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URL | deviantART.com |
Slogan | deviantART: where art meets application! |
Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Art display/Social networking service |
Registration | Optional |
Available language(s) | English |
Owner | deviantArt, LLC. |
Created by | Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens and others |
Launched | August 7, 2000 |
Alexa rank | 137 (February 2013[update])[1] |
Current status | Active |
This article relies on references to primary sources. (July 2011) |
URL | deviantART.com |
Slogan | deviantART: where art meets application! |
Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Art display/Social networking service |
Registration | Optional |
Available language(s) | English |
Owner | deviantArt, LLC. |
Created by | Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens and others |
Launched | August 7, 2000 |
Alexa rank | 137 (February 2013[update])[1] |
Current status | Active |
DeviantArt[2] (stylized as deviantART;[2] abbreviated as dA) is an online community showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others. deviantArt, Inc. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States.[3]
DeviantArt aims to provide a platform for any artist to exhibit and discuss works. Works are organized in a comprehensive category structure, including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications, operating system customization utilities and others, along with extensive downloadable resources such as tutorials and stock photography. Additional utilities include journals, polls, groups and portfolios.
"Fella," a small robotic cat character, is the official deviantArt mascot.[4]
As of August 2010[update], the site consists of over 14.5 million members, and over 100 million submissions, and receives around 140,000 submissions per day. In addition, deviantArt users submit over 1.4 million "favorites" and 1.5 million comments daily.[5] The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.[6] As of July 2011, it is the 13th largest social network with 3.8 million weekly visits.[7]
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DeviantArt started as a site connected with people who took computer applications and modified them to their own tastes, or who "deviated" the applications from the originals designs. As the site grew, members in general became known as "deviants" and submissions as "deviations".[8] DeviantArt was originally launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others, as part of a larger network of music-related websites called the Dmusic Network. The site flourished largely because of its unique offering and the contributions of its core member base and a team of volunteers after its launch,[9] but was officially incorporated in 2001 about eight months after launch.[10]
DeviantArt was loosely inspired by projects like Winamp facelift, customize.org, deskmod.com, screenphuck.com, and skinz.org, all application skin-based websites. Sotira entrusted all public aspects of the project to Scott Jarkoff as an engineer and visionary to launch the early program. All three co-founders shared backgrounds in the application skinning community, but it was Matt Stephens whose major contribution to deviantArt was the suggestion to take the concept further than skinning and more toward an "art community". Many of the individuals involved with the initial development and promotion of deviantArt still hold positions with the project, from administrators to volunteers serving as gallery directors and Message Network Administration. Angelo Sotira currently serves as the chief executive officer of deviantArt, Inc.[10][11][12]
On November 14, 2006, deviantArt gave its users the option to submit their works under Creative Commons licenses giving the artists the right to choose how their works can be used.[13] A Creative Commons license is one of several public copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works.
On September 30, 2007, a film category was added to deviantArt, allowing artists to upload videos. An artist and other viewers can add annotations to sections of the film, giving comments or critiques to the artist about a particular moment in the film.[14]
The site has over 150 million images which have been uploaded by its over 15 million members, making deviantArt "the largest art platform today".[15] Members of deviantArt may leave comments and critiques on individual deviation pages,[16][17] allowing the site to be called "a [free] peer evaluation application".[18] Along with textual critique, deviantArt now offers the option to leave a small picture as a comment.[19] This can be achieved using an option of deviantArt Muro, which is a browser-based drawing tool that devaintArt has developed and hosts.[20] It is simple, with eight free brushes available for anyone's use, although only members of deviantArt can save their work as deviations.[20] Another feature of Muro is what is called "Redraw"; it records the user as they draw their image, and then the user can post the entire process as a film deviation.[20]
Individual deviations are displayed on their own pages, with a list of statistical information about the image, as well as place for uploader and member comments , and 'sharing' through other social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.).[21] These deviations are required to be organized into categories when a member uploads an image, and this facilitates the deviantArt's search engine in finding images concerning similar topics.[22]
Individual members can also organize their own deviations into folders, allowing further organization on their personal pages.[18] These personal member pages, or profiles, show a member's personally uploaded deviations and journal postings.[23] Journals are like a personal blog accompanying a member's profile page, and topic coverage is up to the member; some use it to talk of their personal or art-related lives, others use it to spread awareness or marshal support for a cause.[24] Also displayed are a member's "favourites", or collection of other users' images from deviantArt, which the member can save to a folder of its own.[25] Another thing to be found on the profile page is a member's "watchers"; a member may add another member to their "watch list" in order to be notified when that member uploads something.[24] The watcher notifications are gathered with other notices in a member's Message Center, other notices being when other users comment on that member's deviations, or when the member receives favorites.[24]
In order to communicate on a more private level, "Notes" can be sent between individual members, similar to an email within the site.[24] Other opportunities for communication among members are deviantArt's forums and chatrooms; chatrooms being for group instant messaging, and forums being for more structured, long-term discussions.[26]
DeviantArt has been revising the site in versions, releasing multiple features at once. After version 2, versions were released on the date of site's birthday, August 7, excluding Versions 6 and 7.
Version | Release | Changes |
1 | August 7, 2000 | Site goes public as part of Dmusic Network. |
2 | February 5, 2002 | In version 2, browsing was made easier.[27] |
3 | August 7, 2003.[28] | |
4 | August 7, 2004 | In version 4, the chat client called dAmn was added to the site.[29] |
5 | August 7, 2006 | In version 5, each deviant has a Prints account, through which they may sell prints of their works for money, receiving 20% of the profits. Users can also obtain Premium Prints Account offering 50% of the profits and an immediate check of material submitted for sales. Before version 5 of deviantArt, users did not have by default access to this service and it had to be obtained separately. By paying for a subscription, a deviant could also sell their work for 50% of each sale.[30] |
6 | July 10, 2008 | In this revision, the message center, front page and footer were revamped. Users are now able to customize the deviantArt navigation toolbar. The design style of the site was slightly modified as well.[31] |
6.1 | Early 2009 | In this revision, there is a slight change of design and easier search options. Users are given more options to customize their profiles, and stacks are added to message center later in 2010. |
7 | May 18, 2010 | Features a new smaller header design and removal of search bar except on home page. The staff later made updates to Version 7, including a search bar to every page. |
Along with occasional version upgrades, there have been numerous features which deviantArt was using before other social websites; co-founder David Sotira shared these in an interview.[19]
Innovations | DeviantArt launched it in... | Other networks (year founded) |
A messaging center that tracks and highlights community interactions | 2000 | Facebook, 2004 |
Galleries for photos, artworks, and videos | 2000 | Youtube, 2005 |
Personalized, blingable profiles | 2000 | Myspace, 2003 |
Default subdomains (yourname.deviantART.com) | 2000 | Tumblr, 2007 |
Small square 50x50 avatar icons | 2000 | Twitter, 2006 |
Crowdsourced emoticons | 2001 | Friendster, 2002 |
Thumbnail images with drop shadows | 2002 | Flickr, 2004 |
CSS-based layout (no HTML tables) | 2003 | Just about every network out there now |
Tools for commenting in pictures rather than words | 2010 | Touchtalent, 2011 |
On June 17 and June 18, 2005, deviantArt held their first convention, the deviantArt Summit, at the Palladium in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States. The summit consisted of several exhibitions by numerous artists, including artscene groups old and new at about 200 different booths. Giant projection screens displayed artwork as it was being submitted live to deviantArt, which receives 50,000 new images daily.
