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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Work in Progress - Bonnie's Commission
The painting starts with a blank piece of paper with a pencil drawing. I first add masking fluid to the parts that I want to keep white until the very end, such as eye sparkles. The only areas I masked on this painting were the dog's eye sparkle, his claws, and the shoe laces. This makes it easier to paint around those areas and not worry about saving the white of the paper. I then lay in the first wash by wetting the section I want to work on. In this painting I did a few sections; his face, the dog, the background, the clothes, and his boots. For his face, I wet all the areas except those where the sun hit him. Then I dropped in various colors - warm in the sun lit areas and cooler colors in the shaded areas. The second section was the background. Again, I kept the hat and face dry, and moistened the rest of the paper, then dropped in yellows and greens. For the first layers of most paintings, I work wet in wet, which keeps everything soft.
You can see at this stage I also did his shirt and pants as one large area for the first wash. I got the whole thing wet except for where the sun hits it, then dropped in different colors of blue, green and yellow. It's good to use more than one color in these first washes as they add interest and keep the painting from looking flat.
In the picture below I added more detail to the dog. I got the whole dog wet, then, with thicker but moist paint, added some of his stripes on his body and markings on his face.
Below I added the pocket details. Working with a less wet paper, but still moist to keep things soft, I used a little bit thicker paint for the lines of the seams. To get the right moisture on the paper, I use a nice sable brush and squeeze out the water so it's not dripping, but still has plenty of water in it. I run this over the areas I want to add soft details.
Although the picture below was after the picture above, you'll notice the dog's muzzle is lighter. I use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser pads, the ones you find in the grocery store cleaning aisle, to 'erase' some of the paint. They don't have any harmful chemicals in them and are perfectly safe for painting.
Here I've added the first wash to the boot. I try to do the 'first wash' and maybe the 'first soft detail' step on each section before I progress to the final stage of the painting to put in the fine details, which I often do mostly on dry paper. Stay tuned for the final stages of this painting!
To see some painting tutorials, click here. Click on uploads and you'll be able to scroll down to see the tutorials. I have over 20 posted.
9 comments:
- Carol Blackburn said...
Wow, this is coming out wonderful, Rachel. I'll check out your tutorials when I have sometime. Thanks.
- Joyfulartist said...
Do you let the paper dry between washes? I'm assuming you do or you'd have colors bleeding together and back-washes everywhere. Do you let it dry naturally or do you help it along with a hairdryer. Thanks for sharing your step by step process. It's very effective.
- Stilin Studio said...
What an awesome tutorial and painting! I'm so glad I found you (via Flickr) - you are quite an inspiration!!!!!! I really LOVE your work!
- rachelsstudio.com said...
Thanks Carol and Linda!
Joyfulartist - I do let the paper dry in between washes. If you try to paint on paper that is half dry, the wash you just laid down will get blossoms. Sometimes I use a hair dryer, but more often I just set that painting aside and work on another one. I'm usually working on several paintings at one time!
- MariasWatercolor said...
Thanks for showing the work in progress, it is so helpful when you are starting out to see how the paintings progress, your work is simply amazing.
- Clair DeLune said...
Rachel... you are a miracle worker with watercolors... what talent! Thank you for sharing... I had to laugh about the Mr. Clean erasers... glad to find a use for them. I used one on my cabinet doors and they sanded the finish right off! :( I'll move them from cleaning supplies to art supplies! Loved that tip! I'll be returning to your impressive blog for more help as I start my art career! Clair DeLune, Blues Moon Radio
- rachelsstudio.com said...
Maria and Clair -
It is a joy to share what I've learned with others!
Rachel, I just wanted to thank you again. The Water Color of my husband and Brittany brought tears to my eyes. My husband will be so surprised as we lost our Brittany in May, she was 13, and a very big part of our family.
God Bless, Bonnie
- rachelsstudio.com said...
Bonnie - I'm so sorry to hear about Brittany and I hope this painting will help keep those wonderful memories fresh and alive!

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I know there are only a few days left of Park City Girl Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival, but I finally got a few moments for a blog post and am going to use them to join in the fun!
The quilt I am showing is a Triple Rainbow Four-Patch that I made last year, for an online friend in a craft swap. She is a real gem and always puts a ray of sunshine in everybody's day, so it was a joy to surprise her with this throw. She moved while the swap was underway, so the quilt arrived as she was unpacking, and I believe ended up being the centerpiece of her new living room. Now that our kids are older, we're not around the same online community as much any more, but I often think of her and hope that this quilt is still lighting up her day with good memories and a smile!
This quilt was inspired by a scrappy reproduction version in an American Patchwork & Quilting book. When I saw it, I had a vision of it in a rainbow, barn raising layout and thought of my friend. While I used a lot of scraps in this quilt, I was pretty new to quilting at the time, and had to supplement my stash to get the range of fabrics and colors I needed. It ended up having more than 60 fabrics and almost 2,000 individual squares! Since then, I have used up many of the fabrics (aw, there's the last of that bit from the Rainbow Triple Four-Patch...) but some of them are still in my stash and getting regular use. It's fun how being a scrap quilter helps to weave the memories and stories of each fabric's quilt of origin into other projects. It's just one more way that quilting connects the past with the future for me.
