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Goofs from The Natural
Glass in the restaurant scene.
When Roy splinters "Wonderboy", we clearly see from the shot behind home plate that the swing didn't break the bat. But as he walks back to the batter's box, the bat is in two.
In the at-bat when Roy Hobbs breaks the clock, before he sees the woman from his past, strike two is a swing and a miss in the audio, but visually, Roy Hobbs connects with the ball. The hit ball can be seen streaking across the top of the picture.
Bump Bailey's bronze plaque shown briefly after his funeral is misspelled "IN MEMORIUM"; the correct spelling is "MEMORIAM."
After Bump's funeral (and after the lightning patch has been added to the uniforms) there is a batting practice scene where Bump (#7) is seen wandering around behind the backstop. The lightning patches are also missing. The scene is combined with the managers trying to guess the names of songs.
In the scene depicting the team on a passenger train streaking across country as the Knights make their "run" at the pennant, the drumhead on the observation car says "Super Chief". This would make it a Santa Fe high-speed train running daily between Chicago and Los Angeles. Since the movie is set in 1939, they would not be riding that train because there were no major league baseball teams west of St. Louis in those days.
After Roy starts dating Memo, the Knights start losing, and there's a newspaper headline that reads "Cold Knights in August." When they start winning again, under the headline "Knights in 3rd" is a dateline of "Boston, July 8."
At the beginning of the movie when Hobbs is waiting for the train to take him to New York, he only has one bag. The trombone case in which he carries Wonderboy is not there, but when he arrives at Knights Field he is carrying the case. [This is explained/corrected in the Director's Cut, which re-edits the film's opening into a flashback structure, showing Roy returning to his now-dilapidated childhood farmhouse to retrieve the bat.]
When Hobbs hits four home runs in Chicago, the announcer states on two occasions that it is the bottom of the inning when Hobbs bats. The NY Knights, as the visiting team, would have batted in the top of each inning. The movie depicts the 1939 season. Prior to the 1950 season the home team had the option to bat first or last so it was possible for the visiting team to bat in the bottom of an inning.
When young Hobbs pitches at a circle that his father drew on the side of the barn, he breaks one of the boards. After a cutaway, the next close up shows that a different board is broken.
When Memo Paris reaches over to touch Roy Hobbs' bullet wound, the background of the close-up is clearly different than that of the wide-angle shot.
When Bump returns to the dugout and claims he lost a fly ball in the sun, the catcher is wearing a different uniform number than he was moments ago when he was behind home plate.
When years later Hobbs makes just "one" pitch at the end of practice, ...the ball zooms across the plate and lodges into the net behind. You can clearly see a string attached to the ball as it lodges into the net.
The bullet the Doctor hands Roy in the hospital is pristine. If it were shot through the barrel of a gun, it would show markings due to the rifling of the barrel.
One of the newspaper clippings shown has is headlined "Knights on a Hot Streak" but the surrounding text, while sports-related, makes no mention whatsoever of the Knights.
During the game in which Roy Hobbs bats for the first time and knocks the cover off the ball, there are two different home-plate umpires: The ump who comes to the dugout to talk to Pop Fisher is not the same ump who later calls a strike on Hobbs and then stares him down.
In the game against the Phillies when Bailey runs into the centerfielder causing the error, Roy is shown in the dugout with no hat on, leaning over. Immediately after that cut, he is shown sitting up with his hat on.
The baseball cards of Roy Hobbs rolling off the printing press are clearly meant to be those manufactured by the Playball Company (which produced cards from 1939-41). And though the film takes place during the 1939 season, the card style corresponded to Playball's 1941 set.
In one of the last scenes, right after Hobbs returns the $20,000 bribe money, Pop is seen crossing off Hobbs name from the line-up card, assuming he can't play in the final playoff game because of his injury. But the line-up card is numbered wrong: Hobbs is #3 (being crossed out), and the numbers continue: 4, 5, 7, 6, 8, 9.
Soon after the Knights all add the Lightning Bolt Patch, there is a shot of a Knight crossing home plate without the patch on his right sleeve.
During his first at bat where he knocks the cover off the ball, as Roy is sliding into the base and the Knights are yelling for him to slide, Roy can also be seen in the dugout. Bump Bailey should be there in that scene, but he's not in the dugout.
When Max Mercy is umpiring the match-up between Hobbs and the Whammer at the carnival, he takes several steps back after the first pitch. Before the next pitch, he is directly behind the catcher in a crouch, and then as Hobbs pitches the ball, he is once again several steps behind the catcher.
After Hobbs splits "Wonderboy", he tells the bat boy to pick him a winner. The bat boy gives him a bat called "Savoy Special". When Hobbs hits the game winning home run, supposedly with "Savoy Special" you can see the lightning bolt from "Wonderboy" in his hands.
The events of the film take place during the 1939 season. Yet Roy hits a home run that shatters the clock at Wrigley Field - an object that wasn't installed until 1941.
If you read the newspaper article that is shown in the coffee shop after Hobbs's first at bat, it states that he hit a stand up triple and put The Knights ahead of The Phillies 4-3. But in the actual scene, Hobbs not only slides into third base, The Knights actually won 5-4.
In Roy Hobb's final at bat, the first pitch is called a ball by the umpire, but the play-by-play man on the soundtrack calls it a strike. The Closed Captions have the Umpire calling strike as well as the radio play-by-play man. The Umpire also seems to have his calls mixed up, with no motion for the first "strike", and then a strike motion for the 2nd pitch a ball, which makes it obvious this was re-edited to accommodate the happier ending This would match the original ending, where Roy Hobbs would be striking out to the new Nebraska farm boy John Roades.
Several news photographers shooting with 4x5 Graphic press cameras are using Pacemaker models (aluminum lens boards) that weren't introduced until the early '50s. The Graphics with dark wood lens boards are in period.
When Wonderboy is broken the first view of it shows the broad end of the small piece pointing toward the large piece. In the close-up the sharp end is pointing toward it.
In the climactic scene, when the lead runner and the third baseman arrive at third base they are not wearing the caps they had on a few seconds before.
In the game where Hobbs breaks the Wrigley Field clock, his homer ends the game, as everyone in the stands begins to leave and Hobbs gets mobbed by the press. But since the Knights were the visitors, the Cubs get to bat last. The movie depicts the 1939 season. Prior to the 1950 season the home team had the option to bat first or last so it was possible for the visiting team to bat in the bottom of an inning.
In the final game, Roy Hobbs strikes out in his first two plate appearances, then hits the game-winning home run in his third. Every spot in the order will come up at least three times in a 9-inning game, meaning that Roy couldn't have been up only twice before the home run.
When Iris is reading the paper about Roy's slump, none of the headlines actually match the story being written about and seem totally unrelated to the headline. One example where the headline reads, "Knights at Wrigley Today," is actually about a polo tournament in Houston Texas.
When Bump crashed through the fence, the batter had a white hat and a uniform trimmed in red. Prior to the pitch being thrown, the runner on second has on a blue hat and blue socks.
When there are two outs in the final inning of the final game, there are runners on first and third base. The pitcher then throws the next pitch from a full windup, instead of the stretch position. The runner on first never advances as he certainly would have on a pitcher's full windup.
After the bat boy hands Roy the Savoy Special, Roy reaches down, rubs his hand in the dirt, and wipes it on his right back pocket. In the very next shot, the pocket is completely clean.
When Pop benches Bump Bailey and sends Roy up to bat for the first time (at around 38 minutes), Bump is walking up the steps of the dugout to the field. When Pop stops him, Bump is clearly holding a bat, since he raises it to his left shoulder as shown from behind. After the quick cut to the front view of the dugout, when Pop is still talking to him, Bump's bat has disappeared from his hand.
Towards the end of the movie Roy makes a call to Iris on a club house pay phone. The payphone is a 3 slot pay phone which wasn't in service until the 1950s.
When Hobbs calls time out to go to the mound and talk with the pitcher about not throwing the final game, Pop Fisher comes out of the dugout to break up the meeting. As he leaves the dugout steps he hits his left arm, the sign for a southpaw reliever to come into the game. But there is no pitching change.
At the beginning of one of the games the National Anthem is being sung. Singing at the beginning of baseball games started during World War I, but stopped with the end of the war. It did not begin again until American entered World War II, some three years after the movie takes place.
During the singing of the National Anthem the woman singer adds a high note to "free" when she sings "land of the free," something that didn't start happening until decades later when singers sought to promote themselves, rather than the Anthem.
On the occasions when Hobbs hits significant home runs there are photographers within a few feet of home plate snapping flash photos. This was actually the custom at the time, and photographers were known to routinely be within 10-15 feet of plays as they happened. As technology improved, this was no longer necessary, but the practice was formally banned by the National League in 1954 in part after a photographer dictated a manager/umpire argument to a reporter and the accurate remarks were published by national news. ...And yes, these photographers were sometimes hit by foul balls, errant throws, or collided with fielders or runners trying to make a play.
The Knights and Pirates play a one-game playoff to decide the National League pennant. In 1939, however, National League rules required a best-of-three playoff to determine the pennant winner if two teams were tied in first place at the end of the season,
Batboy Bobby Savoy is depicted as traveling with the Knights on their road trips to other National League ballparks. Actually, the home team provides batboys for visiting teams.
After Hobbs' first game where he played with the team, he is walking through the tunnel with photographers all around him shooting pictures. One photographer to Hobbs' right shoots a shot, changes the flashbulb, and shoots again. He never flips the film back in the camera so he would have a double exposure. The process would show him putting in the dark slide, flipping the film back over and reinserting it, then removing the dark slide for the next shot.
Hobbs wins the game with a home run in the bottom of the inning, but Hobbs' team, the New York Knights, are the visitors and their at bats are restricted to the bottom of the inning. The movie depicts the 1939 season. Prior to the 1950 season the home team had the option to bat first or last so it was possible for the visiting team to bat in the bottom of an inning.
At 1:28:45 as the Knights streak towards the pennant a newspaper clip is displayed showing the headline "Knights in 2nd". But the body of article including the sub-title is about the US Bureau of Fisheries trying to protect the black bass.
Early on, we see a young Roy Hobbs playing baseball with his father. Since Roy is 35 years old in 1939, this scene probably takes place in/around 1915. Young Roy and his father are sitting outside next to an old abandoned tractor. The tractor should have been relatively new and not in such a state of disrepair, which reflects the tractor's true age in 1984 at the time the movie was filmed rather than when the movie was set.
When Roy Hobbs bats at the end of the game, he takes a first pitch strike. He then takes a ball. With a 1-1 count, the reliever enters. The next pitch is a foul into the glass. This is following by a swing and a miss; Strike 3. The swing and miss sequence should have been edited to come before the foul into the press box. As presented on the reel, he should have struck out.
Newspaper copy on-screen doesn't match the accompanying headlines about Roy Hobbs and The New York Knights. The text contains stories about bass fishing, horse racing, funeral services for White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, a fan of the New York Giants, and a sports column about General John J. Phelan, who was Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission in the late 1930s.
Inasmuch as the bulk of the story takes place in 1939, the hotel technology must be questioned. Nearly every elevator in the United States prior to 1950 had to have an operator. While it's true that automatic elevators existed in the 1930s, they proliferated slowly, due to objections from organized labor, in the form of strikes by the elevator operators' unions. Thus, fully automatic elevator cars would have been a rarity, even in New York City.
During the final night game at Wrigley where former girlfriend is in attendance (Close) Hobbs hits ball and shatters lights--lights were not installed at the field until 1988.
During the National Anthem at Knights Field, just as the camera reaches the end of the Knights lineup, a man in khaki U.S. Army uniform can be seen saluting in the stands. He is saluting with the palm facing outward in the British style, not with the palm down in the American style.


