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UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas – The Cincinnati Bearcats met little resistance from the shorthanded SMU Mustangs Sunday afternoon in Moody Coliseum. A crowd of 6,935 watched the sixth ranked Bearcats easily put SMU away by the score of 76 -51. The Bearcats tenacious defense held the Mustangs to a season low in points scored in route to winning their 16th game in a row. Cincinnati's record improved to 23-2 overall and 12-0 in American Conference play. They lead second place Wichita State and Houston for the conference championship by three games with six to play. SMU fell to 15-10 and 5-7. They are tied with Memphis and Connecticut for seventh place in the conference race.
SMU came into the game even more shorthanded than usual. Jarrey Foster and Everett Ray were already out for the season. Shake Milton was a game time decision, but did not play for the third straight game. Ethan Chargois joined the sidelines with a sprained ankle; an injury incurred Sunday morning at SMU's shoot-around. The Mustangs went into play with just six scholarship players.
The combination of no Shake for SMU and Cincinnati's defense left the Mustangs virtually toothless on the offensive end of the court. Cincinnati ranks second in the nation in scoring defense. The Mustangs got few good looks at the basket and often were forced to take rushed shots at the end of the shot clock. They shot just 25.7% in the first half and made just one three point shot in 13 attempts as Cincinnati built an 11 point halftime lead at 32-21.
Any suspense about the outcome of the game was dispelled quickly in the second half. The Bearcats opened the half by scoring the first 17 points in less than five minutes. It only got worse from there. Cincinnati pushed the lead to as much as 35 points at 60-35. The Mustangs caught some life at that point and finished off the game with 26 points to just 16 for Cincinnati to cut the final deficit to 25.
Jahmal McMurray and Jimmy Whitt, Jr., led the Mustangs in scoring with 19 points apiece. McMurray played 38 minutes, while Whitt played the entire game. Akoy Agau led the Mustangs' rebounding effort with a career high 13. He also played a season high 30 minutes. Walk-on James Pyle played the last eight minutes of the game to set his season high. He played in part because of an injury to Ben Emelogu. Emelogu left the game holding his right hand with his left, and finished the game on the SMU bench with his right hand in a bag of ice. There was no immediate report as to the seriousness of the injury.
Three point shooting is one of the Mustangs' formidable weapons, especially at home. It didn't happen in this game though, as SMU made just four three pointers in 24 attempts (16.7%). For the game, SMU shot 32.2% as opposed to 44.4% for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati played 11 players and 10 of them scored. Only two played as many as 20 minutes – forward Jacob Evans with 28 minutes and guard Jarron Cumberland with 25. Kyle Washington led the Bearcats with 17 points while playing only 18 minutes. Cumberland and conference player of the year contender Gary Clark were the other two double digit scorers with 12 and 11 points respectively.
"Injuries are no one's fault. Injuries are luck," SMU Head Coach Tim Jankovich said after the game. "Last year, we were the luckiest team in America, because we basically played six guys 39 minutes and nobody ever got hurt except once. Because luck evens out, we knew we'd get some injuries. However, I've never seen anything like this. I've never been in a program with four players out. I've never seen three starters out. To be lucky enough to be in the program that the NCAA took away more of our scholarships than any other team in the history of basketball. I was always a little mad about that. Now when you have the bad luck, it seems so surreal. It feels just very, very unfair to an awful lot of people. To me the attitude is how bad these guys were cheated. This was a great basketball team at one time. This team with eight players beat Arizona and USC. We won at Wichita without Jarrey (Foster). You don't even know the half of it. It's not just the guys sitting over there with the crutches. We've got other guys. We've got two healthy guys right now. The mood for me to them is it feels very unfair. We're not even remotely close to the team that we were building heading to February."
He did note that the injuries have helped freshmen guards Elijah Landrum and William Douglas. "I think they're playing well. I see them making more and more plays and getting more confident. If there is a silver lining, it is that they are being put in a role that will definitely help them."
SMU has now lost three straight games and four of the last five. They have basically bowed out of the opportunity to earn an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. They in all likelihood are scrambling to get invited to the NIT. The next game against Memphis is critical to a chance to play beyond the conference post-season tournament. The Memphis Tigers come to Moody Coliseum this Wednesday for the only game between these two schools in this year's conference schedule. The Tigers are 14-11 for the season and 5-7 in AAC play. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Start time is 8:00 PM (Central).
