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Hi everyone,
I come from a traditional painting background and still do most my work in oil paint and graphite pencil. I have been using painter since version 9, and find that most of the techniques i use in real paint to be applicable to this program. often on this fourm i see people posting asking about brushes or textures ect.... the basis of a good painting is not a brush or some other cheap trick. a good painting is good because of a good use of the foundational principals of painting (be it oil or digital)
the point of this thread is to point people at the good resources to learn because there is so much out there much of it misinformed and ignorant. by watching these videos and reading these books you cannot but become a better painter no matter what media you use. so here goes....
edit: i will be adding reasons as to why each item is on the list when i get around to it. most of the material here is what people would call expensive...... but don´t be put off by the price, buying a small amount of quality is a good investment compared to a huge amount of useless conflicting material.
Must have books
Alla Prima: Everything I Know about Painting by richard schmid
this book covers materials and painting technique. it is based on the principal that good painting is achieved by putting the right value/color in the right place on the canvas and making it the right shape. it starts with some advice on attitudes towards art and painting then has chapters on the components of a good painting, which are, drawing, values, edges, color and light, composition and technique. the book isn't very "wordy" it is clear and directly to the point, making it quite short but is filled will many fine examples of schmid work. This is currently my most prized possession.
Guide to Landscape Painting by J.F. Carlson
this book is amazing. although it is a book on landscape many of the key principals inside are applicable to both still life and portrait painting. my favorite thing about this book is how carlson explains the need to change the values and arrangement you see in nature/life to make better paintings... in its essence this is a book on design touching on some specific landscape techniques, like how to paint clouds or trees. also on the plus side this book is dirt cheap- there is no excuse not to own it.
Advanced Painter Techniques by Don Seegmiller
here don shows how he creates some images in painter, including an oil portrait. this is a technique book and does not cover the basics of how to paint, but is rather about how to use painter as a tool to paint. recommended for people with experience in painting with real media looking to start using painter to go digital.... the information in this book is limited to using a program and if you cant paint before reading it you wont be able to paint after either.
Digital Character Design and Painting (Graphics Series) by Don Seegmiller
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist by James Gurney
this book is a wealth of knowledge. it covers many different aspects of painting that are not talked about in other books. alot of the chapters are glancing looks at a certain subject and novices will be left unsure. the best part of this book for me is gurneys take on color and palette layout and his procedure for getting texture. there is much information about design also, although much of this info can be got else where. another great book but not for novices.
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials by Harold Speed
this book is divided into two parts the first two chapters are a rigidly boring lecture on art history and "modern art" i myself could not finish this section and skipped straight to chapter three. this is a good book for beginners i think as speed goes through his proceedure step by step and he touches on all the important elements of paining except drawing (as he alreadly has a book on that). this is another book you have no excuse not to own as its cheap out.
CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION by ANDREW LOOMIS
this is the first real book about painting that i ever read and i still go back over it every once in a while. loomis starts from the bottom up, teaching everything there is to know about the foundations of drawing and painting. i personally found some of his explanations to be unclear, only to read about the same thing in another book before it clicked. a good intro to image making but its long and quite hard to get your head around at times.
Must have videos
Jason chan painter sketch
An Afternoon of Painting with Richard Schmid
"Peru Colors" by Scott Burdick
Painting Large Landscapes, by Scott Christensen
When You Can't Paint Out by Jim Wilcox
also some free info at:
james gurneys blog and also another blog i follow by stapleton kearns

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And let's just start to set the bar incredily low early to kick off the Memorial Day Weekend by linking to Astros' centerfielder Hunter Pence's lady friend. According to BumpShack (that's where it's at), the woman's name is Terri B, who appears to be eligible for her inclusion on this site because of her pronounced bumpyness. (No Es Seguro Para El Trabajo!)
Anyway, what's more amusing than Pence's dime is the name of the site some of her bumpalicious photos are featured: Pink Meat Company? And, no, Terri is not a representative for Hatfield ham. Regardless, throw Pink Meat Company into the Fantasy Football name pool next year.
Tomorrow and the half-day Friday, things will most likely shift to summertime mode, so hopefully nothing requiring any ounce of reverence will make the news. Translation: Lots of photos of Hatfield hams.
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A final step fell into place Tuesday night that will bring a movie production company to Craven Thirty.
A final step fell into place Tuesday night that will bring a movie production company to Craven Thirty.
Craven Thirty, a mega-complex being built off of U.S. 70 and the new N.C. 43 connector in New Bern, received approval from the New Bern Board of Aldermen to annex Phase 1 of the project.
Aldermen approved the request to annex 350 acres of the 550-acre Craven Thirty site. They also approved the final plan for the site.
The annexation is making way for N.C. Interactive Digital Media, a studio company that will work to co-executive produce filming, gaming and interactive digital media projects.
