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Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2) — Second Reading
Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2)
Second Reading
Hon Dr RICHARD WORTH (Minister of Internal Affairs) : In a crowded House and before a full gallery I move, That the Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a second time. The bill amends the Gambling Act 2003. We have progressed this bill, which was introduced by the previous Government, because it responds to a number of issues that have been identified while implementing and administering the Act. I think it is important to resolve those issues, and clarify the law, because large sums of money are at stake in the gambling sector. The bill does not contain any major policy changes. Instead, a few small policy amendments and many technical amendments proposed by the bill are all about making the Act operate as originally intended.
I would like to briefly summarise some of the measures contained in the bill. One of the Act's objectives is to ensure the fairness and integrity of games. To further assist with the achievement of this objective, the bill introduces minimum disclosure requirements for non-cash prizes. The Act, of course, already contains a prize disclosure regime, but it is only partially achieved, and in quite a fragmented way. Introducing a statutory requirement for the accurate disclosure of all non-cash prizes would increase certainty, and it would remove any inconsistencies between different types of gambling.
The bill contains a number of measures intended to assist its community funding objectives. I just highlight these in the opportunity I have to speak. First of all, these include clauses requiring venues that host gaming machines on behalf of gaming-machine societies to bank community profits directly into the society's dedicated account. This amendment responds to the practice whereby some venues have been banking society money in their own accounts for a few days, and occasionally have not been able to account for it when it is time to bank the money into the society's bank account. Second, there are also explicit obligations on community grant recipients to use grants from gaming-machine proceeds appropriately, including an offence for non-compliance. That measure obviously reduces the risk of grant recipients misappropriating gaming-machine proceeds. Third, conflict of interest safeguards are extended to all persons who make decisions on gaming-machine grants. Currently they apply only to those people with key roles in the management of the society. Fourth, the bill specifies in more detail the circumstances in which a gaming-machine society, such as a club, can apply gaming-machine proceeds to its own purposes, as opposed to when it can make grants to community groups. At present the Act does not provide sufficient clarity on that point.
There are also a number of measures intended to assist with the achievement of the Act's harm prevention and minimisation objectives. One provision clarifies a grey area relating to the identification of problem gamblers by gambling venues. New section 309A, inserted by clause 82, states that gaming machine and casino operators have an ongoing duty to "take all reasonable steps to assist a person" they have identified as a potential problem gambler. Essentially, this means it will not be enough for an operator to just approach a person on one occasion, provide information about problem gambling, and then take no further action if the person's gambling behaviour continues to cause concern. The bill also provides that gambling venue staff do not have to issue venue exclusion orders to persons who approach them and identify themselves as problem gamblers, if those persons do not provide a reasonable means of identification, such as a recent photograph. The requirement to provide a recent photo will assist venue staff with the re-identification of excluded problem gamblers who return to a venue in defiance of their exclusion orders. The bill also makes a number of modifications to the Act's harm prevention and minimisation regulation-making powers.
The bill recognises the importance of gambling-related research with the inclusion of a clause designed to make it easier to conduct research on gambling in real-life gambling environments. The clause authorises the Secretary for Internal Affairs to temporarily approve the operation of gambling equipment in a venue for the purpose of testing whether the equipment's introduction is consistent with the Act's objectives.
The bill provides more flexibility for clubs who wish to merge in order to address financial viability issues. By clubs, I mean organisations like RSAs and chartered clubs. The Act currently allows two or more clubs to apply for ministerial approval to operate up to 30 gaming machines at the venue on which they merge. However, they may merge only on to an existing 18-machine venue. The number of 18-machine venues is limited. So the bill will allow clubs to apply for ministerial approval to operate additional machines at any venue, even if that venue would not otherwise be an 18-machine venue. They would still be subject to territorial authority consent. Other provisions in the bill and, in fact, in the Act would mean that this would lead to an overall increase in the number of gaming machines.
In addition, a number of clauses in the bill are designed to assist the Gambling Commission with the performance of its functions. One clause enhances the Gambling Commission's protection from liability, along similar lines to the immunities provided to statutory entities under the Crown Entities Act 2004. The clause provides the commission with the flexibility to determine when it sits as a division and to decide whether the division includes the Chief Gambling Commissioner.
The bill, of course, was reported back by the Government Administration Committee during the last Parliament. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for its work on the bill during the last Parliament. I note that the committee reported the bill back with a number of amendments for the House to consider. These amendments have the Government's support. I would like to make a few comments on some of them.
One of the amendments recommended by the committee is the insertion of a new clause clarifying and enhancing an existing provision that allows the Secretary for Internal Affairs to collect gambling-related information from gambling operators, together with an obligation to make the information that is collected available to the public. Information on grants made to the community by gaming-machine operators is a very good example of the type of material that could be collected under this clause. I believe there is a clear desire on the part of the public to be more informed about what happens to the community funds generated by gaming machines in their district. In fact, I have very strong views on this issue. A more informed public is in a better position to form a view on whether there is a net benefit from gambling in its district. For similar reasons, more information on grants will also assist territorial authorities and community groups when territorial authorities review their gambling venue policies. Essentially, this clause will assist in facilitating community involvement in gambling, which is one of the Act's key objectives, and for that reason it is a worthwhile addition to the bill.
Another amendment that was recommended by the committee concerns the definition of a "gaming machine". The current definition is very wide, and it has the potential to unintentionally capture ancillary gambling equipment like electronic card shufflers used in casinos, which do not need to be regulated as gaming machines. The committee has recommended changes to the definition, which should eliminate this problem.
The committee has also proposed some useful enhancements to the Act's processes for identifying problem gamblers and excluding them from gambling venues.
Finally, the committee recommended a number of amendments that protect the privacy of excluded problem gamblers. All of these clauses will assist in preventing and minimising gambling-related harm, which, as members will know, is one of the Act's key objectives.
