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Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3
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David Lloyd-Jones wrote: > Alfred Falk <falk at arc.ab.ca> wrote > > > Need an astronomy lesson here. It is true that the as you go higher in > > latitude, the sun appears lower in the sky. However, it also makes a > > wider arc around the horizon in summer and shorter in winter. (As not > > much growth takes place in winter, we only need to consider summer.) > > The extreme point is that at the pole the sun rises at spring equinox > > and sets at autumn equinox (assuming idealized point sun and no > > atmospheric effects). The sun then appears to move all the way around > > the sky in one day. As you drop in latitude below the arctic circle, > > the sun increasing dips below the horizon on the north side. > > > > The suspense is unbearable: do sunflowers above the Arctic circle strangle > themselves? > > Did bindweed evolve above the Arctic Circle and then move south? :-) > > -dlj. And who's going to build a greenhouse on the polar ice cap?! :-) Michael


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New report shows math, reading gains for Iowa students
A national education assessment report shows Iowa students have had some gains in math and reading since 2011, but stagnation over the long term remains a challenge.
The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress covers math and reading for fourth- and eighth grade students.
There is a flat long-term trend in reading for both grades, but a small growth in math.
State Education Department Director Brad Buck said in a news release that there are some bright spots in the results, but they largely underscore a need to keep pushing education priorities.
The NAEP, advertised as the nation's report card, has been administered in Iowa since 1990. It is given to a sampling of students using the same sets of test booklets across the country.


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OVERVIEW It's Whatever and Our First Set Combo
This is a 3 disc set featuring the new release from Under360 and their first DVD release Our First Set.
If you're looking for a new film including only the top rated riders out there whom you always see on TV, read no longer! This new film shows you the most stylish and yet so under-rated riders out there who will be taking their spot soon. The double-disc set titled It's Whatever is the latest work produced by Austin-based company Under360 as a result of their sophomore effort. The 2 Disc set features a DVD for both wakeskating and wakeboarding, all while being jam-packed with intense footage of the best talent in Texas. The box set captures the riding of Mitch Bergsma, Tom Fooshee, Gabe Lucas, Evan Lykes, Bret Little and many more.
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Okay, so the state legislature met the constitutional requirement of passing a "balanced" budget for only the second time in 25 years Wednesday, assuring that the members would not forfeit any pay courtesy of last November's Proposition 25.
But the budget battle is far from over.
Hemmed in by Republican intransigence over continuing the temporary tax increases the legislature passed two years ago, Democrats cobbled together another one of the legislature's infamous smoke-and-mirror jobs.
In an effort to close a $9.6 billion gap, the legislature did raise a little more than one billion in new fees and taxes.
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The rest was found through the massive cuts in public and higher education that everyone purported to loathe ($4.4 billion), spending cuts in other parts of state and local government infrastructure such as law enforcement and the courts, and $2.2 billion in dubious law suits unlikely to go the state's way.
Higher than expected revenues and hoped-for help from the federal government round out the rest.
If there were a patent on the "kick-the-can-down-the-road" budget process, California would certainly own it.
Attention now turns to Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, who pleaded with the legislature either to put continuation of the temporary tax increases on the ballot, or make real cuts for all to see and understand.
The legislature would have nothing to do with the former--thank you, Republicans--and only did a bit of the latter--thank you, Democrats.
It's hard to believe that Brown will sign the budget, which is both deceitful and harmful to the state's infrastructure.
Should Brown veto the budget, the legislature will go back to square one, with the growing possibility that the parties will continue the dispute well into the summer. Sound familiar?
Meanwhile, K-12 public education, higher education, local governments will twist in the wind, as they commonly do this time of year, unable to plan for the fiscal year just days from now.
But don't worry--legislators will be paid.
More Prop Zero on the budget here.


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Rocky Road
17 comments:
- Finla said...
My daughter would love this.
- 24 February 2010 at 09:04
- Unknown said...
They sound extremely easy and yummy - though I'm not sure my teeth would survive all that sugary action!
- 24 February 2010 at 09:12
- Lucie said...
Fabulous Maria! What a nice variation on the usual rocky road. Thanks for sharing. Lucie xx
- 24 February 2010 at 09:14
- Petit Filoux said...
Oh my goodness a recipe that calls for 3 mars bars, that sounds so wrong, yet so tasty!!!! lol
- 24 February 2010 at 09:21
- Nickki said...
I might just have to make these for my son's birthday party this weekend Maria :-) I noticed this recipe was different to the usual rocky road recipe I make by Nigella, which I agree is delicious but very rich.
I do love the idea of adding mars bars, I bet they are delicious! xx
- 24 February 2010 at 12:05
- Maria♥ said...
Nickki, your boys will love them and love you even more!
- 24 February 2010 at 12:10
- Lemonia said...
You just made me want to buy that recipe book. :-) I love your blog.
- 24 February 2010 at 15:05
- Apples and Butter said...
Looks like a delicious sweet treat! So many different tastes and textures!
- 24 February 2010 at 17:31
- Chele said...
They look fantastic. I like the idea of adding the rice crispies to them too, a bit more texture and crunch. Yum yum!
- 24 February 2010 at 17:33
- Beth (jamandcream) said...
My mum makes something similar which she calls a mars bar slice. Will have to give this a try
- 24 February 2010 at 20:04
- Diana's Cocina said...
These are perfect as a little treat all for me!
- 24 February 2010 at 22:12
- Mary, CookEatShare Author Support said...
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- 24 February 2010 at 23:18
- MaryBeth said...
OMG...they look so darn good, my mouth is watering for some now.
- 25 February 2010 at 02:16
- Choclette said...
If only I could stop at one - I think this is my downfall!
- 26 February 2010 at 17:39
- Lisa said...
Yummy storecupboard recipe! Will have to give these a try. I made Nigella's for the first time this week and there are none left!
- 27 February 2010 at 10:58
Please can you send Adrian in with a large batch of these?
thank you Very much
- 4 March 2010 at 14:33
- Maria♥ said...
Hi Barry
I'll be happy to make a batch of these next week and send them in with Adrian. Don't worry this time they will make it into the office!
- 4 March 2010 at 19:29


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The goal of the last campaign was a bit too big and I wasn't able to attain that goal. However, we have now reached the goal for the new campaign and if all continues to go well with it – we'll successfully take over 52Teas!
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Lemon kisses
Nutrition and extra info
- Biscuits can be frozen unfilled and un-iced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal202
- fat8g
- saturates5g
- carbs31g
- sugars18g
- fibre1g
- protein1g
- salt0.14g
- 200g soft butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 140g caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- zest 2 lemons, juice 1
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 280g plain flour, plus a little extra for rolling
- ½ jar good lemon curd (we used Tiptree)
- 140g icing sugar, sifted
Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and zest from 1 lemon using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour – you might need to get your hands in at the end. Tip onto a floured surface, bring together into a smooth dough, then roll out, half at a time, and stamp out 5-6cm rounds. Keep re-rolling trimmings, you should get about 40 biscuits. Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until pale golden, then cool. Once cool, spread half the biscuits with a little lemon curd and top with a second biscuit. Arrange the biscuits on wire racks over trays. Mix enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to give a runny consistency, then drizzle over the biscuits. Scatter over a bit more lemon zest and leave to set.


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In the last few years, reports of municipalities cutting funding for public recreation facilities have become common.
"The recent economic conditions have caused a lot of jurisdictions to look at all of their operations—not just parks and recreation," says Bill Beckner, research manager for the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). "But parks and recreation in many cases are not seen as essential in comparison to police and fire services."
Some municipalities have slashed recreation facilities' services or hours. Others have reduced overhead by combining recreation departments with those that manage other community services, such as libraries. And quite a few others have found no alternative but to close facilities altogether.
Beckner says in most of the cases he has studied, the facilities that are picked for closure are older constructions that are more expensive to maintain and are underused because they cannot offer the same quality of comfort or services that their more modern counterparts can.
Recreation may be considered more elective than essential when it comes to balancing a city or county budget, but the public still wants these services. Increasingly, municipalities are looking to partnerships with private, nonprofit entities in order to meet that demand.
At press time, the residents of Delaware, OH, were considering a plan that would hand over the management of all its recreation programming to the local YMCA. Delaware, which currently subsidizes its rec department by about $350,000 annually, proposed partnering with the Central Ohio YMCA after learning that its state local government fund would be cut by around $500,000 over the next two years, according to media reports. City officials estimate that Delaware will save around $70,000 per year if the Y takes over. The Central Ohio YMCA and the city of Delaware have an existing relationship.
