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To start, you have to choose your meat. I'm used to seeing pork and beef being used, but if you're not into "meat meat," chicken works just as well. Cut them up into bite size pieces and throw them into a big bowl as they wait for the marinade.
The marinade can be anything you want, but for a Filipino marinade, it must have the three components: salt, sweet, sour. Traditionally, soy sauce represents the salty; lemon lime soda or sugar represents the sweet; and lemon juice covers the sour.
This is what went into the marinade for this occasion:
- Soy sauce
- 7Up
- Lemon Juice
- Red Wine
- Garlic
- Onion
- Sesame seed oil
- Cracked black peppercorns
- Pineapple juice
There was no measuring involved, but the resulting marinade covered about half of the beef. Cover with cling and keep in the fridge until you're ready to cook. Ideally, you want to do this the day before, so that the meat will become tender and it can turn into the tasty.
Okay, the day of grilling is here... what to do? Well... you need to soak the bamboo skewers, for starters. If you're curious why, it's because wet skewers don't burn as fast as dry ones. If you didn't know, don't worry... I didn't either.
If that's too much work for you, there's always the metal skewers. I've never used those before, so I can't tell you how that would go. I'm just old fashioned like that.
While your grill is heating up, you can start on the meat spearing. How much you want per stick is up to you- some prefer putting as much as they can on there, but keep in mind you're going to need enough at the bottom so you can hold it to eat. I think for this batch I put about 5 pieces per stick.
And here they are... in the skewered glory. I didn't get any shots of them cooked, but you can imagine how tasty they were.


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|February 21, 2016, 03:00 PM
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What shortcoming(s) did you have in your training?
Did your Dad or other family member teach you to shoot?
Did you take a formal training program or individual private instruction along the way?
What were the shortcomings in your training that you discovered were shortcomings once you gained experience?
What is the most important thing your instructor taught you in addition to the cardinal safety rules? Stance? Grip? Target acquisition? etc.
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|February 21, 2016, 05:32 PM
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I grew up with a dad and grandfather who were combat vets...best thing they taught me was to shoot with both eyes open and not get sucked into the tunnels. .....tunnel vision and shooting tunnels
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|February 21, 2016, 08:22 PM
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Dad an Uncle taught me. Gun safety, positions, acquiring target, rifle, and shotgun accuracy. Best thing I learned was breath control. It started with a .22 with them and many thousands of BB's on my own. I learned a lot on my own as well. I wish we used pistols more. It would have saved more expensive ammo as an adult.
|February 22, 2016, 03:40 AM
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I took an interest because I thought guns were cool. I never had a lesson before except for that 15 minute introductory safety lesson.
I haven't shot a lot since I started, but the thing that helped me the most was to first read up on how to shoot, then become really really really conscious about all those rules when I shoot.
When I'm pulling the trigger I'm thinking "isolate that finger... don't move anything else, just that finger..."
It's worked out for me since now I have a decent amount of precision and accuracy, but more practice is needed.
|February 22, 2016, 05:04 AM
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My Dad and Uncle started me off. Later I shot competitively in the CMP program. I got boring because my only competition was the instructors grand son and grand daughter if they showed up. I got lucky one day when I was in California shooting at a local range. I just by luck happened into a range that the Junior Olympic program was using and happened into Bob Chow who for what ever miracal happened to have some free time before his Olympic Hopefuls got to the range.
Locally I have been bugging the new range staff about when they are going to provide more services such as a Kill House which is badly need in the area. I have found an instructor willing to teach a small group but no facility yet.
|February 22, 2016, 09:38 PM
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My father is a veteran of the Korean War so I learned from him, as well as my grandfather and uncles. I hunted at an early age with them and as an 8 yr old my first rifle was a borrowed rifle in 30-06 cal which for me kicked like a mule on steroids. Since then I only hunt with a 30-06.
I learned to shoot as well with a daisy BB gun. Back than I used to buy the bags of toy soldiers and Cowboys and Indians and those were my targets as well as any big red fire ants crossing my path.
I than joined the army for 21 years and shot my 1911 and m16A1, and also the m60 machine gun and when I became the tank commander on the howizer m109A1 the 50 cal.
But I always maintain my skills using 22 rim fire for my hand guns and rifles shooting 400 yds with 10/22 Ruger and shooting golf balls to 85 yds with my browning buckmark. Best way to get range time is with rim fire ammo, it won't break your wallet and you get to practice all your fundamentals.
|February 22, 2016, 10:21 PM
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So I originally was taught how to shoot by my Dad who grew up on a cattle ranch here in the southwest. When he was young he would shoot rabbits and squirrels for the stew pot and coyotes and other vermin that would pester the cattle. So he grew up being quite the practical marksman. He taught me everything he knew about shooting, as a result I too was quite the marksman. At a young age I would go out with Dad and his friends. Dad would pit me against his buddies and I would always out shoot Dad's buddies with ease.
With that said, he didn't know squat. I have had over 225 hours of prefesional instruction on shooting precision rifles, A little more time on carbines and probably 500 hours of formal training on handguns at this point in my life. So what can be learned by perfessional firearm instructors is invaluable and is leaps and bounds above what dad and granddad have to offer, not that their information is bad but typically way dated.
|February 23, 2016, 09:20 AM
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Self taught grew up in a non-gun household. I read everything I could early on. Took a basic NRA course and started shooting. Now I try to take a high quality pistol course once a year. If I had to do it all over again I would have started with more training in the beginning. It would have saved me $$ in the long run because I would have had a better foundation and sent less meaningless rounds down the range.
The most important things I have learned in training is trigger control (hard trigger prep) and sight picture. Those two things allow me to shoot better groups at speed.
I need to do more shooting on the move. I am not a competition guy and too many ranges I have used over the years restrict movement while shooting.
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|February 23, 2016, 04:15 PM
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Luckily my dad taught me to shoot. He was a competition shooter, and just about as good as anyone I've ever seen. I learned how to shoot on muzzle-loaders and .22's. At a young age I was shooting a heavy Anschutz target rifle. All the guns I shot when I was young had set triggers or very fine triggers. They also had very small fine sights. I got to be a very good patient precision shot. The Blackpowder target guns didn't recoil harshly and had set triggers. The heavy .22's I shot didn't recoil at all. I didn't hold them tight I just cradled them while holding my breath in an almost blissful peace and gently set off the extra light triggers.
When I got older I had a problem with recoil, larger sights, and unexceptional triggers. I managed to cure my troubles with rifles but still have trouble with handguns:
The biggest problem that I still have is large caliber light handguns. I can shoot a full size 1911 all right, but any 45acp lighter than that I find difficult to hit according to sights. On some guns such as large revolvers (45lc,.357mag, 44 mag) I manage to shoot good groups, but they are without fail higher on target than anyone firing the exact same gun. I have to adjust the sights for myself. On lightweight 9mms, the recoil is difficult to keep from limp-wristing on some compact polymer guns, so that's why I prefer steel full-size pistols. I'm gradually improving though, and have a hand squeeze thing that helps build wrist strength.
I'm also picky about triggers. The first time I shot a shot a normal hunting rifle (Marlin 336 30-30) I stood for a minute with my finger on the trigger. My friend asked what was wrong, I told him the gun won't go off. That was my first lesson that I had been absolutely trigger spoiled. Today, I've never gotten very good with striker fire pistols. It took a lot of effort to be able to handle an average single action trigger.
