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FBI Agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) hunts the most notorious serial killers. Graham is both gifted and cursed with an extraordinary ability: he can think like his prey, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel. What he doesn't know is that his new partner is the most notorious serial killer of all. While pursuing an especially troubling cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) teams Graham with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminally minded: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). Dr. Lecter tests Graham every step of the way, toying with him and playing a game all his own, while they work to unravel the mystery and catch the killer. Like only Lecter can, he twists Graham's mind, daring him to question everything he knows about others...and himself. (From Lionsgate/NBC's official synopsis)
Do you remember your first thoughts when you heard they were making a weekly television series starring Thomas Harris' Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter? Was it something like, 'Wow, that's an incredibly stupid idea'? Did you think it would work any better when you learned it was going to be a reboot that took place before Harris' books, or did you remember that there was already a prequel movie called Hannibal Rising that was so bad and unconcerned with the tenets of the character that it threatened to ruin the franchise? Were you so convinced that this entire enterprise wouldn't work that you didn't even bother to look into the creative team behind the show? Me too. It looks like we jumped the gun a little bit here.
Hannibal, the series, was developed by Bryan Fuller, the man behind such morbid-meets-twee concoctions as Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and Pushing Daisies. The idea of Fuller, a man whose career is steeped in lighthearted and sweet-natured fare, acting as show-runner for an adaptation of a genre re-defining crime/horror novel series is as intriguing as Nip/Tuck and Glee creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk taking on a grab-bag horror show like American Horror Story. Fuller and co-executive producers David Slade ( Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) populated their directing staff with the likes of Peter Mendak ( The Changeling), Guillermo Navarro (Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Guillermo del Toro's films), James Foley ( Glengarry Glen Ross), and Tim Hunter ( Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Deadwood), John Dahl ( Justified, True Blood). Slade himself acted as director for the pilot, episode seven, and the season finale. Apparently, if you throw enough talented people at an impossible adaptation, the problem can solve itself.
The most difficult trick this motley crew of creative minds pulls is that they make Hannibal Lecter interesting again. Long before the Dino de Laurentiis Company started driving the character into the ground with increasingly crummy movie adaptations, the character was softened by his pop-culture impact, including a number of spoofs, satires, and flat-out rip-offs. Everyone and their mom can do an impression of Anthony Hopkins' Lecter and a few of us can even do a good Brian Cox, so the first step in recreating the character was casting someone with as strong of a presence as Mads Mikkelsen --and letting him put his own twist on it. Mikkelsen's Lecter has almost everything in common with Hopkins' Lecter on a moral/psychological level, but very little in common in terms of appearance, speech patterns, or physicality. Lecter also isn't the series lead – Will Graham is. In fact, Lecter, by Harris' definition, doesn't really change, even at this relatively early point in his 'development.' The series' writers seem to understand this, but also find themselves a little too enthralled with Lecter as a human being, which throws the formula off-balance. Sometimes, their attempts at humanizing the monster are successful, as in the case of his relationship with Will, which is both touching and tragic (more tragic for Will than Hannibal, obviously). Other times, Lecter's part in the story interrupts the plot and demystifies the character. Again, the writers appear to know this and are constantly pulling back on the reins to maintain fidelity with Harris' original vision. It's both commendable and awkward – sort of a 'have their cake and eat it too' battle between a greater, over-arcing plot and standard police procedural television.
This imbalance is the show's most persistent problem. All the ingredients are on the table, but the writers aren't sure how to mix them yet. This wiggly equilibrium is caused mostly by the battle waged between serialized and episodic storytelling. The show ran with a 'cable-sized' first season of only 13 episodes, rather than the full 24-26 most major network dramas tend to run. 13 episodes is plenty of time to tell one long-form story (perhaps even the ideal way to go about, as proven by the patchy quality of shows, like Lost), but it doesn't leave a lot of time to loiter with standalone episodes. Hannibal is really three shows in one. The first show, which we'll call The Will Graham Show, is a psychological study of an FBI criminal profiler, who is slowly driven insane by his uncanny ability to empathize with psychopaths. The second show, which we'll call In Treatment with Dr. Lecter, is about a brilliant psychiatrist that balances his fascination with a particularly disturbed patient and his secret life as a serial killer. The third show, which we'll call Jack Crawford and Friends, is a relatively typical, freak-of-the-week, forensic crime series. These shows are all clearly related, but the connective tissues sometimes feel either incidental to the story being told or coincidental. I get the feeling that these are growing pains, though, and that future seasons will weave everything together with more grace and ease.
The writers are sure to load the show with callbacks to Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal, but it's nice to see that they aren't completely anchoring themselves to Harris' canon. I appreciate that Hannibal is a reboot, not a proper prequel. It's not hampered by an unnecessary period setting, nor is it required to stick to set events or make its audience any guarantees. There's no set date for Clarice Starling's introduction into the story or even a promise that she'll survive her first episode when the time comes around. The writers seem willing to use the audience's expectations against them, especially when they let Dr. Abel Gideon (Eddie Izzard) surgically disembowel Dr. Frederick Chilton (Raúl Esparza) – a character fans know will survive through to the original series, or at least until the end of Silence of the Lambs, when Anthony Hopkins' Lecter announces he's 'having an old friend for dinner' (a line that is referenced in a different episode).
Hannibal is, ultimately, more of an exercise in style than an exercise in storytelling. Those left uncharmed by the plotting and character study will likely still recognize how immaculate and beautiful each episode is. There are shades of Jonathan Demme and Ridley Scott in the slick cinematography and production design, but Slade and the other directors actively avoid grit for precision. Fuller cites David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick as additional inspirational sources, but, besides Slade's own work, the series' surrealistic nightmares reminded me most of Lars von Trier's soul-shattering geek-show, Antichrist. Hannibal also sports the most disturbingly gory images on network television. I am constantly (yet pleasantly) surprised by the amount of gore that the show gets away with, considering its primetime slot. Sure, shows like The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad have changed the rules on what is acceptable for basic cable, but other network shows, even sex-crime shows like Criminal Minds and Law & Order: SVU, don't approach the graphic violence Hannibal regularly revels in. The gruesome imagery is also creatively beautiful in a way that contrasts The Walking Dead's grimy zombie attacks. People aren't just murdered – they're sliced, diced, gutted, castrated, and flayed. This season's killers grow mushrooms on living flesh, strip the skin from their victims' backs to turn them into angel wings, and even turn one poor sap into a working cello. Hannibal's cruelest joke is the way it sardonically contrasts the dripping viscera against some of the most exquisite, mouth-watering culinary delicacies this side of the Food Network.
(Sideline note: the CG deer imagery is sort of amusing, because Christian Alvart's Red Dragon 'homage,' Antibodies, ends with some incredibly unconvincing CG deer).
Hannibal is presented 1.78:1, full 1080p video and, as stated in the feature section of this review, it is very pretty. Details are sometimes limited by strict focal practices and wide-angle lenses, but the scientific close-ups are needle sharp, as are complex clothing patterns. Guillermo Navarro's episodes look slightly different, specifically during the gothic murder scenes, which feature a broader focus and these images tend to have more overall texture. The story begins in the fall, which informs the bulk of the autumnal palette – golden warm browns set against overcast blues, fading greens, and hard blacks. The consistent hue qualities are largely created via digital tinkering, but the interior palette control extends to set decoration and wardrobe. For example, the powder blue of the sanitary gloves the detectives/agents use during crime scene investigations shows up on the interior walls and articles of clothing. The same thing goes for the show's very specific shade of blood red. Will's empathic reenactments of the crimes usually feature a different palette (warmer, with a more limited yellow tint), a higher overall contrast, and more artificial film grain. The colours are pure and the gradations are smooth with only occasional issues with minor blocking and banding throughout some of the soft-focus backgrounds. Soft lighting and hard shadows play very nicely against each other, but, when grouped with the pinpointed focus, there are some seemingly unavoidable issues with blooming edges that look a lot like compression-generated edge enhancement. I think this, along with some film-like grain, made me think that perhaps the show had been shot 35mm, rather than digitally (it was not, it was shot using Arri Alexas).