In closing, and in a message to Labour, I would like to touch again on the issues around the distribution of funds generated by gaming machines. I just say, and place it on the record, that I am particularly keen to ensure two things.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member's time has expired.
CHRIS HIPKINS (Labour—Rimutaka) : The anticipation was building up, and we felt that the Minister of Internal Affairs was cut down in his prime. I have to confess that I am still slightly in shock about being lectured on conflicts of interest by the Hon Dr Richard Worth, although it would appear that he certainly has superior knowledge of the issue of conflict of interest in the House.
I am happy to take a call on the Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2). The Gambling Act 2003 is a large, complex, and very prescriptive piece of legislation, which was passed by the previous Labour Government in 2003. As with any Act that is as prescriptive and complex as this, a number of issues that were going to be identified as it was implemented would need to be addressed through a fairly technical amendment bill. That is what this bill is.
I would like to acknowledge the work of the former Minister of Internal Affairs the Hon Rick Barker, who I know put in a lot of work to get this bill before the House. I would also like to acknowledge the members of the Government Administration Committee in the last Parliament, who put in a lot of work to get the bill through the select committee process and back into the House. I acknowledge the work of my colleague Darien Fenton, who was the deputy chair of the Government Administration Committee in the last Parliament.
The bill contains several small policy amendments and technical amendments. The purpose is to allow the Act to operate as it was originally intended. The Gambling Act brought about the biggest changes to the gambling sector in over 20 years when it became fully operational on 1 July 2004. Among the things it aimed to do was to control the growth of gambling. There has certainly been significant growth in the gambling industry. Turnover in the gambling industry increased from $6.1 billion in 1998 to $14 billion in 2007. I think we would all agree that that is very significant growth in gambling. Another aim of the Gambling Act was to prevent and minimise gambling harm. I will talk a little bit about that in a moment.
I will talk largely about pokie machines rather than casinos. It is worth noting at this point that one in five regular pokie players has been identified as having a gambling problem. The Gambling Act also authorises some forms of gambling and prohibits the rest. It ensures the integrity and the fairness of the games involved. It restricts the opportunities for crime or dishonesty, it ensures that money from gambling benefits the community, and it facilitates community involvement in decisions on the provision of gambling.
It is useful to inject some more facts into the debate at this particular point. The gambling industry's turnover, as I noted, was a little over $14 billion in 2007, and money lost was just over $2 billion, of which about $950 million was lost on non-casino pokie machines. That is a very significant amount of money. I am told that the money collected from non-casino pokie machines is roughly the equivalent of the entire operating cost of the New Zealand Police. Up to 42 percent of the revenue from pokie machines is from problem gamblers—people who have been identified as having a problem. They make up around 3 percent of gamblers, so a small number of people are gambling a very large sum of money through these pokie machines. Six major societies distribute around 60 percent of all non-casino expenditure funding to community organisations and each pokie-machine grant is approximately $2,438. There were 1,537 gambling venues and nearly 20,000 pokie machines in New Zealand as at December last year. Every day, $2.7 million is lost on non-casino pokie machines.
I think we would agree that there are some significant issues around gambling that we need to look at. This bill, which is largely a technical bill, does not necessarily address those issues. It tidies up the Gambling Act to ensure that it operates as intended, but I think we would agree that some significant issues still need to be addressed and may warrant further investigation. It is a tragic reality that hundreds of sports clubs and community groups throughout the country rely on the proceeds of gambling in order to survive. The Gambling Act was an attempt to ensure that the proceeds of gambling are invested back into the community in a way that is transparent and fair. It is fair to say that before the Gambling Act was passed, there was a lot of rorting of the system.
I was given pause when reading through this material to recall that back in the late 1990s - early 2000s, when I was involved in the students association movement, one of my jobs was to secure funding for our sports teams. We used to send a sports team to the New Zealand Uni Games, the winter games, and so forth each year. One of the major sources of sponsorship was the pubs, and the money they gave us had been obtained from pokie machines. But it came with a lot of conditions. Although there were some potentially quite significant sums of money involved, the conditions usually involved most of the money going back to the establishment that it was obtained from. So we would be told "Yep, you can have $20,000 for uniforms for your sports teams." The uniforms themselves might have cost a couple of thousand dollars and they had to have the name of the sponsoring pub on them. The remainder of the money was expected to flow back across the bar of the pub involved. That was very commonplace. Of course, there were some significant issues with that, because the pubs involved would select groups for sponsorship that were more likely to put most of their money back across the bar. If a sport typically did not involve people who were likely to be heavy drinkers, it was less likely to get pub sponsorship. The organisations that typically had an after-match function would get the money, because the establishment owners knew that they were likely to get most of that money back across the bar. That situation needed to be cleaned up, and that was one of the things that the Act was designed to achieve.
It is fair to say that the gambling sector has cleaned up its act significantly since 2003, but there are still some significant issues to be dealt with. One of the issues that has come up is the use of pokie money by the racing industry and, effectively, the transfer of the proceeds of one form of gambling to another form of gambling. It would be fair to say that even though I agreed with much of what the Minister of Internal Affairs said, I am still a little confused as to what the Government's position on the racing industry is. I particularly refer to the Otago Daily Times on 27 April. The headline is "Shake-up possible for pokies" and the Minister said: "My priorities in this area are to maximise the community funding generated by non-casino gaming machines and to resolve questionable funding practices in the sector." A further article appeared on 1 May, which stated under "Racing bodies fear for future" that the Minister of Internal Affairs had indicated he may scratch charitable gaming trust grants to the racing sector, a move that could result in the collapse of the industry, according to some. Another article on 2 May stated that the Minister of Internal Affairs did not intend to look at the issue of pokie money being used for racing. I think everybody is a little bit confused, and we would welcome, at some point in the proceedings, a clarification of the Government's position on the use of pokie money in the racing industry.
