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Simply put...This board is a gem.
Initially when i first saw the size and shape of the sx136, I was skeptical about it's wind range and planning ability in moderate winds. But this board scored top grades with me and i am having difficulty finding any faults to mention in this review.
Note*I weigh 165 lbs, kite in the ocean and am usually out in 10 to 20 knots of side shore wind. (I am not affiliated with SS in any way).
I've been riding a wipika mystery 150. The SX does everything my mystery board does, but better.
The SX is a lightweight board, awesome footpads, quick to plane, perfect rocker to push through any chop or wave. It's narrow rail makes edging effortless in the gusts. It easily holds power and there is plenty of pop. It definitely has a wakeboard vibe but feels turny and carves almost as good as a mutant on a wave.
Don't follow older standards when looking at the length and trying to figure out what size you should get. The width gives this board surprising range at 136cm & for my weight this board works in 10 knots or above. It feels like your riding a foreign sports car because of it's size. A 180 degree heal to toe switch takes little effort. There is some width to the board (by your feet) which give the board it's added wind range, but it is un-noticeable...
I know this sounds like a biased review and I wish i had some negative comments to round out things, but A+ to Doyle...If any and all of the other companies newer board designs are like this...I say that board designs have come a long way in one year.
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I love you.
Glad you feel that way! It is a wonderful luxury to be able to take the time to make the lyrics better and really bring the songs to their full potential.
Almost didn't recognize you with the new avatar :D
But yeah, get it. It's fab. Both it and Dishonored alone are enough to make 2012 a good year :)
In which cashe, Mishter Dunne, I'd like to shee your Shaun Connery shometime shoon.
(Maybe there's a Skyfall song in there?)
Not sure if it'll get me to buy Borderlands 2 - I'm nowhere near finishing Borderlands 1 (mostly as I play it solo) - but at least the song's a buy from Bandcamp when I get some spare! :D
If it were me, I'd have loved a fadeout on the end of that one with a little more of that country guitar. It felt almost like a "thump" ending that suddenly, if you know what I mean.
Okay, I guess it wasn't fair criticism but it's not the criticism I'd say about the rest of his songs. Blood of the Creed can be good if you're into that sort of thing but it's definitely no Shadows of the Moonlight. He doesn't have to recreate the feeling of the game, you're right about that, but Blood of the Creed just doesn't fit in the same way.
Maybe I have my expectations way too high. Like with Pixar, I listen to Gavin's songs with the expectations of them being great.
'New avatar'? Teeheehee. I've been rocking this one for at least three months now. xD
(Also what in the name of sanity are you doing up at 6 in the morning?!)
How do you make your guitar sound like....well, like THAT?
Mind telling a musically challenged guy what that thing is?
It's a slide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar
Thanks for that, I'd actually just figured out what it was when I realized a friend of mine was on. He had to think on it, but I got the answer all the same.
I used to have insomnia, but then I took a semester schedule in the knee. New semester starts on Monday, and I have a feeling I'll always be nice and tired in the evening, so sleep won't be a problem.
Lol cause insomnia doesn't work that way. I can go to bed at 12 and still be tossing and turning at 6am
I'm aware of that... please disregard my drunken rambling from last night xD
I feel your pain, man... insomnia strikes me as well, though only rarely. Once or twice a year I have a phase of about 2 weeks (usually around exam time) when I can barely sleep at all, with waking periods of up to 4 days. It's utterly horrible.
As someone who sings your songs at comiccon talent shows for attention and praise, This is actually the most fun to perform. And as someone who's never played borderlands, I think I'm gonna now.
Best! Holy hell, this has rocketed up the ranks to be my new favorite (replaced New Black Gold).
Borderlands music fits the game beautifully but I really don't enjoy it. This I enjoyed, beautifully done.
Oh and I just heard Wigglesticks now as well. Hilarious :)
Yep, this may just beat "Joker song" for me.
Randy Pitchford greatly approves of this song. Maybe it will find it's way into the game. ;D
Ah, that slide guitar, Gav. This is one of those "have yet to play the game" but regardless I love this song... The opening slide riff got me.
Love your music Gavin. Seriously even with the ones on games I'm not likely to play you make some great stuff.
Still the video and song here almost makes me want to get Borderlands even though it never interested me. These guys should think about giving you some ad money.
Got anything for X-Com-Enemy Unknown coming down the pipe? I would love to hear your touch on that one.
I saw that, it would be awesome if he liked it enough to use it for something :)
Another wonderful song from ya man. One that you wanna hear in that bar in Sanctuary.
Now back to melting/blowing up/zapping/burning/purple stuff my enemies.
Can't wait to see what the next song will be about.
Love this song!
How did you turn off the HUD?
I like to think it's not any genre in particular.
It's part western, part country and part blues... I think
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A NovelBook - 2007
Because her obsession with Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice," is ruining her love life, Jane Hayes is delighted when she gets the chance to take a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women.
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Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen--or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It's all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?
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Because her obsession with Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life, Jane Hayes is delighted when she gets the chance to take a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, where she hopes to meet a perfect Regency-era gentleman of her own. By the author of Princess Academy.
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A trip of a lifetime allows Jane Hayes to live out her obsession with Jane Austen. Will she leave with a Mr. Darcy of her own?
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Characters: 8/10
Plot: 8/10
Writing: 9/10
Great for the Austen-lover (and the movie is fun too!).
A light and funny read, much better than the movie. The movie was very odd and left me extremely weirded out. But that was not the case with this novel. It was a nice quick read that I read in one afternoon and still, I enjoyed it. I would recommend it, not whole heartedly, to any Janeite out there. I was never a fan and never will be, of the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth so the references towards it were not enjoyed as I'm guessing they should have been. But all in all, it was a good book; not above that and not below that.
This was better than expected. I was pleasantly surprised because the movie version of this book was SO bad...There are no words to express how bad.
I was intrigued by the premise and I have a friend who loves Jane Austen. I wanted to be able to discuss Jane Austen's influence in popular culture so I read this. I don't usually read romance novels, but I was intrigued enough to give this one a try.
The main character Jane was well crafted, but the writer missed an opportunity with this book. She did not carry the premise all the way. I would have liked more of a "fish out of water" story with descriptions of Regency customs, wardrobe and language and the difficulty of a modern girl in adjusting to them. I would have liked more of anthropological view. Also, I would have appreciated a more in depth look at the conflicts between the actor playing an engagement scene and the real feelings of the participants .
I do admit that the author knows how to write romantic scenes about saying good bye.
Enjoyable, but definitely the kind of book that you skim instead of read intently
The Austen book to end all Austen books! If you've ever watched obsessively that 1995 BBC series with Colin Firth in the wet shirt, then you know what I'm talking about, ladies. Austen is supposed to epitomize romance for a very select group of people and this book is about what happens when ladies get together to celebrate all that is Regency England as laid out by that witty, acerbic lady writer.
