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Why is Noah Davis, a Patriots fan, watching a stream of the Cleveland Browns game from India?
TRIVANDRUM, India — I'm sitting in a hotel room, trying too hard to locate a pirated Internet feed for an NFL game that shouldn't matter to me.
Ten and a half time zones away, the Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) and the Cleveland Browns (4-8) are battling. I'm a Patriots fan, so this game means virtually nothing. I suppose there are some playoff implications, but they are nothing I can't find in 10 seconds on the Internet tomorrow morning. This is destined to be yet another 60 minutes of bad football in a season marred by awfulness.
I should be sleeping after 36 hours in transit. Or preparing to run the film festival I'm here to present. It starts in 120 minutes, and I know appalling few of the details.
Instead: Where the hell is pixilated Colt McCoy?
This is all my roommate's fault.
He cares about the Browns in a way that only fans of perpetual losers can. I mean this as a compliment. Supporting New England is easy. They win. A lot. I, we, the fans have no bearing on the outcome, but we pat ourselves on the back and bask in the glory nonetheless. This isn't obnoxiousness; it's reality. I refuse to apologize for an excellent franchise. But still, making the playoffs virtually every year, watching Tom Brady to Randy Moss/Wes Welker/Rob Gronkowski, seeing the ageless Kevin Faulk, etc., is simple.
Sure, the defense frequently plays like the Gatorade jugs are filled with Boston Lager, but 10-3. And yes, that loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl was my single worst night in New York City, but crushing defeats in the Super Bowl require actually reaching the Super Bowl. (Plus: 2001 and 2004, and the rest of "The Boston Decade.") Life could be much worse.
Our eyes drift west toward the Cuyahoga. The game against the Steelers, a regular season one in early December, doubles as the Browns' Super Bowl (National TV!), so it's my roommate's as well. When the playoffs aren't an option after Week 6, you create new ones.
It's infectious.
At first, I watched Browns games for my own personal amusement, to see how they would destroy yet another chance to win. For a while, it was amusing. (This may sound sadistic, but let's be honest: rooting for the Browns week after week is an exercise in sadism and masochism. I was an innocent observer.)
The 2011 Browns don't just lose, they lose in epic, comical ways. For three quarters, they reel in the same fanbase that swore them off the previous Sunday in a profanity-laced tirade but returned for kickoff because that's what you do. The team hangs around, hangs around, hangs around. Phil Dawson drills a few field goals. Maybe Josh Cribbs takes one to the house. The defense makes a few plays. Colt mistakenly, miraculously finds the endzone. Whatever. The point is that the game is close.
But the Browns' nation knows better. The stadium is prepared. The local population expectant. The Diaspora steeled against the inevitable. The couch armrests ready for the coming abuse.
Suddenly, the defense fails to get in position fast enough. A drop. Another drop. A series of terrible penalties. A bad snap. A missed field goal. The details differ, but almost never the result.
After a few weeks, something changed. I started genuinely rooting the Browns. I would not call myself a fan—that cheapens the year in, year out struggles of the true supporters, and the bandwagon blew every tire and its engine exploded long ago—but I liked the squad in the most unironic, non-condescending way possible.
On Mondays, my roommate would send me articles written by beaten-down beat reporters tasked with creating ever-new angles on the same tragicomedy storyline. (Their talent in doing so should not go without notice.) Then, I found myself searching for stories, scouring Cleveland.com/browns for beautiful little details of charming ineptness. (My favorite: The 2011 team has had one receiver or running back—Chris Ogbonnaya in Week 11—go over 100 yards in a game. Holy shit, guys. Did you not get the OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION memo from Godell?)
And then, there is Cribbs.
If the NFL has a soul, it resides in the undrafted Kent State player. He requested to return to kick coverage because the special teams play was so bad. Rephrase: The man who holds the league record for touchdowns on kickoff returns, a guy who made the NFL's All-Decade team because of his work bringing back balls asked for the privilege of hurling himself downfield to create violent collisions.
The week he returned to the unit, he led the Browns in special teams tackles.
Perhaps Cribbs simply wanted more to do. Despite being the only big-play receiving threat and team's leading point scorer not named Phil Dawson, McCoy avoids looking No. 16's way. The quarterback targeted Cribbs with exactly 0 of his 36 passes in the 24-10 loss to the Ravens. To paraphrase Mel Brooks, "Comedy is when the Browns lose on a bad snap. Tragedy is when Josh Cribbs doesn't get the ball."
It's not just on the field. Plain Dealer's Mary Kay Cabot offers the following anecdote, which is by no means the only one of its kind:
Before the game, Cribbs visited with a group of tailgaters near the lakefront.
"I just wanted to show some love to the fans," he said. "I talk to the fans all the time. I told the fans I appreciate them coming out to the game. It was very tough to see the stadium so empty, but I understand."
I mean, honestly. Try to picture Tommy B heading out to Bob Kraft's Personal ATM (nee Patriot Place, nee the parking lot). Maybe they'll put an Uggs billboard out there? Not a shot at our stud QB—the quality of the product on the field excuses him—but Cribbs' antics are heartbreakingly sweet. Brady just breaks hearts.
I find the game right as McCoy, still shell-shocked from a late (read: dirty) James Harrison tackle, waits too long, and lofts the ball into the corner of the endzone. William Gay has himself the easiest of interceptions. Couch cushions flinch around the globe.
Two downs later, Roethlisberger—the Miami of Ohio product taken 11th in the 2004 draft, five spots after the Browns snatched Miami of Florida's Kellen Winslow II—throws a seemingly harmless back shoulder pass to Antonio Brown. Joe Haden, the darling of the 2010 Browns, slips. Mike Adams picks the wrong angle, and the Steelers wide receiver easily sidesteps the safety before sprinting the remaining distance for a game-clinching 79-yard score.
The entire drive takes 18 seconds.
