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I was asked to illustrate a scene that shows an Angel and Vampire fighting in a style and setting that has a similar visual style to the Innistrad block of Magic: The Gathering.
|1 - Thumbnails/Ideation
|2 - Composition Sketch
|3 - Rough Sketch
|4 - Line Drawing
|5 - Value Study
|6 - Colour Study
|7 - Final Artwork
Presto! Hit the finish button in photoshop and collect the money ;) Actually this last stage takes the most work and can be very frustrating trying to finalise all the little details and get the whole image working together as a whole. Hopefully I managed to get there!
The final step is thinking about what you learnt from the process and how to apply those lessons to the next piece.
Onwards and upwards! I hope someone gets some benefit for this.

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My kids watch Nick, Nick Jr. & Noggin…….I really laughed at this one!
As a law student who grew up on Double Dare, Guts, etc., I am in full support of making Rule 11 sanctions include taking pies in the face…
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When Love Dies
"Love never dies a natural death….Love dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. Love dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. Love dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing." ~Anais Nin
Last month I tried to breathe new life into a dying love…to no avail.
I blame Mumford and Sons, actually. Their soulful music, coupled with the loss surrounding me (not only the loss of my beloved, but knowing my cousin was watching her husband die and my sister's friend having just committed suicide), inspired me to reach out to my dear friend. I firmly believe that love should never be denied, in whatever form it takes in one's life, for it is too precious, too fleeting.
Mumford and Sons's words "Roll away your stone, I'll roll away mine/Together we can see what we will find" gave me the courage to believe that my beloved and I just needed to break down the barrier between us and heal the broken friendship beneath the failed romance.
So I took a chance, believing that the strong base of a cherished friendship would see us through.
"But I will hold on hope and I won't let you choke on that noose around your neck."
I started to convince myself that perhaps it was I who abandoned the friendship. Silly, really, in hindsight. Yet, a month ago, I emailed him and said that I wasn't going to give up on a friendship as important as ours just because we got derailed for a few months. That I missed him. That I was here when he was ready.
"It's not the long walk home that will change this heart, but the welcome I receive with a restart."
How he must've laughed at that email.
"But darkness is a harsh term, don't you think? And yet it dominates the things I seek."
I have not heard a word from him. Not one. And although I still look for an email or a text every day, even a month later, they don't come. I'm not sure if I'm more saddened or relieved by this absence of love. Saddened, I suppose.
"I gave you all…and you rip it from my hands and you swear it's all gone. And you rip out all I have just to say that you've won…but I gave you all."
This silence tells me that I truly meant nothing to him. That all the love I felt and all the pain that followed was for nothing. It was all for nothing.
"But you, you've gone to far this time…"
Because I am not nothing. I am love, and I continue to give that love. To him and all. I am not broken anymore. I am healing. I am stronger. I am worthy of honesty and respect and love.
"Love–it will not betray you, dismay you, or enslave you. It will set you free."
Although Mumford and Sons inspired me to believe in him again, they are now helping me through another level of loss. Their words help me understand the truth that it was all a lie from the beginning. Their words help me find the strength to move forward, to forgive myself for being a fool in love…
"You did not think when you sent me to the break. You desired my attention but denied my affections. So tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?"
The deception. The abuse. The abandonment. The loss. It was not my fault, except for being too blinded by love to see the truth. I loved him then. I love him now. I was true in my emotions. Although he was not true in his, I still cherish the little time we shared. And I still mourn it.
"Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life."
So, last month I took a chance again. Foolishly, it seems. I reached into the darkness hoping to find a friend, but I stood there alone. At least see now that I was always alone in this. That is a difficult reality to accept, but I'm slowly coming to embrace it.
The man I loved, the friend I cherished, was ultimately a figment of my imagination, a character I created just like I do in my books. As for the real man, he never let me close enough to see him. Although, I would still really like to know that real man. Perhaps one day he will find the courage to show me that man, although I will not hold my breath.
"Alone in the wind and the rain you left me. It's getting dark, darling, too dark to see…I know you have felt much more love than you've shown. And I'm on my knees and the water creeps to my chest. Plant your hope with good seeds. Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeks. Rain down. Rain down on me."
Out of necessity, I had to unfollow him on social networks. Seems rather petty and I really hated doing it, but just seeing his face and watching him talk to everyone but me was far too painful. I had to do it for my own sanity, for my own well-being.
"Take the spade from my hands and fill in the holes you've made."
I do want my cherished friend back in my life, if he ever existed, but I am quite uninterested in the arrogant public persona. I want to know the man behind the avatar, although I strongly suspect the avatar is all that's truly there. I hope one day he proves me wrong on this point. Because I would really, really like to know the man beneath. In the mean time…
"I have other things to fill my time. You take what is yours and I'll take mine. Now let me at the truth which will refresh my broken mind."
I am reclaiming that which is mine.
"'Cause I need freedom now, and I need to know how to live my life as it's meant to be."
And the grief subsides. The tears come much less often now. Yet, when I hear these words, I beat my chest and scream them to the heavens…because I feel. I love. I hurt. I love. I cry. I love. I love. I love.
"Stars! Hide your fires. These are my desires, and I will give them up to you this time around, and so I'll be found with my stake stuck in this ground, marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul."
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Deep and touching, saddening the loss of not only the friend but the love. My heart goes out to you.