Jane's romantic getaway is meant to be both a tonic and a last hurrah. The inner dialogue sizzles as she tries wrestling with supposedly amorous "suitors" and her own yawing emotions. This is a woman on the cusp, one who thinks she's done with men but isn't sure. She needs to get over her Darcy fixation because who could ever measure up to such storied perfection? But it doesn't hurt to linger in the make-believe because that's what this place is meant to be…right?
The book is funny, uncomfortable, a little bit unhappy. But that's all to the good—it takes us on Jane's inner journey from manic fandom to settled and calm womanhood. Like the girl Sarah in "Labyrinth", Jane clings a little too hard and too long to her silly fantasies. But the author manages to engage our sympathies for her. I never felt impatient or infuriated with Jane's sporadic inability to let go of her playacting or false expectations because she tried so hard to overcome them.
For those who adore Austen or despise her, this book is brilliant comic relief. It's undeniably chick-lit but it's about the ultimate chick-lit writer. So who can complain about that?
Three weeks in Austenland, a role-playing vacation destination is just what Jane needs, she thinks, to rid herself of the male ideal (like Mr. Darcy in P&P). Maybe that's what's been keeping her from finding her "one". Once there though, she's by turns uncomfortable with the unreality of it and really into the role-playing. The "gentlemen" are paid actors. She hooks up with the "gardener" and the Darcy-ish Mr. Nobley woos her but is anything real? Does either of these men actually love her? Does she want them to? Each chapter begins with a short blurb about a past boyfriend and a sorry lot they are. It seems she has been duped or dumped in every possible way. Skip the movie, but I thought the novel was fun.
I really wanted to like this book more! Shannon Hale writes wonderful, strong female characters for girls (see The Princess Academy or The Princess in Black). This needed more editing perhaps...and a stronger story overall.
it is a great novel I have read it so many times I lost count, I picked it of the shelf to read in English periods silent reading I really did not have any intention of actually reading but I just could not help it and then I watched the movie and I fell in love with Mr. Nobely. this book also inspired me to read Jane Austen's collection. I have a long way to go till I am done but I also have a lot of time
This novel is great to take on vacation as it is not overly taxing on the reader nor does it demand your full attention. I enjoyed the idea of a vacation resort based on Jane Austen's fictional world, and was pleasantly surprised by the details of Hales portrayal of such a place. However it did not keep turning pages when something more interesting came along on holidays.
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It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her with wide eyes. Jane took several quick (but oh so casual) steps away from Martin's window.
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CafeMae necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 147 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
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Cafemae.com is an informative and fun community website for Thai and Thailand-based mothers. "Mae" means "mom" or "mother" in Thai. It is a community of mothers with support and discussion forums, blogs, user reviews, as well as articles and expert advice, and shopping opportunities. It is a fun, informative place where moms want to hang out, find out information about parenting issues they're having, ask other moms for help, and share their advice. It focuses on issues concerning pregnancy and birth, babies and toddlers, initially up to age 3.
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First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the Oscars on Sunday night via video to announce that "Argo" had won the Best Picture award.
Obama was introduced by Jack Nicholson and said she was thrilled to introduce the nine Best Picture nominees.
"I am so honored to help introduce this year's nominees for best picture and to help celebrate the movies that lift our spirits, broaden our minds and transport us to places we have never imagined," Obama said.
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It was a thrill to announce the #Oscars2013 best picture winner from the @whitehouse! Congratulations Argo! -mo— FLOTUS (@FLOTUS) February 25, 2013
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With the reissue of Chico Mann's Analog Drift album on Wax Poetics Records comes another chance for you to experience the brilliance of Marcos Garcia. Analog Drift was one of my favorite releases of last year, a limited self-release by Marcos (aka Chico Mann) that was only on sale at his shows and a few stores, like Amoeba Hollywood. Chico Mann's blend of Afro Beat and 80's Freestyle over Cuban & Puerto Rican influences is still one of the freshest sounds around. The energy that Chico Mann's three-piece group puts out live is so contagious; you'll find yourself on the dance floor busting a move to their Afro Cha-Cha rhythms.
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The Raiders couldn't get started Friday night, and the result was a 28-20 preseason loss to the New Orleans Saints before 72,112 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
With the Saints having their way at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and Drew Brees slicing up the secondary, the Saints led 23-0 before Matt Flynn led a late touchdown drive on a two-minute drill before the half.
In the third quarter, a David Bass fumble of Seneca Wallace was recovered by Ryan Robinson for a defensive touchdown and an Omar Gaither interception of a deflected pass set up a 46-yard field goal by Eddy Carmona to get the Raiders within 23-17.
In the fourth quarter, Will Herring stuffed Jamize Olawale in the end zone for a safety not long after the Raiders had stuffed the Saints on a fourth-and-1 play inside the 5-yard line. New Orleans finished the scoring with Garrett Hartley's fourth field goal of the game, this one from 28 yards.
The Raiders, 1-1 in the preseason, headed home realizing they found out a lot more good things about players they hoped to make the team than they did about the ones that will be their starters.
When the Saints and Raiders were playing their first team, it was a mismatch from the outset.
Brees had his way with the Raiders as he has in four previous preseason and regular-season games. He completed 14 of 18 passes for 202 yards and a 16-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills on a play in which he had several seconds to throw.
Every New Orleans possession produced points until backup Seneca Wallace came in and kneeled on the ball to end the first half. Hartrley had field goals of 53, 31 and 30 yards and Mark Ingram had a 2-yard touchdown run.
The Saints were up 23-0 before they dialed back the pressure tactics, which helped Flynn direct an 82-yard, 11-play touchdown drive that ended in an 18-yard touchdown pass to Denarius Moore.
Before that drive, the Raiders had only a single first down in the half, with the Saints registering five sacks of Flynn.
Flynn ended his half completing 12 of 16 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown, most of that compiled on the last drive.
Veteran Alex Barron, getting first crack at the left tackle job which will be open for the foreseeable future with Jared Veldheer out following triceps surgery, struggled trying to block former Cal star Cameron Jordan.
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Cheat the Hangman by Gloria Ferris
Lyris Pembrooke unearths a terrible family secret in the old mansion she recently inherited. Investigating the tragedy, she delves into the psyche of a damaged WWII soldier, aided by her irrepressible spirit guide and the family psychic.
After inheriting Hammersleigh House from her eccentric great-uncle Patrick, Lyris Pembrooke makes a grisly discovery in the tower room of the Georgian-style mansion―the mummified remains of a child.
To uncover the mystery, Lyris is aided by family psychic Aunt Clematis and Leander, a spirit guide with an attitude, who prefers hanging out with Winston Churchill and John Lennon. While nurturing a new relationship with Blackshore's Chief of Police, avoiding her controlling ex-husband's demands, hosting this year's family reunion and engaging in a psychological battle with the mansion's butler, Lyris is taxed to her limits.
During an oppressive summer heat wave, a tear in the gossamer veil that separates past and present forces Lyris to finally accept her psychic destiny. Driven to find out who murdered little Tommy Pembrooke sixty-eight years ago, she begins a journey back in time.
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Isabel Woodland Nursing Graduate 1925
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First Graduating Class in Nursing 1925
Starched and pressed, shoes polished and bodies posed. This photo shows the graduates of the first nursing class from Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1925.
