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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - Reveal Trailer
Check out the trailer for the retro spinoff, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
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This Game is Great!!!!!!!!!
love the nostalgic aura this game emitting. Gotta love it
I also hope people will not even touch that illegal stuff.
I have already preordered this in Steam.
And like someone has said somewhere. This is probably the first time in decade or so, that im super excited for an upcoming game.
Almost feel like a kid again :D
brilliant add.
Killer tune...nothing beats the 80 - mid 90s.
@Epicurus-Reborn - pretty much dude. Pretty damn much.
Vietnam War II?!?!?! HAHAHAHA!!!
Best DLC ever.
Growing up in the late 80's early 90's was amazing. I can't believe I'm actually seeing something this f'n badass!!! I can't wait for this to come out!! I've been dancing to the theme!
Love the style, getting this on launch.
Duke Nukem forever done right
Is this DLC or a spin off? Looks interesting regardless.
It was leaked, you can see in torrents sites already with 3gb
i never wanted to buy far cry 3 but this, this $hit is AWSOME!!!
80s cartoons rule!
I love stuff like this. I hope folks support this game.
Man, 80s/90s cartoons were badass!
epic weirdness is still EPIC! :D
Vietnam War 2 omg lol
wow....is it just me or...does the graphics look like a slight step down from the actual Far Cry 3?
is this going to be a stand-alone expansion or dlc?
Love the retro colors!
They're making Duke Nukem basically.
Would it be wrong of me to use "bad" and "ass" in the same sentence?
The game looks fun, but WTF does it have to do with Far Cry 3? LOL.
Loving the background retro music :)
That's totally Awesome Dude!
Haven't seen a laser panther since Brutal Legend. Every game can be improved with a laser panther.
looks wicked and rad
They had me at "The Apocalypse had an Apocalypse", fantastic, do you need the original disk to play this though?
This is rad. I really like Ubisoft's guts on this one. Paradise has finally arrived!
I think this is a very smart move from the Far Cry devs. If the price is right I'm getting it. It's refreshing to see a game whit such a wild premise.
EPIC WIN! Grindhouse's feelings!
This is what Duke Nukem:Forever was supposed to be.
@SLAM30 I agree!
@ArabrockermanX I'm almost sure I read somewhere that it won't need the original game to run
By clicking that DOWNLOAD button you are actually helping to terminate these kind of games. Believe it or not.
When you dl it. The devs/pubs won't get any support from you. And by not getting support, no need to keep making these.
If enough of people think the "dl way". It is going to be quite devastating.
Come on. The price ain't even full 60€. You can afford that 15€ and that way show your support for this awesome game.
@reaper91210 I just wish they made the actual game play look more like one...
@frylock616 Looks like the purposly gave the game scan lines to make it look like you are playing the game on an 80's tv set. awesomness
@AsianSalvation Stand alone. You will not need FarCry 3 to play
@Deingerous This is straight from Steam's store page for the game "Playing Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon does not require a copy of Far Cry® 3."
@EvilShabazz Exactly what I thought when I watched this lol.
@EvilShabazz It would of worked much better in any case..
@quakke @Sacryfyce666 I buy all of my games, but there are cases when buying actually hurts gaming as I want it to be. This game looks really awesome in all of its retro glory, but being made by Ubisoft, makes me think twice about buying. Ubisoft is one of the publishers that ruins gaming for me.
They aren't EA, and it does look like a step in the right direction, but it's really not that simple.


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Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These are questions that have sporadically interested people since the dawn of time, but whose answers have continually eluded us. Now in their new book, Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" writing staff (who include the team behind "The Onion") tackle them and many more with their trademark wit, irreverence and intelligence. They will take us on an intellectual journey through time - a quest back to the very moment of creation - that will maybe, just maybe help us figure out exactly how and why everything got so irretrievably f****ed up. From applications for genetic reconstitution by aliens to the meanings of anatomy, gender or nourishment, every aspect of life on this planet is reexplored, reexamined and made newly hilarious in this book.
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New York Traffic Deaths Hit Historic Low
Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 08:21 PM
(New York, NY - WNYC) The Bloomberg Administration says the city will have the lowest number of traffic fatalities in its history this year.
Mayor Bloomberg said 237 people have been killed in traffic incidents this year--a 40 percent drop from 2001. He said traffic fatalities for pedestrians and children are also at record lows.
New York Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan added that fatal bicycle accidents have held steady. She said that's despite a quadrupling of bike ridership over the past decade.
The mayor and his transportation commissioner unveiled the statistics in Brooklyn at Grand Army Plaza, where they said safety upgrades contributed to a 40 percent reduction in crashes over the past three years.
Sadik-Khan said deaths are down because the city keeps re-engineering its streets, and plans to do more. "You will see more pedestrian countdown signals," she said. "We're going to be doubling them in the next two years. You will see more neighborhood slow zones, continuing our work to create slow zones around schools. We've done 138 so far."
She said her department also plans to keep installing bike lanes, crossing lanes and pedestrian islands around the city.
New York's traffic fatality rate is already half the per capita national average.
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I like a little grit. Usually I feel that a great show combines unpredictability, recklessness, and some raw, unpolished vulnerability. That's what makes live music exciting and dynamic. If we wanted flawless vocals and sonically airbrushed instrumentals, we'd just stay at home and listen to the music on iTunes. So I'm trying to figure out why Marina and the Diamonds' shiny, choreographed, factory-sealed set at the Warfield Sunday night felt so right. Read more »
I was flipping around on my car's FM dial last week and had the bleeding-from-the-ears misfortune of coming upon Taylor Swift's staggeringly awful new single. I thought for a moment that I landed on some kind of Disney or Nickelodeon channel, where corporate-oriented bands score those awkward tween TV shows. In reality though, Swift is currently selling the shit out of the thing on iTunes…and leaving me to question my faith in humanity's hearing. So I was all the more enthusiastic as I headed to the Warfield on Monday night for the Devo and Blondie double bill. Clearly, I was in need of some kind of authentic audio to counter balance the heavy dose of vapid pop I had stumbled into on the airwaves. And even as their 1979 heyday grows ever more distant, Blondie and Devo delivered in a big way on Monday. Read more »
You could say Fiona Apple belongs to an endangered species. One of the heavyweights in a lineage of 1990s major-label iconoclasts, dedicated to the conceptual potential of the album format, (Bjork, Spiritualized, PJ Harvey, Nine Inch Nails) Apple has built a 15-year career on making approachable, yet arty, pop music with indie-label integrity, and an undercurrent of fringe appeal.
After making a big splash with the sultry music-video to her first hit single, "Criminal" (1996), she shrewdly abandoned any MTV-vixen ambitions, in favor of foregrounding her musical and lyrical ability, and her remarkably versatile, jazz-inflected vocal range; as a result, she's one of the few artists of her generation to transition from stardom to cult status, and not the other way around. Read more »
Photographer Charles Russo shot Refused and the Hives at the Warfield.
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It had been a long wait to see Iggy Pop live (not like, Morrissey-long, but more like three months later than anticipated). When I spoke with Pop back in September, he was ecstatic to be out on the road again. Read more »


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Everyone at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and in the town of Fairmont Hot Springs is safe and well after a debris flow in the late afternoon, July 15th, 2012. The torrent of water from high in the mountains carried large rocks and trees with it and destroyed much in its path. The debris flow cut access to the RV Park, badly damaged the pedestrian bridge to the RV Park, buried the source of the hot springs, deposited rock, mud and timber on parts of the Mountainside Golf Course and left a mess on the canyon floor. Read more
The waters are high, but the grass is dry at Riverside Golf Course. This week we have lots of golfers enjoying the beautiful sunshine and the green grass on all three of the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Golf Courses. What a great opportunity to cruise around on the golf cart and snap some photos of everyone enjoying their day. Here are some photos of Riverside Golf Course: Read more
With a very successful 1st Annual East Kootenay Beer Festival under our belt it only seems right that we tribute this blog to the art of great beer. For many, the highlight of the event was having the ability to sample a huge variety of local craft beers and ultimately choose their personal favourite. The event resulted in not only a bunch of smiling faces as the breweries were very generous with their delicious samples, but ultimately a winner of the personal choice award for the most favoured local beer. Read more
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Thank you to the Bavin family for this Blog post. Bavin Glassworks is opening soon at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Read more
The Little Badgers, an early learning centre in Windermere visited Fairmont Hot Springs Resort to plant flowers in their creative pots they decorated. Before heading into the Greenhouse at Riverside Golf Course they delighted us with a song they learnt all about the growing process. Jessica Pemberton, our Resorts Horticulturalist guided the children into the Greenhouse, a place many of them had never been before. At first sight, they thought they were at the wrong place as the Greenhouse was not literally a green house as most of them expected. Read more


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I am always looking for fun and challenging games and I just played Nintendo's "Siesta Fiesta" for the 3DS and I really enjoyed it a lot.
