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What's shakin' pizza dawgs? Since we last spoke, I've been going crazy over Ricotta on pies – it's underrated and awesome! Also, I got to talk to Angel Yau, my favorite funny-ist from New York City, about pizza. Talking Pizza with a New Yorker is always fun, because many of my favorite pizza places are in the 5 boroughs. My conversadventure with Angel encompassed all sorts of stops in the Pizzaverse.
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Pizza Pal Joe Moore: So, how much do you like pizza?
Angel Yau: I like pizza like I like ice cream.
(Please read Joe's ice cream blog to follow this analogy.)
PPJM: How often do you eat pizza?
AY: I eat pizza as often as I eat tacos…
(Gotcha! Probably once every 2 weeks.)
PPJM: What day is Pizza Day in your house?
AY: Definitely whenever I am lazy to cook, which is once or twice a week…
(But that doesn't make sense with question 2… SHUT UP INNER ANGEL!)
PPJM: Any favorite toppings or do you prefer it plain?
AY: MEAT! Specifically sausage. The artificial looking, small poop kind, not the sliced ones.
I only prefer plain if I don't have money and only if it's a New York slice… otherwise MEAT MEAT MEAT. Sometimes if I do frozen pizza, I'd add my own pepperoni and mushrooms and extra cheese… defeats the purpose of a quick frozen pizza but it makes me feel like I made it ALL out of scratch.
PPJM: What is your favorite pop-culture pizza reference (TV, Film or music)?
AY: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' pizzas always look sooooooo delicious.
Also Give me pizza, by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Also Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, the song is great because I heart me some Taco Bell. I really love the Spicy Chicken Crunch Wrap Supreme but they fucking discontinued that or something! WHY!!??!?! IT WAS MY FAVORITE!!!!
PPJM: Favorite pizza place in New York City? Favorite pizza place anywhere else?
AY: I grew up with Pizza Hut. My mom hates cheese so the supreme pizza at the hut is the choice because of the other toppings/bread to cheese ratio. Also their tiny neon orange buffalo wings ARE DELICIOUS. I also grew up with Mama Celeste frozen pizza (supreme of course). I also grew up in Howard Beach, Queens… which is primarily an Italian neighborhood. The go to after elementary school pizza there is La Villa. Also I just remember this from writing about pizza is Singas pizza… it's a New York chain. I only at there a handful of times when I was little, whenever I want to break my parents' heart, denying their home cooked food. I always get the chopped sausage and onion pizza. I especially like those two toppings because the sausage was chopped into tiny pieces and was back inside… the cheese was on top! What a delightful surprise! And the onions were sliced super thin like string. It's not a New York slice, it's a personal thin pie kind of thing! Oh there's also a place in Greenpoint, Bk where I lived for a few years in my adult life called Paulie Gee's… it's one of the those Brick Oven, bacon jam, dimly lit pizza places. Is the question what pizzas you grew up with Angel? NO! It was what is your favorite in nyc!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!? NO ONE IS GOING TO LIKE TO YOU ANGEL YAU!
PPJM: Anything else you'd like to add?
AY: Also can we talk about Italian Ices at these pizza parlors?!?!? Rainbow and Vanilla & Chocolate Chip! COME ON!!!
Boom! Awesome! Angel will be onstage here in Philly in a SUPER RARE performance tonight at Camp Woods + at L'Etage. Don't miss it! This is your best chance to catch one of Angel's mind-bending multi-media sets without spending $8 to cross a bridge!


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IVP Pocket Dictionaries and Baptism Views
As I mentioned on Wednesday, last week we released a bunch of new Accordance modules. Among them are several new books by InterVarsity Press: three new pocket dictionaries and a book exploring three views of baptism.
The pocket dictionaries include The Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew, The Pocket Dictionary of Church History, and the The Pocket Dictionary of Ethics. These concise dictionaries are all priced under ten dollars and offer helpful definitions of important terms in their respective fields of study. A bundle of all three dictionaries is currently on sale for just $18.99.
Baptism: Three Views offers helpful discussion among proponents of three different views of baptism. Bruce Ware presents the "Believer's Baptism" view, Sinclair Ferguson offers the "Infant Baptism" view, and Anthony Lane puts forward a "Dual-Practice Baptism" view. Each participant in the discussion offers a response to the other views presented, and the entire discussion is conducted with a collegial tone. If you're struggling to understand the long-standing debate between credo-baptists and paedo-baptists, you'll find this book extremely helpful. It too is currently on sale, along with a number of other resources of pastoral interest.
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The US and the UK both think of themselves – and each other – as exceptional nations. In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, however, they have both been badly hit – and criticised for their slow response. Have they been caught out by the idea that things like this don't happen to them – and, if they do, that they will cope on their own terms, in their own way? Andrew Mueller is joined by George Parker and Amy Pope, and Alex von Tunzelman outlines the history of exceptionalism.
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Do we simply refer to realism as making the game look as photo-realistic as possible, à la Crysis? Or maybe you define realism by gameplay that faithfully represents the laws of reality with no hint of supernatural elements, like the current Call of Duty games or the Uncharted series. I keep hearing that people want games to be more realistic, and the vibe I get from this rallying call is that this statement basically means "less Ratchet and Clank, more Heavy Rain," and if that's the case... I hope that never fucking happens. Ever.
Since simple visual photo-realism is simple enough to understand, let's focus instead on physical realism in games. People who want these types of realistic games want things to react just as they would in real life. This not only extends to certain materials acting as they should, whether it be wood breaking or metal bending as it should, like in The Force Unleashed, but it also means that the human character you play as must feel human. Their abilities must be based in our current reality, so no superpowers or futuristic tech that doesn't exist in our world. I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds boring as hell.
I'm not saying realistic games are bad... well, not completely... but if you look at it, their attempts at realism push them further away from the goal. The more things they do to make the games seem more realistic, the more noticeable it is when they overlook something. Take Uncharted 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for examples. Both games go to lengths to make themselves more realistic. They both sport art styles firmly within the boundaries of real life with no artistic deviations, neither one lets you do anything supernatural like shoot fireballs from your eyes, use biotics or fly with the power of dreams, and both games are set on our quaint little planet Earth complete with real-life locations such as Moscow and Washington D.C.
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I have just begun baking bread and I keep having the same problem - dense loaves! I use the amounts called for, knead for the correct amount of time, let them rise longer than the recipe says, and I still can't get them to rise as much as they should! My loaves always turn out great tasting, but small and dense. I am thinking my problem may be that I am either kneading incorrectly or not long enough (I am doing it by hand because I don't have a mixer), or my dough is too dry. Do most recipes call for more flour than is generally needed? And how sticky should the dough generally be to get a good amount of rise? Thanks for all the help!


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Robots of the future take note: Humans will stereotype you and assign you gender roles depending on how male or female you look. We know this because a new study conducted by German psychologists demonstrated that people will continue to apply their prejudices even to those objects that are completely devoid of actual sexual traits.
The study, which was conducted by Friederike Eyssel and Frank Hegel, took 60 students (equal parts men and women) and asked them to evaluate images of two new robots (what they called "modern technologies of the future") and have them consider the ways they might be used.
Writing in Pacific Standard, Tom Jacobs describes the rest:
They looked at the heads of the two human-like machines, which were identical except for two details. The "feminine" one had longer hair and a slight curvature of the lips; the "masculine" one had shorter hair and straight lips.
