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Keith Richardsmusician, songwriter
Born: 12/18/1943
Birthplace: Dartford, England
As the lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones, Richards is famous for both his blues chords and his debauchery. Richards helped create the band with his childhood friend, Mick Jagger. Since then Richards has provided both the music and lyrics for hits songs like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" .(1965). Following a feud between band members, Richards launched a solo career and released the album, Talk Is Cheap (1988). He later reunited with the other members of the Rolling Stones.
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This article isn't about those fake accents. It's about shitty ones. We're talking accents that slip a little too frequently, or are delivered a little too half-assedly, or that are so ridiculous or nebulous that trying to figure them out actually detracts from the experience of playing the game. These aren't "bad accents" – these are awful accents, and their existence should stand as a stark warning to casting directors and voice talent of what not to do. What follows are the most notable – which is to say excruciating – examples we could dig up.
From: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Attempted accent: American
Actual accent: Strangled Australian
Australian actors typically do pretty well at imitating American accents (Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman being a couple of noteworthy examples), but Sam Worthington's record is a little spotty. He does OK most of the time, but go back and listen to his performance in Avatar again, and you'll notice little bits of his actual accent poking through his incredulous Marine's patter.
And that's fine for a sci-fi movie set 140-odd years in the future. After all, who knows what our accents will sound like by then? It's when you hear those same slip-ups in a gritty military shooter set during the 1960s that things get weird. As Alaskan special-forces operative Alex Mason, Worthington's voice is with us for most of the game, providing both narration and in-game dialogue. Most of the time there's nothing strange about it, but every once in a while Mason develops an oddly foreign twang that, after a while, had us convinced the game's Big Twist would be that he was a Russian spy the entire time.
Above: The actual Russian spy was voiced by Belarus-born American Gene Farber, and sounded like an American with occasional Russian inflection
Not so! It was just that Worthington's accent (apparently strained by the prolonged fakery) kept slipping into a tangled mess somewhere between Australian and American. That was, of course, when he wasn't just speaking with undisguised Australian diction, which happened a few times.
Worthington's numerous slip-ups and weird pronunciations had the long-term effect of making CoD:BlOps' campaign into a bizarre mindfuck – just probably not in the way its creators intended.
From: Midnight Club II
Attempted accent: Chola
Actual accent: A Minnesotan trying too hard to fit in around downtown L.A.
The voice of Maria – one of the first racers you throw down against in the free-range street-racer Midnight Club II – is apparently the only role ever performed by actress Melissa Delaney DeValle, so we can't say with 100 percent certainty that her accent is fake. At the same time, we refuse to believe that an accent this silly is anything but.
Maria starts out as a passable rendition of a tough, urban Latina… until it's actually time to race. Then her stiff Chicana accent suddenly skyrockets to cartoon-stereotype levels before suddenly veering into a heavy Minnesotan inflection when she yells at you to look out for "the cawp-chawpper!" It's weird and grating, possibly even to the point of being offensive, but it's too broad to not be (unintentionally) funny. Funny enough to make Maria stick out as one of the more memorable (if not exactly likable) characters in MCII, anyway.


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This video, known only as "The Reagans Speak Out on Drugs," was released on VHS in 1988. It's an almost seamless re-edit of the the famous "Just Say No" speech given by the Reagans in September of 1986 — except in this version, the President and the First Lady are doing their best to get us all hooked on drugs. The audio version popped up on public radio, and the video became a popular viral meme, passed around from hand to hand long before the internet had made LOLcats a household word. Many people who saw it had no idea where it had come from. It was just a tape that had been copied over and over, like a YouTube video without, well, YouTube.
On the 25th anniversary of its release, the maker of this early meme has stepped forward to talk about it on io9. His name is Cliff Roth; he reviews consumer electronics and teaches college in New York City. He also has some sharp words for what's happened to the culture of memes on the web.
Roth has also just uploaded his own, high-quality version of "The Reagans Speak Out" to YouTube. The video has been circulating there for years, but Roth shied away from uploading his own version until he could get an extremely high-quality transfer. When Roth and I spoke, it was obvious that his first love was editing technology — the form of his video matters as much to him as the content. He's an audio and video geek, and the work he did on this video explored the techniques of film editing while also making a political statement.
In 1986, Cliff Roth was teaching audio engineering at the Millennium Film Workshop in New York City, and decided to give his students a slightly unusual assignment. They were to re-edit a recent anti-drug speech given by the Reagans at the White House, in order to make it sound as if the President and the First Lady were giving a speech with the opposite message. At that time, he told me, it was common for the New York Times to reprint the text of presidential speeches in full. So Roth and his students pored over the text, looking for jokes they could make. The students learned about audio editing and culture jamming, or media subversion, at the same time.
And then Roth got lucky. One of his students worked at ABC News, and was able to get a pristine film reel of the speech from his office. Now Roth began to work in earnest, spending nearly two years matching the film up to the audio reel. When I spoke to Roth by phone, he emphasized how important it was that he was able to edit the film, rather than video. Film editing is much more precise than video, and this film looks as seamless as it does because it started on film and was transferred to video later.
Roth said:
The film was meant to be funny, but I will also wear the badge of subversive remix video artist, or political video mashup artist, with pride. I know "remix" and "mashup" are widely used to categorize "The Reagans" film, but I would prefer it be called "editing art."
Roth was painstakingly doing by hand what people do in software today — basically, he was mixing. But even though Roth was on the cusp of the digital editing age, he chose to remain an analog editing artist. Roth carefully sliced and spliced his film on a specialized editing board. It may look like CGI, but it's all manual labor.
Roth threw in some Easter Eggs that only film geeks would recognize, too. He continued:
Regardless of the category's name, what may distinguish "The Reagans," I think is its adherence to the aesthetic sensibility of traditional film editing, in which "seams" are kept hidden. I left two jump cuts in "The Reagans" to signal the viewer that of course this isn't for real — we're all in on the joke, here's the man behind the curtain. These were deliberate "errors" in what was otherwise a smoothly edited film.
This smooth editing and the perfect-sync of "The Reagans" can be lost via streaming Internet delivery, which is part of why we never posted it until now . . . If you see it in a movie theater, or on a TV screen from DVD or Blu-ray, it can be a very different experience from watching on YouTube. The editing is smoother than I think most people realize.
Once Roth transferred the edit to video, it began circulating on public radio stations (which played the audio track), appearing at film festivals, and basically getting passed from hand to hand.
Here is the original packaging that Roth put on the video that he sent out to film festivals and television stations.
The Pre-history of Memes
Over the next several years, the underground film made a big splash. It showed at multiple film festivals, as well as the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian. The tape impressed Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live. "I know Al Franken liked it," Roth recalled. "I got a lot of positive feedback but very little money." Eventually the film landed him a gig on HBO's Not Necessarily the News. But that didn't work out. "I got my foot in the door — I was in Hollywood for two weeks," Roth said. Probably the biggest TV exposure it got was on a late-night show on USA called Up All Night. Mostly, however, people saw it as a video that came from a friend of a friend of a friend.
Roth spent a lot of his own money making as many video dupes as he could and sending them out to get what exposure he could. He had to rely on museum and media gatekeepers to choose to show the video if anyone was to see it. He had to wait for HBO and USA to take notice. Compare this elaborate, multi-year process to the way a viral video blows up on the internet. This entire process, from editing to wild popularity, might have taken a contemporary meme-maker a couple of days. It's possible that he never made it in Hollywood because the gatekeepers weren't able to make use of his skills as a meme-maker in the days before memes could spread like wildfire.
Or maybe Roth didn't fit into Hollywood because he always meant for his funny video to be a political statement. Roth's influences weren't music mashups and Tron Guy. He grew up in the 1970s listening to a show created by Peter Bochan called "All Mixed Up" on New York's public radio station WBAI — it was a hodgepodge of clips, musical bits, and random sounds all mixed together. Roth recalls Bochan describing his work a "non sonic tapestry of music, arts and current events." This was one of Roth's big influences.
Perhaps when we look for the precursors to YouTube, we should look toward radio rather than television.
When it came to video, Roth was fascinated by the idea of subliminal images in media. This was a popular obsession in the 1960s and 70s; at various points, Congress actually proposed legislation to ban subliminal messages in media. Roth didn't take the conspiracy perspective, however, where people imagined that TV stations and advertisers were inserting lightning-quick images of Satan or sex into vodka ads. Instead, he was drawn to the way creative editing could result in an almost-accidental subliminal message.
He said:
In film school, we had a box of 16 mm reels of films with commercials on them . . . a network had donated these old commercials to the film school to teach us the mechanics of splicing. I thought I'd found gold. They were filled with all this subliminal content, and I tried to expose that . . . My first film in grad school was called Subliminal Supermarket. It was a story around these commercials. There's a guy in the market, and as he'd see products on shelves, he'd be reminded of what he'd seen in the ads — but in slo-mo. You'd see a loaf of bread, sliced with a big knife, but the loaf of bread appeared in a dissolve with the protagonist's face — if you stopped the film right in the middle of the dissolve, the knife was going across the guys' eyes, like in [the famous surrealist film by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñel] Un Chien Andalou [see video]. It's tapping into the fear of having your eyes slit. It gets you all excited and makes it interesting, and you don't know why you're having an adrenaline rush as you buy bread.