Leaders of deviantArt had hoped to hold a new summit each year; however, no plans were ever made for a 2006 Summit.
Starting May 13, 2009, deviantArt embarked on a world tour, visiting cities around the world, including Sydney, Singapore, Warsaw, Istanbul, Berlin, Paris, London, New York City, Toronto and Los Angeles. During the world tour, the new "Portfolio" feature of deviantArt was previewed to attendees.[32][33]
There is no automatic review for potential copyright and Creative Commons licensing violations when a work is submitted to deviantArt, so such violations can remain unnoticed until reported to administrators by site users. A mechanism for notifying administrators of potential copyright and licensing violations is available.[34] Some members of the community have also been the victims of copyright infringement from vendors using artwork illegally on products and prints.[35]
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Matters of Opinion: Now a Multiple Contributer Site!
For some time now, I've been kicking around the idea of making Matters of Opinion a multiple contributor style site. After all, I would love to see Matters of Opinion morph into a viable think tank of sorts, sort of along the lines of National Review, with different people with different thoughts writing them out.
Especially since my election win in November, and my new job where I will have to be doing even MORE school and studying, I simply do not have to time to fully operate this site on my own (as frequent visitors could see, with my posts gaining more and more time between them).
I wanted to build a team (like the Avengers, sort of, get the picture now, eh, eh?) of people that wouldn't just parrot each other, but could disagree in a respectful way. The first two that popped into my head were Mike Neal, the leader of the Young Conservative Alliance and the Lake County Young Republican head (just to name a couple of his accolades) and Rich Ferber, my buddy from school who moved out to Vermont, where he helped to manage Len Britton's campaign (the Republican with the clever ads) and has been doing some heavy research work.
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So Travis, which one are you again??
So try to keep up the writting as life fills up every second of your time. The out of control spending this country thinks it can continue will have a great impact on you and your kids. Vote to stop it before it is too late. Just think if it gets real bad your parents will have to move in with you. I was going to try to get to the blog for the debates but didn't make it – work too much. Enough rambling but one last thing. Should we continue to support foreign governments with $$'s or cut that spending to N=0, seems like we spend alot for little return.
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Chris Brown - Between The Lines Feat. Kevin McCall
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*HNHH World Premiere!!!Check out Between The Lines, the latest from Chris Brown which features a guest appearance from Kevin McCall on the. The track was released on Thursday, November 4th, 2010.
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A day before the announcement, Northrop attended a party at The Modern to celebrate More fashion columnist Charla Krupp's new book. Staffers seemed to have no idea at the party that Northrop would reveal her departure the next morning, and were shocked by the news.
According to a source close to the situation, Berner tried to lure Northrop over to RDA for months, but Northrop declined. Finally, Berner offered her what is said to be double her salary at Meredith Corp., and Northrop agreed. "She's a great talent with a loyal following by both readers and staffers," said Eva Dillon, Reader's Digest president and group publisher.
Berner also lured another employee from Meredith's ranks — Vanessa Reed, group associate publisher at More and Fitness — although Reed returned to her old job at Meredith after only three months. Northrop will stay at More until Thanksgiving. Leo left the magazine Friday after six years as editor in chief.
Though the money is lucrative, some are surprised Northrop didn't leave for a higher-level position at RDA. "It's a lateral move," said one observer, who pointed out More is "hot" while Reader's Digest is a hugely challenged franchise. Under Northrop's watch, More was named Advertising Age's 2006 Magazine of the Year and nominated for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Circulation for More in the past three years has grown from about 960,000 to 1.2 million as of June, according to figures from Audit Bureau of Circulations. Now Northrop will join a print property in need of revitalizing. Reader's Digest will cut its rate base to 8 million from 10 million in January, while simultaneously unveiling a redesign complete with a new logo, which Leo oversaw.
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Like Bloody Mary or the Candyman, the supernatural legend of the Buttfucker has been told around campfires and under sleeping bags for generations. Now, four girls will find out if this particular piece of urban folklore is just a myth... or something else.
David Fickas
Writer / Director / Producer / Editor
David Fickas
Writer / Director / Producer / Editor
David Fickas is "NOT" the visionary director that brought you "300". Butt, he has been successfully directing theatre, television, film and traffic for quite sometime. His indy film "Angels & Aliens:The Basement and The Kitchen" is available on Netflix. It's totally rad and has a great twist. His company is responsible for VH1's "I HATE MY 30's" that was totally full of greatness and funny stuff although it was drowned in a sea of reality television. And just because he took his short film "Deliverance, The Musical" to the Slamdance film festival, doesn't mean that he only does short films that involve "anal." Please visit www.drama34.com to see more of this remarkable man's work. He truly is a sensation.
Brice Beckham
âMr. Wylerâ / Writer / Producer / Editor
Brice Beckham
âMr. Wylerâ / Writer / Producer / Editor
Brice began his career in the entertainment industry as a child actor, most notably as Wesley T. Owens on the long-running television series "Mr. Belvedere." In the twenty years that followed he has gone on to act, write, direct and produce for stage and screen, and he is a self-taught editor, illustrator and animator -- Brice created the character of C.L. Fox for "I Hate My 30's," and his animated short film Choke Spot Choke was an official selection of Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival. Brice and David Fickas met as students at USC and the two have collaborated on nearly every project since, eventually shaping Drama 3/4's creative voice into what it is today.
Josh Uranga
Josh Uranga
Josh Uranga is the amazing producer behind the brilliance of Brice and David.
Leonora Gershman Pitts
Leonora Gershman Pitts
Leonora Gershman Pitts is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained with, and was then a faculty member of, The Atlantic Theater Co. Acting School. Stage credits include The Donkey Show, Last Night of Ballyhoo, and the international hit, Inside Private Lives. Television credits include "Law & Order: SVU," "Boston Public," and Drama 3/4's own "I Hate My 30's." She is co-chair of the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, but is certain that this is the apex of her political career, given her appearance in "B*ttf*cker." With that in mind, Leonora would like to apologize to her husband, her parents, and her in-laws for her involvement in this film.
