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Microsoft and Rare have released the PC system requirements for the upcoming Sea of Thieves, ranging from the "Mythical" 4K 60 FPS all the way down to the "Cursed" 540p 30 FPS.
"[Sea of Thieves is] designed to support a wide range of PC setups and ensure many gamers are able to enjoy the game" the developer said in a press release.
Check out six different sets of specs, and how well they can output your game, in the chart below (click to enlarge):
Rare has previously said it was aiming to get its necessary specs as low as possible, while still offering an "ultra" experience for high-end PCs, and the range of the specs bears that out.
With a below-HD 540p option alongside the expected 4K 60 FPS, Rare's demonstrating its support for a potential player base - and the art style of the game should lend itself to both ends of the spectrum.
Rare has also revealed that microtransactions will be coming to the game three months after launch, telling IGN that they will "add to the fun, social nature of the game" and won't "impact power or progression."
Lead designer Mike Chapman confirmed that player crew size will be limited to four - the "magic number" - and has also explained how the servers have been designed to have player ships encounter one another every 15 minutes to half an hour.
If you want to know more about Sea of Thieves before its release on March 20, you can check out exactly what it is you're trying to achieve in the game, and peruse the range of pre-order bonuses available.
Shabana is a freelance writer who enjoys JRPGs, wine, and not finishing games. Follow her on Twitter.


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Our farm produce has been Certified Naturally Grown for five months, officially since receiving our yearly inspection and certificate this past May. Our poultry is also part of the program, needing the yearly inspection completed, which I hope to get a fellow farmer over here for uber soon. Next year we'll be pulling our apiary into it. We raise our bees naturally and have since they came here last year. Baby steps, you know? Since I've been quiet for months, having stories busting to get out, I've decided to start with this one and then move on into another that wants to be told tomorrow.
I know you're wondering, "Hey Sharon, what is Certified Naturally Grown? I don't know what that means." Well, pull up your chair because it's time you know. In a nutshell and from the world of Sharon, it's our farm raising what we enjoy raising without using synthetic chemicals. No synthetic insecticides or herbicides. No synthetic fungicides or fertilizers, either. Nope. None. We also say heck no to chemically treated seeds and a wooooah Nelly no way Jose to genetically modified seeds. Many times I'll say we're, "Organic by definition, not by government association." I like the standards we follow through the Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) program. I feel it's a better fit with our family farm. First off, as much as I'd like to be able to actually tell folks we're "organic" and use the organic logo without having the hounds of government descend on me, we just can't afford the price tag. CNG is an affordable option for us to stand up and say, "Hey, we're here and this is what we do...," and we do it with the backing of a great organization where we keep each other in line, in check, and following the standards set out for us, some of those standards trumping the USDA in my opinion.
Okay, now that I've said that, and you're on the seat of your chair, I see that question on your face. You're saying, "Yeah, but if you're keeping each other in line, whose to say you won't let each other slide by?!" Well, that's where you have to understand we work together as an organization, making sure each other is following the standards. Just because we don't have an inspection by an official government person doesn't make us any less credible. In fact, the person that was here earlier in the year to inspect our gardens won't be here next year. It'll be someone else. We can't have the same person inspect two years in a row. I can assure you when I'm asked to inspect someone's CNG farm I'll be making sure they are doing what they should be doing. When I sign my name to that inspection form it will be there because I see what is supposed to be. If you go to the CNG website to look at a copy of an inspection form or any documentation that I've signed you'll know it's there because I am an honest person. I have no qualms about calling someone out about this. Oh, yeah, that brings up another point...CNG has what they call transparency when it comes to every one of their producers. You can see the paperwork on-line from the application we fill out to the inspections we perform.
When I asked a good friend of mine if she is going to consider joining CNG she said no, that she doesn't feel it's necessary. She is an honest person who would never lead her customers on. I get that. Truly. She's awesome and I know everything she does is what I do and she's spot on with what she tells her customers. However, I know others that say they're doing what we do and then squirt Round-Up around their plants to keep the weeds down. GAH! I won't even get into the pink coated corn seeds. Kind of makes me woozy.
Our poultry ~ the chickens, ducks, and geese ~ are fed a USDA Organic feed. According to CNG, the feed doesn't have to be from the USDA Organic program. It can be purchased from a non-GMO producer or mill that will sign paperwork that states they follow the growing standards for their product of not using GMOs or synthetic chemicals. Sadly I haven't found a one around here that can state that fact, so I buy Organic feed from a feed store. That feed costs me $35 for 35 lbs. Yikes, you bet'cha that's a lot of money! Non-organic feed at that particular store costs less than $13 for a 50 lb. bag. What? You want to know why do we pay that huge difference in price? Well, that's an easy one. We do it because we care. We care for not only our family but yours, too. Yes, our chicken eggs cost you a little more money than others in the area. So do the ones with the Organic label at Wal-Mart...and theirs are still more money than ours. We have duck eggs, too, which I don't ever see at the grocery.
So, there you have it folks. I could go on about being Certified Naturally Grown and why we are thrilled to be a part of the CNG family, but you look like you're ready to to get up, stretch your legs, and go put that fishing pole you've been holding on to over in the pond. I am in the middle of roasting pumpkins for pies, anyway, and the timer is about to go off, so I need to get back to that. Just remember...as the ducks and geese swim around you...as you much on that lettuce I'll be serving up with supper...it's all good. It's Certified Naturally Grown. Smiling & Waving, Sharon
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Andrew Christie is the foundation Professor of Intellectual Property. Admitted to legal practice in both Australia and the UK, he worked for many years in the IP departments of law firms in Melbourne and London.
*Visit Professor Christie's webpage at andrewchristie.com*
Andrew Christie was appointed as the first Davies Collison Cave Professor of Intellectual Property in 2002. From March 2002 to June 2008 he was the founding Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), a national centre for multi-disciplinary research on the law, economics and management of intellectual property. IPRIA is based at the University of Melbourne, and is a joint enterprise of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, and the Melbourne Business School.
Professor Christie is admitted to legal practice in Australia and the United Kingdom, and worked for many years in the intellectual property departments of law firms in Melbourne and London. He has particular expertise in the application of copyright, patent and trade mark law to the digital environment, and in patent protection for biotechnological innovations. He is a former member of the Copyright Law Review Committee appointed by the federal Attorney-General, and is a current member of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property appointed by the federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources.
In July 2005 Professor Christie was identified by the leading international magazine Managing IP as one of the world's 50 most influential people in intellectual property.
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Personal injury is an important area of concern for all American states and every state has laws in order to protect people against such situations, though the laws may differ from one state to another. If you are a US citizen and if you have suffered a personal injury, such as in an auto accident, then you may be entitled to compensation to cover the expenses and injuries you incur. These expenses include both the costs that go towards repairing the damages to your vehicle as well as medical expenses.
There are several challenges a person has to face in the immediate aftermath of an accident that causes personal injury. One of the greatest of these challenges is to survive financially, considering the vast number of mounting expenses that will come their way and the possibility that their injury may prevent them from continuing with their job. Though the compensation from the insurance company will help people overcome these challenges, getting this compensation may take a long time. Hence, budgeting becomes very important while waiting for a personal injury claim.
Severe injuries impact every aspect of a victim's life. From the most obvious impacts of pain and suffering to lost wages and difficulty paying mortgage and medical bills, your life may be turned completely upside down. The primary focus of your time and energy should be in recovery, but the reality of trying to keep up with bills may interfere with that recovery. If your injury is caused by negligence on the part of another individual or company, you may consider suing them for the cost of your recovery.
Food poisoning is a terrible painful affliction, which causes a series of horrible bowel problems which can lead to lost time at work and a great deal of suffering. In cases where this is caused by eating at a restaurant, the restaurant can be held liable in a tort case. Food poisoning is caused by deteriorating food products and the bi-products of the bacteria present in the food.
After you have been seriously injured your first thoughts are generally about recovery. However, you will also be thinking about the financial implications of your injury. How are you going to pay your medical bills? What about the time you have to take off of work? You may rightly be very angry at the individual or company that caused your pain and suffering. What can you do to prevent them from causing other injuries like yours in the future?
Joint liability is a condition where at least two people or parties are liable for an individual's injury. If more than one party is found to be responsible for a person's injuries, all liable parties are going to have to pay certain amounts of money to compensate a victim for an injury. The amount they each have to pay depends on how liable for the injury the judge sees them as being; the more liable a person is, the more he/she will be forced to compensate the injured party.
Negligence occurs in a Personal Injury case when a person has acted in a way that has caused an injury to another party. The injury will be something that could have been prevented had the negligent party actively worked towards doing something to keep an injury from occurring. A person who is negligent will be forced to compensate an injured party for damages that relate to the injury suffered as a result of the negligence (if the courts can prove that this negligence led to the injury).
A number of different trends can be found in Personal Injury law these days. These are all trends that are influencing how judges and lawyers handle different Personal Injury cases. Therefore, it is a good idea to be aware of what these trends are and in this article we hope to help you know a little bit more about them and how they may affect your Personal Injury claim.
There are many different types of damages that can be granted in a Personal Injury case.
Medical expenses resulting from an accident are the most common damages seen in a Personal Injury case. These deal with current and future healthcare expenses and will be determined by the approximate needs a person will have for the duration of his/her life because of the injury.
Any damages relating to lifestyle changes as a result of an injury can also be covered. These include damages pertaining to home modifications for handicap accessibility.
A Polk County court has ruled that Integrated Health Services at Auburndale are to pay $114 million in damages to the family of 76 year old Juanita Jackson.
Ms. Jackson died on the 6th of July, 2003 and the court ruled that it was Ms. Jackson's treatment at the center that led to her death. Ms. Jackson was said to have suffered injuries as a result of a fall and also suffered from pressure sores, overmedication, malnourishment, and dehydration.
The jury awarded $14 million in damages and an additional $100 million in punitive damages to the Ms. Jacksons family.
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Yorkshire Bank Personal Loans are available for people living in the UK and looking for additional financial sources.
In this article, you will find the initial information on this bank, its conditions, reviews, etc.
Yorkshire Bank was established in 1859 by Colonel Edward Akroyd in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Its head office is located in Leeds.
Today, the Bank has more than 90 branches all over the country and 22 private and business banking centres in the Midlands and the north of England.
It is also a part of CYBG PLC, one of the leading banking groups in the UK.
What Do They Offer?
Yorkshire has on offer flexible personal loans with a representative APR of 4.9% that can be used for any purpose.
It is possible to apply for a loan online or visit one of their branches.
In both cases, it takes only minutes for their employees to make a decision.
There is no need to be a client of this bank to apply for their loans because they can send the money to any account.
It is possible to ask for Yorkshire personal loans in the amount of up to £25,000.
Usually, their loans are taken for 1-5 years, although the loan in the amount of more than £15,000 can be taken for more than 6-7 years if they are used to cover existing repayable loans from Yorkshire Bank.
They accept early repayments that allow you to save money.
Another good thing about this bank is that it offers fixed interest rates that will not change within the entire period of use.
Clients of Yorkshire Bank can take loans if they are from 18 to 74 years old. There are other conditions for clients of other banks, who must be at least of 23 years old to apply for a loan.
To obtain personal loans from Yorkshire Bank, all borrowers have to have a minimum annual income of at least £15,000.
Interest rates vary depending on circumstances, and if you have a good credit score, you can count on getting good conditions.
Generally, Yorkshire Bank receives a good rating.
On one of the reputable rating website, the bank has a score of 4.5 out of 5 based on 239 reviews.
Most of the customers appreciate them for the following factors:
- Flexibility;
- Customer service;
- Value for money;
- Ease of use.
There are also negative reviews, many of which have been written by their clients who have been with the bank for many years.
Most of them are related to poor customer services and delays.
For instance, according to one review, the customer lost the car that he wanted to buy including a deposit that he left for it due to slow work of the bank's employees.
Yorkshire Bank has lots of happy clients, good conditions, and other advantages.
Although their customer support is mostly rated high, some of their clients are really unhappy with it.
It is recommended to consider using Yorkshire Personal Loans, but only after you check the work of their customer support.


