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To achieve a competitive edge over your competition, start by instilling a culture of attention to detail in your fitness facility. To do so, you will need to continuously coach and train staff to strive for perfection in all aspects of the business, including:
• Cleanliness. Every inch of your facility must be maintained immaculately. Every speck of litter must be removed promptly, including from your parking areas and grounds. Every surface must be wiped or mopped and sanitized regularly. This is especially true of studio floors, exercise equipment, mats, locker room counters, ledges, window frames, tables and chairs, toilets and showers. All carpets must be vacuumed and free of stains. All offices, storage areas and mechanical areas should be clean and tidy, too.
It does not cost any more to keep your facilities clean; you already are paying cleaning staff to be present at all hours of operation. You just need to instill an attention to detail in them and a sense of pride in their work.
• Condition of facilities. What do members or prospective members see when they drive by or onto your property? What is the condition of your signage and parking areas? What is the condition of your building's exterior? What is the condition of your reception area? What is the condition of the walls, the floors and the counters? What is the condition of your locker rooms, showers, restrooms, steam room and hot tub? What is the condition of your exercise equipment? What is the condition of your studios?
To fully comprehend the importance of these details, consider how much more you would be willing to pay for a perfectly maintained, pre-owned automobile compared to the same brand and model that is beat up and poorly maintained. To many people, an older facility that is well-maintained is more appealing than a brand new facility because it proves the owners and staff are dedicated to quality on a long-term basis.
• Marketing and collateral sales tools. Whether you are creating a brochure, a newsletter or a print, radio or TV ad, attention to detail is critical to the image you present. Do all of your printed materials get quadruple-checked before pushing the "go" button to avoid grammatical or spelling errors? Everything, including the colors, fonts, images and text you choose for each message, either strengthens or detracts from your brand perception. Whether or not you like it, you already have a brand in the marketplace based upon the performance of your operation and your marketing messages to date. You should do everything possible to ensure that image is the correct one.
• Attitude of staff. Every day, your employees make contact with hundreds of your members and guests who call, drop in for a tour or check in to use your club's facilities and services. These touch points can be positive or negative, depending on how the team member handles them. How do you ensure that all of these occasions are turned into positive experiences so that your clients come away as raving fans and your guests come back as members?
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THUMBS UP: The New Ulm Battery is celebrating its 150th anniversary today with a banquet at Turner Hall. It is fitting that the Battery celerbates at Turnery Hall – both are vital parts of New Ulm history.
The Turnverein, of course, was one of thegroups that helped found New Ulm, and Turner Hall has been a center of city activity ever since.
The New Ulm Battery was founded shortly after the US-Dakota War of 1862, with cannons that were a gift from the Cincinnatti Turnverein. Their purpose was to protect the city in case of another attack.
Fortunately there never was another attack, and the Battery has become a ceremonial organization dedicated to preserving and re-enacting Civil War-era military history. But New Ulm remains, to this day, the only Minnesota city with its own Department of Defense.
Happy anniversary, New Ulm Battery.
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THUMBS UP: Rep. Tim Walz is a smart poltician, and a smart politician knows that when you want to win a hotdish contest, you start with good ingredients.
Walz was the winner of the third annual Al Franken Minnesota Delegation Hot Dish Cookoff in Washington this week, with a dish he called Hermann the German Hotdish. It featured a lot of bratwurst cooked in Schell's beer, then baked in a standard Tater Tot hot dish. Obviously, the beer and brats made the difference.
Congratulations to Walz for having great taste.
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THUMBS DOWN: Springtime in Minnesota is always a tough time for high school athletic directors. Sports schedules that were drawn up with such optimism earlier in the school year are often disrupted with the bitter reality of ice and snow.
This year is especially difficult. Here it is, April 13, and there is snow on the ground. A few games and meets were played on Monday, but the rest of the week has been wiped out by the weather. Even games that were rescheduled have been rescheduled again. By the time May comes, we may have baseball teams playing quadruple headers to fit all the games in. After all, not everyone has heat radiation warmers under the turf like the Twins do to melt the snow.
We sure hope the weather starts warming up soon, to make life a little easier for the ADs – and the rest of us.
Special anniversary
THUMBS UP: Friday was the 58th anniversary of the day medical experts declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine "safe, effective and potent." The Salk vaccine, and the oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin and approved four years later, conquered the polio epidemics that terrorized America in the '50s. By 1988, polio was virtually non-existent in the Western hemisphere, but still endemic in the rest of the world with 350,000 cases in 125 countries.
Today, thanks to massive immunization programs undertaken by world health groups and funded in part by Rotary International, polio is nearly gone from the face of the earth. Only 223 cases in five countries were recorded in 2012, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is working to end the disease once and for all by the end of 2018. The disease is endemic in only three countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, and has been re-established in three more – Angola, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The end is near, but there is still much to do. It will be a day to celebrate when the last country is free of polio.


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I do make larger quilts from premature baby to about six by five feet for the Linus Project where seriously ill children receive them to snuggle in when life is really bad.
I am now the Co-ordinator of the Miniature group and spend time telephoning the members to find our about them. We are after all like a large friendly patchwork group that most people attend regularly and we pass on tips and help in anyway we can.
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De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum.
Respecting differences of opinion is one thing. But I wish some people could take this advice in Latin ("there is no disputing matters of taste") literally.
"Oh, just wait til you're older, then you'll like it" was a phrase I heard a lot as a kid. At 29, I've given up hope. When I pass the cilantro in a food market, for example, the assault of that smell makes me clap a hand to my nose. If I accidentally take a bite of food with those sinister green flecks, the herb flares through my nose like a snort of soapy water.
