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Addressing the statutory requirements for prior art in an inter partes review (IPR) petition, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) dismissed the IPR petition, finding that written admissions in the challenged patent, without more, were not a proper ground of unpatentability. Kingbright Elecs. Co. v. Cree, Inc., IPR2015-00746 (PTAB, Aug. 20, 2015) (Turner, APJ.).
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In denying the petition, the PTAB explained that, without more, a statement in the specification that certain technology is prior art was not a valid ground of unpatentability. According to the PTAB, "Petitioner does not identify any specific portions of the patent documents mentioned in the cited section of the [...] Patent as a basis for any asserted grounds of unpatentability, as noted by Patent Owner. [. . .] As such, Petitioner has not shown that [the applicant admitted prior art] is, or otherwise evidences, a prior art patent or printed publication."
The PTAB also rejected the petitioner's reliance upon declarations of experts and inventors submitted on behalf of the patentee in other proceedings, which asserted that certain technology was publicly known at the time of the patent filing. The petitioner admitted that the declarations themselves were not prior art, but in some instances cited to portions of the prior art. For example, one of the declarations cited to a published journal article. The PTAB found that the declaration did "not describe any specific statements in the journal article" and, as such, was not a "prior art patent or printed publication." Another declaration referenced a Japanese patent, but there the PTAB found that the "cited patent is used only to support the testimony of the declarant and is not applied against the challenged claims with sufficient specificity."
Practice Note: Where a patentee has admitted that a patent or printed publication is prior art or that certain subject matter is within the prior art, do not simply rely upon the admission. The IPR petition should set forth in detail where each element of the challenged claims can be found in a prior art patent or printed publication.
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As I mentioned on Saturday, I was on my way to a camping weekend extravaganza in beautiful rural Pennsylvania… It did not disappoint. The weather was beyond beautiful. The camp was packed with a fabulous mix of folks as usual. We even had our own hashtag. Nailed to a tree. Yep, we were in nature but we were […]


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There's a saying in the pilot community that goes like this: "you know you have the ultimate situational awareness (SA) of a circumstance when you realize that you have no SA at all." In other words, the man with the most wisdom is the one who knows he has no wisdom at all. Profound, I know.
I spent the past two days at the European Woodworking Show; they picked a very appropriate venue for it at Temple Cressing Barns. When you walk in, you're presented with this:
Highlights of the history for the place (since I always like the stories behind the objects): it was built by the Knights Templar in the 1200s on a grant of rural land they received from England. It was a Templar farm, where the profits gained were used to fund the retake of Jerusalem. Tree-ring dating (and the framing techniques used) date the felling of the trees in the early 1200s with the barns complete prior to 1300. I couldn't resist taking a picture of the interior framework at right. The claim is that these barns are some of the oldest original wooden buildings left standing in the world. Once the Templars were hunted down after the Pope claimed them heretics in 1308 (probably because they became more powerful than the Pope himself), the barns and accompanying land were bestowed upon the Knights Hospitaller. Interesting indeed; if you want more, this pdf should quench your thirst.
As far as woodworking goes, many more booths were present than what these two old barns could hold. The lawn outside had a temporary pavilion stood up with vendors inside and out, as well as open-air blacksmith demonstrations.
I eventually found the handtool epicenter buried underneath my nose in the barn on the right. I walked in and was greeted by the same Templar architecture as the barn on the left, but with it accompanied a trove of familiar faces I'd only seen on DVDs and YouTube.
I had to chuckle: I was mid-conversation with John Hoffman and Chris Schwarz when my wife showed up and had no clue who they were… until she saw the Anarchist Tool Chest book and was like "are you the Anarchist guy? We have your book in our bathroom!" So on that note, you'll have to forgive the quality of the pictures since I had only my iPhone (and I didn't want to make a spectacle, or look like a star-struck tourist, of taking pictures with my massive Canon).
