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Last week the challenge was to create some bouncy lettering. The holidays are here so of course I had to come up with an awesome quote. One lunch afternoon I drew this out.
Just a pencil, some awesome graphic paper, markers, and 2o minutes.
YEAH okay doubt, I'm not sure about this either. I think about all the artists. I love watching them work. Wow how do they do it. Everything from the idea to the sketch is amazing! THEN they go an call their sketch messy… call it a ROUGH sketch. I'm thinking WHAT?
Don't Compare. They've had tons of practice.
I felt like I had a good idea but again my SKILLS were hiding and seeking some other artist.. My etsy shop deadline is in 2 months. Am I really an artists or am I fooling myself? Will I be ready for my etsy shop? Is an etsy shop a smart move right now? That's when it hit me. YES I'm an artists BUT I have to keep working and what's that word HABIT. Yes work on my art and learn from my mistakes. Problem is I always feel like I'm making mistakes…always waiting…always hoping….always dreaming and I know it's coming. I see it and I feel it or do I?.
I DO! So I'm looking SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW …and taking notes. I have to hold on and focus on the good! I CHOOSE to look at all the wonderful progress I've made. I mean I know what I did wrong and how to fix it. That's got to count for something.
OH! The brush lettering should be thicker. I'm on a roller coaster.
Every story is filled with mistakes, fears and an even bigger desire to persevere.
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Vacation Count Down - T Minus 7 Hours.....
It's a good time to take a vacation this year. Nothing terribly critical in the next 2 weeks, no complex bids hanging over my head right now. On last year's vacation I worked more than I played, and despite the success of the work efforts, the rest of the family didn't see it as such.
This year, I've got 9 days to do lots and lots of nothing.
My Nothing List:
- Improve tan with tan in a tube.
- Go tubing with the chicklets… alot.
- Read Harry Potter
- Take nightime photos of fireflies
- Sleep…. alot.
- Solve a 1000 piece puzzle, where the pieces are *this* small.
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I can't seem to sleep, I am up all night with mini panic attacks replaying the last weeks of my Fathers life in my head. I describe the last week like a record player…. the needle lays down to play the music and as the record spins so does my head…. spinning and spinning the thoughts of the last weeks. The record is over and the needle picks up and it plays again. I just can't stop spinning. The questions and speculations swirl in my head and likely will be doing so for quite sometime.
I'm feeling a bit selfish as well because I want my dad back. Well I want my 1999 dad back. I'm selfish to think that there's something I could have said or done that would have kept him around longer. I'm selfish to think that his love for us could have trumped his depression. I'm selfish to keep asking "why" when I know I'll never get the answer.
For now I will try and enjoy life, work to slow the spinning and try and seek joy. Oh and I promise to never ever leave my family wondering.
My father had a choice. He chose to leave. Janice didn't have a choice, she did NOT choose to leave. An orphan at 42 years old. Yes I am angry.
Friends have asked me to share my eulogy. Its not edited and was written on my phone mostly on my flight home from Florida in April. I knew this was coming.
Hello my name is Christina Ann Marvullo Alexander and I am an adult child of an alcoholic. A remembrance of my days where Mom and Dad had me attend al anon meetings as a child. Our Father was a 30 plus year member of the 12 step program that worked on a model that you can not maintain sobriety unless the drunk surrenders to a higher power became a staple of our everyday life as both my Father and my brother are friends of Bill W. Our alcoholic family was one of chaos, inconsistency and sometimes unclear roles. I think that's what has happened to me my husband tells me I think I am everyone's MOTHER!
The death of someone whom is essentially a hard person to love is complicated. The death of a person with whom you have had a broken relationship means now that relationship can never really be repaired. My Father was himself too a broken person but Laura and Joey and I are left with what remains and we now begin the process of making peace with it.
I have often thought about what I would feel like in this moment. Because ever since I was a little girl our Dad was sick. Sick with a physical disease and dealing with addiction struggling with sobriety and what I can now see as struggling with mental illness. In thinking about this day it has opened up many places inside of me revealing long hidden places that hold both anger and joy.
Every parent wishes to pass along some wisdom to their children and our Dad was no different. As I sat and considered what I would write today I tried to focus on the lessons I have learned from him.
As a child I never really thought much about our trip to concerts, backyard listening to baseball games on the radio while working in the garden or our fishing adventures. In retrospect, however, I now understand that Dad was – consciously or not – imparting some useful lessons on life.
Long before there were i phones or satellite radio or any of these highly addictive electronics to keep children entertained and planted on the family couch for hours. Fishing was my Dad's method of spending time with me and teaching me something that he loved. Reading the Newsday and checking the schedule of the incoming tides was a daily routine. Then off we would go to do some fishing. Now the drive there was usually me in the front seat with a six pack of miller light between us. The beer wasn't even placed in a cooler and the thought of me wearing a seat belt was not something that crossed his mind.
The days were long and hot but I learned how to celebrate the success of the catch but more importantly I learned about waking up ridiculously early, how to purchase bait, prepping for the day and sometimes we wouldn't catch a single fish. I suppose this is what I learned – how to accept failure and patience. The lessons were that waiting and waiting was just another variable in my Dad's meticulously constructed equation on how catch a fish.
Gardening was another love of his, all done while listening to the New York Yankees on the radio. Well if Janice was outside she would change the station to listen to the New York Mets and that my friends began my love for the sport. Baseball like fishing were his perfect summer companion, the game has a rhythm that mirrors summer – the pace is gradual and sometimes slow and often laid back. Fitting as Dad passed away on the summer solstice the longest day of the year, my beloved first day of summer. Indeed these sounds of summer ring in my head when thinking of Dad – from the shed radio where an umpire calling balls and strikes to a vendor hawking hot dogs and peanuts , these sounds come loud and clear in my mind. The sprinkler running on his beloved garden as Joey and Laura and I along with our neighborhood friends would slide down the lawn on our famous yellow slip and slide .
Music was another of his passions. Rides in the car always had a 8 track in of Billy Joel or Led Zeppelin or Willie Nelson or many of his doo wop favorites. Singing along was Janice whom most don't know took vocal lessons for years and had a beautiful voice. I can still hear her sing Barbara Streisand and my Father sang the Bee Gees part and funny Donald and I do the same thing today. We went to countless concerts together the best being Eric Clapton and Elton John he took my friend Alexandra and I and we were in awe of the whole experience. Dad went to see Willie Nelson a few months back calling to tell his son in laws Donald and Mike all about it and wondering how much longer that old goat would be on stage.
