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Obama plugs Obamacare on Between Two Ferns
This is hilarious. You just have to watch it.
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Obama can meta almost as good as Galafianaikis.
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Between Two Ferns with Barack Obama
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Too many zingers to list.
Launched in 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA started as a single pack of girls in Savannah, Georgia, meeting in the hopes of getting out of their "isolated home environments and into community service and the open air." Founder Juliette Gordon Low, an artist and athlete, saw her personal mission in launching the troop as "to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy."
Since that first troop, tens of millions of girls have joined the scouts, forming friendships, earning badges for new skills and, of course, selling the Girl Scout cookies so ubiquitously linked in every person's mind with the organization. Beginning in 1917, when the first cookies were sold by an Oklahoma troop in a local high school as a service project, troops now sell approximately 200 million boxes per year, resulting in around $700 million in sales.
It's through these cookie sales that anti-abortion groups are making their voices heard. Dubbing their effort "cookie-cott," abortion opponents have been urging allies to refuse to purchase cookies from any girl scout this year to show their opposition to what they perceive as the Girl Scouts' increasing support of people and advocacy groupswith ties, however tendentious, to abortion.
When I saw this post over at Wonkette, I thought I just had to show Charles Johnson and Gus. I just wonder if and when they'll make a Greenwald action figure.
Are you a grown-ass person that still likes to play with toys and pretend you are someone else? We really wish we could stop you from doing that. But since we can't, why not consider fighting for freedom of the press or something like that, but in a really self-aggrandizing way by pretending you are Julian Assange and/or Edward Snowden?
An Oregon firm introduced an action figure of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. ThatsMyFace.com, whose catalog also includes Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, said that the 12-inch Snowden figure comes dressed in a blue shirt, casual trousers and black high-top shoes, but wardrobe options include a gray-striped business suit, Indiana Jones outfit and a combat uniform. It sells for $99.
To be fair, $99 is a very small price to pay to pretend you fled to Russia and are now addressing SXSW via eleventy proxies while living in Russia, land of the free and home of the brave.
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Brazilian prodigy Gabriel Medina put together an impressive come-from-behind performance to win the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast over Joel Parkinson.
In an era when we've all got GPS in our pockets, OnStar in our cars and the NSA tracking anyone, anywhere, it is still possible-although rare-for an airliner to seemingly vanish.
That appears to be what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on Friday night. As of Monday, search and rescue teams from nine countries including the United States had not found any trace of the Boeing 777-200 or the 239 people aboard. There are many theories about what went wrong, but the airline, Boeing and investigators in Malaysia have so far refused to speculate or offer any insights.
Whatever happened, it happened quickly, aviation experts said, and catastrophically. The fact it happened over the ocean-presumably the South China Sea, but possibly the Gulf of Thailand-means it could be months or years before we know exactly what went wrong. The ocean is a very big place, and finding clues will be slow. It took investigators two years to recover the black box data recorder from Air France Flight 447, which went down over the Atlantic on June 1, 2009.
"The simple hard truth is it's very difficult to find things in the water," said retired Col. J. Joseph, a former Marine Corps pilot and aviation consultant.
I need to post this since I propagated the original Der Spiegle story here. This debunks the "European" linkage headlined in the story. All of the genes are Asian / Siberian in origin. H/T to Freetoken who pointed out the shoddy reporting back then in the comments.
It appears that the usual Solutrean Hypothesis / Solutrean Truther crowd at work, and underneath it all if you dig deep enough are lots of white supremacists who want to be able to designate the americas as a white homeland; because the Solutrean hypothesis posits that the original human settlers of the Americas were European instead of Asian. Any article linking American Native ancestry to Europe instead of Asia will draw them like flies and gain lots of hits, which is one reason some journalists propagate the long debunked pseudo-science hypothesis.
Unfortunately, the majority of media reports about the Clovis child's genome chose to give undue weight to the Solutrean hypothesis and/or his "European origins". I saw two major types of this reporting. The first, like this Reuters article presented the debate as if there were equal weight to both sides, an example of false equivalency that we see quite often in science coverage of controversial topics (and which I explicitly tried to warn reporters against when I was being interviewed on the subject). The second, like this article in der Spiegal "Montana Boy: Bones Show Ancestral Links to Europe", emphasized the Anzick-1′s genetic affinities with the recently published genome from the ancient Siberian "Mal'ta child" (Raghavan et al. 2013) as evidence of European ancestry. (They specifically suggest that he may have German ancestry). That they chose to do so is puzzling. Shared ancestry between an ancient Native American and an ancient Siberian individual from the Lake Baikal region is a totally unsurprising result and fits within our consensus models for the peopling of the Americas. But Spiegal's interpretation of this as a "European" connection to Native Americans is inaccurate. The Mal'ta individual shows shared ancestry with a broad distribution of Eurasian populations, not just modern Europeans. Furthermore, the Mal'ta child lived 24,000 years ago, and the genetic landscape of that time period was almost certainly unlike the genetic landscape of today. To say that the Mal'ta child was "European" is to inappropriately apply a modern description of genetic variation backwards to a time when genetic diversity patterns in Europe likely were very different: by that logic, it would be just as accurate to say that modern Europeans are "Siberian"!
Emphasizing the "European connections" to the ancient Native American genome seems at first glance to be a particularly bizarre approach, because the genome showed absolutely nothing new in this context; it fit all expectations for what Clovis genetic diversity should look like if the standard migration model from Siberia to the Americas (via Beringia) was correct. So why did they choose to report it this way?