I will turn very briefly, in the remaining minutes that I have, to congratulate the Government Administration Committee on its work. It received 168 submissions on this bill, which is obviously a very significant number. Of those 168 submissions, 32 expressed general support for the bill. Many of the submitters proposed additional amendments or commented on specific matters that were outside the intent of what this particular bill was designed to achieve—the effective running of the Act as it was passed in 2003. But many of the issues that were raised were genuine and worthy of further consideration. The committee decided not to consider those issues, according to its report, because they were outside the intent of the bill. But that is something the new Government and the Department of Internal Affairs will want to consider.
A number of the issues raised also related to regulation, and to issues that could be better dealt with through regulation rather than through changes to the Act. They included things such as reducing maximum gaming-machine prizes, regulating a gaming-machine's spin speed, pre-commitment and player tracking systems, advertising standards, and the accumulation of gaming-machine profits. I encourage the Minister and the Department of Internal Affairs to look closely at those issues and consider whether any further action may need to be taken on those particular concerns.
One area that the committee could not agree on, and that we in the Labour Party have a strong view on, is the location of gaming machines in outside areas. Our view is that gaming machines should be located indoors, and that any attempt to move them outside is clearly designed to circumvent the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990.
Hon Dr RICHARD WORTH (Minister of Internal Affairs) : I seek leave to make two comments lasting no more than 20 seconds. They arise from what the member, Chris Hipkins, has said.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is none.
Hon Dr RICHARD WORTH: I would just like to say this—and I think it is very much on a non-partisan basis; I certainly hope it is. I am particularly keen to ensure two things. The first is that we maximise community funding generated by non-casino gaming machines in commercial premises. I think that is really important. The second thing is that we resolve questionable grant funding practices in this sector. I hope that there might be, in the context of work that I plan to do, a broad commitment to achieving that sort of outcome.
JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) : In speaking to the second reading of the Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2) I guess there is no question by members from across the House that gambling damages people, damages homes, and has damaging effects on whole communities. I think that this bill is a good attempt to make several policy amendments and a number of technical amendments to the Gambling Act 2003.
That Act is quite a large piece of legislation. It is technical and complex. It brought a number of reforms to the gambling sector that I believe were quite welcome at the time. Those were a moratorium on the opening of additional casinos and a reduction in the number of class 4 gaming machines and new venues. There was also a significant shift in focus towards the minimisation of the harm associated with gambling. I know that the Minister of Internal Affairs has shown a lot of concern about the effects of problem gambling. Recently I have had several conversations with the Minister on just that subject, and I know that he has a deep and ongoing concern and would like to see more work done on the issue of problem gambling.
But here we are this evening, facing the second reading of this bill, which does bring in a number of provisions. I guess it is worth noting, because it is a little unusual, that there were 168 written submissions on this bill to the Government Administration Committee of the previous Parliament. Although 32 of those submissions expressed direct support for the provisions within the bill, the remainder of them were supportive in ways that fell outside the scope of the bill. That tells us something very significant. It tells us that around 136 people were concerned enough to submit on this bill. Their concerns were outside the scope of the bill, but they were concerned enough about problem gambling in New Zealand and in our communities, and about the effects of it on individuals, to make a submission to the select committee of the day. I think that is significant and is worth noting in this House. It is something that the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon Dr Richard Worth, has certainly taken on board and is very concerned about.
Turning to the amendments that the bill makes to the Act, I say there are many, but I think it is worth rehearsing them in this second reading. I know they have been raised by members across the House, but it is important to restate some of the amendments. One is a requirement to bank gaming-machine profits directly into the gaming-machine society's bank account. Of course, the reason for that amendment is that some societies have been utilising profits to ease the cash flow, which is a rather delicate way of saying that the cash could not then be accounted for. That must be a very useful amendment to be brought in as part of this bill.
I pause here very briefly to comment that members across the House have noted the fact that I have been speaking rather slowly and carefully. Of course, there are people who are unable to hear my words. This is a very special week, and I think it is incumbent on us as parliamentarians, particularly in Deaf Awareness Week, to recognise that slow and careful speech can be useful to those who do not hear as well as we do.
Returning to the policy amendments, there will be a requirement in this bill that community grant recipients use those grants only for the specific authorised purpose for which the grant was made. The justification for requesting the grant cannot be changed. That is a rigour that I believe will be very welcome in this context. The legislation will set out the circumstances in which a gaming-machine society may apply gaming-machine proceeds to its own authorised purpose, as opposed to making grants to the wider community. It will also set out the duty for gambling venues to assist potential problem gamblers where ongoing problems are suspected. Essentially, this means that it will not suffice for a venue to approach a person on one occasion, provide him or her with information on problem gambling, and then do nothing further. What would be the use of that? I would argue that it would not be particularly useful. It will not be sufficient to provide information about problem gambling and do nothing further if the person's gambling behaviour continues to be of concern. It is not adequate for someone in a gambling situation to approach someone whom they perceive to be a problem gambler only once, when they suspect that ongoing problems are occurring.
The amendments to the Act will tighten the regulations around the monitoring of gaming. Organisations or people who receive grants from gambling societies will need to be accountable for how that money is spent.
- Debate interrupted.

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The revised approval process of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to improve transparency by asking colleges to upload biometric data of faculty, among other things, has run into rough weather with self-financing colleges.
AICTE recently introduced a new process for extending approval to existing colleges. Details, including the infrastructure and land facilities, faculty strength and qualifications and biometric data of the faculty, had to be uploaded to AICTE's website.
An official said this process had been recommended after the Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested senior AICTE officials in corruption-related cases.
Higher education officials welcomed the move saying this would improve transparency as one of the complaints raised by many students was that faculty members were "shared" between colleges sometimes. Officials also welcomed the decision to make the details available online so that people could access the data.
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Hamas negotiators left Egypt without a long-term cease-fire with Israel on Thursday — but not before some members of the militant group's delegation were stopped at the Gaza border carrying millions in cash.
