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Pliosaurs and Giant Sloths
Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni (Tate and Blake, 1863)
Rhomaleosauridae; Plesiosauria; Sauropsida; Chordata
Graphite pencil illustration on A5 paper
January 2010
The above illustration is of a cast of the holotype (original specimen) of a species of pliosaur, a marine reptile closely related to plesiosaurs, which generally have longer necks. The cast is one of the two main focal points (in my opinion) in the Fossil Reptile Gallery (the other one, see below, is not even a reptile) at the Natural History Museum, London, where I tend to spend a lot of time. Today, I felt compelled to sit and draw two beautiful specimens, and am quite proud of my effort.
I rarely used to get the chance to draw specimens at the Museum, as most of my time formerly got taken up by work of some description or another. I've been a Masters student, a volunteer and a librarian at the Natural History Museum at different points in the last few years, but now, despite doing some voluntary work in the Palaeontological Department, I have a lot of time to kill. So what better way to murder time than to draw skeletons.
I chose the Rhomaleosaurus to draw today for a number of reasons: (1) its sheer beauty and size; (2) it is one of my favourite specimens in the Museum; and (3) there is a bench placed conveniently opposite the specimen. I started by drawing a sketch of the entire animal, to make sure the whole thing fits on the paper. I am notorious for leaving off ends of tails and bottoms of feet because I don't tend to plan ahead. This time I made sure the entire specimen would fit on a piece of paper 6 inches across.
Once I had a good idea of how it would fit, I began to detail, starting from the left hand side and working towards the right. I much prefer to draw animals that are facing the left; if you look at most of my portfolio (much of it can be seen on my blog, The Disillusioned Taxonomist) you can see this – it must have something to do with being right-handed. There may have been a subconscious decision to pick this specimen because it is facing the left. I detailed the skull, making sure all the holes were in the right places, and shaded the lower portion (from a viewer's perspective; it is really the left part of the skull) darker than the upper side. Once the entire skull was shaded, I moved down the body.
Next came the cervical vertebrae, which, varying in state of preservation, were a challenge. There is a definite "ridge" across the midline of the specimen which appeared palest, creating a shadow beneath them to the left side of the animal's neck. The number of vertebrae may not exactly match the real specimen, as I may have had to miss out a few or add a couple to fit!
The paddles were a fun part to draw, and I started on the top left one, the animal's fore right paddle. First came the humerus, the ulna and the radius, then the small rounded carpal bones, followed by five digits made up of varying numbers of phalanges. The way that the cast was produced meant that there is a dark matrix around the smaller bones in the paddle, but this can be seen to represent the cartilage which was probably present in life, as whales have.
The rest of the vertebrae up to before the tail were much like the cervical vertebrae to illustrate, same dorsal ridge and shadowing. The ribs were more challenging: I wanted the ribs to appear shaded, like the same colour as the rest of the fossil, but paler than the areas between the ribs. In doing this, the ribs were hard to see, so I took a rubber (eraser) to the ribs and did my best to highlight them.
The hind paddles are very similar to the fore ones, and although the phalanges on one of the feet can't be seen too well on this scan, they are roughly the same as on the other one. A small portion of the pelvis can be seen above the lower right paddle, and that created shadows on some of the femur, which I tried to indicate with darker shading.
The tail of the animal is poorly preserved, and the individual vertebrae cannot be made out clearly. I gave the entire tail a "base coat" of pale shading, adding darker patches to indicate shadows where I could see them. Some vertebrae could be made out, but only on the darker underside.
I really enjoyed drawing Rhomaleosaurus and want to try some of the other marine reptiles: there are plenty of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs to choose from, and a couple of mosasaurs, marine crocodiles and a stegosaur.
Megatherium americanum Georges Cuvier, 1796
Megatheriidae; Xenarthra; Mammalia; Chordata
Graphite pencil illustration on A5 paper
January 2010
After lunch, I decided to draw the other focal point of the Fossil Reptile gallery, a mammal. A giant ground sloth in fact, which is a cast of a fully grown animal standing on its hind legs and leaning against a wooden pole. There is no bench on which to sit, so I sat on the floor on top of my jacket.
I decided to go for a different tack to draw this animal; although detail was needed, an outline sketch would show more clearly the shapes of the bones rather than the entire thing shaded in dark greys and black. It is in a dimly lit corner of the gallery, right by the entrance to the Palaeo Department, and it is hard to get perspective of the individual bone shapes.
Having said that, I think I have given a good impression of the specimen, highlighting some bones that may not be immediately visible to those looking at it directly or at a photograph or detailed drawing. Take the hyoid bone, for example, which is at the front of the neck, a V-shaped bone which anchors the tongue and is present in most mammals and is often missed out when reconstructing skeletons in museums. All five digits of the animal's left hand can be clearly seen, although it was difficult to make out the outlines of each phalanx or metacarpal, so I had to guess a bit. Digits II and III have huge claws, while the thumb is much reduced.
I created depth by using diagonal lines instead of smooth shading. Parts of the specimen in the foreground are not sketched in, and those furthest in the distance (the right shoulder blade, for instance) are shaded with closely-barred lines. This is not to indicate shadow, but distance, so you can tell which ribs are in the foreground, and hence which are on the animal's left side.
Again, I started with a rough sketch to get the outline. I was a little concerned at first that the head was too large and the hind-quarters a little small, but they seem to be OK. I outlined each bone as I saw them, starting at the skull and mandible, moving down the neck to the shoulder blade, fore limbs, rib cage and sternum, backbone, pelvis, hind limbs, and tail.
I intended to describe my drawing technique in this post, but I don't know if I've done that... if you have any particular questions to ask about this, or the specimens, or anything, say so in the comments! Thanks for reading!
9 comments:
- Traumador said...
nice sketches dude!
the plesiosaur is book or sign worthy!!!
i have to ask. among the marine reptiles we have plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, crocs, some Mosasaurs (the coolest of the lot), and a STEGOSAUR?!? i "demand" an explanation on this item in a marine list!!! :P
- January 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- davidmaas said...
Stegosaurs are reptiles, see. Toss it in the water, add a little salt: voila! Marine reptile!
Nice drawings, Mo!
- January 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Mo Hassan said...
The gallery is an old part of the Museum, and most of the specimens are wall mounted. Apparently, the Dacentrurus armatus specimen is actually stuck to the wall and cannot be moved. That's what I heard anyway, hence why it's the only terrestrial reptile in a hall of marine ones. The ground sloth is more of an anomaly though in a reptile room, wouldn't you say?
I might attempt the Platecarpus next, seeing as we have a mosasaur fan here :)
- January 18, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Glendon Mellow said...
Fan-freakin-tastic, Mo! I love these, especially the Rhomaleosaurus.
- January 18, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- Rachael said...
Mo - enjoyed your process notes (even at 4 in the morning as it is now!- cant sleep) Interesting that you prefer to draw animals from left to right. I'd guess it's the very human phenomenon of having to start drawing the head first (dont know why I say 'human'.. not many other animals bother to draw..lol)and this, as you say lends itself well to right handed work.
Does everybody start with the animals head I wonder? I do. I've never really thought about it before. Interesting psychological study here.
Mo- would you draw from left to right if you were drawing a wheelbarrow or a bowl of apples?
I like both drawings but especially like the giant sloth. You've conveyed depth without overworking it. The clarity of the drawing is excellent.
I really must get to the museum again. I've not been for a few years. You've inspired me to visit :-)
- January 18, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- davidmaas said...
I'd guess left to right is an artifact of right-handedness. Mo? That way, you don't smudge the lines you've already drawn.
I don't start with heads. Though the head (and hands) are a sort of magnet, I've disciplined myself into working gradually up everywhere. Of course... there's more detail there, so they get more play time overall.
Interesting thoughts.
- January 19, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- Albertonykus said...
Come to think of it, I often start with the head. When drawing maniraptors, though, I'm just as likely to start with one wing!
- January 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Weapon of Mass Imagination said...
Great question the head first or not?
When I draw (seldomly these days it seems) I either start with the back of the skull, except on Theropods I start with the shoulders going straight into the neck and than into the back of the skull...
With 3D, unless it is a really odd case (Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs are the only exception I can think of, as their limbs are more important to get right), I ALWAYS create the head first on a model. This is because 75-90% of a good restoration lies in the head if you ask me. So you have to get that right before progressing...
- January 20, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- Mo Hassan said...
Thanks for all the comments, people! A fellow artist once noticed I (nearly) always draw from left to right with the animals facing left, it used to be an unconscious decision, but now I find myself going crazy if I can't start at the head end and go to the right! I end up turning pages, heads and specimens upside down.
Rachael - if I were to draw something without a head, I guess I would start on the left still, and the wheelbarrow would be "facing" the left, as in the handles would be on the right. A bowl of fruit... I'd start with the bowl and put each fruit in one by one starting from the left!
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"So what are we doing again?" Lester asked, twitching the wrist of his right hand, uncomfortably grasping a short sword, to swish the blade about a bit in the air.
"We're a distraction," James said. His sword remained still, his eyes searching the forest path intently.
"Okay," Lester said. Lester hadn't felt proper misery now for quite some time. Panic, confusion, fear, awkwardness, guilt and even terror, all yes; misery, not so much. He didn't even really know how to express his misery because the reasons for it would either sound stupid or selfish or both.
Since James had found his own form in the Undone; since they had escaped, all three of them, into this charming little shadow kingdom; since they had set out into the woods in the hope of picking up a trade route back to Bridgetown, Lester's misery had grown.
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The transformation appeared to demand that people took James more seriously, not to mention the man's kind and lovely wife. Rebecca had known the man James for longer than the mouse James. From the first moment they had been together Lester knew that Rebecca would never have viewed her husband's rodent form as anything more than a horrible affliction. Lester had never known James as a man and so had always thought of him as a mouse with amnesia.
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James had gone with Lester on an amazing journey, through some of the strangest places in Faerie, they had seen the ruins of a sorcerer's palace, the edge of the Undone and the colourful stalls of the market at the centre of everything. James's journey had restored to him many (although still not all) of his memories, his daughter, his wife and his physical form. Lester had managed to harvest an elliptical letter and a bottle of potion he had used up to escape the Undone.
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That was difficult and caused a sadness that Lester couldn't just squash down out of the way.
"You know," Lester said, filling the empty, silent air with a distracting burble of noise. "Things have happened pretty quickly today. I'm not even sure that I know what we're standing here for."
"I just said," James repeated, absently, "we're a distraction."
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"Yes," James said. "Gargantuus Redstorm, who lives in the wall just yonder, told us that he was the member of a tribe that gathered intelligence for Silas Strumpkin, a wizard who lives in that house over there." James pointed at the house just visible along the path about fifty feet away. "Wizard Strumpkin is currently engaged in commune with the weave, trying to gain some information paid for by a noble in the next shadow. A rival noble has sent a lupine mercenary to kill Strumpkin whilst he is vulnerable. Gargantuus and his tribe are not able to warn Silas and so we are here to defeat the mercenary before it can get to the wizard."
"Right," Lester said. He took a look down at the lumpen, poorly forged metal rod in his hand. A poorly constructed melange of sword and mace. He had never held a weapon before now, he wasn't sure that this was the weapon to start with. Also, how was he supposed to be of any use fighting a wolf? There were more questions. 'Why?' seemed to be one of the most pertinent, so he asked it.
"Gargantuus knows that Silas has recorded a spell of transportation in his book of spells. If the wizard awakes from his trance alive and in good humour Gargantuus will persude him to send us back to Bridgetown."
"So all we have to do is kill a wolf to save a wizard and we go back to where we started from?" Lester said. "Done much wolf killing, have you?"
James shook his head.
"Almost none that I can remember," he replied. "We're not really supposed to kill it, we're just supposed to keep it busy until Rebecca can kill it with an arrow."
"Oh, okay," Lester nodded. "And what happens if the wolf comes from the other direction?"
"Then she'll be in the ideal position to kill it before it ever sees her or us," James said, his tone was beginning to gain an edge of annoyance. "You weren't listening at all back there, were you?"
"Not really," Lester admitted, allowing a little ire to leak out in his tone. "I'm tired, and afraid. I'm pretty hungry and... if I'm entirely honest... I was busy wondering why a mouse was called Gigantuus."
"It's a mouse thing," James said. "I discovered this when I was one. Mice think of themselves as the biggest creatures in the world. Anything bigger than them is, to them, just as big as them. So they like to call themselves big, tough names, to recognize their awesome stature and whatnot. They're mostly a species of proud warriors."
"I see, they always struck me as a little nervous," Lester said.
"They're very proud of their flight reflex. They have almost no voluntary control over it," James explained. "I had more because I wasn't born a mouse. Regular rats and mice will run automatically in the face of overwhelming odds without even really being aware that they're doing it. They call it 'saviour ghosting', well, they do when they get away intact."
"Wow," Lester said. "There's quite a lot going on with those mice then. I never knew."
Silence fell, which was not a good thing for Lester as his mind was instantly alerted at his failure to actually admit what was really troubling him when he had said 'if I'm entirely honest'. Worse Lester had realised that he had given James a hard time about not being entirely honest when he himself had been too confused to be honest on several recent occasions.
Lester had made a decision to improve his honesty and was now failing miserably to speak up and be direct about things. Lester didn't feel comfortable with the notion that emotions could be difficult, they were going to happen no matter how complex or inconvenient they were going to be, but that didn't make them any simpler. Lester was in danger of becoming wreathed in sadness again. He had to talk or his feelings would overwhelm him.
"So, you're glad... to be a person again?" Lester asked. If he brought up a topic of conversation that put James's transformation on the table maybe he would find a way to say the difficult things.
"It's definitely an advantage," James replied. "If I could just get my memory, my daughter and my home back then I would feel a lot better still."
"Yes," Lester said. "That would be nice. Having everything sorted out would be nice."
James looked over at Lester, the clear, grey-green human eyes in James's human face were far more expressive than the small dark eyes of the mouse he had been. Lester found human James too human to deal with. Adding guilt to the misery Lester realised that his sense of loss came with the realisation that he was no longer the most important person in the duo. He was a drifter looking for an elusive brother. James... well, James was some kind of important.
Someone had robbed James of his memories and put him into a faraway shadow not far from the edge of the Undone. Someone had turned James into a mouse and dispersed his wife. Someone had wanted James hidden away and imprisoned. Whatever James's full story was it was a story that mattered a great deal to several powerful people.
What about Lester and Chester Topping? Chester was so important that he had been forced to hide himself from everyone, including his twin brother. All Lester was trying to do was find him. Lester was not important. Lester was just Lester.
"If I can do anything to help you find Chester, when I have the power to do so, then I will, of course," James said quietly.
There was no time to respond to that. Lester saw a movement on the path, not far from where they stood. It looked as if the mercenary had arrived.
Lester looked pointedly at the approaching figure, James turned to look in the direction Lester was indicating.
"Just concentrate on staying safe," James said. "Try to knock him back, give Rebecca a clear shot."
Lester nodded. The sudden tension in his stomach made him completely unable to feel sadness, or inadequacy, or guilt. Lester shifted his grip on his wonky sword. He wondered if he could get used to this sort of thing, like a knight.
About sixty seconds later Lester had firmly decided that, no, he was never going to make a knight. The wolf was being kept back but this was mostly due to a lunatic ferocity he was managing to exhibit in his sword waving antics. The adrenaline flooding his system prevented him from looking over to see if James was doing any better but, regardless, a few seconds later the whole thing was over when an arrow in the chest put down the ravening lupine mercenary.
"Remind me to avoid being a decoy again," James said, leaning over and putting his hands on his knees, exhausted.
"Same here," Lester replied.
They got about a minute to gather themselves together before Rebecca joined them on the path and the three of them went back towards the wizard's house. Once James had talked once more with Gargantuus, and the three of them had shown that the mercenary had been thwarted, they went back to the house with their rodent companion.
After a few hours Silas Strumpkin came out of his trance and, upon being told by Gargantuus of the bravery of the three strangers was happy to make them a portal to transport them into the Patchwork Market. So James, Lester and Rebecca stepped through the portal back to their destination, but what happened to them when they got there is a story for another time.


