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April 26th, 2005 #1
C.O.W. - #011: Dream/Nightmare Eater - VOTING!!!
Topic: Dream/Nightmare Eater
Deadline for the voting: Tuesday, 03.05.2005
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concept: the blind dream eater
he can smell them, he can hear them, but he can't see them, so he tastes them and eats them, to feed his hungry mind.
concept: After all the wickas( witches) were in danger of being hunted by the church, one of them especialized on bringing fear to people in their dreams, by creating something himself called " Terror haemonculus", this minions were shaped according to the fears of the people they hunted in their dreams, but this fear was becoming the reason of his possible downfall...
People were transforming that fear into action, they wanted the terror to stop and they prove they would destry anything suspicious because of that fear, and the wicka didnt had more control over them, so he created something compleatly different, something that would destroy any will for anything, by consuming the townfolk´s wishes and ambitions...
But the wicka was afraid that a beast like that may hunt him in his own drams, so he turned himself into that beast....So while the beast only will is to consume all the dreams of his surroundings, it would remain invincible to any attack ( because it only exist in the dream world)...while the wicka remains the body as his own desfigured head..sleeping.
concept: The true servants of Nightmares. These creatures always stay close, but undetected, to human settlements. When the humans are sleeping they turn their attention to what's going on inside their victims mind. If a Trance vassel succesfully 'connects' to a dream it will start to clear all activity within that dream until the dreamer is left in a trance-like state from which they cannot awaken. Then, the vassel creates a special dream which induces sleepwalking. The poor victims will always walk straight towards the vassals hidingplace. Not satisfied with devouring their victims dreams, the vassals consume the hapless human.
concept: The Alucinorbestia wander in the dreamscape between consciousness and unconsciousness. Their long legs help them wade through the milky dream lake that lies deep within the combined minds of all people. Their long tongues dragging deep within that lake, absorbing the dark dreams that lie below the surface of the lake. Feeding off nightmares, the Alucinorbestia have taken grotesque appearances that do not represent their true benevolent nature.
concept: The Eater of Dreams dwells in the Nether-world between our conscious and uncounscious minds, manifesting in the twilight hours before dawn to steal our dreams away. Once collected the dreams' energies are consumed by the Eater, who leaves their twisted, corrupted shells scattered like brittle leaves in the barren landscape of the Nether.
concept: Dutch Gelderland Gjooba.
Lolloping across the nighttime landscape like a drunk uncle at a wedding, the Gelderland Gjooba feasts on the nocturnal dreams and nightmares of the populace. Towering at 200 ft, yet with the brain of a midget fool, the Gjooba brays for sustenance. While all nighttime fancies are fodder to the Gjooba, he prefers dreams of hope and nightmares of despair. Completely hairless with vestigial knife and fork, the Gjooba is prone to melancholia and late mornings.
concept: The Donald: Devourer Of Nightmares And Lucid Dreams
A totally benign creature with no evil plot to take over your mental facilities - it just has a thirst to screw your mind, so to speak.
Extremely small and easily mistaken for noseeums buzzing around your head whilst you sleep, the Donald lands to feed once it sees you enter into a state of REM. The Donald smart cookie that it is, realizes that REM is prime time to suck up those mindscape morsels. The Donald can be beneficial to you by erasing nightmares as they occur whilst feeding or it can be a total bitch when you try to remember that awesome dream when you wake up but it's 'poof' gone into the Donald!
concept: Hannelore
The Hannelore is a creature that is reoccurrent to young Timothy Higgins' dreams. Timmy knows nothing about this creature except that it's name is Hannelore and that it's appearance signals the dreams' end as it's mosquito-like mouth pierces dream-Timmy's frontal lobe.
concept: The Nightmare Eater - On nights when the moon tints the clouds red, the creature lurks above unsuspecting hamlets, feeding from the bad dreams it cultivates.
concept: the deadly night squirt
The Dreamdweller
This creature lives inside the dimension of our nightly fantasies also known as dreams and nightmares. There it lives of the essence of fear and love. Because fear is much more powerful (except for wet dreams) it stimulates nightmares by spreading darkness and disrupting our imagination. This also the reason why its so difficult to get out of a bad dream. Due to the disruptions its difficult to wake up. We first have to gather enough energy to escape from the dreamworld. Result: waking up suddenly, shaking and confused.
So think again when they say:
Dont worry, its just a bad dream. Go back to sleep
Sweet dreams
concept: The creature is only able to feast on the dreams of the youngest human children (below 28 months old) because the elder humans posses the brain functions to repel the mental manipulation, and the physical ability to remove the creatures from their living space. Though easy to spot, these creatures are often ignored by even the most attentive parent due to their superficial similarity to a babys mobile.
concept: Bobb the Dream Eater
Ever wake up in the middle of a dream just to find yourself face down in a drool soaked pillow? Yeah, of course you haven't. Well for those of you who have, you have been a victim of Bobb the Dream Eater. Bobb likes to sneak into your room when your sound asleep and wrap you up in your blanket just like a lollipop then feast on your sweet dreams and sour nightmares. He doesn't eat you and has never really hurt anyone. After he's done he returns you to your place of rest to move on to his next tasty treat. Occasionally Bobb will leave a little to loudly and startle his victim to consciousness but by then all has returned to normal and the only thing that is left is a drool soaked pillow with your face in it.
concept: The Dream Eater
Or brainbug.This critter crawls into your bedroom when you're sleeping and locates you via his little hairs on the belly,which feel the vibrations.His instinct then leads him to your mouth,which it cracks open with his powerful jaws.After that, he inserts a tongue-like apparatus into it and drives it into your brain to feed of the neural energy that is generated by your dreams. After he is finished he crawls away to either rest in some cellar or other dark places.When being attacked, he uses the hairs on his back to inject some drugging substance into the agressor. This usually grants enough time for the brainbug to escape. Reports of little children jumping from trees and breaking their legs because they believed they could fly are often found when doing research on the brainbug.In late of October,the male specimen goes into a mating frenzy and impregnates atleast 5 females,only to die the very same night from exhaustion.The females themselves are devoured by the offspring from the inside.The brainbug is the main reason we often wake up with a dry mouth and can't remember shit about what we dreamt the night before.
concept: Lesser Dream Eater (Vorosomnio Ereptorus Parvus) - (O. Coleoptera Imaginarus)
Often found in the bedding of disturbed mental patients, this foul insect feeds on the psychic energy created by nightmares and troubling dreams. It grows to around 1" long and 1" tall when fully gorged. It uses the fearsome mandibles on it's underbelly to consume the negative energies of nightmares. Intricate movements of its appendages cause a temporary psychic vortex to be generated that act like a magnet to psychic energy. An electrical glow is often seen during feeding. The creature feeds by attaching itself to the head of its prey and making a small incision in the skin to disrupt the human magnetic field.
