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An artist's visual interpretation of Sting's song "King of Pain" was inspired by seeing his own son struggle through a difficult illness and find solace in its lyrics.
"That's me / I am the king of pain" the boy, Malo, tells his father after hearing the song. Völker briefly recounts his son's story in a prologue and accompanies both it and the song lyrics with minimalist, geometric forms intended to evoke the pain, worry, and sadness of a parent and child grappling with the child's illness and painful treatment. Some comfort comes in naming the pain—"What does your pain feel like? Can you tell me?"—and the responses come in Sting's lyrics with their own images of "a butterfly / trapped in a spider's web" and "a skeleton / choking on a crust of bread" and, of course, "a little black spot / on the sun today." The conclusion showing "the king of pain" looks like a joyful picture—does this mean that pain is conquered? Or that the king of pain is more powerful than the individual moments of suffering? It's a bit hard to determine. The very personal story doesn't quite end up supporting a visual narrative through combination of lyrics and art.
Heartfelt but so oblique it's unlikely to connect with many readers. (Picture book. 7-10)


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Lauren Nelson, a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, recently attended the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition (NCE), where she served as an assistant district representative on the Medical Student Subcommittee (MSSC).
The AAP NCE is an annual pediatric conference for physicians, residents, medical students, nurses and allied health members giving practical updates and reviews of pediatric practice, research, and advocacy. The 3-day conference includes over 350 educational sessions, including practical hands-on learning and networking, in addition to the largest pediatric technical exhibit of its kind.
The MSSC works within the AAP to develop and provide medical resources for medical students. Students across the United States are represented by the subcommittee's 10 districts, with each district featuring both a district representative and an assistant district representative. Nelson serves as assistant district representative in district 10. "It was an awesome experience to get to meet in person with the medical student sub-committee leaders that I communicate with frequently," Nelson said.
Nelson also worked as the medical student ambassador to Dr. Alisa Acosta during the conference. Dr. Acosta is the associate program director for the pediatric residency program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Acosta, along with other panelists, gave medical students the opportunity to have residency application questions answered by the experts.
Nelson was grateful for all of the networking and learning opportunities she experienced in meeting with pediatric leaders, as well as fellow students during the conference. "It is important to surround yourself with others who share your passion and work ethic, as this helps you stay goal-oriented and motivated," Nelson said.
Medical students in the AAP are part of the Section on Pediatric Trainees (SOPT), which includes medical students, residents and fellows. Within SOPT, the medical student subcommittee has a myriad of opportunities for medical students to get involved. Nelson encourages all medical students to get involved with the AAP.
"We're always looking for medical student contributions to our quarterly newsletter, and there are several workgroups within the medical student subcommittee that always have projects going on that need medical student help. I am happy to put medical students in touch with the appropriate workgroup leader if they would like to get more involved," Nelson said.
Nelson is very grateful for the opportunity to learn more as she brings knowledge and awareness of pediatric issues back to the USA community. "Since being involved with the NCE, I've realized how important advocacy is in pediatrics. Kids need a voice to advocate for them."
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The first card is a wintery xmas shaker box card. Not really Australian, but I think I have watchd too much TV over the years, so I love this scene regardless.
The second card is a sympathy card to have on hand, although you are welcome to change the sentiment if you wish. It incorporates a little chalking but really is so quick and easy to make. It also uses some free, so saffron ribbon from this months special.
Then we have the good old wood fence depicted in this one. I saw this card on someones blog (no idea who) about a year ago and just loved the idea of it, so have been waiting to recreate it.
And lastly a very male card that won't take long at all to whip up. You could also make this into a husband, uncle, nephew or son card.
If you would like to attend this class please email me to book your spot. I have it offered on Saturday the 19th of September at 10.30am or Wednesday the 23rd at 10am. The class cost is $20 and includes all materials and tools, no need to bring a thing. All welcome.


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With the unofficial feast day of Ven. Fulton Sheen coming up, it seemed a good time to present some thoughts on Sheen. Most people who know him think of him as "popularizer" of the Catholic Faith; does this mean he is not a theologian? Should he have stayed in the obscurity into which he seemed to fall? And…if the bulk of his preaching was directed against Communism, why is the Catholic Church investigating his Cause for sainthood? Doesn't his subject-matter make him outdated?
NOTA BENE: It is not the author's intention to anticipate the judgment of the Catholic Church in presenting the writings of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton John Sheen. The statements presented herein rest on human authority alone. The author submits wholeheartedly to the infallible wisdom and judgment of the Catholic Church in regards to the work and writings of the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen.