Big blocky sights especially on handguns are hard as well. I have to always remind myself that the same principles apply as with small sights.
I just keep trying to train & improve. I want to be able to handle any handgun as well as I can.
|February 23, 2016, 09:47 PM
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Started with Col Cooper in 1967. And have done many courses with Hackathorn, and Mass since then. What I find is that many instructors teach one solution for all problems, instead of intuition. Most instructors are not former/active duty LEO, military oreven have CCW permits, nor have any current or past competition experience. Choose carefully.
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|February 23, 2016, 11:33 PM
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Early Shooting Training
Born in 1945, I grew up in Upstate New York in the 50's - 70's. My Dad and Grandfather taught me to shoot and instructed on firearm safety. By best friend in my early years also was taught by his Father and a Uncle. My Father did not hunt but I went hunting with my friend and his Father and Uncle.
Started shooting around 7 and at 8 a pellet rifle, at 10 a .22 rifle - at 12 a double 12 Ga - at 16 a 30-30 lever action and at 22 a M-16 from Uncle Sam.
Lifetime shooter - NRA Instructor and a New Mexico F&G instructor. I shoot everything pistol, rifle, shotgun & muzzleloaders. It has been quite the ride. It beats the hell out of sitting and playing video games all day.
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|February 24, 2016, 12:06 AM
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I never could do a jump double sidekick.
I kept saying to myself, "there is no spoon."
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|February 24, 2016, 12:48 AM
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I learned to shoot from my grandfather when I was 7.
Before I went to Parris Island in 2010 I shot ok. Six years in the Marines have made me good, not pretty good, not great, just good enough to put rounds somewhere on a man sized target at 500 yds with irons.
Before then I had no idea I was leaving out so many components of good marksmanship. My breathing technique was flawed, trigger control needed tweaking, hadn't ever even heard of getting bone support vs muscling a rifle.
Before I went to a LE academy my pistol shooting was very rough, now I'm ok-ish. I need a lot more practice but I'm making improvements and I can draw and put rounds on target at 7 yards or so under a LOT of stress and distraction.
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|February 26, 2016, 01:15 AM
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My dad taught me to shoot at an early age. He gave me a .22 LR single shot lever-action Ithaca when I was 8. He wanted me to concentrate on accuracy and not try to compensate with firepower. Compared to my friends with their semiauto .22 rifles, it seemed to work. They were always amazed at how ell I could shoot with my Ithaca.
I'm sure my dad taught me technique, but what stuck most was safety.
I took two NRA hunter safety courses. One we brought .22 rifles and were taught gun handling within a deer hunting context. The second course we brought shotguns and were taught safety in the context of bird hunting. Interestingly, in indoor part of both classes was held in the local high school gymnasium, gun in hand, on a Saturday. Shooting was part of both classes. Again, I'm sure shooting technique was addressed, but what I remember a half century later is the safety aspects.
As a Boy Scout I earned my shooting merit badge at summer camp. As safety was well ingrained by that time, what I recall was the technique and positions, as a major part of the requirements was attaining a minimal score from, as I recall, four positions.
When I decided to get my CPL four years ago, no training is required in WA, but I opted to take a 4-hr handgun class. The lecture part was close to useless. The shooting portion allowed me to fire a range of handguns and help me narrow down my purchasing goals.
The biggest deficiency in the handgun class was that relevant laws were not addressed. Instead, the instructor advised us to consult an attorney. Fortunately, prior to passage of I-594 the state's firearms laws were relatively compact in size, so I was able to read them and understand them
|February 26, 2016, 11:37 AM
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I learned to shoot from my mom and one of her cousin's who was a former Marine.
The only formal training I've had was my SC CWP class and a Utah CFP class. The SC class was a day and a half of instruction and a fifty round shooting test.
The Utah Class we took a four hour class at night, that didn't include any firing, just an overview of firearms safety and Utah state laws.
I would like to save up for a defensive shooting class one day.
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|February 28, 2016, 02:25 PM
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Minor Shortcoming
My CCW class was great and the instructor was overall very good. He was some kind of LEO. He was also the range master when it came to the shooting part of the class & that's where I found a shortcoming. He sort of barked orders much like I imagine a drill sergeant would. Vietnam was my war and I made a conscious choice not to participate in it. At any rate, I have very little experience of being spoken to in that manner and don't respond well to it.
In the grand scheme of things, this was just a mildly unpleasant half hour and I passed the test and have no ill feelings towards the instructor. It may well be that his style works well in a range situation. It might even be necessary for safety. No biggie, but the OP asked.
|February 28, 2016, 07:07 PM
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Learned to shoot as a kid - then bird and big game hunting ( 50's & 60's ). Spent 12 yrs in military - had a little instruction.
About 20 yrs ago wanted to get better with my handguns - have skill to carry & shoot much better tactically - and started thru some professional courses ( mostly with "Insights firearms " trainers ).....and while i've taken most of classes I wanted - up thru advanced levels ...I think the single thing I understood the most -is to go back every 5 yrs even though I go to range 2 or 3 times a week & train --- and my buddies and I challenge each other once a week with a tactical course of fire, I recognize good professional instruction is really important to keep me at a high level as I've retired.
It's not a shortcoming -- so much as the recognition, I can't do it on my own 100%.
As i've gotten older - shoulder rebuilt, back surgery , arthritis , etc ----- instructors have helped me adapt a little to my physical realities ( went to a 1911 in 9mm vs .45acp recently ) improved my accuracy, split times & wear & tear on my hands....
|March 1, 2016, 07:33 PM
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I learned from my Dad who taught me what he knew. I later did a lot with the 4H shooting program.
He was self taught via reading everything available to him and then experimenting with it. The result is a style that is very much his own and works for him.
Dad taught me to explore different schools and adapt what works for me into my own style/technique best.
4H taught me to slow down.
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|March 1, 2016, 08:11 PM
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Speed IS a tactic.
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|March 1, 2016, 08:13 PM
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My dad taught me to shoot when I was about 10. Uncle Sam taught me to shoot more accurate and under pressure.
Only short coming was dominant eye training.
|May 11, 2016, 10:55 AM
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I didn't grow up shooting or anything, but a friend invited me to go with him to Thompson Long Range Shooting School in Logan, UT. I had shot rifles before at the range, but nothing near the level that they were teaching at Thompson's shooting school. It was really helpful to learn the basics of long range shooting, and by the end, I could hit a target from pretty far away.
Since then, I've been learning on my own and getting out to shoot as much as possible. I'd recommend a shooting school. It gave me a lot of the basics I wouldn't have gotten from teaching myself.
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"If I could give this app more than five stars, I would. Not sure how any app can top this." About.com – 2/15/2010
About.com has published a great review of Fastcase for the iPhone today:
"From the moment I downloaded Fastcase, I've been playing with all the different features, and I can't find a flaw in one of them; not only is this app easy to figure out and use, it also delivers accurate results fast."
Fastcase's free iPhone app has been very well received (and frequently downloaded on iTunes), and the About.com review gives the app 5+ stars:
If I could give this app more than five stars, I would. . . . I'm not sure how any app can top this.


