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Uploading photos today, I saw the garland and was reminded me to take a gander at their blog. And guess what? There were instructions for how to make your own! Oh, I love all the crafty projects that they post! And the aesthetic of the site with its cheerful colors is just too sweet.
Another favorite recent project is this idea for felt flower pillows from Molly's Sketchbook. The pillows look easy to make and I adore the richly-hued felt they are made from. What a great idea. Plus, I love that four-poster bed--pretty sure it is from Ikea.


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A leap in the right direction ---->
posted by blackphantom208 (ATLANTA, GA) Jun 8, 2012
Member since Oct 2011
3 out of 3 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Awesome game BUT.......
posted by omithealien (SANTA ANA, CA) Aug 3, 2012
Member since Aug 2012
2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Very limiting and money grabbing
posted by Toiletboy (CHICAGO, IL) Jun 1, 2012
Member since Jun 2012
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
This game is not tricky!
posted by yzwreckin (CAMDEN, MI) May 31, 2012
Member since Nov 2007
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Very Disappointing
posted by amarine88 (LOS ANGELES, CA) May 18, 2012
Member since May 2012
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
First of the "story" mode, which doesn't have a story just a series of challenges to unlock everything, takes 4 hours.. if you aren't good. If I beat everything first try it probably would have taken me to 2 hours to unlock it all. Also there are glitches that make you have to restart races because you get stuck constantly.
Then there are the gimmicks, and oh my does this game have gimmicks. There's a challenge you have to do multiple times where everything is dark and you have to use a headlamp to see, except the headlamp is super dull so you basically have to restart the course until you memorize where the gaps are and what will kill you. The wingsuit is just as stupid and so is the oxygen tank (which you only use once).
I got this game at noon today and it's 4pm and I'm ready to return it because I've beaten all the challenges.
Bottom line: I was very excited to get this game but am so utterly disappointed by it I never want to play an SSX again. The game feels rushed and needed about another 6 months of design and story work.
WOW! Best snowboarding game to date
posted by LordCC18 (DOUGLAS, AK) Mar 27, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
A well thought out game and have to give props to EA for them doing a good job. Lately they been releasing decent sporting games (Minus Madden) lately and hope they continue.
Very Good
finally a good snowboarding game
posted by daveballs (HAMILTON, MT) Mar 15, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Very Good
Quality game, only a few down sides
posted by RothKyle (LIBERTYVILLE, IL) Mar 5, 2012
Member since Feb 2012
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
Landing huge, Super-Tricky Mega Combos is just about the best feeling in the world, and there is enough of that feeling to pass around in this game. The trick runs are crazy fun, and comparing your scores to your friends is really cool.
The races, however, I think could have used a little more work. When you race against AI, it can be a little difficult. The idea is that you want to beat them to the bottom of the mountain, however, If you want to do that you need to go fast, to go fast requires BOOST, and BOOST requires you to do tricks. Sometimes, I actually find myself accidentally doing tricks just to gain BOOST, and that in turn can actually slow you down.
Also there is no TRUE multiplayer, instead, you race against your friend's ghost. This, I thought, is super cool, however many people are disappointed that you cannot race in real time against other people. However, there are always fun tournaments for you to take part in, and it's an ever lasting struggle to gain dominance on the mountains over your buddies. I enjoy EA's version of multiplayer here, and I think you will too.
I recommend BUYING this game. It is endless entertainment for everybody who enjoys a good gravity breaking thrill game. 8.5/10 is my score for this one.
Not that fun
posted by laurenpdot (LOS ANGELES, CA) May 11, 2012
Member since Apr 2011
7 out of 9 gamers (78%) found this review helpful
Finally... Amped no MORE! SSX!
posted by joshfarc24 (RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA) Feb 29, 2012
Member since Feb 2012
4 out of 5 gamers (80%) found this review helpful
Beautiful graphics... simply put. Looks beautiful at 1080p on my 47" and it runs at 50-60fps constantly as well. Really a huge step up from Amped or Shaun White Snowboarding.
This is the "Skate" of the Snowboard world of gaming now. SSX is a keeper for all types of fans. It may be mindless fun at times, but to become a top player and master the controls and game are the opposite of mindless.
posted by stircrazy001 (BUCYRUS, OH) Jun 25, 2012
Member since Jun 2012
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
posted by PorcoRosso (MORGANTON, NC) Mar 8, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
EA lowering the bar again...
posted by xiaolinstyle (COLLEGE STATION, TX) Mar 2, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
9 out of 14 gamers (64%) found this review helpful
The single player campaign is quality gaming, a definte throwback to the days of SSX Tricky, and quite alot of fun. Graphics are (mostly) decent. Sound and music are quite good. Many tunes are catchy and fit the atmosphere that EA has created in this new installment. Controls you are given work quite well , weather you choose to use buttons or analog, you will be hard pressed to find fault with them. As a bonus EA has even given the option to use the "classic" Tricky controls. There are a number of old favorites and new characters to unlock as well as 'gear' for each of them. Some of it being cosmetic only but quite a bit of it changing how you play entirely. Some drops even require certain equipment IE: Wingsuit.
The "mulitplayer" is, unfortunately, where you will find yourself at a loss. I personally was greatly anticipating going online and playing with my friends in races , trick slopes etc.. However neither you or I will ever be able to do this. EA ,supposedly using ideas generated from Autolog in NFS:HP, has made a very poor attempt at redefining multiplayer to mean you will only ever race/ trick against Ghosts. Yes thats right, no live match ups EVER. You race , run trick slopes, survival runs etc against prerecorded 'ghosts' of your friends times or scores. This is NOT mulitplayer. This is single player against ghosts.
I cant say as Im surprised that EA has done this. They do have a history of general doucheyness. I for one refuse to accept thier defintion of mulitplayer. I recommend that you do as well.
What Happened to ssx
posted by MotorXman (FORT COLLINS, CO) Apr 11, 2012
Member since Jul 2009
3 out of 5 gamers (60%) found this review helpful
posted by CrinksArmada (OVERLAND PARK, KS) Mar 26, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
4 out of 7 gamers (57%) found this review helpful
So in the end:
-Awesome Graphics.
-Tons of online fun.
-Not enough customization.
-Too many restarts on single player.
-Too distant a game from originals.
