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Being Realistic
Posted 15 January 2011 - 10:55 AM
I was thinking this morning as I read the NL and saw the SS winning LO with the denim and the zippers, etc. and wondered if anyone would scrap with those things in 'real life'--on paper. I've wondered this about rocks and seashells and other chunky embellies too. I started wondering if that is important, digitally--to be 'realistic' or 'like paper'. I'm interested in hearing your opinions. Personally, I'm not comfortable putting elements in my digiscrapping that I don't see on paper scrapped layouts. I subscribe to several magazines and am surprised at how 'chunky' some LOs are, but I'm sitting on the fence wondering.
I know we are free to be very creative digitally and there are no limits. But what do YOU like?
Posted 15 January 2011 - 11:03 AM
I guess I just pick and chhose the best of both world!!
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My Gallery I scrap with Photoshop CS6.
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btw...i think this is an interesting post and poll you started ..i will enjoy seeing all the answers...
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For me personally, anything I create needs to be as realistic as possible. For instance, I have no problem creating fantasy-type scenes with extracted photos of babies hanging from stars with clouds in the background, etc., etc., etc., as long as everything is shadowed, layered, shaded, etc. to be as realistic-looking as possible within that context.
I guess you could think of it as a scientist (this is the left-side of my brain poking its head in my right side's business!):
We have absolutely no idea what kinds of things go on in the rest of our universe. There may be planets where there is bright pink grass, inhabitants who walk on their heads, and everybody drinks sulfur. OK. Weird to us, but whatev, right? To each their own.
The things that are the same are our universal rules. Things like gravity, the speed of light, and the freezing point of water. These are constants across our universe, no matter where you go. So on that planet, even if you're drinking sulfur for breakfast, it's not going to be floating in midair, because it's bound by the force of gravity.
Does that even remotely make sense? Or am I leading y'all down MY mind's pathway's and making everybody REALLY scared? LOL!
Anyway, my point is, no matter what you decide to do, there are constants - shadowing, layering, light directions, etc. that should apply to every art piece. That's my idea of "realistic." Within those rules, anything goes. However, since this is digital, you can control everything, including things like shadows, light sources, etc., so your ultimate creation is up to you. And that's great if that's something you choose to have fun and experiment with. I just prefer to stick within those "universal constants."
Cool question.
Posted 15 January 2011 - 03:31 PM
My LO's tend to resemble paper more though.
I haven't really gotten into the fantasy yet, but I LOVE looking at them and wondering "how did they do that"
Since I write poetry I consider myself pretty creative and I am a big SUPPORTER of ARTISTIC LICENSE. What might be a poem to me may not be a poem to you, and the same goes for scrapping.
This was a great question and poll and I loved reading all of the responses.
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Posted 15 January 2011 - 04:06 PM
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My paper scrapbooks, which I still dabble in, tend to be lumpy-ish. I used buttons (flat-ish ones), fibers/yarn, brads, and remember/know all the metal from Making Memories company? Yeah, I used that too. I love that I can have the lump but my pages are flat in digi. I took a look at a couple of your pages Kim (love your style, I always have!)...on the first couple lines I see a row of buttons and a butterfly on a couple pages. Buttons on paper pages do end up being really lumpy. Yet they look cool on a paper or digi page. Butterflies on a paper page are usually/always stickers and look very, well, unnatural. Yet on a digi page the shadow can be made such that it looks like a real butterfly landed on the page.
So I guess what I'm saying is I like having the best of both worlds:) Great question Kim; looks like it made us all think!
Posted 16 January 2011 - 12:02 AM
As I looked through the books, things were falling off of pages, etc. I ended up tearing them apart and have donated the actual albums. I have a stack of stuff I'm going to scan into my computer and then I'll make some digital layouts.
It made me kind of sick when I thought about how much time I had spent on those layouts and they weren't lasting at all. But my digi layouts are all perfect - of course. And it was sickening to release that I had accidentally glued a couple of things on some heritage photos.
I was sick, sick, sick about it. I never have to worry about ruining photos as a digital scrapbooker!
My 8.5x11 paper books (I have a lot of them) were made in the days before scrapbooking got lumpy and the books fit on shelves, so I'll keep them as they are.
If I didn't think I liked digital scrapbooking enough before, that experience with my 12x12 albums completely and utterly convinced me that I'm on the right path with it.
