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Science For Juggalos
It has come to our attention that the fans of the band "The Insane Clown Posse" (Juggalos) lack basic scientific understanding on subjects like magnetism, light, and nature. Fortunately, several of these Juggalos will be outside the Warfield Theater on June 5th, 2010, and we feel this is the perfect opportunity to resolve their ignorance.
To that end, we will be setting up a Science Fair outside the Warfield between 6pm-8pm to demonstrate several of the scientific principles which seem to cause the Juggalos such confusion.
There are several ways to participate in this event. Just add yourself as a volunteer to any section you'd like. No matter which you choose, please arrive at NoiseBridge at 4pm this Saturday, June 5th. There will be punch and pie.
If you would like to teach science to Juggalos, please prepare a hand-held scientific demonstration based on any of the subjects from the ICP song 'Miracles'. We will be hosting a planning meeting to discuss our science fair projects at 7pm on Wednesday, June 2nd, at Noisebridge. You don't have to come to the planning meeting to participate, just show up on Saturday.
We will be providing the following equipment for scientists:
- Borrowed Lab Coats (for mad science)
- Safety Goggles
- Poster Board + Markers
- Hephaestus
- Bob Dole
- Lamont
- Crutcher
Lab assistants (i.e. help prep, but not appear as scientist at the event):
- DrSyzygy/Mikael
- Miah
If you don't want to teach, but still want to participate in this event, please bring a camera and help document our endeavor.
- Everfalling
- DrSyzygy/Mikael
Several Juggalos don't want to talk to a scientist. They feel we be lyin, and gettin them pissed. For this reason, we would like a couple of volunteers to act as security for our scientists and documentarians.
- Al Gore
Things that aren't Miracles
- Pyramids
- Niagara Falls
- Oceans
- Stars
- Mountains
- Trees
- Seas
- Lava
- Snow
- Rain
- Fog
- Pets
- Sun
- Moon
- Mars
- Milky Way
- Shooting Stars
- UFOs
- Rivers
- Trees
- Rainbows
- I can take this one. However, it might be better if we had a more focused presentation on magnets, but with some ancillary experts on topics that Juggalos may be interested in. Flipzagging 17:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
- This is the one I've sat an thought about presentation ideas for. Really depends on how deep one wants to go - Huygens-Fresnel and wavefronts bending will need to be around if we wanna dig down, but the basic idea I've been thinking about is "Light bends when it slows down. Different materials let light go at different speeds. It all depends on wavelengths, and thus on color. Look here - a prism and a white LED keychain." Michiexile 02:10, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Light never slows down, ever. Different colors refract at different angles because of their energy level. But all colors regardless of wavelength travel at the same speed - the speed of light. quasar
- Michiexile is correct. The velocity of light varies within substances. Snell's Law expresses the index of refraction at the boundary of two substances as the ratio of the the velocities of light within those substances. For example light goes almost half as fast through arsenic trisulfide as it does in air, so arsenic trisulfide has an IOR of 1.9. -Laszlo 18:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Cool, I did not know that. I see what you're saying. The way I'm reading it, it's not the light slowing down so much as light taking a break and spending some time in an electron. quasar
- Air
- Fire
- Water
- Solar Eclipses
- Weather
- Magnets
- Pelicans
- Giraffes
- Music
- Love
- Dirt
- Metamorphosis
- Genetics
- Crows
- Ghosts
Laszlo would like to present cognitive dissonance theory as an explanation for how misattributed anger toward scientists can lead to their mischaracterization as motherfucking liars.


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Lynn's leaving
The Hook is losing its proofreader. After about eight years serving this news team (including several years before the Hook's debut), Lynn Jameson is moving on to greener pastures. Really. She's starting a gardening business. The good news is that she'll continue her bi-weekly role as one of our ON THE BLOCK columnists.


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Thursday, October 13, 2011
{a farewell to sassafras...
I'm going to start with saying what a huge honor it has been to be a part of Sassafras. It has been and still is my "go to" company. The products have always been fun, unique, and amazingly inspiring.
When looking back through my portfolio of pages, Sassafras pops up more often that not. If I had to choose my favorite all time collection, I would go with Athem. The colors and designs were just perfection...
This paper is still my fave...
and played a huge part in the inspiration of this page...
I thought I would share my top 10 faves {which became my top 12, but who's counting?} It was hard to narrow down when I have so many memories captured using Sassafras products.
Thank you to the entire Sassafras team and I wish you all the best of luck in the future!
7 comments:
- Kim said...
amazing layouts! love me some Sass too! I think I have a piece of that paper if you need any....*wink*
- October 13, 2011 at 7:18 AM
- Kathy Martin said...
I just can't believe Sassafras is calling it a day! They've been so wildly popular! Love all your projects! :)
- October 13, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Sarale said...
How funny is that? Yesterday I talked with my boyfriend about the Rainbow Brite doll. He don´t know this dolls. In Germany the doll called Regina Regenbogen :)
- October 13, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Jennifer Chapin said...
So sad!! And I always loved your Sass layouts, you rocked them!
- October 15, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- orrjj said...
Megan, sorry to hear farewell to sassafras! Your carmel apples look yummy!
- October 15, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Shewins1 said...
I have always loved that line... so sad.Everything I love is going away. ( I think you know what I mean) Just one more reason for me to savor what I have left in my Sassafras collection.....booo hoo.
BTW I love all of your LO here. Maybe if I get brave enough, I will use my stuff and lift yours.
- October 19, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Veena said...
Love the fun colours especially the LO on every page. I sure will try these idea of yours.
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DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. What trick did U.S. statesman and kite-flying scientist Ben Franklin use to still turbulent streams with a wave of his walking stick? –T. Jefferson
A. In 1757, sailing with a fleet near Nova Scotia, he noticed that two of the ships had smooth wakes, the rest were ruffled by the wind, says Walter Gratzer in Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes.
From the captain, he learned the cooks had been "emptying their greasy water through the scuppers, which has greased the sides of those ships a little."
Franklin doubted this, but in London on a day of strong winds and rough waves on a large pond, he tried an experiment, dropping a little oil on the water. Nothing happened. Realizing he had applied the oil on the pond's leeward side where the waves drove the oil back to shore, he tried the windward side. Though no more than a teaspoonful, the oil formed a thin film that spread and calmed a quarter of the pond, rendering it "smooth as a looking glass."
Now, whenever in the country, Franklin contrived to carry oil in the hollow of his bamboo cane, "magically" stilling turbulent streams as opportunities (audiences) presented themselves.
Q. It's roughly tantamount to falling 20-stories out of the sky, accelerating to 75 mph and thumbing your nose at the onrushing Earth (and living to brag about it). You're aboard "the incredible scream machine." What's coming next? –M. Hingeley
A. At the last split second, the roller coaster track curve pulls you up and jolts you with about 3.5 G-forces of deceleration, close to the gravity load– briefly!– of shuttle astronauts going into orbit (at 150 pounds you'll "weigh" 525), says Cleveland State University's Jearl Walker in Flying Circus of Physics, With Answers.
Top speed occurs early out of the gate, usually on the first long hill, though scarifying later features such as corkscrew curves and seeming low-hanging girders ahead may make speeds appear far greater.
