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Saturday, November 13, 2010
What's on the Menu?
Not all of the portions served in Restaurants are eaten at the table. Taking home leftover portions of uneaten food from the plate has become an acceptable practice. Days gone by one might ask for a "doggie bag". Over time, Styrofoam cartons and boxes designed to carry home servings of food that guests had not finished eating during the mealtime replaced the "bag".
Awareness of the mounting piles of trash accumulating all over our Planet has spurred a new trend; to rethink the impact of what gets used and what is thrown away. Gratefully, many restaurants and their customers have chosen to move away from using single use cartons and carriers for small bits of food left upon one's plate. The idea? Choose to re-use.
Customers might opt to bring their own food containers. Establishments might find ways to reward diners that bring their own re-usables with special menu items or special prices for participants. Providing retail space for the purchase of reusable food containers and serve-ware will also encourage this practice. Check out TakeOutWithout.com for some new ideas that are worth considering.
Restaurant Owners and Chefs often approach our Company about the use of Glass Straws in their businesses. Some have concerns about serving beverages with glass straws due to the incidence of theft. Unfortunatley, a public clientele often includes some that are tempted to take and keep the serve-ware provided which cuts deeply into profits of these businesses.
The solution?
Menu Upgrades!
Reusable containers and serve-ware can be included right into the restaurant menu choices! This idea brings a convenient option with an eco-conscious focus. It encourages personal choices to reduce the incident of excessive waste. Adding a reusable glass straw as a beverage upgrade for a special price will promote the reuse of that same straw by the consumer. Likewise, upgrading the size of a beverage to those that bring their own reusable straw will reward and encourage eco-responsibility.
Many people still find the practice of re-use as a new frontier of thought. However, as time moves forward there are sure to be many more ideas on the horizon that will flow together and become a beginning of a solution to pollution.
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I love the idea of bringing your own "doggie bag" with you, or bringing your glass dharma straw and receiving a discount.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 21, 2010 at 6:06 PM
I have brought my own container a time or two. Some of the establishments here are using containers that can be composted. Works for us because we have compost piles.ReplyDelete
I agree w/Elizabeth...I think it would be nice to receive a discount for bringing your own doggie bag or glass dharma instead of paying more to receive one.ReplyDelete
- MLevandowskiApril 28, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Dear Manager,ReplyDelete
As a long-time customer, I not only appreciate your food but also the fact that it is served on reusable durable dishes, with real flatware and glasses. I know that when I eat at The Backyard Steak Pit, I'll have a waste-free meal — except for one thing: the disposable plastic straws. I have never been fond of the use of straws in general and now that I know how much plastic waste they cause I am even more vigilant about my family not using them. Because of that knowledge, our family of five doesn't need or want straws. But unless I ask the server ahead of time not to bring us straws, they give us straws automatically, generating plastic waste that will last for thousands of years.
In honor of Earth Day last week, I am writing to ask you to change your plastic straw policy.
1) First, please train your servers to ask customers if they want a straw instead of automatically giving them one. Some people don't like straws and will appreciate being asked. All others will get a chance to stop and think about whether they actually need this disposable plastic item in the first place.
2) Second, I would love it if you'd switch to paper straws for those customers who request one. Yes, they are still disposable, but at least they are compostable and will not last in the environment, potentially harming wildlife. One company that offers paper straws is Aardvark (http://www.aardvarkstraws.com).
3) And third, please consider participating in an upgrade program, offering customers the opportunity to pay extra for their meal and receive a reusable straw to carry with them. There is a U.S. company called Glass Dharma. On their web site, they describe the Menu Upgrade program for restaurants (http://glassdharma.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-on-menu.html), which I think is a fantastic idea.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to visiting The Backyard Steak Pit again soon. I would love a response letting me know what steps you are willing to take. Our entire family loves The Backyard Steak Pit, we especially appreciate the mouthwatering food and friendly atmosphere.
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I keep trying different ways of writing a compare function but when I run the program I keep getting a seg fault at the qsort function call.
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This is homework. I'm supposed to read in a text file, read out a text file with all the lines a certain size or less, and read out a sorted text file that has one occurrence of each word (without worrying about punctuation) and the number of times that word occurred.
Everything but the sorted part is done, I just can't seem to get the qsort function to work right.
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Waterloo Police Investigate Armed Robbery
On November 17, 2008 at approximately 1:47 a.m, Waterloo Police Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery in the 1200 block of W. Mullan Avenue. A cab driver with Yellow Cab reported that she was called to the 1200 block of W. Mullan Avenue to pick up a fare. When she arrived, two black males wearing hoods pulled up on their heads, approached her cab from the courtyard. The two then entered her cab and one of the suspects pressed a handgun to her head and demanded money. They then fled on foot with the driver's cell phone, purse and an undisclosed amount of cash. They were last seen running towards Elmwood Cemetery.
The suspects are described as black males in their late teens to mid-twenties. The gunman was described as being approximately five foot, three inches tall and weighing approximately 150 pounds. He was wearing a bright orange hooded sweatshirt. The other subject was described as approximately six feet tall and weighing over two hundred pounds and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.
Their were no injuries reported. The incident remains under investigation.
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Ash Maurya's Running Lean — go read it now!
I just finished reading Ash Maurya's Running Lean. Its one of those rare books that has lots of great content packed in only about 200 pages. The book is an easy read and flows like a magazine article or a nicely written blog post. Its a must read for anyone trying to start a business or anyone trying to go work for a startup.
Eric Ries codified the lean startup principles in a book titled: The Lean Startup. Ash Maurya, in Running Lean, takes the next step to translate philosophy to a more tangible set of actionable guidelines.
Practice Oriented Self-Help Guidelines
Running Lean is a self-help book for entrepreneurs. Like most self-help books, it provides a few pointers and guidelines to what must be done to move toward success. In this regard, the book is no different in intent than a self help book about losing weight, making friends, being happy, or becoming rich. Unlike a plethora of self-help concept books though, Ash Maurya focuses on practice and advice that can be applied. He presents a step-by-step process and a formula to enhance your chances. By the time you finish reading this book you have a list of action items to be applied to your own startup.
Many self-help books have the essence in the first 40 pages and the rest of the 200 odd pages that follow are simply continued explanations of this basic idea. Running Lean starts with thought provoking advise on the very first page and continues to remain fresh till the last one.
Know Your Customers & Their Problems
A large number of products are built with a solution in mind. In geek led startups, many of these solutions are purely motivated to satisfy a techie's itch. I am one such person perhaps! I have been building a lot of things for years because it simply presents a great technology solution. A prime example is a time tracking software I wrote a couple of years back. It is clean and sophisticated in terms of code but I wasn't able to make a business out of it. On hindsight, I did not invest in learning enough about the customer needs and was a bit confused about its monetization possibilities by the time I was ready to go to market with it. I wanted to sell it to everyday but didn't sell to anybody and abandoned it prematurely.
I would surely use the lean startup methodology and speak to my potential early adopters first if I had to rebuilt that product today. I would meet these prospects in person and ask them questions with the objective of understanding their requirements.
Knowing your customers and their problems is the most important part in being successful. Steve Blank calls this customer development. His book Four Steps to the Epiphany is another must read for entrepreneurs. Running Lean is a detailed guide to how to reach out to customers and what questions to ask at each phase of your startup lifecycle. Ash Maurya recommends
(a) Problem Interview (to understand the problem and the customer's needs),
(b) Solution Interview (to validate that your proposed solution solves the customer's problem), and
(c) MVP Interview (to make sure your minimum viable product addresses the customer's problem and the customer is willing to pay for it)
as three important times to connect with customers. He generously provides detailed examples from his own startup experience with CloudFire, making the recommendations way more than mere philosophical musings. I wrote a problem interview meeting request email today to one of my prospects, using a format I saw in the book.
'Maker' vs 'Manager'
A techie founder of a startup can be torn between his simultaneous attempts in developing his software (maker role) and meeting his customers (manager role). Running Lean provides some guidance and proposes maintaining a balance between the two roles of a 'maker' and a 'manager'. You must read Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule for a valuable viewpoint on conflicts between these roles.
I can completely empathize with Ash Maurya's schedule of coding during early mornings (when most others are asleep) and talking to customers in the afternoon. However, I am unable to define my own priorities as clearly as I believe he presented it. My current startup is a small setup comprising of my co-founder with management experience, 5 developers, 1 designer and I. I am deeply involved in software release, bug fixes, feature planning, continuous deployment, product definition, and project management. I also spend time talking to potential customers, potential investors, potential hires, and partners. The long list doesn't end there. I also spend time on miscellaneous other things like accounting, legal compliance, branding, and keeping my team motivated. Outsourcing many of these tasks would be great but is expensive for a bootstrapped startup. Despite reducing waste and staying focused on an MVP, a founder probably needs over 30 hours in a day! Running a startup is a grueling experience and I don't believe there is an easy way to maintain balance among the multiple roles a founder needs to play.
Don't be a Feature Pusher
This segues to the most important part of the lean startup methodology. Build a minimum viable product, better known as an MVP. Its very easy to get sucked into a features arms race with yourself. Lean MVP means build less but a good geek or an awesome visionary is often about doing more in less time. You see the disconnect! In my opinion, founders who are not expert makers or super efficient managers ironically do well in this regard. They quickly reconcile with building an MVP because it seems more palpable to them. The uber geeks and the smart managers struggle. Their MVP is often not minimal enough. Silicon Valley especially loves uber geeks and if you are one of those, then there is a decent possibility you may get funded without even a proper plan in your hand. This often can be a curse cause you start building a rather bloated SVP (Supposedly Valuable Product).
Conversion Metrics
The book talks in detail about user life cycle management, from acquisition to referral. This is a topic close to Ash Maurya's heart and relates to his latest startup, UserCycle, which is trying to address the problems in this space.
Actionable metrics should be at the heart of every business. Vanity metrics are useless. Retention and repeat usage matters.
Early Adopters
All startups in their early stages should care a lot about their early adopters. Most startups are founded with a grand dream of addressing a global problem and reaching out to a diverse set of consumers. In reality though, you should feel very happy if you even get some traction in your neighborhood. The emphasis on building relationship with early adopters is highlighted in this book. Its a very valuable piece of advice.
Don't Agree with Everything
Running Lean is a very inspiring book and I love Ash Maurya's style of writing, full of honesty and personal examples. However, I must say that I couldn't agree with every single part of the book. Lean Startup addresses a lot of issues but it does not consider issues related to
(a) distributed startup teams (they are increasingly getting common now),
(b) skewed skill sets (many startups are founded by geeks only who understand little beyond code!),
(c) acquired tastes (despite over 100 million iPads in the market, a majority of the users are still pretty unclear on why they need it and what problem does it solve),
(d) regulatory influences (VOIP over the years), and
(e) new markets (consumption of local and healthier food).
Its much harder to define the problem/solution fit in these cases.
My Own Failings & What Next?
I spent most of the last year building a really great product, called doaround. It will be launched to the general public soon. We did some things really well and struggled on many counts as well. We did seek consumer feedback from the very beginning but could have been more scientific about it. We built a full featured VP and not an MVP. It took much longer and costed us a lot more.
What Next? The next time I am building a product for What Next Labs (Yes! thats the name of our company) I am running lean.


