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The Chesapeake Homeowners Network is a group of highly qualified professional businesses servicing all homeowners needs. CHN is made up of a diverse and varied group of businesses that are committed to providing the highest quality service in our market.
We offer the consumer a choice of companies that have met our challenging membership criteria to join. It is the mission of each and every member to provide quality workmanship, professional services, fair prices along with prompt and courteous service.
We trust that you will find our members exceed your expectations on all levels.
Corner to Corner Cleaning Services
2146 Priest Bridge Court, Ste 20
Crofton, MD 21114
Residential maintenance cleaning, move in/move out cleaning, deep clean, one time in service.
In Home Stone
1800 Virginia Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Natural stone countertops including granite, marble, engineered stone, limestone, onyx, slate and soapstone, marble restoration and tile.
Waterworks Pressure Washing Inc.
4905 Brandon Lane
Beltsville, MD 20705
Roof cleaning, house washing, wood restoration, concrete cleaning, awning cleaning, mold, mildew and algae removal, graffiti removal, brick cleaning and more.
Access Landscaping
Landscape design/install, landscape maintenance, landscape enhancements, hardscaping, paver patios, ground maintenance, snow and ice management.
W.L. Staton Plumbing
1797 A Virginia Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Leak repair, tankless water heaters, tank type water heaters, faucet install/repair, bathtub and shower setup/repair and water/sewer lines.
Deshaies Electrical Services, LLC
762 Rosewood Road
Severn, MD 21144
Ceiling fans, smoke/carbon detectors upgrades, security lighting, home generators, recess lighting, service upgrades, new construction, additions/basements, real estate inspection repairs, cable and phone wiring.
Comfort Tech Heating & Air Conditioning
Bret Foxson
Maintenance, service/troubleshooting, equipment installations, heat pumps, air conditioners and furnaces, geothermal, boilers, ductless split systems and variable refrigerant flow systems.
Lighthouse Insurance Services
Mike Thomas
1119 MD Rt. 3 North, Ste 210
Gambrills, MD 21054
Auto insurance, homeowner's insurance, business insurance and life insurance.
Chesapeake Roofing, Windows & Siding Inc.
Local specialist in roofing, windows, siding, seamless gutters and doors.
Maryland Shower Enclosures
1809 McGuckian Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Custom framed and frameless shower doors
National Carpet
2431 Crofton Lane
Crofton, MD 21114
Residential and commercial flooring including carpeting, laminates, hardwood and vinyl.
Small Business Advisors
1119 MD Rt. 3 North, Ste 210
Gambrills, MD 21054
Bookkeeping, personal and corporate taxes, business planning and consulting, part-time CFO, payroll, quickbooks support, bank financing, succession planning and new business information.
Ameriprise Financial
Renee L. Green
1786 Generals Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401
Retirement planning, retirement income strategies, RMD planning, investments, annuities, life and disability insurance, tax management strategies, estate planning and end of life planning.
Coldwell Banker
Lisa Werre - Associate Broker
572-A Ritchie Highway
Severna Park, MD 21146
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Bowen Remodeling & Design
2146 Priest Bridge Court, Ste 2
Crofton, MD 21114
The friendly solution to interior remodeling, kitchen, bathroom, basement remodeling, handyman services and interior/exterior painting. Come visit our 3000 sq. ft. showroom with 14 bathrooms and 10 kitchens on display.
Frank Newhard
2216 Huntvalley Way
Gambrills, MD 21054
Business coaching for owners of small to medium sized businesses, business planning, sales and marketing, financial management, human capital and communication.
Blue Sky Painting & Carpentry, LLC
10015 Old Columbia Rd, Suite K-140
Columbia, MD 21046
Award Winning Professional Painting and Carpentry services. Residential & Commercial, Interior & Exterior, Painting, Staining, Carpentry, Wood repair, Wallpaper installation & removal, Drywall Repair, Deck refinishing, Color consultations, Interior Design services, Garage floor painting, and more.
Corner to Corner Cleaning Service
, since 1991, has provided the Professional Solution to home cleaning.
Our Staff is bonded/insured, provide all chemicals-supplies and develop a personalized service order for each client. We are locally owned and operated and have flexible scheduling options for your convenience.
Waterworks Pressure Washing
Serving your neighborhood for 11 years: Licensed and insured MHIC #122239. We offer professional cleaning for all types of surfaces. Locally owned and operated, we can accommodate your schedule and offer you a professional cleaning job no matter how large or small the project. We keep up to date with the latest technologies and methods through industry education and our memberships in Power washers of North America and Painting and Decoration Contractors of America. For your convenience we accept credit cards.
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Chesapeake Roofing is a complete exterior remodeling company handling siding, windows, roofing, sunrooms, doors, fascia and seamless gutters. The company is licensed, bonded and insured and a Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Greater Maryland Accredited Business.
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If your New Year's Resolution is to keep a clean and tidy house, make sure your cleaning arsenal is fully stocked for the new year! It's easy to forget about simple things such as cleaning the inside of your washing machine, dishwasher or stainless steel surfaces. While these may go to the bottom of your priority list, maintaining your washing machine, dishwasher and other appliances around your home will increase their longevity. Why not save some extra money by maintaining your appliances in 2012 while fulfilling your New Year's resolution to keep a clean house!
Summit Washer Magic Washing Machine Cleaner: Chances are that you don't clean the inside of your washing machine on a regular basis; however, this is good for both the machine and your clothes. The Summit Washing Magic cleaner will clean lime, rust, sediment, detergent build up and dirt out of the drum of your washing machine. This cleaner can be used every month to extend the life of your clothes and washing machine.
BestAir HCC31 Humidifier Cleaner Capsule: With humidifier season in full swing, it is important to keep your humidifier clean and maintained. The BestAir HCC31 can be used in cool mist, warm mist, ultrasonic and vaporizer humidifiers. This dual action capsule will reduce hard water mineral buildup in the tank, base and filters. It is antimicrobial treated to protect against the growth of bacteria and mold. The BestAir cleaner capsule will clean your humidifier for up to 45 days and will extend the life of your filter.
Summit Dishwasher Magic Cleaner and Disinfectant: The Summit Dishwasher Magic Cleaner and Disinfectant is EPA approved to kill 99.9% of germs, including e-coli and salmonella from inside of your dishwasher. This cleaner is safe for all dishwasher models and will extend the life of your dishwasher by removing mineral stains, lime scale, calcium build up and food particles that clog your machines water jet.
Summit Disposer Care Garbage Disposal Cleaner: The foaming lemon scent of the Summit Disposal cleaner will remove what home remedies and other cleaning brands cannot. These easy to use packets reduce and remove build up and odors that are caused by clogged food and grease in your disposal. You can use these cleaner packs weekly to prevent build up and odors. This disposal cleaner is safe for septic systems and does not contain phosphates.
Cerama Bryte Stainless Steel Cleaning Polish Wipes: These easy to use polishing wipes will keep your stainless steel appliances looking their best. This package comes with 35 wipes that are perfect for use on dishwashers, ovens, refrigerators, outdoor grills, range hoods and all other stainless steel surfaces. These wipes will leave a protective shine on all your stainless steel surfaces.
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I think we can all agree that I need to work a bit on visual side of my blog. Unfortunately, I lack any sort of eye for judging visual appeal. I'm the kind of person who gets dressed in the morning and has to ask my (male) housemate if my clothes match. So you can imagine how lost I am when it comes to making websites pretty.
Fortunately, Faith, the daughter of a guildie of mine, came to my rescue and offered to help me with my banner.
She drew this amazing picture of my character :
Isn't it gorgeous? And I'm still in awe over those boots. Those are so me.
What I need is an opinion on whether or not it would fit well in my heading banner. Does it have the Bossy Pally feel? Does it suit my writing style?
(Note that it's not coloured yet, but will be if I choose to use it in my banner.)
While I know I absolutely love the drawing, it's difficult to tell from the inside if it really represents my writing.
An alternative position for my character would be to have her on her side, ankles crossed with the spoon laying about the whole length of the body. She'd have one arm resting on the spoon and her head resting on the other hand.
Which also sounds amazing.
So…what do you guys think?


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Home Upgrades from the Inside Out
By Family Features
(Family Features) Looking to do some home improvement projects this spring? Plan ahead for the biggest impact for your budget.
Follow these tips to protect your home's air quality, use online tools to plan your project, extend your budget and enlist qualified professionals to help complete the job.
Remember the big picture.
Keep all seasons in mind when planning a home upgrade, and make sure your home will be comfortable and healthy all year. The type of insulation and drywall you use can have a big impact on these factors, yet it's not something many homeowners think about.
