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Palestine - How the chance of peace slipped away
Negotiations - A decade ago, the leaders of the two sides shook hands on the White House lawn, and a
Negotiations - A decade ago, the leaders of the two sides shook hands on the White House lawn, and a
by Barbara Smith Published
A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict became possible in 1988, the year that Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organisation recognised the existence of Israel, and so accepted the principle that Israel and a Palestine composed of the West Bank and Gaza should live peaceably side by side. Since a majority of Israelis also accept that principle, its implementation has, at times, seemed within easy reach. It has been attempted, on and off, for the past 13 years, albeit with hideous setbacks. Though still by far the most realistic solution, it is now almost out of sight. How did this calamity come about?
Serious pursuit of this solution began in 1991 when George Bush Sr sought to stabilise the Middle East, torn by the first Gulf war, by summoning a multilateral conference to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian question. The meeting, attended by Arab governments, was convened in Madrid, but held after that in Washington, DC. Because Israel would not allow the PLO to attend, the Palestinians were represented by a joint delegation from the occupied territories and Jordan. The conference meandered on for ten rounds without achieving anything - which was exactly what Israel's prime minister at the time, Yitzhak Shamir,had intended.
The first real breakthrough came in 1993, by way of secret, back-channel Israeli-Palestinian negotiations sponsored by the Norwegian government. Israel's prime minister by then was Yitzhak Rabin, and Bill Clinton was America's president. In a memorable ceremony on the White House lawn, Rabin and Arafat shook hands and signed a declaration of principles. This ushered in the so-called Oslo Accords, a series of interim agreements that were designed to lead by steady, incremental stages to a permanent two-state settlement in five years' time.
The peace process creaked on, with the Palestinian Authority gradually acquiring wider administrative control and a security apparatus. The Israeli military administration withdrew, albeit in bitterly negotiated stages, eventually handing the PA full control of most of the bigger towns, plus civilian control of the smaller towns and villages. But in 2000 the peace process collapsed, and by 2002 Israel had reconquered the land it had handed over.
Many argue that failure had been built into the process from the start. The basic theory behind Oslo had been that the thorniest issues should be left until last. Decisions on the borders of the new state, the status of Jerusalem - which both sides wanted as their capital (see box) - the future of the Israeli settlements, the division of water resources, and the right of the 1948 refugees to return were all to be negotiated at the end of the process, when goodwill and mutual confidence would make tough decisions easier.
Or so it was hoped. The snag was that, by 2000, seven years into the process and long after the planned date for a final settlement, goodwill was notoriously lacking. Both sides were deeply disillusioned. For several years, Israel had suffered from Palestinian terrorism, and blamed Arafat for not using his powers and his police force to bring it to an end. Palestinians, even worse off economically than before the whole process had started, were alarmed that Israel had doubled its number of settlers.
It was then that Clinton summoned Arafat and Ehud Barak (by then Israel's prime minister) to his presidential resort at Camp David for a marathon session to tackle the major issues once and for all. The meeting started on 11 July but collapsed two weeks later in acrimonious failure.
Who was to blame? After the collapse, Clinton pointed the finger at Arafat, and it became received wisdom, in Israel and the United States, that the Palestinian leader was wholly responsible for killing the hope of peace, and allowing the chance of independence to slip through his fingers. Barak had made him seemingly generous territorial concessions (roughly 91 per cent of the West Bank plus 1 per cent "compensation" in land from Israel proper). Even more importantly, Barak had bravely broken the Israeli taboo on dividing Jerusalem, agreeing at least in principle to a shared solution. In return, Arafat not only said no to everything, but provided no counter-proposals.
Arafat was indeed deeply at fault: he was a disastrous negotiator, appearing obtusely negative instead of keeping the talks alive. Fatally, he lost the best opportunity that the Palestinians were to have at least for the foreseeable future.
But there was a little more to it than that. The Palestinians believed that they had already made an all-important (and final) concession by agreeing that Israel should keep 78 per cent of the Palestinian Mandate, and that therefore the whole of the remaining 22 per cent should be theirs. Palestinian public opinion was fiercely against any further dealing or concessions on their "rights". Moreover, the Israeli offers were expressed in vague terms, usually through the mouth of Clinton, and kept changing. If only Arafat had been a less ham-handed negotiator, his strategy of holding out for more might have been justified.
