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by Lang Whitaker | @langwhitaker
OK, I'm heading over to AmericanAirlines Arena, my favorite run-on arena in the League, for Game 2 of the Finals. Will Dirk's injured finger slow him down? Will Bron/Wade/Bosh come to play again? Lots to be answered. I'll be back closer to game time to blog away. In the meantime, feel free to talk amongst yourselves…
OK, it's 8:40 PM and I'm in my seat here in AAA. Instead of doing the media dinner pregame, Sekou, Mike Lee and I opted for Bongos, the Cuban restaurant built in to the back of the arena. The food was great, but there was so much going on — horns, smoke, sirens, music — that it was bit like eating inside a bongo.
Went back inside and watched both teams shoot around, and didn't notice anything earth-shattering. Mark Cuban was hanging around courtside, first time I'd seen him this week. Dirk was out running through drills and looked fine to these eyes.
Anyway….we're about to tip…
• National Anthem tonight by 10 year old Julia Dale, who is ready to win America's Got Talent.
• I'm really curious about how Miami comes out tonight. Dallas just didn't play well in Game 1, and I wonder if they're due for a big night tonight.
• Same starting 5s for both squads tonight. Dallas wins tip and run Dirk off a baseline screen. He misses a 12 footer over a double team. Heat come right back and Wade hits a runner. Bosh misses, then Dirk rises and fires and scores.
• Dallas doubles Bron on the wing first time he catches the ball. They find an open Bosh but he misses on the baseline. Next time down the Mavs double/trap Wade, and he finds an open Bosh in the middle of the paint for the 10-footer.
• After a Marion bucket, Miami tries a long outlet pass and DeShawn Stevenson goes head-first into the stands and takes a while to extricate himself. I think some fans drew a few more tattoos on him while he was in there.
• Dallas comes back down and Stevenson finds himself open on the wing, and he drains the long three, then does the thing where he looks through his hand. I sorta miss the I can't feel my face thing.
• Kidd drains a three to make it 12-6, Dallas. Remember what I wrote about Dallas getting off to a hot start?
• Wade answers with a three. Dirk misses a two, and LeBron makes a pass into the front row of the stands, then comes down and is called for a foul on Tyson Chandler on a dunk attempt.
• With about 7 minutes to go in the first, Peja checks in. Miami goes right at him, causes some chaos, and Wade ends up weaving his way to the basket for a layup. Next time down, Wade posts Stevenson, then whips it out to Bron for a three. Miami goes ahead 14-13, with 5:53 to go in the first.
• Out of the timeout, Dallas posts Kidd on Bibby, and he spins and whips a pass to the corner to…nobody. Bosh goes right around Peja and scores, and scores, and then Dallas turns it over again. Bron misses a three, and then Kidd comes off a curl and misses a J.
• Dallas isn't able to recover fast enough on D when they rotate, and Miami's getting a lot of open looks. Bibby just knocked down his second three of the quarter. Stevenson responded and did the weird looking through his fingers thing again.
• Some fan came out of the stands to shoot a three with a chance to win a trip to Dallas for Game 3. He shot an airball that missed by about three feet, but for some reason this meant a different fan got a trip to Dallas.
• After that there was a video tribute to Shaq's time in Miami that was pretty great, which ended with "Congratulations Shaq on a great career." Polite applause by the fans.
• Udonis Haslem checks in for Dallas, and Jason Terry replaces Stevenson. Almost immediately, Haslem and Joel Anthony fight each other for a ball going out of bounds and lose it.
• Peja comes down and turns it over to Bibby. Back the other way and Bibby misses a three, but Bron times it perfectly and catches the rebound with one hand and tomahawks it home. Whoa. Heat up 23-20.
• Miami brings in Miller and Chalmers. Dallas counters with Barea. Dirk strokes a 13 footer.
• Haywood gets loose and gets a dunk blocked by Joe Anthony. Marion gets the ball and gets fouled by Bron, his second foul. Bron responds by stroking a three on the other end.
• OK, so after 1, the score is tied at 28. After being outrebounded by 10 in Game 1, the Mavs have 8 boards to Miami's 7. Peja played 5 minutes and has a -7 plus/minus. Bron and Wade each have 8 points, and Stevenson and Marion have 6 apiece. Dirk has 4.
• Barea drives and makes a floater, only his second bucket of the Finals. Next time down he drives and dishes to a cutting Marion for two. Barea's doing Barea things tonight.
• Next time down Miami plays good defense, and with the shot clock winding down Dallas throws to Dirk in the corner. He catches with Bosh right on him, dribbles hard to his left twice, and then pulls for an off-balance 18-footer. Two things: First, I think his left hand is fine. And B, what a luxury to have a guy who can not only create a shot for himself but drill a 17-footer with a good 6-11 dude checking him.
• Nine minutes to go in the second, LeBron out, and Wade does that thing where he stands at the top of the key and somehow zig-zags through the other team and gets to the rim for a bucket. Haven't seen enough of that this postseason.
• Loos ball and Mike Miller dives on top. Barea dives into him and appears to accidentally deliver a knee to the face. Miller shoves back and Joey Crawford sort of scoots between them. Calls a T on Miller, I guess for the shove. The technical free throw makes it 40-34, Dallas.
• Bosh misses a runner and Wade goes about a foot above the rim and slams home the miss. Moments later, Miami gets a break and Wade runs right at Barea, goes around him, and gets the dunk.
• After a TO, Dirk misses a jumper but Chandler is there for the offensive rebound and put-back. That gives Chandler 3 rebounds already tonight, 1 less than he had in 33 minutes in Game 1.
