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A few weeks ago, Fox Home Entertainment invited Cinematical to join the ranks of a small army of domestic and international media for a press day to promote the release of the 'Avatar Extended Collector's Edition.' While the initial home video version of James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster hardly snuck into stores upon its release in April, Fox went all out for this new bells-and-whistles, three-disc set, not only enlisting Cameron and producer Jon Landau for an introduction and a q&a session, but assembling participants from various creative teams on the film to discuss their participation in the making of 'Avatar.'
Not only did the daylong event offer a virtually unprecedented look inside the process of making any movie, much less Cameron's groundbreaker, it set the stage for the comprehensive bonus content that fills out discs two and three of the immersive, expansive, and perhaps exhaustive 'Extended Collector's Edition,' which is available today.
Cinematical already reported the breaking news from the press day, in particular Cameron's just-specific-enough-to-be-provocative comments about 'Avatar 2' and '3.' But in all honesty, the short, intimate sessions hosted by members of the production provided some real highlights, if not full-fledged revelations about the film. For example, the editing process usually occurs after all shooting has finished, but one of the film's editors, Stephen Rivkin revealed that he and partner John Refoua assembled a rough cut specifically to help Cameron figure out how he wanted to direct the final shots.
The entire film was first shot from multiple angles with reference cameras, which captured the performances of the actors in each scene. "Jim asked us to imagine how it might be put together," Rivkin explained. "Where would you go to a close-up? Where would you go to a medium shot? From that we get a sense of a scene and then Jim says, yes, those are the performances, and we prepare those takes to send them to our internal lab." Because the film was created digitally, that footage was then transformed into the lush, botanical landscape of Pandora, and then Cameron goes in and determines how and where the camera will move. "And then, Jim will start to make shots, and these shots become moving, interesting, cinematic shots – and everything is derived from the capture."
If that alone sounds complicated, rest assured that even with the assistance of visual aides, including actual performance-capture footage from the film itself, it took several pointed questions to clarify the way that 'Avatar' was somehow edited before it was even shot. But moving on to the next station, Alien Language Creator Paul Frommer revealed that a clearly-defined Pandoran language and culture provided Cameron and his colleagues with a strong foundation from which to build the story of the film.
Suffice it to say that creating an entirely new language is not easier than it sounds, but Frommer indicated that the linguistics of existing ones made it possible for him to create something unique that also felt just familiar enough to be believable. "The first thing you want to do is nail down what sounds are in the language, and what sounds are not in the language, and it's just as important to figure out which sounds you're going to exclude," Frommer said. "For example, Na'vi doesn't have a B, doesn't have a D, doesn't have a 'gah,' doesn't have a 'cha,' and doesn't have a 'sha.' When you include certain sounds, the language takes on a certain characteristic."
"Then you begin building the words, once you get down the sound system - so it has to be very consistent," he insisted. "But it has to be in accordance with universals of language, because one of the premises of the movie is that humans can learn this language, so it had to be a human-like language." Just for added measure, Frommer taught us a few important phrases in Na'vi, including "I love you" ("nga yawne lu oer") and the film's iconic refrain "I see you" ("oel ngati kameie"); unfortunately, however, he declined a request for some choice curse words, indicating that there weren't any in the Na'vi language – at least not that were used in the first film.
"I played off of the dialogue that I was given, and if a concept was in the dialogue, then I constructed a word that would match that concept," Frommer said. "There are certain things that are still indeterminate because we haven't nailed them down, but there are certain concepts in the language that are had to translate, such as this neural connection, which has a lot of different ramifications. One word might require three or four sentences in English."
Based upon almost every demonstration or interview given by members of Cameron's team, every part of the process of putting together 'Avatar' was unusual, challenging, counterintuitive, or just contrary to the normal way we've come to expect movies to be made. Despite this jumble of re-prioritization, reinvention, and quite frankly, invention, Lead Creature Designer Neville Page said that Cameron gave his collaborators a pretty specific template from which to develop and build the creatures, characters and objects that would eventually populate Pandora. "When I started, there were four of us, myself Jordu Schell, Yuri Bartoli and Wayne Barlowe," Page remembered. "We started at the beginning of May in 2005, and there was no script. We only had [Jim's] scriptment, which was a pretty thorough treatment, and it was really well-defined in terms of the beats and the things that we would be designing."
He said that even without their efforts, Cameron already conceived several of the indigenous creatures of Pandora, but Page and his colleagues gave them additional dimensionality. "There was something called a leonopteryx, something called a banshee, something called a manticore, which became a thanator, and they were pretty well described," he revealed. "There was one bug called a hellfire wasp, and I refer to that one because that was one that Jim didn't have a specific vision for. But it was called a hellfire wasp, so you can kind of imagine what it would look like], and that was the first illustration that I did that was more photo real. And that set a tone for some of the creatures to feel viable."
Longtime fans of Cameron's films will notice recurrent visual and conceptual motifs in his films, including the look of much of the technology. Page said that he and his crew made only one deliberate reference to something from Cameron's earlier work, but given the completeness of the writer-director's vision, there are bound to be some other overlaps between 'Avatar' and its predecessors. "I think that Jim's aesthetic tastes dictate that you will see a lot of similarities," Page observed. "There's a vibe that always comes through with Jim's stuff, like if you look at the cockpit of this, it feels like the drop ship from 'Aliens.' There's a throughline, but I don't think anything's exact. But because I first started out working for Stan Winston 24 or 25 years ago, and we did do 'Aliens' and 'The Terminator,' there's an homage to 'Aliens' that the seat in [the robot walker] is the one from Ripley's power loader."