More on the Solutrean Hypothesis from Skeptical Inquirer
Zimmerman has been doing everything that he can think of to build on the infamy that he gained from killing Trayvon Martin. Public outrage forced the cancelation of the celebrity boxing match that Zimmerman was scheduled to participate in. Almost no one showed up at his autograph signing. The message being sent is clear. Society is not going to let George Zimmerman build a career out of being famous for killing an unarmed teenager.
Most people if they were involved in an incident where they took the life of another human being would have the decency to express remorse. Most people would keep a low profile. Only the most sociopathic of individuals would look to take advantage of their notoriety. George Zimmerman is a killer without a conscience. He isn't content with beating a murder charge.
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There are in fact some things that members of Congress can agree on. With a vote of 97-0, the Senate unanimously approved a set of changes to the military's sexual assault policies late on Monday night. The bipartisan bill composed by Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), ends the time-old practice of using a "good soldier defense" in cases of assault. Here's the AP:
The new legislation would change the military rules of evidence to prohibit the accused from using good military character as an element of his defense in court-martial proceedings unless it was directly relevant to the alleged crime. The "good soldier defense" could encompass a defendant's military record of reliability, dependability, professionalism and reputation as an individual who could be counted on in war and peacetime.
McCaskill described it as "the ridiculous notion that how well one flies a plane should have anything to do with whether they committed a crime."
More: Senate Votes Unanimously to Approve McCaskill Military Sexual Assualt Reforms
It certainly made for a startling video: police, lights ablaze, pull up to local churches. Once inside, they march up to the pulpit and place the pastor preaching there under arrest, in front of the congregation. The men of the cloth are perp-walked out of the church with handcuffs on.
This very scenario created a brief uproar - first at the Akron, Ohio, churches where the "arrests" took place, and then around the country as word spread on social media - among Christians concerned that they were witnessing modern-day persecution.
It was, however, all fake - except for the uniforms of the arresting officers. Those were real enough - and that fact has raised eyebrows in the Ohio precincts where it all took place.
In fact, the mock arrests had been arranged ahead of time by the pastors themselves, who persuaded the Summit County Sheriff's Department to participate in the stunt as a way of dramatizing and publicizing an upcoming community event called "Defending The Faith," in which the pastors will face a mock trial and be forced to defend their Christianity.
More: Mock Arrests of Pastors for 'Defending Faith' Creates Uproar
The Swedish government has condemned an attack over the weekend in which four people were wounded, saying violence by far-right groups was hurting the country's image.
Four people were beaten and cut in a fight in the early hours of Sunday in the city of Malmo after a march to celebrate International Women's Day, police said. One is still in hospital.
Right-wing political group The Party of the Swedes said in a press release that the incident occurred when some of its members were attacked in Malmo by left-wing "extremists".
Three people were arrested and have been charged with attempted murder.
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Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born October 7, 1978) is a British singer and dancer, former member of girl group Mis-Teeq. Additionally, Dixon is a judge on the BBC dancing show Strictly Come Dancing, which she also participated in two years prior to her appointment as a judge.
- When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.
- I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.
- Discussing healthcare in Tanzania whilst climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So_2AitDBr8
- My friends call me Monica because she's the one in Friends who's obsessed with cleaning. I always think the house looks messy; a messy house can depress me. It can make me feel messy. If my house is clean and everything is in order, I feel better.
- It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, 'What have I done to deserve this?' I didn't see the point in living.
- I'm not dating. I'm still single and loving it. It's taken me a little while to say being single is a good thing, but now it's great. After a six-year relationship I'm finally baggage-free.
- Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it.
- Obviously music is my first job.
- By the way, dancers are not human beings. How can you be human and do what they do?
Quotes about Dixon[edit]
- "a national treasure"
- "I don't need to give Alesha any advice. Honestly, she's a really strong woman"
- Cheryl Cole, when asked if she had any advice for Dixon becoming a television judge. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/09/22/cheryl-cole-backs-alesha-dixon-over-strictly-come-dancing-row-115875-21693074/
- "You have this great laugh. It's this crazy, mad laugh."

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CAREER: Professor of Sociology, Dean of Multicultural Affairs
Michelle is an extraordinary woman, but she didn't always know that.
She came to Calvin to become a medical technologist and now, over 30 years later, she is Calvin's Dean of Multicultural Affairs.
How did she get to where she is today? It's quite simple: people.
• the sociology prof who inspired her to change her major, kept in touch with her during graduate school and brought her back to Calvin to teach
• the fellow sociologist (formerly, her professor) who invited Michelle to co-author a book with him
• the co-workers who cheered her on as she became a dean at Calvin
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- Righting what's wrong means making changes
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- Education changes, woes discussed at forum
The financially struggling WestCare Medical Center with hospitals in Sylva and Bryson City has eliminated 45 full-time positions, according to a statement from the hospital.
Some of the cuts were achieved through attrition, but others have been laid off.
WestCare has proposed cutting 90 full-time positions over the course of the year.
WestCare CEO Mark Leonard announced in October that a workforce reduction of 30 would occur by Jan. 15, but apparently the schedule has been accelerated.
The plan was designed to stem financial losses, which required a reduction in staff, emphasis on efficiency and focus on physician recruiting to provide patients more access to local healthcare, according to a hospital statement.
Because of national economic problems facing small rural hospitals, WestCare lost $3.2 million between June and August, according to WestCare.
