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Opening for Ben Godward's "Super Slo Mo"
Saturday, July 5, 2014
The weather was perfect for gathering to check out Ben Godward's large-scale and insanely colorful sculpture and understated but masterful paintings. It takes looking and experiencing this work for a while to recognize all the amazing hidden moments. In fact, the more you look, the more you'll find.
Super Slo Mo is up through August 23
Albany Times Union Interviews Joseph Yetto
June 11, 2014
Times Union arts contributing writer Amy Griffin interviewed Joseph Yetto (currently exhibiting at Way Out) about his inspiration and process.
Opening Reception for Joseph Yetto
Saturday May 24, 2014
The opening reception for this first show of the 2014 season was well attended by Rensselaerville residents and guests of the artist.
2014 Exhibition Season Opens May 24
The Way Out Gallery in Rensselaerville, NY inaugurates its 2014 season with an opening reception Saturday May 24 from 5-7 PM featuring the paintings of Joseph Yetto. Mr. Yetto, working from direct observation, painting, and scraping the canvas, creates nature based images that are both alive and raw.Read More

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Christmas is a great time of year for giving. Make a Christmas card for someone you love with this pop-up card craft. Kids color and cut the pieces, then glue the card together.
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Delighted to report that my next Laura Cumming art book is about famous artists' self portraits. Each featured self-portrait is treated separately, so you get a series of mostly short essays … Source: Two Cumming Pleasers
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Not only is this the most amazing multi-disciplinary mystery writing I have read, it kept me hanging –and enjoying every minute — all the way to the end! If you are interested in the Eu… Source: Cumming's Coup
Carol Haywood Aja has a French-Carib background, I understand. Her exciting presence has inspired me several times, and this is an early sketch. (See her color portrait here.) Source: Carib
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In the "dark ages" of Europe, people began reading silently to themselves, and a love of books and learning took hold, pioneered by Bede. Source: Loving Books in a Dark Age
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i KNEW i shouldnt have click on yahoo.
and now i KNOW. archuleta lost to cook. DAMNIT.
i was rooting for archuleta ok! oh that innocent boyish look.... *swoon*
that gimmick i-feel-so-touch-by-the-song-i-sang-so-i-cried cook must hav got those votes in. sure he's hot. his second song last night made him look a little like daughtry. and imma big big fan for chris! *double swoon*
but i felt archuleta was more of the "pop" singer where chances are he'll stay popular unlike fantasia, or taylor hicks *whr has he gone to??* but cook?? yeah i agree he could really sing for different types of genre, but still.... oh well, next time must check out bartenders. cook was a bartender before and now where he is?!
but still............
here. go ogle the pictures.
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NO! i dont knw why archuleta's pic is larger. wasn't on purpose i promised!
look! arent they looking so scute here!
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Never say that comic books shouldn't be political, because writers, fans, and press will prove you wrong. Earlier today, in response to Nazi/white supremacist rallies last night and today in Virginia, comics legend Gail Simone coined the hashtag #ComicsHatesNazis. Okay, we clearly need a #ComicsHateNazis tag. Please fill this tag with comics heroes beating up Nazis. pic.twitter.com/R6wyfvxvuh — GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) August 12, 2017 Predominantly, the tag does consist of panels of comics heroes beating up Nazis….Read More
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BACK ISSUES: Essential Wonder Woman
Welcome to another edition of "Back Issues", the column where I examine a character, concept or theme making waves in comics today through issues from the past. This edition we shine the spotlight on one of comics' most enduring and iconic heroes in honor of her big screen debut; Wonder Woman! Today marks the premiere of DC Entertainment's "Wonder Woman," the latest instalment in the DC Entertainment Universe from Warner Brothers, based on DC's legendary comic…Read More
Gail Simone to Address United Nations
The debate is over: Gail Simone is the most powerful woman in comics, and the United Nations seems to agree. The veteran scribe and seminal Batgirl and Birds of Prey writer announced today that she has been invited to speak to the United Nations. The announcement comes just weeks after the UN stripped Wonder Woman of her honorary ambassadorship. Simone, of course, has a long history with the character and the seeming connection has not…Read More
Gail Simone to pen new SECRET SIX from DC
One of comics' biggest names is returning to a title which she made a fan favorite once before, in hopes that she can recapture the magic. Today Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) announced that she will soon be launching a new Secret Six title from DC Comics, marking a come back to a book she made a huge cult hit. Simone first took the helm of the title, which featured a ragtag line-up of C-list…Read More
Gail Simone Pens New All-Female Cross-Over Series, The Women of Dynamite
Geek Goddess and comic writer Gail Simone—famed for her amazing work on some of the most iconic female superheroes ever created (Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey) as well as the creator of both the website and term "Women in Refrigerators" used to describe unnecessarily violent deaths/depowerizations of female characters in comics—will be penning a new cross-over series for Dynamite Entertainment focusing on the most popular female characters in the publisher's arsenal. The series, tentatively…Read More
Dynamite Comics Previews for May 7, 2014
Dynamite Comics shows the range of their publishing line this week with a mix of horror, fantasy, action, and Western titles. Much of Dynamite's recent success has been rebooting or reimagining properties from defunct comics companies. For example, Greg Pak and Mirko Colak's Turok:Dinosaur Hunter series is part of their initiative to reboot some of the defunct Gold Key Comics' books with popular writers, like Pak, Mark Waid, and Fred Van Lente. The first arc of Turok comes to a…Read More
CAPE WATCH: Daredevil Celebrates His 50th Anniversary, A New Scott Snyder Batman Series Hits Shelves, And Chris Claremont Returns To The X-Men
Welcome to Cape Watch, where we explore the most interesting and/or biggest releases of the week from the "big two" publishers. Here's what to look forward to this week from DC and Marvel: DC Comics ________________________________________ Batgirl #30 Barbara Gordon is having an ordinary day, nothing special. But then, [gasp!] something goes wrong! Now Batgirl must fight Ragdoll to save her roommate Alysia, in this newest issue by Gail Simone (writer) and Fernando Pasarin (Artist)….Read More
First Look: In "Deadpool #27" The Merc With A Mouth Gets Married
Deadpool is getting hitched, and Marvel Comics is throwing him a party! The momentous occasion will be marked by an oversized issue, featuring stories by various former writers and artists of previous Deadpool series. The issue will include stories written by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, Christopher Priest, Jimmy Palmiotti, Frank Tieri, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, and Victor Gischler, and will feature art by Mike Hawthorne, Scott Koblish, Scott Hepburn,…Read More
Preview: "Tomb Raider #1"
Dark Horse Comics is bringing about a new tale of adventure for Lara Croft! Brought to us by acclaimed writer Gail Simone and artist Nicolás Daniel Selma, this new series will be a continuation of the 2013 hit video game reboot. It comes to stores February 26, 2014, at the price of $3.50. Check out the preview below to see Lara battle for her survival against conventional and supernatural(?) foes! __________ Asaph Bitner is a…Read More
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Greetings, crusaders! October is in full swing now and this week was dense with titles, and choosing ones for this column was tough (thank goodness for deadlines!). If you're new to how all this works let me recap; I am a comic book enthusiast who reads everything he can get his hands on in the medium. Each week, I sort through my box and choose what I think is worth talking about. All opinions are mine,…Read More


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We recently chatted with Mikayel Khachatryan and Vahe Kocharyan, the cofounders of Pluxon, an up-and-coming game development startup based in Armenia. The team in about to launch their first title, Wizzard Race, inspired by their love of unique mobile gameplay and fantasy themes.
Below Kocharyan shares his experience starting the company, finding great talent and managing an international team to build a solid game. We had the opportunity to demo the game at our Yerevan launch, and it's fairly addictive. Stay tuned as they launch Wizzard Race in the coming weeks!
What inspired you to create Pluxon?
I grew up playing video games and had always dreamed of making my own games. I became a software developer at a very young age and later specialized in app development. My experience as a developer coupled with the introduction of mobile games made the dream of making video games more real. Being inspired by Harry Potter and Quidditch in particular, I came up with the idea of making a wizard contest/racing game and started looking for the right people to start the company.
When did you start developing Pluxon?
After partnering with my old college friend Hayk Gasparyan who was working for Gameloft in Barcelona at the time, I started looking for seed investment. In August of 2013, after just a couple of months, we were able to find an Angel investor. That is when Mike, who was living in the US at the time, joined the team to become the head of business strategy and help form the company and register it in the States. As a result, the company got registered in September of 2013 and the fun game development part was set to begin.