Page encouraged us to publicize his little in-joke just to see who picked up on it during subsequent viewings of the film. Meanwhile, Cameron also re-enlisted his 'Titanic' and 'Aliens' collaborator James Horner to once again provide a musical backdrop for his film, but he suggested that any similarities between the score for 'Avatar' and its predecessors was due more to his own artistic interests than any mandates handed down by the director. "I try and approach each score completely differently, but obviously I have a certain style and certain things mean something to me," Horner said. "So the person that I'm working for doesn't trigger anything, but I know their tolerance level, so I'll be able to get away with stuff with certain directors who will let me be more adventurous than other directors who are much more conservative."
Horner indicated that the biggest challenge he faced was protecting the structure of his various musical pieces as 'Avatar' fluctuated in length during the final editorial process. "I had total freedom to come up with the themes, but what would happen is editorially things would change," he said. "My lovely themes that were designed to go over a certain stretch of film would have to be manicured into maybe not such lovely lengths, and I'd have to sort of skillfully rejigger it to work for me even though they weren't perhaps as good as they were originally. That's a common problem in film, and as the film was edited, that happened quite a lot. But I was given total freedom in terms of thematic writing."
After experiencing all of the aspects of production on display, we stopped at a station entitled "Amazon Watch," where spokespeople for the namesake company discussed the impact of the film from a cultural standpoint. Specifically, 'Avatar' inspired Amazon Watch Executive Director Atossa Soltani to reach out to Cameron and see if he would lend his name to their cause, which means to protect indigenous peoples and dwindling rainforests from industrialization. The fruit of their collaboration appears on Disc Two of the Extended Collector's Edition, via a documentary entitled "A Message From Pandora," in which Cameron visits the rainforests and helps bring awareness to the epidemic levels of deforestation and displacement that is happening in the Amazon regions of Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia.
Soltani said, "I saw the movie in December as soon as it came out, and I was just blown away. That night I crafted a letter to Cameron saying this represents our fight, and can you team up with us?" Her initial enthusiasm notwithstanding, she said it was actually a brief conversation with Cameron in person several months later that led him to get involved. "I never sent the letter until months later, when a number of organizations wrote him a letter saying, 'we congratulate you on this movie and we really want to team up with you, because you've told the story of what many of us work on with indigenous issues.' There was a benefit on the Fox lot, and I got to tell him personally rather than giving him a letter, and he said yes."
Perhaps obviously, the new 'Avatar' Blu-ray offers more in-depth and specific exploration of all of these components of the film's production and impact. But as dry as behind-the-scenes conversations can sometimes be at press events like these, Fox's in-person presentation of the many different aspects of 'Avatar' that were truly unique or even revolutionary only further stoked our interest in immersing ourselves in the new box set. And given the amount of content on the three-disc set, even if you don't feel compelled to join Cameron and Amazon Watch in their efforts to save the world, at the very least you'll probably have enough stuff to sit through until the next installment of 'Avatar' comes out.
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Jacob Fraser will compete in the shot put and discus at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
June 13, 2012
LONG BEACH - Long Beach State's Jacob Fraser and Catherine Martinez will compete at the 2012 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bloomington, Ind., June 15-17.
The top American junior athletes, including the best high school standouts and the most promising college freshmen, will face off at Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the campus of Indiana University. This meet serves as a qualifier for the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, July 10-15.
Fraser is entered in the shot put and discus, while Martinez will run the 1500m this weekend.
"I believe in supporting the USA Track & Field Junior program for the opportunity it provides to the elite junior-aged athletes that compete for our university," 49er head coach Andy Sythe said. "For the athletes we send to this championship, we look for them to use this event as a platform to further emerge on the national scale. We also view the opportunity that our men and women have to qualify for the World Junior Championships and represent our country as one of the great honors an athlete can achieve in sport."
Both Fraser and Martinez recently wrapped up their first year of collegiate competition at Long Beach State. Fraser earned All-Big West honors in the discus as he finished second behind teammate Jacob Weintraub with a season-best 172-03 at the conference championships. Fraser also scored in the shot put with a season-best 55-10.50 at the Big West meet. The Lake Forest, Calif., native went on to compete in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminaries.
Fraser enters the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships ranked 13th in the shot put and 17th in the discus. He exceeded the qualifying standards in the shot put by 2 feet, 10 inches, and in the discus by 8 feet, 2 inches.
Martinez, who hails from Westminster, Calif., advanced to the 1500m finals at the Big West Championships after running a season-best 4:33.92 in the prelims. Her top mark was 23 seconds better than the qualifying standard and ranks her 13th among the declared athletes at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Coach Sythe has long supported the USA Junior Championships by sending his elite athletes to this meet every year since he took the helm at Long Beach State in 1990. LBSU is among the few universities that have consistently funded its athletes to the junior national meet.
Former 49ers that qualified through the USA Junior Track & Field Championships to represent the United States in international competition include Marylou Badillo (1997) and Amaris Buchanan (1999). Badillo went on to place second in the pole vault at the Junior Pan American Games in Cuba, while Buchanan competed in the 100m and 200m at the Junior Pan American Games in Florida. Buchanan was also a member of the 4x100 team that won the Junior Pan Am title and broke the World Record for the IAAF Junior 4x100m relay.
USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships
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Women's 1500m (First Round) - 3:20 p.m. (PT) - Catherine Martinez
Saturday, June 16
Men's Shot Put - 12:00 p.m. (PT) - Jacob Fraser
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Men's Discus - 11:30 a.m. (PT) - Jacob Fraser
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Based on the 288 GTO (this was descended from the 308/328 GTB) it featured a larger, modernised version of the GTO's engine - a 2.9 litre V8 with 478bhp, that could be tuned up to 600bhp. The body (designed by Pininfarina) was very aerodynamic and built to give a stable drive. The F40 needed to hold the road as it could reach 200mph, thanks to the addition of twin turbochargers and fuel injection. For two years, the F40 was the fastest road car in the World! The F40 road car was discontinued in 1992.
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The latest round of global climate talks in South Africa are coming to an end this weekend. The Durban talks have been underway since early December and represent the latest attempt by the nations of the world to find a way limit greenhouse gas emissions. How much progress has been made?