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Deposed the Overlord
Took a dump on the floor
Seconds later I'm bored
My armor is spiny
My regrets are tiny
No concerns for the lives that I trash
But since we were last parted
I'm right back where I started
Except that our castle is thrashed!
Back in crack
I am still alive
I smell the stentch and taste hot blood
Once again I guess we didn't die
One can only try...as hard as I
There is no secret I have for you
Everything is as it seems
The acts of the drama they number scant few
So enjoy the ruins of dreams
Sometimes you have to burn everything down
So you can have nothing at all
And even though I lived on the sun
Looks like the trip to the Mall!
Horror and hatred are all I know
Misery, madness and worms
This journey brought no satisfaction
Has defined no ultimate terms
If anything I have gained nothing
Except just for staying alive
And I suppose that is something
When you've tried as hard as me to...
Back in crack
I am still alive
I smell the stench and taste of hot blood
Once again I guess I didn't
GWAR has returned from the pit of Hell
Or at least I think that's where we were
Sleazy sent over a nine-ton crack boulder
He said "Way to go, welcome back to the world..."
From someone who has been to Hell and back
Prophetic insight I profoundly lack
Hell's full of pussies and God is a dick!
But the run was sure good for some kicks....
Back! Back in crack!
There is no secret I have for you
Everything is as it seems
The acts of drama they number few
So enjoy the ruin of dreams
Back! Back in crack!
GWAR went to hell and we faced all our fears
Now were are back so lets go have some beers!
Secure in the fact that we are without peers
GWAR for 10 million more years!
GWAR Lyrics
GWAR Beyond Hell Lyrics
More GWAR Music Lyrics:
GWAR - Fistful Of Teeth Lyrics
GWAR - I'm In Love (With A Dead Dog) Lyrics
GWAR - Immortal Corrupter Lyrics
GWAR - Je M'Appelle J.Cousteau Lyrics
GWAR - Licksore Lyrics
GWAR - Penguin Attack Lyrics
GWAR - Saddam A Go-Go Lyrics
GWAR - Vlad The Impaler Lyrics


