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Brian Vickers Ponders 2012
Brian Vickers says he isn't feeling pressure to prove himself on the track, but that doesn't mean his future is secure or he knows where he'll be racing in 2012.
Vickers spent three years at Hendrick Motorsports before moving to Red Bull Racing in 2007, where he has spent the last five years.
But Red Bull wants to sell the team, and Vickers is unsure what will happen. Red Bull announced in late June that it was selling the team and it's been nearly three months with no announcement of a buyer.
Vickers has even worked to line up potential buyers but nothing has materialized.
"I'm keeping all my options open," Vickers said this past weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. "I haven't heard anything out of Red Bull lately as to what their plans are.
"Nothing has really changed there. To my knowledge, they're still looking to sell the team. I've put them in touch with some great buyers, and they haven't done anything with it so I'm not sure what they're up to."
There could be some rides available with other teams, depending on sponsorship. Richard Childress Racing and Roush Fenway Racing currently have a team that is not sponsored for next year, and RCR expects to have a driver opening when Clint Bowyer announces he is leaving, most likely to join Michael Waltrip Racing.
One thing that won't happen, Vickers said, is that his father would buy the Red Bull team. When Vickers got his start in the Nationwide Series, it was with the family-owned team.
"My dad has no interest in owning a Cup team," Vickers said. "I can put that [rumor] to a stop right now."
Vickers says he has put pressure on himself from the time he raced go-karts and his job is to win races, which hasn't changed since the start of the year.
The 27-year-old driver has two career Cup wins and made the Chase in 2009 but has struggled this year, sitting 27th in the standings in his first season since missing most of 2010 because of blood clots.
"Every day I show up to the race track, my job is to go win," Vickers said. "I don't believe those [looking-for-a-ride] situations change anything. If Red Bull was staying three more years and I was planning on being in the car, I'd still want to come here and win the race.
"That would still be my job whether they're staying or not. At this level of the sport, there's always pressure to perform. … My job and the job of this team is to go out and win the race. If we do that, that's the best thing we can do for all of our situations."
Jacques Villeneuve Interested In Red Bull Team
Among those who have inquired about purchasing the Red Bull assets is former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve. His business manager confirmed that Villeneuve has inquired about buying the team, but gave no indication of whether talks have been productive.
Villeneuve has never hidden his interest in Cup racing and if the Canadian driver can find investors to put him in a seat, he likely would do it.
He also could have investors purchase the team with the idea of him running a partial Cup schedule along with another driver.
Big Changes For JTG Daugherty?
JTG Daugherty Racing co-owner Tad Geschickter said at Chicagoland Speedway that the team is still deciding whether it will remain a Michael Waltrip Racing affiliate in 2012.
Geschickter could keep his Cup operation at MWR or could move it back to his own shop and have a more traditional affiliate program. Or he could change car manufacturers, switching from Toyota.
The team expects to have Bobby Labonte back as its driver next year.
"We'd still like to have an association with JTG Daugherty if it's a relationship that Tad can still do, dependent obviously largely on the manufacturer," MWR general manager Ty Norris said.
"Tad has been a great partner of ours since 2008 and we were really good for each other, so he has decisions to make on what he's going to do with his program."


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New Mexico St. 92, Louisiana-Lafayette 76
Troy Gillenwater scored 30 points and New Mexico State beat
Louisiana-Lafayette 92-76 in the season opener for both teams
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The Aggies made 12 of 25 attempts from beyond the arc.
Gillenwater made 5 of 9 on 3-point attempts and Hernst Laroche, who
scored 21 points, connected on all four of his 3-point attempts.
Rahman Hamidu added 18 points for the Aggies.
Leading 42-34 at halftime, the Aggies opened the second half
with four 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes and built a 67-51 lead
and were never threatened the rest of the way.
Travis Bureau scored 21 points to lead the Ragin' Cajuns, which
got 24 points off 15 Aggie turnovers. Josh Brown and David Perez
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Monday figures to be a busy day for Alex Rodriguez.
The New York Yankees third baseman is set to be suspended Major League Baseball during the day—and he still could play against the Chicago White Sox at night, USA Today reports.
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This could happen if the 38-year-old is suspended under baseball's Joint Drug Agreement, which appears to be the direction MLB is leaning, according to the New York Post. Rodriguez plans to appeal his suspension, according to multiple reports. The appeal, combined with being suspended under the drug agreement rather than the collective bargaining agreement, would allow him to play until it is heard by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, something that should happen in the next three weeks, USA Today reports.
Reports surfaced last week that baseball commissioner Bud Selig was expected to declare Rodriguez not eligible to play while he appeals, using the powers of the commissioner to protect the best interests of the game. But using that power seems to be something that Selig is now trying to avoid, according to the New York Post.
Rodriguez hasn't played a major league game in 2013 following offseason hip surgery. He has been rehabbing in the minor leagues.
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he has tentatively penciled Rodriguez into Monday's lineup at third base. A-Rod is scheduled to fly to Chicago on Sunday night to meet the team.
"I think all of us are curious what's going to happen, and is Alex going to be a player for us tomorrow, and what's going to happen with the other guys that are involved in this. Because in my mind I have him penciled in here tomorrow," Girardi said.
Multiple reports indicate MLB is planning to announce Monday that A-Rod is suspended, likely through the end of the 2014 season, for his involvement with the now-closed Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Miami. The suspensions are about to be announced around noon ET, according to Ken Davidoff of the New York Post.
MORE: A-Rod facing 214-game ban?
MLB offered to drop its proposed lifetime ban if Rodriguez accepted an offer that would have given an arbitrator flexibility to charge him with more than a 50-game suspension, but A-Rod's side turned that offer down, according to ESPN.com. A-Rod's side pointed to clause 7G of the Joint Drug Agreement that states PED users can "only" be hit with a 50-game suspension for a first offense, according to ESPN.com.
Rodriguez is among the players facing discipline in Major League Baseball's Biogenesis investigation and he is facing the longest penalty. About a dozen other players will be suspended, according to ESPN.com. Most of those players have agreed to accept 50-game suspensions without appealing them, according to ESPN.com. The group of players expected to be suspended on Monday reportedly includes Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz, Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera and Mariners catcher/first baseman Jesus Montero, according to reports.