I'm enjoying seeing the work of other quilters in the Festival whose blogs I would not have discovered otherwise. I haven't had a chance to look at all of the participants yet, but I was particularly touched by Mrs Moen's quilt that she made to commemorate her daughter's struggle with anorexia. I'm looking forward to getting to see more of the quilts in the festival!
A collection of finished quilts, quilt dreams and other crafty musings from a sewing mom.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Quilt Festival!
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Interesting quilt and I enjoyed the story that goes with it.ReplyDelete
I REALLY like this quilt!ReplyDelete
love the quilt and love the story behing it. Thanks for sharing, StephReplyDelete
It´s so alive I liked the colors.ReplyDelete
Special friends are with us in those pleasant memories. Loved the quilt.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your wonderful quilt and beautiful story! I love your observation about the fabric weaving memories and stories--so true!!ReplyDelete
The colours are gorgeousReplyDelete
Great fabric choices. I like it.ReplyDelete
I love this colour FULL quilt!ReplyDelete
It's stunning. I love the colors and the way the design pops.ReplyDelete
Love the colors!ReplyDelete
happy sewing!
i love that quilts have stories...this quilt is lovelyReplyDelete
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Nine in 10 European city dwellers breathe bad air
IT'S NO pea-souper, but Europe's air is still bad. Despite big cuts in emissions of polluting chemicals, over 90 per cent of the European Union's city dwellers are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, a recent report concludes.
Levels of many air pollutants have fallen across the EU, according to the European Environment Agency, but its latest assessment says there is more work to do.
Between 91 and 96 per cent of Europeans living in cities are exposed to a class of tiny particulate pollutants, called PM2.5, at levels higher than the EU guidelines – which themselves fall short of the World Health Organization's standards. Levels are highest in eastern European countries like Poland and Bulgaria.
The European Commission is currently reviewing its air pollution standards.
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The City of Clarksville and the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Area have introduced a program designed to reduce panhandling by encouraging citizens to give to agencies that attack the real problems of need and homelessness.
The "Real Change, Not Spare Change" program urges citizens to refrain from making direct donations to panhandlers. Instead, the campaign encourages residents to contribute to agencies that provide food for people in need and to agencies whose mission is to provide services to homeless individuals and families.
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan and United Way Executive Director Ginna Holleman unveiled the program at a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Clarksville City Hall.
"Clarksville is a compassionate community, and we have well-managed, successful agencies that are actively fighting homelessness and providing food for those in need," Mayor McMillan said. "With 'Real Change, Not Spare Change' we are suggesting that instead of handing money to panhandlers -- who may or may not be homeless -- we should donate to our local non-profits who will use these resources to attack the real problems people face."
The Real Change campaign is being coordinated by the City's Office of Housing and Community Development with the help of the local United Way and member agencies. The program's main feature is a "Text to Give" system that offers residents an easy way to use a mobile phone or personal computer to make a donation to the United Way, which will then distribute the resources to three member agencies -- the Community Action Agency, Manna Cafe and Urban Ministries -- which have effective food and assistance programs.
The "Text to Give" system is easy to use. Simply dial the numbers 41444 into your mobile device's text message system, enter the word GIVECHANGE, and follow the prompts to donate.
"With 'Real Change' we want to truly help people," Holleman said. "This is designed to improve our community by encouraging donations to legitimate programs that can make a difference and help solve homelessness and hunger."
The Real Change program also includes a public awareness campaign, which will use billboards, posters, a web page and social media messaging. The campaign will promote the text giving system and convey the concept that giving to panhandlers isn't the solution to the larger problems of homelessness and need.
The Text to Give platform and Information about "Real Change. Not Spare Change" also is online at www.cityofclarksville.com/givechange. The web resources include a full directory of agencies offering food, assistance and services; advice about how to react when approached by panhandlers; a resource card to print out and share with people in need, and samples of "Real Change. Not Spare Change" materials that can be printed and used as posters in businesses throughout the area.
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Norway's deputy minister of foreign affairs Torgeir Larsen addressed the meeting, which was attended by journalists from Jordan, Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Iran.
The conference focused on freedom of expression in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. Suri was invited to intervene in discussions and talk about IPS's reporting experience in the region.
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One of my favorite people in all the world is in SF this weekend. I am so excited!
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BELLARMINE-JEFFERSON HIGH — It didn't particularly pass well, its intensity was a bit lackluster and it definitely made its share of mistakes.
The Bellarmine-Jefferson High girls' volleyball team didn't look like squad gunning for a league title when it took on visiting St. Anthony Thursday.
However, the Guards had enough talent, and just enough motivation, to earn a 25-19, 20-25, 25-18, 25-23 victory, as they keep their dynasty in the Santa Cruz League intact.
The win gives Bell-Jeff its fifth-straight league championship. In addition, the Guards have won 36 league matches in a row and are 39-1 since joining the league five years ago.
"We take pride in keeping our league-title streak going," Bell-Jeff Coach Miguel Segura said. "We have been building up the program the past few years and we are still going strong."


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decrement filenames in unix
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Date: Thu Aug 25 11:12:26 2005
Subject: decrement filenames in unix
Hi, I need a help regrading renaming the file names with the follwoing scenario: I have thousand of files with following name:
134532565.txt 134532566.txt 134532567.txt 134532568.txt
I want a script to decrement the file names with last 4 digits of current files names as following:
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Thu Aug 25 11:44:03 2005: 1025 TonyLawrence
Please SEARCH before you post.