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Tom King :
09 Dec 2011 6:56:05pm
Amused to hear you refer to the "Climate Institute" as "non-partisan" (as their website claims). Not sure what an "institute" is these days, but apart from the official sounding name the CI is hardly non-partisan about global warming - it is, as its website shows, highly partisan on that topic. It's entitled to be partisan but it shouldn't pretend to be otherwise or try to give itself some aura of dispassionate objectivity by calling itself an institute. Also,I don't have a strong view either way on GW, but the activists are losing the battle to the skeptics because they have cried wolf too often by exaggerating the dangers and the urgency (hello Tim Flannery, Al Gore), have exaggerated the degree of international concern and action, are not transparent in releasing their data for scrutiny, and arrogantly dismiss anyone who disagrees, which doesn't go down well in Australia. Also, what about a program on the hypocrisy of certain Australian governments who loudly claim to believe in the dangers to the planet of burning those terrible fossil fuels and the need for international action to curb emissions, but who build rail lines and ports and export coal to the world, as fast and as much as they can.
Moderator: I think the term non-partisan in this context indicates that the Climate Institute is not affiliated or aligned with any political party.
Emir :
11 Dec 2011 11:28:15pm
My maternal grandfather fought for the partisans in WWII, fighting the german/nazi scum, kicked 'em out of Jugoslavia without any help from the red army, but that's another story.
par·ti·san 1 (pärt-zn)
1. A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
2. A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
Mulga Mumblebrain :
17 Dec 2011 5:03:29pm
You've been protected once by John Howard's ABC's Thought Police, but here goes. What you say is plainly ignorant imbecility. Anthropogenic climate destabilisation science is, as the US National Academy of Science observed 'settled science'. Every Academy of Science and learned scientific organisation on the planet and 97% of climate scientists accept its findings, and the IPCC Reports are, these days, heavily criticised for downplaying the disaster. Talk of 'alarmism' is imbecility. Only the suicidal would not be alarmed by truly dreadful developments like the huge releases of methane from submarine clathrates in the east Siberian continental shelf.
Opposing the science and the truth is a malicious and cynical denialist industry, financed by the fossil fuel plutocrats and the political Right, which has attracted a rabble of ignoramuses and 'know-nothings', beset by paranoid delusions (such a mark of the lunatic Right) of gigantic global conspiracies to destroy their beloved market capitalism. The really sad part is that most of this type are archetypal 'losers' under capitalism, but are so intellectually challenged and thoroughly brainwashed that they do not even notice.
John O'Hara :
09 Dec 2011 7:51:41pm
Climate treaty 'out of reach': UN Chief
"We were always realistic about the opportunity of a breakthrough in Reykjavik", the Secretary General said today. "There are great economic troubles"
Well, here we are, in 2050, at the end of another UN Climate Conference. Unfortunately, the hoped-for treaty is as far away as ever. The conference was conducted in an atmosphere of gloom, despite the best efforts of the US delegates to strike a more optimistic tone. The US team deplored the negative reporting of the observed environmental consequences of the dominant global model of business-as-usual, and accused 'left-biased' media of exaggerating the 'externalities'. For example, they disputed the commonly reported story that several Pacific islands had disappeared, and showed slides taken from satellites which proved that some parts (the pointy bits) could still be seen from space.
The Conference discussed a US proposal which would have enabled continuation of business-as-usual (aka as the MPS - the Mega Ponzi Scheme) which they called 'terra-restorata'. This would involve the building up of low-lying islands, using landfill provided by the richer nations - Halliburton has, apparently, got a fully-costed scheme all ready to go, and as a special goodwill gesture the US government was willing to kick in (gratis) several trillion tonnes of obsolete (defused) cluster bombs to provide a solid foundation.
However, the proposal was subsequently withdrawn by the US delegates at the last knock when it proved impossible to get agreement that the landfill would count as carbon credits for the donor nations.
But we probably haven't heard the last word on 'terra-restorata', the US delegates were startled to find that the Russians have made considerable progress on this technology - as a worried US team commented "there must not be a landfill gap". Some US allies cast doubt on the Russian claims, considering Russian statistics lacked credibility, which fired a US delegate to comment, "there must not be a credibility gap".
So, there we have it, but it was not all gloom and doom, despite the conference almost winding up without any statement atall, a summary communiqué was finally agreed upon:
The conference agreed that the problem of global warming is a serious threat to human economic activity, and recognised that the time for meaningful action is fast running out. However, in a spirit of selfless sacrifice, delegates agreed on "a policy of non-binding inaction", and resolved to hold the next conference in 2055 in Timbuktu.
Mulga Mumblebrain :
10 Dec 2011 9:25:03am
Very good John, but with the current trajectory 2050 will have witnessed far more disasters than merely the loss of a few islands. Still you have the role of the USA correct. 'The American Way of Life' (for the 1%-the rabble are no longer covered)is not negotiable' will be carved on the tombstone of our 'civilization'- such as it was.
John O'Hara :
13 Dec 2011 4:18:20pm
What I can't figure out M-M is why the people who really run the show over there (and indeed run our show here too) can't see the stupidity of acting as though there's no problem, don't they have descendants?
There's a Ph D in there for someone to research this mystery. I find it hard to believe that these-movers-and-shakers (who can be so successful at making profits) can fall for the propaganda that global warming is all an elaborate left-wing scientists' plot to bring down capitalism etc - it just doesn't gel, even a moron wouldn't swallow that.
What they've probably(?) worked out (to themselves) is that the problem IS real, and there's no way of realistically addressing it without making changes to the current (laissez-faire) dominant economic paradigm, and they don't like this one bit. As Global Warming Bush stated a few years back - "the American way of life is sacrosanct".
kika :
16 Dec 2011 8:09:01am
john, its called 'denial'. keeps you in a state of unawareness - a fantasy world. and behind all denial is tremendous fear. logical thoughts are unable to function with such a strong emotion.


