of Rye Canyon Loop, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
A car engulfed in flames was found and extinguished by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Authorities found two people inside the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT after the fire was put out, officials said.
The two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said speed was a factor in the crash, but its cause is still under investigation.
|Actor Paul Walker was one of the two people killed in this crash Saturday in Valencia, Calif. (Dan Watson/Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
Los Angeles coroner's said the bodies were burned beyond recognition. Walker was not identified as a victim in the crash as of 10 p.m.
"We smelled the smoke and then we didn't pay much attention to it because of the fact that this street on Friday and Saturday nights, a lot of the guys come up here with their fast cars and drift around this corner here," said Ruben Soto, who says he was nearby at the time of the crash.
Universal Studios released a a statement Saturday evening mourning the loss of Walker.
"All of us at Universal are heartbroken. Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us," the statement said.
Fans could be seen gathered outside near the crash site around 11 p.m.
|A police officer at the scene of the crash which killed actor Paul Walker (Dan Watson/Santa Clarita Valley Signal)


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This course is comprised of two modules with the first focusing on Ethical Social Work Practice and second on The Regulatory Process. The course is also divided into 14 parts designed to assist participants in managing completion of the course at an individual pace. Module one focuses on licensure, the Public Health Code, and the code of ethics, exploring causes of ethical violations, describing the slippery slope model, and following with the challenges that social workers face. Development of the social worker is then identified in Module two, followed by risk factors and examples of excuses often voiced by social workers who have been sanctioned for violating the Public Health Code. This is an online continuing education credit hour course that can be completed at your leisure in the comfort of your own home! It is as simple as watching the presentation, completing a post-test followed by an evaluation and paying the fee. Pending a passing post-test score, a certificate will be e-mailed to you.
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Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
I have a special treat for you today. Stacey Trock has designed some fun crochet hanger covers out of Spud & Chloë Sweater. We are offering this as a free pattern for you today! I think these are just adorable.
The hangers for the samples were purchased at Target.
Here is some information you might like to know:
Experience Level
• Spud & Chloe Sweater (100 g/160 yrds): 1 hank each of 5 colors
• Size H (5.0mm) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Small amount of polyester stuffing (for heart, optional)
Photo shown: Barn #7518, Igloo #7517,
Splash #7510, Firefly #7505, Cider #7515 & Turtle #7514
Finished Measurements
Fits standard size padded hanger.
16 sts x 20 rows in sc = 4″ x 4″
Special Abbreviations
Beg: Beginning
Ch: chain
Cont: Continue(ing)
MC: Main color
Patt: Pattern
Rep: Repeat
Rnd: Round
RS: Right side
Sc: single crochet
Sc2tog: single crochet 2 sts together
Sl st: slip stitch
St(s): Stitch(es)
WS: Wrong side


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NASA's European partners drifting away after Mars program back-out
NASA faces a loss of confidence in its international space-exploration leadership after the unilateral U.S. withdrawal from a series of joint robotic missions to Mars with the European Space Agency.
Instead of working with ESA's ExoMars program on sample-return precursor missions in 2016 and 2018, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will join forces with the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) directorate and the Office of the Chief Technologist to work up a medium-sized mission in 2018 that may meet the needs of all three NASA units.
In the Obama administrations' fiscal 2013 NASA budget request, the Mars exploration portion of the SMD budget would be cut by $226.2 million, down from $587 million in the current fiscal year. Most of the remaining $360.8 million will go for the nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) now en route to the red planet, and the upcoming Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (Maven) orbiter scheduled for a launch in 2013 to study its upper atmosphere.
The Mars cut has upset space scientists and their managers on both sides of the Atlantic, and it is sure to be the main topic when NASA officials face their advisory Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group in Washington next week. It will also be an issue when NASA defends its request in Congress.
"Members of the community go to their congresspeople and say, 'this doesn't make any sense; why are we being punished when we were so successful?'" says Scott Hubbard, who served as the agency's first Mars Program Director.
