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March 25th, 2005 #31
Bad me for not posting in here sooner! Your creatures, no matter how grotesque or odd they get, always make me smile. They all have an attractive, chunky and creative quality to them that makes your style easy to recognize
I really like the direction you're taking with your March 8th entry - your linework is more confident and you characters are so appealing. It's great to be able to see what goes through that mind of yours.
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Thanks Steph!
Just a quick sketch of a vague story idea that's been bouncing around my head the last few weeks and just won't leave me alone. I've only got a vague idea who these characters are and what they're doing, and I'm trying to work it all out.
March 29th, 2005 #33
Anutter page full o' sketches. YEEHA!
These are actually done on a Tabloid sized canvas at 300 dpi, so this is actually less than 20% actual size. I guess that's not an interesting or important fact, but I thought I should probably write more than one line with each entry. Gotta give the customer their money's worth!
March 30th, 2005 #34
I really enjoy the sketch of the man and the boy... it's dynamic and I can tell there's a story behind it. I'd like to see more!
March 31st, 2005 #35
Here's a sketch that popped out of me unexpectedly tonight.
This is an idea for the boy in that sketch up there of the boy and the man. Not quite there yet, but better than the indistinct blob he was previously.
April 1st, 2005 #36
It might be just a stylistic preference, but as it is now, his shoulders are so sloped that it looks like his backpack would just slip right off. Since he's very stylized though, that might be your intention. Love the expression!
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April 1st, 2005 #37
Ok, I'm done being a dork. Your character thumbs always make me smile, it makes sense that that's what goes on in your head, in my opinion.
I think the style you're working with for the boy is pretty good so far, and I agree with Saph on the expression. My only crit is that the head may be a smidge too real/detailed compared to the styling of the body, but that's your call.
April 2nd, 2005 #38
Sarah: Yeah, you're definitely right. I added the backpack as kind of a last-minute detail and didn't even think about that. I think I probably overdid the sloping shoulders a tad anyway.
Steph: Hehehe, I don't think you're ever done being a dork. Well, at least something about what goes on in my head makes sense. You're right about the boy too. The body is a bit too stylized than what I was aiming for.
Last night I had a dream that I was at another CA workshop and I was hanging out with all you guys at a fast food joint or something and then I woke up and got all depressed that it wasn't real (then my dogs hopped into bed and got me all warm and comfy and I quickly fell back asleep and woke up at the crack of noon). Man, I cannot wait for Prague!
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Would ya look at the size of that guy's head!! It's like an orange on a toothpick! I'm not kidding, it's like Sputnik! Spherical but pointy at parts!
He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.
I just saw that movie recently. It was So I married an axe murderer, right?
April 2nd, 2005 #40
Aaw, yay, you dreamt about us! Yeah, I miss you guys too, a lot. It's too bad I won't make it to the Prague one, but someday I'll attend another. Somedaaaay! *shakes fist*
April 2nd, 2005 #41
Yeah Pixeldragoon, it was So I Married An Axe Murderer. Gotta love classic Mike Myers.
Awww, that really sucks you can't make it to Prague. Actually, I have no idea if I'll be able to save enough money by August, but I'm going to do everything I can to make it happen. You'd better make it to another one someday, or we'll have to kidnap you to it and replace you with a mannequin and a tape recorder to avert suspicion, Ferris Bueller-style.
I feel bad for making two posts in a row without any art, so here's something carbon-dating has estimated is from the 1992 era:
Eric's Team of Superheroes VILLAINS BEWARE! (now with drinking game!)
April 11th, 2005 #42
Last night I managed to trick myself into doing a couple hand studies. I didn't particularly enjoy it, but growing isn't always a barrel of fun.
April 20th, 2005 #43
Here's something I whipped up for the Dragons thread.
My favourite dragons were always the really old, wise ones, so I went in that direction. He's based on a toad, obviously.
April 20th, 2005 #44
Zero Kelvin!
It's your dude: Thomas. Really enjoying your sketchbook; you've drawn some deminted shit! I think taking some time to study human anatomy will make a huge differance in the quality of your work. But who doesn't need more human anatomy? Your faces are hilarious, btw. If you get a chance, drop by my sketch book, and tell me what you think!
I still think that Budda Vending machine should have won (brilliant!)
April 21st, 2005 #45
This last one is a VAST improvement, ESPECIALLY with form and texture. Keep at it!
April 21st, 2005 #46
Thanks for the C&C my dude Thomas!
Thanks Sarah! I thought so too. It's amazing the difference taking the time to find the right reference can make.
I kind of got suckered into going back to my old job, at least for a couple weeks, so I don't know if I'll be able to keep my drawing up for that time. Sitting and drawing all day at work kind of saps the fun out of sitting and drawing all night at home. But who knows! I have a good idea for the dream eater COW so I'm hoping to at least get that done. I wrote the description first, which is the opposite of the way I usually do it.
May 1st, 2005 #47
I've let this fall behind! Bad me! Here's some stuff I've done lately.
My COW #11: Dream Eater entry. This has gotten me a handful of votes, which I'm very proud of.
My original sketch for the Dream Eater. I'm very glad I started over, it was a pretty boring design. As you can see the micropenis was introduced rather early in the design process. I actually put it in there to emphasize the feeling of violation and rape, which is what I was mainly going for. That's why I changed the victim to a woman, and gave him those long fingers caressing her neck like a rusty spoon.
