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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us. In this unprecedented book, Grandin writes from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person. She tells us how she managed to breach the boundaries of autism to function in the outside world. What emerges is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who gracefully bridges the gulf between her condition and our own while shedding light on our common identity. "There are innumerable astounding facets to this remarkable book...Displaying uncanny powers of observation...[Temple Grandin] charts the differences between her life and the lives of those who think in words."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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Daniel Schnitzer knew that small-scale solar products (like solar-powered LED lightbulbs) could transform the lives of rural Haitians, but found that despite their value, they wouldn't simply sell themselves. At TEDxPittsburgh, he explains how health and energy solutions for the developing world are useless unless the market works too.
A PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University's department of Engineering & Public Policy, Daniel Schnitzer co-founded EarthSpark International in 2008. Honored by the Clinton Global Initiative in 2010, EarthSpark International works in Haiti to develop markets and aid local entrepreneurs in creating a supply chain for safe, clean and renewable energy. It also played a vital role in relief efforts after the 2010 earthquake. Before this, Schnitzer worked for KEMA Inc., an energy consulting firm, at which he focused on renewable energy policy and efficiency.


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Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round (35th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.
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The first single from Wolfmother's sophomore release Cosmic Egg, "New Moon Rising", is a thumping, ripping slice of optimistic future-blues, complete with textbook flaming Wolfmother guitar and joyously bludgeoning drums. It's a thrilling rush of goodtimes direct to the soul and one that's sure to be inescapable very, very soon.
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According to NFL.com, the Buffalo Bills agreed to terms with Terrell Owens on a one-year, $6.5 million contract.
OK, so this one is a little out of left field and is terribly, terribly risky.
Owens has lost a step, no doubt but is still very effective, very often. He can still make big plays even if he also makes some big drops.
His affect on the Bills will be immediate.
We all know the TO flipside of that great talent and this is not a team that is currently trouble free. Given Owen's history the Bills could be opening themselves up to some problems.
For example, Marshawn Lynch has made some awful decisions off the field the last couple of years and you have to wonder if Owens in a locker room is going to make that worse.
OK, so Pacman didn't immolate his career because Owens was there. Fine. But TO wasn't exactly playing nice with top target Jason Witten. Will he really play second fiddle Lee Evans? Is he capable of being a giving teammate who isn't the focus of the offense?
And let's not forget the list of shattered quarterback relationships in his wake. Three for three, right? Garcia, McNabb and Romo? And no he gets Edwards who has more than once faced questions in Buffalo about whether he is the right guy for the job?
Is this a recipe for success or meltdown?
In a vacuum, on paper, at first glance – this looks like it's an upgrade for the Bills. As I said at the start, they have been desperate for a weapon to compliment Lee Evans.
Maybe it's unfair to judge TO's behavior before he actually puts on a jersey. Maybe this divorce with Dallas will turn him around.
And to be brutal, he usually becomes a problem after a year or so, so this one year contract should get Buffalo in and out before he annihilates the team chemistry and locker room.
But like a former leader of the free world said: 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I won't get fooled again.'.
Or putting it like TO once did: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck…..
But the upside here for the Bills could be huge.
Finally, Lee Evans gets the weapon he desperately needs across from him. Let's face is – James Hardy wasn't cutting it. Until he figures out how to use his big frame to muscle the ball away from the secondary, he's not going to be a big enough factor to affect the coverage on Evans. I DO have a lot of hope and expectation for Steve Johnson to emerge down the road, but they need help now. Owens will distract the secondary and we could be in for some epic production for Evans who started off so hot last year only to fall by the wayside when secondaries adjusted to his work.
Trent Edwards finally has another weapon and as I just mentioned, it will make his other main pass target more effective. That's a plus too.
And as the passing game becomes more of a threat, it should open lanes up for the run game and Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson. That's already a pretty effective tandem carrying the rock. How about when they don't find the secondary at the second level because they were burned a few times by the new Owens-Evans tandem?
Assuming Head Coach Dick Jauron uses them effectively, this could be a very dangerous offense.
This is a risky move for Buffalo. It's got a huge risk factor in it. But if it pays off, the Bills could be a sustained threat in the AFC East this year, perhaps not fading offensively once the opposition adjusts to their offense.
Would I do it? Would I want my beloved Jets to do it? No, I don't think so.