According to a 2015 study of over 1,100 U.S. house owners, conducted online by Harris Poll and commissioned by CertainTeed, one in five (19 percent) U.S. adults who own a house say they would give little to no consideration to insulation if planning a kitchen remodel or home addition. Even more – one in four – say this about drywall. This is a big misstep, considering the average American spends 90 percent of his or her time indoors, and indoor air pollution can damage the health and comfort of those in the home, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Health benefits aside, the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association says spending $1 on insulation will save $12 in energy costs.
Look for products like SMARTBATT with built-in smart vapor retarder technology to help prevent mold and AirRenew, a drywall product that actually removes harmful contaminants from the air inside your home.
Color concerns? Try before you buy.
In home design, there is an increased interest in individualization and creativity. According to the online survey CertainTeed commissioned from Harris Poll, curb appeal was cited by 39 percent of house owners as the most important factor when considering an exterior home improvement project.
"While consumers want their homes to stand out, they also seek colors they want to come home to year after year," said Mike Loughery, CertainTeed director of corporate marketing communications. "Neutral and traditional colors are a good bet – you want a look that is warm and inviting."
The online poll also found that 40 percent of U.S. adults who own a house say they understand colors but are not exactly sure which color direction they would want to go when it comes to selecting a new exterior color for their home. Furthermore, 11 percent said they are "clueless" about colors and wouldn't know where to begin.
You can visualize a project prior to investing in a renovation or replacement with online resources such as the Design Center at www.CertainTeed.com/DesignCenter.
Make your investment count.
If you want to maximize the return on your investment, consider kitchen remodels, additions and exterior projects that impact curb appeal, as all will give you a big bang for your buck. These were among the top projects listed in the "2014 Remodeling Cost vs. Value" report released this year by Remodeling and Realtor magazines.
If your budget for home improvements is limited this year, enter CertainTeed's annual Living Spaces Home Makeover Video Contest for a chance to win an incredible $100,000 grand prize, which includes $75,000 worth of building products, professional installation and $25,000 to help cover taxes. For more information and complete contest details, visit www.CertainTeed.com/DesignCenter.
Hire smart.
Make sure you've got the right pros on your side. Reputable contractors make a big difference in your satisfaction, the quality of the installation and the selection of products.
For example, the National Roofing Contractor's Association says most rooftop problems are due to installation workmanship, not material failure. Search customer review websites or use online resources such as CertainTeed's "Find a Pro" tool to locate credentialed contractors by zip code, as well as the type of products needed for the project.
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ufo update (on Northern Ireland sighting)
Posted by dandare on May 13, 2007
BBC Northern Ireland mentions " Residents spot strange UFO lights"…. people possibly saw UFO's in Bangor….. witnesses say they saw orange lights in the sky.
I will try and update this article when i have some more information……
may 14th: the BBC video link to this can be found here for real player….
UPDATE 22nd May:
I am pretty sure this was a hoax….. funnily enough after i had recently done a quick article on UFO balloons, there is some evidence that these were the culprits…… Will look into this further, as more evidence is needed to support this?


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When we purchased this 19th century antique recipe book from a dealer in the UK, we had no idea what an absolute treasure we were acquiring. We like to imagine this well-used guide to the cookery of the day as something often referred to and notated by the likes of Mrs. Patmore from the fictional Downton Abbey. And though its story may be somewhat less dramatic (though we did recently hear back from the antiques seller that it was a part of the estate of an artist who had belonged to The Bloomsbury Set), it's impossible to imagine there isn't a story – and, likely, quite a good one. From the study of highbrow to lowbrow penmanship in the plethora of entries to the almost perfect browning and spotting on the pages to the fanciful recipes (blancmange, anyone?) themselves, time has most certainly turned this once utilitarian handbook into a gastronomic work of art!


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Breaking Benjamin
Friday Shorts: Halloween sales, Apples, No Room in Hell, Hydrophobia Prophecy
It's Halloween weekend, and some spooky and not so spooky shorts are posted below.
Breaking Benjamin headlines
Coldplay, Stevie Wonder coming to Rock Band as DLC
Harmonix has announced that Coldplay will make its bow on Rock Band as DLC in the coming months. Stevie Wonder will also make his debut with the game as DLC, with Breaking Benjamin and Dream Theater making returns. All of the DLC for the aforementioned bands currently remain dateless, with no songs unconfirmed neither.More details […]
Guitar Hero 5 gets Black Sabbath, more in February
Activision has announced its February line-up of music track packs for Guitar Hero 5 DLC.Looks like master tracks from Black Sabbath, 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin and new renditions from Third Eye Blind will be on hand.


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I'll be judging the work of 6 celebrity artists in the new series of Celebrity Painting Challenge.
BBC1 8pm
from Thursday 4th April 2019
I will be showing paintings, drawings and sculptures in my latest exhibition 'Shipyard'
11th May - 7th June 2019
The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4HU
There will be an artist's talk on Thursday 30th May
I'm delighted to be having my first solo exhibition at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh
'A year at the easel' - paintings, drawings and watercolours from the studio and travels
31st October-27th November 2018
The Scottish Gallery
16 Dundas Street
I will be leading a painting trip to Jordan in April 2019. The 9 day journey will include the chance to sketch extraordinary landscapes and the archaeological remains of Madaba and Petra.
8th-16th April 2019
For details contact Spencer Scott travel: www.spencerscotttravel.com
I've made a documentary about the life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 'Glasgow's neglected genius'. It will be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland at 9pm on Tuesday 5th June. Available afterwards on iplayer and coming soon to BBC4.
I've made two programmes about painting the Holy Land.
'In a two-part special for Holy Week, artist Lachlan Goudie goes on a trip of a lifetime to the Holy Land, sketching and painting the people and landscapes he sees there.'
Painting the Holy Land.
BBC1 Friday 30th March 9am
BBC1 Sunday 1st April 9am
BBC4 Sunday 1st April 8pm
BBC4 Monday 2nd April 8pm
The Big Painting Challenge returns on Sunday 1st April 6pm
I'm having a major exhibition at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, inspired by my experiences in the shipyards of Scotland.
'Shipyard' runs from March 17th 2018 - 11th June 2018
The exhibition will include paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints made over the last 7 years.
I'll be leading a painting trip to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in April 2018.
For information please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
I've made a documentary for BBC4 about the history of British artists painting our extraordinary industrial landscape.
Tuesday 29th August BBC4 9pm and afterwards on iPlayer.
I've written about my experiences painting in mines, shipyards, quarries and steel mills for the Times newspaper, 27th August 2018.
I've made a short film with the Dulwich Picture Gallery about the watercolours of John Singer Sargent.
'Sargent the Watercolours'
21st June-8th October 2017
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
London SE21 7AD
I'm exhibiting a series of new paintings at the Maclaurin Gallery and Rozelle House in Ayr
4th February to 19th March 2017
Rozelle House Galleries, Rozelle Park, Monument Road, Ayr KA7 4NQ
BBC1 from Sunday, 12th February 2017 at 6pm
I'll be returning as a judge in the second series of 'The Big Painting Challenge'.
For the first time since 2000, the complete cycle of 'Tam o'Shanter paintings by Alexander Goudie goes on display at Rozelle House and the Maclaurin Gallery in Ayr.
Rozelle House
Monument Road
Ayrshire KA7 4NQ
Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 12-5pm
Until March 18th
A short film of the opening can be viewed here.
Find more information at www.goudie.co.uk
Lachlan Goudie spoke to the National Newspaper about the Tam o'Shanter series along with his own work.
I'll be leading a painting trip to the South of France in September 2017.
Find all the details at www.spencerscotttravel.com
I'm delighted to have been nominated for a Royal Television Society award in the 'On screen personality of the year' category.
On Thursday 30th June 2016 I'll be discussing Scottish Art with the curator of the exhibition 'From Caledonia to the continent' at the Royal Collection.
Tickets are available at www.royalcollection.org.uk
I appear in a new film to accompany the RA exhibition 'Painting the Modern Garden'.
UK cinema release 12th April 2016
For screening details; www.exhibitiononscreen.com
I'm putting together an exhibition of my father's paintings and sculptures;
Alexander Goudie RP RGI;
A Retrospective
11th – 16th April 2016 - The Mall Galleries, London SW1
Information available from the Mall Galleries
Tel: 020 7930 6844
'Alexander Goudie (1933-2004) was one of Scotland's leading figurative painters. After training at the Glasgow School of Art he distinguished himself as a portrait painter whose sitters included HM Queen Elizabeth II. His virtuoso painting style was directly influenced by the legacy of the Scottish Colourists and The Glasgow Boys.
