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Sidle up to any bar and try asking for an Oly. After your server gives you a blank look, you might have to slowly enunciate the name again. Olympia. No, not the state capital, the beer. After a brief discussion about spring water and horseshoes, the bartender will probably sneer and direct you to a Coors Light or, worse, a Budweiser.
Sadly, Olympia beer has gone the way of well-made American cars, the Marlboro Man and CB radios. Even in Seattle, the chance of finding a joint (other than a grocery store) that still serves up Oly, either on draft or in a can is about as rare as, say, finding an Olympia label with four dots on the back of it in the 1980s.
And if you lived here then, you know how rare and important a find that was.
At one time, Olympia was a nationally recognized brand. During the 1970s, it was the ninth largest brewer in the United States and was pumping out three million barrels of brewski a year. The label was a favorite in Hollywood as well. Clint Eastwood used it in several of his movies; you can catch Dirty Harry Callahan drinking one in "Magnum Force". The beer was also quaffed in "The Graduate", "The China Syndrome" and by John Denver in "Oh, God!"
Heady times indeed.
Ask for a beer back then and you would likely be given an Oly unless otherwise specified. After knocking off work, blue-collar workers at Boeing or Weyerhaeuser headed to their neighborhood tavern with the boys to throw back a few "Stubbies" - Olympia's signature 11-ounce bottle - before heading home to the wife and kids.
This writer's grandfather was the model Olympia drinker. He was a union man at the Bethlehem Steel Company in West Seattle . When the work whistle blew at the end of his shift, he headed up Delridge to the Tug Tavern and had an Oly.
Although Olympia was crafted with only the finest artesian spring water , the beer was also cheap. And perhaps that fact, more than any other, made it the favorite with any man who worked with his hands for a living.
The Olympia Brewery was originally known as the Capitol Brewing Company and first brewed in 1896 by Leopold F. Schmidt. The German brewer viewed Tumwater's natural spring water as the perfect ingredient for brewing beer. The timing was fortuitous: Schmidt's brewery flourished during the Klondike Gold Rush, slaking the thirst of thousands of miners who stopped off in Seattle before heading north to the gold fields.
After changing its name to the Olympia Brewing Company in 1902, the Schmidt family hit upon the trademark slogan "It's the Water". Coupled with its horseshoe label, both marketing tactics became a hit and are still recognizable after more than a century.
Always on the forefront of nanny state idealism even then, Washington went dry in 1916, three years before Prohibition outlawed alcohol sales nationally in 1919. The Schmidt family eventually sold out after trying a variety of schemes in order to keep their Tumwater operation afloat. After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the Schmidt family got back in the beer business in 1934, building the "modern" Olympia Brewery familiar to most locals. The complex of sand-colored buildings sprawled over several acres and put the city of Tumwater on the map.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, television ads pitched a beer that was enjoyed by rugged outdoor types who drove pickup trucks and spent the weekend fishing or rock climbing. Later, a tongue-in-cheek campaign focused on the search for mythical creatures called Artesians who were responsible for the beer.
The company pioneered several packaging innovations, including using metal caps on bottles (1898), the seven-ounce "Little Oly" bottle (1962), the "Tall Twelve" bottle (1968) and the all-aluminum can (1971). Olympia's signature container was the 11-ounce "Stubby", having more than its own fair share of folklore surrounding it. One story is that if you peeled the label off of a Stubby and found four dots on the back, you could bring it to the brewery and get a free beer. Another, more misogynistic notion was that if a male found a four-dot label and presented it to a member of the female persuasion, she'd be expected to perform any action required of her.
The brewery is probably most fondly remembered for its tours. Pretty much every kid who grew up here has their own story. Mom and dad would bring the family down to Tumwater from Seattle or Tacoma so they could view the operation. It was an "educational" experience which had the happy side-effect of promoting brand loyalty. And at the end of the tour, the youngsters were given root beer while the older folks got a pitcher of the real stuff.
So what went wrong?
The Olympia Brewery overlooking Tumwater Falls
Not content with being a regional powerhouse, the company undertook a strategy to break into the national market. In 1975, the Schmidt family acquired the Hamm's Brewery in Minnesota and Lone Star Brewing Company in Texas the next year, both regional players in the Midwest market. The expansion backfired, leading to regulatory difficulties and financial losses. A new recipe for a light beer introduced around this time also flopped with the public.
Company president Leopold F. "Rick" Schmidt, who took over the firm in 1974, brought scandal to the company in 1980 when he was outed for having a tryst with another man. For a beer that draped itself in sturdy, blue-collar values, the fact that the company president had homosexual tendencies was almost too much. No self-respecting construction worker, longshoreman or truck driver would want to be seen drinking "queer beer" (remember, this was 1980, well before Schmitts Gay permanently and positively altered queer beer's image).
Olympia was acquired by the G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1982, which in turn was acquired by Pabst the next year. Another merger in 1999 brought the aging Tumwater brewery into the Miller Brewing Company empire. Miller was then purchased in 2002 by South African Breweries, creating the second largest brewing company in the world.
At the time, the Olympia brewery was SABMiller's smallest, oldest and least-efficient bottling plant. Recognized for its slogan "It's the Water", the plant became embroiled in a dispute with local and state government officials who seemed intent on running the brewing company out of town by fighting over the very same water.
In 2000, Miller was unable to come to an agreement with Thurston County's regional wastewater treatment facility, LOTT. The brewery was producing over a million and a half barrels of beer a year, well under the brewery's capacity. Even still, LOTT was unable to handle increased brewery production.
The company applied for permits to treat its own water on site and in February, 2001, LOTT bought back sewage capacity from the brewery. In November, 2001, however, the Department of Ecology denied Miller's permit to discharge treated waste water into the Deschutes River, which flows past the brewery.
