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Designed by PikARTZö | Country: France
French designer PikARTZö pairs colourful geometric patterns with rich black for Beö body lotion.
Women'secret Suncare
May 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
Designed by Base | Country: Spain | Fonts used: Chalet
"Just in time for summer, women'secret has launched a line of suncare products. An extension of the label's w'eau, the line features three products: sun lotion, after-sun cream, and facial suncream. We've designed the packaging for the set, using clear, minimal graphics and color so that nothing gets in the way of your rays."
ANON Jewellery
May 4, 2010 | 3 Comments
Designed by Pearlfisher | Country: United Kingdom
"ANON was specifically created to challenge and stand out in a very tired and clichéd premium diamond jewellery market founded on the "diamonds are forever" sentiment.
Pearlfisher's approach was to confront this sentiment and turn it on his head by focusing on the person, moment or occasion rather than on the diamond. ANON references unknown authors of love, poetry and folktales its understated and ambiguous nature allows the brand to take a step back, putting the consumer in the spotlight. This is reflected in the new strapline: 'every story has a diamond'.
The ANON identity is a simple triangle, echoing an 'A' shape, and representing the facets of a perfect diamond/ perfect balance of life. Each of the two bespoke packaging boxes comes wrapped in an 'origami' style outer, which then reveals a box with a triangular shaped key inset into the lid. Removing this key and inserting it into the lock springs open the box to reveal the jewellery."
Student Work – Kyle Fletcher
April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Designed by Kyle Fletcher | Country: United States
"Research, concept, illustration, packaging, and naming for Classic Muscle, a dietary supplement for those in search of natural brawn."
Student Work – Veronica Stark
April 28, 2010 | 6 Comments
Designed by Veronica Stark | Country: Canada
The student work from Vancouver BC's Capilano University keeps rolling in. This time Veronica Stark sends us two of her lovely packaging projects.
Student Work – Aaina Sharma
April 26, 2010 | 4 Comments
Designed by Aaina Sharma | Country: United States
"The objective of the project was to design a skin care line for an existing company who doesn't already have a skin care line. The company I chose is Fossil. Brady by Fossil is a men's skin care line, which is also bound to appeal to women who want to buy gifts for their significant others.
Student Work – Steven Williams
April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
Designed by Steven Williams | Country: United Kingdom
"University project. Soap branding project. 'The Genuine Soap Company'. Ethical, fair trade natural soap. Packaging design consists of hessian sacks that contain soaps wrapped in recycled paper. The sacks were all hand sewn and hand screen printed by myself."
Student Work – Adar Peled
April 15, 2010 | 10 Comments
Designed by Adar Peled | Country: Israel
"The assignment was to design packages to a product of our choice and to use as an inspiration the nature of our family. I invented a company called "Bodyguard" and designed the logo, and decided to pack medicines. Here in Israel pharmaceutical drugs come separated from the user leaflet so I wanted my packages to be more user friendly and therefore the leaflet is on the other side of the package and always attached to it. Army honor medals were my reference for the colors and lines because my family has a long coming history in the Israeli army as commanders and pilots."
Student Work – Alexandre Michaud
April 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
Designed by Alexandre Michaud | Country: Canada
Student work for body gel and moisturizer created under professor Sylvain Allard at UQAM, who writes:
"The simplistic thinking in eco-packaging would suggest that all it needs is to take recycled Kraft cardboard and the job is done. Unfortunately, it's much more complicated than that and demonizing plastic over paper is another non-sense. In fact, there are as many solutions as there are different packages and each one should be developed taking into account production methods, materials, transportation and many other factors that ultimately determine the true lifecycle of the product.
However, the reduction approach remains the most easily measurable element of ecodesign. Indeed, by reducing the amount of material, it reduces the weight of the interventions in upstream and downstream production because there will be less material to produce, to collect and to recycle."
April 13, 2010 | 5 Comments
Designed by Shawn Schrader | Country: Japan
"The hair care products were for anti-aging so the idea of twisting and reversing time or counter clockwise was developed for the bottles and the logo. It would not be obvious to the consumer but having a theory behind the simple design was well received"


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Claire Leigh Angers and Mark James Risher were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Friday, June 21, 2013 at Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana. The Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Father Bill Ruskoski. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brion Angers of Lafayette, Louisiana. The bride is the granddaughter of Geraldine Angers, and the late Robert "Bob" Angers of Lafayette, Louisiana, and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Veazey of Abbeville, Louisiana. She is a graduate of St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, Louisiana; and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Thomas Risher of Lafayette, Louisiana. The groom is the grandson of Mrs. Maunette Risher, and the late James T. Risher, of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Caliste Duplantis Jr. of Louisa, Louisiana. Mark is a graduate of St. Thomas More High School, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory gown adorned with French alencon lace beaded with Swarovski crystals and fresh water pearls on the bodice, while the waist was accented with thin bands of duchess satin. The gown featured an a-line organza skirt that fell into a chapel length train. She wore a finger tip length veil of ivory illusion accented with French alencon lace.
Aline Angers Kiffe, served as the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Suzanne Risher LaFleur, Katie Risher Midden, Camille Marie Autin, Renee Moroux Clary, Jamie Trahan Poche, and Stephanie McElligott Marine. Sydney LaFleur and Julianna Midden, served as flower girls.
Owen Risher, served as the best man. Groomsmen were Brion Angers, Jefferies Tatford, Daniel Kiffe, Trevor Judice, Jacob Landry, and Michael Sabb. Ushers included Ross Mouton, Stephen Boudreaux, Joe Saloom, and Nick Rezvani.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at Magdalen Place in Abbeville, Louisiana. After returning from a trip to Hawaii, the couple will reside in Lafayette, Louisiana.


