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Magnolia Pictures Wrap-Up (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks out The Good Doctor, Jack and Diane, and Compliance on Blu-ray...
The Good Doctor
Orlando Bloom was put in the difficult position of being the prettyboy star of two major blockbuster film series very early in his career. Besides Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Gore Verbisnki's Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, he was also cast/miscast in huge period action productions, like Wolfgang Petersen's Troy and Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. This premature over-saturation led to inevitable backlash. After some time out of the spotlight in smaller, contemporarily set dramas ( Sympathy for Delicious, Main Street), he took on the role of the villain in Paul W.S. Anderson's ill-conceived Three Musketeers reboot, where he steals the film and is a major component in its surprising watchability. Hopefully, this opens the door to more campy baddy roles peppered through a slowly-growing collection of independent releases. One such independent release is Lance Daly's The Good Doctor, which Bloom also acted as executive producer on (sometimes you just have to create your own roles, I suppose).
The Good Doctor is very much the kind of film an actor would want to usher through production. As Dr. Martin E. Blake, Bloom is the absolute focal center here. He's also an understatedly tortured soul (there's a lot going on behind those eyes) who Bloom must balance between charm and villainy as the character begins to partake in less than reputable activity. His destructive obsession with his young patient, Diane (Riley Keough), recalls the similar and definitively darker obsessions of the title characters of Maniac and Taxi Driver. He's a modern, white-collar variation of DeNiro's Travis Bickle. I'm afraid I'm entirely unfamiliar with Irish director Lance Daly's previous releases (he appears to make a film every 3 or 4 years). His choice of look here is a sort of slick nouvelle vague meets BBC teledrama thing with lots of studious close-ups and blurry backgrounds. This clinical, detached look seems kind of obvious for the subject matter, but goes down pretty smoothly, thanks to the juxtaposition of some bouncy, choppy editing that keeps the mostly uneventful narrative moving. The screenplay is credited to John Enbom, whose most recognizable work includes writing for the Veronica Mars and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles television series. Not to stereotype the guy, but this resume isn't surprising. Much of The Good Doctor plays like a pilot for a particularly unoriginal weekly medical drama that turns into an unremarkable thriller. The awkward build up around Martin's angst is, at times, plenty effective, but one gets the feeling the whole film would work better as a short subject (even with the 'extraneous' stuff, this version would've worked better ending around the one-hour mark everything past that is kind of unneeded).
According to specs, The Good Doctor was shot on 16mm film. This Blu-ray's 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer captures the essence of the format, but this is more of a Moonrise Kingdom or Away We Go 16mm than a Rob Zombie or Walking Dead 16mm. The frame is continuously grainy and the textures are soft, but I'd never describe it as particularly gritty or grim. Daly and cinematographer Yaron Orbach's shallow focus and use of source lighting, coupled with the format's comparative lack of detail, doesn't lead to much in the way of complexity, but major details are reasonably sharp. The brightly lit, detached look lends itself well to a monochromatic treatment, but there are downy pastels and electric red lights peppered throughout the otherwise grey palette. The Good Doctor is so subtle, aurally speaking, that the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack doesn't have a whole lot to do outside of the simplest, centered dialogue and effects. The hallways of the hospital are occasionally brimming with the sound of medical machines, telephones, and softly speaking staff, and some of this does leak lightly into the stereo and surround channels. Directional involvement is limited to occasional horror-movie-like bumps in the night as Martin's paranoia overtakes him. For the most part, it is the crisp center channel that does all the non musical work. Singer/songwriter Brian Byrne's musical score is low energy and atmospheric, alternating between mournful piano motifs and scary, low-end strings that give the LFE something to do. The extras include The Making-of The Good Doctor (9:50, HD), AXS TV: A Look at The Good Doctor (4:50, HD), a trailer, and trailers for other Magnolia releases.
Jack and Diane
Jack and Diane is certainly a conceptually interesting film. Two mysterious young ladies named Jack (Riley Keough) and Diane (Juno Temple) quickly grow infatuated with one another while the camera looks on like a lecherous documentarian. But there's a twist – one of them may be a werewolf. Or not. The horror elements all appear to be metaphorical, rather than literal. Sadly, the interest ends in the concept, because Jack and Diane is a largely uneventful, drowsy, naval-gazer (I believe the technical term is mumblegore) that only acts to remind us there's already a pretty great female-centric werewolf movie laced in metaphors called Ginger Snaps.
Jack and Diane (no relation to the song) is written and directed by one Brian Rust Gray, whose naturalistic approach makes for an effectively ambiguous and even beautiful look. The use of close-ups and subjective camera placement creates an effectively claustrophobic atmosphere that occasionally disguises the listless truth of the film. More often than not, it is the writing that fails him. The complete lack of story momentum is sort of the point of the project, but there's no good reason for his characters to be such thin stereotypes. He makes a valiant attempt at understanding the thoughts and emotions of teenage lesbians – he just has no idea what he's doing. Diane is a faint outline of other sad indie movie girls. She's sure to tell her guardian that she isn't her 'real mom,' she mopes while twirling her hair, and, when she wants to cheer herself up, she plays dress-up in front of a mirror. Jack, who dresses like a high school boy circa 1995 and only plays cassette tapes, is very obviously a surrogate for Gray himself and is perpetually angry, because she's street smart. Eventually, even Gray seems to get bored and he begins fashioning bizarre crises with no payoff -– like Diane's twin sister (who we otherwise never see or care about) being raped as part of an Internet porn ring. Temple (the latest princess of indie films) and Keough (who also appeared in The Good Doctor) act their little faces off to no avail, because their characters are so underwhelming. The only interesting things here are the brief stop-motion animated and creature attack sequences. The creature is designed by Gabe Bartalos ( Basketcase 2 and 3, From Beyond) and the animation has been put together by Stephen and Timothy Quay, aka: The Brothers Quay ( The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes).
This 1080p, 1.85:1 Blu-ray is smooth and reasonably vivid. Gray and cinematographer Anne Misawa don't do a whole lot to colour-coat the film, instead allowing the already colourful costumes and set dressing to create a reasonably eclectic palette. The natural lighting muddies things up a bit, but, for the most part, colour lines are well-defined and the more vibrant hues pop effectively. The otherwise clean details are limited by the use of heavy close-ups and shallow background focus. The 35mm format leads to some fine grain, but the gentle gradations and lack of artefacts might trick you into thinking you're watching a digital HD-shot movie. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack matches the video quality in that it's a mostly naturalistic affair with subtle ambience running through the channels to create a generally immersive aural environment. The musical score is composed by Icelandic pop group Múm (who, as a bit of personal trivia, I met when my friends' band opened for them and I helped sell merch). Most of their score and the more incidental, non-score music often comes from a screen source and is treated appropriately with directional placement and general sound quality. Sometimes the music is so low on the track that the naturalistic qualities are lost (the characters are in a noisy bar and don't even need to raise their voices to be heard), but this helps to soften the sequences where Múm's more dreamy score engulfs the stereo and surround channels in a conventional manner. Extras include Creating a Monster: Behind the Special Effects (10:10, HD), AXS TV: A Look at Jack and Diane (4:50, HD), a trailer, and trailers for other Magnolia releases.