Complicating matters was an artificial salmon run. Salmon were not indigenous to the upper portion of the Deschutes River. The picturesque Tumwater Falls, which are located just a few feet next to the brewery effectively blocked the natural migration of salmon in the waterway. In the 1950s and 1960s a series of fish ladders and hatcheries were built on the river, allowing an upstream migration. Salmon that scale the fish ladders at the falls are collected in a holding area adjacent to the brewery and killed after their eggs are harvested.
At the time, government bureaucrats feared that the treated wastwater (which was almost clean enough to be drinking quality) would damage the artificial salmon run. An apocryphal quote attributed to an unnamed DOE staffer summed up the sentiment. "The water might be good enough for people to drink, but that doesn't mean it's good for the fish."
Rather than deal with an army of governmental pencil pushers and the dozen or so local, state and tribal agencies that were shareholders in the process, SABMiller gave the middle-finger to Washington and closed up the brewery in 2003. Over 300 employees at the Tumwater plant lost their jobs, and brewing operations were moved south to California.
As a final departing "fuck you", SABMiller placed covenants on the property stipulating that no alcohol can ever be produced again at the brewery.
As complex as the story about downfall and closure of the Olympia Brewing Company is, the fate of the brewery property over the past seven years is even more convoluted, following several separate story arcs.
Sale signs now cover the defunct brewery grounds
After a period of mutual fingerpointing and denunciations against SABMiller for being the evil corporate bastards that they are, a knight in shining armor was sought. Enter L. Eric Whetstone and the All American Bottled Water Corp. In 2004, the entrepreneur proposed to turn the brewery into a bottled water plant while promising to attract well-heeled investors.
Instead of a Galahad, Tumwater found itself with a Falstaff. As has been covered extensively by The Olympian, Whetstone and his wife apparently pocketed investors' money and then skipped town. He had been convicted of fraud several times in the 1980s and 1990s in Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Creditors descended on All American after the company declared bankruptcy in 2007, scrabbling over the final remaining asset, the Olympia Brewery. After three years of court battles, the property was put up for auction in August, 2010 where it was purchased for $24.9 million by R.E. Loans, a California mortgage lender which had been trying to bring the brewery under foreclosure.
After having been abandoned for nearly seven years, many of the buildings that are part of the 76-year old brewery are in poor shape. Making matters worse, much of the machinery has been gutted and sold, and part of the complex sits in a flood plain. But the biggest drawback comes from the fact that Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey have effectively usurped the water rights to the brewery. Citing an obscure state law, the cities were able to condemn the water rights after they had been abandoned for five years. The cities paid $5.3 million in recompense, which was quite the bargain.
The brewery is currently being marketed by Pacific Real Estate Partners. Despite the funeral dirge which accompanies any mention of today's commercial real estate market, branch manager Troy Dana said that in the past six weeks, he's responded to three separate offers. adding that he's "cautiously optimistic" a buyer will step forward who "finds value in the brewery and who can leverage the iconic nature of the buildings".
The property has been split up into several separate parcels, but Dana said that his clients have little interest in marketing them individually. The current owners want to get rid of the brewery in one big lump.
Meanwhile, the old Olympia Brewhouse, visible from I-5, has recently found a new owner. The multi-story structure was built of brick and sandstone in 1906 and was converted into a paper mill in the 1920s after being sold by the Schmidt family. It has been used on and off as storage over the years and has essentially been abandoned and left to rot since the 1960s.
The brick Olympia Brewhouse, at the foot of Tumwater Falls, was built in 1906 and is on the National Register of Historic Places
Last year the Brewhouse was purchased by George Heidgerken and Patrick Rhodes for $1.4 million along with 32-acres of land. To say that the structure is in dilapidated condition would be complimentary.
Over the past few months, Heidgerken's team has begun cleanup work on the site, clearing vegetation clinging to the old structure, removing debris and identifying sites and foundations of historic buildings which were used for brewing beer a century ago.
Although it doesn't look like much at the moment, Heidgerken said that he has begun actively seeking future tenants for the Brewhouse and hopes to attract either a microbrewery or a coffee roaster to the site.
"These old buildings talk to you," Heidgerken said. "If you listen to them a little bit, they'll tell you what to do.
Although it's been almost eight years since the last case of Olympia left the Tumwater brewery, the label is still being brewed, now back under the banner of Pabst. In May last year, investor C. Dean Metropoulos purchased Pabst Brewing Company from SABMiller for $250 million. Along with the purchase of PBR came a beer wagon of old regional favorites, including Olympia and also Rainier beer.
Nirvana leadman Kurt Cobain wearing an Olympia beer t-shirt in the 1990s
Oly is currently being brewed in Irwindale, Calif. and is only being offered in 12- and 16-ounce cans. Asked about whether the Olympia Stubby will ever return, a representative with Pabst responded via e-mail in the negative.
"We agree that the Stubby bottle is a great package, and have been looking for ways to reintroduce it. However, at this time, we have no plans to bring it back," says Sanjiv Gajiwala, marketing manager for Olympia Beer.
Pabst is introducing a new packaging scheme for Olympia which will be hitting store shelves in late February. Gajiwala said that their graphics will be updated to more closely resemble can designs from the 1960s and 1970s.
Pat Herbert, a sales manager with Marine View Beverage in Tumwater, is one of the few distributors in the country which still sells Olympia. "We had a pretty good year for Oly last year," Herbert explains, saying that despite a bad economy there was a 40 percent increase in draft sales in 2010. Although 12-ounce cans make up the bulk of their product, Herbert said the sale of 16-ounce cans in convenience stores are on the rise.
Although old timers hankering for a taste of bygone days make up part of the sales, Herbert believes that most of the customers are under 30. "The bars are catering to 21-29 year olds. It's the PBR effect with kids enjoying their grandfather's beer."
The popularity of so-called retro beers has been on the rise. Spurned by their parents in the 1980s and 1990s in favor of handcrafted microbrews like Redhook, brands like Schlitz, Lone Star and Rainier have been on the rebound with the younger set. Although the origins of the retro beer movement are difficult to trace, it is often attributed locally to the Portland bar scene, where young hipsters started drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon in order to be cool and ironic.
