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[823] Expression of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) in Urothelial Carcinoma and Response to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Therapy
TM D'Alfonso, BD Robinson, EC Kaufman, DS Scherr. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Background: BCG is a widely used immunotherapy to treat non-invasive and superficially invasive bladder carcinoma. The anti-tumor effect of BCG is at least partially mediated through TLRs, a family of pattern recognition receptors that play an integral role in the defense against microorganisms. Recent studies have shown that TLRs are not restricted to immune-related cells, as previously suggested, but are also expressed in various epithelial cells and epithelial-derived tumors. In our study, we examine if expression of various TLRs in urothelial carcinoma is associated with response to BCG therapy.
Design: A tissue microarray of pTa, pTis, and pT1 urothelial carcinomas was created from 59 transurethral resections of the bladder (TURB) from 51 patients. All TURB specimens were taken prior to BCG therapy. Immunohistochemical staining for TLR7 and TLR9 was performed. Each tumor was given two scores – one score based on the percentage of tumor cells staining (no cells=0; <10%=1; 10-75%=2; >75%=3), and one score based on staining intensity (1=weak; 2=moderate; 3=strong).
Results: Thirty-six tumors were BCG-responsive, while 23 tumors were classified as BCG-failures. The mean %-cell positive score for TLR7 in the BCG-responsive tumors (2.3) was significantly greater than that for tumors not responsive to BCG therapy (1.8; p<0.05). No significant difference was seen regarding the intensity of TLR7 staining between the two groups. TLR9 expression was not significantly different with respect to percentage of cells positive; however, the staining intensity, regardless of %-positive cells, was significantly stronger in BCG-responsive tumors compared to BCG non-responders (1.2 versus 0.77, respectively; p<0.05). Neither TLR7 nor TLR9 showed any correlation with tumor stage. Additionally, within the non-invasive papillary tumors (pTa), no significant difference in TLR staining was seen with respect to tumor grade (high versus low).
Conclusions: These preliminary results show an association between TLR expression in urothelial carcinoma and response to BCG therapy, and they support the role of TLRs in the mediation of BCG response. Further investigation ongoing in our laboratory, including examination of TLRs 2, 4, and 8, may show that the evaluation of TLR expression is a useful tool for urologists when contemplating the utility of BCG for individual patients.
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What can I do with all this zucchini? I've already made bread, quiche, and had it fried. Now what?
- Posted by Robin Clarke(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Aug 8, 00 at 9:53
OOPS - TYPO IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS! That's firstname.lastname@example.com
- Posted by Scott--IL(email@example.com) onTue, Aug 8, 00 at 11:23
I will post my Vegetable Lasagna recipe later. It uses zucchini.Yummy!
- Posted by JulieTX(email@example.com) onTue, Aug 8, 00 at 12:47
I love zucchini marinated in vinegarette, and grilled. I could eat it every night!
- Posted by Tasha(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, Aug 9, 00 at 1:18
What is vinegarette? Is that something you make or buy in a bottle? Tasha
- Posted by Jennifer(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Aug 11, 00 at 18:00
I marinade my zucchini in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, and a little sugar - or you can use a bottle of pre-packaged vinaigrette salad dressing - and throw it on the grill. The oil makes the coals fire up (at least on a charcoal grill) so the zucchini ends up slightly blackened, tender, and delicious. Oh yeah, I almost forgot... I slice the zucchini lengthwise into about 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick slices so it cooks fast.Julie's absolutely right - it's good enough to eat every night, even at the end of a long zucchini season!
- Posted by Heather(email@example.com) onMon, Aug 14, 00 at 7:40
I was given a couple of zucchini last week and went searching for recipes. Found some at www.ehow.com - a soup, frittata and stuffed zucchini. Have not tried them yet, but they sound good. Good luck.
- Posted by Colleen(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, Aug 14, 00 at 14:38
cookinglight.com had some good ones
- Posted by Sherry(email@example.com) onTue, Aug 15, 00 at 23:29
Pick Zucchini early in morning.
Wash and sort for size.
Dry with paper towel
Place in brown paper bag.
Wait until night fall; perferable with no moon.
sneak over to around the corner neighbor (or drive across town)
Leave bag with zucchini on front porch.
Ring bell
Run back to car and drive away.You can vary this receipe by leaving a cute (unsigned ) card with this receipe.
- Posted by JoAnn-N.FL(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Aug 19, 00 at 2:08
This Zucchini Pizza is very good!
Zucchini Pizza:
3 1/2 c. zucchini, shredded
1 tsp. salt 3 eggs
1/4 c. flour
12 oz. mozzarella, shredded
1 tsp. Italian herbs
1/12 lb. mushrooms, sliced
3 tab. butter
1 14 oz can pizza sauce
1/2 c. olives, sliced
1 c. green peppers, chopped
In medium bowl, mix zucchini with salt, let stand 15 minutes. Drain and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Combine zucchini, eggs, flour, 1/2 c. cheese and herbs. Spread in a greased 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Bake 350' for 15-10 minutes, or until slightly brown. Saute mushrooms in butter. Set aside. Spread all the sauce on zucchini, then cheese, then all the vegetables. Bake uncovered 350' until bubbly. About 20 minutes. (Add any vegeatbles you like)
- Posted by carolb FL(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Aug 19, 00 at 15:40
I like zuchinni simply roasted in the oven.I always plan on using the roasted leftovers for something, but end up eating 'em all right away - it's so yummy.If you do end up w/ leftovers, they're great in omelets, fritattas, & pasta or rice dishes.All I do is oil an enamelled* shallow roasting pan,arrange sliced zuchinni (3/8" thick or so) in a single layer, sprinkle lightly w/ salt or seasoned salt & roast for 20-25 minutes @ 425F, near the top of the oven.That's it - nothing could be simpler. I do this w/ lots of veggies, esp. potatoes & green beans (gr. beans take only 15 minutes, so I add them after 10-12 minutes.)
* An enamelled pan will brown foods on the bottom, so you don't have to turn them. That's why I position the pan near the top of the oven.
- Posted by Chaosmonaut(email@example.com) onTue, Aug 29, 00 at 14:17
Tasha,A vinaigrette (there's a dictionary about two yards from me, but I don't feel like double-checking the spelling) is a dressing made with oil and vinegar, and usually some other seasonings (salt, pepper, fresh herbs, mustard seeds, mustard, honey, whatever).