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Happy 2017 everyone! I hope this year will be good to us, as I feel that 2016 was a pretty shitty year for a lot of people. Here's to new beginnings!
While anyone could start any ~life changing~ project on any day of the year, January 1st still feels 'fresher' than any other day to me. I've been toying with the idea of a real, commited project pan for a few months now, and over the Christmas break I finally managed to solidify them into two main project pans for 2017: 17 in 17 and Pan that Palette.
If you don't know what a panning project is, let me fill you in: It's basically a project of at least a few weeks in which you try to use up a selection of beauty products before a predetermined deadline. The project is a success if in the end the products are finished or you've hit pan (the metal tray in which powder and cream products are pressed).
These products could be products you love, products you want to move out of your collection, or products that need to be thrown out soon due to their expiry date. Because all Project Pans have a predetermined deadline, this motivates you to use your selected products more often in order to hit your goal.
There are a lot of smaller YouTubers who participate in panning projects and show their progress in their videos (some of my personal favourites are Elle S, Amber F, Makeup.Just.For.Fun, Cheap Thrills, and Jacqueline Lovene).
I tried to do a small Project Pan last year, but that attempt failed miserably after I dropped & broke some of the products and instantly lost motivation. But 2017 is a new year with new beauty resolutions, so I'm ready to take on the challenge again!
Over the past couple months I've spent a lot of time browsing the subreddit /r/MakeupRehab, a group focused on recovering from the overspending-hype-train-fest that the beauty community has become by appreciating what you already have. And that's where the panning projects come in! Committing yourself to a set of products gives you an idea how long it takes to use up certain products. Also, using up a product will give a lot of satisfaction, maybe even more than the satisfaction of buying a product!
But enough blabbing! I feel like I'm really bad at writing a concise introduction; I could go on for several more paragraphs easily!
17 in 17
This is a pretty straightforward project: use up 17 products in 2017. I found this project on MakeupRehab and figured it would be a nice project for me as an unexperienced panner: one year is a realistic time frame for me to finish most (or all) of these products! I've listed my products and their info down below. My goal is to use up everything except the bronzer, blush and highligher. For those, hitting pan will be sufficient!
1. Essence Hello Autumn pencil liner in 020 Leaves are the new beef
This pencil liner was part of a LE from the fall of 2014, so it's over 2 years old at this point. I immediately bought it when it came out, but I've only used it a handful of time since then. Apart from the slightly strange name (I'm not gonna chomp on dry autumn leaves, Essence) I absolutely love this pencil. It's a medium brown color with a beautiful warm sheen. It's perfect for an everyday look, I already know I will use this one a lot. Still, the large size worries me a little bit...
2. Kat von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper
This is probably the most popular pen liner in the beauty community, mainly because of it's brush tip and intense black colour. But -shocking!- I'm not that impressed by it. I don't know what it is, but I never find myself reaching for it, even though the quality is really good. I guess I just prefer gel liners over pen liners.
3. Essence waterproof brow topcoat
This cute little brow gel is supposed to make your brows waterproof while also keeping them in place. I have no idea if this actually makes my brows waterproof; when it's raining, there are a lot of other things I worry about before I even think about my brows. But this does keep my brows in place really well, although they feel quite waxy when I use this. The tube is pretty tiny; I'll have no problems finishing this up.
4. Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick 040 NUDEtritious
While I can't get over the cringey name, this is hands down one of my absolute favourite lipsticks. It's the perfect nude colour for my skintone and the formula is amazing (and it smells like MAC lipsticks). When I found out that this shade was discontinued, I stopped using it. I feel like a lot of people do this when their favourite product gets discontinued, but I've realized that I should actually use and enjoy the product instead of letting it waste away because I want to 'save' it.
5. Makeup Revolution Ultra Brow Arch & Shape in Medium
This is also a favourite of mine which I'd stopped using for a while. It's a dual ended brow pencil with a liquid felt tip brow product on one side and a retractable pencil on the other. It's great for getting a really sharp brow, but lately I've been using brow powder for a softer brow look. Time to switch to this one again!
6. Essence Stay Natural concealer in 010
A real throwback product: I used to use this alllll the time when I was around 13 or 14 years old (so around 7/8 years ago). It's still available, and last year I bought it out of curiosity. Would it still be as nice as I remembered? Sadly, I was quite dissappointed with it. The coverage is very sheer and it doesn't last well. Clearly my makeup expectations have changed over the years! This only has 1.5 milliliters of product and I use a shit ton of it to get somewhat decent coverage, so I'm hoping to finish it quickly!
7. Essence Soo Glow! cream highlighter 020 bright up your life
This cream highlighter has a really nice consistency, it doesn't feel tacky and leaves a beautiful sheen. It's one of the only cool-toned highlighters in my collection as I mostly use warm tones. However, the warm-toned sister of this highlighter has gone bad not too long ago, so I know this one's on it's way out as well. I purchased this 8 months after the warm-toned (expired) one, so I hope I can hit pan before this turns on me.
8. Yves Rocher Youthful Glow foundation Beige 000
My HG foundation! There's no other foundation that gives me the gorgeous luminous effect this one does while also being a perfect colour match. I've been using the same bottle since May 2015, so I need to move it out. I have about 1/3 left.
9. Yves Rocher Longlasting Cream Shadow in Cuivre
Another Yves Rocher product! This is a cream shadow in beautiful copper shade. It holds up surprisingly well on my oily eyelids. Sadly, this colour is discontinued as well, so I had the same save-it-for-no-reason mentality as I had with the Catrice lipstick. I don't know if I'll be able to use this up completely: I already feel like it's dried up a bit.
10. Bourjois Smoky Liner Ultra Black
Another HG product I've had for waaayyy too long. This is the smoothest kohl liner ever and it works really well for my waterline as it doesn't leave a film on my contact lenses like some other liners will (UD Perversion, I'm looking at you). I bought a backup a long time ago but this is still going strong. I won't buy it again because it's not cruelty free, so I need to use this while it's still good. There's about 1/4 left of this one.
11. Tony Moly Peach lipbalm
I bought this lipbalm last summer when I visited Seoul with my boyfriend. While it's still pretty new I want to use it as much as possible because I LOVE IT. The smell, the consistency, the 'healing properties' (I hope you get what I mean lol): everthing is on point with this one. The only kinda bad thing is that the packaging looks more like a huge pimple (or nipple) than a peach.
12. Kat von D Studded Kiss lipstick in Noble
Another recent purchase, I purchased this around the same time as the last item. It's a deluxe size that's part of one of those sets they put near the Sephora cash register; you know what I mean ;). The colour is the most stunning pinkish-nude I've ever seen, but the formula and packaging are soooo bad. I can only pull this off if I moisturise and scrub my lips beforehand, as this formula emphasises literally EVERYTHING. The tiniest speck of texture on your lips can ruin the whole lip look. It also settles into my lip lines pretty quickly :(. The packaging is horrible as well, the bullet gets smushed to one side when I use this. So sad about the crappy formula, but I will use this nontheless because I can't get enough of the colour.
13. Bourjois Délice de Soleil Bronzer
I've had this bronzer for years and while it is a good bronzer, I've barely managed to show some usage. The colour can pull a bit orangey on me, but it's fine when I use a stippling brush. This bronzer has great sturdy packaging (for some reason the top lid can be twisted 360 degrees, which I admit is gimmicky but cool) and it smells like summer!
14. NYC Cheek Glow blush 654 Outside Café
I'm not really a blush kinda girl: I prefer bronzers and contour powders to give my face dimension and colour. When I do use blush it's usually in a natural colour, such as this one! This is my favourite blush of LIFE, as it gives an amazing subtle colour and sheen to my face without ever looking overdone. I see a lot of negative reviews for this because of its sheer colour, but that's just why I love it so much! Although it is my favourite and I've had it for a loooong time, it doesn't really show a lot of wear. But I'm trying to stay positive: hopefully I'll have some pan showing at the end of the year, although it'll be bittersweet.
15. NYX Butter Gloss in Tiramisu
Confession time: I actually HATE Tiramisu. The dessert, that is. I feel like I'm the only one, I've never met anyone else who doesn't like it either!
This lipgloss is really nice though. It's my go-to nude lipgloss and it suits my skin tone very well. I've had this for a while so I need to use it up before it goes bad!
16. Freedom Makeup London Strobe Cream
This is a shimmering face cream that I usually use under foundation. It's not nearly as intense as the one from MAC but it does give a nice glow to a matte foundation. I'll probably start using this after I use up the Yves Rocher foundation because the foundation already has a glow by itself. Adding the strobe cream will only turn me into a greaseball.
17. Essence longlasting lipliner in 08 Girl next door and 05 Lovely frappuccino
I actually have two products as my #17! These two lipliners are great for creating a nice gradient lip, and that is what I mostly use them for. As I use them together most of the time I decided to pair them in this project. It doesn't mean that I can only use them together though!
I'll try to post updates about my 17 in 17 panning process once every two months or so. I hope I can already show some used up products in my next update!
My second panning project is a bit more ambitious: it's a Pan that Palette project! For this product, you focus on one specific eyeshadow palette for a year to try and use up as many eyeshadows as possible. The palette I chose for my PtP is the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette!
Probably everyone knows this palette already, as the Naked palettes are/were insanely popular. My Naked 2 is currently the oldest palette in my collection, I bought it in 2012. I feel like it's time to use it up before it changes in formula or turns bad!
I won't go too hard on myself for my first PtP, so my goal is to hit pan in at least six shades. As you can see I don't have any dips in these eyeshadow, so hitting pan might still prove to be a challenge! I've neglected this palette over the last two years as I've been gravitating to more warm-toned shades as opposed to these cool-toned ones. Let's hope I fall in love with cool tones again!
I will include progress photos of this palette in my 17 by 17 updates as well.
Phew, that article was longer than I expected. If you've read up to this point: I applaud you! Hope you found it interesting to read my long-ass stories on these old-ass products ;). Let's hope I'll be able to move them out soon!