If you had typed "rename" into the search box at the top of every page here, you would have got (link) as the first hit and had your answer instantly, and also saved me the time of pointing this out to you.
Search first. If you don't find what you want or don't understand it, post. But search first.
Fri Aug 26 05:45:06 2005: 1028 anonymous
I would try something like this: Make a directory called scripts with another directory called test then save the contents of this file as rename.pl, and copy some of your files into the test directory. Notice i said COPY. You don't want to lose the originals, but this worked for me when I had to rename a bunch of spyware images one time... if it doesn't, we can use perl's substr() function....
opendir (DH1,"$dir") || die "Cannot open directory\n";
foreach $file (@ARRAY1)
next if $file=~/\^./;
if ($file =~/^\d/)
$file2 = $file;
$file2 =~ s/^\d[4]//; # This d[4] item is what you would change for the
# number of didgets to remove...
`cp $dir/$file $dir/$file2`;
# `rm -f $dir/$file`; use for cleanup with caution ;)
print "$cnt files handled\n";
close DH1;
Sat Aug 27 13:28:26 2005: 1035 anonymous
Many Thanks for your help,
I tried to do as per your instruction, but scipt gave me the error:
source $PATH and file names with source $PATH file names are identical.
Any suggestion on it..
Fri Sep 9 20:43:56 2005: 1070 anonymous
Where did you save the script? It should be in the scripts directory and not the test directory. If that is not the issue, then I would want to look at putting the copied files into another directory.
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Picking up the pieces after her tough split. Married at First Sight's Heather Seidel comes clean in the season 4 reunion episode on Tuesday, November 1, about the surprising amount of pain she endured during her divorce from Derek Schwartz, as seen in Us Weekly's exclusive sneak peek.
The FYI relationship series' preview clip shows the flight attendant returning to tell the show's counselors about the emotions she felt throughout the dissolution of her marriage. Earlier this season, Seidel and Schwartz became the first couple in the show's history to divorce midway through a season.
"I didn't expect to have the hurt and the sadness," Seidel reveals. "I've been thinking about marriage since I was a child — I've always wanted to get married, I've seen marriage work. And it's a loss of really having someone that I could really love and connect with and feel safe with and build a life with."
The show's team asks Seidel if she has any interest in patching things up with her ex-husband, and she replies, "No, I haven't thought about seeing him. I just don't see him as someone that I want to be in a romantic relationship with."
A previously released clip from the special showed Tom Wilson and Lillian Vilchez revealing whether they are still married. "It's been hard — marriage is not easy," Vilchez said in the scene, which was also exclusive to Us.
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Read More: Angel Haze, Macklemore, Queer, Rap, same-love
Some of you might be sick of Same Love – the Macklemore/Ryan Louis jam that has dominated airwaves and the internet for some time. But suspend your lack of enthusiasm for just a few minutes and take a listen to queer rapper Angle Haze's take on the song:
(Warning, NSFW)
It's heavy to say the least- but it's a voice in the LGBT movement that is often underrepresented, an out black lesbian willing to callout what she's seen and gone through. It's certainly not a subtle rhyme – Haze raps about coming out, her mother's refusal to accept her, and how religion hurts more than it harms (our paraphrasing is much nicer, trust me.)
I'm personally glad and proud to see an actual member of the LGBTQ community contributing to this song (outside of Mary Lambert's chorus of course)
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Anvil Industry have kindly offered to supply the magazine feeds for this so once I ship this off and Joel at Anvil get his hands on it... it should look ten times better.
This is my fist such set (a heavy weapon team) so if it proves popular and the Tox Troopers sell well I'll be doing more in future, starting with my Imperial Borderer's.
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STOP PRESS – 96 bus later service to Simister from April 2015
The two Labour councillors for Holyrood ward, Gill Campbell and Paddy Heneghan, welcome the recent decision by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to provide a later bus on the 96 service from Manchester to Simister Village with effect from April 2015.
Cllr. Paddy Heneghan said;
"We have been aware of the feeling among Simister village residents about the timing of the last bus service from Manchester to Simister. Through our colleague Cllr. Noel Bayley, who sits on the bus committee of TfGM, we have made requests for a later service to be put on. We can now announce that as a result of the strong case we have made, this has been agreed. This later bus service will benefit both bus travellers coming home from Manchester and Simister residents wishing to go into Manchester in the early evening."
TfGM have approved the provision of an additional Monday to Saturday only last round trip 1827 from Simister and 1857 from Shudehill with effect from 13 April 2015.
Cllr. Noel Bayley, who is Bury Council's representative on the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) bus committee said:
"I have been lobbying for a later service to Simister for some time now, in response to numerous requests from locals, as Simister is effectively cut off after about 6pm to all but vehicle owners/drivers."
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Alpha & Omega Network of Ministries is now accepting donations for its cause. If you feel compelled to donate, please use the link below and you will be redirected to the Alpha & Omega Network of Ministries donation page, provided by Paypal. From that page, you can choose to make a one-time donation or a monthly donation. All transactions are kept secure. And remember, all donations to this ministry are tax-deductible. Thank you for your support and donations!
