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Using Resources
I have been hammering this into my students' heads to the point where they all look at each other and grin as soon as I get started on the subject. And now, I think I want to also write about it.
OK folks – as far as I am concerned, the age for painstakingly crafting stuff by hand is over. Finito! Done with! Passe! Fuddy-duddy! And to actually teach people to think of creative activity in terms of doing that? To laud the merits of "craft"? Of toil? Of "no pain no gain"? Not only is this mindset passe, but in terms of creativity I believe that it is also misplaced. "Finding stuff," looking for "ready-mades," at least in my experience, will actually enhance creativity, will give you new ideas. Get you to make new connections. Make you do things you weren't thinking of doing before you stumbled across whatever it is that you stumbled across.
So, we should no longer be teaching our students how to "make stuff," but instead one of the things that we desperately need to teach them is how to "find stuff." Learning how to use resources. And not just with a particular objective in mind either. Total free fall, if anything. Get them to wander (ostensibly) aimlessly around stock photography and clip-art sites, check out samples in audio places, hang around download sites to install software that does all kinds of strange stuff. Not because their current project "needs" a specific image or a sound or whatever, but in the spirit of a flaneur wandering around a market. What they find will generate new ideas. New projects. I guarantee it!
But, the idea of "using resources" involves considerably more than wandering around and being a flaneur. It is actually about re-thinking design learning (and for that matter quite a bit of learning in general, I guess) not in terms of making things from scratch, but rather in terms of "modding" existent things. Or (and this one is very important, I think, for the whole future of the graphic design profession) – in terms of making things that others can "mod."
I just started to make a website for this year's student work with this wix HTML5 editor that they now have: http://elifayiter.wix.com/suvacd2014. I started out with one of their templates. And ended up with what is in the image above. The point remains however that I did not do this from a blank canvas. I built on someone else's work. So, it seems to me that, at this stage, in a web design course (for example) we can realistically teach people only one of two things: We can either teach them how to make the actual templates. Or we can teach them how to use already existent templates. But, I honestly do not think that we can justify teaching people to make unique, one of a kind web sites any longer. That ship has sailed… Read more


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Philadelphia Eagles
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No QB controversy, but Eagles have tougher decision
Michael Vick, who was strong in Kevin Kolb's place, might believe he's best suited to start at quarterback for the Eagles, but head coach Andy Reid wisely has said he'll go back to Kolb when he's ...
Reid not ruling QB Kolb, MLB Bradley out for Week Two
Eagles head coach Andy Reid did not rule out QB Kevin Kolb or MLB Stewart Bradley for the team's Week Two game against the Lions despite both sustaining concussions in the season opener against the Packers.
Reports: Eagles C Jackson will miss rest of season with torn biceps muscle
Reports indicate that Eagles starting C Jamaal Jackson will miss the 2010 season with a torn biceps muscle.
Rodgers leads Packers to 27-20 win vs. Eagles
Aaron Rodgers threw a pair of touchdown passes, Mason Crosby kicked a team-record 56-yard field goal and the Green Bay Packers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20.
Report: Weaver done for season with torn ACL
Leonard Weaver's injury appears to be as bad as it looked, as the Eagles' Pro Bowl fullback reportedly will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Concussions knock out Eagles QB Kolb, MLB Bradley
Eagles QB Kevin Kolb and MLB Stewart Bradley both suffered concussions in the first half of Philadelphia's Week One game with the Packers and will not return.
Report: Eagles FB Weaver suffers knee sprain
Eagles FB Leonard Weaver will miss the rest of Sunday's game and possibly longer after suffering a knee injury vs. the Packers.
Eagles ready for Kolb era to begin
Although the preseason featured its share of rough moments on offense for the Eagles, they are going forward with extreme confidence in QB Kevin Kolb.
Insider: Vick has 'got his burst back'
The Eagles will have a difficult time keeping backup QB Michael Vick off the field this season, one NFL insider says in "Audibles."
Eagles re-sign Jean-Gilles, add five to practice squad
The Eagles announced Sunday that they have re-signed OG Max Jean-Gilles to the active roster and signed the following five players to the practice squad: WR Chad Hall, RB Martell Mallett, DT Jeff Owens, OG-C Dallas Reynolds and C A ...
Patriots lose McGowan, trade for Page, White
New England acquired Chiefs S Jarrad Page in a trade after placing S Brandon McGowan on injured reserve Saturday. They also traded for Eagles LB Tracy White, giving up a 2012 draft choice.
Seahawks acquire OG Andrews, lose O-line coach Gibbs
Seattle traded for Eagles OG Stacy Andrews on Saturday, but lost offensive line coach Alex Gibbs, according to an NFL Network report.
Eagles trade for Ravens DE Barnes
The Eagles have acquired DE Antwan Barnes from the Ravens for an undisclosed 2011 draft pick.
Eagles trade for OG Wells, place Abiamiri on PUP list
Needing some healthy bodies on the offensive line, the Eagles acquired OG Reggie Wells from Arizona for an undisclosed draft choice. Philly also placed DE Victor Abiamiri on the PUP list and cut 10 players.
Kolb looks ready to produce
When looking for intriguing QB prospects for your fantasy team, your list of targets should include the Eagles' Kevin Kolb, writes PFW's Mike Wilkening.
Watkins is inactive for Sunday's season opener at St. Louis.||||||| Watkins was the 23rd pick but had lost his starting job to recently signed Kyle DeVan.
The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Watkins, their projected opening-day starting right guard.||||||| Terms of the deal announced Monday night were not available. Watkins, the 23rd pick in this year's draft, missed the first five days of training camp at Lehigh University.
Watkins, an offensive lineman from Baylor, was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 23rd pick of the NFL draft on Thursday night.||||||| The 26-year-old Watkins is a former firefighter who took an unconventional route to the pros. The Canadian has more experience as a firefighter (five years) than a football player (four) and played hockey and rugby in high school. Watkins, listed at 6-foot-4 and 312 pounds, played left tackle in college, but projects as a guard in the pros. He could help an offensive line that allowed 49 sacks last season, despite the presence of Michael Vick.

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The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has today received reports from Iraq of a wave of targeted killings of individuals who are perceived to be gay or lesbian. According to Iraqi human rights activists, in early February 2012, an unidentified group posted death threats against "the adulterous individuals" in the pre-dominantly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and Basra.
According to sources inside Iraq, as the result of this new surge of anti-gay violence close to 40 people have been kidnapped, brutally tortured and murdered. The Iraqi authorities have neither responded to this targeted violence nor have they publically denounced it. It is widely believed that these atrocities are being committed by a group of the Shiite militia.
Said Cary Alan Johnson, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, in a statement:
Today the Government of Iraq represents a fully sovereign and democratic country. As such, it must protect all of its citizens including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from hate-filled violence and death at the hands of armed militias. Vigilantes who perpetuate the targeted killing of those perceived to be gay or lesbian must not be tolerated in a new Iraq. We have seen these atrocities before. In 2009 vigilantes murdered hundreds of Iraqi individuals for their perceived sexual orientation. There are no excuses for such heinous human rights violations. We demand that the Iraqi Government put a stop to the wanton persecution and killing of gay people, and that the perpetrators punished.
