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COMPUTER SERVICE AGREEMENT THIS COMPUTER SERVICE AGREEMENT (hereinafter "Agreement") is made as of ____ [Month] ____ [Date], 20____ [Year], by and between __________________________ [Instruction: Insert name of consultant/entity], with its principal place of business at_________________________ [Instruction: Insert address of the consultant] (hereinafter "Consultant"), and __________________________ [Instruction: Insert name of client/entity], with registered address at_________________________ [Instruction: Insert address of client] (hereinafter "Client"). The Consultant and the Client may individually be referred to as "Party", or, collectively as "Parties". 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One of the best things about these new e cigarettes is that every brand that is out there gives you a choice on which type of electronic cigarette refill cartridges you can buy.
Each cartridge has different amounts of nicotine in it to give each smoker a personalized smoking experience. But the question still arises about exactly how many mg of nicotine are in an electronic cigarette?
Each electric cigarette brand is different but here are some pointers to help you find out how many mg of nicotine are in an electronic cigarette.
E Cigarettes Cartridges Review
Depending on which electronic cigarette brand you have will determine how many mg of nicotine you will have in your electronic cigarette. Most of the time there are about 4 different levels of nicotine that will be suitable for each smokers taste. Here are the most common levels of mg of nicotine that are in the electronic cigarette refill cartridges.
Different Strengths Of Nicotine Cartridges
- 0mg – No nicotine just flavor
- 4mg – feels like an ultra light cigarette
- 8mg – just like a full flavor cigarette
- 16mg – just like a non filtered cigarette
There are many different types of people who smoke E cigarettes and each one has their own particular preference on the strength of nicotine they require. Some long time smokers go with the heavy duty 16mg while other social smokers go with the 4mg ultra light flavor. Now when people ask you how many mg of nicotine are in an electronic cigarette you can actually surprise them with all the information they ever wanted to know.
Nicotine strength of a tobacco cigarettes
Traditional tobacco cigarettes have varying nicotine contents depending on the brand. Nicotine contents of tobacco cigarettes have trended down over the past 30 years from an average of 1.35 mg per cigarette in 1968 to an average of 0.90 mg per cigarette in 1994. Per brand breakdowns are as follows and are based on a study done by the United States Federal Trade Commission on1206 varieties of domestic cigarettes between the years 1994 and 1997:
- Lucky Strike Regular 1.6 mg per cigarette
- Marlboro Red 1.2 mg per cigarette
- Marlboro Light 0.8 mg per cigarette
- Newport Regular 1.2 mg per cigarette
- Newport Light 0.7 mg per cigarette
- Camel Regular 1.4 mg per cigarette
- Camel Light 0.9 mg per cigarette
- Camel Wide 1.2 mg per cigarette
- Capri Super Slim 0.8 mg per cigarette
- Chesterfield Full Flavor 1.5 mg per cigarette
- Parliament Light 0.7 mg per cigarette
- Salem Regular 1.2 mg per cigarette
- Salem Light 0.9 mg per cigarette
- Basic Regular 1.0 mg per cigarette
- Basic Light 0.7 mg per cigarette
- Kool Regular 1.1 mg per cigarette
- Paul Maul Regular 1.7 mg per cigarette
- Virginia Slims 1.1 mg per cigarette
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The region's fashion industry converged on the Brown Center at MICA for an evening to honor its top stars. In its second year, Fashion Awards Maryland has attracted a considerable following. More than 14,000 votes were cast for this year's winners, according to founder and producer of the awards, Lana Rae.
"This event is about our fashion industry," said Rae, who is also the head of KIS Agency. "It is about uplifting and supporting each other and showcasing the talents of our fashion industry."
Hosted by Lianca Lyons and Johnny Anastacio, stars of Style Network's "Kimora: House of Fab," the show included a mix of fashion shows, musical entertainment and the presentation of the awards. Twenty categories were presented for everything from boutique of the year, which went to The Dollhouse in Mount Vernon, to fashion photographer, which went to Baltimore's Roy Cox. For a complete list of winners, go to fashionawardsmd.com.
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1/4 lb dried beef
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
1. Melt butter in skillet.
2.Tear the dried beef into small pieces & stir into the butter.
3. Brown meat lightly.
4. Stir in flour.
5. When flour is dissolved into butter, add milk, stirring constantly.
6. Cook over low heat until the mixture thickens.
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Historically, snoring has been a laughing matter within families. People always seem to talk about that person within their family that can "rattle the timbers" when they sleep at night.
Snoring may occur due to any of a variety of causes, from the common cold to sleep apnea. Obesity and a large neck can contribute to snoring. People who drink alcohol before bedtime may snore more than usual.
Although snoring is often a sign of sleep apnea, most snorers do not, in fact, suffer from sleep apnea. Also chronic snorers have an increased risk of developing hypertension. Snorers may also have fragmented sleep. Many times bed partners no longer will sleep together because one's snoring is too disruptive to the other's sleep. Snoring can also cause headaches, difficulty in concentration, fatigue and reduced work performance.
TreatmentThere are many different ways to reduce snoring. One of the most effective is through weight loss. Reducing your weight will reduce fat deposits in the throat, providing a more spacious airway and usually less snoring.
