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Also Monday, Apache Corp. APA, -0.92% said it has increased its production level to 5,200 barrels of oil equivalent a day after receiving approval for seven new development leases in the Faghur Basin in Egypt's western desert.
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Hello all, Donny Zavala here! It's an honor to have the opportunity to take over PhotoVision's Instagram for the next three days! I'm looking forward to sharing my film journey, my style, why I shoot film, how I got started and a bit about my upcoming workshop in Oregon! First off is this image from the Erich McVey Workshop last June in Elk, California. Prior to attending the workshop, I had been shooting film for about a year. When I first started shooting film, my eyes were drawn to Erich's work. Long story short, he is why I shoot film. Attending his workshop was amazing and taught me a lot . . . yet, it was just the beginning of digging deep, chasing my film photography dreams and creating my own journey. Your journey is yours, but bring others along for the ride—collaborations lead to knowledge and inspiration. Be driven, be vulnerable, be available, be open, and lastly, don't settle for less.
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I was recently asked, "How do you avoid posing your clients?" . . . Honestly, I think posing a client is inevitable, as most clients are not models. However, I don't call it posing—I call it directing to create real moments. Even though I direct, I will not take a picture until I see that my subjects are engaged in a small vignette of honest interaction. I choose the right backdrop with the right lighting, then I ask the couple to engage in conversation. This is where the story is told slowly and carefully through my images. My clients will get high-fives when they share their real moments with me! We will cover how to do just this in my upcoming Oregon Coast Workshop this August.
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Often times it's easy for us to focus on the small details of a shoot, and we forget how important it is to showcase the environment in which the story is being told. When I first started, I was always shooting close-ups and the intimate tight shots. It took a while to slow down and notice the scenery surrounding my subject. Case in point—recently I met with a client in Portland, Oregon who was getting married at Smith Rock and she said, "I want to remember where I got married." So, grab yourself a 45mm to capture the entire scene. Your client will be thankful you did.
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Light is the single most important element in film photography. Light is vitally important for how I want my images to turn out. Thanks to my main man, Erich McVey, who showed me the way, I'll chase the light all day long, for it can make or break an image (as it will make or break my final images and how I want my style to continue to evolve.) My quick tip: find out your local sunset time, grab some Fuji400, a light meter and start shooting about 45 minutes before sunset and 15 minutes after the sun dips below the horizon line. Come learn more at the Oregon Coast Workshop! (Interestingly, this image was taken at sunrise. Similar rules apply.)
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What are "authentic moments," outside of becoming an industry cliche? Authentic moments come from events that are real, fluid and occur naturally. In the midst of a shoot, I constantly ask myself: Are these moments truly happening? Or am I making them happen? The client, now more than ever, is seeking authentic moments—and we, as photographers, must deliver. We can do this by having input in the pre-wedding itinerary. Allowing time to capture real moments as they unfold is crucial to avoid re-creating moments later in the day. Establishing a pre-wedding itinerary with your clients at the forefront will make this task much easier and your clients will love you for it! Yes, some weddings will need redirecting . . . but you're in control—make it happen!
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How often have you second-guessed your talents? Have you ever felt like your work wasn't good enough to work with a certain vendor? Don't worry, if we're honest, we've all been there. I've been there. I've asked and been turned down many times. What does that mean? Does it mean I wasn't good enough? Did my style clash? Was it because I don't shoot film well enough? Why? This is perhaps one of the most challenging areas for photographers, and will tear many of us apart in ways that are unhealthy, creating doubt. Let me tell you one thing—don't quit. Pick your head up and look the other way. Look for other opportunities. Having a few styled shoots under your belt can greatly impact your chances of being published, and I will cover how to do just this at the Oregon Coast Workshop this summer. Your opportunity is waiting. Go get it!
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Going the extra mile for clients and vendors is a huge part of our job. This can be anything from a quick email to showing up early to scout the venue! Ultimately, word of mouth and how we interact with others will make or break a deal, I can't stress this enough. Prior to working in photography, I spent 15 years in the customer service industry, where my day consisted of making people smile, making sure the door was held open for them and asking them how I could help. (If I could teach a class just on this, I would, but I think I'd need a whole workshop to cover this aspect of our jobs.) Self-employment is fun, but we still have to remember that we are working with other human beings who want to be well-liked, well-received and well taken care of. Come hear me speak about this at the Oregon Coast Workshop this August. We owe it not only to our clients, but to our career.
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Why do I shoot film? Seriously, shooting film is great—but it can be challenging, and at times, disappointing . . . bad light, out-of-focus images, incorrect settings and finicky cameras can make for an awful day. (You know what I'm talking about.) But I would not trade it for anything. Film has created an opportunity for me to work with amazing clients, vendors and other film photographers. I'm not biased toward all things film—digital photography is amazing, and there are lots of digital photographers who bring so much talent to the industry. So why is film for me? I have found that when I look at my film images, they evoke a feeling of satisfaction. I can remember the very moment I composed the image, hear the laughs from my clients and remember the second I released the shutter. It's an art form that continues to challenge me. It allows me to be more consistent in my images and have control of my overall aesthetic. But don't go at it alone. Ask other film photographers for advice, attend a film workshop, and most important, establish a relationship with the professionals at PhotoVision—they will care for you throughout your film journey!
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The Discovery Room
Topic: Other Subtopic: General
Case Study
of an Exhibition
by Judith White
Published on August 16, 2007
Museum: Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Focus: Natural History
My role: I was originally hired to develop the objects and materials in the Room and ended up being in charge of developing and opening the Room itself.
Description and goals
The first Discovery Room opened in 1974 in a spacious light-filled corner room next to the exhibit halls in the Smithsonians Museum of Natural History. The Room was the first place in a museum devoted to collections, where visitors were allowed to touch sample objects, such as skulls, fossils, plants, and cultural artifacts.
The first objects that visitors encountered on entering the Discovery Room were stumpers – large, mysterious objects to arouse peoples curiosity a (a fossil mammoth molar, a giant geologic concretion, etc.) housed in and on top of open display cases. Laminated cards posed questions, then offered answers/explanations and frequently referenced other objects in the Room.
Smaller objects were housed in sturdy wooden boxes known as discovery boxes. There were about 30 of these stored on shelves with a library-like checkout counter. Titles revealed the contents: Fossils, Mollusks, Touch a Sound, Look Inside a Shell and many others. Visitors were invited to select a title and take a box to a table to explore its contents. The discovery boxes were the heart of the Room, each being a kind of mini-exhibit, with interpretive materials and observation aids.
The Room offered many places for people to sit: tables with chairs and informal seating on a carpeted platform. Interesting plants grew in natural sunlight in window boxes nearby. There were hooks for coats, encouraging winter visitors to stay a while. And there were books available for reference.
The goal of the Discovery Room project was, in the words of Caryl Marsh its founder, to create a thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing place for visitors of all ages. It would be a place to study and contemplate beautiful natural things, a place that enhanced ones understanding and appreciation of the wonders of the natural world.
Development process and challenges
This first Discovery Room started as an experiment. Caryl Marsh, a psychologist, working for the office of the Smithsonians Secretary, was interested in offering the public a chance to sample the Museums collections, in a way that traditional glass-cased exhibits did not allow. Caryl applied for, and was awarded, a grant from the National Science Foundation to try out her idea. She also intended to study visitors responses to the experiences the Room would offer. Caryl felt that visitor study should be an important part of the project.
I joined Caryl in 1972 after funding was granted, and worked to put together the Room. I had come from The Childrens Museum in Boston, which had been transformed by Michael Spock in the 60s into a groundbreaking, hands-on interactive museum, so the idea of allowing people to gently handle and examine objects and artifacts seemed quite natural and logical. No big deal! To me, it just made sense. So, I was surprised when I began working at the Museum of Natural History, and soon got a visit from a worried conservator. His name was Walter Angst! He told me he had great concerns about the Discovery Room project because he felt that it would promote mishandling and disrespect of the objects in the Museums collection. Angst thought the Room would teach visitors the wrong lessons!