-Energy Packs, Really?
posted by dkrickard (FARGO, ND) Feb 29, 2012
Member since Feb 2012
10 out of 21 gamers (48%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
i really wanted to like
posted by ravenjrob (EASTABOGA, AL) Mar 2, 2012
Member since Jan 2011
4 out of 8 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Fun for 10 minutes
posted by gearslovingun (WYANDOTTE, MI) Mar 1, 2012
Member since Oct 2011
4 out of 8 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Poor Excuse for an SSX title
posted by Paykosys (VANCOUVER, WA) Mar 5, 2012
Member since Mar 2011
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
be forwarned....While all of the characters are in this game they are in name only.
And the biggest dissapointment of the whole game is that there is no true multiplayer. EA's poormans excuse for mp is a ghosted representation of a friends run, and that is all you compete against along with the AI.
If you're looking for the SSX we all remember stay with the PS2 version of the game. Otherwise this is just AMPED with a slight SSX feel.
Save the $60 dissapointment and rent it then send it back for another game.
Terrible version of SSX
posted by cyberevolution (BELMONT, CA) Jun 4, 2012
Member since Apr 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
not as good
posted by da_mesikan (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) May 14, 2012
Member since Nov 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Just Isn't The Same
posted by airwalker810 (BALTIMORE, MD) Apr 25, 2012
Member since Apr 2012
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
posted by ZombeCiircus (DAVENPORT, IA) Apr 21, 2012
Member since Apr 2012
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Above Average
Good with the bad
posted by maverick213 (CARY, IL) Mar 5, 2012
Member since Mar 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Very Good
Online pass
posted by basketballrene (SAN DIEGO, CA) Feb 28, 2012
Member since Feb 2012
5 out of 14 gamers (36%) found this review helpful

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This week's New Yorkers are two sisters who have spent two decades helping a sister city through a special market in New York. NY1's John Schiumo filed the following report, which was shot, written and edited by Rachel Smith.
Suzan and Nimet Habachy have lived in New York City for decades, but the sisters are originally from a different big city: Cairo.
For the past 20 years, they've created a marketplace, a link between those in need in Egypt and those here who want to help.
"Our American friends have been so generous," Suzan Habachy says. "We've been able to send all sorts of monies back that keep schools open."
Those schools teach women and children known as the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who sort through garbage to survive.
Using discarded cloth and paper, the Zabbaleen make quilts, rugs, stationary and more. The sisters import the goods and sell them, donating their time and all the proceeds.
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Each year before Christmas, the sisters create a market for the crafts at the Calvary St. George Church in Gramercy with a lot of help from a dedicated group of friends and volunteers.
"Thanks to their energy and to their charisma, they've managed to bring about and bring together a lot of the community in New York that are now devoted to the same project," says Helene Awad, a volunteer at the market.
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Saracens full back Alex Goode is yet to face France in his eight-game international career but having played against French opposition in the Heineken Cup the 24-year-old feels he has a grasp of what to expect against the most mercurial of European challenges.
A turbo-charged performance from the Clermont Auvergne pack shunted Saracens out at the quarter final stage last season and the away game this year at Racing Metro stands as an example of the unpredictability so often associated with French teams.
In an emotionally charged opening the hosts ran in three tries for a 19-6 lead within 22 minutes but the game then became notable for Racing indiscipline, presenting Owen Farrell with the opportunity to kick 10 penalties – a Heineken Cup record – as Saracens surged back to win 37-28.
Goode believes 80 minutes of complete concentration is a prerequisite against France, who beat Australia 33-6 and put 39 points on Argentina in the autumn, but then slipped to defeats to Italy and Wales in this year's RBS 6 Nations.
"We've played against Clermont, Racing Metro and Toulon in the past and there's an element of not knowing what is going to happen or which team is going to turn up," he said. "We started well in the first game against Racing Metro [a 30-13 victory in Brussels], got on top and took it to them. But in the second game they started well, we made some mistakes and they scored three tries in 10 minutes. Any French opposition is dangerous and you must make sure you concentrate for 80 minutes.
"They're going to come with a strong set piece game and some physical players but it's about us setting the foundations early. Good defence, good kick-chase, strong set piece and then we can take it to them and attack with intent."
Goode has started England's last seven Tests and says a run of games is crucial to performing consistently at the top level. But far from feeling secure in the No.15 shirt Goode feels he must keep improving to resist the claims of a host of quality players vying for his position.
"It's great for me personally to get a run in the team and showcase what I can do, not just in a one-off situation but in a few games and to try and get the best rugby out of me. It's great in the wider group that there's been consistency, which has helped us grow and understand each other.
"But you're never settled in this squad. Elliot Daly has just been called up and he's another person who's been playing brilliantly in the Premiership at 15 so you're always on your toes. And especially in my position when you've got Browny [Mike Brown], Fodes [Ben Foden] and now Daly. You know that you need to keep improving as individuals and as a collective, and none more so than myself at the moment."
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Dec 7 - The ATM Industry Association, the only global non-profit association for the ATM industry, has released its second ATM fraud survey conducted among its members.
225 respondents completed the 2nd survey, more than double the number for the first one, said Mike Lee, CEO of ATMIA, and there were some telling results.
Skimming remains as the biggest global threat to ATM security identified by the survey, followed by rising threat of cash and card trapping which is primarily a European problem which has not migrated to North America as yet. Gas and explosive attacks were seen by the respondents as the third biggest threat, followed by ATM burglary and then cyber attacks.
About 54 percent of respondents have invested more in ATM security technology and security solutions since the first survey in the 2Q 2012, which closely mirrors the 53 percent who saw increases in attacks in the same period. Of those, about 17 percent increased their investment significantly.
The security of ATMs is undoubtedly world-class, but we need to stay vigilant to ward off new and emerging threats, Lee concluded. One of those we will look at in the 1Q 2013 is mobile apps fraud.
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Hmm…a philosophical question: do I review the program itself, or the website that promotes (and presumably profits from) the program? I'll go for a minimalist approach and let you draw your own conclusions, except when I draw them for you with such comments as "Work at home sites shouldn't promote jobs that are not legitimate." If I were making such a judgment, you understand. Not that I am right now.
Where to start in my assault on the Data entry jobs juggernaut? At the top. A Google search for "data entry work from home" brings more than 82 million results, the first of which is a jobvertise.com site, which led me to workathomecareers.com, which is prominently displaying Fusion Cash banners. I'm suspicious of banners, so I went for the first sponsored link on the page that mentioned "data entry." It led me to Fusion Cash.