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Members of the Phuket International Women's Club (PIWC) help organize social activities each month, as well as, donate their time to fundraising events.
Thursdays are considered official club days and our monthly line-up includes:
- Committee Meeting – Held on the 1st Thursday of each month, all members are invited and encouraged to attend whether a member of the committee or not.
- Meet & Greet Coffee Morning – Held on the 2nd Thursday from 10:30AM to Noon is a fun and casual way to meet a few members. All new members and those ladies considering joining PIWC are encouraged to attend.
- Monthly Luncheon – Each month a lunch is held at a different location around the island. The lunch is on the 3rd Thursday of the month; with noon service, members and non-members are encouraged to show-up at 11:30 for registration and networking. This is a great way to discover new dining venues.
- Coffee Morning – Although not a regular activity, the 4th Thursday of the month is held for special member organized activities including coffee, garden trips, cooking classes, workshops, etc.
Other regular activities include the following:Mahjong – Bridge Club – Golf – Tennis – Sewing & Crafts – Other Evening & Partner Events Details for all club activities can be found here.
A monthly newsletter is also published for all members and sent via email. Non-members are also welcome to join our subscription list.


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Last week I blogged about and sent out an invitation to women in regard to a very special event that the wonderful ladies of the radio show "Chat With Women" were giving out to women for the pre-screening of the new movie "Julie & Julia",
I'm not sure how many of you had the chance to go, but a few friends and I made our way to this special event, and wow, it was really something and a lot of fun!
The Chat With Women – Rochelle Alhadeff & Pam Gray put on a special event that included pre-screening of the new and wonderful movie, "Julie & Julia" and also FREE appetizers before the movie at Maggiano's – which also included a very exciting cooking demonstration by esteemed Maggiano Chef Deb as she prepared Boeuf Bourguignon – yum!
My friends and I absolutely loved the event and all the goodies that went along with this very special movie – thank you very much Rochelle & Pam!
When I was growing up my mom taught my sister and I how to cook with Julia Childs cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and I used to watch her every show – she was so delightful and fun to watch – I just absolutely loved her! I still watch her show on PBS Channel 9 KCTS "Create"! I loved cooking out of her cookbook and still love to cook her Lemon Chicken recipe, called, "Supremes De Volaille A Blanc" on page 268! Her passion for cooking the most delicious food always inspired me to be the best I could be as well. I would play chef at home with my friends and sister being my guinea pigs, tasting my dishes as I would try and copy Julia – I love Julia Childs recipes then as I do today! And when Rochelle told me about her upcoming party and pre-screening of the movie about Julia Childs, I was very excited to be one of the first and fortunate people to see it – Thank you very much Rochelle & Pam – you two great ladies ROCK!The movie Julie & Julia opens today, August 7th, 2009 – and you can still purchase her awesome cookbooks! !
So, in the future, if you have a chance to go to another event that "Chat With Women" put on, you will be glad you attended – it's a first class time!
For more information, please visit the following: Chat With Women – Julie & Julia – Humanature Photography
If you love cooking and/or eating – you've got to see the new movie Julie & Julia – it's delicious! –


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Huawei Ascend D2 had seen a quiet launch in China and now a press shot of the device is doing the rounds. A global launch of the device is scheduled to happen soon, with the most likely venue being CES 2013 happening in January, according to rumors.
The press shot shows that the Ascend D2 has a 5 inch display of 1080p and also a new skin that Huawei would be using with its Android phones. The new skin is called Emotion UI. The UI is expected to reflect the Huawei character in the company's upcoming Android smartphones.
The device packs the company's own quad core processor, the 1.5 GHz K3V CPU along with a rear-facing camera of 13 megapixel and a huge 3,000 mAh battery. Under the Emotion UI, the Ascend D2 is expected to support Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Fingers are crossed that the company would elevate it to Android 4.2.
It is still unknown which carriers would be obtaining the Ascend D2 or the pricing of the smartphone. Even the markets targeted for release are unknown. The tentative dates of the release of the smartphone have been given by Huawei executives in services like Twitter.
Apart from the expected launch of Ascend D2 at the CES 201, Huawei's Ascend W1 is also expected to be launched. W1 will run Windows Phone 8. It is fervently hoped that the company has resolved the several issues regarding CPU manufacturing and will bring these two smartphones out into the market on the expected dates.


