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'Opening nights? They're not the Leaving Cert'
Nominee: Garrett Lombard. photographs: steffan hill and catherine ashmore
Nominee: Marty Rea. photographs: steffan hill and catherine ashmore
Nominees: Aaron McCusker. photographs: steffan hill and catherine ashmore
Nominee: Declan Conlon. photographs: steffan hill and catherine ashmore
The four nominees for Best Actor at the 'Irish Times' Irish Theatre Awards talk about their acting lives and their futures
Three of the four best-actor nominees in this year's Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards made the shortlist for roles in plays by Tom Murphy, underlining his status as an actor's writer. The fourth, Aaron McCusker, who played Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, is more unusual, given his recent focus on television and the casual way his stage role came about.
Here, the four actors talk about their parts and how they deal with the uncertainty of an acting life.
Garrett Lombard
As Tom in Conversations on a Homecoming for Druid Theatre Company, Galway
As well as having the astute direction of Garry Hynes to guide him, Garrett Lombard says he also benefited from the presence of the Tom Murphy, the play's writer, during early rehearsals for Conversations on a Homecoming. "Tom and I had several discussions about the character. It was great to be able to access his insight. I think he understood I had a firm grasp on it from an early stage, and he didn't interfere at all. He just had a nice wry grin on his face."
Lombard had been talking to Hynes about the role for two years before it came to fruition, so by the start of rehearsals he had read a lot of material related to Murphy's work. But it was a personal connection that helped Lombard unlock the character of Tom.
"The main thing for me was that the character was not able to get out of his environment. In my own case, if I didn't do what I do, and had stayed at home in the small town I'm from, I could have turned out not too dissimilar."
He perfected the accent by listening to Murphy speak and by trying to mix a midlands and an east Galway accent. The character is still at the back of his mind, and he is rejoining the cast for an upcoming tour.
As one of Ireland's most in-demand stage actors, Lombard is well placed to assess whether Irish theatre is capturing the mood of the country. "Theatre is not in a bad state by any means, but I understand questions as to whether or not we have addressed what happened to Ireland in the past five or six years. I think maybe we should be investing more in new writers and encourage them to get out some big, epic plays about the recession and about institutions letting us down. We are probably a bit lacking in that respect, but it's not because of a lack of talent."
Lombard did channel into Tom some of his dissatisfaction with Ireland's economic state. "He brings up a lot of grievances with the world. His take on the church, the government and the state of the nation are still applicable – and possibly even more now since the recession. His anger about all those things really clicked with me. I am quite angry about it too."
Aaron McCusker
As Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
McCusker hadn't taken on any stage work for several years, in part because of his success playing Jamie Maguire in the Channel 4 series Shameless. He called the Lyric Theatre in Belfast to ask if any roles were coming up, then auditioned for the part of Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's play. He met its director, Graham McLaren, who suggested he take on the role of Algernon.
Returning to theatre and learning lots of lines was not so unusual for McCusker. "With Shameless, the scripts arrived so late you sometimes had about five minutes before filming to learn the lines. They were so well written that they were easy to learn, and that was the same with this play.
"McLaren kept telling me not to play it for comedy; that it would come out of it naturally, as it is one of the best comedies in the English language. We broke the script down into beats, and he definitely got the best performance out of me, as well as my fellow actors."
Having last year secured an agent in the US, McCusker is now spending six weeks in Los Angeles during "pilot season", in the hope of getting a part in the next big television series to come out of Hollywood.
"There are about 70 pilots in production, and so the aim is to get a meeting for one of them," he says. "Only half of them will be made into series, so I could end up on one that doesn't get made. I want to give this a try, though, as I don't want to look back 10 years down the line and say, 'What if?'
"The theatre-awards nomination is great for my CV. Already, the casting directors here in LA have remarked on it, so it will definitely benefit me."
Working on stage for the first time since 2003 has whetted McCusker's appetite for theatre work again. "This gave me the buzz for it. To be honest, there is nothing better as an actor than to get up every night to perform a play and make it look like you're doing it for the first time. "
Marty Rea
As Michael in A Whistle in the Dark for Druid Theatre Company, Galway
Rea says his role as Michael, the Irish emigrant in London trying to make a claim for a new life amid family turmoil, was easy to relate to. "An awful lot of Irish men would be well positioned to play those parts," he says. "There is a thing within Irish families where the father finds it hard to connect emotionally. There's a line in a Brian Friel play that goes something like, 'We can't ask each other how we are doing because we're embarrassed of each other.' A lot of men in Ireland could go into those plays already very well prepared."
Rea, who is originally from Belfast, had to perfect a Galway – or, more specifically, Tuam – accent to play Michael. "I'm not pretending at all we were getting the Tuam accents spot on," he says. "I think none of us in the cast was from Galway, but enough of us hit around the same mark and came up with a sound that was universal to us."
Rea believes there is an over-reliance on opening nights, as he continues to work on his character during the run. This makes it particularly satisfying to be going on tour again with DruidMurphy later this year. "Such a fuss is made about opening nights, and they are treated like the Leaving Cert," he says. "Some people think that once you get it right on that night, you are sorted. The number of times I get to opening night and I think, Well, this will take a while to fall into place. I never leave it alone. It'll be great going back to it."
Named best actor in 2010 for playing Hamlet, Marty Rea says prizes were never a motivation. "I didn't think about awards for myself when I was doing the DruidMurphy project, but I knew we were in something that could garner a lot of them. That was just from sitting in rehearsals and watching the others. I thought everyone involved should have got a nomination."
Rea has just finished playing Philip Ashley in My Cousin Rachel at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. DruidMurphy aside, many of his recent roles have been in period dramas, he says. "It probably has to do with a certain look, in that I am tall and skinny and I fit a lot of clothes of the 1920s."
Declan Conlon
As Christy in The House for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Awards night could be awkward for Conlon, as both he and his partner, Catherine Walker, are nominated in the best-actor and -actress categories in this year's awards.
"There'll be fierce competition," he says, jokingly. "She has one already. I have a best-supporting-actor award and she has a best-actress one, so hers are pushed forward on the mantelpiece and mine are farther back, out of view. To be honest, it is a great help to have a partner who works in the same business. We both understand the oddness and insecurity of it."
Conlon says that as soon as he read The House, he knew he was on to something special. "The role of Christy was a brilliant part. Initially in the rehearsal room, with Annabelle Comyn on board as a terrific director and a great cast, I thought it was shaping up to be a special show, and that's not always the case. I've done wonderful parts before and had that feeling, but it sometimes didn't materialise during the run."
Conlon's character, from the west of Ireland, is a pimp in London. Conlon had to resist being judgmental. "His intentions are good, but he is also violent," he says. "I had to be open to that contradiction and not try and put a blanket decision, in moral terms, over the character. I have missed this part. I don't always miss the characters. Some shows stay with you. But with others, as soon as it has finished it's gone, and a week later I wouldn't be able to remember a line."
This month, Conlon takes up a role in Drum Belly, a new Richard Dormer play at the Abbey; he is one of the small number of Irish actors who are constantly in demand. Not that the acting life ever allows him to become complacent. "You get used to the insecurity because you have to," he says. "It doesn't get easier, but you get better at trusting that things come along. Catherine and I give each other space at home when we are in demanding roles."


