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The man who realized it was none other than world renown music manager, Johnny Wright. Yes, the same Johnny Wright who has been involved with the biggest pop acts of the last three decades, starting with Snap! and New Kids and the Block, and setting the pop standard with the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and 'NSYNC. He has most recently worked with Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers and Ciara has had featured roles and executive producer status on hit TV shows like MTV's Making the Band 3, E!'s House of Carters, and MTV competition show StarMaker. So really who else would have the created On the Spot? »»
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Miranda Lambert remembers the night nine years ago that she looked out the window of her tour bus and saw her trailer passing by.
This was not a good thing. The last time she had checked, the bus had been hauling the trailer.
"We heard this real loud pop; we thought we'd blown a tire," the singer recalls the four time Country Music Association female vocalist of the year. "All of a sudden, our trailer came flying by. It was on I-40, outside of Nashville, and it was passing us in the fast lane."
Lambert's driver quickly pulled the bus onto the shoulder. The trailer kept going up a hill, then flipped on its side, blocking a lane in the dark. "We got out of the bus and started running, trying to flag people down. All of us were in our pajamas." The accident's only casualty: Lambert's Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar, which Merle Haggard had autographed for her just a few days before.
In about 10 years as a touring performer, Miranda Lambert, 30, has gone from small clubs to major arenas, from vans to tour buses, in a career that has taken her from Texas talent shows to four-time Country Music Association female vocalist of the year and half of a music industry power couple with husband Blake Shelton. Her latest album, Platinum, earned her the distinction of becoming the only artist in the 50-year history of Billboard's country albums chart to debut at No. 1 with each of her first five albums. She is also the subject of a special exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville through November.
Before setting off on the road again this summer — the nationwide tour kicked off July 10 in Fort Loramie, Ohio, and will keep her busy through at least the end of September — Lambert sat down with USA WEEKEND to talk about her stylish current ride, passing her hubby in the night and the occasional on-stage embarrassment.
Country singer Miranda Lambert gave USA WEEKEND a tour of her newly decorated tour bus. Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
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Lambert is traveling on this tour in a bus she has used for about two years, though it is newly refurbished. She's also bringing along an Airstream trailer dubbed Wanda the Wanderer, which has proved itself trustworthy in the years since that first one went rogue in 2005.
With its hardwood floors and farm-wood walls, the bus has a feel Lambert describes as "shabby chic" and "pretty girly." It has a long couch up front, plus a small table with two chairs. Lambert's bed is in the back. The bus has two additional bunks along its right side, so friends and songwriters can join her on the road. On the left, her clothes hang in a cabinet, with her boots tossed into large drawers underneath. "I never have enough places to fit my shoes and boots. I like to have a place where I can put a bunch of stuff and not have to organize it."
A light-pink refrigerator is stocked with Sprite Zero, with Crystal Light packets (tour sponsor) nearby. "That's my 'Randa-rita' makings," she says. "That's my drink. It used to be Bacardi, now it's vodka — vodka, Sprite Zero and Crystal Light. It's delicious and low-cal, low-carb, no caffeine." Also in the fridge: string cheese. "It's a good low-calorie snack."
Wonderful 'Wanda'
Wanda, a 1954 Airstream trailer, has been Lambert's road companion for five years but only got her name recently, when Lambert sent her out on her own to seven cities to preview Platinum for fans. "We figured after all these years, she deserved a name," Lambert says. That name honors Lambert's maternal grandmother, Wanda Coker.
Outfitted with a bar and sporting a 6-foot-wide, 3-foot-high aluminum crown on her roof, Wanda serves as the social center for Lambert's tour. "It's got cool chairs and beanbags and a pink, glittery couch — a real good sound system," she says. "We've had her rocking some nights. She's seen a lot of drunk artists."
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Lambert and Shelton, who usually tours between mentoring stints on The Voice, don't often sleep on the same bus. When they do, they're probably on his. "He doesn't come out with me a lot, I guess because he's got a TV show and a tour," she says. Lambert also has more of her stuff on Shelton's bus than he does on hers. "One time, he was like, 'Three of my drawers are your clothes. I love you, but this is my tour bus. Can I have a drawer back?'"