For he did indeed get more. The disaster was that, by then, it was too late. After the collapse of Camp David, the Oslo process was the deadest of ducks. Though negotiations continued, Clinton was on the way out, Barak was on the way to losing Israel's election to Ariel Sharon and the al-Aqsa intifada had started. In December 2000, Clinton summoned Barak and Arafat to the White House and orally outlined his own proposals. Barak appeared to endorse them; Arafat again procrastinated.
A month later, the Palestinians had pulled themselves together. At an Israeli-Palestinian meeting at Taba, in Egypt, the two sides produced an Israeli offer of 94 per cent of the West Bank plus 3 per cent from Israel proper, and an optimistic communique based on what were still unfinished negotiations. But the agreement carried only moral weight, and none at all with Sharon.
The next big effort to end the killing and get negotiations back on track was in early 2003, when the Americans, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia produced the so-called road map. The first stage of the map calls on the Palestinians to end terrorism and to reform their institutions, and on the Israelis to dismantle all settlements erected since March 2001 and, progressively, to withdraw from reoccupied territory. The next stage would be an international conference, and the final stage a permanent settlement. But both sides are stuck at the beginning of the route. As with Oslo, the hardest issues have been left untackled, postponed to an unknown end.
That had been Oslo's undoing. However, a group of respected but unofficial Israelis and Palestinians did get together in Switzerland to tackle these issues. In December 2003 they published their answers in a 50-page document, known as the Geneva Accord, which contains all the fundamental compromises and trade-offs that have long been recognised as necessary. There are big concessions on both sides. The Palestinians would get their land, subject to minor swaps on a one-to-one basis. Israel would not be threatened by the return of the 1948 refugees. Jerusalem would be shared. Signed at an impressive ceremony, the Geneva Accord seemed, at long last, to provide a good basis for renewed talks.
So could this, indeed, be the beginning of the end of the long, frustrating trail that started in 1991? The answer is no. The agreement was unofficial and no negotiations are planned. To underline this, Sharon cavalierly dismissed the Geneva Accord as the most historic, tragic mistake since the failed Oslo Accords. Instead, he continues with his own, strictly unilateral, plans.
After he left office, Shamir said that his strategy at the Madrid conference was to keep the talks going for ten years, by which time the annexation of the West Bank would be an accomplished fact. After 13 years of negotiation, the West Bank has still not been annexed and the basic ingredients of a settlement have been unofficially agreed. But otherwise all is as it was, only worse.
Jerusalem the golden
The status of Jerusalem, a city resonant with symbolism and religious sentiment, remains a huge obstacle. This lovely, stone-built city, resting in the hills, is claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians as their capital. It is also central to believers in the three monotheistic faiths: for Jews, it is where the temple was built to hold the Ark; for Muslims, it is where Muhammad left his footprints on earth when he ascended; for Christians, it is where Jesus redeemed mankind.
For nearly 20 years, before the 1967 war, Jerusalem was divided in an ugly, restrictive way between east and west, with Israelis barred from their holy places. After the war, Israel reunited the city, declaring it to be its eternal, undivided capital. But at Camp David in 2000, Ehud Barak broke this mantra, agreeing in principle that Jerusalem should be shared, open to both peoples, and that East or Arab Jerusalem (al-Quds) should be the capital of a future Palestine.
Ariel Sharon rejects his predecessor's proposal. But peace-seekers still study the geography, demography and politics of sharing. Most of the holy sites are in the old city, at the edge of East Jerusalem. The Palestinians, it is generally agreed, should control the city's Muslim and Christian quarters, and the Israelis the Jewish quarter and the adjacent Western Wall. The Armenian quarter is controversial, as is the degree of Palestinian control over Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount (the site of Solomon's temple is hidden under the compound where stand al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock).
An even greater difficulty is posed by "sharing" the rest of East Jerusalem. After reuniting the city, Israel extended its municipal borders to the east and began building vast residential colonies for Jews on the eastern side of the old line. The policy of successive Israeli governments was to increase the population of Jews in East Jerusalem until they outnumbered the Palestinians. The two are now roughly equal, at roughly 200,000-plus.
The sensible solution is that the Palestinians should control areas where their people live and the Israelis do likewise. Fine in theory, but the Israeli neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem cut fiercely into Palestinian districts. The proposed route of Israel's security wall, now challenged by its high court, would make this tearing apart even more dramatic and damaging. As in the wider West Bank, the Palestinian areas in East Jerusalem would be scattered and non-contiguous, divided one from the other by Israel's new fortresses.