Compliance is easily the best of the three films I'm reviewing for Magnolia. It's also the one that will likely garner the most furiously opposing opinions, because it's subject matter is so nauseating. A man claiming to be a police officer (Pat Healy) calls a fast-food restaurant and informs the manager (Ann Dowd) that one of her employees (Dreama Walker) has stolen money from a customer's purse. The fake cop then proceeds to convince the manager to strip search the employee. When she complies, he ups the ante. The story is based on a series of more than 70 (unfortunately) true events throughout 30 states, that ran almost a decade until the perpetrator was finally caught in 2004.
Writer/director Craig Zobel is another indie auteur I'm basically unfamiliar with, though he was a producer on David Gordon Green's George Washington (Green produced this film in return, it appears). For Compliance, he takes a hyper-natural, documentary-style approach, which is the only way I can imagine such a painfully intimate story being told. His images slowly grow more detached and colder as the emotional horrorshow progresses. The look works to hold the drama, only failing to do so when Zobel and cinematographer Adam Stone cram their actors' faces into the far corners of the super-wide scope frame. Compliance is a very uncomfortable movie on just about every level, from the icky, aggressively frustrating subject matter to the agonizingly realistic characters and awkward small talk. Teeth-grinding anger is the point of the film. It's a horror film, just on an emotional rather than a visceral level. When it becomes painful to watch the pain is complimentary in same fashion that the revulsion that greets a gory special effect is complimentary to a slasher movie. Deeper beneath the stomach-churning façade are potent questions about the right of authority and the psychology of acquiescence (see also: Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, which inspired Oliver Hirschbiegel's Das Experiment). Zobel constructs a tight, tense atmosphere, but, without performances this utilitarian, it may have turned into a goofy joke of a film, thanks to a lack of narrative thrust (it already verges on funny a few times). Lead Ann Dowd garnered Oscar buzz for her portrayal and I have to agree with the general consensus. Her character is almost instantaneously, heartbreakingly tragic, which helps keeps us from absolutely hating her as she allows a bad situation spiral out of control.
Compliance was shot digital HD on Arriflex cameras (meaning this group review covers 16mm, 35mm, and digital formats). Zobel and Stone do interesting things with the visuals by blending the jagged, vérité camerawork with soft-focus backgrounds and smooth, unnaturally homogenized colours. The palette is made up almost entirely of warm colours that are then de-saturated, cooled, and set against a consistent blue hue. The use of heavy close-ups and shallow focus doesn't do the detail levels any favours, but textural complexity doesn't appear to be high among the film's ambitions. The orange and tan backgrounds are occasionally dotted with minor green flecks and the blackest edges feature very minor sharpening effects during the rare wide-shots. This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is very, very loud, despite a general lack of intensive sound design. It's loud, but it's also consistently clean and natural without a lick of high-end distortion. The sound consists mostly of very dry dialogue sequences, but there are scenes that take place out in the weeds of the faux-fast food joint that feature plenty of surround enhancement. Heather McIntosh's musical score doesn't make too many appearances, but when it does, it impresses with rich, super high fidelity solo or quartet strings and stereo-enhanced bells and drums. The score also underlines some of the more intense sequences with a subtle LFE rumble. The extras include an interview with Zobel (10:10, HD), Behind the Scenes of Compliance (2:00, HD), AXS TV: A Look at Compliance (3:50, HD), a trailer, and trailers for other Magnolia releases.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 14th December 2012
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: Various
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: The Making-of The Good Doctor, AXS TV: A Look at The Good Doctor, Creating a Monster: Behind the Special Effects, AXS TV: A Look at Jack and Diane, Interview with Director Craig Zobel, AXS TV: A Look at Compliance, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Lance Daly, Brian Rust, Craig Zobel
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough, Michael Pena, J. K. Simmons, Juno Temple, Pat Healy, Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance and Thriller
Length: 291 minutes
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Interest rate hikes have become less imminent than the Bank of Canada once expected, although rates are still likely to rise, central bank Governor Mark Carney said in an interview published on Saturday.
"Over time, rates are likely to increase somewhat, but over time, so a less imminent timing relative to our expectation," Carney said in an interview with the National Post newspaper.
Canada's economy rebounded better than most from the global economic recession, and the Bank of Canada is the only central bank in the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations that is currently hinting at higher interest rates.
But Carney has also made clear that there will be no rate rise for a while, despite high domestic borrowing rates that he sees as a major risk to a still fragile economy.
"We've been very clear in terms of lines of defense in addressing financial vulnerabilities," he said in the interview. "And the most prominent one, obviously, in Canada, is household debt."
He said the bank was monitoring the impact of four successive government moves to tighten mortgage lending, which aimed to take the froth out of a hot housing market without causing a damaging crash in prices.
A Reuters poll published on Friday showed the majority of 20 forecasters believe the government has done enough to rein in runaway prices, preventing the type of crash that devastated the U.S. market.
The experts expect Canadian housing prices to fall 10 percent over the next several years, but they do not expect the recent property boom to end in a U.S.-style collapse.
Reporting by Janet Guttsman; Editing by Vicki Allen

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Terry L. Green was killed by an unknown gunman 9 years ago
As ambulance workers strapped Terry L. Green to a gurney, the do-ragged, black-muscle-shirted 22-year-old raised his hand skyward. This was the third time he survived gunshots in as many years. His resiliency even led the newspaper to remark the following day on his "catlike survival skills."
But Green didn't have nine lives; only four.
Three weeks later, about 1:35 a.m. on June 24, 2004, a darkly-dressed gunman approached Green while he sat in the passenger seat of a parked car on Glenn Street, a short, shadowy road on Wilmington's south side. The shooter, police say, told the driver, a woman, "If you move, I'm going to kill you," and then pumped four bullets into Green. He died later at the hospital.
As the ninth anniversary of Green's death approached last month, his mother, Sheryn Green, phoned Wilmington police headquarters to inquire about the status of the case, which remains unsolved. With a suspect in mind, police hope a fresh round of publicity will revive public interest and spark new leads for investigators to follow.