- SEEN AT THE GAME: Former President and First Lady, George W. and Laura Bush.
- Sunday's game was the most lopsided loss in the Mustangs' AAC history. The previous bad loss was last month against Cincinnati by a 76-56 score.


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I am new at this and I am putting in a large "Memorial" flower garden in our front yard. The center is going to be a walkway in the shape of a large heart with plants in the center, is there a way to show this in my plan so when I get done with my layout, I can share it with others? I have my share disabled until I get my layout done, then plan to share it with all. I came up with this "Memorial" garden idea last year as a "Tribute" to both my parents and my mother & father-in-law because my husband and I have both lost our parents. This is a memorial tribute to both out parents because of the wonderful parents they all were. They all also loved flowers as much as we do so we have incorperated their "favorites" in special areas for them. It is still "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" and we hope to have it almost completed this year or next.
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It's one of the first times that I've gotten to talk about technology and 'wine' instead of 'whine" – so check out the TechNet Radio interview where we covered:
SC Data Protection Manager – replacing previous backup solutions that were unreliable and making backups 'fun'
SC Virtual Machine Manager – as the Total Wine Hyper-V deployment continues rolling out
SC Operations Manager – as the nerve center of all of TW's Microsoft and in-house applications
SC Configuration Manager – for deploying everything from new applications to replacement servers in remote stores
The audio shows 1 hour, but only the first 22 minutes are System Center with Total Wine – the rest is a Microsoft TechNet October Security Bulletins.
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To learn more about DPM and the rest of System Center in use at Total Wine – check out the Microsoft case study.
Our sincere thanks to Todd Slan and Robert DeSantos at Total Wine for allowing Microsoft System Center to partner with them in helping them manage the Total Wine infrastructure.
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"Hold them for an instant," he screamed, and rushing at the brass gun he struck his flint and steel and fired it straight into the thick of the savages. Then as they recoiled for an instant he stuck a nail into the touch-hole and drove it home with a blow from the butt of his gun. Darting across the yard he spiked the gun at the other corner, and was back at the door as the remnants of the garrison were hurled towards it by the rush of the assailants. The Canadians darted in, and swung the ponderous mass of wood into position, breaking the leg of the foremost warrior who had striven to follow them. Then for an instant they had time for breathing and for council.
But their case was a very evil one. Had the guns been lost so that they might be turned upon the door, all further resistance would have been vain, but Du Lhut's presence of mind had saved them from that danger. The two guns upon the river face and the canoes were safe, for they were commanded by the windows of the house. But their numbers were terribly reduced, and those who were left were weary and wounded and spent. Nineteen had gained the house, but one had been shot through the body and lay groaning in the hall, while a second had his shoulder cleft by a tomahawk and could no longer raise his musket. Du Lhut, De la Noue, and De Catinat were uninjured, but Ephraim Savage had a bullet-hole in his forearm, and Amos was bleeding from a cut upon the face. Of the others hardly one was without injury, and yet they had no time to think of their hurts for the danger still pressed and they were lost unless they acted. A few shots from the barricaded windows sufficed to clear the enclosure, for it was all exposed to their aim; but on the other hand they had the shelter of the stockade now, and from the further side of it they kept up a fierce fire upon the windows. Half-a-dozen of the censitaires returned the fusillade, while the leaders consulted as to what had best be done.
"We have twenty-five women and fourteen children," said the seigneur. "I am sure that you will agree with me, gentlemen, that our first duty is towards them. Some of you, like myself, have lost sons or brothers this day. Let us at least save our wives and sisters."
"No Iroquois canoes have passed up the river," said one of the Canadians. "If the women start in the darkness they can get away to the fort."
"By Saint Anne of Beaupre," exclaimed Du Lhut, "I think it would be well if you could get your men out of this also, for I cannot see how it is to be held until morning."
A murmur of assent broke from the other Canadians, but the old nobleman shook his bewigged head with decision.
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry inspectors have discovered fraud of 3,940 kilograms of gold valued at KD 50,000 (US$ 165,000) at a gold store in Al-Rai district. The case was later referred to prosecution. The Ministry added in a statement on Tuesday that the forged items were gold jewelry items of Indian precision.