What is necessary to call someone a "theologian"? The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), in its document Donum Veritatis, "On the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian," defines a theologian's role as follows: "His role is to pursue in a particular way an ever deeper understanding of the Word of God found in the inspired Scriptures and handed on by the living Tradition of the Church. He does this in communion with the Magisterium which has been charged with the responsibility of preserving the deposit of faith."[1]
Fulton Sheen fulfilled both parts of a theologian's role. In his writings, radio and television programs, instructions of converts, and, above all, in his personal daily Holy Hour, he sought to penetrate deeper into the meaning of Scripture and Tradition. His 1958 Life of Christ takes the life of Our Blessed Lord and interprets it through the lens of the Cross. Centuries of theologians before Sheen had written lives of Christ, had commented on and explained the Scriptures. None of them doubted that Our Lord came to save mankind through His redemptive Death on the Cross (actually, there was a dispute over the primary purpose of the Incarnation, but that's too big a topic to discuss now); but did they see hints and shadows of the Cross throughout Our Lord's life, for example in His conversation with Nicodemus or in His preaching of the Beatitudes? I don't know the history of theological thought well enough to say definitively that Sheen was, or was not, the first to see the constant presence of the Cross in the Life of Christ; but I know Sheen's writings well enough to say that his presentation of the subject is masterful and engaging. For even today, one of the most popular books written by the farm-boy-turned-bishop is his Life of Christ, in which he sees the Cross of Christ "cast[ing] a shadow" over Bethlehem, over Nazareth, and over the Public Ministry of the God-Man.[2] In Sheen's analysis, "[e]very event in Christ's Life—even those that, at first sight, do not appear to be related to the Cross—is…either a preparation for, a prophecy of, or a manifestation of the Cross."[3]
As for Sheen's fidelity to the Magisterium, Blessed John Paul II said it best when, on October 2, 1979, he embraced Sheen in front of hundreds gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral and told him: "You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus! You are a loyal son of the Church!"[4] Granted, that statement was not infallible, but for the head of the Catholic Church to say that to one of Her most prominent apologists is pretty impressive. It reminds me of what Our Lord Himself told St. Thomas Aquinas: "You have written well of Me, Thomas! What recompense do you desire?" to which the Doctor of the Church responded: "None other than Thyself, O Lord."[5]
Sheen most likely would have responded the same way if Our Blessed Lord had asked him that question. For the Archbishop, fidelity to the Magisterium as personified in Peter's successors was a defining tenet of his life. Commenting on the conferral of the title "Assistant at the Pontifical Throne," Sheen writes: "I could never become very excited about this, although it is an honor, because my heart was always at the Throne of Peter. This honor merely means that I now can put my whole body and person where my heart always was."[6]
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An article in the Vatican magazine Tertium Millennium says that the theologian is one who makes a new contribution to theological thought: "The theologian . . . is a person immersed in the timeliness of his time, always linked to the community of believers; indeed, with it, he attempts to move towards the fulfillment of truth, providing his specific contribution: the deeper intelligence of the mystery."[7] I argued for this point in my thesis: "While remaining in line with Catholic doctrine concerning Christ, [Sheen] [had] profound new insights regarding the role of the Cross in the life of Christ."[8]
I have heard the argument that Sheen was not a theologian because he did not write scholarly treatises, or because his writings are not on the same level as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. While it is true that Sheen's writings are not on the level of the Medieval Summae, the Archbishop presented theological truths to the American "Everyman" of the 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's, in a way that he could understand. Fr. Andrew Apostoli, the Vice-Postulator for Sheen's Cause, writes in his Introduction to Fr. Charles Connor's book The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: "This book is not a theological textbook. That would not have been Archbishop Sheen's approach. It would run the risk of being dry, lifeless and unchallenging."[9] This does not mean that scholarly, theological treatises, qua scholarly treatises, have to be dry and lifeless; I personally enjoy Pope Benedict's writings; but it does point out, and rightly, that the bulk of Sheen's writings was not comprised of theological textbooks.
Although Sheen spent twenty-four years teaching philosophy at The Catholic University of America, during which period he wrote numerous scholarly works, at the same time he wanted to reach a broader segment of the American people, a decision that led him to radio in 1926 and television in 1952.[10]
Once he was speaking on television to a national audience, many of whom were not Catholic, Sheen had to adjust his preaching to his audience. This does not mean that he "watered down" the truths of the Catholic Faith. One does not teach a first-grader "watered-down" religion if one gives him the Baltimore Catechism rather than Aquinas' Summa. Similarly, Sheen was not "watering down" Catholicism by finding a common denominator from which to preach about angels instead of telling his audience all the metaphysical properties of separated substances. As he himself put it in his autobiography:
When I began television nationally and on a commercial basis, the approach had to be different. I was no longer talking in the name of the Church and under the sponsorship of its bishops. The new method had to be ecumenical and directed to Catholics, Protestants, Jews and all men of good will. It was no longer a direct presentation of Christian doctrine but rather a reasoned approach to it beginning with something that was common to the audience. . . . Starting with something that was common to the audience and to me, I would gradually proceed from the known to the unknown or to the moral and Christian philosophy. . . .
In retrospect I had two approaches; one was the direct one on radio, the other was the indirect on television. The direct was the presentation of Christian doctrine in plain, simple language. On television, I depended more on the grace of God and less on myself. If the subject of the telecast was flying, I might end it by talking about angels.[11]
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Is his theology "timeless," that is, "referring or restricted to no particular time"?[12]
I have heard the argument that Sheen's teachings are no longer relevant. Many of his books address Communism; he reached the height of his popularity during the Cold War; and to some, the Fall of the Iron Curtain makes Sheen's writings irrelevant. The Iron Curtain may have fallen, but Communism is still rampant in parts of the world such as China; and there is a tendency in our modern world to view Communism as a joke, the hammer and sickle as a slogan to adopt. (Which, incidentally, is why my alma mater, Christendom College, still teaches a course called "The Causes and Effects of the Communist Revolution"—to keep my generation of Catholics, and the coming generations, from ever denying the horrors of Communistic atheism). Sheen himself seems to have suffered from being ignored; as John Muggeridge put it in 1990: "[I]n these divided times Sheen suffers the fate of all orthodox writers: consignment to the memory hole."[13]
Yet, despite the seeming "irrelevant" or "outdated" nature of some of Sheen's writings, the Catholic Church saw fit to open his cause for canonization. His cause did not open in the 20th century, or shortly after his death; it opened in the 21st century, more than 20 years after his death.[14]
Why? Why canonize a man who admittedly had a serious problem with pride and vanity[15], who did not preach fasting because he himself did not practice it in any extraordinary manner[16], and whose writings on suffering and on objective truth seem intolerable to our modern world that avoids suffering at any cost and sees truth as subjective? Why bother spending millions of dollars investigating his personal sanctity, the orthodoxy of his writings, or his squabbles with Cardinal Spellman over the allocation of funds for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith[17], when he otherwise would have stayed in that "memory hole"?
