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Team Supreme - La Cita - 7/10/12
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The concept of Team Supreme, like most good ideas, is simple. Once a week a member of the electronic collective selects two different samples and a particular BPM, and sends them off to the other producers in the group. Then everyone makes a track. There are a few rules: 1. The song has to be about a minute long 2. The beat must begin and end with the provided transition sample 3. You're supposed (on the honor system) to finish your track in about an hour. And on Mondays they release the entire playlist, called a "cypher," on YouTube.
There are now 13 installments of this crew's mix-tape of sorts, and there are usually about a dozen producers involved, mostly a recurring cast of Low End Theory young-guns (DJ Nobody), but also artists like Boreta of The Glitch Mob. Team Supreme began as an unofficial collaboration between Dane Morris, aka Great Dane, and Preston James, one half of Virtual Boy. Morris and James both made a beat in a single sitting using the "Mo Money Mo Problems" sample: my team supreme stay clean. Thus the moniker was born.
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These efforts were encouraged by Steve Nalepa, an electronic music guru and one time professor of music at Chapman. Both Morris and James are former students of his and he's been involved with the project since its inception. He's a hands-on mentor -- last night he was grooving with the best of them as Team Supreme played a live set at La Cita.
It's the second time they've hosted a live show, incorporating the tracks from the weekly cipher. Around a dozen producers each get to play a twenty-minute set --the rule is you're supposed to play at least one Team Supreme track but they often play more. There are plans to make it a monthly event.
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Suffice it to say that it wasn't your typical EDM show, the closest point of comparison being seeing someone like Teebs at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. Instead, it was a small group of talented producers showing off for one another, a sort of friendly competition. All the producers there were fresh-faced pupils who exuded that paradoxical mixture of eagerness and apathy only found in the young.
Djemba Djemba, formerly known as St. Andrew, payed early in the night, to rapt attention. Nalepa along with many others assured me he's going to "blow the fuck up." It's easy to see why -- the baby-faced producer who frequently works with Diplo is ridiculously technically talented. His beats are quick but not driving, allowing you just the right amount of airy head-space to vibe out.
Djemba was followed by Kloud, a mustached beanied guy who plays Low End tonight with Cadalack Ron. His beats were an immediate change of pace, more tribal, like the sound of feet running from a tiger in the jungle. Another standout was Henry Allen -- the other half of Virtual Boy who produces under the name King Henry -- who played a set of entirely original tracks. His set was daring too; not everyone felt every beat but each was at least attempting something, which is more than most can say.
There were a few duds among the many many tracks spun, but no-one's set was wholly tepid. When you're creating and preforming among a set of friends and peers who happen to be extremely talented, quality work tends to be the by-product.
Check out the Team Supreme ciphers.
Personal Bias: I've been a fan of Virtual Boy ever since I wrote a profile on them back in February.
The Crowd: DJs, DJs, more DJs, and the girlfriends of DJs. And lots of photographers.
Random Notebook Dump: Nalepa told me earlier he'd be the guy wearing "a black Moog shirt on with gold lettering."
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Welcome to Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Jennifer at Five Minutes for Books. Below are the books that I received last week:
1) Imperfect Bliss by Susan Fales-Hill. Meet the Harcourts of Chevy Chase, Maryland. A respectable middle-class, middle-age, mixed-race couple, Harold and Forsythia have four eminently marriageable daughters—or so their mother believes. Forsythia named her girls after Windsor royals in the hopes that one day each would find her true prince. But princes are far from the mind of their second-born daughter, Elizabeth (AKA Bliss), who, in the aftermath of a messy divorce, has moved back home and thrown herself into earning her PhD.
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potty training set back ...hospital stay
Well just like the title states, we have had a set back here in our house. Day after Christmas I had an emergency appendectomy. This lead to my husband and daughter caring for Benni They both tried really hard, but he started peeing and pooping in the house. It did not help that the weather turned nasty and cold too! I am up and moving (barely) and wonder if I just start all over...throw in the towel and buy pee pads...Yes, I am frustrated, and sore and tired...
