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Have you ever noticed how numerous the design inspiration that is featured all through the globe comes from two foremost geographical pockets? We sometimes are more likely to mirror on largely western designs that owe their origin to the numerous European nations and their specific individual design varieties, or look within the course of the east for some distinctive and enchanting ideas. In the midst of this rush, the mighty African continent is often ignored! While it will not be a acutely conscious choice, it nonetheless means we generally tend to return all through African sort far a lot much less frequently than one would love. But at current, it is time to put the vivacious African continent and its fascinating prints, artifacts and designs beneath the spotlight.
Master mattress room with warmth neutral tones
by AB Design Elements
It should be said that the North African nation of Morocco and the attract of Egypt deal with to hunt out some space inside the mainstream design to a positive extent. But the gathering of smart interiors we now have lined up in the intervening time transcend the obvious. From the enigmatic sculptures and the daring iconography to the understated and the minimal, proper here's a few excellent inspiration from the cradle of humanity –
Contemporary entrance room with an exquisite present and a Moroccan rug
by Kendall Wilkinson Design
Danish Modern trend coupled fantastically with African decorative baskets
by Charlie Simmons
Gorgeous African prints enliven this smart room
South African Home Gets a Ravishing Revamp from Nico van der Meulen Architects
by Ingam
Lovely work combined with African tribal sculpture elegantly
by Blue Tangerine Art
Pacific Island masks along with a pair of African drums inside the powder room!
by Saint Dizier Design
African drum-impressed espresso desk for the lounge!
by Ryland Peters & Small
Beautifully organized African baskets inside the consuming room
by Jute Interior Design
Striking and Inspiring
Going for an African sort is all about reconnecting with nature and its unadulterated magic. Unlike many various themes, attempting in order so as to add an African style to the room with out using pure and sustainable provides is subsequent to unimaginable. Wood in its quite a few varieties is an important constituent of the African design scheme. You have a great deal of selections proper right here with cedar, ebony or African mahogany amongst many various in fashion picket varieties. If you are selecting a full-fledged African look, then artifacts and earthenware are moreover a great way of expressing the theme in its truest sort.
Colorful entrance room exhibits an beautiful assortment of African statues and artifacts
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by KuDa Photography
Creative fashionable interiors with an aesthetic African theme
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Large masks on the wall for an distinctive and audacious home office design
by Jenny Zalkin Design
Rustic stools and wall paintings usher inside the African sort proper right here
Vivacious tropical entrance room with an apparent African design trend
Kids' mattress room with a vibrant Safari theme
by CHIC Redesign
Breathe some life into the cottage with African iconography
by Gatling Design
A Touch of Subtle African Flavor
Randomly throwing in a rug with zebra stripes along with an equivalent throw pillow or two does not suggest you may need adopted the African sort. If one thing, such additions sometimes seem additional at home in glamorous Hollywood Regency-styled rooms! Yet, it is nonetheless potential to usher inside the African vibe in a fragile, restrained technique by combining it tidily with totally different design sort. Like a number of of the interiors on present proper right here, you'd create an distinctive present cabinet or a small nook to showcase your paintings assortment impressed by Africa. While the rest of the house continues to remain trendy, this small space of curiosity turns right into a distinctive focus and an immediate dialog starter.
Accent materials supplies African style with straightforward ease
At events even the simple additions might be visually environment friendly!
by Texas Construction Company
Another clever strategy to usher inside the African motifs with out being all too obvious is by selecting a refreshing Tropical theme. Apart from being an beautiful warmth choice that beats the chilliness of the chilly winter outside, this moreover enables you to combine Asian-themed decor and gear along with African and South American finds. A actually worldwide sort for a lot of who need to rejoice the world!
African Juju hat in purple supplies color to the lounge
by Carol Sarason Design
Find some space to proudly present your African heritage
by Sutton Suzuki Architects
Loft apartment mattress room blends the eclectic with the African
by T.T Design
Notice how the addition of distinctive bar stools makes an unlimited distinction to the room
by VM Concept Interior Design Studio
You needn't on a regular basis embrace the theme with over-the-prime additions!
by Green Couch Interior Design
Serene Earth Tones
While a couple of of our readers favor the unabashed technique to inside design, others might respect a additional laid-once more, semi-minimalist technique. Even in case you aren't lucky enough to non-public any African artifacts or textiles, you probably can nonetheless convey home just a little little bit of the continent's excellent aura by merely choosing the right colors. Nothing says Africa like inviting, warmth earth tones. Snug yellow, sandy orange, muted pink and brown match this billing ideally. But be sure that in its place of a elegant lacquered look, the top is a contact rustic and raw. A straightforward info in choosing the right hues for an African-impressed inside is the image of the photo voltaic setting on the large plains of the Serengeti!
Antique African textiles and patterns coupled with Central Asian artistry
by Tucker & Marks
Bringing inside the African design sort in a fragile fashion
by Blackbird Interiors
Cozy, energetic, partaking and typically transcendental, African design is as charming as a result of the continent itself. Even in case you aren't keen about a whole makeover, add a element or two of this fascinating trend to your inside and you will instantly see the transformation. Pretty shortly, you will notice that your self roped in by the magic and the mystique of Africa…
Framed African print textile makes for a classy and classy wall paintings arrange
Modern mattress room with cool African sort
An pure seek for your trendy toilet
A fashionable African mattress room
by Focalpoint Photography
Zebra rug and African textiles used inside the trendy mattress room


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It's often difficult to decide what to patent, where to patent it, and how much to spend. This is particularly true for device companies that compete in rapidly changing technology because changes often invalidate assumptions behind decisions made just a few months back. What's more, without a strategy for developing a patent portfolio, companies risk losing market share and profitability.
The Business Plan
If a medical device company does not know its patent destination, it cannot develop a strategy to get there. Business plans should guide decisions on what to patent. Managers should know how widely the company intends to make or distribute its own devices rather than licensing those rights to others. More patents may be warranted when licensing, or treating patents as products, is part of the plan. Patents may concentrate on one or a few devices as opposed to scattering the same number of patents across a larger number of devices.
A potential licensee may view concentrated patents as effective device protection. These concentrated patents may stop other companies from making similar devices by the common tactic of omitting a single feature. Competitors may have to eliminate several features from their devices to design around your patents. And that can turn a potential infringer into a potential licensee, one willing to pay for a license when a design-around is too difficult.