Because if Sheen did live a life of heroic virtue, if the miracle under investigation is found to be authentic, if his writings are determined to be orthodox and free from heretical teaching, then he may one day be declared a saint. A saint preaches Truth—not the relative, changing "truth" of our modern world, but the eternal, living Truth Who is Christ. He may preach that Truth in a manner that will make it more pertinent to his audience; but it is always the same Truth that he preaches.
And even if Sheen's words on Communism seem outdated; Communism was not the only subject of his writings. Many of the topics Sheen treated—the presence of the Cross throughout the entirety of Christ's Life (Life of Christ, 1958); the necessity of the Sacrament of Penance for the forgiveness of sins, as opposed to Freudian psychoanalysis, which tries to excuse or explain away sin (Peace of Soul, 1949); the decay of Western Civilization explained through the parable of the Prodigal Son (The Cross and the Crisis, 1938) —remain timeless and pertinent, even in the 21st century.
Sheen's teachings on the redemptive value of suffering when accepted in union with the Cross of Christ are timeless, because men will always have to endure suffering, they will always ask "why" and seek to either explain it away or to accept it. As I wrote in my Senior Thesis: "[T]he question of pain has plagued man since the Fall of our first parents, and will plague him until he arrives at that eternal day in which 'God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more' (Rev. 21:4)."[18]
While people may have begun to fall away from frequent confession in the wake of Freudian psychoanalysis—because it is so much easier to lie on a couch and let someone explain away your sins, than it is to get down on your knees and admit to them with humility and contrition—they are continuing to fall away.
As for Western Civilization and its abandonment of Christianity, Sheen's words to journalist Malcolm Muggeridge give hope to those who would otherwise be tempted to despair: "Christendom is over, but not Christ."[19]
[1]Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum Veritatis, (24 May 1990), "Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian), http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/ rc_con_cfaith_ doc_19900524_theologian-vocation_en.html. Accessed June 25, 2012.
[2]Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ, (New York: Image Books, 1990), 20.
[3]Emily C. Hurt, "Redemptive Suffering in the Theology of the Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen," (undergraduate thesis, Front Royal, VA, 2012), 4.
[4]Edward T. O'Meara, "Epilogue: Bye Now, Fulton Sheen, and God Love You Forever," in Fulton J. Sheen, Treasure in Clay: the Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, (New York: Doubleday, 1980), 377.
[5]http://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/aquinas-after-communion.html. Accessed June 25, 2012.
[6]Sheen, Treasure in Clay, 185.
[7]Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 200, "Library of the Jubilee," in Tertium Millennium, http://www.vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01041998_p-70_en.html. Accessed June 25, 2012.
[8]Hurt, ibid.
[9]Andrew Apostoli, Introduction to The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, by Charles P. Connor, (Staten Island: St. Paul's/Alba House, 2010), xiii.
[10]Thomas C. Reeves, America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen, (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2001), 59, 78-82, 211, 223-7.
[11]Sheen, 72, 73.
[12]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/timeless. Accessed June 25, 2012.
[13] John Muggeridge, Foreword to Life of Christ, Sheen, 6.
[14]http://www.archbishopsheencause.org/the-cause/about-the-cause/history. Accessed June 26, 2012.
[15]Sheen, Treasure in Clay, 335-7.
[16]Ibid., 338.
[17]Reeves, 252-7.
[18]Hurt, 38.
[19]Muggeridge, 5.


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Without a doubt one of the best flash rpg there is. Truly a masterpiece. Amazing work.
After going for everything, I got a positive - but mixed - opinion overall. As a RPG and what makes one it, the game is very good, and, well, that's about it. Simple without being unpolished, entertaining for the first "half" of it, then becomes increasingly boring. Difficulty is a joke - The only challenges are zombie defenses, and sometimes, luck kicks in and makes it also a breeze (Tips for minigame down below).
Positive points:
- Simple and entertaining, at least before the dragon is defeated the 1st time
- Quite intuitive gameplay
- Good package (nice original art, music, code without bugs)
- Job system for characters
Negative points
- Lack of challenge. The game is incredibly easy at all times - since there's no "cap" for equipping items, just rush to floor 49 and keep grinding there. Equip the lvl 49-50 items on everyone and you're good to finish the final boss - The dropped gold also provides infinite potions and ethers
- No online saves to this date (Well, at least there's a disclaimer on about backing up our saves)
- Game is EXTREMELY GRINDY. In order to get the lvl 50 medal, one needs to equip the exp ring and kill a LOT of mobs. Which isn't really needed, as the final boss can be consistenly killed long before anyone hits 45.
In short: Good game, but take a weekend off in order to fully complete it.
I cant play the game. :( Any advice on getting it to work. It looks like a fun game.
I wish i could play this on my computer without internet!! you should add this too steam :D
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It's coming up to November again, that means novel writing for the NaNoWriMo crew and game design for the NaGaDeMons. It kind of snuck up on me with all this map making over the last couple of weeks. I have a few brief ideas that could work, but the moment University exams and map making are a bit more prominent in my mind.
One of the ideas I've had for NaGaDeMon is basically old school anime style...effectively Pacific Rim in the asteroid belt. You play a crew of mind linked latent psychics, plummeting through deep space on a massive weapons platform, aiming to intercept giant horrors from beyond the solar system before they get the chance to devastate the Earth. Since the giant robots in Pacific Rim are called Jaegers (German for "hunter"), I'll call mine Cazadors (using the Spanish variant).
Otherwise I'm hoping to refine my bug catching game...perhaps a goblin variant that's been playing around in the back of my mind.
