"Getting started with Krita" is a tutorial series of three blog post. The tutorials were designed for Krita 2.7 in 2013 + my brushkit V3 . This brush were added in Krita's default brushes after Krita 2.8. Using a newer version of Krita ( eg. 2.9.7 ) you should have everything you need. I updated a bit the tutorial in september 2015. The screenshot are old and won't match your interface, but it's the best I can do at the moment to refresh this three post.
My first tutorial will be a simple but rewarding one. 'Simple' because I'll write it as a step by step with all details to paint a symmetrical portrait, but without explaining the complex stuff underneath about theory ; and 'rewarding' because we will get a result quickly. It can be an ideal time investment if you have a first free afternoon to paint and want to learn basics of Krita while having fun.
Note : Save your document often during the process. I advice the 'Krita document' ( kra ) files.
Note 2: Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
1. On Krita first startup go to File menu on top, then 'New'. A dialog will pop-up, select in it the tab on left "Custom Document"(1) and create a new canvas with Width and Height to 4000 (2) and set resolution to 300ppi (3) , as on the screenshot. Skip other field as Name or Image description , and press 'Create' (4).
2. Maximize Krita Windows. Zoom your empty canvas to the 50% view (1) ( using '+' on keyboard or the mouse wheel ) . Take the crop tool (2) , and crop the visible canvas on your screen letting a border all around.
3. Click the little color square on the toolbar (1) ( the one under for the background color) step the value down to 216 (2) ( Hex: #D8D8D8 ) , then accept with the OK button (3) . Now press 'Backspace' over your canvas (4) , to fill this one with the grey background color.
6. Activate the shortcut on the top tool bar to the horizontal mirror mode.
7. Start to draw on canvas large axes, with direct and simple line strokes. Shape the head, simple lines for the eyes , mouth, and nose, same for ears. 'E' key on the keyboard will switch your brush to erase instead of paint. Pressing it again will restore the behavior to paint. You can correct your stroke to get proportion you like. To delete all , in case you are not happy , press 'Delete' on the keyboard.
8. Block the shadows zone of your face , if you are not familiar with drawing or painting, this skill is relative to your capacity to abstract the 3D model of a face in your head , and know the volumes of it and guess the shadows cast by an abstract light source. If you begin, just try to paint the area under the eyebrows, and under the nose, volume for the hair, and for the neck. Again, use the eraser to enhance your modeling. Keep it simple : zone of light and zone of shadows.
9. Create a new paint layer, and bring it between your blocked shadows, and the background. Select the default 'Fill_block' brush and fill the part inside the silhouette with a brighter grey ( brighter than your sketch , but darker than your background ).
11. Select the Bristles_hairy brush again. Select a mid grey color in the Advanced color selector and start to draw more shadows by glazing successive strokes. Try to be subtle, play with the pressure of your stylus and erase when necessary.
12. Create a new paint layer. Increase your grey color a bit , to reach the same grey value than your background ( or hold 'Control' to pick the color on the canvas ) and keep working on your modeling as you would do on a three dimensional plaster object.
13. Merge layer with the layer bellow, use Layer > Merge with Bellow layer ( or Ctrl+E ). Create a new paint layer. Draw the facial features ( eyes / mouth / nose ) on the top of our volumes. Use only tones already present on the canvas with your brush opacity diminished to 0.70 , picking value holding Control + click on the canvas. Create hard edges where you can , clean silhouette contour, increase the spike aspect of some shapes. This part is ideal to fix things. Take your time and keep the bigger brush size you can, reduce only if it's necessary .
14. Create a new paint layer. With white and same brush but now 0.50 opacity paint now only the glossy parts of the face, and the hair : or the more smooth or greasy part ( or the area receiving naturally more light in this lighting setup ). Be also subtle here too.
15. Create a new paint layer. Add some definition and details with a hard thin brush as the default brush preset 'Layout_Oval' and start to bring harder details to your drawing. Especially for glossy point or materials. You can add glossy reflective points of light with very bright values, almost or white. Shadows can be also creased a bit ; but I advice you to keep in a restricted range of values and avoid usage of darker tones. Also add some low opacity white around the silhouette to boost the contrast a bit.
At the end , the young fictive person I drew from imagination look a bit mystic in her attitude and simplistic in the design. I'll not add more accessories or design to gears on her to keep the tutorial method clean , but feel free to keep painting and follow your imagination... I advice you to keep doodling with a standard viewport , 50% and without zooming ; and train your painting skill within a "compressed value space" ( from white to grey ). It's easier than to manage a limited range of grey than dealing with full blacks to white to get started.
Repeat it again till you'll feel more confident with the steps to replicate without this page. Create monsters, girls, men or robot head this way with focusing on giving the illusion of volumes and the modeling/shading. The fun is really here : creation. Feel free to have a watch to my other mirrored portrait black and white speedpaintings .
License: CC-BY David Revoy, www.davidrevoy.com, 28 august 2013 .
Every time amazing. Thanks david.
Wow! Thank you very much, love your posts about krita and paiting!
@All : Hey , thanks for the encouragements, it really helps for me to continue on the part 2 ( already written , I must do screen captures now and publishing work , should be posted by Wednesday ) .