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Welcome to the Shaun Tabatt Show! Today my special guest is Jennifer O. White and we're talking about her book Prayers for New Brides: Putting on God's Armor After the Wedding Dress (New Leaf Press, 2015).
About The Book:A new wife is seldom aware of the intense spiritual battle threatening her dreams of happily ever after. Often, she enters the marriage without the benefit of great examples, biblical knowledge, and mentors offering godly wisdom. The battle begins and she is unarmed. Can her faith survive? Will her marriage become another divorce statistic? Prayers for New Brides will empower her to protect her heart and marriage. Within these short chapters she will:
Marriage is God's design. He has a battle plan, the power and the resources to win. When a wife knows who God is and what He can do, she can trust Him to sustain her and her marriage. Her joy will be complete as she allows Him to enable her to do more for her union than she can imagine. About the Author: Jennifer White writes with fierce honesty to every new bride from her own experience of one failed marriage and one rescued by the Wonderful Counselor. For additional show notes, visit ShaunTabatt.com/021.


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Inspired by the CBA Legal Futures report on Transforming the Delivery of Legal Services in Canada, here's our regular round-up of noteworthy developments, opinions and news in the legal futures space as a means of furthering discussion about our changing legal marketplace.
First, a glance at what's happening across the pond. Five years after obtaining its ABS licence, among the first in England, and a difficult start, Co-operative Legal Services is now making real profits.
Signalling a possible trend toward outsourcing in-house legal services, PwC has recently snapped up half of GE's tax department – including 600 of its lawyers -- as part of a five-year deal to provide tax services to the conglomerate.
Also supporting the trend, international law firm Pinsent Masons has taken a 20 per cent stake in New Law start-up Yuzu.
Thompson Reuters' review of the last decade of legal services concludes that a buyers' market emerged during the global financial crisis, and that buyers' market continues today. This is forcing law firms, increasingly, to look at doing things differently, but a paper from McGill suggests Canadian law firms may by talking a good innovation game, while doing little actual innovation.
Mark Cohen writes on legal education requiring a shift for a new legal marketplace, the need for re-regulation of the legal services industry, and changes in the demand for legal services. Jordan Furlong also covers this latter topic is some detail, also in reaction to the 2017 Report on the State of the Legal Market.
Burford Capital, the world's largest litigation finance company the world, bought its main rival Gerchen Keller Capital for $US 160 million. The tie-up has commentators calling it a sign that the litigation funding industry is maturing in the U.S.
According to a recent roundtable, summarized in this white paper, commentators expect that litigation funding will become increasingly prevalent in Canada. As a new wave in legal business, and an access to justice initiative, litigation funding (where large pieces of litigation is financed by third parties) litigation funding could help change the liability landscape in Canadian courts. Litigation which attracts funding currently requires a claim of $10 to $15 million.
La crise de l'accès à la justice se poursuit depuis 30 ans : pourquoi un changement fondamental se fait-il toujours attendre?
Une possible réponse à cette question, que pose Nicole Aylwin, directrice adjointe du Winkler Institute et professeure adjointe à l'Osgoode Hall, c'est que notre système de justice a évolué à l'image de la common law.
Dans la tradition de la common law, chaque nouvelle série de faits exige que la loi raffine progressivement les règles afin de nous rapprocher, en théorie, d'un monde idéal. Or, l'évolution n'est pas toujours aussi organisée qu'on le souhaiterait. Au fil du temps, l'accumulation de changements presque imperceptibles constitue un véritable nœud gordien.
Prenons l'exemple, popularisé par le biologiste évolutionniste Richard Dawkins, du nerf laryngé récurrent. Chez nos ancêtres aquatiques, celui-ci partait en ligne droite du cerveau au larynx en passant sous la crosse de l'aorte. Mais avec l'apparition de notre cou, le nerf, « coincé » sous l'artère, s'est trouvé forcé de suivre un chemin détourné : du cerveau, il descend en lacet autour de l'aorte
Inspired by the CBA Legal Futures report on Transforming the Delivery of Legal Services in Canada, here's our biweekly round-up of noteworthy developments, opinions and news in the legal futures space as a means of furthering discussion about our changing legal marketplace.
The Canadian Forum For Civil Justice makes the point that while legal technology is often assumed to improve access to justice, many existing legal tech projects focus on enhancing existing services, instead of expanding the ways in which justice may be accessed. Similarly, Patricia Hughes of the Law Commission of Ontario wants to make sure that an increased reliance on technology in justice doesn't serve to further diminish access to justice through an assumption that everyone is conversant with technology.
Ryerson's articling alternative, the Law Practice Program (LPP), came up for review in October. Though a Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) Committee initially recommended that the LPP be terminated, several commentators questioned that recommendation, including Jordan Furlong, Ian Holloway, and Noel Semple. On October 31, the Professional Development and Competence Committee reversed itself, recommending that the program be extended for another 2 years, and this extension has been granted. The debate has been divisive, to say the least. Detractors complain the program has done little to create more or better-trained lawyers, while proponents call it an innovative and effective tool for training new lawyers outside of the traditional articling paradigm.
Brandon Hastings is a lawyer, mediator, collaborative divorce practitioner based in Vancouver. Learn more about him at www.bhastings.com


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Cisco Connect is required during the installation of certain Cisco and Linksys routers, but it also helps the user set up and manage his wireless network. The software makes installing the router and getting online a simple step-by-step process. In some cases, the software may be called Linksys Connect.
The Computers and Devices section of the software enables the user to see which computers are connected to the router. It also helps the user connect a new computer to his network. For users with children, the Parental Control section allows them to control how long their children can access the Internet. The user can enable guest access for a particular guest that uses the network frequently, and the Router Settings section allows the user to change the main network name and password of the router.
To install the router, the user must ensure that his modem is connected to his computer and has an active Internet connection before he connects the modem to the router with an Ethernet cable. The software can be installed by putting the CD or key that came with the router into the computer or by searching for the model number of the router on the Linksys website and downloading the software. The installation takes between five and 10 minutes, and the software creates a unique, secure password for the user automatically.


