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Real estate agents get better deals for themselves than for their clients. To be a smarter seller, look at your home through an agent's eyes.
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With house prices dropping and the real estate market in disarray, real estate agents are not the most popular professionals these days. As home prices continue to slump, many homeowners are loath to pay a real estate agent on a home sale that isn't likely to be profitable for them no matter what they do. And there's a lot of contention about how much value a real estate agent even brings.
Most people have heard of the well-publicized statistical evidence that that when real estate agents sell their own homes, they tend to keep them on the market longer (by about 10 days) and get a higher sale price (by about 3%) than when they sell homes for their clients. These figures come from the wildly popular 2005 book "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. The authors assume that this is because getting a few extra dollars for a seller doesn't have a sizable impact on the agent's commission.
Actually, these well-promoted statistics offer no details about why real estate agents might have such success with their own property, and the authors appear to assume the worst. However, there are some not-so-nefarious reasons why a real estate agent might be able to get a higher price for his or her own home. Here we'll take a look at the other side of the coin and what you can learn from it, whether you decide to hire an agent or sell your home yourself.
Making an impression
If strangers were to walk into your home, what would their first impression be? This is one thing that many people get wrong -- even when they use a real estate agent.
For example, in the A&E television series "Sell This House," potential buyers are videotaped as they tour houses that the homeowners are desperate to sell. As a general rule, homeowners are shocked by strangers' first impressions of their homes. A home is largely a reflection of its owner, so it's hard for an owner to accept that other people find the décor, cleanliness or even the smell of the home distasteful.
A real estate agent is often the sounding board for buyers and their complaints about the homes they visit, and she is therefore more likely to address important deficiencies in her own home.
According to the National Association of Realtors, the second-biggest reason a home won't sell is because the homeowner hasn't taken care of details like ensuring the house is clean and uncluttered, the décor is neutral and the house has been "staged" to play up its best features. The biggest reason a home won't sell is, of course, the price. We'll get to that next.
Evaluating your property
So do real estate agents really command higher prices when they sell their own homes? In 2005, the National Association of Realtors responded to this question, but because there are very few data beyond what was collected for "Freakonomics," they weren't able to deny that the book's data may well be true.
Next is to get into business, evaluate your property with the current market value and well highlight the pros on your property, make your quote and stand on it, if interested let them come back coz you have got plenty of others looking for an opportunity that can get you a fair deal. Additionally make some minor tweaks to your property that should look nice and attractive to the buyers eyes.
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I have written an article on this topic.You can go to sellitonyourown.blogspot.com and check it out.
I have given an info there that people can sell their homes without paying any kind of commission through different fsbo websites.I found it quite interesting throughout the internet.And the reviews I have seen from people have finally convinced me that this INTERNET thingy has gone way farther into the skies.Now,we can sell our homes through internet with the help of these websites.We just have to pay flat rate fee,rather than the 1-2% commission demanded by the broker.
I don't mean any offense to broker community.Its just that we are helping people out there who want to sell their homes on their own.
I can list a few websites that will do the job for you:
Hope this info helps you.
Another option would be to try a service like iBuyHouses.com which matches you up with real estates investors in your area that are willing to buy your home directly from you so you don't have to deal with a real estates agent which can save you thousands all by itself.
If you're able to do that it will go a long way in selling your home. Also another option is go through a company that specifically buys houses like ibuyhouses.com. That can be a very simply way for you to sell your home.
I'm appalled by how the public sees REALTORS. I think to clarify the issues on the article, first and foremost, as per article, there is no correlation nor a fact-finding truth that REALTORS sell their property for more. Hence, it is all an assumption. I believe a writer is supposed to write facts, not assumption.
Secondly, when a listing agent does due diligence, it is always about price, condition, location, et al. REALTORS are motivated to do their job and that is: sell the house. Many REALTORS will educate the sellers on what needs to be done in order to sell the home. Fact of the matter, the sellers that do not listen to their agents, their homes will not sell. In essence, REALTORS are to blame for the "lack" of work. In reality, REALTORS will do their homework, but as with the saying, "you can lead them in the water, but you can't make them drink."
Last, INVESTORS, not REALTORS will buy properties 30% under value unless REALTOR is also an investor. There is no favoritism for agents nor are there "for agents price only." In fact, it's quite the opposite. REALTORS are held to a higher standard.
I am distraught about this article as I'm disturbed about how the public views REALTORS. I work hard for my money, strive for perfection, goes beyond what is expected of me. In fact, my business is 90-95% referrals. If I'm corrupt, why would the public continue to recommend me?
A good Realtor will prepare their property to appeal to the most likely buyer. Most sellers won't make adjustment to the house that will bring a higher price. I don't know why that is, it just is.
A good Realtor will also give him/her self ample time to market the unit, so they will have a little more time with the sale.