I am going to use this as an excuse to return to art again. My still "unknown" neurological condition has stolen just about everything from me, including all my past efforts but hell David, you helped me get into it a few years ago but damn I want to try again. I have nothing but time now even if my muscles don't always do what they are told to.
You remain an inspiration to the FLOSS community as a whole and to me.
@Nathaniel Schultz : Awww.... Thanks ! All my encouragements for both your art practice and also your health. I should post the second part today after I finish my painting hours for clients. I written it already on Sunday afternoon , then did the screenshot yesterday. Things will probably start to be more interesting when I'll finish the part 3 ; I prepare a new serie already focused more on the art. This 'getting started' focus on the software.
Hello! I was wondering how i could remove the Outline from all the canvas. When I was using the Outline selection tool to move something it when around the whole canvas. Do you think you could help me on this?
You can deselected all by pressing Ctr+Shift+A , or select all with Ctrl+A ( or use the Select menu ).
If you selected with the outline selection tool a part of a layer ; the transform tool should move only this part.
Check also the 'tool-option' docker ; maybe an option can be checked to move the whole group.
I felt I should appolgize to both you and the community since when this really started to hit home I was working with you and others on the Argosian Mint project and some Wacom Tools, all of which ended when my cognitive skills took the nose dive. I really like the getting started with the program part for part one because I need that kind of basic thing. I have trouble learning still and it takes quite the effort to figure out things that came so easily before. So while I cannot contribute I can, I suppose, enjoy and try.
By the way is there a means by which we can donate to support your efforts? I look forward to the next part, though i am still trying to get things setup.
@Nathaniel Schultz : No need of apology ; the Argosian Mint and documentation you let was brilliant and the Mate solution was a real breath when the Gnome2 get deprecated to Gnome Shell / Unity hard transition happen to the Linux desktop ; I also learned a lot from it about bash. Without this skill I could never did the https://github.com/Deevad/compilscripts :-) Thanks ! This tutorial series just propose a path ; but as you can see , I work with layers by workflow 'step' and not by depth of the picture. It's a sort of security to can erase also the layer if I start to be destructive, or turn off/on layer visibility and ask to myself the question if the actual pass really enhance the picture... I also try to keep a single tool/preset as long as possible to just darken and shade . Then take one and enlight the overall ... etc... I feel more productive this way than working area after area.
About donation ; I prefer to not ask for ( you can't see *yet* any Paypal button on my website ) . I do this tutorials and effort on my free-time , after daily painting for money to my client. Maybe it can change one day ; but then I 'll ask it directly to the user under a kickstarter form or something to invest into a long open tutorial series, or for a documented project comic or wathever ( not planned, just random ideas based on what I already did with Sintel / Tears of Steel / Chaos and Evolutions / Blend&Paint ).
Ce que tu fais est magnifique je voudrais atteindre au moins 1% de ce que tu as!!!
mais Krita me deteste ou detste mon vieux pc ppa, Compilscripts, stable, rien ne fonctionne (ou fonctionne correctement)... alors aller sur irc parler anglais, avec mon niveau scolaire ;) ont a pas fini.
@regis : Merci pour le retour ! pour ton soucis d'installation, je te conseille de rester sur la version 'stable' de 2.7 ou 2.7.1 de Krita ; la version developpement est en cours de nombreux changements ; opengl2, Qt5 etc... qui la rende réellement difficille à suivre. Surtout sur les bases 'buntu de systême qui ont beaucoups de bricolage dans les paquets pour rafistoler les besoins d' Unity.
Si tu veux rester sur la base 'buntu ; le plus simple est Kubuntu 13.04 ; qui propose 2.7 dans les paquets et l'optimisation avec VC 0.7 pour etre plus rapide. En solution plus rapide et légère pour un vieux PC , je conseille Manjaro 8.7 ; Xfce , basé sur Ach Linux ; le gestionnaire de paquet est à jour et a Krita 2.7 installable facilement. Seul bémol avec Xfce : pas de panneaux de configuration pour Wacom ; mais si tu connais Xsetwacom et les script ; pas de soucis. Bon courage !
en plus chez manjaro il y a une version openbox ;) mega leger!! et moi qui avais peur de passer sur Arch grand merci a toi!!!
je partage mon album screenshot!
I have a question about first two steps. What for need to create 4k*4k res canvas and then crop it? It is better than create, for example, 2000*1500 px canvas from beginning?
hi Kot, yes you can create also a canvas from scratch. My tip can do 2 things : 1) it produce a sort of infinite canvas where you can decide later to crop a sketch as a landscape or a portrait. sometime its hard to anticipate this at canvas creation. My second tip was to adapt a canvas to 50% any screen size. to be sure everyone would get same brush behavior, even on a small screen.
Hi! I got a question, I was fallowing the tutorial, and when I was doing the sketch of the face I used "E" to eraser and I continue the sketch, then I started to do the shadows after I finish, I made a new layer to use the fill brush and It didn´t work and I was like What Happened , so I realise that if I leave the cursor over the layer thumbnail I shows some marks, and those were the places were I used The eraser and I tried to paint again with the fill brush and I discover that I can only paint with the fill brush on the sections were I erased, I seems like a clipping mask, I can only paint if I make a layer on the top, but If I put the new layer between the layer 2 and Bg still apper to be like a clipping mask. I don´t really know how to fix this, can you help me?