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Strategically located on a rock above the Oslo Fjord, the Akershus Fortress kept watch over the safety of King Håkon V and his Norwegian subjects during the Middle Ages. Akershus is still a military base, which is why you'll see adolescents patrolling with bushy feathers on their heads. The fortress is open to the public. Foreign visitors take in its history here, while locals enjoy strolling around the area.
The modernistic city hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded each year, seems to want to steal the show in Oslo, but with the ultramodern Opera House, a new eye-catcher has joined the competition. However, the proud Akershus Fortress has dominated the skyline along the Oslo Fjord for 7 centuries. Construction on Akershus began in 1299 to repel invasions from warmongering Sweden. Nowadays, it serves a much more peaceful function as a place where locals walk their dogs and tourists enjoy views of the harbour. Open air concerts are also often held here.
The angular buildings and stocky towers with battlemented walls several metres thick appear utterly medieval, but the inside of the fortress is less stringent. After all kinds of invasion attempts with countless cannonballs were fended off, more leisurely times arrived. King Christian IV took advantage of this possibility to convert the castle into a Renaissance palace with majestic ballrooms.
The complex, which now extends much further than the fortress walls, still houses military barracks and also serves as the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence. When there are no state visits, military ceremonies or other official events taking place, visitors are welcome in the dungeons, royal rooms and castle chapel. A self-guided tour is always possible, but those wanting to learn about the 700 years of history of the fortress are advised to take a guided tour.
Nowadays, it is a popular place to hang out, but quite a bit of blood has been shed in and around the fortress over the years. During World War II, Norwegian resistance fighters were executed by Nazi firing squads here, while the same happened to collaborators after the war. You'd never know. The fortress walls, covered in lush grass, are perfect for walking or picnicking while enjoying panoramic views of the harbour and city. There are 2 museums that can be visited. During the summer, there is an outdoor café where you can enjoy a cup of coffee, sandwich or cold beer.
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Getting Your Supplies Ready
Follow these steps to open up a sterile pad or kit:
- Wash your hands with soap and running water for at least 1 minute. Wash the backs, palms, fingers, and between your fingers thoroughly. Wash for as long as it takes you to slowly say the alphabet or sing the "Happy Birthday" song 2 times through. Dry with a clean paper towel.
- Use the special flap to start to pull back the paper wrapper of your pad or kit. Open it so that the inside faces away from you.
- Pinch the other sections on the outside, and pull them back gently. Do not touch the inside. Everything inside the pad or kit is sterile except for the 1-inch border around it.
- You can drop other supplies onto the middle of the pad. Throw the wrapper away.
Your gloves may be separate or inside your sterile kit. Follow these steps to get your gloves ready:
- Wash your hands again the same way you did the first time. Dry with a clean paper towel.
- If the gloves are in your kit, pinch the glove wrapper to pick it up, and place it on a clean, dry surface next to the pad.
- If the gloves are in a separate package, open the outer wrapper and place the open package on a clean, dry surface next to the pad.
Putting on Your Gloves
It?s important to put your gloves on carefully. Follow these steps:
- Wash your hands again the same way you did the first time. Dry with a clean paper towel.
- Open the wrapper so that the gloves are laying out in front of you, but do not touch them.
- With your writing hand, grab the other glove by the folded wrist cuff.
- Slide the glove onto your hand. It helps to keep your hand straight and thumb tucked in.
- Leave the cuff folded. Be careful not to touch the outside of the glove.
- Pick up the other glove by sliding your fingers into the cuff.
- Slip the glove over the fingers of this hand. Keep your hand flat and do not let the thumb touch your skin.
- Both gloves will have a folded over cuff. Reach under the cuffs and pull back towards your elbow.
Once your gloves are on, do not touch anything except your sterile supplies. If you do touch something else, remove the gloves, wash your hands again, and go through the steps to open and put on a new pair of gloves.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if you are having trouble using the sterile technique.
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Jennifer K. Mannheim, ARNP, Medical Staff, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Seattle Childrens Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Epic fantasy is one of the few genres that combines all the others like adventure, suspense, mystery, magic, and romance into one great read. Lately, I think films and TV series like The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones are finally showing how 'fantastic' this genre can be to people who might never have discovered it on their own. But the books are usually much more complex and engaging than the movies, and there are so many great epic fantasies out there that will probably never see a TV screen. So, with Game of Thrones on hiatus (and the very last season coming up), I'd like to share a few of my favorite epic fantasy books with you today to help tide you over.
The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan. Anthony Ryan has created a world where drake blood is the most highly prized commodity in the world as it can bestow superhuman powers for a short time on a select few, the blood-blessed, who drink it. Difficult to get, the supply of dragon blood is controlled by several rival corporate syndicates who now know that the dragons are weakening and may soon die out. So, the race is on to find another, mythical breed of drake that can offer to restore this power and make the syndicate who finds it the most powerful in the world.
The book follows an unregistered blood-blessed as he searches for the drake; a lieutenant, the second in command of a blood-burning ironclad ship; and a spy, a young woman in a lifelong contract to a trading syndicate, whose espionage mission places her on the front lines of a newly declared war. Ryan combines fast action, a steampunk feel, and incredible world-building to create one of the better epic fantasy series in the last few years.
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher. Jim Butcher, author of the amazing Harry Dresden series, entered the realm of epic fantasy with this stunning debut quite different from his fantasy detective series, but equally well written. There are six books in total to the Codex Alera series, but this is the first. Butcher combines ancient Roman culture, magic, and some very hostile species and flawlessly weaves them together to create a world where humans have carved a place for themselves on an alien world using magic. Several thousand years ago a Roman legion found themselves on the world of Alera. Finding the world already occupied with several other sapient races, humans had to fight to make a place for themselves. They found that they could call upon and bond with furies, elementals associated with earth, air, water, fire and metal to manipulate the world around them. Some Alerans were much stronger in furycrafting than others and these men and women became High Lords who ruled the human population with the First Lord being the most powerful of all.
Thousands of years later an uneasy truce has held for almost two decades between the native Marat and the new Alerans. However, the High Lords are ruthlessly jockeying for position to take over for the ailing First Lord whose heir died in the last battle between the two species. A young boy, Tavi, who lives on a steadhold away from the capital and seemingly far from all of these political machinations, has problems of his own. Tavi has no magic, no furies to control; only his courage and wits to help him survive on a world where magic is not only the key to power but to survival itself. And yet the fate of his people and even the world of Alera end up on his shoulders.
Butcher blends political intrigue, war and magic and melds them in a coming of age story that shows sometimes your differences can be your strengths. Fans of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones will love the conspiracy, fighting, and the twist and turns that leave you guessing as to who is allied with who. Really, all this book lacks is a dragon or two. Or does it?
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. The first in The Stormlight Archive series, I think this is the best start to a fantasy series I've ever read, and that's saying a lot going up against writers like Tolkien, Jordan, Martin and Goodkind. Really I love all of Sanderson's work, but The Way of Kingsshows just how epic, epic fantasy can be. He starts by creating Roshar, a world that in a way he has made into a character of its own shaped by a cycle of Desolations that destroys life on Roshar over and over during these periods. Everything and everyone on this world is driven by the need to create a place of shelter and sustenance and then keep it or fight to take another's. However, it has been millennia since the last Desolation and the only reminders are the terrible storms, the harsh landscape that people have forged into various kingdoms and the few invincible weapons and armor left behind by the Radiant Knights who once protected the world as best they could from the evil of the Desolation.
The book follows several characters as their stories slowly come together and reveal a classic story of intrigue, war and magic characteristic of epic fantasy. Kaladin, a gifted young soldier is defeated in battle, enslaved and now fights to regain his freedom. Elsewhere in the world, Shallin, a young noblewoman who's not exactly what she seems, seeks to regain her family's fortune. Their stories intertwine with other characters and create a world that is so intricate and detailed you get caught up in it and don't want to come back. Sanderson has a real talent for description that makes you feel like you see, hear, smell, touch and even taste the surroundings and the action. I highly recommend this book, but be warned, you will be hooked.
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. Weeks' Lightbringer series starts with The Black Prism, and the fourth book, The Blood Mirror, has just been released. This is another fantasy series with political rivalry and strife that is causing neighboring nations, called satrapies, to rebel against the lands' ruler, the Prism, Gavin Guile. The Prism has the ability to manipulate light from all spectrums to create things or destroy them, and Gavin is the most powerful Prism in generations. However, Gavin, despite being the most powerful man in the world, Emperor of the Seven Satrapies, has very little real say in governing the world. And he has a secret, one that he would do anything to protect and one that could bring chaos to the land again after sixteen years without civil war. The reader enters the story at the point where Gavin finds out he has a fifteen-year-old son, Kip, conceived before the battle where Gavin defeated his brother to become the Prism.
Kip's very existence can unravel the plans Gavin has made and reveal the secret he's desperately trying to hide. Meanwhile Kip is offered the opportunity to develop his own powers that manifested while he was trying to escape from the rebel king who destroyed his home. Weeks does a great job creating this world and its compelling magic system based on using the light spectrum. The fact that using magic slowly drains you and can drive you insane or eventually kill you makes the magic that much more plausible. Gavin knows he has only five years left to accomplish his plans, so he is driven to act fast, and the pace of the book reflects this. Also, Weeks really has a way of keeping you guessing. Just when you think you have the whole thing figured out and know Gavin's secret, the story twists and leaves you incredulous over the ending. But no spoilers, you'll just have to read it yourself.
So, give these books a try and for more adventures try a few other epic fantasy authors like Tad Williams, Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Jennifer Fallon, and John Flanagan.


