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Primed Beachhouse
The Beachhouse opened in East Hampton last weekend in the Montauk Highway space formerly occupied by Prime 103. Described as a "creative American steakhouse and sea grill," its specialty dishes include, as appetizers, lobster-glazed seared local sea scallops over truffled sweet creamed corn, and a red and yellow beet and goat cheese terrine, using cheese from the North Fork's Catapano Dairy. On the entree list are bucatini pasta with Maine sea urchin, pan-roasted tilefish, and dry-aged prime steaks. The restaurant has a raw bar, a patio for alfresco dining, and a mahogany bar with three TVs. Beachhouse is serving dinner seven nights a week.
New Mexican?
The Bridgehampton building that Almond restaurant vacated last year, before settling down at the other end of the hamlet at the corner of Montauk Highway and Ocean Road, is reportedly to become the home of a Mexican restaurant called Agave.
Cooking Demonstration
A free demonstration at the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop in Bridgehampton on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. will feature a selection from "The Splendid Grain" by Rebecca Wood, a winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and James Beard Awards.
The Backyard Restaurant at Solé East resort in Montauk reopens for the season tonight. The menu, prepared by Larry Kolar, the executive chef, centers around fresh fish from Montauk's waters and seasonal produce from local farms and the Backyard's herb garden. It includes dishes with Mediterranean and South American influences.
Appetizer choices include fluke ceviche prepared with red onions, lime, and jalapeno chile and Long Island duck confit with celery root and micro watercress. Among the entrees are grilled monkfish, scallops, skirt steak, a half natural chicken, and barbecued pork short ribs paired with sides such as mashed potatoes, bok choy, escarole, and French fries or rapini, and items such as baked cannelloni or cavatelli with pulled pork, oven-dried tomatoes, white beans, and broccoli rabe. Signature desserts include lavender cheesecake, chocolate espresso torte, and homemade jelly doughnuts.
On Sundays, there is an $18 brunch served along with live jazz and bossa nova music, and on Mondays, the Backyard is planning to offer specials on Mexican food and drinks.
New at Pierre's
There are some new dishes on the menu for spring at Pierre's restaurant in Bridgehampton. They include chilled pea soup with mint and rosemary, shrimp and scallop ceviche served with a passion fruit concoction and avocado, hanger steak with béarnaise sauce and arugula, soft-shell crab with a mild red pepper sauce, and linguine with shrimp and grilled artichokes.


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We have an announcement to make on the Round Robin blog! Read about our next book, Round Robin 3 and our upcoming show at Galerie Arludik in Paris, France!
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Hi everyone, Jennifer Chang, Daniela Strijleva, and I have been making posts on the Round Robin blog about our own processes and experiences in making artwork for the book! Go check it out!
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They Lie
I am livid with the information we are receiving from the authorities and the media about traffic on I-59. We left our home at 3:45am and didn't get to Hattiesburg until 1:00pm. The contraflow, which we took, was a joke. It only lasted about 10 miles or so, and was bumper-to-bumper from start to finish.
And authorities and media keep saying how wonderful contraflow is and keep downplaying the reports by drivers that there is serious traffic problems on I-59. It is irresponsible and potentially fatal to families to continue to tell them to evacuate at this time and to tell them that it is safe to go down I-59. People will run out of gas. People will not even be able to outrun the storm at this point.
It is a travesty. They are lying. And I'm tired and angry.


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Since the first photograph, photography has ushered forth in producing a consequential depiction of truths through the containment of fleeting moments in a tangible and archival format. Instances in time are revealed as light falls upon sensitized paper, asserting the presence of each photograph's content. The picture plane remains uniform, constricted by its own variable, physical dimensions: a synthetic simulacrum of a three-dimensional reality that will forever remain in constant flux. And yet, in spite of presenting elements of proof based within reality, the upheaval of the actual authenticity of the photograph has found itself under siege.
Through a variety of executions, the following artists working with the photographic medium twist this truism in unique and awe-inspiring ways, abolishing preconceived notions of photography through a re-presentation of the photograph. In their reconsideration of the ordinarily static picture plane, form is pushed beyond the confines of the image through the destruction, manipulation or interference of the photograph.
Featured artists include Joseph Heidecker, Matthew Brandt, Soo Kim, Eileen Quinlan and Nelson Crespo.


text: Hi, The next meeting of the BWBUG user group will be on Dec. 19th at NIST. The speaker will be Robert Porenta from Turbo Linux. Robert is the lead developer of EnFuzion, Turbo's high performance computing environment. Location: NIST-Admin Bldg. Conference Room A Time: December 19th 3:00P.M. Directions: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/events.htm Further information: Howard Levenson 301-424-5489 Robert Porenta - Biography 2000 Joined Turbolinux, lead developer for EnFuzion 1997 cofounder of Active Tools company, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1994 MS Computer science, University of Ljubljana 1991 B.Sc. in Electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana Other projects 1996-1997 Senior Developer on HP OpenView project 1992-1996 Working on the development of editorial information system 1989-1992 Development of Parallel Unix operating system for Transputers 1986-1989 Development of tools for Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design In a nutshell. Robert Porenta is one of the top clustering developers in the world who helped build this product. The talk we will give will be on Enfuzion which is a parallel processing software that takes an application and runs it in Parallel. It is similar to how Beowulf but allows you to work across multiple platforms including NT, UNIX, Solaris, PPC-Risc 6000, and Linux. It also differs from Beowulf because you distribute jobs to already deployed workstations. With Beowulf you need to have dedicated machines. We will spend the time talking about how enfuzion takes advantage of idel CPU cycles and can speed up existing applications but factors of unlimited proportion. For more information on Enfuzion please go to www.turbolinux.com. Go to products and you will see enfuzion. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Levenson Account Manager VA Linux Systems Founder BWBUG http://www.valinux.com http://bwbug.tux.org Off. 301-424-5489 http://www.osdn.com Cel. 301-325-4276 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: levenson.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 314 bytes Desc: Card for Howard Levenson URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20001218/4df280be/attachment.vcf>


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Welcome to our list of WIT mentors. The mentors are shown by TTS region (i.e., Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, North America and finally Oceania).
We suggest that you read the biographies of any of the mentors you are interested in (click on the bio tab next to their picture and you will be taken to their information) and when you are ready to select your mentors, return to your mentee application form (go to the Mentoring Scheme menu and choose 'become a mentee') and choose your mentors from the drop down boxes in the form.
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Student Appreciation Awards, April 16, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., April 16, 2001 -- Five students and two student groups have been selected as this year's recipients of the Student Appreciation Awards at New Mexico Tech. This marks the third year the award has been given to students who have demonstrated leadership and service at the state-supported research university.
This year's winners are Tech undergraduates Carolyn Munk, Jessica Peck, and Michaelann Shortencarrier. New Mexico Tech graduate student winners are Carsten Brandt and Aaron Schnell.
For the first time in the awards' short history, two student groups tied as award recipients: the New Mexico Tech Physics Club and the Tech Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
The student winners and groups will be honored at an awards dinner in May.
"This award is the university's way of saying 'Thank you' to students who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to their peers, to the university, and to the community," says Emily Nye, associate professor of English at New Mexico Tech and founding member of the Student Appreciation Awards Committee. "We have so many terrific, dedicated students who deserve to be acknowledged for their efforts. It was hard to select the most deserving."
The honored New Mexico Tech students were nominated by their professors, campus employers, and fellow students. The Student Appreciation Awards Committee is comprised of representatives from the university offices of Financial Aid, Student Affairs, Advising Resource Center, Residential Life, Educational Outreach, and Graduate Studies.


