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OnLive is one of the most impressive gaming options out there -- it's a cloud gaming service with the games actually 'playing' on remote hardware. That may sound clunky, but it works like a charm.
Instead of running the games from a local executable on your PC, Mac or console system (as you would if you installed from a disc or downloaded from Steam), you instead buy access to games on OnLive's servers. The games run on OnLive's infrastructure, streaming audio and video to you as you play, and sending your control actions (either from your mouse and keyboard or a compatible controller) back to run the game itself.
The arrangement may be a bit confusing (which is likely one reason for OnLive's relative obscurity, though in terms of digital sales, the company says it's second only to Steam itself), but in practice, it works quite beautifully. On any computer & ISP connection with the specs to run a streaming video service like Netflix, you can play console and PC games styled in all of their graphical glory.
Now, you'll be able to do the same on any "post-PC" device too. Today, OnLive has released an official OnLive player app available for free on tablets and smartphones, including Android and of course iOS.
At its core, this news means that gamers will be able to play much of OnLive's catalog right there on the iPhone and the iPad, and OnLive's CEO Steve Perlman tells TUAW that it will work "beautifully." The service will take high-end PC games (like Rockstar's LA Noire, above), and bring them in full motion to any iOS device. "So you're taking one of the highest end games and putting it on one of the lowest end devices," he tells us. "You can literally run this game on a phone now if you want to."
If you're a gamer at all, your first thought is probably how the controls work -- a touchscreen interface is obviously very different from a mouse and keyboard or a console controller. But OnLive is way ahead of you: the company has three different solutions for various games on the service.
The most fascinating solution is that OnLive has been working directly with some game developers to provide full touch interfaces for some of the titles. Rockstar is one of those developers, and the company has given its recent '40s cop title full touch controls for OnLive's app.
Gamers who buy LA Noire via OnLive and then play it on the app will be able to control it using special touch controls that allow them to do things like rotate objects in the game world, or poke around crime scenes with their fingers. And because the game uses OnLive's streaming service, this will all be done with console-quality graphics, regardless of which iOS device you're running -- older devices like the iPad 1 or the iPhone 3GS will work great. Indie game Defense Grid Gold is the other launch title that will perform like this, and OnLive promises more touch interfaces are coming.
Second, for games that still require buttons, there are two options. First, OnLive has developed some onscreen touch controls that will let gamers play titles on the iPad and iPhone with a virtual joystick or virtual buttons. This is the solution a lot of current iOS titles use, and regular iOS gamers know it can be hit or miss -- especially with a lot of buttons on the screen, your fingers can get lost, or the game's graphics can be blocked.
So the other choice is a wireless controller, developed by and sold directly from OnLive. Available for $49.99, the controller will wirelessly connect up to tablets and smartphones (with "a bunch of different means," says Perlman -- he was rather vague on how it all worked, but said that it would) to work as a local controller, and it even comes with a USB dongle that will work with any PC or Mac as well.
You can see my video demo of the controller below; sorry for the blurry, but you get the idea of how it works. The experience is very much like what you'd expect from playing the game on a console or on a desktop computer... but a lot more portable.
Finally, some games that simply were built around a PC and a standard mouse and keyboard input (specifically some complex RTS and strategy games) just won't be playable on the tablet. That's just a limit of the system -- some interactions will simply require more direct controls than tablets and touch devices offer. OnLive is working hard to make as many games work as possible, says Perlman. "It's not that we don't have more games coming, but it takes time for QA to play through them. So that's why not every one will be available at launch."
Of course, even games that don't work well on the iPad or iPhone will still be playable using the Mac or PC OnLive client. The company also sells a US$99 standalone 'microconsole' system that is basically the screensharing client in a box, with HDMI outputs to connect to your TV set and both wired & wireless network connectivity to hook up to your ISP connection.
Will Apple let a system like this (basically a marketplace inside the App Store marketplace) all fly? Perlman says he's confident the company has a good relationship with Apple. OnLive has previously released a "viewer" app that will stream other players' gameplay to tablets, and Apple even spotlighted that app back when it was released. As for the marketplace question, gamers won't be able to purchase OnLive titles directly on iOS tablets -- they'll have to log into OnLive on a PC or Mac, buy the game there, and then log back in on the iPad or iPhone. Perlman believes that will pass Apple's rules on in-app purchases and subscriptions. "We're respecting the way they would like us to do it," he confirms.
Perlman also promises some pretty incredible things in terms of performance -- he said that 3G is definitely an option for using the OnLive service, and that the company has worked with AT&T to make sure that the cellular bandwidth is there over the next few generations of protocols. "We actually worked with [AT&T]," says Perlman, "to make sure there's a mode, just for OnLive that makes it so that you have a nice natural response even over cellular. It's pretty badass."
Indeed. Customers will need to sign up and register with the service on the official website, and then the app can be downloaded from the App Store (or from Android's marketplace, if you have an Android device or tablet) later on this week. OnLive originally promised to make cloud gaming a reality, and in the year the company has been running its service, it has shown the ability to do exactly that. Now, with these tablet apps, if OnLive can fulfill all of its promises, the sky's the limit in terms of iOS gaming.


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The goal of Greenwell Springs Baptist Church Sports Ministry is to teach the fundamentals of a sport, to build relationships with participants and their families, and to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a fun, safe, and non-hostile Christian environment. We want you and your children to feel loved and valued each time you step on campus.
Due to lack of facilities we are currently unable to offer basketball for the 2017-2018 season.

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After church, Richard, Keri, and Jenna join Mary in the dining room for dinner. Mary has gone to a great deal of trouble to present an elegant dinner, although her Victorian manners cause her to deny the trouble. Mary offers a prayer and then begins to serve the meal. Richard mentions that Mary has many wonderful things in her attic. Mary agrees, telling them how her husband liked to collect things. Mary tells them how he once collected Bibles. Mary sold all of them after his death except three. One is a rare Bible in which the seventh commandment is missing the 'not', making it a passage that condones adultery. Another is a Bible that has the nativity painted on the pages, called fore-edge painting. This Bible came with an eloquently carved box with a matching painting...
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If you're serious about audio recording, and maybe you're even a podcast pro, you'll want to check out Sony's new ICD-SX700 and ICD-SX700D voice recorders. These are not your run-of-the-mill voice recorders at all. Aside from sporting a pretty unique, and petite design, they are able to record in Linear PCM as well as MP3. That makes them good enough for even a musician. Sound Forge Audio Studio L.E. software is even bundled with the product for editing, mixing and transferring to CDs. Additionally, the devices are compatible with Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software so that you can convert voice recordings to text. The voice recorders come with rechargeable batteries, a USB docking station, and a memory capacity of 1GB. The ICD-SX700 retails for $150 and the ICD-SX700D for $200.
For those of you not in need of such a prosumer type voice recorder, Sony has also released several other voice recorders including the compact and Mac-friendly ICD-UX71 (1GB for $100) and ICD-UX81 (2GB for $150. The ICD-UX71 comes in silver, pink or red to match some of the Vaio line. Both of the players are also able to double as a DAP since they play back MP3s.
Last but not least, is Sony's $60 ICD-PX720 which can playback and record MP3s, and the entry level ICD-BX700 with an MSRP of just $40 and a 1GB capacity.


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Thursday, March 5, 2015
Painters 11 were a group of abstract artists active in Canada (specifically Ontario) during the 1950s. Members of Fossils Payne & Farr began their interest in P11 in 2014 and have since had the unique opportunity to view and photograph a large number of works by group members. They have visited museum archives and attended exhibitions in attempts to learn more about these important cultural figures. They are now ready to share their discoveries via a new P11 blog:
The site has the following interactive menus:
"Exhibitions" provides current and upcoming information about where to view artworks.
"Links Portal" collects info on P11 previously published on the internet.
"Works by P11" provides photographic documentation of artworks by member of P11. In many cases, this site is the only place online to view these images.