Another way to reduce snoring is to improve nasal breathing by using a nasal strip that gently opens your nostrils during sleep. Your dentist or orthodontist can prescribe dental appliances that are also available. Sleeping on your side with a pillow is the preferable position to help alleviate snoring.Two lifestyle changes to consider are avoiding alcohol and cigarettes. Abstaining from alcohol, which relaxes muscles in the airway, at least four hours before bedtime; and abstaining completely from smoking, which is associated with nasal congestion, can help alleviate snoring.*
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Science, well sort of … giant radioactive ants, fear, and the Bay Bridge
Gulp … true confession time. I have not driven a car over the San Francisco Bay Bridge since sometime in 1985. This may not be a very remarkable statement other than the fact that during these 27 years I have lived in the Bay Area, on and off, for about 17 of them. You see, […] [Read More]


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We all know the story: Apple launched a holy war on Samsung for violating their trade dress and design/software patents — and won. A jury in the US ruled in favor of Apple last week, causing widespread panic and general angst among the Android community. Never one to rest on their laurels, Apple is now going after a few of Samsung's newer devices (read: competition), alleging that Samsung's Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Note 10.1 infringe on their '721, '604, and '647. These how-the-hell-did-they-get-granted patents deal with slide-to-unlock, universal search, and clickable links inside of emails, text messages, etc. (which you may remember caused "the great banning of HTC devices" a few weeks back).
It's official. Apple hates competition and they wont rest until their competition is dumbed down enough to claim some soft of sick victory. Somebody, please. Make this all stop and let's get back to innovating.
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Wrestling's first referee-reporter, Jimmy Dylan, had a chance to sit down recently and catch up with wrestling legend "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Douglas talks about the charities he believes in, his nearly-completed autobiography, and the state of professional wrestling in 2011.
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"Master Parker has arrived at the mansion, sir," JARVIS's voice informed him.
"Good. JARVIS, please make a note that Peter is grounded until the end of time and adjust protocols at the house accordingly. And call Steve. He and I need to have a talk about what his son's done now."
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TargetHunter for AR.Drone
- Publisher: Tommy Kammerer
- Genre: Arcade
- Released: 22 Feb, 2011
- Size: 7.4 MB
- Price: $3.99
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DescriptionThe first single player shooter for your AR.Drone. Place the target stickers in your room and hunt them down.
Earn credits for every target you can destroy but watch out! They ware fighting back! Spend your credits in the upgrade shop for better equipment.
For even more fun place target stickers on things that are moving.
This is an augmented reality single player game for Parrot's new quadrocopter: the AR.Drone. Of course it is only useful if you already have the AR.Drone hardware from Parrot.
Demo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMfaQt0fTU
This game is not endorsed by Parrot and Parrot is not offering support for the app. If you are experience any problems please use www.digitalsirup.com to get in touch with me.
What's New in Version 2.0* Enhanced for the new retina iPad.
* Compatibility update for the AR.Drone 2.
* Fixes localization issue.
* Redesigned emergency button.
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Steak with Sautéed Fennel and Olives
Photo: Kan Kanbayashi
Yield: Makes 4 servings
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Recipe Time
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Other: 5 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 360
- Protein: 94g
- Carbohydrate: 10g
- Sugars: 0g
- Fiber: 4g
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated fat: 5g
- Sodium: 636mg
- Cholesterol: 74mg
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 1-inch-thick strip steaks (about 1 1/2 pounds total)
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- 2 medium bulbs fennel, thinly sliced, plus 1 tablespoon fronds
- 1/2 cup pitted black olives (preferably oil cured)
- 1 jalapeño (preferably red), seeded and thinly sliced
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the steaks with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook to the desired doneness, 4 to 6 minutes per side for medium-rare. Let rest 5 minutes before slicing.
Wipe out the skillet and heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add the fennel and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly browned and just tender, 5 to 6 minutes.
Stir in the olives and jalapeño and cook for 1 minute. Sprinkle with the fennel fronds and serve with the sliced steak.
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I love Quirky, and here's just another reason why. Sure, $25 might be a lot of dough to shell out for a grocery bag, but it's well-designed and I can see so many uses for it. Movies in the Park? Check! Hanging out by the lake all day? Check! Toting around booze and snacks to daytime drink just about anywhere? Obviously!
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Title: Classics: Two
Rating: PG, General fic.
Word Count: 3,640
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognize. This is all for funsies.
Notes: Read Classics: One here.
Robin was with Dick this evening, working out at the older man's gym. If Tim hadn't responded so well to Dick's coaching Bruce might have been more concerned about the blatant hero-worship the kid projected onto the acrobat. But, as these things go, as long as Dick was fine with it and the boy was learning, then he wasn't going to say anything more.
As far as Bruce knew, Tim's stalker tendencies began and ended with Batman and Robin. But he knew that Dick was someone who had led and taught peers who were both older and younger than himself, and Dick seemed… interested in his newest pupil.
When Bruce had last seen the two, Dick had thrown an arm over Tim's bony shoulders, shoulders much narrower than Jason's had ever been, shoulders that were more tense than any thirteen-year-old's shoulders he'd ever seen – except for possibly his own.
A 'sleep-over', the acrobat had called it, and Tim had looked… well 'troubled with a strong mixture of elation' came to mind, but the boys worked *well* together and Tim seemed to learn better without him actually being there. But which him? Batman-him or Bruce-him?
I'm definitely going to have to come back at a later time when I have all day to write up a proper review of everything i love about this. this deserves so much more than just keyboard smashing cos it's just so awesome
Title: Classics: One
Fandom: DCU, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, newly Robin'd-Tim Drake.