According to Kids Count in Virginia, there are close to 20,000 children on the VA Peninsula with
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children with an incarcerated parent(s). Research (Annie C. Casey foundation) indicates that these
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order to offer positive and effective intervention into the lives of these children, to reverse
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The RVP is a group of youth who are considered "at-risk" and live in neighborhoods that are considered
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these communities and introduces the power of practicing the evidence-based Five Strategies of the Virtues Project.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Fun Back to school Handmade Items
Wow summer vacation just flew by!! Here in Switzerland, the kids went back to school last week. In honor of this special time of year I am compiling a list of handmade items especially for back to school. Enjoy, and be sweet retweet. :)
Composition books by Fun Frieda http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29512099
School Rocks Tshirt by my personalized tshirt http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29938279
Key Fob wristlet by Marisas Favorites http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29940803
Little Brown Monkey Pencil Case by Rohmer http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29943903
School Rocks Digital collage sheet by cupcake cuties http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29944206
Back to school teeny card set by Paper Follie http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29876577
Girly Skull Dress by Holy Crap Clothing http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29774563
Smart Cookie Tshirt by Oh Bananas http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29816536
Flap Sack Book Bag by Belles Mademoiselles http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29793739
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The Four Pillars of Business Success
This is one of the better single sources for entrepreneurs looking for counsel in their newly minted businesses.
Small business consultant Alan Yong offers entrepreneurs a comprehensive playbook in The Four Pillars of Business Success: Utilize the System Approach to Make Your Business a Success.
Entrepreneurs often have the passion to start a business but not the requisite skills to operate a business successfully. Recognizing this, Alan Yong, an entrepreneur who started several businesses and now consults, distills his forty years of business experience into a book that is both comprehensive and highly readable. In an informal and conversational writing style, Yong authoritatively discusses virtually every aspect of starting and running a business in chapters that are brief yet filled with insight and wisdom.
One of the book's defining strengths is its organization into "four pillars" of success, which anchor the book around key conceptual areas. The chapters of the book lead logically from one area to another, addressing issues that are sometimes isolated in business books. For example, Yong provides an intelligent discussion of "winning strategy" in one chapter, followed by an important chapter concerning execution, a topic that is too often given short shrift; particularly valuable in this chapter is a section entitled, "The Cost of Execution Failure." Just as essential is the chapter on delegation, an area that challenges a great many entrepreneurs; Yong observers that "managers who fail to properly delegate can upset the entire structure of any company's operations."
Many of the sections of The Four Pillars of Business Success, such as "Eight Areas Where You Can Strive to Be Best in Class," are worth reading and rereading. The author's considerable knowledge of approaching a business systematically, his commentary on hiring and appraising employees, and his deep insight into the importance of customers all contribute to the book's relevance to owners of new businesses. This may, in fact, be one of the better single sources for entrepreneurs looking for counsel in their newly minted businesses. Because Yong started both a restaurant and a technology company, the content is broadly applicable to many types of business.
The engaging text is augmented by a final chapter offering a superb summation of the entire book, plus two detailed case studies of small businesses that followed the principles covered in the book. Yong's writing is a pleasure to read, because of both the conversational tone and the author's ability to convey a great deal of sound advice in a concise format. The Four Pillars of Business Success is an excellent book that should accomplish exactly the improved odds the cover promises for almost anyone who is starting a business.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Review: The Death Cure
Author: James Dashner
Publisher: Delacorte Books For Young Readers
Publication Date: October 11th, 2011
Genre: YA, Dystopia, Science Fiction
This review contains spoilers concerning The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials.
In this final instalment of The Maze Runner series, the stakes are higher than ever for Thomas and the other Gladers. After the third trial is over, WICKED promises Thomas and the other Gladers that the time for lies is over and their old memories will finally be returned to them. After being put through so much by the Creators, Thomas isn't sure if he can trust them again. WICKED is ready to create the cure for the flare, and they have all the variables they need to select the final candidate that will help them create a cure. When Thomas, Newt and Minho escape and find themselves outside of WICKED's control for the first time they can remember, they get to see what the world has become. In a world void of hope, all those who are free of the disease live in constant fear or it, while the infected slowly lose their minds. As Thomas comes to understand the affects of the flare more fully, he wonders if WICKED's actions could be justified. Can the lives of some be sacrificed for the greater good? And if it comes down to it, would Thomas be able to die for the sake of humanity?
This is the final book in The Maze Runner series, although I think a prequel is on its way. I loved The Maze Runner but didn't enjoy The Scorch Trials that much. My feelings for The Death Cure fall somewhere in the middle. While I had to make myself keep reading at times during book two, this book was difficult to put down. There was lots of suspense, some new information and a great deal of excitement. While others were frustrated that we still don't get to see Thomas' past, I think that was partly due to the fact that the prequel is on its way. A lot of people were unhappy with this book, but I think I enjoyed it because I had lower expectations after being disappointed by The Scorch Trials. Dashner is a great storyteller, and that's what I liked about these books. The plot is compelling, but the writing is fairly straightforward. I don't think Dashner writes romance or female characters very well, and I still don't find Thomas to be a compelling character. I loved Minho and Newt just as much as ever, and they almost made up for the flatness of Brenda. I never felt like Teresa, who is supposed to be a major character, was all that developed either. Dashner definitely writes male characters best, and we even get to see one of the Gladers return in this book. It felt like this book touched on heavier themes than the previous books in the series, such as the nature of good and evil and whether a small group can be sacrificed to save the masses. I enjoyed The Death Cure, but I could see why it wasn't as satisfying an ending as some people needed. I am counting on the prequel to provide more answers, and it certainly looks promising. Packed with excitement and fast paced action, this final instalment of the Thomas' adventures will keep you reading to the last page.