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Instagram 'Influencer' Ray Diaz Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girlfriend
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Ray Diaz, a social media influencer with over 3 million Instagram followers, was arrested on Friday and charged with sexual assault after a 17-year-old girl he allegedly dated accused him of physical and emotional abuse.
According to Page Six, 17-year-old actor Angelica Salek recently accused 33-year-old Diaz of emotionally and physically abusing her when they began dating a year ago. Last week, Salek did an interview with YouTube account Drama Alert that included video allegedly showing Diaz threatening to hurt her and telling her to kill herself; though it's not confirmed whether or not the man in the video is, in fact, Diaz, the LAPD investigated Salek's allegations and ultimately decided to arrest him.
It's likely the impetus behind this arrest is Salek's age, and not necessarily her allegations of abuse. The age of consent in California is 18, which means she was only 16 when she says she and Diaz began dating.
Diaz denied the allegations to the Hollywood Fix.
He was released on a $50,000 bond and will be back in court on August 7.
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A paper by the US dept of labor concluded it had to do with individual choices, not sexism.
Sorry, my account was temporarily banned. I would have participated in this debate.
Con didn't show, win by default on Pro's part.
Con, take part in your debate please.
Pro, risky move posting a one-sentence opening and then not backing your statement with any sources or numbers. The wage gap question is absolutely a numbers game, so come ready to play with stats and studies. If your opponent had come back and actually had numbers to throw out, you would have been in serious trouble.
Yeah... my account was banned. If Mharman would want to redo this debate, I would gladly challenge him.


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Chinese tourists flood into Vietnam on 'zero dollar' tours
By Minh Cuong &nbspMarch 28, 2018 | 06:00 am PT
Chinese tourists going through ticket gate at Ha Long Bay. Photo by Minh Cuong
Famous attractions are packed with visitors arriving on dodgy package tours.
Three hundred thousand Chinese tourists have entered Vietnam through the Mong Cai International Border Gate since the beginning of this year, according to official figures.
That figure includes an estimated 5,000 every day since the middle of March, with most of them heading to Quang Ninh, a northern province that's home to some of Vietnam's most famous attractions such as Ha Long Bay and Yen Tu Mountain.
"Chinese tourists arrive on package tours, so the long lines are the result of thousands of them waiting to get through customs. Last year, the number of Chinese tourists was even higher," said an official from the border guard station.
This massive influx of Chinese visitors has overwhelmed Ha Long Bay in recent days, with slow-moving lines of passengers waiting to board boats to Ha Long's renowned caves and islands.
"Winter and spring are the most popular seasons for Chinese tourists; summer is too hot for them. We have been serving mostly Chinese visitors since the beginning of the year. There are times when the attractions are filled completely with Chinese tourists," said Luong, a tour boat worker.
A long line of Chinese tourists waiting at Mong Cai International Border Gate. Photo by Minh Cuong
In the last 15 days, 600 hundred boats have been permitted to go out onto the bay, of which 70 percent were filled with Chinese tourists, according to Quang Ninh Inland Waterway Port.
This phenomenon is a result of "zero dollar" tourism, according to an experienced travel official in Quang Ninh.
"'Zero dollar' tours are a form of marketing. Travel agencies pay for tourists' accommodation and meals on the condition they follow the agencies' schedules and shop only at the stores they are taken to. These stores are the foundation of 'zero dollar' tours," said the official.
Most of the stores are owned by Vietnamese nationals but are actually operated by Chinese investors, and their operations are very hard for authorities to control, the official explained.
The stores are associated with travel agencies, and the sales revenue they make is split between them.
Jewelry, blankets, mattresses and other products are sold at these "Chinese customers only" stores for prices a few times higher than the market rate, said the official. These products are the main source of income for "zero dollar" tours.
15 of these stores were closed in March 2017 after the PM asked Quang Ninh Province to verify press reports of low service quality. The media calls them "secret stores" since they are always packed with Chinese tourists and Vietnamese locals are not allowed in.
Vietnam is not the only country where "zero dollar" tours are being operated in. Each year, Thailand loses $9 billion due to this kind of tourism, said Sansern Keawkamnerd, a spokeperson for the Thailand Government Office, in February last year.
Visitors on these tours are often pressured to buy goods, and can even be assaulted they object, SCMP reported in January.
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Three Miami Galleries Make the Cut for Art Basel Miami Beach 2019
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Miami is gearing up for Art Basel 2019.
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Art Basel Miami Beach is nearly three months away, but the city is already gearing up for the world-renowned art fair. Today, Art Basel organizers announced the fair's exhibitor list and details about its 18th edition, set to take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center December 5 through 8.
This year, 269 galleries from around the world will exhibit at Basel, and 20 of them will exhibit for the first time. Among them, 13 hail from the Americas, including Document, Moniquemeloche, and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery from Chicago; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Company Gallery, and Karma from New York; and Catriona Jeffries from Vancouver. More than half of this year's exhibitors have gallery spaces in North and South America.
The Miami Beach fair's global reach will include galleries from 33 nation spanning five continents, and Basel is also making a concerted effort to present more Asian galleries this year. New participants include Tokyo's Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong's 10 Chancery Lane, and Beijing's Magician Space.
First Look at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel will also give a select few Miami galleries a chance to display works for visiting art fiends. Historically, the number of local galleries invited to exhibit at the convention center is laughably low, and this year's list includes only three Miami spaces — an increase from last year's two. Unsurprisingly, David Castillo Gallery and Fredric Snitzer Gallery will return. Catching the selection committee's attention this year is newcomer Central Fine, a Miami Beach gallery that represents local artists such as Tomm El-Saieh, Diego Singh, and Loriel Beltran.
A complete list of this year's Miami Beach exhibitors can be found via artbasel.com.
Art Basel 2019. Thursday, December 5, through Sunday, December 8, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach; 786-276-2600; miamibeachconvention.com. Tickets cost $45 to $500 via artbasel.com.


HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF "WHY DID I SIGN THAT?" | Locke Consulting Inc.
I'll bet that many people have, and usually right after something they co-signed for has gone awry. Most people seem not to think of it this way – when they hear about loan refusals or people not qualifying for a mortgage and so on – but banks are in the business of lending money. Banks actually want each of us to be as far in debt, to them, as we can possibly be, yet still manage to pay them back with regular monthly payments.
Risk aversion is a term we often hear the banks use in relation to lending – but ironically it is not something that consumers often apply to their own scenarios. Perhaps we are more optimistic than the average banker? In any event risk aversion is based on a number of variables. In the simplest sense we might think about different types of lending and the risks associated with them. For instance mortgages have tended to be far less risky than car loans. Why is that? It is because real property historically has tended to appreciate in value while car values depreciate. In theory at least when we get to the end of the term of a mortgage the house should be worth more (expressed as a ratio of value) than the loan amount whereas the car, in some cases, may not even worth the last payment on the loan.
Many people seem to think of a co-signer as being a "recommender", something akin to a reference on a resume. While it is true that I may be able to count on a former employer to recommend me for a new job it is doubtful that I would be able to get their backing to borrow money. Imagine the bank manager asking for a co-signer so you rush out into the street and notice a guy in a dapper suit getting out of a high end automobile – you say "pardon me sir, would you mind co-signing a bank loan for me, I promise I'll pay it back".
Yeah, so that sounds ridiculous, right? But think about it for a minute, you have no trouble going to a relative and asking them to co-sign? In a sense there is an even greater element of absurd recklessness – you would expose a close family member to a higher financial risk than a complete stranger. But that's exactly what many people do.
If common sense were to prevail, why on earth would someone co-sign a loan? It is obvious that the bank has deemed the primary borrower to be a "high risk" or they wouldn't need a co-signer to begin with. So is it from guilt, emotional pressure, a sense of duty or an element of naivetŽ?
I am betting on naivetŽ. All too often the co-signer finds out that, in the end, they are responsible for the full amount of the outstanding loan, plus accrued interest when the primary borrower reneges on their responsibilities. When the co-signer is a spouse there is often the delusion that "I am only responsible for my half". Think again sweetheart, the co-signer shares the full responsibility for repayment along with all the terms.
If you are considering co-signing for a family member you must be prepared to pay the full debt on their behalf – if not don't co-sign. Keep in mind too that if you are co-signing for a mortgage you might be further ahead to put up the money for the mortgage from your own investments (talk with you financial advisor) or get yourself on title on the property as a joint tenant.
This week we saw a situation at the office where a parent co-signed a first mortgage (but was not on title) the daughter tore the house apart, with the best of intention of completing a renovation, but in so doing significantly devalued the property. The daughter also, unknown to the co-signing parent, had taken out a second mortgage on the property and that was in default.
The second mortgagee can sit back adding interest and charges to the mortgage over a term of up to ten years before becoming statute barred. So even though the parent is not directly responsible for the second mortgage by paying for the first they are effectively paying the second by creating the equity necessary to ensure it gets paid out.
Save your relationships they are more important than money – don't co-sign!


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Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, through August 18, 2019
"At a time when countless 'selfies' are being posted on social media channels and identity is proving to be more and more fluid, the Portrait Gallery presents a sampling of how artists have approached the exploration of representation and self-depiction through portraiture. With each self-portrait, artists either reaffirm or rebel against a sense of identity that links the eye to 'I.' Drawing primarily from the National Portrait Gallery's vast collection, 'Eye to I' examines how artists in the United States have chosen to portray themselves since the beginning of the last century.
'Eye to I' features more than 75 artworks in a variety of styles and media ranging from tiny caricatures to wall-sized photographs, from colorful pastels and watercolors to dramatic paintings and time-based media. The exhibition traces the process through which select artistic practices have transitioned from gazing into the mirror to looking into the camera; from painted, sculpted or drawn surfaces to mechanical reproductions such as prints and photographs; from static forms to video and other digitized modes. Artworks to be included in the exhibition span the art historical timeline from 1901 to today. Early works will include a turn of the century self-portrait by American realist painter Everett Shinn from 1901 and a 1903 charcoal drawing by Edward Hopper. Also on view will be recently made work including a Vimeo video entitled "Who's Sorry Now" (2017) by Brooklyn-based artist Amalia Soto starring her internet persona Molly Soda; and a 2018 "Internet Cache Portrait" by Berlin-based artist Evan Roth." — National Portrait Gallery
Self-Portrait by Lee Simonson. Oil on canvas, c. 1912. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Karl and Jody Simonson
Self-Portrait by Edward Hopper. Charcoal on paper, 1903. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Self-Portrait by Walker Evans. Gelatin silver print, c. 1934. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Self-Portrait with Rita by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas, c. 1924. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney
Untitled (Self-Portrait) by Louise Nevelson. Ink and watercolor on paper, c. 1938. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection © 2018 Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York PRESS
Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol. Offset lithograph on silver-coated posterboard, 1966
Left Side Right Side by Joan Jonas. Black and white video, with sound, 33:15 minutes, 1972 © Joan Jonas
Self-Portrait by Lois Dodd. Oil on Masonite, 1989. Gift of Rebecca Mitchell and Ben Harris, © Lois Dodd, courtesy Alexandre Gallery, New York
Self-Portrait by Alice Neel. Oil on canvas, 1980. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Estate of Alice Neel, 1980
Self-Portrait by Lucas Samaras. Dye diffusion transfer print, 1983. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Lucas Samaras, courtesy Pace Gallery
Who's Sorry Now by Molly Soda. Instagram and internet video, 2017. Molly Soda, Image courtesy 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Aliens Sans Frontières by Enrique Chagoya. Nine color lithograph on handmade Amate paper, 2016. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © 2016 Enrique Chagoya
Self Portrait with Grey Cat by Fritz Scholder. Acrylic on canvas, 2003. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © 2003 Estate of Fritz Scholder
Copper Self-portrait with Dog by Susan Hauptman. Pastel with copper leaf on paper, 2001. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an Anonymous Donor © Estate of Susan Hauptman, courtesy Forum Gallery, New York City
"Individuals featured in 'Eye to I' have approached self-portraiture at various points in history, under unique circumstances, and using different tools, but their representations—especially when seen together—all raise important questions about self-perception and self-reflection," says Brandon Brame Fortune, chief curator, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. "Some artists reveal intimate details of their inner lives through self-portraiture, while others use the genre to obfuscate their private selves or invent alter egos."
"Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today" was organized by the Portrait Gallery's Chief Curator Brandon Brame Fortune.
Images courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
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Alice Neel, Brandon Brame Fortune, Edward Hopper, Enrique Chagoya, Fritz Scholder, Joan Jonas, Lee Simonson, Lois Dodd, Louise Nevelson, Lucas Samaras, Molly Soda, Portraiture, Self-Portrait, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Susan Hauptman, Thomas Hart Benton, Visual Arts, Walker Evans


Once a year we provide the Department for Education with information that we hold about our pupils in a census return. Allocations are made based on the school which the eligible pupil attends at the time of the January school census. This information is used to determine the amount of additional funding we receive for specific pupils, and we then ensure the money is spent on those same pupils over the course of the school year. The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools so that we can support our disadvantaged pupils and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.
Where Can I find More Information On Pupil Premium Funding?
For more information on Pupil Premium please click here to visit the Department for Education's website.
How Do I Know If My Child Can Receive Pupil Premium Funding?
The most common reason a pupil receives Pupil Premium funding at our school is because a parent is registered as receiving a benefit that entitles them to free school meals. This is not the same as receiving a free school meal as your child is in KS1.
Free school meal / pupil premium funding now works as: All pupils in KS1 (Reception,Yr1 & Yr2 classes) will recieve a free school meal upon completion of the correct form. However, if you receive certain benefits your child can still receive pupil premium funding, but you MUST fill in all the details on the free school meal form.
KS2 (Yr3, Yr4, Yr5 & Yr6) All pupils will need to apply for free school meals and pupil premium in the same way as before.
Children who have been in local authority care for 1 day or more also attract £1900 of pupil premium funding. Funding for these pupils doesn't go to their school; it goes to the virtual school head (VSH) (https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-adoption-system-and-services-for-looked-after-children/supporting-pages/virtual-school-heads-vsh) in the local authority that looks after the child. VSHs are responsible for managing pupil premium funding for looked after children (https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-virtual-school-heads-responsibilities).
£1,320 for each eligible free school meal primary-aged pupil.
£300 for each eligible service child.
IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT IF YOUR CHILD MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING PLEASE ASK US!
How Is Pupil Premium Money Spent At Scarning?
Please see each year for the details on how we have spent the money. We will not necessarily spend the money on the same things every year; we will see how well different interventions work and if it is appropriate for the current year's pupils.
We are committed to ensuring each child that has received Pupil Premium money benefits from the funding, regardless of their ability. Given the right learning environment we believe all pupils can flourish and reach their full potential.
A key objective when deciding how to spend the Pupil Premium Funding is to narrow the gap between pupil groups. We believe a very good way to do this is through targeted support provided through small group tuition, one to one support and teachers being able to spend time with pupils as individuals where needed. A large amount of our funding is therefore spent this way.
In April of each year all teachers are made aware of whom their Pupil Premium children are. There current levels are recorded and the intervention each child would benefit from will be noted. We then work out the best way to provide this for each individual child. Their levels will be checked regularly through the year to see if the intervention is working, and adjusted accordingly. At the end of the year we will publish the progress our Pupil Premium children made, although no child will be identified either by name or class.
Please remember this intervention is available for all Pupil Premium children regardless of their ability – even high achievers could do better! We will be pushing all our children to have high aspirations and achieve the best results they can for themselves.


