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An Ogre is a monstrous humanoid creature, with a large, powerful and corpulent body, and a snarling, brutish and seemingly-neckless head. An average adult male Ogre stands over ten feet tall, and is almost half as wide at the gut. Ogres are often bald as a boulder, although are rarely without facial hair, which are thought to be cultivated to capture morsels of food that escape the Ogre's mouth.
Ogres worship a god they call The Great Maw, a massive, seemingly bottomless pit of hunger in the world lined with rows of fangs. Ogres similarly are voracious creatures which are never sated. Driven by hunger, they will eat anything they get their hands on, including fellow Ogres. Cannibalism is a natural part of the harsh and uncompromising Ogre society, and only adds to the Ogre's terrifying reputation.
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Geographic distribution
Most Ogres dwell in the Ogre Kingdoms, the Ogre homeland east of the Dark Lands, in the Mountains of Mourn, together with the Gnoblars, a goblinoid slave-race.
The Ogre Kingdoms are a large collection of dictatorships, each ruled by its own Tyrant. The boundaries of an individual kingdom extend as far as the ruling Tyrant can see.
Society and culture
Ogre society is based upon one simple principle, that might makes right. The strongest may take whatever they like from the weaker, including life and limb. An Ogre who kills another Ogre in a fight has, in the most effective way, shown himself the stronger, and far from having committed any wrongdoing, has merely demonstrated this principle and proven himself to be in the right.
All forms of disputes, such as personal grudges, land disputes and leadership challenges, are settled by contests of physical strength - the most serious questions being answered by contests in the form of a lethal bout of pit-fighting.
Ogres have strong nomadic tendencies, some taking long journeys all around the Warhammer world, where they fight in mercenary armies or for any general who will pay them in gold or sometimes even food.
All Ogres have a club of some sort. This club is not only a valuable weapon and hunting tool, but also a symbol of status. A very poor Ogre would have a simple hardwood bough for a club. A Tyrant on the other hand would wield a brutal looking bludgeon, banded, studded and spiked with iron. Ogres also often pair it with the so-called ironfist, a creation that can be used both as a shield and as a brutal weapon.
Types of Ogre
Tyrants - The rulers of the individual kingdoms making up the Ogre Kingdoms are called Tyrants and rule by brute force.
Bulls - The majority of adult males in the Ogre Kingdoms are known as Bulls, and form the bulk of any Ogre horde.
Bruisers - Bruisers are muscle-bound bullies, their strength and size surpassed only by the Tyrant himself. Correspondingly, they act as the enforcers of the Tyrant's authority within the kingdom, as well as maintaining order and discipline among the Ogres, especially when the Tyrant's attentions are elsewhere.
Butchers - Butchers are Shamans as well as cooks, it is their job to feed their brothers and may sometimes even use them in their ingredients. They use a shamanic type of magic called Gut Magic - a gift of the Great Maw - although it can have terrible side effects, when used correctly it can greatly turn a battle in favor of the ogres.
Ironguts - Some Ogres have a tendency to eat indigestible things such as swords, shields or even gravel. These Ogres are the Ironguts, and wear cobbled together pieces of armour from various expeditions in their lives, and also use large double-handed weapons of various types.
Leadbelchers - A relatively new type of warrior in Ogre society which, from doing mercenary work for Chaos Dwarfs or finding them from the remains of an unlucky enemy artillery team have been able to earn themselves a cannon that they use in the form of a two-handed gun and have learned to fire these guns to create havoc as well as lots of black smoke and deafening noise.
Maneaters - Elite Ogres who have traveled outside the Ogre Kingdoms as mercenaries in the Old World or elsewhere.
Hunters - Hunters are generally outcasts from the tribe, tending to live on the upper slopes of the Mountains of Mourn where they hunt wild animals for food. Most Hunters are armed with a harpoon crossbow.
Famous Ogres
- Greasus Goldtooth, Overtyrant of the Ogre Kingdoms.
- Skrag the Slaughterer, Prophet of the Great Maw (in Skrag's first incarnation in the early editions of the game, Skrag was a renegade among his kind and a follower of the Chaos god Malal).
- Golgfag, the infamous chief of the Rutdrogg Ogre mercenary band, and rival to Ogre Captain Hrothyogg and his own mercenary Pay-Swords. Golgfag famously lost the Sacred Belly Guard to Hrothyogg in a three day eating contest.