Kick off of the Browns-Arizona Cardinals game in University of Phoenix Stadium is roughly 570,000 seconds later. Another chance to get things right.
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5 Responses to "Go West, Young RPCV"
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i've really loved your blog, claire, and i think what you've done is amazing. good luck in everything in the future.
ditto amy! i will be at the austin reunion to help overwhelm you with love 😉
This is like coming to the end of a beloved book: sad, happy, and regretting the end of the story.
Thank your for this vivid, completely consistent, and reliable picture of your life in Senegal in the Peace Corps.
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Click pics to enlarge. L: Denon DL-102 on top; note 2 cartridge leads inserted into each pin. R: Added weights at the end of the armtube and on the headshell.
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Talk Vinyl: Denon DL-102, Part III
Talk Vinyl: Mono Replay IV
Those interested may want to read the previous installments in this series: Denon DL-102 Part I; Denon DL-102/Mono Replay Part II
Technics SL-1200MkII redux
The Denon DL-102 had been on my Thorens TD-309 since the last installment of the series. This time, after enjoying a few mono records on it, I decided to tackle another project - to install the Denon DL-301 MkII onto the Thorens. The DL-102 had to come out and I installed it again on my Technics. There is a simple reason for this: each cartridge lead on my Linn/Ittok and Clearaudio Concept is dressed in the back with heat-shrink's. The true mono Denon DL-102 is not the easiest to install; it needs to have 2 cartridge leads inserted into each cartridge pin; the easiest way to accomplish this is with the usual cheap cartridge leads that have crimped-on connectors. The connector that goes in first needs a little bending for it to be pushed further in so as to make room for the one in the back (see pic). Someone had asked before how to do it, and I hope the pic explains it.
As it is, the counterweight of the arm of the Technics SL-1200 is just enough to balance the very heavy Denon DL-102. A quick alignment and I was treated to better sound than I had remembered! In fact, not far behind when it was on the Thorens. The cartridge is more open then before, with more air on top. I am sure, after a relatively long period, the cartridge is finally fully run-in. So beware, the sound of the Denon DL-102 takes a long time to come into its own, so be patient and reserve your judgement. A little further improvements resulted after I added weights (see pic: an obsolete Italian gettone in the back; a Japanese coin on top of the headshell, both affixed with blue-tac).
Now, I won't go into details, but I am quite satisfied with the setup as it is. After some playing, the Decca ffss III arrived (see last article) and the Denon DL-102 was taken out. So I was able to compare the two cartridges and here are some observations:
- the Denon DL-102 is richer in the midband. In many ways, it is somewhat more neutral than the Decca ffss III, which has a lingering leanness.
- the Decca ffss III has the faster and cleaner leading edge and transients, but the Denon DL-102 is quite good in these parameters too.
- overall, the performance of the Denon DL-102 is rock solid, but the Decca ffss III is just s little special.
- until I acquire a Decca of some sort, the Denon DL-102 shall remain my mono reference. It is now back on the Technics.
- the exercise also renewed (again) my respect for the Technics. What a go-to turntable!


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JISR is a holding company seeking to invest in innovative growth stage companies, led by high impact entrepreneurs in MENA and globally who provide cutting edge digital solutions that also contribute to positive social impact.
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Doroob is a major national initiative that specializes in catering to the needs of jobseekers or anyone eager to develop his/her professional skills towards more advanced levels.
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The Story
I've always loved architecture, engineering and building things with my own hands, but it wasn't until my senior seminar art course in college that lightning struck. I was playing around with the idea of tension and it's role in the storing and release of energy when I had the breakthrough. I realized that if you take two pieces of curved wood and string cable between them in just the right way, you can create two forces; one that tries to pull the curves together, and one that tries to pull them apart. The net result is that the wooden curves are held in completely stable relation to each other, even though they don't actually touch.
At first I just used the method to build abstract sculptures, but before long I realized that it had a lot more potential. After graduating, I spent my time designing and exploring the possibilities of the method I had developed by building things like lamps, chairs and tables. Now, after almost two years of experimentation, I've come up with a coffee table design that I'm really excited to produce on a larger scale and share with the world.
The Contour Coffee Table is not only a sturdy, functional table, but also an incredible piece of sculptural art that explores tension and opposing forces as the means of creating a completely stable system.
The main reward is the table, which comes in both medium and large sizes (30" x 30" base or 36" x 36" base). The table's curves are cut from intricately patterned 1 ½ inch thick Plyboo bamboo plywood, which is sustainably harvested and LEED certified. The end result is a gallery-worthy table that you can be proud of, at a special price that you will only find on Kickstarter.
If, however, you live in a small apartment like myself and don't have room for a new table, you can still help out. I've put a lot of thought into my rewards, going so far as to create a few new products just for this campaign. The Contour Lamp, for example, is one of my favorite designs ever and was created specifically for this Kickstarter project! As you scroll down through pictures and descriptions of the rewards, keep in mind that shipping costs are already included at each reward level.
Remember, Kickstarter is all or nothing, so unless I reach my goal of $10,000, no money will change hands and no one will get their reward!
Bay Area Specials
You will notice in the pledges column that there is a "Bay Area Specials" box that lists all of the tables at slightly lower prices. Tables are very expensive to pack and ship. The Bay Area Special is an attempt to combat this and get the table to as many people as possible at a lower price. If you live in the San Francisco Bay area, select the "Bay Area Specials" option and enter the dollar amount that corresponds with your desired reward. I will then personally deliver your table instead of packing and shipping it to you. It's much cheaper for everyone this way!
Reward Details
With a pledge of $1 or more, you get my undying appreciation, backer updates and a sweet mental high-five.
With a pledge of $10, you get five 4 x 6 prints, including images of a hand-laminated version of the Contour Coffee Table, the bamboo Contour Coffee Table and the Contour Lamp, with a thank-you note on the back of each one.