@Kevin Caravaca : Hi Kevin. I think you accidentally presed this icon on the way http://i.imgur.com/7vhsUGJ.jpg ( the one next to the eraser ).
@Kevin Caravaca : Hey, now I get it. It 's not about the icon I mentionned before. From what I saw of your screenshot , everything is normal ; you just filled all the background of the layer with a solid color ( a grey ) ; E erased some opaque part of it ( the tooltip over the Krita layer, show in bright yellow the part transparent , erased ) , so it's normal if you paint under ( here crimson strokes ) that you can see only threw those 'holes' created on the top layer. That's how work the layer stack.
Now I get it, Thank you! so much. Have a nice day!
I've always wanted to draw, but I've never had someone to teach me and I've never set aside enough time to teach myself (though I have tried a few times unsuccessfully). However, I recently got a surface pro and came across the program Krita while in search of good drawing program. That led me to your artwork and tutorials. Last night I watched the entirety of Chaos and Evolutions and tonight I did part one of this tutorial. It took me two hours (pretty sure it took you like 15 minutes or less), which is less than I was expecting, and it turned out better than I had hoped. I have no prior skills in drawing, but because of you're tutorial I actually feel like I'm competent with drawing in krita. I'm so glad I found Krita and you and your tutorials. I can't wait to do part two tomorrow night!
I think what makes this tutorial especially helpful is the combination of instructions on how to use the software with the information about the brushes you use at each step and reference pictures for each step. I really loved this format.
Also, I love going through the layers and seeing how each layer adds a level of detail and seeing the rough sketch it started out as and how it got to the finished product.
I couldn't figure out how to put a link or image in this message, but I'd love to show how my first attempt at art turned out, whether it's on here or in an email.
@Matt Michalka : Hi Matt ; thanks for the cool feedback. I'm totally happy to know my ressources are helpful ; and Chaos&Evolutions can still help even if I recorded it in a depreciated Gimp-painter fork. That's cool to know.
Yep; my blog content management system got quite poor comments options : but you can still copy paste a link to the picture ( hosted on picture hosting website ) ; the link wont be active or clickable but I can manage to open it :-) I'll watch or request to the developpers of my blog system a way to detect URL finishing by *.jpg or *.png to display them after a resize . Shouldn't be really hard to do ; but I'm bad with parsing XML.
Also good to know Krita behave well on the Surfaces. Krita really is doing better and better.
They're nowhere near as good as yours, but for my first and second attempt I'm pretty proud of them. I notice that my lines aren't nearly as crisp as yours. I think it's because I didn't create hard enough edges in step 13.
@Matt Michalka : Oh yes, there is still a lot of bug ; but not major or critical : the team focus on solving almost immediately all the bug who does crash or freeze. A lot of remaining bug are linked to usability ; or result expected with different output.
Have a good study time ! and thx for the feedback.
Hello David ! Have you plan make some live stream video at livestream.com, i really want to see your live work, it would be fantastic.
Hey a little something I'm wondering is how you made that GIF image at the bottom; What software did you use?
@Cestarian : Hey, I used Gimp for this one. Just make all the frame as layers in the layer stack ; convert the picture mode to use 256 colors ; then export to Gif file. Their is a dialog when you export as gif with option ( frame/second , loop , etc... ).
Is it only just me, or is the GIF at the bottom corrupted for anyone else? It turns green around step 10 and starts over.
:O didn't know it could do that. Thanks!
Hello great and powerful Revoy! I have a question but I kind of figured it out. I had heck of a problem with step 9. I guess I ran into the same problem as Kevin. I read your response to him and understood it but I was just wondering if there was any easier way I'm just not seeing to do the filling step. Currently I'm just erasing all my white/grey area so i can fill that area in. When I look at your pictures it looks like you didn't do that at all. I feel like I just completely over looked a step. Anything you can over would be greatly appreciated.
Also I love your page, I think you're going to start getting me back into digital art. I just recently got a tablet and was using gimp having a heck of a time drawing in there. I was on the edge of just giving up because I always get so frustrated drawing with that program. Then I got referred to your page and I just love how you actually want to help other artist just starting out and people that have been doing this for a while.
@Yaffa : Thanks for the sweet feedback :-) Thx for the screenshot, it feels like your top layer ( thx for the preview ) has a background flat color. the Dark holes you the "layer preview pop-up" are holes of transparency.
Wow, thanks for the quick response! That did the trick though thanks.
@Yaffa : yes, the start strokes are really important. That's why a lot of artist likes to do sketch or speedpaintings ; mainly to practise first strokes ; and not spend too much time on finishing ( finishing is relatively easy compare to setup the right fundation underneath ). It's also fun, because you can go from a topic to one another very fast with skech/speedpainting ; and just enjoy to have a creative flow.
Have fun while painting !
I'm totally newbie at digital painting, but I really tried my best to follow this tutorial, but I'm stuck at the 13th step, how do you make those strong lines, and details. (What I mean is before that step it looks like you actually painted the image but at this step it almost looks like a drawing) Could you explain me this?
Thanks for the links I will definitely go and check them out. I'm pretty sure they will help me and It will be fun switch between several drawings. I just wanted to share what I ended up with after I finished this.