Joe Moore has been tending bar at the 4th Avenue Tavern in Olympia for the past 15 years and has seen the change. He said that a lot of the older customers won't drink Oly, most likely because they're still pissed at Miller for closing down the brewery or because the taste of the beer brewed in California is different than when it was brewed in Tumwater. But the kids don't seem to have the same compunctions.
"If you're part of the downtown [Olympia] music scene, you drink Olympia." Moore said before adding. "I wonder if its because of the name. Or just because it's cheap."
And being cheap has always been the main appeal of Olympia beer.


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Plasma advanced glycation endproducts are associated with incident cardiovascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a case-cohort study with a median follow-up of 10 years (EPIC-NL)
- Nordin M.J Hanssen1,
- Joline W.J Beulens2,
- Susan van Dieren2,
- Jean L.J.M. Scheijen1,
- Daphne L. van der A3,
- Annemieke M.W. Spijkerman3,
- Yvonne T. van der Schouw2,
- Coen D.A Stehouwer1 and
- Casper G. Schalkwijk1⇑
- 1CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands 2Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht
- 3The Netherlands 3The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author: Casper G. Schalkwijk, C.Schalkwijk{at}maastrichtuniversity.nl
Experimental data suggest a role for advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, epidemiological evidence of an association between high plasma AGEs and increased cardiovascular risk remains inconclusive. Therefore, in a case-cohort study comprising 134 cardiovascular cases and a random subcohort of 218 individuals (including 65 cardiovascular cases), all with T2DM and nested in the EPIC-NL study, plasma levels of protein-bound Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), Nε-(carboxyethyl)lysine (CEL) and pentosidine were measured with liquid-chromatography. AGEs were loge-transformed, combined in a z-score and the association with incident cardiovascular events was analysed with Cox-proportional hazard regression, adapted for case-cohort design (Prentice method). After multivariable adjustment (sex, age, cohort status, diabetes duration, total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol ratio, smoking, systolic blood pressure, BMI, blood pressure-, cholesterol- and glucose-lowering treatment, prior cardiovascular events and triglycerides) higher plasma AGE z-scores were associated with higher risk of incident cardiovascular events in individuals without prior cardiovascular events, (HR: 1.31 (95%CI: 1.06-1.61)). A similar trend was observed in individuals with prior cardiovascular events (HR: 1.37 (95%CI: 0.63-2.98)). In conclusion, high plasma AGEs were associated with incident cardiovascular events in individuals with T2DM. These results underline the potential importance of AGEs in development of CVD.
- Received December 10, 2013.
- Accepted May 1, 2014.
- © 2014 by the American Diabetes Association.
Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for details.

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text: I could not believe my eyes when I seen this long-sought-after double album listed in a sale catalog sent to me in March! I probably would have paid twice the price for it if I had too! I have the original Lps of both of these albums that were purchased in May and June 1970, but wanted a CD version for the car. The CD even comes with 3 bonus tracks! If you like a happy, carefree, and even danceable type music, then you'll really love this CD. I prefer "Just Kiddn' Around" over "C Meets B", but they are both very good! The interaction between Ray in one channel and Billy in the other, is almost like a contest to see who could outdue the other. If you see me on the road, I'll probably be dancing in my car!


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When you're Juan Pablo Galavis, your birthday is a week-long affair. On July 31 he tweeted ;"AUGUST just arrived and mi birthday that gets CLOSER…" Translation, the soon-to-be 33-year-old gets almost as excited about birthdays as his 5-year-old daughter, Camila. So how did JPG and girlfriend Nikki Ferrell spend his pre-birthday weekend? (His big day is tomorrow, August 5, BTW.)
Juan Pabs and Nikki headed to Orlando, where they stopped off at Gatorland, a Florida theme park and wildlife preserve where El Bachelor kicked it with a bobcat, an exotic bird, and a giant snake for a bit. Then the duo headed to Give Kids the World Village for a Hearts of Reality charity event that included a pirate-themed party, followed by a luau the next evening.
Up next, JPG will be celebrating in style at the Flamingo Theater Bar in Miami, hosting a party in honor of his birthday on Thursday August 7. Ay yi yi! Since Nikki is still currently in Miami, tweeting about the weather, we bet she's staying the week to help him close the place down.
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By Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis
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Athletes from the Wounded Warrior Regiment and staff celebrate the beggining of a two-week training camp April 27 at the Colorado Inn. The Olympic caliber, high-altitude training prepares the athletes for the Warrior Games May 10, against the other branches of service. (Photo by Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
Marines with Wounded Warrior Regiment and guests celebrate the training camp kickoff with a dinner party at the Colorado Inn, April 27. Roughly 50 Marines throughout the Wounded Warrior Regiment assembled in Colorado Springs to train like Olympians, enduring high-altitude training as they prepare for their event. ( (Photo by Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
Athletes identify themselves amongst the supporting Marines, staff and guests during the training camp commencement dinner April 27, at the Colorado Inn. Approximately 50 Marines throughout the Wounded Warrior Regiment participate in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10. The Wounded Warrior Marines will be competing against the other military branches, though the Marines are the only service enduring two weeks of preparation. (Photo by Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
The inaugural sports competition is a joint effort by the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Department of Defense. The competition includes active duty wounded from each branch of service totaling roughly two hundred athletes.
The event is part of the year-old Wounded Warrior Regiment athletic reconditioning program, said Lt. Col. Benjamin Hermantin, Warrior Games officer-in-charge, WWR. The games should help the program's progression as well as perpetuate wounded warriors care and treatment.
"We see this as a little different," he explained. "It's like a natural extension of being a Marine. We're just looking to improve another level of training for them. We take care of our Marines."
Hermantin said the across-the-board support he received from numerous units including the United States Northern Command, and considerable donations from various organizations, allowed the Marines the opportunity to acclimatize and train before opening day.
"I have a lot of confidence in our Marines," he added. "They're seeing tons of support from the community – not because of their injuries, but because they're Marines. They're stoked."