My grandmother Isabel (WOODLAND) IRVINE was in that class and can be seen in the front row, far left. (CLICK on the photo for a larger view). Grandma graduated fifth in the class and kept her nurse's registration active until she turned 65. She attended at my birth and before that at the birth of countless other youngsters in the hills near Young, Saskatchewan. Her husband Bill Irvine was a homesteader in the area. Surnames mentioned on the back of the photo are Woodland, Mulraugh, Webb, Bennett, Morrison, Wheissel, Sterwart, McIlroy, Richardson, Curren, Byers, Lenohan, McLelland, Maxwell, McDonald, Farmer, Kemp, Mitchell, Payne, Reid, Nexon, Trott, Allison, Boyle, Currie. (CLICK on the photo for a larger view.) If you have connections or comments please use the form below.


text: Sometimes you just want to enjoy TV without making a commitment, and time-shifting broadcasts either means building your own HTPC or purchasing an OTA DVR -- like the now defunct Boxee. Back in 2011, Channel Master teamed up with Entone to fill that niche and a recent FCC filing shows the company (once again) partnering with Echostar to bring a new OTA DVR to the market. The set-top box -- called Channel Master K77 (not pictured) -- also provides over-the-top functionality and comes in two flavors: CM-7500GB16, which features 16GB of built-in flash (and relies on external USB storage for DVR support) and CM-7500GB320, which incorporates a 320GB hard drive. While it's unclear when the device will launch, it will be competing with a number of similar offerings from Simple.TV, Tivo (Series 5) and Aereo once it lands on store shelves.


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Boston's largest and most popular theatre, presenting comedies, classics, musicals and new works in two of Boston's best theatre spaces. The Huntington is renowned for creating seven world-class productions each season for an audience of over 130,000. It brings the country's finest theatre artists to Boston, including Phylicia Rashad, Kate Burton, Nathan Lane, John C. Reilly, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin and Campbell Scott, to work with Boston's finest artists. With partner Boston University, the company has nurtured future stars such as Julianne Moore and Michael Chiklis. The Huntington has premiered plays by Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, and Tony Award-winning luminaries such as August Wilson and Tom Stoppard, as well as rising local literary stars such as Melinda Lopez and Ronan Noone.
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Yesterday, Max and his film crew traversed the neighborhood and filmed his movie!
Ben and Noah met with garbage expert David to explore the contents of the trash, recycle, and compost bins at Brightworks.
The go-cart team drilled the chassis frame for the motor mount.
They went out into the world looking for examples of steering linkages, then drew a diagram for how theirs should look on their cart.
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So it's not like this hasn't been done before, but it was a first time for me. Deliberately distorting an image before it is captured is an art form...and I'm learning that the fun way :) We've all used ND filters or at least a UV filter right? Maybe even a polariser or a grad? The point being that the idea of placing something in front of your glass to enhance or change your recorded image is an idea that has been around for a long time. But let's dig deeper into that theory. You are preconceiving what you want to capture, and you have ideas about how you want your final image to look, before you are anywhere near your camera....now that's one powerful way to create. I mentioned that I'm doing this the fun way...and by that, I meant that it's fun to experiment. I knew that I wanted a warm and rich look for these shots, but I also wanted flairs and some distortion, maybe some uneven blurriness and who knows....lets just see what we get. With all experimentation, I generally at least have an idea of what will work and what wont, but I'm never sure...and with this shoot, I was more than happy with the results.
The unnerving thing about shooting with a RED camera is that you really have to trust your intentions with the RAW data and what is actually displayed on the monitor. The richness of colour and wonderful contrast you see in the image above is nothing close to what I was seeing on the back of the 5" RED Touch LCD. But...I knew that it was hidden in there somewhere.
What I wasn't completely prepared for was the beautiful red cast that came from the ND's that I purchased on Ebay! (great service, fast postage, thanks fotocola). I knew I was purchasing a cheaper variety and also knew from some research that usually, cheaper ND's have a color cast - something that usually is a bad thing. But for this experiment, I was pleasantly surprised and loved the result. One obvious thing that comes from experimenting is the result, but the other bonus is knowledge. Putting something into practice that you may have only read about really does solidify your understanding. That being said, I could confidently shoot with these cheaper ND's knowing that I have a jump in the red channel to deal with. Not ideal, but that knowledge just saved me about $200 per ND filter!
Remember in my last blog post I was talking about how fun it is to play with RAW data? Well, I've attached a frame from this shoot for you to play with so you can experience the fun all for your self! Check the "downloads" section above to find the file. You'll also need RedCine-X PRO, a free program created by RED that allows you to edit, transcode and play with R3D files (native files recorded from a RED camera). It's almost a color correction suite....for free! Obviously it's missing the high end features of a real color application like DaVinci Resolve Lite (also free) but it's the perfect place for you to check your clips, resize and re-frame and finally, adjust the color to your liking. I've prepared a quick tutorial below which will help you get started.
So, back to the destruction ;) The idea was to create some home-made filters that would slide in front of the lens and create some organic (that word is SO overused these days) distortion and flairs. My dad is a gun. He's always willing to help me create ghetto shoulder rigs or anything I need for my shoots....and this time he delivered above par. I was like "dad, I need a couple of pieces of glass, 100x100mm, 2mm thick.....can you help me?" And within 24 hours I had 8 pieces ready to go! They fit perfectly into my matte box and I was excited to get destructive. I tried a few things....literally smashing a whole into the glass, scratching it with stones, sandpaper and gravel, and even sticking some laminate over parts of the glass. I really only tried two of the six pieces so I'm keen to get out there see what else they have to offer. The other cool thing is you can rotate them to get variation in the effect. The best thing above all is that your filter will be different to anyone else's filter, no matter what! I love this shit :)
So, if you're still reading...thanks! I'll hopefully get better at writing and am thinking of hiring someone to proof read what I do. I have lots of adventures and knowledge to share and am looking forward to doing bigger and better things both as a cinematographer and a blogger :)
I couldn't have shot this without the help from my Producer Joel Buncle, camera assist Nick Hancock and our lovely model, Tiffany Riddell.


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When choosing an upper material, you'll usually have three options. Synthetics will be lightweight, water-resistant, and durable, but they do provide less ball feel and take some time to break in. Natural leather provides good support and a better touch, but can absorb water that makes them heavier. Usually, the most prized material is kangaroo leather. It has the benefits of leather, but will mold to your foot and remain soft like no other material can.
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The first thing you'll notice about this petition is that it contains a great deal of exclamation points. Why are there so many exclamation points? Who knows. Maybe it's a rhetorical strategy that we aren't familiar with, or perhaps the cheerleader who presumably wrote the petition embodies her peppy persona so completely that she can no longer use other forms of punctuation.
The purpose of the petition is to get Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Courtney L to the Super Bowl. Courtney has been a Ravens cheerleader for five years, but was left off the Super Bowl roster even though all cheerleaders with at least three years of service were supposed to be invited to New Orleans. The author of the petition seems to think that Courtney is being unfairly punished.