Rodriguez's return from hip surgery was slowed by a quadriceps injury. He completed his second minor league injury rehabilitation assignment on Saturday night, a two-day stay at Double-A Trenton. Rodriguez walked in all four plate appearances, a day after hitting a two-run homer.
Several of Rodriguez's teammates are eager for him to rejoin the team. Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson was excited A-Rod could play during an appeal.
"I want him back with us. This is arguably one of the best hitters of all-time," he said. "Having him in the lineup is obviously going to be very positive for us."
New York is a season-high 9½ games out of first place in the AL East and 4½ out in the race for the second wild-card spot.
"We're going to be happy to see him back in the lineup, especially the way we've been playing," second baseman Robinson Cano said. "He can come up and help us win some games."
Following Friday night's game, Rodriguez all but said he thought MLB and the Yankees were conspiring to keep him from getting back to the big leagues.
"There is more than one party that benefits from me not ever stepping back on the field. And that's not my teammates and it's not the Yankee fans," said, adding: "When all this stuff is going on in the background and people are finding creative ways to cancel your contract and stuff like that, I think that's concerning for me."
He last played in October, going 3 for 25 (.120) with no RBIs in the playoffs. Rodriguez is owed $8,568,306 of his $28 million salary from Monday through the rest of the season and $86 million for the final four years of his contract with the Yankees. Girardi didn't think A-Rod's arrival would create more turmoil than the Yankees already are used to.
"I don't suspect it'll be awkward. Most of these guys know him as a teammate and have laughed a lot with Alex and been around Alex a lot," he said. "I think it'll be business as usual. I'm sure there will be more media there, obviously, tomorrow, but I think that's probably more for Alex to deal with than the rest of the guys. I don't think it'll be a big deal."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report


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The Amazing Race turned into Austrian Idol for a bit on Sunday, when teams had to sing Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle" with the Vienna Boys Choir. Unfortunately for Oklahoma BFFs Tim and Danny, the former's tone-deafness did them in. "I can't sing, I… Read more


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Throughout her career, the consistently luminous and diverse Naomi Watts has played a gallery of distinctive women, complex and fascinating, but none more so than her portrayal of emotionally detached lawyer Elizabeth who has an affair with her new boss [Samuel L. Jackson] in "Mother and Child".
Speaking at Sundance this year for a few short hours, Watts talked to our correspondent Paul Fischer – who first met the Aussie actress some two decades earlier – in this his final interview for Dark Horizons.
Question: Now was this character very difficult to get into the skin of, because you're based on my knowledge of you, you're nothing like her?
Watts: No. No, but I relate to her feeling of not distrust, because I'm a pretty open and trustworthy person but she's just so wounded. The level and the intensity of her pain is so great, that she doesn't want to connect to anything. Now, when I say " relate" to that, I'm not saying that I'm anything like that. But I understand that some things can hurt so much that it makes you protective. And obviously her level of pain is pretty great.
Question: She says at the beginning of the film, when she's being interviewed for the job by Sam's character, that she considers herself to be very independent. Is she independent, or lonely?
Watts: Both, I think. One – they're synonymous. I think they've – yeah. The whole loneliness has caused independence. And – yeah, she's withdrawn, and the very fact that she starts getting too close to Samuel's character, her boss – it freaks her out. And so she has to run. And obviously she says that in the beginning, and in her first scene in the movie. But she moves wherever she needs to, because she just doesn't want to ever be in danger of connecting, or being seen.
Question: The sexuality of this woman is also treated in a very interesting way. Tell me – that scene with Sam, I've never seen him do anything like that before. What kind of discussions did you have about how that was going to go? Both with him, and with your director?
Watts: There wasn't a huge amount of discussion or rehearsal, although Rodrigo has got lots to say. But the writing was so good. It was so clear. And I just remember seeing that scene, going, " Wow. I've never seen that before on camera. This'll be amazing."
Question: The camera is on you. And it's a very sexual moment, but she's always in control of her sexuality. What goes through your mind when you do a scene like that?
Watts: You have to block out the circus. I mean, that's the first thing. You know, the people around you, because it is. It's very humiliating and obviously such a private moment. But I've done that before with the masturbation scene with David Lynch, and I remember that being equally challenging. But I just thought, " Wow. This woman is – she's extraordinary." And her fear is as great as her courage, and I love that complexity.
Question: What I love about you, and what I continue to love about you, is your fearlessness, which you didn't have, I guess, at the very beginning of your career.
Watts: I didn't have any choices.
Question: Right. Now, you can do whatever you want. Where has that fearlessness come now that you're 41?
Watts: Do you mean in my life, or in my work?
Question: Both.
Watts: Well, I consider myself to be quite a fearful person.
Question: Really?
Watts: But – I'm working on it. But with my work, I feel like – I do have a sense of abandon. I do feel that's the one place I can throw myself into, a sense of courage. And I don't know. I feel safe doing it there. Not in my life.
Question: But you're a Mom, now. So are you fearful in motherhood?
Watts: Oh, I mean – yeah.
Question: — are you fearless?
Watts: It's just – there's always a constant fear of failure. You know, you second-guess yourself all the way. But as long as I'm conscious, and I'm going to be doing my best. But with my work – the fear is, you know, making the right decisions. Once I'm there, I'll try anything. And hopefully the director will hold my hand, doing so. Or – I'm careful in terms of how you pair yourself, with what director. I mean, I think that has a lot to do with it.
Question: Well, as a woman now in her 40s, playing characters like this one, who is still very sexual – it must be very gratifying for you. Because a lot of actresses complain that once they reach a certain age, it might be difficult. You seem to find stiff incredibly rich, wonderfully vibrant women to play.
Watts: Yeah. Oh, thank you. I know those cliches, rules are out there. But I hope to defy them and I feel like the longer the life, the deeper it gets, and the roles should reflect that. And – yeah. I mean, I'm not going to be the ingenue any more, but that's not to say that I can't be a woman that has [LAUGHTER] – a sexy moment.
Question: When you see Liev doing a play, do you wish you would be on that stage?
Watts: Oh, yeah. He makes everyone wish, I think. But – yeah.
Question: Do you want to do a play?
Watts: Yeah. I'd love to. But it has to be the right play.
Question: Would you do one with him?
Watts: I might do one without him first. I'd be too scared. He's so good. But I have to say that it's so evident in this particular play that he – he's brilliant, as he always is. And everybody around him, I think, is brilliant, too. And he sort of elevates people, I think.