And here's a sneak preview at my COW 12 entry.
His legs and feet need work, but I like his head so far.
May 1st, 2005 #48
Your creatures are repulsevely funny
May 1st, 2005 #49
Thanks Yiako! That's pretty much what I'm going for with most of them.
May 8th, 2005 #50
This is a picture I drew when I was 4 or so.
I thought it was pretty funny, but then I got thinking that it's actually not a bad creature design at all.
May 8th, 2005 #51
Does the first bear have 5 legs? dude that kicks a$$
the other one reminds me of the pepsi bear.
May 8th, 2005 #52
Those 3 last digis are really good man! I can understand why you got those votes with your dream eater - good stuff! The toaddragon is very cool. And I really dig the sketch from march 26th, very moody - hope you work on the story some more man!
May 9th, 2005 #53
Hahaha!! I ought to dig up some of my old stuff from the old days like that, that's great. That's something I think everyone should do sometime... maybe even as a Thunderdome. Redone designs from old doodles, oh yes.
May 9th, 2005 #54
EDD: Thanks! They both have 5 legs actually. Nobody notices the fifth leg on the new one. I'm just sneaky like that.
Fellah.: Thanks! I've been slowly working on the story in my head, but probably not as much as I should be if I ever want to do anything with it. Sooner or later I'll hit something that'll reinspire me and I'll go crazy on it again.
Sapphire: Yeah, I love redrawing old drawings. I actually redrew an entire sketchbook a couple years ago. I was actually thinking of starting a thread for people to do just that. I'll go do that now!
EDIT: I made the thread! Here it is!
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May 12th, 2005 #55
My latest COW, for the topic Cloud Dweller. I am really happy with the environment, they're not usually my strong point. Probably my biggest self-crit is I went with my usual Ninja Turtle style hands. I really have to stop doing that.
Here's a sketch for the creature. I changed a few things in the final, made him bigger and less cartoony, gave him different ears (because I wanted him a little more ape-like and the ears on this one are a little too similar to my COW #9 Cute But Deadly creature), added some extra arms and actually drew his legs.
I love the COW. It's the best part of CA to come along in a while.
June 3rd, 2005 #56
Oh boy, bad bad me for letting this go so long. Been in a bit of dry spell lately. Missed the last two COWs, and really haven't done anything besides the Scorpio-X83 lately. Motivation has just been at zero.
So tonight I finally forced myself into doing something!
It's not great, but I had no expectations at all going in so I'm happy with it.
Now to start this week's COW!
June 4th, 2005 #57
I really love the mood in that piece! I enjoy how your colors are muted and toned down; you have a tendency to usually use pretty bright colors. The water's gorgeous. I think it would be cool to see a little more texture on that structure, maybe shiny bits vs. the more dull bits, to give it some variety.
June 16th, 2005 #58
I forgot to thank you for your comment Sapphire! Thank you! I totally agree with what you said.
Thought I'd post my COW from this week here. I have a bad habit of using multiple pictures to illustrate my concept. Next week it's one picture, no exceptions!
Stumpbill Stomper
The Stumpbill Stomper is the heaviest known flying species of bird. Unlike most birds, its skeletal structure is thick and sturdy. It has immensely strong wings and legs, which allow it to fly despite its heavy frame. However, the birds have very little stamina and are not able to fly long distances at a time. Unable to migrate to warmer climates, the Stumpbill spends its winters hibernating underground. After gorging itself on whatever food it can find for a week or two, the Stumpbill begins its ascent. It flies directly upward for a matter of hours, expending all its energy to get as much altitude as possible. Once the bird has used up the last of its stamina, or the air gets too thin for the bird to fly any higher, the Stumpbill tucks in its wings and goes into a freefall. The Stumpbill hits the ground, beak-first, with enough force to bury itself ten to twenty feet underground. The impact knocks it unconscious, but its sturdy frame usually prevents any major injuries. That is, unless it misses the soft earth of the hills and lands in the rocky valley. Just be thankful I don't have an illustration of that tragic scenario.
June 17th, 2005 #59
The top half of that bird is fabulous, especially the eye! It has a lot of roundness and life to it. However, the bottom half of the bird is much weaker, and I think the feet need more attention. It looks like there's no weight on them, and for a supposedly heavy bird, you really need to show that weight-bearing bone structure.
June 20th, 2005 #60
Yeah, you're definitely right about his legs. I didn't notice it before you mentioned it. Thanks for the help! Warm fuzzies all around!
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Last month was the busiest ever for a coach service between Temple Meads station and Bristol International Airport. More than 47,000 people used the Flyer bus in May - a rise of 27 per cent on the same period last year. In total, eight per cent of all airport passengers used the service.
Us carrier United Airlines has said 950 of its pilots will lose their jobs because of falling profits caused by high fuel costs and slow sales. The cuts are on top of plans to axe 1,600 jobs from the firm's workforce.
By John Le Couteur j.lecouteur Three giant wind turbines could soon be towering above the South Gloucestershire countryside. If plans for Alveston Wind Park win approval the towers would stand 100 metres (328 ft) tall.
By Michael Ribbeck Householders were warned to brace themselves for yet more misery yesterday with the bosses of the big energy firms claiming that the cost of household bills is likely to soar over the coming months.