Occasionally, Lambert says, the buses pass each other in the early morning hours as the two singers are headed in opposite directions on the same interstate. "We don't stop, but our drivers know."
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Lambert and Shelton, who marked their third anniversary in May, have made a pact never to stay apart for more than two weeks at a time, and they cherish their time on their Oklahoma ranch. "We go home to the middle of nowhere, and we don't even talk about work," she says. "We grow a garden and ride horses and hunt and fish and play at the Pink Pistol (her boutique in Tishomingo, Okla). We have such a great life at home that has nothing to do with the music business."
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Life on the road can be tough. The stage is usually the reward for all that travel time, but it doesn't always work out that way. Lambert once face-planted while singing her hit Gunpowder & Lead. "Fell straight down on my face, mic rolled, all that," says the singer, who calls the experience her most embarrassing onstage moment. "It just hurt my pride a little bit."
She calls Toby Keith's crowd the toughest she has ever played for, recalling her 2007 stint opening for theRed Solo Cup singer. "They're there to see Toby. I had to work to prove myself to that crowd, so it made me a better performer." A performer who draws her own crowds coast-to-coast now.
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I have always had a fascination with the glamorous era of Cary Grant and his contemporaries, where Anna draws much of the inspiration for her fashion forward paintings. The way she isolates her figures against color-blocked or patterned backgrounds kind of make them feel like they have been lifted from the silver screen or fashion magazine and found themselves in the midst of a painting. Which, if you think about it, is not such a bad place to be!
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which it calls the first global standard for assessing information security expertise within the healthcare industry. I work in healthcare, but I already have my pick of information security jobs in the healthcare industry. What's the benefit of obtaining this certification?
There is a critical need for qualified security professionals in healthcare. The rapid adoption of electronic medical records under the meaningful use program has created an environment where insecure configurations and nonexistent basic security controls are the norm. The government has responded by increasing the penalties for HIPAA violations. The revised rules in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act increased penalties up to $1.5 million. Then the revised Omnibus rules raised the stakes again in September 2013 by adding an increasing damage scale for violations based on the organization's foreknowledge and handling of an incident. Even with these regulatory threats looming, more than 21 million patient identities have been breached since 2009.
(ISC)2, the organization behind the popular CISSP certification, has identified this need and developed the HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) certification for healthcare information security professionals. The certification presents a broad overview of the roles and requirements of security and privacy in healthcare. It covers the requirements of many different global regulations beyond HIPAA, such as PIPEDA and the UK Data Protection Act of 1998. Other non-security specific technologies are included in the certification such as HL-7, DICOM, ICD-9/10 coding and clinical research processes.
There is a lack of any deep technical information in the certification, as it seems to be targeting a different and wider audience than the CISSP. Everyone from practice managers to medical records supervisors is specified in (ISC)2's HCISPP candidate information bulletin. These are exactly the people that need this type of education, as they are often selected by executive management to take on the HIPAA security officer role without any other training or experience.
The HCISPP is a good certification for people who want to get into healthcare and better understand this complex security and privacy regulatory environment. It may take a while for employers to catch on to the value of this certification, as it is brand new. However, given (ISC)2's success with the CISSP, the HCISPP has the potential to become the standard healthcare information security certification.
I have high hopes for this certification, as patients should not have to endure identity theft to receive healthcare. I have worked in both finance and healthccare, and found the latter to be far behind the maturity of the information security industry at large and not making any strides to catch up. The HCISPP may inspire more certifications and education that can only help this lagging industry and prevent another 21 million patients from receiving a breach letter just because they saw their doctor.
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First stop: Ireland. Try Brocach on the Capitol Square for a relaxed, neighborhood tavern feel and a menu inspired by the travels of its owners. Or, head to Middleton where you'll find traditional Irish pub fare and a perfect pint at Claddagh Irish Pub.
