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"Queequeg was a native of Rokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are."
~Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
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"Queequeg was a native of Rokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are."
~Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
By Martin
I recently came across the term "development mule" in an article at Jalopnik, and several Ford Mustang "mules" were featured in director David Gelb's A Faster Horse, which documents the design, production, and development of the 2015 Mustang. I was fascinated with the term, so I did a little research, and according to Wikipedia, a development mule, test mule, or (simply) mule in the automotive industry is,
a testbed vehicle equipped with prototype components requiring evaluation. They are often camouflaged to deceive competitors and thwart a curious automotive press.
So what is the difference between a "prototype" and a "development mule?" The "GM Guide To Terms Used In Auto Body Design" defines a prototype as,
The original model during the evaluation stage in automotive engineering.
An automotive forum at eng-tips.com offers this definition for prototype,
A pre-mass production vehicle of new design that is used for testing and development purposes.
The following explanation from Wikipedia does a great job of defining the unique purpose and specific characteristic of an automotive development mule, test mule, or (simply) a mule:
Mules may also have advanced chassis and powertrain designs from a prospective vehicle that need testing, which can be effectively concealed in the body and interior of a similarly sized production model.
If no comparable vehicle is available in-house or an external benchmark is being used mules may be based on another manufacturer's model. For example, in the 1970s the new powertrain package of first-generation Ford Fiesta was developed using mules based on the then class-leading Fiat 127, as Ford had no comparable compact model of similar size to utilize.
Mules are also used to conceal styling changes and visible telltales of performance alterations in near-production vehicles, receiving varying degrees of camouflage to deceive rival makers and thwart a curious automotive press. Such alterations can span from distracting shrinkwrap designs to substituting crude cylindric shapes for taillights, non-standard wheels, or assemblages of plastic and tape to hide a vehicle's shape and design elements.
Perhaps the key to the meaning and use of the term mule in this context, is the vehicles purpose of "carrying" various "hybrid parts" for testing its "handling, roadloads, and powertrain" characteristics. After all an actual Equus mulus by definition is a "hybrid" of a male donkey and a female horse, and is valued for its sure-footedness, strength, and endurance. Mules also tend to be more independent than most domesticated equines, and can be effectively packed with various loads.
Mule – I discovered several origin stories for the term at Stack Exchange:
In French or Italian, car racing teams were/are called "écurie (de course)" or "scuderia", literally racing stable: the race cars are the horses and the replacement car is called in French "le mulet" (the mule) and in Italian "il muletto".
Both in French and in English, the sense of mule/mulet later extended to development cars (testbed vehicle equipped with prototype components requiring evaluation).
Chevrolet's practice car had fiberglass body, was called 'the mule' – 1956 Road & Track
…while the SS in both "Mule" and "show" variants ran they went like stink. The officially released lap time set by Fangio at Sebring in the prototype Mule was 3:27.2, a very respectable figure. – 1957 Car and Drive
With a rough fiberglass body this became the "Mule", which went down to Sebring for on-the-spot trials while the actual race car was completed… the Mule was revised and cleaned up in detail to be exactly like the race SS, but the ax fell on the project before the ex-Mule could be assembled … this car, the Mule… – 1960 Car & Driver
…had built a pair of muletti — "mules" — whose design had been hastily roughed out by the same internal talent that had drawn up the Dischi Volanti and many other "house" designs. The workmanship of these muletti also was rough as they were never intended to be seen by the public. – 1964 Road and Track
In the comments section of the same post at Stack Exchange a reader contributed this observation,
My understanding is that a "mule" is a crude vehicle used to test engines and other components. Likely from its resemblance to a mechanical "mule" on a canal — basically a small locomotive with no cab, just frame, engine, and wheels. And that term, of course, comes from the animal it replaces. (I first read the term ca 1965. Likely it goes back at least 20 years. prior to that.
Charles Darwin, who knew a thing or two about the Origin of Species, wrote: "The mule always appears to me a most surprising animal. That a hybrid should possess more reason, memory, obstinacy, social affection, powers of muscular endurance, and length of life, than either of its parents, seems to indicate that art has here outdone nature."
Beltline: the line going from the hood which usually follows the bottom edge of the windows and continues to the trunk. The beltline is a major component of the vehicle's overall appearance, as well as the safety aspect of blind spots.
Bubble Up: a preproduction stage of design. Also know as the theme stage or concept stage.
Brightwork: anything reflective added to a car to enhance appearance. May also be called chrome.
Buck: a full size model of a vehicle used to evaluate comfort, entrance, egress, vision; usually made of wood, metal, foam and/or fiberglass.
Clay Buck: a full size mock up of a vehicle made from a clay covered armature to show vehicle shape.
Down the Road Graphics: the styling of the front end of the car, which people will instantly recognize and associate with a manufacturer.
Concept Car: A Full size vehicle made to illustrate a design concept or idea, usually with futuristic components and faetures; often shown at auto exhibitions and shows.
Greenhouse: the glassed-in upper section of the car's body.
Oscar: a mannequin representing the 95th percentile male and used in packaging a vehicle.
Proveout Model: a clay model developed to verify surface drawing conformation with the appearance of the model originally approved by management from which a recorded fiberglass cast is subsequently made.
Show Car: a car having features or shapes not offered in production cars, and designed for display.
Trim Buck: a fullsize model showing interior design finishes of a specific model of automobile.
Tumblehome: refers to the way the sides of a car rounds inward toward the roof, specifically of the greenhouse above the beltline.
A Faster Horse: the title for David Gelb's documentary was derived from the adage "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." which is often attributed to Henry Ford. (For more on that story see our "Debunking Henry Ford's 'faster horse' quote" blog post.
Giuseppe Mulè: was an Italian composer and conductor.
Headless Mule: is a character in Brazilian folklore. In most tales, it is the ghost of a woman that has been cursed by God for her sins… and condemned to turn into a fire-spewing headless mule, galloping through the countryside from Thursday's sundown to Friday's sunrise.