Archaia Olympia is situated in Greece, in the West Greece region where it is within Nomos Ileias and the local Dimos Olympia area.
If you are planning a visit be sure to see the long range weather forecast for Archaia Olympia and the West Greece region.
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We are a team of 22 based in Preston, Lancashire, Northern England.
Alasdair King
Alasdair did his PhD in Assistive Technology at the University of Manchester and joined Claro Software in the early days. He used to write code – including ClaroRead and the free open-source WebbIE programs for blind people – but now mainly manages Claro Software. He enjoys musical theatre and has appeared on stage many times playing jesters and princes, but he now mainly spends his time playing boardgames.
Michelle McArdle
MacOS Product Manager
Michelle joined Claro in 2006 after obtaining her first-class degree in Computation at UMIST (now the University of Manchester). She has coded, tested and even shipped (in the early days!) the software we produce. Nowadays she is one of the company directors and codes Claro's Mac products. Michelle enjoys spending time with her family & friends, going to TV & film conventions and occasionally taking on an obstacle course race!
Anne is the ops manager, she has worked for Claro over 10 years and started as a sales assistant. She refuses to grow old and has her City & Guild in photography, is an avid reader and is the company champ at jigsaws.
Chris joined the company in 2010 after obtaining a First Class Honours Degree in Information Technology and Computing with the Open University. As Technical Quality Manager, Chris ensures that all company products meet quality standards before they go to market. He makes sure that software is as good as our users expect.
In Chris' spare time he takes ballroom and latin dance lessons, enjoys walking and has ambitions to build a model live steam locomotive.
Ged Bretherton
Ged's goal at Claro Software is to introduce as many people as possible in different sectors to the assistive technology software that Claro produce in order to help people with dyslexia read, write and study.
His passion is to help people and his previous career roles reflect this, they include setting up workplace learning centres, being the director of a homeless charity, spending eight years as an elected member of a council and developing an apprenticeship business unit at a local college.
Ged believes in the power of education and how it can transform lives and studied with the Open University gaining a First Class honours Degree in Politics and social Policy.
In his spare time Ged likes the great outdoors, enjoys running marathons in the UK and abroad and watches Liverpool FC.
Stuart Marsden
Stuart is a chartered engineer, scientist and product designer and has worked in medical devices, clinical measurement, healthcare innovation and assistive technology. He has made lots of things to aid people's mobility, comfort, safety, and conversation, including custom walking frames, complex clinical measurement software, special switches for those with very limited mobility, keyboards that can be used with feet, and even a phone app to help someone see upside down!
He is also committed to helping people live with spinal cord injury, and once customised a wheelchair and joined the team to take the chair's quadriplegic user to the top of a mountain (and back down again)!
In his spare time, he makes beer, fosters hedgehogs, writes short stories, and composts things.
Elkie Morton
As Claro Software Sales Manager, Elkie has more than 24 years of sales, editorial and publishing experience, Throughout her career, Elkie has worked with organisations across a wide range of industries but more specifically within the Public Sector — from education, cyber security, health care and local and central government. Her role at Claro is to ensure that our assistive technology software connects with the heart-beating people we are trying to help. Her aim is to ensure that people with dyslexia/disabilities have access to software that will create opportunities for them in Education, Inclusion and Participation. In her spare time Elkie is a Mummy to her two lovely little monsters, she loves to travel, eating extremely spicy food and indulging in her guilty pleasure of mindless reality TV and playing on the games console when the kids are not around.
Mary Wilcox
Product Evangelist
Mary demonstrates our software and apps online and at events. She has 19 years experience as a primary school teacher so uses her teaching skills to help people confidently use our products. In her spare time she likes to visit new places (especially on a cruise), eat all kinds of food, exercise, watch films and occasionally star as an extra in them!
Jamie Mulvey
IT Ops / QA & Support
Jamie is an IT Technician. He makes sure our systems are running well and kept up to date as well as managing the phone system, Audio/Visual equipment and other IT Hardware/Software. He also provides customer support and carries out Software Testing/QA . His interests are gaming, technology and spending time with his children.
Mahinda Kularatne
Mahinda finished his MEng in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at UMIST (now part of the University of Manchester, sadly) and promptly fell into a technical writing job. Over 20 years later, he's still a technical writer, producing help, manuals, and training courses for Claro Software. Outside work, Mahinda's interests include hockey, travel, and real ale – but usually not at the same time.
Fallon Swales
Fallon is a trained business administrator and hairdresser, and is now responsible for sales and admin at Claro. In her spare time she enjoys investigating the paranormal, the spiritual side of life and travelling. Fallon's favourite all time thing is making memories with her daughter and loved ones.
Andrius Kantakevičius
Andrius joined Claro family as a Marketing Assistant in 2019 after completing a postgraduate degree with Distinction level at the University of Central Lancashire in "Science in International Tourism and Hospitality Management". He is responsible for social media and Claro website. Andrius speaks three languages: English, Lithuanian and Russian. In his spare time, he goes to the gym, explores the world and plays football for a local team – Ribchester Rovers FC.
Aaron McGranaghan
iOS (iPad and iPhone)
Aaron is responsible for designing and developing the iOS solutions at Claro Software, including ClaroSpeak, ClaroPDF and Claro ScanPen. In his free time he enjoys travelling, watching Manchester United and drinking Bourbon.
Dan MacArthur
UCLan graduate turned full-stack developer, Dan joined us in 2018 as a student and went full time in 2019. He maintains a lot of our code base including ClaroRead Chrome and anything server related (so if it's down its probably his fault). He enjoys playing video games in his spare time and works on developing his own games with his friends from University.
Danesh Iqbal
Danesh graduated from the University of Central Lancashire and working as an HTML/JS software developer at Claro Software. He has a strong passion for making software that is helpful for people. Danesh is a big sports fan, and as well as watching games he loves to compete in sports such as Football and Basketball. His favourite football team is Manchester United.
Jack Fisher
Jack is studying Software Engineering at the University of Central Lancashire and is currently working at Claro Software on placement. He is interested in web development and machine learning. His other major interests outside of Computing are Football and Physics.
Juan Ferrer
Juan loves games and programming, so he makes games in his free time. Now graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, he joined Claro Software as a student on 2016.
Nathan Dewhurst
Nathan graduated from Edge Hill University in 2020, and is responsible for developing various Windows applications, such as ClaroCapture and ClaroPDF. He enjoys playing video games and developing his own software applications.
Tom McKeown
Tom enjoys programming and graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a 1st in his Software Engineering degree. He also plays multiple instruments and loves to make music in his free time.
David Browne
David is a recent graduate from Warwick University and joined Claro Software in 2019. He is interested in anything related to software and enjoys playing games.
Liam Stockwell
Liam joined Claro in 2019 as a Windows software developer. It is hard to find something that doesn't interest Liam, but if he had to choose it would be games, music or problem solving.
Full-Stack
Paul found sea sickness an insurmountable hurdle in his career in the navy so swapped the high seas for C# and C++, joining Claro Software as a student developer in 2011 and now focussing primarily on JavaScript and web technologies. He enjoys hiking and climbing in his spare time, but what's a mountain on the weekend when you're climbing mountains of (efficient, sustainable, and modern) code in the week?
Team Events and Photos
In 2019 we joined forces with Lingit to visit Svalbard, the North-most point of Norway.
In 2019 some of us took part in the Rough Runner 2.5km race in Salford which included running up a Gladiators-style travelator at the end. We survived!


These ferns look so lively because their leaflets have curvy edges that catch the light. To make them sparkle, I added a stroke of pure white to each leaflet. The little fern at the lower left of the painting doesn't sparkle, but it won't be outdone. The end of each of its leaves split into two like a fishtail. This is the Fishtail Sword Fern (Nephrolepis falcate).
I was delighted by another detail of the leaflets as I painted them. Note the leaflet at the very end of the large fern in the foreground. It is noticeably larger than its next two closest leaflets. This feature marks it as the Swamp Fern (Blechnum serrulatum). In contrast, the end leaflet of the tall fern on the right is not larger than its next two leaflets, and that marks it as the Ladder-Brake Fern (Pteris vittata).
The Cypress Trees in this painting are Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). "Bald" refers to their bare winter condition. Unlike most other conifers they lose their leaves in the winter, although only their swollen trunks are visible in this painting. The Bald Cypress grows best in the warm, humid climates of the Southern US.


This museum in Calais is one of two lace museums in France. It is a former 19th century lace factory dedicated to the glory of Calais lace–making heritage. It was once Calais's most sought after product worn by royalty and used as a symbol of wealth and statue.
When I visited there was a special exhibition to Hubert D. Givenchy.
Here is a picture of the evening sky from last night – I love the colours!
I am glad to have the opportunity to visit the cloth worker's centre with a quilters group. The place has more than 100.000 pieces of textile. It was nice to see some dresses and old hand quilts. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos to share publicly. Here are some photos from the outside.
I went to the Science Museum yesterday and took these photos.
Pictures from a visit to the Wellcome Collection.
Here are some pictures from a recent visit to Nottingham.


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Eyüp Ertan (* 17. September 1996) ist ein deutsch-türkischer Journalist und ehemaliger Kinderschauspieler.

Im Jahr 2010 bekam er die Rolle des Cem Akcay in der ARD-Kinderserie Tiere bis unters Dach. Diese spielte er bis zur 3. Staffel in 26 Folgen. In Folge 52 Mach's gut Greta hat Ertan einen Gastauftritt. Ertan studierte nach dem Abitur in Freiburg Deutsch und Geschichte auf Bachelor und dann den Master in Deutscher Literatur. Seit 2014 arbeitet er für die Badische Zeitung, erst als Praktikant, anschließend als freier Mitarbeiter.

