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Liberty Bonds' Yield: a New Downtown
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Published: May 30, 2004
LIBERTY BONDS were meant to revitalize Lower Manhattan. They are on the verge of transforming it, too.
Several thousand rental apartments are being created in projects that have benefited from more than $1 billion in tax-exempt Liberty Bond financing, not only through the conversion of old office buildings but -- even more strikingly -- by the construction of new residential towers in the middle of the financial district and on the outskirts of the civic center.
A 45-story apartment tower at 10 Liberty Street, where tenants will begin moving this summer, shares an intersection with 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza and the Federal Reserve Bank. A block away, on tiny Gold Street, the concrete form of an even larger neighbor is rising toward the 52nd floor. And for a site near City Hall, Frank Gehry is designing an apartment tower with space for Pace University and NYU Downtown Hospital.
At 10 Liberty Street, rents start at $2,400 a month for a 650-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment; $3,870 for a 1,006-square-foot, two-bedroom unit. Downtown developers generally are seeking rents around $45 a square foot annually. ''What makes deals more attractive down there is that almost every building is offering incentives,'' said Andrew Heiberger, president and chief executive of the Citi Habitats brokerage firm.
Still, the buildings financed by Liberty Bonds unquestionably fall under the luxury rubric. Not everyone approves.
''It truly has changed how people are going to live in Lower Manhattan and who's going to live there,'' said Bettina Damiani, project director of Good Jobs New York, which monitors economic development subsidies. ''What Liberty Bonds are doing for the residential market of Lower Manhattan is, unfortunately, really speeding up the gentrification process.''
Housing officials respond that Liberty Bonds were not intended to create affordable housing, but to rebuild an area that was still staggering when the program began in 2002.
''At the time, the occupancy rate was 65 percent,'' recalled Emily A. Youssouf, the president of the city Housing Development Corporation and a downtown resident for 18 years. ''Living down here, and making a conscious decision to stay, I had a lot of neighbors who were fleeing, selling apartments at rock-bottom prices.'' The Liberty Bond program, she said, showed that the government was ''not afraid to make a statement about revitalizing Lower Manhattan'' at that precarious moment.
Residential occupancy rates are now 95 percent, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York. Carl Weisbrod, the president of the alliance, credited both Liberty Bonds and residential retention grants with reversing the post-9/11 exodus.
''In that sense, it was government programming at its very best,'' he said. On the downside, Mr. Weisbrod said, the fact that Liberty Bonds could be applied only to rental buildings ''skewed the decisions of developers from home-ownership product.'' That is important, he said, because ''ownership units provide a much greater stake in the community and much less transience -- not to say we don't welcome rental buildings.''
All told, the federal government authorized $1.6 billion in tax-exempt financing for multifamily rental projects in the so-called Liberty Zone south of Canal Street. Issuance of the bonds was divided between the city Housing Development Corporation and the state Housing Finance Agency.
''This isn't an $800 million giveaway,'' said Stephen J. Hunt, president and chief executive of the state agency. ''This is financing for $800 million. These developers are still taking a significant risk.''
Because interest on these bonds is not subject to federal, state or city taxes, purchasers accept lower interest rates. That means lower costs for borrowers, including builders like the Elghanayan family of Rockrose Development, the Albanese family of the Albanese Organization, Stephen M. Ross of the Related Companies and Leonard Litwin of Glenwood Management.
It also benefited Frank J. Sciame, F. Anthony Zunino III, Richard S. Berry and the Durst Organization, developers of an unusual project along Front Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District. Eight buildings are being renovated and three new buildings constructed to create 96 units. It received $46.3 million in state-issued bonds.
When the partners were negotiating to buy the property, the ''aftershocks of 9/11 were still rippling through the downtown residential market,'' said John M. Evans of Sciame Development. ''Liberty Bonds provided the critical margins that enabled the Bank of New York to step forward at that time and underwrite the project.''
To date, the city has closed $478.6 million in Liberty Bond financing for four projects with 1,934 units. Already completed is the conversion of 90 Washington Street by the Moinian Group into 398 apartments. The others involve the conversion of 63 Wall Street and 90 West Street and the construction of 2 Gold Street.
The corporation charges a 3 percent fee to developers and uses that to subsidize apartments at other sites for low- and middle-income tenants. Alluding to a tax-exempt financing program that reserves 20 percent of a building for lower-income tenants, Ms. Youssouf said, ''We, in essence, did an 80-20, but in a very inventive way.'' The four downtown projects will generate 390 units at 760 Melrose Avenue, 3880 Orloff Avenue and 1011 Washington Avenue in the Bronx; Beach 96th Street in Queens; and 1652 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
''The mayor does get credit for creativity,'' said Ms. Damiani of the Good Jobs watchdog group.


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|Semi-sweet chocolate
|3 1⁄2 Ounce (Plain Variety)
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|Liquid honey
|3 Tablespoon
|3 Tablespoon (Corn Flour)
|2 , separated
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|1 (Ripe, Juicy)
|Apricot preserve
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|Cocoa powder
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Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a bowl with the butter for 1 minute on HIGH.
Whisk the melted butter and chocolate and stir in the honey and cornstarch (cornflour).
Add the egg yolks to the mixture, beating well.
Whisk the whites to firm peaks and fold in carefully.
Oil a 6 inch (15 cm) Pyrex souffle mold (mould) and line the base with oiled non-stick parchment (greaseproof paper).
Spoon in the mixture.
Peel and core the pear and slice thinly.
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Season 7 of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" is reportedly taping and the close proximity between NeNe Leakes and Cynthia Bailey may be helping the two mend their relationship.
"It's a friendship. We had a rough patch and I'm really looking forward to moving forward with her," Cynthia recently told WCCB's QC Scene. "I will always have love for NeNe regardless of whether we're besties or not."
Cynthia hinted that things are as final as NeNe has made them seem the last few months as she's repeatedly stated that she'll never be friends with Cynthia again.
"You just have to watch the show to see how the dynamics of our relationship, friendship has changed and evolved," she said.
While Cynthia seemed optimistic about their future as friends, NeNe was reportedly lashing out at her "RHOA" co-stars via Twitter.
"Isn't it funny when people r tryin 2 use you & think u don't know it! How do u handle it?" wrote NeNe on Friday. That post followed one that has since been deleted in which NeNe suggested someone was selling her soul.
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Gibson Talks Maccabee On Goldblog
Anti-Semitic movie star also reveals painful childhood secret
So the gloves are off among Jewish communal leaders at the prospect of Mel Gibson's producing, directing, and perhaps even starring in a movie about Judah Maccabee. "Judah Maccabee deserves better," Abraham Foxman said. Did Foxman not see that Joe Eszterhas is on board?
We here at Tablet Magazine have long known that contributing editor Jeff Goldberg has been planning a book on Judah Maccabee—he's been writing it for our sister organization, Nextbook Press. But I cannot honestly say I was aware that Goldberg had sat down with Mel Gibson to discuss his childhood hero, the great Jewish warrior.