After finishing it I definitely can see where I need to improve on (mouth, eye's, facial features, shading, lighting, and how to make better use of proportions). I do have to say though, I'm really jealous of your shading abilities you just make some areas just so solid. Like I said before this has helped me a lot and given me a lot to think about. After I finished this and compare it to my other drawing I just think to myself, "wow I can actually draw this". I know I still have a long way to go and will always be learning but this is definitely a huge step in the right direction so thanks for all over this and continue helping new artist get started.
@Yaffa : Hey, thanks for sharing your result ; yes, making solid volumes and give the illusion of depht, light and materials texture is defintely a challenge.
What I wanted to share with this tutorial was also how to work with a palette of grey tones, and transmit this 'sculpting' exercice with light and volumes.
Good luck for your next exercice and carreer path to take skill in digital-painting :) it's long for everyone but rewarding !
@Fran : Hi Fran, thanks for your feedback ; Probably the issue is about my V3 brush were designed for Krita 2.7 ; and now you use probably 2.8 version, or even a beta experimental between 2.8 and 2.9. This V3 brushkit went 'inside Krita 2.8' so normally you should have the brush already inside Krita default big set ( just the team changed a bit the colors to be less saturated ). So, I recommend to use the default set. It's hard for me to track change ; the dev team is too fast !
By the way, I updated my brushkit (v5) for 2.8 here : http://www.davidrevoy.com/article238/ressource-krita-brushes-v5 ; thumbnails are different, and effect a bit too ; but in overall it's should be not too hard to find equivalent brushes.
Hello again David, I could fix that problem, thanks for your response. I have another doubt, in the step 12, I don't understand why you choose the color of the background. I mean, wouldn't it be better choose the main color of your drawing? (The color that you have used to fill the drawing in the step 9).
For the background color ; sure you can. I wanted ( I presume ) just to pick a brighter grey value to work on modeling.
Congratz for your work in progress. Thanks for sharing a screenshot ! True, following a tutorial ask a lot of attention and patience , and I hope you start to get a better experience of how Krita behaves, and how tweaking opacity of the brush can be important for adapting thin stroke of glazing for darkening or brighting.
I really need to pick up some new techniques so I'm about to follow this again, I just noticed however that you are using the sRGB color profile, that's a no-no.
Déjà bravo et super tuto (qui est toujours en cours de lecture de mon côté => mec pas lent, ni procrastinateur).
Je pense que tu peux ajouter le lien vers la troisième partie puisque disponible (du moins je crois :P).
Autrement et bien que ce ne soit pas un point hyper important en regardant un peu, tu ne précises pas ton changement de couleur au point 9 qui va du gris foncé au gris clair.
Encore merci pour les ressources dont tu mets à disposition.
PS : Préfères-tu les commentaires en français ou en anglais ?
@Aurélien Léger : Merci Aurélien ! En effet , le lien vers le tuto n°3 n'avait pas été mis à jour, et le changement de couleur manquait en n°9 . Merci pour ce retour , j'ai mis à jour.
Pour les commentaires, je préfère **personnellement** en français car c'est plus facile pour moi de les comprendre et d'y répondre avec précision ; mais **collectivement** je préfère en anglais car toute l'audience capable de lire le tutoriel à accès aux informations des commentaires aussi.
Just a few notes that got me stuck (in case somebody has these problems, working on Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, Krita 2.8), 1. Sometimes the "save file" gives you error when creating a new file, write the file extension manually to work it around (filename.kra) 2. The crop tool is unusable! weird bug that doesn't allow you to use the crop tool IF your tool layout is bigger than two or three icons (meaning you see two or three tool icons in a single row). :D Your tutorial is amazing! I started coloring in gimp and then found Krita but i didn't quite get the hang of it, plus the pure art tips are stunning, I've also been using Ubuntu and FLOSS for a while, your tutorial also inspires me to remember why i made this choice so long ago. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your words about my tutorial !
Hey! I've...attempted at trying to draw it...And i'm really not sure how you make it look so smooth and shaded, mine is just thick lines, when yours is kind of shaded.
@Oliver : Hi Oliver, it's probably because I have more practice at painting faces, shading and I know the volume of a face ( even If I change here the proportion to match my style ). Keep practising, and study how the shapes and 3D volumes works in a face. Good luck !
Sorry for this stupid question but what is the "Select the 'Fill brush'" ?
Or is it the bucket on the tools panel ? Thanks.
@taifun : Hi, yes, this tutorial shows how to use basic Krita tools, but not tells basics of drawing. You probably should learn as a complementary exercise tutorial about human head proportions to draw faces.
wow i just took a look in ur paintings collection and i cant even imagine to paint like that. how do u do that incredible. one question do u have a starting Point if ur skechting a human face? du u start with the nose or somthing else? does that even matter?
@taifun :Thank you, I usually start with general volumes a sphere flatten on both side, with an extruded squary triangle for the jaw ; then I crease the eye socket like a venitian mask ; and when I have the correct perspective for the eye socket I extrude the nose , and lips . You can find here http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/ a lot of PDF book of the best drawing instructor ; his style is probably a bit vintage for both academic and cartoon , but the method and lessons are still very modern.