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That's Not Cool
Engaging Teens
Developed by Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund) in partnership with the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women and the Advertising Council, That's Not Cool is a national public education campaign to prevent teen dating abuse. That's Not Cool uses digital examples of controlling behavior online and by cell phone to encourage teens to draw their own line about what is, or is not, acceptable relationship behavior.
Visit the campaign website, www.thatsnotcool.com.
About Digital Dating Abuse
For today's teens, digital technology is an extension of their everyday lives and their intimate relationships. However, these new digital technologies have created a landscape in which personal boundaries and ways to promote safety are far from clear. Digital abuse is a growing form of abuse, particularly among teens, which can include unwanted, repeated calls or text messages, privacy violations such as breaking into email or social networking accounts, and pressure to send nude or private pictures or videos.
For statistics on teen dating abuse and digital abuse, please see our Get the Facts section.
About the Campaign
This comprehensive public service advertising (PSA) campaign, created pro bono by R/GA, includes an interactive website, mobile component, television, radio, print, outdoor posters in schools and malls, and Web ads. The PSAs direct audiences to visit, www.ThatsNotCool.com, where teens can find tools to "draw their own digital line" and a forum to discuss relationships and seek help.
That's Not Cool is building a community of teens, both online and offline. Among many venues, the campaign collaborates with teens on Facebook, and at skate parks, street festivals, school assemblies, and Vans Warped Tour rock concerts across the country. That's Not Cool provides essential information on dating and digital issues and inspires teens to take action to prevent teen dating abuse in their own communities.
Bring That's Not Cool to Your Community
That's Not Cool has a Campaign Tools Website for teens, violence prevention advocates, youth mentors, and other community leaders to bring That's Not Cool to local communities. Anyone can visit the Campaign Tools Website for free and immediate access to campaign materials, research, and instructional documents.
Work with your local media station to feature teen dating abuse prevention messages. Share clever flyers at your community health fair. Print posters for your school hallways. Use our digital dating abuse scripts with a student theater group. Download video files and lesson plans to use in classrooms. We encourage you to organize teens in your community to lead their own That's Not Cool activity! Visit the Campaign Tools Website for more ideas and materials.
To create an account and explore ways to bring That's Not Cool to your community, visit www.thatsnotcool.com/tools.
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Commercial Sales
A survey of the law of Sales under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Topics to be covered include scope of Article 2, contract formation, statute of frauds, parole evidence, warranties (including Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act), performance and breach (acceptance, rejection, revocation ), risk of loss and remedies. Teaching methods: Course will be taught through the use of problems designed to develop an understanding of the basic transactions and the skills needed to work with a commercial code. Current developments in the amendment and interpretation of Article 2 will be discussed. Evaluation: The final grade will be determined on the basis of a 3-hour final exam. Class attendance, participation and preparation will be a factor in determining the final grade.
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July 2, 1993, David Glenn Gatlin walked into a trailer where his estranged wife lived and shot her in the head.
Her friend, Randy Walker, survived a gunshot to the head.
Both crimes, Gatlin has admitted.
Family members are insensed that Gatlin would be released by an official pardon by Governor Haley Barbour.
"Is he, Governor Barbour, going to pardon us from our aches and pains and heartache that we have to suffer? Is he going to pardon a child that had to grow up with out a mother? Is he going to pardon me from never being able to feel her arms around my neck again? What is Barbour going to do about that?," said Betty Ellis, mother of murder victim.
The sister of the victim, Tiffany Ellis Brewer, says he served less time than her sister lived.
"It's completely unfair. I mean, he's in jail for 18 years, she was 20-years-old when she died and had her child laying in her arms when he shot her in her head. And he's pardoned?," Brewer said.
David Ruth was the lead investigator on the case.
He says there seems to have been a huge disconnect in communication in the system and and that Gatlin's pardon sends the wrong message.
"They had received a letter Friday from the parole board stating that the was not going to be paroled and it would be considered again in October 2012. And then to receive a call not even 24 hours later that he's going to be pardoned. Certainly think that someone was not in sync with things," Ruth said.
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National group to push for legal pot in Vt.By PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | September 11,2013MONTPELIER A national organization pushing for the reform of marijuana laws says it plans to launch a state-level lobbying effort aimed at legalizing cannabis in Vermont by 2017.
The announcement Tuesday from the Marijuana Policy Project coincides with hearings in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where Sen. Patrick Leahy cheered the Department of Justices recent decision to take a hands-off approach to marijuana enforcement in the two states that have legalized the drug.
It also comes on the heels of comments from Gov. Peter Shumlin, who said last week not only that he was open to starting the legalization debate, but that he didnt want to allow much time to elapse before Vermont adopted the kinds of laws passed by referendum in Colorado and Washington.
Vermont is a state that does have medical marijuana, that has passed decriminalization, and those are factors, including the governor saying he is open to the debate, that make us think its a good conversation to have in Vermont, said Matt Simon, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project.
MPP, based in Washington, D.C., has spent thousands of dollars between contributions to statewide and local candidates and contracts with a Montpelier lobbying firm on marijuana reform efforts in the Green Mountain State.
The group helped underwrite a years-long Statehouse lobbying campaign that earlier this year bore fruit with the enactment of a decriminalization statute that eliminates criminal sanctions for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana and replaces them with a $300 civil fine.
Simon said he has spoken with state legislators in advance of the next legislative session, and he expects to see the Vermont Senate debate a bill, shelved last year, that would establish a study committee to explore the risks and benefits of legalization.
I think the study is good way to move forward and see what various stakeholders have to say, Simon said.
In a statement included in the MPP release Tuesday, Rep. Susan Hatch Davis, a Progressive from Orange, said legalization makes sense both for law enforcement and the fiscal bottom line. Prohibition, Davis said, has no effect on availability and only enriches criminals.
If we tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol, we can save our limited law enforcement resources while creating local jobs and tax revenue, she said. It is time for a sensible approach on this issue.
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Retaliation against an individual for filing a complaint of sexual harassment or against any individual for cooperating in an investigation of a complaint is against the Medical School policy and it is against the law. If retaliation is found to have occurred, appropriate action(s) will be taken.
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IL116G MR16 Inground Uplight with Rock Guard
IL116G Inground Uplight with Rock Guard housing is fabricated from a single piece of compression molded fiberglass reinforced polyester composite pressure tested to ensure water will not wick or leak through. Bronze finish trim ring and rock guard is a textured composite material. Natural Brass trim ring and rock guard is a natural cast metal. Clear convex, tempered soda-lime glass for high impact resistance. 2200 pound live-load rated, standard walk-over lens. One 75 watt 12 volt MR16 lamp included. Covered MR16 lamp is recommended to protect inner capsule lamp. Pre-wired with 3 foot pigtail of 18-2 AWG wire. Includes low voltage quick connector LVC3 for easy hook up to the low voltage supply cable not included. 6.6 inch diameter x 8.4 inches high. ETL listed for wet locations. Requires remote transformer not included.