Christine Lakin
Christine Lakin
Christine Lakin was born January 25th in Dallas, TX and was raised outside Atlanta, GA. There her love for performing blossomed when, at age 7, she became one of the youngest members of the Atlanta Workshop Players, a local theater company. As a child, Christine starred in dozens of national and regional commercials for top NY advertising firms and made her film debut at age 11 in the TNT civil war drama, The Rose and the Jackal with Christopher Reeve. Shortly thereafter, she landed the role of "Al" Lambert on the popular ABC sit-com Step By Step starring Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers, which ran for a successful seven seasons.
After the series finished, Christine dove into independent films such as Jungle Juice (2000) with Christopher Walken, Who's Your Daddy?, directed by Andy Fickman, and the teen comedy Whatever It Takes (2000), with James Franco, Shane West and Marla Sokoloff. Christine also continued making appearances in television, guest starring on such popular shows as Bones, Sons & Daughters, 3rd Rock From the Sun, CSI:Miami, The Loop, Boston Public, Veronica Mars, 7th Heaven, and Rodney. She also filmed pilots for various networks including Tim Burton's Lost In OZ (1999) for the WB, The Ruling Class (2001) for FOX/Imagine Television, and Dirty Famous (2005) for VH1. In 2003 Christine returned to her love of theater originating the roles of Darla/Sissy in the musical Sneaux, opposite Kristin Bell and directed by Andy Fickman. In 2006, Christine played Joanie Cunningham in Garry Marshall's Happy Days, The Musical at Mr. Marshall's Falcon Theatre in Toluca Lake. In 2006, she was nominated for an Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Casey in The Breakup Notebook: A Lesbian Rock Musical, which she originated in LA and won raves at the 2007 NAMT festival in New York. Christine choreographed the west coast premiere of the smash-hit musical Zanna Don't in 2007, for which she was nominated for an Ovation Award and an LA Drama Critics Circle award. Ms. Lakin is also a proud member of The Troubadour Theater Company and performs with them whenever she can.
In 2004, Christine re-teamed with director Andy Fickman on the Emmy award-winning Reefer Madness for Showtime, which made its premiere at Sundance in 2005 and went on to win the Audience Award at the prestigious Deauville Film Festival. In another independent turn, Christine starred in the award-winning indie In Memory of My Father, alongside Jeremy Sisto, Judy Greer, Monet Mazur, and Matt Keeslar. Christine is sometimes recognized from the popular 2007 Bud Lite Superbowl commercial featuring a driving couple and a hitchhiker with an ax. The spot went on to garner acclaim from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly. Christine starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in Garry Marshall's Georgia Rule, which premiered in May of 2007. The prestigious cast included such talent as Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and Dermot Mulroney. Christine was also featured in Disney's The Game Plan, opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The film enjoyed 2 consecutive weeks at #1 in the fall of 2007 and went on to make 150 million worldwide. In the fall of 2007, she wrapped the lead in the indie horror-thriller Red Canyon opposite Norman Reedus and signed a holding deal with ABC for the pilot The Owners, created by Fred Goss and Nick Holly.
Christine is the lead in one-half of the title role, The Hottie and The Nottie, opposite Paris Hilton and Joel David Moore, which premiered at Sundance in 2008. That year Christine also had a second movie at Sundance, Chronic Town, opposite Garry Marshall, in which she played a rehab patient. Most recently, Christine was a series regular on the CW dramedy Valentine, created by Desperate Housewives' executive producer Kevin Murphy. She has four films coming out in 2009: the sci-fi Super Capers, distributed by Lionsgate; The Wiffler, a mockumentary about the best wiffle ball player in America by Tommy Reid; Electra Luxx, opposite Carla Gugino and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; and Race To Witch Mountain with Dwayne Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb for Disney.
In January 2009, Christine was nominated for an LA Drama Critics Circle award, a GLAAD Award and an LA Weekly Award for "Best Female Comedic Performance" for her work in the stage play, Dog Sees God: Confessions of A Teenage Blockhead at the Hudson Theater. Additionally she was nominated for an LADCC award for her choreography in As U2 Like It at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theater. She has also been named one of FHM's Top 100 sexiest women.
Christine is a UCLA alumnus who graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Communications.
Ms. Lakin resides in Los Angeles.
Brooke Allison
Brooke Allison
Brooke has been lucky enough to have been making comedy with the Drama 3/4 team for almost a decade. She knew that when Brice and Dave handed her the B*ttf*cker sketch that she had probably reached the pinnacle of her acting career. Once this piece hit the spacewaves; she wanted to be like Joaquin Pheonix ...retire from acting to focus on her music career. So she and Rachie wrote their first album with Drama 3/4 this year. The J.A.P.S. album "Hold, Please" is available on iTunes. J.A.P.S., much like B*ttf*cker, has a wild and raunchy sense of humor with some funky-ass beats she knows you will love. Download it pronto. And okay....she would rather be like Beyonce than Joaquin.....she wants to do it all. She recently directed a web series that can be seen on MatthewMcConaughey.com, and also directed the DVD "behind the scenes" footage for his recently released film, "Surfer, Dude." Check it out!!
Pam Cook
"Mrs. Wyler"
Pam Cook
"Mrs. Wyler"
Pam Cook likes to do improvisation with her friends. She also likes human bears.
Ric Barbera
âButtfucker Manâ
Ric Barbera
âButtfucker Manâ
Ric Barbera has appeared in such feature films as Overnight, Unearthed, Other People's Parties, Paved with Good Intentions and the Lifetime movie of the week
entitled I Beat Sally Johnson With A Horse Penis. He was seen as Dr. Rod on VH-1's sit-com I Hate My 30's. He has recently written and performed with the sketch comedy group Another Showcase Showdown and also terrorizes The Mens Choir from Austria. A few of his videos received major Youtube love in the form of The Food Photographer, Secret Jesus and Cursing Fish. He operates his own website that is better than yours: www.planetric.com.
Neal Lett
Director of Photography
Neal Lett
Director of Photography
Kenn Michael
Original Score & Sound Design
Kenn Michael
Original Score & Sound Design
Mickey Meyer
crew / boom operator
Mickey Meyer
crew / boom operator
Coby Brown
End Credit Song
Coby Brown
End Credit Song
"The indie/folk singer/songwriter coated his latest release, "Stars and Curses", with warm organs, tender vocals, biting lyric and often somber but poignant guitar chops that evoke "Mind Games" Lennon to the lighter side of My Morning Jacket. Brown wrote these gems while undergoing cancer treatment, testament to the true spirit of turning ailing ashes to artistic clovers." -Hugo Gomez Deli Magazine L.A
Check out Coby out at: myspace.com/cobybrown
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Production Notes
• Buttfucker originated as a sketch in the Drama 3/4 live show "Another Showcase Showdown" or "A.S.S."