Cavities in the gold jewelry have been filled with cheap materials in order to increase their weight and sell them as pure gold. The ministry will take all needed procedures against the forgers, who have already been referred to the competent authorities, the statement added.
The ministry will increase inspection of gold and jewelry markets to verify validity and condition of scales and percentage of precious stones engraved with the items displayed for sale. The Ministry is supervising all the precious metals and stones, whether those displayed at the stores or produced in factories locally or coming from abroad, it said.
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Nonduality Highlights: Issue #3983, Sunday, August 15, 2010, Editor: Mark
Natural Awareness
"Awareness is all."
- Sunyata
Understanding that "Awareness is all" is one of the keys to understanding the experience of Realization. Recognizing that Awareness is the fundamental Essence of Reality, and our own innate identity, allows us to place our individualized experience and consciousness within a larger context and broader perspective.
Awareness is the backdrop against which all individual consciousness and experience arises. As such, it is the unmoved, ever present Essence of All That Is. We may become actively involved with, or even distracted by, that which appears within the field of individualized consciousness or human experience, but even in the midst of all this mental and physical activity, our inherent, Natural Awareness remains the undisturbed constant.
At our most essential and fundamental level, we are not separate from this pure, unconditioned Awareness. It is our root identity, manifesting within the present moment. It is who and what we are, and it is from within this level of Natural Awareness that a recognition of the completeness and perfection of our fundamental and Essential nature can arise.
In contrast, consciousness [as I prefer to use the term] is the active dimension of mind and emotion -- busy, restless and wandering. Consciousness is naturally characterized by movement and activity; Awareness transcends the distinction between movement and stillness.
Consciousness is inherently personal and individualized, while Awareness is comprehensively nondual.
The field of consciousness and its content constitutes the "foreground" of our individual experience, while Awareness is the fundamental "Background" manifesting through and within All That Is.
The key to recognizing our fundamental and essential
nature is the experiential Realization that individual,
human consciousness has no separate existence
independent or apart from this fundamental Background
of Awareness:
We are not separate from the Natural Awareness
we experience within the present moment.
Since this Infinite Awareness is the backdrop for all individual human experience, the conscious mind has "access" to our innate Awareness within every moment. In fact, the individual identity of the personality or ego cannot exist in the absence of this fundamental, essential Awareness. Wherever the individual "I" appears, it is as a reflection of our inherent, Natural Awareness. In fact, the "I", or individual identity, is nothing other than a reflection of our natural, unitive Awareness within the limits of human consciousness. Recognizing this is simply a matter of focusing our attention (individual consciousness) upon our innate Essence (Awareness).
The Open Secret
Namkhai Norbu has described this Natural Awareness as
the "open secret:"
This is the open secret, which all can discover
for themselves. We live our lives, as it were
"inside out," projecting the existence of an "I"
as separate from an external world which we try
to manipulate to gain satisfaction. But as long
as one remains in the dualistic state, one's
experience has always underlying it a sense of
loss, of fear, of anxiety, and dissatisfaction.
When, on the other hand, one goes beyond the
dualistic level, anything is possible.
Namkai Norbu, p. 68
The Crystal and the Way of Light
The key, then, is to recognize the limitations inherent within dualistic perception, and begin to identify with the larger part of who we are -- i.e., with the essential, fundamental, underlying background of Awareness, which is the field within which all consciousness and multiplicity appear.
As long as our self-identification is limited to the individual personality, mind, or ego (i.e., as long as it is limited by the dualism inherent in maintaining an individual perspective), we remain frustrated by the inevitable limitions inherent within an individualized identity.
However, when we begin to shift our attention and identification toward that larger dimension of who we are, i.e., toward our fundamental and essential nature (pure, unconditioned, Natural Awareness), much of our individualized anxiety and restlessness will begin to fall away.
We gradually begin to realize that the essence of Reality is not separate from who/what we are at a fundamental and essential level. And, we recognize the freedom inherent within pure Awareness: the innate freedom to flow through our experience, exactly as it is, without resisting even desire and resistance as they arise.
