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Tuning a 'LIKE-clause' by using Oracle Text or Reverse Key IndexesSubmitted by mrvilas1 on Fri, 2007-09-28 06:40
The LIKE-clause can ignore indexes, causing queries to run forever while doing full table scans. This document describes how to tune such SQL statements by making use of Oracle Text or reverse key indexes.
Materialized View Fast Refreshes are SlowSubmitted by vjain on Fri, 2007-07-13 21:47
A materialized view that is verified to be fast refresh should update relatively fast. But, what happens when there are few changes to the master table, no network issues, no aggregation in the snapshot query and the refresh still runs slow?
Sizing your undo tablespaceSubmitted by sethunathu on Thu, 2007-07-05 00:12
It is always a puzzle for a DBA to look into the user's complaint of getting "ORA-01555 Snapshot too old : rollback segment number x with name "_SYSSMUx$" too small " error. You have looked into the database. If your UNDO_MANAGEMENT is set to AUTO, you can not do anything to size the rollback segments manually since it is being managed by oracle. All the associated tables and indexes have been analyzed and statistics are up to date. The undo tabelspace is almost full. You may advise the user that there should be frequent commits (if it is a data loading process) or if there is a long running query and other users change the data that is being selected by the query, this can happen and in that case, if possible, advise the user not to run these two at the same time.
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Installing the April 2007 Critical Patch Update on WindowsSubmitted by Mohammad taj on Sat, 2007-06-16 07:56
This article describes the procedure to install the April 2007 CPU patch on Oracle Database Release 10.1.0.5. The Patch Number is p5907304_10105_WINNT.zip
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Upgrade the Oracle database from 10.1.0.2.0 to 10.1.0.5.0Submitted by Mohammad taj on Thu, 2007-06-14 00:12
This article describes the process of upgrading the Oracle Database Server 10g Release 10.1.0.2 to Oracle Database 10g Release 10.1.0.5 on Windows XP SP2.
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Simulating ASM with 10g Database by faking the hardwareSubmitted by Pankaj Chandiramani on Wed, 2007-05-16 11:43
Caution: This method is for Testing & Learning purposes only.
Most of the Oracle 10g databases are using ASM for storage as it's very simple to maintain the storage w.r.t. to Disks, Datafiles etc.
Flashback Database: A PrimerSubmitted by saibal on Thu, 2007-05-10 01:05
Oracle 10g's brilliant alternative to database point in time recovery is the the Flashback Database feature. With this feature in place you can do almost everything that you can with point in time recovery, without actually having to go through all the disruptions and hassle that a PITR necessarily entails.I recently had a first hand opportunity to see the power of this feature, when I ran a scriptfile to drop tables and unwittingly dropped one of the tables containing sensitive information belonging to my employer Creative Infotech. I later recovered the table and was amazed at seeing how easy it had become to get back dropped objects in Oracle 10g, especially Release 2. Below is a simplified version of what I did
Failover and Load balancing in OracleSubmitted by saibal on Fri, 2007-04-20 23:27
Advanced features of Oracle Net include failover and load balancing. These features are actually interrelated in as much as you usually don't have one without the other. While they are mostly used in a RAC environment, they can be set up in a single instance environment as well.
In the context of Oracle Net, failover refers to the mechanism of switching over to an alternate resource when connection to the primary resource gets terminated due to any reason. Connection failure may be broadly categorized as:
How to kill RAC using the db_files parameter?Submitted by abatishchev on Fri, 2007-04-06 07:54
Once upon a time Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (LPCR) decided to change db_files from 200 to 300 on a busy cluster of four nodes.
Soon after the change applications started to block each other, timeout and crash (enq: TX - contention, cursor: pin S wait on X, enq: HW - contention). Those applications which were actively inserting into LOB columns - suffered the most.
Many lock holders were waiting for "DFS lock handle". Thus LPCR learned that DFS stands for "Distributed File System".
As soon as she reversed the changes - everything went back to normal.
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Two of my Favorite Index Tuning TechniquesSubmitted by Kevin Meade on Mon, 2007-03-26 16:24
Recently my friends at work saw me doing things with indexes they didn't understand. They saw what looked like unneeded columns in some indexes, and funny expressions they didn't know could be done in an index. So I explained to them the benefits of INDEX ONLY ACCESS, and FUNCTION BASED INDEXES. They had not seen these two techniques before so I figured maybe other people would be interested too. Here is it, a short discussion on what are fast becoming my two favorite tuning techniques.


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In my mind, good credit score is something we attain so that we can take advantage of credit offers, floats, 0%APRs, rewards, better interest rates, etc. Alot of people bypass many of the advantages (particularly the floats and the 0%APRs) so that they can keep their scores higher on a consistent basis. But other than the spontaneous app,
I don't see what benefit it has. Ther important thing to me is not that I know what my exact credit score is today, but that I know my credit score can range from 670-770 depending on how much util I have reporting, and that I can generally adjust it to where I want it to be within 30 days.
The benefit shows up when your creditors periodically soft pull you for account review. Increased limits, decreased APRs, promotions, cash back incentives, and other things are offered to people who keep their report in shape. And if you get your report in shape just to acquire new credit, and then you start floating balances and using 0% APR offers, it can make you appear as a higher risk to your creditors than you were when you opened the account; this can cause financial reviews and adverse action.
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Free culture in London
As proof that you can have a great time in London without breaking the bank, here's our guide to some of the most interesting collections, events and recitals the city has to offer
Houses and collections
London Open House
This annual event gives you the chance to view, for free, hundreds of buildings of architectural interest, many of which aren't usually open to the public. Check their website for more details.
London Silver Vaults
Tucked away in the capital's legal district, the Vaults hold the largest collection of antique silver in the world. There are free themed selling exhibitions in the entrance Foyer, featuring items for sale from the 30+ shops - ranging from pre-Georgian pieces to modern designs of frames, mirrors, jewellery and cutlery.
London Silver Vaults, Chancery Lane, WC2A 1QT (www.thesilvervaults.com). Chancery Lane tube. Open 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, until 1pm Sat.
Scientific discovery
At the UCL Department of Earth Sciences Collection see a selection of rocks, minerals and fossils on display from this collection of more than 40, 000 geological specimens, painstakingly gathered over the last two centuries. One of the highlights is the Johnston-Lavis volcanological collection of minerals, rocks, photographs and gouaches, collected from about 1880-1912.
University College London, Gower St, WC1E 6BT (7679 7900/www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/geology). Euston Square tube. Open Wed lunchtimes or by appointment. Closed during exam times.