Recruiting qualified physicians to the area is a major component of WestCare's management plan. Since October, WestCare Health System has signed an ear, nose and throat specialist and has secured verbal commitments from four other physicians. Two internists, a radiologist and an orthopedic surgeon are planning to visit next month, according to the statement.


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Student government officers are elected
The executive committee for student government has been elected for the 2008-09 academic year.
The newly elected students and their hometowns are Tarah Sagedahl, East Bethel, Minn., president; Jonalee Jackes, Le Mars, Iowa, vice president; Kendra Kock, Breda, Iowa, treasurer; Lisa Vavra, O'Neill, Neb., secretary; and Alex Watters, Sioux City, Iowa, student advocate.
About 300 students participated in the election.
This executive committee will lead the larger body that makes up the student government. There are two senators for each class, and there is one representative for every 60 students in a residence hall. These students will be elected in the fall.


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The Half-elven or Peredhil were people of Middle-earth, a name primarily applied to Elrond and Elros in the Second and Third Age, but also to Eärendil and his wife Elwing. They were called so because of their extremely mixed Adan/Edain (Man) and Eldarin (Elven) blood. At the end of the First Age they were given a choice to be Elven and immortal, or to be of the race of Men and accept the Gift of Men which is death.
Others who are also considered Half-elven were Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir, and Elrond's daughter Arwen Undómiel. They, like the other Half-elven before them, were given the choice of mortality.
The First AgeEdit
Two important marriages in the First Age of Middle Earth resulted in the mixing of elvish and mortal (Edain) blood.
The first of these was between the mortal Beren of the House of Bëor and Luthien, daughter of the elf Thingol, the King of Doriath and High King of the Sindar and his Queen Melian the Maia. Beren died in the quest for the Silmaril, and in despair, Luthien's spirit departed her body and made its way to the Halls of Mandos. Mandos allowed them a unique fate, and they were re-bodied as mortals in Middle-earth, where they dwelt until their deaths.
Their son Dior was thus one-quarter elvish by blood, although since he was born after their embodiment, the nature of his mortality is quite unclear. He died young in any case, when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath.
Dior's wife was Nimloth, a Sindarin elf, and with her he had three children: Elwing, Eluréd and Elurín. During the Sack of Menegroth by the Sons of Fëanor, Elwing escaped to the Mouths of Sirion while Eluréd and Elurin were seized by servants of Celegorm and abandoned in the forest to die. They were never found and were presumed to have perished in the forest.
The second marriage of men and elves in the first age was between Tuor of the House of Hador and Idril of the Noldor and Vanyar. Their son was Eärendil. After the fall of Gondolin, Eärendil also escaped to the Mouths of Sirion, and married Elwing. They had two sons, Elrond and Elros.
The Choice of the Half ElvenEdit
After the conclusion of the War of Wrath, Manwë determined that the surviving Half-elven would have their choice of fates: to be counted among Elves, and granted eternal life in the Undying Lands; or to be counted among mortals, and granted the ineffable Gift of Men. This choice could be delayed, although not indefinitely.
Eärendil would rather have chosen the kindred of Men, but he chose the Elves for his wife Elwing's sake, who also chose the Elves. Eärendil would thereafter forever sail the heavens in his ship Vingilot, the Silmaril of Beren and Lúthien on the prow. In Middle-earth, he was seen as the evening star, and the light of his Silmaril was captured in the Phial of Galadriel. Elwing built a tower in the Shadowy Seas and often met him on his return.
Elros chose to be counted among mortals, and became Tar-Minyatur, the first king of Númenor. He finally took his death at the age of five hundred years. The heirs of Elros were not given this choice, but their lifespan was enhanced many times that of normal Men, and they had the freedom to take death when they willed. In later times the Kings of Númenor, descendants of Elros, regretted their forefather's choice, and this helped lead to the Downfall of Númenor.
Elrond chose to be counted among the elves, serving the household of Gil-galad until the end of the second age, and founding Rivendell in the third. He married the elf Celebrian, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, and sailed into the west at the conclusion of the War of the Ring.
The children of Elrond and Celebrian were also given free choice of kindred, and therefore Arwen could choose to be counted amongst the Edain even though her father had chosen to be counted as Elven. She exercised this option, marrying Aragorn II Elessar, king of the Reunited Kingdom, and finally dying at the age of 2,901 years. Their son Eldarion and their daughters were not counted as Half-elven, but rather as Dúnedain restored.
It is unclear whether Elladan and Elrohir chose to be of the Edain, or the Eldar; this information is not given in the books. After the books were published, however, Tolkien did have this to say, "The end of his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, is not told; they delay their choice, and remain for a while". Letters, #153. "Since most felt that their choice was expressed by whether they would follow their father to Valinor at the time of his own departure, and they were described as remaining in Rivendell, they are often said to have chosen the Edain". On the other hand, some believe that the twins were allowed to delay their decision for a time.
It was a tradition in Dol Amroth that Imrazôr the Númenórean had married an elf, and therefore the Princes of Dol Amroth were of elven descent. Legolas of Mirkwood believed as much upon meeting Prince Imrahil, but the matter remains unclear.[1][2]
The Elvish form of Half-elven is Peredhil (singular Peredhel) which was a Sindarin word.[3]
Well known Half-elvenEdit
- Dior Eluchíl, the son of Beren and Lúthien, and grandson of Melian the Maia.
- Eärendil, son of Tuor and Idril.
- Elwing, the daughter of Dior and Nimloth, Queen of Doriath.
- Eluréd and Elurín, the sons of Dior and Nimloth.
- Elrond, the son of Eärendil and Lord of Rivendell.