Angst made a strong case, and I kept his advice in mind. We realized that it would be important to make the Room a place that would encourage respect for the objects, and promote thoughtful and careful examination. It should be a place that visitors would feel privileged to enter, like a visit behind-the-scenes to the Museums great collections. To that end Caryl and I planned to make the Room a calm space: muted colors, carpet on the floors, a spot to hang up coats, plenty of places to sit, and a limited number of visitors. Our message was: sit down and stay a while and enjoy a leisurely look at the things in the room.
We also wanted to offer a behind-the-scenes feeling. So we put the large sturdy objects—the stumpers—on shelf-like containers modeled on cases in the Museums inner-sanctum stacks. Smaller objects were placed into wooden boxes that curators used to hold botanical specimens. These boxes evolved into the discovery boxes. They proved to be an ideal way to house the small and/or delicate objects. I initially had some concern that the small objectssmall fossils, bones, minerals, etcmight become damaged or wander away with visitors. (Something I would hate to report back to Walter Angst.) So, the insides of the boxes were made to cushion, and each specimen was displayed in a separate compartment, so that when returned, a staff member could see at a glance that all was well. The discovery boxes, it turned out, also offered something special for the visitor: a chance to possess and be responsible for a part of the Museum for a short time. It was the visitors box: he/she was its own curator for the duration of its loan in the Room.
For reasons too complicated to explain in this short piece, the Discovery Room project did not proceed as the original NSF proposal had envisioned. In fact, it was cut short by a year or more, and Caryls careful plans for evaluation and visitor study had to be jettisoned. I found myself with the job (with the great support of Eugene Behlen of the Museums office of exhibits) of having to pull together prototype exhibits and boxes and quickly create a spacealbeit ad hoc— that could be opened to the public. We hired Sheila Mutchler to organize and train volunteers to staff the Room. And in March of 1974 (this date may not be exact) The Discovery Rooman experiment— was launched.
Lessons learned, mistakes we made (and what we did about them)
The Room was immediately popular. The first weekend we had so many visitors that we began a ticket system. Again it was an ad hoc solution, but seemed to work.
Soon after, there was a demandfrom somewhereto allow school groups into the Room. Sheila and I thought it was not a good idea. The Room was designed with a range of ages in mindnot for a group of children. The Discovery Room held a variety of objects that worked well with a variety of visitors. With a school group, we predicted, there would be demand for many samples of the same object; and the school group dynamics would not be conducive to study-at-your-own-pace exploration, which the Room promoted. But eventually, we agreed to let in school groups and see what happened. There were problems: some children had difficulty settling down; an object went missing. So, Sheila developed a slightly different protocol for handling school groups, including the advice to teachers that children who did not really want to visit the Room should be allowed to go elsewhere in the museum.
Soon after the Discovery Room opened, I left the Museum because my job developing the Room had been completed. None of the visitor study and evaluation that Caryl Marsh had originally envisioned, and wrote about in her NSF grant, was ever done. Instead, the Museum continued to keep the Room going in its original form, one I always considered a bit ad hoc. I dont think the Museum ever anticipated the popularity and the long tenure of the Room. I dont think anyone really took it seriously. I have often thought that one of the reasons that discovery rooms have been labeled as places for children was the informal appearance of the first one, a result of the ad hoc prototype design. The boxes, for example, were all hand-made as prototypes with cardboard lids and then quickly strengthened with wooden ones for the opening. Much of the label information in the Room was made using with my own set of hand-cut Helvetica rubber eraser stamps (reminiscent of The Childrens Museum). And we hung the coat rack low (appropriate for children said a newspaper article) only because both the installing carpenter and I each had a short reach. So, maybe people found the unassuming look of the Room kid-like. But, of course, in the early 70s, the Discovery Room was one of the few places in that traditional museum that did not seem staid and imposing. Kids liked the Room!
After working on the Discovery Room I became head of Education at the Smithsonians National Zoo where I had the opportunity of creating some additional discovery rooms: Zoolab, Birdlab and Herplab. There the Education staff and I were able to spend more time and thought on the discovery room concept and observe visitor use over time. Among other things, we learned, as Caryl Marsh had originally envisioned, that such rooms work best not for children, but for visitors of all ages.
Exhibition Opened: Spring 1974
Traveling Exhibition: No
Location: Washington, DC, None, United States
Estimated Cost: Less than $100,000 (US)
Other funding source(s): National Museum of Natural History
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Hooray for The Discovery Room!
One of my early museum jobs was in a "staid" Natural History Museum and the "Discovery Room movement" influenced by the work of The Smithsonian and The Royal Ontario Museum (amongst others) helped shake the dust off the Natural History part of the museum world.
Thanks very much for sharing some important history!
Hooray for interactive!
I agree that the "Discovery Room" concept is a)something that hasn't been explored enough in exhibit creation, and b)something that has been declared only appropriate for Children's Museums, and neither of those should be the case. I hope to see more Discovery Rooms in the future.
Interesting reading on an early Discovery Room
It was thought provoking to read about the first Discovery Room opened at the Smithsonianin in 1974. There are a number of Discovery Rooms in Australian museums (particularly at state museum level) but they were not developed until the early 1980s. The concept for 'Discovery Rooms' in Australian museums differs slightly from those in US museums; in Australian museum 'Discovery Centres' you can bring in live specimens, such as insects and lizards, for identification, in addition to seeing aspects of the collection, hands-on items, reading books in a research library and downloading information about the museum's collections from computers. These spaces in museums are designed for access to and provision of information about the museum's collections, but the hands-on exhibits also encourage discovery learning. Interesting to compare and contrast the differences between Discovery Rooms museums in the USA and Australia.
Thanks for the memories!
Judy, thanks for your thoughtful recap of the development of the Discovery Room at NMNH. As you know the Discovery and Browsing Area of the Psychology Exhibition, with Caryl Marsh as Project Director, was a direct descendant of your early project. I'm hoping to write this up for ExhibitFiles, and your account provides the historical context. Gretchen
Finally evaluated
Hello Judy, How interesting to learn of how this room originated. It went through some revisions not long ago and the staff asked for an evaluation. The final report is at www.si.edu/opanda, under Current Reports (April 2007). It beloved by both adults and kids, and clearly promotes learning behaviors. It must be very satisfying to do an exhibit that turns into a movement!
Judith White
Hello Andrew. Thanks for the reference to the SI April 2007 DR study. I look forward to reading it. A glance at the study's introduction, however, indicates that the present DR differs in objectives and audience focus from the original. One example: the first sentence of the introduction suggests it is a place for "children."
great resource thanks!
hey y'all. i was looking for a good study of learning in discovery rooms, or designing discovery rooms for learning. Came across a reference in informalscience for j. white. came over here and found this with the opanda report! Cool. The system works! If anyone else out there knows of good recent reports on this topic please let me know. Thanks
Discover Room Studies
Hey Karen, You should definitely talk to Fred Stein at the Exploratorium. He did a literature review on Discovery Rooms years ago that was quite useful. (Not sure if it was published.)
Earlier discovery room example?
My dad, Mike Spock, has always claimed that the pioneering discovery room dates back to the late '60's at the Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. (The museum is named for an ancestor of current AAM president Ford Bell.) The room is still there in more or less the same configuration it has been in since it was created.
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Memorial Day was created to ensure the nation was given the opportunity to publicly demonstrate their appreciation for the sacrifices and successes made by our service members, past and present. This is an important time for our entire nation to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice that so many soldiers and their families have made.
This patriotic day allows time to slow down and reflect on the significance of soldiers' willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. Remembrance is at the forefront of our national consciousness, with sacrifices continuing to be made every day as we lose brave soldiers. Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation's mission is to honor lost loved ones and continue to provide support to their families, by granting college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty.