Another part of the business plan identifies competitors. Doing so helps a company decide what patents should be in its portfolio. For instance, spending against a competitor with deep pockets can be justified for developing a family of patents covering several devices. This could force competitors to make devices significantly different from those of your company. Potential infringement claims could motivate the competitor to seek licenses.
The estimated life of a device should also be a factor in seeking patent protection. A short product life, for instance, means less justification for patent protection. A device that lasts two to three years may not warrant a patent because it may not issue before the end of its life. Conversely, devices with longer life spans can justify a larger patent budget.
Geography presents other considerations. Many companies plan to sell products domestically, as well as in Europe and Japan, but not elsewhere. So there is little reason to get patents in those other parts. It may, however, be useful to extend the time within which patents can be sought in those other parts of the world if it's possible you might one day try selling there.
Potential Infringers
When preparing patent applications, companies often focus on devices and disregard potential infringers. This can be a mistake. Potential infringers may not all be manufacturers or suppliers. If patent claims only cover devices (not how its used), competitors could escape the patent net while your company loses licensing payments.
For example, a device and a method for using it may both be patentable. This prompts questions as to whether the device, or method, or both should be patented. The answer is usually "both."
Patenting the device captures a special group of infringers — other makers of the device. In the same patent, the method of using the device or treating a medical condition, or both, should be patented because this heads off another group of potential infringers — users.
Patentable devices can also be part of larger systems. For example, a hand-held unit may include a foot controller and computer. So it would be beneficial to patent the entire system even though the controller and computer are not individually patentable. Such system-patent coverage prevents companies from selling the entire system, unless they pay your company royalties.
The unique components in some devices provide other opportunities. When these are replaceable, there may be an after market for supplying them. Consequently, it would be wise to patent just these components. This lets the company stop after-market sellers of those components, which could open another licensing revenue stream.
Crowded Technology
Crowded technologies are those in which patents cover a specific type of medical device. It's common with relatively simple designs such as hypodermic needles.
Such patents are often narrow in scope, such as covering a small and specific change over past designs. One strategy is to seek a broad-scope patent that covers potential product variations by competitors. When your company creates a new design in a crowded technology, ask: Can the patent be useful in such a field?
To answer that question, consider whether or not the device infringes a competitor's patent. This is possible because a patent on device does not mean it doesn't infringe on another's patent. If the device does infringe on a competitor's patent, it may be useful to obtain a patent on it anyway. Then, if both parties can assert infringement, they often hesitate to file claims of infringement.
Another factor is whether small changes over past designs are ones competitors would also like to add. As an offensive strategy, a company patents the small change to prevent competitors from using it, or better yet, licenses the change to competitors for royalties.
Another perspective on small changes is whether or not they are used in your company's product. Even if not, a patented change can force competitors to look for another approach which may be more costly or less effective, to accomplish what your patented small change does.
What to patent and how to develop patent portfolios for medical-device companies should be approached with a view of company needs. Deciding what steps to take should start with a business plan. Then, the device company should identify potential infringers, the patents its competitors hold, and determine how the company's patents can be used in an offensive and defensive fashion.
The cost of patents
Costs vary widely across the U.S. based on technology. A device company may spend $10,000 to $15,000 to file a U.S. patent application and perhaps another $5,000 to $10,000 to prosecute the application. Prosecution is what the patent office calls reviewing applications and quizzing inventors on them. Foreign protection may add another $5,000 to $10,000 per patent per country. Royalties from licensed patents often depend on what the patent claims, and a good patent lawyer is trained in making the widest claims covering as much technology as possible. So paying more for a good lawyer may be justified. For example, paying a flat amount for attorney fees for all patent applications may limit the attorney's time. Similarly, a larger budget for filing fees may lead to more independent and dependent patent claims. And the more the independent and dependent claims, the better patent claim coverage, and thus higher filing fees.
After issuing a patent, the U.S. Patent Office requires annual maintenance fees over the next 12 years to keep the patent active. During this time, a company may spend about $7,000. So if a patent does not fit a company's business plan, it makes sense to let it expire by not paying maintenance fees.
Conversely, a company can justify spending more on patents on products with higher profit potentials. Otherwise, if competitors are selling an acceptable substitute because there are not blocking patents, then your company's sales and profit margins may fall.

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Hi welcome to Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 pro review
Xiaomi has done a pretty good job considering the price point of this phone.It has a fingerprint scanner and 3.5 mm Audio jack. The auto brightness sensor is doing a pretty good job on this device. Almost all the sensors are present and it also hosts an IR blaster.
It is got a Snapdragon 675, it is an Octa Core processor and it is based on Kryo 460 cores which is very good in performance. It has an ANTUTU score of 181738 so in terms of RAW chipset power this device handle things pretty well. It comes out with MIUI 10 out of the box and we do not see any lag while using the device. It has a single speaker at the bottom which is sufficient however the earpiece is not loud ,may be they soon fix it with an update ( hope so). The ram management is pretty nice.
It has a ,single color, led notification light at the bottom. It hosts a 48 Megapixel camera on paper which actually is not very impressive. If takes a good 6 to 8 seconds to save a 48 MP picture and is around 25 to 30 MB is size. However it takes very impressive pictures with its 12 Megapixel Rear camera.
It has an amazing battery life of about two days on normal usage and one whole day on heaby usage. Battery life is a huge plus point of this Smart phone.
Overall this phone is a very good bargain considering the price point.
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It has a electronic image stabilization and it lets you record video in 4K in 30 FPS ( frames per second ) .
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The camera takes impressive still pictures.
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April 2010 Daily Fishing Reports
Friday, April 30: A Little Bit of Everywhere
A Bit ChoppyDespite winds gusting to 25 knots, Mike and I headed out of Green Pond in his new Pathfinder and covered lots of water without any success. Fay Road, Trunk River, Woods Hole, and up Buzzards Bay were spots we hit. Water was 49 degrees on the end of the outgoing. Heard from Gene that he and others were enjoying plenty of action with bluefish up inside Cotuit by the Narrows. Maybe the pogies have drawn them inside Cotuit and North Bays, but they should be out front as well.
Thursday, April 29: Mashpee and Bourne
Bluefish?Reports are coming in of bluefish up in Wareham and even Cotuit on the southside, but I didn't get a chance to check it out while working in Popponesset due to the gale force winds. Did try my local river, but no love despite water that looked more promising. Weekend is looking awesome and I can't wait!