Describe how you built your team.
The team building process at Pluxon was very inspiring and organic. We went from a team of 2 to 10 fully committed people in just 6 months, with a small budget.
After the company was founded, Mher (Mike's college friend) was invited by the team to lead the marketing campaign at Pluxon to promote Wizzard Race. He immediately clicked with the team and brought Annie on board to do the social media and PR. We then had an art competition for talented game artists where we had a lot of submissions and chose the works of Simone whom we had not known before. We loved his art, he loved our project, and he immediately joined the team. Then, we were fortunate enough to run into Pouya (3D design at Pluxon) at a coffee shop. From then on, it went from strength to strength and we were able to hire 2 animators, a 3D designer, a graphic artist, a scriptwriter and so on.
Currently, our team includes over 10 people from 5 countries who came together to make this a success. There is no real secret to how we were able to do it. Enthusiasm is what drove us and made people want to be a part of Pluxon.
What makes your startup unique compared to others in the gaming space?
The thing that really differentiates us from the majority of the teams out there, is that we do not follow trends. Many startups and even established firms choose to clone existing games, styles and themes in the hope to capitalize on the existing trends. We at Pluxon prefer games over trends.
In addition, a lot of firms either make games for casual or hardcore gamers. We like to combine both and deliver games that are suitable to both audiences. Our debut game Wizzard Race offers three modes, one of which is more of a casual game and the other two are for more hardcore gamers. We also like to make sure that our games make the most of existing hardware to give gamers a more engaging experience.
Where are you based and what markets are you targeting?
We are a US company with the core team currently based in Armenia and about four people working internationally in different countries. We like to think of ourselves as an international team that is very flexible and is not tied to one location. Our potential users will be people from between 14-33 years of age (or what we call the Harry Potter generation). In terms of game preferences, we target gamers who are into racing but are not necessarily into cars.
Explain the gameplay of your latest title.
Wizzard Race takes you to the world of Magic and endless adrenaline. It is a full 3D game. The game starts with you choosing your wizard from 6 completely unique characters. The game features 3 modes Circuit, Timestamp, Massacre. Circuit mode is played by using swipe gestures to avoid obstacles and to collect gold coins, similar to Temple Run and Subway Surfers. Timestamp is a more traditional racing mode and Massacre is where you race and battle against reckless wizards who use magic spells to stop you from winning.
After you earn and collect enough gold, you can enter the wizard shop where you can acquire over 20 defensive and offensive magic skills, new broomsticks, wondersticks (wands), and more.
Besides funding, what is Pluxon looking for from possible partners?
We are looking to get the word out about Wizzard Race as we are convinced that it has the potential of becoming one of the premier mobile games of 2014. Thus, we are doing our best to reach out to the gaming community and journalists in particular who will be interested in previewing/reviewing Wizzard Race.
In addition, we would really like more people to know about us and our project. We feel like we have an interesting story to tell. This will also help us to get more recognition among the game development circles and hopefully be able to hire great talent in the future.
What benefits do you get by being based in Armenia? Do you source talent elsewhere?
First of all, it is a great country to live and work in. Having the presence of incredible history and art, Armenia is truly inspiring. In the technical aspect, Armenia may help teams such as Pluxon to both find interesting talent in game art and design, as well as network with possible partners both in the country and in the active diaspora. There is an evolving startup culture in Armenia which can help teams get introduced to the right people and help boost the growth and success of a project. Hopefully, this continues to expand in the future.
What's the next step for Pluxon? Do you have any new games coming out soon?
Certainly, we have different ideas for other games but we are currently focused on Wizzard Race. We have positioned it to be an epic game and all of our energy and time is currently dedicated to finishing, launching, and continuously updating the game. After we start seeing some revenue or funding, we will start developing other game ideas for which we already have concept art created.
What is one piece of advice you would give to aspiring entrepreneurs in Armenia?
My one advice would be to try to find people of as many backgrounds and perspectives as possible. Just because, you are a gaming company, does not mean all of your employees have to be hardcore gamers or developers. Having people with different perspectives and backgrounds has helped Pluxon create a very unique and vibrant culture that anyone can become a part of.


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The early history of the site is lost in the mists of late mediaeval England. Its main feature is a well-preserved moat surrounding an island thought probably to have had a dwelling at one time but now wooded, together with two medieval fishponds. In addition, much of the site features "ridge and furrow", a land pattern common across much of the English Midlands, formed by ox ploughing in the Middle Ages.
The 1840 Tithe Map shows that the first field was then two fields; the part above the moat was described as 'Hill' and the area above and beyond the second pond as 'Brick Kiln Piece' – probably where a temporary kiln was set up to make bricks for local use.
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Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue
A 2012 VOYA Nonfiction Honor List selection
Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work–sabotage, weapons transference, and assassinations. In these pages, young readers will meet these and many other similarly courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis.
Twenty-six engaging and suspense-filled stories unfold from across Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, and the United States, providing an inspiring reminder of women and girls' refusal to sit on the sidelines around the world and throughout history.
An overview of World War II and summaries of each country's entrance and involvement in the war provide a framework for better understanding each woman's unique circumstances, and resources for further learning follow each profile. Women Heroes of World War II is an invaluable addition to any student's or history buff's bookshelf.
My Review:
I tend to read fiction, but occasionally non-fiction catches my attention and leaves an impression. Women Heroes of World War II in particular came to mind for Memorial Day. This is an excellent book for beginning research into WWII history and key female heroes of the war. The hardships, courage, and sacrifices faced by the women and men in the stories is amazing and heart-wrenching all at the same time. The book is well organized and offers links to additional reading and online materials. Consider adding this to your "books to read" list and remember those who paid the ultimate price for freedom and peace.
Note: This book was in the "Young Adult" section of the bookstore. There are some sensitive situations in this book and I feel a parent would want to consider the maturity and comprehension level of my young teenager before allowing them read the book.


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Fiji To Enhance Bilateral Relation With Brazil
BRASILIA- Fiji is set to expand its bilateral relation and cooperation with and Brazil after a Memorandum of Understanding on political consultation was signed in Brasilia this week.
Fiji's Ambassador to Brazil Cama Tuiloma signed the MOU with Brazilian's Minister for External Relations Luiz Figueiredo.
The signing of the MOU is another milestone for the Fijian Government and particularly for the Mission in Brazil in its endeavor to sign off on the remaining two General Agreements to progress cooperation and relations with the Brazilian Government.
Ambassador Tuiloma congratulated Minister Figueiredo and conveyed that the Fijian Government was looking to forward to closer engagement and friendship with Brazil.
The MOU is to develop a dialogue mechanism to enhance and expand bilateral relations and cooperation between Fiji and Brazil.
In the MOU the two countries will maintain periodic consultations especially on bilateral issues and mechanisms and means to promote and diversify cooperation for their mutual benefits including regional and international matters of common interest.
The MOU is in line with Fiji's Foreign Policy of enhancing engagement with the international community while complementing initiatives on South-South Cooperation.
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Amancio Ortega, founder of clothing retailer Zara, is now the second-richest man in the world, knocking legendary investor Warren Buffett into third place.
The 79-year-old who hails from Spain is worth over $71.5 billion as of June 2, 2015, according to Bloomberg. Bill Gates remains the world's richest man with a net worth of over $85.5 billion.
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The Dodgers drafted Andre Ethier's little brother, the nephew of George and Ken Brett, and yet another Tim Wallach offspring. Memories of Kevin Malone has details.
How do you read Dodger Thoughts?
Just curious how you read Dodger Thoughts …
- Do you go to the DT home page and scroll to make sure you see all new posts?
- Do you just read the top post?
- Do you hang in the comments and wait for the "New Post Up Top (NPUT)" alert?
- Do you read the posts via RSS reader?
- Do you come via the ESPNLosAngeles.com home page or any other website?
- Do you check new posts via Twitter?
- None of the above? Some of the above?
One of my main questions is whether, if there has been more than one post since your last visit to the site, do you see them all?
Steven Strasburg in Los Angeles on August 7?
The Washington Nationals plan to start Steven Strasburg every five days (as opposed to every five games), according to Dave Nichols of Nationals News Network (via Baseball Musings).
If the Nationals keep to that schedule, that would put Strasburg in Dodger Stadium on Saturday, August 7.