In 2008, residents voted to raise the city income tax by 0.15 percent in order to fund the construction of a $14 million recreation and fitness facility that will be owned by the city but operated by the Y. The Delaware YMCA Community Center is scheduled to open this fall.
In Nevada, one of the states hit hardest by the recession, the city of North Las Vegas recently awarded the YMCA of Southern Nevada a contract to manage its 36,000-square-foot SkyView Multi-Generational Center. SkyView, which features a 5,000-square-foot fitness center, an indoor swimming pool and several group exercise studios, was intended to open in 2010 as the city's third full-service community recreation center. Due to financial shortfalls, the center's construction fell behind schedule, and last October, the city decided to solicit bids from nonprofit organizations to manage the facility when it became clear its budget could not support it. The center opened under Y management this month.
"Probably eight or nine years ago, the city officials started looking to the future and what type of recreational opportunities they wanted to provide for residents," says Mike Lubbe, CEO of the YMCA of Southern Nevada. "But during the time it took to master-plan for a facility, issue bonds for the building costs, then design and construct it, the community changed a lot in terms of the economy."
The YMCA of Southern Nevada already manages two other public facilities in nearby Las Vegas, and Lubbe says SkyView Multigenerational Center made perfect sense because he already knew firsthand the opportunities the partnership would give the Y in terms of spreading its brand.
"In these cases, we don't have to conduct capital campaigns—going into the community and private sector to seek donations—or go through a several-year construction process," Lubbe says.
Lubbe adds that the partnership offers the opposite advantage for the city—they put in the capital but don't have the ongoing costs of managing the center. The city instead pays an annual management fee to the Y, which is able to operate the facility for significantly less money than the municipal department.
The savings is due in part to lower labor costs related to the number of staff, how their salaries are administered and the efficiencies at which they operate, Lubbe says. The Y's pricing structures also give it an advantage—public facilities tend to charge per-use fees, rather than establish annual memberships that provide a more secure level of cash flow, he adds.
Although the city of North Las Vegas has not yet provided him with figures on how much it stands to save through the SkyView partnership, Lubbe says that an internal audit estimated that Las Vegas saves an average of $1 million per year by having the Y operate its Durango Hills Community Center.
"A partnership really utilizes both of our strengths," Lubbe says.
Nonprofits do have one major advantage when it comes to operating recreational facilities, Beckner says. Although their goal is not to make profits, management still has the private sector's mentality toward generating revenues. This is definitely not a strength for most parks and rec departments. NRPA research says that for every dollar a municipality spends on its parks and recreation, they only take in around 35 or 40 cents.
Beckner says that parks and rec departments' philosophy toward generating revenues is historical. In 1978, California's Proposition 13 sparked a nationwide trend of laws limiting property taxes that in turn led to reduced funding for public services. Having to shift to a revenue-centered model to survive was a huge blow to the public industry, Beckner says, because its employees had always considered themselves more aligned with social services than a commercial operation of any type.
More than 30 years later, many parks and rec departments still struggle with revenue generation.
"Nonprofit organizations are more business-focused," Beckner says. "The public parks and recreation departments tend to see themselves as being service oriented rather than revenue oriented. In a successful organization, these aren't mutually exclusive."


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Read the opposing argument from Babe Ruthless.
On February 6th, 2008, every high school football senior in the country with hopes of playing at the next level had to make a decision. It was National Signing Day, where those recruits commit to the college program they wish to be a part of.
Every recruit, that is, except one.
A quarterback out of Jeannette, PA, by the name of Terrelle Pryor thought he was special, and that the rules of everyone else didn't apply to him. And so, while everyone else was announcing their intentions for the fall, Pryor decided that he would not make his announcement until more than a month later, on March 19th.
We should have seen it coming then.
Terrelle Pryor has fallen right in line with many other phenom talents who are targeted at a too-early age as the next great athletic superstar. Throughout their formative years, when most kids are learning very important life lessons about maturity, responsibility, and accountability, these teenage "superstars" are instead being told they are 'special'. Exceptions and excuses are made on their behalf for their mistakes, and before you know it, they are shut off from the rest of the world, living within the bubble of "I am better than everyone else."
Think about the recent antics of other children (which is exactly what they are) who were thrust far too soon into the limelight that is sports stardom – LeBron James and Bryce Harper quickly come to mind. All of these amazingly talented athletes may be physically prepared for the rigors of top-tier athletic competition, but none have shown the maturity necessary to cope with those rigors, and none have demonstrated an ounce of consideration for anyone around them, DESPITE the fact that they all play TEAM SPORTS.
Still, we hope with each new kid brought to us by ESPNU or Rivals.com as the 'next great thing' that THEY will be different. We continue to blindly believe the myth that age naturally brings wisdom and maturity, when so many before them prove time and again that is just not the case in sports. We believe that a kid who hasn't even gone to prom yet can manage a multi-million dollar lifestyle, when most adults aren't capable of it.
And with every new revelation made about the misdeeds of Pryor and his cohorts while at The Ohio State University, it becomes more evident that he has continued to behave as though the rules just did not apply to him. HE was the superstar, and everyone else should be grateful that HE is a part of their system.
So it came as a surprise to no one when he once more ducked out on accountability and consequence by running away from the NCAA.
Once again, while his so-called 'team' will be suffering the wrath of the NCAA, Pryor gets to just walk away, untouched by sanctions that will largely (if not entirely) be levied specifically because of his actions.
Terrelle Pryor is special, and the rules don't apply to him.
Does that sound like someone an NFL General Manager, Head Coach, or FAN would want on their organization?
Character issues to the side now (which are more than enough to turn any NFL GM off to the prospect of Pryor as a member of their organization), there are plenty of reasons from a performance standpoint that would ALSO be reason to look the other way when Pryor and new agent Drew Rosenhaus come knocking at your team's door.
Yes, Terrelle Pryor is a physically gifted athlete. He undeniably has the build required to play in the NFL, and is an all-around athlete. His combination of size and speed are what got him noticed in high school, and what led the Buckeyes to an amazing 33-6 record during his three-year tenure with the program.
But for Pryor, the REAL story is not in the wins, but in the losses. His poor decision making ability in many of those games led to very costly turnovers, some of which decided the outcome of games.
When Pryor is leading a juggernaut team against the bottom-feeders of the NCAA, it is easy for him to look good. The talent of the team around him, and the support of a stifling defense that was the hallmark of Ohio State football under Jim Tressel, all compensated for Pryor's inability to make good decisions.
He extends plays far too long, creating opportunities for the defense to force turnovers, and he forces passes into areas that should not be tested. That is why his ratio of barely more than two TD passes for every interception pales in comparison to TRULY successful quarterbacks of recent years such as Cam Newton (4.3 TDs to every INT), Sam Bradford (5.5 TDs per INT), or even fellow Buckeye Troy Smith (4.2 TDs per INT).
With very few exceptions, any time that Terrelle Pryor found himself in a pressure situation with the game resting on his shoulders, he failed to deliver. Instead, he USUALLY committed a costly mistake which actually hurt his team more than if he had done nothing at all.
And to top it all off, the projection for his pro potential is not even at the position he played in college. You see, everyone knows that he can't hack it as an NFL QB, so they are instead HOPING that his size, speed, and strength will make him a successful weapon somewhere (anywhere) on the field.
So if I were General Manager of an NFL franchise, and was presented at the supplemental draft with the opportunity to draft a low-character, poor decision making, selfish, prima donna attention-seeker who will have to learn an entirely new position because everyone already knows he cannot be successfull at the only position he has experience in, my answer is a resounding 'NO THANK YOU!'
The best thing for Pryor AND for the NFL would be for him to spend a few years in either the CFL or the UFL, developing some strong character traits, and proving to the world that he is more than just hype and bad publicity.