Administrator Charles Bolden has raised the possibility of a European role in that new Mars mission, which will be better defined by mid-summer. But European space leaders he spoke to last week are lukewarm to the idea. For some ESA members, a lack of enthusiasm for partnerships with NASA is moving beyond robotic Mars missions to the complex set of barter deals that make up the international human spaceflight endeavor.
Two of Europe's biggest International Space Station contributors have rejected a NASA proposal that would see ESA pay its share of station operating costs by building a propulsion module for NASA's Orion crew transport capsule (AW&ST Jan. 9, p. 42). They say the proposal is technologically lackluster and unlikely to generate much public support. At the same time, ESA's leadership is advancing a proposal to substitute Russia for NASA in the ExoMars work.
After NASA abruptly pulled out of talks in December that held the promise of a three-pronged approach to the Mars campaign, ESA and Russia pressed on with a bilateral solution. Rolf de Groot, head of ESA's Robotic Exploration Coordination Office, says a bilateral technical-feasibility report was delivered Feb. 7 to ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin. The study assumes Russia will pick up most of NASA's planned contributions to ExoMars, but also could require ESA to seek funding on top of the program's current €1 billion ($1.3 billion) price tag.
Johann-Dietrich Woerner, head of German aerospace center DLR, says the situation with ExoMars, which started out as a single-launch technology demo valued at €650 million, "is quite embarrassing." In an interview, he said it is difficult to believe a bilateral ExoMars campaign with Russia could be substantially less expensive than the joint ESA-NASA mission.
"We will not accept higher contributions on our part," he asserts.
ESA spokesman Franco Bonacina says the agency's heads of delegation met Feb. 15 to discuss the ExoMars situation but that no decisions will be taken until the ESA council meets in March.
"We are pushing hard to do ExoMars the way it was supposed to be done," Bonacina says, adding that while Russian participation in ExoMars could bring science instruments and launchers to the program, Roscosmos would be unable to provide a landing system for the rover campaign in 2018.
"They have no capacity for that," Bonacina said. "Either we find more money within ESA to build our own lander, or we have to see what the mission would look like."
"Tough choices had to be made," Bolden says of NASA's $17.7 billion budget request, which includes funds to finish and launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), continue development of the heavy-lift Space Launch System and Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, and maintain the already delayed schedule for seeding a commercial space transportation industry to low Earth orbit.
Science and human exploration have many of the same goals at Mars, says John Grunsfeld, NASA's new associate administrator for science, suggesting that robotic and human geologists and astrobiologists would be seeking the same evidence for possible life and habitability at the planet. And William Gerstenmaier, the HEO associate administrator, notes that MSL is gathering radiation data now on its way to Mars that will aid in the design of future human spacecraft, and it will collect more data on atmospheric entry with its large heat shield when it arrives on the night of Aug. 5-6.
But Gerstenmaier also oversees the ISS, and the international arrangements that govern its operations are starting to fray. ESA is slated to hash out a new multiyear budget in November, when its 19 member governments are expected to debate continued participation in the ISS—and how to pay for it—beyond 2015. Ultimately, European governments could decide to end their participation in the station in 2015 if NASA and ESA are unable to agree on a barter arrangement.
For now, participating ESA member governments are covering their share of space station utilities and other operating expenses with routine supply runs of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). However, with only three ATV missions remaining, ESA members are weighing a follow-on barter arrangement with NASA to cover about €450 million ($600 million) in station utilities costs anticipated in 2017-20.
Enrico Saggese, head of Italian space agency ASI, says Italy remains committed to the space station and expects to invest a total of €1.52 billion in the program through 2020. But, while NASA has expressed a preference for the Orion service-module barter element—a plan that would incorporate Italian-made ATV technology into the multipurpose crew vehicle—he argues that Europe has moved beyond such capabilities. For ESA, he says, the proposal would amount to "a negative application" of the agency's technological prowess.