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Measuring GPU Load in Windows
Most modern operating systems offer a simple and graphical way to monitor CPU usage. However, when you work with OpenCL, you are going to be interested in measuring GPU load as well. Two free utilities let you measure GPU load in modern Windows versions.
GPU manufacturers offer utilities that display the core clock, memory clock, temperature and load for each GPU found in the system. However, one of the great disadvantages of these utilities is that they work with the GPUs from a specific manufacturer. Thus, if you are developing OpenCL applications and you want to test them with diverse GPUs from different manufacturers, you have to use a many proprietary utilities to measure the GPU load in each computer.
Luckily, there are two free utilities that can help you to measure the GPU load in modern Windows versions and they support most modern GPUs from diverse manufacturers. GPU-Z 0.4.4, developed by TechPowerUp and PC-Wizard 2010 version 1.94, developed by CPUID, allow you to track GPU load.
GPU-Z provides the most complete information about the GPU usage in real-time. When you launch this utility and click on the Sensors tab, it displays real-time information for the following variables:
- GPU Core Clock
- GPU Memory Clock
- GPU Temperature
- Fan Speed
- GPU Load
- Fan Speed
- GPU Temp. (DISPIO)
- GPU Temp. (MEMIO)
- GPU Temp. (SHADERCORE)
You can click on the arrow located at the right-hand side of each of the aforementioned variables and select the desired reading that you want the utility to display for the variable. A context menu displays four options related to the desired reading:
- Show current reading
- Show lowest reading
- Show highest reading
- Show average reading
By default, the utility shows the current reading for each variable. GPU-Z displays the GPU core clock and the GPU load. You can log the values for both variables to a file and analyze them after running your OpenCL application. Most modern GPUs don't work with a fixed core clock. The core clock frequency changes according to the load, and therefore, it is very important to consider both the core clock frequency and the GPU load.
You can click on the value displayed for each variable and GPU-Z will switch to the maximum, minimum, average and current values. However, if you want to analyze the information, it is very convenient to log the desired values to a file because the graphs shown for each variable are very small. Figure 1 shows the values and the graphs for an OpenCL application that showed a 98 % for GPU load and made the GPU increase its core clock from 200 MHz to 300 MHz. The graph at the right-hand side of the GPU core clock label displays the frequency increment.
Figure 1: GPU-Z displaying the GPU core clock and the GPU load.
PC-Wizard is a great utility to discover detailed information about the underlying hardware. When you minimize the latest version of this excellent software, it displays an icon in Windows notification area. However, by default, PC-Wizard keeps monitoring many variables in real-time and shows an on screen display on Windows desktop. In previous versions, the utility showed the load for each physical core found in the system. In the latest version, this information adds the GPU load. PC-Wizard uses GFX load as the label to indicate the GPU load, as in Figure 2.
Figure 2: PC-Wizard 2010 displaying the GPU load (GFX load).
PC-Wizard also offers information about the GPU clock. However, this information doesn't appear included in the real-time on screen display. If you don't need to log data to a file and you just want to have an idea of GPU load, this information can be helpful. If you need complete data about the GPU usage, GPU-Z will offer you detailed information and you will be able to log it to a file.


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The city of Chicago has 36,000 parking meters. In 2008, it sold them on a 75 year lease for over one billion dollars. The buyers were led by Morgan Stanley. But as Matt Taibbi reports in his forthcoming book Griftopia, previewed in Rolling Stone, the state-owned investment arm of Abu Dhabi ended up owning a large share -- possibility a controlling majority -- in Chicago's parking meter system.
It was December 1, 2008. That morning would be the first time that the Chicago City Council would be formally notified that Mayor Richard Daley had struck a deal with Morgan Stanley to lease all of Chicago's parking meters for seventy-five years. The final amount of the bid was $1,156,500,000, a lump sum to be paid to the city of Chicago for seventy-five years' worth of parking meter revenue....He then gave them the details: he had arranged a lease deal with Morgan Stanley, which put together a consortium of investors which in turn put a newly created company called Chicago Parking Meters LLC in charge of the city's meters. There was no mention of who the investors were or who the other bidders might have been. ... The council at this time has no idea who's actually behind the deal. "We were never informed," says Hairston. "Not even later."
But while the City of Chicago was deliberating on whether to sell their parking meter system to Morgan Stanley--which they ultimately decided to do--the Wall Street megabank was making plans to offload the parking meters to a third party.
[The investment] process involved [Morgan Stanley]'s Infrastructure group going on a road tour to ask people with lots of cash to pony up. It was these guys from Morgan's Infrastructure desk who took their presentation to the Middle East and pitched Chicago's parking meters to a room full of bankers and analysts in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, who ultimately agreed to purchase a large stake.
Within two months of selling its parking meters to a coalition of U.S. and Western investors led by Morgan Stanley, Chicago's parking meters came under new, foreign ownership.
So basically Morgan Stanley found a bunch of investors, including themselves, to put up over a billion dollars in December 2008; a big chunk of those investors then bailed out to make way in February 2009 for this Deeside Investments, which was 49.9 percent owned by Abu Dhabi and 50.1 percent owned by a company called Redoma SARL, about which nothing was known except that it had an address in Luxembourg.
Taibbi calls this a "bait and switch" pulled by Morgan Stanley on Chicago. He explains why this is about more than just parking meters. Now if city officials want to do anything that might disrupt parking meter revenue -- let's say close down parking for a street festival or parade -- they need to get the approval of those meters' shadowy, foreign owners. They also need approval to change parking hours or fees. The new ownership has already made unwelcome changes, ending the previous policy of allowing free parking on holidays. But not only did Chicago cede the operation of an entire segment of the city to mysterious private investors -- Taibbi says they could have gotten four times as much money for it, up to $5 billion.
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text: Saige Copeland loves spending time on her grandma's ranch, riding horses and painting. Her school made the tough choice to cut art classes, which means she's lost her favorite subject. So when her grandma decides to organize a "save the arts" fundraiser and parade to benefit the school, Saige jumps on board. She begins training her grandma's beautiful horse, Picasso, for his appearance in the parade. Then her grandma is injured in an accident, and Saige wonders what she can do to help. Can she ride Picasso in the parade and make her grandma proud? And can she still raise money to protect the arts at school? Author: Jessie Haas. Paperback. 128 pages. Ages 8+


