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Have you ever considered not using a palette when painting with acrylics? To instead put the paint straight from the tube onto the brush? This is a painting technique I use a lot, especially when building up color through glazing rather than premixing colors on a palette before using them.

The technique also solves the problem of paint drying on a palette. Even using a moisture-retaining acrylic palette I found I wasted paint. With cheap or readily available paint it's not much of an issue, but with paint available to me only through international mail order, it is.

Instead of picking up paint off a palette, I apply it directly from the paint tube onto a damp brush (a clean  damp brush!). How much paint depends on what I'm painting. That's something you learn to judge by experience.

I always keep a cloth to hand so that I can wipe off excess paint if I need to, but experience has taught me how hard to push the brush against the canvas for what I have in mind (as well as how much paint to put on the brush in the first place).

In this painting I'm using the quinacridone gold to glaze over the cadmium orange ground as the beginnings of a foreground in a landscape painting (based loosely on this reference photo).

Because the brush is damp, some of the water in it will go onto the canvas along with the paint, making it thinner than it is straight from the tube. One of the secrets of successful glazing is thin paint (find out what the other secret is here).

Knowing whether a particular color is transparent or opaque is also important. For instance, the quinacridone gold being used on the brush here is wonderfully transparent, but another of my favorite colors, titanium buff, is extremely opaque and needs to be thinned considerably more. In fact, I always use acrylic glazing medium with it, not just water (see this Acrylic Painting FAQ for more info on this).

This photo is shows how much paint is left behind on the brush following the brushstroke; it's about half. As I want the paint thin for glazing, I will dip the brush into some clean water before continuing.

I continue dipping the brush into clean water as I spread the paint around the area I want it to be.

Don't I worry about ending up with too much water to paint, thereby creating adhesion problems? Once again, it's something you learn to judge through experience. If you're new to glazing, I recommend taking a small container and mixing some paint with 50 percent water (judge it by volume), then mixing the two together thoroughly, to get a feel for it.

I'm quite ambidextrous, so I work with the paint tube and cap in one hand and the paint brush in the other. If it's very hot, I close the tube every time to stop the paint from drying out. (And yes, I can do this without putting the brush down.)

In the photo you can see that the quinacridone gold varies in thickness (or is uneven). I could sort this out by spreading the paint around more and probably adding a little more water, but in fact it's what I want for the landscape foreground (see this reference photo). Next I'll use some titanium buff to start creating the feeling of grass.

Painting without a palette works really well for me because I tend to use a small number of colors in a painting so I don't need a large surface to keep them nearby. In fact, the tubes usually all fit on the small shelf on my easel. It also makes me more meticulous with cleaning my brushes, because I don't want to contaminate a tube with another color from my brush.

Why not give this acrylic painting technique a try and see how it works for you?