Wednesday, April 28: Waquoit Bay and Bourne
Nothing But WindJoe Marcus and I gave it the old college try, sailing across Waquoit as the wind gusted, with the water 49 degrees and no fish to be found on an incoming tide. Despite moving to some inside spots in Bourne, the wind wasn't any more cooperative and we called it a day with cold hands and no fish to show for our efforts. Tautog fishing remains excellent and once the wind settles, there should be schoolies and larger bass everywhere.
Tuesday, April 27: Waquoit Bay
All WetHeard from Mike Thomas that he has managed five legal fish to 30 inches and several other sub-legals tossing plugs in the Agawam River and the Weweantic is fishing well, too. As for me, I tried Waquoit and managed to hook and lose my first schoolie of the year right at my feet, but I did find four leaks in my waders for good measure. Rumors of bluefish as well and Red Top checked in a 32-inch bass from around the Herring Run.
Monday, April 26: Bourne
River Still QuietPoked around a local river that I suspected would have a few schoolies, but it's still quiet. No sign of bait and water looked suprisingly dead. Heard fishing has definitely picked up in Wareham.
Sunday, April 25: Waquoit Bay
Double Dose -Of nothing. How bad could it be, I had thought on Saturday? Well, Mike and I found after we launched his boat at Green Pond. It was a sloppy ride to Waquoit and all we managed was one swirl on his Hogy. Still, not bad, as the ospreys were out and there were some good schools of pogies around. But then the rain came and the winds picked up, making for an even more lumpy ride home. Took advantage of clearing conditions in the afternoon to hit another Waquoit spot with Gene, but no love, once again. Heartening news this evening, however, as Capt. Kevin Malone sent a photo of his first schoolie of the year. Proving once again that I need to upgrade my fishing finding equipment - in my head, that is.
Saturday, April 24: Falmouth
Shoulda, Coulda, WouldaMike and I had plans to do some fishing after moving some stuff and doing a few dump runs from his house, but it was sunny and nice, so I suggested he spend some time with Jaci and we could go fishing tomorrow. Sounds like it might be a little rainy, but that shouldn't be a problem. Took some time to visit a few shops and really enjoyed speaking with Dick Hopwood at Maco's; he's a great source of information about people and places around Buzzards Bay from days gone by, as well as the present. Tautog fishing is improving, but schoolies still a pick, at best.
Friday, April 23: Ashumet Pond
Idling AwaySpent a little time at the ramp breaking the new Honda in, idling away 45 minutes and drinking a cup of coffee. Watched an angler trout fishing, but he spent more time on his cell phone than tending to his line. Wonderful devices, cell phones, but I like to turn mine off when I'm fishing or at least check numbers before answering. Then again, I have dumped two overboard, so maybe I have unresolved issues with them - especially on a boat!
Thursday, April 22: Cotuit
Just LookingStopped to see what was going on around Cotuit, but didn't wet a line. Things slow around there from all reports, but Mike Thomas said they have caught a few small fish in the Agawam. No word on squid either, but the draggers are out there in the sound. Wonder why anyone hasn't figured out that catching the adults inshore where they spawn might not be a good idea? I guess it's the same with protecting the stripers while foregoing limiting the number of pogies, herring, and other forage fish that are taken commercially.
Wednesday, April 21: Megansett
One For Mr. BourqueHeard from Gene that he got his first fish in Megansett, covered with sea lice and obviously a fresh fish. He also heard of a schoolie taken in West Falmouth. So far, no love for me closer to home, but the wave certainly seems to be coming from spots to the west.
Tuesday, April 20: Bourne
No LuckI think the trees blooming so early and the generally good weather has so many folks thinking that the fish should really be around in good numbers, but the water is still cold and normally we really don't see a good push of fish until late April or early May. Ergo, I think the fish will do what they want. Of course, that didn't keep me from tossing in a few casts in my favorite river, with no results. No signs of bait, either.
Monday, April 19: Bourne
Nippy Mornings!Talked to Mike Thomas today and he said there was nothing to report over the weekend from the rivers in Wareham, although he did say there have been some stripers caught in Mattapoisett. Problem right now is cold nights make for cold morning water in the mid- to high 40's and it's not until later in the day when it begins to hit the magic 50 degree mark and slightly above. Tautog are even a little slow, but I'm hoping that I have something to show off tomorrow night!
Sunday, April 18: Bourne
Rain Drops and Lazy Old MenGene called to say he was going fishing mid-afternoon and wanted to know if I wanted to go along. I had packed everything for the flats skiff in my truck and was going to splash her and do some prospecting myself. But the connection to the chartplotter was missing and one of the three prongs on the plug for the trolling motor somehow had disintegrated. Bummer! So, instead I went for a cup of coffee and thought I was pretty smart when the rain came cold and steady as I drove home. Oh, and Gene told me he and three other anglers had no luck in Cotuit despite a good outgoing tide.
Saturday, April 17: Bourne
Old Age Is No Fun!Managed to pull a calf muscle today while officiating a basketball game. Had gone through two games already when midway through my final one of the morning, it was like I was shot in the leg. I knew I had a slight pull from working a lacrosse game earlier in the week, but this was way more than a twinge. Seems like every year, I say I am going to go back to exercising, even if it is just walking or easy biking. But after a day on the boat, the last thing I want to do is exercise. Maybe there's some way to mount a stationary bike in the front of the leaning post and I can my riding in between helping folks catch fish? Then again, I might be losing my mind just as I am losing the indestructibility of my youth!
Friday, April 16: Bourne
Foul Weather and Foul MoodDon't know if you have been following along, but after hearing disconcerting news from their Technical Committee, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Board took a logical step - come with a plan to increase commercial catch. As the scientists pointed out, with five years of well below average reproduction, the new threat of Mycobacteriosis infection in a large percentage of the Chesapeake population, and an acknowledged inability to keep track of poaching, caution should be the keyword given that striper fishing will continue to decline for the next five years at least. But caution be damned, let's go all ahead full and kill them all - and then cry when the next crash is upon us!
Thursday, April 15: Bourne
Tax Day - Enough Said!Paid the fiddler and hoped to hit the water, but winds came up and went home and tied some Clousers instead. This year, I'm going to avoid the old habit of tying the new secret fly and stay with the old reliables. At least that's my story and I'm going to stick with it.