The brown, sick, cloying smell of caraway seeds makes me feel ill. If I accidently take a bite of bread with caraway in it, a faint sense of nausea will pursue me for years whenever I think of it. Don't get me started on the thick, acrid slipperiness of Brussels sprouts or a green apple's crisp, pinching sourness. And I can't stand the high, sick sweetness and subtle bitter finish of the artificial sugars in "lite" yogurt, juice and soda.
But all these nasal and gastronomic grievances are mere annoyance compared to my abhorrence of peppers. Even round, cheerful bell peppers have an ominous, dewy smell I assiduously avoid. I spend dinners in nice restaurants praying that my companions will decline the fresh-ground pepper. Even if it doesn't touch my food, the smell makes me feel sick.
I avoid peppers the way I avoid sharp corners. The rest of my family craves spicy bayou shrimp, relishing the burn between crusty bites of bread. Sometimes when I'm out to dinner with them, I'll look at the bisque on the menu and timidly ask the wait staff, "Is that a mild soup?"
But the problem is that my conception of "mild" is its own absolute realm. "Mild" does not mean that a hint of spice plays nicely against the creamy avocado or adds subtle heat to the sweet corn. To me, "mild" means that not only does my food not contain peppers of any description, but that none of the ingredients in my food has ever touched a pepper, or a surface touched by a pepper.
When others claim that they can't taste any spice, my tongue burns for 20 minutes. Each menu or dinner party is a minefield of ginger, chilies or capers, overpowering seeds and herbs, cilantro mayonnaises, sun-dried pepper spreads and unexpectedly hot, smoky ketchups.
It's a miracle that anyone ever eats dinner with me.
Of course, I have to admit that I've been grateful for my senses more than once. There was that time at my college theater when an absent-minded actress draped a piece of her costume across a scorching-hot bulb, and I traced the smell from the house to the backstage dressing room before anything caught fire. Or the time at my old job at Eastern State Penitentiary, when a tourist snuck into a forbidden area and tossed a lit cigarette under the old floorboards. And I'll admit, there is an oddly gratifying distinction in being the one to whom authority is given on the freshness of the milk.
But for the most part, a nose like mine is a curse. Each square foot of the sidewalk in center city is its own olfactory minefield: the dumpster in the alley, passers'-by cologne, shampoo and perfume, cigarettes, a nail salon, candle store, the sour spilled beer wafting from the door of a dark and sticky bar, urine, fried chicken, other commuters' cinnamon gum. I don't know what's worse: sweaty body odor, baby-powder scented deodorant or walking past a person who burns incense at home.
Sometimes I have to change my clothes after people hug me: whatever "fragrance" they're wearing lingers unbearably on my clothes, pricking my nose and throat with every breath.
A few years ago, I toured a cave in Oregon. Our guide explained that cave rats mark their way to the surface with urine. I thought that was what I smelled, but after dropping to the back of the group I found unexpected relief when I realized it had been the tour guide's breath.
Sure, you expect the stinkbug's homely brown stench, but while you might like the dusty tomato sheen of a lucky ladybug, have you noticed their pungent, cloying smell? I avoid killing ants because of their stinging acid odor. And millipedes have a thick reek that drives me out of the room.
Febreze commercials claim that pastel-clad housewives can disguise the fact that they have cats, a garbage can or a teenage son, but to me, bad smells are a sensory torture like no other (despite the advice of craven nasal defeatists who say, "After a while you won't notice the smell anymore"). And my culinary quirks have a decided impact on my daily life, even if it's just my dinner mates' annoyed or quizzical looks.
Once, a family member accused me of faking it all because I enjoy the distinction of being such a finicky person. I wish that's all it was. If we shouldn't contradict others' opinions, we also probably shouldn't decree what other people can and can't perceive, or why they detest the sensations they say they do. But on the other hand, maybe arguments about my senses are better than hearing one more person say, "Well, I don't smell anything."


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This is part two of a four-part series on Russian maneuvering in the Middle East, and how it affects Israel. If you have not done so already, we recommend first reading Russian Chess in the Middle East - Part I
US-Russian confrontation:
Dr. Rajab Safarov, the director of the Center for Modern Iranian Research (a pro-Iranian think tank based in Moscow) hints that the Kremlin's stance might originate in Russia's objection to America's attempts to reconstruct the Middle East.
"The US managed to organize the chaos that followed the Arab Spring, creating a region that has no place for Russian influence," argued the pundit, pointing out that the Kremlin lost its foothold in Libya – including billions of dollars in energy and infrastructure deals – after the Gaddafi regime was hastily replaced with elements favoring Washington.
According to the expert, US attempts to limit Russian influence began back in the early 2000s after a series of non-violent revolutions (a.k.a. the "color revolutions") toppled governments in several former Soviet republics as well as some Balkan states. "Color revolts were just a rehearsal. Now Washington is trying to apply the same strategy to the Middle East," he reasoned.
Apart from hegemonic ambitions, the expert said US actions have always been dictated by the strong appetite for the region's rich energy resources.
"To secure the stable flow of oil, Washington tries to establish local regimes, faithful to their masters. In exchange for loyalty, the US is ready to turn a blind eye to numerous violations of human rights and abuse of women," charged the expert. "Saudi Arabia – one of the main exporters of terrorism – is just one of such examples," he added.
Referring to the developments in Syria, Safarov explained that Damascus' only fault is that it's not ready to dance to the tune of the US State Department, provoking Washington's ire. Therefore, no matter what reforms President Assad implements, they won't suit the American government, which hopes to replace the current regime with more West-friendly puppets," he added.