I ran across your entry while googling a line to one of the songs by Mumford and Sons ("but the welcome i receive with a restart"). There were countless echoes throughout your words of a relationship that I experienced this year myself. This friend of mine showed up in my life after we had each moved away at separate times from the state where we had attended the same university.
It was at his persistent request that I agreed to a relationship with him now that he was living in the same town as me. It wasn't that much different, was it? After all, we both adored every moment with each other on a friendship level. As you expressed above, "I firmly believe that love should never be denied, in whatever form it takes in one's life, for it is too precious, too fleeting." There was so much potential there, and I found myself thrilled to be this close to someone I had known for years.
As stories have a way of doing, this one ended sadly and unexpectedly. I reacted not by unfriending him on facebook, but by completely deactivating my account because he and I had so many close mutual friends.
To add to the irony, he borrowed my copy of "Sigh No More" and I am hesitant to ask what has become of it since we parted ways.
Important messages from their work have stuck with me, however, as I focus on redefining my own passions and goals after the loss of this romance and friendship.


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PRINCETON Dec 20 – A dramatic accident in the library shocked the Physics Department of Princeton University. An eight foot high bookshelf, full of editions of "Physical Review D", unexpectedly crumbled after faculty member and renowned string theorist Andrew M. placed the most recent volume on the top shelf. The professor had no chance when he was suddenly submerged by about six tons of paper and died before rescue forces arrived. Tragically, the weighty 1200-pages volume of PRD contained his latest article "Holographic Walking Technicolor and Stability of Techni-Branes" in which Professor M. had demonstrated that "a large bulk cut-off could destabilize oscillations". It appears that the paper was the straw which broke the camel's back.
After preliminary investigations, bookshelf manufacturers Popper & Kuhn Ltd. (Slogan: "Putting research on a solid basis") stated that their products were designed for "normal science" and denied any responsibility for "shaky constructions piled on top of each other" that had not been subjected to any experimental stability tests for many years.
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First, I have to show you the three postcards that I have received. I don't know if you know it or not but Canada had a very long postal strike. They were only receiving their mail sporadically and things were not going out as scheduled. So yesterday I received two postcards from Canada that I had been anticipating. The car/wagon is from Danila with the theme of Summer Road Trip. The one pictured on the bottom left is from Monika, also for June's Summer Road Trip theme. I love her fiber artwork. I received it last month and forgot to blog about it. Oops! And then for July's Berry Picking theme Heather sent these cute strawberries. I think I'm still expecting two more, but hopefully they will arrive soon.
Here's where the potatoes come to play. I made a yummy salad tonight that I wanted to share. It is my go to recipe when I have picked a huge bowl full of green beans from our garden. The recipe is originally from Giada DeLaurentis. I saw her make it on the Food Network years ago and knew we would love it.
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Italian Tuna and Green Bean Salad
1-1/2 pounds slender green beans*
3 teaspoons salt
3 large red skinned potatoes, diced
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice*
2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
1 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon black pepper
8 ounces cherry tomatoes, cut in half*
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil*
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley*
9 ounces canned Italian tuna packed in oil, drained
Cook the green beans in boiling water until crisp tender. Remove beans with a strainer and immediately plunge into ice water to cool completely. Drain and pat dry. Add 2 teaspoons salt to the same cooking liquid and bring to simmer. Add the potatoes and cook until they are tender but still hold their shape, about 8-10 minutes. Transfer the potatoes to the ice water bath and cool completely. Drain and pat dry with a towel.
In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice, garlic, oil, oregano, 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon of pepper. Place the tomatoes, basil and parsley in a large serving bowl. Add tuna and toss gently to combine. Add the green beans and potatoes and gently combine. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat.
* all picked from the garden today.
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Open Banking and PSD2
For those of us lucky enough to have an interest in PSD2 and Open Banking, the last few months have been rather exciting.
The UK's Open Banking Implementation Entity is in the process of setting up a comprehensive work programme and stakeholder engagement approach. The European Banking Authority has received a record-breaking number of responses to the consultation on their draft PSD2 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS). If PIS and AIS mean something to you, these are interesting times indeed.
While we all may privately have hoped these developments might have provided a final, "right – go and build it", level of clarity by now, this is not yet the case. They have, however, made some of the challenges and next steps for all participants much clearer.
Taking the UK's Open Banking initiative first, it probably helps to note that the 'open' does not exactly mean an open API in the classic go-and-play-with-it manner of Transport for London. Customer data is not going to be exposed to developers without appropriate consent and controls; and it is not all fully open data in the sense of Google Maps' information. With that in mind, the question for banks and other market participants is – what they should be building?
Given that 'open' API is therefore a slight misnomer for what both Open Banking and PSD2 require, banks should be thinking of how best to product-manage an externally available set of APIs, with appropriate access controls. On the other side of the ecosystem, fintechs (and others) should be preparing to demonstrate their readiness to gain access to (and make use of!) customer data.
Moving to PSD2 for a moment, the current draft RTS (which are, of course, subject to change) place rather API-like requirements onto banks to offer a third party communication interface. They also place a set of requirements onto TPPs (Third Party Providers), most notably with respect to electronic identification certification, referencing use of the eIDAS standards as one possible approach. For banks and fintechs/TPPs, the signals are clearly indicating some key considerations around appropriate security, and on requirements for management of the 'other side'.