The delegation walked away from the cease-fire talks because of disagreements over the blockage on Gaza and border security. Talks will continue at a later date.
An Egyptian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the group initially refused to be searched by Egyptian authorities at the Rafah border crossing. When the group relented, authorities found $7 million and 2 million euros ($2.5 million) in cash in their suitcases. Another security official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said $9 million and 2 million euros were found. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.
The money was later deposited in an account in Egypt by a Hamas member who stayed behind while the rest of the delegation was allowed to return to Gaza, the second security official said. He later returned to Gaza, the second official said.
It was not clear what would happen to the money.
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jones_supa writes: USB Type-C connection is showing up in more and more devices, and Google is rolling support for the interface in its Android M operating system. The most significant additions relate to the USB Power Delivery spec. Charging will now work in both directions. That effectively means that Type-C devices can be used as external batteries for other devices. Android M is also finally introducing a feature that musicmakers have been long asking for: MIDI support. This builds on some of the audio features Google introduced in Android 5, including reduction in latency, multichannel audio stream mixing, and support for USB microphones, amplifiers, speakers, and other accessories. As others have written, music and media creation apps are much more prevalent in iOS than they are in Android, and Google hopes turning that around.


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BUFORD — As Nick Lima worked with a software program to replicate a plant cell so that it could materialize out of a 3D printer, he thought about his classroom alternative.
"This is way better than sitting down and writing notes in a textbook," said Lima, a fifth-grader at White Oak Elementary.
Lima is one of hundreds of students in the Lanier cluster who have a similar sentiment. A classmate of Lima's, Will Shaw, was in a room next door also exploring a plant cell in a program that resembled a video game.
"It's easier to wrap my head around the content when I'm allowed to have fun at the same time," Shaw said.
That attitude is why this custom project-based learning model, which started four years ago at Lanier High, and moved to White Oak last year, is a success, teachers said. Teacher Mike Riley of Lanier's Center for Design and Technology said the idea came to him when he was a teacher at North Gwinnett High and thought about merging robotics and video game programming.
"The big thing is we wanted to push something the kids are interested in, and they're pretty much working their butts off now, which is great," Riley said.
As the program at Lanier has grown, it now fills an entire floor at the school, and has plenty of equipment to let students' creativity roam. Lanier earned a $40,000 grant from Motorola Solutions, and has more than 20 cameras, video and still, boom and wireless microphones and an $8,000 sound booth.
The ideas have spread to other schools in the Lanier cluster, like White Oak, and Lanier Middle, which calls its program TWIST, or Teamwork With Innovative Skills and Technology.
For White Oak fourth- and fifth-graders, teachers Nick Boyers and Matt Smith said they teach a six-week set of curriculum in three weeks, which gives their students the remaining three weeks to work on a project.
During a recent lesson, White Oak fourth graders conducted a video conference with a vice chief of a Seminole tribe in Oklahoma.
"It was a cool experience," Boyers said. "They found a lot of information you can't find in textbooks, you can't find on the Internet. He was able to give them real deep information."
Another group last year held a video conference with a doctoral student at Georgia Tech who focused his dissertation on the effects of cloud cover on solar energy. That coincided with a unit on weather, Boyers said.
At Lanier, one lesson asked the students to tie an aspect of science into the classic poem The Odyssey, and then demonstrate it using a form of technology.
"If they're making a video game about The Odyssey, or a movie about The Odyssey, they're more likely to remember the information because they have to digest it in order to demonstrate it," Riley said.
It's also paying off where it counts most with administrators: test scores. Riley said nearly 100 percent of his students passed the language arts test, while more than 50 percent exceeded expectations. The junior class alone stood out because about 70 percent exceeded expectations.
While technology is one component of the model, the teachers said they want to incorporate teamwork, too, which often comes outside of traditional rows of desks in a classroom. At White Oak, a bank that went out of business donated furniture like coffee tables and casual chairs to encourage group discussion.
"Get up, interact, collaborate as much as possible," Boyers said. "We feel these are the skills that are really necessary moving into higher education and moving into the job force someday. We talk about learning how to disagree with somebody in an appropriate way."
Riley said this learning model is not only unique to Gwinnett County Public Schools, it's also in a class by itself across the country. And parents have become impressed because the program has incorporated input from the business community and technology experts around the country.
Part of that relationship comes in the form of internships where seniors work with business professionals. That's the culmination of a process where freshmen learn several music and video software programs, then become specialists as sophomores and create products for sale as juniors.
Lanier sophomore Connor Henderson said he enjoys CDAT because he's a project person.
"I feel like I get more of a hands-on feel, and implement it and make real world stuff," he said.
The model also allows for students from a range of academic levels to work together. Riley said in one class at Lanier, there are four students who have Asperger syndrome, while another student, a freshman, is enrolled in the highest level math class, and will likely take online math classes at Georgia Tech next year.
While they study various subjects, from plant cells to The Odyssey to the bombing in Hiroshima, students agree that the technology and relaxed group atmosphere allow them to want to do more work.
"It's a lot easier when you have people who want to do it, and have the same drive," Lanier sophomore Catherine Newell said. "If people are doing the technology they like, they'll want to do it."
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Especially when it comes to Paris hotels we often find ourselves wondering why such a stylish city can't let its hair down a bit. This place, however, will inspire no such complaints; the Bellechasse borders on the flamboyant, as a glance at the photos will tell you. It's certainly not for traditionalists, or tourists in search of the typically Parisian; simply put it's for people who don't mind a room with extremely bold printed wallpaper, vertical arrow slits for windows, and a bathtub in plain view in the corner of the bedroom, where attempting to use the shower attachment would result in an aquatic disaster of near-Biblical proportions.
That sound you hear is the collective sound of virtually all our business-travel customers (and a sizable proportion of our shower-happy Americans) clicking their browser's "back" button. Those of you who are still with us, however, will find a hotel that's delightfully full of character, full of surprises, nearly as comfortable as can be (while stopping just short of out-and-out luxury) and with a fine location to boot, just a block from the Musée d'Orsay.