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Beehive Metadata for Web Services
The purpose of JSR-181 "Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform" is to simplify the authoring and deployment of Java Web Services. Beehive's "Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform" subproject (WSM) provides an open source implementation of this specification that (when completed) can be used on on many web service deployment platforms. Note, this project is also known as "WSM".
Note, WSM is not another web service runtime. Rather, WSM is used to author web services that then execute atop a web service runtime. For example, users can write web services as annotated Java files and execute them atop Axis, Geronimo, and various other web service runtimes.
Architecture: WsmArchitecture
Tools: WsmTools
Feature wishlist: WsmFeatureWishlist
WSM has been undergoing substantial refactoring in the last few months and is getting closer to completion. The three areas left with sbustantial work include:
- type mapping
- .wsdd file generation
- tools
The near-term priority for WSM is passing the JSR-181 TCK. This project has been alive for a long time, but it's still not shipped a usable 1.0. WSM needs to ship before adding substantial new features including additional tools, XMLBean support, and so on.
- Support for authoring annotated web services that execute atop the Axis 1.x web service runtime
- Annotation Processor: A processor for JSR-175 annotations; the JSR-181 processor unless stated otherwise.
- Annotated Web Service: A .java source file that complies with JSR-181 and uses JSR-175 metadata.
Web Service Runtime: The actual web service runtime on which an annotated web service executes. Such implementations might be Apache Axis, WebLogic, Geronimo, and so on.
- WSDL (Web Service Definition Langugae): An XML instance document that defines the interface for a web service.
- WSM: The TLA for this project.
- XSD: An XML Schema file; schemas are often used in web services to define the message shape of a web service's inputs and outputs.
- .class file: executable byte code derived from annotated Java Web Service files file through compilation.
- .jws file: An Axis-specific Java web service.
APT Sun Microsystems Annotation Processing Tool (APT).
Axis Apache Software Foundation. Web Services Axis.
JSR-101 R. Chinnici. Java APIs for XML based RPC.
JSR-109 J. Knutson. Implementing Enterprise Web Services.
JSR-175 G. Bracha. A Metadata Facility for the Java Programming Language.
JSR-181 M. Mihic, J. Trezzo. Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform.
Old documents are linked here:
JSR-181 Project Plan (Proposal): Jsr181ProjectPlan
General Proposal: Jsr181Impl
Requirements for JSR-181 Implementation: Jsr181Requirements
Architecture for JSR-181 Implementation (Proposal): Jsr181ImplArchitecture


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How I Use iPhone Apps to Study The Bible and Prepare to Speak
I share the following workflow for three reasons. The first is that I get a lot of requests about how I prepare my messages, and people seem genuinely helped when I explain my methods. The second is that it speaks to study in general; not everyone is a pastor or teacher, but everyone, especially Christians, should be students of scripture and of life.
The third is that I believe I'm in the cross-over generation from print Bibles to digital Bibles, at least in leading and developing first world nations. This is important. I grew up reading my Gideon hotel-stolen NKJV until it needed rebinding, and my leather-bound NIV Rainbow Study Bible. But as I traveled more (specifically flying), the sheer weight and size of my Bibles and notebooks became an impediment. As the iPhone, and then iPad made it easier to chose how I could pack, my study habits also started to change. They became more efficient, and therefore more powerful.
Superior tools allow a craftsman to do better work. The generation behind me often finds digital sterile and cold, some might even say "un-anointed." But the generation coming after me needs to be even more immersed in the written Word. I'm sure there may have been similar despondency when people could actually bring a Bible into their home for the first time. "But how will we know what it means if the priest isn't here to teach us?" Or how about the glaring hurdle of having to learn how to read?
The point is, if there are new tools available to us that proliferate the accessibility of scripture and allow us to understand more than ever before, we need to champion them, if nothing more than for the sake of those coming after us.
When preparing a sermon for a church service, I first have to begin where I want to end: my audience (their needs and contextual appetites), my time frame (if I'm at New Life, we have four services each with a 20-25 minute window for the message; if I'm at EDEN school in France, I look at 3-hour blocks), and obviously my goal (what I want them leaving with). Without these, I tend to ramble, over prepare, and think more about what I want to say than what God wants to say. Remember, constraints can either limit you or serve you—the choice is entirely yours.
All of my messages begin (and mostly end) on my iPhone. It's always with me, so convenience is key. It's also the place I do my largest amount of Bible reading. I use four different apps for different reasons.
Bible by YouVersion: This is the easiest and simplest app to read from for me. The social connectivity attributes are nice, but not really the reason I'm there. When I need to copy and paste scriptures, this app places them in my clipboard with the reference in parentheses at the bottom. I have it loaded with ESV, NKJV, NIV, KJV and NLT.
PocketSword by CrossWire: This is the mojo, the magic sauce Bible app for me. I use it for one thing: Greek and Hebrew (Strongs modules) in the KJV (the only version they appear in). When I want to research and break down the words (something all good teachers and preachers need to be in the practice of), PocketSword is my go-to app.
Lumina by Bible Studies Foundation: This NET translation of the Bible comes hyperlinked with 60,000 translation notes created by 25 translation scholars from Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. Great for digging a little deeper into those hard-to-understand passages.
Bible+ by Olive Tree: I tend to make most of my in-Bible notes and highlights in this app as it "feels" the most like reading my favorite print Bibles. I typically read out of the ESV here. Pasting copied sections strips out the references, so if I want to grab something I like, I jump back to YouVersion.
The other reading app I use most (paired beside Evernote, which I'll hit next) is Kindle for iOS. In here I'm gleaning from whatever non-fiction or essays (PDFs) I've downloaded. I'm a firm believer that you don't have enough time to extract everything out of the Bible that you need, so you better eat from the hands of others who've used their entire lives to share something worth digesting.
Since I'm one of those preachers who believes that everything needs to be rooted and end up in the written Word, most all of my ideas launch out of verses that speak to my life experiences, world happenings and what I believe God is trying to say to people (my audience, in particular).
As a result, when I'm reading in one of my Bible apps, I'm bound to open Evernote within moments. Evernote is my catch-all of choice. From pics and drawings to links and syncing, it's my jam, and arguably the best on the market.
I have an "Academics" stack that contains most all of my more heady content, and within, my "Messages" notebook. I allow this notebook to be very fluid. It not only contains finished content, but also "content in process." Or as my Dad uses in his three ring binders, his "Sermons Working" tab.
Here's a shot from a message I preached last Sunday at L'Eglise Sans Frontiers in Longuyon, France:
When I'm traveling or under time constraints, I preach right out of Evernote from my iPad or iPhone. But if I have time, there's one extra step that I take. Fair warning: this is for geeks, nerds, designers and people with any level of OCD.
I import my content from Evernote into InDesign to create a good looking PDF.
I learned from designer Nathan Davis to value the added step of creating a beautiful looking PDF as it has a way of internalizing the content more thoroughly. This added process, while sometimes time consuming, is a great way of embedding the message deeper into my gut where it moves from notes I have to read verbatim to a message I can proclaim intuitively. And when I need to transition from teaching to preaching while onstage, this key component is essential.
My father, Peter, taught (and challenged) me to love scripture. And he still prepares his messages using his wonderful leather-bound Bible and 8″ three-ring notebooks filled with his handwriting. What he passed on, however, we're not his methods, but his love for God's Word. Regardless of how you learn, study, preach or teach, make sure that you're more focused on imparting than on your process: few people will remember how you did it, but everyone will remember what you did.
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Jason J Clement · 25 Jul '14 at 8:52 am
Love this article! Insider stuff! I'm not doing any preaching in France anytime soon… I can however always improve on the way I read and the way I digest. I also look forward to someday buying an ebook filled with your sermon PDFs (Same goes for you Nathan Davis!).
Rebecca Marquart · 30 Jul '14 at 7:07 am
Thank you, Chris, for sharing your process. The passion and skill demonstrated are a blessing, encouragement, and challenge – as all good examples should be.
Ian Shepherd · 29 Aug '14 at 4:02 pm
Love this, particularly the new tools bit. I'm a big Evernote fan and came here looking for app workflow.. I think you can copy verse references in Olive Tree though- Advanced settings, Other Settings, tap Include Verse Numbers.Then when copying, do it via tapping verse numbers- the ref is pasted at the start. If that's what you meant, hope it helps.
Christopher Hopper · 29 Aug '14 at 11:15 pm
Thanks for the kind comment and for replying with such a great tip! That's so cool. Thank you!