"The role for Europe would be too low," says Saggese, who plans to discuss the barter arrangement and other cooperative projects with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden next month on the sidelines of the Satellite 2012 conference in Washington.
Yannick d'Escatha, head of French space agency CNES, also says Europe's ISS barter element should engage a more innovative technology development in an effort to raise ESA's technological profile and garner more public backing for European space programs. Specifically, d'Escatha says France would like to develop a vehicle capable of collecting orbital debris that could also have sample-return applications for exploration missions.
"We are not interested in the service module," d'Escatha said in January.
NASA—and possibly ESA—will work over the next few months to devise a New Frontiers-class Mars mission, with total cost capped at $700 million, for the 2018 window. Meanwhile, the agency's astrophysics community is reassured that the JWST will finally start on its way to the Earth-Sun L-2 Lagrangian point in 2018.
Bill Ochs, the project manager brought in after an independent panel found a $1.4 billion shortfall in completing the 6.5-meter (21.3-ft.) infrared space telescope, says development of the extremely complex observatory remains on target to stay within its $8 billion total cost cap. So far, the new system of monthly milestones tracked by NASA headquarters is working well, he says.
Aside from the change in the Mars program, and the $627.6 million request for the JWST—up from $518.6 million this year—most of the NASA budget is fairly flat compared to the funds actually received in 2012, according to Beth Robinson, NASA's chief financial officer. But compared to earlier out-year projections, it is off by about $700 million, she says.
Because NASA is "protecting the civil service workforce," job losses resulting from that cut will be felt among contractor personnel and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is run by the California Institute of Technology. Contractor job cuts are already well understood, according to Robinson, but the impact of changes in the Mars work at JPL remains to be seen. Overall, some 300-400 jobs that will be lost as development on MSL winds down may not be preserved with new work, Robinson says.


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Combining DOAS and VRF
I just completed reading your two-part article on DOAS and VRF ("Combining DOAS and VRF, Part 1 of 2," March 2014, and "Combining DOAS and VRF, Part 2 of 2," April 2014). Of course, VRF certainly makes sense in a variety of applications—most specifically, where ductwork is not available or jobs where it is not practical to install. However, the author is assuming benefits vs. ducted VAV systems, and in my experience, it doesn't add up in both first cost and life-cycle costs in North America climates for the following reasons:
- These systems have been sold in the U.S. since 1983. The reason they have not had a lot of success is because they not only cost more, but typically are not more efficient than ducted VAV systems.
- VAV systems sometimes get a bum rap by not including the latest technology available on modern VAV and air-distribution systems—they, too, are available with modulating/variable-speed compressors and fans, along with energy-recovery wheels.
- Duct systems in commercial buildings now are being installed virtually leak-tight using today's sealing methods, providing multiple points of air distribution in each zone.
- Ducted systems can use outside-air economizers for compressor-free cooling and distribute it throughout a building. VRFs do not have economizer capability. Today's tight commercial buildings need cooling year-round in the interior. VRF systems must run their compressors on a call for cooling—even at outside-air temperatures below 60°F. In the article, the author mentioned reheat can occur on VAV systems. However, please note that during the winter and transition months, this is compressor-free cooled air! Additionally, many VAV systems use separate perimeter heating systems, thereby eliminating any box reheat.
- Most climates in the U.S. can use economizers six months or more during the year—these climates certainly don't make sense for VRF, if VAV with economizers can be used.
- VRF systems need DOAS to handle minimum ventilation requirements required by code in the U.S. All DOAS are sized to handle only 100 percent of the ventilation load at design conditions, whereas VAV with enthalpy comparative economizers can handle 100 percent of the total system load with a greater capacity for free cooling (no compressor or pumps necessary). On VAV AHUs, you can have both economizers and ERVs (with bypass)—you can't have this with a DOAS.