Photo of Ray Mead painting from exhibit at Barbara Edwards Contemporary in Toronto.
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|Glenn A. Bruce, MFA
|Click on images for reviews and summaries.
|Latest news: After a dozen submissions of my short story "Clive Dials Up," one of my favorites, it was finally
accepted - and won a "Quick and Dirty" short story contest on Also That (dot com). Pays cash, too! Also, coming
up next month is my story "Family Time" in "KY Story - Road Stories Edition." Two great publications. My thanks
to Mike and Parker!
Glenn A. Bruce has an MFA in Writing and was associate editor for The Lindenwood Review. He wrote the movie
Kickboxer, as well as episodes of Walker: Texas Ranger, Baywatch, and Assaulted Nuts, and is an award-winning
video writer-director. His short stories have been published in Brilliant Flash Fiction, Shotgun Honey, Blue Crow,
RedFez, Defenestration, Alfie Dog, LLR, Oval, Loud Zoo (Bedlam Publishing), The Rain, Party, & Disaster
Society, and Green Silk Journal. Finalist in Defenestrationism short story contest; poetry in Flights (Sinclair
College Literary Journal), and Lost Coast Review. He was the final judge for the Brilliant Flash Fiction Fall 2015
Best Flash Fiction writing contest. His articles and essays have appeared in Beat Poets of the Forever
Generation, Carolina Mountain Life, and the Earthen Lamp Journal. He has published five novels and two short
story collections. His play A Man's World has been accepted by the In/Visible Theatre and he recently optioned
his novel Rubric to Luculent Films.
You can find links to some of his short stories and other works here.
Glenn has been teach Screenwriting and Acting for the Camera at Appalachian State University for the past ten
years. Previously, he was Artist in Residence at Palm Beach School of Arts and video director for eight years at
the Creative Actors Workshop in Burbank, California. He has spoken at many writers' conferences and always
enjoys it! Call now!
Glenn's books are available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Books-a-Million.com, Createspace.com,
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Hello fellow restauranteurs! Restaurant City has been updated with an array of new items as well as limited dishes!
Autumn is a beautiful and warm coloured season. We have added an array of new items to Restaurant City this week so you can bring autumn into your restaurant. And at what better time to introduce the autumn items to Restaurant City, it coincides perfectly with Thanksgiving!
We have added two new limited dishes, Roast Turkey for Main Course and the new Pilgrim´s Harvest Drink! Remember Turkey is a brand new ingredient that was just introduced to the game, so you need to go and do some ingredient hunting. Good Luck!
|Roast Turkey
|Pilgrim´s Harvest
You can unlock both these dishes until Midnight December 1st. If you have not unlocked the dishes before that time, the dishes will dissapear from your menu, so you need to hurry and collect those ingredients.
Once you have unlocked any of the two dishes, you can upgrade them to a level higher than level 1 at any time. You can upgrade them also after the limited time period, but you need to remember to learn the dish you want to keep in your menu. If you haven´t learned the dishes (got them to at least level 1) before the period is over, they will dissapear from your menu, however you may be able to buy these recipes in future.
For the inside of your restaurant we have all you need to create that perfect Autumn Restaurant. The Bunch of Leaves is a functional item, it creates leafy footprints for all your customers! Note also the new Pet Society Claw Machine – this is also a functional item and it will make you money, 1 coin for each customer that uses it.
|Autumn Table
|Autumn Chair
|Fall Wreath
|Chestnut Picture
|Turkey Decor
|Autumn Wallpaper
|Autumn Floor
|Classy Double Doors
|Pet Society Claw Machine (functional)
|Bunch of Leaves (functional, leaves leafy footprints)
No theme is complete without a matching restaurant front, so we have also added items for your building! The Stack of leaves is a functional item, it will blow leaves around your bulling, pure magic!
|Autumn Roof
|Autumn Banner
|Stack of leaves (functional, blows leaves)
|Autumn Leaf Green
|Autumn Leaf Red
|Autumn Leaf Orange
|Autum Tree Yellow
|Autumn Tree Orange
|Autumn Tree Red
|Autumn Door
|Autumn Window
And as if all that was not enough: You know those Retro Arcade Machines you have in your restaurant? Well, if you don´t have one, you better get one! Because now you can play snake on the Retro Arcade Machine! Simply click on the Retro Arcade Machine in your restaurant and you will get a screen up so you can play the snake game. To start the game you click on the arrow buttons on your keyboard. You can move your snake up, down, left and right, and make sure you avoid the obstacles! You can view your friends high scores by playing on the machine in their restaurant.
Make sure you let us know what you think about our latest addition of items, limited dishes and lastly but not least the new mini-game! Our players opinions are always very important to us.


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The D and the M in DM Irish Building and Design stands for Dan and Mindy Irish. We got our start in Real Estate in custom home building in 2004. Dan earned his Real Estate license as a Realtor® in 2007 and in that time we did our first "Flip" with my brother Todd. It was a tri-level home in Carmel that needed some loving, and upon entering initially it had smells and stains that I'd never encountered. 35 days and 3 dumpsters later, we had a fabulous property ready for its buyer! As a General Contractor, I fell in love with the process of bringing a home back to life and knew this was a path I wanted to travel.
The D and the M in DM Irish Building and Design stands for Dan and Mindy Irish. We got our start in Real Estate in custom home building in 2004. Dan earned his Real Estate license as a Realtor® in 2007 and in that time we did our first "Flip" with my brother Todd. It was a tri-level home in Carmel that needed some loving, and upon entering initially it had smells and stains that I'd never encountered. 35 days and 3 dumpsters later, we had a fabulous property ready for its buyer! As a General Contractor, I fell in love with the process of bringing a home back to life and knew this was a path I wanted to travel.
Eden Estates, Carmel in 2007
Fast forward five years and many projects later, now the summer of 2012, we're taking on another diamond in the rough. Located in McCordsville, yet in HSE Schools, it has amazing potential to be a fabulous home! This will be our biggest renovation yet as we tackle new baths, flooring, a new kitchen, paint, lights, and exterior features. Stay tuned to this recurring post as we continue to highlight the picture progress and renovation tips we'll offer along the way. Join us on the journey and let us know when you're up for your next overhaul project!
-June 10 thru 30-
Monday, June 11-
-Met with the kitchen designer to talk design and materials. We're going with an antique white cabinet with a simple profile. Here's my inspiration. Don't recreate the wheel...always have an inspiration!
Wednesday, June 13-
-I schedule as many subs as possible in one visit and this week I was on site in a 3-hour window going over specifics (called specs) with those I've invited in to give me a bid. In one visit I'm welcoming in subs for painting, flooring, cabinets, trim, demo, and electrical....7 contractors to be exact. It's a great chance to walk and talk the house, answer questions, and take minimal time on site and trips over by meeting with as many people as possible in one afternoon.
Kitchen (and Family Room in back drop) BEFORE!
Friday, June 15-
Met with three more contractors to talk interior and exterior features. Bids are coming in from Wednesday's meeting and I'm plugging those numbers into my spreadsheet that sets my project budget. If the bid is too high, I have to keep shopping. Additionally, as I demo one area, say the master shower for example, you realize that it takes a lot to put it back together. Plumbers to set the drain, tile for the walls and floors, and plumbers back again to set the wall fixture and shower head, and then don't forget the shower door. If your budget allows, it's worth it, but some items have to be evaluated thoroughly BEFORE they come out! Touch one thing, repair and replace five!
TIP: When talking with vendors and subcontractors always ask: What is your lead time? Are your prices negotiable? What forms of payment do you take? Who does the actual work? How long will the job take? What is your warranty? The more you know the better...be educated!
