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Do you feel tired all the time? Do you feel like your energy has been zapped out of you and you feel drained? Fatigue can be caused by many things and in order for you to be able to bounce back like the Energizer bunny, you need to first find out what's zapping out your energy. Once you have pinpointed the causes of your fatigue, you will be able to renew your energy!
What's Draining You?
Here are some of the most common culprits of fatigue.
- Nutritional Deficiency
When your body lacks Vitamin D, B12 and iron you can easily get tired, weak and feel anxious. If you feel like your muscles are weak and you feel pain in the muscles most of the time, this can be because of Vitamin D deficiency. Many women who are already at childbearing stage suffer from low levels of iron and are at a higher risk of developing iron-deficiency anemia.
- Solution
Visiting your doctor is the best way for you to know if you are suffering from a nutritional deficiency. Your doctor will do a blood test to check if your body is low in any mineral or vitamin. The doctor can then give you a prescription and or dietary advice on how to boost your body's level of any vitamin or mineral you are deficient in. To avoid suffering from any vitamin or mineral deficiency, it may be a great idea for you to start taking a multivitamin containing all the vitamins and minerals your body requires every day.
- Depression
Got the blues? If you do, then this may be what's causing you to feel tired, weak and drained all the time. Studies pointed out that people who are depressed is more likely to suffer from uexplained fatigue compared to those who are not depressed. Depression actually puts you 4 times higher at risk of experiencing fatigue compared to happy and nondepressed people.
- Getting Rid of the Blues
Exercising can actually help lift up your spirits and kick away your blues. Many doctors evven recommend aerobic exercises to their patients suffering from mild to moderate depression. If you know you have the blues, work up a sweat and do aerobic exercises for at least half an hour for 3 to 5 days in a week. Doing so can help brighten your mood as exercising releases endorphins which give you that good feeling. Most people suffering from depression are always sleepy. Since working out allows the body to release a surge of endorphins, the body is rejuvenated therefore minimising sleepiness that is usually brought about by depression.If you feel like you are not feeling any different and your still feeling the blues after exercising, consult your doctor. He or she may ask you to do talk therapy or prescribe medication formulated to boost mood.
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In Dead Poets Society we feel that a considerable amount of injustice occurred in relation to Keating. What is your opinion about this and how do you respond to the headmaster's accusation that he is the cause of Neil's death?
After the death of Neal Perry, Mr Perry Neal's father sought the cause of his son's death, after informing Mr Nolan, Mr Nolan blamed Neil's death on Professor John Keating and his creative teaching methods. This injustice was unfair and caused Mr Keating to loose his job.
The school was a dull, conservative place where tradition, education and reputation were put before creativity and dreams. Mr Keating, a new English teacher came to the school and changed that. He taught the students to express themselves, suck the marrow out of life and to seize the day. Mr Keating did not force his students to do anything, he left their choices up to them and let them do what they wanted.
Keating's only wish was for his students to live fun, enjoyable incredible lives.
The students found a photo of Mr Keating in an old yearbook with a caption reading- "John Keating the man most willing to do anything, Leader of the Dead Poets Society." The boys were curious and approached Mr Keating. He explained to the students what dead poets society was and how it was a mistake and how "gods were created, women swooned, and spirits soared." Neil the most enthusiastic boy suggested that they try it out and all his friends conformed to his idea. Mr Keating did not tell the boys to reform these meetings, as he knew they were against the school rules. The one thing that caused the boys to do this would have been the reverse physiology Keating used.
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Nellie Neves wrote a story for our September 2018 New Beginnings issue titled: Hope Stronger. It is a moving story about feeling the emotions of fear, joy, sorrow, heartache, anger. Finally, comes hope, and hope, Nellie discovers, is stronger than anything.
Here is Nellie's bio.
Nellie is an independent author and life-long California girl. She loves the ocean, the mountains and just about everything in between. She loves reading, kickboxing, dancing barefoot in the kitchen, spoiling her family, horseback riding and writing late into the night.
She is also an MS Warrior and an advocate for research into Multiple Sclerosis and other auto immune disorders. Her gypsy heart keeps her dreaming, but her strong faith keeps her grounded.
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My Switched On column discussing the potential benefits of Microsoft using Windows for tablets garnered over a whopping 1.100 comments. many of which were positive. As I noted in the column, though, Microsoft still has a lot to prove in basing its tablet strategy on Windows as opposed to the currently more touch-friendly if feature-strapped Windows Phone OS.
Following a tweet in which I groused about the still unsatisfying state of driver update management on Windows, that challenge became a topic of conversation on Twitter a few days ago when the question was posed as to whether Microsoft needed to have an app store – like Apple, Google, or itself on Windows Phone – in order to compete in the tablet market. If so, the app store would presumably also be available to the next version of Windows. This leads to a number of hypotheticals. Would Microsoft include an app store in desktop Windows even if it were using Windows Phone for tablets? And is an app store even necessarily for tablets?
My answer to the latter is that it is, at least to be competitive with Apple and Google, and it's a good idea regardless. for desktop Windows, which is under seige not be any particular operating system (OS/2, Linux) as in the past, but the idea of OS insignificance, a battle that Apple is also trying to fight via its app stores both on the Mac and iOS.


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2017 Week Three: Arts
What do you do when you have to arbitrate between two people who disagree vehemently?
My group personally interviewed over 30 community members in an effort to design a mural that reflected the wishes of the community. The two most interesting responses came from two schoolteachers who disagreed rather strongly.
One teacher had lived in the community for over 30 years, and had absolutely nothing good to say about it. He complained to us constantly about the "gangs of kids" he saw roving up and down the streets and how he couldn't sit on the porch without being bothered by the smell of weed or the noise of gangsters. We asked him "what inspires you to keep doing what you do" and he proceeded to rant even more strongly. Only after we asked him that question twice did he finally respond "God."
The other teacher had lived in the community for over 10 years and had a far more balanced viewpoint. She highlighted that unlike a lot of other supposedly diverse communities, here she saw a lot of interclass, interracial communication. She talked about how the teenagers in her community inspired her to keep teaching and how she loved places like the community library. However, she also pointed out the dangers of murals and how they may contribute to gentrification.
How do we design a mural that crosses between two such drastically different viewpoints? I had heard both horror stories and inspiring stories from other groups as well, so both perspectives must be taken into account. On top of that, our lead artist and property owner had certain ideas about what should go on the mural, not to mention the ten youth artist apprentices.