- Posted by Chaosmonaut(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Aug 29, 00 at 14:32
Usually it's about two parts oil to one part vinegar. At any rate, you usually use more oil than vinegar; it's not 50/50.
- Posted by Emerily(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Aug 29, 00 at 19:35
ZUCCHINI CHIPSThinly slice young zucchini (large ones have large, harder seeds)
Sprinkle lightly with salt or any spice you like..garlic
powder or salt, basil, Mrs. Dash...
Bake in a single layer on a non-stick cookie sheet at 425 for 5-10 mins. Turn over, sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Bake another 5-10 minutes.You'll know just how thin to slice them by how "chippy" they get in the time specified.
- Posted by bridget(email@example.com) onWed, Aug 30, 00 at 19:09
You can enhance any tomato pasta sauce by cooking grated zucchini with garlic and onions and then adding the sauce - either canned or homemade- I tastes really rich. I freeze grated and briefly sauteed zucchini for winter soups and pasta sauce. Try it!
- Posted by JulieTX(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, Aug 30, 00 at 21:02
Anyone with extra zucchini can send it my way! Too much zucchini is an oxymoron in my book!
- Posted by Carole(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Sep 1, 00 at 21:10
Zucchini Moussaka
1 16oz can tomatoes
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbs. tomato paste
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 to 2 medium size zucchini
2 Tbs. cornstarch
3/4 cup parmesan, grated
1 egg
2/3 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
2 Tbs. flourPreheat oven to 375 degrees. In medium saucepan over med. heat, cook toms, onion, garlic, paste, cinnamon, oregano and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Cut zucchini into 1/8" rounds.
In plastic bag or bowl, place the cornstarch (you may need more) and either add the zucchini to the bag and shake it, or dip the zucchini in the bowl to cover with the cornstarch.In baking dish, layer a small amount of sauce, some zucchini, and parmesan. Continue in that order until the zucchini is used up, ending with a layer of parmesan. In a small bowl, beat egg, blend in sour cream or yogurt, flour and whatever parmesan is remaining or 1/8 cup. Spoon over casserole and bake for 30 minutes or until tender and top golden. If you'd like the top a little more golden when casserole is done, broil for a minute or two.
Serve with a fresh green salad and french bread.
------------1. I also like to simply stir fry a sliced zucchini or two with some onions and tomatoes for a quick light supper.
2. Steam sliced zucchini, onions and green or red pepper and make an omelette to put the ingredients in. Top with chopped tomatoes and cheese if desired. Quick and delicious.
----------------------------3. Layer any amounts of sliced zucchini, tomatoes and onion in a greased casserole, cover and bake at 375 degrees until tender (20 minutes or so). Top with a small amount of your favorite cheese, serve with hot french bread.
- Posted by Stephanie(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, Sep 6, 00 at 6:03
Zucchini Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting
Posted on the WFD Board3 eggs
1-1/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. orange juice
1 t. almond extract (I didn't have, so used rum extract)
2-1/2 c. flour
2 t. cinnamon
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/2t. ground cloves
1-1/2 c. shredded zucchiniFrosting:
1 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. milk
1 t. vanilla
1-1/2 to 2 c. powdered sugarIn mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, oil, orange juice and extract. Combine dry ingredients; add to the egg mixture and mix well. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until cupcakes test done.
Cool 10 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
For frosting, combine brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stire for 2 minutes.Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool to lukewarm. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until frosting reaches desired consistency. Frost cupcakes.
Yields 1-1/2 to 2 dozen cupcakes.note: This is Kimmie's recipe; it made two dozen for me. Next time I would sift the powdered sugar into the saucepan to avoid little lumps of sugar in the frosting. Also, even though I used 2 cups of powdered sugar, the consistency was very thin. More than a glaze,but not as thick as, say, a chocolate frosting. Excellent taste, though, not a step to skip, as the caramel frosting really makes the recipe!
- Posted by psimom(firstname.lastname@example.com) onThu, Sep 7, 00 at 21:43
I have a recipe I use for zucchini...I think I made it up or it is a variation of something I saw. I put a skillet on medium to high heat and add lemon juice, when it starts to get hot, add chopped onion, sliced/cut/whatever shape zucchini, garlic, dill, ground black pepper stir well, when the zucchini are just hot enough to start to change to that sorta translucent stage, add frozen peas and cook till the peas are hot. Serve over pasta. I used to use olive oil and saute it all then add the lemon juice toward the end but I like it just as well without the oil...save those calories for a zucchini chocolate cake instead!
- Posted by Mo(email@example.com) onThu, Sep 21, 00 at 22:17
This is so simple: I pick a zucchini out of my garden, go to the other side of my yard and pick a lemon. Cut the zucchini however you prefer, I slice it in circles, spread it over the cutting board, squeeze the entire lemon over the slices, sprinkle garlic salt over that, and let them soak for about 10 minutes. Coat a pan with some cooking spray, drain the juice off the board and saute them up until they begin to get tender and browned! Eat them as a side dish, over rice, pasta, or (especially good) put them on a pizza with fresh tomatoes...yumm!!!