Great find at Lowes tonight! We always walk the damaged/discount area and tonight we found exactly the fridge we wanted! The "damage" was on the handles and won't be noticeable at all in our home. Here's the trick....we made an OFFER at Lowes! You simply get a sales person, tell them you'll offer x amount on the tag price, and ask them to present it to a manager. In this market, everything's negotiable. We offered $1500 on a $2000 discounted price and they countered at $1800...still saving us $200 off the tag price and $600 off the new ones on the floor! All you have to do is ASK!
June 17 thru 24-
I met many more contractors on site and problem solved. In new construction, it's all new. You can see what's behind the walls because you put it there! In renovations, you're uncovering the past. In our quest to open the floor plan and take out a wall, I had a feeling there was plumbing in the wall...and sure enough there was! Taking a wall down is a great idea, but it leads to an added header, the removal of an electrical outlet and an old-school speaker system, and the relocation of water lines on an adjacent wall. Think first, act second before you start to tear it all apart! One thing leads to another and the $$ signs add up FAST!
All in all, it takes a massive amount of administration to find contractors to bid the job, meet them on site, organize their specs to bid, and then negotiate a price once a contractor is selected. Then don't forget about making the selections of what to install and then coordinating the schedule of who comes in when and in what order. Get your calendars out and keep a pencil nearby, or in my case, keep your iPhone charged for all the appointments, notes and changes you'll be making!
TIP: We order as much as we can online because there are great deals on products and usually free shipping out there. We have trade discounts at places like Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Bellacor, Home Decorator's, Kirkland's, and more. Shop wisely, shop on your schedule (they're open 24/7!), and pull your home together via the computer.
If we don't purchase online, Lowes is usually our spot of choice for random items like yard supplies, faucets, toilets, tubs, you name it! TIP: We always shop there with a 10% discount coupon and Dan would love to send you one if you need it! Email Dan Here! Every little savings amount helps!
Monday, June 25-
Shopping for granite...one of my favorite stops! On this trip I was quite overwhelmed with the project and it was hard for me to make a selection. After two trips, I still wasn't sure of my choice. My resolve...to WAIT until the base cabinets are in so I can get a better feel of the space. Deciding to let the kitchen "talk to me" was better than buying the WRONG color and then being sorry down the road. I had to be willing to let 10 days slip away on my schedule and maybe go a few days while living in the home without counters, but in the end it's the wise thing to do. NEVER buy on impulse! TIP: on this trip, I had my cabinet and back splash samples, as well as my wall colors and a picture of my flooring on my phone. It was the best way I could let the elements of this space come together to help guide a counter top decision.
Wednesday, June 27 thru 29-
We're firming up bids and getting organized before demo day on Monday, July 2! Our current garage in our rental is being used as our storage unit. As our online purchases arrive (I love the UPS man!) and as we collect goods for install, they wait for delivery to the new home. Right now, I'm calling this the calm before the storm! .
We started the crew in the master bath because plumbers and tile are close behind on the agenda this week. Out came the jetted tub, and down came the closet wall. What was once a small, closed-in bath now looks like this......
Open and a clean slate! A new tiled shower will sit in the far corner. A claw foot tub will rest under the window, and a newly framed wall will pull back into the closet, still leaving ample closet size. Plumbers come in soon to relocate the plumbing based off the new plan.
After the two upstairs baths, we moved on to the kitchen. Opening the wall between the family room and nook was important to us and we knew a water supply line lay hidden in the walls. Relocating that is worth the gains. Our jr. demo crew was front and center on taking this wall apart!
By end of day, the cabinets (and some of the hardwood!) had left the building and the wall was in its final stages. Only show up if you can sport your eye glasses, face mask, and camo demo gear!!
TIP: A quality shop vac is your best friend on a job site! Get one that sucks. No, I mean it....one that has great suction! This one was put to great use many times today and we won't leave home without it!!
So remember my tip to list your old items on Craig's List? Your old can be someone else's new! Here I had buyers already (on day 1!) for some of the appliances and different buyers for all of the kitchen cabinets. They get a great deal. I get cash on the spot and more garage space and more room in the dumpster. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!!
On the DIY Network they run a show called, "Renovation Realities." It's all about the good and the bad of pulling apart and putting a home back together. Today's DM Irish Renovation Reality was the bad water main shut off to the home. We didn't realize it was bad until the cabinet base tried to come out and we had our own little indoor spring flooding the kitchen floor. Mr. Plumber came to the rescue to diagnose and solve our problem. We took a small detour, but it didn't have too bad of an impact. However, water running loose in the home is NEVER a good thing! Problem solved. Disaster averted.
Our demo team has been with us on well over six projects. They are the hardest working crew in town. We so appreciate Bill and John and feel blessed to have them on another job. We got so much done today, these guys started in on the tile floor demo, too. It was the loudest part of the day, but it's got to be done. Our jr. demo team worked from 10AM to 10PM with smiles and inquiring minds. We're more than pleased with the progress and work ethic of our crews today!
July 2-7, Week One!
Day 2 brought even more demo and the arrival of the plumber. Each subcontractor is purposefully scheduled based off of the upcoming needs of the next contractor and the order to install the materials back into the home. The plumber got the head start because tile was close behind and all rough plumbing work had to be in before tile could proceed and drywall repair could be completed.
TIP: We took a single vanity area and had it transformed into a double vanity station. It was a small investment with a big resale return. Always have an open vision when planning a redesign!
Look what we found when we demo'd the pantry.....a hidden hvac vent duct. Ummmm, hold up! A cabinet's going in that space! Another hurdle to jump, but we figured it out!
Striking a power-tool pose!
This was a very holey day! We opened the floor in the master bath to rework the new tub and shower layout and we also had to repair some damaged floor boards above the kitchen from a previous hall bath toilet leak.
The job site on Day 4 was hopping. HVAC, Plumbing, Demo, Electrical, Foundation, and Framers filled the home. (I love a busy and productive job site!) Stay clear as the cast iron tub ascends to the second level.
(PS...I don't want to be the one to tell this crew there's a claw foot tub coming soon, too!)
and the show must go on! We set up our "office" so Dan could do Real Estate and I could monitor the schedule, budget, and update my recycled items postings on Craig's List for resale. Unfortunately, after the extreme hot temps outdoors and us not running the AC yet indoors, my computer overheated and ended up in the shop. It's quite hard to run a reno job without your computer, but hopefully I'll get it back soon....fingers crossed! TIP: have your budget, agenda, and contractor list on your iPhone or a print out sheet. This will help you if your computer blitzs like mine did!
and there's the outside, too! Beds needed cleaning and bushes removed. By the end of Day 2 our dumpster was filling up. Before we began I questioned if we needed a 40-yard, thinking "I doubt we'll fill it!" Now I'm hoping we don't have to get another one! Plan for lots of debris, boxes, and general scrap. It stacks up quickly!
TIP: I was shopping for brackets to create a laundry shelf to replace the oak cabinets I sold. I could have bought the 2 2-packs of decorative brackets for a total of $20. Instead, I chose a more industrial look using the gray brackets for $1 each and a can of spray paint to change them to my desired color. ( I recommend Rust-O-Leum in the easy spray nozzle..flat black or oil rubbed bronze!) Spray paint is your renovation friend. Salvage old and make it new in any color you want and save some $$, too!
Nearing the end of the week, we had made great progress. The transformation is beginning to reveal throughout the home. A wall was removed and braced in between the family room and kitchen. In the master bath, a shower wall and closet wall were removed to enlarge the space. A new look is coming soon!
My favorite part to all of this is that we are renovating our home as a family. My oldest was 14 months old when we got into the industry and we LOVE that they are growing up in the dust and hub of the activity. We're having a ball doing this with our kids in tow. Someday, they'll each get a house to manage and renovate and although they don't realize it at this moment, we're teaching and modeling for them now what we hope they will someday desire to do, too!
July 9-15, Week 2: This was a week of cleaning up the mess. All the trades inclusive of electrical, plumbing, drywall, and tile got down and dirty on the job. It was not a pretty site, but our vision for the finish line was in view and we knew where we were going....dust and all!
