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In this lesson, Miche Fambro provides insight into the world of singing, accompanying vocals, and different musical styles.
Taught by Miche Fambro in Miche Fambro Lessons seriesLength: 17:09Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
sincerely inspiring advice from an amazing musician! what a find!
I see no comments for a while , this guy is very good a born teacher ,I am going to google him now .
Miche, I picked this lesson randomly. Very impressive lesson. Your thoughfulness and sincerity comes through. I like your honesty about letting go. I am trying to improve enough to accompany myself singing the American songbook standards from the 1930 and 1940s. I never thought that I was giving an impression of singing Billy Eckstine, or Frank, or Tony, or Jerry Vale or whomever, but I realize now that's what I do.That's what I want to do. I've discovered that practicing my chords while singing their songs is never drudgery - it always fun for me. My goal is to be able to combine fingerstyle melody with rythmic strumming in a sort of 'cocktail guitar' style....I'm inclined to see more of your series notwithstanding the mindblowing upside down guitar!
I could watch this lesson over and over ! You clear up and explain all the questions that were in my head and some that I didn't realise were in my head ! Thanks Miche , I like your style of teaching very much.
Love this lesson. Thanks for the effort you put in to making it seem easy in the way you present.
High five for the great Sinatra-esque impression :D
Miche Fambro, a dynamic songwriter and performer, delves into the world of acoustic guitar. Instead of focusing on specific techniques, Miche heavily covers meta guitar concepts that can truly facilitate growth as a musician.
Lesson 1
To open his artist series, Miche talks with the JamPlay staff about himself, the music business, and guitar playing in general.Length: 37:09 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 2
This lesson is the official start to the lesson series with Miche Fambro. In this lesson he introduces himself and talks about the pros and cons of playing left handed.Length: 14:43 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 3
In this lesson, Miche explains his instrument and how he uses it for percussive sounds.Length: 11:20 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 4
Miche covers the basics of using your guitar as a percussive instrument.Length: 12:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
Miche Fambro talks about proper stretching and hand care. He also demonstrates some valuable left hand exercises.Length: 31:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 6
In this lesson, Miche discusses the picking hand. He explains its importance to rhythm and also covers some basic flamenco techniques.Length: 24:25 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
Miche Fambro explains how dynamics greatly enhance the emotional intensity of a song.Length: 11:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 8
Miche Fambro introduces the G major scale. He also provides further instruction on position playing.Length: 7:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 9
Miche introduces the concept of intervals, one of the core building blocks of music. He also returns to the topic of scales and positions.Length: 11:38 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
In this lesson, Miche Fambro shares several helpful tips on songwriting and creating melodies.Length: 9:55 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 11
In this lesson, Miche Fambro provides insight into the world of singing, accompanying vocals, and different musical styles.Length: 17:09 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 12
Miche demonstrates a unique tapping idea that is easier to play than one might think.Length: 2:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 13
Miche discusses music theory and explores its benefits as well as its pitfalls.Length: 9:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 14
Miche Fambro presents another fun, yet simple tapping idea.Length: 2:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 15
Miche Fambro discusses how important composure is when playing live. Proper composure can make the difference between being applauded or laughed off stage.Length: 5:44 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 16
Miche introduces several new chord concepts that add color and excitement to any progression.Length: 15:49 Difficulty: 2.5 FREE
Lesson 17
Miche Fambro takes the chord concepts from the previous lesson and applies them to the E and E7 shapes.Length: 6:13 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 18
Miche Fambro demonstrates a technique that will enable you to play scales within the context of familiar chord shapes.Length: 10:41 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 19
Miche demonstrates some right hand finger exercises and explains how they can benefit all fingerpickers.Length: 22:58 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 20
Miche finishes talking about the finger picking exercises he demonstrated in the last lesson and gives some pointers on how these techniques can be used.Length: 2:57 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 21
Miche Fambro introduces several major triad shapes that can be used to spice up your playing and improvisation.Length: 17:26 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Miche introduces the minor triad shapes and shows how they can be applied in a musical context.Length: 9:58 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
Miche explains how the triad shapes he taught previously can be expanded into more exotic jazz chords.Length: 14:54 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 24
Miche demonstrates how you can add flavor and variety to any chord simply by changing up one note.Length: 6:53 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 25
Miche will demonstrates how changing up the octave of a chord or triad can add variety to a chord progression. He also includes some of the creative note switching techniques from the last lesson.Length: 10:58 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 26
Miche Fambro will introduce several fretting hand exercises which will increase your flexibility and accuracy.Length: 7:11 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 27
Miche returns with three amazing picking hand exercises.Length: 10:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 28
Miche talks about triad positions and demonstrates how they relate to scale and arpeggio patterns.Length: 11:39 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
Miche Fambro talks about triad positions and how they relate to the pentatonic patterns.Length: 6:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 30
Miche Fambro shows several interesting variations you can play using the triad positions you have already learned. This lesson is inspired by classical guitar playing.Length: 7:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 31
Miche Fambro introduces the concept of open triads and talks about how they can be used.Length: 8:08 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 32
Miche explains how to add variety to any song by varying the voicings used in the chord progression.Length: 5:32 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 33
Miche Fambro demonstrates how the pentatonic scale can be used horizontally on the guitar, instead of the more traditional vertical method.Length: 9:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 34
Miche Talks about how the second interval and how it can be creatively used to enhance your musical prowess.Length: 7:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 35
Miche introduces two fingeripcking exercises that are not only good for beefing up your picking chops, but also for finding exotic new sounds.Length: 14:09 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 36
Miche returns to the world of fingerstyle exercises and offers up other interesting variations.Length: 8:30 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 37
Miche introduces several valuable new finger exercises within a common major scale pattern.Length: 15:39 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 38
Miche shows a few alternate finger exercises for the picking hand that work the muscles in a different fashion.Length: 10:32 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 39
Miche teaches some one finger exercises which are designed to keep all of your fingers in tip-top shape.Length: 12:02 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 40
Miche Fambro demonstrates how chord substitutions can be used to spice up a chord progression.Length: 12:39 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 41
Miche Fambro uses the Am7 chord to demonstrate interesting ways you can improvise in the A Dorian tonality.Length: 7:41 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 42
In this lesson, Miche demonstrates how powerful arpeggios can be. He begins by demonstrating a sequential pattern within A minor and then moves into D minor.Length: 9:25 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 43
Miche gives a few valuable tips that can be used to add a Brazillian flavor to a chord progression. He talks about how playing the 5th on the low string of the guitar instead of the root can add a certain...Length: 13:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 44
In this lesson, Miche discusses how you can give a chord progression a beautiful Brazilian quality.Length: 5:46 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 45
Miche takes a short break from teaching guitar to talk about why each generation having their "own" music is a good and healthy thing.Length: 4:22 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 46
Miche Fambro offers a few choice insights into the world of music and marketing.Length: 8:48 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 47
In this lesson Miche demonstrates how an acoustic guitar can be turned into a complete percussion instrument.Length: 13:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 48
Miche talks about diminished seventh chords and offers up his insights on how they can be used.Length: 18:52 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 49
Miche Fambro demonstrates one of his original songs entitled "Ninjas."Length: 3:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Miche Fambro
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Miche Fambro is known by many different people for very different things. Some know him as the dynamic band leader of one of Upstate NY's most popular bands a few years back. Others know him as an extraordinary guitarist/vocalist singer-songwriter touring through their small town ("Why are you here??"), performing with the energy and sound of a full band on his single instrument. And, still others recognize him as a jazz crooner, lending his fluid voice to beloved classics. His grandfather, a Vaudeville "hoofer," knew him as the boy who wouldn't listen, and chose to shape his life around music/entertainment despite the experienced advice of his elders.
And, it has been a challenge. No doubt about it - Grandpa Fambro was right. Nonetheless, the passion has never dimmed and the urge to create has only grown with time. Whether he's writing a song, practicing a new flourish on the guitar, playing with a new approach to an old jazz standard, recording an episode for his "Guitar Lessons" online video series (stories, sketches, interviews, insights into what entertainers go through to entertain...), or strategizing next steps for his live Music/Variety project - the "Whadd'ya Say Show" - Miche is always fully committed, completely immersed, creatively propelled.
One would think that all this focused drive could turn Miche into a self-centered bore. In fact, the opposite is true. Miche, though resolutely faithful to his calling, is also a silly man. Much like his music, his humor is unexpected, spontaneous, and comes out of a place that is uniquely Miche. And, though determined to follow his own path, Miche is always attentive to those around him. He invites others into the creative process and finds pleasure in the efforts and successes of his peers. It is this combination of genuine enthusiasm for the stories and talents of others, and his desire to always produce something of exceptional quality that has led Miche in these latest directions - and which leads him to seek resources beyond his own to capture the vision. And, let's face it. After all these years, it's time to prove Grandpa Fambro wrong.