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Sales of wood, cork and straw from the UK to all destinations across the world from Jul 2016 to Apr 2017 accounted for £0.02 billion, which were carried out in 2,077 shipments.
Trades that were worth less than £1 million accounted for £23.1 million of this total, carried out in 2,072 shipments.
This means that if we exclude the top 0.24% of shipments, the rest had an average value of just £11,147.18. The breakdown of these smaller trades is shown in the chart on the right for the top 15 destinations where you can see how different destinations have different patterns of shipment value.
887 shipments went by air (55% of them via London Heathrow) and the other 1,020 went via sea ports.
1.0% of the shipments used customs special procedures (Inward Processing or Outward Processing Relief or Re-exports). Most shipments of goods to most destinations do not use these special procedures.
The top 15 destinations for smaller shipments below £320k and between £320k and £1m are shown below.
Start a plan to find out the documentation, processes and related costs of customs and shipping that are required to export wood, cork and straw to your country of choice. Then if you hope to agree a sale with your customer, use Exabler to get it done start to finish!


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Eu Legislation
Local consular cooperation regarding visas
Council recommendation of 4 March 1996 relating to local consular cooperation regarding visas [Official Journal C 80 of 18.3.1996].
When necessary for practical reasons, European Union (EU) countries are encouraged to establish cooperation between their consular services in order to exchange information:
on the criteria for issuing visas;
on risks to national security and public order or on the risks of illegal immigration;
to help determine the good faith of visa applicants and their reputation.
The relevant rules on data protection apply to these exchanges of information.
To facilitate these exchanges of information, the consular services should organise:
meetings between the Heads of consular services and their assistants responsible for visa matters;
mutual visits of their officials that are responsible for issuing visas.
Furthermore, EU countries' consular services should draw up joint reports regarding any relevant local level visa-related issues, at the request of the Council. They should also adopt the necessary joint measures for determining whether any simultaneous visa applications have been made and whether another EU country has previously refused a particular visa application.
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) [Official Journal L 243 of 15.9.2009].
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) [Official Journal L 218 of 13.8.2008].
Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [Official Journal L 81 of 21.3.2001].
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Google's 'Enhanced Campaigns' a challenge for advertisers?
You may have already read my 60-Seconds column about false advertising -- but the online advertising world faces a number of challenges -- quite possibly the biggest challenge is from Google. Here, Greenlight's Angela Knibb helps shed some light on the whole sordid mess! February 27, 2013


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Nadya Suleman, the Southern California woman best known in the media as Octomom, hit "The View" on Monday, where the ladies grilled her on a host of topics, including her mental stability.
Whoopi Goldberg was first to bring up the topic, asking Nadya if she understood why people think the mom of 14 is, "maybe… not quite all there."
"I've asked myself that for years too," Nadya laughed. "Everyone goes through life, some people in varying degrees… wearing certain clouded glasses.
"I was in denial for so many years thinking, 'Oh, I'm so smart, you know, I have a year more for my masters, right? I can do it all. I'm strong. I study all night long. I get straight A's and I'm taking care of my kids, six of them, no help. Not one nanny,'" Nadia continued. "So I'm delusionally thinking, 'Oh, I'm gonna keep going. Oh [I'll] have one more. What's one more from six?' OK, so this happens… It took this monolithic experience of having eight simultaneously to completely, completely alter, wake me up, and alter my mindset permanently."
Barbara Walters asked the question more directly of Nadya, a former psychiatric technician, saying, "Do you think you are all there?"
"I think, absolutely," Nadya began. "I want to answer it this way. In true, genuine, mental illness, we all know that if you are exposed to extraordinary stressors, in any way, you will most likely, not be able to tap inside yourself and pull out the reserves and pull out the resources and strengths you need to survive and continue to cope and to continue to stay afloat. If I were genuinely mentally unstable, I would [have] drowned from the beginning."
Nadya also addressed rumors that she recently lost the baby weight that came with being pregnant with eight children, in order to make money from posing on a tabloid magazine cover.
"No, I didn't. I had to build muscle," Nadya said.
But she admitted she struck the actual pose on the magazine cover — in a two-piece — to bring in income for her family of 14, which includes the octuplets and six other children.
"The main reason was obviously for revenue and I'm the first to admit it," she said of posing, not of losing the weight. "I have to admit I did it for the revenue. And I'm the first to admit it. I'm very, very open and honest about that."
The brunette said she is constantly thinking about how she will be able to support her family, and despite being shy, she realizes selling stories and video about her family helps out at the minute.
"Every hour of the day, every single day, I contemplate how I'm gonna do this… to be able to support them," Nadia explained. "It's a double edged sword. It's a catch 22. If I go back school — I had one more year left for my masters — I couldn't possibly make enough money to take care of them for a couple of months," she said of her children. "So, the only other option is to delve into other opportunities, [to] secure selective opportunities… In the past, [I] was being in the midst of survival mode, doing interviews, which I didn't want to do."
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Children's Safe HarborA Children's Advocacy Center
The Volunteer Program at Children's Safe Harbor is designed to offer volunteers a variety of positive opportunities to advocate for children who are victims of sexual and/or severe physical abuse. The Volunteer Program at Children's Safe Harbor offers ongoing professional development opportunities, education and training and an increased awareness of the multi-disciplinary team approach to child abuse.
Our program is designed to provide the volunteer with the unique opportunities to make a difference in the life of a child victim, either through direct service to that child and their family, or through a variety of support tasks designed to assist the Children's Safe Harbor staff and other professionals who utilize our facility for the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children.
Our program is organized into two teams of volunteers - the Family Services Team, who work one-on-one with the children and families that come to Safe Harbor, and the Multi-disciplinary Support Team, who work to assist the professionals working each case.
Our program also provides many opportunities for our volunteers to participate in research endeavors, internships, group projects and special events. There are many benefits to volunteering at Children's Safe Harbor.
Individuals who serve as volunteers for Children's Safe Harbor receive many benefits for their time.
Along with recommendation and/or reference letters from the Executive Director and other staff members, volunteers also gain valuable experience and employable skills, such as time management, guidelines for working with a variety of clients, maintaining boundaries in a professional setting, increased interpersonal communication skills and much more.
Additionally, volunteers have the chance to witness a unique working dynamic between diverse fields (including law enforcement, judiciary agencies, social work, and the mental health and medical professions).
Most importantly, however, our volunteers gain a deeply rewarding personal experience from helping a child in need.
If you would like to become a volunteer, please print and fill out the application and return it to the address below, or call our office to arrange for an interview and schedule a tour of the facility.