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Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
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I saw this recent article on the "nanotechnology patent jungle." The article refers to another recent article on the subject of making nanotechnology research "open-source." Patent jungles are all around us; the concept is not unique to nanotechnology, and it is important to establish what exactly is a jungle (do you need five or a 100 patents to create a jungle?). Some might call it good business planning when a company elects to try and create a patent jungle against competitors. Indeed, it takes but a single company to create a substantial jungle with a strong patent filing program coupled to R&D. In some cases, one is forced to "take a license" because it seemingly is cheaper to license than to study all the patents with the help of competent legal counsel. Competent legal counsel is needed to really study the impact of a perceived jungle (there might not really be a jungle – just a scare of a possible jungle).
I suspect that in the history of technological development for material things, there are many more examples where important technology is subjected to a lot of patenting, compared to examples where important technology is NOT subjected to much patenting. If you work in patenting long enough, you start seeing the concept of patent jungles being applied to multiple technology sectors (I can, for example, recall hearing about patent jungles with single site polyolefin catalysis or "metallocenes" in the 1990′s).
In a nutshell, the global patent system, as of 2013, has evolved to where one should quickly file patent applications to protect your technology (even the US is moving to a first-to-file system on March 16, 2013 which suggests a need for fast filing). Then, in the shorter and longer term, one should update on-going reviews for freedom-to-operate in the space of your invention, as part of a larger commercialization strategy. Patent jungles are not unique to nanotechnology and one should do IP due diligence as part of commercial investment. Nothing too new or unique here, although this is a more interesting discussion when focused on particular aspects of nanotechnology such as graphene or carbon nanotubes.
One can try to do business in sectors of the economy which are not directly based on technological development, but if you want to work in a sector for which technology innovation is essential for success, then one cannot ignore the patent system, or alternatively, one cannot wish the patent system would go away.
I do believe government policy makers should monitor patenting and its impact throughout the economy, including nanotechnology. Such past monitoring helped create the drive for patent reform and the move to a first-to-file system in the U.S.
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Maddon was ejected by home plate umpire Paul Schrieber for arguing, but Peralta escaped when pinch-hitter Adam Lind grounded the first pitch he saw into an inning-ending double play, with first baseman Loney making a superb catch on shortstop Escobar's low relay throw.
"He's done it all year," Maddon said of Loney's pivotal snag. "He's been fabulous."
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MANILA, Philippines—A Quezon City court postponed on Monday the hearing on the motion for reconsideration to ban the export of 25 show dolphins to Singapore.
Judge Fernando Sagun, Jr. of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 78 rescheduled the hearing for November 12 at 1:30 p.m. because representatives of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Resorts World Sentosa said they have not yet received a copy of the motion.
The court gave them until November 5 to file a written comment or objection to the motion.
Anna Cabrera, head of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), said any delay in the transport of the dolphins to Singapore would be good. "The whole point of this trial is to protect the interests of the wild," she added.
Theresa Concepcion, Asia head of the animal rights group Earth Island Institute (EII) said she had mixed emotions on the postponement.
"It's emotionally stressful and this is not even a human case," Concepcion said. "It is not acceptable to me that the dolphins would be sacrificed for shallow entertainment and huge income."
PAWS, EII, Compassion and Responsibility to Animals Welfare Philippines and other activist groups and individuals filed a motion for reconsideration on October 19 after Judge Evangeline Castillo-Marigomen of the Quezon City RTC 101 lifted the Temporary Environmental Protection Order barring the export of the 25 dolphins.
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How To Make $10,000.00 Per Month
Note: This method has not proven to be working like it used to. This post is more for a historic reference than current ways to make money. There are some who still use this method and do make money.
Now I am sure I perked up your attention with the title. I am also sure that a lot of you are making little to no money so far doing the Internet marketing thing. I know how you feel as I have been there myself. You have responded to the ads that promise money with no work or recruiting; just to find out you have to do both.
There are no 'secret' methods, big red easy buttons, 'loopholes' or other such crap to making money on the Internet.
So put away your check books and credit cards, I will share with you the exact method to make $10,000.00 a month – the same method that the people who are actually making this kind of money do it. Now I know you are asking am I making this kind of money?
No, not yet and you will understand as I explain the process.
Now the first thing you need to do is pick a niche (this is like weight loss, dog training, weight lifting, fishing, golf, etc.) that interests you. Now you need to find a product; Clickbank is a good choice and what I will concentrate on. You can apply this to any affiliate product actually. The easiest way is to find out what is a hot seller at the moment.
Now you can also do this backwards and find a keyword (Yes, this has to do with SEO – you can't get away without knowing this) first and then a product. What you need to do now is find a keyword with high searches, but low competition.
How do you do this?
You need a keyword tool or some sort. There are several out there both free and paid. Wordtracker is a good one to start with as it is free. You will have to do a little more work, but unless you have some money to start – use free as much as possible until you understand the process. Now the part you want to go to is the 'gtrends' section of Wordtracker that will meet the above criteria of high searches and low competition. Now you may try several words and short phrases before you find the right one.
Now that you have found your keyword (or phrase), you need to get a domain name that has this word or phrase in it. Go to GoDaddy, NameCheap or just do a search on Google for the domain name www.yourkeyword.com. If it is available you need to buy it.
Yes, Virginia, you will have to spend money to do this.
You will also need a hosting account with cpanel, and fantastico – I use CBStarter. Now you need a .com or .net domain. Now .org may work depending on the product. Now if you cannot find or get this domain name – start over and repeat until you have one that you can get a domain name for.
Now you need to go into your hosting account cPanel and get your nameservers and set them up where you purchased the domain name. If you are lost with this, talk to the help desk and they can either do this for you or walk you through it.
No sweat so far.