One of the biggest outcomes from Paralympics competitions and disabled athletic events is the significant progress athletes witness in more than just their sport, but every aspect of life, said Charlie Huebner, Chief of Paralympics, U.S. Olympic Committee.
"We see the power of sport," he said. "We see the power of healing through sport every single day. It just takes something simple – like playing basketball with a friend to help someone transform in their rehabilitation. To make them realize everything's going to be ok."
Huebner said he's excited to see the Warrior Games come to life and to see wounded service members afforded an excellent rehabilitative opportunity.
"We had a couple of Marines in here the other day," he said. "They were ecstatic to be in Colorado Springs. But our primary focus though is seeing that program available at the community level.
So, when a veteran returns home there are everyday programs just like they're participating in the Warrior Games – in their hometowns and communities."
Alicia Heili, an athletic trainer with The All-Marine Warrior Games Team said everyone is working together to get the athletes comprehensive training. Heili is an athletic trainer at The Basic School in Quantico, Va., and has worked with the University of Kansas Football Team as an athletic trainer.
"It's definitely different," she said. "The dedication they have - that competitiveness. They still carry that Marine pride and it shows. It's really just such an honor to be a part of the team and the Warrior Games."
A big part for a lot of the competitors is being back with Marines training and competing, said Lance Cpl. Chuck Sketch, a double amputee who fought brain cancer but lost his vision, now competing in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle swim.
"You lose your sight or legs, you think it's over," he said. "But any joker can swim from the age of seven and make their way to the Olympics. When that tragedy comes, you're starting from ground zero – from nothing and working your way back up.
Now, that means something," he said.
Maj. Susie Stark, head coach and operations officer with the Marine Team said this was a large step forward in the world of veterans competing on a large-scale, official capacity.
"I think it's a groundbreaking initiative," Stark said. "I think you're going to see more people from around the world competing. Every country has their service member's that have sacrificed serving their country. It's something they all have in common.
It's an honor and a privilege to be a part of this. It's taken a life of it's own."


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How to photograph anything: best camera settings for macro photography
In the fourth part of our Shoot Like A Pro series on how to photograph any subject you want we take a closer look at the best camera settings for macro photography. Getting sharp macro and close-up photos takes time to master, but here we show you all the best camera settings you should use to shoot classic macro compositions, shoot handheld and shoot shallow depth of field.
Best camera settings for classic close-up shots
With the camera on a tripod and a static subject, you'll have plenty of time to adjust your settings when shooting many close-up or macro subjects.
Using Manual exposure mode will give you complete control, but as the subject and camera are static, the aperture is more important than the shutter speed. Start by setting this to f/11.
The depth of field is limited when shooting macro, so focusing is critical. With a static subject, you should use Manual focus mode, and carefully focus on the main focal point of the subject.
How to set up your camera to shoot close-up photography
Focus mode Manual
With a static subject, switch to Manual focus. Focus on the main focal point of the subject. Try using Live View and zooming in on the image to assess sharpness.
Aperture f/11
For close-ups and macro images, set the aperture to f/11. For greater depth of field, use a smaller aperture such as f/16 or f/22.
Exposure mode Manual
Shutter speed Set according to light
Lens 50mm to 100mm macro
Drive mode Self-timer
White balance The preset to suit the light source
PAGE 1: Best camera settings for classic close-up photography
PAGE 2: Best camera settings for shallow depth of field close-up
PAGE 3: Best camera settings for shooting macro photography handheld
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text: Apostol, Tom M. Modular functions and Dirichlet series in number theory. 2nd ed. (English) Zbl 0697.10023 Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 41. New York etc.: Springer-Verlag. x, 204 p. DM 98.00 (1990). The book under review is the second edition (for a review of the first (1976) see Zbl 0332.10017). The first was an excellent book that fully lived up to its intent as stated in the preface: "It is hoped that these volumes will help the nonspecialist becomes acquainted with an important and fascinating part of mathematics and, at the same time, will provide some of the background that belongs to the repertory of every specialist in the field". This second addition differs very little from the first. The major difference is a very useful supplement to Chapter 3 on the Dedekind $\eta$-function. In that chapter, a proof of the functional equation for this function is given using Iseki's transformation formula, a very general relation involving log $\eta$ ($\tau)$. The alternate proof given in the supplement (suggested by B. Gordon) is much simpler, relying on the fact that the modular group has two generators, for which the functional equation is much easier to establish. To conclude, this book will be high on the reviewer's recommendation list for new students in the subject, as it has always been.Reviewer: J.L.Hafner Cited in 3 ReviewsCited in 54 Documents MSC:11F03Modular and automorphic functions11-01Textbooks (number theory)11F67Special values of automorphic $L$-series, etc11F11Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight11G15Complex multiplication and moduli of abelian varieties11P81Elementary theory of partitions30B50Dirichlet series, other series expansions, exponential series (one complex variable)30F35Fuchsian groups and automorphic functions11M35Hurwitz and Lerch zeta functionsKeywords:modular functions; moduar forms; Dirichlet series; elliptic functions; Rademacher series; partition functions; Lehner congruences; Fourier coefficients; j-function; Dedekind $\eta$-function; transformation formula; modular group BibTeX


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"It's About Storytelling. It's About Humans Playing Humans."
James Cameron and Peter Jackson on making films in the age of technology.
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Cameron: They always say pioneers are those guys flying on planes with arrows in their backs. 3-D will find its place. It's like color. Color didn't affect the career of a single actor. And then people will find out about the intimacy to 3-D that can add to a dramatic film that's not even on the radar of the Hollywood studios right now.
Jackson: I find personally that within 10 minutes I forget that it's in 3-D, in a good way. The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. But that's a relatively simple technical hurdle to overcome. It's just brightening the image.
Cameron: It's already been overcome. The new technology has already solved the light-level problem. We think it looks fantastic.
Jackson: How far away are we from taking glasses out of the 3-D equation?
