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When Lois Margolet first opened Capriotti's Sandwich Shop in Wilmington, Delaware, 36 years ago, she and her brother Alan worked from the second story of a boarded-up building, roasting 10–12 whole turkeys every night and churning out a "real turkey lover's" sandwich each day. Today, Capriotti's has expanded across 12 states, each location stacking the same award-winning hot and cold sandwiches, racking up such accolades as The Best of Las Vegas 2012 and Best of Delaware 2012 prizes from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Delaware Today, respectively. Though the shop is still known for its slow-roasted-turkey creations—such as the Thanksgiving-inspired Bobbie, named America's best sandwich by AOL's Lemondrop.com, piled with cranberry sauce and stuffing—its menu now ventures into the realm of roast beef, italian deli meats with such sandwiches as the capastrami, cheesesteaks, and vegetarian treats, such as meatless chicken and turkey.

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Santa Monica Mountains – Coral Canyon Drive – Post Fire Moonscape and The Green Flash…
Day Off, My first thought is were is the nearest State or National Park. The closest of both is the Santa Monica Mountains, north of Malibu, Ca. NPS Map of area:
This Famous area has too many points of interest to list here. I do plan to explore every inch of this marvelous Mountain Range. It is a conglomeration of many State and Federal Parks, plus Mulholland Highway, the westernmost extension of Mulholland Drive, it runs right thru the middle. What a fun drive! Picture this, mountain roads, Hard left, hard right, tires squealing, Motorcycles passing you at breakneck speed, scenery that makes your Jaws drop. Pictures to follow, this time I had too much fun just driving…
This trip, our mission was to go to this legendary Place, Solstice Canyon. Right in Malibu.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/samo/maps/solstice.htm . So…
We did our drive down Mulholland, turned onto Malibu Canyon drive and headed into Malibu. Turned on PCH, the Pacific Coast highway, Heading north, turning left at the 76 gas station, Coral Canyon Drive. we did not know it but Solstice canyon is closed till March, 2008 due to the horrific fires that destroyed 49 homes. Tragedy stuck this awesome, beautiful scenic area. I guess some careless idiots, started a forest fire:
So, I drove up Coral Canyon Drive, the road that parallels Solstice canyon, Wow what a drive and the fire also struck here, they were very lucky. We came around this one turn near the top and saw this moonscape scene above. Nothing can prepare you for the smell and the utter barrenness. It looks just like a Moonscape, less the astronauts…
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Very interesting to see how you made it!
It looks really great. I love Luigi's pose. >:3
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Good work with Banner,Smallhacker...
You'll make another for christmas??
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Two random drawings uploaded for no real reason.
Derpy Paws
Method: Outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
I got a request to draw a puppy. As I didn't have a real interest in doing so, I decided to skew it slightly. I think it's supposed to be Derpy Hooves reimagined as a puppy. I honestly have no idea.
Oh God
Method: Outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuh, yeah. Kieran, S.N.N. and me. I have no idea why this image exists. At all. Seriously. "Oh God" is probably the most appropriate title imaginable.
For the sake of maintaining pony canon, S.N.N.'s beer has been retconned into cider. Oh, and everybody knows that Lego and Redstone are already canon in the ponyverse. Totally.
Hopefully, I'll have time to do a deconstruction of the Christmas banner at some point, similar to what I did with the Halloween one.
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Seeing as I did it for the Halloween banner, here's the breakdown of the development of the Christmas banner. I don't recall if I mentioned it last time, but I draw banners in twice their intended resolution to make small mistakes I may make less noticeable. However, it also leads to some detail I've worked hard on being hardly visible in the final image, which is a major source of frustration.
As this banner was a single image (as opposed to several small images drawn largely independently of each other), each step was more complicated than last time.
Original sketch
The original totally-to-scale sketch, made around the same time as the Halloween banner. For Halloween, I had two "meh" ideas before coming up with that idea. This time, I had a single "ugh" idea before this one, which I immediately knew I wanted to do.
Revised sketch 1
The first real sketch of the banner. It's probably visible considering the relative strength of the lines, but a lot of work was put into making Yoshi look as good as possible, seeing as I didn't really have much experience drawing Yoshis. The instruction booklet for SMW was used for reference. Luigi's hand was redrawn countless times and I'm still not happy with how it turned out, but it was the best I could do. (Man, drawing hands is a major pain.)
Revised sketch 2
I got complaints that the room seemed way too large, so I scaled up the background and gave the room a third wall, moving the window in the process. The carpet was also changed.
Inked 1
A door was added behind Mario to add some detail, as was a wreath behind Luigi. The fire poker above the fireplace was replaced with a stocking as it seemed more relevant.
Inked 2
Consistent complaints about the room being too empty resulted in the addition of a drawer and a table in the background. Presents were also added underneath the tree. And yes, the frontmost present has a corner of the wrapping torn off. I guess someone got curious.
Inked 3
Somehow - I don't know how - I suddenly got the idea to put a Tanooki skin rug in front of the fireplace. This was drawn during the height of the PETA-Tanooki "controversy", so it was my own personal mockery of that entire facepalm-worthy deal. The carpet was moved to make room for it. Also note that its head is three-dimensional. This was meant to emulate how a bear skin rug is flat with the exception of its head.
Inked 4
I made several attempts to redraw the Tanooki head, deciding on making it flat instead. Most of the changes involved the shape and positions of the ears. A candle was added to the table to make it less empty (which I got complaints about), a stack of wood was added by the fireplace and one of the Tanooki legs were redrawn to correct the perspective.
Partially colored
Coloring in progress. The tree ornaments use RGB values taken directly from the berries in SMW. I stopped here as I realized that Yoshi's jaw was off. The white area is supposed to go all the way up to the mouth, not end at the chin. Some redrawing had to be done. Also, I swear that the mushroom package having the same colors as the Swedish flag was an accident. I colored all the wrappers first and then colored all the ribbons. The colors I picked were largely random and it wasn't until halfway through making that ribbon yellow that I realized the similarity. I then decided to keep it to tease Kieran.
Base coloring completed. Yoshi's jaw was redrawn and his left leg was made thicker.
Lighting and shading added. I imagined a light source slightly to the left of the camera as well as the fireplace. A wick was added to the candle. Texture was also added to the tree and the table. I tried to make the Tanooki tail look as 3D as possible to make sure the entire thing wasn't completely flat and boring.
Now we're in Photoshop. I still drew in 1024x360 but I began making the WIP images (which I'm reusing for this thread) the final 512x180 to give a better glimpse of what the final product would be like. A background was added behind the window, meant to be a blurry forest in the distance, snow covered ground, pointless multi-colored Christmas lights around the window, snow falling and some frost on the glass. The picture above the table is the ending photo from SMA2 (I guess they had it enlarged and framed). The candle lighting was redone to be more yellowish. The photo on top of the fireplace was... eh, let's give it its own section.
Mario and Luigi as babies. Uh, yeah... I spent way too much time and effort on this, especially considering the fact that it takes up like five pixels in the final image. Cutting Mario and Luigi out from the background was a pain. Also, the grass brush in Photoshop is great if you don't mind it looking like crap.
Filters en masse
One of the last things I normally do is play around with various filters to alter the saturation, contrasts, levels and stuff like that as the images tend to look sort of grayish and bland after all the shading and stuff have been added. It's largely a trial-and-error process. This one attempt got complaints about being too oversaturated. Also, SMWC logo behind Luigi's head. I had painted myself into a corner and didn't know where to place it. Placing it anywhere but the upper left corner looked wrong, but I didn't want to cover Luigi's head with it. I tried placing it outside the window, looking in, but it didn't work out. In the end, I simply decided to sacrifice parts of the logo and place it behind Luigi instead of the other way around.