Joe Monroe as he sometimes was called or also known as the boss – had a huge loving family. Too many Marvullo's to count. But in the end it was his six grandsons that made him smile the most. John Joseph whom was named after him, Daniel who just a month ago chose Joseph as his confirmation name, Christian (that was his middle name), Michael Joseph who too was named after him and babies Antonio and Max. A few more boys and we can make a baseball team! He was so proud when the spoke of those boys I think the thought of that being his biggest accomplishment. When we told the boys of his passing Daniel said "but he said that he would come back up and help me perfect my curve ball." MJ said but we were going to have ice cream Nina but now the is an Angel with Nanny Janice.
You died exceptionally early Daddy, the young and fit and handsome man I see in the garden picking your beloved tomatoes died when you lost your beloved Janice and that man had been replaced with someone we really didn't know for the last fifteen years. A man you didn't really even know for the last fifteen years either.
So as we head into the dog days of summer where the calendar turns faster then we would all like and playoff races heat up in major league baseball I encourage you to stop and LISTEN to a baseball game, turn on some old tunes on the radio, head to Joe's beloved Long Island Sound, throw in a line, sit and listen to the boats go by. For we shall not pass this way again.


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|Clockwise top left: Pink Flamingo, Turquoise Butterprint, Green Spring Blossoms, Butterlfly Gold, Red Friendship and Butterfly gold Princess, Pink Gooseberry, Primary Colors
When you knew when a woman got married by the color of her Pyrex?
My sister-in-law, Bonnie, who married a year or two after me, has three sets of Pyrex mixing bowls in various shades of brown, orange and gold, all original wedding or shower gifts. On a visit to the farm yesterday to get fresh eggs, she set out her red and orange "Friendship" pattern bowls and the gold Princess bowls for a photo. She was married in 1968.
Myrna and I both started out with sets of the "Primary Colors" bowls...and both used the big yellow bowl for raising bread and rolls, and as the communal popcorn bowl. We both miss these bowls, but they are now harder to find, especially the smallest blue bowl. Myrna had the refrigerator dishes in "Primary Colors" too.
Myrna and I both bought the avocado green "Spring Blossoms" pattern Pyrex - it was in style in the early seventies and I gave what I had left to her.
I had some of the gold Pyrex, also from the late 60's and early 70's, when harvest gold appliances were all the rage, and I had an avocado and gold kitchen - Myrna still has some gold Pyrex she uses.
Our sister Kay, got both the pink and turquoise Pyrex when she married in 1957. The pink Pyrex in these pictures is mine, collected used...both in "Pink Gooseberry" and "Pink Flamingo". I have more...I collect it because I missed out on the Pink and Turquoise era, but it brightens my kitchen, is fairly easy to find, and it's not so precious I can't use it everyday.
New Pyrex isn't nearly so much fun to collect these days!


text: We are excited to share that Piotr Parda, illustrator of The Gentleman Bat, is working on his next book with us. Piotr's first solo title, Graduation Day, is the wordless story of a girl who does something beautiful after being bullied at school. The medium for the book is watercolor and mono-print and it all came together in Photoshop. Publication is slated for spring 2017.


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Is It Possible to Start Over?
Is it possible to hit the stop button, delete, and start fresh?
I've recently gone through a lot of changes in my life and have found that my emotions have become a complete mess. I'm usually pretty level headed and logical, but sometimes I seem to lose control.
Have you ever found that things start spiralling out of control and you don't know how not to get pulled right into that spiral? Today I wanted to discuss the possibility of starting over. If you feel like you don't recognize yourself, your reactions, or emotions, there are ways to deal with it. Sometimes we just need a little help, I know that I do.
How To Start Over
1. Reflect Alone
What I find to be most important is to spend time with yourself, alone. Sit down and really think about what is going on in your head. Write things down if it helps. Sort through what has you upset, or off.
2. Talk to Someone
During difficult times, I think it is pretty normal to avoid telling people. Putting on a facade of happiness is a lot easier than letting someone in. I know that I tend to keep to myself, but I have been making an effort to talk to someone I trust when I'm feeling off. Now, what's important is that you don't go to that person hoping that they will say what you want to hear. Being open to an honest opinion is vital.
3. Be OK with Change
For me, I know that the driving factor to my stress and emotional instability was largely in part due to change. I've always been a very independent person, so realizing that life isn't going to always be the way I want, or imagined, can be hard to deal with. What I've learned is that I need to accept the changes. Change is not a bad thing at all. Being pushed out of your comfort zone can result in some incredible things.
4. Learn to Forgive and Truly Forget
This is one of the biggest lessons that I have learned in order to start over fresh. You have to learn to forgive the mistakes that people have made. You also need to learn to forgive yourself for mistakes that you may have made. But forgiving is not the only thing that needs to be done in order to move on and start again. You have to be ready to forget and move past whatever it is that you have been holding onto.
I've managed to reflect on my life and the changes that I am going through. I've also learned to focus on the positive and end goals. These 4 things have helped me so much, I cannot truly express it. If you are going through a tough time, I really hope that you take these things into consideration. :)


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Asclepias tuberosa
English name(s):
butterfly weed, butterfly milkweed
Family:  Asclepiadaceae
A summer blooming native perennial with brightly-colored orange flowers that attract insects. It is a host plant for the Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
sunny location with dry to medium well-drained soil
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Monarch Migration News
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Xerces Society:
Milkweed: A Conservation Practioner's Guide
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Plant identification
The Ohio State University Herbarium:
Ashtabula County, 2 July 1980, collector:  Barbara K. Andreas  voucher specimen
✿ view additional voucher specimens and related information
Newcomb's: Key Group no. 532, p. 188
Historical description: "It ... stains the pastures with a brilliant orange-color, which, I should think, would set the colorist of the impressionist school quite wild." Naturalist F. Schuyler Mathews' description of butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, in his book Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden, 1894.
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Each year Nicholas Anthony holds its annual charity golf event to raise money for Bloodwise: Beating Blood Cancer. This year was the 10th and proved more successful than ever, beating last year's total of £10,000 and with more teams signed up and guests.
The donations are still coming in but we expect to have raised more than £13,000 for this wonderful charity. Auction hosts included Ex England Cricketer Ronnie Irani and celebrity chef Aldo Zilli.
Special thanks to all of those who donated and supported this worthy cause.