Posted 21 January 2011 - 09:01 PM
I arrived at digitial scrapping only 3 months ago - through making a few photobooks of my travels. Already it's much more than that for me now. Sometimes its a fun way to dress up poor photos and can be a personal record but sometimes it can "morph" into an art form and become quite a strong medium for conveying a range of messages.
Thanks for the question!
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The Tupelo Christian Eagles are entering the 2013 season with high expectations.
A season ago, they were a series away from playing for a state championship in Class 1A. Of note, the Eagles did not graduate a single player from that squad.
And the Eagles open their home schedule today at 3:30 p.m. against North Delta Academy. A normal situation for most high schools, but this will be the very first home game on TCPS' new on-campus field.
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The Eagles had been using a field at City Park in central Tupelo for its home games. Lowrey likes the elimination of the drive through Tupelo for baseball.
And a bonus for the TCPS program, it now has a junior high program which Lowrey reports has 28 players this year.
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Two key seniors for Lowery are Drew Carter, who has signed with ICC, and Stephen Sexton, who has signed with Northwest.
"Carter is a solid two-way player," Lowrey said. "Sexton is one of the best power hitters in the state."
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Lowrey expects stiff competition from area schools like Ingomar, Smithville, Thrasher, West Union, and Myrtle. And the school that eliminated the Eagles from the playoffs last season, St. Joe from Greenville, returns three of its best players.
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A few Qs about your Lego collection;
1) Do you collect the Lego SW?
2) Which sets, UCS, Technics, sculpture do tyou own?
3) Do you build alternate models from your collection?
A few Qs about your Lego collection;
1) Do you collect the Lego SW?
2) Which sets, UCS, Technics, sculpture do tyou own?
3) Do you build alternate models from your collection?
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1) of course
2) i have the y-wing/vader TIE, snowspeeder, a-wing, TIE fighter, speederbike set, ewok set, at-st, AAT, droid starfighter, nabooswamp, jedi duel, tattoine attack, slave I(original green one), cloud car, both the final duel sets, man, i'm forgetting some i'm sure.
3) no, i just make custom stuff with stuff i have left over. most of my models have stayed built since i got them
i need an ephant mon, who wants to help? :D
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1. Yep
2. Lots of'em. Uh...
Imperial Shuttle, Snowspeeder, X-wing, Naboo Fighter, Naboo Swamp, Droid Fighter, Flash Speeder, Gungans and Ammo Wagon (forgot the correct name), Federation Tank, Battle Droid carrier, Landspeeder, B-wing, A-wing, Jedi Duel 1 & 2, Jedi Defense (I think that's the name) 1 & 2, TIE Fighter, AT-ST, Speederbikes, Ewok Attack, Jedi Starfighter, Yoda vs. Dooku, Escape Pod, Slave 1, Skiff and Tatooine Duel..and if theres any more I'll add them later.
3. When I can out of spare parts.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
My answers are pretty much identical to LtBasker's so I won't post the exact same thing twice. Just look at his and you find my answers as well.
1. Yes (plus lots of others as well).
2. Boy that's a list. Set wise I have all the sets from '99, '00, and '01. I'm only missing a few '02 sets. I have the X-wing and TIE Interceptor for the UCS, I'm not planning on getting more. Technics, I have the E1 droids, Stormtrooper, and C-3PO. I don't like the ANY lego sculpture, so I don't have any of them.
3. The alternates that I build are Castle or Pirate in theme. I'll use elements from SW sets if need be.
"I'm sick and tried of these motherfrakkking Sith on this motherfrakkker plane!"
Mace Windu - Episode 2.5: Sith on a Plane
1 - YEs
2 - Quite a few and growing - no technics or sculptures.
3 - Absolutely - that's why legos rock.
1) Yes
2) X-wing x2, Snowspeeder x2, Y vs TIE x2, Landspeeder x2, Millennium Falcon, Mos Espa Podrace, Gungan Sub, AAT, MTT, Sith Infiltrator, Slave I, Naboo Fighter, TIE Fighter, A-Wing Fighter x2, Speederbikes x4, AT-ST, Battle Droid Carrier, Flash Speeder x2, Naboo Swamp x3, Twin-Pod Cloud Car, Gungan Patrol, Droid Fighter x2, Droid Escape, Desert Skiff x2, Lightsaber Duel, Jedi Defense II, All 4 mini-fig sets, Luke keychain, Technic Pit Droid, Technic Battle Droid, Technic Des. Droid, Jango's Slave I, Jedi Starfighter, Bounty Hunter Pursuit
3) Rarely
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
1) Yes!