It's really difficult to designate the sound design of one television as 'better' than another, because it's difficult to compare something fantastical, like Once Upon a Time, and something with amplified realism, like Breaking Bad. But, if someone demanded that I chose just one show with the most impressive sound design I'd probably have to pick Hannibal, because it has the most aggressively surrealistic and subjective sound I think I've ever heard from a TV format. This very loud DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is most aggressive when the audience is thrust into Will's headspace. His empathic recreations are signified by a pendulum sound that swishes across the stereo speakers and opens the channels to amplified versions of incidental noises and abstract aural representations of his thinking process. Will's anxiety and the dreams/hallucinations of the various lead characters are greeted with similar effects, none more impressive than the full channel sonic swirl that accompanies the character's complete breakdown in the season finale. Dialogue-heavy sequences usually feature some basic musical influence, but natural ambience and incidental effects are usually minimized, unless the characters are engaged in some kind of action. The series' music was composed by Brian Reitzell, who worked with Slade on 30 Days of Night. His scores are mostly concerned with setting an eerie mood that underscores the dialogue-heavy sequences, but he's not above a brassy scare or driving, action-based rhythms. Reitzell is also credited as the show's music supervisor and includes the likes of Vivaldi, Verdi, and Mozart.
The extras, which are spread across all three discs in this collection, include:
- Commentary with Brian Fuller, David Slade, and Hugh Dancy on episode one, I]Apéritif[/I], and episode 13, Savoureux.
- Hannibal Reborn (11:10, HD) – A general look behind the show's production, including an early inception that starred Clarice Starling, Fuller's choices to use Will Graham instead, selling the show to NBC with the assurance that it could be extremely violent, and the apparent promise that the events of Red Dragon will start sometime around season four.
- A Taste For Killing (14:50, HD) – On Lecter's love of food and the creations of chef Jose Andres' various gourmet masterpieces that appear throughout the season.
- A Symphony for the Slaughter (11:30, HD) – An exploration of the series' music and sound design.
- The FX of Murder (14:20, HD) – On the show's various effects sequences, including make-up/practical work and the various CG animations/enhancements. The funniest bit is one about NBC objecting to naked butts during the first 'angel' murder tableau, but not the gore.
- A deleted scene
- Pilot episode storyboards
- A gag reel
Interview subjects throughout the featurettes include Fuller, Slade, co-producer Martha De Laurentiis, culinary consultant Jose Andres, food stylist Janice Poon, composer Brian Reitzell, FX supervisors/producers Robert Crowther and Anthony Paterson, and actors Dancy, Mikkelsen, and Laurence Fishburne.
I can see Hannibal falling apart pretty easily and I can especially see it being dragged out far beyond the point that all the law enforcement characters start to look like incomparable idiots, but, if the writers allow themselves to proceed at a realistic pace and allow the story to end when it needs to, it could turn into something truly great. Obviously, I recommend that fans get their hands on this release – which features a strong HD transfer, an outstanding DTS-HD MA soundtrack, and a decent selection of extras – but I also recommend that those viewers who are unsure where they stand on the series give it a second look. There's quite a bit to absorb on a second viewing, especially for those of us that missed episode four, Œuf, which did not air due to controversy over the Sandy Hook murders.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 24th September 2013
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Producer/Director/Star Commentaries, Hannibal Reborn, A Taste For Killing, A Symphony of Slaughter, The FX of Murder, Deleted Scene, Storyboards, Gag Reel, UltraViolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery and Thriller
Length: 561 minutes
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(March 13, 2007) - After playing its first 20 games away from home the ETSU softball team finally played its home opener on Wednesday, and split a doubleheader with Valparaiso. The Bucs took game one, 4-3, and dropped the nightcap, 4-1.
ETSU got things rolling in game one when senior Stephanie Gaynord (
The Bucs did not waste any time getting revenge as they took advantage of a
Despite out-hitting the Crusaders, 9-to-7, the Bucs were unable to pick up their third sweep in six days; as costly fielding mistakes hurt ETSU's chances in game two. The Bucs committed three of their four errors in the first two innings, leading to two quick
Gaynord started things off on the right note for ETSU as she led off the bottom half of the inning with a single and eventually scored when Jessie Hackworth (
The Crusaders extended their lead to three, 4-1, when they pushed two more runs across the plate in the fifth. Tracy Korth's single scored Ashley Wolter; however, the Bucs looked to be out of the inning when Shannon Robinson flied deep to left, but freshman Cheniece Cason (Moreno Valley, Calif.) and sophomore Kate Powell (Johnson City) collided in the outfield. Cason looked to have control of the ball, but the umpire signaled the ball hit the ground, leading to the Crusaders fourth run as Korth scored from first.
ETSU missed its chances late in the game when they stranded five runners in the final two innings. The Bucs had runners on second and third with one out in the sixth but failed to push runs across the plate. They also left the bases loaded in the seventh, leading to the 4-1 defeat. ETSU could not get any timely hitting in the nightcap as they left 11 runners on base. Gilbert allowed four runs (one earned) on seven hits as she suffered the loss.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Signs :: Thai Village AF
8 comments:
- marshall p said...
have you talked to andi d. about the awesome house she might be renting?
I don't know anything but it's supposed to be this super cool provo/utah/modern thing.
you could call her... or whatever.
- July 19, 2008 12:21 AM
- Mrs. Clark said...
Sorry, Azucar, I love your blog but I have to disagree that this is Mid-Century Modern. It is really late Art Deco. I would think it dates to the 1940s.
Have you seen the movie Atomic Cafe? You'd love it.
- August 19, 2008 10:09 AM
- Azúcar said...
You're right, it's not MCM, it's deco. The streamline look lead directly to the postwar modern aesthetic. I love deco as well.
- August 19, 2008 11:51 AM
- olivia said...
hello azúcar, i'm the olivia that married jordan's brother. i crept into your blogosphere & decided to reply here AND there.
mother & father knudsen have been looking forward to being empty nesters for SOME time. i made everyone wait while i went on a mission & their last boy wasn't married-off till i came home. they began making plans about a year before my return, and these are the plans: sell the house, get out of debt, fund a mission (Seoul Korea West, reporting Oct 6), come home, move to North Carolina (they've already bought a townhouse in Chapel Hill as an investment), and build a fancy home & new life all their own. ka'peesh?
as for the knudsen home? let's just say it was bought for the lot by some pretty wealthy non-artsy peeps.
yes, i cried harder than ever on saturday night. that was the official "out" date. K & B are now livin' it up in NYC for a time...
- September 02, 2008 11:15 AM
- Azúcar said...
They're demolishing the house? DEMOLISHING?
I have half a mind to campaign to get that house put on the historic register so that they can't touch it.
It would be such a crime to tear down that amazing house. A CRIME!
- September 02, 2008 12:09 PM
- Lara said...
Hi Azucar, I found your blog through all the Nie Nie links the last few weeks.
Anyway, I am also appalled about the Knudsen house! They are good friends of my parents, and I have been to a couple of the wedding receptions they have held there for their children, and was always in such awe. Such a travesty indeed.
- September 07, 2008 9:46 AM
- k8theriver said...
love this thai place and i always liked that sign too,
- March 03, 2009 9:34 AM
- SLCFoodie said...
Love the old sign and billiard style font! Also, I'll have to check out their Thai food. Have you tried it?
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The Camden Military Academy varsity tennis team finished the first half of their schedule with a 4-2 win over South Pointe High School Monday, March 25.
The Camden Military Academy junior varsity soccer team closed out the first half of its season with a 6-1 win over Wilson Hall on Monday.
Picking up where they left off a season ago, the Camden Military Academy junior varsity soccer team extended their win streak to 14 matches with a 5-0 win over Buford in last Thursday's season opener.
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With one last chance to get that first victory, Camden Military Academy head football coach Will Rice tried to tug at his players' emotions for Saturday's season finale.
Like a squeamish movie-goer at a slasher film, Camden Military Academy head football coach Will Rice could not bring himself to look at the video of his team's 42-0 loss to previously winless McBee in a game played last Friday night in Chesterfield County.
It has been 13 games since McBee has come out on the long end of a final score. The last time that happened? In week five of the 2011 season in a 40-22 win over … the Camden Military Academy.
Having already missed the mark on one extra point kick attempt, Camden Military Academy head coach Will Rice went for the win rather than to try and extend Saturday's game with the Raleigh Titans to another set of downs.
For a team still searching for that first win, a week off can be a good thing or, a bad one.