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|General information
|Other names
|Westernesse, Númenórë, Andor, Anadûnê
|In Belegaer, between Middle-earth and Aman
|Major towns
|Andúnië, Eldalondë, Rómenna, Ondosto, Nindamos
|Forostar, Andustar, Hyarnustar, Hyarrostar, Orrostar, Mittalmar, Emerië, Nísimaldar
|Primarily Númenóreans (Few Drúedain briefly lived on the island)
|Adûnaic, Númenórean Sindarin, Quenya
Council of the Sceptre
|Erukyermë, Erulaitalë, Eruhantalë
|Followed by
|Arnor, Gondor
Númenor (Q: "westland", pron. [ˈnuːmenor]) or Númenórë (pron. [ˌnuːmeˈnoːre]), known in the Common Speech as Westernesse and in Adûnaic as Anadûnê, was one of the names of the isle of Elenna, which was raised from the Great Sea by the Valar in the beginning of the Second Age. While strictly speaking the term Númenor referred to the realm established on the island, it was more often used as a synonym of the land itself. Númenor was one of the most powerful realms of the Second Age, and its people, called Númenóreans, as well as their descendants, had considerable influence on the events of the Third Age.
[edit] Geography
- Main article: Elenna
The island of Númenor had a shape of a 5-point star, each point having its own unique geological and physical features: Forostar, Andustar, Hyarnustar, Hyarrostar and Orrostar.
The central region was named Mittalmar and in its center stood the holy mountain Meneltarma
Númenor had only two rivers: Siril and Nunduinë.
Cities built by the Númenóreans were Armenelos, Andúnië, Nindamos, Eldalondë and Almaida.
[edit] History
[edit] Origin
Númenor was the kingdom of the Dúnedain, located on an island in the Great Sea, between Middle-earth and Aman. The land was brought up from the sea as a gift to Men. It was also called Elenna ("Starwards") because the Dúnedain were led to it by the Star of Eärendil, and because the island was in the shape of a five-pointed star. The Dúnedain arrived at the island in the year S.A. 32,[1] and the Drúedain refugees who dwelt at the Mouths of Sirion before the sinking of Beleriand were permitted to join them.[2]
Elros son of Eärendil was the first King of Númenor, taking the name of Tar-Minyatur ("First King"). Under his rule, which took place between S.A. 32 and S.A. 442 and those of his descendants, Men rose to become a powerful race.
The Númenóreans were forbidden by the Valar from sailing so far westward that Númenor was no longer visible, for fear that they would come upon the Undying Lands, from which Men were barred. Over time the Númenóreans came to resent the Ban of the Valar and to rebel against their authority, seeking the everlasting life that they believed was begrudged them. They tried to compensate for this by going eastward and colonizing large parts of Middle-earth, first in a friendly way, beginning with Tar-Aldarion. The first ships sailed from Númenor to Middle-earth in the year 600.
The Númenóreans established several settlements in Middle-earth, such as Lond Daer. They contacted the indigenous people, teaching them several crafts, instructed them and helped free them from the Shadow. About SA 1200 they established permanent settlements like Pelargir and Umbar.
In 1700 Tar-Minastir sent a fleet to help Gil-galad and together they drove back Sauron, who had dominated almost all Eriador after the War of the Elves and Sauron.
[edit] Decline
Soon the Númenóreans came to become proud and discontented, irritated by the Ban of the Valar. Starting to lose the meaning of the Gift of Men and envious of immortality, they longed for Eldamar which they saw only from a distance.
About 1800 they started to dominate the shores of Middle-earth and demand tribute from the lesser peoples which they had liberated and taught, and became a massive brutal maritime empire that had no rival. Fearing death, they tried to gain some immortality in riches and ornate tombs. Tar-Atanamir started to speak openly against the Valar.
In 2280 Umbar was strengthened with increased numbers of colonists and from there they began to dominate Harad. Even Sauron was afraid of them and retreated from these lands.
A few of them, the Faithful, remained loyal to the Valar and friendly to the Elves. The Valar displayed warnings to the Men of Westernesse in the form of huge eagles, but they paid no heed to these manifestations. The Faithful were persecuted by the majority of the population, which they called King's Men, who decided to abandon the Elven customs and languages. Ar-Adûnakhôr took his regal name in Adûnaic and not in Quenya.
The Faithful remained in Andúnië and the Faithful Lords of Andúnië, because of their noble heritage still had some gravity in the meetings of nobles. However, in the 32nd century Ar-Gimilzôr forced them to remove to Rómenna and the haven was closed to the Elven visitors. Tar-Palantir briefly attempted to cast the Shadow back and reunite the people with the Elves and the Valar, but did not make it to be. He was succeeded by his nephew, a sea captain who warred against the coastal people.
That nephew was the twenty-fifth king, Ar-Pharazôn, who in the year 3255, sailed to Middle-earth. Seeing the might of Númenor, Sauron submitted to the king's authority, and he was brought back to Númenor as a hostage. By that time, however, the Drúedain of Númenor had sensed a coming darkness and all of them had abandoned the island for Middle-earth.[2] Sauron soon became an adviser to the King as Tar-Mairon, and promised the Númenóreans eternal life if they worshiped Melkor. With Sauron as his advisor, Ar-Pharazôn had a 500-foot temple to Melkor erected, in which he offered human sacrifices to him.
During this time, the white tree Nimloth the Fair, whose fate was said to be tied to the line of kings, was chopped down and burned as a sacrifice to Melkor. Risking his life, Isildur rescued a fruit of the tree, preserving the ancient line of trees.
[edit] Destruction
- Main article: Downfall of Númenor
Prompted by Sauron and fearing death and old age, Ar-Pharazôn built a great armada and set sail into the west to make war upon the Valar and seize the Undying Lands. Sauron remained behind. In the year 3319, Ar-Pharazôn landed on Aman's shores and marched to the city of Valimar.
Fearing that the Númenorean army could wreak havoc in Valinor,[3] but forbidden from killing or otherwise using force against Men,[4][5] the Valar called upon Ilúvatar for assistance. He broke and changed the world, taking Aman and Tol Eressëa from the world forever, and changing the world's shape from flat to round. Númenor was covered by great waves and sank into the abyss, killing its inhabitants, including the body of Sauron; Sauron was robbed of his ability to assume fair and charming forms.
Elendil, son of the leader of the Faithful during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn, his sons and his followers had foreseen the disaster that was to befall Númenor, and they had set sail in nine ships before the island fell. They landed in Middle-earth, and gathered the Númenorian and indigenous peoples living there, uniting them under them, as the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor.
After its fall Númenor was called Atalantë, meaning "the Downfallen", in the Quenya language. Other names after the Downfall include Mar-nu-Falmar ("Land under the Waves") and Akallabêth ("the Downfallen" in Adûnaic).
The story of the rise and downfall of Númenor is told in The Akallabêth.
[edit] Culture
- Main article: Númenóreans
The population of Númenor chiefly consisted of Edain, mostly descendants from the House of Hador; although before the Shadow fell on the island the westernmost cities such as Andúnië contained a small population of Elves because of the frequent visits from Tol Eressëa. They were known as the Númenóreans, or rather, Kings among Men.
There also was a small number of Drúedain living in Númenor, who, considered as Edain, accompanied their friends of the House of Haleth to Númenor. They were only few in number and dreaded the sea. They became uneasy when Tar-Aldarion started his great travels and urged him not to go, seeing the mischief to come. They did not succeed and one after another they took ships towards Middle-earth, saying, that "the Great Isle no longer feels sure under our feet, and we wish to return to the lands whence we came". The last of them left when Sauron was brought to Númenor.
[edit] Etymology
Númenor is a shortened form of the name Númenórë. The name is a compound of nūme-n "going down" (from the root √ndū, nū), sunset, West, and nōre "land, country".[6][7]
[edit] Inspiration
Númenor is the retelling of the Atlantis mythos in Tolkien's legendarium. Notably, he referred to a recurring "Atlantis dream" he had. The connection is more evident in the name Atalantë, another epithet of the Island which in Quenya means "the downfallen" (note that in Greek, Atlantis is related to Atlas; therefore Atalantë has no direct connection).
Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, recounted the story of Atlantis. According to him, Atlantis was in the middle of the ocean in the West (cf. Great Sea), its people were more advanced than those of the known world (cf. Kings of Men) but were corrupted by arrogance; the continent was destroyed by the gods and survivors created colonies, as in Egypt (cf. Realms in Exile). Also according to Plato the center of Atlantis was occupied by a high mountain-palace (cf. Meneltarma) around which a city of three circles was build, quite different from the star-shaped island of Númenor. Another element with both common and different points between the two stories, is that Númenor sank when the fleet was attacking the West, while Atlantis sank during a sea-battle with the Athenians, in the east.