Cardboard Gods comes to town: Interview with Josh Wilker
Readers of this site will know of my evangelism for Josh Wilker's website, Cardboard Gods. That appreciation redoubled when I read his book, Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards, which I couldn't recommend more highly to you all. It is at once entertaining and deeply affecting – kind of magical, really.
Wilker's book tour reaches Southern California on Thursday with his 7 p.m. appearance at the South Pasadena Library, co-hosted by the Baseball Reliquary. (This takes place in conjunction with the Reliquary's exhibit, "Son of Cardboard Fetish.") This seemed like a perfect time to talk with Wilker about a few of the many things that make his writing so compelling:
A big part of Cardboard Gods that migrated from the site to the book is the importance of what you think a player's pose or expression on the card is telling you. Obviously, these are guesses on your part, but do you think the photos on the cards are nevertheless windows to the gods' souls – a veritable truth you wouldn't necessarily get any other way? Or are they more just windows to our own souls?
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I don't know if they get me to any truths, but they definitely have always been able to get me to start wondering. The moments captured in my cards from the '70s would seem to most people to be flat and trivial, the kind of thing that no one, not the player, not the photographer, not the great majority of people who would ever look at the card, could ever care much about. But because I cared about them as a kid, the stiff poses and enigmatic expressions continue to have a hold on me now, especially because many of them seem to include the same element of aimlessness and absurdity that has threaded through my post-childhood years. So they exist in two worlds for me, the adult world and the child world, and so it's no wonder I'm drawn to them, since I'm an adult who has been kind of perpetually haunted and fascinated by his own childhood.
Aimlessness is an important theme in the book, especially after your brother put up boundaries between the two of you as he got older. But one thing about your family is that it seemed passionate about intellectual pursuits – your dad, your mom, Tom, even Ian with all the reading he seemingly did. And even in your aimless days, you were thoughtful and imaginative to say the least. How come that didn't translate for you into more interest or dedication to schoolwork as a kid? Was life just too painful to allow you to focus on school, to allow that to be an outlet?
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Controversy remains over Dodger draft
The controversy over the Dodgers' top draft choice continued Tuesday.
Dodger assistant general manager Logan White insists that the Dodgers think they can sign Zach Lee, writes Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com, despite speculation that the Dodgers purposely chose a player whose salary demands would be unreachable, in order to save money.
Louisiana State football coach Les Miles said Tuesday that he met with Lee and his parents and that Lee intends to go to college to play football and baseball. White addressed that statement directly.
"He might go to school," White said. "That is always a possibility. We certainly knew that was a possibility when we drafted him."
Even so, White adamantly denied that the Dodgers would ever draft a player knowing they couldn't sign him.
"I can understand why people might think that," he said. "But that is one of those things where people create what they want to create, and it is just so far from the truth. I certainly want to sign Zach Lee, as much as any player I have ever drafted."
White also dismissed a suggestion that he was under orders from McCourt to tank this year's first-round pick.
A similar (though perhaps less intense) drama brewed around the Dodgers' sixth-round pick, pitcher Kevin Gausman, who is also an LSU recruit. Writes Evan Drellich of MLB.com:
Gausman told The Denver Post he too was leaning toward going to college.
"Because of the amount of money that I want, they are going to follow me and see if I'm actually worth that," Gausman told The Post.
"Being drafted in the sixth round, I think I have a chance to next year come out and really be a big influence at LSU and maybe even be their No. 1 guy on the mound," Gausman said. "As of right now, I'm set on [LSU]."
White called Gausman's statement "a normal part of the process."
"He would've been a potential late first-round sandwich pick, but he's got significant signing demands as well," White said. "And he may not sign. We'll see what happens."
If Lee doesn't sign with the Dodgers, the team will get a compensatory pick in the 2011 draft. Some believe this might be a smart move, because that draft is expected to be deeper in talent – so that even if the Dodgers acknowledge (to themselves, if no one else) that Lee isn't coming, it doesn't mean that they are avoiding paying amateur talent. We'll see.
On a brighter note, Drellich writes that second-round pick Ralston Cash said he is interested in signing with the Dodgers despite having a scholarship to Georgia. Cash flew out last weekend for a last-minute workout with the Dodgers, and he and White bonded.
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- Vicente Padilla went 4 2/3 innings with one run allowed in a rehab start for Inland Empire on Tuesday. Padilla gave up three hits, walked one and struck out four.
- Kyle Russell singled and tripled in his AA debut for Chattanooga on Tuesday, while Chris Withrow threw seven innings without allowing an earned run, striking out six.
- Elisaul Pimentel allowed one run over six innings in Great Lakes' victory. Brian Cavazos-Galvez had three hits.
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Stat of the Day has a fun list of pitchers who have thrown at least five consecutive starts of eight innings or more, without allowing more than one run – fun because the list of course includes the Orel Hershiser and Don Drysdale scoreless inning streaks, as well as Fernando Valenzuela's beginning to the 1981 season. You'll also find Don Sutton and Don Newcombe there.
Broxton and crew boost Dodgers to best record in NL, 1-0
The thing is, Albert Pujols in the ninth inning is scary. But Jonathan Broxton just might be scarier.
No offense to Pujols, who does it all day, all year long. But Broxton is a force unto his own in the ninth, and tonight he bested Pujols and the Cardinals to preserve a 1-0 victory over St. Louis, in the teams' first meeting since the 2009 National League Division Series.
Broxton has now faced Pujols 13 times in their careers and has allowed a single and two walks while getting him out the other 10 times. (Pujols was also 1 for 3 against Broxton in the 2009 postseason.)
The victory – the Dodgers' second consecutive 1-0 Tuesday victory at home and third in eight days – vaults the Dodgers into first place in the National League West, with the best record in the entire league for the first time in 2010. The Dodgers have won 27 of their past 37 games to complete their worst-to-first (for now) journey.
The game was scoreless headed into the eighth. Hiroki Kuroda and Chris Carpenter dueled for seven shutout innings apiece, Kuroda allowing four hits and a walk while striking out six, Carpenter allowing six hits and a walk while striking out five. Things changed in the bottom of the eighth, when Rafael Furcal (2 for 4) led off with a single and one out later went to second on Andre Ethier's third hit.
Manny Ramirez, 0 for 3 to that point, was up. Ramirez had a .438 on-base percentage with runners in scoring position this season going into tonight's game, but I'll forgive you if it felt like he was overdue. Sure enough, Ramirez then launched one into the right-field corner for a double to drive in Furcal.
After an intentional walk to James Loney, Casey Blake and Blake DeWitt struck out to leave the bases loaded and keep the pressure on Broxton, who had to face Pujols, Matt Holliday and Ryan Ludwick in the ninth.
Pujols fouled off seven consecutive pitches in an 11-pitch at-bat before striking out for the third time tonight (10th time in his career that happened, according to Vin Scully), but Holliday, in his first ninth inning in Los Angeles since his enormous playoff error, singled to center. However, Broxton struck out Ludwick, then got an 0-2 broken-bat comebacker from Skip Schumaker for the final out.
Broxton's 2010 numbers: 27 1/3 innings, 21 hits, three walks, 42 strikeouts, 0.99 ERA.
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With two off days between now and Vicente Padilla's expected activation from the disabled list June 18, Carlos Monasterios might be headed back to the bullpen, writes Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.
Casey Blake returns to action
Casey Blake returns to the Dodger starting lineup after missing four games with back spasms. Trainer Stan Conte gave the go-ahead.
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Memories of Kevin Malone has information on the Dodger draft picks that came after the third round:
- James Baldwin (son of the former trade-deadline Dodger) and Jake Lemmerman
- Kevin Gausman, Ryan Christenson, Blake Dean, Steve Domecus and Robert Coyle
- Joc Pederson, Matthew Kirkland, Jesse Bosnik, Alex McRee and Jake Eliopoulos
- Andrew Pevsner, Logan Bawcom, Chadwick Arnold, Benjamin Carhart and Austin Henderson
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Scott Elbert had to miss his start for Albuquerque today because of a family matter. Bobby Blevins and his 5.80 ERA for Class A Inland Empire took his place and allowed one run in five innings. Last week's Dodger hero, Travis Schlichting, gave up two runs in a 9-6 Isotopes loss.
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Former Dodgers Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young had the first hit and home run, respectively, off Steven Strasburg during his otherwise impressive major-league debut. Strasburg struck out six in his first three innings for Washington before giving up the two-run homer to Young in the fourth, and was still losing 2-1 in the sixth despite having 11 strikeouts and no walks.