The case is now assigned to Detective Lee Odham, by all accounts a jack of working homicides and the department's go-to on cold cases. Handcuffs dangling off his khaki pants as he sat in his cubicle Wednesday, he lamented how the killer remained elusive because of an odd circumstance: Even though police have a possible suspect's driver license and a photograph of him, they don't know who he is.
Green was no stranger to violence. Odham said investigators have reviewed old assaults in which Green was the victim on the belief that maybe someone who once shot or hurt him came back to finish the job.
One such episode occurred on Jan. 19, 2004, when Green was struck over the head with an unknown object, possibly a baseball bat. The suspect in that case, a 35-year-old, 5-foot-8, 200-pound black man whose street name was Don V, is identified on his state-issued driver's license as Vinn Stence.
"But that is not his real name," Odham said.
Odham called Don V "a very good suspect in Mr. Green's murder." But finding his real name and bringing him in for questioning is proving to be an elusive goal.
With information suggesting that Don V is from New York, Odham sent his photograph to authorities there to run it through facial recognition software. No hits.
Odham also sent a toboggan recovered from the scene of the bat beating to a lab in hopes that scientists would find Don V's DNA. They found DNA, but it matched a different man, who died in 2005. Odham also brought the case before his unit's "cold case team," which includes a retired FBI profiler and U.S. Marshal who worked alongside the bureau's behavioral analysis unit. But the review gleaned no new information, and based on the information in the case file and a lack of witness cooperation, the case was given a "medium" probability of being solved.
Green's parents, Sheryn Green and Darryl Brown, remain patient. They spoke Wednesday in Brown's upscale men's clothing store on Princess Street while two of Green's five daughters, Terriana, 10, and Yadajah, 9, stood behind the counter and listened to stories about a father they hardly had the chance to know.
"I want to know who it was so I can meet him before I leave this Earth," Sheryn Green said.
His parents freely admitted their son was not perfect, saying he got ensnared in the kind of street life that hurts too many urban young. And his killing came at a time when the city was experiencing a sharp rise in shootings that in some ways is similar to the situation unfolding recently as factions feud over drugs and turf.
Green also had another side, as a family man, loving to his children, optimistic about the future.
Sheryn Green pulled a stack of glossy photographs out of her purse and passed them over one by one like a flip-book of her son's life: As a young boy cradling a toy fire truck on his great-grandmother's front porch, an adolescent outside of Bible school, a cheery grown-up at a family Christmas gathering, a dad lifting his young daughter onto a pink bicycle with training wheels, a memory that people celebrated by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with his picture and releasing balloons into the sky.
In early June 2004, Green and his father met at his father's insurance office on Castle Street. Brown was concerned because he recently had a vivid dream of his son dying, of police knocking on his door at 4 in the morning to deliver the bad news. And Green, tired of life on the streets, was searching for guidance.
"He came and said, 'Daddy, I'm tired. I don't want to be out on the streets. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do that," Brown recalled. "I told him, 'You don't have to. The choices you're making are the choices you're making. You don't have to do what you're doing."
The two made an agreement that Green would turn his life around. He enrolled into a GED program to start in August. And began visiting his father every day at the insurance office.
Everything seemed on track. And then came a knock on Brown's door.
Odham asks anyone with information about Terry Green's murder to call him directly at 343-3686.
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As part of Lions community outreach programs, the Grand Island Lions Club helped prepare and serve a pig roast dinner for re-enactment members at Lewiston's 200th anniversary celebration of the War of 1812.
Pictured, Lions fellowship was at its finest on Oct. 24 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Lions from Grand Island's sister club of Merritton, Ontario, joined the Grand Island Lions for a joint dinner meeting on Grand Island. Steaks were on the grill, prizes were drawn, and everyone enjoyed the laughter, fun and camaraderie.


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SCHAUMBURG, IL (November 10, 2011) – The International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) today announced the IADT Design Challenge, a nationwide scholarship competition. Two winners and 10 runners-up each will earn scholarships to IADT. Submissions for the Challenge will be accepted from Nov. 10 through Dec. 10 via the Design Challenge tab on the college's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IADTschools.
IADT invites designers and aspiring designers to create and submit a banner ad representing one of the four following IADT programs: Internet Marketing, Information Technology, Retail Merchandise Management or Web Design and Development. Following approval of their submissions, entrants' designs will be open for voting by the public through the year's end. Public voting on Facebook through Dec. 31 will determine the 24 finalists, so entrants are encouraged to share their entries with friends via the social network. Users can vote once each day and do not have to be students to vote. Winners will be selected from among the finalists by a panel of IADT judges.
Anyone who has graduated or expects to graduate from high school (or has earned a GED or expects to earn a GED) prior to July 1, 2012, and is a legal resident of the United States is eligible to enter the competition, including both non-students and current IADT students (this opportunity is not available to residents of Puerto Rico, Texas, and where prohibited by law). Each entry must include the IADT logo, a headline and call to action, along with the entrant's creativity and unique design. Two first-place winners will be selected to each receive $5,000 scholarships to IADT, while 10 runners-up will be chosen to each receive $1,000 scholarships to the college. For more details as well as the full rules and eligibility requirements, visit the Design Challenge tab on IADT's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IADTschools.
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Los Angeles Lakers (26 - 11) @ Golden State Warriors (15 - 22)
Start time: 7:30 PM PST @ The Oracle Arena
Local TV: CSN Bay Area
Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors:
C - Andris Biedrins
PF - David Lee
SF - Dorell Wright
SG - Monta Ellis
PG - Stephen Curry
Probable starters for the Los Angeles Lakers:
C - Andrew Bynum
PF - Pau Gasol
SF - Ron Artest
SG - Kobe Bryant
PG - Derek Fisher
Team leaders:
PPG - M. Ellis (25.6) | K. Bryant (25.1)
RPG - D. Lee (9.9) | P. Gasol (10.7)
APG - S. Curry (5.9) | K. Bryant (4.5)
SPG - M. Ellis (2.3) | D. Fisher (1.6)
BPG - E. Udoh (1.2) | P. Gasol (1.9)
Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers @ Warriors 2011-01-12
Talk about the upcoming Warriors game here
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run, forest, run! here is the only respectable way out of this - running. we are retarded basketball-wise in comparison to lakers, so we should run like this unfortunate fellow. without doubts, simple strategy, just run, warriors, run. you can't win it, but you can receive sympathy for trying. this is the game where defense must be offense, no chance to defend lakers one on one. gamble for steals and run. take it out of sidelines and run. don't care of shot clock - run and gun. force gasol and bynum off the floor, run at them through them besides them. gamble. and run.
gaga_warioz wrote:This will be a close game.
Just like the Lakers and Cavaliers game was last night!
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And Monta has flu-like symptoms! Wonder what else is on TV?