29 October, 2013
NaGaDeMon is coming around again
Posted by Michael Wenman at 8:28 AM
Labels: Design, Ideas, NaGa DeMon
27 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 13: The Bunker
- Castles filled with treasure rooms, great halls, royal bedrooms and maybe a kitchen, but nowhere for the servants to work.
- Interstellar starships bristling with weapons and hangar bays, but without bathrooms or fuel storage.
- Cities without the necessary buildings for civic infrastructure.
A little thought goes a long way when drawing a convincing map. Think about the things that the people in the area might need, think about why they may have chosen this area in the first place, and what else they might have brought to the area or built over the course of their habitation. What does this tell us about the area?...the people?...the stories that might be told here?
Not every map needs to be immersed in "realism"...as an example, magical towers might transform themselves to accommodate for the needs of their inhabitants. If you deliberately choose not to include something in your map, what does this say about the location? If you accidentally neglect to put something in, and your players pick it up during the course of play, how will you ad lib elements of the story so that this becomes a point of interest rather than a stalling point for the story?
Map Drawing Tutorial 12: Changing Elevation
Sometimes a map depicts an environment split across multiple levels, and in these cases you often need ways for people to get from one of those levels to another. Common ways of doing this include steps, ladders, and spiral staircases.
This tutorial focuses on a few of those methods for changing elevation.
24 October, 2013
Another Cartographer of Beautiful Maps
I'll always be someone who appreciates good work, and when I find something good I love to share it with others.
I've just been alerted to the work of +Heather Souliere. She seems to do a lot of similar stuff to me, with pen-and-ink and a variety of other mediums.
Here's a few images, but seriously, have a look through her blog if you get the chance.
I've just been alerted to the work of +Heather Souliere. She seems to do a lot of similar stuff to me, with pen-and-ink and a variety of other mediums.
Here's a few images, but seriously, have a look through her blog if you get the chance.
Posted by Michael Wenman at 8:53 AM
Labels: Design, Fun Stuff, Ideas, Images, Other Blogs, Other Stuff
23 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 11: Cross Sections
Sometimes a top down view just isn't enough, it helps to provide an additional view of the scene in order for players to help visualise the area where their adventures are taking place. One way to do this is with cross sections.
This example could be an underground bunker for a military group on the borderlands, or maybe a bandit hideout in an old burial barrow.
As a bonus, I've included my quick method for drawing a variety of tree elevations/profiles.
22 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 10: Embellishments
21 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 9: Old School Wilderness
That doesn't leave a lot to do, and we can't leave the house because we might not be allowed back (if it gets declared as an evacuation zone). So, to keep my mind off things, here's a new map tutorial.
It's based vaguely on the old maps from fantasy novels and games of the 80s and 90s...but with the Vulpinoid Studios signature style applied to it. There are a lot of ideas in this tutorial, and plenty of options to add to your cartography toolkit.
19 October, 2013
Local images
I just thought I'd show a few images of the apocalypse currently unfolding in this part of the world. Hopefully, a new map tutorial tomorrow.
Nothing like living in an apocalypse to set the tone for writing a post-apocalyptic game.
Posted by Michael Wenman at 10:05 PM
Labels: Images
17 October, 2013
There may be a hiatus in map tutorial posts while my part of the world is currently on fire.
Posted by Michael Wenman at 9:56 PM
Labels: Rant
16 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 8: The High Seas
Most notably, we introduce the concepts of wood grain, crates and barrels. These are details that I love to add into my maps, providing points of interest for players to latch onto.
I've fiddled with the contrast on this one to show the pencil lines a bit more clearly.
15 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial Question
These tutorials have been doing pretty well, they've seen triple the normal traffic come through the blog and I've been seeing quite a few people linking to them. Thankyou.
So, my question to everyone is...
Are there any particular types of maps you'd like to see me offer a tutorial on?
I'm currently working on a castle, a ship, an elven tree fortress, and a series of tutorials about laying out a logical kingdom or empire for a fantasy game.
So, my question to everyone is...
Are there any particular types of maps you'd like to see me offer a tutorial on?
I'm currently working on a castle, a ship, an elven tree fortress, and a series of tutorials about laying out a logical kingdom or empire for a fantasy game.
13 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 7: The Blasphemous Mine
I like maps to tell a story, and I like them to have little details that draw you in. In this particular map I play with a few techniques to produce something a bit different, a mine that has dug into something that was better left alone. Perhaps a lost underground shrine has been revealed and the miners were killed, or perhaps the miners converted to become cultists for the blasphemous forgotten spirit.
The basic details from this mine are inspired from some mineshafts and underground ruins I explored a few years ago...before you ask, I didn't see a strange occult shrine down there...It's probably inspired a bit by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as well.
12 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 6: Shading and Hatching
There is more to making maps than simply outlining the locations. Good shading can really mean the difference between an average map and a good map (or a good map and an awesome map).
I like to shade my maps in a style that reflects the cartographer who might have drawn the map within the setting. An elf would probably have a different style of shading than a dwarf or an eldritch spawn of an unnamable being, each would focus on different elements that the consider to be important within the context of the map.
Future tutorials will show how to use these hatching and shading techniques to give maps a specific "feel".
10 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 5: Islands
It's time to get stuck into some of the specific themes found in fantasy maps. This tutorial focuses on the high seas, and the islands that are frequently infested by pirates, natives and buried treasure.
Don't stick to rectangular forms, don't feel the need to fill every part of the page with mapped out detail.
Don't stick to rectangular forms, don't feel the need to fill every part of the page with mapped out detail.
09 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 4: Towns and Urban Areas
I might even get to sewers, catacombs and dungeons eventually.
08 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial Digital Addendum 1: Parchment
I often like to digitally add my images to a parchment background to make the maps look more like props from the in-game world.