Addressing the issue of what's going to happen next, Safarov said: "The ouster of the Syrian president will push the country into chaos and destruction, potentially leading to a civil war. Syria could fall apart into small states that would be difficult to control, while the US will encounter serious hardships in appointing a new leader."
However, the replacement of the current regime in Syria is far from Washington's main objective. "Syria is a gateway to Iran," said Safarov, explaining that the fall of the regime in Damascus will weaken Tehran and its regional allies (like Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip) and will get the US closer to the footsteps of Russia and China.
"If Iran falls, Washington will tighten the noose around the neck of the Russian regime. Pro-western Iran will put an end to the stability inside Russia. The country will be surrounded by US military bases and will be forced to spend billions of dollars on security, trying to protect itself from potentially hostile neighbors. The economy will sink, as Washington will control energy-rich areas and vital transportation routes. Moreover, by controlling Iran, the US will be able to dictate the rules of the game to China, a country that's currently importing some 20% of its energy from the Islamic Republic," Safarov told Israel Today, suggesting that Moscow is unlikely to support any military action against Iran.
Israel and Other Minorities:
In a bid to tackle the rising challenges, secure its interests, and restore its shattered reputation (after losing the support of the Arab street following Russia's backing of Assad's government), the Kremlin seems to be working to establish ties with some minorities of the region.
Several weeks ago, a Middle East subsidiary of one of Russia's biggest energy titans Gazprom Neft sealed two oil deals with Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region, acquiring 40% and 80% share in two blocks, said to hold 3.6 billion barrels of crude reserves.
The contract – promising billions of dollars in revenue – was signed shortly after a visit by top-ranking Russian officials to the Kurdish capital of Erbil, where the parties discussed a series of "regional and national issues," indicating that the move was driven by political considerations.
Yet, Safarov believes the cooperation between Russia and the Kurds won't bear any fruit. "The Iraqi Kurdistan has signed the contract with Russia after getting the approval of Washington, which controls the area. America can call the deal off at any moment by saying that they cannot provide Russian companies with any security guarantees. This means that Russian staff can be kidnapped or even killed, a risk that no Russian company would be willing to take," he stressed.
This leaves Moscow with limited options. As Syria shows signs of potential dissolution, the currently ruling Alawites could grow closer to Russia, fearing future persecution by the Sunni majority. Even though the creation of an Alawi state is still being debated, some reports indicate that Assad is already building the infrastructure for such a state along the Mediterranean coast. Some reports claim that he is building his fortress, deploying troops to the area, and training the region's inhabitants to become the backbone of the Alawi state's future army.
Israel could also become a potential ally of Russia. After President Vladimir Putin visited the country last June, Moscow cancelled the supply of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria, indicating that the
two countries might find a common ground for strategic cooperation.
But Safarov says the Kremlin is unlikely to side with Jerusalem, given the fact that Russia has always eyed with suspicion Israel's close ties with the US. "This is a marriage of convenience not love," he said, referring to the recent boost in relations. "Apart from being an American client, Israel is also helping the rivals of Russia like Azerbaijan and Georgia, destroying Russian weapons that cost millions of dollars. So even though some sort of cooperation does exist, it's not going to be strategic," he concluded, while pointing out that a strong pro-Israel lobby inside the Kremlin has been influencing Russian decision-makers towards greater cooperation with the Jewish state.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - bigger baron harkonnen Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "bigger baron harkonnen" spooge demonmemberMember #Joined: 15 Nov 1999Posts: 1475Location: Haiku, HI, USA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 1:10 am I remember Ceenda wanted to see this thing, so i thought I would expand the frame a little, with mixed results. Back to top jasonNmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 842Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 1:22 am Very nice Craig I like the green glows and is that a reflection in the ball? How do you calculate where to place the reflected image and take into account all the variable factors? (curve of ball etc..) Do you have any other commentary regarding this piece? Back to top CapnPyromemberMember #Joined: 25 Mar 2000Posts: 671Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 2:18 am very neat and enjoyable picture. i'm still upset i missed the dune series on sci-fi ------------------ http://home1.gte.net/capnpyro Back to top BinkememberMember #Joined: 27 Oct 1999Posts: 1194Location: Sweden Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 3:14 am This is really really nice Craig. Your colors always come out extra neat with a little twist. Ehm nevermind :P ------------------ Art Dimensional Back to top Eorandjunior memberMember #Joined: 01 Dec 2000Posts: 35Location: Finland Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 3:34 am I really like the colorscheme and the environmental reflections. It captures the Dune feeling pretty well. This picture reminded me about this wonderful Escher sphere as an example of reflections... (click for bigger image) [This message has been edited by Eorand (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top coconutmonkeymemberMember #Joined: 20 Mar 2000Posts: 166Location: NC,USA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 4:10 am This one is really great, I love all of your pieces, It'd be cool if you took this one further and refined it because it looks pretty awesome in the state that it is. Back to top ceendamemberMember #Joined: 27 Jun 2000Posts: 2030 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 4:14 am spooge demon: That really kicks ass! I loved the original version but this update has given an almost cinematic feel to the piece. I notice that you've also 'grounded' the Baron which now makes him closer to the book desciption. I have a couple of questions if you're not too busy. 1) Do you use the lassoo tool much in your pics (I'm kinda guessing from different bits on the globe here), and how do decide what bits are appropriate if you do use it? 2) Do you have a prefixed 'image' of the scene in your mind when you start a pic like this or do you work more roughly and build up a picture from more basic shapes? 