So we're leading after first quarter, we might actually not get blown out. I saw the last part of the first quarter, and we played some good D. Steals and points from transition, not waiting to have a last shot, which I like personally.


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Razer Switchblade Hints at Gamers' Dreams Come True
Walking into the Central Hall at CES, it was easy to first be overwhelmed with the array of tablet devices being showcased at the Intel booth (more about that later). Yet it wasn't all the svelte profile devices without a keyboard that impressed us the most, but instead, it was a pint sized netbook concept from PC accessories manufacturer, Razer, that got the most wide-eyed stares amongst attendees. The Razer Switchblade is an Intel Atom-based device which might make gaming addiction that much more difficult to break, with a keyboard with a tactile keyboard whose layout changes dynamically according to which game is being played.
Take the Optimus Maximus keyboard, mix in an Intel Atom processor with a 7" touchscreen display, and a gaming optimized layout, and you've got the makings of the PC gamer's pocket-sized dream. The idea of tiny, customizable OLED screen keys isn't new, but the netbook specifically designed for gamers whet our appetite for miniaturized online/offline PC style gaming in netbook form (not to mention, future larger full laptop size execution of pro applications such as Photoshop). The Razer Switchblade is just a concept for now, but it was good enough to win the People's Voice award winner at CES 2011.


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In this really case, you will understand that rapping with a prusick under the device is more like using a glove than a second safety. But in both case, it will do nothing to save your life.
a) where did anyone say anything about a prussik or autoblock in that case? b) You don't use an autoblock below the device to prevent you from falling on uneven ropes. it is a back up in case your hand slips, you get knocked out, you need to be hands free to fix a tangle... etckeep babbling noob..
I dont see how this needed a new thread, could have continued this in the accident thread.
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IBM's primer to Cygwin. Cygwin is a UNIX-like environment for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Cygwin includes a real UNIX shell, a Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) emulation library, and thousands of UNIX utilities ported to Windows. Learn how to drop to Cygwin and use its UNIX-like command line to manipulate the system.


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Around 150 species of kinorhynchs have been described since this group was first discovered on the northern coast of France in 1841, nearly all of them less than 1 mm long. They have been collected as far north as Greenland and as far south as Antarctica, as well as in the Black Sea. Most live in marine sand or mud from the intertidal zone to a depth of 5000 to 8,000 meters, but some are known from algal mats or holdfasts, sandy beaches, and brackish estuaries and others have been found living on hydrozoans, bryozoans, or sponges.
The general morphology of kinorhynchs is fairly homogeneous. The body includes a head (which can be retracted into the anterior portion of the neck), with both anteriorly and posteriorly directed spines, and a trunk. The body is divided into 13 distinct "zonites" (the head and neck being formed by the first two zonites and the trunk by the remaining 11), which are viewed as true segments by many specialists. The anus is on the last segment and is usually flanked by strong lateral spines.
Kinorhynchs apparently lack a coelom (distinct body cavity). Like arthropods (and most or all other groups in the superclade Ecdysozoa), kinorhynchs periodically shed their chitinous cuticle as they grow, but apparently do not molt as adults. Kinorhynchs lack circular body muscles and do not swim. They move and burrow by forcing body fluid into the head to extend it into the substratum, anchoring the anterior spines, then pulling the rest of the body forward.
Little is known about kinorhynch feeding, but they are likely direct deposit feeders, ingesting the substratum and digesting the organic material or consuming unicellular algae (they have been found with their guts full of benthic diatoms). Kinorhynchs have separate males and females, which are generally externally indistinguishable. Little is known about the reproduction or embryology of kinorhynchs. Fertilized eggs are deposited in egg cases and development is direct (no distinct larval stage), with juveniles emerging from egg cases with 11 of the 13 body segments already formed, the last 2 segments being added during the juvenile molts (Brusca and Brusca 2003 and references therein; Margulis and Chapman 2010) .
The Kinorhyncha are believed to be closely related to both the Priapula and Loricifera, with which they are often grouped in a clade referred to as Scalidophora; some authors include the Nematomorpha as well in a clade referred to as Cephalorhyncha (Aleshin et al. 1998 and references therein; Halanych 2004 and references therein). Both morphological and molecular data indicate that the phylum Priapulida is the sister group to the Kinorhyncha, although it is possible that the Loricifera are more closely related to one of these groups than the other (e.g., Kristensen 2002; Mallat and Giribet 2006; Telford et al. 2008). Sørensen et al. (2008) present data that they argue supports a sister relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha, which would render the Scalidophora paraphyletic. As of 2010, relationships among phyla within the Ecdysozoa remain poorly resolved, so it is difficult to know which groups will eventually win wide acceptance by specialists as convincingly monophyletic.


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To send multiple faxes using the BVRP Fax Tools program, the program must first be installed onto the system.
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Figure 1 - Correct Placement of Items on the Scanner Glass
Verify that the printer is correctly connected to the system.
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|View Poll Results: Madoka Magica - Episode 05 Rating
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|2011-02-03, 20:12
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Another great episode.
For Sayaka, I think her flags are everywhere. She will suffer either emotionally (Kamijo "dump" her, more on that later), or externally (got owned as a MG), and mostly likely both. Probably not next episode but I will be surprised if she remains happy as both a girl and a MG for the rest of the series.
About the relationship between Sayaka and Kamijo, they are definitely not BF/GF as it is never stated/ hinted in the series. Their relationship is more similar to the one between Saionji and Wakaba in Utena: Saionji is the mighty student council member and captain of the kendo team. Wakaba is a plain girl admired him but Saionji pays no attention to her. When Saionji "falls" (got expelled from the student council), Wakaba is the one who take him in and Saionji returns the affection in a way. But when Saionji got readmitted in the student council, Saionji becomes out of reach again.
I predict that Kamijo will become distance from Sayaka, even by no faults of his own. Like he is busy practicing violin or having interview or planning performance etc. Afterall, only a patient will be on a bed 24/7 and Sayaka can see him whenever she wants to only when he remains a patient.
About Kyubei, it is interesting to see how he can control the MG and what are the boundaries. I think Kyubei should have a trick up on his sleeve if a MG decided to grab the wish to forget the duty of a MG. However, he seems indifferent when Kyoko decide to attack Sayaka. It will be interesting to see if Kyubei is truly powerless to stop Kyoko, or he chooses not to stop Kyoko (to give more opportunity for Madoka to become MG). What if a MG decide to kill normal people for fun? Will/Can Kyubei stop her?