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I'm sorry that you had to have surgery. Probably with you gone, and Benni's routine different , is what made him "go" in the house.i'm sure that you can get him back on track. I shudder to think what would happen to my 4 if my hubby was in charge and I was in your shoes! Utter Chaos!! LOL
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I agree with Deb, poor baby missed his Mommy and got him off his routine. I hope you feel better soon, us Mom's are not allowed many sick days. I would hate to see what would happen at my house if I had an emergency.
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Awwww ... Denise. Healing hugs for you. I am sure Benni got off track because you weren't home with him. As for the pee pads ... I highly recommend you use them. They are a blessing in our home. It will be easier for you and Benni. Snowball was trained to go inside on the potty pads. But, when on his walks, he can go outside, too. I think it might be less stress on Benni, too, if he doesn't have to go outside right now ... especially with you sharing that the weather is bad there right now.
Please take care of yourself. I had an emergency appendectomy on my 4th birthday ... I became very sick at my birthday party! You were lucky that you were diagnosed properly and had the surgery right away. I was in a coma for a week after the surgery ... however, that was many, many years ago! LOL I wish you a speedy recovery, Denise. And, I am sure Benni will get back on track very soon. Just cuddle your sweet Benni and it will help you both feel a lot better!
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More today from our many, many spreadsheets of stats from the 2011 season. Today, we'll look at which defenders had the most Defeats in 2011. Defeats are defined as any play (tackle, assist, pass defensed, interception, or forced fumble) that does one of three things:
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Almost every sack is a Defeat, so it is no surprise that Jared Allen, with his 22-sack season, led the NFL with 33 Defeats in 2011. Jason Pierre-Paul was second with 32, and Derrick Johnson and Terrell Suggs tied for third with 31.
Johnson was the top player in Defeats who was not a pass rusher. He had a mix of all kinds of plays: seven tackles for loss on runs, two sacks, five passes defensed on third down including two picks, and a number of tackles that stopped the opponent short of a third-down conversion. Johnson had 19 Defeats on third or fourth down, which tied for the league lead with Paul Posluszny and Troy Polamalu.
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69-J.Allen | MIN | DE | 33 |
90-J.Pierre-Paul | NYG | DE | 32 |
56-D.Johnson | KC | ILB | 31 |
55-T.Suggs | BAL | OLB | 31 |
55-J.Laurinaitis | STL | ILB | 30 |
58-D.Washington | ARI | ILB | 30 |
58-V.Miller | DEN | OLB | 29 |
93-C.Campbell | ARI | DE | 28 |
51-P.Posluszny | JAC | ILB | 28 |
94-D.Ware | DAL | OLB | 28 |
53-N.Bowman | SF | ILB | 27 |
52-D.Jackson | CLE | ILB | 27 |
50-N.Barnett | BUF | ILB | 26 |
55-L.Briggs | CHI | OLB | 26 |
91-C.Clemons | SEA | DE | 26 |
94-M.Kiwanuka | NYG | OLB | 26 |
43-T.Polamalu | PIT | SAF | 26 |
56-S.Weatherspoon | ATL | OLB | 26 |
Weirdly, no player had exactly 25 Defeats last year. The top safeties other than Troy Polamalu were Kam Chancellor (24) and Eric Weddle (22). Brandon Flowers and Nate Clements tied for the lead among cornerbacks with 22 Defeats each. Nate Clements? Yep, he had nine passes defensed on third down including two picks, five tackles for a loss (one of which was a sack), two forced fumbles, and a few tackles after complete passes that prevented a conversion. This shows that a) Nate Clements made more big plays than you realized last year and b) If you had only one stat to represent the best defensive players in the league, you would not use Defeats.
Geno Atkins and Cullen Jenkins tied for the lead among defensive tackles at 19 Defeats. Ndamukong Suh had 29 Defeats in 2010, the most by any defensive tackle in a decade. That was down to 15 last year, third among defensive tackles.