Poetry browsing
The Poetry Library is an exceptionally comprehensive collection of modern poetry and was founded by the Arts Council in 1953 in an effort to inspire and support British poetry. The modern poetry section contains all twentieth- and twenty-first-century work published in Great Britain. You can also find a great selection of works from other English-speaking countries and a considerable collection of translations. Membership is free.
The Poetry Library, Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX (792 0943/792 0664/www.poetrylibrary.org.uk). Waterloo tube/rail.


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Companies today need to drive performance from every aspect of their IT investments. Find out how skills drive performance results and how IBM is building skills for a smarter planet in partnership with IBM Global Training Providers.
Top performing companies not only recognize the importance of their people but also the need to provide the right skills to enable their people. 71% of CEOs cited human capital, ahead of products, customer relationships and brands as the leading source of sustained economic value. In addition CEOs ranked "People Skills" in top 4 "External forces impacting the enterprise". 84% of employees in Best Performing Organizations are receiving the training they need compared with 16% in the worst performing companies.
Today more than ever, companies need to maximize their human capital by providing the right skills at the right time for the right people. Embracing the right level of IT training, enablement and engagement can dramatically reduce attrition and safeguard the investment made in hiring.
Employees who do not feel they can achieve their career goals at their current organization are 12 times more likely to consider leaving than employees who do feel they can achieve their career goals. Even worse, this number skyrockets to about 30 times more likely for new employees. Considering the amount companies invest in the recruitment process and the time lost to filling the same role again, the impact to performance and margin can be significant.
In the next few days IBM Training will publish "The Value of Training" outlining the gains your organization can achieve in client success, project success and adoption, product development, sales, risk management and retention and how you can measure the return on investment from a well designed skills building program that links your solution to your business needs.
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What Triggers Psoriasis Flare-ups?
While the underlying cause of psoriasis stems from your body's immune system, certain triggers can make symptoms worse or cause flare-ups. These psoriasis triggers include:
- Cold and dry weather. Such weather can dry out your skin, which makes the chances of having a flare-up worse. In contrast, hot, sunny weather appears to help control the symptoms of psoriasis in most people.
- Stress. Having psoriasis can itself cause stress, and patients often report that outbreaks of symptoms come during particularly stressful times.
- Some medications. Certain drugs, such as lithium (a common treatment for bipolar disorder), drugs for malaria, and some beta-blockers (used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, and some heart arrhythmias), can cause flare-ups of psoriasis symptoms.
- Infections. Certain infections, such as strep throat or tonsillitis, can result in guttate (small, salmon-pink droplets) or other types of psoriasis two to three weeks after the infection. Psoriasis symptoms may worsen in people who have HIV.
- Trauma to the skin. In some people with psoriasis, trauma to the skin -- including cuts, bruises, burns, bumps, vaccinations, tattoos, and other skin conditions -- can cause a flare-up of psoriasis symptoms at the site of the injury. This condition is called "Koebner phenomenon."
- Alcohol. Using alcohol may increase the chances of psoriasis flare-ups, at least in men.
- Smoking. Some experts think that smoking can worsen psoriasis symptoms.
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Deer hunting is a Michigan phenomenon. A seasonal rite of passage for fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. An economic bonanza for business owners who both welcome the hunters' money and despise them for clogging the roads, filling the woods, making it impossible to go out and enjoy a meal or a drink for the last two weeks each November.
Some 800,000 hunters pour into the woods. Caravans of cars from the Midwest fill the interstates. They jam the freeway rest stops. Some own hunting cabins. Some camp in motor homes. Others fill the motels along the state and county roads. Many pitch tents and set up camp where their dads and grandfathers have been pitching tents and setting up camps for decades.
They fill the restaurants and the bars. It's even an economic boon for the farmers, who get to take some measure of revenge for all the corn and grain stolen from them by the marauding deer of summer and fall. Misshapen carrots that can't be sold in supermarkets are wrapped in big plastic bags and sold as deer bait, to be left in clearings or near blinds in hopes of drawing a whitetail close enough for a killing shot. Huge bags of bait are wedged in between pumps at every gas station, or stacked up out front on the grass next to the driveway. Inside the gas stations, many extra cases of beer are laid in for the siege, too, stacked high and narrowing the aisles.
Whitetails love man. They thrive on the edges of his civilization. They sneak into his fields to eat his corn if he's a farmer; if he's a suburbanite, they nibble buds of the lower branches of trees in the spring, trim his lawn in the summer and snag low-hanging or fallen fruit in the fall. In the northern Michigan woods, their population exploded at the end of the 19th century, when the hordes of lumbermen clear-cut tens of thousands of acres of giant white pine, which for a generation supplied the needs of homebuilders across the U.S.
As the pines fell to the ax and were hauled off, aspen saplings by the millions with their tender, juicy leaves, and seemingly endless acres of raspberry and blackberry thickets replaced them, an endless, nutrient-rich cornucopia. As the deer population grew, the new forest that grew with them was shaped by their appetite. Voracious feeders of low vegetation, the deer kept things trimmed on the ground as the new trees grew to form a canopy.
Other species couldn't compete and left or died. By the mid–20th century, the deer were the dominant animal. Where once a sighting of a whitetail was an adrenaline-jolting highlight of the day, something you told folks about later, they became as ubiquitous as squirrels. They spread throughout the state, finding the edges of suburbia to their taste, too.
Eventually there were so many whitetails that the hunters and the bureaucrats who ran the state's Department of Natural Resources stopped talking about them as if they were animals and began to refer to them as if they were rows of corn or soybeans. The kill during hunting season came to be called "the deer harvest."
There were millions of the things. Nearly a million hunters sitting in blinds or stalking through the woods hoping to kill one. In any given year, 300,000 would be successful. Just the rope needed to tie that many big animals to the roof of a car or an SUV was a cottage industry. Add in archery season, and the kill was 500,000 deer.
A bountiful harvest, indeed.
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I know that here is a difference between American and British English, as "family" is understood either as a collective noun, seen as 'ONE group', so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular:
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Lawn Fawn Stamps Sneak Peek: Just My Type
Welcome to the first sneak peek of Lawn Fawn Stamps' set, Just My Type!
I used some of my favorite products, Quickie Glue Pen (for easy paper piecing), Martha Stewart glitter, and a Hambly Screen Prints Overlay that mirrors the round typewriter keys! Be sure to check out The Lawn Fawn Blog and the rest of the Design Team for more sneak peeks:
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Gen. Meyers: Status Quo in Fallujah 'Unacceptable'
September winds down as one of the deadliest for U.S. troops in Iraq. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers says the status quo in Fallujah and other insurgent-controlled cities is "unacceptable". He says a political solution is required, but military force will likely be necessary.