QUESTION: Why did you want to do Dream House? Is it because of Jim Sheridan?
Watts: Well, I do quite a few genre films, actually and it is a genre that I'm interested in. I think, obviously, when a script comes to you from Jim Sheridan, it goes to the top of the pile. And already, I had Daniel.
Question: Oh, you'd met him before?
Watts: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. A few times and so those are two really top marks – kind of people. You know, those elements are good, and very alluring. And then I read the script. It's a really good script. It's a support role. And there's another good female support role.
Question: But it's a psychological thriller.
Watts: Yeah.
Question: And you're?
Watts: I'm a neighbor.
Question: Oh, you're a neighbor.
Watts: Yeah.
Question: Are you a good neighbor, or a bad neighbor?
Watts: It's a mystery, this one. I probably have to have a talk with a marketing person, because it's one of those films that has major twists, and if you say anything you'll give it away, kind of thing. If you say too much.
Question: What about The Birds? Is that ever going to happen?
Watts: That's a really good question. [LAUGHTER] Speak to my agent, you know what I mean?
Question: It's the same studio.
Watts: Yeah. I seem to do everything at Universal, yeah.
Question: I mean, everyone's still wanting to know if that movie's ever going to get made.
Watts: I know. I don't know. Everything's like – a big question right now, in terms of, is it getting made?
Question: What else are you planning on doing?
Watts: I'm in talks with another movie about that's going to go at the end of the year. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to officially say it yet, but it's a good one.
Question: Is it a studio film?
Watts: No, independent.
Question: And are you able to find the balance between motherhood and work?
Watts: Yes. Do you know what – no matter what, mothers will always punish themselves if they work. And – am I around enough? And – you know, last year I did three films, two of which were ten and 12 days. And then one big one, Fair Game. And I still have six months off, in a row. It was – you know. And even – you know, our job is the best job. Our kids go everywhere with us, and they're in and out of the trailers. And so – you know, and then my – I see my sister-in-law, who does a nine to five job, actually – probably, you know, more than nine to five. It's at least ten hours a day. And she gets to see her daughter two hours in the morning, and then she's asleep at night when she comes home. So – you know, we don't have that. We see and spend more time with our kids, probably, than the average person.
Question: What's Fair Game?
Watts: That one's about Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson.
Question: Now you play Valerie Plame. How was that experience?
Watts: It was great.
Question: Did you do a lot of research?
Watts: Yeah, I did have to do a lot of research, but it came about very, very quickly. Meaning, I basically had my baby, and then I got a call, saying, " Do you want to do this movie?"
Question: And working with Sean again, obviously must be very thrilling.
Watts: Always.
Question: You keep each other on your best game, I'm sure.
Watts: Yeah. Yeah, he does.


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People with college degrees make $1 million more over their careers than people without, and they are less likely to be unemployed. So if we open college doors to everyone, the country will be better off.
So goes the defense for the grand expansion—in price and in volume—of the higher education business over the past few decades. Is it possible that the premise is just wrong? In that case the producers of education have perpetrated a fraud on the rest of us.
It's a clever fraud, built around a subtle logical flaw called the fallacy of composition. That is the fallacy that has you thinking a phenomenon true for any one person or thing can be simultaneously true for every person or thing. The classic illustration of the fallacy goes like this: One person can see better at the ballgame by standing up, so if everybody in the stadium stands up they will all see better.
If one person can better his lot in life by getting a B.A., it does not follow that the economy will be stronger when everyone has a B.A. To see what's going on, imagine that the country's 140 million jobs are ranked by the extent to which they demand verbal and numerical skills. At the top, math professor; at the bottom, janitor.
Average pay in the top half is higher than average pay in the bottom half. There is, of course, great variation within each group: The more academic one has adjunct professorships paying $15,000 and the less academic one has baseball jobs at $15 million. But averages are what matter here.
IN PHOTOS: The 15 Most Valuable College Majors
Now consider another feature of American life, that employers usually don't give ability tests to their applicants. Either they have lawyers telling them they can't or they are just squeamish. If they want to select for intellectual skills they must resort to a proxy measure. A degree serves that purpose. If half the people in the work force have a bachelor's degree and half don't, the half with the degree are going to wind up with most of the jobs in the upper half of our list.
College graduation is an imperfect measure of ability. Some brilliant entrepreneurs struggle with school because of dyslexia. Some clunkers from well-connected families wind up with Ivy League credentials and get to be president of something. But, absent a better sorting mechanism, the degree will influence who gets ahead.
This credentialing business can go on even in the absence of any subject matter connection between the school course and the job. A first in classics at Oxford or Cambridge used to be the entry ticket to a plum job in the British foreign service, not because fluency in Latin would come in handy, but because it was an indicator of intelligence.
In a country where half the population went to college, would it pay for one person to borrow money and struggle to get a degree? Maybe. It might get him out of the car wash and into an accounts receivable job. It does not follow, however, that if everyone goes to college then everyone will wind up with a top-half job.
Politicians declare that in a land of opportunity, everyone should go to college. The egalitarianism behind this notion is hard to fault. After all, there is going to be some unfairness in a system that has only half the population getting a four-year degree. There will be rich kids who land legacy slots at fancy colleges, poor kids who fall behind while attending rotten elementary schools.
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But an everyone-goes system is hugely wasteful. Richard Vedder, an Ohio University economist who helps run the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, cites this interesting statistic: 115,000 janitor jobs in the U.S. are held by people with bachelor's degrees. He says economic output would be higher if the federal government didn't take quite so many 18- to 22-year-olds out of the workforce and send them off to college on Pell grants.
Charles Murray, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, thinks that the four-year bachelor's degree has turned into something of a farce. Many of the students attending college shouldn't be there, he has written. Many of the courses do nothing to make the student more valuable to an employer. Why not junk the B.A. and replace it with a system of certification (in programming skills, for example)? The Educational Testing Service (the SAT outfit) could make a nice business of this.
Murray is controversial because he takes the intellectual stratification of our society as a given. This sort of thinking conflicts with politicians' egalitarian pronouncements. But egalitarianism that doesn't deliver job skills doesn't make lives better.
If thinkers like Vedder and Murray had more sway, some of the kids struggling with algebra in high school would be studying welding or car mechanics instead, and many of the ones whiling away four years on liberal arts courses would be studying nursing or software instead.