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My Ride/Race report on the Perry Mountain 24 Hour Challenge
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Al Goodwin
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Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Cullman, Alabama
Oddometer: 1,367
I head back out the afternoon, about a 3 hour break. Wrestling a 400lb. bike out on that hill drained me a bit. I think I should have spent a bit more time getting the body ready, the bike was as ready as a KLR could have been, I was not.
I go out and just "one-at-a-time" the laps till almost dark. The sandy parts are seat deep whoops by now, one muddy and wide creek crossing has gotten really nasty now...I'd just third gear it across aiming at the smallest rut I could find. I never got the bike stuck, momentum was my friend in several places here.
I just do 3 more laps before dark. I'd planned on riding at night, but I could only think of the mess I'd be in if I got in trouble at night with a 400 lb. bike. I decide to get some sleep.
The pit area is cool at night.
Electronic scoring, I can see just how much time I'm loosing at night.
Now I've only done 7 laps, 77 miles. My plans were to wake up as the sun's coming up and do at least 4 more laps.
I get up and on the bike, head out feeling great, a little sore, but feeling good anyhow. I find the trail has improved a little in some places, but some others are much worse...whoops that's swallow a bike, and ruts that I'd just hit and hope the bike didn't stop moving.
The first of my morning laps was great, feeling good I stay out for a second lap.
Now it turns bad again....4 miles into the lap a big rock jumps up and breaks off my left peg.
. I stop and go walk the trail looking for my peg, a fellow racer stops to help, I tell him to go on I'm just looking for my peg, he tells me he's in no hurry.
I find the peg and strap it onto my camelback, I drop it off at the next check station. Oh my....try one footing it around this crap on a KLR...
I;d stand on the downhills, smooth parts I'd stand and place my left knee on the seat...uphills and rough stuff I'd just have to sit there...OUCH!!!! My right leg will never be the same
So this ended my race, only 9 laps....99.5 miles
I found some bolts for a repair, but they wouldn't catch enough threads were I felt I could've gone back out. They'll last for the ride home anyhow.
The old bolts
More later....some of us are at work writing this.
2013 Yamaha Super Tenere(the new girl in town)
'06 Kawasaki KLR650(72,000+ miles)
'04 Honda XR400
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Is there a way for an extension to add a listener to browser notifications, and access it content? I'm trying to use Google Calendar's notifications to fire a custom function.
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Not if what you want is a Chrome extension that sends notifications capture Google Calendar. If I'm not mistaken, Google's Calendar sends mail and SMS notifications. Also, I think there is no API function to which you could ask to see if there are pending notifications. The only thing that gets in the documentation is that the Google+ event notifications are sent to Google+ and perhaps access to the API can capture.


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Orchids and Onions: The list of recipients
Orchids for architecture
Centre Street Lofts
3761 Centre St., Hillcrest, San Diego
Owner/designer: Lloyd Russell
Described by one juror as "an apartment building that offers its inhabitants a true Southern California experience," the Centre Street Lofts project in Hillcrest is a successful example of urban infill without compromise. Architect Lloyd Russell has delivered a fresh, unique apartment complex where the residents have become a small micro‐community, interacting with one another as they access their residences through the internal courtyard, while still maintaining a sense of privacy by connecting internal living spaces with elevated linear decks and patios.
Working within a tight budget, Lloyd incorporated a number of unique personal touches and elevated the detailing of many components, from the hand‐crafted formwork for the curved concrete walls to the rotating BBQ grill in the courtyard, this project stands out with its playful creativity and thoughtful execution. The movement from the street, to the garage, to the common space, to the unit, is so unique and fun; this project provides the benchmark of what should be the norm for all future residential developments and supports the idea that breaking all the rules, while still complying with them can pay huge dividends in the end.
Pier 32 Marina
3201 Marina Way, National City
Developer/owner: GB Capital Holdings
Designer: Miller Hull Partnership
Situated at the mouth of the Sweetwater Channel in National City, Pier 32 Marina is only six miles south of downtown San Diego, yet feels like an oasis amid a sea of container ships and industrial warehouses that dot the South Bay. This bold, contemporary, yet warm maritime project embraces the new, but hints at the old in what one jury member called, "dynamic design, engaging angles and incredible sightlines." As another juror exclaimed, "the project's massing is creative and delicate, yet it really feels anchored and purposeful."