However, there is much that unites us. What the first schoolteacher complained about is a problem that is fixable. Much of those youth lack mentors and job opportunities. The mural program is part of Youthworks, a potential solution, and yet over 7000 youth are on the waitlist for this program. It's not only a question of resolving conflict within diverse neighborhoods, but also a question of engagement. Are we engaged with each other as we work out our differences, or do we just complain about each other? The youth clearly want to be engaged, but are the businesses that create those jobs engaged?
"… But I don't know how to read." This was one of our family member's response when I asked if he'd looked through all of the cool books we had at the center. This response, where I could hear the tremor in his voice and almost shame, made me take a step back.
I knew the facts. 3 out of 5 people in prison can't read. 50% of American young adults (aged 16 to 21) are considered functionally illiterate. Illiteracy costs American $20 billion a year. I knew these things in the grander scheme of things. My own father never graduated elementary school and the extent of his reading comes from reading simple sentences or analyzing pictures in books. I know what that's like. But it just hit me so hard because it made it real to me. I was ashamed of myself. While being someone who wholeheartedly believed in education and the need to revolutionize it for our society – someone who wants to be a teacher and is always encouraging friends and family to "read more"- I could also "forget" or really "neglect" the realities of illiteracy in this world. I, by neglecting this reality, was perpetuating the very same injustices done to these people by failing to include it in my everyday activism and by failing to acknowledge it as a difficulty or challenge as a consequence.
Moreover, the issues I was grappling with in my mind was how to engage with a person who has been neglected in such an essential way without pity and shame coming into the equation. I think that's something that's important for me to think about, and in all honesty, it's not something that's easy especially when you're trying to do it in a non-self-centered way because in this equation I'm in the periphery- that's where I'm supposed to be. It's not about my feelings but it is about my thoughts and what I can do to amend this horrendous system that has people living this way. Last week, I actually went to a talk given by Black vegan sisters Aph and Syl Ko who spoke on their book Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters to talk on the subjects of animality, futuristic activism, and blackness. You can probably notice how their work has influenced me in just a week. I'd been thinking a lot about how we treat each other (humans and non-human animals) alike in the way where speciesism has allowed for racism (and other discriminatory crimes) to come about and remain with us for centuries. It's got me thinking about how I perform activism and my daily life as a person- tackling the symptoms and not really the root causes of injustices. It's gotten me thinking about the true meaning of what "diversity" and "intersectionality" really mean- and not just in the ways we've been told. It's almost as if these words are just so easy to say they've lost their meaning and become something else. We're always looking to "diversify" spaces but what it does is tokenize certain groups while neglecting their actual thoughts and feelings in the spaces we're trying to diversity.
But anyways, I've had this in mind while thinking about adult literacy. And now, the entire week I've been helping him with everything (definitely not in my job description) from working on his Facebook to applying for jobs to looking at Baltimore Ravens jerseys. "R-A-V-E-N-S," he spelled out to me. "Yes," I said, and I could not have more faith in the goodness and hope in people. After all, without hope, we really do have nothing to keep us moving.
The kids have arrived, I repeat, the kids have arrived. Buckle up everyone, and get ready for takeoff.
This week we started the summer gifted and talented music program and things are off to a great start.
This is the first time in a while that the center has had a music program so this summer is really building the foundation for the future programs.
The students are split up into two different concentrations, voice and piano, with some alternating between the two. They have master classes where they are able to have a workshop with different artists. This week Janice Chandler-Eteme, an amazing soprano will be coming in and in the future we will have MAYSA a grammy-nominated artist coming in as well. Each week the kids also go out on cultural excursions, which I have planned, and are able to increase their knowledge of the city and of different artists.
Although there is a smaller number of students than initially anticipated, we have a good group and will most likely have a few more students joining us this week.
At the center we are also working on an exhibit that will be called Urban Express II. In this exhibit we will be comparing Baltimore's 1968 riots to the 2015 uprising. In order to do this we will be using photographs taken by people who were around during those times. We will also have a panel of people who were around during the 68 riots and the 2015 uprising. Another part of the exhibit will incorporate music and will compare protest songs in 68 to those in 2015.
I think this exhibit will be so amazing and I can't wait for it to come to life. Although the exhibit won't take place until sometime in September when I will no longer be working here, I'm glad I'll be able to help out and I will definitely come back for the exhibit.Tags: 2017, CIIP, CIIP 2017, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, GLCCB, Jubilee Arts, Week Three


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This semester, I am teaching a class titled "The Road to Reality" from the title of a recent book by the British physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose.
It is a fantastic class (of course I am somewhat biased), and certainly Penrose's book is a fantastic book. Its subtitle is quite modest: "A complete guide to the laws of the universe" – and its goal is the equally modest attempt to show how mathematics has evolved over the last 2,000 years in response to our increasingly complex understanding of the universe around us.
As it always happens to me at Chapman, my students are fabulous. They are intelligent, inquisitive, and stimulating, and every class ends up being a long, raucous conversation on the strangest possible topics.
This last two weeks we spent all our time trying to figure out how to calculate the area of a circle. Yes, I know, it is pr2, as I am sure you all remember from high school, but how do we get there? If you think about it, it's almost an impossible question, especially because pi is such a strange number. And yet, my students slowly but surely helped me get to the explanation of such a mysterious formula.
Like a good parent, I love all my students the same, but there is a one kid in my class who I've known for a while and who is special to me. Maybe because he's only 17 years old; maybe because he still has that rare quality of awe for knowledge; maybe just because he is a remarkable kid. His Vietnamese name is Quoc Kiet, but in the class we know him by his American name, Andrew. He joined Chapman when he was only 15 years old, our youngest student ever, and decided to study biochemistry – not exactly an easy subject!
His story, and that of his family, is both touching and inspiring and proof that the American dream is alive and well. Andrew's parents came to the United States after the collapse of South Vietnam; both came on a boat. Andrew's dad was rescued by the Taiwanese people, so he lived in Taiwan for two years until he came to the U.S., while Andrew's mom was rescued by the U.S. Navy and then was transferred to Guam. It's hard to imagine a more difficult entry into our society.
And now Andrew is at Chapman, an example of what dedication and hard work can accomplish. Like many other 17-year-olds, our Andrew has a curfew to follow, so he doesn't go to parties – and maybe that's part of the secret of his remarkable academic achievements.
I asked Andrew why he wanted to study biochemistry, and he explained to me that he really wants to be a medical doctor (I already got him to commit to be my personal physician) because his uncle died of what could have been an easily detectable cancer. Andrew wants to devote his life to making certain that his patients have access to preventative medicine. Like many young people, he wants to change the world and is doing this by choosing one of the most challenging paths one could choose. We are proud, at Chapman, to be his partners in this arduous course.