Rating: PG, General fic.
Word Count: 3,100
Notes: Tim had to learn this stuff somehow.
Disclaimer: DC Characters belong to DC Comics
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"No." He heard the aggravated, half-Batman, half-Bruce Wayne voice bounce off the the old rock walls of the cave just as he stumbled back from the crumbling ledge where he had been standing a breath ago. They'd been at it for almost an hour now and Tim had yet to make even a single jump.
He sort of tripped once, walking up to the side of the canyon, but Tim didn't think that really counted.
A strong, gauntlet-covered hand adjusted his grip on the grappling hooks handle with rough, swift efficiency, while a heavy, modified utility boot kicked at his own right boot until the placement of his foot was correct and uncomfortable once again. "Like that. Toes just over the ledge, like this. Now, bend your left knee." He mirrored the position Bruce was in before the man stepped back and said, "Try it again."
His heart was pounding, but nothing seemed louder to him than the sounds of the sides of the cliff giving way and sending small avalanches of rock and dirt down down down in to the caves decent. Down the rabbit hole. The canyon where he was supposed to be flying over; to the next landing.
The noises were fighting each other and nobody was winning.
oaidefiljaweohif i love these kinds of fill-in-the-canon scenes! Tim's internal debates and his struggling with NOT just getting it, it's done so well that this is immediately part of my headcanon now.
Seriously, the things this cat goes through for his bros.
Title: The World Above
Genre: Mer!Tim AU
Characters: Tim/Kon, Kon/Cassie
Summary: He had to save him, no matter the cost. This human was the only thing Tim had ever truly wanted in his life. He was his. Kon belonged to him.
Notes: I should not be writing more new stories when I have a bunch to finish already… But this is already planned out in detail so… It will be about 3-5 parts.
So for this, I tried to use as much of the collective tumblr headcanon as possible. Kind of. Mostly Tim's character design and the notion that when on land long enough, mermaids gain legs on their own. And a few scenes drawn out by Kaciart and Aionyu will pop up (cuz they were hilarious). This fic is their fault. ; A; I was looking at their mer!tims and the plot bunny had offspring.


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A Kentucky-based minor league baseball team is jumping on the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax story.
It is offering a bobblehead giveaway of the girlfriend. Only the boxes will be empty.
The Florence Freedom says on its website that the boxes will go to the first 1,000 fans on May 23.
They also will rope off a special section just for people to bring imaginary friends.
Freedom General Manager Josh Anderson says fans can make the bobblehead out to be whatever they want it to be.
Te'o, a Notre Dame football star, said this week he was duped in a bizarre lie involving a fake dead girlfriend. The national media did several stories on how Te'o played through the pain of her death.
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The Cobb County school calendar, the issue that never dies, is back again today.
The county Board of Education's work session will include a discussion of Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's that will calm the controversy.
His plan would add a three-step process to craft the two-year calendar:
- The superintendent would form a committee representing the various interests in the school system to study the options and recommend at least two to the board.
- The committee would start its work in August and make its recommendations by Oct. 1.
- The board would adopt the calendar at least nine months before its start.
No such process guided the board through calendar changes and proposals this year.
North Cobb's Kathleen Angelucci, East Cobb's Scott Sweeney and Smyrna's Tim Stultz determined to , which was enacted in November 2009 and went into effect in August 2010. With the support of Chairwoman Alison Bartlett, whose district is south and west of Marietta, they succeeded on a .
The resulting calendar pushed this school year's start back two weeks to Aug. 15, eliminating a weeklong September break for which some teachers and parents had booked vacations.
The calendar came up again and again:
- and , for example, took criticism at town-hall meetings.
- David Banks, who represents East and Northeast Cobb, to reconsider the calendar. His .
- Angry parents used the open-records law to obtain and other documents related to calendar discussions.
- The county grand jury to explain the calendar decisions and other actions.
- The accrediting agency for the school system forced Hinojosa's predecessor, Fred Sanderson, to and raised a threat to the system's accreditation.
The current calendar runs through the 2012-13 school year.
Bartlett told the Marietta Daily Journal that the board supports having a process but needs to work out the details.
In comments posted with the proposal, Board Attorney Clem Doyle raised questions about the timeline. He noted that the grand jury recommended the board adopt calendars 12 months in advance and worried that the committee wouldn't have enough time between August and Oct. 1.
Angelucci prefers setting the calendar a full year in advance, the MDJ reported.
Doyle also raised the possibility of making the policy more flexible: "Does the board want to allow for some mid-year changes to the calendar, perhaps limited to minor changes, with less restrictions? Sometimes unforeseen circumstances (due to weather, for example) require a tweak."
Hinojosa also recommends mandating a weeklong holiday at Thanksgiving as a part of the board policy.
Doyle offered a more flexible alternative: "You might instead use a phrase similar to the Christmas holiday phrase: 'Thanksgiving holidays to include Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving at a minimum.' "
The school board's work session starts at 8:30 a.m. at the , 514 Glover St., Marietta, but the day's agenda indicates that the calendar discussion will come in the afternoon.


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Teammates and fellow Blackzilians discuss what sets Vitor Belfort apart from UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and what Jones should fear most when the two step into the Octagon at UFC 152 on Saturday night in Toronto.