- Elros, the son of Eärendil, brother of Elrond, and the first King of Númenor.
- Arwen Undómiel or Arwen Evenstar, the daughter of Elrond and Celebrían, and Queen of the Reunited Kingdom.
- Elladan and Elrohir, the twin sons of Elrond and Celebrían.
- Galador, the son of Imrazôr and Mithrellas.
Beyond TolkienEdit
Unlike in some other fantasy worlds, Tolkien's Half-elven are not a the distinct race per se. In Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy role-playing games, these beings are simply known as half-elves (singular half-elf) instead of using other terms. Some other fantasy stories call beings who are half-human and half another race (usually an elf) halflings; the term in Tolkien's legendarium pertains only to hobbits.
Half-elves of Arda |
Arwen Undómiel | Dior Eluchíl | Elladan and Elrohir | Elrond | Elros | Eluréd and Elurín | Elwing | Eärendil | Galador | Gilmith |
- ↑ The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
- ↑ The Silmarillion: Akallabêth
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth


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Benjamin graduated from high school in Rock Falls, Illinois, where he worked on the school news program, Rocket Update, as a reporter and cameraman. He also studied art at the Art Institute of Phoenix.
Tom retired from teaching at a community college in 2000 and was looking forward to playing and performing music. Months later he received a diagnosis of ALS and as he lost his mobility, beginning with his feet and moving upward, he began making adaptations every step of the way. Now a quadriplegic, Tom blinks his eyes to communicate and draw on a computer. "Ballerina 2" is a study of human form, gesture and movement.
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Karen received a bachelor of arts degree from Winthrop University and retired from the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Her artwork has been featured in solo exhibitions in Rock Hill, Columbia, Greenville and Sumter, S.C. Karen was active in community theater and served as a spokesperson on disabilities and the arts.
Gerardo graduated from Sharpstown High School. He began drawing several years ago and usually worked on two pictures at a time. Gerardo's hobbies included drawing, listening to music and perfecting his Spanish skills.
Mario has been enjoying photography for many years. He graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and works as a lawyer for the US Department of Labor. This photograph was taken with a Nikon APS camera while Mario was on a trip to Germany in 2000. It's a photo of the Heilig- Geist-Spital (Hospital of the Holy Spirit) in Nuremberg.
Audrey was an award-winning internationally recognized artist and retired art teacher. Several of her paintings are in private collections throughout the world. This painting was featured in the 1999 MDA Holiday Wishes card collection
Theresa began painting in 1995 and has found it to be a great stress-relieving hobby. She has won awards for artwork and photographs displayed in Palm Springs. Along with painting, she enjoys taking photos and spending time with family.
Connie has had many of her photos published by local media and has also won several awards for her outstanding work. She attended Central Washington University for two years studying liberal arts. Connie enjoys growing sunflowers, collecting rubber stamps and postcards.
Mallory is attending Central Alabama Community College on a full academic scholarship. She is majoring in psychology; however, one of her favorite hobbies is creating colorful and whimsical artwork. Mallory previously donated two other pieces to the MDA Art Collection and now has had five pieces accepted for the Collection. She also has created works which have been used in MDA's Direct Mail campaigns and for sponsor awards.
Sarah is attending Maryville University in Kirkwood, majoring in rehab services and political science. This photograph was taken with a Can PowerShot G12 camera. Sarah represented MDA as National Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. She previously donated "The Birthday Tree" to the MDA Art Collection which was featured in the 2001 MDA holiday card collection and the 2013 desk-top calendar.
Melina has a proficiency certificate in English from Cambridge and Oxford Universities and attended the Panteion University of Athens. She enjoys painting and sketching and has participated in a number of art exhibits. She has also written and published literature.
Barbara received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Kent State University. Her work has been seen in numerous galleries and exhibits nationwide. Barbara's book, "A Wing and a Prayer: An Artist's Journey with Muscular Dystrophy," was published in 2007. She was a member of the Ohio Watercolor Society. This watercolor was featured in the 1998 MDA "Holiday Wishes" program.
Christopher was a published writer and self-taught painter. His artwork has been shown in several local exhibits as well as in North Carolina and New York. Two of Christopher's paintings are in the MDA Art Collection.
Sherry created this painting at age 13 at an MDA-sponsored art workshop held June 22, 1993, in Little Rock. She enjoyed writing poetry and drawing.
This multimedia weaving incorporates automobile parts and wires with yarn and a variety of fabrics and other items. It was created at an MDA sponsored children's art workshop held in June, 1993, at the Indianapolis Children's Museum.
Barbara has been painting and teaching art classes for many years. Her works have been exhibited in numerous art fairs and expositions in California. While a resident of that state, Barbara served on the San Diego Art Council for six years and was a member of several art organizations.
Jack was an award-winning artist who donated eight paintings to the Art Collection, four of which were featured in the MDA Holiday Wishes card collection. This artwork was painted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the partnership between fire fighters and MDA, working together to benefit children and adults affected by neuromuscular diseases.
Erin is a former actress and singer. She uses a computer with special software that allows her to write and create artwork via a sensor taped to her forehead. This artwork was created using the Microsoft Paint program.
A painter for many years, Warren experimented with different media. This painting, an acrylic done from memory, depicts the entrance to the east passage of Narragansett Bay as viewed from Brenton Point.
June Marie created numerous soft sculpture portraits from 1 to 4 feet. Each character has its own name and personality. "Bud" depicts an elderly man sitting on a park bench with a box of knickknacks. He appears ready to spin a few yarns about the good old days.