• Wade drives the paint and flips up a pass to the guy cutting along the baseline. At the end of Game 1 it was Bron, and he dunked it. Tonight, it's Joel Anthony. He makes a nice catch and dishes it back out.
• 3:22 in the second and Bron picks up his third foul. See you in the second half, Bron! Dallas up 49-42. Wade gets loose on a breakaway and appears to get shoved from behind by Chandler, but no call. He misses the layup and spins and goes after Kenny Mauer. Dallas scores on the other end to go up 51-42.
• Moments later, Chandler catches under the rim and Anthony blocks his shot. Somehow they call a foul on Chandler. Next time down Miami has maybe their best defensive sequence of the game, forcing a 24 second violation on Dallas.
• Dos Minutos!
• Chalmers to the line and he misses two free throws. Miami's 4-9 from the free throw line tonight. Mavs up 51-46. Next time Wade gets Marion on him on a switch, pumps him into the air and gets two free throws. Good, good. Dallas misses a J, and Miami forces it back and Wade hits a three to tie it at 51. Dirk misses a J, and that's the end of the half. 51-51.
• Seems like both teams concentrating on rebounds — only 5 offensive boards combined in the first half. Wade carried Miami — 21 of their 51 points. Meanwhile Dallas has 4 of their 5 starters with at least 9 points. Only starter with less was Kidd, and he had 3, 4 and 4.
• After a couple of misses and a turnover, Miami gets a dunk from Bron to start the half. A few plays later, Wade gets a runout, creates some contact with Dirk and somehow slips behind him, almost like he hit the R1 button in Madden, and sails in for a sweet reverse dunk. Miami goes ahead 57-52.
• Carlisle takes a TO and the teams return and miss a few jumpers, which sort of sucks the momentum out of the place. Then Wade catches in the post against Kidd, backs him down, spins and dunks hard, which wakes everyone up.
• Dirk gets a T, I think for running into LeBron, though it's unclear exactly why. Bron misses the free throw. Ball don't lie.
• Bibby knocks down his third three of the game. for a guy who hadn't scored in his four previous games, he's having a heckuva night.
• Marion scores on consecutive possessions for Dallas, which gives me the chance to make that Matrix sound effect.
• The Custodian! Brian Cardinal checks in for Dallas, and immediately Miami steals the ball from Kidd. I was hoping they'd run something for him. Next time down, Cardinal leaves Bibby alone in the corner to help, and Bibby knocks down his 4th three.
• Sorry, internet went down there for a minute. Miami up 71-65, 1:31 to play.
• Bron turns it over in the open floor and Dallas scores to make it a 4 point game. Bibby comes back and hits a shot going to his left. I can say this about Bibby from watching him play with the Hawks: He's really good at going to his left and shooting with his right hand. Next time down Bron gets a huge dunk in just a static halfcourt set. Geez. Thing is, Dallas is matching every bucket. After three, Heat lead 75-71. Dallas has a big advantage on the glass — 29-22 — but Miami's shooting over 50 pct from the floor tonight.
• Haywood opens the fourth giving an intentional foul on Haslem, then limping/hopping off the court and running straight into the locker room. Marion scores for Dallas, then the Mavs force a Miami turnover and have the ball down two with 10:16 to go. Spoelstra calmly send LeBron into the game. Immediately, Dallas turns it over and Wade gets a dunk at the other end. Miami then forces the Mavs into a 24 second violation. Chalmers brings it up with Barea all over him. Three times Barea leans back like he got bumped, without a call. Chalmers runs him off a Bosh screen, gets to the rim and scores. Heat back up 79-73. 9:16 to go. TO.
• Celeb spotting during the TO: Flo Rida, Lil Weezy, Sean Paul.
• Out of the TO, MIA traps Terry as he looks to get the ball to Dirk and strips him. Wade goes one on three and draws a foul. Sekou next to me points out Dirk has outscored Mike Bibby by one point (15 to 14).
• Chalmers misses a three from the corner and Bosh comes right down the lane and dunks the follow. Dallas turns it over, and Wade comes back and draws a foul. Two more from the line.
• Dallas misses a three, and Bron comes charging downcourt on the break. He jumps into the air around the free throw lone, looks right at a cutting Haslem, who gets covered, and while he's still in the air, he looks left and finds a cutting Chalmers. That pass was pretty ill, but then Chalmers catches under the basket and whips it out to the corner to Wade, who drains the three. Miami's up 88-73, with 7:14 to go. Over?
• Terry gets a two, then a runout two, and now it's 88-77, 5:45 to play. Spoelstra burns a timeout, as much for fun as anything, I guess.
• Out of the TO, Bron gets to the rim and shorts a finger roll. Terry gets to the line for Dallas and hits both, to make it 88-79. Still 5:20 t0 play.
• Dallas forces Miami into a bad shot at the shot clock buzzer. Dallas goes to Dirk, who finds Marion flashing to the rim. 88-81.
• Bron goes hard to the rim and draws a foul on Chandler. I think Miami figured as long as their going to waste the clock, they might as well try to get to the basket and draw fouls. He hits both, and Kidd nails a three to make it a six-point game with 3:36 to go. Bron dribbles and misses a fadeaway, and Dallas rebounds. Kidd finds Terry, who hits a runner to make it 90-86, with 3:11 left. So…not over.
• Since Wade's corner three, Dallas is on a 13-2 run.
• For a second I thought the crowd was chanting "M.O.P." But they're actually chanting "Let's Go Heat!"
• And out of the timeout, Bosh dribbles out of bounds along the baseline. Dirk gets an open 18 footer and rattles it in. Two point game. Haslem misses a long jumper and Dallas comes down with a chance to tie it. Miami does a nice job stopping them. Miami comes back and gets three possessions and can't score. And then on a runout, Dirk scores — lefty, of course — to tie the game. 90 all. 57.6 left. Wow. 17-2 run since that corner three from Wade.