What was a forgettable Friday night for Kershaw County football teams did not get any better on Saturday afternoon as the visiting Carolina Pride shut out host Camden Military Academy, 50-0.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Will Rice had not yet received video of any Carolina Pride football games. But the Camden Military Academy head coach knew a little of what to expect from the visitors for Saturday's game at Spartan Field.
Through the first three games of the season, lack of offense has been one of the chief concerns for the Camden Military Academy football team.
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The Ravens had 13 players not participating in any part of practice Saturday and another two (tight end Ed Dickson and linebacker Darry Blackstock) who didn't finish the workout because of injuries. The potentially season-ending Achilles tear to linebacker Terrell Suggs was the biggest blow obviously, but the loss of practice time for first or second-year players like Bernard Pierce (hamstring), Tandon Doss (hamstring), Jah Reid (calf), Courtney Upshaw (shoulder) and Jimmy Smith (back) shouldn't be overlooked. Upshaw is the only one on the list that was a near certain starter, though Smith is competing with Cary Williams for a starting role. But the rest of the above-mentioned group figure to, at the very least, be key reserves. Ravens coach John Harbaugh does a great job not publicly fixating or fretting about injuries, but I'd have to imagine the coaching staff is getting anxious with how much practice time these guys are missing. The good news is Upshaw says he is real close to a return and Doss said that he expects to practice today.
Speaking about fretting about injuries, before anyone does such a thing about center Matt Birk's extended absence from practice, it's probably worth remembering that the veteran barely practiced last training camp and he wound up playing all 18 games for the Ravens.
Five guys that stood out to me after second week of camp:
1. QB Joe Flacco – Some members of the media have scoffed at the quarterback's comments that he's not even thinking about his contract. I understand the skepticism, but if you've watched Flacco in training camp for even a day, you'd be assured that he's not the least bit distracted. Calm, accurate and in control, Flacco looks primed for a big season.
2. G/T Kelechi Osemele – Getting most of the repetitions at right tackle with the first-team offensive line, the rookie second-round pick had some crushing blocks on Sergio Kindle and Paul Kruger, among others. He may be a little raw technique-wise, but the physical tools are there.
3. S Ed Reed – So much time is spent discussing and dissecting his contract and his comments to the media that you forget how much Reed still loves playing football. He remains all over the practice field, ranging sideline-to-sideline to get his hands on the football.
4. RB Bobby Rainey – I still would be moderately surprised if the undrafted free agent out of Western Kentucky makes the team, but I think there's a spot for him somewhere in the NFL. He's shifty and makes things happen with the ball in his hands.
5. K Justin Tucker – I was trying to avoid putting guys in this space for consecutive weeks, but the undrafted free agent agent is impossible to ignore. Even Billy Cundiff, who is trying to hold off Tucker for the starting kicker job, said that Tucker has been "lights out."
Five quick observations:
1. Dickson earned the criticism about his hands by dropping so many balls last year, but I've seen significant improvements from him in that area during training camp.
2. I understand that Tyrod Taylor's athleticism and speed are tremendous assets for him. However, there are times I'd like to see him stand in the pocket a little more and make some throws.
3. I think the first couple of preseason games will be big for linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. I don't think he's in danger of getting cut by any means, but he's had a relatively quiet camp and the Ravens are pretty thin at linebacker and need him to contribute.
4. Linebacker Albert McClellan doesn't get talked about as much as Kindle and others, but I expect him to not only make the team, but to play a meaningful role.
5. The play of wide receiver Deonte Thompson and linebacker Nigel Carr was the talk of OTAs. Carr continues to play pretty well, though Thompson has slowed down a little bit and had a number of drops last week.
The Ravens have used roster space in recent weeks to upgrade the depth at linebacker (Stevie Baggs Jr., Ricky Brown, Blackstock), wide receiver (Logan Payne), tight end (Billy Bajema) and offensive line (Cord Howard). With Pierce ailing and Anthony Allen and Damien Berry having relatively quiet training camps thus far, I wouldn't discount the Ravens looking into adding a veteran running back. There are plenty free agents available, including Joseph Addai, Cedric Benson, Ryan Grant, Thomas Jones, Chester Taylor and Cadillac Williams. Ultimately, the Ravens are content to go young at backup running back, but at some point they are going to need one of their current backs to emerge and separate himself from the pack in training camp. That hasn't happened yet.
I saved this for last because I don't want to steal anybody's thunder here, but I'd like to welcome Aaron Wilson to our Ravens' coverage team at The Baltimore Sun. I'm sure if you are reading this, you are familiar with Aaron's work and coverage of the Ravens. He's done a fine job covering the Ravens for The Carroll County Times since 2001. You'll see his work regularly on this blog and in newspaper. He'll be a great addition to our staff.


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The housing industry believes the central bank has missed an opportunity to provide a boost to the struggling residential building sector.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate at three per cent at its monthly board meeting on Tuesday.
RBA governor Glenn Stevens said with inflation likely to be within its two to three per cent target band, and with growth likely to be a little below trend over the coming year, an accommodative stance of monetary policy was appropriate.
"The inflation outlook, as assessed at present, would afford scope to ease policy further, should that be necessary to support demand," Mr Stevens said in a statement.
But Housing Industry Association senior economist Shane Garrett said the RBA should have cut rates now, with Monday's unexpectedly weak building approvals data for January indicating a sustained residential construction recovery is some way off.
"What's good for the residential construction market is good for the wider economy. International factors have squeezed many sectors of the Australian economy and this calls for further action from the RBA," Mr Garrett said in a statement.
Retailers were equally unimpressed, despite new data showing spending jumped by 0.9 per cent in January, more than double the growth expected by economists.
Australian National Retailers Association chief executive Margy Osmond, while welcoming the apparent lift in consumer spending, said this came after another poor Christmas period.
"Without continued cuts to the cash rate, we may lose the momentum of the return to spending at the start of the year," Ms Osmond said.
However, one mortgage broker believes retail banks could go it alone and cut their lending rates independently of the RBA.
"The banks have no issues at the moment with cost of funds and we can see them cutting their rates as they aggressively compete for home finance business," 1300HomeLoan managing director John Kolenda said in a statement.
"As the competition intensifies among lenders we could see rates reduced slightly by five to 10 basis points over the coming months."
One bookie agrees, saying homeowners could be in for a treat.
Sportsbet.com.au has odds of $2.50 that the National Australia Bank will independently cut first, despite the RBA's inaction, followed by Commonwealth Bank at $3.
Westpac and the ANZ are also in the market at $4 and $5 respectively


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|Nov 18th, 2017, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada! Eh!
Posts: 3,840
Artist Name: Asterbun
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: https://asterbun.deviantart.com/
Religious Picture: I don't mind
First Secret Santa?: Yes
Character Name: Nathi
Species: Lion
Reference: https://charahub.com/character/1051426/Nathi
Character Page: https://charahub.com/character/1051426/Nathi
Extra Pictures: On the above link!
Personality: Always sleepy, Kind,Lazy,Always making jokes
Brief History: N/A
Anything to say: I hope I filled everything out okay!! I can provide more images or information on him if needed, Thank you for the opportunity!
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|Nov 18th, 2017, 07:16 PM
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Artist Name: Leorgathar
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: https://leorgathar.deviantart.com/
Religious Picture: No thanks. It's also ok if it's not Christmas themed, but I'll leave that choice to you
First Secret Santa?: Nope, I think this is my 4th time
Character Name: Coatl
Species: Jaguar
Reference: Coatl Ref. sheet
Extra Pictures: Coatl, cub Coatl, Coatl (by Kotenokgaff)
Personality: Coatl is generally calm, usually in a good mood, sometimes even funny. He doesn't do well with meeting new people, but he tries =P
Brief History: Coatl is my main fursona. He has a history elsewhere, but it's irrelevant here.
Character Name: Phyllon
Species: Plant-Lion
Reference: Phyllon Ref. sheet
Extra Pictures: Cub Phyllon, Autumn Phyllon (by Nukaleu), Phyllon (by KanuTGL)
Personality: Personality: His general behaviour has mood changes depending on the season he's in, but he's generally a very nice and polite lion. He's a carefree spirit who likes to promote love instead of war and hate. Also, he's gay
Brief History: Phyllon has the ability of communicating with plant forms and control them at his will. He fulfills the role of a forest guardian/spirit, a benevolent force of nature that keeps watch over the forest and the flora/fauna it holds. Phyllon's forest provides refuge for unfortunate souls who wander lost in it, but whoever represents a threat to his forest will have to face his anger.