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Little Sounds w/28mm Speaker
Listen Here!
This kit requires soldering skills. A fine-tip, low wattage soldering iron should be used when soldering wires to this module.
If you prefer an "almost" ready-to-run version of the module, a pre-wired option is available for an extra $10. With this option, soldering the small wires to the board is already done for you. The board is wrapped for protection and tested. It ends up looking much like a DCC decoder and is ready for you to connect the wires to the power supply, speaker and switch.
Little Sounds modules from Ngineering:
1. For reasons of scale, we believe realistic sound effects should draw you in, not push you away. After discussions with many, many hobbyists, the general consensus seems to be that sound effects are typically way too loud. Example: At a 10-foot distance, you are 1/6 of an HO mile away. How noticeable would a sound really be? In N scale that would be over 1/4 of a mile!
2. Ngineering Little Sound modules are only 1.38" long x 0.60" wide x 0.25" high, with up to 5-minutes of pre-recorded 16-bit digital sound. It will fit just about anywhere.
3. Little Sound modules with a pre-recorded sound effect, and speaker sell for less than $20.
Product overview:
The N8301 is a digital, 16-bit pre-recorded sound effect module using a high-speed audio processor & 32M-bit serial flash memory.
On-board 1/2-Watt audio amplifier.
On-board volume control
On-board voltage regulation allows DC input power from 7 to 20 volts.
On-board input voltage reverse polarity protection.
Small 1.38� x 0.60� size allows placement in even the tightest spots.
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Thieves steal charity donation jars from Delmont restaurant
Money was being collected for ALS patient and rotary club
State police are looking for whoever stole two charity donation jars from Lamplighter Restaurant on Route 22 in Westmoreland County.
Investigators said on Sept. 15, someone stole a glass jar containing $60 in donations for the Murrysville-Export Rotary Club. On Oct. 15, troopers said someone stole a glass jar with $30 in donations for "Steve."
VIDEO: Watch Ashlie Hardway's Report
"Steve" is Steven Dezember, who was diagnosed in 2011 with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He proposed to his girlfriend, Hope, a Mt. Pleasant native, two days after the diagnosis.
The couple was featured on an episode of TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress." The couple currently lives in Atlanta.
Hope's friend, Kate Ferri Dawson, put a donation jar on a table at Lamplighter. Dawson's family owns the restaurant.
"ALS is a horrible disease and the medical costs that go along with it for everything from the physical therapy to the creams to the equipment, his wheelchair. They had to totally renovate the home to make it handicap-accessible," Dawson said. "If you knew about the disease and what it entailed, I don't feel you could have, in any good conscience, taken that jar."
The rotary club is also active in the community. It holds monthly meetings at Lamplighter. One of its most well-known projects was fundraising for the million-dollar Miracle Field in Murrysville, a field adapted for children, adults and veterans with special mental and physical needs.
"Even the change adds up. When somebody took it, they weren't taking thousands of dollars, but they were taking money from a pretty good cause and it's kind of disappointing," said Andrew Ferri, Lamplighter manager.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police in Kiski Valley at 724-727-3434.
To donate to either charity, stop by Lamplighter on Route 22 in Salem Township or visit: http://hopeforsteve.com/Home.html or http://www.murrysville-exportrotary.com/.


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UDL is the 1st lifeStyle brand of organized street-dance competitions, training and performances "Dancers Are Athletes"
Dancers train for years, while investing countless hours training in sessions, classes and rehearsals. They hone their craft, exercise all physical capabilities and sometimes defy them, pushing past the limits of the human body. Dancers withstand injuries and endure both treatment and rehabilitation sports, by definition are all forms of competitive physical activity, which through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants; to be a professional dancer is to do and be all of these things. The foundation of the UDL is based on precisely that.
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TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
Smart Apple Ebooks cover a variety of topics including biographies, early literacy, geography, and science and technology. These books are geared towards students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
Award-Winning Books
Lists of the most notable books, from New York Times best-sellers to Pulitzer Prize and Mann Booker Prize winners.
Would you like to find new books that are similar to those by your favorite author? Search for your favorite books and authors in the library catalog and click on one of the items. Click "Related" in the left sidebar for reader reviews and ratings, more titles in a series, and related titles and authors.
ABC Mouse
An early childhood learning website for children ages 2-7+. Children learn reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music through interactive activities. Can only be used within the library.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
A library program promoting reading before kindergarten. Build vocabulary and language skills while bonding with your little one by taking part in this fun challenge


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Major League Baseball South African Elite Camp 2012
Press Release| December 5, 2012
For the second year, Major League Baseball International (MLBI) will hold an African Elite Camp in Cape Town, South Africa from December 5-14th for 36 of Africa's to young baseball players. Fifteen coaches from the participating nations- Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda- are also on hand to learn from the experienced MLB staff. Majestic continues their sponsorship of MLBI game development programs with a financial contribution to the African Elite Camp.
For the first time, a South African Coaches Conference will be held in conjunction with the Elite Camp. MLB staff will run clinics for 35 aspiring baseball coaches from South Africa to improve their knowledge of the game. In addition, a baseball clinic will be held in the township of Phillipi for 60 promising young baseball players from a disadvantaged area.
The camp is taking place at the Athlone A's Baseball Club, home to one of the South African Baseball Union's Intensive Training Centres, which serves over 400 players. The indoor facility at the complex, which features batting cages, pitching mounds and a workout facility, was made possible through a $200,000 Baseball Tomorrow Fund grant awarded in 2010. The Baseball Tomorrow Fund is a joint initiative between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association designed to promote and enhance the growth of baseball throughout the world by funding programs, field improvements and equipment purchase to encourage and maintain youth participation in baseball and softball.
Rick Magnante, manger of the Vermont Lake Monsters in the Oakland A's system, is the lead instructor at the African Elite Camp. He has managed in the minor leagues for 10 year, and also was the manager of the South African National Team in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. Additional instructors include former Major Leaguers Homer Bush, Craig Lefferts and Gerald Perry; Mike Randall, who was part of Magnante's coaching staff during the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic tournaments; Jeff Krushell and Bill Holmberg.
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At-Bat for Pat
Pat Burrell has gone to bat over 4,200 times in a Phillies uniform
He's having an All-Star season and now it is time for Phillies fans to go to bat for Pat.
Pat is one of five players in the National League Monster All-Star Final Vote. Voting is underway on mlb.com. It will end at 5 p.m. on Thursday. There is no limit as to how many times fans can vote.
The other four outfielder Corey Hart (Brewers), outfielder Carlos Lee (Astros), outfielder Aaron Rowand (Giants) and third baseman David Wright (Mets). The Phillies and Mets are battling on the field. Now, their fans will be going toe-to-toe in the ballot box.
Phillies fans came through four years ago and elected Bobby Abreu to the NL squad in the final vote. Abreu drew over 2 million votes.
Chase Utley led all NL players in All-Star voting this year and that's a tribute to Phillies fans.
Here's a call for Phillies fans to step up to the plate again.
How To Vote
Online: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/fv/ballot_pop.html
Mobile devices: Fans can also text the word "Vote" to 36197 to receive the Monster 2008 All-Star Game Final Votes candidates sent to their mobile device. The vote for a specific player, fans can replay with the choice. Example: Text "A4" to vote for American League player 4, or "N4" for National League player 4. Standard rate messaging fees apply. Please check with carriers for details. In Canada, Phillies fans should text the word "Vote" in 88555.
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Turkey meatballs in tomato & fennel sauce
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal216
- fat8g
- saturates1g
- carbs12g
- sugars6g
- fibre2g
- protein26g
- salt0.46g
- 400g turkey mince
- 25g fresh white breadcrumbs
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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- 1 onion, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 carrot, diced
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- 1 tsp fennel seeds
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- 400g can chopped tomatoes
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- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 400g spaghetti, cooked, to serve
Put the mince in a mixing bowl with the breadcrumbs and half the garlic. Season and mix well to combine. Using your hands, shape the mixture into 12 balls, then chill for 10 mins.
Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add the onion, carrot and remaining garlic. Cook for 5-6 mins until softened. Add the fennel seeds and cook for a few secs. Tip in the tomatoes with half a can of water, then stir in the tomato purée. Season and simmer for 15 mins until thickened. Using an electric hand blender, whizz until roughly smooth.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the meatballs for 8-10 mins until cooked through. Transfer to the sauce and simmer until piping hot. Serve with spaghetti.