Courtney announced she was retiring during the last home game at the end of the season which didn't go well with the director! She was told she didn't put in as many appearance hours this season as she did the past 4 yrs while in college! This season she earned her B.S. degree and got a full time job... Bad call. They also stated she struggled with weight on occasion & she had been benched for 2 lb weight gain during a game earlier in the fall, which is a absurd, unhealthy and a complete inaccurate measurement of a woman's "appearance" and size!
Those are all very good points! If Courtney is in fact being kept away from the Super Bowl for those bullshit reasons, then we are squarely on her side! Sign the petition, people! Get Courtney to the Super Bowl!


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Richard Duane "Rick" Warren (1954-) is founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in lake Forest, California. He is also a bestselling author, known for his popular titles The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. In 2005 he launched the global PEACE plan, a global outreach initiative designed to mobilize the Western church toward social justice missions. Warren is active in matters of faith and politics: during the 2008 election he hosted both presidential candidates at the Civil Forum on the Presidency, held at his home church. He also offered the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration as President. Warren is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
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It's really nice hearing from all of you. Seriously, you guys all have... thoughts. But your thoughts on our thoughts are... also thoughts. It's a compliment, I swear.
Jason put together the most excellent explainer to F1 noses for 2014 and, I know, they all looked like genitalia to me, too. For some of you, it distracted from other awkward images you saw on our site today.
They all look like underwear/jock straps.
You must not be able to shake the Daewoo image from AOTD earlier.
It is seriously all I've been thinking about this afternoon.
Me too. But you learn to work around it. And think of how Jason feels. He was looking at all those F1 noses/penises.
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This weekend I traveled three hours north to Oklahoma City to participate in SQL Saturday 125, the second annual event hosted by the OKCSQL group. Ryan Adams, Russ Loski, John Sterrett and I hit the road midafternoon to give ourselves time to make it in time for the speaker dinner on Friday evening. I've made several trips before with Ryan and Russ, and was my first such trip with John, a recent Texas transplant from West Virginia (and still a Pittsburg Pirates fan, though I try not to hold that against him). This was my second trip to OKC in about a year, having taken part in their inaugural SQL Saturday event last summer as well.
The event was again held at the Moore-Norman Technology Center, which worked out to be an excellent venue for the event. The facility functions by day as a technical training center, so naturally it was well equipped for a SQL Saturday. Breakfast and lunch were both provided, and coffee and bottled water were both available for much of the day. Other than a flaky projector in one of the rooms, I didn't see any significant logistical issues.
I was invited to deliver an introductory-level session entitled "Top 10(ish) New Features in SSIS in SQL 2012". I had a smallish crowd, maybe 30-35 people or so, perhaps due to the fact that it was the last session of the day and I was in the same time slot as the popular Joe Celko. The session turned out to be more conversational than I'm used to, which worked out fine – a couple of attendees brought up specific questions from their environments, and one even pointed out something I didn't know about SSIS script debugging (more on that in a future post). I got back 15 evaluation forms, with all marking a score of 5 (on a scale of 1-5). For those who attended and would like to download the presentation materials, I've posted my slide deck and code here.
Great job again to the organizers of this event! Thanks and congrats for a successful event to Kristin Ferrier, Matt Brimer, Allen Smith, Rob Sullivan, and a host of other volunteers.


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Sheila Weller's book, Girls Like Us — a biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon — is being turned into a movie. And Taylor Swift will play Joni Mitchell.
Taylor Swift's acting credits? Well, she did a guest stint on CSI in 2009. In 2010 she played a cheerleader in the abominably terrible Valentine's Day. She was also the voice of a character in The Lorax and did a smattering of skits when she hosted Saturday Night Live.
Maybe TayTay will do a good job, but it feels wrong somehow. Joni Mitchell is a legend, in the Songwriters Hall of Fame… not someone who sings her diary out loud. In other news, Alison Pill is allegedly playing Carole King and Mad Men's Jessica Paré might be Carly Simon.


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So what you need to know is that Sapper, one of the designers who has been with us the longest, the creator of some of our most innovative objects, in his own home is in charge grating cheese for the whole family. Thus his inspiration was based on extensive personal experience on this theme and this time around he has come up with a novelty that will be the joy of consumers of grated cheese. "Todo" has a truncated cone shaft that is exceptionally long and will grate enough cheese to satisfy the requirements for one portion just with one complete stroke. An excellent example of an object to exhibit on the table or in the kitchen, but at the same time it boasts a precise, state-of-the-art functional performance that just about transforms into playful gestural expressiveness one of the most boring and least qualifying culinary operations.
Richard Sapper was born in 1932 in Munich, where he pursued courses in philosophy, anatomy and engineering. He began his design career in the styling department of Daimler Benz in Stuttgart, before transferring to Milan, where he worked first for the architect Gio Ponti, and then in the design division of "La Rinascente". In the early 1960s, Sapper began to collaborate with the Italian architect Marco Zanuso together they acted as design consultants for Brionvega for which they developed a series of televisions and radios. During the 1970s, Sapper was engaged as a consultant on the development of experimental automobiles for FIAT and on pneumatic structures for Pirelli, producing concepts for cars and accessories. Since 1980, Sapper has acted as chief industrial design consultant for IBM and later for Lenovo. Sapper's main interest in his design work has centered on technically complex problems. He has developed and designed a wide variety of products, ranging from ships and cars, to computers and electronics, and furniture and kitchen appliances. His clients include Alessi, Artemide, B&B Italia, Heuer, Kartell, Knoll, Lorenz Milano, Magis, Molteni many others. Throughout his career, Sapper has remained keenly involved in academia, teaching at Yale University, the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, the Kunstakademie in Stuttgart, the Domus Academy in Milan, the Central Academy for Art and Design in Beijing, the University of Buenos Aires, and the Royal College of Art in London. Richard Sapper has received numerous awards for his products, and his designs are represented in the permanent collections of many museums internationally. He has been an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Arts since 1988, and a Member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin since 2001. The German Design Council awarded him a lifetime achievement in 2009, and in 2012, Sapper received the Merit Cross of the Order of Merit from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. He died on 31 December 2015.


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Someone had to step up if the business my husband had returned from college to help with was to have any hope of making it. My mother and father-in-law had sacrificed their lives to hard work, but times weren't always kind to them. I worried that their circumstance would be the future for Hubs and myself.
Thankfully, times have been good to us. Along side his parents, Hubs has worked brutally long hours. We have all saved and scrimped and did without at times, and it has paid off. That initial debt is long gone, and while new operating loans are acquired each year, we are able to make the payments, have made improvements, and live comfortably. Farming isn't glamorous, but we are some of the lucky ones for which working hard for your money does pay the bills.
And, what do I do throughout this process, other than worry we will be the next victim of a poor economy? I cook. I am not a farm wife that spends hours in the corrals with the livestock or days in the hay fields, although I could, if needed. What I do is cook. I make sure that the men (and women) that are breaking their backs 365 days a year, freezing their butts off in the winter, and melting into puddles of soup in the summer have nourishing food to fuel their work. That is my job, and how I work hard to support our business, our livelihood.