Here's how I do it.
Here's how I do it.
07 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 3: Jungle Trails
This tutorial looks at a few techniques for depicting more natural terrain; forests, cliffs, and beaches. It also shows how cartographers can start to develop their own style with the tutorial techniques presented. In this way we see two methods for shading forested areas, and a new technique for rendering water (especially suitable to beaches).
For those who read through the tutorial, and wonder what I mean when I say "dyson hatching" have a look at the mapping tutorial by Dyson Logos connected through this link.
06 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 2: Villages
I'm hoping that this series will build up into a cartographers toolkit, where readers will be able to pick and choose a variety of techniques to develop a mapping style of their own.
Thanks for reading so far.
04 October, 2013
Map Drawing Tutorial 1
Here's something I've been working on...inspired by the recent work of +Dyson Logos.
(Awesome, I can stick google+ links in my blog posts now.)
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(Awesome, I can stick google+ links in my blog posts now.)
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03 October, 2013
Time to develop something special
Now that a few university assignments are over, I get a short break to work on some of my ongoing projects.
Which projects take priority?
That's going to be a tough call.
Hopefully some new developments will be revealed over the next few days.
Which projects take priority?
That's going to be a tough call.
Hopefully some new developments will be revealed over the next few days.
Posted by Michael Wenman at 10:07 PM
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01 October, 2013
Living on the Edge of Sanity
When the apocalypse reaches us, we probably won't even notice it.
Posted by Michael Wenman at 10:14 PM
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Do fathers matter? Are they anything more than the sperm donors and ATMs modern society tells them they are? Or the deadbeats, duds and doofusses presented in pop culture?
Dads get roughed up in the media. According to a survey of fathers, "Three quarters of dads say they are responsible for their child's emotional well-being, while only 20% of dads see this role reflected in media."
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The study asked girls to reflect on a time when their father was supportive of them and separately, a time when their father wasn't. In between each question was a series of questions related to risky behavior. According to Raeburn:
"Young women became 'more sexually unrestricted' after recalling an incident in which their father was disengaged, Hill explained. "They reported having more favorable attitudes toward short-term sexual encounters; they didn't see love as necessary for sex to occur." Further experiments showed that father disengagement didn't change women's views of other kinds of risky behavior; they weren't more likely to ride a bike without a helmet. The effect was limited to sex."
Bruce J. Ellis of the University of Arizona found the same findings in his earlier studies, which Hill and DelPriore drew from. Ellis found that girls who had close relationships with their fathers in their formative years were less likely to engage in sex at an early age and were less likely to experience pregnancy in their teen years.
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September 22, 2008
The Barack Obama campaign has announced a compilation album, Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, with proceeds going toward the Democratic US presidential nominee's election coffers.
The tracklist:
1. Eternity - Lionel Richie
2. Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
3. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer
4. American Prayer - Dave Stewart
5. Battle Cry - Shontelle
6. Make It Better - Los Lonely Boys
7. Pride In The Name Of Love - John Legend
8. I Have A Dream - BeBe Winans
9. Am I All Alone - Suai
10. One Is The Magic # - Jill Scott
11. Love & Hope - Ozomatli
12. Looking East - Jackson Browne
13. Out of Our heads - Sheryl Crow
14. Promised Land - Malik Yusef with Kanye West and Adam Levine of Maroon 5
15. Hold On - Yolanda Adams
16. America The Beautiful - Keb' Mo'
17. America - Ken Stacey
18. Wide River - Buddy Miller
see also: the Largehearted Boy Why Obama series, a collection of essays by musicians and authors explaining their support of his campaign
The Tulsa World profiles Conor Oberst.
Laurie Lindeen answers 20 questions at Popmatters.
20. Last but certainly not least, what are you working on, now?
A novel. Two collections of narrative essays. More than anything in the world I would like to pull a "how to talk to your hairdresser" type book out of my butt to support my prose habit. Cleaning my office, it looks like a crazy hoarder inhabits it, which is probably the case.
Pitchfork interviews David Byrne.
Popmatters interviews Chuck Klosterman.
For being one of the world's most noted pop-culture columnists, what was the biggest challenge that you faced in writing a work of total fiction?
People keep asking me about the difference between writing nonfiction and writing fiction. I never know how to respond to this. I suppose I would have gotten the same question if I had written four novels and then a nonfiction book.
It was harder to write fiction, but maybe that was only because I'd never done it before. I can't remember if writing Fargo Rock City was hard or easy.
Steve Earle talks to amNewYork about living in New York city.
"I know more people in my neighborhood after living in the Village for three years then I did in Fairview, Tenn., in 20 years," he says. "It's just the way the city is. You're not hermetically sealed in a car. I know the butcher and the baker and the candlestick maker. I might be able to improve my waiting time on line at some of the restaurants downtown too, in the process of working this guest list."
Wired's Listening Post interviews Autolux drummer Carla Azar.
AfterEllen interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.
AE: So while working on this song for Augusten Burroughs, was it difficult for you to write about something that was so specific?
TQ: It was different and fun because it wasn't about me. I never, ever, ever approach writing from someone else's' perspective. I found it really difficult. I wanted to do justice to Augusten but I was also feeling a ton of pressure because I had never done it before, so the combination of the two basically paralyzed me, and I didn't know where to start. So I read the book and started like I was writing him a letter. "Dear Augusten, how and the hell did you make it through your life?" And I felt inspired.
see also: Tegan's contribution to the Largehearted Boy Book Notes series about that song (and Augusten Burroughs' reaction to the track)
At New York Magazine, Elizabeth Wurtzel remembers David Foster wallace.
The San Francisco Chronicle interviews Juliana Hatfield.