Now go into your hosting account and find Fantastico Deluxe and click on it then WordPress and fill out the rest of the information. When you are done, you will now have a brand new WordPress blog. Now you need to put a few posts in the blog giving useful information on the topic of the product you have chosen. Now in each post you need to work in your keyword or phrase. You also need to place the link to your product in each page somewhere. You can also have a banner along the side. You will have to see where you get the best response.
Now you can probably score high in Google with just this, but to make sure you need to get some backlinks and traffic. You get backlinks by posting on similar blogs using the website address in the post (where you are allowed to put it) and give an insightful post.
Garbage posts just for backlinks are SPAM and will usually be deleted.
Find a few blogs to do this on and you will have a good start on backlinks. You will also need to write a few articles using this website as your signature site address. Now some marketers have a 'nom de plume' (sometime several) that they use on the article sites so as to not tip their hand at the niche they have found. Use ezinearticles or GoArticles or both. Each article needs to be unique and have around 5% keyword saturation. You can tell if you have the keywords right if you search for your keyword or phrase in Google with " " around it and you are at number one place.
This is basic as I will run out of room to get into too much detail, but this is the process.
Now how do you make $10,000.00 a month this way?
Good question.
For the sake of argument you got his site to make $100.00 per month. This is not hard to do depending on what you make per sale. Now you repeat the process 100 time. You do the same thing for 100 sites and you will magically be making $10,000.00 per month. This is not glamorous but it is the process.
Some people do this and just use AdSense ads with high payouts. Now as you can tell this is not something that will get done 'overnight' or in a week or even in a month. The 'Big Gun' Internet marketers have a staff that do these things. The more money you want to make; the more sites you create.
You can speed the process up by using PPC, but you need money to cover the PPC charges until you get the money from the sales. If you spend $2,000.00 in PPC in a month to make $10,000.00, that is a good deal – if you have the $2,000.00.
You can save some money on those ebook you were going to buy and use this money to actually start this and make some money.
Anyone can do this, but most will not as it is too much work. Once you get these sites done, you will make money off of them for years to come with not much you need to do with them. How long will it take to make these 100 sites? That entirely depends on you.
How bad do you want it?
If you REALLY want this you will find the time and the money to do this. Just like anything else some will and some won't – which are you?Thanks for taking the time to read my post! It really means a lot to me. If you found anything of value in the post, please do me a favor and share this with your friends and family using the buttons below, I am sure they will find some value in it as well, plus you will get a great Karma Boost by paying it forward :)


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People like hearing their name. Makes them feel special. It's normal; part of being human. Especially friends and family.
How many times have you received a generic text, with a good intentioned friend saying "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year!" How much more would it have meant to you, if instead it said "Merry Christmas [ your name ]" You might feel special, a personal message to you!
The fact is in this busy life of ours, we simply don't have the time to personalize each mass texting we send out. But what if you could?
With this easy to use application, you can now personalize any message you want. Think of the possibilities sending holiday greetings, parties, get togethers, work events, clients,sport activities, even the announcement of a new born! The list is endless. What could take hours to send personally, you can now do in a fraction of the time!
People don't care what we know, until they know how much we care. Show them you care with personalized texts. Imagine the feedback from relatives, friends, or even clients when you send a greeting to them.
Reads your groups straight from your contacts list, so you don't have to start from scratch. Also puts your sent text messages into you sent box.
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Just joining a networking group is not enough -- you have to actively participate if you want to develop leads and sales from it, writes Michael Goldberg, founder of Building Blocks Consulting. That means attending every meeting, paying attention to other members and generating leads for them as well.
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Innovator in life sciences software & services hires former Ernst & Young and Capgemini executive to lead commercial operations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtify, Inc. (www.virtify.com), the market leader in Enterprise Content Compliance solutions for life sciences, today announced the addition of Stephen Bergson, former Ernst & Young and Capgemini executive, as executive vice president of commercial operations. Mr. Bergson will lead the company's worldwide sales and marketing efforts and report to Virtify's president and founder, Dr. Satish Tadikonda. The company also announced key additions to its sales and marketing team as it expands operations to meet increasing demand for its Enterprise Content Compliance solutions in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, animal health, and food industries.
Mr. Bergson has been in the management consulting and software services industries for 25 years with a strong focus on life sciences. Before joining Virtify, he was an independent consultant for a global management consulting firm where he led the design and commercialization of a life sciences business process outsourcing practice. Prior to that, he was a vice president at Capgemini in its Global Life Sciences practice. Before joining Capgemini, Mr. Bergson was the North American CEO at ARINSO International, a provider of management consulting services and HR business process outsourcing for Fortune 250 corporations. Prior to ARINSO, Mr. Bergson was a principal partner in the Ernst & Young Global Life Sciences practice with responsibilities for core service areas across the global practice. For more details visit the company section at www.virtify.com/company-management-team.htm#stephen_bergson
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Works to be taken up on 50 acres of land
A truck terminal is expected to come up in Tuticorin.
According to sources, in the first phase works would be taken up on 50 acres of land.
Besides, an integrated bus stand would come up on a vacant site on Bypass Road near the roundabout on Tiruchendur road.
The truck terminal, integrated bus stand and headquarters for Armed Reserve police personnel for executing administrative works would be established on nearly 200 acres of land on this road.
"A 30-year dream of lorry owners and drivers is going to be fulfilled. Rising incidence of road accidents can be reduced once the terminal starts functioning," K. Samuel, president, Tuticorin Lorry Owners' Association, said.
The terminal could be used not only for parking heavy vehicles, especially container lorries, but have facilities such as mechanical workshop, automobile spare shops, garage, accommodation for drivers, canteen, medical care and other basic amenities.
Since raw materials were imported and finished products exported on a large scale from and to the VOC Port here, number of heavy vehicles serving the harbour was on the rise, the truck terminal would be of service to them, he said.
