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NOTTINGHAM: Not even falling two runs short of a century on debut could dim the smile on Ashton Agar's face, and England spent the evening session at Trent Bridge trying to recover from seeing the teenaged No.11 whisk away control of the first Test.
Agar will forever be part of Ashes folklore for his knock of 98 from 101 balls, which surpassed the previous world record for a last man in, set by West Indies fast bowler Tino Best against England last year.
Record innings: Ashton Agar walks off after missing out on a century. Photo: AP
The teenager leaned across the fence after his dismissal and said to Sonya, his mother: "Sorry about that."
After his stunning innings, Agar said: "It's a dream come true, that's what it is to me. Forever I've dreamed of playing Test cricket for Australia and for my debut to start the way it has I'm over the moon.''
He and Phillip Hughes, who made a tough 81 not out, carried Australia to an improbable first innings lead of 65 with a world record partnership of 163 for the last wicket, eclipsing the 151 held jointly by New Zealand duo Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge from 1973 and Pakistan pair Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed set in 1997.
Ashton Agar has made the highest Test score by a No.11. Photo: AFP
It was a game-changing stand and possibly a life-changing one for Agar, who twice hit Graeme Swann down the ground for six and pulled anything short from the quicks with confidence.
Hughes played a tough, skilful innings of 81 not out, by far his best innings in six difficult matches against England. When the pair came together the score was 9-117 and Australia's first innings was in ruins. James Anderson was swinging the ball both ways at one end and Graeme Swann was spinning it at the other. Five wickets had fallen for nine runs in 42 balls.
Later, after the touring team was finally dismissed for 280, another lanky left-armer, Mitchell Starc, rocked England by dismissing Joe Root and Jonathan Trott in consecutive balls, reducing the home side to 2-11 at tea.
Overshadowed: Phil Hughes scored 81 as Ashton Agar blasted the England bowlers. Photo: Getty Images
Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen ensured there was no further damage in the evening session, although Agar almost added a maiden Test wicket to his batting heroics.
Pietersen was dropped on 25, the edge skidding into Brad Haddin's pads. England went to stumps on day two at 2-80, leading by 15 and needing a big partnership to stay in the match.
The English were frustrated by two umpiring decisions that went Australia's way. The first was when Agar, on six, survived a fierce stumping appeal because the replay did not conclusively show that he had lifted his foot at the moment the bails were removed.
Controversial call: Mitchell Starc of Australia unsuccessfully appeals for LBW against Jonathan Trott. The decision was overturned on review. Photo: Getty Images
The second concerned Trott. Umpire Aleem Dar turned down an lbw appeal but the Australians asked for a review. The decision was changed on review despite conflicting TV evidence about an inside edge.
When the verdict flashed up on the screen, Starc got down on one knee and roared in Trott's direction.
Before Agar's intervention, Anderson was performing magic tricks with a ball barely 30 overs old and a familiar sense of panic set in among Australia's batsmen.
Well played: Ashton Agar is congratulated by fellow spinner Graeme Swann. Photo: Reuters
Steve Smith, a much more accomplished batsman than when he last appeared in an Ashes series, paid for a loose drive edged behind on 53.
Peter Siddle watched one curve into him and edged the next as it shaped away, and Starc was dropped at second slip but caught behind for a duck soon afterwards.
Anderson collected 5-85 but Swann grabbed some attention when he ripped an off-break into Brad Haddin's stumps.
Ashton's Big Day Out!
Australia's Ashton Agar leaves the field after being dismissed for 98 runs during the first Ashes cricket test match against England at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham. Photo: Reuters
It was a special ball but the Australian, given his time again, might not have attempted to cut against the spin just two balls into his innings.
Thankfully for Australia, Agar came to the rescue in his first Test innings. When he was eventually dismissed, caught pulling a short ball from Stuart Broad mid-wicket, Swann ran to him as he left the field and said, "Well done, young fella."
Highest Test scores by No.11 batsmen
Ashton Agar (Aus) 98 v England Nottingham, 2013
Tino Best (WI) 95 v England, Birmingham, 2012
Zaheer Khan (Ind) 75 v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2004
Richard Collinge (NZ) 68* v Pakistan, Auckland, 1973
Albert Vogler (SA) 62* v England, Cape Town, 1906
Glenn McGrath (Aus) 61 v New Zealand, Brisbane, 2004
Wasim Bari (Pak) 60* v West Indies, Bridgetown,1977
John Snow (Eng) 59* v West Indies, The Oval,1966
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)59 v South Africa, Rawalpindi, 1997
Pat Symcox (SA) 54 v Australia, Adelaide, 1998
Rodney Hogg (Aus) 52 v West Indies, Georgetown, 1984
Wes Hall (WI) 50* v India, Port of Spain, 1962
Fred Spofforth (Aus) 50 v England, Melbourne, 1885
Ghulam Ahmed (Ind) 50 v Pakistan, Delhi, 1952
By the numbers
- Ashton Agar, 19, scored 98 from 101 balls on day two of the first Test.
- Agar and Phil Hughes' 10th wicket partnership was a world record 163
- Surpassed Tino Best (95 v England, 2012) for highest individual score ever by a No.11
- Surpassed Glenn McGrath (61 v New Zealand, 2004) for highest score by an Australian No.11
- Surpassed Australia's Warwick Armstrong (45 v England, 1902) for highest score and first 50 by a No.11 on Test debut
- Surpassed previous highest 10th wicket partnership: 151, New Zealand's Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge v Pakistan at Eden Park in 1972-73, and Pakistan's Mushtaq Ahmed and Azhar Mahmood v South Africa at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 1997-98
- Surpassed highest Australian 10th wicket partnership: 127, Arthur Mailey and John Taylor v England at the SCG in 1924-25
- Became the first Ashes No.11 in 117 years to top the scoring in an inningsem 2nd fastest 50 on Test debut by an Australian, bringing his half century up off exactly 50 balls. Adam Gilchrist holds the record, with 46 balls.