Q: Books have a lot of words in them. What made you want to write one in the first place?
A: A vague, general desire to write a book. I tried 10 years ago. I rented a house in Martha's Vineyard in the winter, and I didn't write a page. I just couldn't think of an idea for a novel. So I wrote about myself for lack of any other ideas.
Popdose offers a guide to Hatfield's career.
Look for Hatfield's Book Notes essay for her memoir, When I Grow Up, tomorrow at Largehearted Boy
The Los Angeles Times profiles the Cold War Kids.
But the likely reasons that Cold War Kids have vaulted to the forefront of the L.A. rock world are often the most prickly elements of their sound. Instead of full chords or verse-chorus-verse structures, Willett's vocals are usually supported by distant guitar effects, crunchy bass grooves and smatterings of percussion. Open space is as important as any instrument, and Willett's lyrics tend to the macabre and stream-of-consciousness, like on "Dreams Old Men Dream": "Thought I was laying in the gutter in milk cartons and bones. . . . Thought I was on an island shooting flares at your boat."
LAist reviews the band's new album, Loyalty to Loyalty.
The Los Angeles Times and New York Times Bits blog both examine the latest format for music sales: slotMusic mini flash memory cards.
Politico finds the Drive-By Truckers' song "The Righteous Path" to be the perfect soundtrack for anxious economic times.
And for my money, the song that best captures the economic anxieties and aspirations voters are feeling now — and the song of the 2008 cycle — is "The Righteous Path" by the Drive-By Truckers. Take a look at the pitch-perfect opening lyrics:
I got a brand-new car that drinks a bunch of gas
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast…
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
In just the first two lines, the song seems to anticipate $4 gasoline and the subprime housing crisis, even though it was recorded in 2007 and released on the album "Brighter Than Creation's Dark," this January. With accurate artistic forecasting like this, I'd trade these drunken country punks for a boatload of bickering economists.
Discover lists the best science fiction planets.
WEbook is a social publishing company, part book publisher and part social network for writers.
Loudersoft is running a "Design Your Drugs" contest and giving away limited edition vinyl copies of the new Jenny Lewis album, Acid Tongue.
The Lumberjack Thief interviews political commentator, strategist, and music blogger Howard Wolfson.
also at Largehearted Boy:
daily mp3 downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and full album streams from this week's CD releases)
this week's CD releases
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This year, I set out to read 25 books. With the end of 2017 just around the corner, it is timely to look back on a year of reading, and to consider what books I hope to read in the new year.
The Last Interview: Jane Jacobs (compilation)
Here be Dragons – AnnMarie Kelly Harbaugh and Ken Harbaugh
Fahrenheit 341 – Ray Bradbury
Leaving Home – David French
Where'd You Go, Bernadette – Maria Semple
Streetfight – Janette Sadik-Khan
Secret Path – Gord Downie
Wenjack – Joseph Boyden
Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
The Boy who Dared – Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Upstanders – Harvey Daniels & Sarah Ahmed
The Year of Living Danishly – Helen Russell
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness – Timothy Keller
Quiet – Susan Cain
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Chasing Slow – Erin Loechner
Year of Yes – Shonda Rhimes
At Home in the World – Tsh Oxenreider
The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami
I am Malala – Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
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The Program – Suzanne Young
The Treatment – Suzanne Young
The Checklist Manifesto – Atul Gawande
Grit – Angela Duckworth
Man's Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl
How People Grow – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Essentialism – Greg McKeown
Unfinished Business – Anne Marie Slaughter
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As far as events in my own life, this weekend was very tame. Yesterday I made sure to get my run and weight lifting in, then went to church in the evening. I do really like the little church, I do feel welcomed there. In the evening I talked with Jason, which seemed to be exactly what we both needed. It was nice to have a relief from all the stress and tension surrounding the Gabriela situation. Today, I have literally been working on my project since I woke up except for breaks for meals and talking to Stephan over Skype. Great progress, I have a tremendous amount of data that I now just have to organize. I'm not yet entirely sure how I'll do that, but I will probably end up having a 25-30 page paper when I'm done with this.
I wanted to include everything about Gabriela in one fluent post, so I'll now go to that. Saturday morning was very tense. As I previously posted, it was determined that Gabriela had to get to Lima ASAP to see a specialist and to use a machine that wasn't present in Cuzco. However, because they ended up deciding to go to a public hospital instead of a private one, they had to wait for a bed. No beds were available in the ICU. We waited all morning, and around noon we found out that a bed was opening up and she could get on a plane and go. It was mad chaos in the house to get everything packed before the trip, and tension was high because of the gravity of the situation. Eventually we had everything ready to go and we got to the airport. We had to wait for a long time for Sandro, Tania, and Gabriela to arrive. A doctor went with them to Lima to ensure that no medical complications occurred on the plane. Transferring an ICU patient to another city is no easy task. She was on oxygen and had a drip that had to be held at all times. She looked very tired and uncomfortable. Tania and Sandro were beyond themselves by this point. If their family hadn't been helping them with packing and everything I don't think it would have worked well because of their exhaustion and desperation. The whole extended family was there to support them for the transport, although Tania hardly seemed aware of everything going on around her. She was only concerned with the little girl in her arms.
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The rest of the day went on as normal, and eventually we heard that they were in Lima without complications. The parents couldn't stay in the ICU room, which I think will be good for them because they will finally have a mandatory time to relax. Sleep will help their desperation and return their sanity.
There wasn't much news today (Sunday), which is fantastic because it means nothing went wrong. I learned tonight that she has improved slightly. She is a little more stable, which is all we can ask at this point. We will continue to hope for a steady progression towards health.