My new email addy is firstname.lastname@example.com. These recipes look great! Zucchini chocolate cake?! Thanks all. PS: I am growin the climbing variety this year "Zuchetta Rampicante", which is supposedly resistant to the dreaded vine borer. Here goes! |
- Posted by Carole OR(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Jun 16, 01 at 14:23
Zucchini chocolate cake is wonderful! Very moist. :-) |
- Posted by Michael(email@example.com) onThu, Jun 21, 01 at 4:57
Zucchini in tegame Zucchini This easy recipe really brings out the flavor of the zucchini. Serves: 4 2 lbs. fresh zucchini Instructions: Notes: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Italian vegetarian
- Posted by carolyn(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Jul 17, 01 at 1:34
ZUCCHINI SLICE 2 Medium sized Zucchinis 2 Medium sized Carrots 2 Sliced Tomatoes 1 Medium sized Onion |
- Posted by ann(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, Jul 18, 01 at 18:28
Unfortunately my book is in storage, but the "Enchanted Broccoli Forest" cookbook by Mollie Katzen has a delicious recipe for a calzone filling with diced zucchini, ricotta and mozarella cheese, garlic, and other herbs. It always gets rave reviews. |
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Hi all I'm new here so forgive me please if I post this wrong. I have 8 dogs 1 of which is showing possible signs of mange .. my vet gave him an injection of ivomec then sent me home with 7 more shots for the rest of the dogs ... its been almost a month and now he's sending me home with a bottle of med & 8 needles ... looking thru the net I found this site and noticed some comments ab out giving ivomeic by mouth instead of injections .... anyone here willing to tell me pros & cons of both methods ? Thanks in advance |
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I assume your dog has sarcoptic mange, as it is the contagious type. Demodectic mange is not considered contagious. I am not a vet. I have used ivermectin to treat sarcoptic mange, given orally. I've also had dogs at the vet given the ivermectin injection. ---> However, the oral dose might not be the same as the injected dose. I would use what your vet gave you the same way he instructed you to use it. If you are uncomfortable giving injections, ask the vet to tell you the ORAL dose of ivermectin 1% solution to give your dogs. It should be based on their weight. Then you can go to the nearest farm supply store and purchase a bottle of Ivomec 1% for about $45, a syringe and needle (to pull the product out), and treat the dogs yourself, orally. Be sure to take the needle off the syringe before you squirt it in their mouths, as it is unbelievably sharp. If it happens again, an old-fashioned but effective way to treat sarcoptic mange is a sulfur bath, but it would be a lot of trouble with 8 dogs. Get sulfur powder for your garden, available at home improvement and Malwart for less than $10 for a several-pound bag. Mix some with a mild shampoo to a 10% solution. Mix very well before you use it, so the sulfur is suspended in the shampoo. Bathe your dog, and let the shampoo suds sit on him/her for several minutes before rinsing. Use once a week for a month. Your dogs will smell like rotten eggs, but it does work. I think there are commercial varieties of this available called LymSulfur. The mites that cause sarcoptic mange in dog CAN cause an itchy rash in people, although we are not good hosts for them and they don't stick around long. The same sulfur shampoo that you mixed up for your dogs can get rid of that rash more quickly. |
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"I have simply grasped the one thread which links up all the rest."
Hu Shih, the father of Chinese democratic liberalism, began his classic, The Development of the Logical Method in Ancient China, with this quote from Confucius.
In dealing with complex issues, the sage advises, look for that underlying issue to illuminate and move things forward. The escalating war of words between the pan-democrats and mainland officials has generated more heat than light. The poisoned rhetoric from both sides has not changed the political realities; it has merely confused the key issues.
Now, a few individuals on both sides have started to make more sensible noises.
Law professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting who came up with the Occupy Central protest plan said over the weekend that we should focus on the composition of the nominating committee that will select candidates for the 2017 chief executive race. That's exactly right. The committee's composition is where the real battleground for universal suffrage will be.
Tai is not the first to point this out. It was, in fact, Alan Hoo, SC, head of the Basic Law Institute, who first called on the pan-democrats to focus on that after various mainland officials said any CE candidates must love Hong Kong and the motherland and never challenge the central government. But Hoo is friendly to Beijing. Hopefully, Tai will be more persuasive with his pan-democratic colleagues.
All the charges and counter-charges about patriotism and the screening of candidates just confuse the issue. They boil down to one question: who will sit on the nominating committee?
Beijing will want it to resemble the current 1,200-member election committee, which is selected by less than 250,000 voters and mostly drawn from sectors that replicate the rotten boroughs of the functional constituencies.
Pan-dems like Tai will want the new committee membership to be returned by a popular vote.
The future committee will have to be much more representative electorally than the election committee. But it's just a non-starter to demand giving everyone a vote on its membership.
Let's just hope cooler heads will prevail on both sides and start putting viable proposals on the negotiating table.
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Conglomerates in Hong Kong have reduced the functional constituency to voting as a block. In fact, political power in Hong Kong resides disproportionally in the influential hands of very few conglomerate heads. Hong Kong is a company town where a boss dictates and employment controls everything from schooling, housing and eating.
There must be a new way to run Hong Kong; not because of envy, it is more about the built-in safety in diversification in entrepreneur opportunities. Then, Hong Kong will come to a full circle to its beginning where each sector is independent without a voice from the top. But, the conglomerates will make sure they will pick the next CE and stay put in the legislature forever. Entrepreneur opportunity for you? What a nuisance.
Also I very much doubt that you were able to vote in members of the election committee. You sound like an extremely delusional and misguided young person.
Sure he's free to do it. But I am also free to call him out on this rubbish. Freedom of speech works both ways after all. He doesn't hold a monopoly on it.
The best thing that the Government and ordinary people can do is let the Occupy Central plan go ahead. This will further erode the popularity of the Hong Kong 'Democrats' are they will be seen to be going against the wishes of the majority and just create mayhem and mess for our city.
The Central Government should not approve candidates prior to the election. Hong Kong people will not elect a candidate that they do not think capable of running Hong Kong or one who would likely be unacceptable to the Central Government. The British system (although largely just symbolic in the UK) is preferable. The winning candidate should visit the President or his appointed representative and ask for permission to form a government.
Hong Kong, let us not forget, is a city in China, but one that has been afforded much greater autonomy than others. But it is still a part of the PRC and has a certain obligation and duty to contribute to the stability, prosperity and happiness of the nation.
Another factor is of course that real names can often induce prejudice in the reader. A Western name vs a Chinese name for example or a Male name vs Female name.
The current system is more fair and interesting. It encourages wider debate. Your proposal will likely lead to less exchange of views and more shoe shining.
1. Telling all ethnic minorities such as Michael Chugani to shut up if they do not agree with Occupy Central.
2. Anyone who does not support Occupy Central must be a stooge of Beijing. He already accused me of being from "up north" even though he knows nothing about me.
3. Flooding SCMP and other forums with Pro Occupy Central messages under different usersnames to create the illusion of mass support from many users.
Yes in Hong Kong you are free to post on as many usernames as possible. But I am also free to express my opinion and expose your hypocrisy and double standards. Your vision of democracy is just another dictatorship where everyone must agree with your view or shut up! You are a total hypocrite and intellectually bankrupt!
I'm just stating my opinion on the fact that you keep posting under so many usernames. Why not post your opinions on your regular username? Posting under so many usernames means you lack transparency which is not at all democratic. You know nothing about democracy and even showed racism towards Michael Chugani. You said Michael shouldn't state his opinions about democracy because he is not an ethnic Chinese. You are nothing more than a hypocrite.
Also I'm not from the north. It sounds like everything is a conspiracy with you isn't it?