But back-to-back homers by Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham in the bottom of the sixth put Strasburg in position to get the victory.
Stat of the Day places Strasburg's debut in historic context. Through six innings, he had the most strikeouts without a walk in a major-league debut ever.
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Jerry Stephenson, the former Dodger scout and major-league pitcher, passed away from cancer at age 66. Ken Gurnick of MLB.com writes about Stephenson.
Dodgers activate George Sherrill
As expected, the Dodgers activated George Sherrill from the disabled list and vaulted Jon Link back to Albuquerque. Both have restored some credibility in recent days: Link threw two shutout innings Monday, while Sherrill had two shutout rehab outings this weekend.
The Dodgers also officially announced the promotion of minor leaguer Kyle Russell from Class A Inland Empire to AA Chattanooga.
In other minor league news, 21-year-old Great Lakes pitcher Elisaul Pimentel was named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week after his six shutout innings Wednesday (with nine strikeouts) extended his scoreless string to 18.
And the Dodgers' second-round pick is …
… Ralston Cash, a 19-year-old, 6-foot-1, 197-pound right-handed pitcher from Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia. Here's video on Cash from MLB.com. Cash will go to the University of Georgia if the Dodgers don't sign him.
- This article by Bill Murphy of the Gainesville Times describes the hardships in Cash's life after a single-car accident took the life of his mother when he was 3 1/2 years old.
- Andy Seiler of MLB Bonus Baby filed this long report on Cash in March.
… My overall impression of Cash was quite positive. He displayed the solid natural stuff that I expected, though his command wasn't what it was cracked up to be. He consistently left pitches up in the zone, though the Commerce hitters lacked the strength and bat speed to catch up to the ball. His curveball needs some work, and like I said above, I'd change him to a slider based on his arm speed and angle. The pitch even looked like a slider at times, so I wouldn't see a tough transition. There's a good bit of upside here, and I came away still seeing him as a solid 3rd-5th round prospect. He had a bad defense behind him, and every scout that evaluates him will have to completely ignore his final line and actual results on batted balls, but the approach is there for a pro pitcher. He'll need to learn to adjust to having a competent defense behind him, and he's going to be a flyball pitcher in the long run, but I'm glad I got to see Cash throw a pretty solid outing.
- In 2010, Cash had a 2.68 ERA and 79 strikeouts, writes Murphy. In 2009, Cash had a 0.97 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 57.2 innings, according to Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- Here's a short writeup from BaseballScoutz.com.
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In the third round, the Dodgers picked Leon Landry, a 20-year-old, 5-11, 195-pound outfielder from Louisiana State (the Dodgers are determined to get themselves someone from there.) Here's the MLB.com video.
- Keith Law of ESPN.com ranked Landry 82nd overall on his prospect list.
- Here's his official Louisiana State bio. Landry had a .418 on-base percentage and .513 slugging percentage this season, with 16 steals in 20 attempts.
- Friend of Dodger Thoughts John Klima provides this detailed writeup on Landry at Baseball Beginnings.
- Check out this catch Landry made in a 2008 postseson game:
Blakey stick around
Blake DeWitt doesn't need to worry about being sent to the minors anymore – and that was true before Monday's five-RBI explosion – writes Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com. "I finally had to call him in at one point and tell him, 'No, you're not going (to the minor leagues),"' Dodger manager Joe Torre told Jackson. "And then I said, 'We're going to make another move this weekend, and it's not going to be you then, either."'
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- The Dodgers begin the day with the second-best record in the National League (half a game behind San Diego) and fourth-best in the majors (3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay).
- A 3-year-old girl is expected to recover after a batting practice line drive from Russell Martin fractured her skull, reports Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. My sincerest best wishes to her and her family.
- While the Dodger starting rotation has stabilized for the time being, Albuquerque still has a makeshift bunch. Brent Leach continues to be pressed into starting duty, and Monday he allowed seven runs in 1 2/3 innings – then was ejected for hitting a batter with a pitch – in what became a 20-7 Isotopes defeat. Ivan DeJesus, Jr. went 3 for 3 with a walk.
- Tim Sexton struck out 10 in six shutout innings, giving up four hits and walking none, for Chattanooga in a 3-0 victory. Sexton, who turns 23 Thursday, has a 4.22 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 49 innings this season against 69 baserunners.
- Revenue for Southern California college and pro sports dropped 18 percent from 2007 to 2009, according to a study conducted by graduate students from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and reported in the Times.
- The MLB draft continues today with the second round starting at 9 a.m.
Monahysteria spreads while DeWitt drives home five in 12-4 victory
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Blake DeWitt drove in five runs, three on this, his first home run of the year.
On a night that Blake DeWitt drove in a career-high five runs, one of the mesmo men was at it again.
Carlos Monasterios pitched a two-hitter for six innings despite striking out nary a batter. Even after giving up Ryan Ludwick's second solo homer of the night and a Randy Winn single to start the seventh inning, Monasterios can go to sleep tonight with his ERA still at 2.27 for the season and, thanks to an efficient Dodger offense capped by DeWitt's first home run of the season, a 12-4 Dodger victory Monday over St. Louis.
Monasterios needed only 41 pitches to get through four innings, then got into a two-walk, none-out jam in the fifth but escaped with a double play and a fly out. He cruised into the seventh inning even though, according to Vin Scully, there was only one swing and miss against Monasterios all night. But as has been the case most of the year with Monasterios and John Ely, the contact wasn't enough to do major damage.
After taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning and then seeing it halved in the next frame by Ludwick's first home run, the Dodgers scored four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings, with pretty much everyone getting into the act. Manny Ramirez started things off with a double, and after a Ronnie Belliard walk, scored on a DeWitt single. A.J. Ellis squeezed home Belliard, and after Monasterios sacrificed, Rafael Furcal hit a ground-rule double to right to make the score 6-1.
In the fifth, walks to Andre Ethier and James Loney were followed by a Belliard RBI single, and then DeWitt hit one off the right-field foul-pole screen to make it 10-1.
Every Dodger starting position player (plus pinch-hitter Garret Anderson) had a hit except Loney, who walked three times. And every Dodger starter scored in this emphatic end to the streak of winning games by one run.
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Congrats to the family of Dodger PR veep Josh Rawitch, who not only became the father of his second child today, but had the birth announced on the air by Scully.
And the Dodgers' first-round pick is …
… Zach Lee, 6-foot-4, 195-pound right handed high school pitcher from McKinney, Texas.
He's a high-school quarterback committed to Louisiana State, so there are immediate signability issues. This draft choice sets up a new referendum on the McCourt ownership.
Here's a scouting report with video from MLB.com. An excerpt:
Summary: With above-average to plus stuff across the board — fastball, slider, changeup — good command and tremendous athleticsm, Lee should be one of the high school arms being mentioned up close to the top of the Draft, or at least on a short list of top high school arms. If he's not, it's largely because of one thing: signability. As a quarterback recruit, he's committed to play two sports at LSU next year, and many think he's unsignable as a result. That said, there's bound to be a team with deep pockets that will take a shot at luring him away from the gridiron and life as a collegiate athlete.
Here's what Marc Hulet of Fangraphs has to say:
A top quarterback prospect from Texas, it will clearly take a lot ($$$) to sway Lee away from his commitment to Louisiana State University. A team drafting Lee in the first round will have to have a pretty good feel on his signability. Lee has a three pitch repertoire that includes a low-90s fastball, slider, and change-up. His arm slot tends to wander at times. Thanks to his focus on the football field, the right-hander is still raw but he does display solid control for his age.
From ESPN.com:
Lee is a star quarterback who has committed to LSU to play both football and baseball, but if he put word out tomorrow that he was willing to sign and focus exclusively on the world's greatest sport, he'd go off the board in the top 50 picks next month.
Lee will show three pitches, with the changeup already flashing plus, and his fastball velocity is likely to increase as he fills out and if he dedicates himself to baseball.
He has a really bright future if and when he chooses baseball, but if he's not interested in a pro career now, doesn't that say something about the kid's commitment to football and/or school? Buying him out of LSU isn't the solution, and I think he'll be a top-20 guy in 2013.