The upper body of the Dream Eater has several adaptations to assist in the collection of dream energies. Six arm-like appendages are used to grip onto hair and clothing while feeding. The head features 5 pairs of eye each with distinct functions those being low light, fast and slow movement, infra red spectrum and wide angle vision. The feathery fern like antennae sense tiny movements in the air as well as the chemical composition of the air. Finally the large red structures are actually used for hearing. They are very sensitive drum like structures which pick up even tiny sonic vibrations. All of these senses are used to detect when a victim is about to enter a phase of disturbed REM sleep. The rudimentary wing structures are of no use as the insect cannot fly. It is thought these are used for mating displays or to intimidate rivals.
concept: Dreamers
The Nightmare eater or otherwise known as "Dreamers" walk amoung our world fiesting on our dreams. Dreamers cannot be seen for they live in a subconscious environment that exist only in our minds. When we sleep at night and our dream state takes over, this is sort of a "door way" for the Dreamers to enter through. Once this happens, we lose all control over our dreams, and horrific images start to take shape turning the dream into what is known as a "Nightmare". There are cases when a nightmare may cause death, heart attack, excessive sweats and racing pulse. This is the Dreamers ultimate goal, to tear your soul from your body so that once you enter thier world, they may feast on your thoughts, your dreams, your mind...taking everything that is precious to you and torturing you to the very limit of insanity until there is nothing left.
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Matt Dixon:
concept: Humperdink's Doodah
Named for the neurosurgeon who first discovered this tiny parasite while operating on an infected patient, these tiny creatures live on the surface of the human brain. The details of their behaviour is not fully understood, but these organisms send out nerve-like tendrils from their bodies which appear to interface with synapses in the brain where the creature somehow feeds on neurotransmitter activity. The process seems to have no affect on the host, with one notable exception - they no longer dream during sleep - this has led to the Doodah's nickname as the 'Eater of Dreams' and may go some way to explain it's contented expression.
concept: Plum Island Experiment:A20432D
Dateline: 06/11/2007
Internal Memo: The Council On Responsible Genetics
It has recently come to our attention through the efforts of a tenacious field agent that the disgraced former governor of Massachusetts, R. J. Geralds may have netted a sizable financial windfall from those connected to the Plum Island Genetic Research facility. It was after all the governor's controversial policy of exporting the state's most violent criminals to a maximum security facility in Virginia. There it was known that several inmates committed savagely inhuman violent acts and others committed suicide while guards watched. For many months the story was simply a tale of cruelty until the final piece of the puzzle came in the form of a disgruntled researcher, James Fichmiller. Fichmiller claims that the heads of Plum Island in concert with their counterparts in the NIH worked with the knowing consent of the governor's office to conduct research experiments on the convicts. One such experiment was called A20432D, nicknamed the "pacifier". An organism that was able to "phase" through the human physiology, namely the skull to nestle between the lobes of the brain where it would regulate the mental function of the subject during sleep, by "eating dreams and nightmares". However, whatever benefits there were were quickly offset by loss of memory, self identity, and touch with reality. Soon it was found that to further sustain itself during waking hours, the creature was slowly sapping the nutrients from the brain and nervous system, thus causing the outbursts and brutal ends.
It is our position to forward any and all relevant materials to the DoJ, Internal Revenue, and state's attorney's office of Massachusetts for further exploration and termination of this project and to also suspend any other efforts to export prisoners to surrounding states and territories.
Proceed with any and all discretion. This means no media coverage or leaks, discussions outside of this building are prohibited, and destruction of all internal memos are mandatory.
Harold Milton
Chairman of the Council on Responsible Genetics
concept: The Chupa-Sueños
Originating from Sinaloa, Mexico, this microscopic creature enters through the ear and sucks the dreams of young children every night until they become teenagers. The Chupa-Sueños can only sustain itself on "pure" dreams, therefore limiting its victims to children.
vaughany boy:
concept: alucinor esum
A legendary beast that sustains itself on the dreams of humans. This creature approaches a target in the dead of night and ingests it's subconsious thought while they sleep. This animal can survive on both good and bad dreams and interestingly, every dream they ingest has a physical effect on the creature. As such, an Esum that eats good dreams will become a happy looking, cute creature, one with a taste for nightmares will become a horrific monster. It has been theorised that the creature also effects future dreams of the victim. The link that it uses to take the dream energy also gives the person an image of the creature that can reveal itself in future dreams, giving more opportunies for the creature to feed. This animal does not kill of harm the victim in any physical way, and everyone has a unique apprearance that is ever changing. A very cunning beast, they have also been known use spiritual "Dream Catchers" To prevent excess dreams escaping.
concept: PPB#231
The PPB#231 (which means "ParaPsychologyBeing #231" - a norwegian task force of Parapsychologists catalog the beings they encounter during their researches since many years, they don't give names to the beings, just adding the count-number) was spotted with a special technological equipment the Parapsychologist use to make pictures and movies of the outer dimensional beings.
It can be found around sleeping humans...not visible for the human eye, they feed on dreams of humans. The scientists observed that some parts of this being morph into components of the dreams they consume (on the picture you can see a nightmare eating PPB#231, since the disgusting outpours and scary impressions...). So the appearance of this being changes radically depending on the dream the human has. One of the most interesting recording was a PPB#231 feeding on a boys dreams who watched for hours continously the Tele-Tubbies-Show before falling asleep...
The PPB#231 uses some kind of mind-reader tentacles to "read" the dreams and transfer them into consumeable energy-form...
young paddy1:
concept: an hourish of faffing with a big pink thing with some fluff on it which turned into a sheep.
After they've been counted into a dream by an insomniac brain trying to get to sleep, the dream muncher sheep just chews down on the communal field of dream generated grass, it constantly gives off a mixture of brokendown visions and illusions, which will meld together to become a future dream.
concept: Transcript of the 2028 educational film Dreamfeeder: Miracle of Science
Well hello Billy, I didn't see you there. I'm glad you're here, because today we're going to talk about Dreamfeeders.
Oh boy Dr. Science, that sounds swell! But what's a Dreamfeeder?
Good question Billy! The Dreamfeeder is a miracle creature designed by the government using highly advanced science! Using all the latest advances in genetic engineering and neurobiology, or "brain science" to the layperson, the government created this wonder of man's ingenuity to make your life worth living again!
You see, when the liberals began the Great Riots of 2012, nearly tearing apart the moral fabric of this great country we live in, the government knew they had to do something drastic. So they invoked the 36th Amendment and created the Dreamfeeder! Order was restored, and mankind has enjoyed a golden age of productivity and prosperity ever since!
How does it work?
Good question Billy! The Dreamfeeder comes into your house at night, while you sleep, through the hatch installed in every home. Remember Billy, removing or otherwise obstructing the hatch is a federal offense! They then climb into your bed and begin to suckle on an area of your forehead we scientists refer to as your "Mind Teat." Through this the Dreamfeeder sucks out all of your wasteful thoughts and unproductive emotions, such as ambition, lust, anger, sadness, humour, hope, and most importantly, love! You are left to wake up in a state of wonderfully productive complacency. All thanks to our friend, the Dreamfeeder!
Wow Dr. Science, Dreamfeeders are cool! Where can I learn more about them?