The roosters were leaving the building! After my ambitious attempts to "quickly" remove the wallpaper throughout the home, my hired wallpaper remover pro came to my rescue! SO worth the cost for that assistance...I was going a little looney doing that! At least I can say I tried it!
Note to self (and you!): ALWAYS put tile down on backer board or underlayment, however you choose to call it. Putting it down directly on the sub floor is not a good choice, ever. Black grout and mastic were all over the place and shoved up under the baseboards. The dust billowed out of the home as the hardwood guys came to prep the floors for the following week. What a huge mess!
This beast of an entry light was our target! Hanging from the beam located 25 feet in the air, we had to build the scaffolding up to go after this light. Dan climbed the tower and worked quickly and carefully to welcome the new light. Fingers crossed the bulbs don't need changed anytime soon!
My all-time least favorite part is drywall. It has tons of steps and it's super messy. I know it's crucial to a finished look, but that drywall dust gets everywhere!
Still part of the prep, but a little bit of the fun and pretty, Dan installed some of the wall slats in the powder bath and my trim carpenters set the apron-front farmhouse sink....my first time to use one of those!
TIP: You can save some bucks by salvaging the existing floor vents and using your friend and mine, spray paint, (in your color of choice) to give them a clean new look. We chose Oil Rubbed Bronze on this house. Simply rinse them down before hand, spray on cardboard outdoors, and let them dry between 2-3 total coats.
TIP: Always get your hardwoods delivered to the job site at least 2 days prior to install so they acclimate to the moisture content in the home. The ideal is to have the sub floor and hardwoods be within 1% of each other prior to install. This helps prevent cupping and warping in the wood.
The tile in the home was on the walls, the showers, and some on the floor of the hall bath. It's a work of art and great detail work laying and cutting it piece by piece. This craft took the longest in the home, but it's worth the wait! Contact Mindy Here if we can get you in touch with our flooring gal Amanda!
I used my iPhone for taking notes, but since we did this job so quickly, I had to yank my chicken-scratch clipboard back into effect and pay constant attention to my scope and sequence with my subcontractors and scheduling. It may look messy, but it got the job done!
Communication is key. In case you missed that, communication is key! Here my tile gal is working out the details with my glass shower door contractor. Measure twice, cut once. We have to get it right and be in constant communication with everyone as the job proceeds. Otherwise we're wasting time and money.
The details make the difference in any job. Lighting is a detail that we like to pay great attention to. Can lights really add to the clean look of a space, they're timeless, and easily out of the way in any design.
So where are the kids in all this mess? In the mess! If they're not at the sitter or camp, they're not missing a beat. Thrilled to ride their bikes indoors (NOT after hardwood floors for sure!) and overjoyed to pick up a paint brush, they LOVED to help!
July 16-22, Week 3...bring on the pretty (and the surprises)!
Let the good times role! It was that time to spruce this place back up and put it back together. This is the fun part we've all been waiting for! Keep in mind that all selections were made and ordered weeks back in late May and June in selection appointments with suppliers, online, or in local stores. TIP: Always have your supplies waiting on you, not you waiting on them!
In go the hardwoods! We had a full crew of 10 guys laying the floors and they got it done in one day's time! It was amazing to watch them work. They had to work efficiently because the painters were in the line up for the next day!
I felt like I was in a movie. Flooring guns and loud Mexican music were echoing thru the home!
After a Mindy Irish "I can paint this whole home with four kids running around" one-day try and fail, I had 16 painters (yes, 16!!) fill this home and knock it out of the park! Starting at 8AM and completing by 3:30PM, this home was splashed in all types of colors! We have our favorites and our colors that truly feel like "home" to us, so we stay with our top colors from Sherwin Williams such as "Macadamia", "Dapper Tan", and "Acorn Top". We also love our Restoration Hardware "Silver Sage", "Sea Green" and "Blue Sage" colors as well!
Now we're talking...cabinet time! The base cabinets were actually set a week earlier so hardwood floors could get in around them. We had to hold on the uppers so drywall could finish, but in due time we got those in. The bells and whistles of the trim and crown molding of the cabinets are coming soon in Week 4! These are painted Antique White in a Benton door style from Aristokraft. Email Mindy Here to get connected with Lauren our cabinet gal! We are also SO very pleased to find this crew of trim carpenters. They have great skills and do wonderful work!
Granite hit the scene as well and we are always fingers crossed and one eye opened as that goes in. We have amazing confidence in our supplier, it's just that we had a really hard time landing on a granite this go round. After much indecision, we went with "Juparana Gold Light", although it has no gold in it! I wanted something with a white base for a light and airy look in the kitchen...and it is the perfect choice! Granite can go all over the board in pricing, but we chose one in the entry level color and edging. Less is more!
Email Mindy Here to get in touch with Barbara our granite gal!
and intro the surprises in the show.......
Our deck proved to be problematic with drainage around the home. We knew we were going to get to its demo and rebuild someday, but not this soon! Down it came, but the new screened-in porch is a ways off! Buying a home "As-is" means "Good luck!" actually. In this case, our AC decided it had maxed out after 16 years. We also decided to replace the same-aged furnace as well. It's a great investment for the home in the long run and we're happy we can enjoy the peace of mind that comes with that purchase as well.
Here's a sneak peek at some of the pretties being added at the end of week 3 as we swing into week 4 (the home stretch!) Keep in mind all these selections were made before we bought the home, so we are thrilled they are coming together just as we had envisioned! Heading into week 4 on day 22 of the project, we're just days away from being nearly finished and move-in ready!
Hall bath: subway tile meets 12"x24" black gray tiles and "Sea Green" walls
The range beast...that's Dan's baby. My microwave is still in the box!
Master vanity: ordered from one of my faves....Overstock.com! I love you Overstock!
Fireplace: I have always wanted to paint a brick fire place. It's a wood burning one, too!
August 25th: We Are Complete....On the inside!
We got the bulk of the reno completed in under four weeks, packed, moved over, unpacked, decorated and then on Day 40 we had the appraiser in to revalue the home in its new condition for the renovation loan. We're happy to report the home increased in value by 160% in those 40 days! We tell you this because we're passionate about housing and we are confident in our skills in this industry. Mission accomplished!
We've tied up a few loose ends on the inside and here are the pictures below. We are starting the exterior in September, which will entail a new patio, rear landscaping and final grade, exterior paint, a new front door, stained shutters, and exterior lights. Can't wait for the home's new look from the curb!
As you'll see, we have a very vintage, eclectic style. We build and renovate all of our homes to look they have been around since 1920. Someone who had not been in the home saw the pictures and asked, "Is this in Meridian Kessler or the Bulter Tarkington area?" Exactly the look we go for! Someday we'll live in a "real" old home, but until then, we just try to make it look like an aged classic!
-The Kitchen-
*New wall color: "Dapper Tan", Sherwin Williams*
Taking down the wall made a BIG difference. The painted fireplace is our favorite!
It's all new! Layout, cabinets, counters, floors, lights, appliances, paint.
Seeded glass door fronts with puck lights; oil rubbed bronze door pulls; Farmhouse sink with old fashioned faucet
Granite: Juparana Gold Light (although there's no gold in it!)
Want to connect with my granite rep?
Email Mindy Here!
Granite: Juparana Gold Light (although there's no gold in it!)
Want to connect with my granite rep?
Email Mindy Here!
Sink stayed put, but a whole new layout!
PS-I don't like that microwave sitting there! It's getting a new home in the upgraded island...eventually!
Removed the pantry and then did this......
Some of Dan's favorites.....
.......pot filler meets 36" gas range!
My favorites: the antique white, beveled edge, crackled finish subway tile!
and the details......
Old or new? Pottery Barn "Mansfield Barn Industrial Pendant" (new!)
Link to this light HERE!
Seeded glass inlays with puck accent lights (so neat at night!)