I don't think there is a farm wife alive that hasn't made some kind of hash-brown potato casserole. Cheese, frozen hash-browns, cream of something soup. There are as many recipes in church cookbooks, scribbled on the back of envelopes, and on spattered recipe cards as their are fence posts in this state. Everyone has their own method, but they all pretty much taste the same. Cheesy (in a good way). Warm. Comforting. Hearty. Just the kind of thing you want to eat when you work hard for your money.
(adapted from the Armour Centennial Cookbook)
1/2 cup butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup milk
1 pint sour cream
1/2 - 1 cup green onions, chopped
9 cups frozen hashbrowns (I like to use a combination of half shredded {Mr. Del's} and half southern-style cubed {Ortega}.)
2-3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup corn flakes, crushed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Add 1/2 cup of butter in a 9x13 baking dish and place in the oven to melt.
Meanwhile, combine canned soup, milk, sour cream, and chopped green onions in a medium bowl.
When the butter has melted in the baking dish, remove from oven and swirl pan to coat all sides.
Add half of the hash browns to the pan, top with half of the soup mixture, and then half of the shredded cheese.
Repeat layers in the baking dish with remaining ingredients.
Melt the final 2 tablespoons of butter and add the crushed corn flakes. Toss to coat.
Sprinkle the buttered corn flakes over the top of the final cheese layer.
Bake 45 minutes until potatoes are tender and cheese is melty. (Serves 12)


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The 196 Pound Vegan
An NFL player? An Ultimate Fighter?
No, it's me.
I'm up 20 pounds from my 'race weight' (I've never used that term before) in May 07. Too many Vegan Treats? Too much reading/internet and not riding?
The result of my weight gain is actually the result of taking my training a little more seriously. Here are a few explanations:
- Last year I was pretty fit by March. A fast double and a marathon on the first weekend (write-up here) and some good events in April and May. I had trouble keeping my fitness up for Norseman and PBP in August and by September I was done. That's why I backed out of doing the Furnace Creek 508 in October.
- I've been hitting the weights pretty hard, three or four times a week. An Olympic runner at the YMCA wrote me two workouts specific to triathletes and they are 'killer'. Mike T and I bro down hard.
Since I am on the topic, here is the workout schedule I attempt:
Sunday- Long run (2+ hrs) or long bike (4+ hrs)
Monday-Swim (3o-60 min), Weights (1.5hr), Pilates (optional)
Tuesday- Tempo run (20-45 min)
Wednesday- Bike (2 hrs), Weights (1.5hr), Pilates (optional)
Thursday- Maintenance run (30+ min)
Friday- Swim (technique or long), Weights (1.5 hr)
Saturday- Long bike or run (depending on Sunday), weights (optional)


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The bodies of 18 men -- bound, blindfolded and strangled -- were found in a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad, apparent victims of the sectarian turmoil gripping Iraq that threatens the formation of a coalition government.
Separately, gunmen in Iraqi police commando uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company and kidnapped as many as 50 employees, police reported.
The attackers hit the al-Rawafid Security Co, a private Iraqi-owned business, at 4:30pm and forced the workers into seven vehicles, including several white SUV's, Interior Ministry Major Felah Al-Mohammedawi said.
Meanwhile, Iraq's Shiite interior minister, a hated figure for many Sunnis who accuse him of condoning death squads, escaped an apparent assassination attempt yesterday after his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb as it left the ministry compound in Baghdad.
The minister, however, was not in his car at the time.
The bombing of an important Shiite shrine in Samarra on Feb. 22 has pitched Iraq towards civil war, unleashing a wave of sectarian killings and deepening the divide and mutual suspicion between the country's majority Shiites and minority Sunnis.
The dumping of bodies bearing signs of torture and killed execution-style has long been a feature of the violence.
The 18 bodies discovered by US troops in western Baghdad late on Tuesday had all been garrotted and had their hands bound with plastic ties, police and hospital officials said.
There was confusion over the identities of the victims, a mixture of middle-aged and young men in civilian clothes.
A policeman at the Yarmuk hospital morgue pointed to their clothing and long hair as an indication some may have been foreign religious extremists linked to al-Qaeda, but reporters who saw the bodies said many appeared to be Iraqis.
"I saw the bodies when they arrived," said a policeman at the hospital. "I saw blood and signs of beating. The police who brought them said they weren't Iraqis."
Senior officials, aware of the potential for sectarian anger if it becomes clear all are either Sunni or Shiite Muslims, made no formal comment on the religious identities of the dead.
The US military said a patrol found the bodies in the western Mansour district after receiving reports of a suspicious vehicle on the side of the road.
Sunnis have accused the Shiite-led, US-backed government's police and other security forces under the control of Interior Minister Bayan Jabor of abducting and killing Sunni civilians -- an accusation that both Jabor and the police deny.
Interior Ministry vehicles normally used to transport Jabor and his aides were attacked as they left the ministry yesterday to fill up at a nearby gasoline station.
A roadside bomb completely destroyed one car in the convoy, killing two and wounding five, a police source said.
Meanwhile, a string of explosions yesterday killed at least four people -- including two young boys -- and injured four in Baghdad, police said.
In related news, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld accused Tehran of dispatching elements of its Revolutionary Guard to stir trouble inside Iraq.
Rumsfeld offered few details about his allegation of interference by Iran, which fought an eight-year-long war with Iraq in the 1980s and shares a largely unguarded border.
"They are currently putting people into Iraq to do things that are harmful to the future of Iraq," he told a Pentagon news conference on Tuesday. "And it is something that they, I think, will look back on as having been an error in judgment."