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Philips Hadco has been a leader in manufacturing high-performance, exceptional quality, decorative outdoor lighting products since 1953. Proudly and professionally serving the Municipal, Utility, Commercial, and Residential lighting markets, Hadco's lean, made-to-order philosophy and commitment to providing the lighting industry's shortest lead times allow them to consistently meet or exceed customers expectations. Philips Hadco specializes in custom and modified products and utilizes the latest technologies available.


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Hastings Direct creates 85 new jobs
Further to its January announcement of 200 new jobs being created in 2013, insurance broker Bexhill-based Hastings Direct has just announced the creation of an additional 85 new roles. The company recently announced an 18% increase in customers in 2012.
– Gary Hoffman, CEO, Hastings Direct
We have ambitious plans to serve three million customers by 2020 and we are on track to achieve this. I am delighted to be able to announce another 85 new jobs in addition to the 200 we have already created this year.


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The 2011 season was the 15th year of Georgia Softball. Over those 15 seasons, the Bulldog softball teams have amassed a 667-318 record, two Southeastern Conference championships, 10 NCAA Regional appearances, five NCAA Super Regional appearances and two Women's College World Series appearances.
Additionally over those 15 seasons, Georgia players and coaches have earned several honors and awards:
1 Easton Sports, Inc., Team of the Year honor
17 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America honors
10 Easton All-America honors
2 ESPN.com All-America honors
1 National Strength Coaches Association All-America honor
2 Women's College World Series All-Tournament selections
7 NCAA Regional All-Tournament selections
33 All-Southeast Region honors
50 All-SEC honors (23 – First Team, 14 – Second Team, 7 Freshman Team, 6 Defensive Team)
13 SEC All-Tournament selections
23 SEC Player of the Week selections
24 SEC Pitcher of the Week selections
5 SEC Freshman of the Week selections
1 SEC Player of the Year honor
2 SEC Pitcher of the Year honors
2 SEC Coach of the Year honors
1 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
3 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalists
3 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week selections
3 NFCA Collegiate Player of the Week honors
1 USA Softball National Team Selection Camp
1 USA Softball Japan Cup Team selection
3 CoSIDA Academic All-America honors
8 CoSIDA The Magazine Academic All-District honors
83 SEC Academic Honor Roll honors
16 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll honors
8 SEC Community Service Team selections
The 2011 season also marked the eighth season in which the Bulldog softball team has played in its multi-million dollar facility, the Jack Turner Softball Stadium. The facility holds close to 1,400 fans and has been chosen to host five NCAA Regionals and three NCAA Super Regionals since its inception in 2004.
In home games since 2004, the Bulldogs are 242-46 overall, 83-30 against SEC opponents, 16-4 in NCAA Regional play and 5-2 in NCAA Super Regional action.
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Alamo Heights police: Witness catches robbery suspect Enzo Magnani on camera
MacArthur High student Enzo Magnani accused of purse snatching on Austin Highway
SAN ANTONIO - MacArthur High School student Enzo Magnani, 17, is facing a robbery charge related to a purse snatching in Alamo Heights last month.
An arrest warrant affidavit stated that a witness used a cell phone to take pictures of two teens running from the scene of the crime which helped police identify the suspects.
A man and woman told officers they were walking in the 200 block of Austin Highway Oct. 20 when two teens ran up behind them, knocked them to the ground and stole the woman's purse, the affidavit stated.
Several people, including the person with the cell phone, witnessed the crime.
The affidavit stated that an officer with the Northeast Independent School District looked at the pictures and recognized one of the teens as a student who attends MacArthur High School. In the affidavit, police identified him as Ryan Tyron Franklin.
Detectives said they later interviewed Franklin and he told them Magnani took part in the robbery with him, the affidavit stated. A robbery charge was filed against Magnani Tuesday.
For a list of recent stories Katrina Webber has done, click here.
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Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, from 2:30 until 3:30 p.m. at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. in the Kilgore-Green Chapel with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Townley. Dale Lawley will officiate.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Carmen Windham of Sipsey; two daughters, Beverly Aldridge (Gary) of Cardiff and Judy Windham of Missouri; one son, Jimmy Windham of Missouri; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Helen Busby of Brookside, Betty Fox (Joe) of Glen Allen, Va., and Linda Hollis of Jasper; brother, Troy Windham of Fayetteville, Tenn.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
You may sign an online register and express condolences to the family at www.kilgoregreenfuneralhome.com.
Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503


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Epica Biography
Epica is a symphonic metal band from The Netherlands, founded in 2003 by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. The band currently consists of Simone Simons (vocals), Mark Jansen (guitars, vocals), Isaac Delahaye (guitar), Yves Huts (bass), Coen Janssen (keyboards, synthesizer), and Ariën van Weesenbeek (drums). In early 2002, Mark Jansen left After Forever due to creative differences and began looking for musicians to integrate a new musical project, initially named Sahara Dust. In late 2002, the band courted Helena Iren Michaelsen (former vocalist of Trail of Tears and current vocalist of Imperia) as its frontwoman, but shortly after she was replaced by the then unknown mezzo-soprano singer Simone Simons, Jansen's girlfriend at the time. The band's line-up was completed by guitarist Ad Sluijter, drummer Jeroen Simons, bassist Yves Huts and keyboard player Coen Janssen. Their name was changed to Epica, inspired by Kamelot's album, "Epica". Epica then assembled a choir (made up of two men and six women) and a string orchestra (three violins, two violas, two cellos, and a double bass) to play along with them. Their debut album, The Phantom Agony, was produced by Sascha Paeth (known for having previously produced albums for bands such as Angra, Rhapsody of Fire, and Kamelot) and was released in late 2003. Their second release, entitled Consign to Oblivion, was influenced by the culture of the Maya civilization, a fact which can be noticed, for example, on songs which integrate the "A New Age Dawns" arch. "A New Age Dawns" refers to the time system of the Mayan people, which extends up to the year of 2012, and makes no reference of what may happen past said year. Consign to Oblivion was composed with film scores as a basis, with Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman being cited as major inspirations. The album features guest singing by Roy Khan (from Kamelot) on the song "Trois Vierges". Epica also joined Kamelot as a support band on parts of their tour for promotion of the The Black Halo album, to which Simone had contributed her vocals. Epica's The Score: An Epic Journey was released in September 2005 and is the soundtrack for a Dutch movie called "Joyride", though it can also be seen as their third album. Mark Jansen stated that the album is "Typically Epica. Only without the singing, without the guitars, no bass and no drums". In 2005 and 2006 Epica went on their first tour throughout North America with Kamelot. After the tour, their drummer, Jeroen Simons, left the band, due to his wish to pursue his other musical interests. In December Ariën van Weesenbeek was announced at the official website of the band to be the drummer for their new album. The Divine Conspiracy has been released at the end of August 2007 in the United States in time for their second tour through North America. The new album was released early September in Europe and is the first Epica album released by Nuclear Blast. Design Your Universe is the fifth full-length studio album by Epica, It was released on October 16, 2009. The album title, Design Your Universe, deals with new breakthroughs in quantum physics. It proves that we are all connected to each other on subatomic level. Also, it shows that we can create or at least influence matter with our thoughts… a very interesting fact. Because it changes everything for us, our whole worldview collapses once you accept these facts and integrate them in your lives. So this had to become the new album title. Epica performs a blend of gothic metal and symphonic metal. Another component of Epica's style is power metal with their guitarist Ad Sluijter describing the band as "a bridge between power metal and gothic metal.". Vocalist Simone Simons has expressed a preference for the group to be described as symphonic metal though the founder of the group Mark Jansen notes that they do not mind being called gothic metal. On December 16, 2008, Ad Sluijter left the band. He left a message on his MySpace page with his reasoning for leaving the band, which included frustration over being unable to enjoy composing music because of deadlines. In January Epica announced on their official website that guitarist Isaac Delahaye would join the band as a fulltime member. On March 4, 2009, Epica announced their return to the studio where they would begin the recording process for a new album. In April 2009, it was revealed that the new album's title would be "Design Your Universe". The album will be released on 16th October. To promote this release, they will be performing in Amsterdam at Paradiso on the 10th of the same month. This album will be new guitarist Isaac Delahaye's first.[10] The record also contains a guest appearance from Sonata Arctica vocalist Tony Kakko on the song "White Waters". Official site: www.epica.nl
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St. Peter's India Pale Ale
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This IPA pours out a nice golden amber color on the lighter end of the amber spectrum. A billowing white head emerges and has great retention. The lacing left from the head is nice and heavy, but becomes more intermittent down the glass.