Participants then were given a list of 24 traits and asked the extent to which they felt the robot embodied each of them. Twelve were action-oriented, such as "assertive" and "dominant," while 12 represented communal values including "polite" and "affectionate."
Next, the students were asked to rate how likely they would be to use each of the robots for a list of possible duties including stereotypical male tasks like "guarding the house" and stereotypically female tasks such as preparing meals.
Once the results were in, the researchers discovered that the students assessed the short-haired robot as being more suitable for such tasks as "repairing technical devices" and "guarding a house," while the long-haired robot was deemed more appropriate for such tasks as household chores and caring for children and the elderly.
Jacobs describes the implications:
The researchers note their results could be used in two ways. From a social-policy point of view, it might be worthwhile for designers to develop "counter-stereotypical machines," which could challenge our rigid conceptions of "male" and "female" work.
On the other hand, they note, if the goal is "to facilitate human-robot interaction" and minimize mistakes and accidents, it makes sense to design robots that conform to our human assumptions.
Be sure to read all of Jacob's account of the study. The research itself was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
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This is one of the best pose to enjoy some wild time with your partner. In this position, you sit on the edge of the bed and let her keep her waist on your lap and hands on the wall.
● The hot seat
In the hot seat, again seat on the edge of a chair or bed and let your partner sit on your lap facing opposite to you. You can also seduce the bodies of each other in this position with the help of your hands.
● Doggy style with a twist
While doggy style has always been a popular choice for couple for a best wild sex, you can spice it up by trying it on the floor instead of bed. You can also try it in front of a mirror for more arousing.
● Dirty laundry
Just let your partner sit on a washing machine and enter in her from the front. Now the last one, switch on the machine. The vibration will help in providing some pleasurable orgasm to you.
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"Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle might just be able to make a dazzling film with one arm tied behind his back – or pinned under a boulder, in this case.
The Academy Award-winning director has crafted another startling, raw and certainly Oscar-tempting achievement with "127 Hours," based on the true story of hiker Aron Ralston who after a tumble in a canyon found himself with one arm trapped between an unmovable boulder and a ravine wall. Despite its unwittingly stationary protagonist (James Franco, in the performance of his career), the film is surprisingly kinetic, expansive, harrowing and wildly cinematic.
Boyle tells PopcornBiz he was committed to breaking the story open and exploring it from every dramatic angle, while staying largely faithful to Ralton's true-life experiences.
"You've got to take control of it," said Boyle. "You've got to brief yourself completely, immerse yourself in it, have this idea that you will respect his story ultimately and then make your own version of it. I'm a big believer in that, otherwise it's a TV survival story…We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion, where you empathize and then you're frightened. All those feelings charge up in you and you feel for the story."
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The director knew he'd also have deal to with THAT scene, the agonizing, wince-inducing one the media and audiences would be buzzing about, where Ralston has to make a crucial decision about the fate of his pinioned right arm.
"If you tell it well, you have a point suddenly where it just focuses into a scene, which I guess in this one is the amputation, where people can put all sorts of their feeling in it," he said. "Some people are exhilarated in it, shouting, "Yes!" like that and other people can't look. Other people are almost faint. People are breathless. I sat behind a couple of guys who were humming all the way through it, "hmm hmm hmm" like this. That's what drama's about. It's that power you can get through it, it's a wonderful opportunity but you have to take your own control of it."
"Actually it's a passageway, that scene," he added, "to something else that's much more important than it. He did leave something behind obviously, but what he gained was so much more than what was left behind, so it's a doorway really to something much more important. But inevitably people concentrate on it, and we knew that going in. Whether the film was successful or not, or well told or not, inevitably there'd be incredible focus on that scene. So we told it as truthfully as we could."
"The most important thing is that there is a story in there about where he's going," said Boyle. "It's not about a brutal act. It is brutal but it is about where he's going, not about the moment itself and that helped him get through it. You mustn't sensationalize that by adding gore or making it too Hammer house of horror, but nor must you trivialize it by making it look too easy or too simple or not painful enough really. So that's what we tried to do."


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Congress Fiddles as Cyberattacks Intensify
Firms are opposed to costly new laws. But they might have the most to lose.
When it comes to bolstering cybersecurity -- safeguarding a wide array of computer networks that control everything from the U.S. electrical grid and water plants to financial and medical records -- meaningful protection is a long way off, even as cyberattacks score hit after hit on U.S. targets.
Businesses are increasingly vulnerable as cloud computing and mobile commerce gain in popularity. Both favor access and usability over security, and cybercriminals are taking notice. Many of the most vulnerable computer systems "were never designed to be secure," says Joe Weiss, managing partner at Applied Control Solutions LLC, which provides strategic consulting on industrial cybersecurity targets.
Cybertheft costs firms $1 trillion worldwide, which includes worker downtime, financial losses, physical repairs and rebuilding damaged business reputations.
Also on the rise: more-sophisticated malware, such as the Stuxnet computer worm and Aurora, a China-originated attack on Google, Adobe Systems, Morgan Stanley, Dow Chemical and other companies. What's more, many breaches go unnoticed for weeks. Note that the U.S. and Israel secretly used the Stuxnet worm to crash nearly 1,000 centrifuges critical to the development of Iran's nuclear program. And "it's much easier to attack our power companies than centrifuges in Iran," says Alan Paller, director of research at SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training school.
The problem is, there's no cheap fix. Experts say U.S. firms would have to triple spending over their current budgets to ward off attacks. And putting every exposed weakness behind a firewall would cost even more.
The cost factor is largely behind Congress' inability so far to pass legislation that would begin to address needed standards and other steps to stop cyberattacks.
Lawmakers removed a provision requiring firms to comply with government standards on cybersafety in favor of voluntary compliance, but even the dilution draws protests. Business groups say a cybersecurity law would create burdensome regulations, with no guarantee of success. They're also reluctant to share data with the feds.
"In all my years working to identify vulnerabilities to our national security, I can't think of an area where the threat is greater and where we have done less," says Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
A bill still can pass later this year or next, however. The White House, CIA and National Security Agency will make it clear that they're not just crying wolf. The bill would set up a national cybersecurity council that would recommend standards. In coming years, even more stringent rules for sharing vital intelligence between businesses and government are likely, particularly if voluntary efforts fall short.
Spending on security measures will be ramped up, growing by 10% a year in the U.S. over the next five years. Should there be a big attack, spending will soar. Poised for big paydays: tech firms that specialize in online security -- Cisco, Oracle, McAfee, Symantec, IBM, Trend Micro, EMC and others.
There will be roaring demand for cybersecurity experts. The government alone wants to hire at least 10,000 specialists in coming years. The private sector will add 100,000. The median pay for "white hat" hackers and other experts will approach six figures.
Despite the debate and delay, the government, and eventually businesses defined as critical infrastructure, will have to take action, because it's a matter of when, not if, a potentially crippling cyberattack will occur. The question is, how prepared will the U.S. be to mitigate the damage?


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I'm cool with most of the updates, notably "soup" being alcohol (skull smash) and everyone getting drunk at Ayla's party (except Robo). I also like that Ayla's caveman speak is toned down, because she is the chief and the most intelligent caveman, but still a caveman speaking in "me Grimlock" fashion.But things like a medieval character speaking in present day syntax rather than olde English, or Chrono's mom referring to the talking frog as "sir knight" rather than Mister Toad kill the immersion, detract from the storyline and require logical rigmarole to justify. Ayla can speak caveman yet Frog doesn't speak knightly? I get that some things need to be updated or rethought to reflect the times, but not at the expense of making logical sense. To bring in a characteristic Dincrest food analogy, some old family recipes could use some tweaking to make them better, but other old family recipes are perfect the way they are and should remain unchanged.