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The majority of today's workplaces require employees to carry some form of identification card. These employee badges are often pretty standard: a name, a photo, a title, maybe a company logo.
There's a reason why such a format is so popular: it works.
Simplicity is king in many cases, with organizations settling for the basics because they're not aware of the other options out there.
However, if you're settling for a basic ID card for your employees, you're missing out on an opportunity to make your ID program even more powerful.
ID cards all perform one key function: they verify the identity of the wearer. However, you can also use your ID credentials to perform a variety of other tasks.
By simply changing the kind of card stock you use and adding some equipment, you can take your ID card program from "ID only" to "wow, this card does a lot!"
In doing so, you can make life easier on your employees, offer a better way to track attendance and more, taking your ID program to another level.


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Olivier Lafont, remembered as the brand-loving, money minded man who was to marry Kareena Kapoor in 3 Idiots and the well meaning priest in Guzaarish, has just released his first fiction book in India, 'Warrior'. From screenwriting to acting to now writing and publishing fiction, it's been a long creative journey for Olivier. I had a chat with him to know more.
How did you get started with screenwriting?
I started writing at a very young age, soon after my family moved from France to India. I spoke only French and had to learn English at school, and that's where my interest in language and words began. I had always loved stories before, but it's then that I started reading in a big way, and then writing. Screenwriting was, for me, a natural development of my interests in acting and writing. For me acting and writing are two facets of the same craft, storytelling. When I write I act out the story in my mind, and when I act I write out the scene in my head. So screenwriting is a perfect blend of those two for me.
Tell us about Warrior.
'Warrior' is my first work published in India. The writing style for 'Warrior' is a classic third person omniscient with a focus on my hero Saam's perspective. I wanted the writing to be visual and cinematic, easy and quick to read, but also to have depth and structure so that there could be multiple levels of interpretation, thematically. When I think of the book I use the term 'modern epic', although people might broadly think of it as fantasy or mythological fiction.
Mythical, immortal warrior in modern day India… how did the idea evolve? What was the inspiration behind it?
The first incarnation of 'Warrior' was as a feature film screenplay that I wrote more than a dozen years ago, before I moved to Mumbai. I had just returned from university in the USA, and wanted to write a movie that would be similar to the Hollywood special effects blockbusters of the time (like 'The Matrix', 'X-Men', 'Lord of the Rings', the Harry Potter films), but with a story that would be totally Indian. My interests in Indian mythology and stories, and the Mahabharata in particular, influenced the creation of this story.
The story starts in Mumbai… how come? Which other cities does the reader get a glimpse of?
Since I first wrote the story as a film script I was looking to move to Mumbai, the inspiration was there. Mumbai also worked perfectly for the story structure and themes. Through the story you travel to modern cities like Bhopal and Varanasi, but also to other cities from the past, like the Vijayanagar Empire, Nalanda and Chengdu in the Ming Empire.
What can the reader expect in terms of plot?
I think readers can expect a fantastic new perspective on the modern and ancient world, some intriguing and unpredictable characters taking on a titanic struggle that seems beyond them, a lot of extraordinary action featuring demigods and demons, a fragile love story between an immortal warrior and a mortal woman, and a good deal of humour, imaginative landscapes, and exciting adventure.
If you could have one superpower what would it be?
As superheroes go I always liked the dramatic purity and classic feel of Superman, so I would take that package. If it were only one superpower, however, I would take King Midas's golden touch, that seems most practical, and can be quite aesthetic too.
If you could be one character from your novel who would you be and why?
Saam, my hero. He has the most interesting story to me, and is the most powerful demigod there is. And in the end he wins.
How has been your experience working in Bollywood?
It's been fun working in the film industry. I've had the fortune of working with some of the film industry's top directors. At the same time I think the roles I've done so far have stereotyped me a little as a comic actor. I'd like to do more serious, dramatic work, something with action and matter.
Tell us about your Hollywood experience.
Working on Hollywood projects has, actually, been not too dissimilar from my experience on Indian films. What was refreshing in my last Hollywood film 'Baby Sellers' is that I played a very real, dramatic role instead of a comic one.
Which recent film did you enjoy watching?
I recently saw 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'. I've always liked comics and the modern mythology of superheroes, it's good fun. Seeing those stories brought to screen in 3D is really exciting, it's got the big special effects and set pieces you expect, and it's been treated with a human touch. In fact I originally imagined 'Warrior' as a film on this scale.
Your favourite writer/s?
Recently I've liked Mark Lawrence ('The Broken Empire') and George RR Martin ('A Song of Ice and Fire' – 'Game of Thrones'). I grew up with authors like Lloyd Alexander ('The Chronicles of Prydain'), Terry Brooks (The Shannara series), Robert Jordan ('The Wheel of Time' series), Tad Williams ('Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn').
Favourite actor/s?
I like Liam Neeson, Merryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Hugh Jackman, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Paul Belmondo.
What inspires you about the city?
I think what's most inspirational about this city, which is the case with all great cities, is its identity. Mumbai means a lot of things to Indian citizens and to the world: big money, big movies, multiculturalism, globalisation, modernity – but also humanity, community, independence, the potential to make your dreams come true… And I think Mumbai lives up to these expectations.
What would you like to change about Mumbai?
What I would like to see more, however, is a city that really takes care of its people, which I feel we're still missing because Mumbai is still developing. More parks, more places for the citizens to go, more beautification, higher standards of modern urban basics – which ties back into infrastructure.
What's next… Films? Writing?
A little of both. I've written a new film script, for the first time with myself as the main character. I'm actually looking for a producer to partner with on it. The film is a really fun comedy, and could be an Indian film or an international one, so the producer could also be Indian or international.
You can buy the book on Amazon here.


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Joe Rogan delivers some solid practical philosophy on climbing Mt. Everest and the nature of nature. Two or three thousand years ago he would be one of the great thinkers of the world, probably communing with Plato or Seneca. Today he is a stand up comedian.
...This (climbing Mt. Everest - S.) is one of those things that is just hard to do. There is a lot of shit that is hard to do, but there is a reward for it. Like when you start your own business - it's hard to do, you gotta leave your job, take a chance, you gotta pay yourself - you know, what the fuck? You gonna start your own business - it's a lot of risk. But if you pull it off you get a reward, you get to lead a comfortable life with your family, you have a successful business, that's a great thing.
There is no reward for Mt. Everest - it's just hard! That's it, it's a trick, you get fucking tricked into doing tough shit. People are like "Only few thousand people ever made it to Mt. Everest". Um, maybe because it sucks?! Do you know how many people go to Hawaii? Like a fucking million every year. It's awesome there.
What the fuck are you doing? You gonna spend your time in something that sucks. You could go to Google Earth right now and see the whole thing from the comfort of your living room, you don't have to leave. There is nothing there, it's just snow, it's the same as the snow at the bottom, it's just way the fuck up there. There is no difference. (...)
"We'll be out there with nature, bro, that's what it's all about - being out there with nature". A lot of people think that. But here's the deal about nature: nature is everything, OK? We don't like to think that our society is nature because we created it. But guess what, this is no different than a fucking beehive. It's just more complicated because people are smarter than bees. Cities are natural - that's why they are everywhere. It's not like there's only one city and everyone's like "What the fuck is that?" Cities are all over the place, they are natural. You know what's not natural? You in the middle of the mountains in the middle of the winter.