Now Billy, that sounds an awful lot like curiosity which is not one of the six state-sanctioned emotions. You wouldnt want me to alert the Regulator Squad, would you?
No sir!
Hahaha! *wink*
Craig Houghton:
concept: The Dream-Eater
This disturbingly common creature frequents his victims with ease and regularity. Those with chronic nightmares may do well to keep their windows shut. You see, when this critter unfurls his feeding tube and dangles it about, the little glowing fingers do a dance upon the brow. He feeds upon the very best of dreams, like sugarplums and games, but in their stead he leaves the worst, like hopelessness and pain.
concept: Although dreams can be the source of inspiration, creativity and hidden passions, they can also manifest as terrible nightmares. This creature is a Dream Guardian; each human being has their own personal guardian that takes on a special form for each individual. When he feeds, catching our dreams, we have a deep, restful sleep. Sometimes the creature can become too active, and this is when writer's and artist's block appears, and sometimes they are driven from their post, leaving nightmares to flood the mind.
concept: Simply Called The Carniverous, after Ambrose Bierce's Definition in the Devils Dictionary, "Addicted to devouring the timorous vegitarian, his hiers and assigns."(pg23) This creature travels and lives with families for generations to feed off of their dreams and leave them with feeling of dread that spread across days until the children become teenagers, eventually causing the horrible and unescapable disease known as teen angst.
concept: Dapadula
Dapadula, the Eater of Dreams and Nightmares. A glutton for fresh images, ideas and emotions that occur during certain stages of one's sleep. Seen here perusing a menu for a tasty mind morsel of maybe a dreamy damsel or a terror filled adolescent in mid-slumber.
concept: Ralph Ellington *AkA Dream Eater* *AkA Whoopie Dropper*
This freaky sucker feeds off of our intimate sexual dreams. As if stealing some of our favorite dreams wasnt bad enough, the sick bastard replaces them with a steamy threesome dream starring Whoopie Goldberg, Carla from Cheers, and yourself. If you've allready had this dream then I'm afraid either youv'e been a victim of Ralph Ellington's evil ploy or your name is Ted Danson. Either way, Im sorry.
April 26th, 2005 #3
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croovman and possessed, you need to invest more time in your entries! I took your entries to the poll, since it's your first time...
April 26th, 2005 #4
wow tough choice again...and yet again i settle for helzon...because this time, he got everything right.
was close call between him and redehlert though.
fozzy would have come in second,along with 0kelvin.
on a conceptual level,shamagim's was probably the most interesting to read.
Sketchbooks of inspiration:
Marc Taro|Maxetormer|ZhuZhu|Jeri|Dobu]
Always think about:
lighting! design! perspective! proportion!
And (self)motivation is still everything.
April 26th, 2005 #5
Carnifex : dude...cheque is in the mail...was that 60 Euros or 65?...I forget. Just kiddin!...I appreciate the vote...honestly.
I also appreciate immensely those that were kind enough to give praise, crit and advice. You have my deepest respect.
This week was by far sheer madness to try and figure out who got the nod...but ultimately I went with Dougbot. I felt that it was a screamingly tight piece. The form and function followed seamlessly with the description.
But it cannot pass without mention:
redehlert you killed me with that illo man..just beautifully rendered. A fantastic blend of structure, anatomy with a hit of humor. Just incredible. And if I could have voted for two you and doug would have gotten it bro.
Matt Dixon, leckronium, MIKECORRIERO, Fozz, Gloklund, and Stokes You guys turned my brain inside out with your outstanding skills. I loved the originality of each of your creatures and the care that went into rendering them.
croovman: I think this piece would have been great if you had left it b&w and build up your area of focus with your penwork. The Crayola crayon feel on the shadow and body are really weakening things.
shamagim: I like the surreal concept here. The form and experimental nature of the anatomy is cool as well. Liked the way your rendered the flesh...but I would have liked to have seen the limbs a bit thicker simply because they would be hefting this huge mass about..also the back legs seem a bit incomplete. The description is a bit muddled and a bit of a tough read.
possessed: I am really digging the thought behind this creature. However, I think there are some anatomy issues going on that need a bit of ironing out. The upper right hand(viewers p.o.v.) is dangerously close to blending into the hand below it...a thicker line or different pose altogether could push that out toward the viewer. Perhaps a bit more time put into laying your creature like some quick thumbnails would help you work through to a better pose.
dougbot: You got my vote dude...don't know how much more I can say...
This is clean, tight, and kickin..just how I like my women... (j/k)
If I were to cave to that faction that says..."well come up with something to critique and not just ass pat..." I would very quietly say...maybe a bit more detail on the joints...they are going to get alot of use in a creature that is this tall and gangly.
Oregano: I love the kinetic feel you got in this piece by turning it on the angle that you did and not just leave it straight up and down. There is a great sense of flow and movement that I can really sink my teeth into. The way you used the light to focus attention to the hand and his armpit area is really well done. The sinister quality is great as well. The things that really hold me back though are the ambiguities in the mouth area and the torso. I'm not quite sure what's goin on in terms of what it is, fur?, cloth? aether?.. and one other thing before I forget..the left arm (viewers p.o.v.) seems a bit too far back..and reads (to me at least) as nearly missing.
Salaryman: Unequivocally unique.
redehlert: Said it all above dude...love the new layout vs. the old one. I think the only small thing would be the guys head in regards to the lower part of his jaw...but that's really picking on something damn near inconsequential.
Bretton: I like the storybook feel that this has.
The eyes on the Hannelore though seem like flat black circles..neither rounding out or caving in....perhaps a bit of shine on them? And the spine seems like magnified stubble. Maybe some variance in size and shape would give it a bit more solidity.
bluefooted: Tight description and very well done in terms of achieving that 16th-17th century feel. I also sense a bit of William Michael Kaluta..in terms of the color wash and ink. The composition is great and I can almost imagine this as some sort of image for a twisted Tarot deck. Great work!
Uziel: I like the dreary feel to this piece. Yet, perhaps a bit more tonal range would really give your creature a greater roundness and dimensionality. A greater sense of gravis. There is no really strong light source here...but maybe one could imagine that the dreamscape could have one...not necessarily white or yellow..but something that would complement the dreary feel.
Pupil: This is extraordinary. Really enjoying the rich variety of tone and shape. The creature itself is nicely worked into the piece. There is though a bit of tonal similarity between the lower part of the creature and the bed frame that makes it really blend into it rather than stand out...maybe just a tweak here or there.
leckronium: This piece is a riot of personality. Has a great lighthearted feel to it. And the backstory really just ties it all together. If I were to tug at one small thing it would be to maybe hit the lollipop in the back with a bit of shine..as though it were the appetizer to the dreams coming from Bob's victims' mind. Excellent job!!