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I decided to take a look at the things that are wrong in my life so that I can know how to change them for good.
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Everyday from now on I will work on something in all four categories so that over time, I will have a balanced life that full and vibrant.
My real name means, "He shall add a pearl." I like that, and I accept it as a promise from my Creator.
Today, I walked 2.4 miles (PHYSICAL). While I did so, I listened to two days worth of the Daily Audio Bible (SPIRITUAL). I also made two phone calls to maintain social contact with people I love, made arrangements to clean the church I attend one week per month, and agreed to socialize with my dance teacher...someone I haven't socialized with before. This means I will expand my friendships over time with her. I am also going to go to Memphis tomorrow night with her, and I just called my close friend to make plans for a standing date each month for Girls' Night Out at my house (which all attacks my social phobia with a vengeance) (SOUL).
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I just wanted to add that this past week everything snowballed on me. I usually don't cry in public, and I can usually hide my social phobia behind my Fibromyalgia which keeps me indoors a lot or gives me a good excuse for breaking engagements.
The things I mentioned in the last comment have been spread across the last 4 years so it isn't like I do these things in public all the time.
I say that my family (of origin) thinks I'm a nutjob. Maybe that is just my perception since I don't live anywhere near them and they only see me about two times per year, if that much.
Anyway, I just wanted to clarify these things.
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Maybe I will write that book someday, MawMaw. If I do, it will probably be after my parents have died. I don't ever want to hurt them.
Thank you. And, I understand how you feel, but my life has become unbearable. I have closed down so much and closed out almost everyone. My family thinks I'm a nutjob, and I think my dad may have written me off this past week.
I have to change. It is just that simple. When being in a group of people, even my own family makes me so nervous that I walk on eggshells and break down in tears just to relieve the pressure, I definitely need to change.
When I am so concerned about embarrassing myself every time I am in public that I cancel appointments, or drop out of college because I am afraid to write a paper and turn it in, or walk out of a painting class just because someone brought out a camera...this is too much.
And when it begins to cause me to even doubt God and His love for me, then I know I have crossed a line that should never be crossed, and I have got to change.
My life has become a living hell because of social phobia.
The good news is I know The Redeemer and He will help me.
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I admire you. I am pretty frightened myself. And the vision of meeting people that, I guess, are my friends freaks me out. I hate socializing. As much as I like to help people at work (I work in services), I really hate going out... Maybe that benefited to yhe weight problem?
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Mourning Gown of Splintered Secrets
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- Ben Ditty said...
Beautiful, Susie! And so touched my poem inspired you <3
- October 25, 2012 at 12:13 AM
- Susan said...
W-O-W !! Haunting, indeed.
" painting its mirror with despair. Beseeching the wind to breathe she waits for it to exhale and send her to haunt the flesh of her deception."
She is the wind, she is the lake, she is the moon, and she is all she has ever cut herself and dosed herself with too. I love your painting and wish now I could pick up charcoal and draw this, image by image in the wind.
- October 25, 2012 at 2:05 AM
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Nothing hurts quite like the pain of betrayal, especially in love.
This is dark, mysterious and yes, quite surreal:
'Love should not be made of onyx and wolfsbane. The poisonous darkness kills affection with its applications of liar's poultice and nausea.'
That really hits the nail on the head.
Great Haiku you chose to use too.
- October 25, 2012 at 4:53 AM
- aprille said...
Such icy metaphors making me shiver and wanting to taste that second line again.
- October 25, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- Kerry O'Connor said...
These lines really speak the emotional cost of keeping truths hidden. I love the metaphoric truth which is expressed through your surreal landscape.
- October 25, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Sherry Blue Sky said...
Oh my goodness, Susie, simply brilliant writing. Loved the icy images......BRILLIANT title........Love "the silence of mute stars" and "beseeching the wind to breathe"....In a word, I loved this poem entirely. Wonderful writing.
- October 25, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Patricia Anne McGoldrick said...
Wow! This combination of the Haiku words, your lines and the painting is amazing. The cold truth comes through when they are all combined!
- October 25, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- Hannah said...
Darkly passionate...the wind breathing and breast of roses...beautiful images, Susie. Nicely written. :)
- October 25, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- Kay L. Davies said...
Whew! A powerful write, Susie. It left me breathless.
- October 26, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Margaret said...
Love should not be made of
onyx and wolfsbane.
mute stars...
This poem is packed with imagery and also like the idea of facing toward a big water, waiting for the wind to breathe...
Just beautiful and I looked up wolfsbane (a poisonous plant)
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Magic City Blues Festival tunes up two fest locations BILLINGS - The Magic City wrapped up hours of preparation for this weekend's big blues festival, which is taking place at two different venues.
But the big stages and accommodations don't set up themselves.
"It's a long effort to put this festival together," said Magic City Blues Festival Site Coordinator Sheena Rice. "We had to bring in the stage, set the stage. We do it all on the day of. We can't even shut the street down until 9 a.m."
From 9 a.m. onward, nearly 100 pairs of hands set up a beer tent, food vendors stations, tables and chairs.
And Montana Avenue's asphalt becomes a dance floor, but only for one night.
"We will have a crew that will take down the stage tonight and then there's a crew of volunteers coming in tomorrow morning and we'll get the rest of it torn down and have the street reopened at noon," said Rice.
But just because vehicles take back the streets tomorrow, doesn't mean the Magic City is ready to put away its dancing shoes.
"We're moving the whole festival to South Park Saturday and Sunday," she said. "We're going have the shade put up, food and beer vendors and it's gonna be a cool party down at South Park."
South Park looks a little different than normal.
This year two of the three days will be solely at the park which is a stark contrast to its downtown counterpart.
"It's not going to be nearly as packed because there's a lot more space here and that's one of the primary reasons that we've come down to South Park," said Magic City Blues Festival Promoter Tim Goodridge. "Now everyone can have a place to sit - all they've gotta do is bring their lawn chair with them. We're on the grass instead of the asphalt."
But both grass and asphalt can be expected for future Magic City Blues Festivals.
"We're committed to both locations because we love the dynamic of downtown and then when you come here you get a different show, so it brings variety to it. So somebody will be downtown and it's energy, loud music, fun cranking and then you come here and the sound is much more pristine because you don't have the buildings - you don't get the echoes," said Goodridge. "So it's a different scene and we like the change from one to the other - so we're committed to the change moving forward."