I don't want to spoil the interview excerpt for you. Suffice to say it mainly revolves around circumcision, and includes the BREAKING NEWS that Gibson himself has been cut.
Meanwhile, I think my favorite of what are surely many Freudian slips comes when Gibson ponders the prospect of depicting for the silver screen the process of un-circumcision, in which you wear weights down there to make the skin do something that sounds really, really painful. "You have to mention it," Gibson notes, "but you wouldn't want to make it a thing in the movie. 'Hold them down!' Jesus."
Hold them down, Jesus! (Um, don't actually watch this.)
Mel Gibson on Judah Maccabee, Christopher Hitchens, and Circumcision [Goldblog]
Jewish Leaders Slam Mel Gibson, Warner Bros. for Judah Maccabee Movie (Exclusive)
Judah Maccabee [Nextbook Press]
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My twin girls were born Feb 1st at 24 weeks gestional age. Emilia stopped breathing completely on Feb 8th. I'm devastated.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry. I will add you to my prayers. I hope your other LO does okay.
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Property Details
Cottage, 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, 12 Sleeps
Welcome to Lake Louise Getaway!
Enjoy an old-fashioned "Up North" family getaway in this
quiet, modern and very private beachfront cottage. The Lake Louise Getaway
is located on Lake Louise in Johannesburg, Michigan, just 20 minutes
from Gaylord. The lake is a private all-sports lake that is 43 acres. Sorry, no personal boats may be brought.
Recent Review
Guestbook CommentOur group had a fun weekend away at Lake Louise! Everything was easy to find and the cottage was very clean. Since we are huge Spartan fans, we were s...
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Guestbook CommentOur group had a fun weekend away at Lake Louise! Everything was easy to find and the cottage was very clean. Since we are huge Spartan fans, we were s...
Great place to stay
We stayed there only for 2 days, but LLG is offering enough to do for a whole week. Playing board-games, pool, air hockey, table tennis, Kayaking, canoeing, swimming, and then enjoying a lake-side BBQ. Two thumbs up for the LLG.
Great place to stay! Had a great time!
Hans, the owner is very good about getting back to you quickly. Thanks Hans!
A Great vacation getaway
A lovely week!
The game closet came in handy on a couple rainy days we had while we were there, and the game room downstairs was very nice for the adults once the kids were in bed for the night. Overall, we really enjoyed our week there, even our dog had a great time! The septic rules are understandable, we had to wait 30 minutes between showers and/or loads of laundry, but we got used to that. LLG had 4 kayaks, a canoe, a rowboat and a paddleboat available for our use, which was a nice addition, we did bring life jackets for the younger ones, they have life jackets there, but only M and L adult ones. The only downside is that you can't have personal watercraft on this lake. The solution was a fun one: we rented jetskis from Pro Source Rent All near Otsego Lake State Park and spent the day there one day. Wonderful state park and not too expensive rentals :)
We may return in the winter months to teach our boys to ski, we really loved this place, thank you so much!
Guestbook CommentWe spent 4 wonderful nights at the cottage to go snowmobiling at the end Feb. We thought the cottage was perfect. It really felt like home and had all...
The snowmobile trails were very easy to get to and everyone in Gaylord was nice. We loved everything. We look forward to coming back again next winter and maybe in the fall to fish.
Activity and Interests
The beach is one of the best on the lake! As you can see from the
pictures and maps, The Lake Louise Getaway is located on the tip of
the northwest end. There is a marsh island directly across from the
beach. This provides quiet and seclusion.
For the kids: In Lewiston (~20 min away) there is Smitty's Place
Family Fun Center. There they have Putt-putt golf, go-karts, pool
tables, arcade games, and air hockey. Plus they serve ice cream and
For the adults: Also in Lewiston, there is snowmobile and jet ski
rental available. They will deliver and pickup rentals right from
the cottage!! Also, take the family over to J & B's for a great atmosphere and a great dinner!
Of course, Gaylord is known as the Golf Mecca of the Midwest. With
over a 100 course offerings, discover all that the north has to
You can find peace and quiet nestled on this private beach property
located on private Lake Louise. Only 13 miles outside of Gaylord,
Michigan there is year 'round fun with plenty to do! In winter, for
snowmobiling, there is direct access to hundreds of miles of groomed
snowmobile trails and seasonal roads. In summer, there are ATV/ORV
trails minutes away. For skiers or golfers, we are only 15 minutes
to Treetops and with over 20 golf courses in the area, this is
considered the golf Mecca of the Midwest. It is also close to
casinos and only an hour to Mackinaw Island or how about visiting
Gaylord during Alpenfest or the Otsego County Fair?
Central location, minutes from scenic Gaylord - antiques / arts /
crafts, shopping and fine dining as well as prime golf courses and
fall color sites. Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes, the Grand
Traverse wine region, Petosky, Charlevoix and casinos are easy day
Rental rates
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May 31 2015 - Jun 27 2015
7 night minimum stay
Jun 28 2015 - Jul 31 2015
7 night minimum stay
Aug 1 2015 - Aug 31 2015
7 night minimum stay
September - May
Sep 1 2015 - May 31 2016
2 night minimum stay
Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.
Additional information about rental rates
- Pet Fee $125.00
Nightly Rate: $150 - $150
Weekly Rate: $700 - $1300
Monthly Rate: $0 - $0
All rates are subject to $50 Cleaning fee
Max of 12 people. Added charge for over 10.
July 4th Week
$1400 /week + $250 Security Deposit
$1000 /week + $250 Security Deposit
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$1300/week + $250 Security Deposit
Weekly rentals only! - Check-in is 4:00 PM Saturday - Check-out is
10:00 AM Saturday
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$700/week + $100 Security Deposit
$150/night (min 2 night) + $100 Security Deposit
Arrivals and departures are negotiable
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- Family
- Luxury
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- Internet
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
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- 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 12
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- This cozy three-bedroom cottage that sleeps up to twelve is clean, modern and comfortable. The master bedroom has a queen size bed, bedroom #2 also has a queen sized bed, bedroom #3 has one twin bunk bed and a twin and the family room has a sleeper sofas that will sleep two more. The basement has an additional twin bunk bed, full bed and sleeper sofa. Living room amenities include: 32" HDTV, HD satellite TV, DVD player, computer, high speed wireless internet, and board games. The kitchen is fully equipped with range, microwave, coffee maker, refrigerator, toaster, blender and all cooking utensils. It also has a full-sized washer and dryer. For some outdoor cooking, you'll find a gas/charcoal grill and picnic table. A row boat, paddelboat, canoe and 3 kayaks are included for your enjoyment. Life jackets are provided and are required when using the boats. Linens and towels are provided. In the basement is a pool table and bar style darts. There is also an additional 36" TV with video games! An arcade style air hockey table and foosball table are now in the garage.