From Baseball America:
Lee's status as one of the best quarterback recruits in the nation and a top student will make him one of the most difficult signing decisions in this draft. The perception among area scouts is that Lee might require as much as $3 million—and even that might not be enough to steer him away from playing two sports at Louisiana State. He passed for 2,565 yards and 31 touchdowns last fall, and his arm is just as potent on the mound. He already has a 90-93 mph fastball with room for more projection in his 6-foot-4, 195-pound frame. He also throws a sharp slider and a changeup that needs work but shows promise. Unlike many two-sport stars, he has a lot of polish. Lee has a clean delivery that he repeats, enabling him to throw strikes with ease.
Here's some video of Lee playing football at YouTube. And here he is on the mound last summer at the Area Code Games.
Jim Callis of Baseball America called the Dodgers "the last team" he expected to go after Lee.
Of course, there's always the possibility that football is leverage, rather than the top priority for Lee. And it's not as if the Dodgers have no draft budget – they could always have made a conservative pick that would sign relatively inexpensively. But hardcore fans will be watching carefully to see if the Dodgers punted this pick, or if they will complete the Hail Mary. Certainly, there is going to be tons of skepticism.
The draft continues Tuesday.
Update: From Ken Gurnick of MLB.com:
"People can think what they want, he was the best talent available and I want to sign him, absolutely," said Logan White, assistant general manager of scouting. "I didn't take Zach to not sign him. You'll see as the summer goes along we'll make every effort to sign him, and I want to sign him. I know it won't be easy, but hopefully we'll get it done." …
"If he focuses on baseball, I think he can move quickly, like Kershaw and Billingsley," said White. "A lot will be made of the two sports, but as a pitcher, he has a real good arm and delivery, a plus breaking ball, he has a feel for a changeup, and when I saw him he was 90-92 [mph] with the fastball and up to 95. The ball comes out of his hand easily.
"The guy's a competitor, he's smart. Put it all together and we really couldn't pass him up. He's worth the risk of not signing. I like him that much."
Unlike many recent Dodgers top picks, the club did not hold a special workout for Lee. According to White, Lee was surprised to get the call.
"He certainly was surprised," White said. "They didn't have a feel for what we were going to do. It's part of the gamesmanship of the Draft."
Update 2: From Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com:
"These are unusual circumstances," White said. "I can only say that I am optimistic we will sign him. … [But] I can't sit here and tell you that we're going to sign him. It will really be Zach's decision and his family's decision. But we feel confident that once he and his family are able to get a good look at what this organization is all about, we'll have a good chance to get him."
White said Lee's fastball has been clocked anywhere between 89-95 mph and routinely hits 93 and that he already has a plus changeup and curveball to go with it.
"One thing I will tell you is that he is quite an athlete," White said. "One thing we liked was his athleticism, his size and his strength. He is tall and has a very good delivery, just easy, easy arm action. He is a strike thrower, and he knows how to change speeds. He has a great feel for pitching. He doesn't just try to blow it by everybody, even though he has that ability. It's a chess game for him because he is very competitive."
White said Lee plans to follow through with his plans to participate in LSU's summer football workouts, so an agreement with the Dodgers probably isn't imminent. White wouldn't rule out an agreement that would allow Lee to play football at LSU while playing baseball professionally in the Dodgers' system, but it also didn't sound like the kind of agreement White is eager to enter into.
"I wouldn't rule anything out, but I just feel like if we can get him into our organization, he is going to be [in the majors] pretty fast," White said.
Torre thinks Blake will avoid disabled list, Martin rests again
Casey Blake, who hasn't played since Thursday's 14-inning game, might be available to pinch-hit tonight, Joe Torre told reporters today. Torre now believes Blake will avoid a trip to the disabled list.
A.J. Ellis is starting for the second consecutive day in place of Russell Martin. Torre said Martin was ready to play, but Torre felt that he could use the extra rest. This is the first time since June 30-July 1, 2009 that Martin has missed consecutive starts.
Dodgers making one-run history
The Dodgers' past seven victories have been by one run, the longest such streak in baseball since Cleveland did the same from July 22-August 5, 1998. If the Dodgers' next victory is by one run, it will tie the franchise record of eight last matched by the 1961 Dodgers from May 17-May 29.
Since 1900, the major-league record for consecutive victories by one run was set by the 1942 Phillies, from May 10 to June 3. Philadelphia went 42-109 that season.
Thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau for researching this for me.
Charlie Haeger returns to disabled list
Charlie Haeger is back on the taunting-the-skeptics disabled list with a sprained right big toe, the Dodgers announced this afternoon. Jon Link was recalled from Albuquerque, though his stay could be as short as 24 hours if George Sherrill comes off the disabled list Tuesday.


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I recently discovered that my public defender had changed the values on my terms of probation, himself, at a settlement conference with the D.A. where I had just signed my two plea agreements. I signed two pleas that day that called for two seperate and consecutive terms of 2 and 1/2 years of incarceration as well as two seperate terms of 2 years on probation and the values of $800 on one plea to be paid and $19,900 on the other. While the judge and the prosecuter were in the back chambers my public defender fileed out the rest of the paperwork for me to sign including the paperwork for the terms of my probation periods. During the signing of my terms of probation I had noticed that my public defender had actually crossed out the money amounts agreed upon in my pleas and worte amounts way higher which were now for $1,700 on one and $25,000 on the other and when I asked him about it for not wanting to sign because they weren't right, he informed me that I shouldn't worry about it because I could have it reviewed in a restitution hearing later on. What I hadn't caught was the fact that he also changed both the terms of the time that I would be on probation for, making the new values read 4 years for one and 4 years for the other. The day of my sentencing the judge actually stated that the pre-trial sentencing reporter had wanted me to do 10 years and that she disagreed and felt that the current terms of the pleas that I had signed were fitting enough and she fully agreed with them. What I also hadn't realised is that the judge read in the minute reports the terms of probation that my public defender had wrote the incorrect values on instead of reading the actual plea agreement with the state. The probation office has since informed me, after I had discovered this error, informed me that they go by what is in the minute reports and therefore not only did the state pay these two full restituion amounts to the victims, leaving me owing incorrect amounts of money but that my probation length would be for the double terms of four years as well. I haven't found one person so far that cares that my own public defender actually increased my sentence and never said anything. what can I do ?
It sounds like there was a break down in communication between the two of you. However, I do not believe that what you are describing arises to the level of a manifest injustice based upon the following information:
Restitution is usually designated as a very high dollar amount because this is to be dealt with at a later date and the state does not want to limit the victim's ability to obtain all out of pocket expenses associated with the crimes. Your attorney should have thoroughly explained this but probably glossed over it with the idea that the restitution amount was not set in stone and was to be determined at a later date.
It is very unlikely that the public defender changed your sentence. You explained that you specifically signed for two two-year probation terms. This is impossible and an illegal plea agreement. The amount of probation is left in the sole discretion of the judge.
Either way, the only way to truly evaluate your current situation would be to review the actual plea agreements, the minute entries, and the entire files associated with the cases.
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Schenectady's Mary Trumbull Collier and her husband John made a great team.
John Collier Jr. was best known for promoting the use of photography in anthropology. Both Colliers worked as photographers in Latin America in 1945 and 1946. Photo shoots in Canada, Peru and the Southwest were still ahead.
Mary Collier died Feb. 23 in Taos, N.M., at age 94. Her interment service was held March 29 in Talpa, N.M.
Collier's brother-in-law, Edward N. Gifford of Rotterdam, on Thursday remembered Mary's love for travel and photography — and her adventurous spirit. "Her older brother Ralph in Schenectady was a very popular children's photographer," Gifford said. "Mary worked with Ralph enough to get some skills in photography."
Collier graduated from the former Nott Terrace High School in 1936 and was class valedictorian. As a young woman, she studied cello and per-
formed in a string quartet. To protect callouses on her fingers — necessary to
play the heavy strings — Mary received a pass on family dish washing chores. Her youngest sister Nancy was dealt the soapy hands.
"I dried," said Gifford, who was then Nancy's boyfriend and later became her husband.
Collier graduated from Vassar College and later found work in Greenbelt, Md. While in Greenbelt in 1942, she met John Collier of Taos, then a photographer working out of Washington, D.C., for the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Administration. They married in May 1943.
While in Ecuador in the mid-1940s, the couple collaborated with Ecuadorian anthropologist Anibal Buitron to produce a photographic and textual ethnographic study of the Indian weaving communities of Otavalo. The work sparked a book, "The Awakening Valley."