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It's rare that something invisible can become a tool powerful enough to change an industry, but that's precisely the case with digital watermarks. This technology is rooted in digital video innovations and poised to take a giant leap forward, providing a sophisticated way for advertisers to reach a targeted audience.
Over the last year, EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) has achieved mass recognition within the U.S. There are over 1 billion EMV cards used throughout the globe, and the system is the standard for debit and credit payments in many European countries. Despite this, the U.S. has lagged behind in the transition to chip and pin technology — until now.
Let's engage in a thought exercise. We're going to examine the business and technology consequences of a single grassroots movement and what it may mean for point-of-sale (POS) developers and providers. Fast food workers, demanding pay up to $15 an hour, have seen successes in New York State and some municipalities, resulting in substantial wage increases.
With less than two months to the Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) liability shift begins, many businesses accepting credit and debit cards are either scrambling to become EMV compliant or are not prepared. Rest assured the sun will rise the day after the liability shift goes into effect Oct. 1, 2015 and those businesses that have not implemented EMV will still be able to accept payments. If your merchant client is one of those business owners who is not ready, here are some short-terms actions you can take.
Loyalty programs have earned a place in the toolbox of merchants that depend on repeat purchases from their customers. Repeat business is great, but there is an even better reason why loyalty programs are important: they save money.
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My house is 5.1/2 years old. I'm baffled by my ceiling lighting fixtures and outdoor porch light fixtures. Some fixtures blow bulbs more frequently than others. For instance, my closet light will blow out every 2 to 3 to 4 weeks, while other similar fixtures will last for many months (up to a year or longer). I only use 40 to 60 watt bulbs in all my fixtures. Can someone tell me where the inconsistency lies?
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At the risk of offending... Have you verified that the bulbs from the closet fixture are actually burned out? I had a friend who was throwing away good bulbs because the light fixture lost its contact when it became hot.
If that's been verified, I guess I would check voltages to see if there's a difference from one fixture to another. Do you notice any surges in the closet fixture?
By surges, I mean suddenly getting brighter or dimmer.
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If that's been verified, I guess I would check voltages to see if there's a difference from one fixture to another. Do you notice any surges in the closet fixture?
By surges, I mean suddenly getting brighter or dimmer.
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The bulbs do blow (although I have been fooled before) because I always check them after I remove them from the socket. Sometimes I'll see and hear it blow right after I throw the switch. Could that be the surge you are talking about, RPXLPX? A voltage problem or a bad fixture problem?
Have you tried a "rough service" or "garage door opener" type bulb in your closet? You could be having a problem with vibration from the door closing, weakening the filament in your conventional bulb. Additionally, outdoor porch bulbs endure a variety of temperature changes, especially in the winter. I have had great success using "oven" bulbs in these fixtures. In your closet, you could be dealing with a defective fixture, a downstream connection issue, or a misadjusted door switch that allows the bulb to stay on for hours at a time. Good luck !
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Arun Kumar was the first Contestant of the day, followed by Amit Chauhan and Ashok Singh. Did Lady Luck favour Ashok and Amit on the D-day?
Hear Anu Malek use the Sher for a contestant – "Humari Mehfil Mein Aaye The , Itna Toh Kaam Kar Lete, Humari Kaano Ko Sur Ki Aadat Hai Aur Ko Toh Salaam Kar Lete".
The Judges decision is the Final Decision , but one contestant gave an open challenge to Anu Malek that one day, he would become a good singer and Anu Malek would compose a song for him… So who is this contestant who dared to challenge Anu Malek?
We revisited Record Books as the Tallest guy in
As the auditions happened, one of the contestant came to the Judges Room with a "Jhimar Rock" .Now wondering what it is – Well, Jhimar is a place in MP, the contestant was rocking as he sang his song!!!!! Can he set the stage rocking or is he better off confined it to Jhimar ?
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Sherlock's eye is very intense. Great job.
you should draw the Sherlock's fall.... it's sure you'll make it amazing!
wood you actually managed to make Benedict even more alienotic ahahahah I love it!
I love how they are so different but so very dependent on each other.
that one on the right is sherlock standing on the rock looking out at baskerville like the bloody lion king movie isn't it
This Watson. Oh my, I want to see the rest of him. Please tell me there is a sketch or something out there.
When this show finally comes back on I will literally be jumping around my house for a week or so. 8I
Why's "I will never get over this show" crossed out?
I LOVE your style. Really, it's amazing !
Your art is so amazing
(and your drawing is great, I love the colors again. Love your Sherlock fanarts ><)
"I will never get over this show".
No need to hide it, it's just the normal feeling after watching this awesome serie.
*in the same mood T-T*
No need to hide it, it's just the normal feeling after watching this awesome serie.
*in the same mood T-T*
i LOVE this series! my little signature is even a quote from it! i cant wait for the next season!!!!!!
Awesome piece~
This is beautifully done
You are brilliant!
I love this -- the differences between them are so clearly portrayed, and yet there's the bond that can't be denied....
You should turn these into bookmarks! Actually, I might print them out to use each one as a bookmark- is that okay?
I love this picture- the colours and contrast between Sherlock and John. Beautiful.
I love this picture- the colours and contrast between Sherlock and John. Beautiful.
I won't get over this show, too... **hugs** I've cried like I've not cried before...
I love all your paintings of this show!
I love all your paintings of this show!
this is amazing.
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this is amazing.
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WHY SO BEAUTIFUL???? You're amazing!
I can't describe how awesome your work is... And for a show that's indescribably awesome, your pictures describe it pretty bloody well.
There is no such thing as too may Sherlock-related drawings, let alone way to many
Well, this is epic.
Oh the colorrrrrs . . . it's like a fiery sunset of awesome.
oh so good
Love this comparison and its contrasts! Beautiful work.