If you give $25, you'll get the same prints as the previous reward, along with a hand-written thank-you on a small concept sketch. You'll also get your own scaled-down version of the bamboo S-curve used to make the Contour Coffee Table. Play with it, make your own sculpture, or throw it like a boomerang.
A pledge of $40 gets you everything from the previous reward along with an 8 x 10 print of the final drawing/plan for the Contour Lamp - it's a piece of art all by itself!
If you give $75, you get your very own tabletop Contour Sculpture. Made with a scaled down version of the S-curve used to create the Contour Coffee Table, this sculpture was designed just for Kickstarter! The sculpture explores tension and stability on a smaller scale and looks especially great as light bounces off of the steel cables. Though the pictured prototype is made of regular plywood, the version you receive will be cut from the same beautiful, patterned bamboo plywood as the Contour Coffee Table. Measures 16" x 7" x 10".
A pledge of $175 will get you the Contour Lamp. Designed just for this Kickstarter Campaign, this completely unique lamp, like the Contour Sculpture, is made from a scaled down version of the S-curve used to make the Contour Coffee Table. Steel cables support the lamp and and a rice paper lampshade covers the light bulb. The pictured prototype was made with normal plywood, but the lamp you receive will be cut from the same beautiful, patterned bamboo plywood as the Contour Coffee Table. Measures 16" x 7" x 10". The price will go up once the campaign ends, so don't wait!
If you like the way the Contour Coffee Table looks, but don't have room for one, a $300 pledge will get you a small-scale replica of the coffee table base. Measuring 16" x 16" x 7" this sculpture will look outstanding either displayed on a table or mounted on a wall. It is identical to the table base shown below, just smaller! Limited edition of 20.
The Tables
We've made it to the tables! First, you have the option to get just the table base with no glass included. This way, you can get your own glass cut to your preferred dimensions at a local store. You get the medium and large table bases for $550 and $795 respectively ($495 and $650 if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area). The medium table base measures 30" x 30" x 13.5" and the large table base measures 36" x 36" x 15"
If you would like your glass included, a pledge of $695 (or $595 if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area) will get you a medium size Contour Coffee Table with a 32" x 32" glass tabletop. The table is 14" high.
If rectangles are more your thing, a pledge of $750 (or $625 if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area) will get you the same medium size Contour Coffee Table base with a larger 32" x 42" glass tabletop. The table is 14" high.
Thinking big? With a pledge of $995 (or $795 if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area) you can get a large Contour Coffee Table with a 38" x 38" glass tabletop. The table is 15.5" high.
Finally, if you're feeling super generous, you can pledge $2,000 (or $1,800 if you live in the San Francisco bay Area) and get a large, hand-laminated version of the Contour Coffee Table. This is the original version of the table. Instead of cutting bamboo to make the S-curves, boards of poplar are cut into very thin strips, which are then glued together and clamped in a mold to set. The process is very time-consuming, but achieves a gorgeous, layered result. The table comes with a 38" x 38" glass tabletop and is 15.5 inches high.
What's the Money For?
If I reach my goal of $10,000, the funds will serve two purposes. First, bamboo is expensive and so is packing and shipping a table! Over half of the funds will go toward producing your rewards and getting them to you. The remaining funds will help me start my own business. I love designing and creating, and starting a business will allow me to continue developing products for you.
Risks and challenges
There are always risks and challenges associated with any project, but I have done my best to develop a concrete plan to avoid as many pitfalls and delays as possible. Here are some potential points of concern and how I have addressed them:
I get my materials from two very reliable sources. Cable, copper crimps and other bits of hardware come from online superstore McMaster-Carr and are always delivered 1-2 days after I order them. I get the "Plyboo" bamboo plywood directly from the company that makes it, Smith and Fong, in San Francisco.
I have worked hard to streamline the production process of the Contour Coffee Table so that I will be ready to go into production right away if the campaign is successful. I work out of the membership-based Techshop in Menlo Park, CA, where I have access to the CNC Milling machine used to cut the bamboo and all other necessary tools. The main challenge will be producing the rewards in a timely manner if the campaign is extremely successful. I have budgeted the necessary time to make each product and am prepared to put limits on certain rewards if they become overwhelmingly popular so that I can have everything delivered by the March deadline.
Packing and Shipping:
Figuring out packing and shipping of the tables has, surprisingly, been one of the most difficult aspects of this projects. Ensuring that the tables are not damaged in transit is extremely important. The tables themselves are very sturdy and have no risk of falling apart in transit, but there is still the need to protect against scrapes and dents to the wood. I have therefore decided to construct my own custom-built boxes to ensure proper transport of the tables. I have already budgeted the cost of materials and time spent building boxes into my plan.
In order to ensure that you get the glass for your table and that it is intact, it will be shipped to you by Dulles Glass and Mirror, a company that ships glass all over the country. The glass and the table will each be sent separately, but the two should arrive within days of each other. If you live in the Bay Area, I will get your glass from my local shop and deliver it with your table. All glass is 3/8" thick and furniture grade quality.
Questions about this project? Check out the FAQ
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Sunday, 3 July 2016
I have used another of my Brusho backgrounds, and stamped one of the crazy birds. I stamped him again on a scrap, and coloured with copics to tone in with the background, cut it out and layered it directly over the image on the card. I added some googly eyes for the challenge at AAA cards.
The colours and bird are also perfect for challenge #36 at Paperbabe
I hope everyone has a great week, it has suddenly turned very cold here, but then it is mid-winter after all!
4 comments:
- brenda said...
Love the hues of lilac and yellow Glennis, colours that work so well together and of course the funky bird.
B x
- 3 July 2016 at 18:14
- aussie aNNie said...
Fabulous card, full of colour and loveliness xx{aNNie}
- 3 July 2016 at 21:17
- Jane said...
Fabulous background colours to showcase that crazy bird. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.