text: mental invalid 8 Posted August 15, 2003 I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!!!!!!!! Free Will Astrology horoscopes for week of August 14, 2003 Aries (March 21-April 19) If you're single, this is the most favorable time in many moons to try creating a harem for yourself. You're even more attractive than usual, and the cosmos has decreed that what might have been greedy in the past is just right now. If you're in an interesting monogamous relationship, on the other hand, don't mess it up with fantasies of polyamory. Instead, brainstorm with your partner about how you could provide more variety for each other. Dress up in different roles, for instance. Speak with funny accents, invent new names, or pretend you're living in another historical period. How would you do your love dance if you were members of the French Resistance in World War II or escaped American slaves headed for freedom circa 1863? Taurus (April 20-May 20) If you're typical, your memory is not very efficient; by tomorrow at this time you will have forgotten much of what you learned today. But you cannot afford to be typical during the next ten days, Taurus. It's crucial to the ultimate success of your long-term dreams that you remember far more than you usually do. I don't care how you do it: Intensify your perceptiveness, try memory-strengthening exercises, take massive doses of ginkgo biloba, or all of the above. Become as aggressively receptive and absorptive as you have ever dared to be. Gemini (May 21-June 20) Can you be a dissatisfied rebel and exuberant lover of life at the same time? Can you identify all the things that are wrong without losing your bemused tolerance? I think you can, especially this week. You won't have any role models to draw from, though, so you'll have to trust your intuition and the following advice: Be a happy bitch! A playful protester! A sweet-tempered complainer! The goodies will come to you if you overthrow the status quo with inventiveness and compassion. Cancer (June 21-July 22) I'm sure you've had the experience of a song popping into your head and refusing to leave, as if it had taken one of your brain circuits hostage. Usually it's a catchy tune you've heard recently on the radio, but now and then it's an old song you haven't thought of in a long time. The former is a nuisance, but the latter may be an oracular message from your unconscious mind -- a helpful hint, like a vivid dream, that can clue you in to a not-yet-fully-bloomed truth. I predict you will be the lucky recipient of such an oracle at least twice in the coming week. Leo (July 23-August 22) Just assume you're a prime example of F. Scott Fitzgerald's belief that "If you're strong enough, there are no precedents." You have permission from the cosmos to make that assumption. You'll also be perfectly justified, Leo, in expecting the fire in your belly to grow bigger and hotter. Given the exceptional amounts of willpower you'll be able to channel in the coming days, it may even make sense for you to wear a ring with a symbolic thunderbolt and refer to yourself with the royal "we." Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pablo Picasso had a difficult birth. When he finally popped out after a long labor, he wasn't breathing. The midwife decided his face was so blue he'd be impossible to revive. She declared him dead and left. But Picasso's uncle, who was in attendance, got up close to the infant and puffed cigar smoke up his nose. That was the shock that brought him to life. I expect that a metaphorically analogous wake-up call will resurrect you from your soul numbness in the coming week, Virgo. Libra (September 23-October 22) Give yourself a treat you've been denying yourself far too long. Get a friend to give you a ride in a wheelbarrow. Use one of your so-called flaws strategically. Have a staring contest with a snake. Take shopping lessons from an expert. Using a felt-tip pen, inscribe a sacred poem or symbol on a new pair of underpants, thereby transforming it into your special magic underwear that will make intriguing things happen whenever you wear them. Whisper a taboo secret while moving very fast, preferably on a roller coaster. Say a rowdy prayer each time you lick a Tootsie Roll Pop, and don't stop until you reach the center. Round up someone –- pay him or her if necessary -- to be your yes-man or yes-woman for 24 hours. Scorpio (October 23-November 21) After studying the cosmic omens, I realized I'd be unable to glean your oracle until I was standing on holy ground. I left immediately for Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a Buddhist sanctuary near my home. There I sought out the outdoor prayer wheel, a brightly painted wooden cylinder inscribed with noble phrases like "wise speech" and "wise intention." Buddhists believe that when this ritual device is spun on its axis, spiritual blessings are cast in all directions. As I reached for one of the handles to give it a whirl, I spied an awesome sight: Four salamanders had arrayed themselves on the section of the wheel that read "wise livelihood." I knew I'd found my message for you, Scorpio. This week, do everything possible to get closer to making your money by serving your highest ideals. Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) In 1977, English professor Coleman Barks had a dream that changed his life. In the dream, he was relaxing on a riverbank near his childhood home in Georgia. A ball of light floated towards him. It contained a man with his head bowed and eyes closed, sitting cross-legged and wearing a white shawl. The man raised his head, opened his eyes, and said, "I love you," and Barks answered, "I love you, too." Some time after this dream, he met the same mysterious figure in waking life. It was a Sri Lankan holy man, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who ultimately set Barks on the path to becoming a translator of the dead mystic poet Rumi. Today Rumi's books are bestsellers, largely due to Barks. I predict you will soon have a dream with equally potent possibilities for your fate, Sagittarius. I hope to God you remember it and write it down. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) The "problem" you now face is unprecedented: You are seeing too clearly, thinking too crisply, and speaking too forthrightly. Normally I would celebrate this state of affairs, but right now it's preventing you from even discovering, let alone taking advantage of the subtle opportunities that life is offering you. These opportunities will only make themselves known if you relax your piercing gaze and invoke what we might call fuzzy logic. You know how at night you can see better if you look out of the corners of your eyes? Aquarius (January 20- February 18) I've rarely seen astrological aspects so favorable for sublimating your libido in the quest for sublime truth. You will have cosmic law on your side if you attempt to do what a few mystics have claimed to accomplish: fall in love with the Divine Wow. Please note that the right kind of human partner can facilitate this erotic breakthrough; the wrong kind will distract you from it. Now read what the Indian saint Ramakrishna had to say: "Mad! One must become mad with love to realize God. When one attains ecstatic love of God, all the pores of the skin, even the roots of the hair, become like so many sex organs, and in every pore the aspirant enjoys the happiness of communion with the supreme universal self." Pisces (February 19-March 20) You remind me of that rare hybrid known as the puwo, a cross between a poodle and a wolf. When the poodle part of you is dominant, you're nervous, elegant, and beautiful in a fragile way. When the wolf aspect is in control, you're wild, restless, and ferocious in a style that's enigmatic and potentially dangerous. 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The Pittsburgh Steelers have restructured veteran linebacker Lawrence Timmons' contract, a source involved in the deal said Tuesday.
The move will free up approximately $5 million in salary-cap space for the Steelers. In 2011, Timmons signed a six-year, $50 million deal.
This is the latest in a series of moves, as the Steelers try to get under the 2013 cap.
The team also has met with representatives for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to work on renegotiating the two-time Super Bowl champion's contract. Roethlisberger is scheduled to carry a prohibitive cap figure of $19.595 million in 2013.
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Insights and ideas from Brian Haberlin, Adobe® Photoshop® user
Comics ArtistVisit this innovator's website
Making magical comics
Brian Haberlin is passionate about comic creation, design, and storytelling—and is known for being involved in helping originate top characters and series, including Aria, Witchblade, Stone, Area 52, and M-Rex. He's worked for all the big names: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Image Comics. He's even branched out into writing art tutorials and teaching at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Right now, he's most engaged in creating graphic novels and children's books with Anomaly Productions. Photoshop.com recently caught up with Brian, who shared the details of a career that has spanned many devotions, from comic book artist to writer, editor, and producer.
Photoshop.com: With the many varied roles you've had in your career, what is your first passion and why?
Brian Haberlin: Being an artist is my favorite role, because it's the most fun. I just get to make things up. I have a master's degree in screenwriting, but I always found it so daunting to drop 120 pages on somebody's desk and expect them to read it. With art, it takes seconds to hook someone. Also, most of the time, I can be the boss or work directly beneath the decision-maker. There's less talk and more action—it's very liberating.
Photoshop.com: How would you describe your artistic approach?
Brian Haberlin: It's really Faustian, meaning I will do anything it takes to get me to the final image. For example, I use both analog and digital techniques and go back and forth. I may print out my work, spray it with water, throw paint on it, scan it back in, or collage it with the original digital painting. I use anything from painting on a wet printout to using coffee as a paint source – whatever it takes to get there at the end of the day. I often have unexpected, yet happy accidents.
Photoshop.com: What role does Adobe Photoshop software play in your artistic process?