Acknowledging the absolute completeness and perfection of Reality, as it manifests within our own innate Awareness, enables us to see the frustrations and limitations of individual experience within their larger context: they are not separate from Reality (All That Is), and as such, they, too, are a manifestation of this vast and infinite wholeness. Even our personal, individual desires, and the choices we make to change "unacceptable" circumstances, ultimately can be accepted and recognized as part of the essential and fundamental perfection and completeness of All That Is.
- Metta Zetty
1 The Self
O Master,
Tell me how to find
Detachment, wisdom, and freedom!
If you wish to be free,
Shun the poison of the senses.
Seek the nectar of truth,
Of love and forgiveness,
Simplicity and happiness.
Earth, fire and water,
The wind and the sky -
You are none of these.
If you wish to be free,
Know you are the Self,
The witness of all these,
The heart of awareness.
Set your body aside.
Sit in your own awareness.
You will at once be happy,
Forever still,
Forever free.
You have no caste.
No duties bind you.
Formless and free,
Beyond the reach of the sense
s, The witness of all things.
So be happy!
Right or wrong,
Joy and sorrow,
These are of the mind only.
They are not yours.
It is not really you
Who acts or enjoys.
You are everywhere,
Forever free.
Forever and truly free,
The single witness of all things.
But if you see yourself as separate,
Then you are bound.
"I do this. I do that."
The big black snake of selfishness
Has bitten you!
"I do nothing."
This is the nectar of faith,
So drink and be happy!
Know you are one,
Pure awareness.
With the fire of this conviction,
Burn down the forest of ignorance.
Free yourself from sorrow,
And be happy.
Be happy!
For you are joy, unbounded joy.
You are awareness itself.
Just as a coil of rope
Is mistaken for a snake,
So you are mistaken for the world.
If you think you are free,
You are free.
If you think you are bound,
You are bound.
For the saying is true:
You are what you think.
The Self looks like the world.
But this is just an illusion.
The Self is everywhere.
The witness of all things,
Without action, clinging or desire.
Meditate on the Self./
One without two,
Exalted awareness.
Give up the illusion
Of the separate self.
Give up the feeling,
Within or without,
That you are this or that.
My child,
Because you think you are the body,
For a long time you have been bound.
Know you are pure awareness.
With this knowledge as your sword
Cut through your chains.
And be happy!
For you are already free,
Without action or flaw,
Luminous and bright.
You are bound
Only by the habit of meditation.
Your nature is pure awareness.
You are flowing in all things,
And all things are flowing in you
. But beware
The narrowness of the mind!
You are always the same,
Unfathomable awareness,
Limitless and free,
Serene and unperturbed.
Desire only your own awareness.
Whatever takes form is false.
Only the formless endures.
When you understand
The truth of this teaching,
You will not be born again.
For God is infinite,
Within the body and without,
Like a mirror,
And the image in a mirror.
As the air is everywhere,
Flowing around a pot
And filling it,
So God is everywhere,
Filling all things
And flowing through them forever.
- excerpt from The Ashtavakara Gita
To be here, all you have to do is let go of who you think you are. That's all! And then you realize, "I'm here." Here is where thoughts aren't believed. Every time you come here, you are nothing. Radiantly nothing. Absolutely and eternally zero. Emptiness that is awake. Emptiness that is full. Emptiness that is everything.
Adyashanti, posted to Distillation
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Already one of the more popular models to be found within our Hyundai model lineup, our automaker has made some seriously awesome upgrades to the Elantra this year, and we have all of the details, and a new video on that model here for you below.
Beautiful looking, isn't that? Unique, fluidic design lines, and other stylish touches like LED lighting and custom rims give the model a very refined look. And as fun as the model appears to be, it truly is. Under the hood is a fun to drive 1.8liter, 4-cylinder engine which produces up to 38 highway miles per gallon in addition to its zippy 173 horsepower. Combine all this with a spacious, tech-filled interior, and we have quite the sedan model on our hands.
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The boys like it, too, or at least parts of it. We flipped D's bed so now it's lofted, with Quinn's bed underneath, which is great fun for them. And they love the larger playroom, where their legos can scatter even farther across the floor (and the fluffy carpet that hides the small pieces so well...). But they definitely also miss New Hampshire and our life there. Quinn is more subtle about it... the past couple weeks he's been telling me how he misses the porch on our old house, which admittedly was much longer than our current one and pretty darn nice. He also says he misses our old, much smaller kitchen, which I can't quite make sense of.