Cabinet feet (PS-I bought these at Lowes in the furniture building section for $5 each and painted them to match the cabinets!)
Our vintage style: this island was a Craig's List find for $125. It is a former work bench that I repurposed as an island. It's a little wobbly right now, so we're shopping to replace this with something a little more sturdy and relocate the microwave off the counter and (hidden) down on the base of the island....it's on the list!
Cabinets: Aristokraft, Benton door style in painted antique white
Can I connect you with my cabinet designer?
-The Powder Bath-
New Wall Color: "Thunder Gray", Sherwin Williams
No before pictures...just picture an ugly bathroom!
"Spencer" Vanity sink compliments of Home Decorator's
Link to this sink HERE!
"Ledgestone Scroll Arm Chandelier" at Bellacor.com; Link to light HERE!
Mirror: TJ Maxx
Look closely.....Custom built (by Dan!) 1x (pronounced 1 by) wall slats;
painted the same as the wall color
-Family Room-
New Paint Color: "Dapper Tan", Sherwin Williams
Fire Place: Color matched to kitchen cabinets in "Antique White"
TIP: You've got to have a splash of color in every room.....love this bright blue vintage baluster!
Wall removal makes a big difference!
Hardwood floors: 5" hand scraped hickory hardwoods
(LOVE these floors! They wear and clean up so nicely!)
Want to connect with my flooring rep?
A view into the entry. New Paint Color: "Macadamia", Sherwin Williams
another pop of color...expect the unexpected in our home!
-The Dining Room-
New Paint Color: Silver Sage, Restoration Hardware
TIP: take your curtain rods as high as you can to the ceiling
My favorite sheers: "Lil" from Ikea
Shop those curtains HERE!
Light: "Ashley Painted Bronze 5-light Chandelier"
Bellacor.com: Shop the chandelier HERE!
-Character Features Around the Home-
Lourdes 12-light chandelier from Ballard Designs
Shop the light HERE!
Initially, saw this stairway on the internet and it's what got me to want to see the inside of the home!
All new egg shaped oil rubbed bronze door knobs
Overstock.com: Shop these door knobs HERE!
Love these bamboo Roman shades. They are throughout the home and are perfect for our style.
Overstock.com: Shop these shades HERE!
Pallet beds sprayed in black! The boys love them!
One-light matte black pendant (love these for my boys' rooms!)
Bellacor.com: Shop this light HERE!
New Paint color: "Autumnal", Sherwin Williams
The Princess room! We always give her a mini chandelier! This one is from Lowes.
Wall color: "Teaberry", Sherwin Williams
We love hardwood in the hallway!
Floors: 5" hand scraped Hickory Hardwoods
Email Mindy HERE to meet with my flooring rep!
We weren't so sure about the stained wood package when we bought the home and initially we planned to paint it all white. The more we were in the home, the more it grew on us and we decided to work with it. Now, we LOVE the stained trim and it really warms things up! One of my favorites, the beam in the entry!
-Hall Bath-
New Paint Color: "Sea Green" by Restoration Hardware
Again, no before pictures....picture yet another ugly bath!
Again, no before pictures....picture yet another ugly bath!
More subway tiles in gloss white with light gray grout
We took the bath from one single vanity to two pedestal sinks. It enlarged the room, yet gave it more functionality for multiple users at one time.
Cross bar handles!
I did a bath for a client in dark gray floors and white subway tiled walls...fell.in.love!
12" x 24" gray/black tiles look really sharp against the wall color and white bath fixtures!
12" x 24" gray/black tiles look really sharp against the wall color and white bath fixtures!
So far, it's all very easy to clean and keep clean!
-Master Bath-
New Paint Color: "Moderate White", Sherwin Williams
Vintage Tub and Bath: Shop this tub HERE!
Corner of closet gone....insert claw foot tub!
TIP: the marble tops are high maintenance and very, very finicky.
Used previously in a client's kitchen, we gave it a try in our bathroom. This travertine 3" x 6" tile sits around the entire perimeter at 42" high and below. It's capped with a chair rail and has a pencil insert and square base pieces. The tile took several weeks and lots of hours to complete...it's laid one by one! Those guys have TONS of patience for that tedious work!
Wanting tile in your home on your walls, shower, or floors?
Let me connect you with my tile rep! Email Mindy HERE!
-Exterior Work-
PS-The Irish home is ALWAYS for sale! Contact us here to talk house if this one interests you!
From our family to yours, we thank you for following our summer renovation!
-The Irish Family-
If you're reading this and starting to chomp at the bit to try a renovation too, we have options for you!
New Paint Color: "Moderate White", Sherwin Williams
Jetted tub before; brass fixtures; closet wall joined the tub (see the wall coming directly up to the tub in the bottom right of the top picture?); we deleted that corner closet area and captured it as part of the bathroom instead
This classic light is right at home over the tub....it's another Overstock.com find!
Vintage Tub and Bath: Shop this tub HERE!
Corner of closet gone....insert claw foot tub!
The original shower and toilet were in a separate room just past the tub area. We demo'd that entire room and created one open space instead. We relo'd the water supply lines and then we made the shower the focal point in the bathroom. 78" glass walls line the shower and travertine tile fills in the backdrop and wainscote surround.
A view from the closet, you can see how it used to L back into the bathroom and encase the tub area under the window. We deleted that L and captured it as part of the bath instead.
TIP: the marble tops are high maintenance and very, very finicky.
Wanting tile in your home on your walls, shower, or floors?
Let me connect you with my tile rep! Email Mindy HERE!
-Exterior Work-
a bare before.....
Pretty much how we found it....
New patio in process.....
Retaining walls off back step....
Porch and walls coming in....
Little people love the sights too!
In the works.....
and the final finished product in the backyard. I can't wait to add a garden, fresh mulch and potted flowers all around!
and the landscaping when the green is in!
Emails us HERE for our landscaper's name and number!!
The finished product as Irrigation goes in on 3/29/13
New front door, exterior paint, shutters, window boxes, landscape boulders on a raised bed, evergreens on the back surround
the final before and after
PS-The Irish home is ALWAYS for sale! Contact us here to talk house if this one interests you!
From our family to yours, we thank you for following our summer renovation!
-The Irish Family-
If you're reading this and starting to chomp at the bit to try a renovation too, we have options for you!
Email Dan Here to talk about how he as a Realtor can help you search for a home to love on
Email Mindy Here to talk about consulting for general contracting and/or design on your project


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Saturday, June 14, 2008
ZBrush: Using Photos As Displacement
ZBrush: Using Photos As Displacement
In this tutorial we will be taking a look at how we can use Photos as mask to build controlled displacement on our model inside of ZBrush. We will be using textures, alphas, Zbrush deformation tools and 3D layers. The Final 3D ZTool and images will be provided with the tutorial.
Hope you enjoy!
Peace-NickZ. :)
9 comments:
- Brett Sinclair said...
This is still incredible. The detail is excellent.
- March 25, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- marry said...
Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!
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- February 16, 2010 at 2:41 AM
Hey Mr.Nick
I just watched your tutorial and I really love it. But I really need your help to explain to me how you created these different maps in photoshop and why exactly these specific maps...I should know if I want to apply your tips to my workflow !
Thanks a lot
Can you please mail me your answer to email@example.com
- June 9, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- NickZ. said...
Anonymous, The thinking behind the maps was this. For each map I was think of trying to separate the images into depth. One for over all shape (blobby) one for mid level detail (Semi blurry) High level detail (Fairly clear map) and high frequency detail (high contrast map with only a few details showing through. If you follow the tutorial then you should get an idea of what each map is doing and then try to apply that same work flow to your own image and sculpt.
Hope that helps! Peace-NickZ. :)
- June 9, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Thanks a lot for you help :)
I followed it and I got a real nice result. I have a question about the first step in the tutorial when you decided to 'offset' the deformation in the 'z' axis only.... wouldn't it be better if it deform in both 'z' &'x' ?