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No, No, this is good news.
With a resurgent Soviet Empire, perhaps a good old fashioned cold war is just what the US needs to free itself from the lefty Socialist loons running around everywhere.
Although it will admittedly really suck for the Russians...
Thought crime.
A' la "Minority Report"? I thought the same thing when I read this.
Except also make the 3 prophets antisemitic.
Took hitler long enough to win WWII. Who needs a country, or a body; just overload governmental power around the world, and keep letting terrorists look like victims of Israel.
Of course, think of films. It's the only thing you can produce
Russians needs to flush Putin down the toilet. Haven't they learned that when you keep a leader around this long he becomes a permanent fixture int the society (i.e. Ghadaffi, Stalin, Mao,...)? And their lust for power becomes insatiable? I thought the Rusian people had become smarter than this but they're sliding back into their old ways.
You mean the people of Russistan?
Mullah Putin?
Whats happening in Russia is no different than what Obama is doing here...can anyone say ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT...What do you idiots think is in that 2000+ page Health Care Bill..theres a provision to allow social workers to enter families homes to GUILD them on how to raise their children, if you don't do it way, if your religious beliefs are too far out of the mainstream, say you believe homosexuality is a sin, you lose your children and you get jail time for child abuse....WAKE UP
Kevinfromduluth, you are so misguided, 1st this article is about Russia, not Obama. Second point, the health care comment is way out of line. There is not one piece of information out there to make your comments legitimate (child raising / homosexuality). Either way, some of your comments seem to drift towards the right (health care) and then you drift back, oh wait a minute, you stayed to the right, homosexuality IS A SIN.
It is idiots like you that keep teabaggers on the front stories of web sites, you believe everything they tell you without question.
You, sir, need to wake up
Prove him wrong!!
Kevin, You are exactly correct! And, Obama's health care is just the cherry on top of George Bush's Patriot Act. All to control the people and force us into global governance. Notice how the Russian's are using the same tactic. The "threat" of terrorism is their excuse to clamp down on the populace. These goverments already know exactly who the terrorists are. This nonsense could have been over long ago. But, it makes an excellent excuse to take away our liberties.
Bot, you are obviously a disenchanted 0bama tool and supporter. You can't make a complete sentence without bringing into the discussion the previous administration. How have you been negatively affected by the Patriot Act? Are you making overseas phone calls to terrorists?
DAMN! That sucks!!!!
kevinfromduluth - you're an idiot. I'm a conservative too but, unlike you, I know the difference between what's happening here and what's happening in Russia. We can change the course of our country by changing our leadership. How likely is that to happen in Russia?
Yeah, This difference is Russia is waaaaay ahead of us on this thing. Don't worry, The Obama will catch us up.
"We can change the course of our country by changing our leadership"
Ever heard of Diebold?
The Russian Parliament is simply following the lead and example of the United States where just recently their Supreme Court issued an Opinion that people can be detained in prison indefinitely, after completely serving their sentence, solely on the regime's assertion that the person still poses a danger to society; all without ever being charged with, much less convicted of, a new crime. The Russians are simply following the "Precrimes Unit" example of freedom that is being implemented by the regime ruling the United States.
This just shows that Russia, under Putin and Medvedev, have become a terrorist state that oppresses their people like all dictatorships! Russia's continued support of dictatorships like Iran, Venezuela, and China just add to the proof. I pray for the citizens of the once-great nation of Russia and hope that you may someday become truly a free people.......
Putin is such a tool. He's turning back to his good ol' days in the KGB.
To all the foreigners posting here,
Putin is a strong leader. He makes Russia strong again. We Russians need such leader. You want us to go back to 1991? No. Will not happen. Все.
Russians love slavery!
Stalin and lenin also were "strong leaders". Consequences of his rule was the dissolution of the USSR. Get the idea?
1991 sucked. but we will be going back to 1999. Obowma socialism is NOT inevitable.
Any leader that circumvents the boundries established to protect freedom (limited terms in office) is himself an enemy of freedom.
It's happening in Iran too. It doesn't matter who they elect, the same people are in charge.
we are slowly seeing the reformation of the ussr.
putin has more brains than lenin and stalin together
"Putin is a strong leader. He makes Russia strong again. We Russians need such leader. You want us to go back to 1991? No. Will not happen. Все."
Hitler was also a strong leader. If you think Mr. Putin's priority (or, for that matter, any high-placed politician's) is the well-being of the unwashed masses, enjoy your self-delusions.
You mean like..... thought crime....
... hate crime???
We in America wouldn't do anything like that now would we???
Boy oh boy I bet Obowma and the Dems in Congress are just drooling over this one....if they could/can...expect to see the same here...bunch of idiot scumbags!
Surprise, surprise.
The Russian masses have never known liberty for any length of time anyway,
they are used to a "strong oppresive hand", they love it.
Unfortunately they also love to impose it to their neighbors.
Chairman Obama is salivating with the prospect of his own agency to keep independent freedom loving Americans in line.
I agree with your supposition.
However, the "about to commit a crime police" in the US would be about arresting most of 0bama's supporters since by percentage they commit the most crimes.
Strong leader
now we are slowly seeing the reformation of the ussr
you already have that in USA its called the patriot act.
Sheesh, you guys (Russia's parliament)! Don't give Obama any more ideas!
Have they employed mind readers? This is outrageous, but not surprising. So anyone who has an opinion that disagrees with the powers that be will be labeled as "likely to commit a crime", and rounded up. How very 1984.
Someone recently said the answer to 1984 is 1776. I think he had a point!
Wellcome back to Goulag!
How is this any different than the Left Wing Nut Extremists in the American Democrat Party?
Answer: I'ts not. They share the Soviet mentality.