Rachel Splinter's dad, Christopher Splinter, died from a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was more than willing to deploy to Iraq in order to help. Christopher died doing what he loved, which makes Rachel a very proud daughter.
"Growing up without my father has been the most difficult challenge in my life. Not being able to talk to him, go fishing, his absence to scare my prom date, not being able to walk me down the aisle on my future wedding day. I miss my father so much," explained Rachel Splinter. "What helps me get through the pain is knowing that he died a true American hero, so that we can live free and safely. I know I we will be reunited in heaven someday."


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Recruiting Excellence: Sourcing Top Talent
Ensuring that you have the right talent to achieve your business objectives requires a comprehensive and strategic approach encompassing the areas below:
- Creating the right culture – Recruitment should be viewed as the responsibility of ALL management within the organisation not just HR.
- Identifying what you need – Understanding the behavioural competencies for success.
- Winning the Attraction Game – By understanding what candidates are really looking for.
- Developing a distinctive and attractive 'Employer Brand' – why do people join, stay and leave?
- Enhancing the recruitment experience – employer reputation management.
- Using every resourcing opportunity:
- Getting the most out of recruitment consultancies
- Maximising online recruitment
- Employee Referral schemes
- Utilising your 'alumni'
- Flexible employment
- Retention – dealing with the causes of turnover. What does it feel like to be led by you?
A professional recruitment consultant for more than 20 years Jeff Grout offers a practical insider's guide to sourcing top talent. He is the author of 'Recruiting Excellence' which examines the strategies and tactics necessary for successful recruitment.
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The Galaxy S 4 Camera Mode Settings
The Mode setting is where you make some basic settings that describe the situation under which you will be taking your shot. The default is a single picture in Automatic mode. The Mode icon is a round button underneath the button for the shutter release. Tapping on this icon brings up the options in this figure.
The options rotate as you flick through them. To have the options display in Panorama mode, as seen in this figure, tap the button with the four squares in the lower-left corner.
Tapping the Mode icon brings up a number of choices:
Auto: Taking a single photo at a time is the default setting, which assume average light. It's a good place to start.
Beauty Face: This mode automatically hides subtle facial imperfections. (No guarantees!)
Best Photo: This setting takes a quick series of three images per second for each press on the Camera icon; that way, you can later pick which one you really want. This option uses the same amount of memory and battery as taking six shots, which isn't much. And it makes it more likely that everyone's eyes will be open!
Best Face: This is a combination of the previous two.
Sound & Shot: This option records the ambient sound when you take a photo. This adds dimension to the still image.
Drama: The thumbnail image of the snowboarder in the figure shows what you can do with this option. The background does not move, but you get multiple shots of the person in motion.
Animated Photo: This option allows you to blend a still shot with a moving image. This is for the really creative among us.
Rich Tone (HDR): Rich Tone mode automatically enhances the depth of the colors in your shot.
Eraser: Have you ever been taking a picture when a clueless pedestrian unexpectedly walks into the viewfinder just as you snap? You want to take that fool out. Now you can (digitally remove them from the shot, that is). The camera takes a few extra images so you can see what was blocked, and your phone recreates the image without the pedestrian.
Panorama: Take a wider shot than you can with a single shot. Press the Camera button while you rotate through your desired field of view. The application then digitally stitches the individual photos into a single wide angle shot.
Sports: Some digital shots can be blurry if there is fast action. Sports mode compensates for this.
Night: This setting lengthens the duration of the shot to help improve the image.
Choose the option that sounds right and snap away.
These modes help when you are taking the shot. You can also edit an image later. You would probably find it easier to do complicated image editing on your desktop computer instead of your phone. However, you can make some edits on your phone and send your photo off right away. Your choice.


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Watch Me Grow
Watch Me Grow aims to help parents and health practitioners to better identify whether children are developing on track.
The Watch Me Grown web app has been designed to evaluate development, language and social skills for children aged 6 months to 4 years. It does this by sending reminders to parents to complete two questionnaires about their child every 6 months.
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Here is a listing of various movie reviews I have written. Mostly they'll be about B-movies, monster flicks and various other forms of movie mayhem.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
"Batbabe: The Dark Nightie" review
Director: John Bacchus
Writers: John Bacchus Michael Raso
Darian Caine ... Wendy Wane / BatBabe
Robert Mandara ... The Jerker
Molly Heartbreaker ... Henrietta Bent
Jackie Stevens ... Rachel Balls
Clancy Fitzsimmons ... Commissioner Boredom
Andrea Jaxx ... Nude Cyclist
Ruby Larocca ... Pool Girl 1
Sierra Dream ... Pool Girl 2
I was feeling nostalgic. That's my excuse. I was thinking back to the old softcore days and nights of Julian Wells and A.J. Khan. Reminiscing on the Golden Years of Seduction Cinema. I wondered what those cheap filmmakers were up to these days. Had they found any suitable replacements for Ms. Wells and Khan? What does the current crop of Seduction Cinema women have to offer? I decided that "Batbabe: the Dark Nightie" had the greatest chance of showcasing Seduction Cinema's finest.
"Batbabe" is about Batbabe. A babe who dresses like a bat. She's a stripper by day and BatBabe by night. Actually she strips at night and hangs out as BatBabe during the day as well. She's very busy. Anyway, her arch enemy is the evil Jerker. Jerker is a madman who wants to steal all of the porno in the city so the citizens will go crazy with lust. He's hoping for a semen flood which will fill the streets with sticky vengeance. Batbabe won't stand for this ejaculating injustice. Batbabe beats up a bunch of people, manages to get involved in some facsimiles of sex scenes, and the Jerker jerks it all movie long. At least he had fun.
I can tell you one thing about "Batbabe". The Jerker was successful in stealing the porno from the city. In fact, he was so successful he managed to steal it right out of this movie. Amazingly, "Batbabe" doesn't have one good sex scene. Not one scene to linger over and enjoy. Not one lousy, stinking sex scene to jerk it like the Jerker would. There isn't anything to recommend, commend or even talk about in regards to this film.
After suffering through "Batbabe", I'm reminded why I don't bother with Seduction Cinema anymore. The glory days are over. Their current group of ladies does not measure up to the mighty Julian Wells and AJ Khan. All of these women look like they took the day off from the strip club so they could be filmed fumbling through a half hearted sex scene. Only Darian Caine, (Batbabe), remains from the Misty Mundae days. She does what she can but even she can't manage to add any excitement to this softcore dud.
I was very tempted to throw "Batbabe" into the Landfill. It was so close to Landfill glory. But "Batbabe" does have a lot of nudity so I have to give it one point for that. But that's the only thing that saves it from the garbage dump. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. Check out "Seduction of Misty Mundae" for Seduction Cinema satisfaction. Don't let the Jerker spooge on you.
SCORE: 1 out of 4 Batbabes
8 comments:
- Anna-Sofie said...
I love following your blog.
- Dr. Gore said...
Thanks for following.
Its a shame The Jerker is in the shot on the DVD cover otherwise it would have been a great masturbation aid. By the way, i wonder if the British film industry will ever produce anything that is even 100th as good as "Batbabe: The Dark Nightie"...er...i very much doubt it, just to put things into the proper perspective again.
- Dr. Gore said...
The true shame is that the Jerker is a man. Since this was Seduction Cinema, I was hoping this was going to be an all woman affair. Alas the Jerker jerked it and balls were blue. So very blue.
Anna-Sofie is a gorgeous chick, i`d love to perform every sex-act in the known universe on her
- Dr. Gore said...
She's very nice.
- Mr. Xploit, Esquire said...
man, Seduction Cinema has really fallen. who can we depend on now? jim wynorski? not likely. who dr gore? who?
- Dr. Gore said...