Throughout his life he was inspired by a broad range of subjects, from the rural landscape of Brittany to the art of sumptuous still lives; from Oscar Wilde's play 'Salome' to Robert Burns' poem 'Tam o'Shanter'. He even decorated the interiors of great ships, notably the 25,000 tonne flagship of the Brittany Ferries fleet, 'Le Bretagne'. This exhibition will include work from across the whole of his career, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and ceramics.'
I'm hosting an evening of short lectures on the history of Scottish art.
'An evening of Scottish art'
The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
14th April 6.30pm
Free tickets available at www.eventbrite.co.uk
Information from the Mall Galleries 020 7930 6844
Speakers include;
The broadcaster Andrew Marr
Alice Strang (Senior Curator at the National Galleries of Scotland)
James Knox (the Director of the Flemings collection of Scottish art)
Deborah Clarke (Senior curator of the exhibition 'From Caledonia to the continent' at the Royal Collection)
Nick Curnow (Vice Chairman of the Scottish auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull)
Lachlan Goudie ROI (Artist and broadcaster, 'The Big Painting Challenge', 'The Story of Scottish art')
The evening will be moderated by Dr Bendor Grosvenor (Art dealer and TV art historian, 'Fake or Fortune')
'The Story of Scottish Art', a television series I've made about the last 5000 years of Scottish art history will be broadcast on BBC4 at 8pm from 6th-27th January 2016.
For more about Scottish art and the BBC series;
I'm leading a painting trip to Collioure, in the South of France, from 14-22 May 2016.
Capture the warm colours of the Mediterranean and the picturesque coastal town of Collioure, which have inspired many artists including the first of the Fauves and later Dali, Picasso and Chagall and is a favourite place of mine too. We're staying in a small villa-style hotel tuck away in the heart of Collioure. It has a private courtyard garden that will be perfect for our group rendezvous. We'll be painting together every day. Everywhere is easily accessible on foot in Collioure and we'll spend a day out painting in Portlligat Creek where Dali lived. I will provide constructive advice and much practical help with an organic approach of techniques. I will be sketching and working in gouache and watercolour but all mediums are welcome.
For further information and to book a place contact Spencer Scott travel.
I'm giving a talk on Friday 30th October at the National Gallery in London on the Art of Witchcraft.
I've written a new four part documentary series, 'The Story of Scottish Art'; a personal journey through the history of Scottish art from Neolithic times to the present day.
Wednesday 7th - 28th October 2015
9pm BBC2 Scotland (Sky Channel 970)
Available on www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer from 8th October.
I appear in a new film about Vincent Van Gogh, discussing the difficulty and the thrill of painting out of doors.
'Vincent Van Gogh; A new way of seeing'
UK release 14th April 2015For screening details; www.exhibitiononscreen.com/find-a-screening
I'm exhibiting new work at the Mall Galleries with Tim Benson.
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
23rd-28th March 2015
Tim and I will be doing a tour of the exhibition on Wednesday 25th March at 3pm. I'll be signing copies of the 'Big Painting Challenge Book' with Daphne Todd on Wednesday 25 March at 4pm.
I'm exhibiting at the Roger Billcliffe Gallery. My exhibition 'A place in the sun' runs from February 28th - March 25th 2015.www.billcliffegallery.com
Here's an article I wrote for the 'Times' newspaper about my experiences being involved with the 'Big Painting Challenge'. February 2015;www.thetimes.co.uk | PDF
A exhibition of paintings by Alexander Goudie from the Tam o'Shanter Collection is on display at the Lillie Gallery, Lillie Art Gallery, Station Road, Milngavie, Glasgow G628BZ.www.edlc.co.uk
I'll be appearing as a judge on a new BBC TV series hoping to find Britain's best amateur artist. From Sunday 22nd February - 29th Match 2015, BBC1 6pm.www.bbc.co.uk
I'll be exhibiting new work in an exhibition entitled
'New Paintings; Lachlan Goudie and Tim Benson',
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
23rd-28th March 2015
I'll be exhibiting in an exhibition of still life paintings
'Still alive',
Beverley Art Gallery
Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley HU17 8HE
14th February-11th April 2015
Read an article in 'ArMen' magazine (Sept-Oct 2014) about the paintings and sculptures inspired by my father's time in Brittany;www.armen.net
I am exhibiting a new series of still lives at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York;
'These precious things'
Elizabeth Harris Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York 10011
New York
I'll be exhibiting at the Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol, in an exhibition with fellow members of the Royal Institute of Oil painters.
'Depth of Colour'.
September 4 - October 1, 2014
I'll be showing in an exhibition of contemporary still life painting. 'Still Alive', The Mall Galleries 5th - 23rd August.www.mallgalleries.org.uk
My recent documentary on Stanley Spencer is being broadcast on BBC 4;
Wednesday 28th May 2014
'In May 1940, Stanley Spencer, arrived on the River Clyde. Over the next 6 years, he forged one of the greatest cycles of paintings in British Art - a portrait of Industry, War and the inextinguishable human spirit.'Available on www.bbc.co.uk from 29th May
My forthcoming exhibition opens at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery on September 4th, 2014
Elizabeth Harris Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York
An article in the Herald Newspaper about the film I've made, 'Stanley Spencer: The colours of the Clyde', featuring the foreman welder, John Dodds, who looked after Stanley Spencer in Port Glasgow. See it here.
'Stanley Spencer: The colours of the Clyde'
BBC2 Scotland (Sky Channel 970)
Tuesday 18th March 2014 10pm
Available on iplayer from Wednesday 19th March
Catch my new documentary 'Stanley Spencer: The Colours of the Clyde'. Tuesday 18th March, 10.00-10.30pm BBC2 Scotland (Sky Channel 970)www.bbc.co.uk
I'll be exhibiting new paintings with the Stafford Gallery from 27th January - 8th February 2014.www.staffordgallery.co.uk
I've been elected a full member of the 'Royal Institute of Oil painters'.www.theroi.co.uk
Catch my latest 'From Our Own Correspondent' broadcast about Fighting and Food in the Dolomites; Tuesday January 7th, BBC Radio World Service - 20.50 GMT.www.bbc.co.uk
I'll be exhibiting with the Royal Institute of Oil painters at their annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries until Saturday 21st December 2013.www.mallgalleries.org.uk
I'm exhibiting paintings of the arctic as part of the Elizabeth Harris Gallery Christmas exhibition in New York until 21st December 2013.www.eharrisgallery.com
One of the paintings from my shipyard project was selected for the Sunday Times Watercolour competition exhibition.
The Mall Galleries
16th-25th September 2013
Beneath the bow, Gouache on paper, 65x52cm
The BBC Arts website has an article about Alexander Goudie, to coincide with the forthcoming TV programme "Secret Knowledge: The Art of Witchcraft".www.bbc.co.uk/arts
Secret Knowledge: The Art of Witchcraft
Written and presented by Lachlan Goudie
Wednesday 11th September 2013
BBC4, 10.00-10.30pm
Available on iPlayer from 12th Septemberwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fxmzc
The BBC Arts website has an article about Alexander Goudie, to coincide with the forthcoming TV programme "Secret Knowledge: The Art of Witchcraft".www.bbc.co.uk/arts
I've written and presented a documentary on the history of witches in art.Secret Knowledge: The Art of Witchcraft
To coincide with the Witches & Wicked Bodies exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, artist Lachlan Goudie presents a highly personal documentary exploring artists' fascination with witches and witchcraft. It's a journey inspired by his father, Alexander Goudie, who spent his later years obsessively painting images of Nannie, the witch in Robert Burns' poem, Tam o' Shanter.
From early woodcuts of shrieking hags to Victorian depictions of the seductive sorceress, our familiar stereotypes of the witch have been conjured up from artists' imaginations and in The Art of Witchcraft, Lachlan marvels at the enduring power of their imagery, reveals the role that some artists played in fuelling the hysteria of the witch trials and argues that the witch in art offers a vivid commentary on changing attitudes to sex, superstition and the supernatural.www.bbc.co.uk
I'll be exhibiting some Scottish landscapes at the Lime Tree Gallery until the 25th August.
Lime Tree An Ealdhain Gallery
Lime Tree
Achintore Road
Fort William, Scotland PH33 6RQ
United Kingdom
I'm exhibiting at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition,
The Mall Galleries
9th-24th May 2013
I'll be exhibiting at the annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.
Mall Galleries
4-18th April 2013
Landscape paintings on show with Panter and Hall until the 22nd February 2013;
Panter and Hall
27 Bury Street
Paintings on show in Roger Billcliffe's annual 'Postcard' exhibition;
Roger Billcliffe Gallery
134 Blythswood Street
Glasgow G2 4EL
I'll be exhibiting paintings from the South of France with the Stafford Gallery from the 27th January to the 17th February 2013.