The final image (except for the white border and the text). Less saturated and slightly brighter. In the end, this image had 170 layers in Photoshop. Something tells me I'm a bit too OCD about separating everything into layers, folders and stuff. Main regret is forgetting to give Luigi's oven mitt some texture. Yep.
So yeah. Sketching, inking, coloring and most of the shading done in Sketchbook. Some additional shading, pictures and color adjustments made in Photoshop. Uh. That's about it.
Phew, it feels like writing this post was more exhausting than the banner itself.
My avatar was scaring the children. Apologizes!
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I really liked the work that went into the banner. It is also nice seeing the process that it took you to get to that point and the response to the feedback given.
I remember once attempting something like that and keeping track of all the versions. However, I can't seem to find the first few drafts.
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A 1920x1080 desktop background I threw together using my own experimental ray tracer. As such, it's more of a tech demo than actual art.
Main downsides:
* God-awful star background resolution, forcing me to blur it like crazy to prevent pixelization. I couldn't find any good high-res ones.
* Even higher earth/cloud texture resolution would have been nice. However, those two are already 8192x4096 each, something my program already whines about.
* It's slow as heeeeeeell. Rendering this image, which literally has only 5 components - took like 2 minutes at twice this resolution.
So yeah. ...enjoy?
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I've been more productive than usual when it comes to drawing during these last few days.
Kuribo Launch
Method: Outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
Someone in a staff thread demanded that we should "launch Kuribo". This was my response, based on a suggestion by Kieran who told me to shoot Chester from a catapult or something.
Nothing of interest to mention with the making of this. I think I made the slingshot too small to actually be able to fire something that big, though.
Yoshi Pie
Method: Outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
A suggestion on IRC was to draw a pony as a Yoshi. It was weird enough to actually do. I originally planned on doing a picture with the mane six together as Yoshis, but scaled it down to one because I got lazy. I should have gone with Rainbow Dash instead; she would have been about 20% cooler.
I created my own brush in SketchBook for the outlines and it worked better than any of the built-in ones for this purpose. I really should get into non-Flash vectoring for this kind of stuff, though.
Derpy Hooves
Method: Sketching, inking and coloring on paper.
Despite begging for suggestions on IRC, I didn't get any and defaulted to drawing Derpy from memory (hence why her mane is a bit off, etc.)
I drew her on paper for a change. The downside with doing that is that it normally looks way worse after being scanned in than it does on paper. For some reasons, the imperfections become way more obvious.
Some post-processing, mostly contrast adjustment, was done in Photoshop to counteract scanner inaccuracies, i.e. to make the black parts completely black and the white parts completely white, instead of slightly grayish on both ends. However, this tends to make the image more jagged as details are lost. Shrinking the image down normally makes it look better again, though.
The wings are off because it wasn't until after inking them that I finally realized what was wrong with them. Unfortunately, I couldn't erase what was already there, but I added some additional feathers to at least partially salvage them.
Staff Bar & Grill
Method: Sketching and inking on paper, coloring and shading in SketchBook.
Staff members have their own office in the SMWC Bar & Grill. This picture - loosely based on a suggestion by Ersanio - is a slice of life of an imagined physical counterpart.
This is sort of a re-imagining of the "drunkard SNN" from back in the "SNN's 5000th post" animation a few years ago. While he's normally portrayed as a stick man, it felt like a cop-out, so I imagined a slightly more realistic appearance for him (which SNN commented on as being fat by comparison).
While I have no idea about whether or not Chester drinks beer, having him only drink Generic Cola seemed like a good counterpoint.
Rarity Sewing
Method: Sketching and inking on paper, coloring in SketchBook.
The request was simply "a Rarity". It turned out to be the single most elaborate picture I've ever drawn by hand. From the request to it being completely done (including the digital portions), 9 hours of largely uninterrupted work passed.
During sketching, a lot of time was spent on Rarity's mane and tail, redrawing them numerous times to be somewhat proportional. Order of sketching was Rarity, clothing, tea cup, mannequin, Spike with the latter two being last-minute ideas. While sketching, I had serious doubts about what to do with it. Due to it being, by my measures, incredibly elaborate, I at first didn't even dare to think about inking it by hand, seeing as a single mistake would ruin the sketch (which looked awesome on its own).
So, I scanned the sketch in and began inking it digitally (with colored outlines). However, the difficulty of making clean outlines (as shown in the Yoshi Pie image) made me quickly give up on that idea. So, instead I risked it all and began inking it by hand. I'm glad I did because it turned out great. (At least on paper.) So, the fully inked image was scanned and post-processed, then colored in SketchBook.
I have no idea why exactly, but I don't trust flood fill. At all. I probably should start experimenting with it in Photoshop to save the huge task of coloring the entire thing manually. While coloring this image manually may not seem like a big deal, it is. Mostly because the image is actually 3507x2480. It was shrunk down to its current size in an effort to hide the somewhat jagged lines caused by a combination of amateur tools, a slightly unsteady hand, scanning and contrast adjustments.
So yeah. Overall, I'm extremely happy with the result, even if it's not perfect.
So yeah, seeing as the Art forum is largely dead, I'm considering moving back to deviantART in an attempt to potentially reach a broader audience. Not sure what to do about the SMWC injoke images, though.
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Those drawings have a good change to be good, if they are adapted. I'm pretty surprised on how polished are the lines despite you scanned them. Also, since when you don't use your own DeviantART account?
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Originally posted by Dinomar
Those drawings have a good change to be good, if they are adapted.
Yeah, uh, I don't know what that means.
Originally posted by Dinomar
I'm pretty surprised on how polished are the lines despite you scanned them.
They really aren't, and that's why I make them smaller. For comparasion, here's the Rarity image in higher resultion:
Also, just for fun, here's the sketch and inked versions without any adjustments made to them:
I tried uploading these in their full resolution (3507x2480), but Photobucket complained about them being too large, so these'll have to do.
Originally posted by Dinomar
Also, since when you don't use your own DeviantART account?
I haven't used it for a few years. Maybe it's time to make a return.
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Originally posted by Smallhacker
Originally posted by Dinomar
Those drawings have a good change to be good, if they are adapted.
Yeah, uh, I don't know what that means.
Well, it's a bit long to explain: to be a very great artist (which i am not, actually, since i'm in a learning phase) you need to train yourself a lot, and even draw from life. But, i suppose you are drawing just for fun, since you're more a "programmer", a "mathematican" than an artist (thinking it in my ignorance). Why? Why some are better to drawing and other are better to math? That depends from right side and left side of our mind. For example, while everyone dreams and process images (especially when dreaming), everyone has a different mind development. But what are those right and left side? As everyone knows, the mind is divided in two sides: right and left. The right side involves imagination and development of "data" trough images. The left side, instead, is a little the opposite: it involves rationality and thinking. And people should know that the left side of the mind is connected to the right side of the body, and viceversa. for example, i think you have the left side more developed than the right one. while i have the right side more deveolped. If you are left-handed, be sure the right side of your mind is the most developed. This is the reason many left-handed are creative people. I don't know about you. I'm right-handed, but i use the kitchen knife with the left hand, and, sometimes, i do things better with the left hand rather than the right one. Not sure why. I learnt all this (even if i need to study more in deep) by reading "Drawing with the right side of the brain", an interesting book by
this author
So is this: you need to train your right side.
I don't know what you will do, but improve must be a great satisfation. Seein your drawings, actually, you're even in a high place compared to most drawers that you even find on DeviantART: your ponies from MLP really seem to come from MLP.