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Today, I made frugal apple crisp and applesauce. There is a trick to this apple crisp. Apple prices are rising all the time, and right now garden vegetables are plentiful, so thanks to Bette Hagman's cookbook The Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy, I was given the idea to use zucchini. Yes, zucchini! It is one of those foods, kind of like tofu, that picks up the flavors of whatever it is cooked with. I have modified Bette's original recipe. Here is what I do:
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Tools worth $4,000 stolen from Wheatfield truck
WHEATFIELD – More than $4,000 worth of tools and other possessions were stolen from a Rohr Street man's pickup truck overnight Thursday, sheriff's deputies reported.
The victim discovered the theft Friday morning while driving to work, deputies said, after he noticed the bed cover to his truck flapping in the wind. Deputies said that someone unsnapped the cover while the vehicle was parked in the victim's driveway, probably between midnight and 5 a.m. Several tools were stolen, the most valuable being an air data multimeter valued at $2,200. Other items taken included a global positioning system, sunglasses, a cellular telephone and a Harley Davidson watch.
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This industrial pop-up store for brand Gentle Monster in Seoul, South Korea is a stunning structure composed almost entirely of steel, despite its unassuming exterior. Designed by firm Artefacts, the 'Work in Progress' pop-up features a facade made up of mismatched window shutters that make the shopper imagine a less futuristic interior before they enter.
The memorable Gentle Monster pop-up showcases a variety of the brand's optical collection and serves as a great demonstration in eyewear merchandising. The steel interior walls have a number of pipes installed to it that make up the basis for the shelving on which the glasses are displayed.
As direct-to-consumer eyewear brands like Warby Parker create a more streamlined shopping experience, traditional eyewear retailers are being forced to up their in-store presence in order to remain competitive.
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2-4 drops green food coloring
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2. In a small bowl combine milk and vinegar. Set aside and let sit for a few minutes.
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Nicole did the upcoming HBO miniseries Big Little Lies with Lenny's daughter Zoë Kravitz. Nicole was recently interviewed about BLL by Net-A-Porter's The Edit, and they talked about how the actresses in the show knew each other from various projects before they started shooting. Nicole confessed that she knows Zoë especially well because she was almost her stepmother.
"Well, I knew Zoë because I was engaged to her father. It's all in the family! I love Lenny; he's a great guy."
Nicole admitted during an interview with Vanity Fair in 2007 that she had been engaged to someone before she married Keith Urban in 2006, but she wouldn't say to whom. It looks that mystery is solved. Nicole and Lenny stopped being a thing in 2004, but she doesn't say why. It probably wasn't that dramatic, since they've been seen acting like friends since then.
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The Gateway to Xen'drik, Stormreach sits on the ruins of a Giant city. Formerly the home of pirates, the frontier town now sits at the forefront of exploration and exploitation of the Continent of Secrets.
The titan Cul'sir supposedly founded the city that would become Stormreach as the heart of his empire. The area was previously known for some sort of curse on the land. Unlike the more militaristic Su'lat empire, the Cul'sir giants focused on arcane advancement. Its wizards were somehow involved in the event that banished the quori invaders, utilizing a powerful source beneath the city that has yet to be found. However, this weakened the giants enough for the elves to rebel. Tairndal elves tell of one of their great heroes, Dyreal Morain, leading an attack against "the greatest evil in the land" near Stormreach; his forces were utterly destroyed. But the victory would be short lived as the dragons eventually destroyed the giant civilization. The city, strangely enough, was spared the full force of draconic aggression for reasons that remain a mystery.
A series of cultures established footholds in Xen'drik over the following millennia. Giant remnants were first, but were driven out by the Du'rashka Tul, the "Madness of Crowds" left behind by the dragons to prevent giant civilization from reforming. The sahaugins are reported to have found a sea colony in the bay, but refuse to speak of its corruption and eventual expulsion by other giants. These giants soon too abandoned the city when struck by a disease no magics could cure. Even a strange colony of the insectoid thri-kreen inhabited the ruins, only to literally vanish overnight in a manner yet to be explained.
A few other cultures briefly inhabited the ruins, including an ill-fated venture by the gnomes of Zilargo sixteen hundred years ago. But human pirates started using the ruins as a base for piracy against the growing nation of Galifar sometime in the 700s YK. This predation, and the Dragonmarked Houses interest in the resources of the continent, pressured the crown of Galifar to deal with the problem. By 802 YK, the pirates were pacified and Stormreach was established. Five pirates who worked with the crown were awarded rule of the city and are known as the Storm Lords.
The city has prospered due to the relationship between the Houses and the Storm Lords. Only a few events stand out in recent memory. In 890 YK, the Storm Lord Castal Omaren tried to eliminate the other lords and seize the city for himself. The uprising was quelled, and though the Omaren's retained their seat, their power was greatly diminished. During the Last War, Stormreach remained neutral, its ties to Galifar tenuous at best. It became a home for dissidents or others fleeing Khorvaire. A little over fifty years ago in 946 YK, the city came under its most violent assault in memory by a collection of giants known as the Basalt Tower. Only through cooperation of the Dragonmarked Houses, the Storm Lord's forces, and the usually neutral giants of Rushemé was the attack thwarted.
Now, with the Last War over, more economic and scholarly interest has reached the city.
Five Things Every Stormreacher Knows About
- The Storm Lords The Storm Lords are major figures in the city, and their exploits are watched closely.
- Tall Tales of Xen'drik Every Stormreacher can spin tales about the Lost Continent, usually involving harrowing escapes, fantastic creatures, and vanished explorers.
- Languages Stormreach, though small, stands at the crossroads of giant, drow, and Khorvaire civilization. As such, most Stormreachers know at least one additional language and snippets of others.
- No Justice Stormreach is beyond the Code of Galifar, and the Stormreach Guard works for the Storm Lords, not to maintain security.