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The Death Cure is the best of the three main Maze Runner books. In some places the writing is not very good, but the twists, turns, and surprises totally make up for it. I was left wanting to know more, but the ending was still satisfactory. This book really made reading the whole trilogy worth it.ReplyDelete
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Undermining of science requires global response
Science under attack
The threat today is that scientists are being silenced on matters of vital importance to the world and the human race, e.g. climate change. If this were occurring in dictatorships it would be no big news. Authoritarian regimes have always worked hard to control free minds, and scientists certainly fall under that category. But today, these threats come the cradle of democracy, America, of all places! In various federal agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture, scientists and employees are blocked from communicating with the public and the press (an important exception seems to be peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. However, these are accessible to scientists but not to the general public due to significant access fees).
Granted, such restrictions are not entirely new. The George W. Bush administration had also restrained such press access to federal scientists, and former Canadian Prime Minister S. Harper also took similar steps. But it's the widespread magnitude and brutality of today's attempts to gag scientists, censor their work, and delete references to issues such as climate change or air pollution that forces us to react and fight back.
As if this were not enough, drastic budgetary restrictions that have been recently announced will seriously endanger research. The problem here is not limited to the USA, although the size of the cuts seems to be enormous there. In Europe, gross domestic expenditure on R&D for the 28 Member States of the EU has been essentially stagnating since 2011 with an average 2% (R&D spending as a percentage of GDP) and even declining slightly between 2014 and 2015. At country level there are strong variations, as can be expected, but only three of the EU-28 countries are above the 3% target of the Lisbon agenda. The picture contrasts drastically with the situation in South Korea (4.2% in 2015) and Japan (3.6%). China is still at around 2% but it has almost doubled this share in the last ten years. The US figure (ca. 2.7%) is higher than EU average but it has fallen significantly from the 2009 level and the recent measures do not augur well for the future.
How we can respond?
Science cannot work in isolation. It requires constant exchange and transparency in order to function and progress. And it is a global issue because the issues it addresses, and helps solve, are global by nature. The acquisition of new knowledge is a universal pursuit, of course, but environmental and humanitarian issues such as food availability and medicine have a global impact and must be addressed at an international level. When it comes to pressing issues such as these, there is no room for political suppression of scientific outcomes, and suppression in one country, especially one as significant to research as the United States, necessarily has an impact on the entire global scientific community.
In a previous blog post on our "post-factual world," I indicated that a big challenge ahead was the need for scientists and scientific organisations to oppose the current trend of twisting the facts and silencing the experts, which we can observe in so many fora and with so many public figures. What more can scientists do to face that challenge and how should we act differently?
Well, one way is to learn to better communicate with our fellow citizens and with the political world. Scientists have a duty to the public to explain the significance of what we are doing and to flag issues that are vital for our planet and our species. We need to take the time to better explain what we do, why and how we do it. We must explain that science and the pursuit of knowledge, is by essence apolitical, amoral, neither right not left, neither good nor bad.
The good and bad – the ethics – enter into play when society as a whole decides what to do with the knowledge uncovered by science, and whether to go in one direction or another. Scientists must stop reveling in our ivory tower of neutrality. Yes science is apolitical, and it should not, and cannot stop being apolitical. But at a time where there is an increasing trend to twist, distort or fabricate "facts", scientists need to take an active role – step out of that comfortable neutrality for a moment – to fight scientific illiteracy and populist campaigns. This can only be achieved through an improved set of communication channels with citizens, politicians and staffers, encompassing scientific advice that is precise, but also immediately useful to decision-makers.
This is the challenge of that April march – we are all impacted and we can all, individually and as a community, resist efforts to silence and suppress science.
Check #ScienceIsGlobal and #sciencemarch on Twitter to acquaint yourself with a planet-wide conversation thread on the subject.
And let's meet globally on 22 April.
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The Weekly 'Loper – December 31, 2006
Posted by Jim Connelly in The Weekly 'Loper on Dec 31, 2006
While you were wondering if they moved Saddam's execution up in order to prove that old trope that celebrity deaths only come in threes, here's what we were looking at for the past couple of weeks:
- Second Life, Activism, and the Digital Arena – Just because it's virtual doesn't mean that it isn't real. Or real enough, as the case may be.
- Top 10 Albums Of 2006 (plus!) – A listing of my favorite albums, CDs, records, directories — whatever you wanna call it — of the past year. Highly subjective. Of course.
- Second Life, Snowballing and Solstice – It's winter in Second Life, with snowball fights and everything.
- James Brown Finds Bridge, Crosses It – Not only did James Brown practically invent modern music, he may also have invented the way that modern musicians market themselves.
- Whatever Happened To…Rocketboom? – In the first of a series of stories that give the latest on topics that we covered during our first year online, Kassia looks at Rocketboom, post Amanda Congdon.
- Whatever Happened To Lonelygirl15? – What I really wonder is how the copy of Wired with Jessica Rose on the cover "mysteriously" made it to Kirk's coffee table. Did Santa leave it? Was it transported from the Enterprise? Was it forgotten by the Borrowers? Was it magically dropped on the table by faries? Perhaps it was bunnies!