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U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day Five 12-30-12Submitted by pete on December 30, 2012 - 09:13
Finland 5 vs. Switzerland 4 (SO)
Tanner Richard, Switzerland, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Tournament totals: 3 GP, 0-4-4, +2, 2 PIM
Switzerland blew a two goal third period lead to the Finns to fall 5-4 in the shootout, dropping the Swiss to 4th on the Group A table. Tanner Richard assisted on a goal in the match and was 75% on his draws, but he was stopped by Joonas Korpisalo in his attempt in the shootout session. Switzerland faces a critical match against the Czech Republic tomorrow with a top three spot in their group on the line.
U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day Four 12-29-29Submitted by pete on December 29, 2012 - 10:47
Germany 0 vs. Russia 7
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 1-1-2, +1, 0 PIM, 5 SOG
Tournament totals: 3 GP, 2-1-3, 2 PIM, +2, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Tournament totals: 3 GP, 0-2-2, +2, 0 PIM
Artem Sergeev, Russia, 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 3 GP, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Russia, Win, SO, 41/41, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 2-0-0, 1 SO, 0.96 GAA, .973 sv%
Andrey Vasilevskiy turned away 41 shots in a 7-0 blanking of Germany. Forward Nikita Kucherov chipped in the game opening goal and a power play helper in the winning effort. Russia will finish up their Round Robin on Monday against Canada in a game that will determine the winner of Pool B.
U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day Three 12-28-12Submitted by pete on December 28, 2012 - 10:46
Sweden 3 vs. Switzerland 2 (SO)
Tanner Richard, Switzerland, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-3-3, +1, 2 PIM
Victor Rask's shootout tally lifted Sweden to a 3-2 shootout victory over Switzerland. Switzerland took Sweden to the brink, and held a lead into the Third Period on Mike Kunzle's third goal of the tournament, but they could not hold off the defending Gold Medalists. Tanner Richard was scoreless in the match and took a minor for high sticking that turned into Sweden's opening goal of the game. He was also 50% on draws. The Swiss now sit in 2nd place on the Group A table with games against Finland and Czech Republic yet to go. They face the Finns next on Sunday.
Russia 2 vs. USA 1
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 3 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-2-2, +2, 0 PIM
Artem Sergeev, Russia, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Russia, DNP
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-0, 0 SO, 1.85 GAA. .941 sv%
Artem Sergeev (pictured) assisted on Viktor Tkachyov's goal early in the Third Period that gave Russia a critical 2-1 win over Team USA. Sergeev's helper means that all Lightning prospects have now found the scoresheet in Ufa, through the first two games of the Round Robin. Fellow Lightning prospect defenseman Nikita Nesterov also had a helper in the match, assisting an Albert Yarullin goal on the power play. Forward Nikita Kucherov took a holding minor in the match, and was in the box for Jacob Trouba's lone goal for the Americans. Andrey Vasilevskiy sat backup to undrafted Saskatoon netminder Andrei Makarov who turned away 41 shots for the win. Russia faces Germany next on Saturday and sits 2nd behind Canada on the Group B table.
U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day Two 12-27-12Submitted by pete on December 27, 2012 - 09:33
Switzerland 7 vs. Latvia 2
Tanner Richard, Switzerland, 0-3-3, +2, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-3-3, +2, 0 PIM
In what should come as no surprise to OHL fans, Lightning prospect Tanner Richard started his tournament with assists in triplicate in Switzerland's 7-2 thumping of Team Latvia. Perhaps more impressively though, Richard's assists came at even strength, shorthanded, and on the power play, respectively, missing the empty netter for a "Lemieux cycle" of assists (no assists can be awarded on a penalty shot, of course). He was also 75% on his draws in the game, as Switzerland dominated the faceoff circles overall. Switzerland faces Sweden next on Friday.
U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day One 12-26-12Submitted by pete on December 26, 2012 - 11:36
Slovakia 2 vs. Russia 3 (OT)
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Artem Sergeev, Russia, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Russia, Win, 32/34, 1.85 GAA, .941 sv%
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-0, 0 SO, 1.85 GAA. .941 sv%
Nikita Nesterov assisted on Albert Yarullin's game winning goal 4:50 into overtime as Russia snuck past Slovakia 3-2. Nesterov has been named an assistant captain for Russia in the tournament. Slovakia forced overtime with a dramatic power play goal with 36 seconds left in regulation by Richard Mraz, but could not finish the comeback in the overtime session. Nikita Kucherov scored the game opening goal for Russia and was second on Team Russia in shots on goal with 4. Goaltender Andrey Vasilevskiy (pictured) was named Russia's player of the game after the match. Russia plays Team USA next on Friday.
U20 World Junior Championships: Day TenSubmitted by pete on January 5, 2012 - 22:07
Bronze Medal Game
Canada 4 @ Finland 0
Brett Connolly, Canada, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 5-1-6, +4, 4 PIM
Coyotes first rounder Mark Visentin stopped all 27 shots he faced to lead Canada to the Bronze Medal in their 4-0 win over Finland. Brett Connolly was held off the scoresheet for the first time in the tournament, but was named one of Canada's three best players in the tournament as selected by the coaches. He'll head back east now to rejoin the Lightning.
Gold Medal Game
Sweden 1 @ Russia 0 (OT)
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 7 GP, 2-5-7, +4, 2 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 7 GP, 2-3-5, +7, 6 PIM
Ottawa first rounder Mika Zibanejad scored an overtime breakaway goal to earn Sweden its first Gold Medal in 31 years at the U20 World Junior Championships. Lulea netminder Johan Gustafsson, a Wild 6th rounder and a teammate of overage Lightning prospect Johan Harju, made 16 stops for the shutout. Draft eligible Andrei Makarov, who currently plays for Saskatoon in the WHL, stopped an amazing 57 of 58 shots in defeat. Lightning prospects Nikita Kucherov and Nikita Nesterov will be eligible to return next season for Team Russia in Ufa at next year's tournament. Nesterov finished tied for 3rd amongst defensemen in scoring and tied for 6th in plus/minus.
U20 World Junior Championships: Day NineSubmitted by pete on January 4, 2012 - 22:49
5th/6th Place Game
Czech Republic 5 @ Slovakia 2
Adam Janosik, Slovakia, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 0-1-1, E, 2 PIM
Lightning prospect Adam Janosik was named Slovakia's best player in their 5-2 loss to Czech Republic. He was scoreless and took a minor for cross-checking in the match. He finishes the tournament, his final U20 World Junior Championships, with a respectable even rating.