God your art is incredible!
Your art is simply fantastic.
This is brilliant.
Love them
and we're back to this again
Love the eyes in this one.
OHH YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! this show!! YESYES!!!!
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I LOVE this. Beautiful colors.
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fantastic cosplay
wow this is beautiful! I love Shiva
Hoooooooooly shit this is incredible. I'm not even being light about it, this must have taken a lot of time to make. So damn cool.
this is cool
good job on the cosplay!
Not bad!
Not bad at all!
Not bad at all!
amazingly well done
Just - WOW.
Absolutely breathtaking!
This is stunning!
so awesome!
This is unreal, always awesome to see anime characters come to life.
Great photo!
Great photo!
Wooow I actually don´t know that gives a costume from shiva! NICE
Very impressive!
So beautifully well done!
My favorite character from FFX and well done too.. wow wow wow <3
Oh this is so incredible.
I saw you from Facebook on Tokyopop! Wonderful work! The FFX version of Shiva is my favourite. OwO
Shiva! Wow!
How in the hell is this NOT been granted a Daily Deviation yet?!
Hahaha, I don't know, I think someone has to propose it.
This is full of awesome!~
this is amazing
Wow, this is amazing! O__O
nice i love the pose and hair
sooo pretty owo
i love the wig <3
i love the wig <3
Adoro ese cosplay (y la cosplayer)!! Es simplemente perfecto, el cosplay de mis sueños
a wonderfully put together cosplay <3 I love it!
Wow this is awesome! Good job ^^!
Wow, that is a wonderful shoot of Shiva. Especially the hair.
me encanta es decir poco
brilliant colours the best summon ever
oooh very nice~ <3
That wig looks realllly heavy...
Awesome job on both ends. Love it!
Awesome job on both ends. Love it!
Thank you so much!! It was very heavy yeah, she had some problems with it.
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Tafoni – you may not have heard the term but the chance are, if you have visited an ocean shore, (or less likely a desert!) that you have seen them with your own eyes. Essentially they are caves (mostly in miniature) and their formation can often result in beautiful patterns. Yet why are they formed in the first place?


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540 of Region's Finest Athletes Compete for $15,000 in Prize Money during SICest of the Southwest II Competition at 2013 Europa Games Tour
What: Global fitness brand SICFIT (www.SICFIT.com) is hosting the SICest of the Southwest II Fitness Competition at the Phoenix Convention Center October 19. The daylong event will showcase 540 athletes vying for $15,000 in prize money (provided by NutriForce Sports) during the 2013 Europa Games Tour.
Participants will compete in four athletic divisions including limited Male and Female Pros as well as RX and Intermediate teams. (RX means elite athletes performing movements as prescribed). Workouts will be programmed by first ever Reebok CrossFit Games champion, James FitzGerald (2007) of Optimum Performance Training and were released on SICFIT.com two weeks prior to the competition.
* New for 2013 – SICFIT Ambassador Steph Hammerman will be leading the first-ever adaptive athlete showcase during the competition. Hammerman is the world's first certified CrossFit instructor with cerebral palsy.
Why: This is the second time Europa has hosted its national expo in Arizona, as it remains a committed partner to SICFIT and the region. Likewise SICFIT remains committed to providing forums for athletes to reach new goals through its social platform SICFIT.com, community events, competitions similar to SICest of the Southwest II and in its gyms SICFIT San Diego and SICFIT Scottsdale.
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By creating a Facebook page residents will be directly linked with city hall to receive the latest news pertinent to their daily lives, city communications manager Kiley Bear wrote in a release.
ãRather than waiting for them to come to us for the information weãll use Facebook to reach out to them,ã she said. ãWe also expect that Facebook will allow the city to increase its level of responsiveness and provide timely answers to questions that concern residents.ã
Accompanying the cityãs new website and Facebook page are a handful of mobile features for smart phones as well as an email subscription feature that allows people to receive emails on specific items that interest them.
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The term adder refers to any of a number of viper species found around the world, of which the Pit vipers can be found in North America.
A number of adders lived in Raccoon Forest, particularly at the Arklay Laboratory where they could be found in trees in the courtyard as well as the underground tunnels. One of these adders was taken by the Umbrella research team and deliberately infected with the t-Virus for bio-weapons testing; the resulting giant became known as the "Yawn".
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REGION: San Diego County grants program should be reformed not eliminated, group says
REGION: Program benefits schools, children and the arts, according to SDCTA report
The Board of Supervisors has awarded $66.2 million to various groups in the county since 2003 through an often-criticized spending program that some critics say should be scrapped, according to a report released Monday by the nonprofit San Diego County Taxpayers Association.
The 43-page report is primarily a statistical analysis of where the money has been spent and does not address the merits of the awards. However, the report includes a series of recommendations on how to improve the program, called the Community Projects Fund, including making it more transparent.
"The goal (of the report) was to better understand how the program's funding has been allocated over the years," said Lani Lutar, president of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, a taxpayer advocacy group. "Though some of the grants have been criticized in the media, there hasn't been a clear understanding of how the funding, as a whole, has been utilized and where the dollars were going."
Lutar said that while there were some grants that were likely to "raise eyebrows," most of the grants were predominantly awarded for purposes that "most individuals would agree are important in the community."
Critics of the grant program have called it a "slush fund" through which supervisors dole out money to political friends. Each supervisor receives about $2 million a year from the county's general fund to give out to various programs.
Supervisors have rejected the criticism, saying the program serves the public good by helping to pay for parks, libraries, firefighting equipment, educational programs for low-income children and services for the poor.
"I think the program stands on its own as supporting good work throughout the region," said John Weil, Pam Slater-Price's chief of staff.
Problem program?
Supervisor Bill Horn could not be reached for comment on Friday. However, he defended the program in a recent interview, saying it helps pay for needed services in his North County district, where many unincorporated communities are located and where the county is the only governing body.