Michael MacGregor, co-owner of NCIDM, said in an earlier interview with the Sun Journal that the company expects to make a $32 million to $46 million investment in New Bern and provide about 120 permanent jobs.
A rezoning of the property was granted by the Board of Aldermen last month that allows the company to locate in Craven Thirty.
Taylor Downey, N.C. operations manager for Weyerhaeuser Real Estate, said Tuesday night�s approval by aldermen was the last hurdle before the company gets a building permit.
�This facilitates, now, that we can provide the area for the movie production studio,� Downey said Wednesday morning.
Downey said they have a signed agreement with NCIDM and their representatives were in Raleigh this week to finalize everything. NCIDM will probably get a building permit in July 2013, he said.
In the meantime, much work has to be done, including two settlement ponds on the north and south sides of U.S. 70; installation of a pump that will move stormwater under U.S. 70; an additional stormwater system at N.C. 43; and connecting a driveway with proper turn lanes from Craven Thirty to N.C. 43, Downey said.
�So we still have quite a bit of work to do on N.C. 43,� he said. �We hope to start that soon.�
Downey said there is much interest in Craven Thirty from retailers.
�We are still committed to pursuing big box (retail stores) and value retail stores to help create a regional shopping center we have always envisioned for Craven Thirty,� he said.
Phase 1 is located in the eastern part of Craven Thirty and the western part, near the interchange with N.C. 43 and U.S. 70, will be more of a retail center, Downey said.
�I�ve been working on this project about five years now and it has been a lot of work,� he said. �We are certainly looking forward to bringing things to a reality. I feel like it is such a good thing for New Bern and our folks here. I was meeting with a number of folks from New Bern and the mayor and aldermen and they all told me how much this means to New Bern and they really appreciate what we are doing. Those are encouraging words that help us to push when things look a little bleak.�
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Co. is overseeing the Craven Thirty project that will provide entertainment, lodging, shopping, dining and recreation to people in Eastern North Carolina. The ground breaking ceremony was held May 2 and retail and residential construction in expected to begin in 2013.
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It was over before you knew it, before many in the crowd had a chance to bite into their hot dogs or take a sip from their drinks, before the Clippers could really flex their muscles in front of the Sacramento Kings.
Caron Butler sank a 3-pointer to break an early tie. DeAndre Jordan soared to dunk a missed shot by teammate Chris Paul a moment later and then dunked a lob pass from Blake Griffin, who sank a hook shot a minute later.
The Clippers were never challenged again and seized a lopsided 116-81 victory Saturday night from the Kings in front of a sellout crowd of 19,060 at Staples Center. After breaking a 6-6 tie on Butler's 3, the Clippers were unstoppable.
"We didn't let them in the game early," Paul said after the Clippers' widest margin of victory this season. "The ball moved. Everybody touched the ball. We're pretty dangerous when that happens. Tonight we made shots and got (defense) stops.
"It was collective."
Playing with an unmistakable sense of purpose, the Clippers did what good teams are supposed to do when they play poor ones. They exploited the Kings' weaknesses and took away their will to fight by building a big lead and holding it.
The Clippers led 30-17 after the first quarter, then 58-34 at halftime before they really warmed to the task. They led by as many as 34 points in the third quarter and held an 87-58 advantage going into the fourth.
It was simply exercise by then, which was fine with the Clippers (10-6). Their second unit got to play extended minutes and their starters got a chance to rest and cheer their teammates. No one in a Clippers uniform was overworked.
Clippers fans, having grown bored with the game, entertained themselves by performing a fourth-quarter wave before heading for the exits. The Clippers led by 101-70 when many in the crowd departed with 5:37 remaining.
Jamal Crawford, a reserve guard, led seven Clippers in double figures with 17 points. Griffin, Paul and backup guard Eric Bledsoe each scored 14 points. Jordan scored 13 points, Matt Barnes added 12 points and Butler scored 11 points.
Marcus Thornton scored 20 points for the Kings, who fell to 4-12 overall and 0-6 on the road. Jason Thompson added 16 points and 12 rebounds. Thornton and Thompson were the only Kings starters to score in double figures.
"I said to the guys, 'I've never played on an Olympic team, but it seems that's how this is,'" said Crawford, who added a season-high six assists. "Very balanced, guys really unselfish. We have to do it by committee and that's how we did it."
The Clippers did all the right things to ensure they would have an easy night. They took the game to the Kings from the opening tip and led by as many as 25 points in the second quarter, playing with equal gusto with and without the ball.
Sacramento seemed befuddled at both ends of the court as the Clippers overwhelmed the Kings with their depth, their skill and a sound game plan. Mostly, the Clippers put their heads down and took the ball to the hoop.
Lob City was open for business with the Clippers scoring 32 of their first 58 points in the paint. There was one significant mishap when Griffin attempted to throw down a lob for a wicked dunk but ended up tossing the ball into the Clippers' bench.