Wednesday, April 14: Mashpee
Sunshine and WindburnCape Codders pretty much accept that we don't have a spring, but so far April has been as close to what other folks experience as we get. The trees are blooming early and it is pretty darn warm by mid-morning. In fact, I already have a bit of sunburn from working on a roof with my brother and he reported that when the wind came up yesterday, it left him pretty red faced. From my vantage point from a roof in Popponesset, the water looks like it has some life in it, with greens far more prevalent than the steel blue a month ago. Drove by Bournes Pond today as well and it looks like there are two troughs or channels now with a bar in between. I need to study it more, but it looks like it might be tougher to access the main channel, although the slough you have to wade through might be shallower than it looks. Every winter brings changes to structure along the sand beaches of the southside and some scouting is always in order, especially if the alterations impact where the fish might be.
Tuesday, April 13: Buzzards Bay
Fish in Westport, But No Love Closer to HomeTalked to Tim Folan who said he went out this morning and checked Megansett and Squeteague Harbor, but nothing to report. Cold nights have water temperatures pretty cold in the morning and a key right now is to find spots that are shallow and warm up during the day. Throw in an early afternoon outgoing tide with water moving off the shallows and you have a good chance at finding conditions that will produce some activity. With fish in Rhode Island and around Westport, should be any day.
Monday, April 12: Nantucket
No Signs of Fish From the AirTook a flight to Nantucket to referee a lacrosse game and it was absolutely beautiful. As much as I love the Cape, there really is something special about the island. Frankly, if you really want to appreciate the prevalence of water around the Cape and islands, there is nothing like an airplane trip to give you a real appreciation of the magnificence were are surrounded by. That said, it would be nice to have a few schoolies around to make these waters even more magnificent!
Saturday, April 10: Bourne
What Gives?This report covers both days this weekend, and I have to admit that I am a little surprised by a lack of fish in the rivers in Wareham. Mike Thomas at M & D's admitted that he didn't encourage people to look for schoolies yet despite the good weather as holdovers are very scarce and new arrivals are filtering into Rhode Island.
Friday, April 9: Bourne
Bass Rumors = No FishStill just rumors of a schoolie here or there, but no confirmed, reliable reports. Plenty of herring and a crafty old Cape Codder told me he has been catching white perch as well. Funny that folks really pay little attention to them here, while on Nantucket they are pursued by a small group of anglers with great fervor. I'm counting on a fish tomorrow if the wind settles and the warm temperatures predicted happen; the late afternoon might be key.
Thursday, April 8: Mashpee
Winter Storms Bring Big ChangesI took a break from work to walk the spit in Popponesset and there has certainly been some serious erosion thereabouts, as well as around Succonesset Point. As usual, there have been attempts to control the loss of sand, but generally it has been futile. It might just be me, but there appears to be a distinct bar forming in front of the New Seabury condos. Might be good for the shorebound crew, but boaters might have to give it a little respect, especially around low tide. Still no super exciting saltwater news, but the freshwater bass are getting very active, especially in some of the shallower kettle ponds. Just might take Mike Hogan out for some Hogy flippin'; at the very least, it will make for some interesting looks when we show up with a flats boat among all the glitter bass boats!
Wednesday, April 7: Bourne
Katie G Is HomeInstallation of jackplate and new Honda 50 on the Mitzi has me revved up and ready to hit the water. Mike Thomas said that the holdovers in the Agawam and Weweantic were pretty much wiped out by the ice in the rivers this winter, but I'm thinking that by the first of next week, there just might be some scouts around. At least it makes for a good excuse to put some hours on the motor before heading for Florida.
Tuesday, April 6: Ferry to the Vineyard
Visions of StripersHad to catch the ferry to the island to referee a lacrosse game and what a perfect day it was on the water. The current was pulling hard in the Hole and I kept looking at each ledge and rip with thoughts of bass on my mind. Plenty of herring around and water temperatures around 49 have a lot of folks thinking that we are going to have an early season. Reports of squid south of Nantucket as well have me hoping for a banner year at MG and the sounds, as well as the Hole.
Monday, April 5: Bourne
Bass in New Jersey, sooo . . .The great weather continues and with solid reports of school bass and blues in New Jersey, is it possible we might have an early season? Not likely, as the water is still pretty cold and the arrival date of our first fresh schoolies is pretty consistent around the upper Cape. The flats skiff will be ready tomorrow and I'll probably poke up inside Cotuit or Wareham later this week if the weather holds, but I really don't have any great expectations. Stan Kuzia told me there are sand eels in the Canal and a few small pollock have been caught, so maybe we are getting a few rewards after such a tough early season in 2009.
Friday, April 2: Bourne
Herring, Ospreys, and SunThe big word at the basketball league I referee was the presence of herring in a number of runs around here. No great numbers yet, but somehow getting a look at the renewal of life in the spring has folks thinking of the striper season to come. Gene Bourque told me he went up to the Agawam River today; along with the Weweantic, these two rivers in Wareham are traditionally good early season spots. Unfortunately, there were no fish to be had. Bruce Miller at Canal Bait & Tackle in Sagamore said it was a tough season for holdovers in Scorton Creek and Barnstable Harbor, with all of the ice and very cold water. That said, with the flats boat ready for the water, if this warm stretch continues, I will be up inside Cotuit around Prince Cove, as well as the marshes on the northside hoping to find a few mud puppies.
Thursday, April 1: Bourne
Trout Fishing?Well, after a period of heavy rain that has filled all the ponds and with the state having done some serious stocking, I am almost considering taking a fly rod down to a local water and give dredging some nymphs a shot. The weather is supposed to be great this weekend and I sure could use some time in the sun. For what it's worth, I went through the registration process with NOAA for both boats and found it both quick and painless. When you are fishing with me, you don't have to worry about a registration, but you do if you are fishing on your own and you are fishing for anadromous species, which include stripers, or in federal waters. There is no cost and registration can be done on line.
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The thing about tutorials
January 17, 2018
Just musing here for a bit. I've been immersing myself in some oil painting tutorials, wondering if I want to switch back to oils again after 2 years of acrylic work (and several years of working in oils before that). In the last post I shared some of my recent work on a garden theme. I was feeling that I needed to develop a more painterly approach to complement my tendency to perfectionist draughtsmanship.