But it's a gamble I respect and the kind of move that sometimes pays huge dividends.
Then again, it might also be the type of move a very desperate franchise might do as well, and the sort that could burn a team to the ground as well.
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Are private fleets about to hit a wall?
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The trucking world is about to be turned on its regulatory head. An aggressive and costly new truck safety agenda is being rolled out this year by the Obama administration that promises to increase costs for all fleets. Carriers will have to spend more on equipment, personnel, and planning in order to comply with the new regs.
While few are disputing that the potential changes in trucking enforcement will toss the "bad apples" out of the bushel of 4 million truck drivers, the cost of making the highways safer for all of us will eventually be paid through higher driver wages that carriers will be offering to a diminished pool of available, qualified, legal drivers.
CSA stands for "Comprehensive, Safety, Accountability," a program that's being rolled out in earnest over the course of 2011. It's a new initiative designed to improve the efficiency of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) enforcement and compliance program to achieve the agency's stated mission of reducing commercial motor vehicle crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
How big of a change is this? American Trucking Associations' President and CEO Bill Graves has called CSA potentially the biggest change in the industry since trucking was economically deregulated in 1980.
Scott Willert, senior manager of private and dedicated fleets at Kraft Foods, calls CSA "a very significant change" in the way truck safety is measured and monitored. In fact, Willert says it has the potential to greatly reduce the availability of qualified drivers at Kraft, which operates more than 2,500 power units and 1,100 trailers. Willert says Kraft Foods "fully supports" the new initiatives because of their overall benefit to highway safety, but acknowledges the new system will be more complex, and expensive for all carriers.
In a nutshell, CSA uses a new safety measurement system that's more comprehensive and is better able to pinpoint specific violations to better identify high crash-risk behavior by drivers. It involves more interventions, and a wider range of inspections to try and match the government's enforcement efforts with fleet safety performance levels.
By their very nature, private fleets have a huge advantage over the for-hire sector when it comes to CSA 2010, industry officials and private fleet operators say: Their more stringent hiring and operational procedures are already in place.
"We don't think CSA will be a big problem for our members," says Gary Petty, president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council. "When there's an economic turnaround, truck capacity may not be available to shippers at any price. So, from the private fleet perspective, we feel that this has a pretty positive outlook."
The second half of the double-whammy about to hit trucking is proposed changes on the HOS rules. A highly-charged political issue, HOS has the potential to reduce available truck capacity by about 9 percent if the legal daily limit on driving is reduced from the current 11 hours a day to 10 hours.
"A change in the HOS rules is going to have some effect on how we operate," says Greg Whisenhant, a 16-year industry veteran and transportation safety manager for Shaw Industries, a Dalton, Ga.-based floor covering business that operates a sizable private fleet consisting of 900 drivers and 1,400 power units.
"We won't be able to get as many drop offs in a day if we went back to a 10-hour driving day," Whisenhant says. "It's going to be a financial hit in some lanes where we now run single drivers, but might have to use a team operation. Teams are a tougher dog."
In a typical Washington move, the federal government has not actually ordered such a reduction, at least not yet; although FMCSA has indicated it would like to make that change. According to our reporting, the trucking industry is united in wanting to maintain the current 11 hours, though there will likely be reductions through greater mandatory off-duty time and other driving limits.
Again, while the private fleet sector is not immune from these changes, private fleet operators say that any changes in HOS will be mitigated by the very high-service, high-cost nature of fleet operations.
So, what are the top private fleet managers doing to help mitigate the costs of these expensive new regulatory initiatives? Logistics Management found some of the best private fleet operators and most knowledgeable industry insiders to discover how they're preparing their operations for this ongoing one-two regulatory punch.
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The Smyrna Farmers Market will return Saturday for its second season this Saturday at 9 a.m. on Market Street Plaza in downtown Smyrna.
Following last year's success, organizers have been counting down the days to the start of this year's market.
"People really seemed to enjoy coming downtown, shopping and seeing people last year," said Planning and Zoning Manager Janet Vinc. "We're really looking forward to more of the same this year."
Volunteer Market Manager Robin Bruner, who is always actively looking for new vendors, added that people can expect to see some familiar faces and products as well as a few new vendors this year.
"The shopping is great and I really hope people come out and support local agriculture and small businesses that are producing locally grown and locally made products," said Bruner. "That's how we grow the market, after all."