Originally posted by Dinomar
I'm pretty surprised on how polished are the lines despite you scanned them.
They really aren't, and that's why I make them smaller. For comparasion, here's the Rarity image in higher resultion:
Also, just for fun, here's the sketch and inked versions without any adjustments made to them:
I tried uploading these in their full resolution (3507x2480), but Photobucket complained about them being too large, so these'll have to do.
Ah, i see: even when i scan frames for the short i am working on i need to adapt those drawings. But i thought the line was pretty polished.
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First of all, I'm pretty sure that the "left-handed people are more creative" idea is a myth with little to no scientific evidence.
Anyway. I'm not sure if I can be categorized as either left or right hemispheric (the oversimplification of which is another myth). On one hand, I have a great sense of reasoning and logic, which explains my interest in mathematics, programming and science. On the other hand, I also have a lot of creativity, think of a lot of jokes and far-fetched references (YMMV on the quality, though), I have a great sense of direction and memory of what places look like as well as a good memory for songs (which is useless as I can't sing). I enjoy drawing, writing lyrics (but don't understand enough about music to compose melodies themselves), thinking of stories and various other traditionally left-hemispheric things. Then again, I have deficient social abilities as well as face blindness which I assume are very left-hemispheric too.
So yeah, I don't know where I fit on the spectrum. My guess is somewhere in the middle, possibly leaning slightly right.
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Time for another small picture dump.
Kirby Cyclops
Method: Sketching, outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
Standard situation. I want do draw something. I have no ideas of my own. Someone on IRC says "Kirby". I combined that suggestion with X-Men as I was watching an LP of X-Men Destiny. This is the result. Not too bad, I suppose.
I'm still very unsure about outlines. The perfectionist inside me wants vector-precision perfection. However, as I have yet to find a vector tool that's both easy to use and yet powerful enough to easily do what I want it to, that's not really happening. Flash is the best one I have experience with, but it feels limited in places. So, I'm stuck with regular brushes and stuff.
Where possible, I used SketchBook's ellipse and line drawing features to try to reduce the imperfections. Since then, I've realized that I worry way too much about clean outlines.
Coloring was quicker than normal since I finally decided to start using the flood fill bucket, despite it being quite poor in SketchBook. I'm still required to manually color the edges afterwards as it still doesn't quite understand how to handle them.
I Expect You to Die
Method: Sketching and coloring in SketchBook.
My first submission to my revived deviantArt account. I'm not sure what'll happen to this thread as I start using dA more and more. I'll likely dump links like this once in a while in an attempt to increase exposure.
This is an idea I've had since first seeing "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" and assumed that people would immediately start making stuff like this. However, I couldn't find anything similar at /r/mylittlepony or Equestria Daily, so I finally decided to do it on my own.
This is one of those pictures where I simply color a sketch without inking. It saves so much time and effort, but obviously looks less professional by comparison. Then again, I think it adds a bit of character. It seems more... "alive", as opposed to the relative sterile "perfection" of an outlined image.
I originally considered adding dialog bubbles but realized that the original scene is so iconic that it doesn't need any.
Unrequited Love
Method: Sketching, outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
Another IRC suggestion saying "Birdo and Yoshi". This is the end result. A (quite similar) sketch can be found
for some reason.
Sketching was relatively straightforward. My biggest problem was trying to figure out what to do with Yoshi's arms. I'm still not completely sure what the heck he's doing.
Inking was an odd experience as I was watching some retsupurae videos at the same time. Trying to draw with precision while laughing is not recommended. I also began experimenting a bit with variable brush sizes (mostly out of necessity as the brush I picked was too large for some of the details) as well as having pointy ends to lines instead of the normal rounded ones. It looks a lot better and I have to start doing that more often.
Coloring was again done using flood fill followed by manually correcting all its mistakes. Oh well, it's still simpler than doing the entire coloring manually. Maybe I should start experimenting with coloring in Photoshop again, but I'm still not quite comfortable with shading in that program.
Also, for once I decided not to be picky about accuracy in coloring, instead picking the colors completely on my own (albeit with pictures for basic reference). Normally, I just take an existing picture and steal the colors directly from it. Turned out pretty well.
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Posted on 2012-05-08 06:13:41 PM
Is this a bump? It's not a whole month yet.
Man, these are awesome! I love the Halloween and Christmas ones, and the Kuribo Launcher one is funny and "patriotic."
As for the one with the Legos and Redstone in the pony thing...
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Posted on 2012-05-08 08:48:02 PM
I don't understand. Where is the redstone and the legos in the pony picture? (it's a nice drawing, by the way)
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Posted on 2012-05-09 08:43:25 AM
Originally posted by Delta
I don't understand. Where is the redstone and the legos in the pony picture? (it's a nice drawing, by the way)
Originally posted by Smallhacker
Oh God
Method: Outlining and coloring in SketchBook.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuh, yeah. Kieran, S.N.N. and me. I have no idea why this image exists. At all. Seriously. "Oh God" is probably the most appropriate title imaginable.
For the sake of maintaining pony canon, S.N.N.'s beer has been retconned into cider. Oh, and everybody knows that Lego and Redstone are already canon in the ponyverse. Totally.
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Posted on 2012-05-10 07:04:19 AM
Two Torches going to a Repeater.
Anyway, I'm not serious about it being bad. All these drawings are awesome.
I can't draw squat.
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Working Today - I went to this job site. Turned out to be Tom Selleck
's cousin.
Nice guy. He helped out, AND tipped me 20 big ones.
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Sep 13, 2008
Sammy Davis, Jr. - This is probably one of the best experiences of my then young life!
I was 16, a sophomore in high school, and played clarinet for our high school band. Our band was ranked third overall in the southwest region of the United states. In Las Vegas, the Sands...
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Nov 20, 2008
Hail To The Chief - I am one of the many people with Aspergers Syndrome. People with this learning disability. One of my characteristics is that I focus my attention around specific subjects. Most people with Autism or Aspergers may focus thier attention on dogs or subway routes...
Feb 12
The Day I Met Jon Pertwee. - It was sunday 26th of september 1993 that my friend robert and i went down to london on the underground tube train to meet the actor jon pertwee, best known for playing the third Doctor who,He was doing a sign in at the 'who' shop in eastham. when we...
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Nov 25, 2011
My Own Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon - John Lithgow was doing a professional stage production near where I live. After the performance, I stood near the stage door with my DVD copy of "Footloose." I was hoping that he would be kind enough to autograph the cover of my DVD, which he...
May 25
I Met The Fonz - Most of my friends in my circle know of my meeting Henry Winkler , It was at the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City at a fund raiser for the payne school for the Dyslexic children .
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May 14
Jewel - I met Jewel before she became famous...
Unfortunately I was too young to remember it. But, according to my dad, she was at the beach just playing (music). This was in california, probably around 15 or more years ago. It was most likely in San Diego as that is where...
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Nov 21, 2009
The Celebrities I Have Met. - I met Will Wright, the founder of Maxis, when I was 8 years old. I got to shake his hand and I thanked him for making Simcity, and that I loved it. I later caught up with him on Facebook, and had a total awkward moment when I reminded him I met him...
Nov 13, 2012
Make That Two - On a family trip to Maine for my late grandfather's 90th birthday with my parents, we picked up one of my uncles at the airport outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Shortly after that, we stopped in for lunch at a nearby IHOP. As we were walking into the restaurant...
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Apr 10, 2012
Mostly Runners That Only Running Geeks Have Heard Of - I have been happy to meet a few elite runners. I know for most people it is not a big deal, but I sure enjoyed it.