Donovan, however, tells me straight-up that he wishes we could move back to New Hampshire, with Ethan still down the street. Sometimes it's just a passing comment during play or while he's doing something else. Other times he gets really upset, tears welling up in his eyes, telling me it's not fair and it's too hard not being able to play with his best friend. It breaks my heart. They facetime sometimes, but I wonder if that almost makes it harder, if it just makes him miss playing with his buddy even more.
We've started making friends with some of the neighbors and their kids. We've also been slowly reconnecting with old friends around the bay area. Quinn is pretty social and seems to connect with other kids more easily and quickly. D has been more awkward and kinda antisocial around other kids. Lately he has been having an easier time warming up to others, although he still mostly just wants to stay home by himself or with Quinn, playing legos...which can be frustrating for the rest of us who like getting out of the house every once in a while. But I'm trying to remind myself that he's still adjusting to some major changes and emotional turmoil and may just need more time. I'm hoping that between neighbors and playgroups he can find a few new friends to click with soon. Quinn starts school in a couple days, which hopefully will give him that social outlet he needs and a few new buddies to play with.


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I am Pandarus
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Michiel Heyns
I am Pandarus is a retelling, from a modern perspective, of the story of Troilus and Criseyde, as previously told by Chaucer and Shakespeare. The narrator in Michiel Heyns' lively iteration is the go-between, Pandarus. But the novel opens in a gay bar in present-day London when an editor at a publishing house, recently abandoned by his lover, is accosted by a charismatic stranger.
The stranger turns out to be the modern avatar of Pandarus, intent on getting his version of events published; countering the unflattering portrait of him that Shakespeare has given to the world.
The main body of the novel is Pandarus' retelling of the story of Troilus and Criseyde from his own very particular point of view.
This central narrative is interspersed with periodic meetings of the editor with Pandarus, as the latter supplies instalments of his tale. The result is an urbane and sparkling rendition of a classical tale, in a style which old and new fans of award-winning Michiel Heyns will love.
|The Author
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Happy Weekend...
10 comments:
- mandiegirl said...
Beautiful! :)
- February 19, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Amy said...
I love this picture!!! Just what I needed to hear...Thank you so much for visiting my blog, and I hope you found some lovely inspiration, as I did here!
- February 19, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Ash H. said...
That is SO cool, Valentina!
- February 19, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- **WE BLOG ARTISTS** said...
such great words Valentina...
Have a wonderful weekend!
- February 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- rachel awes said...
valentina, this is so green-leafing gorgeous & love the message! AND, i just got the latest artful blogging issue & i'm celebrating with you from mn! last night i had tea out with a friend at a barnes & noble coffee shop & showed her your art in the magazine & she reminded me that SHE has one of your pieces on her wall!! i hope you were feeling the GOOD vibes from us!! loooove your inspirations, dear one!
- February 20, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Pamela Holderman said...
Oh I love your style! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such kind words. I showed my students your tree along with other ones with complicated trunks and they all tried to recreate the hard ones with much difficulty. I thought your straight one would have been easy to explain, but no, they had to do it their own way. That is the fun of teaching as you never know what to expect. I will post the finished projects next week. Love this newest tree!
- February 20, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Peacefully*Chaotic said...
Saludos Valentina!Me llamo Carly y me encanta tu arte!Se comunicarme mucho mejor en ingles...pero soy Mexico-Americana.Asi que te hablare en Ambas lenguas!lol
I read about your blog in Artful Blogging and I am now following your blog!You are una inspiracion!Gracias!
- February 20, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- Kari said...
Just saw your article in Artful Blogging and had to check out your blog! I LOVE your art, I love the detail! Gorgeous!!
- February 21, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Dawn said...
I also looked at Artful Blogging last night and saw your beautiful pieces - thank you so very much, you have inspired me more than you can imagine. I've always loved to work with ink and fine detail. I put my drawing on hold after giving birth to my son. He's 21 months now, and a little artist himself, so I'm picking the pen back up and heading into the studio! Thank you!
- February 24, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Ily said...
Your artwork is so fun and inspirational. I'm working on a blogger art project w/ similar messages of hope/love.