It's not just the shopping, though, that Bruner looks forward to. She also looks forward to the people she gets to see and talk to.
"My favorite thing last year was seeing how much everybody seemed to enjoy coming together and socializing," said Bruner. "Each Saturday was more like a casual community get-together."
A sample of this year's vendors include:
- T.A. Farms Fresh Turkey Products
- Fickner's Fresh produce
- Gage Family Beekeeping Fresh, local honey
- Dawn Gland Handmade jewelry
- For Woodness Sake Rick Schuman's handcrafted woodworking
- Hohman's Peanuts Boiled and roasted peanuts
- Willow Rock Gardens Freshly cut day lilies
- Jeremy Vannoy Pork products like scrapple and jerky
Additional vendors can still participate, though. Just stop by the market and talk to one of the volunteer organizers or send an email to email@example.com.
"We're very laid back and flexible," said Bruner. "We'd love to know about vendors and artisans ahead of time so that we can make space and accommodations for everybody but we don't want people to feel like they lost out on an opportunity either.
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No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller is exactly what the title promises. This is more than another book about the Bernie Madoff scandal, this is a fast-paced, blow-by-blow, true-crime story that you have to hear to believe. In a true David and Goliath tale, the underdog number cruncher uncovers the largest financial fraud in history, and has to fight everything and everyone in the system to bring it down. Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths tell first-hand how they cracked Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme yet, amazingly, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) refused to hear the truth for nearly 10 years. Told from the perspective of the ultimate whistleblower in modern corporate memory, No One Would Listen is bound to be the definitive narrative of this scandal.
This special edition includes an exclusive 10th chapter available only in audio, featuring testimony from three victims of the Madoff scheme who came in to the Audible studios to share their shocking and heartbreaking stories. In addition, David Kotz, the Inspector General of the SEC, speaks candidly about his investigation. Throughout the audiobook, you'll also hear scathing commentary from congressional leaders on the blatant failures of the commission. No One Would Listen is more than an audiobook. It's a lasting audio testament to the largest white-collar crime in history.
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So much to learn, and so little time to sit down and read. Thanks Audible.
"Liked the story, but not the author"
The story of Bernie Madoff's ponzie scheme is truly remarkable. The ability of one guy to single handedly steal billions of dollars from innocent people in broad daylight is an amazing feat, but even more amazing was the ignorance of the SEC, the organization that's sole purpose is to protect investors.
For the first half of the book I was amazed by the way the SEC kept shunning Markopolos' attempts to investigate Madoff's company, but as I listened more I began to understand a little better why they may have responded like they did. Markopolos is just a little too sure of himself, and as the book progressed he began to get annoying. He loved to use "clever" little phrases throughout the book, like "they couldn't find a batter in the batter's box", "they couldn't find a steer in a stampede", "it was like trying to reign in a beehive with a chainlink fence", or "they pay peanuts and wonder why they wound up with so many monkeys". A few of these phrases scattered throughout the book would have been great, but they were used non-stop throughout the book, and I could just visualize Markopolos beaming with pride each time he dropped one, especially when it was to blast the SEC.
If you aren't familiar with this story, this audiobook will be very intriguing to you. The time passed very quickly and the book didn't ever drag on. I just became increasingly annoyed with the author towards the end of the story.
"Shocking, terrific"
I am not normally a fan of Scott Brick, for me, he too often makes it sound as if he's reading a dirty book. Which is fine when it is a mucky book, not if its not.
I do know that Scott Brick is talented and enunciates very well, you can always hear every word.
He's got this just right.
The book is shocking, detailed and frightening. How could we all have been so stupid? Greenspan was not the hero he was puffed up to be.
If you've ANY money in the bank, this book is for you. If you haven't any money, this is even more for you. Scary......
Scott Brick did a great job, well done.
"Listen to No One Would Listen!"
I found both the book and the audio to be so compelling that I looked for opportunities to do other things while I listened. This financial thriller was so good that I finally gave up trying to do anything else and just sat down with my iPod to listen.
No One Would Listen is the story of Markopolos and three others, who figured out as early as 1999 that the highly respected Bernie Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme, ultimately cheating investors out of more than 60 billion dollars. The fascinating thing about his story is that on three different occasions, in 2000, 2001, and again in 2005, Markopolos provided detailed documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proving his case against Madoff. Each time Markopolos was ignored.