- Urblab Rotgut's Merecenary Ogres wear Ostland heraldry, including striped breaches. They appear to be Maneaters that have dwelt in the Empire for some time. [1]
Associated creatures
The Ogres share their territory with a number of creatures who are almost invariably monstrous and almost as dangerous as the Ogres themselves. Some of these fight along with the Ogre horde:
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Browsing Research Articles (Physiotherapy) by Author "Rowe, Michael"
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Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (BioMed Central, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: While there is evidence to suggest that teaching practices in clinical education should include activities that more accurately reflect the real world, many educators base their teaching on transmission models that encourage the rote learning of knowledge and technical skills. Technology-mediated instruction may facilitate the development of professional attributes that go beyond "having" knowledge and skills, but there is limited evidence for how to integrate technology into these innovative teaching approaches. Methods: This study used a modified Delphi method to help identify the professional attributes of capable practitioners, the approaches to teaching that may facilitate the development of these attributes, and finally, how technology could be integrated with those teaching strategies in order to develop capable practitioners. Open-ended questions were used to gather data from three different expert panels, and results were thematically analysed. Results: Clinical educators should not view knowledge, skills and attitudes as a set of products of learning, but rather as a set of attributes that are developed during a learning process. Participants highlighted the importance of continuing personal and professional development that emphasised the role of values and emotional response to the clinical context. To develop these attributes, clinical educators should use teaching activities that are learner-centred, interactive, integrated, reflective and that promote engagement. When technology-mediated teaching activities are considered, they should promote the discussion of clinical encounters, facilitate the sharing of resources and experiences, encourage reflection on the learning process and be used to access content outside the classroom. In addition, educational outcomes must drive the integration of technology into teaching practice, rather than the features of the technology. Conclusions: There is a need for a cultural change in clinical education, in which those involved with the professional training of healthcare professionals perceive teaching as more than the transmission of knowledge and technical skills. Process-oriented teaching practices that integrate technology as part of a carefully designed curriculum may have the potential to facilitate the development of capable healthcare graduates who are able to navigate the complexity of health systems and patient management in ways that go beyond the application of knowledge and skills. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/595 Files in this item: 1
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Frantz, Jose M.; Rowe, Michael (Health and Medical Publications Group, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: Background. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the process by which a clinician evaluates the quality of evidence before applying it in the management of a patient. Many practitioners struggle to integrate this research-based evidence into their professional practice. Blogs have been identified as useful pedagogical tools that can facilitate the sharing of ideas and clinical experiences among peers to reflect on diverse learning experiences. Objectives. A qualitative research design was used to examine the use of reflective blogging to teach the process of EBP in physiotherapy. Methods. A conveniently selected group of postgraduate students who were registered for an EBP module participated in the study. Blogging was used to teach the process of EBP in physiotherapy using Kolb's cycle as a guiding and an evaluative framework. Students reflected on and shared their learning experiences in ways that exposed the limits of their understanding around certain concepts. Results. The results reflect how students moved from assisted to independent performance by identifying gaps in their own understanding and finding the answers themselves. Conclusion. Reflective blogging was found to be a valuable tool for promoting meaningful learning activities among participants and assisted students in making sense of their shared experiences. It was also an effective tool to be used in teaching the process of EBP. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/615 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Information and communication technology has been shown to be increasingly important in the education and professional practice of healthcare workers. The World Health Organisation (WHO) discusses the benefits of using ICT in the Primary Healthcare setting in terms of better access to information, improved communication between colleagues, facilitating continuing professional development and providing learning tools for healthcare professionals, patients and the community as a whole. This review of the literature describes the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education and professional practice of healthcare workers and goes on to outline the challenges facing the widespread adoption of ICT. The conclusion is that ICT does indeed have a positive role to play in both the education and professional practice of healthcare workers, including physiotherapists, as long as it is implemented as an adjunct to established and proven practice, and not a replacement. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/61 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: Institutions of higher learning are under pressure to respond to the changing needs of today's learners and the use of information and communication technology has been at the forefront of that change. Furthermore, the use of social software to enable people to interact with each other in a dynamic way has been identified as one possible solution. This survey sought to identify the knowledge and attitudes of South African physiotherapy students towards the use of social software in a physiotherapy department. The design was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey that took place in a university physiotherapy department in the Western Cape, South Africa. It included 135 students and used a self-developed questionnaire. Results showed that these students had only a superficial understanding of social software and that they did not make use of common services. They did however, show an openness to new approaches and a willingness to interact with lecturers outside the traditional classroom setting. A lack of access to appropriate technology was identified as one possible factor for their lack of understanding. Conclusion Any attempt to incorporate social software to improve teaching and learning practice into this department would have to be accompanied by significant training and support. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/62 Files in this item: 1
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Frantz, Jose M.; Rhoda, Anthea; Rowe, Michael; Phillips, Julie; Karachi, F; Mlenzana, Nondwe; Pharaoh, H; Steyl, Tania; Struthers, Patricia (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2010)[more][less]
Abstract: A growing shift towards research and evidence based practice in academia is associated with requirements to disseminate research results in the form of publication in peer reviewed journals. Mentoring has been identified as an important component of developing young authors, as it increases confidence and competence, and facilitates professional development. This led to the formation of a support group to stimulate peer-review publication in the physiotherapy department at the University of the Western Cape. The Kirkpatrick Framework of Evaluation was used to evaluate the success of the mentoring process which made use of a participatory action research methodology. The writing group consisted of nine academic members of staff and took place over ten weeks. The programme included writing, giving feedback, discussion and peer review on a weekly basis. Focus group discussions were taped and transcribed in order to evaluate the mentoring process by identifying relationships within the data and categorising key concepts, which were shaped into a thematic framework. The findings indicated that participants experienced a variety of emotions throughout the programme, with an overall feeling of personal growth by the end. In addition, participants also reported improved writing, reviewing and communication skills. Six months following the programme, six participants had submitted at least one article to a peer reviewed journal. It is clear from this study that some academics still find the task of writing and reviewing articles daunting, and that guidance and support in the form of a writing programme can be useful. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/190 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: The relevance of non-technical skills have long been acknowledged as important components of clinical learning, and there is evidence that integrating technology can facilitate their development by encouraging reflection, and by enhancing communication and reasoning. However, effectively integrating technology into learning practices must take the contextual needs of students into consideration. The aim of this study was to determine what online tools undergraduate physiotherapy students at one South African university are familiar with, and how they use them as part of their learning practices. The case study was conducted in a university physiotherapy department in the Western Cape during 2010. A cross-sectional, descriptive design used a survey to obtain quantitative and qualitative data from participants, and a plot study was conducted to test the reliability of the instrument. All ethical considerations were adhered to. Seventy six percent of participants had access to the internet at home, and 93% of them belonged to a social network, although fewer than half used it for their studying. Few students reported using the internet for more than information retrieval but reported wanting to use it for enhanced communication with lecturers. Almost all respondents believed that lectures were a useful way to learn. However, 61% added that integrating online learning activities with lectures could have value. Integrating technology into healthcare education has the potential to develop non-technical skills that are relevant for clinical practice. However, this group of students currently lack the experience and insight to use technology effectively as part of their learning practices. Educators must take cognisance of the educational and contextual needs of students if they wish to integrate technology into clinical teaching. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/309 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Developing practice knowledge in healthcare is a complex process that is difficult to teach. Clinical education exposes students to authentic learning situations, but students also need epistemological access to tacit knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in order to interpret clinical problems. Blended learning offers opportunities for the complexity of learning by integrating face-to-face and online interaction. However, little is known about its use in clinical education. AIM: To determine the impact of blended learning in the clinical education of healthcare students. METHODS: Articles published between 2000 and 2010 were retrieved from online and print sources, and included multiple search methodologies. Search terms were derived following a preliminary review of relevant literature. RESULTS: A total of 71 articles were retrieved and 57 were removed after two rounds of analysis. Further methodological appraisals excluded another seven, leaving seven for the review. All studies reviewed evaluated the use of a blended learning intervention in a clinical context, although each intervention was different. Three studies included a control group, and two were qualitative in nature. Blended learning was shown to help bridge the gap between theory and practice and to improve a range of selected clinical competencies among students. CCONCLUSION: Few high-quality studies were found to evaluate the role of blended learning in clinical education, and those that were found provide only rudimentary evidence that integrating technology-enhanced teaching with traditional approaches have potential to improve clinical competencies among health students. Further well-designed research into the use of blended learning in clinical education is therefore needed before we rush to adopt it. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/308 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael (Informa Healthcare, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: The development of practice knowledge is an important component of clinical education and reflective reasoning is known to play a role in its development. Online social networks may have some potential for developing practice knowledge by providing tools for clinical educators to guide students' reasoning practices. Aim: To determine if an online social network could be used to facilitate reflective reasoning in clinical contexts, as it relates to developing practice knowledge. Method: The study was conducted within a South African university, physiotherapy department, using an online social network to facilitate engagement. Tharp and Gallimore's theory of assisted performance was used as a framework to conduct qualitative analysis of students' reflective blog posts within the network. Results: The lecturer was able to use strategies within the assisted performance framework to facilitate reflection among students. These included modelling, contingency management, feedback, instruction, questioning and cognitive structuring. The features of the social network enabled enhanced communication between teacher and student, as well as promoted engagement around clinical scenarios. Conclusion: Online social networks can be used to facilitate reflective reasoning as part of the development of practice knowledge by exposing students' understanding of clinical practice. However, careful facilitation using sound pedagogy is still necessary to guide students to deeper understanding URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/427 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The dominant form of teaching in higher education remains the lecture, even though evidence suggests that it alone is inadequate to facilitate the development of the higher order thinking skills required in clinical practice. The use of wikis may have a role to play in facilitating collaborative learning practices that are important for professional development. This descriptive survey evaluated the use of a wiki for a collaborative learning activity within small groups of undergraduate physiotherapy students in a South African university. Students participated in a wiki-based assignment and were then surveyed using open- and closed-ended questions to determine their perceptions and experiences of the process. The results indicate that although a wiki can be used to develop relevant content, there were significant challenges in its implementation. These included a poor understanding by students of how to work effectively in groups, a lack of physical and epistemological access to the internet, and the need for adequate preparation and support. Some features of the wiki were found to have an impact on the quality of the work produced, including the use of Discussion pages, peer review, and the public nature of the wiki. The conclusion is that wikis may have a role to play in collaborative groupwork, but that that students need to be adequately prepared and supported throughout the process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/495 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The global shift toward the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health education and practice has been shown to enhance both the educational opportunities and the support provided to students and healthcare professionals. This study aimed to investigate the use of ICT by South African physiotherapy students and what their experiences and perceptions were regarding their use of ICT as part of their studies. The study design was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey using a self-administered questionnaire. The survey population included all of the undergraduate physiotherapy students from six of the eight universities offering the physiotherapy degree in South A frica (N=1105). The sample size consisted of 529 students from the survey population who completed and returned questionnaires, indicating a response rate of 48%. The results of the study showed that the use of ICT by South African physiotherapy students varied according to task, racial group and university attended. Furthermore, the reported use of ICT for communication, research and continuing professional development was low. In conclusion, this study indicates that with a move toward the use of ICT to enhance health education and practice in South A frica, certain groups of physiotherapy students may be at a disadvantage if required to make use of ICT as a means of improving communication, enhancing education, participating in lifelong learning opportunities and accessing support. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/92 Files in this item: 1
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Rowe, Michael; Bozalek, Vivienne; Frantz, Jose M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: While technology has the potential to create opportunities for transformative learning in higher education, it is often used to merely reinforce didactic teaching that aims to control access to expert knowledge. Instead, educators should consider using technology to enhance communication and provide richer, more meaningful platforms for the social construction of knowledge. By using technology to engage in shared learning experiences that extend beyond the walls of the classroom, we can create opportunities to develop the patterns of thinking that students need to participate in complex, real world situations. We used authentic learning as a framework to guide the implementation of a case-based, blended module in a South African physiotherapy department. Google Drive was used as a collaborative online authoring environment in which small groups of students used clinical cases to create their own content, guided by a team of facilitators. This paper describes an innovative approach to clinical education using authentic learning as a guiding framework, and Google Drive as an implementation platform. We believe that this approach led to the transformation of student learning practices, altered power relationships in the classroom and facilitated the development of critical attitudes towards knowledge and authority. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/652 Files in this item: 2
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Alagón and his team came up with a twist on the old formula: they chemically cut off the tail of the antivenom antibody, making the Y into a V to lower the risk of side effects. Alagón says the updated formula for black widow bites is safer than the old one and cheaper than a hospital stay—it can eliminate symptoms in 30 minutes.