Because I noticed that after I finished the process some parts of the sculpt are getting deformed from the front view but if you rotate around you see flat spots!
BTW: Thanks for the quick response ;)
- June 9, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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- June 23, 2010 at 2:29 AM
- Cedar Shoals Baptist Church said...
I ran across a website where you mentioned using a Motion Computing LE1600 with Painter 11. I just bought both, I have maxed out the tablet with 1.5 GB of ram and have very little programs on it now. I have not yet received Painter 11 through FedEx. You mentioned keeping the image size down. What is the maximum size you recommend? By the way I am a Christian Pastor (full time). I used to do Civil 3D Autocad designing bridges, roads and some architectural work. I also do free hand conceptual work in pen, ink and watercolor. I've done some limited work with Painter 8 in the past. I started a website several years ago http://ecaricatures.proboards.com/index.cgi but had to give it up to one of the artist since I've entered the ministry full time about 3 years ago. I love your work (not crazy about the subject matter, demons, etc. but understand it is your livelihood.)
Blessings ... In Christ Jesus,
Michael King
- October 25, 2010 at 8:33 PM
This tut is so old , it shud be made free.
- June 24, 2013 at 5:05 AM
- NickZ. said...
Already been done! :)
- June 24, 2013 at 11:49 AM


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Adventures in the 13th Age
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Season 3
Season 3, Episode 4While searching for a missing PROUD scout, the party finds that something terrible has happened in Copperhold.
The Refashioning
Season 3, Episode 3Who will fill the hole left when the One True God disappears?
In Vain
Season 3, Episode 2The search for Törk leads everyone into a divine crucible.
Season 3, Episode 1The rescued cargo of the Resolute means a change in course, and a series of revelations.
Season 2
The Resolute
Season 2, Episode 10Out at sea on the trail of The Resolute, an omen from The Priestess appears… or is it a warning?
Skeleton Crew
Season 2, Episode 9Purge knows deep in his bones that the missing sailing ship is important, but he doesn't know why… or how to investigate its disappearance.
Here Be Dragons
Season 2, Episode 8Nameless is in some trouble, and she turns to her friends for aid. But like her mistress, Nameless never tells anyone the whole truth…
Season 2, Episode 7Grimnir has finally found a fight worth fighting… but are the others going to make it out alive?
Entrances and Exits
Season 2, Episode 6Responding to a call from The Priestess, Vessel leads the heroes back to The Cathedral, where Arroway's murky past puts her loyalties in doubt.
Shadows and Fire
Season 2, Episode 5At a celebration hosted by the Order of the Closed Fist, a secret from the Order's founding reverberates in the present.
Things Fall Apart
Season 2, Episode 4During a jailbreak and a rescue, the party learns that the powers behind The Fallen are not who they seem to be.
How the Mighty Have Fallen
Season 2, Episode 3Törk stands trial for a treason he did not commit.
The PROUD and the Fallen
Season 2, Episode 2While hunting down dwarven separatists, suspicion falls on Törk's oldest friend.
The Court of Stars
Season 2, Episode 1The party regroups and answers a summons from a mysterious someone..
Season 1
Blood, Banners, and Stars
Season 1, Episode 8While continuing the search for the Blue's Letter, the heroes find themselves in a countryside erupting in an Ages-old battle between the Dragons. Vessel's past life haunts him as his former duties call upon him anew.
Gala Interruptus
Season 1, Episode 7At the gala, many plans come to fruition all at once.
The Emerald Pendant
Season 1, Episode 6Arroway is called in for a job that's too big to do alone, and she enlists the others to help. Is it too big for them, too?.
Season 1, Episode 5While exploring a living dungeon, the party recalls how they met.
Season 1, Episode 4A group of orc pilgrims arrive in Santa Cora wishing to build a shrine in The Cathedral. Vessel wishes to help them, but Törk knows the leader and isn't so keen. Nameless's suspicions of Arroway come to a head as she weighs questions about her future.
The Devouring Chest
Season 1, Episode 3The party staggers back into Törk's home after rescuing a company of the Golden Order and the magic chest they sought. Nameless might not agree as to whom should keep the chest.
Season 1, Episode 2A hellhole is threatening a town on the northern borders… and The Crusader's men are already on their way. Vessel struggles with his faith while Arroway struggles with her past.
Season 1, Episode 1The party must find the lost niece of The Dwarf King and return her safely home. But Nameless thinks that Arroway might be up to something more.
Our Characters
This is a 13th Age campaign, GM'd with a heavy dose of Dungeon World's sandboxed-everything approach, and using a good bit of flavor and style from Prime Time Adventures
We heavily play up the "TV show" schtick: we have a title sequence, we describe camera movements, we give out Fan Mail when people do awesome things, we talk a lot about keeping the audience's attention and empathy, and we end each night's episode with a "Next Time" teaser of what's coming up. There's a whole post on how we arrived at this system.
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Asher is almost 18 months now and is getting BIG and SMART! He is talking up a storm. He can say daddy, momma, dog, duck, bye, stuck, oh and his FAVORITE word is Hi. He says Hi to EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, at ANYTIME! It's so funny to me. We will be walking in a store and EVERYONE that passes he says "Hi" while waving. If they don't acknowledge him he says it louder with the attitude "Hello? Don't you hear me?". It's funny when someone walks by that doesn't want to say hi, but you can't resist the cuteness so they end up saying Hi anyway... LOL. It cracks me up.
We ROCKED Asher's world 2 1/2 weeks ago when he started preschool!!! He has had a hard time adjusting, but finally I think we are making progress. (aka.. no crying all day) !! He just loves his momma, right?... LOL.
Here he is before his 1st day!
He was happy that we were going somewhere, but had no idea what he was in for!!!
Later in the week I came a little early and saw this... LOL. so cute...
We also had family come in town over labor day... We had a beautiful weekend and it's always great to see them.
We also had family come in town over labor day... We had a beautiful weekend and it's always great to see them.


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Document Portal creation
Bajet £250-750 GBP
I would like to create a Client Portal that can be accessed through a website that would be encrypted for security as sensitive document will be stored here.
Please view the PDF I have included with this proposal
It would start with a basic website to access the storage on a server and a Master Admin Account (See A1 on map)
This would control all business accounts. (See A2 on map)
Each business would have there own personal site that branches off from the Master admin account page, this would be their logon page. (See A3 on map)
When a business logs into their Admin page this is where they will be able to create new clients, upload documents/pdfs/spreadsheets. (see A4 on map)
Once a client file has been created an email with the login is sent and a separate email with the password will be sent to the client, if this is automated that would be good but not essential at first, the client will then be able to login to retrieve documents from their own personal portal (See A5 on map)
In addition Some clients will require Clients to be grouped and so the ability to group clients should be incorporated into the system, not at first but
this should be kept in mind (See A6 on map)
Also files that are added by the business admin account will need linking to an automatic noreply email that will inform the
client that a new document has neen uploaded, this will not be required from the start but may be added later
I would like to keep all Business' separate, They can be on the same File Server but Business A should not be able
to see Business B and both should be accessed by a separate website maybe pointing to each business or they could be on the same website with just a different address e.g.
[login to view URL]
[login to view URL]
These links would then be given to the business to add to their site
Each business would have their own portal underneath the main Admin Each client would have their own login and password and access a store folder that would generally contain pdfs word documents and excel spreadsheets, nothing to large
I would need this for about 100 Logons when it is ready to go live and may need more encrypted sites creating for other clients I have in the future.
Multiple people will need to login to upload file so a lock out if someone is already logged into a client file should be put in place (ie two people can login
but cant change a client folder that someone is uploading to, it would be rare but may happen from time to time.