But what is it that brings him to take my class, which is not even a requirement for his degree? When we were talking about it, he told me that, to him, an equation "is like the cover of an encyclopedia of knowledge; it seems boring, but there's so much more to it if one looks a little deeper."
You can see why I still love to go to class and teach, even after doing this for almost 40 years. Being a teacher remains one of the most rewarding components of my job, and what energy I offer to my class, I get back multiplied many times over by my students.
Andrew certainly is remarkable, and I thought it would be difficult to beat his record of going to college at 15. But then I talked to his sister My Yen Vo (aka Kassidy) … and she will be a Chapman freshman at age 14, next August!
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In spring 2017, CAP is hosting a Lunch Series featuring our CAP Graduate Program Participants: Divya Srinivasan, Harvard Law School LL.M. Candidate; Pedro Hartung, Harvard Law School CAP-Affiliated Visiting Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate at University of São Paulo Law School; and Dan Zhou, Harvard Law School S.J.D. Candidate. During the talks, each participant will present his or her research findings, and attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions. Lunch will be provided.
If you would like to attend one or more of the Lunch Series talks, please RSVP here to ensure that we have enough food available.
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Analyzing India's Efforts to Reform Juvenile Justice Law in the Aftermath of the Delhi Gang Rape Incident
Discussion with Divya Srinivasan, Harvard Law School LL.M. Candidate
Thursday, March 23, 2017
23 Everett Street
CAP Suite, G-24
Harvard Law School
Paper Topic: In December 2012, the brutal gang rape and murder of a young girl in Delhi caused shockwaves and protests across the nation. The incident, and specifically the penalty imposed on one of the offenders, who was a juvenile, sparked a national conversation on the effectiveness of existing juvenile justice laws in India. In response, in late 2015, the Indian Parliament passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, which inter alia, allowed for adolescents between the ages of 16-18 to potentially be tried as adults if they were accused of committing certain 'heinous offences.' My presentation critically analyzes these amendments, and the justifications for the change in the law. It also engages with the broader question of whether children under the age of 18 should ever be tried as adults.
Biography: Divya Srinivasan is pursuing an LL.M. at Harvard Law School, with a concentration in International Human Rights. She graduated from law school in India in 2014, after which she worked as a labor lawyer in India. She is taking courses on child rights during her year at Harvard. During her internships in law school in India, she worked on issues relating to child sexual assault.
Keeping Roots, Without Losing Wings: Redesigning Adoption as an Interfamily Cooperative Solution for Neglected Children
Discussion with Pedro Hartung, Harvard Law School CAP-Affiliated Visiting Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate at University of São Paulo Law School
Monday, March 27, 2017
23 Everett Street
CAP Suite, G-24
Harvard Law School
Paper Topic: There is no consensus among legal scholars, experts and practitioners as to how best protect children who have been neglected by their parents. While some advocate the primacy of biological kinship and the child's permanence in the original family, especially when analyzed alongside the social-economic causes of negligence related to structural poverty and the lack of support parents have, others claim the need for children suffering from repeated neglect to be removed as quickly as possible to adoptive families, without institutionalization or foster care, to safeguard their right to a healthy development. This presentation, however, explores a third way, where adoption is seen not as a legal kinship exclusion, but rather as a legal family extension for children, through a child-sensitive, inclusive and open decision-making process in the Justice System, with support given to interfamily cooperative social dynamics in the care of children.
Biography: Pedro Hartung is a CAP-affiliated Visiting Researcher for the 2016-17 academic year. He is a Ph.D. candidate at University of São Paulo Law School in the Public Law department, researching the state's intervention in families' affairs to protect children's rights. Pedro holds a B.L. degree from University of São Paulo/Brazil and a Zertifikat– Aufbaustudium in den Grundzügen des Deutschen Rechts from Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU)/Germany. He is a member of the Brazilian Bar and works as Policy and Advocacy coordinator at Alana Institute, an NGO which specializes in the promotion and protection of children's rights in Brazil. From 2012-2016 he served as a National Counselor at the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents – CONANDA of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil – Brasília/DC, representing the Brazilian state in various international agendas.
Whose (Grand)Children? Which Rationale?: A Recent Case Over Guardianship in Shanghai Related to Surrogacy
Discussion with Dan Zhou, Harvard Law School S.J.D. Candidate
Thursday, March 30, 2017
23 Everett Street
CAP Suite, G-24
Harvard Law School
Paper Topic: A heterosexual couple married in Shanghai, China in 2007. As the wife is infertile, they developed a plan to have children through assisted reproductive technology procedures, which include in vitro fertilization and surrogacy. In other words, an egg from another woman is fertilized by sperm from the husband in a tube and then transferred to a third woman's uterus. China's Ministry of Health prohibits surrogacy, and the couple, therefore, had twin babies through underground services in 2011. Three years later, the husband died suddenly of an illness. The widow then continued to take care of the children. In December 2014, the parents of the late husband filed a lawsuit against the widow over guardianship alleging that she is not the biological mother of their grandchildren. The first-instance court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs for the two reasons: (i) the defendant is neither a biological mother nor a legal adopter, and (ii) guardianship by the grandparents is in the best interests of the grandchildren. The widow then appealed. The appellate court heard the case. In June 2016, the appellate judges overturned the lower court's judgment, and determined that guardianship of the young children should be enjoyed and exercised by the widow after considering, among others, the principle of children's best interests. Also, both courts held that underground surrogacy is unlawful. Neither party to the dispute has knowledge of the identities of biological or surrogate mothers. The talk will explore judicial construction(s) of "(grand)parenthood," "custody/guardianship," and "children's best interests" in a case related to surrogacy in China, and discuss how the appellate judges developed legal doctrines for the status of children born through surrogacy, and for the court's determination that the widow, a non-biological caregiver whose late husband is the children's genetic father, should be appointed as guardian.
Biography: Dan Zhou is an S.J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. Professor Elizabeth Bartholet is one of his field supervisors for his doctoral research project. In 2016, he completed the requirements of the LL.M. at Harvard Law School, and also holds a master's degree from Renmin University of China.
His S.J.D. project will explore the topic of public interest lawyering in China. He will examine the nature, place of, and possibilities for public interest advocacy at the margins of Chinese society. Two areas of interest germane to his project are women's rights and the rights of the child. Zhou will investigate how Chinese public interest lawyers work on advocacy for children, youth and women. By implication and by extension, his research will provide a window into the broader meaning of law and justice in authoritarian regimes.