My biggest issue with Chrono Cross was that the recruitment of Starkey was mishandled.
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Deftones are a fairly unique band. Over the years their musical style has varied quite a bit, becoming more unique and recognisable with each album. Never afraid to change or to release whatever they want rather than what's popular in the industry, they have influenced a lot of younger bands with their overly heavy yet listenable sound and yet no-one actually sounds like they do, which is quite an achievement in my eyes.
Since forming circa 1989 they have released 6 studio albums and a b-sides collection to date. Here we take a little look back at the albums and career as a whole.
Adrenaline (1995)
At the time Adrenaline was released the 'nu-metal' scene was beginning to take off with bands like Korn and Limb Bizkit bringing it to the forefront. I wouldn't say Adrenaline could be considered in the same genre though it's certainly similar enough to be picked up by fans of the aforementioned.
Chino Moreno's vocals are a strange mix of languid singing, some screams and occasional amateur white boy rap, sometimes all in the same verse. It's an awful sounding description, but it quite simply just works. Thankfully though, the metal overtones shine through and that's what keeps the album from being lost to history, consigned to the nu-metal bargain bin.
Opener "Bored" has a superb low tuned guitar riff and bass line that I'd say became indicative of the Deftones sound that you still recognise today. There aren't a lot of distinctive tracks to be honest, but the overall album works very well especially where's there a little more complexity to the guitar or a nifty bass line like in "7 Words".
Despite its age, Adrenaline is still a pretty damn good record and although I wouldn't necessarily give it to someone as an introduction to Deftones, it's well worth listening to.
Add To Playlist: Bored, Root, 7 Words, Engine No. 9
Around The Fur (1997)
Around the Fur is the album that really broke Deftones. "My Own Summer" caught the interest of everyone and for a time any music channel worth its salt was playing it. In fact, it's still a pretty regular feature in todays 'best rock/metal/songs ever' countdowns. Along with the excellent "Be Quiet and Drive" there was a time when you couldn't put the TV or decent radio stations on without hearing or seeing one of those two tracks.
The album is a logical follow up to Adrenaline with similarly constructed songs though as expected the production is better than the debut. It features a fair amount of calmer vocal and less of the amateur rap alongside the screams that characterise a lot of the more aggressive moments on the album. Title track "Around the Fur" is a good example of how effective the vocal shifts are.
Overall it's quite an angry sounding record. I like to play it when I feel pissed off at something. The down tuned guitar really hits where it counts and makes all the difference. Over the years it's been an album that I've enjoyed coming back to again and again, pissed off or not. It also features a small guest spot from Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy) on "Headup". It must have been a swap as Chino appeared on "Pain" from Soulfly's Primitive around the same time.
Add To Playlist: My Own Summer, Lotion, Headup, Be Quiet and Drive
White Pony (2000)
White Pony I feel is maybe the most important album in the Deftones history as it marks a change in sound that really defined things to come. While not as consistently heavy as the first two albums it does still retain the loud punchy sound that by this point you've come to know and love, yet it introduces a much more complex and technical side to the band. We're not exactly talking Tool or prog-rock technical wizardry here, but the angrier shouts of old are toned down in favour of better, slower more accomplished song construction.
This is a band that's really growing into its skin and developing its own unique personality, now completely breaking away from the nu-metal label they were unfairly tarnished with and standing out from the cookie cutter bands that were popping up at the time. They're like a teenager who's not interested in being part of the in crowd if you will, and ironically the album features a track of the same name. Perhaps the band thought of themselves as such at the time?
It's quite a departure from the previous albums and at first can be a little difficult to listen to but quickly grows on you. The opening trio of songs "Feitceira", "Digital Bath" and "Elite" have a great rich sound, yet comforting familiarity that reminds you that you are indeed still listening to Deftones. The album also features a superb guest vocal from Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) on the track "Passenger". It's a looming and intense beast that's perfectly complemented by the guest appearance.
The album also features one of my favourite Deftones tracks, "Change (In the House of Flies)", and if you're only casually acquainted with Deftones then you might be interested to hear "Pink Maggit" which contains the skeleton of what would later be released as "Back to School". The Back to School EP also contains an acoustic version of "Change…" which is well worth seeking out.
Add To Playlist: Digital Bath, Korea, Passenger, Change (In the House of Flies)
Deftones (2003)
The self titled album follows much in the same vein as White Pony does. In the same way that Around the Fur sound wasn't a million miles away from Adrenaline, Deftones retains a lot of the character, complexity and slower pacing of White Pony, yet it doesn't feel quite like one cohesive piece as White Pony did. This certainly doesn't make it a bad album though.
First track "Hexagram" has become a firm favourite of mines and does everything just right in my eyes (or ears, even), although sometimes I wonder if it's because I'm a Deftones fan. There's something about it that just hit me right there, you know, but if you deconstruct it it's a weird amalgam of off key vocal and off time instrumentation.
The album also features the excellent "Minerva", which I think I can safely say is the closest the band has ever come to a straight forward ballad. Of course, being Deftones its sound is huge and Chino's vocal makes it unique. I love the grandeur of the song and hugely enjoy signing along to the "God bless you all" chorus even though I am staunchly anti-religion and take a huff at being preached to in songs. It takes a special band to do that.
The rest of the album doesn't quite live up to those two songs, but I think they're pretty special so it would be unfair to say this was due to a lack of quality or decent songs. Except for isolated moments and in one song in particular, it lacks the scream vocal and is actually quite a slowly paced album as a whole. Production seems to have changed a little too favouring a crisper drum sound than before but thankfully without compromising the other instruments.
Add To Playlist: Hexagram, Minerva, When Girls Telephone Boys, Bloody Cape
Saturday Night Wrist (2006)
The 2006 follow up to Deftones really continues in the same vein but slightly less successfully. The opening half dozen tracks are of the usual high quality with a few particularly good numbers, but an instrumental track in the middle cleanly slices the album in two with the latter half failing to impress as much as the former.
The second half is mostly unremarkable and sometimes it makes you wonder where they were going with some tracks. One song in particular is little more than a girl talking all religiously and when it seems to finish it suddenly continues and she just rambles on for another minute. Although the later part is quite dirty it doesn't come across as an artsy contrast in angelic voice with mucky words, but instead it sounds more like they thought it was funny to shove an outtake on the end.
The album isn't a write off by any means, but parts of it are forgettable and it does leave me a little disappointed in the end.
Add To Playlist: Hole in the Earth, Rapture, Mein
Diamond Eyes (2010)
Before Diamond Eyes came along the band had a major incident in losing bass player Chi Cheng in a car an accident that left him in a minimally conscious state where he sadly still remains to this day.
The band also made a very strange decision to dump an album worth of material and start again. Eros was dropped due to the band deciding that the material simply wasn't good enough. And can I just say that if a poor quality Eros had come along instead of the fantastic Diamond Eyes I would have been gutted.
Diamond Eyes sounds much more like a combination of Around the Fur era songs with all the improvements that 15+ years of playing provides and is for the most part much heavier as a result. It lacks the pace of Around the Fur but favours huge soundscapes that draw you into the songs.