2) System Sets: Collectors Minifig Set #2 - Jedi Duel - Desert Skiff - Droid Escape - Landspeeder - Droid Fighter - Tusken Raider Encounter - Gungan Patrol - Twin-Pod Cloud Car - Naboo Swamp - Flash Speeder - Imperial AT-ST - Speederbikes - Snowspeeder - Anakins Podracer - Bounty Hunter Pursuit - A-wing Fighter - Ewok attack - X-wing Fighter - Naboo Fighter - Jedi Starfighter - Slave I - TIE Fighter - TIE Fighter & Y-wing - Sith Infiltrator - Jango Fetts Slave I - Trade Federation AAT - Republic Gunship - Imperial Shuttle - B-wing at Rebel Control Center - Trade Federation MTT - Millennium Falcon - Final Duel I - Final Duel II - Jedi Defense I - Jedi Defense II
UCS: UCS TIE Interceptor - UCS X-wing Fighter
Technic: Battle Droid - Destroyer Droid - Super Battle Droid
Sculpture: Rebel Blockade Runner (no, wait, this is actually an UCS! )
3) No, unfortunately I am not a customiser. So I usually never dismantle my models.
1) Y (I just tripled my productivity!)
B) I don't collect the UCS or Technic stuff. UCS is way overpriced (so is everything else I suppose) and the stuff just doesn't look good to me. Technic is too complex. Maybe I'm mechanically inept, but I can never keep those rubber bands and gears to stay on and in the right place.
Currently I have the X-Wing, Y-Wing/DV TIE, Landspeeder, Snowspeeder, Slave 1 (green), Cloud Car, Jedi Duel (w/Yoda), Tusken Encounter, Sith Infiltrator, Flash Speeder, Gungan Patrol, Desert Skiff, Droid Escape, Speederbikes, Droid Starfighter, A-Wing, N1, Imperial Shuttle, Naboo Swamp, the Qui-Gon vs. Darth Maul set, and the Battle Droid transporter thing from EP1.
#) Since I've given most of my Legos to my 7-year-old son they've been taken apart and put back together numerous times. I'd love to take his box of 5000 generic Legos and build him a base for all his ships.
I'd love to get more, but the price is way too high.
"I'm just a YES man trying to make my way in the universe." - Jango McCallum
"Good dialogue and smooth editing are no match for a good YES man by your side, kid." - George Lucas
1) Do you collect the Lego SW?
Yep, I do collect the almost of the range but depend on the diorama that I need
2) Which sets, UCS, Technics, sculpture do tyou own?
No I don't own any of the UCS and sculpture as they are overprice and limited space for my home
3) Do you build alternate models from your collection?
Yep will try to build a few diorama that is not done by Lego.


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As the name suggests, I'm a Brit, but I am coming to visit a friend for 2 weeks in N Carolina in April.
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Matt said it best, just use your head and be courteous.
Matt said it best, just use your head and be courteous.
Hmm I oftentimes will have a young pup sitting in my lap, to lap up attention and socialize. They might watch the marks, but more importantly they learn to relax/be quite, & calmly prance around on leash at the event. I've never had anyone complain, most people just want to hold & pet. I've also never had a pup go wild on me at their first test, they've already been there and know what's expected. I sometimes have my older one out, usually after we've already had to rush for a pickup dog, I'm pretty sure she always on leash, but usually just passes out under my chair. Now I wouldn't have them out if they were wild or a distraction. Much like kids at an event if they are courteous and well behaved they can be out, if not they stay in the truck.
I've never seen dogs breakout of the gallery and disrupt a test, The only one's I have seen were wild dogs coming off the line who's owner lost hold of the leash on the way back to the Truck, or one who jumped out a side window which was accidentally left down.
If your dog is going to the gallery because there's another dog there, you've got another issue, it's a dog event, most would except other dogs to be there .
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Matt has it right ,I guess I'm not actually against dogs in the gallery as much as I am inconsiderate people in the gallery.