Thanks! I always drew by hand, and one day I got a Wacom tablet. I really sucked at drawing with it and it was just collecting dust in a drawer until I found this website. I'm getting better every second I use it!
@Opal : Thank you for the feedback !
Anyway, here's my attempt --- can't seem to help but make the eyes too big hehe.
It was fun, and as you said, very rewarding feeling of 'completing' it (well, this first step of the tutorial anyway).
@Jonathan :Hey, thanks for trying. I should update this tutorial soon, the Krita interface is changing in recent version and I probably need to redo the screenshots.
>> I have a question tho, when learning and practicing, should I be using symmetry tools like this?
No, for learning drawing , it's important to train drawing objects into a sort of 3D space. Symmetry flatten a bit all, it's just fun to train for a "getting started"
It's useful in other cases : Sometime backgrounds can be symmetrical, character design sketching can be done from front view, model-sheet for 3D artist too ; vehicle top view sometime too.
It's just a tool, but it's also a nice exclusive feature of digital compare to traditional. That's why it's entertaining to get started with it.
>> Anyway, here's my attempt --- can't seem to help but make the eyes too big hehe.
Good work ! If you want to improve, have a look at facial proportions, there is a set of easy rules based on third, half, etc... and easy guidelines. Many guide cover it. It will help you to make more appealing characters from imagination.
I've been going over a lot of tutorial videos for that kind of stuff, but it is a lot to take in at once as a beginner, obviously (including your old Chaos & Evolutions video, about halfway through and liked it a lot so far, it is nice to see the whole 'process').
@Jonathan : true, taking skill is a long road of little success here and there. Anatomy of small part of the body is rewarding ; eyes, mouth, nose, etc... are perfect topic to start with anatomy. Good luck with it.
I was wondering if there is a way to get shortcuts to work for a tablet? Id like the undo tool to be on one of the buttons on my pen but it wont work when i tried.
@Sarah : Hi Sarah, this customization depends of your tablet driver, Krita can't change it. If your tablet driver allows it, just assign Ctrl+Z to this button. ( eg. On Linux with Wacom , only KDE 4 can do it with a user interface ; for other, you need to use a xsetwacom command line. I can help with it ).
@Michael : Hi Michael. You are right, I made an update 2 month ago to be sure all the tutorial is still compatible with 2.9 series ; but I couldn't also update the screenshot and they start to differ too much. I'll see if I can spent time on it to do a new symmetry portrait, mimic the same screenshot, and replace the images one by one. It can easily take two full days of work.
@Michael : Thanks for the feedback! I just finished a new theme for my website ; this one allows me now a bit of more flexibility ; I could tranfert the 3 'Getting Started' tutorial into their own category ' Tutorial Beginner'. Next step will be to redo them. ;-) I also added 3 new tutorials, and plenty of Pepper&Carrot making of and sketches.
I see about the gray now, I think I will need to do this with many different pictures before moving on to the next part. I wasn't using enough layers and was using black outline.
I was all around your site and found where I was using color wrong by not moving on to the next step, that helped a lot too!
I will be talking with my library about getting the books you showed along with your site; they are starting a small studio for young people, for learning and painting.
Okay, I'm going to get some coffee and get to work, Thanks for the info!
Very good tutorial. I felt like I had some sort of entry barrier into Krita and it feels like this helped me break through. Thank you for posting it!
I decided to try the technique taught in this tutorial with my own art style. I messed up a little when I chose the mid-grey tone which caused the brightest shade of grey to become a highlight color... Which is why I've stopped before the stage where pure white is added to the painting.
It's late at night right now so I won't be continuing this drawing... But I will try this tutorial from the start on another day.
used the same techniques you described.
picture of coarse is different. I wanted to see how much contrast I could get and test the pressure sensitivity of my pen.
I had so much fun doing it.
Hey, thank you Chris and Innae for sharing both your results!
Innae; beautiful character! Very appealing design and face style.
Thank you David ^^, I´ll keep practicing it.
Hi David, thanks for your amazing tutorial. Here is my result following your steps. Thanks for your comments.
@dancingmelon : Good job on the rendering for the shiny/glossy hair, and also for the right proportion for eyes. Maybe neck and nose needs a tiny bit more work to feel in volume, but this is anatomy training. Thanks for sharing your result.
Very very useful post for all of us and i'm delighted to see this tutorila reason i'm finding such tutorial.
@Dobry : Hey good job! The weak parts are the nose ( not easy to draw because it's a volume in the direction of the camera ; and need to know it's anatomy ) and the neck. Thanks for sharing your result about it.
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. I just started with Digital art and tried the first part of this tutorial.
Question: Did you do some blending in this first part to achieve the smooth shading effect?
Final try to load the image. Sorry!!
Really awesome tutorial. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I´m abandoning Gimp. Krita rules!
I'm in awe with your style!! Simply chapeau bas!! Could you tell what's your favourite manga? :) asking out of curiosity, but men, you're great!
it is an amazing post ..but it seems very difficult to draw a face or something with mouse..
Well, I have to say thank you for pushing me to start drawing again. The guidance really made me push forward!
Thank you for sharing your progress, and good luck for the next parts of the tutorial!