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Brass Tacks' Newest Release:
Brass tacks
oregon country
Based out of Molalla, Brass Tacks brings Oregon Country sounds, feelings, and values everywhere the band travels. A little bit of country, outlaw, blues, southern rock, and rebel all rolled into one.
Vocals, Guitar / Andy Good
Electric Guitar, Vocals / Eli Howard
Bass Guitar, Vocals / Joe Gibson
Drums / Eli Taghon
Keys, Vocals / Mckay Everhart
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Flower constancy or pollinator constancy is the tendency of individual pollinators to exclusively visit certain flower species or morphs within a species, bypassing other available flower species that could potentially contain more nectar.[1][2][3] Flower constancy is different from other types of insect specialization such as innate preferences for certain colors or flower types, or the tendency of pollinators to visit the most rewarding and abundant flowers.[3]
Flower constancy has been observed for insect pollinators: especially honeybees (Apis mellifera),[4] bumblebees (Bombus terrestris),[5][6] and butterflies (Thymelicus flavus).[7] For example, honeybees have demonstrated a preference for certain flower types and constantly return even if other more rewarding flowers are available. This is shown for example in experiments where honeybees remain flower constant and do not attempt to feed on other available flowers that exhibit an alternative color to their preferred flower type.[4]
Flower constancy as an adaptive behavior
Flower constancy favors flower pollination, that is, pollinators that are flower constant are more likely to transfer pollen to other conspecific plants.[8] Also, flower constancy prevents the loss of pollen during interspecific flights and pollinators from clogging stigmas with pollen of other flower species.[2] Flower constancy can be enhanced when the flowers are more dissimilar, for example in their coloration.[9] When, in a community of flowering plants, the flowers are all similarly colored, the constancy is often lower because different species are more difficult to distinguish, whereas constancy tends to be higher when the flowers are distinctly differently colored.[9]
Flower constancy benefits flower pollination but, arguably, constancy is not so obviously adaptive for pollinators. Individuals that show constant behavior ignore other flowers that could potentially provide more nectar (reward) than their preferred type. As a result, flower constancy seems to contradict optimal foraging models, which assume that animals will move minimal distances between food resources and so will feed on a mixture of these to maximize their energy intake per unit time.[2] As a result of this apparent contradiction, many hypotheses have been proposed to explain flower constancy in insects to determine the adaptability of flower constancy. One of the most popular explanations is that insects that are flower constant have limited memory space and can only focus on one flower type at a time.
Memory limitation as an explanation for flower constancy
Insects, as with other animals, have short-term memory (STM) or "working memory" where information is stored temporarily for a few second or minutes. Additionally, insects have long-term memory (LTM) or "reference memory", which stores information for hours or more. One of the most widespread explanations for flower constancy is that insects can only identify and handle one flower type or species at a time.[3] Conversely, there are others that argue that insects, for example bees, can store large amounts of information (location of nest, flower patches, and existence of surrounding landmarks) in their LTM or reference memory.[2]
Other hypotheses that might explain flower constancy
Learning Investment Hypothesis
The learning investment hypothesis refers to the ability of an insect to learn a motor skill to handle and obtain nectar from a flower type or species. Learning these motor skills could require substantial investment and switching to other flower types or species could be inefficient and consequently non-adaptive. Concentrating and feeding on one particular flower type increases the insect's efficiency to obtain nectar from that flower type with respect to other flower types that are available.[2]
Costly Information Hypothesis
The costly information hypothesis explains flower constancy based on the fact that insects stay constant and feed on a one flower type because they know they are obtaining a reliable reward: nectar. The insect therefore does not venture to feed on other flower types because it cannot predict the amount of nectar in other flowers and could essentially waste foraging time probing other flowers that could possibly contain less nectar.[2]
Resource-Partitioning Hypothesis
In social foragers, flower constancy could benefit the colony in that foragers avoid competition with other foragers by specializing on a specific flower type or species. In this case, individual insects, for example bees, become flower constant to avoid competition and thus increase foraging efficiency.[2]
- ^ Raine, N.E., T. C. Ings, A. Dornhaus, N. Saleh, and L. Chittka. 2006. Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior. Advances in the study of Behavior, 36: 305-354.
- ^ a b c d e f g Chittka, L., J.D. Thomson, and N.M. Waser. 1999. Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution. Naturwissenschaften, 86: 361-177.
- ^ a b c Waser, N.M. 1986. Flower constancy: definition, cause and measurement. The American Naturalist, 127(5): 596-603.
- ^ a b Hill, P.S.M., P.H. Wells, and H. Wells. 1997. Spontaneous flower constancy and learning in honey bees as a function of colour. Animal Behavior, 54: 615-627.
- ^ Stout, J.C., J.A. Allen, and D. Goulson. 1998. The influence of relative plant density and floral morphological complexity on the behaviour of bumblebees. Oecologia, 117: 543-550.
- ^ Chittka, L., A. Gumbert, and J. Kunze. 1997. Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: correlates of movement within and between plant species. Behavioral Ecology, 8(3): 239-249.
- ^ Goulson, D., J. Ollerton and C. Sluman. 1997. Foraging strategies in the small skipper butterfly, Thymelicus flavus: when to switch? Animal Behavior, 53: 1009-1016.
- ^ Harder, L. D., N.M. Williams, C.Y. Jordan, and W.A. Nelson. "The effects of Floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal". 297-317. Editors, L. Chittka and J.D. Thomson. Cognitive Ecology of Pollination: Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution. 2001. Cambridge University Press
- ^ a b Van Der Kooi, C. J.; Pen, I.; Staal, M.; Stavenga, D. G.; Elzenga, J. T. M. (2015). "Competition for pollinators and intra-communal spectral dissimilarity of flowers" (PDF). Plant Biology. doi:10.1111/plb.12328.


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Dial Stories
Dial Stories is a spatial creative writing and short-range FM transmitter workshop and performance. It has taken place at X Marks the Bokship / Matt's Gallery in London, Project Radio / &other Gallery in Leeds and on the Multimadeira residency in Funchal.
The workshop is designed as a way to explore the potential of radio to construct, mediate and multiply place. Participants write in response to a given site. Their writing is then recorded and placed on short range FM transmitters built from hacked Raspberry Pis. Finally the group walks together around the site with handheld FM radios, exploring and amplifying both the existing radio spectrum and the elements they have added to it.
Throughout the workshop the participants are also exploring the potentials and limitations of radio as a transmission medium. Signals clash or are blocked by trees and buildings. Turning the body moves the antenna and pans for signals which are effected by other bodies in the space. The workshop provides a rich way of exploring both the narratives which compose the site and the meanings created by radio as a technical object.