I met Frank Shorter, who won the Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympics in the marathon. I have met him...
Aug 2, 2010
I Met Captain Kirk - Spoke briefly with William Shatner last year. Pretty sure I made a lame impression too, I saw him & All I cold say was "BEAM ME UP SCOTTY!" Then he asked how I was dooin. xD
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Look! Its Carter!! - Since he's on TLC, he counts. ;)
I met him a few years ago at a Mexican restaurant in LA...he's actually a really nice guy! And, waaay cuter in person. LOL
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Sep 14, 2008
Celebrity Meeting Numero Uno - Well, the very first "celebrity" I've ever met would be Mr Hudson, though very few people out of the UK have actually heard of him.
I was at one of his gig's in August of this year, 21st if you want to be totally accurate about it, and I can safely...
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Nov 25, 2010
Here's My List! - The first one I could say I've met is a country music star. I don't like country but he lives around here and we were eating at the same restaurant. Neal McCoy, lol. The second set of meetings was the band The Strokes, except the bass player, he didn't want to...
Jun 12, 2012
Andre The Giant - I have met a celebrity before, but this story about a experience my mother had. When my mother was young, she went to grab a bite at Keio Plaza Hotel. She walked about when she saw Andre the Giant! She walked towards him to get his autograph, when the...
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May 15, 2011
I Have Met a Lot of Celebrities! - I started meeting celebrities a couple of years ago in LA, first it was a hobby now it is an obsession! I have even created a website dedicated to this pursuit, please check it out at
Feel free to...
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Jun 16, 2009
True Blood.. - I met Nelson Ellis, he plays Lafayette in the hbo series "true blood". We took a picture together and he seems like kind, down-to-earth person!
Oct 24
I Have Met and Worked With Several - I have met and worked with Cal Ripken, Mike Schmidt and Stanley Tucci.
I recorded some radio spots with Cal and he was really fun to work with. As professional in a studio as he was on the field. Never minded doing another take. Was...
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Sep 21, 2008
I Was In My Teens. I Was With My Mother At Eaton Centre In Edmonton Alberta. - Yep. I saw Heather Tom who played Victoria Newman on Y&R soap opera. She was a nice lady. She was signing autographs. Of course the autographs wasn't free. You need to pay $5. I asked my mother. She...
Jul 17, 2012
Man Of Steel Henry Cavill - I was on a school trip to Spain. Apparently the premiere for Man of Steel was being held in Madrid. Ohmygawd. Henry Cavill was there and Russell Crowe. Both amazing men. I swear. :)
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Nov 18
Who'S It Going To Be In 2016? - 2004 -- My then Township Commissioner, who knew I have an interest in US Presidents, made it possible for me to shake hands and get my picture taken with then-President George W. Bush. This happened in a hotel on DC's Connecticut Avenue. Afterwards...
Feb 16
Natalie Portman and Devandra Banheart - It was a Friday night. I went with my date to the local 7- Eleven which was empty but for the clerk and two hippie types. I tried to ignore them and get what I needed to get. In the beverage isle, the hippie guy is stoically admiring the...
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Dec 24, 2008
She'S The Mayor, And She Approves Of This Facebook Photo - During a road trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin, my parents and I stayed overnight at Vermilion, Ohio. The following morning, while my parents were taking thier showers and packing, they gave me permission...
Feb 14
Tupac - He wasn't a thug, he talked a lot of trash and "acted" like he was hardcore. He was awfully little, yeah a little man all skinny and not tall. He had a weird long looking face. He loved to smoke weed and drink. He hung with people who didn't like him too. I met him at a...
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Jan 9, 2010
When I Met Natalie Merchant - I've met lots of VERY famous people. But there are a couple people that I was VERY excited to meet. One of those people is Natalie Merchant. I started playing "Carnival" on the radio at U93, South Bend as soon as it came out. Her voice and song...
Nov 27, 2010
Meeting Eric Andre (primarily) - (I wrote this, today, the day after and also two days after this abso-lutely amazing event: on July 10th, 2012 and also July 11th, 2012 by the way. )
On July 9th 2012, at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, I attended "The Eric Andre Show...
Jul 12, 2012
Julia Roberts Sat At My Table. - I was sitting at the Cow, a cafe in Arroyo Seco, NM and had been playing didjeridoo. I had just begun telling a story about how I attracted UFOs with my didjeridoo when Julia and her entourage sat across from us. They looked on as I spoke so I...
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Jul 19, 2010
More Than One... - Vince Gill, Jon Bon Jovi, Jeff Foxworthy, Troy Gentry from Montgomery Gentry as well as their band, Dolly Parton, Gene Simmons from KISS, Mariah Carey, and while I was in Mexico with Beta we met three professional basketball players and had a lot of...
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Nov 28, 2008
A Few! - All the celebrities I've met and mostly from the rock/metal world :)
Korn who were lovely and looked after me after I'd got myself in a terrible drunken state (not my finest moment LMAO)
Various members of Murderdolls and Slipknot
A band called finch
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May 7, 2012
I'll Only Count People I Spoke To! - Dave Foley was my first... on Halloween night '07, right after watching the whole third season of his show Newsradio on DVD. That was pretty awesome and surreal. I called him his character name (Dave Nelson). Accidentally.Peter Gallagher...
Jan 20, 2010
Jamie Foxx - He wanted to buy my stepfather's truck (it was an old hot rod) and I met him when he came over to come check it out. It was a awhile ago, but he was pretty nice to my brother and I when we met and altogether I found him to be very normal. =)
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Nov 21, 2008
Wrestlers - I've met Steve Austin, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Raven, Jerry Lawler, Al Snow, and countless others. I've posted some of the pictures here and I'll post more later
Been cussed out by Brett Hart, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan and it was well worth it
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Feb 7, 2009
Sept. 25th 2011: My Amazing Time At The Folsom Street Fair (fsf) In San Francisco (meeting Roi Robertson From Mechanical Cabaret!) - At 4:20p.m. (lol!), after my parents and I got to the 7th street stage at 4:00p.m., I cautiously checked the back of the stage. Lo and behold, Roi...
Jul 12, 2012
I Met A Famouse Actor On Nicklet Mall In Minneapolis It Was Mickael J. Fox - I WAS PAN HANDLING AND HE GAVE ME TWO DOLLERS AND ASKED ME ABOUT MY SIGN THIS WAS SO COOL AND MADE MY WHOLE YEAR HAPPY!!!!
he walked away to fast so i didn't get a chance to ask him if he really was a...
May 25
Worked In The Right Spot - when I was younger I worked for several entertainment venues as was lucky many times to meet many celebrities, actual got to speak to them not just see them at a distance. This was a long time ago so some of the people may not be recognizable:Grace...
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May 26
I Have Met A Few Celebrities... - And I don't mean stood next to, or saw them across the way. I mean shaking hands met them.Jonathan Winters. Met him at a bar in L.A. in the early 70's Merv Griffin. Met him at a bar in Monterey, Ca. with my dad. Also Early 70's ...
Jan 20, 2010
Meeting Two Lt. Governors - In 2008, I was touring the State Capitol Building of my home state (Pennsylvania). As I was walking out of the State Capitol Building, I recognized the Lt. Governor, Catherine Baker Knoll, who was coming in. We chatted for a while, and a staff member...
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Feb 13
Sonny Moore - it was around christmas time in 2006 when me and my friends went to soma to go see from first to last as the headliners play that night, well we got there at the venue(soma my favorite place) at 4 o'clock in the morning(believe me BADDDDDDD idea guys!!)and ate...