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Thanks to all who responded to my request for an RNA isolation technique from a single Arabidopsis flower. I have only tried three different preps so far, two didn't work (so I'm not including them) but the third seems to give an excellent preparation of total nucleic acid from one flower in about an hour (see procedure #1). The rest come highly recommended. Good luck!! Sharon Regan (sregan at pnfi.forestry.ca) Procedure #1 from Linda Deverno Isolation of DNA from small amounts of plant tissue from Doyle and Doyle, BRL Focus 12: 13-15, 1990, modified in Forest Biotechnology lab at NCSU. 1. Make up 700uL fresh 2X CTAB buffer (add proteinase K and mercaptoethanol) for each sample. 2. Grind tissue thoroughly in small amount (25-50uL) of buffer using disposable pestle and motorized stirrer. Add 3 volumes more of 2X CTAB buffer. Place at 65C for 30 minutes. 3. Add equal volume chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24:1) to each tube. Vortex briefly and gently. Spin 5 minutes in microfuge. 4. Remove aqueous (top) layer to new tube. 5. Optional extra cleaning step. Add 1/10 volume 10%CTAB (in 0.7M NaCl), vortex gently. Repeat steps 4 and 5. 6. Add equal volume isopropanol (-20C) or 2.5 volumes ethanol. Invert tube several times and let tube sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. 7. Spin 15 minutes in microfuge, pour off supernatant. Rinse with 70% ethanol, spin 15 minutes. Remove ethanol, dry precipitate. 8. Dissolve DNA in 25uL TE (10/1mM) 2X CTAB Extraction Buffer (for 100mL) 2% CTAB 2g 1.4M NaCl 8.12g 20mM EDTA 4mL of 0.5M 100mM Tris Hcl, pH 8.0 10mL of 1M 2% polyvinylpyrollidone 2g water (HPLC) to 100mL Note: CTAB will only go into solution after the salt is added. Add upon use: 0.2% 2-mercaptoethanol 2uL/mL buffer 10mg/mL (stock) proteinase K 0.5mg/mL buffer Procedure #2 from Joel Kreps 1. Grind tissue in liq. Nitrogen, transfer sand-like grindate to a 1.5 ml tube, put a maximum of 0.5 ml worth of tissue per tube. 2. Add 550 ul of Extraction buffer, vortex 20 sec. put tube on ice until all the preps are done. 3. Add 550 ul of h2O sat. phenol, vortex 20 sec, spin 5 min at top speed. 4. Remove aqueous layer, re-extract it with phenol. 5. Extract aqueous layer with chloroform, sometimes I have tissue with a lot of polysachharide and I will do up to 3 chlorof. extractions. 6. EtOH ppt: 1/10 vol 3 M NaAcetate, pH 5.0 (or 5.2), 2 vol of 95% EtOH (100% is okay). -70C for 30 min to overnight. Pellet, 10 min in microfuge at full speed. Completely remove supernatant, do not bother drying the pellet. 7. Wash the pellet (by pipetting up and down) with 300 ul 2M LiCl. Allow the pellet to sit in the LiCl for 30 min to overnight on wet ice (or 4C). Pellet, 10 min. Completely remove supernatant, do not dry pellet, resuspend in 400 ul h2O. 8. EtOH ppt as in step 6. Wash the pellet with 70% etOH. Dry the pellet and resuspend in H2O. If I use a full .5 ml of grindate, I add 50 ul and get 1 to 4 ug/ul. Procedure #3 Terry Delaney, Janette P. Fett and Mark Watson independently recommend: Verwoerd, TC, Dekker, BMM, Hoekema, A (1989). A small-scale procedure for the rapid isolation of plant RNAs. NAR 17: 2362 Modified by Terry Delaney (Ciga Geigy) Adapted to Malmberg lab This methods works well for small amounts of Arabidopsis tissue. 3-4 large leaves or up to quarter sized plant is maximum amount of tissue that works well. Larger amounts of tissue result in poor quality RNA. Materials: Extraction buffer: 100 mM LiCl 100 mM Tris pH 8.0 10 mM EDTA 1 % SDS Phenol Chloroform 3M NaAcetate Ethanol Liquid Nitrogen 80oC heating block or water bath Pellet Pestles for 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tubes Loading mix: per sample 12.5 ul formamide 4.25 ul formaldehyde 2.5 ul MES buffer 0.5 ul ethidium bromide (10mg/ml) 0.5 ul BPB loading dye Before starting make sure the heating block is set at or just below 80oC. CAUTION phenol will violently boil from a test tube upon heating above 80oC causing hot phenol to spray all over you and your lab bench!!! 1. Mix extraction buffer with and equal volume of phenol (1:1) and place in heating block 2. Label three microcentrifuge tubes for each sample you are processing 3. Freeze a microfuge tube in liquid nitrogen, then fill the tube with liquid nitrogen and place in a tube rack. 4. Quick freeze your plant material by plunging it into the tube full of liquid nitrogen. 5. Freeze the pestle and grind the tissue to a fine powder. 6. Add 500 ul of the hot extraction buffer/phenol mix to the frozen tissue and thaw by vortexing. 7. Add 250 ul of chloroform and vortex. 8. Spin 5 min in microfuge to separate the phases 9. Remove the aqueous phase (top) to a clean tube 10. precipitate the nucleic acids by adding 1/10 vol. of 3M Sodium Acetate and 2 volumes of ethanol mix incubate -20oC 20 min. 11. A lithium chloride ppt step can be added here to remove contaminating DNA from the sample if this will pose a problem in later experiments. (not usually needed for Northern blotting). 12. Resuspend RNA in 5.5 ul of water and add 19.5 ul of loading mix. 13. Denature samples and load onto gel Procedure #4 from Margaret Hollingsworth: We have a set RNA isolation procedure that works really well for us, especially for northern work. 1) Grind up your sample in liquid nitrogen 2) Add 50 mM NaAc pH5.5 1%SDS 1 mM ATA add around a ml per 0.5 g of powdered tissue ATA is aurin tricarboxylic acid - it's an RNase inhibitor that you can buy cheaply from Sigma. The concentration isn't critical - from 1 to 10 or more mM works well 3) phenol/chloroform extract SIX times You'll lose some RNA here, but if it's not clean, it'll hang in the well. If you're worried about yield, you can always back-extract the p/c. 4) Ethanol precipitate. The pellet will be reddish, since the ATA will also precipitate. ATA runs faster than bromophenol blue on a gel, so it will separate from the RNA at that point. A side note - ATA inhibits all kinds of nucleic acid interacting enzymes. So if you use this prep for anything other than a northern (translation, primer extension, etc), you'll need to get rid of the ATA - run it over a spin column (G50 works fine). ATA will be held back in the beads. Procedure #5 from Carl W. Garnaat: I recommend the Pharmacia QuickPrep micro RNA purification kit. I have successfuly used this with as little as two maize spiklets. I loaded 10% of the product on a lane for Northerns and very easily detected anther specific transcripts. The quality of the RNA was very good. Each spikelet has two florets, only one with three anthers at the right developmental stage. The transcripts were relatively abundant. The yield with this kit essentially maxed out with 8 spikelets. This kit is very easy and the mRNA is directly isolated from up to 100 mg plant material within one hour. One thing I really like is that Pharmacia quality controls this kit with Mung bean since plant tissues especially mung bean have substantially more RNase than blood cells. I froze the tissues first in liquid N in a Kontes tube, added the extraction buffer and used the Kontes pestle with a drill to homogenize the tissue, (the buffer thaws during this step). Procedure #6 from Kevin Seeley Seeley et al., 1991 Plant Cell 4, 29-38 Procedure #7 from Brenda Shirley RNA Prep from Seedlings (mainly from Altenbach and Howell, 1981) This works well for Arabidopsis seedlings (off plates), 3 week-old plants, flowers, whatever. 1. Harvest tissue (1000 3 day old seedlings, for example, but I've used less tissue with the same volumes or more tissue and scaled up, both with good results) into liquid nitrogen and store at -70 C. 2. Grind tissue in liquid nitrogen using a pre-cooled mortar and pestle. 3. Transfer to a 15 ml Falcon tube containing 1.5 ml water-saturated phenol and 1.5 ml RNA extraction buffer: 0.2 M Tris, pH 9 4 ml 1M 0.4 M LiCl 4 ml 2 M 25 mM EDTA 1 ml 0.5M 1% SDS 1 ml 20% 10 ml H2O 4. Vortex well. Spin 5 min, 3K rpm. 5. Remove aqueous phase and re-extract with 1.5 ml phenol. 6. Extract 2X with 1.5 ml chloroform. 7. Transfer aqueous phase to a sterile plastic culture tube (e.g. Fisher's 14-956-1J). Precipitate with 1/10 vol (~150 ul) 3M NaOAc, pH 5 and 2 volumes (~3 ml) EtOH. Place at -20 C, 1 hour. 8. Spin at 8K, 15 min. 9. Resuspend pellet in 0.3 ml 2M LiCl and transfer to a microfuge tube. Vortex well. Spin in microfuge for 5 min at 4 C. 10. Resuspend pellet in 0.3 ml H2O. Vortex well. Add 30 ul 3M NaOAc, pH5 and 600 ul EtOH. Place at -20 C, 1 hour. 11. Pellet RNA, wash 2X with 80% EtOH. 12. Resuspend pellet in 50 ul H2O. Use 5 ul in 750 ul to determine OD. Store remainder at -80 C. Works quickly (probably part of why it works so well) and easily and the RNA seems to remain in good shape for a long time. The only solutions you really need to DEPC-treat are the LiCl, NaOAc, and water (also used to make 80% EtOH).