If this move isn't Czarist, nothing ever will be. Russia will have 70 million people in the next 25 years and this type of anti-people philosophy will be necessarily instrumental in causing it. If Putin "n" company doesn't wish to be remembered for these failures and the consequential ceding of most of Russia to the Chinese then he had better become educated quickly. What is needed is a written Constitution, limiting government authority, guaranteeing human, civil, and unalienable property rights, and establishment of free enterprise as sacrosanct activity. Doing these things will insure a population of 160 million of more in 25 years and build the muscle now lacking in the Russian nightmare.
poor Zionist opposition is going to hurt. :)
Good news for all you racist leftist huh?
Russia need to bring back the death penalty to deal with pro west trash which want to make Russia slave of USA and Israel like it was during 1991-1998 period under Yeltsin.
Pro-west trash? Oh, you mean those western trashy people who think that working for a living for yourself & your family & then getting to keep the rewards for your own hard work instead of turning it over to government toads? That pro-west trash? Or do you mean the pro-west trash who believe in innocent until proven guilty of a crime? Or is the pro-west trash who think that punishment should fit the crime but only after having been found guilty by their peers instead of the some government flunky on the take? Those pro-west trashy people?
You must really miss those bread lines huh?
I'm sure they can/will come up on that on there own. No need to do it to protect you Vanya.
Hmmmm...where have I seen something similar to this before? Oh yeah, it was that Tom Cruise movie "Minority Report". Well, if this bill is as popular as Cruise's movie, then the Russian citizens have nothing to fear.
To our Russian friends: Freedom is something that you have to work hard to get, then work hard to maintain. Here in the US, many people have forgotten that lesson. Good luck to you.
Perhaps Russia's FSB can help out in Ukraine in order to crackdown on the unruly nationalists causing havoc there.
Keep the muscovite maggots where they belong. Back in the KrimeLand which is often known as the Kremlin. Their stench is bad enough there and the pollution does not need to extend into Ukraine. Unfortunately putin's imbecile puppet and convicted criminal Yanuconvict probably already has them there.
The same thing is happening here
Wow, you really have no idea what you're talking about.
An interesting policy - "...summon people ... about to commit a crime...". I once asked a senior U.S. Law Enforcement Officer investigating a 'good ol' boy' suspected of a victimless crime why he didn't simply visit the suspect and have a talk about it. I knew that would scare the simple-minded redneck straight, the wrong-doing would absolutely stop. His answer was that 'we don't work that way'. You see, in America it is all about convictions, and the very big business of incarceration.
This Russian idea, while it may sound draconian, is far more merciful.
Its the return of the commies. The only difference is they have learned how to market and package their activities to look like they are doing something necessary to safeguard the people and democracy(code word for communism). Watch out America....the same is happening here using more subtle slower tactics. Ben Franklin said it best. "Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither". Just a hint for some of you...we do not live in a democracy in the USA. It is a representative republic for a good reason. All societies that ran as a democracy(majority rule) in world history end up destroying themselves due to bankrupting themselves with entitlements and corruption. Arepresentative republic protects us from the mob rule mentality.
Could Obama Be America's First Defacto President?
Innocent Americans increasingly are sent to prison based on false evidence manufactured by police forensic crime labs. Now President Obama wants the power to incarcerate U.S. Citizens not on evidence, but for what they might do.
Compare: Two days after the 1933 burning of Germany's Parliament Building, blamed on communists, Hitler responded with a powerful speech before Parliament. Hitler asked Parliament to suspend sections of the Reich Constitution that protected Citizens' Rights and Civil Liberties. Hitler said the suspension was necessary so government could protect the homeland from being destroyed by communists. Hitler promised Parliament the Constitution would later be restored. After Parliament passed Hitler's Discriminatory Decrees and Hitler signed it February 28, 1933, Hitler immediately used the news laws to abolished Parliament. See Hitler's 1933 Discriminatory Laws below:
Obama gave a speech in May 2010, that proposed incarcerating in indefinite prolonged detention without evidence, any person government deemed a "combatant" or likely to engage in a violent act in the future; that would include U.S. Citizens "without evidence of wrongdoing." With that amount power Obama like Hitler could arrest members of Congress, drag U.S. Citizens off the street and from their homes to be imprisoned indefinitely based only on Government's claim they are a "combatant" or likely to engage in a violent act in the future.
If Congress approves Obama's categories of people likely to engage in violent acts, overnight millions of lawful U.S. activists could be subject to arrest, Indefinite Prolonged Detention. When you examine Obama's speech, it appears Obama wants retroactive power to incarcerate anyone government claims (prior) supported violent acts on the premise that person is likely to support violent acts in the future: U.S. activists would be extremely vulnerable because no activist can control what another activist or group might do illegally they network with domestically or overseas. Government would only have to allege a person; group or organization might commit a violent act in the future to order Preventative Detention of lawful participants with no evidence whatsoever. Americans would be afraid to speak out.
It is foreseeable any "individual" who writes on the Internet or verbally express an opinion against or entity of U.S. Government or its coalition partners could be deemed by authorities a "Combatant" or likely to engage in or cause violent acts: government too easily could claim an author's writings inspired people in the past and will in the future to commit or support violent acts. It is problematic that indefinitely detained U.S. Citizens not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings or allowed legal counsel; interrogated, will be prosecuted for ordinary crimes because of their alleged admissions while held in indefinite "Prolonged Detention. Obama wants the power to override the U.S. Constitution. Obama wants the power to detain indefinitely any American without probable cause or evidence, based on conjecture someone might do something violent in the future.
Obama similar to Hitler is centralizing power in the federal Government by getting passed legislation the U.S. government could potentially use to intimidate and threaten corporations among others. Hitler got passed similar laws shortly before the burning of the German Parliament building blamed on the communists. Immediately after the fire, Hitler used his new laws to coerce corporations and influential Citizens to support passage of fascist legislation that suspended provisions of the German Constitution that protected Citizens' freedoms and civil liberties. Obama is now approaching a position where he can use similar new laws, including the Patriot Act and 200 asset forfeiture laws to seize any corporation or individual's assets; and force U.S. corporations and other institutions like Hitler did to support legislation that threatens or curtails rights of Americans.