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By: Cathy Christensen
Posted: January 30, 2009, from the February 2009 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
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If you are a spa owner who has always felt like one of the ants—not the playful grasshopper—in the classic Aesop's fable, toiling away while others sang and had fun, now may be your time to shine. "When the slump is over, the momentum will be regained and people will be looking for spa facilities," predicts Hugh Jones, president and owner of HUW Enterprises, Inc., a design and operations consulting firm for national and international high-end spas and fitness facilities. Now may be a good time to make sure they will want to come to your spa first by dipping into that savings account and making some design enhancements that will put you ahead of the pack when the economy improves.
"You can get some good deals and rates with consultants and tradesmen right now, as well as quantity discounts on materials," says Lyn Falk, registered interior designer, sustainable design advocate and president of Retailworks, Inc. and Solterra Studios. Sylvia Sepielli, founder and owner of SPAd, Sylvia Planning and Design, a company that specializes in spa design and operations, agrees, saying, "Contractors and tradesmen are able to get in and do some renovations during this time because they have more availability and lower costs due to the screeching halt of the housing market."
In order to get a good idea about the enhancements you want to pursue, it is important to enlist some help. "Have professionals come in to assess the current situation and make recommendations," advises Jones, and Clodagh, founder and owner of Clodagh Designs and a leading designer committed to the green movement, agrees about getting a fresh set of eyes to help you make the right enhancements for your space. "If you don't have a good visual sense, don't do it yourself," she says. "You can't be sensitive, and you have to see yourself as others see you. Have a stylist come in and offer a boost."
After considering a professional opinion, begin bargaining. This may not come easily to those who aren't natural hagglers, so be prepared to get outside of your comfort zone. "Say you're shopping around, and make sure any trades you work with know you have alternatives," says Falk. "Tell them upfront that you're on a budget and you have to be smart about your decisions. That's when the person on the other line is going to start sharpening his pencil. Often, if you are working with a vendor that you have an existing relationship with, you can say that you know what the going rate is for something, but your budget is set and ask if they can do anything for you with that amount of money."
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Quite good. I just saved it on my pc. And thanks man, it really helps a lot.
I'll do a bit of 'page by page' too.
SPOILER! :Page 1
The first close-up of the horse, rider and girl split across two panels: that's good, and I figured that the image was split to focus attention first on the horse and then on the rider and the girl. But it feels like the horse's head panel is well-spaced and the panel with the rider and the girl feels... cramped, like there's too much image for a panel that size, especially when it's right next to the panel of the horse's head. If the image in the rider's panel were a bit wider, to include the rider's shoulder perhaps, then the rider's face and the girl's face would be more vertically centered with the panel, and I think that would look better because it would put the faces closer to the 'center' of the image (I say this because the focus of my eyes naturally land at the center of that panel).
That page also sets the precedent that sound effects are descriptive of the sound being made.
Page 2
Good job. In the bottom-right panel, we see the rider's arm at the bottom of the panel and part of the girl's head is cut off at the top of the panel. The center of the focus is on the girl's arms, which implies that there's something there that we should look at. I don't know what that 'something' is (some people have asked if she's holding a baby) because it's not clear enough for me to know what I'm looking at.
If the focus was meant to be on the girl, it would be better to show less of the rider's arm at the bottom of the panel and not cut the girl's head off at the top (and the same suggestion if the focus is supposed to be on the girl and whatever she's holding). If the focus is supposed to be on whatever she's holding (if she's holding anything), we really need to know what she's holding. (Some people thought it might have been a baby. Using logical deduction, and looking as the size and placement of her arm, and assuming that she has breasts, it doesn't look like she's holding something big (or wide) enough to be a baby.
Page 3
Very well done, but the sound effect 'glide' broke the precedent; that's not a sound effect.
Page 4
The first panel was confusing to me. I didn't know what that think was that the rider put his hand on; I didn't recognize it as anything that had been shown up to this point. The thick, white lines were unidentifiable to me, and the green-looking think wrapped around the round, black object with the thick white lines looks like a cloth. After looking at the image for several seconds, I assumed that it had something to do with his sword, and that in the bottom-left panel he had just finished strapping his sword on (which I thought was weird; why would his pursuers wait for him to do that?). After looking at that image in Cake's review, I finally realized that the round wrapped in the green cloth is the girl's head, which means that the white lines must be part of her face. The rider had put his hand on her cheek.
Page 5 (and onward)
The bright colour of the sword doesn't fit well with the humans being in all black. Logic suggests that if it's dark enough for the humans to look pitch-black, then the swords (the blades are metal, right?) should be reflecting some light, but it shouldn't look like the swords are in daylight.
Page 6
A close shot of each fighter, a wide shot of both fighters in the same panel, and then a zoomed-out shot of the battlefield. The zoomed-out shot broke the story pacing. It felt like you were trying to do too much set-up (or establishing shots) before the battle started, like you were trying to hype the battle (or something) before it begins. And all of the panels appear to have the men in the same stance (for all I could tell), which means that the story hadn't really progressed past the first two panels; it looked like the fighters were standing and staring at each other.
Page 7
The implied motion is good, and the pacing of the story is good. But it's hard to tell who is who. The brightness of the swords is the focal point for the eyes (especially when the page is viewed at an appropriate speed for the pace of the story), but there's nothing to distinguish the fighters from each other at a glance when the story is viewed at that speed. The swords, which are the eye's focal points, don't really distinguish the fighters from each other.
The hand behind the fighter's back, at a glance, looks good and implies that the fighter is skilled. In hindsight, having that many white lines doesn't fit with the amount of shadow in the comic up to this point (except the light-coloured swords). Seeing the man's hand in white also implies that the lighter-coloured parts of the image are intended to be focal points, but I don't see the swords being used to identify the fighters in that way. The swords could still be seen as swords if they were darker and reflected light like metal, so it feels like there's no consistency in the way that 'emphasized' with lighter colours.
The precedent of sound effects is broken again here.
Page 8
The first panel continues from the previous page, a good shot. The next panel, with the guy sliding his foot, can be figured out (the dirt looks like a newspaper that's been severely crumpled, though. If the dirt is being thrown slightly into the air by the foot's movement, it might be an idea to use action lines for the dirt, and maybe the movement of the foot).