Most of the tutorials out there I find too slick. There are tips offered, but often they are only tricks on, 'how to paint trees, fruit, dogs, kittens, mountain views water' and so forth. I avoid those.
I settled on Colley Whisson's work because of the ease with which he handles the paint and complex subject matter. But as I got deeper into trying some of his approaches out in my own work, I found that I was moving away from my own truth and toward someone else's way of working. This might be necessary up to a point when trying to learn new skills, but I notice now that I'm trying to paint like Colley, not like me.
I never wanted to make realistic landscapes or scenes. And actually, I think the woollen-felt pieces I did in response to Piet Oudolf's gardens are closer to my soul than the paintings I've done of the same subject. The more I've followed the tutorials, the closer my work has been getting to conventional landscapes. The challenge for me is in the technique, but the intention of the painting is getting lost, since it is pulling me in a direction that I don't want to move in.
Take a painter I'm moved by- Jeroen Krabbé. His joyful, decorative approach is totally unique to him (while many of the online oil painters are interchangeable to my eye). I've studied his work and seen his originals for the last 10 years and they always bring me somewhere new- in how I see, and in the possibilities of paint. The medium here is not so relevant, he works in oils, but his paintings would work equally well in acrylics. He's a colour person like me.
Oils are messy, they are stinking up my studio where I also spend a lot of time doing yoga, reading etc., and the clean up, despite not using terps or other traditional paint thinners, takes longer. I think I'll finish up the one that is on the easel and put the oils back in storage for now and get back to the natural progressive process my work was moving in before I took this side trip. It was a fun trip, though.
Back to work
October 1, 2016
It has been a challenging summer dealing with various health issues. But now I have energy again to share some of my life with anyone interested.
Making artwork has never really stopped. Some weeks after the op, I was already painting a copy of a Matisse stillife. Spring inspired me to paint trees, then I got sick in June and things ground to a halt for awhile. Around that time I started sewing a quilt by hand, having bought 2 packs of beautiful Tilda cotton squares on sale. I liked the slow pace and the kind of mindless precise work.
Fall brought new inspiration. My last post had been in June and, with the onion paintings, I had broken through to a new way of working, .
It was kind of intimidating to try and pick that up again, I'd tried and failed a few times. So I decided to ease into painting again by doing something familiar. I feel most comfortable working in defined areas, like patchwork really. My oil pastel drawings tend to begin as grids, so I chose a few of my favourites and began copying them in acrylics.
It is so true that just working, regardless of being inspired or not, most always opens up the next step.
Even though I stopped again after completing these 2 below, doing them launched me into a new phase in my painting. More about that in the next post. Meanwhile…
When stuck in one medium it is often helpful to go to another. I decided to make collages out of some old oil pastel drawings. I did one a day for a week, here they are:
take care, til next time.
Grandfather tree
April 27, 2016
I've been working on the Spirit of Trees series. Though none of these are finished, I thought I'd show them in progress anyway. These guys above are massive trees, beeches, I think (?), growing on our neighbour's patio. They have such presence.
Above are colour experiments inspired by the art of Alexey Kvaratskeheliya, see a previous post of mine for details. I'm inspired by the combinations and you can see I've been trying out some of them on the foreground of 'Grandfather trees'.
I've worked further on 'Before trees', here below:
And the third one in progress is this little one:
Before trees
March 19, 2016
Working on the sampler for Jude Hill's online course I'm following (well, dipping into) is giving me insights into how I work generally. The idea here is to weave some fabric strips together as a base, and then work on the grid formed by the strips of cloth.
I chose the circle as a uniting theme, but the tree wanted to be there in the middle, and when it appeared, the work stopped being an exercise and connected with my heart.
Someone once commented that I should stop working in all those little rectangles in my art. But this way of working speaks to me, is actually a part of my personal visual vocabulary. I realise I feel most comfortable within defined spaces where I can play with edges, defining them, letting them fade, overlapping. And each square a little story of its own. If you look at Jude's work, you see her breaking out of the grid repeatedly, but it is there as a strong basis to the design, holding all the separate parts together.
You can see in the next images, how I like to work. I used an old painting(shown upside down) below.
On the painting below, you can still see part of the neck of the greenish bottle (far right) showing if you look carefully. And other areas have been painted over letting parts of the background show through. Using an old painting as the background determines the palette a bit, and some of the movement.
But I got stuck fairly quickly on this one. It was too familiar and I wasn't learning much by continuing with it. Using prompts from Flora Bowley's book, mentioned in several previous posts, I decided to risk ruining/losing what I had in order to find something new. So I turned it upside down and treated it like a background.
Ah, trees again, they just wanted to be there. To orient between the old and new versions, look for the yellow sun on the painting above, and now you'll see it peeking through behind the big tree on the left.
Here is a later stage.
So, for me, the textile work at teh top of the page, and painting are intimately related. They are both about layering, not planning overmuch, following where the work seems to want to go, and being patient with all the twists and turns on the way.
Back again
February 15, 2016
Well, I'm back. Words desert me when I try to say anything about the last 8 weeks. I came through a long and tough operation, and am recovering well, though more slowly than I would like.
My work mates in the municipal traffic project sent me a wonderful bouquet, but also a sweet card of a still life painting- by Matisse. I wasn't familiar with this side of his work.
It is such a little gem that it somehow reached through the pain and leftover narcotic stupor to remind me that I was more than my physical situation. And I got the energy to get my paints out so I could copy the still life. I love that, like the original, it is kind of crudely painted (used palet knife on the background), but still holds together.
My painting was already undergoing some fundamental changes. I wrote about those in the last post. One current influence is Flora Bowley's, 'Brave intuitive painting'. After some free experimenting according to her suggestions, I find that my visual vocabulary demands a bit more structure than her layered free form approach. Still, I am learning a lot from trying some of her suggestions to free up the painting experience. Laying down a first layer, for instance, in cool colours, and painting on top with warm ones, letting areas of the underlayer show through. Also she encourages you to not get precious about what is already on the canvas, and to try new mark making on top of what you already have to push the painting in a new direction. Ruining the 'good' correct image to reveal more depth and expression.
That is what I'm in the process of doing with the painting here. It was inspired by a bunch of tulips wrapped in dark blue paper. But I felt the painting was a bit too pretty and confined by the realism.