A smart Realtor will believe the stats on value and market closer to the sale price. Most sellers want to believe their home is worth more then it is, no matter what you show them.
And any real estate agent who markets the unit him/her self is a FSBO, and becomes the worst seller, just like any other seller. Why? Because they are not objective, but subjective and can't negotiate properly.
Bottom line is a good Realtor should know what their property is worth, and how to market it.
Exposure is the key. Hire someone who has the tools and uses them.
I'm out to change the way folks think about Real Estate Agents, one seller at a time.
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Spring is on its way and with it, thoughts of sprucing up the home and garden.
It's the perfect time to start thinking about garden starts and room remodels as the temperatures rise and the days start to get longer.
The 34th annual Whatcom County Home & Garden Show, to be held March 8–10 at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in
Lynden, will put you in touch with all the local experts you need to plan out the projects you may have in mind. Sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Whatcom County (BIAWC), the show will host more than 200 exhibitors and offers free seminars at the Garden Walk Stage to get you the know-how you need to start off on the right foot.
A presentation by Ciscoe Morris on "Must Have Plants for the Spring Garden," sponsored by Phil Dyer of Sterling Real Estate, will be held on Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m.
Other featured seminars include "Aging in Place," "Cultivating Mushrooms" and "Color Inspirations for Your Home." A full seminar schedule is available at
Something new for attendeees this year is the chance to whet their whistle on local craft beers during the craft beer tasting and homebrew talks.
Friday and Saturday night from 5 to 8 p.m., ticket holders will have the opportunity to taste six craft beers at designated booths. Special homebrew talks will be held on the seminar stage during the tasting and will include a homebrew demonstration. The first 500 ticket holders will receive a commemorative tasting glass provided by Bellingham Bay Builders.
Tasting tickets are $5, plus show admission.
Local appliance dealer DeWaard & Bode and radio station KAFE 104.1FM have teamed up to give away a daily prize, which
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Whatcom County students are invited to find poetic inspiration from the oddest of muses: paint. The contest encourages students grades 6–12 to create an original poem based on the name of single paint chip, a palette or group of paint chips and the emotions those names evoke.
Poems will be judged by a jury of local poets and will be displayed during the show.
The Whatcom County Home & Garden Show is open to the public on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 from 10 a.m.–8 p.m. and Sunday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults over 16, $6 for seniors over 55 and free for children under 16.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Les Paul Estate Auction
The auction will take place on June 8th and 9th of this year. June 9th would coincide with what would have been Mr. Paul's 97th birthday. Anyone familiar at with Les' guitars and equipment will be impressed and include:
• 1968 Prototype Gibson Les Paul Custom Recording Model (Est. $60,000 - $80,000). White flat top with Bigsby tail piece and note in Paul's hand reading, "Reward this is the property of Les Paul A.K.A. Lester William Polfuss…Mahwah, New Jersey USA…" (I have profiled this guitar.)
• 1951 Fender Nocaster serial number 1751(Est. $40,000 - $60,000). Butterscotch with black pick guard, neck date "5-10-51 T.G.", no body date, with original thermometer case. Guitar has replaced volume and one tone pot but originals are present. This guitar was personally gifted to Les Paul by Leo Fender who signed the back of the headstock "Leo Fender." The guitar is uncharacteristically light weighing only 7.4 pounds.
Epiphone Zephyr serial number 7133– Klunker #3 (Est. $14,000 - $16,000) Blonde, electric trap door model arch top with two chicken head knobs, one volume and one a toggle switch, with bard door opening in the back and Paul's aluminum support system which led him to use solid body construction. This is one of three early experimental models called the "Klunkers" by Paul.
• 1927 Gibson L-5 Sunburst Cremona serial number 87230. (Est. $10,000 - $15,000) Hole drilled through the original pick guard, back re-finished, no original case. This is one of the two L-5s purchased by Les Paul, and then going by the name Rhubarb Red, at Gibson in Kalamazoo Michigan with his friend and band mate Sunny Joe Wolverton in 1933. Paul discusses the trip and purchasing this guitar extensively in his autobiography. He later gave this guitar to a friend Dave Moran, who requested the guitar be returned to Paul upon his death.
• 1952 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (Est. $14,000 - $16,000) No serial number, Trapeze tailpiece, tuners have been changed to Grover's, patent pending with original case. This is one of the very first Les Paul guitars produced. The back of the headstock is hand signed, "Les Paul."
Boss BCB-6 Pedal Effects in Case (Est. $3,000 - $5,000). Six Boss pedals including: chromatic tuner TU-2 white, super chorus ch-1 blue, digital delay DD3 silver, digital reverb/delay RV3 grey. The case also contains tools including a pair of Les Paul's sunglasses and have all of his settings recorded on masking tape. This is the gigging case used by Les Paul during his weekly shows at both Fat Tuesdays and the Iridium Jazz Club for decades.