This project creates what the jury described as the next node of how to experience the Harbor. Both the inside and outside are enticing and the structure serves as a bridge to the bike path and the harbor, appealing to outsiders in a comfortable and approachable way, yet still maintaining a level of sophistication. As another juror noted, "the project is just magical, it hits all the right tones: use of materials, details, finishes and fenestration; this is clearly a 'maritime' pier, it is timeless, stunning." Pier 32 Marina succeeds as a pristine, playful and functional structure in an area of San Diego's bay frontage that truly benefits from its presence.
San Dieguito River Park Headquarters
18372 Sycamore Creek Road, Escondido
Owner: San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority
Designers: Rinehart/Herbst
San Dieguito River Park Headquarters is a remarkable response to a tragedy of nature. A simple budget, with simple architectural solutions, results in complex relationships between the built environments and natural surroundings. This architecture is filled with purposeful incongruities, yet it somehow reaches seamless architectural togetherness. It is nicely restrained and elegant, but also striking with an occasional flourish. There are simple little details such as the setting of the storefront, the ways in which the walls meet the roof and the use of the old foundation as a courtyard that belie the limited budget and results in an architecture that is both proud of itself and comfortable for its users.


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Active within 24 hours
A bit iconoclastic?
I'm an irreverent, fairly well-traveled, fairly well-read, fairly aerodynamic ER doctor who grew up in a town, population 800, in the rural Midwest only to find myself living in a building in Manhattan that could house just as many people. Though I've shed the narrow-mindedness of the country, I've retained my good manners. Above anything, I'm passionate about learning information relevant to the world around me and to my interests specifically. I love good, meaningful music. I love idioms, terribly corny jokes and puns delivered with style. I value being able to discern those things that really matter from those inconsequential things that some people allow to consume their thoughts. I believe one of the best things you can have is a real conversation, and I believe one of the healthiest habits you can develop is a reasoned skepticism of authority in order to form your own personal opinions and relationships, based in curious self-awareness and independent of prescribed thought. I will tout my own laziness with every breath, but still seem to accomplish quite a bit. I mostly hope to pursue my interests while maintaining a genuinely lighthearted disposition and guarding myself against the toxic and nonsensical pursuits of the contemporary rat race, so I don't ruin the valuable relationships and peace of mind I consider myself to have. As for you, I hope you're intelligent, creative, opinionated, clever and understanding.
Book club , Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Political interests , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Football, Golf, Other types of exercise, Running, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 1-2 times per week.
I like Cats
Anywhere where there's good live jazz and Belgian beer, or free pool with decent cues. Around the world, probably my favorite place I've visited is either Hong Kong, Lake Bled, or Istanbul, though I think I'm up to around 35 countries.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bands: Tool, The Mars Volta, Bright Eyes, TV on the Radio; Books: The Man Without Qualities, Lolita, Gravity's Rainbow, Steppenwolf, Infinite Jest; TV shows: Seinfeld, Arrested Development, MXC, Breaking Bad; Food: Thai curries take the cake.
I love jazz and blues bars, traveling almost every chance I get, billiards, Belgian beers, literature and more. The simple pleasures of having a couple drinks and conversations with good friends, though, always make for the best nights.
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ER doctor. I'm also interested in health policy and international relief work. But what am I really doing? Collecting experiences.
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Laid back dude looking for love. Just sayin.