For company in misery, unemployed liberal arts grads can take note that in this unforgiving economy a sheepskin from even an elite school doesn't guarantee career success. Someone recently forwarded to me an ad that was posted on the electronic bulletin board for parents at a prestigious private school in Manhattan. Here it is, with names and some other details omitted:
My sister recommended a close friend and former classmate at Harvard who is looking for babysitting jobs in the NYC area. He studied psychology and graduated in 2011, and is currently working part-time as an intern in Midtown. He is a caring, gentle guy and is absolutely great with children.
If he didn't get a scholarship the poor fellow must have spent $190,000 on that Harvard degree.


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My blog is free flowing...lately gardening but you never know what you'll find me pondering. And I digress frequently. I have a love for plants, nature, animals (especially my dog), family and friends. I am interested in any and everything, and I love, love, love living in Florida. To borrow the description of Cannon Ball from some of our dear friends, my home is Jumangi, complete with birds at the entrance and plants everywhere. Enjoy.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Lost Camera
And while I was gone, I returned to find a glorious cattelya blooming. It's a deep red, large bloomed orchid. What a delight. I hope it lasts until I get my camera. Of course, some of you may have heard me say I want to get a real camera, which I kept telling myself I really needed all weekend. Could this ordeal of being without one be the selling point that forces me out to get one?
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- Meems said...
So sorry to hear you left your camera. I started blogging with the oldest digital camera imaginable. When I look back at some of those photos I realize that little camera worked hard. I let my grandkids use it now and it still takes decent shots.
Yay for the orchid... always fun to come to new blooms.
Did you get to see hubby while you were up there?
- September 8, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- NanaK said...
Leaving your camera behind and finding that orchid bloom sounds like the perfect mix for frustration. I think it is definitely a sign that you should buy the camera you want. :)
- September 9, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Brando said...
Meems-my camera is a hard worker, and I'll be happy to have it in my hands again. Perhaps you will see from the pending posts (awaiting the photos from VA) that I'm learning how to take better photos, which has suddenly made my camera better quality. Ha! Amazing what happens when you learn how to "use" something. I did get to see hubby. That was the best part.
NanaK-I agree. While I was in West Virginia this week, all I could think was how badly I needed my camera. It's a beautiful state as well, and they have landscaped downtown Charleston, WV with bright flowing flowers everywhere! I was delighted. The camera will come, but marketing departments for companies make decision-making so difficult. I need a camera pro to guide me.
- September 10, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- ChrisC said...
Go buy the new camera.You'll be happier.Even tho,photographers(the REAL ones)say it's the photographer,not the camera.
And yea! for the orchids!
- September 12, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Dr. Wifey said...
yep, time to get that "real" camera :) you will be so glad you did!
- September 14, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Ami said...
Brando: Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment! Glad to know another Florida garden blogger!
My husband was the one who loves taking the photograph, so he has a nice one. Since I started the blogging, I always used his, and it did give me the better photos. At least for a beginner like me, a better camera does make a difference :)
Looking forward to seeing your orchid picture once you get your camera.
- September 15, 2010 at 11:57 PM


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Eartags are an easy way to permanently identify each goat in your herd. Unlike tattoos, you can read them without actually having to catch the goat. Unfortunately, unlike tattoos, they can break and fall out of the goat's ear. Before you put in the eartag, be sure to record what eartag number you are assigning to the goat.
Load the proper number into the eartag applicator.
Restrain you goat kid in a disbudding crate or wrapped in a towel or by holding it like this. Older goats will need to be straddled and their head pressed against your attendant's thigh.
Locate the area you want to eartag. Be sure to go between the large veins in your goat's ears. The veins are located in the large creases in the ear. Try to put the tattoo near the center of the ear where it will be less likely to catch on things and get yanked out.
Position the eartagger over the area you have selected and give it a strong squeeze. If the eartag has two parts be sure the top and bottom parts are on the correct sides of the ear before you squeeze.
Eartagging causes about as much pain as getting your own ears pierced. Goat kids will want the comfort of their dam or a bottle of milk after the eartagging is finished.
When you are done, you will have an easy-to-read identification number on your goat that can be used for herd records and health certificates.


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Sunday, 4 January 2009
A little bit of nonsense
I love this site - normally it's not cake related but this one was too funny not to mention. I should explain to the uninitiated that the site invites readers to provide captions for photos of cats, the funniest is displayed on the photo:
more animals
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Posted by The Caked Crusader at 17:26
Labels: comedy
4 comments:
- Rhiannon said...
that is a very good LOLcat indeed
this is one of my faves (though it is a dog rather than cat) and has inspired a wave of nose booping ever since. You have been warned...
- 4 January 2009 at 17:45
- Patty O. said...
Cute. I wanted to tell you that I made that decadent chocolate cake that you made for your birthday. Made it for my own birthday right before Christmas and it was divine. My husband couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I think it is my new favorite!
- 5 January 2009 at 03:47
- Amanda at Little Foodies said...
We love that site too. My children can look at it for ages, normally in stitches as we try to do the accents that we think will go with the words.
- 5 January 2009 at 13:39
- Holler said...
That's a good one CC :)
- 5 January 2009 at 18:18
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It's always nice to take traditional family photos to commemorate special occasions.
|Here's a lovely shot of me, my mom, my sister, & my niece.
|Why take a nice picture when you can just make crazy faces at each other. Although, Lala is still trying for that perfect family shot. Come on, Lala, make a silly face already!
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|Normal is so last year...
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American Academy of Ophthalmology Retina Panel. Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines. Posterior vitreous detachment, retinal breaks, and lattic degeneration. San Francisco, Ca: American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2013. Accessed August 29, 2013.
Connolly BP, Regillo CD. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology on DVD-ROM - 2013 Edition. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013: vol 3, chap 27.
Wolfe JD, Williams GA. Techniques of scleral buckling. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology on DVD-ROM - 2013 Edition. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013: vol 6, chap 59.
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migya wrote:TMC wrote:migya wrote:xbay wrote:I saw on ESPN(trying to find a link) that Pat Riley "expects" the Heat to re-sign Dwyane Wade and that he didn't rule out the possibility of coaching next season.
Well, for one... I doubt Wade returns unless they land Amare or some other big star. And two, return to coaching? Really?