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This Hurricane Gonzo seems to be taking a while to clear the area. It's been so windy in the UK that yesterday for the first time more power was generated by wind farms than nuclear power stations. Must be all those beanz eaten by the greens. Though right against a wall, the X bike still got blown over by a gust which also blew my boat out of the park. And twice I've had to retrieve the rain cover pressed hard against a deer fence on the other side of the field.
I've lavished the BMW with ACF-50 but actually as long as it's more vertical than horizontal, a spell in fresh rain washes off any rain-bound salt sprayed off the Minch. Ferrous or otherwise, rust never sleeps up here, as the two bike racks on the right testify. I only bought them two months ago!
Faced with the long ride south before an even longer run to Morocco, it's good to have clothing like my prized retro Rukka waterproof (left) in which I can confidently face two days of 60mph autumnal showers. It waterproof alright, but it's only PVC cloth so not especially good against the wind chill.
Problem is how to run the Aerostich electric vest with the Rukka without wires coming out my trouser leg. The answer: a Powerlet Luggage Electrix Connector (left) normally used for powering/ recharging gadgets stashed in your tank bag. Melt a few tactical holes in the Rukka, then screw it on with some Aquaseal for good measure (right)
With my snug Gul fleece onesie (left), I expect this set up to get me nominated for the Bake Off TV show. It may not get you invited to the best parties (unless you're the celebrated sartorial unitarian, Austinimo, right), but it eliminates a two-piece's heat sapping overlap and associated cold spot around the critical kidneys, while stopping you packing on so many layers you feel like a turkey trussed up for Christmas. That creates a feeling of comfort which induces relaxation and so defers fatigue and rhythm-ruining pee stops. (I think I've just hypnotised myself).
With my double onesie combo and heated jacket I can turn on, plug in but not chill out on winter's long road.


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Finger Candles [Cute]
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Giant Eggs in Netherland [Art Eggcident]
Dutch artist Henk Hofstra installed his new environmental art project, titled "Art Eggcident", in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
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Best Reason to Join Israeli Army
Well if you want to join an army force in anywhere in world. I would say to join Israeli army as they have the best chicks in their forces. Who want to fight with them if they have the force like that….LOLs…..
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Cow Power [Amazing]
The Green Mountain Dairy farm in Sheldon, Vt., like all dairy farms, is in the business of producing milk. But the farm is also part of a growing alternative energy program that converts the methane gas from cow manure into electricity.
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What If Women Rule The World [Funny]
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If you're anything like me, you don't have the time, energy, or patience to devote to applying false lashes every day. {if you're anything like me, you wish you had the money to hire a makeup artist to do it for you} But you want your lashes to stand out. I would say, … [Read more...]
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Safer volunteering in migrant camps
Helping refugees and migrants stay safe
Volunteers have been helping migrants and refugees across Europe since before the migrant crisis made headlines in 2015. While we don't know exactly how many people are volunteering, we know that thousands of people from the UK have been involved in delivering donations and offering time, help and skills to people in difficult circumstances and at times, hostile environments.
Volunteers make a valuable contribution to the lives of people who need help. We also know that volunteers will be able to make a bigger difference, and avoid potential problems, if they are well informed about some of the issues they may face.
We've developed six factsheets, working with the government and with experienced organisations and volunteers who have worked in camps throughout Europe, to help volunteers and organisations prepare for these challenges.
The factsheets identify some of the potential risks of volunteering – from day-to-day experiences to serious dangers such as people smuggling and human trafficking. They provide practical guidance to help keep volunteers safe, and to ensure that volunteers can help keep refugees and migrants safe.
Tell us what you think
We are carrying out a five-minute survey and are keen to hear your feedback on the six factsheets and six videos we have produced as part of this campaign.
Resources for volunteers
- What you need to know about UK asylum and irregular migration
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Walla Walla Library to Victoria, Australia: SEC Summer Internships
Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2018
This past Monday, Sept. 10th, students who had summer internships funded by the SEC gathered to reflect on and discuss their varied experiences. From the Walla Walla Library to Victoria, Australia, this year's summer internship grant recipients were spread far and wide. With a total of 152 interns...
Women in Leadership Symposium Honors Legacy of Student Activism
Christy Carley, News Editor
February 8, 2018
Whitman's annual Women in Leadership Symposium will take on an expanded form this year. Centered around the theme "Identity and Leadership" the event will include a networking lunch and the opportunity for students to talk one on one with the six panelists in a drop in session from 2-4 in Reid G...
Learning to Think: Amazon Day, "Life Paths" and the Liberal Arts
Martina Pansze, Editor-In-Chief
October 24, 2017
"On the surface, many people would think that a Whitman college graduate and Amazon don't line up," says Kim Rolfe, Director of Business Engagement at the Student Engagement Center (SEC) and organizer of Friday's event. "But the truth is that a lot of the things they are looking for at Amazon, Whitman has prepared students very well to do."
What is Work Study?
Olivia Gilbert, Feature Editor
February 2, 2017
Regardless of whether they receive work study or not, ask the average Whittie to define 'work study,' and chances are they will have a difficult time answering completely. While most know the term refers to financial aid, few know precisely how work study operates on campus and in students' lives. Faith...
Life After Whitman: recent graduates pursue interests in Walla Walla
Olivia Gilbert and Alissa Antilla
December 8, 2016
Post-Whitman life may be difficult for some students to imagine, but it is only a handful of years (or less) away for each of us. While Whitman graduates spread out all over the country and globe, we catch up with several Whitties who chose to stay closer--right here in Walla Walla. Jack Swain Jack ...
Kappa Kappa Gamma Invites Lincoln Students to Campus
Kate Grumbles
October 20, 2016
Lincoln High School students came to the Whitman campus as part of a community outreach effort during Mr. Whitman hosted by Kappa Kappa Gamma. This event took place on Monday, Oct. 17 as part of the Mr. Whitman service project organized by Kappa. The proceeds this year are going to The Health Cente...
SEC/Provost Partnership Ushers in New Academic Era
Megumi Rierson, staff writer
October 9, 2016
At the most recent faculty meeting, it was decided that the office of Student Engagement will no longer report directly to the Dean of Student Affairs, but rather the Dean of Faculty. The Dean of Faculty is also known as the Provost or the Chief Academic Officer, and he is responsible for the directi...
Women in CS: Alumna Cathryn Posey talks tech
Eleanor Matson, Staff Reporter
September 29, 2016
Alumna Cathryn Posey '05 returned to campus this past week to give the Andjelkovic Lecture on her journey working in the technological industry as a black woman. During her talk, she focused on her thoughts about current inclusion and diversity efforts within the tech industry as well as her journe...
Student Engagement Center Continues Rapid Growth
North Bennett
April 7, 2016
The Student Engagement Center (SEC) provides Whitman students with a wide variety of career development and community service opportunities, but it has not always been that way.
Whitties Helping Whitties Get Laid
Austin Biehl, staff writer
February 11, 2016
Illustration by Taylor Penner-Ash. Due to the fact that Whitman College is scenically located smack-dab in the middle of God-fuck-nowhere, the students here often struggle with finding sexual partners who aren't in long distance relationships, awkward exes, or riddled with chlamydia. The level of thirst on this ca...
