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Executions Two of Four
I always get really giddy after finishing a painting. Last night I finished the two I've been working on over the last several weeks and it was killing me waiting for the sun to come up so I could take them outside and take pictures of them to post for you all to see. Because I was so hasty in my picture taking and because, as we all know, I'm no art photographer, the colours are a little off and what's actually pink may show up as more of a red on some people's screens. This always happens when I use the metallic pink paint I use all the time (that I only have ONE bottle left of and they're not making it anymore! DAMN YOU, AMERICANA!), usually it shows up as more of a red or magenta, especially on Mac screens (even my own), but I figure it'll be especially reddish on some people's screens today because I took these pictures at dawn when the sun's a little bit red-toned to begin with.
Also, I re-sized the pictures a little bigger than I usually do so the detail shows up better, so click on any of the images to embiggen. (Both paintings are 12 x 16 inches, mixed media on gallery stretched canvas.)
The first painting I call "Binary Ballerina" and this is the one that may appear more red than pink, but I assure you, it's very very pink and very very sparkly.
"Binary Ballerina"'s background is white, metallic pink, metallic silver and washed over with a LOT of silver sparkles that shimmer and shine like jewels beneath the triple thick gloss varnish. Her hair is a shiny metallic brown and the bodice of her dress is made from light metallic pink cardstock. The bottom of her dress is made of course tulle, like a true tutu and is finished at the waist with matching pink ribbon. Around her neck is a pearl necklace.
As for what she's thinking…well, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who can read binary and those who can't. Obviously this ballerina fits into the former category making her something of a…oh, what's the word I'm thinking of? ;o)
The next painting is simply titled "Flower Girl" and obviously I painted her in the same vein as "Binary Ballerina" (with two more similar executions to come!).
"Flower Girl"'s background is crackled white, metallic (pearlized) white and metallic silver with a healthy wash of irridescent sparkles, which again, shine like diamonds beneath the triple thick gloss varnish. Her hair is painted with metallic "champagne gold" and her makeup is a custom mixed light pink metallic to compliment her metallic blue eyes. The bodice of her dress is made of white, finely glittered cardstock and the bottom is made of layers of fine white and silver tulle with silver ribbon at her waist. In her right hand she holds a basket of pink rose petals, which she scatters before the unseen bride. At her neck is a pink jeweled necklace.
As the unseen bride marries her prince charming, our young flower girl has other things on her mind. In my imagination she's not Canadian, but American and it is my hope that when she becomes an adult, her world will be a more equal place. The triangle is again, not as red as it appears, it's actually made of metallic magenta cardstock.
And finally, because I was paranoid that the sparkles wouldn't show up in still images (as they tend not to, traditionally), I made a little video illustrating that detail. Please ignore my HORRIBLE voice and heavy breathing, I'd just literally run across the road and across a field to the park to utilize the bench and I was a little out of breath.
These paintings aren't for sale yet and won't be, I don't think, until the other two in the series are finished, but let me warn you all now that I plan on selling these ones for a small fortune – unlike all the others – and I'll tell you why:
- These paintings took me almost a month to make, not counting procrastination time. (With these kinds of paintings it's all done in layers and it takes time for those layers to dry, bond, sew, whatever.)
- Certain materials, such as the pink metallic paint, are no longer available, making them somewhat precious.
- These are larger than previous works.
- These are ONE OF A KIND. There will never be prints of these paintings because the materials used make it impossible to get an accurate digital copy and thus, making prints is impossible. I've tried two different cameras and a scanner and the glitter and metallics just don't translate so these ORIGINALS are all there will ever be. I reserve the right to repaint the same picture by hand, but truthfully, I hate repeating myself and even if I did, there would be differences and imperfections making another painting an original too.
I keep going back & forth on pricing so I don't even want to give a ballpark figure, so I'll just say that these are going to be more than previous ones.
Anyway, it's 8:15am and I have other things to do, so I better get to it and I hope you like my paintings!
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can't get that song out of my head now : oh pink triangle on her sleeve, let me know the truth, let me know the truth! (oh =W= how i love thee)
those paintings are amazing!
I love these! The backgrounds are particularly stunning. The crackle with sparkles and varnish works really well.
As a dancer, I really love binary ballerina, but I think the flower girl is my favorite. Her face is so expressive, heartbreaking, and dreamy.
They remind me of glass…
Or maybe what I'm thinking of is..hard..crystalized sugar…
Either way, they are gorgeous.
beautiful! They're both awesome, but I think I like flower girl the best :)
The ballerina is truly a paradox :-) Wonderful work, thank you for sharing.
Ooooer, they're lovely!
The sparkles n glitter are ta die fer!!
& I'm wishin I knew binary…


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Map and Directions
You can call us to pick you up at any time. Our street is located on the upper part of Dubrovnik called Gruž (Grush). Our street Mokoška is just near eastward of last eastern white big building (of 5 buildings-and of Hotel Adria), and 100m south of upper main road of this area. So, when you arrive to us, you will see that buildings to the west and that road to the north. As seen on the pictures.

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Richmond women's lacrosse shut out George Mason in the second half and raced to a 16-4 home win Friday afternoon at Robins Stadium to remain unbeaten in Atlantic 10 Conference play. The Spiders have put together a season-best four-game winning streak and improve their record to 8-4, 3-0 in the A-10. The Patriots slip to 7-5 on the season, with a 1-2 start in the A-10.
Sophomore Charlett Stevenson (Darien, Conn.) led all scorers with four goals, while junior Emily Doyle (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) gave out four assists in the win. Stevenson leads the team with 24 goals this season, and Doyle paces Richmond with 28 assists, tied for fifth-most in a season in school history. Doyle is one assist away from tying for the fifth-most assists for a Richmond career, now sitting at 67 career assists.
The teams played to a 4-4 halftime score, with Mason scoring first. The teams alternated goals until Stevenson tied the game at four with her first goal of the game with 34 seconds remaining in the half.
Doyle and junior Anna Jeszeck (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) scored three goals each.
The Spiders won 12 of the 14 draws in the second half and kept possession for nearly the entire period. Richmond outshot the Patriots 36-12 overall, 23-3 in the second 30 minutes.
The win went to goalie Michaela Aymong (Northport, N.Y.), her first of the season (1-0).
She made two second-half saves and did not allow a goal when she came in after halftime.
The Spiders finish off the weekend with a Sunday home game against George Washington, with the opening draw scheduled for 1 p.m.
NOTES: Richmond has held its last six opponents to a total of 31 goals, an average of 5.16 per contest in the span… This was the third time the Spiders held an opponent to four or fewer goals this season.


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Richard Sherman disagrees with "thug" and "villain" labels - Jan. 22, 2014
Cornerback Richard Sherman #25 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates on the field after the Seahawks defeat the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the 2014 NFC Championship at CenturyLink Field on January 19, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
by Curtis Crabtree
KJR reporter
Twitter: @Curtis_Crabtree
RENTON - Seattle Seahawks CB Richard Sherman regrets that his outburst in a postgame interview Sunday put the focus on him and took away from the performance of his teammates that helped the team earn a trip to Super Bowl XLVIII.
But if you think that's going to change his persona going forward, well, you don't know Richard Sherman.
"I really don't know how to be anybody else. I can only be myself," Sherman said Wednesday in his first press conference since the postgame remarks with FOX's Erin Andrews directed at WR Michael Crabtree that drew a wave of attention in the aftermath of the game.
Sherman made the play of the game - with a little assistance from LB Malcolm Smith - that cemented the Seahawks trip to New York for the Super Bowl.
QB Colin Kaepernick threw for Crabtree on a fade route with Sherman in tight coverage. Despite a push to the right shoulder of Sherman from Crabtree, Sherman managed to contort his body and deflect the pass skyward. Smith settled underneath the ball and intercepted it in the end zone to preserve a 23-17 victory for Seattle.
But in his interview with Andrews after the game, Sherman called out Crabtree.
"I'm the best corner in the game,'' Sherman screamed into the camera. "When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you're gonna get. Don't you ever talk about me."