Sour citrus hops hit the nose first. Then, there is a healthy grain malt aroma and a hint of yeast that follows. Smells a little "off" to me, not exactly what I have come to expect from IPA's.
Yikes, this one is intrusive. A sharp, spiky bitterness hits the palette right away. Then, there is a brief reprieve from the bitterness, in the form of a smoother malt flavor, which is followed by a sour grapefruit hop flavor. A watery, wet, smooth finish ensues. However, the aftertaste brings a heavy onslaught of dry bitterness. It feels as if it penetrates the tongue and hangs around like an unwanted guest. Unfortunately, I am turned off at this point.
St. Pete's has a light body with a noticeable amount of carbonation. Nothing special, it's a little lighter than I would have expected, but not horrible.
The hard bitterness in the beginning and the end is not at all appealing. On the bright side, as one continues to drink, the malt flavor becomes a little more apparent and brings some balance to the flavor. However, the aftertaste is a real bummer. Hate to say it, but I couldn't bring myself to finish the entire pint.
08-24-2008 21:15:17 | More by Ben4881
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2.95/5 rDev -13%
I raise this pint glass to Glenn "BO" Schembechler,this poured a dull light light golden with a thin wispy head seems to be very lightly carbonated."Full bodied and generously hopped pale ale" per label,hmm wrong on both counts in my mind thin almost watery mouthfeel not much carbonation to give it any life the hop profile is light and more herbal than anything,a decent toasted malt base is there with a touch of sweetness.Eh pretty boring and not enjoyable,I expected more from a pretty good English brewer.
11-18-2006 01:31:05 | More by oberon
3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
01-20-2013 23:38:57 | More by tbryan5
4/5 rDev +18%
Part of my Up Rising at Novare Res.
Pour into a britis stine.
the beer is pale golded and hinter of amber. The head is frothy and sticky white.
the nose is sweet and earthy, classic EIPA. There are hints of orange marmalade genaric floral hops.
The Taste is great maly sweet to start but the orange and earth hops punch thorugh an make a wonderfull flavor. I'm not sur why this beer is rated a 70. After looking at the top EIPAs I dont see a 4 aside from Three Floyds( hyped no doubt).
Overall a great beer
03-02-2014 20:19:28 | More by bishopdc0
New York
4/5 rDev +18%
02-18-2012 02:09:46 | More by kbt5273
1.45/5 rDev -57.2%
Pours a nice golden with a big rocky head. Aroma is overpowering skunk with some hops in there somewhere. Taste is skunk with some mild floral hops. This beer comes in a really cool bottle. The bottle is the best thing it has going for it. Unfortunately, they need to change the color of the bottle. Painful drinking.
05-17-2007 18:06:07 | More by Duster72
3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
07-28-2013 17:08:56 | More by westcott
3.08/5 rDev -9.1%
very cool old-styl bottle. A mild English IPA. Orange pour with sediment and an average white head. Musty aroma with some flowers and grass. Watery taste of hops, earth, and light pine. Wanted so much more. Just another "organic" beer gone awry.
12-16-2008 18:19:44 | More by magictrokini
3.53/5 rDev +4.1%
Presentation: 16.9 oz bottle
Appearance: Half finger light colored head. Quick retention Light golden amber with very faint off pink hues.
Smell: Not a strong smelling beer. Gives off an aromatic and slightly citric crisp smell.
Taste: Lightly malted with a well balanced and mellow hops profile. Almost crisp with a clean and fast finish. After taste doesn't last long.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and a little creamy for an IPA. goes down very easy.
Drinkability: I'd guess this one's probably not too high in abv. Easy to drink.
03-22-2010 03:19:08 | More by RiverCityBrews
United Kingdom (England)
3.58/5 rDev +5.6%
A 500ml bottle with a BB of Dec 2011. ABV is stated as 5.5%. The olive green bottle has an antique design, but is round rather than oval. A beer to celebrate IPA day!
Poured into a Sam Smith's glass. A rich golden-amber colour with low carbonation and good clarity. Yields a large off-white head of creamy foam that lasts for a couple of minutes before subsiding. Aroma of stewed hops/leaves with a backbone of caramel malt and a hint of ethanol and diacetyl.
Tastes of slightly sweet malt with a dry bitter finish. Notes of stewed hops, caramel/toffee and some buttery diacetyl in the background. Also a hint of alcohol/solvent. Hops are pleasantly bitter, but not aromatic. Mouthfeel is smooth, slick and tingly. Quite astringent. Aftertaste of bitter stewed hops.
A pretty good IPA in keeping with the English style, and nicely balanced. I wish it had more aromatic hops to round out the bitterness. The diacetyl is palatable but a bit of a flaw. Worth trying, but I reckon there are better examples out there.
08-04-2011 22:15:55 | More by jazzyjeff13
2.76/5 rDev -18.6%
As a huge fan of IPAs, I have to say I was pretty disappointed by this beer. Not a great hop presence, the dominant flavor was a sort of dry, smoky malt flavor that just felt very out of place in an IPA.