I've been racking my brain trying to remember a hunt test weekend when I haven't seen a dog in the gallery, and I just can't come up with one. As a judge, marshal and handler, I've had more trouble with the handler that stops near the gallery and in the path of oncoming dogs when leaving the line, discussing their dog's performance with friends, than with a quiet, well behaved dog sitting near the gallery…… as long as the dog in the gallery is not near the line to the holding blinds.
Also, I have never seen a gallery closer to the line than the last holding blind, so it's a given that there will be another dog within smelling distance. I don't see how a quiet dog sitting in the gallery should be more of a distraction than the dogs waiting in the holding blinds to run their tests.
This discussion has brought to mind my old heart dog, Annie, who was losing her sight and hearing and weak in the rear when she earned her GDX that last year before we lost her suddenly at the age of 12 ½. GDX = Gallery Dog Excellent. I joked that she earned the "title" by sitting quietly and attentively at hunt tests run by all three organizations, when my husband and I spent long weekends judging and/or working tests, and our dogs had to sit in the truck for days on end. When I could take a break and sit for a little while I had no problems with allowing the old, well behaved dog a chance to watch the tests and hear the guns, as she seemed to relive her days of glory. There were a few times when she was asked to quickly be pick up dog, and it brought a tear to my eye to see how proud she was to be "running" tests again. It seemed to take years off of her for a few minutes.
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I am new to this game so take my opinion for what it is worth. I cannot believe that this topic is getting so much attention. I have only ever run 9 hunt tests and I have worked 8 of them. This means that my dog has sat in his box all day while I was working except for when it is his turn to run. After he runs his last series I like to let him hang out for a bit. He will sit or lay down calmly and watch the other dogs run. Usually I sit off to the side by ourselves but sometimes we may be in the gallery. I have no problem with other dogs being in the gallery as long as they are calm and not causing a ruckus.
I am also fairly new, but have yet to see any senior HT dog going to the line or at the line have a problem with a dog in the gallery. I usually bring my jack russell out to watch after I run my lab and he loves it.
BTW as a judge its quite easy to tell if the gallery is distracting a dog. Its eyes ,ears or body will tell you. If disturbing a dog a lot it should get a re run and get the gallery under control. If no bother in performance or a minor one make a note on the page. Sorry to the OP but the dog needs to work on hold and fetch before the next donation to the club.
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Been meaning to file a report, just haven't got to it. Basser hooked us up with a morning charter in san juan before we boarded the cruise ship. We fished with Til Bruaer (Quicksilver fishing dot com) in the lagoons around the airport. We met Til at about 5:45 am and we're off in the dark to get some bait, just in case. While Til was casting the net we could hear fish splashing around. It was a bluebird day and fac. We the made our way to a channel, several miles long, that connected the two major lagoons. Right after passing under a highway (rt 26) we had juvenile tarpon breaking in a back eddy. Basser was hooked up on his first cast and brought the fish to hand with an 8 wgt. It was still dark. We played around there until it got crowded with a couple of other boats. Moved on to the west side lagoon and hunted around. The tarpon were rolling sporadiclly and we moved as needed. Settled in on a drift over a shallow shelf where fish were breaking fairly consistently. We were blind casting for the most part. I had a few bumps on a retrieve, cast again and was hooked up, though not good enough. First leap revealed a 4 or 5 foot tarpon and a sh!tty hook set as the fish came unbuttoned. We had fish around fairly consistently but Til felt they were on something specific (Til called the specific bait something like margano, Basser speculated mullet). Til was throwing bay anchovies around (these were 4 or 5 inch bait) trying to entice fish to stay close. Basically it was a slow day, probably a little too nice a day. We made our way back through the channel and cast to small tarpon along the bank but no love.
Time was getting short. We stopped in cove in the east lagoon that was the deepest water in the system, about 60 feet. This area also holds the largest tarpon, 100# plus. Again we had fish rolling and we're blind casting. I got a couple of bumps and then a hookup. Never saw this fish but had him on much longer than the first. Til was thinking he'd better call the cab and tell him to hold off awile. He was starting the boat to give chase as the fish finally started to run. But alas he came unbuttoned. Not sure what I'd do with him if he didn't.
My take on this particular system is that mobility is a huge advantage. I'm not sure shorebound DIY would put you in a fraction of the potential and didn't see a lot of wadable shoreline (for juveniles in the above mention channel I don't think you would want to wade). The tarpon appear to be resident for the most part and depending on where your fishing size varys from juvenile to 150# plus. The lagoon on the eastside lagoon is back country pristine, you wouldn't know you were close to san juan except for the occasional low flying plane and it has big fish. The west side lagoon holds more fish, mostly in the 50# or less class. I suspect (never fished for tarpon so I really don't know) this is an ideal place for the flyfisher with some experience to take his first shot at tarpon. I suggest a good guide though.