The focus then became on Sherman's remarks as he continued to call Crabtree "mediocre" in his postgame press conference.
Sherman said he was surprised how much the story had blown up in the media over something said in the heat of the moment on a football field, minutes after clinching the biggest victory of his young career.
"If I would've really known it was going to blow up like that I probably would've approached it differently just in terms of the way it took away from my teammates' great games," Sherman said.
"Kam Chancellor played a fantastic football game. He had an interception and huge plays in the game and played almost a perfect ball game. Marshawn Lynch ran for 100 yards plus and had a great touchdown run. Bobby Wagner had 15 tackles, so many people played so many great games that you would think the stories would be about them. So that's the only thing I feel kind of regretful about."
Sherman also became the focus in social media as many called him "classless," "a thug" or worse.
Sherman said he didn't appreciate being called a thug as he feels the connotation that goes with it is much more hateful than it may appear on the surface.
"The only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the n-word nowadays. It's like everyone else says the n-word, and then they say thug and they're like oh that's fine," Sherman said.
He also disagrees with the idea he's a villain.
"I don't think I'm a villain," Sherman said. "I always say the old cliché, don't judge a book by its cover, but they're judging a book by its cover, they're judging me off of the football field, on the football during a game, right after a game, and they're not judging me off of who I am.
"Now if I had got arrested ten times, or committed all of these crimes, or got suspended for fighting off of the field and all of that, then I could accept being a villain, but I've done nothing villainous."
Sherman handled all the questions about the interview and the ensuing response to it. Now the incident may finally be put into the rear-view mirror so the team can focus on their game with the Denver Broncos on Feb. 2.
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I am very sad to see this thread has been REMOVED!!!
Why?????:confused :confused ...for the most part it was a Good debate/discussion.
I am very dissapointed.:(
Why do we continue to HIDE and COVER up Stuff??????:rolleyes :rolleyes
MR bucket thread....Template thread etc......:confused :confused
Guys this is freaking STAR WARS stuff:lol :lol ...its not goverment classified stuff.
On the BM vs MS thread we had no PROFANITY...no PORN and nothing that anyone could view as material that needed to be deleted.
Everyone..please view debates/discussions and posting differences of opinions as things that are good for this site.....I cant see how any of this is BAD or WHY it needs to be DELETED or REVIEWED.
by the way I have held a BM bucket in my hands for 2 months and I have had a MS helmet in my hands at the same time...everything FP and Spidey brought up are the exact thoughts I had as I painted these buckets


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If you read our recent Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition review and fancied one for yourself then now might be the time to purchase because word has it that AMD is planning to cut its CPU production. According to ExtremeTech, the plan is to reduce the number of 'unwanted' chips floating around.
The aim is that by temporarily slowing processor production, AMD will avoid an oversupply of inventory at a time when sales are slowing anyway. Production will then be resumed once demand peaks back above availability.
As AMD's chief financial officer, Rob Rivet, put it: "We're slowing everything down quite a bit". AMD CEO, Dirk Meyer, echoed Rivet's sentiments, explaining: "we think our CPU sales out of AMD will be less than consumption… our inventories will drain in Q1 - we'll clearly be manufacturing below our shipment level."
Whether these supply reductions will be universally applied, or in specific areas is unclear. Both Rivet and Meyer hinted that oversupply was greatest in the notebook sector, but shutting down productions across-the-board could well be the most financially beneficial option for the company.


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Randy Wanamaker says he served in the Alaska and Washington National Guard — briefly activated, but never deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis and start of Vietnam — followed by a stint in the Army Reserve. During World War II, Wanamaker's father was an infantryman.
"My a dad was a professional soldier," says Wanamaker. "He survived it all from the very first day of the invasion of North Africa to the last days in Czechoslovakia."
And then, there was his uncle in the Coast Guard in the Pacific.
"He was one of the guys who survived the invasion of Tarawa. He went ahead of the first wave."
Because of that connection, he says he's continued volunteering for activities or taken to heart issues important to veterans and Southeast Alaska natives.
"My grandfather was Kiksadi from Sitka, of the Frog clan, and my grandmother was Killer Whale, Kaagwaantaan of Sitka." Wanamaker says they moved to Juneau in 1922 to help set up ANB Camp 2 in Juneau.
Wanamaker calls himself a grandchild of Angoon; tracing his family to Killisnoo as well as through two lines to civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratovich. Born in Juneau, Wanamaker grew up in Seattle and eventually returned to Juneau after the National Guard and college studying physical geology. One of his first jobs as a young geologist included monitoring Mt. St. Helens before and during the big explosive eruption of 1980. He later worked as a subsurface resource manager for Sealaska corporation. Today, he runs a vocational training and outreach service that prepares potential employees for work at the Kensington Mine, and he serves as vice-chairman of the Goldbelt corporation board of directors.
His wife is a teacher and he has four children either in college or recently graduated.
After three consecutive terms on the CBJ Assembly, Wanamaker was required to step aside a year ago.
"I enjoy public service. I enjoyed my time on the school board, and I enjoyed my time on the various city and state committees that I've served on."
Wanamaker says others have encouraged him to run again because of issues like the CBJ budget and solid waste management, even so far as possibly reclaiming the landfill and turning waste into energy.
"We need an amendment to the regulatory act to allow us to have (regulatory) responsibility."
Wanamaker also says residents are worried about a potential collapse of property values, to the point that they could be underwater on the mortgage.
"We can work to diversify our economy and employment base so that any downtown in any particular area isn't very damaging to our community."
That includes holding NOAA to an earlier commitment about employing new researchers at the Point Lena fisheries laboratory, and foster more cooperation with regional health organizations.
Wanamaker says the AJ Mine should be allowed to open if it's determined that it would be economically and environmentally viable.
"If there's a need to protect, move or supplement our water supply system," says Wanamaker, "the city can do that because it will have the funds to do it."
Wanamaker will vote for the extension of the 3-percent sales tax, but he would like to see an exemption for food and doesn't want to make the temporary taxes permanent.
"I think we need to find other ways of raising revenue or increasing revenues," says Wanamaker, who wants to focus on starter home development to increase the property tax base.
And he won't vote for the plastic bag tax.
"I applaud them for bringing this issue to the surface so that we can discuss it." But Wanamaker says it's going to hurt most those with the least amount of money.
He favors the city alternative to state financial disclosure rules. Wanamaker believes there's too much potential for fraud and abuse for publically-posted information, and state requirements would discourage good, competent candidates.
"This seems to single out a category of people and – say – we will take away your right to privacy here," says Wanamaker. "I think that's wrong."
Randy Wanamaker is the only candidate running for the assembly representing District 2. That includes the Mendenhall Valley and all of Juneau north of the airport.
Recent headlines
Hughes leaves Senate majority over budgetFor the second time this year, a Republican from Matanuska-Susitna Borough left the state Senate majority caucus.
House health care bill could force Alaska to cut Medicaid programThe U.S. Senate is working on the health care bill, and Alaska health commissioner Valerie Davidson is in Washington, D.C., to meet with Alaska's senators, Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski. One-quarter of Alaska's population currently is covered by Medicaid.
JPD: Suspect sought in Petco robberyPolice posted this security video of the suspect on its Facebook page and described him as white, 25 to 30 years old, 6-foot-3 and skinny with scruffy facial hair.
Uber, Lyft in talks with Juneau officials over city sales taxUber and Lyft are negotiating with the City and Borough of Juneau over the collection of the city's sales tax. The companies insist it's the drivers' responsibility to collect and remit the 5 percent tax on fares.


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So my news roundup schedule is busted the past two weeks but it's a shame to not post these announcements especially updates about bio-succinic acid. I have also several consulting studies on draft that hopefully will soon be posted (as soon as school final exams are over this week! Yeah!).
For now here are last week's big announcements. The biggest one by the way is oil company Valero dipping it's fingers in jatropha biodiesel for $3.5bn!