Appearance: Decent. A nice strong looking amber, very transparent. The head was definitely a little foamier than most other IPAs I've had, but the lacing was good.
Smell: Not a whole lot of hops in the smell which was my first indication that the St. Peter's wasn't what I was looking for. Sort of a subdued fruity smell.
Taste: In my personal opinion, not very good at all. Super malty, especially for an IPA. Very little hoppiness, and didn't have the spicy kick you usually get with beers of this style. Sort of old-fashioned tasting, which some people might appreciate, but I found it very off-putting. Tasted a lot more like a Scotch ale.
Mouthfeel: Not great. Very dry, not a lot of body to it. Emphasized the smoky elements of the malt flavor.
My opinion of this beer may have been tainted by the fact that I was looking for a more modern, American IPA and this wasn't it, but you should definitely be warned that this is pretty far from what most people think of when they think of an IPA. Not an awful beer necessarily, but perhaps a little misleading.
02-06-2014 22:25:58 | More by WyethBednar
2.5/5 rDev -26.3%
02-26-2014 20:42:08 | More by JIMTRK16
4/5 rDev +18%
03-11-2012 08:06:37 | More by RDW
3.45/5 rDev +1.8%
A: Hazy orange-copper body, thin white head, not much retention.
S: The smell of a loaf of fresh-baked bread filled the room as soon as I poured it. As it warms up I get biscuit, orange, and must.
T: Fairly malty. Definitely less bitter than an AIPA, but still a lot of citrus, more than I was expecting. Bitterness only really shows up at the end.
M: Not super carbonated but still very smooth. Dry on the back end.
It was a good beer, but not one I'm in a hurry to get again.
07-03-2012 02:16:59 | More by RichardMNixon
Ontario (Canada)
3.3/5 rDev -2.7%
A normal yellow body with a foaming, disapearing white head. Smells like cheese, uh oh but could still be a decent bitterness. And it is. Medium mouthfeel.Understated carbonation.A little sugary sweetness. Drinkable English IPA, but nothing exceptional.
11-09-2008 02:22:06 | More by Sammy
4/5 rDev +18%
06-12-2014 09:56:21 | More by schavuytje
3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
02-25-2013 03:20:00 | More by terrafirma
Ontario (Canada)
3.3/5 rDev -2.7%
A dull straw. Nice thick pillowy head. Good retention. Sticky lacings.
Sort of strange aroma. A light hoppiness, kind of citrussy. Somewhat unpleasant sweetness behind.
Buttery malt up front but only lasts for a second. Astringent bitterness takes over pretty quickly. Bitter with with a lemon tinge to it. Fairly strong hoppy aftertaste.
Very strange take on an EIPA. Balance makes the English IPA one of my fave styles but this is out of wack, very difficult to nail down the malt.
11-09-2008 20:00:04 | More by CanuckRover
2.75/5 rDev -18.9%
Decent copper, with very little carbonation.
Aroma is mild, without much hoppy character. Disappointing.
Hmm. The bottle is green, with no detectable freshness date. I think this one was past it's days, as the shop I got it from couldn't verify the age, either. Anyway, on with the review...
Some bitterness in the tasting, otherwise kind of maple-like, acidic. Likely past it's prime, and barely even drinkable in this state. Beware of aged & light-struck bottles.
04-06-2011 18:11:32 | More by secondtooth
United Kingdom (England)
3.25/5 rDev -4.1%
Fine, but surprisingly uninteresting beer from this top-grade brewer. Lacks sharpness and intrigue of more floral/American hops. Tastes like standard pub draught fare.
08-26-2014 21:31:40 | More by mick_cooper
3.75/5 rDev +10.6%
10-28-2012 19:30:59 | More by adamcthomp
3.65/5 rDev +7.7%
It took me a minute, but now I see this as a legitimate IPA. The hops are mellow and will slowly grow on you as you drink this one.
The appearance is a clear golden amber with thick lacing and head retention. It's smells of sweet, creamy English yeast character. The malt is a very subtle caramel and then grassy and herbal hops kick with with a touch of citrus and then the candy-like yeast flavors. Very smooth drinking and a fine session beer. My only knocks are that there's no hops in the aroma and that the flavor is a little mild.
01-20-2008 23:49:27 | More by tempest
3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
12-10-2012 05:28:13 | More by cliff1066
3/5 rDev -11.5%
10-16-2012 18:50:55 | More by aztraz
4.15/5 rDev +22.4%
Pours a somewhat effervescent & hazed amber with 3+ fingers of rocky cream colored head, gushed a bit. Very good head retention & good lacing
S: Herbal & leafy hops up front. I get breadyness once warm
T: Leafy hops, some caramel, breadyness & lemony & grapefruit hops up front. Slight jammy fruittyness with more citric & leafy hops as this warms. Finishes dry, a bit fruitty, somewhat bready & lemony
MF: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation with very good balance
Drinks very easy, not the best put together EIPA there is, but pretty damn good. A little more malt presence finesse with the hopping is what the doctor ordered. If this were an AIPA, I'd knock those down a few .5s to 1 points, people need to drink some EIPAs at the source to understand the English don't usually subscribe to the more is better philosophy, think restraint & finesse
01-30-2008 05:08:20 | More by russpowell
St. Peter's India Pale Ale from St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd
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Its creator says it's a way to bring people in closer contact with nature.
First there's a beach near the Brooklyn Bridge that you're not allowed to swim in and there's barely enough sand for sunbathing. Then there's the floating East River pool in Dumbo by the carousel that's still in the fantasy stage.
So how about something to dream about even closer to the crowded, stressed-out streets of Manhattan?
How about a floating city beach on a barge in the Hudson River that's the shape of a potato chip.
"It's kind of like a chip that sits on top of the barge, almost like a Lays potato chip would sit, and the neat part about that is that it gives you like 360 degree view from wherever you are, so you almost feel like you're sitting at the bottom of a sand dune and are really communicating with nature," said concept creator Blayne Ross.
It's the brainchild of Ross, 38, who envisioned a grassroots, community effort on Indiegogo crowd funding.
The dream beach barge would be 260 feet long by 72 feet wide, surrounded by waterfalls and hold about 600 people at a time.
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"I think that's going to be something we're going to figure out during the next planning phase. It's really up to the DEC and if it's something we can work out then we'd be happy to do it. I'd love it. More to come," Ross said.
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For the Record: May 19, 2011
New issue of Journal of Critical Race Inquiry
The second issue (Volume 1, Number 2) of the Journal of Critical Race Inquiry (CRI) is published and available online. It is another provocative, thoughtful and interdisciplinary contribution to the critical examination of race.
Founded in 2009, CRI is a copyrighted, peer-reviewed, bi-annual and open-access electronic journal that uses an interdisciplinary approach to feature current research, thoughtful debate and innovative inquiry into critical race issues.