The third panel looks weird. I could tell that the man on the left's sword was being knocked away by the man on the right (sine the man on the left's sword was underneath the man on the right's sword on the previous page, I assume that the man on the right lowered his sword a bit to knock the other guy's sword away by hitting it near the handle), but I don't know why the man on the right is standing like that or what significance it has. It's like I'm missing something between panel 2 and 3. What did the man on the right do to get into that pose? (I assume that the foot in panel 2 belongs to the man on the right.)
Page 9
At first, I was taken aback and thought that the pursuers were fighting each other. Then I noticed the colouring on the ground, and I think you intended to show snapshots of the fight with both men moving around. Either way, that broke the pacing of the story, first because it was confusing, and second because it's an extreme speed-up compared to the pacing of the story before and after that panel. If you intended to show the fighters moving to different places on the ground, that seems like a minor detail; the ground all looks the same.
In the bottom panel, we see that the fighter with his hand behind his back has blocked the opponent again. But I still don't know who's who (I assume that the fighter with his hand behind his back is the rider who was with the girl, being the main character in the story.
Page 10
They're no longer silhouettes; this is good. Seeing detail and colour on the fighters also makes the swords look like they fit the images, as opposed to the bright swords and shadow-people in earlier panels.
Page 11
That page works well, except for the sound effects. The precedent of using sound effects to describe sound seems to be in use again, but 'pat' doesn't seem to fit for heavy breathing (which the image implies). I think that 'huhh' or something might work better. And the size of the font implies the volume of the sound, so it feels like he's breathing heavily for a few seconds in that one panel, but not breathing heavily at all in the panels before or after that one... (the size of the sound effect font in relation to the zoom of the image also implies volume, because it implies volume at a distance).
Page 12
There was too much detail on the face behind the man for me to immediately make out that there's a man in front of that face. My first clue was the shiny sword. If the background face had less detail, emphasizing only the important parts (like the eyes and the mouth, perhaps), the detail in the background face shouldn't be so easily confused with the detail on the person in the foreground.
In the second panel, it would be a good idea to show both edges of each sword so that the extra 'swipe' can be clearly identified at the after-image of the sword's movement.
Page 13
The first panel looked until I saw the second panel. The previous page implies that both fighters swung at the same time, but in the first panel of this page it seems like they're just looking at each other (no after-effect of the dramatic swing on the previous page).
In the second panel, one guy's head falls off to the side, while still being upright, and the other is pointing his sword at the man who lose his head. However, the sword is being pointed with a stance that looks like he's about to stab the guy.
That doesn't make sense. Up to this point, the story seems to have used real-world logic, but this page implied that one guy cut the other guy's head off with such a clean swipe that the head didn't move. And then, suddenly, the head falls off diagonally (while still upright) after the opponent has had enough time to stand in a different position. Given the weight and weight distribution of a human head, the size and thickness of the neck, how thick those swords appear to be, and the implication that both men were moving when they swung their swords at each other, that head should have rolled as soon at it was cut off.
It also wasn't exactly clear what happened because the man who has a raised sword also has no blood on that sword. With the amount of blood that is implied in the third image, I assume that his sword would have some blood it from when it passed through the other guy's neck.
The fourth panel, with the man's sword as waist-level, looks good for that panel, but doesn't look good in relation to the third panel where he, for some reason, raised his sword to apparently stab the opponent.
Page 14
The first panel makes it clearer that the girl is holding something, which seems like a baby wrapped up in a blanket. You convey mood and emotions well in this comic.
Page 15
Nicely done. Good job!
Everyone else has articulated my critiques, especially Cake. I liked the color scheme a lot. It reminded me of the Dark Tower comic series, especially with the heavy inks. Have you ever read it?


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It seems Camtasia + SnagIt and Jing is the top team to beat. And there does not seem to be any other reason to use something else. But actually there is some reasons why you might want to use Screenr and also NCH Debut Screen Capture. Read more about them below.
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I saved quite a few recipes and recipe sites for ideas on Super Bowl party recipes. I saw one layered dip that had a bottom refried bean layer, maybe another layer of dip or shredded cheese, then topped with a guacamole dip, and sour cream to make lines to look like a football field. It also had a few plastic football characters placed on top. I have done every type of google search possible, but can't seem to find that site. Can anyone help? We are going to a Super Bowl party on Sunday and I suppose I can wing it if I don't find a picture. Thanks! |
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Is this the one you saw? http://www.sheknowsparties.com/football-party-food-guacamole-football-field/ Here is another: http://www.whollyguac.com/recipe/details/16 They both have goal posts, but neither one has little football player figures. No one is going to stop you from adding them, though! I don't think you really need help from a web site, though -- just make it the way you described it. Sounds like a darling idea. I'm sure it will be the hit of the party. |
Here is a link that might be useful: football field dip
Here's another one which actually has the X's and O's on it instead of actual players. Very cute! |
Here is a link that might be useful: football field dip
Thank you both! Those are great examples. I plan to take my camera to the party because there are quite a few people planning to come and the hosts are fantastic cooks too! I hope to gather some new recipes! |
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A couple of months ago, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., agreed to go on the air with radio personality Dave Pratt, who regularly chats up country music stars and other celebrities during his morning show on Phoenix radio station KMLE-FM 108.
Pratt always keeps the conversations spontaneous and breezy and the last thing he wanted was a career politician on a soapbox during a re-election campaign.
So he asked Kyl if he'd watched the past weekend's NASCAR race. Of course, Kyl replied. He's an unashamed NASCAR wonk. He watches the weekly races on television or listens to them on satellite radio.
Kyl offered the radio audience a spontaneous encyclopedic assessment of current state of stock car racing. He analyzed drivers' tactics, ran down the changes in the Nextel Cup points standings, and opined on Phoenix International Raceway's increasing stature with NASCAR.
"I had no idea what a NASCAR fan he was," Pratt said. "He was definitely into it. I mean, wow."
The live broadcast went so well, Pratt later called Kyl's aides to ask whether he would consider doing a weekly segment on NASCAR racing.
Now every Monday morning, between music tracks by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Alan Jackson, the fourthhighest ranking member of the U.S. Senate analyzes the nuances of race tracks, bumpdrafting and restricter plate regulations.
It's fitting, really. NASCAR is the only sport that matches Kyl's pace.
He's friendly enough, but is always mindful of his schedule. He rarely has the time or the stomach for lengthy oratorical introductions, excessive gladhanding and happy chatter that come so naturally to most politicians. He's the anti-J.D. Hayworth.