A full schedule for each day of the festival can be found at www.MagicCityBlues.com.
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But masculinity isn't just about physical appearance or interests and pursuits. It's an energy I respond to, and I can't quite explain it. And I know that my disinterest in bisexual men isn't about where their cock has been, or if they like to be top or bottom...
My "issue" is about who they're attracted to or interested in. And for some reason, tangled up in that, is my perception that their masculinity quotient goes down. Just as Tonberry said that she can't fantasize about gay men because she knows they'd never be interested in her, there is something about a man being attracted to another man that takes away what I see as potential to be attracted to me. It's like, if he's attracted to other women, I know how to compete with that. But in my mind, I can't compete with other men, so as soon as I find out a guy is bi or gay, I lose interest. I don't do it on purpose, it's just like a door shuts for me. I can find them physically attractive, and I can be attracted to them as friends, but there is no more sexual interest. But, I really don't see that as homophobic.
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Why would a lesbian be attracted to an extremely butch woman? (I am still learning about dyke culture so I don't have this all figured out yet.) I guess some lesbians dress butch partly to be unattractive to straight men, partly because they just like it. Femme lesbians can be looked askance at by butches, thought of as untrustworthy.
In the case of the Michigan Womyn's Festival, he would be, as long as he didnt announce himself as male. Apparently, as long as he has female appearing genitalia, should he take a public shared shower, he's allowed in, even if he's sporting a beard and new muscles and has had breast surgery to get a flatter chest. But transwomen, perhaps even post-op, are not allowed in, as they aren't "womyn-born-womyn", born womyn, raised as womyn, living as womyn. Sigh...
There is so much going on in this thread - in good ways - that I do not know where to start.
Ok, so first I'm going to define the terms I'm using. Sex and gender are NOT the same thing. Sex is biological - it is the body, chromosomes, hormones and so on that we are born with. And sex on its own is freakin' complicated. There are folks who are born with indeterminate genitalia, (intersexed is one common term). There are folks who have chromosomal differences - who look outwardly like stereotypical men or women who are actually chromosomically very different.
Gender is the accummulated social mores, beliefs, thoughts, ideology, that get attached to sex - gender is what makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Gender is the sets of practices that we all do consciously and unconsciously to indicate to others where we stand - do we present as women or men? (Keeping in mind that some present as both, or neither, or other.) Gender is truly a performance - it is what we do.
So, to continue. Masculinity does not equal man. Femininity does not equal woman. Butch women are so attractive to many lesbians and bi women (myself included) because they are masculine AND female. How a butch woman 'does' masculine is different from how a man (straight or gay) 'does' masculine. The energy is very different. It's hard to describe but once experienced, instantly recognizable. And, yes, some butch women realize that they are trans and decide to transition - to match up their masculine selves with their sex self (so masculine AND male). Also how femme women 'do' femininity - even though the tools (makeup, clothing, etc.) are the same - is different from the femininity of straight women.
Butch lesbians aren't butches to repel men. They couldn't care less the ones I've met. Most like men just fine as brothers, uncles, friends, coworkers. They are not the mostly non-existent lesbian man-hater. Their presentation of self is not about men at all. They are not hiding their attractiveness or downplaying their looks but presenting themselves to a particular audience. They express a more masculine sense of themselves through their clothes, their look, their energy, how they walk and talk. And generally, it's total catnip to the people butches do care about - lesbians and bi women.
Ah, I miss butches. I don't have enough of them in my life. Anyway...
Femme lesbians can 'blend' in more easily than butch women. Until you know how to look, femme women look a lot like straight, stereotypically feminine women. Bi women who are conventionally feminine presenting also have a similar problem where they can just disappear in a sea of straightness. That privilege or problem depending on how you define it can and does cause tension between butch and femme women, between lesbians and bi women.
On a side note, I strongly believe that the Michigan womyn's festival has lost its mind over the trans policy. I haven't gone since shortly after they put it in place and won't until it is gone.
Hmmm. More to say but I can't easily organize it in my head just yet.
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what the gay?
al gore won the nobel peace prize
hes part of the board of directors at apple
nobel peace prize for gaying up my tv and my apple.com..
it's al gore with the physical embodiment of the internets!
Made me like Apple even less when I saw it.
Any company would honour one of their board if said member won a noble peace prize.
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Guerlain Vetiver Extreme
Hello All,
I've been on a search for a nice, small fragrance wardrobe that I absolutely love and is versatile enough for all situations... 4 scents or so, good for winter night/winter day, summer night/summer day, casual/formal/romantic. So far, I've tried almost every one of the most reviewed scents on Basenotes.
I quite like a few: Versace Dreamer, L'Eau D'Issey Miyake, Dior Fahrenheit (to the point where I might buy these...)
I find a few pleasant: Burberry Brit, Dolce & Gabbana pour homme, Cool Water, Paco Rabanne XS;
A couple are passable: Chrome by Azzaro, CK One, Swiss Army, Acqua di Gio, Gucci pour homme, Terre d'Hermes;
And some I would never wear at all: A*Men, Gucci Envy, Givenchy Pi.
I have a whole bunch on the way that I'm going to try: Gucci pour homme II, YSL M7, YSL Rive Gauche, Chanel Egoiste, Chanel Platinum Egoiste, Chanel Anteaus, Sean John Unforgivable, Azzaro pour homme, Mugler Cologne, Curve.
But above all else, I absolutely LOVE Guerlain Vetiver. Its the first cologne I've ever tried that I've really actually quite fallen in love with. The problem is, though, on asking a couple of people on their perception of it on me, they've suggested that it smells like old person. I know, I know - I should be wearing a scent for me more than for others, but it still matters to me what others think.
Its clear that I like green scents (Fahrenheit, Vetiver), so is there anything similar to Guerlain's Vetiver that smells more contemporary? Mugler Cologne may fit that requirement. Any other suggestions would be completely appreciated. (Comments about how I shouldn't care about what other people think and how Guerlain's Vetiver is awesome and doesn't smell like old person would be appreciated as well.
Also, if you can find any sort of pattern in my scent preferences, that would be great as well for choosing future scents to try! I think that I like green scents and fresh/aqua scents, but not heavy incense/woody scents or gourmands, but I'm not 100% sure.
Thanks in advance. I love the forum and I'm looking forward to engaging more with the community!
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Guerlain Vetiver Extreme
If you like aquatics try to find a sample of Heeley's Sel Marin - very good example of that style, I think.
If you like Vetiver you could give Carlo Corinto Vetyver or Floris Vetiver a try. Floris is the more easy-going of the two scents, but I think Carlo Corinto is about to become one of my most frequently worn scents...