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Buying stuff from the US: Australia via Shipitowith one comment
Freight Forwarding. A few people have asked me about this and my experiences with it so this post is to go over the in's and out's of how I buy stuff and ship it over from the USA.
I use a company called Shipito and it's so damned easy to use. You sign up for an account there – I haven't got a Virtual Mailbox yet (I think I will soon though) and just use the Individual Package option. (The difference between them is you pay $8.50 per individual package, or you can pay $10/month or $50/year as a subscription, and only get charged $2.50 per package)
Once you pay them, you get a US postage address. Time to run off and find some things to buy. My example is below.
I bought a few goodies from a US online store called Surf The Earth Snowboards, I was also able to get some new Vessi Footwear. They had free shipping within the US which is good to look out for. I entered in my US postage address and paid with my credit card for the goods (with this specific shop I had to do verify my CC because my Billing address was in Australia, and Shipping address was USA – Not hard a quick phonecall to my CC company and that was sorted). Once the item arrives at Shipito's warehouse you get an email to notify you.
Now the best bit here, is that they TAKE PHOTOS of your package! I didn't realise this but thought it was pretty cool.
At this stage, you fill in some Customs information (Value, Gift, etc) and pick a shipping method. They have heaps – DHL, TNT, FedEX, USPS – All with the prices there for you and insurance options. Since they have already measured out and weighed the package – the proper costs are all there.
So for my goods, it cost $54.92USD to ship down. (Saving of about $20 bucks over other shipping methods direct to Australia..and that is just shipping! Be sure to read below for total costs saved)
Once the appropriate information has been entered – Your item is ready to be shipped and goes into a queue to be mailed out!
If you have multiple packages (With the virtual mailbox option) you can combine postage as well to save more cash.
Overall, awesome little service that I believe is worth using if you like buying goods from the US. If they have free shipping within the US, even better – as the delivery rates provided are typically cheaper (due to volume discounts) than most stores.
Here's a link showing the most popular stores that people order from via Shipito – not surprising that amazon.com is on top!
So how much did I save exactly by using this?
Camera gear – Retail for $978AUD. They are $798 USD ($759 AUD)
Accessories I bought retail here for a combined total of $140AUD. They were $94USD ($89 AUD)
Shipping cost me (inc. fees) $63.42USD ($60 AUD)
So if I bought in Australia = $1118 AUD
What it cost me from the US, Shipped = $908 AUD
So $200 bucks saved including the fact I had to pay for shipping+fees. Can't complain!


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James Pell Jr., was one of the original 35 Associates who received land in 1796 which formed the first township in Lower Canada. I'm fortunate to have a lot of information on him, since, he and several generations of Pells lived in that area. But, it wasn't until a cousin and I merged our information that things got interesting. I hadn't considered looking further back into England to trace the line, I stop once they set foot in North America. He, on the other had, has the surname of Pell, so he was more curious. During a seven year span, we researched, and merged, wondered and often, well no, we didn't often think about giving up. Where was James Pell from? There was no trace of him or his parents in England.
In 2007, cousin Duane Pell informed me of a rather new book, Molson, The Birth of a Business Empire by Douglas Hunter. He couldn't put it down, as it was not only interesting, but filled with Pell and Gibbins information. We soon found out there was name change. The last name of Pell was taken when James Gibbins Sr., several of his sons, including the above James Pell, and a very young John Molson, founder of the Molson Brewing Company of Canada, arrived in Canada sometime during the 1780s. During this migration, many letters were written between these sailors and their families back in England. Fortunately, letters and diaries were saved and are now in the Molson Brewery Archives. We soon were shaking our heads in disbelief, but were happy. The line went back a further generation, but now there was a new surname, no longer Pell but Gibbins. My cousin tried to get used to the fact that he really was a Gibbins!
John Molson was often called home to help with estate matters. During those trips, my James Pell Sr. (formerly James Gibbins) was left in charge of the new brewery. While in England, John stayed at James Gibbins's daughter's house, she being a possible bride. Per the above book, "And by bequeathing the brewery to Gibbins 'and his Heirs and Assigns forever' in the March 1785 will, Molson made Ann Gibbins Elsdales (a widow) and the (her) children among the ultimate beneficiaries of his estate."
Apparently, there was a break, a few years later, in the friendship between John Molson and James Gibbons / Pell. Probably due to either money or with mismanagement of the brewery. James Sr. returned to England several times for visits, then ultimately staying there, using the name of James Gibbins, and his son, James Gibbins Pell Jr. remained in Missisquoi County, Quebec, and kept the name of Pell.
James Gibbins Pell Jr., my 4th great grandfather was born about October 12, 1759 in Spalding, So. Lincolnshire, England, and died January 28, 1846 in St. Armand East, now called Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. His first wife's name is unknown, with whom he had two children, but his 2nd wife, Margaret Brisbin and James Pell are buried in Frelighsburg as shown by their graves recently posted.
Towards the end of the Molson book, there are some interesting quotes, one in particular caught my eye. In a letter to Molson, written by a future brother-in-law, "Your guardian Companion Gibbins is among us and doing God only knows what. Gibbins is a very free spoken plausible genius. I rather more than suspect him to be an hypocrite and that he is not over and above addicted to the crime of veracity." There is also a statement that his own daughter banished James Gibbins from her house.
Yes, there's one in every family.
My cousin and I prepared a paper, and had it bound, then sent it to the Missisquoi Historical Archives in Stanbridge East, Quebec. The family was one of the earliest settlers of that area, and it was important to let future researchers of the Pell line know there isn't one. They need to follow the Gibbins line in England instead. Six months after we submitted our documentation, I went to Salt Lake City and discovered a marriage record of James Gibbins's parents. William Gibbons married Sarah Pell on 30 May 1722 at Algarkirk, Lincoln, England. I now know where the name Pell came from.
This post was written for the Carnival of Genealogy (COG), a special blog a month, which is open to all bloggers. This month's theme is, "There's one in every family!" and this is my first Carnival entry. Jasia of the Creative Gene blog has been hosting the Carnival of Genealogy, and in December she is celebrating her 100th Carnival (that is 100 months). Please join me in congratulating Jasia and check out her blog at Creative Gene.
Sources used:
Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias (Note: Information about James Gibbins.)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Note: Information about James Pell.)
Molson: The Birth of a Business Empire by Douglas Hunter,
: Penguin Books, 2001. (He gave me permission to use his book, with many quotes, for the paper several years ago.) Canada


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The Canon Ixus 1100 HS is the latest evolution of Canon's touchscreen compact camera. It comes along offering a 12-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor, their DIGIC 4 processor and 12x (28-336mm in 35mm terms) zoom lens.
All this is packed into a body that will slip easily into your pocket. It isn't the slimmest camera around, but with a lens like that, we're impressed that it's as compact as it is.
There is a downside, of course, which is the relatively slow lens, although for the majority of the compact camera crowd, the F/3.4 max aperture probably won't be a problem.
Being a touchscreen model there is little by way of controls, the rear offering up the 3.2-inch 16:9 display, with an adequate 461k-dots, and a solitary playback button beside it.
The saving grace comes in the form of a sliding switch on the top of the camera which will let you move between Auto shooting and everything else. This means that when the chips are down you can flick into Auto and shoot away without thinking about it; you don't have to head back to a mode selector on-screen to get out of whatever convoluted shooting set-up you might be in.
Of course half the fun of using a camera is digging into those crazy shooting modes and the Canon offers bundles. A whole range of effects are packed in, including the fashionable miniature mode, various smile shutters and every scene mode you could imagine.
The Canon Ixus 1100 HS exudes quality in its build, the body feeling reassuringly sturdy and we can't help feeling that the slightly squared, bold looks have something of a retro Eastern Bloc charm to them.
Although the menus are simple and easy to use, and the screen perfectly responsive to our prods, the user interface isn't quite as vibrant and as engaging as you'll find on some other models.
Nevertheless, this being Canon you can expect good performance too, so we'd expect it to be a popular camera this Christmas. Hitting shelves in October, the Ixus 1100 HS has an SRP of £369.
Of course, we'll be bringing you a full review of the Canon Ixus 1100 HS as soon as we can.