Gravity's your sole propellant, so once your 14-ton chariot has been dragged to the first tiptop via electric chain contraption, the rest is downhill, energy-wise. Subsequent diminishing peaks are akin to a bouncing ball losing energy as it goes.
Tips: For maximum speeds, ride a packed train on a hot day– wheel lubricants become slicker, says Walker. Riding in front gives a sharper sense of plunging over a cliff at hillcrest (no visual forewarning). The caboose, by contrast, is the last car over and so has already picked up a lot of steam, hence you'll feel a force as if being catapulted up and out of your seat– "negative G's" to rabid rollerites.
Yet statistics show a coaster is safer than a car or plane-about 1 fatality per 250 million rides a year.
Q. Setting aside all the myriad ethical objections, could chimpanzees and humans successfully interbreed? –J. Goodall
A. No one knows– or if they do, they're keeping it to themselves, says Dr. Ian York of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Let's start with a relatively simple question: Can humans and chimps interbreed to produce fertile offspring? The answer is a pretty clear "No"; chimps and humans have different numbers of chromosomes (humans 23 pairs, chimps 24), which almost (not completely) means any hypothetical offspring would be sterile.
Members of different species can, in fact, sometimes interbreed. The most obvious examples are horses and donkeys, which are different species, have different chromosome numbers, but can interbreed like nobody's business to produce mules or hinnies.
Beyond this, though, says Dr. York, there's no simple rule for determining which species can interbreed. Humans and chimps diverged at roughly the same time as did horses and donkeys (between 5 and 10 million years ago), and very roughly they are about as similar, genetically, as are horses and donkeys. But that doesn't guarantee anything; it's a case-by-case matter. Some species which are more similar than humans and chimps cannot interbreed.
"In principle, it's entirely possible chimps and humans can interbreed. In principle, it's entirely possible that they can't. Unless the experiment is done, we won't know."
Q. Are patients who complain of intestinal gas really big producers of it? –J. Carrey
A. Many generate no more than average but are hypersensitive, reports The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy, 16th Edition. Normal for a young man is 9 to 21 "passages" daily, and many patients fall in this range. On the other hand, one person clocked 141/day, including 70 in a 4-hour period. "Hence, objectively recording flatus frequency should be the first step in evaluating a complaint of excessive flatulence."
Gas episodes have been informally typed as the "slider" (crowded elevator), "pooh" (open sphincter), "drumbeat" (passed in privacy), and "bark" (halts conversation).
Odor profile traces to diet, bacteria, and gas type, adds Margaret McDonald in the Textbook of Gastrointestinal Disease. "If you're a methane producer, your stools will float... Better the relatively odorless methane than hydrogen-sulfide (rotten eggs)." Another feature of methane is that it burns with a blue flame, a fact employed by college kids who light up to become flame-throwing champs.
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It is possible to add clip art to your bulletins that you use on your team's home page. In addition, you might want to add clip art to your emails even if you don't use the website's email function. When using clip art, please be careful where you get it from.
Use clip art from website, not directly from an internet search (like Google/Ask/etc). If you copy/paste a clip art directly off the internet search, you will be picking up anything attached to that website. By grapping clip art from a clip art website, you will get only the clip art
Here are some websites that have hockey related clipart:
Decide where you want to store the clipart and be sure you put it someplace you will be able to find it. Perhaps your desktop and move it elsewhere later, your "Pictures" folder or anywhere else you'd like.
Some browsers will let you drag the image from the web page, and drop it directly into the folder you want to save it in. If yours doesn't allow that, or you aren't as comfortable that way, here's the most common way to save an image.
Right-click over the image to see a pop-up menu similar to the one below, Click on "Save Picture As" or "Save Image As..." (The wording will vary depending which browser you are using.):
From there you will get a window asking where you want to save it, that looks something like this (yours will look different depending on your version of Windows, this screenshots below are showing Vista.).
You can either save it to your desktop and move the image later, or open the folders sidebar (click the arrow that says 'Browse Folders' in the lower left hand corner) to open this window:
When saving the images you may rename the image anything you want, just be sure to keep the file ending the same (.jpg, .gif, .png etc.) and I'd suggest keeping it lowercase if you intend to use the image on the web since most servers are case sensitive.
Saving images on a Mac is fairly similar as it is on a PC, right click... save image as... them navigate to the folder you want to store the clipart in, then click save. Single button mouse users however will either have to click and hold over the image or command click to get the save menu.
There's three common reasons for animated clipart losing the animation when it's been saved.
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- The settings you configure in System Preferences, Safari, Mail and other apps
- The history, caches and other website data you create by browsing the web with Safari or other web browsers
- Your email, contacts and calendar data
- The media you use with iTunes, Photos and other apps
You can find out whether unexpected behaviour is related to items in your user account by trying to reproduce the issue in another user account. (If the issue happens during startup and before you see your desktop, it's probably not related to your user account or settings.)
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If another user account is already set up on your Mac, you can simply log out of your account (Apple menu > Log Out) and log in with the other account. But the best way to test is with a newly created account:
- Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
- Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
- Click the Add button (+) below the list of users.
- Complete the fields shown for a Standard or Administrator account, then click Create Account (or OK).
If you plan to test with any of the documents in your own account, make those documents available to the new account. Drag them to the Shared folder of the Users folder on your hard drive (~/Users/Shared). You can then move them to other folders after you log in as the new user.
Then log out of your account and log in with the new account:
- Choose Apple menu > Log out.
- At the login window, log in with the name and password of the new account. If you're also asked to sign in with an iCloud account or Apple ID, skip that step.
Now try to reproduce the issue in the new account. If you need to set up an email account or other account in order to test, you can do so.
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If the issue doesn't happen in the new user account, the issue is related to the settings or files in your own account.
If you need help with a specific alert or issue, search the Apple Support website for the text of the alert. If the issue happens in only one app in your account, it might be related to one of that app's settings. Check the app's documentation or support website for help.
You can remove the new user account when you're done testing. Follow the steps for creating a new account, but click the Remove button (–) instead of the Add button (+). Before removing the account, make sure that you don't need any of the files or settings you created or copied in that account.
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum Brenda Song is moving into New Girl, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Song, 24, who also starred on the Disney Channel series spin-off The Suite Life on Deck, has been cast as a new love interest for Winston (Lamorne Morris). She will play Daisy, an extremely competitive and high-strung woman who detests quitters and who takes a liking to Winston after seeing him strike out with Holly (upcoming guest star Brooklyn Decker). Sounds like Daisy will be a nice (read: lively) change of pace from Winston's last girlfriend, the soft-spoken, pun-loving Shelby.
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After back-to-back Disney Channel show stints, Song co-starred in The Social Network as the intense girlfriend of Eduardo Saverin. She most recently recurred on Scandal as David Rosen's assistant.
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This is getting ugly. Yesterday, a Tallahassee Democrat report indicated that the sexual battery case involving Jameis Winston became "inactive" because the complainant told cops she didn't want to pursue the case. But today, in a statement released by its attorney to Tampa Bay Times reporter Matt Baker, the woman's family fired back, alleging that a Tallahassee detective warned the woman the city is "a big football town" and that "she would be raked over the coals" and her "life will be made miserable" if she were to press charges.