Carnifex: I see where you are going with this piece...and can appreciate the toned background. Maybe something to keep in mind though is the layout. If you check redehlert's ...he uses the "Donald" itself to pull your eye down into the piece and onto other areas of interest. Because right now..the one view of your brainbug..and the other supporting spot illos look disconnected and just totally separate. It would be cool to let the main figure segway into the other supporting illos and draw your eye naturally to each.
kingrobot: Originality oozing out of every pore of this one dude!!! I don't know how COW or for that matter CA.org has made it this far without you......honestly. Can you ever forgive me??!?... I have seen the error of my cliché ways and bow before the utter magnificence of your omnipotent concept and rendering skills and peerless singularity of thought. Hear that??!..I'm snapping my Wacom tablet over my knee...and chewing on my Wacom pen...hmm..nummy..never thought it would taste like this..needs a bit of salt maybe...kinda sorta reminds me of chicken.
MIKECORRIERO: I am a sucker for sinister...and this fits the bill to a friggin T. Nice kinetic pose...it really suggests movement. Great use of primary and secondary lighting. Even the texturing is sweet. But like kingrobot said...the right arm is getting totally lost against the body. In fact it took a bit for me to make sense of it. Perhaps a different angle or a bit more contrast in tone to define that separation.
Matt Dixon: Another pro piece. Not a whole hell of alot to crit...perhaps a secondary light source...but that's really semantics..and splitting hairs....
BlkCelebration: I see you've toned the colors down since Evil Easter Creature...I like the sense of movement and the flow...this creature doesn't look as stiff and over controlled as your other entries. Nicely done!
vaughany boy: Not trying to bust your stones man, just trying to be constructive....but I think you are really wanting to rocket to the other side of the galaxy and you haven't mastered the math to get you there...yet. I think that if you took this a step at a time..and work with anatomy and getting familiar with the shapes and forms first....then build it up to lighting and shading...then putting that into composition...then build from there with experimentation...and before you know it..you will be cranking out some stellar work...but for now...really getting your figures as technically tight as possible should be the goal.
Fozzy: I think this piece should be in Juxtapose. This work just merges right in with that funky style.
Yet, your boy is packed with everything but the kitchen sink...in terms of add ons and parts. Perhaps a bit fewer..but that's up to you.
There are some anatomical issues here that are a touch confusing..
The tentacle on the right side ..the smaller one, disappears rather quickly behind the flesh tube..and should pop out on the other side of it..or if it is part of the larger tentacle.. then the larger tentacle is actually off.
And the right side symmetry of legs is off...that thin leg in the middle perhaps should be more forward of the larger leg instead of reaching behind itself. I get the feeling that you wanted to vary the legs to give it a feeling of walking..but..it just looks a bit wonky.. Overall...though..great work.
young paddy_1: Man you put a new wrinkle in my brain with the word "faffing"... Interesting concept here.. Perhaps it's been said..but the colors are really intense. And the two shafts of lighter colored dream grass look as though they are coming out of this creatures nostrils. I gotta hand it to ya though...the texturing and lighting on the zits? are great!
0kelvin: Description killed me...nearly wet meself. Great comp lighting, and style!! Probably could have done without the micro shween. But funny add on nonetheless. Beside the hair...the only crit I would have is that her head..seems to be resting too rigidly on top of the pillow...it doesn't seem as though she has any weight...and thus does not sink into it. The pillow is too smooth..no wrinkling of fabric..or indentations that would usually be expected. And the blanket seems to be just a stark white institutional type...perhaps if it had some sort of patterning...it would look more individualized. On the whole though...Outstanding!
Craig Houghton: Scoped your website...and I get the feeling that creature concept is a bit of a new avenue that you are wanting to explore.
I like the value range on the colors...but what is bothering me is the overall structure of the creature..and the p.o.v you've choosen. I get the whole "surreal" idea..but lumping incongruous shapes together and try to force the viewer to make sense of them..is really challenging here. In other words...where does this thing begin..and where does it end. I get the sense that thing in the middle is the head...it looks rather like a huge leaking bat dong. And in terms of the p.o.v. perhaps something more 3/4ish would be a bit more dynamic than trying to work the hell out of dead on profile.
Sapphire: I like the idea...something between a spirit animal and a Patronus...The filament behind it has a kind of spirograph/dreamcatcher feel. The ghost like translucency is cool...and I would venture to say that perhaps you could have let the filaments continue through the creature but warping as well..so it has a more definitive feel of mass warping the image that is returning to the eye.
RaneValderez: Just needing more time with this one...
Gloklund: You know..for some reason I don't care that it looks like a goblin or troll or orc..because the personality in this piece just friggin rocks...comes so damned close to a JoBeSu in all the right ways.
Stokes: Great rendering...the comp and angle are fantastic...
A couple of things though...The victim looks a bit too tense rigidly posed, and not as though he's asleep. And somehow the description reads humorous and lighthearted..but then you have something that looks like it's sucking his brain out through his hair follicles.
But really solid work.
That's it...my fingers are bleeding...and have worn off the letters on my keyboard...not to mention I think I have a bit of constipation from eating my Wacom pen...*urp*...damn...repeats..
Cheers all!
Last edited by Helzon; April 27th, 2005 at 02:18 PM.
April 26th, 2005 #6
I voted for bluefooted!! I'm a sucker for incredibly well done illustrations like that. It's friggin' beautiful.
Fozzy was my runner up, but that thing looks like it devours a hell of a lot more than yer dreams.
April 26th, 2005 #7
I'll spend more time on my next entry, that's a promise.
Thnx for having me on the poll.
I had a real tough time choosing between Shamagim and MIKECORRIERO.
I really like the style and coloring from the latter but the former has a great concept and the creature just looks very original and gruesome. Though I was the colors were a tad more saturated. Voted for Shamagim.
April 26th, 2005 #8
im amazed that fozzy let RaneValderez's entry into this poll. other entries which werent allowed into previous polls were so much better than his pic.
anyway my vote went to Gloklund.
April 26th, 2005 #9
Craig: Thanks
It was a really tough decision, but I went with redehlert's entry. I'm just a sucker for scientific illustration, I guess. Loved the magnification and the cut-away. The creature is pretty nifty, too.
April 26th, 2005 #10
I voted for Blue Footed because I thought his piece was really really classy. I hope to get back in the swing of things and compete again.
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April 26th, 2005 #11
I voted bluefooted because it was a different style and it has a dark age feeling.
redehlert 2nd place.
BlkCelebration: Too much blur I cannot tell how it really looks like...
Fozzybar: Totaly crazy concept
0kelvin: Everything has a plastic look, try different brushes and play with opacity.
Helzon: Great linework and graytones. Next step: Colors
Sapphire: when i first saw it i thought it was a new constellation symbol.
Stokes: The colors you used are very strong/hard.
Oregano: Could be a wizard of any kind, too human. Nice composition
April 26th, 2005 #12Originally Posted by fungi
April 26th, 2005 #13
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The Starkville Civic League met on October 26 at Cadence Bank. Our hostesses for the meeter were: Mary Ann Fuller, Bettye Duncan and Opelia Reed. The table was decorated beautifully as usual.
Oh Shoot," January is without a doubt our coldest, toughest, and certainly without a doubt in this world...the most dreary months of the entire year!