• Budget of the film was $500
• The film was shot in the home of cast member Christine Lakin
• No one was actually butt-fucked during the making of the film.
• Director David Fickas has been best friends with Leonora's husband, Scott Pitts, since kindergarten, and is clearly working out some latent hostility towards him with this film.
• Having to cancel shooting several times due to Christine Lakin's shooting schedule on Valentine was always fun.
• Ric falling asleep (as evidenced by the photo) in his Buttfucker costume on Christine Lakin's couch. That felt a little dirty, no?•
• Christine Lakin's boyfriend Andy Fickman in the other room hiding while we made the movie, trying not to make noise.
• Waiting for the sprinklers to turn off so we could shoot. Christine Lakin was also the location manager and therefore ran outside in the wet sprinklers under the house in the dark and shut them off manually. God Bless you Christine!
• Leonora "accidently" taking Mickey's keys back to her house at 3:00AM and him being stranded at Chrisine's house. Thanks Lee Lee!
• You gotta love Pam's various improvs take after take that just got meaner and drunker.
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Now that's funny!
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Hilarious and ballsy.
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someone should send this to those angst ridden whiners at Anyone But Me.
Funny stuff.
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BRILLIANT! Great writing, acting, visuals, sound, music and hell of funny. Perfect, perfect, perfect timing. More please?
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Groove Walk Moves
Max and Annie show a few Groove walk moves.
In this video, the rhythm of the steps are either "quick" or "slow". The quick is where one step equals one count in the music. The slow is where one step equals two counts in the music.
Groove walk is also known as the slow walk rhythm.
Teachers: Max Pitruzzella and Annie Trudeau
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Basic 6-count moves with different rhythms
Peter Strom and Stacia teach the basic 6-count rhythms: first groove-walking it (also known as the "slow" rhythm), and then adding the triple step.
The video starts with the basic 6-count but without triple steps. The "rock-step, slow, slow" rhythm in side-by-side position. This is also called the "groove walk" rhythm. When you add the triple step instead of the slow, you have the basic 6-count Lindy Hop rhythm.
The moves are: basic 6-count rhythm pattern, Basic step, Open position, Closed position, Change places (Side Pass), and Tuck Turn (from closed).
At the end of the video we replace the slows with triple steps!
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Toro Rosso became the final team to unveil their 2009 machine on Monday when the wraps came off the STR4 at Barcelonas Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The team hope the new car will help them build on their impressive 2008 season, which brought a maiden victory and sixth place in the constructors championship.
Race drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Buemi were present for the launch and both drivers will test the car this week as the team prepare for the Australian Grand Prix later this month. The cars pre-season debut contrasts with 2008, when the STR3 did not appear until the sixth round of the championship.
Like sister team Red Bull Racings 2009 car, the STR4s chassis is a product of Red Bull Technology and after seeing the RB5 impress in testing Toro Rosso team prinicipal Franz Tost is upbeat about his squad's prospects for the coming campaign.
Right from Red Bull Racings first test in Jerez it appeared that the car was competitive straight away and that Adrian Newey and his team had come up with a very promising package, said Tost. The car looks good and shows very promising performance.
Unlike the RB5, however, the STR4 is powered not by Renault but by a Ferrari V8, a fact which makes the two cars quite different, as Toro Rosso technical director Giorgio Ascanelli was keen to stress.
Red Bull Technology does extremely significant work in defining the essential characteristics of the new car: its length, wheelbase, weight distribution, its basic metric characteristics, said Ascanelli.
However, with any F1 car, the packaging revolves around an engine and peculiarities from the drivers and, as we run a different engine to our sister team, it involves a different fuel system and fuel tank. Therefore, ours is completely different to the Red Bull Racing car and is designed here by us.
The engine mates to a gearbox via some fixings and a clutch. Here again the clutch installation is completely different between the two cars. In fact, the clutch itself is very different and the work of installing clutch and gearbox is also completely done in Faenza, involving a casing designed in Faenza and using completely different technology to the one Red Bull Technology provides to Red Bull Racing. The same goes for the oil and water radiators and the entire hydraulic and electronic systems.
Toro Rosso and the rest of their rivals are expected to spend four days testing in Barcelona in what is the final multi-team test session before the 2009 world championship gets underway in Melbourne on March 29.


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Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Earnings: What to Expect
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT - Get Report) is due to report its third quarter before the bell Friday, March 14.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters anticipate a net loss of $3.76 million, or 31 cents a share, on revenue of $920,000 for the three months to January.
In its second quarter ended October, the wave energy specialist recorded a net loss of $3.27 million, or 31 cents a share, on $460,000 in revenue.
On Tuesday, shares have surged 15.3% to $5.44.
In mid-February, shares soared after the company announced a partenership with Lockheed Martin (LMT - Get Report) to develop the world's largest project harnessing wave energy. Based off the coast of Victoria, Australia, the project will use Ocean Power's technology which converts wave energy into clean energy via the bobbing movement of a buoy. The mechanical energy produced drives an electrical generator, which transmits power through an underwater cable. The project is due for completion as early as 2018. Since the beginning of the year, the stock is up 184.3%. Must read: Warren Buffett's 10 Favorite Stocks STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. TheStreet Ratings team rates OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC (OPTT) a SELL. This is driven by some concerns, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Electrical Equipment industry and the overall market, OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to -$3.41 million or 16.37% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
- The gross profit margin for OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC is rather low; currently it is at 23.92%. Regardless of OPTT's low profit margin, it has managed to increase from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, OPTT's net profit margin of -704.95% significantly underperformed when compared to the industry average.
- OPTT, with its very weak revenue results, has greatly underperformed against the industry average of 5.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues plummeted by 65.9%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share.
- OPTT's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.02 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 2.92, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
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Verandah Gallery's annual show provides Zimbabwean artists a chance to shine.
"This is an ideal outlet for us," said Freddy Tafara who makes the long journey from his township home to the Verandah Gallery. "We need the chance to showcase our work." He jumps at any opportunity to exhibit his crafts which include metal butterflies and geckoes.
Fleming's colonial home, which hosts the gallery, is set in wooded grounds. Tables and chairs laid out on the lawns provide visitors with space to sit and relax. In addition to home-made fruit juice and sandwiches there are a range of wines available for the more discerning customers. Tafara and his friends settle for a beer. They feel very much at home at a function of this sort where there is a warmth not always evident elsewhere.
Fleming says close to a thousand people came through the gate at the gallery's most recent show last month.
"It was a great atmosphere," she said. "Many came for the social side."