Hello there! I think it's easier if I bullet point this stuff out because it's just how I operate. Business major I guess, so here we go. About me: •I'm a laid back personality and don't let stressful situations get the best of me. It all works out in the end. •Family and friends are the most important things to me. •Definitely want kids. •Live in Midtown Houston. It gets a little loud sometimes (sirens, homeless people yelling) but there is always something to do and I'm 4 miles from work. Winning! •Optimistic about life. Glass is always full. •Proud season ticket holder to Houston Cougars for football and basketball! I go to ALL the football games so be ready to tailgate. GO COOGS!!!! •My parents are high school sweet hearts and are still married. •Love to travel when I have the time. My favorite places are Las Vegas and NOLA (both annually). I could travel anywhere I felt safe to go. Going to Costa Rica in March 2013. Woohoo! •Big movie buff. Like all kinds of movies except scary ones. I tend to fall asleep for those. •Pretty much game for anything to do for fun. Except for skydiving (no desire) and rollercoasters (long wait for 45 seconds, ridiculous). My match: •All the default stuff like nice, sweet, charming and good hearted. Need to have a pretty face. You just can't put a treadmill on a face. Just sayin. •Need to know who you are what your plan is in life. Plans like knowing your career path, wanting a share your life with someone, wanting to have a family. •Need to be financially and mentally secure. I could probably let financial slide but if you're bipolar, hung up on ex relationships and an insecure person. You need not apply. •I typically like extroverts but if your kinda shy and willing to do something fun I'm down with that. •Someone that is good at communication and is team orientated. I believe a relationship is a team effort with 100% on both sides. •Selfless. Now I'm not saying she is totally unselfish because I think that everyone has a bit of selfishness in them. But in a committed relationship, I put my spouse ahead of my own self-interest the vast majority of the time. And this should be a two-way street. I hope this narrative helps to explain me a little better than a picture. Good luck finding your match and be safe out there. Mark.
Alumni connections , Camping , Business networking , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Playing cards , Political interests , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Watching sports
Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Football, Running, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Cats, Dogs
I don't have any pets at the house becuase I travel to much.
Places in Midtown Houston. Downing Street Pub. Christians Tailgate. Places around Clear Lake (some of my friends live there).
University of Houston–Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Travel, cigars, road trips, Las Vegas, New Orleans, UH football/basketball, Star Trek, classic TV, music (all but modern country), being with the fam and my nephew Luke.
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I'm a Senior Accountant for a small accounting firm and do internal audit work for financial institutions. Most of my travel is locally, but I do travel all over the State of Texas at times.
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I'm 25% coon. My grandpa was born in Crowley, LA. Love cajun food!!!!
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35 year old woman | Southport, IN, USA | Seeking men 32-42 within 20 miles of Indianapolis, IN
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I'm a barrel of laughs, the odd girl out, an inadvertent oxymoron, and compassionate to a fault. I am an artist. A problem solver. I am looking for someone to help me enjoy the small things in life, to exist in quiet or live it up, to love... Someone who loves to laugh and have fun with me be it at a movie, museum, sporting event, or a night at home. Someone who loves to learn new things and challenge what I know Someone I can care for and be cared for in return...shows affection through little things like holding hands or cuddling... Someone who is trying to improve his life and health and happiness I am a classically trained metalsmith, so I can wield a torch with the best of them. No flashdancing, sorry ;) Currently, I focus my art skills and passion into my teaching position at a downtown Indy elementary school. I love watching the children get their Eureka light bulb moments in art. Outside the school, I spend my time gardening, making home improvements, and reading. I'm really good at most things creative, making a fool out of myself, spending money at hardware stores. I do a suduko puzzle or read before bed. Enjoying a quiet evening at home is a comforting solution to the day, but a night out would be welcome. Music must make me sing or want to dance. Book and movies should make me laugh or pull me into another world like Hangover and LOTR. Can't wait to see The Hobbit; it is my favorite novel. Love British comedies and mysteries, HGTV, Burn Notice, Psych, NCIS, and the like. My morning fix is I Love Lucy! Losing weight is king right now...lost 30lbs recently. Don't get it wrong...I am not skinny minnie. Born with big bones, hands, feet...then my layer of squishy padding. You should message me if you love to laugh, sing no matter how poorly, want to see a movie and cuddle, admit to liking crappy pop music from the past and present, want to visit the IMA or the zoo, ....I am looking for a friend, a date, or a mate. Love is meant to be shared, let me share mine with you.
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Love traveling to San Diego and anywhere in Italy. Picked up my glasses in Venice. (:
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Music! I crave music I can sing or move with...Sometimes pop. Sometimes rock. Sometimes hiphop. Rarely country. My movies are mainly action and comedy. Rarely tearjerkers. Favorite christmas movie: Die Hard 2
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WEST SALEM, Ill. — A sign at the Village Cafe — on the town square across from a bandstand and next door to Joe's Barber Shop and Laundry — asks customers with oily shoes to "take them off or use the kitchen entrance."
- What: Community Partners Breakfast, focusing on earthquake preparedness
- When: 7:30 a.m., May 9
- Where: The Centre, 715 Locust St.
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But the talk inside at 7 a.m. Friday involved something less superficial than sticky feet.