- 4 July 2016 at 01:10
- Lisa's Creative Niche said...
lol This is too funny! Love his eyes!
- 5 July 2016 at 13:52
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I've been a little behind in my blog postings the past few months. Mostly because I've been busy with some nicely rewarding commercial projects and also because I've reached that time in my life that we all do when my lovely aging parents have begun to require a little more attention. Some of the days are long, but I feel incredibly fortunate that I still have a mom and dad, living their lives they way they wish. Everyone goes through the process of caring for their parents more and more as the years pass. It's just my turn.
Back in January, I shot a short film, called, "Anastasia Taxi," with one of my lovely model friends, Anastasia. Like so many of my little short films, it was very well received and I got a lot of, "How did you shoot that?", questions. Whenever I find a moment, I like to pull the curtain back and talk about the process.
The story of how the short film "Anastasia Taxi" came to be is a familiar one for me. It usually starts with a little mental sketch of an idea and it evolves as the shoot unfolds, and in this case, the story continued to unfold well into the edit.
One of the great pleasures of having other artists staying here at the studio for extended periods of time, is the hours of discussion that more often than not happen over a few glasses of wine at the end of the day. I had been looking forward to my friend Anastasia's visit for months. She's stayed with me many times in the past when her international model travels bring her through Chicago. She's a wonderful and inspiring studio artist-in-residence and muse.
We had spent the last few evenings talking about art. What inspired us. How we both came up with the ideas for the art we create. Future concepts for projects we might create together or with others in the future. Discussions like this often lead to me running to my bookshelf and pulling out a large coffee table photo book to illustrate a particular photograph or style we happen to be talking about. There are certainly moments of finding things on the internet, but I really love pulling books off of my shelves and feeling the pages. Nothing like it.
We talked about our world travels. I've got a fairly hefty number of stamps on my passport, but Anastasia puts me to shame.
We talked about what it's like to travel alone to far off places, as we both do in our work. I think for a man, it's certainly easier. I can strike up a conversation with pretty much anyone in whatever café or restaurant I happen to find myself in. But for a woman as lovely as Anastasia, it's certainly more challenging to thread the needle of being friendly without a hello being misunderstood as an open door to potentially unwanted attention. Sometimes a hello is just a hello.
And sometimes traveling can be lonely. For me, it's always head-clearing. But if I don't go out of my way to make contact with others I encounter on my travels, it can be a bit insulating. Anastasia agreed.
One evening, as she was heading out for a shoot with another photographer, I told her I'd go along for the taxi ride to make sure she got to her location without any issues. I was meeting a friend of mine for cocktails downtown, fairly close to Ana's shoot, so escorting her was not even as gallant as it may have seen.
"Hey, do you mind if I bring my camera along for the ride, maybe shoot a little of you on the ride cross-town?", I asked as we were putting our coats on.
"Of course not!"
Anastasia has a lot of cameras in her face during the course of any day, so I wanted to make sure the half an hour of travel time didn't turn into work for her when she had a few moments to relax. We jumped into the taxi, gave the address and I pulled my camera out of my bag.
"Okay. So I don't want this to be anything but you just riding in a taxi. You don't have to pose or anything. You can just sit there and look out the window and think or close your eyes and relax. Maybe thinking about traveling from city to city, sometimes lonely, sometimes just observing."
Photographing Anastasia is always a joy. Even just sitting there, she was emoting. I was looking for, what is she thinking about, moments. And she was giving me plenty. Her face became such as story. Sometimes a bit of melancholy, sometimes content at watching the downtown activity she was passing through.
There was almost no light in the back seat of the taxi, the only illumination on her face was from the city lights as we crossed the various bridges and downtown streets during the rush hour traffic. I was shooting with my Canon 5D Mark III and a very fast ƒ1.2L 50mm lens. And between the size of the Mark III's large sensor which soaks up light like a sponge and the incredibly fast glass of that beautiful lens, I was able to capture the most beautiful light across her face. Very cinematic in quality.
Of course, shooting in such close quarters with very little light required me to hold the camera out away from me in our tiny Prius cab and try to pull focus while looking at the sliver of viewfinder from a very extreme side angle. Shooting in low light at ƒ1.2 means the depth of field, or what's in focus is about a half an inch. Maybe a centimeter. It makes for beautiful bokeh with the lights in the background, but it was definitely a challenge to keep at least one of her eyes and the side of her face in focus as we bounced around in the taxi.
As is often the case, I didn't know exactly what we had by the time we arrived at her destination, but it felt like I had captured some nice emotion from her. Very subtle and thoughtful, but something.
Later that evening when we both returned to my studio, I loaded up the footage to see what I had. As I suspected, there were quite a number of beautiful moments and I began to sort them based on Ana's variety of emotions. Some thoughtful, some a bit sad perhaps and some happy.
The next thing I look for at the beginning of the editing process is the music track. Music is such a critical part of any film. It helps to guide the viewer in a particular direction, complementing or sometimes even purposefully contradicting the mood of the picture. It's a powerful ingredient in any film.
I collect music all the time. Sometimes I might be looking for a particular music track for a project and find something that isn't quite right for what I'm currently working on, but I make a note of it because it moves me in some way and I know it might be useful for another project. I search stock music libraries, the libraries of musician friends, anywhere there might be a piece of music that inspires me. Sometimes the music tracks I find are in the public domain and can be used without acquiring a license, some can be used for non-commercial projects and some have to be licensed through a stock music house. Being an artist myself, I'm very careful about going through proper channels whenever I'm using a piece of music for one of my projects. It's just good karma.
Over the years, I have collected a nice selection of music tracks that I like that I keep on my server. Whenever I'm looking for a piece of music, that's where I start. I try out some pieces that have caught my ear and see how they work in context of the film I'm working on. Sometimes, it's just magic. The music pushes the story in a wonderful direction, sometimes one that surprises me as I'm working with it.