Brian Haberlin: Photoshop helps me with three important things: speed, variation, and modification. First, I can lay down color and shapes faster in Photoshop than in any other medium, so I really stay in the creative flow. Second, with Photoshop, I can get outside of my head as an artist by using variations, hue and saturation, levels, layers, and blending modes. I can slide around colors and values, and maybe come up with an image that was not my initial intention—but even better. And third, with the Puppet Tool or Warp Tool, my canvas becomes liquid and I can fix or exaggerate a figure or object on a piece. The best part is all these things are live, you can see the changes as you do them, and you are never totally committed. When you are a traditional artist, you can throw red on a canvas and it's there unless you paint it out or try to paint over it. With Photoshop, after putting down paint on a canvas you can reduce the opacity of a layer, use a filter, and so on. It's not just yes or no; instead, Photoshop offers limitless experimentation. I can blend that last stroke or use a 45% overlay, for instance. With Photoshop, you have control over the smallest nuances.
Photoshop.com: What are your favorite features in Photoshop CS6? Why?
Brian Haberlin: Auto Save has saved me more than once on work that would otherwise have been lost. After that, it would be the Oil Paint filter, but not used in the normal way. It is typically used to give images a painted look, but by changing a few settings, I can use it as a really easy way to clean up line drawings or scanned images. I have even heard people say they use the Oil Paint filter for rotoscoping. I also like Content-Aware Patch for whenever I need to pull characters out of flattened artwork and then patch them out so I can move them around.
Photoshop.com: Can you tell us more about your latest comic venture Anomaly?
Brian Haberlin: The story is an epic sci-fi fantasy that is 370 pages long and oversized. I like to call it the first "coffee table" graphic novel. What makes it really unique is that it also has more than 40 augmented reality points. When you get the book, you download a free app for iPad, iPhone, or Android. Then you can point your mobile device at the book and it comes to life with 3D characters and additional story content. You can visit Anomaly and really get a feel for it. I have a few tutorials on how to do anaglyph 3D that you can check out here.
Photoshop.com: How did you create the result for the front cover of Anomaly?
Brian Haberlin: For the front cover of the limited edition of my Anomaly graphic novel, I started in Photoshop by creating a series of thumbnail designs using a simple hard round brush with size and opacity set to pressure. At this point, I used various Photoshop features to grab parts and resize or clone them to shuffle different versions of the design. Once I settled on a design, I started lighting and posing the character art. Then, I painted over this foundation in Photoshop using a limited grayscale palette and worked at as high a resolution as possible (about 600 dpi or more) to add crispness.
With the grayscale as my base layer, I created a multiply layer to start selecting all the individual elements (horns, background, foreground, and so on) and filled the layer in with a base color. I created another layer and started applying textures using three different modes: multiply, overlay, and normal. Multiply works like washes in traditional media over the grayscale to build up colors. Overlay adds luminosity and lets me apply large swaths of color to help unify it. I used a burnt orange on the critter in back on the right and the effect was like bathing him in a warm light. Then I used a dark bluish-gray on the main character, Erebos. I reserved the uppermost layer for blending textures and modeling. The Smudge Tool and Mixer Brush tool helped me mimic the natural textures. Also, the new Content-Aware Patch was helpful in moving textures that I wanted to maintain. This is sort of the "happy accident" stage of the piece. The very last thing I did was create a vignette-like focus by applying an old painting I created as an overlay layer to add texture to the top and bottom bands of the piece.
Photoshop.com: Describe a favorite image or comic you've created and what grabs you about it.
Brian Haberlin: For the cover of our Anomaly collector's edition, we put our bad guys on the front. (Hey, the good guys had their turn on the regular edition.) I actually did something here I almost never do. I centered the main character, but I changed the size of the character's head to make it work. Erebos (the guy in front) has magical/telekinetic powers, so making that power a dominant light source was a no brainer. By having that cool color power, the warm colors in the background separate better. In the background, I took an old painting and applied it as an overlay to the background for textural interest.
Photoshop.com: What artists or comic illustrators do you admire most?
Brian Haberlin: Wow, you're asking me to write a phone book here. A few of my current favorites are Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Miller, Todd McFarlane, Bob Peak, Mike Mignola, Egon Shiele, Jean Giraud, Klimt, and many, many more! These artists don't really have anything in particular in common but they all inspire me in different ways.
Photoshop.com: What advice would you give to artists who are just starting out?
Brian Haberlin: I would tell them to keep at it, but also make sure you can get a job. Acquire other skills so you can be an accountant by day and artist by night. Being a starving artist is overrated and really not much fun! Once your art is to a high enough level—trust me—you can dump the accounting gig. Part of this game is making sure you have as many times at bat as you can. While there are one-hit wonders, you really want to hit multiple times. It takes drive and the ability to stay inspired and motivated. Be your own coach, find the things that get you going in the morning—a song? A piece of art? The important thing is, don't quit—just through the act of living, opportunities will present themselves.
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She may not be the first (or the last) girl on earth to match her lipstick to her hair, but it's safe to say that Rihanna may be one of the few girls on earth who can pull this off. If brightly hued hair and matching lips are too extreme for you, try coordinating your hair accessories instead, like with American Apparel's sweet bow headband ($10) paired with an intense red lip and black nail polish, such as Deborah Lippmann's Fade to Black ($16). Forever 21's polka dot headband ($5) also provides another excellent take on the throwback style. Finish it all off with a delicate charm necklace and you'll look pretty tough — rockabilly style.


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This REST API is an egifting platform for companies to instantly send coffee to its customers, prospects and partners within Salesforce, Gmail, SurveyMonkey and other software/apps. Some features are business software integrations, team management, custom templates, and real-time analytics. Code samples for CoffeeSender include cURL, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, Perl, Python, Php, Ruby, GO, C#, Visual Basic, Groovy, Objective-C and Swift. CoffeeSender is used by sales, marketing, recruiters, realtors and more.


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Norwegian Youth in Sport Leadership Programme
Preparing young people to become leaders in sport participation, organisation and managementLearn more
The IOC's commitment to promoting sport, reflected in Olympic Agenda 2020, is now taking a new step with the 2019 Development Grant offered by the Sport and Active Society Commission.
The IOC is thus encouraging organisations that use sport as a tool for social development to apply for four grants valued at CHF 20,000 each. This year's grants fall under four themes:
Social inclusion of refugees through sport and physical activity
Promoting gender equality at all levels of sport
Bringing sport and physical activity to the urban setting
Engaging young people and/or senior citizens in physical activity
In the past, organisations such as HelpAge International Tanzania, Skateistan and Pro Sport Development have been awarded grants by the IOC, evidencing the positive impact sport has throughout the world.
Click here to find out more about the application process.
The IOC has long recognised that it has a significant advocacy role to play in the promotion of sport and physical activity at all levels around the world. This advocacy role has been reflected in the Olympic Agenda 2020 – the strategic road map for the future of the Olympic Movement - and is part of the "Olympism in action" programmes along with the Olympic Day, Olympic Values and Education, Women in Sport or Peace through Sports programmes for example.