From Politics to Entertainment
When I asked Roth about today's internet memes, which use a lot of the techniques he pioneered so painstakingly in "The Reagans Speak Out," he had mixed feelings:
I do feel a connection to this world, but I'd draw a distinction. Most of these humorous remix videos attempt to create new meaning by connecting unrelated video elements together — for example, having a goat bleat edited into Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA" or cleverly editing footage of "Home Alone" together with "Argo." They're pure entertainment. I prefer Weird Al Yankovic's "Party in the CIA" parody, which entertains but also makes a point.
I'd draw a distinction between an artist who stumbles upon discarded cardboard tubes walking around SoHo in New York and makes a sculpture, and a graffiti artist who finds an offensive billboard ad in the subway and (perhaps illegally) marks it up to bring public attention to its disturbing qualities. Both are dealing with "found" materials, but one uses them as raw ingredients, while the other is taking on the finished product and creating a new meaning challenging the original intended meaning. I would put "The Reagans" film in that second category, which I think is rare on Cheezburger and [what you'll see at] ROFLCon. Fan remixes are the extreme of this: Abandoning any claim to parody or satire, these remixes, or short animations, are more worship than critique.
So yes I do feel connected with LOLcats in that I created something that has been widely spread around. But I also see myself as a fine artist, in the literal sense of the term (a fine editor), and more purposefully political than the typical lolcat producer. "The Reagans" was a work of film art (16mm, not VHS) that I painstakingly crafted over two years — much more effort than most lolcat videos get! But as a college teacher I must say that to whatever extent I've ever inspired anyone else to create anything, whether for an afternoon or a decade, that's fantastic.
Perhaps what's changed most since Roth was pioneering memes and today is that things like "The Reagans Speak Out" have gone from political challenges — what people called "media jamming" in the 1980s and 90s — to entertainment. Remixing and mashups are intended purely for fun. They may be parodies but they don't have a point, the way this carefully rearranged version of the Reagans' speech did.
We no longer rely on TV station gatekeepers, DJs, and film festivals to help circulate our memes. And losing that barrier to entry has resulted in some incredible films and parodies getting seen by millions of people online. But in the process of making memes easier, we may have lost a sense of purpose when it comes to the art of re-editing our media culture.
The Art of Editing
In the years since "The Reagans Speak Out," Roth has continued his editing art. He teaches Communication at SUNY Cortland, and he writes for trade publications about editing equipment. He's helping other people learn how to deconstruct — and reconstruct — the media they're immersed in. Roth has also put together a feature film which includes more of his political edits. It's called The Drug Test, and it's about a guy who works at a comedy channel in the 1990s. One day he comes into work and is told he'll have to take a drug test; that night, he dreams about a world where the Reagans endorse heroin, Bush pushes pot, and various other politicians chime in too. "It also has a lot of parody music," Roth said.
The topic may not have changed, but the artistry has. Roth made the movie with new pieces of A/V equipment he was sent to review. "I've always been a tech guy," he said. "Whatever features or special effects that the equipment had, I'd try to play that up as well."
If you want to know where internet memes were born, it was partly in the brain of a guy who understands that the technology of editing itself is an art form. Today, our software tools are designed to make that artistry effortless. But a viral video is still only as good as its edits, even if all you've done is add music to video of a cat jumping off a roof. And it's possible, as Roth said to me in email a few days after we'd talked, that just the act of editing itself can be political. "Anytime people are creating video rather than just watching it, that's empowering, and a good thing!" he wrote. "And likewise for people watching things made by ordinary people. I think that's also good."
Find out more about Cliff Roth's work at Silver Touch Studios, or check out The Drug Test
FURTHER READING: Where Memes Really Come From


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"I was diagnosed in 1998 with breast cancer, and then found out that it had already spread to my lymph nodes. My mother had died at age forty-six years old of breast cancer just eight months after her diagnosis. After bilateral mastectomies at only twenty-nine, I began high does chemotherapy. As of my first treatment, I began to talk to my body. I had never done this before. … I used many of these wonderful techniques in guided imagery during that year of treatment. It seemed to make everything easier, from mentally adjusting to the surgeries, to dealing with side effects of chemotherapy.
I often went to bed telling my body what to do. I would visualize the chemotherapy and how it was killing the cancer cells; I visualized my organs and lymph system working perfectly. I visualized myself old, at about eighty-years, tucking in my great-grandkids to bed. There was a plan to live in place and I was actively discussing with my body, that my mother's experience was not going to be my own. I never knew why exactly she died and I lived, but I do know that, now, seven, nearly eight years in full remission and continuing to raise my nine year old daughter, I am thankful for my mind being able to communicate effectively with my body. I believe it is why I am alive today."" – J.W., Board Certified Clinical Hospice Chaplain, 37, Escondido, CA
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, and you want to have the best chance to survive it, then guided imagery is for you. The way you use your mind can make a huge difference in what happens to you; the evidence points to effects that range from improving your emotional well-being to reducing adverse effects of treatments, to surviving, even thriving, through the experience.
When you are diagnosed with cancer, you can find yourself over-whelmed with emotions at a time when you most need to keep your wits about you. I aim to teach you to reconnect with your own inner strengths and resources so you can make the best use of them when you most need them.
Cancer is many diseases, and the first thing most newly diagnosed people need to know is that having cancer does not mean they will die from it. More than 50 percent of cancers diagnosed today are curable through conventional medicine alone – as many cancer patients get well as succumb to their illnesses. While you are alive you have hope, and you have options. You have will, imagination, and powerful natural healing abilities within you that you can stimulate by the use of your mind.
There are many ways to cope with or fight cancer. The major tools guided imagery supports are your attention, your intention, your will, and, most important, your imagination. Guided Imagery can help you learn ways of thinking that can tip the balance of health and illness in the direction of healing.
Cancer Care 101: Treating the Illness, Treating the Person
In cancer care there are two complementary goals of treatment. One, the usual medical goal, is to kill cancer cells and tumors, or reduce their numbers and their ability to grow, reproduce, and spread (metastasize). The other, perhaps best called the healing goal, is to support the well-being and resistance of the patient. Here I use resistance to stand for all the mechanisms, known and unknown, that protect us from the development and dissemination of cancer.
Conventional medical care for cancer has for many years concentrated on destroying tumors without paying much attention to supporting the patient as a whole person, with innate healing capacities. Until recently, most people put themselves in the hands of an oncologist (cancer specialist) and did what they were told. While you almost certainly need a good oncologist to prescribe and monitor your medical treatment, there is often much more to surviving cancer. A well nourished person with cancer, with tools and support to help them maintain their emotional balance, is likely to have a much easier time with cancer and its treatments than a person who is poorly nourished, poorly supported, and stuck in terror and emotional turmoil.
Supporting your innate healing abilities will help you make the best use of any treatment you choose, and, alternatively, neglecting them is likely to make it more difficult for any treatment to work.
Supporting your health and eliminating your disease are two complementary approaches to healing that support and strengthen each other. In my experience, neither one works as well as both together.
Supporting your health makes it easier to tolerate treatments that can sometimes be difficult, and that in turn increases the likelihood that the treatments will work as desired. Methods of supporting your health and enhancing resistance to cancer generally fall into three categories: (1) nutritional support, ranging from improvement of diet to sophisticated individualized programs of nutritional supplementation with vitamins, minerals, herbs, essential fatty acids, and natural biological response modifiers; (2) mind-body approaches, ranging from support groups to counseling, to meditation, stress reduction, and guided imagery practices, and body-mind practices such as yoga, chi gung, tai chi, Jin Shin Jyutsu; and (3) systematic approaches with time-honored healing systems, such as traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurvedic medicine.
While the methods differ, their goal is the same — supporting and stimulating the vitality and function of the innate healing systems of the body, mind, and spirit. This idea is an ancient one, but many modern studies show that mind-body approaches, including guided imagery, are all effective in reducing anxiety and depression, reducing adverse effects from conventional treatments, and very likely in improving treatment results.
Guided imagery has become quickly and widely accepted as a useful adjunct in the treatment of people with cancer due largely to its ease of use, low cost, and rapid psychological benefits. It has been shown to increase both the numbers and aggressiveness of natural killer cells when practiced over time, has been shown to reduce complications from surgery, relieve pain, and reduce adverse effects of chemotherapy. Imagery is a psychological and medical intervention likely to increase your odds of recovery.
My Fighting Cancer from Within Book & CD Set teaches you how to use guided imagery for this purpose. The book explains how to use the guided imagery techniques, why they work, and how other people have used them successfully. On the CDs I will lead you through the specific guided imagery exercises, and then the book addresses the most frequent questions that people have when they begin to work with imagery for self-healing.
Together the set is a self-paced course in learning to use your mind to support your health and healing when dealing with cancer. For more information, or to order and try it out yourself, go to http://www.thehealingmind.org


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Has anyone done any analysis on the relationship between elite monsters and their base types?
For instance, is the damage of an elite skeleton group some percentage higher than the damage of non-elite skeletons, and is it consistent?
Do these values differ between Elite, Champion, and Unique monster spawns? What about across difficulties?
What about HP of elite monster? Does this also have a similar relationship?