Character Name: Jared
Species: Wolf
Reference: Jared
Extra Pictures: Jared sketch (by KanuTGL), Jared and Coatl
Personality: Jared is one happy and very curious wolf pup. He gets very shy when introduced to strangers, especially those much bigger than him.
Brief History: He has no background history right now. I'm still exploring on what to do with this character. For the time being, I'm drawing him along with Coatl to see how they would interact.
|Nov 19th, 2017, 03:58 AM
the orangeness >8D
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Holland O3O
Posts: 8
Artist Name: Poonie / PoonieFox
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://pooniefox.deviantart.com
Religious Picture: nah.
First Secret Santa?: No.
Character Name: POONIE
Species: Dog (mutt)
Reference: https://toyhou.se/692990.poonie/gallery#2857508
Character Page: https://pooniefox.deviantart.com/gal...0465985/Poonie
Extra Pictures: https://toyhou.se/692990.poonie/gallery
Personality: Poonie is overall a happy dog to be with. she loves bright colours, flowers butterflies, overall nature.
She is protective at the ones she loves, but she like to make new friends too. Poonie loves to play around and to play little games too, acting somthimes a little silly..
She's very curious, but still can be very shy around.
Anything to say: In relationship with: Diffy
FELINE REF: http://fanart.lionking.org/Character...racterid=36106
Character Name: DIFFY
Species: Dog (chocolate labrador)
Reference: https://toyhou.se/1516769.diffy/gallery#5468477
Character Page: https://pooniefox.deviantart.com/gallery/40465989/Diffy
Extra Pictures: https://toyhou.se/1516769.diffy/gallery
Personality: On the couples tour he's defnitly the more mature one. Being some quiet, and laid back, he still can enjoy his lif to the fullest. Poonie can make him as hyper as she is with her silly little games, and he ejoys that. He's protective and does not like to be in the center of full attention much.
Anything to say: In relatonship with: Poonie
FELINE REF: http://fanart.lionking.org/Character...racterid=72358
Other: Diffy and I will be a couple on the 24th for 9 Years! so i;d really love a picture with both of them together if possible!
Last edited by Poonie : Nov 22nd, 2017 at 09:07 AM.
|Nov 19th, 2017, 02:54 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Posts: 3,987
Artist Name: Kamakari
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://shinigamimaxwell.deviantart.com
Religious Picture: If you like, I don't mind.
First Secret Santa?: Nope!
Character Name: Elijah
Species: Luim
Reference: https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...ling-403068364
Character Page: None
Extra Pictures: https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...hart-459069048
Personality: Super friendly and always willing to help. Never seems to be without a smile!
Brief History: N/A...trying to come up with it at the moment!
Anything to say: The scars he has are ONLY on the one side! Thanks!
Character Name: Doctor Falcon
Species: Human
Reference: His human (normal) self is on the right - https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...lcon-603532987 His scrubs are the usual blue and he has the white lab coat and black shoes
Character Page: None
Extra Pictures: None
Personality: Caring, and great with all ages. Will do anything to help a patient feel better!
Brief History: working on it!
Anything to say: Nope!
Character Name: Crystal
Species: Hedgehog
Reference: (Minus the crown..she's not there yet!) - https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...Cover-58103775
Character Page: (Example)
Extra Pictures: she's the green gal - https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...ORDS-561087103
(Minus the brown bag/bag strap) she's on the left - https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...over-636083668
Personality: Outgoing and friendly
Brief History: working on it!
Anything to say: She's FAST. She also detests bigotry and abuse.For the winter holidays however, she's nuts for nutcrackers and advent calenders! She also adores snow!
Character Name: Casey Whitlock
Species: T-rex
Reference: https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...lock-677450708
Character Page: None
Extra Pictures: N/A
Personality: Calm and seems slightly shy at first, but it's more that he's figuring you out at first.
Brief History: All I can tell you is he's pure country cowboy, and lives on/runs a huge ranch!
Anything to say: Not beyond what I already have
Character Name: Trent
Species: Mexican Fireleg Tarantula
Reference: https://elijahtrevelyan.deviantart.c...rent-665027496
Character Page: None!
Extra Pictures: N/A
Personality: Brave and calm, loves to teach his craft, blacksmithing and forging
Brief History: working on it!
Anything to say: He's usually carrying a huge hammer..he is a talented blacksmith and such! He's lean but incredibly strong!
|Nov 20th, 2017, 06:20 AM
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Artist Name: BudTheWolf
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: https://budthewolf.deviantart.com/
Religious Picture: Sure, Christmas themes are ok, but it doesn't have to be.
First Secret Santa?: (With me - Yes)
Character Name: Bud
Species: Wolf
Reference: https://budthewolf.deviantart.com/ar...heet-557257452
Extra Pictures: https://sta.sh/01u61c3v9vcf https://budthewolf.deviantart.com/ar...Cave-601373955 https://budthewolf.deviantart.com/ar...ooth-672594910
Personality: Kind, slightly shy, adventurous
Brief History: Found all alone in the snow as a pup, he was raised/taken care of by human who took him in. When he got older, the human let him go and Bud became a long wolf traveler. He travels all over going on adventures meeting new faces, and occasionally reuniting with his human caretaker while also on a mission to discover the mystery of his past. He also had discovered to have Ice/Snow related powers. (Official Story still wip)
Anything to say: While the ref shows both an anthro and feral version of him, the feral version is the one that's canon in the "Brief History" story.
He can also be semi-feral if artist chooses. He also ironically has a sweet tooth for chocolate(he's immune).
Character Name: Neon
Species: Lioness
Reference: https://sta.sh/0gfnugw24ds
Extra Pictures: https://sta.sh/0nahixu4yan https://budthewolf.deviantart.com/ar...tion-604297757
Personality: Protective, motherly instincts, kindhearted, defensive
Brief History: She was used to be a normal lioness in the pridelands who took care of her younger twin brothers after her parents passed. One say a strage multi-colored meteorite had landed. Once she quickly discovered that her brothers went to check it out, she rushed over to tell them to stay away. But when she confronted them to keep them away, the meteorite exploded and they were caught in the impact. They survived but the radiation and mysterious content of the rocky material changed her physical features, including the color of her fur. The lions of the pride saw her as a freak and wanted her to leave, the only reason her and her brothers were able to stay was because her friend Amara is the queen of their pride. Now she tries to find a way to fit in with the pride while still taking care if her brothers. She is also one if Bud's friends and occasional traveling partner on advetures.
Anything to say: The color portion of her fur changes colors randomly all over and when she feels on specific emotional strongly, her color fur (and eyes) changes to one full color. It also glows in the dark.
I know her design is abit unusual, but that's because the inspiration for Neon and her younger brothers came from a dream I had of them and at the time before that I couldn't come up with any orignal ideas for lion OCs, so I wanted to use them.
Character Name: Green & Blue
Species: lion cubs
Reference: https://sta.sh/0nahixu4yan
Personality: Adventures, Playful Michevious, but also kind
Anything to say: Their "Brief History" history is the same as that of Neon, with only a few differences.
They never new their parents because they passed then they were really young and leaving their big sister to raise them. They like to have fun and sometimes tease their big sis.
When it comes to the affect of the meteorite, they weren't as affected as their sister, the only physical change is their fur colors changing to a full blue and green.
I am at the time calling them "Green & Blue" because I still haven't found a name for them yet. Also the reason I put them together is because I consider them a "two-in-one" since they are small characters and they always hangout together.
I hope that's alright, but if not they can be labeled as separate characters.
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|Nov 20th, 2017, 10:12 AM
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Oh goodness, I hope I'm not too late. ;____; This month has been crazy hectic.
Artist Name: Suka
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: kiire.deviantart.com
Religious Picture: Crhistmas themed is fine!
First Secret Santa?: Nope! This is my 8th or 9th year, now.
Character Name: Suka
Species: Anthro Feline-hybrid.