Kyl's conversations are short, blunt and focused. He's all business, all the time. His re-election campaign doesn't have a theme song, because, really, that sort of thing is just a waste of time.
Kyl also tries to maintain his privacy, despite holding public office for 20 years. He declined to be interviewed or photographed for this article at either his town house in Phoenix or at his cabin in the White Mountains. He instead chose to do both at his Phoenix office — between other appointments.
Kyl never planned to enter public office, but he seemed to be steering for it his entire life.
He grew up in Nebraska and Iowa, where his not-quite-namesake father John (with an h) Kyl, a Renaissance man of Great Plains attributes, worked as a farmer, teacher, chamber of commerce executive, clothing store owner and television newscaster.
When an Iowa member of the U.S. House of Representatives announced his intention to retire, friends and colleagues encouraged the elder Kyl to seek his office. After all, he had the business connections and the TV face — and as it turned out, the perseverance. John Kyl lost his first attempt, but won two years later. The son attended a few campaign events, but he was in final years of high school in the town of Bloomfield and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to his father's latest career move.
Young Jon also was having health issues caused by pneumonia, so his doctor recommended he move to Tucson. He enrolled at the University of Arizona and arrived for class in 1960, never having been west of Nebraska.
During his second or third week at UA, he found his way to a college-level Sunday school class at a local Presbyterian church where he met nursing student Caryll Collins.
The relationship raced forward. Kyl didn't have her phone number, so he studied the list of Collinses in the Tucson phone directory until he narrowed the likely possibilities to two. He got her on the first call.
She asked him to a Sadie Hawkins dance a couple of weekends later. "We dressed up and went out and danced and decided we liked each other," Caryll said.
Their courtship brought them back to church frequently. "Her parents lived in Tucson and the bottom line was this: If I wanted to win their hearts, I went to church with them on Sunday mornings," Kyl said.
Their romance sped along. They married during Kyl's first year in law school and had their first child nine months later.
A few years after arriving at UA, Kyl took a greater interest in his father's new political career and filled a summer position in 1963 as an unpaid intern on Capitol Hill.
"Going back to Washington, that was a big deal," Kyl said. "That was a very historic summer in Washington."
The civil rights movement took center stage in the months before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama desegregated under the watch of federally deployed National Guard troops. On June 12, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi and days later buried in Arlington National Cemetery. On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law requiring prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. On July 25, the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to a nuclear test ban treaty. And on Aug. 28, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech before 200,000 demonstrators at the Lincoln Memorial.
Back at UA, Kyl joined the debate team and argued about trade issues, labor policy and health matters. He usually won.
"What that does is prepare you to organize your thoughts into a coherent and usually fairly concise presentation. You don't have a lot of time, so every word has to count and you marshal your arguments, your evidence," Kyl said.
Still, he never entertained the idea of entering politics himself.
After he finished law school at UA, he moved the family to Phoenix and practiced law with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, where he remained on staff for nearly 20 years.
Kyl initially did trial and real estate work, and later focused on water rights issues, largely for the water and electric utility company Salt River Project.
During that time, he prepared three cases for the U.S. Supreme Court. He won all three. The most important was the last big case he handled.
It established two precedents concerning water rights — when different interests within a state compete for water, all claims, including claims by Indian tribes, must be decided by the same court; and furthermore, the proper court is the state court. Indian leaders previously had argued that their claims could be decided separately in federal court.
Kyl became increasingly involved in the Arizona Republican Party scene, worked as a race official at PIR where he was nearly killed by flying wreckage, and served as chairman of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.
Then-U.S. Rep. Eldon Rudd called him on July 4, 1985. "I'm not going to run for reelection next year. I really think you ought to think about it," Rudd told him, according to Kyl's recollection.
Kyl discussed it with other Arizona political figures, who encouraged him. He spoke with his professional associates, who encouraged him. He talked to his father, who did not.
The elder Kyl, who by then had served in the House from 1959 to 1965 and 1967 to 1973, was planning to retire and move to Arizona to spend more time with his son's family.
"He response was very interesting. He said, 'Why would you want to do that? Most of the guys get elected to Congress so that they can get a job like you've got,' " Kyl said.
Kyl won the House seat and served from 1987 to 1995.
He planned to challenge Sen. Dennis DeConcini, a Democrat, who was stained in the Keating Five banking and political contribution scandal, but DeConcini retired before he had the chance. Kyl won the open Senate seat and has held it for two terms.
He focuses his energy in Washington on intelligence and counterterrorism measures, border enforcement, immigration, judicial appointments and water rights. He sides with President Bush more than 95 percent of the time, according to an analysis by the magazine Congressional Quarterly.
Kyl is detail-oriented and does his best work behind the scenes, said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins recalled that shortly after she took office in 1997, Kyl approached her about a coming vote on a test-ban treaty, an area in which she had little expertise at the time.
He met with Collins in her office, explained each provision in the bill and offered the arguments on both sides of the matter. When she posed a question he couldn't answer, he arranged for former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger to brief her.
"You'll be shocked to learn that some of my senior colleagues don't take the time to do that sort of thing," Collins said sarcastically.
Kyl also is a master of the congressional process, an expertise that has earned him national accolades but also occasionally tripped him up.
For instance, Kyl and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., inserted into the Congressional Record what they said was a "live" discussion about the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the exchange turned out to be scripted. Still, Kyl and Graham cited the "conversation" in a Supreme Court brief.
The incident raised questions, especially after Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens took exception to it in a legal case. But Kyl contended the notion of inserting comments into the formal record is a common practice that becomes part of the formal discussion and thus fair game for a legal brief.
He's adept at walking through political minefields, especially when the issue involves his friends and allies.
He declined to speak out against Bush's policy on detainees' treatment because friend and campaign chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was opposing Bush on the torture issue.
Similarly, Kyl avoided criticizing Pederson's current immigration policy because it's virtually identical to McCain's.
In recent weeks, Kyl has been less gentle on Pederson. In this campaign, he's come up against a well-financed, politically experienced opponent.
But Kyl is in a race. The checkered flag waves for only one.
Jon Kyl in his own words
About his favorite NASCAR driver: "The one I've been rooting for strongly this year is Jeff Burton, the 31 car, Richard Childress Racing. I know him a little bit. He's a family man and a very decent guy and he has a real shot with Childress."