The project was presented at xCOAx conference in July 2016. Proceedings available here [pdf].


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November 14, 2013
Free vector icon search comes to Illustrator
I mentioned BlendMe.In, a panel that helps you search thousands of free icons & add them to Photoshop docs, a couple of weeks ago. Now I see that the company has extended support to Illustrator. All the icons are licensed via Creative Commons.
A nice idea. Unfortunately it's completely pointless as long as the content comes with a Creative Commons license that requires attribution.
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Gautam Ghosh's blog on how social media and technology and online communities are impacting organizations, people, careers and learning. Some focus on Social Recruiting, Social HR, Social Learning and Social Recognition.
Aug 10, 2007
Hiring good people
Prasad raises an important point. The thinking that the way to manage knowledge workers in turbulent times is to "Hire good people and get out of their way" is flawed.
That's because the definition of "good" is influenced by the history and context of what has happened in the past.
That's my essential grouse against approaches like competency mapping. Even when it focuses on the future, it relies on 'experts' to forecast the future. And we all know how reliable forecasts about the future are :)
Incredibly, the prescriptions of hiring on strengths and competencies and a working definition of "good" will help most in organizations that can extrapolate their growth from the past, and not those that are experiencing non-linear discontinuous growth.
In fact, I was talking recently to a HR leader of the telecom space in India and he said "You know, if an organization moves from the project stage to the consolidation and then to the maintenance stage, the fastest growing industries in India - telecom, insurance and banking - are always in project stage, for the last 9 years!"
Conventional thinking would have hired people who are good at consolidation and maintenance after the first 2-3 years in such industries, but that would have slowed growth.
Have you handled growth at places that have grown discontinuously? What approach worked the best?
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Musings on Art
Musings on Art is an academic resource on art. It is filled with articles about art from around the world. I also have an extensive bookstore of books on artists, art movements, history and teaching aids. As well I sell limited edition prints and fine art originals by artists from around the world. I have dedicated the last ten years of my life writing articles and traveling extensively to Russia and Europe. I created this blog in order to share my lectures and the beautiful artwork I have found with the public.
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The Journey Church NYC promotes Metropolicks
June 19, 2015: Learn how The Journey Church NYC became a major part of the story line of the novel Metropolicks in this interview with pastor Kerrick Thomas.
To learn more about The Journey Church visit: www.journeynyc.com
The Art of Metropolicks
May 4, 2015: What does ice cream have to do with Metropolicks?
Find out as we talk to Jennie Yip, one of the artists who worked on the Metropolicks artwork, which was inspired by the title chapter of the book.
See more of Jennie's work at: www.jennieyip.com
We've all got some crazy date stories
April 29, 2015: You're not alone. If you're single in the NYC dating scene, you are not the only one with crazy dating stories. Take our word for it. It's not all that strange as Gabby, Pai and Jason seem to agree. But no matter what happens, just try to have fun with it!
What's your approach to dating?
April 25, 2015: And now for some advice on dating. What's your approach to dating? Is it always best to just be yourself? Here's another fun discussion with Metropolicks models Jason He, Gabby Jiayin She and Pai-sen Wang.
What's it like to be Asian and date in NYC?
April 22: 2015: Here's the second part of the conversation with Metropolicks models Jason He, Gabby Jiayin She and Pai-sen Wang. What's it like to be Asian and date in NYC? Who's more popular? Asian women or Asian men? What dating tips do they have to offer?
METROPOLICKS Being in the Moment
April 19, 2015: Here's the first of a series of videos featuring several of the Asian models from the Metropolicks photo shoot- Jason He, Gabby Jiayin She and Pai-sen Wang. Watch as they share some amusing anecdotes about what happened at the Metropolicks photo shoot.
METROPOLICKS Sexy for a Day
April 15, 2015: What's it like to be Asian in the New York dating scene? Find out as Metropolicks kicks off its Asia campaign with this video! Before Metropolicks was even "Metropolicks," we had a Halloween Birthday Book party to celebrate the completion of the first draft of our book and both of our birthdays. At the party we captured some of what people had to say about our book and the dating scene in New York. If you've read the "Sexy for A Day" chapter, you might think that this video could be a scene right out of that Metropolicks chapter.
The New Hunter Gatherers
FEBRUARY 19, 2015: Metropolicks was "brought to life" on stage with a theatrical reading of an excerpt of the chapter "The New Hunter Gatherers." Here's a video of the reading which features Maria Aparo as Katia, Mieko Gavia as Luana, and Migina Tsai as Roxanne.
Every Day is Valentine's Day
FEBRUARY 14, 2015: Our Every Day is Valentine's Day video is now LIVE on our YouTube channel.
Happy Valentine's Day from Felicia Lin and Victor Scott Rodriguez, the co-authors of Metropolicks!
May every day be Valentine's Day for you and your special someone.
The Every Day is Valentine's Day video features Maria Aparo and Sergio Martinez, Migina Tsai and Max Carpenter, and Mieko Gavia and Sergio Martinez.
Special thanks to our videographer: Adam Reichardt, video editor: Isis Nabut and Maggie Law for the use of your studio space.
The METROPOLICKS KEEP WALKIN' ON music video
NOVEMBER 26, 2014: Our "Metropolicks Keep Walkin' On" video featuring a cameo appearance by each of the 15 models from the July 24th photo shoot is now LIVE on YouTube!
Every year people like the models of Metropolicks come to the Big Apple to make it. This video is dedicated to all of you who have come to New York City to make it big in your chosen profession.
Special thanks to Mr. Robin C. Adams for working with us through all the revisions needed to bring our concept for this video to life. We would also like to thank Maggie Law, the photographer of the shoot, the 15 models and so many others who assisted with the photo shoot. They are listed below.
The METROPOLICKS LET LOVE LIVE music video
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014: Our "Metropolicks Let Love Live" music video is now LIVE on YouTube! It's a part behind the scenes look at the Metropolicks photo shoot on July 24, 2014, and part music video.