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Meal Plan
Our Boy is home today (just for fun) and we are planning next weeks meals together. Here is our list:
Saturday: Chicken nugget casserole, salad
Sunday: Sirloin tip roast (on sale this week at Price Choppers) in the Crock pot, mashed potatoes and peas.
Monday: Our Boy's 15th Birthday!! Homemade pizza, chips, Greek pasta with pop (Dr Pepper and Root beer), Veggies and dip and Carrot Cake.
Tuesday: Broccoli Cheddar Soup, bread, left over cake for dessert
Wednesday: Black Bean Lasagna, salad and fruit (canned) for dessert
Thursday: Roast (left overs) with rice and coleslaw
Friday: Hot dogs ( ugh...oh well...) and salad


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Pauri Garhwal District : Uttarakhand
About District
Pauri Garhwal, a district of Uttarakhand state encompasses an area of 5230 sq. km and situated between 29° 45' to 30°15' Latitude and 78° 24' to 79° 23' E Longitude. This district is ringed by the districts of Chamoli, Rudraprayag & Tehri Garhwal in North, Bijnor & Udhamsingh Nagar in South, Almora & Nainital in East, Dehradun & Haridwar in West. The District is administratively divided into ten tehsils, and fifteen developmental blocks. Pauri is the administrative centre for the whole of Pauri Garhwal region and is situated at an altitude of 1650 m. and has a population of 6,87,271 as per the 2011 Census. The district as part of the Western Himalaya presents a unique set of ecological characteristics over a complex variety of systems that incorporate forests, meadows, savannah grasslands, marshes and rivers, as well as wildlife, geology and several other phyto-geographically distinctive peculiarities. The places of tourist interests in the Districts are Khirsu, Doodhatoli, Binsar, Adwani, Tara Kund, Kandoliya, Kanvashram, Bharat Nagar, Kalagarh, Neelkanth, Chilla Wildlife Sanctuary, Dhikala, Develgarh, Shankar Math, Keshori Math, Binsar Mahadev, Kanda, Deval, and Laldhang


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May 20, 2013
current mood: jealous
I was watching Dr. Oz the other day and he did a special on women who have the BRAC 1 gene. Some women chose to take action and some are too scared to have the surgery.
The reason why most of them were afraid to have the surgery was the fear of losing their femininity.
I know first hand about that fear. I still live with it every day.
I was tested for the BRAC 1 gene and even though I thankfully did not have the gene, I too opted for a bi-lateral mastectomy. Taking the healthy breast was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. But at the time it was a no brainer. The cancer was VERY aggressive and in the words of my breast surgeon, it would only be a matter of time before it attacked my healthy breast. I didn't want to go through chemo a second time and the reconstructive surgery I opted for, the DIEP Tram Flap can only be done once so for me the choice was made, take the healthy breast.
The fear of losing your femininity for me was so difficult because I was single at the time and my biggest fear was how the hell am I going to date after this. Who is going to accept me for who am and love me for me and not the fact that I don't have real boobs.
I posted my current mood for this blog as jealous because I am so jealous of the new procedure that is now out there for women facing breast cancer. The new nipple sparing procedure is so beyond amazing in helping to prevent that fear of losing your femininity.
I know for me the breast that was affected by the cancer would not be able to use this procedure because my nipple did test positive for cancer as well as the breast tissue. But this new procedure could have been used when taking my healthy breast.
It's amazing how much has changed in just the short 6 years since my diagnosis.
Thank you to all the amazing surgeons who are making this new procedure possible and helping my sisters feel a little bit better when they are faced to make their difficult decisions.
And thank you Brad for supporting Angelina in her difficult decision as well.
I love Brad Pitt's quote....
"Having witnessed this decision firsthand, I find Angie's choice, as well as many others like her, absolutely heroic," Brad Pitt said in a statement to London's Evening Standard. "I thank our medical team for their care and focus.
"All I want is for her to have a long and healthy life, with myself and our children," the actor continued. "This is a happy day for our family."


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|10 Jan 2011
want to change a baud rate
but... i have no idea how, or how to find the correct port?
im also not quite sure what info you guys would need other then that im using windows 7.
i apologize for not being very computer savy, and thank anyone for thier help!
here is the instructions i was given
i need to locate the cable and be able to change the baud rate
1. Go to
Start > Control Panel > System and
Maintenance, then double click System.
2. In the System Properties screen, click Device
Manager, then double click Ports (Com & LPT).
3. From the Ports (Com& LPT) list, right click on
RadioShack USB to Serial Cable
. A drop-down
menu appears.
4. From the drop-down menu, click Properties
Port Settings > Advanced. The Advanced
Settings screen appears. Change the Com
Port at the bottom left of the screen to the one
assigned for this cable.
once i get to device manager there isnt any ports button or link??
|My System Specs
|10 Jan 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Baud rate? Are you using a dial-up modem? Not to sound rude, but if you aren't computer savy, why are you trying to change/edit a baud rate?
|My System Specs
|10 Jan 2011
i have a meter that collects data, its set to 19200, i have installed the software and its set to 19200, my problem is the cable.
i have installed the driver, but i cant find where it is located to change the baud rate of the cable, and the instructions tell me to find it in my port page!
as of now i cant get data to transfer from my meter to my laptop, and was told if my baud rate on all 3 things do not match it will not work, which would explain my problems
if there is any additional info that is needed let me know.
im still looking for the driver for the cable. the instructions given are for vista which dosnt help me any =/
|My System Specs
|10 Jan 2011
I fixed the problem! it wasnt showing up until i took out a flash drive, as soon as i did that it recognized my cable and i was able to find it and change my settings!!
|My System Specs
|10 Jan 2011
ultimate 64 sp1
phew - i thought you were using an acoustic coupler there for a second...
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Miss Peregrine's Home
for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
BIBLIO: 2011, Quirk Books, Ages 14 to 18.
REVIEWER: Gwen Harter.
FORMAT: Young Adult book
This exceptional fantasy story starts in Florida. Typical sixteen year old Jacob works at his family business, Smart Aid, killing his time and trying to get fired. In general an antisocial person Jacob is closest with his Grandpa Abe Portman. In his childhood Grandpa would tell him stories about peculiar children with unique talents that lived in an idyllic home overseen by the Bird. He would show pictures to Jacob and also describe these terrible monsters that were dangerous and sought out himself and the peculiar children. Jacob eager to believe in childhood dismissed all of this as fairytales in adolescence and the monsters as symbolic of his grandfather's troubled past, being of Jewish heritage during WWII. His world is turned upside down when his grandfather calls frantically at his work, leaving to check up on him Jacob is startled to find the elderly man in the wood all sliced up and the disgusting creatures from his childhood only a few feet away. His grandfather's last words continue to haunt Jacob and all of his family thought he is insane. Seeing many doctors without much use Jacob discovers a clue in a book that his aunt found at Grandpa's house. Embarking on a journey to Cairnholm with his father Jacob begins to quickly discover his secretive grandfather's past. Everything he was told is true! After searching the abandoned house he finds a trail of clues that lead him to a portal to an alternate universe. This universe is a time loop and contains the home his grandfather told about with many of the exact same children. Immediately they take a liking to each other. Not long after though they are all in terrible danger from the monsters. Together they battle them off and save the home and their headmistress.
This book is highly recommended for girls from grades 9-12. It is a little slow to start but the witty wording makes it bearable. There are stunning, old fashioned photographs to accompany the story making it easy to picture the characters and adds another level of intrigue. All of the recommendations I had received before reading this book were proven to be accurate, this book is entertaining and sure to remain popular in the fantasy genre for many more years.