Here's what I learned. Though the link that led me to Fusion Cash said, "Data entry clerk needed," I think it was slightly misleading. If you follow through on the application and FAQs, you'll see that you're getting paid to do data entry, all right, but the data you're entering is your own, and the "forms" are applications to sign up for programs, trial memberships, and so on. To their credit, workathomecareers.com does not try to hide this fact. They spell it out for you clearly enough in the FAQs and "more info" links. So if you have no qualms about giving out your personal info and inviting junk mail to your virtual and literal boxes, and can get others to do the same (they have a referral program), you can probably indeed make some money. Pizza money, probably. Not pay-the-mortgage money.
So I signed up. Here's how it works. You select offers that interest you (some typical ones are shown in the screen cap here; click on it to magnify), sign up for them, follow the conditions imposed by the offer, and then your Fusion Cash account gets credited for the amount shown in the offer, anywhere from 0.25 to $25. You have to earn a minimum of $25 to cash out.
But I hit a couple of snags. First is this little stipulation in the terms and conditions:
Users must try only those offers in which they have a legitimate interest. If a user is found, in FusionCash's sole discretion, to be in violation of this provision, his/her earnings will be forfeit and his/her account disqualified.
See, I don't have a legitimate interest in any of what they've got. I am generally averse to marketing gimmicks and consumerism. And this program is consumerism on broadband steroids. I just can't proceed, knowing I have no real interest in their stuff and that I'll have to give my credit card info to dozens of companies just to reach the $25 cash-out minimum.
So I'm done. Somebody could probably make some money with Fusion Cash, but that somebody ain't this body. Anybody wanna buy my membership? Act now! A limited-time offer for
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Saw the mention on E Moms @ Home, glad other bloggers are taking notice :).
We'll be rock stars before you know it. Another nice little write-up here: floodofdollars.com.
Right now I'm trying to see how making money with incentive based websites works out and I'm running into the same problem. You need to complete offers for free trials, throw your credit card around everywhere, and then wind up with $50 subscription fees in 7 days. Very risky but people are making money doing it. I plan to blog about it soon.
I just recently joined Fusion Cash, and while it may be too soon to tell, I have to say that I've already made 40 dollars, and I only gave out my credit card number for one of the offers…it was for the Blockbuster free trial, which I actually had been wanting to do anyway. You can still make money on fusioncash without giving out your credit card.
Hi Carolyn. How much time have you spent working the program to make those $40?
I started 2 days ago…like I said, I only gave out my credit card number to the blockbuster giveaway and to emusic, because 1. I know it's legitimate and 2. because I would have wanted to sign up for Blockbuster online anyways. (I was able to locate easy ways to unsubscribe from the emusic trial too….no long phone calls or anything, it was just the click of a button). There are plenty of offers that don't require a credit card, so you just have to pick and choose…and be aware that not all the offers are safe (duh, you shouldn't complete any offer that wants your SSN…). As the writer of the blog mentioned, I can't really see you getting rich quick from fusion cash (i'll actually probably stop using it after I get paid for what I've done), but they've got a low cashout of 25 dollars, so it's completely doable…
I'll be interested in your overall experience, Carolyn. Please contact me when you've cashed out-I think it would make a good feature post on Ive Tried That (if you're interested). email@example.com
Sure, sounds good! According to Fusion Cash, I can expect my funds to be transfered to my pay pal account by aug. 20th, so I'll contact you once I get paid
FusionCash is a good one for a points site but I've also found that a number of sites are different in the sense they are "referral sites" as well. You complete an offer and refer friends to do the same. If you've got a couple cronies who want to sign up for Blockbuster you can make $40 a pop so that's kind of good if you don't want to throw your credit card into the Internet's abyss.
I've worked with ZeroPricetags.com and I have to say I'm pleased thus far. Payment is scheduled for this evening.
I cashed out before the 20 of August and I still have not seen any payment. I asked about it I only got one response since then. Now I have not heard from them in two weeks.
I got up to 24 dollars and they decided to not let me log in anymore….phooie!
To think they actually payed me when I cashed out.
I just threatened them then they paid me. You have to talk to people in the right way. But you may just get kicked out of the chatroom like I did. But you will still be on the site.
I signed up for Fusion Cash, after following liks for Data Entry jobs. I spent a week filling out surveys and trial things – I wouldn't do anything that required a credit card. My partner, who lives with me, wanted to try it, so she signed up too and put my name down as a referral. When I got to $25 (about 3 weeks later) I requested a cash out, and they immediately restricted my account. When I inquired as to why they responded, 5 days later, with two words: "fraudulent referral." nothing else. they never inquired as to if the referral was fraudulent or asked for any verification information. they restricted my partner's account as well (she was 25 cents away from the $25 cashout requirement.
I'm sticking with Inbox Dollars. I haven't been paid by them yet (I'm due to be paid this week) but I'm still hopeful.
Update! I got up to $25.75 and they paid it to my paypal account on dec 5th….so maybe it is ok..I gave out no credit cards but joined a lot of things that sent email to my inbox now that I am deleting daily…so hey be careful what u wish for…
Fusion Cash is complete fraud.
They have a "Support" section where they supposedly respond to any stated problems you might encounter using their site. (And there is problem after problem, mostly with completed offers not crediting.) Every response you get (and you hardly get any) does not even remotely address your stated problem. As a matter of fact, their "responses" always have nothing at all to do with the reason you contacted support. – And then they tell you that they have already answered you, and ban you from their site.
The head administrator there will not give his name; that in itself is very telling. He is just known as ADMINISTRATOR, and very often throws members out for absolutely no reason at all, even if they have not broken any rules. –
——–Don't waste your time with this one.
If anyone needs to contact them.
Administrator: Derheim, Tyler
FusionCash, Inc.
PO Box 1081
Santa Cruz, California 95061
United States
714-276-9105 Fax — 714-276-9073
Yeah I cashed out to and got my 25 dollars a few months ago. Now I have 17 dollars cause I had just started back and I am not about to use my credit card anytime soon so I guess that 17 dollars will be there forever. And there were people saying that they were having problems with fusion cash. They probably were. But i did not have any tell you the truth. email me.
Hey I had called that number that guy said you have the wrong number I was like umm excuse me and i hung up. And to mention I have spent hours on that computer on fusion cash trying to make a quick buck. beleive me it is not worth anyones time unless u are desperate for cash more like chump chance.
I joined fusion cash a few months ago and did the whole data entry thing for a couple of days and made 45 dollars and didnt even put my credit card in once. They sent me a check like they said.
I think the whole only register for what u are interested in is just a stipulation to cover there asses if a company tries to sue them or something.
very legitimate site.. Dont listen to this guy he never even tried it..