Unlike the last woodworking show I went to a month ago, I seriously felt dwarfed during this one… dwarfed by my lack of woodworking knowledge and experience. I must've stood there like a wallflower for a few hours listening to Deneb (of Lie-Nielsen tools) talk to the passing-by Brits about sharpening, planing, and the use of Lie-Nielsen tools. Most of these guys were asking legitimate, pointed questions that I would never think of… they were all professionals (or at least seemed to have been using handtools for a decade or so). I was blown away… most of the conversation entailed gems that I'd never heard of. This was one of those situations where I had absolutely zero questions because I didn't even know what to ask: just keep talking please, so I can glean as much knowledge as I can from what you're telling other people.
I think the culmination of my inadequacy as a woodworker came on Day 2 when I built up the courage to ask about bevel angles, toothed blades, and when and why to use the variations in pitch and toothed-ness. Not only did Deneb give me the information I was seeking, but he also got me behind the workbench to experience the differences myself. As I was planing, he and David Charlesworth gave me some critical pointers on planing techniques that I was completely butchering. Awesome (with a hint sarcasm, but mostly in the good way)…
You see, that's when all the SA came back to me: I have very little SA on good handworking habits. When you're self-taught from books and DVDs (ie, learning in a vacuum), you have no one to tell you that you're executing it wrong. The DVDs can tell you the pitfalls blatantly, but you are the one that has to catch it, interpret it, and grade yourself on its execution. If you don't know you're screwing it up, you really can't rectify the situation until someone else points it out for you!
Case in point: my son got his first woodworking lesson from Deneb in planing, and now he's better than I am!
I need to get out of the vacuum and into the classroom for some hands-on critiquing of my execution. Luckily in the wake of this weekend, I was able to get Congressional approval (read: convincing the wife) to take David Charlesworth's class on sharpening and basic tool usage sometime in the near future. Chris Schwarz had also mentioned that the Brits coerced him into coming out sometime in 2014 to teach a jolly-good class as well, so that'll be on my to-get-approved list too. In the meantime, I have this winter to learn how to build a chair under master chairmaker Peter Tree.
Like I told Chris Schwarz: I'm a yellow belt in hand woodworking… I know just enough to get my ass kicked in a fight. Sometimes you have to hit lows to eventually hit a high. I'm awed and awakened by how much I don't know, but hopefully over the next year I can progress to a green belt or something… because getting your ass kicked sucks.
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Iraq's interim interior minister says one of the most sought-after terrorists in the world, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was likely behind a deadly suicide car bombing in Baghdad.
Iraqi Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told reporters he believes the Jordanian-born terrorist was involved in the early morning suicide car bombing at an Iraqi army recruiting center, which killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100.
"I think there are some links with Zarqawi," he said.
Mr. Naqib did not say what those links are, but Tuesday, a group called Monotheism and Jihad, which claims to be led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, took responsibility for a car bombing in Baghdad the day before. That blast killed 13 people, including five foreign contractors working to rebuild Iraqi power plants.
The interior minister added that an associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was arrested in Iraq earlier this month, suggesting that the man in custody may be providing fresh information about the terrorist and his plans for spreading violence in Iraq.
Mr. Naqib says he is fairly certain that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other foreign fighters, not Iraqi insurgents, are to blame for some 20 car bomb attacks that have taken place this month.
"We are quite sure and confident that they are not Iraqis," he maintained. "We have very good indications that they came from abroad."
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is believed to have links to Muslim extremist groups around the world, has personally claimed credit for numerous attacks against coalition forces and their Iraqi allies in Iraq. Among them are the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad last August and the bombing of the Italian police headquarters last November in southern Iraq.
The United States is considering increasing the reward for information leading to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's capture from $10 million to $25 million, the same amount the United States is offering for al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden.


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By Alan Graner
"Knowledge is power," wrote Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in Meditationes Sacrae.
Wrong, Francis baby.
There's too much knowledge
Thanks to the Internet and social media, companies are drowning in information.