3) Do you use layers much, or do you try and keep everything together? Thanks again spooge for putting this pic up (someone told me later that you have a forum section on your site) and the expansion of the original scene is greatly inspiring. Thankyou. Back to top FrostmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 2662Location: Montréal, Canada Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 6:47 am I like this version better than the previous ... like the panascan look, and the pic expresses itself better that way I think - getting the complete picture, the setting... One question Craig, do you find yourself using hue/saturation/contrast adjustments throughout your image development, or do you just lay it in correctly from scratch? Your values are so delicate and the colors very bright yet non-intrusive and non-agressive, something I am having a very difficult time getting (hard yet soft look - all a matter of precise color management). Because of the hard-edge strokes, it's hard to tell if there is actually color banding from such manipulations. I expect you don't do the sort of crap I do... any help or enlightment would be very appreciated. [This message has been edited by Frost (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top BlitzmemberMember #Joined: 04 Oct 2000Posts: 752Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 8:59 am Very cool I love the look of these paintings you do, I think my fave from your site is that King Uther. Just one question, do you use much opacity in your brushes when you paint these? If so what do you normaly set the opacity to? Well, catch ya around Spooge Blitz ------------------ BEER, helping white guys dance since 1842 Back to top TheMilkManmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 2000Posts: 797Location: St.Louis Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 9:07 am Hmm really like this image spooge!! Back to top AxlmemberMember #Joined: 11 Mar 2000Posts: 411Location: London, England Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 10:50 am I like this spooge, especially the reflections on the orb. One thing I notice about the majority of your works and is also apparent in this piece is that they all look very organic I can't put my finger on it but I think it's mainly due to the tones and colours you use. Back to top El CaseronmemberMember #Joined: 31 Mar 2000Posts: 254Location: Germany near Hamburg Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 11:14 am Woooaaaaah! The man who created a new word!!!!! How old are you again? How many years do I have till I have to be good like this? How long did it take you? That pic? And which resolution is it in original? [This message has been edited by El Caseron (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top shardikmemberMember #Joined: 09 Apr 2000Posts: 494Location: Buffalo, NY Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 11:16 am Thats hot spoogey.. ------------------ -matt Back to top Capt.FlushGardenmemberMember #Joined: 12 Sep 2000Posts: 737Location: Seattle, WA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 3:02 pm Mmmmm, spooge..GrlGrlGrl (homer simpson impression) Can I ask you a question too? do you use the lasso tool or do you use the technique that I learned about in you "armored suit man with weapons" tutorial? Oh, and I sent you an email, hope your're not mad... =) [This message has been edited by Capt.FlushGarden (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top Kjetil NystuenmemberMember #Joined: 19 Jun 2000Posts: 197Location: Norway Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 3:20 pm Wow, this is cool. I'm very happy I'm on a Mac, so I get PERFECT colors! I see many people here have lots of questions, mee too.. I looks like you're using green as a "canvas color" a lot.(excuse me my bad english, hope you understand me) The results are incredible, but.. Why green? I don't get it. Maybe I'm a complete idiot.... Back to top edible snowmanmemberMember #Joined: 12 Sep 2000Posts: 998 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 7:55 pm haha, that guy in the background looks kinda like that guy dabih did a while ago. Well not really, but they're both fat and egg-shaped. Back to top AkolytememberMember #Joined: 12 Sep 2000Posts: 722Location: NY/RSAD Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 8:05 pm He looks like a big fat Mon Calamar touching the hologram plans for the Death Star ;D Really cool atmosphere spooge. Back to top SeegmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 58Location: Orem, UT, USA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 11:29 pm Nice painting. Kudos. Your work is very impressive. What I have seen is very good. Nice color but better use of value. Back to top JaymomemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2000Posts: 498Location: Saarbrücken, Germany Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 1:35 am Impressive lighting and colouring, as always. Good atmosphere. Please do answer the questions asked by the others, I'm very interested in the answers, too. And I guess I'm not the only one. Back to top feebsaintmemberMember #Joined: 09 Jan 2001Posts: 353Location: West Valley City, Utah, USA Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 3:00 am Craig! (Spooge!) Good grief, is it ever amazing to have just come here for the second time, and see that you post here! I'm coming back for sure, now. I saw your piece up top, and recognized the approach immediately. ------------------ Mike May mikespencil.com quote Quote: I Draw Stuff Back to top FrostmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 2662Location: Montréal, Canada Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 6:50 am Hi feebsaint, is that image and quote part of your signature? Back to top spooge demonmemberMember #Joined: 15 Nov 1999Posts: 1475Location: Haiku, HI, USA Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 1:44 pm I did not intend that the sphere be reflective, but if it reads that way, hmmm ok If I remember the passage in the book it says something about the globe being a swirl of caramel colors with fine inlaid gold lat and long lines, of the finest imperial manufacture. Ceenda, I use all the tools a lot. The lasso thing you see on the globe is a little technique-ey, I should probably stay away from it. I sometimes have a picture in my head, or a particular lighting condition, but sometimes I just start painting and let the image suggest things. Digital is nice because you can work it endlessly with no media problems, and you can try overlays and wacky ideas all night. It is a great tool. I use layers to keep spatial order and as convenience in masking, but sometimes it get to be a bother when you have to search which layer is where, so with sketches like this, I use just a few layers and as things progress, I flatten them. Once it is flattened I can manipulate edges if needed. But I mainly use layers to allow freedom to be gestural and free and not worry about things. This helps the artwork and just cannot be done with something like watercolor. Frost, I will use the adjustment tools, but not for major changes. This will mess things up with banding and crushing. Try to keep your values to the middle of what you think they should be, without going really dark. Then you can tune it later with the adjustment tools and rest assured that you wont have far to go. If you look at some of the edges that your eye sees as hard you will see that the