Hinny: is a domestic equine hybrid that is the offspring of a male horse, a stallion, and a female donkey, a jenny. It is the reciprocal cross to the more common mule, which is the product of a male donkey and a female horse.
Mule: is a small electric tractor used for hauling over short distances.
Spinning Mule: is a machine that makes thread or yarn from fibers.
Twenty-Mule Teams: were actually teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that ferried borax out of Death Valley, California.
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Besides being a drawing savant, Achilles G. Rizzoli was a playful, inventive, and idiosyncratic wordsmith. His visionary drawings are densely and compulsively layered with a language and vocabulary of his own making. Anagrams, puns, neologisms, and solecisms run wild amidst the voluminous inner monologue that he mistook for the voice of God.
Rizzoli was also an ambitious namer. He created over one hundred names for himself in his drawings, including: Abettor, Agent, Arbitrator, Conformist, Contender, Conveyor, Crusader, Decorator, Delineator, Edifier, Embalmer, Hack, Idolator, Jelly Maker, Journeyman, Kapellmeister, Kibitzer, Kingfisher, Limner, Magnifier, Messenger, Neophyte, Observer, Paraphraser, Promoter, Questioner, Rescuer, Retriever, Romancer, Scrivener, Suppliant, Translator, Witnesser, and Zealot. He also had a staff of imaginary "Delineators," which he named Angelhart, Bellarosa, Grandocosti, and Maidenburg.
Rizzoli's charismatic titles for his drawings — "Amte's Celestial Extravaganza;" "A Bit of Architecture Requested by His Prince the Virgin;" "Expeau of Magnitude, Magnificence and Manifestation;" "Irwin Peter Sicotte, Jr., Symbolically Delineated / The Sayanpeau;" "Mother Symbolically Recaptured / The Kathedral;" "Sonnet Jesus Added;" "Virginia Ann Entwistle Symbolicaly Sketched / Virginia's Heavenly Castle;" and "Y.T.T.E. The Expositon of Superior Beauty and Permanency" — are further evidence of his unhinged ingenuity.
I find it curious that several critiques of Rizzoli's work take exception to his writing skills, as if they were reviewing a conventional novel, or perhaps an instruction manual:
Also, like many Outsider artists, Rizzoli ultimately proved inept in communicating his visions to the world. Both his prose and poetry are unreadable. Meaningless phrases strung together apparently verbless go on and on and then go on some more. Even his partisans admit that the soft surfaces of his texts are as impenetrable as if they were chiseled from stone.
~David Bonetti, San Fransisco Examiner
The delirium of styles in Rizzoli's buildings and the drawings' precision make them an astonishment. The drawings are blazoned with acronyms, titles, verses and pronouncements so grandiloquent that at times they seem to tip naturally into self-parody.
~Kenneth Baker, San Fransisco Chronicle
But as Kenneth Baker goes on to say, "Yet Rizzoli believed that his visions and inscriptions were dictated by God," so you can hardly question Rizzoli's source material, can you? Nor his unbridled and uninhibited enthusiasm for language, and the aesthetics of meticulously (and/or compulsively) rendered text.
1896 – Born in Port Reyes, California. His parents, Innocente and Emma, were Swiss Italians who immigrated to the United States in the 1880s.
1915 – A sister got pregnant without benefit of marriage, his father "disappears" with a stolen gun after his wife and children fled to Oakland in disgrace, and an elder brother ran away, never to be heard from again.
191(?) – He attends the Polytechnic College of Engineering in Oakland, taking classes in mechanics, geometry, magnetism, and electrical engineering.
1915 – The Panama Pacific International Exposition took place in San Francisco. He visited the Exposition on several occasions and the next year began lessons in architectural rendering.
191(?) – He was recommended for membership to the San Francisco Architectural Club.
1923-1933 – He wrote short stories and novellas about a group of architects attempting to realize various utopias. He collects 280 rejection notices from various publishers in the process.
1933 – Under the pseudonym Peter Metermaid he self-published a novel entitled The Colonnade.
1933 – He and his mother Emma settle into a small four room house in Bernal Heights, San Francisco (some sources claim he lived in the Mission District).
1935-1944 – He produces a body of architectural portraits that symbolically represent people that he knows as monumental buildings, and creates another series of architectural work entitled Y.T.T.E. or "Yield To Total Elation." According to The Biography Project, "Y.T.T.E. develops over the years into an island complex with over eighty buildings ('The Toure of Phallism,' 'Palace of Relaxation,' 'The Temple of Dreams') and twenty monumental sculptures of such abstractions as poetry, happiness, and peace. The 'Acme Sitting Station,' A.S.S. was the toilet's designated name. And if you so desired to shake off this mortal coil, there was: 'The Shaft of Ascension' where you would be pleasantly and painlessly euthanized."
1935-1940 – Rizzoli held annual exhibits in the front room of his home, charging ten cents admission, which he called the Achilles Tectonic Exhibit Portfolio (A.T.E.P.). A few neighbors, relatives, and two curious co-workers attend these exhibitions.
1936 – He is hired at an architectural firm, where he was regarded "merely as a competent draftsman."
1936 – After twenty-one years, the remains of his deceased father are discovered. He refers to his father's (apparent) suicide in an architectural portrait entitled, "The Dark Horse of the Festival Year."
1937 – Rizzoli's mother dies due to complications of a leg amputation from diabetic gangrene. At the funeral, Rizzoli is remembered to have stood by the casket trying to open his mother's eyes.
1945 – He experiences visions which he considers to be the third testament to the Bible.
1958 – After an unproductive phase, he initiates a new project called the A.C.E. (Amte's Celestial Extravaganza). The 350 drawings of the A.C.E. series were comprised of architectural renderings, quotations, and musings on falling snow, the election of John F. Kennedy, the celebration of saints, and the metamorphoses of deceased relatives, among other topics.
1977 – While working on a piece from the "Amte's Celestial Extravaganza" series entitled "Rest in Peace Awhile," Rizzoli suffered a stroke. Other accounts suggest he had a stroke while on a walk in his neighborhood.