The family's statement also accuses the Tallahassee PD of misrepresenting to the media that the woman was intoxicated when blood tests showed otherwise. But the family aims its harshest criticism squarely at a Tallahassee PD detective named Scott Angulo. They say Angulo refused to collect Winston's DNA or to interview Winston's roommate, whom they say witnessed the attack. The family then provides what it says is the reason:
Detective Angulo stated that such activity would alert Winston and the matter could go public.
The incident occurred last December but had remained unknown to the public until the Tallahassee PD released a heavily redacted police report last week and turned the case over to the state attorney's office, the law enforcement body that, in Florida, must determine whether any charges will be filed. By January, the accuser had told family members that Winston was the perpetrator. It was then that "the family grew concerned that she would be targeted on campus."
After the family got an attorney to work with law enforcement, the attorney reached out to Angulo. More from the family's statement:
When the attorney contacted Detective Angulo immediately after Winston was identified, Detective Angulo told the attorney that Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against him because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable.
The case was moved from "open-active" to "open-inactive" in February. There was a discussion between the accuser's attorney and Angulo about suspending the investigation so the woman could get counseling. At the same time, the attorney discussed moving forward with DNA and blood testing "to make a more informed decision." That's when Angulo refused to get a DNA sample from Winston or to talk to his roommate, according to the family. From the statement:
If the victim had been aware that Winston's attorney was alerted as far back as February, she would have insisted that Tallahassee Police Department immediately collect DNA and interview, at the very least, Winston's roommate who witnessed the attack.
The family also says they kept trying to obtain the accuser's blood-test results from Angulo and from Fawnisha Brown, the Tallahassee PD's victim's advocate.
The victim was devastated when she learned late last week that the Tallahassee Police Department had informed Winston's attorney as far back as February, which allowed him all of this time to create his defense and prepare his witnesses. The victim cannot fathom that the state attorney's office was not given the same opportunity.
The family was shocked to hear that Winston's attorney was not only aware of the case but had been told by Tallahassee Police Department that the case had been closed in February. All the while, the family was awaiting blood work results until early April.
The family goes on to say that they had no role in the incident becoming public, and neither did the accuser. They ask why Angulo did not "conduct a proper investigation." They ask why it took four months to get the blood test results. They ask why it's been reported that the accuser was intoxicated when they say Angulo informed them the blood test revealed she wasn't. They ask why Winston was not ID'd as a suspect on the police report until January. They ask why it took 11 months for the case to go to the state attorney's office, and only then after the media—led by Baker, The Times reporter—began poking around. And they ask why FSU police was given a copy of the police report even though they have no jurisdiction and "Winston's attorney represents the Florida State University football team."
The family's complete statement can be read here.
Statement: Police warned accuser about pursuing Jameis Winston matter [Tampa Bay Times]
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To help you better understand the scope of SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL, I wrote some code for you to run on your own machine to experiment with and see for yourself. I think you'll remember it better by running the script below and carefully analyzing the output.Whatever the TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL is before executing a stored procedure is what it will be when the stored procedure starts executing. If it is changed inside the stored procedure, the change will persist within the stored procedure, but it will not persist outside the stored procedure.
If sp_executesql is executed within the stored procedure, the current TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL in the stored procedure is carried through into the statement executed by sp_executesql. This is not a trivial point. There are some things in a stored procedure that don't carry through into sp_executesql. For example, a table valued function declared in a stored procedure isn't scoped into sp_executesql, but a temporary table declared in a stored procedure does scope into sp_executesql, which is why I used a temporary table instead of a table variable.
Documentation for sys.dm_exec_requests and transaction_isolation_level is found here. Quoting from said document, we see the following definitions of transaction_isolation_level: 0 = Unspecified 1 = ReadUncomitted 2 = ReadCommitted 3 = Repeatable 4 = Serializable 5 = Snapshot
I recommend setting SSMS to display the results as text instead of in a grid. Go to Query menu, then select Results To and from that menu, select Results to Text. Or more simply, do CTRL-T to accompish the same thing.
Have fun!
/* If you execute the following statements a second time, you're likely to see slightly different results. *//* You should be able to figure out why by carefully considering what condition changed. */
can u please expalin the transaction isolation with stored procedure by giving example in details
Thanks man, very clear explanation.


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Jay Leno offered his congratulations when Conan O'Brien landed his new TBS gig.
However, in a new interview with "60 Minutes," it appears CoCo isn't so sweet on the way Jay handled the whole "Tonight Show" situation.
"He went and took that show back and I think in a similar situation, if roles had been reversed, I know — I know me, I wouldn't have done that," Conan said.
In the interview with Steve Kroft, which airs on Sunday, Conan – whose new TBS late night series will debut in November – said had the roles been reversed, he would've handled things differently.
"If I had surrendered 'The Tonight Show' and handed it over to somebody publicly and wished them well — and then…six months later. But that's me, you know. Everyone's got their own, you know, way of doing things," he added.
So what would Conan have done in Leno's situation?
"[I would've] done something else, go someplace else," he insisted. "I mean, that's just me."
As far as his decision to leave NBC, Conan said he felt it was best for both sides to go their separate ways.
"I [thought] this relationship is going be toxic and maybe we just need to go our separate ways," he recounted. "That's really how it felt to me… and I started to feel that I'm not sure these people even really want me here….I can't do it [anymore]."
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Kelly's memory lives in race
Kelly Watt is gone, but he's clearly far from forgotten. The life of the 18-year-old runner who died last summer from heat stroke will be celebrated this weekend by a trio of races named in his honor at Panorama Farms.
"I know it would have meant a lot to Kelly to be remember this way," says his father, Paul. "That was a special place for Kelly– it really turned him on to running."
In the months since Watt's July 30 death– four days after collapsing at the end of a grueling practice run on a sweltering day– friends and colleagues have rallied to remember him.
A running shop donated a pair of shoes to a runner in the annual Ragged Mountain Cup. Students at Albemarle High sold "remembrance bracelets" during "honor week" dedicated to his memory, and even his summer employer, Clean Machine Car Wash, took donations for free car washes to benefit the scholarship fund set up in the young man's memory.
Part of the proceeds from this weekend's races will benefit the Kelly Watt Memorial Scholarship Fund that assists a deserving student from Albemarle High; part will go to maintain the course that Kelly loved.
Watt would have been a freshman at the College of William & Mary this fall. He collapsed July 26 near the end of a solo practice run on Ridge Road in the western part of the county.
The first Kelly Watt Open is a 3,200-meter competition to be run Saturday, November 19. There are heats for high school boys and high school girls as well as an open race.
For more information about the Kelly Watt Memorial Race, call 293-3367.
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I'm a new player that's trying out the ELO game. So far my deck looks like this:
I've had decent success with it so far (1127) but I"m always tring to tweak things to be more efficient. Any help that you could give would be awesome but please keep in mind that this represents nearly all my clintz so any changes have to be equal value or close to.
Perhaps you might want to knock Rolph down to something like Methane or Dr Saw so you can replace Grudj with Bladovino, which also has pill manipulation but 2 higher power, and then switch Soushee to either Esmeralda or Hula, who are both respectable 2* Freaks fillers.
This is a hard choice...You don't need Bogdan; you already half plenty of SOA from your GHEIST. Hmm...I'd say switch Bogdan for Wolfgang and Soushee for Esmeralda. Here's why.