He is one of the very few Chinese lawyers to ever come out to local, national and international media about his sexual orientation, personal experiences and legal advocacy. After he had worked on commercial law matters for 8 years, he founded a public interest legal advocacy organization in Shanghai in 2005, focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and rights of people with HIV/AIDS. Also, he made a groundbreaking contribution to research on, and critique of, legal treatment of same-sex intimacy in modern Chinese society by publishing a book in the Chinese language in China in 2009. In addition, he has cooperated with the China Law Center of Yale Law School over the past decade on comparative anti-discrimination law related to sexual orientation and gender identity as well as HIV/AIDS. He was a visiting scholar at Yale's China Law Center in 2004 and in 2015.


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You have dozens of options when choosing a new vehicle brand, but New Mitsubishi Cars and Crossovers take on the competition with value, efficiency, and warranty coverage that's tough for other brands to beat.
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Mitsubishi cars and crossovers are expertly engineered, use high-quality materials, and are incredibly reliable. They're so well-built that Mitsubishi Motors stands behind each Mitsubishi vehicle with class-leading warranty coverage:
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There isn't anything much easier than deleting movies or videos from the iPad. If you have watched a movie, then you could remove it from your iPad to free up some precious space.
If you are having any type of confusion or doubt in removing  the movies from your iPad, then here is how to delete movies from iPad. Just do the steps told below to delete movies from iPad.
1. Open up the list of videos or movies on your iPad.
2. Tap and hold on the movie you want to delete until you could notice a button.
3. Now tap on the button to delete the movie from your iPad.
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Infinity Lifestyle Brands was founded with a principal purpose of acquiring and investing in consumer brands. We seek labels that possess significant market identity, application across a wide product universe, and "evergreen" consumer relevance. Infinity Lifestyle Brands usually considers acquiring either majority or "foothold" equity interests in both publicly as well as privately-held branded businesses. Historically, Infinity and its strategic partners have capitalized all brand acquisitions solely with equity capital. This uncommon approach is a defining element of our long term strategy.
Infinity Lifestyle typically makes controlling interest investments in brands or intellectual property assets, leading such acquisitions independently or with one or more joint-venture partners. Previous partners include leading corporate and asset liquidators, industry suppliers, and retailers. Its equity investments typically range between $25 million and $50 million but may be as large as $100 million.
A key component of our strategy is to pair every acquisition with a best-in-class brand management team and a pool of category-leading licensing partners. Before any investment is made, a strong, well capitalized partnership group is assembled. With this ownership group we immediately begin the critical task of identifying managers for the turnaround, both from the ranks of the target enterprise's existing team and from outside industry leaders. The selected management team will take an active role in due diligence and deal structuring to best suit the venture's go-forward plans.


text: We're counting down 'till NYFW 2014 and waiting for upcoming 2014 sunglasses trends! One sunglasses trend we've seen emerging in behind-the-scenes looks of upcoming runways are Round Oversized Sunglasses. Round Oversized Sunglasses make a perfect shape for high end aesthetic. They're also wonderful pieces inspired by retro looks. And not only can they easily embody retro style fashion, Oversized Round Sunglasses are also perfect accessories for the new minimalist trend that popped up in 2013. Oversized Round Sunglasses are the perfect way to upgrade your look from "bleh" to "chic". We've seen these worn on fashion blogs in conjuction with gorgeous and enormous full circle skirts. We've also seen Oversized Round Sunglasses worn with individualist vintage style outfits such as giant UNIF booties and denim suspender jumpers. Oversized Round Sunglasses are a 2014 trend that every genre in fashion wants piece of. Look forward to fashion designers incorporating this trend into the 2014 fashion lines.


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Calvin Harris show Review!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 8:33pm Add comments
The resurrection continues. On the eve of Easter Sunday Calvin Harris came to Club Glow and continued to pour cement on the foundation built by David Guetta. The crowd came early and swelled within the walls of the main room at Fur Nightclub. Opening things up was Glow resident Jon Deke, who got everyone's blood flowing with hard, upbeat, 'throw your hands in the air and go crazy' tunes.
As Harris took control of the 1's and 2's his looming presence commanded the full attention of everyone in the room. With a sea of hands raised to the sky and bodies flailing wildly before him, Harris dropped bomb after bomb of what can only be described as 'wylin party music.' He was able to mix hard, progressive riffs in with that 'make em go crazy' sound made famous to the mainstream by Chuckie and LMFAO in "Let The Bass Kick in Miami Bitch." As Harris got more and more into it, his body language said it all. He stood as though he were in attack mode; one leg forward, one leg back, feet shoulder width apart, shoulders rocking to and fro with asperity. Shaking his head, stomping around and whipping his long arms in the air, it was obvious that Calvin was possessed by the music. His energy was returned tenfold by the crowd, which was absolutely bonkers.
A sampling of The King of Electropop's track list tells the story; Armand van Helden – NYC Beat, The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Axwell and Dirty South Remix), a super bouncy remix of "Ready for the Weekend." At one point he mixed "Flashback" into more wylin' beats, stopped the music, dropped "I'm Not Alone," and went straight into "Pjanoo." It was fucking nuts!! And fucking packed!!
As Harris left the booth to wild cries of adoration, he took one last look at the loving patrons of DC nightlife and knew he had found a new home. The next morning his twitter read, "WOW Washington DC went off! Definitely one of my favourite places." It's you, the crowd, Glow Heads and fans of DC Clubbing everywhere that keep these superstar DJs coming back. It's your undying support of Glow that makes it all possible. Thanks!! And keep coming back!!
Club Glow is held every Thursday night at Lima Restaurant and Lounge and every Saturday at Fur Nightclub. For the past 11 years, Glow has brought the biggest names in electronic dance music to the best DC nightclubs and is the leader in DC Nightlife.
p.s. Jon Deke rocked it too.Tweet
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Giroux (illness) will play Sunday in Pittsburgh.
Source: John Boruk 03/17/19, 7:01 pm EST
Giroux (illness) will be a game-time decision on Sunday.
Giroux skated at left wing during Tuesday's practice.
This summer the Flyers drafted Nolan Patrick at No.2 overall, creating a logjam down the middle in Philadelphia. With Nolan expected to make the roster out of training camp, the Flyers gave Giroux a look on the left side of Sean Couturier with Jakub Voracek on the wing. Couturier and Patrick would likely serve as the No.1 and No.2 centres with the likes of Valtteri Filppula and Jori Lehtera likely being the No.3 and No.4 pivots. The centre depth will allow the Flyers to get creative and putting Giroux on the wing with Couturier and Voracek could give them a dominant first line without sacrificing depth. It's only been one day of practice, but Giroux would definitely see an uptick in fantasy value if he were to gain dual position eligibility (C/LW).