1977 – He is moved out of his home, many of the items in it are auctioned off to support his last years of life in a nursing home.
1981 – Rizzoli dies.
1989 – A woman found several examples of Rizzoli's work in a dumpster and brought them to art dealer Bonnie Grossman at The Ames Gallery.
1990 – Grossman tracks down one of Rizzoli's nephews, who had a garage full of his "uncle's stuff" in storage.
He never married and slept on a cot at the foot of his mother's bed.
"I live in an unbelievably hermetically sealed spherical inalienable maze of light and sound seeing imagery expand in every direction." – A.G. Rizzoli
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This is the second post in our Signature Works series. The images come from photographs we have taken of the works in their natural habitat. In this series we will present the unique brands that artists have created over the years with their signature and categorize the typographical style, location, and source of the signature. We also will make notes on each artist's historical significance, their influences, and whom their work has influenced and inspired. Each image features a specimen signature and also operates as a painting-within-a-painting. Some images function as microcosms of the original painting, others as unique and complete works.
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Warby Parker is a great example of a brand created from an invented character name, similar to Pink Floyd and Humphry Slocombe. With this invented construction the brand perfectly evokes the milieu of 1920s-1950s history, literature and music, with many eyewear products named after historical and cultural figures: Crane, Chandler, Duke, Winston, Fillmore, Roosevelt, Beckett, Miles, Crosby, etc. But the extra special vibe that the name "Warby Parker" exudes is that of the incognito comic book superhero who spends half of his or her time as an awkward, nerdy dude or gal just trying to blend in with the crowd, though we readers or viewers know their true, powerful identity — think Peter Parker (Spiderman), Clark Kent (Superman), and non-superhero supporting characters like Snapper Carr (Justice League television news reporter) or Iron Man Tony Stark's amanuensis, the brilliantly named Pepper Potts. And speaking of smart and sassy women, many were portrayed in such period films as His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell as the feisty Hildy Johnson), Philadelphia Story (Katherine Hepburn as the regal and queenly Tracy Lord) or Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (the incomparable Jean Arthur's Babe Bennett opposite Gary Cooper's Longfellow Deeds), and are vitally important to the brand narrative of the unisex-named Warby Parker, making the name equally powerful for selling women's eyeglasses as men's.
On its website, the company directly answers the question, Why did we name our company Warby Parker?:
We've always been inspired by the master wordsmith and pop culture icon, Mr. Jack Kerouac. Two of his earliest characters, recently uncovered in his personal journals, bore the names Zagg Parker and Warby Pepper. We took the best from each and made it our name.
They did a great job. And of course Kerouac himself was a product of the generation that the name Warby Parker alludes and pays homage to, extending the brand's metaphor range into the Beat era as well (think Allen Ginsberg with his iconic black-rimmed glasses, for example), perfect for a brand catering to today's prep school iconoclasts and creative class hipsters. Somewhere out there in the cultural exosphere, Clark Kent is thinking, Peter Parker is slinking, Sam Spade is drinking and Pepper Potts is winking.
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Beck – Wow: This fantastic video was directed by Beck and Grady Hall, and features collaborations with artists Sam Cannon, Randy Cano, Andy Gregg, David McLeod, John McLaughlin, Jess Rona, and Steve Smith.
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Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize today in literature. Think about that for a moment and let it sink in.
The final verse of Dylan's 1965 song "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," seen in the video above from an early performance, sums up his mood of the artist-rebel trying to stay alive in the mainstream culture:
And if my thought-dreams could been seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.
Dylan has proved, like many other artists before him — Van Gogh, Duchamp, Stravinsky, to name but a few — that if you live long enough and remain true to your vision, you might just take over the culture that you once felt alienated from.
But like the greatest artists, Dylan hasn't just sat still for 50 years and waited for the mainstream to catch up to him. Instead, he continues to experiment, change, and evolve. As an example, compare this 1978 version of "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," from the height of Dylan's "Christian period," which sounds like it could be coming from a rousing revival church:
Dylan's continual reinvention continues to day, even at age 75. Here is a more recent performance of "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)":
To further put Dylan's achievement in winning the Nobel Prize into context — both the context of the 1960s and the context of what's going on right now in the U.S. Presidential campaign — here's a cheeky new meme flying around the Internet today:
I like to think that if Dylan's current thought-dreams could be seen, "they" would probably still want to put his head in a guillotine. We need more artists like him.
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This is the first post in our Signature Works series. The images come from photographs we have taken of the works in their natural habitat. In this series we will present the unique brands that artists have created over the years with their signature and categorize the typographical style, location, and source of the signature. We also will make notes on each artist's historical significance, their influences, and whom their work has influenced and inspired. Each image features a specimen signature and also operates as a painting-within-a-painting. Some images function as microcosms of the original painting, others as unique and complete works.
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On May 29, 1913, Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered in Paris. The public hissed and laughed, and a riot ensued. Critics called it "the work of a madman."
Less than one year later, on April 5, 1914, The Rite of Spring was performed again in Paris. It was a rousing success. After the performance the composer was carried in triumph from the hall on the shoulders of his admirers.
What happened?
Here's what I think happened. Note for a moment the dual meaning of the word culture: it is both a set of ideas, beliefs, and ways of behaving of a particular society, and a group of bacteria or other cells that have been grown in a scientific experiment. We are, all of us, participants in our culture, part of a vast group experiment in our orbiting petri dish earth. The Rite of Spring, when it was first performed, was a hostile bacteria invading the culture of the day. Parisian society was mentally sickened by the performance the first time around, because it had been so new, so different from anything anyone had ever heard before. It literally drove people crazy. But after hearing a few performances, the audience adapted to this threat by developing cultural antibodies to prevent them from getting sick again. So next time they heard The Rite of Spring, in 1914, they no longer got sick in the head, and could appreciate the music; and by 1940 The Rite of Spring was so safe for consumption that it accompanied a large section of Disney's animated film Fantasia. The work of a madman had become the work of a genius and then a work of pop culture, same as with Van Gogh and countless other artists.