Special thanks to the director of our video, Mr. Robin C. Adams for helping us to realise the vision we had for the video, and Maggie Law, our tireless photographer for the six-hour-plus shoot. And of course we must also thank the 15 models and so many others who assisted with the shoot:
Models (in alphabetical order):
Jide Alao www.facebook.com/alaobabajide
Sarah Clark email@example.com
Ryan Dawalt www.ryandawalt.com
Davide Filippini www.facebook.com/davidfilipimmawinnerbaby
Sheila G. www.modelmayhem.com/TheSheilaG
Mieko Gavia www.miekogavia.org
Jason He www.hartiska.com
Lynda Hinder
Kara Xinhang Li www.facebook.com/karaxli
Andrew Nicholas Instagram @andrewnichxlas
Prakash Patil www.facebook.com/prakash.patil.model
David Rodriguez Instagram @rodriguez.david
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In an attack similar to the recent takeover of Burger King's Twitter account, hackers yesterday commandeered Jeep's Twitter account and announced that the company had been sold to Cadillac.
"'We got sold to @Cadillac because we caught our employees doing these in the bathroom,' said a posting at 1:35 p.m. ET accompanied by a photo of a bottle of painkillers. ... At around 3:15 p.m. ET, Jeep reasserted control over its own Twitter feed and deleted the prank tweets," writes TechNewsDaily's Paul Wagenseil.
"Hacker collective Anonymous is taking credit for defacing the account," writes CBS News' Jennifer Van Grove. "Jeep's usurped account included the #OpMadCow hashtag, the same hashtag hackers used ... when they took over Burger King's Twitter account and embarrassed the fast-food brand with messages saying that it had been sold to McDonald's."
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This week is all about new beginnings when the Vision tries to learn what its like to be human. With a wife and two kids in toe, they make a go of it in a Washington, DC suburbs. But can an artificial family really have a normal life?
Were kicking it a little old school with the popular cocktail from the 50's.
- 1.5 Vodka
- 4 Cranberry Juice
- 1 grapefruit juice
- 1.5 cups of ice
- Lime wedge
Stir and garnish with lime wedge
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Fresh watermelon and a dried Thai chile create a spicy-cool combo is this summery Daiquiri adaptation.
2 oz. white rum (Fitzgerald uses Brugal Extra Dry)
1 oz. fresh lime Juice
¾ oz. simple syrup (1:1)
6 fresh 1-inch watermelon cubes
1 Thai chile pepper, dried
Tools: muddler, shaker, strainer, fine strainer
Glass: rocks
Garnish: watermelon wedge
In a shaker, muddle the watermelon and dried chile pepper. Add the remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Fine-strain into an ice-filled glass and garnish.
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A bit about SOPA and PIPA
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anger and depression
I had an angry day today. There was no particular reason for it—I had a nice morning, breakfast, and I entertained myself watching the WWDC keynote. I was nonetheless angry. I wasn't angry at anything in particular; I was just angry. I fruitlessly played some Fallout to try and excise the anger by shooting things on TV, but in the end I just had to wait it out. It petered out sometime around when I made some dinner, and I've been fine since. This is not an uncommon day.
I have severe depression and anxiety.
Looking back, Rebecca and I agree that it probably started around 2006, though neither of us really realized it at the time. It came to a head in Autumn 2012. It was bad: I wouldn't get out of bed, I would sit in front of my computer for hours literally doing nothing, I would break down crying for no reason, and sometimes I wouldn't even bother to eat. The breakthrough for me was reading this by Wil Wheaton, and watching this by Ze Frank. They talked about their struggles with depression and anxiety, really showing me a mirror of what I'd been feeling.
I want to thank everybody who helped me and was available when things were bad. I'd've had a much rougher time of it had you not been there.
I've been receiving treatment from the VA since that Autumn. I'll never "get over" depression and anxiety; they're with me for the rest of my life. I take my medicine, I see my psychiatrist and psychologist, and I have family and friends to support me. I'm now in a place where I'm managing my symptoms fairly well, and hope to progress even further.
I wish it were as easy as simply being happy again. I used to be happy as a default state, and now I have to work to come close to what I used to take for granted. I miss that old me.


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This 100-page book (co-authored with an experienced Veterinarian) shares tips and information on how potential owners can effectively prepare their home and themselves, select the right dog to match their lifestyle, and ease the transition from shelter to home. It also has some really great stories from real adopters sharing the trials and the joys of bringing a rescue dog into their family.
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Donderdag, 25 Augustus 2011
Wow, today was a long day - big Rotary event. Woke up at 7, had breakfast, got ready (dress pants, dress shirt, tie, blazer), and then at 745 Truut drove Marcela and I to the train station. We met Santiago again, as well as a girl (Jenna) from Canada. We had some fun talking on train with each other and our little group's adult leader. Got off at Brussels, had some hot chocolate, and met all the other kids from from d1630NL (the Dutch half of district 1630, which I'm in).
We met up with all the other Belgium exchange students (around 220 total) in a park, got split up into groups, and went on a tour of the Belgian Royal Palace. I was the only person from 1630 in my group, so that was a little weird. But I met a totally awesome nerdy girl, so we geeked out the entire walk. We really understand each other. :P
There was a lot more walking, sightseeing, and talking (kinda boring to just explain in writing). I mainly stayed with the other girl (Greta), another legit girl (Claire), and another awesome girl who is actually from my district in the states (Kate). We all get along really well, and we talked about starting a D&D group here. Legit. I'm excited I found some people I can relate to on nerd things - I miss that aspect of home.
Traded pins with some people, took some pictures; all in all it was more fun than I thought it would be. But I was super tired, and wanted to go home. But, of course, we (meaning all the d1630NL kids - we traveled together) missed our train, so we had to wait an hour. And then Marcela and I had to go to Genk on the train with Santiago and Jenna, from which Emi (head of Dutch part of 1630 I think) drove us to another city, where our adult from earlier (actually Santiago's third host father) picked us up and drove us home. Too much traveling, and it would have been much quicker if they just Marcela and I take a train to Herentals. Ugh.
Oh, funny moment of the day. At one place (can't remember where), they were calling up each student to give their home club flag to one of the district heads. They were going by each country, and then by the districts. So, they'd say "Mexico", and then say "district 1630, french speaking", and name off all the kids from Mexico who are in d1630FR. Then, they'd move on to the rest of the districts, and then start over with a new country. Anyway, everyone was talking even though they were supposed to be quiet, so we kept getting lectured to shut up, basically.
Well, halfway through saying the USA kids, they finally seemed to snap, and went on a long speech about being quiet. So, of course everyone got quiet. And then they were like, "And from the US, for the Dutch speaking part of 1630... Kelsey Lysford." And then when I was walking up, it was just an awkward silence, and then they were like, "And from the US, for district 2170...". I'm honestly the only US kid in the Dutch part, besides this one guy who hasn't arrived yet, and there are a boatload of Americans here. It was really weird.