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It can't get much better than this. Even dear old Dr. Pangloss scarcely could have written a better script for the stock market than what actually occurred in the first quarter.
In true melodramatic fashion, 2013 got off to a scary start as we seemed about to hurtle over the fiscal cliff -- only to avoid crashing into the abyss in the wee hours of New Year's Day. Then came sequestration on March 1, a term few could define let alone understand before that date. The dreaded Ides of March this time brought a crisis in the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, which appeared to subside by the quarter's end.
And in the tradition of melodramas, the U.S. stock market overcame those obstacles to triumph in the end. First, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsed its previous high of October 2007, and the Standard & Poor's 500, after a series of failed attempts, finally managed to get past its previous closing high on Thursday, the final trading day of the week, month, and quarter before the market took off for Good Friday. Those who stayed through the entire performance were amply rewarded, with the Dow industrials returning 11.9% (including dividends) for the quarter. That gain accounted for almost all of the blue chips' 13.4% total return for the past 12 months. As for the S&P 500, the first quarter was good for a 10.6% total return, bringing the 12-month return for the large-capitalization-stock benchmark to 14%.
And in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz (the original, not the prequel), there was no place like home for American investors. Small- and mid-cap stocks, which tend to be more domestically focused, outdid their bigger, multinational counterparts, with the Russell 2000 returning 12.4% for the first quarter and 16.3% for the latest 12 months, and the S&P MidCap 400 posting returns of 13.5% for the quarter and 17.8% for the 12 months.
Venturing abroad didn't pay in the latest quarter, as the U.S. proved a haven in a world of woe. That helped lift the dollar, reducing returns when translated from depreciating foreign currencies. In greenback terms, the MSCI EAFE (which tracks developed markets outside the U.S.) returned 5.2% for the quarter, having been juiced by an 11.7% surge in Japanese stocks (which rose 21.5% in yen terms). Emerging markets lost ground in the quarter, with the MSCI EM price-only index off 2.1% in greenback terms and 1% in local currencies.
ALL OF WHICH SHOWS it doesn't pay to worry about such things as fiscal drag, the inevitable rise in interest rates, the ever-more precarious situation in Europe, and the uncertain outlook in China. Indeed, these are reasons to be bullish. With risks abroad and interest rates near zero, it's been dubbed a TINA market -- as in There Is No Alternative to U.S. stocks as a place to store your money.
Clearly, nobody should care that the Congressional Budget Office figures the reversal of the 2% payroll tax cut and the tax hikes on upper-income earners that took effect on Jan. 1, plus the sequestration cuts, could shave 1.5% or more off of gross domestic product growth in 2013. Ignore, too, the fact that the 99% are trying to maintain their spending despite losing more of their paychecks to taxes, or a 70% jump in food-stamp recipients since 2008, to a record 47.8 million.
The 1%, meanwhile, have a windfall of extra dividends paid at the end of 2012 before the taxes on payouts were hiked for hoi polloi, as had been anticipated as part of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
A disintegration of the euro zone and an end to the common currency also are reasons to be bullish. If you're a rich European, where would you want to stash your wealth -- a Cypriot bank or U.S. stocks? Not only did large depositors in Cyprus have to take a haircut, but Cyprus became a roach motel where cash could come in but couldn't get out. Effectively, a euro on that island is different from one in Germany, Spain, or even Slovenia. Think what would happen if a Rhode Island resident couldn't withdraw dollars or move to Massachusetts or New York. Oh, well, it's only Cyprus. As for Italy not having a functioning government, what else is new?
And rising bond yields are likely to impel investors who have poured billions into fixed-income funds to shift in the much-heralded Great Rotation into equities. So far it hasn't happened to any discernible degree. It may take something worse than the minus 0.12% total return on the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the first quarter to induce individuals to stampede into equities. Of course, steep capital losses in bonds would be just the lure to get folks to venture into riskier assets.
Finally, it is futile to fight the Fed as it keeps short-term interest rates pinned to the floor and bends longer-term yields by purchasing Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. While critics carp that the central bank may take losses on its bond portfolio if it ever has to sell securities, for now it is engineering returns that would make Stevie Cohen envious. By Wilshire Associates' estimates, U.S. stocks have increased by $1.9 trillion in value so far this year while the Fed has increased its holdings by some $274 billion. At a $1 trillion annual pace of purchases, just think what Bernanke & Co. can accomplish. Clearly, we can print our way to prosperity.
Happy April 1.
WHATEVER ELSE IS SAID about the quarter, the winners have been a curious bunch, notably some companies all but left for dead last year.
The top-performing Dow stock was Hewlett-Packard HPQ 0.7479119210326499% HP Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD13.2685 0.0985 0.7479119210326499% /Date(1464722170061-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9095853 P/E Ratio 7.018518518518518 Market Cap 22875447715.5255 Dividend Yield 3.739163211458726% Rev. per Employee 260077 More quote details and news » (ticker: HPQ), which scored a 67.3% gain through the first quarter, on hopes that CEO Meg Whitman will turn around the floundering PC and printer company into an IBM-esque services outfit. But Hewlett's shareholders only are back to even to last May after a 44.7% drop in 2012. Other worst-to-first performers included Best Buy BBY 0.23415547923821417% Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD32.105 0.075 0.23415547923821417% /Date(1464722159937-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1957154 P/E Ratio 10.996610633708789 Market Cap 10380218038.2349 Dividend Yield 3.4869240348692405% Rev. per Employee 315304 More quote details and news » (BBY), up 86.9% after a 49.3% drop last year, and Radio Shack (RSH), up 58.5% after a 78.2% decline in 2012, apparently on hopes they can compete with the likes of Amazon.com AMZN 1.0994187352577782% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD720.0705 7.8305 1.0994187352577782% /Date(1464722141691-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2139197 P/E Ratio 296.06995884773664 Market Cap 336054772198.945 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 491412 More quote details and news » (AMZN).
Whether rational or otherwise, exuberance of a most curious sort has put the staidest of sectors in the lead, consumer staples. Some of that is because Big Pharma stocks have gotten their mojo back as their new-product pipelines get refilled to replace drugs that have gone generic. What's more striking has been the steady ascent of companies that provide the mundane necessities of life instead of medications that improve or extend life.