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Infra Ecologie
Infra Ecology is a research project on areas polluted by the effects of infrastructure, and their relation to landscape and buildings. Infrastructure constitutes only 3% of the surface area of the Netherlands. However, pollution control legislation reserves adjacent space for noise, fumes and vibrations. The actual area claimed by infrastructure increases then tenfold to 30% of the Netherlands. The aim of the research is to transform the negatively affected surface area of infrastructure into positive elements. An infra-ecology transforms various forms of pollution into clean environments, using a process of dispersal and absorption by production crops and production landscapes. New residential areas, working and leisure activities profit directly from the release of energy and the optimal accessibility of the site.
BP Koolzaad - BP rapeseed, a network of petrol stations along motorways, energy crops absorb the carbon dioxide of exhaust fumes. The rapeseed, algae, beetroot and willow then in turn produce enough fuel for motorised Netherlands. Petrol stations characterise a new agricultural landscape.
"In summary, thirty percent of the Netherlands is affected by pollution of infrastructure. Noise, exhaust fumes and vibrations are taken up into a new Infra Ecology and processed into new products profitable for living, working and leisure."
Kas Kantoor - Greenhouse Office are urban sites comprising a combination of greenhouses and offices. In this model, all exhaust fumes from road traffic are filtered to help grow plants. Carbon monoxide enriches the soil, small particles clean the water, while the building itself is cooled by the absorption of sulphur dioxide. The greenhouses function as mediator between motorway and office and provide a green, productive work environment.
Golf Circuit - Wave Circuit occurs at the interface of waterway and railway. The vibrations made by passing trains and boats create waves, which are converted into energy by a generator. This process provides the floating houses with electricity. Due to the seasonal change in flow from the river, housing density varies between winter and summer.
Spa Spar is a motel chain located at the intersection of waterways and motorways. In this dome, polluted water is cleansed using ozone. The ozone is generated by a chemical reaction between the odour of pine and exhaust fumes with sunlight. The clean water flows back into the river via a series of spring water baths for motel guests in a pine forest.
In summary, thirty percent of the Netherlands is affected by pollution of infrastructure. Noise, exhaust fumes and vibrations are taken up into a new Infra Ecology and processed into new products profitable for living, working and leisure. Infra Ecology binds functions, infrastructure and landscape together. Restrictions on mobility channels because of nuisance are no longer necessary.
Client: International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2003
Project: Public presentation Infra Ecology (awarded with the Innovation Award First International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam)
Animation with: Catalogtree Arnhem
Research & design: Jago van Bergen, Duzan Doepel and Willemijn Lofvers


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Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
Washington Program on National Security
TOPICS & READINGS
TOPICS & READINGS - Summer 2019
Grand Strategy - Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
The Art of Peace: Engaging a Complex World (2016), by Juliana Geran Pilon
Philosophical Foundations of Freedom - Dr. Thomas Merrill
'The Later Jefferson and the Problem of Natural Rights," by Thomas Merrill, Perspectives on Political Science, 44:122–130, 2015
The Classical Liberal Foundations of the U.S. Constitution – Dr. Roger Pilon
"American Constitutional Theory and History: Implications for European Constitutionalism," by Roger Pilon, Cato Journal, Fall 2018 https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/fall-2018/american-constitutional-theory-historyimplications-european
Global Dimensions of Economic Liberty – Juan Carlos Hidalgo
"U.S. Policy toward Latin America," Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 8th ed., 2017.
https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-handbook-policymakers/2017/2/cato-handbook-for-policymakers-8th-edition-78_0.pdf
Information Warfare - Dr. Julie J. C. H. Ryan
"Information Warfare: A Conceptual Framework," by Julie J. C. H. Ryan, Guest Presentations, Spring 1996. http://www.pirp.harvard.edu/publications/pdf-blurb64b4.html?ID=346
Lobbying Pros and Cons - Eric Hannis
"Congressional panel calls for lobbying disclosure reforms," by Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 05/23/19.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/445252-house-panel-seeks-transparency-on-lobbying-disclosures
The Founders' Legacy for U.S. Foreign Policy – Dr. Matthew Spalding
"America's Founders and the Principles of Foreign Policy: Sovereign Independence, National Interests, and the Cause of Liberty in the World," First Principles Series, No. 33, The Heritage Foundation,
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2010/pdf/fp0033.pdf
Right and Left: Past the Ad Hominems - Dr. Lee Edwards
"Rick Perlstein, You're No Herodotus," by Lee Edwards, NR April 18, 2017.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/04/rick-perlstein-article-ignorant-absurd/
Sovereignty and Nationalism – Dr. John Fonte
"Sovereignty or Submission: Liberal Democracy or Global Governance?" by John Fonte, Foreign Policy Research Institute E-Notes, Oct. 2011,
https://www.fpri.org/docs/media/201110.fonte_.sovereignty.pdf
Afghanistan's Challenges and How the U.S. Can Help - Fawzia Etemadi and Dr. Hamid Naweed
"Political Stability in Afghanistan A 2020 Vision and Roadmap," Alex Thier and Scott Worden, U.S. Institute of Peace Special Report 408, July 2017.
https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2017-07/sr408-political-stability-in-afghanistan-a-2020-vision-and-roadmap.pdf
Government Cyber Activity - Dr. Alex Crowther
"Detangling the Web: A Screenshot of U.S. Government Cyber Activity," by G. Alexander Crowther and Shaheen Ghori, Joint Force Quarterly 78, July 1, 2015.
http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-78/jfq-78_75-83_Crowther-Ghori.pdf
Narcoterrorism in Latin America - Dr. Celina Realuyo
"The Evolving Role of the Security Forces to Counter Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas," by Celina B. Realuyo, Regional Insights, 2018, No. 2 (March)
https://www.williamjperrycenter.org/content/evolving-role-security-forces-counter-transnational-organized-crime-americas
Countering Disinformation and Misinformation - Todd Leventhal
"Deception, Disinformation, and Strategic Communications: How One Interagency Group Made a Major Difference," Fletcher Schoen and Christopher J. Lamb, National Defense University Press, June 2012.
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/inss/Strategic-Perspectives-11.pdf
Perceptions Management: Soviet Active Measures - Dr. Jack Dziak
"Perceptions Management: Soviet Deception and its Implications for National Security, by Cathy Darlene Walters, Naval Postgraduate School Thesis, 1998.
https://ia801309.us.archive.org/18/items/perceptionsmanag00waltpdf/perceptionsmanag00walt.pdf
The Holocaust's Relevance Today – Dr. Radu Ioanid
Introduction to the Holocaust:
https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust
"Review of The Holocaust in Romania by Radu Ioanid," Literature Salon, Nov. 19, 2014.
https://literaturesalon.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/review-of-the-holocaust-in-romania-by-radu-ioanid/
Broadcasting to the Arab World - Omran Salman
"More Than Half The Battle: On Broadcasting And Ideology"
https://www.memri.org/reports/more-half-battle-broadcasting-and-ideology
"A new and revitalized Alhurra TV launches across the Middle East," U.S. Agency for Global Media, Nov. 3, 2018.
https://www.usagm.gov/2018/11/03/a-new-and-revitalized-alhurra-tv-launches-across-the-middle-east/
The Senate Armed Service Committee's Current Concerns - Josh Carter
"Strategic Trends 2018," John Thompson, Brian Carlson, Severin Fischer, Tim Prior, eds., ETH Zürich Center for Security Studies (CSS), 2018. http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/ST2018-06-TP.pdf
War Crimes Prosecutions - Charles "Cully" Stimson
"Case Against Accused USS Cole Bomber Stalled Again," by Charles "Cully" Stimson, Heritage Foundation Commentary, Apr. 19, 2019,
https://www.heritage.org/terrorism/commentary/case-against-accused-uss-cole-bomber-stalled-again
Maritime Strategy - Dr. Seth Cropsey
"China Is Testing the United States," by Seth Cropsey, Real Clear Defense, April 2, 2019.
https://www.hudson.org/research/14925-china-is-testing-the-united-states
U. S. Development Assistance: Democracy Building – J. Randall Tift
"9 Ways USAID Improves Democracy, Human Rights & Governance," by Jessica Benton Cooney, USAID, Jul. 13, 2017. https://medium.com/usaid-2030/9-ways-usaid-improves-democracy-human-rights-governance-89f042b92d 12
Central Europe: Focus on Hungary - Anna Stumpf Smith Lacey
"Hungary and the Future of Europe," Christopher Caldwell, Claremont Review of Books, April 30, 21019
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/hungary-and-the-future-of-europe/
Cyber Warfare - Dr. Stephen D. Bryen
"The Cybersecurity Delusion," by Stephen D. Bryen and Rachel Ehrenfeld, Aug. 10, 2016.
http://acdemocracy.org/the-cyber-security-delusion/
Technology Security and National Power: Winners and Losers, by Stephen D. Bryen, Cyber Warfare, Ch. 6.
Speech in International Context - Dr. Jacquie Pfeffer Merrill
"Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, but Opposition to Some Forms of Speech," by Richard Wike and Katie Simmons, Pew Research Center, Nov. 18, 2015. http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/11/18/global-support-for-principle-of-free-expression-but-opposition-to-some-forms-of-speech/
Building Civil Society - Dan Fisk, Scott Mastick
History of the National Endowment for Democracy
http://www.ned.org/about/history/
Ronald Reagan's Westminster Speech, June 8, 1982.
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-parliament.htm
Preliminary statement by International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on the Nigerian elections of March 9, 2019.
https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/iri_ndi_gubernatorial_and_state_assembly_observation_preliminary_statement.pdf
Strategic and Tactical Challenges of the U.S. Army - BG Michael Eastman
Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf
Transportation Security Issues - John Simmons, Toby Estes
"Transportation Security: Issues for the 115th Congress: July 5, 2006 – January 5, 2017," Congressional Research Service Report RL-33512, esp. "Introduction" and "Aviation Cybersecurity" https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33512.html
U.S. Military Strength - Mackenzie Eaglen
"Defense budget peaks in 2019, underfunding the National Defense Strategy," by Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute, May 2019.
http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2019-Defense-Budget.pdf
Gaza and the Palestinian Problem - Dr. Jonathan Schanzer
"The Gaza Conundrum," Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary, May 14, 2019,
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/05/14/the-gaza-conundrum/
Asian Threats and Special Forces Operations - COL David Maxwell
Midterm Assessment: North Korea," David Maxwell and Mathew Ha, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Policy Brief, Jan. 31, 2019,
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/01/31/midterm-assessment-north-korea/
Public Diplomacy and Voice of America - Dr. Rick Barnes
"How to Make the Voice of America Come Through Loud and Clear," by Robert Reilly, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 17, 2017.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-the-voice-of-america-come-through-loud-and-clear-1487375332
Helping Women in the Developing World to be Independent - Dorothy Taft
"Healing by the Book, by Susan Billington Harper, Philanthropy Magazine, Apr. 2018. https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/philanthropy-magazine/article/healing-by-the-book
The IMF and Global Financial Security - Piotr Trabinsky
Challenges faced by international monetary fund (IMF) and the ways of dealing with them," by Maria Sanchez, Research Methodology, May 18, 2016. https://research-methodology.net/challenges-faced-by-international-monetary-fund-imf-and-the-ways-of-dealing-with-them/
Strengthening Democracy and Private Sector Economy - Abdulwahab Alkebsi
"Lessons in Democratic Development," by John Sullivan, CIPE Resources, May 25, 2018. https://www.cipe.org/resources/lessons-in-democratic-development/
Protecting Democracies Amid A Flood of Corrosive Capital," Center for International Private Enterprise, Sept. 2018,
https://www.cipe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CorrosiveCapitalPaper_20190514.pdf
Human Rights in North Korea: National Security Implications – Rosa Park
"Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK 2014-2018," HRNK Submission, May 2019.
https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/HRNK-UPR-FINAL.pdf
Media Bias - Eric Rozenman
"The Washington Post's Mythical 'Five Myths about Iran,'" by Eric Rozenman, InSight, Jan. 23, 2018.
https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2018/01/23/washington-posts-mythical-five-myths-iran/
"After Apologizing for Anti-semitic Cartoon…", by Ricki Hollander, CAMERA May 6, 2019.
https://www.camera.org/article/post-apology-over-anti-semitism-how-impartial-is-the-new-york-times-reporting-about-israel/
Terrorism - Ilan Berman
"Technology Is Making Terrorists More Effective And Harder To Thwart," Ilan Berman, The National Interest, Feb. 22, 2019.
http://www.ilanberman.com/22397/technology-is-making-terrorists-more-effective
Putinism - Dr. Herman Pirchner
"'Putin's brain' an echo of absolute tyrants," by Herman Pirchner, The Hill, 3/08/19,
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/433171-putins-brain-echoes-of-absolute-tyrants
The Ongoing Challenge of Communism - Marion Smith
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, eds. Stephane Courtois, et. al., 1999. https://ia800500.us.archive.org/26/items/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism.pdf Foreword and Introduction.