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Those who are into the surfing aspect of this sport....I know it has been mentioned on this forum before, but the new Firewire boards are incredible. I have had my boards now for a year or so with not one sign of pressure ding or abuse. Firewire is working on weight, but right now they are still very light. I challenge anyone to break a new constructed model. It is nearly impossible in the water and I have yet to even come close.
The new Hellfire 508 is a skatey, snappy, and very lively board. It goes upwind like a charm especially with the Deviant Fin. The fin cants to whichever way you are heading and locks in place.
Please post your Firewire comments and let's hear more feedback!


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This CAVE system has 3D spacial recognition technology, the ability to "place sound" over a 5.1 sound system, an infrared camera tracking system, a floor that can thump to accent gameplay and haptic feedback through a Wii remote.
So what do you do with all of that impressive technology? Play Fruit Ninja of course!


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Born on 2011 from Serena and Ilaria's love for events, party, fun and all things luxurious, after several years full of passion and commitment, Italian Event Planners has become a big agency capable of creating events and destination wedding with unique style and personality and great impact.
From destination weddings, intimate celebrations to corporate, Government or Charity events, Italian Event Planners coordinates the entire affair including all services at each stage. Our event coordinators have an eye for details because that makes any event unique and unforgettable on total respecting of our clients needs.
"Our skills are focused and we are determined to produce impressive results"
Italian Event Planners has agencies in Amalfi Coast, Florence, Turin, Como Lake, Polignano a Mare and Rome. Where could be better to host your wedding or event than Italy? The country is synonymous with life style, historical venues, magnificent views, lively entertainment, gastronomic excellence and sunshine, you and your guests will be left with wonderful memories of your special day.
Also we can provide special assistant on site for people coming from USA as we have an agency based in San Diego – California, and for guests coming from Russia we have an agency based in Saint Petersburg as well.
All our event coordinators are skilled not only on the planning aspect but also when it comes with direct knowledge of the territory where they operate. In this way we can guarantee you a full assistance for you and your guests.
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If you would like to meet the two brand creators in the flesh, you should address and think to the amazing Amalfi Coast. Serena and Ilaria, there, together with the indispensable Silvia and Nicca, will lead you through the choice of the perfect location both in one edge of the Coast and also in the Sorrento's one, as well as the divine Capri, even suggesting unspoilt places such as Cilento Coast and much more. In fact, thanks to the perfect knowledge of the Capital city's territory, Serena, the owner of the group, will be pleased to show you around in Rome and in the nearby, offering you the best that a magnificent city like this one has to offer.
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Allow us to assist you during the planning of your special day!
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Flavor Flav's Las Vegas Felony Trial Set for September
A Las Vegas judge has scheduled a September trial for Public Enemy's Flavor Flav on felony charges he chased and threatened his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife.
A court spokeswoman says the case is set for Sept. 30 in Clark County District Court for the 54-year-old former rap and reality TV star. His legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
He could get up to 12 years in prison if he's convicted.
Drayton pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Nevada state court to felony assault with a weapon and child endangerment charges stemming from a family argument last October.
His attorney didn't immediately respond to messages.
A local judge who heard the teen testify last month decided there was enough evidence for Drayton to stand trial in state court.