• 1955 Steinway & Sons Grand Model B in Ebony (Est. $20,000 - $30,000) Steinway & Sons serial number 348128 (Case #K1304 3035) New York Music Room grand model B piano from Les Paul's legendary main recording studio in his home in Mahwah, New Jersey; this is the only piano used for recordings made in the house. Steinway records indicate that the piano was completed on August 22, 1955 and delivered to the home of Les Paul and Mary Ford in New Jersey on August 25, 1955.
• Early 1970s Ampex MM1000 (Est. $3,000 - $5,000) Sixteen track recording machine using two inch tape, with custom VSO, serial number 260, with AC cable and side block. Has been re-built in good condition. This was the first Ampex sixteen track machine and is one of the most sought after sixteen track machines to this day. This machine was used in the downstairs recording studio at Les Paul's Mahwah, New Jersey home.
• Late 1960s API Recording Mixing Console (Est. $40,000 - $60,000) Twenty eight by sixteen console believed to be one of the first few made with the desirable configuration of twenty eight mic line input channels and sixteen buss. Originally a twenty-channel mixer with an eight-channel side car added later, three 12 point patch bay main console and 144 patch bay on side car. Modules include: five – 558 EQs, one – 550 EQ, four – 553 EQs, 9 – Aengus 8 band EQs, one – old school audio mic pre 580 series size, two – 525 compressors, one – 575 oscillators, one – talk back module, four – 553 EQs, sixteen buss VU meters, and an elaborate master section with buss and cue system. The board is made by Automated Processes Inc. of Farmingdale New York, one of the most notable American made mixing consoles. Original masking tape label with channel identifications in Les Paul's hand including, "channel 1 Les Guitar."
• Les Paul's Touring Rig (Est. $5,000 - $7,000) Gibson LP1 guitar amplifier pre-amp controller serial number 1038. A prototype designed by Les Paul featuring a Plexiglass panel on front with "Les Paul" two channel amplifier with a normal and box switch, crossover switch, ;vibrola switch. Les Paul's markings in red nail polish indicated his settings on the knobs and a plexiglass panel. Additional tape markings reading Les Paul Road 1 and #1 pre-amp among others. Single fifteen Altec Lansing speaker with high frequency horn, power amp and Paulverizer attachment built into the cabinet. Topped with a Nakimichi 700, three head cassette player which Paul used to play along with pre-recorded tracks. This was Paul's long-time tour rig. Sold together with a spare Nakamichi 700 and identical Altec Lansing single fifteen cabinet. (I have mentioned this guitar and the Paulverizer in a prior article.)
I'd like to get my hands on the touring righ, but at the moment all I can afford are a couple of Les' picks and I didn't see any mention of them.
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A right-leaning grassroots citizens advocacy group that asked Prince William County education officials for information on the public school system's check records, employee expense reports and other mundane cost data will have to cough up $40,000.
That's how much William Reid III, of the Prince William County Public Schools' (PWCPS) office of equity and compliance told the Virginia Americans for Prosperity it would cost to produce the documents the group requested in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) letter.
Here's what the advocacy group requested:
1. "We are looking for all check registries and which would include all vendors.(2011).
2. "We would like the cell phone bills of all employees that have a district phone. (2011)
3. "We would like all credit card statements from all departments. (2011)"
Admittedly, that's a rather broad document request but odds are much of the requested materials would be available electronically. Curiously, in his cost estimate, Reid projected that two hours would be required for a PWCPS employee, paid at a rate of $37.50 per hour, to, presumably, enter the computer commands required to copy the check registries.
He also estimated that 820 hours would be required for an employee paid $32.50 per hour to produce nearly 70,000 paper copies of the phone records and credit card statements, at a total cost of $40,620. Add the $75 for the check registries and Reid's total comes to $40,695.
It turns out that the grassroots group was asking on behalf of the Education Action Group (EAG), a Michigan-based education reform group that is studying public school spending practices.
Most of the school systems EAG has approached have provided requested materials at no cost or charged only nominal fees. Most states, including Virginia, include provisions in their FOIA laws allowing for waiver or reduction of such reproduction costs when the requestor is a journalist or other individuals deemed to be acting in the public interest.