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It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has. – Hippocrates of Cos (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC)
Hippocrates, known to every new medical student through the Hippocratic Oath, is considered to be the father of Western medicine. Specifically, he is credited with developing the medical theory that human disease is a manifestation of the natural world and not the result of some superstitious belief or punishment by offended gods. Hippocrates was a keen observer of the human condition, and he and his followers provided many of the first descriptions and symptom associations of chronic human diseases.
As a student of medical history, I often am intrigued by the quotations of historic figures in medicine and how relevant the thinking of those that practiced before us remains in the present day. Certainly it is no surprise to those who frequent this column that I like to introduce these vignettes with a contextual quote from our collective past.
I was recently reminded of this quote from Hippocrates while describing an issue in our present federal system to a senior leader. I was lamenting the fact that the federal "system" has no difficulty in recognizing the labor involved when I am doing a procedure on a patient, but my efforts to communicate with my patients are almost invisible to the system. For example, when I place a continuous peripheral nerve block in a patient for perioperative pain relief (sticking a needle in a patient with ultrasound guidance to place a catheter next to a nerve I wish to block with local anesthetic), I can claim up to 12 relative value units (RVUs) for the effort. As many know, RVUs are a method of determining physician work values and thus compensation in many American healthcare systems.
While we in federal medicine do not get "paid" by RVU generation, it has been accepted as a means to monitor individual provider work output within a particular federal hospital system. Using this classification on days that I am serving as the regional anesthesia section attending (sticking needles in patients all day) I appear to be a highly productive, labor intensive physician (many of my residents are choking on this). In other words, I am generating considerable work for the team that justifies my expense to the taxpayer.
There are other days when I am assigned to serve as the acute pain service attending. These days are spent performing patient rounds where a team of physicians and nurses meets with patients and family members discussing pain issues, providing the patient insight into their pain, and formulating plans to manage their pain. This is the activity where we actually get to know our patients and their families, discuss their needs and desires, and educate them away from their fears and anxiety. We actually spend considerable time talking to our patients--in a needle-free environment. Although this activity takes far more time and effort then the needle procedures we do and is by far our most important function in managing perioperative pain, we receive 0 units for this activity by the RVU system.
A pragmatic taxpayer, looking strictly at RVU generation without the benefit of the previous explanation, would view me as a terribly unproductive physician (you residents should just relax) on those days that I am not sticking needles in people. It is a sad reality of modern medicine that we tend to value doing things to patients but place little to no value on getting to know our patients.
I am not saying that the procedures have no value; on the contrary, much of the good I have done for individual patients in my career has been at the end of a needle. I just wish the good that has been accomplished by talking, teaching, and developing a relationship with my patients was valued as much. While the system tends to have difficulty finding value in talking with patients, the positive feedback I receive from patients comes from that interaction. Rarely do patients express their gratitude for my care when I have a 10 cm needle in my hand.
I recognize that I have been generalizing and have thoroughly oversimplified the overwhelmingly complicated issues of healthcare costs and value. Then again, just because the issues are complicated, does that necessarily mean the solutions need to be as thorny? What if we took a page from the Hippocrates playbook and spent more time and placed more value on talking to patients?
I believe most would agree that physicians are still human, we will "do" whatever it is we get "paid" to do to patients. If procedures and prescriptions are what pays, then procedures and prescriptions, and the businesses that drive those products, will continue to set the medical agenda for this country. I suggest that we strive to find other ways of defining provider labor within our federal system that ascribes equal value on time spent on procedures with time learning about our patients. From my experience with patients in the past 20 years, our value in their eyes could only increase in such a system.
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I want to thank you for your recent article in US Medicine utilizing the Hippocrates quote: It's far more important to know what person the disease has then what disease the person has."
As the ACOS for Education at the Mountain Home VA and a medical educator for the past 15 years, I have been disheartened at the trend I see away from this concept and towards a medicine model of procedures on nameless, faceless patients. I have always felt more like a doctor when I engage my patient in times of bad news or end of life issues than at any other time. I feel this is where my value to patients is the most visible and I thoroughly enjoy it and am honored to be trusted in that role.
I am not sure what we are doing in medical education sometimes. We get these bright, fresh-faced young folks in medical school who are idealistic and open-minded and we manage to turn a lot of them into judgmental, uncaring robot-like characters by the end of residency training and I am often disillusioned with the process.
I never served in the military and for that, I have great regret. In my role as a hospitalist/internist/educator with the VA, I look at this as being my opportunity to serve. I came to the VA for the education job but I have wound up valuing our mission more than anything else. I see way too many trainees looking at our veterans as a means to an end to get the required number of procedures to qualify for credentials to graduate from training.
I don't know how to fix this other than modeling the behavior that a caring, competent physician needs to have. The system is set up to de-value this crucial role of a physician and I battle to keep myself from being totally disillusioned at times.