Sep 21, 2008
He Helped Me Out, Now I Return The Favor. - I work at a customer retail store that sells office supplies. Usually when customers come in while on thier cellphones, we approach them cautiously in case they need employee assistance, but don't talk to them as to not interrupt thier...
Feb 14
Breakfast With The Dirty Heads - A local radio station had a contest where you could have breakfast with the alternative-reggae band The Dirty Heads. I won the thing !!!! so we got to have breakfast with the band and then got to go back stage when they did their concert that day...
Jan 10
I Helped Keep His Son'S Memory Alive - Around the time 2000 was beguinning, I became a fan of America's Most Wanted. I knew it was filmed in Washington, DC. At the time, I had relatives who lived in a DC suburb. When I was visiting them that summer, they called the studio hotline...
Feb 17
One Of My "famous" Incounters - Ok I have had alot of run ins with some pretty big famous people. My first I would like to share is meeting Justin Timberlake. I was at a local nightclub in Nashville TN and it was really late. I had been dancing all night long. I...
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Oct 29, 2009
Thrill Last Week - I have met a lot of celebrities...mostly Nobel laureates...
Hans Bethe, Jim Cronin, Sam Ting, Burt Richter, Art Schallow, Bob Hofstadter, Martin Perl, Steve Chu, Horst Stormer, Carlo Rubbia.
Last week I ran into Rep. Henry Waxman outside the Rayburn Office...
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Jun 24, 2009
For Those Carmen Sandiego Fans Out There... - When I was in gradeschool, I was a fan of the Carmen Sandiego quiz shows on PBS. During this time, my parents made it possible for me to see a form of the show when it came to town, and Greg Lee did host. Afterwards, I had my photo...
Mar 14
Mainly - Online celebs like Dean from Athene's videos. Though I got to take a pic with Ted Kennedy, and I ran up to Cledus T. Judd and screamed hi and ran away...the look of mild annoyance on his face was priceless, but I was a kid at the time. I ran back to my mum afterward. :D...
Mar 5
Australian Soap Stars - I enjoy meeting celebrities, especially Australian soap stars, when they visit the UK.
I have met Jason Donovan, Anne Charleston, Felice Arena, Dannii Minogue, Melissa Bell and Stefan Dennis.
The only person I was star struck with, was Jason Donovan.
Apr 28
Ian Buchanan - It was at a Scottish festival. Apparently he is Scottish too. A friend of mine and her parents used to be really into these festivals and asked me to come along once. It was held at the Holiday Inn in Fresno. She said that my last name ( now my maiden ) had its own...
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Sep 26
A Day With Carel Struycken - A friend of mine called me up one day and asked me if I wanted to meet Carel Struycken, who was a friend of his. John had known Carel for years and Carel and his family were visiting the Big Island. John was a hippy to the max so any friend of his...
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Jul 26, 2010
To All Those "Taxi" Fans On Facebook - I was in New Jersey at the time, and Judd Hirsch was directing and performing in the show Art at the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven. Knowing I would have several Taxi fans as Facebook Friends, I made sure to get my picture with him after...
Feb 16
I Could'Ve Twisted And Shouted After This Event Occured - The highschool I went to was right near Chubby Checker's home. I always wondered what it would be like to drive up his driveway, knock on his door, and have him greet me. When I got older, I realized that would've been too...
Feb 15
Never Met A Celebrity, Not Trying To, But.... - I do not think I would ever make an attempt to actually meet a celebrity. They are entitled to their private life and not be pestered by the public. The way I see it is they do not really owe anything to their fans or the general...
Mar 29
Mesa Arts Center - Meeting Kevin De-kline - This happened on April 14th, 2012 and mum and I went to Phoenix. We went to go shopping for a few things, got our hair done and left our Hotel at 4:30 (Phoenix time) We arrived a half hour later. The Courtyard was prettier than what I...
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Jul 1, 2012
Boxers - 1992 met Muhammad Ali at a book signing in Leeds (Austick's). He had been out of the public eye for a while but even so there was a huge queue all the way round the block and also all the builders opposite were hanging on the scaffolding to get a peak. I bought the book...
Jan 31, 2012
Work Perks - I work in radio...and as such, LOADS of famous (and not so famous) musicians come waltzing through the station on a daily basis.
I hate to brag...but here are a few I've met:
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Jerry Only, Chad Smith (RHCP), Jason Mraz...
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Sep 14, 2008
My Love Life With Metal/Rock Music Is The Best Relationship I've Ever Had! - I suppose I've been brought up with soft rock/middle of the road rock/classic rock due to my dad with Queen, Dire Straits, Springsteen and Billy Joel, etc.
But my own love affair started when I was 12...
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Nov 30
I Love Metallica - When I am feeling stressed I plug in my I POD in the surround sound and crank up the volume. Playing is "Nothing Else Matters" I close my eyes and I begin to get goose bumps from the guitar solo in the beginning. It transports me back to when I was 16 at my...
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Nov 15
I Have Friend Who I Met On EP - He found me, how I don't know, maybe because most South African's on EP belong to the group I Am Proudly South African.
February will be two years, since we met here on EP, and as faith would have it, he stayed five km from me.
We went out a...
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Dec 1
I Do Not Understand The Psychosis - In all my sightings and hanging with people who are famous, I have never shrieked or chased after them or done crazy, obnoxious things just cause they are Hollywood's treasure hunt find. They are just like every other random passer-by in life...
Dec 2
I Love Sofia Vergara - I do, I absolutely do and always have. But not like a crush. When I was a teen I had the major hots for her like crazy, lol. But, no, it's different now, I can't even imagine anything naughty with her anymore. I like her more now as somebody I could really...