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Natalia Blackburn of Blackburn Engineering has conducted a survey to determine how solar cooking usage may be able to reduce traditional consumer energy demand in the USA. When the big picture is considered, Natalia believes that wide use of solar cookers can add up to substantial savings for U.S. communities.
"PV is like going to the moon. Solar cooking is more like walking down the road. We need more stuff like walking down the road to make sustainability happen." (J. Biemer)
The main objective of the survey was to aid that mainstreaming process which has proven helpful with other "now emerged" technologies. One part of this objective was to develop a set of protocols to measure energy savings attributable to the use of solar cookers in U.S. households. Another part of this objective was to collect basic cooking and demographic data from solar cooker households:
The surveyed solar cooking households averaged over 70 solar cooking days in 2012, saving 33% of their total cooking energy during the solar cooking months. This was estimated to be equal to 15% of their total annual cooking energy. The survey results indicate that an average U.S. solar cooking household would save 190 kWh or about $45 per year.
Some noteworthy trends were observed:
- Surveyed solar cooking households usually own more than one solar cooker, favoring box style cookers.
- Energy savings were not as climate-correlated as one may suppose. There is a large portion of the US in which surveyed solar cooking households tend to solar cook 2 times per week in the months the sun reliably shines.
- Surveyed solar cooking households tend to have fewer members than the average U.S. household. Also, solar cooking household members tend to be older.
- Surveyed solar cooking households tend to eat at home more often than the average U.S. household.
See below under News and Developments for links to the full papers.
Preliminary ResultsEdit
Survey Respondent Comments:
I solar cook more when camping than at home. -Sacramento County, CA
I have used a solar oven almost exclusively since 1982. -Pima County, AZ
Although I typically only solar cook on weekends I utilize all of my cookers and store the food in containers to be heated for dinner that week. -Sacramento County, CA
We really use our cookers a lot and consider 9 months to be pretty good. We also cook in the winter…It is a definite fuel savings. In the winter or on partially cloudy days we often use a hybrid method of bringing (e.g. beans) to a boil and then leave them in the solar cooker for hours to simmer. -Delta County, CO
I have been solar cooking for many years & have a lot of experience teaching / training others to use them as well ~ I STILL don't use any of my cookers on a regular basis here in the US…I always say I will, but just don't. As a novelty on a sunny day, I love to show off what they can do, but the sun is not reliable enough in SF to use on a regular / reliable basis. -San Francisco, CA
My sense is that our household saves [only a] little in natural gas and electricity costs by solar cooking (especially since we make very little use of air conditioning). I think our savings are more in the area of purchasing lower cost food items, like bags of flour to bake with, instead of prepared loaves of bread. -St Louis, MO
I do lots of haybox cooking. My solar oven was damaged (melted + mis-shapened) when cooking on a 113°day… -Oklahoma County, OK
With a good sky, you can do a lot in six months of the year, and I have successfully solar cooked some foods in January, with ambient temperatures in the 20s (F) and snow on the ground. -Latah County, ID
- Number of USA Solar Cooking Survey respondents : 90
- Number of households in the survey : 89
- Number of contacted people who said that they had solar cooked so little last summer that they preferred not participate in the study : 4
- Number of those people who did become respondents : 2
- Number of USA Solar Cooking respondents who have been solar cooking for more than 2 years : 86
- Number of households in the survey that have been solar cooking for more than 2 years : 85
- Number of USA Solar respondents who voted $2 to a solar non-profit org* : 46
- Number of respondents who stated that the survey was understating the number of "pretty good months" for solar cooking (Question B-3**) : 12
- Average number of "pretty good months" represented in those respondents' surveys : 6.3
- Average number of months those respondents did solar cook last year : 10.6
*And by the way, Solar Cookers International, Solar Household Energy, Inc., and the Solar Cooker Project (Jewish World Watch) have all sent their thanks.
**Question B-3: "It has been suggested that in [location where respondent lives] there are [#] "pretty good" months for solar cooking…How many days per week during those months did someone in your household use a solar cooker?"
Where Respondents LiveTo enlarge map and scroll
September 2014: A pilot study monitoring and verifying the energy usage/demand impact of cooking appliances in solar cooking households is currently being undertaken.
July 2014: Characteristics of Solar Cooking Households in the U.S.: Comparison with the U.S. RECS Survey was presented as a part of the SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014. This paper presents tabulations and graphs of the data collected from the solar cooking households that were part of the survey including comparisons to typical U.S. households. The paper is geared towards those familiar with solar cooking. Conference presentation video is found here
July 2014: Quantifying Energy Savings of Thermal Solar Cookers in U.S. Households was presented as a part of the American Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2014 conference. This paper presents results of the survey going into detail of how the energy savings potential of solar cooking were derived. The paper is geared towards those familiar with energy conservation ideas but new to solar cooking.
October 2012 - April 2013: Surveys were conducted with a fifteen-minute phone interview, or the group of twenty-five questions were answered by email. Over 90 people from all over the US were survey respondents. Thank you to all of you who were respondents.
Audio and videoEdit
- July 2015: Natalia Blackburn: Quantifying Energy Savings of Solar Cookers in U.S. Households: The Feasibility of Measuring the Savings
- July 2014:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Plaudits also to...Edit
- Solar Cookers International, Sacramento, California
- Citizens For Solar, Tuscon, Arizona
- Solar Household Energy, Chevy Chase, Maryland
- Cantina West, St. George, Utah
- Those involved with solar cooking work done at UNM, Gallup, New Mexico
- Yahoo SolarCooking Group


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KHS represents individuals and their estates in claims against health-care facilities, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, hospice care providers and other assisted living providers for abuse, neglect and exploitation. We also pursue claims for financial fraud and abuse against broker-dealer and financial advisement firms.
If you have witnessed elder abuse, or one of your loved ones has been abused, you should consult a legal professional immediately. There are time-sensitive issues under the California Elder Abuse Law and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA) that should be addressed. Call us today.
The following are indicators of abuse, neglect and exploitation for someone under care:
Signs of Abuse:
Unexplained bruises, welts, fractures, abrasions or lacerations
- Multiple bruises in various stages of healing
- Multiple/repeat injuries
- Low self-esteem or loss of self determination
- Withdrawn, passive
- Fearful
- Depressed, hopeless
- Soiled linen or clothing
- Social Isolation
Signs of Neglect:
- Dehydration
- Mal-nourishment
- Inappropriate or soiled clothing
- Odorous
- Over/under medicated
- Deserted, abandoned or unattended
- Lack of medical necessities or assistive devices
- Unclean environment
- Social Isolation
Signs of Exploitation:
- Missing/"disappearing" property
- Inadequate living environment
- Frequent/recent property title changes or will changes
- Excessive home repair bills
- Forced to sign over control of finances
- No/limited money for food, clothes and other amenities
In addition, Los Angeles County, CA, has approximately 160,000 cases of elder and nursing home abuse every year, with most of these cases going unreported. Los Angeles County alone represents over 25% of all cases in California. Los Angeles is followed by Orange County at approximately 53,000 cases, or 8.4% of the state's cases of elderly abuse. HELP REPORT ELDER ABUSE TODAY.
- Those that hire workers without a background check: Because an elderly person will be allowing someone in their home to assist them, it is very important that they know whether or not that person has been convicted of crimes in the past.
- Those that hire ex-convicts: If a company does background checks but still hires ex-convicts, individuals looking to hire a homecare worker should not do business with them, for obvious reasons.
- Those with a history of elderly abuse or theft: If certain companies are known for having workers on staff that abuse or steal from elderly clients, these are businesses that an individual will not want to work with. Conduct proper due diligence on any homecare service provider you are considering using. You would be surprised at how many care providers have a reputation for abuse and exploitation that could be easily discovered if you do your homework.
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ENGS 36: Chemical Engineering
This course will expose students to the fundamental principles of chemical engineering and the application of these principles to a broad range of systems. In the first part of the course, aspects of chemical thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and transport phenomena will be addressed. These principles will then be applied to a variety of systems including industrial, environmental, and biological examples.


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The pineapple is a traditional American symbol of hospitality. When colonial sea captains returned from their tropical voyages, they would take pineapples from their cargo and hang them on their front door or gatepost as a sign of welcome and hospitality. Later, people began carving pineapple designs into doorways and gateposts. Pineapples are still given today as a symbol of welcome or friendship.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) are leading ageing neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. Although phenotypically distinct, their respective pathophysiologies do share similarities. They are chronic, progressive, and lead to the degeneration of neurons key to the function of the retina or optic nerve. If no treatment is found, the direct and indirect costs associated with these conditions will drastically increase. But Despite enormous research efforts, treatment options are still limited, with no current definitive treatment for AMD and POAG. This paucity of treatment options can be attributed to a fundamental absence in the knowledge around what causes these conditions and how they progress. We use of patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to obtain the key cells involved in these diseases. To increase power of analysis, we use automation of cell culture to allow large-scale modelling of AMD and POAG. Those methods will be discussed. Ultimately, we aim to improve our molecular understanding of those neurodegenerative diseases, and ultimately facilitate preclinical trials, and translatable outcomes.