• Dallas doubles Bron, then Wade, and he takes a contested three and misses. Dallas comes right back and Dirk rips a three, clean. 20-2 run for Dallas. Dallas up 93-90. 26.7 left.
• Chalmers! Out of the TO, Mario drains the three and ties the game at 93. 24.5 left.
• Dallas runs the clock down and goes to Dirk. He spins to the rim, throws up ANOTHER lefty layup and puts Dallas up 95-93. Miami rushes back and Wade takes a long three that hits the rim and misses. Dallas wins, 95-93. Wow.


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I was just wondering what everyone here's favorite computer game is. Right now mine's Max Payne.
Age of Empires!
The first or second one, either expansion pack..
I spent no time on this signature.
Pearl Harbor Zero Hour.
Deus Ex for single player, Counter-Strike for Multiplayer, and Starcraft for Strategy. I can't decide which one is the best.
Counterstrike all the way.
The Sims and all the Expasion games for it.
Also all the Star Wars games.
Right now Tribes 2 is my favorite for multiplayer.
Star Craft Brood Wars
Half Life
For the mods, TFC and CS, you know
And... Civilization III is good also
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Septerra Core
Max Payne
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
Metal Gear Solid
Starcraft/Brood War
Star Trek Elite Force ( {MAC} clan rulz! )
lets see,
FPS - the one and only CS
adventure/rpg - diablo 2 until....
I lost some good shit
Thats what I'm talkin' about!
I don't have many computer games that are good but i want to get the Sims
"Lady luck was not with me at all today. In fact, she was practically smacking me in the chin with a mace, and stubbing my toe with a meter stick." - =NukeBlaze=
The Sims and AOE 2 is good also
Myst. I don't like Riven. Too much disk-swapping.
Unreal Tournament is my favorite right now but I will be getting to play Half Life soon so it might change.
Well that was a pretty good turnout considering this set of forums was dead when I posted this. Any others?
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Jasmine Johnson took a circuitous route to Saint Leo after leaving the University of Florida's soccer program during her sophomore year.
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She worked different jobs near her Tampa home and played club soccer in the summer. After three years, the then 23-year-old decided that Saint Leo was the place for her. She helped the Lions capture their first Sunshine State Conference title this fall. "It was the right time, and the right place," she said.
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Kate Rawlinson contacted me two days ago with news that Amakusaplana acroporae (we called them AEFW) have finally been discovered in nature. This is the first step in determining a possible point of origin as well as to hopefully find a suitable predator to remove them from our precious corals.
Much research has been poured into understanding this tiny pests that have devoured gorgeous Acroporid reefs in aquariums across the Unite States, but the people involved are few. Kate has been very generous with what she's discovered thus far, and is always looking for anyone to supply her with additional AEFW on corals if the hobbyist is willing to 'fund' her efforts. You can contact her directly at firstname.lastname@example.com
Here's a screenshot from the article that released today. This is Lizard Island, in the northern Great Barrier Reef, to be exact. And on what coral did they find them specifically? Acropora valida, the one coral I've stated in my own article as the "canary in the coal mine," the one that they seem to hit first for some reason.
This is the first report of them being found in the wild, and it's a huge deal. For those of you with scientific inquiry, the published paper can be found here with all the details: Discovery of the Corallivorous Polyclad Flatworm,Amakusaplana acroporae, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia the First Report from the Wild
10 colonies were carefully taken from the ocean after being chiseled from their rock substrate, and bagged to avoid losing anything that was hidden within the branches. With visual inspection, no AEFW nor any bite marks were visible. Yet, when the corals were inverted and hit with pressurized sea water, Amakusaplana acroporae were discoverd in the sieves placed beneath in 7 of the 10 colonies. Two acropora crabs were also found in the colonies, which begs the question if these commensal crabs are possible predators of the AEFW and their eggs.
In the meantime, we want to thank Kate Rawlinson and her teammates for continuing to find out all they can about this pest, what makes it tick, and how we can hopefully control their outbreaks in our aquariums.
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Oh no, there are AEFW in my tank! http://www.melevsreef.com/aefw.html
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Thank you for highlighting the maple industry and lots of sugarhouses in your March article ("Mad for Maple") — including ours. While I was reading about Elizabeth and John's travels, I felt like I was following the contestants on the Amazing Race. A portrait of a terrific trip around Maine! We enjoyed some interested visitors over the weekend, due to your article.
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We laughed throughout the whole article about maple houses and roared with approval at the end. The woman is indeed a writer! We were glad to visit the Maine backwoods with the author. We learned a lot. We hope you invite Elizabeth Peavey back again soon. We also enjoyed the fine write-up about the soft drink Moxie by Jim Baumer. It's been years since we've had it and with this reminder, we plan to have some again soon.
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Arlington, Massachusetts
Incredible Eels
Kudos on a great article "The Incredible Eel."
Flashback seventy years ago to Jim Bryant's eel dam on the East Machias River, just off Route 191 outside of Jacksonville, where I saw his fishery at his invitation. Jim was a one-armed wonder who trapped the big females as they made their way down to the sea, sending them off to Boston and New York in white birch barrels, iced down to ensure freshness. He was the first to explain to my father and me how an eel could live for a long time out of water, but the slightest injury would cause them to die. We looked down in wonder at the hundreds of dark twisting lengths in the wooden enclosure that he had made.