Valero's $3.5bn biodiesel deal
Australian biodiesel refiner and jatropha producer Mission NewEnergy entered a 5-year biodiesel supply deal with oil company Valero. Mission will supply Valero up to 200,000 tonnes/year of biodiesel and the option to double the amount and extend the contract to 5 more years. Valero also has the right to buy 25% of Mission's common shares. The deal represents gross revenue potential to Mission of over US$3.5 billion.
Bio-succinic in PBS plastic
Bioamber (a joint venture between DNP Green Technology and ARD) and Sinoven Biopolymers Inc. have signed a supply agreement for biobased succinic acid. Bioamber will be Sinoven's exclusive supplier of biobased succinic acid, enabling Sinoven to produce renewable modified polybutylene succinate plastic (PBS).
Bio-succinic plant funding
MyriantTechnologies will receive from the Department of Energy (DOE) up to $50million for its planned biobased Succinic Acid facility in Louisiana.Myriant's bio-succinic acid will use local sorghum and carbon dioxide(CO2).
Fiberglass fabric growth in wind energy
Demand for fiberglass technical fabrics is growing in Brazil driven by wind blade fabricators, according to Owens Corning.The company is doubling its glass fiber capacity at its facilitynorthwest of Sao Paulo in Brazil. The country currently has the largestinstalled capacity of wind energy power generation in Latin America.
Bio-oil development in Finland
Metso, UPM, VTT and Fortum are are developing a high-quality bio-oil productionconcept from sawdust and forest residues. The consortium has developeda bio-oil production process in which a reactor, linked to aconventional fluidized bed boiler, can first gasify solid biomass andthen compress it into liquid form. More than 20 tons of bio-oil havebeen produced.
Engineers for PetroAlgae project
PetroAlgaesigned a deal with Engineering company Foster Wheeler to developcommercial solutions that will allow existing oil refineries to convertmicro-crop biomass into fuels.The two firms will create end-to-endmarket solutions for the large-scale production of green gasoline,diesel, jet fuel and specialty chemicals.
And in ICIS news (requires subscription):
Amyris Brasil and local sugar and three ethanol producers seek to diversify the use of sugarcane toward more value-added products.
NatureWorks expects to start using cellulosic feedstocks for its bioplastics production in five to ten years.
Bayer and Dow Chemical announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of Bayer's new biodiesel production technology.
US energy, petrochemical and other business interests said that an anticipated carbon dioxide ruling by the Obama administration is unwarranted by science, and some said they will file a lawsuit to block the rulemaking.


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A suspicious behaviour detection using a context space model for smart surveillance systems
Wiliem, Arnold, Madasu, Vamsi K., Boles, Wageeh W., & Yarlagadda, Prasad K. (2012) A suspicious behaviour detection using a context space model for smart surveillance systems. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 116(2), pp. 194-209.
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Video surveillance systems using Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, is one of the fastest growing areas in the field of security technologies. However, the existing video surveillance systems are still not at a stage where they can be used for crime prevention. The systems rely heavily on human observers and are therefore limited by factors such as fatigue and monitoring capabilities over long periods of time. This work attempts to address these problems by proposing an automatic suspicious behaviour detection which utilises contextual information. The utilisation of contextual information is done via three main components: a context space model, a data stream clustering algorithm, and an inference algorithm. The utilisation of contextual information is still limited in the domain of suspicious behaviour detection. Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to correctly understand human behaviour without considering the context where it is observed.
This work presents experiments using video feeds taken from CAVIAR dataset and a camera mounted on one of the buildings Z-Block) at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. From these experiments, it is shown that by exploiting contextual information, the proposed system is able to make more accurate detections, especially of those behaviours which are only suspicious in some contexts while being normal in the others. Moreover, this information gives critical feedback to the system designers to refine the system.
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The weather cooperated (for snow sculpting) last week, and locals and visitors alike were again greeted to some amazing works of art courtesy of the numerous international teams here in Breck for the big event. With smaller sculptures on display in Blue River Plaza and on the snow-covered Riverwalk Center lawn, visitors who were not even aware of the event were easily drawn in and captivated by the unique sculptures.
All last week, the teams were hard at work transforming the 10'x10′ blocks of compacted snow into their own interpretations. As I walked through the Riverwalk Center parking lot (where the snow sculptures are located), it was pretty interesting to see all of the different tools and implements the teams would be using to help carve and sculpt the blocks of hard snow in to their finished products. This was especially evident last Friday and Saturday, in the final hours of the competition, as teams would be out putting on their final touches and details on their works of art, not unlike how a finish carpenter is brought in to put the last touches on some hand-crafted woodwork.


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Ahmet Turk, leader of Turkey's Democratic Society Party(DIP), urged his nation to move away from the current focus on military action and consider the possibility of employing other strategies in order to end the conflict with Kurdish militants. He told the Turkish Daily News neither guns nor violence are effective means of dealing with nationalistic desires of Kurds. He shared his views in light of recent bombing attacks in Turkey which many analysts attribute to Kurdish followers of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party(PKK) who were sending a message related to recent bombings in Kurdistan by the Turkish air force. Turk and his party have been criticized for their refusal to label the PKK as a terrorist organization. Turk has told leaders of the PKK their resort to violence will never achieve aims of Kurds in Turkey to equal treatment and he believes the Turkish government should undertake a new dialogue with the PKK.
Turk welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Erdogan of extensive investment of money to develop Kurdish areas of Turkey but he does not believe money alone will resolve issues between Kurdish national feelings and Turkey. He wants a major effort to further democracy in those areas of Turkey as well as providing Kurds a sense they have an equal voice in what happens in their nation.
Turk fears that efforts to close down his party will send a message to Kurds their views are not respected and they are an unwanted people living under an occupation by outsiders. Turk's common sense approach to issues of Kurds living in a nation which does not afford them a voice in government is simply common sense.


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For several weeks, rumors were increasing. We were surrounded by news about a 3D engine available for the big day, the launch of Windows 8). And, you probably know that 3D, well, it's my great passion. So did I wait for my fellow workers who did not take their summer break, to come back from Amsterdam in this late August, to get my hands on the USB key gathering all that is necessary to install this first-class tool. Let's have a look !
The present article is done with the beta version of Unity 4. Not a big deal there, all is running perfectly fine. The only trick is to install the previous version of Unity, and then to install the new one as an update. Nothing too serious, when you think that this version is still labelled "beta". The installation runs smoothly and is right in the common standards of x86 or x64 installers. Of course, you will surely need a good and robust DirectX 11 "gamer" PC, or a dedicated workstation to feel comfortable while producing your 3d worlds. However, you will need an additional 3D software (3ds Max or Maya) to get all of your 3D assets quickly and properly done.
First encounter: the UI.
That interface is a bit confusing, on the first shot, because you do not land in a classic "4 viewports" layout. In fact, the tools are laid in menus in the upper part of the UI, then comes the single 3D view of the 3D scene, with its controls, then, just below, the scenegraph tree view, gathering all the items of your virtual world, and finally, on the right side, the properties of the selected element. Please note at this point that this UI is deeply dependent of additional scripts. These scripts can be loaded within the project at any time, changing the way the properties of the selected item are displayed, and changing their capabilities. We will come back to that point later on.
Did you notice that "Play" button, in the upper part of the UI? This will become handy when testing your scene. After triggering that button, you will toggle into the 3D world in test mode, just as you will do in the game engine itself, without compiling.
Speaking about the UI, and specifically about controlling the 3D viewport, of course you can use the icons just below the menus, but you can also use the mouse context: maintain right-click to rotate, middle click to pan, and mouse wheel to zoom in/out. This is the place where you can move and scale your assets.
Be also aware that the default unit system of Unity is the meter.