I was just about to sign up for Fusion Cash and decided to do a search on it to see if there were any reviews about it. I'm glad I found yours. This site would be a waste of time for me. Thank you.
your "fraudulent referral" was because you share an address with your partner. it says this in the terms and referrals section. they most likely did that so you can't make easy money from obvious referrals like partners and roommates (sneaky bastards).
another inconvenience is that you are not allowed to use someone else's computer or a shared network computer, so you've gotta have your own computer.
it also says you cannot refer someone and in any way do a "walk-through" (tell them which offers would be most beneficial to fill out), and you cannot accept a "walkthrough." i guess you're out of luck if you happen to pick your offers wisely off the bat.
My roomate had been doing stuff on fusion cash for almost a week. Then one day, a check showed up in our mailbox for almost $4,000. He was stoked. Until, two days later, the check was found to be a fake and his bank account was suddenly almost $3,000 overdrawn.
I will not say that this is necassily the fault of fusion cash, but what I will say is this…
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
I joined fusion cash about 2 months ago and worked up the required 25 dollars. The check did come and i deposited it into the bank. Then 3 days later my bank sent me a copy of the check saying that it had bounced. My bank cahrged me 5 dollars for the bad check and now my inbox is constantly bombarded by emails that will not unsubscribe. BAD DEAL
Thank you so much for all these comments. I am in desperate need of making some extra money and have been exploring second part-time jobs and several other options, such as online data entry.
So thank you, everyone for all your advice and please share any successful stories.
Have a great day!
Kohler here from FusionCash.net,
@Tyson — That was because our check printing company, EZPay (had Fortune 500 clients at the time) went under. If you have not already, please send in a support ticket and we can get you going.
@Hilary — We do not threaten anyone for any reason. The only users barred from the Forum are users who break the rules, as all other forums operate.
If anyone has any questions you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Hmm… Anybody try to email that guy? See if he's real? (LOL, as I just completed registration… Oy.)
Try emailing this guy;
The sites a fake. I tried it, waited about 2 months even though i have a job, and NO money came in. Waste of time dont do it.
Does anyone know aboutZeroPriceTags? Is it a scam?
I don't want to try it if it's a scam so if anyone has already tested it let me know! Thanks.
i tried fusioncash for several days now. im a very reasonable and honest man. there couldnt be a more misleading scam to get its so called surveyers credit card numbers. i dont have a credit card number to give them so i cant get past the $15.00 mark with them. and it took countless hours to rack it up to 15! i thought at some point the real money would show itself. but instead they ran me out of FREE offers. sorry, i dont pay to work.
Searching for a while in the web it seems not to be totally serious, I couldn`t find any complete good review or comment about it. But workathomecarreers is a serious site I think, if they promote it shouldn`t be a total scam.
wow i really thught i could make money too have not cash out on any sites yet but not going to do so now reading your reviews i am unsubscribing and blocking their emails thanks so much for the input
Fusion Cash is ABSOLUTELY NOT a scam. My paychecks prove it. Unsatisfied people tend to be the ones looking for get rich quick garbage that does prove to be scams. No one shoud discourage you from Fusion Cash. I've made over $130 in three months with little to no effort. I'm busy and don't expect to make thousands. I'm a reasonable person that knows Fusion Cash pays appropriately for the work. You don't need to give anything more than your addess to receive your pay. No credit card needed. Unless you make over $600 in the year, they don't even ask for your social. And they need that for your tax forms. Whatever you do, do not but that bogus account they offered. Start your own successful account.
ALERT Fusion cash is a scam, I had been a member for a year before I was ever paid, then I received only 25.00 after my first paycheck I was taking lots of surveys from different survey routers and fusion cash froze my account and refused to ever pay me again. They kept all the money from at least 8 survey sites that I was going in and taking surveys daily. they robbed me of a lot of money. I wrote and told this same story to all the survey sites that are on fusioncash, letting them know that fusion cash does not pay it's members and finds reasons to stop payment. They are a scam site and I complained and also had 23 different people who have had the same problem complain to the better Business Bureau.
BEWARE Of FUSIONCASH a scam site.
They paid me so are you all sure you have the right site. The only problem i have is that you want get alot of money for your time.
I'm doing IFW right now too. Well…I'm actually stopping for awhile. Haha, I closed my debit card because one of the offer sites gave my phone number away to some spam company. So no IFW for awhile. I still like it though. I'm also doing a day to day update about it on my blog.
Total SCAM! Fusioncash is a RIP OFF. They wait until you have $25 to cash out. Then they say you have to wait 1 month for the cash out. Meantime, you keep working and making them more $$. When a few weeks go by, they DENY your payment for no reason & KEEP your money. NO customer serv. BIG CROOKS!!!
As you can see, I posted February 12th, 2012 At 2:38 Pm. I took a break from the site when I had my son, but I am back on the site. I have made over $300 with that site. My last cash out was for $107. You only get paid once a month and can only have one pending cash out at a time. I don't see that as a scam. If you weren't allowed to cash out and your whole amount got revoked, you must have broken the rules. Only one person per address and you are to use your home computer. Hopefully this is the site you are trying and not some other one. http://www.fusioncash.net/?ref=jadedjenni
I have also had plenty of help from customer service. Even since I have been back. They have actually improved their site tremendously since I took the break.
I am waiting for my first check from fushion cash and it just seems they have too many rules to keep you from getting what you have earned ,We shall see


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Mt. Lassen Art Center
Mt. Lassen Art Center
36373 State Hwy 44, Viola, CA 96088
Howard "Luke" Lucas Artist Owner
EMAIL. firstname.lastname@example.com
Mt. Lassen Art Center provides an art school, gallery, and community art activities to serve local and regional citizens, tourists and artists. Our program seeks to engage interest and participation for all ages and levels of art experience. The center was founded at its beautiful location, seven miles west of Mt. Lassen National Volcanic Park, in 2000, by pleinaire artist Howard "Luke" Lucas. Luke returned to his northstate mountain family roots after 32 years as a public school teacher in the Bay Area. His love of natural beauty, artistic expression, and a lifetime commitment to community service and education, have combined to create the Mt. Lassen Art Center.
Free Public Art Education Activities for Children and Adults.
- Paint From the Heart workshops, for children 18 and under, take place Wednesday mornings for six weeks during the summer.
- Paint Free…Be Free, outdoor "happenings", take place several times a year at various locations. With the goal of encouraging playful and spontaneous exploration with color and paint, adults and children are always welcome, and kids often get their hesitant parents to grab a brush and paint along side them. Annual venues include the Lassen National Park Founders Day, The Salmon Festival at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, City of Redding Art in the Park, the North Valley Art League Carter House Gallery, the Shingletown Volunteer Fire Department Fun Day, and the Shingletown Peddler's Fair. Now in its seventh year, Paint Free…Be Free will be celebrating its 50th event this summer.