PS - When's the next "Breakfast with the Arist?" I hope to see you again soon! :)
- March 8, 2010 at 4:48 PM


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Friday was the last Fringe ever. It's been going weekly for a little under a year and the rotating themes have kept me dressed to impress. For the final fringe I opted for a dark funeral-esque look and piled on as much black fringe as I could. Can anyone say fringe false lashes? You saw it here folks!
I also wanted to share some of the relentlessly wild looks I found at the party.
This one is always flawless:
Fuzzy and blue:
Miss Amoania:
I didn't even recognize Peter:
Our shot boy:
Human disco balls, Vintage Youth:
What the fuck, Rheal:
Me with Rheal and Lyle:
Lurking in the mirror:
R.I.P. Fringe! Thank you for many a sparkle covered night!
Categories: moi, outfit snaps, party


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You may want to un-burn your Ray Allen jersey, Celtics fans.
Take this with a grain of salt, but NBA on NBC Boston reports that Allen could return to Boston to retire as a Celtic. Allen, who has a player option after this season, reportedly will opt out and sign a one-year contract with the Celtics. The report, via Twitter, cites "people close to" Allen as its source.
Allen is known to have an affinity for Boston fans, and he was visibly moved last year when fans chanted "Let's go, Celtics!" late in their Game 6 loss to the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. His return to Boston would be a sensitive subject, though. Celtics fans booed Allen when he took the court at TD Garden last season. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAonNBCBoston/status/341540747062956032 align='center']
In the meantime, Allen has other matters to attend to. He and the Heat take on the Pacers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night.
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Hi Sid....thank you for taking the time to protect the wonderful
career and legacy of Elvis. You know I am a huge fan of Elvis and
would never want to do anything disrepectful regarding his life or
image. As I mentioned to another fan, our art form is ducks so be it
the Buddha, James Brown, Charlie Chaplin, etc, they will be
represented in our world as a duck...not out of disrespect, but that's
our world here....We don't make fun of people we add to the line.
Quite the opposite, we consider it an honor to have them included.
We spent an extraordinary amount of time trying to capture his look
and do this appropriately. Almost everyone who has written and
called has loved it. We even took the time to hand-paint all 1023red
sequins on each duck. .Everyone is entitled to their opinion and
their own feelings, but I hope you can feel where are heart was when
we created this particular Celebriduck. We are fans here too!...
And regarding the comment regarding Ed Bonja's photo. Our web person
had no idea and in fact we have access to EPE's photo library so we
have thousands to choose from. We had no idea we were using a photo we
need permission for. We would never do such a thing. If Ed
wishes us to change it, that is no problem, or even better, perhaps is
to credit the picture as belonging to Ed. I'm not exactly sure which
picture it is, but I'm sure you can help me with that.
Perhaps, you might communicate to Ed our feelings. I so wish he or
someone would simply have written us as we would have changed it
immediately if need be. .I hope this helps clarify where we are coming
from a bit and I do hope you will write back. I only wrote because
someone had told us of some of your comments and we were very hurt
especially of the ones regarding Ed. At a time of his surgery,
the last thing in the world would be for us to ever want to cause him
any problems whatsoever. All we care about is his recovery to good
health. I very much look forward to hearing from you.......take
craig wolfe
Subject: What famous person would not warrant your "duck
art" ?
Dear Craig,
Thank you for your email and I must
say I was suprised but pleased to receive it. It is nice
to know my Newsletters are being read, forwarded and hopefully
encouraging thought and discussion. I respond to all emails
relating to Elvis and of course will take this opportunity to
further my satirical arguments against your ducks on a more
reasoned and personal level.