Visiting Educator Concannon Discusses Human Rights Advocacy
Sara Platnick
February 4, 2016
Human rights lawyer Brian Concannon visited campus for a course and sessions on human rights advocacy.
Martin Luther King Celebrated With Service, Lecture
Sarah Cornett
January 28, 2016
A march, lecture, and day of service marked ways the Whitman community honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


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Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Special Operations Command
Contract: H92222-07-P-0041
Agency Tracking Number: S061-008-0111
Amount: $99,988.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: SOCOM06-008
Solicitation Number: 2006.1
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-04-04
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AbstractA number of different special purpose assault rifle rounds are currently required to meet the operational needs of USSOCOM forces. Development of new rounds that provide both enhanced penetration and lethality is necessary to increase the overall effectiveness of USSOCOM forces, and reduce the need for special purpose ammunition. These enhancements must be obtained with sacrificing bullet accuracy. Also, environmental concerns dictate that the new round be "green". Corvid Technologies offers an innovative bullet design to meet the need for a multifunction assault rifle round. Corvid has assembled a team composed of bullet design and manufacturing experts, and materials scientists to address the many facets of this design and development challenge. Using high fidelity computational modeling and simulation, and our own expertise in ballistics, shock physics and aerodynamics, Corvid will lead this team to develop and test our innovative projectile design in Phase I. Advanced physics-based modeling and simulation enables projectile penetration, lethality, and accuracy performance to drive all aspects of the design. The result will be rapid development of an optimized round. Phase I will produce a prototype round with enhanced capabilities that will ultimately yield NATO qualified enhanced 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm rounds in Phase II.
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There is Better Buffy Slash. Which I appear to have come into possession of. And the joy of trying to figure out what people are and are not supposed to be talking about when recommending and reviewing stories. Ah, slash + fannish critique + controversial story subjects + strong personalities + me having had it up to here with the suggestion that There Is A Line... It's like shooting wank in a barrel.1
I imagine the thing to do in this situation would be... actually post something on the list, as I haven't yet, not even as a member. This will most likely happen tomorrow. When I have not been awake for...
Hmm. Only 13 hours, actually, but they were mom-and-willie hours, which is a bit like overtime. Time-and-a-half. Without holiday pay. Half bearable, a quarter actually enjoyable, and a quarter....
Put it this way -- the words "Mother, that's the drive-through! Yes, really. Oh dear god. I am not bailing you out. [Pause while I hide in the rental car and pretend deeply not to know them. And by deeply I mean how far under the dash I've ducked.] Arrrgh...We are </i>all</i> going to be arrested..." wailed their way out of my mouth at one point, and I was a) serious and b) not having fun. No, I'm not providing more details.
On the other hand I have new shoes2. 2 pair. 28 bucks total. Not bad. And I'm still not dead in a ditch, TBQ!
1 No, I am not suggesting that any of the individual members are being wanky or impolite; I'm saying, mmmm, all the ingredients for fannish insanity, packed into one tight little space -- just add hot water and away we go. It's like Instant Lunch with kerfuffle noodles instead of ramen.
2 Yes, I know they're supposed to go on your feet. But I'm tired and somewhat crack-addled, so it shiouid be obviuis thast I'mstasnsduingh on mkyu hanjsd in myu nwe shioes asnmsd tyupinmgh wuityhj nmyu feety..


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Autumn Casey
Dallas-born Autumn Casey is a multifaceted artist currently working and residing in Miami, Florida. With an emphasis on sculpture and video works, Casey creates engaging works that touch upon ideas of personal experience and inner contemplation. Through the use of her own memory as a metaphorical tool, Casey uses personal relics and childhood memorabilia to challenge her own subjectivities against life and the world as a whole. These relics take the shape of home furnishings, silverware, ropes, chains, photographs, and plush toys among other media. Casey then further analyzed these objects and their historical significance through cutting, painting, sewing, burning, twisting and tying these objects, giving them entirely new meanings and connotations, while completely transforming them into a greater whole. As a result of her practice, Casey not only reveals the relationships between these objects themselves, but the balance of order and chaos in the pieces both physically and metaphorically. A similar outlook is placed upon Casey's equally exciting video and installation work, which has also received high praise. Casey's film "Getting rid of all my Shoes" was the recipient of top prize at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami's Optic Nerve XII film festival and was later added to the Museum's permanent collection. Casey has further presented her works at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Primary Projects, The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, the Art Wynwood Art Fair, and The Perez Art Museum Miami. Casey's work has been published in The Miami Herald, The Huffington Post, The Miami Rail, El Nuevo Herald, Creators Project + Vice, and Rooms Magazine. She also extends her creative reach through her all female band "Snakehole". Autumn Casey continues to recollect the past, crafting dynamic works of transient moments, and furthering her personal narrative through Primary and independent experimentation.
Asif Farooq
With a keen interest in the historical and theoretical frameworks behind different types of machinery, and a consciousness for modern technology, artist Asif Farooq creates engaging works that pay homage to the advancements of mechanisms and the cultures that have employed its very innovations. Working in both large and smaller scales and employing a diverse range of media, Farooq's practice builds on early childhood experimentation of drafting, welding, and construction, among other crafts. Such curiosity continues to be ingrained in Farooq as current projects include a larger than life model of a soviet MiG-21, a particle accelerator, and plans to release a satellite into orbit above North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. Supplementing these ambitious projects are Asif's "guns", a series of hand-made revolvers, semi and fully automatic guns cut from cardboard, for which he has gained great acclaim and recognition. Farooq has created technically unmatched pieces that rise with the very ideas he seeks to honor. Whether furthering political, historical, or social agendas, Asif remains focused on his principles. Asif's skills, particularly in the exhaustive detail exhibited in the replicas of his subjects are unmatched having resulted in many distinction and honors. These accolades include exhibitions at Primary Projects, Locust Projects, and the University of Arkansas. Farooq is also an active educator speaking as part of the Locust Roundtable Series, the Creative Mornings Miami Series, and New York City's Clocktower Radio program. He was named one of "8 Artists to Watch" for Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 by the Miami Herald and was selected as an official artist of the Art Basel Miami Beach Studio Tour Series. Miami-based Asif Farooq continues to refine his craft through both independent study and broader community education.