About working as a motorsports official:
"As I look back on it, it was kind of stupid actually. . . . Stuff was flying off the cars and I remember in one case, something flew by me. If it had been about four feet closer, I wouldn't be here today."
About an important learning experience: "I remember that in law school, the first time I went into court, the judge asked me a question and I said, 'I think . . .' He said, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa. I couldn't care less what you think. Give me some law.' And I've never forgotten that."
About his middle name, Llewellyn: "It's a Welsh name and the reason I have that name is that the week that I was born, just a few days before I was born, my parents got word that one of their best friends had died on the Bataan Death March. His name was Llewellyn Whitmore and so they gave me his name."
About his father's insight into Congress: "He knew a lot of the vicissitudes."
About the election: "It's about a choice between two people. They both graduated from the University of Arizona. They both had humble beginnings. They both had some success in life. One made a lot of money; the other went into public service."
About Jim Pederson: "He has no experience in dealing with any of these matters. His approach seems to be very superficial, and, frankly, written by other people back in Washington. Many of the parts of his campaign are exactly the same as other Democrats who are running nationally this year."


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The long wait for the resumption of the Davis Cup rivalry between the United States and Great Britain professional tennis teams is now over.
This developed after the nations will face each other in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup tournament. According to reports, the United States will play host to the much awaited tennis tournament which takes place on January 31st to February 2nd next year.
Sources said the Davis Cup rivalry of the two countries who are allies in global affairs started in the 1900s. Since the two great nations started their Davis Cup rivalry, the US team takes an 11-7 win-loss lead against Great Britain where the team also won their recent four matches.
This early the US team lead by former tennis champion Jim Courier is very excited to the chance of facing Great Britain again in a global tennis competition. Professional tennis experts revealed the last time Great Britain won against the US in a Davis Cup contest was in 1935.
The experts said the Davis Cup is a prestigious international team event in men's tennis. They said this tournament is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. Moreover, the experts said the result of this meeting is hard to predict at the moment but they said this match-up could be won by either team in a very closed manner.


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The company has also been designated Business of the Month for May by the county, where its headquarters are located. The citing includes a ceremony today during which County Executive Ed Mangano will tour the company's facility, along with members of the county's Office of Economic Development Business Development Unit. Lifetime Brands is the second business honored under the Business of the Month program, which debuted in April.
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Santa Fe/McCoy Street from 23rd Street to Santa Fe Park
23rd Street and Noland Road turn lanes
On August 7, 2007 voters approved a one-half of one cent sales tax for streets, bridges and safety improvements for an 11-year period beginning January 1, 2009 and ending on December 31, 2019. A total of $101,200,000 will be spent on the following projects:
550 miles of streets will be repaved.(Cost: $72,000,000)
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Two deteriorated bridges and culverts will be replaced or repaired.(Cost: $2,600,000)Bly Road bridge south of BundschuClaremont culvert south of Truman
(Cost: $14,700,000)39th Street, Noland Road to Crysler Avenue (Partial Project Funding)Jackson Drive (Partial Project Funding)32nd Street, 291 Highway to Van Hook Park35th St, Noland Road to Crysler AvenueLittle Blue Parkway (Partial Project Funding)Alley Rehabilitation (approximately 70 locations)
(Cost: $2,600,000)Various intersections with concrete surfacing.
(Cost: $4,300,000)Blue Mills Road turn lane at 24 HighwaySalisbury Road - 291 Highway to one mile eastSchool zone signalizations35th Street and Phelps Road intersection signalNoland Road and Fair intersection signal
(Cost: $2,000,000)Kingshighway at Hanthorn SchoolTruman Road at Spring Branch SchoolCedar at Fairmount SchoolSpeck Road at middle schoolsNickell and McCoy at the Truman Library Campus25th Terrace at North Rock Creek SchoolCrackerneck at William Yates SchoolE. 36th Terrace at Nativity School
(Cost: $1,000,000)Salisbury, Jennings to Athletic Sports ComplexNorledge and Arlington to Fairmount Park35th Street and Sterling to Firehouse ParkHedges and 24th Street to Rotary ParkCrackerneck to Glendale Park
(Cost: $2,000,000)Maintenance operations funding will be supplemented to add a maintenance crew for snow removal and other street repairs during the final seven years of the program.
The Street Improvement Oversight Committee, made up of unpaid volunteers, is responsible for monitoring the expenditures of the Streets Sales Tax. The committee makes formal reports to the City Council at least twice a year.
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When Football Manager 2013 was released there is no doubt that training was on the mind of everyone who bought the game i see that been no different in FM 2014. The game itself in my eyes needs changes and soon. Training in FM12 was brilliant in my eyes, agreed it was hit and miss but their was some complexity to it, their was far more to it. Where as when the redesign come it was simple. So hopefully with Football Manager training 2014 we will see a development on this years. Obviously FM have become known for creating a feature and then developing as we have seen with player interaction, team talks for substitutes etc…. so hopefully this will be same this year. However i thought i would give you my view on what i would improve and what i am looking forward to.
Youth Development
This has to be one of the biggest let down this year for me. Clearly there are some great in depth articles around about Youth Development, yet i don't see why. This year has the simplest formula yet, heavy training, tutoring and game time, that's all you need to develop a wonderkid. So hopefully the wonderkids in Football Manager 2014 will need far more training. I would love to see more involvement with specialist youth coaches and actually different types of schedules for youngsters.
More Involvement
This year myself and my colleague Kev have had great success with training especially with Heavy training. However much this has benefited us as managers it has not helped our addiction. Last year the sliders needed far more attention and you could actually play around with them until you got the right formula. Instead of making it simpler i think they needed to make it harder, with maybe more sliders, and different sets of them for different times of the season.
Pre-Season Training
This is one thing that has taken a step forward this, and you really do need to get more involved with it. Yet for me would it not be great if two weeks before pre-season you actually had to put forward pre-season training schedule specifying things each player needs to focus on. For those of us who don't want to do this we can get our assistants to do it.
More Coaches
This ties in with the youth development aspect. Don't get me wrong FM has taken some great strides over the years yet i think this would be another huge one. In real life all aspects of the club are ran by the club for instance the youth teams before the youth academy. So why should they not in Football Manager? I think positions for under 14s etc…. Don't get me wrong i don't think we should control them but the chance to see how they do in the leagues and reports once a year i feel is a great idea.