Who indeed. I don't believe I can answer that. Who is committed to the softcore arts? Wynorksi is committed to making money. It's just a coincidence that it happens to involve softcore. Based on the quality of "Batbabe", Seduction Cinema is dead. It just doesn't know it yet. It's death rattle is going on longer than expected.


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Paramore is a fucking awesome band. If you can't understand that, I don't know what to tell you. They performed great songs they wrote on Good Morning America this morning — their top-10 smash "Ain't It Fun" followed by mall-punk anthem "Misery Business" (with super-fan Christian Brown) and power-pop hit "Still Into You." As always, they kicked ass. Here is video evidence.
Hey p-more family, @GMA folks have reported that this was one of their best crowds ever.. In the rain, no less! Y'all blew everyone away. ??
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Let's begin with a quote from "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" and then go right into the daily
astrological weather.
"If one has failed to develop curiosity and interest in the early years, it is a good idea to acquire them now, before it is too late to improve the quality of life. To do so is fairly easy in principle, but more difficult in practice. Yet it is sure worth trying. The first step is to develop the habit of doing whatever needs to be done with concentrated attention, with skill rather than inertia. Even the most routine tasks, like washing dishes, dressing, or mowing the lawn become more rewarding if we approach them with the care it would take to make a work of art. The next step is to transfer some psychic energy each day from tasks that we don't like doing, or from passive leisure, into something we never did before, or something we enjoy doing but don't do often enough because it seems too much trouble. There are literally millions of potentially interesting things in the world to see, to do, to learn about. But they don't become actually interesting until we devote attention to them."
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Are you concerned or unclear about your path ahead?
Let Astrolore help you see your life and your path forward from a perspective that will change everything. Allow more joy and love into your life.
Together, we will work with your individual horoscope to explore your hopes, dreams, goals, your current path, and the reality of your life purpose. Our conversation will offer you a profoundly renewed perspective on your life and circumstances.
Monday, September 26, 2016:
You may be surprised at how good you feel this morning. So much has loosened up with mental Mercury now moving forward at a good clip, serious Saturn inching away from his tight contact with dreamy Neptune, and a lovely, passionate Leo Moon to play with.
The best, by far, occurrence on Monday is the conjunction between the Sun and expansive Jupiter. Where in your life are you feeling the growth of enthusiasm and optimism? This transit begins a yearlong cycle of increasing joy, expansion, and possibly romance. It is time to take a stand, go ahead and plant the seed that you sincerely want to grow into deeper connection, understanding, and love in the coming year. Contemplate partnership and step forward to meet it, the new path is clear to be stepped upon. Begin the work of developing the partnerships and love of your deepest desires.
Pluto has been retrograde since April 18, 2016 and turns direct at 15 degrees Capricorn. If you have personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, or Mars) or points (Ascendant or Midheaven) between 12 and 18 degrees of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn) you are being impacted significantly this week by the transformative energy of Pluto.
Allow major change to come. Holding it at bay will only create discord. Surrender is the best plan where Pluto is concerned. A personal consultation is in order! For many of you this is a powerful time of transition. As Pluto turns direct, what has been held back is ready to move forward. Enjoy the ride.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016:
When we wake up Tuesday morning, there will be a considerable shift of energy. Mars, the planet of action and courage, finally leaves Sagittarius behind to enter Capricorn. On March 5, 2016, Mars first entered Sagittarius. Normally, Mars spends several months in a particular sign and moves on. However, with his three month retrograde (much of which was in Scorpio), he is just leaving Sagittarius now. This is another clear indication that we really are leaving behind the stuck energy we have felt mired in for the past 6 months.
With Mars in Capricorn, we are ready to work to fulfill our goals with steadfast determination. Ambition leads us to serious, disciplined accomplishments. Don't expect to reach your desires with spontaneous action. Slow and steady wins the race. This is a great stabilization that will support our growing integrity over the next six weeks. Much work can be accomplished and significant progress made in reaching your most important goals.
Enjoy the Leo Moon on Monday, she offers you the ability to release self-consciousness and truly express your most authentic self. At 5:43 PM EDT, once the Moon enters Virgo, you will be ready to get serious about utilizing the energy of Mars in Capricorn.
The next few days will be great for getting jobs done and projects started. Support the projects of others with encouragement and putting them in touch with others who may benefit from the introduction. Every time you help others, your light shines a bit brighter.
The Leo Moon is VOC* (think of it as being adrift, without focus or connection) from 4:53 AM EDT until she enters Virgo at 5:43 PM EDT. Remember, when the Moon is VOC* there will be no result from anything that is begun. This is neutral; not good, not bad; it simply suggests that whatever occurs will not have significant future impact.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016:
Wednesday should be a great day for getting things done. Whether you are starting a new project, working with diligent patience on the details of an ongoing project, or helping others with their projects, the work will move forward on Wednesday.
Perhaps, you are involved in a major project for a huge corporation, a serious effort forward in your own business, or perhaps you are sorting laundry and cleaning out your closets or your pantry. Bring the same industrious efficiency to whatever you are working on.
Make no mistake this is a day for work, if you try to turn it into a day of play you are likely to feel frustration at the end of the day.
Yes, you may feel some confusion around 12:46 PM EDT when delusional Neptune comes calling. Take your lunch break between 12:30 – 1:30 and don't worry about it. Come back to the job refreshed.
When somber Saturn also gets in on the story at 3:42 PM EDT… take a coffee break, or better yet, a walk outside. These transits of the Moon don't last long. Fit them into your day and all will be fine.
Pay attention to the details, do an excellent job. Don't get stuck in perfectionism to the point that is stops progress.
Thursday, September 29, 2016:
You will want to keep your attention on whatever your efforts went into on Wednesday. However, due to the VOC* Moon, it will be best to consider keeping to the less important details that in the longer view of the project will have less impact.
Wait! Let's rethink this! How about leaving all that work behind and go for a walk? A solitary walk to soothe your soul at this dark time of the Moon (New Moon on Friday). Winter will be here before we know it and perhaps a walk by a lake, a river, or the ocean will bring more value into your life than any amount of work even with the Moon in Virgo!
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." ~ Albert Einstein
The Virgo Moon is VOC* (think of it as being adrift, without focus or connection) from 6:06 AM EDT until she enters Libra at 3:53 AM EDT on Friday. Remember, when the Moon is VOC* there will be no result from anything that is begun. This is neutral; not good, not bad; it simply suggests that whatever occurs will not have significant future impact.
Friday, September 30, 2016:
Friday's New Lunar Cycle (Libra New Moon) begins on an expansive, confident, and hopeful note with the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter conjunct in the graceful, charming sign of Libra.
Jupiter's main purpose is always to expand whatever s/he touches. This new lunar cycle is about expanding beauty, value, and partnership. The seeds you plant at this time will support the growth of love, romance, and resources far beyond the current month's cycle.
The involvement of Jupiter (newly in Libra) suggests that these seeds have tendrils that will stay with us throughout the Jupiter cycle for the next 12 years.
We are deeply grateful that the challenging pattern between sometimes, bewildering Neptune and often restrictive Saturn are now behind us. This lovely Libra New Moon encourages us to accept the opportunity and move beyond the confusion and disappointment so recently encountered, to welcome a renewed sense of our values, ideals, and our connection to the deeper understanding of a loving Universe.
Go out into the world on Friday and plant seeds of love, connection, and beauty. If you know what astrological house holds 8 degrees Libra in your chart, you will have a better idea of where to scatter those seeds.
Regardless, go ahead and create beauty while scattering seeds of love.
Saturday, October 1, 2016:
On Saturday, the Moon continues through charming Libra offering a pleasant day for charming social interactions. However, don't be in a hurry to start those social situations. With the Moon squares Pluto at 9:30 AM EDT, it will help to spend a few morning hours alone in deep contemplation. But don't stay there too long! Once you leave that solitary energy behind, simply move forward into a day that offers beauty and harmony in cooperation with others.