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Our Teen Program expands on the fun of previous summers at Timber Lake West, introducing some new programs, electives and activities into their schedule, while also providing flexibility along with additional privileges and great social opportunities! We are proud that we continue to attract returning older campers year after year. Even with all of the other choices high school-aged children have in today's world, the large majority of our campers choose to return to Timber Lake West until the end of their camping career.
The Teen summer program begins with diverse programming, more day trips out of camp, more choice and flexibility daily, a later wake-up (they ARE teenagers, after all), many community service opportunities and strong staff and supervision.
Our Leadership Training Program is designed for our Teens who are looking to come back to camp as Junior Counselors.. Teens help out in various roles – coaching and refereeing lower camp's athletic leagues, participating in our Big Brother/Big Sister program, while also giving a hand in the bunks. These positions help get them ready for the following summer and allow them to give back to the place they've called their summer home for so many years.
Concerts, Water Parks/Amusement Parks, Movies and more! We also offer an extended trip each summer, alternating between a two-day Whitewater Rafting trip or a two-day trip to Hershey/Dorney Parks.
Our Ready For Life Program does exactly that; it prepares Teens for life in the real world. They'll learn how to approach job interviews, get some tips for applying to colleges, master some recipes while cooking, practice the skills of good decision-making, and learn ways to navigate through a host of social issues.


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"Painting" Addresses a "My Reputation Is Me" Mentality
- 2006 7 Sep
Author: Paul Thorson
Title: "Painting in the Dark"
Publisher: Integrity Publishers
"If performance is what I do, and identity is who I am, reputation is others' interpretation of my performance and identity." If this sentence is true, then my reputation is determined by others' perceptions of my actions, or performance, if you will, filtered through personal bias.
Taken further, when my actions meet with approval then my self-esteem goes up. When disapproval, from others or in the form of self-criticism, abounds self-esteem plummets. What a lousy way to live, identity and self-worth tied to the fickle opinions of those around you. So how to get through life without succumbing to the "my reputation is me" mentality? "Painting in the Dark" attempts to answer that question. The author, Paul Thorson, uses incidents from his own life as examples.
The first chapter begins as he watches a young musician suffer a meltdown on stage. He relates his observations as the humiliated violinist storms off stage, followed by the conductor. He's also able to see the two return, as the prodigal musician is forced back onto the stage by the conductor who refused to give up on him. How does a performer separate who he is from his actions on the stage? While most of us won't suffer the humiliation of a total meltdown in front of our peers, we will struggle as life is played out on private stages in front of fickle audiences.
For me, this book was frustrating to read at times. It was uneven, with gems mixed in with incomplete thoughts and chapters that didn't quite fit the theme of the book as I read them. But, eventually, most of the loose strands were gathered up and tied together by the end of the book.
An excerpt posted on Infuze several weeks ago is part of one of the gems. There is much more to his dark room demonstration than could be posted and it is, in my mind, the most thought-provoking chapter in the book. A powerful demonstration of darkness and light, I find myself dissecting it days after I finished the book.
A musician, author, teacher and currently a church planter in the Ukraine, Paul Thorson has a wealth of experience to draw upon and that he does, allowing us to see him in his strengths and, more importantly, his struggles and weaknesses. This book, though uneven, can help anyone who struggles with performing for the masses and knowing this isn't the way things are supposed to be. It is also for anyone who finds their identity, their reason for being, wrapped up in what they do. We are so much more than that. "It is about discovering that on our best days we are weaker than we ever knew and more loved than we ever hoped." A beam of light for those struggling to paint in the dark.
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1976 Seiko 6138-0017 Automatic Chronograph UFO / "Yachtman"
1976 Seiko 6138-0017 Automatic Chronograph UFO / "Yachtman"
The term "Yachtman" appears to have been of questionable origin as it pertains to this particular chronograph, and clearly because it looks right at home trackside, far from any body of water suitable for yachting. Without a doubt, the 6138-0017 and its Speed Timer counterpart are 1970's racing for the wrist. The case is a beastly 44.5mm of sloping contours and smooth case lines. The bezel is the standout feature here in black with a fiery metallic red inner track scaling the tachymeter. Beneath it the dial is a flat black off set by opposing sub registers in matte silver. The larger of the two counting minutes, and it's smaller partner above tracking hours. The hour and minute hands are contrasted in a bright white, and gliding around the dial, the long and slender orange sweep. The 6138 offers independent quick set of both the day and date, and can be manually wound. The chronograph functions are crisp and responsive and post service, its keeping near perfect time. On black distressed leather, it's possibly the perfect vintage racing chronograph, and sure to earn a spot in any rotation.
Clockwork Synergy Black Distressed Leather with Reverse Stitch (clockworksynergy.com)
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The snare is among the first traps Geralt encounters in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Most often, he finds them a bit too late, after stepping on one.
It does, with the Alchemist skill at level 2, 40 – 100 damage to one foe, and can be gathered from the field once used. You will find many of them in the forest in Chapter 1. On Iorveth's path, some areas in the Mines of Vergen have armed snare traps.
The fact that it does quite high damage, can be placed in packs, and can be gathered and reused makes it ideal to save money and kill monsters you're having a hard time to kill by the sword.
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Crime Fiction & Essays
In 2009 I began writing crime fiction. I had several reasons for doing so, none of these were associated with making money, which with hindsight is just as well.
Instead, it was partly a challenge, to see if I could write a full length book. After all, numerous schools had done little to foster any belief that I could write. However I had lived a fairly eventful life, and I had also read widely. More importantly, I felt I had something to say about the human condition, and at the time I was unable to see a way of expressing those thoughts with painting.
Prior to this, my only paid work as a writer was producing academic content for The Open University. A good friend and colleague, who I presume was under the influence of drink at the time, said that I had a talent for writing. Like me he is an avid reader and we share the same impeccable taste in books — we bonded over beer and a swooning admiration for James Ellroy. Moreover my friend's dear wife is an editor with the largest publishing house on the planet. So who was I to ignore him?
The rest, as they say, was, and still is, a slush-pile in the making.
My five self published books are available here, including my latest book The Butcher of Cairo.
Crime Fiction
- Crime Writing — How I began adding to slush-piles
- The Three-Towered Castle — How I came to write it
- A Short History of Ireland — How the English and the Irish contributed to a bloody history
- The Butcher of Cairo — How Marilyn Stasio and the ghost of Hemingway showed me the way
- Figure Paintings, 2013 — How I returned to making figure paintings
- Painting The Movers — How I was talked into painting 47 figures, 13 trucks and 2 dogs
- Figure Paintings, 2014-2016 — How I utilised a new studio to paint larger pictures
- Neptune Paintings — How I reworked an ancient Roman myth
- West End Ware — How I fused Munch's The Scream with retail therapy and Ancient Greek art
- Yet Another Spectacle — How I responded to Guy Debord and car crash photography
- Happy Hour — How a chance encounter with my son completed the picture
- Stencils — How I learned from Larry Wall and developed a love for Reusable Painting Objects
- How other artists influenced my work — How I fell under the spell of Turner, Rembrandt and Velázquez
- Looking for a Ghost — How I searched for my grandfather, Frank Cave
- Covent Garden Market — How my father crafted the fine art of ducking and diving
- Alfred Hitchcock — How Hitch hoodwinked market porters when directing Frenzy
- Richard Harris — How the actor demonstrated his fondness for a fight
- A Memoir of a Kleptomaniac — How my father was driven by an impulse control disorder