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|NBA Odds: Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns Spread Picks & Public Bets
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|Wednesday, 12 December 2007 07:00
Suns Take on Jazz
The Utah Jazz's worst stretch of the season has cost them the lead in the Northwest Division. If the Phoenix Suns' slump continues, they may also be playing catch up soon in the Pacific.
Coming off consecutive losses to subpar teams, the division-leading Suns look to capitalize on a matchup with the struggling Jazz on Wednesday.
Oddsmakers from SBG Global have made Phoenix -7 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 225 total points (Matchup). Our public betting information shows that 81% of bets for this game have been placed on Phoenix -7 (View NBA Bet Percentages).
Utah (13-9) dropped one-half game behind Denver in the Northwest following its fourth straight loss, 97-89 to Portland on Tuesday. A fifth straight defeat would match the Jazz's longest skid from last season, set April 4-11.
Phoenix (16-6), meanwhile, is tied with Orlando for the NBA's second-best record and has a three-game lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Pacific, but it has lost consecutive contests to teams with a combined 9-31 record. After winning five straight, the Suns lost 100-93 to league-worst Minnesota on Saturday night, then fell 117-113 to Miami two days later.
"We'll have to be a better defensive team when we play better teams or they will run all over us," Suns guard Raja Bell said.
Phoenix is in danger of losing three straight for the first time this season.
Suns point guard Steve Nash, however, downplayed the significance of the losses.
"You've got to keep moving forward and not worry about what's behind you," Nash said. "It's never that bad and it's never that great."
Nash is shooting 33.3 percent (9-for-27) in his last two contests, but had 14 assists Monday to raise his season average to a league-leading 12.4. The two-time MVP has recorded at least 14 assists in seven straight games.
Nash had 18 assists in a 126-98 win over Utah on April 14 to help Phoenix avoid being swept in the teams' four meetings last season. The Suns have lost their last two at home to the Jazz.
Utah averaged 108.5 points against Phoenix in 2006-07, but is coming off its worst offensive game of the season.
The Jazz shot a season-low 38.2 percent (34-for-89) from the field against the Blazers, and their 89 points were a season low. They shot 7 for 23 in the second quarter and went 5:31 without a field goal.
On defense, meanwhile, Utah has surrendered an average of 108.8 points over its last five games, which doesn't bode well heading into a matchup with the high-scoring Suns. Phoenix leads the NBA with 110.4 points per contest.
"We're not bringing a lot of energy and we're not playing a lot of defense," Jazz point guard Deron Williams said.
Utah lost to the Blazers despite a 50-37 edge on the boards and outscoring them 48-20 in the paint. Most of that success was due to another outstanding game from Carlos Boozer, who had 29 points and 13 rebounds.
Boozer is averaging 27.0 points and 11.3 rebounds while shooting 65.5 percent from the field in his last eight games, but the Jazz are 3-5 in that span. The 6-foot-9 forward will be working in the paint against a Phoenix team that has been outrebounded 101-62 its last two games.
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Voyageurs National Park Offers Birch Bark Weaving Class
Birch bark was a key building material for Native Americans and the fur trappers who traveled across Canada and the northern United States. It was used for baskets as well as canoes. If you've got time, you can learn how to weave your own creations with birch bark at Voyageuers National Park.
On April 4 retired silviculturist John Zasada will oversee a class on bark weaving from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the park's Rainy Lake Visitor Center. He plans to lead the class through the steps of weaving with bark, and will talk about how to properly debark a tree.
Class size is limited, and there is a $30 instructor fee charged to attend. To register, call 218-286-5258.
Now, if you're more interested in birch-bark canoes than birch-bark baskets, head to Voyageuers National Park in the summer and you can see the park pretty much from the same perspective as the voyageurs did more 200 years ago as the park offers guided trips aboard a 26-foot North Canoe.
From a reasonable distance these canoes look like they're made out of birch bark, but for structural purposes they're fiberglass that looks like birch bark. These tours head out from each of the park's three visitor centers. Cost is $4 for adults, and $2 for kids, age 5 and up. There is an age limit -- 5 -- because everyone is given a paddle to participate. For information on these trips, call 888-381-2873.
Traveler tip: For an excellent book on making birch bark canoes, and canoeing in them, pick up a copy of John McPhee's The Survival of the Bark Canoe. You won't be disappointed.


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Last of 431 Teachers Return from Fund for Teachers Fellowships, Fund for Teachers grants normally experienced during the summer — but it IS summer in Antarctica
Houston teachers spend holiday break, and a $10,000 Fund for Teachers grant, on Antarctic expedition to inspire students´ interest in environmental issues; They mark the last of 431 preK-12 teachers from across the country who broadened their horizons in 2011 with $1.7M in Fund for Teachers grants.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 06, 2012
Some teachers go to the end of the world for their students, literally. With a $10,000 Fund for Teachers grant, Houston teachers Adrienne Raible and Brooke Leith spent their holiday break on an Antarctic expedition to inspire students´ interest in environmental issues and promote research skills proficiency.
Throughout the fall semester and in preparation for their voyage, Raible and Leith collaborated with science and geography teachers to lead students' research on Antarctica. After school, campus book clubs read historic accounts of polar expeditions; environmental clubs studied how people´s actions in Houston cause environmental disturbances in Antarctica. Eager to track their teachers' progress across the southernmost tip of the world, students followed Raible and Leith on Facebook during the holiday break.