But anyway, finally got home, Truut heated up some soup and mashed potatoes (with carrots...) and made us some sausage. Friended quite a few more people on facebook, but since tomorrow is an early day, I'm going to be like right now. Slaapwel!
(Also, a month ago was when I met the Belgian family at my uncle's bird sanctuary. Weeeeird! But that was a great day, and there was a place that was a perfect racetrack for riding horse.)
(Also also, yes, the Lollipop scene from "In Bruges" was probably one of the best. Gotta love the dark comedy movies. =D)


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After a full day of lurching across the barren alpine desert of the Altiplano our train crested the 14,000 foot divide and began its long descent down the valley leading to Cusco. It was early morning when we boarded the Peru Rail coach at Puno, on the west shore of Lake Titicaca, but 44 stops and 330 km later it was dusk by the time we finally rolled into the station at Cusco. Our journey had taken us from the desolate brown upland of the Peruvian Andes down into the lush green world of the Sacred Valley. The contrast was both sudden and dramatic.
The Altiplano, that vast rolling upland along the spine of the Andes, is too high to support anything but scrub grass and small herds of llama and hardy sheep. Scattered clusters of thatch-roofed adobe huts and miles of low rock walls are the only evidence of human habitation, yet the Altiplano is home to thousands of native Andean people. At each of our many stops they appeared out of nowhere to sell their handicrafts through the train windows alpaca sweaters, hats, gloves, furry llama slippers and an array of hand-woven fabrics in vibrant colours that contrasted with the drab brown landscape.
Beyond the divide the hills become a patchwork of terraced fields in multiple shades of green and yellow. Shrubs and eucalyptus trees crowd into ravines between steep grassy bluffs and, as we approach Cusco, the valley widens out into cultivated fields. White, red-tiled buildings of the city sprawl across a broad fertile basin and creep up into suburbs on the surrounding hills.
By the time we found the Hotel Andenes de Saphi the short-lived tropical sunset had plunged the hills into darkness. But the streets of Cusco were alive with tourists, musicians, hawkers and vendors a reminder that Cusco is officially the "tourist capital of Peru".
Looking for a place to eat we strolled down a narrow walkway dubbed Gringo Alley, ducked into a tiny restaurant advertising pizza and ordered a beer. Not your usual Pizza Hut. The chef spun the disks of dough into the air in an act worthy of La Cirque du Soleil, slid them into a charcoal-fired clay oven in the middle of the floor, and delivered them to our table sizzling hot. And while we ate a band played the haunting melody of Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence on pan pipes, Andean bamboo flute and a couple of steel guitars - an intriguing blend of Spanish, Quechua, and North American culture.
Walking through Cusco's narrow cobblestone streets, past colonial buildings built on Inca foundations, is like a stroll back through time. Considered to be the oldest living city on the American Continent, Cusco has been the site of continuous occupation for about 3,000 years. Little is known about the cultures that flourished there before the Inca conquest began about AD 1430 but after the massive expansion of their empire Cusco became the religious, military, and administrative capital of the sprawling Inca Empire "the navel of the earth."


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Yoko has a bit of a reputation. He's the smallest chimp at Fauna, but he more than makes up for his size with his outsized "personality." You see, Yoko has bitten off more chimpanzee digits than anyone else at Fauna. As Gloria says, "If Yoko was a warrior in some ancient tribe, he'd be the one wearing the necklace of severed fingers and toes."
But as Gloria also points out, "Yoko is so much more than a bully." I learned this first-hand one afternoon, after a long cleaning day, as I was watching Binky explore one of the outdoor island habitats at Fauna.
Yoko appeared in the chimphouse doorway. I said hello to him, but he wasn't paying any attention to me. He had spotted Binky, who at that moment was climbing the stairs to one of the play structures. Yoko seemed spellbound by the sight of Binky, who was oblivious to Yoko's presence.
Binky and Yoko have a bit of a history. They get into quite a few fights with each other, and some of these fights can be very rough. Knowing this, I began to fear the worst as Yoko slowly loped his way over to the bottom of the play structure.
By the time Yoko got there, Binky had turned to face him. For one long moment, the two chimpanzees just stared at each other. I instinctively reached for the walkie-talkie on my hip. Any second now, I thought, I'll have to report a fight breaking out.
Binky slowly descended the stairs. Yoko didn't move. The spell between them remained unbroken until Binky reached the grass. And then, as if someone had blown a whistle, Binky started chasing Yoko. Yoko didn't stand a chance. Binky caught him in just a few steps. And it's what happened next that convinced me the chimps of Fauna sanctuary might know more about relationships than us humans.
Yoko threw himself onto the grass and rolled over onto his back. Binky grabbed one of Yoko's back legs. And for the next ten minutes, Binky dragged the diminutive Yoko around the island habitat by his leg. Whenever they passed me, I could hear both of them huffing their glorious chimpanzee laughter. The two were playing with each other. They were having a ball. And as they did so, Yoko appeared the furthest thing from a warrior.
This post is part of a series called "My Time with the Chimps." For an introduction to the series, click here. To read more about my book, The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, click here.
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Travel knitting
So, tomorrow we go haring off to the Continent for ten days, and I'm trying to figure out what to take to knit. The plane trip isn't all that long, but I'll be in a car touring Bavaria and Austria for a while, so I need some small projects to work on.
Thankfully, I've got a couple of design ideas that need some work, so I'm packing up bits of yarn and lots of different needle sizes, a bunch of Xeroxed pages from Barbara Walker Vol I and II, and I'm hoping for the best. Here's what's on the docket:
A new sock pattern, (maybe) for Sock Madness 2011.
Some swatching for the 4! Ounce! Challenge!.
My Aran Necklace Tank (wait, that's not my design...). This baby is now joined for the body, and it's just mindless knitting in the round from now until I run out of yarn. So I'm packing the last of the splittier-then-all-get-out Jo Sharp Soho DK and hoping for the best.
I'm afraid blogging will be spotty for the next little while - I've got one post in reserve that I'll schedule for next week, but other then that, things will be quiet. And since the Wollmeise shop is closed when we'll be in Munich, I don't even have the lure of serious yarn pr0n to tease you with. And no one is sorrier then me, believe me...