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Senior Linux Administrator / Virtualization /Asterisk / VoIP / cPanel
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I am a senior technical engineer who has 15 years IT experience in the following areas: Advanced Linux Cluster Administration Advanced Proxmox Cluster Administration Asterisk/Trixbox/Elastix/VoIP architect Advanced Knowledge of shell scripting Advanced Knowledge of Perl programming Network Administration Network Security (Penetration Testing) Server Auditing Technical Support Virtualization (mainly Parallels Virtuozzo/openVZ/ProxMox) Web hosting Control panels such as cPanel,Plesk,DirectAdmin Tweaking and Optimizing Apache for better performance Hardening PHP Data recovery
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Over the last 7 years I've been focusing on Linux based systems(Debian,Ubuntu,CentOS,Fedora etc). Install,maintain and troubleshoot voip,web,database,file servers(asterisk,apache,exim,postfix, mysql,ftp ...). I've a strong knowledge of network protocols. Knowledge of web technologies:html,css,javascript,ajax. programming/scripting skills: C#,php,perl,bash,awk,sed. I have a strong background in voip,mainly asterisk based systems - asterisk,asterisknow, trixbox, elastix,freepbx,a2billing. Configuration IVR,predictive dialers,conferencing,voicemail etc. Dialplan and AGI programming. Ip phone/voip adapter configuration/management/troubleshooting(Cisco,Polycom,Linksys etc). Good knowledge of SIP protocol.
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I am looking for projects that I can complete on a part-time basis. They can be either short term projects or long term projects. I can also provide ongoing consulting and administration if needed. I am experienced in Cisco Routing & Switching, MPLS, Security, Network infrastructure applications ( SNMP, Radius, DNS, DHCP , etc) Voip - including Asterisk, Call-Manager , Unity, FreePBX, Elastix. Server administration experience ( Linux, FreeBSD)
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I have more than 10 years of experience in installation and support of carrier-grade VoIP services based on Asterisk, OpenSIPS, Kamailio, Freeswitch and proprietary SIP/VoIP software. My professional interests are Callcenters, automated dialer systems and integration of VoIP software with company information flows. You can rely on my strong engineering and programming skills for projects starting from single VoIP server to a complete wholesale/carrier VoIP solutions including billing, call data analysis, security and fraud prevention. I have developed complete SIP solutions for VoIP carriers worldwide: Proxy/Registrars, IVR, prepaid systems, multi-tenant VoIP switches, hardware PSTN gateways (Cisco AS5300/5500, Audiocodes Mediant 2000, Quintum Tenor). I have experience in setup, administration and security of Asterisk, FreePBX, Elastix and FreeSWITCH PBX installations. As a programmer I use PHP, Javascript (both client-side using jQuery and Angular.js and server-side with node.js), Perl (system scripts/applications, Mojolicious webapps). I also have experience in development and administration of MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases. I'm experienced network engineer, skilled in routing and switching, general network architecture planning and deployment, network monitoring and security, including HA solutions (heartbeat/pacemaker). I use Zabbix and have some experience with Nagios and other monitoring software. I can also offer you consulting support in VoIP and network technologies.
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Over the last nine years I have actively engaged in designing and implementing VOIP telephony related infrastructure which involved in installation, provisioning and commissioning of highly complex VOIP solutions using Asterisk, A2billing, Elastix, Asternic, PIAF, Trixbox and Amazon AWS cloud telephony, Azure, HP Cloud, Rackspace and Digital Ocean Asterisk telephony installation. Provides call centre solutions using Asterisk, A2billing and Asternic. G729/G723 codec installation also Genband C3, Genband G9, Genband T800, Genband S3, Nextone VOIP Support.
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Since last 7 years now I'm involved intensely in end-to-end VoIP setups. That included pre-deployment 360 degree Architecture planning. Actual development of the projects, including aiding other teams develop the exact required component for the projects. And after deployment Support. My career objectives are to be a very flexible expert capable of working on almost any layer. Come up with intelligent solutions to help achieve business goals smartly. I'm proficient in following domains * VoIP * Server Administration * Network Administration I've experience in Following tools. * Asterisk * FreeSwitch * OpenSIPs * Kamailio * SEMS * Vyatta * MySQL * Linux OSs I've worked in following languages. * C++ * Perl * Php * Shell scripting Find More about Me from my VoIP Blog: http://saevolgo.blogspot.com
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Great thanks for viewing my profile. I have 7 years experience in ANDROID, IOS and .NET developing. I have developed several smart type of MOBILE apps(20+) and WEBSITES(10+) using .NET. I can develop mobile app with NATIVE language or using XAMARIN. I have also lots of experience in other WEB SKILLs(HTML5/jQuery/CSS, PHP) and Database Administration(MySQL, Oracle, Sqlite) I also have full experience in Asterisk and softphone calling apps. The 5 things made me different from other oDesk contractors. 1. I feel I am the best fit for this job, because I am a team player, very energetic. 2. I'm an Expert, Honest, Sincere and Responsible worker as I'm taking my work like my Responsibility. 3. Great communication with my Clients.(via Skype, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger or direct phone, email) 4. I love to juggle multiple tasks; will go the extra mile to get the job done. 5. 100% GURANTEED Satisfaction. Respectfully, Samir Nassar.
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'28.9 million Indians suffering from at least one cardiovascular disease'
If everything goes as per plan, patients suffering with heart ailments can hope to get the life saving stents at half the price.
What is more the new stents made of polymeric bio-absorbable material promises to be one better than the widely used metal stents.
The '3V-Avatar' as the country's first bio-absorbable endovascular drug coated stent is called, commenced its animal trials on Tuesday, and hopes to hit the market by 2014-15.
This product is launched by S3V Vascular Technologies (cell: 09849019432).
The fourth generation medical device is the result of the initiative taken by four business management students of Indian School of Business (ISB). N.G. Badari Narayan, Chava Satyanarayana, Aju Jacob and Ravi Prayaga are the first batch students of Post Graduate programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX) at ISB.
Though hailing from diverse backgrounds, they formed a team to manufacture hi-tech globally competitive medical devices at affordable price.
"It is a dream come true for us in ISB", remarked its Dean, Ajit Rangnekar.
Unique stent
Speaking to presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Narayan said their stent was unique in that it got dissolved in 18 months allowing the blocked vessel to resume its natural function of constriction and dilation.
"There is no danger of late stent clotting. Moreover, the 3V Avatar keeps releasing a pro healing drug during its dissolving phase and anti-proliferative drugs for the first 90 days," Mr. Narayan explained.
He said the market for interventional cardiology products was growing in the country with an estimated 28.9 million Indians suffering from at least one cardiovascular disease.
"We plan to build a global Indian company," Mr. Narayan said.
The cutting edge medical technology is being set up with an investment of Rs. 140 crore. Of this Rs. 20 crore is the promoters commitment, Rs. 30 crore is the share of strategic investors and the rest is being raised from banks.
The company also plans to establish itself in certain niche areas of current global research and develop internationally patentable technologies.
Keywords: cardiovascular disease, S3V Vascular Technologies, polymeric bio-absorbable material stents


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BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Another Tale of Sex, Politics, Hollywood and Particle Physics
By JANET MASLIN
Published: April 7, 2004
By Herman Wouk
278 pages. Little, Brown. $25.