That, more or less, is the standard telling of the tale. Madison Mainwaring makes the case, in her excellent article about this event, The Riot of Spring, that it was the ballet aspect of the work — choreographed for forty-six dancers by Vaslav Nijinsky and performed by the Ballets Russes under impresario Sergei Diaghilev — that is what really drove the audience insane (aided and abetted, of course, by Stravinsky's radical score):
The riot is often discussed in relation to the ballet's modernist score by Stravinsky. Its dissident chords went against every precedent of melodic harmony, while a beat captured the inchoate rhythms of the "scratching, gnawing, and wiggling birds and beasts." Stravinsky upended tradition so completely that The Rite almost exceeded the limits of musical notation— when he first conceived of the sounds for the finale, the "Sacrificial Dance," he did not know how to write them on paper.
At the time of the ballet's premiere, critics didn't pay so much attention to the music, giving it brief treatment ("deformed," "demented") before moving on to the first offense of the evening: the dancing. This was likely due to the frenzy of the audience noise, which reached such a pitch that it probably drowned out the ninety-instrument orchestra. The forty-six dancers on stage, deafened by the mass chaos in front of them, had the impossible beats of the score shouted to them from the wings.
In any event, this "a musical-choreographic work," as Stravinsky described it, had succeeded in exploding the culture one year and beginning its journey into the classical canon only a year later. Mulling this over today, over a hundred years removed, prompts an interesting question: Does this sort of thing still happen in our contemporary world? Does art or literature, music, poetry, or dance still have the power to be new and strange enough to turn our world upside down with confusion and make us sick in the head? I keep an open mind that it's still possible, but I don't see many examples of it. No riots at the ballet, or at art galleries, or at poetry readings.
Unlike art, Science and Technology dramatically affect the lives of nearly everyone alive today. The primary result of true disruption is change, for after such an event, you can never go back to how things were before. In today's culture, then, art is rarely disruptive, because it isn't a primary driver of change. It can be a disturber, influencer, annoyer, irritant, motivator, gadfly, or provocateur, but rarely does it cause a fundamental shift in the culture.
In this light, the right wing forces of anti-science, seen most flagrantly in the denial of climate change, is manifestly hypocritical. You can't pick and choose your science, or your preferred disruptor. Computers, the Internet, digital technology, the smartphone, wearable tech, the Internet of Things – you cannot accept these technological marvels – and by extension the science that begat them – and simultaneously deny the science of evolution or climate change or anything that contradicts your personal or religious worldview.
Science and Technology disrupt the culture, causing irreversible change. Art and marketing do not. Can you name a single contemporary artist who has impacted the world as much as the Internet, smartphones, or social media have? So when we hear companies claim to be disruptors, we need to know: are they unleashing the next truly disruptive scientific or technological breakthrough, or are they merely a cultural ripple aided and abetted by PR, marketing, clever branding — even, alas, naming? This makes all the difference where adaptation is concerned. Adaptation to true disruption is necessary for survival, and leads, through evolution, to the advancement and improvement of the organism or culture. False disruption – non-science-based cultural irritation – can be fought off with marketing expenditures, Congressional spending cuts and other counter-distractions. Such tactics will never work against true disruption, and will ultimately fail. [Read more…] about Bacteria, brands and ballyhoo: the culture of creative disruption
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On a recent episode of WNYC Studios, Here's The Thing (Elliott Gould: Mash Notes on a Long Career), Alec Baldwin shines while recounting a conversation he had with Jack Nicholson about working on Chinatown, with Roman Polanski and John Huston. (at the 19:10 mark Baldwin does a killer John Huston impression). Nicholson recals Huston turning to Polanski and saying, "Now Romannn, there are really only two directions — a little more and a little less."
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J. G. Ballard created a series of four graphically experimental text collages in the late 1950s. The work was later titled Project for a New Novel. Read more about them and see the other three images in the British Library post, Text collages by J G Ballard, c. 1958.
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It's all about them bells, pedal steel, and triumphant horns in this disrobing cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold." This video is from the The Onion's outstanding A.V. Undercover series.
The Polyphonic Spree: Legend has it that bandleader Tim DeLaughter knew he wanted to form a huge, symphonic pop band, but was stuck for a name. A fan of the old Wacky Pack stickers, he had a framed set on the wall. Staring at it, he was inspired by "Polly Dent" (parrot toothpaste). The rest of the name came to him effortlessly. For more band name origin stories see our blog post "From Lead Belly to Pussy Riot: branding lessons and inspiration from over a century of band names."
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Thelma Kinler Adams, 92, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 11:10 a.m. in Luling.
A native and resident of Luling, she was the beloved wife of the late Sidney Adams. Mother of Shelly Adams Gaudet and husband Howard, Jr. and Bobbie Adams Sweeney and husband Larry, Sr. Grandmother of Larry Sweeney, Jr., Sherry Sweeney Jacomine, Jamie Sweeney Van Etta, Dana Sweeney Stoutz, Michael Gaudet and Brant Gaudet. Great-grandmother of Brittany, Michael Lane, Sarah, Noah, Reily, Laura, Alyssa, Bryce, Hannah, Lyla and Taelen. Daughter of the late Ernest and Noelie Lorio Kinler. Sister of the late Esther Bourg.
Relatives and friends of the family were invited to attend the funeral. Religious services were held at First Baptist Church in Luling on Saturday, Nov. 3. Interment followed at St. Charles Cemetery in Luling. Falgout Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements.
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Now that summer is here, I am sending you the newsletter twice each month, instead of weekly. You will get the next newsletter on July 29th. In this week's Excel news, you'll see how to change a pivot table setting, to allow multiple filters, and other tips. Thank you for reading the Excel news, and I hope that you are enjoying the Excel articles. If you have suggestions for future topics, please let me know.