"Siesta Fiesta" is a fast paced side scrolling game where you must break blocks and other items by bouncing a character named "Siesta" on a bed. When Siesta bounces up, you must move the bed on the bottom of the screen and try to bounce him back up by moving the bed side to side while the screen is scrolling to the right.
Your goal is to try and score as many points as you can in each level by breaking different colored bricks. You will also receive medals if you score a certain amount of points.
The 3D looks great and the graphics are very well done. All of the levels are bright and colorful and the backgrounds look amazing.
I really thought the "Siesta Fiesta's" story was pretty good and interesting.
One night Siesta falls asleep and it starts to rain. Eventually his room is flooded and his bed floats away and Siesta eventually lands on an island named "Fiestaville." Tiny creatures named "Fiestas" live there and they decide to show Siesta around the island, however Siesta sleeps through all of it.
There are eight different areas on the island of Fiestaville that you must go through, each area has several levels such as Kahuna Bay, Balloon Lagoon, and the Grape Factory.
As you complete each level a new one will unlock. You can go back and replay levels to try and get a higher score and medal.
The controls are very easy to learn, there is a tutorial you can play at the beginning of the game that explains what you will need to do. I thought this was very helpful.
As I mentioned earlier, you must bounce Siesta on a bed and you move the bed left and right by using the touch screen. You can also boost Siesta higher into the air by tapping the touch screen. This is very helpful when there are blocks really high up on the screen.
The blocks are called "Piñata blocks, there are several different ones. Some take more hits to break than others but those will give you more points.
There are also many different blocks and items that will help you. Some blocks have effects when hit such as bumpers, party gates, bellows, and water blocks. You have to try to hit each one and see what happens.
You can also earn combos if you break a bunch of blocks in a single bounce. The more blocks you break the higher your score will be. There are also juggle combos, they give you more points depending on many times you can bounce Siesta in a row without him falling off the bed.
When you begin each level you will have five rescue Fiestas. If Siesta falls off the bed a rescue Fiesta will come and pick up Siesta and put him back on the bed. Once you have used all of your Fiestas the game is over.
There are four different game modes that you can play. There is a "Popper Bed Mode" where you can catch Siesta inside the bed and then fire him upwards. Another mode is the "Fan Bed Mode" where you must float Siesta through the level. The third mode is "Time Trial Mode" where you must try and finish the level as quickly as possible. The last mode is "Piñata Boss Mode" where you must try and beat one of the end bosses as quickly as possible. I really had a lot of fun playing the different modes, my favorite was the popper bed mode.
Overall I really enjoyed Nintendo's "Siesta Fiesta" a lot. I thought it was very challenging and it was really fun to try and beat all of the different levels. I thought the four different game modes really added a lot to the game and made it more exciting. The 3D looked great and I would suggest you play using it. If you are looking for a fun themed and challenging game that you can just pick up and play then I would highly recommend that you check out "Siesta Fiesta."
"Siesta Fiesta" is rated "E"
Aaron Chalich is an entertainment columnist for KSTP.com


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JR: I came from a background of photojournalism. I was a diving enthusiast in my early 20s, and my interest in nature and natural history led me underwater. I'm from Boston, and I started diving in that area. Since then I've been diving all over the planet. STIR: Tell us about your process. JR: You go down with a plan for the animal you're trying to work with. At the same time, it's a very active environment, and things happen. You can't change lenses underneath the water, so I bring a lot of different cameras, as many as 10. I've had the same assistant for 25 years. He's my right hand and responsible for many of my results. When I'm working with sharks, he makes sure two of us come out of the water. That allows me to focus on trying to take photographs. STIR: What kind of lighting do you use? JR: All my close-up work is done with flash, but nothing compares to natural light. STIR: What creature that you've photographed has been the most memorable, colorwise? JR: The octopus. It changes coloration at the cellular level. When it moves into a different location, it will try, as best it can, to match its environment, both in coloration and texture. STIR: How does the underwater color palette vary from ocean to ocean? JR: In cold temperate waters, there's much less variety of color than in tropical waters. Temperate oceans are dark and muted. Tropical waters are a blaze of color. On a reef, you see every shade imaginable. STIR: For those of us on land, the color blue is most strongly associated with the ocean. Is that true for you? JR: No. Blue comes from the reflection of sky on the water, and whether the surf is choppy or smooth. But underwater, the ocean's color changes from environment to environment. It could be green. It's dark, and the deeper you go, the darker it gets. 4 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF ROTMAN Clockwise from top left: a school of Pacific cownose rays; a sea anemone; photographer Jeff Rotman; and the tail of a spotlight parrotfish STIR: In what other ways does the underwater environment vary from ocean to ocean? JR: The topography varies so much, from valleys and mountains, to holes and caves. The kelp forests of California are like an underwater jungle, with plants 100 feet tall. You see tremendous biodiversity. You feel the rhythms change from night to day. There are mounds of coral with 100 different species, and so many different types of sand. STIR: Colorwise, what's the most stunning underwater environment you've seen? JR: I like it when there's a lot of atmosphere, like sunlight or stormy clouds. My preference is when I shoot wide angle, and then you don't see color underwater. STIR: Do the images you capture ever surprise you with their color? JR: When I shoot, I don't see the real color -- only for a moment when the flash goes off. It's almost erased in my mind until I see the image. STIR: How does color influence your photo selection process? JR: When I see something striking in its coloration then I go after it and try to capture it. STIR: What's your favorite place to photograph? JR: I don't have one. Each place has its own mystique and beauty. New England and the Red Sea are two places I've worked the most. STIR: What sea creature is the most difficult to photograph? JR: Sharks. They move so quickly -- their action is so fast and unpredictable. You have to entice them with food, but when you create an environment where you're feeding wild animals with a good set of teeth, it's a very uncontrollable situation. We work with a cage. Sometimes we wear chain-mail suits, although that won't protect you from a big shark that can just crush your bones. STIR: What's been your closest call? JR: I've had scrapes here and there, but nothing terribly serious. I've been very careful -- and very lucky. The funny thing is, when you have a camera, you're so focused on getting the photograph that it releases all your fear. Kim Palmer is the editor of STIR. >> JOIN THE COLOR CONVERSATION Go to facebook.com/SherwinWilliamsfor DesignersArchitects. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir 5 C O L O R C O N V E R S AT I O N : D AV I D B R O M S TA D LIVING LA VIDA BROMSTAD By CHARLOTTE STOUDT "Working out the gorgeous no matter what": Bromstad in action and (opposite page) on the set of White Room Challenge. 