Reference: https://kiire.deviantart.com/art/201...Suka-662187175
Character Page: N/A
Extra Pictures: 1 | 2
Personality: A snarky jokester through and through. Loves to make puns and make people laugh. She's the kind of southern belle type, but never purposefully cruel. She likes having fun and reading books.
Brief History: My fursona! She co-owns a potion's shop with her girlfriend, Cody, translating books and doing a bunch of other magic-ey things. Not much else is known about her.
NOTE: I'd love for her to be drawn with Blazing Black Mage's Cody, but of course that isn't required! :>
Character Name: Saba
Species: Lioness
Character Page: N/A
Extra Pictures: N/A
Reference: https://sta.sh/02c3t45mvbq
Personality: She's stubborn, headstrong, and independent. She likes to do things herself, and often times finds it hard to admit when she needs help. She has a soft side that often comes out around her closest friends and loved ones.
Brief History: My TLK-universe character. She as an adult lives in the Pridelands, during Simba's Pride. She can also be drawn with her mate, Furaha.
Anything to say: Nothing else! Just have a bunch of fun. <3
|Nov 20th, 2017, 10:12 AM
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Posts: 8
Artist Name: Kossu
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://phoenixmystery.deviantart.com , http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Kossu/
Religious Picture: No
First Secret Santa: No
Character Name: Nirani
Species: Lioness
Reference: http://fav.me/d82jwib
Extra Pictures: http://fav.me/d8s27qa
Personality: determined, loyal, imaginative
Brief History: Nirani is just a lioness from the mountains. She's my fursona.
Character Name: Kyseart
Species: Lion
Reference: http://fav.me/d4lux2o
Extra Pictures: http://fav.me/d8s27qa , http://fav.me/d5qs5ch
Personality: easygoing, cheerful, intelligent
Brief History: Kyseart is a lion of the plains. My boyfriend's fursona.
Character Name: Kossu
Species: Asiatic Lion
Reference: http://fav.me/d7x0ngf
Extra Pictures: http://fav.me/d4f3i6r , http://fav.me/d8b2sx0 ( by KanuTGL )
Personality: Curious, kind, collected
Brief History: Kossu was initially supposed to Simba's cousin, who lived in a country bordering the desert, the Waterfall Lands. Throughout the years, I've reconsidered and slightly changed his story so that it's not anymore related to TLK storyline.
He's an Asiatic lion, resident of a world empty of humans, in a country full of water streams and waterfalls. He's appointed to watch over that land and make sure that everyone has a fair share of it. A role that proves to be rather perilous.
Character Name: Rihado
Species: Melanistic leopard
Reference: http://fav.me/d7x4ngd
Extra Pictures: http://fav.me/d4phize , http://fav.me/d8fn1nm ( by Timitu )
Personality: Solitary, curious, persistent. Rihado is an explorer and he doesn't like to settle down in a particular place.
Brief History: N/A
Anything Else you would like to say?: Nirani can be drawn on her own, but if you do decide to draw Kyseart, I would very much love it if you drew Nirani with him as well. It's not a must of course! It would make me very happy though.
Happy drawing, everyone!
|Nov 20th, 2017, 12:30 PM
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The Secret Santa Sign Ups are officially closed as of this post. Anyone above who either wants to update their information or such may still do so. But no new sign up information will be taken past this point.
E-mails will go out tomorrow. I am thinking around 6:30am EST. To some of you that could be late at night, or super early in the morning, or anything in-between really. But if you figure out when that will be for you, you will know roughly when to check your e-mail.
Please use this time to make sure your links work and are fitting to your character. After names go out please do not change things as you can really confuse your Santa if you start changing things.
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|Nov 20th, 2017, 04:51 PM
You're the other white meat!
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Dammit, I missed it! I'm so sorry, Timitu!
|Nov 20th, 2017, 06:15 PM
Puffballs Quachir and Nora
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Location: Minnesota, USA
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Had a feeling I'd miss out. Figures I feel asleep after my trip instead of getting on the internet. Ah, well, everybody else have fun. I'll just be more prepared next year.
|Nov 21st, 2017, 03:29 AM
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Hello everyone. Names were drawn out last night so all I have to do is put them into e-mails and send them out to you guys. I may be a bit behind on it but not by much for getting them out. I just need to go warm up in a warm shower or something since my heater is being funny. (New person moving in down stairs and they have been turning off the water working on some plumbing on and off over the day but that also stops the heater so the apartment is not getting to the warm temperatures during the day that it needs to make it though the night.) :/
Anyway within an hour I should be sending out the e-mails or just about finished. I just wanted to let you know in case anyone came here wondering. I will update this message below when they have all gone out so you know when you should expect them.
Okay, all the e-mails have gone out now. If you have not seen yours yet go check your e-mail. Remember to check junk folders too. Let me know if in a few hours you do not have yours. If you e-mail me I can reply directly to that e-mail and let you know. So far I should be around most of the day as I have a lot of work to do here.
Happy drawing everyone. Remember if you have any question please let me know.
ps: Sesshomaru and QuachirMayah sorry you guys missed out. :( It will be different without you guys this year. You guys are in every one. If you guys want if we need any helpers I can post on the facebook group if you guys wish to join in that way. If not than I hope to have a mini one starting mid January if you want to start thinking up some sign up info for then.
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|Nov 23rd, 2017, 09:36 AM
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Location: Inside Astrocat's head >D
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Got mine done already!
|Dec 12th, 2017, 11:33 AM
"You two-faced son of a jackal!"
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Just to say my usual: I won't be finished by the first deadline, but am working on it, and will of course be done before the final deadline!
My not-so-frequently-updated TLKFAA page: http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Pepper1988/
Avatar image of 'Bryn' by Azerane.
|Dec 15th, 2017, 05:16 AM
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First deadline is here. If you are not done check your e-mail and please either reply back in e-mail or on here to let me know. Those who let me know already that they were still in it and plan to have theirs in for the final deadline I did not e-mail. (I hope, I tried a new way of organizing it so I am hoping I did not miss anyone.)
I know it looks like a lot of people are not done but honestly the amount of pictures that will come in over the week that list will change a lot each day. Every e-mail sent I will reply to within 24 hours. I have a good schedule for making sure that happens. So you should hear back from me if you e-mail me, if not post on here, send me a note on DA or anything to get my attention.
If you need an extension I can extend you one extra day. (Meaning you have till December 23rd to get yours in.) To get this you NEED to send a work in progress picture to me. Everyone needs to have something in by that day.
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|Dec 20th, 2017, 05:22 AM
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We are doing pretty good. Only 3 more days till the first deadline. Remember if you need an extension please send in a Work in Progress picture by Friday.
Also the people below are the ones I have yet to hear from. If anyone is talking to them let them know to send me a little message to let me know how they are doing for the project. (Or they are more than welcome to post a comment on here if they rather not e-mail.)
(I have heard from everyone now. )
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|Dec 22nd, 2017, 02:33 AM
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Hi Timitu, I sent you an email asking if I could get an extension, but I'm letting you know here too just in case. My computer crashed taking a lot of unsaved progress with it, I managed to redo the stuff I had lost, but I could really use that extra day to finish.
Thanks in advance, and I hope all goes well with all the other drawings
|Dec 22nd, 2017, 06:28 AM
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Leorgathar: Yep I got it. ^^ I put you down for one now. If you need it it is there.
EVERYONE: Just so everyone knows I am working tonight. For the next 5.5 hours (from when I am posting this) I will be able to check my e-mail a little more often. After that point there will be a big gap where I will not be able to check or update the list. If those two that I have not heard from can send me a quick e-mail at least you will help me survive my shift without too much pain. LOL.
Any pictures sent while I am at work will be updated after I get home from work which will be just a couple of hours before the deadline.
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|Dec 22nd, 2017, 02:14 PM
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Plan to try and get mine done tonight, might need that extension though.
|Dec 22nd, 2017, 08:55 PM
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TerraTimberWolf - Remember if you need an extension you will need to send in a WIP picture tonight.
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|Dec 23rd, 2017, 02:25 PM
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Just submitted my final image. I'm sorry for my lateness on the WIP yesterday! ;;
|Dec 23rd, 2017, 07:10 PM
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TerraTimberWolf: I sent you an e-mail. In case you see this before that one. Also changed your e-mail information to say to look in my PMs for your new e-mail address. Just because I realized you had not posted it public from what I can see on here but I use this list when e-mailing on Christmas Day. Everything else I talked about in the e-mail.