Giroux (undisclosed) will be in the lineup on Monday.
Giroux was injured in Saturday's game in Arizona after being hit from behind by Coyotes' forward Martin Hanzal. He appeared to be knocked out, but will be in the lineup tonight vs. the Jets. Giroux has eight points (4G / 4A) in 12 games in March.
Source: Wayne Fish 03/28/16, 9:52 am EST
Giroux (upper-body) will return to the Flyers lineup on Saturday.
Source: John Boruk 02/27/16, 7:12 am EST
Giroux (upper-body) will not play on Thursday; remains day-to-day.
Source: John Boruk 02/24/16, 7:49 am EST
Giroux (upper-body) will not play on Tuesday.
Giroux will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury. Sean Couturier is expected to return which will help with Giroux out, but they'll be in tough without their leading scorer. Giroux is considered day-to-day.
Giroux (upper-body) missed Monday's practice; doubtful for Tuesday.
Giroux missed Saturday's game in Toronto and his absence from this morning's practice suggests that Giroux will miss a second straight game on Tuesday. Thankfully for the Flyers, it looks like Sean Couturier will return to the lineup, which should ease the loss of Giroux.
Giroux (upper-body) will not play on Saturday.
Giroux (leg) is officially in the Flyers lineup tonight vs. the Senators.
Giroux was listed as a game-time decision, but will play tonight vs. Ottawa. He will centre the top-line with Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek on his wings. Giroux has 13 goals and 30 assists (43 points) in 38 games this season.
Giroux (leg) is on the ice for warmups; looks like he will play.
Giroux had a brief chat with trainers at the bench after a few laps and is now taking line rushes in warmups, that is a good sign that he will be back in tonight. With Giroux coming back, Zac Rinaldo will go from first line winger to healthy scratch.
Giroux (leg) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
Giroux missed the morning skate, but is listed as a game-time decision. He was listed as GTD on Saturday as well and did not come out for warmups, that is not likely to be the case tonight. Giroux did jump on the ice late in the skate just to shoot some pucks, so monitor his status during pre-game warmups.
Giroux (leg) is not on the ice for the Flyers morning skate; questionable to play Tuesday.
Giroux, who missed Saturday's game with a leg laceration, is not on the ice this morning after missing Monday's practice as well. This does not bode well for Giroux playing tonight, but expect an update after the skate.
Giroux (leg) is officially listed as day-to-day; might play Tuesday vs. Ottawa.
Giroux missed practice on Monday, but could still play on Tuesday vs. the Senators. Giroux said there is some discomfort when he tries to wear his skate because the cut is on his ankle. Monitor his status during Tuesday's morning skate.
Giroux (leg) will not play tonight.
Giroux was listed as a game-time decision and the Flyers said that he would take warmups, but he is not on the ice for warmups and will not play vs. the Devils. With Giroux and Scott Laughton out, the Flyers will go with seven defensemen.
Source: Dan Rosen 01/3/15, 1:40 pm EST
Giroux (leg) is game-time decision for Saturday's game vs. New Jersey.
Giroux who was cut near his ankle in Friday's game, will take part in warmups and then he, along with Flyers medical and coaching staff will determined whether Giroux will be in the lineup vs. the Devils. Giroux has 15 points (6G / 9A) in 13 games over the last month.
Giroux (leg) is probable to play on Saturday in New Jersey.
Giroux left Saturday's game with a leg injury and did not return. Giroux was cut near his ankle and he originally feared that he severed his Achilles tendon. "It was pretty scary," Giroux said. "I tried to get up, but it felt really weird. I tried to put pressure on it, but it didn't feel too good." The injury obviously looked worse than it was and he is expected to be in the lineup tonight vs. the Devils.
Giroux (lower-body) will play tonight.
Giroux was originally ruled out for the next two games, but called GM Ron Hextall before the game tonight and said he felt "fine". The Flyers got Giroux to the arena and he will be in the lineup tonight on a line with Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek. Giroux has 21 points (5G / 16A) in 16 games this season.
Source: @NHLFlyers 11/19/14, 2:49 pm EST
Giroux (lower-body) will take part in warmups tonight, despite not skating this morning.
Giroux reportedly walked into the arena with a walking boot. This comes a day after the Flyers said that Giroux was "fine" and then announced that he would miss the next two games. So Giroux will take part in warmups and should be considered a game-time decision.
Giroux (lower-body) will not play on Wednesday.
Giroux suffered the injury in practice on Monday and will he will miss tomorrow's game vs. the Rangers. Giroux's injury did not sound serious, according to GM Ron Hextall he could also miss Thursday's game, but should be back for Saturday vs. the Wild.


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Trollbloods - Dire Troll Brawler
giyomuSan posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingWell , I am done with this blue guy , had a couple issue with assembly and such but should look good on a table ..hopefully :D
Hordes Trollbloods Dire Troll Brawler
giyomuSan posted a topic in Works in Progress: PaintingLong time I did not open a little wip and I decided to get onto one of the privateer press figure I had on my shelf. Already did a preshade pass using some of their paint and also a thin glaze with liquitex ink just to have a more saturated blue tint.
Sure, I definitely feel like I already have enough WIP threads going, but at the same time hubby did ask me to work on this one for him, so why not. For some reason I was rather excited he asked me to paint her for him (he's painting the rest of his Circle Orboros Battlegroup Box (PIP 72094))... I blame her cape. It's a rather interesting looking one, filled with all sorts of details. Staff is quite nice too ^So here is where things start. Yup, it isn't the prettiest of jobs for gluing, especially where that staff meets the shoulder. It just wouldn't stick when I put it together, and I think at the time I didn't have my pinning stuff yet. Could be wrong, but for now that's the story I'm sticking with! ^While it was tempting to try and sculpt something, given she's already glued down, I figured I'd use a mix I had made up ages ago of various grades of what I think was Woodland Scenics ballast because it's quick, easy, convenient, and the grains are all sized slightly differently.... And that add a bit more later on, be it rocks and/or various bushes or whatever. Right off the bat I'm going to say this: I so didn't get all of the seams, and I'm more or less okay with such. Sadly, a lot of them are in really odd places (who puts a seam in the middle of several cloak folds?) ^How things look now. Ahhh, Grey Liner, you're ever so useful it seems. It's pretty much become my go-to for priming, and I love how the colours seem to be somewhat different as they set along the various parts of the mini. I do understand that having fully assembled her things will be difficult, but it was originally a mini hubby was going to paint, and he asked she be assembled... So I'm taking it as a challenge to undertake now, yes, let's go with that one! Going to be letting the liner dry and fully set/cure/whateverit'scalled and am hoping to spend a bit of time every night on her this week!