Riley is a real gold digger of sorts. He probably sees the Heat signing a player like aamre and thus having a much better chance of being a winning team and now he wants to be the coach
A bit old, but what I've heard is that Wade has promised to stay in Miami if they sign Amare, Bosh or Boozer, and that the agent of one of those guys has told the Heat he's gonna sign there if Riley's the coach... Just saying.
There you go then. Riley is a gold digger and looks like being the coach again, but even with one of the mentioned star bigs you said, the Heat could still be nothing more than 50-55 wins, out in the second round material. The rest of that team really needs to be looked at and much changed
That's a top 4 team in the east, buddy. And the rest of the team would be totally different, anyway. They barely have three guys under contract for next year.


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Personally looking forward to seeing Sazabi in there. It's already proven Lancelot will be in there, now how about Guren? All it says is R2... That is no answer.
Online play would be great, never played SRW before, I've heard alot about it though. Now only if they could put Esacaflowne in there. But i'll be out on my own hopefully soon, in the city. So maybe if there is online play, maybe i'll fight some of you guys.
Gundam Justice
That's how it goes with me. Looking forward to it xD
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Been waiting for an chance to play in an game with the mechs in Code Geass for quite some time. For it to be featured in A.C.E is an dream can true especially on the PS3. Going to reserve my copy at play-asia.com once its becomes available. Nice to see Macross in as well.
I still need to import Hokuto Musou. Haven't let since you never know Koei might bring it over to the states. I imported Gundam Musou then it came over, wasted my money.
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Wow, I am so shocked! I seriously though ACE 3 was the last in the series, but I always hoped they'd make more of them! Not to mention there's so many good series this time around, I hope it turns out to be the best one yet!
Incidentally, is it just me, or does it seem like some members of the SRW Z team are involved in this? The series list is mostly similar to SRW Z.
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You can't really tell who are the production teams, but one thing you can tell is which are the series that Banpresto now has access to, namely Code Geass and Macross Frontier.
This means that they are ready to include these series in the next SRW.
Majority of the series featured in this game does indeed come from SRWZ, this could be because they are popular, which made them decide to release this game.
|2010-04-07, 18:32
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Ah, that's true as well. You're right, this is a sign that they're ready to include them in the new series (maybe they'll wait one more year or something so that their "three year rule" can be accomplished for Code Geass.) because IIRC, Eureka Seven and Overman King Gainer showed up in ACE 3 before their debut in SRWZ. This just makes me even more excited for the next "big" SRW game.
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Looks to me like they learned their lesson from ACE3 and have decided to go for a shorter mech list that will all get story precedency. This isn't SRW after all; these are 3D full-action battles in large fields with dynamic movement as opposed to flatboard strategy game fields with "still figures" performing limited 2D-ish actions, thereby using more disc memory.
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@3rd screenshot: What is that behind the Z-01 Lancelot? It has a float unit but it's black. It looks different from the Shinkiro's float system, it's also showing up red on the map...
Lancelot, Destiny... and Nu. Great, hypocrisy and naive ideology is going to be abundant.
I also see Zakus and Sutherlands being fodder.. Well, that's understandable. Though it takes four Sutherlands to do what a single Zaku can do.
I see plenty of red and gold. None of it being the red and gold I want to see. The slow internet isn't helping either. Is the 5th and 8th screenshot down? Can't load them.
Judging from how large scale the battlefields look, and the graphics overall... This will probably eat up a good deal of memory. That is excluding the high-CG cutscenes and regular cutscenes.
Let's hope the gameplay isn't laggy. The crosshairs seem pretty nifty, though I have prior experience of them getting in my way more then helping.
The repetoire shouldn't be too big, because then it would probably just get too big, too annoying, and too hectic. Trying to fit everything in there sounds hard enough.
I can already see it. Gundams and Arm Slaves going to war with the Knightmare Frame side because they want the Sakuradite. Sounds plausible to me at least.
|2010-04-09, 11:29
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Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
The lance tells me its a flying Gloucester, I guess you can just add a float unit to any KMF.
Pic 5 is Orguss and 8 is VF-0A.
A.C.E has the best air and space battles, not sure how they can make ground battles as good. Especially since the game emphasises on high speed, which the ground units can't really pull off.
|2010-04-09, 11:39
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Gloucester? Cool. Though I already know about the Float System thing. Although I still can't tell it's a gloucester... Damn my bad eyesight.
I can see the majority of the Shots being taken during flight of some sort. It is very good in terms of open air/open space battle.
It would be sin if they didn't make Lambda or Guren available. Even more so if they add Nu and not Sazabi.
They are still developing it, so let's stay positive and hope we get the majority of our favorite mechs...
...Like Guren.
|2010-04-10, 07:17
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Malaysia
You saw it & boring?
Everybody say this is best game ever, and you say boring?
|2010-04-10, 07:32
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 31
|2010-04-10, 09:04
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Join Date: Jun 2004
i want Front Mission too!!! but friggin Squeenix didnt even translate the last series so yah... it'll be a long long time before we ll ever get another FM brought out of japan. They are making a mechwarrior style FM though but i m not keen on that.
Looking at some of the screen shots, the code geass models doesnt seem to be on par with others. Feels like the texture is a bit lacking in details. Hope that get sorted out later on.
|2010-04-10, 09:16
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For PV's pic (I think)
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|2010-04-10, 09:21
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
The Geass units lack details because of their size and design, they are not really the most detailed mecha around.
They don't have lots of seams, mechanical details, decals and stuff and they can pass it off with their small size. The Gundams are almost 4 times their height with much more surface area needing details and Aquarion is about 10 times, giving lots of room for details.
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Bettina Coley Denson Joins Cast of Beautiful Soup Theater's SHADES OF BLUE
Beautiful Soup has announced that Bettina Coley will replace the previously announced Carol Sims as Billie Holiday's mother, Sadie Fagan, in SHADES OF BLUE: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF LADY DAY... The play marks Denson's Beautiful Soup debut, in which she'll appear opposite her husband Ron Denson, who plays Holiday's final husband Louis McKay.
After Beautiful Soup Theater's acclaimed and sold-out production of Little Wars in April, they proudly present the last two works in Steven Carl McCasland's trilogy examining women in the arts. Complete casting for both plays has been announced.