About Homura, she didn't want Sayaka to become MG is because Sayaka will lead Madoka become MG. Homura's main and only goal is to stop Madoka become MG. She only realizes after the fact that Sayaka will become a catalyst for Madoka to become a MG (like what happen at the end of the episode)
|2011-02-03, 20:17
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I actually wonder if the unexpected rogue element that Kyube was talking about referred to Madoka, rather than Homura. Weve had hints before that Kyube views Madoka as somehow different/better than all the other girls, and he refers to how he doesnt have a contract with the person he was speaking about, that comment definitely applies to Madoka, while we dont know if it applies or not to Homura (nothing in the show so far definitively points one way or another).
One part that was awesome storyboarding was when Homura was talking about Mamis fate, and right then she pulled the lid off her cup. I shuddered when she did that, and from the look on Madokas face, she also got the implication .
About the fight between Kyoko and Sayaka I feel like this entire episode was manipulated by Kyube to persuade Madoka into forming a contract, just like how in previous episodes he kept emphasizing the I can grant any wish even for someone else to Sayaka. Im really not liking that little ferret thing
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|2011-02-03, 20:38
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As expected Sayaka is dragging Madoka into the rubbish life of a mahou shoujo. Here's hoping Sayaka crashes and burns before Madoka can even think about becoming one.
Homura is getting clear. She knows Madoka would turn into a mahou shojo to help her friends which is why she is keeping such a distance from her. She's also caught onto kyubei's plan to use Sayaka as the catalyst to make Madoka into a mahou shojo.
|2011-02-03, 20:38
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But of course, Kyube can't win no matter what he does.
Ranma: "Hey, Kuno!"
Kuno: "Your attempt to greet me is all an act to get inside my guard. I shall not fall for it!"
Ranma: "Seriously, Kuno, I'm just saying hello."
Kuno: "Don't mock me, Saotome! One day I shall expose thy vile sorcerous ways!"
Akane: "Come on, Ranma, ignore him. We're going to be late for class."
But could go either way. Just how I saw it, which may or may not be correct.
|2011-02-03, 20:42
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Time travel/alternate universe sure got a boost with Kyuube unsure if he contracted Homura. The insinuation being he contracts all magical girls, but can't remember ever contracting her. Yet. ;p We know Homura can hear him though, from the episode where Mami was killed. So it's almost certain he did contract her I think.
Kyuube is quite the master manipulator. Very clever attempt to get Madoka to contract. I'm amazed anyone can believe he's anything but evil.
Kyoko. I like her. She's a realist, like Homura in a way. She's just chosen a more...brazen approach to it all. She brought up an excellent point by the way. If you go around killing the familiars, there will be no witches. No witches, no grief seeds. We don't know what happens when a magical girl's soul gem goes out, but I suspect it isn't anything good.
Kyoko also appeared genuinely amused at the reason for Sayaka becoming a MG. Makes me curious how she became one herself. I mean we've seen Kyuube play on these two girls' fears/insecurities/sense of justice. Mami probably had no idea what she was getting into. How did Kyuube convince Kyoko to do so?
Anyways, Homura is getting real interesting now as the time travel/alternate universe theory gains steam. I have no idea what to expect in the next episode.
I suppose it's possible Homura ends up killing Kyoko (though I get the feeling she has no urge to kill any magical girls). Doing so might help to unglamorize the profession even further in Madoka's eyes though, which could be all the reason needed I suppose.
Btw, there were so many death flags for Sayako, that I almost thought she wasn't going to last a full episode as a magical girl.
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|2011-02-03, 20:55
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And telepathy is possible merely because Homura has magic and Kyube is nearby.
|2011-02-03, 21:00
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He's not allowed to pressure anyone,and that's not speculation,he's said it himself.
So who knows,maybe if he could he would.
|2011-02-03, 21:02
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I remember you said you liked facts. FACT is that he called over Kyoko in ep4. FACT is that he's been with her two times where she indicated that she intends to kill another MG without trying to dissuade her from doing so. FACT is that he didn't even bother to tell Sayaka that she's in danger.
|2011-02-03, 21:14
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Sure about that?
He did say "I didn't expect you to show up" , maybe he just sent a general message like "to all MGs Mami is dead,her territory is up for grabs" and Kyoko's the first one who showed up (despite apparently having been far away previously)
edit:scratch that,if he were neutral he'd inform both girls that's there's another girl in town,he told Kyoko about Sayaka,but never told Sayaka Kyoko was in town
|2011-02-03, 21:17
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But hey, if I wanted to be like you... FACT: he hasn't stopped Kyoko because he's using her to make Sayaka stronger!
Sorry, stuff like that ain't facts; they're assumptions. Opinions. Guesses. But you're convinced you're right, and there couldn't possibly any other explanation, right?
Damn that evil Kyube, creating Magical Girls to fight witches in order to save people! DAMN HIM TO HELL! He should know what's good for him and go away and stop making magical girls so that witches can have free run on humans!
Listen, dude, having an opinion is fine. But part of having an open mind is acknowledging that you could be wrong, and that maybe, just possibly you should withhold some judgment until he actually does something evil. The term is a loaded one, and I prefer to save it for those that are truly bad. But if you toss it around willy-nilly, then it loses its importance.
Yeah, some of what you have there is facts, but it's also called "cherry picking intelligence to suit your cause." Last I checked, people frowned on that.
You, however, have decided that Kyube is evil and Homura is good, and nothing will dissuade you from that. Kuno is convinced Ranma is evil and has used dark magics to enchant Akane Tendo and the pig-tailed girl, and no matter what action Ranma takes, Kuno won't believe otherwise. That's not a good stance to take, dude. Other people tend to just shake their heads and sigh.
I'll make this prediction: no matter what happens in this series, you'll forever think of Kyube as evil. I won't try to change your mind, and you're entitled to your own opinion; you're just not entitled to your own facts.
|2011-02-03, 21:23
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|2011-02-03, 21:38
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Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
|2011-02-03, 21:44
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|2011-02-03, 21:45
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If you have a credible explanation for all them, I'm interested in that. If not, believe in your furry bundle of good by all means. In the meantime, leave me to my delusion that this furry piece of (censored) does not have Madoka/Sayaka's best interest in his mind.
[Rest of chatter about me deleted]
Look. This is not about me. Let's discuss the anime instead, okay? I bet the rest of the board is even less interested in you psychoanalyzing me than me.
|2011-02-03, 21:46
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I wasn't the only one who noticed the time discrepancies, there was a mention of it on the puella-magi wiki to that effect. Another thing I noticed just from viewing, is that the symbols that are on her shield, I guess it is, is very similar to the magic circle or whatever that was around the enemy that homura was fighting in the dream sequence of the first episode, no idea what significance that holds, but just something I noticed. Either way, there are little hints being dropped here and there, and I am sure that rewatching this series once it is all done and over with will be fun, picking out all the bits of foreshadowing.
|2011-02-03, 21:57
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I don't understand why Mentar and Kaijo arguing about something that cannot be argued
As of ep 5, Kyubei looks more suspicious than Homura. However, the anime hasn't past the point of no return where it is impossible to change that. The writer/ director of the show can easily use the rest of the episodes to make Kyubei good if he chooses to be. Afterall, so far Kyubei has not committed a single "evil" act. (indifferent maybe, but so far Kyubei did not do anything bad)
|2011-02-03, 22:00
|Link #79
See, that's the problem here. You take your assumptions as facts, and then are flabbergasted when people don't take them as fact. Recognize that they are just your opinion, and we won't have an issue.