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Interview With Italy's Post-Modern Pop Band – NODe
Randy January 17, 2019, 7:10 pm
Italian post-modern pop outfit NODe (Not Ordinary, Dead) recently unveiled the music video for "S.O.D.A."
Formed in 2011, NODe released Tuning the Untunable, followed by Tragic Technology Inc. (2014), Human Machine (2016), and their latest album, Rcade. NODe's sound blends a variety of styles, including indie, pop, punk, darkwave, and new wave.
Intrigued by the band's retro '80s savors and the phantasmagoric visuals of the video, I sat down with NODe to find out more about them, their influences, and their distinctive sound.
How did the band get together?
The band was initially composed by two members, Lubvic and Kamoto. During the years we have had artistic divergences that have led us to separate our ways, but I (Lubvic) met many musicians that helped me configure the actual core of six of us.
What's the story behind the band's name, NODe, Not Ordinary, Dead?
When I was employed in a big automotive company, I was out of the schemes, compared to the other employees, with my dark look and my nocturnal habits. Due to many musical commitments, I was given the nick name "the undead" and someone, jokingly, said "Not Ordinary, Dead." I liked it and this is the story.
What kind of guitar do you play?
I studied guitar for many years, approaching artists with a strong personality rather than strictly technique. I like the expressivity more than the speed. My fav guitarist is "Joey Santiago," an artist that changed the rules in modern guitar music (look at Jonny Greenwood, i.e.). After many years playing guitar in the band, I left the role to Max Mauriello, a talented and skilled guitarist, reserving more time to focus on my singing performance.
If the question was related to the brand of my guitar, I own a fantastic 1968 Les Paul custom.
Who is in NODe (names), and what instrument do they play?
Actually the band is: Lubvic – Voice and Synths; Karissa – Voice and Synths; Andrea Vinti – Drums; Stefano Marseglia – Bass; Max Mauriello – Guitar; Roberta Arienzo – backtracks.
I'm a fan of crisp, innovative drumming. Who influenced your drummer's style?
Andrea Vinti: Copeland, above all, originally; also Mitch Mitchel, Hendrix's drummer, then in general all the 90s drummers, like those of Nine Inch nails and Soundgarden, as well as the drums on Bowie's Earthling and also those on Blackstar. They do not have a groove that's too defined and allow you to wander, and then all the rhythmic solutions allowed by the electronics while maintaining the acoustic drums.
What's your favorite song to belt out in the car or the shower?
Karissa: There are a lot of songs I enjoy singing while cleaning house, driving or having a break. I usually sing what I'm more used to hearing: Erykah Badu, Bjork, Kimbra, or what I randomly listen to when I turn on the radio. I am very shy, so unless I'm performing, I don't sing in public. In private, the song I belt out the most, either when I'm having a shower or vacuuming, is "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin! In those moments I dream I'm mastering the stage in front of a lot of fans who sing along!
What musicians influenced you the most?
My fav band ever is probably "The Pixies," but I grew up listening to Bowie, Beastie Boys, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, and many others. Probably, the artist who influenced my way of composing the most is Bowie, because of the song setting, rhythms and harmonic progressions.
How, if at all, do your musical influences shape and impact your music?
NODe's music is widely influenced by our backgrounds. Every single note is a child of our memory. We are the product of our experiences and we are proud of it!
You're tagged as a "post-modern pop" band. How would you describe your style of music?
I believe that, from the premises just made, our music can be considered as the reworking of the stylistic elements of the past, in a modern way. The passage of fashions leaves signs that can be reinterpreted from time to time, updated to the tastes of the moment, leaving the basic message unaltered, thus, our music could simply be a means of transporting "the message" up to the present day. We are a means, not an end.
Where do you find inspiration for your songs?
Literally everywhere, from a movie, a book, the streets, chatting with a friend, seeing a peculiar situation, hearing a suggestive word. Inspiration is always sudden and unexpected!
What is your songwriting process? Do the lyrics come first, or the music?
The creative process is highly chaotic, there is no precise scheme. Sometimes it is a drum loop to start everything, sometimes a guitar riff, other times a thought. The only constant in the composition is that the music and the text are born together, measure after measure, influencing each other at the same time, in real time, adapting the music to some words or phrases that I like and vice versa.
I really like your music video "S.O.D.A." What's the story behind the song?
The story behind the song is perhaps the story of all songs, the need to imagine, to create stories, situations, worlds, to let our imagination spread and to tell our needs through metaphors. S.O.D.A. is a trip, a strange journey in a strange future, represented in our past, when we, the kids of yesterday, thought that everything would be possible.
The music video exudes an '80s psychedelic flavor. What inspired you to move in that visual direction?
The inspiration was born a bit from the lyrics, a bit from the desire to represent what for us represented the future, in those years. We can say that the LP is permeated by this retro style but reinterpreted in a modern way, what today would be called retro-future. It is a precise stylistic and coherent choice.
Will you be touring in the U.S. in the future?
It would be very nice, now it seems difficult but things change day by day, let's see what will happen!
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Randy Radic is a Left Coast author and writer. Author of numerous true crime books written under the pen-name of John Lee Brook. Former music contributor at Huff Post.
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It's raining biopics in Bollywood and there's one more in the making. BT has exclusively learnt that Nawazuddin and wife Aaliya Siddiqui are set to make a film on Chhattisgarh's legendary folk artiste, Padma Vibhushan awardee Teejan Bai. The veteran artiste is the greatest exponent of Pandvani (Pandavon ki katha in Chhattisgarhi language), a traditional performing art form involving narration of tales from the Mahabharata.
In times of women empowerment and fight for gender parity, as Teejan recollects her life's journey, and her success against all odds, you wonder why it took so long for Bollywood to notice her. She regrets her lack of education and despite enjoying global recognition and receiving various national and international awards, it is heartwarming to see her simplicity and honesty.
Imtiaz Ali's Teejan Bai connect!
Like Nawaz, another huge fan of Teejan Bai from the industry is filmmaker Imtiaz Ali. Interestingly, his Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Tamasha' was strongly influenced by her craft.