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Winter weather is taking its toll on classroom time in Morenci and Fayette. Morenci has already added one day to the end of the school year while Fayette is on the brink of needing another day.
Morenci has actually added two days to the schedule. School will now be in session Feb. 29. Initially that was scheduled as a teacher records day at the end of the second trimester. The trimester will now end March 4.
The last day of school is now set for Friday, May 30.
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STREAM OF PASSION feat AYREON
19'th of February 2007
Review and pictures by Marko Syrjälä and Jarno Huovila
On February 19th the long held hopes of many fans were realized when Arjen Anthony Lucassen and his entourage, despite being severely delayed by snow storms in Denmark, arrived in Helsinki for their FIRST EVER GIG in Finland (or even anywhere in the close vicinity for that matter). The show was billed as STREAM OF PASSION/AYREON, which was fitting as in addition to eight of the twelve tracks from SOP's "Embrace the Storm" album, nine AYREON songs were played as well as a few tracks from Arjen's other projects, most notably STAR ONE. Making the occasion even more precious for some must have been the knowledge that after this short tour the band would be put on ice while Mr. Lucassen would once again be concentrating his efforts on conjuring up yet another AYREON masterpiece and after that, possibly, a sequel for the much lauded STAR ONE project.
The STREAM OF PASSION band comprising of Marcela Bovio (vocals / violin), Arjen Lucassen (guitar), Lori Linstruth (guitar), Johan van Stratum (bass), Alejandro Millán (piano) and Davy Mickers (drums) were exclusively at this gig joined by a very special surprise guest. The guest turned out to be none other than Arjen's compatriot Robert Soeterboek, know to many from AYREON's "The Final Experiment" (1995), "Actual Fantasy" (1996) and "The Flight of the Migrator" (2000) albums as well as the "STAR ONE – Live on Earth" (2003) CD/DVD. Robert took on the lead vocals for spectacular renderitions of "High Moon" from "STAR ONE – Space Metal" (2002), "Into the Black Hole" from the "Flight of the Migrator" (2000) and finally "The Castle Hall" from "Into the Electric Castle" (1998) album.
Also joining the band on tour was Marcela's sister Diana Bovio on backing vocals. During one of the many highlighs of the show Diana also shared the lead vocal duties on the "Valley of the Queens" track. Marcela Bovio originally appeared as part of the cast on the latest AYREON album "Human Equation" (2004). It was therefore not really a stretch to expect songs from that particular album to be heavily featured in the setlist and indeed, four of the nine AYREON songs showcased during the show were pulled from that album.
For the most part the audience seemed, as was to be expected, more familiar with the AYREON material and in all honesty, regardless of the many talents of the personnel involved, I myself prefer AYREON's output from "Into the Electric Castle" onwards to the STREAM OF PASSION material. A matter of taste perhaps, but despite the seemingly perfect execution, STREAM OF PASSION's originality and variety, at times, leaves something to be desired. From the music to the actual apperance of the members, comparisons to Evanescence would hardly seem far fetched.
All in all a great night for the band and fans of AYREON and STREAM OF PASSION alike. Not only were the players and the songs top notch, the general atmosphere was very special as well. The band really seemed to be enjoying themselves and Arjen proved once more what a charismatic live performer he really is. One of the biggest and happiest suprises of the evening was also the massive turnout of enthusiastic fans leading to the venue busting at the seams, place was completely sold out. Clearly, with his continuing efforts, Arjen has built himself quite a remarkable cult following, which hopefully bodes well for future gigs which most likely would be with AYREON because it was announced that this tour was going to be his last with STREAM OF PASSION. The story continues ….
The setlist for the evening was:
01. Spellbound
02. Day Fourteen: Pride
03. Passion
04. Wherever You Are
05. Computer Eyes
06. Valley of the Queens
07. Haunted
08. High Moon
09. Deceiver / Songs of the Ocean
10. Day One: Vigil
11. Day Three: Pain
12. To the Quasar
13. Open Your Eyes
14. Out in the Real World
15. The Castle Hall
16. Into the Black Hole / Cold Metal
17. Day Eleven: Love
18. Are Friends Electric
19. Calliopeia


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1978-79 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, MA
1977 Ukrainian Studies (Summer Program), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1973 Bachelor of Arts, Montclair state University, Montclair, NJ
1972 Brighton College of Education, Brighton, England, Exchange Program (Fall Term)
1987/84 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2018 Mary Chomenko Hinckley – Material Evolution: Paper, Paint, Patina, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Material Evolution: Images and Objects – Urban Coyotes, Past and Present , Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Gates of Venice and Beyond: Studies in Color and Pattern, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 Birds in Morocco & Geometry, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Rocks/Birds/Construction/Deconstruction, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Jungle, Recent Photographs, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Mary Chomenko: Sculptures & Carol Hake: Still Life Paintings, Los Altos Hills Town Hall, Los Altos Hills, CA
1992 Nature in Bronze, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 New Work, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 New Sculpture, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Mary Chomenko and Richard Felix, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1984 Works on Paper, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
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1995 Women Confronting Issues of Aging, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,San Jose, CA
1995 The Horse Show, Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art, Sylvia White, Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY
1993 Five Bay Area Sculptors, Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Metals Now, Downey Art Museum, Downey, CA
1991 Art-Over-the-Sofa, Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Jan Butterfield, Curator)
1991 From the Crucible, Recent Bronze Sculpture, Mary Chomenko, Sanford Decker& Don Treadway, Cerritos College, Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk, CA
1991 Recent Classical Encounters, The IMC Gallery, Irvine, CA
1989 Five Bay Area Sculptors, Lanetti Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 The Column in Art and Architecture, Pine Street Lobby Gallery, San Francisco,CA (Abram Garfield, Curator)
1989 Paintings by Sculptors and Sculptures by Painters, SEIPP Gallery, Castileja School, Palo Alto, CA
1989 Fine Arts in Metal Sculpture, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1989 Women Working in Bronze, Fine Arts in Metal Gallery, San Jose, CA
1989 3Comm Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (Carol Dabb, Curator)
1988 The First Ten Years, S.F. MOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Marian Parmenter, Curator)
1988 Bay Area Bronze, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Carl Worth, Curator)
1988 Inanimate Animals, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA (Ted Cohen, Curator)
1988 Annual Drawing Show, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Not Your Usual Landscape Show, Lasori/Iri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Gallery Artists, Inaugural Exhibit, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Photography '86 Invitational, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (Robert Tomlinson, Curator)
1986 Fishow, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Elizabeth Raybee, Curator)
1985 Managerie, Animal Images by Contemporary Artists, San Francisco Airport, CA (Elsa Cameron, Curator)
1985 A Celebration of the Land, California State College, Stanislaus, CA (Dr. Hope B. Weness, Curator) Catalog
1985 Visual Dialogues of the Eighties/Dialogos Visuales de los Ochentas, San Jose
1985 Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA and Galeria Metropolitana, Col. Roma, Mexico City, Mexico, (Erin Goodwin, Curator) Catalog
1984 Stars, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Landscapes and Other Spaces, Clorox Corporation, Oakland, CA (Organized by PRO ARTS)
1983 San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, Art Institute and S.F. Civic Center, San Francisco, Ca
1983 Hayward Area Forum for the Arts, Civic Center, Hayward, CA (Jay DeFeo, Juror)
1983 The Northern California Regional Print Competition, Palo Alto Art Club Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1983 California Women Artists, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1982 Six on Paper, Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1982 Paper as Art/Art on Paper, The Storefront Museum, The Oakland Museum, Ca (Irena Barns, Curator)
1982 TECHSHOP '83, International Sculpture Conference Instructors Exhibit, San Jose Institute of Contemporary art, Ca
1982 San Francisco Arts Festival, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca
1982 Group Exhibit, California College of Arts and Crafts, Artist's Gallery, Oakland, CA
1981 28th Annual Exhibition: Designer/Craftsman, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1980 California: Survey of Printmaking and Papermaking, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
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1979 Women About Women, Cambridge Art Association, Boston, MA
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1996 St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Menlo Park, CA
1995 Christ Church Cross, Bronze Cross, Christ Church, Sausalito, CA
1992 Pasadena Coyote, One Colorado Associates, Old Town Pasadena, CA
1991 Agriculture, San Joaquin County, San Joaquin County Human Services
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1990 California Grizzly, California Arts Council, Ronald Regan State Office Building,
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Twincast / Podcast Episode #59 "Twin Spin"
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 12:57pm CSTCategories: Site News, Digital Media News, Podcast
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This Podcast's topics include ...