Poison and damage reduce is going to be an incredible asset with this new, high power & high damage & overpowered bonus, Vortex clan. Some of your damage reduce cards are going to be able to cover the cards with damage, and the GHEIST can cover the -life abilities.
Since you already have SOA from GHIEST, you should have Wolfgang's damage reduce instead of Bogdan's SOA. This can help lose rounds, which is an advantage when going against the new Vortex, and always help your poison deal in the hurt.
But with Soushee for Esmeralda,
Now that one of the more powerful cards in your deck has been replaced, it's time to fix that. Soushee isn't much for combat, and with Bogdan gone, that one change has hurt your ability to poison your opponent, and without poison your deck is crippled, so we need to fix that.
Esmeralda is a great card because she can be more useful with less pillz, than the other 2* Freaks, when it comes to combat. You can even call bluffs with no pillz, and easily slam the poison into the opponent. Hula can inflict the poison against SOB card, but when going against SOB decks, you should try to KO and end the fight as fast as possible. So the best 2* card for you to replace Soushee is, is Esmeralda, if you want to deliver the poison.
On to changed to your GHEIST side.
A think that is missing on your GHEIST side is damage. Yes, you have poison to cover for that. But sitting around letting the poison cripple the opponent isn't a good strategy. The longer the round goes on, the more times your opponent has to make a reversal, so damage is still important.
This is just a simple change, but the best change I can think is to change Rolph to Toro and Platinum (or Arkn) to Leviatonn. I'd put Toro on par with Rolph as an excellent combat card, and Leviatonn will giver your deck something you don't have-- SOB.
I would definetly still keep Bristone, and you'll need to keep either Arkn or Platinum, so which ever card you prefer, you should keep. But, just suggestion.
But, that's what I can do for suggestions. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to send me a PM and I can discuss things in further detail.
An alternate to Toxica's deck could be:
Baldovino 5*
Olga 3*
Arkendram 3*
Esmeralda 2*
Total 13*
Toro 4*
Leviatonn 3*
Bristone 3*
z3r0 d34d 2*
Total 12*
You retain pill manipulation (-2 instead of +), and gain more attack manipulation if you prefer it to the two DRs. This deck also has one more damage overall if that matters to you.
I like shadowcouncil's suggestion...
And one piece of advice: keep Arkn. Arkn takes away any attack manipulation and power manipulation as a ability, and slams them with the choice to pill or take 4 damage. Yes, 5 power sucks. But you'll realize how useful he is after he saves the game so many times... Seriously, keep Arkn in there. He might not be useful as Z3r0 D34d in the lower ELO when your opponents are much less strategic, but Arkn is necessary to combat alot of things.
Also, I think Baldovino's a really good choice. He's a strong opener which you sometimes need, and will lack with the absence of Rolph (Usually, Toro isn't too good of an opener for me, but rather a high-damage, solid wall card). Pill manipulation, 8 power, high damage, and poison, all in one crazy magician


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Social media tips for realtors
I thought I should take a minute to address the avalanche of realtors who now follow me on Twitter, partly in thanks to social media trainer Nobu Hata. I think only 10 percent of the accounts have tweeted anything since the first week they were set up and, of those, maybe half take using social media seriously.
Social media is here to stay, folks. The question isn't "Should I use it?" but "How engaged am I?" Here are some quick, basic tips to jumpstart your online presence.
Link your Facebook to your Twitter. I prefer to keep the two separate, but if you're strapped for time, link it, so that whenever you post on Facebook, it pumps out a tweet. Just go to facebook.com/twitter to set it up. And yes, you need both.
Don't talk about real estate all the time. If I look at your profile and all you're doing is talking about real estate, I probably won't follow your updates. Think of social media as a big, online cocktail party. When you're at a party, do you really want to hang out with the person who is always talking about themselves or trying to sell you something? I didn't think so.
The best realtors on social media post things about their lives: hobbies, food, friends and other personal interests. Every so often, they will post about their listings, articles on real estate, or just closing deals at the office, so you know they're busy realtors. But most of all, they pay attention to what others are saying, take an interest and join in the conversation.
Start conversations. If you must talk about real estate, you might occasionally post a question to see who's paying attention—and see what is important to your customers. You can ask things like: What was the first home you ever bought? What did you like best about your childhood home? If you could change one thing about your home, what would it be?
Use visuals. I previously talked about supplemental tools that push to Twitter and Facebook, like Instagram and Vine. People don't really read anymore, not even the little bites of information on social media! Enhance your online conversations with visuals, as much as possible.


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June 9, 2010 BIG DRAMA: Journey, Céline, Whitney
there's been an interesting little tit for tat on teh blogs re: the rehabilitation of "Don't Stop Believin'" as a hit for the ages (now available as totally awesome for the first time in the UK!). I think Scott's right on point, here: a lot of popular music, back in the halcyon days of the great authenticity divide, was considered illegitimate solely based on the performer's close ties with the industry. As these associations become eroded by time, the keepers of the pop/rock pantheon – largely including contemporary creators like David Chase – can capitalize afresh on the song's genuine awesomeness without tapping into that aversion to big industry names. 2005 brought Journey back to younger audiences in a big way, not just thanks to the White Sox, but also Lauren & Stephen (fwd to 2:30 for a clip of the moment in the show. ah, how fan montages skirt copyright infringement….)
and the Family Guy bit where peter & pals sing the song at karaoke, and really, an endless string of college keg parties (if i could count the number of times…).
we know well enough how the advent of p2p filesharing and streaming video exonerated listeners of mainstream pop music from listening to the wrong thing, since we no longer have to pay money to the big bads in order to jam out to our bad goods. this, of course, also opened the door to major label top 3's by indie tastemakers, and brought along with it the rap against rockism. funny, though, how many of us still feel guilty of our guilty pleasures regardless of money spent, signaling a sense of ethical value tied to music that goes beyond economics! there's a lot to untangle with the ethics of musical taste; i'll suffice it to say here that our lingering guilt for liking cheesy pop music is probably not without good reason. it is also largely responsible for the biggest prank in internet history. (…and another pop gem's awesomeness hath been restored!)
so here's an oldie-but-goodie that hasn't yet triumphed anew:
in 1996, céline epitomized soft rock bombast, and thus everything that was wrong with mainstream music. now that hipsters have come to realize that smooth music really can rawk, it's only a matter of time before this one blows up. which is to say, if it hasn't already – i've already been led through a dozen or so sing-alongs with this song over the last couple of years, which has led me to believe that most people actually really love this song, deep down. granted, i hang out with more gay guys than the average american, but still – you bust this out at your next karaoke night, and just see whose devil horns shoot up first. because, friends, this song is EPIC, just like journey is EPIC and lady gaga's videos are totally EPIC and this song too was so incredibly wtf EPIC!!!