Who would have thought the new market darlings would be the likes of Procter & Gamble PG -0.8227925825862704% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD80.76 -0.67 -0.8227925825862704% /Date(1464722168250-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2660792 P/E Ratio 27.371521430022344 Market Cap 216754613307.45 Dividend Yield 3.3123067408781695% Rev. per Employee 608973 More quote details and news » (PG), Colgate Palmolive CL -0.6658166879161355% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE USD70.12 -0.47 -0.6658166879161355% /Date(1464722170084-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1220040 P/E Ratio 46.4635761589404 Market Cap 63038137728.8159 Dividend Yield 2.2234891676168758% Rev. per Employee 414934 More quote details and news » (CL), Clorox CLX -1.2644564379336931% Clorox Co. U.S.: NYSE USD128.06 -1.64 -1.2644564379336931% /Date(1464722164213-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 580948 P/E Ratio 24.976608187134502 Market Cap 16775397130.3101 Dividend Yield 2.497463513618981% Rev. per Employee 742597 More quote details and news » (CLX), Kellogg K -0.6041079339508659% Kellogg Co. U.S.: NYSE USD74.04 -0.45 -0.6041079339508659% /Date(1464722149482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 785019 P/E Ratio 46.936708860759495 Market Cap 26075075081.3794 Dividend Yield 2.696871628910464% Rev. per Employee 398070 More quote details and news » (K) or General Mills GIS -0.46126928582789883% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD62.58 -0.29 -0.46126928582789883% /Date(1464722166994-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1409192 P/E Ratio 25.583673469387755 Market Cap 37370051692.9911 Dividend Yield 2.935545628589662% Rev. per Employee 403190 More quote details and news » (GIS)? Only folks who actually go to the supermarket and stare in astonishment at the prices of cereal, paper towels, toothpaste or detergent wouldn't be totally shocked in the steady ascent of these stocks. In a widely repeated story that originated in New York Magazine, Tide has become a hot commodity in the inner city, where thieves brazenly steal the high-priced detergent and sell the jugs that go for $15 or more in stores for $5 in cash or $10 worth of drugs on the street.
These staples stocks also are commanding rich price-earnings ratios, some upwards of 20 times this year's forecast earnings, even though some of their earnings are likely to grow in the single digits, which speaks volumes about investor attitudes. In an uncertain world, no price seems to be too high to pay for this sector's relatively assured cash flows and decent dividends.
Taken a step further, Société Générale strategist Andrew Lapthorne attributes consumer-staples stocks' outperformance to their ability to cushion losses during times of market turmoil. "Essentially, fund managers are not seeking yield but buying downside protection, and in a world where market shocks are more common, the resulting premium is perfectly understandable," he writes in a research note. Indeed, consumer-staples stocks have performed in line with lower-risk high-yield bonds until recently -- when these stocks have pulled away from junk bonds. Similarly, Martin Pring, of the Pring Turner Capital Group, manager of the AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle exchange-traded fund (DBIZ), writes the increasing relative strength in consumer staples is a warning "confidence under the surface is waning."
David P. Goldman, head of the Macros Strategy advisory and former head of bond research at Bank of America, points to investors' preference for leveraging annuity-like cash flows from stable companies, especially those in the consumer sector. That contrasts with "the miserable performance of capital-goods producers" such as Caterpillar CAT 0.264035575319622% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD72.15 0.19 0.264035575319622% /Date(1464722150431-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1882825 P/E Ratio 34.622009569377994 Market Cap 42016869858.4973 Dividend Yield 4.25649530127142% Rev. per Employee 414096 More quote details and news » (CAT), Oracle orcl -0.14973795857249814% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD40.01 -0.06 -0.14973795857249814% /Date(1464722155733-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4451617 P/E Ratio 19.738916256157637 Market Cap 166285098674.968 Dividend Yield 1.4973795857249812% Rev. per Employee 281508 More quote details and news » (ORCL) or Illinois Tool Works ITW -0.03797228023542814% Illinois Tool Works Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD105.3 -0.04 -0.03797228023542814% /Date(1464722149233-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 662994 P/E Ratio 20.2447216890595 Market Cap 37856033969.5923 Dividend Yield 2.085802322825314% Rev. per Employee 277854 More quote details and news » (ITW), which reflects poor capital-spending orders -- the true drivers of the economy.
In a risky world, Bounty may be a better hedge than Treasury paper. P&G yields 2.9%, half again the U.S. 10-year note at 1.9%. Procter's stock also has had the attractive attribute of actually rising in price, up some 30% from the lows of mid-2012. But the leadership from companies that peddle such pedestrian wares is cause for caution in this stock market.
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Web posted Saturday, September 12, 1998 9:17 a.m. CT
Wallace captures pole for Exide 400
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Rusty Wallace, mired in a 53-race winless streak, showed why he looks forward to coming to one of his favorite tracks Friday night by winning the pole for the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400.
Qualifying after the sun had faded over much of Richmond International raceway and allowed the surface to cool, Wallace circled the three-quarter-mile oval at 125.377 mph, easily bettering Ken Schrader's previous best of 124.550 mph.
"I've got to tell you, I didn't think we'd pick up that much," Wallace said when told the track had cooled at least 8 degrees when he qualified.
"When you come to a track with a lot of confidence . . . I'm always focused," he said. "There's just something special about Virginia."
It was Wallace's fourth pole of the season and 22nd of his career. It was his second at Richmond, where he's also been the most successful driver since the current layout opened in 1988, winning six times.
"When I come to Richmond, I expect to run up front and win," he said.
Schrader's speed stood up through the final 13 qualifiers, giving him his best pole position of the season, just ahead of South Boston, Va., native Jeff Burton and Sterling Marlin, who will start on the second row.
"I'd sure like to have the pole, but at least we can see who got it," said Schrader, whose best previous start was third two races ago.
Series points leader Jeff Gordon, cleared earlier in the day by NASCAR officials in the "Tiregate" controversy, will start fifth.
"I think we pretty much knew what the results were going to be," he said. "It's nice Goodyear and NASCAR found those results. It's not in the tires. It's not anywhere but just hard work, good race cars, good engines and a lot of great people working together as a team. That's where it's at."
Gordon had moved passed Wallace and into the lead with 28 laps left here in June, but Wallace bumped him, sending him into the wall. Gordon wound up 37th, and hasn't finished out of the top five since, winning seven times.
"We're just coming back here trying to get the finish we thought we were going to have the last time here," Gordon said.