- BotCon 2013 Location - San Diego, CA
- BotCon 2013 Set Theme - Machine Wars
- Transformers Legends available on mobile devices and a discussion of the artwork.
- Generations Toy Roundup
- Voyager Grimlock
- Voyager Blaster
- Hands On with Deluxe Wave 3 Ultra Magnus, Sideswipe, Kickback, Air Raid, and Starscream
- Takara Generations Skywarp
- Prime Skyquake
- Prime Capsule Microns Wave 3
- Bragging Rights
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Posted by Sabrblade on December 18th, 2012 @ 3:16pm CST
Regarding who to repurpose Generations Air Raid as, Fireflight. His bio is totally for Fireflight and nothing like Air Raid. Plus, he was originally solicited as Fireflight, but the name was changed at the last second likely due to that name being unavailable (also considering that the Kreon based on Fireflight got renamed "Firestrike").
Regarding Kickback's weapon in bug mode, this guy on Allspark.com found a way to store it in bug mode.
Regarding Generations Skywarp, this figure as is is very game-accurate. The problem is that his gunmetal gray needs to be more black in a lot of places. but, this color layout as is is very game-accurate. Though, there's no purple Rainmaker, just a dark cyan one. There ARE, however, purple generic seekers that this one could resemble.
The Deluxe Insecticons weren't Marvel (or UK) either. IIRC, they've only been in the Dreamwave Micromaster mini-series.
Even though it was just you two, this podcast was a fun one. Now, let's see CP do a podcast solo.
Posted by lonrac on December 18th, 2012 @ 3:27pm CST
after cancelling all my BBTS Pre orders, due to the fact that I just had to pay an extra $85 (€65) on my most recent BBTS order.
Redefing myself as a collector.
hoping to get a few Prime toys for Xmas, Silas Breakdown, Nemises Prime, Terrorcon Bumblebee, now I just need to find a place for them.
so Happy Holidays and hoping for a great new year
Posted by ScottyP on December 18th, 2012 @ 9:07pm CST
I share the enthusiasm for Blaster. I just got Soundwave/Soundblaster today and the mold is super freakin' cool, but I really feel like it'll make a much better Blaster.
Bob's opinion of Kickback has taken me from the "looking forward to it" point to "aww, damn" point rather quickly. A shame to hear it's so bad, because it looks pretty cool in pictures.
I hope the Machine Wars theme realizes its potential. I really wanna see that FoC Starscream mold in there as Megaplex!
Posted by Bed Bugs on December 18th, 2012 @ 9:26pm CST
Starscream: Cybertron Wing Saber
Soundwave: Cybertron Defense Red Alert
Megatron: Energon Starscream
Megaplex: Energon Starscream
Skywarp: Cybertron Thundercracker
Thundercracker: Cybertron Thundercracker
Optimus Prime: Energon Rodimus
Sandstorm: Energon Bulkhead
Mirage: Classics Mirage (possibly Energon)
Prowl: Classics Mirage (possibly Energon)
Hoist: Energon Inferno
Hubcap: Energon Roadblock
Posted by Sabrblade on December 18th, 2012 @ 9:35pm CST
Posted by xyl360 on December 19th, 2012 @ 1:02am CST
Posted by worldsgreatest on December 19th, 2012 @ 10:35am CST
I remember to this day these jokers first coming in and right off the bat they had the red marked down cost stickers attached to them. They were never released at whatever the full retail sticker price was under the red price reduction.
Posted by gothsaurus on December 19th, 2012 @ 11:10am CST
With Botcon getting bigger each year, and with them (apparently) scrambling to book late in the game each year — I'm sure it's a challenge to just find ANY spot to fit the bill... regardless of actual state. I'm guessing they take what they can get.
And I AM sure they take into consideration the convenience for fans on each coast — or in the middle like myself — but the other factors HAVE to play a huge role. too: rental price, availability, size of facilities, proximity to food and lodging, safety of the location (especially since there are lots of kids), etc.
As for me, I hate it being on either coast. The congestion makes it difficult getting around, and hotel and transportation pricing is inflated. Times when it's been centrally located have been much nicer experiences, and kept it from shutting out people on one coast or another. It's a good compromise, I think.
If they kept it rotating between Chicago, St. Paul, and Texas I'd be great with it.
Posted by Flux Convoy on December 19th, 2012 @ 11:26am CST
Looking forward to cracking open the new FansProject bugs and Assaulter myself. Another good show guys.
Posted by gothsaurus on December 19th, 2012 @ 11:57am CST
Agreed, great purchase with Ratchet.
Posted by Kibble on December 19th, 2012 @ 4:42pm CST
gothsaurus wrote:If they kept it rotating between Chicago, St. Paul, and Texas I'd be great with it.
I'd be cool with this...One's my home town and one's my in-law's and within driving distance...I could deal with 2 outta 3 locations being convenient. Sounds like Chicago is pretty ridiculously expensive, though.
Flux Convoy wrote:Wait. Botcon Ratchet as a haul, that's awesome. The only Funpub Botcon figure I still need and I admit my jealousy. Replacing The Henkei figures with those though? I love you guys but those 05 versions are awful comparatively. The head sculpts alone are enough to sway me towards anything but those as good representations of the characters.
Wasn't CP going to spell out his thoughts of iGear's Van Bros? That ever happen? Based on the BotCon Ratchet acquisition, sounds like it's clear they're not what he considers Classics anyhow...
Posted by IronhidesGhost on December 19th, 2012 @ 6:40pm CST
Or if there is a customizer out there that likes my idea and has an extra copy of the mold lying around... I'd commission the heck out of that.
Posted by Flux Convoy on December 19th, 2012 @ 8:51pm CST
gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I keep remembering that as a lackluster year for BotCon, but there really were some of my favorite exclusives that year. I loved Ratchet and Ironhide, plus the Arcee bike repaints were fantastic.
Agreed, great purchase with Ratchet.
I didn't attend 05 as 06 was my first. I do have all but Ratchet from the set though. Most I got either free or at a steal. I actually really like all the figures. For their time, Ratchet and Ironhide were great homages. At a time when homages were pretty much the only G1 thing we were getting, it was a cool thing. That mold just never did anything for me. The head sculpts hardly look like either character they're meant to as either. That's why I keep the Henkei versions in my display. They aren't great but they're better than the 05 versions. I keep my fingers crossed we get better ones eventually.
Posted by gothsaurus on December 20th, 2012 @ 9:21am CST
Posted by IronhidesGhost on December 20th, 2012 @ 10:22am CST
Toys for Tots Donation & FansProject Function X-1 Mystery Figure (Preorders End December 17th) that was up on Big Bad?
Posted by gothsaurus on December 20th, 2012 @ 10:28am CST
Posted by IronhidesGhost on December 20th, 2012 @ 10:40am CST
Posted by IronhidesGhost on December 20th, 2012 @ 10:47am CST
Planning on whipping up a stop motion with him this weekend if time allows. Probably using this same crew to make scale pop. https://vimeo.com/53984298
Posted by Counterpunch on December 20th, 2012 @ 8:15pm CST
Kibble wrote:Wasn't CP going to spell out his thoughts of iGear's Van Bros? That ever happen? Based on the BotCon Ratchet acquisition, sounds like it's clear they're not what he considers Classics anyhow...
I keep forgetting to do that because I am dumb as hell.
IronhidesGhost wrote:And I don't recall hearing any of you mentioning Phantom in your bragging rights. Has anyone else picked up this figure?
Mine is ordered but I got him in a package deal at TFSource, so I won't have him until the second one is released.
Posted by Flashwave on December 23rd, 2012 @ 2:30pm CST
Foc grimmy being three peer case: I WANT BLASTER DAMMIT!!!!!
Razorclaw: the plastic thinnes is an issue we have in model trains as well. While annoying,it doesn't take much for plastic of a light color to bleed through. I saw what you saw and cringed too, but its really not a plastic problem. When i get mine,his head is OFF... So i can silver paint the inside of his head. Problem solved...


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|The Ohana Award
The Ohana Award is earned by our Scouts who demonstrate an exemplary level of appreciation and understanding of family
Scouts have the option of researching their family tree, helping others research their family tree, organizing a family reunion, or a gathering of friends.
Ohana is a Hawaiian word meaning "family." We have developed an award for our Scouts who demonstrate an exemplary appreciation and understanding of family. This Award is about the 3 F's: Family, Friends, and FUN. We promote strong families and strengthen family values, and offer our Scouts this award as a way of better appreciating their family and friends.
Though our Scouts might not realize the irreplaceable quality of this portion of their lives, we do. The time in our Scouts' lives also belongs to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and everyone who loves and supports them.