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317 | Hide-When Formulas - Improve visibility in Domino DesignerBill Whittakers1905 - 22 2007 / (15) Add a separate dialog to display and enter hide-when formulas to improve visibility and access in designer; and/or add shading to indicate where hide formulas exist, as is done with pass-thru HTML. |
60 | More than 1 column for response documents in a viewJeremy Hodge1383 - 04 2008 / (1) i would LOVE a new column "type" in a notes view, for lack of a better term called an "inline response column" ... This would be similar to the "display responses only" column, except that it allows me to add multiple columns for response documents, allows me to do totals for ... |
60 | Give me better control over the visual style of viewsJeremy Hodge1383 - 04 2008 / (1) I would like more control over the visual style of views, especially when it comes to categories. See my screenshot for an example, but 1. Let me specify a background color or background image and row height for a specific category 2. Let me choose whether column totals ... |
47 | Thumbnail images in notes viewsIt's possible to add an image from the image resources to a column in the view, but if we want to provide a thumbnail of an image that's attached to the document, in a Notes client, it's not possible. It may need another option in the column properties to ... |
42 | Highlight / indicate in designer when an element has a hidewhen formula present.Steven Chapman233 - 25 2011 / (3) To make it easier to trouble shoot in designer it would be really helpful to be able to see if a 'hide when formula' applies to elements, especially text. Its something we use a lot and would save people newer to designer (and some of us longer term ... |
38 | Using Notes://. Add support for query_string parameters in NotesTheo Heselmans6404 - 17 2009 / (5) I'm using "Notes://...?open&Code=123" as a url from a browser. This works perfectly. However, I need to be able to read the query_string provided in the url. Trying this with e.g. an ?Openform, resulted in an empty string. I also tried opening an agent using Notes://...myagent?Open, but this didn't work ... |
34 | Book proposal: The Diaries Of A Whimpy Notes ProgrammerPeter Presnell26480 - 15 2010 / (4) This is response to Ben Langhinrichics' request for book proposals. Building on a similar format to the great series written by Declan Lynch I would propse a book specifically targeted at those people who have acquired skills as a Notes Classic developer and are looking to make the ... |
32 | Generate as TextArea field propertySean Burgess5166 - 11 2007 / (5) It would be SOOOOOO much nicer to have a checkbox in the field properties that would allow the field to be generated as a TEXTAREA field instead of an INPUT field on the web. That would be so much easier and more logical that the crap we have to go ... |
31 | Notes native JOIN capability in a notes viewJeremy Hodge1383 - 01 2008 / (16) We need the capability to join documents natively in a view in the notes client with out the need of DB2. I suggest the following syntax: [ FULL | INNER | OUTER ] [ LEFT | RIGHT ] JOIN left_selection_formula [ALIAS "fieldname1" AS "aliasfieldname1", ALIAS "fieldname2 AS "aliasfieldname2", ... ] ... |
28 | Button to clear all bookmarksFlorian Stamer237 - 11 2007 / (1) I'd like a button to clean up the designer bookmarks (=delete all of them)... They're messed up all the time and I'm usually using "Go To Designer" feature in the client workspace anyway. If there was a feature to clean it up, I wouldn't have to be ... |
27 | Drag & Drop components onto Notes design elementsJason Hook2840 - 26 2007 / (4) Wouldn't it save you time if you could drag Notes design elements from a palette and place them on your form, subform etc? Building on Andrew Pollacks idea fragments of script, or formula language could be user defined drag and droppable design elements. And wouldn't it also be good to have ... |
25 | Make The Notes 8 Sidebar More Accessible To Notes developersPeter Presnell26480 - 15 2007 / (8) Notes 8 has added a great new feature in the sidebar. The sidebar is the ideal location for placing a number of Notes application components. Examples include the QuickNotes feature in the bookmarks template for adding a memo, journal entry etc. Others include phone call log entry, directory name lookups. ... |
25 | @GetFirstDocument and @GetNextDocument for viewPatrick Kwinten21973 - 11 2008 / (0) would it be so hard to get an @GetFirstDocument and @GetNextDocument function in comibination with the OpenView @Command?
22 | Running totals in viewsJulian Woodward1819 - 04 2007 / (6) Ability to flag a view column as 'running total', so that it would display a running total of all the data in the view. Probably very hard to do, given the way the view engine works and the complications of readers fields, categories, single-categories, bla bla ... but it ... |
16 | User-definable session dataJulian Woodward1819 - 24 2007 / (7) I would like to be able (primarily in client-side LotusScript) to attach additional data of my own to the NotesSession object. For instance, in a multi-database application*, it would be great for performance to be able to pin handles to the various databases and/or lookup views onto the NotesSession object, ... |
16 | Version property for NotesDatabaseZoltan Szabo5062 - 27 2013 / (3) Hi All, I suggest to add a new property to the NotesDatabase object to store version (application version eg.: 2.13.04 ) info. I think everybody used a "v.2.3" kind of extension in the title or in the About Document. If a version property would be added to the ... |
14 | Allow font size in 'use formula for choice' in formula windowVenkata Ramana Koliparthi1371 - 06 2008 / (4) Allow font size option in formula window (formula for choice) for check box, dilaoglist,combo boxes. E.g., It's very diffcult to find difference between a colon and semicolon. |
6 | Add sort as numeric to view column propertiesFred Husoy735 - 05 2010 / (2) In view columns you have option to check sort options to Case-sensitive sorting and Accent-sensitive sorting. I would like an additional option to sort as numeric. This to avoid problems in sorting of numbers stored as text. Today, when stored as text 2000 comes before 201, and 200.13 comes ... |
5 | Lotus Domino/Notes VCL for Delphi, C++ Builder, etcJeremy Hodge1383 - 14 2008 / (2) Ok, so here is a "reverse" idea .... I'm looking for some feedback. We, as a company, purchased the rights to DNotes a few years ago. If you aren't familiar with it, its a Delphi Native VCL ... its got both visual and non-visual components, and its built upon the ... |
2 | Synchronize the datetimes with browser timezoneKarthik Reddy60 - 14 2007 / (0) In the R&R or any other database |


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State Indian Museum -- Traders' Faire and Indian Arts & Crafts Market -- April 20 & 21, 2013
Park: State Indian Museum
What: Two Artisan Shopping Events -- Traders' Faire and Indian Arts & Crafts Market
Where: Sutter's Fort State Historic Park (2701 L Street) & State Indian Museum (2618 K Street), both in Sacramento
When: April 20 & 21, 2013
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Combo price - $8 for adults; $6 for youth ages 6-17 which includes entrance into both the Fort and Museum; Sutter's Fort stand-alone price: $7 for adults; $5 for youths ages 6-17 Indian Museum stand-alone price: $4 for adults; $3 for youths ages 6-17; Admission for children ages five and under are free to both the Fort and Museum
For More: 916-445-4422 or 916-324-0971 or www.suttersfort.org or www.parks.ca.gov/indianmuseum
Fun for the whole family...don't miss two great shopping events in one at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park (SHP) and the State Indian Museum on April 20 & 21. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn from and support artisan crafters while browsing through the "Traders' Faire - California's First Mall" at Sutter's Fort SHP and checking out the unique gifts and collectibles at the State Indian Museum's spring time "Arts & Crafts Market." At Sutter's Fort SHP, visitors will experience the hustle and bustle of pioneer trading days by watching artisans create goods, making their own crafts, haggling with traders, hammering square nails, and enjoying musket and cannon demonstrations. And, next door at the State Indian Museum, guests can peruse beautiful custom beaded jewelry, artwork, baskets, gourds, soapstone and elk horn carvings, drums and much, much more. Don't miss this special shopping extravaganza for your chance to shop at and explore two of Sacramento's treasured historic parks. For more, visit www.suttersfort.org or www.parks.ca.gov/indianmuseum.
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This is my 2nd trip to this hotel. Both times for business in Boise City (which is about 60 miles away). This place is relatively new, very clean, and the staff is wonderful. The breakfast is excellent (eggs, sausage, fruits, etc. no charge for wireless internet Cable tv has all the stations I need (about 50). I recommend this place... More
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Officials from Norway, the United States, Japan and Britain said some of their nationals were among the hostages.
Three workers for a Japanese engineering company that was working on the site had been contacted and were safe, said Takeshi Endo, a senior manager for JGC Corp. But the company had not been able to contact 14 others, he said.
"There is so much conflicting information on safety of the hostages," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo. "Safety of 14 Japanese citizens still remains unknown."
He said Japanese officials had urged the Algerian government to avoid exposing the hostages to danger. "We are terribly disappointed about the Algerian's military operation," he said.
Nine Norwegian employees of Statoil were unaccounted for, while five Norwegian nationals -- as well as three Algerians -- who work for the company were safe, the company said in a statement.
CNN affiliate BFM-TV reported that a French nurse who was working on the site at the time of the attack was freed.
Former hostage Stephen McFaul had plastic explosives strapped around his neck, duct tape over his mouth and rope around his hands, his brother Brian McFaul told CNN from Belfast.
McFaul made a break for freedom after the vehicle he was in -- one of several targeted by Algerian fighters -- crashed, with the explosives still around his neck.
"The joy was unreal," Brian McFaul said upon hearing his brother was safe. "I haven't seen my mother move as fast in all my life, and my mother smile as much, hugging each other ... You couldn't describe the feeling."