We caught them at night, off our dock on Gardner's Lake, shining a light down into the water, attracting them to our baited hooks. We filed off the barbs so that we could release the small ones, keeping only one or two of the three
footers. After being skinned and cleaned, they were cut into three or four inch chunks and fried in hot bacon grease, eliciting squeals from my mother and aunt as the pieces squirmed and wiggled in the pan. Although white perch ranked number one on the taste chart, fried eel came in a close second.
—William Hinckley
Columbine Valle, Colorado
Slave Trader
I was enjoying reading your February issue article "Man on the Gallows" by Ron Soodalter when suddenly the particulars about the capture of Captain Nathaniel Gordon, master of the slave ship Erie, became strangely familiar. I consulted our most recent publication, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone: Civil War Veterans of Vienna and Mount Vernon, and my suspicion was confirmed. One ordinary seaman Lysander K. Johnson, born about 1823 in Litchfield, served as cook on board the U.S. Navy vessel Mohican, which captured Captain Gordon and his ship on August 8, 1860, off the Congo. Johnson was paid a bounty of $117.79 for his part in the capture.
—Carole J. O'Connell, President
Vienna Historical Society
Mount Vernon, Maine
Bogus Budget
We regret that an editorial published in the "Viewpoint" section contained an error. The Ellsworth American editorial, titled "Misrepresenting the Facts," quoted State Representative Meredith Strang Burgess as saying the state's biennial budget for 2012-2013 "has a projected shortfall of $1.3 billion." That is not accurate. The Ellsworth American took information from an article published nearly two years ago and used it as if it were current. The state's two-year budget did face a $1.3 billion deficit in 2010, but the new legislature produced a balanced
budget last spring.
—Jay Finegan
House Republican Office
Where in Maine?
This is the Owls Head Lighthouse. My father, Leon Detz, was the lighthouse keeper there in the early sixties, and what a life it was! My two brothers, my sister, and I would sneak visitors up into the light tower to see the look on their faces when they saw how beautiful it was. Of course, it wasn't all fun. My dad worked very hard to keep the lighthouse in perfect condition for inspections.
—Diane Nurko
Millstown Twp, New Jersey
This photo is of Owls Head Light. A climb up the long series of stairs brings you to a panoramic view of the Camden Hills and harbor, the breakwater and lighthouse in Rockland, and the islands of West Penobscot Bay. This includes a clear view of Vinalhaven's three windmills which, whatever your opinion of them, are quite striking with their mighty blades turning in unison in the ocean breeze.
— Claude and Claudeen Bergeron
Lewiston, Maine
As a volunteer with the American Lighthouse Foundation, your picture jumped right off the page. The Owls Head Light and the Rockland Breakwater Light are manned by the volunteers. Contrary to your write-up, it has been open to the public for at least the last year and a half, every Saturday and Sunday, Memorial Day through Columbus Day.
—Wally Towne
Owls Head, Maine
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GH Week of November 24, 2008
Jax refused to sell Spoon Island to Nikolas; in fact, he intends to buy Wyndemere and open "Spoon Island Spa." Nikolas vowed to force Jax out of Metro Court. Carly tried to mediate, but Jax refused and left. Nikolas vowed to bring down Jax. At Jake's, Johnny nixed Lulu's suggestion to leave the Zacchara family, even though Coleman offered him a gig as a piano player.
Claudia was reluctant to accept Sonny's proposal — until she spotted Olivia lurking outside. Sonny brought her inside, and Claudia broke the news. "You're lying down with dogs here," Olivia sniffed, then left. Claudia asked Sonny, "Which cousin are you really in love with?" At Kate's, Maxie was getting scolded for overruling Clarice and giving Crimson a youthful slant. Maxie argued she did a great job just getting the magazine out the door. Olivia arrived and told Kate that Sonny is marrying Claudia. After a disgusted Olivia left, Kate resumed scolding Maxie, who criticized Clarice. Then Jax arrived to praise Maxie for putting out the best-selling Crimson yet. After Maxie left, Kate proposed a toast to "not making the worst mistake of my life." They toasted — then kissed.
Back at Sonny's, he warned Claudia to treat Kate and Olivia with respect — or avoid them altogether. Claudia condemned Kate as a faker, then asked Sonny not to make cracks about Johnny or Anthony. Claudia said, "I'm never gonna be a madonna, but I don't want to be treated like a whore." Then she opened the ring box to see a huge rock, which impressed her. Sonny reminded her that he will call all the shots. And he felt bad about punishing Johnny for Michael's shooting. Claudia said the Zaccharas would never be involved in hurting a child, and Sonny said he holds no grudges against her or Johnny. Meanwhile, Carly found Olivia at Jake's and got the news that Sonny is marrying Claudia. Carly admitted she cannot explain her connection to Sonny; she'll always be there for him, even though he ruins all her relationships. Olivia asked her whom she would choose, if she had to. "Jax," Carly said. Olivia said it will work out. Carly asked Olivia how much Sonny mattered her back in the day. "More than I let anybody know," Liv confessed. "And now?" Carly asked.
In the PCPD interrogation room, Mac blamed Jason for Port Charles being under siege. "You're gonna pay for it this time," Mac promised. "I'm gonna shut you down." Later, Diane lectured Jason about wearing the same clothes he wore to hypothetically blow up the warehouse. Jason demanded she get him released because the police had no evidence against him. At the cabin, Sam and Elizabeth prepared to defend the boys from the Russian gangsters by getting the children to play fort, and blocking the window with a mattress. Luckily, Sam brought a gun. And she found a shotgun over the mantel and gave it to Liz. Elizabeth noted Jason taught her to use a handgun, so they swapped. Liz asked Sam to protect her boys, no matter what. Sam agreed. Liz realized this drama was all because she refused to walk away from Jason. Back at PCPD, Mac warned Alexis they have to nip the mob war in the bud. Alexis warned Diane to recuse herself, because Jason has gone too far. Alexis cited Jason's clothes as evidence of a pattern of behavior and vowed to hold him until she could come up with evidence. "It's time for you to pay," she sneered.