If you're interested in Italian, Madison has many options: Cento is Madison's newest, premiere Italian restaurant that combines Old World Italian traditions with modern techniques--and has already earned accolades from Conde Nast Traveler as one of the "15 Best New Restaurants in the Midwest." Near UW-Madison is Lombardino's Italian Restaurant and Bar, a neighborhood restaurant with a menu that changes seasonally with the availability of fresh produce. On Madison's far west side is Biaggi's, offering a more casual atmosphere and private dining areas for larger groups and Paisan's atmosphere is amazing. Overlooking Lake Monona, Paisan's has been a Madison classic since 1950 (try the Garibaldi Sandwich and Porta Salad).
Another don't-miss mix can be found at the comfortable and casual Alpine Restaurant, which serves Swiss and American flavors, and and at the New Glarus Hotel Restaurant, an historic landmark known for its Swiss cuisine and entertainment. Monroe Street's Brasserie V brings together Belgian and French flavors (and more than 200 world-class beers!). For a twist on French-inspired menu items, try the traditional cajun and creole flavors that are favored at The Bayou. Or, find Liliana's Restaurant in Fitchburg, where New Orleans food is served in elegant, French Quarter decor.
In the mood for Mexican? Try the Eldorado Grill for Tex-Mex and Tex Tubb's Taco Palace, an Austin-style taqueria serving more than 30 varieties of tacos. A trip to Essen Haus German Restaurant just may make you feel as though you've stepped back in time into a German Beer Hall, complete with authentic food and live music. Dobhan Kitchen serves up fusion cuisine from Nepal and India, with a touch of Mediterranean in its meals.
End your world tour with a sampling of Asia at Restaurant Muramoto, which offers a small-plate, Izakaya-inspired menu or Lao Laan-Xang, Madison's first authentic Laotion restaurant. Sa-Bai Thong, located on Madison's west side, serves authentic Thai cuisine and the Imperial Garden in Middleton, voted "Best of Madison" for more than 30 years, has an extensive Chinese menu.


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Consider a standard GS too. They're plenty big and a shitload lighter. GSAs are mainly for posers. The "I'm going to Alaska! Umm ... next year. Maybe" crowd.
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,,, Prior 3rd LAR guy here ('95-'99). Thanks for all you guys do and risk for us to sit on out fat asses here at home. I have had one GS and 2 GSA's and love them. My latest is a '12 GSA. Yes the GS is lighter, but there are some reasons to go for the GSA even if your not planning a fictitious Alaska trip. For most of us the majority of our mileage will be on the pavement. The increased fuel capacity is nice and like someone mentioned before, the tank does block a good amount of wind blast. If you get the adventure panniers (aluminum) they will hold up to a get-off better than the plastic GS cases, not to mention the engine guards are standard on the GSA. And of course lets be honest...it looks cooler, so the CDI factor (Chicks Dig It) is higher than the GS.
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Hallyu stars Han Ji-woo and Rain have been selected to become the faces of Chinese cosmetics brand JVJQ. The two have already taken part in the shoot for the advertisement, Han's agency, Tovis Media, said yesterday.
"The advertisement was shot in advance, before Rain entered into military service", Tovis Media said.
Han talked about what it was like being on set with the Hallyu superstar.
"It was a bit awkward assuming a lovers' pose with Rain, but he really went out of his way to make me feel at ease, and he was such a good leader", she said. "Overall, I had a great time shooting the advertisement".
Han won the Miss Korea pageant for Koreans who live in China back in 2007. Since then, she has starred in TV programs such as "Infinite Girls" (2010-12) and "Gyeback" (2011), as well as the movie "Jungle Fish 2" (2010).
Rain began his military service in October of last year. The Hallyu star staged a farewell concert just before he went into the Army.
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Dillon started 32nd but was solid all night, steadily picking off trucks in front of him.
"To come from pretty much last to third was something," he said.
Rounding out the top 10 among the 36 entries were Johnny Sauter, Joey Coulter, Jason Leffler, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Kyle Larson.
Nelson Piquet Jr., coming off a victory last week in the Nationwide Series race at Road America, was running among the leaders until he bumped into the wall. The Brazilian, the son of the three-time Formula One champion, was sidelined on the 70th lap when pushed outside as Todd Bodine and Justin Lofton made contact.