The Blackzilians need to get some significant wins under their belt, ther weight under control and testosterone levels in check if they want to be taken seriously when running their mouths and predictions…
I thought u had to be black to be a blackzillion ??? im jus say n if a bunch of white guys started a camp called the mighty whitey s all u ninjas would be cry n up a storm !
Well break down the name "Blackzilian", spelling is in the title, I would think you could spell it right. Black and Brazilian, which are the race of the people who started it. they said whites are welcome. Also no racism needed by calling people ninjas, even though I can see how you could be slightly offended by the team name, still uncalled for
ninja is racist? YOU PEOPLE are so dum. nothing wrong with a a little bit of hate. get over it.
Eat my shorts NiNJA !
yeah its a pretty stupid name. u got a bunch of blacks and brazilians in the locker room and some black dude, maybe vanarsdale.. goes, hey we should calll our team the blackzilians yo! and white people can join too! that wont be awkward or nuttin..
Let's see: White guys have every advantage in the world, all black folks have is not getting called out on racist names. GFTOOH, Hitler. You (as a white guy) have been blessed by your lieing, stealing, lieing, murderous, lieing ancestors with a golden ticket, and you want to complain cause black folks can make a racist gym name?
I think white people complain when people cry out for equality, but don't want to be treated equal.
I'm white, and I haven't looked down at anyone because they were black. People should stop looking down upon themselves and then blame other people because they feel inadequate.
Is Rampage a blackzillion ????? if not he should be
is KIMBO a blackzillion ???? LOL LOL
FEAR?VITOR HAS NOT BEAT ANY FIGHTER THAT IS REALLY GOOD,TITO,RANDY,There no fighter that can beat Jon JOne right now..Maybe Gustafsson
Vitor's notable wins are against Wandy.
He lost to Randy, Chuck, Tito, Hendo, and Anderson. I am not sure if he could beat Jones who is stronger than all of them.
Chris weidman has severely injured his back. It seems he was working out at a gym in brazil. Witness said that he noticed a strange garment laying on the floor of the locker room. It was said that he reached down and attempted to grab the garment he screamed out in pain. As he fell to the floor it seems he realized it was a jock strap with the initials A.S. labeled on them. Doctors said that he may be out of action for some time. The onlookers were stunned by the incident, but one was heard saying "it's official, Chris can't even hold Anderson's jock."
Lame as hell, Mike.
A. Im pretty sure Van arsdale is of mixed heritage B. He is well spoken & does not say "yo" after sentences. C. Every white person in this country today is the byproduct of imagration so obviously they knew they would be living among a mixed population so there is a problem with hate… D.The very fourum that we are in is a celebration of many cultures martial arts so lets show our sport some respect if not each other. Real ninja out!
Anything to do with race, religion and politics is a touchy subject for people. People take things highly offensive and are very defensive on those subjects. With that being said, there are a lot of classy guys at the blackzilian camp, I'm sure they meant no harm to anyone when they came up with the name, just some goofing around like most normal people do. Regardless of the name; what a list of fighters on their roster. But as one person said they do need to get some big wins under their belt.
Didn't the Blackzilians tell us that Silva should watch out for Vitor too? This match will likely end the same way that match did.
It's just typical pre-fight hype. It's not like Belfort's teammates are going to say: "Vitor's probably going to lose this fight."
Can't blame them for backing their guy. Of course Belfort has a chance, but there's really no reason to believe this isn't going to be just like every other Jones fight.
The card is worth watching in any event. Johnson/Benevides, Stann/Bisping, but I'm also really looking forward to Swanson/Oliveira. That should be an awesome fight.
Jones is a guy who exploits his opponents' weaknesses well. What are Vitor's greatest strengths? Hand speed, power, decent kicks, jiu jitsu. His weakness? Wrestling.
Jones is not going to play around standing up with Vitor. He will paw out a few jabs and straight kicks and then explode for a takedown and try to break him the way he did to Shogun. Rinse and repeat until the third round until the ref stops it.
I'm cheering for Vitor, but Jones has more ways to win and he won't take chances standing.
I think it's a strong MMA Camp, especially with former Champions like Rashad and Overeem. I'm rooting for Vitor on this one. I know it's a long shot, but Jon refusing to fight was wrong.
They stink and hate them. get em jasper.
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Watercolor with Drybrush
How to achieve perfect hair and skin textures using watercolor with drybrush - a demonstration by James D. Brantley
One of the most difficult things to do when painting portraits in transparent watercolor is to make skin and hair look like skin and hair. While I often use loose washes, drips and splatters in watercolor, I also like to use the drybrush technique to achieve perfect textures. It is a little bit of work but the results are startlingly realistic.
First, I start with a real person. My model for this painting is a beautiful woman named Krista Hurley. I love the contrast between the texture of her short hair and her smooth brown skin. My paintings are done using Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors, and 44-14 Daniel Smith Kolinsky sable brushes.
"Without intensity, focus, passion, love, and an almost desperate urge to create art, all the mastery of technique you can learn will produce at best, only a mediocre work of art."
Roughing the Color
I like to cover the entire surface of thee painting with an approximation of the colors and values that will be seen in the finished piece. In the initial washes, however, the darks will not be as dark, and the colors will not be as intense as the final painting. Since we are working from light to dark, and using no white but the white of the paper, it is important not to put on too much paint too soon. It's a lot easier to add color or deepen shadows than it is to remove paint.