At 1:13 PM EDT, Venus (in Scorpio) trine Neptune (in Pisces) offers us a lovely flow of intangible beauty and love. This flow likely stems from a beautiful dream (or fantasy) that began in March 2016 and was fully illuminated in mid-August. The benefits and reality of that dream flow easily now. Enjoy.
Enjoy the feeling of love and beauty created in imagination, fantasy, and flow. This is a lovely day for artists and lovers. Hearts are open. Love and beauty moves easily between your open heart and a world hungry for connection. Offer this energy out into the world.
Sunday, October 2, 2016:
On Sunday, we awake to the Moon still in Libra but adrift without focus until she enters Scorpio at 3:43 PM EDT. In the early part of the day, we may feel our emotions are holding us back; we may wish we could stay with the innocence and simplicity of that Libra New Moon. However, it is time to move forward, with the Moon in Scorpio we must begin a committed exploration of how to best water the seed of love that was planted at the New Moon from Friday. The 'water' that is required now is deep, intense, and powerful. Do not shy from the more hidden, private areas of yourself. Explore how vulnerability supports the developing beauty and love that is expanding in your life.
The Libra Moon is VOC* (think of it as being adrift, without focus or connection) from 1:43 AM EDT until she enters Scorpio at 3:43 PM EDT. Remember, when the Moon is VOC* there will be no result from anything that is begun. This is neutral; not good, not bad; it simply suggests that whatever occurs will not have significant future impact.
* In these weekly reports, I am exploring the major aspects formed by transit between the planets. I do not consider every aspect that the Moon makes each day as they can be numerous and are often fleeting moods. I will consider the final major aspect formed by the Moon prior to its VOC* time, as that aspect holds its influence throughout the VOC*.
* The aspects under consideration: conjunctions, sextiles, squares, trines, and oppositions.
* The planets I work with: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.


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Linux and Unix operating systems comes in a wide range of flavors often bundled as different distributions by different vendors. Every one of these distribution also comes with an often pre-defined and latest version of the Linux kernel.
Sometimes you need to know the exact name and version of your operating system, machine as well as the kernel, be it to install the correct version of a software, find if a hardware is compatible or be it to upgrade your OS itself. There are several ways to check your operating system and linux kernel versions. As each distribution (or distros) are slightly different some of the commands might work in some distros while some maynot.
uname is the linux command which prints out the name, versions and other details of the machine and kernel running on the machine. It is basically short for Unix Name. This is usually part of the core-utils package and should be available on almost all distros. There are several options available to print out just the kernel details or just the machine information.
To print out just the kernel information, use the
-srv option. It prints out all the available kernel information.
bash$ uname -srv
Linux 3.3.0-gentoo #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 21 02:07:10 CDT 2012
The first part prints out the kernel name, which is Linux in the above example. The second part is the kernel release version, which is
3.3.0-gentoo. The rest of it is a more detailed kernel information like the compilation date and config.
To print out the machine information, use the
-mnipo options.
bash$ uname -mnipo
machinename i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
machinename is the name of the machine, while the rest is the processor architecture, processor type, version, speed and operating system information.
You can also use the
-a option which prints out all the available information about the kernel and the machine.
etc release and version files
Some distributions ships with a separate set of files which specify the release and versions of the distro. These files are usually in the
/etc folder with either the word release or version in them or two different files specifying both. You can view these files using any text editor or the cat command.
bash$ cat /etc/*-release*
Gentoo Base System release 2.1
Also try,
bash$ cat /etc/*-version*
bash$ cat /etc/issue
lsb_release (Linux Standard Base Release) is another command which prints out useful information about the distribution. The command has several options to print out specific information, but the -a or the –all option prints out all the information.
bash$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: n/a
Distributor ID: Gentoo
Description: Gentoo Base System release 2.1
Release: 2.1
Codename: n/a
proc version
Another option you have is to check the proc version. You can do so by using the cat command to print out the contents of the
/proc/version file.
bash$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.3.0-gentoo (root@machinename) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Gentoo 4.5.3-r2 p1.1, pie-0.4.7) ) #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 21 02:07:10 CDT 2012
This prints out a complete and detailed list of information about your kernel, processor, machine and operating system.


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Banana Nut Muffins
These muffins are gluten and dairy free, with lots of protein and no refined sugar. Oh, and they are delicious!
2 eggs
1 ripe mashed banana
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup ground nuts or nut meal
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp honey (optional)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
Grind the nuts in a blender until they are powdered. You can also use nut meal bought at the store (this is more expensive than grinding your own).
Combine mashed banana, eggs, vanilla and honey in a bowl and mix until ingredients are evenly combined. Add in ground nuts or nut meal, baking soda and salt.
Spoon the batter into greased muffin tins. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes, or until muffins spring back when gently pressed.
Blueberry nut Muffins: after all the ingredients have been added, stir in 1/2-3/4 cup of fresh or frozen berries.
Coconut nut muffins: replace some or all of the banana with coconut milk, and replace some of the ground nuts with unsweetened grated coconut
Pumpkin nut muffins: replace mashed banana with pumpkin puree.


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CMN 2019 - Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Guimarães, July 1 - 3, 2019
The Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2019) aims to be a forum for the discussion of relevant scientific, and technological developments in computational mechanics, numerical methods and engineering applications. CMN 2019 is jointly organized by the Portuguese (APMTAC) and the Spanish (SEMNI) Associations and follows the previous congress editions of Madrid (2002), Lisbon (2004), Granada (2005), Porto (2007), Barcelona (2009), Coimbra (2011), Bilbao (2013), Lisbon (2015) and Valencia (2017).
The scientific program will comprise plenary lectures from leading researchers and will be structured in thematic sessions in different research fields. The congress is open to professionals, researchers, educators, students and everyone else interested in numerical methods. The objective is to make the congress the best forum for dissemination of the latest scientific and technical developments and for exchange of new ideas in emerging topics.


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JussiH wrote:
...add the voltage sense wires from the main battery to the ADC pads to get voltage monitoring...
So, jsut to clarify, 11.1V from a 3S is OK on he ADC pads?
JussiH wrote:
...add the voltage sense wires from the main battery to the ADC pads to get voltage monitoring...
LPR wrote:Pat
I searched the AQ Wiki for ADC and found this.
Read it carefully.
http://autoquad.org/wiki/wiki/m4-microc ... onitoring/
kinderkram wrote:[i]Supply main pack voltage on to this port to monitor...
kinderkram wrote:Changed "main pack" to "battery".
JussiH wrote:At the moment, the only option available is the kit - But I will try and see if I can make some here.
An updated production version is in progress, but gonna take a 2-3 weeks, I think.
If all goes well, I will make an expander for small BLDC copters available soon
It sports a Recom 5V supply, 3.3V supply, uSD-card, Optional BT module, UART, CAN and voltage sensor output - and it brings out the M5 thru M8 to 5V powered Servo connectors, same style as AQ6. Main input is reverse voltage protected
Footprint is 37*37mm with 30*30 M3 mounting holes. The holes next to the expansion connectors is for M2 insert nuts, so that the M4 can be secured firmly in place.
Sorry, but this crappy cell photo is all I have right now. The first production prototypes are underway from factory now.
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Who has two thumbs and loves a good theme party?
This girl. [points to self]
So of course I jumped at the chance to do a fun "Ready to Pop" themed baby shower for my bestie, who is almost ready to pop...literally! She's just weeks away from meeting her sweet baby boy. Here's a glimpse into our fabulous DIY baby shower...with tutorials on some of the fun details to come later this week! From the Caramel Butter POPcorn to Cake POPs to POPcorn chicken and the favors, I had a blast dreaming up ways to incorporate the theme.