Ultimately I want to know whether Elites/Rares/Champions/Unique monsters stats are generated based off of the original monster data or if they have their own custom values for each elite type/monster type combination.
Lastly, I'll try to investigate this issue on my own over the next few weeks and update my progress here. If anyone has any tips on how to approach this issue please let me know in answers or comments.


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i love Aberforth Dumbledore necklace, so lovely! :)ReplyDelete
Great shop! My favorite is the Antoinette, but the Mama Bird is a close second!ReplyDelete
There's so many fabulous things in her shop! :) I have many favorites but I'll have to say the "Grandma Pearl" necklace caught my eye! :) Happy Friday everyone !:)ReplyDelete
I love the simple elagance of the Fable necklace! The color is absolutely striking.ReplyDelete
- KatarinaMay 7, 2010 at 10:30 AM
That would be the "buttons"-print.ReplyDelete
I'm torn between the Grandma Pearl Necklace and the Clara earrings! Both are so beautiful! And I love the blossoms print. Spring is my favorite time of the year and I love all the blossoms on the trees!ReplyDelete
I really like this shop. I love the Pomp and circumstane, Gramdma Pearl and Wosley necklaces, I also adore the Rose earings. Hope I win!!!ReplyDelete
Love India the Elephant Necklace!ReplyDelete
ereaper01 @ gmail.com
I love the grandma pearl necklace!! I just love pearls and flowers :)ReplyDelete
I LOVE the Grandma Pearl necklace! I hope I win!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! Sooo many great things! I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Seer necklace. So amazing!ReplyDelete
I love love love the voultry necklace...not just cause Twilight is the bomb but because the necklace is so stinking cute! Count me in for the giveaway! :-)ReplyDelete
Its hard to pick but I love the Secret Flower Garden necklaceReplyDelete
i love the walk like an egyptian earrings!ReplyDelete
I like the mama bird necklace!ReplyDelete
Aberforth Dumbledore please :)ReplyDelete
The button print would be so cute hanging in my sewing room.ReplyDelete
- AnnetteMay 7, 2010 at 10:53 AM
I love the "Buttons"-Print", would fit perfectly on the wall above my old mechanical sewing maschine.ReplyDelete
Albus Dumbledore necklace is the cutest! I hope I win! firstname.lastname@example.com
The Antoinette necklace is so pretty, and I like the Singer Two print.ReplyDelete
There are so many things! but I love the grandma pearl necklace and the "Blossom" picture, they're beautiful!ReplyDelete
- Lauren CandiceMay 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM
The Annabelle necklace is so pretty! I love that blue cameo.ReplyDelete
Great giveaway, Disney!
love love love email@example.com
ANYTHING in her shope would be awesome!ReplyDelete
Beautiful stuff!ReplyDelete
i love the kite necklace!!!! super cute stuff!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Oh, I lovelovelove the Kensington Gardens necklace. SO pretty. And the Wosley necklace. I couldn't pick just one, lol.ReplyDelete
my favorite is the annabelle necklace- so classy! love it. thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love the Rainbow gypsy necklace. So cute! what a great shop to highlight!ReplyDelete
HAHAHa I love that some of her pieces are named after Harry Potter characters!! The widow's web is CUTE. Fingers crossed. jbpoon at gmail dot comReplyDelete
I love the swan dive necklace! So pretty!ReplyDelete
I love the "Swan Dive" necklace!ReplyDelete
Love the necklaces!!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE the "Rose" earrings or the "Wosley" necklessReplyDelete
I love the Grandma Pearl necklace the best. So cute!ReplyDelete
jesslinq at gmail dot com.
I really like the Mama Birdie necklace. Thank you! You sure have talented sisters :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM
I love the Josephina and the Fable necklaces. They are beautiful!!ReplyDelete
I just love the Pomp and Circumstance necklace. It is very cute. I also like the photos. The photo of the mason jars full of buttons would go so well in my sewing room!ReplyDelete
I love the Secret Garden necklace...very elegent!ReplyDelete
I love the Grandma Pearl necklace. So classy with a little modern mixed in. Crossing my toes!ReplyDelete
Talk about cute jewelry! My favorite are the Clara earrings.ReplyDelete
I love the Erika!!ReplyDelete
crystalish at hotmailReplyDelete
I think I fell in love with the Widow's Web necklace.
Lariat earrings are my fave! email@example.com
I love the Annabelle necklace, it is so elegant and ladylike!ReplyDelete
racurac2 at hotmail dot com
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 11:40 AM
How could anyone choose just one item?!?!?! They are all beautiful. She is so very talented.ReplyDelete
My favorite is the Grandma Pearl necklace! The photos are all beautiful, too. email@example.com
Hah! I love Harry Potter and I love that she named a necklace Albus Dumbledore. :) But that probably wouldn't be my choice. I like that her stuff has an off beat vibe to it. It's different. I like Pomp and Circumstance and Mama Bird. :)ReplyDelete
Loving the Secret Garden necklace and the Josephina Necklace...unique and fun!ReplyDelete
I love the "Mama Bird" necklace!!!ReplyDelete
sarahfoss328 (at) gmail (dot) com
I love the Ka Pow Earrings the best!!!!ReplyDelete
However, everything she has is soo beautiful it was hard to pick just 1!
I love the Secret Garden necklace. Sooo pretty!ReplyDelete
stacybondurant (at) gmail (dot) com
i love the grandma pearl, your sister in law is talentedReplyDelete
meryn palmer
Oh, I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Grandma Pearl necklace, as well as the Avatar earrings! The necklace is so....Victorian Julia Child! I ADORE it!!!ReplyDelete
kirstensmommy at live dot com
Beautiful stuff--I love the vintage feel of this fabulous jewelry. That said, I simply adore the "Grandma Pearl" necklace. Too cute!ReplyDelete
She is so talented! I love the Secret Flower Garden. :) email is firstname.lastname@example.com
I love, love, LOVE the Dark Court necklace. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
It is SO hard to pick a favorite, but I love "Swan Dive" I hope I win!ReplyDelete
sarahefirth at gmail dot com
First off, thank you for such a fun celebration of moms! You and Dana are superheroes!ReplyDelete
Your sister's shop is lovely, and I absolutely LOVE the "Walk Like an Egyptian" earrings! What a gorgeous combination!
Oh my! I love everything!! Pomp and Circumstance, Aberforth Dumbledore and Walk Like an Egyptian are 3 faves. I can't wait for the drawing....so I can buy something even if I don't win.ReplyDelete
orange passion earings...for sure!ReplyDelete
I think I like Josephina the best.ReplyDelete
So hard to just choose 1 favorite.. So I'm not. I love the Orange Passion and the KA-POW earrings. So pretty and feminine.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 11:56 AM
I love the "annabell" necklace!ReplyDelete
I love the Widows Web and the Wosley! Gorgeous stuff!ReplyDelete
I love both "The Widow's Web" necklace and "Grandma's Pearls" necklace. So creative!ReplyDelete
Such a talented lady! I love the secret garden necklace.ReplyDelete
I'm diggin the Secret Flower Garden necklace...it was hard to choose...every piece is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I love the Grandma Pearl necklace! Exquisite!ReplyDelete
wow...there are so many things look like so beautiful...ReplyDelete
but my favorite is: erika necklace i love it
The red dirt road earrings caught my eye.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 12:03 PM
wow - so many beautiful things to pick a favorite from.ReplyDelete
I came to the conclusion that the Cardinal and Josephina are fighting in my heart for favorite...
but I THINK Cardinal is my actual favorite. I think. They're both captivating pieces.
and those kite earrings! and kite necklace! so cute! they're a close 3rd and 4th!
kfasone (at) uga (dot) edu
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 12:04 PM
OMG!!! How do I love them. They look so pretty perfect. Congrats to the Desinger. Very good Job!!!ReplyDelete
- Svenja -
I like the antoinette necklace. Pretty!ReplyDelete
sarah@ fincanon.com
Wow that jewelry is so pretty!!ReplyDelete
I love them all!!
Love the Wosley and Annabelle necklaces, but my favorite are the Damask earrings! (Plus I love Albus Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore just because they're called that!!!)ReplyDelete
My fav is 'The Seer' necklace. It is really unique.ReplyDelete
What fun stuff!!! I love it all! But, if I had to pick one thing it would be the Grandma Pearl necklace. It's wonderful! Thanks, JillReplyDelete
oooh, definitely the Swan Dive necklace! Although I have the perfect outfit for the KA-POW earrings :)ReplyDelete
This was such a hard decision. I finally pared it down to the Fable necklace and either the Clara or Orange Passion earrings.ReplyDelete
I love "The Volturi" necklace best. But "Aberforth Dumbledore" is pretty awesome as wellReplyDelete
LuV LUv the Vultori, and the Dark court AND the Kensington Gardens. Beautiful work!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!ReplyDelete
Happy Friday:)
Wow, these are beautiful! OOReplyDelete
*crossing fingers*
Awesome necklaces! I'd have to go with the swan dive...or "fable". Or "pomp and circumstance", come to think of it. Oh, do I have to pick just one favorite? :-)ReplyDelete
My favorite is the Antoinette because it's very not me, and I'm trying to do new things.ReplyDelete
The "Clara" earings.ReplyDelete
Simple and pretty.