Tomorrow will be the final matches of the tournament. Canada and Finland will square off in the Bronze Medal Game and Sweden and Russia will settle matters in the Gold Medal Game.
U20 World Junior Championships: Day EightSubmitted by pete on January 3, 2012 - 23:11
Canada 5 @ Russia 6
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 1-0-1, -2, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 2-5-7, +5, 2 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 1-0-1, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 2-3-5, +7, 6 PIM
Brett Connolly, Canada, 1-0-1, -1, 0 PIM, 6 SOG
Tournament totals: 5 GP, 5-1-6, +4, 4 PIM
In the mother of all Semifinals, Russia streaked out to a 6-1 lead early in the third period, and then held on by a fingernail in the face of 4 unanswered Canadian goals for the 6-5 victory. Nikita Kucherov's tap in goal as the trailer on a 3-on-1 ended up being the game winning goal in the match. Nikita Nesterov also contributed a power play goal for the Russians on a first period one timer from the point that was deflected in off a Canadian defender's stick. Lightning forward Brett Connolly scored the second Lightning prospect goal in the game as the extra attacker on a play where Nikita Nesterov was about to be sent off on a minor penalty. Connolly ripped a short side wrister for the goal that was Canada's only through 40 minutes. The most bizarre move of the match came when Russian coach Valeri Bragin's decided to lift Andrei Vasilevski after he stopped 44 of 49 shots for the Russians, but backup Andrei Makarov stopped 7 of 7 the rest of the way to secure the win, seemingly against all odds.
Connolly looked to be Canada's strongest player in the match. He had what was perhaps Canada's best chance to tie the game on a rebound off a shot that hit the post which he was unable to lift over Makarov's pads. Kucherov had some dangerous moments as a playmaker on what was Russia's de facto second line. He looked to be an extremely creative passer with superlative puckhandling skills that were among the best on display by both teams tonight. Nesterov, for his part, took a late second period penalty for interference that likely wasn't his and looked somewhat outclassed by the Canadians' speed and strength. Still, it's hard to complain about the Lightning prospect hat trick of goals.
Russia moves on to play Sweden in the Gold Medal match on Thursday. Sweden advanced to the Finals with a dramatic 3-2 shootout win over the rival Finns earlier in the night on the strength of a Max Friberg game tying goal with 1:44 left in regulation followed up by Friberg's winning shootout goal. Recall, Friberg scored the game tying goal with 40 seconds left in regulation against the Russians in the final game of the Preliminary Round to earn Sweden their bye in the Quarterfinals of the Medal Round. The Ducks fifth rounder is suddenly looking like a living legend for the Swedes.
Canada will play in the Bronze Medal match against the Finns on Thursday, as well.
U20 World Junior Championships: Day SixSubmitted by pete on December 31, 2011 - 21:52
Preliminary Round
Slovakia 6 @ Switzerland 4
Adam Janosik, Slovakia, 0-0-0, +2, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Thanks in part to 4 assists by Red Wings draft pick Tomas Jurco, the Slovakians overcame a pair of 2 goal deficits to beat Switzerland 6-4 and punch their ticket to the medal round. Lightning prospect Adam Janosik was +2 in the match. Slovakia moves on to face Finland in the Quarterfinals on Monday. Switzerland falls into the Relegation bracket against Denmark, also on Monday.
Canada 3 @ USA 2
Brett Connolly, Canada, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 4-1-5, +5, 4 PIM
Canada held off a furious US comeback to scrape by the Americans 3-2. Brett Connolly's first period goal ended up being the game winner. Credit to the already Relegation Round saddled US side for not caving after falling down 3-0 in the first and giving Canada all they could handle. Canada earns a bye to the Semifinals on Tuesday. The US draws Latvia on Tuesday, and I suspect will cut a wide swath of destruction through the loser's bracket.
Russia 3 @ Sweden 4 (OT)
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 1-4-5, +6, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 1-3-4, +7, 4 PIM
Whereas a 3 goal third period lead is a death sentence in pro hockey, it's not quite so in junior hockey. Ducks draft pick Max Friberg scored an extra attacker goal to cap a 3 goal third period comeback for the Swedes and Blackhawks draft pick Joakim Nordstrom scored the overtime winner in their thrilling 4-3 win over Russia. Sweden clinches a bye to the Semis with the win. Russia now faces a Quarterfinal match with the Czech Republic on Monday. Lightning prospects Nikita Nesterov and Nikita Kucherov, who were on the ice for Friberg's goal, took their first minuses of the tournament. Swedish coach Roger Ronnberg perhaps deserves considerable credit for a Steve Ludzik-like goalie switch just before the goal to get a cheap timeout after burning his official timeout earlier in the game. It was a blast from the past for older Lightning fans.
U20 World Junior Chapionships: Day FiveSubmitted by pete on December 30, 2011 - 20:33
Preliminary Round
Sweden 9 @ Slovakia 1
Adam Janosik, Slovakia, 0-0-0, -3, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 3 GP, 0-0-0, -3, 0 PIM
Undrafted Erik Thorell, who plays for Farjestads in the Elitserien, had 2 goals and 3 points to lead Sweden in a 9-1 thumping of Slovakia. Lightning prospect Adam Janosik had his worst day at the WJC's in nearly two years going -3 in the match. The blue liner has emerged as a pillar of strength for the Slovaks in recent junior tournaments, but the whole team struggled today. The Slovakians now will play Switzerland on Saturday in a match that will likely determine whether they go through to the Medal Round.


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Discussion in 'Global Affairs' started by Hamza, Jun 20, 2008.
It seems like every single Kaafir journalist in Saudi Arabia is on holy mission to find all kinds of filth: stupid teenagers, greedy secularist filthy rich merchants, juvenile delinquents.
That's the nature of journalism.