Cameron: I've seen displays at a laptop size and a relatively modest plasma size that work quite well. You have to situate your head to the sweet spot so you don't get the double image. But people are always turning the laptop display to get the best image. I can imagine three or four years from now an iPhone that's 3-D-enabled that doesn't require glasses that you can watch a movie on. Certainly laptops will be here before that. I think the ones that succeed in the marketplace are the ones that initially make their sets, their displays, to be able to use the glasses. If you're going to do a Super Bowl party you're going to have a bowl of glasses on your coffee table, and they're going to be the disposable kind. And then eventually I think the glasses have to go away for home use. I think that will happen within five years.
Jackson: I'm seeing there's a lot of misunderstanding about motion capture at the moment.
Cameron: The irony is that one of the first examples of motion capture that worked so beautifully is Gollum in the second and third of your films. Suddenly this new idea had burst on the scene, that a quasi-human creature could be created with such heart and soul.
Jackson: With Gollum and Kong, the key thing that we did was the eyes. I think Gollum and Kong represented the best eyes that I've seen in a CGI film.
Cameron: The experience of creating a soulful performance is through the eyes: knowing how to rig eyes, how to light for eyes, get the reflections and refractions in the eyes. Of course, we had big-eyed characters, which we did on purpose. We couldn't accomplish the character we're doing in Avatar through any kind of makeup means. That's been explored for 30 years of Star Trek and Star Wars. But I think the thing I hope that the media can convey to audiences is that this is an actor-driven process. Nayteri, in my film, for example—she is what Zoe [Saldana] created 100 percent. Initially I thought we want to keep the technique under wraps. We don't want to pull the curtain aside and show people how we've done this; we just want to show you my magic. But I've recently changed my tune. I want people to see a side-by-side image of Nayteri in a scene and Zoe doing the scene, so they understand that it's a physical and facial performance. Zoe took months of training at archery and martial arts, so she could move a certain way and have a certain grace. It's something she created that just translated to her character. This is a highly actor-driven process.
Jackson: Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea. It's just paranoia. What is great, when you would have used prosthetic makeup, you have motion capture to do a more emotive version. That's great for nonhuman characters, but in terms of creating nonhuman beings—why on earth would anyone want to do that? It's so expensive. It's 20 times more than an actor's going to cost.
Cameron: The other thing that people aren't talking about, you can take an actor of a given age, and you can transform their age. Additive makeup can age somebody, but it's hard to make someone younger. Let's say you have a novelistic storyline where you cast an actor in their 40s, but the first time you see them they're 15 years old and the last time you see them they're 80. This is the Benjamin Button idea. Clint Eastwood could do another Dirty Harry movie and look the way he looked in the '70s. He would still be making all the performance choices. It would be his voice. We'd just make him 30 years younger. If I did Titanic today, I'd do it very differently. There wouldn't be a 750-foot-long set. There would be small set pieces integrated into a large CGI set. I wouldn't have to wait seven days to get the perfect sunset for the kiss scene. We'd shoot it in front of a green screen, and we'd choose our sunset.
Jackson: There are all great tools that people haven't quite gotten their heads around yet. But one of the things that has happened [is that] people focus on technology. Probably the film industry has been guilty; there's more attention spent on the technical aspects than the story. That's led to a self-fulfilling prophecy. People regard CGI as a gimmick, they almost blame CGI for a bad story or a bad script. They talk about CGI as if it's responsible for a drop in standards. We've gotten to a point now where there isn't nothing else we haven't seen. We've seen dinosaurs, we've seen aliens; with Avatar we've seen realistic creatures. I think we're going to enter a phase where there's less interest in the CGI and there's a demand for story again. I think we've dropped the ball a little bit on stories for the sake of the amazing toys that we've played with.
Cameron: I think you're right. What's interesting in the marketing evolution of Avatar is that we put out a teaser trailer that was all about the imagery, and people were less than satisfied, because they weren't learning enough about the story. We put out a story trailer that set the stage and told you what the main character was, and all of a sudden people were wildly excited about the movie. There's the proof within the marketing evolution of a single film.
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NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Resorts Manager Andrew Harrigan said the state's four alpine resorts were embracing environmental management with a spirit of cooperation.
"The alpine resorts collectively cover only 3,000 hectares of a total of 700,000 in Kosciuszko National Park and they are like towns, with day populations peaking at around 30,000 people and overnight populations of around 10,000.
"This puts enormous pressure on the sensitive alpine and subalpine environment and of the 33 performance indicators tracked, I am pleased to see more than half showing improvement this reporting period."
Mr Harrigan said resort visitors were responding to educational campaigns and playing an important role in protecting the environment.
"At Perisher, it's good to see most lodges using less water than the industry benchmark of 220 litres per night per person, and collectively the resorts are recycling 30 per cent of their waste.
"Also, some visitors previously mistook native mammals like Broad-toothed rats, bush rats and antechinuses for vermin, but now people are recognising these protected species and borrowing humane catch-and-release traps from the Parks Service or from their resort."
Mr Harrigan said the resorts were taking active measures to prevent pollution, ensure water quality, conserve water and energy, regenerate landscapes, and to protect threatened species.
"Endangered Mountain Pygmy-possums had been declining at Perisher and Charlotte Pass resorts but due to enhanced predator control, habitat protection and the favourable weather conditions, we have recorded an increase in their populations this year.
"All resorts have both improved their fuel management systems which has helped to safeguard the environment from potential contamination.
"These are but a few examples of the positive steps being taken and I encourage everyone to read the full Alpine Resorts Environmental Performance Report on www.environment.nsw.gov.au, particularly if you are planning a visit to the snow," Mr Harrigan said.
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I have to be honest. I was completely skeptical. No developer had been able to really pull off episodic content (Here's looking at you Valve), so all sources pointed toward this new Sam & Max series sucking tremendously. Oh, how wrong I was.
The first episode was a fantastic entry to the series, and managed to bring back all the zany humor we remembered. The episodes came in a tightly scheduled format, and each episode seemed to get better as each time they were released. By the end of the season, Sam & Max had established themselves as the current kings of episodic gaming.