Bobby Hamilton will start on the outside on the third row, followed by Dale Jarrett, Derrike Cope, John Andretti and Bobby Labonte.
Mark Martin, who trails Gordon by 199 points in the title chase with nine races left, will start 12th. Jarrett is third, 248 points off the lead.
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The health ministry has called for increased efforts to provide effective and safe vaccines under the National Expanded Program on Immunisation (EPI) to all children in the country. The announcement was made at a meeting to celebrate Immunisation Week 2016 in Thanh Hóa Province on Saturday. The annual week, entitled "Immunisation is everyone's job, protect your community. Immunise all throughout life", is one of the communication programs to strengthen awareness of community on the importance of vaccinations and to mobilise local and international support and investment for EPI in Việt Nam. "Vaccinations are not only the right and responsibility of each individual, but also of the entire community. Parents and child caregivers should take children to get vaccines under the EPI", said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long, speaking at the event. Long noted that the country still faced problems in carrying out the immunisation programme in mountainous, remote, border and … [Read more...]
Health ministry sets goals for vaccination programme
VietNamNet Bridge – The health ministry has called for increased efforts to provide effective and safe vaccines under the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) to all children in the country. The announcement was made at a meeting to celebrate Immunisation Week 2016 in Thanh Hoa Province on Saturday. The annual week, entitled "Immunisation is everyone's job, protect your community. Immunise all throughout life", is one of the communication programmes to strengthen awareness of community on the importance of vaccinations and to mobilise local and international support and investment for EPI in Viet Nam. "Vaccinations are not only the right and responsibility of each individual, but also of the entire community. Parents and child caregivers should take children to get vaccines under the EPI", said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, speaking at the event. Long noted that the country still faced problems in carrying out the immunisation programme in … [Read more...]
Bowls of spicy beef noodle soup warm poor workers
(VOVworld) – On the first Friday of each month, a spicy beef soup eatery in Hanoi sells 1,500 bowls of soup to poor workers for less than 23 cents per bowl. The shop's owner says this is a way of showing his sympathy for disadvantaged people. "It is less than 23 cents for a bowl of spicy beef noodle soup? How can we afford such a bowl of soup when everything else is so expensive? Can it be healthy? I feel suspicious about this." That's the opinion of several workers about a bowl of noodle soup costing less than 23 cents. That's barely enough to buy a small amount of noodles, not to mention the meat needed to make the dish. But it's true! The charity program "Friday for sharing" was started by Chau Ngoc Diep, a researcher at the Vietnam Science and Technology Academy. Inspired by the hard lives of street vendors and construction workers he meets every day, Diep and his family members opened an eatery in O Cho Dua Street in Hanoi. On the first … [Read more...]
Localities struggle to deal with massive amounts of household rubbish
VietNamNet Bridge - Residents in many provinces and cities complain of too much garbage and worsening pollution, while local authorities admit they cannot find good solutions to settle the problem. Locals in Trung Son Ward in Sam Son Town in Thanh Hoa province have had to live near a dump with household garbage for 15 years. Nguyen Huu Hao, a local man, said an open dumping ground was set up there in 2000. Tens of garbage trucks gather in the place every day, producing a bad odor, polluting the air and the water sources. When asked why a dumping ground exists in residential quarters, Vo Van Quang, head of the Management Board of Construction Works in Sam Son Town, admitted that this was a big problem and that dumping grounds must be at least one kilometer from residential quarters. However, the local authorities said they cannot remove the dumping ground because "it has been there for a long time." Only three districts in Thanh Hoa province – Thach Thanh, Hoang Hoa and … [Read more...]
Motorcyclist fined for traffic violations seen in his own video clip
VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police of Quang Xuong District in Thanh Hoa Province have imposed a heavy fine on a young man based on his own video clip featuring his dangerous driving. Recently two short video clips posted on a social network site under the nickname "Thanh Luan" attracted the special attention of netizens. The video shows a young man without a helmet driving a motorbike with his legs only. The man also "performed" many dangerous acts. The motorcycle licence plate was covered with a black sticking-plaster. Thanh Hoa police investigated and identified the man on the clips as Do Ngoc Luan, 31, residing in the village of Hop En of Quang Hop Commune in Quang Xuong District. Luan admitted he was the man in the video, which was shot on July 26 on a road in Quang Hop Commune. Luan said he shot and uploaded the video to "show off" his driving skills. The police imposed a fine of more than VND6 million ($300). Thu Ly … [Read more...]
Thanh Hoa police seize rotting animal innards
HA NOI (VNS) - Traffic police in the central Thanh Hoa Province yesterday morning discovered more than 900kg of decomposing animal viscera that were being transported to Ha Noi. The rotten innards were stored in 13 styrofoam boxes in the cargo hold of a coach, which was travelling on National Road 1A in Quang Xuong District. The 39-year-old driver, Ngo Quoc Thuong, is a resident in central Quảng Ngai Province. He said the owner of the cargo, living in the central Quang Nam Province, had hired him to deliver them to restaurants in Ha Noi. The police seized the car and sent the innards to the local market watch bureau to be destroyed. - VNS … [Read more...]
Thanh Hoa: Honouring book in National Cultural Target Program
(Cinet)- Being one of some activities in National Cultural Target Program 2015, the honouring ceremony for some libraries in the mountainous districts took place on the morning of July 01. There are 07 libraries in the mountainous areas including Quan Son, Muong Lat, Hau Loc, Nga Son, Hoang Hoa, Quang Xuong and Tinh Gia. Hundreds of the book with meaningful content with a theme of law, economy, polictics, society; island and national sovereignty; agricultural technique, healthy care… were honoured for some districts with a total book of 2400 and total money of VND 125 million. Honouring book for some libraries contributed to make an various documents, increase more awareness of people to comply with the Party and the State; enhance to study, apply scientific-technical knowledge into production and meet a cultural enjoyment of people. Also, the provincial library proposed that some cadres should quickly make procedures of book arrangement, solve technique and turn book into … [Read more...]
An old pipe-tobacco processing village in central Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – People in Thuong Dinh village in Quang Xuong district in Thanh Hoa province harvest tobacco. Tobacco plants are grown in September and harvested in April-May of the next year. Local farmers said they have to take care of the trees very carefully, otherwise they will be attacked by fungus. At this time, villages of Thuong Dinh are busy harvesting tobacco leaves. After plucking the leaves, farmers will keep tobacco leaves in plastic bags for four to five days to have a special aroma and then roll leaves into 2m tobacco rolls. They will then cut these tobacco rolls into small fibers and dry them under the sun. After tobacco fibers are dried, they will be packed for sale. Prices are around VND300,000-VND400,000 per kilo ($13-18). In addition to harvesting the leaves, farmers collect seeds to serve the following season. … [Read more...]