This system will require space rented from a server that could then store folders that contain documents I would then need a white label setup so I can then sell
this to different businesses, this would essentially be a front end that would have the business logo. underneath remaining the same system
This system would be a bespoke setup rather than jumping onto an existing system
First off would be a test site for 1 Master Login One Business login with 5 Client Logins
First phase
Rent space from server
Create Master Admin Page
Create Business login and password for admin accounts to create client accounts
online folder (with sub folders) access to download/print documents/pdfs from
Second phase
Portal created will need to carry logos and branding of Clients
Admin accounts given ability to group clients into separate folders
Link will be created on the Clients own website directing people to the portal
Clients will need to be able to add new logons and passwords as and when they need to
This system should be available in Mozilla Chrome and Safari
I understand that there would be server costs involved and can purchase space if need be.
I understand that there will be a monthly cost for the server, advise on price per Gig per month would be good
I understand there may be maintenance needed on a monthly basis maybe more frequently
Any questions please ask.
Kind regards
Michael Revill
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I am never making an In Progress thread again. I swear, it's like the mark of death or something. My productivity for hanami x 2 plummeted as soon as I made that thread. orz I feel like making an in progress thread gives me an illusion of completeness. I think if I ever use one again, it will be veeeery close to the release of the game and only for scouting playtesters or proofreaders. Some people might get motivated by progress threads, but apparently they cause me to lose motivation. Lots of it. That being said, I still have loads of determination and stubbornness. So hanami x 2 lives on. The trunk of the game is complete, and now it is diverging into the Yama path, the Umi path, and the "peacemaking" path.
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An updated report on the science surrounding Chesapeake Bay water quality confirms that serious and significant differences exist between the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Bay Model" and the model authored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Left unchanged, these differences could lead to farmers in the watershed paying a steep price for nutrients and sediments that have been mistakenly attributed to them, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (ABF).
The analysis, conducted by LimnoTech and commissioned by the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council (ANPC), shows there are vast differences between the EPA and USDA Chesapeake Bay models in the areas of land use, total acreage of the bay watershed and the data and assumptions about farmer adoption of conservation and farming practices.
"It is clear to us that the EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) water regulations are based on flawed information," says AFBF President Bob Stallman. "Due to the fact that farmers and others in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed are being directed to incur extreme costs and even take land out of production to comply with EPA's harsh new regulations, those regulations must be based on reliable information. Currently that is not the case."
As a result of the federal agencies' disagreement in key areas, such as conservation and farming practices used by farmers in the watershed and the number of acres that fall within watershed borders, there is a wide discrepancy in the nutrients and sediments being attributed to agriculture. Given USDA's superior knowledge of agriculture and farming practices, Stallman says EPA's disregard for USDA information is not acceptable.
"We all want a clean Chesapeake Bay," Stallman notes. "Farmers in the watershed have made tremendous investment to put conservation practices in place to protect the bay, and they are doing more every day. While we need EPA and USDA to work together to resolve these key differences, ultimately, we believe that the types of regulations put in place for the bay by EPA are unlawful. This is a job for our state governments, not the federal government. But, since federal regulators are pursuing restrictive regulations on our farms, they should at least base their actions on credible facts."
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Most of us know when we see an 'M' on the back of the BMW passing us on the freeway, there's virtually no way we're going to catch up. The 'M' division BMW has recently revealed its latest concept – a tribute to their first mid-engine supercar originally manufactured by collaborative efforts of BMW and Lamborghini thirty years ago – the M1.
In the world of supercars, the M1 certainly looks like it will hold its own – an effortless blend of retro cool with revolutionary elegance. The new Liquid Orange M1 may only be a concept right now, but just know if you see those beady headlights quickly approaching from your rear view mirror, move out of the fast lane – you're about to be overtaken! By Andrew J Wiener
Thursday, May 01, 2008
ERAU Library and Learning Center
So today I was flipping through the AZRE Magazine, and there it was... my baby! He looked so handsome and so the best! I loved it! I can't believe it, a year and half of fun and excitement and there it is... the library. The students and faculty love it, and think it is the best. It makes me so proud, and so happy that they are enjoying it. I went around the office showing Gary, Prem, and Ben. They all were excited as me. We haven't even gotten our pictures yet and there it is, in a magazine. YEAH!
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Before summer disappears into your memory I wanted to share a few "salty" cards to help ease you into Autumn.... all of the stamps are from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.
This card was so much fun to make...the mermaid is mounted on a vellum frame that covers a sea kelp panel. I know it's difficult to tell but that panel was a bit of gesso through a sea kelp stencil that was colored with Brusho Colour Crystals. You can see the texture behind the vellum IRL. Couldn't get it to show up no matter how many pics I took. My red head mermaid has tiny faux gems and pearls scattered in her hair.
A watercolor sunset... The white "foam" is really Pico Embellisher.
My blond mermaid on a stenciled background with a few sea treasures thrown in for good measure.
Finally...a walk along the beach with a few more terns.
Gosh, makes me want to go to the beach and cool off now...
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Zip on over to the Amnesty International site and take a peek at the amazing results when we fight for human rights for all.
If you're anything like me today, sitting at a computer (possibly eating a piece of chocolate) you can be pretty grateful, we've got it good as compared to many in the world. I get a bit teary when I think about how we humans function, at one moment with such gentleness and kindness and then in another moment with such violence. Even in our own lives we can be so hostile with the one who is most important to us - ourselves. Especially today and especially at this time of the year, I hope we can remember to be gentle and kind.
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Arren Williams, a freelance stylist, editor and trend reporter, was kind enough to give me a nice post over on his Design Lab blog on Monday. Apparently my work is "storybook cool." How do you like that!! I'll have to remember that one. For those of you in Canada, you might like to grab yourselves a copy of the January edition of Canadian House and Home and take a peek at the bit about Arren. And, this is for you, mum - I believe there is a little picture of my "Birdabies" print in that piece. Wheeeee!
Birdabies goes out and about in the world and gets itself all famous.
Don't forget to play the GIVEAWAY game below, I'll be drawing a name out of the hat thingy in just a few days time. Details in the post below.
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The Perennial
How much do you like the environment?
A) Drive a hummer. Love smog.
B) Not as much as I love my Prada backpack.
C) Don't wash my car to save water.
D) Card-carrying Greenpeace member with cash to recycle.
If you answered D, get excited.
Now that we know you like to recycle, we have a few more questions: Did your company also just IPO? Do you have tons of cash you're looking to get rid of, but in a sustainable manner? Congratulations. The Perennial was painstakingly built for you.
The Perennial is a big airy restaurant that looks like the Heath Ceramics store, serving delicious small plates and cocktails in the Mid-Market area, all while trying to reverse climate change. How does that manifest in a restaurant? Where do we start? The fish you're eating are fed composted scraps from the restaurant. The ice cubes are pre-frozen in the glasses to conserve water. The tiles inside the restaurant are from recycled plastic and glass. There are lasers involved in sensing when to blow air and clean the stoves. You get the picture.
The food is great - meats are perfectly executed, they're doing some next-level stuff with vegetables, and the plating is attractive without trying too hard. But the portions are small, so it's a tough place to envision hitting up often unless you're so devoted to low-carbon footprint beef that you're willing to pay more money for less food. The Perennial should probably use smaller plates, because every time an order gets delivered there's a tinge of disappointment in how small the food looks against the serving dish.
The space is attractive, but it's also massive, such that it can feel like the inside of an upscale design showroom. Not a lot of energy. Maybe they're conserving it to power the ovens.
With prices at a "special occasion" level (it's tough to spend less than $100 a person), but an atmosphere that's more "drop in for a Wednesday dinner," The Perennial will be hard for us to justify on a regular basis. But if you care about reducing carbon as much as possible while you eat fancy toast, go for it. You're a better person than we are.
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While this may sound boring as hell, it is SO good. The bread is perfect, and the cauliflower and whatever mystery sauce is involved is delightful. Four slivers of toast you'll be fighting over.