Elsewhere, Sonny and Claudia toasted their impending marriage. "I wanna get married soon," he said: "Tonight." Back at the cabin, Sam assured Liz she will kill to protect her kids. Then gunfire shattered a window!
Carly pressed Olivia for information at Jake's. Coleman interrupted to introduce himself to Olivia. Olivia and Carly chatted about Sonny's decisions and wondered which was a worse idea: Sonny marrying Claudia or Sonny marrying Kate. The two decided someone should talk Sonny out of marrying Claudia, so they tossed a coin to decide who would do it.
Sonny and a skeptical Claudia argued about wedding plans. Sonny explained that he needed the Zaccharas to destroy the Karpov family and promised to turn the Zacchara name into one that was respected. For the sake of helping her brother, Claudia left to change into something "a little more bridal." Claudia told Anthony she was marrying Sonny. Johnny arrived just in time for Anthony to gloat. Johnny threatened to walk away from his family for good, because he couldn't believe Claudia would throw her life away. Johnny told Claudia he would walk out on her and reminded her that Sonny would kill her if he discovered her part in Michael's shooting. Before leaving, Johnny pointed out that Claudia was wearing black on her wedding night. Elsewhere, Carly warned Sonny that he was putting his life in danger. Sonny asked Carly to carry a gun to protect herself. Then he casually mentioned that he saw Jax with Kate....
Alexis and Diane clashed at the PCPD while Alexis questioned Jason. Diane threw Alexis' poor judgement over Jerry in her face. The two were arguing about Jason when Spinelli arrived. Alone, Jason told Spinelli not to get involved just because he felt guilty about getting in over his head with the Russians. Spinelli told Stone Cold he knew his place, and assured Jason he was about to be let free. Diane and Alexis returned with news that Jason was free to go because Interpol had seized all evidence against him. Off the clock, Diane tried to make amends with an angry Alexis.
Sam and Elizabeth tried to escape the gunfire at the cabin. Sam saved Elizabeth when she tried to get to the kids. One thug broke open the door, only to be shot by Sam. When they had a moment of quiet, Elizabeth asked Sam why using a gun came so easily to her. Sam recounted using one to defend herself when she was a child. Sam swore she would give her life to protect the kids. Sam gave Elizabeth a gun and told her to go look after the boys, but then a thug grabbed Sam. As they struggled, Elizabeth shot him!
Kate and Jax drank champagne and flirted at her place. Jax asked Kate if she was interested in him because of his charm or because of Carly. They were interrupted by Sonny, who demanded to speak to Kate in private. When she refused, Sonny softly told Kate he was marrying Claudia. He professed his love for Kate, but she refused to hear it. Sonny urged Kate not to do anything stupid, to which she replied, "I've already done that." Sonny left. Jax talked Kate out of taking action, reminding her that Sonny would simply return to Carly in the end. The two began to kiss. Before long they were pulling each other's clothes off. Carly suddenly appeared, then tearfully pulled out the gun Sonny had given her...
Ric arrived at the mansion and kissed Claudia. Then Trevor and the justice of the peace came in, followed by Sonny, Max and Milo. The ceremony began, and Claudia said "I do," then waited for Sonny to do the same...
Jason arrived at the cabin, just in time for Sam to jump in the car and report that Jake had been kidnapped!
Patrick came home to Robin, and they shared their frustrations about their tough days. When she talked about having a big Scorpio clan Thanksgiving, he mentioned how he used to go on bachelor vacations at Thanksgiving. She mused about how one decision can change your whole life. Patrick noted that's called "the Butterfly Effect," as Robin drifted off to sleep...
Suddenly, Robin was at the nurses' station, returning from Paris with gifts for Epiphany, Kelly and Lainey. The gals bubbled about the new "dog" doctor, Patrick Drake. In the locker room, Robin stumbled upon Patrick and Leyla making out in the shower. "You must be Dr. Drake," Robin sniffed. Later, she and Patrick argued about how to treat a woman with seizures, but it segued into quippy sex talk. Patrick then went to Jake's and met Coleman — as in, "Just 'Coleman.' Sort of like 'Elvis,' or 'Cher.'" Patrick asked about Robin, and Coleman called her "the queen of tequila shooters." Back at the nurses' station, Matt arrived to apply for a job and met Leyla. Later, when Robin, Lainey and Kelly got to Jake's, Coleman swooped in and revealed that Patrick was talking about Robin. When Carly walked in, Patrick strutted right past Robin to flirt with Carly at the pool table.
Back at GH, Robin complained about Patrick to Alan (who apparently didn't die if there was a Metro Court hostage situation!), who introduced the newest neurosurgeon Matt Hunter. Patrick was aghast, but Robin cozied up to him. Flashforward to Jake's, where Patrick complained to Carly that Matt turned out to be his brother! Back at GH, Matt asked Robin to dinner, while Patrick hit on Elizabeth. Later, Matt ran into Maxie (who thought she knew him from school somewhere). Patrick went to Jake's, where Liz, Lainey and Kelly were having a girls' night out. Patrick complained that Coleman didn't warn him about how mercurial Carly can be. Nevertheless, he started hitting on "nice girl" Elizabeth, who wasn't interested — until he played the "nice girl" card. She agreed to dance with him just as Matt brought Robin in. When Patrick and Liz left, Robin and Matt replaced them on the dance floor.