Steve Gunn of EAG said his group last year "was shocked to receive an invoice from Boston Public Schools, seeking $2,000 for an information request much longer than the one sent to Prince William County schools. In retrospect that seems like a bargain."Our guess is that Prince William County school officials don't like to spend time sharing public information with the public, and they've found a very effective way to discourage citizens from bothering to seek data. "Virginia lawmakers should step in and put an end to this type of nonsense. While a small fee to cover actual costs may be appropriate, an estimate of $40,000 is another way of telling the public to get lost. "We hardly think that corresponds with the spirit of transparency that prompted lawmakers in Virginia (and across the nation) to create freedom of information laws in the first place." The Washington Examiner Watchdog page has requested comment from Reid and will update this post when it is received. UPDATE: School flak says "we are eager to comply" Phil Kavits, communications director for the PWCPS, tells the Examiner that Reid "is eager to comply with the transparency request and do it in a way that satisfies them as long as it doesn't interfere with our students' needs." Kavits said "we can probably do that" when asked if the documents sought by EAG could be provided electronically, but he noted that the phone records would have to be reviewed for information and data that should be redacted for privacy reasons. For more from EAG on the issue, go here.


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Bath Time Battles: Behind Your Toddler's Misbehavior
Understanding and responding to common toddler behavior issues
Why Toddlers Fight Bath Time
"For toddlers, one of the main tasks is to develop a sense of autonomy—to understand that they're separate, powerful people," says Gretchen Kinnell, Education Director of Child Care Solutions in Syracuse, NY. Part of this expression of power might be resisting bath time. They're starting to say, "Hey, this is my body. I should decide if it gets washed." And if your toddler has ever successfully delayed his bath by throwing a tantrum or asking for just one more video, he'll try it again and again.
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As your child gets older he'll be able to do more things for himself, and he won't have to use bath time to prove his independence. He'll also start to understand the good sense behind bathing (and then he'll forget again in college). To cope in the meantime, you can start by making the battles as infrequent as absolutely necessary. "Parents should check with their pediatrician on how often to bathe their children," suggests Kinnell. Daily baths are probably not necessary.
If a bath is part of your pre-bed routine, your toddler might actually be resisting bed and everything that leads up to it. Try getting the bath done out of the way earlier in the evening, and make sure something fun always happens after a bath. Get creative with bath time, and your toddler will look forward to finding out what surprise await: Use bath tints to color the water, or rotate a new toy in each time. Even goggles or inflatable arm floaties from the pool can spice up bath time.
It can also help to give your toddler some of what he wants: control. Let him decide to have either a bath or a wash-up—like a sponge bath with a soapy wash cloth. Or let him choose between having a bath by himself or with a sibling, suggests Kinnell. "The more you can have a toddler do things himself, the better," she says. Let him fill up the tub, or wash his own arms and legs: This way, he's being given a "job" and not just being placed in the tub. If this doesn't fly, hold your ground and say, "You can wash your back or I can wash your back, but it must get washed." Then, distract him with a song: This is the way we wash our back, wash our back, wash our back…
Keep in Mind
"Parents should be aware that some children are very sensitive to the feel of the water or being washed," says Kinnell. If your child really hates bath time, make it fairly short. Many children specifically dislike getting their hair washed, especially being tipped back to have it rinsed. Hair washing probably doesn't need to be a part of every bath. Again, distraction will be key. You could even let your toddler wash your hair first.
So what do you do if the bath is drawn and your toddler is warming up for a 30-minute tantrum? "You have to decide for yourself. It's unfair to everyone to take a child in the middle of a tantrum and throw them into the bath tub," says Kinnell. Taking a break to read a few books and trying again gives the child more time to make the transition to bath time without backing down on your bottom line. On the other hand, it is just a bath. Fighting every battle with your toddler will exhaust you both. There's no shame, once in a while, in raising the white flag.


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I was strolling through the town square in the pretty, precious town of Mill Valley, California last weekend, reporting on California's gubernatorial race, when I realized I might have to change my mind about politics.
Only a few weeks ago, I told an audience in Tampa, Florida that, when it comes to news value, their state is the gift that keeps on giving. (Think Elian Gonzales, Charlie Crist, the 2000 recount). Politics is never boring in the Sunshine State.
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Documents show high ranking officials were slow to respond to complaints that some priests were sexually abusing children.
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The documents indicated that offenders were transferred to other parishes, but without any warning to their new parishioners.
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"It's evident. But when you read it in black and white, it's a confirmation that it really is true. There really has been one cover up after another after another," Kathy Laarveld said.
Some victims said Cardinal George explained in a letter to the Wisconsin prison cell of predator priest Norbert Maday, "We have tried, as you know, a number of avenues to see if your sentence might be reduced or parole be given early," the Archbishop wrote.
Others wanted former Mayor Rich Daley to explain an apparent intervention in the case of Father Robert Mayer.
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Daley called Church officials, saying the police captain was "not held in high esteem."
Former Mayor Daley says through a longtime associate Wednesday that he did not contact the Catholic Archdiocese regarding a predator priest convicted who sexually abused teenage girls.
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Victim Ken Kaczmarz said he was abused at age 10 at the South Side's St. Rita parish by a priest from the Augustinian order.