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STAMPEDE set to release new studio album: A Sudden Impulse on 5/9/2011
Newly reformed NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) heroes STAMPEDE have announced details of the release of their new album, A Sudden Impulse – the long awaited follow up to their classic 1983 debut studio album Hurricane Town.
Finding a happy and welcoming new home with Rock Candy Record's spin-off front line label Grind That Axe Records, the band are finally excited to be able to reveal full track listing and artwork for the new album, which is due for release on April 18. Lead singer Reuben Archer comments "Personally I am really excited about the new album and our association with Rock Candy. It's great to feel part of something that's happening and more than anything we can't wait to get out there and play live!"
One of the most respected hard rock acts during the early eighties, the band signed to Polydor Records and released two albums of impressive melodic rock to both critical and commercial acclaim, being compared to earthy British bands such as UFO and Humble Pie.
Following regenerated interest brought about by Rock Candy Records' reissue of 'Hurricane Town' in 2006, song writing partnership Reuben and Laurence Archer decided to reform the band in 2009. Together with original bassist Colin Bond, new drummer Steve Graystone and the addition of a second guitarist in the form of Chris Clowsley, the band have crafted a worthy, if not superlative, long lost follow-up to their studio debut in the opinion of label manager Derek Oliver, who describes the new material as "lean, mean tough-guy hard rock with all the soulful delivery of classic British steel led by Reuben's instantly identifiable vocal and Laurence's blistering plank spanking burn outs."
Reuben strongly believes that welcoming additional elements to Stampede have only served to strengthen the band, making the new material on A Sudden Impulse their most enjoyable studio experience yet. For example, twenty-year-old guitarist Rob Wolverson was invited to add his unique flair to the recordings as a result of Laurence being indisposed for a period because of personal commitments. Explains Reuben: "We could have had several existing name players fill in during this time, but I'd known Rob for years and watched him grow into a real guitar whizz-kid. He's also a great writer and brought a lot of vibrancy to the project. I just knew he was right for the job."
Commenting on the end result, Reuben adds: "We have a harder sound now, the melodic hooks are there and I think we have a lot more edge than the first time around – especially due to our new powerhouse drummer Stevie G, and also Chris, whose strong rhythm guitar, vocal and guitar harmonies contribute enormously to the new sound. It has all resulted in making the reincarnation of Stampede an even more exciting project for us."
A Sudden Impulse is released on Rock Candy Records on May 9, 2011
Live dates scheduled for Spring 2011 TBA.
Full track listing of the album is as follows:
A Sudden Impulse (2011)
1) Send Me Down An Angel
2) Jessie
3) Having Fun
4) Make A Change
5) Hard Rock Hell
6) This Road
7) Homeward Bound
8) Shame On You
9) Natural Disaster
10) Humble Pie
11) Flaming Gold
Bonus Tracks:
12) Recharged
13) Flaming Gold (Acoustic)
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STAMPEDE announce new single release & video taster
Newly reformed British melodic rockers STAMPEDE are set to unveil their new single "Having Fun" on April 11th.
The track comes from the forthcoming studio album 'A Sudden Impulse', which consequently has a revised release date of May 9th 2011.
"Having Fun", which will be available in digital format only, will be the band's first single in twenty-eight years. It follows previous singles "The Other Side" (1983) from the studio album Hurricane Town, and "Days of Wine And Roses" (1982), which were released by Polydor Records and received considerable airplay on BBC Radio, Capital Radio and across Europe and Japan.
Stampede are also pleased to announce the first of three promo videos to give fans a taster of their new material. The videos feature guitarist Rob Wolverson, and were recorded during part of the schedule when Laurence Archer became unavailable due to personal commitments.
Watch the first video, "Shame On You" here…..
"Having Fun" will be available to download from iTunes and other digital outlets from April 11th.
A Sudden Impulse is released on May 9th on Grind That Axe / Rock Candy Records.
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The Fast Food Prankster is at it Again
Here is a little bit of mindless Saturday morning fun for you. I've posted these videos before, produced by the YouTube prankster known for targeting fast food drive-thru workers. He is back with another one. This time he has some fun with their names.


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Yelp to Add Health-Inspection Grades to Restaurant Listings
Yelp can tell us a lot about about our neighborhood's eateries: Their hours, what their food looks like and what some random dude with too much time on his hands thinks about their waitstaff. What Yelp has been unable to show, until now, is a restaurant's health-inspection grade.
The site has announced it has unveiled a new system that will do just that. It'll soon be rolled out in San Francisco and New York City, with more cities to follow. Any incentive for restaurants to keep clean is fantastic in our books. Although, there's nothing wrong with heading to a greasy spoon with a "C" grade once in awhile. Mmm, cheese fries.


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MWC 15 Special
HTC today announced that its recently announced HTC One-series of Android smartphones will be available from next Monday in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Featuring the HTC One V, HTC One S and HTC One X, the One-series represents HTC's most premium mobile experience with a new level of iconic design, amazing camera and authentic sound experience. The HTC One series integrates Android 4.0/Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC's own Sense 4 UI experience, that is introducing HTC ImageSense, a new suite of camera and imaging features that set HTC One apart from other phones. HTC Sense 4 also includes broad enhancements to audio quality and simplifies how people listen to music on their phone.
The HTC One X features a beautifully crafted polycarbonate unibody that has the ruggedness of metal but is super lightweight. With seamless construction, the unibody combines a unique high gloss 'piano' finish and a matte back.
HTC One is blazing fast with the new NVIDIAR Tegra 3 Mobile Processor for clear graphics, faster applications and longer battery life. It includes a 1.5 GHz Super 4-PLUS-1 quad-core CPU with an integrated fifth Battery Saver Core and a high-performance 12-Core NVIDIAR GPU. The HTC One also has an amazing 4.7", 720p HD screen crafted from contoured Corning Gorilla Glass. HTC One X will also be available in selected 4G LTE markets with a LTE-enabled Qualcomm Snapdragon S4. processor with up to 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU's.
The HTC One S is for people who want a high-end smartphone in a more compact size. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with up to 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU's. It also includes a 4.3" screen crafted from contoured Corning Gorilla Glass. The HTC One S brings HTC's innovative metal unibody styling to a new thin 7.9 mm design, making it HTC's thinnest phone yet.
The HTC One S sports two new finishes that break new ground in mobile phone innovation. The first is an ultra-matte black Ceramic Metal surface that is the result of a microarc oxidation (MAO) process originally developed for use in satellites. It transforms the surface of the aluminum unibody into a ceramic, super-dense crystalline structure that is four times harder than anodized aluminum, enabling the HTC One S to look great over time. The second finish for the One S takes anodizing to a new level with a new patented process that creates a light-to-dark gradient fade that looks gorgeous and sophisticated.
Utilizing the classic, award-winning design of the HTC Legend, the HTC One V brings top-end design to a smartphone with broad appeal and a premium experience that delivers an amazing camera and authentic sound.
It features a simple, iconic aluminum unibody design that exudes craftsmanship and quality.
With ImageSense, HTC One rivals traditional digital cameras with improvements to every part of the camera, including the lens, the sensor, the software, and even integrating a new custom HTC ImageChip. These enhancements combine to deliver our fastest image capture, best image quality under adverse conditions and easiest interface that enables quick access to capturing stills and videos with side-by-side photo and video capture buttons.
With HTC One, Beats By Dr. Dre Audio integration is enabled for the first time across the entire experience for richer, more authentic sound whether you're listening to your favorite music, watching a YouTube. video or playing a game. HTC One also makes it easy to get and listen to your music on your phone with the built-in HTC Sync Manager software that automatically installs to your computer when connected. Once connected, it is easy to transfer songs, artists and playlists from your music library.
Of course, people today no longer just listen to the songs stored on their phones; they use streaming services and tune into Internet radio. So HTC One lets you customize the new Music Hub with your favorite services and music applications, like the latest Soundhound technology, giving you one place to go for all of your music.
HTC One allows to take allthe music anywhere, including the car. With HTC One, users get an easy way to bring their mobile music to your car's sound system with the HTC Car Stereo Clip. It also lets users connect to their music through more than 50 thousand online radio stations worldwide or play music from any service or app on the phone through the car speakers. All this makes HTC One the one place to enjoy all music, wherever you are, with the power of Beats By Dr. Dre Audio and HTC Car.
All three One smartphones, the HTC One V, HTC One S and HTC One X, will be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2. April. The recommended retail price for the HTC One X is 599.00 Euro (Germany and Austria) respectively CHF 719.00 (Switzerland); for the HTC One S 499.00 Euro respectively CHF 599.00; for the HTC One V 299.00 Euro respectively CHF 349.00.
UPDATE 29.03.12: While HTC hasn't given any further information which carriers will carry the One-series, O2 Germany has confirmed yesterday via Twitter that it expects to have the One X and One S in stock and available anytime next week.UPDATE 30.03.12: Prior the official (and global?) launch, German Media Markt took the opportunity to make some extra money in advance by having the HTC One S and HTC One X already on sale!
Cheers ~ Arne
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Date of Location Approval: May 23, 2013
The project consists of improvements along County Road 305 over Big Satilla Creek in Land District 4 located in Appling (GMD 583) and Pierce (GMD 1181) Counties approximately 6.2 miles north of the City Limits of Patterson, Georgia. The project is for the replacement of two bridges with substandard load capacity and deck geometry. The bridges have a high priority for replacement with sufficiency rating of 38.45 for the main bridge and a sufficiency rating of 47.23 for the overflow bridge. Drawings or maps or plats of the proposed project, as approved, are on file and are available for public inspection at the Georgia Department of Transportation
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Tokyo fashion: Lumine 2 and department stores in Shinjuku
Sarah Deschamps and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Lumine is a lovely company which caters for high quality fashion and certainly this company understands the market in Japan. Time after time when you visit different Lumine stores you are guaranteed to find exquisite boutiques, a lovely layout, nice ambience and sophistication. Therefore, amidst the hustle and bustle of dynamic Shinjuku you have Lumine 2 and other Lumine stores. However, this article is just focused on Lumine 2 and giving details about other famous fashion department stores in Shinjuku.
Shinjuku itself is blessed with so many fantastic department stores and stylish boutiques which cater for many different styles of fashion. At all times Shinjuku is awash with people and the atmosphere is electric for fashion lovers but at times it can be too hectic for others. Despite this, if you are a lover of fashion then the choice is amazing and Tokyoites and tourists flock to Shinjuku in vast numbers every day.
Major department stores in Shinjuku and Nishi Shinjuku include Lumine, Isetan, Marui, Keio, Mitsukoshi ALCOTT, Odakyu, Takashimaya and Mylord. Each quality department store provides exquisite fashion and visiting Takashimaya is a real eye opener to the elegance of fashion in Tokyo. However, for younger ladies then Lumine and other department stores like Isetan and Marui One are also extremely popular.
Mylord is part of the Odakyu group and provides a nice contrast with the main Odakyu store. Meanwhile Mitsukoshi ALCOTT and Keio have their own strong powerbase and collectively the fashion stores all add to a vibrant fashion zone. Therefore, fashion is clearly potent in Shinjuku and you can feel the raw energy of this famous part of Tokyo.
Also, if you want to feel the vibe of unique styles which makes the alternative fashion scene tick in Tokyo, then Marui One is a must. This department store took a more risky approach by focusing on "underground fashion" and the "unique vibes of Tokyo and Osaka." Therefore, for fashion lovers who want to see unique styles and feel the buzz of Tokyo, then Marui One provides many lovely styles.
This applies to fantasy fashion, romantic designs, modern kimono, Gothic Lolita, Sweet Lolita, dreamy fashion, casual styles, visual kei, and other amazing trends. Therefore, Marui One is like "a mirror" of parts of Harajuku and this store is internationally famous. Marui have many different stores in Shinjuku but Mauri One stands out because of its individualism.
Turning back to Lumine 2 then this elegant department store is blessed with exquisite boutiques and the atmosphere is always refined. Lumine 2 like all Lumine stores is based on providing boutiques which highlight elegance, current trends, gracefulness and extremely high quality products.
In Lumine 2 you have so many exquisite boutiques and on the second floor alone you have many fabulous fashion stores catering for ladies. This applies to Snidel, Banner Barrett, Jewel Changes, Samantha Thavasa, Grappe Bannister (Abahouse), United Arrows, Spick and Span (FRAMeWORK), Adam et Rope, Aquagirl, LANVIN en Bleu, Moroko Bar, Anteprima/Misto, Jill Stuart, Stunning Lure, KariAng Park, Fray I.D, Borny, Blondy, Peach John The Store (lingerie), RYZA, and several other lovely boutiques and cosmetic stores.
Spick and Span (FRAMeWORK) sums up the second floor well because this lovely boutique gives you a taste of the sheer quality provided within Lumine 2. Also, exquisite designs of bags by Samantha Thavasa and Anteprima/Misto are extremely appealing and the contrasting styles highlight the richness of the entire floor.
The second floor is the largest area for fashion but you also have stylish boutiques on other floors and it is important to look around and take your time. Therefore, on the third floor you will find a nice mix of ladies and men fashion and this applies to Urban Research, Nano Universe, Alfredo Bannister, and a few more boutiques.
The fourth floor is also mixed fashion for men and women and you have lovely boutiques which include Nombre Impair, Casbah, Beaver, Liptional, Journal Standard Relume, and Par ICI Klassisk. Also, you have other stores selling different products or a mixture of goods like Sunday Brunch Zakka (ladies fashion accessories), Raguel (ladies fashion accessories) and several other stores.
Overall, Lumine 2 is a fantastic shopping experience and if you want to see exquisite fashion in the heart of Shinjuku then you can't go wrong by visiting this amazing department store.
http://www.lumine.ne.jp/shinjuku/ Lumine
http://blog-s.frame-works.co.jp/ Spick and Span official blog
http://maruione.jp/en/ Marui Online Shop
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/shinjuku/store_information/ Takashimaya
http://info.keionet.com/foreign/index.html Keio Department Store
http://www.odakyu.jp/english/sightsee/shinjuku/index.html Odakyu Department Store and Tourist Information
http://www.shinjuku-mylord.com/ Mylord
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3011.html Information about Shinjuku
http://www.isetan.co.jp/icm2/jsp/store/shinjuku/info/iclub/index.jsp Isetan