My latest 'From Our Own Correspondent' broadcast about exploring the Jewish Cemetery in Venice is available to listen on BBC Radio World Service.
I've been appointed an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
My latest BBC broadcast from the shipyards in Govan is available to listen on BBC iPlayer.
A short piece I was involved in at the Frieze Art Fair for Crane tv;
I'll be appearing in this weekend's 'Great British' edition of The Times, Luxx magazine. Interview and photos, with five other young British creatives.
I am exhibiting London cityscapes at LASSCO, Brunswick House;
30 Wandsworth Road,
London SW8 2LG,
United Kingdom
My report from the Isle of Mull and the Canadian Rockies, broadcast in 'From our own Correspondent' on BBC Radio World Service, is available to listen to on iPlayer.
A fully Illustrated version of the article can be read in the Scottish Field Magazine.
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Lachlan will be exhibiting with The Stafford Gallery, in Association with Wimbledon Fine Art; "Exhibition of Scottish Painters". Private view on 29th of January. Exhibition runs from 30th January - 11th February.
Read the article I've written about my painting road-trip to Glasgow, Montana in today's 'Herald' newspaper. Click here.
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I've been awarded 2nd Prize at the 'Royal Institute of Oil Painters' Young Artists Award.
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'The Story of Scottish Art' - BBC2, 4 episodes October 2015
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'The Big Painting Challenge' - BBC 1, Sunday 22nd February - 29th March 2015 at 6pm
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'The Colours of the Clyde' - BBC4, March 2014
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The Artist; 'Capturing the landscape in gouache'. March 2017 - read
Artists and illustrators; 'Growing up Goudie'. April 2016 - read
The Times; 'Ten moments that changed Scottish art'. January 2016 - read
The Herald; 'Lachlan Goudie's art history paints a portrait of the nation'. October 2015 - read
The Scotsman; 'How do you squeeze 5,000 years of Scottish art onto a TV show?'. October 2015 - read
The Herald; 'Different Strokes'. February 2015 - read
The Times; 'Brushes at dawn'. February 2015 - read
The Herald; Charting a Clydeside artist. March 2014 - read
TheTimes, Luxx Magazine; 'Best of British' edition. July 2012 - read
The Herald; 'Home on the Range'. January 2012 - read
The Scotsman; Michael Portillo 'Art of my family'. July 2012 - read
Diario de Jerez; A vision of Andalucia. November 2011 - read
The Herald; 'When his Ship came in'. October 2010 - read
Evening Times, 'Getting to the Art of Govan'. October 2010 - read
Art News; 'Urban Landscape' exhibition review. September 2008 - read
The New York Sun; Testing the Urban Topography. June 2008 - read
Lachlan Goudie - 2017 - Rozelle House, Ayr
New Paintings by Lachlan Goudie and Tim Benson - 2015 - Mall Galleries, London
These Precious Things - 2014 - The Elizabeth Harris Galley, New York
The Royal Society of Painters in Oil Colour - 2013 - Elected a full member ROI
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - 2013 - Annual exhibition
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters - 2013 - The Mall Galleries London
The Royal Society of Painters in Oil Colour - 2012 - Elected an Associate member
Still Life and the Opera - 2012 - Glyndebourne
Lands of Streams and Timber - 2012 - Roger Billcliffe Gallery
The Royal Society of Painters in Oil Colour - 2011 - Elected a provisional member
The Mall Galleries - 2011 - 'The ROI Oil painters Award for Young Artists
Paintings of Andalucia - 2011 - Bodegas Gonzalez Byass, Jerez
A True Wilderness Heart - 2011 - The Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
Sketch drawing prize - 2011 - The Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough
The River Runs through it - 2011 - Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
Of the Moment - 2010 - Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters - 2009 - The Mall Galleries, London
The Discerning Eye - 2009 - The Mall Galleries, London
Dreaming Places - 2009 - The Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
New paintings from the South of France - 2008 - Thompsons Gallery - Marylebone, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters - 2007 - The Mall Galleries, London
Showreel - 2006 - The Cremer Street Gallery, London
New Works - 2005 - Thompsons Gallery - Marylebone, London
The Discerning Eye - 2004 - The Mall Galleries, London
B.A. Degree Show - 2004 - Camberwell College of Arts, London
New Works - 2003 - Thompsons Gallery, Marylebone, London
A London Eye - 2001 - Gallery Q2, London
The Norman MacFarlane Charitable Trust Award for Painting at the 175th annual exhibition - 2001 - The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
R.S.P. prize for painting at the annual exhibition - 1999 - The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow
From Cambridge to Rajasthan - 1999 - Christ's College, Cambridge
Exhibition of paintings completed after a three-month trip to India funded by the Levy-Plumb scholarship
Camberwell College of Arts, The London Institute - Graduated BA in Fine Art
Christs College, University of Cambridge - Awarded the Levy-Plumb Scholarship in the Visual Arts
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A day after the new owner of the Segway company plunged to his death on one of the two-wheeled scooters, Washington, D.C., emergency room researchers are warning that injuries from the transporters are becoming more common — and more serious.
People hurt on the self-balancing devices are more likely to be admitted to the hospital, particularly with traumatic head and face injuries, said Dr. Mary Pat McKay, a professor of emergency medicine and public health at the George Washington University.
She's urging U.S. consumer safety experts to better monitor use and harm of the tens of thousands of Segways in use nationwide.
"What we need is a system to look at this on a national basis, which we don't have now," said McKay. "People are falling off of Segways and they're really getting hurt."
In a case review released today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, McKay counted 41 Segway injuries among patients who came to the George Washington emergency room between April 2005 and November 2008. Of those, 10, or 24 percent, were admitted to the hospital and four were rushed to the intensive care unit.
"When I compare admission rates for Segway injuries for people who came to the ER, the admission rate was higher than pedestrians struck by a car," she said, noting that about 20 percent of those patients are admitted.
Facial trauma, brain injury, fractures
Victims suffered massive facial trauma, brain injuries and serious fractures of clavicles, ribs ankles and arms. No one died. Most simply fell off the devices, typically when they encountered an immobile object such as a bench or a pole, McKay said. Seventy percent of those hurt were visitors to the D.C. area, including many who tried Segways as part of guided sightseeing tours, the study found.
McKay's study was completed well before the death of Jim Heselden, the 62-year-old British businessman who bought the Segway company less than a year ago from U.S. inventor Dean Kamen. Heselden apparently died after falling off 30-foot cliff Sunday while riding a rugged all-terrain Segway near the River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England.
Reached early Monday, McKay said it was too soon to tell whether Heselden's death was a result of safety problems with the Segway itself, or some other reason. A spokesman for the Segway company reiterated that the details of the situation involving Heselden remained unclear, but that Heselden believed strongly in his new venture.
"He had a great, profound love of the product," said Matthew J. Dailida, vice-president of government affairs and business development for the Bedford, N.H., firm.
"We believe greatly in the safety of the product when used according to our user guidelines," Dailida added.
Segway company owner rides scooter off a cliff
The privately held firm does not release the numbers of Segways sold, Dailida said. Some estimates put the number of Segways in use at about 80,000 worldwide. Dailida would only confirm "tens of thousands" had been sold.
McKay acknowledged that her study was very small and that 41 injuries were a tiny fraction of George Washington emergency visits that total 49,000 to 63,000 a year. However, she said researchers were surprised to see how many Segway accidents resulted in serious injury.
New emergency code needed?
McKay wants the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to add an emergency code that would allow emergency rooms across the country to specifically track Segway accidents. However, CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said the agency can't add a category for brand device, but must instead monitor broad categories of use.
Segways are now included in the same injury category as four-wheeled motorized scooters. Wolfson noted that CPSC has monitored the devices sufficiently to issue recalls when warranted, including a recall of 23,000 Segways in 2006.
"The attention by the agency has been to make sure that it performs as expected," Wolfson said.
McKay said her study showed the importance of wearing helmets when using Segways and of making sure to carefully monitor the environment while riding the devices.
"They're kind of cool, they look like they're pretty easy to use, there's an idea of 'How hurt could you get?'" she said. "I think we've documented in this paper that you can get really hurt."


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U.S. State Department Unveils Online Game, and Web Site, to Teach English
An unexpected source within the federal government—the U.S. Department of State—has put its stamp on educational technology by releasing a new, 3D video game designed to help students abroad acquire English language skills.
The game, "Trace Effects," is also meant to boost understanding abroad of American society and culture. It was recently launched as one component of a new "American English," website that provides extensive resources to teachers, students, and English-language learners around the world.