Daryl Smith, who led the league in Defeats in 2010, was down to 21 last year. That's still a lot, but it doesn't match the 35 he put up the year before. His Defeats were down in part because Posluszny was making a lot of those plays. You can find a list of the 2010 leaders in Defeats here.
In case anyone is wondering about "percent of total team defeats," everyone who had at least 16 percent of team Defeats is also on the table above, and ranking based on percent of team Defeats doesn't change things much.
Looking at pass plays and run plays split up:
Kavell Conner! I bet you didn't see that one coming. The 2010 seventh-round pick led the league with 13 run tackles for a loss. He made his average run tackle after a gain of just 2.1 yards, more than a yard closer than any other Colts linebacker. Mathias Kiwanuka was second with 12 run tackles for loss, and Charles Johnson of Carolina was third with 11.
By the way, can I just complain about how annoying it is to have to make sure we keep 51-J.Mayo and 51-J.Mays separated, especially in the game charting?
Finally, two more tables: The percentage of total Plays by a defender that counted as Defeats. These lists have a minimum of 25 total Plays. One of the leaders on the "lowest percentage" table is a bit of a surprise. The leaders on the "highest percentage" table are all pass rushers, which is not much of a surprise.
Wait a minute, I know Isaac Sopoaga's role is to soak up blockers, not to penetrate into the backfield, but still... he had no Defeats in 2011? Yes, that's correct. Isaac Sopoaga did not make a single tackle behind the line of scrimmage last year. He had no sacks and no passes defensed; his only pass play was hustling upfield to get a tackle on a five-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald. Sopoaga did have six Defeats in 2010 when he was a defensive end rather than a nose tackle.
Usually, this is where I say you can get all the data on the player pages, but right now you can't, unfortunately. I apologize for the fact that these stats are not yet fully updated for 2011 on our player pages; we've had some technical issues we're trying to straighten out. I'll make sure I left everyone know when those player pages are finally updated.
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Does anybody else think that Polamalu's defeats are actually starting to hurt the Steelers' defense? The last couple years, it seems like he's been selling out to make the big play more and more, and leaving gaping holes in the defense as a result. It works out against the weaker teams who can't exploit it, but strong offenses like the Patriots seem to shred the Steelers with regularity by attacking the void Polamalu leaves behind. I've loved Polamalu in the past, but I think his freelancing is quickly becoming a liability.
That's been Troys MO since he started. The difference is that the other 10 guys on the Steelers D where about as good as an above average 11 man team. With the defense ageing, and the new guys not being quite as good as Smith, Farrior, etc, it is becoming more noticeable.
Not to argue against your main point, but to nitpick a little, the Patriots did not do too much shredding of Pitt last year:
Don't you think if Polamalu's whiffing outweighed his big plays, he would be coached to play differently?
Fair point about NE - I was thinking of the 2010 game, plus the Super Bowl loss to GB; the defense as a whole was great, but Polamalu got exploited badly in those two games in particular.
Now that I think about it, wasn't the 2011 gameplan against NE to leave two deep safeties and play press coverage against the receivers? That kind of implies your second point - he was indeed coached to play differently in the rematch. As a general matter, though, coaches have a long history of not rocking the boat with a respected veteran, even if it no longer works the way it used to. For example, there was the jeans model under Mike Sherman.
Yes, the 2011 gameplan by the Steelers was quite different than in the past, which surprised the Pats a lot. But wasn't Polamalu out or playing hurt that game? Not to say that your point isn't correct. In the past, when healthy, I think the Pats were able to take advantage of Polamalu's aggressiveness.
At the end of 2010 (including SB XLV), Polamalu was playing with an injured Achilles. When he's healthy, he still makes amazing plays, and the overall quality of the Steeler defense suggests that he's not a liability.
PIT's defense doesn't work like that. Most of the plays where it looks like Polamalu is freelancing, he's either disguising something that's part of the called play or he's exercising a defensive option, to which other players are supposed to react to compensate. I'd say his bigger issue the last few years (beyond just being out of the lineup) is that he's started to miss tackles.
I know this is probably to much context for this article, but how many of Conner's and Angerer's Defeats were on obvious run plays when the other team was up by multiple scores and trying to run out the clock?