Americans were among the hostages at the In Amenas facility in Algeria, White House spokesman Jay Carney said without specifying how many. There could be as few as three American hostages, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
One of the kidnapped Americans is a Texas man, a family member told CNN.
By Thursday night, some Americans had been freed and had spoken with relatives back home, while others remained unaccounted for, U.S. officials said.
"This incident will be resolved -- we hope -- with a minimum loss of life," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "But when you deal with these relentless terrorists, life is not in any way precious to them."
The man behind the group claiming responsibility for the attack and kidnappings is a veteran jihadist known for seizing hostages.
Moktar Belmoktar, an Algerian who lost an eye fighting in Afghanistan in his teens, has long been a target of French counterterrorism forces. Libyan sources said he spent several months in Libya in 2011, exploring cooperation with local jihadist groups and securing weapons.
Two oil companies that operated at the site -- BP and Statoil -- said they were pulling non-essential personnel from Algeria.
"Our focus is 100 percent on the safety and welfare of those people and their families, and we are now beginning a staged and planned reduction in non-essential workforce on a temporary basis, pulling them out of the country," said BP Vice President Peter Maher from London.
The militants said they carried out the operation because Algeria allowed French forces to use its air space in attacking Islamist militants in Mali. Media in the region reported that the attackers issued a statement demanding an end to "brutal aggression on our people in Mali" and cited "blatant intervention of the French crusader forces in Mali."
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in Europe meeting with NATO allies, called the hostage-taking "a terrorist act."
Japan and the United Kingdom sent officials to Algeria. French President Francois Hollande earlier confirmed the presence of French citizens on the site but would not say whether any were hostages.


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Welcome to the Crown Jewel of Motorcoach Resorts
Located in the famous Palm Springs resort area and just east of La Quinta and Indian Wells lives another resort community known for its breathtaking beauty.
The Motorcoach Country Club offers majestic views in every direction from your choice of three unique lots.
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Free Wi-Fi area within the Resort!
Motorcoach Country Club just attained Woodall's highest 5W rating in both facilities and recreation. Woodall's said " Your time and investment in the development of your park, personnel, recreation programs, and excellent maintenance puts your park in a very distinct and select group. We understand these ratings are not easy to attain and applaud you for your efforts. Thank you for providing exceptional quality and a first-rate experience to the RVing public".
*The Golf course will be closed 09/23 - 11/08 for reseeding.
Fitness Center closed 09/13 - 10/11 for remodeling.
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Play a relaxing round at our very own private 9/18-hole course. And be sure to sign up for our next Pro-Am golf event on the Lake Course.
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After all, the Palm Springs area is the golfing capital of the world.
The Motorcoach Country Club features all of the luxuries you would expect to find at a 5-star resort. We accommodate Class A motorhomes 30 feet or larger.
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I opened my lab in 1977. Crown and Bridge and Ceramics, but am comfortable doing dentures and not scared of any of it. I have watched dental technicians grow professionally and become greater than or equal to our clients. I'm almost done here, but not with a bad attitude. Everythings paid for... I believe that going chairside, helping and advising Dentists who were restoring Implant cases has been the single most career advancing thing I could have done. It helped me become comfortable chairside with the Dentist and Patients from all walks of life. I want to use my years of experience to help other techs with Implant cases and also be an expert witness to the dental laboratory industry.
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DokuWiki is a useful wiki system already, but you can take its functionality to a whole new level using some of the available plugins.
DokuWiki is an easy-to-use, open source wiki with an impressive feature set. In this article, I will show you how to turbo-charge DokuWiki with a few useful plugins, including gCalendar, Task, DataBase, and Blog.
Of the two ways to install plugins in DokuWiki, the easiest is to use Doku-Wiki's plugin manager in the Administration section. First, log in to DokuWiki as administrator, click the Admin button at the bottom of the page, and click on the Manage Plugins link. Enter the link to a plugin package in the URL field and press the Download button to install the specified plugin. The plugin manager requires write access to DokuWiki's lib/plugins directory, so it might not work on your particular DokuWiki installation.
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Anya Hindmarch Maeve Embossed Bow Bag
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The Maeve Embossed Bow Bag ($618) is large enough to fit your belongings without being bulky and cumbersome. The fold over shoulder bag has an extra long shoulder strap allowing Maeve to be worn across your body and giving your hands a much needed break from clutching your bag to your body all day. The fully lined interior features a zipped and pouch pocket, pen pocket and key fob for organization.
Hindmarch's bow logo is embossed throughout and looks classic against a dark and rich navy blue hue. The Maeve would be ideal for everyday use. And to prevent you getting bored with your new chic and very wearable bag, there is a decorative single tassel to offer a playful touch.
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This motel is located right on the main highway through town and is fairly central with plenty of food options just a short walk away. Other motels in the area ask exorbitant nightly rates, but the Courtyard Motel was reasonably priced. The staff were friendly and the rooms were clean and comfortable and were fitted with all of the basics.... More
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Naruto Shippuden 329 pumps me up as Naruto and Kurama finally joins hand in becoming a true partnership in which Naruto opens up the gate. Kurama gives Naruto a ton of Chakra to which Naruto enables his Bijuu Mode! From this he brings out Kurama's full form to which Naruto uses to take all of the black rods, he also gets to talk to the remaining Beasts and their Jinchuuriki's to which they all give Naruto a present, possibly Chakra!
Naruto Shippuden 329 begins as Naruto pulls out the rod, Tobi gets ready and brings out the Gedo Mazo. Naruto notices that Son has only one chain left which connects to him directly. Naruto mentions that he pulled the rod out, however he didn't get full control. He explains that the rod was temporarily binding his chakra to the body, however his chakra was always with Tobi due to the Gedo Mazo.
Naruto mentions that he wanted to save him when Son asks if he's serious. Son mentions that he had asked him to stop him, not to save him. Naruto complains that Beasts aren't straightforward enough. Son raises his arms and bumps fists with Naruto to which Son seems to be giving him some chakra. Son Goku's body is taken by the Gedo Mazo. We see Naruto notice Roshi's body.
Tobi gets ready and transforms all the Jinchuuriki's in the battlefield to their full forms. Kurama tells Naruto that he's in a mess, Kurama mentions that he can still lend him some of his power. Naruto mentions that he's thankful, and he begins to thank him for what he did with the clone Naruto before. He mentions that he rather give him chakra instead of Madara.
Naruto see's Kurama's hand, to which it's about to fist bump him. Kurama is ready to give him chakra. Naruto does the same as he smiles, they fist bump and Naruto notices the chakra he's getting. Both of them smile, Naruto is ready to go. Naruto tells Bee that he should back Naruto up as he and Kurama have now made friends. Naruto gets ready.
It seems that the seal on the door of Naruto and Kurama is opening, at each point, he remembers the moment in which Iruka mentioned that he's now part of the Hidden Village. As it opens both Naruto and Kurama begins to share an even stronger bond. He mentions that he's no longer a monster fox, rather he's a citizen of the hidden village.
The doors open and Naruto begins to power up very quickly. Naruto's form begins to change completely. Bee is shocked, however all the other Bijuu's begins to form Bijuu Dama's. Kakashi mentions that he'll take care of them, however Guy mentions that it won't work. Naruto shows up from nowhere, so quickly that even Kakashi noticed that he's speed has increased. He gets himself mixed up on who he's looking at calling out to his sensei, Minato.
Tobi notices that's going on. Naruto quickly changes his form once more to which Kurama's full form appears, it seems that Naruto has changed completely, especially as he's within Kurama's body, in which Kakashi and Guy are with him. Naruto creates a clone to look for all the rods. Kurama mentions that he's only got this for five minutes so he should hurry up.