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Anne Hathaway was nothing short of chic on the 2013 Oscars red carpet in her pale pink Prada gown, but that was not her first choice. E!'s "Fashion Police" hosts had hinted on air during the pre-red carpet discussions that the best supporting actress winner would wear a Valentino dress to the show. Now, the star has issued an apology to the house of Valentino, who also thought she was going to be showcasing one of their masterpieces, according to a Feb. 26 Women's Wear Daily report (WWD).
Everyone watching the E!'s red carpet show saw Hathaway tell host Ryan Seacrest that she didn't choose the Prada dress until a few hours before appearing on the red carpet, leaving many to speculate about her reasons for dumping her Valentino dress. "I didn't know what I was wearing until two hours ago. I tried on a lot of dresses, but at the end of the day, I loved the simplicity of it," Hathaway said on the red carpet.
According to WWD, Valentino, thinking that Hathaway's Valentino design was her final choice, sent out a press release ahead of the event, notifying relevant press that Hathaway would be rocking Valentino.
On Tuesday, Hathaway released a statement through her publicist Stephen Huvane, addressing the dress controversy.
"It came to my attention late Saturday night that there would be a dress worn to the Oscars that is remarkably similar to the Valentino I had intended to wear, and so I decided it was best for all involved to change my plans. Though I love the dress I did wear, it was a difficult last-minute decision as I had so looked forward to wearing Valentino in honor of the deep and meaningful relationship I have enjoyed with the house and with Valentino himself. I deeply regret any disappointment caused."
The only other Valentino gown on the red carpet at the event was Jennifer Aniston's strapless red stunner.
Us Weekly has a different take. A source tells the magazine that Hathaway changed her mind on the Valentino design because she thought that her Les Miserables costar Amanda Seyfried's Alexander McQueen Oscar dress was similar to the Valentino design. According to the same source, Hathaway asked Seyfried what she would be wearing on the red carpet. "What are you wearing? Can you send me a picture of it?" After Seyfried sent the photo, Hathaway changed her mind and went with Prada.


text: Aaron, Try configuring mpich using the following option: ./configure -opt=-O -device=ch_p4 --with-romio="-file_system=pvfs+ufs+nfs" -lib="-L/usr/lib/libpvfs.a -lpvfs" -cflags="-I/usr/include/pvfs" -Kums -- Kumaran Rajaram, Mississippi State University -- kums at cs.msstate.edu <http://www.cs.msstate.edu/~kums> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Aaron Collier wrote: > Hello, > > I have been having problems getting MPICH 1.2.5 to compile with ROMIO > support for PVFS. I have installed PVFS and used the -cflags argument to > pass the location of the PVFS include files, but I still get errors. From > what I can tell the problem isn't with ROMIO, but rather with MPICH. I > checked and ROMIO compiles all of the files properly with the added > include argument, but MPICH complains about the library file (libmpich.a). > The error messages I get complain about unknown references (the function > prototypes it needs are in the include files I provided an argument for). > What am I doing wrong? MPICH compiles without any errors when I specify > that ROMIO only support nfs, but I really need PVFS to work as well. I > even tried compiling ROMIO seperately, but the Makefile included with the > source distribution has some syntax problems. I also had to add a few > includes to numerous files to get them to compile properly. Even then I > couldn't get ROMIO to install properly. Has anyone configured MPICH with > ROMIO support for PVFS? Any help anyone could provide would be greatly > appreciated. > > Bye, > Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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HP has announced a new support solution focused on clients running business-critical applications on virtualized HP ProLiant servers in an effort to improve performance and availability while reducing costs. The new HP Critical Advantage service provides users with an assigned problem resolution and process improvement support team tasked with maintaining uptime in business-critical virtualized environments.
HP Critical Advantage is billed as the "first comprehensive service" offering from a major technology vendor that delivers support for business-critical applications in virtualized x86 environments. The company insists that as more organizations implement business-critical applications on virtualized x86 servers, the need to avoid unplanned downtime while accelerating performance has increased.
HP Critical Advantage services are intended to maintain client uptime by offering support levels based on needs and budget. "As enterprises virtualize their industry-standards-based environments to control costs and gain flexibility, they are realizing the vast complexities the technology can introduce," said Matt Healey, research manager, software and hardware support services, IDC.
HP new solution comprises the following elements:
- The HP Global Mission Critical Solution Center focused on reducing the frequency and duration of outages by providing rapid reactive support and incident resolution for complex business-critical environments.
- A defined set of proactive services based on industry best practices for change management and process improvement helps prevent unplanned downtime by anticipating potential issues.
- HP Critical Advantage Flexible Proactive Services, which includes performance & capacity analysis for virtual environments to guide clients on virtualization capacity planning to align performance with business demands — and also, a virtualization readiness workshop for critical applications to provide infrastructure planning and assessment that help clients quickly achieve virtualization's benefits while mitigating potential risks.


text: This valve was made by the American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) to protect his liquid oxygen tanks from bursting due to too much pressure caused by evaporation of the very cold liquid. The valve dates to the 1930's when Goddard conducted his experiments at Roswell, New Mexico.Mrs. Robert H. Goddard donated this object to the Smithsonian Institution in 1959 as part of a large collection of artifacts from her husband.