This sleepy Edwards County town of 1,100 about an hour's drive northwest of Evansville was rattled by the attention it was getting as the epicenter of a magnitude 5.2 earthquake before daybreak Friday that shook windows and nerves from Chicago to Atlanta.
"The last I heard the epicenter was about seven miles east of here," said Police Chief Harvey Fenton, "near Mesa Lake."
Already, he'd heard from CBS News and WGN-TV in Chicago and numerous radio stations. Like the dozen or so men talking over coffee, eggs and toast, Fenton described the 4:37 a.m. tremor as a "thunderbolt," with the shaking continuing for at least half a minute.
"I thought 'I'm going to the basement — in my bed!' I can do without this!"
"I had a deer head fall off my wall," added 26-year-old mower and landscaper Tyson Arnold, seated nearby.
"The main thing is we survived," said Rick Campbell, a fire department dispatcher.
Another man said it was "kind of weird" to get attention for an earthquake. The town's main claim to fame, he said, was being home to the "Champion Laboratories (makers of oil filters) and the only Moravian church in the state of Illinois."
As soon as he could get dressed, Fenton was on the street in his truck to assess the situation. Soon, he was getting calls from "radio stations who seemed to have more information than we did."
There was only minimal damage, including a fallen chimney at one house and some minor cracks at West Salem Grade School, but all over town people were talking about falling pictures, broken dishes and the "sound" of the quake.
One man standing outside a lumberyard recalled the big Tri-State quake of 1968: "This was worse."
Melinda Carlson lives in a mobile home in West Salem, Ill., a few miles from the quake's epicenter. She escaped injury when a chandelier fell from the ceiling of her dining room.
"It started swinging like crazy, then crashed through my glass-top dining room table," Carlson said. "It busted into a million pieces."
Jill Loudermilk, a secretary at the grade school, said, "It was very scary. I thought it was never going to end. It seemed to go on forever. You could hear the aftershocks, almost like distant thunder."
Mary Jane McKinney, another school employee, added, "I expected shaking, but I didn't expect it to be so loud."
As children walked single file between classrooms, 5-year-old Ashley Effler stopped to describe how "my house got bruised last night. Daddy was in the shower ... and Mommy got hit on the head by a bottle."
At Mesa Lake, a tranquil, man-made lake surrounded by a handful of homes, retiree Harry Manor was going below ground to check his tornado shelter for damage.
Nothing had fallen or seemed disturbed, he noted.
"It was a rude awakening," said Manor, a U.S. Navy veteran who volunteers at the LST 325 in Evansville. "It sounded ominous, a deep roar. I got my clothes on and got ready for the next (tremor). I thought it might be the big one they talk about, that this might be it!"
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I am an authentic person who values honesty, integrity, and sensitivity towards others. I believe in respect and some consider my values to be old fashioned. I am looking for a man who is serious about meeting someone special and has the same values. I have a huge heart and relationships are the most important part of my life. I can be empathetic to a fault sometimes, but am also very vocal about my opinions and expectations. I hope to find someone that is hilarious by nature, but serious when they need to be. I want a man who loves to converse about anything and everything and who enjoys life to the fullest. I am a dreamer, but I am also very realistic. Also, I hope this doesn't ruffle anyones feathers BUT, please don't wink at or email me if...you're rude, take pictures of yourself with your cell phone/shirt off in the bathroom mirror, aren't interested in getting to know me as a person and a friend first, are looking for a trophy wife, can't relate to women on somewhat of an emotional level, you don't believe in God and/or think Christianity is just a traditional form of religion that doesn't require an authentic relationship with Jesus, use the F bomb in common conversation, don't think that women without makeup are beautiful (i promise it's like a 180, fellas), can't laugh at yourself or be dorky, etc. I promise I am not perfect, and I am not looking for someone who is- I just figure I should be upfront on what I am NOT looking for, as much as what I am hoping to find. I look forward to meeting you. ;)
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john of Melbourne Posted at 2:26 PM February 01, 2013
The current Government which takes no action in changing policies to solve the situations. And RBA solution is always wait and see.
Confused Posted at 1:28 PM February 01, 2013
Are we talking about China manufacturers?, soon even our PM will be imported from abroad.