I have been for 3 weeks in S.Arabia and all I noticed were signs of organized piety.
To really appreciate what is the preciousness of the environment in S. Arabia to a Muslim is, I advise to take a trip for 3 weeks and return back to your Kuffaar neighborhoods and see a difference.
Those BBC journalists are pigs who in every even most clean environment will find what they want: filth.
Surely the situation in S.Arabia could be improved.
How about stoning that couple in the coffee shop right on the spot?
How about chopping the heads of every teenager that attacked religious police right on the spot?
How about publicly flogging the owners of the filthy market that forbids Good and enjoins Evil by not allowing the religious police in there?
I assume if you only came for 3 weeks then you came on a umrah/hajj visa which would restrict you to the cities of Makkah and Madinah.
Never the less your rebuttal of the journalist, in all honesty, seems somewhat ill informed.
Anyone living here is very aware that these things do go on. The shuyukh are well aware of the state of the youth and speak out against the evils that they see. Evils, which are often very visible.
It's much better than any Western city (which is why I'm here) but don't be under the delusion that there is nothing rotten going on.
I don't think it was perceptive journalism on the BBC's part at all they were merely stating the obvious.
You don't have to drive very far to find some Saudi youth in a flash car with his email address on the back window. They spend their weekends driving around in circles in the shopping areas blasting loud music, singing and clapping to attract attention to themselves.
Visiting a mall is saddening, particularly the fun fairs. It's like a discreet meat market. Groups of young Muslims walking around checking each other out, quickly meeting up to exchange brief conversations or phone numbers for later rendezvous.
Young men constantly checking their bluetooth to see who's in the area so that they can start sending pictures/video clips to them.
Young ladies who take money to pretend to be young men's family in order to get them past guards into the "family" only malls.
The reality is that there is a lot of boy/girl courting going on (and boy/boy to be absolutely frank), some less discreet than others.
The quality of women covering is declining. You get young ladies walking with open abayas, see through niqabs/hijabs/abayas, some even not wearing head covering at all (and I don't mean just the ex-pats and maids).
Just last Wednesday on the way home from work we drove past a group of four men and three women, all the women were wearing shorts. We felt like we'd taken a wrong turning and ended up in London.
The religious police are under a lot of pressure from influential secularists and their media. The papers love stories about their "mistakes" and call for a reduction in their power. Even their visibility is reduced compared to years gone by. I think I've seen the religious police walking around, maybe three times in two years.
The scholars are aware that their is something amiss in the society, they do speak out against it and there are pious individuals with clout who support them.
There is a big psychological battle for the minds and hearts of the people going on in Saudi Arabia at the moment, between the religious and the secularists.
But the solution is certainly not in what you described below.
That's really an extreme statement. The hadd of stoning is applied to a married person who is witnessed in the act of intercourse by four people. Not to two unrelated youths drinking coffee in Starbucks together. The religious police do on occasion catch the youth pestering ladies and they do get public lashes at times.
That's bizarre thing to say. They should be arrested and brought before a Qadhi to decide the punishment. Islam doesn't advocate anarchic discipline meted out on the spot like this. They should certainly be punished, but you seem to have a rudimentary understanding of how Islamic law is implemented.
It's sad but a lot of the society runs on wasta (having important connections) and the brothers in religious police do have to be careful at times because they can get trouble when the person they're arresting happens to be from some important family.
Rich people can and do get away with a lot of things. It tends to be the poorer that actually get punished for what they're caught doing rather than the rich.
Coming for 'umrah or visiting Madinah won't really expose you to the society as a whole. You'll likely be on a spiritual high and not notice some things or be surrounded by others on a similar high and assume that this is what it's like.
But even then you can still see a lot of wrong. On my first 'umrah I saw these two guys driving around sort of kerb crawling whistling at some sisters within a 2 minute walk from the haram!
Thanks for the comments akhi Ibn Adam. for many of us it is a rare insight. Just goes to prove that maybe there are more aspects of the direction KSA is taking that are frankly disturbing.
how about we follow and encourage the shariah to be implicated the correct way, and not go into extremes that are unislamic, such as what you have said above.
You missed two of my points completely:
1. I was talking about BBC seeing only dirt. Your comments are missing this point.
2. (a) Khulafa can suspend or increase the punishment for Hudd crimes. (b) I did not say there is no Qadhi on the spot. (c) I admit exaggeration, but my point was not what exactly what would happen, my point was that the government should crack down on all types of behavior like this, Talibaan style.
But that's the nature of news irrespective of the country that it's reported from.
When was the last time you turned on the BBC and heard the news anchor say?
"Tonight's headlines:
London man returns home to find his house hasn't been broken into.
Thousands of people still alive and well all around the country.
Majority of children in the UK have never suffered any form of abuse."
There's much that the government should do, which I think we can agree upon. The news report was merely conveying the fact that the society is not idyllic and that is true.
Regarding the Taliban analogy then I'd disagree. We shouldn't just eradicate the symptoms of disease, we should treat the causes.
Ask yourself why do the youth run around like salivating wolves when they see the opposite sex here?
A large part of it is because the "culture" over here places unaffordably high mahr rates on marriage and there is, I'm sorry to say, tribalism in who you can or can't marry (Oh, he doesn't have a tribe you can't marry him).
So imagine you're a Saudi youth and you're looking at working until your 35 to be able to afford the wedding ceremony, mahr, car, house, maid and driver that your potential bride's family is requiring upfront; and you've got hormones running through on overdrive. Of course some of them are going astray and they're not just going astray with the opposite sex some are also going astray with their own.
Is the solution running through the streets whipping people to ensure marriage is made easy for the young or is it educating the people to prefer the Sunnah over their culture?
Even when you speak to some of the scholars here you here statements like "In these days you cannot deal with the people harshly because they'll run from the knowledge."
Allahu a'lam
Bro Ibn Adam, is it *really* a battle between secularism and Islam, or is it a battle between the pious and 'reformists' etc? I'm assuming there are a zillion distinct gradations in the debate- surely out-and-out secularism is very, very rare?