Create the terrain
The terrain creation, to support your "playground" is the first step in the discovery of Unity 3D. That terrain can be defined by mathematics or by a texture, named a height map. But before creating from scratch the elevations, you need to carefully set up the terrain. First, add a terrain in the scene (Menu bar-> Terrain-> Create Terrain). This should create a nice and flat plane in the middle of the system, near the origin point (the 0,0,0 point…). But, for the purpose of that article, this Terrain is far too large. We will tweak that a little: Get back to the Terrain menu and choose Set resolution. A panel opens up, allowing to configure more precisely the terrain asset. In our case, we do not need a 2kms per 2 kms playground. Tweak the terrain Width and terrain Length values to 512 and simply click on Set resolution
Then, we will model the terrain with a texture. Open your favorite picture editor and create a 512×512 pixels image. Paint your levels to obtain a chaotic and noisy picture. Imagine that the black pixels are for low altitude points, and white pixels are translated as high altitude points. Of course, all the shades of grey in between are there to shape the slopes. The output format of your file will be the .raw format, in greyscale only (no RGB there).
Once this texture is saved in the proper format, go back to Unity, in the Terrain menu and choose Import Heightmap. In this window, aim to your raw file and set the value of the height parameter on the Y axis to 30. Click on the import button. Waoo, do you see that? A nice and realistic terrain! A bit grey, certainly, but no doubt we're going to fix that. Ok, I think it's time to save your file.
Typical heigtmap
Modeling the terrain
Mapping the map…
It's now the time to create a texture for our playground. And to do that, we will need extra tools. And these tools can be found there as scripts for Unity: Go to that address http://unity3d.com/support/resources/assets/terrain-assets and download the Terrain Assets pack. Unzip it and place the TerrainToolkit in the local directory of your project.
Turn back to Unity, go to the Assets menu, choose Imort Package->Custom Package, aim to the Terrain toolkit and import. In the Project treeview, the Terrain toolkit should be open and its components should appear. Drag and Drop the Terrain Toolkit component (not the folder) onto the terrain, in the 3D view. Magic! The Inspector opens (on the right side of the window), full of new opportunities: Create, Erode and Texture> Click on the Texture button, then Add Texture, and in the texture slot, click Select to define the cliff texture. Obviously, you can select the pretty well named Cliff texture). Repeat the same operation for the lowland (this time use the grass texture) and tweak the slider right above to get the right balance between the cliff start and the cliff end values. Don't forget to click on the big black Apply procedural texture button to validate the changes.
Eventually, if you're some kind of adventurer, you can add some more layers to simulate the snow, just by repeating the same process. And do not forget to save your file!
Texturing the terrain
Let there be light!
In this chapter, we will add a light source to our scene. That process is quick because we only need one light to simulate the Sun. To create the light, go to the GameObject menu -> Create Other -> Directional Light. Once the light is created, move it to the right location, and do not hesitate to take it far from the terrain. As a directional light, the distance does not affect the intensity nor the definition of the lightning.
Of course, take time to have a look to the Inspector panel to set up the intensity, or the shadows type of the light source. (Be aware that real time shadowing requires the Pro version).
The Player and the respawn point
Ow, I think it is the right time to begin a little test procedure and to have a first look to our 3D scene. And to get prepared to this, you have to create a respawn point, for the player's camera to be located initially. Once again, we will have to find the right script to enhance the capabilities of Unity. Open the Assets Menu -> Import Package-> Character Controller. It should load the controller. Then drag&drop it in the 3D view, from the Project thumb, Assets, first Person Controller.
Move the controller in the 3D view and choose carefully the Y axis location (your payer should not be too high above the ground, or it will fall in the 3D scene during initialization of the game mode). Once the player respawn point carefully set up, you can switch to the "Game Mode" (just above the scene viewport), click on the Play button, and feel how the engine reacts to your scene. Use the mouse to change your point of view and the keyboard arrows keys to move forward, backward, to the right or to the left.
Click once more on the Play button to fall back in the Editing mode and… yes…, save your file.
The environment
How good is a 3D scene without a nice environment? For instance, in this chapter, our mission is to add a nice sky to the mockup. How? First, load a new skybox asset tools (Assets-> Import Package-> Skyboxes). Then, in the Hierarchy panel, expand the First Person Controller and select Main Camera, in order to make its properties appear in the Inspector tool. Make all your way down that panel, click on the Add Component button, an choose Rendering->Skybox to add the skybox mode to the camera assigned to the player's controller. Drag & drop from your assets list a skybox (not the texture, choose the component) directly in the skybox zone, in the Inspector panel of the Main Camera (for example, Sunny! skybox).
Speaking about environment, we will now add a nice fog to our scene to increase the feeling of depth. Open the Edit Menu-> Render Settings. In the Inspector, check the box labeled Fog. Choose a nice dense blue and you will obtain a nice depth fog. Things are getting serious, here!
Last step, tweak up the ambient value in the same panel to correct the unlit sides of the objects, You can save.
Sky and Depth Fog
Adding foliage.
Our 3D world, for now, is a bit empty, don't you think? Select the Terrain, and go back to the inspector window. In the Terrain (script)
thumb, you should see a set of buttons to raise or lower the terrain, and one specifically laid there to make you feel like a gardener.: Click on the tree button, choose a specific tree (and if it comes that you do not find the desired tree, you can alternatively load a specific package, like Tree creator, for instance) , select a brush (size and density) and start scattering trees all over your terrain, just by painting it. Now, here is a little trick: If you hold the Shift key down while painting, you will erase the trees under the brush … Also notice that you can scatter grass, just the same way. And if you play with the assets, you will soon be able to add parametric a wind zone, which will animate your trees…
A nice natural spot…
Importing FBX objects
For all non-procedural 3d object, you will need to work with an additional 3D editor (3ds Max, Maya, …). These programs often allows to export the meshes in FBX format. This is the proper format to grab the meshes and 3d assets back into Unity 3D. Pay attention to the units, and don't forget to embed the texture prior to export (embed media). I all is done correctly, you should import with no problem. To do that , open the Assets menu -> Import New Assets and aim to the .FBX file. Then, move the 3d objects to their correct position, using the translation, the scaling or the rotation tools, located just below the menu bar. And if, once again, you add a specific physical component, you will make that object "colidable" (the camera cannot pass through the object).
Test and compilation.
Last but not least, you can compile the 3D scene as a stand-alone exe. In this process, all the resources, assets and scripts are gathered in one single executable. To do that, go to the File menu->Build Settings and set up properly the compilation process. First, click on Add Current, to add your actual project to the "to-do" list. Then choose the type of project you want to have a look to. For our test, select PC and Mac Standalone and Windows 64-bit (or 32-bit, depending your hardware capabilities). Specify a path to generate the executable, then click on Build And Run and…. Tadaaa, you can run in your 3D world (after just a smart launch panel).
Please note here that you can generate a modern UI for Windows 8 with Unity, but, as I'm writing down this article (unity is in Beta mode…), it's quite difficult to obtain a first-shot exe compilation. By the way, you will sonly be able to specify all the required assets, such as the splashscreen, or the tile bitmap, and create your own certificate in order to deploy the 3d scene or your local dev machine.
Final scene with particles and baked shadows…easy!
Final words
As you may have yet understood, Unity 3D 4 is an emphatic tool, because of its simplicity, its usability, its "user-friendly" approach, and its capabilities. The learning time required to master all of its basic functions is very short, if you're used of making real time 3D mockups. The overall philosophy of the product is convincing and elegant, especially the script/plugins. That part will bring your scenes to an unprecedented and specific high level, as long as your team do have a developer. Hopefully, the technological value of Unity keeps inflating, with the native compiling for Windows 8 Modern UI environments, which makes this new version a fantastic, modern and inline companion. A very good release, with nice promises!


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A brave shopkeeper chased off an armed robber by hitting him with a stool.
Thurairagh Pirabahuran, 41, picked up the seat he'd been sitting on and shoved it at Sheldon Green, 23, after the gunman fired two warning shots in the air.
Green fled empty-handed after he had demanded cash from the till. The raider, who carried out a wave of robberies on a stolen Yamaha motorbike, has now been jailed for five years.
Mr Pirabahuran, part-owner of Hainault Food and Wine in Hainault, Ilford, said today: "I didn't want to give him the money so I picked up the stool and hit him with it."
The Sri Lankan-born father-of-two was working at the store with his business partner Shanmuganathan Umesh.