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10 Most Hated People In America, New Poll Reveals! Casey Anthony, Spencer Pratt & More!
A new poll puts these infamous celebs alongside names such as O.J. Simpson & Paris Hilton!
What do Casey Anthony, Spencer Pratt and Jon Gosselin have in common? A new poll suggests they're the most hated people in America!
These public figures top findings by Nielsen subsidiary E-Poll Market Research, the New York Post reports. Joining them are famous names such as O.J. Simpson, Paris Hilton and 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman, all making way on the following top 10 list:
- Casey Anthony
- Spencer Pratt
- Octomom
- O.J. Simpson
- Jon Gosselin
- Levi Johnston
- Jesse James
- Paris Hilton
- Heidi Fleiss
- Howard Stern
"A lot of the folks on this list are people who are constantly in the news and have nonredeeming qualities," Mary Ann Farrell, Senior Vice President of Researchv at E-Poll, says.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers — does Casey deserve to be the most-hated person in America?


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However, the inherent value of these devices may be greater than PCs and CRTs (for resale in addition to scrap – per unit weight). Instead of settling for the limited quantity of manufacturers carried on the shops in your space, you can surf from one website to a different until you hit electronics pay dust! I can already inform that this guide must be simpler to learn and perceive after having completed Make: Electronics. Sam Jarvis, at present learning in the Department of Electronic Engineering, has been awarded the IET Engineering Horizon Bursary. Welcome to the Department of Electronic Engineering, a division dedicated to world-main research and teaching in Electronic Engineering.
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Health and environmental issues related to electronics assembly have gained increased attention lately, particularly for products destined to the European Union, with its Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), which went into drive in July 2006. This is an introduction to our friend the capacitor, some of the commonly encountered electronic elements. Most analog digital appliances, comparable to radio receivers, are constructed from mixtures of some types of fundamental circuits. All this use of expertise and electronics and so they haven't even left for work yet!
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African Dwarf Frogs shed their skins as frequently as every other week, if they're growing quickly. It is quite normal for them to eat African Dwarf Frogs Shedding skin, so don't be alarmed if you see your frog wrapped up in white film and using his legs to shove it into his mouth. It can take up to several hours for the African Dwarf Frogs Shedding the last few pieces of their shed layer, so don't panic if you wake up one morning and he's still a little fuzzy. The substance looks like the fungus in tank (treated with anti-fungal stuff), but it looks like the African Dwarf Fogs Shedding. If the condition lasts for more than a couple hours, however, or the spot is red at all, watch out because there are some types of fungus which will attack your frog, and this will need to be treated quickly.
African Dwarf Frogs are extremely sensitive to water quality and changes in water parameters. African Dwarf Frogs Shedding can be a sign that your water is not as clean as it should be, or that something has drastically changed since your last water change, such as the source, or additives. Frogs simply do not tolerate high nitrates or any amount of ammonia which results in African Dwarf Frogs Shedding, and they need to be acclimated to new water very slowly and gently. They are also sensitive to salt, copper sulfate, and any kind of medication. They are also temperature sensitive, so you need to keep the temperature of the tank in the beta's low range, around 76 degrees–definitely not around 80 degrees or higher.
Male African Dwarf Frogs will sing throughout the summer months, with or without the presence of a female in the tank. They usually sing at night, and their voices are very quiet – a rising 'zip, zip' sound that may be amplified if they sit touching the glass. Females will sing as well, but usually only in response to the males. Singing is part of their courtship ritual, but does not necessarily mean that they are ready to breed.
If you have male and female African Dwarf Frogs in your tank, be prepared to see them lay eggs eventually. They do this by 'hugging' and swimming around at the top of the tank, after which they may rest for an extended period of time, often appearing comatose. The eggs, or 'spawn', will stay at the top of the tank in clusters, and will take only a short time to hatch into almost microscopic tadpoles. Nevertheless, African Dwarf Frogs are not a parenting species, and they will eat both eggs and young if provided with the opportunity. Fish also consider frog eggs and tadpoles to be a tasty snack, so if you're set on raising African Dwarf Frogs tadpoles, you'll have to move either the eggs or the frogs to another tank and do a lot of research on the proper care of frog eggs and tadpoles. If, on the other hand, you'd rather not be bothered with the little guys, you may discard the eggs (into the trash, NOT into the local pond). Also, any eggs that remain white are unfertilized, and should be removed before they mold.


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Your unofficial guide to television licence rules, regulations, loopholes and enforcement in the UK.
This blog is to highlight the unjust persecution of legitimate non-TV users at the hands of TV Licensing. These people do not require a licence and are entitled to live without the unnecessary stress and inconvenience caused by TV Licensing's correspondence and employees.
If you use equipment to receive live broadcast TV programmes, or to watch or download on-demand programmes via the BBC iPlayer, then the law requires you to have a licence and we encourage you to buy one.
Sunday, 12 November 2017
TV Licensing Prosecutes Polish Mother: Defence Submission
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- M. SHAKEY said...
Well done to TVL Blogger and to 'Bureaucrat' for the excellent Defence Statement. I know from personal experience that once started BBC TVL will crash on, regardless of how flawed or unreliable their, so called, 'evidence' is. There is a wind of change blowing now, they seem to see some of this flawed and unreliable 'evidence' for what it is. Wekll done to you all.
- 14 November 2017 at 16:05
Thank you Shakey. I think your case showed them that big high profile cases are too risky and it is better to save face and withdraw, citing the "public interest" if there is any indication that the admissibility of their evidence will be challenged. However, the fact that charges are brought in the first place in cases where the evidence is flawed is very worrying and suggests either prosecutorial incompetence and/or bad faith at TVL.
- 15 November 2017 at 09:07
I wonder if the BBC/Capita ever prosecute contested cases. Not only would they have to provide a trained lawyer instead of a Court Presenter, they'd have to arrange for the goon who took the statement to get to court. Given that it would be 5 months or so since the statement was taken, it would be unlikely that the goon would remember much about the encounter. Far easier to drop the case.
- 27 November 2017 at 12:05
I understand that they do prosecute some contested cases (there is at least one example I've read on here) but they also drop a great deal of them. While good for the defendants in those cases, it is worrying that TVL would charge a case that they are not prepared to fight at a contested trial.
- 27 November 2017 at 18:55
In all cases, the BBC only cares about the money they can get.
Unfortunately as this recent 'debate' shows, our MPs are nearly clueless when it comes to the BBC's methods of fund raising.
The funny thing is that the Scottish and Channel Island authorities have effectively decriminalized TV Licence 'evasion' (just a handful of prosecutions north of the border per year) and the sky hasn't fallen in. It can't be long before England, Wales and NI follow suit.
- 2 December 2017 at 12:21