Salaams I think the trend is to follow what they think the punters want' people are not bothered about the effects of sin' just the sell' I have been to these malls in Jeddah and personally I feel they are much the same as the ones here in my home town in blighty' but regardless people have chosen to build just as they have built around the sacred house' the price of all things has been to drop Islamic shariah for new government regulations adopted those in charge of planning have not heeded the advice from the people of knowledge' the secularist that promote business and enterprise' have no considerations for the effects of this growth for instance all the steel imported to build in Saudi is from Germany on a buy now pay latter scheme' the blessings of hajj and omarah have been sold and packaged in a "dream holiday type scenario' the price of everything has doubled and tripled for the seeker of Allah's pleasure the peak periods night prayers Ramadan' the hajj' we are watching a corruption of everything that we held as sacred, little honour has been left' the feelings of charity' and loving for Allah's sake have been exploited by the greedy and the selfish imposters who daily act the role of the lost and impoverished' Mecca seems to be a magnet for everything good and bad' money has taken over people to such an extent that you can often feel that is the main stay of my trip to Saudi to be fleeced' the heart can be heavy like lead at the decline and the memory of how things were!
Actually "reformists" or "revisionists" would be a better term but there is certainly an element that'd prefer Islamic law not to be a reference point in many areas of society.
There are plenty of families that do not require that exorbitant Mahrs.
Besides it's Sunnah to marry widows and orphans.
Lol, nice one akh
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Waziri came home from work late today
Wife was asleep so he had to cook his own dinner
Then he sat down to his computer
Thanks br. idriss my experience of hajj was the same i got ripped off twice by the shop keepers in mecca and the local arabs are so rude and racist. It is just a business now.
ibn adam u have certainly been looking around!
I hope you don't get into trouble for broadcasting that there wasn't any dinner waiting for you to the four corners of the Earth.
Akhi, I don't think you need to even look for it, it happens right in front of your eyes. Are you disagreeing that such things go on bro?
Also, I'm a teacher and I have teacher friends from various institutes and in this role you are in a front row seat to witness and hear about the condition of the youth.
Pregnancy scares, pornography distributed and sold between kids, homosexual leanings, mobile phones filled with filth, boyfriends/girlfriends, etc.
Plus, I have kids and so I go to places like fun fairs and you openly see the groups of youth hanging around and stealing quick conversations with the opposite sex hoping that the guards don't see them.
Just as a test if you're ever in a mall for shopping, in particular in a food court area or a fun fair, change your bluetooth phone name to that of a sister's (for example, call your phone Fatima17) and then tell me how many times the youth in the area tried to connect to your phone.
The weekends are a hot spot for the youth to drive around aimlessly. Tomorrow night in particular will be bad because it's the last day of examinations throughout the kingdom. The malls, fun fairs and Corniche areas will be packed out in celebration.
It's not even just youth that go out looking for "things" some have them closer to home. How many stories of boys and there maids or girls and their drivers do we hear? And the advance can come from either side of the employer/employee relationship.
Plus there's always those that seek to go out of the Kingdom for their filth and hop across the water to Bahrain for the weekend.
I know someone who was offered pornography in a shop in KSA. He'd felt that the selection of DVDs was poor and asked the guy "I've seen all these, haven't you got anymore?"
The shop keeper mistook his question as a request for under-the-counter selection and asked him "Do you like comedy?" "Yes", he said.
Then the shopkeeper went to a hidden shelf and pulled out 20 or so adult DVDs.
"What the...?!?! That's not comedy!" "Yes, it's erotic comedy. You're not interested?" "No!!!"
I'm certainly not saying everyone is in to all these things but the problems do exist, they are known and they need to be addressed.
Am I the only one who gets overwhelmed by the sheer amount (not by just incidents) of backbiting on islamicawakening forums?
I'm confused as to the connection between your comment and this thread.
Are you suggesting that there's back biting in this thread, if so please can you explain what your definition of back biting?
not at all. just pulling ur gora leg
and i have seen them only once in 3 and a half.
See i told u , u r more observing
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Over a 15-year period, this cheerful, clean-cut quartet were the guardians of our childhood. They encouraged us to save milk bottle tops for the starving children of Africa, taught us how to make a doll's house from egg cartons and how to properly look after our pets.
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For sitting here before me, in his thick linen suit, lemony tie and sensible Russell & Bromley lace-ups, is the man who single-handedly put the blue into Blue Peter.
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'She is a very pretty girl. Beautiful, beautiful face. Most attractive. I had watched her on the box and thought, phwoar, she's all right.'
Purves adds that although there were 'numerous opportunities to do it before we did it', he dismisses their fruity liaison as 'just a one-night stand' after a few glasses of wine.
'Did I give her a BSE? Well, I can't have been that great or she would have wanted to do it again, wouldn't she?' he says. 'The next morning, we didn't think it was a mistake. It was a very nice experience, but that was it.
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'No. I won't admit to that. I will never admit to a sexual relationship with Lesley,' he cries, pinking up again and mounting what seasoned affair watchers would call a classic Bill Clinton rearguard defence.
'Lesley was a very good friend. I thought she was talented and bright and good fun. She was gorgeous. I mean, did you ever see her? Could you blame me for sleeping with her? Even if I, er, had. But this is an area I don't want to go into.'
Well, this certainly brings a whole new meaning to the show's famous catchphrase, 'Here's one I made earlier'.
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For example, my window is 960x540 pixels, I draw a line from (0, 0) to (959, 0). I would expect that every pixel on scan-line 0 will be set to a color, but no: the right-most pixel is not drawn. Same problem when I draw vertically to pixel 539. I really need to draw to (960, 0) or (0, 540) to have it drawn.
As I was born in the pixel-era, I am convinced that this is not the correct result. When my screen was 320x200 pixels big, I could draw from 0 to 319 and from 0 to 199, and my screen would be full. Now I end up with a screen with a right/bottom pixel not drawn.