- VRF advocates imply the flexibility of their systems. Ask a contractor how easy it is to move DX fan coils and refrigerant lines in a building. Moving diffusers and VAV boxes is much easier, offering greater tenant flexibility.
- Hundreds of pounds of refrigerant running above a plenum space requires compliance with ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, in a number of applications.
- As stated in the article, the industry is moving beyond minimum code-compliant systems in order to meet more aggressive targets. If we really look at optimizing the energy-saving controls and features of modern VAV systems, energy studies and real-life building applications show that VAV knocks the socks off these perceived "new VRF" technologies.
I encourage the author to do energy studies comparing modern VAV systems with enthalpy economizers to VRF systems that require year-round compressor operation. He will hear what I continually hear, "Why doesn't this VRF system beat the energy savings of a VAV?" The answer: Because they simply don't in most U.S. climates!
Thomas R. Edwards
Ruskin Group
Grandview, Mo.
UV-C for A/C Maintenance
I enjoyed your July 2013 Managing Your Facilities column ("Maintaining A/C-System Performance With UV-C"). With the amount of staph infections we hear of in hospital stays, I feel UV-C lighting should be portable for room use in hospitals and bedrooms at home where someone is ill.
I would appreciate your comments and recommendations.
George Nash
Nash Mechanical Contractors Inc.
Houston, Texas
Author's response:
The staph infection of greatest concern today is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is considered mostly a contact-acquired infection. Although the microbe can and has gone airborne, it is unusual.
Washing hands, maintaining room-to-room pressure relationships, and properly cleaning surfaces, garments, bedding, and implements go a long way toward limiting cross-contamination.
Science has not encountered a microbe resistant to the destructive effects of the UV-C energy wavelength, and that includes MRSA. There are four ways to attack infectious microbes with UV-C energy:
- Within air handlers to irradiate cooling coils and drain pans (reservoirs).
- Within air handlers to irradiate circulating air (to inactivate airborne contagions).
- Within upper-air room units to inactivate suspended contagions.
- With portable open-lamp systems that are rolled from room to room to disinfect both air and surfaces.
No. 4 is regaining popularity, although a room must be empty and a unit on for four to six hours, depending on its output. Also, it can be destructive to any organic materials in a room.
As for a portable unit that can be used in a home, this would be a circulating unit (hidden lamp).
Forrest Fencl
UV Resources
Santa Clarita, Calif.
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A spear fisherman from Prairieville has been missing since Saturday morning, when fellow divers last saw him struggling with an undertow, authorities and family members said.
A spear fisherman from Prairieville has been missing since Saturday morning, when fellow divers last saw him struggling with an undertow, authorities and family members said.
Tim Raines, 56, was diving with a group of friends about 55 miles off Grand Isle when an undertow from a nearby offshore rig washed him about 40 feet behind the boat, according to Coast Guard officials.
Raines went under water again while swimming toward the boat, officials said.
"His friends saw him go under, but they never saw if he came back up," said Rene Ragas, Raines' son-in-law.
The Coast Guard deployed helicopters, boats and an airplane, which searched Saturday and Sunday. The search will continue today, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Raines is married to Dana Raines. They have a son and daughter; their third child is deceased, volunteer searchers said.
Volunteers with the Blake Terry Memorial Foundation, a recovery and support foundation that performs rescue dives, were among those searching, said foundation President Cindie Roussel. They had three boats and divers searching above and below water for signs of Raines, who they say was wearing diving weights.
Foundation volunteers ended their search Sunday, saying they don't have the resources to continue.
The foundation is named after Blake Terry, 27, a mechanic and avid outdoorsman from Thibodaux who was presumed drowned in August 2011 in the Gulf of Mexico about 75 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, family and authorities said.
Like Raines, Terry had been spear fishing near the base of an offshore rig when he failed to resurface.
The Coast Guard search was called off after about 24 hours, and Terry's body was never recovered.