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Blue Fish Development Group joins Alfresco Gold Partner Program
Blue Fish Development Group, Ltd., an ECM-focused consulting and application development firm based in Austin, TX, today announced that Blue Fish has become a member of the Alfresco Software Gold Partner Program
Austin, TX and London, United Kingdom — August 14, 2009 —Alfresco Software, Inc., the leading provider of open source enterprise content management (ECM) software, and Blue Fish Development Group, Ltd., an ECM-focused consulting and application development firm based in Austin, TX, today announced that Blue Fish has become a member of the Alfresco Software Gold Partner Program.
The strategic relationship provides Alfresco with an experienced ECM sales and delivery partner focused on Texas. This region offers Alfresco considerable growth potential, being the third largest US region in the Alfresco community.
"We're very excited to have Blue Fish join our team. They are one of the most experienced, exclusively ECM-focused consulting firms in the US," said John Newton, CTO and Chairman of Alfresco. "Blue Fish has a track record of successfully delivering creative ECM solutions, building ECM user communities to share knowledge and solving challenging business problems for Fortune 1000 companies. They bring to open source ECM invaluable expertise based on over a decade of development on traditional ECM systems."
For Blue Fish, the partnership marks a strategic decision to embrace enterprise open source. The openness of the platform and the support of the large open source community make it easy to innovate with Alfresco, which will help Blue Fish service their clients better and provide complete solutions at a lower price point.
"We see Alfresco as a game changer in the world of ECM," said Michael Trafton, Founder and CEO of Blue Fish. "Especially in the current economic climate, companies are looking for ways to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of their ECM infrastructure, and Alfresco's open source strategy is a great way to do that. This is especially true for smaller organizations or departments within larger companies that can't justify the expense of a traditional ECM solution. Alfresco really broadens our market by allowing us to take our brand of services to more companies than we have been able to in the past."
Blue Fish and Alfresco are kicking off the partnership with a joint webinar that showcases how Blue Fish leverages Alfresco Share for their project operations.
Download Alfresco's TCO whitepaper.
About Blue Fish Development Group, Ltd.
Blue Fish Development Group helps Fortune 1000 companies plan, design, and implement enterprise content management solutions. Based in Austin, Texas, Blue Fish is in its 11th year of delivering services and products that address the full spectrum of ECM challenges. For more information, visit www.bluefishgroup.com.


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With stones, knifes and tools
I start with Kato
210mm 240mm Gyutos is now in stock only 2 etch
2 x 270mm Suji also in stock !
Big type 30 White Binsui is back in stock !
Zensho gift set or beginner set is available with gift wrapping !
165mm Santoku VG10 and 165mm Nakiri white 2
For the ladys or for the man that do not use they teeth
Maruto nail pro nail clippers, also including gift wrapping
Old stock Marusoku Nail Hammer
They are not made anymore !
Iwasaki Kuri Kogatana 130mm
Thats it for today, more to come tomorrow


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So I do not have anything of my own to share today, I can not bring myself to get up and take photo's. Instead I would like to show you three new patterns from three very talented blogging friends of mine.
First up is Amy - During Quiet Time latest paper piecing pattern. These text fabrics are perfect for the block and isn't that handle beautiful?!
|Photo by Amy - During Quiet Time
Next up is Anna - Noodlehead, she made a beautiful envelope style clutch. The pattern has all sorts of options for a large or small clutch and different flap styles and pockets. So practical and stylish I love it!
|Photo by Anna - Noodlehead
|Photo by Charise - Charise Creates
I will be back once the sneezing has stopped!
x Leila


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Clinton Raps Her Benghazi Critics
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.
She says they don't live in an "evidenced-based world" and that their refusal to accept the administration's statements is regrettable.
In her last interview before she steps down today, Clinton told The Associated Press that the attack in Benghazi was the low point of her time as America's top diplomat. But, she suggested that the furor over the assault would not affect any decisions about her political future.
Congressional Republicans accused the Obama administration of intentionally misleading the public about whether the attack was a protest gone awry or a planned terror attack.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


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Today I'm pleased to introduce "iWaggle3D Asks", a series of special interviews aimed at investigating what it's like to work with the PlayStation Move. Joining us for this debut episode of "iWaggle3D Asks": Insomniac Games.
Having shipped one of the best Move compatible first person shooters out there, I couldn't feel more honored to get the "iWaggle3D Asks" ball rolling by having the creators of Resistance 3 share some insights into the Move implementation process.
So, without further ado…
How many people were involved with the development of the Move controls, and how much time did it take to implement them?
Johan Persson, Senior Programmer: Basically three people and surrounding support: One for implementing the actual feature and one for implementing the user interface so the user can setup their Move controller precisely the way they like it, and last but not least an artist for cross-hairs and user-interfaces. As always, there is involvement from a lead who ensures we focus on the right things, and we also had some dedicated QA resources during development that gave feedback on the touch-and-feel, suggesting tweaks and finding obscure bugs. It took a few weeks of on-and-off involvement from everybody to get it in the game.
Did you develop dedicated tools for streamlining the Move implementation process?
Brant Bassart, Lead Gameplay Programmer: Sony did a lot of that work beforehand by developing a kit to assist studios in getting Move support integrated. It was fairly painless to get rudimentary functionality in and at that point it was simply a matter of tweaks and iteration so no special tools were needed.
What was the hardest part to get right?
Johan: The trickiest part to get right from a touch-and-feel standpoint would probably be juggling the need for the player to be able to turn quickly if a threat appears from behind or far to the sides, and simultaneously giving the player the precision needed to aim at targets in his current vicinity. It's a balancing act.
With regards to pointer and camera behavior, could you please provide insights into the research process that eventually led to the final implementation?
Brant: The very first thing we did was play several shooters that already had Move implementation and got a feel for what worked. Seeing what was fun, we condensed these to mechanics that we wanted in Resistance 3. It was important to us, for example, to have precision aiming without an overly sticky aim assist that felt like we were doing too much hand holding.
All PlayStation Move compatible shooters released thus far adopt a floating cursor, the only exception being PlayStation Move Heroes. Its shooting segments adopted a fixed cursor. Did you experiment with that at all?
Brant: We discussed the method but we never implemented it. Although Resistance 3 (played with a traditional controller) is meant to have a reticle fixed in the center of the screen, we believed the Move could deliver a different experience aside from just accepting input. Moving aim from an analog stick to pure wrist control enables much more snappy targeting but one thing we did not want to have is a camera that frantically bounced around everywhere. Likewise, we felt it would have hampered the experience by trying to slow the targeting movement to compensate. As an added bonus of a floating reticle, having the onscreen weapon twist and turn as it faces the target is great feedback and helps players keep track of the reticle when the action gets intense.
How did you go about evaluating the quality of the Move controls? Do you have experienced Move players in the studio?
Brant: Like any other feature, we had a gameplay programmer and designer working together and a QA team banging on it. This included full campaign playthroughs with the Move and also numerous competitive matches.
Now that you've got your feet wet with it, it's fair to assume you'd have an easier time at implementing Move controls, if you were tasked to do so for another shooter. Would you say it would still take more effort compared to implementing traditional dual stick controls?
Johan: We learned a lot implementing the Move, and we have made fundamental changes to our core technology to more easily support the motion-based controllers in future titles or other controllers that might come out, if it is the right fit for those titles.
I guess it's fair to say that much of enjoyment that comes from using Move in shooters depends on users' willingness to adapt to a new control interface, which might be a time consuming if not somewhat frustrating experience, especially for long time dual-stick players. What would you suggest to ease this learning process?
Johan: You may not find that the Move is calibrated to your personal preferences out-of-the-box when you start a game. But it grows on you as you start finding your personal sweet-spot in the settings. It's a bit of an aquired taste and for some of us all the more enjoyable for it. It may not be for everybody. But then again, while they may cater to more people, dual-sticks are not for everybody either.
If you were asked to suggest modifications to the current Move technology, or general design in the context of shooters applications, what would you propose?
Johan: Precision in the controller is key, that goes for the dual-sticks as well as the Move and similar controllers. I think the current generation has much improved on earlier hardware, and I hope any future hardware will take it to the next level. Successfully enabling the user to intuitively use the controller for both large and minute adjustments is also a challenge I hope will keep being improved on.
Many thanks to Johan and Brant for taking the time to answer my questions as well as to Insomniac Games' Senior Community Manager James Stevenson for the amazing support.