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Not surprisingly, Judi also addressed the importance of practice. "I paint all the time. if I'm not literally painting, I'm painting in my mind... looking at color relationships and possible subjects." Her message: wherever you are, whatever you're doing, employ your creativity. "I draw and paint in my letters and on my envelopes. When you send something like that to a creative person, you usually get something creative in return," said Judi. "if you want to be a painter, draw everything, even your grocery list."
In order to become a selling artist, Judi said, "Don't be afraid to show your work at a fair or someplace you set up a booth ... get out there. To be successful, you have to have people see your work." She noted that painting in public is a great way to get people interested in your work and to get feedback about your paintings. If the work languishes in your studio, it doesn't matter how great a painter you are. "Overcome self-criticism," she said, "have a positive attitude and let people see it!"
So in the next step, using the #6 Kolinsky, I have painted the hair in with dark brown washes. and the skin with purple washes in the shadow areas only.
Following this, I paint in transparent washes of burnt sienna and raw sienna in the areas that do not receive the brightest lights. Although I am reasonably careful where I place my washes, I don't worry about any extreme details. The drybrushing will take care of any fine details and subtle shadow transitions that I want to show. I will leave the lightest areas unpainted until the painting is nearly finished.
Painting the Hair
The first area I will take to completion will be the hair. With the bristles spread out in a fan shape, I make short crosshatch marks in a random pattern that produce the perfect texture of the hair. I'm still using the #6 Kolinsky for most of the work, but occasionally use a #2 Kolinsky brush to make some of the finer marks. Some of the highlights in the hair are created by painting around the white areas, while some of them are scratched Out with a hobby knife and a # 11 blade. Some of these scratched out areas need to have a little color put back in since the highlights are not always pure white.
Painting the Skin
Next, I'm ready to begin working: my way down the face. But first, a note about colors. One question that I hear from students all the time is. "What colors do you use to make skin:" It's really no big mystery, I use pretty much the same colors every time I paint skin and rarely arrempt to reproduce any color exactly as I see it. I feel free to use reds, yellows and purples as much as I like. It doesn't matter whether I'm painting dark-skinned or light-skinned people - I just adjust the ratios for the complexion I want to paint. Artists know that everyone comes in some kind of brown. It may be light brown, dark brown, red-brown, pink-brown, blue-brown, or yellow-brown, but it's always brown.
To make all this brown skin, I use the following colors: raw umber, burnt umber, raw sienna, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, ivory black, ultramarine violet and quinacridone rose. In transparent watercolor, the paper provides any white that you will need. And it's exactly that reflected white light from the paper that gives watercolor the beautiful glow that I like so much. I usually begin, as I did here, with purple and blue washes in the shadows, followed by browns, reds, and golds in the middle and highlights. It's best to keep the shadows cooler with more blues and greens, while the middle tones and highlights lean more toward the warmer reds and yellows. But that's a rule that I break if I feel like it. Above all, don't just pick a color and paint a person in various shades of that one color. That is so boring! A painting should be like beautiful music. A piece of music played on the piano with one finger would probably not be very interesting after the first couple of bars. We like to hear it with all ten fingers! And so it is with painting. Use your colors to produce tonal variations that will make the observer want to keep looking and looking, as if enjoying a fine concert. Your talent and your experience will determine how well you can do this.
As I continue to paint the face, I want to establish the proper relationships between the darks and lights. This will give me the foundation for the drybrush work that gives me the textures and subtle shadows that I like. Using mostly liquid washes, I paint the shadows using alternating washes of purple, red and brown. Now you can see the dark areas of the head begin to take shape. I continue this procedure until I am satisfied that I have the darks nearly as dark as I want them to be.
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Well; let�s face it; I�ve started over with my regiment. So many times we start out with good intention to find ourselves back at square one; well I�m like everyone else; that is and has been my story for too long to mention. But here I am; at it again; knocked down by not knocked out! I always say being a teenage athlete and 12 years of military service; I�m no stranger to fitness; I know what it looks like and feels like. I know how to obtain it and maintain it; I know how; but doing it has been my problem. So once again; I�m trying to reinvent myself to come out on top of this thing.
May 2013 I purchased my first road bike with the notion of getting in to road cycling. I need something low impact for the knees so I figured that was the ticket. I like it I really do and I�m hopeful this riding season will find me completing my first century in September 2014. I�ve already set the date and the location so I just need to prepare to get it done. I can do this outside of time management of working two jobs; I really can do this.
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It is so easy to become frustrated and discourage; even so I could just give up and say forget it. If that�s my attitude I will never win; so I�m going to keep fighting; keep making healthy eating choices; keep doing the cardio; keep doing the weight training; keep trying to find what will work for me; keep supporting my fellow spark friends. Why; because it matters; my goals are important to me and your goals are important to me as well. So I�m in the fight and I plan on winning a few rounds; so if you need someone in your corner; I�m your girl. I�m fired up and looking for a K.O/T.KO; it really doesn�t matter; the fat has to go! Thank you for your support and encouragement; until next time, Keep Sparking!
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Morning Walk � 35 minutes -276 Calories
Midday Weight training � 40 minutes � 160 Calories
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Total Calories burned: 1005
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It's an idiosyncratic little thing — there's no dinner, no party, no front page headlines, no calls from avid headhunters — but I remain a dedicated supporter.
The rising sales graph means a healthy brand, higher employment, a sounder economy, even — gulp! — happy clients.