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Advice: Can I draw down money from my pension?
Pat Hutchinson MBE.
By Pat Hutchinson MBE, District Manager, Newtownabbey CAB
Q: I have heard that there have been some changes in the Summer Budget with regard the new Pension Wise project. I'm 50 with a personal pension and I want to draw down some money from it. Can I get a Pension Wise appointment at Citizens Advice?
A: The government has confirmed that the Pension Wise at-retirement guidance service will be expanded to give people more time to plan for their retirement.
The Pension Wise service unveiled in January this year, has so far been open only to those aged 55 and over with a Defined Contribution pension (an occupational or personal pension) - this does not include a final salary pension.
In the Treasury's Summer Budget document, it confirmed the service will be opened up to those aged 50 and above as well.
The Treasury has confirmed that the change takes place with immediate effect, and that the rule requiring that savers be within six months of making a retirement decision before they use the service has been lifted.
It said: "The government has extended access to the successful Pension Wise service to those aged 50 and above, and launching a new comprehensive nationwide marketing campaign. This will ensure more people can access high-quality, impartial guidance on making the most of the new pension flexibilities."
To book a Pension Wise appointment please call 028 90852069.
For further information, and to find out how to book telephone appointments, you can also visit the Pension Wise website at www.pensionwise.gov.uk, or call the national number 0300 330 1001.
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Q: Ubuntu 15.04 desktop frozen after login I have just done a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.04 Server. After I log in, I see the dash and after a while just a black screen with the cursor on it. I have updated my nvidia drivers (sudo apt-get install nvidia-current) but I still have the same problems. I've also removed Unity and tried with Gnome Shell, but none of them work. Any idea on how to proceed?

A: if it's a fresh installation that means it still have canonical sources disabled in /etc/apt/sources.list!
try to install xfce4 or lxde , theses light envirments may could work , and then install additional drivers (nvidia recommanded/tested).
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xubuntu-desktop

after you enable canonical repositories in sources.list
lauch additional drivers , install install nvidia (recommanded/tested) ,           and then you can reinstall again your prefered desktop env !
sudo apt-get install --reinstall  ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install --reinstall lubuntu-desktop

A: Remove everything to do with the Nvidia proprietary drivers.
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*

Start from scratch.
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv

Reinstall all the things!
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core

Reconfigure the X server.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

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Because it was still a bit chilly outside when I made this, I decided to roast up the tomatoes alongside the zucchini bowls in the oven. For a more summery version, I'll try it simply with chopped fresh tomatoes added at the end. The nutty whole-grain tabouleh went nicely with the cooked zucchini, shallot, tomatoes, garlic, spices & fresh herbs. And a dollop of yogurt sauce with some mint and sumac gave it an extra zing of flavor. Yum!
Check the package directions of the bulghur – mine is a red whole-grain bulghur wheat that requires a full hour of soaking. I boiled 1 cup water and combined with one cup bulghur in a bowl, covered with saran wrap and let sit for a full hour as the grains absorbed the water and softened up. Otherwise, prepare the bulghur according to package directions.
Preheat the oven to 375 F/ 190 C. Wash the outsides of the globe zucchinis thoroughly under cold water. Slice the tops off with a straight, even cut and reserve. Use a short knife to cut around the edge inside the zucchini and scoop out the flesh with a spoon; reserve this zucchini flesh in a bowl for later. Carve out the inside of the zucchini with the spoon, scraping out enough flesh so the zucchini bowl is about 1/4-inch thick or less.
If roasting the tomatoes, gently wash the tomatoes but keep them on the vine if possible. Grease a ceramic or glass baking dish with a little olive oil, then place the vine of tomatoes and the zucchinis in the dish. Place the two garlic cloves, skins and all in the dish too. Drizzle a little bit of olive oil inside and outside the zucchinis and use your hands to spread the oil evenly on all surfaces of the zucchini. Lightly sprinkle salt & pepper inside them and place the tops on. Roast the dish of vegetables for 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, mince a shallot and cook in a tablespoon of olive oil on low heat in a large saute pan. Chop then mince the scooped-out zucchini and sprinkle some salt over it; let it sit on the cutting board for a couple minutes, then add the zucchini with juices to the shallot in the pan. While it cooks, sprinkle in the spices — coriander, cumin, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon — and salt and pepper to taste. Chop off the white part of the green onion, mince this white part and add to the pan; stir and let cook on low heat until softened and flavors meld, about 5 minutes more.
When contents of the pan are cooked, remove from the heat and add the sumac, juice of 1/2 a lemon, a drizzle of good olive oil, more salt & pepper if desired. Then finely chop the fresh mint & parsley and the remaining green & light green parts of the green onion and add.
Remove the baking dish from the oven at 45 minutes of roasting and take the tomatoes and garlic out; return the zucchini bowls, tops off and placed to the side in the baking dish, to the oven for another 15 minutes. When the garlic is cool enough to touch, remove the skins and chop, then mince, and add the roasted garlic to the veggies in the pan. Holding the vine of the tomatoes, gently pull off the tomato skins, and then remove the tomatoes from the vine, chop, and add to the pan. (Note: If using just fresh tomatoes, you can just chop and add them to the pan here).
Add the soaked bulghur to the pan and mix well.
When zucchini bowls are cooked, remove from the oven and squirt more fresh lemon juice inside. Stuff the bulghur-veggie mixture inside them (Any reserve mixture can be set at the table in a bowl for anyone who wants more filling as they get to the bottom of the zucchini). Top with more fresh herbs if desired, and dollop some yogurt sauce on top and leave the reserve yogurt sauce in a bowl at the table. You can place the zucchini tops back on, or place to the side. Best eaten with a fork & knife, though kids can enjoy eating the contents with a spoon.
These look and sound so cool – I love stuffing anything, and these flavors are perfect!
Thanks, Laura! I like stuffed dishes too – dumplings, dolma, ravioli, these – like a little present, it seems special to eat!
Those are just the cutest little zucchinis!
I love the presentation of this dish!
Yum. I love these zucchinis. Perfect blend of spices. This is something I would eat on the regular!
Oh do those look good. love the middle eastern flavors. Delicious!
Thanks, Suzanne. Yes, the middle eastern spices and the yogurt sauce make it quite flavorful!
Agh this makes me miss summer vegetables like globe zucchinis! Gorgeous way to combine the two, also. And a killer yogurt sauce? What an explosion of flavor!
Well, thanks! I love that you think it's a killer yogurt sauce 🙂 It's so easy! And yes, I'm smitten with these little globe zucchinis!
I wasn't going to get any more seeds, least of all zucchini seeds, but you may have persuaded me to plant these globe zucchinis. So I can make these adorable things. Unless, of course I can find them in the markets around here, which I highly doubt! Love them, Laura!
Good idea – I really like these globe zucchinis – it was the first time I tried them! I would grow them if I could. Thank you so much, Angie, your kind comments mean a lot to me!
How pretty can they get! I have never seen these globe zucchinis in my area. I am going to open my eyes wider. Yum!
I hope you find them, Fae. They are actually even smaller than they look in these photos – little baseball-size globes, and I too thought they were adorable 🙂 If you can't find them, I was thinking a small roundish eggplant might work just as well. See you at Fiesta Friday? Happy Naw-rouz and happy Friday, Fae!
What a fantastic idea, and this recipe looks very delectable, indeed!
Thanks, Shanna, these were fun to eat!


Having qualified as a graphic designer in 1985 and then worked in Design and Advertising for twenty years, later moving in to the wall art industry, creating things has always been a part of Diane's life.
Inspired by a love of all things green and having been fortunate enough to have spent a childhood playing in fields, Diane still returns from walks with handfuls of weeds and grasses. The texture and shapes are an endless source of painting material, as she believes the most beautiful things can often be found in the most unlikely of places from the roadside to waste ground.
The end result for Diane when painting an image is to hopefully create something that is 'pretty', that is simply a pleasure to look at and lets you find a new little detail the more you look in to the image.


i spent a fair amount of time clicking around the AYR website because (a) they have beautiful clothes and (b) the website is soooooo nice to look at & use. i particularly love the little wheel you can click on to select different colours of the same product (see this rad dress as an example). i actually hadn't heard of AYR before, but they focus on a few products done well (think Everlane) – great denim (loads of choices!), chambray, cashmere, tees, simple dresses and the like.
Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to find. We imagined a line of our favorite pieces, the things we would live in every day, all year round. So we stopped looking and started designing. We believe in good design, value out of versatility, and thoughtful service. Product and process should be easy and effortless. Our edited essentials and our exclusively digital experience look forward, not back.
I've never commented on your site before but today felt like a good moment to do it for some reason. I just wanted to say i check your blog everyday just because when i don't do it and i find a few unread posts at same time, i suffer severe Stendhal syndrome. Just wanted to tell you your work is amazing.
This is why i love your blog, you introduce me to so many wonderful things, including these glorious clothes!


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package cmd

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/bbrowning/ocf/pkg/app"

	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)

const (
	unbindCmdLong = `
Unbind a service from an application.