Interesting question, but also quite the rabbit hole. After all, there are guys from the Rams and Browns on the list too. The reverse question could also be asked re: guys on teams up big facing obvious passing plays.
Anyway, my $0.02 is that a higher percentage of Angerer's plays are more likely to be "real" than Conner's. That's just a guess on my part, based on my belief that Angerer is the better player.
And here I thought you were going to mention that ILB Jones for the Giants was the only ILB on the fewest defeats list.
RE: comments #2 & #4, if Angerer & Conner for IND were getting tackles for loss on obvious run plays in the 4th Q, that's still a good play (thus DEFEAT). That means that the opponent is more likely to have to punt, giving the Colts a chance to come back (oops, if they would have had a good QB). Actually, didn't that happen in one of their 2 wins?
Conversely, I know against the Saints that the Saints ran the ball for 8 or 9 consecutive plays in the 4th Q resulting in their last offensive TD. So, it's not like they were getting credit for holding the other team to a 1 yd gain on 3 consecutive plays.
EDIT: I guess if the opponent ran on 3rd & 6 late in the 4th, and Conner/Angerer made the tackle short of the 1st down, that would count. However, at least for Conner, 13 of his 19 run defeats were TFL's. That's still really good.
Yeah, getting defeats is better than not getting defeats, but not all defeats are created equal.
Yeah, it's still a good play, but not as good (or perhaps I should say not as useful) as stuffing a run during a tie game.
It's akin to the QB who racks up 100 extra passing yards during the 4th quarter when his team is already down by 28. They're still real yards, they still count, and in theory they make the team more likely to come back. But in reality, they're just empty calories.
I understand--and understandably, I only saw part of the Colts game against the Saints. I just meant that for at least the rookie Conner, having 13 of his 19 defeats as run stops behind the line is definitely worth applauding, no matter what the score was. Because if he is a rookie, he should get better--and coupled with the improvements that the Colts made on offense (on paper for right now), he and Angerer should be at worst solid defenders for the next good Colts team.
Except that the next good Colts team will (presumably) be running a completely different defense, and we don't yet know if they'll make the transition successfully. It's hardly unusual for good 4-3 linebackers to lose an awful lot of their effectiveness when their team transitions to a 3-4.
Conner wasn't a rookie; he was a 2nd year player. That said, he is certainly not a bad player. He's probably already provided more value to the team than a typical 7th rounder.
Unfortunately for Conner, as was previously mentioned, the Colts are switching to a 3-4. Angerer is a MLB, so I would imagine he'll still be starting in one of the ILB positions. Conner is an OLB, so he'll now be competing against the likes of Freeney and Mathis for playing time. Odds are pretty strong that this switch will negatively impact Conner.
Just because he was an OLB in a 4-3 doesn't mean he will be in a 3-4. His body type seems far more suited to the inside, and I imagine they'll try him there. In Houston, 4-3 OLB Cushing made the transition to 3-4 ILB with far more success than 4-3 MLB Ryans (though injury may also have been a factor there).
Since these area all charted plays, it's likely that the answer to what the game situation was at the time of these defeats is out there, but there's not enough manpower to break it down that finely -- unless someone is willing to pay extra for it...
We'd love to see every statistic put into context, right? But how much are you willing to pay for it?
Good to have definitive proof of Babin's uselessness in the run game: he had only 4 defeats all year that weren't sacks. And he was #2 in terms of highest percentages of his total plays as defeats, so he was basically getting a sack or doing nothing. Throw in that 6 of his sacks came in 2 late season blow-outs against teams that had basically given up on the year and I don't think there's even enough evidence that he's brilliant enough as a sack machine to overlook his other deficiencies. A 13 sack, 4 run defeat guy should be a situational pass rusher and back-up...
Jenkins' numbers at DT shake out much better than I thought, though - and I already thought he was one of the best players on Philly's defense...
He only had 3 run defeats, so he must have had 2 passes batted or something.