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- Add Number to Selected Cells
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- Video: Conditional Format Currency
- Weekly Photo: The Mystery Flower
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Excel Dashboard Course
Summer is a great time to learn something new, if your office is a bit quieter than usual. If you'd like to improve your dashboard skills, Mynda Treacy from My Online training Hub is temporarily opening her Excel Dashboard Course, and if you sign up by July 24th, you can get the course for 20% off. Registration closes on July 31st.
I've been through this course, and highly recommend it. The course is video based, delivered online and is available 24/7. You'll receive comprehensive workbooks and sample dashboards to keep, and there's even an option to download the videos.
Bonus: If you sign up for Mynda's course through one of my links, you can have a copy of one of my Contextures products, such as the PivotPower Premium add-in. When you pay for the course, type DebraD in the Referral code box, just below the Buy Now button.
Add Number to Selected Cells
If you're working with dates or numbers, you might need to add an amount to the existing values. For example, when working on your To Do list, you can add 7 to a group of date cells, to move the tasks to next week.
This is something that I do quite often, so I created a macro that lets me quickly add a number to a group of cells. Maybe it's something that could save you some time too.
Click here to see the details, and download the sample file: Add Number to Multiple Cells in Excel
Hide Zeros and Allow Multiple Filters
If you create a calculated item, extra items might appear in the pivot table, with zero amounts in some rows. To hide these zero items, use a Values filter. If you want to apply more than one type of filter, change a setting in the pivot table options, to allow that.
Click here to read the details, watch the video, and download the sample file: Hide Zero Items; Allow Multiple Filters
PivotPower Premium Update
If you've bought a copy of my PivotPower Premium add-in, make sure you got my email with a link to download the latest version. It's got a few new features, and you can read about them in this article.
If you have suggestions for the next version, please let me know!
More Excel Tips
Here are a few of the Excel articles that I read last week, that you might find useful:
- Do you agree with these 10 common spreadsheet mistakes? I'm not even sure what some of them mean!
- On Microsoft's MSDN Blog, Eric Ligman shared a list of free ebooks, including Excel shortcuts and quick start guide.
- Chandoo announced the winners of his state migration dashboard contest. He said the winner, Roberto Mensa, was Messi, but apparently that's a compliment. ;-)
- The FrankensTeam has created another interesting chart in Excel, and you can download the sample file. It's based on a vintage chart that shows occupational distribution.
- If you'd like to learn about the new Power BI features in Excel 2013, the MSDN blog has started a free series of lessons.
- Finally, for a humorous peek at what other people are saying about spreadsheets, read this week's collection of Excel tweets, on my Excel Theatre blog.
Video: Conditional Format Currency
Use conditional formatting in Excel 2010 and 2013, to show the appropriate currency symbol when selling products in a different country. For example, show USA sales in dollars, UK sales in pounds and Italian sales in Euros.
The Mystery Flower
The garden store had a half-price sale on annual plants, so I couldn't resist buying a few new items for the garden. Unfortunately, none of the flowers had information labels, so I'm not sure what this is, but it certainly is pretty!
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- Contextures Excel UserForm Course
- Contextures Excel Tools Add-in
- Contextures PivotPower Premium Add-in
- Contextures 30 Excel Functions in 30 Days
- Excel Online Course
- Excel Charting Tools
- Excel Dashboard Kits
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- Excel VBA School
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According to Tom DeLonge, Angels And Airwaves currently have two movies and two LPs in the works. He stated that they have the next five to seven years planned out as a group. You can read his official statement by taking a look below the jump. Additionally, you can see a quick screenshot of an animated short they are working on in conjunction with the movies/LPs by checking below the jump as well.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Speedway said Monday that it would add a road course to its infield if it is awarded the contract to manage the state-owned hotel and casino complex in Wyandotte County.
Two weeks ago, the speedway offered to seek a second NASCAR Sprint Cup race if it gets the 15-year casino management contract. The speedway is part of the Kansas Entertainment LLC partnership that's bidding against three others to build and manage a casino in Wyandotte County.
"This just furthers the economic development we can bring to Kansas and adds to our motor sports portfolio by allowing other forms of racing," said Jeff Boerger, speedway president. "We can cater to a whole new demographic with car clubs."
Boerger said the road 2¼-mile road course would be designed for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and competition by various sports car clubs. It would cost between $8 million and $10 million to build.
"We are trying to provide the best opportunity for Kansas," he said. "We are going to continue creating wealth for the state."
Boerger said the speedway also hopes to bring in a national convention if it gets the casino contract. He declined to identify the convention, saying talks are ongoing but hoped to announce the proposal in a few days.
The Kansas Entertainment partnership has proposed a $705 million Hard Rock Hotel and Casino that would be on the speedway grounds. It is building against Golden Heartland Inc., Legends Sun and Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., all of which would build casinos near the speedway.
"If we aren't awarded the contract, we just can't make it work," Boerger said.
A 2007 state law provides for four state-owned casinos — one each in four different counties. The Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board will award the contracts for Wyandotte and Ford counties Sept. 18-19, after holding hearings on Sept. 2-3. Last week, it chose Harrah's Entertainment Inc. for Sumner County and Penn National Gaming for Cherokee County.
A dozen other states have commercial casinos, but Kansas is the only one with state-owned facilities.
"I don't know how to throw it in the mix at this point," said Matt All, review board chairman. "These and other issues will come up and we will be asking them about that."
Boerger said Kansas Entertainment's plans will be outlined in a presentation to the review board at next month's hearings.
Boerger said the past race season generated $243 million in overall economic impact and the Sprint Cup race accounted for $111 million, averaging 100,000 visitors per day. He said the road course would generate "millions of dollars" of additional money.
The speedway wants to build a temporary casino with 2,000 slot machines to open next June, with the permanent facility with 3,000 slots and a 300-room hotel opening within two years.
Pinnacle is proposing a $624 million complex with 2,300 slots and 500 rooms to open in 2011. It would build a temporary facility with 1,200 slots to open next July.