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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association spread the love among an eclectic circle of awards season contenders, recognising The Artist with six nods, followed by The Help and The Descendants on five apiece.
It was a rewarding day for The Ides Of March, which announced itself in the awards race for the first time in a significant way with four Golden Globe nominations alongside Moneyball and Midnight In Paris.
The all-European production Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was shut out, as was Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close.
The UK's Graham King was celebrating a superb haul as the producer behind three nominated films: Hugo earned three nominations including best dramatic picture, while Rango is a best animation contender and Angelina Jolie's In The Land Of Blood And Honey is in the running for best foreign language film.
"I wasn't expecting this," King said on Thursday morning (15), "so it's kind of overwhelming. Projects come together in bunches – it's like feast or famine – and it's about dividing up the time for whatever needs me most and having a great team around me."
It was a good day too for George Clooney (pictured earlier this year at the LFF), who earned a directing nod for The Ides Of March and will compete with his friend Alexander Payne, who directed him in The Descendants, as well as Martin Scorsese for Hugo, Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris and Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist.
Clooney and his Ides co-writers Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon go up against virtually the same field in the screenplay contest – just swap out Hugo for the heavyweight duo of Moneyball scribes Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian.
To round things off his nomination as dramatic actor for The Descendants pits him against his friend and Moneyball star Brad Pitt and his Ides star Ryan Gosling, who is also nominated in the comedy or musical actor category for Crazy, Stupid, Love. Michael Fassbender earns a dramatic actor nod for Shame, as does Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar.
Rooney Mara from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo joins the more established awards season dramatic actress contenders Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, Viola Davis for The Help and Tilda Swinton for We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Michelle Williams, the star of My Week With Marilyn, is nominated in the comedy or musical category alongside Bridesmaids' Kristen Wiig, Charlize Theron for Young Adult and the Carnage duo of Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet.
Below is a sample of reactions circling Hollywood on Thursday. Click here for list of theatrical nominees.
In the UK, BFI CEO Amanda Nevill congratulated the British nominees. "In a year which has seen British films excite and enthral audiences at home and abroad, it's fantastic to now see UK film talent recognised at the Golden Globes. We're delighted to see films backed with Lottery money through our own Film Fund, including The Iron Lady, Shame, We Need To Talk About Kevin and The Guard, receive four nominations, once again underlining the importance of public investment in supporting British film talent."
"I wasn't expecting this, so it's kind of overwhelming. Projects come together in bunches – it's like feast or famine – and it's about dividing up the time for whatever needs me most and having a great team around me. [These three films] are all so different. With In The Land Of Blood And Honey, Angelina was so passionate about doing this film, so she was on that road to making it with or without me, so I loved her passion and it's fantastic to help give someone a shot to start a new career. With Rango, Gore wanted to try animation for the first time and he and John Logan came up with this fantastic story to tell. On Hugo, I'd bought the book way back when and turned it into a movie with Marty directing in 3D for the first time."
Graham King, producer, Hugo, Rango, In The Land Of Blood And Honey
"On behalf of the entire cast and crew of The Descendants I would like to thank the HFPA for this recognition. It is an especially great day. It feels so gratifying to see the career best performance of George Clooney acknowledged, as well as the breathtaking Shailene Woodley. Finally, we are all so proud of our director, Alexander Payne, and feel so fortunate to be able to collaborate with a master filmmaker. Looking forward to celebrating with all of the nominees next month."
Jim Burke, producer, The Descendants
"I keep thinking of this group of friends who have all been struggling forever can go and make this is incredible. Octavia [Spencer] and I met as PAs on a film set and lived together and now this… it's crazy. It's great because I love character pieces and I love to tell real stories and to have American and the world embrace this is great. It's great to have a place in this business. Now I have to call back my mother – she's left me three messages this morning."
Tate Taylor, director, The Help
"We're extremely proud of our association with The Help, and we're thrilled to see the film, as well as the brilliant performances by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain are getting the recognition they deserve."
Ricky Strauss, president, Participant Media
"I'm very excited and honoured by these nominations. It's very gratifying to be recognised by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Everyone associated with the film worked very hard and I am delighted by the public's response. And now this!"
Letty Aronson, producer, Midnight In Paris
"We knew that this was going to be a challenging piece for some audiences so I am especially delighted that the HFPA have acknowledged my contribution to Steve McQueen's amazing film. I am thrilled – thank you."
Michael Fassbender, Shame
"I was very pleased to learn that my Sigmund Freud was nominated today to be part of the Golden Globes ceremony. It would have made me even happier if our director, David Cronenberg, and the remarkable performance by Keira Knightley also had been invited to the party, but I will be extremely proud to represent A Dangerous Method. Fortunately our fine Carl Jung, Michael Fassbender, was nominated for his work in Shame. David made a risky choice when he cast me to play Dr Freud, and I'm glad that his instincts have paid off in the eyes of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association."
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
"I have played bad guys before like in Out Of Sight, although he was a pussy. So here was a guy who wanted to get on with his life and if you put him against a wall, he was going to punch you. I enjoyed the part of him where he doesn't take any shit, but it wasn't so much fun… covered in fake blood with a knife in your hand where you have to be careful not to really hurt someone. Nicolas [Winding Refn, Drive director] has got some real interesting stuff going on – he's interesting, this guy.
Albert Brooks, Drive
"I'm so excited and grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for this honor, as well as for recognising the brilliance of both Alexander Payne and George Clooney. Creating The Descendants was such a magical time in my life, and to now be in the company of so many remarkable nominees this year is truly humbling. This entire journey has been a once in a lifetime experience that I am incredibly thankful for."
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
"I am truly honoured to be recognised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Young Adult was a dream project for me. Collaborating with Jason Reitman was incredible. We had a great time making this film and Mavis Gary is one of the most interesting characters I have ever played."
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
"I am absolutely delighted for myself and for everyone involved in The Guard, especially writer/director John Michael McDonagh, who gave me the gift of Sergeant Gerry Boyle. I love that something so culturally specific can receive such prestigious international recognition. It renews the faith!"
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
"Making Hugo was an extraordinary experience for me. It gave me a chance to work in 3D, which I've wanted to do since I was young; it allowed me to make a child's adventure, the type of picture that I loved when I was young; and it provided an occasion to pay tribute to one of the cinema's greatest pioneers, Georges Méliès. Given the support they've provided to The Film Foundation in our efforts to restore many films over the years, the recognition of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for this particular picture has a very special meaning for me."
Martin Scorsese, director, Hugo
"I'm very touched by the HFPA's recognition of The Descendants among so many other fine films this year, and I'm particularly gratified by the inclusion of Shailene Woodley along with George Clooney for acting honours. I'm looking forward to the Golden Globes dinner and hope they provide a low-sodium option."
Alexander Payne, director-producer, The Descendants
"For myself and for all my collaborators on this film as well as for the extended family of Iranian cinema to which I belong, the selection by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of A Separation as a nominee for the Best Foreign Film Golden Globe is a significant event and it makes us all happy. The nomination gives me greater resolve and encouragement to continue making this kind of cinema." Asghar Farhadi, writer-director-producer of A Separation
"I am very happy with my Golden Globe nomination for my latest film The Skin I Live In. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has always been very generous with me and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. I'm competing with other foreign films that are so fabulous; I don't mind being defeated by any of them. For me, the award will be being at the Beverly Hilton sharing dinner and mineral water with so many people I admire."
Pedro Almodóvar, director-co-writer, The Skin I Live In
"We just heard about the nomination of our film Le Gamin Au Velo / The Kid With A Bike at the Golden Globes. We are so excited and wish to sincerely thank the HFPA for this great honor - and our first nomination EVER in the US. We hope this will lead the film to a great path in the big continent of the USA."
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, writer-directors, The Kid With A Bike
"I am grateful that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is honouring our film. This was a true collaboration and I am forever indebted to our cast and crew, who experienced their own personal tragedies in the Bosnian War and gave me an authentic perspective into the conflict. This nomination is a tribute to the collective talent and passion of this extraordinary cast."
Angelina Jolie,writer-director, In The Land Of Blood And Honey
"To say we're honored and excited and overwhelmed would be a huge understatement. First and foremost, thanks to the HFPA. This is shared with Kaui Hart Hemmings who wrote such a beautiful book that we all fell in love with. We are equally honored to have had this opportunity to write and work with Alexander, someone whom we have long admired. It's all part of a collective dream come true."
Jim Rash And Nat Faxon, screenwriters, The Descendants
"This is a thrill for all of us who worked so tirelessly on Cars 2. We love the Cars world and these characters, and they have truly become part of the Pixar family. We are so very honored that the HFPA has recognised the work and passion that went into making the film."
John Lasseter, director, and Denise Ream, producer, Cars 2
"It is an incredible honour to be recognised by the HFPA. When we set out to make Rango we really tried to do something different, and this distinction is a testament to all the artists who dedicated themselves to that end. Being included on a list with these nominees is unimaginable. I want to thank Johnny Depp for his immense trust and talent in bringing the lizard to life, and to Paramount for their unwavering support."
Gore Verbinski, director, Rango
"After our long adventure to bring Tintin to the screen, this is a very happy moment for us and for Peter Jackson who got the news in New Zealand. We join in thanking the members of the HFPA for this recognition."
Steven Spielberg, director and producer, and Kathleen Kennedy, producer, Tintin
"What a great wake-up call for our entire cast and crew. We can't wait for the ceremony. To quote the cat himself, Antonio Banderas, 'Me-Wow!'"
Chris Miller, director, Puss In Boots
"I am just thrilled that Bernie and I have been nominated for a Golden Globe. What a great end to a fantastic year!"
Elton John, "Hello Hello" – music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga
"It's a huge honour to receive this nomination for The Keeper. Sam Childers' story as depicted in Marc Forster's film deeply resonated with me giving me great inspiration to write this song."
Chris Cornell, nominated for best original song, "The Keeper" from Machine Gun Preacher
"It's a great thrill to be nominated, especially for W.E. The film and the director provided me with so much inspiration."
Abel Korzeniowski, Best Original Score, W.E.
"A Golden Globe nomination is the best imaginable compliment to the whole Downton Abbey team. I feel honoured and delighted and grateful in equal measure."
Julian Fellowes – creator, executive producer of writer of Downton Abbey, which earned four nods including best mini-series or motion picture made for television