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Mission: To provide accessible education to children worldwide, to inspire big dreams, and to provide the resources to make those dreams come true.
Vision: We believe that we can and will overcome poverty and social injustices through global access to high-quality education.
Movement: We have developed a partnership between the Toronto District School Board and the charitable organization Third World Awareness, which will sponsor a school construction project for the children of Canaan. The primary goal of the Haiti School Building Project is to fund, construct and establish a safe, well-equipped school in Canaan, so that children living there will have the opportunity to learn and grow, just as our students do here in North America. Through generous donations, we are able to provide the youth in this school with supplies, teachers and functional facilities.
Our Story:
For the past ten years, Founder Serena Bufalino has been privileged to work with Toronto's most "at risk" youth. The circumstances surrounding their lives is so severe that they cannot function in a regular school setting nor can they thrive in a Special Education classroom. Instead, these youth are in treatment centres battling everything from learning disabilities, to mental health issues, severe trauma, abuse and neglect, family crises and addition problems.
In an attempt to build their self-esteem and self worth, Serena guides her youth groups into the community where they volunteer at local shelters, soup kitchens and beyond. Through this alternative approach to education, these youth powerfully learn life skills, social skills and can develop a impressionable resume. Social activism and participation in the local community motivated these youth and energized them to give even more. They craved something bigger, something global. One day, while learning about global poverty and access to education, it was these kids – Toronto's most at-risk and vulnerable youth- who imagined the unthinkable – that they could build a school in Haiti. The primary goal of the Haiti School Building Project is to empower youth both locally and globally by showing them they have the potential to bring about great change in their lives and the world around them.
With the help and expertise of Third World Awareness (an independent, not-for-profit organization that builds school in developing countries) Serena and her group of youth have translated these dreams into a reality. Through ongoing fundraising campaigns, yoga retreats for the charity and incredible donor support, the school construction site has already started on the grounds in Haiti.
Meet Our Inspiring Toronto Students:
Section 23 Student Population: The students in Toronto District Elementary – Secondary Schools (Section 23 Programs) are students who, due to the circumstances surrounding their lives are unable to be in a regular or special education class. Section 23 programs are a partnership between and amongst the Ministry of Education, the TDSB and The Ministry of Child and Youth Services.
Each program has a TDSB Special Education Teacher and an agency partner. All the students within these programs have an Individual Education Plan plus a Transition Plan to facilitate the student's transition to a regular or special education class in a community school upon demission from the program. Learn more here.
Meet Our Incredible Haiti Students:
Over 50% percent of Haiti's population is of school age yet over half the population is illiterate (Francis 2002). As of 1992, more than 65% of the population over the age of ten had received no formal education at all, and only 8% of the population had received more than a primary education (Francis 2002). The government does not provide adequate funding for public schools and most families cannot afford the costs of private education, which can be as little as $20 a year (Francis 2002).
The efforts of Haitian governments to educate their people have not yielded remarkable results nor does education appear to be focused on the specific needs of the country. For example, there has been a tendency to focus exclusively on the formal system of education designed for the urban elites, while ignoring the fate of more than 80 percent of the population is in the countryside (Francis 2002). It is imperative to redefine the scope of Haitian education to rectify this error. Serious reform is needed in order that education becomes a true instrument of progress and development. For these reasons, The Haiti School Building Project is setting up its grounds in the remote countryside of Haiti in an area known as Canaan.
Canaan is a small city in Haiti, located 12 kilometres north of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. This city like many others in Haiti was devastated as a result of the 2010 earthquake. In Canaan there are currently thousands of displaced Haitians living in tent structures, struggling to survive with out consistent access to water, food and electricity. Because of the earthquake, the local schools were reduced to rubble.
About Our Founder Serena Bufalino:
Serena Bufalino is a force of nature. She is rooted in service to others, and hauls herself over every obstacle using the pitons of hard work, dedication and determination. She believes unreservedly in her ability to shed light in dark places, and that with love and guidance any dream is possible.
Since 2005 she has been working for the Toronto District School Board, in partnership with Child and Youth Services. It is under the Section 23 program that Serena gives guidance to some of the most at risk youths in Toronto. She works with young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty one who suffer from mental health issues, severe past trauma, learning disabilities and addiction, and who would find it impossible to function in the mainstream school system.
Under the Section 23 program she is responsible for eight to ten youths at a time, and they stay in her program for a maximum of two years. They learn social and life skills, reading, writing, attend work placement and build resumes. But perhaps most importantly, they learn what it is to be loved, to be heard and to be seen. Having battled significant learning difficulties throughout elementary and high school, Serena posits that she has become the teacher she wished she'd had.
With the encouragement from her mother and the momentum of her own formidable determination she graduated high school in 1997 and applied to the McMaster University early acceptance Social Sciences Program. It was at university that she learnt how to time manage and ask for help. She graduated from McMaster in 2003 on the Deans list, with honours.
In 2004 Serena was accepted into Teachers' College in Australia. She knew immediately that she wanted to work with students who were "slipping through the cracks"; the ones that she felt were being undermined by a one-size-fits-all system, and so she was determined to complete her work placement in a detention centre school facility rather than a mainstream school setting.
She spent the next year working and volunteering in detention centres, group homes and mental health hospitals, fascinated by the stories she was hearing and unwavering in her desire to make a difference in the lives she encountered. She devoted herself entirely to learning about the people she was inspired to help: researching mental health, disabilities and human behaviour. She ran after school group sessions where young people could come together to share their stories and their gifts.
The same year she was hired by the Halton School Board to serve the youth in Canada's largest detention centre. But after a year she felt compelled to find a way to connect with young people before their lives had spiralled them into the prison system. That was how she found her way into the section 23 program.
Her intention to foster strength and self worth in "her kids" by engaging them with the community to help those even less fortunate than themselves began in the homeless shelters and food banks of Toronto, and flourished in a direction she could never have imagined possible. It was her students, when confronted with the extreme poverty and helplessness of the situation in post earthquake Haiti who challenged her "Miss B, you say we can do anything, so lets build them a school." And so, in 2011, in partnership with John Callaghan of Third World Awareness, The Haiti School Building Project was born.
Manifesting her motto "Something local, Something global" Serena and "her kids" have so far raised over $100,000 for The Haiti School Building Project. The school is being constructed in Canaan, a small city 12 kilometres north of the capital Port-au-Prince. Fifty two orphans of the earthquake are already enrolled, and attending school thanks to Serena, and a small group of Canadian youths who now have a reason to stand tall and proud. By the first of July this year the school will have a roof and 300 students beneath it. From one small act of human empathy springs a great one. As Serena says "In helping others, we help ourselves."