Tuesday's release of documents did not include any from Catholic orders. Victims claim as many as 35 such clerics were sexual predators, Kaczmarz said the many abused him in 1980 began attacking children years earlier.
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Continuing, the statement said, "the Church and its leaders have acknowledged repeatedly that they wished they had done more and done it sooner, but now are working hard to regain trust, to reach out to victims and their families, and to make certain that all children and youth are protected"
In addition to their scorching criticism of the Chicago Archdiocese and its leadership for the last 40 years, the victims' lawyers did offer one bit of unsolicited praise Tuesday.
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Hey! I've been lurking around CA since 2008 - it's time to step up.
Here's a bunch of sketches since the beginning of 2012 to get this started.
Pretty random mix here.
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I'm pretty new to digital painting and painting in general. The majority of my freelance work has had a totally different style to it (for the music industry), and I've never painted or studied the correct way. So here are my 3 first "real" studies.
Well welcome for your new SB!
Looks like a good start that's for sure.
I like the line weight used, especially the first one, all the little organic squiggles but they don't look that scribbly. Only crit I have is the eyes in the 3rd one down, and maybe the distance between the eyes and nose with the guy sticking his elbow out not sure, something feels a little off.
But overall very nice. Post moar.
Edit: Right when I hit post, you post moar. There we go, and the paints look good.
JFierce - Thanks much! And thanks for the crit. Agreed 100%. That MMA guy kind of fell apart on the right side of the sketch.
Here's how that lizardy guy turned out.. this was for Crimson Daggers: Bloodsports 4
This is my first digital painting that I've ever actually finished and can call my own (not study, not heavily referenced, etc). The studies in the previous post were to reinforce this piece.
And here are some other studies I just uploaded.
I love the one that couple hold each other gently. lines are easy,emotion is hard to represent
Maolaosan - Thanks! I love when simple, soft sketching comes out just right (even though the anatomy on that one is pretty messed up!)
Spent some time on Pixelovely.com doing gesture/figure drawings for warmups the past few days. Definitely going to be keeping this up - really gets me into a groove and thinking quickly.
Hey dude, long time no see!
Great to see you posting again.
Your figure work is looking good!
gesture and anatomy is the way to go and tons and tons of practice and I mean tons like every day!
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QUINN - Honestly I was surprised to see you post here because I didn't think you'd remember me! Thanks a million!
Danny K - Definitely! That's something I need to make a habit every single day.
Here's some recent stuff:
Studying asian skin tone
Studying a katana with female hand
Studying silky/satin dress
Whacky anatomy - meet thy manifestation:
Did this base sketch a while ago and was planning on inking it comic-book style (sketch done in Manga Studio 4) - Probably won't continue this one unless I just turn it into a digital paint.
And Venom!
Bloodsports 5 - WIP Entry - Didn't make the deadline. I'll probably still finish it though.
There are some nice details in your pencils drawings. love the flow of it.
That gesture/figure drawings are looking great, keep them coming.
PS Zant Thanks! See you around Daggerville.
Some recent studies --
Starting with some Loomis
And an armor/metal study with whacky anatomy.
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Very nice stuff, keep it up.
Topcross Thanks! Definitely will - need to ramp it up even more.
Here's today's study.
And some sketches/doodles from the other day. The knight guy is roughly referenced from a D&D book I borrowed.
Today's study, plus some digital doodling.
Someone loves their big hulky muscle men! A wonderful start to the sketchbook,
lots of variety and studies - great! Would love to see more attention being paid to
anatomy (I know.. even more..) since that is something you really enjoy. I mean
rendering more on the muscles, digging out all the pimples and dimples that are not
as obvious as the big muscle - bring even more movement and dimension into your
fighters. It's not even a criticism, I just really think you can pull it off!
Best wishes,
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Jansi Hey thanks for stopping by! I'm really glad you've made that suggestion because I always doodle those hulk guys and then just don't know what else to do with them. I usually don't push pencil stuff very far unless it's from reference. I guess there's only one way to grow right?
So. kind of a rough day. I did my daily study and didn't finish it because it was a massive fail. In other news, here are some rough sketches for my character for Bloodsports 6 and a digital speed self portrait that doesn't really look like me. I've been wanting to do some digital speed portraits but have no one to sit for long chunks of time for me. So I just set up a mirror. I'll probably make this a bit of my routine as well.
looks good
Foxhound Thanks!
Another day, another study. Actually this is the first time I'm seeing that self portrait speed paint since I posted yesterday. It's taking every ounce of will I have to not delete that thing.
So today we have a grayscale portrait study and some progress on my Bloodsports VI character. I've never done character or armor design outside of doodling in sketch books without the thought that I was actually designing anything, so this is a new (and awesome) experience!
Cool character designs mate, looking forward to how this turns out
Alex Thanks! Going to push it as best I can!
Another portrait study - working at skin tone.