Contrast this with Julius Peppers who ended with the same number of defeats, but only had 11 sacks. Here's hoping Shea can either open up some room for him or take advantage of his play.
I was actually going to contrast him with Peppers (the #1 % of plays as defeats guy), a truly great DE who is a force on the field - I'd take a handful fewer sacks in exchange for blowing up 3 times as many runs and in general being exactly where the offense doesn't want him to be on any given play.
(Also, Babin could have tackled a RB on a swing pass or mucked up a WR screen - Dallas did throw roughly 200 of them per game vs. the Eagles...)
I was convinced that Cullen Jenkins was the best player on the Packers D-line, but his injury history was probably too much for them. It's pretty apparent that their D-line play hasn't been the same without him. The Eagles had some luck with Jenkins being healthy last year.
I always thought that Nate Clements was getting a bum rap in SF, it seemed to me that the abysmal play at strong safety, coupled with a rather average pass rush, made him look bad. He isn't perfect and can get beaten deep but he's useful in the right defense.
As for Sopoaga, his lack of defeats should be placed in context. Until Willis got hurt the run defense that Soapy anchored was making a serious attempt at being the best ever DVOA run defense. You also need to take a look at FO's defensive line stats, the Niners are great at power success, they are amazing at second level and open field but are below average at making plays behind the line, like quite a few 3-4 teams. The 49ers look to build a wall and then you run into it, they do this very well but it does seem to limit them in making plays behind the line of scrimmage. (I'd also love to know how many defeats Willis had in the 12 games he played.)
Was it you that I was discussing James Laurenitis with a few weeks back? (if not, my bad) This quantifies the impression I'd gotten from watching him play this season - i.e. the guy is really good even with a fairly limited supporting cast.
It was me yes. I wasn't saying that Laurenitis wasn't a very good player, I was just saying that Bowman might be better and that it could be tough for Laurenitis to make the probowl. Bowman did pretty well in this list too for a first year starter, though he does have a better supporting cast.
I never felt like you were trying to slight him - morelike sticking up for "your guy." Either way, it's going to be fun watching both those guys for the next few years. And yes, if Laurenitis wants to sniff the pro bowl, his team is going to have to win more than 2 games.
Clements may have gotten a bum rap, but it's hard to overcome the perception that his performance didn't live up to his status as the highest-paid CB in the NFL when the 49ers signed him. It's fair to blame the management for overpaying Clements while neglecting the rest of the defense, but it's apparent he didn't belong in SF at his pay level.
Chris Harris is listed only as playing for Chicago, but he was released by the Bears in the middle of the season and was signed by Detroit. Going solely from memory, I think his sole defeat on the season came with the Lions. I think he had an interception for them (I'm too lazy to look it up right now). He certainly didn't do much for the Bears last season except help get them defeated by giving up big pass plays or long runs (by being out of his gap), which helps explain why he was released.
Other than that lone INT, he didn't do much for the Lions either, which is why I can't imagine they'll bring him back.
"The leaders on the "highest percentage" table are all pass rushers, which is not much of a surprise."
I wouldn't really call Antonio Smith a pass rusher, though obviously that is part of his job. I'd say he's notable as being the only interior lineman on that list.
At the risk of being a Vikings homer I have to take my hat off to Mr Allen. He has been a great signing, tries his butt off and has made some really notable stops in the run game so he really is an all round defender. Terrific player and apparently a very good presence in the locker room.
No Ed Reed. That is one over-hyped player. Ravens fans will tell you he don't hit or tackle anymore.
So true. He only makes incredible plays that keep the Ravens from losing in the divisional round of the playoffs.
Ed Reed is still an excellent player. He's slowing down a little, but really still extremely good and still the best FS in the NFL. He's always been more of a finesse player. I'm not saying he wont hit a guy or power through a block, but that's not his forte and that's not what he's looking to do.


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Sunday, April 24, 2011
good news and bad news
Bad news: I had my first spam comment
Good news: Blogger snagged it in the spam filter.
Very bad news: I just deleted all the most recent comments from my blog by mistake. Par for my day.
Good news: it was mild (60s) and the sun was out for much of the day and we went to the park.