EPIC-ness has caught on in a big way over the last few years, but you wouldn't be caught dead in the mid-90's sacrificing the indifference of your ironic hipness to the gods of the monster ballad. now, though, an epic quality is a boon: it evinces the balls that were ne'er to be found in the cynical nineties and early-oughts. not the balls of mortal men, mind you – i'm talking the balls of a performer who can carry the drama of a song through sheer force, through the bedazzling spectacle of vocal acrobatics and soaring guitar leads. let's stick with my sexist metaphor for a while: these here balls might be contrasted with the brain of the songwriter that lends drama by different means: through a sly chord progression, or a poignant lyric, or what have you. what's long been denigrated in music history is the songwriting brain that instead lends force to these balls, stroking them and caressing them in all the right places so that the performer might propel the song into the stratosphere of high melodrama juuuust at the right moment. in the case of céline, this happens right at 4:33 in the video – that "baby! baby! baby!" just hits so perfectly, right at the tail end of a lengthy chord progression stretching out the tension to beethovenian proportions, just as the tempo slows dramatically, readying the listener for the full rush of satisfaction that comes with the recognition of a chorus returned. this isn't (just) a cheap pop trick – it's a classically engineered narrative climax, a peak in the story told by sound in motion.
high drama in pop music has a long history of denigration, from country to soft rock to musical theater, as something that signals unrefined taste and sentimentality. high drama also has a longer history of artistry and admiration, from grand opéra all the way back to, oh, right, THE EPIC BALLAD. i reckon that its disparagement within pop music spheres, like that of journey, has to do with its close ties to industry, ties that are being remade all over the place currently. surely the ties will take hold again in all the wrong ways, but for the time being, it would be nice to appreciate just what is so great about big drama in big music. my boyfriend and i got into a tiff a couple weeks back on this point: he was of the mind that dolly parton's "i will always love you," like most originals performed by the songwriter, was better than whitney's, and just because whitney could "sing the fuck outta that song" doesn't mean that she did it better. to which i would agree that, yes, singing the fuck outta any song doesn't automatically make it better, but what about singing the fuck outta something that needs to be sung the fuck outta? turns out that dolly's song was conducive to the stop-and-start magic of whitney's recording that, in my opinion, transcends dolly's. (to be fair, dolly's recording has way more heart, where whitney's only has flair.) whoever arranged this song for whitney deserves a medal (although i imagine they've already made a fat dollar on the song, so whatevs) – starting off with whitney's solo voice at the beginning was a brilliant stroke in itself, but the way it leads up to that caesura at 3:09, only for whitney to bust it open in a key one half step up, is a masterstroke in suspense and release. and then there's whitney's vocals (R.I.P.), coasting on effortless melismas and embellishments, sailing easy into the money spot – there are balls, people, and then there are whitney's balls.
i'd be interested in reading and discussing more about what makes high drama good, as opposed to cheap – something broadway and opera fans know a lot more about than i do. in related news, i've got carl wilson's book on céline and bad taste on the reading docket. i wonder if he talks much about the depreciation of big drama in pop tastes?
Tags: bad taste, carl wilson, celine dion, divas, dolly parton, drama, epic, journey, melodrama, monster ballads, pop, soft rock, whitney houston
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You make good points and I will concede on those, but I also still think logs should be posted whenever possible if a raid is asking for help. The OP is putting up a list of important things to put in a "help me" post in order to get the best responses, and on that criteria, logs belong on the list.
If they don't know how to read the guides --and they can be very confusing at first -- I don't think the right solution is to avoid encouraging them lest they just rely on getting their hand held. There's no reason we can't help people by aiding with their raid issues AND teaching them how to make use of the tool themselves. The people who like helping out could post links to the WoL tutorials or at the least say "I noticed from the logs that the reason you're wiping is that your curses aren't getting dispelled. Here is how I figured that out using the log so you will know for next time."


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Katie Couric may want to brush up on her reporting skills before she takes on her new role as "global anchor" at Yahoo!, according to a number of critics displeased with a report about the HPV vaccine on her syndicated talk show, "Katie."
In a segment that aired Wednesday, Couric and a panel of guests discussed the supposed controversy surrounding the vaccine, known as Gardasil, which prevents transmission of a sexually transmitted disease that affects an estimated 79 million Americans and has been linked to numerous forms of cancer, particularly cervical.
The outcry began Tuesday with a blog post from science writer Seth Mnookin, who had spoken extensively with a "Katie" producer who assured him the segment would not be alarmist. Mnookin was therefore troubled by the sensationalistic teaser for the episode: "The HPV vaccine is considered a life-saving cancer preventer … but is it a potentially deadly dose for girls?" According to the CDC, 57 million doses of the vaccine have been given out since it was approved in 2006, and comprehensive studies have shown no short- or long-term health effects related to the vaccine (despite outlandish claims made by Rep. Michele Bachmann).
Fear-mogering marketing is one thing, but many other critics were equally displeased with the report that ultimately aired. On Twitter, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter called the report "shameful" and said Couric had lost her credibility. Most problematic, according to detractors writing at Slate, Forbes, Time and Jezebel (as well as here at the Times), was that Couric's lineup of guests skewed heavily toward critics of the vaccine.
The panel included two women who relied solely on anecdotal evidence in making their claims — one a mother whose daughter died of indeterminate causes 18 days after receiving a Gardasil shot, the other a young woman who blamed a smattering of adverse health effects on the vaccine. They were joined by Dr. Diane Harper, who erroneously asserted that the vaccine loses its efficacy after five years even (there is "no evidence of waning protection," says the CDC). That left just one guest, Dr. Mallika Marshall, to represent the pro-vaccine side.
This lineup might have made for more dramatic television, but, according to Couric's critics, it also creates the false impression of balance when in fact there is little divide about the safety of Gardasil within the scientific community.
During the broadcast, Couric said that she decided to vaccinate her two daughters against HPV. Nevertheless, by giving a prominent platform to the anti-vaccine movement, she has invited negative comparisons to fellow daytime host Jenny McCarthy, who was hired by "The View" last summer despite being one of the most prominent proponents of the thoroughly discredited theory linking childhood vaccines to autism.
To some, Couric's behavior is even more problematic than McCarthy's, given her stature as a respected journalist and former network news anchor as well as her previous efforts to educate the public about the fight against cancer.
Updated at 1:08 p.m. Dec. 5: A representative of "Katie" said that Couric will address the controversy on Friday's show.


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A number of years ago on a short visit to San Francisco my husband and I enjoyed time at PIER 39. Now on an extended stay in the Bay Area and in charge of our grandsons, we decided on a trip from Palo Alto to the city. Unfortunately, my husband became ill and could not go but fortunately, a good friend, Betsy, joined me for a day filled with great activities. Another adult was helpful with grandsons, Hugo (8) and Francois (17) while their parents were away. This proved to be a "perfect" day.
We entered the pier passing the Blue and Gold kiosk but decided to make our first stop the Aquarium of the Bay. Good decision because there was so much to see and so much to learn. The boys were enchanted with the colors and I was very impressed with the way in which so much information is conveyed in such a "user friendly" manner. There was so much to see that we visited it twice-before and after lunch. After the entry room filled with breathtakingly beautifully colored fish, we went to the lower level. In one direction we stepped on a moving belt and were propelled along essentially through the ocean because the ocean surrounded us. On our return, we took time to explore the areas where animals can be touched with one finger and where there was an electron microscope.
We left the Aquarium of the Bay in order to keep our reservation for lunch at Fog Harbor Fish House. The food was delicious and we were impressed that this is the first 100% sustainable restaurant on the pier ( Article about Fog Harbor Fish House). Following our great lunch, feeling full and wanting to walk, we headed over to see the sea lions.