Thanh Hoa sea festival opens
The opening ceremony features many traditional art performances NDO – The 2015 Thanh Hoa Sea Festival opened at Sam Son town, Thanh Hoa province on April 29, as a part of activities to celebrate the 2015 National Tourism Year – Thanh Hoa. During the event, a wide range of traditional art performances were held, featuring the beauty of the local beaches and people, and promoting the potential for economic and tourism development. To the festival, the visitors will have an opportunity to enjoy cultural, sport activities and special food of Thanh Hoa or visit well-known relics with various tours such as Ho Dynasty Citadel World Cultural Heritage, the Special National Site of Lam Kinh, the Cam Luong fish stream tourist site, Ba Trieu Temple. Sam Son beach is one of beautiful beaches in Vietnam with a series of historical sites and relics. Sam Son town has more than 400 accommodations offering 11,000 rooms, among of them is FLC Sam Son Beach & Golf Resort with 600 … [Read more...]
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Tasks to develop Hoa Lac urban area set out The Prime Minister has approved the tasks that must be undertaken during the development of the Hoa Lac urban area, about 30 km west of Hanoi by 2030, with a view to easing the burden of population pressure in the centre. The 17,300-hectare urban space, built on swathes of Quoc Oai and Thach That districts and Son Tay town outside of Hanoi, is home to four functional specialised zones: Vietnam National University, Hoa Lac high-tech park, a medical centre and an ecological urban area. The assigned tasks comprise of analysing and evaluating the natural conditions, socio-economy, population and facilities in the region as well as making recommendations for planned future projects. The PM has said that relevant agencies need to identify the scale of the urban area's functional zones, technical economic norms on population density and principles for each zone's development. In addition, specific measures must be carried out to … [Read more...]
Thanh Hoa – Land to connect world heritages
The Ho Dynasty Citadel in Thanh Hoa was recognised by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site in 2011. (Photo: VNA) Thanh Hoa, renowned for its Dong Son culture, has province has been selected to host the 2015 National Tourism Year with the theme 'Connecting World Heritage', Nhan Dan newspaper reported. The opening week for National Tourism Year-Thanh Hoa 2015 is taking place in Thanh Hoa from April 3-10, and is being marked with 10 events, which include a requiem for war martyrs; the 50th anniversary of the Ham Rong Victory; the announcement of the Ma River tour; and the Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Vietnam recognised by UNESCO. Earlier, Thanh Hoa presented master plans on developing tourism in the province until 2020 with a vision to 2030 to improve the quality of tourism, the paper said. Accordingly, Thanh Hoa has completed 11 general projects and 17 particular projects on upgrading tourism sites and connecting tourism services. The province … [Read more...]
Police fine company for carrying 117 passengers in 37-seat coach
VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ninh authorities suspended the operations of a coach after it was found carrying 117 people on February 24. They suspended operations and fined the Ka Long Transport Company VND85 million (over $4,000). Ka Long Company has been asked to check and report the case to the Department of Transportation of Quang Ninh Province before March 10. At around 8pm on February 24, a group of traffic police of Tinh Gia District in Thanh Hoa province stopped the coach for traffic rule violations, but the driver fled. The coach was then caught in Quang Xuong District in Thanh Hoa Province. The police found that this coach had up to 117 passengers while it is only allowed to carry 37 people. The driver, Tran Van Phon, 30 years old, said the coach was on the way from Nghe An to Mong Cai (Quang Ninh). Thanh Hoa police seized the vehicle, and is holding the driving license for 30 days. My Hang … [Read more...]
Buses chased, seized for overloading at end of Tet
Police in Thanh Hoa Province chased and seized two passenger buses for overloading in the losing days of the Tet holiday, as thousands struggle to find transport back to work. An overloaded passenger bus Major Le Hong Thai, from the provincial traffic police department, said the overloaded buses were spotted by police on National Highway 1A in Gia Tinh District while moving from central Nghe An Province and northern Quang Ninh Province. The bus drivers failed to obey an order to stop and police gave chase, calling in support from units ahead. The buses were halted 20km down the highway, in Quang Xuong District. One bus was carrying 117 passengers, nearly triple its licensed 37 passenger capacity while the other bus was carrying 74 passengers, compared to permitted 34. Le Anh Tuan, vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee, ordered the local department of transport to mobilise six buses to get the passengers to their destinations. The cars were fined a combined … [Read more...]
Poor parents in Ho Chi Minh City spend Tet far from home
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ESF would have released already if it used already existing models like drabon ball unreal, thing is ESF team made everything from scratch and that takes time.
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ESF would have released already if it used already existing models like drabon ball unreal, thing is ESF team made everything from scratch and that takes time.
I dont think they are taking too long because they keep changing the design, they need character models and while these are not done ofc they will improve what they already have.
One thing i dont understand is this:
Why dont those animators, modellers, etc help the team now ?
I mean they have had an application opened for modelling for so long and i dont think that anyone has stepped forward yet, what makes you think that they would suddenly appear once the source came out ?
Releasing an open source could help a bit i agree, but the most part would be ****** models and low quality add-ons to the game and i doubt the team needs that.
Just look at ZEQ2 lite and see what i mean.
Did you announce that on the forums ? cant believe i missed this > . <
Personally i think it would be cool to have him take off or simply blow the jacket while he transforms so he stays only with the black tank top or have the ripped sleeves like in 1.3
Either way im eager to see what the artist comes up with ^^
One quetion will trunks have the jacket on when he transforms into USSJ? If i remember correctly he never had the jacket when he did it, nice pick btw :b
Half Life is at 1.74 euros, for the people who still dont have it its a nice oportunity to get it while you can, the promotion ends in 5 days ^^
Its a slightly upgraded typical dragon ball for the console , people are just getting this hype because its on the pc , that and the online feature , they are not hyped because they never saw this before, trust me if the game was console only and the online never existed you probably wouldnt even have heard from it until its release, is the same ol thing.
So my point has been proven.
Xenoverse is basically tenkaichi 2 , there are not many notable diferences exept the multiplayer, customization and graphics because the gameplay formula is still there and unfortunately is not a good one IMO
so what just because its a mod its automatically easy? besides the mod was released already a long time ago , they are just enhacing it but the early version is playable.