However, many salt manufacturers were against these projects coming up on lands where salt production had been undertaken. Power supply to the salt pans was cut and salt godowns were removed in the presence of police on Saturday. T.P.S. Pon Kumar, a salt exporter, termed the exercise arbitrary and unjust.
With no prior notice, such evictions were made.
Forty borewell motors and 2,000 tonnes of salt had been rendered useless. HE said that 20 manufacturers and 120 workers were relying on salt production on 160 acres here.
After the 20-year lease agreement for salt production was over in February, renewal application was forwarded to the district administration and to the State government authorities through officials concerned. "Globally, Tuticorin is well known for salt manufacturing since it has all the right facilities.
With all factors conducive for salt production, it could not be shifted to another location whereas a truck terminal could be established anywhere in Tuticorin," Mr. Kumar said.
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August 8th, 2009 #1
Are my reasons enough as is needed to do art.
The main reason i'm on the art path is that i need to do SOMETHING in life. And since i would be doing art even if i became a cat burglar i might as well become an artist and kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
But also, i don't want to be a tramp on the street, i don't want to die and be a distant memory, i don't want to be uneeded, and i dont want to be a let down on anyone who does need me. So i'm gonna need some sort of profession.
I can't be the man who feeds his family working solely at McDs his whole life. If i worked at McDs while being an artist then maybe.
I'm aiming to become an artist because i mostly love but somtimes like art, and because i'm going to need to survive somehow, and so i'm not a disappointment to my family.
So do you think this is enough reason to pursue a career in art?
And at my age, will there be any point is trying?
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Originally Posted by aesir
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No, there is no point, do one. Begone.
August 8th, 2009 #3And at my age, will there be any point is trying?
(I'm 49, by the way )
August 8th, 2009 #4
Yes, yes they are………Dude…save the melodrama for your sketchbook…while your asking this question your competition is out there drawing. Don't waste time second guessing your passion (if in fact it is your passion)…all you do is open yourself to ridicule and sarcasm…DRAW! and make it happen or you'll forever be stuck at that McJob.
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Musselfarmstudios: lol, thanks for the motivation, i should think like that more.
dcorc: Are you starting to a path in an art as well? I mean, i know anyone can start art at any age for fun, but since im aiming to do it full time, i want to know if it's worth the journey.
Flake:??? noob.
I don't work at McDs at the moment. I'd work at McDs to help put myself through the art course i'm going on next month if there was an opening.
I have worked at McDs in the past and its all work and little pay. My payment was all accounted for before i got it. If i was lucky and got £3 surplus i'd buy a new pencil and comic book. I forgot how happy i was to get a new 50p pencil back then. It almost makes me want to cry lol.
What i mean is, at this age, is it worth it? Yes people are going to say "It's about the passion yo, if you dont love it then don't do it." But can i feed my hypothetical family off art starting at this age. Will my hypothetical kids complain and call me a bastard father and incompetent because i started art at such a late age. Will my wife sleep with the banker behind my back so we can pay last months rent.
These are my concerns.
I read the thread with the guy saying 40,000 a year and stuff just now. It helped a little but his was a different question.
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August 8th, 2009 #6
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August 8th, 2009 #7
Let's see. Most decent artists start to take their art seriously around the age of 16-18.
Mostly 18. Before that they mostly doodled and didn't improve their level very much.
So at 21, you'll have to work an additional 4-6 years before you retire when compared to people who started early.
You be the judge if that is reasonable.
Also, if you want to do art as a living, and not be a teacher, go to an atelier, not a public school.
And life isn't a Charles Dickens novel.
August 8th, 2009 #8
Hyskoa: That makes sense, i guess. But i've always read, "since i was a kid". Unless "kid" is 16-18 to these people. I never thought about it that way. Kid is 8 to me.
Also i'm going to a college with a separate art department. I've heard they're are decent. Is this sufficient. Also the course is 1 intensive year of art and design. Then i'm going to do something higher, this is just to give me a better chance getting onto a higher level course. I'm actually under qualified for the course and had to do an interview. She didnt want to take me at first. But then she changed her mind. I think it might have been that i said "i'm going to keep drawing, and i'll get better. So even if this college or any others don't accept me then i'll keep going on my own and make it." She said she'd give me a chance so i'm happy with that.
The course is Foundation Degree is Art and Design (Deploma). I don't know what it means but i can get higher up with it so whatever.
I've also never heard of an atelier until you posted it. I've only been on CA properly since about 3 months ago even though my account is old.
Elwell: Thanks for posting that link. It was a great read. Exactly the kind of thing i needed to see.
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Originally Posted by aesir
August 8th, 2009 #9
I looked at your sketchbook, and it's pretty good. Keep at it and maybe one day you can make money off your talents, if not go into graphic design. lolz
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August 8th, 2009 #10
Depends how committed you are, really, doesn't it. Read the thread that Elwell linked to, above.
There are certainly people who've started far older than you who become professional artists.
For someone a little older than you, when he started, there's no more needs to be said here than Mindcandyman
check out where he started, and where he's got to, now.
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August 8th, 2009 #11
Bentley: thanks
Dcorc: thanks for the link, its good to see someone improve over time.
Flake: Man whats your problem. You came with your, i hope, "tough love" and i didn't like it. Why are you trying to turn it into something!? I came asking advice from people who have been through or who might know what i want to know. I need to make the right choices and failure will leave me in a VERY bad position. I don't know your circumstances, so maybe you have a nice life where you can get what you want easily, but right now, 4 wasted years is not an option. So go watch your UFC. i bet you boo whenever Machida wins cause he doesn't provide your nonsense.
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Originally Posted by aesir
August 8th, 2009 #12
Flake - I know that for those of us who've been around here a while, this thread seems rather "same old, same old" - but its obviously not so for the original poster.
As you well know, much of the art "education" in the UK isn't worthy of the name, so its hardly surprising we get people coming along feeling rather confused, unsure, and uninformed.
August 8th, 2009 #13
Fairy nuff Dave, I'll shoosh.