We have information at our fingertips about customer habits, preferences, buying patterns, needs, dislikes, credit history, investments, purchase histories.
We have information about market trends, market analysis, economic forecasts, trade forecasts.
Incredibly, too much knowledge can be useless if:
- We get lost in the details and can't see the big picture.
- We become paralyzed because there are too many choices.
- We become confused when experts use the same information and arrive at different conclusions.
- We can't keep up with expanding knowledge and become obsolete.
- We limit our potential because the knowledge base "proves" what we want to accomplish can't be done.
- We spend so much time accumulating knowledge, of learning everything we can to make a perfect decision, that we never have time to act.
Knowledge itself means squat
When Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman taught physics at a university in Brazil, he discovered his students knew the subject forward and backward. But when it came to translating that knowledge into conducting actual experiments, they were clueless. They couldn't translate their knowledge into action.
So what good was their knowledge?
In fact, what good is amassing information about our markets and competitors, trends and forecasts, if we never translate it into action?
As Dale Carnegie observed: "Knowledge isn't power until it is applied."
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Major businesses are gunning for first dibs on Libya's natural resources as a new race to turn a profit out of the war-torn nation begins. Many business leaders, most with close connections to their respective governments, are planning to send representatives to Benghazi to meet leaders of the Transitional National Council (TNC).
International oil companies from Europe, America, Russia, China, and the Middle East, many with previous business ties in Libya, are preparing to resume exploration, drilling, and production as soon as it is safe and Gadhafi is out. Billions of dollars are being invested in Libyan oil fields, which are currently producing a 10th of the 1.6 million barrels a day that were exported pre-conflict.
There is also an intense lobbying effort for the multibillion-dollar reconstruction contracts that US and NATO governments are expected to issue once security is restored. "It is still too fluid a situation in Libya to be able to say exactly what we are doing," one official at a company involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq told The Independent. "If business goes back to Libya, we will undoubtedly follow."
Expectedly, those governments involved in the air campaign and proxy war to oust Gadhafi have had a jump start in facilitating the corporatist industrial and reconstruction plans. France and Germany have already begun trade negotiations with the TNC, and Britain and America — which has spent nearly one billion dollars on the war — are sure to follow suit.


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Telescope finds Big Bang evidence
Almost 5,500 hours of observations by a radio telescope at the South Pole have shown the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to be polarised.
The CMB has been called the afterglow of the Big Bang. It is radiation that comes from all directions in space and has its origin when the cosmos was just 400,000 years old.
The polarisation can be used to probe conditions in the early Universe. Cosmologists say although such an effect was expected they are relieved to find it.
The discovery should open a new era of cosmic measurements and understanding.
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The discovery was made by the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (Dasi) at the Amundsen-Scott base at the South Pole. It makes observations of the sky in microwaves.
The CMB has transfixed astronomers since it was discovered in 1965 by radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson.
Detailed observations of it can reveal clues about the structure and evolution of the cosmos.
The CMB is difficult to study from the ground: many of the better observations of it have been made from satellites.
On Earth, the South Pole is a good place to look at it as the local atmosphere lacks the water vapour that obscures the CMB at other places on the Earth's surface.
Faint detail in the CMB has been seen before but Dr Carlstrom of Chicago University, US, says mapping its polarisation has the potential of obtaining much more information, "like going from a black-and-white to colour".
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"It's going to triple the amount of information that we get from the CMB," says researcher John Kovac.
"The prediction is bang on," says Dr Carlstrom. "We think we know the Universe, but if the polarisation was not there at the predicted level we were back to the drawing board."
However, the new observations are pointing to an ever-more puzzling Universe: a Universe whose birth was dominated by mysterious dark matter and dark energy.