6 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir The `Design Star' unleashes his Miami-infused color mojo on plain white rooms. PHOTOGRAPHY ON LEFT BY VIKRAM PATHAK, PHOTOGRAPHY ON RIGHT � 2011, HGTV/SCRIPPS NETWORKS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STIR: Name a favorite space with a bold use of color. DB: The spa at the Icon in Miami by Philippe Starck. I walked through there, and it changed me forever. I love baroque moments: great artwork that doesn't fit, but perfectly fits. In the middle of the spa lobby, there's a 30-foot acid-yellow chandelier. It's over the top. Just unbelievable. STIR: What design elements do people tend to overlook? DB: Rugs and lighting. If you don't have them, or don't get them right, a room feels sterile. The space will look like a corporate apartment. STIR: What colors in Miami's vivid palette inspire you the most? DB: The crystal-clear blue water. The white and pink buildings. And the intoxicating hotel interiors. STIR: Most people don't get to live in the tropics. How do you bring Miami sunshine into a colder climate? DB: Anyone can achieve a fresh look by keeping furniture on the lighter side. Nothing brings a room down faster than a brown leather couch. Stick to white, creams and grays. Make sure that everything is almost one tone, and then pop colors. I don't believe in decorating regionally. You don't need a house that "looks" Northern. You paid good money for it. Make it your dream house. STIR: What colors are in your Miami home today? DB: My house is black and white, with gray walls and pops of acid yellow, lime green and red. I also have ebony floors. Never get black floors! They're awful. They show every single hair. My partner vacuums twice a day. STIR: Fantasy client? DB: Lady Gaga. STIR: Do you have a design motto? DB: Working out the gorgeous no matter what. STIR: In honor of your new series, let's give you the "White Room Challenge." Take one empty white room, and choose one paint color. Go. DB: One paint color? That's just evil! I'd go with a mid-toned gray and do a graphic. Tape it off and play with the negative or positive space. Livable and fabulous! Charlotte Stoudt is a Los Angeles�based freelance writer. Fresh, fearless and winning: HGTV star David Bromstad (bromstad.com) has designed everything from children's fantasy bedrooms to amusement-park installations. Since winning the first season of HGTV Design Star in 2006, the Minnesota-born Bromstad has quickly become a high-profile creative force, known for his bold sense of color. Along with endorsing HGTV� HOME by Sherwin-Williams, Bromstad is busy with multiple TV projects: hosting and mentoring contestants in a brand new season of HGTV Design Star and launching White Room Challenge, a new show based on the trickiest test for any designer -- how to bring life to a bare room with four white walls. STIR caught up with the buoyant designer to catch his current color mood. STIR: What colors did you grow up with? DB: I'm a Midwestern corn-fed boy -- my mom had wallpaper everywhere! Borders were huge in the 1980s. Our house was full of blues, pinks, creams and taupes. My parents actually argued over design issues. My dad insisted he wasn't creative, but he'd always say, "I want to see it before you buy it." When we bought things, it was important that they last and that everyone enjoy them. Everyone, that is, being my mom and dad! Kidding aside, seeing my parents work together on their home made a big impression on me. STIR: When did you know you wanted to be a designer? DB: My first love was animation. I thought that's what I would grow up to do. The movie that made me want to go into art was Disney's The Little Mermaid. The storm scenes were extraordinary -- the detail of the rain and wind. The colors were dynamic and beautiful. I saw that movie, and boom! There were no other options. One of my first jobs was designing children's fantasy bedrooms. I did a girl's room where the bedframe is shaped like a clamshell, and bedding is a pink velvet tongue. I bought a plastic ball from Target and used it as a giant pearl. It's pretty clear where my inspiration came from! >> EXPLORE THE HGTV� HOME BY SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COLLECTION Go to sherwin-williams.com/homeowners hgtv-home-by-sherwin-williams. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir 7 C O L O R C O N V E R S AT I O N : S I LV I A H E Y D E N Tapestry artist Silvia Heyden makes textiles sing. DREAM WEAVER By CHARLOTTE STOUDT Swiss-born Silvia Heyden has found striking new ways to reinvent an ancient art form. The creator of 1,000 full-scale tapestries that hang in museums, board rooms and private homes, she's spent a lifetime exploring the links between color, rhythm and emotion. The recent documentary "A Weaverly Path" by Kenny Dalsheimer (aweaverlypath.com) explores Heyden's singular vision and the impact of nature on her work. Now 84 and living in Durham, N.C., she continues to defy convention, constantly challenging her limits as an artist. STIR: Is it true you started off wanting to build violins? SH: Music and color were always close together for me. Babies actually have to develop the capacity to distinguish between color and sound. Some do it quickly, some not so fast. I played music from an early age -- violin and piano. I was fascinated by how you can produce a sound with a box and some strings. But at that time, violin builders would not take a girl on as an apprentice. STIR: You studied with Bauhaus legend Johannes Itten at Zurich's School of Arts. What did he teach you? SH: His class was an incredible education in color theory. We would cut squares of colored paper into strips and put one next to the other. The idea was to show that colors have a personality. Red is loud and yells all the time. But in a certain combination with other colors, like green, it gets quieter. Lilac is very quiet. So how can you help it come out of its shell? I began to play a theater of color. Colors transform constantly. You have to play with that change. STIR: What led you to tapestry? SH: My teachers thought I was crazy. Tapestry was seen merely as a technique to "weave" paintings -- for centuries, people just copied pictures on looms. But I felt there was something I could express with it. I improvise my tapestries. Once you start, the loom somehow tells you where to go. It's much more fun than copying an image. STIR: Your tapestries feel very dynamic. How do you imbue your colors with energy? SH: I use very thick threads, four threads per inch. Nothing synthetic, just natural yarns. Often I double my threads so they're very coarse, and really have body. In weaving you can mix threads. In the same thread, you can use two different colors. But they don't mix like a color in paint. When you combine yellow and blue thread, you don't get a green. You get something that vibrates between yellow and blue. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHARLES HARRIS 8 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir Clockwise from top left: A close-up of Silvia Heyden's signature textured tapestry; Heyden at her loom; a tapestry on the reed; Heyden selecting from her thick, natural yarns. STIR: What is the biggest mistake people make with color? SH: People stereotype colors: I hate yellow, I like blue. But there are so many yellows and so many blues! And yellow next to a red is quite different than yellow next to blue. How are you using the color? As accent or for more? Will there be light on it? How does it look in the sun, or on a gray day? Another color issue is value. Every color goes from very light to very dark. Usually when something is wrong in tapestry, it's a value issue. The composition is OK but the color values aren't right. STIR: What colors do you live with in your home? SH: I live in a solar house built by my son. We're surrounded by wildlife -- deer, foxes. I wanted to be in a house but not separated from nature. We have a concrete floor with radiant heat in a purplish brown. You put the color directly in the concrete. It blends inside and outside perfectly. The walls are a light yellow, which make the tapestries look natural and good. STIR: What other artists out there inspire you? SH: I love Paul Klee. He believed in finding the structure underneath something. When you get that right, your art is alive. And then you can explode it. I was in a gallery in Washington, D.C., recently and spent an hour in front of a Gerhard Richter painting. It takes that long to really look at something. STIR: What keeps you going as an artist? SH: I really want to go as far as I can with what I've found out. And then I want to communicate it to the next generation, so they can do what I can't anymore. There is no such thing as the perfect tapestry. There is always more to discover. n Charlotte Stoudt is a Los Angeles�based freelance writer. >> VIDEO: A WEAVERLY PATH Visit Silvia Heyden's documentary video by Kenny Dalsheimer at aweaverlypath.com. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir 9 SHADES OF THE SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY BY TRIA GIOVAN, 2012 SOUTHERN LIVING IDEA HOUSE An architectural romance with southern Italy and France finds colorful expression in Texas. T 10 By KITTY SHEA There's "southern living," the experience, and Southern Living, the magazine. Sultry summer heat, lavish gardens and outdoor entertaining characterize the former, while the latter raises a mint julep to the region's lifestyle 13 times a year in print and once a year in actual square footage. Southern Living's 2011 Idea House in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, occupies its shoreline along Lake Lyndon B. Johnson like a native. But its Tuscan accent and Mediterranean blues suggest a worldliness beyond. The home's location in the Escondido golf community, about 50 miles from Austin, is similarly escapist. The Idea House was built on spec as a second home and, like its neighboring properties, is valued at $2 million to $3 million. "These Idea Houses are big-time deals," says Frank Craige, Southern Living's homes program manager in Birmingham, Ala., who has orchestrated more than a dozen of the magazine's annual build-outs. "And this one was our most aspirational." Architect Michael G. Imber, whose namesake firm is based in San Antonio, and his interior design partner, Marcus Mohon of Mohon-Imber Interiors in Austin, brought to the Idea House their signature modern-classical fusion. "We wanted to take European influences and be specific to those that had meaning to the South and, in particular, to Texas," says Imber. From Mohon's watercolor sketches -- hastily drafted in his hotel room after meeting with the magazine's editorial board -- spilled local inspiration. "We started thinking color way early on because of some of the sketches I did in my notebook," recalls Mohon. "The blue-gray tones reminded me of the lake." The duo chose hues carefully to create a respite. "We wanted the color palette relaxed, quiet and easy so it wouldn't compete or cause too much stimulation," says Mohon. "This is a vacation home where people go to escape the summer heat." SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir Constructive destruction LIVING ROOM Color: Buff (SW 7683) Architect Michael Imber hatched the idea of the 5-foot-tall paneled wainscoting as a way to visually subdue the living room's 18-foot ceilings and lend intimacy to seated gatherings. The first layer of coating (a basic interior wiping stain) aged the wood and put a lock on its grain so paint would "float" on the panels. Then decorative painter Nancy Coleman aged it even further, with multiple rounds of painting and scraping to create a rustic, weathered look. "When you start the process, it's shocking. The builder completely freaked out when he saw what Nancy was doing. He thought she'd gone rogue and sabotaged the project," says project manager Erin Schneider. (Affirms Coleman, "I won't tell you what he said when I started scraping it down.") Stopped several times, Coleman prevailed, producing a wrap of depth and texture that enlivens the room's neutral palette. The builder, David Mitchell of Casa Highland Construction in Horseshoe Bay, liked the final result. S SH HE ER RW W II N N -- W W II L LL L II A AM MS S S t i r 11 27 Awash with color LAUNDRY / FLOWER ROOM Color: Waterscape (SW 6470) An architectural pivot angles the wall separating the kitchen and laundry, creating a beckoning wash of tranquil robin's egg blue. "Southerners are so in love with their gardens that I wanted it to be more than just a laundry room; I wanted it to carry the romance of a flower-cutting room," says architect Michael Imber. He contrasted rustic materials -- the ceiling rafters are reclaimed barn wood, and the walls are wood planks rather than drywall -- with the blue's cool sophistication to soothing effect. The ultimate compliment comes from project manager Erin Schneider, who confides that she would like to sit in the laundry room (the laundry room!) and enjoy a glass of wine. " More than just a laundry room, I wanted it to carry the romance of a flower cutting room." 12 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir Under the Texas sun EXTERIOR WINDOW/DOOR TRIM AND WINDOW SHUTTERS Color: Night Owl (SW 7061, with colorants cut by 50 percent) The blue hue on the trim and farm-style shutters was inspired by Provence, France. Assigned to cool the warm tones of the locally quarried gold sandstone, it took some trial and error to find just the right shade. After the shutters were sprayed offsite and hung, "We pulled up to the job site and all went, `Uh-oh,'" recalls project manager Erin Schneider. The original color was beautiful on its own, explains interior designer Marcus Mohon, but appeared washed out under Texas' intense sun and against the stone. "It was almost not a color once we got it up on the building," he says. His revised pick still looked fresh but more deeply, richly blue, keeping the feel light and airy for a summer-living house but strong enough to pair with the stone, unlike a pale pastel. Waves of welcome GUEST HOUSE Color: Rainwashed (SW 6211) The 800-square-foot casita (Spanish for "guest house") sits atop the boathouse, with interior designer Marcus Mohon's muse -- the lake -- below. "Other than the laundry room, this is the most colorful room of the house," he says, noting that its water-inspired blue leans a touch greener than the main residence's laundry / flower room. Decorative painter Nancy Coleman enjoyed working with the shade. "It is a beautiful, soft color that could work with any d�cor but has enough color to make a statement," she says. n Kitty Shea is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 13 OPPOSITES By KIM PALMER THE 2013 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COLORMIX TM FORECAST ATTRACT OPPOSITES ATTRACT US LIKE NEVER BEFORE, exerting a magnetic pull on the spectrum. SherwinWilliams colormixTM two-thousand-thirteen puts today's color mood under the microscope to reveal its dueling influences. Simple vs. complex ... mystery vs. certainty ... light vs. dark ... synthetic vs. natural. Those are just a few of the opposing ideas currently competing for our attention. We gravitate to our personal preferences, yet we can't help being shaped by the divergent energies pulsing all around us. With influences bombarding us at warp speed, how do we find our equilibrium? How do we narrow the overwhelming number of choices we have in a world where we can access virtually anything and everything with the touch of a finger? MIX IT UP There are endless ways to put your unique, creative spin on colormix two-thousandthirteen. And Sherwin-Williams offers tools to make it easy: ORDER colormix color cards and large-size color swatches at swcolorsamples.com DOWNLOAD colormix colors into virtual design tools or paint room scenes in the Online Color Visualizer at swcolor.com FIND these colors on the ColorSnap� app for smartphones. Download at swcolorsnap.com 14 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir IT'S NO LONGER A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. IT'S A PROCESS OF COMBINATION. "As forecasters, we try to filter out the noise and focus on the relevant and meaningful," says Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams. "We observe, then come together to create a synthesized view of the drivers and inspirations that are having the biggest impact." The year 2013 is "the Year of the Snake" in Chinese culture, which is appropriate given the paradoxes snakes represent, Jordan notes. Snake people are thought to be analytical, yet hypnotically seductive, calm yet exciting, with a hint of menace. They can't be ignored. >> COLOR FORECASTING: BEHIND THE SCENES Discover how Jackie and her team create a color forecast. See the video inside our free STIR tablet edition. Available in both iTunes and Google Play. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 15 DARK SHADOWS The spooky gothic soap opera captivated TV viewers in the late '60s -- and recently arose from its cultural tomb to be reborn as a film starring Johnny Depp. SSSHH! WE'VE GOT A SECRET. It's our dark side, and we're irresistibly drawn to exploring its murky depths and shadows. The colors are moody, the vibe is masculine and the aesthetic is both Victorian and futuristic. Visible mechanicals intrigue us, while theatrical effects, eerie collections, and menswearinspired fabrics like tweed and houndstooth evoke Sherlock Holmes and the Prohibition era of secret doors and speakeasies. 6199 RARE GRAY 6251 OUTERSPACE 7593 RUSTIC RED 6131 CHAMOIS 6004 MINK 2847 ROYCROFT BOTTLE GREEN 6510 LOYAL BLUE 2801 ROOKWOOD DARK RED 7700 OLDE WORLD GOLD 6272 PLUM BROWN STEAMPUNK Sci-fi, fantasy and horror intertwined in this 1980s literary genre that evoked Victorian-era Britain or the American Wild West. EXOTIC SPIRITS Absinthe, the aniseflavored "green fairy," was the spirit of choice for 19th-century Parisian Bohemians. Banned in 1915 for its potency and reputed hallucinogenic powers, it has since enjoyed a revival. THEATRICAL ROMANTICISM Iconic, masculine turn-of-the-century atmosphere is fresh again. Think libraries, curated artifacts and smoking jackets. 16 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir CHALKY COLOR The effects of the wind and sun create matte finishes and color gradations that result in a soothing, reassuring beauty. TIME AND NATURE WORK HAND IN HAND to create a softened beauty that is restful and comforting. We experience it in the layered hues of mineral deposits, sea-buffed stones and the weathered shutters of a rustic farmhouse. The colors are chalky and earthy, the materials raw and organic, the finishes matte. It's a homespun aesthetic inspired by our renewed appreciation for artisan craft, handmade quality and homemaking as a valued skill rather than a chore. 