Unbelievably the down tuned instruments are even lower than before and on a decent stereo system or high quality headphones are a joy to behold. Just listen to the eponymous album opener or "Risk" and you'll know exactly what I mean. The hugely powerful guitar and bass are excellent throughout.
Diamond Eyes is not only one of my favourite Deftones records, but one of the best albums I've heard in the last 3 years
Add To Playlist: Diamond Eyes, Rocket Skates, Risk, You've Seen the Butcher
So there you go, a mostly excellent back catalogue with the usual hits and misses that a long career inevitably has. Deftones certainly aren't to everyone's taste but I'd highly recommend to anyone who likes a nice crunchy guitar sound giving all the 'Add to Playlist' songs noted above a whirl and taking it from there.
Since this article was written Deftones have released Koi No Yokan. A full review was not posted, but it made it into my top ten of 2012!
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Located 10 minutes south of Leduc or 5 minutes north of Millet on Hwy 2A,
east on TWP 484 1 3/4 miles.
Don't for get the bug spray and proper walking shoes.
Non-parishable food donation for the LEDUC AND DISTRICT FOOD BANK will be accepted!!
The Amazing Corn Maze offers visitors the chance to get lost, get found and more! Visit with farm animals, challenge family and friends to a game of horseshoes, or bring along a picnic lunch and enjoy sitting around a campfire with marshmallows, hot dogs and popcorn!
General (13 years & Older) - $9
Children (2 years - 12 years) - $7
Seniors (65 years+) - $7
Family Rate (2-Adults 2-Children) - $30, +$6/each add. child, residing in the same household
*Family rate cannot be combined with any other offer
Groups over 10 people - Please phone ahead for bookings and rates.
We accept CASH or CHEQUE only.
Closed for 2019
Plan to spend at least 1 hour in the maze. Last admission into the maze is 1/2 hour prior to closing time. There simply is not enough time to complete the maze before the yard closes. Plan your arrival time accordingly.
And the winner is.... Megan with the winning guess of 465 Candy Corns Actual 462


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Welcome Home to Grangemouth High School
After raising funds for over a year, a group of 24 staff members and students from Grangemouth High School in Scotland joined a Care & Community project in the Akuapem Hills in Ghana. The group worked in a mix of day care centers and schools in the area over two weeks.
Sarah Jones from the group said, "For me the best part of our time there was, hands down, our daily visits to Adom Day Center. We had the privilege to meet Auntie Tina and her nursery full of crazy, loveable young children. Every day we did a variety of activities, including reading, painting and making paper hats, but it was the singing and dancing that won us over. I can guarantee there are a handful of Scottish teenagers at home singing African songs taught by the Adom Day Center kids. They were so lively and always up for a play and a cuddle."
Kofi from the Hills was sad to see the group go home, "Grangemouth, I really miss everyone so much now, I feel very sad. May God bless you all for your hard work."
If you are interested in your school or group going on a trip to Ghana have a look at the options open to you at www.projects-abroad-groups.co.uk/destinations/ghana/
Read more about Care and Community in Ghana


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I'm attempting to create an array of color values (certain values for red, certain values for green, and certain values for blue).
So far i've successfully created the array for those values per each r, g, and b inputs for setting the color, however, I am not able to then input those values into the actual creation of the color.
This is where I'm at so far
/** * Write a description of class ColorSetter here. * * @author (your name) * @version (a version number or a date) */ import java.awt.Color; public class ColorSetter { public int[] redvaluesColor = {45,46,47,48,49,150,}; public int[] greenvaluesColor = {11,12,13,14,15,16,17}; public int[] bluevaluesColor = {70,71,72,73,74,75,76}; public static Color acolor; public void main(String[] args){ acolor = new Color(redvaluesColor, greenvaluesColor, bluevaluesColor); } }
please help asap!
Below is the error I am getting:
no suitable constructor found for Color(int[],int[],[])
constructor java.awt.Color.Color(java.awt.color.ColorSpace,flo at[],float is not applicable;
(actual argument int[] cannot be converted to java.awt.color.ColorSpace by method invocation conversion);
I understand that the constructor is not applicable for this method, how can I write a code that will store multiple rgb values under one color name?


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The summer's most definitely here and here at Bluestone National Park Resort we're getting into the carnival spirit by supporting the Cardiff Carnival for the second year running.
We're working with our friends at SWICA Carnival and the Cardiff Festival to help bring Wales' capital city alive with music, events, activities and carnival fun for the 24th Cardiff Carnival on Saturday, 10th August.
This week – running right through until September – we launched our very own Summer Festival here at Bluestone in spectacular Pembrokeshire, where guests at our luxury short break holiday resort can get up to their very own carnival atmosphere.
So it's a great tie-up with Cardiff Carnival 2013 and organisers SWICA Carnival.
"Our Summer Festival at Bluestone is all about free range family fun and with a range of carnival enthused activities for all ages, including a great carnival parade each week," said Yvonne Buckingham, Head of Marketing at Bluestone.
"So our sponsorship of Cardiff Carnival is a great way to spread the free range fun and our great Bluestone excitement to Wales' capital city for all to enjoy."
SWICA Carnival's city centre location will see the very best of Cardiff's creative community – not only amazing carnival costumes and creations but also celebratory world music, street entertainment, circus, burlesque and more besides.
The finale parade, which will take place on Saturday the 10th of August from 3.30pm from ATRiuM is going to be amazing. The carnival route will now also take in Cardiff's Queen Street for the first time, so expect a riot of colour and positive carnival energy in the very heart of the city.
Don't forget that the city centre will have two open-air carnival street entertainment stages in the city centre from 11.30am on the 10th August as well and Bluestone will be there to celebrate, so come along and have some fun.
In the meantime, check out our very own carnival festival here at Bluestone by visiting www.bluestonewales.com.
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Welsh rugby international Ryan Jones has been finding out about the summer festival fun at Bluestone.
This week it has been a real struggle to avoid all of the frozen summer treats, from chocolate based ice lollies to all sorts of yummy ice cream flavours it's a tough time of year to stay on the bikini bod bandwagon!
As the weather gets warmer and the school holidays edge ever closer, most people are daydreaming about their upcoming summer holidays, but what is it that makes the perfect summer holiday?


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Orion Service Module
NASA – This artist's concept of the Orion Service Module was introduced today. When the Orion spacecraft blasts off atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket in 2017, attached will be the ESA-provided service module – the powerhouse that fuels and propels the Orion spacecraft.
Orion will be the most advanced spacecraft ever designed and carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. It will sustain astronauts during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space and emergency abort capability. Orion will be launched by NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy-lift rocket that will provide an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS will enable new missions of exploration and expand human presence across the solar system.
The service module of the Orion spacecraft will provide support to the crew module from launch through separation prior to atmospheric re-entry.


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TUCSON, Ariz., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, announced today that it has co-exclusively sub-licensed certain patents and patent applications from Gen-Probe Incorporated (GPRO) for the worldwide in vitro diagnostic (IVD) rights for measuring ERG protein expression through immunohistochemistry (IHC) in prostate tissue. The license complements the existing Ventana worldwide co-exclusive sublicense under certain patents and patent applications for in situ hybridization (ISH) rights for measuring ETS gene rearrangements, including ERG gene rearrangements in tissue.