Naruto and the other Bijuu's fight, this is now a fight of all large creates, beyond any other type of battle. Naruto seems to have the upper hand this time with all the power he's got. Nothing can compare to this, Tobi changes their position to which they all create a Bijuu Dama with a size greater to anything before. This time it seems that they want to destroy Naruto. However Naruto creates a Bijuu Dama to an equal size to which it's quickly launched, it goes upwards and explodes into such a large explosion that it destroys a lot of it's surroundings.
Naruto's hands go towards the rods and quickly hold to take them out, from this point on, Naruto notices that he's been transported somewhere else, this is the place in which other Jinchuuriki's and Beasts are. They are all there in order to explain about Son Goku's message. It's explained that all beasts have a deeper psychic connection. Yagura begins to talk to welcome him when Naruto quickly prays for him as he's younger and weaker than him, so he feels for him as he may have bullied before, not had good ramen as well as a good kiss.
Kurama mentions that he's only kissed Sasuke only, while Yagura complains for saying such things. Naruto mentions if Son Goku was there, which he was. We see Son tell everyone that he gave him some chakra, he mentions if they remember the old man, referring to Sage of Six Paths. Son mentions that he thinks that Naruto could be it, someone who will bring them together once again. He mentions for them to look after him. Roshi asks Son if they went another way, could they have had something else. Son Goku mentions that he didn't even know his name. As they disappear, Roshi mentions if Son is okay for him.
Utakata mentions that they all assembled due to Son's words. Naruto is told to step forward as he's about to get something special from them. Matatabi with Yugito Nii, Isobu with Yagura, Kokuo with Han, Saiken with Utakata, Chomei with Fu. They say their names and all lay their arms down to which Naruto goes in it and seems to have gained something special from this.
Kurama notices Naruto, he remembers a long time ago that the Sage of Six Paths told them that he doesn't have long to live, telling all beasts, Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuo, Saiken, Chomei, Gyuki and Kurama. Even if they're far apart, they'll always be united once more, they have a unique name and form, they'll all be guided down the right path from this point on. We see a young Kurama cry while the Sage of Six Paths talk, we see his body blend to Naruto, he mentions that it's been a long time.
Naruto quickly takes out the rods, it seems that all beasts agree that Naruto is the person in which Sage of Six Paths was talking about. Tobi mentions that he had no idea that Naruto would take control of Kurama, however it seems that Naruto can't hold his form for long. Gedo Mazo brings all beasts back with their bodies there. Naruto mentions that it's not the same as he's learnt a bunch of names! Naruto Shippuden 329 ends here!
What a crazy and fantastic episode, I can't believe that Naruto has already obtained the Bijuu Mode! This is fantastic and epic, I can't wait for Naruto to gain even more power and be awesome by kicking Obito's butt. I can't wait for next week's Naruto Shippuden 330 "The Promise of Victory", when we see even more action from Kurama and Naruto, plus everyone who finally get to the battlefield.


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Enrekang beatiful !!!
Nice picture but location is NOT the centre of Kalbarri!
Sounds good. Did you find away through the National Park ?
Great shot mate! So often those figures don't seem to show up quite right in photos but it works like a dream here..
YSL 3/1, for this beautiful picture!!! Greetings, Armando
The mirage effect of the sun gives the impression it is squashing out. Magnificent capture Peter. L7
What a great position you're at to capture this. Excellent shot. The clarity of the water is superb. L1
Beautiful sunset Peter. L1
Only the tower of St Mary Magdalene remains standing. The main body of the church was burned down in a fire.
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Senior Officers Compensation Disclosures - Proposed Rule
April 16, 2012
Mr. Gary K. Van Meter
Director, Office of Regulatory Policy
Farm Credit Administration
1501 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102-5090
RE: Proposed Rule on Compensation, Retirement Programs, and Related
Benefits - 77 FR 3172
Dear Mr. Van Meter:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Farm Credit Administration's
proposed regulation regarding disclosures to stockholders on executive
compensation, retirement programs and related benefits, which was published
in the January 23, 2012 Federal Register.
I agree with and support the points raised in our Association's comment
letter. As a client-owner, I offer these additional comments for you to
General Comments
I believe our disclosures on executive compensation and benefits are
adequate. Our Association conducts an annual client survey, hosts advisory
group discussions, and our board members interact frequently with our other
client-owners. I have not received any feedback from stockholders asking
for more disclosures on executive compensation.
Our cooperative structure means directors are independent from management
and that stockholders have the opportunity to hold directors accountable for
serving the Association's interests through regular elections. Management
members cannot participate in director elections. All voting stockholders
each have one vote regardless of stock investment, giving each stockholder
equal say in Association matters. Unlike in some publicly-traded companies,
Farm Credit Association management does not receive stock options, and has
no incentive to manipulate share prices, nor can they serve on the board of
directors. This structure adequately protects against executive
compensation abuses that other companies have experienced.
Advisory Shareholder Vote
I strongly object to any requirement for a non-binding "say on pay" vote for
executive compensation. Our board receives a detailed report from our
compensation committee each year after a thorough analysis of best practices
and peer data on executive compensation, retirement plans, and benefits. We
also regularly hire outside experts to assist us with executive compensation
and benefits matters, and our compensation committee members receive
extensive training on these issues.
A "say on pay" advisory vote from stockholders, who have not been trained or
adequately informed on these issues, would undermine our board decisions.
Our Association resources should not be spent attempting to educate all
stockholders. Rather than imposing this costly process, FCA should deal
with any Farm Credit institution board that is not performing its fiduciary
duties using its existing enforcement tools.
Significant and Material Event Disclosure
We support timely and effective stockholder disclosures related to our
Association's financial performance or its safety and soundness. The
proposed regulation definition is too broad, and would require disclosures
that are not material or significant. This proposal runs the risk of
overemphasizing some events that do not impact stockholders. Not every
director or senior officer departure requires immediate disclosure.
Our cooperative model provides board independence and accountability to
shareholders, who each have one equal vote. The current Farm Credit
regulations and GAAP requirements already inform stockholders in a way that
allows them to hold the board of directors accountable. So, for the reasons
noted in our Association comment letter, and this letter, I urge FCA not to
adopt this proposed regulation.
Again, thank you for the opportunity to provide input. If you have any
questions about my comments, please contact me.
Respectfully submitted,
David Keller
1st Farm Credit Services - Board of Directors


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Super Diamond plays Neil Diamond hits
Tribute band performs on 'Huckabee'
Feb 7, 2012
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Tribute band performs on 'Huckabee'
Feb 7, 2012
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Most good sense.
Today they got home.
Actually sequined shirts and guitars.
And they sing the great songs of the legendary.
Neil Diamond ladies and gentlemen this is super diamond with me today.
-- -- -- -- -- Great daddy got illustrated here how did you start but the whole idea of a tribute -- Neil Diamond and and what makes you such a fan a Neil -- Well we believe that mr.
-- is one of America's greatest singer songwriters of all time.
Besides us and we've -- I've ever been in that.
But my parents really -- Did you ever meet Neil Diamond is he heard the band yes he is what a great guy he's he's saying -- it's two different -- really.
And doesn't get any better than that little intimidating -- did -- need to be doing the stuff of Neil Diamond and he shows up.
Yeah yeah a little bit but the good news is he's not gonna show up today OK so you you have it all to yourself let's -- -- Neil Diamond from super -- Yeah.
And it's.
Don't sing dancing in the wall from them.
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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Most of us.
And -- So.
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Makes you love the great songs and Neil diamond's thank.
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