Markopolos tells how he was frightened by the possibility that either the mob or, after Madoff was arrested in December 2008, the federal government would attempt to murder him because of what he knew. The reader, in his or her more rational mindset, would be right to believe that Markopolos might have exaggerated this danger to himself. But then again, when either billions of dollars are involved (in the case of the mob) or massive embarrassment is involved (in the case of the S.E.C.), one may excuse Mr. Markopolos for his paranoia.
For those who like to read either finance or thrillers, No One Would Listen is the perfect amalgamation. Listening to the audio version is especially a luxury, with Scott Brick doing a masterful job of reading the story. The audio editors must have thought it would be helpful to have other readers handle the email portions. These portions, however, I found amateurish and distracting. However, near the end of the book, the audio book also includes the scathing comments by Rep. Gary Ackerman (in his own voice) during the SEC interview at the Madoff-SEC Congressional hearing. This was compelling after having listened to the Markopolos story.
Tired teacher. That is, REtired teacher.
"If this were fiction you would never believe it"
Everyone knows what a ?*&% / Bernie Madoff was, but how many people know that most of the damage he did could have been prevented by a simple phone call from the SEC to verify his trades several years before, and some 55 billion dollars before, his collapse? The incompetence of the SEC is legend. They simply refused to even consider so much as asking a question about the legality of what Madoff was doing. The question that comes to my mind is what WERE they doing with their time, if it wasn't investigating things like this? Wasn't that their job description? Although Madoff was the biggest fish, there were many other crooks that they also ignored. Maybe a better word would be 'protected' because that is what they were doing, protecting the bad guys from their investors - the exact opposite of what they had been hired to do.
Having once been Securities licensed myself, this book was all the more interesting to me. I know a little of what goes on in the world of finance, and in fact was burned myself to the point that I just don't want anything to do with it. That is probably not a good place to be either, but it is tough to have some dishonest person effect the quality of the rest of your life. Luckily I didn't lose everything as so many of these investors did, but I will be paying for my mistake of trusting someone who seemed so good and who turned out to be a crook for the rest of my life. I wept when I heard the stories of some of these people. Hell is too good a place for people like Bernie Madoff.
This book reads like a novel. The legendary Scott Brick is a fine narrator. There were times throughout the recording that the real voices of participants were heard, which made it so authentic, but also reminded me why most authors don't read their own works. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in finance, or in bringing bad guys to justice. It was ultimately satisfying to see that justice was done. This country owes a huge debt to Harry Markopolos and his team (who were never paid for their work in bringing Madoff down) for hanging in there when it would have been so easy to quit. Thanks to them, the whole SEC is restructured and re-staffed. I hope the people at the SEC today are doing their jobs the way they should be done.
"Good, but understand what you get"
It could be subtitled "Markopolis versus the SEC."
This isn't a book about how Bernie Madoff pulled off his scheme, his successes and his failures. If this were fiction, Madoff would be a macguffin---a peripheral character to drive the plot of the real story, which is Harry Markopolis' investigation of Madoff and the SEC's ongoing failure to stop him.
Harry Markopolis was tasked by his employers to figure out how Bernie Madoff's strategy could be so successful (so they could imitate it). The more Harry dug, the more he realized that the whole thing had to be a fraud. He brought this to the attention of the SEC, who promptly allowed Madoff to continue right along. This started an 8-year fight in which Markopolis kept learning more about Madoff and kept trying to get the SEC to shut him down...then (after Madoff turned himself in) became Markopolis' crusade for reforming the SEC.
My biggest complaint---and it is a big one---is that Markopolis' autobiography (which is what this is) is very self-congratulatory in tone. He spends a good deal of time telling us about his brilliance and the SEC's incompetence. All in all, I think it could have used trimming, which is why it only gets 3 stars in my book.
I like Scott Brick as a reader in general, and I definitely liked his reading of this book. He did a very good job capturing Markopolis' frustration and snark. At several points, Markopolis and some of his colleagues read their emails themselves....didn't really add much. Several investors gave their first-person testimony at the end of the book...that was interesting, although, it was too much and an edit was needed.