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Thanks for the idea burchil, here's the breakdown by rural municipality. Interesting to note that (92/130) 71% of RM's have had a cache placed in them.
Okay this was requested by a few people and probably will be quite helpful for cache hiders around Winnipeg. It's a high res map showing where all the active and archived caches in the Winnipeg area are in relation to city greenspaces (provided by burchil - thanks). One limitation to consider is that only the first stage of multis and pseudo point of puzzles are indicated. That being said it is probably a very handy guide to where there are green spaces devoid of caches (all those yellow coloured parks).
This is a low res overview, the high res can be found here.
Oh, I see I forgot to add a scale bar and lat/long graticule to the map. I anyone really want those on there let me know.
Awesome job on the stats, Dragonfreys. Very interesting. The next question: Is how often can/will you uptade these stats? Is most of the legwork done and it's just a question of updating once in a while or will it require inputing all the data all over again every time you want to update? It would be cool to see the progression over time from now on. Perhaps set a goal for Manitoba, let's say to reach 2000 caches by December 07. The stats could be used kinda like those big thermometers used for fundraising. Just an idea.
You think you have it difficult Dani, try living right in the middle of the blue spot. It makes for less driving around though...
Here a good example of a stats page. This is taken from the geocaching-quebec page.
Only in French, figures...


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
< German Floods Still Bad
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Category: General News
Chinese In Space
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — Chinese astronauts blasted into space today to visit their own precursor to a planned space station. Three astronauts are on a 15-day mission to dock with a space lab and educate young people about science. It is China's fifth manned space mission and will be its longest.


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I just recently built a new computer:
Thermaltake Tsunami Case
450W Power supply
P4 3.6ghz
1gb Corsair DDR2 RAM @ 533mhz
dual hard drives (windows/primary on a 250gb @ 5600rpm, secondary 120gb for storage of media)
ATI X800 XT w/ PCI Express
ASUS p5aD2 motherboard
Windows XP Home
This PC is built to be a powerhouse for today's games (I work with the game industry, so having one is necessary just for gaming). The issue is ever since I built it, this PC has been running extremely slow. The strange part is, it's not technically slow. When the PC is working on a task, it completes it at a speed you'd expect it to. The issue is, it randomly locks up for about 15-20 seconds when trying to open a new window, folder, program etc.
For example, I'm in MS word, I try to open up my computer and it freezes (my mouse still works, windows key, etc....just the swindows frozen) for 15-20 seconds, then resumes as if nothing had happened.
Once it resumes, the speed it opens files or runs processes is normal. I can't pinpoint the issue. The second problem is games. They open at a normal speed, but once IN the game, games often experiece FPS slowdowns or FPS locks for 2 or 3 seconds every time you turn a corner in a shooter, or hit a point where a script is suppose to run. When its not locking up, the games run beautifully. Except it's annoying that if every 10 seconds the pc locks up for 2-3 seconds as if it were experiencing framerate issues.
I'm attempting several things. Most processes are eliminated when I try to run games, etc so that's not an issue.
Any ideas how to make this pc run the right speed are appreciated.
Thank you,


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Oregon mom and daughter guilty in Coca-Cola bottle-cap scam
ALBANY, Ore. – An Oregon mother and daughter who devised an elaborate scheme to scam Coca-Cola in a bottle cap promotion have been sentenced to probation and must pay back almost $50,000 to the corporation.
Carrie Jones, 55, and Sarah Jones, 31, were arrested after corporate investigators in 2011 tracked an unusually high number of winnings to a computer IP address in Albany.
During the promotion, which ran from May to August 2011, customers could text a code found underneath the cap of their Coca-Cola product to see if their code was a winner. Winners then emailed their winning code to Coca-Cola to receive a prize code, redeemable for things like concert tickets.
Prosecutor Coleen Cerda said the odds were against the city of Albany -- let alone one family -- getting so many prizes. Contest rules also specified that a person could win only twice and a household only five times during the four-month promotion.
To avoid the limit, it was alleged that the Joneses' manufactured email addresses using other people's identities. The prize codes were then grouped together and sold online on eBay.
The Joneses, the prosecutor added, never divulged where they got the winning prize codes.
Sarah Jones pleaded guilty Friday to computer crime and identity theft. Carrie Jones pleaded guilty to computer crime.
"It's a heck of a lot of restitution you're agreeing to," Judge Thomas McHill said.
But police Det. Mike Wood told the Albany Democrat-Herald that he thinks the Joneses bilked Coke out of "six figures" worth of prizes.
Neither woman made a statement in court.
"She realizes what she did was wrong," said defense attorney David Denhartigh, speaking for Sarah Jones. "I think she's a good person, and she made a big mistake."