We learned the following information:
The sea lions that camp out in PIER 39's West Marina have been an international sensation for more than 22 years. A few California sea lions were noted in PIER 39's West Marina shortly after the 1989 San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake. These boisterous barking pinnipeds started arriving in droves and took over K-Dock in January 1990. Their numbers quickly increased from 10-50, to 300 within a few months and topping off at record 1,701 in November 2009.
Later that same month their numbers quickly dwindled and by December 2009 only a handful were hauled out on K-Dock. Researchers at The Marine Mammal Center attributed their departure to a shift in their food source, which caused the population to travel to other regions in their normal range including the Oregon Coast to feed. Slowly the sea lions migrated back to PIER 39 to the delight of locals and tourists who gather from all over the world to watch the playful behavior of these California sea lions.
We enjoyed watching the sea lions at play and when we turned to leave we had the chance to stroke some sea lion pelts and look at books with photos and explanations about these captivating creatures. As part of the educational program that was developed to educate visitors and school groups this display was provided by The Marine Mammal Center. The organization is devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of marine mammals, as well as to the study of these animals', and has been in existence for the past two decades.
Our next stop was Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze at Hugo's request. Walking to our destination, we passed lots of people, lots of restaurants and shops of all kinds selling everything from touristy items to fine crafted items of various kinds. Betsy even noticed a shell shop that actually had the perfect night light, one for which she had been searching.
Hugo was so enthusiastic that the adults, though hesitant, agreed to go. What fun everyone had, all ages. Fortunately, Francois lead the rest of us all the through the maze after we ended up at the beginning instead of at the exit once or twice. It was disorienting in a "fun" way.
When we left the Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze we had a major decision to make. Should we catch the next boat ride? Since the boys live locally, they decided to come back soon for the boat ride and spend their time in the Aquarium, which we had not completely explored. The time to fully explore the aquarium was very rewarding. However, If we were coming as tourists from another area, I think their decision would have been to take the Blue & Gold Fleet's famous on-hour Bay Cruise Adventure.
It surprised us that the day had passed so quickly and though the there were many more choices of activities, our group was ready to return home and plan another visit soon.
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Photos: B. Keer
Published on May 24, 2012


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Laughing Lucinda: She talks of marriage and kitchen tapes
After a few decades of working at a measured pace, Lucinda Williams has suddenly become relatively prolific. This burst has led to the release of one of her finest albums, this year's Blessed (pronounced with one syllable, she notes). In the midst of this creative stretch, she married music executive and colleague Tom Overby, but thankfully the marriage hasn't harmed her art. Blessed brings about a few changes and a new sound compliments of legendary producer Don Was, but it still showcases Williams' detailed lyrics and inimitable vocals.
The Hook: What was the importance of Don Was to this album?
Lucinda Williams: One of the things that made me feel real comfortable is he said, "I want to make sure that whatever we do, Lucinda's vocals are the main thing." This is the best-sounding album I've ever made. Just having him involved made me feel real secure.
The Hook: What prompted the release of the "kitchen tapes," the bonus disc of demo recordings?
Lucinda Williams: We started playing them for our friends, and everybody started referring to it as "the kitchen tapes." Tom came up with the idea to put them out as a bonus thing. I recorded it on this little thing called a Zoom. You record onto it and then you burn a CD. It's a lot different than sitting and recording [with older techniques], which is what I would always do before just to get the songs down.
The Hook: Do you think the role of your marriage in your songwriting has been overemphasized in the press?
Lucinda Williams: It was ludicrous– the idea that I'm not going to be able to write anymore. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I've actually become more prolific.
The Hook: There's that myth that art comes from suffering.
Lucinda Williams: I'm still suffering! When do we stop suffering? I don't understand how people can be so vapid. We're human beings–- we meet someone, we marry, we have kids, we have jobs we love, we have jobs we hate, we're broke, we have money. Art's not a reflection of any of those things. That's life. You should still feel inspired after you meet someone. What am I going to do if I'm not writing songs?
Lucinda Williams performs at the Paramount Theater on April 25. $31-$41, 8pm.Read more on: lucinda williamsParamount Theater


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Painting is one of the most ancient forms of artistic expression in the world. The earliest known paintings, the cave paintings at the Grotte Chauvet in France, are estimated to be 32,000 years old, dating to a time when humans were only just learning to express and preserve their feelings and ideas. Since these early paintings done in red ochre and black pigments, artists the world over have explored all manner of painting techniques, uses, and materials. The results of these many experiments have given the world a priceless trove of artwork—some treasured, some forgotten. Through it all, the tools and supplies used to create paintings have been refined and perfected by painters striving to express their visions better, faster, and more durably.
Today, there are nearly as many painting techniques, supplies, and media as there are painters! After all, painting can be defined as any process of applying color to any surface, including paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, skin, or concrete. With so many different surfaces and ideas to choose from, painters have developed a wide variety of ways to throw color around. Through the centuries, though, a select group of paints and tools have emerged as time-tested favorites. Finding the perfect paint or palette for your project can still be a bewildering affair, unfortunately, and many local art and craft supply stores aren't able to stock a large selection to choose from.
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Developed in the 1920s, acrylics are a relatively new painting medium. Acrylics are also one of the most popular, as they are both affordable and easy to use. Acrylic paints mix their pigments with a liquid plastic binder. They are water soluble when wet and water resistant when dry. Acrylics dry very quickly when compared to oil base paints and, upon drying, become remarkably flexible and durable.
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Acrylic gels and mediums are additives mixed into acrylic paint to add depth and intensity of color. Gels and mediums are used to increase transparency and gloss, ease the flow of paint, and add flexibility and adhesion. Many acrylic gels and mediums can also be used as a varnish to protect paintings and establish a glossy surface.
Acrylic gesso is a primer used on a variety of absorbent surfaces (especially canvas) where acrylic colors or other kinds of paint will be applied. Gesso ensures that the support will not be damaged or deteriorated by the paint over time.
Acrylic paints are designed to have a heavy viscosity in order to paint thick, retaining peaks and brush marks like oil paints. They provide great coverage, but are cheaper than typical oil paints.
Acrylic sets and kits package together all the paints a artist needs to begin an acrylic painting immediately. These sets are especially good for beginners or painters unaccustomed to the medium.
Pronounced "kay-seen," this water-based, quick-drying paint is made using casein as a binder. Casein is a protein precipitated from milk and it has been used in painting for thousands of years.
Casein is water soluble when wet, making it easy to dilute and clean up. When dry, however, it becomes extremely water resistant. Casein dries quickly, so brushes and other materials should be cleaned soon after use.
Because it can become brittle with age, casein works best with extremely rigid supports such as wood, plaster, metal, stone, and canvas board. Casein has an exceptional integrity of color and always dries to a matte finish, making it excellent for art reproduction. This velvety matte finish can also be buffed to a satin sheen or varnished to produce a resemblance to oils.
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Painting is a very free-flowing art medium, and sometimes the art flows a bit too freely! It might be the least fun aspect of artistic expression, but regular cleaning is as much a part of painting as any brushstroke. Though clean-up is always a chore, quality art cleaning supplies can keep your artwork and workspaces healthy, attractive, and preserved from the elements. Luckily, MisterArt.com has all of your cleaning needs covered:
Aprons and drop cloths are handy textiles that very simply keep paint from dripping on to your painting clothes and studio floor. When your painting is complete, toss these into the washing machine to reuse them or just toss them in the trash!