Certainly it was an opportunity to meet old friends and chat. Despite President Robert Mugabe's private war against Zimbabwe's battered white community, events like this continue to attract a sizable following. Some are farmers who, having been evicted from their land, have turned their hand to carpentry and arts and crafts. Wives and kids demonstrate a versatility their friends would have considered improbable just a few years ago. The old adage, "Farmer make a plan," is very much evident on a day like this.
There are other reminders of the country's predicament under Mugabe's punishing rule. Power cuts are a regular occurrence in even the wealthiest suburbs. But they are no deterrent to the festive atmosphere. When the power went off at the gallery's most recent exhibition nobody considered it unusual. People carried on enjoying themselves.
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The Wild RoverCheffins has been appointed to auction a unique Series 1 Land Rover presented to Sir Winston Churchill on the occasion of his 80th birthday on the 30th November 1954. The vehicle goes into Cheffins Vintage Sale on 20th October 2012 at Sutton Saleground near Ely. |
Hellriders by Gary MarjerumPhotographer Gary Margerum took two years out to capture imgaes of the life and culture around the travelling show that is the Ken Fox Wall of Death. The riders on their red vintage Indian Scout motorcycles always put on an amazing performance, on the aptly named Wall of Death. |
Flowfold Wallets (they float)As a teenager Charles Friedman worked sewing sailboat sails in Yarmouth, Maine. |
Crease & CoWe have a new range of wallets from Crease & Co, a business founded with the principles of good, simple, functional design. |
Maps to Your HeartWe love the online world as much as the next man. How could we survive without an iphone these days? |
Just Can't Say Good-ByeWhat are the items in your wardrobe that you just can't get rid of. Those are the good pieces. |
Dunwich DynamoOne of London's unique cycling events is the Dunwich Dynamo. It started in 1992 with a handful of riders but last year saw 1500 riders take part. |
GANT Rugger - May 18th 2012We have a new collection this Summer, Gant Rugger. |
Before the Photo Shop OpenedHaving seen the Don McCullin exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, we really were reminded of photography from a different age. |
Salice of Italy - March 26thWe have some new product categories at Urban Hunter. We have been looking for sunglasses for a while. Of course there are some great products out there supplied by some global brands. |
Tigerstipe - March 21st 2012Tigerstripe camo was designed for close range use in dense jungles. Of course it looks like the stripe of a tiger, no experience of this but I hear tigers are certainly difficult to spot in dense jungles. It gained prominence in Vietnam where it was the camo of choice for Special Forces, Advisers and Elite Forces. |
Mr Nike Guys - March 16thWilliam "Bill" Bowerman was one of the greatest American track and field coaches.He trained 31 Olympic athletes,12 American record-holders and 16 sub-4 minute milers.During a trip to New Zealand in 1962 he was introduced to the notion of jogging for fitness. He brought this back to the United States, and and published a book that sold over a million copies. In 1964 he shook hands with Phil Knight to start an ahtletic company called Blue Ribbon Sports.....later known as Nike. |
Larry Burrows - March 12th 2012Larry Burrows was born in London in 1926 and died at the age of 44 when his helicopter was shot down over Laos. He spent almost nine years in Vietnam for LIFE magazine. |
What Would Peter Do?We have just received some more limited edition cycling inspired prints from the artistic talent that is Peter Locke. |
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Brighton Skateboards - Feb 28thSay hello to the Retro Plastic Cruiser from a a company local to us - Brighton Skateboards. We are stoked to be a new stockist. They have great old school styling with a kicktail right out of the 70's. Just as they were back in the day, like the banana boards, but with better bearings, wheels and components. Small enough to fit in your backpack so you'll never be without your ride! |
Robert Capa and Leica - Feb 15The first photographic images of war date back to the 1850's. Yet it was not until the 1930's, with new camera technology , that images of people in battle, not standing still, could be taken. |
Magnificent Men & Their Cycling Machines - Feb 9thOur painted cycling figures do get around.....just been spotted on the latest television commercial for Boots No 7......the one with the girl tidying up the flat |
World Champion - Jan 24th 2012The winner of a cycling world title gets to wear the highly coveted Rainbow jersey. It can be worn in the relevant type of competition, until the next world champion wins the following year. World champions are allowed to wear championship trims of the rainbow colours from previous championship wins on their racing clothing |
Hello Brooklyn, what's your story?The latest in our hand painted limited edition cycling figures have just landed. Painted by hand with a fine hair brush and a magnifying glass, no stickers or stencils. |
Hop Up - Jan 8th 2012Isn't it great that with the rise of the internet and the web in our lives that print is still important. Nothing like getting your hands on a good, under the radar publication. |
Captain Cousteau - Jan 8th 2012Is Jacques Cousteau is the only diver that people could name? |
Flying With Renault - Jan 4th 2012''I knew where I had landed by signing for Renault. This was a turning point in my story, which was flying high, in club class......living the dream that forms in the minds of all French cyclists when they embark on their careers.....when you rode in the colours of Renault , owned by the State and often just known as La Regie - the company. |
Cyclone Couriers - Jan 3rd 2012We recently worked on a project with Bagaboo to produce custom messenger bags for the company Cylone Couriers of Dublin. Bagaboo did a great job in making the bags to Cyclone's design with custom screen printing of their corporate identity. |
Jet Pilot Overseas - Jan 3rd 2012A blog that we do not know that much about is 'Jet Pilot Overseas'. It's one of the great things about the internet that people will share their collections like this. It really is a great job. |
Happy Holidays - Dec 23rd 2011A book that we recently picked up and have been very much enjoying is 'Lifestyyle Illustration of the 60's' edited by Rian Hughes. Packed full of colour illustrations from a golden age. A lot of the stuff was not for cool magazines, it was for the likes of Woman's Journal etc but there are some great artists at work here . From a time where ' the men are urbane and angular clotheshorses, the women kittenish and sultry....." |
Merry Christmas - Dec 18th 2011Do you ever save images, then can't remember where they came from or what they are about? |
Favourite Colours - Molteni - 6th Dec 2012Perhaps our favourite team colours of all time have to be Team Molteni, when Eddy Merckx was the leader. The team was founded in the 1950's, the Molteni sausage making company from Italy were the main sponsors. Merckx joined in 1970, having already won the Tour de France twice. It became a team of mostly Belgian riders, no bad thing. |
Bicicielo Birmingham - 18th Nov 2011Recently paid a visit to the new Bicicielo bike store in Birmingham city centre, below Loius Vuitton. It's been open a few months now and looks great. Lots of space, good coffee, gleaming Pinarellos, friendly staff including Steve Jones, one time pro rider who rode all the major one day classics. The main man is Andy Collis, a talented road and MTB racer. |
A Bike Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas - 15th Nov 2011Lots of discussion going on about the use of the Smith's song for the John Lewis Christmas Ad. Certainly means the festivities are on the way. |
Steve Jobs & Cinelli - 14th Nov 2011Words of the the CEO of the century |
Squadron Patches 28th Oct 2011Do you ever tell people you are not a collector
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Amundsen - 27th Oct 2011We thought we would get in early with a piece about one of our heroes. His name is used to promote many products, especially winter coats, but who was Roald Amundsen? |