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After project Arena, I am forming a much smaller battle.
Day 1:http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1903
Day 2:http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1913
Day 3:http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1977
Day 4:http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2133
Day 5:http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2234
Day 6: http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2293
Day 7+8: http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2632
Day 9: http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2750
There are 4 factions, the Dimmies/ Undead/mutants, the United States of Amecha, Medeival and droids.
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The Dimmies: Easily the largest faction, but the other 3 factions win if they survive and destroy the dimmies.
Their Objective is to free the Dimmie preist.
An Undead Necromancer.
The Dimmie Preist: He is a hero, but without his staff counts as a minifig. As soon as he moves, anyone can attack him, and if he dies the Dimmies lose.
His staff is on the saddle of the medeival hero. You can see the green ninja in both pics for perspective.
The Medeival army: Hero is mounted knight. Victory if they stay alive and kill the invading dimmies or the preist.
Droids: black are officers. Victory: survive and kill al dimmies or the Dimmie Preist.
U.S.A.: Ruled by me. Hero is small grey mech. Victory is same as droids.
Medeival: Nilfheilm
Droids: Massam
USA: Jifel
Mystery Faction: 501stCadian
There are guns scattered around the field, including a pile of 6 rifles by the Dimmies
There is no allies or Diplomacy, but the smaller 3 factions may want to work together.
The Mystery faction comes in second turn or after.
Also, the Mystery faction may ally with Dimmies or other, in which case it has the same objectives as their allies, and alliances are permenant.
I am taking reservations, and after you are confirmed, orders.