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A winner was selected from 154 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
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This will be a very high end, luxury floral brand specializing in bespoke design with a heavy influence from Europe (especially France, Italy). Multiple channels are planned for to run this business, 1. Retail (located in a superb location with lots of global luxury brand around), 2. Social Media (Facebook, Instagram), 3. Web & Mobile with e-commerce. Hence, I am seeking for a brand identify I can use end to end (including retail interior, digital channels and packaging). Target audience would be customer seeking for the best design and customer service.
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A collection of some of my latest art direction work.
We brought to our set (1) Mia motion control camera rig on a 20 foot dolly track, (2) Kira robots rigged with wireless LED lights, (6) 15' tall led panels and (60) LED light tubes. All were choreographed and programmed to work in concert with the player's dynamic movements and personalities. The resulting open is unlike anything else you'll see on game day in the NBA.
Title : "Control"
Client : Boston Celtics
VP of Live Events : Sean Sullivan
Director of Game Presentation : Jake Wendling
Senior Event Producer : Steve Gadsden
Production Company : The Famous Group, LA/NY
Executive Creative Director : Greg Harvey
Executive Producer : Andrew Isaacson
Managing Director : David Kwan
Director : Lauren Fisher
Co-Director : Steve Davis
Producer : Rod Thomas
Production Coordinator : Emily Vecchi
Editor : Steve Davis
Designer : Jose Guardado
Animator : Ray Castillo
Sound Design : Steve Davis
Production Crew :
Line Producers : Jeremy Hartman, Rose Krane
Director of Photography : Connor O'Brien
1st AC : Leonard "Lenny" Walsh
2nd AC / Loader : Taylor Pelletier
Lighting Designer : Artem Aleksashenko
Gaffer : Ben Heald
BB Electric : Roger Marbury
Electricians : Alexander Nelson, Ben Knight
Key Grip : Walter Argo
BB Grip : Lee Hollaway
Grip : Fletcher Burns
Sound Mixer : Keith McManus
Production Assistants : Ethan Fulton, Kendra Pasternak, Larenzal Benbow
Stand-In Player : Khalil Paige
White Basketball : SEASON
CEO : Sean Brown
Robot Operators : Shepherd Duff, Brian Davidson
Mark Costello : LED engineer
Brian Barry : LED Engineer
Main Title Sequence for the Facebook Watch Series "Tom Vs. Time"
Design and Animation: Lauren Fisher
Facebook Watch Presents
A Dirty Robber Production for
Religion Of Sports
Director: Gotham Chopra
The world that the Timberwolves inhabit is unlike any other in the NBA. Their style, their home turf and their placement as a team on the brink makes them completely unique. This idea comes to life through a bold visual style, a new type of terrain that uses eye popping color and a set that uses high resolution projection mapping to bring their bold new visual world to life. Modular, brightly colored blue and green projection mapped animations with court paint lines and the bold shapes of their new brand fill a 2-walled corner set. Synced with the players actions, the court pulses, making the once flat plane into a sometimes jagged, sometimes billowing surface. In post we created a distorted digital, cyberpunk and kinetic editorial style. The whole open is unexpected and completely fresh...much like the Wolves new look and feel.
Title: New Terrain
Client: Minnesota Timberwolves
Executive Producer, Live Programming and Entertainment: Chadwick Folkestad
Production Company: The Famous Group, LA/NY
Executive Creative Director: Greg Harvey
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Managing Director: David Kwan
Director: Lauren Fisher
Supervising Producer: Asheley Hu
Producer: Chad Hanson
Director of Photography: Boyd Hobbs
Editor: Pete Leininger
Design + VFX: Lauren Fisher
Sound Design: Pete Leininger
Music: APM
Production Manager: Jon Steinhorst
1st Assistant Camera: Chris Savage
Gaffer: Matt Muegge
Best Boy Electric: Mike Winn
Key Grip: Jeff Fischer
Best Boy Grip: Dean Woyctke
Grip: Bill Draheim
Consultants: Quince Imaging
Projectionist: Anthony Magdon
Computer Tech: Eric Gazzillo
Client: NCAA
Production Company: The Famous Group
Creative Director:
Lauren Fisher
Executie Producer
Andrew Isaacson
Senior Producer
Misty Gentle
Associate Producer
Rod Thomas
Production Assistant
Emily Vecchi
Luis Gonzalez
Cole Boggess
Dallas Holloway
Harumi Shibano
Lauren Fisher
Hemu Karadkar
Adam Singer
Ray Castillo
Steve Davis
Sound Editing & Design
Danny Olson
Sound Mixing
Kill The Messenger
The Famous Group
Executive Creative Director:
Greg Harvey
Creative Director:
Hemu Karadkar
A completely groundbreaking view of Celtics basketball plays out in BOSTON RISING as we create the first Drone powered game day open. On our set we used a synchronized group of piloted drones to not only act as lights and set pieces, but also as cameras that captured dynamic angles in our futuristic set. Our anchor camera was operated by our skilled DP (on skates!) as the players trained and seemingly choreographed with the movements of 2 smaller drones and the large "heavy lifter", powered up with a giant remote operated spotlight. The story of this rising Boston team is ignited through the next level technology taking flight with them.
Title : Boston Rising
Client : Boston Celtics
VP of Live Events : Sean Sullivan
Senior Event Producer : Steve Gadsden
Director of Game Presentation : Jake Wendling
Production Company : The Famous Group, LA/NY
Executive Creative Director : Greg Harvey
Executive Producer : Andrew Isaacson
Managing Director : David Kwan
Director : Lauren Fisher
Co-Director : Steve Davis
Director of Photography : Connor O'Brien
Supervising Producer : Asheley Hu
Producers : Grant Aronson, Rod Thomas
Post Producer : Misty Gentle
Editor : Steve Davis
Designer(s) : Jose Guardado
Animators : Chris Villa
Sound Design : Steve Davis
Sound Mix : Ryan Sak
Colorist : Loren White
Music : audiomachine - End of Humanity
Social Media Supervisor : Tony Rago
Social Media Coordinator : Jessica Whitney
Production Supervisor : Rose Krane
1st Assistant Camera : Leonard Walsh
Gaffer : Ben Heald
Best Boy Electric : Dan Houlihan
Key Grip : Alec Roy
Best Boy Grip : Lee Holloway
Production Assistants : Tom Hernquist, Donny D, Justin Thau
Stand-in : Kyle Casey
Strato Aerial Productions
Camera Operators : Andrew Garrett, Dan Coplan, Ryan Chan
Drone Pilots : Colin Burgess, Corey Gineris, Aaron Cohan
Drone Coordinator : Jonathan Park
A self-initiated series of animations.
Taking advantage of the 160 foot wide video boards at ATT Stadium, we give Cowboys fans an intimate glimpse directly into the eyes of their favorite players to see their dedication and fight to be the best.
Dallas Cowboys
Cory Miller - Director of Event Presentation
Jake Kelso- Manager of Event Presentation
The Famous Group
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Creative Director: Lauren Fisher
Editor: Steve Davis
Director: Lauren Fisher
Animation: Lauren Fisher
Producer: Grant Aronson
Director of Photography: Boyd Hobbs
Voiceover Artist: Stefan Dezil
Client: NBA
Production Company: Mad Man Inc.
Executive Producer: Adriana Madrigal
Art Director/Designer: Lauren Fisher
Animation: Lauren Fisher & Ray Castillo
Client: Atlanta Hawks
Vice President, Production and Creative: David Schindler
Campaign: 3D Court Projection Mapping
Production Company: The Famous Group, LA/NY
ECD: Greg Harvey
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Producer: Misty Gentle
Editor: Steve Davis
Designer: Lauren Fisher, John Lin
Animators: Mike Cahill, Harumi Shibano, Luis Gonzalez, Clayton Anderson, Lauren Fisher
Live Action Director: Lauren Fisher
Director of Photography: Connor O'Brien
3D Scanning: Scanable
Boston Celtics
Jake Wendling - Director of Game Presentation & Events
Steven Gadsden - Producer of Game Presentation & Events
The Famous Group
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Producer: Brian Grigsby
Creative Directors: Lauren Fisher & Steve Davis
Editor: Steve Davis
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Animators: Lauren Fisher, Andres Barajas, Luis Gonzalez, Skye Estes
Designers: Lauren Fisher, John Lin, Ryan Levitus
Production Crew:
Producer: Steve Oare
Production Super: Adam Whaley-Tobin
2nd AC / Data: Shawn Gauvain
Gaffer: Carlos Bermudez
Director of Photography: Connor O'Brien
BB Electric: Deidre Lally
Electric: Derek Whittington
Key Grip / Jib: Wally Argo
BB Grip: Malachi Bibel
Grip: John Kaplan
Sound: David Williams
PA: Jared Larner, Alberto Santos, Owen Miller
5 Ton: Bob Nadrowski
An ongoing personal project which includes prints and animations for the love of basketball.
Client: Atlanta Hawks
Vice President, Production and Creative: David Schindler
Campaign: 3D Court Projection Mapping
Production Company: The Famous Group, LA/NY
ECD: Greg Harvey
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Producer: Misty Gentle
Editor: Steve Davis
Designer: Lauren Fisher, John Lin
Animators: Harumi Shibano, Luis Gonzalez, Clayton Anderson, Lauren Fisher, Cole Boggess
Live Action Director: Lauren Fisher
Director of Photography: Connor O'Brien
3D Scanning: Scanable
Produced by The Famous Group
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Cinematographer: Connor O'Brien
Line Producer: Stan Sawicki
Post Producer: Nick Molo
Editor: Parker Wilson
Additional Animation: Aziz Dosmetov
Production Company: The Famous Group
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Director: Lauren Fisher
DP: Boyd Hobbs
Line Producer : Kara Toussaint
Producer: Nick Molo
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Design: John Lin, Lauren Fisher
Animation: Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cahill, Cole Boggess, Lauren Fisher
Editor: Steve Davis
Client: Atlanta Hawks
Vice President, Production and Creative: David Schindler
Campaign: 3D Court Projection Mapping
Production Company: The Famous Group, LA/NY
ECD: Greg Harvey
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Producer: Kara Toussaint
Editor: Steve Davis
Designer: John Lin, Lauren Fisher
Animators: Mike Cahill, Andres Barajas, Lauren Fisher
Live Action Director: Lauren Fisher
Director of Photography: Boyd Hobbs
Lighting Technician: Rob Shawver
Music: Man of Steel (Dirty Dubstep)
Court Projection by Quince Imaging
Working with the young and exciting Panthers team meant bringing something fresh to the screen for the game day open. Utilizing a hand drawn, fresh design style for the typography and animation was a perfect combination with the unique locker room footage we captured of the players banging on the legendary (and gigantic) Keep Pounding drum.
Produced by The Famous Group
Director/Art Director/Designer/Animator: Lauren Fisher
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Cinematographer: Connor O'Brien
Key Grip: John Merrick
Production Assistant: Ben Carter
Post Producer: Brandon Grabowski
Editor: Josh Snider
End Logo Animation: Daniel Miller
The awesome people over at Whirled asked me to work with them on the graphics for a really amazing and unique special live event in which top YouTube personalities went to the White House and interviewed the President. I was responsible for designing and animating the show package as well as the animated visuals that were used during the show itself. Seeing Obama standing in front of the graphics I designed was so cool!
Directors // Scott T. Chan + Dennis Liu
Producer // Jenna Cedicci
Editor // Jaron Halmy
Animation // Lauren Fisher
Production Design // Kalae Gam
Color // Apache
Copywriter // Heather Larimer
Agency Producers // Wilson Meng + Steffi Binder
5 days, 5 locations, 7 commercials!
On a Monday in January, I was asked by The Famous Group to come up with a series of ideas to pitch for these commercials and by Friday we were on the phone with Frank Supovitz, finalizing and green lighting what would be one of the most exciting projects of my career. While other ad agencies and production firms had already put the finishing touches on their Super Bowl XLVIII ads, The Famous Group and myself had just begun the process of creating a series of "real-time" content films for the NFL to be shown on the stadium's four giant HD LED video boards while the game is in progress.
The shorts included scenes of local landmarks, players, fans and pre-game events shot in New York and New Jersey during the week leading up to the game, and were combined with footage of key moments from the game itself to compete the segments. The work carried a "Together We Make Super Bowl" tagline, playing off the NFL's current "Together We Make Football" branding.
CAMERAS: Novo Si2k, Canon C300, Canon 5D, GoPro Hero 3
Client: NFL
Campaign: "Together We Make Super Bowl" real-time content films at Super Bowl XLVIII
NFL Senior Vice President, Events: Frank Supovitz
NFL Director, Event Presentation: Sammy Choi
Production Company: The Famous Group, Culver City, CA, New York, NY
Executive Creative Director: Greg Harvey
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Creative Director: Hemu Karadkar
Managing Director: David Kwan
"Together We Make Super Bowl" real-time content films
Director: Lauren Fisher
Producers: Brandon Grabowski, Will Hyde, Randy Strauss
Cinematographer: Connor O'Brien
First AC: Miklos Buk
Camera Operator: Steve Davis
Editors: Jaron Halmy, Lilka Hara, Stephanie Andreou
Line Producer: Jennifer Pearlman
Production Assistants: Jaime Pizarro, Christoph Berges, Isiah Brightly, Johnny Jarrett Graham, Gavin Quarto
The A...ATL...Hotlanta....a town with many nicknames, Atlanta is a famous crossroads steeped in history. A new type of welcoming campaign uses a bold art style to unite Atlanta Hawks fans and the legendary team. Bringing together the famous southern hospitality with an edgy and aggressive Hawks basketball vibe. Welcome to Hawklanta!
For the scenics, our crew ran around Atlanta with real ATL Hawks fans, utilizing GoPro, 16mm and 8mm cameras and a Canon 5D to create the feel of a gritty grassroots movement. All of the players were shot on a green screen sound stage with a RED camera.
For The Famous Group:
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Editor: Jaron Halmy
Producer: Nick Molo
Director of Photography: Connor O'Brien
Additional Animation: Ken Quemuel
Audyssey tapped me to create a fun little video to describe their latest innovation. Audyssey amp makes everyones headphones sound better, regardless of how much they cost. amp.me
The city, the dome, the fans and the legendary stars of the Rams all take the spotlight in a fresh and exciting look at the science, details, mechanics and insider lingo in this exciting game day open. We went inside the Rams training room at their practice facility as well as having the players fully suited up for a green screen shoot in order to bring a close-up look to the fans.
Produced by The Famous Group
Art Director: Lauren Fisher
Executive Producer: Andrew Isaacson
Cinematographer: Connor O'Brien
Producer: Will Hyde
Editor: Pete Leininger
Additional Animation: Mike Cahill
On behalf of Indomina Media I had the pleasure of creative directing the marketing materials for Ice-T's epic documentary "Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap". In addition to the trailer, we teamed up with Cold Open in Venice to create the award-winning key art.
Self-Initiated Typography Experiment
The folks over at Wipit came to me with the challenge of presenting their Boost Mobile Wallet app in a succinct way. Utilizing some footage that Boost had shot for their overall marketing campaigns, I created the story of Boost Mobile Wallet's users in their every day lives. Working closely with Wipit's creative director I edited and animated the piece. Other aspects included finding music and voice talent within a limited budget and shooting pick-up shots of the app and card in use.
Lauren Fisher- Art Director, Editor, Animator, Additional Photography
Kabir Singh- Voiceover Artist
Nate Lu- Creative Director
Wipit Design Team- App Screen Design