Bring back Football Manager Training Schedules for FM14
One of the most enjoyable parts was the debate around tactics, every year someone had some new miracle training schedules that could be picked apart. Some people created some brilliant pre-season one's. There was so much debate and talk about them, for me this is what made them so brilliant. This year has gone downhill, there are no downloads, no talk, no debate, its straightforward. Football Manager has such a huge community and bringing training schedules back to the community and their downloads would be amazing.
So there are just a few of my ideas for Football Manager Training 2014, so hopefully SI will listen to me or no doubt have even better ideas. This page will be updated when we know more!


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The Q572 weighs 1.6 pounds, is 13.6mm thick, an anti-glare 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 resolution display, digital pen input, and a front-facing 5MP camera.
Useful business features are available in the form of a removable battery, a Smart Card slot, a fingerprint sensor, two USB ports (one USB 2.0, the other USB 3.0) and a HDMI connection.
These features aside, the battery life is not quite as impressive with AMD's Z-60 APU chip offering a pretty average seven hour run-time compared to Intel's ten hour claim for Clover Trail tablets.
Nonetheless, while Intel claims to have over 20 Windows 8 tablets based on the Clover Trail chipset, the Stylistic Q572 represents the first tablet of AMD's new tablet strategy, which was announced two weeks ago.
The dual-core chip, positioned in the 'sweet spot' between Intel and ARM, offers a maximum frequency of 1GHz, offers 80 Radeon graphic cores for watching video and playing games, and will work with legacy and Metro Windows 8 applications.
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Organizing such a show (this one was put together by BMoCA director Cydney Payton and boardmember John Matlack) is fraught with pitfalls these days, because contemporary painting bears a double burden: At the same time that some people consider it the ultimate manifestation of the visual-art tradition, it's viewed by others as simply archaic. Thus our expectations for paintings are often so high as to be unattainable by painters.
According to the more traditional view, painting has long vanquished sculpture--its only real rival--in the race for art's top billing. Art history, after all, has not so much been written as it has been painted. From Giotto in the Middle Ages through Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, the French Impressionists, Picasso and the abstract expressionists, painting has dominated Western civilization's artistic pursuits.
But to other observers, painting--as the previous list of masters inadvertently illustrates--came to a screeching halt more than thirty years ago. I've heard the refrain "Painting is dead" my entire adult life. The premature obituary was sparked by the development of pop and minimalism in the late 1950s and 1960s. Each of these styles mounted an attack on the then-current state of painting, ruled as it was by abstract expressionism. The pop artists, by addressing mass culture, made the spiritual and psychological content of abstract expressionism appear naive and dated. And the pristine flatness of the minimalists made the abstract expressionist's surfaces and compositions appear busy and quaint.
Such assaults made it impossible for abstract expressionism to hold its position as the principal art movement of the day. At the same time, pop and minimalism were leading artists away from painting altogether. Both movements blurred the distinctions between art media, and their underlying ideologies inevitably led many artists into the conceptual realms of video and performance and installation art--arenas in which not just abstract expressionism but painting itself was seen as a fossil.
The clear goal, then, of Pure Painting curators Payton and Matlack is to suggest that painting is still vital and contemporary. To do this, they have chosen a disparate group of twelve artists working on both American coasts and in Germany, as well as one each from Boulder and Denver. The exhibit is handsomely installed, creating a contemplative atmosphere that's only partly disrupted by the constant stream of those who look to BMoCA only for its open-to-the-public restrooms.
The show's title would seem to suggest that the participants are interested in getting at the essence of painting, just as the abstract expressionists did. Viewers might expect to see work exploring the physical properties of paint and the nature of the painterly gesture. But the show doesn't do that. And incredibly, two of the featured artists, Arlene Shechet and Mario Reis, aren't even painters.
Shechet is represented by a sculptural installation, the 1993-95 "Still Time Series," which uses both found objects (breakfast trays, pedestals) and found images (the various manifestations of the Buddha) cast in hydrocal. Almost incidentally, the hydrocal sculptures have been decorated in paint. And the piece would be little changed had the paint been left off.
Reis doesn't use paint at all but rather employs his canvases as filters to collect silt from various rivers. Included here is the 1990 "Nature-Water-Colors," in which scores of canvas squares representing American waterways have been assembled by the German artist into a wall-mounted grid. As objects, these squares are lovely. Transparent and metallic films create rich neutral tones, from silver grays to ruddy reds, on the unstretched fabric. But in addition to the canvas panels, "Nature-Water-Colors" includes elaborate photographic and geographical documen-tation--under the weight of which the piece ultimately collapses. (Except for the tastefully elegant colors that result --metallic earthtones of the sort used by Lexus on its upscale sedans--is "Nature-Water-Colors" essentially any different from the paintings created by kittens whose paws have been coated with pigment? Not really.)
Fortunately, all of the other included artists seem to be on the same wavelength, at least inasmuch as they all create abstract paintings--with paint. Several fall well within existing notions of abstract expressionism and some extend its boundaries, while still others seem to be motivated by criticism of the great style.
Among those who present credible examples of the continuing vitality of abstract expressionism are Rande Barke, Ann Shostrom and Boulder's Virginia Maitland. Barke is represented by two untitled oil-on-canvas paintings from 1994 that pointedly recall the work of the mid-century: Vaguely surrealistic organic forms are laid on smudgy grounds of sickly brown, yellow and green. Shostrom, too, looks backward, with two drippy untitled oil paintings on linen, one from 1993, the other from 1994. Both feature unified color selections, and both share the same approach to finish, in which the artist has scraped or abraded the surface in order to create a scabrous texture. It looks as though Shostrom has put as much effort into removing paint as she has into adding it. Maitland contributes two brand-new examples of her signature color-field paintings: "The Storm, the Shifter of Shapes" and "The Windy Heaven." Maitland's palette (white and yellow set against blue and purple) conjures up the sky for the viewer, even if the roughly geometric forms in these pictures don't.


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A brief history of reputation in WoW
"Because it's there," he replied. "I like seeing the bars go green. I want to make them all green."
For him, I suppose, it was enough. I understand his fascination more these days, as I make it a point to max out every reputation I have at exalted because I can't stand to see a bar that isn't fully green. Call it vaguely OCD if you will, but if I'm going to go exalted, I'll make sure it's 999/999.
These days, WoW offers a heck of a lot more options for filling up that little green bar -- but where did it all begin?
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