Fun stuff. Pick me!
I like the gold Albus Dumbledore necklace!ReplyDelete
sweet8684girl at yahoo dot com
I love "Sybill" and "Aberforth Dumbledore." What can I say, I'm a sucker for blue.ReplyDelete
Although I very rarely enter I wanted to thank you for taking the time to host giveaways and maintaining such an incredible blog.ReplyDelete
I like the Kensington Gardens necklace--great colors!
oh i like widows web, it's funky and i like that!ReplyDelete
melissa dot wells @ hotmail dot com
- Sarah MacMay 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Love the Mama Birdie necklace and KA-POW earrings! Thank you!ReplyDelete
the albus dumbldore necklace! Not only am i a harry potter fan, but it is just adorable:) Love the color! Singer print is great too. :) Guess I just told what I would buy if i win!!!ReplyDelete
I really liked the red dirt road earrings! email@example.com
- natrobinsonMay 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM
My favorite is the "Aberforth Dumbledore". So, simple yet, so elegant. However, I would LOVE to be able to give my sister-in-law the "Victory" horse necklace because she does equine therapy with abused children. What a great gift for her!!!ReplyDelete
i love the mama bird necklace!!ReplyDelete
- melanie Egorin (email@example.com)May 7, 2010 at 12:37 PM
I love the pieces but think Antoinette is my favorite- perhaps because I celebrated my most recent birthday in Paris.ReplyDelete
In really love the secret flower garden. But it was really hard to pick just one favourite...ReplyDelete
sarah.pritzl(at) gmail.com
Love Secret Flower Garden and Grandma Pearl. I also love the names of her pieces, so creative.ReplyDelete
I love the Grandma Pearl and that would be my choice.ReplyDelete
twrightgirl at hotmail.com
Ummm, one favorite!? You've got to be kidding. I really like "Pomp and Circumstance", "The Kite Necklace", and "Buttons" print.ReplyDelete
Love the Aberforth Dumbledore necklace!ReplyDelete
I love the secret garden necklace and the avatar earrings. sooo pretty!ReplyDelete
ok, there's about 30 things that I love (oh wait, that's everything), super love the albus dumbeldore necklace (love hp), and the pic of the singer sewing maching...so perfect for a sewing room!!ReplyDelete
Wow! Too difficult to choose just one! I love these four necklaces: secret garden, annabelle, the volturi, and Mama Birdie. I haven' had much luck yet, but.....maybe...this....time?!?ReplyDelete
I love the grandma pearl necklace!ReplyDelete
Grandma Pearl or Antoinette. Both very sweet and special.ReplyDelete
staceysabato at hotmail dot com
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM
What a fun shop! Fable is my favorite.ReplyDelete
I love her style! I would say my favorite is Grandma's pearls or Victory! :) Hope I win,..I could use a little cheering up!ReplyDelete
I love the secret garden necklace. I think I have a little bit of Julia Child in me and could wear pearls and an apron anyday.ReplyDelete
I adore the Annabelle necklace.. of course that may be because Annabelle Lee is my favorite poem :) The necklace is elegant and gorgeous!ReplyDelete
oh, the Grandma Pearl necklace!ReplyDelete
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About the Journal
Polar Research is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping in the polar regions. Aiming to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic across disciplinary boundaries, Polar Research serves a global community of polar researchers and managers. Polar Research was the first all-open access polar journal and has been awarded the DOAJ Seal, awarded by the Directory of Open Access Journals to journals that achieve a high level of openness and adhere to best practice and high publishing standards. From the journal's first issue in 1982 to the current volume, all articles are available to readers free of charge.


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Hologramming Galore
What do Kate Moss, Tupac Shakur, and President Erdogan have in common? Yes! You guessed right: they have been holograms. Alexander Mcqueen turned Kate Moss into one at his fashion show for the winter 2006 season. In 2012 Tupac Shakur was projected (after his death) to perform with Snoop and Dr. Dre at Coachella. And, the least romantic use for this technique: the president of Turkey's hologram gave a speech at a rally which he could't visit in the flesh. What's n.e.x.t.? Will we be hologramming eachother instead of texting? Probably!
Kate Moss at the fashion show by Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2006
Tupac Shakur at Coachella 2012
Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan at a political party meeting Izmir in 2014
(Click movies to go to you.be for credits)
There are loads more of examples like the ones above: but we chose these three because they illustrate perfectly how 3D projection has evolved from something conceptual (in this case high-end fashion) to plain main-stream use so rapidly.
Hologram is ofcourse an oldfashioned term nowadays its just a 3D projection.
"A hologram is a photographic recording of a light field, rather than of an image formed by a lens, and it is used to display a fully three-dimensional image of the holographed subject. In its pure form, holography requires the use of laser light for illuminating the subject and for viewing the finished hologram." (for you nerds out there read more at wikipedia)
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As far as Aaron Rodgers is concerned, that should just about silence any further questions about why the Green Bay Packers didn't work out as a team during the lockout.
If Thursday's season opener at Lambeau Field could be considered a referendum on the importance of those player-led team workouts, the results are in after the Packers' wild 42-34 victory over the New Orleans Saints: The sessions Drew Brees led over the summer weren't enough to help the Saints take down the reigning champions, and the Packers' decision not to get together as a team certainly didn't seem to hurt them.
"That was a good start for us," Rodgers joked afterward. "But I've just got to ask myself, 'What would have happened if we had had offseason workouts?' Could we have started any faster and scored more points tonight?"
Rodgers came out on top in a memorable opening-night duel with Brees. And after allowing 477 total net yards to the Saints, the Packers defense made a goal-line stand on the final play of the game.
"We had some problems defensively, but that's a very good offense and he's a great quarterback," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said of Brees. "Sean (Payton) does a great job on offense. This will be a great experience we can learn from."
With the Saints on the 1-yard line for one last play, Clay Matthews and safety Morgan Burnett led a swarm of Packers defenders who stopped Saints rookie running back Mark Ingram short of the goal line.
"You've got to get a yard," Ingram said. "It's goal line to win the game, got to get a yard."
Matthews was hoping for a more dominant performance, but he'll take the win.
"Obviously, you'd love to have a blowout, but I think it represents everything that we preach, which is finishing games," Matthews said. "And it comes down to the very last play — we win, or they have an opportunity to tie it up. I think it's fantastic to overcome that adversity."
Brees threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns, including a late score to Jimmy Graham that cut the lead to 8 with 2:15 left.
"I was proud of the way we hung in there and fought back," Payton said. "There will be a lot of things on tape that we've got to clean up with this first game. Credit Green Bay. They did a very good job and did all the things they needed to do to win a home game like that."
For all their yards, Brees said the Saints weren't good enough in the red zone.
"We were one of five, so we scored touchdowns just one out of five times in the red zone," Brees said. "That's not going to win you a lot of games, especially on the road in this type of environment against this kind of team."
Rodgers and Brees had big games, but Packers rookie Randall Cobb stole the show.
Cobb, a second-round draft pick out of Kentucky, caught a touchdown from Rodgers and ran a kickoff back 108 yards for a score in the third quarter — tying an NFL record for the longest kickoff return in history, set by New England's Ellis Hobbs in September 2007. It also was the Packers' first kickoff return for a touchdown since Allen Rossum in 2000.
"It was amazing," Cobb said. "The feeling of being in Lambeau Field and just having all of the guys around me coming off of the Super Bowl and just trying to do anything I can to contribute, and I certainly tried to make the most of my opportunities."
Cobb admitted he made mistakes on both touchdowns; he shouldn't have brought the kickoff out of the end zone, and he ran the wrong route on the touchdown catch.
Rodgers said he was able to adjust to Cobb's mistake on the route, again bringing up the offseason workouts — a line of questioning Rodgers clearly grew tired of during training camp.
"Surprisingly, we didn't have offseason workouts," Rodgers said. "Surprisingly, I was able to read his body language there and he made a nice catch and run for a touchdown."
Rodgers threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns.
It was a big night for Donald Driver, who tied James Lofton's Packers franchise mark for career yards receiving with 9,656. Rodgers wanted to get him the record at home.
"We tried to get him the ball again, we just didn't have an opportunity," Rodgers said.
NOTES: Packers DB Charles Woodson earned a 15-yard penalty in the third quarter, and admitted he threw a punch at a Saints player. Woodson wasn't ejected. "Yeah, I threw a punch," Woodson said. "Just got frustrated, the guy was holding me a little longer than I wanted. Nothing was said about it, referee-wise, quick enough, and I reacted. It is what it is, I guess." ... Packers S Nick Collins appeared to hurt his left arm but stayed in the game. ... Packers CB Tramon Williams went down after taking a hard hit on the right shoulder in the fourth quarter. ... Saints WR Lance Moore sat out because of a groin injury.


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AUGUST 2012 New Users Contest
New Users Contest - August 2012
Sponsored by DAZ3D and Jack Tomalin
Are you new to the world of 3D? Have you been around for a little while and feel like you still have a need to learn somethings to make your renders just that little bit better? Have you learned some tips and would like to help others in this journey into the 3D world? Come and join us as we host our newest contest…
"Depth of Field: Lets Get Focused"
Intent: To help you learn how the Depth of Field feature of your render camera can enhance your images and give you that real 3D photo look. Let's get that extra something that will help your images have some Impact.