Bad news: it rained again tonight - with thunder.
Now that I've dispensed with that...
I was in the studio again yesterday, mostly staring into space and ironing more strips. I even threw some fabrics as the wall - but I am out of practice, so my aim was not very good. Don't know where this one is going, if anywhere. It looks better from this distance and this reminds me of why I started this blog so many years ago. To get a distance on my work and see what it really looks like. Then to have a dialogue with myself. But I am too tired for dialogues tonight.
I brought home all the strips I had ironed and started sorting them by color and size. THAT didn't get too far before I decided it could be an endless process. so I stopped.
Done for the time being, I began to sew my therapy strips together - starting with the really long ones.
I continued tonight and am getting somewhere. Of course, I haven't the vaguest idea what I will do with them but that is not the point. The point is to sew and not think. As you are aware, this adds years to the viability of one's brain. I probably added a decade of usefulness to my brain cells with all the non-thinking I have been doing.
In any case, I am working with yellows. Perhaps it is my need for sunshine in this long, gloomy, wet, cold winter - still not over. Or just a general need for warmth. Corn yellows, wheat yellows, green yellows, khaki yellows... I went to see my mother this afternoon and we sat outside in the sun. I could just feel all those little rays of vitamin D surging through my body.
On this note, off to get my beauty sleep. The night before last I dreamed in French and woke up exhausted. Life gets weirder and weirder. Yellow to the rescue.
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- Angie in AZ said...
I need to do this kind of sewing! Haven't in a LONG time. But, I have another painting in my head that needs to get out so I think that will come first.
- April 24, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- Eva said...
Ever so true what you say about sparing one's brain. It is not a muscle that needs training. This so goes with my present experience. And: Yellow is the color of centering, rest and meditation in the Chinese color cosmos. It signifies the middle, stability, equanimity. Good choice really!
And I'm deeply impressed with your latest prints! - April 25, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- Mostly Turquoise said...
Bravo for the yellow, it already looks very good Rayna!
Sending you sunshine from the Caribbean,
Regina, SXM - April 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Del said...
Whatsa "captcha"? I hope you don't mean those magic words that let one post a comment. You and Terry Grant have the very best!
Did you read Terry's Haiku?
How does yellow sing?
With threads of gold and sunlight.
Stitch a melody.
So lovely and my favorite color! - April 25, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- PaMdora said...
I always think captcha looks like something you should put on a hamburger. Love your yellows!
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This tip relates to lathe cleanliness.
I got real sick of always getting water and CA and other stuff on the ways of my lathe and having to clean it off every few pens. So one day while in my pile of stuff that may one day be useful I found some magnetic vent covers that I had bought previously. They look like this. The brand here is FrostKing What I did was set up my lathe how I normally sand and finish. Banjo all the way to the left. I then cut the pieces to fit and they work great! Here is a picture with them on.
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Just don't leave them on permanently. I had read the same idea for protecting the blades on my handplanes when stored using fridge magnets, looks like the same material. I came back a month or so later and found rust under the fridge magnet card. I don't know whether it is a dissamilar metals thing or moisture is creeping in and causing the rust. Needless to say I don't use them any more.
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Holy crap, lathes don't come in the box dirty? I think my 2 jets were white or blue or red, mabey grey...All kidding aside I have a 1X4x6 that I cover with an old dish rag on the ways to keep water off when wet sanding and glueing. But really your lathe is just toooooooooo clean go turn some pens...
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Seriously thought about stripping it and repainting it too, since the factory paint is so cheap and keeps flaking off. It seems every time I bump into the darn thing I get some red flecks around. I can't have that possibly get into a pen finish! But I'd want to paint it a lighter color, probably white, but then people would think I'm trying to pass it off as a JET which I'm not. Been there and had one. Perfectly satisfied with the PSI lathe.
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I just brush it all off with an old computer keyboard brush after every pen. But I'm not gonna post a picture of the finish on mine. It wouldn't pass my Grandfather's inspection standards. ("White Glove.")
But ya know what? It still makes pens okay.