Alexis enjoys art and math in school. Her other hobbies are dancing and singing. Alexis also enjoys attending MDA sponsored summer camp every year and has appeared in national print ad campaigns for the Association.
Nathan created this artwork at age 9 at an MDA-sponsored children's summer camp. He graduated from Eastern High School with honors and received the American Legion Citizen Award. As a student, Nathan enjoyed science, band, musicals and drama club, and he received numerous blue ribbons and honor awards for his artwork locally and at 4-H exhibits.
Bill was involved in politics for many years and enjoyed painting and writing. His autobiography was published in 2001. In 1993, Bill received the MDA Personal Achievement Award for Pennsylvania. This artwork was featured in the 1997 Holiday Wishes card collection.
An accomplished artist, George exhibited and sold his artwork in several states. He designed and manufactured a device to support his painting materials, which allowed him to continue painting as his disease progressed. George received the MDA State Personal Achievement Award for West Virginia in 1999.
Kenneth created artwork for more than 25 years. He taped his paintbrush to his fingers and developed a unique method of painting. Kenneth used Velcro and clamps to hold his paper or canvas onto a lazy Susan which then turned as he painted.
Milda is an award-winning professional artist, designer and instructor. This work was featured in the 1998 MDA "Holiday Wishes" card collection. Milda has published two books of humorous drawings and illustrates children's books. She has taught art for 16 years.
Caroline has been painting for several years and received awards at the "Art Adventures" annual local art show for three years. Her favorite activities include working on the computer and spending time with her friends.
Ruth began creating artwork as a child, but set it aside during her career years. She resumed painting during her retirement. She worked in all media and favored many subjects such as landscapes, portraits and flowers.


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- BofA/Merrill's Justin Post has upgraded Activision (ATVI) to Buy, and cut archrival Electronic Arts (EA) to Neutral.
- Post sees several catalysts for Activision, including an upcoming Diablo 3 expansion pack, the 2H14 arrival of a World of Warcraft expansion pack and (possibly) a Chinese online version of Call of Duty, and (most notably) the Sep. 9 launch of first-person shooter Destiny, which Activision thinks could be its third billion-dollar franchise.
- His 2015 Activision EPS forecast has been raised to $1.38 from $1.31, and his PT to $25 from $20.
- As for EA, Post sees fewer catalysts following the March 11 Titanfall launch, and "more compelling content" over the next six months from the likes of Activision, Ubisoft, and Sony. Though he thinks EA has strong FY16 (ends March '16) growth potential thanks in part to new Battlefield and Star Wars launches, he doesn't see any titles driving major FY15 upside.
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- More than two decades have passed since Activision (ATVI +14.4%) last traded at current levels, as a Q4 beat, slight dividend hike, World of Warcraft subscriber growth, and game pipeline enthusiasm took precedence over below-consensus 2014 guidance.
- Rivals Electronic Arts (EA +2.8%) and Take-Two (TTWO +2.2%) joined in on the fun. Shares of both companies are roughly $1 removed from their respective 52-week highs.
- BofA/Merrill's Justin Post notes Activision has a history of issuing conservative full-year guidance to start the year, and considers the WoW sub growth a pleasant surprise.
- Wedbush's Michael Pachter is upbeat about a 2014 pipeline that includes updates to WoW and Diablo III, and the launch of anticipated open world first-person shooter Destiny. He thinks the game could produce $500M or more in sales following its September release.
- Activision stated on its CC (transcript) it thinks Destiny could be its third billion-dollar franchise (after Call of Duty and Skylanders), and that it's moving to a 3-year development cycle for Call of Duty titles (three studios take turns launching titles) to allow for better game development.
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- Activision's (ATVI) guidance is a little soft, but investors don't seem to mind. The game developer expects Q1 revenue of $675M and EPS of $0.09 (below a consensus of $679M and $0.11), and 2014 revenue of $4.6B and EPS of $1.26 (below a consensus of $4.6B and $0.09).
- The company has also announced it's hiking its dividend by a penny to $0.20/share (1.2% yield), and is repaying a $375M term loan.
- Also of note: World of Warcraft subs, declining in recent quarters, managed to rise by 200K in Q4 to 7.8M.
- Console-related sales fell 14% Y/Y in Q4, and made up 64% of revenue. Online subscription sales (9% of revenue, heavily tied to World of Warcraft) fell 27% and made up 9% of revenue; PC sales (5% of revenue) fell 4%, distribution sales (8% of revenue) rose 29%, and all other sales (inc. mobile and toys/accessories) fell 14%.
- North American sales (53% of total) -8% Y/Y, Europe (40% of total) -14%, Asia-Pac (7% of total) -34%.
- R&D spend -11% Y/Y to $197M. Sales/marketing +8% to $239M.
- ATVI +7.1% AH. CC underway. Q4 results, PR.
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- Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI): Q4 EPS of $0.79 beats by $0.06.
- Revenue of $2.27B (-12.7% Y/Y) beats by $50M.
- Shares +7.86%.
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- Less than 18 months after launching The Blast Furnace, the company's first mobile game studio, Activision (ATVI -0.8%) says it's "exploring all our options" regarding the U.K. studio as part of its efforts to align its 2014 resources with "anticipated business requirements."
- The Blast Furnace has been responsible for mobile games Call of Duty: Strike Team and Pitfall!. Compared with Electronic Arts (delivered $124M in mobile revenue last quarter), Activision has maintained a small mobile profile. Activision Publishing chief Eric Hirshberg stated last year he thinks "consoles are still the go-to" for his company.