- Whatever Happened To The Zune? – For some reason, after months and months of coverage of the Zune, this set some people off, causing accusations of unfairness and irrationality. Pointing out the fact that Microsoft chose to make Zune incompatible with Microsoft's previous DRM (and we cheer Bill Gates for seeing the light on DRM) is anti-Zune? Obviously these people haven't squirted nearly as much as they had hoped to.
- Whatever Happened To Spiral Frog? – It's in double-secret Beta!!
- Whatever Happened To The Prism DuroSport? – As it turns out, putting out the Worst Digital Media Player ever was just the beginning of their woes.
- Whatever Happened To The Origami? – The cheap joke is that it seems to have folded in on itself. However, since it's actually not so much a product as it is a spec for a product third parties can manufacture, it really got overshadowed by Zune and Vista.


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|Baked brick fragment referring to Nebuchadnezzar II, with part
of an inscription that states: "Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
provider for Esagila and Ezida, eldest son of Nabopolassar, king
of Babylon". Exhibit in the Oriental Institute Museum, University
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Public Domain
Quotes from Antiquity
It is translated as:
"King of Babylon, fosterer of Esagilaand Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, King of Babylon."3.Other inscribed bricks have been identified for several Babylonian rulers such as Nabopolassar, Sardanapalus, Esarhaddon (ME 90248), Sennacherib (ME 90210), Sargon II (Vat. cat. 15025)..and Cyrus (ME 118362) 4. Similar bricks are on display in the British Museum (ME 90081) and the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago (OIM A2502).
1. Koldeway identified three kinds of stamps used to produce the bricks: terra cotta pottery, wood moulded in sand to produce a bronze cast and stone cut moulds. Robert Koldewey, The Excavations at Babylon, trans. Agnes S. Johns (New York, N.Y.: MacMillan & Co., 1914), 75–76.
2. Ibid., vi.
3. Ibid., 75.
4. Ibid., 79–80.


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A Gulf in Despair
In the recent calamity that has befallen the Gulf of Mexico, government agencies, environmental groups, and most of all, British Petroleum scramble to contain the environmental disaster that has resulted from the recent explosion of a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Questions and criticism have been flying about how this could have happened, and more pointedly, who is to blame.
The Wall Street Journal's Life & Style section features an article that does an outstanding job reviewing some of the history and decisions leading up to this event. If you haven't already, I recommend you read it.
With eleven people dead, an entire region's marine, coastal and wetland wildlife now in severe danger, and the fishery, tourism and shipping industries of the area threatened, the ramifications of the explosion are enormous and irreversible.
It calls a couple things to attention:
First, the importance of governance and safety measures around all areas of operation in any industry. For BP, years of cost-cutting measures have eroded their operations, resulting in more relaxed equipment, operational, and training standards, as well as cultural norms that upon crisis could not stand up to the test. However, in recent years, BP has somewhat successfully repositioned itself as a caring, even "greener" company through new branding and effective PR. However, this situation only further communicates the full gravity and need for a true commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) – and in this case, the terrible consequences that have occurred largely due to the absence of it.
Second, the aged question again of why we are so reliant on such a hazardous, unsustainable, dirty energy source? The world has had access to the technology for alternative energy sources for decades, but rather have left the focus as well as research and development of this industry by the way-side. The result is that although alternative energy is slowly growing, it is not nearly as accessible or common as it should be.
Around the world, certain countries and regions are taking up cause and leading the charge towards alternative and renewable energy. It's a shame that more are not following. Globally, we need a better way to live so generations to come also have a planet to enjoy, and a better way of working where workers, environment and long-term sustainability are not sacrificed at the expense of profit margins. Responsible stewardship and alternative energy does not have to mean high costs and unsustainable economics. How many more calamities do we need before we learn from the past?
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Well I thought of two more breakfasts I had not put on my list. One is Fruit Pizza, kind of like what is pictured above, and cinnamon rolls. I know they are probably not the healthiest but they are good. Last week I ask Jouette want she wanted to make for FHE treat since it was her turn to choose. She told me she wanted fruit. So I asked what kind, watermelon, cherries, and blueberries where her reply. Well since it is march I didn't know what all I would be able to find but I said I would do my best. Carrefour had watermelon but let's just say they we less than ideal. But no blueberries or cherries. So I bought some strawberries since I know Jouette really likes strawberries. Later when I went to the Colruyt they did have some blueberries so I bought them but not much else that I thought would go with Jouette's wishes.
So I came home and over the weekend Jouette and I searched for the perfect recipe for her strawberries and blueberries. When Jouette saw this flag pizza she was in love. That was the perfect FHE treat. So yesterday I made the cookie part and the frosting then when Jouette got home she put the strawberries on while I did the blueberries. She was very happy with the results and not only did she get to eat it last night but it was breakfast today too! Okay so maybe I am a bad Mom for letting them eat it for breakfast but oh well, you only live once!


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Proselytes of Israel, Of Jews, Of Christians
During the time of the Old Testament, there were many foreign residents accepted within the Promised Land, a profound foreshadow of Gentiles being accepted for salvation:
"Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them which David his father had taken; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred." (2 Chronicles 2:17 RSV)
Unfortunately, proselytes were, and are, often tragically misled, as Jesus Christ made clear about the Pharisees of His time - which applies just as much to the Christian-professing "Pharisees" of our time:
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." (Matthew 23:15 KJV) (see I Did It My Way...)