So I've been breaking it down by using the palette knife in places and obscuring some of the bright colours and hard definition of form. It is still in progress.
One more thing I wanted to say about influences, I love the work of Jude Hill and am following a sewing, quilting, and appliqué course of hers online. It is all about layering there as well.
Her approach speaks to me- she doesn't plan a piece out to the last detail, she has a spontaneous, 'wait and see what happens' attitude. It is really refreshing and something I could use more of. Also, she posts her work in progress and you watch it transform and grow. I could do that more.
And I wouldn't be surprised to see the patchwork and painting starting to influence each other before to long.
More on other new paintings next time.
Painting adventure
December 16, 2015
There is a lot of movement happening in my life, and it is reflected in my painting. I'm leaving old ways of seeing, and familiar approaches, and embarking on 'The adventure of a lifetime' (A plug for Coldplay's new single YAY!!). The freedom I have in inventing when working in oil pastels has finally transferred to paint. I'm working in acrylics because I like layering and they dry fast.
I won't take you on the complete journey, but this particular stream started months ago. I have mentioned that I do collages for relaxation and processing of any issues up for me. I always really like them, they surprise me and are fresh. So this one, with the painting by Alexey Kvaratskeheliya at center stage inspired me to try an oil pastel painting using the same kind of little shards of concentrated colour as Alexey K.
Which resulted in this piece:
Working with colour in this way feels very natural to me. (This piece is in our currently running show at Scherer design store. In a few days they will have our exhibit announced on the site.)
I wondered if I could work this way in paints, but it is different when you can reach for one of 121 concentrated oil pastel colours, or you have to mix them yourself and keep using clean brushes to apply them.
But one evening I took a little piece of cardboard, and intuitively began working in small colour areas. That freed me up to take another step- I took all the leftover colours on my palette and made a background on a previously painted canvas with the partly dried paint and palette knife:
Then I painted over it intending to work into the result below, but I like it so much I'm leaving it as is.
The next two happened around the same time:
They are both painted in acrylic over previous paintings, taking cues from the background and at the same time evolving their own unique forms.
This method of working really suits me. I work messily and spontaneously on an already painted canvas and things just happen.
Gee that Flora Bowley book mentioned in the last post must really work, I haven't even read it yet and my work is undergoing a major reorientation! 🙂
All of the preceding are quite small format- around 30 x 30 cm. Then I retrieved one of the fairly free paintings from this summer where I was trying to lose form, and painted over it. The tree emerged, and I worked into it some, but not much. It captures the energy I need most to connect with now as I face major surgery tomorrow. Hopefully I can bring it into the hospital where I can see it.
What we need more of
November 24, 2015
It has been ages, nearly 3 months since I posted. Hi again, to the handful of faithful followers who make this worth doing.
Crazy months dealing with health issues. There is an operation coming soon, and hopefully after that things will settle down into a more normal routine again.
My art is in a turbulent period of its own. I think I included some of the newer experiments this last summer,where I was letting go of form and trying to paint more intuitively. I've been more comfortable with watercolour sticks (a kind of crayon that is water soluble) and collage lately, than oil paints. I want to do quick, spontaneous studies rather than labour over one painting.
Rende and I have an upcoming exhibition in a high quality interior store here in the north of Holland. He'll be showing woodwork and photography, and I'll hang 18 pieces, oil pastels and oil paintings. I'll link to the site when they've got our info there.
I know I've posted the art above before here, and probably the quote as well, but it is worth repeating:
What we need more of is slow art; art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of perception and making whose skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn't merely sensational, that doesn't get its message across in ten seconds, that isn't falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our natures.
In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media. – Robert Hughes


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August 10, 2007
Russell Johnson, Who Transformed the Sound in Concert Halls, Dies at 83
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Russell Johnson, who combined architectural training, a love of music and acute intuition to revolutionize the quality of sound in hundreds of the world's concert halls, each of which he regarded as a complex, unique instrument, died on Aug. 7 at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.
Tateo Nakajima, managing director of Artec Consultants, the firm that Mr. Johnson founded in 1970 and at which he worked until he died, confirmed the death.
Mr. Johnson prescribed the acoustic design of concert halls from Dallas to Birmingham, England, to Jazz at Lincoln Center to Lucerne, Switzerland, often working with the world's leading architects. The concert hall he designed for the small Finnish city of Lahti helped elevate its orchestra and its annual Sibelius Festival to prominence.
After the Scottish Chamber Orchestra visited the Lucerne Concert Hall, completed in 1999, a reviewer for The Glasgow Herald called the sound "so elegant and dreamy it makes the head reel," saying it testified to "the genius of Russell Johnson."
Jean Nouvel, the architect who received accolades for designing the Lucerne building, said in an interview with The New York Times in 1998: "I am the guardian of the eye, Russ Johnson is the guardian of the ear."
Mr. Johnson's design for Jazz at Lincoln Center was intended to conjure the "golden sound" that Wynton Marsalis, the center's music director, said he wanted. Mr. Johnson did this by working with architects and others to build a soundproof box inside a bigger box.
At the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, his solution included a movable over-the-stage canopy, around-the-room reverberation chambers that can be opened and closed in combinations, and sound-absorptive adjustable curtains.
After decades when few new concert halls were built and old ones were seldom retuned for sound quality, there was a post-war boom in creating and remaking them. But successful outcomes were so spotty that Mr. Johnson found that musicians and concertgoers considered acousticians to be practitioners of a phony art and a failed science.
"I found that as soon as I told musicians I was an acoustician, they wanted to wring my neck," he said in an interview with The Financial Times in 1997.
Mr. Johnson helped revolutionize the profession with new movable and often automatic technology that can create different environments for different groups. Perhaps most important, he persuaded many owners and architects to return to the basic shape and dimensions of beloved older halls like the Musikverein in Vienna, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Symphony Hall in Boston. All are shoebox-shaped and relatively small.
"I believe that you cannot, should not, design opera houses and concert halls for the next century unless you really understand the last three centuries of the design of this type of building," he said in an interview with The National Post, a Canadian newspaper, in 2002.
Mr. Johnson's first task was often persuading owners to give him priority over the architect, who was sometimes reluctant to build around Mr. Johnson's reiteration of the classic concepts he thought necessary to achieve superb sound. The National Post quoted Clint Kuschak, who was general manager of the community auditorium in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and oversaw its building, as saying "We wanted the grand theater, and he wanted something that worked."