The high school teachers' twelve-day itinerary included educational presentations by scientific experts, excursions in inflatable boats to conduct research, and glacier camping under the Austral sky.
"As we sat in our first educational briefing, the expedition leader said, 'A piece of Antarctica will get in your blood. You will be forever changed.' At that point, I did not grasp the impact this trip would have on my life, both professionally and personally," said Raible, teacher at Pasadena Memorial High School. "Because of this grant, I better understand the importance of protecting our planet and am equipped with new knowledge to share with my students and colleagues."
The teachers/explorers plan to use their experiences to develop a global environment unit that integrates science, geography, technology, and research concepts deepened during their fellowship. Their goal is to encourage students' exploration of environmental interdependence. They're convinced the fellowship in Antarctica will inspire authentic learning and heightened engagement.
"The surreal landscape of sea, ice and snow offered me a unique glimpse of an untouched wilderness," said Leith, teacher at Sam Rayburn High School. "Through my stories, pictures and videos, I will make Antarctica come alive for my students and hopefully motivate them to take action to preserve Earth's last great unspoiled continent."
Raible and Leith mark the last of the 431 preK-12 teachers from across the country who broadened their horizons this year with $1.7M in Fund for Teachers grants. Eligible educators interested in applying for 2012 summer grants may apply online; the deadline for proposals is January 27, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.fundforteachers.org or call 1-800-681-2667.
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Author(s): Calvino, Italo; McLaughlin, Martin; Wood, Michael
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This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Italy's most important postwar novelist, Italo Calvino (1923-1985) achieved worldwide fame with such books as Cosmicomics, Invisible Cities, and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. But he was also an influential literary critic, an important literary editor, and a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal, Leonardo Sciascia, Natalia Ginzburg, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Luciano Berio. This book includes a generous selection of about 650 letters, written between World War II and the end of Calvino's life. Selected and introduced by Michael Wood, the letters are expertly rendered into English and annotated by well-known Calvino translator Martin McLaughlin.
The letters are filled with insights about Calvino's writing and that of others; about Italian, American, English, and French literature; about literary criticism and literature in general; and about culture and politics. The book also provides a kind of autobiography, documenting Calvino's Communism and his resignation from the party in 1957, his eye-opening trip to the United States in 1959-60, his move to Paris (where he lived from 1967 to 1980), and his trip to his birthplace in Cuba (where he met Che Guevara). Some lengthy letters amount almost to critical essays, while one is an appropriately brief defense of brevity, and there is an even shorter, reassuring note to his parents written on a scrap of paper while he and his brother were in hiding during the antifascist Resistance.
This is a book that will fascinate and delight Calvino fans and anyone else interested in a remarkable portrait of a great writer at work.
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Li, Chi Pui*, Fitz Gerald, John*, Zou, Jin* and Chen, Ying* (2007) Transmission electron microscopy investigation of substitution reactions from carbon nanotube template to silicon carbide nanowires, New journal of physics, vol. 9, no. 137, pp. 1-6, Institute of Physics Publishing, London, England [C1.1]
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Li, Chi Pui*, Chen, Ying* and Fitzgerald, John* (2006) Substitution reactions of carbon nanotube template, Applied physics letters, vol. 88, no. 22, pp. 1-4, American Institute of Physics, New York, N.Y. [C1.1]
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Zhang, Hongzhou*, Yu, Jun*, Chen, Ying* and Fitz Gerald, John* (2006) Conical boron nitride nanorods synthesized via the ball-milling and annealing method, Journal of the American ceramic society, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 675-679, Wiley Interscience, New York, N.Y. [C1.1]
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Zhang, H. Z.*, Phillips, M. R.*, Fitzgerald, J. D.*, Yu, J.* and Chen, Ying* (2006) Patterned growth and cathodoluminescence of conical boron nitride nanorods, Applied physics letters, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 1-4, American Institute of Physics, New York, N.Y. [C1.1]
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Zhang, Hongzhou*, FitzGerald, John D.*, Chadderton, Lewis T.*, Yu, Jun* and Chen, Ying* (2006) Growth and structure of prismatic boron nitride nanorods, Physical review B, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 1-9, American Physical Society, Woodbury, N.Y. [C1.1]
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Chen, Ying*, Conway, M.J.*, Fitzgerald, J.D.*, Williams, J.S.* and Chadderton, L.T.* (2004) Nucleation and growth of carbon nanotubes in a mechano-thermal process, Carbon, vol. 42, no. 8-9, pp. 1543-1548, Elsevier Ltd, New York, N.Y. [C1.1]
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Chen, Ying*, Conway, M.J.* and Fitzgerald, J.D.* (2003) Carbon nanotubes formed in graphite after mechanical grinding and thermal annealing, Applied physics A : materials science & processing, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 633-636, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany [C1.1]
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Favorite thing: Whether you are taking the train or driving up to Alor Setar through the rice fields, if you look at the telegraph wires along the side of the rice fields overlooking streams, you will see many endemic and migratory birds perched on the wire waiting for a perfect dive to catch an insect.
Most brilliant are different species of Kingfishers.
It is an easy way of bird watching but if you are driving, do not bird watch and drive.