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Invicta FC 155lb star Felicia Spencer recently said she believes she's the most well-rounded fighter in her division. She told us "I feel like [I'm] the most well-rounded fighter in my division, I do respect all of
those ranked above me for their accomplishments, but I am confident that I can beat any of the girls ranked above me. There just isn't a fighter like me on the list". She says she would fight anyone and assures us she will be number #1. Spencer is currently signed to Invicta FC and as of right now is the number 9 ranked 155lb lightweight fighter in the world. She revealed she is hopeful Invicta FC will be adding a 155lb division in 2017.
One fighter who disagrees with Spencer's claims is the Number 4 ranked, Brittney Elkin. She says "I'm sorry but i disagree. I'm ready for the challenge, I want to prove my ranking". She added "Let's Go". Elkin is certainly a tough fight for any woman in the division. When Elkin first turned pro she felt pressured to make 145lbs, a division in which she depleted her body and wasn't able to perform at her best. After a loss back in 2015 Elkin took some time out. She returned June of this year in the 155lb weight class defeating Kola Shippentower in the very first round via TKO. She's more recently been working on her BJJ game and been competing in submission only grappling contests. Earlier this month she defeated Jordan Patrick. Elkin is currently undefeated in the 155lb division.
If the bout was to take place it would be a huge opportunity for number 8 Felicia Spencer to back up her claims and make a statement against a top 4 lightweight. Whilst Elkin would be looking to showcase to the world why she's one of the best and solidify her place in the rankings.
Would you like to see Brittney Elkin and Felicia Spencer go at it for Invicta FC? Who do you think would win? Let us know in the comments below.
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Posted by Jim B on 10/27/10
I want to see how you guys go about setting the tension on your back springs. Do you guys use a gage ? How many grams of tension do you put for a long stroke shader and a short stroke shader ? Or do you guys do it like me and do it by feel ? If doing it by feel how do you go about it and how high does your armature bar sit from the front coil on your short and long stroke shader.. Your favorite machines and there tension gaps from coils with no contact screw touching ? Who uses a tension gage and if so what numbers and who thinks a tension gage is a worthless tool since so many factors come into play with different machines and springs so a one number for all is pointless. I'm interested in seeing what fellow tattoo artists think and how they go about it.
Posted by Don't feed the animals on 10/29/10
I'm no machine expert by any means but I use a gauge to retune my machines what I believe is you gotta buy good machines from reputable builders that's the starting point they know the why this is setup the way it is for that specific machine and they sell all the replacement parts for that specific machine when I first get the machine I will measure rear spring tension with the gauge as well as the numbers on my meter and I'll write em all down rear spring gauge,rear spring tension,cps,duty,ft,all numbers I can front spring gauge,air gap,point gap,everything and I simply replicate those numbers if I want to change something I can and still have all the info to get it back where it was it's helps me in my tuning
Posted by ironwolf13 on 10/29/10
I agree 100% to writing down the setting all the numbers when you get a new machine and when you change thing you can go back and set it back where you had it before . I have nice a lot of guys on here are talking about machine setting well how about investing in a few or about different sizes and weight armature bar's and spring's and set them up and have about 5 to 10 machine to test out with different set ups with coil's and different capacitor and maybe you well find out your sweet spot you like if you like a a fast or a slower liner or shader with different stroke and the right throw this well help you trouble shooting out a lot of thing . hope this would help
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Posted by Will D on 10/29/10