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Numerical and experimental research of wave interaction with a porous breakwater
The design formula for rubble mound breakwaters by Van der Meer has an unclear Notional Permeability term. This term causes a lot of confusion for designers. In the past many people have tried to derive a better formulation for that term by experimental and analytical research. The goal of this study was to obtain a better formulation along a numerical way. This study explores the numerical possibilities and tries to define which direction has to be taken in future research.
As a first step, a very simplified case is taken with a vertical homogeneous breakwater which interact with monochromatic waves. In total six different blocks were made of epoxy and elastocoast. Only 4 out of the 6 blocks were tested. Also the porosity (n), laminar friction (α) and turbulent friction constant (β) of the blocks were determined experimentally. This way the experimental results could be compared with computations.
Numerical tests were performed on some multi-layered combinations of the different blocks in order to derive a "Vertical P" value in a similar way as Van der Meer determined his P=0.4 structure. The results showed, nevertheless, quite some different patterns as the computations done by Van der Meer. However, taking into account all the problems with calibrating the SWASH model the results for the notional permeability seemed very promising. This numerical method shows the possibility of numerically calculating a notional permeability and should be investigated further in the future.


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I hate to so often say I agree with Brad, but here again, I agree with Brad. (I can't help it, when it comes to writing we think alike.)
I can say that I feel like this was approached as a critical essay about specific game features, rather than being a "review." I gather from past writing that you are looking for a critical approach to games in your own flavor of writing, and this piece is on that path; and I think it benefits on its own terms by being more streamlined than your LBP piece.
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It's a pretty old trick to take a simple steamer or colander and use it as a light shade, so designer Nadia Belalia [1] upped the ante with her series of transformed and customized steamer lamps [2]. Belalia has deconstructed the lowly kitchen utensil into a series of lamps with a steampunk [3] sensibility – rivets pin petals of folded stainless steel, giving each design a kinetic punch.
Colanders are a natural fit for repurposing into lamps and sconces, since those little holes help diffuse the light's glare. Working with classic collapsible steamers, Belalia takes the natural geometry of the perforated steel wings and expands them into satisfying shapes.
Throw a (LED [4]) light bulb in and voila – high design with low-tech materials. We got a few glimpses of Belalia's ceiling lamps at Wanted Design [5] during New York Design Week [6], but her oeuvre runs the gamut of lighting design [7] – including sconces, floor and table lamps, and even a chandler [8].
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Tail o' the Pup
There are rumours that the famed Tail o' the Pup at 329 N. San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood may be closing, or at least moving to a new locale. Development company Regent Properties, which owns the property leased by the hotdog stand, plans to develop condominiums and a retirement community for gays and lesbians on the Pup's current site, according to an article in the L.A. Times.
The L.A. Times also reports that a new location for the popular hotdog stand has already been found - in Westwood Village, near Weyburn, at a Broxton Avenue parking lot. The Tail o' the Pup has been moved at least once already. In 1985, the stand was moved from its original location at 311 North La Cienega, on the northwest corner of Beverly Boulevard, to make way for what became the Sofitel Hotel.
The iconic restaurant was designed by architect Milton J. Black in 1938 and built in 1945. It first opened at its original Beverly Boulevard location in 1946.
Tail o' the Pup is an excellent example of Programmatic Architecture, where the building is designed to resemble the product sold inside. It is also one of a dwindling number of such structures in the Los Angeles area.
Programmatic architecture flourished during the 1930s, 40s and 50s as businesses found new ways to capture the attention of an increasingly automobile-oriented culture. This was especially the case in Los Angeles. Gigantic donuts, tamales, and hotdogs were just a few of the devices used to lure in customers.
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If you were to ask any reasonable person (or reasonable physicist) how quantum mechanics works, 9 out of 10 times he/she would probably give you the same answer: magic. Yes, the field of quantum physics is known far and wide across academia as being both pretty difficult (lots of math) and pretty confusing (it just seems like it makes stuff up as it goes). However, despite all the tedium and wizardry that surrounds quantum mechanics, if you look hard enough at the many applications that the science has to offer to other fields, you may quickly come to find that it is also pretty dang awesome. Indeed, even the field of neuroscience has experienced some cross over with quantum physics in an attempt to explain many of the mysteries of the mind. But, what specific oddities about the brain are so opaque that they would need something as complex as physics' black magic to explain them?
Inside the mind of creative geniuses
Creative artists not only experience the world differently they also view the world differently. Picasso and Kandinsky, two of the well known creative geniuses of our time, both had disorders that forced them to perceive their world differently: could these disorders be one of the underlying factors that facilitated their genius?
Strabismus & Picasso
Stereopsis, the ability to have depth perception, is important for artists in order for them to paint the three-dimensional world realistically but new studies have shown that possibly many great artists did not have depth perception. Pablo Picasso, one of the many artists who had strabismus – abnormal alignment of the eyes – was able to create amazing pieces of art despite his inability to perceive depth. For him, this disorder made it easier for him to reproduce his two-dimensional representation of his subject matter. Margaret S. Livingstone and Bevil R. Conway state that "someone who cannot perceive depth from stereopsis may be more aware of—and therefore better able to capture—the other, monocular, cues to depth and distance, such as perspective, shading, and occlusion." This can be seen in the painting on the left, Picasso's The Old Guitarist where his shading skill and lack of depth perception is apparent. Picasso, is largely known for his cubist pieces, it is evident that going the route to cubism was ideal for his skill set due to his disorder.


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Thinning hair and hair loss in general are common conditions for a whole host of people, not just the older men they're most associated with. Young guys and women, too, may face the issue due to numerous factors, and find a market glutted with products that make outsized claims, are ridiculously expensive, or are full of harsh chemicals that don't sit well with your skin. The Viviscal line fights against such trends, aiming to treat thinning hair and hair loss on a number of fronts.