Also along this low lying area, it is prone to flooding even on the PLUS highway and some times the farmers burn the rice stalks and visibility can suddenly dropped because of the smoke blown across the road.
Kedah Peak seen everywhere in the background
Favorite thing: Because Kedah is very flat, you can see Kedah Peak (Gunung Jerai) from most of part of Kedah State. It can also be seen from Gurney Drive or Esplanade in Penang Island.
So when you visit Kedah, you will also remember the Kedah peak besides the rice fields there. Both goes hand in hand. The Kedah flag and football team has the yellow and green colors which seems to echo the yellow ripe rice and the green Kedah peak.
Favorite thing: The weather October can be very changeable on Langkawi. My favorite resort hotel is the Pelangi Beach. I agree that a car rental is a good way to get around on Langkawi. For best rates i use www.asiaoz.com or www.nongasia.com who I use regular for Malaysia hotels. Do not expect much in the way of Duty Free shopping in Kuah, not much at all.
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I have been noticing alot of websites are hosting alot of psychics which really annoy me. Those people in my own personal opinion are nothing more than charlatans. They fish around a person's brain and watch for certain reactions, tell them what they think the person wants to hear and then takes their money and moves on to the next vulnerable sap. Makes me sick to see this happening to people.
Many psychiatrist and so called mind doctors are doing the same thing and making money regressing these people. Why don't they get real jobs and do some real work. What many people don't understand is that they don't need psychics and / or psychiatrists to regress them when they are quite capable of regressing themselves with the power of their own minds. There are a million books out there about how to teach your mind to travel thru time and how to help your body heal from sickness, how to find answers to your everyday problems. You don't need to pay these charlatans who don't work for a penny of your money.
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I've been doing some research about asexual couples after seeing a program about it on Television. I have recently discovered that I am one half of an asexual relationship. I have also discovered that there is nothing wrong with me as i had feared for so long. I'm completely alright with it.
Anyway, I also found some websites just for asexual people and for those who are not asexual just for curiosity's sake. There are hundreds if not thousands of asexual couples out there and are in my opinion a silent minority.
I and my husband have been asexual for many years now. We do not have a problem with sleeping in seperate rooms nor does not having sex really matter because its still about being faithful and caring about each other that matters.
Most folks call it being celibate or stuck in a sexless relationship. I call it heaven and im happy being asexual and even relieved about it. Being asexual does not interfere at all with my life or what I want to do with the rest of my life. It shouldn't matter to anyone else either. I am still holding onto my dreams and always watching for opportunities to achieve those dreams.
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Anyway, this is supposed to be about my plans for the future. Unfortunately, Im a married woman who is not a happily married woman, so Im looking for a way out. Its not that my husband is a bad husband cause he isn't. Quite the contrary, he is a hard working and good man. He has been with me for more than 20 years now, married to me for only 13 of those many years. He has been good to me for the most part and my unhappiness is not due to him.
We used to live in the state of Maine where we were a family and we owned a nice home. Unfortuantely to keep this short, we suffered a terrible tragedy. February 2005, our home caught fire, our 24 year old daughter died, she was special needs. I was left disabled with 3rd degree burns and scars but not too awfully bad. Im still able to function some but Im disabled enough to recieve social security disability which doesn't help alot. Anyway, after we lost our home and daughter we left the state and returned to our roots in Pa. Where we now reside. My husband is now my caregiver and has been since the fire. He also works outside home for 3 hours a day part time.
My unhappiness has been growing for a long time and I had began to realize that onedaqy i was going to have to do something about it. If i don't, it will only fester and cause resentment for both of us. And so this is where I plan to begin, a sorta self therapy, so to speak. A way to talk to myself and see my life in print and decide where change is needed and make those changes. So let me begin!!!!
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JAMES BENNETT GRIFFIN WAS ONE of the leading North American archaeologists of his day. Known to everyone—even his children—as Jimmy, he was the man most responsible for reshaping the archaeology of eastern North America, for building an enduring center of research on long-term cultural change at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Michigan, and for fostering many innovations in archaeological method and theory throughout his long career.
Born in Atchison, Kansas, and raised in Denver, Colorado, and Oak Park, Illinois, Griffin was steeped in the traditions and perspectives of the American Midwest, the land to whose prehistory he brought systematic order. He received his bachelor of arts from the University of Chicago in 1927. He gained excavation experience in the Illinois field school of the polymathic anthropologist Faye Cooper Cole in the summer of 1930 while working in Fulton County near Peoria, and this fieldwork led to one of his first publications (1934). Later that year he received a master of arts with a thesis on mortuary variability in eastern North America.
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Does anyone know where to buy raw cocoa, raw chocolate or cacao nibs in Bolivia ? It's probably cheap there (costs ridiculous amounts in Europe). I suppose if we poked around in the jungles and found the cacao plantations we could get it, unfortunately we don't have the time for that.
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actually if you are going to places like "casa de las especies" you should find raw cacao, I found some in central america and im doing my own cacao nibs n stuff
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Forehand: question on technique.
How much of your whole body is ideal to put into the shot? I have recently switched to a more modern forehand with ww and I spring through it. However, sometimes just using mostly arm and upper body works much better and with less effort.