Trace Effects tells the story of a college-age student from the year 2045 who has accidentally traveled back in time to present day. To get home, that student, named Trace, needs to change the future by helping various young people accomplish important things that will improve things in the years to come.
The game, which was created for students ages 12-16, is meant to expose visitors to U.S. society and to issues that help define it, including entrepreneurship, community activism, environmental awareness, and resolving conflicts, state department officials say. In addition, the game allows participants to travel, virtually, to a number of locations throughout the United States, from New Orleans to Kansas to New York City.
"It's meant as a fun way to augment English instruction," said Susan Pittman, a spokesman for the department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which is overseeing the game and the American English site.
Much of the federal government's current work devoted to promoting and enhancing educational technology emerges from federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Edcuation and the National Science Foundation, which have a long history of funding projects in that area.
But the State Department's American English site offers a lot of educational resources of its own, including pedagogical materials designed to help teachers in foreign countries improve their craft. It also presents materials for those trying to learn English—some of the more colorful examples are audio readings and texts of books such as Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Jack London's To Build a Fire and Other Stories. Many of the publications on the site were either created or adapted by staff in the department's Office of English Language Programs, Pittman said. Other resources were drawn from from other organizations, with their permission.
Trace Effects was in development for about five years, Pittman said. It was initially released through CDs on a more limited basis, in Peru, Colombia, and Indonesia, before its launch online last month. The online version had the added feature of allowing students to play against each other, Pittman said.
Information on who's using the American English is still rolling in, but the preliminary details are intriguing.
Web users in China have accounted for about 32 percent of the visits to the site so far, Pittman said. About 16 percent of the users have accessed the site through mobile devices, she added. The site recently drew about 25,000 visits on a single day in December, not long after it was launched.
Photo: Children in Karachi, Pakistan, play the Trace Effects video game during a pilot test earlier this year. Both photo and image of Trace Effects, courtesy of the State Department.


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Number of dwelling units approved increase this month.
ABS Building Approvals show that the number of dwelling units approved increased 1.5% in March 2010 and has risen for 14 months in trend terms.
The number of dwellings approved showed the greatest increases in New South Wales (+3.5%), Western Australia (+3.1%) and South Australia (+2.9%).
Private sector houses approved rose 0.2% this month and have increased for 15 months.
New South Wales (-1.4%) was the only state to record a fall this month in private sector house approved, while the largest rises were in South Australia (+1.5%) and Western Australia (+1.0%).
The value of total building approved rose 1.3% in March.The value of total residential and non-residential building approvals rose 1.3% and 1.4% respectively.
In seasonally adjusted terms the number of dwelling units approved rose 15.3% in March, largely driven by a 59.9% increase in private sector other dwelling units approved. This rise follows seasonally adjusted falls for the previous two months.
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October 2008—Crane-related fatalities and injuries in California have declined sharply after more than four years of training and testing that produced more than 10,000 certified crane operators in the state, reports Cal-OSHA Reporter, following a study published by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).
Cal-OSHA reviewed the records of crane operation citations and accident descriptions for the periods of three years before and after the regulation requiring Mobile and Tower Crane Operators to be certified on June 1, 2005. The U.S. Department of Labor IMIS reports contained injury incidents involving cranes, hoisting, rigging and high-voltage line contacts. The reports were sorted to remove incidents involving cranes that would not require certified operators and hoisting or high-voltage line contacts not related to crane operations.
Fatalities dropped to just two between June 1, 2005, and May 31 of this year from 10 between June 1, 2002, and May 31, 2005, which was just before the crane operator certification requirements (General Industry Safety Orders §5006.1) took effect. DOSH Principal Engineer Larry McCune, and Graham Brent, executive director of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), briefed the Cal/OSH Standards Board in August on the latest crane statistics. Injury incidents in the relative periods went from 30 to 13.
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"You can see there's a serious reduction" in incidents after the certification standard took effect, McCune told the Board, Cal-OSHA Reporter reported. Even though statistics may not tell the whole story, he said, "this is certainly a positive trend."
"It was always the belief of the industry experts that worked tirelessly through the late 1980s and early 1990s to develop what eventually became the nonprofit organization known as the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators that one day this industry would reap the benefits of professionally developed certification," observed Brent.
"This remarkable decline in crane-related deaths and injuries, and the lives and hardship that have been spared as a result of the implementation of CCO crane operator certification in California, is a tribute to the vision and selfless determination displayed by those volunteers more than a decade ago who are now witnessing their beliefs validated and their dreams realized."
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If you're looking to get my attention, putting my name on the cover of your magazine is certainly one way to do it. Yesterday I received the first two issues of THE JOURNAL OF INTERSTITIAL CINEMA, which its editors kindly sent to me, and I was pleasantly surprised to find my Millipede Press book about David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME the subject of an essay/review in the second issue. It's weird to see my own name and work sandwiched between "Great cheapskates of cinema!", "The obituary of a playing card!" and "Necksnappers!," I suppose because nothing seems more mainstream to me than me, but that's the beauty of it.
Published and written by (one assumes, the pseudonymous) Grog Ziklore and RJ Wheatpenny, JOIC celebrates the cinema that falls between the cracks not only of genre but of general notice. The first two issues strike me as an intriguing conglomeration of Steven R. Johnson's DELIRIOUS, Charles Kilgore's ECCO and Bill Landis' SLEAZOID EXPRESS. There's a tabloid element here ("Reel Tragedy," a look at an NYU film student's suicide, appears to be real reportage but reads like a comic item) but the writing is consistently intelligent. It's a pleasure to see people sidestepping the internet to inject some ink back into life and life back into ink.
The three-page VIDEODROME review doesn't mention who published the book, which won't make my publisher too happy, but people will be able to find it anyway. My guess is that RJ Wheatpenny reviewed it because he (I'll assume he's male) is legitimately interested in the subject and author, and not because he was sent a review copy. His cogent assessment of the film and the book concludes with a lengthy paragraph (anyone else would call it a page) about me, personally. I'm called "the father of modern genre film writing" and the Bava book is called "the best book ever devoted to a single filmmaker," which is very flattering, before Wheatpenny goes on to some closing notes on the current oddities of my career arc:
"After its publication [the Bava book] and the 2008 release of his VIDEODROME book, Lucas seems to have transformed in his own way. He still publishes and contributes to VIDEO WATCHDOG but is less of an influence on its tone, and he's ceded the magazine's prime real estate to a varied stable of contributors. His Video WatchBlog... is rarely updated anymore, and he now seems to prefer the instantaneous (and largely uncritical) feedback of constant Facebook updates... Judging from his online posts, he's more enthusiastic about music and script-writing today than the movies on which he's built his reputation, and although he's not abandoned them, he seems as set on a different creative course after his VIDEODROME book as Cronenberg was after releasing his film." (page 20)
Very interesting viewpoint, and not at all untrue. Its inaccuracies, if any, stem from Wheatpenny knowing the public me rather than the personal me. My Facebook page, where I've spent most of my public time this past year or so, is a personal page though it welcomes most everyone who asks to be admitted. Music has always been a passion of mine, equal to if not greater than my love for films, which have been my vocation. My FB wall is a vehicle that lets me express my thoughts about music, for which I have no other outlet, and also to interact with a large number of people. And just as I once used all my free time between issues of VW to work on the Bava book, I'm now working toward establishing a career as a screenwriter, though I don't actually discuss those pursuits much on FB.
Certainly, as RJ speculates, finishing the Bava book and publishing the Cronenberg book did something to formally close a big chapter of my life. From my own viewpoint, finishing the Bava book was like awaking from a nearly lifelong dream, wherein I had actually nourished the point of view that such a marginal obsession would be enough to hold and keep me for a lifetime. Many in my audience seem to think that completing these projects would simply free me up to tackle others -- a book about Jess Franco, for example. But not having these projects, especially the Bava book, to occupy me didn't have that effect; instead, I locked myself into this blog for awhile and continued to give and give and give, without taking anything in to nourish me. And I became aware that there were sides of life, of my own life, that I was not exploring and which were the only ways I could recapture the rush I felt when I was humming my way through a work in progress. So I made myself the work in progress. Swimming, vegetarianism -- I've told this story here before.