Chew the Right Thing - 27th Oct 2011Here is a jersey from our own collection. A true favourite team of ours from the 1970's. Roger de Vlaeminck was the best-known rider. His brother was pretty special on the bike too. Roger was a great classics rider and won Paris-Roubaix four times....we was referred to as 'Monsieur Paris-Roibaix'. He would have won a lot more races if his main rival of this period had not been a rider called Eddy Merckx.We always loved the stripes of the shirt....in the style of Captain America. The blue above matched the colour of the Gios bikes with campagnolo all the way. |
Heritage Research - 19th Oct 2011One of our new brands for Winter 2011 is Heritage Research. What they have been up to has been on our personal radar for a while after first seeing it being sold in Japan. It's a well liked, now established and popular brand in the UK, for good reason. |
Ethnotek Bags - 13th Oct 2011We have found yet another awesome bag collection and we are their first UK stockist. It's from a small company called Ethnotek. Their first bag is a backpack. The genius aspect is that the front panel can be changed for a series of designs they call 'Threads'. |
Topo Bags from Colorado - Oct 11th 2011We are a little obsessed with bags. We have seen , owned and used many. One of our new brands is Topo from Colorado and we have to say it is one of the most exciting bag ranges we have seen for a very long time. They are not super expensive. In terms of design, form and function they are just right. Their latest design, their one strap Sling Bag, defies categorisation, we describe it as a hybrid between a messenger bag and a backpack. Whatever, it works and makes for a great camera bag. |
Otter Wax from Portland Oregon - Oct 2011We are pretty excited about the Otter Wax range of products that have landed here at Urban Hunter. We are the first UK stockist. We have been experimenting all day thinking what other items we can wax and make water repellent. So far we have done the fronts of a pair of jeans, a canvas backpack and an old pair of Vans. |
CapoYou have no cause to worry that we are moving away from our hard core cyclists. One of our new brands is Capo. Its performance roadwear, Its still under the radar , less than a deacde old, but its special.The fabrics they use are insane, in a very good way. Its designed in California, then all of the garments are manufactured in Italy, with the attention to detail and quality that only the Italians can add. Ever been on a Sunday ride with an Italian, they always look good. |
Work in Progress We are working on a series of limited edition cycling figures. As great as our regular peloton figures are, these limited edition designs take them to another level. These are the colours of the Peugeot team as worn by Tom Simspson and Eddy Merckx. They have been hand painted with the finest of hair brushes. So the detail, including the wording you see, is not achieved by transfer or stencil. It's done by a local artist in Brighton with a brush and a free hand. Should be ready first week of October 2011. |
Peloton Magazine Issue 6Our hand painted cycling figures are featured in the current issue of Peloton magazine. It comes out of Pasedena Califorina. A good read, pick it up if you can. |
Archival Clothing from Portland OregonOne of the brands making a debut on our new site is Archival Clothing from Portland in Oregon. They are a small team behind one of our favourite blogs that has now evolved in into their own small range of clothing and accessories. They love hand crafted manufacturing as we do. We already have some of their wax cotton musettes and bags in our webstore and will be adding more of their products over the coming months. |
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New Webstore - Sept 2011Well the new store is now online. Lots more new things to come over the next few weeks, including a brands page. Thanks so much for all the positive responses received so far, it makes what we do very worthwhile. We resisted a blog for a long time...is not blogging the new blogging? We started Facebook last December, we've had a very positive repsonse so it's now blog time. You will have seen from the new store that we have made some changes to the brands and items we sell. Don't worry we are still cyclists to the core, it's just 4 years on it was time to do something different. We like to be ahead of the curve as it were. With pretty much every clothes shop having a bike in the window....what is that about i? It was time to move on. We liken what has happened to cycling as the same for skateboarding. The big corporations will want to get in on the act while they can but then they will move away. The core people remain and carry on doing what they are doing. Cycling is the same. Some of our favourite brands from days gone by morph into something else but their foundation and reason for starting how they did remains. Stussy was a surfer. Supreme were skaters. A big thanks to the brands that worked with us from the start. And no thanks to the brands who laughed at what we were doing when we started...but are now knocking on our door.....you know who you are! We have lots of new things to come including new brands such as Patagonia (very excited about this), Katin, Arc'teryxc Veilance, Archival Clothing, Capo and Heritage Research. As ever.....ride safe. Team Urban Hunter |


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Did Ryan Seacrest See Your #MyMorningMunch Instagram? [PHOTOS]
On Thursday during "On Air With Ryan Seacrest," Ryan asked his Instagram followers to share what they were munching on for breakfast. [Using #MyMorningMunch]
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About the study: We are interested in understanding brain responses to images of food. If you choose to participate, you would be asked to come in for a total of three sessions. Each session is held at Stratton Hall at the Drexel University Main Campus in University City, Philadelphia. The first visit (the screening visit) would last about 45 minutes and would let us know for sure whether or not you were eligible to participate. The second and third visit would include the actual study procedures and would last approximately 2 hours each. These second two visits are scheduled during the morning or afternoon, within about a week of each other.
During the first visit (the screening visit), your height and weight would be measured and you would be asked to complete a series of questionnaires asking you about your health, dieting, and weight history.
During visits two and three, you would participate in the EEG portion of the study. EEG (or electroencephalogram) is a safe, non-invasive, and routinely used device that allows us to record electrical brain activity. It involves wearing a stretchy elastic cap – almost like a shower cap – that contains a number of electrodes which make contact with your scalp. We would ask you to wear the EEG cap while completing a computer task that involves rating a series of food images.
The procedures during visit two and three are very similar. However, for one of these visits, you would be asked to eat 1 hour prior to your appointment. For the other visit, you would be asked not to eat or drink anything, besides water, the morning prior to your appointment.
To compensate you for your time, you would receive $10 for the screening visit and $30 after completing the study.


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Apple's appstore is growing enormously every day and it become very difficult to choose right application for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Today we will be taking a look at seven of the best appstore search engines which can be used to search, download and install free mobile apps making your iPhone usage experience even greater. Have a look:
Top 7 iPhone, iPod touch, iPad App Search Engines
1.Bing's Visual Search
Bing helps you for finding apps for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch without firing up the iTunes Apps store. Just navigate to Top iPad Apps, narrow down your search results by category (Productivity, Games, Office, etc), choose whether you are looking for free app or paid ones (and if so, you can also specify the price range) and there you have all the apps that you may be looking for.