Mugler Cologne IMO is nothing close to Vetiver by Guerlain, as Mugler is like soapy citrus on steroids with a touch of vetiver. I do love Mugler Cologne though - you might really enjoy it, since it's fresh, young and sexy.
In terms of something closer to Guerlain's Vetiver, I think that Vetiver Extraordinare might suit the job. Maybe Creed's vintage Vetiver might work too, but I haven't tried it - maybe others can fill in here and say whether it would work.
My first thoughts are you should wear what you love.... I'm not sure who thinks Guerlain Vetiver smells like 'old man', but I'd bet they don't know about fragrances and are making some other association. If you like it you should enjoy it! Would you not wear your favorite shirt b/c someone else didn't like it? Probably not. Certainly many people on this forum love GV. I just read Somerville Metro Man's data threads and it was the most worn fragrance by this forum for the last year by a wide margin. Certainly this isn't a forum of all old men!
On the other hand there's nothing wrong with discovery of new things (but don't abandon GV b/c of a couple people's comments). Fahrenheit is a great classic, you can't go wrong there. If it's the vetiver you like in GV maybe a 'fresher' vetiver, like Floris Vetiver or Anick Goutal Vetiver. Roger & Gallet makes a very fresh, lemony vetiver. There are stronger vetivers like Etro Vetiver or if you feel like spending a lot of money Chanel Sycomore is good.
Looking at your 'likes' they are in many different genres, and what you don't like are gourmands/orientals. You probably won't like M7, but you very well may like M7 Fresh. Maybe put Chanel Allure Homme Sport and/or Edition Blanche on your 'to try' list. Other possibilities are Prada Amber Pour Homme and Prada Infusion d'Homme (both good). I'll thinnk of more, but I'm tired now.
Yep, if you like it, wear it!
My suggestions for Vetiver fragrances:
Tauer's Vetiver Dance
Montale Red Vetyver
Comme Des Garcons "Vetiveru"
FM's Vetiver Extraordinaire
As well, Mugler Cologne is fantastic. I liked it so much that I gave it to my girlfriend, and now I get to smell it way more often. (It's very unisex, in a good way.)
I don't like GV at all (smells like dental cement to my untrained nose), but I really like the smell of Creed Original Vetiver. Plus, you can tell your friends that Elvis and JFK wore it.
Before we help you answer this question, you've got to explain one thing... How did you go 2 1/2 years and only make 5 posts?!
At this rate, it will take you 476 years to reach post #1000!
Lately I've been wearing:
Windsor, Bois de Santal, Original Santal, Elixir, Douro, Endymion, Reflection, Arcus, Marwah
How about Guerlain Vetiver Frozen?
Welcome, erhhh, to the BN community....
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Welcome to the forum. I also got feedback about GV smelling "old". Didn't matter to me as GV was not to my liking.
Please try Mugler Cologne for a fresh, modern vetiver implementation and for an earthier accord go for Malle's Vetiver Extraordinaire. Neither of those 2 have the tobacco accord that the Guerlain has.
I also agree with trying Mugler Cologne and CdG Vettiveru. But they still won't be the same as Guerlain Vetiver......
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I went through an early phase on basenotes, when I tried a lot of the best selling classics - Cool Water, Aqua di Gio, Romance, Polo, etc etc. Then I basically lost interest in scents altogether (including wearing any of them) for about two years.
For some reason, I got interested again. The idea of wearing a scent to make myself happy and be noticed and express a personality was much more appealing than trying to impress girls (I've been with the same wonderful woman for over 6 years). So, here I am with a "fresh" take on the cologne hobby.
Some background: I'm 24 years old, in my 2nd year of my PhD in experimental psychology, am 5'7" 130 lbs and definitely not a manly man. I'm an intellectual/thinker type, and I'm not trying to really impress anyone... just trying to find scents that best reflect me.
Thanks for the tremendous feedback... I'm hoping that Mugler's cologne will smell great to me and work with my skin. If not though, some of you are right - who cares what other people think. This scent is for me, to reflect who I am. And if smelling classy, clean, and fresh is wrong, well... I don't want to be right.
Regards all,
Sticking with vetiver, another one you might try is Le Vetiver by Lubin. It's fresher and lighter than the Guerlain, with a ginger note rather than the tobacco of the Guerlain.
Mugler lacks the deep rich sandal of OV. While OV retains the vetiver hour after hour, Mugler's seems to finish into a lackluster sweetish drydown rather soon. OV is worth the difference. They do seem the same at first though.
I think that you should stick (among other great fragrances yet to be tried) to GV too, since it does not smell old, but TIMELESS!
Some people just don't like Vetiver at all. Take me for example. I have a big 125ml bottle of Guerlain Vertiver. On first spritz, I sense something special here. I find it unique. Clean and classy. BUT just not for me. I just don't really care much for Vetiver.
There was a HUGE vetiver thread here somewhere--it resurfaces from time to time. This amazing thread has comprehensive reviews of most of the vetiver fragrances talked about here. Might be worth a search!
I did alot of vetiver sampling, and it turns out, vetiver is in quite a few fragrances without necessarily being the main attraction. Of the vetiver scents I tried, I liked Guerlain Vetiver and CdG Vettiveru the best. Vettiveru is not as long lived, but it is light, fresh and great for warmer weather.
The vetiver fragrance I ended up buying...Guerlain Mitsouko EDP (new release). It has a strong vetiver component in the mid notes and it does not get smoky in the drydown. The EDT is more about the vetiver than the EDP, and I considered buying this one too. I also found Balmain Jolie Madame (new release) to have a really prominent vetiver note (along with a smidgeon of oakmoss). JM does get a bit smokey, but it is not quite as strong as the GV drydown.
Oh, and wear what you want
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, ...... I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost
If you like Vetiver you should try Original Vetiver, which smells far more "modern" than Guerlain Vetiver or Armani Prive Vetiver Babylone, which I absolutely adore, and it is a modern citrus-vetiver scent. Personally, I find Vetiver Babylone quite versatile, maybe you will as well. Unfortunately, I don't have too much experience with Guerlain's Vetiver, because as much as I love Vetiver, every time I go to smell Guerlain's I get turned off by the tobacco. Some other good vetiver scents are :
Encre Noir
and even though it's rediculously hard to sample my favorite: Guerlain Vetiver Pour Elle
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I think that if someone is looking for an unconventional vetiver Lalique Encre noir is a good way to go. GV is a very nice scent, not my favorite vetiver, but by all means other people's opinions shouldn't keep you from wearing if you love it.
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I think you'll end up coming back to Guerlain Vetiver. Plenty of the others will please you for sure, but the great feeling any scent gives you (doesn't matter which) isn't one that gets replaced.
Further, if you wear Guerlain Vetiver for a month straight it won't smell old at all. It'll smell like you to you and all who smell you. You will have conditioned their noses to knowing it is YOU and not some straw man they smell.
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
You might want to check out Azzaro Pure Vetiver - it has the same knockout power and sillage as Azzaro Chrome, and no other vetiver smells quite like it.
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Excellent posts everyone, thank you very much for the advice and links.
DustB - yours was a particularly excellent point. You can never discount the power of associative learning...