I really appreciate your commentary and I can't tell you the appropriateness of the timing of this article to me personally.
Thank you!
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I'm just about packed! I've got some last minute things to do, but I'll be leaving in about an hour so I wanted to make one more post before I go.
A customer just left from picking up her quilt, and the story behind this quilt is kind of neat!
Carol was given 15 of these dresden plate blocks from the 1930's. (I believe they had belonged to the great-aunt of the person that gave them to her, they had been passed down.) Some of them were completed, some of them still had the button hole stitch to be done on them, and some of them were in partial assembly. She finished what she could, but she was in dire need of ideas on what to do with 15 blocks! Certain settings just wouldn't work and she wanted something that would really be accurate for the time period.
One day while she was bringing me another quilt to quilt for her, she brought her blocks, explained the situation, and I knew I had just the answer! I had a collection of authentic (not repros) 30's fabrics that she could use to make ONE MORE BLOCK and then set them the traditional way she wanted. We were even able to match that solid orangey red for the center of the block! She found the perfect sashing fabric, and then tied it all together clear to the edge by bordering it with muslin that matched the blocks. It turned out just wonderful! I quilted feather sprays in the corners of the blocks, surrounded by tiny stippling to really bring them out. The plate blades are outline quilted, with another feather flower quilted in the red centers of the block.
I'm usually not in love with 30's prints and 30's quilts...but this one has maverick issues! Not all the blocks have the same number of blades! they are different widths, some fat, and some skinnier, I think they fudged with them to get them flat enough to lie down instead of being volcanoes..*LOL* The plates are NOT centered in the blocks, and they are all rotated a bit different which made putting the feather plumes in the corners of the blocks a bit of a challenge. Each feather plume is a bit different too, because I was just quilting to fill up the space. And I like it! It gives the ey e something different to look at and the dresden plates (which is not one of my fave patterns either...repetition wise) seem to be spinning and doing their own thing with their own personalities. the centers of the plates are not completely round! some are egg shaped. It was all these wonderful inconsistencies that made this a fun quilt to quilt on!
Not to mention that I LOVE the look of quilting on plain muslin (and the solid red for that matter) Nothing is as timeless as that.it shows the quilting SO well! little white on white prints that are out now just don't have that same look or feel. I don't know why they are so popular with quilters! Give me plain old muslin any day, it is wonderful to quilt and fits the quilting 'genre' that I like most! (and second comes shirtings if it has to be a print at all :c)
Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be back on monday!
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OMG...I have almost the same quilt on my machine now, but it's a new quilt done with 30's repros. My customer wants very traditional 30's style quilting, so no stippling or fun feathers in the corners for this one. You did a beautiful job on this quilt! How long does it take you to quilt a quilt this elaborate? I know that doing all the orange peels and SID are taking forever on the one I'm doing!
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Here's the last group of my personal bust studies from 2012. The second head is after the comic "Batman & Dracula - Red Rain".
Next time I do something like this, I'll post less pictures, maybe one main image and another one with different views of the character, so as not to flood my thread like this. And I'll try to post sculpts in chronological order, not as random as here.
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In the coming days, I'll put up this ebook, maybe today.
Also, after an "intersketcho", should I make bodies for some or all of these characters, oder polypaint, light and render the busts? What would you advice or like to see?
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Wow i have never seen this thread before, just watched the 3 pages, and i've to say that i'm pretty impressed by some models, very interesting job, i love the way you work with fibermesh. and there's a lot of character in the study faces.
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So people I know wanted a printable black-and-white compilation of the head studies from this thread, where they are in color.
The ebook is meant to be viewed with facing pages, Acrobat Reader should show it correctly.
Its about 90 pages.
I did that, and I thought I'd share the PDF with the ZBrush Community..
I'm also attaching the first pages as a preview.
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Just Wo0w
3 pages of fantastic character with more fantastic fibermesh . I can't wait for your next pages.
In my opinion more realistic form of anatomy with this kind of super fibermesh you do, act like a bullet in head. I'm sure we will see your works at ZBC top row gallery so so0n. bd
Downloaded 3 times , and each time acrobat show that msg = "there was an error opening this document. This file is damaged and could not be repaired.
That's strange, I just downloaded it and opened it with the latest version of the acrobat reader. Foxit works too, so I suspect that your connection might be unsteady, which can result in this kind of problem while downloading large pdfs.
Had the same thing with a wlan once, half the pdfs I downloaded were corrupt.
But I can reupload it later.
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Pdf's fine here, thanks for sharing it!
I wanted matcap based, somewhat painterly skin material for one render pass in ZBrush.
No lightcap, no material painting, no photoshop (except for my sig.
Just the one standard light, a modified base material by zbro with my sss, polypainting, and filters for rich contrasts.
Even the reflections in the last image are a matcap texture. Screengrabs show the stages.
I plan to polypaint und render several characters from this thread with it.
impressive, i can never get zbrush renders look good
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MSI LanCraft Spring 2011
We've reached a new record during MSI Spring 2011, where we reached the most visitors on LanCraft. There were 254 players present and overall number climbed over 320 visitors. The biggest LanCraft hosted players of StarCraft II and Defense of the Ancients. There was an incredible atmosphere because of that, when the fights for the top places took place, and you could see competitors from Czech and Poland there. The games, empowered by an incredible commentaries and thanks to many spectators got on completelly different level. There was a live broadcast from PLAYzone.cz from LanCraft, where we counted 7,000 concurrent, unique spectators.