"We believe ERG testing by IHC and ISH will play an important role in novel diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive tests for prostate cancer," says Mara G. Aspinall, President of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. "This license gives us a unique position for this important biomarker as we see the opportunity to incorporate the ERG marker into VENTANA assays that can benefit hundreds of thousands of prostate cancer patients each year."
Prostate cancer is the highest incidence cancer in the United States and Western Europe, with approximately 1 in 6 men having a lifetime risk of being diagnosed. Additionally, prostate cancer is clinically and pathologically a heterogeneous disease which is in great need for improved diagnostic and prognostic assays for positive confirmation of prostate cancer and identification of aggressive or indolent forms of the cancer.
In the journal Science, October 2005, researchers from University of Michigan, in collaboration with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, identified that ERG, a known oncogene, rearranges and fuses with androgen response elements including TMPRSS2. Since then, translational research has demonstrated that this rearrangement occurs in approximately 50 percent of prostate cancer patients, does not occur in healthy tissue and describes a molecular subtype of prostate cancer that is associated with androgen driven prostate cancer. As this subtype is the most prevalent in prostate cancer, there has been tremendous diagnostic, prognostic and predictive interest in the ERG biomarker.
"We are extremely enthusiastic to see the rapid development of robust clinical tests to determine the ERG rearrangement status in patient samples," says Mark A. Rubin, M.D., Hormer T. Hirst, Professor of Oncology in Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital. "Emerging molecular and clinical data strongly support the view that prostate cancer is a collection of molecularly distinct diseases that will have different disease trajectories and responses to treatment. Accurately defining the ERG rearrangement class, the largest molecular subclass known to date, is a critical step towards precision health care for prostate cancer."
Ventana has ERG IVD assays available globally-- including assays for ERG protein via IHC (worldwide IVD) and assays for ERG gene rearrangements via Quantum Dot FISH (CE-IVD)--and the company is developing multivariate assays for novel clinical indications. These assays are available for use on the VENTANA BenchMark line of fully-automated advanced staining instrumentation utilized by thousands of anatomic pathology labs worldwide.
About Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. ("VMSI") (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), a member of the Roche Group, innovates and manufactures instruments and reagents that automate tissue processing and slide staining for cancer diagnostics. VENTANA solutions are used in clinical histology and drug development research laboratories worldwide. The company's intuitive, integrated staining, workflow management platforms, and digital pathology solutions optimize laboratory efficiencies to reduce errors, support diagnosis and inform treatment decisions for anatomic pathology professionals. Together with Roche, VMSI is driving Personalized Healthcare through accelerated drug discovery and the development of "companion diagnostics" to identify the patients most likely to respond favorably to specific therapies. Visit www.ventana.com to learn more.
VENTANA, the VENTANA logo, and BenchMark are trademarks of Roche. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
|SOURCE Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
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text: By Julie Boyd ColeAfter the Parkland High School shooting where 17 people were killed and 17 more were hurt, many schools redoubled their efforts to make their buildings safe from attack and address fears of their students and parents. "We all need to be aware of the realities of our world today," said Dr. Ken Greene, superintendent of Newton Public Schools in New Jersey.When a large-scale tragedy occurs, it can cause strong and deeply felt reactions in adults and children across the nation, according to the National Association of School Psychologists. "I think everyone is on high alert," said the Stanhope Public Schools Superintendent Steven Hagemann. "We've done this before Parkland."Anxiety vs. safetyThe anxiety caused by the news of another shooting is also on the minds of educators.According to Scott Walleck, the anti-bullying coordinator and school safety officer at Vernon Public Schools, for a couple of months after Parkland the school was sensitive to avoiding "accidental" triggers of anxiety. "We were really careful to what we did," right after Parkland, Walleck said. "We modified our approach to fire drills. However, I haven't seen any recent issues. We were really sensitive. We've worked our way back to our (regular) surprise drills." Most local schools have psychologists and social workers on campus to help students with anxiety caused by any number of issues, including bullying and disabilities.New Jersey passed an anti-harassment law called the Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Act eight years ago that requires all schools to take steps to reduce bullying and harassment. In New York, there is a similar law called the Dignity for All Students Act, passed in 2012.Psychologists, administrators and faculty are trained annually in ways to help defuse harassment situations and identify the difference between a violation under the state law and a simple conflict.Shootings anxiety?But is all this focus adding additional anxiety to the students in school?"Social media has become a big aspect," said Anthony Monti, school psychologist at Goshen's CJ Hooker Middle School. Social media has made "bullying more frequent and more intense."But social media can work both ways, Monti said. As students see national media coverage of tragic situations or are faced with their own personal traumas, they have the opportunity to reach out and find a community to help, he said."They can see what can happen," he said. "They don't feel as alone. Kids gain confidence and have more opportunity for empowerment."In a sampling of local schools by Straus News, most school officials said that although this generation of students face new challenges that are stressful, school officials say they see childrens' resiliency more than their anxiety."Kids adjust better than adults," Monti said. "They aren't hardwired yet. They are experiencing new situations and learning something each time.""I don't see someone not coming to school because they are afraid of a school shooting," the Goshen school psychologist said. "They are going about their business."According to Ken Greene, Newton's superintendent, schools today are central to the well-being of children and families."I think part of the answer is to address issues holistically," Greene said. "We need a much more individual approach" when dealing with children and their needs. The one-size-fits-all approach isn't going to work.""We're perhaps, more than previous generations that focused solely on academics, finding out [that] whatever the individual student may need is part of our daily work," he said.In order to achieve this, community services and school systems need to work together and share resources, he said.Though the school officials we interviewed believe they are properly resourced, there is not consensus among the experts.In a 2015 report by the National Association of School Psychologists, 13 to 20 percent of American children experience a mental disorder in a given year and called for "improving collaboration among schools, community providers and families.The Association said that school mental health providers needed to broaden their scope beyond special education to include mental health support that don't meet the criteria of a "disability."Many school officials, such as Dr. Greene, concur and are working to do just that."The world (students) live in is a much more complex world," Greene said.


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TVNZ will be cutting TV ONE's Saturday Breakfast and the 4.30pm news bulletin next year.
Head of News and Current Affairs Ross Dagan says the programme is no longer commercially sustainable.
Resources will be redirected into strengthening the weekday Breakfast programme in 2013 and to the TVNZ online news service.


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Western Arms ParaOrdnance P14-45
+ High power & kick
+ Uses old Hi-Cap design
+ More stylish 1911 body combined with Hi-cap performance
+ Heavy-weight slide
+ Might be able to use your Hi-Cap magazines from your Infinity SV pistol!
- Wish WA replicated the LDA version with double-action trigger
- No rails for accessories, though this WA's rendition is an exact replica of the real-steel version
- Will not take lower grade / rough-surfaced BBs
A refreshing look for Hi-Cap pistols as we were starting to get sick of the big muscular Infinity SV models. The incorporation of WA's high powered and durable Hi-Cap mechanism into a the sleek 1911 body addresses a market for 1911 lovers who just can't quite accept the Infinity's block looks, and before had to always settle for the lesser performance in traditional WA single column 1911 models. Reasons to own one include the good 1911 style, and sturdy hi-cap internals that allow durable use of Red Gas. Don't go cheap on the BBs though!