What famous person would not
warrant your "duck art"...Mother Teresa, Princess Diana,
Nelson Mandella, Martin Luther King, Ghandi ? I could not find
these images on your website and presume you have not manufactured
them. Your Jesus Duck was very toned down and it had
nothing like a beak more like big lips. Why didn't you give
Jesus the full 'Celibriduck' treatment with the huge beak
covering nose and mouth ? If you had produced a Princess Diana
duck I think you would have a wave of criticism of "bad
taste" and likewise for Mother Teresa. A Martin Luther
King duck would have got a serious backlash from the black
community. Nelson Mandella is a great leader and inspiration to
millions of people all over the world, as was Ghandi. To demean their
sacrifices, achievements and inspiration by featuring them as
Celebriducks would be sacrilege. The arguments I have used for all
these famous people also holds for Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley changed the 20th
Century. He was a one man revolution that changed music for ever,
the way we dressed and how we lived. He was a social phenomenon
that changed the world. His music brings joy, happiness and
hope to millions of people all over the world. For the past 28
years I have had to defend Elvis and fight all the bad press he
has got about the drugs, hamburgers, over-eating, fat Elvis to
remind people Elvis made our world a better place. An Elvis
duck demeans his memory and gives ammunition to the media that have
put Elvis down for all these years. Only since the 25th Anniversary
has the world's media started to realise Elvis had enormous talent,
could sing, could act and that he was unique. Elvis deserves more
than being 'immortalised' as a duck.
To fans, Elvis is something
approaching religious fervour. He is practically worshipped and
loved by millions of people from Memphis to Mongolia, Sudan to
Sumatra. As Vernon Presley stated on Elvis' gravestone, Elvis was
"a gift from God". You have betrayed the dignity and
status Elvis deserves. Look on the various Elvis newsgroups around
the world and you will see you have upset and angered so many
fans. Perhaps some misguided fans who bought Albert Goldman's book
"Elvis" or Gail Giorgio's "Is Elvis Alive" may
buy your duck but the vast majority of Elvis fans feel annoyance and
You remember Elvis in the image of
a duck and I raised money for three years when I started Elvisly
Yours to honour Elvis with a life size bronze statue. Since you have
offended so many Elvis fans around the world perhaps you would like
to donate all profits from the sale of the Elvis ducks to charity.
Elvisly Yours,
Sid Shaw
P.S. How many Elvis ducks have been
made in your limited edition?
Hi Sid...thank you for taking the time
to share your thoughts with me. I really do understand how you feel.
But I do have to say that we have sold thousands of these Elvis ducks and I
have spoken to so many Elvis fans and collectors..just wonderful
people...and yes, honestly, they do love the duck.
In answer to your question, we didn't make very many...just around 5000, so
they are a very collectible limited edition. We turn down more agents and
celebrities than we accept to add to our line. To us it is an honor to be
Please understand, I have no problem with anyone's opionion or taste. But
again, it is a matter of ones taste. You mentioned a number of famous
people, many of whom I greatly respect and do wish to add to the line some
day. You have to appreciate that people write in asking us to produce
specific ducks and the ones you mention including our religious ones are
highly requested.
None of them are done to be disrespectful. Now I look at some of the
representations of celebrities in different forms and I get the feeling they
are more about making fun of the person. Their caracatures do sometimes seem
a bit disrespectful to me personally. So to me, the cartoony way they did
it, makes me feel it was more to do it as a novelty and not to honor the
person in question.
Of course, I understand how you can look at us and say, but "once you
do a person as a duck, how can you say that your intentions were
noble?" But look at the hundreds of different ducks we have done. And
look at the ones in the custom duck section also. People have loved these
duckies. I was asked to do Princess Di so many times. The reason I didn't
even try and get the rights was I did feel it was still too close to her
untimely death and would not have been appropriate. But over time, yes, I
would like to add her. I do want to add many of the people you mentioned. I
have been asked to add them and I have great fondness for them.
In fact, we are now working on Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Jesus ducks
are sold in Relgion graduate school bookstores, Churches, etc. Yes, I
did adjust the beak...but actually, it really did look better. It still has
orange on it, but not as much. I thought it looked better. I saw no reason
to do it with the other ones.
I do believe that religious and artistic tolerance are so important. And I
really do respect everyone's feelings and opinions are to what is important
to them. If the Elvis duck seems not quite appropriate to you, I of course
can accept that. But I think it is important, especially for someone
like yourself, who people respect and look up to, to at least give a little
company like ours the benefit of the doubt as to our intentions.
To you, doing people as ducks, especially people of great significance,
doesn't feel right. But to many, many others it does. Who is right?...it is
not a matter of right or wrong. It is simply a difference in taste. My
daughter designed that Elvis duck. I know the spirit it was done in. And I
know our intentions here. I don't know how other companies operate or if
they create Elvis products simply for a profit and don't actually care about
Elvis the man and his legacy. And I realize you may question our motives.
But this would not be an accurate picture of me or my company.