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Justin - another great idea. Think I will have to try that one too. I use the sandpaper ideas that you put in the other thread.
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WOYWW? on Thursday :)
So yesterday afternoon......A pile of clothes to be mended - a certain zombietastic daughter manages to blow holes in the backside of ALL her clothes! I don't know how she does it! The clothes are on a huge pile of Scotland brochures that I didn't order - no matter what the OH thinks. Am taking it as an omen that we should book our holiday soon.
The notebook is my researching some ways to make some more pennies and the book pile is a general to be read and maybe review pile.
And yesterday evening...
...the pile of clothes have gone - I did indeed mend them - dodgily done but mended anyway.
The sparkly shoes are my youngest's - she's gone through the soles but I love them and am wondering how I can salvage the sequins.
The box is a little box of goodies that arrived from dotcomgiftshop to play with and review. Yum! Although Devvie has put dibs on almost everything in it so may have to be a joint craft sesh that one.
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Heyup Carmen - connected up in Durham at last!
Your humour always creases me - 'blowing holes in the backside of her clothes'!!! I spotted a couple of your Mr Ducky creations in there - mine lives on the windowsill in our bedroom up here - so you see I think of you everyday when I look at it! I love touching him. x x xOhhhh, sparkly shoes, do they do them in adult size! My huge pile of clothes to be mended are shoved in a cupboard where I can't see them!Carmen, have you checked out Lilys blog yet..The Octopode factory? She does fab digi downloads and she has some great vampires and halloween characters at the moment, I think you will love them! Her blog is http://frillyunderwear.blogspot.com
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1. Remove page 15 from the magazine. Mount it on heavy paper or lightweight cardboard, then cut along the broken lines.
2. On page 3, draw a picture of the temple nearest your home. Color all the pictures.
3. Punch holes where indicated, and make a booklet by threading the pages together in order with yarn or heavy string. Tie the yarn in a bow on the front of the booklet. Turn the pages one by one as you sing "I Love to See the Temple" (Children's Songbook, page 95).
I Love to See the Temple
By Janice Kapp Perry
1. I love to see the temple.
I'm going there someday
2. To feel the Holy Spirit,
To listen and to pray.
3. For the temple is a house of God,
A place of love and beauty.
4. I'll prepare myself while I am young;
This is my sacred duty.
5. I love to see the temple.
I'll go inside someday.
6. I'll covenant with my Father;
I'll promise to obey.
7. For the temple is a holy place
Where we are sealed together.
8. As a child of God, I've learned this truth:
A family is forever.
Sharing Time Ideas
1. Using "I Love to See the Temple" (Children's Songbook, page 95) as a guide, list and discuss some of the things that a person does in the temple: feel the Holy Spirit, listen, pray, covenant with Heavenly Father, be sealed together as families.
2. Explain that in the temple, people wear special white clothing that represents purity, cleanliness, holiness, and righteousness. In your discussion, use "They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
"He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment." (Rev. 3:4–5.) Talk about other times in our lives when we wear white (baptism, marriage, and burial).
3. Show a picture of the temple nearest you. Have younger children draw a picture of themselves standing outside the temple. Discuss with older children the history of their temple. Encourage them to write their feelings about it in their own journals.
4. Invite a Primary child who has been to the temple for a dedication or sealing to share his feelings about the experience, or invite an adult to briefly tell the Primary children of blessings he has received from going to the temple.
5. Invite the bishop or branch president to discuss temple worthiness and temple recommends with the children.
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So apparently i have just read that the EMP stops the Throwing Knife dead in its tracks in Modern Warfare 2. I mean fancy AC-130's and Chopper Gunners may go down easily with the EMP, but the Throwing Knife?!
Source"Interestingly enough, an EMP will stop a Throwing Knife dead in its tracks, which doesn't make much sense since EMPs only affect electronic devices."
One of the points under Trivia.
Upon further investigation i found there is a thread in the COD4 forum about this. Here if you are interested.
Is this true and can anyone confirm? I have yet to try it. And how the hell is this possible?