"Throw the bums in jail"
A modern retelling of the Emperor and his obvious nudity that strips away any vestige of one's faith in unrestrained capitalism while questioning why the wolf -- govenment agencies filled with climbers and cronies -- had been entrusted to guard the sheep. It reminds me of Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows. Since everyone knew this was a fraud is Mr. Markopolos' well documented subtheme, it puzzles me why he has such respect for his royal French friend who raised billions from other members of royalty and then committed suicide: certainly this man long knew he was involved in a massive fraud and rather than doing anything to stop it, continued to raise more and more money to invest with Madoff, shutting his mind to the conclusive evidence Mr. Markopolos presented to him. Isn't this kind of complicity we now see in the headlines about those who knew of the Penn State scandal but let it go on for years and years and years to the tragic detriment of others. The substance of the crime may be different but the greed and cowardice are the same.
"Why can't we stop Ponzi fraud?"
The book lacks tight editing. It's not a literary masterpiece. But the story is compelling and it accurately describes one of the common environments that allows Ponzi schemes to grow. The book is essentially a warning to all and sundry that the SEC is useless and that the financial industry is full of crooks and sharp practices. Some reviewers here have complained that Harry is annoying and that's probably why people wouldn't listen to him. People always want to blame the messenger. He does come off as a genuine person with his own personality, even a possible dose of paranoia, but the dangers were real, and living with them for years has to change you after awhile. Ponzi schemes thrive because greed, self interest, pride, sociopaths and unjustified trust exist in a completely inadequately regulated financial environment. Is there any way to control them? Why do people fall for them? Why do people run them when they know they will always fail in the end? Why won't regulators do their duty? If you like exploring these sorts of questions you will love this book. It won't give you all the answers, but it gives a few, and the answers it gives are very real.
Avid listener of mysteries, thrillers, a little sci fi. Also enjoy self improvement titles. Mom, wife, Social Media Coordinator for biz.
"Truth is stranger than fiction"
A great listen! Scott Brick puts the perfect vocal spin on this true life story of the man who found an emperor with no clothes back in 1999. Sadly, everyone else had blindfolds on. Markopolos rips the SEC apart at least 50 times in this book - it gets a bit old hearing "they couldn't find a steer in a stampede" and similar comparisons over and over again. I didn't care for the real-person email reading, but overall this is a one-of-a-kind story that is about some amazing U.S. history and the power of a government agency to be completely useless.
"A good story, as told by a megalomaniac"
The story of Madoff's appalling, decades-long fraud is undeniably riveting -- but Markopolos is an egotist of colossal proportions. His uniquely off-putting personality (misogynist, megalomaniacal, breath-takingly self-important and self-aggrandizing) shines through his merely adequate expository prose.
From the very beginning, he's eager to let the reader know we have no hope of understanding the market machinations he's describing, and we shouldn't even try (indeed, he doesn't even try to explain them). Never was there a room in which Harry Markopolos wasn't the smartest guy; never was there anyone clever enough to appreciate Markopolos's unique and world-altering genius.
Worth a listen because of the interest of the underlying story of Madoff -- but only if you can stomach Markopolos.
Life is stranger than fiction--or in this case--more tragic. Through this book you will learn about the largest Ponzi scheme in history; those who tried to stop it; how the SEC didn't give a damn, over and over again; and how lives were changed forever, including the author.
But, in the end, it is about the triumph of good men, ethical men who had the fortitude to be believe in what is right. Markopolos, his team, and those who finally listened are true American heroes.
The book is well read by Scott Brick and others, although, I did not see the need for the others. Previously, I've found Brick to be melancholic at times; here, he is a good fit for the tone and message. (Perhaps Demille was the ghost writer.) I enjoyed listening to Brick. I would recommend this book to anyone, including those like myself who know little about the banking industry.
In the end you may ask yourself, so why does the SEC exist, and are we really protected from this happening again? Moreover, why the heck aren't more people pissed off and shouting at the SEC demanding to know why they failed to do their job?
It is a great read. Go ahead, get it now.
I'm honestly not sure why I even bought this - I have so little knowledge, understanding and interest in the financial markets that I hadn't even heard of this ponzi scheme before - but I loved this audiobook.
I found the story utterly absorbing - the narrator was easy to listen to and the financial products, markets and institutions were explained clearly and in a way that I could follow and understand. I went from a complete lack of interest in the subject matter to being rather sad to reach the end.