For my taxi film with Anastasia, I remembered a collection of tracks I had come across from three composers that they had made available for non-commercial use in independent film projects. One piece in particular, "Osha," was from a project called Atmostra III composed by Cedric Baravaglio, Johnathan M. Ochman and Zdravko Djordjevic.
As soon as I began to play the taxi footage against that music, it all started to come together. Osha was a beautifully haunting track. Sometimes heart tugging and sometimes optimistic. I began to take the various shots of Ana that I had organized into sad, thoughtful and happy and created what seemed to me to be a emotional story arc. No spoken words. No dialog. Simply watching Anastasia's expressions as she thought in silence.
My first rough cut ended up being around two minutes, which honestly seems a little long for a film from one basic camera position, even with a lovely subject. While shooting, I did try to move the camera a foot in one direction or the other to vary my angle on Anastasia, but again, very confining quarters.
I called Ana over to my editing workstation have a look.
"I'm not sure what I have here. I'm not going to say anything more. Just tell me what you think."
I watched her watch it. And I saw a smile begin to creep across her face. When it was done, she turned to me.
"I'm not sure if I really like it because it's me and you made me look good, or if it's just a good little film."
I had a big laugh.
"I feel exactly the same way!"
I worked on it a few more hours, but we both agreed it was something. A little short film, shot, edited and put out into the wild in a few hours. Sometimes I like to create little film pieces like that. Don't overthink it. What can I create in a short time frame. Just enough to express something quickly.
Often when I'm creating more complex films or still shoots, the process can take months or longer. I've learned that sometimes, a little one-off film like this keeps me limber. A finite artful exercise. I've got a backlog of personal films in various stages of shooting and editing that always take longer than I like to complete, simply because my commercial projects have been, happily, keeping me with precious little free time to create the side projects that keep my vision fresh.
I think that's why I like to give myself the occasional assignment to see what I can create in a few hours or a half a day. My inner artist gets frustrated when there are too many unfinished things sitting in my creative waiting room, patiently flipping through months of old magazines on an imaginary coffee table, waiting until their number is called.
I have another short film of Anastasia currently in progress, but that particular one is of the variety of being much more complex, having had a week of prep and shooting, a script and even some visual effects. It currently is in the editing process and I'm quite excited about how it's coming together, but it definitely needs a bit more time in the creative oven!
More to come!


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The NFL has finally found a solution to its nagging viewership problem, and it involves letting a squirrel loose on the field to the delight of everyone who has eyes.
America's newest sporting hero caused a bit of a stir in the third quarter of Sunday's Packers-Colts game at Lambeau Field. Referee Tony Corrente was forced to stop play briefly as the little guy got open in the end zone with Green Bay driving. Chased around by some guy with a big net, the squirrel squeezed through a crack at the base of a wall and was never heard from again. But he left a mark.
"We have to respond better, like we did to close out the game, [and] get the crowd involved more than just the squirrel on the field," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told reporters after his team's 31-26 loss.
This is a very good photo of the squirrel. It's like he or she is looking straight into your soul.
This is what our photographers face when they go out in the field. @MattKryger never flinched. https://t.co/uWmP8u4SoQ pic.twitter.com/S889waap4M
— Nat Newell (@NatJNewell) November 7, 2016
Some Packers apparently tried to befriend the squirrel on the sideline, for obvious reasons.
Perhaps the Packers will rally behind the squirrel, just as the St. Louis Cardinals did in Game 4 of the 2011 NLDS.
Breakout performance today. pic.twitter.com/uWyGVd2aJH
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 6, 2016


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Experian, which announced the $175m (£108.4m) sale in May, said it considers Ybrant to be in breach of contract for not sealing the deal by the final deadline.
The UK office of India-based digital marketer Ybrant did not respond to requests for comment.
Experian will continue to treat the assets as discontinued operations as it looks at options to sell the business, which grew organic revenues by one per cent in the five months to the end of August.
The FTSE 100 company snapped up PriceGrabber for around $485m in 2005, when it was part of the GUS group that once owned Argos and a majority stake in Burberry.
Experian considered selling PriceGrabber as early as 2008, but failed to attract high enough bids as the financial crisis began to bite.
"Clearly this is a disappointment for shareholders," said Shore Capital analyst Robin Speakman in a note.
"We expect Experian to pursue Ybrant in so for as is possible for breach of contract."


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JUNE 16, 2010 --If you're like most people, you probably reach for aspirin or Motrin when your body starts aching, but a new study shows topical options might be a good alternative.
Topical pain relievers in the form of a gel, spray or cream have been widely used in Europe for years. Now they are starting to catch on in the US.
Cochrane Researchers analyzed data from 31 different studies. They found creams and gels with medications such as Ibuprofen and Voltaren are a good alternative for sports-related injuries, but not for headaches or chronic pain.
One plus, researchers say, is the topicals pose less risk for unpleasant side effects.


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When I go to position something based on another layer, it always seems to pick the coordinates that the layer was imported in from sketch at even if I have moved that layer to another set of coordinates. Can I not just do the following.
layerToMove.x = layerThatHas moved.x
Heya Mark Johnston — this may have something to do with the ordering/placement of your code. After you've repositioned your imported layer, you can definitely store it's new coordinates in a new variable, and then use those to position a new layer. If you're having trouble with this, please share your prototype, I'd love to take a look for you too. :-)
Hey Benjamin http://share.framerjs.com/g59b3ljsytd4/
Did you have any insight into this Benjamin?