Being a published novelist as well, I also determined to redirect my life toward achieving something more as an artist in my own right, rather than writing about other artists. Because spending my life alone at home in front of the computer 24/7 was no longer all I wanted from life, my writing turned to screenwriting. (It's my informed view that neither VW nor my fiction is likely to support me through my old age, so as I near my autumn years, income becomes more of a concern.) I've been seriously screenwriting now for four years; I've written seven different scripts, including multiple drafts of each, and I've optioned two. The people who have read my most recent feature script, an adaptation of Orson Bean's ME AND THE ORGONE, tell me it's the best thing I've ever done. I've yearned for more creative interaction, but I don't like spending long hours writing the best possible version of a story only to see it thoughtlessly fudged by other hands, so my thoughts have had to turn to directing. It's the only way for me to ensure that I'll finally be judged for what I've written, rather than for what was rewritten. I didn't think it was in my personal nature to be a director, but now that I have experienced what one gains by being surrounded by a supportive crew, I've learned otherwise.
In a couple of weeks, I'll be returning to the Factory at the Douglas Education Center in Monessen, PA to direct my own first film work. The subject is an adaptation of my novel THROAT SPROCKETS, which could now be loglined as "MAD MEN meets TRUE BLOOD" though it was begun in 1987 and first published in 1994. When I met Guillermo del Toro at the Saturn Awards in 2008, he told me he considered THROAT SPROCKETS "the perfect MASTERS OF HORROR story." I'll be directing a promotional trailer and a representative dialogue scene from the book, which executive producer Robert Tinnell will then use to attract funding for the full feature, which we hope to shoot sometime next year.
I'm not even going into everything I've gone through in the last couple of years, but even this much disclosure should show that I haven't lost my interest in movies -- on the contrary, that interest has expanded to encompass much more activity, and activity in the truest sense. Meanwhile, VIDEO WATCHDOG continues to come out on schedule, I wrote more than half the contents of our 20th Anniversary issue (#158), and I'm constantly brainstorming new directions the magazine might take to keep it vital and growing as the marketplace continues to undergo radical change. But I thank RJ Wheatpenny for the interest shown by his essay and I recommend those of you on the lookout for a new and unique fanzine to give THE JOURNAL OF INTERSTITIAL CINEMA a try.
"We grudgingly have a website," its editors admit on the back cover. You can find it here while they remain on the technological fence, or beat the odds by sending US cash money ($3.00 for the 24-page #1, $4.00 for the 28-page #2) to Journal of IC, 387 Grand St. #902, New York NY 10002.
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First Look: VIDEO WATCHDOG #159
Ever since we began VIDEO WATCHDOG, I've wanted to devote an issue to the art and artists of movie dubbing. Our next issue's interviews with Ted Rusoff and Peter Fernandez finally realize that goal. Interior contents previewed here.
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You scribe a spiral in the air with the diamond-tipped bit of charcoal, chanting the words of the spell. Immediately the sides of the cavern begin to constrict, sealing the passage behind you.
You cause a 1-foot length of subterranean tunnel to constrict, "locking" it against others who might wish to traverse its length. This spell only affects naturally occurring tunnels or worked tunnels that are surrounded on all sides by unworked, natural, subterranean earth. You can affect any tunnel whose diameter does not exceed 10 feet. A square-sided or rough tunnel can also be affected, as long as its diameter at the point where the spell is cast does not exceed 10 feet.
The constriction takes 1 round to complete. Any Large or smaller creature that partially blocks the constriction point is pushed, unharmed, to one side or the other. (A creature can decide which way to move; an object moves randomly.) A large or larger object or creature that blocks the constriction point blocks the spell until moved.
You can freely pass through tunnels that you have secured with this spell. (The constriction opens and closes at your command, taking 1 round for either process.) A tunnel secured by earth lock can by bypassed by others in several ways. A DC 20 Escape Artist check allows the creature making the check to squeeze through the constriction but leaves it intact. A DC 25 Strength check breaks the constriction, ending the spell. A successful dispel magic or knock spell ends the constriction — the former by ending the spell and the latter by suppressing it for 10 minutes. If a creature burrows through the earth lock, the spell ends. The constricted tunnel can also be dug out normally.
Identifying a tunnel sealed with earth lock (as opposed to a tunnel that just ends) requires a DC 20 Search check.
Material Component: A diamond chip worth at least 50 gp, embedded in a piece of charcoal.


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In-depth coverage leading up to the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
Next Thursday at the 2013 MLS SuperDraft in Indianapolis, the Crew can afford to be flexible in its draft strategy for the ninth overall pick after signing potential first round picks Chad Barson and Wil Trapp to Homegrown deals.
However, just because the Crew has already added two top players out of college, doesn't mean President and General Manager Mark McCullers is taking the SuperDraft any more lightly.
"I've said, it's not going to be like this every year," McCullers said on Thursday. "It's nice [to have two Homegrown signees]. It's a good feeling, but I don't think it really takes the pressure off of us in the draft and making the right decisions."
While the focus right now will be to take the best available player with the ninth pick, McCullers and Technical Director Brian Bliss haven't ruled out trading the pick to move up in the Draft or acquire established MLS talent.
"I don't want to say we can gamble with that, but we can do a little bit more in terms of maybe even trading [the ninth overall pick] to try to move up or get a starter from another team because we feel we already have two players who could have been first rounders," Bliss explained. "There is some flexibility in the SuperDraft and I think we will explore all possibilities."
"The way I look at it, we've already got two first round picks in our draft class for 2013 with Chad and Wil," McCullers added. "I don't know that it changes the dynamic a whole lot. We like using our first round pick, but if the right deal comes up, then we would certainly consider trading it."
Regardless of what happens next Thursday in the Circle City, the Crew can celebrate having landed two top prospects in Barson and Trapp this offseason.
"If that first round pick does happen to get traded, we can argue that we already have two first rounders in our class in place." McCullers said.
On Friday, TheCrew.com will take an in-depth look at potential Draft Day transactions as part of Countdown to SuperDraft presented by Barbasol.


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Now, in that post, we considered a simple example -- a class with no special behavior, only two simple attributes.
We'd like this class be simple, straightforward, well-behaved, idiomatic and correct.
Here's look at how the code came out -- actually no, let's make it immutable this time, because immutable is simpler and easier. Here goes:
public final class Foo implements Serializable {
private final String text;
private final Integer number;
public Foo(String text, Integer number) {
this.text = text;
this.number = number;
public String getText() {
return text;
public Integer getNumber() {
return number;
@Override public boolean equals(Object object) {
if (object instanceof Foo) {
Foo that = (Foo) object;
// oops! I cheated and used a helper class from the
// Google Collections Library!
return Objects.equal(this.text, that.text)
&& Objects.equal(this.number, that.number);
return false;
@Override public int hashCode() {
// oops! I did it again! ha ha!
return Objects.hashCode(text, number);
@Override public String toString() {
return String.format("[Foo: %s, %s]", text, number);
private static final long serialVersionUID = 0xB0B15C00L;
(Incidentally, this is the point in the previous post at which I proceeded to engage in the professionally dubious activity of laying down a few good old-fashioned "F-Bombs". Please note that it is generally considered inadvisable to spew "foul language" in a "technology blog" which you dream will become "respected" one "day." However, in some circumstances this approach is actually appropriate, for the basic reason that THIS IS A ****ING LOT OF CODE FOR SOMETHING SO MOTHER****ING SIMPLE WHAT THE ****.)
So anyway!
We have a problem here. Here's the problem:
- A value object is a commonly-needed thing.
- This is too much code to have to write for such a commonly-needed thing.
- It easy to get some of the subtle details wrong.
- If we write tests for these idiotic classes, we're wasting time; if we don't write tests for these idiotic classes, we find out later that they're buggy because, say, we forgot to use a null-safe equality check for a nullable field, or something.
- Any special behavior you want to add to the class just gets lost in the sea of boilerplate.
- Uh oh -- now you want your value object to be Comparable too, say by a lexical comparison of its fields. More code to write and rewrite.
Now, what should we do?
Solution 1: Do nothing?
But this answer makes no sense. We've all learned time and time again the perils of code duplication. And this is egregious code duplication. Why should we tolerate it? We shouldn't.
Solution 2: IDE Templates to the rescue?
But wait, you say, I don't have to write this stuff, I just click-click-click-click in my IDE and it generates all of that for me! Problem solved!
The last thing I'll do is argue against this because "not everyone uses an IDE." I'll be totally honest with you: forget people who don't use an IDE. I'm sorry, you know, I believe in "to each his own" and all that, it's just that if "your own" is to "run away from tools that are there to help you and work really well", then I just can't save you from yourself. You know what I mean?
No, that's not it. Look: IDE-generated code is copy-and-paste code. That's all it is. The IDE has a template, it copies it, it pastes it, it changes stuff around. So why people who vehemently detest copy-and-paste coders would then go and have their IDE generate equals() and hashCode() and toString() and compareTo() and clone() methods for them I don't know.