Globally, 1 in 4 adults is not active enough and more than 80% of the world's adolescent population is insufficiently physically active (World Health Organization). Let's reverse this trend and get moving!
The IOC and its Sport and Active Society Commission have designed a useful toolkit for organisations across the Olympic Movement that are managing Sport for All programmes available under this section. It provides them with the knowledge, understanding and tools needed to improve existing programmes worldwide, as well as to create new ones.
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Offering a healthy and supervised spare-time activity for children at risk of gang engagement in rural areasLearn more
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Enabling young people through snowsports to grow in confidence and self esteem, develop as individuals and make positive choicesLearn more
Introducing local participants of all ages to the practice of sport and the values of olympismLearn more
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Welcome to ODAC
ODAC are leading experts in relation to access to information and freedom of expression in South Africa, and on the continent. We have driven strategic litigation on the Promotion of Access to Information Act and Protected Disclosures Act, and remain at the forefront at parliamentary advocacy on laws relating to transparency and good governance. We extend our scope to providing support to ensure the effective implementation of key legislation, by assisting public and private institutions to develop policies, procedures and systems. We provide public information and training on using the legislation through public awareness campaigns, and workshops. We also performs various forms of monitoring and research through applied and comparative research, which forms the evidence-base for our other activities.
ODAC's mission is to promote open and transparent democracy; foster a culture of corporate and government accountability; and assist people in South Africa to be able to realise their human rights. Fundamentally, ODAC believes that realising the right to know will make a material and tangible social change, while forwarding social and economic justice. By promoting transparency, enhancing access to information, supporting whistleblowers and liberating data, we are forwarding a culture of accountability and openness to meet the needs of citizens.


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16th Street Plaza District is a neighborhood commercial district boasting
Oklahoma City's creative, local flavor.
Located on NW 16th Street between Classen and Penn Ave, the Plaza District is home to galleries, studios, retail shops, restaurants, performance venues and creative services. Choose from a variety of gourmet dining and drinking establishments and visit our retail shops featuring artist-made, vintage and retro clothing and home furnishings. Experience Oklahoma's premier professional theatre company, Lyric Theatre, in the district's historic Plaza Theatre, or enroll in classes at our dance, theatre or painting studios. The district is also home to many neighborhood and creative services. Hairstylists, tattoo artists, graphic designers and more are just a step away!
Each second Friday of the month from 6pm to 10pm, enjoy LIVE on the Plaza, a monthly block party featuring live music, featured artists, special events and local shopping. We hope you will visit soon and please take a moment to learn more about our district, businesses and events!
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Located on 1700 block NW 16th, between Classen and Penn.
Most retail is open Tues-Sat 11am-7pm, Restaurant/bars open late.


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sincere 'Thank-you' from the Logan County Relay for Life
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[June 09, 2014]
The Logan County Relay for Life would
like to say a sincere 'Thank-you!" to the students of Northwest and
Jefferson Elementary Schools in Lincoln.
On Friday, the students held their Relay Recess,
Mini-Relay for Life with such respect and excitement, those who
attended – survivors and guests from the 'adult' teams -- were
totally "blown away."
The stations of education, the touch of food to tap into the relay
theme this year "Cookin' Up a Cure For Cancer" and above all, the
touching mini-relay with school survivors and others who were
invited, being quietly watched as they walked the track – such
compassion – this community should be proud!
The two schools fundraising efforts bringing in over $1000 is quite
an accomplishment. The students have set the bar high for the adult
relay walkers. But most of all the gift of themselves and their
relay is priceless. THANK YOU!
Relay For Life of Logan County;
Esther Boward and Tonita Reifsteck,
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While spring is undeniably my favorite season for watching birds, there is plenty to get excited about in the fall. For starters, there are those crisp, clear days when the wind blows cool from the north, the humidity drops, and the gnats and mosquitoes go on holiday. While I don't have quite the amount of frenetic activity at my bird feeders, early November can bring in the winter regulars, as well as a few surprises.
I walked out into my yard one afternoon and heard a distinctive nasal call that sounded like someone honking a bicycle horn. Excitedly, I followed the call to a tall pine tree in the wooded lot across the street.
Peering up, I finally found the bird creeping along the pine branches - a red-breasted nuthatch!
In the east, nuthatches - small birds with a talent for creeping headfirst down trunks and branches - come in three flavors.
Most common is the brown-headed nuthatch, with its squeaky-toy voice, feisty manner, and ability to sneak in and nest in a birdhouse before our favorite eastern bluebirds.
Some folks are fortunate to also have the slightly larger white-breasted nuthatch as a regular visitor to their feeders, dining on sunflower seeds, peanuts or suet.
The red-breasted nuthatch, with his striped head and rust-colored breast, is the only nuthatch that migrates and is considered an "irruptive" species.
It occasionally ranges southward in large numbers during years when the cone production is low in its breeding area. Red-breasted nuthatches are almost always found in conifer trees where they hang out in pairs.
The male has a brighter buff-orange breast with snappy black head stripes. The female has a paler breast and not as much contrast between head stripe and back color.
When I reported my sighting to my friend who lives in Hinesville, she said, "I had one, too." We started telling others to be on the lookout, and later that day a Skidaway Island resident called to report that he had first one and then two red-breasted nuthatches visiting his feeders.
My nuthatch did not reappear, but a couple of days later I heard a soft mewing call.
"Ah-hah," I thought, "a sapsucker!" The mewing came again, followed by a soft tapping. Peering into the oak tree, I found the yellow-bellied sapsucker leaving its calling card - a distinctive ring of small holes around the tree trunk. I noted the vertical white stripe along the wing and the red under the chin. This was a young male sapsucker, as the female has a white throat.
Sapsucker tongues are flexible with feathery edges, perfect for lapping, not sucking, sap, from the "sap wells" it creates by drilling its circular row of holes. A better name for this bird would have been "yellow-bellied saplapper." The sapsucker also snacks on the insects that are attracted to its holes.
Hummingbirds have also been known to visit sapsucker wells for both sap and the insects that are attracted to it.
Speaking of hummingbirds, this is the time when many folks are wondering, "When should I take down my hummingbird feeders?" I've said it before and I'll say it again. It is a myth that if you do not take down your feeders, you will prevent the birds from migrating. Hummingbirds migrate in response to hormonal changes, which are triggered by decreasing length of daylight. It's not necessary to stop feeding them to force them to go south.
They need to carbo-load before their marathon, so they will appreciate your feeder until the last minute before they depart.
We are also now having some ruby-throated hummingbirds stay through the winter, as well as some western hummingbirds, such as black-chinned and rufous, coming east.
If you maintain a feeder throughout the winter, you just might get lucky, or perhaps a stunningly black-and-orange Baltimore oriole might stop by for a slurp of nectar.
Keep your eyes open for other fall arrivals - hooded mergansers, chipping sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers, eastern phoebes and American goldfinches. Good birding!
Bird enthusiast Diana Churchill can be reached via email at email@example.com.