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Being a huge fan of travelling the subcontinent of India, Sri Lanka was an obvious destination for my next trip. Expectations were quite high with the prospects of beautiful scenery, great beaches, More »
Croatia; historic towns and beautiful islands
September is usually a perfect time for some spring skiing in the Southern Hemisphere. Since I visited the Andes last year (you can read about that trip here) and my last trips had been ski trips anyway, I figured it was time for a change. After all…variety is the spice of life, so I planned a nice summer holiday. I waited for the high season to finish, so temperatures would drop a little bit to a more convenient 25 degrees Celcius and the huge crowds would hopefully be back home. Dubrovnik was a city high on my list of places to visit, so I planned a trip around it and visited Croatia. I started in its capital Zagreb and slowly made my way South through the Plitvice lakes, Split and the islands of Hvar and Korčula and finished in Dubrovnik.
Skiing the Andes…again
May 2014 I returned back home from my long trip. Having been away for quite a while, I was looking forward to some continuity. I soon started life as a freelancer and my first contract was a fact. Working on an important project for a year meant I had faced quite a few deadlines and that I had been looking at a computer screen for a while. Therefore, time had come to participate in some outdoor activity. Another trip to the Southern Hemisphere where winter was in full swing, was on the agenda…
The Alps; steep skiing
For years now I have been dreaming of several lines in the Alps. I call it my bucketlist of skiruns. At some point in my life I want to have skied all of them. After traveling for a while now, I couldn't think of a better way to finish my trip than to ski at least a couple of the runs on my list…
Iran; ancient cities and Persian powder
After all my travels there is one obvious region I haven't visited; the Middle East. One country in this region stands out in terms of variety it has to offer. The Silk Road and Islamic buildings offer some impressive architecture. Multiple deserts and mountains identify its landscape and make for interesting excursions. And, finally, the Trans Asia Express train ride offers a great alternative for the much more touristy Trans Siberia Express. This country of course is Iran.
Morocco; skiing couloirs from the Tazaghart hut
In March 2013 I skied in the Atlas mountains for the first time. I summited some peaks around the Toubkal hut and skied perfect corn snow. Apparently there is another, more remote, hut from where one can access a number of beautiful couloirs. In February 2014 I visited Refuge Tazaghart in order to ski the best lines Africa has to offer…
Colombia; cities, coffee and the Caribbean
After nearly eight months of traveling in South America, I arrived at my final destination of the continent: Colombia. I was about to visit a country that is known to the outside world for Pablo Escobar, cocaine, the FARC and kidnappings. However, according to many travellers the country has changed enormously over the last decade and safety has improved. Did I survive the dangers of Colombia?
Ecuador; a ski expedition near the Amazon
In the Warren Miller movie "Off the grid" skiers talk about how great it is to see the world through skiing and I have to say, for me it really is. When some Austrians, who I had met in Bolivia during a high altitude trekking, recommended me to climb Cotopaxi, I started doing some research. Soon it became clear that skiing one of the highest active vulcanoes in the world is possible and my excuse to visit Ecuador was born.
Antarctica; skiing on the white continent
The main reason to leave everything behind and travel for a year was to complete skiing on all the continents. After skiing in Morocco in the end of March there was only one continent missing on my list: Antarctica. A two day crossing of the Drake passage would bring me to some of the most remote skiing on the planet.
Southern Patagonia; exploring the wilderness
After skiing for nearly two months in Argentina it was time for a change. Early November I'll have to be in Ushuaia, the most Southern point of Argentina in order to board the cruise to Antarctica. Until then I had about a month to spend in Southern Patagonia. Its wilderness with some impressive glaciers and beautiful trekkings sounded like the perfect "stopover" in between skiing…
Northern Patagonia; backcountry skiing
After freeriding in Las Leñas, it was time to explore the backcountry of the Andes in the springtime. In the lake district some mountain huts can be found that offer excellent terrain and some of the resorts offer easy accessible backcountry with amazing views. Furthermore the Andes is the place to ski some beautiful volcanoes. All objectives being located in Patagonia, the biggest enemy is the weather. I had time though, so between all the rain, snow and wind there should be some sunny spells…


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Farnsworth is the final mission of the Pacific campaign of Iron Brigade. This is the final battle against Vladimir Farnsworth before he can destroy mankind by spreading the Broadcast.
Commander Woodruff: "We've got a lock on Farnsworth's location. He's sure to have something standing in the way, but get there and finish this!"
Farnsworth is a three stage battle against his final creation, a giant underwater dome/squid that houses him during the fight.
The first stage is the top of the ice berg, so to speak, as a small dome with one shielded section. Under the shield is a patch of spikes meant to charge up and shoot a beam of electricity, the only way to damage Farnsworth is to wait for him to charge his weapon. As he charges the shield dissipates allowing the patch of spikes to be shot to damage him.
Stage two is a larger dome underneath the first which raises out of the water. The idea is the same, he can only be hurt when charging, but now he has three spike patches instead of one. Once all three are destroyed stage three can begin.
Farnsworth's last resort is to bring his entire creation out of the water, it stands high overhead on its mechanical legs and swings mechanical arms to hit the players. The only way to damage Farnsworth at this point is when he drops his 'energy sacs' from his underside. There are three 'sacs' of monovisions that need to be burst before Farnsworth finally falls.


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Yay Francois, a 20 year old CF guy got lungs yesterday!!!!!!!!!! He came out of theatre at 2am this morning, going fine so far. First double lungs for this year. Please keep him in your prayers!!!!! They've had 3 donors in the last 3 days... truly amazing! So my hosp did 2 heart transplants on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the lungs yesterday. I know the other organs were transplanted at another hospital. So excellent week :-D Hopefully this continues and we have a really good year!!!! Organ donation has really taken a back seat to a million other causes in SA, and it's time people woke up about it.
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Republican Leader Threatens to Block Seating of Franken January 2, 2009Posted by trouble97018 in '08 Election, Politics, Protest, Repiglicans.
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With Al Franken holding on to a razor-thin lead over incumbent Norm Coleman in the protracted contest for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota, Republicans say they are planning to block any attempt by Democrats to seat Mr. Franken when the new Congress is sworn in next week.