They were about to shut and Mr Umesh was closing the shutters at about 9.30pm on September 17 when Green burst in brandishing a gun.
Mr Pirabahuran said: "He came inside and put the bag on the counter, showing me the gun. I was on the phone to my friend so I picked up the stool I was sitting on and hit him with it."
The drama took place in front of a woman customer moments after Mr Umesh, 40, spotted Green, of Hackney, pull up on his motorbike.
He said: "He came to the door and then fired one or two shots at the sky to show the gun was real. He told my colleague to give him the money but he didn't, he just grabbed the stool and hit him. He was very brave.
"The robber ran off. I think he was scared or maybe he didn't want to fight."
Green was finally captured when he stole a phone with a tracking device application from a woman in Hackney. He was chased by police and arrested after jumping into a canal.
He was jailed at the Old Bailey after admitting nine robbery and firearms charges.
Green began targeting stores throughout east London and Essex last July in a bid to repay debts to a drug gang, the court heard.
Terence Woods, defending, said: "In May last year the individual that he was in debt to called in the debt.
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Stacking Advice and Final Remarks
Well, this article is sort of a goodbye. It'll be the last planned article in this series, though I plan on doing some follow up based on breaking research and questions from people. So if you feel you are left with questions that should be common knowledge, I would appreciate to hear from you.
I believe I have supplied you with adequate information to judge and shop for supplements, so all that's left for me to do is provide you with some useful information as to how to use them and to what effect. The variations and combinations are endless, and as long as two of the products don't counteract each other, all combinations have some merit. I took the liberty of giving you a few of my favorites that will be well worth the money when used for the specific goals I made them for. These stacks are mere examples of possibilities, though I believe they will work for a majority of people. There is no need to take them literally if you choose not to, and as long as you can afford a few mistakes you'll always learn more from bitter experience than from any article I can conceive of. I will try to be as specific and detailed as possible as to how to get the maximal benefit out of each one, and I'm confident that if you are willing to give them a try, and take some of my information with you when buying the supplements, you will find you too are not such a hard-gainer as you thought. Let me remind you once again that all supplementation hinges on proper nutrition and rest. I can understand that these stacks don't work as well as intended, I will never accept that they do not work. Such a thing is only possible when you are not taking care of odds and ends. But to make a long story short, here are the stacks.
The Beginner Stack
Dessicated Liver
Vitamin C
For a beginner I believe that these supplements are all you need to start exhibiting extreme gains. Just the fact that you are starting out will no doubt spur incredible growth and provided that you are willing to put in the research and trouble that come with good training and nutrition, these supplements will limit your mistakes. In most cases I will recommend you take a multi vitamin year round. With changing nutritional patterns, providing a constant and sound base is necessary. Take one multi every morning after breakfast, this will give them a natural time-release system. Your body will know how to use these substances. Dessicated liver is measured in grains. Taking 120 grains in the morning and another 120 with dinner will provide additional vitamins and free-form aminos that keep the anabolic environment alive. A weight gainer is necessary, as long as you aren't overweight to begin with, in which case a quality whey protein may be better suited. The weight gainer is an excellent meal replacement or addition. With 600-1200 calories, enough protein and more carbs to insure optimal energy and absorption, this supplement will avoid shortcomings in your diet. Use it as a substitute meal when you can't squeeze in a meal every 2 and a half hours and after each workout session to recuperate energy expenditure. And last but not least, taking an extra 1000 mg of Vitamin C post-workout will keep energy high, up the immunity and exert anabolic effects upon other nutrients. Together these 4 supplements will form a solid base upon which to base your muscular body.
The Bare Necessities Stack
Vitamin B-complex
This is a stack for those of you who are far away from home, for college or work, can't afford big meals and definitely can't afford supplements. This stack is what I used personally to keep my gains going in times of budgetary deprivation. As a college-student, here or abroad, I often find myself strapped for cash. When that happens and it looks like I won't make dietary needs, I change my diet to an almost vegetarian one. Meals will consist of eggs, cheese, salami, bread, spaghetti and all I drink all day long is milk. Which I usually do anyway. But I never eat out, never eat junk and cut meat for cooking because of the cost. All these foods are cheap and will provide necessary nutrients in large quantities. On top of that I make sure I have my multi because of the limited variation in diet, so I'm never short on needed micro-nutrients. I take it with breakfast in the morning, as shown in the previous stack. Further more I spring for a B-complex vitamin which I take with lunch. The B-vitamins will optimize the use of carbs, protein and fats, better oxygen use and produce more aminos. If your diet is sufficient, all you are really lacking is a B-complex vitamin that will make sure you get the maximum out of you diet.
The Power Stack
Vitamin C
Weight Gainer
This is a stack I designed especially for a powerlifter I trained a while back. It will work wonders for strength athletes and bodybuilders seeking bigger lifts. The intake is geared towards increasing available strength when training. For starters take your ZMA as directed on an empty stomach 30 minutes before bed. The overnight testosterone increase and high Zinc/Magnesium levels will provide a solid base of power. Motivation is high and that has to be the first concern. In this case there is no need to load the creatine, so you will not be going on a loading phase. You will start immediately on 2x5 grams daily. Take your first dose in the morning, and drink some juice about 20-30 minutes after ingestion. When training rolls around make sure you get the other 5 grams of creatine and 1000 mg of Vitamin C roughly an hour before you hit the gym. This will give you all the energy you need, and will boost your lifts by a possible 25 percent. You'll feel stronger, fatigue slower and lift bigger. I added a weight gainer to this stack to avoid depletion of macro-nutrients. Taking a shake twice a day, between meals, and after your workout will make sure the ultimate anabolic compound - food - is present throughout the day. This too will make sure that the other supps are used what they were meant for. One precaution on this stack, take a workout drink along, preferably with high-glycemic sugars in it. The creatine will make your mouth dry, and the sugars in the drink will replete glycogen as you go, enabling you to train longer and harder and keep producing big lifts.
The Mass Stack
Weight Gainer
B-complex Vitamin
This stack is geared toward the average recreational bodybuilder going on a bulking phase. The goal is to give you as much mass as possible with no more fat gain than is necessary to attain that growth. Take a multi in the morning with breakfast, use the Weight gainer for additional meals (you will need 6 or 7 meals, post-workout included) especially the one after your workout. The B-complex is best taken either before a large meal or with lunch, provided your workout is in the afternoon or evening. Taking it later than lunch would make it less effective as the B-vitamins are mainly used to render protein more effective. And finally the creatine, both in this stack as in the two following stacks, will require loading. 3 doses of 7 grams spread evenly throughout the day (one after the workout with your shake) for about 5 or 6 days will insure that enough of the creatine will be absorbed by overloading the space around the cell. Homeostasis will do the rest. Now maintain use at two times 5 grams daily for 6 to 10 weeks, depending on how long you notice gains from the stuff then cycle off for about 4 weeks, before recommencing. The other products can be taken year round. The difference between creatine for strength and creatine for mass is that you will be taking your second dose not before but after your workout in your shake. Here the creatine is used for recovery, taking up more water and restoring energy and not so much to improve short-term energy expenditure.
The Ultimate Mass Stack
Desicated liver
Vitamin C
Vitamin B-complex
Weight Gainer
This one is for the more dedicated bodybuilders, or those who don't mind spending the extra money for the extra gains. It looks like an enormous stack, but the truth is its very inexpensive all together and has a very synergistic effect. It's basically the same as the last stack, only now we add in extra Vitamin C, ZMA and dessicated liver. These are relatively cheap things, that will save you on some foods. The need for vegetables and fruits decreases, leaving more room for calorie-dense foods for more gains. Basically you copy the previous stack to the letter, but now you will also be adding 1000 mg of Vitamin C to your post-workout shake, taking ZMA on an empty stomach 45 minutes before bed and drinking your last shake 15 minutes before bedtime. As for the dessicated liver, use 120 grains three times daily, evenly spread. Like say, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Believe me when I say this stack is all you need for incredible gains. All the expensive stuff they try to sell you are merely knockoffs of these supplements, sometimes a little better, often worse, but always too expensive.