This super simple diaper cake makes a great gift (and centerpiece)...tutorial located HERE! Want an easy and inexpensive way to display your cake pops and add a little bling to your table? Simply get white, rectangle styrofoam pieces from any craft store (example HERE) for a few bucks and cover them in fancy wrapping paper! So simple...yet it makes your cake pops, well...pop. (pun intended)
All of the "Ready to Pop" logos were easily created in photoshop...download FREE printables in blue and green OR pink and brown HERE!
I think the cupcake in a jar favors are my new favorite. I just keep finding new awesome ways to use mason jars! Hope you enjoyed this peek into our fun filled day...thanks for POPping by!
(see what I did there? I just can't help myself)
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Elderly and disabled 'could lose bus services'
Elderly and disabled passengers could lose vital bus services because of cuts in government funding, councils in England warn.
The Local Government Association (LGA) says support for the concessionary fares scheme has been reduced by over a third since 2010.
Under the scheme, councils have to provide free off-peak travel for those aged over 62 or disabled.
The government says it provides funding to meet subsidised travel costs.
Local authorities say the funding from central government for concessionary fares has been cut by £261m since the coalition came to power.
Now councils say they are forced to subsidise the scheme, often by cutting back on other local transport services.
It is a particular problem for county councils trying to provide relatively expensive rural bus routes and school transport.
Some authorities are now stripping back rural bus timetables, or cancelling free travel for elderly and disabled passengers during peak hours.
Free home-to-school transport is also under threat in several areas.
Leicestershire's Conservative councillor with Cabinet responsibility for transport, Peter Osborne, said: "The local government spending squeeze means what is required by law is undeliverable unless county councils put in extra subsidy. Is it fair that a ratepayer is subsidising what government should be paying for in the first place?"
Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Somerset, Dorset and Buckinghamshire are also looking at ways to reduce the cost of their local bus routes. Their plans involve a mixture of cutting school buses and withdrawing less popular routes, the LGA said.
Councils say the problem compounded by the fact that demand is increasing.
The ageing population means that a third of all bus journeys are by the 10 million older and disabled people who receive concessionary bus passes.
Councils are increasingly looking for alternatives to regular scheduled buses - particularly for the more remote villages.
Some authorities are promoting car sharing schemes and "dial a ride" community transport services.
Councillor Peter Box of Wakefield, who chairs the LGA's Economy and Transport Board, said: "The concessionary fares provide a lifeline for our most vulnerable residents...but it is now under real threat."
A spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said: "We know that bus services are vital for many older and disabled people. That is why the right to free travel is enshrined in law, and government provides funding to meet the cost of subsidising offpeak travel for these groups.
"In addition, the Department for Transport provides funding to bus operators to help more services run and keep ticket prices down. The current level of this funding is protected until 2015/16."


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Do you ever wonder what "cold-blooded" animals do during cold Canadian winters? When many mammals are tucking themselves in to hibernate for the winter, many herptiles - reptiles and amphibians - are doing the same thing.
Many types of snakes, including garter snakes in Alberta, retreat to a winter den known as a hibernaculum. A hibernaculum is an underground chamber where hundreds of snakes gather, where they are protected from the cold below the frost line. Rocky outcrops and underground areas provide excellent hibernating spots, as do animal burrows and even other structures such as old wells and building foundations.
If you see a gathering of snakes in the fall or spring, that's a good sign that there is a snake hibernaculum nearby! Because snakes are present in such large numbers and are vulnerable at hibernacula, these sites are protected by the Alberta Wildlife Act.
Just as many reptiles find an underground place to hibernate, most amphibians do as well. Aquatic frogs survive underwater, and other frogs and toads are good diggers and can burrow far enough into the soil to be protected from the cold.
But some frogs, like the wood frog, can't dig a deep enough hole. Instead, they find a protected place under logs or rocks, or dig into the leaf litter as far as they can. Despite not being fully protected from the cold in this way, wood frogs still have an amazing ability to survive. They actually freeze, and their heart can even stop - essentially becoming frog-sicles for the winter. But sugars in their bodies prevent their organs from being damaged, and when the weather warms up again, they thaw and spring back to life!
Thank you to Adwoa Adasi, EALT volunteer, for contributing to this post.
Photos by EALT and Hil Reine


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Course: Drawing On the Right Side of your Brain
Institution: DrawRight
Instructor: Brian Bomeisler
Location: Fort Mason, San Francisco
Long before Dr. Betty Edwards wrote The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence, she gave birth to her son, Brian. From whom, I had the great pleasure of learning this past week. Brian teaches workshops across the country based on his mother's book.
I learned of the workshop and Brian in Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Pink's theory is that right-brainers or creatives will rule the future; a concept that gives me great hope. Still, I am the product of a lot of left brain influence and training. I was an investment banker for God's sake. So I decided to sign up and see how drawing could help me access my right brain, what I consider to be the pathway to my soul.
Day One
From day one, it was clear that this was not painting with Bob Ross, the guy with the Afro on PBS. As Brian immediately pointed out we're not making "happy little trees." The idea is to "discover your voice in drawing."
The class began with a smattering of art history. Major artist names spewed from his mouth, Mary Buckley, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, to name a few. He showed some slides and then asked us to dig into the big black portfolios placed on the tables in front of us. Each of the students, 16 in total, received all the tools we would need for the week – drawing pads, pencils, erasers, pencil sharpeners and my personal favorite, a pencil box.
He then turned to the hardest and most common part of any class I've taken as an adult: the introduction. He asked each of us to introduce ourselves and share our experiences with drawing. I was first up. Thankfully, I didn't break into a sweat. I gave my spiel and then waited for him to move on to the next student.
Instead, Brian asked me when the last time I had drawn was. I draw all the time, I answered. I have a chalkboard up in my den and I draw many a stick figure there.
"So there wasn't a time in your life when you stopped?
"Nope," I said.
He paused and commented to the class, "Something usually happens to you – at around the age of 12 that causes people to stop drawing." He looked back at me.
I turned my body to the student next to me, signaling Brian to move on. Mercifully he did.
The rest of the class consisted of a 14-year old (or eighth grader), 2 high school students with their fathers, a make-up artist, a management consultant, software engineers and a couple of career transitioners. Only a handful of the 16 students were actually from the Bay area.
Our first task was to draw a self portrait. "The biggest hurdle you will all face," he warned us, "is yourself. Now how many of you are thinking you'll be the only one who doesn't learn to draw? Well, I'm going to be your waterloo."
We all pulled out mirrors provided to us in our portfolios and set about drawing ourselves. Mine is below.
Brian then went on to explain drawing. "Turns out," he said, "it's just a skill." He elaborated that drawing is not a motor skill problem, but a thinking issue.
He clarified that the left hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body. LMode refers to left hemisphere thinking and RMode refers to right hemisphere thinking. LMode is verbal, analytic, symbolic, abstract (as in taking abstractions), temporal, rational, digital (likes to count) and logical. RMode is nonverbal, synthetic (sees the big picture/the forest from the trees), concrete, realistic, timeless, nonrational (intuitive), and spatial.
To draw realistic depictions, we have to learn to pull away from the symbolic representation of things (supplied by our left brains) and instead try to see things in terms of shapes and relationships – to see what's there – not what we imagine is there. To do this you have to access RMode or your right brain. His methods and the class exercises were meant to enable us to do just that and to quiet down the language center of our brains (the left brain), which generally gets in the way.
In the meantime, examples abounded of LMode thinking – a common question was "How much time do we have to complete this?" His frequent response, "You have enough time to finish." Brian commented that students always want, "spit it out, tell me how do you do this so I don't have to think about it." But he's interested in our self-discovery through drawing. "No imagining allowed right now – copy what's given to you and it gets filtered through your brain and comes out quite unique," he said. "The drawing should be coming from what you're looking at – not your head."
In order to gain access to the subdominant visual perceptual Rmode, it is necessary to present your brain with a task your Lmode will turn down. Turning a picture upside down is one way.