Brush cleaners are soaps, conditioners, and basins designed to keep your paint brushes clean and fresh between uses, ensuring their preservation.
Hand cleaning supplies keep hands and skin free of wet paint while you work and can be used to scrub any stray drips away after the paint dries.
Painting restoration chemicals are cleansers that remove surface soil from oil paintings and other works and help to restore their freshness of appearance.
Solvents and thinners are used to wash away or thin various kinds of paints, particularly thick paint solutions and dried paint. They're often used to clean brushes and other painting supplies.
Wipes and cloths are great for brushing away grimy buildup from the surfaces of painting and art supplies. With a little elbow grease, they'll keep your work looking brand new.
Decorative painting supplies include versatile paints, enamels, and tools that work well on a variety of surfaces. This versatility has made decorative paints and supplies favorites amongst crafters and other artists whose painting isn't limited to paper or canvas.
Craft acrylics are paints designed for thick, opaque coverage on large, smooth surfaces. They're particularly vivid when used for decorative painting, home decor, and general craft painting projects.
Fabric paints are paints and dyes specially formulated to bond durably with textiles, including clothing, curtains, banners, and more.
Faux finishing supplies give crafts and artwork artificially reproduced looks, such as antique, metallic, glow-in-the-dark, distressed, and textured finishes.
Glazes and mediums are applied to the surface of arts and crafts to add glossy, protective finishes. While some glazes and mediums are prized merely for their visual qualities, many also act as sealants, protecting artwork from moisture and other contaminants.
Decorative painting tools are unique brushes and applicators designed to distribute paint, stains, and finishes on to crafts and media with a wide variety of surfaces. MisterArt.com also stocks a great selection of conventional paint brushes for decorative painting!
Sealers and finishers are sprays that give artwork a glossy or stained finish as well as seal them against moisture and other damage.
Spray paints come in aerosol cans that distribute paint quickly and evenly over all kinds of surfaces.
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Enamel paints, commonly referred to as enamels, are paints engineered to dry to an extremely hard, usually glossy, finish. These latex or oil-based paints mimic the properties of true, fired vitreous enamel, which is made from glass. Needless to say, enamel paints are significantly softer than either vitreous enamel or synthetic resins.
Some enamel paints have been made by adding varnish to oil-based paint, but more often enamels are oil-based products, usually with a nice amount of gloss added. Recently, though, many latex and water-based paints have adopted the term as well. MisterArt.com has the web's best deals on enamel paints of all kinds, including spray and liquid paints in clear glossy, brightly colored, and metallic finishes.
Face and body paints are a fun, non-toxic way to extend the artist's canvas to the human body—without the pain and permanence of tattoos! The safe, washable paints come in many different forms, from tattoo markers to waxy crayons to tried-and-true paint bottles. Finding the right medium for your plans depends on what sort of art you're interested in creating. Bottles of face paint are best to turn a kid's mug into a Spider-Man mask; markers might be best for finely detailed faux tattoos.
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Do to their ultra-smooth, rigid surfaces, glass and tile often require specially formulated paints to achieve thick, textured color when used in artwork. Many glass paints are used to create a textured finish that simulates the look of cathedral stained glass. These paints can be used on a variety of surfaces, including windows, glass, mirrors, Plexiglas, glazed ceramics, and styrene.
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Kids' paints, obviously, are made for younger artists and are produced with different considerations than oils or acrylics. Typically, kids' paints are designed for use in the classroom or at the kitchen table, so most are designed to wash out of most fabrics and hard surfaces. Since kids can be a bit freer with their artistic expression, kids' paints must be non-toxic so that a dab or two in the eyes or mouth won't cause any harm.
The cheap kids' paints available at MisterArt.com are also quite versatile. Kids participate in a large number of arts and crafts experiments; their paint needs to be adaptable to the challenge at hand! We stock kids' paints that work great for silk screen printing, painting murals, papier mache, clay, plaster, wood, and of course paper and canvas! We've got the paints to nurture any child's vision, from finger paints to watercolors.
Oil paints are a type of slow-drying paint consisting of small pigment particles suspended in a drying oil. The standard medium for painting, oil-based paints have dominated the art world for centuries. Today, oil paints are made of pigment combined with a drying oil binder such as linseed, safflower, walnut, or poppy.
Quality oil paints possess excellent color depth and resonance. They are also extremely durable and fade resistant. Highly versatile, oil paints can be used for a variety of effects including thin washes or thick impastos.
Oil paints can also be difficult to use, especially for beginners. Because they are water insoluble, oil paints require solvents like turpentine for thinning and cleaning. They also dry very slowly, and large or complex paintings can often take months to complete.
Mediums are used by artists to help control oil paints' color consistency, gloss, transparency, and drying rate.
Paint sticks are solid, easy-to-control sticks of oil paint that can be spread or blended with the finger, brush, or palette knife. There are also no unpleasant odors or fumes, so you can use paint sticks virtually anywhere, at any time.
Solvents and thinners are used to dilute and remove oil paint. These products improve brushing qualities; clean brushes, rollers, and spray equipment; and remove dirt and grease from surfaces before painting.
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Why should the talented have all the fun! With paint by numbers kits, even painters without any lessons or experience can paint a masterpiece, just by following the numbers. There's no need to worry about the subject matter, composition, or messy solvents-- these boards have been preprinted, so all you have to do it simply read the instructions and start painting right away. Recreate the masterworks of art from throughout history! Oil painting by numbers is the perfect introduction to fine art for young or inexperienced artists.
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The palette is an essential tool for artists of all skill levels. These simply plates and trays allow painters to separate, mix, and store paints as they work. Naturally, because every artist, paint, and project is unique, many different kinds of palettes are required. Before making a decision on which palette is best for your next project, it's wise to consider each kind of palette's strengths:
Covered palettes keep your paints clean and moist for days, even weeks. These palettes' coverings keep contaminants out of your paint and keep fast-drying paints like watercolors and acrylics fresh and ready longer.
Glass and porcelain palettes feature a smooth, non-porous surface that improves color mixing. These sometimes-fragile palettes are reusable and easy to clean—dried paint either scrapes or peels right off with no mess and no dried paint build-up.
Mixing dishes, with their many paint wells, are perfect for for holding your colors separate. The larger, flat middle area of the dishes are ideal for mixing paint. Mixing dishes are often made from sturdy plastic or aluminum for repeated use without wear and tear.
Oil and acrylic palettes are non-porous palettes specifically designed for use with oil and acrylic paints.
Paint boxes and trays are similar to other palettes in that they hold paints ready for mixing, but these palettes are designed to rest on a table or desktop rather than be held during work. Consequently, they're often larger and bulkier than other artists' palettes.
Palette paper and pads are disposable, bio-degradable palettes that provide all of the moisture-sealed mixing area of reusable palettes without all the cleanup.
Watercolor palettes contain paint wells specifically designed to hold watercolors.
Wood palettes are reusable and offer the lighter weight and attractive finish of wood.
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Pigments are powdered colors that are used in many different artistic applications. They are used for coloring paint, ink, plastic, fabric, cosmetics, food and other materials. Most pigments used in arts and crafts are dry colorants, typically ground into a fine powder. This powder is added to a relatively neutral or colorless material that acts as a binder, such as oil or water.