7057 SILVER STRAND 7612 MOUNTAIN STREAM 7739 HERBAL WASH 7697 SAFARI 6117 SMOKEY TOPAZ 7059 UNUSUAL GRAY 7603 POOLHOUSE 2842 ROYCROFT SUEDE 0010 WICKERWORK 7702 SPICED CIDER HANDMADE Handmade craftwork and earthy character come together in this sea urchin� inspired bowl by Heather Knight. NATURAL TEXTURES It's about furnishings you can feel with your eyes, like the big textures of this Biknit Chaise for Moroso by Patricia Urquiola. THE MAGIC HOUR The minutes after sunset and before dark are the most coveted by photographers; the light is softer, the shadows longer, bathing images in a warm glow. 17 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir SEMIPRECIOUS The colors of crystals and semiprecious stones exude glamour, but with a youthful, quirky twist. WE FEEL PRETTY, OH, SO PRETTY, in a demure midcentury way -- but with a new, modern edge. The retro glamour of pearls, florals and classic feminine silhouettes are tempered by fun and funky accents and attitude. The pastels are a bit bolder, including semiprecious gem tones like citrine, peridot and amethyst, set off by crisp neutrals. The look is still ladylike -- but much more free-spirited than in your mother's day. 6316 ROSY OUTLOOK 6771 BATHE BLUE 6464 ALOE 6815 AWESOME VIOLET 0074 RADIANT LILAC 0025 ROSEDUST 6035 GAUZY WHITE 7083 DARKROOM 6401 INDEPENDENT GOLD 6556 OBI LILAC RETRO FUN The original waif supermodel Twiggy revolutionized standards of beauty in 1966. Now a fresh take on her legendary look is appearing on the fashion scene. FLIRTY AND FEMININE Both are possible with the geometric prints and kaleidoscopic color of today's most fashionable fabrics. A MOVE TO MOD There's nothing more hip and elegant than a vintage Vespa that's spent just the right number of summers in the sun. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 18 RARIFIED GLOW Neon started in the lab in 1898, when a scientist discovered a colorless gas that gave off a bright glow when electrically stimulated. Without it, we'd have no Vegas. ELECTRONICS, ALTERNATIVE ROCK AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY -- plug those influences into one socket and you get a blast of high-voltage look-at-me colors. We're not shying away from them; we're splashing them across everything from cars to appliances to upholstery. It's consumerism as self-expression, giving the bold and the not-so-bold equal permission to be nonconformists. All those bold hues need a palette purifier, bringing black, white, gray and clear acrylics into the picture. 6875 GLADIOLA 6991 BLACK MAGIC 7006 EXTRA WHITE 6921 ELECTRIC LIME 6950 CALYPSO 6859 FEVERISH PINK 6840 EXUBERANT PINK 7018 DOVETAIL 6914 EYE CATCHING 6967 FRANK BLUE NATURE AGLOW Sea jellies (technically they aren't fish) can be clear or fabulously phosphorescent. They're found in every ocean, from the surface to great depths. ELECTRIC DECOR Furnishings like this Disco Chair by Kiwi & Pom are a party unto themselves, even without anyone in the room. BOLD PERFORMANCE Big color is being embraced, not just as an accent, but as something central to self-expression and performance. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 19 C O L O R T E C H GREEN GAME-CHANGER Sherwin-Williams new industry-leading zero VOC ColorCast Ecotoner� colorant system takes quality and sustainability to the next level. P By KATE FISHER aint has come a long way since the industry began reducing its reliance on solvents and other conventional raw materials. So have we. By now you're probably aware of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and their impact on air quality: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates VOCs that are photochemically reactive. The lower the VOC content, the better. But even paints that claim to be zero VOC in the lab and manufacturing plant don't always maintain that level by the time they're being applied to your clients' walls. Why? Because the conventional colorants used to tint them to your desired hues often add VOCs to the finished product. The more colorant needed to achieve the preferred color, the more VOCs typically have been added to the paint. Now Sherwin-Williams Introduces the zero VOC ColorCast Ecotoner colorant system. ColorCast Ecotoner is the only colorant system certified by GREENGUARD� , meeting its strict indoor air quality standards. No more color compromises And as a bonus, you and your clients no longer must compromise on color when you resolve to go green. In the past, some designers were frustrated by lost product performance when working with paints that had minimal VOCs, Revnew says. "Typically with deep bases, and conventional colorant technology, you lose viscosity, which results in a thinner paint film," says Revnew. "You don't get the depth of color. It will take multiple coats to develop true colors." Sherwin-Williams new ColorCast Ecotoner colorants produce truer, richer, more luxurious colors, without adding VOCs. There's no loss in paint film or hide, regardless of how much colorant is required. The other point of differentiation for the new tinting system is its unlimited color options. This industry-leading technology is in all Sherwin-Williams stores, which means the entire line of Sherwin-Williams water-based paints and colors are tinted with zero VOC colorants. You can choose any of the hues in the vast Sherwin-Williams color palette and still achieve the ultimate in performance and sustainability -- this also includes any custom color matches. "Sherwin-Williams is committed to advancing environmentally responsible paint technology," he says. "Now all our efforts to lower the VOCs in our products have taken another leap forward." n Kate Fisher is on the editorial staff of STIR. INTRODUCING EMERALDTM ZERO VOC PAINTS There's a new best-in-class paint on the market: Sherwin-Williams Emerald Interior acrylic latex and Emerald Exterior acrylic latex. Both are zero VOC products with unsurpassed performance. These self-priming formulas offer exceptional durability and hide, as well as color accuracy. Emerald Interior prevents stains from penetrating, providing easy cleanup of surfaces, and resists water streaking and spotting. It is GREENGUARD� Indoor Air Quality Certified and GREENGUARD Certified for Children and Schools. It is low odor and has antimicrobial mold and mildew on the paint film. Emerald Exterior provides excellent durability and outstanding resistance to blistering, peeling, chalking, fading, mildew and dirt pickup in a 100% acrylic formula. When your projects call for the very best, it's an easy call: Emerald. ILLUSTRATION BY ANNA + ELENA BALBUSSO " As of mid-2012, all SherwinWilliams latex and waterbased paints are tinted with the zero VOC colorants." "This system will not add to the VOC content of any paint when tinted," says Steve Revnew, vice president, product innovation, Sherwin-Williams. That means the VOC content of any base paint will remain consistent, even after tinting. That's important to know when you're trying to achieve green certification for your project, protect the indoor air quality of a space, and be the most environmentally responsible designer you can be. Sherwin-Williams properties that inhibit the growth of 20 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir You and your clients no longer must compromise on color when you resolve to go green. T R S I vey NEW REALITIE$ NEW OPPORTUNITIE$ The recession changed everything, including the design profession. But the worst appears to be over, and design professionals have demonstrated their creative mettle by retooling for tough times: picking up new skills, exploring new channels and bringing more to the table to serve today's clients. What are those clients looking for? And where is there room for growth? Since you're in the design trenches, we turned to you for answers to those questions. For the third year, STIR� has opened up its annual conversation to readers, inviting you to report on how the economy has impacted you and your work. This spring, we invited subscribers to our STIR eExtra e-newsletter (you can subscribe at swstir.com) to take our STIRvey. Our results represent the opinions of nearly 1,900 design professionals nationwide. About two-thirds (65 percent) of respondents were interior designers, 9 percent were architects, and the balance represented a combination of color consultants, decorative painters, specifiers and others. Half identified themselves primarily as residential designers, while 18 percent identified themselves as commercial and a third (32.4 percent) as both. Overall, you're an optimistic bunch. Asked what direction you predict 2012 revenues will trend compared with 2011, two-thirds of you predicted they would rise. As for how much, one-third (32.5 percent) predicted a 1 to 5 percent rise, while nearly one-fourth predicted a 5 to 10 percent rise, and 12 percent predicted an increase of more than 10 percent. About half of you say your clients are bolder and more adventurous when it comes to color, and they're also more demanding when it comes to paints and coatings, with 17 percent demanding greener products, 17 percent demanding a higher-quality and longer-lasting product, 19 percent demanding a more cost-effective product, and 42.5 percent demanding all of the above. Read on for revealing insights about your colleagues' strategies for surviving and thriving in the new economy: 22 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir PROJECT SIZE How does the size, scope and revenue potential of an average project today compare with that of an average project in 2008? Slightly smaller Radically smaller No change Slightly larger Radically larger 39% 32% 15% 12% 3% PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT What has the recession inspired you to add to your professional repertoire? (Check all that apply.) More networking and professional development Color consulting services More online marketing 67% 45% 39% 33% 20% 15% 14% Staging services Teaching experience ILLUSTRATION BY CELIA JOHNSON Art-hanging services Online design services SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 23 FEES VS. PRODUCT REVENUE Since 2008, how has your ratio of professional fees revenue changed compared with revenues generated from product sales? 