This can be due to different things: where I expect the opengl line primitive is drawn from a pixel to a pixel inclusive, that last pixel just is actually exclusive? Is that it? my projection matrix is incorrect? I am under a false assumption that when I have a backbuffer of 960x540, that is actually has one pixel more? Something else?
Can someone please help me? I have been looking into this problem for a long time now, and every time when I thought it was ok, I saw after a while that it actually wasn't.
Here is some of my code, I tried to strip it down as much as possible. When I call my line-function, every coordinate is added with 0.375, 0.375 to make it correct on both ATI and nvidia adapters.
int width = resX();
int height = resY();
for (int i = 0; i < height; i += 2)
rm->line(0, i, width - 1, i, vec4f(1, 0, 0, 1));
for (int i = 1; i < height; i += 2)
rm->line(0, i, width - 1, i, vec4f(0, 1, 0, 1));
// when I do this, one pixel to the right remains undrawn
void rendermachine::line(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, const vec4f &color)
... some code to decide what std::vector the coordinates should be pushed into
// m_z is a z-coordinate, I use z-buffering to preserve correct drawing orders
// vec2f(0, 0) is a texture-coordinate, the line is drawn without texturing
target->push_back(vertex(vec3f((float)x1 + 0.375f, (float)y1 + 0.375f, m_z), color, vec2f(0, 0)));
target->push_back(vertex(vec3f((float)x2 + 0.375f, (float)y2 + 0.375f, m_z), color, vec2f(0, 0)));
void rendermachine::update(...)
... render target object is queried for width and height, in my test it is just the back buffer so the window client resolution is returned
mat4f mP;
mP.setOrthographic(0, (float)width, (float)height, 0, 0, 8000000);
... all vertices are copied to video memory
... drawing
if (there are lines to draw)
glDrawArrays(GL_LINES, (int)offset, (int)lines.size());
// And the (very simple) shader to draw these lines
// Vertex shader
#version 120
attribute vec3 aVertexPosition;
attribute vec4 aVertexColor;
uniform mat4 mP;
varying vec4 vColor;
void main(void) {
gl_Position = mP * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1.0);
vColor = aVertexColor;
// Fragment shader
#version 120
#ifdef GL_ES
precision highp float;
varying vec4 vColor;
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What an ignominious way to DIE.
Thanks, General Electric.
Notice how they have escaped ALL blame.
They own HUGE stakes in MAJOR News Organizations, so it is no surprise to me....
Guess who is taking all the HEAT?
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Hospitals' response to Courier-Journal editorial
(Editor's Note: The hospital merger partners have sent this to the Courier-Journal in response to a Dec. 18 editorial.)
Not everyone will be happy with certain aspects of the proposed merger of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare, Saint Joseph Hospital System and University Hospital.
But everyone will lose if the merger fails.
It is disappointing that The Courier-Journal continues to push inaccurate and inconsistent information regarding the proposed hospital merger. While the editorial board certainly has a right, and an obligation, to print positions on community issues, the recent editorial calling on the governor to reject approval of the merger is full of inaccuracies.
There's an old adage that one shouldn't pick a fight with another who buys ink by the barrel. Well, we aren't picking a fight with the C-J, its reporters or even its constitutional right to opine in opposition to the merger. But we will defend our institutions. And we trust the people of Kentucky and the Governor of Kentucky are smart enough to make up their own minds about the merger without ongoing inaccuracies from the recent editorial.
Inaccuracy: The merger partners acted in "secretive, contorted fashion."
Fact: Over the last nine months leaders of the sponsor and merging partner organizations have met with dozens of community groups, such as GLI, Downtown Rotary and Louisville Urban League, and granted radio, television and newspaper interviews – scores of those with The Courier-Journal. In addition, all the leaders appeared before the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, participated in a public forum hosted by the Metro Louisville Board of Health, discussed the issues with opponents at the Louisville Forum and met with the C-J editorial board – all of which were recorded, televised and available online. Most importantly, we have made the relevant documents related to this transaction available for public viewing through www.unitingforkentucky.org.
Inaccuracy: "The public hospital will be bartered away…..to a religious group."
Fact: While we will continue to celebrate the unique heritages of our organizations, University Hospital and Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare will not become Catholic hospitals. As reflected in the merging documents at www.unitingforkentucky.org and in numerous statements over the months, only the legacy Catholic institutions will be Catholic after the merger. As The Courier-Journal accurately reflected in news coverage, the truth is that the merging partners have agreed contractually not to perform tubal ligations, sterilizations, elective abortions and euthanasia at the facilities that are not Catholic. Elective abortions are not permitted on state property and euthanasia is not permitted under Kentucky law, and, therefore, are not currently performed at these hospitals.
Inaccuracy: "UofL has worked out a deal to whisk women who have given birth at University across town to Baptist East Hospital for a tubal ligation."
Fact: State law requires a minimum 24-hour notice before a physician can perform a tubal ligation. University of Louisville Physicians are not part of the merger and will make arrangements for their patients to deliver their babies at the hospital that best meets that patient's needs, whether that hospital is University, Baptist or elsewhere. We strongly agree that decisions about treatment should remain between a patient and her doctor.
Our organizations have a common mission and are committed to delivering better care together. This recent editorial is an affront to our shared dedication and decades-long histories of serving our communities. You know us – we care for your loved ones, your friends, your neighbors, your coworkers. We must be able to continue to do so, but without the needed capital infusion this merger will bring, the future is questionable.
We will not win over our critics, but that is not our goal. Our goal is to continue caring for those who cannot afford health care, relieve suffering, conquer disease and improve the health and well-being of people across the Commonwealth.
If you are confused by what has been said and reported about the proposed merger, please take the time to review the merger documents yourself. You will find that what's been agreed to balances the interests of three organizations that currently compete but want nothing more than to work together to continue to provide excellent medical care to all those in need.
To believe there is a better alternative is to trust in an illusion. The merger is the best option and the best opportunity.
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Is the Burnley Comms Tower glitched?
I know that the game wants me to open the grate after using the Cryptographic Sequencer but Batman just doesn't seem to want to get in the grate. Is anyone else having this problem?