I agree a tension gage can be used to mark a machine you bought tuned along with spring length and gage. This way you can get back to that tune. Danny fowler has a video out saying 375 to 450 grams is for all machines and that i dont agree with. You cant take a tension gage and just add whatever grams Fowler says to it and your good to go. Just like FK said that there are to many variables with machines and there all different so you cant use a gage to set a machine. The coils , spring gage , spring length from spring deck to armature bar , cap and many other things vary from machine to machine so a tension gage # for all machines wont work. A eikon meter or any one with readouts can help you 100% more to tune a machine then a tension gage can just like FK said and he is a amazing builder. So i would have to say NO to a tension gage to tune your machine, only good for marking it down for a machine tuned already along with marking down the other variables with that machine. You can just mark down the tension by checking the air gap so a gage is no good to me. Say 400 grams of tension you thought was good but when you put that on another machine it will not be the same unless its EXACTLY the same machine and specs are exactly the same as well. I have used one long ago in my shop and checked my co workers tensions to see how close they were to the recomended tension Fowler gives and not one machine was even close to what he says. Thats when i put it away and have not touched it since. I have not seen any tattoo artist i know using one to TUNE a machine or have i heard of a builder using one. Listen to what FK said, buy your self a eikon power supply or one with readouts and learn and tune with that. Thats just my experience and my 2 cents about it. I would say for tuning a machine , it cant. I would have to say NO tension gage, not needed cause you can just mark the gap. Hope that helps
Posted by Jim b on 11/01/10
Dontfeedanimals , i do agree with you i do the same thing. Rock n Roll answer , nobody has answered here to much. I guess most people are dick heads on here and cant help another tattoo artist out and they have to big of egos. What tension # do your short stroke machines have or a around #. I know that it varies but spring size and tension could give me a idea. Even if its a big range like a guide:line #. I have been done with my apprentice for a year and i tattoo allot now, just looking to play around , get some ideas you know learn more. Most of the guys on here can help but do not care to help a tattoo artist. Kinda a shit biz makes us look bad with the egos thinking we are better and cant help . But i am a tattoo artist and help who i can if i know the answer so i am not a dick head like the rest.
Posted by Jim b on 11/04/10
I cant belive how many tattoo artists dont know how to tune a machine. No comments about this cause everyone buys there machines tunned i see. You guys need to learn the machine and then you can tune like the $500 next gen machine you buy with a $50 frame and $50 on
parts. Its a shame how they all are professionals but they know nothing about tuning. This forum sucks , way better long ago , bunch of no skill people now days should get fired for not knowing a machine and lack of knowledge for a tool youu usse 24/7 nub duckets your all worthless no nothings that pay for a new machine cause you dont know how to turn a screw , add or subtract tenssionns and all tht stuff you so called professionals use. I was forced to know my machine inside and out and its real sad now days that nobody knows shit about a machine. Got a million replys about stupid stuff like " this happen at my shop today" yeah someone came in and caused a seen . You guys make this forum suck, all of the old topics actually have good info and artists helping artists now ya got a bunch of guys crying and bitching about shit. Shame on YOU so called artist
Posted by Stephen Griffin on 11/04/10
Jim, who are you talking to? Are you the same guy who keeps bumping up 2 year old posts and then waging a one man war against anyone with a machine based question? Get over it, guy.What the hell do you care if someone doesn't wanna look at their numbers? Or doesn't have a power supply with readouts, period? That says nothing of their art! I've read interviews with some of the best artists in the business say they could care less about numbers. Sounds like something in your personal life is pissing you off and you wanna vent. Which is fine, but don't take it out on us! Some of us actually enjoy reading posts about anecdotal stories dealing with the day to day happenings of our peers. If you hate this forum so much, I hope Nick will let you out of your contract that says you MUST VISIT HIS FORUM. But clearly you think he knows nothing as well, since he also said earlier in this thread that if the machine is running well, but the numbers aren't where their "supposed to be" to just leave it alone. I've noticed that the guys who are overly obsessed with their equipment and numbers usually leave something to be desired in their own artwork. Oh, is this a broad statement? Hi, I'm REASON, nice to meet you. Chillax and breathe for a moment before bumping up out dated threads and then railing against the people that posted them (who may or may not even frequent this forum anymore). otherwise, have fun in your one man army. Hope it all works out for you.
The thread I was talking about with Nick was the duty cycle one, but the last post on there sounded very much like the one you just left. I really don't wanna get into a whole big thing about it, cause you clearly think everyone on here is a know-nothing-dickhead, but what difference does it make if someone has different preferences with regards to machine tuning than you do?