But I'll state this one more time: "I don't know that Kyube is evil or good, only that his actions thus far can't conclusively be proven to be evil." I predict I'll have to say this again, though.
|2011-02-03, 22:03
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Under the assumption that luring girls into becoming MGs is a good thing, then no, he hasn't done any active evil. Agreed. I'd have guessed though that remaining passive on the knowledge that someone intends to kill the MG you're currently living with might warrant a tad of concern though.
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Still, that today's Cooper continues to be a genuine object of desire in its eighth year of production testifies to the Mini's fundamental excellence. Indeed, not much has changed since it debuted way back in 2007 (by the way, it is scheduled for replacement for next year), but that's fine with us. Today's Mini Cooper Convertible remains a champ at bringing smiles to practically every face it meets.
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The Mini Cooper Convertible is unchanged for 2014. A redesigned Mini Cooper is on its way soon, and we'd expect a new Cooper Convertible to follow closely behind.
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Sophisticated engines; great fuel economy; responsive handling; inspired styling; makes parking fun
What We Don't
Tiny back seat and cargo bay; ergonomically challenged controls; stiff ride with sport package
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Fuel Economy
The base Mini Cooper Convertible is powered by a 1.6-liter inline 4-cylinder rated at 121 horsepower and 114 lb-ft of torque. It's offered with 6-speed manual or automatic transmissions. Fuel economy is a frugal 27 miles per gallon city/35 mpg hwy with either transmission.
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Part One: There is Poop
By Amy King
Those of us obsessed with knitting eventually begin to dream of owning a few animals from which to harvest fiber. We have visions of blissfully tending to sheep, goats, or what-have-you; spinning and dyeing fleece and fiber into gorgeous yarns that we will use to make all sorts of fabulous creations. In my case that dream belonged, not to me, but to my daughter. I was blissfully happy to purchase my fibers, thank you very much. But she had other ideas. What makes a kid campaign for goats instead of a puppy or a kitten? Who knows? She's a teenager and not very forthcoming about most things. Whatever the reasons she embarked on a two-year campaign to convince us that we needed goats and eventually we acquiesced. Because it's kind of a nice dream, right?
In my dream the goats were clean, loveable creatures that eat grass, are open to snuggling, and supply all the fiber one could ever hope to own. Mess didn't enter into the idealistic picture that I had created in my head. Cute barn, muffled noises, rolling green pastures—all without the compost pile. That was the vision. The reality is that there is poop. Lots of it. It ends up on your clothes, on your shoes, in your hair, and on your face. Don't ask me how it ends up in your hair or on your face. If I knew, I would be able to ensure that it never ever happened again. This is not a promise I am able to make to myself. I only promise to check every so often to make sure I clean it off as soon possible.
There is poop. It ends up on your clothes, on your shoes, in your hair, and on your face. Illustration by Amy King.
I'm no stranger to farm life—I grew up on one owned by my grandparents where we tended cows, chickens, pigs, and the odd sheep or goat—but one forgets about the poop when the animals have been off the farm for more than 10 years. Ten poop-free years. No mucking stalls. No compost piles. No stuff clinging defiantly to your shoes. (Seriously, mud has nothing on poo.) And it's not like we weren't prepared. As part of her campaign to bring in the goats, my daughter centered a year's worth of her homeschooling on the subject. Goats factored into just about every report she did. Science was goat anatomy; chemistry involved in making cheese. All English essays had a goat theme, and every poem she turned in featured goats.
She was winning the goat argument, but I wanted to make sure the animals would be useful and have a good life without costing us an arm and a leg. Eventually the two of us took a class at Friend's Folly Farm, the place that would eventually supply us with our fiber goats. We learned about health and maintaining hooves, about worms, and general care. We chased down a few kids and cuddled. And that was the clincher. Cuddling this warm furry, curly, little snuggly beast was the end to all my objections. Two. We can have two goats.
Two goats came to live at the farm and the barn stayed quite clean. There weren't piles of mess everywhere, but what little byproduct there was, I became very concerned with it. Careful evaluation of goat poop, you see, is one of the keys to the animal's health and well-being. Could the goats have worms? Look at the poop. What color is it? What is the texture? I'd become inordinately concerned with the excrement of my lovely little pets.
I want to paint a picture for you about how this works. You want to test a particular animal and not necessarily all of them, and you want a fresh sample so you will have the best most accurate results. This means you follow the goat around with a plastic baggie on your hand, just waiting for them to poo so you can have a fresh sample to test.
Collecting fecal matter and wondering if the sample you have will be enough is now your life. Is it too brown? Too green? Too soft? You can tell a lot about the health of the animal just by looking at the poo. Sometimes you can see the worms (if you've had a cat, you might know how this works) and just by the color, you might be able to tell if they're eating too much or too little of one thing or another.
I've learned you want a good healthy, firm, dark brown, pebble-like poo coming from your goat. Yet still even if it looks terrific, you might have issues with a whole host of types of worms. Every so often you need to get a sample tested. You can do this at a lab, but can cost quite a bit so we decided to learn how to do the testing ourselves.
Careful evaluation of goat poop is key to the animal's health and well-being. Illustration by Amy King.
We purchased a modest microscope and some test tubes and then confiscated the scale, some cups, and the sieve from the kitchen. I won't detail the process involved in running this test, but suffice it to say, you don't want the strainer back in the kitchen ever again. It's not a particularly messy process, and it's pretty exciting when you look through the microscope and start counting up the parasite eggs. It feels like you've succeeded. Until you realize that by succeeding in finding parasites, you need to dose out medication.
I think I forgot to mention that in only a few short months, "we can have two goats," ended up as a herd of seven. No one gave birth. Nothing magical happened except that maybe my brain left my body for a moment. We have four goats bred to be milkers (pets) and three fiber goats. One might think that as a knitter I'd have more fiber goats than milkers. One would be wrong. This lopsided goat tally is a testament to the power of big, brown child eyes and massive, blue baby-goat eyes.