This month we will be looking at what the render camera can do to improve your art. The Depth of Field settings will be the main focus for the month. You will be provided with links to Tutorials and given examples of images that use *DOF in the Lets Get Focused WIP thread. You can do any image you would like within the TOS of DAZ3D as long as you use *DOF in your render. Feel free to use your favorite program and create that peace of art that's in your heart.
*DOF = Depth Of Field.
The goal of this months contest is how well you use Depth of Field in your render to Focus the main aspect of your render. If it is a landscape the DOF should focus the viewer on the part you wish them to really see. If it is an Action scene the DOF should get us to focus on the action. If it is a Portrait it should get us to focus on the figure. The effectiveness of the use of DOF is what this contest is about. Only the use of DOF will be judged but please do the best image you can. If you need help with lighting or any other part of your render feel free to ask for help in the WIP Thread.
For a list of the current contest rules, please see this thread: New Users Contest Rules
This month you can find Tutorials and Examples of DOF in the Lets Get Focused WIP thread. If you feel you need help or would like feedback on your submission please post to the WIP THREAD HERE. People will be popping into the WIP THREAD to give you helpful tips and critiques to help you as you go. We ask that you please keep all comments and request's for critiques or help in the WIP THREAD. All comments and or request will be removed from this thread and merged with the WIP THREAD, this thread is only for final submissions for the contest.
For those veterans of the forums that would like to help, because this contest is designed for the beginner to learn from, we will be randomly selecting posts offering helpful tips and/or critiques to receive a special voucher as well, so whether you are a seasoned artist or an aspiring one, there is fun for everyone!
"We would like to thank Jack Tomalin who has graciously decided to sponsor this months contest" He will be awarding a special prize to the winner of this months "DOF "contest. To view some of Jack Tomalin's items please see his store front here Jack Tomalin DAZ Store
Closing Date: August 30 2012
xxshadowraithxx_023552a447 Posts: 16
Deciding Moments
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Wilmap Posts: 2,917
My 1st Entry. Rendered in Bryce 7 pro. No Postwork.
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Wilmap Posts: 2,917
My 2nd Entry. Rendered in Bryce 7 pro. No Postwork.
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xxshadowraithxx_023552a447 Posts: 16
2nd entry, used DS3
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Stezza Posts: 7,528
I've been trying to learn the concepts of using DOF for the past month or so..
Always learning for this complete novice :)
Carrara 8.5b .. no postwork
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Teofa Posts: 823
My entry. No post processing, all done within DAZ Studio 4, and a pretty basic noobie version as well :).
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kurisu2112 Posts: 198
My first entry this month
Title : Advance and declare yourself.
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darkgoddessnight Posts: 0
First entry this month: Flight of Imagination
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Teofa Posts: 823
Second entry.
All DAZ 126.96.36.199. No post processing.
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bluemoon_524a0e29ba Posts: 0
First Entry
Title: Famous Last Words.
"Aint no Dragon brave enough to come out while I'm on watch."
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Second Entry
Title: Why
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Ilena Posts: 279
Title: Show off
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Soltegn Posts: 2
Reality 2
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Title: The Girl in Apartment 39
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ExtremeAlpha Posts: 82
Wounded Rider
DAZ Studio 4.5
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Soltegn Posts: 2
I hope it complies with forum rules
Title: Got You
Reality 2
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niclass10_c04b54aca9 Posts: 0
Title: Retreat
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Fhalo Posts: 41
Title: Ray of hope
Comment: From the darkness of the battlefield comes ray of hope
Inspiration: Battle of Britain museum
Software: Bryce 7.1 Pro
Post Work: None
Tutorial:Bryce Depth of Field effect - a 15 minute tutorial by David Brinnen. Brycetech: Streaming Lights
Textures:Bones0031,cgtextures. Pile of bones and skulls,http://www.stockvault.net/photo/96483/pile-of-bones-and-skullsRayofHope42BlackWhite.jpg800 x 600 - 140KRayofHope42.jpg800 x 600 - 191K
Brotherlobo Posts: 495
Title: 'Make my day'
Software: DAZ 3D
Post Work: Photoshop CS3 - cropping & resizing only
Comments: Making a play on the classic 'Dirty Harry' slogan. If you don't know who 'Dirty Harry' is, head over to Netflix....seriously.Make-my-day-11-cropped.jpg800 x 558 - 206K
Cyonix Posts: 209
Title: The Ritual
Software Used: DS4 Pro, No Postworkvamp_wip_10.jpg600 x 800 - 170K
evilproducer Posts: 9,040
Title: Morning Assault
Software: Carrara 7 Pro. Photoshop for resizing.
Note: I don't classify myself as a new user, so if the judges wish, feel free to disregard my entries.ATAT-Attack-DOF03-800x600.jpg800 x 600 - 183KPost edited by evilproducer on
evilproducer Posts: 9,040
Title: Up In The Sky...!
Software: Carrara 7 Pro. Photoshop for creating sepia tint and fixing an issue with dynamic hair and the DOF function.
Note: I don't classify myself as a new user, so if the judges wish, feel free to disregard my entries.Dystopi-Dirigible-V4_1-800x.jpg800 x 600 - 207KPost edited by evilproducer on
Scott Livingston Posts: 4,325
The Museum of Primitive Man
Used DAZ Studio 4.5 and GIMP
No postwork
(GIMP was used in the creation of the backdrop image (the sky), but this was "pre-work," not postwork)
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niclass10_c04b54aca9 Posts: 0
Title: "My guide to the north"
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dwsel Posts: 0
Hello, I'm new here on this forum. I started playing with Bryce something like a year ago. Hopefully I've made on time with making a picture on this graceful topic.
Title: Soft morning
Apps: Bryce + a little bit of GIMP
- Dutch Iris from Xfrog: http://xfrog.com/product/X-06.html
- orange boheh from Night Fate Stock: http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/art/orange-bokeh-161345621
- grass no.3 from my personal lowres grass pack
- custom Brycean tree
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Cyonix Posts: 209
A wild last minute entry appeared!
Title: Just a Small Town Girl
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Joe Cotter Posts: 3,258
Waiting for the Team to Return
Software, DS4
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Jaderail Posts: 0
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. As of now it is Midnight DAZ3D time.
I wish you all luck in the contest and thank you all for taking part in it. I hope you enjoyed yourself's and found Depth of Field fun to play with.
The contest will be judged in the next few days and the winners will be posted and notified as soon as possible.Post edited by Jaderail on
Sasje Posts: 835
Good luck to everyone.:-)
frank0314 Posts: 12,936
The winners are:
1st - dwsel_ - Soft Morning
2nd - shadowraith - Deciding Moments
HM - Soltegn - Suprise
Congratulations to all the winners and all who participated. The winners should see their prize in there account within the next 48 hrs.Post edited by frank0314 on


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LOS ANGELES, CA – Lance Armstrong is not happy with a magazine and their choice of cover!
Lance Armstrong is gracing the cover of the upcoming Outside magazine issue. He's graced the cover of the magazine eight times, so one would think that the two have a good relationship. At least that's what Armstrong thought but Outside magazine threw him a curveball with their depiction of him on the upcoming issue.
The seven-time Tour de France champion appears on the cover of the magazine's July issue wearing a blue T-shirt that reads "38. BFD.". The number is a reference to Armstrong's age and the letters are an acronym that stands for "big [expletive] deal." Armstrong's problem with the cover lies in the fact that he never wore that shirt and he's a little dumbfounded as to why that was photoshopped in.
For some strange reason, Outside magazine thought it would be a good idea to digitally alter the photo to include the "38. BFD." on the shirt. The cover also includes a note on the bottom that states the shirts isn't actually Armstrong's shirt. There really seems to be no point for the addition of the acronym and it leaves a little to be desired. They could have at least come up with a better slogan to photoshop onto the T-shirt.
Armstrong made his feelings known about the cover over Twitter. He has every reason to be upset with Outside magazine. Not only did the two have a good relationship, but they added a cheap gag on his T-shirt and had the audacity to question if the end of his career is near.
There's a good chance that Outside magazine may have ruined a good thing and one of the world's best known figures may have graced their magazine for the last time.
LOS ANGELES, CA – Lance Armstrong is not happy with a magazine and their choice of cover!


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It is clear from that the lack of representation given to our collective voices over so many issues and not least the failure to uphold the Constitution - that we're facing a crisis not only of leadership, but within the entire system. We have started our "Mulnivasi Nayak" on web page to expose the exploitation and injustice wherever occurring by the brahminical forces & awaken the downtrodden voiceless & helpless community.
Media is playing important role in democracy. To form an opinion is the primary work in any democracy. Brahmins and Banias have controlled the fourth pillar of the democracy, by which democracy is in danger. We have the mission to save the democracy & to make it well advanced in common masses.


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|G. Raghuma Reddy
|Chairman & Managing Director
Sri G. Raghuma Reddy, has assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director of the company on 19.7.2014.
Sri G.Raghuma Reddy, an Engineering Post Graduate from Osmania University College of Engineering joined in erstwhile APSEB as Assistant Engineer in the year 1978 and rose to the position of Chief General Manager in TSSPDCL.