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Don't Ask, Don't Tell REPEALED!
It's such a momentous day... our family is celebrating as if it were New Year's Eve!
Remember that my spouse Sarah was in the US Army from 1983-1990 and was kicked out for being Lesbian despite garnering many awards and accolades for her superior work and work ethic. Sarah would have been an amazing career Army soldier; our country lost out immensely by the stupid rule... which, at that time was "Gay? Out you go. And take this Dishonorable Discharge with you." She negotiated an Honorable Discharge with a bar to re-enlistment.
The Army called Sarah when the first Gulf War broke out, telling her they needed her MOS (her specialty... a mechanic for diesel trucks 22.5 tons and bigger) critically for the war. She told them "If this dyke isn't good enough for you in peace time, she sure isn't good enough for you in war time. Go find some straight chick to carry those 50-pound tool boxes."
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Feeling blue: Venerable diner to close
It celebrated its 25th anniversary less than a month ago, but Blue Moon Diner won't live to see its 26th, says co-owner Rob "Gus" Gustafson. In fact, on August 29, the Diner– also owned by Marcus Hahn– in its current incarnation will cease to exist.
No more hangover-bustin' breakfasts, no more greeting friends for leisurely coffee, no more late-night partying to bands like the Hogwaller Ramblers.
Gerry Danner, who ran the Diner from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, sounded shocked when the Hook informed him of the closing earlier this week.
"Really?" said Danner while working at his current restaurant, Dr. Ho's Humble Pie. "Whoa!"
It was Danner who introduced the Moon's signature dish, Huevos Bluemooños, a spicy mix of eggs, cheese, and grilled potatoes that has thrilled gourmands for years.
Gustafson says his and Hahn's catering business, Harvest Moon, will go on as usual in the space, but that may be small consolation to the legions of loyal Moonies who came to the diner for the Huevos, the coffee, and the companionship.
"Every time I went in there," says Natalie Siler, 20, "I saw someone I knew– whether it was the cook, the guy who made the brownies in the back, or a childhood friend."
Indeed, a place like this may come along just once in a Blue Moon.
The Blue Moon Diner prepares to close, but Harvest Moon Catering will live on.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Herbalife Ltd. continued their rise in the extended session Tuesday after the company boosted its outlook for the year and reported quarterly results that topped Wall Street estimates.
Herbalife HLF, -0.16% shares, which closed up 3.8% on the regular session, rose 1.6% to $70.05 on moderate volume.
Herbalife reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.28 a share on revenue of $1.27 billion, while forecasting fiscal 2014 earnings of $5.85 to $6.05 a share.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of $1.25 a share on revenue of $1.25 billion, with a 2014 earnings forecast of $5.87 a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet.
La-Z-Boy Inc. LZB, +0.54% shares fell 9.6% to $24.50 on light volume after the furniture maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of 32 cents a share on revenue of $350.4 million. Analysts estimated fiscal third-quarter earnings of 35 cents a share on revenue of $378.7 million.
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Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. US:CHTP shares jumped 34% to $6.63 on heavy volume after the biotech reported it received accelerated Food and Drug Administration approval for its treatment of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, a condition where a lack of norepinephrine causes fainting, dizziness, or lightheadedness in sufferers when they stand up. The company said the drug, Northera, is the first and only FDA-approved drug for the condition.
Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. UCTT, +3.52% shares jumped 19% to $14.25 after the high-tech manufacturer reported fourth-quarter earnings of 22 cents a share on revenue of $126.3 million. Analysts had forecast 20 cents a share on revenue of $125.7 million. Ultra Clean expects adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 28 cents to 31 cents a share on revenue of $135 million to $140 million. Analysts had forecast 18 cents a share on revenue of $124.2 million.
Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR, +0.00% shares rose 2.4% to $19.10 on moderate volume after the drilling rig services company reported fourth-quarter net income of 42 cents a share, which included 16 cents a share in one-time items, on revenue of $1.61 billion. Analysts expected 20 cents a share on revenue of $1.54 billion.
Shares of Analog Devices Inc. ADI, +2.44% advanced 1.3% to $51.88 after the chip maker hiked its dividend and expanded its share buyback program with the report of earnings results
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It's amazing how quickly yesterday's holiday feast can become today's holiday leftovers taking up space in your fridge.
Once you reach that point, it becomes a race against time to consume the food before it spoils, lest it go to waste.
Regardless of how quickly you eat up those leftovers though, they will make their presence known, in odors ranging from nostalgic to unpleasant.
Fortunately, you still have time to get the refrigerator air filters you need to ensure joyous holiday feasts do not become unpleasant holiday odors.
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Author Notes: Breaking bread has symbolic meanings, it symbolizes sharing for one. That makes it a nice present to give and receive; you can rip of a bun for every guest and wrap it in a piece of cloth. I never did care for fancy wrapping; I always use old magazines (gives nice colors) and anything else I can find around the garden and house. Plain rope or some dried berries and leafs as decoration.
And of course it is nice for the guest (especially when they left late) that they have something to eat next to their first coffee in the morning. They will have a nice reminder of the previous night (instead of / or next to the hangover), and not a gift that will be lost in the back of the cupboard.
These buns are also a little healthier than the regular ones, using soya milk and whole wheat flour, no sugar (But I did use syrup so that one doesn't count)
—Janneke Verheij
Serves: 4-8
cup soya milk
1 1/2
cups non bleached flour
cup whole wheat flour
teaspoon dried yeast
beaten egg
tablespoon cubed butter
tablespoon kitchen syrup (zeeuwse keuken stroop)
gram chopped chocolate (about 76% cacao)
gram dried (and soaked) cranberries
pinches cinnamon
teaspoon salt
- Warm the milk until luke warm. Stir in the non bleached flour until you have a smooth batter, mix in the butter, egg, salt, syrup, salt, yeast. Add the whole wheat flour in batches and stir everything together. Mix in the cranberries and the chocolate.
- The dough will be very stick still but that's alright, we're going to handle it lightly along the way. Generously flour a clean worktop and put the dough on top. Dust the dough with flour and start folding it over with your fingers. Just use the tips of your fingers to press the dough and fold it over for about 5 minutes. You'll probably have to add some more flour to it, just add enough so it won't stick to your worktop.
- Grease a bowl and put the dough inside. Cover it with cling film and leave it to rise on a warm spot until doubled in size (about 1 to 1 ½ hour).
- Preheat the oven to 400F or 200C. When doubled in size put the dough again on a floured worktop and cut in 8 pieces of the same size.
- Grease a cake pan with butter and. Form the pieces into balls and place them in the cake pan, cover again and let them rise for about half an hour. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until golden brown, let them cool down on a rack. If you like to give them a sweater touch, lightly brush them with sugar water 5 minutes before you take them out of the oven.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Edible Gift
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Reviewed by Nathan R. (age 8)
I liked the book because it was a fairy tale. My favorite part was when Gerda was fighting guards because it was exciting. My favorite person was the little robber girl because of all her pets.
I recommend this book to all fairy tale lovers and for teachers to read to their kids.