Get as big as Greg Kovacs in 30 days! Just kidding... (c) Avidan
The Advanced Mass Stack
Dessicated Liver
Weight Gainer
Vitamin C
B-complex Vitamins
Prohormone stack:
- 19-Nor and 4-diol
- Nor-diol and 5-diol
This stack is for the few. It takes a knowledgable, educated and above all experienced bodybuilder to get the maximum out of this stack. I don't think many people know how to use prohormones yet. First of all you need to be aware of the possible side-effects and secondly you need to know how to get the best benefits out of it. With the price of prohormones you need to have the nutritional information down that can give you the 15-pound gains prohormones can give you, otherwise a mere 4 pounds will not justify what you pay for these supplements. I don't believe anyone needs prohormones except advanced bodybuilders, but it's a personal choice always. Not just for beginners wishing to take, but also many advanced bodybuilders that choose not to take them.
To stack this, take your multi in the morning with breakfast and your B-complex with lunch take 500 mg of Vitamin C at breakfast and lunch and another 1000 with your postworkout shake. On top of 4 solid high calorie meals, you'll need 3-4 shakes. One after your workout, one before bed, one midmorning and possibly one in the afternoon if you can't prepare a snack then. Take dessicated liver at 150-180 grains with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Do not use the ZMA yet. Load creatine as indicated for 5 days and maintain at 5 grams daily, postworkout. We'll start on the prohormones: Take a dose of your Nor-component in the morning with breakfast and another one at dinner. For diols take 2x250 mg and for 19-Nor take 2x500 mg.
When taking your andro take it 45 minutes before a workout. For 4-diol it's a personal choice. Between 300 and 500 is most effective. For 5-diol I would definitely take 500. Use the stack for 6 to 8 weeks. On the last three days take your ZMA and continue use for 2 to 3 weeks after. Take it as indicated in the previous stack.
The Obesity Stack
In general the motto of bodybuilding is "Build it, shape it, shred it" in that order. But for the grossly obese it's best to cut down to a comfortable 15 percent body-fat before attempting large meals that are needed for growth. Carrying too much extra weight will inhibit energy and stunt your stamina. So it's best to use a stack like this to get you started.
Fat Burner
Whey protein
Keep your meals to 3 a day maximum, plus two shakes and cut calories from carbs. Calculate 10 calories per pound of LEAN bodyweight and stay below that number. In midmorning and mid-afternoon consume a shake with 30 grams of whey protein, preferably an isolate. Supplement with a good fat-burner that contains at the very least an ECA stack and HCA (like Hydroxycut. For short periods of time (2-3 weeks) cycle on and off chitosan. This will inhibit fat absorption, always temporarily cutting high-calorie fats out of your diet, but never long enough to be unhealthy. A multi vitamin will be needed, because I agree that obesity may be a glandular disease, but is always partially the result of unhealthy nutrition. This stack will work great for most people seeking to lose a lot of flab in a short time. It will not get you ripped however, but everyone has to start somewhere.
The Summer Fat Loss Stack
Fat Burner
Looking good to go cruising for chicks as it's called, is what most aspiring bodybuilders seek and just a bit of excessive fat will stand between them and their dream. Well, here is your stack. Use a good fat-burner. Some of my favorites are Xenadrine, Hydroxycut and Animal Cuts. All three are very effective when taken as prescribed with no noticeable difference between them in outcome. Diet will be most important in this matter. I suggest you read my article on fat-burners for info on both. Keeping calories beneath 10 per pound of bodyweight is a must. Cut most calories from carbs. When your carb level goes below your protein level, it's time to supplement with glutamine to avoid robbing of the muscle-protein stores. Supplementing it at a rate of 3 or 4 times 5 grams, evenly spaced between meals will go a long way to preserve hard-earned muscle-mass. Remember to give yourself at least 16 weeks to diet down and stay motivated, because dieting can be a depressing matter.
Big Cat's Competitive Fat Loss Stack
Opinions will differ widely on this, but they all have one thing in common. They are expensive. Most competitive builders will go all out for dieting down because coming in ripped and as big as possible is all that matters come crunch time. I find that for my style of dieting, and again I refer you to my article on fat-burning if you want to learn what that style is, that this stack works best. It is very expensive and I don't really recommend it for those of you that aren't competing or need to get in shape in a real hurry. It's not that it has a lot of products but two, namely glutamine and HMB, are costly.
Fat Burner
Whey Protein
Chromium Picolinate
B-Complex Vitamins
Again, any decent fat-burner goes. They all match up when taken in prescribed doses, but I have recently found that taking 3 instead of 2 packs of Animal Cuts far outweighs any other fat burner I've ever taken. I have to warn you that this will easily become expensive and since most people diet longer than I do, I can't speak of the possible risks of these high doses. I'll usually take my fat-burner three times daily, use a multi with breakfast and B-complex with lunch, as I always do. I supplement chromium at 2 doses of 400-800 mcg depending on how close I get to competition. One dose a half hour before lunch and one a half hour before dinner. I find that chromium works for me, but I will add that this is not so for everyone. Chromium only works for people who are deficient. Even when taking the most available chromium (picolinate) your body will only absorb it when it needs it. I take a whey shake, 30 grams, Three times daily as meal replacement and two solid meals, usually breakfast and lunch. I'll often add a fourth shake after a heavy workout. As soon as my carbs drop below my protein intake I will supplement with 4 times 5 grams of Glutamine, generally between meals or with a whey shake when I'm low on carbs. And finally the HMB: I take 3 evenly spaced doses of 2 grams on workout days and 1 gram on non-workout days, pretty much throughout the dieting phase. For me it takes only 8 weeks to get into contest shape, other take longer, so you understand my worries about the cost. You'd be best to keep HMB for the last 8 weeks of however long you diet. A little tip for fellow competitors, start a creatine loading phase at 4 days out to come in full and big, and consuming a bit of low-glycemic carbs and a bit of extra potassium in the last week can't hurt either, but beware of overdoing it or starting too early, as this will ruin your chances in the competition.
Only the best make it to the finals. (c) Avidan
I hope some of my stacks inspired you to get creative or experimenting with a few elements of them. As this was my last article in the series, I really hope you enjoyed them all and learned a few things. I certainly enjoyed writing them for you and my only wish is that it really helps a few people out.
Have no fear though, I'm still at the source of breaking information and you guys will be the first to know if anything comes up. And of course all questions and suggestions are still welcome. Of all the things I presented you with, I hope the one thing you carry with you is that you have to be critical and open at the same time. I'm only presenting you with facts, and I don't expect you to take my word for anything I say. I'm well aware of people who would deny me the pleasure of informing you. Such is the price of success I suppose. If something works, there are already ten people working to discredit it. Criticism about my prohormone advice and resurfacing concerns about dessicated liver are popping up all over the message boards. I assure you that liver endured this thrashing when the Iron Guru Vince Gironda recommended them in the 50's and 60's and they'll survive this new round too. Proven methods never die. But just to set things straight: Dessicated liver does not contain toxic materials. First of all cold processing removes most toxicity, added to the fact that a healthy bovine specimen rarely gets anything toxic in his liver except if he is injected with steroids (they eat grass people!) and that the part you get in dessicated form is glandular substance and not the actual filter of the liver. So the stuff is perfectly safe. If however you do have some concerns, stick to a reputable brand like Universal. Fact remains that liver is an effective and cheap supplement that no real bodybuilder should be without. And if others are willing to listen to discrediting reports from people who have an interest in more expensive products, that is their business. As a glandular liver substance it contains P450 as well, which will protect and strengthen the liver.
As for my prohormone advice, let's just say I haven't heard any complaints from the people that followed it and gained 15 pounds. I'm always careful to advise people to get educated before they use them and be aware of their side-effects, but the responsibility lies with them. I can't lie and say they don't work, when I'm living proof that they do. They aren't for everyone, but I supply the advice, I don't make up people's minds. Sorry to say so, but a green-eyed monster can lash out pretty badly. I expect the badmouthing will come to an end some day too, and those that did make remarkable gains won't even remember, nor will those that didn't listen. This isn't a battle for who can give the best advice, it's just advice. I think I taught you enough critcical skills to go out there and decide what's the truth. Whether that means you believe me or shy away from me, as long as in the end you are bigger and healthier, I did my part.