In the GH locker room, Robin begrudgingly acknowledged Patrick's skill as a surgeon — and his smarminess as a man. When Liz strolled in, Robin questioned why she's interested in him. Liz called Patrick a sweet, unhappy, lonely boy. After she left, Patrick teased Robin about being repressed. Matt arrived, and escorted Robin out. Back at her place, they talked about her HIV status. She was impressed that he knew about her status before asking her out. Patrick brought Liz home, where they chatted about her kids. He declared himself too selfish for children. The next day, Patrick bemoaned losing a patient after not following Robin's suggestions. While she noted that simply proved he's not perfect, Patrick could not accept that. She went home to tell Matt how vulnerable Patrick was, and that they should reach out to him. Patrick, meanwhile, told Liz he's been too hard on Robin. The next day, Patrick and Robin were civil — even collegial — toward each other. Later, Robin walked in on Matt making out with Maxie. Elsewhere, Elizabeth told Patrick that she loves having fun, but needs a man who wants to be a father right now. She broke up with him because she didn't want to wait for him to grow up. "There's someone out there for you," she assured. Later, at Jake's, Patrick and Robin commiserated over losing their partners. Then he asked her to dance...
Robin awoke to the sound of Emma crying in Patrick's arms, and said, "I know that we would have found each other somehow." Beaming at his new family, Patrick declared, "This is what I always wanted. I just didn't know it." Then he asked her to marry him again, and they set a date for the week after Christmas.
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You are welcome--I find the best way to learn is to share what you are learning. This exercise I can`t really help much on, though...It looks pretty good ^_^
You are welcome--I find the best way to learn is to share what you are learning. This exercise I can`t really help much on, though...It looks pretty good ^_^
My full range of work: http://anjyil.deviantart.com/gallery/
My weird sketchbook here (it`s best to just skip to the end haha): http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...06#post2430006
Great lessons! Here is my take. This is quiet new for me, I knew about values etc. but never looked at them this way. Got some tips?
Thanks for this image.
I just started coloring recently and i was trying to think how sphreres can be colored and the details about the lighting.
While this image is helpfull does any of you have any some begginer tutorials about acrylics or geometrical shapes.
Edit: Seeing the previous pages heres a nice exercise.
Try to create a sphere with 2 light sources.For extra point let them be different color.
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elo.1st post woo. 3d artist here trying to paint shit. this thread is soooo big. i dove in and started with ex.2 on spheres.
tell me if im doing anything outrageously wrong, from what i gathered, u can get away with anything as long as the value reads correctly??? idk. i need to study colour theory more.
Mitchoo-- Nice start for the exercises. I had never heard about the eyelash trick, though I had heard about blurring your vision to help. I think the big thing is that the transitions are very sharp in your word. Values should be gradual, regardless of the material. You will want to work on blending, especially on the computer. That takes time and patience.
The light value above the sphere is a great idea and really helps you align your shadows well. I wish I had some suggestions for transitioning between colors and grayscale, but unfortunately I haven`t found the quick answer. It is just practice and practice. Take the object, photograph it, then turn it into grayscale on the computer. I also heard that you can take a piece of colored glass and use that instead of using the computer.
TheGreekDollmaker-- there are a lot of tutorials about spheres and geometrical shapes. You can check deviantart.com, or even just use google. I don`t have any of my own links with me right now--sorry ^_^;
SSquir33--I think that it would have been better to have the light source more near the front of the sphere to see it easier and give more shape, but in all I think you got the right idea. There is the answer key somewhere in this thread but I am not sure where... ^_^; As for color, there are actually some extremely strict rules that if not followed can make the image look really bad--even if the composition is good. It has a lot to do with complimentary colors, contrasting colors, hot, cold, and several other things I haven`t figured out yet. I have only dabbled in color-theory, but I have seen the wrong things really hurt a piece. It is not just value, unfortunately.
Sorry I don`t have any of my links on me today...a quick google search may help on some of these. The answer key is buried, I think...
My full range of work: http://anjyil.deviantart.com/gallery/
My weird sketchbook here (it`s best to just skip to the end haha): http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...06#post2430006
Um yeah I guess this is task1?
Tbh the shadows are much more difficult to get right, I'm confused though, if the sphere rests on a surface, is the cast shadow supposed to be a simple grey? Shouldn't it be taking on the colour from the surface beneath it? (unless its a deep deep shadow in which case its just black).
Also task 2 (EDIT)
I had a fun time with this (pardon the shabby cutouts, I was in Sketchbook Pro11 and it doesnt have a greyscale feature so I had to cut out and to PS) Still though, its really odd, I did the first purple sphere (no.1) as dark, i was close to the colour of the grey sphere but it was off by just a bit dark, so I lightened up the sphere slightly in purple no.2, still a bit dark, but better.
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hey all, this thread is really cool. I was just looking for back to basics sort of excercises.
I made two attempts at exercise 2. I went too dark in the first one. My values are much more accurate in the second one but still not perfect. The value around the highlight is too dark I think. Still new to digital.. my control is kind of lacking and I still can't get the transitions smooth.
Here are my results:
Good exercise Never really thought about lighting so much.
I think the 1st difficult for me is, should I draw the dark part 1st, or the light part 1st?
I'm still a bit confused, but I chose the dark part 1st. I find drawing layer upon layers very difficult. some how, my form shadow didnt really turn out the way I wanted it. Yet I'm kinda stuck as to what i can do about it.
Please give me ur critiques
Exercise One: Simplified Construction of a Sphere
Exercise Two: Tone with Color
Exercise Three: Light and Color
Exercise Four: Light and Color Part B!
Exercise Five: Light and Color Part C!