Just because it doesnt have QTEs ( which it will prob have anyway) doesnt mean its not similar to tenkaichi in gameplay, its the same gameplay basis exept with better graphics and a bit smoother.
Thats silly saying esf is limited by its development time, remember that this is not a company that is doing the game, its a group of people that dont have esf as their main focus while at bandai or whatever its their job to make videogames.
As for the effect that depends on what people like and for me , after watching loads of gameplay, its another tenkaichi with custom characters and a walking sim through the city, the difference is that you dont have to run an emulator to play it now
yeah, one is a fighting game and the other is an arena based game, the only thing similar is the theme which is dragon ball, but if you ask me , although xenoverse is a good fighting game, esf is still the best dragon ball game because xenoverse and other games that get released on consoles will always be limited by the controls, im not criticizing the consoles by any means but you can see how its almost impossible to create an esf formula on the consoles, unfortunately i doubt they will ever release a db exclusive to the pc so esf is the best way to go xD
its certainly seems faster , but its another typical console dragon ball game, sure it can be fun for a while but i dont see why all the hype , its not going to be much diferent then the previous titles exept from a few features and graphics, we will have to wait and see.
The free roam is only in the story mode/online/ missions or whatever, much like in naruto ultimate ninja storm where you enter a fight and you can partially roam around the map to position yourself and whatnot, but its a fighting game in the end,reminds me of tenkaichi and raging blast with the lock on system, but faster and smoother.
Dont be fooled , you wont be able to roam as freely as in esf for example,its not an arena based game, but nonetheless it looks pretty good and ill give it a try for sure :b
another question , will instant transmition be in the game?if so will it differ from previous versions ?
Question: Do you have a blocking system implemented? if so then how will it work both against melee and/or powers ?
Hey Grega i got some questions about the game.
If there are more than 2 players in one map, how will their interaction be ? like if 2 are melee fighting will the other one be able to damage them with melee or blasts? also how will the spirit bomb work ? will it be like in other versions of esf?
i really like that you guys are imrpoving the quality of the graphics it looks amazing but somehow i fear with all these fancy looks it just wont run smoothly on my pc xp.
i have a laptop with intel core i5-3210M CPU 2.50 ghz , 6 gb ram and ati radeon 2gb , cant remember the model.
you think ill have trouble running this game , even if it has to be in low settings ?
Love the fast playstyle a lot , and the smooth animations.
Very well done, keep up the good work :D.
this seems amazing, will the player be able to construct with blocks?
i would love to get this game, i wish u implemented a way to buy it with paysafe card :D
half life is currently 3.99 Euros on steam, so heres a chance to get it for those who don´t have (;
im so impatient , u dont know what i had to do to get a proper original copy of hl to play this, i´ve always been a fan of horror games and i just couldnt miss this one,looks awesome.
ok, hl is installed
now i play the waitting game
nevermind i was asking how we "recruit" nakamas to our spaceship but ive read that there will be benefits for working inside the ship thnks : D
Let me say that im loving ur game so far : D
but i have one question:
Will players have a control of lets say, humans , or we will control spaceships entirely? and if so, how do we make plp come to our spaceship?
nice improvements
oh nice then, a multiplayer feature would be nice (:
ill try it out.
this isn´t multyplayer is it ?
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It was a brutal game at times, with both offenses sluggish and prone to mistakes. The Jets were also penalized 10 times, including a late hit call on Aaron Maybin, who plowed into D.J. Ware in the fourth quarter — a play on which Coughlin was injured out of bounds.
Eli Manning finished 9 of 27 for 225 yards, but Sanchez knew he and Ryan would shoulder the responsibility for the loss.
"I left a lot of completions out there," Sanchez said. "We just missed some things in the passing game and you just can't do that against a good defense like that."
The sloppiest stretch came midway through the fourth quarter with wild swings of momentum. The Jets got new life after an incompletion on fourth-and-1 from the 47 when Deon Grant was called for pass interference.
Two plays later, Plaxico Burress — playing against the Giants in the regular season for the first time since they cut him in 2009 and he served a 20-month prison sentence on a gun charge — was called for offensive pass interference to negate a touchdown pass.
On the next snap, Jason Pierre-Paul sacked Sanchez, who lost the ball, and it was recovered by Justin Tuck. Ryan challenged the play, and officials reversed the call, saying Sanchez's arm was going forward.
The Giants got their turnover moments later, though, when Sanchez fumbled the snap from center Nick Mangold in the end zone.
The ball changed hands again when David Harris intercepted Manning's toss that tipped off Hakeem Nicks' hands. The Jets got yet another break after Sanchez was ruled to have been sacked by Linval Joseph, who forced a fumble that the Jets recovered. Ryan challenged again, and the play was reversed, with officials saying it was incomplete.
On third-and-12 from the 13, Sanchez scrambled for 11 yards — and Antrel Rolle was called for holding, putting the ball at the 1. Sanchez rolled right on the next play and dived into the end zone, making it 20-14 with 7:17 left.
But the Jets wouldn't get any closer. Chris Canty sacked Sanchez for a safety, and after an onside free kick by the Jets was recovered by the Giants, Bradshaw had a 19-yard TD run with 2:04 left.
Cruz's 99-yard catch — the longest scoring pass in team history — came with the Giants in dire straits facing third-and-10 from the 1. Manning, standing in the back of the end zone, zipped a pass to Cruz, who dodged tackle attempts by Antonio Cromartie and Kyle Wilson and took off down the right sideline. Eric Smith was the only one with a chance to get him, but Cruz outran him to give the Giants a 10-7 lead with 2:12 left in the opening half.
It was also the longest offensive play against the Jets in team history — and a sign of the type of afternoon it would be for them.
"I don't want to be the second-best team in this city," Ryan said. "No chance. I'm not signing up for that. We'll play them again. We'd be more than happy to go play them right now, but we're going to have to wait four years."
Notes: DE Jason Pierre-Paul had two of the Giants' five sacks, giving him 15½ this season. ... Jets S Brodney Pool said he experienced migraine symptoms during the game, worsened after a hard hit in the third quarter when Bradshaw slammed into him. He said he was fine. ... Jets LB Garrett McIntyre hurt his knee covering the opening kickoff, and there was no immediate word on the injury.
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Michael Sheen, the actor who portrayed the first half of Frost/Nixon, may be playing the villain in the upcoming Tron sequel. SlashFilm reports that Sheen subtly revealed his casting via his Twitter account where he mentioned that he would be acting in a "mystery film" where he would play a character that is "in fact not a person at all." Then Sheen asked his 7,000+ followers to vote on their favorite Jeff Bridges movie and remarked that he was "personally very happy to see so many Tron fans."