It seems like most "modern" scents today are either cloyingly sweet, or ridiculously aquatic. I know that this is an exaggeration of the highest degree and that there are a lot of excellent modern scents, but the "young kids" seem to wear stuff like acqua di gio, cool water, fierce, curve, l'eau d'issey (which I actually like ) and others. So, expose people that have only smelled this stuff 99% of the time, and you're automatically weird.
That Mugler's Cologne becomes sweet at the tail end of the drydown might make it smell more "contemporary". I'll give a few of the suggestions a try and report back, but it really feels like I found "the one" in Guerlain's Vetiver...
Thanks again
You might want to consider CdG Man 2. According to the LuckyScent description:
2 MAN Notes
incense, white smoke, saffron flowers, nutmeg, vetiver roots, mahogany, leather
Encre Noire maybe? the different approach to Vetivers I adore EN
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And in 2015, numerous PSA platform companies made news with new releases and other announcements that could play an important role in this sector's growth for years to come.
Which PSA platform providers topped headlines this year? Here's a closer look at five of the biggest PSA stories from 2015:
Passportal Integrates With ConnectWise
In February, Passportal integrated with PSA platform provider ConnectWise to help channel partners streamline the customer onboarding process. The Canadian password management software company said the integration allows managed service providers (MSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs), IT service providers and value-added resellers (VARs) to simplify and speed up the onboarding process for customers.
Kaspersky, Autotask Join Forces on MSP Security Offering
Kaspersky Lab in July integrated the Autotask Endpoint Management solution into its anti-malware technologies to help MSPs protect their customers' endpoint solutions. The solution enables MSPs to deliver a more unified approach for security management, Kaspersky said.
Tigerpaw Software Version 15R1: Here's What MSPs Need to Know
Tigerpaw Software's highly anticipated "Matrix" business intelligence (BI) reporting tool is now available for MSPs. The PSA platform provider in June launched version 15R1 of its flagship offering, which includes the Matrix reporting tool, centralized billing and other new features.
ConnectWise Unveils PSA Platform With 'Brain-Friendly' User Interface
In March, ConnectWise unveiled ConnectWise 2015.3, a new version of its PSA platform that features a "brain-friendly" user interface (UI). April Taylor, ConnectWise's senior product manager, said that ConnectWise 2015.3 simplifies navigation for MSP partners.
Autotask Acquires File Sync and Share Provider Soonr
In July, Autotask announced plans to acquire Soonr, a San Jose, California-based provider of file synchronization sharing services. "Autotask delivers innovative offerings that manage mission-critical business processes for our customers. [The Soonr] acquisition fits perfectly within that objective and represents a significant managed services' revenue opportunity for all MSPs," Autotask CEO Mark Cattini said.
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After pleading guilty to brutalizing Abner Louima in a police station, Justin A. Volpe told a psychologist that he lost control because he believed Mr. Louima had punched him in a street brawl and then had cursed him at the station.
''He punched me to the ground,'' Mr. Volpe said of his perception -- later proved wrong -- that as a Brooklyn police officer in 1997 he was punched in the head by Mr. Louima during a melee outside a Flatbush nightclub.
''I was the victim,'' Mr. Volpe told the psychologist, according to a report that was filed yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn as part of court papers seeking leniency for Mr. Volpe.
Mr. Volpe is quoted in the report as saying that when he took Mr. Louima into a bathroom at the station house to demand an answer as to why Mr. Louima had punched him, Mr. Louima repeatedly and defiantly cursed him.
''I would've accepted an excuse, an apology,'' Mr. Volpe told the psychologist. But when he was cursed instead, he said, ''I couldn't believe it,'' and ''the next thing I know, the stick was in'' Mr. Louima's rectum.Continue reading the main story
Mr. Volpe interrupted his trial in May to plead guilty to violating the civil rights of Mr. Louima, a 32-year-old Haitian immigrant, by ramming a broken broomstick into his rectum in a racially charged episode of police brutality that shocked New York City and received national attention.
''There was not a thought in my head that I would put a stick'' in someone's rectum, Mr. Volpe, 27, told the psychologist, N. G. Berrill, in one of several interviews in July and August. Mr. Volpe is awaiting a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.
''I was terrified,'' Mr. Volpe said. ''When the stick seemed to pop in, I said to myself, 'I cannot believe this.' There was no sense of pleasure, accomplishment -- nothing like that. It was like an animal rage.''
In Mr. Volpe's most extensive explanations of his actions made public to date, he tells Dr. Berrill that the brutality resulted from an error. ''I thought it was Louima's punch that knocked me to the ground,'' he said. ''It turns out it's his cousin who blindsided me, but at the time, I only knew Louima.''
Dr. Berrill's 39-page report was part of a thick package of papers that Mr. Volpe's lawyers submitted yesterday in asking Judge Eugene H. Nickerson to sentence Mr. Volpe to less than the maximum sentence of life without parole for violating a person's civil rights by sexual assault -- which is how Federal law defines Mr. Volpe's brutalization of Mr. Louima. The attack resulted in a two-month hospital stay for Mr. Louima and three operations to repair a torn rectum and bladder.
A fellow officer in the 70th Precinct, Charles Schwarz, was convicted of the same charge last spring by a jury that found he had held Mr. Louima down while Mr. Volpe used the stick. Mr. Schwarz has insisted that he did not participate in the attack and that he was wrongly convicted, and he plans to appeal his conviction.
Mr. Volpe and Mr. Schwarz are white and Mr. Louima is black, infusing the case with racial overtones.
Dr. Berrill concluded that Mr. Volpe's ''fear, anxiety, physical pain and momentary disorientation and sense of powerlessness experienced out on the street served as the principle catalyst for his behavior back at the precinct.'' The psychologist added that there was ''no indication that his aggression was planned'' or ''clearly thought out.''
Citing Dr. Berrill's report, Mr. Volpe's lawyers, Marvyn M. Kornberg and Alan J. Chaset, argued that their client merited leniency ''based upon the aberrational nature'' of his conduct. ''The assault on Mr. Louima at the station house was a singular, horrific act committed by a young and relatively inexperienced policeman dramatically wrought up over being punched very hard to the head and violently knocked down to the ground,'' the lawyers said.
They also argued that Judge Nickerson should grant leniency because Mr. Volpe's guilty plea marked ''his clear, complete and truthful acceptance of responsibility'' for his actions. The lawyers acknowledged that the plea came only after the prosecution at the trial had presented overwhelming evidence of Mr. Volpe's guilt, including surprise testimony by a sergeant who said that Mr. Volpe had boasted to him of the attack.
And the lawyers also sought leniency on the ground that a sentence of life without parole would be ''the same if Mr. Volpe had actually plotted to and then Killed Abner Louima.''
A prosecutor in the case, Alan Vinegrad, the chief assistant United States attorney in Brooklyn, who is expected to ask Judge Nickerson to sentence Mr. Volpe to life without parole, declined yesterday to comment on the defense brief and the psychologist's report, saying, ''We will be responding in court and not through the media.''Continue reading the main story