In 1988, Ted Szabo's design that incorporated a high capacity frame and magazine for the 1911-type pistol was the first major innovation to John Browning's classic Government Model handgun in the 77 years since its inception. In 1990, Szabo (President of Para Ordnance) along with his partner, Thanos Polyzos, introduced the first Para-Ordnance pistol using their high capacity frame. The P14-45 was the first .45 ACP pistol with a magazine capacity of 13 rounds plus one in the chamber. Like Browning's government model the 1911, it features both a grip safety and a slide lock safety. In addition to these standard features, Para-Ordnance's focus on safety added a firing pin safety to all their pistols, including the P14-45.
Szabo is considered by many in the firearms industry as a highly gifted and ingenious designer, and Para-Ordnance's line has moved on to produce even more user friendly pistols that incorporate modern day trigger designs and safety mechanisms, as witnessed in Para-Ordnance's award winning 14-45 LDA (Handgun of the Year, 2000).
This P14-45 series pistol from Para-Ordnance is as close as you can come to getting a pistol like the one IPSC Champion Todd Jarrett used to win the USPSA/IPSC Limited Nationals in the USA (at least in terms of getting an airsoft version of what he uses). Para-Ordnance pistols are popular in IPSC since they all come standard with match-grade, integral ramp barrels that give the shooter extra reliability and safety that he must have to win. At first glance, the Para-Ordnance pistols look extremely similar to their Colt 1911 counterparts, from which their design is based upon. However, closer inspection reveals many enhancements made for improved operation - a lowered ejection port for higher reliability, and double-stack magazine for higher capacity shooting. More recent models from Para-Ordnance (including the LDA - Light Double Action) series incorporate even more innovations, including cocking serrations on the slide, single and double action trigger action, adjustable rear sights, and dovetail ambidextrous slide lock safety. While we wish that Western Arms had chosen to replicate the more recent Para-Ordnance models that incorporate the single and double trigger actions, we are happy with their decision to start with the P14-45 ; a land-mark piece and also a step in the right direction.
Western Arm's (WA) Para-Ordnance P14-45 comes in three different colors - black, nickel silver, and drab/black dual-tone (not available for pictures at time of review). Fit and finish is top-notch as is expected from WA. Metal parts include outer barrel (silver for the nickel plated version, black for the black and dual-tone versions), barrel bushing, front and rear sights, slide stop, slide lock safety, grip safety, hammer, trigger, and magazine. The hammer's finishing is very attractive in brushed silver, making it look very much like real-steel. The all-metal magazine is of exactly the same design as the standard high capacity magazine used in WA's Infinity SV series. In fact, we plugged it into an SV Infinity and it worked fine (although there was quite a bit of space towards the bottom of the magazine and the magazine well so it shook around quite a bit). It is capable of managing high pressure HFC22 gas safely and reliably with minimal cool-down effects - and little known to many, it also handles high pressure Red Gas properly. The Para-Ordnance logo is carved prominently on the butt of the magazine and also on the black plastic grips screwed onto the frame. These plastic grips can easily be replaced by aftermarket grips created for the real-steel version for added realism and weight.
While the P14-45 is quite hefty overall, a significant portion of the weight is centered around the double-stack pistol grip, allowing the P14-45 to stand-up on it's own on it's grip butt. The heavy-weight ABS slide is also well built with "Para-Ordnance" engraved on the side. The markings "P14-45" are engraved on the other side. Para-Ordnance company markings are also deeply engraved on the frame. Aluminum slides (black or silver) are also available with exactly the same markings.
Most Colt frame pistols including the entire WA Infinity Hi-cap series offer two safeties, one being the safety lever on the side of the gun, and the other being the grip safety (below the grip tang) that is deactivated once you wrap the palm of your firing hand around the grip. This is no different on the Para-Ordnance and all moving parts are sturdy and operate with good tactile feel. The thumb safety is on the left side of the gun for right hand shooters - we hope that in the future, WA will make an LDA version that features ambidextrous thumb safety levers. Incidentally, the thumb safety also acts as a slide stop - meaning that the slide cannot be pulled back when this lever is pushed upward to engage the safety.
Releasing the magazine is also a snap and requires a quick push of the magazine release button. The magazine is heavy enough that it free falls out of the magazine well - though care should be taken not to let it drop to the floor since the magazine butt plate (even though it is made of metal) will crack and become detached from the magazine after repeated drops.
Loading the magazine is a snap and can be done easily by pulling on the magazine floor plate with your index finger fingernail. However the floor plate is slightly recessed so unless you have at least a bit of nail on your finger, pulling it down might be a little difficult. Of course in that situation, you can always just load the BB's one by one by pushing all 25 rounds into the magazine - as you would do in a real steel magazine.
Shooting the P14-45 is a lot of fun, though no more than shooting any Infinity SV Hicap series pistol. HFC134a works fine with the P14-45 though power and kick are visibly less than if you used HFC22. We tested the power using HFC22 and clocked 1.1 joules consistently with very little cool-down effects on the magazine. The report is loud and the slide cycles very quickly with a good solid kick that makes the gun jerk upwards in your hand. For those who desire the ultimate in power and kick though, then opt for installing a metal slide and you're good to go with Red Gas (with few other modifications required internally since the stock Hi-cap internals are so good). Of course, you could also opt for more metal internal parts for added durability though this is not an absolute must. Using Red Gas, the cycling is lightning fast, with very solid blowback kicks. Power is increased though surprisingly by not as much as we would have expected. In stock form shooting with HFC22, the P14-45 achieved approximately 340fps. Red Gas increased the power only slightly to 370fps so we wonder whether it is worth it to risk the increased durability risks.
One important note relates to the specially shaped BB retainer on the top of the magazine. This is the part that holds the very top BB in place as it awaits the air nozzle to move forward and push it onto loading ramp and into the chamber. This piece on the P14-45 is rather peculiarly shaped and almost looked like cupped hands. The result is that it takes a rather refined and smooth BB to be able to make it out of there and onto the load ramp. Our tests with some lower grade BB's caused the P14-45 to jam and not fully cycle forward into the closed bolt position (the BB stayed in the magazine and even trying to push the slide forward to force the BB onto the load ramp comes to no avail). Use of Excel, Marui, and Toy Tec BBs proved not to be a problem in our tests (all weights) so use these if you are in doubt of whether the BBs you have will work. Other than that, keeping the loading ramp and the magazine parts well lubricated with silicone ensured smooth operation throughout a full day of testing.
While the P14-45 is a brand new design externally, we must admit that WA is re-using a lot of its existing internal designs and re-applying different "shells" (bodies) to expand its product range. The P14-45's internals are nothing new and thankfully has already been thoroughly tested in the older Hi-cap models. For all of you who remember the old CQB and TAC series from WA's earlier line (which has been discontinued for over 2 years now much to the dismay of many), the P14-45 is literally your second chance at acquiring these legendary pistols with the new ParaOrdnance skin.
Discuss this review in our forum.