Some parts of Númenor's history seem to have been inspired not only from Plato but also from researchers and occultists whose theories were widespread during Tolkien's time.
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly and Edgar Cayce were the most famous authors regarding Atlantis and mentioned events and concepts that Plato never did. One of those "original" elements told by modern authors and mystics was a civil war between two factions of Atlanteans (good and evil)[8] which reminds of the persecution of the Elf-friends by the King's Men.
According to those theories, remnants of Atlantean civilization survived by colonists or survivors in Egypt (and in Pre-Columbian America), which mirrors the Realms in Exile founded by the Faithful; furthermore Tolkien once equated the Gondorians with the Egyptian civilization.[9]
[edit] Uses outside the legendarium
C.S. Lewis' novel That Hideous Strength makes reference to "Numinor [sic] and the True West", which Lewis credits as a then-unpublished creation of J.R.R. Tolkien. This is one of many examples of cross-overs between the novels of Lewis and Tolkien, both of whom were members of the Inklings, a literary discussion group at Oxford University.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- A History and Complete Chronology of Númenor - A detailed chronology of Númenor, its successor states and their rulers.
- Article concerning the position of Numenor.
- ↑
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Drúedain"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 131, (undated, written late 1951)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 156, (dated 4 November 1954)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Glossary", p. 350
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 227, (dated 5 January 1961)
- ↑ Carl F. Hostetter, "Holograph MS of Letter 227, correcting published etymology of "Númenor" (#1144)" dated 15 December 2013, Lambengolmor mailing list (accessed 15 December 2013)
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_race#The_civilization_of_Atlantis
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958)
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|Elros Tar-Minyatur (S.A. 32 - 442) · Tar-Vardamir* (442) · Tar-Amandil (442 - 590) · Tar-Elendil (590 - 740) · Tar-Meneldur (740 - 883) · Tar-Aldarion (883 - 1075) · Tar-AncalimëQ (1075 - 1280) · Tar-Anárion (1280 - 1394) · Tar-Súrion (1394 - 1556) · Tar-TelperiënQ (1556 - 1731) · Tar-Minastir (1731 - 1869) · Tar-Ciryatan (1869 - 2029) · Tar-Atanamir (2029 - 2221) · Tar-Ancalimon (2221 - 2386) · Tar-Telemmaitë (2386 - 2526) · Tar-VanimeldëQ (2526 - 2637) · Tar-Anducal† (2637 - 2657) · Tar-Alcarin (2657 - 2737) · Tar-Calmacil (2737 - 2825) · Tar-Ardamin (2825 - 2899) · Ar-Adûnakhôr (2899 - 2962) · Ar-Zimrathôn (2962 - 3033) · Ar-Sakalthôr (3033 - 3102) · Ar-Gimilzôr (3102 - 3177) · Tar-Palantir (3177 - 3255) · Ar-Pharazôn‡ (3255 - 3319)
|* Immediately abdicated in favour of his son · Q Ruling Queens · † Usurped throne. Later struck off the Line of Kings · ‡ Usurped throne from his cousin Tar-Míriel


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o Video quality on the best projectors now surpasses that available in a conventional commercial movie theater.
SYSTEM TYPES:o Traditional TV: also called direct view, has the images displayed on a picture tube (Cathode Ray Tube).
o Rear Projection TV (RPTV): uses a combination of mirrors and lenses to project the image from behind onto the viewing screen. This enables the displayed picture to be significantly larger, up to 70 inches or more. This technique usually offers the best value (picture size vs. cost).
o Front Projection TV (FPTV): this is like a movie theater. The image is projected forward, to an external screen. But like a movie theater, a very dark room is required because the screen will reflect any light in the room. This technique is usually more expensive than rear-projection, but the footprint (the area consumed by the equipment) of the system is smaller.
CRT (Cathode Ray Tube):
The established standard for television displays; good value, picture quality. The maximum size of the screen is smaller with the technique. The technology is still a good choice where a smaller picture is desired, and bulkiness is not a concern.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD):
Thin design, but has problems displaying images in motion (sports), the images tend to streak. These projectors usually contain three separate LCD glass panels, one for red, green, and blue components of the image being projected. As the non-colored light passes through the LCD panels, individual picture elements (pixels) can be opened to allow light to pass or closed to block the light. This produces the image that is projected onto the screen.
Historically, LCD sets have had a problem with visible pixilation. This is less apparent on newer sets with higher screen resolutions.
Most LCD systems use a fluorescent backlight, to shine through the LCD screen. This type of backlight will need to be replaced every few years. Some manufacturers are introducing sets with LED backlights, with a 10X longer lifetime. Even though the initial cost may be more, the cost of ownership advantage can make this design worth a look.
o Better color saturation, more rich and vibrant
o Better sharper image, important for text
o More energy efficient
o Poor black levels and contrast
o Problems displaying images in motion (sports)
o LCD panels (mainly in the blue channel) can degrade, causing shifts in color balance
o Visible pixelation
Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS):
A type of LCD Technology, LCOS uses liquid crystal rather than mirrors to project (usually rear projection) an image on the screen. LCOS is a good value compared to plasma and LCD sets, but expensive when compared to all other rear projection television technologies such as DLP. This technique uses a chip like a DLP (see below) set does, but the chip is coated with liquid crystal, which reflects the image seen on the screen. LCOS based systems allow for higher screen resolution than an LCD display or a plasma display.
o Sharp, vivid colors, and deep black levels
o It does not slowly change over time as a plasma set does
o Dead pixels usually happen because the technology is partially reflective
o High Maintenance Cost: LCOS requires frequent bulb changing requirements (anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 hours, about 3-4 years with normal usage) versus 50,000 or more for most LCD or plasma screens. A replacement bulb will cost about $400
o Reproducibility: Image quality can vary greatly from machine to machine
Digital Light Processor (DLP):
The DLP is a Texas Instruments product that is manufactured in Korea. It uses a chip with many mirrors (can be more than one million mirrors on a chip of about one square inch) that can be mechanically steered to reflect the correct color. This technology offers excellent display, at a moderate cost.
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The spinning color wheel used to project the image can produce a problem on the screen known as the rainbow effect, which is colors separating out in distinct red, green, and blue. At any given point of time, the image on the screen is either red, or green, or blue, and the technique relies upon your eyes not being able to detect the rapid changes from one to the other. However, not only can some people see the colors separate, but the rapid sequencing of color may be responsible for reported cases of eye strain and headaches. But the vast majority of the people cannot detect the rainbow effect.
Newer sets have the color wheel rotation speed doubled. Also, newer sets utilize a six-segment color wheel (instead of a 3 segment) that has two sequences of red, green, and blue. Because the wheel is at double speed, and because the red, green, and blue are seen twice in every rotation, the effect is a quadrupling of the rotation speed. This eliminated the visibility of rainbows for most of the people who previously saw the effect.
Samsung and other companies have introduced DLP sets with LED lamps and no color wheel. The lamp bulbs in the older designs need to be replaced every few years. The LED lamp should last the lifetime of the television.
LaserVue (Mitsubishi) is being introduced in the United States now in time for the Christmas season. LaserVue is a DLP system (Texas Instruments "Dark Chip 4" Digital Light Processor) that eliminates the conventional bulb and replaces it with a solid state laser. The performance of the video is outstanding, but the technology will cost you about $7000 for a 65" HDTV. The reliability/lifetime improvement may be better, but there is little data on this new laser. An Argon ion laser would be expected to have a lifetime of about 8000 hours (5-6 years of normal usage). The Mitsubishi LaserVue uses a laser system made by Arasor, an Australian startup company, made from lithium niobate (PPKN). Mitsubishi is currently performing accelerated stress testing, but has so far released no results. A LaserVue HDTV draws under 200 watts of electricity. That is approximately half that of comparable LCD HDTV, and less than a third of a plasma High-Def system.
o Small package size
o High contrast image with deep black levels
o Good value
o Less bright images
o Rainbow effect
o High Maintenance Cost: DLP requires frequent bulb changing requirements (anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 hours, about 3-4 years with normal usage) versus 50,000 or more for most LCD or plasma screens. A replacement bulb will cost about $300-$400. Samsung is using LED illumination instead of lamps. The LED should not have to be replaced.