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Despite how well he was running, Buescher said he never felt at ease.
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1/2 cup molasses
1 1/2 cups honey
2 eggs
2 teas. vanilla
1 table. milk
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teas. each salt, baking powder, baking soda
3 cups oats (best with old fashion)
2 cups chocolate chips, semi sweet
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
whip softened butter with mixer and add honey and molasses while mixer is running
add eggs one at a time and mix well
mix in vanilla and milk
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add in oats and chocolate chips
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MOUNT WASHINGTON - Hit in the mouth on the opening play of the game, the Bullitt East Chargers never got up off the mat on Friday, falling to the Holy Cross Cougars 63-12 in a beat down eerily similar to the 63-15 loss at Shelby County a year ago.
Holy Cross, one of the top teams in Class A, jumped on top 21-0 before Bullitt East could manage a first down and then cruised to their second straight win to open the season.
The loss dropped the Chargers to 1-1 heading into another meeting with a west end Catholic school when Bullitt East faces DeSales this Friday.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - After school on Monday, the North Bullitt Lady Eagle soccer team stayed together for the three hours before they were to face arch-rival Bullitt Central.
"We kept them together after school and did some team building exercises to get them pumped up and excited," first-year assistant coach Ryan Bringhurst explained.
It worked. The Lady Eagles scored three times in the first 15 minutes of the match and went on to beat the Lady Cougars 5-0.
GLASGOW - The Bullitt Central Cougars passed their first test of the football season on Friday night.
But that doesn't mean that there is no room for improvement for its home opener Friday against Southern.
Going on the road, Bullitt Central got on top early and then held off a late rally from the host Barren County Trojans for a 17-13 victory.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - His team is 1-0 and coming off back-to-back 8-3 seasons, but Bullitt Central head coach Danny Leasor has already used the 'C' word when it comes to this week's game at home against Southern.
The 'C' stands for crucial. It could also stand for confidence. The cougars need both heading into their showdown battle next week with Bullitt East.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - After medaling the past two seasons at the Kentucky Track and Field Championships, North Bullitt's Meri Brian is ready to make the jump to Lindsey Wilson - literally.
The high flying senior decided in the middle of the summer to take her long jump and triple jump skills to coach Edwin Hagans' track program
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Already a four-time state champion in track and field, Stevens earlier this summer cast her lot to continue her throwing career at Western Kentucky University.
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What the green and gold haven't been able to do is find consistency in the coaching ranks. Melissa Fox is the new head coach, becoming the fourth different person to handle those duties over the past five years. The one positive is that Fox was the assistant coach last season so she has worked with many of the players on the team this fall.
RADCLIFF - The Bullitt East Charges opened and closed the opening game of the 2010 season with a bang on Saturday as the red and gold slipped past Bardstown 27-14 in the second game of the Joe Jaggers Classic at North Hardin High School.
It was the second straight season that Bullitt East has opened with a win in this event. A year ago, the Chargers rolled past Lexington Paul Dunbar 37-7 en route to a 4-7 season.
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Situated in the ancient hamlet of Wakeham and above the cove at Church Ope, Portland's Museum was founded in 1930 by Dr Marie Stopes in two early 17th century stone cottages. Inspired by one of these cottages, Wessex author, Thomas Hardy made it the home of Avice, the heroine in his novel "The Wellbeloved".
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The dyno operator has the ability in input temperature, elevation (?) and humidity. However, many, if not most, dyno pulls only last a few seconds and the machine only gets rolling at above 2000-2500 rpms.
A more interesting test would be to put the bike in each gear at several rpms between 2000-4000 against a load controlled dyno, turn the throttle a fixed amount and see what the rate of acceleration was. This is more representative of what we want to know as riders, IMO. However, this is the type of costly testing that only a company can usually afford.