"The unincorporated area of the county does not receive its fair share of sales tax," Horn said. "The people in the unincorporated areas pay sales taxes, but they don't get any credit for that."
In the past, supervisors have justified the program, saying that it was a result of their good fiscal discipline, which resulted in the surpluses that funded it. But the grants have come increasingly under fire in recent months as revenue from the state and the county's own coffers shrink.
On Tuesday, the supervisors are scheduled vote on a proposal to overhaul the program. The proposal is based largely on the recommendations issued by the San Diego Taxpayers Association's report.
Lutar said she recently met with several supervisors to present them with the association's recommendations.
"I especially appreciated that the association took the time to learn how valued the program is to individual communities," Supervisor Dianne Jacob said in a written statement. "It's my hope that stricter guidelines and more clearly defined criteria will result in greater overall public confidence in the program."
The association had been among the program's harshest critics. Lutar has criticized its lack of transparency, including a lack of clear guidelines on how the grants are awarded, publicized and listed for public review.
She said the proposed changes would improve the program. The proposed new rules include publicizing the application process through each supervisor's Web site and listing the approved grants on county Web sites.
"In past years, the process of selecting the grant recipients has been obscure," Lutar said. "(The) new guidelines are an important step to make the process more open to the public."


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When asked about what she likes about Pro Mujer, she says that first and foremost are the savings, and secondly she likes the opportunity she has of sharing with her partners.
La señora Genoveva, presidenta de la banca comunal, indica que forma parte del B.C. "Unidad Vecinal C" gracias a la invitación de unas amistades. Casada, madre de cuatro hijos, su negocio es el de confección de deportivos, desde hace más de ocho años, el esposo fue quien le enseñó. Comenta que con el tiempo ha logrado desarrollar un producto de calidad y que es muy importante la calidad de la tela y de la costura, para mantener un espacio en el mercado, pues hay mucha competencia.
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Optiqua Helps Ensure Safe Water Supply
Cities invest heavily to ensure that their drinking water is safe, and while most treatment facilities keep close watch on their supply, water becomes harder to monitor once it goes into vast networks of pipes and other distribution infrastructure.
Optiqua Technologies Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based firm that is an Asian Innovation Awards finalist, has developed a warning system that water utilities can use to detect minute changes throughout their network. The system, called EventLab, is being tested by suppliers in Singapore and the Netherlands.
EventLab uses optical, silicon-based chips that gauge changes in refractive index. That is a measure of how light travels through a substance—pure water, for example, has a refractive index of 1.33—and if it is modified or has other substances added to it, the refractive index changes.
"The beauty of this concept is that refractive-index measurements, therefore, react to any chemical contaminant, any contamination of the sample," said Melchior van Wijlen, Optiqua's managing director and one of its founders. "That makes it possible to use one simple chip to monitor the full spectrum of possible chemical contaminations."
That is important because while water is closely monitored at treatment plants, he added, once it leaves the plant, "it goes into the distribution network, which is miles and miles of pipes before it ends up in your tap." That network is vulnerable to decay and contamination as well as potential terrorist attack, as some security experts have warned, since water outlets are widely available in homes, businesses and public spaces.
"Security is not just a matter of having cameras everywhere," Mr. van Wijlen said. "Security threats are increasing in the world, especially in high-density urban areas, so definitely this is also an aspect that makes it more and more important to be able to detect anything that goes wrong, anything that happens within your distribution grid, as early as possible."
Singapore's national water agency, PUB, first reviewed EventLab in lab tests, then rolled it out in small pilots and now expects to expand it throughout the city, said Harry Seah, director of PUB's technology and water quality office. Singapore uses about 1.7 million cubic meters of water a day.
EventLab's chips are incorporated into sensors that can be placed throughout pipes and other accessible locations in the network. Optiqua combines those sensors with software and data algorithms that help utilities make sense of the changes detected, and cities can calibrate the sensors to reduce false positives and ensure they're seeing what is relevant, said Mr. van Wijlen.
The end user, typically a water-utility operator in a control room, sees an overview of the network with the ability to zoom in on different locations and receive alerts when a threat is detected. He can review the data in detail to assess its severity as well as whether it appears to be spreading to another part of the network. This kind of information helps utilities prioritize their inspections and maintenance, and respond more quickly to areas where alerts recur, Mr. van Wijlen said.
Singapore, like many other cities, has until recently surveyed its water supply on a macro level, Mr. Seah said. "We have some physical or chemical parameters, like conductivity, pH, total chlorine and temperature, and we use those, in a way, as indirect indicators that the water is OK. But this is still a very indirect inference of the water quality."
EventLab lets them work on a micro level, he said, giving them more information on the location of a contamination. "If there's a problem, we know where," he said. "From an operations point of view, it's a much faster response."
Optiqua, a unit of Netherlands-based Optisense BV, employs 25 people in Singapore and the Netherlands, primarily physicists and engineers. It plans to continue work on its technology as well as add more products to its portfolio, Mr. van Wijlen said. EventLab, which is patented, acts as "a generic indicator"—it can note a contamination but doesn't say what the contamination is, he said. For that, Optiqua is developing another sensor, called MiniLab, that is designed to detect specific substances and, in addition to working in tandem with EventLab, has additional applications outside the water industry.
The company is in talks with other firms about potential partnerships, as well as metropolitan utilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia for more EventLab pilot tests. As concerns about water safety have grown, interest in stronger monitoring tools has as well, said Mr. van Wijlen said. "By not monitoring within the grid itself, basically you're closing your eyes."