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Does a larger farm size translate into lower costs? Apparently only up to 1,200 acres. Below 1,200 acres, per-acre costs are $373 to $449/acre, whereas at more than 1,200 acres, costs are $349 to $376/acre. At more than 1,200 acres, the cost of farming does not increase significantly. A University of Illinois Extension Service study by Gary Schnitkey and Dale Lattz came up with these answers based on 2002 data from farms enrolled in the Farm Business Management Association record-keeping program.
These answers run counter to the common belief that larger farms have better purchasing power than smaller farms do. "Our data does not support this contention because costs are relatively constant across farm sizes," Schnitkey says. "In particular, crop costs remain constant across larger farm sizes, suggesting that farmers do not have purchasing power with fertilizer, seed or pesticide inputs." View the report at www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/manage/newsletters/fefo03_10/fefo03_10.html.
This same study also examined living expenses among the Illinois farm families enrolled in the record-keeping program. Living expenses in 2002 averaged $48,855 compared to $48,097 in 2001, an increase of 2.9%. In spite of the increase, income and social security taxes dropped. Income taxes paid in 2002 averaged $9,867 compared with $11,475 in 2001. The researchers report this is lowest level of taxes paid since 1990. The complete report is available online at www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/manage/newsletters/fefo03_09/fefo03_09.html.