Posted by Jim b on 11/05/10
I can bump them up if i want who cares if i do or not what is the big deal. You dont like it dont comment. The artists that say they dont care about numbers dont know what numbers mean. They buy there machines tuned and know nothing about machanical harmonics. I see this every where , tattoo artists talking about not knowing how to tune a machine. All that is , just cause you hear someone say ithey dont care for it dont mean they are write, just means they dont know. Allot of people agree with me or atleast most builders do. Regardles i am sorry to upset you i have just been really stressed out with family problems and have been taking my anger out on this forum. I appologize sincerly to any artists i offended, i am nearly trying to push them to learn instead of paying for a machine they could tune if they knew how. If someone says they dont care about numbers they means they dont care , not that they mean nothing. Numbers are just science of the machine plain and simple and just cause someone dont care cause they focus on art doesnt mean numbers dont mean anything. Old school artists are the ones who dont care cause they dont undeestand physics and science. Half the shit i write i dont remember cause i just go off when i hear artists talkin bad about stuff they dont understand or dont "care" about. Its all about a lack of knowledge, lack of physics, lack of everything to do with a machine. I appologize for my rants i wont be on here anymore anyway, i have been sick at home and will be returning to work tomorow. Feel is all in the volts to me, i can change the volts and make any machine hit like another. Dont get so upset , be happy someone that understands machanical harmonics is helping by telling about stuff that took years to learn on a forum none the less. All i see is hate on this forum now days and nobody helping anyone anymore. Appologizz again for upseting you. Bye
Another thing is you noticed wrong, the guys who are overly obsessed with numbers and physics are machine builders and artists that understand the science and what a machine does. Has nothing to do with art , tattooing or any other nonsense. Who do you know that "cares" about the machine that has shity tattoo skill ? Are you god , you can see there work in your head. I see that the guys who know nothing about a tattoo machine,physics, science,facts,tests buy machines tuned , cause they cant tune themselves , are the ones who dont care about numbers. Your art skill alone cant give you a great tattoo. You should know this, thats why you buy you spend $500 on a tuned machine from someone that uses a meter to tune them.
Posted by brian on 11/05/10
jimb youre rigth man ,im with you absolutely
Posted by stephen griffin on 11/05/10
You would, Brian. And its RIGHT not rigth.
brian obviously understands because he knows how to tune a machine,any and all machines, a shit $50 machine to a $700 machine,don't matter cause he understand physics, mechanical harmonics , how machine work inside and out.
@ stephen All the things you read about them saying they care less about numbers mean they dont tune there machine, they care about the tattooing part not the science , like you , so stay away from machine tuning talk cause you know nothing. The machines they all use are tunned by builders who CARE about numbrs ,science,tests,facts,physics , harmonics and it all. Myabe you should learn more cause you think them saying this in a mag means numbers mean nothing. To the one who buys them tuned ,yes they dont matter, ()() To the ones who build and tune them to sell to the artist you talk about YES they do matter
Posted by stephen griffin on 11/06/10
Yeah, Brian knows how to tune any machine. You're retarded. I do care about numbers but not enough to give a shit if someone else doesn't!
Posted by brian on 11/06/10
hey jimb take a look in griffin work and than you gonna stop waist time with him,this man dont now nothing about tattoo process
Posted by paulsxm on 11/06/10
this fucking little girls never stops
(now my grammar goes, reading to much brian)
i meant 'little girl'. yes, you brian)
Posted by Jim b on 11/06/10
Your retarded , pussy, you sound real cool , i could give a fuck if people dont kno how to tune to optimum performance, all i do is try to help ,, you talk lot shit like you run this forum, go fuck you self bitch , you say only crap art artist care bout number , so you call FK bad tattoo artist, you think you know all ,,,,, you know NOTHING about machin tunning or tuning to optimom performance you showed that, just cause you buy your machine tune and kno little dont meen guys on here dont care , you the one on here going around talk shit to artists. So fuck you im sick of your fucking mouth bitchh , You go read my last post , you the one that take what artists say about not caring for numbers as they have no meaning , sorry bud they dont care cause they dont tune a machine !!!!!!!! They buy tuned machine from builders that use number just like YOUU buy from builder who uses numbers , stay away from machine talk and go bitch at artist somewhere else, stay the fuck away from a tuning or machine topic unles you gonna help, dont write just to bitch and throw your shit tallk in. Think you some amazing machine builder when your far from it, call me retard you fucking pussy fuck you bitch . All i see is you talkin shit to tattoo artists or throwing your brainless opinion in where dont belong. Dont care what he says brian he is a pussy and sucks dick at tattooing and machine tunning
Ah Brian, you little douche. I sure would love to hit you right in the fuckin mouth.