Strong overnight storms left a path of destruction across south Starkville but no reported injuries as of this morning.

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1. Compass is fixed and works great now.
2. Task Manager button added when you bring up list of recent apps by holding home button
3. Media Hub icon added in apps
4. HD Camcorder icon added in apps
5. Option to set wifi to turn off after display goes off is now gone. (This was probably causing problems as some people complained of wifi not reconnecting)
6. Settings/Mobile Networks/Network Mode has new options of GSM/WCDMA (auto), GSM Only or WCDMA Only I believe before it used to say auto or 2G
7. GPS seems to work a hell of a lot better. Just went outside and before could rarely get 3 or 4 sats to lock but now it saw 11 and locked on 9. Accuracy showed 6 meters. Haven't got to drive around and test it but so far it seems like it's fixed. Thank God as that was my biggest gripe with the phone. I also noticed in GPS Test from market Place that the time settings were correct. Before the time of the GPS was off a few hours which I believe may have been affecting the operation of it.
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The Mombasa High Court yesterday postponed the ruling of a case in which the Mombasa Republican Council is challenging the March 4 elections. The highly anticipated ruling was pushed to Thursday because of "a two-day power outage that made it impossible to print the ruling".
Justices Evans Mureithi, Francis Tuiyot and Richard Mwongo said a five-judge bench will proof-read and give the ruling. Hundreds of suspected MRC group members who had filled the court room and corridors broke into chants when informed them of the postponement.
The supporters marched from the Mombasa Law Courts into the streets of Mombasa chanting "Pwani Si Kenya" and "MRC high!". They disrupted voter registration and attacked IEBC clerks at Kizingo's Mombasa Primary School. IEBC commissioner in charge of Mombasa Island, Frank Mwalenga, said a group of MRC supporters stormed the centre and forced the clerks to flee to safety. "The clerks had to flee for their lives and took refuge at a nearby mosque," said Mwalenga.
Nobody was injured in the 1.30pm incident. The group's spokesman Rashid Mraja unsuccessfully appealed to the supporters to restrain from violence. Mraja said he has not registered as a voter and was optimistic the MRC would win the case that aims to stop the IEBC from conducting elections in the Coast region.
Coast police boss Aggrey Adoli said the group has cast its operations to other parts of the region where they are undergoing recruitment. "We are aware that the group is conducting training in parts of Kisauni where we gunned down three of its affiliated Nyuki group and recovered weapons," Adoli said.


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During his 19 years at Sun, Cook rose to the level of vice president in charge of U.S. sales. A recent restructuring at the company had moved Cook out of that position and also shuffled his former boss, Robert Youngjohns, into a new role. The restructuring put Rich Napolitano at the head of North American sales. Youngjohns now leads Callidus Software.
At Penguin Computing, Cook is now vice president of sales and service. "I decided it was a good time to re-examine what I was looking to do and what I had the most fun doing," he said. "I came across the opportunity at Penguin Computing, which is in some ways similar to what Sun was 19 years ago when I joined"--a start-up with fast growth and lots of potential.
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Cook said his top priority is improving Penguin's visibility. "The biggest challenge we face is awareness of our capability. We have the chance to be the standard cluster company for the Linux world and the enterprise if we do this right," Cook said.
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'Glee's' Naya Rivera releases new single featuring boyfriend Big Sean: Listen to "Sorry"
Naya Rivera is taking her relationship with boyfriend Big Sean to the next level: they're collaborating together on music!
The "Glee" star just released the duo's first single together, "Sorry," on the Los Angeles radio station Power 106 FM on Friday (August 9). It's a fun, upbeat, well-produced song, but the lyrics throw some serious shade on a girl from whom Rivera sings about stealing a man. Listen to the full track here.
The 26-year-old actress and the 25-year-old rapper went public with their relationship back in April, and it looks like they're musically compatible as well as romantically compatible. "Sorry I'm not sorry," indeed.


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EXPECT a whole new wave of alien conspiracy theories. The FBI has placed reams of information on past UFO investigations online in a searchable database.
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Thousands turned out yesterday, to remember the Clay County sheriff's detective killed in the line of duty.
Deputy David White was shot and killed Thursday while entering a suspected meth lab.
Services for the army veteran and 35-year-old father of two were held at the First Baptist Church in Middleburg.
Policer motorcycles and cars from across the state lined the streets during an hour long procession.
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Medical exams, whether they're for school, a sport, or camp, are usually pretty straightforward. Many parts of the exam make sense to most guys: The scale is used to weigh you, the stethoscope is used to listen to your heartbeat.
But why does the doctor need to touch and feel your testicles? Isn't there a better, less embarrassing way to check things out?
When you are healthy and going for a physical exam, the doctor is interested in finding out specific things about your body and your health. He or she will check your height and weight, take your temperature, and take your blood pressure. The doctor will listen to your heart and lungs and will probably examine your eyes, ears, nose, and throat, and may also test your reflexes by tapping your knees and ankles. For all these parts of the exam, the doctor relies on tools and equipment to get the information that's needed.
However, for other parts of your body, the doctor's sense of touch and training are the key to knowing how things should feel. During the physical, the doctor will touch your belly to feel for any problems with your liver or spleen. He or she may also feel the lymph nodes in your neck, armpits, and groin to detect if there is any swelling, which can indicate an infection or other problem.
And your doctor will also need to feel your testicles and the area around them to be sure they're developing properly and there are no problems. Two possible problems that can affect teen guys are hernias and — rarely — testicular cancer.
A hernia can occur when a part of the intestine pushes out from the abdomen and into the groin or scrotum (the sac of skin that the testicles hang in). Some people believe that this can only happen when a person lifts something heavy, but usually this isn't the case. Most hernias occur because of a weakness in the abdominal wall that the person was born with. If a piece of intestine becomes trapped in the scrotum, it can cut off the blood supply to the intestine and cause serious problems if the situation isn't quickly corrected.
A doctor is able to feel for a hernia by using his or her fingers to examine the area around the groin and testicles. The doctor may ask you to cough while pressing on or feeling the area. Sometimes, the hernia causes a bulge that the doctor can detect; if this happens, surgery almost always repairs the hernia completely.
Testicular cancer is unusual in teen guys, but it can happen. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in guys aged 20 to 34, though — a good reason to get in the habit of regular testicular exams.
Your doctor should examine your testicles at least once a year. He or she will grasp one testicle at a time, rolling it gently between the thumb and first finger to feel for lumps. The doctor will also feel if the testicle is hardened or enlarged.
The doctor will teach you how to do testicular self-exams. Examine yourself at least once a month for any lumps or bumps on your testicles. Knowing how your testicles feel when they're healthy will help you know when something feels different down there. Noticing any new testicular lumps or bumps as soon as possible gives the best chances for survival and total cure if it turns out to be cancer.
Even though it might feel weird to have a doctor checking out your testicles, it's no big deal to him or her. Sometimes when a doctor is examining that area, you might get an erection — this is something you can't control. It's a normal reaction that happens frequently during genital exams on guys. If it happens, it won't upset or bother the doctor, so there's no need to feel embarrassed.