Armed with a razor sharp aesthetic and an arsenal of refined techniques, Miami based artist Typoe has been a notable force in the Miami art scene for nearly a decade. With an extensive background in graffiti and street art, Typoe now employs elements of his basis in urban art into modern and contemporary pieces. As result, Typoe's work embodies a distinct energy, excitement, and boldness. In addition to his unorthodox approach, Typoe's chosen media is nothing but ordinary. Ranging from spray paint and neon, to gunpowder and women's cosmetics, Typoe's work has amassed critical acclaim for his innovative use of materials not commonly associated with art. His imagery, based on ideas of satire, art history, and extravagance have been extensively exhibited in both group and solo platforms. Though true to Miami, Typoe often also travels abroad where he continues to exhibit his work. To date Typoe has displayed his pieces in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago, Mexico, and Buenos Aires. In addition to showing in the gallery space, his work has graced many large scale venues including The Faena Arts Center in Argentina, MIA Art Fair, Zona MACO, Art Wynwood, and has headlined Scope art fairs in Miami, New York, and Basel Switzerland. He has been featured in publications such as The Miami Herald, Live Fast Mag, juxtapoz Magazine Hyperallergic, and Art Forum Magazine. Typoe is also a collaborator, having worked with recognized brands including Beck's beer, Del Torro, and Royal Caribbean. In 2014 Typoe was the recipient of the Star of Design Award for his achievements in visual arts, presented by the Design Center of Americas. Aside from his own work, Typoe is also the co-founder of the Miami based creative space Primary Projects. Along with friends and founder Books Bischof and cofounder Cristina Gonzalez, Primary Projects displays cutting edge contemporary art from emerging and mid career artists. Primary has also completed work with the Arts Initiative at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago, The Soho Beach House, superstar Dj's Skrillex, Boys Noize, and more, creating award winning specialty projects. As a founding member of Primary Flight, the world's first and largest open air street art exhibition, Typoe continues to maintain a strong presence on the street by taking part in or organizing mural projects such as, Primary Flight, the Raw Project, The Greenway Project, Beck's Urban Canvas mural project, and the Words Travel Fast mural project. As Typoe's world of wonder, decadence, and calculated chaos ever expands, he continues to craft his commentary through his home base of Miami and represented gallery Spinello Projects.
Santiago Rubino
Argentinian born, Miami based Santiago Rubino is a contemporary street artist and illustrator. Specializing in monochromatic drawings, Santiago uses graphite and charcoal to create black and white portraits mostly depicting women, set in abstract, time bending locations. Santiago's drawings range from small portraits on antique book pages to huge triptychs that take up whole walls. Though concentrated on drawing, Santiago also ventures off the paper and creates equally beautiful pieces on walls in the street. While trading pencil with acrylic, Santiago's style and imagery on the street stay true to his drawings. His unique drawings have caught the attention of gallerists and collectors from all over the world, resulting in his many gallery shows. Santiago has exhibited in solo shows in Miami, Chelsea and Los Angeles. He has also participated in group shows in New York, Miami and Chicago. In addition to gallery spaces, he has shown his work in larger art fairs such as at Scope Art Fair in Miami and New York, Pulse Art Fair in Miami and New york, Toronto International Art Fair, The Armory Show, Art LA, Circa Puerto Rico, and more. With his street art he has participated in the Raw mural project during Art Basel 2014 and was invited as the only Miami artist to paint inside the world famous Wynwood Walls in 2012. Santiago was invited again to the walls in 2014 to create a new mural over his original one. His work has been featured in publications such as GQ, Vogue, Juxtapoz, Bespoke, and Relapse magazines. Santiago is represented by the Miami gallery Spinello projects where he recently put together a solo show entitled "The Doors of Perception". Santiago continues to create beautiful pieces based out of Miami.
Jose Mertz
Miami based Jose Mertz is an artist, designer, and image maker. Inspired by ancient civilizations, religion, Eastern philosophy, and science fiction, Jose reimagines traditional eastern imagery and creates stunning works of art using modern techniques and methods. The results yield timeless pieces combining elements of the past, present and future. Jose enjoys implementing his images on various surfaces from prints and t-shirts to stickers and large scale murals. Over the years Jose has gained praise for his signature style resulting in many gallery shows, while also maintaining a strong presents on the streets. Jose has exhibited in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and has worked with large brands such as Adidas and Kidrobot. He has also exhibited in large scale art fairs such as the Armory show in New York. Along with Jose's fine art work, he has also participated in many mural projects, showcasing his street art work. He participated in the Miami Marine Stadium Mural Project, the Raw Project, and the MLK Mural Project among the world's greatest street artists. Jose is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and has been included in publications such Juxtapoz magazine, Kingbrown magazine, and the New York Times. Jose's work has become apart of many private collections as well as the growing collection of murals around Miami.
Gustavo Oviedo
From the streets to the shore, Parisian born, Miami-based Gustavo Oviedo is a multidisciplinary artist whose works can be found in media of all varieties. Oviedo uses materials and tools such as vinyl, spray paint, photography, and found objects to create and recreate works that are true to Miami. Despite being raised in Columbia, Venezuela, and Mexico, Oviedo's work can be identified by its vibrant colors and nautical motifs which are clearly representative of his current home of Miami. Not only does Gustavo celebrate his home through the visual components of his work, but goes as far as to scuba dive or search on his boat for discarded objects to use in future works. By exploring the Florida waters as his studio or canvas, Oviedo, often referred to as an "accidental environmentalist", is able to retrieve discarded "souvenirs" from the sea while documenting climate change, pollution, and mother nature. In addition to his contemporary pieces, Oviedo, a veteran of the street scene, has been also known to craft exciting street art murals. Often depicting organic, abstract forms, painted in hundreds of colors, his noteworthy murals have a distinct tropical vibe. Oviedo has described his unique technique as "Particle Style"; a term derived from inspiration Oviedo found by looking through microscopes. His observations have been broken down into "single cells" and "amoeba", that together have graced murals all around Miami. Gustavo, who holds a Master's degree in motion graphics continues to further his work in motion graphics through his company, 131 Projects. His meta-displays of environmental and geographical research have been widely displayed in both solo and group presentations. He has presented his work at the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Art Center South Florida, Bakehouse Art Complex, Primary Projects, and the Young at Art Museum, among others. In addition, two of Oviedo's short films have been part of MOCA's Optic Nerve Short Film Festival. Oviedo continues to document for his ever-expanding audience, his historical accounts with nature while displaying his found memorabilia and explorations through his home base of Miami.
BooksIIII Bischof
Gallerist, curator, and director; BooksIIII Bischof wears many hats. The Miami native, known for his bold and experimental projects currently runs the Miami gallery Primary Projects alongside wife Christina Gonzales and long time friend Typoe. With a history of locations all around Miami, Primary Projects continuously showcase remarkable exhibitions created by a collection of emerging and mid career artists, both locally and nationally based. Seemingly always receiving high praise, each of Primary's shows present contemporary and fine art works with forward thinking ideas. Books has now directed these exceptional shows since 2009. While Primary has caught much attention for Bischof, his cultural and artistic roots in Miami lie much deeper. In 2007 Book's organized and directed Primary Flight, the worlds first large scale, live mural exhibition. The revolutionary project encompassed nearly 30 blocks in what now is the Wynwood Arts and Design Districts. Being the first to cover the manufacturing districts walls in paint, Books initially invited 35 artists for the inaugural edition of Primary Flight. Over the next few years Primary Flight exploded, upping the ante in both talent and caliber. In 2009, just two years after its inception, Primary Flight included 150 of the worlds most prominent street and graffiti artists from all over the world. Artists included Shepard Fairey, Retna, El Mac, Revok, Lister, Tristan Eaton and more. In addition to Primary Flight, Books has directed mural projects in Greensboro North Carolina, Havana Cuba, and in downtown Miami, with "Words travel fast," a series of typography based murals by many artists Books currently represents. Alongside His previous mural and gallery endeavours, Books has also found success in his many other creative projects. In 2013 Books, along with Primary Projects were commissioned as directors to organize and curate the country's largest public art exhibition as part of the Arts Initiative at Fashion Outlets of Chicago. The exhibition included the works of national and internationally renowned contemporary artists such as Daniel Arsham, Jim Drain, FriendswithYou, Jen Stark, Kenton Parker, Andrew Nigon, and more. The installation received over 240,000 visitors in its first four days and the Arts Initiative public relations campaign generated roughly 140,000,000 media impressions of the project, which included national coverage in a variety of publications. The Project went on to win the Gold U.S. Maxi Award for "a cause related project that benefits community interest." Bischof has also worked with superstar Dj's, commissioned as art director for Dog Blood's (Skrillex and Diplo) music video to their single "Chella Ride." The animated video, made possible by Primary and Goldenwolf animation received the award for best animation at the 2014 Berlin Music Video Awards. Books has been featured in publication such as the Miami Herald, Ocean Drive Magazine, and various other web and print sources. Books Bischof continues to direct solo, group, and specialty projects out of his home base in Miami and abroad.