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What's a typical day like for you at Disney?
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How do you prefer an artist submit their work? Do you prefer an online portfolio format?
What is the process a portfolio/reel goes through when you receive it and what's the average time the process takes?
These days the bulk of our reviews are digital. Anyone interested in applying with Disney Animation should create a candidate profile at www.disneyanimation.com and either upload a digital copy of their reel or upload a link to an already existing web reel. Once you've created a profile, you can literally update it whenever you want so ideally, we should always have your most up-to-date work and info handy.
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We really receive an equal amount of applications across disciplines. The majority of reels come in response to posted open positions so the number of submissions really varies depending on when we're hiring and for what.
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With our studio, the 3 most important recommendations I can give to animators are acting, acting, acting!!!!! A reel demonstrating a solid versatility in performance and entertainment value are the best way to get noticed. Don't give us any gimmicks, don't worry about putting music to your reel, just show us your full range as an actor. Give us a multitude of personalities on your reel that feel like genuinely different, thinking characters that even ideally, come off as done by different animators. Give us a variety of acting techniques: broad, subtle, comedic, dramatic, dialogue, pantomime, cartoony, realistic, etc. Think in terms of subtext and making scenes with at least two characters interacting with each other so that they can play off each others personalities. A recommendation I often throw out there is that if you have access to a quality quadruped rig, do an acting test with that to show you can believably move a different set of anatomy yet do so with attitude and expression. Give us genuine emotion and specific nuance, not generic expressions. We're looking for actors, so treat your reel like an audition and wow us with your versatility.


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MillerCoors executive Lance Hastings hired as new CMTA leader, Dorothy Rothrock retiring
Oct. 24, 2018
Sacramento, CA -- The California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) announced Lance Hastings today as the Association's new President, effective November 12, 2018.
"CMTA's Board of Directors found the right person to lead the Association into the future, and I am so pleased I will be leaving CMTA in good hands," said CMTA's retiring president, Dorothy Rothrock. "Lance is an outstanding selection, with a long record of success on the manufacturing operations side with MillerCoors and on the advocacy side as a trade association lobbyist."
The Association's Board Chair, Melissa Ameluxen of Anheuser Busch, lauded Hastings as "the perfect choice at the perfect time for CMTA." She went on to say, "So many legislative and regulatory issues are important to manufacturers in California. Lance's deep understanding of manufacturing challenges coupled with his leadership credentials make him the perfect fit for the Association's work into the future."
Hastings has held several leadership roles at MillerCoors the past 15 years. He served most recently as Vice President of National Affairs for MillerCoors. Prior to that he served as Head of Regulatory & Tax Affairs for SABMiller. He also represented Miller Brewing Company and MillerCoors in Sacramento as Director of State Government Affairs, where he served on CMTA's Board of Directors.
Before his long career as a manufacturing executive Hastings was the Vice President and Director of Government Relations from 1998 to 2003 at the California Grocers Association.
Hastings also served in the California State Legislature for almost a decade as a chief consultant, starting in 1989.
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Hastings has a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and a Minor in Government from California State University at Sacramento.


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I am the problem. Other women like me, who want to put a stop to all the noise and just do the job, are the problem. Sometimes, the problem is the solution.