Golden wants to build a $630 million casino with 2,500 slots and 300 rooms, and Legends plans a $767 million facility with 2,000 slots and 350 rooms. Neither would have a temporary facility, and each would take about two years to complete.
The speedway project projects first-year gambling revenue of $349.3 million; Golden projects $239.3 million; Legends projects $271 million; and Pinnacle projects $361.3 million. The state would receive at least 22% of the gambling revenue.
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MLB Picks: LA Dodgers vs LA Angels MLB Betting Odds: This has to be as live a dog as you can get regardless of what happens. The MLB Odds LA Dodgers +140 underdogs to LA Angels -150 favorites. Kershaw has been terrible on the road no doubt with a +6 era but he has a +140 next to his name here. Dodgers are 22-5 in their last 27 games as a road underdog of +110 to +150.
"I really established the ball inside early in the game," Lackey told the Angels' official Web site Monday, "and that allowed me to get guys to go after the curveball. It's probably the best curveball I've had so far this year."
Pitching lineup for this MLB Picks game LA C. Kershaw (L) | LAA J. Lackey (R). Kershaw is good young talent...but he's walking 4 guys a game and usually has over a 100 pitches by the 5th. The over seems fishy with the 8.5 still dangling out there at some places. the dodgers are also a pretty profitable 8-2 this year as a dog of +125 - +150. Seems like the right side to me. got it at +140 though. MLB Picks LA Dodgers underdog to get the win. Dodgers are 21-5 in their last 26 games as an underdog of +110 to +150. The MLB Odds list this total at 8.5 runs. http://www.sportspicksadvisors.com/
"When you're a line-drive-hitting team like we are," Figgins told the Angels' site, "you build on your own momentum. We get a base hit, go first to third, and suddenly, everything is in motion."
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I came across a useful Russian word today when searching for Chechen phrasebooks – разговорник (razgavornik) [rəzɡɐˈvornʲɪk] – I guessed it meant phrasebook from the context, and also because разговаривать (razgavarivat') means to talk (to). It is a combination of разговор (razgavór – conversation, talk) and the suffix ник (nik), which usually denotes a profession, […]
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CUTigers.com was on hand to watch Ashbrook's (N.C.) 34-16 win over Shelby (N.C.) Thursday evening. Afterwards, we caught up with four-star wide receiver Jheranie Boyd to get the latest on his top schools in the recruiting process, as well as his performance in the big victory:
Boyd: That play was a designed play. They were biting on the hitch all day. The linebacker was blitzing in and they had Larry guarded me every third down trying to get me off my game. So we knew they were going to bite. I did a great route and the quarterback threw it perfect to the outside. I made a play out of it.
Tell us about the long catch and run you had in the fourth quarter where you took it down to the five.
Boyd: That play was tough. My leg was a little swelled up so it was bothering me all day. They bit perfect. It was designed perfect. I give coach Briggs kudos.
After losing the season opener how has this team made adjustments to come back strong from the opening loss?
Boyd: I feel like our team is closer. I feel like we are coming together. We are working hard in practice. We don't want to have a losing season. We won't to win. I am just trying to be a leader out there and motivate my teammates and my linemen and my quarterback to do better.
Your decision timing on a potential verbal commitment has changed. A couple of weeks ago you said you were ready to announce on Oct. 10. What is the latest on that?
Boyd: Yeah I don't want to make a hasty decision. I don't want to rush anything. I want to take a look at two schools, Missouri and Oregon. I will take official visits out there.
What other schools do you plan to take official visits to?
Boyd: I will take one to Florida, Auburn and probably a close by school. Probably Carolina or Clemson.
Who are your two leaders?
Boyd: I really like Florida and Clemson.
What do you like about Florida?
Boyd: Florida is a wide open offense. The receivers run the ball. They get receptions. Harvin had almost 1000 yards rushing and receiving last year. I like that too.
What do you like about Clemson?
Boyd: Clemson runs the prostyle offense. I want to go to the pros. They are going to teach me everything the pros do. That is my goal right there and to get my degree.
How many times have you talked with coach Napier this week?
Boyd: Almost every day, about three days this week. Me and coach Napier have a great relationship. He motivates me to keep my head up. I have been telling him about the past two games. He is just straight forward and everything.


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Most patio doors made recently will incorporate a multi-point locking system. On older units and those without multi-point locking, fit special patio door locks to the top and bottom of the sliding door. Also ensure that an "anti-lift" device is used. This will prevent the sliding door being levered off its runners.
In the absence of a multi-point locking system and laminated glass, all ground floor windows and those which open onto accessible areas, balconies or roofs should be fitted with window locks, unless designated as a means of escape.
These generally open outwards, have exposed hinges and at least two flexible edges. These doors are especially susceptible to attack from levering instruments, e.g. screwdrivers, jemmies or even garden tools.
Security on timber and metal frame French windows can be improved by fitting mortise or surface-mounted security bolts on the inside top and bottom, together with hinge bolts and frame reinforcement.
For those windows and other glazed areas which are at higher risk of criminal attack, fit laminated safety glass. Vulnerable areas include patio doors, French windows and glazed external doors, as well as windows adjacent to any door.
Beware of toughened safety glass! It shatters into thousands of small pieces with no sharp edges, leaving a gaping hole to climb or reach through: toughened safety glass can be regarded as 'burglar friendly'. Do not confuse it with laminated safety glass.
In double glazed units, laminated glass on both the inner and outer surfaces will offer the ultimate protection. However, one pane of laminated glass should be enough to prevent entry. It is generally recommended that the laminated pane is fitted on the inside surface, thereby offering protection from the burglar and reduced risk of accidental injury to the occupants.
Register any valuable items on the national Immobilise database which aims to help reduce crime and return stolen items to their rightful owners.
To reduce the risk of a burglary while you are on holiday make sure you:
Check that estate agents, removers and other trades-people are members of a professional body or association.
If you have put your home up for sale ask your neighbours to keep an eye on your home while you are out. Let them know your movements and when you expect possible buyers to call, but take care who you tell.