Mr. Johnson strove to achieve four acoustic qualities: loudness, warmth, clarity and reverberation, meaning the after-ring as a sound slowly tapers into silence. The result, he said, "must be air around the music, as if the music is floating."
Frederick Russell Johnson was born in Berwick, Pa., on Sept. 14, 1923, and was in the children's choir of his church. He climbed into the pipe organ there to see how it worked, The National Post reported. When he was 12 or 13, he began listening to opera broadcasts on the radio. By 15, he wanted to be a recording engineer and make classical albums.
After Army service, he studied architecture at what is now Carnegie Mellon University and then transferred to Yale, from which he graduated. From 1954 to 1970, he worked for Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Mass., an acoustical consulting firm. In 1970, he started his own company, which has since completed more than 2,000 projects.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his sister, Barbara Johnson Mansfield, of Vienna, Va.
Unlike many acousticians, Mr. Johnson did not believe designing space for sound is susceptible to scientific approaches and preferred to call what he did an art.
"The math today may not help you very much," he told The New York Times in 2000. "And if you believe some math that's wrong, you can get into trouble very quickly."
But he did believe in the overriding importance of silence, telling The Times in 1998 that "you have to work very carefully to get the silence right."
He added, "The acoustician builds his signature on that silence."
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — The body of a University of Vermont woman missing for nearly a week was recovered in a town east of Burlington on Friday and the chief suspect in her slaying was arrested on unrelated charges, the police chief said.
Michelle Gardner-Quinn, 21, of Arlington, Va., has been missing since early Saturday morning when she was last seen walking from downtown toward her university dormitory.
Police have been focused on a man whose cellular telephone she borrowed as she walked and Burlington Police Chief Thomas Tremblay said that man, Brian Rooney, 36, of Richmond, had been arrested.
Gardner-Quinn's body was recovered along a road near Huntington Gorge, a popular swimming spot in Richmond.
Rooney has not been charged in connection with Gardner-Quinn's disappearance or slaying, Tremblay said. He's charged with sexual assault and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. He's due in court on those charges next week in Caledonia County, about 80 miles east of Burlington, where the crimes allegedly occurred, Tremblay said.
Earlier, authorities had cordoned off at least half a block in a residential Burlington neighborhood several blocks south of where Gardner-Quinn was last seen. They were concentrating on a stately, three-story, red brick home, where there has been construction on an addition.
A backhoe could be seen in the yard, but police were keeping a crowd of media well away from the scene and were declining to comment.
The Burlington Free Press, citing construction workers who declined to be identified, reported on its Web site that digging was to concentrate on a hole behind the house where concrete was poured on Monday.
WCAX reported that a man who had been a subcontractor on the job was the person whose phone Gardner-Quinn had used as she walked toward her dorm.
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text: Paul Scarlata - September 24, 2010 A New Kahr The new CW45 offers concealed-carry punch at an affordable price.The new CW45 offers concealed-carry punch at an affordable price.By Paul Scarlata I'm a proponent of double-action-only triggers on defensive handguns, and some of the most user friendly of the many DAO pistols on today's market are made by the Kahr Arms Company. The trigger stroke on Kahr pistols is smooth, light and stage-free. This is accomplished by means of a system in which a trigger stroke of approximately 0.7 inch rotates a cam that then unlocks the spring-loaded striker safety and draws the striker to full cock position before releasing it to fire the pistol. There are no external safety devices on Kahr pistols. Instead, a striker block immobilizes the partially cocked striker from any movement, and it can be deactivated only by pulling the trigger through a complete stroke.Locking is via the barrel hood bearing on the front edge of ejection port. Upon firing, the slide moves rearward and a cam on the barrel lug pulls the barrel down, unlocking it from the slide. The slide continues rearward, extracting and ejecting the spent case. KAHR ARMS: CW45 Type: DAO semiautoCaliber: .45 ACPCapacity:6-round magazineWeight: 21.7 oz.Barrel length: 3.64 in.Overall length: 6.4 in.Height: 4.8 in.Width: 1 in.Slide: matte stainless steelGrip: textured polymerSights: white bar rear, white dot frontPrice: $606Manufacturer: Kahr Arms,508-795-3919A recoil spring, located on a full-length guide rod under the barrel, pulls the slide forward, stripping a round from the magazine and chambering it. As the slide goes into battery, the barrel and slide are locked together by the barrel hood moving up into the ejection port.Kahr pistols use an offset barrel with the trigger mechanism beside it, rather than under it, to provide a frame design with a high grip close to the centerline of the bore, which provides enhanced recoil control while reducing muzzle flip and felt recoil A self-cleaning extractor forces powder residue away from the extractor to prevent fouling buildup, and a rather impressive ejector throws spent cases well clear of the pistol.Kahr introduced its first polymer frame pistol, the P9, in 2000. The P9 was soon followed by a line of full-size, compact and subcompact 9mm and .40 pistols. To satisfy the fans of the most popular large-bore pistol cartridge of all time, next in line were the P45, TP45 and PM45 chambered for, you guessed it, the .45 ACP. The most recent additions to its line of polymer pistols is the CW45.While it bears a strong family resemblance to the P45 and uses the same textured polymer frame (Kahr pistols have a snag-free exterior, a nice feature for a pistol meant to be carried and drawn from concealment) the CW45 is intended as an entry-level or economy model. It's priced at $200 less than the P series .45s.For this reason there are certain features that differ from the P series, the most obvious being the slide. To keep cost down, the exterior of the slide has fewer machining operations, resulting in a more slab-sided appearance, while the front sight is pinned in place rather than using a dovetail cut as on the P series. There are also fewer markings, and these are engraved rather than rollmarked.The polymer grip frame is nicely checkered and textured to provide a non-slip purchase. The CW45's slide stop is produced by a metal-injection-molding process; on the P series it's a machined part. The barrel on the CW45 has conventional rifling, as opposed to the P series' polygonal rifling.The positioning of the CW45's slide stop lever and magazine release catch contributes to a smooth outline for snag-free draws.While none of these changes lessen the practicality of the pistol, they combine to reduce the price, freeing up money that could be spent on accessories and--most important--practice ammo.I have been a fan of Kahr pistols since they first hit the market, and for the past few years one of my regular carry guns has been a PM9. This is especially true when I dress in a manner that precludes carrying a larger handgun, and since here in North Carolina we have eight months of summer and four months when the sunbathing is poor, I tend to dress light.Upon first examination of the CW45, I didn't get all