Body weight behind the shot is not that important in modern strokes due to advances in racket technology
Be careful about that body weight thing. Technically, body weight isn't as important becasue the rackets are more powerful. When you're pressed for time, you can get away with purely open stance, no weight transfer, etc. That ability to hit off balance has led to the grueling rally contests you see on tour today. But, that is not an excuse to be lazy. When the pros have time, they step into their shots and get their weight into it. If you get a hard ball into a corner, you can get it back without a weight transfer. But, if you get a soft sitter, and you don't transfer your weight, you'll put it into the bottom of the net. Watch how the pros step up on sitters and how they get their weight into it.
SparkNotes version: It is possible to hit off balance. That doesn't mean it is acceptable. Step into as many shots as you can.
Getting your weight behind the shot can still allow you to hit a hard penetrating shot. I'm convinced this is one of the reasons that Berdych, for example, can sometimes hit people off the court. He tends to get his body into the shot more than some other players who are hitting more spin.
If you get the same output arming the ball as you do when you launch your body into the shot then you are doing something very, very wrong.
Usually when this happens it is because the person launching into the shot is flying open with their body too soon, leaving the arm behind; then after all of the energy from their body is already expended, they simply arm the ball as per usual.
If lower body, and torso are out of synch with your arm and racquet, then any energy from them is completely wasted.
It would be the same as arming the ball, or dropping down and doing a push-up before getting back up and arming the ball.
If you're switching to a modern forehand then you should not be arming the ball. With all respect to others who have posted, your weight is most definitely behind the stroke, but just in a different way (given that I'm not sure how you hit before).
There are a billion threads on this, but basically you want generally set-up semi-open. You don't have to, but this should be your basic set-up position. You want your weight on your back/outside foot mostly. That back/outside leg supports your shot and is an important part of driving your hips around. The power of the kinetic chain starts there.
You don't have to launch your body into every shot, you just want to push off that back/outside leg. Even if you are coming off the ground, the your coming off that back leg.
With the modern fh it's all about rotation of the core, not linear movements. The back/outside leg is the preferred rotation center.
I have the feeling that I'm doing exactly what you're saying. All my energy is being wasted.
Rotation is important, not so much launching into the ball and transferring weight forward. This is due to the modern rackets.
To answer your question simply, weight transfer, whether hitting in closed, neutral or open is important for generating pace, spin and depth. Even if you are hitting from an open stance, there should still be a complete weight transfer, starting with the legs and ending with the shoulder rotating through the ball. Sure, you don't always have time to set your feet and do this and with a very live arm can still generate a lot of racquet head speed and hit a great shot without transferring your weight, but to say that transferring your weight into the shot is not that important is a very inaccurate statement.
"Weight transfer" in the conventional sense is not really overly important. Linking the rotation is, however. In fact, an emphasis on stepping in, or weight transfer can impede properly timed rotation.
i can assure you that djoko here is getting his weight into the ball
Of course, if you're hitting a super low ball or are off balance, you shouldn't attempt to hit the ideal shot... you hit what your footwork allows to hit. You then think of what you can "waste" or let go in your stroke when you can't achieve the perfect movement -- that's how we adapt a forehand.
Otherwise, you shouldn't feel like you're muscling the ball or like only your upper body is involved... it's everything whenever you have space and time.
And yeah, and I sort a know what angular momentum is, but thanks. I'll ask you this, because you seem to be the self appointed expert here, but do you know how linear and angular momentum work in conjunction..just in a broad sense?
don't worry about how linear and angular momentum work in conjuction. it's not applicable. it's just a weak argument people use on forums in an attempt to demonstrate how smart they are when they can't back up a previous statement they made on some technical issue.
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Using your arm alone worries me - just from the standpoint that it can stress your wrist, forearm muscles and elbow.
When I use proper weight transfer, I get a ton less stress on my wrist and forearm. I have an injured - but healing - wrist so I'm sensitive about that.
Also I can hit with a lot of power but little effort with proper weight transfer, rotation and relaxed wrist.
Just don't hurt yourself
I think it just depends on how much power you want in your shot. More weight transfer, more power.
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LONDON (ICIS)--Here is Friday's end of day European oil and chemical market summary from ICIS.
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Crude oil futures extended losses, pressured by rising crude and petroleum products supply in the US and Europe. Prices were also pressured by concerns over China's slowing economy which prompted OPEC to cut China's economic growth forecast for 2013.
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So it wasn't a huge surprise that last week, Acme Social Club shut its doors permanently. A spokesperson for the restaurant confirmed the closure Friday, citing "financial reasons."
But let's not to dwell on bad news. It's more exciting to think about what might go into the space. Despite the concept that started with chef-driven cooking and spiraled downward into half-price food nights and drinks more suited to a college bar, the old Acme space has a stunning dinning room. You might remember the days when the chic but rustic space was packed with enthusiastic customers. The patio was filled with them too.
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Teachers: Staying Positive in Trying Times
She was a mentor. She was an innovator. She was a fighter for students, academic rigor, and achievement. I use the past tense not because my colleague has passed away but because her positivity has. And in so doing, administrators have lost a mediator, the staff has lost colleague, and the students have lost a guide.
All staffs are made up of great teachers, good teachers, indifferent teachers, teachers who are in progress, and teachers who should have never been kept on. Versions of these categories are in every industry. But there is also another category of teacher: the one whose heart was in the job, but who had that heart broken after years of professional disappointment. I have, for the first time, been witness to that de-evolution from start to finish.