While I commend your work, you are either unaware, or choose to ignore how a skilled dyno operator produces a quality dyno tune. For starters, they don't simply stuff a sniffer up the tail pipe. If proper bungs aren't already on the headers, in the proper location, then Rivnuts are installed where they belong, to provide sample ports for wide band sensors. To produce the fuel/spark maps, the engine is run through as many throttle position, rpm, MAP as possible, under varying loads, so the correct adjustments can be made to the fuel/spark tables. The final pull that you see printed out, is done at WOT, in a single gear, in a few seconds, as you say. What you don't see are the hours of data collection done to reach that point.
Is a generic, across the board enrichening device helpful to correct an engine tuned on the lean side....absolutely! However, it cannot possibly match the performance of a QUALITY dyno tune. With it, you can run the engine rich where either low speed manners, or under heavy load/high throttle settings for power. But keep it near Stoich at steady state cruise, and preserve fuel economy, as well as keep emissions low.
Devices like the Xied are great bang for the buck, but to say they outperform a proper dyno tune, coupled with a remap of the fuel tables, is wishful thinking, IMO.
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Obviously, if you've never heard of the Beatles, you must have been living in a cave or a jungle somewhere with limited exposure to civilization. You might have heard of the Beatles but were not impressed by them, that's okay, I explain some of the things I think made them great.
Ever since the Beatles released their first hit single "Love Me Do", they became a part of music history. Now, after decades, they still sell millions of records globally. So what exactly is it that not only made them so popular but still causes them to remain popular to this day? I have a few thoughts on that subject.
Sure, when they first started out, much of their music was quite poppy and to some extent bubblegum. A good portion of it was geared towards the teen demographic. Make no mistake about that. Yet, somewhere along the way, they began to grow and mature as musicians and composers. So many elements came into play as well. Lyrically, musically, vocally, compositionally and production.
Of course it didn't hurt that the Beatles had one of the best producers in the history of Rock and Roll. George Martin was simply amazing. He basically did all of the orchestral scores on every album the Beatles recorded except for the Let it Be album. Listen to the Magical Mystery tour and Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts Club Band albums. The orchestration was amazing. Let's face it, George Martin was the fifth Beatle.
George martin, in many an interview, had stated how the members of the Beatles just absorbed so much of what he had to teach them in the areas of music theory, composition and production. He would often say that he was very fortunate to have met the Beatles. I think it was a pretty good deal for them too though.
Compositionally, John Lennon had a great atonal approach to songwriting that was quite unique. An approach he would continue as a solo artist. He would basically write a song that wouldn't adhere strictly to a given key. He would use transitional chords that would have an interesting way of linking one chord to another or one key to another. The funny thing is, though, that someone very knowledgeable in music theory can understand what he was doing but John Lennon basically wasn't motivated by how he could come up with some great new compositional idea heavily rooted in theory but would just come up with the ideas right out of his head without much thought to that at all. It's a very rare gift for creativity.
Now, take a look at McCartney's Blackbird. The chromatic ascension in the root tone at the same time the higher note is ascending by thirds. Now that is cool. Also look at George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It starts out in A Minor. Then it uses the E Major chord as a transition into the key of A Major. Very nice.
Also bear in mind all of the instruments each band member played. They all played more than one instrument and they all played more than one instrument well. They all sang as well. Listen to the harmonies on Because. Now that's some great vocal work there. They also had the ability to scream out a rocking song as well as gently singing a soft melodic ballad. A Lot of vocal diversity.
When bringing up the subject of their recordings, you have to take into account the amazing ground breaking techniques they applied in the studio. The tape splicing. Sometimes recording some tracks, splicing the tape and flipping it over to play those tracks backwards and then play along with them on other tracks, forwards. Sometimes slowing down a recording and playing along with it while adding new tracks. They really experimented a lot with those sort of things. Now, it is so easy to do those sort of things on a computer or with the use of certain rackmount effects processors but in their day it was a real achievement.
I could probably go on forever but you get the basic idea of what I am trying to convey here. The guys were amazing. If you are a musician who never really paid much attention to them, I would suggest that maybe you start. A lot can be learned from them. You would be doing yourself a disservice by not learning from the Beatles. I would suggest you pay more attention to their later works though. From Sgt Pepper on. Especially now, after I just told you what made them so great.