Griffin was fouled on his misfire, which figured to be a staple on the late-night blooper reels. He made up for it by sinking the ensuing free throws and helping to propel the Clippers to a commanding 58-34 lead by halftime.
"They played at a level that was very high," Kings coach Keith Smart said of the Clippers. "They have a group of players who play together and they have a bigger purpose with what they are doing and how they are playing, and they show it."


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As an affiliate, your monthly or yearly meeting would be expected to make it possible for your representative(s) to travel to Central Committee meetings. You would also be expected to make an annual contribution to support the work of FGC. Regular annual yearly meeting contributions to FGC vary widely according to the size and financial resources of the yearly meeting. In fiscal year 2006, yearly meeting giving ranged from $400 to $32,000. The average contribution, based on the giving of all fourteen affiliated yearly meetings, was $3.24 per capita. Ten of our fourteen affiliated yearly meetings give more than $2.10 per member. It is left to your meeting to discern the appropriate amount.
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FGC sees itself primarily as a service organization, not a separate branch of the Religious Society of Friends. Several of our yearly meetings are also affiliated with Friends United Meeting, and include programmed as well as unprogrammed monthly meetings. We do not expect our affiliates to alter their identity or give up other ties or affiliations. In fact, we welcome this kind of cross-fertilization, and we believe it enriches our shared spiritual life as Friends. FGC wants to serve Friends and nourish their spiritual growth, not define their beliefs or direct their spiritual journey.


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Tabriz is a city in north-western Iran which has a major weaving tradition dating to the 15th century. Tabriz is probably the most prolific carpet-producing center in the world, and certainly one of the oldest. This enchanted city was established more than a thousand years ago. After many invasions, occupations and wars, Tabriz took the ancient techniques of the past and created a huge rug-exporting industry.
The finest era of Persian rug weaving was the Safavid Dynasty (1499 - 1722), when the Safavids overthrew the Turks who had occupied Tabriz. They gave the city one of the first Royal workshops, making it the artistic center of Persian culture. It was at this time that weavers from Tabriz introduced the curvilinear designs to the courts at Istanbul.
After a decline of a few hundred years, Tabriz began re-establishing its position in the mid 19th century as the market center for the export of Persian rugs to the West. Today, many rugs produced in Tabriz emulate the artistic heritage of the Persian Safavid carpet, and when a designer in any part of the world wants to commission a certain pattern to be hand-woven, Tabriz is the city that he or she visits. To learn more about iranian rugs, please visit our Persian Rugs section.
Sources and inspiration: Bérinstain, Valérie, et al. L'art du tapis dans le monde (The art of carpets in the world). Paris: Mengčs, 1996. Print.; Jerrehian Jr., Aram K.A. Oriental Rug Primer. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1980. Print.; Herbert, Janice Summers. Oriental Rugs, New York: Macmillan, 1982. Print.; Hackmack, Adolf. Chinese Carpets and Rugs, Rutland and Tokyo: Tuttle, 1980. Print. ; De Moubray, Amicia, and David Black. Carpets for the home, London: Laurence King Publishing, 1999. Print.; Jacobsen, Charles. Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide, Rutland and Tokyo: Tuttle, 1962. Print.; Bashir, S. (n.d.). Personal interview.; Web site sources and dates of consultation vary (to be confirmed). Without prejudice to official usage.


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President Obama�s 3 percent victory mandate will usher in yet another term of Keynesian tax-and-spend economics.
President Obama�s 3 percent victory mandate will usher in yet another term of Keynesian tax-and-spend economics.
Unopposed, Obama will extend the Bush tax cuts for the middle class but not for �the rich,� raising capital gains, corporate and energy taxes and adding 20 new taxes supporting Obamacare�s enactment.
Then he�ll expand entitlements and welfare, via Social Security Disability, food stamps, the Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut.
Next he�ll enact another failed stimulus program to the tune of $50 billion, or billions more, which will go mostly to voter-friendly states and corporate donors, funding his favorite �investments� � infrastructure, high-speed rail, green energy jobs and $1 billion for a master science and math teacher corps.
The 2009 stimulus was supposed to lower unemployment to 5.6 percent by now. It�s supposedly 7.8 percent but is closer to 14.5 percent when all under- and unemployed workers are included.
Congress will postpone the �fiscal cliff,� kicking the can down the road along with any budget cuts, which won�t be real cuts, just reductions in budget increases. They�ll also raise the debt ceiling to cover a year or two of additional spending.
Our national debt will soar to over $20 trillion by 2016 as spending outpaces lower-than-forecast revenues, putting a drag on economic growth, as it always does.
With the Fed�s help, a recession may be in our future as we slide down the slippery slope to match Greece�s � or California�s � unsustainable debt.


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It's to be had in moderation. For sure.
There's no harm in looking, in dreaming and drooling.
I say don't touch what you can't afford, but it's hard sometimes, especially when somethings dripping with chocolatey goodness and it's been one of those days!