If the recount in Minnesota, which has entered its sixth week, remains undecided, Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the incoming chairman of the Republican National Senatorial Committee, said on Friday that G.O.P. senators were ready to filibuster the provisional seating of Mr. Franken.
Mr. Cornyn said that without a certificate of election, which cannot be issued under Minnesota state law if there were legal challenges pending, the Senate should not seat Mr. Franken, the Democrat, or Senator Coleman.
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Midland MI GOP Delegate Dresses in Klan Robes to Protest Obama Election November 10, 2008Posted by trouble97018 in News, Obama, Protest, Repiglicans.
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Courtesy The Michigan Messenger:
Michigan Messenger broke the story Oct. 1 that at least two Michigan GOP precinct delegates had ties to white supremacists. In the story, Michigan Messenger reported that Randy Gray, of Midland, was a self-avowed member of the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan, and Midland GOP chair Diane Bristol had this to say about that:
"If, in fact, he's associated with the KKK, [then] yes, it troubles me."
An image of Gray has now surfaced in the Midland Daily News (online edition at OurMidland.com). The newspaper said the image shows Gray, 30, protesting the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. And to top it off, Gray is dressed in his KKK robes while standing at a busy intersection in Midland. His protest was held in front of Garber Chevrolet at the corner of Eastman Avenue and Saginaw Road in Midland and lasted 15 or 20 minutes.
Police told the Midland Daily News that Gray was exercising his First Amendment rights. What was Gray's protest about?
"I feel white people feel more oppressed," he said. "We're basically told as white people we can't have any organizations. We're ruled by communists.
"It's not just about Barack Obama. It goes deeper than that."
According to the Midland Daily News report, Gray then went on to say the election of Obama to the presidency was the impetus for him to make the walk on Wednesday. The report fails to note that Gray is Michigan GOP precinct delegate for Midland.
Gray was one of three candidates who ran unopposed for three open delegate seats in Midland in the Republican Aug. 5 primary. As a precinct delegate, Gray serves a two-year term and is expected to attend all state Republican conventions and to run campaign activities in the Saginaw-area precinct for Republican candidates.
At the time of Gray's primary victory for the delegate seat, Bristol told Michigan Messenger:
When asked if the local party knew about Gray's candidacy, she said, "He completed the valid application. Neither I nor any one in the Republican Party can control who runs or who gets voted for." She added, "He has the right to run. We have no control over the election process."
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ACLU wants probe into police-staged DNC protest November 8, 2008Posted by trouble97018 in Democrats, Dirty Tricks, News, Politics, Protest.
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When a Jefferson County deputy unleashed pepper spray at unruly protesters on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not know that his targets were undercover Denver police officers.
Now the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is questioning whether that staged confrontation by police pretending to be violent inflamed other protesters or officers during the most intense night of the four-day event.
The protest occurred Aug. 25 at 15th Street and Court Place near Civic Center. Police ultimately arrested 106 people, the highest number of arrests in a single day during the convention.
According to a use-of-force police report obtained by the ACLU, undercover Denver detectives staged a struggle with a police commander to get pulled out of the crowd without blowing their cover. The commander knew they were working undercover, and the plan was to pull them out of the crowd and pretend they were under arrest so protesters would be none the wiser.
A Jefferson County deputy, unaware of the presence of undercover police, thought that the commander was being attacked and used pepper spray on the undercover officers.
The report says that the commander and an undercover detective were sprayed, but it does not indicate how many others were affected. The report also doesn't say whether the pepper spray used on the undercover police was the first deployment of chemicals that night or whether the riot was already underway.
Denver police have said they were trying to control the crowd moving from Civic Center. The officers testified in court that they had intelligence that anarchists planned to gather in the park, then move toward the 16th Street Mall to wreak havoc at delegate hotels and other businesses. The activists had posted that plan on a publicly available website.
Probe requested
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From: Bill Gilbert
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:53 AM
Subject: Psalm 2009
Obama is the shepherd I did not want.
He leadeth me beside the still factories.
He restoreth my faith in the Republican party.
He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party's sake..
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line,
I shall fear no hunger, for his bailouts are with me..
He has anointed my income with taxes,
My expenses runneth over.
Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will live in a mortgaged home forever.
I am glad I am American,
I am glad that I am free.
But I wish I was a dog …..
And Obama was a tree.
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Only days from now, results of the October 2011 CPA Board Exam will be released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
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1. Jerome Mariscal Austria Ateneo de Naga University 94.00
2 Carlos Ranchez Yu Jr University of the Philippines -Diliman 93.43
3 Ronnel Cruz Mag-Isa University of the Philippines -Diliman 93.29
4 Ever Joy Yu Ferrer University of Saint La Salle 93.00
Ronnel Ajero Nuñez Bicol University-Daraga 93.00
5 Arch Pinili Sanchez University Of Caloocan City (For. Caloocan City P.C.) 92.86
6 Abraham Jose Tiape Apit Holy Name University (For. Divine Word-Tagbilaran) 92.71
Jillian Kristin Atienza Deveza De La Salle University-Lipa 92.71
Elfin Kenneth Singcol Puentespina Ateneo de Davao University 92.71
7 Jerwin Baquir Tubay Dr. Filemon C. Aguilar Memorial College 92.57
8 Chico Cataluña Arellano University of the East -Manila 92.43
9 Mohammad Muariff Sumndad Balang Mindanao State University-Marawi City 92.29
Nathalie Chua Lao University of Santo Tomas 92.29
10 Paul Jordan Domens Deblois University of the Philippines -Diliman 92.14
Melissa Apurado Muñoz University of the Philippines -Diliman 92.14
Rian Ceasar Polinio Soliman Far Eastern University-Manila 92.14
Janine Gonzales Sy University of Santo Tomas 92.14
Jenine Dy Tan University of Santo Tomas 92.14
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Misvik serves both academic research groups and industry. Partner in 3 ongoing EC funded research consortia.