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Yeserday. Quick hand study.
Last edited by Veneq; February 20th, 2012 at 05:38 PM.
Hi and welcome to yer brand new shiney CA sb!
So many threads begin with that same story (mine included) of lurking before taking the plunge.
IMHO you were more than ready.
Just to highlight a couple: I'm lovin the big horn study and this one is really good.
Keep 'em coming!
- A man diligent and skillful in his work will stand before kings -
- All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty -
"You can't design what you don't know." Jeff Watts (as seen in Windmaker's SB)
Jephyr Hey thanks for stopping by and the kind words! I love this stuff like crazy so I really appreciate that encouragement.
Soooo here's my study from today (yesterday since it's 5 AM now). This was a quick one to kind of nail down toad skin texture for my next Bloodsports entry.
I really dig your gesture pencil anatomy studies.. and being a comic book lover I really enjoyed seeing the pencils Venom roughs.
Keep those pencils coming and I will keep visiting!
David Skeleton Hey thanks! I can't imagine I'll ever stop graphite work completely, even with focusing on digital.
A handful of items from today. Trying to get back into figure warmups (60 second and 5 minute poses here). Also a sketch from a few days ago of some kind of dark skeleton rider guy. Lastly, my daily study - didn't time cap this one. Just wanted to get all of those textures and surfaces as realistic as possible.
This is excellent man! And if you're pretty new to digital painting now, I wonder what you'll do in the future O.o
PS: I'd like to see that skeleton guy fully rendered
I know you want to click here. Just do it, don't be afraid!
Great job man!For a critique I'd say work on your anatomy , but you are already doing that , so what I'll say is - WORK HARDER!
Kep it up dude , you can go far!
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Hey Steve, I totally remember you, how could I forget a name like Crazy Pills!
Your photo studies are looking good, great to see you pushing yourself!
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The Cattlemen's Beef Board will invest about $40.3 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications in Fiscal Year 2013, if the recommendation of the Beef Promotion Operating Committee is approved by USDA, following review by the full Beef Board.
In action concluding its two-day meeting in Denver this week, the Operating Committee — including 10 members of the Beef Board and 10 members of the Federation of State Beef Councils — approved checkoff funding for a total of 42 "Authorization Requests," or proposals for checkoff funding in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2012. The committee also will request full Board approval of a budget amendment to reflect recategorization of the FY2013 budget in accordance with the programs approved.
"We really had a tremendous task before us," said Beef Board and Operating Committee Chairman Wesley Grau, a cattleman from New Mexico. "We had to find ways to cut nearly $3 million from the proposals presented to us for checkoff funding in the coming year."
Among the cuts in program proposals was a $300,000 cut from consumer advertising; $100,000 from nutrition research; a $275,000 proposal for programming about the beef industry on America's Heartland on PBS; a $100,000 cut from the national Beef Quality Assurance program; and a total of more than $811,000 in cuts from various foreign-marketing proposals.
"It was a stressful process," Grau said, "but I am just so pleased with how members of the committee dug in and made the tough decisions. In the end, I think the producers and importers who invest in their beef checkoff will be proud of the Plan of Work the Operating Committee has moved forward. We are leveraging every checkoff dollar to meet our goals the best we possibly can with the limited budget we have."
Seven national beef organizations, serving as checkoff contractors and subcontractors, had proposals approved by the Operating Committee (and the number of proposals and dollar amounts approved) are as follows:
Broken out by budget component, the Fiscal Year 2013 Plan of Work for the Cattlemen's Beef Board budget includes:
Other categories funded through the 2012 CBB budget include $179,000 for evaluation, $200,000 for program development, $453,000 for USDA oversight (increased by $150,000 because of estimated costs of defending recently filed litigation against the beef checkoff); and about $1.97 million for administration, which includes costs for Board meetings, legal fees, travel costs, office rental, supplies, equipment, and administrative staff compensation. Fiscal Year 2013 begins Oct. 1, 2012.
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CSF: Jameson Campbell is a big-bodied forward with a strong foot who provided a large boost to the Titan soccer program in 2011 after lesser roles the previous two seasons… Played in 18 of 19 matches, starting 14 of them… Had 1 goal (for a 1-0 win over Cal Poly on Oct. 19) and 3 assists (vs. UNLV on Sept. 3, vs. Denver on Sept. 23 and vs. UC Riverside on Oct. 15)... Played in 4 matches in 2010 and in 8 matches, 4 as a starter, in 2009... Scored his lone goal in 2009 to open the scoring in a 3-2 double overtime win at UC Davis on Oct. 10... Reminds Coach Ammann of former Titan Art Ramirez (30 career goals, fifth-best on CSF list, in 1997-2000).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterman in soccer and football at Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, California... Two-time All-Sierra League selection and league's most valuable offensive player for Coach Kemp Wells... Had 17 goals and 7 assists in his senior year... Played linebacker, receiver and kicker on the gridiron.