Herman Wouk's new novel carries the occasional hint that the author is closing in on his 89th birthday next month. There are indications that his Pulitzer Prize-winner, ''The Caine Mutiny,'' arrived more than 50 years ago. So when the new book, ''A Hole in Texas,'' turns to the subject of movies, its main character observes that ''compared to Valentino, Tom Cruise is a body double.'' The beautiful Chinese woman in the story is said to be ''so pretty, sort of like Anna Mae Wong.''
And Mr. Wouk also uses the nostalgic preobscenity ''whatever the Sam Hill it is'' to characterize the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle around which this novel revolves. Well, whatever the Sam Hill he may have had in mind with such a premise, he spins it into a crackling yarn and writes with an enduring vigor that whippersnappers might envy.
Regarding the Higgs boson: despite the uncanny ability of particle physics to nudge diet books off the best-seller list (as is currently the case with Brian Greene's ''Fabric of the Cosmos''), this topic is a toughie. ''At a rough guess, 99.9999 percent of all Americans don't know'' what a Higgs boson is, Mr. Wouk acknowledges at the outset. The boson requires some long, explanatory e-mail messages shoehorned into an otherwise fluid narrative, not to mention a note of steady indignation.
The impetus for this story is a real scientific debacle: the research mission to build a superconducting super collider in Waxahatchie, Tex. When Congress withdrew financing in 1993 -- at a cost, Mr. Wouk says, of a billion dollars just to close it down -- 2,000 particle physicists were left high and dry.
''A Hole in Texas'' blames both politics and Congressional ignorance for this outcome. ''To my worm's-eye view,'' says the novel's bluntly outspoken main character, Dr. Guy Carpenter, the project was stopped ''for complicated political reasons by myopic ignoramuses, who rationalized what they did on a grubby budgetary basis.'' . He also thinks that money for the super collider was allocated elsewhere ''because the space station was sexy enough for the House illiterates to vote for it. Barely!''
Clearly, Mr. Wouk is a long way from ''Marjorie Morningstar'' with this subject. But he manages to surround Guy with a fair amount of soap-operatic drama. Guy, a NASA scientist, is dragged into the obligatory media flap once the Higgs boson turns out to have been detected after all -- by the Chinese. ''A mere 10 years later, a global thunderclap bursts on a shamed America,'' The Washington Post supposedly reports.
Guy is not one to look baffled or alarmed when the boson is mentioned. Instead, he turns misty over its romantic connotations. Years ago he was involved with the beautiful Dr. Wen Mei Lee, who is now at the center of the Chinese research effort. Long before she was nicknamed ''Mother of the Bomb'' (for a potential boson-related weapon), she was known as Wendy to an amorous Guy.
As Dr. Lee prepares to visit the United States, and investigators wonder whether Guy's longtime correspondence with her carries hints of espionage (the name of Dr. Wen Ho Lee is consciously echoed), another glamorous female sashays into the story: Congresswoman Myra Kahane, a former movie star. Myra, formerly Moira, is the widow of one of the Democratic congressmen who killed the super collider. She has stepped into his job and now needs Guy's scientific expertise to get her up to speed, boson-wise. Although Myra talks about her hair appointments, she also quashes Guy's expectation that she is a ''dumb bunny.'' As he says, more or less gallantly: ''Not at all. She's ignorant and she knows it. I liked that.''
So Guy becomes involved in a charmingly quaint flirtation with Myra. And Myra confides about this to the portrait of her dead husband, with which she likes to converse. ''That's one uxorious physicist, sweetie,'' she tells the picture -- referring to the third woman in Guy's orbit, his ''dish'' of a wife, Penny. Even when Penny gets fed up with Guy's gallivanting, she speaks about him with the book's characteristic gusto. ''I love the swine like a new bride, and I wish to hell I could tell him so right now,'' Penny says.
Among the supposedly satirical elements in ''A Hole in Texas'' are the movie industry's efforts to seduce Guy and recruit him as a technical consultant for a sci-fi epic. For reasons understood only by Mr. Wouk, Dustin Hoffman turns up for a major cameo at a Bel Air party. (''Nice man, Dustin. Really interested in the human genome.'') And the press gets similar celebrity treatment, once Peter Jennings is yanked into the book to report breathlessly on Dr. Wen Mei Lee's imminent trip to Washington. In the end, Guy and Wendy are briefly but meaningfully reunited. And the book confides, sentimentally but touchingly: ''Well, all guys have had a Wen Mei Lee.''
The warmth, the creakiness and the genuine zest of ''A Hole in Texas'' are all to be found in Guy's lingering assessment of his old sweetheart: ''Mei remained inscrutable, not because, like Fu Manchu, she was Oriental, but because, like his wife, she was a woman. That difficult equation resisted solution more than Fermat's last theorem.''
Those qualities also color Guy's hot-blooded answer to a question about his past. ''What happened in Shanghai is known only to two people on God's green earth, Wen Mei Lee and myself,'' Guy retorts, ''and we'll both take it with us to our graves to perfume our dust.''
Photo: Herman Wouk (Photo by Little, Brown)


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Los Angeles, August 21, 2008
Punches in bunches, stay off the ropes, move your head, hands up
. These are the words four of boxings best trainersRoger Bloodworth, Ignacio Beristain, Dean Campos and Buddy McGirtare saying these days as they prepare their respective pugilistsJoel Casamayor, Juan Manuel Marquez, Sergio Mora and Vernon Forrestfor their upcoming bouts. Casamayor vs. Marquez The Challenge, a 12-round bout for Casamayors Ring Magazine World Lightweight Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Romanza Boxing Productions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, Cazadores Tequila and Southwest Airlines..
Mora-Forrest II is the 12-round co-featured bout presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Tournament of Contenders, Gary Shaw Productions and Fight Knight, LLC. The double header will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Heres a look at these four great trainers and what they have to say about their stars while bunkered down in daily training camp life.
ROGER BLOODWORTH (Head Trainer and Camp Chef - Joel Casamayor)
Trainer Roger Bloodworth followed his fighter Joel El Cepillo Casamayor (36-3-1, 22 KOs) to Phoenix, AZ for training camp almost seven weeks ago where they set up shop at the MD Systems Boxing Gym, the same gym they used for Casamayors past four fights. Deep into camp, Bloodworth has Casamayor spending hours in the gym and sparring three to four times a week with several different sparring partners. Casamayor and Bloodworth are back together for Joels second consecutive fight since they reunited for Casamayors impressive performance on March 22, 2008 a knock out of previously undefeated and then World Champion Michael Katsidis. Bloodworth, who trained Casamayor when he defeated Lamont Pearson and Diego Corrales in 2006, not only serves as Casaymayors trainer, but as his personal chef as well.