Next, Sheen said he was off to Vancouver, coincidentally the shooting site of the Tron sequel (production photos have been popping up since last month). When someone pointed this out to Sheen, he responded that "without giving too much away, I already knew."
Did we say "subtle" earlier? We take it back.
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"Cognition" is another word for "thinking". Metacognition, then, is thinking about your own thinking. Cynthia Brame at Vanderbilt's Center for Teaching has this terrific quote by John Flavell in her post, Thinking About Metacognition:
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Stretching my brains as a break from doing work-ish artstuff.
I dunno. His name's Ghoar. And he has trouble with empathy.
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I dunno. His name's Ghoar. And he has trouble with empathy.
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oh na na gonna rape u tonight oh na na
Awesome. I don't know about the empathy part, though. I'm probably crazy, but to me, his eyes give off the feel of "I know your pain, let me help you get rid of it."
Haha oh yes, I'm sure he'd be excellent at ending people's misery XD Thank you
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I love looking at creature art and your creatures make me feel bubbly on the inside. Your work is purely amazing.
Your creatures have a wonderfully organic feel to them. I could picture them existing... which is a bit horrifying, mind you.
Ooh... No one has ever put it that way. Well I hope
to continue making art like that for you Thanks!
to continue making art like that for you Thanks!
Hell yeah!!!
Incredible! Well done!
althouugh he doesnot look best pleased
althouugh he doesnot look best pleased
how............ makes brain hurt
Ghoar doesn't look like the friendliest of fellows, it has to be said haha. But he is one mighty fine looking monster!
I absolutely adore the very crocodilian-esque scutes on the cheeks and corner of the mouth/rictus. Also, the brushes you use just make your images sing with interesting marks!! Badass job, Kez. : D Wish I could come to something similar in my own work!
Hehe they are only hard round brushes, used with varying sizes and applications (like dots or streaks etc) You're getting closer and closer! With everything you submit I see new and awesome things that you've gained!
Holy crap, really?!?!? And all this time I thought they were texture brushes!! How long does that take you, then?? I am utterly gobsmacked now. XD
Aw, thank you all the same - I'm getting somewhere!
Aw, thank you all the same - I'm getting somewhere!
what brushes are you talking about? he's using just the hard round brush like a man.
Hard round brush ftw!
The manliness is new though *looks at crotch*
The manliness is new though *looks at crotch*
That would be both extremely encouraging, as I have no clue what sort of alternative brush makes those sorts of marks, and extremely discouraging, as it would suggest that it would take hours and hours to get that sort of texture by hard round brush alone. XD!! *laughs!* Gotta love speculation!
Amazing work :3
"Where my Cookies?"
Hey. Kez. Hey. You. Yes. You. HOOoLLLLLLLYYYY SHIIIIIIIZZZ. Dude. You've improved so much since I've last seen your work!
Your old Ringling Pre-College student things (We're stalkin your DA in 3D Design )
Your old Ringling Pre-College student things (We're stalkin your DA in 3D Design )
Great, nice!
It looks pretty amazing. Do you intend finishing this?
Sweet stuff!!!! loving the contrast shape of the lower part of the jaw to the upper. I need to get into doing some gray scale practice.
That.... would require more than a tooth brush...
Nice job on the lighting.
This is awsome, really.super.cool! : D
Awesome dragon! Great job!
I love your demons. They remind me of some of my own aliens and animals except, you know, significantly better. One day I hope to be able to do what you do
Ah man that looks awesome! Love your ability to render volume, and the details are great!
Dem teeth
I really like how the top and bottom jaws don't "fit" together perfectly. I think it would give this guy an awesomely menacing portrait!
You adorable thing, you. XD your comment makes me grin.
I love his mouuuuth. 8\____/
I love his mouuuuth. 8\____/
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Many, many years ago, I had a 125 cc street-legal dual sport from Suzuki. I cannot even remember what year it was, but was probably built back in the 80's, when you could buy numerous motorcycles under 500 cc in the USA. The bike was just a blast to ride, virtually indestructible and was easy to maintain. I gifted it to a relative who took it to college and used it for three years until it was stolen.
I have been thinking about another off-the-shelf street-legal dual-sport as a fun bike, commuter, grocery getter and the like. This would probably be a 70% street/30% logging road/trail machine. I have been looking at the major manufacturers and see that Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki all have some bikes in the 200-250cc range and Suzuki has one model in the 400 cc range. Nothing really after that until you get to the KLR 650 at 650 cc. The KLR would probably be too big for what I am looking at, and it seems to be a two-person job to lift them upright on the trail after dumping them.
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ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com (part of Crain's Chicago Business) reported (March 28) that 680 North Lake Shore is less than one-half mile from Children's Memorial's facility, and that the office space will be used for research. The building's popularity with the medical community has made it much more in demand than properties in the city's famed "Loop" that once included the original Playboy Building (now the Palmolive Building) at 919 North Michigan Ave. That was corporate headquarters from 1966 through 1989, and it symbolized the bond between 1953 founder Hugh Hefner and his home town.
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- I'll meet you down at the club after work.
- The boat sank almost immediately after it had struck the rock.
- She was amazed at how calm she felt after the accident.
- Apply the suntan cream liberally to exposed areas every three hours and after swimming.
- If we turn left at the next junction, we should hit the main road after five miles or so.
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afteradverbuk /ˈɑːf.tər/ us /ˈæf.tɚ/
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- He collapsed at work and died soon after.
- After nine years in Cambridge, Susannah and Guy moved to Watlington, where they lived happily ever after.
- Let's feed the kids first and have our dinner after.
- You have a good cry and you'll feel better after.
- Mary left the company and I found another job shortly after.
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About the Author
Mary Morris is also the author of the novels "The Night Sky," (available from Picador), "Crossroads," and "The Waiting Room"; two travel memoirs, "Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone "and "Wall to Wall: From Beijing to Berlin by Rai"l; and the award-winning story collections "Vanishing Animals and Other Stories" and "The Bus of Dreams," Her new story collection is "The Lifeguard," Mary Morris teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.
Mary Morris is the author of twelve books (including "Acts of God, The Night Sky", and "House Arrest"), three collections of short stories, including "The Lifeguard", and three travel memoirs, including "Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone" and "Angels & Aliens: A Journey West" (all available from Picador). Her numerous short stories and travel essays have appeared in The "Paris Review, The New York Times", and "Vogue". The recipient of the Rome Prize, Morris teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.