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BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
ASIT biotech (Paris:ASIT) (BSE:ASIT) (Euronext: ASIT - BE0974289218), a Belgian biopharmaceutical company specialized in allergy immunotherapy, announces that shareholders are invited to attend the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on Monday 17 December 2018 at 3.00 pm at the ASIT biotech headquarters: 5 avenue Ariane - 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
The documents are available upon request or can be consulted on the Company's website www.asitbiotech.com, Investors section / General assembly.
About ASIT biotech
ASIT biotech is a Belgian clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and future commercialization of a range of breakthrough immunotherapy products for the treatment of allergies. Thanks to its innovative ASIT+™ technology platform, ASIT biotech is currently the only developer of allergy immunotherapy (AIT) product candidates consisting of a unique mixture of highly purified natural allergen fragments in an optimal size selection. This innovation results in a short treatment, expected to improve patient compliance and real-life effectiveness. ASIT biotech's product pipeline contains three novel ASIT+™ product candidates targeting respiratory allergies with the highest prevalence (i.e. grass pollen: gp-ASIT+™ and house dust mite: hdm-ASIT+™), and food allergies (peanut allergy: pnt-ASIT+™) that could significantly expand the current immunotherapy market. The Company believes that its innovative ASIT+™ platform is flexible and would be applicable across a range of allergies.
ASIT biotech has a headcount of 26 staff members, at its headquarters in Brussels and a laboratory in Liège, Belgium.
Further information can be found at www.asitbiotech.com
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All statements in this announcement that do not relate to historical facts and events are "forward-looking statements". In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words "believes," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "may," "will," "plans," "continue," "ongoing," "potential," "predict," "project," "target," "seek" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategies, plans, objectives, targets, goals, future events or intentions. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's intentions, beliefs or current expectations. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Any forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this announcement and, without prejudice to the Company's obligations under applicable law in relation to disclosure and ongoing information, the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements set forth in this announcement.
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This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for shares of ASIT biotech SA (the "Company" and the "Shares"). Any purchase of, subscription for or application for, shares to be issued in connection with the intended offering should only be made on the basis of information contained in the prospectus and any supplements thereto, as the case may be. This announcement does not constitute a prospectus and the information contained herein is for information purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. Investors should not subscribe for any Shares except on the basis of the information contained in the prospectus that the Company expects to publish after its approval by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority, and which can then be obtained at the Company's registered office and on www.asitbiotech.com
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It is in die Domini 15,037 and for the past several days I've been experiencing an unusual amount of fear regarding my financial and work situations. Now that I'm starting to regain strength from a long period of sickness, I find my gratitude for health hampered by the awareness that I must find employment and a means of providing for my family in an area where not much work is available and new medical constraints are a factor.
Last week my thoughts ran to the phrase, "the fruit of the land," which is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 13. On the brink of entering the country promised to Abraham and his descendants, Moses sent spies – respected leaders from each of the tribes of Israel – into the land to reconnoiter it and its inhabitants. He specifically mentioned that they should "Make an effort to get some of the fruit of the land." Their mission lasted forty days and they returned saying, "We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there." Their assessment was that the land was good, but that they were unable to possess it because of the visible circumstances.
Although they had seen God's power unleashed on the Egyptians, and tread on dry ground through the Red Sea, and witnessed God's glory on Mount Sinai and in the pillar of fire and cloud, at that moment they turned to accusing God. They said it would have been better to die in Egypt or in the wilderness. They hatched a plan to find another leader, who would take them back to Egypt where food and shelter were provided though they were slaves. "Why is the LORD bringing us into the land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"
Tomorrow is Election Day. For months I have been hearing the older generation of evangelical Christians declare the necessity of voting for an openly unrepentant and immoral man "for the sake of the children." Besides that I am personally in a place where the security and provision for my family is in my daily thoughts.
But here's what I know. I know that God led me and my family to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Through the eyes of flesh, we lost the house we owned and the job which provided insurance and security. I lost my good credit rating as the house sat on the market for a year, unsold. The cause of my illness remains basically unknown, and even now my health is uncertain in the long-term. One after another doors were opened to bring us to this region, with signs confirming and the Lord's provision and encouragement all along the way. Then a couple months ago, a prophetic word: You're coming into a fruitful season. You've sought the fruit before and wondered why it wasn't there, but it wasn't about anything you did or didn't do: it's just a matter of the timing of God.
If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. (Isaiah 1:19)
Because of fear and doubt, the people who accused God would not possess the land, though He had set His affection on them, delivered them from cruel bondage, and even pardoned them from immediate death. But God promised that their children – who must soon bury them – would indeed enter that land of promise. The best course of action for those truly concerned about their children is personal and collective obedience to God.
But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them. (Psalm 103:17-18)
It is one thing to behold and taste the grapes that someone brought back to us. That's only the first step. It is another thing entirely to obey God's command to possess the land. The Word must be made flesh. It is sweet to our taste, but bitter in our stomachs. God wants us to participate with Him in the process of unfolding revelation, of truth in the innermost being that is appropriated not just with mental consent or even rejoicing, but in daily experience where walls exist and giants walk.
In this Day I am encouraging myself in the Lord to live a life of expectation and faith, not one ruled by fear and doubt.


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Obama tells Americans homeland is safe as millions set off on Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe on Wednesday as millions of people embarked on their annual Thanksgiving travels, with security at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues expected to be heightened amid jitters after the Paris attacks.
"We know of no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland," Obama told reporters at the White House, flanked by his top counterterrorism and national security advisers.
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The FBI sent a bulletin earlier this week to police departments across the country warning of possible copycat incidents and sharing intelligence on how the assailants in Paris carried out attacks on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people.
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If you are a product of the 1990's your journey into the hybrid worlds of Otaku/American geek culture probably began with a giant monster destroying the cardboard skyline of Angel Grove. Power Rangers has celebrated more than two decades on air and like its Japanese predecessor, Super Sentai, its reach is global. At the completion of its first season it was perhaps the highest rated children's program on the planet this side of Sesame Street.
It is no wonder than that kids in Indonesia where just as enraptured by Super Sentai and MMPR as children in the U.S. and U.K. were. Now Indonesian writers and comic artists are morphing their talents into Nusantaranger, a webmanga that gives Indonesia its own set of teenage henshin heroes. Series creator Shani Budi was kind enough to answer my questions via email while his team were preparing for Asia Pop Con.
I want to start by asking you why you chose the "henshin" or "tokusatsu" format and why at that point did you settle on adapting this story as a web manga rather than a tv or web series?