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Winter weather is here and instead of being stuck inside with nothing to do, we believe it's the best time to declutter books! We take your used books for store credit!
The Book Exchange makes it easy to turn those unwanted items into store credit for the items you really want to read this year! We give 1/4th of the original cover price in store credit and sell our books for half; it's a two for one special! Our basic guidelines are condition, popularity, and what we've already got in stock; We go through your items on the spot!
Now it's time for you to go through the attic, the bookshelves, or anywhere else you store your used books! The first, and only step is figuring out which ones you can live without; We know it's a hard process, but after this, going through your items will be a breeze!
Bring them in and even shop around to see all the great items you can get with that newly gained store credit! We'll go through your items and get you credit on the ones we want! You can then use this credit on anything in our store; books, movies, music, you name it!
We've got thousands of titles for you to choose from and with new arrivals daily, you're sure to find your next favorite book in store! You can stay updated on new arrivals, events, and more on our Facebook page.


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The Youngster 3 is not only ultra lightweight, but also provides seat width and depth growth of +2 cm and +4 cm without any additional parts. Designed for the unique needs of kids, the Youngster 3 provides excellent maneuverability, good front stability and an exceptionally unique look.
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Junk Linens turned ApronsMarch 17th, 2010 in member junk
I decided to buy myself a sewing machine and teach myself how to sew. I've been sewing by hand since highschool and figured it was time to tackle the machine! The first apron was made from a pillowcase and some assorted linens. One of the linens had a small hole, so I sewed a crocheted flower over top of it. I also used a small torn piece of barkcloth, lace and torn embroidered edging. I cut a part of a valance up and used that for the tie on top of the apron. The second apron is a new tea towel found at a thrift store. I tore a piece of vintage pillowcase and made a pocket. The bottom has tea dyed ruffle and more torn embroidered edging. I used vintage sheer lace embroidered with pink for the tie part of the apron. I am not the best at sewing, but proud of myself for learning. I can't wait for the day that I become good enough so I can sell these cuties!
Pattern or design used: My own design - Rachel Knoblich
posted in: member junk, vintage, cottage, artwork, funky, country, whimsical, fun, house wear, kitchen, dining room, retro, chic, fabric
Comments (14)
Keep up sewing, you will only get more and more creative in what you do..
Posted: 10:54 am on July 29th
Keep up sewing, you will only get more and more creative in what you do..
Posted: 10:54 am on July 29th
Love your aprons....well done!
xojanis Posted: 7:57 pm on March 18th
Take care,
Sue Posted: 8:54 am on March 18th
Good luck!
Kathy Posted: 10:32 am on March 17th
Looks to me you are well on your way!
smiles, alice Posted: 9:45 am on March 17th


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I just saw this one on Alison's awesome blog, Spinstah. No, I wasn't tagged, but I don't even care. I'm going to answer it because I have a weird fondness for survey questions and these are good. And I would tag Miss Crystal with this one, but I highly suspect her blog won't be updated anytime soon. (Ahem, if you do decide to update little lady, go ahead and answer some questions.)
1. Ten years ago I was… settling in for my first summer away from home, living with my aunt and uncle in San Francisco. I had probably just started my temp job for Blue Cross, and I was trying to figure out whether I should double major. I actually have a web site from lo those many years ago, and apparently, I was going to see Sean Lennon play an in-store at Amoeba. (Please forgive all the Tripod pop up ads. I was young and didn't know any better.)
2. Five things on today's To Do list: Updating the new webpages for interlibrary loan, finding out how to bake sourdough with my newly born starter, working a reference shift, testing ArtStor on Mac Leopard and Vista, and taking a nice, long walk. Everything but the reference shift and the bread baking = done!
3. Things I'd do if I were a billionaire: My real estate lust is out of control: I would definitely buy a place in San Francisco. Pay my parents' mortgage. Pay off my student loans. Hire an accountant or personal finance advisor to help me invest wisely. Stock up on cava.
4. Three bad habits: Proclivity to laziness, impatience, shyness.
5. Six places I've lived: San Diego, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA, Somerville, MA. Yeah, that's it, I have not lived in six places. UPDATE:I HAVE lived in more than six places: I have also lived in Madison, SD and Brookings, SD. Completely forgot about that, because I was a baby and have no memories of actually living in these places. Doh.
6. Six jobs I've had in my life: Editorial assistant, Assistant Librarian, Marketing Associate (what does that even mean?), Student Services Coordinator for an online high school program, barista, waitress.