We appreciate our Scouts live in the present while looking toward the future with a glimpse of the past. Therefore, periodically, our Scouts are asked to name their ancestors to create a connection from the past to the present. For example, "My name is Mary, and my mother's name is Sarah and my father's name is David. My mother Sarah's mother is Henrietta and my father David's mother is Natalie…" We encourage each of our Scouts to realize they are a part of a long line of ancestors. The Ohana Award takes this concept one step further by giving our Scouts the opportunity to fully explore and discover their family tree.
Our Ohana Award has three parts:
In the first part, one option for our Scouts is to research and determine their family genealogy as far back as they are able to trace it. Genealogy sites online can be of great help with this. Our Scouts can present the information in the way that seems best to them, such as presenting it as a drawing of their family tree, in report form, or even in video tape form. Information includes the names and countries of origin our of Scouts' ancestors and what they may have contributed to America. Another option is to help others find their family by interviewing and assisting those such as new immigrants or families of holocaust survivors to help them trace their families. A third option is for our Scouts to do their own biography, in writing, video tape, or whichever medium appeals to them the most.
In the second part, our Scouts relate what they love and value most about their families. Scouts can include parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, honorary family, and ancestors. Again, it may take any form from a written report to a video tape to a play. It is important that the Scout feel they are communicating the information in the best way to them.
In the third part of this award, our Scouts plan a family reunion or gathering of friends who have become family.
It is our Scouts' responsibility to contact family or friends, set a date, and plan the budget. Our Scouts may even choose to include family they have discovered in the first part of the project! Reunions and gatherings do not have to be expensive and can be held in a backyard over a barbeque, at a local restaurant, or in a family church or temple. Our Scouts then make a presentation about what they learned about their families from this experience.
Projects are reviewed and evaluated by their fellow Scouts. Evaluation criteria include how the project went, quality of the presentation, and equally importantly if the Scouts gave their best.


text: Hello, I am an American artist located in southern New England. I have been drawing for as long as I can remember when I as a kid, I would draw out the latest character to appear on the shows I watched--from X Men to Ninja Turtles. Art has always been by my side through the ups and downs of life, and I continued to Paire College of Art to hone my skills and begin the search of who I was as an artist. I have shown in a few venues--most of them have been local--though my art has made it out to Chicago and Italy. The concepts of transformation and change have always fascinated me. Time is always moving forward like a river, and with its flow, everything always changes, however slightly. Many of my "serious" work depicts subjects either in the midst of change or in a situation that would benefit from change. On the note of transformation, watching and documenting my creative process is also something that is of great interest of me. Whether the work is still a work in progress or complete, I love looking back at my work to watch how the seed in my brain sprouted into its fully realized form. With no change, there is no room for growth, and without growth, there is room only for death.Currently, I am slowly working on translating Sparkless, a short story I had written, into the graphic novel form.I have also begun to experiment with painting on stones in acrylics. These in turn, I have been dropping around the area I live in for others to enjoy.


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Insieme: A Marco Canora Restaurant In My 'Hood (Almost)
I've always liked Marco Canora's food. I first had it at the Tuscany Inn, his mother's restaurant-inn on Martha's Vineyard, then at Craft and the first, most delicious incarnation of Craftbar (all hail the chicken meatball soup, the duck panini, and the doughnuts), and finally at Hearth in the East Village. But the East Village is a major schlep for me. I take the 2 or the 3 to 14th Street, walk that long corridor to the sixth avenue stop on the L train, and take that to First Ave. It sounds worse than it is, but the contemplation of said trip just made it far less likely that I would go there on a whim.
So when Marco and his partner Paul Grieco opened Insieme, in the Michelangelo Hotel, 51st and 7th Ave., his food literally became a lot more accessible to me. The room is a rectangle, the walls are bathed in white, gauzy material, and the tables are very well-spaced. I don't think Bruni is going to like the space (he's much more design-conscious than I am), but I found it to be a lovely venue to actually talk to the people I ate there with. There was no need to shout to be heard across the table. What a concept in this day and age in NYC.
The food is divided into two sides, Italian contemporary and traditional Italian. Sounds sort of silly and theoretical and pretentious, but in actuality it's not. I've had lots of stuff off both sides of the menu and almost all of it was delicious, approachable, and full-flavored.
His take on crudo worked wonders, the asparagus soup was a wonder, the pork loin was impossibly tender and very porky, the olive fetuccine with duck ragu was grandma food if your grandmother had done a bunch of stages at great restaurants in Italy and here. My single favorite dish is the potato ravioli filled with fava beans, mint, and fennel cheese. All sounds pretty yummy, doesn't it?
Other food folks have already discovered it. Ruth Reichl loved the lasagna.
To me, Marco Canora has come full circle, from cooking traditional Italian food with contemporary touches with his Mom at the Tuscany Inn to the fine, if little too Craft-derived-for -my-taste food at Hearth, to Insieme, where he has brought together the breadth of his cooking experiences to create a menu full of extraordinarily tasty things you just want to eat.
If I were the Times Critic, I would give it 3 stars, and just to beat my friend Ben Leventhal of Eater to the punch, that's what I think Bruni is going to give it. Even money on three stars.
A three course meal with a glass of wine will be anywhere from $60-75 dollars with tax and tip.
Insieme 777 Seventh Avenue (51st St.) New York, NY Ph: 212-582-1310
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Saturday Night Live kicked off a new season on Saturday with host Tina Fey and several new cast members. One woman…and all white. So after 39 seasons, you know, take comfort in the fact that not much has changed. Well, at least it didn't suck. How could it suck with Tina around? And Jesse Pinkman?
Everyone's favourite sketch was Girls and Blerta (Kate McKinnon was so good in that). My favourite was the e-meth, obviously. Because it's true. All of us who smoke e-cigarettes sh-t out those pronouncements.
As for Tina – I was late starting that night so I read Duana's text to me about Tina before watching:
"Oh my God", wrote Duana. "Tina Fey has become Julia Roberts. She has that swagger."
And your reaction is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Because Julia's not as popular with you lot as she is with Duana. Coming from Duana though, this is a compliment. Duana adores Julia Roberts. And if she's seeing a Julia Roberts swagger on Tina Fey, it's good. Why shouldn't she swagger? She's a boss, Tina Fey. I'd much rather see Tina swagger than hear her mewl.
Next week?
Miley Cyrus.
In the grand tradition of those who came before her. And since we know that she knows that we'll be talking, what will she do to make us talk? Because that's the whole point now, isn't it?


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Lollapalooza 2016 Lineup Announced
Lollapalooza celebrates 25 years this summer with a four-day weekend. From July 28 – July 31, Chicago's Grant Park will be transformed into a massive festival grounds, with Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and LCD Soundsystem headlining. Other performers include Haim, Lana Del Ray, Ghost, Silversun Pickups, Wavves, Lettuce, and Frank Turner. "I've immersed myself in this experience for 25 years now, but it's in a constant state of evolution, living and breathing. As long as we always try to find the eye of the hurricane, the epicenter of the…Read More


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Weekly Food for Thought with items on handling leftovers, cooking with alcohol, an easy recipe and more.
When it comes to holiday leftovers, many of us secretly relish that slice of cold turkey or ham the next morning. But before you take that first bite, it's important to ensure the leftovers you love stay safe, edible and bacteria-free.
Food scientist Kantha Shelke, a spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists and principal of Corvus Blue, a Chicago-based food science and research firm, offers some tips for managing leftovers:
Cooked meat can be stored three to four days in the fridge, while uncooked ground meats, poultry and seafood will last only a day or two. Raw roasts, steaks and chops (beef, veal, lamp or pork) can be refrigerated for three to five days. Casseroles, veggies and similar side dishes, as well as pie, will usually last three to five days.
If you have a lot of leftovers, you may choose to freeze them. Freezing completely halts bacterial activity, so food can stay safe and usable for months in the freezer.
When it's time to serve those leftovers again, a thermometer is the best way to ensure food has been heated to a safe temperature. Most foods, especially meats, should be heated to 165 degrees in the center. Bring sauces, soups and gravies to a boil. Never reheat leftovers in slow cookers or chafing dishes.
Whether you use the stove top or microwave to reheat will depend on the type of food. When reheating in a microwave, use a lower power setting to reheat without overcooking.
To learn more about food safety, visit www.IFT.org.
Tip of the Week: Cooking with alcohol
The amount of alcohol that burns off or evaporates during the cooking process varies depending on the amount of spirits, wine or beer being used and the cooking time and temperature. Added to boiling liquid at the end of cooking, about 85 percent remains. A flambé dish may retain about 75 percent. Braised dishes cooking for around 2 1/2 hours will retain only about 5 percent.
-- EatRight.org
Easy recipe:Cocoa Chile Rub
1 tablespoon unsweetened (natural) cocoa powder
1 teaspoon dark brown sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon chile powder
1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
pinch dried oregano
pinch dried thyme
pinch garlic powder
pinch onion powder
pinch coriander powder
Mix together and store in a tightly capped glass bottle. Rub on steak or poultry on both sides and refrigerate for 2 hours, covered. Then grill the meat as usual.