value steps on either side are pretty close. This softens the apparent hardness of the edge. It is still crisp, but not jumping. I think you are making a lot of progress with your work Frost. Work from life more But ya know I worry about anyone taking what I am saying too literally. Blitz, now that i like my wacom, I generally block in things with a large brush with the size turned off and the opacity turned on. Sometimes I might reverse this to get other effects, but do play around with it. The big brush opacity block in does look like watercolor. I try to keep some of the freshness that that brings. Despite what I said above about media buildup, you can overwork something into a big mess. If this happens, it is usually because I am not understanding the forms well enough to simplify and design things well. time to start over and refocus on what is important. El Caseron, I am 36, old man. The figure and part of the globe was from an old sketch, and when Ceenda mentioned it in his thread I brought it up and thought to expand it a little. I would guess there is about 2 hours in the things total. The original is 2000*1000 pix Flushgarden, no I am not mad about your email! But it bothers me that I cant answer them anymore. I cant believe you are 19. Your apple man is great. Not only did you understand the forms, but you simplified them beautifully. The rib cage is a great design. Fix those ellipses on the joints, though. They are really important to get right, no matter how fast the sketch. Dont think if I used one technique or another. Mix and match as you see fit. I do see you put that suit tutorial to very good use. hehe... Kjetil, If you are on a mac, this image is probably washed out and green. But nothing can be done... Mike, I like your site. Pretty looney stuff. If i had 9 lives I would love to do caricature. Back to top burn0utmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2000Posts: 1645Location: california Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 3:31 pm Ahh Mike, you stopped by, awesome and welcome Back to top LightmemberMember #Joined: 01 Dec 2000Posts: 528Location: NC, USA Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 4:09 pm Nice work. The composition seems a little boring though (not very dramatic) which is not a problem in itself but the guy is also standing a bit like he's at a job. It might be more interesting to throw some light on his face and clothes coming off he ball thing. I think his face needs more emphasis. Back to top hydridmemberMember #Joined: 20 Jan 2000Posts: 193 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 7:43 pm I have to say the thing that I appreciate most in your art is the effective color ambience. Cool! ------------------ "There are two things for sure in this life... the universe and the stupidity of humans. And i'm not even sure about the universe." Back to top feebsaintmemberMember #Joined: 09 Jan 2001Posts: 353Location: West Valley City, Utah, USA Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 10:15 pm Frost: Nope, the image is not a part of my signerature. The quote is, though. burnout: I'm extremely thankful to you for alerting me to this message board. These types of boards are becoming my favorite thing to go to in my free time (I've even created a message board community for my family thant they never use, and took me nearly a week to create: Here. This place, however, is friggin' perfect. A community for artists! 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Argentine tax chief aims at fraud in player trades
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's tax chief says his agency has found more fraud in football: about 150 efforts to buy and sell players in ways that evade taxes and launder money.
Tax chief Ricardo Etchegary cites the case of Fernando Gago, who was transferred from the Spanish team Valencia to Argentina's Boca Juniors. He also mentions Teofilo Gutierrez, a Colombian player sold by Mexico's Cruz Azul to Argentina's River Plate.
River coach Ramon Diaz says Gutierrez will miss this weekend's game while he gets his papers in order.
Echegaray said Friday that many players are traded between three or more clubs to keep the countries involved from collecting taxes on million-dollar deals, but warns that countries now exchange tax information constantly, exposing criminal behavior.


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It occurred to me that religions are using women through forced obedience. One example are Nuns (chaste Harems), who are required to spend every spare moment in prayer, which keeps them from having errant thoughts. These women live mostly in poverty, while some are serving the inner circles of clergy. They are the ultimate servants and victims also by being required to teaching women to joyfully suffer while they serve their fictitious masters who are the puppeteers, living in luxury. Clergy use hard working, self sacrificing women to make them look good, while they live lavish lifestyles abroad and give nothing back to them, other than to remind them their suffering is in the service of god. BARF!
Is anyone on this? Is anyone bringing this to light and doing something about this?
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This is a repost of a former article, so those who know me, skip my story. For those who don't know me, I want to add my story to others.
Christianity became a problem for me when faced with family violence that my family could not escape. When my grandmothers, mother and I attempted to get help and counsel from our church communities we were told what I now call the "Passive Gospel". One of my pastors, Richard C. Halvorson, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Halverson, told me when I am being beaten to "yield, pray, obey, turn the other cheek, love him to the lord, sacrifice yourself daily in imitation of the crucified Christ, rejoice in your crucifixion, of all women, you are most blessed."
Silly as it seems now, that was the theme of all the ministers from whom we sought advice. Working in battered women's programs at our local Community College and YWCA many other women heard the same sick advice. It makes me sick to my stomach now, even as the revelation of religious leaders abusing boys and concealing their crimes makes me sick.
Looking back on those horrid days of dependence, passive imperatives and helplessness, I marvel that any woman escaped tyranny and domination of man with the approval of religious leaders.
In the course of my training after leaving my husband, I learned the difference between mentally healthy, mature, adult behaviors and dysfunctional ones. I learned skills needed to function in an adult world and the high price women pay for stepping out on their own, especially with dependent children.
Now, with an experienced eye, I can see how ridiculous those imperatives were and how claims of "one true faith" are a fantasy dreamed up to control others. I have been to 32 nations of the world and talked to women about their lives and found religion is a social construct, a mind-binder that impedes healthy human development.
Some turn to religion for safety and comfort. Battered women find neither in the grips of religious dogma. They discover only delusions and denial of the real nature of healthy functioning.