More recently Obama has moved forward to crush Free Speech, silence his critics by pushing passage of HR 5175: this abomination will choke the 1st Amendment, denying the right of free speech to ordinary Americans. Under Title II: groups like Gun Owners of America and other groups including bloggers that only mention "public officials" within 60 days of an election, could be required to file onerous disclosures–and potentially have to disclose their membership lists—despite the Supreme Court ruling in NAACP v. Alabama that held membership lists like those of GOA's) are off limits to government control. Is Obama's support of HR 5175 similar to what Hitler did to shut up his critics? In the run up to Parliament passing his police state laws including the 1933 Discriminatory Decrees that abolished Citizen's Free Speech, Hitler employed thugs to beat up reporters, arrest anyone who had courage to criticize the Fuhrer or his Nazi government or expose introduced legislation. Is Obama by supporting HR 5175 to shut up his critics, trying to take American to the same place?
Alarmingly the Obama Government recently employed a vendor to search Internet social networking sites to collect information about Americans that could potentially be used by this government to injure Americans, for example, if you apply for a federal job, your name might be crossed referenced by the Obama Government with comments you made at Websites against Obama; or if you make application at a bank for a loan the Government has control since the financial crisis, could your Internet comment(s) prevent you getting that loan? Obama's monitoring of the Internet sites can too easily be used by Government to intimidate Citizens from speaking out. Obama Top CZAR Cass Sunstein prepared a 2008 paper that proposed spying on Americans, infiltrating groups and organizations to obstruct Free Speech, disrupt the exchange of ideas and disseminate false information to neutralize Americans that might question government.
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See Hitler's 1933 Nazi Laws below:
Note: Based on translations by State Department, National Socialism, 1942 PP. 215-17, and Pollak, J.K., and Heneman, H.J., The Hitler Decrees, (1934), pp. 10-11.7
In virtue of Section 48 (2) of the German Constitution, the following is decreed as a defensive measure against Communist acts of Violence, endangering the state:
Section 1
Sections 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. Thus, restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press, on the right of assembly and the right of association, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house-searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.
Section 2
If in a state the measures necessary for the restoration of public security and order are not taken, the Reich Government may temporarily take over the powers of the highest state authority.
Section 4
Whoever provokes, or appeals for or incites to the disobedience of the orders given out by the supreme state authorities or the authorities subject to then for the execution of this decree, or the orders given by the Reich Government according to Section 2, is punishable—insofar as the deed, is not covered by the decree with more severe punishment and with imprisonment of not less that one month, or with a fine from 150 up to 15,000 Reichsmarks.
Whoever endangers human life by violating Section 1, is to be punished by sentence to a penitentiary, under mitigating circumstances with imprisonment of not less than six months and, when violation causes the death of a person, with death, under mitigating circumstances with a penitentiary sentence of not less that two years. In addition the sentence my include confiscation of property.
Whoever provokes an inciter to or act contrary to public welfare is to be punished with a penitentiary sentence, under mitigating circumstances, with imprisonment of not less than three months.
Section 5
The crimes which under the Criminal Code are punishable with penitentiary for life are to be punished with death: i.e., in Sections 81 (high treason), 229 (poisoning), 306 (arson), 311 (explosion), 312 (floods), 315, paragraph 2 (damage to railroad properties, 324 (general poisoning).
Insofar as a more severe punishment has not been previously provided for, the following are punishable with death or with life imprisonment or with imprisonment not to exceed 15 years:
1. Anyone who undertakes to kill the Reich President or a member or a commissioner of the Reich Government or of a state government, or provokes to such a killing, or agrees to commit it, or accepts such an offer, or conspires with another for such a murder;
2. Anyone who under Section 115 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious rioting) or of Section 125 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious disturbance of the peace) commits the act with arms or cooperates consciously and intentionally with an armed person;
3. Anyone who commits a kidnapping under Section 239 of the Criminal with the intention of making use of the kidnapped person as a hostage in the political struggle.
Section 6
This decree enters in force on the day of its promulgation.
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Reich Chancellor
Reich Minister of the Interior
Reich Minister of Justice
The Kremlin has openly declared that the law does not apply to the Kremlin, exactly the same message that was sent to Russian citizens in Soviet times.
Truly, those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it. And they deserve their bitter fate.
"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward
and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a
sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best
interests of his country. And I appreciated so very much the frank
There was no kind of diplomatic chit-chat, trying to throw each other
off balance. There was a straightforward dialogue. And that's the
beginning of a very constructive relationship. I wouldn't have invited
him to my ranch if I didn't trust him. (Laughter.) " - G.W. Bush
Yes, Bush was an incompetent ass. But so is Obama. This makes Putin very happy.
Wow! The former USSR usually takes 2 steps forward & 1 step back. This one seems more like 1 step forward & 2 steps back. Keep this up & it'll be the Communism + USSR + KGB all over again. Whatever happened to joining the rest of the western world in at least the mid-20th Century? You know, innocent until PROVEN guilty. And wasn't there some dumb movie with that ding dong Tom Cruise where people were arrested & their brains changed BEFORE they could commit the crime? Nice...
This time 100 years ago, the Blessed Holy Czar was still in power. Russia needs a government that really loves its people, a leader that will always do what is right for Russia.
Northern Lights,
Spread your word. Maybe you can get the others to wake up and smell the coffee.
Sounds strangely like the Tom Cruise film, Minority Report. Instead of psychics, a special FSB cadre can accuse citizens of "future crimes" and impose non-judicial sentencing and punishment.