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The Society Club welcomes the one-and-only Son of Dave for a night of music and words – as he reads from his collection 'We Need You Lazzaro, You Lazy, Greasy Bastard'
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Son of Dave is a Canadian bluesman and writer who has been living in London for more than 15 years. He is also the longest-serving columnist for The Stool Pigeon, Britain's coolest, fully independent and award-winning music newspaper.
He has performed a thousand shows on most continents. Since going solo in 2000, he has produced four albums and has received critical acclaimed and has been described as a mix of 'cotton-pickin' blues, vocalising beat-box, hard-breathing folk, steamy funk and even modern R&B'.
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To raise the awareness of Europeans about the political situation in Belarus and network European and Belarusian activists and organizations promoting democratic reform. The Initiative will upgrade and expand its website, www.forbelarus.eu , and help to organize a "Days of Belarusian Freedom" festival in Poland to advertise the website, educate Poles, foster activism among Belarusians in Poland, and support the democratic forces in Belarus on Belarusian Independence Day.
East European Democratic Center (EEDC)
To develop and strengthen youth NGOs in central and southern Russia. EEDC will train local youth leaders in fundraising and program management, organize a study visit on the third sector to Poland, and oversee a two-week internship program with similar NGOs in Poland. Additionally, the Center will conduct a small grants competition which will make grants averaging $1,500 for local youth programs to five Russian NGOs.
East European Democratic Center (EEDC)
To foster the development of the local independent press in Central Asia. The Warsaw-based EEDC will organize three three-day workshops in Osh, Talas, and Khujand to train editors and advertising managers from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on newspaper financing. Following the trainings, the Center will work with editors to restructure their editorial offices. EEDC will also award five small grants to newspapers to improve their financial viability.
East European Democratic Center (EEDC)
To foster the development of independent youth organizations at the local level in Ukraine. The Center will build the capacity of youth groups from central and eastern Ukraine by organizing six training seminars. The two-day events will focus on proposal writing; project monitoring; program evaluation; accounting; NGO management; leadership skills; team work; strategic planning; and working with volunteers, media and local governments.
East European Democratic Center (EEDC)
To foster the development of independent media and expand freedom of information in Belarus. The Warsaw-based EEDC will award 18 to 25 small grants to independent publications. Four publishing centers will be established in important regional cities. In addition, the Center will conduct a training workshop on samizdat publishing and security. Finally, the EEDC will print the follow-up publication to its highly successful The Belarus Third Sector guidebook.
Education Society for Malopolska (MTO)
To promote civic activism among pupils, parents, teachers, and school directors in eastern and southern Ukraine through it's Public Achievement (PA) program. MTO will monitor 35 schools carrying out this unique civic education program, conduct trainings for 60 PA mentors, convene a fair for 100 persons implementing the PA program in Ukraine, and produce 1,000 copies of a Ukrainian-language brochure about the PA program.
Foundation for Education for Democracy (FED)
To assist activists and local educators in Eurasia in acquiring, adapting, utilizing, and teaching western-style civic education, NGO development, and leadership skills. The Warsaw-based FED will conduct 50 workshops in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Mongolia. The workshops will provide training for more than 1,110 activists and are designed to develop and expand core groups of indigenous trainers in these countries and regions.
Foundation for Education for Democracy – Central Asia
To assist civil society organizations in Central Asia. The Foundation will conduct an orientation in Poland about the situation of civil society in Central Asia; oversee a 14-day study visit of 15 Polish and Ukrainian NGO and media activists to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan; and organize a ten-day study visit of NGO activists from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to Poland.
Foundation for Enterprise Promotion "Pogezania"
To build cooperative relationships between NGOs, young people, and local government entities in Poland and Kaliningrad. Together with the Kaliningrad Regional Youth Organization "Tsunami," the Foundation will conduct four workshops and two cross-border visits for representatives from both countries, establish a Polish-Russian Cooperation Center in northern Poland, and produce a guidebook for local government representatives in Kaliningrad.
Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies
To promote reform and activism that engages local government in Russia by introducing local Russian activists to Poland's successful experience of decentralization. Two groups of 50 young activists from Russia will attend a seven-day training program in Poland where they will observe state and nongovernmental organizations focusing on central, regional, and local government.
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)
To sustain a fellowship program for six Russian think tank analysts. IPA will collaborate with the St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies "Strategy." The analysts will research such topics as the new borders of Europe, EU integration criteria, EU New Neighborhood Policy, decentralization and local government reform, and corruption. Participants will visit Warsaw to be trained in research skills, analysis, and writing.
Medium Orient Information Agency
To provide objective, timely and first-hand information on local attitudes to key issues in the North Caucasus. The Prague-based Agency will conduct twelve surveys on important social, political and economic issues in the North Caucasus. A major topic of the polls will be attitudes regarding the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia. Four booklets with the polling results will be distributed in Moscow and the North Caucasus.
The Medium Orient Information Agency
To increase understanding of the situation in the North Caucasus both within and outside Russia. The Agency will expand its Caucasus Times website, www.caucasustimes.com, to include a series of in-depth articles, analysis, and interviews on developments in the North Caucasus. The site features original content by credible analysts and activists on topics of political and economic interest as well as public opinion polling and headlines.
National Democratic Institute
To train political and civic activists from Eurasia in Poland. In cooperation with the European Institute for Democracy, NDI will select participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine to receive training on organizational development, membership recruitment, communications, organization of congresses or events, policy research, and other topics. With NDI's guidance, the groups will develop workplans for projects to implement their newly acquired skills.
The People in Need Foundation (PINF)
To promote the development of civil society and independent media in Transnistria, Moldova. PINF will organize two seven-day visits for a total of 14 journalists and civic activists, which will bring participants to the Czech Republic for study, training, and networking. Czech experts from PINF will also conduct training seminars in Transnistria, Vadul lui Vade, and Odessa on NGO management and civic journalism.
Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation
To strengthen freedom of information and independent media in Eurasia and raise the professional qualifications of regional journalists and media practitioners. The Warsaw-based Foundation will invite media practitioners from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and Azerbaijan for media-related internships in Poland. At least 30 journalists and editors will spend two weeks receiving practical training in accordance with their specialties and the work they are currently performing.
Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation
To enhance the capacity for independent publishing by prodemocratic NGOs and independent newspapers in Central Asia. The Foundation will continue its desktop publishing training and equipment support program for representatives of prodemocratic NGOs and independent newspapers in Central Asia. The Foundation will train at least 20 activists and to equip at least 10 organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
The Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI)
To promote transparency and effective local government in eastern Ukraine. PAUCI will award small grants averaging $7,000 to Polish and Ukrainian NGOs for anti-corruption and local government reform programs targeting local government, NGOs, and media in Ukraine's Donbas region. The small grant programs will allow local NGOs to monitor local governments for transparency, accountability and corruption; and educate journalists about standards of good governance.