Sure I've alt-Enter'd my way through the creation of many a class. I like generating constructors and automatically extracting fields. But I like it because it's a faster way to write the code that I could have written myself, and would have written the same way anyway.
But no, the equals() and hashCode() methods I've seen IDEs generate are hideously ugly. Which brings me to my other point: IDE templates are not a solution because they only address a small part of the problem. They make classes faster to write the first time, but they do nothing at all towards making your code easier to read or maintain.
Solution 3: Pair! Triplet! Quadruplet! .... McCaugheys?
Don't laugh (all right, laugh). A lot of people really are doing this. They're getting their equals() and all that for free by subclassing their objects from classes like Pair and Triplet and.... well, God, I really hope they just stop there. This brings up all kinds of subtle trouble. For example, you don't want someone's FooPair("a", 1) to be considered as equals() to someone else's BarPair("a", 1), but they kind of have to be, since Pair is a useful (if degenerate) collection class in its own right which demands the customary equals() behavior and subclasses deviating from that breaks "substitutability" and blah blah blah blah.
It's even worse when they don't bother with even this much, have Pair showing up in their public API and all kinds of garbage.
Anyway, this is totally unscalable, so it's a non-solution and I don't think we should spend another column inch talking about this one.
Solution 4: We need a language change!
I once had this friend, a female friend, who was one of those rare people who had brains and beauty and a fun personality and wasn't a stark raving bitch, etc. But she had this problem that some people have, where she was incapable of ever falling in love with a guy unless that guy was somehow completely unavailable to her. She'd be smitten with him as long as he was married, or gay, or her faculty advisor, or her psychiatrist, or a minor, etc. But she kept never noticing the people who were right in front of her who she could have had any time she wanted. It was really sad.
Huh? Where was I? Oh yeah...
Solution 5: Reflectoporn
Here the idea is that you implement equals(), hashCode(), toString(), and compareTo() like this:
@Override public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return Reflectomatic.equals(this, obj);
And these libraries would use reflection to look at all the fields of your class and do the expected fieldwise thing. If you had a field you didn't want to be considered for these purposes, perhaps you could annotate it to that effect.
And in fact, these methods could be defined in an abstract base class which you could extend so you'd have to write even less code. Our example above might turn into:
public final class Foo extends AbstractValueObject {
private final String text;
private final Integer number;
public Foo(String text, Integer number) {
this.text = text;
this.number = number;
public String getText() {
return text;
public Integer getNumber() {
return number;
private static final long serialVersionUID = 0xC11FF15C00L;
Hrm. Well.... this isn't tooo, bad, actually. We're supposed to abhor reflection, though, aren't we? Demonized as being slow, isn't it? Doesn't it just feel like cheating?
Let's bookmark this idea and just go ahead and see if we can do any better.
Oh noe! This post is another goddamn teaser again!
Tune in next time when I discuss "classic" code generation, bytecode generation... and an idea which, unlike all the rest of these, might possibly be new to you! You can expect that post in... oh, certainly if not this year then definitely in the next one, I'm sure.


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Welcome to Format-4!
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Mike Jackson, Chairman and CEO of AutoNation (and thus America's number one car salesman), finally breaks taboo and utters the unthinkable: High gas prices are a good thing. "You have to tell the American people the truth," he says. "Energy costs are going to be higher." Oh Mike, Mike, Mike. Don't you know that the first rule of Car Club is that gas will always be cheap? And if it isn't, then you make it cheap, a-la Chrysler's "Let's Refuel America?" Mr. Jackson's
poignant, thoughtful wacky rationale after the jump.
Jackson sees the latest fuel crisis as a two-pronged beast: On one hand, sustained higher fuel prices will drive consumers (and manufacturers) to more fuel-efficient vehicles, eventually reducing our consumption of oil and improving national security. On the other hand, high gas prices are dragging down the economy, wrecking his profits, and generally suck.
However, Jackson is taking a refreshingly long-term view of the situation, and concluding that the country, its citizens, and its businesses (his included) will be fundamentally better off in the end by learning to cope with high energy costs. Given that the OPEC supply wildcard has been supplanted by the much less predictable speculator wildcard this time around, plus China proving it has an appetite to match our own, a long-term view may be the only right answer.
But Jackson acknowledges that if energy prices change, all bets are off. "I'm a good car salesman," Mr. Jackson says. "If I have high gas prices and an open-minded consumer, it's very doable. There is a connection between their needs and what we have to offer them. If we have cheap gasoline, it's mission impossible."
In other words, take your medicine, kids. It doesn't taste good, but you'll feel better tomorrow. Now pardon me, but I'm off to drive my G-Wagen. The beatings begin in five, four, three...


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Skin aging is a complex process, controlled by both genetic determination (chronologic aging) and the influence of modifi cations resulting from external factors (extrinsic aging). Intrinsic or chronologic aging is genetically programmed. It is a progressive phenomenon that occurs with a variable rapidity depending on the individual. It affects the skin in the same way it affects other organs. Environmental aging is superimposed over chronologic aging, primarily in skin areas chronically exposed to the sun.
Skin aging results in a number of modifi cations to both cells and tissues. A number of studies have shown the reduced proliferation capacity of keratinocytes and fibroblasts resulting from the aging process. In addition, the synthetic capacities of cultured fibroblasts decrease—old fibroblasts synthesize smaller quantities of collagen I and III than young fibroblasts. Skin aging thus results in a general reduction of cell metabolism and protein synthesis capacities. All these variations in the biology of the dermis and epidermis are shown by a visible change in the surface appearance of the skin. It is less fi rm and less elastic and wrinkles appear, initially around the eyes and on the face.


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Houston quilt festival attracts 60,000
The 2013 International Quilt Festival/Houston - the largest in the world - will attract more than 60,000 quilt artists, collectors and fans this week.
More than 1,300 quilts - including prize winners - will be on display. Special quilt exhibits include "In Full Bloom," "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" and "What's for Dinner?"
When: Thursday-Nov.3.
Where: George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas
Admission: $12; $9 for seniors and students. Children 10 and younger free with a paying adult.
Information: quilts.com


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Major Mojo: Starr Hill lager wins big
With all the wineries popping up around here lately, it's almost expected that we'd bypass beer.
But local master brewer Mark Thompson, owner and co-founder of The Starr Hill Brewing Company, is making such a slight impossible. Thompson, who's from Virginia but studied the art of brewing out west, is still beaming from yet another sweeping victory at the 2005 Great American Beer Festival. This festival, which takes place in Denver– "the Napa Valley of beer"- each fall, is the Olympics of Beer. Going head-to-head at the 2005 competition were no fewer than 1,672 beers from 466 breweries.
Starr Hill garnered a gold medal for its Dark Starr Stout and two silvers for its Mojo Lager and Amber Ale. Last year both the Mojo and the Starr Hill Pale Ale took the gold.
"Winning any medal at the Great American Beer Festival is an honor, but having three of our four beers win this year is unbelievable," Thompson says.
His four "house beers" have won a total of 12 medals in six years, and Starr Hill has been declared the second best small brewery in the country for the second year in a row.
Next year, if Thompson gets his way, they'll be number one. Now that Starr Hill has moved operations from its original location on West Main Street to an enormous facility in the former ConAgra frozen foods plant in Crozet (which he leases from owner Coran Capshaw), they're perfectly poised to prevail.
"We call this our heart," Thompson told me as he gave me a quick preview tour of the vast warehouse, gleaming with shiny steel brewing, settling, and kegging tanks and bottling equipment that, as Thompson jokes, looks ready to re-enact that "proverbial Laverne and Shirley episode."
Starr Hill took hold of the space six months ago (they share the building with Capshaw's Music Today) and expect to be brewing in full force (24 hours a day!) by, or shortly after, the first of the new year.
Thompson says they'll continue to focus on their four A+ house beers (Stout, Mojo, Amber, Pale), but will continue to craft seasonal brews like last summer's Love (a German-style wheat beer), the just-released malty Oktoberfest lager, Festie, and their holiday Mocha Porter, made in collaboration with local roaster Shenandoah Joe and the South Street Brewery.
Thompson's vision for this new location includes a tourist-friendly tasting room as well as a roof deck offering views of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. Tour buses departing from and returning to Starr Hill on West Main Street are also a possibility.
In addition to their award-winning beers and potential-rich new facility, Starr Hill has controlled its own destiny in another way that deserves mention. Back in 2000, Thompson's wife, Kristin Dolan, founded the Starr Beverage Company to be the major distributor of Starr Hill's beer in the state of Virginia. Since brewers cannot sell their beer directly to retailers in Virginia, this business marriage has enabled Starr Hill's profits to remain in the Starr Hill family instead of going to a third party. They became their own middleman, if you will.