Advice from estate agents. If you are out and a 'for Sale board' has been recommended, ask your estate agent to be careful about the details they give out about you, your work and the security arrangements and layout of your home.
Make sure that your home contents insurance cover will transfer when you move and remember to update your motor registration and insurance details too.
Only allow someone to view your home if they have made an appointment with the estate agents. If strangers appear without an appointment and ask to view your home, do NOT let them in. Suggest they contact the estate agent first.
When you prepare to move home you may decide to throw away more things that usual. Be careful about leaving large piles of rubbish or packed bins outside your home for too long.
Take care if you collect lots of boxes from local shops - a burglar may see this as a sign that you are moving soon. Think about using large plastic bags for lighter items. Think about putting small valuable items, like jewellery, in the bank.
Keep your possessions secure. Try to get friends and neighbours to help keep an eye on your home or possessions or to help out on the day of the move.
Keep all doors and windows locked - not forgetting your garage, shed or patio doors - or watched when they are not in use.
Take special care with valuable items such as televisions or DVD players.
Make sure that your removers can secure their vehicle and stop it from being stolen. Ask the removers to take care that the door used for loading and unloading the vehicle should not be left unguarded or unlocked when not in use.
Neighbourhood Watch. Most new neighbours are friendly, welcoming and helpful. Get to know them as soon as possible and think about joining your local neighbourhood watch scheme. Your local crime prevention officer can provide advice on how to do this.
Take care when leaving empty boxes outside your home. They can give away details of new and valuable equipment that might be worth stealing.
If your possessions are marked with a postcode, make sure you change it to the new postcode. Keep your own list of these items.
You may want to think about changing the door locks or fitting key-operated locks to the windows of your new home. Discuss this with your insurance company, housing officer, or crime prevention officer. If you are renting the home, talk to your landlord.
Second hand stores across the West Midlands have signed up to a new scheme that slams the door in the face of thieves trying to sell stolen goods.
Stores such as Cash Converters, Cash Generator, Cex and other independent second hand stores have voluntarily signed up to a new code of practice that sees them checking any identifiable item offered up for sale to them against a national database of lost and stolen goods.
CheckMEND is a is database that links with the national database Immobilise, insurance companies, credit agreements and police systems to log goods with an identifiable mark including phones, i-pads, bikes and laptops that are reported lost or stolen.
Each search on the CheckMEND site generates a unique certificate number. This can be issued to a potential buyer to prove that at the time of purchase the item was not reported lost or stolen and no adverse information was recorded against it.
When an item is checked the shop is issued a certificate and then a future buyer is issued that certificate number so they can verify online that at the time of purchase the item was not registered lost or stolen.
Shops taking part in the scheme are easily identifiable from their 'We don't buy stolen goods' stickers carrying the force crest.
Registering your goods at www.immobilise.com means that should they be lost or stolen in the future and recovered by us we can more easily reunite the item with their owner.
Burglars won't go to the trouble of breaking in if they can just knock and be invited in. So always be on your guard when anyone you're not expecting - a man, a woman or even a child - turns up at your door.
Bogus 'officials' may be smartly dressed and claim to be from the council, gas board, health authority or other organisation.
Bogus 'dealers' may offer to buy your antiques, furniture or jewellery, at what seems to be a good price.
If you want to sell something, choose one or two genuine dealers to value it or ask a friend or relative for their advice.
Bogus 'workmen' may say that they need to come in to check something or make urgent repairs. You also need to be careful of callers who offer to make building repairs or tarmac your drive. Often they'll ask for money in advance; they may even offer to drive you to the bank to withdraw money to pay them.
If you need any building work done, get several written quotes from reputable firms, then decide which one is best. If in doubt, talk it through with a neighbour or someone in your family.
Genuine callers will normally make an appointment first and will carry identification with their photograph on.
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Always put the chain on and use the spy-hole before you open the door.
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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Thoughts About a Stalled Hobby
Saturday, March 11, 2017
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Since I'm on a roll, here is my completed Sarissa Precision Waterloo farmhouse guarded by some British infantry. This was a really fun and fast project. One week start to finish.
Time Life World War Two
When I was a kid my dad and I took a trip together to Wanaka to see uncle Bert and aunty Kathleen. Uncle Bert and his brother had farmed at the back of the Mile Flat at the back of Hampden for many years. Neither had married and when Willy died, Bert sold up and moved to Oamaru. There he met Kathleen, a retired primary school teacher and they married. Later on in life they moved to Wanaka when it was on the cusp of becoming a tourist mecca. I guess they were pretty wealthy but they lived a quiet retired life.
This story reaches this blog because on my last trip over with my dad, I spotted a shelf with about 20 Time Life books on WW2. while I was there, I read as many as I could and when it came time to go Uncle Bert gave them all to me. I was quite stunned as they were bloody expensive books. Aunt Kathleen explained that Bert had finished with them and never really got the most out of them anyway because he had never learned how to read! Anyway, now after all these years I have dragged the entire collection from storage under the house and have put them next to my office desk. Although I have ceased being too interested in WW2 it somehow seems fitting to have them next to me. They are a personnal taonga and a link to my whanau turangawaewae. Thanks uncle Bert!
Monday, January 9, 2017
Austrian Artillery
Christmas has come and gone and I have had time to finish my "Galloping Guns." I despaired of ever getting these chaps finished but finally the extra horses were added to the teams to make them 6. Illustrations do tend to have six horses to a team so Hat's measly 4 was too hard on the nags in my opinion. Anyway, back to work on Wednesday. The game is quickening and big things are afoot in my life for this year. Blogging may become even more infrequent. The pretend wargames table is destined to gather a little more dust methinks.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Napoleon at War
I am giving the hobby a break for a while as the year moves to its busy side. Next year will be a year of changes for the family. Among these many changes will be my oldest daughter moving off to Auckland University. Anyway, I hope to keep the hobby going in 2017 but I will sign off now with a pic of my old Del Prado Napoleon at War. Vive la Emperor!