Very strange if you ask me.


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"It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country. Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not produce the work they do, whatever their particular field. It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment."
- Bill Brandt
Friday, September 30, 2011
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- Jill Ison said...
isn't that the truth.
I find your blog interesting and refreshing. - October 1, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- J. Wesley Brown said...
Thanks, Jill!
- October 3, 2011 at 10:44 AM
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Where in this forum do I ask questions about general programming? Like is there somewhere I can gain some basics knowledge that is common to all or most programming languages? Does that even exist, or just common to families of languages? Would I just have to learn a lot of languages to catch on? Where do programmers work, like what businesses hire programmers? I know Microsoft and Google and Intel etc. does but what if I just want to begin thinking about an apprenticeship at a local company, and I don't live any ware near those type of companies. Would I be looking for a software firm, or would my local large companies have a programmer position in there IT dept? Is there even an apprentice position in the field or is that a dead concept or was that something that never was? Where do I ask those type of questions?
General Software Career Advice
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Posted 16 July 2009 - 08:27 PM
Where in this forum do I ask questions about general programming?
Like is there somewhere I can gain some basics knowledge that is common to all or most programming languages?
So whatare are examples of knowledge decoupled from programming languages? Most importantly, that which comprises the experience of a good problem solver. 40 years ago, the fundamental nature of programming was no different. It comes down to taking a vague never before seen task, breaking it down into problems that can be analyzed, gathering information, learning, thinking, and implementing a solution that works, that is easy to understand and maintainable, and does all that really well (in that order). Programming is fundamentally problem solving. How do you learn to solve problems? By solving problems. It's like a muscle you exercise. Ok, this really isn't knowledge so much as experience, but you get what I'm saying.
There's general computer science knowledge, like the various data structures and algorithms. For example, a linked list, and the algorithms to add, delete, or modify nodes in the list is not specific to programming languages. It's an abstraction. The jargon and terminology arising from computer science. There's domain specific knowledge. Using OpenGL (graphics API), means you need to spend time learning about the graphics pipeline, the design principle behind OpenGL (e.g. a state machine), and being comfortable with the maths (e.g. transformation matrices). Or if you are writing a web browser, about standards, and the various protocols like HTTP and TCP. None of this is programming language specific.
Does that even exist, or just common to families of languages? Would I just have to learn a lot of languages to catch on?
So you should learn different languages to expose yourself to these different ideas. You might call it families of languages, but languages tend to borrow and be inspired by each other. The general long term advice is to learn one new language something like every year or two. And move between languages that encourage very different styles of thinking. If you start with Java, learn Scheme. Maybe Lua. Maybe next is PHP. Maybe next is C++. After that Python? Maybe x86 assembly afterwards.
Seems really scary, and I'll throw out more advice, but that's all for today. If no one else magically covers everything I would say, I'll throw out more advice and information next week (after my work is done the next few days).
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Posted 18 July 2009 - 07:18 AM
This might be a good topic for the Corner Cubicle, seeing as there's no real development question. I'll take you there, follow me.
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Bob Hoskins Calls It a Career and Retires from Acting
Sad news for movie fans today – actor Bob Hoskins is officially retiring from acting.
The actor's agent released an official statement earlier today. Here it is in its entirety:
"Bob Hoskins wishes to announce that he will be retiring from acting, following his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease last autumn. He wishes to thank all the great and brilliant people he has worked with over the years, and all of his fans who have supported him during a wonderful career. Bob is now looking forward to his retirement with his family, and would greatly appreciate that his privacy be respected at this time."
The actor had a rich and storied career, appearing in movies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Mona Lisa and the recently released Snow White and the Huntsman. Personally, I always loved him in Unleashed – where he kept Jet Li chained up like a vicious attack dog. Not his finest piece of work, but he's a lot of fun as a gangster in that film.
We wish Mr. Hoskins the best as he settles into retirement and celebrates his wonderful career. Thanks for the memories – and sharing your talent with us.
[via ComingSoon]
Which one of these people is in the movie Jack Reacher: Never Go Back?
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