2. Google Search for Mobile
What better search engine than the mighty Google. This mobile specific variant of the world's most popular and arguably the best search engine is as great as the original one. Google Search for mobile enables users to search for iPhone and Android apps easily. It displays results from the Android Marketplace and iPhone App Store and apps can be sorted based on their relevance and user ratings.
3. AppStoreHQ
AppStoreHQ combines the features of a mobile app search engine, latest tech news related to iPhone, Android and other smartphones, cool app reviews and Twitter feeds all in a single portal useful for everyone. AppStoreHQ sorts out all the best iPhone and Android mobile apps according to their popularity and lists them out n top making it easier to navigate through them.
4. Chomp
Chomp is a app discovery engine and rovides the best way to find apps through a unique combination of app search and personalized recommendations on the fly using keyword. Its goal is to return results that are as relevant as a good Web search engine, and its user interface – with summary cards for each app it finds rather than a plain-text list of results – is slick and effective.
5. UQuery
UQuery is a mobile app search engine which primarily covers iPhone and iPod touch apps. Several filters are available to sort out search results and apps such as relevance by ratings, user reviews, release dates etc. uQuery also features a star rating system and recommendations features to help users find better apps for their mobile phones.
6. Mimvi
Mimvi is a new mobile app search engine so it might not support all the mobile platforms right now. However, it covers iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and web apps and improves search results by including a feature 'People who searched this item also searched…' which helps get better search results.
7. App Explorer
App Explorer is a great way to search on iTunes for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps. Apps can be filtered by category, price, or user rating and further sorting options such as price, popularity, rating, or app release dates can also be applied. App Explorer also features a Price Alert feature which informs the user if any of their favorite apps has a price drop.
Why 7 and not 10?
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In the next few months, we'll invite 25 to 35 individuals to join the Green Corps Environmental Fellowship Program in 2015 - 2016. Participants will learn grassroots organizing skills from some of the top practitioners in the country while working on three to five different campaigns such as retiring dirty coal-fired power plants, protecting our drinking water, improving our food system and building the campus fossil fuel divestment movement.
Our organizers have worked on behalf of dozens of groups including Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, and the National Wildlife Federation. Our alumni include Phil Radford, the former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, Sarah Hodgdon, National Program Director for Sierra Club and Jennifer Marienau, US Field Manager at 350.org


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Let the Bidding Begin on Elvis Presley's Planes, Janis Joplin's Vest
A new year, new opportunities for bidding on celebrities' possessions.
'Elvis & Nixon' Film to Star Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey
What went down in their secret meeting? We may never know, but the film 'Elvis & Nixon' will no doubt have fun speculating.
See Intimate, Previously Unreleased Photos of Elvis Presley
The book is a collector's edition with limited copies — in total, only 1,706 were produced, all numbered and signed by Wertheimer.
JACK's Inside Track: Music Icon Stamps
Good thing we don't have to lick 'em anymore…who wants to end up like Costanza's girlfriend?
Here's a Map That Reveals the Best-Selling Artist From Each State
Billy Joel rules New York. Prince has got a lock on Minnesota. But who takes hold of Washington? Hint, it's someone who's not nearly as cool as Nirvana.
Bruce Springsteen Drops New Video for 'Just Like Fire Would'
Mainly a performance video, you can spot Tom Morello on guitar several times throughout the Thom Zimny-directed clip.
Video Of the Day: Baby Singing To Elvis Presley
Check out this awesome, super sweet and funny video of Miss Ella Mae, a baby girl who not only loves her daddy but also loves Elvis Presley!
Music Movies Now Streaming: Green Day, US Festival, Independent Record Shop Docs
To save you the grunt work of tracking down these hard-to-find concert films and docs, here's a look at the most noteworthy music-related titles newly available to stream.
Lisa Marie Presley To Release Duet With Elvis On 'I Love You Because'
The song was originally recorded by Elvis in July 1954 at the same time he recorded "That's All Right." "I Love You Because" was included on the King's debut release, the 1956 album Elvis Presley, but he rarely performed the song.
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Niall Ferguson is undoubtedly an expert. As the bio on his Newsweek column points out, he's "a professor of history at Harvard University. He is also a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution." His latest column (1/23/12) is about the need to sell the public on the policies recommended by experts:
To the kind of people who spend their careers inside elite institutions, the technocratic turn is welcome. Decisions about economic policy, they reason, are too difficult to be entrusted to the people's elected representatives…. But there's a catch. The sacrifices we need to make are bound to be painful: just look what Greece and Italy are going through now. Yet people can tolerate job losses, spending cuts and tax hikes if they believe that a payoff will come in the foreseeable future. How to persuade them of that? The only way is through political leadership.
Ferguson's column concludes:
American voters want competent government. But they also need to be convinced to swallow the bitter medicine that competent government sometimes prescribes. In austerity-stricken Europe, too, the populists are waiting in the wings, ready to deliver rabble-rousing rants. Perhaps 2012 will turn out to be their year after all.
The problem with all this is that "painful" austerity policies are not actually "the sacrifices we need to make"; the decision to make people in Europe "swallow the bitter medicine" has actually made the situation there worse–as an IMF report acknowledged the day after Ferguson's column appeared (Economist, 1/24/12). The "bitter medicine" prescribed by the Conservative-led government in Ferguson's native Britain has recently succeeded in making the economic crisis there worse than the Great Depression–no small achievement.
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Cupcake15- that is so true. I used to work as an account coordinator for a major cosmetic company and boy did I plan special events. I had to develop scripts for my sales team and give each store a specific appointment goal.
These events help during the slower seasons when not too much is happening at the store. We often offered a free sample and made sure there was a lot of buzz at the counter.
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Darwen Library theatre is situated in Darwen town centre on the junction between School Street and Knott Street. From M65, approach along the main road into Darwen, turning left into Union Street, then right into Knott Street. From Bolton, approach along main road into Darwen town centre, turn right along Church Street past Darwen Bus Station, follow the road round toward Railway Road, and turn left onto School Street.
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Darwen Library Theatre welcomes disabled visitors. There is an accessible car park adjacent to the main entrance, which has level access to the auditorium via a ramp. There is an induction loop in the auditorium. If you have any queries or require assistance please contact the box office. A large print version of this brochure is available from the Box Office on request.
If you arrive after the start of a performance you will be asked to wait until a suitable break before taking your seats.
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Tag Archives: conan the barbarian
The Tower of the Elephant!
Our story today is the best thing "Conan" creator Robert E. Howard ever did, his 1933 short story "The Tower of the Elephant," which features a barbarian who's little more than a boy – an entire lifetime younger than the grizzled old king readers first met in the debut Conan story "The Phoenix on the […]
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: Dawn of a New Era?