Trust me. I know what it's like. I get to that stage several times during the day, where a quick sugar fix is super tempting, just to pick my energy up, even if only momentarily.
But considering I'm about to gain about 15-20kg in the next five months, I don't really need any help with extra delights adding to the grand total. (Just so you know, I'm expecting a wee one, and my last two pregnancies have resulted in whopping, healthy babies).
So where do I now turn? In the discovery of this chilled yogurt and fruit blend, that both satisfies my sweet tooth, while remaining nutritious and delicious. It's also a super refreshing snack to have on these hot summer days...I personally don't know anything quite as refreshing.
I make my own yogurt with an easi-yo flask. Just so you know, it's totally amazing with no added sugar, unless you want it--so you know what's going into it. Yogurt is really healthy for you and contains lots of live bacteria cultures, calcium, aids in nutrient absorption, aids in weight loss, helps prevent infections, and is said to reduce the severity of PMS. Worth a try, right?
Combined with my one of my favourite berries, the raspberry, and my favourite tropical fruit, the mango, this is a to-die for blend that you laze back and scoop from the glass. It's not quite a smoothie, it's not quite frozen yogurt, but it's a gorgeous in between.
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By Matiyasevich, for every recursively enumerable set $A$ of natural numbers there exists a polynomial $f(x_1,...,x_n)$ with integer coefficients such that for every $p\ge 0$, $f(x_1,...,x_n)=p$ has integer solutions if and only if $p\in A$.
Now suppose that $A$ is a set of natural numbers with membership problem in $NP$. Is there a polynomial $f$ with integer coefficients such that $f(x_1,...,x_n)=p$ has integer solutions if and only if $p\in A$ and there exists a solution with $||x_i||\le Cp^s$ for some fixed $s, C$, where $||x_i||$ is the length of $x_i$ in binary (i.e. $\sim \log |x_i|$)? Clearly the converse is true: if such a polynomial exists, then the membership problem for $A$ is in NP.


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Configurations are stored in the database using an unambiguous notation which should be familiar to most users. A configuration consists of a space-delimited list of sub-shells in standard order each having the form, , where is the sub-shell (standard order: 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, ...) and is the occupation number. Note that the shorthand notation of omitting when unity is not used, e.g. 2s1 not 2s. Configuration strings obey the rules:
Using a list of occupation numbers as the configuration label was considered and ultimately rejected due to the impracticality of storing Rydberg levels. Consider the configuration, 1s 200p; whereas only 13 characters are needed to store this configuration in the form described above, nearly 40000 characters are required if using a list of occupation numbers.
To get the number of electrons of a configuration takes two steps; first you
need to calculate the number of electrons in the core and then add up the
occupation numbers of the visible sub-shells.
To get the number of electrons in the core, , take the principal
quantum number, , and the orbital angular momentum, of the first
open sub-shell and apply the following expression:


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Jindal rejects Romney's 'gifts' theory — LAS VEGAS — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal forcefully rejected Mitt Romney's claim that he lost because of President Barack Obama's "gifts" to minorities and young voters. — Asked about the failed GOP nominee's reported comments on a conference call …
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: ANALYSIS: Republicans Return Romney's Parting Gift
Pam Spaulding / Firedoglake: Mitt's Election Post-Mortem Conference Call — Another Heat-Seeking Missile of 47% #FAIL Into the GOP
Reid Wilson / NationalJournal.com: At Republican Confab, Romney Gets the Blame
Alex Pareene / Salon: Beware of false GOP rebranding efforts
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Bobby Jindal takes on Mitt Romney
Katrina Trinko / National Review: Jindal: Republicans Need to 'Go After 100 Percent of the Votes, Not 53 Percent'
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Jindal Quickly Rejects Romney's Claim Obama Won because of Free Stuff "Gifts" to Key Constituencies (UPDATE 3)
Chad Hasty / News/Talk 790 KFYO: Chad's Morning Brief: Barack Obama Wants You to Leave Susan Rice Alone, Romney Says Obama Gave Out Gifts, & More
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Bobby Jindal Rejects Romney's Assertion That "Gifts" Won Obama The Election
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine: Jindal Says Romney's Post-Election Analysis Is 'Absolutely Wrong'
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney Blames Loss on Obama's 'Gifts' to Minorities and Young Voters — Saying that he and his team still felt "troubled" by his loss to President Obama, Mitt Romney on Wednesday attributed his defeat in part to what he called big policy "gifts" that the president had bestowed …
Discussion: Politico, The Moderate Voice, The Atlantic Online, First Read, The Daily Beast, Wonkblog, News Desk, American Prospect, Washington Post, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Shakesville, Gothamist, Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong, Mock, Paper, Scissors, Hot Air, Betsy's Page, Taylor Marsh, 24Ahead, msnbc.com, AMERICAblog, Addicting Info, Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, Mother Jones, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Eschaton, Liberal Values, Talking Points Memo, Mad Kane's Political Madness, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Romney tells donors he lost because of Obama 'gifts' to minorities, young voters (Updated)
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: Republicans Want 'Stuff' Too — Mitt Romney variates on a theme:
Alex Koppelman / News Desk: Romney Gets the Last Gaffe
Paul Waldman / American Prospect: 47 Percent, Part 2 — Earlier in the week I wrote …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post: Why the GOP needs to do immigration reform — now
Steven L. Taylor / Outside the Beltway: Looks Like Romney Really Meant the 47% Remark
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: White House Hits Back At Romney's 'Gifts' Remark: It's 'At Odds With The Truth'
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Today in Mitt Romney Is Still Terrible
Jen Chung / Gothamist: The Sorest Loser: Romney Claims Obama Won After "Gifts" To Minorities, Young Voters
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong: Democrats and Republicans, Journalists and Politicians, Jew and Greek, Male and Female Join in Loathing Mitt Romney
Tengrain / Mock, Paper, Scissors: Requiem For A Plutocrat
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: Bitter: Party of one. Mr. Romney, your table's ready.