Everyone: I will update the list on DA tomorrow. It was a rough long day at work today and I am getting a migraine so I am off to try to pass out as soon as possible. Thankfully tomorrow is not as long of a day. So I will update more when I get up.
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|Dec 23rd, 2017, 08:58 PM
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Responded to your email! Please feel better soon! <3
|Dec 25th, 2017, 03:08 AM
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I am up, the e-mails are almost already to go. This will actually be the last post to this page as I will close it now. While I send out e-mails these two pages will be closed. It should only take no more than 15 mins to get everything ready and get everyone's e-mail out since it is not a huge group. So if you are coming here wondering go check your e-mail.
Once you have your e-mail you can head over to the picture posting thread you can find here.
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"There are very few artists' artists left to get all hopped up about in our medium, but [Noel Sickles] still gets ovations from us all. He's got the talent and 'the touch'. "
"Okay, you all know what talent is: you know when you see it and when you don't. But what the hell is 'the touch'? you ask."
"Oftimes it's hard to verbalize... but let me try. I'll put it this way: It's just not enough to have 'talent'. How you apply that talent is what demonstrates touch. Noel's learnt to apply it very well from the start."
"[The touch is] a joyous thing to perceive in any work of art -- that elevates it far and above its contemporaries, and causes responses of wonder, respect, admiration, and professional envy. It is: "The Majesty of the Simple thing"! (Repeat after me -- 100 times -- "The Majesty of the Simple Thing.") "
"It is creating a piece of work by a subtractive process rather than an additive one! Once the necessary elements for a story telling picture have been selected and set down on paper in their most effective arrangement, the matter of delineating them remains."
"How one solves the problem, in the "finishing" stages, tells us either too much (more than we really need, or want to know) or not enough!"
"Ahh, but the artist with that "touch" -- he finds that magical, marvelous balance point between the two choices. His eye, intellect, taste, and hand find the razor's edge dividing them. The final assembly of lines tells us as much about the artist as it does his subject. In economy lies the truth."
"To add to the truth subtracts from it!" A beautiful quote. (Heard or read months ago. Sorry, can't recall the source.)"
"What I learned from Noel was... an appreciation for economy, clarity, line, mass, pattern, perspective, dramatic moment, subtlety, light source and drop shadow mechanics, negative and positive silhouette values, shapes and the overlapping of same, tension."
"How much of these studied observations and lessons learnt have actually found their way into my own doodles is a moot question... [But] with elegance, subtlety, and style honed with economy, and with that abundance of talent, Noel produced [artwork] that knocked 'em dead!"
Excerted from an article that originally appeared in The Buyer's Guide © 1977 Shel Dorf
* My thanks to Brian Postman for providing today's scans.
* The book Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles is available from Amazon and all bookstores, comics shops, and online retailers. If your local bookstore doesn't have it in stock, they can order it for you: ISBN 978-1-60010-206-6. The text excerpted is © 2008 Bruce Canwell.
* My Noel Sickles Flickr set.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Alex Toth on Noel Sickles
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thanks for posting these,leif....i had a lot of fun locating this stuff...as you know sickles did a ton of stuff for readers digest condensed books.....best,brian...ReplyDelete
Toth was indeed hard to please, which made his kind words for my first book, written in his inimitable way on postcard, so much more enduring. Can't think of a greater reward for ones work.ReplyDelete
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The flooding rains after the abnormally dry winter and early spring haven't put much damper (no pun intended) on the spring planting season, as of yet anyway. Based on the calls I am getting the vegetable gardens are growing full swing, the fruit plants are blooming heavily or have already set fruit, the asparagus is in need of cutting almost daily, and the flowers are absolutely beautiful! However, there are problems lurking around every corner and now the high moisture diseases are going to start showing up.
We are going to share with a summary of recent cattle market happenings put together by Kenny Burdine, UK AG economist. People are interested, excited and grateful for recent market prices. Unfortunately, we are so far down in cattle numbers, and we are missing a lot of opportunity here in the county. Recent years financially had been so unfavorable many people are having to sale the very heifers that they need to keep. Kenny's information may help you with some decision making.
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer invites Kentuckians to join him in celebrating National Beef Month in Kentucky in May.
"Kentucky is the largest cow-calf state east of the Mississippi River," Commissioner Farmer said. "Kentucky farmers take in about $600 million a year from the sale of cattle and calves. I want to thank all of our beef producers for their efforts to produce quality products that help Kentucky's economy, and I encourage all Kentuckians to do the same."
Washington County landowners still have time to sign up for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) at their local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office, but the deadline for getting signed up for the second CSP ranking period is quickly approaching. According to NRCS District Conservationist Herb Davis, now is the time for landowners and producers who have considered applying for CSP to get signed up and submit documentation. USDA has announced the national cutoff date for CSP is June 11, which requires landowners submit applications quickly.
Years ago, in talking with know-it-all do-gooders, I learned to answer them with sentiments similar to Dr. Les Anderson. In a perfect world, if we raise all organic food, the number one question is "who is going to die." Here is an article from Dr. Anderson I thought would be of interest to you all.
Who Decides Who Dies?
The Washington County 4-H County-wide Talk Meet was held on Monday, May 10 at St.
The Farm Service Agency reminds livestock producers who suffered livestock losses due to the May 1 floods that they must report losses to the FSA office to be eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program. (LIP)
LIP provides assistance to producers for livestock deaths that result from disaster. LIP compensates livestock owners and contract growers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat and extreme cold.
Last year was a challenging year for even our experienced hay producers relative to baling and storage moisture. We experienced several hay fires, along with lower quality as a result of excessive heating caused by baling at higher than safe moisture. When the internal temperature of hay rises above 130 degrees Fahrenheit, problems arise that will initially lead to lower quality and possibly spontaneous combustion. All hay baled above 15 percent moisture and above will show some increase in temperature for the first couple weeks after baling.
John W. McCauley, FSA state executive Director for Kentucky, has announced that USDA state and county emergency boards are in the process of completing detailed loss assessment reports for losses resulting from the April 30 and continued flooding. "The State Emergency Board will provide internal assessment reports to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as soon as practical," said McCauley. "Because the flooding continues, full assessments cannot be completed at this time."
"Going Pink" was the theme of the Washington/Marion County 4-H Fashion Revue held on April 27 at the Washington County Extension Office. Nine 4-H members from each county participated in the show that highlighted the sewing projects they completed this year. Each 4-Her is now qualified to participate in the Lincoln Trail 4-H Rally Day scheduled for Saturday, May 15 at the Elizabethtown Christian Academy. Participating from Washington County were Danielle Wilkerson, Amanda DeWitt , Makayla Lanham ,Abbigail Gullett , Jenny Begley,
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Gigabyte International Overclocking Tournament
Gigabyte International Overclocking Tournament
This past weekend, the 28th of June, OverclockersClub was invited to Gigabyte's first ever US held International Overclocking Competition located at the Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry, California. This event was held to find the number one overclocker to whom Gigabyte will provide a sponsorship for the winner to the World Overclocking Championship Tournament, which is being held in Tiapi, Taiwan at the end of September. This is the first time Gigabyte has tried this in the US to send the winner as a representative in the Gigabyte Worlwide Overclocking Competition. There are also a slew of other prizes for the top three winners out of the ten competing. The live tournaments were a change from the online tourneys Gigabyte has hosted in the past, and with all of the hype on overclocking these days, it was a smart move for them to set this up.
Ok, so here is how it went. There were ten contestants, some of them very well known in the overclocking community. Below is a picture of all ten entrants. In no particular order: Habib, Fugger, Danny, Todd, Ton, Mark, Chris, Gautam, Jeremy, Ross.
The tournament was setup so that each contestant had the same exact hardware to run the overclocking on. The only differences were their methods of cooling and their skill. Gigabyte supplied them with X48T-DQ6 motherboards, Gigabyte NX96XT 9600GT video cards, 1200W Gigabyte Odin power supplies, and various hardware such as LCDs and keyboards. The memory was courtesy of Corsair, which supplied its Dominator PC3-16000 2x1GB modules. The hard drives were 250GB drives from Western Digital, and of course, the CPUs being used were the Core 2 Extreme X9650s supplied by Intel. I am sure you guys are asking the same question I did when I saw the components. With all of the high end graphics cards out there why not use something newer such as the GTX series? Well, I was advised by Angela from Gigabyte that their 9600GTs support the Gamer HUD, which allows the overclocker to alter not only the speeds of the video card but also the card's voltage via the Gamer HUD software, which allows for better and faster overclocks.