To learn more about the brand and its offerings, check out the Viviscal Reviews, where we've gathered together written-up evaluations by other customers who've given the products a try and have something to say about them. The Viviscal Reviews are an excellent tool for exploring the treatments, weighing one over another, and, in general, getting you to think more deeply about your skincare needs.
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They're really easy to find on the SkinStore.com pages: Just clink on the pertinent link or tab from the brand's main profile page—which takes you to all the reviews for the line—or from the individual product pages, where you'll get just those evaluations on the given item. However way you navigate there, you can sort the Viviscal Reviews by rating or date. They're quite clear to understand, and are densely packed with information: There are starred ratings on certain aspects of the product, listed pros and cons, and open-ended reviews covering the customer's experience with the treatment and any opinions they have on it. A reviewer can also add any background information, such as their skin type and age range, if they so choose, in order to set their evaluation more firmly in context.
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Adam Levine launches clothing line for women
Adam Levine discusses why his lack of formal design training was not an issue when creating his latest Kmart collection for women. The Maroon 5 frontman say he looked through the closet of his fiancee, model Behati Prinsloo, for inspiration. (April 1 Gannett


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Wednesday, April 01, 2015
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I think the Beatles said it best right? More on that later....
Anyway, here I am!!! Lots has happened since my last blog! Hmm, let's see...I did my final triathlon for the season...it was a shorter one and I'm not sure how I placed but i... Read more
Monday, February 02, 2015
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
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That is a terribly vague title for a blog but it very much sums up how I feel right now.
Last night my husband and I were watching TV after a busy day of work, doggies, bike rides and making dinner. I found myself flipping through channels... Read more
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Ashburton, New Zealand
December 20, 2014
I wanted to document this experience for a number of reasons. I hope to one day look back on this and think of how far I have come. I also want others to believe in themselves and realize that any... Read more
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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It's worth more.
$80,000 is the cut in pay that I took to leave my old job and end the cycle of madness that I had subjected myself to for nearly 6 years. Was it worth it? Yup. Would it be worth more? Yup. Happiness is price... Read more
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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***Note: This is a long blog but I really hope that you take the time to read the whole thing. I promise it's worth it.***
A lot has happened over the last few years, which probably explains why I have been absent. Not just absent from S... Read more
Sunday, July 14, 2013
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Weighed in at 69 twice this week! Really pleased about it. Ate some fish and chips last night (tasted awful, that won't happen again for probably another year if ever) and some cookies today (didn't taste awful by I made them)...mainly for my ... Read more
Sunday, July 07, 2013
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Just a wee blog to say "hi" to everyone and check in. It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote/checked in and it's been a bit busy. I've stagnated a bit but knowingly. I feel a bit ick right now as I ate a BUNCH of mac n cheese just now... Read more
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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I've spent the last three days sick. Not working out. But I feel as though today it's starting to come right so tomorrow back on the horse. Eating hasn't been awful nor amazing...I've paid attention to my food as opposed to saying "we'll I'm ... Read more
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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So the last week or so has been tough. Real tough. Like really, really, really tough. Just trying to emphasize that. I went over my calories today because for the first time since I re-started back in April I actually felt, well, a little de... Read more
Monday, June 10, 2013
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I ate about ten French fries at a work function tonight and felt ill afterwards. Not sure why as I still treat myself to rich foods every now and again (mainly ice cream though). Maybe it was the grease? Anyway it wasn't nice. And the same t... Read more
Thursday, June 06, 2013
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....and it was great! Well, that's a bit of a strange statement. I eat what I want most every night but tonight was different. We went out to dinner and I had one of my favorite meals. I came home and tracked it (estimated it is more like it... Read more
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As I was away in Week 4, I'm really blogging about 5. Not great. Put a kg back on so was a bit bummed about that. My first week of not losing weight. Read more


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Through funding from a U.S. FEMA Fire Prevention & Safety Grant, the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) will offer two new stipend programs to U.S. fire departments looking to increase home fire sprinkler education within their communities.
HFSC will award 15 U.S. fire departments with $1,500 stipends to partner and complete an education program with their local technical/vocational schools. Working together, those students, who may be future members of the homebuilding industry, will learn about the benefits of home fire sprinkler systems.
The second stipend program provides $1,000 to 25 U.S. fire departments to pay for materials to build demonstration units and conduct live home fire sprinkler demonstrations within their communities. HFSC provides guidance for building the units and conducting a public education event through its free Fire and Sprinkler Burn Demonstration Kit.
Only U.S. fire departments that are members of HFSC's free BUILT FOR LIFE Fire Department (BFLFD) Program can apply for the stipends. Visit HFSC and sign up to become a BFLFD
Apply for the $1,500 technical/vocational education program stipend by March 29.
Apply for the $1,000 side-by-side demo stipend by April 29.


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This package includes 2 nights' lodging and the exciting Ride the Ducks tour, where you'll explore the city from land and sea.
Ride the Ducks of Philadelphia is a fun and interactive tour that explores the city's historic streets, and also some of its historically significant rivers, like the Delaware. From the Battleship New Jersey to current popular figures, your captain will cover all of the important parts. You'll see Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell, Carpenter's Hall, The Philadelphia Mint, Betsy Ross House, and many more historic attractions. From the water, you'll see Adventure Aquarium, Penn's Landing, and an amazing view of the Philadelphia skyline. At the end of your tour, you'll get your iconic duck beak to show your ducky pride.
From the waterways to the historic land of our forefathers, this package covers all of the best sites in Philadelphia, as well as 2 nights of lodging at a hotel of your choice.


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Co2 question
I am setting up the first time a pressurized co2 system. I have a 60 gallon tank so my question is .. How many bubbles per minute do I let into the tank?
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1) water acidification is a REAL issue... don't believe the hype that you can pump in as much as you want.
2) water agitation will gas off CO2 so more, agitation the higher your pH but the less effective your reactor will be.
3) it is a delicate job playing GOD in your tank... it takes time, tuning and knowledge. As your plants absorb CO2 they will also need nutrients (food), getting the correct balance is not the easiest of tasks.