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May 7th, 2014 #1
Cursed Musician thumbnail WIP
UPDATE- Here's a wip of the piece so far. What do people think of the arrangement of things on the table? I've been moving them around a bit, and I'm not sure what I like the most. The figure still needs some work on the lighting, and I plan on adding embroidery and other details into his outfit. Does the narrative I mentioned before still read?
Hello everyone. I've been working on a new illustration, and I've narrowed down my thumbnails and sketches to one that I'm pretty happy with. However, I wanted to make sure that the narrative in the piece reads clearly to everyone else. Basically this gentleman is playing his violin in his room, illuminated by the candles on the table, and the shadow that's being cast against the wall is evil/demonic and instead of holding a violin bow in his hand its holding a glowing or flaming dagger.
Does the shadow on the wall read like it's some twisted version of the musician's shadow, created by the candles, rather than just some other random shadowy force rising behind him? I'm trying to keep the similarities in the pose and gesture, such as the tilt of the body and shoulders, in order to give the appearance that it's the musicians shadow. On the other hand, I didn't feel that giving the dagger the same horizontal angle as the violin bow made much sense story wise, because then it looked like the shadow was just holding a dagger behind the figure's head. I thought tilting the dagger down a bit more would look more ominous, like the shadow's about to plunge it into the man, but on the other hand it does change the shadow's pose a bit from the musician's, and I was wondering if this was harming the story I was trying to get across. What does everyone else think? I'm interested in your thoughts.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberMay 7th, 2014 #2
I think it depends on what you want to show the curse be about. The poses are similar enough, but is the curse like... when he plays, he will be attacked? Or is the curse something else?
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May 7th, 2014 #3
I think the curse might be something like when he musician plays his violin or a certain song it summons an evil spirit or demon, which may or may not attack him or somebody else.
I decided to do some more fiddling around with an older composition, this time with the musician outside by a street lamp. Do people like this one more, or the one with the musician inside a room?
May 8th, 2014 #4
I think I prefer the inside thing, makes it more mysterious and dangerous, which I think also increases the "summoning" feel, rather than "ghost of jack the ripper strikes".
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May 22nd, 2014 #5
Updated the first post with a WIP. I'd love to hear some people's thoughts.
May 22nd, 2014 #6
The figure looks excellent. So there's that.
The table in front looks tilted toward us, but not enough to make it look like he's knocking it over. The ellipses are wonky. Also, the way the flame overlaps his sleeve is awkward, like his jacket might catch fire. Not digging the demon's left hand, which looks at a very awkward angle.
I like the original full length composition better. Did you abandon it because it's such a tall, thin composition?
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I feel like the shade's grin is slightly wonky. My brain is also a bit confused by the table as well. I agree with Stoat.
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Top picture dont work -the dam knife
Lower picture is more coherent ...but composition wise.. Id be tempted to try the monster left handed
May 22nd, 2014 #9
I figured something was wrong with the table, but I can't figure out just what. I don't think it's the ellipses themselves- I used the same ellipse for all of the objects on the table, so I think it's the angle of the table that isn't working quite right.
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There is a subtle perspective difference in the objects which unfortunately you are trying to avoid by using the same ellipse 35degree-40 ? however I don't think it affects the bigger picture and I would not draw to much attention to it with detail- tone down the background panel verticals and highlight or it will look too wrong on an inclined table which as we all know is device for creating additional interest or disguising a boring composition. If you have the back ground on a layer most artists would avoid the centering malarkey spoiling your picture and perhaps move the creature stage left, leaving the claw where it is - the claw hand btw needs as much work and care as violin man, I personally think its too crude.
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May 22nd, 2014 #11
Did you try to upright the image to check the stuff on the table? If you do, I think you'll see the cup is kinda falling over.
May 22nd, 2014 #12
I think the full figure composition is much better. It has a clearer narrative. It is easier to see that the demon is coming from his shadow. The coat on the standing figure looks very elegant and echoes the curve of the shadow demon nicely. I think that the cups and candles in the other version are only distracting. Have you tried to do away with the table all together?
Aside from that I really like it.
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May 22nd, 2014 #13
I did some tweaking of the objects on the table, so I don't think the teacup should look like it's about to tip over anymore. I originally wanted to include the table with the objects on it because I thought it added to the idea that this guy was in a fancy room somewhere enjoying some time by himself. I tweaked the shadow's arm and dagger a little bit, and tried some variations with the objects and table. Should I leave the table in, or just get rid of it entirely?