Just to get that off my chest. And with that rant I finish my articles, just like that. Before I leave you to digest these last bits of information I would like to thank a few people for their support. My bro Denny for helping me start the Hellhearts and being my favorite test subject, the Hellhearts for being there, my dad for giving me access to his medical library and his personal input without which my articles on vitamins and amino acids would not have been so comprehensive. Further more all the people who wrote me with questions and constructive critiscism that has helped me to offer a more complete vision of problematic circumstances, and especially Mark in Great Britain (MarkA), Louie in Montreal (LBo) for always pushing my knowledge to the limit and of course David in kansas (Fitforlife) for giving me insight and most of all support when I was new to the message boards. And of course all on the message boards helping me out to some extent, Here is to the HH: Dorian, Joehagy, Big Red, Danny, fitnessman and Fitforlife. We've had our differences, but we make up for it by offering a variety of views. And a special thanks to Big John for the endless email discussions about basketball, pro bodybuilding and supplements.
Not to forget the people who gave me this opportunity to write this comprehensive material and publish it somewhere where a world-wide bodybuilding audience can read it, I'd like to thank Bodybuilding.com for the special care especially Ryan DeLuca. I hope this is merely the beginning of a great partnership.
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"Florals? For spring? Ground breaking." We hear you, Miranda Priestly. But strolling through a half dozen or so hotel lobbies, we couldn't resist whipping out a camera and celebrating spring with flowers.
In the early and mid 20th century a flower shop was a must at large urban hotels. Besides eye-catching blooms for the lobby, weddings and parties on the premises, the shop sent flowers to guest rooms on behalf of friends and associates (guests checked in for longer than a night or two in the years before air travel). The shop also stocked the boutonnieres and corsages that were the mark of the well dressed.
Such shops are a rarity today, but the custom of dressing the lobby with fresh blooms lives on. As New York's economy has revived, we're seeing hotels all over town springing for big bouquets delivered each week.
Here's a look at what's blooming in lobbies around the city.
Twin urns bursting with spring blooms flank the entry to the lobby sitting room at the Ritz Carlton New York Central Park. The flowers sit at the top of a pair of tall pedestals, so look up as you enter.
The round glass-topped Regency table in the entry alcove at the Plaza holds the most-photographed hotel buds in town. (We waited our turn next to three other photographers to snap these beauties.) The Plaza won't let you take pictures once you enter the lobby, but the flowers aren't as abundant once you get past this table, either.
Prior to the Pierre's 2009 refurbishment you could have drinks and afternoon tea in the Rotunda. No more (and we miss that). But this windowless signature room at the Pierre is now a flower-lover's haven, with tall, flashy blooms on view year round. The murals enveloping the room are the work of Edward Melcarth (1914-1973), who painted them in 1967 (which explains the man in the Nehru jacket and the woman resembling Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with two children).
A single vase from the Pierre Rotunda table.
At some hotels flowers indicate a special occasion. Not so the Jumeirah Essex House. The round mirrored table in the center of the lobby is piled high with flowers all year.
The Ace sells fresh flowers in the lobby vestibule (sometimes). So small surprise big buds are usually on view amidst the laptops and coffee cups. (Black makes such a dramatic backdrop.)
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Very cheerful hotel flora. Goes nicely with the human fauna in the hotel lobbies.
Comment by Oscar — May 19, 2012 @ 10:07 pm
Agreed! Thanks, Oscar.
That's an interesting article. Did you stay in those hotels or did you visit them for a photo?
Thanks, Ele. I knew I wanted to do a photo shoot on flowers so, camera in hand, I visited hotels that consistently keep fresh blooms in the lobby. I've stayed at most at one time or another and have stopped by for meals and/or drinks in their restaurants.
Did you ask if you can take photos in their lobby? It must be strange for the staff to see someone popping in just for a photo and say nothing:-)
My site is all about New York hotels, so I do this all the time. Occasionally I'm told not to take a picture, but most of the time no one minds. In fact, staff members sometimes come over and ask if I want them to take a picture of me in the lobby or next to some flowers.
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I want to move a toilet over about 8 inches in a second story bathroom so I can make the shower bigger. I'm just curious what I would be getting into, is it worth it?? How much of a pain is it to move the existing drain pipe or can I put an adaptor or extension onto the already exisisting one? The drain pipe now runs N/S, I'm moving the toilet East(if that helps) tearing the plywood up isn't the problem, the whole bathroom is getting torn up anyways. Thanks.
The main problem I see with this is if you have a floor joist in the area where the pipe would need to be. If could be done using two 45 degree elbows, but in such a short distance (most toilets are 12" from the wall) , it may be advisable to cut out the existing tee that goes into the main drain and installing a new one with the proper angle.
That could work, I don't know where the tee comes in at in relation to the toilet. Just wondering how much floor I would have to rip up to get to it. But yeah there is a joist there, I would have to go under and around it. The bathroom sits pretty much right above the sewage drain. Thanks for your input.
You should also have a 15" minimum clearance from the center line of the toilet to both sides (wall, vanity, shower...)
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The Brit Awards nominations are out! Emeli Sandé looks set for a big year, while Mumford & Sons, Alt-J and Rita Ora dominate three categories each.
There are some strong contenders to take home the statuettes in February, but we've got our ideal list of winners already.
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Best British Male
Plan B: Ben Drew deserves to win for 'iLL Manors' alone. One of last year's greatest songs, Plan B's protest song was a scathing attack on our broken and battered society. It was easily the most potent anthem of 2012.
Best British Female
Bat For Lashes: Natasha Khan is the kind of artist you can't stop watching, even when you're watching 'Laura' for the 50th time on YouTube. 'The Haunted Man' brought Bat for Lashes back to the charts with some of the most spellbinding songs she's ever written.
Best British Group
Alt-J: the relatively new band on the scene has made a big impact on people in the past year. 'An Awesome Wave' was a critical success and the band won the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize. They should be able to breeze past the competition and walk away with this one.
Also, please don't let One Direction win. (Sorry, 1Directioners: you and the band are lovely people, but no.)
Best Live Act
The Rolling Stones: if you've ever seen them live, you'll understand why this is the easiest choice to make. But there is a slight frustration here with another male-dominated year for the category. Where's the love for performers like Bjork or Bat for Lashes?
Best International Group
The Black Keys: 'El Camino' was acclaimed across the board, winning the band new fans all over the world. Add to that their Grammy nominations and performance with The Rolling Stones, you've got yourself a pretty exceptional international group.
Best International Male
Bruce Springsteen: the man, the legend, the genius that is Springsteen. 'Wrecking Ball' demolished the detractors, showing us that Bruce still has plenty left to say after all these years.
Best International Female
Lana Del Rey: Sure, everyone's suffering from a little Lana Fatigue, but she brought pop music to some interesting places last year. And if you're in any doubt about her worthiness, please see the following line: 'My pussy tastes like Pepsi Cola...'
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Alt-J: 'An Awesome Wave'
Best British Breakthrough
Jake Bugg and Jessie Ware both deserve this accolade after an amazing year.
Best British Single
Rudimental feat. John Newman: 'Feel the Love'. It has to win because the choices for Best British Single are fairly lacklustre. James Arthur is talented, a deserving X Factor winner, but 'Impossible' should not be on this list.
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Since last I posted many things have changed. As I am growing elderly my humans have moved me into the house permanently. I don't even have a cable outside anymore. This has caused some problems. For one, I was never housebroken so I poo in my kennel. A lot. My humans tell me it's no big deal right now, but when winter months set in they won't have a hose to clean it up with, and that WILL be a problem. They are considering waking up in the middle of the night to take me outside to help with this problem.