One final pair of books ushers in the long-awaited new "Conan the Barbarian" movie!
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Knock-Off Novels!
The loin cloth and the bowl haircut have never succeeded in making Conan look like a fool – but a slew of really bad novels very nearly did!
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Comics – Part 3!
The latest comic book adaptation of Conan takes the character to new heights!
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Comics – Part 2!
Fan favorite artist John Buscema brings the comic-book world of Conan a new sense of earthy grandeur as our Conan celebration continues!
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Comics – Part 1!
Comic book adaptations step up to the plate as our Conan celebration continues!
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The First Novels!
The pulpy (and lustily fake!) Conan novels that introduced an entire generation to the world's most famous barbarian
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Stories!
Our 2011 Cimmerian 'Stravaganza continues! In this instalment, we turn to a Conan-question I've been asked many dozens of times over the many decades in which I've been recommending this character to readers of high fantasy: where to start? Those readers are confronted with a staggering array of choices – there are movies, TV series, […]
Cimmerian 'Stravaganza: The Saga Begins!
"A thief, … a reaver … a slayer" – he's Conan the Barbarian, and in anticipation of his upcoming new movie, we explore some of his 80-year-history


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The latest Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index reveals that comprehensive car insurance prices have fallen by 24 per cent since prices peaked more than two years ago in June 2011.
Car insurance costs fall by 30.7 per cent for males aged 17 to 20 - with the annual cost of cover across all age groups down 15 per cent on average since last summer.
Drivers aged 17 to 25 are among the best on the road when compared with other age groups, according to the MotorMate by Confused.com smartphone app.
Telematics is a recent development in car insurance that lets good drivers be rewarded with lower premiums. Our short video explains how it works and how it could save you money.
A smartphone app that can prove you're a good driver and cut your car insurance costs? Yes really: MotorMate by Confused.com does just that.
What are the best motoring apps on the market at the moment? We list the smartphone apps every driver should consider downloading before they embark on their next journey.
Would you share your personal data gathered by a smartphone app with insurers in return for cheaper life or car cover? 68 per cent of UK adults say yes.
Britain's insurers have this week published a guide to help motorists who are considering signing up for a pay-how-you-drive car insurance policy.
The cost of car insurance for young women drivers increased 16.4 per cent during the last three months of 2012. But for young men it was a different story with costs down 10.7 per cent.
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Posted by Dara Eisenstein on June 07, 2012Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute, helped establish the field of work and family life at Bank Street College of Education, where she was on the faculty for twenty-five years. Her May 29, 2012 blog entry titled You Can Turn No Into Yes and Other Lessons Learned provides a list of seven life lessons learned as of May 2012.


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Bringing the Bible Back in Public School-Part 2
Last week, we discussed the history of the concept of "separation of church and state". We noted extremely different degrees of religious tolerance in school...
Last week, we discussed the history of the concept of "separation of church and state". We noted extremely different degrees of religious tolerance in school systems. Some public schools consider the Bible as contraband while others are actually distributing them on school grounds.
Similar to last week's story about the Bartow County, Georgia school district being sued for allowing Bibles to be distributed in their schools, Orange County, Florida is now up against a similar fight.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that they are, "Protecting the Constitutional principle of the separation of church and state" as they label themselves "freethinkers" and "atheists". They believe that the courts have diligently protected students up to now from being exposed to religion in public school and that they will continue to be the watch dog for such practices.
Therefore, when the Orange County school district started to distribute Bibles, the FFRF began to act. Apparently, the Orange County administrators started an "open forum" policy welcoming anyone of any religion to distribute materials.
The FFRF tested the policy by asking if they could hand out literature about atheism.The school denied their request leading to the FFRF lawsuit. To end the lawsuit, the school agreed to abide by their original open forum policy. In response, FFRF invited representatives of the Satanic Temple to hand out informative coloring books. That seems to be the straw that broke the camels back causing the school board to consider closing the forum. The case is ongoing.
On the other side of the spectrum, in 1969 the Supreme Court stated that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate". Courts have repeatedly held that the First Amendment requires public school officials to show neither favoritism towards nor hostility against religion. Rather, they are required to maintain a neutral stance. Therefore, though public-school officials are forbidden from directing prayer services, they cannot stop a student from voluntarily praying at any time. The same holds true for reading the Bible.
Seemingly, given the repetitive confusion noted in the papers, the Supreme Court rules are not clear to many administrators. Teaching about religion and using the Bible in the classroom are permitted as long as there is no formal religious practice or coercion. The Supreme Court has affirmed that "the Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like."
I recently discussed these present blogs with a professional writer from Britain. He emphatically stated that if one is to truly have a proper grasp of English, studying the King James Version of the Bible is a must. As he put it, "It is literature at its best!"
The Bible as literature is seen by many as a historical book of man's beginnings through the modern era. Additionally, it is the only document we have describing ancient history from 4,000 year B.C.
Bringing the Bible Back in Public School, the question at hand becomes: Can the Bible as literature be taught without affecting religious sensibilities? Can one truly present the Bible without imparting some of their own beliefs? Please share your thoughts.


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The morphogen and mitogen Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) activates a Gli1-dependent transcription program that drives proliferation of granule neuron progenitors (GNP) within the external germinal layer of the postnatally developing cerebellum. Medulloblastomas with mutations activating the Shh signaling pathway preferentially arise within the external germinal layer, and the tumor cells closely resemble GNPs. Atoh1/Math1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor essential for GNP histogenesis, does not induce medulloblastomas when expressed in primary mouse GNPs that are explanted from the early postnatal cerebellum and transplanted back into the brains of naïve mice. However, enforced expression of Atoh1 in primary GNPs enhances the oncogenicity of cells overexpressing Gli1 by almost three orders of magnitude. Unlike Gli1, Atoh1 cannot support GNP proliferation in the absence of Shh signaling and does not govern expression of canonical cell cycle genes. Instead, Atoh1 maintains GNPs in a Shh-responsive state by regulating genes that trigger neuronal differentiation, including many expressed in response to bone morphogenic protein-4. Therefore, by targeting multiple genes regulating the differentiation state of GNPs, Atoh1 collaborates with the pro-proliferative Gli1-dependent transcriptional program to influence medulloblastoma development.
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John MacColl was born,1520, in a small village, Kenmore, near Loch Tay/Fyne?. He became a cleric and as is customary in Scotland for non college clerics he was called Sir. From church records, he was signing or sealing his name as Sir John Makcau (local spelling?) in 1537. By 1544, he was Sir John Makall(in Edinburgh) and in 1547, Makcav was on his seal (Archdeacon of Lismore). In 1565, he was granted a coat of arms as Sir John Makcalla and was Archdeacon in Belfast. While in Belfast the spelling changed to Sir John Mccall.
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