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We really would welcome some extra teams in the league as we cannot really maintain 4 divisions with the current numbers. Divisions 3 and 4 are looking particularly denuded and I may have to merge them, possibly promoting another team or two from division 3 to 2 and 2 to 1 and/or reversing relegations.
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Writing free software for proprietary platforms like Java (unless you make sure to test with gcj or kaffe), and even more so Mac OS X or Windows, is a far cry from writing for free platforms. It will often end up forcing your end users to use proprietary systems so they can run your software, and the underlying APIs you use are not under your control (and may be removed or canceled) until an open source reimplementation comes along.
The history of mTropolis, a multimedia system that competed with Director, is instructive (copied from here):
Originally a private company, mFactory, the creators of mTropolis, were bought by Quark, makers of Quark Xpress. Not long after Quark bought mTropolis, and only weeks before version 2 was due out Quark announced that they were killing mTropolis. Due to a Herculean effort by an extremely dedicated product manager version 2 was eventually released. Currently mTropolis is still used by several hundred die-hards and its capabilities have been increased by the development of third party mods. Unfortunately, mTropolis remains in limbo to this day.
What this doesn't mention is that a group of users tried to buy mTropolis from Quark, and Quark refused to sell it.
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Hoping to get a conversation on getting young kids into riding (I realize as I type this perhaps i should have done a search first.....)
So my daughter will be 3 in January and this year my wife and I want to get her onto skiis/snowboard. The sooner she learns to shred the sooner we can all take family vacations together and REALLY shred the winter, lol. (I board, the wife skiis)
I have always assumed that kids should start on skiis (Yes I know how wrong i am), In fact the more I look at young kids on boards the more I realize that due to their low center of gravity and the width of even the small boards, kids are QUITE stable.
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check out these kids......
I really like the extent to which the parents thought out the training levels in the first video....(he even created a training board out of an old 164, making the tip super long to put the child on, and then a harness on the kid with a handle to hold him.... so smart)
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my daughter is too young to think about this yet (only 6mo old) but in a few more years we will be putting her on some sort of shred stick whether its skis or a board I'm not sure yet. I think the "skis first" is probably changing with the times, as more people snowboard there are a lot more people who know it and know how to teach it to younger kids. although skiing seems somewhat more intuitive, there are plenty of ways for an uncoordinated kiddo to screw it up on skis (crossing tips, wobbly, etc.) that wouldn't happen on a board and vice versa.
Personally, as much as I'd like to start her sooner rather than later, I think my rule will be: she can't go on the hill until she stops shitting her pants (and preferably until she knows how to wipe her own ass). Keeping your kids clean is enough of a hassle without the added trouble of boots and snowpants and baselayers getting in the way. :)
I am an instructor and the mtn where I work just started offering snowboard lessons for 4-6 year olds. In my experiences with these lessons, there are a few things to take into consideration. First, is overall coordination. Once you strap these kids in there balance is usually pretty good allowing them to do fine while going straight. However, the more complex muscle movements needed to twist/tilt the board to make it turn are very difficult for most children at this age.
The other things to take into consideration are attention span and energy levels. Both influence their ability to learn and determine how much fun they are having.
So, I think its a great idea to get your kids out there at an early age just dont expect them to be ripping down the mountain at the age of 3 or 4.
However, you do get the occasional 3/4/5 year olds that can pick up skiing and can advance to green and maybe even blue runs.
To op, my skier bud put all 4 of his kids in boots and on skis almost as soon as they could walk...he let them play in the basement/garage and in the yard with ski boots on and skis on. Then on the hill at age 2-3 they had the boot thing down, could walk around, side-step and skier step-turn things, no real balance issues except for moving, i.e., pizza, fries....often the first day they were doing the bunny hill, lifts and on the greens on day one....needless to say all of them can rip. There are alot of toddlers that are in backpacks, front packs, kid binders mounted between dad's on the board...and they are used to sensation of riding or skiing...mind you it is pretty mellow...usually...another friend packs his infant and does a fair job of ripping around...but his wife said no backflips with the kid.