The best players picked up prizes in the cost of 60,000 CZK, which were divided between monetary rewards and items provided by partners of MSI Spring. There was no shortage on additional fun, from game consoles PS3 and Nintendo Wii, dancing mats to night Laser Game.
Counter-Strike | DotA | StarCraft 2 |
INTEL LanCraft Summer 2010
INTEL LanCraft Summer 2010 was the most successfully lanparty from us. With no even the smallest technical, organizational or other issues, we have ensured 4 days full of free time, fun and relaxing for more than 130 attendants. During these summer days we have hosted tournaments in 7 different games! Besides classics like Counter-Strike1.6 or Defense of the Ancients we have witnessed fight of FIFA 10 players, TrackMania Nations Forever or new brand game Starcraft II (in beta version that time).
DotA players have been awarded by processors INTEL for their loyalty to LanCraft, which have been devoted by our main partner Grunex. The winners from all other tournaments were looking forward to cash prizes and PC games, which had been ensured by our long term partner, domestic PC games distributor CD Project. The total value of all prizes exceeded CZK 50.000, big thank to all our partners! Complete news service has been covered by PLAYzone TV during whole event and huge media support has been received from DASNET portal, which created many video materials from this event. In cooperation with gaming club Velky Spalicek from Brno we were able to ensure renting of personal computers or monitors to all those players, that were unable to bring their equipment.
Beautiful weather allowed us to develop other than computer activities. The beach volleyball-court from next door was greatly used by many of LanCraft attendants. In rest times players could sit and relax with barbecued chicken and cool down their thirsty by tasty beer. Indoors the dancing pads were prepared again, as well as the famous laser game and its fights were raging over the whole culture house quite often.
Counter-Strike | DotA | FIFA |
LanCraft Spring 2010
LanCraft Spring 2010 was our first event in new facility and thus this action was intended as trial event. Among participants one was able to find only stable visitors, which were given the possibility to feel the quality and level of new venue. Dominating game for this event was, without any doubts, Defense of the Ancients, where besides of traditional 5v5 tourney, also grand finals of DotA liga tournament took place with its 8 best of the best teams of season.
Big space was allocated for supporting games, where on the first floor mostly, the laser game arena was established. Accompanying company Rare Items did very good job as usual and players had great fun during whole event. Also game console Nintendo Wii has been presented first time on LanCraft, many people tried with interest and it has been settled as regular part for LanCraft since this time.
DotA | |
INTEL LanCraft Silesia
New decade of the third millennium is for LanCraft in sign of big changes and already first event proved it to be truth. From Rymarov, where all funs of computer games have been traveling for 7 years, the place of event was moved more to north, to nearby Krnov. Exhibition palace Silesia became a home for almost 300 players from Czech rep., Slovakia and due to better accessibility, also 34 champions from Poland arrived, which dominated straight-away 2 main tournaments.
Besides of game evergreens like StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, Defense of the Ancients and Counter-Strike 1.6, also funs of QUAKE LIVE, TrackMania Nations Forever, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War a Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory arrived on the north of Moravia to compete in supporting tournaments. Two table soccers, dancing pads DDR and newly also professional poker tables were available for those who wanted to try luck.
To the most prestigious tournament in Counter-Strike, 22 mostly domestic teams signed up, but finally clan DELTA from Poland rejoiced from the victory followed by home team eSuba on the send place. Unstoppable poland players dominated also in StarCraft, where silver and gold from previous LanCraft RTS Summer event were exchanged between MaNa and kogeT. DotA was dominated by clan Verya, when they beat team SGC in semifinals, which took always the first places in pasted year beside of one exception. The third title in the row in WarCraft was gained by h34D_hUnT3R, but he still loses one vicotry on record man Giacomo.
Counter-Strike | DotA | StarCraft | WarCraft |
LanCraft FPS Autumn 2k9
The fifteenth sequel of LanCraft, marked as FPS event, was strictly dedicated to Counter-Strike 1.6. Eight teams struggled each other until team-uber became the absolute winners. Top teams were rewarded with tons of video-games provided by CD Projekt and then the LAN party program advanced to the highly expected point of the 2on2 Laser Game tournament. However, no team was capable of defeating the skilled local players who took the first place quite easily.
After the exhausting day filled up with competitive gaming the visitors had an evening off, the very last evening spent in Rymarov, as the whole LanCraft event moves to Krnov.
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LanCraft RTS Summer 2k9
For the third time in 2009, the fans of computer games gathered on LanCraft held during the last weekend of summer holidays. Besides the participants from the Czech republic and Slovakia a numerous group of Polish players contributed to the high quality of tournaments. Players could measure their strength in the good old classics - StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne and Defense of the Ancients. Rymarov was also chosen to be the place of Czech and Slovak Championship in those games and if it weren't enough there were plenty of supporting tournaments including a popular 2on2 laser game competition.
StarCraft was dominated by the Polish taking first four places with kogeT on the top. At least, WarCraft trophy stayed home as the Czech player h34D_hUnT3R won for the second time in a row. The DotA tournament offered exactly the same opponents in the finals as year ago and SGC had their revenge upon UCP from Poland. The LanCraft record for the highest tower of pizza boxes was broken and newly set to ? boxes.
CZ/SK StarCraft | StarCraft | MÄŚSR WarCraft III | WarCraft III | DotA |
LanCraft Spring 2k9
Thirteenth gathering of players from the Czech Republic, Moravia, Silesia, Slovakia, Poland was also supported by players from Hungary. They all struggled hard for the titles of champions in StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne and Defense of the Ancients. The house of culture was expected to be fully crowded but in the end some seats remained unoccupied. Many visitors enjoyed not only the main tournament, but also the rich supporting program including the popular laser game, shooting range, table football, discounted meals and a huge screen with glossed live matches.