Seven goats. Seven goats, soon to be who-knows-how-many goats. As I write this, Miss Nikki is due to kid at any moment, and we aren't sure how many babies are in there. She's about as wide as she is tall and as flat as coffee table, so the popular guess around here is that there are three. By the time of publication my herd will have grown to eight, nine, ten, or maybe even eleven goats.
This many goats put out a lot of compost. Please don't misunderstand me. I enjoy the goats immensely, and I would happily have more when and if there is room for them all. The goats are a delight and joy. They are ridiculous and smart creatures. They know their names, and they may choose to come when they're called or they may not. They're really not all that different from my dogs. The babies of the bunch enjoy regular trips into my Mom's house where they headbutt their reflections on the oven door and then attempt to get into the fridge. I'm happy they don't have thumbs—they eat like teenage boys.
The poop is plentiful—and good compost. Illustration by Amy King.
My children dress the goats up and encourage their participation in plays for each successive holiday. All of these activities happen in the house. And yes, the goats do poop in the house, though the ones that regularly visit seem to do so less often. They're ushered outdoors whenever this occurs, so it seems as though they try to contain themselves when possible. If they are actively holding it to be in the house, then they might be smarter than one of my dogs. In the barn, there's no such restraint. The day and night shifts are running overtime all the time to make sure the poop is plentiful. If you have need of fertilizer, I know where you can get some.
Amy King is the dyer at Spunky Eclectic (www.spunkyeclectic.com) and chief goat herder of her family's little hobby farm. The goats, however, think they're in charge of themselves. There's never a dull moment.


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The St. Mary's Knights are headed to the Metrodome after a 20-14 victory over Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity at the Class A State Tournament quarterfinal on Nov. 9.
St. Mary's 20,
Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity 14
The St. Mary's Knights are headed to the Metrodome after a 20-14 victory over Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity at the Class A State Tournament quarterfinal on Nov. 9.
Junior running back David Surprenant had a career high game after rushing for over 250 yards on the day. Surprenant averaged 7.2 yards per carry and was responsible for multiple first downs which ultimately led the Knights to the win.
"David had a heck of a game," St. Mary's quarterback Brandon Helget said. "All game he was just running all over them."
It was somewhat of a shaky start for the Knights. St. Mary's opening drive resulted in three first downs before handing the ball over to LP/HT. The Bulldogs were looking to get an early lead after a 45 yard run led them to the red zone. But the Bulldogs got in a slump after they made two false start penalties which was followed by an interception by senior John Brandl in the end zone.
The Knights took full advantage of the turnover as Surprenant made a 40 yard run down the field which set up a 36 yard pass play from Helget to sophomore Kodak Kosak for a touchdown. The two-point conversion from Helget to Brandl was no good but St. Mary's had the 6-0 lead to start the second quarter.
The Knights were given the ball again on their own 18 after Lester Prairie was unable to convert a fourth down. Another successful march down the field took place for St. Mary's as Helget made a big 35 yard running play while Surprenant ran for 46 yards plus a six yard touchdown run. The Knights took a 14-0 lead after Surprenant ran in the two points.
The end of the first half was an interesting one. Despite a nice rolling punt by Surprenant on the Knights own 14, LP/HT was able to make a quick 39 yard pass play with a minute remaining. With only a few seconds left, the Bulldogs were penalized for calling a timeout when they didn't have one. The Bulldogs then made a confusing spike which was either to stop the clock or end the half. Either way, a 20 yard touchdown pass was made with one second left which put the score to 14-6.
The third quarter began with a drive by LP/HT that ended in a failed field goal attempt. Four plays later, the Bulldogs had the ball again after Helget threw a costly interception at midfield. LP/HT capitalized on the mistake and tied the score 14-14 with its passing game.
But St. Mary's showed determination to get back on top with its next drive. After a nice 18 yard return by Jaden Wait, the Knights had a solid drive down the field that ended with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Helget to senior Michael Hirsch to regain the lead and end the third quarter. Hirsch said it was nice to score what became the game winning touchdown.
"I got a lot of crap from my lineman Andy Steffl because he had more touchdowns than me this season," said Hirsch with a laugh. "So it feels good to even it up."
The Bulldogs threatened to take the lead on their next drive after they passed their way down to the 11 yard line, but failed on a fourth down pass. The final drive for the Knights was one for the record books. The drive was 19 plays long as St. Mary's ran the clock down. Surprenant continued to plow through the defense as the Knights advanced the ball from their own 11 all the way to the one yard line on the opposite end of the field. With no timeouts remaining, all the Bulldogs could do was watch as St. Mary's ran the clock down to zero and take the game.
Helget went 5-for-8 and 76 yards to lead in passing. Surprenant had 35 carries for 251 yards to lead in rushing, with Helget behind him at 11 carries for 65 yards. Kosak led in receiving with one catch for 36 yards while Hirsh had one for 22. On defense, Wait led in solo tackles with seven, while Surprenant had five solos plus four assists. Lucas Heiderscheidt added four tackles while Carter Krzmarzick had five tackle assists.
The unbeaten Knights move on to play Dawson-Boyd at the state semifinal on Nov. 16 at 9 a.m at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. A win will put them in the State Championship on Nov. 30.
Hirsch said getting a chance to play in the dome is an unforgettable experience.
"It's amazing, you can't even describe it," Hirsch said. "We've worked all year to try and get here and it feels great to finally accomplish that."


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, July 23, 2010
'60s British illustration: "... a great but little known era"
Hopefully the book will stand as a fitting tribute to a great but little known era and the artists who helped define it, but I'm all too aware of how much more there is to discover.
I was amazed when writing about the artists how difficult it was to find out anything about Lynn Buckham (below) for instance - indeed for most of the time researching his career I didn't even know if he was even a "he"… or a "her."
There is even less information around about the Brits. Thankfully some giants of the artform such as Walter Wyles (below) are still with us.
But far too many have just disappeared from sight entirely. One of the very most talented Brits in the book is Eric Earnshaw (below) and yet to date I have been unable to find out anything at all about his life or career. It is as if he has simply vanished entirely, as if he had never been born almost.
Well, the fight back starts here.