Bloodworth is one of the most experienced trainers in the boxing today, training some of the best fighters out there including Casamayor, Jeff Lacy and David Tua. Previous clients have included former world champions Eddie Hopson, John John Molina, Raul Marquez, Fernando Vargas, Robbie Peden, Evander Holyfield and Pernell Whitaker. Bloodworth has been a professional trainer since 1989 having started 10 years earlier in the amateur ranks before moving up to the pros.
This camp has been a little bit different for Joel. He is a little more intense and focused than past camps. Hes been a pro for a long time, so he trains the same way every time, but this camp he is more dedicated, more intense and training really hard for Marquez.
Bloodworth spends most of his time going from training camp to training camp, hardly ever making it home to Illinois, but he enjoys the challenge of participating in big fights with experienced fighters like Casamayors test against Marquez. He works with Joel to keep him calm and focused at the task at hand.
Joel has fought guys that were as good and well-proven as Marquez in the past. Marquez is a great fighter, but so is Joel. He is preparing like he normally does against a great fighter. He doesnt get nervous or over excited or anxious, its just a fight for him. This is his job and he is doing what he has to do to be prepared for September 13th.
Although training in the gym, running and watching films is the normal key to success, Bloodworth has taken his job a step further, by not only acting as Casamayors head trainer, but also as the camp chef.
The trick is to eat, but not over eat, so you have to control portions. Joel eats very well, three maybe four times a day (and if Im not looking maybe five the trainer said with a wink). I dont believe in starving fighters. I started cooking at training camp because it was cheaper for me to cook than to hire a chef. I dont cook really fancy
I just cook simple meals that are healthy. Joel really likes chicken, salmon, steamed vegetables and once in a while I make pasta, but I only use whole wheat or brown rice pasta. We dont eat any junk food, just a clean diet because he has to burn more calories than he takes in.
While Bloodworth is busy with the time spent training in the gym and maintaining Joels weight with a healthy diet in the kitchen, he also spends time watching films of Marquezs past fights in order to develop a strategy for a victory on September 13th.
Weve been watching films and Marquez is an excellent fighter. I think its going to be a great fight. Joels weight is good, training is good, but we dont want to be on weight too soon, because I like to have my fighters be able to eat right up until the time of the weigh in and bring them down slowly.
IGNACIO NACHO BERISTAIN (Head Trainer - Juan Manuel Marquez)
Ignacio Nacho Beristain, has been training Juan Manuel Dinamita Marquez (48-4-1, 35 KOs) for nearly 25 years, well before Marquez began his impressive professional career at the age of 19. The duo is once again training in Mexico City at the Romanza Gym. On Friday afternoon, Marquez travels to Nevado de Toluca where he is tucked away in a no-frills cabin, free from interruption from the outside world (as well as plumbing). Beristain watches over Marquez every day with a careful eye. Here is how the long-standing duo handles the rigors of camp and preparing for another battle.
When one looks at Beristains 47-year professional career it is easy to see why he is considered one of the best trainers to ever emerge from Mexico. He has trained current and former World Champions Rafael Marquez, Ricardo Finito Lopez, Daniel Chato Zaragoza, Humberto Chiquita Gonzalez, Gilberto Roman, Jose Luis Bueno, Melchor Cob Castro, Gustavo Guty Espadas, Guadalupe Pintor, Eric Ortiz, Víctor Manuel Rabanales, Enrique Sanchez, Vicente Saldivar, and many more
The 69-year-old trainer has described this camp as a change of pace for the experienced Marquez because he is going up a weight class and has had to alter some of Marquezs routine to accommodate the weight difference.
We have been working really hard in the gym. Juan has been lifting more weights to focus on gaining strength and muscle. We have changed his diet as well. He has been eating more carbohydrates to gain the extra weight. Moving up in weight is a very difficult process for Juan because he is a natural 126 pound fighter and normally fights at 130 pounds, so he is going up even more. The weight is definitely an advantage for Casamayor because after the weigh-in, Juan will not gain that much weight. He will probably fight around 142 pounds at the most and Casamayor will definitely go up more than that.
Nacho and Juan have a different relationship than most trainer/fighter duos. They have been working together for over 25 years and have developed a special bond that extends outside of the gym.
We have a different relationship than I have with my other fighters
it is more than just fighter and trainer. He is more than just my fighter; Juan is one of my best friends. My job is to prevent mistakes for Juan, so I am being very careful with his diet and his training to make sure he is 100 percent ready so that nothing will go wrong on September 13th.
DEAN CAMPOS (Head Trainer - Sergio Mora)
Sergio The Latin Snake Mora (21-0-1, 5 KOs) is deep into training camp in his hometown of East Los Angeles. As the champion of the first season of NBCs The Contender, Mora moved on to bigger and better professional fights, finally reaching his world title dream by defeating Forrest for the WBC World Super Welterweight crown in June 2008. Training Mora for the rematch are Dean Campos and John Montelongo, who have been with him since the age of 15. Moras training regimen includes sparring three times a week, focusing on strength and conditioning and eating a balanced diet of certain fats, carbohydrates and proteins that his nutritionist Robert Ferguson has created for him in order to keep him performing his best during the training process.
Dean Campos, who has been training Mora since he was an amateur fighter, is preparing for Mora for his upcoming September 13th rematch against Vernon Forrest from the comforts of their Los Angeles-based training camp just as they have done throughout their 15-year relationship. The team prefers to stay close to home to alleviate pressures of being away from family and friends which gives them the ability to focus on training camp.
Camp is going well and he is working hard as usual. We're always confident that we will be successful in a fight because we put so much into our preparation and know it will pay off in the end. We like to cover the bases so that there's nothing left for us to be surprised with when we get into the ring with our opponent.
Due to their long standing relationship and their shared journey throughout Moras career, Campos has opted to focus on training only Mora at this stage. Being that Mora has reached his life-long dream of winning a world title, Campos has left his other athletes in order to give his full support and dedication to Mora. With the extra time to prepare and the first bout behind them, Campos has a clear game plan of what he needs to do to prepare Mora in this rematch.
Basically, we are doing some of the things we worked on in preparation for the first fight, only this time around, with a lot of practice we're able to do them better. I think Vernon will bring more pressure so we're definitely going to be pulling out some new moves.
Campos discussed the importance of their entire camps participation in Moras success, stating that assistant trainer John Montelongo is a crucial piece to the puzzle.
Our relationship is like a triangle, we all have our own strengths, so each one of us takes care of our own corner and it just works...we're like a pyramid.
BUDDY MCGIRT (Head Trainer - Vernon Forrest)
James Buddy McGirt, arguably one of the best trainers in the world, is training former two-division World Champion Vernon The Viper Forrest (40-3, 29 KOs) for a fifth consecutive fight. The duo started working together when Forrest beat former World Champion Ike Quartey in August 2006 and have continued to do so since, including Forrests wins against Carlos Baldomir and Michele Piccirillo. Forrest chose to remain in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, to train for this fight and asked McGirt if he would mind travelling away from his usual training locale in Vero Beach, Florida, for camp. McGirt is making a sacrifice for Forrest, as he is not a big fan of travelling to train fighters, but he believes it is what the pugilist needs to be victorious September 13.