that excited. I mean, to be perfectly honest about it, a Kahr is a Kahr. Every Kahr pistol operates in the same exact manner; the controls are in the same locations, and the DAO triggers have the same excellent pulls.Accuracy Results: KAHR CW45.45 ACP BulletWeight (gr.) MuzzleVelocity (fps) AverageGroup (in.) Federal Hydra-Shok1651,0401.80Cor-Bon +P DPX1851,0322.13Black Hills FMJ2307772.50Winchester SXT2308522.25Notes: Accuracy is the average of four, five-shot groups fired from an MTM Predator rest at 15 yards. Velocity is the average of five rounds measured with a Chrony chronograph 15 feet from the muzzle. Abbreviation: FMJ, full metal jacket.What I found especially attractive about the CW45, though, was the checkered, hand-filling grip and how the pistol sat low in my hand. You can tell that a lot of thought went into the CW45's ergonomics because when I lifted it to eye level it was pointing where I was looking.And the sights get my wholehearted approval because I believe that the white dot (front) and bar (rear) system allows the fastest sight alignment of any setup on the market today.Last, the supplied six-round magazine fell free when the easy-to-reach catch was pressed--empty or loaded, slide forward or locked open.Since the Kahr's purpose in life is to be a close-range, defensive pistol, accuracy testing was conducted at an intermediate 15 yards from an MTM Predator rest. Considering my past experience with Kahr pistols, I should not have been surprised at the level of accuracy that the CW45 displayed, but I was.While it showed a preference for Federal's fast-stepping Hydra-Shok load, everything I stuffed into the magazine shot to point of aim and produced groups running in size from 1.63 to 2.75 inches.After chronographing the four loads, I got down to the more serious (and fun) part of the handgun evaluation process. I belted on a Galco Yaqui belt slide holster and dual mag pouch and, after loading up several spare magazines, I proceeded to run the CW45 through the following offhand drills on a pair of D-1 targets.Drill 1 Three yards. Draw pistol and fire three rounds on each target with an unsupported (one handed) grip. Perform a combat reload and repeat twice.Drill 2 Seven yards. Draw pistol and double tap each target with a supported grip. Re-holster and repeat three times.Drill 3 Ten yards. Draw pistol and fire six rounds, slow aimed fire, on the first target. Reload and repeat on the second target.Despite the fact that it was firing large, heavy bullets--some at pretty impressive velocities--out of a lightweight pistol, the CW45 handled very well. Felt recoil, while stiff, was very controllable, and I was able to make fast, accurate follow-up shots with no problems. I could reach both the slide stop and magazine release without moving the pistol around in my hand to any noticeable degree, and the beveled magazine well allowed smooth, fumble-free reloads.Kahr pistols feature a massive claw extractor and monster ejector to ensure 100 percent reliability.This expenditure of ammunition produced a pair of targets with every single round inside the confines of their respective X and 10 rings. No complaints here.The only complaint I did have about the pistol was a relatively minor one: The supplied six-round magazine feed lips had sharp edges, and if I wasn't careful when loading them I scraped my thumb and fingers rather painfully. (I received another CW45 magazine at a later date, and the feed lips had been reshaped to correct this problem).I used the CW45 for several weeks as my regular carry gun and found it easy to conceal and tote around all day in the Galco holster. I was hardly aware that I was packing a .45 under my vest.I believe the CW45 would be an excellent choice for those fans of large caliber handguns who need--or just want--a lightweight, easily concealable, fine shooting pistol chambered for the most popular big bore pistol cartridge of all time.Whether you are a police detective, armed professional, licensed civilian or homeowner, the CW45 should be capable of doing whatever you want or need a pistol to do--at an economical price.The white dot/bar sight system allows very fast alignment. The rear sight is cut and angled to reduce glare. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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The MIT blackjack team is probably the most notorious and successful card-counting team in the history of the game. As expected from students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), players on the team used sophisticated card-counting techniques, as well as the 'big player' team strategy, to gain a considerable edge over the casino. Now, their amazing story is being acted out by Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne and Kate Bosworth in a new movie entitled '21'.
Blackjack is the only casino table game in which skilled players can gain an edge over the casino. A player must use correct basic strategy and apply card counting techniques to keep track of the number of high cards (tens and aces) remaining in the deck. When the deck is rich with high cards, a player has a better chance to hit 21. If a player bets more when the count is high, and less when it's low, he can gain an edge of roughly 2%. After that short explanation you may be asking yourself 'OK, but why bother with a team?'.
The problem is that casinos don't like to give away money. If a player shows suspicious behavior, such as consistently raising his bets when the count is high, the casino will eventually ban him. Team play gets rid of that problem – one member, known as the 'big player' is the high-roller that places all the big bets. The rest of the team place small bets and are sitting at their tables just so they can count the cards. When the count is right, they signal to the big player to join the table and make his move, and that's how the team avoids detection by casino security. Doesn't that sound dramatic? At least somebody at Colombia Pictures thought so.
The MIT team wasn't the first big player team, but it was the most successful, and is by far the most well known. It operated on-and-off from 1979 until the early 2000's, and its story has already gained much media attention. First came the New York Times Best Selling book with the long title: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. Written by Ben Mezrich, the book was first published in 2002, and was an instant hit. Later came the sequel by the same author – Busting Vegas, which told the story of a different MIT card counting team, and was also a great success, even though its title was much shorter.
The History Channel aired a documentary called Breaking Vegas, which focuses on the most successful period of the MIT team. Game Show Network responded with a documentary of their own called Anything to Win. The BBC was fast to follow with the most critically acclaimed version of the story (to date) – Making Millions the Easy Way, which also emphasized the mathematical aspect of the story.
Now Hollywood is ready to take a crack at this amazing story. 21 is a new film scheduled to come out next month. It's loosely based on Mezrich's book, who also helped write the screenplay. Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) directed a star-studded cast, with Jim Sturgess playing the lead role of Ben Campbell, an MIT student who is recruited into the team. The team is lead by an unorthodox math professor named Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey). Things heat up after casino security enforcer Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne) realizes something is going on, and is determined to end the team's winning streak. Of course, there is also a love story. It is, after all, Hollywood's version of the story.