Art Lessons for individuals and groups, including special needs.
Lessons, with equipment and materials provided, are conducted at our outside facilities overlooking Bailey Creek, or inside our well-equipped studio. Classes are also offered at near by landscape locations such as Lake McCumber and Scharsch Meadow.
Mt. Lassen Art Gallery.
The gallery exhibits fine art by Howard "Luke" Lucas as well as welcoming work by other local and visiting artists, including children.
Watercolor Adventure.
Thru Watercolor Adventure, individuals, families, and groups of practicing artists can participate in guided, off-site painting excursions into the Southern Cascade wonderland. Locations include stunning views of Brokeoff Meadow, Mt. Lassen, Burney Falls, and Hat Creek Rim Overlook.
Art Workshops.
Longer events are offered as workshops, one to five days in length, and feature small group (2-20 participants) art instruction. Out of town student accomodations are available at nearby camping and inn facilities. Limited residential facilities are available on-site.
Annual Mt. Lassen Art Show (week end following the Fourth of July)
The Mt. Lassen Art Show is a local down-home event with music and other entertainment. Local and regional artists and artisans present fine art and crafts at this once a year community celebration. Come join us!
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The Render Settings Window
The Render Settings window appears when you select Render > Render Settings. Once you have made your selections, you have the following options:
- To render an image using your current settings, click the Render button.
- To save your settings without rendering an image, click the Accept button.
- To exit the window, click the Cancel button.
By default, this window contains two tabs: General and Advanced.
General Tab
The General tab is where you set the following basic rendering options:
- Speed: The slider at the top of this tab allows you to select Fast-Time Render (fast render with lower quality), Software Render (slow render with high-quality) or anywhere in between. Click and drag the slider to your selected value. You can also use the arrows at either end of the slider to nudge the value up or down as desired.
- Style: The Style drop-down list allows you to choose between normal render and cartoon-style render.
- Dimensions: The Dimensions section is where you select both the desired rendering resolution in pixels and the desired aspect ratio (ratio of render width to height). You have the following options:
- Presets: The Presets pull-down menu allows you to select your desired aspect ratio from the following list of commonly used options:
- Active Viewport: Render dimensions are the same as the viewport dimensions/ aspect ratio.
- Custom: Select this if you want to come up with your own Aspect Ratio and Pixel Dimensions.
- Display Standard: 4:3 aspect ratio. This is the standard used by most TV sets.
- Display Wide: 5:4 aspect ratio.
- Widescreen: 16:9 aspect ratio. This is the standard used by most cinematic releases.
- Square: 1:1 aspect ratio.
- Academy Flat: 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
- Anamorphic Scope: 2.35:1. This is used by some high-end cinematic releases.
- Panorama/Cinemascope: 8:3 aspect ratio
- QTVR Panorama: 13:4 aspect ratio
- Letter (17:22)
- Legal (17:28)
- ISO Paper - Portrait (1:1.4142)
- ISO Paper - Landscape (1.4142:1)
- Photo/35mm Slide/VistaVision (3:2)
- Super 8 mm (27:20)
- 16 mm (18:13)
- Super 16 mm (5:3)
- 65mm (11:4)
- 70mm (46:21)
- Techniscope (47:20)
- Pixel Dimensions: Enter your desired render size (in pixels) in the text fields in width x height format. If you have selected a preset or have Constrain Proportions checked, entering one value will adjust the other value to preserve the selected aspect ratio.
- Aspect Ratio: Enter your desired aspect ratio in the fields in width:height format. For example, if you select 4:3, the render will be 4 pixels wide for every 3 pixels high.
- Constrain Proportions: Checking the Constrain Proportions checkbox forces the selected aspect ratio to remain identical. Values will automatically adjust to preserve your selected setting. Clearing this checkbox allows you to set any dimensions/aspect ratio you desire.
- Timeline: Options in the Timeline section determine whether you are going to render a still image or an animation.
- To render a still image, choose the frame you want to render and check the Still Image (Current Frame) option.
- To render an animation, check the Make Movie option, and enter the range of frames that you want to render. The Start Frame field should display the first frame you want to render, and the End Frame field should display the number of the last frame you want to render.
- Render To: The Render To options allow you to specify where to output renders. Your available options are:
- Active Viewport: Checking the Active Viewport checkbox renders images to the active viewport. Images rendered to the viewport will occupy the height and width of the viewport. If you have an orthogonal camera selected, you will get an orthogonal render. Rendered images will be the same size as the currently active viewport.
- New Window: Checking the New Window checkbox will make your renders appear in a separate window.
- File: Checking the File checkbox saves rendered images directly to an image file on your hard drive instead of to your screen. If this option is selected, you must also select a filename or render to the currently displayed filename. To select a new filename, click the "…" button to open a standard Browse dialog, which allows you to select your desired folder and filename to save the new rendering. Clearing this checkbox disables this option. You can also specify your desired image format. DAZ Studio supports TIF, PNG, and JPG images.
Advanced Tab
The Advanced tab allows you to specify the following render options:
- Preview Render - OpenGL Single Pass (No Shadows): This option uses your the capabilities of your OpenGL video card to quickly render the image without visual cues, such as highlight and shadow. This option is essentially identical to a screen capture of the active viewport. Rendering in this way is much faster but not as realistic. If you experience any issues with OpenGL, try updating your video card drivers with those provided by the manufacturer. Please refer to your video card's documentation for instructions on how to update the drivers.
- Hardware Assisted Render - OpenGL Multi-Pass: This option also utilizes your video card's OpenGL capabilities to create the final render. OpenGL uses dedicated rendering hardware on your video card to render images. The central processor on a 3D accelerated video card (often known as a Graphics Processing Unit, or "GPU") is specially designed to render polygons, textures, etc. In other words, it is specifically designed to create images based on everything in your DAZ Studio scenes. This level of specialization plus your video card's on-board high-speed RAM (up to 256MB and beyond for the high-end professional cards) makes OpenGL much faster than standard software renders.
- Use OpenGL Shader (GLSL): A software render uses an application that instructs your computer's main CPU how to perform the calculations needed for rendering. This combined with system bottlenecks such as virtual memory and RAM speeds can greatly lengthen the time require to render any given scene. There are two ways to achieve this: With or without DAZ Studio's internal OpenGL shader. Without it, you will get a render that runs 8 passes (calculations) per light, and a general render quality. With the OpenGL Shader, you have finer control over how your render is accomplished by specifying how many passes occur per light by adjusting the Passes per Light slider.