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Romney: Obama Won Election By Buying Off Minorities And Young Voters With "Gifts"...
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times: Romney Blames Loss on Obama 'Gifts'
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Romney attributes loss to 'gifts' Obama gave minorities
Romney attributes loss to 'gifts' Obama gave minorities
Discussion: The New Republic, Wonkette, Real-Time News from Mobile and The Agonist
Michael Schaffer / The New Republic: A Letter to Advertisers on Behalf of Mitt Romney's New Magazine
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Mitt Romney Drops By To Make Sure You Still Loathe Him
Emily Hill / Real-Time News from Mobile: Romney says Obama gave minority groups "gifts" to gain support
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Romney reflects on his loss in call with campaign donors
Romney reflects on his loss in call with campaign donors
Justin Sink / The Hill: Carney slams Romney 'gifts' critique as being 'at odds' with election results
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS: As Obama Offers Olive Branch, Romney Dings President for 'Gifts' to Minority Voters
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic: Mitt Romney: First As Farce, Then As Farce
Aliyah Frumin / msnbc.com: Gov. Bobby Jindal to Romney: I couldn't disagree more!
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Bobby Jindal Hammers Mitt Romney's 'Gifts' Comment: 'We Have Got To Stop Dividing American Voters'
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: President Obama Should Rescind Invitation, Let Mitt Romney Drift Into Bitter Obscurity
Dan Berman / Politico: Mitt: Obama won because of 'gifts'
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress: Romney Says Obama Only Won Because He Gave 'Big Gifts' To Blacks And Latinos
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Mitt Romney Still Hates 47 Percent of America
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Romney to Donors: Obama Won Because of "Gifts" to Minorities
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Mitt Romney Blames Election Loss on Obama's 'Gifts' to Impoverished Young Minorities
Justin Sink / The Hill: Obama plans to meet with Romney soon
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Republicans Return Romney's Parting Gift (The Note)
Republicans Return Romney's Parting Gift (The Note)
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Hill, New York Magazine and Truthdig
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jindal: 'Absolutely reject' Romney's explanation of loss
Jindal: 'Absolutely reject' Romney's explanation of loss
Discussion: The Reality-Based Community, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Jonathan Zasloff / The Reality-Based Community: Bobby Jindal: Fake It 'Til You Make It
Shikha Dalmia / Hit & Run: Romney Continues to Prove That He Is An Idiot
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Bobby Jindal: Romney 'Dividing American Voters' With 'Absolutely Wrong' Comments
New York Times:
Frederick Humphries, F.B.I. Agent in Petraeus Case — By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, SCOTT SHANE and ALAIN DELAQUÉRIÈRE — DOVER, Fla. — The F.B.I. agent who helped start the investigation that led to the resignation of David H. Petraeus as C.I.A. director is a "hard-charging" …
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Frederick Humphries Identified as FBI Agent Who Sent Shirtless Picture to Jill Kelley
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine: FBI Agent's Shirtless Photo Was Decidedly Unsexy
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: FBI agent named, houses staked out in Petraeus affair
Prairie Weather: "Hard-charging," "relentless." And a Republican toady in the run-up to the electionn?
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Ladies And Gentlemen, We Present To You: 'The Shirtless F.B.I. Guy'
Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS: Jill Kelley Loses VIP Privileges at Military Base
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Shirtless FBI agent in Petraeus case getting a bad rap?
Taylor Berman / Gawker: Frederick Humphries Is the FBI Agent Who Emailed Shirtless Pictures to Jill Kelley
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner: 'Shirtless photos' F.B.I. agent revealed in Paula Broadwell case
Massimo Calabresi / TIME: The Petraeus Case: Why Wasn't Obama Informed?