The De-Evolution of Positivity
This woman spent years building up her own knowledge, pushing herself to learn more and more. She is brilliant in her knowledge of educational technology, has multiple credentials, and has earned multiple degrees, all in the name of lifelong learning. She made an impact on many, but her impact wasn't enough to keep her heart aloft through years of deflated morale. Her talents were never tapped or appreciated.
Her spirit died because of the problems that feel insurmountable: the budget, the villainization of teachers, the over-emphasis on testing. And as the federal government gets muddled about their mission, so do schools. The government dictates blander directives and schools feel the pressure to replace innovation with standardized scripts. And it's chipping away at our sanity.
Since her positivity collapse, she has closed her door to helping other teachers. And while I know that she is still teaching her heart out with her students, doing what she can with so little, I also know that unhappiness trickles down to the students whether we want it to or not. I don't blame her. Teachers are bruised and our bones are broken fighting for the minimum to do our job. But I do wish we could have helped her before her heart's demise.
Keeping Optimism and Hope Alive
Now, while Edutopia is about honesty, it is also about solutions. We are not just an online corner in which to vent our frustrations. We are a community of educators seeking to make improvements in both the system and our practice. So in her honor, and in the hopes that we catch others like her before they hit a place where smiles are in drought, I wanted to post a short list of advice in how to preserve happiness even in these difficult times.
1. Pinpoint what you love about education and live in it. I love the kids. So I open my door during my lunch and spend more time with them. I hate the paperwork. So I've devised ways to lessen my load. For one thing, I've gone paperless, and as a symptom, my learning curve keeps me distracted from the scholastic smog.
2. Find others who can offer solutions, not just an ear. We need people who will listen when we are down. But being an ear doesn't solve the problems, and it's important to surround yourself with colleagues who push you to think in new, innovative ways.
3. Pick and choose the news you read. I'm not telling you to cut off your supply of news stories and bloggers and headlines. I am suggesting that you ask yourself if you need a barrage of educational news all the time. And what quality is that news? Is it always reporting the negative? Is it a feed that only vents or one that inspires forward movement? There's a difference, after all. Pick the feeds that help you, not those who only serve to stoke your anger.
4. Know your limits. Know how big your plate is and protect its edges. You need to say yes sometimes, but you also have the right to say, "so what's coming off my plate if I take this on?" You can at least ask before you say no.
5. Never close your door to collaboration. You know how they say that moving elderly people into the hospital can quicken their demise? Closing your door to colleagues is rather like that. The act begins to deteriorate your ability to see the good. When you close the door, you are moving access to positive practices into hospice care.
6. Be supportive of one another. That means you shouldn't add to the smog of negativity or help propel the riot mentality of anger that can be ever-present in a staff lounge. Instead, it means helping a new teacher or answering an email asking for advice. Helping others also helps you. You'll feel better at the end of the day if you've spent it being neighborly to other teachers.
7. Pick your battles. I'm not saying, "don't fight." Of course we fight. But know what you're fighting about, and make sure it's something that you can rebound emotionally from, or you risk losing yourself.
8. Don't get sucked in. As we watch some of our colleagues down sad and angry paths, try to help them, but also find those who haven't gone there yet. Smiles will help keep you aloft, even if the solutions to greater problems are still in progress.
Look, I know that shutting down is a sort of peaceful demonstration. If we as teachers didn't shut down when lines were crossed, if we permit stakeholders to assume that we will always keep the boat afloat even when they take away our deck, you're right. We will continue to be taken advantage of. But we need to find ways to be happy in our day-to-day lives. We need to find ways to continue to support one another and to maintain our positivity.
During a hard day, what gives you reason to smile?
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Hi David,
It sounds like you've had a very negative experience, and I'm very sorry to hear about that. As I described below, teaching is difficult, exhausting, and draining. And depending on your situation, it can lead to a very negative experience as you may have had. However, teaching is not just a job for many people. It's their lives. It's what gets them out of bed every morning and keeps them smiling even through the trying times. I work to make a better future for our students, and I'm sure a lot of educators feel the same.
There are ways to reconnect with why you became a teacher in the first place, and I hope that perhaps through reflection and some personal time you may be able to find this. But of course, not everyone can overcome some of the trials of working in education, and I don't blame you or anyone for that. We're all different and we are all going to approach a situation differently. It's just important that you don't apply your situation to others and vice versa.
Hi Becky.....
Thanks for your response. I absolutely know what it's like for those people that jump out of bed in the morning, excited about what they're going to every, single day. I've even used sick days (not often, but periodically) to substitute teach a day in one of those districts where the students conduct themselves in a respectable manner, actually try, are not jumping around with joy because they got a D- for the marking period (which means they met the bare minimum and passed - and that's all they're interested in), among other things. Believe me, what those teachers are experiencing are the reasons I got into education in the first place. I don't have to reflect to remember why I became a teacher in the first place.....that's it. What I've spent most of my career doing, is NOT it.
After more than 20 years of this, I just have to treat it as a job and get through until I qualify for retirement, I have too much invested in the system now. If I approach it any other way, it's just day-after-day of disappointment heaped upon more disappointment.
Thanks again!
Hi Heather.....
Thanks for your response. I just finished putting a reply together to Becky which addresses some of which you discuss, so I'll try not to repeat myself here.