My FLGS is doing a Halloween themed painting contest. As your entry needs to be purchased in store I decided to go with a Hordes miniature I had been eyeing for awhile, Lady Karianna Rose, Grymkin Solo. I put her on a Secret Weapon base and added a couple of pumpkins, now on to primer.
privateer press Trollkin Runebearer- Hordes
Eternalhero1983 posted a topic in Show Off: Paintinghere is a miniature that I recently painted on Twitch
Bog Trog Trawler, Warmachine Hordes fishman
Rigel posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingA fitting adversary for the Benthic Walker and my aquanauts, this burly fishy brute packs a massive steampunky harpoon cannon and a cape made of human leather. (How aquatic species do their leather-tanning, I don't know, but it seems to work for this guy.) He's also adorned with fishhooks, which must be a bold countercultural statement among fishmen. Like a necklace of bullets and syringes for a human, I guess. Big fella, he came with a Large base but could pass for a very burly Medium creature in my opinion. This brute is not some lungbreather hybrid from Innsmouth; this is 100% Deep One stuff. Oh yes, also the rotten hands and bones on the gruesome cape. Trophies of the Ones that Got Away, perhaps?
Gatormen and Bog Trogs from Widower's Wood
odinsgrandson posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingHere are the minis that I painted up for my Widower's Wood set. I've always loved Gatormen, and these minis were all loads of fun. One thing to note is that Widower's Wood makes use of the different colored plastic used for the minis. If you paint them up, you need to have a way to tell them apart. I've seen people paint the bases in bright colors, or paint the whole minis in red or blue, but I prefer a more subtle approach. There are marks on the bases that I painted in red or blue, and I found places on the minis to express these colors as well (feathers, or the fade on the back fins and such). Well, here they are:
Captain Gunnbjorn by Privateer Press
Gargs posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingMy latest completion. Although Gunnbjorn is a warlock for the Hordes table top game, I'm actually going to be using him in my current Pathfinder game as a replacement for the upcoming big bad. As always any C&C are most welcome, especially tips for improvement. I also apologize for the photo quality, still trying to figure things out with the new camera phone -- and I wasn't particularly technologically inclined to begin with. Also I know I should have done more with his assorted bags, but frankly, was starting to get a bit "done" with him. Perhaps I will go back later and add to them. Thanks for looking!
Ragnor Skysplitter, The Runemaster
Gargs posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingFinally got around to finishing up Ragnor Skysplitter by Privateer Press. Available in the Trollblood Starter Box for Hordes. Not my best work, but just reached the point where I needed to move on, and there are some parts that I really like. As always, any C&C would be most welcome! Cheers, Gargs
Well, I'm not actually painting anything at work today...because I'm not going to work today. Suffice to say, we tried a new Chinese restaurant the other day, and it has not gone well. BUT! I posted a teaser in my last Lunch Sessions thread, and now I can go ahead and start this one. Prep work is done, so when I do get back into the office I can actually start laying paint. Here's what's going on this time around: Privateer Press has just started their Minicrate program, a subscription-based monthly "crate" of, well, miniatures. They are all special edition minis available only through the crate subscription. When I saw the first mini they planned to release, I almost got a subscription before realizing I probably wouldn't care overmuch about most of the minis involved past the first...we'll see if I regret that decision later, but the good news is: @chaosscorpion did subscribe, and was willing to work out a trade for the Swamp Siren in exchange for a warlock for his fledgling Trollbloods army. (if you care to see the mini in question, @Ghool just posted a really lovely painted version) Chaosscorpion was good enough to send the Swamp Siren over already, so I have her waiting for the day I paint her up...I have plans to do a resin-water base for her eventually. And I have procured and prepped Borka Kegslayer: I do have one specific instruction for this fella: Tartan! Chaosscorpion also provided a specific family tartan for me to replicate: Now, I've done a good bit of freehand, and a fair number of stripes, but never any actual plaid. So I decided I'd get some practice in first, which is where this preview pic comes in: This is the backside of one of the new Wizkids Pathfinder unpainted line, from the "Merchants" set. By way of a quick review, these are cheap and nicely detailed. They are pre-prepped and pre-primed, and I was impressed with both the lack of mold lines (still a few, but nothing egregious. For NPCs or townsfolk I'm not too worried) and the complete coverage of the primer. I was surprised to find the primer was every bit as hydrophobic as bare Bonesium, but eventually I got a basecoat down. I'm planning to paint her dress in plaid, using the Aitken tartan: I chose this tartan because it has roughly the same pattern as Chaosscorpion's, although in different colors. It's likely I'm overthinking the process, but I want to be as accurate as I can when I get to the plaid on Borka. So that's where I am at this point. I likely won't do any further painting until Wednesday (there's an office Halloween thing tomorrow), but I've got a bit of a start!
Borka Kegslayer (PrivPress 71021) for Chaosscorpion
Sanael posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingAs seen in my Lunch Sessions WiP thread, here's the finished product of Borka Kegslayer, the stumbling-drunk warlock for Privateer Press' Trollbloods faction. I painted this guy up as part of a trade with @chaosscorpion , so the mini will be on his way across the state in the near future, unless CS sees something terribly terribly off. Basing is left to Chaosscorpion to better match his army. The plaid is a specific tartan, I'm pretty pleased with it. I'm pleased that this mini pushed me into doing plaid, which I'd never done before. Borka also comes with a kegbearing Pyg. The kegstamp is, like the debossed pattern on the back of Borka's jacket, the symbol of the Trollbloods faction. I also enjoy the ridiculously drunken whelp sitting on top of the barrel. Chaosscorpion, let me know if there's anything that needs to change before I put them in the mail!
So I've decided to get back to painting and since trying Hordes I thought painting some Trollblood units would help. You may have seen Sanael's Lunchtime Painting Session 3. We worked a trade and he is painting my first Trollblood Warlock. So I decided to start with a Heavy Warbeast from the Privateer Press Hordes game, Trollblood Faction. At this point I have cleaned up mold lines and am considering the painting process. I think I will work on individual pieces and assembly after I'm say 75% on the paint job. The joints will require a fair amount of work at first glance. Please be critical of the work. I want to get better. I am currently a ReaperCon Bronze level painter looking to get Silver level work.