"The key objective of the caLIBRAte project is to funnel the state-of-the-art in nanosafety research and merge it with state-of-the-art risk governance and communication sciences to establish a versatile risk governance framework for assessment and management of human and environmental risks of ENM and ENM-enabled products. The ultimate goal is that the quality and trust in the nano-specific models in the caLIBRAte risk governance framework will exceed current level of most existing REACH tools."
The role of Misvik Biology in calibrate is to perform high throughput and high content screening to fill the data gaps existing in the nanomaterial toxicity data.
Prof. Grafström giving a talk at the caLIBRAte kickoff meeting in Denmark
"The overarching aim of the NANOSOLUTIONS consortium is to provide a means to develop a safety classification for engineered nanomaterials (ENM) based on an understanding of their interactions with living organisms at molecular, cellular and organism levels. The objective is to determine the "biological identity" of ENM, and subsequently develop a computer program that can predict from the properties of ENM their ability to cause health or environmental hazards. New innovative methods are needed for the ENM risk assessment of ENM safety, i.e. ENM SAFETY CLASSIFIER. This will allow for the crucial transition from descriptive toxicology to predictive toxicology."
The role of Misvik Biology in Nanosolutions is to adapt selected low throughput toxicity assays to high throughput format. Additionally our task is to develop the specification for a high-throughput platform for the generation of data necessary for a broadly applicable ENM safety classifier tool.
"eNanoMapper proposes a computational infrastructure for toxicological data management of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) based on open standards, ontologies and an interoperable design to enable a more effective, integrated approach to European research in nanotechnology.
eNanoMapper will support the collaborative safety assessment for ENMs by creating a modular, extensible infrastructure for transparent data sharing, data analysis, and the creation of computational toxicology models for ENMs. Building on recent developments of consortium partners in predictive toxicology, biology and nanotechnology research, we will develop resources, tools and standards for a scientifically sound risk assessment of ENMs that will support the design of new safe and environment-friendly ENMs as well as the assessment of existing materials."
The role of Misvik Biology in eNanoMapper is to take part and provide expertise on high throughput data specifics for the buildup of a functional database, the development of an ENM applicable ontology and for computational modelling supporting ENM data management and risk assessment.


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The Christian understanding of death is that it is part of life. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a heroic German pastor who died for his faith at the hands of Nazis, left behind some great writings. As he faced his own death, he wrote, "Through I die to this life, I will continue to live in another…dying we shall live." He was saying that death is a part of life. The secular world, on the other hand, believes quite differently about it all. The secular creed says, "We live and then we die," and that's the end of it. Death is the end of life, and there is nothing more. There is obviously a world of difference between the two understandings o death, and I suspect, many of us are closer to the secular thinking, but I wish it was otherwise. Well, it is otherwise! Death is not the end. Lay hold of your Christian Faith, and believe that! Believe yourself into a new way of thinking if that's what it takes. I like to call death simply the end of the beginning, and the beginning of everlasting life. That's the Christian Faith, and that's what needs to be written on your souls so firmly that if all else in your faith comes unglued, it will not. That belief, my friends, needs to be the foundation of your Christian life. And when it is, from that foundation will come a quiet confidence and peace that passes understanding in facing whatever life throws at you.
So, then, why is death such a fearful prospect for most of us? For one thing, it means separation – we're losing physical contact with the one we love. His or her future may be great, but it's not great for us. Jesus tells us the departed have a glorious future of light and life ahead of them, in "mansions" that He has prepared for us. Both Jesus and St. Paul try to tell us that what lies just up ahead will be much more beautiful than anything we see here, and we just have to take that on faith. But on the other hand, we are left without our loved one, at least physically speaking. Theologically, maybe there's joy on the one hand, but there's a lot of sorrow on the other, and that's the grieving we do at death.
Peace and blessings,
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This month I have been mostly eating.........................shoes (and Beryl!)
Hi folks,
Sorry about the lack of photo's on the last blog, Mummy lost the lead connecting the camera to the computer! Thought I was going to have the same problem today but no, 'cos Jason just found it buried in his tip, otherwise known loosely as "a bedroom". It's just as well he found it as I have some things to show you.
Firstly the artistry involved in flip flop work! It's always best to use the expensive ones 'cos they're easier to work with, especially as you can see the surf wear ones......................that's Billabong and of course O'Neill!
Of course, then there are the more expensive variety, leather is always a good material to work with. You don't get those plasticy bits in your teeth like you do with flip flops!
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Jason work shoes, sort of suede. They threw the first one out, as it was in so many pieces and actually GAVE me the other one! I practised a bit and when inch perfect, made the first inroads into Mummy's Clarke's walking boots (2nd pair) which were waterproof!I actually nearly made it into a mule, the picture doesn't do it justice! Notice how I cunningly style one, and leave the other! No pair is ever exactly the same, that's the beauty of my work. Wonder if I could mount an exhibition?
The last pair are Hush Puppies. These apparently were bought after I destroyed the last pair of Mummy's work shoes and kept in work to change into (and away from moi!). Well she bought them home last weekend, accidentally, as she forgot to change out of them and bingo! Restyled ala Waj, minimum of damage, but enough to get noticed (due to all the white foam emerging). Needless to say there has been a bit of blue air but what can you do? If they will leave them on the floor!
Lastly there was Bear. Well what can I say? I was giving Kish a bit of a bite and a wrestle just as we went through the gate. Kish ran off and through the fence so I thought Bear might like to oblige me instead. Of course when I fastened my teeth on her side, (she has a lot less fat and fur than Kish) I accidentally made a hole in her side. Well if looks could kill! And what a drama queen! Flinching when you go near her, groaning, and moaning, good job it's all healed up now! Won't do THAT again in a hurry!
Well it's nearly tea time, I can smell the chicken from here, Yum Yum.
Bye for now, Waj x