As time wears on for both Open Banking and PSD2, and we move inexorably closer to implementation, articles and whitepapers confidently stating that various parts of the market don't yet seem to have a strategy in place have sprung up like mushrooms. Given some of the partnerships and initiatives visible in the public eye, this seems a little unlikely.
In any event, what does seem clear is that ability to aggregate accounts and interrogate customer-level data is a massive opportunity for all firms in the market, with the potential to offer significant upside for banks, fintechs and – ultimately – consumers.
So both banks and TPPs need to carefully consider their strategic options. Third parties, from existing large-scale aggregators to fintech start-ups need to think about how close they'd like to be to the banks – friend, partner, competitor or simply a user? Banks need to understand their approach – are they planning to build and support a developer community like TfL, or are they intending a bare-bones compliance-led approach?
Innovative firms clearly think the answer is "yes" to the former. Tangible evidence of this can be seen already – they are setting up sandboxes, hiring Heads of Innovation, and working with API providers. Fintechs should therefore be thinking about how they can interface most efficiently with the banks, and vice-versa – particularly given the potential for a first-mover advantage for firms who partner early in the game and provide a great customer-facing product.
At the moment, we may well be in something of a chicken-and-egg situation whereby Open Banking looks to PSD2, and PSD2 requires the type of standards which Open Banking may deliver. Nonetheless, the time to act is fast approaching. Rather than beginning to build technology to a standard that may change, banks and TPPs may wish to consider partnering – or at least thinking about their relationship strategy – to provide a robust platform for both Open Banking and PSD2.


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Warhammer Fantasy Rumors
9th Edition Rumors
via Harry on Warseer
I will try and pluck some information from the dark forgotten corners of my brain .... memory is shot to pieces. ...so some of this may be complete bobbins ... and well out of date but I seem to remember Fantasy being in the 20 something %'s (this is a few years ago ... it may well have fallen below 20% now ... I have heard it is not doing so well).
I seem to remember the biggest fantasy army (can't remember if it was Empire or Orcs and Goblins) was making about 5% (Maybe even 7%)
The smallest fatasy army was making as little as 1%
Now when you consider they make over 10 Million in profit it still seems 1% of that is still worth having ... except when the plastic moulds cost as much as they do it is hard to make much profit out of a wood elf mould. Where as a space marine mould ... will make twenty times as much from the same costs.
makes it a bit easier to understand the release schedule?
EDIT: I heard they did experiments to try to discover if it was the price of the kits .... they released the Dark Elf Cold One Knights and the Chaos Knights at a lower price point to see if everyone bought twice as many as is so often stated ... They didn't. The same people bought exactly the same number of boxes as they do at the higher price point.
(I am not saying this is what happened ... or that they concluded they might as well continue to charge more for their kits to make a greater return ... I am just saying that is what I heard).
About shelving 9th edition ... I did hear that they had discussed shelving fantasy FULL STOP! (Not sure how long that discussion was but that's what I heard).
I heard they discussed loosing some of the least popular armies.
I heard they discussed condensing the army books into less volumes. (So the less popular armies could survive).
I heard one Warhammer armies book ... I heard two books?
I have no idea where the dust settled on these discussions except that they decided to do something .... and that it would have to be radical.
As far as I know I am the only person to have predicted 2014 for 9th edition ... because I assumed it must be around the corner based on the timescales I usually hear stuff. But hastings posted almost immediately to say he had heard it was 2015
I always assume he is correct and I am incorrect ... (hastings =Jedi Master Harry=Young apprentice).
I don't think 9th edition has been pushed back or shelved. I think when I posted to say it was coming in 2014 ... I was wrong.
In defence of this guy:
Quote Originally Posted by MiyamatoMusashi
So... there is never any source other than official GW statements which is not "speculation"?
Every rumour, ever, has been speculation and nothing more?
The beancounters at GW are deeply dissatisfied with the money WHF makes. That's not in their official annual report. But it's not speculation either. Whether you choose to believe it is up to you. But I'm not speculating that that's the case, I know it to be the case. Doubt me if you like, call me a liar if you feel so inclined, but even if you conclude I must be merely speculating, at least accept the possibility that SOMEONE may be in a position to hear things that don't appear in the annual statement.
There is a very basic difference between "speculation" and "unconfirmed" and "not from an official source". Was Hastings just speculating for all those years of consistently providing accurate information of what was coming? Or was he simply reporting what had not yet been officially announced?
Quote Originally Posted by pjklan
so, would you kindly share with us what you know about 9th edition?
thank you.
He heard pretty much the same things I did ... from completely different sources a few months after I did.
So that is two and a half years out (if 9th comes in summer 2015) ... making him well connected.
I first heard about all this in the June/July 2011
He did post about it at the time .... more than once ... but no one took any notice of him.
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To sum up WFB 9th is hitting in 2015 with some unpredicted and radical changes - am I correct?
That is about the size of it.
My understanding was they were scraping everything and starting again. So pretty difficult to predict what the changes might be.
Having said that we have heard about radical changes before the last several, slightly tweaked, editions.
So don't hold your breath.
Dwarf Rumors
via Larry Vela on BoLS
Have no fear, the stunties are on the march - headed your way in February. Here is the rundown of new kits coming down the mountain.