I know these are peripheral issues in the glitzy whirl of Cannes (I won a Grand Prix there once and I felt like a princess for a day!) and Pencils and Penguins and Poodles or whatever.
I guess I'm just an old-fashioned country boy at heart.
This article originally appeared here in Advertising Age, May 18, 2009.
Forget Domino's; YouTube Video Is Crime Against Working People
Viewpoint: Tampering With Food Harms Much More Than Brand Reputation
I just watched the Domino's cheese-in-nose video shot and uploaded to YouTube by a couple of Domino's employees, and I have to say it made my blood run cold. It's one of the most stunning examples of internet/YouTube abuse I've ever seen.
And the brand custodian part of me didn't even become engaged. Long before that, the human being in me became enraged.
Urban myths about employees in food outlets tampering with food abound. I was going to recount some of them, but I don't think it's fair, for the same reason you bring up your toddlers based on the "Once seen, never unseen" principle: Even the most apocryphal allusion to food tampering can powerfully remain in the psyche forever, to the potential harm of an innocent vendor.
But the problem is bigger than that. Food tampering has a psychic resonance because it sits in the middle of a fundamental human necessity and right: that of getting the nutrition we require to subsist. Few things in history have inspired so much charitable outpouring as feeding the hungry or ridding the world of disease. Food tampering pollutes both of those. It inspires a truly visceral reflex and contributes to a view of the world as an untrustworthy, un-nourishing place.
Personally I don't really do fast food. Lucky me. I am fortunate to have the time and resources not to have to. But the real sin of the repulsive duo in the Domino's video is that many, many people in this particularly trying economic time have absolutely no choice but to rely regularly on fast food, from the single mom with no time to the working stiff on a short break and an even shorter budget. Every one of them who sees this excruciating video, Domino's customer or not, will gag and wonder just a tiny bit about the trustworthiness of a meal tomorrow. It is in my view nothing less than a crime against working people.
This article originally appeared here in Advertising Age, April 14, 2009.


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As February quickly approaches, the excitement of a new season is growing for the women of the New Mexico State softball team. This season is promising to be a great one for the returning seniors on this year's team.
The seven student-athletes returning to play their final season of NM State softball have a particularly strong bond, not only as teammates for the past three seasons, but also because they helped turn the softball team around with record-breaking performances. As with any other athletic team at NM State, the focus of these teammates is on winning a Western Athletic Conference Championship, and taking the team into post-season play.
What one might not expect when meeting these seven athletes is how humble they are, and how supportive they are of their fellow teammates. They each had the usual things to say about hard work and a positive mindset, but they also spoke fondly of their fellow seniors and their journey together. Head coach Kathy Rodolph also spoke very highly of them.
"This group of seven seniors is one of the most talented groups that I've coached over the last 25 years," Rodolph said. "Strength comes in numbers, and anything that they set their minds to, they definitely have the ability to accomplish."
There is indeed strength in numbers. These seven athletes have been superb in their hitting game. In 2009 they broke more records than any other team in program history, and they were the batting average national champions.
If you ask them about breaking their records, however, that humble attitude appears, and they seem almost unaware of any records. It is evident that each of these seniors just wants to play some softball and give it everything they've got.
Clean-up hitter Hoku Nohara, of Waimanalo, Hawai'i, is a dominant personality on the NM State softball team, but she has a straightforward tone. "I don't even know what records I have," Nohara said. "I'm just focused on working hard and doing the best I can do."
Kylie Randall, of Chula Vista, Calif., is the steals leader on the Aggies softball team, and she discussed working with a track coach to build an explosive first step for her steals. Randall also mentioned that she and teammate Alex Villalobos are both from the San Diego area.
"We played 'travel ball' together when we were younger," Randall said.
Pitcher Alex Villalobos is a red shirt senior who transferred to NM State from Oklahoma State. She said she liked coming here, and getting to know her teammates.
"It's more team-oriented. I consider everyone on the team my family," Villalobos said. She has also been able to improve the mechanics of her pitching during her time as an Aggie.
Communication and hard work are important components for Kandis Jones of La Mirada, Calif., but so is keeping up her grade point average. "School is very important to me. I really want to become a nurse," Jones said.
No doubt she will achieve her goals. Jones was named to the 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team.
Ashley Maroda, of San Bernardino, Calif., has a very positive mindset about the upcoming season, but she keeps it simple. "Whatever happens happens. It's my last season, so I'm trying to make the best of it," Maroda said. When asked if she is competitive with other teammates, she laughed shyly and said that she just wants to do her part to make the team better.
Shoulder injuries and multiple surgeries have been a setback, but have not stopped Tiffany Autry, of Beaumont, Texas. Autry has had a combined three surgeries on both shoulders; the most recent was last July.
"I just try to keep a positive attitude and do what I can to help the team," Autry said of her recovery. "I never give up."
For Vanessa Valles, being the local player feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity. The infielder hails from Berino, N.M., only a few miles from where she is now playing Division I softball with the Aggies.
"It means a lot because my family gets to come and see me play all the time," Valles said. She also has enjoyed the time spent playing with the other seniors on the team. "They push you to work hard every day. And by them pushing you every day, it makes you become a better person, and a better player."
Listening to the seniors of this year's NM State softball team speak, one gets an idea of their closeness as teammates, and their spirit and passion for the game. It is also obvious that the coaches have a lot of fondness for these young ladies as they set out to begin their last season at NM State.