Great book. Performance contains some obvious jarring cuts between recording sessions but is otherwise sound
"Worthwhile for those with an interest"
A thriller in terms of the effect on the financial markets rather than for heart-stopping action.
For anyone interested in how the largest financial fraud ever succeeded for such a long period of time, this book provides fascinating insight into a small group who uncover the Madoff ponzi scheme and their attempts to bring this to the attention of the SEC so as to have Madoff investigated and the scheme shut down. The aftermath of the scheme is examined including the actual testimonies and the effect on investors.
The story is retold in a fairly dry style which suits the content and does well to avoid an 'I told you so' stance from colouring the material or annoying the audience; isn't likely to entice casual listeners, however if you have a particular interest in financial markets in the aftermath of the 'credit crunch' debacle, you'll enjoy it.
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Elysium Artwork
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boss. boss. bossReplyDelete
Awesome stuff Aaron!ReplyDelete
The motherdump to end all dumps.ReplyDelete
so so so fresh.
Oh man... these are excellent! So the artbook only scratched the surface, huh?ReplyDelete
What i'm enjoying more in new movies is seeing a lot more of the concept artists styles and raw ideas coming through the final product, and i saw a lot what i'm finding out today ways your work in Elysium last night. Which was great, btw, both the art and the movie.ReplyDelete
Man your work is next level. I shouldnt have bought the art book, all I needed was this post. Soooo goodReplyDelete
What Vaughan said :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely amazing!
Thanks for sharing. Hope you are well mate!
oh dude this stuff is so crazy! outstanding concept art.ReplyDelete
Outstanding stuff. I am in awe of the way your mind works.ReplyDelete
Very cool and inspiring, thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Holy shit dude... this is unreal. Absolutely spectacular. The film already looked great, but with some of these designs it could've looked even better.ReplyDelete
I wish Copley's character had the haircut that he has in this concept art instead.
I love that cloak style. Wish that was used in the film as well.
Man, some of these designs are just straight up bizarre (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible). I kinda wish some of these other designs would've made it in. Definitely would have made the film look uniquer.
Also, I love how operator a lot of these styles are. You better be contributing to Chappie! I will be extremely disappointed if you and Pearce aren't apart of the art team for that flick. You guys are just sick.
Thank you for sharing your amazing art Aaron! :)ReplyDelete
some of your other designs are way cooler than what got into the film. But I can see why Neil went they way he did. Love the Ion wolf, I'm writing a story about organic machines as the next genus.ReplyDelete
Energising and superb... thanks for pulling back the curtain.ReplyDelete
Stunning work !ReplyDelete
Wow, these are amazing!ReplyDelete
Fantastic work,,,,brilliantly executed ,,,,,Behind each and every piece there's lots of research ,,,,amazing concepts !!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Is that Kruger character in the actual film? Haven't seen it yet.ReplyDelete
Fantastic treat ! Thank you !ReplyDelete
so, seems you had fun!ReplyDelete
Fantastic! I'm very excited there works.ReplyDelete
can't wait for "Ion Wolf: Full Moon"ReplyDelete
Excellent +++ReplyDelete
ridiculously AWESOME!!ReplyDelete
Truly awesome/original design work Aaron! You must be a fan of Metal Gear?ReplyDelete
Wow, this post is so great it makes me slightly less enthusiastic about the artbook...you need an exclusive artbook for all this amazing work...ReplyDelete
Some of the robocops are definitely more eerie than the movie one's, the type with a faux human mask remind me of THX 1138...In fact the movie itself reminded me in many ways of Lucas' classic, especially the darkly ironic aspect of humans making robots which then oppress them.
Was a lot of fun to create these. There's lots of ideas in there I've been developing personally for ages, especially the bio tech and military stuff.