I dont mind coming to Atlanta because that is what Vernon wanted and it fit my schedule. I think psychologically its good for Vernon too as he was away from home too long for his last camp and probably suffered from some emotional burnout. Besides, its not too far from Florida and I go home on the weekends. It sure beats going to California which I absolutely will never do again (McGirt travelled to Big Bear, California to train Fernando Vargas for his fight against Fitz Vanderpool in 2003 and returned to another California camp in 2006 to train Joel Casamayor for his second fight with Diego Corrales). My comfort zone is the East Coast.
Since his official retirement as a fighter in 1997, James Buddy McGirt, who is joined in Forrests camp by longtime Forrest coach Al Mitchell and conditioning specialist Charles Watson, has successfully trained countless fighters and 10 world champions.
I turned pro on January 17, 1976 and on January 18, I knew I wanted to be a trainer, McGirt said. Even when I was fighting I was always in the gym helping amateurs. When people ask me if I think I was a better fighter or trainer, I lean towards trainer (although most say fighter because I was a World Champion) because I love teaching and helping people. Working with fighters is my passion. It gives me great satisfaction watching them succeed.
Team Forrest has set up accommodations in one of Forrests homessecluded in the woods away from much of anything. While this is peaceful for Forrest, it is much less so for McGirt.
Listen. The fighters say there is nothing to do in Vero, but Vernons got me out here in the middle of nowhere, said McGirt. It is so dark at night that I am afraid of being outside by myselfI have to ride around in my car if I want to smoke a cigar.
Forrests upset loss to Mora last June has helped to keep both McGirt and Forrest focused mentally on the fight. McGirt sees his primary role at Forrests camp to help keep him calm and stress-free during their six week training period, not to teach the veteran fighter new moves.
The most devastating thing for a fighter is to lose to a guy you know you should never have lost to in the first place, said McGirt. That alone lights a fire inside of you. My job is to maintain that fire inside of Vernon and make sure that it doesnt ignite to a five-alarm disaster or on the flip side, burn out entirely. We dont talk much about the first fightif he brings it up cool, but it is not necessary to dwell on what happened. I just have to get him ready to not let it happen again. And for Vernon, whose boxing skills and experience have proven themselves to be superior to Moras skills, it is keeping him mentally relaxed up until fight time that counts the most.
For his first fight against Mora, Vernon was in camp too long, almost three months. He over-trained and peaked early. There were days when he should have taken off and he did something anyway, whether running an extra mile or shadow-boxing a few rounds. When Vernon beat Picirillo and Baldomir, he had six week camps for both fights and he looked great. We have a set plan and schedule now and he is sticking to it which makes my job that much easier.
McGirt is the father of eight kids (seven of which are girls) ranging in age from six to twenty-five years old. He already has three grandchildren and is steadily watching the progress of his only son, 20-year old James Jr., as he continues his professional career.
I get a different kind of nervous feeling when my son fights than when the other fighters I work with get in the ring. With my son its as if I am getting in the ring with him and I almost get the same feeling as when I was fighting. But whether it is fighting, training or training my son, the same thing happens every time. Once the bell rings, the nervousness is gone and it is time to fight.
The Casamayor vs. Marquez and Mora-Forrest II pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $44.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to 71 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Casamayor vs. Marquez fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.
5th Annual "Irish" Micky Ward Celebrity Golf Tournament - September 8, 2008
The Retired Boxers Foundation is proud to announce the Fifth Annual "Irish" Micky Ward Celebrity Golf Tournament, to be held on Monday, September 8, 2008 at the Indian Ridge Club in Andover, MA. This years event promises to be even better than the last with the return to a fantastic championship venue and our new and returning celebrity personalities. This years event will once again be a scramble format with some great contests and prizes. Register early because space is limited!
For business or individuals who wish to showcase their company or cause, we have many sponsorship opportunities available, for specific details please see our sponsorships page.
The mission of the Retired Boxers Foundation is to assist retired professional boxers, especially those suffering from alcohol and substance abuse problems, homelessness and the effects of pugilistic dementia (the medical term for being "punch drunk"), in the transition from their glorious days in the ring to a dignified retirement
Please join us for as great day of golf and help out a worthy cause at the same time. For further information, or to register online, please visit www.rbfgolf.com
The Retired Boxers Foundation was started by Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos in 1998.
Tommy Karpency Headlines Friday in WV
Light heavy, Tommy Karpency (11-1-1) of Pennsylvania headlines a six bout card this Friday at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia. Karpency will face Tiwon Taylor (26-14-1) of Las Vegas in the eight round main event. The co-feature pits Jimmy Lubash (8-1) against Etianne Whitaker (33-29) in a six round super middleweight bout. Heavyweights highlight the remainder of the undercard. Jim Emrick (5-1-1) meets Octavius Smith (4-6) in a six, while Jason Bergman (6-6-2) faces Carlton Johnson (15-16-2) in a four rounder. The card is being presented by Simons' Promotions.
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For those with one LO - is your home "clean"?
DH(25) + ME(24) = July 10, 2010
Expecting a new Jelly Bean! Thinking PINK!!! (EDD) 11-10-14
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D(ds- 8/2007) S(ds- 4/2012) P(my so) K(me) and now N for baby girl 1/8/14
I have only one baby and our house is filthy. Well, I have a cat napper who won't stay alone in the room at all, so if I have to choose between doing chores while baby is crying and playing with her...
Right now my house is pretty clean, but that is because my little guy and my hubby are sick so I went nuts and disinfected everything. I have a very hard time keeping up with the house since Jax arrived. I don't have enough time in the day. I get up at 4, workout with DH, get ready for work, get Jax ready for sitter, go to work, get out of work, pick up jax go home, give jax snack, have snack myself, make dinner, feed self and Jax, feed animals( 3 dogs, 3 cats, Tortoise and fish) give Jax bath, DH gets home, warm up DH's dinner, sit with him and talk a little, go to bed. Throw in some Laundry folding or vacuuming and that is my day Monday through Friday. And if I don't get up at 4 to work out then I have to work out after I get home with Jax, so no time for laundry or vacuuming. I try to catch up on all laundry on Saturday or sunday. My DH generally cleans the kitchen before bed, so that's a big help! And one of us picks up all the toys around the house before bed also.
Jennifer (34) Wife to Will (38) and Mommy to Rainbow Baby Jax (04/12/12) and lots of fur babies! Next little miracle coming January 28th, it's a boy!
Oh and throw in playtime in between all other things, and that's pretty much every minute filled. If I could get a couple more hours in the day and Jax was occupied during those hours, my house would be perfect! But I don't care, I love playing with him and that's more important to me right now. I have no problem keeping up with the house on my days off, so I would like to think if I didn't work outside the home full-time, then my house was be clean and organized. It was clean when I was on maternity leave
Jennifer (34) Wife to Will (38) and Mommy to Rainbow Baby Jax (04/12/12) and lots of fur babies! Next little miracle coming January 28th, it's a boy!