Francesco LoCastro
Italian-born Francesco LoCastro has been a dominant force for contemporary art in South Florida for over a decade. Though being born in Italy, and growing up in Germany, LoCastro was quickly immersed into local scenes of music and art as he moved to South Florida during his highschool years. LoCastro rapidly gained a strong foothold in the south Florida art seen through his works of kaleidoscopic and geometric abstractions. His pieces, what at first may seem to be a computer generated piece of graphic design, are actually meticulously crafted pieces created using acrylic, epoxy resin, spray paint and more. Through his use of layering materials, Locastro creates explosive pieces of color that maintain a heightened sense of dimension and depth. While achieving spectacular pieces on wood and board, LoCastro is not confined to two dimensional surfaces. In LoCastro's "Safety" series, he uses familiar techniques and color ranges to create stunning pieces of sculpture that include new materials ranging from plastics, wood, rocks, and metals. He has been also seen to create equally exciting outdoor and indoor murals that depict his iconic architectural image. As a result of his masterful practice, LoCastro's immersive work has gained much attention over the years, resulting in many many solo and group exhibitions. To date, LoCastro has shown his work in Miami, San Francisco, Texas, New York, Orlando, Venice Beach, Colorado, Philadelphia, Cleveland, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Italy, and more. He has presented pieces at the Artcenter South Florida, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Young at Art Museum, and many other art institutions around the country. In addition to gallery and museum space exhibitions, LoCastro has also displayed his works in large scale art fairs. These art fairs include Scope Miami Beach, artMRKT South Hamptons, Art Market + Design in Bridgehampton New York, Art Hamptons, Art Palm Beach, and Art Houston among others. LoCastro continues to create explosive and exciting works out of south Florida, maintaining a fresh image for new contemporary art in the region.
Atomik is a 100 percent Miami artist. Atomik, trained in graphic design, is a big name in the Miami art scene. The graffiti legend, part of the infamous MSG crew, a group of local graffiti heroes, has been painting the city for quite some time. While growing up in the emerging Miami graffiti scene of the 80's, Atomik witnessed for himself at a young age what would later become his profession. Famous for his iconic orange character which emerged as a response to the demolition of the Miami Orange Bowl, the artists also marks the walls of Miami with his sleek hand-styles, graffiti and lettering. While painting for almost 20 years, Atomik's playful characters and hand styles have become as much a symbol of Miami as are palm trees or neon lights. His unmistakable orange character has been placed all over the world bringing a piece of Miami to places such as Chile, Melbourne, Brazil, Mexico, Amsterdam, Berlin, Seoul, Bangkok, Sydney, and Puerto Rico. Atomik produces smaller pieces as well out of his studio in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami. His studio pieces on media ranging from canvas to paper as well as found objects like street signs, directly reflect his street work and usually feature his ubiquitous orange character. In addition to his great presence on the streets, Atomik also brings his work inside, displaying pieces in both solo and group exhibitions. His exhibitions includes shows at NOW Contemporary Art, Vice Gallery, Swampspace Gallery, Wyn317 Gallery and the "Art of Basketball" exhibition presented by the NBA and the Public Works Department during Art Basel in 2011. Atomik does not stop, continuously crafting works inside and out, on the streets of Miami and around the world.
2 Alas
2 Alas is an arts collective comprised of Andrew Antonaccio and Filio Galvez. Known for their black and white linear portraits and colored geometric abstractions, the duo have become a strong force for Urban art in Miami. While their brilliant murals have been placed around south Florida in recent years, 2 alas also travels afar, broadening their street art and mural portfolios. Andrew and Filio have painted all over the world in places such as Italy, Switzerland, Cuba, New York, Dominican Republic, Montreal, and Puerto Rico. In addition to their travels they have also participated in street art fairs and festivals including the Artesano Project, Viavai Project, Mural arts festival, Downtown Hollywood Mural Project, Becks Mural Project, Monumentart Mural Project, Vision Arts Festival, and more. Along with their street work, Andrew and Filio have gained attention for their smaller studio pieces. They have extensively exhibited these pieces in both solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries and museums. Often embarking on even larger projects, 2 Alas has exhibited in large scale fairs such as the Scope Miami Beach art fair and has been commissioned by Ford to design the exterior of a car for the Miami International Auto Show. They have been commissioned by other large companies such as Firefox and Beck's and have pieces in many private collections in Miami and abroad.
Anthony Lister
Australian born and based artist Anthony Lister is a world renown contemporary, street, and graffiti artist. Beginning painting on the streets at the age of 17, Anthony Lister, or Lister is now one of Australia's most prominent contemporary and street artists. Employing his skills and iconic gestural mark on various media, Lister masterfully paints giant street murals and crafts smaller studio pieces inspired by subjects such as superheroes, supervillains, and ballerinas. Lister has found much success over his studio work which has been displayed in solo shows in cities all around the world including New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, San Francisco, and Miami. In addition to great success in the gallery space, Lister also maintains a strong presence on the street with his murals. Lister has now painted hundreds of murals all around the world and participated in many collective mural festivals. With a strong presence in Miami, Lister has participated in local mural exhibition including Primary Flight and the Raw Project while also painting many murals around Miami throughout his many visits. In Miami Anthony Lister is represented by the Robert Fontaine Gallery where he has previously put together two solo shows. Lister received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Queensland College of the Arts in 2001 and was then mentored by Max Gimblett in New York in 2002. In 2004 Lister was the recipient of the Queensland Education Minister's Art Award, with a further mentoring workshop residency at Blender Studio, Melbourne. Anthony and his work have been published by VNA Magazine, Juxtapoz, and has been named one of the "50 Most Influential Street Artists of All Time" by Complex Magazine. Lister continues to tackle huge murals and masterfully create studio works.
The London Police
Chaz Barrisson and Bob Gibson, better known as the "London Police", are an English street art duo that now live and work in Amsterdam. Bob's detailed architectural scenes along with Chaz's fun characters create exciting and striking murals. Their iconic LADS figures can be seen around the world, everywhere from Germany and Brazil to Spain and Sweden. The London Police have also participated in many solo and group shows internationally in places such as Miami, London, Kentucky, and Paris. They seem to enjoy working in Miami. They participated in the Primary Flight mural project in 2007, 2009, and 2010, the Miami Marine Stadium mural project (2014), and The Caleidoscoop Art Basel project in 2013. The London Police have had their work exhibited at the Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Gallery (2014) and at Scope Art Fair in Miami Beach in 2009 during Art Basel. Most recently they worked on a massive mural in Hollywood, Florida for the Downtown Hollywood Mural Project (2014) and have exhibited at Scope Art fair again in 2014 being represented by the StolenSpace Gallery from London. The world-renowned London Police come back to Miami every year for big events such as Art Basel and keep putting up great work.