As ADE/Op./Champapet, he has designed, developed and implemented the present open wiring system on all rural distribution transformers in place of LT cable arrangement. Sri G. Raghuma Reddy was promoted as Divisional Engineer and posted as DE/Op./Asmangadh in 2001.
Sri G. Raghuma Reddy, as Superintending Engineer, SCADA Circle prepared the Master Plan for total city for enhancement of PTR capacity and alternate source to EHT Sub Stations.
During 2006, Sri G. Raghuma Reddy was transferred as SE/ Operation, RR South Circle. During the tenure as SE/Operation/RR South, % Meters sales w.r.t input increased from 59.07 % to 62.17%, demand raised form 200 Crores to 280 Crores. 43 Nos. Power transformers and 30 Nos. 2MVA Capacitors banks added in the system. 33 KV alternate source from EHT Sub-Stations was provided to 10 Nos. 33/11 KV Substation to maintain reliable supply.
Sri G. Raghuma Reddy was elevated as Chief General Manager / Master plan and worked from 19.10.2009 to 30.11.2009.During the tenure as CGM / Master plan, the proposal for R-APDRP Project was prepared & submitted to Government.
Sri .G. Raghuma Reddy has worked as Director in the company from 28.01.2010 to 19.07.2014, and heading the functioning of Commercial, Projects, Operation, IPC, RAC & IT.
|Director (Projects & IT) and Director (Finance)
Sri T.Srinivas has assumed charge as Director (Projects & IT) of our company on 02.08.2013.
Sri T. Srinivas, an engineering graduate with distinction from Osmania University, has joined as Assistant Engineer in erstwhile APSEB in the year 1979 and rose to the position of Chief General Manager in TSSPDCL.
Sri T. Srinivas was elevated as Chief General Manager/Master Plan on 03.05.2012. His major achievement as CGM/Master Plan is procuring 15 No's sites worth around Rs. 74.24 Crores in various locations in Hyderabad city for construction of 33/11KV SS, which improved the system and minimized the interruptions.
i. In 1983 got appreciation from Superintending Engineer as Best AE/SPM.
ii. In 1987 got appreciation from Chairman/APSEB for 100% Revenue collection in Nacharam as AE/Operation/Nacharam.
iii. In 1997 got appreciation letter from District Collector for the first place for excellence work done implementing Govt. Programmes as ADE/Operation/Banjara Hills.
iv. In 2000 got appreciation letter from Sri. PVRK Prasad, I.A.S Director – General & E.O. Special Chief Secretary to Govt. for maintaining proper supply to Dr. MCR – HRD institute of AP as ADE/Operation/Banjara Hills.
v. In 2001 got Best Asst. Divisional Engineer/Operation/Banjara Hills award from CMD/CPDCL.
vi. In 2003 got certificate of appreciation from CMD/CPDCL for services rendered in conducting 1st Afro Asian Games 2003.
vii. In 2006 got Swamy Vivekananda Visistha Puraskar award.
viii. In 2007 got Non-Monetary award for 2005-2006 as best operation division to Erragadda.
ix. In 2011 got "Excellence award" from Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy for outstanding contribution for the growth of IT Industry in A.P. for the year 2009-2010.
x. In 2012 got "certificate of appreciation" from CMD/CPDCL for exemplary services for the XI conference of Parties (COP-II) to the convention on Bio-Diversity held at HICC, Hyderabad from 1st October 2012 to 19th October 2012.
|J.Srinivasa Reddy
|Director (Operations)
Sri J.Srinivasa Reddy has assumed charge as Director/operations on the Board on 27th November 2014
Sri J. Srinivasa Reddy an Engineering Graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
He has joined as Asst Engineer, Kothagudem in erstwhile APSEB and rose to the post of Superintending Engineer. He has worked in various capacities in all the wings in Medak, Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts covered by erstwhile APSEB and APCPDCL now TSSPDCL.
|Director (Commercial)
Sri K.Ramulu has assumed charge as Director (Commercial,DPE,Assessment and Energy Audit) of our company on 01.09.2018
Sri K.Ramulu is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and post graduate in MBA(HR) from Osmania University, joined in erstwhile APSEB as Assistant Engineer in the year 1986 and rose to the position of Chief General Manager in TSSPDCL.
He has an illustrious career spanning over 32 years of outstanding contribution in the Company in various positions.
As Assistant Engineer he headed plant operations and maintenance and project construction as well as processing of Mini Power Plant & power purchase proposals.
With over 15 years of major contribution in operational wing as ADE,DE,SE and CGM, he has led several initiatives for achieving operational excellence.
As CGM/Projects, CGM/Master Plan, he has played a key role for successful execution of SCADA, HVDS, SMART GRID projects and IPDS, DDUGJY schemes and formed new schemes for SPA:PA as well as he spearheaded several critical activities in Construction of new 33/11kV substations, erection of new 33kV lines.
i.Sri K.Ramulu was bestowed with Best District officer Award by Smt. Smita Sabharwal,I.A.S (Collector and District Magistrate, Medak) on 26.01.2014.
ii.He has received Best Superintending Engineer/TSSPDCL award from Hon'ble Minister T. Harish Rao on 15.08.2014 in the presence of Dr. A. Sharath, I.A.S (Collector and District Magistrate,FAC,Medak) in recognition of outstanding performance and for the exemplary services rendered in various wings.
iii.He got "appreciation letter" from CMD/CPDCL Sri. V.Anil Kumar I.A.S, for achieving cumulative revenue collection of 101% for the year 2012-13 in siddipet as Superintending Engineer/op on 06.04.2013.
|Director (HR&IR)
Sri G.Parvatham has assumed charge as Director(HR&IR) of our company on 05.09.2018
Sri G. Parvatham , an Engineering Post-Graduate with Distinction in the year 1985 from Osmania University College of Engineering.
He served in the Electricity Department for a period of 31 years and initially, joined in the erstwhile APSEB and worked as Assistant Engineer from 16.05.1986 to Nov 1992 at KTPS Palvancha and since 1992 he has worked in various capacities in Master Plan and Operation wings at Mehdipatnam, Habsiguda, RR North & Hyderabad north circles, Medchal Zone covered by erstwhile APSEB and APCPDCL now TSSPDCL.
i. He has received many appreciation certificate from Chairman and Managing Director/CPDCL & Chairman and Managing Director/TSTRANSCO, even Power Minister of TS Government appreciated in DISCOMs Meeting.
ii. He has been awarded The Best Master Plan/Asst. Divisional Engineer during the year 2000-2001 for the quality and speed of the works.
iii. He has been awarded The Best Asst. Divisional Engineer/Operation Central Circle during the year 2005 for the outstanding performance.
iv. He has been also awarded The Best Divisional Engineer/operation of the DISCOM during the year 2005-2006 when he was working as Divisional Engineer/ Operation/ Mehdipatnam.
|Ch.Madan Mohan Rao
|Director(P & MM)
Sri Ch.Madan Mohan Rao has assumed charge as Director(P&MM) of our company on 01.09.2018
Sri Ch. Madan Mohan Rao, an Engineering Graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Sri Ch. Madan Mohan Rao, had joined as Assistant Engineer, Kothagudem in erstwhile APSEB in the year 1978 and rose to the position of Superintending Engineer in TSSPDCL. He has worked in various areas of Thermal Power Station for five years at KTPS, Kothagudem.
Sri Ch. Madan Mohan Rao, has worked as Assistant Engineer in Warangal Zone as operation Engineer and also as MRT Engineer for 12 years
Sri Ch. Madan Mohan Rao, has worked in various capacities in all the wings in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medak District.
As a DE/Construction, DE/Master Plan, SE/ Quality Control and SE/ Operation/Ranga Reddy, he has contributed to the development of the Power Sector with team work and also he, play key roles in Engineer's Association with best leadership qualities.
|S.Swamy Reddy
|Director(IPC & RAC)
Sri S.Swamy Reddy has assumed charge as Director(IPC&RAC) of our company on 05.09.2018
Sri S.Swamy Reddy, an Engineering Graduate from JNTU, Hyderabad.
Sri S.Swamy Reddy, has joined as an Assistant Engineer Maintenance, Bheemgal in Nizambad district in erstwhile APSEB in the year 1989 and rose to the position of ADE, DE and SE in the year in 1997, 2005 and 2015 respectively in TSSPDCL.
Sri S.SwamyReddy, has worked in various capacities such as Maintenance, SPM, Commercial, Operations, Constructions and Customer services as AE, ADE, DE and SE in various places Nizamabad, Medak, Karimnagar , Hyderabad , Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy Districts covered by erstwhile APSEB and APCPDCL now TSSPDCL.
Sri S.Swamy Reddy, has taken active participation in Telangana movement & played a key role in Engineering Associations for the welfare of the employees and their rights.
During his career since beginning with APSEB to TSSPDCL, he has performed his duties with utmost care & sincerity for the betterment of the organization.
|Sri Gampa Gopal
|Director(EAudit, DPE & Assessment)
Sri Gampa Gopal assumed charge as Director (Energy Audit, DPE & Assessment) of TSSPDCL on 23.07.2021. He is an Electrical Engineer from JNTU, Hyderabad.