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Thursday, December 20, 2012
A New Blog Post
One might think that title is a bit redundant. Not at all. My work for Experience Life Magazine has been featured on Design Director Stepahnie Glaros's blog, seen HERE. You can also link to it from my facebook page....HERE.
The Whos: They Are Drawn
Since it's Christmas-y time, and if you're not into that, it's also cold and dark, so you can celebrate that too, I drew two of my favorite Whos: Cindy-Lou and Doctor in what I assume would be the 5th from last page of an imagined adventure romp. The Doctor would of course, start off his expedition into Who-ville by sampling the best of the local headwear. Headwear is cool.
I also apologize for the off-model Cindy-Lou. I was drawing from memory. But like most Christmas gifts that aren't bowling balls, it's the thought that counts.
Happy Holidays, everyone! Tell us a comic book character as well as a holiday motif you'd like to see said comic book character appear in! Emma Frost meets Frosty the Snowman? Santa and Son of Satan fight some bad guys? Doc Ock and Aunt May under the mistletoe? So on and so forth!
rodtownsend suggested:
Dr. Who and his daughter Cindy Lou
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Mohammed: It Is Drawn
In honor of Fred Van Lente Day, we'll tie in with Fred Van Lente's upcoming project, Action Presidents, by having out artists do "Action" versions of other historical figures (not Presidents or Philosophers, of course). You suggest a historical figure and our artists will come up with an "Action" design for them (like how Plato was a wrestler, so the great Ryan Dunlavey designed him as a big masked wrestler)
JaronHataway suggested:
Action Muhammad
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Line: It is just the CUTEST thing
Based on a suggestion from somebody (repeated by Axel Medellin), pick a comic book character that you'd like to see a "Lil'" version of (like Lil' Archie, Hellboy Jr. or all of those Skottie Young covers)
TheHeroBiz suggested:
Li'l Arkham AsylumL'il Arkham Daycare. There are a bunch of l'il superhero art things (that's what they're called now) out on the web, but they all seem so darn literal in taking characters and smushing them into smaller versions, so I wanted to do something different and portray the Batman crazies as ACTUAL mayhem-causing tots, wrecking up Arkham Daycare for the Criminally Insane (A.K.A. Children). So a little thanks is in order to l'il Maggie Prevatt, whom I modeled l'il Harley Quinn after. I swear, she is that cute.
In the background you can see traces of l'il Penguin and l'il Catwoman, since I don't think they're Arkham natives, and l'il Killer Croc and l'il Mr. Zsasz I couldn't think of "L'il" versions of. Only typing this do I realize that I forgot Mr. Freeze, and that he'd be the perfect "I don't want to play" friend for l'il Bane in the corner there. Oh well.
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