Race is defined by the journal editors as a social construct that has no biological basis. However, they see the concept of 'race' as fluid, changing and culturally specific.
Advisory committee for director of Industrial Relations Centre
Paul Juniper's term as director of Industrial Relations Centre ends on June 30, 2011. Mr. Juniper has agreed to consider serving another term should it be the wish of the university community.
An advisory committee has been struck with the following membership:
Richard Chaykowski, professor/program director, Master of Industrial Relations
Peter Edwards, Vice President, CPR
Glenda Fisk, assistant professor, Industrial Relations Program
Peter Harrison, Director, School of Policy Studies - Chair
Stephanie Noel, program team manager, Industrial Relations Centre
Shawna O'Grady, associate professor, School of Business
Members of the university community who wish to comment on Mr. Juniper's leadership of Queen's Industrial Relations Centre may do so by June 3. Please submit your comments in writing to Dr. Harrison and send them to Office 209 Robert Sutherland Hall, or submit them via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Respondents should indicate whether they wish to have their letters shown, in confidence, to the members of the advisory committee.
Principal's Advisory Committee – University Librarian
As previously communicated by Provost Bob Silverman, a search has begun for a University Librarian.
A Principal's Advisory Committee, chaired by Provost Silverman, has been struck with the following membership:
Bob Silverman, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) – Chair
Irène Bujara, Director, Human Rights Office, Director, University Advisor on Equity
Daniel Moore, Society of Graduate and Professional Students
Mira Dineen, Academic Affairs Commissioner, Alma Mater Society
Bill Egnatoff, Senate Library Committee
Jim Lesslie, Manager, Departmental Development, Information Technology Services
Steven Liss, Vice-Principal (Research)
Suzanne Maranda, University Library
Brenda Ravenscroft, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Arlie Redmond, CUPE Representative, Library Technicians
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Provost Bob Silverman and Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) Caroline Davis are now accepting applications from the Queen's community to serve as members of the Queen's Accessibility Committee, for a two-year term, commencing September 1.
The committee brings together community members and representatives of various university groups working collectively to make Queen's accessible for persons with disabilities.
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Chief's Camp is located on one of the many islands that emerge due to the seasonal flood waters running down from Angola each June. Chief's Island, was named after Chief Moremi, the hereditary king of the area. Chief Moremi used the land as his private royal hunting ground and it was his subjects, the Tawana, who made the area into a reserve where all wildlife is protected. The vast numbers of animals that congregate here all year round make it easy to understand why the area was put aside for the chief use.
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Located on the north-western tip of Chief's Island, the game viewing opportunities are awe-inspiring. Elephant, wild dog, cheetah and leopard can be spotted close to camp and like the rest of the Okavango Delta, the area is a paradise for ornithologists. There are several local lion prides as well as genet cats and hyena in abundance and Chief's Camp is a worthy tribute to the great meeting of chiefs that proclaimed this area a game reserve in 1963, preserving the area for future generations.
In addition to superb game viewing by vehicle between July and October Chief's camp offers Mokoro trips. Mokoros are authentic dugout canoes, which are perfect for getting closer to the bush in the presence of your guide. Each June the camp is surrounded by flood waters which creep up and turn the Okavango into an elaborate labyrinth of lily filled lagoons and sparkling streams, which makes water activities such as this not only possible but a very attractive activity in combination with game drives.
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Vernissage: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 1pm - 3pm
JAG Projects is proud to present Frequencies, a solo exhibition of paintings by Joanna Borkowska. The term frequency refers to how often an event occurs within a given period of time, and can be used to describe a wide array of phenomena, such as sound, electromagnetism—including the visible light spectrum, and even scent. Frequencies are symptomatic of movement, of all things visible and invisible.
For this exhibit Ms. Borkowska has prepared new paintings depicting a broad spectrum of frequencies from her unique perspective. The creative process was an experiment related to the frequencies of gestures, that is the pouring of different kinds of oil paint mixed with pigments onto canvas until the envisioned image appeared. This kind of work relies on Nature and the specific properties of the materials used; this method stands in stark contrast to the artist's older contemplative, textured, multilayered paintings. The common denominators of the execution of her work, however, remain the same: pace and rhythm.
Frequencies will also present a selection of paintings from Ms. Borkowska's previous projects that have never been shown in Warsaw. Through eight paintings with circles that reference the visible light spectrum plus pink (from her "8/8" audiovisual installation project), the artist addresses issues regarding the perception of color, namely the tension between the way in which people physiologically react to different hues versus their culturally bounded meanings. Another project, "Dimensions"—comprised of a panel of 32 small canvases, as well as the paintings "Cosmic Gate" and "From the Other Side"—explores concepts concerning the construction of the Universe and the role and place of humans as multidimensional beings, who, through their capacity to raise their frequencies, can connect with various dimensions.
Ms. Borkowska holds a doctorate in political science from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, where she taught politics and international relations from 2001 to 2007. She left her teaching position in order to devote all of her creative energies to painting, which has been her greatest passion for well over a decade. She has been living and creating in Warsaw, Poland, since 2011.
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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant's mother has told authorities that she doesn't want to pursue a case against her son after an argument allegedly turned violent.
A Dallas County district attorney's spokeswoman says the case DeSoto police filed against Bryant includes an "affidavit of non-prosecution" from Angela Bryant, which means she doesn't want to proceed.
Police in the southern Dallas suburb arrested Dez Bryant last week after a July 14 incident in which he allegedly hit his mother across the face with a ball cap.
A police affidavit said Bryant grabbed his mother by her T-shirt, causing her bra to tear.
Because this is a pending case, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office could only say that the circumstances will be evaluated just like any other family violence case.
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Ward Muscatell stopped at Kirk's Superstop in Hawley, Minnesota on march 13 for a granola bar and a Diet Coke, white he was in the store he bought two Minnesota State Lottery Twins scratch game tickets. He thought he may have won a prize on the second ticket but, "I didn't' have my glasses on, so I asked the clerk to double check it for me."
Muscatell said the clerk scanned the ticket and told him he won $200,000. He was shocked and immediately told his wife about his big win. The couple made a trip to the lottery headquarters in Roseville that afternoon to claim the prize.
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It probably won't command as much global attention as the royal baby, but there's a meeting on Wednesday that will determine the future of Nantucket.
I described the issue in detail last week. Here's the short version:
Rising sea levels are accelerating beach and bluff erosion on a short stretch of shoreline on the Eastern side of the island.
This stretch of shoreline is owned and occupied.
If the erosion is not stopped, it will soon take many more houses, along with a section of a road.
If a section of the road disappears, the municipal electricity, water, sewage, and telecommunications lines to about a dozen houses and a famous lighthouse will get cut off, along with access to the houses and lighthouse themselves.
To restore access and services to the houses and lighthouse, which the Town of Nantucket is legally obligated to provide, the Town would have to buy some new land from unwilling sellers via eminent domain and then rebuild the road and infrastructure. This will cost the Town many millions of dollars.