In 1954, John and Mary were in Peru, where they documented a major community development project at the Hacienda Vicos in the Callejon de Huaylas.
Gifford said the couple developed a technique called visual anthropology, which he said is now part of some college curriculums.
"It's the ability to go into a community and, without disrupting the people there, learn what they're doing," Gifford said. "If you're intrusive, then you don't get the same results as if you're not. They lived there. And when Mary and her kids would come here from New Mexico or California, they would bring tents. They wouldn't stay in the house, they wouldn't stay in motels. They would camp out at our place in tents … it was their style."
Later in life, Collier photographed neighbors, weddings and other events in the Talpa and Taos areas. The couple also lived in the San Francisco Bay area — and Mary's other interests included teaching college, ethnobotany and politics.
John Collier died Feb. 25, 1992, in Costa Rica.
"After he died," Gifford said, "Mary spent an enormous amount of time going to the various places, including Cornell University in Ithaca, to the archives in New Mexico and several other places, in order to have his negatives and photographs be put someplace where they could be used — not just in boxes at her house."
Mary Collier is survived by four sons, Malcolm, Robin, Vian and Aran; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.


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"Amazing", Jay commented. "Just amazing. Zane, can you read this for us, since no one else here can read kanji?"
"I can read kanji, too," Nya pointed out indignantly. "You guys need to learn it. We live in Japan. You wouldn't get far without Zane or me helping you out every two seconds when, surprise surprise, something else is written in freakin' kanji."
Cole rolled his eyes. "I guess we just don't feel the need to learn how to read it. I mean, none of us are Japanese. I'm Norwegian, Jay is American, and Kai is Chinese. Kanji is just too hard for us to learn."
Nya snatched the scroll away from Jay.
"My faithful students, if you are reading this then I must have passed away. Do not be too deeply sorrowful and do not lie to yourselves and say it isn't true. I was old; I was going to die eventually.
"There is an ancient prophecy that was hidden deep inside the Mystic Shrine, a shrine of which holds the most sacred prophecies.
"Seven will replace you and take over the duties as the ninjas of the elements. There will be fire, water, earth, air, and a sensei. The ninja of fire will be mentored by Zane, the ninja of water will be mentored by Jay, the ninja of earth will be mentored by Cole, the ninja of air will be metored by Kai, and the sensei will be mentored by Nya. I cannot tell you who they are, but you will sense them when they are near.
"Your exact fates are unknown to all, even the Mystic Shrine. May your paths be lighted so you can see what lies ahead and know for sure that you are ready to face your defeat."
The five ninjas just stared a Nya
"This is not good, this is not good, this is not good," Jay whimpered.
"This is...I...I am...." Zane stuttered before falling to the ground, seemingly lifeless.
An unnatural silence fell upon the room, broken only by young Lloyd's soft crying as he hugged his knees and sobbed. "U-Uncle i-is dead...?" he choked out.
Nya responded with a brief nod.
Sensei Wu Garmadon was officially gone. He was dead. They'd have to cope with it, each in their own ways. Their main mission now was to find the five chosen people to take their places before their time ran out.
Chapter One (Tayree's POV)
Tayree woke up in an unfamiliar room on the floor. She looked around, trying to figure out where she was. On the floor, lying on the floor, was Shim, En, and Yukkiko.
Her head pounded with intense pain when she sat up, but she wasn't about to care.
A teenage girl with short black hair and brown eyes entered the room, carrying a tray of food and beverages.
"Oh, ni hao, Tayree," she said cheerfully. "It appears you're the only one awake right now. My name is Nya Lin. I brought you something to eat."
"I don't care who you are!" Tayree yelled, jumping to her feet. "I want to know where I am and why I'm here!" She grabbed the front of Nya's shirt and lifted her off the ground, causing Nya to drop the tray.
"Are you asking these questions only because you wish to know," Nya asked slowly, "or is it partly because you fear this unusual place?"
Is she trying to call me a coward? Tayree wondered. How dare she!
Tayree clenched her free hand into fist and landed a hard blow on Nya in the stomach. To her surprise, the teeager looked unaffected and pain flashed from Tayree's knuckles to the rest of her hand and her wrist. Though it hurt, it wasn't nearly painful enough to faze her.
"Did that hurt?" Nya asked. "I have a thin suit of metal armor under this. I'm kind of a wanted samurai, so I decided it's always better safe than sorry."
"You're so stupid." Tayree shook her head. "Any experienced samurai would attempt to take out their enemies and succeed!"
"I am very experienced. An experienced samurai would think before rushing into a battle against uncountable enemies. There will always be someone stronger than you, and someone who is more skilled than you, someone who is quicker than you, someone who is smarter than you, and so on."
"Is that so?" Tayree slammed Nya against a wall.
"Yes. Eight hundred yen says Cole is stronger, Jay is quicker, Yukkiko is smarter, and I am more skilled."
The door opened again standing in the doorway was a teenage boy with chesnut-colored hair and blue eyes.
"Hey!" he growled. "You better put her down or else!"
"Or else what?" Tayree challenged. It didn't look like he could put up much of a fight. He was small and looked quite weak.
He pulled out a rectangular silver object with a large red button on it (cliché!) out of his pocket. He pressed the button and Tayree collapsed.
Why can't I move? she questioned silently. What did he do? How did a child get such an advanced device?
"If you're too stupid to notice, which I think you are, I do believe I should explan," he said. "This is an advanced paralysis device that I made just for you. When you were unconscious after Nya sprayed you with that gas, I put that gold and sapphire bracelet on you and linked it to this remote. Whenever I press this red button, you'll be paralyzed for thirty minutes."
"Only me?"
"No, Shim, Endulyne, and Ven required them as well. I wrote 'Tayree' on the back of this one. I have Shim's, Ven's and Endulyne's somewhere... Anyway, the only one who didn't need one was Yukkiko. She's a innocent little angel, however I doubt you'll enjoy living with her. I honestly don't see what's in her that's so bad about her."
Yukkiko disgusted Tayree. She had plenty of reason to dislike Yukkiko. "She's way too sensitive, she can't follow orders unless she's following them blindly, she rarely ever does anything but read, she can't take the slightest bit of pain without crying, she makes a big deal about everything that happens that bothers her—I could go on and on all day."
Jay's eyes flashed with hate and anger. "You will not say such thing about your sensei and make them sound negative! She is to be highly respected! She will lead you to many victories, she will be the cause of your success, she will be the bond that holds you all together, she is the source of your power, she will do anything to save and protect you. You four will triumph because of her."
"Uh...who are 'we'?"
"You, Endulyne, Shim, and Ven. The replacement ninjas, chosen by the four Elemental Stones to be the next generation of ninjas. Cole will mentor Ven, Kai will mentor Endulyne, Zane will mentor Shim, Nya will mentor Yukkiko, and I will mentor you. Your training begins tomorrow. Though it's only early evening, I think it's best we just give you the tour of our dojo-slash-home and answering the questions that you five have instead of jumping straight into the training."
Chapter Two (Shim's POV)
Shim woke up from his unconscious state to see a boy with chesnut hair and blue eyes standing with a girl with black hair and brown eyes. He looked down at his wrist to see a gold and ruby bracelet.
"What the--"
"Good afternoon, Shim," the girl said. "My name is Nya Lin, and this is my boyfriend, Jay Walker. You have been taken here for a very important--"
"Nya," Jay said. "Why don't we just wait until everyone is up?"
"Oh, eh, good idea."
Shim heard a soft groan and looked over. En had woken up. Yukkiko, who was lying next to En, looked more like she was peacefully sleeping rather than being in an unconscious state.
Jay pulled a pair of nunchucks out and twirled them above his head. "Time to wake up."
Three bolts of lightening jetted out of Jay's weapon and shocked En, Tayree, and Shim.
"Why didn't Yuki get shocked?" Shim demanded angrily. "Unless she just doesn't matter enough! But even so, she--"
"Shut up," Nya commanded. She walked over to Yukkiko and gently shook her shoulder.
Yukkiko stretched and yawned. "Konichiwa." She spoke so softly. Shim could just barely hear her little voice and make out what she was saying. "I hope I didn't oversleep, Lin-chan."
Nya shook her head. "No, but you are the last one awake."
"Enough of this!" Shim screamed. "I demand answers! I refuse to sit around and remain clueless! Answer my questions or I'll destroy you!"