For starters, I just wanted to thank you for everything you're doing for the community!
I started with Krita and have been practicing digital painting both at college and home. However, I can work only design-related illustrations at college as I'm studying industrial design, I think concept art and illustration in general are great for me to just expand my outreach and learn as much as I can about the entire field.
I found this series and immediately started working on it, slowly and carefully implementing all your guidelines at every step and now I think I've reached somewhat of a satisfactory black and white portrait, having added some of my own style elements. Especially, the eyes and the blurred out clothing(which to be honest resulted slightly out of lack of willingness to render clothing lol). I experimented with the movement of the eye and what they would invoke, how different eye sizes can evoke different emotions and reveal the same person as having different character traits. It's truly amazing how just the eyes can communicate so much of what the person is like.
Here's the image file and I do hope to get bashed with criticism lol.
lol please don't embarrass me again, imgur!
Hey, I was using my laptop for this.. So it isn't as good as I wanted to be. Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'll post the one in color.
i noe, write a book!
Hi, thanks! Good question. This digital-painting technique as it's own limits ; and one of them is this technique ease working on the overall picture ( compositing layer after layer to split the grey and color ), but make difficult to split elements of the painting ( eg. a character and a background ) . It's always possible to do two layer groups ; and redo the full layer stack for each of them. The character can even use 'alpha inherence' feature https://docs.krita.org/Clipping_Masks_and_Alpha_Inheritance to not do stroke on the background.
Alpha inherence = a layer mode, the little button ' α ' in the layer stack in right of each layer.
It's an advanced feature a bit complex. That's why I linked to the documentation, but this one is complex too.
Ah, okay, I think I got it! Thanks!
Here I advice to paint/color the background before the character ( the character needs to have an sketch or a drawing done, so you know what part of the picture you don't need to details ). Having the lighting from the environment will give you a lot of hint on how to shade your character.
First of all, thank you for this amazing tutorial! I'm now trying to apply it to an old drawing I made, a while ago. Unfortunately, I have come into a problem as I was practicing the drawing technique you use. I am at step number 13 and I am not if I should draw clothing very opaque ... If i only softly press on my table pen, it will be very transparent and almost invisible but it will conserve the lighting I worked on previously, to portray the body shape. And if I make it a 100% opaque, i will not see the body shape i previously worked on. What's the best solution? Do clothing 100% opaque or leave some transparency to keep an eye on the shading previously made?
Je vais me remettre au boulot et on va voir ce que ça donne. Dernière petite question: Quel est l'avantage de combiner tout les calques avant de passer à une autre étape? Par example, si on veux aller en arrière et corriger des détails ombres à l'étape couleur, ça ne sera plus possible. Donc je me dit que mettre les calques en groupes verrouillés semble meilleur... A moins qu'il y ai une raison technique derrière le fait de tout combiner(/aplatir).
- Simplifier la pile de calques pour le tutoriel, et aborder la fusion des calques.
C'est tout :-) Si votre PC est assez puissant pour garder les calques sans rencontrer de ralentissement ; c'est parfait.
Thank you for following it, and for sharing your result!
I must say thank you for the tutorial. I am new to digital art and when I found Krita I had no idea what I was doing. So after I had found this, I was able to gain a better understanding of what some of the tools do and how most of the setting work. I've left a link to what I was able to create. It may not be the best sketch but I'm proud of what I was able to get done. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thank you for your comment and for following my old guide. I'll try to refresh it in 2018 with something maybe a bit more easy and updated to recent version of Krita.
I'm always amazed to see your result ; for first attempts it's really good. You only need to study fundamental ( proportion mainly, to control the effect/stylistic deformation you want with distance between eyes, nose, mouth, and head shape in general ; there is a lot of tiny tips to make all this system works together while preserving deformation of style ). Also, the main part you struggled with is probably the neck. Not a lot knows all the volumes caused by bones, muscles and other part on the neck. Studying it might help you to sculpt good neck later.
As of someone new to digital art, your tutorial is great. But im having an issue with step 9. I cant get the fill color to only be in the silhouette. Tried figuring it out from the previous comment but didnt help me. Gonna link a screen shot so would appreciate some help and feedback on it.
Good job at figuring it alone!
And sorry for late reply, I try to be around.
Good luck on completing this (old) tutorial.
With the release of Krita 4.0 and your heavy involvement with the creation/update of the default brushes, are you planing on updating this tutorial to work with those in mind (or perhaps just making a new tutorial)?
Hi Fools Errand, updating this tutorial is probably 3 days full time of work. Hard to invest that in the schedule of the next month but Ill keep it in mind , its a good idea.
Great Tutorial! Looking forward to start 2/3!
Does this tutorial include newer updates maybe..?
Sorry, it is not updated; but most of the features are still the same.
Can you make more tutorial like this.
especially about how to paint a scene.
This is a good idea, I only miss more time to write something like this. I'll keep in a corner of my mind.
How do i get rid of the white to go to the clear?