August 9th, 2009 #14
This isn't a criticism of the OP but I just wonder where people get the idea that at 21, they're too old to consider starting. Someone must be putting it about, so come on, who is it? At 21 it would be another 14 years until I picked up a metaphorical pencil, so whoever it is I'm glad I never listened to them.
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August 9th, 2009 #15I just wonder where people get the idea that at 21, they're too old to consider starting.
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August 9th, 2009 #17
I don't think anyone put it in my head but it's just that i've been idle for the past 3 years partly for reason beyond my control but within my grasp to change, and living in a way that was constantly on the edge of a metaphorical knife. It took massive amounts of luck for my life to be at crap level. Crap is passible but to the state that you wish you weren't born. Not shit where i want to kill myself.
I do also want some reassurance and i won't lie about it. It's a little dissuading when everyone is saying they've been doing it their whole lives. I haven't. So i just want to hear a couple success stories.
This is a life option right here. I'm planning to make art my means to survive. I'm barely getting by now. I'm already worried about not being able to pay my way through the course i'm going onto, which is the first of i don't know how many.
This isn't all about creditable either i'd imagine. I'm slightly bothered that someone who HAS been drawing since they were a kid will just snap up the job cause they've been drawing that long. Or even someone my age, "their whole life" comes along and destroys me. Forget "passion for the arts" when i'm sitting with the bums.
I'm being humble and sincere, i just want some people who are more experienced to let me know. I have no knowledge other than what i've seen here in the last 2 months, what i think up to practice next, and minor things. I don't know any pros, unless they live in another country and wouldn't give me the time of day, i feel stranded and hard work in the wrong direction can be more fatal than doing nothing.
I'm also not saying i have no motivation. I do want this. I would draw even if you all told me No i can't make it. I'd be hurt, but i'd still try. I'd just keep looking for more success stories and late starting pros to become the backbone to my beliefs. I'm just also trying to know the possible consequences for me.
So i guess it is pointless if you reply.
But at the same time, when your unsure about something unknown to you, remember that its pointless to ask for reassurance. Just jump into a shark tank and beat all the sharks up.
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Originally Posted by aesir
August 9th, 2009 #18
Forget about your age and how long you may or may not having been drawing. All that matters is how good you are and how professional you are. You need to make the decision yourself is art is the path you want to take and then put everything you have into making that happen.
August 9th, 2009 #19
i understand your concern.. and its a common feeling. Im not a pro.. but they will all tell you. You are definetely not too old or too late... a tad bit behind compared to some young guns? maybe. But thats nothing that hard work cant make up for
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August 9th, 2009 #20
August 9th, 2009 #21
Thanks baron, bigjoee, and everyone else. From what's being said so far, it's as i thought.
Keep focused and keep going.
Also, there are only two confirmed cases here of over 18s. Jason Manley i think the name is, and Vangogh. One is happy from the sounds of it, and the other died alone and poor. So i have a 50/50 chance lol.
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Originally Posted by aesir
August 9th, 2009 #22
Plenty of people start art at a later age and become quite successful.
If you want another example, I give you Ursula Vernon, one of my favorites. She got a degree in Anthropology, then started to seriously learn drawing at around 25 when a friend wanted her to do a graphic novel. She's currently 31 and makes a living from art, with an ongoing graphic novel/webcomic (Digger, which got nominated for an Eisner award in its first year), two children's books published and two more forthcoming.
So don't worry about starting at 21, seriously. You might not be able to survive solely on art immediately, but if you work at it, you can definitely get there. It all depends on your drive.
August 9th, 2009 #23
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August 9th, 2009 #24
I'm now working as a crappy clerk and am hating every moment of it because these filing jobs are just not for me. I find that I would be way happier if I work in the creative industry since this industry is more of my style. I mean, in those standard office jobs, you can't exercise any bit of creativity. I mean, how do you use creativity to file documents? U don't need any.
So do you think this is enough reason to pursue a career in art? And at my age, will there be any point is trying?
If anyone should worry about being too old in life to start art, it's me, not you.
I see your sketchbook and your drawings are way better than any crap I can produce in 10 hours. U're only 21 and you can produce such ****, and I'm 25 and can't even draw a realistic looking apple.
So obviously, you're light years ahead of guys like me.
You should start now, and not wait for 4+ years before you consider a career in art. When I was 21 years old back then, I wanted to do stuff like this but I keep telling myself "No!" and just keep denying my interest.
In the end, I'm now working in a stupid job and need at least 5+ more years before I can be decent in art. Hopefully, I'll be like Ursula Vernon one day, since we're both 25 yrs old when we start to really draw seriously. Well, I hope so.
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August 9th, 2009 #25
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You go now. Don't waste as many years as I did before realising I had dug my own grave. Once you do that it gets harder to break free from the regular income, then there are kids and a mortgage. The facilities and internet weren't around when I was your age - maybe I would have travelled a different path, but I don't regret my husband or kids. Work hard and try to fly to the stars. Even if you get knocked down, don't despair as there can always be another way, even if it takes longer and is more tiring.
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August 10th, 2009 #27
No offense, though!
Creativity could be put to better use, like drawing fascinating imaginary creatures or interesting poses of people (not that I can draw them at this stage, anyway).
Anyway, to Zenzybar: as you can see from the many replies here, there's many people like me and Black Spot who really regret not having start at a younger age and now we're regretting like hell.
What you gotta do now is to pick up art books and start drawing.
By the time you're my age (25 yrs old), you would very likely be doing your own web comics or illustrating for some studio.
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August 10th, 2009 #28
August 10th, 2009 #29My blog and Sketchbook.
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August 10th, 2009 #30
On a lighter note, I say just go for it. In every single one of these threads, I used to link Jason Chan's gallery years before he became the "Chan Man" he is today. Everybody starts somewhere, at all ranges of ages. You can probably find inspirational progression like MindCandyMan and even some in deviantart.
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