Prague Watchdog
To promote human rights, humanitarian assistance and freedom of information in the North Caucasus. Prague Watchdog will continue operating its website, www.watchdog.cz, a leading source of information on Chechnya, Ingushetia, and other North Caucasus republics. With the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations, an independent NGO based in Moscow, Prague Watchdog will continue to produce an independent magazine to promote civil society for Chechens.
Rebirth of Crimea Foundation (RCF)
To promote civic activism among 800 young people, parents, and teachers in Ukraine's rural Crimea. In cooperation with the Poland-based Foundation for a Democratic East, the RCF will conduct 41 training workshops to establish multiethnic parent teacher associations, school newspapers, and student governments in 20 rural high schools in Crimea. Ten of the new organizations will be awarded computer equipment to assist in their work.
The TOGETHER Foundation - Regional Centre for the Psychosocial Well-being of Children
To promote civic activism among young people in Chechnya. Slovenian experts will organize one advanced training course for 20 mentors from last year's program and two basic courses for 20 additional Chechen teachers and NGO activists. The mentors will train 600 pupils in voluntarism and oversee their public service. Each pupil will volunteer for a minimum of two hours per week in Chechen schools, hospitals, NGOs, and local communities.
Transitions Online (TOL)
To expand and improve internet reporting in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. TOL will train nine Central Asian journalists for two-weeks in Prague. TOL will organize a three-day training in Bishkek for fifteen journalists and two distance learning programs on "new media" and reporting on environmental issues. Approximately 75 journalists are expected to participate in the program.
Transitions Online (TOL)
To strengthen the professionalism of independent journalists and web-based news outlets in Russia. TOL will bring 20 Russian media practitioners to Prague for a training internship on how to operate an online news service, continue its distance-learning program for 25 journalists from Russia's regions, develop and publish articles on topics underreported in the Russian media, and assist representatives of Russia's regional media outlets to attend a seminar on new media in the former Soviet Union.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 7, 2007 — Yoram "Jerry" Wind, the Lauder Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was honored today with the Fifth Annual Buck Weaver Award for Marketing. Established by the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2003 and sponsored by General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the award recognizes individuals who have made important contributions to the advancement of theory and practice in marketing science.
Glen Urban, dean emeritus and professor of Marketing at MIT Sloan, and Andy Norton, director of General Motors North America Portfolio Planning, presented the award during a two-day symposium of the same name held at MIT Sloan. Wind presented a paper entitled, Rigor and Relevance: A Key Marketing Challenge during the conference.
According to Urban, Wind was selected from a pool of 25 competitors for his "long career in academic innovation and influencing practice. He is a natural winner."
Wind is the author of more than 20 books, many of which address the topic of marketing. A Wharton professor of Marketing, he is also director of the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management; an academic director of the Wharton Fellows Program; and co-editor of Wharton School Publishing. He earned a PhD from Stanford University and an MA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Wind is a member of the American Marketing Association and a recipient of the 1985 Charles Coolidge Parlin Award for the Advancement of Science in Marketing.
Henry Grady "Buck" Weaver was a pioneer in marketing research and market-based decision making in the 1930s. Working for GM, he was the first known director of marketing research who went on to pioneer formal consumer research on attitudes, opinions, styling preferences, and customer design feature priorities. His contributions to the field were noted by Time Magazine in the 1930s and then were recently uncovered by GM's Vince Barabba, now retired. Barabba and Urban developed the concept for the annual award, which is held in conjunction with an annual conference.
For fifty years the MIT Sloan School of Management, based in Cambridge, Mass., has been one of the world's leading academic sources of innovation in management. The School's mission is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice.
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For the last three-plus years Joe Russo has been discovering the music of the Grateful Dead from an interesting position: behind the drumkit of the Phil Lesh and Bob Weir-fronted Furthur. Russo admits to not being very familiar with the Dead's songbook when he got the call to play drums in Furthur, but after all this time he's up to speed. With that in mind he recruited four of his best friends to play two sets of Dead covers this past Saturday night at Brooklyn Bowl as Joe Russo's Almost Dead.
[All Photos by Andrew Blackstein]
With Almost Dead we got a chance to see how the music of the Grateful Dead would sound if Russo called all the shots. For the gig, which was part of this year's Freaks Ball, the drummer recruited keyboardist Marco Benevento, guitarists Tom Hamilton and Scott Metzger and bassist Dave Dreiwitz. Outside of Hamilton, those in Almost Dead make up the Led Zeppelin tribute act Bustle In Your Hedgerow. From the time the quintet took the stage it was clear a lot of thought and more importantly practice went into the debut of Almost Dead. These guys absolutely nailed nearly everything they played. You don't play a perfect version of The Eleven, as they did, without running through it a dozen times.
Not only were the renditions of the composed sections spot-on, but the jams were wild and adventurous. It was as if the late '60s "Primal Dead" tackled tunes from throughout the Grateful Dead's career. Unlike Bustle, Almost Dead featured vocals with Hamilton, Russo and Metzger capably handling that task as even the harmonies were sweet. There was a rawness and energy to the band's playing that was unlike any Dead cover band I've ever heard. As I tweeted at Russo, "If you leave Almost Dead as a one-time project it will be a crime against humanity."
In this day and age it's tough to find consensus on anything, yet everyone I've talked to who witnessed the quintet's debut had the same take I did – two otherworldly sets of music that stand as one of the best post-Jerry performances of the Grateful Dead's music. Every bold statement you can think of can apply to Joe Russo's Almost Dead, but now you don't need to take my word for it as a recording has surfaced.
With that we want to share photos from the concert, thanks to Andrew Blackstein, and download links to recordings of Almost Dead.
- SBD/AUD Matrix: FLAC Set One, FLAC Set Two, FLAC Torrent, MP3 V0 and Live Music Archive (Thanks to Levisnuts and Justin M. For Their Work)
- FOB Four-Track Audience Recording: NYC Taper – FLACs, MP3s and Streaming
- Videos: Joe Russo's Almost Dead – Viola, Brown-Eyed Women and Eyes
Set One: Bertha, Althea, Jack Straw, Deal > Mr. Charlie, Brown-Eyed Women, Tennessee Jed > Shakedown Street > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
Set Two: Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, St. Stephen > The Eleven > The Other One > Viola Lee Blues
Encore: U.S. Blues
Here's a full gallery of snaps from Joe Russo's Almost Dead @ Brooklyn Bowl…
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Heh, didn't realize I'd spark off a shitshow with that chrome remark.
Regardless, this is a tasty show. Thanks to the multiple people helping to get it out to my ears.


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Willimantic, Conn. - Several Eastern Connecticut State University theatre students and their productions were recognized at the annual Region I Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival (KCACTF), held at Fitchburg College in Fitchburg, MA, in late January.
Stefanie Paschen-May, a senior visual arts major from Dayville, won the KCACTF Award for Excellence in Illustration for her design of posters for "The Island" and "Three Short Tall Tales of True Falsehoods."