- Use Software (3Delight): This option bypasses OpenGL (and the acceleration on your video card) and calculates the render entirely by your computer's CPU. This type of rendering takes more time, but has the most accuracy and the best results. It is also the only option open to those who are running DAZ Studio on a card that does not have sufficient OpenGL capabilities. There are three options in this menu:
- Bucket Order: Allows you to select the order in which pixels are rendered. Your available options are Horizontal (top to bottom), Vertical (left to right), Spiral (center to corners), Circle (center outwards), and Zig-Zag.
- Bucket Size: This allows you to select how much information the renderer will tackle at any one time. You can set the bucket size higher if you have a higher-performance machine with a lot of RAM, which speeds up your renders. If you have less RAM than recommended or want to make DAZ Studio appear more responsive during a render, lower the bucket size.
- Maximum Ray Trace Depth: Lets you determine how many times you want a "ray" being traced to bounce off reflective/refractive surfaces before being discarded for calculation by the render engine. Setting it low will speed up the render time, but lowers the overall accuracy of the results. Raising it above default will increase the accuracy, but will slow down the renderer.
- Pixel Samples: Determines how detailed the edges of objects are and how the soft blur for depth of field is rendered on the X and Y-axes.
- Shadow Samples: Determines quality of the depth lookup estimate. The higher the setting, the smoother the edge of the shadow.
- Gain / Gamma: Gain and Gamma are executed on every pixel in the formula: finalPixel = (curentPixel * Gain)^(1/Gamma). Users who wish to understand this feature should read about the RiExposure call in the Renderman spec.
- Shading Rate: Determines the quality of and speed control during the render process. The lower the value, the higher the quality and the slower the render. Default setting is 1.0.
- Pixel Filter: These are the filter types used on the pixels in the final render. Read more about the specific ones in the Renderman Spec. Sinc is the default in Studio and gives a nice sharp image.
- Pixel Filter Width X,Y: The number of pixels for X,Y that the pixel filter should use. The defaults for Sinc should be 6,6.
- Render to RIB: When selected, activates the controls to save the current shaders, etc. to a RenderMan v6 compliant RIB file. Once this option is activated, you can click on the Browse button to navigate to where the file is to be saved and to name the file.
- Keep Shadows: When selected, will save the shadow map files to the DAZ Studio temp folder.
- Collect and Localize: When selected, will create a sub-folder in the same folder the RIB file is being saved to, then collect the necessary files into the sub-folder. This will also add a copy of the RIB file into the sub-folder with localized pathnames while the RIB file in the main folder will not be localized.
- Shading rate - Determines the quality of and speed control during the render process. The lower the value, the higher the quality and the slower the render. Default setting is 1.0.


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This page will help guide you through the process of choosing a topic and identifying resources that may be useful in your research.
Choosing a Topic
Brainstorm for topic ideas, tips
Background Information
Encyclopedias, general news articles, bibliographies
Finding Articles
Identify important concepts, choose subject area, recent or historical, choose database or index, search, evaluate search results
Finding Materials at University of Illinois Libraries
Necessary citation information, finding and requesting journals, tutorial
Evaluating web-based resources
Citing Sources
Documenting resources used in your research
Share Your Research
Communicating your research with the larger community
Copyright and Visual Media
Find out when you can use an image and when you need permission
Choosing a Topic
If you know you are interested in doing research in a broad subject area, try to think of ways you can make your subject more specific.
Example: writing a paper about global warming
Brainstorm for topic ideas
What aspects of your topic are you interested in?
- Environmental-- The impact of global warming on the sea level.
- Economic-- The impact of global warming on the agricultural industry.
- Political-- Frequently representatives of countries gather together to address pollution problems that may contribute to global warming. Has this process been effective?
What time period or geographic area are you interested in?
- Geographic Area-- How will global warming affect developing countries?
- Time Period-- Have reports of global warming increased over the past 10 years?
What do you already know about the topic?
- I've heard that there is disagreement in the scientific community about the existence of global warming. What are the arguments on both sides of this issue?
Some tips to consider when choosing a topic:
- When selecting a topic, be sure to choose a subject area that is of genuine interest to you.
- Consult your instructor, as he or she may be able to give advice concerning paper topics.
- In order to articulate your ideas, it helps to express your topic idea as a question.
Example: Global Warming > The effect of global warming on the agriculture industry > Will global warming cause the grain belt to move north? Will farmers have to change their crops as a result of global warming?
- What if you don't have enough information to express your topic idea as a specific question? If this is the case, doing some background reading can help you to articulate your research topic.
For more help, please visit, Choosing a topic or Develop a topic and create a concept map.
Background Information
Finding background information about a topic is an important step of the research process. If you are interested in pursuing a topic which is unfamiliar to you, reading an encyclopedia or a general article about the subject can allow you to articulate your topic idea and assist in pointing out areas for further research.
Sources to consult for background information include:
Encyclopedias are available in both general and subject specific formats. If you are just beginning your research and need general background information, sources like the Encyclopedia Britannica or the Encyclopedia Americana can be good starting points. Subject specific encyclopedias can give you background information about a particular discipline or subject area. Examples of subject specific encyclopedias include The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. There are many encyclopedias available covering different subject areas. If you are having trouble finding an encyclopedia to use for background information in your research, be sure to Ask a Librarian.
General news articles
News articles in a newspaper or general magazine can give you a starting point for your research. Article databases that you can use to find general articles include Readers' Guide, and InfoTrac. Please see the databases listed under General Interest Databases on the Article Database page for more information.
Experts in a particular field will sometimes compile lists of useful resources for people pursuing research. Many bibliographies on a variety of topics are published in book form and are available at the Illinois library. The home pages for some UIUC departmental libraries may also provide information about bibliographies for their particular subject. For more information, please see the LibGuides page.
Quick tip:
To search the library catalog for bibliographies, do a keyword subject search by typing the word bibliography and words that describe the topic of your research. For example, if you are researching a paper on global warming, you could run a search for 'bibliography global warming' to see what resources are available. For more information, please visit Top Ten Tips for Tackling Tricky Database Queries.
You can find more background information in the Library's Online Reference Collection.
Finding Articles
Searching for sources
- Identify important concepts in your topic.
- Once you have articulated your topic, try to pick out important concepts or keywords which you can use when you search for articles.
Example: How will global warming affect developing countries?
- Identify the subject area.