Among the first deacons (see Deacon and Deaconess) of the church was a proselyte to the Jews:
"Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty ... And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them." (Acts 6:3,5-6 RSV)
Proselytes were among the Christians at the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
"And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues [see Speaking In Tongues], as the Spirit gave them utterance."
In some versions of the Bible, proselyte is translated as "devout convert," e.g.
"And when the meeting of the Synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God. The next Sabbath [see The Fourth Commandment] almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God." (Acts 13:43-44 RSV)
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Where in Spain? He has no place in Barca,RM nor AM
After that no one can afford his wage or grant him success
Where in Spain? He has no place in Barca,RM nor AM
After that no one can afford his wage or grant him success
btw Valencia also got a new owner last season no? How come they are in a financial crisis now?
Besides, with the new TV rights rule, I think it would not be too difficult for the top clubs in Spain to afford Mata
Koeman was the manager who gave him his debut and after a trying 3 years I don't blame him wanting to go somewhere he will be the star player in his favourite position.
Plus he doesn't have to move house.
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Seems like Everton are struggling this season and got another thrashing today vs Atalanta in the EL.
What I don't understand is they spent big money on the likes of Davy Klaassen and Gylfi Sigurdsson who both play best in the #10 spot, but Koeman plays both out of position on the wings when they clearly don't have the pace nor the attributes to do so.
They spent a lot of money in the transfer market but the team looks so slow and clueless.
So Koeman is first to be sacked this year... won the race head to head with Bilić...
the return of David Moyes?
But yeah, sad for Koeman. Bilic is next no doubt.
Few years they were both hot and now they are the plague. That's football for you.
Barca Man of the Match
How to use the Formations Code
Free Catalonia!
English Barcelona!
This thread gonna be active next season.
Four ex-Barca players! Will definitely be rooting for them.
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I'm focused now to learn in play horses, and trade dogs only morning cards and evenings RPGTV races. Dogs are good to build a bank if you have patient and be careful not to go in play. Pre race horses I'm not trading for now, I'm more focused on in play trading. In play it's all about discipline and I still have to master it. I found some videos on yt, I know in theory how I should trade, but when you want to put it in practice it's a different game.
How it is your pre race trading? I started reading "Trading in the zone" by Mark Douglas. It's a good book for mindset
Challenge Update. I didn't have a good week, went in play on dogs, lost some money and my bank now is 170.
Progress Week 9 : 13 -19 August
Greyhound Racing - 298 markets - -75.71 e
Horse Racing - 32 markets - +28.47 e
Basketball - 3 markets - +5.85 e
Total - -41.39 e
Total withdrawals this week - 140 euro
First 9 weeks of the challenge
w1 - +219.59
w2 - +233.44
w3 - -269.91
w4 - +121.6
w5 - +332.15
w6 - -69.99
w7 - +129.65
w8 - +79.55
w9 - -41.49
Total - + 734.69
Day 66 - August 22 2017
Challenge Starting Bank - 40,49 euro
Current Bank - 183.48 euro
Goal - 1000 euro bank
Total Withdrawals – 650 euro
I think I tried to trade dogs for about 2-3 months and just couldnt get the hang of it. With horses it has been a slightly linear curve with some techniques. With horses learning to notice things really helped me. Noticing price movements, slack in the book. For scalping developing quick thinking and reflexes is key. I'm still writing my essay, but in the mean time I have been also learning candle stick patterns which I'm hoping to incorporate, although I had my best trading run last time around with no graph at all.
Edges are ten-a-penny, execution is everything
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This graph with my progress since started this challenge I think it says best that I need to work on consistency, discipline and respecting the rules more.
71 days of ups and downs
I have 71 days since started this challenge.
55 winnig days with 1851.14 euro profit and 16 losing days with 1063.83 euro loss.
Losses are part of the game, I need to learn that, but most of the losses on dogs where made because I couldn't accept a small loss -> went in play and lost more and after that I chased the loss and lost even more.
And on horses I lost in play laying horses at big odds.
Most costly mistakes in trading for me: not accepting losses, going in play, chasing losses, laying big odds in play on horses. I lost also 56 euro on basketball because of an incorrect live score, another 38 euro loss on a basketball game that went double OT and I had a bet on unders and after that loss went on a footbal game from champions league and lost 70 euro on under goals....
There are many sports you cand trade and this sometime can distracts from your goal. I need to have discipline and stay only with the markets that I know I can make a profit. And this requires discipline
Now I changed my style a little after all this and I always have in my mind to back first. Most of the losses where made because of laying and not closing the loss. At least I know what I can lose with backing first, and I find that it's easier to hedge a loss. My bank now is 107 euro, I hope I can have some consistency.
Progress Week 9 : 20 -26 August
Not a good week. After losing 37 euro in a basketball game I chased that loss with a bet on a footbal game and lost another 70 euro. Again it proves how bad is to chase a loss.
On horses all trades are in play had some wins, had some losses but now i'm back to testing mode.