"This is a group that has rewritten the record books offensively," said associate coach Cat Heifner. "To watch their progress and their growth and their maturity over the years has been an amazing journey. The better they get, the harder they work."
The 2011 NM State softball team will definitely be one to watch. These student-athletes have a closeness and mutual respect that one doesn't find in every team. Coach Rodolph laughed when she recalled some of the teammates attempting surfing and canoeing in Hawai'i.
Rodolph spoke about athletes from other teams wanting to join the Aggies because of the camaraderie of her team. "Humility has kept them working hard," Rodolph said. "It is very rewarding to see them come in wide-eyed, and leave so mature."
The Aggie softball season begins Friday, February 11, 2011, with the Hotel Encanto Invitational in Las Cruces.


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June 28, 2012, 12:04 PM — On day 2 at TechEd Europe 2012, Microsoft rushed us out to the outskirts of Amsterdam into a revamped tennis hall (which sounds far less impressive than it actually was) to tell us about Windows 8. And after a fairly generic walkthrough of the features, Microsoft jumped right into the meat of developing for Windows 8 and some of the under-the-hood enhancements.
Microsoft talks developer price sharing and WinRT platform
Ted Dworkin, Partner Director of Program Management, entered the stage at the Windows 8 workshop to talk about all the benefits of jumping on the Metro bandwagon: "We'll give developers 70% of their revenue and even 80%, if the app earns more than $25,000 -- we want to entice developers to develop great apps."
Microsoft knows that even a solid platform is worthless without the right content. However, revenue sharing alone isn't going to draw the masses of iOS or Android developers to the Metro side. Antoine LeBlond, Microsoft's Vice President for Windows Web Services, hopped on stage and emphasized why the tablet-opimized Metro UI is the future: "Next year, tablets will outsell desktop PCs. Touch is coming to PCs and that's going to change the way UIs are designed."
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GAME DAY NOTES: at Creighton
Date: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008
Tip: 6:05 p.m. (MT)
Location: Omaha, Neb.
Venue: Qwest Center Omaha
Promotions: None
Television: gocreighton.com ($6.95)
Radio: 1310 KFKA (Greeley)
Talent: Troy Coverdale
Live stats: gocreighton.com
Web stream: 1310KFKA.com
Series: Creighton, 7-3
Last: CU, 105-54 at CU (12/2/59)
- Northern Colorado will begin play tonight in the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic. The Bears will play their first two tournament games at on-campus sites (Fresno State) before playing Dec. 22 (Liberty) and Dec. 23 at Orleans Arena.
- Bears coach Tad Boyle, formerly of Wichita State University and the Missouri Valley Conference, will coach his first game tonight against a MVC opponent as the leader of Northern Colorado.
- These schools haven't met on the hardwood in nearly 50 years. The last time they played was during the 1959-60 season, when Creighton pulled off a convincing 105-54 victory in Omaha.
- Tonight will be the Bears' first game in Boyle's
tenure without Jefferson Mason. Mason announced earlier this week
his decision to transfer away from Northern Colorado and the Bears
men's basketball program.
- The Bears and the Falcons first met during the 1938-39 season. The Bears won 50-37 at Gunter Hall.
- Creighton holds a 7-2 advantage in games played. Both of Northern Colorado's victories came in Greeley.
- The Bluejays have outscored the Bears 522-424. Creighton has scored the most (105), Northern Colorado the least (34).
- The teams haven't met in nearly 50 years, since the 1959-60 season.
- Head coach Dana Altman is in his 15th year as head coach of the Bluejays. He's been honored as national, conference, regional or district coach of the year in 10 of his 23 years as a head coach.
- Creighton (6-2) has wins this season against St. Joseph's and Dayton (currently 26th in the polls). Their only losses came against Arkansas-Little Rock (71-69) and rival Nebraska (54-52). They've won 11 straight home games.
- Senior Booker Woodfox, who has scored 20-plus points in two straight games, is this week's Missouri Valley Conference player of the week. He's the third Bluejay to win the award this season.
Mason Says
Jefferson Mason, a junior guard/forward from Crystal, Minn., has announced his decision to transfer away from the University of Northern Colorado and the Bears men's basketball program.
"We wish Jefferson nothing but the best in all his future endeavors," Northern Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. "We appreciate all the contributions he's made to help us rebuild Northern Colorado men's basketball in the short time the coaching staff has been here.
"This is Jefferson's decision, and we wish him well."
A TELL-TALE Stripe
Northern Colorado is 2-0 this season when shooting above 70 percent from the free-throw line ... and 0-4 when coming in below 70 percent from the stripe.
Tale of two halves
The Bears have been outscored by just 14 this season (454-440), but a breakdown of their scoring by half shows a 196-177 advantage after the first 20 minutes with a 234-272 deficit in the second half.
Northern Colorado has used five different lineups in six games this season. Some of that has been out of necessity -- Robert Palacios' injury forced a change, for example.
The Bears will definitely use a different lineup tonight against Creighton, too, after Jefferson Mason left the team following the Bears' loss to Air Force on Saturday, Dec. 6.
You can Bank-S on it
Senior Jabril Banks enters this week ranked No. 6 in the nation in field-goal percentage.
He's connected on 30 of his 44 shots (.682) to find his way into the country's top 10.
He was a perfect seven for seven on Saturday, Dec. 6, against Air Force.