On the other hand, this kid didn't have much trouble at age 3, though he's no doubt the exception, and I'm guessing he got plenty of days on the snow:
its amazing how well that kid rides..but i do notice from watching the video that based solely on the size of the bindings and such and his height, it looks like his knees are always perfectly bent naturally while riding. when he lands, hes always got his knees in perfect position because of his size and center of gravity. it has to make learning so much easier.
I started at 6 on skis. Like almost every Canadian kid I was put in hockey very young and hated it. Number one I'm not a people person so team sports suck. Number two who wants to get up at 6:00 on a Saturday morning to go play hockey? Not me when I was 5, that's who (not)!
So my dad said "You either ski or you play hockey"... And 26 years later my dad and I still meet up on the hill and go skiing/boarding together!
I switched from two planks to one in grade 6 when my school offered a course. One or two days of sore knees and ass and I was hooked. Wish I had started on a board earlier but in 1986 it was still almost non-existant in southern Ontario! :mad:
I've seen little tiny kids having a ball on a board. I say if they're willing, start them young!
+1 to starting on a board instead of skis. Can't stand the pizza/snow plow pylons all over the hill heading straight down. A snowboard forces you to learn to turn, or you'll end up heelsliding all day. Kids love speed usually so they'll stop heelsliding quicker than an adult will. :D
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Researchers at University of Sheffield use microstereolithography and electrospinning to graft stem cells into blind person's eye
Singapore: A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new method for producing membranes that can help in grafting stem cells onto the eye by mimicking structural features of the eye itself. The study has been published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia.
Using a combination of techniques known as microstereolithography and electrospinning, the researchers are able to make a disc of biodegradable material which can be fixed over the cornea. The disc is loaded with stem cells which then multiply, allowing the body to heal the eye naturally. The technology has been designed to treat damage to the cornea, the layer on the front of the eye that can be transplanted.
Dr Ílida Ortega Asencio, EPSRC fellow, faculty of engineering, University of Sheffield, said that, "The material across the center of the disc is thinner than the ring, so it will biodegrade more quickly allowing the stem cells to proliferate across the surface of the eye to repair the cornea."
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Muay Thai at the Mecca 2: Washington vs. Lindsay
- Written by Dave Walsh
The full line-up for Muay Thai at the Mecca 2 has been released by Take-On Productions, and it's set to be one of the biggest North American Muay Thai cards of the year.
That's no surprise, of course, considering the first Muay Thai at the Mecca was the largest full-Thai rules event ever put on in the state of New York. This year, the card takes place on November 10th at the Theater at Madison Sqaure Garden, New York, and features 14 solid fights topped off with Cryus Washington taking on Chike Lindsay in the main event.
The winner of the Washington/Lindsay fight is set to compete on the Yokkao Extreme 2013 card next January, so there's a lot on the line for both guys. Fighting on what will undoubtedly be one of the biggest Muay Thai shows of 2013 is a major accomplishment in and of itself, and could serve as a platform into future stardom.
Washington is coming off two back-to-back losses, one to Nieky Holzken who most recently scored a KO victory over Murat Direkci in Glory 2 Brussels, and the other to fellow American Ky Hollenbeck, who is competing against Giorgio Petrosyan in the Glory MAX tournament next weekend. Needless to say, Washington doesn't take easy fights. He's been off the radar for a few months training MMA fighters, so it'll be interesting to see how he'll do against a hungry Chike Lindsay who's looking to make an international name for himself.
Atlanta-based Chike Lindsay defeated Malaipet for the WBC strap back in August of last year, and beat him for the second time at Bangkok Fight Night in June. Nicknamed "Vicious Croc," Lindsay is undoubtedly one of the more well known American Thaiboxers, but still hasn't quite reached the same level of stardom as Kevin Ross, Joe Schilling, or Cyrus Washington.
The card also features a rematch between Ryan Madigan, who briefly fought in the UFC and competed on the first Muay at the Mecca card, and Tarek Rached. The original fight ended in a TKO victory for Rached after Madigan injured his knee halfway through the match.
The card will be streaming on gfl.tv for $15 on November 10 at 7 PM ET.