"I'm sorry," Nya replied, sounding like an answering machine. "You did not ask any questions. I am simply just the maid-slash-samurai here anyway. If you have any valid questions, please bring them to Jay Walker, Cole Kiison, Kai Lin, or Zane Julien."
"Please take your questions to Jay Walker, Cole Kiison, Kai Lin, or Zane Julien." She got up and left.
"Yes, Shimmy?" En responded.
"There's something about her that makes me fear her a little..."
"I'm sure Tayree will protect you against her."
"I'm not so sure she can..."
"I'm still here," Jay reminded them. "If you have any questions before the tour begins, please ask them now." He turned around and yelled, "Kai! Cole! Zane! Get in here!"
Chapter Three (En's POV)
En stared cluelessly as three more boys entered. The first had brown hair and brown eyes, the second had black hair and brown eyes, and the third had bleach-blond hair.
The black-haired teen clapped his hands together a couple times in front of En's face. "It's not polite to stare, you know."
"Oh, uh, sorry," En apologized.
"These are the other ninjas, Kai, Cole, and Zane," Jay said.
"Okay, so I'm assuming you all have questions," Jay began. "We're here to to answer them, so ask away."
Ven crossed her arms. "Why are we here?"
"We ninjas don't have too much longer to live," Cole explained. "There is a great danger sometime in the future that will require us to sacrifice ourselves to stop it. You five were chosen specifically by a magical force, and you will each be assigned to one of us as students. We will help you gain full control over your element."
Tayree rolled her eyes. "What is this 'magical force' you speak of?"
Jay pulled out a peice of paper with a scarlet stone, a green stone, a blue stone, a pale smoky stone, and a gold stone. "The magical force comes from these five stones, the Fire Stone, the Earth Stone, the Water Stone, the Air Stone, and the Mystical Shrine."
En wondered what element she was going to get. "What are our elements? And who are our teachers?"
Kai smiled, looking half amused. "Well, it took long enough for that question to be asked. I was sure it would be the first or second one. Shim's element is fire, Tayree's element is water, Ven's element is earth, your element is air, and Yukkiko is going to be the sensei, the one who ties you and your elements together."
"Why does she get to be the sensei?" En complained. "I'm happier with having power over air, but why wasn't Tayree chosen to be the sensei? Out of us five, she's the strongest, fastest, and most skilled."
"Leadership is more than skill and strength. It is also about wisdom and intelligence and the ability to truly understand and address any question or problem thrown your way. Let's get back on track here now. Zane will mentor Shim, Cole will mentor Ven, Jay will mentor Tayree, I will mentor you, and Nya will mentor Yukkiko."
"When is the first assessment?" Shim asked. "When do we start training?"
"The first assessment will be first thing tomorrow morning. It will simply be for us to determine your skill level," Zane answered. "We begin training tomorrow."
"But what if we're not good enough?"
"Then we will train you to be good enough. If you're afraid you'll fail, then please know that the Stones wouldn't choose anyone who is uncapable."
Jay clapped his hands together. "Anyomore questions?"
Do you worship these stupid stones like false gods? En asked silently. Are you people removing God from this equation and believing that pointless little rocks made the decision without any of His influence? Have you idiots even heard of God?
She decided those weren't the wisest questions to ask, so she simply just shook her head, hoping those questions would be answered without her asking them.
"Okay!" Jay jumped up. "Let's begin the tour of the ship-slash-home-slash-dojo!"
Chapter Four (Ven's POV)
Ven attempted to open her PAK to get a drink because, for some reason, she was gting thirsty.
"Why won't it open?" she asked herself out loud.
"Besides your appearance and internal organs," Jay explained, "those bracelets make you perfectly human."
How did a human boy manage to make something like that...? Ven wondered. I thought only Irkens had technology like that.
Jay made a small motion towards the rest of the room. "This is the room four of you—Ven, Tayree, Endulyne, and Shim—will be sleeping."
He got up and and led them outside. "This is the main training course. It's hidden below the deck for now, but we'll show it to you tomorrow."
Next, he took them to a large room with burning candles arount the walls, symbols of some sort on the walls, and other interesting things. "This is Yukkiko's room. Since she's the sensei now, she gets this room."
"That hardly seems fair," Shim complained. "What makes the sensei so special that she deserves this? Why not Tayree? If you ask me, we're better off without this useless, good-for-nothing crybaby."
Yukkiko blushed slightly and began tearing up.
"See what I mean?" Shim continued, red fire magic swirling around his fists. "I won't be able to stand living with her! I'll go crazy in less than a week!"
Zane looked at him seriously. "I sense you are wrong."
Does he have a sixth sense like Ora does? Ven wondered.
"You sense? You sense? What are you, an oracle?"
Zane shook his head. "No, I am a robot."
"The technical term for a robot ninja is 'nindroid'," Jay put in.
"Just continue," Shim growled.
Jay then led them to a large room with a huge, rectangular, dark green panel on the wall.
"This is a scanner," Jay said, motioning to the panel. "It covers all of NinjaGo." He flipped a switch and it turned on. "I made it myself wi—Oh, crap!"
Jay rushed through the door in the back of the room and came back a few seconds later with his arms full of weapons. He gave Tayree a pair of nunchucks, Ven a scythe, Shim a sword, and En a pair of shurikens.
"What's going on?" Shim asked worredly. "Why do I get a sword? I don't even really know how to fight with it, much less how to fight with it like a ninja would."
"Just for self-defense, in case you need to protect yourself," Cole said. "Now let's go! The Hypnobrai and Venomari aren't just going to wait for us! They're going to take the chance to strike when we're not there! Skales has a lot of power now, too, so there's no telling what he'll do."
Jay turned back to the map. "It looks like he's already hypnotized someone." He made the map zoom in. "And they have a couple of captives."
Ven gasped and tightened her grip on the scythe. "They're in my class!"
"We have no more time to lose," Zane said. "Let's go!"
Chapter Five (Yukkiko's POV)
Yukkiko was panicking. She was forced to fly through the air on Nya's samurai suit even though she was terribly afraid of heights.
"You doin' okay up there, Kiko?" Nya asked.
Yukkiko didn't even give one of her short, simple answers; she was scared to open her mouth at all.
"Hang on just a little bit longer. We're going to be landing right here."
Nya slowly descended and landed in front of a small army of snakes.
Zane, Kai, Cole, and Jay all assumed fighting stances, Ven, Shim, and En just copied them, and Tayree just assumed her own.
"Ssso the ninja have finally arrived, have they?" a blue serpent with a long tail and no legs, holding a gold staff with a blue orb asked. "It'sss too late. We have hypnotized one human and kept three as captivesss."
"It's never too late to save anyone who's in danger!" Ven protested, tightening her grip on her scythe.
Nya handed Yukkiko a scroll, and the sensei opened it and read it.
"Th-the blue ones are the Hypnobrai and the green ones are the Venomari..." Yukkiko whispered to herself.
A smile crossed the face of the Hypnobrai leader. "It looksss as if we're about to sssteal another captive."
Yukkiko tensed up when she realized he was talking about her.
"Let'sss have sssome fun hurting the othersss firssst, shall we, Ssskales?" the Venomari leader suggested.
"Oh, yesss...Ssskalidor! We need you to ssstrangle some ninja!"
A black and orange serpentine, the leader of the Constrictai, burrowed up from the ground and wrapped his tail tightly around Tayree and Shim.
"En!" Shim cried out. "Help me!"
"Oh, no, you won't," a voice called.
A net came out of the sky and pinned the other five ninjas to the ground.
"Hey, freaks, I've got a tip of advice for you," Yukkiko said in a cold, sharp tone, scaring herself with it. "Think before you attack."
"What'sss thisss?" Skales questioned. "Do you honessstly think you or any of the new recruitsss can do anything to resissst usss?"
"Do you think we're incompetent because five of us are girls and one of us is a young boy?" Yukkiko clenched her hands into fists. "If you do, you've definitely got another thought coming!"
Jay glanced over in Tayree and En's direction. "This is the girl who can't put up a fight to save her own life?"
"I definitely can't put up a fight to save my oen life," Yukkiko informed him. "I couldn't do so much as yell to save my own life. But I can fight forever if it's to save my friends' lives." She glared at the serpentine. "Come on, come on! Are we gonna do this or what?"
Then Liz jumped in front of her. "You'll have to get through me first!"
Yukkiko kicked her forcefully in the stomach. "I don't have time for you!"