David A Roach – July 2010
* Lifestyle Illustrations of the '60s is available at Amazon.com
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I got my copy last week, and I'm blown away by the volume of illustrations inside, the talent and the vivid colors. I love how it is presented in a year-by-year format, but one complaint would be that most of the illustrations are taken out of context - that is, the main subjects have been cropped from what was probably a horizontal, two-page layout. That being said, though, I love this book, and can't wait for the 50s volume.ReplyDelete
please tell me there will be a 40s volume too !ReplyDelete
This book looks awesome! Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
- Dueep Jyot Singh8:39 AM
Eric Earnshaw along with Will Davies was a regular artist for- Womans Weekly, a very popular Brit magazine- in the 60s. His distinctive style made one visualise the characters so well, that one "knew" what the hero and heroine looked like. One knoweth not where those art influencing giants have gone, Earnshaw, Davies, Peter Gibson , Tom McNeely et al...ReplyDelete
Tengo una obra original de Eric Earnshaw, una escena de los años 50, posiblemente de algún viaje a la Costa del Sol, en el pueblo de Mijas, Málaga. La escena trata sobre unos turistas cogiendo el llamado burro-taxi, típico de este pueblo. Cualquier otra consulta, estoy disponible en www.jfernandezantic.esReplyDelete


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CCRI men's hoops team off to 3-0 start
The CCRI Men's basketball team hosted the Knights of Northern Essex CC of Haverhill, Mass. at the Vincent Cullen Fieldhouse Tuesday night in a Region XXI non-league contest. The CCRI Knights came away with a 90-72 victory, raising their record to 3-0 and 2-0 in Region XXI.
The game was wide-open in the first half and No. Essex's athleticism allowed them to penetrate into the lane and generate easy baskets in close. They took a 39-31 lead into halftime. CCRI turned the tide early in the second half, using its three-quarter court pressure defense, which created multiple turnovers and easy fast break baskets for the CCRI Knights.
The Knights were led by freshman point guards Billy Soriano (Providence) and Anthony Jernigan (East Hartford, Conn.). Soriano had 17 points while dishing out six assists with four rebounds and two steals. Jernigan added 17 points with three steals and three rebounds. Sophomore Pat Marchand (Cranston) had a double-double, scoring 14 points and ripping down 12 rebounds, and sophomore Anthony Henry (Danbury, Conn.) added 10 points, six rebounds and a steal to the Knights' attack.
"Another team victory," CCRI head coach Rick Harris said. "With good teams like ours, different players step up at different times to produce wins. We had that happen tonight against a good team."
The Knights host the Rams of Springfield Technical Community College tonight at 6 p.m. at the Vincent A. Cullen Fieldhouse for another Region XXI non-league game.
Knights defeat Roxbury CC in season opener
The CCRI Knights men's basketball team traveled to Roxbury Mass. to take on the Tigers of Roxbury Community College on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams as part of the Roxbury Tigers' Invitational. The Knights came away with a 102-89 victory to start their season.
The Knights' offensive outburst was fueled by 10 three-pointers, including seven in the second half. After a close first half that saw the Knights take a nine-point lead into halftime with the at 48-37, they increased second half leads up to as many as 20 points. The Knights had all 14 players score in the game, led by sophomore Henry, who scored 19 points with seven rebounds, two assists and a steal. Henry was joined in the double-digits scoring by freshmen Omar Orriols (Boston, Mass.) and Malieke Young (Providence) who scored 14 points each, while combining for five three-pointers. Also making big contributions to the win were sophomore Marchand, who just missed a double-double with nine points and 13 rebounds, and freshmen point guards Anthony Jernigan (Hartford, Conn.) with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists and Soriano with had five points and four assists.
Lady Knights cruise past Central Maine CC
The CCRI Lady Knights' basketball team traveled to Auburn, Maine to play the Mustangs of Central Maine Community College for their season opener. The Lady Knights defeated the Mustangs 74-49. With the victory, CCRI begins the season 1-0.
Central Maine jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead as the Lady Knights shook off the opening game jitters and quickly answered with a three-pointer from captain Allexia Barros (New Bedford, Mass.) to cut the lead to 4-3 Mustangs. The Lady Knights would take their first lead 8-7 at the 15:52 mark on a lay-up by captain Alison Littles (Holyoke, Mass.) and they never looked back. The quickly extended their lead to 10 points and then took their largest lead of 11 points with the score 29-18 on a jumper from captain Ahnyyah Jackson (Hackensack, N.J.). CCRI took a 10-point lead into halftime 37-27.
In the second half, the Lady Knights kept the defensive pressure on the Mustangs and extended the lead to 16 points on a layup by freshman Ashley Malloy (Kensington, Conn.), making the score 51-36 with 11:43 remaining in the game and then cruised to the 25-point victory.
Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Barros with 21 points – including three three-pointers – with five rebounds, four steals and four assists. Jackson had 19 points, also including three 3-pointers, with three steals, three assists and two blocked shots. Also helping CCRI was Malloy, who came off the bench to score 15 points with four rebounds. Jesse Ossian (Chandler, Ariz.) did a great job distributing the ball while scoring 10 points with seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. Littles added four points and a game-high 19 rebounds.
"We started off a little shaky but I could tell it was first game jitters," said first-year head coach Brittany Brown. "I called an early time out so the ladies could compose themselves and from there we started rolling. Once we settled down the Lady Knights showed up to play and that's all I can ask for."
The Lady Knights will travel to Fredrick, Md. over the weekend to play in the Fredrick Community College Cougar Classic. On Saturday, they play Frederick CC at 5 p.m. and Sunday they play Allegany College of Maryland at 1 p.m.
Lady Knights to host volleyball district tournament
The CCRI Lady Knights volleyball team will be hosting the District L Division II Volleyball Championships this weekend. The tournament participants will be the CCRI Lady Knights (12-6) from Region XXI, the No. 11 ranked (NJCAA DII poll) Mustangs of Monroe College (31-6) from New Rochelle, N.Y. as Region XV champion, the Cougars of Genesee Community College from Batavia, N.Y. as Region III champion, and the Hawks of Delaware Technical Community College (25-2) from Dover, Delaware as the Region XIX champion.
The tournament format will be double elimination best three-of-five match play. The schedule for the Women's Volleyball Districts is as follows:
Monroe College vs. CCRI, 10 a.m.
Genesee CC vs. Delaware Tech CC, 12 p.m.
Losers from Game 1 and Game 2, 2 p.m.
Winners from Game 1 and Game 2, 4 p.m.
Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 10 a.m.
Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 12 p.m.
If necessary game, 2 p .m.
Lady Knights to host Soccer District Tournament
The CCRI Lady Knights soccer team will be hosting the District E Division II Soccer Championships this weekend. The tournament participants will be the CCRI Lady Knights (10-6-1) as the Region XXI champion, the Lady Tribunes of Monroe Community College (13-4) from Rochester, N.Y. as the Region III champion, the Mustangs of Monroe College (11-1) from New Rochelle, N.Y. as the Region XV champion and the Wolverines Essex County College (10-1) from Trenton, N.J. out of Region XIX
The schedule for the Women's Soccer Districts is as follows:
Monroe CC vs. CCRI, 10 a.m.
Monroe College vs. Essex, 1 p.m.
Championship game, 12 p.m. (Home team determined by national rankings)