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To help you drink eight glasses of water per day, add lemon or lime for flavor and eat water-rich foods like watermelons and tomatoes. – EatRight.org
Food Quiz
Lobster meat can be found in several places in a lobster, including the legs, tail, torso, and the two front claws. Where is the majority of lobster meat found?
A. The tail and two front claws
B. Tail and legs
C. Legs and torso
D. Two front claws and legs
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Wise to the Word: pancetta
[pan-CHEH-tuh] An Italian bacon that is cured with salt and spices but not smoked. Flavorful, slightly salty pancetta comes in a sausage-like roll. It is used in Italian cooking to flavor sauces, pasta dishes, forcemeats, vegetables and meats. Pancetta can be tightly wrapped and refrigerated for up to 3 weeks, or frozen up to 6 months.
-- epicurious.com
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360: One 5.7-ounce piece of KFC's Original Recipe breaded chicken is 360 calories.
-- calorieking.com
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Reese began a series of kitchen-related experiments, taking into account the competing demands of everyday contemporary American family life as she answers some timely questions: When is homemade better? Cheaper? Some of Reese's discoveries will surprise you.
This book gives 120 recipes with eminently practical yet deliciously fun "make or buy" recommendations. Reese is relentlessly entertaining as she relates her food and animal husbandry adventures, which amuse and perplex as well as nourish and sustain her family.
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I've been a fan of all the Boulevard Brewing Company's beers I have tried so far, so I can't wait to try their latest, the annual release of its Bourbon Barrel Quad. I am quite excited to try it. Not only is it from a brewery that I enjoy, but it is a bourbon barrel-aged beer, which I absolutely love. In addition, cherries are added to the beer. I love fruit added to quads. It is a big beer, coming in at 11.8 percent alcohol by volume.
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Food Quiz Answer
A. The tail and two front claws
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May 17, 2010 — Informing young women about how indoor tanning can damage their appearance may keep them out of tanning salons and help them reduce their risk for skin cancer, a new study says.
Researchers led by Joel Hillhouse, PhD, a professor of public health at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn., studied 200 women on a college campus who tanned. The women received an educational booklet that addressed how tanning damages the skin, the value of avoiding indoor tanning, and alternatives for keeping a healthy appearance, such as exercise, diet, choosing fashions that do not emphasize a tanned appearance, and using sunless tanning products. These women were compared with 230 adult females who also tanned but did not receive a booklet.
All women were assessed for seasonal affective disorder and four tanning motives that could be harmful to their health: the feeling that one's tanning is out of control or a problem; developing a tolerance to the effects of tanning; the belief that one's natural skin tone is unattractive; and experiencing an opiate-like high induced by tanning.
Six months later, the 430 participants were asked how often they continued tanning indoors.The study results showed tanning frequency went down in the group that received the booklet but didn't change among those who did not receive the booklet.
The booklet appeared to have had a stronger effect on two tanning motives: having an opiate-like high from tanning and being unhappy with one's natural skin tone. The effect was not as evident for the other two motives: perceiving one's tanning as out of control and having a tolerance to tanning. The findings were published in the May issue of Archives of Dermatology.
"Providing young patients who tan information on the damaging effects of tanning on their appearance is effective even if they are addicted to tanning or using it to ameliorate depression symptoms," the authors write. "Emphasizing the appearance-damaging effects of UV light, both indoor and outdoor, to young patients who are tanning is important," no matter their reasons for tanning.
In the United States, indoor tanning is a $2 billion-a-year industry with about 28 million Americans using about 25,000 tanning salons nationwide. Tanning is often promoted as a way to look healthy, and indoor tanning has been popular among young adults and teens; about 10% of people younger than 15 years old and 25% to 40% of older adolescent females use tanning beds.
Tanning beds or booths deliver high levels of ultraviolet light to color the skin. Other research has shown that people who use indoor tanning devices face a 1.5 times increased risk of basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, and a 2.5 times increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common type of skin cancer, even after accounting for sunburns and overall sun exposure.
The researchers suggest that a booklet may be a simple step toward reducing some of these statistics.


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How far would you go to meet the creators and star of BBC's Sherlock? When Steven Moffat and Benedict Cumberbatch came to town the other night, the line stretched down and around a city block. Fans arrived to try for a spot on standby as early as 5am for a 7pm start time. Others traveled long distances to attend, having won tickets from PBS's promotional drawing. One person had come all the way from South Korea to see the show's star, Cumberbatch — along with producers Moffat, Sue Vertue, and executive producer Rebecca Eaton at the PBS Masterpiece event, for a revealing Q&A.
We were wined, dined on snacks, retired to a screened excerpt of "A Scandal in Belgravia," the first episode of Sherlock season two, then given the real treat — an open, honest Q&A that covered much of the ground we were curious about. We watched the first 30 minutes of "Belgravia," in which Cumberbatch's modern-day Sherlock Holmes at last meets a fan-favorite foil from canon, Irene Adler, the woman who beat him. The updated Irene is still caught in scandalous relations with royalty, but with modern flair: here she's an unapologetic dominatrix reliant on a smartphone, seen frequently nude and exquisitely played by Lara Pulver.
The second season of Sherlock aired on the BBC in January, and it was acknowledged from the start that the die-hard crowd had all already seen the three-episode run. But the fan affection for the show is boundless, so the screening still received screams and shrieks and laughter in all the well-known places. A scene where Sherlock is wrapped in nothing but a sheet in Buckingham Palace was glorious to see on the big screen. When clips of Sherlock first showed on the PBS promo reel, it was as though the Beatles had landed.
The lights came up and the panel came out to an equally rock star reception and Benedict Cumberbatch in a coat with just a touch of Sherlockian style, and we settled in for an extensive and intriguing Q&A.
The first news: Sherlock season 3 will definitely be in production in "early 2013" and will be aired in America within that year.
When asked what the most difficult part of playing Sherlock was, Cumberbatch said that the deduction scenes are the most tricky to perform and film: "the birth of them is quite painful". Shooting hours are long, but he expressed his overwhelming gratitude for the opportunity to play the part and the dedication of the fanbase.
Moffat was asked to address "critiques of his female characters on the internet" and some of the controversy over his vision of the modernized Irene Adler, which received media speculation after "A Scandal in Belgravia" aired in the U.K. He grumbled that people have tried to extract his "personal sexual politics" from the escapades in the episode: "Her triumph in the original story was to move house with her husband." He discussed his love for the Conan Doyle original, "A Scandal in Bohemia," but noted that it has a better beginning than an end, and recalled wanting other resolutions for the story as a young reader.
There'd been debate over which Conan Doyle story the season one episode "The Blind Banker" drew from; some had thought it an original work, not a re-imagining. Moffat told us the source, "if you look carefully," is the lesser-known "The Dancing Men." He also gives a hint to the show's creation process, saying they "take a story, and then jump in all directions," rather than trying to fit in canonical hat-tips afterward onto a plot.
A fan asked Cumberbatch which of the characters he'd played he'd like to have tea with, and the same question to Moffat for a character he'd written. When someone shouted out Stephen Hawking as a suggestion (Cumberbatch portrayed him in the BBC drama Hawking), we heard one of the better revelations of the night: "I've had tea with Stephen Hawking."
Benedict tackled the question of our current pop culture Sherlock over-saturation from his perspective:
So did Moffat:
When asked what role he'd undertake in an ideal situation, if given a "blank check," Cumberbatch acknowledged that a "Sherlock" feature would be fun but revealed his true dream project: "There's a very good book called Kavalier & Clay," he said, referring to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, which has long been stuck in Hollywood development hell.
The creatives weighed in on Elementary, the upcoming CBS show starring Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock and Lucy Liu as a lady Watson in contemporary New York City that has caught heat for copying Sherlock's updated formula. Vertue denied rumors that she is a consultant on the show, and the producers stressed that they have no involvement with the American incarnation. Cumberbatch defended the production, saying that there was space enough for multiple Sherlocks and wishing the best to Miller, who co-starred with him in Danny Boyle's acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
Then Cumberbatch talked about the experience of "Frankenstein" and the endurance of his love for theater (he'd be interested in remounting the show in New York).
Moffat tackled a question that had io9ers and attendees equally excited: could we ever see a crossover between Sherlock and Doctor Who? And what would such a meeting be like? "It would be a very very odd meeting, and I don't think either of them would like it."
Dashing many hopes, Moffat said that he has no plans to intermingle his productions, though he rather likes to imagine the meeting of Dr. John Watson and Amy Pond.
Moffat took on whether we'll be seeing more of Sherlock Holmes's legendary narcotic indulgences, with much reference to cocaine and advertising executives. Cumberbatch chimed in as well, pointing out that the focus on Holmes's occasional drug use has been blown out of proportion, and that the show has already touched upon the themes by hinting at Sherlock's experimentation in his life before pairing up with the good doctor: "He has a past Watson doesn't know about." Cumberbatch doesn't think Sherlock will be indulging, however:
"It's about someone who operates at the highest level of his function, and you can't do that if you're inebriated." We also heard that the creatives did not develop extensive back-stories for the characters in the reboot process, wanting much of the same experiences and desciptives Conan Doyle gave his creations to remain their defining characteristics.