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Fun House
Project Description
To hire the Fun House for your event call us on:
Tel (office): 01704 822667
Tel (mobile): 07850 722454
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - The use of drawing casts? Don't understand Atelier methods.. Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Digital Art Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "The use of drawing casts? Don't understand Atelier methods.." ReturnermemberMember #Joined: 01 Oct 2000Posts: 350Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:19 pm I've been doing some long pose croquis at an Athelier (arc approved) in Stockholm and I don't understand their teaching method. Why meticously (sp?) draw casts? Isn't it better to just learn shadowing when you do faster figurative drawings? Many quick ones seems better to me. Maybe you practice seing in depth better when you draw casts, is that it? Anybody care to explain? To me it seems that doing a lot quick paintings mixed with long and short croquis and then longer painting intervalls the more experienced you get would be the best way to go instead of first just draw and copy casts for half a year or so before you get to paint. And when you paint you do these loooong sessions. I'm considering applying to Athelier Stockholm, but would like to get the big picture of their "ancient" method. Otherwise I'll just take some painting classes at the community center. Back to top noticmemberMember #Joined: 09 Apr 2001Posts: 441Location: Sweden Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:48 pm considering the fact that cast drawing has been around for so long, it has to have some effect.. but who knows? i believe the idea is to get the eye to hand coordination really set(i.e learn to draw form), and train the eye to see all those subtle value shifts i think the big question is you should be asking yourself, what do you want to achieve with your art? if you want to work with art commercialy as an illustrator and such, it's probably a good idea to know value and form really well. on the other hand, there's gesture, which to me seems more important than form and value in the modern schooling of art.. and probably best achieved by doing short sketches trying to capture motion/expression. i think the chance of landing a job as a concept artist with only perfectly rendered still lifes in your portfolio isn't that high, how impressive it might be.. there has to be expression and gesture as well. feel free to disagree with me here, and thanks for bringing up an interesting discussion! Back to top ReturnermemberMember #Joined: 01 Oct 2000Posts: 350Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:18 pm thanks for the reply. Yes I contacted the school and they demand really like a couple of years devotion. You won't be painting until earliest six months to a years time. I'm taking a regular night course instead, just praying the teachers will be decent there. I read at conceptart that at the Repin academy in St Petersburg the teachers have this method of drawing on the sides of the students papers. To emphasize something particular. That place seems to me to be really great. Everybody with an interest in art education should check out the constructism vs realism thread at conceptart http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=160487 A great discussion about different art educations and methods. Focusing on realism art. Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 856 Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:04 am notic wrote: thanks for bringing up an interesting discussion! Likewise thanks for mentioning the importance of "gesture", something that's really interesting to me but that I shoved to the bottom of my list (thought I had to get all the basics first and gesture much later)... Cool. Back to top Abelojunior memberMember #Joined: 01 Feb 2010Posts: 12Location: Spain Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:43 pm My bet is that you should stick to meticulous cast drawing, and compensate the lack of quick sketches by always carrying a notebook and quick-sketching people everywhere. It is true that a mix of both disciplines would be better, specially if you want to live from concept art which usually benefits from being fast rather than meticulous (to a lesser degree if you want to be an illustrator), but I think it's going to be really useful nonetheless._________________www.abeloroz.blogspot.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Digital Art Discussion All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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November 16th
Day one and two of week three were a complete local failure. In a very expatty style I went to yoga, had a lunch meeting at Flamme, bought vitamins and protein powder from the World Health Store and attended an 85 Broads Event at the Royal Smushi House. Luckily I'm only losing this challenge to myself, and I got to hear May Xue (recently appointed CEO of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art) give a talk about her one-woman charge to try and officially register UCCA as the first foreign NGO in China. Go May!
November 17th
Back on track. While grocery shopping I made it my mission to explore the nooks and crannies of Jinkelong, really trying to read packages and understand the contents of mystery jars instead of just assuming that I wouldn't know the ingredients inside. To my surprise, I could understand more of the pinyin on the packaging than I imagined, and in general the aisles felt a bit more familiar than we I first arrived to China. I bought ingredients for a big stir fry, but still find it hard to produce quality Chinese meal without significant amounts of processed carbs like noodles, rice and bread, which isn't the best diet for running. (Hence the WHS trip.)
November 18th
I finally checked out Bao Yuan Jiaozi restaurant with my co-workers from The Hutong, and was impressed by the décor and colorful dumplings! (I also went to a talk given by the founder of Heyrobics, and had a work dinner at Carmen.)
November 19th
I spent a good bit of the day biking around in attempting to collect my wallet because it was (miraculously) dropped off at a hotel near Dawanglu, and the management called my apartment complex when they saw my swipe card. Wow, complete miracle! I then headed with Chef Sue Zhou to check out some local spots in Tuanjiehu. She showed me a great baozi place called Bao Rong Xing Bao Jer, where I tried Si HuLuobuo fen tiao (carrot and starch noodle) baozi for the first time. Sue tells me that more and more restaurants are adding starch noodles as fillers, because it's a cheap way to fill up the baozi. I also tried another bun with a surprise quail egg inside, very tasty! We also went to a typical Chinese pudding shop, where we had warm coconut and red bean pudding. Red beans are just about my favorite dessert, so it was the perfect snack.
November 20th
Typical Chinese-style lunch at school, otherwise not much to report.
November 21st
My friend Aveleigh and I checked out No. 8 Hot Springs Resort at Chaoyang Park West gate. These types of resorts are quite a foreign concept to westerners, but it's definitely a must-have experience in China. First, the staff gives you silk pajamas before eating at their unlimited buffet. I get a kick out of seeing a whole room of adults sitting around in their pj's eating food and relaxing. Next, it's off to the spa! For 198RMB (including food) at No. 8 Hot Springs you can relax all day in the hot springs pool, sauna and steam rooms. The spa also offers other services at an additional cost, and I made the mistake of requesting a "peeling" thinking that this would be similar to a facial. Um, no. I got a somewhat painful full body scrub that polished every part of my body except my face… Overall though I felt like I was living in a fairy tale with pink silk pajamas, unlimited food and lounging!
November 21st
My bike lock broke on my bike, and I pushed it on its front wheel through the hutongs to the shop where I purchased the piece of junk. The owners smashed it off with a hammer in about thirty seconds and gave me a different type, no wonder so many bikes are stolen in Beijing. Then I met up with colleagues at the new U-Town Blue Frog for dinner.
I wonder if the local local gods are spiting me because of all the Western food I have been eating. First it was a bike crash, then wallet stolen and finally a broken bike lock…
Well gods, I feel guilty enough about my non-local choices, so I don't need the reminder! This week I realized more than ever that I do still work in expat circles, and many of these mealtime meetings were just unavoidable. Maybe it seems like I have failed this challenge, but every week I have managed to have had new cultural experiences and I'm developing a more clear picture of why it is tough for foreigners to integrate into local culture. Don't count me out just yet!
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The Editor's Back Fence
Myth-Busting 101: Street-Sitting Ban Does NOT Work for Santa Cruz Either
"Former Santa Cruz Mayor Rotkin said that in the eighteen years since the city passed its sit/lie law, business has generally seen an uptick. The businesses that flank Santa Cruz's main thoroughfare on Pacific Avenue are a robust mix of chains and smaller boutiques.'
So, who are you going to believe? What Express Music Editor Rachel Swan quotes a Santa Cruz lifer politician as claiming, instead of your own eyes? Has the ban on sitting on the street really worked in that city?
Last Monday night (a school holiday) we took five or six girls (they moved too fast to count), including our granddaughters, downtown in Santa Cruz for ice cream. Along the way we snapped a few pictures of just some of the sidewalk sitters who are still there in abundance, contrary to the ex-Mayor's claims.
(Santa Cruz is awash in ex-Mayors, who serve only a one year term—the father of our granddaughters is one of them. Now there's a Santa Cruz law that Berkeley should adopt!)
Another contradiction to Rotkin's report—as we walked along we noticed to the kids' distress that their favorite Mexican restaurant, Acapulco, where they'd been going all their lives, had shut down, abruptly and with no explanation, adding yet another empty storefront to the less-than-robust Pacific street mix.