Plasma Display:
Thin design, high contrast ratings, Size up to 60 inches or more; some display limitations: costly, older systems had a high burn-in risk (over time, a memory of what was projected was retained); This could pose a problem for those who like to play video games or watch taped movies. If you put the game or tape on pause for too long, this could burn an image into your screen.
o Exceptional picture quality: It can produce up to 8.6 billion colors, an accurate color reproduction and wide viewing angles
o Large screen sizes: Some Plasma TV units are now manufactured in screen sizes that can span up to 100 inches
o Lifetime: Plasma TVs are also known for their extended lifespan capacity of approximately 60,000 hours and great contrast (deep blacks)
o Less Expensive than LCD
o The displays are very bulky, heavy, and fragile
o Burn-in
o Slowly degrades over time
o Energy inefficient
Coming Soon: OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) HDTV sets are now available, but it will be a couple of years before they warrant serious consideration. An OLED set is less than 1" thick. OLED has already used in digital cameras and cell phones with small panels, because of their energy efficiency, which is important in portable devices.
o NTSC Analog TV or Standard Definition TV (SDTV): The current system that is being phased out (National Television Systems Committee).
o EDTV (Enhanced Digital TV) : basically high-end Standard Definition TV: While these sets may be better than standard sets, the picture quality is not equal to HDTV. Technically, there is little difference between an SDTV and an EDTV (except for the higher price).
o ATSC Digital TV: This is the new system (Advanced Television Systems Committee), which is not necessarily High Definition.
o HDTV: is digital TV where the image is a wide-screen picture with many times more detail than is contained in current analog television pictures. Most consumers will see a huge improvement in image quality. HDTV has a better quality image than SDTV because it has a greater number of lines of resolution. The image is two to five times sharper because the gaps between the scan lines are narrower.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Quick Pic: Iron Throne Pedicab
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Labels: game of thrones, quick pic
Link Round-Up: July 29, 2011
Paper Skull Concept by Matthieu Jacobs of D-Sturbed
10 Amazing Face Art Interpretations of Famous Paintings
Industrial Scars: The Art of Environmental Pollution is a serious of gorgeous, abstract photographs by J Henry Fair of polluted industrial landscapes.
What should spaceships look like? As the next generation of spaceships is being conceived, should shuttle designers take their inspiration from sci-fi illustrators?
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Link Round-Up: July 28, 2011
Lovecraftian Pages by Wesley Remory
Via: Propnomicon
Honey, I shrunk the Flughafen: German builds world's largest model airport
How to draw is the blog of Rad Sechrist, a storyboard artist at Dreamworks animation
Urban as art in suburban Moscow.
Unurth is searching the globe for street art. A recent feature is Escif, Brick/Break, in Valencia—including an interview with Escif and his Flickr stream.
Wall-E 365. In case you were wondering what Wall-E's been up to lately.
When all the old cottonwood trees needed to be removed from a park, the city of Craig, Colorado decided to hold a chainsaw competition.
Artist: Yong Ho Ji
Korean artist Yong Ho Ji transforms discarded tires and transforms them into awe-inspiring multi-layered sculptures that captures the ferocity of natural wildlife or offers commentary on the dangers of genetic manipulation.
Ho's concept of mutants grew out of his life in Seoul, where there is fierce political debate over genetic engineering. In school, Yong Ho read Darwin and was galvanized by how his theory of evolution applied to man's manipulation with nature. Already, he says, cats and dogs are bred to emphasize their domesticated traits and downplay their wild sides. The sculptures can be taken as warnings; if we're not careful, we may soon lose the ability to see animals in their natural state altogether.Read an interview with Yong Ho Ji at The Magazine.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Sweets: Space Core Cake
Via: Neatorama
"We had the space core cake commissioned for our 3 year anniversary. A followup to our Katamari wedding cake. Created by Mike's Amazing Cakes in Redmond WA"
Link Round-Up: July 27, 2011
Spotted on one of the crosswalk buttons outside the San Francisco Comic Con
Via: Franny Pack
Brandon Michael Barker recreates classic comic book covers in stained glass
Fandomania has posted a gallery of Breaking Bad fan art
Missing Harry Potter? Here's a tutorial on How to make your own Marauder's Map
Starcraft Papercraft Must Be Seen to Be Believed [Via]
You Built What?! A Colossal Flying Reproduction of a 1935 Airship
Fandomania has posted a gallery of Breaking Bad fan art
Missing Harry Potter? Here's a tutorial on How to make your own Marauder's Map
Starcraft Papercraft Must Be Seen to Be Believed [Via]
You Built What?! A Colossal Flying Reproduction of a 1935 Airship
Labels: doctor who, round-up
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Fresh Take: Voldemort
"Painting out from the darkness, I constructed the snake-like villain through hundreds of layers of color variation stacked in transparency to achieve the sickly texture and pigment of his skin—focusing on the subtleties of light and color."
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Labels: fresh take, harry potter, paintings
Gallery: Old Photos of Superheroes
These creative photo manipulations created by Agan Harahap depict comic book super heroes and villains in the midst of World War II.
Labels: photo manipulation, photography
Link Round-Up: July 26, 2011
Character concept art for The Avengers goes online
If Harry Potter was an anime, this is what it might look like. I'd watch it... you know, if it didn't degenerate into yaoi.
Marvel premieres 4 stunning Avengers posters in San Diego
Meanwhile, over at ComicVine: "I go to Comic-Con every year only to take cosplay pics. This year I left with 1,143 great photos. Enjoy." [Via]
Minecraft: Middle Earth - A tour of a nearly full scale recreation of Middle Earth in Minecraft
Labels: diorama, harry potter, round-up
Monday, July 25, 2011
Artist: Jason Padgett
Jason Padgett is the first person to acquire synasthesia and savantism by head trauma. Three years after his mugging, he began drawing complex geometries, including hand-drawn approximations of fractals, the first time anyone had ever done so. Eventually a mathematician suggested Padgett take a math course; with trigonometric notation Padgett offered a proof of his approximation of Pi. This description of JP's case by Brit Brogaard, professor of philosophy and psychology at University of Missouri includes rather captivating comparison of some of Padgett's art and a real picture of electron interference patterns. Most of Padgett's art doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I completely love his depiction of the double-slit photon experiment.
Link Round-Up: July 25, 2011
CNC-machine-assisted Sharpie drawings by Matt W. More and aarn
Architecture 3D Illustrations
A London Underground Tube Map of Doctor Who episodes
Marvel premieres 4 stunning Avengers posters in San Diego
P-Body paper toy available for download.
Scott Kurtz draws and writes one of the Internet's oldest webcomics, PvP. He launched it in 1998 and, since then, has won two Eisner Awards and a Harvey Award for his work. Scott has been a trendsetter for webcomics before, infamously (and frequently controversially) brash in defense of its business model, especially in the face of criticism from old media. Today, he announced that he will be selling product placement in his strips, starting with an arc focused on Magic: The Gathering. This is a webcomics first. Will it prove a boon to the financial success of artists, or a burden on the freedoms they've won? Or will it catch on at all beyond PvP?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Video: Photography Rube Goldberg Machine
"This is our Photography-themed Rube Goldberg Machine. We hope you all enjoy the clip! Watch our video explaining some of the process of getting this video done."
Via: The Procrastinator's Inbox
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Labels: photography, rube goldberg machine, video
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Papercraft: Harry Potter Scenes
Brittney Lee created these two pieces
for the Harry Potter Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus
for the Harry Potter Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus
Amazingly, this amazing art is assembled out of paper, though it looks like it could have been put together in Photoshop.Lee's blog is definitely getting a bookmark.
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Labels: harry potter, papercraft
Friday, July 22, 2011
Mash-Up: Calvin and Hobbes / Terminator
"Johnny and Uncle Bob" by Timothy Lim (ninjaink)
"Johnny and Uncle Bob is a syndicated daily comic strip
that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist James Cameron"
"Johnny and Uncle Bob is a syndicated daily comic strip
that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist James Cameron"
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Labels: calvin and hobbes, cartoon, mash-up, terminator
Link Round-Up: July 22, 2011
The Apple Logo and the Golden Ratio
9 Classic Album Covers Re-Imagined With 'Harry Potter' Characters
Andrew Le puts the TARDIS in travel posters for fun.
Destroy Your Hard Drive is a handy sticker to help you when the secret police break down your door.