She ran in circles around Yukkiko. "I'm a distraction! I'm a distraction!"
"You failed, Liz," Skales hissed. "That is not how you act as a dissstraction! Go back to watching the captives if you can't follow sssuch a sssimple order!"
"I'm still here," Yukkiko reminded him, climbing up into Nya's samurai suit. "Get ready for some pain!" She fired rocket and lasers at random, trying to figure out how to work it.
When the clouds of dust finally settled, Skales surrendered, taking all of the serpentine wherever he was going, leaving Liz, Jon, DJ, and Meg behind.
At this point, everyone was free.
"Tie up Liz," Jay commanded. "She's still hypnotized."
Soft whimpering was heard from a cave nearby.
En's gaze darted to the cave's opening. "Zim?
"Oh dear God...oh, no...no, no, no...sweet mother of mercy, this isn't happeing! This isn't happening!"
En raced off toward the screaming and Yukkiko followed.
"E-En...is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me." En nodded.
"LIAR! You're another one of those Santa-cookie-elf-robots!" Zim stood up and three lasers came out from his PAK.
"Zim! What is your problem? It's me, En! Look! It's me!"
"Oh, God," he whimpered. "I think you're even worse than a Santa-cookie-elf-robot. NEON GLOWING GREEN GLASS NINJA MONKEY!"
He looked down at his hands. "Hey, ninja monkey, what does 'pirera igr telar' mean?"
Zim held up his right hand. "It's written right here on my left hand. What does it mean?"
"Zim, it means—"
"I'm your girlfriend."
"Whatever. Anyway, it says 'repair gir later', not whatever you said."
En grabbed Zim's wrist. "Let's go. We're leaving now."
"Since when are you Catholic?"
"You screamed for God and baby Jesus."
"That is what Christians do. Ask my girlfriend En if you don't believe me."
En slapped him. "I am En! And Christians don't cry out to baby Jesus!"
"Let's just go now... I think that's a wise decision... Jesus, give me patience."
En gave Zim a curious look. "Huh?"
"You asked Jesus for patience."
"Christains cry out for Jesus!"
"You just said only Catholics do."
"Catholics call for baby Jesus."
"Are you in crack or something?"
"Don't you insult Dib! I mean Zim! Do not insult Zim!"
En finally got Zim onto the ship and successfully tied him to a pole.
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Its called a monopoly!!
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Weird pic and I only pay for
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Do they really think Apple is pushing people around? Just cause amazon only has 12% of the market share doesnt mean its cause Apple is a bully. Hey, maybe its because they have developed an incredibly easy way for people to buy music (iTunes), and listen to it on the super popular iDevices they also developed, that just so happens to work so well with iTunes. Its a lot easier than amazon or even... dare i say, walking into a brick and mortar store like wal-mart and purchasing a compact disc. Apple has worked hard for their 40% market share... let them do their thing. What are they gonna do, shut iTunes down? The music industry couldn't afford that.
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Discussion in 'Gallery & Designs' started by kooklik, Feb 20, 2008.
Superb! Following your designs is truly inspiring!
I was snooping around here (1st time in quite a while) and saw your build thread. I said it on the other forum, but I have to say it again. WOW!!!!!!!
Lordy! Can't wait to see this in paper! Magnificent work!
Very thanks for all kind words. I first unrolled the frame. Have to divided to be 2 sections. Tender's lenght in 1/30 is 420mm. It's too long to fit in A4 lenght.
Best Regards
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Can I ask a question(actually two questions, this being the first. ):
How does one texture in Rhino? All I can see in your pics is a gray locomotive with line art on the surfaces.
Test build
Hi there
I cut first part. 190 grms is rather too thin for making a frame. But the frame is not completed yet. Still more parts will be added to make it stronger. The sample was printed in white and sprayed in gloss black.
Only one part cut, and it's already looking very impressive !!!
Hi Millennium
If you mean making texture on the surface such as rusty , oildirty. I'll do it after unroll in Rhino. Then export to photoshop in many layers (contour , pattern line , marking , numbering ect) then adding colors and weathering. For Bigboy it would be gloss black for most skin and parts. Some part will be light weathering added on Super Heat section (the front of boiler) and stove.
Best Regards
Just to add to Kooklik, Rhino has a -rubbish- support on UV textures so I wouldn't recommend even try using them in Rhino... As Kooklik pointed out Photoshop does a much better job anyway
Hi peeples
I am about to commence a quick poll, on the Big boy loco, as to which scale you would like it to be produced in.
this is one of a few polls to be started on other sites to gauge (pun) interest.
This poll may not reflect Kookliks final decision, but will give him an idea.
The Poll is located at http://forum.zealot.com/t160736/
It is set to run for 7 days get in quick.
Hi Tony
Thanks alot for making a poll survey. During the waitig the poll result. I still continue doing on internal former designing. The frame which I did is rather weak. This is my improved internal former. Basic concept is copied from U-Boat's but added narrow bars beside. These bars maintain the skin plates be wrinkleless.
I thought it may help make me some money!:mrgreen:
But so far no-one has offered a bribe,:twisted: so I think you should make it in 1/200 scalesign1
I have a couple of polls running on the model train sites as well
Big Boy photos
Kooklik, I don't know if you saw my posting over at Paper Models before it went dead- here are the results of my visit to Big Boy in Omaha.
I'm being asked to enter a password.
Is that your entry point to edit items?
Or to keep the riff raff out?:mrgreen:
Oops! I forgot to set the album as "public". Should work now. Thanks!
Thanks alot Bruce :thumb:
These pictures are very good resourece for me. There's still some details those I have not put in the 3D model yet.
Now I'm cutting the internal frame. Sorry for no have any picture posted.
Best Regards
The poll is closed. 1/25 is the winner. I'll unroll in 1/25.
Thanks for all votes.
Best Regards
Tender's Internal Former in 1/25 scale. All fit in A4 size on 1mm cardboard.


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Place Published: San Francisco
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Date Published: 1914
Edition: First edition thus
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Somalia: Key Country Statistics (May 2013)
The estimated prevalence of FGM in girls and women (15-49 years) is 97.9% (MICS 2006).
The prevalence of FGM in girls and women within the 15-19 age range is estimated at 96.7%, which appears to be just slightly (2.2%) less than FGM prevalence in the 35-39 age range which is estimated at 98.9% (MICS 2006).
Figures also suggest a very slight difference (1.3%) in FGM prevalence between girls and women (15-49 years) who live in urban and rural areas with estimated FGM prevalence at 97.1% and 98.4% respectively (MICS 2006).
The most prevalent type of FGM practised in Somalia is Type III (79.3%), with 15.2% having Type I or II (DHS 2006).
To date no legislation has been passed in Somalia that prohibits the practice of FGM (MICS 2006).
10,251,568 (July 2013 est.)
Median age: 17.8 years
Growth rate: 1.596% (2012 est.) (World Factbook)
Rank: N.A (UNDP)
Life expectancy at birth (years): 51.5 (UNDP) or 50.8 years (World Factbook)
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): 103.72 deaths
Maternal mortality rate 1,000 deaths/100,000 live births (2010); country comparison to the world: 2
Fertility rate, total (births per women): 6.17 (2013 est.)
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2009 est.)
HIV AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS: 34,000 (2009 est.); country comparison to the world: 65
HIV/AIDS – deaths: 1,600 per annum (2009 est.)
(World Factbook)
Total population: 37.8%
Female: 25.8%; male: 49.7% (2001 est.) (World Factbook)
Total Youth Population: N.A
Female youth (15-24 years): N.A; male youth: N.A (World Bank)
GDP (official exchange rate): $2.372 billion (2010 est.)
GDP per capita (PPP): $600 (2010 est.)
GDP (real growth rate): 2.6% (2010 est.)
Urban population: 37% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanisation: 4.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including 30,000 Arabs)
Sunni Muslim (Islam) (official, according to the Transitional Federal Charter)
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Spicy Penne Arrabbiata is among the new meals.
Lean Cuisine is debuting new dishes for 2017 to meet growing consumer demand for bolder flavors and global cuisine. Among its new frozen meal offerings is Garlic Sesame Noodles with Beef, which provides 15 grams of protein, and Spicy Penne Arrabbiata. Lean Cuisine is also introducing limited-edition offerings including Mango Chicken with Coconut Rice, a gluten-free option with 19 grams of protein, and Roasted Garlic White Bean Alfredo, which has 16 grams of protein.


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