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Stories about my ancestors and my journey searching for them. I want my grandchildren to know my grandparents!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Advent Calendar-The Holiday Happenings
This blog is supposed to highlight memories of a loved one who had a birthday or anniversary during the holiday months. The picture is of me and my brother with our grandparents in 1955.
My brother Mike was born on December 30th. He was 2 years younger than I. He died on his birthday at age 54. He was my second and last brother to die. My brother Bill had died 15 years before. Mike had knee surgery in June and had developed a staph infection in his knee. He had 3 surgeries to try to clear up the infection. He died following the 3rd surgery. He came out of surgery alright, but sometime that night, his heart stopped and he died.
Mike was a small kid, always small for his age. However, as an adult, he put on lots of weight and was nicknamed "Bear", because he was so big and always had a beard and just kind of looked like a bear.
Mike was the kind of kid who was never in trouble. He always did what he was told to do, never talked back, never got in trouble. It used to make me crazy, because I was just the opposite and was always in trouble. But, boy, you couldn't make him do anything that he wasn't supposed to do. Perfect child at home and at school. He even started out that way...he was about 10# when he was born, and would have to be woken up to eat. The perfect baby...never cried, just slept.
I guess as he got a little older he began to make up for it. By the time I left for college, he had started drinking and had some "incidents" that were alcohol related. He finally wasn't the perfect child, which was fine with me!
Mike finished high school and tried the junior college, but just wasn't interested in school. He loved cars and became a mechanic. He got involved in tractor pulls and had an old tractor that he competed with in the tractor pulls.
Everyone knew "Bear" and he was well-known for being someone who would do anything for anyone. He was a truly generous person, never talked badly about anyone and had a great sense of humor.
Merry Christmas, little brother. I hope that you and Bill are celebrating with Nanya and Gramp!
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|2011-07-05, 02:01
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
I suggest that you pick up some books on financial management and source for freelance work, and at least get a passive income in either insurance agent sales or trading. Then to shore it up more, get more technical knowledge to supplement to autoCAD and MATLAB, and build up a stable programming foundation in Java and/or C++. You might want to ask around the older techies in our forum (Vexx, Seijisensei, GHDPro) to see which are the more common languages used for IT operations in the various companies around the world.
Most of those tech skills are easy to build up if you use them to design a portfolio for potential employers - I think a technical portfolio is more practical than just a degree itself; I am building a stock and investment portfolio this December after I raise enough money for my capital.
|2011-07-05, 03:31
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Another thing to bear in mind is that a lot of the engineering openings may require you to move. For instance certain areas like Australia and Canada have major shortages, while others not so much.
I'd say you're more likely to get cash (and substantial amounts at that) working in Engineering then Finances. Though there's no harm in maintaining an investment portfolio as well...
|2011-07-05, 08:00
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
Oh yes, when going to interviews, answer the questions with your heart and mind. Don't follow all those "prebuilt answers" given by HR consultants, I had a friend who works as an interviewer who says that he won't hesitate to drop candidates' resumes into the bin if they give more than 25% worth of prebuilt answers - simply shows that they are shirkers because most of those answers are designed to avoid sensitive issues from being discussed.
But I wouldn't suggest to go into security though. Most of those ex-army or ex-police who are released due to age, then joined have some form of work illness - a state of OCD which makes them unusually sharp-minded and sharp-eyed as compared to a normal person on the streets; they can see alot of things about people and premises most normal people couldn't.
Stick to Engineering. I wish I did engineering instead of Econs and Finances, but since I am working towards financial freedom so I can do whatever I want, a portfolio is worth much more than a degree to me.
And a portfolio of previous works is always better - I wish I kept a file of it when I was doing freelance in the early days of the Internet revolution (2000-2004).
|2012-09-21, 13:34
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
Job Interviews
So, in a few hours I'll be going to a cocktail reception to meet some potential candidates that my firm is interviewing for our recruiting process tomorrow morning (yes, they'll be going through a series of interviews at 9AM on Saturday morning, I will attempt to not be hung-over while interviewing them).
So this made me think about starting a thread about "Interviews" both from the perspective of the person doing the "Interviewing" and the "Interviewees"
This isn't my first time interviewing candidates, and it definitely won't be the last. I'm waiting for a "book" of resumes to come in and am prepping some questions to ask these guys. These are the guys at the top 5% of their class and all young and eager -- ..and likely a mirror image of one another.
So, things I'll be looking for, but often times find it difficult to evaluate:
1) Technical Knowledge
2) Record of Achievement / Leadership
3) Social Fit (whether I would strangle them if we were working together for 18 hours a day 6-7 days a week and it was crunch-time at 3AM)
4) Raw Intellect
|2012-09-21, 13:49
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Salt Levels Critical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Your job is quite an interesting contrast from my own. While I'm not in charge of hiring, I do get to look over all the resumes and...well, basically, anyone who displays a high amount of technical knowledge, leadership qualities, or college education, gets theirs immediately filed away in the "NO" folder because we'd have to pay them too much.
Granted, it's a small business and the entry level positions we hire for don't really require a vast amount of knowledge, but, well, I'll just say there tend to be common patterns amongst personalities of people who have or haven't done certain things and we have employees who I'd say have a less than stellar work ethic.
|2012-09-21, 14:12
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
I'm going to be interviewing probably ~10-12 candidates tomorrow morning (bright and early..) and they'll each be going through maybe 8-10 interviews one after another. We call it "Super Saturday" and it's more like a marathon than a sprint. This is the "second round" of interviews for them after the initial screen.
What I find challenging is -- these guys may as well come out of a cookie cutter most of the time -- everyone has great grades, been prepped by their university career centres, read the interview guides, etc.. It's a struggle to get a clue as to how they really are as a person, how they would be to work with and to see whether there's any unique qualities about them that makes them "more" than the other candidates..
|2012-09-21, 14:29
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Megane girl fan
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
Age: 50
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day (please don't look so shocked. Yes, I do have friends outside of AnimeSuki) and he was telling me he went for an interview some time ago. He handed the interviewer his resume, who looked at it only briefly, and then proceeded to shoot the breeze for the next hour or so talking about anything and everything.
He got the job (I forget what it was for). I guess the interviewer was looking for someone who knew how to talk to people.
Endless "Super Saturday" Soul
|2012-09-21, 14:57
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Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
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Did I just misread it or is each of them going through 8-10 interviews on a single day? This seems to be overkill in my oppinion.
I mean, if I had to go through more than 2 interviews at a company that wants to potentially hire me, I would certainly think twice to actually start working there.
A company with such overblown processes might be ineffective in other management areas too. And usually I don't like my work to be more concerned with processes than getting actual work done.
2 interviews should be sufficient to get at least a good idea about their soft skills. Regarding technical knowledge and raw Intellect one might as well trust their graduation results.
I suppose the best of them receive contracts with a probation period clause. But what I would like to know; Are they going to be hired as professionals or put under the companies umbrella as trainees to be further qualified for their later work (by means of vocational training/on-the-job training/higher education)?
|2012-09-21, 15:37
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
I'll be the first to admit there's a bit of an endurance challenge in this structure. I'm not 100% sure I like it, but it's common in my industry.
|2012-09-21, 15:41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New York
One of the favorite interviewer questions is, where do you see yourself in 5 years?
If you want to catch them off-guard, be funny or friendly, it works a lot of the time.
Just for the record I am currently job hunting myself.
|2012-09-21, 16:04
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|2012-09-21, 16:14
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The Interstellar Medium
Join Date: May 2008
Location: [SWE]
Age: 29
Job searching as well, but I've never even been to an interview (for a job, I've been to other things), and it scares me quite a bit. Mostly because I'm never comfortable in such situations, though I've learned to just relax, sit in a good pose, smile and keep "normal" eye contact.
Beyond that, my biggest problem is due to my brain and inability to make small talk. I've always been a "slow" person. If someone asks me a question that requires a somewhat thought-out answer... it can take me a few minutes to say something. Usually filled with "Uhm" and "Ahs". Imagine this through my school life and you see the problem. Extremely annoying and embarrassing. Questions like the above "After 5 years..." is a death sentence.
Random drop of thoughts, but I find the thread interesting so.
|2012-09-21, 16:24
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
I will be going to an interview in 3 hours time straight out of a midnight shift. Being in the freelance line where everyone is trying to undercut you, it becomes a potential tug of war when it comes to the topic of salary.
I suck at small talk too. Unless it is about market forecast or technology. So far no interviewer has dared to ask me about politics.
|2012-09-21, 16:35
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Also job searching. Ah, post-college fun.
Not exactly a social butterfly, and gets hives every time someone say "networking" without the slightest hint of sarcasm, but what are you gonna do to make it in corporate America?
Well aside from saying shove it and go off to write romance novels while chilling out in Antigua.
|2012-09-21, 16:46
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|2012-09-21, 16:56
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
So what then?
No, I should change that: many people have plans. You'd be lucky if 1 in 10 actually follows through.
|2012-09-21, 17:07
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