Hence, the next drawing exercise of the day was to replicate a drawing that Picasso made, upside down. I started out by measuring the lines of the drawing very precisely, but by the fourth line, I was impatient. So I started eyeballing it. I was very frustrated. I felt confined and unhappy. I decided that I didn't like copying things.
When I finished my drawing and turned my copy right side up I found the subject, a man in a wrinkled suit, was way out of proportion. A metaphor for my issues?, I thought.
Before I could think too much about it, Brian had collected all of our drawings and hung them at the front of the class so we could see our work among others. I struggled a bit drawing the exercise but I didn't realize exactly what my left brain was saying until I saw my picture hanging in the front of the room with all the others. Then there it was, People are doing a better job than me.
I saw my Picasso drawing up there among all the others and it looked terrible to me. My pencil strokes were light, my confidence minimal and my strokes unsure. Others were bold and heavy. I would even have said it sucked, except the 17 year old high school student two seats down from me used those very words when Brian asked her to review her own drawing. Great, I thought, I'm emotionally 17. Anxiety it seems is also part of the creative process. Brian acknowledged this and said "anxiety also means you really want to know about this stuff."
When he finally reviewed my Picasso drawing in front of the class, he noted that the man in my drawing looked like he was "staring off into the clouds." Brian added I had a very natural line style – he described it as subtle, repeating lines – "softly feeling your way." My personality was so essentially a part of my drawing that I felt I had been laid bare.
My drawing's problems were my problems. I was upset and cried the whole way home because so much hit home. I found, that after everything, I am still incredibly judgmental of myself. To top it all off, he was right. Something did happen to me around the age of 12 that stopped my artistic progression and the reopening of that Pandora's box on a sweltering Monday evening, walking home hurt.
Day Two – Learning how to see "The problems of drawing," Brian reiterated, "are psychological."
He then introduced us to a ViewFinder – which is designed to reduce the input of verbal information and help with the idea of composition, which is basically positive form and negative spaces in some pleasing arrangement. The object of the drawing is the "positive form" and anything around it is the "negative space," or using the context to understand the subject. Emphasis on negative space, like words unspoken, tends to unify the drawing.
Our first exercise of the day was to draw our hands on a viewfinder and then pass our drawings forward to be hung in preparation for the daily discussion of our work. Of course, when I saw my hand up there again with the others, all I could do was compare and judge myself – unfavorably. But I did notice a few that were a bit worse than mine –progress from the day before, I suppose. Or maybe not.
When Brian reviewed my hand drawing he said, "You really get a sense of the delicacy of your touch."
I was again stunned by how much my personality came through in my picture – and it was even clearer when lined up next to other drawings. It was amazing to see how distinct our drawings and therefore our points of view were. By the end of day two, the 8th grader and I had graphite on our faces.
Day Three- Perspective
Perspective: it's all flat information. Drawing is essentially creating a two dimensional illusion of a three dimensional space.
One of the students asked Brian, "Is this what real artists do?" As if Brian wasn't an artist. I was embarrassed for her. He was incredibly gracious. He went on to say that there are tons of misperceptions and misconceptions about art. Often, these are propagated by art historians. They seem to like to paint the picture, if you'll forgive the pun, of a crazy artist.
He related that Van Gough taught himself to draw. Van Gogh drew almost exclusively for 2 years – he really wanted it. He also showed us a retrospective of Picasso's drawings, who was taught to draw at a very young age by his father, to drive home the point that to be a great artist takes hard work and a solid grasp of the fundamentals as opposed to the often bandied word, "talent." Picasso himself said, "I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child."
To teach perspective, Brian pointed out that in architecture, lines below the horizon line will ascend up and lines above your horizon line are going to descend. For the doubters among us, he ushered us all into the hallway with our angle finders, pencils and viewfinders. It was illuminating – what you think is a straight line when looking at it, is actually angled when you put your pencil up to it.
The last exercise of the day was to choose an item of architectural interest and set about drawing it. I chose a window inside of the classroom and in the end wasn't happy with my drawing. I felt frustrated and struggled with the details. In the immortal words of Eminem, I "guess that's why they call it window pane."
"This drawing," Brian said, "is about power over space. You're not creating the real thing. You can't recreate it, you're creating an illusion."
When he reviewed my drawing he said I got the angles and perspective and commented that my drawing had "a mysterious quality."
I learned that placing angled lines in your drawing, requires an intense amount of trust of yourself. Because, at first, it looks very wrong or doesn't seem possible. But eventually you start to see. You gain perspective.
Day Four - Relationships
Brian began by talking about what the class is and isn't. The class is about drawing a recognizable object and the qualifications of that. It's not about Art with a capital A. It's about teaching you the fundamentals of perception and from those you can run with it where you want to.
The exercise of the day was to draw a side profile portrait of a classmate. He explained that the human head often gives students the most trouble, but it requires constantly checking the relationships between the various parts of the face. Invariably, students never realize how large the head is in proportion to the eyes, nose and mouth because the eyes, nose and mouth get so much attention.
The exercise was difficult. Brian noted, "The left hemisphere says, 'Drawing is supposed to be fun! And checking for relationships is not fun.' But you have to do it and the more you practice, like anything, the easier it will be for you. It will start to feel natural."
When many of us stumbled on the eyes, he added, "You can't trust your eyes. Well, not so much your eyes but your brain gets in the way of your eyes – it mixes in symbols with which it is familiar." In drawing, as in life, I was discovering.
We reviewed our work again at the end of the day. The personalities continued to pop off the pages. It was unconscious and unavoidable. I was starting to see that's also what makes it art.
Day 5 – Putting it All Together
Brian opened Day 5 with "You're now all ready to take drawing classes." He then went on to describe how we could all practice – which is required for all this to come easier.
He emphasized "you can learn from misconceptions if you don't get freaked out about them." Starting over can be debilitating or demoralizing but I learned you can adjust stuff. In the end, he advised, "Whatever works is what you have to do to make things work."
The final day's assignment was to draw another self-portrait, pulling together all we had learned. Brian warned, "The difficulty is that you've being seeing yourself all your life," but consoled, "the drawing you do today is simply going to be the drawing you do today."
Here is my Day 5 Self-Portrait:
My self-portrait looked so painful to me – there was something in the eyes. Something I got right on the first day, too but my pencil marks on day five were so much darker, bolder – more confident.
During the final review discussion, one of the high school students commented, "Funny how I started off smug [day 1] and ended up looking tragic." I could relate.
After I finished mine I went outside. The sun was shining for the first time that day and people were setting up tables for Off the Grid. I saw the Kara's Cupcake van pull up and I got so excited. Then I flashed on a picture of myself at the age right before I stopped drawing, when I stopped pursuing art.
That child-like joy. I was in touch with it again and it was so good, it hurt.


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While the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America purports the idea that digestive disorders should be treated with medications and surgery, there are many noninvasive and inexpensive methods for dealing with these issues.
- Removal of Food Allergens
Often the culprit of a digestive disorder is something we have ingested. A simple food allergy test can determine quickly, and inexpensively, what these foods may be.
- Removal of Antibiotics and Sugars
Antibiotics kill all bacteria indiscriminately, meaning they annihilate both good and bad bacteria. While antibiotics may help digestive infections and disorders initially, they set us up for future digestive failure. Sugars feed harmful bacteria and yeasts. Removing them from our diets starves out these harmful bacteria, allowing helpful bacteria to flourish.
- Probiotics
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- Other Supplements
Besides probiotics, there are many other supplements that help calm and ease an over-stressed digestive tract. Speak with an appropriate health practitioner for more information on what supplements are right for you.


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LA VERNE, Calif. — Bailey Kurahashi made a pair of big threes late, the Leopards' press forced key turnovers, and the University of La Verne women's basketball team scored a thrilling 65-62 win in their SCIAC home opener over the Whitter College Poets Wednesday night.
With just under eight minutes remaining in the game, Kurahashi came through with her first three-pointer to get the Leopards within two points of Whittier's lead.