Beginning on August 27th, What Was Lost will run in repertory with Shades of Blue: The Decline and Fall of Lady Day at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. McCasland is a rising voice in the world of theatre. Critics have called his plays "fascinating", "powerful", "outstanding", "heartbreaking" and "magical". After their acclaimed and sold-out production of Little Wars in April, Beautiful Soup is proud to present the last two works in a trilogy. The first play, Little Wars, imagined an evening between some of the greatest literary minds in history at the height of the Second World War.
After a six-year hiatus, beloved stage actress Laurette Taylor returns to the stage in McCasland's What Was Lost. For the first time in nearly a decade, she takes to the stage sober. Chronicling her process from the first rehearsal of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie through her legendary first performance as Amanda Wingfield, What Was Lost is a piercing look at the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive. Joining Gehling are Pennylynn White (previously seen as Alice B. Toklas in Little Wars) as Laurette Taylor and Paul Thomas Ryan as Tennessee Williams. Also featured are Colin Fisher (Liliom), Kimberly Faye Greenberg (Little Wars, One Night With Fanny Brice), Brian Piehl and Renee Heitmann.
In Shades Of Blue: The Decline and Fall Of Lady Day, McCasland takes a searing look at the final years of Billie Holiday's life. The intermission-less memory play chronicles Lady Day's sordid history of sexual, alcohol and drug abuse. Gardenias rarely survive the winter. Join Lady Day as she prepares to take her final bow .As previously announced, Suzanne Froix stars as the tortured but talented Holiday. She is joined by Kristen Gehling as Tallulah Bankhead and Orlando Iriarte as Joe Glaser. Ron Denson will appear as Louis McKay, Holiday's final husband, with Alana Inez and Bettina Coley Denson as women from her past.
The plays begin their limited engagement at The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre on August 27th and will run through September 7th, 2014. Beautiful Soup is best known for reviving lost or oft-forgotten works, but occasionally presents workshops of new plays and musicals. For full performance schedule, visit www.beautifulsouptheatercollective.org.
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre is located at 312 West 36th Street on the second floor. Tickets for both productions ($18) are available at ShowClix now by visiting: http://beautifulsoup.showclix.com. Marathon day tickets are also available for a reduced rate of $15 per show.
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WORCESTER, Mass. – MIT men's soccer closed out its regular season with a win against Clark, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon, securing the fifth and final spot in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship. Sophomore John Kramer (Glastonbury, Conn.) scored the game-winning goal off a penalty kick eight minutes into the first half. The Engineers are now 11-4-1 for the season and 2-3-1 in conference play, while the Cougars dipped to 8-10 for the season and 0-6 in NEWMAC games.
With a one-goal advantage in the first half, the Engineers continued to play aggressively; they outshot the Cougars, 9-6, but only three of them needed to be saved by keeper Ryan King. Freshman goalie Jake Amereno (Commack, N.Y.) also made three saves, all within the first 14 minutes of play. In the 25th minute, senior Ben Lewis (West Hartford, Conn.) broke through the defense and fired a shot at King, who was able to push the ball over the crossbar. With 30 ticks left on the clock, sophomore Alexander Dago (Chicago, Ill.) gathered a loose ball out in front of the net and shot past King, giving MIT a 2-0 lead over Clark going into the second half.
Just five minutes into the second period, sophomore Nick Diamantoni (Belle Mead, N.J.) scored his fourth goal of the season following a cross from freshman Sean Bingham (Garden City, N.Y.). MIT, again, outshot the Cougars, 7-4, and both King and Amereno had to only make one save. When the remaining 45 minutes finally ran out, the Engineers were left victorious with a score of 3-0.
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide -- Troubleshooting VLANs
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This article describes how to troubleshoot VLANs.
Information About Troubleshooting VLANs
VLANs provide a method of isolating devices that are physically connected to the same network but are logically considered to be part of different LANs that do not need to be aware of one another.
You should use only the following characters in a VLAN name:
- a through z or A through Z
- 0 through 9
- - (hyphen) or _ (underscore)
Follow these guidelines when configuring VLANs:
- Keep user traffic off the management VLAN; keep the management VLAN separate from user data.
- You can apply different Quality of Service (QoS) configurations to primary, isolated, and community VLANs.
- To apply output VACLs to all outgoing private VLAN traffic, map the secondary VLANs on the Layer 3 VLAN interface of the primary VLAN and then configure the VACLs on the SVI of the primary VLAN.
- VACLs that apply to the Layer 3 VLAN interface of a primary VLAN automatically apply to the associated isolated and community VLANs.
- If you do not map the secondary VLAN to the Layer 3 VLAN interface of the primary VLAN, you can have different VACLs for primary and secondary VLANs.
- Because traffic in private VLANs flow in different directions, you can have different VACLs for ingressing traffic and different VACLs for egressing traffic.
|We recommend that you keep the same VACLs for the primary VLAN and all secondary VLANs in the private VLAN.
- You can enable DHCP snooping on private VLANs. When you enable DHCP snooping on the primary VLAN, it is propagated to the secondary VLANs. If you configure DHCP on a secondary VLAN, the configuration does not take effect if the primary VLAN is already configured.
- You can configure IEEE 802.1X port-based authentication on a private VLAN port, but do not configure 802.1X with port security or per-user ACL on private VLAN ports.
- 802.1X works with private VLANs, but the 802.1X dynamic VLAN assignment or the guest VLAN assignment does not work with private VLANs.
- IGMP runs only on the primary VLAN and uses the configuration of the primary VLAN for all secondary VLANs.
- Any IGMP join request in the secondary VLAN is treated as if it is received in the primary VLAN.
- Private VLANs support these Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) features:
- You can configure a private VLAN port as a SPAN source port.
- You can use VLAN-based SPAN (VSPAN) on primary, isolated, or community VLANs or use SPAN on only one VLAN to separately monitor egress or ingress traffic.
- Do not configure a remote SPAN (RSPAN) VLAN as a private VLAN primary or secondary VLAN.
- A private VLAN host or promiscuous port cannot be a SPAN destination port. If you configure a SPAN destination port as a private VLAN port, the port becomes inactive.
- A destination SPAN port cannot be an isolated port. (However, a source SPAN port can be an isolated port.)
- You can configure SPAN to span both primary and secondary VLANs or, alternatively, to span either one if the user is interested only in ingress or egress traffic.