2501 is an Italian street artist who is based in Milan, Italy. 2501 is famous for his monochromatic two dimensional line paintings that seem to create abstract three dimensional forms. He sometimes accompanies his black and white pieces with some gold or the occasional color. 2501's unmistakable line work can be seen in many different places in around the world such as Poland, London, Paris, Baltimore, Australia, Chicago, and Miami. Along with his street art, 2501 has made some impressive studio pieces that have been displayed in galleries in Bologna, Italy, San Francisco, and Miami. 2501 has worked in Miami during his visits over the last few years. Recently 2501 completed a month long residency in Miami as part of the Fordistas Residency Program and showed his new works in a solo show entitled "Tons of Tools" at Product 81 Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District. The show was published in the December 2014 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. 2501 has also participated in a group show at the same gallery titled "Friends and Family" during Art Basel 2013 and 2014. 2501 along with his gallery shows, has created many pieces around Miami in the Wynwood neighborhood. 2501 continues to travel to Miami for shows and big events like Art Basel and plans to continue painting in Wynwood.
Diana Contreras
Diana Contreras is a Peruvian born, Miami based artist and street artist. Working out of her Little Havana studio, Diana or "Didi" produces beautiful portraits of women, often in oil paint, that fall along with her theme of femininity. In the streets Didi continues her painting of women, buts swaps oil for spray paint. Diana received her Bachelor degree in Art Education and a Post-Graduate of Art in Teaching from Florida International University. She has also joined in the study abroad program in Florence, Italy and enrolled in the Art Students League of New York. Didi has participated in many group and solo shows. She will soon display her work in Dubai along with other Miami street artists as part of the Street Art Dubai Gallery. In Miami, Didi is represented by the Brisky Gallery in Wynwood, which also boasts a mural painted by her on its façade. A piece by Didi will also be on display at the 2014 Miami Book Fair. In 2014 she participated in the Downtown Hollywood Mural project and was a part of the RAW Mural Project at the Jose De Diego Middle School during Art Basel. She has been commissioned many times for her work in both murals and canvases and has sold her work for private collections in several parts of the world.
Jill Weisberg
Jill Weisberg is a South Florida artist born and still residing in Hollywood, Florida. Jill, trained in graphic design, works on both studio and street pieces. Her use of nonconventional paints such as nail polish, allows her to create beautiful murals and smaller pieces that have a recognizable shimmer and iridescence. Jill has taught graphic design at Nova Southeastern University as well as Florida Atlantic University. She has achieved street pieces in the Wynwood Arts District and has had pieces shown in galleries such as Locust Projects in the Design District and The Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida. Jill is the Creative Director of Shrift and Farbe Design Group and the Project Manager of the Downtown Hollywood Mural Project. In 2013, The Downtown Hollywood Mural Project received the honor of being voted "Best Public Art" by the Broward and Palm Beach New Times. Jill works to bring renowned local and international artists as well as local street artists to Downtown Hollywood to create exciting new murals and add visual energy to the area.


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Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time
One of the simplest and most common physical objects is your average crystal, a collection of atoms arranged in an orderly, repeating three-dimensional pattern. Salt, snowflakes, and the quartz in your watch are all crystals. Earlier this year, the Nobel laureate and MIT physicist Frank Wilczek prop...
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There is a very intuitive though not simple way to understand the space-time crystal.
1) spontaneous broken symmetry in complex many particle systems. These are quantum phase transitions like when our observable universe is created in the
moment of inflation out of the pre-existing unstable false vacuum in which all particles have zero rest mass because the Higgs field had not yet formed. The appearance of the Higgs field is the effect spontaneous broken symmetry in which the post-inflation quantum vacuum of our expanding universe. The quantum vacuum has less symmetry than do the field equations for some of the matter fields.
2) Quantum field theory shows that matter exists in two very different forms - real and virtual. Matter in virtual form lives inside the quantum vacuum briefly popping into and out of existence. We see this indirectly in small shifts of spectral lines of atoms (Lamb shift) and in the Casimir zero point force between two neutral plates. Virtual particles do not transport energy outside the "near field" and they cannot directly cause a counter to click only real particles can do that. The LHC just showed us a real Higgs boson kicked out of the vacuum by the tremendous focused energy of the machine. It's like chipping a small piece of ice out of a huge glacier that is the VIRTUAL Higgs-Goldstone spontaneous broken symmetry field inside the vacuum. There are two kinds of spontaneous broken symmetry particles. The Goldstone particle has zero rest mass like the photon particle of light. The Higgs particle has a finite rest mass now seen at about 125 Gev in the LHC. There may be several Higgs and Goldstone particles. The Higgs and Goldstone particles come in conjugate pairs like the amplitude and phase of a coherent laser beam wave. In fact the Higgs-Goldstone vacuum field is mathematically somewhat similar to a laser beam field with some important differences of course. The mathematics of these general "coherent states" was worked out in the early 1960's by Nobel Laureate Harvard physics professor Roy Glauber. Basically we have a large number of particles all in the same single-particle quantum state although that actual number is uncertain and in the simplest case has a Poisson distribution.This happens not only in lasers but in superconductors and as we see below even in Frank Wilczek's space-time crystal. The difference is that the Higgs vacuum field that itself gives rest masses to the leptons and quarks is made up of huge numbers of VIRTUAL Higgs-Goldstone conjugate particle pairs that form a set of complex numbers z in the polar representation for those of you who know some high school math where z = Rexp(itheta). R is the amplitude and theta is the phase. The massive Higgs particle in real form are quantized vibrations in the amplitude R like you AM radio. The massless Goldstone particles in real form are quantized vibrations in the phase theta of the coherent vacuum field like your FM radio roughly.
3) A space crystal is a periodic lattice of atoms that forms in a quantum phase transition in which the continuous translational symmetry of the higher temperature gas or liquid is spontaneously broken down to a much smaller discrete crystal group. The phonon is a massless Goldstone particle. The analogous Higgs particle would be a phonon sound wave with an energy gap at infinite wavelength. However, a single phonon is a collective normal mode of all the real atoms that form the crystal lattice. Now real phonons that propagate sound energy have a frequency that is the speed of sound divided by the wavelength. However, virtual phonons do not obey that relationship at all. Indeed, the crystal lattice itself is a Glauber coherent state of a huge uncertain number of VIRTUAL PHONONS all in the same single-phonon quantum state. These particular virtual phonons have zero frequency with finite wavelengths along the three directions of space that are determined by the particular discrete space-crystal group that is not spontaneously broken. A very similar thing happens for electromagnetic photons in the ordinary electrostatic Coulomb field e/r potential energy per unit test charge q in the rest frame of a point charge e where r is the distance between e and q. The longitudinal electrostatic field is a coherent Glauber state of a huge uncertain number of virtual photons of zero frequency with a whole continuum of wavelengths along the three dimensions of space.
4) We now have a unified conceptual framework. The space-time crystal is simply a Glauber coherent state of again virtual phonons but this time with a finite frequency and the same set of discrete wavelengths as in the space-crystal.
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