Project One (Beta): Simple Shape Rendering, emphasis on different materials!
Exercise Six: Color Recognition: Part A: Hue!
Exercise Six: Color Recognition: Part B: "Brightness"!
hi i found this site really helpful when studying the effects of color light and shadow. its done by a concept art member.
V, informative will explain why the highlight always needs to directly face the viewer (i.e YOURSELF! ) and why the terminator (where light goes into shadow) is always at a right angle to the light source (try it u will see!)
So I just caught wind of vol 1 of this thread and I must say I am going to have to start re evaluating my abilities and put forth much more effort.
GREYSCALE- As I was doing this one I set a pre determined color from dark to light. Layed down layers of color ranging from black to white. I used 5 shades from dark to light all with a 100% hard brush. After I decided to drop the opacity and eye drop color layering it at different opacity's getting a greydation between the colors. When I was happy with that i switched to a soft brush and repeated the last step.
Color-Since this is just practicing I attempted to create the colored version the same way I did the grey scale.
All I can say is I must study forms moar and focus a lot more on values, because my conversion f the colored version looked more dull than the grey.
Looks like I will also be redoing this to match Vol 2.0 exercise requirements.
Hey guys!
This is my first attempt of the first exercise!
I'm from Brazil and i'm struggling to understand the exercises because of my level english... ( learn by yourself its hard! )
hi, I love your workouts and I would like to share on a French forum. Does it bother you there?
I do not intend to assign your tutorial course.
hey, i hope this havnt been discussed here before, i got a question on this exercise:
"Ok, taking our perfect white lightsource"
Exercise says "perfect white lightsource", does it behaves exactly the same on a sphere only emitting perfect blue as a perfect blue lightsource? i hope you are getting my point.
imho perfect white does not behave the same way in this example, i did this exercise and considered that a perfect white lightsource must be somehow very intense and would dilute the first lit tones in saturation...just a bit. same confusion for the shadows, how can the shadows be as saturated as the halftone if we dont consider reflected light? the darkside of the sphere (roar!) isnt selfilluminating or something, i dont get it... plzzzzzz someone help me out of this confusion, and please overthink it yourself..thanks!
little sidenote: i usually test all my thoughts on this in little setups i do here in my room or on my roofgarden since i havnt got a 'perfect white lightsource' its hard to find out that way..
after reading some stuff about it on huevaluechroma.com, i cant find something about desaturation from light :/ MY HOLE LIFE IS A LIE.
okey, to break it down as a rule, how can i describe it? Perfect Light emits perfect Saturation, so an Object with an HIGH-Satuarted Material can not be desaturated by light? but i dont get how desaturation of light works... i hate those situations -,-
im doing my research like crazy and maybe got the point, i hope you correct me if im wrong:
Perfect White Light-Source means, every Color in the Light-Spectrum is there, in the same Concentration. So, there can only be 100% Saturation in the reflected Light of an Object. The Saturation wont be reduced in the shadows as long there is no Second Lightsource causing a hue-shift..which impurifys the Color. This leads me to the thought that only impurity of Light causes Desaturation on Objects.
On simple Blue-Sky and Sun Setup it would be true, that we got desaturation in the shadows and in the Lightsides. Only hues that match the Hue of the Sunlight would keep most of the Saturation... so it makes sense that a Complimentary Color causes the most appropiate Desaturation possible.
What do you guys think?
Just Discovered a Color-Theory thread, should probably ask there and not bugging you here maybe
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Carbery is simply the best Cheddar cheese ever.
Nothing more to be said!
It's rich in texture, beautiful in taste, and never any crystals.
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Do Americans support or oppose the health care law?
As the clock ticks towards a federal government shutdown over Republican attempts to weaken or eliminate the Affordable Care Act, that question is front and center in the standoff.
Democrats and Republicans say they have public opinion on their side when it comes to the measure -- also known as Obamacare -- and a new CNN national poll seems to give both sides some ammunition.
According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning, 57% of Americans say they oppose the law, up three percentage points from a CNN survey in May, with 38% saying they favor the measure, down five points from May.
That's the number Republicans will highlight.
"It is time for the Senate to listen to the American people just as the House has listened to the American people and to pass a one year delay of Obamacare and a permanent repeal of the medical device tax," said House Speaker John Boehner Monday morning.
But it's not the whole story.
Supporters of the law will point to a second number in the survey: 39% of all Americans oppose the health care law because it's too liberal, with 11% of the public saying they oppose the measure because it isn't liberal enough. Add that 11% to the 38% who say they favor the law and that means that about half the public supports the law or don't think it goes far enough.
"It's sometimes difficult to remember, but at the start of the health care debate in 2009, many Democrats wanted nothing less than a single-payer system and were extremely disappointed when that approach was not part of the new law. That disappointment seems to have persisted among some groups," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
CNN/ORC has been asking the "support/oppose" question and the "too liberal/not liberal enough" breakdown since March 2010, before the bill was passed by a then Democrat controlled Congress and signed into law by Obama.
The poll was conducted for CNN by ORC International September 27-29, with 803 adults nationwide questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week - but does now.
The actor wired $10,000 to Teagan Marti and her family on Thursday for a therapy dog to help in her rehabilitation from injuries sustained when she plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010.
"I think he's a very kind person for helping me and my family and very generous," Teagan Marti said by phone Thursday from her home in Parkland, Fla.
Teagan Marti suffered brain, spine, pelvis and internal injuries in July 2010 when nets and air bags that were supposed to catch riders on a free-fall ride were not raised. She had convinced her family to make the trip from Florida to Extreme World in Wisconsin Dells after seeing the amusement park's Terminal Velocity ride on the Travel Channel.