Spencer Ackerman / Wired: 'Shirtless' FBI Agent Who Hunted Petraeus Also Helped Stop LA Bombing
James Nye / Daily Mail:
Revealed: FBI Agent Shirtless, the man who emailed topless pictures of himself to socialite Jill Kelley and brought down a general — Frederick W. Humphries, 47, has confirmed that he is the FBI agent who initiated the investigation that brought down ex-CIA boss David Petraeus
Discussion: New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
In Final Days, Petraeus Hurt by Libya Clash, Then Affair — WASHINGTON—In David Petraeus's final days at the helm of the Central Intelligence Agency, his relations with chiefs of other U.S. agencies, including his boss, National Intelligence Director James Clapper, took a contentious turn.
Discussion: Hot Air and emptywheel
Petraeus: I did not pass classified info
Petraeus: I did not pass classified info
Discussion: HLNtv.com, Politico, Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway and Associated Press
Katie Glueck / Politico: David Petraeus: I didn't quit over Libya
Siobhan Gorman / Washington Wire: Petraeus to HLN: Resignation Not Linked to Libya Testimony
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Petraeus Debunks Petraeus Conspiracy Theories
Andrew Napolitano / Reason:
Silencing General Petraeus
Silencing General Petraeus
Discussion: Washington Times, Associated Press, ABCNEWS and Sense of Events
Col. Ken Allard / Washington Times: More questions for Gen. Petraeus about Benghazi
Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS: Some Start to Voice Petraeus Affair Conspiracy Theory
Donald Sensing / Sense of Events: Investigate the FBI - Foreign Policy
Benghazi inquiry sparks Hill turf battle
Benghazi inquiry sparks Hill turf battle
Discussion: Business Insider and Corrente
Walter Hickey / Business Insider: While John McCain Was Slamming Obama On Libya Yesterday, He Missed A Major Classified Briefing
Lambert / Corrente: ZOMG!!!! Teh Benghazi!!!!!
Eric Russell / Portland Press-Herald:
Maine Republican chairman questions black voters — Charlie Webster causes a stir with claims that hundreds of unknown black people cast ballots in rural Maine towns. — Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster is once again alleging possible voting irregularities …
Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster Claims Hundreds of Unkown Black People Voted in Rural Towns
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
GOP chief: Mystery black voters — The head of Maine's Republican Party is claiming unknown groups of black people showed up in the state's towns and cast ballots on election day. — "In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day …
Krister Rollins / WCSH-TV:
Maine GOP Chair Charlie Webster discusses GOP legislative losses — Webster won praise in 2010 for engineering the Republican takeover of the Maine Legislature - the first total GOP control in Maine in forty years. But last week, Democrats won back control of the House and Senate by decisive margins …
Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', msnbc.com, The Raw Story and Mediaite
Cheston Catalano / Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': Maine GOP Chief Complains About Mysterious Black Voters Casting Ballots On Election Day
Rose Gordon Sala / msnbc.com: Maine GOP chair alleges voter fraud by 'dozens' of black people
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Maine Republican chair cries voter fraud because 'dozens of black people' voted
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Maine GOP Head Suspects Voter Fraud Because 'Dozens, Dozens Of Black People' Voted
Maine GOP Head Suspects Voter Fraud Because 'Dozens, Dozens Of Black People' Voted
Discussion: Gawker and Mock, Paper, Scissors
Janean Chun / The Huffington Post:
John Metz, Denny's Franchisee And Hurricane Grill & Wings Owner, Imposes Surcharge For Obamacare … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Obama Health Care, Video, Hurricane Grill & Wings, John Metz, John Metz Dairy Queen, John Metz Dennys, John Metz Obamacare Surcharge, Obamacare, Obamacare Hiring Freezes …
Discussion: Mediaite, Right Wing News and NewsBusters.org blogs
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite: Some Denny's Restaurants To Charge 5% 'Obamacare Surcharge' To Deal With Health Care Legislation
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs: Restaurant Chain CEO to Impose Obamacare Surcharge on Customers
James Nye / Daily Mail:
Denny's to charge 5% 'Obamacare surcharge' and cut employee hours to deal with cost of legislation — President Obama's election victory ensured his Affordable Care Act would remain the centerpiece of his first term in power - but that has left some business owners baulking at the extra cost Obamcare will bring.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette and The Huffington Post
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Denny's To Charge 5% "Obamacare Surcharge" Along With Cutting Employee Hours To Deal With Cost Of The Law...
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: John Metz, Florida-Based Denny's Franchisee to Charge 5% Obamacare …
David Weigel / Slate:
John McCain's Long War Against Susan Rice — From left, Sens. Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, and John McCain at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday — You probably don't need the lesson, but here's how the filibuster works. A nomination or bill is produced.