Latest word speaks of:
Dwarfs - February (I'd bet on February 8th)
The Kits:
Plastic Tunneling Vehicle
Plastic infantry heavy armor unit kit (dual-build)
Plastic infantry light armor unit kit (dual-build)
Plastic War Altar
Plastic New VERY large gun/cannon
Plastic Beefier Gyrocopter
Clampack Lord
No finecast was mentioned at all. If you look at what needs plastic kits in the existing Dwarf range, and look to the old-unit/new unit splits in the Dark Elves release for inspiration, it's not too hard to figure out what's coming.
These latest set descriptions dovetail almost exactly with Spanish rumors from early November.
Games Workshop Rumors
Forge World Rumors
via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
The events team at warhammer world announced a few days ago a new event called the triathlon. Its a 3 day event combining Kill Team, Battle Brothers and Throne of Skulls. But the big news is that they have announced Forgeworld models, including those from the Escalation FAQ, will be allowed in this tournament.via Tim from the Faeit 212 inbox
The European representatives of GW send in March for the first time their "black shirts" for further education to England. Previously, it was always carried out in the HQs of their countries.
The staff should be prepared for FW. There are probably plans for store events with Horus Heresy and FW 1-click Packages.
FW products should, if they are coming soon, not to rise in price!
White Dwarf Rumorsvia an anonymous source on Faeit 212
There will be an announcement this Saturday. The monthly White Dwarf magazine is history. There will be a small weekly white dwarf magazine and a new monthly magazine, called "warhammer: visions", 230 pages strong(!!!). This will start in February.
Also there is a meeting in February for every European "black shirt" in England. Maybe for the new GW website, including FW. :)
via a must be kept anonymous source on Faeit 212
As a heads up, you're going to be getting emails about "weekly white dwarf mini magazines."
It's called White Dwarf Visions and it's true.
They will focus on talking about the hobby and community more so than being a sales magazine.


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West also used the day to ruminate on his own take on a new presidential plan to put solar panels on top of the border wall that has been so much a part of the flamboyant POTUS' reality-TV agenda.
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"Abelard and Héloïse? Was he not that guy who got castrated?" That was the first thing that came to mind. And that they had joined a monastery afterwards summed up all I knew.
The novel is in fact three stories that intertwine:
- The story of Abelard and Héloïse in 12th century France;
- The story of Jewish Rachel and her father the professor in and around Paris during the Second World War;
- The story of the Father Mike, a priest in New York, of Irish decent who meets Rachel in 1950.
This novel is written by a former Catholic priest who has written a couple of non-fiction books about the history and concepts of Christianity and the relationship of the church with the Jews through history. This book however is a novel but prepare yourself to a lot of debate about theology. I am raised as a protestant but even when you do not know a thing about that religion this book will shake up your braincells. It is no easy read. Philosophy / theology: we see Abelard teaching at university or defending his opinion in front of the bishops. What is important: the intention or the result? Can someone do a bad thing out of good intentions? Had a God who is love according to Jesus really sent his son to earth to die a gruesome death? If the Jewish people were God's beloved people how can Christians kill them?
In the meantime we see Father Mike reflect on his job as a priest. He likes his work but he feels alone in the middle of his fellow priests. He also starts to doubt how the church works.
When he meets Rachel who feels very guilty about what happened during the war, the questions that Abelard put to his students 800 years prior have to be answered by the two of them to make sure they will find inner peace.
Héloïse has the last word in. She did not want to be openly married to Abelard as it would mean the end of his teaching post at the religious institute that university then was. But at the end of her life when she is a famous mother superior of a convent she instructs the nuns to bury her with her wedding ring on her finger for the first time.
The title "The cloister", points to a museum in New York where Rachel and Father Mike meet. It is a convent that was transported from France to the USA by Rockefeller. It is partly a real monastery from the same era in which Abelard and Héloïse lived.
Some original writings by Abelard and Héloïse have survived the centuries. After he was castrated and both lived in their own monastery they kept writing each other letters. In one of them, quoted in the book, she writes that when you have a very close intellectually connection you can be very happy and it will not leave room for other passions. They must have loved each other very much.
(I was given this book for free to read by Netgalley providing I would write a review. Thanks for the opportunity)
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SAVE THE DATE: We have decided to make this edition a virtual one, so join us online for a Capacity Triangle webinar on digital, copyright and entrepreneurial skills on 31st March! The 2020 edition is being organised in collaboration with ECSA Dutch Member organisations: Nieuw Geneco, BAM!, VCTN and BCMM.
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The project aims at building capacities to foster the professional adaption of music creators and empowering creators through knowledge. Whilst the training sessions and webinars focus on composers and songwriters on national level, ECSA's objective is to address the transnational nature of a music creators' business activity. Issues such as invoicing a company in another EU Member State, obtaining royalties and working on a transnational basis will be one of the key focuses of the Capacity Triangle.
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- Entrepreneurial skills: because most composers work on an individual basis and few of them have any knowledge on self-employment and social security law when they first step into the world of professional composing and song writing.
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Rathfriland Rangers' Chis Havern picked up the Players' Player of the Year award when the club held their annual Dinner Dance and Awards Night on Saturday night.
The local club enjoyed a night of celebration, with four trophies on display being ample evidence of another great season at Iveagh Park for both junior and senior clubs alike.
Other big winners on the night were James Costello, the clubs leading goalscorer, whilst Costello and Ross Black were the recipients of the Manager's Players Of the Year award.
Young Player of the Year went to Mark Weir, whilst Scott Rowland picked up the Most Improved Player. Most Dedicated Player went to Ashton Marks, Sportsman of the Year was Neil McCracken and Clubman of the Year was Lindsay Bronte.