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"Pacific Bio's market cap when it priced Tuesday was $802 million."http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/10/27/complete-genomics-tips-cap-to-rivals-for-valuation-boost/?mod=google_news_blog
"The developer of gene mapping technology sold 12.5 million shares at $16 each yesterday."This corresponds to a market capitalization of $200 million.One of the reasons that I like this (PACB) stock so much is that Life Technologies just paid $375 million in cash and stock for "Ion Torrent" which is another high-throughput sequencing technology similar to pyrosequencing (but different in that it is based on hydrogen ion generation). The Ion-Torrent technology was originally intended to be sold for $50,000 and to be implemented in every doctor's office in the Western hemisphere.However, in viewing the PACB video, this new sequencing technology blows all prior sequencing techniques out of the water. If it is true that this instrument can perform a complete human genome sequence in 1 hour (as alluded to in the PACB video)-- then NOTHING on the market can compete with this. The potential market for PACB and other high-throughput sequencers can be viewed in the following link: (you fill in http:) //pathogenomics.bham.ac.uk/hts/I estimate that PACB can sell 1000 instruments over the next 10 years, corresponding to instrument sales of approximately $600 million. Assume 100 instruments/year corresponding to $60 million. Assume also a consumable volume of $600,000 per instrument, yielding a net $60 million in consumables per year (which integrates year after year).According to my layman's unsophisticated estimates: Their sales in consumables alone after 10 years may be $600 million/year. 10 net sales may be $3.9 Billion. Annual sales after 5 years should top $360 million. Assuming a price/sales ratio of 4, this corresponds to a $1.4B market value in 5 years, or roughly 7X the market cap of today.
"""The developer of gene mapping technology sold 12.5 million shares at $16 each yesterday."This corresponds to a market capitalization of $200 million.""Not entirely true. Not knowing the total number of shares the company has issued, the MC of the company is unknown. The $200m is just the value of 12.5 m shares sold to the public. I believe they are just a fraction of the total number.
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Mannino gets first B-Sen win in Springfield
Springfield, MA (WBNG BINGHAMTON) The Binghamton Senators earned a victory in their final game in three consecutive nights with a 6-3 win over their host the Springfield Falcons. Shane Prince and Buddy Robinson each netted a pair of goals while Peter Mannino turned aside 34 of 37 shots faced to earn his first victory in a Binghamton Senators uniform.
B-Sens back in L column after 5-1 loss to Phantoms
Allentown, PA (WBNG BINGHAMTON) Binghamton failed to overcome another quick start by Lehigh Valley and fell 5-1. Martin Ouellette stopped 28 of 29 shots faced to pick up his second victory of the season while Nick Cousins notched three goals and an assist to lead the Phantoms to their third victory of the season over Binghamton.
B-Sens blank Syracuse, 5-0
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton Senators snapped their season-high five game losing streak with a 5-0 victory over the visiting Syracuse Crunch. Andrew Hammond turned aside all 18 of the Crunch's scoring chances to earn his second shutout of the season.
Behind the Boards: Richardson doesn't fault goalies for Sens struggles
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) During their current season-worst five-game losing streak, the B-Sens are giving up 5 goals a game, and this season starting goalie Andrew Hammond ranks last in the league in goals against average. However, coach Luke Richardson says, don't blame him.
Bertuzzi looking to 'fill a void' in Binghamton
Binghamton (WBNG BINGHAMTON) He turns 40 next month, but for the first time in Todd Bertuzzi's long hockey career he suited up in an AHL jersey today. Joining the B-Sens for what he calls an opportunity to prove that he can still play at this level.
B-Sens' skid hits five in a row
Manchester, NH (WBNG BINGHAMTON) The Binghamton Senators fell 6-1 on the road to the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night extending its losing streak to a season-high five straight. The B-Sens racked up 66 penalty minutes while allowing five power-play goals on 11 opportunities.
B-Sens to sign Bertuzzi
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton Senators announced today they have agreed to a professional tryout agreement with forward Todd Bertuzzi. Bertuzzi is scheduled to report to Binghamton on Monday, January 12.
B-Sens lose fourth straight
Worcester, MA (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton Senators' losing streak grew to four straight with a 6-3 loss to the Worcester Sharks Friday night at the DCU Center.
B-Sens drop third straight
Portland, ME (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton Senators fell 3-0 to the host Portland Pirates in the first of three straight road games this week.
Wideman selected for AHL All-Star Game
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The American Hockey League announced the rosters for the Eastern and Western Conferences for the 2015 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Turning Stone Resort Casino. Chris Wideman will be the Binghamton Senators lone representative on the Eastern Conference squad.


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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles played their best football too late.
Michael Vick threw for 335 yards and three touchdown passes, including a 62-yarder to DeSean Jackson, and the Eagles beat the Washington Redskins 34-10 Sunday for their fourth straight win.
But the Eagles (8-8) are going home despite the strong finish after failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and just the fourth time in coach Andy Reid's 13 seasons. They can't be satisfied after entering the year with Super Bowl aspirations
"That's the unfortunate part," Vick said. "Everybody's jelling together, our team is getting closer as a unit, everybody's understanding their coaches and what they're trying to do and their philosophy. We know what needs to be done. We'll fly under the radar and try to shock people next year. Next year will be totally different. I promise you."
Reid refused to discuss anything about the future, including whether he wants to return or if defensive coordinator Juan Castillo will be back. Reid took plenty of criticism this season, and heard "Fire Andy!" chants during a loss to New England in November. Castillo was intensely scrutinized in his first season after serving as an offensive line coach for 13 years.
"We've got to get better all the way around, starting with me," Reid said. "This wasn't good enough."
The Redskins (5-11) finished last in the NFC East for a franchise-worst fourth straight year. It was Mike Shanahan's worst full season in 18 years as a coach.
"I think the last five, six games we've done some good things, run the football against some good teams, not as good as we need, though," Shanahan said. "We talked about adding a few pieces on offense, we need a few pieces on defense, a good draft, but we made some strides. Our football team is a lot different than a year ago, and that's a positive."
One of four NFL games on the final day that had no playoff ramifications, this had the feel of a preseason game. There were thousands of empty seats at the always sold-out Linc, and there was far more interest in the Mummer's Parade on Broad Street.