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In short: Beginner friendly with excellent local support, encouraging marshalls and generally a great feel.In full: I had a very good race in spite of a painful injury around the 10 mile mark that left me hobbling to the finish. Agree wholeheartedly with the reviews I've seen here and read many of them before the race to see what I was letting myself in for, and I would encourage anyone else to give Bristol a go!Only downsides were the lack of enough gels for all the competitors and the attitude of some of the runners. While the gel stations were empty by the time my group came through, there were full sachets of gel dropped on the floor over a mile and a half after the stations, hundreds of them. People had seemingly grabbed a handful and tossed what they didn't want, and it's not safe to go rooting around on the ground for one for obvious reasons. Fortunately my wife and I had brought our own, but anyone who was relying on them having been provided may well have suffered as a result.Also - the sheer number of water bottles tossed on the ground in the middle of the road was disappointing. I kicked many of them to the gutter to keep people from tripping. Perhaps reiterating the point about being considerate might help?One of the day's highlights was undoubtedly the army cadets who came to help out. They were cheering, passing out water and gels, high-fiving people and genuinely helping us slower, less experienced people get through. By and large they were a credit to their uniforms.I'll definitely be back, but the gel issue in particular really does need looking at by the sponsors.Date of review: September 17, 2013
In short: Excellent big city halfIn full: Did this in 2009 for the first time and back this year for another go. Organisation this year was excellent - the wave start worked a treat. I remember bottle necks in 2009 but there were none this time. Support was fantastic, particularly in the city centre but also in the Avon Gorge. Really nice medal and tee shirt.The last few miles were a bit cruel - you kept on being shown the finish area and then being sent away from it. Had to rely on inspiration from watching a recent Ironman event to grind them out. Aim to be back in 2014 though!Date of review: September 16, 2013
In short: Fantastic event, great support from the crowd and great volunteersDate of review: September 16, 2013
In short: Fast and FriendlyIn full: Loved this race. Course was near flat and on wide roads so plenty of space to overtake/be overtaken. Even a few Oggy Oggy Oggys through the tunnel as well. Excellent marshalls and manned water stops. Technical T and nice medal (25 year anniversary). I stayed at a nearby Hotel so cant comment on loos/parking/traffic.A personal gripe was gels rather than e.g. Lucozade Sport but I can understand others may prefer that. They had run our of gels at the second stop which was a little badly planned (I did 2 hrs 15 mins so there were still plenty of people behind me who also missed out). Luckily I had already arranged to pick up a sports drink from other half at mile 9.The sinnage at the start/end could also have been better - I could not find where to drop my chip for example.However these are minor things - the fundamentals - organisation/crowd/scenery were superb. A very big thank you to the organisers/volunteers and good people of Bristol who were kind enough to shout my name on the way around!Date of review: September 16, 2013
In short: Highlight of the yearIn full: This is such a good race, it has everything you could want. The course is almost flat, just four inclines, all very modest; scenic, with the Avon Gorge and suspension bridge to admire both ways. The out and back section allows you to see the elites and give them applause as they go past. Then the route changes to a tour of the old historic city.The race planning is better than any other city centre half-marathon in the area; the race starts on wide streets and only narrows when the field has spread out. The phased starts and pens are clearly labelled, so very few really slow people were blocking the way. This is a major gripe with so many events, but Bristol has that problem completely sorted. If you are looking for a pb this is a good race to do it. But the experience is just as good for beginners; the marshalling always friendly and helpful, and people who want to plod around slowly, or walk, or wear ridiculous costumes and collect money for charity; all are equally welcome, and nobody gets in anyone else's way. The local people always turn out in droves and cheer you on, by name if you write it on your shirt. There was a lady with a tray of very welcome jelly babies, a jazz band; the kind of fantastic atmosphere that makes you feel great.I run this race every year now, and it's a definite highlight; something to look forward to. So congratulations to everyone involved in making this race so good, every year.Date of review: September 16, 2013
In short: Good raceIn full: The race was good, very expensive and field getting smaller every year.Good organisation, getting out of Bristol was awful even from out of town parking spot. Finish felt a bit of an anticlimax after crossing line the walk for water etc was a fair distance on. Spectators missing from long dull road section. Worth doing oncebut preferred bath hmDate of review: September 15, 2013
In short: Friendly and very well organised despite the sizeDate of review: September 15, 2013
In short: Good race. Take out dull a-road section and this will be a great race.In full: Flat with a few short uphills. Section of cobbles. Twists and turns in last 3 miles. People of Bristol did well in cheering us on. Numbers were down again. 20000 limit but only 11000 runners. Many races are getting too expensive for what they really are. Miles 2 - 6 are on a dull a-road with few spectators. Sure they could put those 4 miles back round the centre somewhere. Suspension Bridge is beautiful. Gels and water were regular. Having two waves is a bit pointless as there were slow runners in the first wave. The fast runners will turn up earlier and nearer the front of the start line anyway. Date of review: September 15, 2013
In short: Flat Fast and plenty of wide roads Date of review: April 1, 2013
In short: Good for first half marathonIn full: The race was friendly and well-organised, and I enjoyed the course - in particular the Portway section, which I found better than the City Centre section which doubled back on itself too many times for my liking. My only minor gripe was that they had run out of of small or even medium t-shirts when I arrived at the finish at 2hr20 (I ended up with a large which swamps me)!! I'm not sure why they bothered asking your size on registration really. Other than that I can't fault it.Date of review: January 6, 2013
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.