- A MAC address learned in a secondary VLAN is placed in the shared table of the primary VLAN. When the secondary VLAN is associated to the primary VLAN, their MAC address tables are merged into one, shared MAC table.
Initial Troubleshooting Checklist
Troubleshooting a VLAN problem involves gathering information about the configuration and connectivity of individual devices and the entire network. Begin your troubleshooting VLAN issues by checking the following issues first:
|Check off
Verify the physical connectivity for any problem ports or VLANs.
Verify that you have both end devices in the same VLAN.
The following CLI commands are used to display VLAN information:
- show vlan vlan-id
- show vlan private-vlan
- show vlan all-ports
- show vlan private-vlan
- show vlan private-vlan type
- show interface vlan vlan-id private-vlan mapping
- show tech-support vlan
VLAN Issues
This section includes symptoms and solutions for VLAN issues.
You Cannot Create a VLAN
You may have a problem when creating a VLAN.
|Possible Cause
|You cannot create a VLAN.
There are not enough resources in the virtual device context (VDC).
Use the show vdc resource vlan command to determine how many unused VLANs that you can configure. If this value is 0, log in as network-admin and use the limit-resource command in VDC configuration mode to add more VLAN resources to this VDC.
You are using a reserved VLAN ID.
VLANs 3968 to 4047 and 4094 are reserved for internal use in each VDC; you cannot change or use these reserved VLANs.
You Cannot Create a PVLAN
You may experience issues creating a private VLAN (PVLAN).
|Possible Cause
You cannot create a PVLAN.
The PVLAN feature is not enabled.
Use the feature pvlan command to enable the PVLAN feature.
The VLAN Interface is Down
You may have a problem when configuring VLAN interfaces.
|Possible Cause
|The VLAN interface is down.
The VLAN does not exist.
Use the show vlan command to determine if the VLAN exists. Use the vlan command to create the VLAN.
No interfaces on the VLAN are in the STP forwarding state.
Use the show vlan internal vlan-info command to check the operating state of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). Configure STP so that at least one interface goes into the STP forwarding state.
One or more services prevented the VLAN interface from coming up.
Use the show vlan internal vlan-info command to determine the state of the VLAN interface. If the state is oper-es, use the show tech-support interface vlan command to gather more information.
The VLAN is a secondary VLAN.
Use the show vlan internal vlan-info command to determine the state of the VLAN interface. Change the VLAN to a primary or user VLAN.
The interface is in the wrong VRF.
Use the show vrf interface command to determine the interface that the VLAN interface is assigned to.
See Also
Before Contacting Technical Support
Further Reading
The following links contain further information on this topic from Cisco.com:
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide
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|2007-12-08, 19:11
|Link #1
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
Marina's Gallery
Welcome to my gallery!
I've been doing sigs for several months now, since about....December of 2007. Since then, I've branched out to trying out avatars, banners, and extractions (vectoring may happen some day...). Take your time browsing through my creations and thank you for visiting!
I like doing requests, so please feel free to hit me up with some nice quality images and I'll see what I can do! Also, if anyone wants to use any of my sigs/avatars, please ask permission first.
If you're looking for the Box Avatars, please click here.
NOTE: Ripping is BAD! May you be cursed with head lice if you so much as attempt to claim what is not yours as your own!
Spoiler for Signatures:
Spoiler for Banners:
Spoiler for Collaborations:
Spoiler for Avatars:
Spoiler for Renders:
* indicates it as a request
Unless indicated, all renders used are done by other artists. Thank you for letting me use them!
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|2007-12-08, 20:29
|Link #2
Join Date: Jul 2007
Age: 30
Not bad for a beginner
I'm liking the dango one :P
A thing I noticed is that some of the renders you've used are a bit too sharp and kinda well, don't blend together with the background very well. But otherwise yesh, not bad for a beginner
|2007-12-09, 19:22
|Link #5
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
|2007-12-12, 10:28
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Hail pork!
Graphic Designer
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Silicon Valley
Hey there Marina, it's been a while... so lets see what you have up:
I see you're starting to use more filters... and in this sig it appears to be bevel and emboss for the bg. Not a bad touch although your render is a bit sharp. When you're constraining renders, try changing your setting to bicubic smoother so you won't get the sharpness quality that you have now. Colors and lighting look appropriate for the presentation you have there. If it weren't for the overly sharp render, I would say this would be your best one out of the lot. Good job.
Interesting bg you have on this sig. It's quite lively for its mysterious color which is a plus. Text style looks complimentary so I'll give you a plus on that. 3px border looks great to line up the canvas. Renders are a bit sharp as well but not too much. I would change the color of the guy's shirt to compliment the rest of the presentation. Take the blur tool @ 30% and feather on the outline of the renders so they can blend in a bit more. It's a nice compilation Marina... good job, I really liked the bg on this one.
I won't speak too much on this one but what's nice is that the whole presentation is very soft which goes well while she's licking her ice cream. Colors are complimentary to the mint chip that she's working on so that's a great addition to the presentation. Your name text a is a bit small but what's cool is that it does match up with your vector brushing. Hmmm, I wonder what's going on with your renders... this one is also sharp. I need to know what you're doing because it's consistant so far with the renders I've seen in your work. Back to the siggy... your border has the perfect complimentary color which is outstanding and render coloring is a plus.
Sharpness on the render is still too much and this time, the contrast is a bit high. Might want to tone that down a bit. Text could probably a bit more thicker than what you have there just because it's almost the same size as your vector brushing. I like the render, it's kawaii but just with those fixes and your presentation should be fine.
LoL, I like this one, it's simple and it's cool. All I would recommend on this one is to change out the text color to a more complimenting color. That wasn't too bad was it?
I enjoyed looking at the bg. Looks like just her face with some render coloring applied which looks nice. You can't go wrong with that style of coloring. Text looks nice with the glow which compliments the outter glow of your render. I would recommend a better blending method and careful with making your render sharp looking. Either than that, it's a fine piece of work.
It's a filmography for this render lol... well all I can say is that the border closes this canvas off perfectly fine. I can't say too much about the rest of your work on this sig but it's simple.
I believe this is one of your oldest sigs and might have been a request but all I would recommend on this one is applying a drop shadow to your main render and easing off the drop shadows on your sub renders and text.