Harry Potter and the Rest of His Life
Pop-Cultured Currency - Technically, defacing US currency is a crime – but artist James Charles doesn't seem to be in any legal trouble for his awesome series of Pop Culture Cash. His portraits, created on real money using ink, turn dead presidents into colorfully amusing pop culture icons. Alternate site with larger pics.
Running from Camera: 1) Put the self-timer on 2 seconds. 2) Push the button and run away.
Steampunk-Themed Office Space for Three Rings Design Office: Creative workspaces are clearly getting more noticed in a world where everyone needs to concentrate and enjoy their work. The Three Rings Design Office located in San Francisco was created as an intriguing steampunk-themed office space that inspires and fortifies the talent of the people working here.
Andrew Le puts the TARDIS in travel posters for fun.
Destroy Your Hard Drive is a handy sticker to help you when the secret police break down your door.
Harry Potter and the Rest of His Life
Pop-Cultured Currency - Technically, defacing US currency is a crime – but artist James Charles doesn't seem to be in any legal trouble for his awesome series of Pop Culture Cash. His portraits, created on real money using ink, turn dead presidents into colorfully amusing pop culture icons. Alternate site with larger pics.
Running from Camera: 1) Put the self-timer on 2 seconds. 2) Push the button and run away.
Steampunk-Themed Office Space for Three Rings Design Office: Creative workspaces are clearly getting more noticed in a world where everyone needs to concentrate and enjoy their work. The Three Rings Design Office located in San Francisco was created as an intriguing steampunk-themed office space that inspires and fortifies the talent of the people working here.
Labels: golden ratio, round-up
Mural: Anamorphic Medusa
"Medusa, Anamorph" painted by Ninja1 and Mach505
Via: Truly Design Crew
"Remember how Perseus had to look at the Gorgon Medusa's image reflected in the mirroring shield given to him by Athena to avoid being turned into stone? Well, also our Medusa can be seen only from a certain viewpoint. Have a look for yourself, you'll be petrified.
This challenging anamorph was created in the factory/urban lab which hosted Sub Urb Art."
Labels: mural, optical illusion
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Mash-Up: M.C. Escher / Portal
M.C. Escher with a Portal Gun
"A four week project. While I was brainstorming I came across a picture called 'Relativety Stairs' by an artist called M.C. Escher. I thought it would be an excellent assignment to improve on my texturing skills. But the picture needed something else and since I was playing the game Portal at the time, why not combine the two? This was a very good project where I learned a lot about texturing and how exactly they are created.
Even after the deadline had passed I was still improving the picture, since there were just so many details on the picture I didn't have the time to add in the four week period. And since it was my first ever project to work on over such a long time, I also learned a great deal about how you should organize your time correctly.
I am very pleased with the result and I can't wait to work on another project of the same scale. Rendered with Vray."
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Labels: mash-up, portal, video games
Posters: Aperture Science
Aperture Science: All Science, All the Time by Alan Kennedy
"Science is fun! And at Aperture the science never runs out. Say, what's that giant plant making it's way through the facility you ask? Why, it's Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato. Looks like somebody must have left their science experiment in the basement for too long. Portal 2. A true masterpiece."
Labels: portal, posters, video games
Papercraft: Paper Punk
Paper Punk is a new system of fully recyclable paper blocks and model kits by ReadyMade co-founder Grace Hawthorne teaches 3D thinking by blending principles of origami and LEGO building bricks.
Labels: origami, papercraft, video
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sculpture: 8-Bit Game Tribute
This beautifully geeky sand sculpture by full time sand, ice, snow and wood sculpture Guy-Olivier Deveau was done for the Parskville Canadian Open a little earlier this month. Be sure to check out Guy-Olivier's website to see the rest of his amazing portfolio.
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Labels: 8-bit, sculpture, video games
Link Round-Up: July 20, 2011
Boston-based artist and TED Fellow Nathalie Miebach translates weather and climate change
data from cities into musical scores and whimsical sculptures
20 Educational Architecture Books Anyone Can Enjoy
A German job website has launched an awesome ad campaign on vending machines across the nation featuring photos of people working while crammed into tiny spaces.
HalloweenCostumes.com is hosting a Darth Vader helmet art contest for charity. They're going to select 25 artists to create an original art piece using an authentic Darth Vader helmet. Those helmets will be showcased around the web and then auctioned off for charity. The proceeds will all go the charity. The artists get the benefit of having their names and work showcased, along with getting some prizes.First place is US$1,000.
Ten Incredible Steampunk Guitars
Turns out, Jon Stewart is immortal. Creepy.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Gallery: The Art of Banksy
Banksy is the nom de guerre of a prolific English graffiti artist, political activist, director and painter whose true identity has remains unknown to the public despite his increasingly public career. His provocative stencil graffiti can be seen throughout the U.K., and thanks to an Oscar nomination for his 2010 documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, in several spots in the U.S.
Banksy began his career in the Bristol graffiti scene in the early nineties as a hybrid of stenciled and freehand graffiti. By the turn of the century, he worked almost exclusively in stencils in order to create intricate pieces very quickly. Today, most of his work in the U.K. is located either Bristol or London.
Banksy in the United Kingdom
Banksy began his career in the Bristol graffiti scene in the early nineties as a hybrid of stenciled and freehand graffiti. By the turn of the century, he worked almost exclusively in stencils in order to create intricate pieces very quickly. Today, most of his work in the U.K. is located either Bristol or London.
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Labels: banksy, graffiti, in the media
Link Round-Up: July 19, 2011
Steam Pug by Robin Latkovich
Drawing App for Artists Debuts on Android Tablets Autodesk, best known as creator of the popular 3-D design software AutoCAD, has announced the debut of its SketchBook Pro drawing application for Android tablets
Move Over, Sistine? 15 Stunning Modern Ceiling Designs from the WebUrbanist
Real-life Ian Rankin mystery of 'reverse heist' sculptures: Series of intricate paper artworks linked to Rebus author's work left around Edinburgh
Sand Castle Central - Sand Sculpture Tips and Tricks: Whether you're a beginner, a competitive sand sculptor, or just an admirer of the art, the news, tips, instruction and photos here will be of interest.
Someone has been leaving mysterious miniature paper sculptures in various locations in Scotland. They seem to all be tied to Scottish author Ian Rankin, twitter, and the magic of the written word.
The top 10 open source web fonts
Monday, July 18, 2011
Posters: Captain America
Labels: movie posters, skulls
Link Round-Up: July 18, 2011
7 Nerdy Manicures
14 Amazing & Unexpected Urban Art Installations All ephemeral, lasting a few weeks or maybe just a few hours, temporary street art installations are a colorful and engaging addition to ever-evolving urban settings.
7000 edible, medicinal and useful plants
These "Reborn" Harry Potter Babies are creepy as hell, but fascinating.
Voldemort paper toy available for download.
Labels: doctor who, harry potter, mash-up, round-up
Fan Art: Hermione Fan Art
With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows breaking box office records around the world this weekend, fans everywhere are saying goodbye to the boy wizard who they've grown up with over the past decade. But it's not just Harry that fans are going to miss. Few supporting characters have garnered as large a following as Harry Potter's Hermione Granger. Here is a gallery of some of the best Hermione fan art to be found on Deviant Art. Feel free to point the way to more in the comments if you know of it!
Labels: fan art, fan art round-up, gallery, harry potter, round-up
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Fan Art: Harry Potter Fan Art
With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows breaking box office records around the world this weekend, fans everywhere are saying goodbye to the boy wizard who they've grown up with over the past decade. Here's a look at some of the best Harry Potter fan art cropping around the internet recently. Click the images to see each artist's full gallery
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Labels: fan art, fan art round-up, harry potter, round-up
Posters: The Dark Knight Rises
Teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises
Hundred of fan-made Dark Knight Rises posters have been circulating since the film was announced, but it looks like we finally have an official teaser poster. It's actually not too far from what fans have already imagined, which makes us wonder if perhaps Warner didn't draw a little inspiration from its fans.
Labels: batman, movie posters, posters, skulls
Friday, July 15, 2011
Link Round-Up: July 15, 2011
Someone hacked this Lexington, Kentucky road sign to warn of Death Eaters.
Akinobu Izumi puts tiny worlds, and tiny dinosaurs, in tiny bottles.
Drew Struzan, the artist responsible for countless iconic movie posters of the 70s and 80s, is returning from his 2008 retirement to release a Frankenstein print for Mondo, in association with the Alamo Drafthouse. This is in celebration of the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will now be archiving Mondo posters alongside those officially commissioned by studios.