The Winter Classic alumni game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers across the street at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday generated more excitement.
Playing without NFC leading rusher LeSean McCoy, the Eagles relied mainly on their passing attack. Vick delivered, becoming the second player to have consecutive seasons with 3,000 yards passing and 500 yards rushing.
Rex Grossman had 256 yards passing, one TD and one interception, and Evan Royster had 113 yards rushing for Washington.
"I really enjoy it here," said Grossman, who will be a free agent. "I really enjoy this offensive system and what they're building here. I'd love for this to be the place where I end up."
The Redskins were 3-1 and leading the NFC East when the teams met on Oct. 16. A 20-13 loss to Philadelphia started their six-game losing streak and knocked them out of the playoff picture.
The Eagles weren't eliminated from playoff contention until last week, and finished with the best record in the division at 5-1. But they're starting an early vacation while the winner of the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday night advances.
"You have to analyze everything that happened and figure out how not to let it happen again," Vick said. "We've got a lot of soul-searching to do, a lot of thinking to do. I think our opportunities will arise."
Vick's 7-yard TD pass to Chad Hall in the second quarter gave Philadelphia a 10-0 lead after Derek Landri blocked Graham Gano's 36-yard field-goal attempt.
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One of my favourite things about the arrival of Spring is the dreamy cherry blossom that makes the city look even prettier. It may be a fleeting joy, but cherry blossom lasts that little bit longer in Mayfair at Sakura at Sake No Hana.
The ground floor bar area of Hakkasan Group's Sake No Hana has been transformed into a stunning cherry blossom garden, celebrating the ancient Japanese custom of Hanami.
It's a unique sensory experience with beautiful flowers by Veevers Carter, heady aromas of Floris Cherry Blossom and a special Spring-inspired set menu.
We began our Sakura Gozen with a delightful Violet Risshun Cocktail, served in two parts on its own wooden tray. Our attentive waiter poured us two glasses of the first cocktail from the carafe into a violet-scented mini coupe as an aperitif.
It had a refreshing, punchy citrus flavours and was made with a blend of Jinzu Gin, green Chartreuse, grapefruit juice, shiso and Burlesque Bitters.
The dark pink cocktail in a petite jug was then mixed in the carafe, creating a sweeter, more fragrant drink. It was a gorgeous, easy-to-drink mix of Belsazar rose vermouth, maraschino cherry, cranberry and lemon juice. I loved the ceremony of the two-part cocktail and that it was created to represent the early beginning of Spring and then the season in full bloom.
We started with a steaming hot bowl of tasty, comforting White Miso Soup with crispy tofu, seaweed, spring onions and a hint of garlic.
This was followed by the most delicious Sesame Spinach, with chilled spinach ribbons doused in a moreish, creamy dressing with plenty of crushed peanuts and topped with paper-thin cassava chips.
The main event was the Sakura crystal bento box filled with colourful, bite-size treats. My favourite pieces of sushi were the flavoursome maki including spicy tuna with thinly-sliced lemongrass and cucumber, sweet and creamy salmon avocado and an indulgent California roll.
The trio of tuna nigiri – o-toro, chu-toro and akami – ranged from lean to fatty and the difference in taste and texture was noticeable. A traditional bamboo box was also filled with three pieces of sashimi – kuro-kanpachi, sea bream and salmon. The sea bream particularly appealed to me, as it had a silky texture and a clean, subtle flavour.
The bento box was finished with pretty decorations such as flower-shaped carrots, wedges of lime and a physalis. I'm still navigating my way through the sushi world (graduating from tempura crab and tofu to the raw fish kind), but I'm pretty certain that Sake No Hana's ultra-fresh, melt-in-the-mouth sushi is some of the best you can hope to find in London.
Dessert is an additional extra, but it would be madness not to try the beautifully-presented Cotton Cheesecake. This bubbly, light-as-air baked cheesecake was simply delightful with fresh cherries, vanilla-scented cream cheese and cherry sorbet. The texture was a cross between cake and mousse and it reminded me a little of the light chiffon cake I've tried a few times in Asia.
A perfect end to the Sakura meal was a plate of Cherry Blossom macarons, whimsically painted with a floral pattern. The delicate vanilla macarons were filled with a thick layer of velvety chocolate cherry blossom tea ganache and were ever so fresh and rather substantial. They can be washed down with a pot a Sakura tea, made from the leaves of cherry blossom trees.
Sakura at Sake No Hana is a must if you're a fan of cherry blossom and all things fragrant and miniature. It's the closest thing to having a picnic in a Tokyo cherry blossom park and perfect for a romantic date night.
Sakura Gozen at Sake No Hana is priced at £32 per person and is available until 20th June. Guests are encouraged to take photographs of blossom and Spring flowers and upload them to Instagram using the hashtag #sakura2015 to be in with a chance of receiving Sakura gifts. For more information and booking, visit: www.sakenohana.com
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Expectations, excitement at an all-time high for No. 16/16 Stony Brook
Stony Brook returns 90.8 percent of scoring from 2014 NCAA Tournament team
No. 12/14 #Seawolves host Monmouth in Wednesday matinee
Seawolves freshman accounted for 62 percent of the team's points in season-opening win over Bucknell
No. 13/14 #Seawolves host Bucknell in 2014 season opener Saturday
Stony Brook is coming off back-to-back record-setting seasons under Joe Spallina
2014: Saw action in one game ... made collegiate debut at Binghamton (4/6).
High School: Four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Freeport High School ... also lettered in cheerleading in 2011-12 ... captained the lacrosse team as a junior and senior ... two-time all-conference honoree (2011, 2012) ... named all-county as a senior ... also a member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Majoring in business management ... daughter of Roy Gomes and Allison Bouyea-Gomes ... sister of Christopher Gomes ... favorite sport other than lacrosse is basketball ... lists her biggest influence is her mother.