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Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Gets U.S. Distributor
Image Entertainment announced that it has aquired the U.S. distribution rights to Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, the third installment in the Cabin Fever franchise.
Directed by Kaare Andrews (Altitude and The ABCs of Death) and starring Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Currie Graham (Pompeii, "NYPD Blue"), Ryan Donowho (Soldiers of Fortune), Mitch Ryan ("One Tree Hill") and Jillian Murray (Bad Ass), the film is slated to hit video-on-demand and theaters in Summer 2014.
From the press release:
CABIN FEVER: PATIENT ZERO tells the story of a group of friends enjoying a bachelor weekend in a yacht in the Caribbean. As they run ashore to explore a remote island, they stumble upon an abandoned research facility, where a massacre from a deadly virus is unleashed. They must find a way to survive before the flesh eating disease consumes them all. Their answer - an uninfected survivor: "Patient Zero."
CABIN FEVER: PATIENT ZERO was written Jake Wade Wall (The Hitcher) and produced by original CABIN FEVER producer Evan Astrowsky.
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A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 367-375 (Reece period 19). [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE] reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Mint of Lyon. As RIC IX, p. 46, no. 21a.
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Date from: Circa AD 367
Date to: Circa AD 375
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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown
Identified by: Mr Richard Ashford
Secondary identifier: Dr Andrew Brown
Other reference: XA 17/0063
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Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
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Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
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Obverse description: Diademed and draped bust right
Obverse inscription: D N [VALEN]-S P F AVG
Reverse description: Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm
Reverse inscription: [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE]
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- Listening Environment / bugging – send a special SMS command to your phone and the phone in a short time turned into a hidden microphone that allows you to hear everything going on in 20 or 30 feet from the phone.
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3D printingAs I mentioned in my last post, I ordered a 3D printer off Monoprice's Ebay page. They had a very nice deal: a prusa i3 clone for only $309, or, shipped and taxed and everything, 478 canadian pesos.
|The printer. Monoprice Maker Select, or Wanhao duplicator i3, or Prusa i3 or...
When it came, I was expecting it to be essentially non-working...or to print like this:
Surprisingly, that's not what happened! Let's start by the beginning though, the opening. Here's the box. Beer for scale (because I didn't have a banana)
The manual, which is pretty much useless when you've been gorging on websites, blogs, subreddits, youtube videos, google groups, etc.
The heated bed and the y-axis. Everything is pre-wired....which is both good and bad. Good because wiring in general is a pain, bad because it makes it really hard to get out of the box by yourself. The butterfly on the bed is essentially their QA check I guess. Making the printer run before shipping it, and showing the customer that it did work...at least before being shipped.
But I DID manage to get it out! Ignore the harry potter on the wall, that has been there for way too long, and i'm not supposed to stay much longer, so removing it is way too much effort for what it's worth.
Aaaaand assembled. That was actually really easy!
Then, the other box.
Electronic box cable, a USB cable, micro-sd card, a free complementary scrapper, spool holder, and allen keys. Metric allen keys. At this point I should mention this: EVERYTHING on the printer is metric. Most 3D printers are metric actually. I think it's a good thing, and might actually help americans switch slowly to metric. (Unless they're all using stratasys printers, then we're screwed)
While i'm here, I want to point out some weird design choices. Like, why is this belt pulley fixed only on one end? and with a BOLT? I mean, bolted connections aren't known (or used, EVER) for their strength in flexion. And why did they use a flat cap? had they used a socket cap I could've put a zip tie or something to help, and make the bolt (and zip-tie) force in shear...but nope, stuck with that. I'll need to go buy an M4...or 5, can't really know without taking it off, socket cap screw and zip-tie it.
It works!
I did manage to get something printed though (from the sd card) It's about high! I have a chair! a 3d printed chair for ants!
I don't want to print via SD card forever though. What happens if you try to print from the USB port is...the printer resets. You have to go in, open the electronics board, and remove a jumper. The one nicely labelled "Auto-reset" right above Arden of the Ardentissimo. Another bad point here, EVERYTHING is hot glued. I understand that for transport these days, with courrier services pretty much playing soccer/football/football with parcels, you want to connect things in a way that won't come undone. but i'm disapointed nonetheless. It's a bit overkill...and I will hate it if that board dies. Or if the power supply dies, as chinese ones often do.
Now that I can print from USB, the calibration can commence! I had a hard time to even print since that chair. Nothing would stick to the bed, and leveling didn't help. At that point, I found out my aluminium build plate gets a "nice" dome shape whenever it's heated. Thanks, thermal expansion! (not the minecraft mod) So until I get a glass plate, I can only print in the very center of the bed. Oh well, that will do for a few days. Then, things STILL wouldn't stick. So, I thought the raft looked pretty anemic. At that point, I thought I might not be extruding enough plastic. On to E Step calibration!
A nice calibration guide, for any printer, is this one here: Calibration guide
E-step calibration is pretty much the act of telling your printer's firmware how much steps/mm of filament it takes. For my printer, the default value was 96. What you do to calibrate it is to make a mark on your filament, 110 mm from the top of the extruder, then tell the printer, through a program that can send gcode like pronterface, to extrude exactly 100mm of plastic. the ratio of 100mm over what actually came out is the value by which you should multipliate your estep.
And that worked! got a 3D benchy to print. It's measurements are...okay. 32.1 wide, 59.85 long, and 49 high, instead of 32, 60, and 48. The 49 is what annoys me the most, the others are...pretty much spot on (for an out of the box printer) 150 off microns isn't bad when you think the best FDM printers claim 50 microns.
Because of those cooling problems, (which you can also see in the door's overhang on the benchy) I decided to print a cooler! the diii cooler. I'm doing longer and longer prints! That one took 7 hours.
Printing the diii cooler was a mistake though. I should've printed the cobra... the diii cooler has REALLY low visibility at the beginning of a print, and strings like to stick to it. oh well, I wasted what? 28 grams of plastic out of a kg spool. not too bad.
My next print took WAY longer. The diii cooler needed an adapter to use the stock 30mm fan, and, well, I wanted to get on reddit's 3d printer bandwagon and print The Pink Panther Woman. I won't share a picture, because it's not safe for work I guess.
The next print, which was going to be going for 23 hours, screwed up like this:
I've also started 3D printing rocket parts!
And obviously, parts for the printer itself!
I still have a few upgrades i'm planning on doing: Making an enclosure to print ABS, and switching the hot end for a micro-swiss all metal one. Also changing the print cooling fan since the first one crapped the bed. I'm also having a few under-extrusion trouble since a print failed catastrophically (but I don't have pictures, I was more panicking on cleaning the printer and making sure nothing exploded). While frenetically tring to fix it, I noticed the extruder stepper were getting a bit hotter than I like. I'll check the voltage reference, as a common problem on this printer is that it's set too high for the stepper, causing overheating and skipped steps.
End of the semester
I'm actually taking a break from studying for my last exam EVER (well, beside the order's ethics exam in 3 years or so). I still have one semester to go in my bachelor, but the 2 subjects I have left are my capstone design class, and a fluid lab both of which are reports-based. I've also found an internship for this summer, which is required in my program. I was getting worried I would be only missing that to graduate.
So i'm pretty much guaranteed to graduate for christmas! yay!


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The Bonneville does not deserve this. Had someone at Pontiac shown even a modicum of restraint by rejecting the application of every performance cliche except scoops and louvers on a shaker hood and a flame paint job, the SSEi surely would have ranked higher. Underneath its outr´e slathering of plastic lies a good car, and save for its styling, which one tester lampooned as having been "sketched in an eighth-grade study hall," Pontiac might seriously challenge the imports in the way Chrysler and Lincoln are doing with the 300M and the LS.
As it is, this GM division appears content to aim at the crowd sitting in any NASCAR bleachers, where flash and superficial imagery count more than restraint and subtlety.
But all is not lost. The SSEi is a muscular, agile four-door that, in over-the-road abilities, more than held its own with this group. Its supercharged, 12-valve, pushrod, iron-block 3.8-liter V-6 seemingly dates to sometime in the Coolidge Administration, but despite its ancient architecture, it pumps out a second-best (to the 300M's unblown 3.5 V-6) 240 hp and propelled this heaviest (3810 pounds) in the test front-driver to 60 mph in a creditable 7.5 seconds. Plus, it won the quarter-mile title with a 15.8-second run at 90 mph. Its skidpad number of 0.80 g ranked third, and its score of 183 feet in the braking test from 70 mph was bested only by the 300M.
For a car that was the bulkiest of the bunch, the Pontiac proved surprisingly agile in the tight stuff and was a straight and stable high-speed runner on the freeway sections. Overall, we were mightily impressed with the competence of this machine in a variety of conditions, although its sticker of $34,625 was second highest of the group. The price seems tough to justify, given the lower level of fit and finish we found on this example.
The Bonneville's leather-bound seats, thicker than your average Morris chair, looked cushy but offered modest lateral support. The instrument panel is a jukebox of dials and knobs, generating a riot of glowing, blinking, pulsating data that appeared to provide everything except the driver's caloric intake following that last junk-food stop.
In part because of this mass of gadgetry, the Pontiac did score highest in the number of features and amenities offered. But enough already. As with the external gimcrackery, if Pontiac would back it down a notch in the widget department, the world would be a better place.
The Bonneville shares its Aurora-based platform with the new and more sedately styled Buick LeSabre, and it shares its supercharged 3.8-liter engine with the smaller, cheaper Buick Regal. Perhaps if GM would let the Buick and Olds guys do the styling for the SSEi, while the Pontiac high-schoolers execute the suspension, the General might have a winner on its hands.