The awards night was held in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry, with 140 in attendance in a family and community atmosphere in what was a terrific night for the club.
Chairman Junior Murray opened his remarks by welcoming everyone to the evening, especially special guest Kathy Wilson. The Chairman then passed on his thanks to all the sponsors, supporters and voluntary workers for their continued support.
He then thanked all the players and managers of all the teams for their effort over the past season noting that it would go down in history as a record breaker with the club winning two senior and two junior trophies.
First to mention was Rangers, under the leadership of Cliffy Sterritt and Dennis Niblock, winning the Div 1A League and also having five players in Shane Harrison, James Costello, Chris Havern, Tommy Lockhart and Ross Black represent the club in representative squads for both the NI Regions Cup and the Britton Rose Bowl.
Thanks then went Rangers Reserves finishing a very creditable mid table position under the management of Keith Megaw and Brian Magennis and also to Robbie Keown who guided the Colts to the McCalls Newcastle league Div 3 title.
Junior then made reference to the brilliant youth set up at Iveagh Park under the chairmanship of Lindsay Bronte, claiming the U 14 and U 15 league titles as great reward for Lindsay Bronte and Alan Wilson`s management of the respective teams.
The Chairman then took time out to reflect and pay special thanks former manager Cliffy Sterritt for his time and effort and passion to win the Div 1A Amateur league for Rathfriland FC.
The awards were presented by special guest of the evening Kathy Wilson.
Rathfriland Under 19`s
Managers Player of the Year – Mark Weir
Players Player of the Year – Ben Clydesdale
Leading Goalscorer – Ben Clydsedale
Annett & Ingram Shield – Leading Goalscorer – Niall Maginn
J Ingram Shield – Players Player of the Year – Ciaran Crosby
B Stevenson Shield – Managers Player of the Year – Niall Maginn
Rangers Reserves
The Murray Shield – Leading Goalscorer – Philip Main
The Trevor Weir Shield – Players Player of the Year – Andy Stewart
The Davenport Shield – Managers Players of the Year – Andy Stewart
The George Wilton Memorial Cup – Leading Goalscorer – James Costello
The Mervyn Groves Shield – Players Player of the Year – Chis Havern
The H Ochiltree Cup – Managers Players Of the Year – Ross Black / James Costello
Club Awards
The A Donaldson Cup – Young Player of the Year – Mark Weir
The W Cochrane Shield - Most Improved Player – Scott Rowland
The Old George Cup – Most Dedicated Player – Ashton Marks
The C McKernan Cup – Sportsman of the Year – Neil McCracken
The G McRory Cup – Clubman of the Year – Lindsay Bronte
The Chairman then handed over to Gary Wilson, representing the Supporters Club, who sponsored a new Supporters Players of the Year Cup which was won by John Scanell.
Gary also paid tribute to the youth teams and the Colts on their success.
James Costello presented a gift to Janine Black, father of Ross and Aaron Black who play for Rangers, thanking him for the coaching contribution he made over the season.
Janine spoke graciously about the club in return.
He paid tribute to senior players such as Lee Feeney and Johnny Black and mentioned that in Paul Kirk he thought that this was a positive appointment, who could bring further success to the club.


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4. Sun photometer Masters calibration.
5. Laboratory radiance calibratrion system
The radiation instruments are located on the roof of the Observation tower at the Izaña Observatory (IZO):
The white observation tower behind the main building.
The receptor GPS-GLONASS is placed at ground in front of main building.
The radiation equipment consists on radiometers (pyranometers measuring global and diffuse radiation), sunphotometers (CIMEL and Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR)) and a Multi-filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR)). The MFRSR measures simultaneously global, diffuse and normal direct radiation in a broadband channel and in six narrowband channels within infrared and visible regions. The sunphotometers measure normal direct radiation and sky radiation within infrared and visible regions.
Radiometers table at IZO' Observation Tower
Cimel masters calibration facility
GPS-GLONASS with the Observatory to the North
The radiation equipment is located on the IARC's Headquarters roof.
View of Santa Cruz Observatory (SCO). It is located on the roof of the IARC's Headquarters
Instrumentation in SCO. Global and diffuse pyranometers, as well as a pyrheliometer. The diffuse pyranometers appear shadowed with balls and all of them (pyranometers and pyrheliometer) are mounted on a sun-tracker. The CIMEL sunphotomer is identified in the left corner, and the single Brewer#033 spectroradiometer is in the right corner.
|Instrument picture
|Pyranometer CM-21 Kipp&Zonen
The CMP 21 pyranometer is designed for measuring the irradiance (radiant flux, Watt/m²) on a plane surface, which results from the direct solar radiation and from the diffuse radiation incident from the hemisphere above.
Spectral range: 310 to 2800 nm
|SONA: Automatic Cloudiness Observation System
A new 640x480 pixel resolution CCD 2-Pi sky camera (SONA: Sistema de Observación Automático de Nubes; Automatic Cloudiness Observation System) has been developed at the Izaña Observatory by the R+D Sieltec Company in collaboration with the IARC.
|UV-Radiometer UV-S-A-T
The UVS-A-T has a broad spectral response optimised for precise measurements of atmospheric UV-A irradiance.