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress: McCain Defends Obama's Right To Name Cabinet But Says He'll 'Block' Susan Rice As Secretary of State
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Apparently this is now a point of contention, even though Ambassador Rice …
Washington Post: President Obama's news conference in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 14, 2012 (Full Transcript)
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Republican Rover Boys Return
Blake Hounshell / FP Passport: Obama's Susan Rice strategy: Dare Republicans to spike her nomination
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Obama challenges Susan Rice's detractors. McCain vows filibuster but doesn't have votes yet
Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner: Actually, yes, Susan Rice did say the Benghazi attacks were spontaneous
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy: Senate opposition to Rice nomination mounts
Jennifer Epstein / Politico: Obama: Attacks on Susan Rice 'outrageous'
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
McCain Skipped A Briefing On Benghazi To Hold A Press Conference — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is demanding a special select committee to investigate the events leading up to the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya and has held around-the-clock television appearances pressing for a complete review of the incident.
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: John McCain Continues To Be A Bitter Old Idiot
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: McBitter McCain too busy hammering Susan Rice for the cameras to attend briefing on Benghazi
Julian Pecquet / The Hill: Obama defends UN Amb. Rice, invites critics to 'go after me'
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Once again, Obama vs. McCain
Once again, Obama vs. McCain
Discussion: The Caucus, Boston Globe, Bloomberg, USA Today and Capital New York
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: Fight Over Rice Exposes Tensions Between Obama and McCain
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York: Obama visits recovering New York, aid level TBD
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Top Georgia GOP Lawmakers Host Briefing on Secret Obama Mind-Control Plot — President Obama is using a Cold War-era mind-control technique known as "Delphi" to coerce Americans into accepting his plan for a United Nations-run communist dictatorship in which suburbanites will be forcibly relocated to cities.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', TBogg, Gawker, The Raw Story, Addicting Info, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos and BobCesca.com
David / Crooks and Liars: Georgia Lawmakers Meet With Dick Morris Over Obama's 'Mind-Control' UN Dictatorship Plot
Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': Georgia Republicans Met To Discuss Obama Mind Control Plot To Coerce Americans Into Dictatorship
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: GOP Lawmakers in Georgia Hold Closed-Door Session on Conspiracy Theory Involving President Obama …
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Georgia lawmakers meet over Obama's 'mind-control' UN dictatorship plot
Nathaniel Downes / Addicting Info: Tinfoil Hat Alert - Georgia Politicians Told Obama Can Control Minds (VIDEO)
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: THE UN'S NEFARIOUS PLOT TO TURN REAL AMERICANS INTO OBAMA BLOC VOTERS
Hunter / Daily Kos: Open thread for night owls: Georgia GOP briefed on dangers of Obama mind-control plot
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS Never Filed Legally Required Registration — When Karl Rove's Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) formed in 2010, it established its official address in Warrenton, VA, and registered with the Internal Revenue Service a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) "social welfare organization."
Jerusalem Post:
Nearly 250 Gaza rockets batter South; 3 Israelis killed — Rocket on Eshkol wounds 3 IDF soldiers as barrage on South continues in aftermath of IDF's launching of operation to root out terror; IAF strikes nearly 200 terror targets in Strip; Palestinians say 13 killed.
Discussion: The Jawa Report, Israel Matzav, Weasel Zippers, Israpundit, Blazing Cat Fur, National Review, Gawker and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Benjamin Weinthal / National Review: Israel's Pillar of Self-Defense
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Israel Kills Hamas Military Chief in Opening Salvo of Widespread Campaign; Hamas: Israel Has 'Opened the Gates of Hell'
Jerusalem Post:
UNSC divided on response to Gaza operation
UNSC divided on response to Gaza operation
Discussion: Reuters, Israel Matzav, The Independent, Guardian, normblog, americanthinker.com and IDF Blog
Joanna Paraszczuk / Reuters: Egypt recalls ambassador following Gaza strikes
Carl / Israel Matzav: Security Council can't agree on condemnation; State Department blasts Hamas (at what price to Israel?)
Peter Beaumont / Guardian: Egypt condemns Israeli air strikes in Gaza and demands ceasefire
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What Has Movement Conservatism Accomplished in the Last 15 Years? — The list isn't nearly as long as its boosters would have us think. — Flickr/Secret Pilgrim — Try as I might, I still can't find any evidence of Jonah Goldberg's claim that conservatives are the best at rigorously examining their own dogma.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and National Review
Jonah Goldberg / National Review: The Right Isn't Waving a White Flag
Euro zone falls into second recession since 2009 — (Reuters) - The debt crisis dragged the euro zone into its second recession since 2009 in the third quarter despite modest growth in Germany and France, data showed on Thursday. — The two leading economies both managed 0.2 percent growth in the July-to-September period.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Eurozone Officially In Recession
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: It's official: Eurozone back in recession
Jobless Claims in U.S. Jumped Last Week After Sandy — More Americans than forecast submitted claims for unemployment insurance last week as superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the job market. — Applications for jobless benefits surged by 78,000 to 439,000 in the week ended Nov. 10 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
AP With / CNBC:
Sandy Spurs Jump in Jobless Claims; Inflation Nudges Up
Sandy Spurs Jump in Jobless Claims; Inflation Nudges Up
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and Scared Monkeys
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Changing Times — When people talked during the presidential campaign about the potential impact of the election on the Supreme Court, most meant the impact on the court's membership: whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney would get to fill any vacancies during the next four years.