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Dutch Savage is probably aboot
the most Canadian non-Canadian out there. There wasn't a star from the Great White North that he didn't face, often on foreign turf in the B.C.-based All-Star Wrestling.
He was one of the most recognizable names of the Pacific Northwest for decades, from Northern California to Oregon to Idaho to Washington State to British Columbia, and Hawaii.
Yet his beef about not having a profile in the SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame is legit. "I remember that SLAM! Wrestling. All the guys that they ever talked about, they never mentioned me once. It's amazing, all the places I've been, all the things that I've done in the business, they've never mentioned me. Not once," he said. "They mention all these other guys who couldn't even carry my jock to the ring."
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dutch grew up in Maryland, went to school at Marshall University in West Virginia before moving back home to work. His younger brother came home, whom he hadn't seen in years, and told him about his life as a pro wrestler up in Canada as Man Mountain Campbell.
So the young Dutch learned some basics under his brother at the local YMCA, then traveled down to Florida where his brother was about to become Luke Brown (and later one half of the Kentuckians tag team). His tutelage lasted about a year and a half, learning from his brother and Tiny Smith.
He made his debut in Georgia in 1962 as Lonnie Brown and got beat up for months, slowly learning the trade and putting weight and muscle onto his 6-foot-4 frame. The name Dutch Savage came along in Kansas City, and he worked as Mr. X in Tennessee as well.
But when he went up to the Pacific Northwest in the late '60s, he found a home.
Savage worked in Vancouver's All-Star Wrestling promotion for eight years "I worked in and out, in and out, in and out. I'd go down to Oregon, come back up, go down to Oregon, come back up."
Dutch has lots of stories about the men he worked with. Here's a few that he shared:
Gene Kiniski
stands out as a major influence. "Gene's the one that got me in really, really top physical condition, whether I wanted to be there or not. I had to work with him every single night for years, in singles and tag matches," he said. "If it was a preliminary match, it always went 30, 35 minutes. If it was a main event, it went close to an hour every single night. Up and down, up and around, around and about, all in the centre of the ring with him."
Another great friend is the Mormon Giant, Don Leo Jonathan. "Don Leo and I were tag team partners for years. We went to Japan together, Korea together. He got me in more trouble than Carter had liver pills, the old fart. You know what he did to me one night in Tokyo? I'd just gotten in for my first tour there, it was '54, '55, Rikidozan had the territory. I couldn't speak Japanese at all. He'd been there twice already. So he said, 'Dutchess, you come along with me' - you know that little boy (voice) - 'you come along with me, and I'll make sure that you eat right. Don't you worry about nothing. Dutchess, I've got you covered.' Well, we'd go in and he'd order a breakfast for us. They'd bring him out a kobe steak, eggs and nice toast and everything. They'd bring me a bowl of rice and a fish. He said, 'Well, it must be lacking something in the translation.' So he did this twice to me. The third time that we went back to this same restaurant, I had no idea he had talked to the waiter. I took the waiter by the hand and took him out in front of the restaurant, where in the window, they have all this plastic food that looks just like real food. It's all steaming and everything. So I went, 'Iche, iche, iche, one of those, one of those, one of those, one of those.' He says, 'Okay, dajobe.' Don't worry, I'll do that. I went back in the restaurant. They brought Leo his steak and everything. I said, 'Finally, I'm going to get some decent food.' The guy brought me out this tray, and you could see the steam coming out of it. He took the tablecloth off of it. It was the plastic food I'd ordered in the window. Don had put him up to it, paid him 50 bucks to do. I cussed that Mormon up one side and down the other. Couldn't do anything, he's too big. 'Dutchess, now don't you get mad.'"
Stan Stasiak
was a "real, real super easy guy to get heat with. He knew the business inside and out. Great guy."
The name Killer Karl Krupp
gets Savage laughing. "Krupp was crazy! He was fun. He was just a lot of fun. I had a ball with him. You ever hear about the match we had down in Portland when I chased him outside the building, slammed the door? I said, 'You're going into the mud puddle.' 'I'm not going in the mud puddle. I'm not getting my tights dirty!' So I threw him in the mud puddle. He had mud up his nose, in his ears. He was so mad at me he almost broke the door off the hinges chasing me back in the building. They got all that on tape too. We sold out about 16 weeks in a row with Krupp. To this day, he'd get me laughing so hard, I couldn't do anything in the ring."
Mad Dog Vachon
is another where the smile on Dutch's face comes through the phone line. "Maurice, probably one of toughest, ornery little farts in the business. I call him up. He says, 'I work all my life in the ring. I never make a whole lot of money. I retire. I get hit by a car, they take off my leg. Now I'm a millionaire," Savage recalled. "Maurice was solid box-office. Everything he ever touched went to gold."
Besides the Pacific Northwest, Savage was a very big name in Hawaii, where he worked as Dutch Shultz, and in Japan.
For a few years, Savage was part-owner of part of the Washington state territory. He sold that and got out of wrestling by 1980.
Like many oldtimers, today's wrestling isn't for him. "Today is nothing but tumbling, and they're making millions. We had to convince the people. I don't understand it. We were making thousands convincing them, they're making millions tumbling. It shows you what the morality of the country is like right now."
After his career ended, Savage dabbled in real estate, but found a calling doing drug and alcohol seminars at schools which led him deeper into his faith.
Today, at age 70, he has a different kind of fame on TV, with a show called Dutch's Corner
on a public access stations. "I teach King James scripture. I do not teach denominationalism, I do not teach religion. I teach straight scripture," he explained.
And despite what one might think, he's still taking bumps, but now they are more of the verbal ilk from people who don't see his work the way he does. He is regularly "criticized, dehumanized, demonized" because he teaches directly from the scriptures. "It negates and puts down the 524 Protestant denominations in North America right now calling themselves The Way, The Truth and The Light, when the Bible says there's one way. Wonder why they don't follow it? Because they have their own lines. They're not affiliated with Christ. They're affiliated with Christ only in name."
Greg Oliver founded SLAM! Wrestling with John Powell way back in 1996, and has been writing about pro wrestling since 1985. He is the author of the recently published book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians from ECW Press. Order it from the
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Quick&Secure Complete Network Tunnel over SSH
What's New in Linux v. 2.6.28
Printer Tip: Cleaning your Print Heads the Cheap&Smart Way
- Open GIMP.
- Create a new full size page (e.g. A4 or Letter).
- Change the foreground colour to the color that's making the problem. Use the CMYK color picker and you can e.g. just pcik Yellow or Magenta, which your printer uses. I had a problem with yellow. See the "Y" on 100% on the left side.
- Fill the entire page with the chosen foreground color.
- If you can, go to the printer settings,
- set the Quality to the Highest setting.
- set the Malfunctioning Color e.g. +50.
- set the maximum dpi.
- Print the page, better twice in a row, that's more efficient unless there's just a minor skip in the color. Then keep printing single pages until the color comes back nicely.
Worked great on my Canon MP610! And it does not only save ink from the colors you spare the cleaning, it usually also saves ink from the color your cleaning. Also the ink goes onto the paper and not somewhere in the spongue inside your printer, that has a limited size. And that sponge is known to be the first part to cause problems in Canon printers: At some point it's reported as full and the printer stops working. (You can reset the print counter, but then ink might come out of your printer at some point.)
Logitech Mouse at Full Speed / 800 dpi
Alexios Chouchoulas wrote a little tool called lmctl to help you use your Logitech mouse more comfortably in Linux. In current ubuntu intrepid you can use logitech-applet or lomoco.
You may also want to increase the mouse polling frequency.
How much does Google know about you?
What to do if your Linux system stops responding?
Open Source Forensics
Google Really is Going Towards the Browser OS
"Top 10 Things You Forgot Gmail Can Do"
Default File Permissions on Creation - Umask
With umask you see the current mask, with umask -S you see it understandably. The default in Ubuntu is umask 022, which means that files will be -rw-r--r-- by default. With umask 026 you can prevent files from being readable and directories being accessible by "other"s (meaning anyone) by default (-rw-r-----).
You can also use the much easier symbols like with chmod, e.g. umask u=rwx.
Opera 10 alpha
I'm right now trying out the newest browser (update) out there: Opera 10 alpha.
This is Opera coming back into the league with a speedier rendering engine that's working better with online applications such as Gmail, Blogger and Google Reader. I've tested them all and I'm quite convinced.
It feels much faster and I notice a lot less hang ups in opera as it e.g. now terminates hung up plug-ins automatically and improved the asyncronious javascript support.
Check for Viruses Online
Google Cutting the Costs
While Google's attention to costs may sound good on the first view, I also see dangers of going to far, thus loosing the valuable elite personell google employs - or at least their creativity.
Things like the new designs in Gmail aren't going to bring any revenue directly, but they sure do make a big difference for the user.
Hotkeys in KDE4.1 are broken
If you wondered why it doesn't work for you... it doesn't work for anyone. ;-)
They hope to have it fixed in KDE 4.2, says someone in a forum.
If you need a fix, try out installing xbindkeys-config and save the settings to the default config file and press apply for immediate changes. Works nicely for me.
Blanking External Monitor to Save Energy with Xorg
I've just found out that my external monitor remains on for quite a while in the suspend and off modes (xset dpms force off). The only one that it accepts is standby. Then it turns off right away. And the internal one as well. So that's fine for me. But good to know, isn't it? ;-)
And btw. if you want to use it in a script you have to issue the xset command twice and sleep in between for about 6 seconds. Otherwise they're not really off. Don't ask me why...