This post just made me laugh alittle, because everyones version of "clean" is different.
She just started work last week and we've known each other for a while before she asked me to babysit. I could care less if your house is not clean but from her tone, don't make me feel like crap because I keep my house clean. That's great for her that she gives her DD her undivided attention but I think it's pretty great that my LO can play alone so I can do things and return back to him :)
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Although Guidestar offers premium services, the amount of free information Guidestar makes available to registrants has provided many with a comfort level to rely on the website to document information about nonprofits. My recent experience, however, was a reminder that requesting source documents is the primary way to gather supporting information.
My first attestation job is an agreed-upon-procedure reviewing tax returns for an organization that is not a 501(c)(3). The organization wanted to ensure its chapters are recognizing and reporting revenue in the same way it is listed on their tax returns. The chapters have different fiscal years, and not all of them have provided their returns.
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March 16th, 2006 #1
AFgal's sketchbook!!! [Back to Basics]
This is the second sketchbook I'm starting here. This is my more serious sketchbook. I'm going to take more time on each sketch and really focus on what I'm doing. My influences are archeology, anthropology, natural history, ancient history, nature, animals, aviation and the military. I really like Bridgman and I'm currently studying him. Basically I am self-teaching myself so any help is greatly appreciated.
11 November 2005 - First attempt at drawing my hand in various positions.
16 February 2006 - My second attempt at drawing my hand in various positions.
14 March 2006 - Bridgman
15 March 2006 - Bridgman
16 March 2006 - Bridgman Hands
These hand studies were really hard and all of them are off in one way or another. I need to do these again and again until I get them right.
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I'm lovin' the frog.
sketchbook: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...=1#post2075513
March 17th, 2006 #3
hi! thanks for stopping by at my sketchbook -- nice studies! i should start studying bridgman, too. your hands look a lot better after working with his book, so there's definetely an improvement! keep it up!
March 17th, 2006 #4
frog and *BAM*: I love that frog too!!
stine: Thanks for the comments. I like Bridgman's style so that makes a huge difference though the hands are really hard.
17 March 2006 - Thought I'd try to do something a little different today.
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March 17th, 2006 #5
Hey afgal! Glad to see you doing some studies! That frog is sweet.
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March 18th, 2006 #6
What's up? Those eyes, are rendered quite nicely, and those bridgeman hand studies are looking good. My only suggestion is to make sure to keep drawing a lot from life as well.
March 18th, 2006 #7
Whoa! That is a huge improvement! I have got to study bridgman!
I still like the first one the best. great style.
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March 18th, 2006 #8
Thanks everyone for the comments. I definitly need to draw more from real life. Which I am now making it a point to do that. I've notice that I can draw already drawn stuff fairly well or at least I've improved in that a lot but real life, while much better from a couple months ago still has a long long way to go.
18 March 2006 - Not my characters. Was trying to replicate from a cartooning book.
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March 18th, 2006 #9
I was almost thinking the frog was a black and white photograpie ^^ , eyes are cool, your bridgman's studies looks good too
keep like this, improvements are on the way
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March 18th, 2006 #10
Thanks! Nope the frog is charcoal.
Did some more life drawing but my subject was easily distracted so I couldn't spend as much time on it as I wanted. I have a long ways to go on this stuff. I also did a contour one where I only looked at the cat. I can tell a huge difference between that one and the attempts where I looked at the cat and the paper. Need to turn off the draw what you think you know part of the brain!
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March 19th, 2006 #11
I've been under the weather today so in between naps I've played with oil pastel and blind contour. I also hope to get some Bridgman and a something else done today.
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March 19th, 2006 #12
19 March 2006
Decided to render a butterfly. Referencing a photo. This is just the beginning. The proportions are off a little.
March 19th, 2006 #13
Hey afgal! The cat and blind gestures are looking good. Keep it up!
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ProtoSSG: Cup-of-Joe ~ Kitsu ~ White Rose ~ Afgal
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March 20th, 2006 #14
Looking at photographs to do this. I'm still squashing them or something.
March 20th, 2006 #15
20 March 2006
I woke up wanting to create a ladybug character. This is just some prelimanery idea sketches I came up with off the top of my head. Any critiques or ideas would be great.
March 21st, 2006 #16
21 March 2006
1. Blind Contour
2. 3rd Hand attempt - my own hand. First two are in earlier posts. I think Bridgman is starting to pay off.
3. Technical Pen master sheet.
March 23rd, 2006 #17
22 March 2006 - From magazines
23 March 2006 - Beginning inking a butterfly I will color with Pitt Brush Pens.
March 26th, 2006 #18
26 March 2006
Studying out of Nicolaides' book. 30 Minute contour drawing only looking at subject. I'm still making the legs really short.
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March 26th, 2006 #19
Hey afgal, looking good! Try to block things out with shapes more. I also think you're missing the point of a blind contour. The purpose is speed to catch the movement or pose of a fast moving subject. Instead of 30 min blind contours, do 30 sec to 1 min contours. Try doing a few of these of a subject before drawing it to get a feel of it, then spend your 30 min doing a more rendered version. Blind contours are also a good way to look away from the paper more.(You should spend most of your time looking at the subject). For people, setting up the 8 heads always helps. Try building people out of basic shapes insted of lines. Mentler has a great tutorial and notes on this in his sketchbook. Keep it up, your showing definate improvement!
(sorry if his was a little long)
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March 27th, 2006 #20
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March 30th, 2006 #21
Some final prep work for tomorrow's first life drawing class. This were quickies 1 - 2 minutes.
Charcoal on the left. Conte Crayon on the right.
Conte Crayon
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March 30th, 2006 #22
First Life Drawing Class - 30 March 2006
1 Minute Quick Sketches
2 Minute Quick Sketches - Foreshortening on the 2nd one killed me.
5 Minute Sketches
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
The angle I had for this one really played with my mind and I ended up squishing the figures again.
March 30th, 2006 #23
Hey afgal! Glad to see you going to some figure drawing classes! You seem to have a big problem with squishing figures. Try to always set up the 8 heads before doing a figure drawing, it will help alot. Keep it up!
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March 30th, 2006 #24
Thanks Cup of Joe. I looked at my drawing and the camera angle I took the picture from made the squishing worse. But they are still ahh short. I started to big with the head. Plus the class kept teasing them so there was some shifting around and all that. Overall I am pleased with it. Thanks for the comments.
March 30th, 2006 #25
Working on an idea for my first life drawing assignment. We have to take a pose from class and make a scene from it. I think I'm going with the one I had the most trouble with. Go figure.
March 31st, 2006 #26
I just had my first life drawing class on the 30th as well, but I was the model.
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It's hard to draw from photographs but, when you don't have a model you have to make due...There are various sighting methods that I have been trying to work with:sometimes when I am at school I set up an easel and basically transcribe the shapes horizontally straight onto the paper, sometimes I have to find a basic unit of measurement to use as a means of judging the rest of the subject by and sometimes I try to use angles and basic shapes to break it down and then I work within them. I am trying to get used to using them all since each one works well within certain circumstances . Funny thing about drawing is I don't notice my own progress and as I get better my standards of "what is good" tend to grow at the same rate. I've been doing those gesture drawings as well. I love the frog by the way and some of those hand sketches look great just a little choppy. Well I have to do two projects in pastel this weekend as if I needed to add color in to the mix before I had a handle on all the other basics Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.