Spectral range: 315 to 400 nm
|Pyrgeometer CG-4 Kipp&Zonen
Long-wave downward radiation
Spectral range: 4500 to 42000 nm
|Yankee Ultraviolet Biometer
UV-B Global
Spectral range: 280 to 400 nm
|Spectrometer BREWER Mk-III
(Kipp & Zonen)
The BREWER Spectrophotometer consists of a weatherproof spectrophotometer, azimuth tracker and stand. It provides near simultaneous observations of the total ozone column, SO2, and UV spectra.
Wavelength range 286.5 to 363 nm
Resolution 0.6 nm
|Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR)
The PFR accurately measures direct solar radiation transmitted in 4 narrow spectral bands center wavelengths at 862, 500 , 412 and 368 nm, respectively, and 5 nm FWHM bandwidth.
|RS92+GPS and ECC-A6 ozonesondes at Santa Cruz de Tenerife Station. They are launched once a week, normally on Wednesdays.
RS92+GPS radiosondes launched twice a day (00 and 12 GMT) at Güimar automatic radiosonde station (WMO station #60018).
|Present Weather: Fumosens VI optic device for real time detection of fog, rain, snow, hail…
|CIMEL sunphotometer
The Cimel sunphotometer is a multichannel, automatic sun-and-sky scanning radiometer that measures the direct solar irradiance and sky radiance at the Earth's surface. Spectral range: 340, 380, 440, 500, 675, 870, 936, 1020, (and 1640) nm.
At Izaña there are about 6 Cimel master working simultaneously
|Tracker Kipp&Zonen 2AP:
2 Pyranometer CM-21 (Short-wave downward (Global) and Diffuse Radiation)
1 Pyrgeometer CG-4 (Long-wave downward radiation )
1 Pyrheliometers (Direct Radiation)
|Net Radiometer (Kipp&Zonen)
Net radiation
Spectral range: 300 to 2800 nm
Solar radiation is measured by two pyranometers, one for downward radiation and a second one facing downward for upward radiation. The albedo is determined as the ratio of downward and upward radiation.
|Pyrheliometer CH - 1 (Kipp&Zonen)
Direct Radiation
Spectral range: 200 – 4000 nm
|Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR). (Yankee Environmental Systems).
Simultaneously measurements of global, diffuse and direct radiation in one broadband channel and 6 narrowband channels within the infrared and visible ranges.
Spectral range: 413-495-613-671-868-941nm (FWMH about 10-12nm)
|GPS-GLONASS antenna and receptor (Leica, GRX1200GGPro)
Measurements of Zenith Total Delay
Precipitable water in the atmospheric column in near real time (15-minute values every hour) computed with Bernese software by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional.
Radiation and water vapor data is submitted to the following international networks:
PHOTONS (PHOtométrie pour le Traitement Opérationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife station
WMO World Radiation Data Center (previous free registration needed)
Izaña station ; WMO#60010
Santa Cruz de Tenerife; WMO#60020
EUREF (IZAN station)
E-GVAP (the EUMETNET GPS water vapour Programme)
Water vapor
A detailed comparison of total column water vapor content over Izaña obtained with different techniques has been finished in April 2009. The results indicate that Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) technique using a GPS-GLONASS receptor is a high quality method to obtain this essential climate variable (ECV, Precipitable Water) in near-real time under all type of weather conditions and during the nighttime.
The comparison between GNSS and the FTIR spectrometer (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer) is shown hereafter. The FTIR is considered now the most precise technique. A high correlation is found with quite close water vapor content for both techniques.
H2O FTIR (Y-axis) versus H2O GNSS (X-axis).
Under very dry atmospheric conditions (below 3mm of precipitable water) the GNSS technique tends to underestimate the water vapour content, and below 1mm no confident values are obtained (sometimes negative values).
Aerosols radiative forcing has been estimated with observed precipitable water, total ozone and AOD and Iqbal's radiative model. Some graphic examples are shown hereafter.
Mr. Pedro Miguel Romero Campos (Lead)
Ms. Carmen Guirado Fuentes (PhD student)
Dr. Rosa Delia García Cabrera
Dr. Emilio Cuevas-Agulló (link to personal page)
Dr. Victoria Cachorro Revilla (GOA-UVA)
Dr. Alberto Berjón Arroyo (GOA-UVA and LOA-Lille1)
Dr. Carlos Toledano Olmeda (GOA-UVA)
Visitors for instrumental campaigns and workshops (since 2003)
|More than 25 scientists
|GOA-UVA, AERONET, PHOTONS, AEROCAN, Polar-AOD (ISAC-CNR), AWI, NIPR,NOAA, NILU and IARC-AEMET
|6-20 October 2008
|Victoria Cachorro, Alberto Berjón
|RIMA (Valladolid University)
|Several campaigns since 2007
|Luc Barel and Bahy Damiri
|PHOTONS (Lille University-CNRS)
|Several campaigns since 2006
Publications based on radiation and column water vapor data at Izaña
Schneider, M., P.M. Romero, F.Hase, T. Blumenstock, E. Cuevas, and R. Ramos, Quality assessment of Izaña´s upper-air water vapour measurement techniques: FTIR, Cimel, MFRSR, GPS, and Vaisala RS92. Submitted to Atmos. Meas. Tech., May 2009.
Pedro Miguel Romero Campos, Emilio Cuevas Agulló, Ramón Ramos López, Marcelino Valdés Pérez de Vargas y Matthias Schneider. Programa de vapor de agua en columna del Centro de Investigación Atmosférica de Izaña: Análisis e Intercomparación de diferentes Técnicas de Medida. Series de Notas Técnicas digitales del Centro de Investigación Atmosférica de Izaña. Nota Técnica digital Nº 1. Abril 2009.