Bronze Age humans couldn't understand what happened to them and made up stories to get some kind of meaning about everyday and catastrophic events. Humans are pattern-seeking creatures, making connections between prayers for rain or to stop rain. When events matched prayers, their beliefs were confirmed. When they didn't match, many thought they had caused catastrophe because of their behaviors. Humans were caught by beliefs that made no sense as we look back at those old cultures. They make no more sense today.
The tragedy of modern life is the ancient beliefs of adults imposed by indoctrination of children. Children are born without a belief or faith and have to be indoctrinated to become some religion that suits their parents. The teachings may be unhealthy, dysfunctional, just plain sick, and yet the indoctrination goes on.
Genital mutilation of both boys and girls is taken for granted by many USA families.
You are the voice of experience! Women seem to be the last on the list of the abused to come forward, but little by little clergy is exposed - not soon enough for me. May I share your story on FB to reach more women? Your voice needs to be heard like a shot around the globe that will turn into collective action for permanent change. Thank you so much for your reply.
Yes, indeed! I agree, women need to tell their stories and join together in mutual support. The good news, there is life after religion, and the strange thing is, the atheist community appears to have higher ethical and moral standards then those who are religious.
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Despite Predictions, This Year's Whaling Commission Meeting Is Anything But Dull
After the high drama of the 62nd International Whaling Commission meeting in Agadir last year, when NGOs had to lobby hard against a deal to legitimise commercial whaling, many expected this year's meeting in Jersey would be a much more subdued, less controversial affair. In fact, many journalists were dismissing it as 'too boring' to bother attending, and as a result, the press corps here is notably smaller than usual.
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After a damning expose on IWC corruption in the Sunday Times newspaper last year, the UK Government submitted a proposal aimed at improving the forum's effectiveness and increasing transparency in the way it operates and makes decisions.
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Hence, when the UK's resolution was reached as an item on the agenda earlier today, then tabled at the last minute after having morphed into a European Union resolution that had gained the backing of other EU member countries, it caused something of a meltdown among delegates on the floor of the meeting.
There had already been highly vocal complaints asserting some IWC member countries who wished to attend the meeting had not been able to do so because of UK visa delays, the grandstanding implication being the delays were intentional…
However this gambit did allow the question of whether or not major decisions should be taken in their absence to be raised. The visa issue, which could have proved a major sticking point, was solved after some frantic investigation by the UK, which was able to report back that only two member countries which applied for visas had been unable to attend – Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea Bissau.
The UK delegation, determined to see the paper discussed and adopted while momentum for success was high and their Minister, Richard Benyon MP, was present, continually came up against delay after delay as opposing member countries made procedural complaints, based mainly around the validity of tabling the paper as an EU proposal.
Despite the Chair ruling that an EU proposal was acceptable, St Kitts and Nevis argued vehemently against this, until a short break was called to try to resolve the issue.
This led to an intense discussion between the St Kitts delegation and the UK Minister, with dozens of delegates crowding around them. Finally the Chair announced that the meeting would proceed with discussion of the EU paper; Only for another intervention to be made by the Russian delegation on another point of order questioning the validity of an EU proposal at IWC. Another break was called and another heated debate continued between the opposing sides.
With no easy resolution in sight, the Chair eventually called for a private meeting with the Commissioners.
As bemused delegates waited around, it was finally signalled that the main meeting was over for the day and would reopen in the morning.
When the meeting resumes Wednesday morning with discussion of the effectiveness paper, no-one can predict exactly what will happen, other than it is likely to be anything but boring…
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Friday, 23 September 2011
"I need to go to the US again".
My husband says this quietly, as he knows the reaction he will get. It used to be melodramatic - I'd mope and I'd wail that he'd forsaken me, and he'd fix me with a look and say,
"I don't like it either. Do you want me to quit my job? I'd do it tomorrow if you asked me."
And I'd sulk and say, no, I like having a house and money to go on holidays and all that kind of stuff.
These days, I stick out my bottom lip a little and I say, "When?".
And then we get out our Blackberries and we look at our work calendars and we try to be practical, to co-ordinate when would be best for him to be away, but inside I feel empty and sad, although I know it has to be done.
The night before he goes away, I pass him a plug adaptor to put in his suitcase and I say to him,
"I once read that Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney only spent one week apart during their whole life together".
And he looks at me and he says,
"Yeah, but who'd want to be Paul McCartney?" and there's a glint in his eye, and I can't tell if he's just amused or if that might actually be a tear (but then I'm not sure I've ever seen my husband cry, and I think this is a very good thing).
He's not the only one packing though - I made a promise to my folks that whenever he had to go away, I would come stay with them, do the dutiful Burmese daughter thing. Stupidly, I didn't realise how often this would happen.
His flight's not till the afternoon, so bed-dishevelled, he waits at the door to wave me off to work. I kiss him goodbye, and he apologises for his morning breath and I say, "Don't be silly", and that small vicious part of me I try to subdue escapes and engulfs me in panic that this is the last kiss we'll have. I go out the front gate and I turn and look, and he's still standing there, waving.
At work, I pretend it's a normal day, that we'll meet at Charing Cross tonight and get the slow, crappy train home together. But this is exposed for the lie that it is when he rings me from the departure lounge to say he's about to board. He reminds me to water the plants, and he asks me what I want back from the US.
I say, "Surprise me", and he says he loves me, and I say it back and then he's gone.
At the end of the day, I get the slow, crappy train home alone to pick up my suitcase. My dad turns up to fit the timers for the lamps, upstairs and downstairs, to make it look like people are in. I feel like I should help, but I've reverted to stroppy teenage-hood, and I watch him programme the settings to 'random' and I wonder if it actually fools anyone.