For the global warming and developing countries topic there are a couple subject areas to consider when trying to choose a database or index. The issue of global warming could be described as environmental or scientific. The fact that the issue of developing countries is also a factor means that the subject area also involves international issues.
Consider how recent or historical your search is.
Since global warming is a recent concern, finding the most current articles would be useful.
- Choose the appropriate article database or index.
- Look at the Online Journals and Databases and match the subject areas of your topic with the subject areas of the different article databases that are available for you to search.
Example: For the Global Warming topic, you can look at the Life Sciences & Medicine database subject area and see that there is an Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management database that deals with environmental issues. By looking at the Social Sciences, Business, & Education database subject area, you can also see that the PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service) database might have articles dealing with developing countries. Searching both of these databases for articles relating to your topic would be a good place to start your research.
- Run the search.
- Think about the important concepts and subject area of your topic. Choose keywords that you can use to search the databases.
Example: In the topic "How will global warming affect developing countries?" the important concepts are global warming and developing countries. One way to make sure that your search for articles is effective is to think of synonyms or additional words to describe your topic.
global warming: greenhouse effect, climate change
developing countries: developing nations, underdeveloped countries, third world
- Most article databases allow you to build your searches by combining similar concepts with the word OR. This will result in a broader search.
For example: global warming OR greenhouse effect OR climate change will find any article that has any of the three concepts in it. You can combine dissimilar concepts to create a focused search.
Example: The search "global warming AND developing countries" will find any article that has both concepts in it. For example, the search "(global warming OR greenhouse effect) AND developing countries" will find any article that has either global warming or greenhouse effect as terms and the term developing countries.
You can find more information at Choosing an article database.
Evaluate your results
- Look at the number of article citations you were able to retrieve. If you retrieved more articles than you expected and they don't seem to be relevant to your topic, you may need to add another concept or keyword to your search statement in order to narrow your search. If you retrieved fewer articles than you expected, perhaps your search statement was too narrow. You might want to take some keywords out of your search statement to create a broader search which will retrieve more articles.
- Look at the abstract or subject headings of the article citations you have retrieved to determine if they are relevant to your research.
- If you want more information about how to search article databases, workshops are offered every semester.
- If you are having any trouble searching the article databases, check out tips on locating articles or be sure to Ask a Librarian for help.
Finding Materials at University of Illinois Libraries
Necessary Information
Once you have successfully searched and found citations or references to articles which you think might be useful, the next step is to find copies of the articles in question. In order to search for the location of a journal that contains an article you are interested in, it is necessary to have the following information:
- Title of the journal
- Date the article was published
- Year and volume of the journal
- Page numbers of the article
Once you have this information, you can use the Online Library Catalog or Online Journals & Databases to find the location of the journal you need. Since you know the exact title of the journal, use the Title search in the catalog to search for the location of the journal at the University of Illinois library.
It is important to carefully examine the articles you find in order to see if they will truly be helpful to you in your research. The list of questions below is intended to provide a starting point for evaluating an article in four major categories: accuracy, content, author, and date.
- Accuracy-- Based on your knowledge of the subject, does the article seem to be accurate? Are any conclusions supported or backed up by convincing data?
- Coverage-- Does the article fully address the issues raised? Is the coverage comprehensive, or do you need additional sources? Is the article objective, or does it seem to be based on opinion?
- Authority-- Are the authors authorities in their fields? Have they published extensively on this topic? Are they affiliated with a reputable university or institution?
- Currency-- When was the article published? Is it current enough for your topic? Do you need to find similar articles that are more up-to-date?
Evaluating Web-Based Resources
Are you using Web-based resources in your research? Web ages also need to be evaluated to determine if they will be useful in your research. In most cases you may apply the criteria you would use in evaluating print resources to the evaluation of Web-based resources. It is important to remember that unlike scholarly print publications, where articles are subjected to a process of review, anyone can publish on the Web. Many webpages are also designed to be commercial as opposed to educational. For more information about evaluating Web resources, please see the following pages:
- Evaluating Internet Resources
- Evaluating your Sources (Undergraduate Library "How do I...?" page)
You can learn more about how to evaulate your sources on the Undergraduate Library "Is it Scholarly?" page.
Citing Sources
In order to avoid plagiarism or other academic integrity infractions at the University of Illinois, it is necessary to cite your sources. Learn more about Academic Integrity & Plagiarism.
Usually a professor will tell you if there is a preferred citation style for your research project. The list that follows is a sample of some of the online resources that are available for people with style and grammar questions.
Writers' Workshop
This site contains resources covering most grammar and writing needs specifically for University of Illinois students.
Citation Styles
Information about how to cite both print and online materials.
Electronic Resources
Internet Public Library collection of style manuals and guides on how to cite sources found on the Internet or other electronic formats.
The Slot: A Spot for
Copy Editors
Written by a Washington Post Copy Editor, this site serves as a supplement to the AP style book. Contains good advice on lots of tricky or picky situations and is fun to read.
University of
Victoria Writer's Guide
A dynamic database suitable for answering most writing questions.
William Strunk Jr.'s Elements of Style (1918 ed.)
The classic guide to usage, composition, and form for the English language.
Sharing your research, whether locally or internationally, requires you to make decision regarding your work. Consult with your subject specialist librarian to learn more.
- The publication process - videos
- Understanding copyright
- Scholarly communication issues
- Conferences and symposiums
- Sharing through social media
Share Your Research
The publication process - videos
Guide to publishing with Cell Press. Are you looking to submit an article for publication for the first time? These videos provide an excellent introduction to the submission process. From the website: "Watch four Cell Press editors answer questions from three early career scientists about preparing, submitting and publishing an article in a Cell Press journal." Videos include discussions on preparing a manuscript submission, what happens after the initial submission, the decision process, and what happens after manuscript acceptance.
ACS: Publishing your research 101. The American Chemical Society produced videos that give an overview of the publishing process including "How to write a paper to communicate your research," "writing your cover letter," "Selecting peers to suggest as reviewers," "Ethical considerations for authors and reviewers," "The review process for authors and reviewers," and "Open access and ACS AuthorChoice."
Understanding copyright
- Learn more about using copyrighted works in teaching, research, and scholarship. Despite complexities of U.S. copyright law and international laws, students and faculty must determine if materials they want to use are under copyright and if so, if their intended use could be protected by fair use. Because copyright law is interpretive, this website does not offer definitive or legal answers, but Scholarly Commons experts are available to help students and faculty talk through these issues.