She was hospitalized in Wisconsin and Florida for three months. She initially had no use of her arms or legs but through physical therapy is able to walk again with a walker.
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Invented by Native Americans, lacrosse is considered to be America's first sport. But today it has exploded back onto the playing field. It is one of the fastest growing team sports in the United States, according to US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body. Between 2001 and 2010, the number of players tripled.
Lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey. It's played with a netted stick which players use to throw, catch and scoop the ball. Once played predominantly by privileged young men at East Coast prep schools and private universities, today's lacrosse players are found across the nation, include both males and females and range in age from elementary school students to adults, nearly 300,000 players strong.
This trend is evident in the Tri-Cities, according to Mike Black, director of River City Lacrosse, the organization that provides the lacrosse park district programs in Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles. It caters to students from second grade through high school. Participation among boys is growing steadily at 20 percent every year.
"We have a lot more boys in our leagues but the girls' program is growing fast," he said. "It's more than doubled in the last year."
For the first time, there were enough girls from the tri-cities to form a junior high girls' team.
Maddie Watson, an eighth-grader at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia is on this team. When she signed up for lacrosse through the Batavia Park District five years ago, Maddie thought she would be playing with a team of boys.
"I had only seen boys playing it; there were no other girls," she said. "But now, I've met so many girls on my team and they're all great."
According to Sean McCaffrey, head varsity coach at St. Charles North, the high schools in the Fox Valley area, including Batavia, have added more lacrosse club teams than any other region in the state of Illinois in the last few years. Because of the sport's soaring popularity, St. Charles North added a freshman squad this year, he said.
Those involved say the sport is growing fast, because it is fast.
"With lacrosse, I think kids enjoy practice more than any other sport because it's more fast-paced," McCaffrey said. "That's a common theme I hear."
Quinn Erdman, eighth-grader at Geneva Middle School South, loves the sport for this reason.
"There are no boring parts playing lacrosse," he said. "I'm always on offensive or defensive so I'm constantly moving."
Another reason for its quick growth in popularity is that it's similar to other sports with which players already are familiar.
"It has the contact like football, the running like soccer, the offense and defense like basketball and the arm motion of hockey and baseball," Erdman explained.. When he picked up lacrosse three years ago, he used the skills he'd honed in these other sports.
Watson said she found her background in track and cross-country helped her run up and down the lacrosse field.
Riley Martin, senior varsity lacrosse captain at St. Charles North, found that his years of playing basketball benefitted his lacrosse game.
"The hand-eye coordination and dodging and footwork I used in basketball helped me transition over to lacrosse," he said.
The sport is unique in that its players don't have to have a certain body type. Size and shape don't matter in lacrosse.
"You don't have to be the strongest, the fastest or the biggest player to be good at lacrosse," Black said. "There's a spot for everybody on the team."
As long as you have good eye-hand coordination, you are valuable in a game, Black added.
Spring is the big season for lacrosse. Younger players like Erdman and Watson, practice two to three days during the week and have games once or twice a week. Watson said the closest games are in St. Charles while the farthest are in Barrington.
High school players, like Martin, practice every day but Sunday. And even then, the team gets together for film sessions to review past games or to evaluate other teams on the schedule. They have two games a week for a season total of 16 against conference rivals, such as St. Charles East, Waubonsee Valley, Geneva and Batavia.
During the off-season, players have plenty of opportunities to stay in the game. River City Lacrosse offers in-house leagues, camps, travel teams, clinics and player development programs.
Martin plays in the off-season at True Lacrosse Club in Elmhurst. McCaffrey said his players attend excellent lacrosse camps in the summer, including those at Ohio State University and University of Notre Dame in Indiana, as well as several universities on the East Coast, such as Hofstra University in New York.
Martin will be attending these camps for three weeks this summer. Watson will attend camps at North Central College in Naperville and Notre Dame.
Erdman will participate in Ohio State's camp where, he said, there will be college scouts on the lookout. Even though he has yet to start high school, Erdman already has his sights set on Wisconsin's Marquette University or New York's Syracuse University for college, because they both have good lacrosse teams.
For Watson, she doesn't yet know if college lacrosse is possible for her. She currently is the only girl from Batavia who plays in the River City program, and Batavia High School does not yet have a girls' lacrosse team.
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BOZEMAN - Montana State University Bozeman adds more students and buildings every year, but they spend less and less on heating and utilities costs, and there's one thing that's played a major role in that- the network of tunnels running below MSU's campus.
While not well known, the tunnels form a pivotal part of MSU.
"The tunnel provides us just that backbone," says Jeff Butler, Director of Facilities. "That easy conduit to be able to get utilities to places."
Not just some of the utilities, everything from compressed air, to the steam used for heating is piped through them.
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When I checked in at the press desk for All Tomorrow's Parties, I was given the following directive: "The rule at ATP is, there are no rules — just don't caught." So when Iggy Pop took to the stage on opening night, so did I. I scaled a wall of speakers 20 feet high and dangled by one arm as I snapped away. And mysteriously, I did not get thrown out.
All Tomorrow's Parties is the ultimate insider's festival. Created in England in 1999, it exists without corporate sponsorship or mainstream headliners, playing host to a slew of avant-garde noise music, indie rock and underground hip-hop acts. An annual event in the States since 2008, it is the rebel yell of alternative concert programming, democratically housing the bands in the same hotel as the fans and turning its nose up at industry money.
The festival is curated by a different artist each year; this time around, Jim Jarmusch's program included performances by Raekwon, Girls, the Greenhornes, GZA, Vivian Girls and T Model Ford, not to mention a selection of gangster movies. It all went down at Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, N.Y., about two hours northwest of Manhattan.
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