This spring, however, an attorney hired by the homeowners made a new and more persuasive case to the Town: The attorney reminded the Town how much tax revenue it would lose if a couple dozen more $5-$10 million houses plunged into the Atlantic. And the attorney added up the millions of dollars the Town might have to spend to build a new road, as well as the costs the Town might incur while defending itself against a "damages" lawsuit the attorney might file that would hold the Town responsible for $100+ million in property losses.
The Town found this new logic compelling.
And so, a month ago, in a 4-1 vote, the Town's Selectmen voted to allow the deftly-named "Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund" to build a 4,000 foot "hard armor" seawall to protect the bluff, houses, and road, with construction scheduled to start later this summer.
And now, the only thing that remains between that seawall and the bluff is the Nantucket Conservation Commission.
This Commission apparently has the ability to block, or at least delay, the construction of the seawall.
So the forces on both sides are firing up their armies for the final battle.
The Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund, for example, has created a classy web site and hundreds of pages of impressive documents explaining why the seawall will do no harm and much good. After two decades of trying to save their houses, the threatened homeowners can finally see the finish line. Given the rate of erosion in recent years, they can also see another finish line, one that they desperately don't want crossed. So time is of the essence. The homeowners will hit the Conservation Commission with everything they've got.
The less well-funded but probably more numerous opposition, meanwhile, is arguing that the seawall will destroy the beach, ruin some of the best bass-fishing grounds in the world, hose homeowners who live on either side of it (whose properties will now be "scoured" by erosion that can't happen on the seawall), and, in any case, only delay the inevitable. After all, the conservationists point out, Nantucket has always moved. That's what islands like this do. Nantucket erodes on the south and east and builds up on the west and north, as it does so, crawls slowly but inexorably toward the mainland and New York. And although it's a bummer to lose one's house and land, this pattern has been visible for decades. If you don't want to lose your house to erosion, the conservationists say, don't build it on an eroding bluff. Time and tide wait for no man.
Whatever Nantucket decides to do about the bluff erosion this time will likely determine what Nantucket will do about it forever.
So this decision matters to more folks than just the folks who live on eroding Baxter Road.
The first Conservation Commission "hearing" to determine the future of Nantucket will be on Wednesday, July 24th at 4pm at the Public Safety Building on Fairgrounds Road (a.k.a., tomorrow).
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On Tuesday, Greece will be playing Liechtenstein in Athens in their final Group G fixture on their way to the 2014 World Cup. The home side are heavy favourites to take all three points but the group will be decided on the outcome of Lithuania's fixture with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
As it currently stands, Greece and Bosnia are the only teams that are able to qualify either directly or through the playoffs. Both teams sit on 22 points and if they achieve the equal results (meaning both teams win their matches) then Bosnia will take the top spot through their massive goal difference.
Fernando Santos will pick a squad likely aimed at winning and taking all three points. Kostas Katsouranis will be available once again after serving a suspension on Friday for his sending off against Latvia in September. Sotiris Ninis and Ioannis Fetfatizidis played well after coming on as substitutes and might well be in the starting lineup. Formation-wise Santos is not likely to change the recent 4-5-1/4-3-3 system used in the last few matches. It is very unlikely that he will experiment in a match so crucial.
Greece's opponents Liechtenstein have been the whipping boys of the group having only managed two draws in nine games. They did however hold Greece to a tense and nervy 1-0 game in Vaduz.
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Audiences at the Mondavi Center at the University of California at Davis saw something recently that few people have ever seen: movies come to life. As characters in Paris move about on a movie screen, in the blink of an eye, they appear to lift off the screen and walk about the stage, and then appear blown up on a huge scrim, which suddenly appears before them while the original film image fades in and out of sight behind.
This is the world of The End of Cinematics, the brainchild of director/producer Mikel Rouse. Part of a three-part "opera verité" trilogy, the show attempts to comment on the decay of cinema, according to Rouse, by allowing audiences to view a 3D world of film, live action, video, and sound. The project was developed with support from the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as the Mondavi Center.
Rouse originally started the project with the recording of music in 1999 and a film shot in Paris in 2002, The End of Cinematics, which premiered at the Jacksonville Film Festival in 2003. His intention, however, was to create a multidimensional experience for audiences. "I wanted to make a kind of hyper-real 3D experience," he says.
A visit to the University's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) inspired him to develop the show. "They showed me a lot of amazing things happening with technology, from motion sensing to three-dimensional rooms. But the thing that really attracted me was stereo television," he says. 3D TV would have been prohibitively expensive and would have required audiences to wear polarized glasses, so Rouse began sketching out ideas for staging that would involve depth perception and projection in an attempt to simulate the 3D experience.
"We did a couple of tests with video edits and burned them to DVD and took them back to Krannert and did some mini projector tests, just to see if it would work, and, to everybody's surprise, it did," Rouse says.
Rouse brought in production designer Tom Kamm, a veteran of other projected scenery projects. "My challenge was to reinterpret what was music and two-dimensional art, video art, into the spatial realm of the stage," Kamm explains. "As a set designer, you're usually working with text — a play or screenplay. In this case, the text became a score and a set of visual images. And what Mikel had conceived, really, was a three-dimensional movie which mixes live and pre-recorded film in a way that the audience, at times, can't tell one from the other."
The setting involves a grid of six screens (two rows of three) onto which footage from Rouse's film and other material is rear-projected. Twenty feet downstage from those screens is a 50'×30' white scrim, which receives front-projected imagery. In between the two is a performance area with a raked floor that rises 30" upstage, on which six live performers act and sing.
The material projected on the rear screens from Rouse's original film was painstakingly edited and manipulated by the director over a one year period at the Krannert's NCSA. The team broke the film into, alternately, six individual images that represented different parts of the scene or images in only a few of the six screens. "They also had some amazing footage they'd created using computer animation of collapsing galaxies and other depictions that we looked at to incorporate," Rouse says. "So we started to break the film down and deconstruct it from its original form into the six-panel rear projection display."
The NCSA also applied digital manipulation to the footage by, in some cases, removing the actors shot in Paris. In such instances, a live performer, dressed in the same costume as the actor who, moments before, had been seen on one of the six rear-projected screens, appears in front of that screen, which is then showing the now-vacant background. The actor is captured as a live video image by one of several video cameras. This image is then projected, blown up several times via front-projection, onto the front scrim, with lighting and the various video images dropping the various layers in and out throughout the piece.
"There are times where there are multiple views of the performers happening simultaneously," notes Kamm. "So you'll often have a very interesting set of perspectival tricks going on, where you have a live performer who's shot in front of a previously filmed background. That close-up is blown up onto the full downstage screen. So you get a real sense of a blurring between what is live and what is previously recorded and a great sense of depth."