- It is imperative in your role as an instructor and researcher that you have an understanding of fair use. Copyright law includes a variety of limitations and exceptions that govern the ways that copyrighted material may be used. The exception most people have heard about is fair use. Below are brief descriptions and links to some of the limitations and exceptions set out in copyright law. Check out the Fair use checklist.
- The Open Access movement allows you to make your research freely accessible for anyone to read, distribute, reproduce, print, or search on the internet.
- Learn more about how to assign a Creative Commons license to your work as well as how you can use Creative Commons licensed work. Creative Commons licenses are agreements that allow copyright holders to modify the copyrights for their works. Creative Commons licenses specifically address four aspects of use: attribution, the manner of sharing allowed, creation of derivative works, the commercial use.
- What are y our rights as an author? As the original author of a work, you hold the copyright to that work. The decision to reproduce, alter, or distribute the work is entirely in your hands. However, you can sign these rights away to publishing companies if you are not careful.
- As an instructor, copyright law determines how you can and cannot use copyrighted materials in
the classroom and online. Learn more about the
TEACH Act, course reserves course
packs, and University of Illinois policy. Section 110 of copyright law is an exception that
addresses classroom use of copyrighted material. This section makes it legal to use materials for
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Génia (stylized as GéNIA; born 1972 in Ukraine) is a London-based Russian virtuoso concert pianist.[1] She was born in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine into a family of musicians and scientists.[2] Her repertoire ranges from classical music to contemporary works and multimedia projects.
She started her studies at the age of four with her great-grandmother, the pianist and pedagogue Regina Horowitz [3] (sister of pianist Vladimir Horowitz and wife of the Soviet economist Evsei Liberman). She continued her studies with pianist and teacher Sergei Yushkevitch at the Kharkov Institute of Arts.
In 1999 she graduated from Guildhall School of Music earning the Premier Prix. She went on to graduate from Trinity College of Music in 2000, studying with Professor Joan Havill and Douglas Finch where she was runner-up in the TCM Associate Soloist Competition and awarded the Founders Prize for Excellence. In the same year she was awarded the Silver Medal Award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians and the Dame Myra Hess Award.
Her first significant break was being selected as an artist for the Park Lane Young Artist Series, making her London debut in 1998 where she was described by The Times as "an outstanding musician".[4] She later went on to tour the UK, Europe, and the United States performing with the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine and Cyprus State Orchestra and playing at the Windsor Festival.
She has extensively toured the UK, Europe, and the United States. Her London appearances include the Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre, South Bank Centre, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Olympia London and Cargo. She appeared as soloist on soundtracks for the award-winning films "Bookcruncher"[5] and "Paradise Grove".[6] Her recordings and interviews have also featured in various broadcasts on BBC Radio 1, 3, 4, 5 and BBC 4 Proms. She has received critical acclaim for her live performances and contemporary classical releases for Black Box[7][8][9] and Nonclassical.[10]
She also undertakes educational work and regularly holds workshops and master-classes, lectures and individual tuition. She has taught at Trinity College of Music, Dartington International Summer School and COMA Summer Schools, De Montfort University and Lewis University and CAPMT (USA).
In 2007, GéNIA created Piano-Yoga, a multi-dimensional method of piano playing, performing and teaching which provides a holistic approach towards playing the piano. Her book on Piano-Yoga was published in 2009.[11]
In 2008 she was appointed Artist in Residence at Bauer & Hieber Music, London where she launched a series of workshops and masterclasses and runs GéNIA MUSIC Piano School.[12]
Her latest CD, "Piano Book No.1",[13] is a suite of piano pieces composed by Gabriel Prokofiev and is released by Nonclassical and distributed by Naxos in America. Its UK release is scheduled for 6 September 2010.
"Suite For Piano And Electronics", GéNIA/John Richards, was released in 2007 on the Nonclassical label.[14] It featured re-mixes by dance producers The EarlyMan, Max de Wardener, kREEPA, Gabriel Prokofiev, Derailer, Trevor Goodchilde, Germ and Vex'd.
In 2000, she released GéNIA: Unveiled[15] interpreting the works of 4 Russian women composers spanning 4 generations: Sofia Gubaidulina, Galina Ustvolskaya, Elena Firsova, and Lena Langer.
In 1999, she released Transformations,[16] with the Russian violinist Roman Mints.
She commissions works particularly developing the repertoire for piano and electronics, and collaborated with an eclectic range of artists and composers including Patrick Nunn, Nik Bärtsch, John Richards (musician), Gabriel Prokofiev, Karen Tanaka.
In 2003, she was involved in Contemporary Infrasonic at the Southbank Centre,[17] an experimental project into the effect of infrasound (ultra-low-frequency at or below the bottom of the frequency range audible to the human ear) using a grand piano.
- Piano Book No.1, GeNIA/Gabriel Prokofiev, released on CD, Nonclassical (America), 2009
- Suite For Piano And Electronics, GéNIA/John Richards, released on CD, Nonclassical, 2007
- Suite For Piano And Electronics, GéNIA/John Richards, released on Vinyl, Nonclassical, 2007
- GéNIA: Unveiled - Music from Russia's Women Composers, Black Box, 2000
- Transformations - 20th Century works for violin and piano, Roman Mints - violin, GéNIA - Piano, Black Box, 1999
- Audio: BBC Radio 4 Today programme report on Russian "Old New Year" 2008 at Fifth Floor Bar, Harvey Nichols featuring GéNIA
- Video: Interview on BBC4 Proms 2007 featuring GéNIA and Gabriel Prokofiev
- ^ Tolstoy-Prokofiev Glamour Gives Diplomacy a Boost - London Arts & Letters
- ^ Genia-music.com
- ^ Horowitz | International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz
- ^ "New and note able", John Allison, The Times, 8 January 1998
- ^ BFI, Film & TV Database, BOOKCRUNCHER (2002)
- ^ http://www.footloosefilms.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/site/paradisegrove/Info/movie/Info.htm
- ^ Gramophone - Gramofile - The world's best classical music magazine
- ^ Gubaidulina Black Box BBM 1039
- ^ Genia Unveiled[WH] Classical Reviews- Dec 2002 MusicWeb (UK)
- ^ GENIA / JOHN RICHARDS, Suite For Piano And Electronics (Vex'd / Max De Wardener Mixes)
- ^ Piano-Yoga
- ^ Genia-music.com
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00361DRE6
- ^ http://www.nonclassical.co.uk/releases.php
- ^ http://www.sanctuaryclassics.com/product_details.php?productId=5408
- ^ http://www.sanctuaryclassics.com/product_details.php?productId=5395
- ^ Sonic boom | guardian.co.uk


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