Very good soup, deeply flavored and rich. Mini sized. Be warned.
Lettuces cooked in a special organic aquarium setup are not better than other lettuces. Pass.
The best farro risotto you'll ever eat. Sadly, there are less than eight spoonfuls of this cheesy, mushroom-heavy delight.
A few bites of roasted squash with very good mushroom sauce. Unless you have a deep, desperate love affair with squash, you can probably skip this.
A beautiful piece of fish that tastes even better than it looks. The two mussels that come with are strong as well.
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I guess we all agree that hatred is probably the main precursor of violence, so a full understanding for this unpleasant feeling is needed if we we're looking for a way to end the violence, and finding answers for questions like: why hatred appeared? when did it begin for the first time? what are the related factors? and who contributed in provoking hatred? Is a key step in curing hatred.
As the world is living the 3rd memorial of the 9/11 attacks, the BBC opened a forum for Arab readers to allow them to voice their feelings about the "hatred wave against America". This time the forum has a special significance because Arabs are directly related to this topic and the largest part of this "wave" comes from Arab countries.
I've found that all Iraqi participants (except for two) carry no hatred for America, not to mention the admiration and gratitude for America that were clear in some Iraqis' comments.
Anyway, I decided to translate most of the comments posted by Iraqis along with some of the Arabs' comments that caught my attention so that you can view some opinions that can rarely be seen in the media and I decided not to translate any of the offensive comments which you can find almost everywhere. I must add that most of these posters with offensive comments said that their comments were directed "against the American government, not the people".
"America is not an enemy of Arabs and Muslims, on the contrary, on many occasions she backed Muslims when other Muslims did nothing like in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. America helped us get rid of the worst dictatorship in history and despite the unstable security situation now in Iraq we breath freely and say whatever we want to say without fear from Saddam and his dogs
I was-and still-working as a teacher and Saddam was paying me 2 dollars a month, can you imagine that? while he paid thousands and thousands to his followers. Things now are much better for me and I feel grateful for America and the coalition for what they did to save us"
Amjad Al Ubaidy -Baghdad/Iraq.
"The Americans are peaceful and smart people. Unfortunately, this hatred was created by some clerics who try to brain-wash the youth every Friday after the prayers so many would go out with hatred in their hearts and anger toward America"
Reemon A'adil Sammi-Iraq.
"The truth is that people who encourage the dialogue and call for friendship with the US are the people who have reached a conclusion that the era of arrogance, fake heroism, ridiculous Baáthist
slogans and Arab stubbornness that made Arabs the most backward among nations, has come to an end. It's enough to acknowledge that the economy of a European country such as Spain is stronger than the economy of the Arab countries collectively. The pro-American youth are the best and the most educated while those who consider them traitors can bring only death and doom."
"First of all I'd like to send my condolences to our American friends on the third memorial day for the terrorist attacks. And I send my condolences too to my Iraqi fellow citizens who have been suffering from terrorism every day and every hour for nearly two years on the hands of people who hide behind slogans of religion and patriotism.
I call all Iraqis to build strong relations with the Americans. Hatred has to be eradicated especially between Iraq and USA (if ever existed) and between Arabs and USA in general.
The false slogans of Arab nationalism that emerge here and there calling people to hate America are all against the interests of our people. We followed these slogans for decades and look what we've ended up with; poor countries ruled by dictators. We must head to the other side and hopefully we can find our goal there and put an end to the poverty and oppression that are ruining our nation"
Mohammed Abu kelel-Najaf/Iraq.
"The Arab youths are living under cultural, religious and even sexual repression while people in the West enjoy all aspects of freedom and this motivates the Arabs to immigrate to the US or Europe to be able to live in a civilized environment but unfortunately most immigrants fail to merge with the western communities because of the effect of the religious heritage they accumulated since childhood therefore they tend to establish a closed Islamic-Arab community in America or Europe and this will eventually lead to a conflict between the two cultures"
Mohammed Othman-Syria.
"I had finished my studies in America and lived there for years and I sensed how advanced is that country but I was shocked when I returned back to my country to see how the governments are humiliating our people. I chanted anti-American slogans against my will and I long for living there again and I'm sure that some of those who have spoke against America on this forum wouldn't mind living in America in spite of all the hatred their words contained"
"I believe the West has a lot of good qualities for which we should show respect and love and perhaps its being a shelter for runaways from oppression and poverty in our Arab countries is the most admirable thing.
Arabs' hatred towards America is primarily attributed to the political and religious system in Arab countries which is feeding this hatred because of the belief that any proximity between Arab and American people would weaken its (the system's) position among its people. The losing party from this hatred remains the Arab people that needs the West's help in many fields while the West needs us in very few ones and that's why who opposes the West is in fact opposing his own interests.
The question remains: shall we let the hatred provokers use us?"
"The problem lies inside us, the Arabs; whether governors or citizens. We're still living the era of backwardness, ignorance and crying for the past. We don't understand how decisions are made in America and the defect is within ourselves.
I'm a big admirer of America and the progress that America had achieved in such a short period.
One more thing, those who offend America must not forget that it was America who helped the Muslims in Albania, Bosnia, Kuwait and Sudan. Where is the Arab civilization? We never saw the Arabs offer help but we all saw the food packages and flour sacks carrying the letters USA.
The problem with Arabs is that they always have find someone to put the blame on."
"America should not be blamed for the hatred that grew against her. If an Arab country (with powers similar to those of America) have suffered what America had suffered from terrorism and if it was some Americans who carried out the attacks on that Arab country. The Arabs would've terminated America and slaughtered every American woman and child just like what the Islamists are doing now in Iraq"
Yusuf Al Muhandis-Iraq.
"America is the leader of the world and she represents the tip of the pyramid in economy, science, sports, military power and many other fields and if someone is looking for progress, justice and freedom then America is his destination while those who want to bring back the dark ages consider America their enemy.
It's true that America and her society have some negative points but these look tiny when compared with the positive ones.
America's success is a success for the civilized world and her failure is a failure for the whole world. If you don't trust my words take a look at America's allies and friends and see how they live and then take a look at America's enemies, they're living in poverty under oppressive tyrannies. Just make a comparison between the two Koreas to have a closer view"
Mohammed Khafaji-Babylon/Iraq.
"America offers freedom for free. It's true that I've never been there and I don't have friends living there either but I keep America in my mind and sole. Hatred was brought to us by the extremists; the enemies of mankind.
I and every true Iraqi love America because to us she represents freedom and liberation. America untied us from Saddam's chains and also liberated Yugoslavia from her dictator and liberated Germany before that. History is full of events that support my feelings"
Hazim Al Shammari-Bafgdad/Iraq.
I have a secret to share with you; we (my brothers and I) used to hate America some years ago, just like the vast majority of Iraqis and that was the result of being isolated from the rest of the world by the thick walls Saddam built around us. We used to be reading one newspaper, watching one channel and hearing one voice; the voice of the "mighty leader" that looked eternal but those feelings gradually changed after we started to see more clearly who was actually responsible for Iraq's misery and began to open our eyes, ears and minds to other points of view and to other sources of information in a seriously dangerous search for the truth.
Later, the uncertain feeling changed to a more positive one when we realized that our only chance to get rid of the tyrant was in America's hands especially after 9/11 and the events that followed that day as we saw that America is determined to fight terrorism and terrorism-supporting criminal regimes.
During the eighteen months that followed 9/11 we were dreaming of the day when the "zero hour" finally comes and nothing will ever match what we felt when we saw the first missile strike Saddam's palace.
After we started this blog, we had the chance to meet many Americans, both civilians and soldiers and we discovered the noble feelings and the warm wishes they have for Iraq and Iraqis and that made me believe more than ever that we've put our trust in the right place.
Yes, I love America and I'm a friend of all American, and I'm truly proud of that, and so are many, many Iraqis who owe their freedom to the great sacrifices made by American people.