44% 31% 25% Fee revenue is up and product-sale revenue is down Product-sale revenue is up and fee revenue is down No change IN YOUR WORDS What are the keys to success in the new economy? Share your thoughts or a story about how you've survived/thrived since 2008. " I T'S ALL ABOUT N E T WOR K I N G. I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY ADVERTISING BUDGET TO A MINIMUM, SO I RELY HEAVILY ON WORD OF MOUTH." " S TAY CLOSE WITH HIGH-END C LI E N TS. TH E Y A R E A LW A Y S THE FIRST TO START SPENDING MONEY AND LIKE TO DO LARGE PROJECTS WHEN THE ECONOMY IS DOWN BECAUSE LABOR IS CHEAPER." " Don't turn anyone away based on the size of their project. It can turn into an ongoing relationship, and they have more friends than you know." " The fact that we do not have a bricks-and-mortar location was the biggest cost-saving factor for our business. People are doing more shopping on the Internet, and you have to be prepared for that. The clients today are buying you and your designs, and they understand that they need your help. That's why they called you to begin with." 24 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir MARKET POTENTIAL Where's the most potential for a design professional in the next five years? (Check all that apply.) 17% Residential: multifamily environments Education Residential: single-family homes Other commercial 29% 55% 26% Hospitality 22% Healthcare 50% 15% Retail TIMELINES " DESIGNERS NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS IN THE NEW ECONOMY. Dreams of opening a beautifully decorated show room need to give way to web sites and online consulting using digital photos." " Being flexible and really educating clients / potential clients about the cost savings of hiring an interior designer. You can spend a little money and not make expensive mistakes." How does an average project's timeline today compare with an average project's timeline three years ago? Slower* Faster** No change 45% 29% 26% "H AVE A SPECIALTY , GET GOOD AT IT, AND ALWAYS CALL ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY BACK WITHIN A DAY." *clients are more deliberate or phase projects **clients are more decisive or projects are smaller SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 25 A decaying movie palace gets another chance at glamour A CAPITOL IDEA A decaying movie palace gets another chance at glamour thanks to a historical palette. By ALYSSA FORD W hen the Capitol Theater opened in 1937 with a Jane Withers comedy and a Boris Karloff thriller, the Burlington, Iowa, movie house was a modern marvel. The Hawk-eye Gazette hailed its "great beauty and comfort," including a sound system designed for talkies and state-of-the-art airconditioning. When the theater closed in 1977, the sleek Art Deco building was so distinctive that people started trying to revive it almost immediately. One community group repainted the gold-trimmed terra cotta fa�ade hoping that the fresh look would attract interest and dollars. It didn't. In 1990, a local pharmaceutical salesman bought the theater with dreams of turning it into a dinner-theater, remodeled on the inside to look like Yankee Stadium. That dream died, too. Then an accountant bought the building, thinking it would make a great live-music venue. All this time, the theater fell further and further into disrepair. The original lights were stolen, and the velour-covered spring seats were stripped out. The north part of the roof began to leak, and huge patches of wall plaster cracked open to reveal a corroded web of structural metal lathe inside. By the time architect Dave Metzger saw the theater for the first time in 2010, he was stunned. "It looked like Beirut, circa 1978," he says. `Majestic' miracle Rewind to 2004, when a miracle was getting under way. A no-nonsense CPA named Becky Anderson had taken the theater under her wing and was determined that this time would be different. She started going around Burlington with a clip from The Majestic, the 2001 feel-good flick starring Jim Carrey. In the movie, Jim Carrey's character is incredulous when an elderly theater owner, Harry Trimble, wants to rehab his old movie palace. "This place is ready to fall down," says Carrey's character. "All you have to do is walk outside and give it a shove." "You're wrong. You are, you know," says Trimble. "I know she doesn't look like much now, but this place once looked like a palace." 26 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN STOKER The paint palette inspiration: an original terrazzo floor discovered under moldy '70s-style carpeting. Patterned in classic geometric Art Deco curves, the floor includes four vibrant hues: blueberry, grape, orange and rose. COLORS SHOWN: Butternut (SW 6389), Cabernet (SW 1294), custom-matched ceiling. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 27 Trimble gives a little speech that Becky Anderson can recite by heart: "Any man, woman, child could buy their ticket, walk right in. Here they'd be, here we'd be. `Yes, sir ... yes, ma'am. Enjoy the show.' And in they'd come, entering a palace, like in a dream, like in heaven. Maybe you had worries and problems out there, but once you came through those doors, they didn't matter anymore." With a great clip, dogged determination, and an uncanny ability to write and win preservation grants, Anderson and her small band of like-minded Burlingtonians launched the most spirited campaign to date to save the Capitol. Their enthusiasm turned infectious. In a single afternoon, more than 90 townspeople paid $10 each to buy a light bulb for the marquee. A local preservation buff wrote a personal check for $28,000. An attorney offered an interest-free personal loan so the group could buy an adjacent building before an important deadline. When the money finally came together, the Friends of the Capitol Theater hired architect Mike Carter as lead designer, and Metzger and architectural designer Martin Salino-Hugg of Metzger Johnson Architects as architects of record, to handle the massive job of rehabbing the structure. Their task included not only repairing damage and removing '70s "remodeling" like orange plastic paneling on the lobby doors and ticket booth, but also retrofitting the theater with high-definition audio and visual power. Historical paint analysis The Friends also brought in David Arbogast, an architectural conservator in Davenport, Iowa, to extract samples from several walls of the theater. Arbogast's report was sent to the SherwinWilliams research laboratory in Valley View, Ohio, where his analysis was converted into custom paint samples. But the samples confounded Carol Benne, principal at Designer's Viewpoint in Burlington. "In one room there was tan next to rose and pea green, and then in the next room there would be bright orange with muddled-gray brown and vibrant red. I mean, what is that?" Arbogast says the interior is "definitely Moderne in look and spirit" but even he -- who has analyzed literally hundreds of old buildings Writer Alyssa Ford specializes in sustainable architecture and interior design. PAINT DETECTIVES How a chip from an old movie palace becomes a custom color: 1 EXTRACT SAMPLES Architectural conservator David Arbogast extracts 21 samples from the Capitol Theater. 2 EXAMINE SAMPLES Arbogast examines the samples with his optical Olympus microscope. 3 ASSIGN VALUES Using natural north light, Arbogast places each color on the Munsell colorimetry scale that gives a separate value for hue, lightness and purity. For instance, the foyer ceiling becomes 5R 5/3, or a medium red, with a lightness degree of 5 and saturation degree of 6 (a medium rose pink). 