Gil, M., J.F. Lopez-Herreros, S. Chueca, O. Serrano, S. Alonso, E. Cuevas, P.M. Romero, M. Navarro, C. Córdoba, A. Redondas, M. Schneider, I. Kramer and T. Blumenstock, The TROMPETA Project: Aerosols-Radiation-Ozone interaction in the Subtropics, V Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, 30 de enero a 3 de febrero, 2006.
Cachorro, V. E., P. M. Romero, C. Toledano, E. Cuevas, and A. M. de Frutos, The fictitious diurnal cycle of aerosol optical depth: A new approach for "in situ" calibration and correction of AOD data series, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12106, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019651, 2004.
Romero, P. M., y E. Cuevas, Variación diurna del espesor óptico de aerosoles: ¿"ficción" o realidad ?, 3ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, Valencia, 4-8 febrero, 2002.
Romero, P.M., Mª C. Romero, y E. Cuevas, Espesor óptico de aerosoles a partir de medidas directas al sol y de medidas de irradiancia global y difusa, Comparación, 3ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, Valencia, 4-8 febrero, 2002.
Romero, P.M., y E. Cuevas, Comparación entre el espesor óptico de aerosoles medido en el Observatorio de Izaña y el índice de aerosoles determinado por el TOMS, 3ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, Valencia, 4-8 febrero, 2002.


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If Israel pulls the trigger, will the US supply the bullets? As bipartisan support in Washington ramps up for war with Iran, Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is leading the charge. Jamal Abdi of the National Iranian American Council reports:
New legislation introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) calls for the U.S. to provide military, economic, and diplomatic support for Israel should its government decide to launch military strikes on Iran. The measure would effectively signal that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can decide not just whether to enter Israel into war with Iran, but whether the United States enters such a war. It comes as tentative diplomatic progress was reported from negotiations involving the U.S. and Iran.
The unprecedented measure is being unveiled as part of the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference this weekend in Washington, DC, that will bring thousands of the group's supporters to push the measure on Capitol Hill. The group will also support a new sanctions bill in the House that could authorize the U.S. to sanction companies, including in Europe and Asia, for any commercial dealings with Iran. That measure has raised concerns about further exacerbating medicine shortages impacting the people of Iran.
The Graham resolution is framed as a non-binding measure aimed at encouraging the President to implement and escalate sanctions on Iran. But the final clause "urges that, if the Government of Israel is compelled to take military action in self-defense, the United States Government should stand with Israel and provide diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel in its defense of its territory, people, and existence."
The bill will likely please one of Menendez's largest donors, NORPAC (ninth), which advocates for foreign aid to Israel and sanctions on Iran, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia. NORPAC — the North Jersey Political Action Committee — acts as the campaign arm of AIPAC, which lobbies for and against legislation. Marsha Cohen of Lobe Log describes them this way:
Although the two organizations have remained separate and distinct, there's been an overlap of talking points, priorities and modus operandi. NORPAC's leaders describe it as a "single issue" organization, dedicated exclusively to promulgating the passage of Israel-related legislation, of which anti-Iran sanctions have become an integral part.
So who else gives money to Menendez? According to OpenSecrets.org, the two top industries donating to Menendez are law and real estate, with many of the individual contributors coming from in-state. The New Jersey Senator's top donor, contributing nearly $300,000 to his campaigns since 1992, is corporate law firm Lowenstein Sandler, which originated in Newark and now has its headquarters in Roseland. Teaneck's general service firm DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole ranked second with $172,000. International partnership Greenberg Traurig (fifth) gave $141,000, while Secaucus real estate law and litigation experts Waters McPherson McNeill (17th) put in $83,500. Hackensack contractors J. Fletcher Creamer & Son (seventh) added $120,000.
Financial companies deposit plenty of funds into Menedez's accounts. These include multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs (third), insurance giant Prudential Financial (fourth), and Swiss banking titan UBS (12th). In addition, the Senator receives backing from some of the country's largest unions: the AFL-CIO-affiliated Laborers International Union (14th), the Teamsters (15th), and government workers' union AFSCME (20th).
Quite a few of his major contributors, aside from the law firms mentioned above, originate in or are New Jersey-based. These include Newark gas and electric utility Public Service Enterprise Group (eighth) and Hackensack's United Water (18th); the Spanish Broadcasting System (tenth), founded in Newark; Maher Terminals (11th), which ships from the Port of New York and New Jersey; and pharmaceutical corporation Schering-Plough (19th), based in Kenilworth.
Other big Menendez donors are telecom players Verizon (sixth) and AT&T (16th) and military suppliers Applied Companies (13th).