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Although the recent economic downturn has sparked massive job losses among the legions of foreign workers plying their trade in Russia, it has not been followed by a mass exodus from the country. Indeed, it would seem a sizeable number of expats who lost their jobs recently still see a bright future in Russia, and have decided to stay on, or are planning a quick return.Although the recent economic downturn has sparked massive job losses among the legions of foreign workers plying their trade in Russia, it has not been followed by a mass exodus from the country. Indeed, it would seem a sizeable number of expats who lost their jobs recently still see a bright future in Russia, and have decided to stay on, or are planning a quick return.
In the first six months of 2009, companies laid off 70pc of the foreign workforce, estimates the director of the Star Search Russia recruitment agency, Nick Reese. But foreigners who recently found themselves out of a job are in no hurry to leave Russia; in fact, they want to wait out the crisis and return to work.
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The majority of those who were laid off worked for small- to medium-sized companies or were mid-level managers. Top foreign managers, working in large companies of 1,000 people or more, were able to hold onto their jobs. In the spring, the situation stabilised, and company owners realised that they could afford to hire foreigners.
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"I think this was a sort of a trend – to invite expats to Russia," explains Reese. "But it is a trend that justified itself. They possessed the type of knowledge that Russians did not have. But Russians learn very quickly. I think that 20pc of those who were laid off and forced to leave would have ended up leaving in the same year either way, because their Russian replacements were ready."
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There are two reasons for the massive layoffs of foreign professionals. First, for companies operating in harsh economic conditions, foreign specialists became too costly. Salaries alone are highly expensive – 30pc of expats in Russia earn $250,000 per year or more (according to data from HSBC Bank).
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Second, Russians have reached the level of the visiting "stars," and have become more adaptable to the crisis. By working under the management of the expats, interning in Europe, and receiving MBA degrees, Russians themselves have become specialists on a par with the foreigners, but for far less in salary (top-level Russian managers are paid $120,000 per year). They also bring knowledge of the nuances of Russian business.
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Although there have been many redundancies among the foreign workforce, it would appear many individuals have decided to remain. According to data compiled by Kelly Services, only 13pc of foreign specialists have left Russia.
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Many of those who lost their jobs decided to stay – they simply don't want to leave. In the years that they spent in Russia, many of them learned the Russian language, started Russian families, got accustomed to the way of life in Russia, and most importantly, enjoy working in the country.
"They see more possibilities here," says Lepolyar. "In Europe, companies are reducing their staff and freezing projects: it will take two to three years for the market to recover. I believe that, in Russia, the market will recover faster and, next year, the economy will begin to rise. Russia is, or at least was prior to the crisis, a good country to work in. Many of my friends wish to stay here to work. You'll be surprised, but they got accustomed to Russia's mentality – they like it here!"
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June 21st, 2012 #1
Digital and traditional figure sculpting/drawing
Hey everybody!
First thread here on CA, hopefully this is the right place to post it. I'm a 3d modeler, but have been trying to work on traditional sculpture, and traditional figure drawing to round my skills out as they all benefit each other.
The main purpose of this thread is to hopefully get some help and critique from all of you amazing artists regarding my lackluster anatomy knowledge. Though my prefer style is a very stylized one, my lack of real world anatomy has been holding me back. I'm gonna try to do at least a few digital sculpts and charcoal figure drawings from life.
This is a 2hr digital sculpt, posed then sculpted asymmetrically to reference, the way I would approach a traditional figure sculpt or drawing:
A realtime interactive turntable of it, so you can see all of the anatomy problems:
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This isn't bad, but it's hard to give you a list of individual tweaks--it's not like there's anything glaringly wrong here, it's more that everything about the pose and the anatomy is sort of 10% "off." If it were me, I'd build the figure in a neutral pose (in Maya/Lightwave/3DSMax/whatever), rig it and pose it in the pose I wanted, and then export the posed mesh to ZBrush for final tweaks. At some point in the future when you have a better sense of anatomy and contapposto, you might be able to nail it directly in ZBrush--but in my opinjon you're not at that stage yet.
Just my two cents, as always.