I wish we had a segment of the student population that showed the enthusiasm you mention with regard to excitement for class and the "lightbulbs." I think a description that often escapes description in educational analysis is that teachers feed off of that energy that kids like that generate. How do teachers make it through 180 +/- days a year for 35 years? .....the energy from the students. When you have kids that get interested and excited, it drives teachers.
When you have 35 kids per class and they all ask, "Well, what's the LEAST I have to do to pass?" ....it just drains you. When less that 10% of your senior class members go on to further their education every year.....it just drains you. When you see statistical reports that 10% of THAT 10% just make it to their second year of post-secondary education.........it just drains you. Well, you get the idea.
Thank you again, I really appreciate you taking the time to get back to me. I hope this didn't go on too long, but I just felt you more than deserved an answer to your well thought-out commentary.
Hi David!
I live in the suburbs of Philly, so I hear daily what's going on in the city, and know from Chris Lehmann how tough things are in general. We have issues here as well, with money being tight and teachers feeling undervalued.
As a parent, nothing saddens me more than for teaching to become more about the assembly line and less about the joy of learning. I get that at this point, you need to do what you need to do to stay sane, but I can't help but asking is that what the kids deserve? Do they feel that you kind of are past the point of caring or investing any more of yourself in the job, and does than exacerbate the issues on some level?
That said, it's unconscionable what's been happening in Philly especially in terms of what's happening in Harrisburg, and the recent death of a girl because there was no school nurse and her asthma attack ended up being more serious than thought. http://practicaltheory.org/blog/2013/10/10/dear-gov-corbett-how-many-kid...
Is there anything that the community can do to help support teachers? Are you in a school where the parents may be more of the problem than a cure? Are there any other ways to address the problem, or can we head off the problem in other schools where teachers may simply being on the verge of giving up caring any more?
Hi Whitney.....
Thank you for your comments.
The parents are a huge part of the problem. When you get a single-digit turn-out for conferences and "Back to School Nights" out of 165 students each semester, that tells you they're a problem. When you call to let them know about their son's/daughter's conduct in class and roughly 40% of them tell you, "Don't call me again about this!" and the other 60% "Uh-huh" you but there's no change, they're a problem.
It's a systemic problem. Whether they perceive that I care about them or not, they don't care. School is a social gathering place for the students and a babysitting service for their parents - and that's it.
Everything is backwards. Where you and I dreaded the idea of losing our summer vacation and the embarrassment of having to attend summer school when we were kids, they relish it. "I get a chance to see my friends!" and "I can get the same credit in 6 weeks for a lot less work than I would have to do if I tried in 40 +/- weeks of school," they tell me. They know how to play the system to their advantage.
I've had principals that have graduated kids that have failed all of their classes their senior year. The kids know that. They know we've been told that we'd BETTER have so many "A's," "B's," "C's".....etc. in each class we teach. So....why should they even try? As you're also in Pennsylvania, you know about the senior project requirement. We've had students caught red-handed plagiarizing their senior papers. Once notified, administration has told us they would take over the issue. They have............they've passed them.
Since schools are evaluated on things such as graduation rate, failure rate, and more, these administrators make sure that everything is presented in the best possible light to the state.
It's really way beyond what one person can do or how they are perceived.
Hi David!
Thanks for engaging here, and for talking about things openly I just wanted to message you and suggest one nugget I got from Rick Lavoie a number of years ago. Instead of calling parents with bad news, try calling with good news- when a kid is making progress (even slow progress) or otherwise does something great. heck, even I get nervous when there's a call from school, and always assume it is nothing but bad news and feel defensive- even if it turns out to be something as simple as arranging a meeting or volunteer hours! It might be enough to change up the script with kids who are trying, and encourage them to do more of the same. And the parents will never forget it either.
I'm sorry we can't wave a wand and make things better, but maybe we can find a few rays of light here and there and hope to foster those embers to make life a little brighter, even if only in a few spots.
Fingers crossed..
Thanks for the encouraging words. Often times we find ourselves slipping into a rut and don't know how to get out. I believe that the strategies that you have offered here will definitely help me to push forward and smile more.
Thank you so much for the advice. Teaching is consuming and the issues related to teaching can be difficult to deal with without doing some of the things that you mentioned. Reading this will help me take care of myself and also to take care of my colleagues as they try to manage the day to day lives.
Thank you for posting this. As I was reading and reflecting on my own day to day feelings and actions I realized that is a lot from this post that I could apply to myself. When I read #3 not only pick and choose the news we read, but also the "news" we hear from others. I know I often hear from someone I work with how bad the children are and how there is lack of administration ect. Sometimes you get caught up in all the "bad" talk that it sucks you in. I know I've tried to offer positive words and advice, but the truth is, some people do not want to hear it. I should choose carefully the people I listen to and spend time with. Thanks again for your post! It really made me think about some different things!
Hey Rhonda!
Thanks for your comment. You know, even those who we deem "negative" have value in our staff, but it just may not be in terms of promoting positivity. Friends and colleagues all serve different purposes. Know those that can help you develop your smile and those that don't. That doesn't mean you need to ditch those people totally; but it's important to know how their frown may corrupt your day.
Thanks again for chiming in, and I'm happy this gave you some new ways to think on your own day!
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Released North America Mar 27, 2011 Europe Mar 25, 2011 Japan Feb 26, 2011