The official kick-off has taken act!
This entry was posted on 23 febbraio 2012, 15:48 and is filed under News & Eventi. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.


text:
Home :: Military :: World :: Venezuela :: Introduction :: Government :: Politics ::
Venezuela - Politics
Venezuela - Political Parties
Venezuela - Corruption
2000 - Election - General
2002 - Coup Attempt
2002 - General Strike
2004 - Coup Rumor
2005 - Election - Assembly
2006 - Election - President
2016 - Crisis
2018 - Coup Attempts
2019 - Coup
Juan Guaido
Coup for Captalism
Inside the Failed Plot to Overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro June 27, 2018
2018 Coup Attempts
In June 2018 Bloomberg reported that a plot, code-named Operation Constitution, involved tens of captains, colonels, and generals from all four branches of Venezuela's armed forces. The goal was to arrest President Nicolás Maduro and put him on trial. The plotters, wearing blue armbands marked OC, were to storm the presidential palace and main military base and stop the May 20 presidential election. More dramatic claims, include that there was a separate plot, Operation Armageddon, which called for Maduro's assassination at a military parade in July 2017.
Some of the planning took place in Bogotá, but Colombian and US officials, who knew about the plot, declined to provide active support. Speaking in Texas in February 2018, as coup preparations were coming to a head, then U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson noted that militaries in Latin America frequently step in during crises. "If the kitchen gets a little too hot for [Maduro], I am sure that he's got some friends over in Cuba that could give him a nice hacienda on the beach," he said.
In mid-May 2018, several dozen servicemen, including one woman, as well as a couple of civilians, were secretly arrested—some have been accused of treason—and imprisoned by a military court. Many say they've been tortured.
An explosion rocked Venezuela on 04 August 2018. As the South American country's President Nicolás Maduro was giving a speech, a large explosion cut his speech short and had soldiers scattering. There are contradicting points on what the explosion were, but the general consensus is that it was an attempted assassination attack. Two drones, armed with C4 explosives, exploded at the nearby building. Venezuela's Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez has said several drones detonated close to where the president was giving a speech. The president was unharmed, but seven soldiers sustained injuries.
According to the government, the assassination was attempted with two remote-controlled drones, each carrying a kilogram of plastic explosive C4, which was "capable of causing effective damage over a 50-meter radius." One of the drones reached near Maduro but then it became "disoriented by signal inhibiting equipment" and was thus "activated outside the assassins' planned perimeter." The second drone collided into a nearby building.
Maduro simultaneously accused opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens and exiled opposition leader Julio Borges – a former parliamentary speaker – of having plotted the "assassination" attempt. Requesens was arrested in a swoop by the SEBIN national intelligence service unit in Caracas on Tuesday night. The opposition lawmaker's sister, Rafaela Requesens, who is a student leader, was also arrested by security forces.
Nicolas Maduro accused Julio Borges of being linked to an alleged attempt to assassinate him, saying that "some evidence" points at the opposition leader. Maduro also said that he would ask extradition of all those linked to the attack residing abroad. The Venezuelan Supreme Court greenlighted on 08 August 2018 the detention of opposition leader Julio Borges who had been accused of an assassination attempt against the country's President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela's government-allied Constituent Assembly said it will try opposition lawmakers in connection with what the government says was a failed assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro. Assembly chief Diosdado Cabello called a session on Wednesday to strip opposition lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity so they could face trial for the alleged and failed bid to kill the president. "When justice comes, it hits hard," Cabello said. There was no explanation as to why all opposition lawmakers would be targeted, in what looked more like a sweeping crackdown on government opponents. Cabello offered no evidence that they had been involved in the Saturday "assassination" attempt.
Meanwhile, Borges, the exiled opposition leader, described the "assassination" attack on Maduro as a "farce" and "staged." "Neither the country nor the world believes you when it comes to this farce of an attack. We all know that it was staged to persecute and repress those of us who oppose your dictatorship," Borges tweeted from the Colombian capital, Bogota.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Miami Conservatory of Music (MCofM) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) community music school which accepts beginner through preprofessional music students. We welcome young students from age 5 and adults, from beginners to accomplished, of all levels and visions. MCofM works with each student to achieve personal goals — goals which can be as simple as learning a new musical expression or to preparing for a professional career. The students are offered performance opportunities in recitals, master classes, festivals, local and national competitions.
The conservatory opened in 2003. At the end of the first school year, Miami Conservatory of Music counted 25 students and 4 teachers. Today, we cater close to 600 students and maintain a faculty of about 40 teachers. Providing an environment where students are inspired to learn is the key to our continued success.
In 2013, the French Government bestowed upon longtime Coconut Grove resident Brigitte Kishlar, a Knighthood in the Order of Arts and Letters. The award is given to individuals who have contributed significantly to the arts, literature, or the advancement of those fields. This is perhaps France's most distinguished title and it remains today a highly coveted honor internationally.
Brigitte founded the Miami Conservatory of Music fifteen years ago, and the MCA academy in 2006 and has produced many musical and literary events including the Fete de la Musique in Coconut Grove, concerts with world-class musicians and the La Plume Young Writers Contest. The conservatory has also provided music scholarships for musically inclined children whose families have limited resources but wish to continue their training to reach their highest achievement.
Brigitte Kishlar, Founder and President, was awarded in 2015 "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce, prize given for excellence in business and to people whose efforts make the community better and brighter, and nominated in 2016 "Business Leader of the Year".