Pigments are insoluble in a vehicle, which separates them from dyes. Dye is usually itself a liquid or dissolves completely into its liquid vehicle.
Pigments come in many different colors and are useful for many diverse techniques, including fresco painting, oil, watercolor, acrylics, fatty tempera, egg tempera and others. Pigments can be mixed into any viscous medium, including all paints, varnish, airbrush paints, polymer clay, and more! They can also be applied dry to wood, ceramics, paper, wax, or any porous surface.
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Paint storage is essential for all types of painters—it's tough to create when all your paint is dried up! Mixing paints to the precise shade that you need takes time, and without proper paint storage, you'll have to start all over again in a few hours. Luckily, the solution is pretty simple. Using lidded, plastic paint cups, any artist can store his or her favorite oil, acrylic or watercolor paint colors that they've spent so much effort mixing. These air-tight containers can keep paint indefinitely. Reusable paint cups can be easily cleaned with brush cleaner or odorless thinner, depending on the paint that was stored.
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Tempera (or egg tempera) is a type of artist's paint popular in the classical world, where it was the main medium used for panel painting and illuminated manuscripts in the Byzantine world and Europe in the Middle Ages. Later, it was replaced by oil painting in the Western world as painters' favorite. It has remained, though, the required medium for Orthodox icons. Egg tempera is paint made by binding pigment in an egg medium.
However, the term tempera in modern times is also used by many manufacturers to refer to ordinary poster paint, which has pretty much nothing to do with real egg tempera! These tempera paints are perfect and beloved for use by children, because they are non-toxic, long-lasting, and fast-drying. Most tempera paints are sold in liquid form, but MisterArt.com has temperas in dry cake form, too. These paints can be stored safely for long periods!
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The vital ingredients to create a beautiful painting are paints, a canvas, and a brush. Don't be fooled, though—there are plenty of other tools that have proven indispensable to artists for generations. Each performs a specific function to make an artist's life easier and spark his or her imagination:
Color wheels and guides teach color relationships by organizing colors in a circle, making it easy to visualize how they relate to each other. This helps especially when you're mixing colors!
Mannequins are the perfect reference tools for drawing the human body from different angles.
Palette knives are blunt knives with a flexible steel blade and no sharpened cutting edge. They're ideal for mixing and stirring paint colors on a palette.
Shaping and lifting tools use rubber nibs that allow painters to add or remove wet paint from a surface to erase mistakes, add highlights, or create texture and other effects.
Sponges give artists all kinds of options to paint and create washes using a unique texture. Both natural and synthetic sponges work great!
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Varnishes and sprays provide a transparent, hard, protective finish or film used primarily to protect finished artwork. Varnish finishes are usually glossy but may be designed to produce satin or semi-gloss sheens through the addition of flatting agents. They're available in both liquid and aerosol form.
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Clear varnish gives finished artwork a hard, glossy finish.
Dammar varnish is used especially with oil paintings. Transparent and colorless when applied, it brings out the beauty of colors with a soft gloss.
Gloss varnish produces the thickest, glossiest finish of all, while matte varnish produces a non-glare, low-sheen surface that intensifies colors.
Re-touching varnish protects oil paintings while drying and brightens sunken-in colors for further work.
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Watercolors are paints that combine pigment with a light binder of gum Arabic and glycerine. When the paints are mixed with water, the binder dissolves and the pigment particles become suspended.
Watercolors are available in both tubes and pans. Tubes contain watercolor in a thick paste. Tubes are great for when you need a large amount or high concentration of color. Pans consist of dry cakes held in small trays, or "pans." They are more expensive than tubes but are easy to use and make little mess.
Watercolors possess a rich, moist color. They can vary in transparency from opaque to virtually clear when mixed with enough water. Opaque watercolors are referred to as gouache or tempera.
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Watercolor mediums are binders that improve the flow and transparency of watercolors.
Watercolor crayons and pencils use water-soluble wax to create watercolor effects such as washes and scrapings for dry or wet drawing on all materials, all with no mess!
Watercolor frisket describes any masking film or spray used by watercolor artists to protect areas of a work from unintended coloration during painting.
Gouache and opaque watercolors can be applied directly from the tube (or pan) or thinned with water for transparent watercolor effects. An excellent choice for color theory instruction and other educational purposes, they can be used on a wide variety of surfaces, including paper, hardboard, plastic, wood, and metal.
Watercolor paints have been prized for generations thanks to their legendary lightfastness and covering power.
For artists just getting started exploring the wonderful world of watercolor painting, MisterArt.com has great deals on many sets and kits that include everything a painter needs to begin working with watercolors immediately!
Oh, and don't forget the palette!
Want to know more? Want to SEE more? MisterArt.com can help! We have a great selection of painting books and media available, from instructional DVDs to artist biographies to masters' collections. MisterArt.com is ready to ship nationwide to fulfill all of your painting media needs!
Acrylics—Developed in the 1920s, acrylics are a relatively new painting medium. Acrylics are also one of the most popular, as they are both cheap and easy to use.
Acrylic paints mix their pigments with a liquid plastic binder. They are water soluble when wet and water resistant when dry. Acrylics dry very quickly when compared to oil base paints and, upon drying, become remarkably flexible and durable. See Acrylic paint.
Oils—The standard medium for painting, oil based paints have dominated the art world for centuries. Oil paints are made of pigment combined with a drying oil binder such as linseed, safflower, walnut, or poppy.
Oil paints can also be difficult to use, especially for beginners. Because they are water insoluble, oil paints require solvents like turpentine for thinning and cleaning. They also dry very slowly, and large or complex paintings can often take months to complete. See Oil paint.
Watercolors—These paints combine pigment with a light binder of gum Arabic and glycerine. When the paints are mixed with water, the binder dissolves and the pigment particles become suspended.
Watercolors come in either tubes or pans. Tubes contain watercolor in a thick paste. Tubes are great for when you need a large amount or high concentration of color. Pans consist of dry cakes held in small trays, or "pans." They are more expensive than tubes but are easy to use and make little mess.
Watercolors possess a rich, moist color. They can vary in transparency from opaque to virtually clear when mixed with enough water. Opaque watercolors are referred to as gouache or tempera. See Watercolor paint.
Casein—Pronounced "kay' seen," this water-based, quick drying paint is made using casein as a binder. Casein is a protein precipitated from milk and it has been used in painting for thousands of years.
Casein is water soluble when wet, easy to dilute and clean up. When dry, however, it becomes extremely water resistant. Casein dries quickly, so brushes and other materials should be cleaned soon after use.
Because it can become brittle with age, casein works best with extremely rigid supports such as wood, plaster, metal, stone, and canvas board. See Casein paint.
Enamels—Paint that provides an especially hard and glossy finish is often referred to as "enamel." While originally oil-based, today's enamels are often made with acrylics or latex. Enamels are perfect for crafts and models that require a durable, high-gloss finish.
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Painting is one of the most ancient forms of artistic expression in the world. The earliest known paintings, the cave paintings at the Grotte Chauvet in France, are estimated to be 32,000 years old, dating to a time when humans were only just learning to express and preserve their feelings and ideas. Since these early paintings done in red ochre and black pigments, artists the world over have explored all manner of painting techniques, uses, and materials. The results of these many experiments have given the world a priceless trove of artwork—some treasured, some...
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