Discussion: Campaign Stops, Washington Monthly, SCOTUSblog, Washington Examiner, Hit & Run and thenation.com/blogs/167193
Nathaniel Persily / Campaign Stops: Is the Voting Rights Act Doomed?
Scott Douglas Gerber / Washington Examiner: New cases may signal Clarence Thomas' moment
Scott Shackford / Hit & Run: Supreme Court Declines to Tackle Prosecutorial Misconduct Case
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
United Nations Declares Access To Contraception A 'Universal Human Right' — For the first time, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) explicitly described family planning as a "universal human right." In its annual report, the organization said that improved access to contraception and other methods …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Terms of service [updated] — YouTube has removed the 10-second IDF video of the pinpoint strike on Hamas terrorist commander Ahmed Jabari yesterday. The IDF had posted the video in its excellent Twitter feed providing real time information and updates on its ongoing operation. — The video was posted here.
Discussion: FP Passport, AllThingsD and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »
Uri Friedman / FP Passport: YouTube removes (then reinstates) video of Israeli strike on Hamas commander
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: YouTube Blocks Israeli Hamas Assassination Video — And Puts It Back Up Again
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones: How the Israeli Army Used Social Media To Brag About an Assassination


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Any proper camping trip with friends needs some good, ol' camp fire songs to brighten up the atmosphere. We all need that one friend who brings his guitar everywhere that can start humming Wonderwall and really put us in the mood. In case YOU'RE this friend and you know that this particular responsibility is hanging on your shoulders, we're here to help. Picking the right kind of music for ANY occasion can be a pretty daunting task. One friend likes something, another likes something else… in other words, it's tough to please everyone.
But you can never go wrong with any of the classics. This is why, on this list, you'll find some of the most traditional camp fire songs that you can learn for your guitar. We're not limited to this category, though – modern music has given us some gems too!
P.S. If you're not the friend with the guitar, after all, just save this list and send it to the friend who is. They'd probably use the help.
#1 "Brown Eyed Girl" – Van Morrison
Released in 1967, Brown Eyed Girl is one of the classics we were so fondly referring to. It's arguably one of Morrison's greatest hits, something reinforced by the inclusion of this hit track in the Grammy Hall of Fame, in 2007. It will be a particularly impactful song when your group of friends includes some brown-eyed girls too!
#2 "Riptide" – Vance Joy
Riptide is one of the newer camp fire songs recommended on this list. But, boy, is it incredibly catchy, isn't it? The most outstanding aspect of this track is the guitar strumming and after a few listens, you are definitely going to be able to see the unique musicality of the song's intro. Plus, the lyrics are incredibly interesting too and it's sung in a register that makes anyone able to hum along to it.
#3 "American Pie" – Don McLean
Belted, shouted, and reproduced in multiple instances, American Pie is to camp fire songs what I Will Always Love You is to singing talent contests. It's one of those songs that any guitarist would be proud to burst into when everyone is gathered around a cozy fire. And there's a good reason for it too if you ask us. Memorizing this song in all of its eight-minute glory is no easy task, which is why it often comes off as a great reason of boasting.
#4 "Sweet Caroline" – Neil Diamond
What Diamond achieved was a proper musical diamond. Sweet Caroline is safe, sweet, and universally liked. It's the king of track that's going to make even the most reluctant of participants to want to jump in and belt a note or two. What really made this song a must on your camp fire songs tracklist is its chorus, a wonderful choir which surely screams "friendship."
#5 "Wonderwall" – Oasis
If American Pie was the I Will Always Love You of camp fire songs, Wonderwall is probably Adele's Someone Like You. That means that it doubles on the annoyance factor given by the multitude of renditions and variations various people twisted around this legendary song. Wonderwall is a definitive classic, perhaps THE classic. What stands as good proof for that is that this song was worthy enough of evolving into a meme. Anyways, here's Wonderwall.
#6 "Stir It Up" – Bob Marley
Another song to prove that the 60s became the golden era of camp fire songs, Stir It Up was actually made popular by Johnny Nash before Bob Marley became associated with it instead. It's not one of the most typical song choices when gathered outside of the RV or tent, but this is what makes it a wonderful choice. No one will really expect it!
Next time you're getting ready for a trip into the heart of wilderness, don't forget your guitar. After all, you've spent all this time learning these camp fire songs, right? Wait, you really aren't the friend with the guitar? Well, no mind. Music is for all and these songs are so important for camping trips specifically because they can unite everyone in a moment of gleeful singing.