There are also alternatives to be taken into account; I have experience working in a few industries and have no medical problems other than dyslexia, which I don't disclose because the local employers treat it synonymously as low-IQ. Essentially, I can work anywhere so long it doesn't require a specialist license.
And there is also the art of faking facial expressions and eye movements, as well as mirroring postures or adapting them; it works more effectively here I guess because the HR of big companies tend not to be very smart and fresh out of uni.
|2012-09-21, 17:20
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|2012-09-21, 17:29
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
More often than not, it is easy to read people's flaws from their responses to your apparent silliness. Those who join in and extrapolate or be tsundere about it tend to be the real honest and open-hearted ones, those who silently agree and nod are the dangerous ones, while those who act professional tend to be the submissive ones with chinks in their armour that are easily found.
Note that some people are fantastic actors, so the above may not work everytime. The professional part, IMO, tend to work most of the time - hence I have little or no respect for people who act and follow professional guidelines for the sake of "being professional", they aren't finding any way to improve on themselves or the system they work on.
This is an excellent system to look for wonderful people to hang out with; fantastic people discuss ideas, pragmatic people discuss events, average people discuss people. I like to hang out with people who have wild ideas or like to discuss the dynamics of events, but they tend to be rarer these days because most people I meet like to talk about others behind their backs.
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By Jay Brown In Northern Idaho there is the lake town of Coeur d'Alene, actually more of a city than a town. In the sea of tattooing these days, some of the old timers really shine through as great tattooers as well as incredible artists, one of those is Robert McNeill. I recently got a chance to stop in to see him at his studio on 4th Street right in the heart of downtown Coeur d'Alene. Blue Rose Tattoo is a clean, comfortable shop, with lots of incredible artwork adorning the walls, all of which is either Japanese or American Traditional tattoo designs, all painted by Robert. And speaking of painting, Robert is incredible at that, pin-ups I think being one of his strong points, but he can do anything, all in all Robert is one of those artists that can create on skin as well as he can on paper or canvas. So after we were done with the hellos and the pleasantries, we got down to the interview, which wound up being 43 minutes long, so I am gonna edit things, cause I don't have enough pictures to go with that many pages, and that's a lot of pages so we're gonna trim it down a bit, although it was a great interview all the way through, but we're not writing a book, but I digress… Yes, so the interview. I hope you enjoy…[Editor's Note: Jay's interview, due to its length, will be broken into three weekly installments, this is Part II of III.]
Jay Brown: So I noticed you like painting quite a bit, and I've noticed mixed mediums… Watercolor… What other mediums do you like to work with?
Robert McNeill: I do acrylics, oils, of course graphic mediums, charcoal and pencils and I do wood engraving too… And I do sculpture.
J: That's a broad spectrum of art! (Both laugh) You got just about everything covered.
R: They all have their unique uses…
J: So pin-up girls…
R: Oh I've been painting pin-ups for 20 years.
J: Would you say that's another one of your favorites?
R: Yeah, but who doesn't like naked chicks…? (Both laugh)
J: So how long have you been tattooing now?
R: 34 years… Since 1978.
J: So you've seen tattooing go through some changes over the years? I know that in 26 years I've seen a couple…
R: Yeah, you say changes, you mean fads?
J: Yeah, like the Tasmanian devil and tribal, and biomechanical…
R: The New School fad, and you got that photo-realist thing going on, you got everyone copying photographs. That's been around for a couple years.
J: So how long have you been here (in Coeur d'Alene)… and where did you get your start?
R: I've been here for 12 years… (I started) in the Bay Area.
J: Who did you work with out there?
R: I know (knew) Lyle, but the guy who mentored me, or (really) got me into tattooing was Chuck Eldridge… And of course Henry Goldfield and the Martynuik's I worked at Picture Machine, and Greg James another good friend and kind of a mentor in the beginning. We both shared a passion for Japanese style tattooing…
J: So from San Francisco where did you go?
R: I worked all over the Bay Area; I worked a little in Hayward, Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Livermore. I worked a lot of different places 'til I moved up here. We moved up here to care for my mother, she had cancer. And she cashed in my promise from when I was a little boy to not let her die in an old-folks home, so she could die in her own bed. After she died she left us the house… and we decided to stay here instead of going back to California. I got a job working at a shop here in town that's no longer in existence. I was there a couple of months and they asked me to manage it. The owner developed a very serious substance problem.
J: Yeah that always seems to be the downfall of shops.
R: I decided to move on after a couple of years there. I had been keeping in close contact with Aaron Bell from Slave to the Needle in Seattle, and he offer me a spot there, 'cause he was opening a second shop, and needed someone to run his original one. And I had some money saved up and I decided what the heck. We could move to Seattle, or we could stay here and see what happens, so I took my savings and invested in this little place, and I've been here ever since.
J: Yeah, right on, it's a nice spot.
R: Yeah it's not bad, not too far from the downtown, good parking!
J: It looks like a tattoo shop…
R: Yeah, it does look like a tattoo shop. You know we have 13 shops in this town now… They just keep generating work for me. (Laughs)
J: So where do you see tattooing going these days, since it is so overwhelmed, TV shows, equipment everywhere?
R: Of course I don't think the TV shows do a service to the industry. In fact just the opposite. I think the caliber of people getting into tattooing is the highest it's ever been. A lot more people are coming out of art schools and getting into it. I think the talent base is much broader… serious gifted artists that are going to make contributions. Some of the equipment today is a 1,000 times better than the stuff that was available in the 80s, and the ink that's available now is phenomenal, compared to when we started it is infinitely better. On the downside though I see that it is inevitable that the government is gonna get involved… with more legislation. I don't think that it's going to protect anybody. (With license fees) it's just another way to get money outta the practitioners.
J: Right. That's how it seems to be happening with a lot of states with the regulations, it becomes a fee. Beyond that you pay your (license) fee every year, and nothing is done… You call to report someone tattooing out of their kitchen, and they get a slap on the hand, and then they are back at it in someone else's kitchen…
R: I think the ultimate result of that is it will go back underground… 'cause it will wind up being illegal… In Japan at one point it wound up illegal and went underground…
J: And if that happens there will be a lot of kids working at Burger King with tattooed hands and necks… Digging ditches… (both laugh) and that's 'cause of China on eBay and places like that selling kits for $49.95…
R: You can learn to tattoo on YouTube…
J: That's another question, what do you think about that whole aspect, the cheap tattoo equipment available to anyone? I mean when I started it used to be in the back of biker magazines…
R: Mechanics Illustrated… I don't like it one bit. I don't think there is any way to stop that. In the effort to do it, more legislation would be involved… and maybe that's something that the TV shows have helped to do… Some programs, from watching them, it became evident that you didn't have to settle for just what was on the wall. That that tattoo guy could actually draw you something custom and one of a kind. And when people got hip to that idea, it created kind of a boom in the industry, for guys who have shops with guys who can actually draw.
J: As Rosini used to always tell me, " You gotta be able to out draw 'em… As long as you can outdraw 'em you'll always have work to do."
R: At the end of the day that's what it comes down to… I think that's sound. That was always my edge. When I started out not many tattooers could draw. And no one was gonna teach you to tattoo. You had to have something to offer. The guy who started me out (* not Chuck Eldridge, person to remain unnamed) he couldn't draw a lick. But I could. I drew my ass off for that guy. I must have drawn him 200 sheets of flash.
J: I cut stencils… I learned from an old carny tattooer that was still using acetate in the 80s…
R: I cut stencils… Did he send you to the junkyard to cut windows out of convertible tops?
J: No, He had a roll he got from Spaulding and Rogers, I think Spaulding was still selling acetate back then… At first I got to cut 'em by hand before being able to use an electric engraver… And I didn't get to keep any of 'em, which is kinda a sad deal…
(Jay Brown is a tattoo artist, machine-builder and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine. Jay can be found at A Fine Art Tattoo Studio, in Moscow, Idaho.)
(Robert McNeill can be found at Blue Rose Tattoo.)
Jay Brown: Coeur d'Alene's Blue Rose Tattoo – An Interview with Robert McNeill (Part I)
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Her Majesty The Queen to visit Felsted to celebrate school's 450th anniversary
PUBLISHED: 10:56 24 April 2014
Uttlesford is preparing for the Queen's first visit to the area in more than two decades.
Her Majesty and Prince Philip will be at Felsted School, on May 6, as part of its 450th anniversary celebrations.
The last time the Queen came to the district was in 1991 for the opening of Stansted Airport's £400million terminal and to launch the Stansted Express train from Liverpool Street.
The late Queen Mother visited the school in 1964 as part of the 400-year celebrations.
The Queen will unveil two commemorative plaques at a special assembly in the Lord Riche Hall, which was opened by Princess Anne in 1989 – one plaque to celebrate the anniversary and the other to commemorate the rebuilding of Follyfield House, which was destroyed by fire in 2012.
Felsted School headmaster Dr Mike Walker said: "To have a reigning monarch visit Felsted School will be the absolute pinnacle of our 450-year celebrations.
"The school is busy preparing for this royal visit and the children are very excited to be part of this special day. I am very proud and fortunate to be headmaster at this time."
On the same day, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be attending a service at Chelmsford Cathedral to mark the centenary of the Chelmsford Diocese.
Stephen Cottrell, the Bishop of Chelmsford, said: "Chelmsford Diocese is one hundred years old this year. People from all over this vast and diverse diocese, from East London and Essex, will be gathered in our cathedral to welcome Her Majesty the Queen.
"The Queen's visit is the icing on the cake of our centenary year.
"It is an additional honour to welcome the Queen to the newest city in her realm."
The Dean of Chelmsford Nicholas Henshall added: "It's fantastic to be welcoming the Queen to this special celebration at Chelmsford Cathedral in our centenary year.
"It is going to be a celebration of the extraordinary contribution the churches make to the communities of Essex and East London, and a huge endorsement of the role of the church in public life.
"But this visit isn't just for us, it's for everyone in Chelmsford and across the region working for the common good."
The service will be played on loudspeakers in the cathedral churchyard for the public to hear.


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