- More than a few major game developers have struggled to effectively monetize mobile titles in the face of intense competition and fickle consumer tastes. Activision's comments come ahead of its Feb. 6 Q4 report.
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- Electronic Arts' (EA +11%) Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25, and FIFA 14 respectively claimed spots #2, #4, and #9 on NPD's December bestseller list for U.S. physical retail game sales. Those rankings are hardly changed from November (#2, #4, and #10). Moreover, EA's total sales through the physical retail channel rose an estimated 47% Y/Y.
- "EA Scores December Hat Trick," reads the title of a bullish Cowen report. The firm thinks NPD's numbers suggest EA has a shot at beating consensus estimates and guidance forecasts when it reports on Jan. 28. Longbow, which had been prepared to cut its EA estimates in response to NPD's numbers, is hiking them instead.
- On the other hand, NPD thinks Activision's (ATVI -0.1%) U.S. physical retail sales fell 40% Y/Y in December, thanks in part to tough Call of Duty comps. Call of Duty: Ghosts was the bestselling title for the second straight month, but Skylanders: Swap Force fell to #10 from #7. Shares +0.9%.
- Take-Two's (TTWO +2%) Grand Theft Auto V, which debuted in September to record sales, fell to #7 from #5. NBA 2K14 rose a spot to #5.
- Altogether, NPD thinks U.S. physical retail game sales, still pressured by a shift to digital channels and mobile gaming, fell 17% Y/Y. That's a little better than November's 24% drop.
- Previous: EA, Activision, Take-Two underperform after GameStop warns
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- Activision (ATVI -1.7%), Electronic Arts (EA +0.3%), and Take-Two (TTWO -1.2%) are underperforming on a strong day for tech stocks after GameStop (GME -19.4%) reported disappointing holiday game sales and issued a Q4 EPS warning.
- Though GameStop saw its new hardware sales (a low-margin business) double Y/Y thanks to the PS4/Xbox One launches, a bigger-than-expected decline in PS3/Xbox 360 game sales led new software sales (high-margin) to drop 22.5% Y/Y. Pre-owned sales rose 7%, and digital sales 15%.
- Compared with peers, Electronic Arts is holding up relatively well thanks to a Credit Suisse upgrade to Outperform. EA reports on Jan. 28, and Take-Two on Feb. 3. If history is any guide, Activision should report in early February.
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- Sony (SNE +0.1%) announces at CES PlayStation 4 end-user sales (i.e. sell-through) reached 4.2M as of Dec. 28. That figure suggests the PS4 soundly outsold the Xbox One (MSFT - 3M+ sales in 2013) last year, and has a good chance of surpassing Sony's target of 5M FY14 (ends March '14) sales.
- Wider distribution - the PS4 is on sale in 53 countries, the One is only available in 13 - has helped Sony's next-gen console outsell Microsoft's. But so has a lower price tag ($399 vs. $499) and the backlash to the used game restriction and Internet access requirements initially planned for the One (before Microsoft backtracked).
- Sony has also announced the launch of PlayStation Now, its anticipated cloud gaming service. The service, which leverages Gaikai's cloud gaming platform, will provide access to PS2/PS3 titles, and (since it's cloud-based) run on everything from home consoles to TV sets to handheld/mobile devices.
- Also announced: a Web-based TV service that will include VOD content and a cloud-based DVR. However, Sony is short on details for now. Intel and others have taken stab at offering such a service, only to be thwarted by content owners and incumbent pay-TV providers.
- PS4 and Xbox One CPU/GPU supplier AMD (AMD +1.6%) is rallying for the second straight day. Game developers are also higher: EA +3.2%. TTWO +3.2%. ATVI +1.6%.
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- NPD estimates U.S. physical retail video game sales fell 24% Y/Y in November, after having risen 12% in October and (thanks to the Grand Theft Auto V launch) 52% in September. The fact many gamers directed their discretionary income towards buying next-gen consoles may have played a role here.
- Electronic Arts (EA +7.2%) investors appear pleased Battlefield 4 came in at #2 on NPD's bestseller list, in spite of the well-publicized bugs and gameplay issues EA is scrambling to address. In addition, Madden NFL 25 is ranked #4 after falling out of the top-10 in October, and FIFA 14 is at #10.
- Activision's (ATVI +0.1%) Call of Duty: Ghosts topped the bestseller list, and Skylanders: Swap Force is ranked #7. Take-Two (TTWO +2%) investors appear content with the fact GTA V came in at #5 after easily topping NPD's list for two months; Take-Two's NBA 2K14 is ranked #6, up one spot from October.
- NPD also states the PS4 outsold the Xbox One in November both in terms of hardware and game sales. But that might simply be the result of an earlier launch (Nov. 15 vs. Nov. 22). Sony claimed 2.1M+ PS4 sales as of Dec. 3, and Microsoft claimed 2M+ Xbox One sales as of Dec. 11.
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- Electronic Arts (EA +4.6%) has recouped the lion's share of the losses it saw yesterday in response to news its DICE unit is halting work on future projects to fix Battlefield 4. The efforts of several analysts to defend the gaming giant are likely helping out.
- While admitting Battlefield 4's game engine needs to be fixed, Piper's Michael Olson deems it unlikely EA's efforts have pulled in teams working other projects, and believes Battlefield 5 will ship in FY15 (ends March '15). Moreover, though he's only assuming 10M Battlefield 5 shipments for FY15 (compared with 13M Battlefield 4 shipments for FY14), Olson thinks EA can deliver more than $4.3B in FY15 revenue (consensus is at $4.23B).