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Unusual heels have been everywhere this season, so we thought it was time we asked what you actually think of them. The DSquared2 shoes shown above are actually one of the tamer versions of this trend (think of the kind of things Miu Miu and Prada have been doing to shoes recently if you don't believe me), with a red lightning bolt used to hold you up.
The heel height is an impressive 5.25 inches here, so they won't be the easiest shoes to walk in, but Zappos say you'll "Become a semiconductor of envious energy when you're exploding with electric style wearing the 'Flash 2 Open Toe Pump' by DSquared2." We don't think we can out-do them on the "electricity" references there, so instead we're just going to move straight to asking you: what do you think of these shoes? Do they make you tingle with joy, or do you wish they'd just be struck by lightning?
(Sorry, looks like we did want to take part in the Zappos word game after all…)


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A young butcher from Tyrone was awarded a bronze medal in the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition – in his debut competition.
Dylan Gillespie, 20, from Clogher Valley Meats, Clogher, finished joint third after two days of tough competition at The Skills Show, held at the NEC Birmingham.
He was one of the six top scoring butchers from the combined heats in Wales, Northern Ireland and England who qualified for the closely contested final.
They were all challenged to complete five tests: ready to eat products, sausage making, barbecue products, kitchen ready products and a boning and theme butchery display.
Following the competition, the butchers gave a demonstration on Saturday at the show, the nation's largest skills and careers event which helps to shape the future of the next generation.
It was the first time that butchery had been included as a WorldSkills UK competition.
Organised by award-winning, Welshpool-based training provider Cambrian Training Company on behalf of WorldSkills UK, the competition began with regional heats sponsored by The National Federation of Meat and Food Traders, Institute of Meat and BPEX.
Dylan, who qualified for the final by winning the Northern Ireland heat this summer, said he had really enjoyed the competition and was happy to win a bronze medal.
Having practiced hard for the final, working seven days a week, he said he was looking forward to entering the competition again next year.


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WWC: Door & Home
Doors at the back of the old bus barns, now used for the old street car.
Me at the front door of what was home for a few years.
If I have been out of province or country, I know I am home when I see these!
I used to love walking east down the road in front of our home where I grew up, watching the shadows stretch with the setting sun.
Wherever he is is home.
The back door to the old homestead.
The front door of the home mom designed and I grew up in - the boys were the twins of the dentist that shared the waiting room with my dad. As you can see, the grass isn't even in yet.
I also think I inherited my mom's crooked photographers eye ;) except I tilt the other way!
Tink is back and hosting again, so if you would like to join us, drop by Pickled Beef and she will give you the scoop.
Have a good day all.
22 comments:
- the Bag Lady said...
Hey, I remember those doors! And those homes! Oh, wait.... of course I do - I lived there, too! :)
Good job, sis!
- 21/4/09 07:01
- Leah J. Utas said...
Love the shadow pic.
It's good to see The Old Place again.
Good work again.
- 21/4/09 07:15
- Jay said...
Love the old pictures and the little trip down memory lane.
The shadow is very cool too.
- 21/4/09 08:50
Aw, look, it's a little Reb! :)
Your mom designed the family home? That is pretty neat!
Great job, Reb - and as I said yesterday, those mountains remind me of home, too! (Mine aren't the Canadian Rockies, but still... I'll take them if I can't have the Washington Cascades.)
- 21/4/09 09:31
- Reb said...
LOL Sis, yes, you did! Thanks!
Leah, thanks. Yes, is it still in the family?
Jay thanks! Of course when I was a kid, the shadows didn't get that long until August.
Kcinnova, she sure did, it was a one of a kind! I put those up just for you ;)
- 21/4/09 10:26
- Hilary said...
A fine job as always, Reb. I love the long shadow pic. That magic hour of day.. whenever it arrives where you are in the world and in the season. Lovely.
- 21/4/09 11:05
- Reb said...
Thanks Hilary. I couldn't believe my shadow was that long in April already.
- 21/4/09 11:18
- g-man said...
Very nice all the way round. The bus doors, homestead and long shadows were especially good.
I guess you tilt the other way from looking at your moms photos and compensating :)
Well done.
- 21/4/09 14:30
- Reb said...
Thanks G-man. Yes, that must be it ;)
- 21/4/09 15:17
- Tink said...
I love how all the old photos are tilted! I affectionately call that Tilted-Head Syndrome. I have it too. But mine comes out most when I hang things. Hehe. Great job this week!
- 21/4/09 17:38
- Aunt Jackie said...
I love the older photos and anything that looks like that... and yeah the shadow pic is great.
Lovely all around!
- 21/4/09 18:01
- Gramps said...
I really enjoy looking at old black & whites. Thanks for sharing those.
- 21/4/09 22:49
- Reb said...
Thanks Tink, mine only comes out in taking pictures...I can hang pictures without a level and they are perfect every time!
AJ, thanks, I love old photos too.
Gramps, thanks.
- 22/4/09 01:22
- Dawn said...
Isn't it funny how old houses look kind of the same the world over. Nice images, Reb.
- 23/4/09 18:04
- Reb said...
Thanks Dawn. Yes, they do have certain similarities.
- 24/4/09 00:54
- Dianne said...
I love you shading your eyes from the sun, looks like you're saluting :)
great photos!!
- 24/4/09 09:38
- Reb said...
Thanks Dianne, I probably thought I was ;)
- 24/4/09 11:38
- Emily said...
Did you get my invite to read my blog? I've had to make it private but I'd like you to still have access! I sent the invite to your g-mail address associated with your blog. Wow! This sounds like spam but it's not (that sounds even more spammy.) Anywho, ask Bag Lady, she got the invite and she has access to my private blog now too!
- 27/4/09 07:37
- fiwa said...
I can't believe how far behind I am in reading blogs. I needed a blog-vacation for awhile.
Your pictures are gorgeous - I love seeing photos of you as a child and the homes where you grew up. :)
- 27/4/09 08:11
- Reb said...
Emily thanks, I just checked my g-mail today.
Fiwa, I need a blog vacation too! Glad you enjoyed.
- 27/4/09 10:31
- Barbara Martin said...
Well done on the different aspects.
- 27/4/09 19:54
- Reb said...
Thanks Barbara.
- 28/4/09 00:04


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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) A public transit bus driver with nursing experience knew the lady was struggling after she went grocery shopping.
The driver, who asked that only her first name be used, Roseann, said the lady was a regular patron on her bus. She picked her up and took her to the grocery store and when she returned she was using a cane. That peaked her suspicion so she watched the lady in her seat and noticed she had trouble breathing and that her breathing patterns were changing.
"I heard the word contractions and asked if everything was okay and the gentlemen she was with said she was in labor," she added.
She reassured the lady that she would get her to the hospital and that she had plenty of help around her, "I told her it is a great day for a birthday and she smiled."
She got help from 911 operators after she pulled the bus over in the Lemon Creek area. She lined the floor of the bus with clean garbage bags so she could lie down and used her winter coat as a pillow to make her comfortable.
"I told her I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere and you are doing beautifully."
Soon the crew from Capital City Fire Rescue arrived, determined she could be transported, and they took her to Bartlett Regional Hospital. They reported the lady gave birth to a baby boy some time later.
Roseann said she was very pleased to have been in a position to help, "It was just a nice little thing. Just to have a glimpse and a part of a baby that she carried for nine months. I used to be a nurse 100 years ago and I'm pretty calm in medical situations. I just get calmer and calmer and hopefully that is relayed to the person I'm speaking with."