Software was also supplied standard to keep the competition as fair as possible. Gigabyte loaded each of the drives with Windows XP, Rivatuner 2.09, Memset 3.5, setFSB, Easytune 6, CPU-Z, GPUz, and the GamerHUD. For the 9600GT card Gigabyte used ForceWare 174.16 and the motherboard BIOS for the X48T was f5g. There were four benchmarks that were run and each one was given a score for first through third place, except for the 3DMark tests which were first though fourth place. The benchmarks were Super Pi 1M, Aquamark, 3DMark01, and 3DMark06. All scores were verified by a panel of four judges from Gigabyte and all scores had to have a complete screenshot to be valid.
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The cooling methods used were left up to the competitor. Most used LN2 for the CPUs, however for the video cards, that was a different story. There were water cooled cards, cards with VapoChill units cooling them, and of course, LN2 cooled video cards. During the setup, we got to see how the process takes place. Since I have never cooled with LN2, this was a new experience for me. I was amazed to see that the most simplest thing used was cut foam and Vaseline.
Once the setup was done, the warming up and benchmarking began. Each contestant was given a time limit to submit scores and the highest score submitted is the score that was counted. I was amazed on how quick these guys got their hardware soaring. One contestant, Chris, had his CPU to 5.8GHz before the power circuit for his side of the tables tripped, cutting all power. The result was their hardware freezing over and damaging the motherboards and possibly the CPUs. They changed out boards and the next time he was only able to pull out 5.57GHz. I am amazed on how easy they make using LN2 to overclock. It is as easy as using a stock heatsink for them.
After all of the stress and heartache of pushing their hardware to the limit, the final benchmark was winding down and the contestants were getting worn down. It was coming down to the wire and the tension was mounting up. The contestants were finishing up and pushing their hardware to the limits to get the last bit of scores that they could.
Now that the competition is over, let's check out the exhibits that were on display before we take a look at the scores and the highlight shots.


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You've probably seen the newly-released photo of President Barack Obama doing what he says they do "all the time" — skeet shooting at Camp David.
The photo carried a standard notice from the White House concerning how the picture is used:
"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."
Following the release of the picture, Obama adviser David Plouffe sent a tweet basically daring people to mock the image.
So naturally, the American people took up Plouffe's challenge. Less than 24 hours later, we have amassed a few of the edited photos that are currently circling the Internet.
Shooting both the American flag and the Constitution were popular choices for the photo:
Obama and Laser Cats also received many "likes" and retweets in the social media world:
Obama gets the finger:
The tutu seems to be a popular choice for the president's wardrobe on the range — it appeared in more than one photo:
The famous fur-coat-wearing IKEA monkey also fell victim to the president's shooting skills:
Combining pop culture with the presidency — "What's Up, Barack?":
We admit to cropping this one. If you've seen the original online, you'll know why we did it:
A personal favorite among some here at TheBlaze, the "Dukes of Hazard" edition of the Obama skeet shooting photos:
We're certain there are hundreds of Photoshopped images currently being edited and perfected. If you see one that we missed, please send it or link to it in the comments section below.


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Indianapolis, IN - Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita today distributed election reform money to Wabash County. This was part of the latest round of funding Rokita's office is giving to counties from the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002.
Wabash County received $15,901 in federal and state money which was distributed by the Secretary of State's office. This latest round of reimbursements brings to $29.9 million the total distributed under HAVA to Indiana counties since Rokita's office began distributing funds to help pay for voting equipment upgrades resulting from the required phase-out of lever and punch card voting machines.
Rokita personally met with Wabash County Clerk Lori Draper to reimburse the county for the new Microvote Infinity voting machines that will allow all of Wabash County's approximately 25,000 voters in all 25 election precincts to vote without assistance beginning with the 2006 May Primary Election. Wabash County will switch from an older version of Microvote machines.
"Secretary Rokita's office has been extremely helpful in this long process," said Draper. "We were really quite happy with our older Microvote machines, and our voters know how to use them. When the time came to choose new machines, it made sense to choose the newer version of what we already had."
"It is great to see federal and state money being put to good use to help ensure fair and efficient elections for Hoosiers," Rokita said. "Wabash County can now focus on other election matters."
Congress passed HAVA in response to issues in various parts of the country during the 2000 Presidential Election. HAVA requires states and counties to replace all punch card and lever machine voting systems by January 1, 2006. A number of Indiana counties will be eligible for additional funding in the remaining days before the deadline.


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When atheists are form filling, how do they answer the question "what is your religion?"? For most of my life I have written "No religion" or "Atheist". But when I was a 17-year old schoolboy in the 1950s applying to get into St Peter's College at Oxford University I encountered this question and I answered carefully by writing "C of E". All the undergraduate colleges were nominally Christian with heads called Masters.
My response proved to be a useful device because everyone in England knows that C of E stands for the established Church of England---yet it was not what it meant to me.
For me it stood for Critic of the Establishment.
Phew. I can only add that by good fortune at the interviews I was never asked questions about religion. I had been so sheltered from religious practice that, as I recall, I was 15 before I saw the inside of a church, and only then because out of curiosity one day I went inside one just to see what the interior looked like.
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If pushed, I respond with "Secular."
If pushed again, as in "What does that mean?," I respond with "I'm not into ghosts and magic."
If they continue to push it can get nasty.
Given no other choice, I'm okay with "none." If I have the chance to say so, I'll say, "atheist," and I won't blink when I do so. I'm three for three as it comes to that with JW visitations since I moved here, and if they don't like it, they're the ones with the problem, not moi.
When I was inducted into the United States Army, in 1970, I listed it as Catholic. To put down my true belief would have invited untoward misery through basic training, and beyond. After my discharge (honorable) from the military, I have not put down "None." Instead, I put down "Atheist." I was admitted to the hospital a few years ago, and put down "Atheist." As I did, the clerk looked at me, and I told her, "Should a Chaplain come in, please remember, I'm also an attorney." She got the hint, and apparently, so did the shaman who prowled the halls. I was never once bothered by the asshole.
You are a great example for others.
"None", unless "Atheist" is a choice....
I do have positive beliefs, but they're not theistic. I also have values and even certain practices that could, in a pinch, be called a religion. But it would not be a line item on anyone's checklist. So when I say "other," I don't actually mean atheism; I do it with a clean conscience. ;-)
Usually, the only option given to me is "no religious preference". I have once used "atheist" as a given option. I am seriously thinking about adding "woo-less" in the "other________" category.
I write "None" in the religion block of a jury summons. I recently tried a case to a jury and got an acquittal but not before agreeing with the prosecutor to strike the only person who brought in a jury form that read: "Atheist." (Religion was not involved in the case at all.) When questioned by the lawyers, the woman claiming disbelief turned out to be quite eager to get out of jury duty. She dissed the law and the constitution and said she'd already made up her mind as to innocence or guilt. Frankly, if atheists are going to be like this in a court of law, I would rather they say simply, "None." This kind of potential juror is the kind of person who gives atheists a bad name.
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The DWD Division of Employment and Training Best Practice website is a location for Wisconsin's Workforce Development Board employees to review state and national best practice approaches. As a workforce professional, you can use this site to learn more about activities specific to your current projects or simply read about the latest workforce development activities..
Best Practice introduces employees of Wisconsin's Workforce Development Boards to best practice programs, or navigation to other state and national best practice sites. As a workforce professional, you can peruse the topics presented below or use the links provided to review other sites. This page is also complementary to the WDA Best Practice SharePoint site where those with access can take advantage of the services offered at that location.
The page will be updated biweekly with topic overviews important to workforce development activities. You will see new topics introduced here, but if you miss something of interest after an update, simply go to the archive page. Information will be stored there for a period of time. At this time there are no archived topics. As archived topics become available an archive link will be added in the blue information spaces on the right hand side of this page.
Check out the topics below, review the links on the right side of the page, or those with access to WDA Best Practices can benefit from enhanced connectivity. This is the page where Wisconsin's workforce professionals have an opportunity to learn more about subject matter that can enable leveraging the activities of other workforce professionals from across the state or the nation.