- Pac Crest's Evan Wilson is more cautious. He argues Battlefield 4's disappointing initial sales, lukewarm reviews, and bugs have "lessened the value of the Battlefield franchise and the probability that it can indeed knock Call of Duty (ATVI +1.9%) off its perch." He also thinks they put into question "EA's decision to standardize on the Frostbite [game] engine."
- Also: EA has launched iOS/Android games for its popular Heroes of Dragon Age strategy combat franchise. Like other EA mobile titles, the games are free to download, and monetized via in-app purchases.
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- With complaints about bugs and connectivity issues piling up for Electronics Arts' (EA -7.3%) recently-launched Battlefield 4, EA's DICE unit (responsible for developing the game) is halting the release of additional Battlefield 4 expansion packs, and is also stopping work on all "future projects," until the game's issues are sorted out.
- EA investors aren't responding well to the news. Without healthy sales of Battlefield 4 and its $50 premium service, EA could struggle to hit its Dec. quarter forecasts. Moreover, DICE's project halts could delay the release of two anticipated titles: Star Wars: Battlefront (due in 2015) and Mirror's Edge 2 (due in 2015/2016).
- Activision (ATVI -2%), whose mainstay Call of Duty franchise is the top rival to EA's Battlefield franchise, is also selling off.
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- After rising 52% Y/Y in September on the back of huge sales for Take-Two's (TTWO -0.2%) Grand Theft Auto V, NPD estimates U.S. physical retail video game sales only rose 12% Y/Y in October ahead of this month's PlayStation 4 (launching today) and Xbox One (launching on Nov. 22) debuts. GTA V was once more the bestselling title.
- GameStop (GME -2.2%) is selling off on the wake of NPD's numbers, and so is Electronic Arts (EA -5.7%). Investors in the latter might not be pleased Madden NFL 25 (#2 in September and #1 in August) and FIFA 14 (#5 in September) fell out of the NPD's list of the ten top-selling games. EA's Battlefield 4, which launched near the end of the month to muted reviews, came in at #4.
- Take-Two's NBA 2K14 (#3 in September) and WWE 2K14 respectively came in at #7 and #10.
- Activision's (ATVI - unchanged) Skylanders: Swap Force was #8 on the list. Diablo III, which was #4 in September, dropped out of the top-10.
- Hardware sales fell 8% ahead of the PS4/Xbox One launches, and only totaled $171.7M. Accessories sales rose 1%.
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- Third Point's Nokia (NOK) stake only amounted to 2M shares (current value of $15.8M) at quarter's end. Nokia rallied on Oct. 22 after Loeb disclosed he had taken a position, and provided his reasons.
- The firm's position in Tibco (TIBX) was pared to 4.425M shares (2.7% stake) from a prior 5M. There's ongoing speculation Loeb will make Tibco an activist target.
- A new 2.6M-share position was taken in Activision (ATVI), which just finished a massive leveraged recap deal with Vivendi.
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The BBC has an interesting short interview with Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt, in which he talks about looking for sequences of shots, rather than one-off photos. The video coincides with the launch of his book 'Sequentially Yours' and looks at how a series of photos can sometimes tell more of a story than a single shot in isolation.
Often associated with the Cartier-Bresson's 'decisive moment' idea of photography, here he shows how that there's fun to be had playing beyond the single moment.
I also really enjoyed his images and interview. It appears most of his work is 35mm black and white film. He uses pro gear (great glass) but likely his images are not as sharp as can be produced by by modern digital cameras.
But you know what... It doesn't matter. They are still great photographs by any standard. All wonderful images, if only they were hanging on my wall!
DPR is mostly a technical web site. Many viewers love cameras for what they are .. beautiful technology. Here is a man who is good at his trade and used his tools intuitively.
What I learn from this interview is I should get out and take more photos, understand composition, light etc. And stop conning my self that the next model camera will make me a better photographer.
Well here's one of two girlfriends of mine were the pose went a little awry. :)
What I am most interested to know is how he managed to follow the entire family with a broken umbrella all the way home. They are interesting photos but if I am the person being photographed I would tell the photographer to f**k off.
Perhaps that is what makes Elliott Erwitt unique: he does not inspire that kind of behaviour.
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exactly, those subtle differences in our look, personality, body language, shooting style etc. make a huge difference... from my observations far not everyone has a potential to become a great photographer, even if one wants a lot... the same like not everyone will ever be able to lift 1000 pounds from the ground no matter how hard he trains..
I find Elliot Erwitt very unique for being funny, satirical, humorous as person as well as in expressing of what he sees; recalling Lartigue or Doisneau of some sort. He creates a caricature out of the usual and ordinary however by also knowing where to get utterly serious; an admirable talent, a very bright personality.
(A sad fact is that the ones who made Magnum the Magnum are disappearing slowly..)
I love Elliot Erwits images because he's obviously enjoying himself and his sense of enjoyment, humour and love of people and photography comes through in his pictures.
They are simple, humorous and he obviously knows how to get the most from his gear or lots of those shots would be missed.
I found some of his pictures recently in a magnum photographers book and for me he is simply refreshing, the humour jumped out from the book and for me he was one of the stand out photographers in the book.
I personally had never thought of doing a sequence of images and always tend to try and summarise everything in one shot, at least this book shows that there is another way.
Now, that we've become so gear focused he reminds me that in the end its about whats in the picture, and I should spend less time staring at 100% crops and lens reviews and more time with my camera in my hand.