Usurping the rights of citizens for the ostensible purpose of "fighting crime" is nothing new. History is littered with victims of despots who consolidated power to themselves and away from the people under the guise of "law and order." Lenin and Hitler are but two examples.
Totalitarian fascism. It gives the state absolute power and "legal" means to oppress anyone it chooses, namely those that don't share its views and/or are on its payroll. A free media is foundational to any free society and they will be the first to suffer.
This is a step in the right direction to protect life and liberty in Russia. The Russian people will back these measures to fight the enemies of the state. Long live the state, long live Russia.
America's Marxist Obama Regim is closely studying this new Russian law. Obama believes it would also work well here in America.
this is nothing compared to the patriot acts 1&2 in the U.S.
who gives a shit what they do in Russia. It is a sham democracy anyway. The only sad thing it is an indicator of things to come in the US if the liberals (progressives???) have there way.
Behave as we tell you, or we will put you on a plane to Smolensk. Don't worry. Mr Putin will personally take charge of the investigation to announce it will be an accident.
Take control of the Duma, check.
Take over the TV stations, check.
Remove political opponents, check.
Hello, Stalin
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House GOP Unveils Bill To Kill AmeriCorps, End Federal Funding For NPR, PBS, Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — House Republicans Tuesday unveiled legislation to get rid of AmeriCorps, the national service program, and cut off federal funding for National Public Radio, public television and Planned Parenthood.
The moves would come in a controversial spending bill that pays for labor, health and education programs for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.
The measure is dead on arrival with Democrats but contains many provisions to please tea party conservatives.
"This bill is an extremely partisan proposal, stands little chance of even being brought up on the House floor, and will rightly be disregarded by both the Senate and the president," said Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington, top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
The cuts to community service programs, funded at $1 billion this year, would slash such programs by 74 percent on the path to eliminating them entirely, save for a program for senior citizens. National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service are familiar targets, too, but have been rejected before. NPR is seen as left-leaning while Republicans say PBS could get along just fine without taxpayer help.
But to find the $6.3 billion in cuts across the measure, Republicans went well beyond simply slashing Democratic initiatives. Funding of $10.7 billion to administer the Social Security program, for instance, would be cut $1.1 billion below President Barack Obama's request, cutting funding for computers upgrades, new hires and "program integrity" money designed to find mistakes and combat fraud. Medicare and the Medicaid health program for the poor and disabled would absorb an even larger cut to operating funds.
The legislation would, however, maintain heating subsidies for the poor at $3.4 billion and Title I school funding at $15 billion and give a slight boost to special education for the disabled. Head Start would get a small increase and grants for local community action groups that serve the elderly and the poor would be maintained at the current budget of $712 million.
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The Coast Guard, established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times.
Source(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(1),Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2519; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a),Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 217(1),Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1555.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 1 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1,38 Stat. 800; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, §§ 5, 6(a),55 Stat. 585).
Said section has been divided. Provisions relating to operation under the Navy in time of war are placed in sections 3 and 4 of this title, and the remainder is in this section.
This section continues the Coast Guard as a military service and branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. By the act of July 11, 1941, 55 Stat. 585 (title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 1), the Coast Guard was constituted a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States at all times. This section therefore merely continues an existing agency and codifies existing law on the military status of the Coast Guard, substituting "armed forces" for "land and naval forces" because of the recent establishment of the Department of the Air Force as an "armed force" rather than as a part of the "land and naval forces". The Coast Guard is designated a service in the Treasury Department except when operating as a service in the Navy. This is a better definition of the status of the Coast Guard than one which defines it as a service under the Treasury Department in time of peace, because the President is authorized to place the Coast Guard under the Navy in time of emergency, which could be in time of peace.
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
2012—Pub. L. 112–213amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy."
2002—Pub. L. 107–296substituted "Department of Homeland Security" for "Department of Transportation".
1976—Pub. L. 94–546substituted "Department of Transportation" for "Treasury Department".
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) ofPub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Short Title of 2012 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–213, § 1(a),Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1540, provided that: "This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 'Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012'."
Short Title of 2010 Amendment
Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 501,Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2951, provided that: "This title [enacting sections 57 to 59, 102, and 200 of this title and section 2116 of Title 46, Shipping, amending sections 47, 50, 51, 52, 93, and 290 of this title and section 3309 of Title 46, repealing section 50a of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 50 of this title] may be cited as the 'Coast Guard Modernization Act of 2010'."
Short Title of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–241, § 1,July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 516, provided that: "This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 'Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006'."
Short Title of 2004 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–293, § 1,Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1028, provided that: "This Act [see Tables for classification] may be referred to as the 'Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004'."
Short Title of 2002 Amendment
Pub. L. 107–295, title III, § 301,Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2102, provided that: "This title [amending sections 259, 260, 271, 336, and 511 of this title, sections 1203, 1231a, 2073, 2302, and 2752 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and sections 2110, 2302, 4508, 7302, 8701, and 13110 of Title 46, Shipping, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 88 and 92 of this title and section 1113 of Title 33] may be cited as the 'Coast Guard Personnel and Maritime Safety Act of 2002'."
Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 401,Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2113, provided that: "This title [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 'Omnibus Maritime and Coast Guard Improvements Act of 2002'."
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468 (b), 551 (d), 552 (d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation and all functions, powers, and duties, relating to Coast Guard, of Secretary of the Treasury and of other offices and officers of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1),Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931. Section 6(b)(2) ofPub. L. 89–670, however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of this title. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
Designation of Coast Guard Headquarters Building
Pub. L. 113–31, Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 511, provided that:"SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
"The headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the 'Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building'."SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
"Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building'."
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If you don't use your credit card number while shopping online, no one can steal it. That's the idea behind virtual credit cards.
This post comes from Brandon Ballenger at partner site Money Talks News.
The best way to protect your credit card number online might be to use a fake one.
Well, it's not actually fake -- it's "virtual." Yes, it's legal. It's also smart, and may be free depending on your bank.