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A/N: When my teacher got snowed in so couldn't teach us English today, what else did you expect me to do?
This is Ianto talking to Jack after one particularly demanding call-out.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, never have, never will.
A Basic Kind of Instinct
"I'm noticing my instincts a lot more than usual tonight Jack. Like the basic survival instinct to just get warm"
Ianto trudged through the snow with Gwen and Jack, mentally cursing the idiotic alien who decided to get lost on the one night that Cardiff was covered in a thick, impenetrable blanket of snow. As his boots crunched through the glistening banks of powder he pulled down his dark woollen hat, not caring if it made his hair messy, and plunged his hands deeper into his pockets. He attempted to hide from the biting wind by snuggling into his scarf until only his eyes showed.
He didn't care if Jack or Gwen laughed at him. He just craved the heat.
"And the instinct to run. That raw, primal part of human nature that escapes at the first sign of terror"
Ianto heard Jack's manipulator bleep as they passed a particularly big snow bank. Three beams of eerie blue torchlight zoned in on the pile of snow.
Jack said something, but it was muffled through the layers of fabric protecting Ianto's ears.
The snow bank exploded in response as a gigantic bear-like creature erupted from the freezing snow.
Ianto yelped in shock and stumbled back, falling over. The creature zoned in on him and roared at him.
He suddenly forgot everything that he had learned as the most basic of instincts yanked at his stomach. He scrambled backwards in terror just craving to get away from the monstrosity.
"And finally that instinct, and this is my favourite one, the instinct that occurs after a long, hard night being chased by a Baroolium before giving it a hot water bottle and directions to the nearest warm planet. The part of your mind that whenever you see a field of churned up snow with one patch of glistening white remaining untouched turns you back into a six-year-old. That basic kind of instinct that means you can't help but run at it and jump in it"
Jack smiled at him, "I like that instinct"
Ianto grabbed his hand. "Me too"
And the two men who spent every day saving the world raced towards the smooth white snow bank before leaping into it with loud whoops of joy.
"You know, there's this other basic kind of instinct," said Jack, his breath clouding in front of his face.
"Yeah?" asked Ianto.
"Yeah. It's the instinct that makes you look so damn hot when you're cold"
Ianto laughed, "I like that instinct too, but just now I'm still obeying the one telling me that this snowball is destined to land in your face"