I would start at 1 BPS. However as said above there is a delicate balance you need to be aware of. You need a drop checker though to monitor CO2 levels. Without one you are simply waiting for something to go wrong.
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Libraries a hub for job seekers
Libraries have long been valuable resources for job hunters, with staff members who could direct job seekers to books that focus on resume-writing, interviewing skills, and other career-related resources. Libraries are starting to offer additional resources that include the use of computers, software, printers and services like resume-writing workshops and networking.
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Three Words
by ~AcousticRose
There are three words in this world,
Three words that eclipse all other emotions of our race,
Three words that epitomise our purpose for existing,
Three, beautiful, terrifying, simple words.
They are words that everyone in life longs to hear,
Words that spring so readily from our lips,
That we begin to lose the true meaning of them
And we start to doubt their sincerity.
They are words that can make a heart,
Make it soar and fill and beat what feels a hundred times a second.
They can also break a heart,
Break it into tiny jagged pieces that are impossible to fix quite as well as it was before.
Those three words are the hardest to trust,
They are said with the sincerity of a holy man,
Yet received with doubts to rival St. Thomas himself,
Because even the faintest chance of their falseness is too much to risk.
These three words have confused me from birth,
I will accept them from some with happiness,
Yet from others I throw them back in their face,
Because of the hurt they have, and undoubtedly will, do me.
These three words are supposed to forgive everything,
So why is it that when I hear them sometimes all I can think is
That they can't make up for all the nights of crying silently,
Desperately seeking sleep to end the day, in the vain hope that tomorrow will be better.
These three words are each a single syllable,
Yet their weight is great and should not be used lightly,
I used to pretend they didn't exist, that they were a comforting lie,
Yet around you, I found myself fighting to keep them spilling out of my mouth.
I am terrified of you, terrified of the power you have over me,
And in the weaker moments, terrified you're false,
Just waiting for the right moment to brush me off without a second thought,
Like a piece of unremarkable dust on your clothes.
But then I look in your eyes and I know for sure you are worth the risk,
Worth the risk of a heart permanently chipped,
So I will tell you these three words for as long as you want to hear them,
Because you are special to me, the one who deserves most to hear the truth.
Aw, that's so sweet, not to mention amazingly written
nick my poems much? nah i don't mind, it was about you anyway haha <3
I did say it was by you I was just trying to show it off xD
I know I was just kidding also, on a totally unrelated note, is it just me or do the wink faces look really evil on DA? XD I'm glad you like it enough to show it off <3


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IFS 2.0!Journal Entry: Tue Jun 12, 2007, 9:08 AM
The New Site Is Here
For those who wanna know a little bit more about me, you can find the interview here:
Written by <--- Thank you!
For those who wanna know a little bit more about me, you can find the interview here:
Written by <--- Thank you!
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imagine prime! omg omg i cant wait, ive been dying for a second release
when you say 'soon' can you give me like a brief estimate how long that is? i really want it
when you say 'soon' can you give me like a brief estimate how long that is? i really want it
Haha...well....the books are already sitting in our studio...just need to fine tune the online shop and we are good to go. So get your wallet ready in August.
Hi. I just wanted to congratulate you on making the cover of the Advanced Photoshop magazine
I recognized you're handywork and immediately bought it
I recognized you're handywork and immediately bought it
great look
Old site was a lot better. New site is slightly more difficult to navigate, and less stylish. I thought this was an artists' portfolio? I feel quite disappointed with the new site. Please revert to the old layout.
Wow your page is dynamite!!
Nice work
Nice work
sweet site... with sweet artwork.. much respect!
Working there would be a dream. lol
It's a great site, I'll check back for some more inspiration.
Working there would be a dream. lol
It's a great site, I'll check back for some more inspiration.
working at IFS sounds like an awesome job.
Do all your artworks particularly done in Corel Painter IX?
the design is very cool yet it's easy to use, great!
wicked sick
matches the studio themes...
matches the studio themes...
Freakin' Amazing!
Hmm...I think i like the old one better...simple and clean looking...this new one, the homepage took a little while to load. But i understand every site needs a new look once awhile. It is cool!
wanda!!! i'm not sure whether i like the new one or old one better lol. they're both nice i guess. the new one's a little more eyecatching and busier with the colours and the eyepopping art (yay!) and the old one's more soothing. but hay it works lol!
Hey, very nicely made site. I'm really loving that color scheme! It has a great feel and I really hope that once i'm finished here i'll be able to be a part of something similar! Great work!
So I guess THATS whats keeping you so busy lately that we haven't been able to see recent works from you!
Very nice site. It inspires me to finally get my shit together...
And that's a cool studio.
And that's a cool studio.
The site looks great.
You guys should put up some tutorials
looks nice well done
Very nice layout. Very smooth running with my browser, which I appreciate
Congratulations on the successful launch.
Congratulations on the successful launch.
wow that looks amazinggg, <3
Great site
Awesome website! Like the galleries!
Actually I read the interview. Very interesting.
I've seen it, an' I love it! Awesome lookin' site, can't wait for your new artbook to come out!
we love IFS !! ~
*dreaming of working with IFS*
*dreaming of working with IFS*
coool!! hurry up and start selling stuff!
amazing!!!! can't wait to see and buy the imagine prime artbook
Good! ^_^
Great site... nice sleek design
This website looks awesome!
Great site!
Fantastic site.
Now release the next art book so I can get that one as well.
very nice I bookmarked it already
the site looks amazing..awesonme stuff there! i'm thinking of buying an artbook somehow! love the whole idea of the studio..keep up the good work, very aspiring
I saw it like 3 days ago. Man I love that layout its freaking awesome. I wanna work there seems like a peaceful/fun place
nice new look to it well done


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Topic: Dawn of the Dragons: General / [Guild] Awkward Silence Seeking Merger
I got 10 spaces, but we have over half Lumies. It's The United Power, and if you want to send 2 more over, I got The Ultimate Power with a few spaces open.
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