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Virtual credit cards have been around for a while now, and the idea is simple. You can use the financial backing of your real credit card -- or debit card, or checking account -- to make all the purchases you normally would on a computer, but without using the card itself. Instead, you use an alternate, virtual credit card number, which is linked to your real one, but protected by computer encryption and other state-of-the-art security measures.
What can this 'luxury snack' teach us about hype and value?
This guest post comes from Len Penzo at Len Penzo dot Com.
Last week, Britain's Daily Mail reported that celebrity chef Martin Blunos had created a very unique sandwich with a menu price of £110. For those of you here in America, based on current exchange rates, that comes out to approximately $168.80.
According to Blunos, who happens to be a Michelin-starred chef, "We Brits are known to love our cheese sandwiches, and here's one that not only comes with a royal price tag but is fit for the banqueting table."
I know what you're thinking. Did he really say cheese sandwich?
I don't know about you, but if I'm going to pay $168.80 for lunch -- not counting my beer, plus tax and tip -- I want something a bit more substantial than a cheese sandwich. In fact, I would demand that my sandwich be loaded up with a couple pounds of thinly sliced Kobe beef. I'd also want a bag of chips and a lobster tail on the side with drawn butter.
And a pickle spear.
Should McDonald's share the blame for obesity and bad heart health, or are individuals solely at fault?
When public health advocates want to take aim at unhealthy fast food, McDonald's has become the target of choice. McDonald's is to fast food what Wal-Mart is to a retail industry that pays rotten wages and offers negligible benefits.
It's far from being the only offender, but it's the one that's singled out as a purveyor of too many unhealthful, fattening foods and not enough nutritious choices.
The latest group to take on Mickey D's is the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is airing TV ads showing a pudgy dead guy on a gurney -- the victim of a heart attack, no doubt -- gripping a partially eaten burger.
You can give to others even when you're broke. Here's how.
This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.
For some people, charity and philanthropy can seem like stretching an already-tight budget even further. "If I donated $100 to the soup kitchen, I'd have to start using the soup kitchen," the thinking goes.
Money can be a very tight resource, but it's far from the only resource you have. We all have many things we can share with others. It only takes a moment of thought or effort to make a real difference in someone else's life.
Here are 20 things you can donate to make the world a better place without blowing up your budget. Even better, many of these ideas will help you clean out your closets and de-clutter your home a bit.
Customers spend more on wine at restaurants offering computerized wine advice.
You sit down to dinner at a nice restaurant, and the server hands you your menu. Instead of a book-like wine list, you're instead handed an iPad -- with an interactive wine list.
The new iPad tablets are being used for wine lists at a handful of high-end restaurants, The New York Times reports, allowing customers to search for wines by type and read ratings by wine experts.
Much to the dismay of sommeliers who have spent their lives learning about wine, customers not only like the iPad wine lists, they find them more trustworthy. Though no one has done a scientific survey, restaurants using the iPad wine lists are seeing their customers spend more on wine.
How the Obama administration's new consumer protection adviser will help consumers.
This post comes from Kimberly Palmer at partner site US News.
Soon after word got out that the White House appointed Elizabeth Warren to serve as special adviser and help set up the new consumer protection bureau, Twitter and Facebook erupted with shouts of excitement from personal finance and consumer experts: "Yahoo!" exclaimed Beth Kobliner, author of "Get a Financial Life." "Elizabeth Warren's appointment is a huge victory for consumers!"
Warren, a Harvard law professor who has headed the Congressional Oversight Panel, is celebrated as a force of good in the consumer world. Before taking on public roles, she was best known for her book, "The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke," which explains why so many middle-class Americans feel so squeezed. She's also not afraid to stand up for "the little people." Last year, her congressional oversight panel criticized the Treasury Department for not doing more to help struggling families and called for greater transparency in the use of the bailout funds.
Only 35% of U.S. adults have cell phones with apps, and only two-thirds actually use them.
This post comes from Mark Huffman at partner site ConsumerAffairs.com.
Yes, there's an app for that, but if you're like most cell phone users, you couldn't care less.
While there has been a proliferation of software applications, or "apps," for mobile phones that can access the Internet, adults using those phones apparently see little value in them, or haven't bothered to learn how to use them.
Cotton costs twice as much as it did a year ago, and supplies are at a 20-year low. Fortunately, you have a few months to stock up before clothing prices rise.
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If you're planning holiday gifts of clothes -- or need to update a drawer full of threadbare underwear -- you might want to buy sooner rather than later.
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (.pdf file) is forecasting higher U.S. demand for cotton. While it's great for the economy when Americans are out buying clothes, the committee also reports that the world stock of cotton is the lowest it's been since 1990, mainly because of natural disasters in major producers like China and Pakistan.
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By Adrienne Hall, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing
In 2012, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing launched the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT) to help organizations understand their current IT infrastructure, identify relevant industry regulations, and evaluate whether cloud adoption will meet their business needs.
The aggregate data from the survey have also provided some interesting insights, and we'll be sharing some of those findings in a four-part blog series beginning today. We'll take a closer look at four specific industries – financial services, healthcare, retail and public sector (government), and examine how cloud adoption could reduce security risks in those industries. See more >>
Posted by: Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer
As we increasingly rely on technology for many aspects of our lives, the amount of data created continues to grow at an exponential rate. An important challenge for organizations is to provide privacy statements describing the collection, use and protection of data that are straightforward, yet comprehensive. Clarity and simplicity are key for time-pressed consumers, but large enterprises, governments, and other high-tech savvy individuals often need highly detailed information to use online services with confidence.
With each of these audiences in mind, we are unveiling initial improvements to the look and feel of many of our online privacy statements. We believe the changes enhance the appearance and functionality of our privacy statements, and enable us to more effectively layer important information. Our hope is that the changes will make privacy information easier to locate and use for many consumers.
By Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy ComputingIn the past few years, I have visited a number of universities to address multi-disciplinary audiences on the challenges of cyber security and privacy. Most recently, I visited both the University of Washington and Stanford University, the former to teach a course on cybersecurity and cybercrime; the latter to connect with students and faculty on security, privacy, and big data. See more >>
Our customers do business in almost every industry and country around the world. Many of them need to meet regulatory compliance and certification requirements. When they trust a cloud service provider to manage infrastructure, applications, or data for them, that service provider becomes a partner that they trust to help meet and maintain their compliance and certification requirements. Read more>>
By Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, MicrosoftFor organizations looking to reap the benefits of cloud computing, it is important to know how a service provider is using customer data stored in the cloud and to trust that the service provider will only use their data in a way that is consistent with customer expectations. Read more >>
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at survey data from financial services organizations and discussed some potential benefits for those that adopt cloud computing. The data are derived from the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT), which helps organizations evaluate whether cloud adoption will meet their business needs. In today's post, I want to focus on cloud security trends in the healthcare industry. See more>>
Previously in this series, we looked at cloud security trends in the financial services and healthcare sectors, based on survey data derived from Microsoft's Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT). Next I'd like to discuss some findings that relate to the retail industry. Read more >>
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Reliability continues to be top of mind for everyone involved with online services. Today we are publishing an updated version of our whitepaper "Introduction to Designing Reliable Cloud Services".
The paper describes fundamental reliability concepts and a reliability design-time process for organizations that create, deploy, and/or consume cloud services. It is designed to help decision makers understand the factors and processes that make cloud services more reliable. Read more >>
By David Bills, Chief Reliability Strategist, Trustworthy ComputingWhenever I speak to customers and partners about reliability I'm reminded that while objectives and priorities differ between organizations and customers, at the end of the day, everyone wants their service to work. As a customer, you want to be able to do things online, at a time convenient to you. As an organization – or a provider of a service – you want your customers to carry out the tasks they want to, whenever they want to do so.This article is the first in a four-part series on building a resilient service. In my first two posts, I will discuss the topic as it relates to business strategy, and then we'll dive deeper into the technical details. See more >>


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NEW YORK (AP) — The Monkees will perform their first live shows since star Davy Jones died in February.
Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork announced Wednesday that the group will launch a 12-date U.S. tour in November. It's the band's first tour since 1997.
Jones died of a heart attack on Feb. 29 at age 66.
The group starred in its own NBC television show in 1966 as a made-for-TV band seeking to capitalize on Beatlemania sweeping the world. Jones rocketed to the top of the music charts with The Monkees, captivating audiences with hits including "Daydream Believer" and "I'm a Believer."
The tour kicks off Nov. 8 in Escondido, Calif. It wraps on Dec. 2 in New York. It will highlight Jones "in the show's multimedia content."
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/surviving-monkees-to-launch-first-tour-in-15-years-20120808#ixzz22yoBhMAg
Rolling Stone magazine listed the collowing tour dates2:
Nov. 8 Escondido, CA - California Center for the Arts
Nov. 9 Santa Barbara, CA - The Arlington Theatre
Nov. 10 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
Nov. 11 Cupertino, CA - Flint Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 15 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
Nov. 16 Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
Nov. 17 Cleveland, OH - Lakewood Civic Auditorium
Nov. 18 Buffalo, NY - The Center For The Arts
Nov. 29 Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theatre
Nov. 30 New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre Regional Arts Center
Dec. 1 Huntington, NY - The Paramount
Dec. 2 New York, NY - The Beacon Theatre


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The name of a woman who was killed in a crash Wednesday while driving to work on US Hwy 17 just past Richmond Hill has been released.
Susan Clark, the deputy coroner in Bryan County, said the SUV driver who was killed Wednesday morning was 62-year-old Mary M. Guiendon. She was principal at Button Gwinnett Elementary School in Liberty County.There will not be an autopsy, according to the deputy coroner.
The crash happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. Troopers with Georgia State Patrol said a school bus had stopped to pick up children and a semi was stopped behind the bus. That is when an SUV came up and slammed into the back of the semi.
EMS arrived and pronounced the Guiendon dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the GSP. Guiendon's husband arrived at the wreck scene and was notified about the death.
Southbound traffic on US Hwy 17 had to be turned around in front of the KOA Campground for about from 6:30 to 8:25 a.m., causing the northbound traffic to back up. US 17 has since reopened to traffic.
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Published on Nov 27, 2012 by StephenHannardADGUK Interesting news segment from Russia concerning two suns seen over Moscow Oblast November 25, 2012. (Unconfirmed Location) Could this be lense flare, a Sun dog or perhaps Nibiru, as always you decide. ADG Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow ADG on Twitter: twitter.com "Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, "ALLOWANCES ARE MADE FOR FAIR USE" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute, that otherwise might be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." For more info go to:www.lawcornel.edu/uscode
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Human101101011 December 19, 2012 12:18:25 PM CET
cloud illusion comon that is planet X as we done some research on this people start report seen planet X and in us they try to hide it with holograms or chemtrails and this video is the next proof ,.thanx be safe
mountainman235 December 8, 2012 8:46:16 PM CET
It is courious that those who watched this "two suns" video do not see what is right infront of them. By looking at the "two suns" do you see somthing inbetween them, seperating them... If you really look you would see the truth. The truth is that it is not "two suns" but the sun that is being seperated by the clouds. This is called an optical illusion and to those who only glance at things would be "two suns".. You see the top and bottom of the clouds being dark, those are more than likly the nearer clouds. The further back you see litter colored clouds that are more than likely seperated from the nearer clouds by no clouds, causing the rays of the sun to bounce of os the nearer clouds. Causing the further clouds to lighten up. Then by being just big enough to "seperate" the sun. You have "two suns". See an optical illlusion.