Hopefully you'll all get to see the incredible work by Leri Greer and Christian Pearce as well. Those two did some truly fantastic stuff!Replies
your artwork is stunning and brilliant, Aaron Beck!Delete
now my arse is sore.... thanks a bunchReplyDelete
Going freaking ecstatic, I was waiting so long for this concept art to be cleared. Seriously man, you did some bitchin' fucking work on Elysium.ReplyDelete
THESE ARE ALL GREAT MAN! VERY INSPIRING!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed. :)ReplyDelete
Magnifique! Quel boulot! Bravo et merci.ReplyDelete
DAAAAAAAAMN SON!!! WATCH YOUR BACK — The way you're killin' it; someone is bound to call the POLICE... and there's not enough money in the world to cover THAT bail... so if you keep this up, you're on your own. Peace.ReplyDelete
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ITS GREAT....ReplyDelete
I will be digesting this incredible material for a quite a while. But this doesn't get you off the hook for that detailed, multi-view, in-depth examination of a robot soldier you promised. And for the record, despite the brilliance of several of the robot soldier/police concepts, I still say your "Robot with Laser" concept is your best design. I say this while also taking into account that some of the robot arm designs above on this post seems to be slightly more advanced than your robot with laser design in certain specific ways. I look forward to more of your great work Aaron.ReplyDelete
Amazing work!! I gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed more of these weren't included in the Art of book :(ReplyDelete
Outstanding work! Great concepts! Congrats!ReplyDelete
Kick-ass stuff as always bro. Like the guys here say, your style is totally next level - seemingly bizarre forms that turn out to be totally plausible and truly the face of future tech.ReplyDelete
The ION WOLF stuff is real interesting - any more details on the expanding piggyback cartridge setup?
Your work is inspirational!ReplyDelete
WAIT! You took down the smart cloak pic along with the close up of the face of the police robot. Why???ReplyDelete
Great designs man! No offense dude But last time I checked you had a lot more cool robot designs. Will we get to see them again??? :(ReplyDelete
Some legendary work here!! :)ReplyDelete
Amazing work!!!!!ReplyDelete
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I am a cognitive scientist who is preparing a pitch for a grant application. In my pitch I would like to use one of your robot pictures. Is it okay for you if I use this picture? The picture might be visible for 20 seconds on a youtube video later on (but most likely not), if they decide to stream my pitch. Please contact me on my gmail if you have the time (michael.laakasuo[at]gmail.com)
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Our soft alpaca wool cardigan uses baby alpaca wool in a tailored style. A traditional material for Andean clothing, alpaca is both warm and lightweight. The fibers in this cardigan are fulled, a process using hot water and friction that gives the knit fabric strength and softness. Details include princess seams, faux patch pockets, and a buttoned tab on the back. Resin buttons display an interlocked Inca motif.
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Indigenous people in South America have raised alpaca for its fleece for thousands of years before Europeans learned about the animal and exported alpaca fiber to Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today this domesticated animal is bred throughout the world, but its native habitat is the Andean altiplano: Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile.
Descended from the wild vicuña, alpaca resemble a cross between a llama and a sheep. Its fleece is similar to sheep's wool, but is usually softer, less prickly, and has minimal lanolin content, making it virtually hypoallergenic. Its extreme warmth, relatively light weight, and natural resistance to water make alpaca wool an ideal fabric for the frigid winters of the Andean altiplano. These qualities have also led to a rise in the use of alpaca fiber in outdoor gear and active wear, although it is also easily spun into a fine enough yarn for use in suits and other dress wear.
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The Tailored Look in the Front and Back
By Ruth
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I got two colors, one in Red, and one in Black, because of the ease to color coordiante the sweaters with other wardrobe be it with Skirt or Slacks.The formal gathering of the back makes it nice to have people see it from the front and the back. Nice fit and feel to it.
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Good for work as well as evening
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Not quality expected for the price
By JS
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Ordered two sweaters of the same, one too large, color not as shown nor does it fit as photo, returning it. Sweater is not well blocked to fit well, but keeping one hoping it will do o.k. with a wash and look better on. As it's light weight & feels warm on. Not worth full price, bought on sale, if not would returned the second one too.All other sweaters bought before through you have been excellent, disappointed this time.
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Japanese Documentary Film: From the Meiji Era to Hiroshima
Author(s): Abe Markus Nornes
Among Asian countries—where until recently documentary filmmaking was largely the domain of governments—Japan was exceptional for the vigor of its film industry. And yet, Japanese documentary remains largely unstudied outside of Japan. The first English-language study of the subject, this book provides an enlightening look at the first fifty years of documentary film theory and practice in Japan.