A pair of free throws from Uikilifi Ani tied the game at 52-52, but Whittier's Cali Cubel responded with a three of her own to put the Poets back up by three.
After Clarissa Perez knocked down a jumper to get La Verne back to within one, Kurahashi came up with the biggest shot of the game less than 30 seconds later, making another three to put the Leopards up 57-55 with five minutes to play.
Whittier tied the game 57-57 with a pair of free throws by Cubel, but Uikilifi Ani sank a free throw to give the Leopards the lead for good.
With 2:14 remaining in the game and Nyjeeiah Ganan at the line, the Leopards came through with five offensive rebounds to run the clock down to 1:18 before the Poets were able to stop the clock with a foul.
The Poets made a push late, forcing the Leopards into two turnovers, but the Leopards were able to hold on for their first win of the season.
Perez led all players with 23 points. Perez currently ranks second in the SCIAC with 20.2 points per game. The junior also grabbed five rebounds and four steals.
Ganan came off the bench to score nine points with three steals and three rebounds.
The Leopards' smothering press defense wore down the Poets late in the game. La Verne forced Whittier into six turnovers in the fourth quarter. The Leopards finished with 19 points off turnovers.
Ukilifi finished with a game-high 11 rebounds to go with six points. Kurahashi finished with seven points.
Teani White and Cubel both scored 13 points for the Poets.
Season Impact: The Leopards improve to 1-4 overall and 1-1 in the SCIAC. Whittier drops to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
Next Game: The Leopards play next on Monday, December 18 against Ottawa (Ariz.). Due to construction, the Leopards home game will be played at Pomona-Pitzer's Rain Center.


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On a hot and humid July afternoon at the Shawnee Arts and Cultural Center, the gym is alive with the sounds of basketball - the hard, sharp squeak of shoes on the wood floor and the pounding dribble of the ball up and down the court. But adjacent to the gym, 14 young high school students are working diligently, focused and oblivious to the soundtrack of frenetic activity only a few feet away. They are earning money over the summer - by making art.
Studio 2000 was for several years an initiative of Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation to foster young artists by paying them to create. It was, in effect, a summer job. After a time, it was suspended, but it was resurrected in 2015 as an ongoing partnership between Metro Parks and Louisville Visual Art (LVA). Studio 2000 pairs high school students who aspire to be visual artists with professional artists to work in clay, fiber and mixed media. Each participant receives a $500 stipend at the end of the eight-week session.
The program culminates with a public exhibition and sale on August 3 at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Proceeds from this sale are recycled through Studio 2000 to support future programming.
Managing the program for LVA is Outreach Coordinator Ehren Reed, who reviews the applications and supervises the classes. She is also one of three teachers, along with Simon Gallo and J.D. Schall. Reed works with fibre arts, while Gallo, a printmaker, handles 2-D mixed media and Schall focuses on ceramics. Reed and Schall have participated since LVA became involved three years ago, and this is Gallo's second year.
Carol Watson, a student at Presentation Academy, applies hot wax with a brush to fabric, part of the Batik process of dying cloth that is a staple of visual arts education. She explains that she is very active in arts in school, and will be the President of Presentation's chapter of the National Art Honor Society (NAHS) in the coming school year. Next to her, Jenee' Whitt uses one of two sewing machines to hem a small piece of Shibori-dyed fabric that will become a table decoration. A student at Butler Traditional High School, her ambition is to be a fashion designer, and normally she fills sketchbooks with her ideas, but she has no other access to a sewing machine, so this constitutes a rare opportunity for hands-on fabrication.
Also in the fiber group is Lilah Pudio, who is felting, patiently but steadily working a 6" x 8" field of alpaca with a small tool so that it becomes a handmade piece of fabric. Although she is anxious to make progress, the tool contains several very sharp, barbed needles, so the work demands caution. Only moments after Pudio demonstrates the process, Reed, who is working with the same tool, shouts out after catching her fingertip on a needle, dancing around the room sucking on her wounded digit. Despite the pain, it is a lighthearted moment, and Reed laughs as she explains: "We're definitely the most dangerous area down here: needles, sewing machines, hot wax!"
There doesn't appear to be any such risk at the 2-D station, where Simon Gallo oversees a variety of techniques. Ella Gorstein is happily painting multiple images of a corgi that will be sold at the upcoming sale, while DuPont Manual HS student Braeden Helby concentrates on painting an original design on a skateboard deck, although he's not happy with it right now. "But it'll get there," he assures me. "I'll make it work." Across the table from him Joachim Uy is sketching a design in a sketchbook. This is the Male Traditional Senior's second year in Studio 2000, and he understands that he is fortunate to have had the experience. Working now in the final days of the 2017 iteration, he is intent to complete more work. "Make it count," he says in a low, soft voice.
At the back of the room, four young women are industriously producing work in clay. TaneJa Eden from duPont Manual takes a break to eat a plate of homemade food delivered by her younger sister. Another artist returning for a second year, Eden worked in the 2-D section last year. "But we feel it is important to mix it up for returning students," explains Clay Instructor Schall. "Give them different experiences." Interestingly, a common motif in this summer's ceramics work is the octopus. Elizabeth Hill (Corydon Central HS) is attaching octopus tentacle legs to her box project, while Andrea Priddy (Academy @ Shawnee) is in the last stages of an octopus teapot that is somewhat astonishing. "We all came up with the octopus idea on our own," Priddy claims shyly. "We all had octopus sketches in our notebooks." She seems appreciative when I note the suppleness in the shapes that wrap around her form so that the handle and the spout emerge as tentacles.
Fiber Group
Joseph Falcon - Academy @ Shawnee
Donielle Panky - Butler Traditional HS
Lilah Pudio - duPont Manual HS
Carol Watson - Presentation Academy
Jenee' Whitt - Butler Traditional HS
2-D Mixed Media Group
Ella Gorstein - duPont Manual HS
Justina Gossman - Academy @ Shawnee
Braeden Helby - duPont Manual HS
Synclaire Thomas - duPont Manual HS
Joachim Uy - Male HS
Ceramics Group
TaneJa Eden - duPont Manual HS
Elizabeth Hill - Corydon Central HS
HaYoung Oh - duPont Manual HS
Andrea Priddy - Academy @ Shawnee
Getting Out Of The Studio
This year the program was expanded to encompass public art in the form of a mural executed under the guidance of artist Casey McKinney. A wall on the side of Christ Way Missionary Baptist Church facing Floyd Street had been the target of random graffiti that necessitated costly clean-up, and when the church administrators reached out to LVA because of their MAPped Out program, Ehren Reed thought of beginning a new track for Studio 2000 that covered murals. "I was able to reconfigure the budget to introduce this new element that is so in line with our mission."
The Studio 2000 mural was conceived and executed by these students:
Grady Gartland - duPont Manual HS
Nina O'Brien - Atherton HS
Milo Quinn - Fern Creek HS
Zavier Stewart - Eastern HS
Olivia Tierney - duPont Manual HS
McKinney gave his young charges a crash course in community murals with visits around town to some of the many mural projects completed in recent years, and the design concept was developed by the students themselves. Their first choices for inspirational message were a bit wordy for a large-scale mural on a schedule, so McKinney encouraged them to search a bit more, and the Robert Ingersoll quote "We Rise By Lifting Others" was selected.
Details of the mural will be reproduced as notecards and available for purchase as part of the sale on August 3.
Studio 2000 Exhibit and Sale
Thursday, August 3, 5:00-7:00pm
Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 West Main Street
Sale Preview: 5:00-5:30 p.m. Sale 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Studio 2000 Mural Unveiling
Sunday, August 6, 12:00-2:00pm
Christ Way Missionary Baptist Church, 237 E. Breckinridge Street
Written by Keith Waits. Photos taken by LVA staff members. Entire contents copyright © 2017 Louisville Visual Art. All rights reserved.