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Engineer Research Scientist Assistant, Pharmacy Department
(Photo credit Lisa Hernandez, Austin Potter's House Christian Church)
Background: From Lubbock, TX. My first job was at the age of 16 doing research in Dr. Todd Anderson's Lab at Texas Tech University / The Institute of Environmental and Human Health / Department of Environmental Toxicology assisting Marrianne Dobrovolny in a HHMI research program. I assisted in research that focused on the exposure and effects of pesticides on wild life and ecosystems. I returned to research as a junior at the University of Texas in 2012. As an undergrad I joined the Gore Lab and assisted Dr. Michelle Naugle with research that focused on investigating the mechanisms underlying menopause, specifically the regulation of GnRH neurons in the brain. To do this we used sterological techniques and I assisted with quantifying and analyzing the microenvironment of the Median Eminence, an area of the hypothalamus where GnRH neural terminals communicate and influence the rest of the nervous and endocrine system. Our results suggest changes to the microenvironment of the hypothalamus are to compensate for aging and short-term estrogen treatment may assist the brain with such adjustments. Later, I began assisting Dr. Weiling Yin with more research to understand how the hypothalamus changes due to aging and how it is effected by hormones. Further contributions to this research involved studying the ultrastructure of the median eminence of puberty aged rats; morphology of the 3rd ventricle; and how vasopressin neurons are altered in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus involved in circadian regulation during aging.
I currently assist Dr. Weiling Yin, overseeing the monkey and rat PPG projects. While working with Dr. Yin I learned how to perform immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence confocal microscopy, immunocytochemistry (ICC), scanning electron microscopy, DNA and RNA extraction, rat brain perfusion, and assisted with surgeries.
My passions outside of research and neuroscience include social work, advocating for people with mental illnesses, social justice and spending quality time with my family. I am also a devoted member of the Austin Potter's House Christian church and am involved in ministry as a sound booth, café, and nursery worker where we spread the gospel and make a positive impact around the world.
Please see posters below and C.V. for publication.
Hormone-mediated alterations in microenvironment of the median eminence of adult monkeys
Morphology of the third ventricle of intact rats
Changes of the vasopressin neuron in the master biological clock of aging rat model of menopause


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UX is about putting the customer at the center of everything you do. The UX practitioners at UserGoodness start by uncovering your customers' needs, emotions, and attitudes, and design efficient and easy-to-use solutions that bring your customers maximum value.
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Sandrine Daunar
At Rémy Cointreau, we trust our talents and embrace challenges. Our talent philosophy has people at heart; we believe in presenting our team members new opportunities for growth.
Need an example?
After honing her craft in market research, Sandrine Daunar, our Research Director for Liquors and Spirits brands, transitioned from large consumer goods in Switzerland to exceptional spirits to work with us Paris.
From breakfast cereals to cocktail beverages, her sharp analytical skills helped her make the switch to wine and spirits.
Based in our Paris headquarters for a year and a half, she's our in-house reporter of sorts on clients' behaviors and expectations, trends and the latest innovations in the spirits business.
What is your mission as Research Director for Liquor and Spirits Brands?
I seek to understand brands and their current and potential clients. My role is to provide guidance on all things accompanying the life of a brand—such as, product launches or a new campaign. I'm always striving to offer the best insights to help our brands grow. Another important area is continuous improvement for my team: to make sure we partner with strong agencies who share our values and leverage the latest tools and research techniques.
What does your role entail?
I am constantly researching, monitoring, and analyzing industry news to determine how clients view and relate to our brands, while gauging what pressures are on our primary markets. I read a lot of news articles and industry reports to stay in tune with market trends. Organizing interactions with clients is another component of my role. I select the relevant research protocol, prepare the questionnaire flow, and then read and reflect upon the information collected to gain an understanding. I keep an eye open for new and better ways to get closer to our clients.
How did you enter this type of career?
I like statistics. In fact, I have a degree in it, and my role involves a lot of statistical analysis. I seek to break down data and numbers to understand the meaning behind them. I want to connect with, engage, as well as understand brands. I am curious: I love to reflect, to question. I find analyzing perspectives and insights very interesting and like to capitalize upon experiences, rather than simply put together facts.
What advice can you offer to future Market Researchers?
Get a solid base of the fundamentals. Educate yourself as much as possible by delving into market research best practices and case studies to get the largest scope of your area of interest before entering the field. Understand the retail environment and key marketing drivers. Read, read, read—everything you can get your hands on! Always be curious, keep questioning, and keep striving to understand. Last, but not least: Keep listening to your consumers.
How did you find the switch from consumer goods to exceptional spirits?
I was looking for a new challenge. I wasn't afraid of change, and neither was Rémy Cointreau. While I had never worked in spirits, I had a strong expertise in marketing intelligence, and in capturing what and how to valorize business life. I was always interested in food and drink consumption, so I shifted my consumer insights skills from breakfast cereals to spirits.
What trends will you be watching in the future?
The Internet of things and how it will continue to evolve the way consumers interact with brands.
Why Rémy Cointreau?
While unfamiliar with the company, as well as the spirits business, I found the job offer on LinkedIn, and was intrigued by what I read. When I saw the announcement, my first thought was, "Who are they?" Then, I saw the beautiful [brand] portfolio. What I read on the website spoke to me: I was drawn to the terroir, the quality of the brands, as well as the history. Moreover, I admired the company values.
Not long after, I was contacted by Sandra Lamoureux for a first interview—and was convinced. She completely changed the dynamic of the interview. It was unlike any interview I'd experienced [which often feels like a personal sales pitch!]. With other companies, the interaction is often distant and cold.
Before getting to know me, Sandra sold me Rémy Cointreau and the value of working there. It was refreshing. She was a great representative of the company culture.
At the second stage, I was offered the opportunity to prepare and present a case study, which I loved, because it was proof that I would be evaluated on my skills and nothing else. I was then reassured about the requirements to work in this industry and optimistic about the culture within Rémy Cointreau.