The Czech Republic had one winner after a long period of time as h34D_hUnT3R took the first place in WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. The laurels of Defense of the Ancients went to Slovakia as SGC claimed the third LanCraft victory in a row. The oldest game played, StarCraft: Brood War, was dominated by the Hungarian player Kashu.
StarCraft | WarCraft III | DotA |
LanCraft FPS Spring 2k9
Historically first LanCraft devoted to FPS games opened its gates in April 2009. The major events consisted of Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake III Arena and Quake 4. More than 100 visitors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland found their ways in so the LAN party was successful in a whole although there was another much larger event held in Hungary that was preferred by many European players.
Besides the traditional snack bar food with a draft beer and alcohol/alcohol-free beverages there were many leisure time activities such as table football or building a tower from pizza boxes where the winner made a 96-boxes-tall tower. When it got darker, all the visitors were able to try an outdoor laser game Begeara and to imagine to be in the position of their controlled game characters.
The major tournament in Counter-Strike 1.6 was conquered by Snoopy just before the midnight whereas Quake III: Arena needed more time and the champion was known even on Sunday noon - the Polish representatives succeeded in both Q3 events. First place in Quake 4 was taken by home player Krysa.
Counter-Strike | Quake III 1v1 | Quake III TDM | QUAKE 4 |
LanCraft Summer 2k8
The eleventh LAN party in Rymarov lasted four days for the first time in its history. While Thursday belonged only to the best players in StarCraft: Brood War struggling for the title of Czech and Slovak Champion, very next three days offered multiple tournaments for every participant interested in measuring his strength with the others in various computer games. Besides the high number of Czech and Slovak players there were also representatives of Poland who did well by seizing the first place in the tournament of Defense of the Ancients after beating the two-time winners of previous LanCrafts.
Both games StarCraft: Brood War and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne were dominated by Slovak participants so that the home players had to settle only for the title of local champions in StarCraft from Thursday. The traditional accessories of LanCrafts such as many supporting tournaments, refreshments and a big screen with live matches were not missing and certainly there were no one leaving the event displeased.
CZ/SK StarCraft | StarCraft | WarCraft III | DotA |
LanCraft Spring 2k8
Tenth anniversary of LanCraft held in April rewrote the history. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Electronic Arts we could included Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars in the supported games. Besides the large number of participants, there were also unmatched prize money - speaking in numbers, the house of culture was crowded with 200 players from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland playing for about 50.000 CZK.
For the second time in hostory of LAN parties in Rymarov, we had no winner from the Czech Republic in any tournament. Three Polish players and one Slovak team took the highest prices and even the Czech fixed star of WarCraft, Giacomo, were not able to extend his winning spree on LanCraft. However, vast amount of supporting activities such as table football tournament or eating discounted pizza saved the day even for the losers.
StarCraft | WarCraft III | DotA | C&C 3 |
LanCraft Summer 2k7
The other LanCraft of year 2007 had to deal with a very low visit rate. Even foreigners did not arrive in numbers we were used to see, although two major tournament titles were taken by Slovak representatives - MaiX won 1on1 SC:BW and SGC dominated in the brand new event of 5on5 DotA. Czech honors were finally saved by local fixed star Giacomo who won through to his fifth LanCraft victory in a row in 1on1 W3:TFT. Besides these tournaments, there were also five supporting events including table soccer tour so that everyone must have been satisfied.
StarCraft | WarCraft III | DotA |
LanCraft Spring 2k7
After a very naughty event in autumn affected by many unpleasant holdbacks, there were next sequel held in spring perfectly organised. Both the major tournaments started newly on Saturday morning and were finished before midnight. It would have been no LanCraft without supporting tours and this time, it was not different. Players who had failed in the major tours could enjoy competitions in table soccer, DotA 3on3, Trackmania and many others. Polish gosu Draco proved to be in a good shape and took 1st place of SC:BW, while W3:TFT title was taken by no one less-known than Giacomo.
StarCraft | WarCraft III |
Rymarov Spring 2k6
The seventh LAN party in Rymarov took place in March/April 2006. The main Brood War event was notably enriched with the participation of two Swedish representatives, Greeks and Poles. Unfortunately the entire tour was fairly delayed due to local dancing lessons which were quite longer than usual. Moreover some network problems occured just afterwards and the accumulated shortfall of time caused the finals to be played online a few days later on. Starcraft trophy was finally taken by Mireille and Warcraft tour was traditionally dominated by Giacomo.
StarCraft | WarCraft III |
Rymarov Summer 2k5
This time, because of inaccessibility of the house of culture in Rymarov, the tourney took place in the middle of September. No doubts it was one of the biggest Central-European LAN parties. There were two games on schedule (BW, W3) to compete in with more than hundred players from the Czech Republic and Slovakia but also from other countries. Besides 1on1 main tournament there were also 2on2 and micro tournaments so that really everyone must have been satisfied. Both winners (Draco in SC:BW and Giacomo in W3:TFT) defended their first place from Spring 2k5. Players carried away not only experience from the games but also from the adventurous journeys to the nearby snack-bars and pubs.