- Gangs and Militias Ruffians of all sorts walk the streets of Stormreach. Some prey on the wards, others supposedly defend them.
Stormreach's population exceeds 11,500, with humans about half of that. Due to the Dragonmarked House enclaves, there is an equal share of the common races, with warforged and changelings making out the largest remaining fractions. Drow, giants, and other stranger folk are also common in Stormreach.
Geography and Places of Interest
Stormreach sits mostly on an island at the mouth of the Koronoo River. The ruins are built upon edifices originally built for giants, though access left for their elven slaves (called Rigging) are used by the locals. The city is built over layers of ruins, sewers, and dungeons that are treacherous and hard to reach. Above ground, the mix of ancient and newer construction, mysterious architecture (giant broken pillars, circles that project visions, and occasional floating towers), and toppled statues are shattered reminders of the giant's past
The city is divided into nine districts, each with its own districts and character.
Cross joins five of the other districts, and is passed through by most of the city. It is home to Brelish and Cyran districts and includes the House Tharashk refinery that connects to the harbor. Information, for a price, might be found in Cross.
Forgelight is the most fortified part of the city, and houses the imposing House Deneith enclave. As suited to the House of Sentinels, many mercenaries, smiths, and foundries may be found here, as well as most of the cities warforged. The oldest temple to the Sovereign Host is also found here.
The Harbor
All of the waste water of the city, including its sewage, is pumped into the Harbor. The Harbor is also the lifeblood of the city. With the enigmatic statue of the Emperor on the cliffs overlooking, a towering lighthouse with no rooms, and the water drowned ruins below, signs of the old city are everywhere.
The Marketplace
Home to the Bazaar, its enveloping red tent visible from anywhere in the district, the Marketplace is the center of the city. Services to all that visit the city can be found here, including the House Lyrandar airship tower (Falconer's Spire) and the Storm Lord's seat of power, Lorsmarch Palace. Molou's Distillery is the source of most of the highly addictive kuryeva gin in Stormreach.
Once the main gate to the city, Oldgate is far removed from most of Stormreach's frenetic activity. The Aundarian and Thranish enclaves can be found here.
Surrounded by high walls with many floating towers above, Respite is one of the more wealthy districts. The city's largest necropolis can be found here, with many undead and cunning traps protecting graves of long-dead pirate lords. Beneath these, the burial ground of long forgotten giants lie restlessly. The House Jorasco enclave is found within Respite.
Silverwall is named for its highly reflective outer wall that casts distorted reflections all that passes near. The Red Ring arena stands here, as does the enclave for The Twelve. House Kundarak has its own enclave here, and owns all the land on the other side of wall, an undeveloped (and untouched by giants) spot of the island where they have erected a very fortified—and much speculated about—fortress.
Southwatch stands near the jungle, exposed. The giants of Rushemé gather near here, putting the Vol-worshiping Karrns that dominate the district ill at ease.
Temple District
The center of entertainment and worship, the Temple district includes brothels, the House Phiarlan enclave, open theaters, and the Keep of the Silver Flame.
Leadership & Law
The five Storm Lords rule Stormreach. Each are descendants (or in the case of Yorrick Amanatu, he himself) of rapacious but crafty pirates that sided with Galifar in pacifying Stormreach. In return, rule for the city was given to them. Each Storm Lord oversees different aspects of the city, but the effective balance of power shifts between them often.
The Stormreach Watch serves the interest of the Storm Lords and no one else. Anyone can join regardless of past transgressions. Most Watch members are very open to bribery. Common folk depend on local (usually nationalistic) militias for security if they cannot provide their own.
Besides the Storm Lords, there are many active factions within Stormreach. Most of the Dragonmarked Houses have an interest, as do the nations of Khorvaire and beyond. Stormreach is a haven for intrigue in a place where everything can be covered up.Gangs
- The Bilge Rats: The ruthless gang of the Harbor District.
- The Fleas: Orphaned children who run a roving gang of pickpockets
- The Golden Lions: A group of aristocratic layabouts as likely to spend a night carousing as to smash in heads. Tend to be found in Respite and the Temple District.
- The Shrouds: Elves associated with undead who run protection rackets. They move freely beneath the city, and have been known to perform assassinations.
- The Storm Hammers: Cyrans twisted by witnessing the Day of Mourning, these nihilistic sociopaths victimize at random within the Cyran districts of Cross.
- The Night Tide: Stormreach's black market.
- The Quickfoot Gang: Whispers tell of a gang which rules the criminal underworld, that even the Bilge Rats must respect. No direct evidence that they, or their mysterious leader Quickfoot, truly exists.
- Dannel's Wrath: Cyran expats who believe the use of violence is needed to regain Cyran sovereignty.
- Knights of Thrane: The Knights of Thrane protect the ideal of Thrane, specifically that of one ruled by the royal family and not the Church of the Silver Flame (though most are Flamists). They protect the Thranish wards in Stormreach.
- The Ninth Wands: A contingent of the Aundairian army that refused to lay down their arms, the Ninth Wands now vigilantly and violently protect the Aundairian wards of Stormreach.
- Swords of Karrn: Though they seem to be aligned with Karrnathi interests, the Swords of Karrn actually follow the teachings of Karrn the Conquerer. Elite warriors from across the Five Nations make up this militia, who provide the Karrnathi district of Stormreach with some semblance of martial law.
Persons of Interest
- Harysh, owner of the The Ship's Cat.


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and took the key to room 136. We were left standing outside at midnight and had no choice but to cancel the entire trip and drive home 4 hours. The owner does not care. The owner's husband cussed at me and the entire situation has been a nightmare. Do not stay at this hotel. Very bad customer service and dirty rooms that are infested!
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