At midnight my husband is still up in the air, and I'm ensconced in my old bed. It feels very small and awkward, even though I'm no taller than the last time I was a regular occupant, but that might be because I'm trying to construct a spousal substitute in the form of a wall of pillows.
I'm wearing the shirt that he wore last night, and I fiddle with its grey collar as the clock on the wall ticks maddeningly. Eventually I get up and I take it off its hook, remove the batteries and then I sit on the bed, feeling lost where I used to belong.
In the morning, I switch on my phone and there's a text to say he's arrived and he'll Skype me tonight. So I exist through the day, till at 7pm a little Googletalk bubble pops up on my laptop and it says he's on-line.
I type, "Honey, are you there?" and the legend "X is typing" appears at the top.
"In a conference call, I'll ring you at 11", and I curse the time difference between us.
So I have a snack, and I fire up Twitter and I talk to my friends, virtual and otherwise, about trivia in an attempt to distract myself. It gets to 11 and I'm still tapping away, and it's not till five past that I notice a Skype call coming in.
"Hello darling, did you have your Twit-face on?" says a wryly handsome but pixellated face on my screen.
I blush and shut down all the stupid little programs I have running, and for the next half an hour we're together again.
He's in an open plan office - I can see his colleagues bumbling around him - and he tells me, "MiMi go chit deh," which means he loves me in Burmese (pretty much the first phrase I ever taught him).
I tell him, half-kidding, that every day he's away is agony; in fact I have a new theory:
"I think it takes an equivalent day off my life, you know - a bit like the torture machine in the Princess Bride;
You go away, what, six weeks a year? Over the past decade, you've managed to shave more than a year off my lifetime".
He laughs ruefully, and he scratches his chin, and he says, "Please don't say things like that", because he knows that I kind of mean it.
I live through another day, and in the evening, I go back to our house to pick up the post and tend to the plants like I promised. He's left instructions as to how each one should be watered in his own mildly OCD way - this is the first year we've decided to grow anything edible and he's very proud of our crop so far, so I feel like I ought to pay close attention.
As I amble about the house and around our garden with the plastic watering-can, I realise that it's beginning to bore me and taking a lot of time.
I pinch off a dead leaf, and marvel at how much he must care to do this, and I think to myself that without him, everything would just wither away.
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Oh MiMi, that's beautiful. It's also pretty much how I feel - I'm sitting here with tears rolling down my face because my one has only just come back from the US and I felt the way you do for the whole two weeks. [hugs you]ReplyDelete
I left my first proper job because the once a month or so trips away from home which were usually just a night or two turned into 3 or 4 a month with more 3 or 4 nighters. Only in the UK, but still away which meant apart.
It was early enough in my career that it was not too hard to find another job which reduced the travelling again, and gave me another grand of pay a year, which back then, so soon after graduating, seemed unlimited richness.
Since then, we know how hard we find it to travel for work without each other, or to be apart for more than a couple of nights and we've accepted/ rejected jobs and contracts on that basis.
That's not always been the financially best thing to do but I guess it's knowing what we are able and not able to tolerate.
I know the separations are SO hard for you so hope they will reduce in frequency very soon.
In the meantime, the offer on the phone the other night stands.
This is beautifully done. I think we all know that weird feeling of regression spending time with our parents while our partner is away. And the ending was just perfect - understated and lovely. A very cleverly structured piece.ReplyDelete
MiMi this is such a beautiful piece. When I saw your mail the other day saying your hubby was away I wanted to ask how you are doing. I stopped myself as I wasn't sure if it is just me who feels so empty when my other half is away.ReplyDelete
Last year, it was me who disappeared away with work. I always missed Lee but when he worked away earlier this year I suddenly got how it is to be the person left at home. I really don't like it.
I found home so obscenely quiet without him, I'd put off going to bed until I was literally ready to drop as I hated lying there by myself and a pile of pillows where he should be.
How long until he's home?
@Lisa - Thank you Lisa - I'm glad your loved one has returned [hugs back]ReplyDelete
@Kavey - Yeah, it's tricky. Because I do want the nice house etc. Selfish git that I am.
@Mr London Street - Thank you (and for the advice) :)
@Sarah Belizaire-Butler - Aww, thanks Sarah! Yeah, I realised my email to you was a bit terse - sorry! He's back tomorrow! He's back tomorrow! *sets off fireworks*
- Miss Whiplash23 September 2011 at 11:35
Mine's away now too.ReplyDelete
I miss him, of course, and I have a bit of a weird 'suspended animation' feeling, like I'm doing everything in a vacuum and it doesn't really 'count'.
I do try to make the most of the fact that it means I can do all sorts of things that wouldn't normally work, though. Like going to bed at a reasonable time and eating scrambled eggs and things ;-)
Fairly pleased that I have a side of me that likes being a bit of a loner, given I'm in a long distance relationship. I'm also made me really grateful for skype.ReplyDelete
Just think - A WHOLE BED TO YOURSELF!
Feeling terribly guilty that I rather like my pair going away... but then they don't do it very often.ReplyDelete
@Miss Whiplash - "a weird 'suspended animation' feeling, like I'm doing everything in a vacuum and it doesn't really 'count'" - so wonderfully apt!ReplyDelete
@Lizzie - I can't think of anything worse than a whole bed to myself :(
@Sarah, Maison Cupcake - Ha, don't feel guilty. I'm just soppy.
That was just so beautiful and sad .. and full of love x beautiful !ReplyDelete
- Miss Whiplash23 September 2011 at 14:32
I *do* quite like the Big Bed :-)ReplyDelete
Really like the new writing explorations you're doing Mimi. They make my very uncomfortable but I think in the way they should do.ReplyDelete
I always act tough when Babs is imminently going away, telling myself I can have quality time with the girls, have some me time. But the nights are always longer than all my plans, and I find invariably find myself shuffling about in jammies watching bad TV and eating crappy snacks and moping.