I chose the tokusatsu or henshin heroes genre because I grew up watching them. I'm already familiar with Tokusatsu, especially the Sentai series, starting from Dai Sentai Google V. Even now, I still watch Tokusatsu, whether it's Sentai or Kamen Rider. At first Nusantaranger's concept was for a webseries, but we don't have that much people or budget, so we changed it to a web manga format that everyone can read free of charge.
Were you influenced by both the American and Japanese versions of these series? Do you or your team have a favorite series or ranger? Its cheating if you say Nusa Red!
Nusantanger has many influences from Sentai series, because most of its team are fans of the show. Actually in Indonesia, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series was very popular because it was aired on one of the local channels. Three of my favorite Sentai series are Choojin Sentai Jetman, Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Liveman. My favorite ranger is of course Black Condor.
How would you describe the state of the comics/manga industry in Indonesia?
In my opinion, the Indonesian comic Industry is developing. Many new comic artists have shown up with varied comics, but it is mostly in web manga format. For the printed version itself, Indonesia still lacks variety and titles.
How is Anime/Japanese pop culture received in Indonesia in general?
In Indonesia, Japanese pop culture has been well received. Anime and comics are widely available in the Indonesian language. Earlier this month Indonesia threw the Asia Anime Festival for three days and the response was very good.
Can you explain the different regions that each of your rangers represents and a little bit about how those areas differ in terms of culture or legends that you are presenting with Nusantaranger?
The five main protagonist of Nusantaranger represents Indonesia's five biggest Islands. Rangga Wira Prakoso as Nusa-Red acquires his power from Java island. Kanaya Meuthia as Nusa-Yellow got her power from Sumatra island . Rimba Kalamantana as Nusa-Green acquires his power from Kalimantan (Borneo ) island. Renata Mokoginta as Nusa-Black got her power from Sulawesi island, and George Saa as Nusa-Blue got his power from Papua island. Each of the five characters names are suited to their Island origin, including their Ranger costume. There are elements of each cultures that we use. Even the villain groups name, Sandekala, is taken from a West Java term for the transition from daytime to night that is believed to be the time when evil comes out.
Power Rangers/Super Sentai has origins in manga with creator Shotaro Ishinomori being the most prolific manga creator of all time. It has been said that you were influenced by the success of Bima Satria Garuda the Indonesian adaptation of his other Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider. Is this true? And to what extent if at all did Ishinomori manga style have an influence on your work?
It's true that Bima Satria Garuda became the inspiration for Nusantaranger being born. Because of Bima, we saw that Indonesian's should already have heroes from their own country. I am a big fan of Ishinomori Sensei. I read almost all of his comics from Skullman and Cyborg 009 to Kamen Rider Black. Nusantaranger was also influenced by his creations.
Do you have any plans to release the manga in the west? If so when should audiences in the US and UK expect a chance to read it?
Surely we want Nusantaranger to be known not only in Indonesia, but outside of our country too. Hopefully in the next one or two years Nusantaranger's comic will be available in English.
Will the Nusanta Rangers be getting any Zords or giant robots in your manga? Can we expect some of the classic power rangers duels with giant monsters?
Of course, because we are inspired by Sentai series each Nusantaranger will absolutely have their own Zords, and the monsters will be bigger and stronger. But we have a unique concept for Nusantaranger's Zords, and we're sure no one has used this concept before!
Once again thank you! We wish you the greatest success. Is there anything at all that you would like to add at all about Nusantaranger or any other projects you may be working on?
Thank you for interviewing us. Nusantaranger is our way to introduce Indonesia's varied culture to the young generation in a fun way.


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Rock Picks: Chances to see Shirlette Ammons in Durham, Raleigh
Shirlette Ammons has long been one of the Triangle's best connectors, collaborating with a wide range of peers across all sorts of stylistic lines. That goes for her spectacular current album "Language Barrier" (Churchkey Records), on which members of Indigo Girls, Hiss Golden Messenger, Sylvan Esso, Mount Moriah, hip-hop collective Justus League and others show up in cameo roles – an impressively eclectic cast, and Ammons seamlessly melds everyone's contributions on a 10-song set of atmospheric punk-hop. Last time I saw Ammons perform live was at South By Southwest in Texas with a punked-up band, where she quipped, "This (expletive) is hard so save your judgment." The only judgment anybody had was that she was pretty great.
Ammons plays at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Durham's Festival for the Eno (enoriver.org/festival); and also with 120 Minutes and Hotline at 5 p.m. Thursday at downtown Raleigh's free Oak City 7 show (oakcity7.com).
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tamil: Vaengayam
malayalam: Savala
telugu: Nirulli / Ullipayalu / Yerra Gaddalu
kannada: Ulligadde / Erulli / Neeruli
hindi: Pyaz / Dungri / Kanda
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Marathi: Kandaa
Oriya: Piaja
Punjabi: Pyaz
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tamil: Uralaikilangu
malayalam: Urulakizhangu / Kizhangu
telugu: Bangaala Dumpa / Urlagadda / Alu Gadda
kannada: Aalugadde
hindi: Aloo / Batata
Bengali: Aloo
Gujarati: Batata
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Marathi: Batate
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Punjabi: Aloo
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tamil: Beans
malayalam: Beans
telugu: French Chikkudu
kannada: French Beans / Huruli Kayi
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malayalam: Cauliflower
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kannada: Hookosu
hindi: Phulgopi / Pattagobi
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Marathi: Phool Gobi
Oriya: Phulakobi
Punjabi: Phool
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tamil: Mangal Mullangi/Carrot
malayalam: Carrot
telugu: Gajjara Gadda / Carrot
kannada: Gajjari/Gajjara Gadde
hindi: Gajar
Bengali: Gujar / Gajor
Gujarati: Gajar
Konkani: Carrot / Kaacreta
Marathi: Gajar
Oriya: Gajar
Punjabi: Gajar
English: Turmeric Powder
tamil: Manjalpodi
malayalam: Manjalpodi
telugu: Pasupu
kannada: Arashina / Harasina Pudi
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Oriya: Haladi Gunda
Punjabi: Haldar / Haldi
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tamil: Kothamalli Ilai / Malli Ilai
malayalam: Kothamalli Ila / Malli Ila
telugu: Kothimeera / Kothamalli Kooraku
kannada: Kottambari Soppu
hindi: Hara Dhania Ke Patte / Dhania Patha
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tamil: Neyi
malayalam: Neyi
telugu: Neyyi
kannada: Tuppa
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tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
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