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A nativity scene stolen from the front yard of a Madison home was recovered from a Bob Jones High School classroom.
Madison resident, Tamra Koger, reported the theft to police after the nativity scene was stolen in the early morning hours of December 1st. She said her family sets up the set every year in the front yard of her home.
The set, valued at more than $2,000, was discovered in a Bob Jones classroom. Investigators are reviewing video footage to see who stole the nativity scene.
Police are working with the school's resource officer to track down the thief.
A witness said she spotted several teenagers stealing the nativity scene early Saturday morning.
The school said they're not sure when someone came into the school to set it up.
Koger said all of the pieces are back in her possession and other than a scrape or two on Mother Mary, nothing appears to be damaged.
"We were going to put a sign up that said, 'The Grinch stole our nativity scene, but he can't steal our joy. Merry Christmas, everybody,' just to try to make lemonade out of lemons," said Koger.
She said she's decided not to press charges if the thief or thieves are caught, but she is taking extra security measures to make sure it never happens again.
Police said it appeared to be a harmless prank.
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It happens to all bands so this is nothing new but after a long time together you may lose factors of your unit due to issues. I was surprised to find out this happened to Clevelands very own CHIMAIRA but to put it in simple terms "shit happens" and people move on and that is exactly what flagship members Mark Hunter, Rob Arnold and Matt Devaies did. Maybe they brought the fustration or dissapointment they had about the losses into the studio (I don't know for sure I'm just totally guessing) but what they accomplished was something that sounds like those emotions. The threesome pretty much wrote and arranged all the record themselves along with long time producer Ben Schigel and then they added band members to bring it to life live.
So on THE AGE OF HELL everything about Chimaira is transmitted in aggressive beauty and bloody violence, praising their ability to turn out brutal riffing with beautiful melody. BEYOND THE GRAVE is the most accurate sound of evil beauty there is on the record, they have this deep dark backdrop of sound that penetrates your soul. Its just a ballad of metal beauty, but don't think the band got soft the rest of the disc will rip your head off. BORN IN BLOOD is probably my favorite off the CD because it never stops with the relentless drive, these incredible guitar riffs and just assaulting rhythmn section but bleeds with melody and headbanging ruckus. Halfway through the track when you think it couldn't get anymore darker or faster these guys turn up the heat on the song and it really brings it to a metal end!! LOSING MY MIND has evil vocal assaults intertwining with melodic calming attributes but also clearly shows the bands signature groove. TRIGGER FINGER shows off Arnolds shredding techinques and will make young musicians or crazed fans wonder how the hell do you actually play this song!!
CHIMAIRA has never let the metal community down they bring techincal prowess, full range of dynamics, songwriting that is reality driven and emotionally mind numbing. If you had to describe CHIMAIRA in one word I would have to go with, authentic !! They don't experiement with sound too much cause what you hear has worked so why change something that works so well but it's the way they calculate and put their musicianship down on disc is what drives fans to come out in the thousands to see them live and buy their material. THE AGE OF HELL is one hell of a ride so why don't we all get on the metal rollercoaster.


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This was the worst cruise i have ever taken. First we arrived at the dock at 1pm. When we got there, passengers where just getting off the ship from the previous cruise. It was just a mad house. We did not get on board until after 4pm -- no explanation for the delay. When we asked we got a different answer each time.
The ship left after 6pm one day out. We were informed the the ship would not stop in San Juan, P.R. For this missed port of call and all the hassle getting on board they had the nerve to give us only $25.00 on board credit which they said was very generous.
The mix up with our onboard accounts between my acct and my son's acct was a joke. I had to go to the service desk 7 times within the week to get it sorted out. Then when we went ashore in St. Thomas and tried to get back on the ship they had our photo's reversed - my photo on his card and his photo on my card. Another error on their part.
This ship was drab looking compared with ships of Royal Caribbean and Celebrity and the cruise director was the worst I have ever seen. We cruise at lest twice a year but you can be sure we will never go with CARNIVAL again.