Swamp Siren - First PP Minicrate Model
Ghool posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingOne for my Patrons that is the first model from PP's Minicrate subscription model service. This one was a fun paint, and a pretty nice model. We'll see if they can maintain it!
Aku-chan paints... Skin and Moans
aku-chan posted a topic in Works in Progress: PaintingI held out for almost 5 days before I could no longer resist starting something from my Grymkin starter set. Wasn't sure what I wanted to paint, but a bit of dice rolling randomly selected the Skin and Moans Warbeast:- The Internet has lied to me though. According to an un-boxing video I watched, I should've been able to assemble the whole starter set in about 3 hours, but it took me 2 hours to do just this one guy.
Hordes 2 Player Battle Box
Gargs posted a topic in Works in Progress: PaintingSo, because I have a bit of Hobby ADD as I like to call it, and because I really wasn't in a painting mood yesterday but was in a hobby mood (go figure) I decided to start on my Hordes Two Player Battle Box. I decided in addition to getting started on this, and documenting my misadventures as a newbie hobbiest/hobbier? I would also conduct a bit of a product review along with it. I figure that this box is intended, at least in part, for new players, and as such, may also include those new to the hobby. So I'll document start to finish (fair warning, it will be a long time before I get it fully complete) while also providing commentary on the quality, etc. So, for starters, this is a compliment to the Warmachine game (could also be called the second side of the same coin). The two games are fully compatible. The box itself comes with a starting army for the Trollblood and Skorne factions (hence Two Player). From a pricing standpoint, the value of the box in terms of content is somewhat dependent on whether you are just looking to paint the models, or if you are also looking to get into playing the game. The box retails for about $90 but you can likely find it cheaper if you look around a bit (I myself got it for about 33% off). As for the contents, you'll get 28 minis (if my math/memory serves) divided evenly between the two factions. Additionally, you get various tokens and other bits you can use for playing the game but which are not related to the actual painting side of things. Fair warning though, those 28 models include 10 models in each faction that are part of the same unit and thus, will be fairly similar. If you were to buy the models separately though (or rather as they can currently be purchased outside the two player box) you'd pay about $150 retail, so from that standpoint, its a great deal. Even better is if you have a friend that is looking to get into it as well and you can split the box with them. I'm a masochist though and actually bought the box for the sake of having some of each faction and for the experience/joy/pain of assembling and painting them. Anyway, removing the non-model related items from the box leaves you with this: Huh, how bad could that be right? Well, I decided to start with the three troll warbeasts which are contained together in one of the plastic bags shown, and when opened, leave you with this: I seem to remember counting 24 pieces for the three beasts though I only see 22 here. Its possible there's a couple small pieces hiding, or that I just miscounted (no worries though, I know I'm not missing any pieces). As I prepped these for assembly, I ran into my first complaint. The mold lines on these pieces are quite plentiful, rather noticeable, and often times poorly placed (like right down the center of the face). Fortunately I am not a perfectionist and am willing to say "good enough" but the plastic mold lines do come up easily enough with a hobby knife provided you can get the knife in there. I got what I could, but didn't go nuts on it. We'll see how bad it looks when they get primed. As for assembly, these are actually pretty easy to assemble so far. The torso pieces can fit into any of the leg pieces and although the three beasts all carry a different armament, its easy to match the arms up with the torsos because of the shape of the pegs. The downside to this is that there isn't a lot of room for mixing and matching the pieces between the three. You could probably work the shield onto any of the three if you really wanted, and there's a pauldron that you could likely do the same with, but that's about it. That said though, assembly was pretty easy which is good for a product targeting new players. So here are the three beasts mostly assembled. The remaining pieces will be added later as I paint so as to allow better access to all parts of the models. From left to right are the Troll Bouncer, Troll Impaler, and Troll Axer who I shall call Dalton, Vlad, and Lizzie respectively. Dalton is currently a bit forward leaning and needs his shield in order to stand still for the picture. Or maybe he's just drunk, not sure. Anyway, next step will be priming and then they will probably sit for a few days while I a) work on some other models, b) let the primer cure (I use brush on) and c) go out of town. As always feel free to add in any questions and C&C (though not much to C&C yet I realize). :P
Anson Durst and Zaal, the Ancestral Advocate
Ghool posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingCouple things for Patrons: Anson Durst: Zaal:
Hordes Nephilim Soldier
Clearman posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingA little distraction that I've been working on for a while. It actually sat on the shelf primed and ready for quote a while before I decided to tackle it in full. I'm also trying out a new photo background. Seems to be helping. Comments and Critiques welcome.
Iron Kingdoms Unleasehd Party
odinsgrandson posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingI really love making minis for our RPG group- and here is a party for one of our campaigns. The group consisted of three trollkin and a farrow (who might have been a trollkin in a previous life- or maybe the next one). Only the first one has no conversion elements. The one with the fell blades was a Fell Caller with Doomreaver levels. Overall, I feel that this was one of our poorer intelligence parties- it was kind of a surprise that they ever got much done.
Teraph - Priivateer Press
Mutilatedlips posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingTeraph from privateer press. I'm very sad right now. I should have 2 minis to post, but the paint crackled up in some areas when I spray sealed the other. It even happened a little bit on one of this guys legs. I've sealed a lot of minis so far and have never seen that happen. I'm going to have to strip the other one and start over :( Then a leg came off this guy while basing him. Not sure what happened to the glue and putty. Then I look down and paint flaked off in a ring all the way around one of his ankles??? I may have over did it with the snow too. I felt like a Big Fail after painting, but the next day I looked at him and realized I cleaned it up pretty good and was a bit more happy about the mini.
Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight - PP Hordes
Ghool posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingThagrosh, Prophet of Everblight. The very first Legion of Everblight model I have ever painted. All thanks to my Patrons for choosing it. Now, one of them gets to win it. Rest assured, there are videos coming out that will feature this big fella, covering both his skin, and horns. However, YouTubers will have to wait until January 9 for the public release of the first video. You can watch them if you're a Patron before the end of the month. He was a really fun model to paint. He's one of those models that has just the right amount of detail. Enough bits and bobs to make it fun, and not tedious. I think I sunk about 20 hours into this one, although it didn't seem like it at all. He was actually finished quicker than it felt. And that's probably because I was really enjoying myself. I stuck pretty closely to the studio scheme here as well. Onto the pics!