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Artillery awaiting limbers
I guess most artillery would have had 6 horse teams so I will have to raid my spare french figures to make up for the deficit in horses. All work for the coming months.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Stone House by Italeri
Today I took a break from figures and built up this little house. I have a dearth of houses and general terrain for my imaginary wargames table so today's effort goes some way to fixing this. It was a great little day project in between my work on the Austrian artillery. Good times!


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In the UK suddenly has a new Prime Minister. Or, rather, not so. That the country will be the new head of the government and that it will be a woman, has been known for a long time. But it was expected that the outcome of the battle of two women for the post of Prime Minister will be announced in September. However, it turned out differently.
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Name a political heir to Margaret Thatcher can be called now. It is a long standing Minister of internal Affairs of the country and a very experienced politician Theresa may.
I'm a big fan of British political thrillers. But what happened in the political circles of London in the last few weeks made me once again come to the conclusion that reality can be much more striking and even "fake" than a flight of fancy the most talented workers of the pen. It all began with a political earthquake: unexpected for the local political class in the UK in the referendum voted for secession from the European Union.
Confident in a different outcome of the referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron, of course, immediately announced his resignation from his political reputation was left alone pieces. Everyone expected that the new Prime Minister will be the ex-mayor of London, Boris Johnson — a politician with a fantastic charisma and one of the main agitators for the country's withdrawal from the EU. But Johnson is betrayed by his closest ally, justice Minister Michael Gove, who claimed many times that he is not fit for the post of Prime Minister. Gove made an unexpected move: that this Johnson because of the defects of his character cannot be the head of the government, and he, Gove, although still does not want power, ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the country.
Amazed by the betrayal of a friend, Johnson refused to fight for the Premiership. However, the Minister of justice this does not help: public opinion has branded him as a "traitor". The intrigue did not end there: in the Prime Minister's race has a new favorite, a policy which until that time most of the British public have never heard, — the Deputy Minister of energy Andrea Leeds.
This lady did not possess significant political experience and were several times caught in lies about his record. But she had a very serious chance to become Prime Minister. Andrea Leeds is a very talented speaker, she originally stood for British exit from the EU. In the eyes of party activists of the ruling Conservative party this distinguishes it from the candidate of the party elite Theresa may. The Minister of internal Affairs spoke out against the country's withdrawal from the European Union. And as a final decision on a new leader the conservatives had to accept what ordinary members of the party, Andrea Leeds was literally a step away from the Premiership.
And then it all changed again. In his first big newspaper interview with the influential media — the newspaper "the times" — Andrea Leeds has made a big mistake: he gave to understand that childlessness Theresa may makes her an unacceptable candidate for the post of Prime Minister. There arose a storm of indignation, and Andrea Leeds left the race for the post of head of the government. It was only one party — the interior Minister Theresa may.
What is known about this future political heir to Margaret Thatcher? This fall she will be 60 years. She headed the interior Ministry since may 2010, according to contemporary British standards is a big achievement. Prior to joining Mei for this position is very prestigious post of Minister of internal Affairs for a number of years was considered in Britain "enchanted." Five predecessors, Theresa may came to the interior Ministry in the rank of promising politicians, and came out in the status of the disgraced and discredited figures.
But to Theresa may on the threat post anything "sticking": the interior Ministry she led longer than anyone, starting in 1892. From Theresa may reputation very serious and very strict policy, not prone to grandstanding. Some even calls it frankly boring. But most experts agree that the "fun" in British politics and it was enough.
The country is in a very difficult position. The UK is obliged to withdraw from the European Union. But under what conditions it is done, nobody knows. Before Britain looming prospect of economic crisis, declining living standards, and even decay. Scotland, a large part of the population voted against leaving the EU now is considering a second referendum on independence. In such circumstances, it is better to have in charge of the country albeit boring, but experienced and skillful politician. Theresa may perfectly fit that description.Related posts:


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Then I was having lunch with my son a few days later and he told me that his then six-month-old son, a born kicker, had recently kicked him in the xiphoid process (a small bone spur in the chest). I sympathized, but at the same time, the phrase "kicked in the xiphoid process" made me giggle. (It could be hazardous if an adult were to kick you there; however, a xiphoid kick from a baby is an uncomfortable indignity but not likely to be lethal.) And again I wondered, why do they call it the xiphoid process? How about the sigmoid process? What is a process, anyway?
One last story: I was sitting near some people at a coffeehouse and inadvertently overhearing their discussion; for some reason they needed to know whether a centrifugal force went inward or outward. One of them reasoned that because of the way a centrifuge works, it must go outward, which was an excellent way to approach the question. Another nice approach is to remember that the Latin root fugere means "to flee" (a mnemonic is the phrase "Tempus fugit," which translates literally as "Time flees"), so under a centrifugal force, objects flee the center of a circle. We can also trace fugitive and refuge back to fugere.
Put all this together, and it occurred to me that learning more about the Latin, Greek, or other roots of scientific words and/or the stories of their origins is an excellent way to understand more about science and its history. Hence, this blog. I'm going to explore the answers to my questions about rocks, minerals, and processes, along with many other things, and share what I learn here. I hope this will be a helpful and entertaining site to anyone who is curious about science and wants to learn the stories behind the curious and often beautiful words it uses, as well as the history hidden behind very familiar words.


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The 2nd time visiting DDP, this time with my wife's sisters who came to Seoul for a short visit.
Night time is the best time to enjoy the festivities @ DDP.
Seoul bathed in lights!
Especially with the lights emanating from each grid of the DDP...it all looked like a giant spacecraft out of a futuristic science fiction movie.
lights...from above and below....everywhere we went to...
What's those light beams for?
Oh, we're just in time when a live TV show called Seoul fashion awards was being held..
gosh..the commotion.
The DJ's playing....and the crowds cheering.
we couldn't handle the too much festivities with the kids around..so we might as well..avoid the crowd..
and take some pictures...
DDP at night.
A night to remember, right? bude? tante?