Started his career at Bombay Electric Supply & Transport (BES &T) as a Deputy Engineer (Operation & Maintenance). During the 5 years of service, received various appreciation awards.
He has joined Bharat Dynamics Limited (B.D.L.) a Defense Public Sector undertaking under Government of India as an Assistant Manager & with his excellent performance went on to become the head of the Kanchanbagh unit of B.D.L. in the capacity of Executive Director before superannuating.
He has a very rich experience (more than 35 years ) in the area of Electrical Engineering and coupled with vast knowledge in the field of Missile technology & Manufacturing Industry.
His passion for acquiring knowledge and zeal to pursue specialized technology areas of Missile systems facilitated his long association with the premier DRDO labs and assimilation of transfer of technology of various complex missile systems. During his service at B.D.L., he has received several commendations from DRDO and BDL for achievements specific to the Missile programmes.
He is currently an executive committee member of the prestigious Aeronautical society of India (ASI), Hyderabad.


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HP introduced the graphic arts industry's largest, most productive commercial digital color press, bringing the concept of mass customization to printing by combining the personalization features of digital printing with the efficiencies of high-volume production.
With its unmatched width and its 600-foot/minute (183-meter/minute) speed, the HP T400 Color Inkjet Web Press prints up to 5,200 full-color, letter-size pages per minute – 44 percent more than the closest solution from competing vendors.
HP unveiled the press at the offices of O'Neil Data Systems, a Los Angeles-based data-driven marketing communication firm that now uses all four systems in the HP inkjet web press portfolio – the HP T200, T300, T350 and the new T400.
HP also introduced several additional solutions, including an HP magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) system and third-party coated media, as well as workflow and finishing solutions from members of the HP Graphic Solutions Partner program. HP additionally is offering customers an option to upgrade HP T300 presses to the faster T350 platform.
"With more than 25 installations worldwide, our inkjet web press systems are changing the business dynamics of applications such as publishing, transpromo and direct mail," said Christopher Morgan, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. "With the significant throughput capacity the new HP T400 offers, customers can now break into a world of true mass personalization and customization and take advantage of substantial new growth opportunities."
High-quality imaging with new inks and printheads
The HP T400 offers high-quality imaging by reproducing sharp text and images, as well as uniform area fills. New HP A50 process-color inks work with new HP A10 printheads, which use HP Scalable Printing Technology in a compact, 1,200-nozzles-per-inch printhead design. New, advanced web tension controls and dryer systems provide reliable, fast and consistent productivity.
Users of standard-size (20.5-inch) digital web press finishing equipment can produce two jobs simultaneously on the HP T400, using an optional slitter at the end of the press to convert the roll into side-by-side webs. Scalable job impositioning tools for high-level prepress efficiency from Ultimate Technographics – a member of the HP Graphics Solutions Partner program – allow operators to impose separate variable-data jobs side by side on the web.
Other HP Graphics Solutions Partners, including finishing and paper transport system suppliers EMT, Magnum Digital Solutions, MBO and Muller Martini, are presenting solutions they offer to support the HP T400 platform. Additional industry suppliers, including CMC, Compart, GMC Software Technology, Hunkeler, Lasermax Roll Systems, Tecnau, Videk and WEKO, also are showcasing solutions for use with HP Inkjet Web Presses.
Pitney Bowes is highlighting high-volume transactional/transpromotional uses for a new HP Inkjet Web Press technology. The HP T400 will become part of a new IntelliJet 42 solution for transactional/transpromotional markets, extending the range of IntelliJet size and speed configurations.
"Pitney Bowes is delighted to be collaborating with HP to introduce this new solution to high-volume transactional mailers," said Ramesh Ratan, president, Document Messaging Technologies, Pitney Bowes.�"This is another example of how we are working together to create solutions that can help our customers deliver increased efficiency and productivity to generate more powerful and valuable customer communications."
Scheduled to be available later this year, the HP T400 is part of a broader production printing portfolio that includes HP Indigo liquid electrophotographic imaging presses. With a global install base in excess of 5,000 presses, HP Indigo is a market leader in high-value, offset- and photo-quality digital printing.
Since introducing the first HP Inkjet Web Press in 2008, HP has continued to gain momentum in publishing, direct mail and transactional and transpromotional markets, with more than 1.46 billion pages produced on HP Inkjet Web Presses in 2010. HP is presently installing its first HP inkjet web press in Asia at book exporter CTPS' plant in Dongguan, China.
"HP's T400 is a powerful addition to the Inkjet Web Press family and extends it into unheard of ranges of digital print productivity," said Jim Hamilton, group director of industry analyst firm InfoTrends. "These are revolutionary devices that compel marketers and content providers to re-imagine what can be accomplished with production digital print."
World premiere at O'Neil Data Systems
O'Neil Data Systems is home to the first HP T400 press installation, making it the only customer facility to have all four HP Inkjet Web Press models. The company also uses HP Indigo Digital Presses to produce a variety of high-end jobs, including covers for Inkjet Web Press-printed publications. O'Neil Data Systems also uses HP Exstream customer communications management software to compose complex, variable-data document streams at full press speeds.
The company is using HP Exstream and the HP T400 press to produce MarketSmith, a personalized financial research publication delivered weekly.
"The HP T400 Color Inkjet Web Press truly is converging on offset speeds while providing the benefits of a digital printing environment," said James Lucanish, president, O'Neil Data Systems.
As with all HP Inkjet Web Press models, the HP T400 prints on virtually any standard uncoated or newsprint paper, as well as on a range of coated papers. HP announced the immediate availability of new 115 and 130 gsm Jaz coated papers from Sappi for use with HP Inkjet Web Presses. The papers are now available in Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with additional weights scheduled to be available there soon.
Launch of MICR printing solution for HP Inkjet Web Presses
MICR, a technology commonly used in checkbook printing, will soon be available for use in a wider variety of applications with the new MICR HP Inkjet Web Press solution. Available for order now with new HP T300 and T350 purchases, and scheduled to be available with T200 and T400 models sold later this year, the solution consists of new black MICR ink with a print bar that inserts into expansion slots on all HP Inkjet Web presses.
The HP Inkjet Web Press MICR solution enables direct and transactional mail printers to use only one pass to produce balance transfer check mailers, rebate check mailers and other popular direct mail products. This method avoids the significant document security and inventory storage demands with existing workflows, which require valuable MICR documents to be preprinted and then locked away, with additional finishing, inserting or full-color printing steps completed in subsequent steps just prior to mailing.


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Entwickler: Chainfire
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|Version: 3.3
minimale Android Version: 2.1 oder höher
Kategorie: Tools
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Chainfire3D - Take control of your GPU (OpenGL) !
!! This is an "upgrade" / "license file" for the normal Chainfire3D program, you must already have the free version installed or nothing will happen !!
Take control over your GPU!
Chainfire3D is an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins to provide extra functionality.
!! Android 2.1 and newer. Now available for Honeycomb - but still a big risk there !!
!! Chainfire3D is for 1ghz+ devices only !!
!! ROOT is required for this program, as well as a writable /system partition. S-OFF is also required on HTC devices !!
Features include reducing texture size and quality to reduce memory use and potentially increase game performance, as well as increasing memory use potentially increase performance.
If you also install the (experimental) EGL driver, AND your GPU supports it, AND you have the Pro version, you can enable 4xMSAA or 16xMSAA on a per-app bases. This can drastically improve image quality!
Be sure to check the thread on XDA for available plugins !
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087427 )
Chainfire3D has been tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7"
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Samsung Epic 4G
- Motorola Atrix 4G
- Motorola Droid 2
- LG Optimus 2X
- Google Nexus S
Many users are running Chainfire3D on devices not listed here - it's likely to work on all modern devices. So far nobody has reported a failed install, so that's good. Doesn't mean problems can't happen.
!! There is some risk involved installing the driver. Your device may not boot. If you have CWM, it would be prudent to create a backup before installing !!


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Society's Child
Ohio Woman Unknowingly Married Her Father
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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:53 UTC
Nobody shared it with Valerie Spruill while her husband was alive. For years after his death, she heard bits of the story. It was something about an absentee father, something about her husband.
None of it made sense, she said. That's not until her uncle finally told her what no one else had: She had unknowingly married the father she never knew.
"It is devastating. It can destroy you," Spruill told CNN late Thursday by telephone. "It almost did."
Spruill, 60, of Doylestown, Ohio, went public with her story this month, first published in the Akron Beacon Journal, with the hopes that it would help others facing what seem like insurmountable problems.
It's a story that has gone viral, attracting attention as faraway as Australia and India where the questions are always the same, she says: How could that happen?
It's a question that Spruill said she has been grappling with since she first learned the truth in 2004, six years after her husband Percy Spruill died.
"I don't know if he ever knew or not. That conversation didn't come up," she said. "I think if he did know, there is no way he could have told me."
She confirmed that her husband was indeed her father through a DNA test, hair taken from one of his brushes.
The aftermath of the secret was devastating emotionally -- and physically, Spruill suffered two strokes and was diagnosed with diabetes.
All of it, she believes was brought on by learning the family secret.
"Pain and stress will kill, and I had to release my stress," Spruill said. "I'm just telling the story to release my pain."
She has a deep, abiding faith in God, who she believes has guided her through the experience -- and others that have shaped her life.