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|If you're in your 30s, it's no longer "love is all you need," but rather "a pulse is all you need." At least, that's what Lori Gottlieb seems to suggest in her book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. She asks: "What's the difference between settling and compromising? When it comes to marriage, what can we live with, and what can we live without? How long does it make sense to hold out for someone better -- who we may never find, and who may not exist or be available to us even if he did -- when we could be happy with the person right in front of us?" But what's wrong with holding out until you find someone who has what you want? "By the time a woman hits her third decade, she has had enough time to get to know herself, what she is looking for and how to identify red flags," says Brenda Della Casa, author of Cinderella Was a Liar: The Real Reason You Can't Find (or Keep) a Prince. Don't waste your time on the wrong men -- if someone isn't treating you with respect, Della Casa says don't let it get past date three or four.
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... because usage expands to consume all available resources, then we're back to whining about lack of bandwidth again.
... because usage expands to consume all available resources, then we're back to whining about lack of bandwidth again.
Maybe, maybe not.
Could be anti-Palin types doing the dirty work to smear Palin supporters.
Such tactics are certainly standard fare for the "community organizer" crowd.
.. my will to play any Zynga games ever again.
Mainly because the typical Slashdot reader has no hope of ever getting married in the first place.
that Chome was "as good as dead"?
... out in my shed is a ZX-80.
But when I run across it I'm-a throw it out, not "bring it back."
Yeah, a "Cap and Trade" on obnoxiousness! Only we wouldn't really "cap" anything, we'd just sell indulgences for excess obnoxiousness.
But likey farm links aren't apps, though. Your only choice is to hide the user, or report it as spam.
Which actually sounds like good idea, now that I think about it.
... posts are those stupid likey-link-farm "likes". You can't comment on them, and you can't hide them unless you hide everything that your "friend" posts.
What customers?
Sounds slimy to me.
We could call it the Ministry of Love (or MiniLuv, for short).
There's already a "Palin Effect."
Except it's usually called, "Palin Derangement Syndrome" (PDS).
Time to refer this person to miniluv for room 101 treatment.
...then we'll need to recruit some chicks to go all the way, because Mars Needs Women!
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Much like Algores pathetic global warming batch of lies, comes now the Matt Damon specialty against the latest ability to reach more oil and natural gas in this nation by 'fracking'. Leave it to the left to corrupt a going business that provides jobs right now, and is on track to make this nation less dependant of foreign oil.
An independant review of that film, gives it a higher grade than I would have, but in all honesty, I haven't seen it yet, and I probably won't because of it's intent to bash an industry I happen to believe in. It's no different than my not going to any Hanoi Jane films anymore, or for that matter, any of the Danny Glover films, except the one where the "Shooter" actually kills him.
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In Promised Land, Steve (Matt Damon) was sent to a small, poor town to lease land to drill for natural gas. Hes the companys golden boy who knows how to charm local residents into leasing their minerals. His job proves to be easy at first, but trouble waits.
After Steve pays $30,000 cash to buy the support of a community leader, all hell breaks loose at a town hall meeting when a science teacher who is actually an MIT-trained researcher states that fracking is dangerous and will cause all sorts of environmental problems. Steve is flustered, especially when it comes out that the science teacher packed the town hall with anti-fracking advocates.
Damon (John Krasinski) shows up at the scene as a representative of a small environmental group, Athena, to run the campaign against fracking. His family farm was wiped out because fracking ruined their soil and their cattle died. As anyone would have predicted, Damon is fun-loving, witty, and easily wins over the townspeople, while Steve runs around telling people that everything can be fixed by the money his company is offering.
The fact that most people would rather live in extreme poverty than drill for natural gas is far-fetched and Steve makes that point in my favorite scene when he tells a poor towns person that he can offer the poor person fuck you money which would allow the poor person to say fuck you to loans, fuck you to government assistance, etc
Right before the town election, Steve discovers that Damon lied about his personal story. That basically ensures that Steves side (Global) will win the election and will be able to buy the town. When Steve asks Damon why he did it Damon reveals to Steve that he actually works for Global and that Global created the environmental group to torpedo the environmental side allowing Global to win over the town.
Then all of the sudden Steve decides that fracking is risky and announces it to the town. He gets fired from Global and pursues a relationship with a local woman.
- Good acting I like Matt Damon and John Krisinski as actors and thought they did a really good job.
- Global never disputes evidence that fracking causes environmental harm. It was always taken for granted that the choice was between environmental ruin and money. That is a false choice.
- The proof that fracking was bad was bad soil and dead cows. Ive never heard those things as being symptoms of problems related to fracking.