Michael777 December 2, 2012 3:18:52 AM CET
That is odd. Its very normal to see 'sun dogs' and related weather type phenomena that cause these "double sun" illusions, but this one is rather extra-ordinary and striking... Assuming of course it is genuine video, which would explain the reason it made the news.
danwiberg9 December 2, 2012 2:06:14 AM CET
I really wish people would get their heads out.
Optical illusion borne of incompetence.
Imagine what would happen if 2 suns were actually that close together DUH!
Imnottheone November 30, 2012 12:19:31 AM CET
Nice sun set (from ONE SUN) lol. Anyone speak Russian?
statik November 28, 2012 4:04:19 PM CET
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i know it's not much compared to the amounts of visuals we have in our esoteric folders, but here's two "rage" concepts showed to the press not long ago. the first one is from 2005, the second from 2006 i think.
a while ago, i got very inspired after having watched thom tenery's process and the way he managed to stock his ref sources in a very smart way.
here's what i did just afterwards. also wanted to test my reflection/radiosity skills. there's still a long way but i'm getting there.
a month or two ago, i was playing around with my older kid's lego stock. he told me that it would have been nice to take a picture of some of his pieces before putting them back into pieces. i thought he had a great idea, took small pictures of his lego creations, and then created my own. took pictures of that small spaceship, and decided to use it as a base for a small concept art experiment.
unfortunately, the perspective on this vessel can be disturbing. but it was a fun thing to test. second image is the basic shot taken on the carpet.
and finally, i took some time to test that ALCHEMY proggram two weeks ago. the thing is quite frustrating i admit, and lost a piece that i loved badly. hence why i'm a bit furious towards that prog. but it was still a fun thing to try out.
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oh i enjoyed it!
awesome to see how that lego ship made such a cool painting.
YES! Those paintings for Rage are bad ass! I'm really looking forward to the game, man. I really hope they let you, Ben and Kenneth post all of your work. You guys did some brilliant stuff! Incidentally the lego idea is pretty awesome. But for some weird reason the perspective in that photo IS totally wonky. I mean I know it's right, obviously, but I can see how it was causing trouble.
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Thanks for sharing these Nico!
I love the second Rage concept, looks very fresh to me. I like the definition of the architecture, like it's not all silhouettes and graphic shapes this time (while that works, it's cool to see different things from you)
The Lego process is looks like a lot of fun.
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That very last one is awesome! You managed to say so much with so little. Perfect.
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Haha, I can't believe you used lego, man. Ever since you popped into the chat those months ago I've been thinking about doing it myself. Just have to find where my parents keep them.
Good job on keeping the image lose yet detailed.
I like the first and the third image most because of the hue variations.
The last alchemy image is juizy too!
Really sweet stuff sparth. Thanks for sharing.
fantastic work as always sparth.
Fantastic work as always! I love the Rage pieces and the simple color and shape breakdowns of the Alchemy pieces. Hell I love them all! I see what you mean about the wonked perspective in the lego piece and if you'll indulge me I spent a few minutes this morning playing with it in PS.
If you use the perspective lines of the lego piece as your guide, everything else falls together. If you were trying to imply the ship pitching downwards the piece works for the most part. However if the goal was to have the ship level with the ground a couple of simple adjustments are needed. God bless the scale and distort tool!...
So as you can see, all I did was take the structure on the far right and squish it up to match the persp lines of the ship and therefore the rest of the scene. I made the loading ramp angle upwards towards the ship. In the distortion I made of your work, it runs along the X axis (left to right) instead of parallel to the ship. If it's a gantry - level with the ship - then one would match the persp lines again to coincide with the far right structure/ship lines.
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Amazing work sparth
Can't wait to see Rage and all the good concept the art team will bring to this game!
wow! Those rage concepts are just great man. Always look forward to seeing your new work.
sweet stuff as usual brother. not that the rage stuff, the radiosity test, and the lego experiment arent amazing and masterfully executed in your unimitatable style, but those alchemy onse are really really well done dude. beautiful. hope you and yours are doing well.
thanks for the rage concepts! a'm so waiting for that game, the artwork as i saw in the trailers is stunning, hope you can share some concepts later after the release. in that game your style is totally reading!
Always a treat to log on and see your work, it is always inspiring to me.
I found the lego thing funny. I have done a couple like that with my kid. he is 7 and wants to make games and movies. combines his legos with bionicles to make some ships. your rendition simply showed me how far I have got to go, but will push. awesome stuff.
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Simply fantastic work! Those rage pieces are filled with so much cool stuff to look at. Thats a super cool lego ship too!
Sparth, these are really inspiring thanks for posting! Whats that ALCHEMY prog you talked about? I tried looking for it in google but to no avail.. is it some kind of super secret software that only you super illustrators have access to? ANyways keep it up.. hope you post some more!
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I will start something with lego too, it's much more fun than use 3d softwares hehe.
I love all stuff here, can't wait for more.
magnificent stuff!
awesome stuff sparth... love it all makes me want to play with legos again!
Nice idea with lego. We used it (lego) for simple models in urban planning projects on university
I like color palette in those Alchemy paintings. Especially in the last one.
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You can get it from:Whats that ALCHEMY prog you talked about? I tried looking for it in google but to no avail.. is it some kind of super secret software that only you super illustrators have access to? ANyways keep it up.. hope you post some more!
There's a video at http://al.chemy.org that show Android Jones working his magic.
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Oh, Sparth... amazing as always!! Nice colab with your son :]
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Great to see new work from you. Inspiring as ever. I particularly like the reflection/radiosity 'test' - lots of cool stuff going on in there.
All the best to you and the family.
excellent stuff, great style and lightning as always, well done "speedpainting king"
Rage is shaping up great, can't wait to play it!
These all look awesome, and it's easy to see your influence over the project looks fun.
the Alchemy sketches are very pure, i like!
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