I do believe that compassion, tolerance, and love are the most important
qualites of any human being. Please know that I try to never
intentionally do anything to offend others and I have turned away business
that could make me a lot of money because I did not feel it was appropriate.
Indiscriminately making money or hurting others is not the way I choose to
live my life.
So anyway, these are my thoughts...maybe you want to post this on your site!
Actually, I hope one day you see one of these Elvis ducks in real life and
see the love and craftmanship that went into them. Who knows..things change,
people change, opinions change...maybe you will even want to do business
together...I truly hope this letter helps a little bit in expressing my
feelings regarding this matter...take care, Sid...
Dear Craig,
We will just have to agree to disagree. The vast majority of Elvis fans find
the Elvis Duck demeaning and insulting, but there will always be some who
would buy anything Elvis related, some just for the quirkiness.
Elvisly Yours,
Sid Shaw
P.S. Do I take it since you have offended so many Elvis fans there will be
no more Elvis ducks?
Copyright © Elvisly Yours 2017


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Wine and Dine is a creamy wine with a slightest touch of rosy brown. The texture is gel-cream with a bit of plastic (just the smell). On the lips (turned a bit magenta again haha)it's actually quite flattering and wearable.
Overall it's nice but there isn't really a point getting it either. It's just not amazingly unique or pleasurable to use so save your pennies for fries might just be wise.


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Adobe CS4 Released. First Look. Prices.
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On the video, you'll see a quick overview of the new and improved features of the different software components that make up Creative Suite Master Collection: Acrobat 9 Professional, After Effects Professional, Bridge, Contribute, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash Professional, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Premiere Professional with Encore and OnLocation, Soundbooth.
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Inspired by a photo in 'The Irish Times'. Not the full picture.
Only seen this bird twice in my life, here in Swords Ireland!
My best year though was 1981 when I was exhibiting dozens of my paintings in a pub in the UK. Landscapes, portraits, and still life. They were selling like hot cakes!
The Irish Times Kingfisher picture that you tell us inspired your painting was taken from the Lower Dodder road near Rathfarnham bridge. There is at least one Kingfisher that hangs around that stretch of river. I have seen it several times, a small, beautifully colored bird. It was there again this morning and some of the birdwatchers confirmed what I had suspected, that this was where the photo was taken.
This is the spot where the Kingfisher is most often seen. This was this morning and as usual at the weekends the bird watchers were out in force:
And if you get talking to them for Gods sake don't call them Twitchers, that pisses them off no end.
[QUOTE=eamo;468432]My mistake. I don't know why I thought you were new to the painting scene.
That's okay, eamo. Thanks for the Kingfisher info. There is one seen very early here in the river that runs through Swords.
Maureen in front of this very ambitious painting which was done by me 1974. A copy of course. A Constable may be along soon. :-)
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Circa 1970. My Hippy days Hitch-hiking around beautiful County Mayo with Maureen.
The world was in flower then. Or so it seemed. :-)
Mount Errigal County Donegal. A lovely area to explore. Singer/songwriter Enya grew up around there.
The Wild Atlantic Way.
There is an Elvis in the US Army exhibit at Graceland right now! An opportune time to use this again. :-)


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Here are some tips to make your kitchen more spacious:
1. The kitchen cabinet is known for its big size so you need to consider one with more drawers to do well with the kitchen appliances.
2. Food storage containers are a powerful tool to save space and get rid of cereal boxes and plastic food bags.
3. Pot racks or rack hooks are effective in changing the style of the kitchen and make everything hanged and arranged.
4. Whether you have a small or a big kitchen, applying a good planned wise renovation to make a good use of unused space.
5. Start with basics then step by step everything will get to the right place.
6. In small kitchen, use furniture that can be bended while you don't need it.
7. Do something different with whatever you have you can to create a different design of yours.
8. Plenty of countertops aren't a great idea especially in small kitchens.
9. Depending on the size of the kitchen, you should choose your countertop and decide size and shape knowing there' are many shapes and sizes for it.
10. If there is no enough space, you can redecorate the whole house living area,bedroom and everything.
11. It's obvious that toaster ovens take a lot of space so we should reconsider its place on the countertop as there are many places instead.
12. Look for dishwashers that suit the size of your kitchen.