StarCraft | WarCraft III |
Rymarov Spring 2k5
First time when a new event emerged. The organizers decided to add WarCraft III: Frozen Throne tournament but unfortunately the response from players was unexpectable low - about 30 players took part. On the other hand the LAN in the whole was more successful than the previous one as usual. There were more than 100 players with own computers, record number of Polish players and also a traditional guest from Germany, FisheYe[pG], found the way although he had to be brought from the nearby city of Olomouc in the middle of night. Despite unceasing effort of CDS)Jump the main admin, the major tournaments were not finished as scheduled which resulted in finishing the finals in almost empty hall.
StarCraft | WarCraft III |
BW Summer 2k4 Rymarov
The fourth tournament was called BW Summer 2k4 and a challenge for the admins at the same time to improve the organization and ensure a smooth running of the main event compared to BW Spring 2k4. Again there were approximately 200 people interested in playing computer games or observing the others and again [pG]FiSheYe came. Although he was supposed to win the main tournament as he had done on BW Spring 2k3, he did not fulfil the expectations and ended only 4th. We have also some photos in our Photo Gallery taken on this event.
StarCraft | |
BW Spring 2k4 Rymarov
BW Spring 2k4 was a major breakthrough in playing games competitively not only by the space required for the tournament itself but also by given support from CMSP (Czech Pro-Gaming Association). There were more than 60 computers thanks to BYOC system and also some fee-paying observers. Additional feature attracting more players was a friend of Destroyer - [pG]FiSheYe, a German gosu who had reached 2nd place on WCG2003 just a few months ago. It was simply a great meeting worsened only by inorganization of admins.
StarCraft | |
BW Summer 2k3 Rymarov
The admins waited no longer and announced a brand new tournament called DA BW Summer 2k3 Rymarov by analogy. There was a huge mass of participants expected and that is why the whole event moved to a larger area - the local house of culture. The response was outstanding and more than 100 players found their way to the LAN party even some players from Poland. The event therefore became the largest only BW LAN party ever held.
StarCraft | |
BW Spring 2k3 Rymarov
Historically the first tournament. It all began when a couple of BW fans from foothills of Jeseniky Mountains decided to organize a small gathering of people who know each other only from Battle.net. Nobody expected such a high attendance (54 palyers) not only from the Czech Republic but also from Slovakia. The event was successful in a whole and everybody enjoyed himself immensely.
All these BW Spring 2k3 participants was so full of impressions that they demanded some similar event to be organized. Moreover the echo of the first tournament attracted many new players who also wanted to experience the unusual atmosphere.
StarCraft | |


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Updated: 9:24 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 | Posted: 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Ole Miss is New Miss.
The Rebels were the sultans of signing day, surprising many by landing what was the most-talked about class Wednesday.
Coach Hugh Freeze, after just one season in Oxford, Miss., secured a top-10 class powered by three five-star recruits, led by Grayson High defensive end Robert Nkemdiche.
As the commits came rolling in recently, some observers were left scratching their heads, wondering why players were choosing Ole Miss, which hasn't won a SEC title since 1963?
"It doesn't always have to be Alabama or LSU," Nkemdiche said, sporting a red Ole Miss hat and Ole Miss suspenders. "What makes the program is the players."
Ole Miss bagged one less five-star recruits than the Crimson Tide, who are the defending national champs. The Rebels signed as many five-star recruits in a few hours as they had in the previous six years combined.
In addition to Nkemdiche, the nation's top-rated player and whose older brother, Denzel, plays for the Rebels, Ole Miss signed Rivals' top-ranked wide receiver, Laquon Treadwell of Crete, Ill., and offensive tackle, Laremy Tunsil of Lake City, Fla.
What in the name of Nick Saban's beloved process happened?
"We were able to sell, 'here's what we want our vision to be, and let's do something new and fresh here with you guys,'" Freeze told CBSSports.com. "In order for us to do it, it takes all of you to come. Our coaches did a great job of selling that vision and building those relationships."
Denzel Nkemdiche, a linebacker, was in Oxford when the chemistry started to brew. He said his brother and Treadwell began to hit it off with the other recruits and players, many of whom visited on the same weekend.
Soon, it felt like more than just two people from the same family. Momentum started to build as one recruit began recruiting others.
"Being able to get all those big-time recruits in town the same weekend, that was huge to show those boys our personality and our characteristics," Denzel said. "We felt like a team, and they weren't even there yet."
Even LeBron James, who knows something about the recruiting gravity of stars, took to twitter about Ole Miss' class: "Ole Miss ain't messing around today! Big time recruits coming in. SEC is crazy."
Freeze defended his integrity before signing day by tweeting that anyone who thought he or his staff were doing anything improper were welcome to contact Ole Miss' compliance department. He told CBSSports.com on Wednesday that the critics need only to think about the natural tie-ins he had with some of the recruits and the quality of the campus to understand why the Rebels' signing day was so successful.
" … The same critics say that Oxford is the No. 1 college town to live in, and The Grove is the No. 1 tailgate experience and we are the No. 2 safest city in America," he said. "I understand there are going to be critics. It's unfortunate that the kids get tied up in it."
They must be dancing in The Grove.
Freeze, in his first season, led the Rebels to a 7-6 record and their first bowl win since 2009. But that record was deceiving because most wins came against struggling or lower-level teams.
The Rebels were blasted by Texas (66-31), rolled by Alabama (33-14), edged by Texas A&M (30-27) and bowled over by Georgia (37-10).
After his younger brother's news conference Wednesday, Denzel predicted those struggles are a thing of the past.
In fact, he said the Rebels may do much more.
"There's no doubt we have the talent and work ethic to play for a national championship in the next few years," he said.
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