Greyhound Racing - 195 markets - +110.55 e
Horse Racing - 73 markets - +11.24 e
Basketball - 7 markets - -4.58 e
Footbal -1 market - -70 e
Total - +47.21
Total withdrawals this week - 70 euro
Day 72 - August 28 2017
Challenge Starting Bank - 40,49 euro
Current Bank - 107.52 euro
Goal - 1000 euro bank
Total Withdrawals – 720 euro
Hey man,why you stoped your challenge?
Greyhound markets are a good place to trade with a small bank. Now I have only 50 euro in my account, I still trade the dogs and try to learn horses in play.
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Hi! So it's a new year, I was thinking to try a new challenge.
Starting bank 35,70 euro. My goal is to make total withdrawals of 1000 euro. I will trade greyhounds and maybe some bets on basketball. No horse races.
Rules to remind myself: NEVER let a trade go in play with lay,accept any loss, Always hedge before the start no matter the result win or lose, Be careful at clock and not being caught in play, don't chase losses, don't gamble with laying dogs in play.The big losses are always made in play with laying dogs.
It's a marathon not a sprint, my main focus will be long term results, not everyday results. You can have a bad day, it's part of the trading process, so it's important to keep calm and think long term. Protect your bank. Patience and Discipline
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 35,70 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals – 0
First day of the challenge didn't had good results...
Unfortunately I got caught in play at the start of the day at Sunderland and lost 10 euro. I was on the back side but the dog didn't won. After that I lost my confidence, broken my rule not to chase losses and lost again with laying a dog in play on odds 16 another 7 euro (dog won) + ~ 20 euro on other bad trades. That loss with laying a dog reminded myself NEVER to lay in play, any dog can win no matter the odds
At one moment I was looking only at 18 euro in my account from 35 euro, so I was down half of the starting bank. I realized if I continue like this very soon I will have no bank to trade with. So I calmed down and start to trade as better as I can, no more chasing losses, no more laying dogs in play and I recovered some of the loss and my bank now is 29 euro
I had more than 30 euro in losses. I need to be better than this
Stats Day 1
Greyhounds - 104 markets -> -6.41 e
Day 2
My main focus today is to be extra careful at the clock and not being caught and if I make other mistakes, I will remain calm, no more chasing losses and no more laying in play. The only good way is to trade every race as better as I can and hedge before the start. Long term results are more important than day to day results.
The only way to have good results is to accept any mistake, any loss and always hedge before the start. The big losses are always made in play with lay and chasing losses with lay. Dogs don't know the odds, they just run.
So From now on I will focus on the clock and hedge every trade before the start, accept the results and move to the next race. Only with pre-race trading I will have success.
Day 2
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 29.29 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals – 0
How do you trade 100 markets, that's crazy
Stats Day 2
Unfortunately second day with a loss on greuhounds, again same stupid mistakes. I hope for a better day tomorrow
Greyhounds - 76 markets -> -9 e
Basketball - 2 markets -> +0.70 e
Horses pre-race - 1 market ->+ 0.10
Total - -8.25
Stats Day 1 - -6.41 e
Stats Day 2 - -8.25 e
Day 3
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 21.04 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals – 0
Today finally I had a better day although I started again with 2 bad trades, in one of them I got caught in play and lost 4.8 euro, but after that I focused more and recovered the losses from previous 2 days. I hope I can continue with same good results and fewer mistakes.
Stats Day 3
Greyhounds - 96 markets -> +26.77 e
Basketball - 3 markets -> +1.52 e
Total - +28.29 e
Stats Day 1 - -6.41 e
Stats Day 2 - -8.25 e
Stats Day 3 - +28.29 e
Day 4
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 49.33 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals – 0
I neeed to remind myself always be careful at the starting time and always hedge every trade win or lose. Only pre race trading, never let a trade go in play. Most of the big losses that I had where because I didn't hedged a small loss, and the trade went in play with lay and dog won the race.
Today I didn't had same good results as yesterday. Because of the video streaming, I got caught in play in a race on the back side on the favorite and lost 15 euro. Dog didn't won the race...bad luck. They had other race on streaming not that I was trading :| I noticed too late and marked suspended.
After that loss, I tried to recover fast, but I remembered that laying in play is a bad idea and I started to trade the right way. I made some lays in running on horses, but I'm not happy with that, I will stay on greyhounds.
I hope tomorrow will be better and fewer losses.
Stats Day 4
Greyhounds - 75 markets -> +6.30 e
Basketball - 2 markets -> +1.26 e
Horses - 7 markets -> +1.64 e
Total - +9.20
I made also the first withdraw for this challenge - 10 euro.
Stats Day 1 - -6.41 e
Stats Day 2 - -8.25 e
Stats Day 3 - +28.29 e
Stats Day 4 - +9.20 e
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Day 5
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 48.53 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals – 10 e
A good day.
Stats Day 5
Greyhounds - 71 markets -> +23.57 e
Horses - 2 markets -> +1.57 e
Total - +25.14
I made another 10 euro withdrawal.
Stats Day 1 - -6.41 e
Stats Day 2 - -8.25 e
Stats Day 3 - +28.29 e
Stats Day 4 - +9.20 e
Stats Day 5 - +25.14 e
Day 6
Challenge Starting Bank February 1st - 35,70 euro
Current Bank - 63,67 euro
Goal - to withdraw 1000 euro
Total Withdrawals 20 e


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