Kamm's concept was to make the audience feel as if they are looking through a monitor. "At the front of the stage, there's a large white scrim that covers the entire proscenium opening," he explains. "In front of that, there's a full stage portal, so it's almost as if you're looking at a large flat screen monitor. So right away, you're looking through something into a world beyond."
The stage then rakes upward toward the six rear screens. Those screens, also designed to appear as six individual monitors, are actually comprised of 1" steel tubular framing in front of a single sheet of dark gray rear projection material. "We didn't want a white surface back there because we didn't want the audience to see this white area beyond the front screen. We wanted it to be black," explains Krannert technical director Tom Korder. "It's also a way to control bounce and ambient light when we didn't want it."
Six individual images are projected onto the material, making the grid of six images. Like the front scrim, Kamm surrounded the image areas with a gray bevel, again, to provide a monitor frame look for the audience. In addition, lighting director Hideaki Tsutsui added a line of blue LEDs around each frame. "It's a product called Neo-Light from Borderline," Tsutsui explains. "I originally thought it might be interesting to surround each screen with a different color but then decided it might look a little too busy. So I put a frame of the blue LED neon around each projection area, and these can be operated to make six individual squares, one big square, an L-shape, whatever is desired."
Tsutsui's lighting approach met Rouse's wish to avoid light being shown directly onto the stage floor. "I approached it almost like I was lighting a dance piece," he says. "I had side booms, as well as a lot of overhead lights. I mainly used ETC Source Fours® on the booms. The Source Fours have a shutter, which enabled me to cut the light and avoid spillage onto the screen. In addition, Mikel wanted a very isolated look for lighting the actors, and the shutters enabled me to achieve that as well."
For video projection, video systems designer Jeff Sugg opted for a simple and affordable approach. Instead of a complicated system using a single projector which would split the rear-projected material into six programs, it was decided to simply have NCSA output the content for the six screen image areas onto individual DVDs, which played back simultaneously on six Pioneer 7400 DVD players. An additional 7400 played back the front scrim projection content, while an eighth played entrance material for the audience. Images for each of the six rear screens was projected from six Electrohome Roadie 7000 projectors, purchased second-hand by Krannert from AVHQ.
The imagery for the front screen, projected from a Barco R12 projector, is a combination of DVD content (which also contained preprogrammed black, when it was desired to show the rear screen material or the actors through the scrim) and live video from various cameras. Three Sony PD-150 cameras are located behind the front scrim area and focused on the three lower screens of the rear-projection grid to capture the actors as they perform in front of those screens. Another "flying" PD-150 operates on a line set, which captures actors appearing on a steel bridge in front of the top row of three screens on the rear projection set.
In addition, a Sony DXC-990 camera, outfitted with a Fujinon zoom lens, operates on a 48' Telemetrics automated tracking system just behind the front scrim. "It also has a boom arm, called a Televator, which allows the camera to move up and down," explains Sugg. A pair of remote controls, operated by director of photography Richard Connors, moves the rig up and down the track (as well as operating the Televator), along with pan, tilt, focus, and zoom.
Sugg utilizes a Panasonic WJ-MX50 video mixer for the front projection, to switch between the DVD media and the live video. The live video itself is switched with a second mixer, a Panasonic AG-MX70, which is switched manually by Sugg.
The entire system — the seven DVD players, the MX50 video mixer, and even Tsutsui's lighting (itself controlled by an ETC Express™ console with preprogrammed lighting cues) — is operated by a Dataton Trax control system run from an Apple Mac PowerBook. "It was originally going to run the DVD players and maybe some of the lighting cues," says Korder. "But it turned out that what Mikel really wanted was quick edits and changes, jumping from the front screen to the back, etc. It became apparent that trying to get a lighting operator and a video person to hit those right at the same time just wasn't going to work."
Adds Tsutsui, "You might have four or five cues happening within one or two seconds. It's just impossible for a stage manager to call cues like that." The automation also freed up Sugg to focus more on live video mixing, without having to worry about switching the other material at the same time.
Sugg went with Trax, as opposed to Dataton's popular Watchout system, mainly due to cost. "The Dataton Trax is rock solid. It really doesn't miss a beat," he says. "Even switching between the main computer and a backup, it was clean, clean, clean."
The only problem that crept up was DVD slippage. "We're essentially starting all of those players and just letting them run," says Sugg. "They get a black burst signal from the mixer, but that's basically the only thing holding them together. And that's totally essential, because over the course of a 70-minute show, if your cut commands are half a frame or two frames off, it can throw the whole show off. In most of the world, that amount doesn't matter, but here, it makes a huge difference to have them on the money every time. And the Dataton was wonderful for that."
Blurring the line between film and reality couldn't have been achieved, says Rouse, without the support of his friends at the Krannert Center. "They not only made it possible financially, but also in terms of concentrated time — not just with the theatre, where the show was first performed, but with the human resources and the technology," he says. Rouse's own creative vision drove his creative partners, says Tsutsui. "He likes to have a very open book. He doesn't restrict your creativity, and the result is a show that leaves the audience to make their own conclusions about what the piece is about."
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The Abilene Animal Shelter is again discounting the cost of adopting an animal during the month of February.
Animal Services is doing an upfront discount of $20... and Rescue The Animals, SPCA is providing a $20 rebate to encourage adopters to complete the spay/neuter procedure.
The adoption includes a voucher for the rabies vaccination and city animal license.
Every month more than 800 animals are dropped off at the shelter..but only 200 to 250 find a new, loving family.
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Several law enforcement agencies were called to a home near 69th Avenue and Osborn Wednesday and we're hearing that they found hundreds of pounds of marijuana.
500 pounds of pot were found in a home near 69th Avenue and Osborn Wednesday after several law enforcement agencies were called to the scene.
Police arrested 47-year-old Martin Carrillo and 27-year-old Osiris Rodriguez-Luna at the home.
The state gang task force originally arrested several people, but neighbors were really concerned that the home is across the street from a park any many children walk past the house daily.
The bales of marijuana were found in a car's trunk in the garage.
Police say the amount of marijuana found could equate to a street value of over $100,000.
The task force executed a search warrant after receiving tips and putting the house under surveillance. It didn't take them long to realize something illegal was going on.
Authorities say it's a very good thing that no one was hurt with all the violence associated with drug dealing.
"You can see..it literally is right across the street from where children are playing..this is a significant drug dealer. These are the types of places drug dealers target when they find out that there's a significant amount of drugs and houses. We've all heard about the home invasions, drive-by shootings..and it's right next to a school -- pretty significant," said Sgt. Dave Nilson of the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM).
It's not known how long the home was operating as a drug house. Some of the neighbors who talked to FOX 10 off-camera stated that they didn't really notice anything suspicious as far as a lot of activity -- people coming and going.
But someone did -- and they alerted the state gang task force.
Carrillo was charged with transportation of marijuana for sale, possession, use and sale of marijuana in a drug free school zone, sale of marijuana, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and money laundering.
Rodriuguez-Luna was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, sale of marijuana and possession of marijuana.
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