Banks Earns 'Player of the Week'
OGDEN, Utah -- Northern Colorado's men's basketball team got its first win at Denver since 1989 on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and then knocked off Texas State at home in a run-and-gun shootout Saturday night, Nov. 29.
Once the dust settled on the Bears' 2-0 run, senior Jabril Banks emerged as the Big Sky Conference's third player of the week for the 2008-09 season.
It's the first such honor for Banks, a forward out of Denver's George Washington High School, and just second honor for Northern Colorado in the last two seasons. Devon Beitzel was a co-honoree on Jan. 14, 2008.
Boyle Announces 'Big' Signings
GREELEY, Colo. -- They won't officially step onto campus until the end of August 2009, but Connor Osborne and Emmanuel Addo already have made Northern Colorado men's basketball coach Tad Boyle a happy man.
The two verbally committed to play for the Bears previously, but nothing was official until Wednesday, Nov. 19, when Addo's National Letter of Intent was validated and joined Osborne's.
"It's only a two-person class," Boyle said, "but it's as good a two-person class as we ever could have hoped for. Both of these kids are going to be great players for us."
Addo (pronounced 'Ah-doo') is a lefty big man who was born in Africa and raised in Toronto and later in Minneapolis. He didn't begin playing organized basketball until about four years ago, but in that short time he's developed a game that draws comparison's from Boyle of current Bear Jabril Banks. He's, obviously, not nearly as polished as Banks, but Boyle thinks he's capable of filling that same role.
As for Osborne, the sky's the limit, Boyle said. He averaged about 13 points and four rebounds a game as a junior last season for the Rebels, and he also led the state in blocked shots (nearly eight per game).
"To get where we want to get -- to win a Big Sky Championship and to get to the NCAA tournament -- we need guys like Connor. Not only his size, but his athletic ability is going to be huge for our program. That's one of the hardest things to do is get quality big men, and we feel like we've gotten two with this class."
OGDEN, Utah -- Big Sky Conference media members and men's basketball coaches think improvement is being made within Tad Boyle's Northern Colorado program.
But just a little.
The conference office released its preseason media and coaches poll in late October, and Boyle's Bears were picked sixth in both polls -- a view of marginal improvement from last season, in which Northern Colorado finished seventh, a spot out of the conference-tournament field.
But that's just fine with Boyle and his assistants. If anything they just hope being picked as a barely-there-tournament team will help to motivate this year's squad.
Altitude, Big Sky Conference Announce 'Games of the Week'
OGDEN, Utah -- The Big Sky Conference announced in early September that its 2008 men's basketball "Game of the Week" programming will return to Altitude Sports & Entertainment for a second straight season.
Altitude will televise nine regular-season games in all, with the first coming Sunday, Jan. 4. All nine Big Sky teams will appear at least once and games will originate from seven conference sites.
Sunday, Jan. 4: Portland St. at Northern Arizona (2 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Jan. 11: Weber St. at East. Washington (2 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Jan. 18: Portland St. at Northern Colorado (2 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Jan. 25: Northern Colorado at Montana (2 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Feb. 1: Portland State at Montana State (2 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Feb. 8: Sacramento State at Portland State (2 p.m. MT)
Saturday, Feb. 14 East. Washington at Idaho State (4:30 p.m. MT)
Saturday, Feb. 21: Idaho State at Montana (4:30 p.m. MT)
Sunday, March 1: Montana St. at Northern Colorado (2 p.m. MT)
Tuesday, March 10: Men's Champ. Semifinal (6 p.m. MT)
Men's Basketball Bears Are Headed To Vegas
GREELEY, Colo. -- Northern Colorado's men's basketball team will spend the days leading up to this Christmas in the land of slot machines and poker tables.
The eight-team field for the seventh annual Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic is set, and Tad Boyle's Bears will join Creighton, Depaul, Fresno State, Liberty, Saint Louis, South Carolina Upstate and Southern in the event.
Each team will play four games total, with the first two coming at campus sites and the final two coming December 22 and 23 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Tickets for the event went on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7. For more information, call 702-284-7777 or visit www.orleansarena.com.
Boyle Adds Bonner To The Bears
GREELEY, Colo. -- Yahosh Bonner, a 6-foot, 210-pound guard who led Salt Lake Community College to a second-place finish at this year's NJCAA national tournament, signed with the Bears in early May after being recruited by San Francisco, Utah Valley, Montana and Liberty.
Bonner's signing followed a long and successful post-high school journey. After earning first-team all-state status at Mesa (Ariz.) Mountain View High School -- and spending a year at Choate Rosemary Hall prep school in Wallingford, Conn. -- he served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Tampa, Fla.
He then spent a year at Cochise College in Arizona during the 2006-07 season before shooting 52 percent from the field and 46 percent from the three-point line this year at Salt Lake.
Bears Recruit John PeÑa Pours In Points In All-Star Game
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- John Peña may be small, but he was mighty at the NJCAA Men's Basketball All-Star Game.
Peña, a 5-foot-11 guard out of Mesa Community College who transferred and joined coach Tad Boyle's Northern Colorado men's basketball team for the 2008-09 season, scored a game-high 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds Saturday, April 19, in leading the Arizona All-Stars to a 101-97 upset victory against the NJCAA Division I All-Stars.
The NJCAA Division I All-Stars featured several top Division I recruits, including Southwestern Illinois' Devron Bostick, this year's junior-college player of the year, and Hutchinson Community College's Bobby Maze.


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