June 22nd, 2012 #3
Thank you for the comment Giacomo! I see what you mean. I have a little grasp of anatomy just from practicing sculpting and doing life drawing sessions in large charcoal format, but it doesn't look natural or believable to me yet. So do you mean I should just be building the base and posing it in Maya, then doing everything else in Zbrush, or do you mean doing the actual bulk of the work as far as forms go in Maya, then just detailing in Zbrush?
I did this one earlier before seeing your comment, so it's the same process as the last. 2hr asymmetrical sculpt, this time done from imagination since this pose is hard to find reference for. It doesn't look good to me, but hopefully progress will ensue.
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Hope that is of some use.
June 23rd, 2012 #5
Hi good to see your work. Looking at the first sculpture you posted the proportions are all correct. I'm guessing you used standard base mesh and hove posed it.
The torso is looking good. The places that need the most work are the ankles, neck and knees (ignoring the hands and feet).
Really good anatomical reference will help you understand what is going on under the surface of the skin. The image your using as reference is quite high contrast with strong shadows. This can be a deceptive when picking out forms, muscles and bones. So even if you have complete 360 reference photos you are going to need other reference for comparison.
With the neck her Sternomastoid muscles are creating the V shape where they connect to the Clavicle and Sternun. The clavicle is looking a bit large on your model and shape needs refining as it leads out to the shoulder.
The Trapezius muscle also needs a bit of work. This connects the top of her back shoulder and neck. On your model this is almost a straight line. On the reference you can see the top of the Trapezius muscle and Sternomastoid as it wraps around to the top of the neck connecting to the skull. Also on your model the line is concave. There are few concave lines/forms in human anatomy. Most forms are convex. There is a slight bulge in the Trapezius at the top of her back which helps define the regions.
I hope this helps for the moment. I'll post a pic to help explain what I mean.
June 23rd, 2012 #6
I would love to see your pic, and I will try to fix all the problems when I can. I didn't even think of the concave/convex thing, that is really interesting.
Haven't had time for another sculpt yet, but here is some figure drawing to supplement my learning. The man is trying to replicate a master drawing, the woman is from a live model session ~20 minutes. Sorry for the terrible pictures, they are charcoal on large format 18x24 toned paper, so I didn't have any ways of scanning them.
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Thank you kindly Jacobiahs, I totally see what you mean now. I started a new sculpt today and decided I'm not comfortable enough going at it asymmetrically yet. I tried to incorporate the changes you pointed out though, even though it is on a male this time around.
I feel like I'm grasping forms better than before, but a lot about this still looks wrong to me. To my untrained eye, at least, I feel like the arms and the back both do not look accurate or natural. Also, the profile view looks off to me as well.
Hope I'm moving in the right direction though!
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The problem here--both in your sculpture and your drawings--is that you are fussing over musculature when you don't have a good sense of the basic masses and how they relate to each other. If it were me, I really wouldn't concern myself with surface anatomy at this point. My advice is: Quit out of ZBrush. Fire up Maya and build a basic human form. Rig it and pose it...you'll immediately start to understand where you're lacking in terms of basic proportion. Until you do that, you're just sort of dicking around. There are no shortcuts to understanding the human form.
As always, just my two cents.
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You want to work from big to little. Work with the lowest resolution mesh you can and get as much from that as you can. When you can't add any more detail because there is not enough geometry then you should increase the resolution. Keep working the forms with large masses first and then slowly work towards the small details over time.
In your latest model the torso isn't as strong as the first post. There are parts that look overworked compared to others. If you work the entire piece and then gradually up-res it then the forms will flow into one another more naturally.
On the back I'd look at the Trapezius as it's slightly off in the mid to lower portions. The Lats should be higher up the back and tuck round into the armpit. The Lats insertion is on the humerus bone at the top of the arm. Understanding where the origins and insertions of muscles are will help you understand how the muscles work in conjunction with skeleton.
I would forget the arms and legs and focus on the torso first, then the head and then work out toward the extremities. Complete 5 or 6 sculpts of that and then work out from there.
Also look at some techniques in traditional sculpture. They always work from big to little working the whole piece constantly.
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