Then the panel was asked what their strangest fan interaction has been. Cumberbatch told a rousing tale of receiving a certain whip in the mail, while Moffat mentioned the recent experience of visiting Manhattan with his Doctor Who stars to shoot New York City-based scenes.
Afterwards, we spoke with executive producer Rebecca Eaton, and we passed along commenter javelina001's question about why the the edited Sherlock that shows for American audiences is 7 minutes shorter than the BBC versions. She explained that the edits are not her own –- in fact, they are processed by Sue Vertue's Hartswood Films and it is Vertue who makes the actual deciding cuts — but it is neither for censorship nor brushing over Britishisms: the American networks must simply constrain to different programming and promotional time constraints than their U.K. counterparts.
We also asked Eaton why British television was having "such a moment" right now. It's never been unpopular, but shows like Sherlock and Downton Abbey (which Eaton also executive produces) are proving to be American and international sensations, rather than the smaller cult followings our favorite BBC and other across-the-pond productions tended to build in the past.
Eaton said the popularity of British programming in America "has never not had a moment," but agreed that there had been a sea change and surge of interest that coincided with the rise of social media and online accessibility to shows streaming at all hours. Internet buzz has been massive in driving audiences toward PBS Masterpiece!, which has long been a hallowed name known for its classy and classic programming. More so, it has brought a younger and tech-savvy generation into the Masterpiece! fold – what was once seen primarily as a sort of parents or grandparents' network is now home to some of the the best series to fire up young brains in years.
Her favorite episode of Sherlock is "A Scandal in Belgravia." She could not answer my question about who her favorite character was, because she couldn't choose between Sherlock and John, as she sees the crime-fighting partners as "two halves of a whole." (In a random sample of the crowd, I got 2 votes for Sherlock, 6 for John, 2 for Mycroft, 2 for Molly, 3 for Lestrade and 3 Moriartys; there's someone for everyone in Sherlock, except perhaps for poor Anderson).
I asked the charming Ms. Eaton how she would answer the question set to Cumberbatch and Moffat earlier: what would she do with a "creative blank check"? Was there any work of literature or otherwise she was dying to adapt and reboot in a Sherlockian fashion? Given such an opportunity, she said would go even bigger – she'd love nothing more than to create the American version of Masterpiece!, drawing on the U.S.'s own rich canon to continue making the televised stories of "love, loss, betrayal, real estate, beautiful dresses" that have long stood as essential ingredients in the most dramatic of literary and cinematic productions.
Stir in the elements that have made Sherlock (and Downton Abbey) such a resounding success – poignant friendship, family ties, entangled relationships, murder, intrigue, comedy for levity and witty scripts as sharp as Benedict Cumberbatch's cheekbones – and we would definitely be into giving an American Masterpiece! a shot. In the interim, we'll console ourselves with the return of one Mr. Sherlock Holmes to our television screens Sunday, May 6th at 9pm on PBS Masterpiece! — and what a consolation it is.


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League City considers tough restrictions on pit bulls after toddler mauling
League City council members are considering tough new rules governing the ownership of dangerous dogs after a toddler and her mother were mauled by a pit bull last month.
Chelsi Camp's 2-year-old daughter was still in the dog's grip when officers arrived at the apartment complex where they lived on March 31. Officers had to shoot the animal to free the child.
The girl, Mackenzi Plass, was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann hospital with severe injuries to her head and face. Her mother, 23, also was injured and was treated at the hospital.
At a City Council workshop Monday, League City Police Chief Michael Kramm outlined a series of stringent measures to control dangerous dogs.
Possible changes could include mandatory microchips, fluorescent ID tags and sterilization of dogs meeting a definition of dangerous.
Kramm also suggested that any dog deemed dangerous could be euthanized or banned from the city. "What you have to decide is whether you want a dog that's been deemed vicious to remain in your city," he said.
Kramm added he would prefer vicious animals be destroyed, "If my dog bit one of my kids or someone else's kids it would cease to exist – I can't imagine allowing that animal that's been deemed vicious back out there (even to another city)."
Current city ordinances require that a dog deemed dangerous or vicious be registered with city animal control and kept enclosed and muzzled, with signs warning the public of its presence.
Councilman Todd Kinsey suggested tougher measures for owners of pit bulls specifically, saying that breed accounts for almost 80 percent of attacks that result in injury.
"Statistics bear out that that breed is responsible for almost all dog attacks, our number one job as local officials is to our citizens safe," Kinsey said in a telephone interview.
Earlier this month a pit bull mix ordered euthanized after an attack in Montgomery County was saved from death by TV's "dog whisperer," Cesar Milan.
The Milan foundation agreed to take the dog, Gus, after a year long court battle fought by local and national animal advocacy groups.
Gus was sentenced to death after ripping open a woman's arm and chest in February last year.
In January, Christina Bell Burleson, 43, died after being mauled by two pit bulls in Houston.
According to Police Chief Kramm, Texas law prohibits the banning of specific breeds but it would be possible to increase regulations for pit bulls.
Kinsey said he would like to see higher registration fees for pit bulls, extra security fences so they are unable to dig out of yards as well as special liability insurance requirements.
"I'm in favor of making it difficult for people who want to own pit bulls in our community," Kinsey said.


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Interview Date: 11/16/2010
Run Date: 11/19/2010
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Few sitcoms have as many cast members serving as members of their writing and production staff as "The Office" does. Just taking a look at the show's current season, you've got B.J. Novak, who wrote "Counseling" (Michael has to endure six hours of counseling with Toby), you've got Mindy Kaling, who wrote "The Sting," which introduced Timothy Olyphant as Danny, and, most germane to this particular interview ,you've got Paul Lieberstein, the man behind "Sex Ed," where Michael contacts all of his former girlfriends to tell them that he may have given them herpes. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Lieberstein in conjunction with "The Office" making yet another appearance on our TV Power Rankings, and he talked a bit about this season's episodes, how he feels about Steve Carell's imminent departure, and whether we'll get an answer to why Michael hates Toby before Carell leaves
Bullz-Eye: Hey, Paul, how are you doing?
Paul Lieberstein: Good! How are you, Will?
BE: Not bad! I don't know if they told you, but Bullz-Eye does its TV Power Rankings twice a year…
PL: Yes!
BE: "The Office" is once again one of our highest ranked sitcoms, so congrats on continuing the trend.
PL: Thank you! I really appreciate it.
BE: And it's particularly impressive that you've been able to maintain the quality for so many seasons.
PL: Thank you very much. We try very hard. (Laughs) That was a big fear, to be at the helm where everyone's, like, "Oh, those were the bad years…" But this makes me more confident that we're not in the bad years yet. (Laughs)
BE: Actually, I was talking to Mike Schur yesterday about the first season of "The Office," and how a lot of people have convinced themselves that the show didn't really get into a groove until Season 2, whereas I feel like that groove had very much started by the end of Season 1.
PL: Thanks. I mean, I know people obviously have a lot of opinions, but I have a real soft spot for Season 1. It was definitely a darker show, and we made it more accessible and with a broader appeal, but I really kind of love those earlier episodes. They were very painful to watch, I have to say… (Laughs) …but they were a lot of fun to write.
BE: With Season 7, you've of course got a lot of different storylines happening, but as a parent, I'm enjoying the fact that you've got a baby in the mix. How has it been to introduce Pam and Jim's kid into the storylines without making it feel too gratuitous?
PL: Well, you know, we haven't done it too much. We did the baptism episode, and during Andy's play, when they're out of the office, it comes into play. It's helpful in finding something new to play with after all this time. We have something coming up for Valentine's Day where they have to celebrate a lunch because they don't have a sitter for that night, which lets them go out and have a couple of bottles of wine and come back to the office a little tipsy. So, you know, it'll be fun that way. But, you know, it's an office comedy, so if we don't want to use the baby, we don't have to. But at the same time, there are certain things the characters probably won't do anymore, now that they're a little more responsible. It kind of changes you a little, becoming a parent.
BE: Well, like you mentioned, I thought it was funny that you used the baby as part of the storyline with Andy's play.
PL: Yeah, that was fun, to get Erin in there and prove her to be a terrible babysitter. (Laughs) It was really kind of remarkable that they ever trusted her.
BE: So did you guys view it as being too easy to keep Andy and Erin together? Is that why you decided to go a different direction with them?
PL: It seemed more interesting to kind of break them apart and have Andy want something that he can't have. We'll do both, I think. They can be an interesting couple when they're together, too. We'll get back there eventually.
BE: You mentioned the christening episode a minute ago. I wanted to just applaud your performance as Toby. It was such an oddly touching moment, with Toby making his plea to God, as it were.
PL: (Laughs) Oh, thank you! Yeah, it kind of worked out that…I always cut Toby out when I'm editing, but with this one, the storyline kind of crept back in.