The second problem is I don't get a long with the indoor puppies very well. Or at least I didn't. Porkchop and I have our differences, but it's mostly his problem. Butterfly and I get along swimmingly. And she's fun!
As half an Akita I was never interested in playing. But Butterfly has shown me how fun it is to run after things the humans throw. I let her bring them back, I'm still above that, but it is fun to run with her.
Lately my humans are confusing me. They are telling me that as a 60+ pound dog I am not allowed to jump up on people like Butterfly can (she's only 30 pounds). I'm not having that. If she can do it, I can, too, cuz we're besties.
I have also learned that it's fun to burrow under my human mommies blankets after she's made the bed. If I'm clean she will even let me stay there.
I have made my human daddy jealous because I blatantly prefer the company of my pack leader mommy. He may be important, and I may legally be his dog, but she's the one who's been with me the entirety of my life, and she's the one who saved me when I almost died. So tough. I hope they stay together forever....cuz that would be a hard fight to see who got custody of me.
Other than the pooing in my kennel I have adjusted well to indoor life. Since I am older I have to admit it is much more comfortable in the house than it was outside. Although I do miss laying in the sunshine and watching the squirrels and rabbits. These puppies just chase them off when they see them. I also miss my hay. I got new hay in my doghouse all the time, and it was the best time ever!!
On the other hand I get to snuggle with my humans whenever I want now, so I guess that's a fair trade-off.
Spring isn't my favorite time of year. In fact, I'd say I like spring least of all the seasons. #1: the rain. I like the snow and I love fall when I start growing out my winter coat, and summer is awesome, but in Spring I am miserable. I have water-resistant fur but the rain still manages to get me wet and with my heavy winter coat I swear I gain 20 pounds. All the ground is covered in mud and I usually end up covered in it as well, adding even MORE weight to my soggy fur.
#2 is my fur. I have special fur - I am half Akita - a very thick furred breed, and half Austrailian Cattle Dog, probably where I get the water-resistant outer coat and my soft warm undercoat. In the winter my undercoat becomes very thick and warm, and my water-resistand outer coat helps insulate me. I am very well equipped to deal with the winter weather here in the midwest.
The downside of this is my thick Akita outerfur. It is SO thick that in the springtime when I am SUPPOSED to start shedding my underfur, none of it can get out. Literally NONE of it can get out!
My humans got me a special comb that can get it out for me (you woulnd't BELIEVE how itchy it is to have all your winter coat falling out but it can't go anywhere but sit under your outerfur!!) and I love to be combed. I love it more than anything EXCEPT straw!!
I am one of those special dogs that only needs a bath two or three times a year (unlike the puppies who need a bath twice a month), but usually those first two baths are in the spring (early spring and then late spring) and usually only to get more of that underfur out! I get the third in mid-summer if I start to stink pretty bad. During these baths I lose SO MUCH FUR that my mommy swears I can make two other dogs my size.
I lose SO MUCH FUR that I look like I've suddenly lost 20 pounds. The first two years I lived here people would actually go to my human mommy and insist I was sick or dying. She has to explain to them that I have a really unusual amount of underfur that poofs me up in the winter and in the spring when it's all falling out but staying under my outerfur I look like an even fatter dog.
The difference is just amazing. Maybe I'll have my human mommy take before and after shots of my fur coat this year and post them. It's extraordinary!
Still - it's too early to worry about that stuff. I won't get a bath or combed with the special comb until it gets warmer, and my old bones are telling me there's still a cold snap this winter.
My mommy finally met my girlfriend today. She came by the house. She's a pretty chestnut & white BiBi who's just my size and if we ever have pupies they would be the most gorgeous puppies you'd ever see!
Mommy wasn't happy seeing us canoodling in the backyard, though. She came out and said my girlfriend was very pretty but she sent her away anyway. I think it was because the kids were coming home from school, soon, and she didn't want the kids to see us playing around that way.
Mommy then threatened to get me fixed. I've been safe up until now because my Dad doesn't want me to have surgery "THERE" but Mommy told me there are enough unwanted puppies in the world and if she catches me with a girl like that again she's going to take me to the pound and get it done without Dad knowing.
I kinda believe her.
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I was just given these pictures by a woman from our church. I believe, although I don't know for certain, that her first husband (now deceased) worked for a printing plant, W.A. Krueger Co, and that these were some sort of "proofs" or set-up print run for a book published by Peterson Publishing.
The photos are attached to one another in groups of 8 like galleys and some of the pages still have the registration markings on them that would be associated with the initial press run. The first photo shows some of the sheets spread out on our table. If you flip the sheets over, there are pictures on the other side of each page. Interestingly, there is a perforation around each page so they can be separated fairly easily. And the reason the cars are not all facing the same way is that this is the way they are attached to one another in the galley sheets.
I think the book or special magazine title was "Street Rod Pictorial" but all I have is the page that says "Pictorial" (it's the lower photo) and a brief line in the text that includes that title. This page also has a copyright notation for 1969 by Peterson Publishing, so I'm guessing that it was either published in '69 or possibly early 1970.
Do any of you old timers recognize these photos or have this book/magazine in your collection? I really like some of these old photos and I'm thinking about separating the pictures and having them framed and mounted. But I'd like to know a bit more of the history of the publication before I start ripping the sheets apart.
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Can anyone help with Depo headlight questions?
Really appreciate it if anyone with some experience can help me with my Depo headlight upgrade. I bought the standard Depo (non angel eyes) lights. It appears they come with a harness but no installation instructions and no bulb. They are supposed to be plug and play. So I guess I need to know the following:
1. What color wire from the harness goes to which pin on the light frame? There is a top pin, bottom pin and left and right pin.
2. What type bulb and wattage bulb am I supposed to buy for these lights?
If pics of the harness or bulb sockets or light will help I'm happy to post some pics. Thanks in advance for the help.
Did you get the regular ellipsoid lights right? Those are H1 bulbs. Sorry can't help you with the wiring cause never done it, why don't you contact the seller?
Hi X3, yes the regular headlights. Thanks for the info on the bulbs. I contacted the seller and they aren't returning my emails. I've searched the web for a DIY on a Depo installation and can't find anything.
I'm hoping somebody on the forum has done this upgrade before and will eventually find this thread. One way or another I'll find a way.
After quite a bit of searching on the internet I found a good headlight DIY. I wired up the light harness as instructed and of course, like everybody else that buys Depo headlights they didn't work correctly when I plugged them in. Trying to figure out why. The word is the wires inside the light are soldered to the pins different ways depending on how the tech is feeling that day! So there's no standardization as to which wires go to which pins and it could be different on each light! Great! I appear to have a short in my wire harness besides because both lights are not coming on when the high beams are on on the passenger side. I checked the bulb and it's not the bulb. So I took out the meter and sure enough one of the two pins on the wire harness that connects to the light that's not working isn't hot. Great. So now I have to fix one problem before I can sort out the Depo wiring issues and install the new headlights.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "Gruesome yet poetic…highly original." — The Seattle Times "Dark and funny." — Wired "A mesmerizing evolution of a classic contemporary myth." —Simon Pegg "A strange and unexpected treat…elegantly written, touching, and fun." —Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's... more...
Warm Bodies (The Warm Bodies Series)Random House 2010; US$ 11.27
'R' is a zombie. He has no name, no memories, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead. Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite of everything he knows - warm and bright and very much alive, she is a blast of colour in a dreary grey landscape. For reasons... more...
The New Hunger (The Warm Bodies Series)Random House 2013; US$ 9.86
The Guardian called Warm Bodies 'the zombie novel with a heart'; Audrey Niffenegger said 'Warm Bodies is an unexpected treat', and Stephenie Meyer eagerly looked forward to the next book. Here it is: the prequel to Warm Bodies , released to coincide with the major film adaptation from the producers of Twilight , starring Teresa Palmer and... more...
The Burning World (The Warm Bodies Series)Random House 2017; US$ 11.27
R is recovering from death. He's learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love. He can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart - building a new world from the ashes of the old one. And then helicopters appear on the horizon. A mysterious army is coming to restore order, to bring back the good old days of... more...
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