It's hard for me to fully critique because I'm at work right now lol... but for starters, this should be good for now. You've come a long way from when you started Marina. Keep practicing and taking up request. You'll improve more when you're taking up request. Not only will you be honing out your skills but broadening your horizons by applying new techniques on requests. Of course if you need help on anything, let me know what's up.
|2007-12-12, 22:49
|Link #7
Falling for Ginsama ^3^
Graphic Designer
Marina>> cool, u have been steadily getting better at sig making ^__^
from what I c Iike that sig request u did with that game pic. ^^b
good job with it.
although redundant in critique I will just reemphasize what Wing said, that sig is a nice piece or work, all u need to do is not get the render so sharp. other then that I love what U have done with that sig. =D
*gives cookie* XD
|2007-12-13, 00:34
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~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
It's funny, but I don't even play that game and it's one of my favorites just because it was fun to make and the artwork is so cute!
(off topic: checked out your thread and I really like your sigs as well!)
|2007-12-13, 09:25
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The endless sky
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Oosutoraria
Age: 28
Oooh. Wow.
I'm seeing some very lovely works here, Marina. ^^
You have good contrasting skills with renders and the bg. You nailed some of the texts, too!
The only real problem is those sharp renders, but that can be easily fixed. I pretty much like all your bg on the sigs, they are really something.You have some sort of 'Soft' type of sigs going on here. I like, I like!
Keep it up, and I hope you get rid of the sharpness thing going on. xD
Everyone loves cookies. Yeahh~?
*Gives cookie*
|2007-12-14, 04:14
|Link #13
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
I really do love the whole "soft" look though, just wish I could make it work out better.
|2007-12-17, 11:45
|Link #14
hiatus almost permanent
Join Date: Apr 2007
Literary wanderlust? I am actually going to hope you'd write something because your user title intrigued me to check out your gallery =) Writers are hard to come by here. ^^"
Your sigs are generally not bad, ;D but work on the rendering and contrast xD
|2007-12-20, 17:38
|Link #15
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
New request sig, made it a funky size to fit the piano in alright:
|2007-12-21, 00:32
|Link #17
Hail pork!
Graphic Designer
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Silicon Valley
All in all, it's a very simple and clean presentation which is great. I'm a big fan of music, musical instruments and piano pieces. I used to play competitively in classical music so I have a great respect for the piano. Just a side note, I'm listening to some great piano pieces from Kanon. If you haven't watched that anime, then it's a must see. It's actually Kanon 2006. The album is an all piano album from the anime and it's fantastic. Keep up the great work Marina. You're doing a terrific job and I'm glad to see you excel in photoshop. You've started with baby steps, passed the crawling stage and now walking with your head up high. Again, keep up the terrific job and I look forward to seeing more of your work. Your job is to excel past my work. Happy holidays!
|2007-12-21, 03:59
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hiatus almost permanent
Join Date: Apr 2007
But with regards to the sig I think the piano should be larger. Large enough to see the keys- because the sig looks a bit fat, when it should be more elegant (read: smaller width, greater length). That's just my amateurish opinion, though. =x
|2007-12-21, 08:12
|Link #20
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
I softened up the bevel/emboss and I moved my name down and over, but the title...AUGHHHH! I sortof cheated w/ it and went the lazy way w/o properly extracting its render and so every time I try to blend it in better, you notice a definite rectangle around the whole evil thing I'm about to toss my hands up in bafflement! What do you find to be the easiest way to extract renders? I went through the as tutorials, like the whole quick mask and pen thingy, but I started out with the good ol' eraser.
As to music:
Spoiler for off-topic!:
Oh, and as a note, I was so horrified when I read the first two sentences of your comment, I immediately looked up at the sig to see what disaster I had created and then felt much more relieved after reading the rest of your comment How scary the effect of the words from my signature sempai Wing!
Spoiler for Off-topic once again:
Oh! And just for fun for one of my favorite movies of all time, a crop!:
(Will be unable to create sigs for the 3 weeks of xmas break, but I'll still browse and comment)
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In the first year of the mission, an increase of 446 per cent in construction of toilets was observed, as compared to the pre-SBM period of 2014-15, according to reports. And, 35 districts and about 1 lakh villages are targeted to be declared open defecation free. Reports point out that, claiming to be the biggest mass mobilisation in history, the Swachh Bharat Mission focuses on changing behaviour rather than just on construction of toilets.
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Hall, S and Oliver, C and Murphy, G (2001) The early development of self-injurious behaviour: an empirical study. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 106. pp. 189-199.
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Whitecaps FC 1, Toronto FC 0
Gershon Koffie's goal in the 60th minute lifted the Vancouver
Whitecaps to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday in the
teams' season opener.
Koffie helped the Whitecaps win their opener for the third year
in a row. He scored following some beautiful passing shortly after
Vancouver took control of the play.
The Whitecaps won their first-ever MLS game against Toronto in
2011 and beat Montreal in last year's opener en route to becoming
the first Canadian team to qualify for the league playoffs.
The loss spoiled the debut of new Toronto coach Ryan Nelsen, a
recently retired English Premier League star and New Zealand
international, who has undertaken several lineup changes in a bid
to improve the team's 10th place finish in the Eastern Conference
last year.


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With a week left in the season, the Huddersfield Giants have won the League Leader's Shield in the Super League.
The Giants won the shield in convincing fashion after a 40-0 win over financially struggling Wakefield Wildcats. The win represents the first time the Giants have been atop the table in 81 years, and is their first bit of silverware since 1962.
The Giants finished the game with an almost perfect tackle completion percentage and their first shutout of the season. The win also takes their unbeaten record to eight games, their most since 2007.
Tries came in the game from Chan (6,27) Murphy (42) McGilvary (46, 71) and Lunt (80). Brough added goals to five of the six scores (6,27,46,71,80).
Indeed, captain Danny Brough was in great form in-front of the largest crowd at the John Smith's Stadium this season. He has been at the forefront of the Giants campaign and is now a shoe-in for the Super League man of steel award.
The Wildcats face a difficult off-season having already sold star player Tim Smith to try and ease the financial strain on the club. They have this week announced a new club chairman to help with the finances.
The Giants now head into the play-offs and will face whoever finishes in 4th position. That will be decided next week when the Leeds Rhinos face the Wigan Warriors to decide who takes third place in the table and a home leg in the playoffs, and who takes the more difficult rout of playing the newly crowned League Leaders
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