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Since I launched this blog almost a year ago I've focused on topics around finding inspiration and energy required to build a better person. Specifically a person who happens to be building a business: the entrepreneur.
Most of the nuggets and ideas I've shared aren't original. They are things I've picked up from the amazing people I meet every day. So being a guy who is addicted to introducing people and making connections, I want to introduce you to some of these individuals directly.
In the coming weeks, I will be doing a series of short posts about successful entrepreneurs who have made a difference in my life. They won't be long in-depth write-ups, but they will be answers to a list of questions that always carry interesting answers.
I'll do the proper thing and lead off by example, with my own answers to these questions. So first up: Johnson Cook.
What do you do as an entrepreneur to balance your most important personal relationships (spouse, kids, family)?
My wife and I have a goal to schedule at least two 4+ day vacations per year with just each other (no kids, no friends). It's important to schedule the next one as soon as we finish one – 6 months out. Otherwise the insanity of 3 young kids plus everything else keeps it from happening. I also have a morning routine with my oldest – to do breakfast together and take him to school. It limits my availability for breakfast meetings or being at the office early, but I make up for it by getting up around 5am each day to get in several hours of good deep work.
What is your exercise routine?
I don't let two days go by without running. If I have extra time on a non-running day, I will go to the gym and swim. Peachtree City has amazing trails in the woods and lakes that make for great combination of tasks: running time is quiet time.
What gives you the most personal energy?
Reading in the morning and exercise. After exercise I feel unstoppable. If I miss a workout, I feel like crap.
What do you avoid because it drains your personal energy?
People who are always down on their luck. People who constantly complaining but who don't take action. People who're generally negative towards others.
Are you involved in a church or other religious organization? How do you think spirituality is important to your entrepreneurial success?
Part of what prompted the idea of this series of questions for other entrepreneurs is that I started noticing a trend that most "rockstar entrepreneurs" I know are either heavily involved in their church or are deeply spiritual in other ways. Yes, I'm active in our church, (Peachtree City United Methodist Church) and occasionally attend different churches. Our family is Methodist. I believe having a rhythm to slow down and be in a large group on a regular basis that is pondering issues bigger than our day-to-day is very healthy. (Side note: I also think that organized religion has done a lot to screw up the way people experience God. It's a shame that churches in general have turned so many people away from an important personal necessity. But I won't go there today.)
What are your most proud moments regarding your own legacy?
I work hard to teach my kids that they are in charge of their own lives. This especially focuses on entrepreneurship, but also on how they manage their decisions. I don't think I had this realization until way too late in life and I think they can make a difference in the world if at least if they hear the right words over and over.
How do you find ways to help others and give back?
I love making introductions, because I love helping people exchange talents, ideas, and resources. I love, love it. I'm all about giving on an individual level more than an institutional level. Give to someone where you can see the direct impact that minute. It's so rewarding and can go so far.
What hobbies are important to you and why do they give you energy?
Golf is great time to connect with friends. Flying airplanes is great mental challenge, although something that my schedule has kept me from doing as much as I'd like. I don't count running as a hobby because it's way more important. Hobbies can be ignored.
Do you have a personal mastermind group? Can you describe how they give you energy?
My Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) forum, and my Quench Network (Quench) forum. They are amazing and are the most critical relationships to me aside from my family.
What competitive advantages do you have as an individual that has made / will make you more successful than the guy you are competing against in business?
I believe my morning routine is my competitive advantage. It's setup nicely where I get all the fundamentals in first thing. I have established a rhythm of waking up very early, reading, writing, family time, and then workout. It's the best way to start the day I can imagine.
I enjoyed answering these questions, and I hope you find a nugget that is useful.