Next weekend is going to be one of those weekends. Bleah.
Such a beautiful piece. I realised when I went back to Sydney for 10 days it was the longest Andy and I had been apart in six years. After five days I felt like I had a phantom limb- something was just... missing. The strangest thing was that it took us a good day to fit back into how we are with each other. Away, we're both...different. Luckily I like the version of me around him the best.ReplyDelete
@Sarah Belizaire-Butler - Big yay!ReplyDelete
@JuJu - Thank you! x
@Miss Whiplash - Ha ;P
@Going With My Gut - Yeah! Making people cry and feel uncomfortable! Awesome :) Seriously though, I hope the weekend isn't too bleah x
@tori - I know what you mean - when I first see my husband after we've been apart, I feel a bit awkward - but only for a split second :)
My boyfriend goes away with work a fair bit too. This is sad, but true, and beautifully written. <3ReplyDelete
Awww, beautifully written. I like bf person being around. But also like it when he is off somewhere so I can spend time on the interwebs and watch crap telly for a bit.ReplyDelete
@Misswhiplash "a weird 'suspended animation' feeling, like I'm doing everything in a vacuum and it doesn't really 'count'."ReplyDelete
I hear you. I do all sorts of things I wouldn't usually do but it's just...waiting, whilst not actually realising that that is what you were doing until the second they come back and then it's all better.
It's a strange world where we're supposed to be happy when our other half or significant other being away is supposed to be something to enjoy. I love my personal space and those empty hours where he's off doing his thing and I am doing mine but nights alone are just wrong. Being in love like this means that the space is a vacuum, not a vacancy.ReplyDelete
I love the phrase "feeling lost where I used to belong". So evocative. When I have returned to my childhood home to stay with my mum everything is so changed as to be a different place. I think this makes it easier.
I hope your bed is warm soon.
When my husband used to go away on little trips, I used to enjoy the time and space to selfishly indulge myself, although I did of course miss him terribly. Last year he went away for three weeks, calling every day and telling me he'd never leave me for that long again. Sadly, things went wrong, and we have now been separated for a year. Your piece has had me in bits, I'd give anything to have him just be away for a few weeks, knowing he'd be back soon. Imagine how you feel now, but magnified knowing it's permanent. A beautifully written piece - cherish the thought he'll be back soon.ReplyDelete
Oh dear, this takes me back to when we were in the US and Dave would go to Asia for 2-3 wks at a time every other month, with shorter US trips in between. It was awful and I know just how you feel. The best part of him freelancing is that we're rarely separated, and never for that long.ReplyDelete
That last sentence is a killer, in a good way. So raw. Well and truthfully written.
Great read-_look forward to reading many more. XxxxReplyDelete
That was heart wrenching.ReplyDelete
@Charlene - Thank you <3ReplyDelete
@TheFastestIndian - Mine is happy for me to do that when I'm around :)
@Lisa - Exactly.
@Baglady - "Being in love like this means that the space is a vacuum, not a vacancy" - perfectly expressed! And thank you for the lovely wish.
@Gina - Oh Gina, I'm so sorry. I hope things get better for you soon x
@Robyn - Thank you for the lovely compliment x
@LELUU - Thank you Leluu xxx
@May - Aww :)
I love it....love your writing style....and so heart-moving. The saying absence makes the heart grow fonder comes to mind.ReplyDelete
I'm a pretty independent soul and when Mrs GW is away for the odd night or weekend I kind of enjoy (in a guilty way) having a bit of space in the evenings to watch those films she doesn't enjoy, play on the computer - all that anti-social stuff. For a day or two.ReplyDelete
But I also find myself eating odd things at odd times, staying up into the early hours despite being tired. My routines dissolve and I'm a bit all over the place. Like a teenager when the parents are away.
After a day or two, everything settles down - the solitary routine is established. And that's when I really start to miss her. I discover I don't really like the solitary routine. And after 13 years, I just don't sleep as well on my own. I'm always so happy when she's back.
@Kay @ Chopstix2Steaknives - I did have that saying in mind when I named this piece, but you know what - I'd rather just have him by my side :)ReplyDelete
@The Grubworm - Awww, nice to see another man comment and admit how much he cares x
Thanks for writing this MiMi. Working in the career I do, I have always been the one who is away from home, usually once per month, though it's settled down over the past year. People always used to go on about how glamorous and ace it must be to travel with work, but really, it isn't. I spent most of the time wanting to be home and then guilty about how ungrateful that must sound. When I stopped having to travel so much it was a blessed relief.ReplyDelete
It's really illuminating to have the context from the other side.


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The story follows a Chinese mother (Pei Pei) as she grieves for her son (Leung) following his untimely death. Without him she is stranded alone in her adopted country, the UK, without any knowledge of English. Her only hope is his roommate and lover (Whishaw). [Source: THR]
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Kristen Wiig is in talks to play a new romantic interest for Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy in the upcoming "Anchorman" sequel.
Adam McKay helms the project which also sees the return of the likes of Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. Shooting kicks off sometime early next year. [Source: The Wrap]
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James Badge Dale ("Flight," "The Grey") has joined the Tom Hanks-produced, Peter Landesman-directed drama "Parkland".
Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, and Jacki Weaver star in the story which is centered on the Kennedy assassination. Dale would play Robert Edward Lee Oswald, Jr., the brother of the killer. [Source: Showbiz 411]


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