BE: Do you have a favorite Toby storyline that you cut but in retrospect wish you hadn't?
PL: Hmmm. Interesting. (Long pause) Probably. I can't recall anything, though. But I've cut a lot. (Laughs) Often, there's just these little scenes rather than a whole storyline, so I end up cutting them, but there are a lot of fun scenes with Michael. A lot of them ended up as part of the deleted scenes on the DVDs, but…they just weren't necessary.
BE: Speaking of Michael, his departure is obviously imminent. Are you tempted to reveal why he and Toby have that very tense relationship, or is it destined to be TV mystery for the ages?
PL: I think it's for the ages. I don't think we're going to say. I'm sure we know. (Laughs)
BE: Yeah, I was going to ask you if you had a list of possible reasons why.
PL: I have theories. (Laughs) But the truth is that…it was in Season 1, and it was Meredith's birthday, and Michael was watching Toby fill out Meredith's birthday card, and he just came in and wrote something quickly, but, still, it took, like, 30 seconds to get it down, which we edited time out of. And Steve, in that time, as Michael, felt just this tremendous amount of hate start to overcome him. This hate for Toby. So that's how it started. Nobody really knows why. (Laughs)
BE: You had Timothy Olyphant on the show this season, which was kind of an interesting choice for a guest star. How did he come into the mix?
PL: Well, we needed… the role was for someone who was better than anyone else. Better than Michael, Jim, Dwight…everyone. So we needed someone who was a believable heavy hitter, and we just wanted a really good actor. And he doesn't do a lot of comedy, which kind of also made it an attractive choice, because he wasn't someone who "30 Rock" had already taken. (Laughs) And I think he really nailed it.
BE: Oh, yeah, it was blast to see him playing a role like that. But, then, you guys have had a habit of bringing in guys who we aren't necessarily used to seeing do comedy. For instance, you had Idris Elbra a few seasons ago.
PL: Yeah! Well, I'm a huge "Wire" fan, and I just thought, "God, I just want Stringer Bell and Michael Scott to go at it." (Laughs) I just thought that would be such a good dynamic. And he came in, and he did a character much different than Stringer Bell, although his intensity will always be part of any Idiris Bell performance, I suppose. Yeah, that was another fun guy. And Michael's such a great buffoon. One of the best things we can do is bring in a new straight man for him and find a new side to him.
BE: So whose idea was it to do an episode revolving around an episode of "Glee"?
PL: I think it was Mindy Kaling. I think she had pitched "'Glee' viewing party." And I loved the idea. And then John Vitti, who's a new writer to us, kind of really ran with it and came up with a lot of the storyline.
BE: Along those same lines, the idea of spending as much time on "Sweeney Todd," by which I mean the actual musical, was inspired. I don't think anyone would've expected quite that much singing to have gone on during the episode.
PL: Yeah, you know, I don't think we intended to show as much as we did in the script stage. But that's Ed Helms, you know? He's just so incredibly talented that it was just really funny to see him up there…and we didn't want cut it! (Laughs)
BE: I popped over to the Wupfh.com website a few minutes ago. Good to see it's up and working for the episode.
PL: Well, mostly working, anyway. (Laughs)
BE: What I want to know is how B.J. Novak is able to say the name of the site that way without bursting into laughter.
PL: (Laughs) I don't know! I was pretty impressed with that, too. I should ask him if he was reading or if he actually memorized that whole thing.
BE: I'm really impressed with the way you guys have expanded some of the ostensibly-lesser characters...or, at least, that's how they'd be perceived by someone who doesn't watch the show very often…into having such major storylines. Like, say, Darryl, for instance.
PL: Oh, yeah, Darryl has been our secret weapon for a long time now. He's not such a secret anymore, I guess. (Laughs) He is so funny. Craig Robinson is so funny. He shows up and says "hello" to you, and I'm, like, "I don't understand why I'm laughing, but I am." His faces are great. So I'm looking forward to doing a lot more with him.
BE: I also love that you were able to bring in all of Michael's ex-girlfriends for "Sex Ed."
PL: Yeah, thanks, that was fun. (Laughs) Doing it off his assumption that he had herpes was fun, too. It was great. I was sad that we had to cut that down to 21.5 minutes, because the initial assembly was…I think it was over 44 minutes. So more than half the show had to go. And it was good! I loved seeing Jan again. She has such a great energy. And the scene with Carol was really good, I thought…who is actually Steve's wife. It was just fun to kind of…we're looking for ways to do that this year, to take Steve through memory lane a little bit.
BE: And it was a nice tease to see Holly, because I guess we're going to be seeing a bit more of her before the season's out, correct?
PL: Yes! You'll be seeing her starting with the Christmas episode.
BE: You touched on something else I was going to ask you about, which is going through Michael's past this season. So that was indeed something that was a conscious effort for you guys, then?
PL: Yeah! I think it's kind of fun to see his…I mean, he's changed a lot, and his changes are a big part of how he leaves, so I think they're kind of relevant episodes…and fun. Hopefully fun. (Laughs) You be the judge.
BE: I'll keep my fingers crossed. (Laughs) So, obviously, you guys have the end game in place for Steve's departure, but is it still the plan that you're not really going to let us in on his replacement 'til the beginning of next season?
PL: Yeah, you're going to have to wait to see how he's replaced.
BE: Is that mostly for your own amusement?
PL: (Laughs) No, that's just part of the storytelling. We just haven't had a story that's better than that.
BE: Are you sad to see Steve go? I mean, seven years is a long run for any actor on a show, especially one with as significant a film career as he's got. Did you see it coming?
PL: I mean, I did, but I didn't. I was in fierce denial. It was speculated for a long time, but I always thought he'd stay another year. Yeah, it's sad. For sure. And infuriating. (Laughs) We found him when he was nothing but a movie star, and we made him a TV star. And this is how he repays us.
BE: Well, Paul, as I say, we're really happy with the show here at Bullz-Eye. You guys are still doing solid work. Can you tease about what we can expect in the next few weeks or months?
PL: Let's see. You've got probably got access to a lot of what's coming up in the next few weeks, but… (Long pause) Do you know about China?
BE: I read the description, about Michael wanting to stop China from taking over the United States.
PL: Yeah! That turned out really well. It's one of my favorites of the season. But…it's kind of hard to tease, you know? Holly shows up in the Christmas episode, but she's still with AJ, and they're talking about becoming engaged soon, so that's a big thing for Michael to deal with over a couple of episodes.
BE: And Rainn Wilson directed the Christmas episode, correct?
PL: Yes! Who did a great job. This is his second time directing an episode, I think. I forget what his last episode was, though.
BE: And then you guys are back in mid-January?
PL: Production-wise, we're back up the second week of January.
BE: Excellent. Well, good talking to you, Paul!PL: Good talking to you, too! And thanks for including us in the Rankings! That's awesome!
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Dutch architects OMA's headquarters for designer clothing brand G-Star Raw has been shortlisted for the 2014 World Architecture Festival awards in Singapore. The building, located in the industrial edge of Amsterdam, has the outward appearance of an airport hangar.
The G-Star RAW HQ consolidates G-Star RAW's formerly disparate facilities into a single building that aims to stimulate interaction between various departments.
The 27,500m2 horizontal building, 140 metres long, consists of a creative nucleus containing the core departments of G-Star RAW, which are enveloped by a ring of offices, parking and support facilities.
"Inside the creative core of the building, staggered floor plates and double-height spaces promote a dynamic exchange between the different creative departments allowing for cross-communication." says OMA.
"The RAW-space, a flexible multi-use zone, either open to the outside or concealed behind sliding hangar-type doors, provides a space for work and production, parties, and fashion shows."
Project: headquarters for Dutch international fashion brand G-Star
Status: Completed
Clients: G-Star RAW C.V.
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Site: industrial regeneration area in southeast Amsterdam next to A10 ring road
Program: offices and creative spaces (19,000m2) and parking (8,500m2)
Partners-in-charge: Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon
Team (construction + interior): Katrien van Dijk (project leader), Michel van de Kar (associate), Tjeerd van de Sandt, Saskia Simon, Mario Rodriguez, Marina Cogliani, Jung-Won Yoon
Team (interior): Saskia Simon (project leader), Marlies Boterman, Marina Cogliani, Karolina Czeczek, Green van Gogh, Sarah Moylan, Mafalda Rangel, Tjeerd van de Sandt
Team (SD/CD/TD): Richard Hollington III (associate in charge), Tjeerd van de Sandt (project leader), Fred Awty, Philippe Braun, Kaveh Dabiri, Katrien van Dijk, Hans Hammink, Mariano Sagasta, Koen Stockbroekx
Team (competition): Richard Hollington III (associate in charge), Fred Awty, Philippe Braun, Rob Daurio, David Gianotten, Shabnam Hosseini, Andreas Kofler, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Lawrence Siu
Tender documents: ABT
Structure consultant: ABT
MEP consultant: ABT
Building physics: DGMR
Contractor: Pleijsierbouw