PP: Una the Falconer - A new meaning of 'Highly Detailed'
Ghool posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingIn case you don't follow my channel, or my Patreon page, this is what is known as the 'Monthly Model'. Patrons vote on a model I should paint. I paint it. Then I raffle it off to my Patrons. This is the first. The first of many more to come. Enough text. Pictures. Right?? And a 360 video: https://youtu.be/k26VgNfIaiA
Privateer Press Carnivean
JackMann posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingPicked up some Hordes minis cheap and thought this guy would make a fun monster for my players. Came out a bit glossier than I intended. Put on some matte sealer on after the gloss, but I think I oversealed it. The white markings are supposed to be tendons and ligaments. A friend pointed out that it looked like it had outgrown its shell, so I was trying to make it look like raw, exposed muscle. The bones are done with a simple bone color, followed by a wash, then highlighted and finally given an edge highlight. It doesn't show up so well here, but there's a fair amount of Blood For the Blood God slathered around on the red bits. The basing was done with oxid paste, painted and highlighted, and done up with a little static grass and some swamp tufts. Not sure what stats I'll give him, but it should be a fun fight.
Lidless Eye Hobbies: The Lizardfolk
Lidless Eye posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingPreparing for the Isle of Dread, I painted up a selection of Lizard Guys! A bunch are from Reaper, there's some Warhammer Lizardmen, and even Wrong-Eye from Hordes. There's no group shot for these, as there's a NSFW Bones Medusa in that one who wasn't as blocked by a Saurus as I thought she was when I was snapping away on the phone.
One last shot at these WIP things. I've got a themed WIP here: Dave's Thornfall Alliance. I'm giving them a wasteland theme, and right now, I've got: Lord Carver, BMMD, Esq., III Rorsh & Brine Razor Boars (x2) Slaughterhousers (Leader & 5 Grunts) Farrow Brigands (Leader & 9 Grunts) Farrow Brigand Warlord Meat Thresher War Hog Maximus ...so this is going to be a fairly long WIP, which you are joining already in progress. Some of these guys are already based: Carver, Rorsh & Brine, and the Razor Boars 2 Random Farrow (from Iron Kingdoms Unleashed), and the Slaughterhousers I started working on Lord Carver, Bringer of Much Massive Destruction, Esquire, the Third (known as Immortan Carver from here on) first (after finishing my Secret Sophie project). Immortan Carver's Pretty Much Everybody's Basecoat: Cloak/Loincloth - Sample Rusty Red Fur/Flesh - Sample Muddy Brown Shoulder Fur - P3 Cryx Bane Highlight Steel - Vallejo Oily Steel Bronze - GW Tin Bitz (Warplock Bronze) Leather - Reaper 09110 Oiled Leather Tusks - GW Kommando Khaki (Karak Stone) At the point in the above photos, his cloak had been highlighted with Reaper 09111 Burnt Orange, and his metallics had been washed with P3 Armor Wash.
Lord Carver, BMMD, Esq. III [Privateer Press; PIP75027]
dsmiles posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingFirst warlock for my Thornfall Alliance Fury Road-themed army. Meet Immortan Carver: Kind of a speed paint; I probably only spent a total of about four hours on him. Been in a bit of a slump lately, and I'm trying to break out of it. As always, c & c welcome. EDIT: Whoops. Totally forgot to add his dead grass tufts before the photos. BACK TO THE WORKBENCH, CARVER!


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Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, yesterday disclosed that the country's regulatory clash with telecommunication giant, MTN, was "damaging." She however said the matter is being sorted out. According to her, the federal government is engaging investors to explain what is happening with MTN.
The minister, who was responding to a question on the recent sanction that was imposed on MTN Nigeria Communications Limited by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), during a session at the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, yesterday, stated that the telecommunications firm only provided what the CBN requested after the bank ordered it and some affected Deposit Money Banks to refund about $8.1bn. "The MTN incident was a very damaging one for us and that was one of the reasons why we have been out trying to engage our investors. But you see there is a tendency for big businesses to take regulation and government for granted.
"Only after that incident happened, all of the information that the CBN had been trying to get for months actually came out. Now, I think they are up to a point where they have almost solved the problem. This is information that the CBN governor had personally met with MTN, with the key banks involved and had asked them to provide the information," she said. Meanwhile, MTN has said it is holding talks with Nigerian officials to find a "mutually acceptable solution" to a dispute over the alleged transfer of $8.1 billion. MTN made this known in a statement released in Johannesburg, yesterday.
The company said that further announcement on the issue would be made in due course. "Shareholders are advised to continue to exercise caution when dealing in the company's securities until a further announcement is made," MTN said.
MTN and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are in a dispute over the transfer of $8.1 billion which the bank said the company had sent abroad and breaches foreign-exchange regulations. But governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, while addressing reporters on October 7 in London said the apex bank may reduce the amount it had ordered MTN Nigeria to repatriate. Emefiele said that new documents provided by the telecom company would help to reduce the size of the claim.


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Superheroes — both the fictional and real-life variety — definitely get things done and are celebrated by the masses for their gallant efforts in keeping the peace. But at the same time, all those pats on the back won't pay the bills.
This is what emerges when Thor has a hilarious catch up with his roommate Darryl Jacobson, who we met in the first Team Thor video. Back then, the hammer-wielding hero from Asgard, who we also know as Chris Hemsworth, explained, mockumentary style, that he needed a little "me" time. Living with "average, everyday guy" Jacobson gave him the stability he was so craving after saving the world in Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013).
But, now it's rent time.
Jacobson has a talk with the Norse god about sorting out the bills. It turns out Thor idea of contributing financially is to throw down coins from his world, which are worth gazillions of human dollars… errr, that's according to Thor. Unfortunately, the banks of Earth aren't going to recognize the proposed exchange rate.
Jacobson politely suggests Thor get a proper, tangible job — with an income.
You can check out Thor's reaction in the below:
We hope Thor enjoys his downtime living in a "flat" in Australia, because he'll be called to duty soon enough with Thor: Ragnarok premiering later this year (November 3). He'll reunite with his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), his half-brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), and the gatekeeper, Heimdall (Idris Elba). But there's a new baddie in town, Hela, the Goddess of Death, played by Cate Blanchett.
We can also look for Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in the third installment of the Thor franchise.
Speaking of the latter Marvel hero, concept art for Thor: Ragnarok has recently been released, featuring Thor and the Hulk. We find the two in a stadium, battling it out gladiator style:
But, back to the issue at hand: Thor needs the skills to pay the bills.
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