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Cameroon's first ever video games, Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, features an African hero, and is part of a growing video games industry across Africa.
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Kiro'o, and the ascendent African game industry as a whole, is an important part of a blooming tech startup culture, driven by young people.
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Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, A Video Game that transports players to a different kind of Africa.
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Aurion design and feel are unmistakably fresh, offering a bold color palette and interesting unit designs.
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Aurion is a fast-paced brawler that gives you access to loads of fantastical combos with which you defeat your enemies.
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Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan has deep, intricate combat for a game whose story focuses on togetherness and community.
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Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is an incredibly interesting game...The closest comparisons I can make are the very different games Dust: An Elysian Tail and Dusty Revenge, who all have a similar flow to their combat.
Joe PARLOCK
DESTRUCTOID, Videogames Writer
As with Never Alone, it's great to have more games teaching about unfamiliar cultures.
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New thread. I need to get my ass back in gear, and that will hopefully be partly achieved by starting fresh on these forums. Here are some drawings that I think triggered this urge to really get back to drawing.
New thread. I need to get my ass back in gear, and that will hopefully be partly achieved by starting fresh on these forums. Here are some drawings that I think triggered this urge to really get back to drawing.
Last edited by Profil; December 6th, 2007 at 08:13 PM.
Hey there Profil
Yeah, getting your rear in gear is always a good start
Just keep updating, and even it's just a small update, keep it daily ;D
Your stuff is looking good so far, just keep studying mate
Already Bookmarked
Your off to a good start, and Im expecting, at least weekly updates now dude
keep it up!
Something tekls me this is my fault ?
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Whats with the goofy chick?
Keep it up Profil, don't let it die..
Agreed. I want lots of anatomy!
YEY!! cheers to this new sketchbook
I never saw this one - http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1166134547
the funny thing with it, is that it looks deformed, though in a very realistic way. or wait.. maybe that was the idea? Nice one anyways. hehu
*whistles* *kicks up the ass* get to it!
Zynic: thanks and I will try
Dtemp: thanks and yes, partly.
asoir: it's my girlfriend
jake: yeeeesss
tiger:it's my girlfriend
asoir: yes
I've been away this weekend, did some anatomy studies etc, nothing worth showing. It's unbelieveable how little of the anatomy studies that have actually stuck in my grey matter. It's frustrating.
Anyway, I've started to enjoy my art more and more and I'm going to try and draw pictures that I want to do from my imagination more and more. Here are some imagination and a sketch from a sergeant pastel potrait.
edit: no, she isn't my girlfriend, it was just a model that looked weird.
B.) some of these drawings took way longer then it look like it did for them. Anyway, the lonley guy is supposed to have a deformed skull. I'm doing some fucked up dancer series or something and his name is Shontel and he is a dropped crack baby.
I've had an epiphany.
Almost all of my anatomy studies have been mindless copies, of course I learnt some but I could've learnt so much more. I discovered this immense lazyness after 2.5 years..... OOps, some of the blood from my wrists stained the screen.
I'm aiming for consistency, at least 2 hours drawing every day, and this wil bel built up, hopefully, rapidly.
1. Warmup. I love hot pants. On girls. And next to them.
2. (all of these drawings are from today, did other drawings too but I'm lazy/they suck) Leg studies, Kchen and bridgman I think.
3. Me trying to apply some of what I've learnt......
4. One leg study, rest from my mind.
5. Quick very poorly done non-refed poses. But at least they are getting better.
Awesome stuff Profil! Long time no talk
Kick the rendering up a notch. More contrast, 'specially on the faces to give them more form. Awesome work.
haha, sexy legs profile ! *dont get me wrong , talking about your drawings *
The lines and way of drawing in 1 and 3 reminds me lots of Floris Didden, wich is everything exept bad so good line work there , a little loose but still lots of control! more of these!
In numbero four, the left leg studie is a little wierd, I cant put my finger on it, but the whole thing looks mis-shaped, the silhouette itself looks wierd.
Keep studying, its looking very good man =)
dished: yes and thanks.
Dile: yeah, the proportions of the upper leg are off. Thanks
I've been drawing more, just that they are boring crappy pencil studies.
anyway, here is a potrait I did. I don't know if I feel to work on it more. The less rendered is the one that looks mostly like her, and the one I prefer, the second one is the version I spent most time on, but I got carried away.
It's my first referenced potrait on a tablet, so I'm kinda happy with it. A bit bummed out though that I wasn't careful enough.
it looks cool, though you seem to be trying a bit too hard to mix hard edged brushes with soft edged. 'specially when it comes to the hair, which is a really tricky aspect of the head. She looks very symetric though, and that's nice. Good expression.
Keep it up!
Tigermilk: yeah, true. I need to learn that, and a ton of more stuff
The photo sucks though, so I had to improvise a lot, hence the horrible hair. I should probaly just simplify that to three different planes and let it be.
Just a picture to fill this post with something
Last edited by Profil; January 6th, 2007 at 01:46 PM.
Didn't draw that much today. Did some Hogarth study but that and this is what I did. Anyway, about an hour, OC.
Looks too cartoony. Please come with critiques on values, anatomy, whatever.
edit: I made it smaller.
And I see that the throat area is terrible, should've left that alone until I studied it closer.
School started, bleh.
Did these under school. All of them are done fast, cause they were done during classes or in between (the last one). I don't really like these anymore, but I said to myself I was going to post something so here they are.
edit: last page is done from life. Well, the top left small figure is based on life, looked on a girl every now and then, and the top right small figure is from my imagination. The big figure is a fast gesture from life.
Good stuff with the studies and anatomy Profil. I can see alot of progress with your facial construction. Keep it up mate!
dude!!! that is some massive massive process since when i first saw your art at nar's!! man you have to get back into it, i know the feeling keep it up and keep going!
Hey dude, that portrait turned out way cool! Work on the initial block-in using huge brushes more, i think thats whats holding your potential back.
The latest sketches show that youve made some good progress in the imagination/construction department, but some variety couldnt hurt either. Try drawing something other than a shirtless bald guy
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you got them purty lips, boy
hey good too see you are back!
nice studies!
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A sketch I did today. Did it while I waited for the bus, worked on it a bit now when I got home.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Good job with the anatomy, but his jaw/chin seems off. Since youre looking at him topdown it would be more foreshortened like the rest of the face is, but its sticking out too much in the drawing, making him look like he has a hugeass chin. Push that thing farther into his head.
you got a computer at the bus stop?
Nikola Odic
you got them purty lips, boy
SGS: yeah, you are right. Thanks.
Anyway, here's some shit.
The first one started with me laying down some quick construction lines then refining them (this was done in a fast manner). I felt to lay down some values, and it looked good, so I continued. So the proportions are a bit off. The second one is just... nudity
They are reffed
Nice stuff mate ^^
Keep posting, I want to see more of your progress
Do some more studies, and a lot of stuff from your mind ;D
After all, you have to keep your mind sharp, since a dull one leads to nothing but agony ;D ( OMG, POETIC! )
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edit: go ahead and crit.
Paper size is A5
draw MORE !!!!
cheers buddy looking great!
I'm going away for the weekend so please leave crits on this WIP before I take it further.
for the comments: thanks.
Nice work mate! There is some angles in the last portrait that makes it look different from the portrait =)


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Barry University's No. 1-ranked men's golf team is competing in its second event in consecutive weeks. Last week, the Buccaneers were the runner-up at the St. Edward's Invitational in Austin, Texas. This week's tournament is being hosted by Valdosta State at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.
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Your List has already "leaked" out all over the internet.... that is why the comments are running wild!
New Faces are good, but not seeing Malia Hosaka on the list for the first time in years is not a good thing!
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It was sunk with a wrecked ship in 80BC, found by divers in 1900 and until now has baffled scientists.
But the secrets of the Antikythera mechanism have finally been unlocked – and scientists claim it is more valuable than the Mona Lisa.
The device is a complex arrangement of more than 30 bronze gears, wheels and dials, and is at least 1,000 years ahead of its time.
Remnants of a case containing the pieces (one is pictured below) were found in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.
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Peter Landherr, 36, was flying alone from Glenwood Springs back home to Minnesota on Aug. 24, 2012, to help his ex-wife and children say goodbye to their dying dog, Schuck, when he crashed in a remote area northwest of Milner.
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More evidence of Bethesda planning another Fallout sequel has surfaced, this time in the form of an actual trademark from the developer.
Late last week, a new website was uncovered that seemingly hinted at another entry in the Fallout series. Though there was little in the way of concrete evidence this new site was anything substantial a few days ago, a new trademark gives the countdown site a bit more credence. According to CVG, Bethesda has officially put Fallout 4 on the books in Europe.
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