- How can a town just vote to have a company there or not? I understand if theyre talking about public property in a town or county, but the movie made us believe that no natural gas wells could be drilled without majority support of the townspeople. That doesnt jive with property rights.
- The first surprise was that this seemed to be more about a public relations/political campaign about whether to allow fracking or not than about whether fracking was good or bad. Much of the movie was a political campaign.
- Since no one disputed the science of anti-fracking advocates, the movie seems to be more about a large company misleading local people than an anti-fracking flick. That was a pleasant surprise.
- I doubt this movie is going to change anyones mind about whether fracking is good or bad. The anti-fracking side was portrayed as people who wanted to live in extreme poverty for no other reason than that they had pride being poor. The Global side came across as a typical big oil company only concerned about profits. The public already knows this game.
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Beetle Song Challenge
Posted 03 February 2005 - 04:24 AM
I already have an idea. Do you?
#2 Jadedolphin
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:32 AM
Will have to think, so many to choose from!!
Posted 03 February 2005 - 11:29 AM
just had to, it's making me crazy, anal that way :yadayada:
#4 Jadedolphin
Posted 03 February 2005 - 11:47 AM
Bealtles Lyrics
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#8 Jadedolphin
Posted 03 February 2005 - 03:55 PM
Posted 03 February 2005 - 07:08 PM
Now, off to browse thru the lyrics to see what strikes a chord...LOL! I'm so punny! (Sorry, couldn't resist! )
Edited to say: Wow. Ya know, when you haven't listened to them in a while, you kind of forget who the Beatles were, how prolific they were, how they changed the face of music of the time. Just going down that list was awe-inspiring!
(Hmm, maybe there's an idea for a layout in there somewhere....)
Posted 04 February 2005 - 03:56 PM
I picked: Help! I remember when this song came out and my baby brother was a toddler, he loved the Beatles and this album had just been released. My folks never bought albums but they bought this one for him.
I was trying to think of the words and a few lines came to me, knew I had a silly photo my DH took of his feet and then went to the site Breedeen suggested: I could do a whole album on that song alone! Oh, when you read the words....whew!
Must be my advancing years. lol. You know, I'll be eligible to join AARP soon: American Association of Retired People.
I don't think there's a smilie that captures this particular feeling!
Posted 26 February 2005 - 11:24 AM
Beatle Challenge LO
Anyway, here it is, using the title Good Day Sunshine, but changing it to Sonshine. The LO shows the boys a couple of years ago playing at the part across the street from our house.
#12 gauchogirl
Posted 27 February 2005 - 12:40 PM
I used "Glad all over"
Posted 27 February 2005 - 12:49 PM
I used the song "Got to Get You Into My Life"
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#14 jlf_loves_mjf
Posted 28 February 2005 - 03:42 PM
I managed to find one I could use with my little boy.
I'm Only Sleeping
Please be kind as I'm a newbie and this is the first LO I've ever completed and posted.
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do you know how to make it bigger in the gallery?
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I have been living buried in books and writing classes... as an added note I must say that it is rather scary when you start dreaming and all you can see within your dreams is words floating everywhere!
Valerie Lynn Harrell is the published author of a book of poetry, titled "A Little Girl Lost... Was Found Through Her Writing"
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I woke up this morning just like any other morning. I fed Spook then got in the shower. I finished getting ready for work then put Spook and George outside for the day. About 8:00 a.m. this morning I got a phone call from a number I didn't know. So I answered and the strange voice at the other end of the line asked, "Do you have a black dog?" My heart stopped I replied yes. He said he just got hit by a car. I told him where I lived he said he's at the end of my road laying in the grass. I jumped in my car and sped off like Richard Petty. I hadn't made it very far and I got a call from Rogers Animal Control saying they were taking him to the local vet. I arrived at the vet expecting the worse. To my relief spook was laying on the table breathing hard but somewhat ok. The diagnosis right now is a small brake on the pelvis, but he will be doing x-rays at noon. I left the vet to go home to see how he got out and the gate was open. I don't know if spook jumped and unlatched the gate or if someone opened it. I'll be putting a lock on the gate from now on. I know everyone on here are dog lovers so I ask as you read this to say a short prayer that everything else will checks out ok and that he has a speedy and healthy recovery. Never thought I'd tear up over a K-9, especially one I've only had a year. Boy was I wrong.
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