But as the new brewing facility allows business to expand beyond Virginia North Carolina and West Virginia are imminent target markets outside distributors will necessarily be needed.
"We want Starr Hill to be the next Budweiser," Thompson says in all earnestness. With craft beer sales up 7-8 percent this year and the big, "fat cat" breweries standing stagnant, this local Master Brewer just might stand a chance.
Stay-tuned to Dish next week for more news from Crozet– including the new Three Notch'd Grill and changes under way at Kokopelli's.
Award-winning Master Brewer Mark Thompson at Starr Hill's new brewery location in Crozet


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I am a bona fide, true blue, thriftaholic, garage-estate sale-ing, street scrounging pack rat. Drives the DF nuts. I can't help it. There is nothing I would rather do than sift for precious nuggets of discarded goodness hidden in the massive mounds of crap that fill our wealthy urban environs, a veritable goldmine for us bottom feeders. In a city where the rivers of unwanted junk flow like a flooded mountain stream after a spring snow melt, you must have rules, otherwise you would end up buried under an avalanche of your own making like on that TV show about hoarders that I can't quite muster the courage to watch. Contrary to what my DF might tell you, I don't bring just any stray knick knack into my house. Like I said, there are rules.
- Don't purchase or pick up anything that needs to be repaired. I have occasionally made exceptions, like in the case of a good piece of furniture that just needs a bit of TLC, but for the most part I avoid this trap. I have learned through personal experience that these are the items that tend to cobweb up the house.
- Don't pay more than $10 for something unless it is super, super, SUPER cool.
- Don't buy something that is only "kind of" what you're looking for. Hold out for the real McCoy.
- Never pick up something off the sidewalk that cannot be washed or disinfected.
I pulled out the limp recipe cards with the kind of care reserved for handling antiques and spread them around the dining room and kitchen. What a find! As I meandered through the culinary world of this unknown soul who had discarded these recipes with as much thought as one might give to junk mail, I was struck by a pang of guilt as if I had stolen something that wasn't rightfully mine. All of these handwritten cards, yellowed with age and stained with use, seemed so intimate and personal. I inherited my grandmother's old, spill-splattered recipes and I treasure them above all of my cookbooks combined. They tell the story of the daily life of my family at a time when I was not around to share in the eat, drink, and conversation. These recipes are a soupcon of a glimpse into that world. I know what my grammy liked to cook based on how thick of a coating of batter is stuck to the page. It's a small thread connecting me to a person that I didn't have a lot of time with in this life. When I use my grandmother's recipe books, I feel as if I am cooking with her or touching some part of her and her life that is now gone.
So from where I'm standing, I can't figure out why someone would dump a bunch of well loved recipes in the street like a used tissue. Aren't other people the least bit sentimental for old family dishes or am I just corny that way? Well this eggnog pie looks positively delish so I'm more than happy to be an overly schmaltzy kind of gal if this personality quirk scores me some quality sh*#.


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Why the CSO's rendition of Verdi's Macbeth under Riccardo Muti's baton was more exhilarating and captivating than many a fully staged top tier opera is a puzzle. Was it because the symphony is so superior? Was it Muti's intimacy with Verdi's intention? Was it the stellar soloist talent and the large chorus brought in to bring the libretto to life? Or is it just that we were not distracted by costumes, sets and such from hearing the beauty and drama of the score?
Whatever the reason, the end result was 4 acts in 3+ hours that gripped our attention to Shakespeare's dramatic story of lust for power that is Macbeth.
Reportedly Verdi was an ardent lover and student of Shakespeare, and in fact went to great lengths to ensure that the story hewed closely to Shakespeare's words.
We hear the so famous quotes from Macbeth in the libretto, such as an Italian paraphrasing of the witches' song that in English goes "..Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble…". Macbeth delivers one of Shakespeare's more quoted lines, "Life…It is the tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Verdi reportedly was very hands-on in the staging of Macbeth's world premiere. He insisted that Lady Macbeth, for example, have more of a dramatic voice than a beautiful one. One can only assume that Muti, a working scholar of Verdi widely recognized as without par for Verdi interpretation, similarly assembled his soloists with great precision. Coloratura soprano Tatiana Serjan quickly captivated the audience. We feel her drive for power unabashed and sung with dramatic fury. Later, when she crumples in guilty madness – "Here's the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Alas!"— it is hard not to be overcome with the drama in her voice.
Macbeth too, sung by Baritone Luca Salsi never failed to keep our attention—mind and heart—on his emotive singing. We travel with his first doubts to his bloodthirsty maneuvers and his ultimate final surrender.
The chorus of witches that Verdi scored is magnificent, as are the baritone assassins who at one point reach such low registers it reminds of Mongolian throat singers.
Again and again we have to remind ourselves that this is "only" a concert opera. The musical drama is so powerful that we are drawn into Macbeth's world en toto.
Perhaps because we can see the flute, or see the English Horn player walk off stage for his solo from afar, and watch the flare of the kettle drums and all the musicians we can fully enjoy the score, more so than if the orchestra were hidden in an opera pit.
At the conclusion of the concert Maestro Muti spoke to the audience after several standing ovations, as is his way. Among other things, he shared that in a few years he hopes to bring Falstaff to the CSO's stage. If this year's Verdi festival is any indicator, that will be one concert to certainly not miss.
In the program notes Maestro Muti was asked why Verdi's music continues to be so popular. He answers, "Verdi is like Mozart—he speaks to us about our sins, our defects, all our qualities. And he is not like Beethoven, who points his finger and judges—because Beethoven was always a moralist. But Verdi addresses all of us—from North America, to South America, Australia, Japan, China…That's the reason why I think that, in the future, Verdi will become even more universal than Wagner. Verdi's music will be of great comfort for generations and generations to come, because he speaks to us like one man speaking to another person."
This was quite a man who spoke to us. These were perhaps the worlds' best musical voices of our time to convey the tale.
In a word, exhilarating.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will continue performing concerts under Maestro Muti's baton and other leading conductors throughout the 2013/2014 concert season. For information or tickets call 312 294 3000 or visit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra website.
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ATLANTA - New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests.
Government advisers and leading doctor groups urge osteoporosis screening, but no one has known how often that should happen. The findings offer the best information to date on that question, experts said.
"This is landmark, in the sense that it could allow us to move on to more precise guidelines," said Dr. Heidi Nelson, a researcher at the Oregon Health & Science University who is an expert on the topic.
At issues are bone mineral density tests, which usually are done through X-rays and cost around $250. It takes about 10 minutes and involves less radiation than what's emitted during a chest X-ray. Medicare pays for testing every two years.
The new study feeds concerns that the tests are done too often, at least for some women.
"It's an expenditure of time, it's exposure to radiation, and it's cost. And there's no reason to expose yourself to any risks if there's going to be no benefit," explained Dr. Virginia Moyer, who heads the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government panel that issues testing guidelines.
The test measures how thick bones are in certain spots, usually focusing on the hip and lower spine. Doctors use it to gain early warning of osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease that can be staved off with better diet and exercise and treated with bone-building drugs. Nearly half of all women older than 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
The government task force recommends that all women over 65 get a scan. The panel also recommends testing for younger postmenopausal women who seem at higher risk for fractures. But the task force has not said how often follow-up tests should be done, just that a couple years between tests are needed.
There are no immediate plans to update the task force's advice for osteoporosis screenings, but the new study will be an important consideration when the panel acts again, Moyer said.
The new, government-funded research involves nearly 5,000 women aged 67 years and older in a national health study that began in the 1980s. None had osteoporosis at the outset.
The researchers looked at how the women did on bone density tests, and watched for who got osteoporosis and when. They were followed for 15 years.
Based on that, the researchers concluded that women with a healthy initial test could wait as long as 15 years before getting a second screening. But women deemed at moderate risk should get tested about every five years. And women at high risk should get tested more often, perhaps even annually.
The research, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, was led by Dr. Margaret Gourlay of the University of North Carolina. She worries that her findings might be misinterpreted and cause some women to wait longer than they should for their next test. She cited earlier research suggesting not enough women get the recommended initial scan.
The 15-year interval applies only to postmenopausal women judged to be at low risk for osteoporosis from the first screening, she noted, and perhaps fewer than half of U.S. women over 65 fall into that category.
But she said even for those women, other risk factors have to be considered: smoking, slim build, prior broken bones and taking medication that has an eroding effect on bones.
She also noted that osteoporosis becomes a greater risk in the oldest patients, so a woman with a moderate risk who is 85 or older might be better off getting tested every three years instead of every five.
New England Journal: http://www.nejm.org
Osteoporosis information: http://www.bones.nih.gov