28 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir PHOTO ON LEFT BY SHARON HARVEY -- says he was a little surprised at the mix of colors found in the Capitol. "It's a very unusual palette even for the time: lots of beige and tan, and then colors like chartreuse." Benne took a mockup of a purely historical color scheme to the Friends of the Capitol Theater board. It took them just a few minutes to authorize a historically sensitive "color interpretation" over a strict redo. Thankfully, says Benne, she already found her color inspiration: an original terrazzo floor discovered under moldy '70s-style carpeting. Patterned in classic geometric Art Deco curves, the floor includes four vibrant hues: blueberry, grape, orange and rose. She was also inspired by a warm golden-orange hue discovered on the south wall of the stage. Armed with a new palette, Benne went to work. A rigidly periodcorrect lobby would have had tan walls, a dark brown ceiling and vibrant orange doors. Instead, the new space's Butternut (SW 6389) walls, Cabernet (SW 1294) trim and doors, and a custom-matched ceiling bring in the grape-purple found in the terrazzo floor. When patrons walk from the lobby to the foyer, they'll find gray-plum walls, Butternut trim and an Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) ceiling. It's a marked difference from the 1937 foyer -- tan walls, split-pea-green trim and a rose pink ceiling. ProMar� 200 Zero VOC Interior Latex was used for most of the wall surfaces, in an eg-shel finish. Benne says she's particularly proud of the theater, which a timetraveling Depression-era moviegoer would find very familiar. The walls, made of diamond-patterned acoustic tiles, are painted golden caramel Honeycomb (SW 6375) with deep red Firewood (SW 6328) wainscoting and detail accents. Stepped forms on each wall evoke the Art Deco flavor, done up in a subtle light gray, High Society (SW 1037). The top rail has an oversized Aztec Deco motif, for which Benne selected warm Butterscotch (SW 6377) paint. When Becky Anderson toured the theater after its paint job, she was blown away. "It's bright and inviting -- everything we imagined the theater could be all those years," she says. "I think Harry Trimble would be proud." n When the theater closed in 1977, the sleek Art Deco building was so distinctive that people started trying to revive it almost immediately. 4 SEND TO LAB Arbogast sends his valuations to the Sherwin-Williams Creative Research and Development Laboratory Environment (CRADLE), a 12,000-square-foot research facility in Valley View, Ohio (swcradle.com). 5 CREATE MIX cientists at CRADLE S use the valuations to custom-mix paint samples. 6 TEST APPLICATION Samples are sent to Burlington, Iowa, for review by the interior designer. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 29 2012 STUDENT DESIGN CONTEST WINNING PORTFOLIOS Celebrate the winners of our second annual Sherwin-Williams� STIR� Student Design Contest. THE COMPETITION WAS INTENSE in both the residential and commercial categories again this year. Entries came in from design schools around the country, including the Art Institute of Seattle, the New School of Architecture and Design, the New York School of Interior Design, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. "Choosing the finalists in each category was difficult with the caliber of work this year," says Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing at Sherwin-Williams, who judged the contest. Ultimately four entries prevailed in each category. First place winners received a $2,500 cash prize, second place winners received $1,000, and third place SEE THE WINNERS' COMPLETE PORTFOLIOS >> winners received $500. This year, a "Fan Favorite" was also determined in each category by Facebook voters. Minh Tue Duong (Virginia Tech, commercial category) and Jessica Mazur (Fashion Institute of Technology, residential category) each won $250. Download STIR for your iPad or Android tablet with exclusive content. It's free at swstirapp.com. 2ND PLACE WINNER: Residential 2ND PLACE WINNER: Commercial 3RD PLACE WINNER: Residential 3RD PLACE WINNER: Commercial DESIGNER:: Angela Poovey SCHOOL: The Art Institute of Colorado DESIGNER: Alice Peck SCHOOL: Iowa State University DESIGNER: Melany Bjorkman SCHOOL:: Iowa State University DESIGNER: Esther Ng SCHOOL: Kwantlen University 30 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir 1 ST PLACE | RESIDENTIAL DESIGNER: Rick Stewart SCHOOL: Southern Illinois University of Carbondale CONCEPT: S P A C E [An art collector's loft] Part of a mixed-used development in Seattle, this loft is designed for a couple who operates an art gallery on the main level. The fresh color palette and modern design combine to form a space that exudes the couple's vibrant personality and love of art. DAREDEVIL SW 6882 NORTH STAR SW 6246 OFFBEAT GREEN SW 6706 EXTRA WHITE SW 7006 SEAL SKIN SW 7675 FUSION SW 6919 TRICORN BLACK SW 6258 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS S t i r 31 1 ST PLACE | COMMERCIAL 2012 STUDENT DESIGN CONTEST WINNING PORTFOLIOS DESIGNER: Alisha Dahl SCHOOL: Iowa State University CONCEPT: Southern California Assisted Living Community The design for Atria, an assisted living community in Encinitas, aspires to provide a peaceful, balanced community area. Smooth stones inspired the color palette, intended to have a calming effect while providing enough differentiation to assist in wayfinding throughout the buildings. SNOWBOUND SW 7004 FUNCTIONAL GRAY SW 7024 SEQUIN SW 6394 COPPER MOUNTAIN SW 6356 ADVENTURE ORANGE SW 6655 32 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Stir F I N A L T O U C H FASHION FOOTNOTE A shoe is just a shoe -- unless it's scarlet. Red footwear has long carried a potent message: The wearer is special. In 17th century France, Louis XIV favored red shoes, a luxury because red dye was expensive. To protect the shoes' status, he went so far as to pass an edict that only aristocrats could sport red heels. In the fairy tale The Red Shoes, crimson-toed shoes transform a peasant girl into a ballerina, while in The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's ruby slippers give her magical powers. Modern-day celebrities demonstrate their wealth and glamour by slipping into red-soled heels by Christian Louboutin for red-carpet events. The designer recently waged a legal battle to protect the exclusivity of his signature scarlet soles after rival Yves Saint Laurent introduced some all-red shoes. Louboutin lost in federal court, but won the popculture battle; his sexy stilettos are immortalized in the Jennifer Lopez song "Louboutins" as the ultimate in female-power footwear. n Sherwin-Williams 3500 Holly Lane N., Suite 30 Plymouth, MN 55447 PRSTD STD US Postage PAID GAC Ze ro. 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Move over magic mike
Reviewed: 29 December 2014 by Mr + Mrs D, a Straight Married Male
When my Fever Male Stripper Kit turned up, it was well packaged, and arrived quickly and discreetly as always - thank you, Lovehoney.
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- Great for stripping.
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Fun bit of dress up
Reviewed: 28 November 2014 by Just Jenson
Got this as a bit of fun as I like playing the host!
It arrived in good time as always.
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I bought this for my boyfriend for our 2 year anniversary happening soon but I got a little too impatient so we got this put on straight away!
The material feels fantastic and my boyfriend said it felt nice on. The cuffs fitted perfectly but the collar, however, looked a little loose. But it may be different on other guys!
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- Collar was a bit loose.
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- Very sexy on my boyfriend. ;)
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Michael Flynn was born July 17, 1924, in Ireland, growing up in Lackagh near Galway, as the eldest of seven siblings. At the age of eight, after reading letters from cousins sent as nuns to a distant heathen land called Los Angeles, he set himself the goal to somehow work his way to this wondrous place of sunshine. He earned his medical degree at University College, Galway (now the National University of Ireland, Galway).
Within months he was aboard a steamship on his way to New York and a surgical residency to become an ear, nose and throat specialist (otolaryngologist). After training at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary he moved to Los Angeles to set up practice.
He met his future wife, Heidi Mullenger, on a blind date they were both pressed into. Soon it was discovered that they had lived across the street from each other while in New York, but had never met. Not much later they were a couple and again living in New York as Michael took up residency for further training in plastic surgery at Cornell. Once done it was back to Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. And not long after that son Peter and daughter Kate came along.
From the 1950s to the mid-1980s Michael practiced as a highly regarded ENT specialist and plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. Upon his retirement, Michael and Heidi settled down in North San Diego County, building a home in Rancho Santa Fe.