"You have to have faith," she said. "If God brought me this far, he's not going to leave me now."
Spruill met and married her husband-father in Akron and settled in Doylestown, a working class suburb of about 2,300.
It was her second marriage. Spruill was a nice man, a good provider. He was kind to her three children from her previous marriage.
"We had a good life," she said.
She initially struggled with anger, with hating Spruill for what happened.
But therapy taught her what happened wasn't her fault. Her faith taught her to forgive.
Initial response to her story has been mixed: "More positive than negative," she says.
In recent days, she has been in contact with a couple who found out after they were married that they were brother and sister.
They told her, she said, that her story is helping them deal with their own experience.
"They are trying to be friends now," Spruill said.
Others, though, have been less kind.
"They've said things like 'Some secrets should stay secrets,'" she said. "I can't do anything about what they think. I just know what I think. God is always mighty, and he teaches you to tell the truth no matter what."
Spruill knows not everybody tells the truth. It's a lesson she learned as a child the hard way.
By all accounts, Spruill's mother got pregnant as a teenager while dating her then 15-year-old father.
She was 3-months-old when she was sent to live with her grandmother and grandfather, who she initially believed as she grew up was her father.
Spruill said at about age 8 or 9, she discovered that the woman who often visited the house was not a family friend but her mother.
But nobody, she said, talked about her father.
There's nobody left to give her the answers about her husband-father. Her mother, Christine, died in 1984. Her grandparents have long since passed. So, too, have a number of Percy Spruill's relatives.
Spruill knows her mother worked as a prostitute and even got caught up in the 1980 high-profile corruption scandal surrounding James Barbuto, a probate judge who was convicted of intimidating investigators and gross sexual imposition for attacking a courthouse clerk in his chambers.
"My mother showed me lots of love. All said and done, I have no regrets in my life at all," she said.
She believes she has siblings or half-siblings from Spruill's previous relationships, including the one with her mother.
She said she wants to find them and let them know they are not alone.
Spruill, herself, has three children and eight grandchildren. She struggled with telling her children that the man they believed was their step-father was their grandfather.
A therapist "advised me to tell my kids," she said. "I told them about two years ago. They are remarkable. They are handling it better than I am."
In recent days, shortly before the news broke, she also told her grandchildren.
"They have been so supportive. They are telling me they love me, telling me they will do whatever I need," she said.
In her spare time, since retiring from the accounting department where she worked for 34 years at Goodyear, she has been writing down her story with the hopes of publishing it.
"I thank God that he gave me a chance to live through all of this," she said. "It is nothing short of a miracle that I'm still here. I want people to know that they can survive something like this."
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Your Genetic Genealogist: "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr." - DNA in The First Two Episodes
CeCe Moore blogged in depth about the first two episodes Henry Louis Gates' new series about finding roots which appeared last night on public television. I saw the first episode last night and will watch the second today. If you share my interest in genealogy and the application of DNA findings to amplify family history research, you should enjoy this series on public television.
Your Genetic Genealogist: "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr." - DNA in The First Two Episodes:
You will also find the preview from The Genetic Genealogist to be both interesting and provocative. Blaine Bettinger's excellent blog is easily confused with CeCe's Your Genetic Genealogist. Both these blogs help us all try to keep up with new developments in the rapidly developing expanding field of genetic genealogy.
Posted by Dr D at 5:32 AM
Labels: 23andMe, African American DNA, Blaine Bettinger, Cece Moore, Family Tree DNA, Finding Your Roots, FTDNA, Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., The Genetic Genealogist, Your Genetic Genealogist
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Thanks Dave! For the record, Blaine had his blog title first, but graciously allowed me to use a similar name for my blog.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to your speech on Saturday!
Thanks for your clarification CeCe. Even though I know the difference between your blogs and know how they came to be, I have to think twice about which one I wish to access.ReplyDelete
That's not a bad thing. I appreciate very much what each of you are doing to keep us up-to-date with the fast changing genetic genealogy landscape.
Keep up the great work.
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The Houston Police Department has assembled a fleet of bait cars in the hope of capturing car thieves. At the very least, they've captured some hilarious video of robbers becoming victims of their own hubris.
The addition of audio recording makes these videos all the more enjoyable. There's the first individual, unable to stop laughing about how easy it was to steal the car... until he realizes why. Another individual calls a friend to brag about his good luck. Our favorite has to be the pair at the end with their promises of a police chase and "not going back to jail." Oh, and she claims to be pregnant. Classy!
Everyone seems to be smoking in this videos, which makes believe no one here is capable of making long-term decisions about their well-being. According to the police, they're a perfect 52-52 in arrests and convictions because it's hard to mount a defense when they have you on video calling someone to brag about stealing a car from inside a stolen car. Enjoy the video below.


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Show Summary
Now that Gaddafi is dead, Adam wants to throw his hat in to be the new world leader. Alison and Bald Bryan are also in studio, and talk with Adam about the Occupy Wall Street protests, as well as try to correct the rumors about why they haven't been on the show as of late. Alison has some of her own anger to vent about, and Adam complains about the donuts that one of the staff members brought in. He also tosses in his thoughts about a bad pizza splitting situation, and why he hates Fiesta mix. The last part of the show is an epic round of Blah Blah Blog, where the guys try to guess who wrote the inane blog excerpt.
Show CreditsExecutive Producer: Donny Misraje Producer: Mike Lynch Producer: Mike Dawson Audio/Voice Over/Post-Production: Mike Dawson Newsgirl: Alison Rosen Sound Effects: Bryan Bishop Technical Director/Donut Czar: Chris Laxamana Show Summary: Matt Fondiler


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Too Cold to Go to the Gym? Try This HIIT Workout at Home!
Burn major calories and break a sweat with this high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout from Self — it only takes 12 minutes!
Sorry to break it to you, but you're about to lose the "It's nasty out so there's no way I can exercise" excuse. No matter how frigid and frosty it is, you can still squeeze in a super-effective workout from the comfort of your own home — even if you don't own a single piece of equipment.
Oh? You wanted to know how?
OK, it's so simple! You'll do a combination of bodyweight moves and intervals of work and rest. Basically, push yourself as hard as you can for 30 seconds, then rest and repeat. JJ Christopher, owner of Division St. CrossFit in Chicago (where it's always nasty in the winter!), came up with this calorie-incinerating, body-sculpting routine for Self to help you stay fit whenever the weather outside is frightful. Here's how it works:
First, Pick Your Moves
Select one — just one! — move from each of these groups (the last group only has burpees — sorry, Charlie, you're stuck with them!)
Group A: Lower-Body Moves:
- Air squats: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and arms bent with hands at chest level. Push your butt back, as if sitting down in a chair, and slowly lower yourself down until hip crease is below knees, making sure to keep knees behind toes. Stand back up and repeat.
- Alternating lunges: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and step out in front of you with right foot while bending right knee. Lower yourself until left knee almost touches floor, then immediately raise yourself back up and return right foot to starting position. Repeat, alternating sides.
- Squat jumps: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, arms bent in front of you with hands at chest level. Bend knees and lower yourself into a full squat. Once you hit the bottom, jump up explosively and reach high towards the ceiling. When you land, return down to the squat position and repeat.
Group B: Upper-Body Moves:
- Push-ups: Everybody knows how to do these, but in case you've gotten amnesia: Start in plank position, feet and hands on floor with your body straight. Lower yourself down until chest hits floor and raise yourself back up, keeping core tight. If these are too hard, you can scale them and drop to your knees (just make sure to keep abs engaged the entire time!).
- Dips: Sit on the edge of your sofa and place your hands on the cushions next to your butt, legs extended out in front of you. Push up with your arms and slide your butt out in front of the edge of the sofa. Then raise and lower your body by bending and straightening your arms behind you.
Group C: Core Moves:
- Sit-ups: This is another classic you already probably know how to do, but a refresher: Lay on the ground with knees bent, arms overhead. Swing your arms towards your knees while engaging abs and sitting up. Tap ground in between feet with your hands and return to start position.
- Plank: Facing the floor, get onto hands and toes, keeping arms straight, abs engaged, and creating a straight line from toes to shoulders. If this is too hard, you can lower yourself down to your elbows and forearms.
- Glute bridges: Lie on back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Engaging your abs the entire time, lift your hips up off the floor until you have a straight line from knees to shoulders, pressing your heels down for stability. Slowly return to start and repeat.
Group D: Cardio component:
- Burpees: From a standing position, quickly drop your body to the floor by kicking your feet behind you and touching your chest to the ground. As fast as possible, bring your feet back under you and finish the movement by jumping into the air and clapping hands overhead.
Now, Crush Your Workout
You'll do three rounds of your four moves (whichever exercise you chose from group A, group B, group C, and then those super-fun burpees). Do as many as you can of the first move in 30 seconds, then rest for 30 seconds before moving on to the next move. The total workout should only take you 12 minutes — but you'll be spent by the end. Work at a pace where you can keep moving for the entire 30 seconds — just do as much as you can in that time, and as you get fitter, you'll see your total reps skyrocket.
And guess what? After a measly 12 minutes, you're done! But thanks to the higher intensity of this speedy routine, your bod will keep burning more cals for hours to come. Bring on the snow days!
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