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GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern forced extra innings, coming back by scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th. However, they could not hold off Mary-Hardin Baylor in the 10th inning and lost 11-8.
The Crusaders were the first to score after they loaded the bases. Taute scored on a RBI ground out by Stafford. Later, a wild pitch allowed Shukanes to score. Whiddon then scored in the top of the 3rd on a RBI single by Loewe, putting Mary-Hardin Baylor up 3-0 after 3 innings.
The Pirates closed the gap in the bottom of the 4th inning, when Cruz Luna scored on a RBI single by Jay Sterling. Sterling later scored on a RBI single by Chase Allen, putting the Pirates within a run at 3-2.
Then it seemed Mary-Hardin Baylor was about to put the game to bed early, as they added 4 runs in the top of the 6th inning. The Crusaders scored on a RBI single, a 2 RBI double, and then Stafford crossed the plate on a throw down to second on a stolen base by Florack to go up 7-2.
Southwestern rallied in the bottom of the 6th, which put them ahead going into the next two innings. It all started with Zachary Lynch's double, as he later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jay Sterling. The Pirates scored three more runs on two doubles, a single, and a wild pitch to take the 8-7 lead.
However, UMHB tied the game at 8 a piece in the 8th inning. They loaded the bases after getting a two out single and drawing a pair of walks. Whiddon tied the game after Burrow was hit by the pitcher.
In the extra session, the Crusaders took advantage of some Pirate miscues. A pair of singles and an error by the right fielder put two runners in scoring position for UMHB. They then scored on a balk, a RBI single, and Burrow scored on the throw down to catch Spencer stealing second base.
The Pirates had a chance to get back into the game, but the offense struggled since their outburst, and lost the game in 10 innings 11-8. Cruz Luna led the offense by going 1-3, with a double, scored 2 runs, and drew 2 walks. Southwestern moves to 2-28 on the season, while Mary Hardin-Baylor improves to 14-14.
The Pirates will be at home again this Saturday, April 6th, as they play the University of Dallas at 1pm.


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- SportLite Beach Blanket - $22.99
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Why have a threesome when you can have a fivesome? The Monster Towel is the World's Orgy-est Beach Towel! Oh, uh, I mean, the World's Biggest Beach Towel! At least that's what the people who make the 10' x 10' Monster say. I haven't tried one, but I'll grant that it appears to fit 5 normal-sized, supine-lying adults quite comfortably. And if one happens to roll over...things get even more comfy!
It's 100 square feet of area makes the Monster Towel larger than a king size bed, so even better to use when you and your partner just want to get some sleep, but know you'll inevitably have your space crashed by your 3- and 5-year-olds. Available in blue or green, the towel is made of highly absorbent microfiber that is happy to shed itself of sand with a shake. It also has 4 corner pockets for anchoring it to the beach or grass, plus a zipper pocket for storing keys and wallets.


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For a while there, traders and investors lost faith in Santa Claus rallies. The stock market has erased all of its December losses and now sits at a record level.
First, the scoreboard:
- Dow: 17,959.4, +154.6, (+0.8%)
- Nasdaq: 4,781.4, +16.0, (+0.3%)
And now, the top stories on Friday:
1. US futures were already pointing to a higher open. Stocks remained in the green for most of the day. While the S&P 500 set a record closing high, the December 5 intraday record high still holds at 2,079.4.
2. The pace of exising home sales plunged 6.1%in November to an annualized rate of 4.93 million units. This was much worse than the 1.1% decline expected by economists. "Fewer people bought homes last month despite interest rates being at their lowest levels of the year," said the NAR's Lawrence Yun. "The stock market swings in October may have impacted some consumers' psyche and therefore led to fewer November closings. Furthermore, rising home values are causing more investors to retreat from the market."
3. Despite the disappointing report, markets brushed it off. Perhaps traders were focused on the positives of the report like BMO Capital Markets economist Jennifer Lee. "Of the closings, first-time homebuyers made up 31%, the largest share since October 2012," Lee wrote. "Granted this is still far from the 40%-to-45% range during normal times but after spending the last 19 months below 30%, this increase is a very encouraging development."
4. Warm weather has boosted natural gas inventory levels, and that's been crushing prices. Natural gas futures plunged 9% to $US3.144 per million BTUs, the lowest level since January 9, 2013. This is good news for consumers.
5. Also good news for consumers, gas prices continue to fall thanks to low oil costs. According to a Lundberg survey released Sunday, that average price of gasoline in the US fell $US0.25 in the past two weeks to $US2.47 per gallon. This is the lowest level in five-and-a-half years. American consumers should enjoy it while it lasts; energy pros all expect oil prices to rally from here.
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As defined by the harvest method
1. Do. Then think
2. Flying is natural. Practice falling.
3. Life is a game. Play. And keep going.
4. Respond, don't react. Hold space. Handle it.
5. Grace is a way of being that allows for, yet commands.
Trust comes from grace.
Fear isn't contagious.
Fear is a choice. Choose love and grace.
Gracefully decline when fear asks you to lunch.
6. Vulnerability breeds connection
7. Let that light shine on that darkness, pull out the shadows. Let it heal.
8. And I am and always will be beautiful. Just like you are and will be.
Because you're love and love is beautiful. And when you see it in yourself, what others see...from a Birdseye view or from close enough to kiss...is pure and beautiful too. Take in the big picture
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Service Information
- Operated by the North Bay General Hospital
- Ministry of Health and Long Term Care downloaded Land Ambulance to the District of Nipissing Social Services Board 2001. (North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, Temagami, and Mattawa)
- All Ambulances and Capital equipment are purchased by the District of Nipissing Social Services Board.
- NBGH Operates the North Bay & District Ambulance under contract through the District of Nipissing Social Services Board.
- North Bay Paramedics and Administration staff are employees of the NBGH.
- North Bay Paramedics / Clerical staff are members of CUPE.
- North Bay Paramedics perform delegated medical acts under the direction of the North Bay General Base Hospital Program
Ambulance Bases
North Bay Station 00
750 Scollard Street – North Bay
- Administration Offices
- Crew Room
- Six Bays
- Main Supply Room
- Five Ambulances
- One Emergency Response Vehicle
- Central Ambulance Communications Centre
North Bay Station 03
35 Ferris Drive – North Bay
- Four Bays – 2 Front (picture), 2 Back of Base
- Emergency Support Trailer
- 2 Ambulances
- Special Event Gator & Trailer
- 2 Back Bays Used By DNSSAB Mechanics (Service & Repair District Ambulances)
North Bay Station —
- 1 Front Line Ambulance
- 1 Mechanical Spare
Nipissing District EMS Partners
- District of Nipissing Social Services Board
- West Nipissing EMS (Sturgeon Falls)
- Temagami EMS
- Mattawa EMS
- North Bay Central Ambulance Communication Centre
Emergency First Response Teams
- Phelps EFRT
- East Ferris EFRT
Tiered Response Agreements
- North Bay Fire Department
- Nipissing Township Fire Department
- Bonfield Fire Department
- Callander Fire Department
- Chisholm Fire Department
Community Partners
- North Bay / Parry Sound District Health Unit
- Risk Watch Committee
- Critical Incident Stress Team (CIST)
- Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral service (VCARS)
- Regional Trauma Prevention Committee
- NBGH P.A.R.T.Y program
90th Percentile
Call Volume
Time Notified to Time Enroute
North Bay DAS Organizational Chart
North Bay General Hosptial
Each year over 45,000 people visit North Bay General Hospital's Emergency Department. Some 100 to 200 patients are seen daily. Of that 15 to 20 require emergency or urgent attention. Nurses and physicians are available to provide expert and immediate care to those requiring treatment for sudden and serious medical and surgical problems.
The Emergency Department is open 24 hr/day 7 days per week. It is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of registered nurses, registered respiratory therapists, social services, pastoral care, crisis intervention, orthopaedic technicians and other members of our health care team.
To serve you better we have implemented a 5-level triage system. Highest priority is given to those who are critically ill. Upon assessment people with emergencies will be treated first.
Every patient will be seen, by a registered nurse with special skills and training in triage. Patients should let the nurse know if their condition get worse. There are five levels of triage – patients will be seen by a physician in order of their assessed triage level.
Level 1 – RESUSCITATION:Condition threatens life or limb and requires immediate, aggressive intervention.
Level 2 – EMERGENT: There is a potential threat to life or limb that requires rapid intervention.
Level 3 – URGENT: There is a potential to progress to a serious problem requiring emergency intervention.
Level 4 – LESS URGENT: Factors of age and distress are considered. There is a potential for deterioration or complications.
Level 5 – NON URGENT: Conditions that may be acute but non-urgent as well as conditions which may be part of a chronic problem or without evidence of deterioration. Interventions for some of these can be delayed.