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As far as I know this only affects the PC version of Origins (if it's in the console versions too I apologize, because there would be no way to get past it). There is a video that details how to get through it and I know it works having just accomplished it last night myself. There are two consoles to disable with the decryptor: the first is the one you found where Batman just hangs there by his fingers. The second is way up top and you will have to follow the instructions in this video to get to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkDLaojdCCw
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Remember Bigcolors? The Hong Kong-based startup that lets investors trade shares of early-stage startups that meet pre-determined crowdfunding goals? They've been quiet for the past eight months, but today they're coming out of hibernation to announce they've acquired GetViable, an Australian firm that makes tools that help startups refine their business plan. While Bigcolors hasn't disclosed the size of the purchase, since Bigcolors and GetViable are both startups, this deal is best understood for quality, not quantity.
Bigcolors might seem like an unlikely candidate to go around making acquisitions in Asia Pacific. For one thing, it's only about eight months old. Second, while crowdfunding and crowdinvesting sites have strong relationships with a number of partner firms, they seldom buy other companies outright.
While GetViable doesn't have much to do with crowdfunding, it fits Bigcolors' broader mission to help early-stage startups attract investments. The company offers a virtual curriculum designed to help founders assess and develop their business plans – kind of like Codecademy but for startups. According to Jackie Lam, cofounder of Bigcolors, acquiring GetViable will help Bigcolors ensure that the startups that it helps fundraise remain investable – which is more difficult than it sounds for early-stage, first-time founders.
"A lot of startups might have no trouble putting together a pitch deck or a minimum-viable product," says Lam. But the startups that James [Giancotti, cofounder of Bigcolors], and I see, more often than not, aren't really there yet. Get Viable is trying to equip these startups to have a really strong foundation. It tears down, bit by bit, every part of the validation process."
GetViable currently offers a basic version for free and requires users to pay for more advanced features. While Bigcolors will overtake and preserve GetViable's technology, users, and business model, Lam says it won't become its core focus. "We're not looking for an additional revenue stream," she explains. We're trying to build up our startup foundation – making sure that the startups that have our Bigcolors banner are real quality startups."
To date, the company has helped raise US$500,000 through crowdinvesting, spread across nine startups that met their investment targets. The two-person team saw a minor boon when Bigcolors alumnus Taxiwise, a taxi-hailing app for Hong Kong, got acquired by Ikky, a still-unlaunched startup that appears to specialize in all sorts of appointment bookings.
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While Bigcolors will maintain its focus on crowdinvesting in the near future, it's gradually beginning to resemble a seed fund. It's already made at least one public investment outside of its crowdinvesting site – EzeeCube, which Tech in Asia covered last June – and Lam has confirmed that she and Giancotti are currently raising money for a pool of cash that will ultimately go directly to early-stage startups, crowdinvesting be damned. Lam says that Bigcolors can move towards this model because the investors it originally brought to its website are demanding more.
"We initially started as an equity crowdfunding platform, where you can trade the startups you had equity in. But the more we went down that path, we found investors saying: 'I want to invest more than what the cap is, which was US$5,000.' We're definitely looking to transition through the next several months, though our crowdfunding platform is helping us a lot with dealflow. We're responsible to a board and we're responsible to an investment team, so this helps us put our startups in front of these groups confidently."


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Nara Afternoon Tour of Todaiji Temple, Deer Park and Kasuga Shrine from Osaka
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Nara Afternoon Tour of Todaiji Temple, Deer Park and Kasuga Shrine from Osaka. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Breathtaking Nara! It was great. Make sure you don't book on a holiday, to avoid the crowds and heavy traffic.
Amazing tour :)
Love the tour guide person he was very funny and energetic.
Tour to Nara was great such a lovely place. It was good we enjoyed it. Highly reccommended.
Thank you
The deer park is very enjoyable for kids my daughter really enjoyed it
The guide was incredibly knowledgeable with a fine sense of humor. The bus was air conditioned and very comfortable. The sites on the tour were great. It was well worth the money.
Great tour, well organised with nice tour guides.
It's a must
It was nice tour
I would like to do this tour again during a different season to see the different colours of the scenery.
There are many interesting places in Nara, but we had only limited time.
Tour was good, just enough time at each place. If you get the same tour guide, don't be thinking you'll get a quick nap in on the bus "everyone wake up please, wake up"
We did not like the deer wandering everywhere, but otherwise the tour was fine.
good tour guide, well organised
Interesting guide and the Todaiji Temple is beautiful
Stefan M
Nice trip!
Erin C
New Zealand
Very worthwhile as I wouldn't have been able to fit Nara in otherwise. I was the only person to join the tour from Osaka, so I had a very informative guide to myself on the way to Kyoto and back.
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Great afternoon though a bit busy. Good overview of what the area has to offer.
We loved everything we saw, although we were fighting crowds all the way.
This was a well-organised tour, and the guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. A most enjoyable afternoon.
Tour was to short considering the other stuff that could be seen in Nara given a whole day instead of half a day.
Excellent tour guide who have provided lots of information. However, the tour was quite short for the price paid.
Did not spend much time in the Kasuga Shrine at all (only 15-20 mins). Couldn't go inside the shrine due of the new year preparation.
More touring and time at the sites, less time sitting on the bus.
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For my experience it was not good. I had taken the all day tour on Monday to Kyoto, with lunch included and it was wonderful. I was not pleased with all the travel involved with the Nara tour. I was coming from Nisinomiya. I found my way through Osaka to the Hilton, then my greeter who was wonderful and helpful took us by train to Kyoto, back on the bus and then to Nara. My time in the Nara area was around 1 hour and 45 minutes. We then were guided back to the train and the Namba station. The greeter was extremely helpful and got me on the train back to Nishinomiya to help cut back on the extra travel time. I wish I would of known how much travel was involved. I would of liked a little more time in the area.
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Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits and Sauron's fortress at Baraddur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.
The extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was perhaps the most comprehensive DVD release to date, and its follow-up, The Two Towers, proves a similarly colossal achievement, with significant extra footage and a multitude of worthwhile bonus features. The extended version of The Two Towersadds 43 minutes to the theatrical version's 179-minute running time, and there are significant, valuable additions to the film. Two new scenes might appease those who feel that the characterization of Faramir was the film's most egregious departure from the book, and fans will appreciate an appearance of the Huorns at Helm's Deep plus a nod to the absence of Tom Bombadil. Seeing a little more interplay between the gorgeous Eowyn and Aragorn is welcome, as is a grim introduction to Eomer and Theoden's son. And among the many other additions, there's an extended epilogue that might not have worked in the theater, but is more effective here in setting up The Return of the King. While the 30 minutes added to The Fellowship of the Ring felt just right in enriching the film, the extra footage in The Two Towers at times seems a bit extraneous--we see moments that in the theatrical version we had been told about, and some fleshed-out conversations and incidents are rather minor. But director Peter Jackson's vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's world is so marvelous that it's hard to complain about any extra time we can spend there.
While it may seem that there would be nothing left to say after the bevy of features on the extended Fellowship, the four commentary tracks and two discs of supplements on The Two Towers remain informative, fascinating, and funny, far surpassing the recycled materials on the two-disc theatrical version. Highlights of the 6.5 hours' worth of documentaries offer insight on the stunts, the design work, the locations, and the creation of Gollum, and--most intriguing for rabid fans--the film's writers (including Jackson) discuss why they created events that weren't in the book. Providing variety are animatics, rough footage, countless sketches, and a sound-mixing demonstration. Again, the most interesting commentary tracks are by Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and by 16 members of the cast (eight of whom didn't appear in the first film, and even including John Noble, whose Denethor character only appears in this extended cut). The first two installments of Peter Jackson's trilogy have established themselves as the best fantasy films of all time, and among the best film trilogies of all time, and their extended-edition DVD sets have set a new standard for expanding on the already-epic films and providing comprehensive bonus features. --David Horiuchi --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.See all Product Description
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This game is a recreatation of that is Goldeneye 64. From the great single player missions to the fun mutliplayer craziness.
better than mine by far xD
and mine considering i didnt make one :P
lol yeh then based off of that theory, It is better than ninja's nade, shallows nade and urs, Im god lol jk
Well got this thought what if you make a Silver Grenade like the GoldenGun it would be a special weapon:D
or a golden grenade like the golden gun
Nice. BOOM HEADBLOSION
That might be the new Gmod swep....
This isn't very optimised for a PSP engine game (or rather, Quake engine), but the worst thing of all is how you display your image. This shot is so bad it makes my eyes bleed.
Spend 2 seconds more on pics by using a grey background or something that wont contrast with the model. Show the model with smooth shading on, too.
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Definitions for depictdɪˈpɪkt
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word depict
Princeton's WordNet
picture, depict, render, show(verb)
show in, or as in, a picture
"This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
describe, depict, draw(verb)
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
portray, depict, limn(verb)
make a portrait of
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
Webster Dictionary
to form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray
to represent in words; to describe vividly
Origin: [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
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- изобразявам, описвамBulgarian
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- 描くJapanese
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- reprezenta, înfățișa, descrie, ilustra, pictaRomanian
- опи́сывать, изобража́ть, описа́ть, изобрази́ть, обрисо́вывать, обрисова́тьRussian
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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ALBANY -- Jodie McNeil Gooch, 54, of Albany, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service will be at 10 AM Friday, March 29, 2013 at the graveside at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate.
Jodie was born at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, and attended schools in Albany. She graduated from Albany High School in the class of 1976. Jodie was a member of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. She worked for many years at Security Bank. Jodie appreciated music and enjoyed volunteering at The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House in Macon, GA.
Jodie is survived by her daughter: Ivy Gooch, Statesboro, GA; her mother: Joanne Gauntt, Albany, her brother: Lon McNeil, Gainesville, FL; Ivy's father: Theo Gooch, Albany.
The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern on Thursday (today) from 5-7 PM.
Those desiring may send memorial contributions to The Big House Foundation, P.O. Box 291, Macon, GA 31208, or to Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707.
You may sign the online guestbook and share your memories with the family of Jodie McNeil Gooch by visiting Kimbrell-Stern's website at www.kimbrellstern.com.
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Racing game fans can get pretty involved in their hobby (you can find setups like this one all over YouTube), but it takes a really dedicated fan to shell out nearly $200,000 for a game pre-order bonus.
British game developer Codemasters has set a record for its GRID 2: Mono Edition, available now for pre-order ahead of the game's launch next week. If you're willing to pay £125,000, you can get some neat bonuses with your game purchase – including a car.
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For about $195,000 CAD, you'll get a PS3 version of the game GRID 2, a PlayStation 3 to play it on, a branded racing suit, helmet, boots and gloves, as well as a brand new, fully functional BAC Mono supercar. The company is also throwing in a day at the BAC factory for a tour, and to spend time with technicians to make sure the BAC Mono is made to your size and specifications.
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NYTimes on Memorial Day: Bush, McCain Hate the Troops
3:43 PM, May 26, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
Even for the editors at the New York Times this is amazingly, and willfully misleading. They do not even acknowledge the existence of an alternative (McCain-Graham) GI Bill, let alone examine the substantive arguments in favor of it. Reihan offered a more even-handed approach in assessing the two bills (it helps that he mentioned the existence of the other bill):
The New York Times, committed as it is to fighting no wars at all, does not even acknowledge the potentially deleterious effect the Webb bill would have on the capacity of the U.S. military to fight, opting instead to focus purely on the numbers of new recruits versus those who opt out in favor of added benefits, i.e. the size of the force. If the priority is to win the war in Iraq, and the wider war on terror, than the effect of losing 16 percent of your force only to have them replaced by new recruits is ominous. That's not to say there isn't a strong case for Webb's GI Bill, but that case doesn't include making Bush and McCain out to be warmongers indifferent to the concerns of the troops.