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Plenty of women find it pretty difficult to decode a man's signals when deciding whether or not he's attracted. So let's discuss the signs of attraction from men obvious and not so obvious that will let you know PRECISELY what he's thinking!
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Another good trick men use to signal that they like you is to send their friend over first to make conversation with you, and then joining in later and allowing their friend leave.
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News of the horrific injury suffered by Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman when he was hit in the face with a line drive on Wednesday sent shivers through major-league clubhouses Thursday. Many pitchers who had heard about the incident refused to watch the replay.
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Yankees reliever David Robertson -- one of the most approachable local athletes when it comes to the media -- was so unnerved by the topic that he declined to be interviewed about it.
Chapman had surgery Thursday to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other serious injuries, the Reds announced. The team said Chapman could begin throwing off a mound in six to eight weeks.
Chapman, the closer from Cuba who is known for his 100-mph fastball, was struck by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City's Salvador Perez after throwing a 99-mph pitch. The Reds and Royals did not resume the game after Chapman was hit.
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Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova said he was hit in the face while pitching for Class A Tampa in 2008. He suffered a cut on the inside of his mouth and a loosened tooth but continued pitching.
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Mets reliever Scott Rice had his glove knocked off last July 19 by a rocket hit by Michael Young. "It almost killed me," he said. "I was just able to get the glove up and knock it down . . . It was right at my face."
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The G.E. foods bill in Connecticut has been stripped of its labeling requirement due to industry pressure and threats of a law suit.
Connecticut tried and failed to have GMOs labeled.
Rep. Richard Roy
of Milford, CT. is co-chair of the Environment Committee and the original sponsor of the bill HB 5117, An Act Concerning Genetically Engineered Foods, which was discussed in legislature today, as explained by the
Fairfield Green Food Guide
The bill had been overwhelmingly backed by the Legislative committee in March this year. Both political sides were in agreement over measures giving consumers more information about what they are eating.
Right to Know CT rallied on Friday, May 4, 2012 in support of Rep. Roy's bill and handed over the Right to Know
signed petition
to the legislature. The petition had just under 10,000 signatures.
However, today turned out to be a disappointment as the legislature states that the labeling requirement for the G.E. foods bill has been removed. Apparently this is due to "industry pressure" and threats of a law suit.
Last month
Digital Journal
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When reached for comment today, Rep Roy said, according to
Fairfield Green Good Guide
: "I feel very strongly that someone or some state has to challenge the use of the Bill of Rights, designed to protect we individuals, from using it to thwart the sharing of information and the subjugation of a whole industry. Residents of more than 50 other countries get simple information saying that GMOs are present in a product. The freest society in the world cannot get that simple sentence."
Analiese Paik of
Fairfield Green Food Guide
asked Rep. Roy why the labeling provision was removed from his bill, the Act Concerning Genetically Engineered Foods.
Roy replied that "The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership and Governor's office felt that the Constitutional Rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state. Their main duty was to protect the welfare of the state."
Paik's partner in leader
Right to Know CT
, Tara Cook-Littman, stated, "The constitutional argument is absurd, and everyone knows it. As long as Connecticut law makers had a legitimate state interest that was reasonably related to the labeling of products produced from the process of genetic engineering, the GMO labeling bill would be considered constitutional by any court of law."
She added, "It appears that the biotech industry's influence was in place all along, waiting for this tactic to be deployed at the last minute, with no time to argue before the vote."
Right to Know CT have announced that they will no longer endorse or support HB 5117.
Members stated to Rep. Roy this morning, "You are our hero and we supported your bill, but this is no longer a bill that reflects your intent to label and we must register our discontent by withdrawing our support."
And so the fight continues.
It can only be hoped that
has more success than Vermont and Connecticut.
The video below is a brief extract of a bipartisan news conference and legislative forum hosted by Rep. Richard Roy on the need to label genetically modified foods (GMOs). The video is from the
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