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Hinze Dam Stage 3 Raising
SunWater was appointed by the Gold Coast City Council to assist with the selection and establishment of an alliance team to deliver the raising of Hinze Dam to Stage 3 to meet flood migration, dam safety and water supply objectives. The appointment was extended to enable SunWater to provide a peer review role of the selected alliance team's design during the turnout cost phase of the project. In 2009 the ownership of Hinze Dam transferred to Seqwater as part of the South East Queensland Grid.
Project Duration
Planning - 2007
Construction - 2008
Gold Coast City Council
Hinze Dam is about 15 kilometres southwest of Nerang
The Hinze Dam Stage 3 (HDS3) project will see the dam wall raised from 93.5 metres to approximately 108.5 metres, and will:
- Reduce the flooding in the lower Nerang River catchment
- Increase water supply from Hinze Dam to 225 million litres per day
- Ensure the dam complies with current and future safety standards and guidelines
The selected alliance team comprises Thiess Pty Ltd, Sinclair Knight Merz, URS, Gold Coast City Council, Seqwater, with SunWater providing technical advice as the owner's engineer.
The Hinze Dam Alliance brings specialist private sector expertise to work with Gold Coast City Council's Economic Development and Major Projects Directorate and Gold Coast Water in the delivery of this project.
Hinze Dam Physical Hydraulic Modelling
SunWater was also responsible for the construction and testing of a physical hydraulic model of the proposed spillway arrangement as part of the Hinze Dam Stage 3 upgrade. The model provides crucial information for the design of the upgrade; such as water surface levels, discharge ratings, pressures, velocities, and ensuring acceptable hydraulic conditions exist.
The model was built to a scale of 1:50 and included a large portion of the reservoir, the spillway, the energy dissipater, The Stage 1 spillway and chute, and the downstream channel. The model has a fixed bed with the upstream topography around the dam reproduced from cement mortar over compacted sand filling between accurately shaped masonite templates.
The spillway was constructed from thick perspex chosen for its hydraulically smooth surface and dimensional stability. The pressures along the spillway chute are measured using piezometer pressure tapings connected to manometer tubes. Velocities were measured with miniature meter and pressure transducers were installed to measure transient pressures.
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Kaili Food
Last updated by jasmine at 2017/11/13
Almost all food of Kaili is featured sour flavor. Kaili people are fond of sour food, regardless age and gender. Every family is equipped with a lot of altars used to pickle various kinds of food, such as pickled vegetable, pickled fish and pickled meat. The representative dishes are: Pickled Fish in Kaili Style, Sour Fish Soup with Chili and Pepper and Stewed Congjiang Mini Pig with Sour Sauce.
Kaili Featured Food:
Stewed Congjiang Mini Pig With Sour Sauce
Congjiang Mini Pig is a kind of pig produced in Congjiang (a small county of Kaili) exclusively. As it is raised in the mountainous area with high altitude and low temperature all year round, Congjiang Mini Pig grows short and small with the maximum weight of five kilogram. The pork is tasted delicate and springy. Miao ethnic people stew the Congjiang Mini Pig with sour soup and kidney bean, which makes the dish fragrant, pure, and delicate.
Sour Fish Soup With Chili And Pepper
It is the exclusive dish of Miao Ethnic people in Kaili. It is featured sour flavor and peppery taste, which gives people a good appetite. Firstly, Miao ethnic people cook a natural sour and hot soup with Zaolajiao (a kind of exclusive chili sauce of Guizhou province), many kinds of nutritious local medicine herbs and tomatoes. And then stew fresh fish in the soup. After that, put some soybean sprout, bamboo shoot and wild shallot in the soup, which adds more local flavor to the dish.
Pickled Fish In Kaili Style
It is the traditional food of Dong ethnic people. The main ingredient is the fresh fish caught from the Liujiang River, the mother river of Kaili people. People pickle the fish in altar with tomato and pepper for half a year. When the pickled fish has done, it looks like carbon externally and the flesh of the fish is delicate and tasted as plum. The fishbone is softened as if there is no fishbone.
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