"The experience of collaborating with the theatre professors at Eastern through my work has made me feel closer to artists I admire, like Saul Bass, who is known for his direct involvement in imagery associated with several Hitchcock films," said Paschen-May, a student graphic designer in Eastern's Office of University Relations. "Creating posters, programs and ads for the Theatre Department is a treat because I am in constant dialogue with everyone involved in the play including the director and actors, as well as the costume and stage designers. Collectively, they help me find the perfect visual manifestation for their shows, helping to bridge the gap between theatre and other forms of art."
Elizabeth Swan, a senior majoring in theatre and English from Woodstock, was chosen to go to the semi-finals in the KCACTF Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition with her partner, Michael Hinton, a senior English major from New London. Swan also participated in the Musical Theatre Initiative, having been chosen by the festival's respondents after seeing her performance in "Working, The Musical" at Eastern in spring 2011.
"It was an unexpected honor that my partner Mike Hinton and I were chosen to go to the semi-final round, where we were surrounded by talent," said Swan. "Moving on in the acting competition and being a part of the musical theatre initiative have given me more confidence and determination in my acting. I received great feedback that I can implement in my future endeavors as an actor."
Paul Lietz, a junior theatre major from Somers, performed in a rehearsed reading of an original one-act play, "Beleaguered," as part of the KCACTF New Plays Program. "It was wonderful to work with a graduate student playwright," said Lietz. "He was there at every rehearsal and was very eager and happy to answer any and all questions the cast had about the script. Performing 'Beleaguered' as a staged reading was interesting because although I have done staged readings before, doing it in front of directors, playwrights and other figures who could potentially hold my future in their hands was rather nerve-wracking. However, being surrounded by such energy from like-minded people helped me remember why I wake up every day and declare myself an actor."
Seana Hendrickson, a senior theatre major from North Grosvenordale; Stephanie LaPointe, a senior communication and theatre major from Willimantic; and Katharine McManus, a senior communication and theatre major from Columbia, received a merit award for Excellence in Student Directing for "Three Short Tall Tales of True Falsehoods" presented at Eastern in fall 2011. Hendrickson directed a scene starring Hinton and Stephanie Armagno, a junior theatre and business administration major from Colchester, that was adjudicated as one of seven student directors chosen to participate in the KCACTF Stage Directors and Choreographers Initiative. LaPointe was chosen to participate in the KCACTF directing observership program and assisted the director of a new one-act play at the festival's New Plays Program. McManus directed an original show as part of KCACTF 48-Hour Play Slam, which featured Sarah Paprocki, a junior theatre major from Norwich.
Hilary Osborn, a senior theatre major from Columbia, wrote and directed an original work performed by Lietz, Paprocki and Deniz Ugurlu, a senior theatre major from Haddam Neck, as part of the KCACTF Devised Theatre Initiative.
Craig Harlow '11, a theatre major from East Haven, received a merit award for Most Creative Original Props for "Fab Fables," which was performed in spring 2011, as well as the second place KCACTF/USITT Allied Arts Technology Award for props design for "Working, The Musical," which was performed in spring 2011.


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Mustang MonthlyCar Reviews
2008 Shelby GT500KR - The Real Deal
With 540 HP, The New '08 1/2 Shelby GT500KR Is A Genuine King Of The Road-Just Like The Original '68 1/2
No matter how tire-shreddingly fast the new GT500KR is, with 0-60 mph times in the low-4-second range and e.t.'s through the quarter-mile right at 12 seconds, the Shelby legacy is what really causes the stir. Ford could build a 540hp Mustang supercar, but only Shelby can build a Shelby.
I flew to Salt Lake City as a guest of Ford and Shelby Automobiles to testdrive the new KR. On my arrival, Ford engineer Jamal Hameedi from the Special Vehicle Team (SVT) gave me a walk-around of the latest Shelby.
"The KR is a unique vehicle program for Ford, Shelby Automobiles, and SVT," Jamal said as I stared at the first production GT500KR in 40 years. As Jamal talked about the KR's technical features, I thought about how cool the pair of intake scoops and air extractors looked in the hood, just like on Shelby's original '681/2 GT500KR. The front end has that Cobra snake look, also the same as the '681/2. It occurred to me that this is a real Shelby Mustang, and it's brand-spanking new.
I believe many of the KR buyers will be car collectors from the Mustang hobby. Like me, they've probably built a modified Mustang or two or restored a classic. But prices have soared out of their checkbook range for a genuine '681/2 GT500KR. Although triple a new Mustang GT in price at $79,995, the new KR is at least in the price range of many Mustang aficionados. Best of all, no assembly is required-and the N.O.S. battery is included.
The new KR is the real deal. It's the most powerful Mustang ever offered to the public.
Jamal said, "SVT did the engineering and development. Shelby brought its iconic brand to the table. It's also doing the manufacturing, which opens up some neat content that Ford wouldn't have been able to do." Ford assembles them as GT500s in Flat Rock, Michigan, with a specific set of options, then ships them by rail to Shelby Automobiles in Las Vegas for the conversion into the finished GT500KR.
As he popped the hood, the young engineer's smile turned into a full grin, almost Shelby-like, as he said, "The engine develops 540 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque."
The 428 Cobra Jet that powered the original KRs was certainly underrated at 335 horses to place them in competitive classes in Super Stock drag racing. The word circulating in the pits at the '68 Winternationals was that the CJ actually generated more than 400 hp. The figure is tame by comparison to today's KR when one considers the 335 hp was "gross" while the 540 is "net," which would be pushing 600 horses by a '60s yardstick.
Jamie turned his attention to the physical reasons for the KR's extra 40 horses over the basic GT500. He pointed to the cold-air intake box. "It's specially designed to work with the carbon-fiber hood," he said.


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WooCommerce has been acting up a bit on my site. I installed it a few weeks ago and everything was running a-okay, but now the checkout and my account pages are breaking/not loading everything. For example, the checkout page will not display the credit card fill-ins or even my site footer.
The WooCommerce system status section of the plugin red flags me for this: /var/lib/php/session does not exist - contact your host to resolve the problem.
I've contacted my host (Media Temple) and they told me to go here and follow these steps: kb.mediatemple.net/questions/514#dv_40
I did, but I end up getting an error (E486: Pattern not found: usr) after step two.
I contacted them (MT) a second time and they said everything was okay.
Is there anyone from the Pagelines community that can help me with this?
Does anyone have any ideas or pointers for possible fixes and or plugins that might be affecting the WooCommerce plugin itself?
It's been acting kind of weird...at one point W3 Total Cache was disrupting a few pages, so I tinkered and fixed that, and then the problems just sort of arose a few days later again, despite trying to re-tinker and disabling the plugin altogether.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Nice work by Amsterdam based design studio Lesley Moore, founded by Karin van den Brandt and Alex Clay. Pictured is their recent poster design and invitation for the exhibition Fashion for Thought by Alexander van Slobbe.
"The exhibition honours designer Alexander van Slobbe – master of refined, minimalist design and front runner of the Dutch Modernism that is characteristic of Dutch fashion design."