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April 3rd, 2006 #29
It's finished.
April 3rd, 2006 #30
Let boredom begin. Sketches from a magazine. I like the new way of holding my pencil I started to do which is easier to be looser with the lines.


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Keith Scott
|Keith Scott
Keith Scott in Madrid (2003)
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|July 20, 1954
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|Rock, hard rock, soft rock
|Musician, Guitarist
|Guitar, bass, backing vocals
|Years active
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|Bryan Adams, The Fontanas
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|Gretsch "Keith Scott Nashville Gold Top"
Keith Douglas Scott (born July 20, 1954) is a Canadian guitar player. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with the singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. He has also worked with Cher, Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry, Tom Cochrane, Craig Northey and other musicians.
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Scott was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his father played jazz piano and his mother sang occasionally. His own introduction to music was playing flute in a school orchestra: anecdotally, it said that he chose the flute because he lived quite far away from the school and did not want to drag a large instrument case around with him. While still at school, he learned how to play the acoustic guitar and, by the time he was 17, he had acquired a used 1960s Fender Stratocaster, which was to become a trademark instrument. Many of his musical influences are also associated with this instrument: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, for example. During his career, he has used other instruments and recently the Gretsch company produced a "Keith Scott Nashville Gold Top" signature guitar, to Scott's specifications[1] as a thank you to Scott for using his orange Gretsch for the video for "Everything I Do".
Early bands[edit]
Scott formed a band with people he had met at school but quickly found work with better-known bands such as "Bowser Moon", The Handley Page Group and Zingo,[2] playing about 300 shows a year in the then lucrative nightclub scene.
Bryan Adams[edit]
Scott was introduced to Adams in Ontario in the summer of 1976.[2] As the 1970s were coming to an end, he started doing some recording work for the then-unknown Bryan Adams. This proved successful and within a year Scott was touring with Adams. They have been together on stage ever since.
One part of Scott's live career which was particularly demanding was when Adams' band were touring as a 3 piece from 1998 to 2002. He performed all the rhythm and lead guitar work simultaneously, while Adams played bass and the third band member, Mickey Curry, played drums. In later years, however, the band developed into a 5-piece band, allowing Scott to play lead guitar while Adams plays rhythm. Adams' concerts often allow Scott to perform a "showcase song" to show off his lead guitar skills. Adams stands back and lets Scott go to town on an improvised solo, sometimes involving the use of microphone stands, beer bottles, or other items that can be applied to guitar strings. Examples are songs such as "It's Only Love" and "Touch The Hand". On very rare occasions, Scott has also performed his own songs at Adams' shows: for example, "You're The Reason I Wear Black", during their tour of Japan during the 1990s.
At the Juno Awards in 2006, Bryan Adams described Scott as his best friend.
Scott, along with Bryan Adams' drummer, Mickey Curry, and Mark Holden (the founding member of 1980s Canadian rock band Boulevard) created a band called 'The Fontanas.' The band has released a self-titled album.
During the Reckless 30 year anniversary tour in Liverpool (15 November 2014), Scott and Bryan Adams were running towards each other (as if they were playing a game of chicken) when Scott ran into Bryan Adams knocking him to the floor. When Bryan Adams finally stopped laughing he told the audience in the 30+ years of being in the music industry it is the first time he has ever been taken out by his guitarist.
Personal life[edit]
Scott is married and has two children.
- ^ "Gretsch Keith Scott Nashville Features Stunning Gold Top". harmony-central.com. Winter 1999. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ a b "Archive/Band Area". bryanadams.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
External links[edit]
- Bryan Adams web site – Section about Keith Scott
- Keith Scott Fan Club
- The Gretsch Guitars website – Keith Scott signature guitar
- The Fontanas Official website
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Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa is back on the Fast and Furious trail and announced the issuance of a new subpoena today to Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S Attorney's Office for Arizona Patrick Cunningham. Cunningham was asked politely to voluntarily testify before the committee about Operation Fast and Furious, but refused. In a letter sent to Cunningham announcing the subpoena, Issa doesn't mince words, saying Cunningham approved tactics used in the lethal program. Cunningham was scheduled for an interview with Issa today but canceled after implying he was willing to cooperate with the investigation, further delaying the Oversight Committee's ability to get to the bottom of Fast and Furious. Considering Justice Department officials have done nothing but stonewall Issa up to this point, the move wasn't surprising and this tactic is nothing new.
"During the course of our investigation, the Committee has learned of the outsized role played by the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office – and you specifically – in approving the unacceptable tactics used in Fast and Furious," Chairman Issa wrote to Cunningham in a letter informing him of the subpoena. "Senior Justice Department officials have recently told the Committee that you relayed inaccurate and misleading information to the Department in preparation for its initial response to Congress."
Cunningham is under fire for participating in the cover up of the program even after Congress launched an investigation.
"These officials told us that even after Congress began investigating Fast and Furious, you continued to insist that no unacceptable tactics were used. In fact, documents obtained confidentially just last week appear to confirm that you remained steadfast in your belief that no unacceptable tactics were used, even after the Department's initial response to the congressional inquiry. Given that the Attorney General has labeled these tactics as unacceptable and Fast and Furious as 'fundamentally flawed,' this position is startling," Issa wrote.
Remember, Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, Cunningham's boss, resigned in August just two weeks after giving closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee. He did not mention Fast and Furious in his resignation letter addressed to President Obama. Attorney General Eric Holder will face his day before the committee on February 2, just over a week away.
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Designer Andrea Babb
Sizes 28¼ (38¼, 41¾, 47¼, 51¼ )" bust; shown in size 28¼"
Yarn Louet KidLin Lace Weight (49% linen, 35% kid mohair, 16% nylon; 250 yd [229 m]/50 g):
• #33 grasshopper, 3 (3, 4, 4, 4) skeins
Gauge 20 sts and 27 rnds = 4" in rev St st
• Size 7 (4.5 mm): 16" and 24" circular (cir) needle
• Markers (m)
• Stitch holder
• Cable needle (cn)
• Yarn needle
Women's tank, worked in the round to the
armholes, with charted lace elements.
I don't understand that line either - did you figure it out?
I have just begun this pattern and I am stumped.
I so hope you can help. I am working on this pattern from a magazine, Knitscene. I have a question about the rolling cast on edge step. *M1, (insert right needle from front to back into loop on CO edge directly below next st on left needle, sl 1 kwise, insert left needle into fronts of 2 sts on right needle and work them tog (as for ssk), k4]9 times; rep from *7 more times -increasing the CO stitches by 8 stitches. I just cannot wrap my brain around this and I hope you can help me.. I am thinkiing that if this is done you would be making more than 8 stitches.
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