Tarol Hunt, author of webcomic Goblins, was recently informed that the house he and his family rent had been allowed to fall into foreclosure by its owners, forcing him to make a choice: raise thousands of dollars to buy the home, or be evicted. On July 10th, Thunt appealed to his fans as a last resort: Raise $30,000 by August 20th, as part of his Tempts Fate spin-off, and Tempts Fate will survive the most fiendish, dangerous adventure he's ever faced. His fans raised the money in four days.
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Labels: harry potter, humor, round-up, signs
Lego Creations: A Song of Ice and Fire
Stark Family
The whole Stark family, in... happier times. "Winter is Coming."
George R. R. Martin's fantasy masterpiece A Song of Ice and Fire is sweepin the nation. Earlier this week, A Dance with Dragons, was released to great acclaim. Meanwhile, the HBO dramatization of the series, Game of Thrones, received an incredible thirteen Emmy nominations. To celebrate his the fandom, game designer Sam Beattie created this excellent set of Game of Thrones Lego minifigs by cannibalizing other odd Lego sets. Check out the images below, and browse through Sam Beattie's Flickr for even more images.
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Labels: legos
Mash-Up: Spider-Man / Harry Potter
Labels: harry potter, mash-up, spider-man
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Link Round-Up: July 14, 2011
A collection of newspaper headlines from "The Simpsons" (SLYT)
Designer Pablo Curutchet placed a 28-foot-tall, 882-pound cardboard box golem leering at pedestrians in Cordoba, Argentina. Unfortunately for this giant, a steady rain could spell the end of his reign of terror.
Hardware: The Definitive SF Works Of Chris Foss – in pictures
JOHN CARTER Concept Art
Typeface based on sculpture becomes motorized sculpture. The (European) typeface Jigsaw, "which was inspired by sculpture," finds a use in typesetting the names of donors to a (U.S.) regional arts council. "A motorized disk contains approximately 2,000 names.... Pushing an initial letter on the control panel allows the viewer to find a particular name. The disk rotates and stops at the requested letter and displays all the names corresponding to the requested letter by backlighting them with white LEDs." (Gallery; Vimeo video.)
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Sweets: Hogwarts Cake
Hogwarts Cake by Charm City Cakes
Read all about this cake and just how delicious it was over at New York Magazine's Grub Street blog, where they have a brief interview with the cake's creator.
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Labels: harry potter, sweets
Link Round-Up: July 12, 2011
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden plus Star Destroyers
Created by John Constable
Created by John Constable
Via: Reddit
10 Scariest Ghostly Images And Recordings
12 Creepiest Abandoned Prisons on Earth
The last Space Shuttle launch, as seen from a students' Space Balloon with the help of Quest For Stars and NASA.
Phillip Toledano's Portraits of People Playing Video Games
A shot-by-shot remake of the opening sequence of The Prisoner is the video the first song of seventeen planned tunes by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, all based on episodes of the cult spy-fi series. You can compare the video and the sequence from the series by screenshot or with a picture-in-picture video.
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Short Film: Singularity Collapse
Another fan film based off of the Half-Life Universe, with plentiful special effects and action. Interesting how people continue to make films and be inspired by the world of a game from several years ago.
Labels: half-life, short film, video games
In the Media: Optical Illusion in Paris
"Who to Believe" by French artist François Abelanet is a large scale optical illusion (anamorphosis) installed in front of Paris City Hall. When viewed from a specific angle (as shown above), the 100 meter long grass installation appears to be a much smaller three-dimensional sphere. However, at another angle (see below), the illusion is broken and the sphere becomes nothing more than a very oddly shaped road median. This French language video from Paris.fr shows how the installation was built.
Photos: Déborah Lesage
Via: Paris, Reddit
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Labels: in the media, optical illusion
Posters: The Deathly Hallows
"Harry Potter DH Poster" by Courtney Autumn Martin (Camartin)
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Labels: harry potter, movie posters, skulls
Monday, July 11, 2011
Link Round-Up: July 11, 2011
Another great map of Westeros, this one painted in excruciating detail in Microsoft Paint. Make sure out check out the huge version to see all of tiny extrra touches.
Beautiful Data: The Art of Science Field Notes
Incredible Steampunk Animal Trophy Heads: the sculptures of Nemo Gould are made of everyday items, re-purposed and assembled to create all kinds of monstrous weirdness — laced with a heady dose of steampunk!
A polargraph is a drawing machine that uses a dual-polar coordinates system. It was created by programmer, designer, and maker Sandy Noble. See the webcame here. More pictures on Computerlove.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Sweets: Geek Wedding Cake
Reddit user suzt03 recently got married. This was her wedding cake topper. I have a feeling that this is one bride who isn't going to allow herself to become a video game widow.
Source: Reddit
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Link Round-Up: July 8, 2011
Angry Birds movie reportedly in the works.
Call of Duty: Galactic Warfare coats CoD with Star Wars.
Cold North offers a chart of Ship Comparisons across various sci-fi series. Turns out that a Volkswagen Rabbit is slightly larger than a Starfleet Type 15 Shuttlepod.
Ever wonder how fast Warp speed really is? Here's a Warp Speed Chart spelling things out. Let the arguments commence!
Legoception: Lego's Lego-making machine that's made of Lego.
The Physical GIF project aims to turn Internet GIFs into zoetropes.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Short Film: Ollie Klublershturf vs. The Nazis
Before Lost made him one of Hollywood's hottest writers, Damon Lindelof wrote a one-act play about a time-traveling kid reminiscent of the lead character from Meet the Robinsons and a group of Nazis intent on launching the Fourth Reich.
According to Script Shadow, "Ollie" is the one-act play Lindelof specifically wrote to try and impress Carlton Cuse. The story goes that Cuse was talking to Damon's agent, and he asked the agent if there was anything he could read, and the agent gets back to him a few days later and says there's a one-act play he can read. ... Cuse was impressed, stating that the pages "were funny and well-written." So, that got Lindelof in the room with Cuse, and they immediately hit it off and the rest is presumably history. But, here's the kicker, according to Cuse, "Little did I know that Damon wrote this original material for the purpose of the meeting."
In 2010, Director Skot Bright turned that play into a short film staring Zach Mills of Super 8 as boy genius Ollie and a pre-Thor Chris Hemsworth as a Nazis. The results are unbelievably brilliant. Make certain you watch it all the way through to the punchline!
Labels: humor, science fiction, short film, video
Link Round-Up: July 7, 2011
Expecto Patronum by John Hendrix
Part of the upcoming Harry Potter Tribute show at Gallery Nucleus
Apophysis turns out to be a great Google image search
Illustrator Kyle Lambert has used his iPad (with the Brushed app) to paint a series of stills from an imaginary Toy Story 3/ The Shining mashup.
Optical illusion alphabet
Pro sushi chef carves 10 Star Wars figures out of vegetables
Shortly before noon yesterday morning an art thief walked into the Weinstein Gallery near San Francisco's Union Square, grabbed Pablo Picasso's 1965 pencil drawing, "Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman)" and strolled casual out of the museum to a waiting cab. Witnesses described the man as a "well dressed" "white man about 6 feet tall, age 30 to 35, wearing a dark jacket, a white shirt, dark pants, large dark glasses and loafers with no socks." Surveillance cameras at nearby restaurant Lefty O'Doul's appear to have captured the suspect as he walked briskly down the street, Picasso under arm. "Most galleries that show this caliber of artwork don't put it on street level," said gallery owner Rowland Weinstein. "It's very upsetting, because my goal is to keep this kind of work accessible to the public." Weinstein says the piece was insured and is valued at $200,000.
Labels: harry potter, round-up
Music Video: Party in the CIA
Video by Ghostbot for Weird Al's "Party in the CIA" (a Miley Cyrus parody)
Art Director Roman Laney posted some concept art for the project.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Illustration: Nightmarish Mario Bros. Villains
Illustrator Mike Puncekar puts a dark spin on the villains of the classic Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros. He transforms what were cute 8-bit characters fit for children into a nightmarish vision that would be more at home in the pages of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I'm especially found of his Goomba and Koopa characters. Someone seriously needs to develop this awesome sketches into a game! I would camp out overnight in front of a GameStop for a cross between BioShock and Mario.