Michael was an avid and competitive tennis player, an enthusiastic jogger, and connoisseur of simple yet excellent food.
He is survived by wife, Heidi; son, Peter Flynn and his wife Deanna of San Diego; daughter, Dr. Kate Flynn and her partner Dr. Tony King of Bristol in the United Kingdom; and grandchildren, Liam, Lydia and Daniel. In Ireland he is survived by sister, Dr. Betty O'Malley, and brothers, Thomas Flynn and Richard Flynn. He was preceded in death by brothers, David Flynn, Kieran Flynn and Dr. Martin Flynn.
His last years were spent in slow gradual decline of which he never once complained. He fought on stoically to the very end, dying peacefully in the evening of Monday the 25th of February, 2013. He remained a source of strength to everyone around him.
Michael P. Flynn, a good man who is sorely missed.
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Panic Disorder
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Michael was driving home from work one day and was caught in traffic. He suddenly noticed that his heart was beginning to race. He then felt short of breath, and tightness in his chest. When he began to sweat, he became concerned and drove to the nearest emergency room where they could find nothing physically wrong with him. Michael had just experienced his first panic attack. Over the next few weeks, the attacks became worse, and he started to avoid driving altogether.
Panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder in which the key symptom is the experience of unexpected panic attacks. These panic attacks consist of physical and/or cognitive symptoms such as racing heart, dizziness, blurred vision, fear of death, trembling, sweating, and shortness of breath. As shown in the above example, the experience of panic attacks may lead to the development of avoidance behavior, known as agoraphobia. In Michael's case, he started to avoid driving out of concern that he might have another panic attack, so his agoraphobia was limited to driving. However, it is common for avoidance behavior to occur in multiple situations. Those with panic disorder with agoraphobia may stop or reduce activities such as drinking coffee, sexual encounters, or taking hot showers in an effort to control the sensations that are associated with panic attacks.
Panic disorder with agoraphobia is the most common of the panic-related disorders, although individuals may also report panic disorder without agoraphobia (panic attacks without avoidance behavior) or agoraphobia without a history of panic (avoidance behavior related to one or two sensations of panic, but has never had an actual attack).
The Impact of Panic Disorder on Individuals and Families
The experience of panic can range from mild (where the person will have limited interference in their daily routine) to extremely severe (possibly resulting in being partially or completely housebound). The experience of panic for most panic sufferers is frightening and the avoidance can greatly alter one's lifestyle (e.g., inability to drive to work). As a change in their lifestyle becomes apparent, there is also a change in their personal relationships. Others around the person must take on more of the day-to-day routine and responsibilities (e.g., going to grocery stores or taking the kids to school). This may cause those around the panic sufferer to feel more stress from their increased duties. The additional stress experienced by the family can cause resentment and anger towards the person and then worsen the panic symptoms. At the same time, she or he may begin to show signs of depression as a result of their changed family role. The negativity that comes with depression may then lead the person to believe that they don't have the capability to improve their condition, and consequently increase their dependency, depression, and panic symptoms. If left untreated, this disorder can be consuming.
Knowing When to Seek Help
In general, a person should consider seeking help when the anxiety occurs too frequently, intensely, or is becoming disruptive in daily functioning (e.g., going to fewer parties or social gatherings, going out to stores or movies less than usual). A good rule to follow is to be conservative and consider seeking help from a mental health professional when you notice the following:
Frequently occurring panic attacks. If you have noticed that the attacks are increasing in either frequency or intensity, it may be a sign that they are becoming more difficult to control. At these times, it is advisable to seek help before the attacks begin to greatly interfere in your life.
The appearance of avoidance behavior. If you notice a decrease in the amount of time you spend in activities you have typically done in the past, you may want to consider seeking help, especially if the reason for the decrease is related to experiencing panic attacks. The same can be said for activities that may bring on some of the sensations of panic (e.g., coffee). If you are changing your behavior to reduce the number of activities that are associated with panic symptoms, you may be letting the fear of the sensations control your behavior at a subtle level, and should consider seeking help from a qualified mental health professional.
Dependency. If you notice that you are becoming more dependent on others to accomplish tasks that you would normally do because of the possibility of experiencing a panic attack, you may want to seek help. While this behavior is functional in the short-run, in the long-run dependency may intensify your anxious symptoms.
Use of safety-signals. Safety-signals are objects or people that you feel comfortable with and signal that you are less likely to experience a panic attack. As such, it is common for individuals with panic to seek safe objects or people. If you notice that you want others (e.g., spouse or partner) to accompany you more during usual activities, then you may want to seek help.
What Treatments are Available?
Treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia usually involves psychotherapy, medication, or a combination of the two. A qualified family therapist can work with you to determine which treatment will work best for your circumstances. Psychotherapy usually involves some form of behavior therapy. This basic approach consists of in-vivo exposure, which involves repeatedly entering the feared situations, gradually over time. The exposures can be conducted with or without the direct assistance of the therapist. A variation of this approach (cognitive behavioral therapy) involves conducting behavior therapy exposures in combination with helping you manage the troublesome thoughts that often accompany periods of intense anxiety. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a comprehensive treatment designed to influence the negative thinking (e.g., "I might die") that is common with panic disorder. It provides accurate information regarding the nature of panic and teaches specific techniques that allow the patient to correct the catastrophic thoughts that contribute to panic attacks. In this treatment, the patient is also taught to utilize breathing techniques to alleviate some of the physical sensations. This type of therapy has been shown to greatly reduce the return of panic symptoms in the future. Either of these treatments can be conducted individually, or in a couples or group format.
Anti-panic medications may be recommended, including benzodiazepines such as alprazolam, clonazepam, and lorazepam. These medications work well and are generally considered safe, quick acting, and have fewer side effects than other types of medications. While both medications and psychotherapy are effective, some patients have a preference for one type versus another.
Panic can be very distressing, but the good news is that it is treatable, and the treatments outlined here are very successful. The suffering does not have to last for an extended period of time. A qualified family therapist can help you explore your treatment options and recommend a treatment plan that is appropriate for you.
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Cleansing the Vembanad lake, their source of livelihood, of its impurities forms part of the religious ritual of a group of fishermen.
For the past three Mandalam seasons of the Sabarimala temple festival, the clam fishermen of Vembanad lake had been collecting plastic refuse from the bottom of the water body with religious zeal. At the end of the 40-day-long campaign, this season, they collected 75 gunny bags full of plastic and non-degradable materials from the lake. A local body from Alappuzha district has offered to use the plastic for surfacing roads.
Asoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Lake Protection Forums and Vembanad Nature Club have joined hands for carrying out the cleanliness drive. Usually, the plastic and other refuse that get entangled in clam nets are brought to land, said T.D. Jojo, the coordinator of the project. This year, the fishermen collected refuse from the lake in areas close to Arayad, Muhamma, and Thanneermukkam regions.
Most of the fishermen engaged in clam fishery have combined their religious beliefs with the drive. This year, 130 fishermen volunteered for removing the refuse from the lake, he said. The gunny bags filled with plastic refuse were laid along the track of the road. Later, red earth was spread over it and allowed to settle. The road would be laid on the stretch after some time.
The method was found effective in water-logged areas. The first road developed using plastic bags still remain intact, he said.


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2013-14 (Sophomore)
Sat out the season under NCAA rules after transferring from Eastern Illinois.
Before Stetson
Spent his freshman season at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. … played in 31 games off the bench for the Panthers and scored 59 points, recorded 14 rebounds, and dished out 15 assists as a freshman.
High School
2012 graduate of Wheaton Academy in Chicago … attended St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Ill. for three years before transferring to for senior season … led both high school teams to winning records during his four years of competition … averaged 15 points, four rebounds, and two assists per game in his final season at St. Joseph … named Illinois Basketball Association Fourth-Team All-State after averaging 16.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as a senior.
Full name is Cameron Brian Harvey … son of Tivonnia and Brian Harvey … has one sister, Chelsea.