The evidence is convincing that industry clusters are an effective organizing framework for positively impacting economic and workforce development activities.
More than 25 states have adopted cluster strategies as a way to do business in states and regions. The cluster approach is inherently demand-driven, skills required, training program requirements and candidate assessment factors to improve successful transition from training to long-term employment.
Since 2007 Michigan has certified 600 Business Solutions Professionals (BSP) through 17 cohorts. 60% of the trainees have been members of Workforce Development organizations, 20% have been in organizations connected to workforce development, and 20% have been outside of the state's workforce development organizations. BSP is Michigan's solution to economic gardening. The state believes that BSPs have and will continue to be the driver that fosters a more entrepreneurial approach to region and statewide prosperity. In contrast to traditional state business service assistance, economic gardening focuses on strategic growth challenges, such as conducting emergency response activities based on in-state economic/market conditions. BSPs operating under the banner of economic gardening help CEOs identify issues hindering their growth and then leverage sophisticated tools to deliver insight and information that is applied immediately.
The process is based on using the five principals of business services in a more effective manner. They are:
The BSP process is a vehicle to broaden the business services playing field. Michigan has determined that the business service process has not been effective when the focus of those efforts has been to collect job orders and not support an effort to ask the big why questions. The state surmised that business services needed to provide a value add component and go the distance of taking a real interest in the business. When the process was based on job orders, the state's business community never appreciated the overall value a team of business solutions professionals offered. Business services have to change from a singular focus to one more interested in taking and filling job orders. The business community needed a source that provided operational support strategic support, component as well as offering an interconnection to the business community. No other resource group offered an unbiased support group, and when the unions were made between, economic development, manufacturing process improvement, tech colleges, and workforce development, the business community realized the value of the association.
Each month Job Center of Wisconsin (JCW) Metrics report displays characteristics of job postings statewide and by local workforce development areas.
Each report contains graphic presentations of job openings over the last two years, top 15 jobs for the area, and top five jobs posted by education, plus a lot more information. New January 2013.
Economic analysis is vital for a business services discussion with your area businesses. It provides an opportunity to talk about the economic condition of the the region and how that might impact the business client. Through that icebreaker, the business service professional has an opportunity to discuss the services offered by the state.
The three sites below provide information on the state's economy.
The DWD Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program is a statewide school-to-work initiative. Authorized in 1991, Wisconsin was first in the nation to establish a YA program which combined academic and technical instruction with mentored, on-the-job training. YA is a career cluster model that provides high school juniors and seniors with opportunities to explore career pathways. In addition, it prepares students for pathway options after high school, whether it is directly into the workforce, a technical college or a university. Employers play an active role in developing the skills of their future workforce by hiring youth apprentices and training them to industry standards.
YA is delivered locally through a network of consortium partnership; presently there are 32 local YA consortiums. State grant funding is awarded annually, as seed money, to all eligible consortiums for basic YA program operation, and that funding is to be supplemented with additional funding resources.
Read an excerpt about the variety of YA program options, along with employer and student ROI testimonials on the Youth Apprenticeship website:
Key program features include:
A recent best practice includes the blossoming YA partnership with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth program services. This partnership promises to attract additional candidates to YA and prove beneficial in better meeting the needs of both employers and students.
PowerTest, in Sussex, WI has developed its own internal training program known as Manufacture's Resource Training. The program is geared toward developing entry level machinist. They are training a class of 10 over a 5 week period. Graduation rate for the program is projected to be 8 students per class. The program is run by an industrial arts teacher who has been charged with ensuring the training program stands on its own. Power Test will take a single graduate wile the remaining will be employed by other machining companies in the area. For the five weeks the student is in the program they receive a pay of $8 per hour. The company invests $5,000 per student. Companies hiring graduates pay a $2.5 per hour fee for the first year of the graduate's employment which covers the training costs. Ti date, the company has not had a single student dismissed from any of the hiring companies.
Working in conjunction with MATC and the investor businesses, West Allis High School Milwaukee is developing a hands-on welding curriculum. The program will enable students to have a rewarding high value four year program. The program will provide both the opportunity to gain a credential as well as learn and work in a facility producing saleable parts. As it is designed today, the facility will have 18 booths for the 11th and 12th graders to use. They will be able to learn Tig welding, Stick ARC welding, as well as oxyacetylene welding. The duration of the class period will be 50 minutes.
Ninth Graders will enter the program under the name Career Academy in fall 2014. Their focus will be on the classroom portion of the training. They will learn to understand drawings, blue print reading, develop the necessary math skills, and perform any prep work required to support actual welding activities. This level of activity will continue into the 10th grade where classroom work will expand. It is expected that these students will be doing both technical math and technical science. The goal of the program is provide students with the math and science components required for either continuing on to college or going directly to work after high school. For the career counselor, this was a key of students the opportunity to value the educational track. Vocational education, and welding specifically, was not for students wanting to end their education at high school but is an option for post secondary students also. The expected size of the classes will be 20-25 kids per grade level.
Please check out the link below. Are there any of these grant opportunities that warrant further work?
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Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer has the cards stacked in her favor when it comes to tackling mobile, the number one issue haunting Internet companies, said Ann Winblad, co-founder and managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
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Names, and pseudonyms in particular, seem to be a hot topic on the internet at the moment, with Google's real names policy for Google+ at the centre of a storm of controversy. But when it comes down to it, does it really matter what you call yourself?
I've had a few nicknames over the years. The first one I remember having was Taity. Hardly original, I'm sure you'll agree, in fact I seem to recall my dad had the exact same nickname in certain circles. A variation on this, in my teenage years, was Tatsy. I don't really know where it came from, but given my typically geeky social interaction problems, which some saw as a superiority complex, it was adapted to become Hare Tatsy (a corruption of Hare Krishna, which had shot into the public consciousness at the time after featuring in a drum and bass song) as a tongue-in-cheek indication that people felt that I expected them to worship me. I got involved in the Atari ST demo scene for a brief period around this time, and appeared in the "greetz" as Tithead. Yes, really!
In my online life I've gone through a few nicks/handles/identifiers, too. On Elephant MUD, I was Immoderator, bringer of chaos and ignorer of rules! On many IRC channels, talkers, IM networks and such-like, I've been JayTeeUK – the latter part answering at least part of the common question "A/S/L?" and filtering out a surprising amount of unwanted attention from amorous American males with web cams (although the unwanted attention from amorous British males with web cams was unsurprisingly unabated). These days I'm almost exclusively jamestait, or in some cases james.tait (one notable exception being in my daily dealings on the internal Canonical IRC server, where I'm jayteeuk again because having jamesh and jamestait in the same channel rendered tab completion useless when addressing either one of us, and he was there first).
When I left University and got my first job, I was quickly dubbed Chocolate, or Choc for short, because of my famous weakness for the treat tray. When I met the woman who was to become my wife, I was mostly just James. As the relationship progressed, I became honey, and later, when she conceived, I was "promoted" to Dad, and that's still how I'm most often referred to in our household (apart from when I've done something stupid or inconsiderate, and in the interests of decency I'm not sharing with you the names I get called then). My wife became Mom, and my dad became Grandad.
Another popular one, and probably one of my personal favourites, was Taiters, often spoken with a mock Somerset farmer accent due to "'taters" being an abbreviation of "potatoes". This always reminds me of a school assembly in which our IT teacher (aptly enough) introduced a "family" of characters, all made from potatoes and each with their own characteristics. Spectater liked to watch things carefully through her thick glasses and keep herself to herself; Commentater was a gossip. But I'm straying from the point.
Which is this: different arenas called for different monikers. It wouldn't have been appropriate for my teachers to call me Tithead or Hare Tatsy. I'd be concerned if my wife referred to me as Immoderator or jayteeuk. And frankly, if Google require me to use my full, real name in order to use their service, I'm not going to argue.
"But wait!" I hear you cry, "That's exclusive! That means that people who want to remain anonymous can't use the service!" Yes, it does. And yes, it sucks. But you know what? You wanna play in Google's park, you gotta play by Google's rules. Otherwise, you go and find another park to play in. Nobody is making you use Google+.
The way to remedy this isn't to fix Google's policy, but to fix social networking. But that's a subject for another post.


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