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Labels: horror, super mario, video games
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Posters: Hogwarts Travel
Hogwarts and Quidditch world cup travel posters by Caroline Hadilaksono
Created for the Harry Potter Tribute show at Gallery Nucleus
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Labels: harry potter, posters
Link Round-Up: July 5, 2011
News: Long-Lost Leonardo Da Vinci Painting to Be Unveiled.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library today launched its latest online research tool, the Production Art Database. The database contains records for more than 5,300 items from the library's collection, including motion picture costume and production design drawings, animation art, storyboards and paintings. Nearly half of the records include images, making this an invaluable online resource for researchers interested in motion picture design.
The Broship of the Ring -- The Lord of the Rings envisioned as a buddy/road trip hipster epic. From illustrator Noelle Stevenson.
DIY Fireworks Blow Away Factory-Made Displays
Google's Swiffy makes Flash files HTML5 friendly
Labels: legos, lord of the rings, round-up
Merchandise: Marauder's Map
Until the Marauder's GPS comes out, you'll have to make your way around Hogwarts with this official replica of the Harry Potter Marauder's Map. It's fully detailed on high quality parchment paper and unfolds to a whopping 72-inches.
Price: $34.99
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Labels: harry potter, maps, merchandise
Monday, July 4, 2011
Short Film: Zero
Directed by Christopher Kezelos
What do you get when you combine 15kgs of silicon, 2km of wool, 46 highly enthusiastic filmmakers and 2 years of hard work? The answer is Zero.
In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
Labels: short film, stop motion, video
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Short Film: Terminator 2 - 20 Years
Sunday, July 3rd marks the 20th anniversary of the release of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in theatres, so Rymdreglage (now known as "Ninja Moped") made a nifty stop-motion film in honor of the occasion.
Labels: movies, short film, stop motion, video
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Photography: Roomba Art
This light painting photograph was created by a group of students over at the IBR Algorithm Group and Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany using a swarm of seven Roomba automated vacuum cleaners. Each one had a different colored LED light attached to the top, making the resulting photo look like some kind of robotic Jackson Pollock painting. The IBRoomba photostream documents the entire process.
I thought that the results were unique, but there's actually an entire Flickr group dedicated to using Roombas for light painting. You can see some of the best of those photos in the gallery below.
I thought that the results were unique, but there's actually an entire Flickr group dedicated to using Roombas for light painting. You can see some of the best of those photos in the gallery below.
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Labels: electronic art, light painting, photography, technology
Crafts: 555 Footstool
The 555 Footstool commemorates one of the most iconic integrated circuits ever produced, the 555 timer chip. Since its introduction in 1971, electronic hobbyists and tinkerers have found endless applications for it: timing, flashing, oscillating, measuring, tone/sound effects generation, etc. Check out the winning entries in a recent 555 design contest.
Labels: crafts, furniture, technology
Friday, July 1, 2011
Sweets: Yoshi Birthday Cake
Awesome Yoshi Birthday Cake by Perfection Confection
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Josh Fenton named commissioner of NCHC
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The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Board of Directors named longtime Miami University administrator Josh Fenton conference commissioner. Fenton will begin his appointment as commissioner on July 15.
Fenton played an integral role in the formation and development of the NCHC. He was involved with athletics director meetings and assisted legal counsel in drafting documents creating the conference.
Fenton also helped secure CBS Sports Network as the conference's national broadcast partner, created the operating financial models, secured the Target Center in Minneapolis as the tournament championship site and served as the conference's liaison on legal and financial matters.
Fenton's intercollegiate athletics experience most recently includes serving as senior associate athletic director for finance and administration at Miami. He was responsible for assessment and management of the athletic department's $21 million annual budget and was the sport administrator for men's ice hockey, football, field hockey and men's golf. Fenton served on the athletic director's executive leadership team and was the athletic department's liaison to the university president, vice-president for finance and university general counsel.
Fenton was appointed to his most recent role at Miami in 2012 after spending the previous two years as Miami's associate athletic director for external relations.
Fenton received a bachelor's degree in finance in 2001 from Iowa State University, where he was a member of the men's golf team. He earned his master's degree in sport studies from Miami in 2004.
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COLUMBIA - Former Columbia Police Department Officer Robert Sanders was back in court Thursday. The case began two years ago when Sanders was charged with using excessive force against an inmate. The Columbia Police Department dropped its charges against him last year. But, the state continues to pursue charges against Sanders.
Thursday the new Prosecutor on the case, Mark Richardson, said he had yet to receive files regarding the case. He asked Judge Carol England for more time to receive and review those files. Judge England agreed and set another hearing for April 12th.
Last year Sanders requested to keep his K9 dog, Fano. The Columbia Police Department refused. The dog was later sold to a different Police Department in Missouri. Days later it sold the dog to another party and Sanders was reunited with the dog last month.


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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Children's Private Speech
Not only do I not stifle it, I encourage and try to facilitate it. I've always felt that the private speech affords me a glance into how students are thinking about problem solving and creating. I've learned to gently insert myself without disrupting the flow and use those moments to hear what and how my students are thinking. Now halfway through the year, I can slip in and talk about the thoughts they are expressing with my "private speakers".
When I was in college, I was fortunate to have a really fantastic professor for several of my math in education courses, Dr. Linda Crawford. Math was not one of my favorite subjects, but she made me excited about teaching it. In all honesty, she was one of my tougher professors, but I certainly learned more from her than I ever thought I could. While I learned volumes from her about teaching students math, I learned so much more about thinking about how I go about the practice of teaching. One of the things she required was for us to reflect on our teaching. (At the time, I saw it as more of a "busy" assignment, but here I am today in the blogging world, doing just that!)
In all of her classes, she promoted talking with children to learn how they are thinking. Discovering how children problem solve can provide powerful insights to us. As I put this into practice, I saw this as a tool to help with language development, as well.
When children used private speech in my classroom, I viewed it not as a disruption, but as another opportunity. I have been facilitating private speech in my room for some time now. I learn alot about my students during these moments, and I've had the great pleasure to be present during more than a few of their own "Aha!" lightbulb moments. Those moments are the greatest gifts to a teacher and as I was reading, I cringed at the thought that I might have to rethink this practice. I must say I was relieved to reach the end of the article and discover this was a practice I did not need to abandon! Freedom of speech in Pre-K----AWESOME!
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Thanks for posting this Ayn. I couldn't get it to load for me before.ReplyDelete
I can't believe that a teacher would discourage this kind of talk. Listening and responding to this kind of speech is one of the best parts of teaching in my opinion. Heck, I talk to myself all the time at school, imitating the kids, I guess.
I think it must be more that just adaptive in terms of learning self-regulation. Young children need adults to respond to them on a variety of levels in order to survive. I suspect that this has something to do with that as well. Not responding to it is just unnatural! =)
Hi Ayn - I am not so sure everyone knows what private speech is exactly. Can you define it for me a bit? In what circumstances do you find your students using private speech?ReplyDelete
Oops...sorry. I got so excited by the article.ReplyDelete
Private speech is when a young child talks to himself (or no one else in particular), usually talking through what they are doing. With the students I have that do it, I see it a good bit with problem solving or creating. "This goes here" or "This doesn't fit" They sort of talk through the activity they are doing. "I'm using pink after this."
I tend to see it a lot with Lego and block play, too. I probably see a bit more because I have been encouraging it and for some, it's become standard classroom behavior.
I didn't really realize what had been happening,(it just seemed like such a natural interaction) until one day last year as my students were in my classroom with the afterschool teachers during my planning time. As I heard one little guy muttering to himself, I looked to grab my post it notes (always taking anecdotal notes), and one of the afterschool teachers started to admonish the student for not working quietly. I realized then that not everybody looked at this behavior like me.
(Sorry, I got going again! Hope that clarifies a little!:)
- karen Nemeth, www.languagecastle.comFebruary 8, 2010 at 12:13 AM
This is a great post - and great explanation. Here's a suggestion for teachers who have children who talk to themselves in their home languages. Carry a little digital voice recorder with you and record some of their self-talk, even if you don't understand it. This will give you a chance to play the tape for the parents or someone else who can translate for you so you have some examples of the child's language ability for his or her portfolio. And - you will get some real insight into the child's interests, development and concerns.ReplyDelete
Oh, my son does private speech all of the time. My daughter (only 17 months) babbles to herself while playing, too.ReplyDelete
But I go through the house with my own private speech. So I think I know how they got encouraged to do it. :-)
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