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Report: FDA Fails to Find Advisers Without Industry Ties
The Food and Drug Administration's latest report on the make-up of its advisory panels reveals that little has changed in the 15 months since Congress required the agency to document its efforts to find scientists without ties to industry. In a report sent to Capitol Hill on Jan. 31, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach reported that 24 percent of advisers to the agency's seven centers and offices received conflict-of-interest waivers between November 2005 and January 2007. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) had the worst performance, with 146 of 417 advisers, or 35 percent, requiring waivers because they owned stock in, consulted for, or served on the speakers' bureaus of firms with products up for approval or their competitors.
The agency's ability to identify advisers without conflicts of interest has not budged since Congress acted. Although the agency says it reviewed the resumés of 724 candidates to fill the 175 open slots on its committees, its ratio of waivers per meeting was nearly identical over the period. For instance, CDER granted 42 waivers for the 8 meetings in the first quarter of last year compared to 30 waivers for 6 meetings in the fourth quarter. The advisory committee that met last November to discuss Pfizer's application to use the painkiller Celebrex for juvenile arthritis was typical. While just 2 of the 8 permanent members required waivers, 4 of the 8 temporary specialists appointed to the committee for their expertise had conflicts.
When questioned about the agency's failure to reduce its reliance on outside advisers with ties to industry, acting deputy commissioner Randall Lutter said that "it is very difficult to get the quality of the expertise we want without going to people who have some sort of relationship with industry related to product development." But as a Lancet (subscription required) editorial noted in 2005 shortly before Congress passed its law, "it is hard to believe that in a country with 125 medical schools – not to mention the pool of international experts – the FDA cannot find experts who do not have financial ties with companies whose products are under review." A New York Times editorial has pointed out that "unless the FDA makes a more aggressive effort to find unbiased experts or medical researchers start severing their ties with industry, a whiff of bias may taint the verdicts of many advisory panels." Lutter said that FDA plans to issue a guidance document aimed at reducing its reliance on conflicted advisers "very soon." Former deputy commissioner Scott Gottlieb promised the new guidance last July at a meeting sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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Studies of breast cancer medicines that involve drug manufacturers are more likely to show positive results than those without their involvement, according to a study to be published in the April 1 edition of the journal Cancer. The study, led by Dr. Jeffrey Peppercorn of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, analyzed 140 trials reporting breast cancer therapy results over the past decade in select journals at five-year intervals. Of the 140 trials, 67, or 48 percent, reported some form of drug company involvement, meaning the studies had received funding or drugs from a manufacturer or at least one of the study's authors worked for a drug company. Drug company participation increased from 44 percent in 1993 to 58 percent in 2003. Besides the increased likelihood of reporting results that favoring the experimental therapy, industry-funded studies also were significantly more likely to use "single arm" designs – that is, a study whose patients get the same treatment with no control group to compare efficacy. Drug company-sponsored trials also tended to target patients with advanced disease. Three of the four authors of Cancer study, including Peppercorn, had financial ties to manufacturers of anti-cancer drugs.
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These buttery shortbread cookie ornaments are almost too pretty to eat! You can use cookie cutters in shapes of your choice. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups cold butter, cubed
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons 2% milk
- Food coloring of your choice, optional
- Colored edible glitter and nonpareils
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water and extracts until mixture forms a ball.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Bake at 325° for 15-18 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- For icing, in a large bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk. Divide into small bowls; tint with food coloring if desired. Gently spread over cookies. Decorate as desired. Yield: about 3 dozen.
Originally published as Shortbread Ornament Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2006, p80
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Reviewed Dec. 17, 2012
"I just made these with my 3 sons and this was by far, the easiest dough to work with when making cutouts. This will be a new traditional Christmas recipe in our house!"
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2012
"I had to add more water, as it would not come together with only 2 tbsps."
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2011
"I don't know how it tastes yet, they're still in the oven, but this dough is sticky yicky and hard to work with! I tried adding more flour while I rolled it out, and water, and refrigerated it for at least an hour. So far they look okay out of the oven, but the dough was extremely goopy and sticky."
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2011
"I like this is is not to sweet. When you put the icing on it, it is a great cookie.."
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2011
"Due to the richness of the dough, it is difficult to work with. Chilling the dough for a bit helps."


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Got this mask from my buddy Anthony He did a total rehaul on it (including 70's DP hair from a Timberwolf mask) and he definitley named it right Didn't have time for alot of shots but here are a quick few. Thanks for lookin' and thanks again Anthony for a killer mask!
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