You know what would be great? Take a bunch of pictures and play them back in sequence quickly. so you can see the motion. And maybe even record sound while you're shooting. wait... oh...
What seriously drives me crazy is when a sports photographer shows pictures in a sequence and also tries has explain what was happening at that time.
The best pictures stand on their own based on what we see in the frame.
One of the greatest photographers of all time. AND, without doubt, the funniest.
(full disclosure I'm a huge Erwitt fan), but I can't figure out why people love to downplay his work so much? He always gives a great interview because he's genuine, he's not in it for the fame, he'd still be doing it happily, even if no one knew who he was. Plus as was mentioned, he's so honest with his words and so direct that you can get more useful info from listening to him for 3 minutes then you can reading a 300 page photography instruction book. He tells you what can't be taught.
I haven't watch the video, but a month ago or so I went through Elliott Erwitt's book Sequentially Yours.
there were truly MAGNIFICENT stories told with few images. With special cariño I remember this guy at the beach sitting in a deck chair with a beer bottle on a table next to him and a blonde at his feet... the film my mind "completed" was very interesting. I got mesmerized by how Erwitt's made insignificant details, "touchstones"… that sequence wouldn't have been the same without the beer bottle. There's another with an old man, a hat and very wrinkled hands... There's one with as much glamour as Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable in a very relaxed/playful mood shoot, probably at location for The Misfits film.
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He has such a charming sense of fun, and conveys a lot about his style in this short piece. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks DPR for flagging this. In fact Elliott's point of view here is very challenging, at many levels, and runs against the core DPR community belief that digital hardware innovation really matters. I just dragged my old M6 out of the cupboard. Will be my buddy for the week-end!
No matter what you think of his work (and i really appreciate it ), he actually gives you an amazing amount of his secrets in under 3 minutes. What he says in three minutes sums up the essence of a brilliant photography career that spanned 30 years. If i show this to my students they will be exposed to the very essence of what makes a great photo. You have to listen to him very carefully because there is NO HYPE in his words. Jerry E (photo teacher)
Lovely, really made me smile. But I don't really see anything unique about them - they are simply cartoon strips recorded on film instead of by the talent of an illustrator. What's more they are 'objets trouvés'. Some people have a talent for spotting these things of course, but it's like finding an attractively shaped piece of driftwood - how much credit can you take for choosing it?
It's the kind of book I like to buy - but for its humour, not its photography.
Lucky enough to have a signed copy of this book. A wonderful photographer!
If you take 30 shots every second, and combine them into a sort of audio slideshow you can tell even more of a story /troll
"a series of photos can sometimes tell more of a story than a single shot"
No, Really?
Now THAT's Photography - pure creativity, completely removed fro hi-tec gadgetry, newest revolutionary models, and other things which serve more to sell cameras than use them. It proves that 99% of photo quality is the author, and that the picture-taaking tool is just that: a tool. And tools aren't creative.
I don't believe it. A sequence could tell more of a story than a single shot?
Just wait til he discovers there's something called "video" now!
That misses the point entirely. The sequence of the couple in the chairs followed by the empty chairs is funny because it suggests something absurd. Obviously it didn't happen. You can't do that in video.
Perhaps ryansholl should see if Magnum is interested in his thoughts on the medium.
I don't know why you are rejecting this idea. It isn't new. Photographers have been using sequenced images for years. Think in terms of 'Slices of Life'. Freelance photographer, Lious Peek, did a very good sequence of a girl and boy together shot in Paris I think, back in the late 1960s. The effect is different to a movie; the story is told differently. And with the still sequence the deliberate gaps can be used to create tension,and work on ones own imagination to fill in the gaps.
In photography, as in most other art forms, the more that is thrown at you, the least there is left for your imagination to work on. That magic shouldn't be lost.
What is happening most of the times anyone is looking at a TV screen these days, is their brain being shut down. And note that I wrote "most of the times". I believe that's why your "video" comment hasn't been well received.
He is playing with his viewers imagination. Video often fills all the gaps and leaves nothing to the viewers imagination.
Good old Elliott with a quirky sense of humour and a very keen eye, the photographic medium has been surely blessed by his work.
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The fact is that almost two years ago, my life changed in a big way when I was diagnosed with stomach cancer. One of my grandfathers died of stomach cancer before I was born. It's funny, but I never even thought about stomach cancer. My mother, my father and two aunts all had colon cancer. My father and one aunt had colostomies. I was very careful about colon cancer and ignored almost everything else. Why not? I hiked, I quit smoking, I had regular physical exams, I had a good relationship with God ... why should I worry? Well, I also had a stomach cancer gene that I never knew about!
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Well, that's probably a stretch given my ego. I have opinions on just about everything and I'm not above sharing them, but this cancer thing has changed me in some ways that I never expected. It's scary stuff and even when it's gone, and, it's never really gone.
I've reached the point where I can actually begin to accept my mother's idea, that there is some good in everyone.
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A place of uncommon beauty
Tue, Jan 4, 2011
Christmas: What does it all mean?
Tue, Dec 21, 2010
A spiritual advisor
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
Understanding personal gifts of everyday people
Tue, Oct 26, 2010
So, after you've done it all, what's left?
Wed, Oct 6, 2010
The context of place
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Revisiting old friends
Wed, Sep 1, 2010
Paradise is all around on peninsula
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
The wonder in waterfalls
Wed, Aug 4, 2010
A walk in the park does the soul good
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
Trying to explain
Wed, Jul 7, 2010