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I have decided not to post pictures of my children on this site, but I couldn't let the day go past without doing something. In keeping with the genealogical nature of this blog, here is a picture of his most recent maternal ancestor, standing across the road from school on her first(?) day.
|My son's most recent maternal ancestor on her first(?) day of school


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NEW YORK (AP) — Mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of James Gandolfini and the creator of "The Sopranos" is due to memorialize the actor at the ceremony.
David Chase is one of four people scheduled to offer remembrances during the ceremony at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. The others are his widow, Deborah Lin Gandolfini, and two family friends.
The 51-year-old actor best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the HBO series died of a heart attack last week while vacationing with his son in Italy.
Invited guests began gathering early for the 10 a.m. funeral. Dick Cavett chatted with actor Steve Buscemi near the front of the church. Aida Turturro, who played Gandolfini's sister in "The Sopranos," was one of the first from that show's large cast to arrive.
Some 1,500 seats had been set up. The public was to be allowed in after the invited guests.
A private family wake was held for the actor Wednesday in New Jersey.
New Jersey accents were easy to hear among members of the public waiting outside the cathedral and waiting for a chance to get in. A few people spoke in Italian.
"I'm a fan," said Saul Stein, 60, from Harlem. "I came to pay my respects today because he's a character I identify with, a family man."
One casual meeting with Gandolfini was enough to bring Robin Eckstein to the funeral.
"I had friends that worked with him," she said. "I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times and he was just lovely. So warm ... As soon as he knew you were a friend of a friend you were his friend too. He'll be missed. I missed a meeting at work today. I told them I had a funeral to go to."
Broadway theaters paid tribute by dimming their lights briefly Wednesday night. Gandolfini was nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 as an actor in "God of Carnage."
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Contractor chosen for first phase of stadium expansion project
Liberty University announced today that Branch & Associates Inc. of Roanoke, Va., has been chosen as the general contractor for the multimillion-dollar renovations to Williams Football Stadium.
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. met with company representatives this week. Branch was responsible for renovations to VMI's football stadium and an addition to the Roanoke Civic Center, he said.
"Liberty University has not worked with Branch in the past, but we have watched the firm from a distance and have been impressed with the projects they have constructed around the state of Virginia," Falwell said. "We look forward to partnering with Branch to meet the target completion date [for Phase One] of Sept. 4, 2010."
Jeff Barber, Liberty University Director of Athletics, expressed his excitement to see the project move forward.
"This project will mean so much to Liberty University and our football program," he said. "We look forward with great anticipation for opening day of the 2010 football season."
The company will begin moving equipment onto the site next week, with actual work to begin in the next few weeks.
Falwell said Branch agreed to make the stadium available for use for May 2010 graduation ceremonies, even though the first phase of the project will not be completed by then.
Physical changes are already present at the stadium, however, as demolition on the press box began Nov. 30.
The estimated $22 million project, announced in August, includes three phases that will boost the stadium's seating from its current capacity of 12,000 to 30,000 over the next five years.
Phase One calls for the addition of 5,000 seats to the west side of the stadium, plus a 34,000-square-foot press box. The brick and glass encased, Jeffersonian-style five-story tower will house club-level seating for qualified Flames Club donors, 16 permanent luxury suites, a banquet room that will seat up to 800 people, a 1,000-seat classroom and a state-of-the-art press area. Phases Two and Three will add a new 4,000-seat middeck to the east side of the stadium and 6,400 seats in a horseshoe-shape configuration at the south end zone.
The renovated facility will also ready the stadium for the future construction of upper decks on the west and east sides that will take the capacity to 60,000.


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I've been lucky enough to be involved in so many aspects of being a fashion stylist during my career that's spanned decades. In my continuing reprise of some of my greatest evergreen material leading up to the 15th anniversary year of FocusOnStyle.com online and the launch of my C'est Chic Crash Course, I want to spend this week's review looking back at what REALLY happens as a stylist behinds the scenes on a photoshoot. Read on & revisit…
On a professional photo shoot knowing how to be a stylist is a lot more than selecting a pretty dress. Honesty is not completely the only policy when it comes to photographing clothing on a model for a commercial photo shoot and there is a craft to having things look "right" in the picture.
Let me share some behind the scenes fashion stylist tips and tricks on how to be a stylist to make ANYTHING look great in print learned from the 15 years I spent on photo sets. – S.H.
I don't know if it's just me but there have been so many times that I saw a picture of something that I thought I loved online or in a clothing catalog and then when the item finally arrived, I was terribly disappointed.
The garment didn't fit me as well as it did on the model in the picture. It doesn't hang the same way as in the photo let alone look like descent on me.
What I thought looked beautiful in the catalog only ends up to look cheesy in person– something that I would never consider buying let alone notice in a store.
Do I have too high expectations or am I on to something about clothing looking better in the photo than in real life? (via fashion advice)
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So much so that at the end of the shoot day, I would sometimes look at the model and think to myself that I wouldn't mind having that outfit. Then, I would pull back and remember what we went through as a team to make that dreary dress look so great.
If the shoot is for a specific brand rather than an assortment of department store items there is a casting and fitting to make sure that the model has the right body to fit the clothes. If you are lucky or it is a live-action shoot, the clothes are then fitted on the model and a tailor tweaks the fit of the garment.
No time for a tailor? Well, that's what a stylist prop kit is all about.
In the stylist kit is everything from bulldog clips or photographer clamps to fake a better fit from the rear, double-stick carpet tape to adhere those pesky fit issues, lots of straight pins to tighten up the back of a baggy sleeve, an assortment of sticky and pinchy tricks of the trade to alter a garment without leaving a trace once the shoot is complete! You only need to see something from one angle in a print shot, so the back could be completely rigged with the front looking like absolute perfection.
Once the fit is settled, there's the look that most people think is only what a stylist job is about. There are racks and tables of additional items that it took days to pull from the right places just to find the perfect piece that works best on the set. Better quality or more interesting accessories and shoes tzuj up something simple. Like the average working girl really has a pair of $750 shoes to wear with the $65.00 dress, but it is the illusion that you are selling.
Some time spent in the hair and makeup chair and the model is made to look even more amazing—Brad Boles can tell you about some of those beauty tricks.
Around an 1/1/2 to 3 hours later it's time for the photographer and his gorgeous and proven lightening to make sure that the product is shown in its best light and the model knows how to work it—that's the magic that makes a purple polyester cha cha prom dress photograph to appear like it was off the runway!
What looked fantastic in the dressing room may not look that way on the set so a little more finagling is involved. If the outfit is still a total bust, you can also point a fan on the model for some movement or have her jump for an active shot. Once done, it's next outfit, please…
If a model is not involved, well then you call the still life stylist, because she has her own bag of tricks.
A job well done is a job that doesn't look like the crew was there; everything appears to have fallen in place naturally and simply. Is this deceptive? No, not exactly. It is having professionals do what they do to make something look as great as it can in a picture.
So the next time when you see the cheap skirt next to the better skirt in a photo it can be difficult to tell them apart. Does that mean the less expensive skirt will never look right on you? No, it means that you may need to work a bit harder to style it up.
The moral of this story is that it is NOT about the piece but about what YOU do with it. Style on and check the return policy!
Photo: New Woman Magazine profile story about me; photographer Ron Contarsy
Original Publish Date: June 30, 2010