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A pneumonia shot is a vaccination that helps prevent pneumococcal disease, also called pneumonia, which is caused by the Streptococcuspneumoniae bacteria. The UK's National Health Services (NHS) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among other public health organizations around the world, recommend the pneumonia vaccine for most people. These groups typically stress that the very young, the elderly, and people with illnesses and suppressed immune systems should be vaccinated. Most organizations determine who needs a pneumonia shot first by age, and then by medical history.
Pneumonia is a very preventable disease that kills about 5% of the people who contract it in the US and other developed countries. Pneumonia vaccinations help protect people against about 23 different types of this bacteria. There is no guarantee that the shot will prevent pneumonia 100% of the time, but most people are well-protected within about three weeks of getting the vaccine.
The pneumonia shot is recommended for almost everyone as a preventative measure, but it is strongly suggested for those who are considered at risk. People over the age of two, who have chronic illnesses and conditions that lower the body's immune response, are urged by organizations like the CDC and NHS to be immunized. People who use medications or therapies that lower the immune response, like radiation treatments or steroids, are also urged to get the pneumonia shot. Anyone 19 years old and up, who smokes or has asthma, may also benefit from the vaccine.
Fewer than 1% of the people who get this vaccine develop a severe reaction. This is much smaller than the percentage of people who typically die from pneumonia or its complications. Serious reactions generally include difficulty breathing, a fast heartbeat, high fever, hives, and changes in behavior. In very rare cases, an immunization has caused complications that led to death.
The best way to help prevent a severe reaction is to talk to a health care provider about the risks. People who are sensitive to any of the components in the vaccine may be advised to avoid it. Pregnant women, unless they are at a high risk for pneumonia, typically are not vaccinated. People who are currently ill will also be asked to wait until they recover, in most cases. Most people who have a reaction will only have mild redness and slight swelling or pain at the site of the pneumonia shot. Up to half of those who get the injection will have one or more of those very mild side effects.
Occasionally, a second pneumonia shot is necessary. People over 65 years of age, who were given the first shot more than five years prior, may get a second shot to help boost the vaccine's effectiveness. People who have serious conditions like HIV infection or AIDS, sickle cell anemia, leukemia, and other immune-system suppressing conditions may opt to have a second injection five years after the first one. Anyone who had a severe reaction to their first pneumonia shot should avoid having a second injection.
Preventing pneumonia is often far easier than treating pneumonia, because of the complications the disease can cause and its growing resistance to antibiotics. Pneumonia can lead to serious lung, blood, and brain infections. Two complications, bacteremia and meningitis, kill two to six times as many people as pneumonia alone. It is important to weigh the potential benefits of the pneumonia shot against the low risk of side effects when deciding whether to get the vaccine.
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I have a friend who needs this vaccine but refuses to get it because she doesn't believe in vaccines. She is just sure that she is going to experience negative side effects and actually get sick from the vaccine. But like the article said, the risk of getting pneumonia and experiencing serious complications is far greater than the risk of negative side effects of the vaccine. This is basically true for all preventive vaccines out there. I don't understand why some people are so dead against them, especially when a vaccine can literally save life.
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@bear78-- Talk to your doctor about it. If you have a weak immune system and get sick frequently, then your doctor may ask you to get it.
I wanted to get it too but my doctor felt that it wasn't necessary as I'm generally healthy. He said that the pneumonia vaccine is important for young children and the elderly because they carry the most risk of infection. But healthy adults carry very little risk so he didn't think I need it right now.
I'm sure he would have asked me to get it if I showed signs of poor health, poor immune system and frequent illness. I do think that adults who have these issues can benefit from the vaccine. It's always good to ask your doctor.
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I've never had pneumonia but I had a very nasty respiratory infection last year that literally had me in bed for a month. There was a risk that the infection could turn into pneumonia and I've been very scared about it ever since. I wasn't aware until now that there is a pneumonia vaccine available. I'm going to ask my doctor about it at my next visit. I think I definitely need one.
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From Goodreads: Regency London – a dizzying whirl of balls and young ladies pursued by charming men.
But the Woodmore sisters are hunted by a more sinister breed: Lucifer's own.
Voss, also known as Viscount Dewhurst, relishes the sensual pleasures immortality affords. A member the Dracule – a cabal of powerful, secretive noblemen marked with a talisman that reveals their bartered souls – the mercenary Voss has remained carefully neutral … until Angelica.
Angelica Woodmore possess the Sight, an ability invaluable to both sides of a looming war among the Dracule. Her very scent envelops Voss in a scarlet fog of hunger – for her body and her blood. But he is utterly unprepared for the new desire that overcomes him – to protect her.
Now Voss must battle his very nature to be with Angelica … but this vampire never backs down from a fight.
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What I Loved: Angelica is a smart, centered, and grounded woman who gets thrown into a world of Vampires, Hunters, and Old Feuds! The thing I loved most is that she was written like a true Historical Romance leading lady with the Supernatural thrown in. She dresses proper, speaks proper, and most of all tries to act like a woman of her stature. It really made this book really enjoyable to me. Voss is a great vampire! He likes women, sex, blood, and games to keep his life interesting. It was kind of nice to have a good old fashioned vampire in a book. He wasn't a bad man but he is a very good Vampire! When he and Angelica meet you know it is going to be one interesting connection between them.
What I Liked: Dimitri, Miai, Chas, and all the other characters. They really added a richness of story and detail. Sometimes it was hard to remember this was Voss' book because Dimitri was such a huge part but overall that wasn't so bad.
Complaints: Really this has nothing to do with the story but the cover and blurb really don't do this book any favors. The story has much more action and thrills than even eluded to in the blurb and the historical aspect was really fascinating.
Why I gave a 3.75: During the middle of the book the story got a little choppy in pacing and storyline but overall this was a fantastic read. I really did enjoy it and will be reading the rest of the series!
Who I would recommend it too: Paranormal Romance Readers
Author Website: http://www.colleengleason.com/
Other Books in the Series:
The Vampire Voss
The Vampire Dimitri (April 2011)
The Vampire Narcise (May 2011)
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K4AC Votes Against A Dues Increase
Announcement Date: July 18, 2015
The Administration and Finance Committee decided that dues needed to be raised from $39 to $49—a 26% increase. K4AC had repeatedly asked that a tiered dues structure be considered where a member could choose a digital subscription to QST for a lesser cost.
The digital only membership would save the League the costs associated with printing and mailing a monthly magazine to the member. Radio Amateurs Canada had very successfully implemented such a digital only membership.
The rationale for not considering a digital only membership appeared to amount to it taking a lot of work to determine if it was viable and what the cost should be.
Vice Director Mike Lee, AA6ML is an industry expert in the field of membership services and revenue of print versus digital advertising. They chose not to take advantage of his wealth of knowledge.
Because he did not believe that an across the board dues increase of 26% without considering other options for maintaining affordable membership was appropriate, K4AC was one of two Directors that voted against the dues increase.


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Student of the Week: Justin Elhert
University of Texas at DallasFounder | Fridgely
Why we love Justin: Justin has found a unique way to combat an old problem: food waste. Fridgely notifies you when your food is going to expire, making the process of saving food (and money!) easy. The app will even suggest recipes utilizing ingredients that need to be used soon! He's crowdfunding to make Fridgely better while feeding families in need.
Click here to see Justin's campaign and feed families!
Justin Ehlert is a senior Computer Science major at the University of Texas at Dallas. He's the founder of Jump Space Apps, University Eats and Fridgely. When he's not developing you can find him on the baseball field where he serves as a student coach for the baseball team.
How does your campaign give back to the local community?
"One of the awesome things about my campaign is that I'm donating meals to the North Texas Food Bank for every pledge. This means that my backers are not only helping me, but they are helping feed underprivileged families and children as well. Food waste affects everyone, and it's important to be able to help out those around us as well."
What inspired you to start Fridgely?
"I was tired of opening my fridge and seeing so much expired food. I was living in an apartment with three other male college roommates. As you can imagine, our fridge was pretty disgusting. Food would get pushed to the back and I would quickly forget what food I had. Then I would discover it later after it had already expired. This waste of food and money really annoyed me and I wanted to come with a system that would remind me when my food was going to expire."
What would having a successful campaign do to help Fridgely and the fight against food waste?
"Helping Fridgely through the campaign would allow me to build out the last couple of features that will really make Fridgely an amazing application. These features are mainly centered around the ability to scan the barcode of an item and immediately get an estimated expiration date, this would make the item entering process significantly faster for our users. The donations would also help me build out a system where you can simply take a picture of our receipt from the grocery store and have all of your food automatically added into the app."
Why are you passionate about helping people waste less food?
"Food waste not only hurts us, but it hurts the environment as well. The food we don't eat and throw away ends up in our landfills and negatively impacts our planet. By eating the food we already have we also cut down on our dependence for food. When someone is trying to decide whether or not they want to get fast food after work, Fridgely will remind them that they have leftovers that are going to expire soon. Hopefully this makes the user chose to eat the leftovers instead. Fridgely keeps excess food from being thrown away and helps save that person money."
To see Justin's crowdfunding campaign for Fridgely, click here!