This command emulates Cloud Foundry's 'cf unbind-service' command but
targeting OpenShift instead. Not all the Cloud Foundry options are
supported; those that are supported are documented in the usage
information below.`

	unbindCmdExample = `
  # Unbind the 'rails-postgres' service from the application 'my-app'
  %[1]s unbind-service my-app rails-postgres`
)

type UnbindConfig struct {
	Application string
	Service     string
}

func init() {
	RootCmd.AddCommand(newUnbindCmd("ocf"))
}

func newUnbindCmd(commandName string) *cobra.Command {
	config := &UnbindConfig{}
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:     "unbind-service",
		Short:   "Unbind a service from an application.",
		Long:    unbindCmdLong,
		Example: fmt.Sprintf(unbindCmdExample, commandName),
		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
			err := config.Run(args)
			if err != nil {
				fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err)
			}
		},
	}

	return cmd
}

func (config *UnbindConfig) Run(args []string) error {
	debugf("Config: %+v\n", config)

	if len(args) != 2 {
		return errors.New("Error: Application name and service name are required")
	}

	app := &app.Application{Name: args[0]}
	err := app.UnbindService(args[1])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

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I'm a few days late to the photo challenge party, but here's an explosion of colors in this from-the-top pic of a tropical plant seen last month in Seattle, of all places! Put a little more color in your life by checking out this week's Lens-Artist Photo Challenge at Patti Moed's very excellent blog.
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Hi, Stephen. Thanks for the great PR! Much appreciated. And the orange flower is spectacular.


I did this tutorial so I could help one of my students who was struggling with it. I found out why he was struggling with it.... first he works too quickly (looking for instant gratification I think) and he's using a newer version of Ps so some of the commands have changed. I'll be able to clarify it for him next week.
Clip this layer with the layer underneath by pressing Ctrl + G (Command + G on the Mac) or Ctrl + Alt + G(Command + Option + G on the Mac) if you use Photoshop CS2.
This won't work in newer verisons of Ps. Instead, hold the alt key and click between the two layers you want to clip together.


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Our commitment to delivering the best in taste and nourishment is based on how we maintain a stringent purification standard. It also goes back to the roots, where we work closely with our local and global farms to ensure ethical practices are being followed.
We are highly determined to ensure that our products nourish the body and are pleasant to all palates. With this aim, we focus on premium quality for our ingredients - organic or not.


WELCOME to the 4th annual "December Winter Wonderland" contest/challenge.
This years theme will be "Once upon a time, fantasy and fun" but with a twist. I want you to take characters in literature, film or stage, and tell a story about them that we don't know, like "the Ice Princess had one thing that would warm her heart, her little baby Iciss". And since it's December, it must have something to do with winter or December in it. It can be real stories or not but it has to be fantasy type stories. You will be judged on how close you have followed the theme as much as how much you catch the judges eye with your render.
the standard contest rules will be upheld this month here is the link http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/286/ with a couple exceptions. In regards to rule #1, I will allow 8 minimum for free items, #6, I WILL allow all Morph++ free this months only, and rule #11, I'm going to give a limit of 3 renders per person. Contest will end the usual time and day end of the month midnight as always.
I'll need 3 suckers... er I mean volunteers (LOL) just kidding everyone, judging can be fun. Just ask us.
music2u4u will be donation his Santa's Workshop again this year and also donating his department store Santa display as well. Something new this year.
Mavelle a floor lamp - a vitrine-cabinet - window shaders who can be opened and closed even the blinds can be opened like real ones, and the refrigerator, all based on her own furniture.
WELCOME to the 1-hour snowman mini render challenge. for those of you that have never tried the 1-hour mini render, now is the time. The winner will get a $5 DAZ GC from me as well as his Santa sleigh with gifts included from music2u4u. The render I posted was what gave me the idea for this challenge. I was able to do it in under an hour.
The rules are simple, there are no rules... well maybe a couple of them.
2. You must post before you start your render letting us know you are entering the challenge so that the DAZ clock will show what time you start, and you must post again before the hour is up with your render done. If you fail to get it done within the hour, then it doesn't count. You can try again, but you have to make a completely different render.
3. YOU MUST START OUT WITH A BLANK PROGRAM WHEN YOU BEGIN THE CHALLENGE, once you make your first post then you can go back and start adding your props and stuff. I have no way of knowing if you cheat or not so you are on your honor in this one.You can use any combination of paid or free items, all paid, all free, it doesn't matter. Know I can hear you all saying, "there is no way I can get everything together and render it in under an hour". Now here are some tips to help you achieve this in under an hour.
winner will be announced some time on Monday the 10th.
Will this also allow the counterpart for Genesis, Genesis Evolutions? I'm fine if it doesn't since I have other options but just curious.
I don't use DS so am not sure but if is the equivalent to the Poser ++ morphs then yes . It appears that it is from the link.
oh yeah, can anyone do me a banner for Dec, music???? anyone???
Are we allowed to use past Daz Christmas freebies? I do not believe they are currently available.
You can use them; but you can't put them toward your freebie total.
Cool theme Jeepz I like it.
thanks Mavelle, I was inspired by the USA TV show called Once Upon A Time, I love that show, and we rarely do fantasy themes.
And druc, when it comes to things that aren't available, we have a category called doesn't count items, those are the ones that were once free but are no longer available, as long as they aren't being sold somewhere they fall under this category .
Oh I know... working on your ideas for the mini challenge???? the main contest????
Here is a picture of the Gooch shaders for all who enter the contest. This shader is a little different than the one in the tutorial.
Rules added to the December gallery page. The 1 hour sub-gallery will go active in the morning.
One quick question...is it bad that I had to download my own free runtime file structure because I can't remember how to set it up anymore? Have I been away THAT long? Are the runtimes even the same is DS 4.5?
For Poser items, yes. For anything that is made particularly for DS 4.5, it's a little different. Although I can't tell what all the rules are, because some things will install into the Runtime, but some things want to go into that My Library folder setup.
I finally gave up on using DS 3.something. It kept crashing, wouldn't render, and I couldn't find anything in my library and since I have 4+ years of crap I really didn't want to manually sort it all. looks like I'll have to. Another question, could something like textures be made in 4.5 but packaged to be used for all versions and for poser as well? I wanted to make some freebies again, and you guys are usually the most help to me.
OK, lets kick this little game off, and I hope I have complied with the rules.
Mrs Clause Snr clothes were a past Daz Christmas freebie, no longer available as a freebie and hairs is GnomieBunsLD, also a past Christmas freebie.
Ground is a Daz plane sent to Hexagon for the ridges at right, then made a SubD object to smooth the ridges.
Snow at the left corner of the house was a pane created on hexagon, also a SubD object.
Sorry, I forgot to add the little "story"
As Mr Claus senior watched his son prepare for his first offical outing, he wondered what "units per hour" had to do with this annual trip.
After all it was magic that allowed his ever faithful raindeers, led by Rudolf, to deliver gifts to all the nice and not so naughty children of the world.
Alzimers must be settling in, I forgot to add Santa Jr's clothes.
great take on the theme druc, all links are good, glad you added the story to it, the only suggestion I have is to put the links that are extra in a separate spot in your post, that way no one confuses them with the counted freebies.
now you should try the 1-hour mini.
I'm still looking for 3 judges for this month. Remember, you can still enter if you are a judge, just can't vote for your self.
and looking for someone to do my banner this month please any takers??
I will volunteer to be a judge jeeperz.
OT - hi everyone! Just wanted to drop in and say hello... and share some news.
I had been in and out of the hospital pretty much the entire first two weeks of November. But on November 15, when I was admitted to the hospital with severe pre-eclampsia, and the doctors decided to induce me. The medication for induction didn't take, so on Saturday, November 17, I had a c-section and gave birth to my little son, Jesse. He was 5 weeks early, 4lb, 7.6oz and 19 inches long. He was in the NICU for 12 days, and on Thursday evening, my husband and I took him home for the first time!
So... we're home now, and I'm sure I'll have a little bit of free time to come back and start participating in contests again. I've missed you all terribly!
Here's a picture of me with him when he was in the NICU, he was about a week old here.


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Mikey Cuthbert is a singer songwriter from Southend on Sea. His music is guitar based acoustic indie and his gritty but beautiful lyrics express his real-life experiences and emotions.
Mikey co-hosted the instant cult hit and real time internet show 'In the Attic' with Rachel Fuller, which included live music, witty rhetoric and guest appearances from established musicians and celebrities such as Pete Townshend, Simon Townshend, Jerry Hall, Adele and Roger Daltrey.
'In The Attic' prompted two live events in 2005 where Mikey shared a stage with Pete Townshend, Simon Townshend, Foy Vance and Rachel Fuller and her band at the Bedford Arms in London and a special event 'Basement Jam' live from Oceanic Studios. Rachel and Mikey went on the road with 'In The Attic', supporting The Who Tour across Europe and webcasting live by satellite.
'In the Attic' toured the US, performing intimate shows in LA, Chicago & New York, called Attic Jam's, featuring artists, including Martha Weinright, Billy Corgan, Mark E from the Eels, Bryan Adams, Joe Purdy, and Minnie Driver. An album was released of In the Attic live performances, featuring alongside Pete Townshend, Rachel Fuller, Simon Townshend and Mikey Cuthbert were the Editors, Kooks, Raconteurs, Magic Numbers, Flaming Lips, Ed Hardcourt, plus many more…
In 2005 Mikey released an EP 'Invisible' produced by Simon Townshend and executive producer Pete Townshend, featuring Mark Brzezicki, Matt Pegg and Simon Townshend.
Since then Mikey brought up his two children and began to write and perform again in the last 4 years. He has been composing and performing songs which he uploads and shares on both his Facebook and YouTube channels and will be releasing an album in 2018.
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