We've been beaching it the last few days and I regret to inform we are back to the old grind today.
I'm always glad to be back home but it's bittersweet; hence my choice for today.
I haven't heard any Big Head Todd in YEARS, but I've always loved this song.
OMG!!!! That is my most FAVORITE song in the whole wide world!!!!! Been to several shows with front row seats and pulled on stage....I play this song at least once a week in, I think I will play it on the way back to work. via--cd style!!!!
Hope y'all had a fab vacay!!


text:
var hostweburl;
var appweburl;
var eTag;
var formDigestValue;

$(document).ready(function () {

    //Get the URI decoded URLs.
    hostweburl =
        decodeURIComponent(
            getQueryStringParameter("SPHostUrl")
    );
    appweburl =
        decodeURIComponent(
            getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl")
    );

    var scriptbase = hostweburl + "/_layouts/15/";

    $.getScript(scriptbase + "SP.RequestExecutor.js", retrieveFormDigest);
});

// Function to retrieve a query string value.
// For production purposes you may want to use
//  a library to handle the query string.
function getQueryStringParameter(paramToRetrieve) {
    var params =
        document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
    var strParams = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i = i + 1) {
        var singleParam = params[i].split("=");
        if (singleParam[0] == paramToRetrieve)
            return singleParam[1];
    }
}

function clearStatus() {
    $("#message").text("");
    $("#error").text("");
}

// Listing 9-9
function retrieveFormDigest() {

    var contextInfoUri = appweburl + "/_api/contextinfo";
    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: contextInfoUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            formDigestValue = jsonObject.d.GetContextWebInformation.FormDigestValue;
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var errMsg = "Error retrieving the form digest value: "
                + errorMessage;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-10
function createNewList() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var bodyContent = JSON.stringify(
        {
            '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.List' },
            'AllowContentTypes': true,
            'BaseTemplate': 100,
            'ContentTypesEnabled': true,
            'Description': 'Custom List created via REST API',
            'Title': 'RESTCreatedList'
        }
    );

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-length": bodyContent.length,
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: bodyContent,
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-11
function createNewListItem() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('RESTCreatedList')/Items?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var bodyContent = JSON.stringify(
        {
            '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Data.RESTCreatedListListItem' },
            'Title': 'Item created via REST API'
        }
    );

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-length": bodyContent.length,
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: bodyContent,
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-12
function updateListItem() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('RESTCreatedList')/Items(1)?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var bodyContent = JSON.stringify(
        {
            '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Data.RESTCreatedListListItem' },
            'Title': 'Item changed via REST API'
        }
    );

    // Retrieve the eTag value
    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
            $("#message").text('ETag: ' + data.headers["ETAG"]);
            eTag = data.headers["ETAG"];

            // Invoke the real update operation
            executor.executeAsync({
                url: operationUri,
                method: "POST",
                headers: {
                    "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                    "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                    "content-length": bodyContent.length,
                    "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
                    "X-HTTP-Method": "MERGE",
                    "IF-MATCH": eTag
                },
                body: bodyContent,
                success: function (data) {
                    $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
                },
                error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
                    var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
                    var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
                    $("#error").text(errMsg);
                }
            });
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error retrieving the eTag value: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-13
function deleteListItem() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('RESTCreatedList')/Items(1)?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    // Retrieve the eTag value
    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
            $("#message").text('ETag: ' + data.headers["ETAG"]);
            eTag = data.headers["ETAG"];

            // Invoke the real update operation
            executor.executeAsync({
                url: operationUri,
                method: "POST",
                headers: {
                    "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                    "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                    "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
                    "X-HTTP-Method": "DELETE",
                    "IF-MATCH": eTag
                },
                success: function (data) {
                    $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
                },
                error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
                    var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
                    var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
                    $("#error").text(errMsg);
                }
            });
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error retrieving the eTag value: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-14
function queryListItems() {
    clearStatus();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('Sample%20Contacts')/Items?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'&$filter=Company%20eq%20'OfficeDevPnP'";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").empty();

            for (var i = 0; i < jsonObject.d.results.length; i++)
            {
                var item = jsonObject.d.results[i];
                $("#message").append("
" + item.Title + "
");
            }
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-15
function createNewLibrary() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var bodyContent = JSON.stringify(
        {
            '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.List' },
            'AllowContentTypes': true,
            'BaseTemplate': 101,
            'ContentTypesEnabled': true,
            'Description': 'Custom Library created via REST API',
            'Title': 'RESTCreatedLibrary'
        }
    );

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-length": bodyContent.length,
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: bodyContent,
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-16
function uploadFile() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('Documents')/RootFolder/Files/Add(url='SampleFile.xml',overwrite=true)?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var xmlDocument = "<?xml version='1.0'?><document><title>Uploaded via REST API</title></document>";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type": "text/xml",
            "content-length": xmlDocument.length,
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: xmlDocument,
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-17
function updateFile() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/PnPDev/Shared%20Documents/SampleFile.xml')/$value?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var xmlDocument = "<?xml version='1.0'?><document><title>File updated via REST API</title></document>";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type": "text/xml",
            "content-length": xmlDocument.length,
            "X-HTTP-Method": "PUT",
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: xmlDocument,
        success: function (data) {
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-18
function checkOutFile() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/PnPDev/Shared%20Documents/SampleFile.xml')/CheckOut()?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-19
function checkInFile() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/PnPDev/Shared%20Documents/SampleFile.xml')/CheckIn?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    var bodyContent = JSON.stringify(
        {
            'comment': 'Checked in via REST',
            'checkInType': 1
        });

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "Content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "Content-length": bodyContent.length,
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
        },
        body: bodyContent,
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-20
function deleteFile() {
    clearStatus();
    retrieveFormDigest();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/PnPDev/Shared%20Documents/SampleFile.xml')?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "X-HTTP-Method": "DELETE",
            "X-RequestDigest": formDigestValue, // $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
            "IF-MATCH": "*", // Discard concurrency checks
        },
        success: function (data) {
            $("#message").text("Operation completed!");
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

// Listing 9-21
function queryDocuments() {
    clearStatus();

    var executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl);
    var operationUri = appweburl +
        "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/GetByTitle('Documents')/RootFolder/Files?@target='" +
        hostweburl + "'";

    executor.executeAsync({
        url: operationUri,
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            $("#message").empty();

            for (var i = 0; i < jsonObject.d.results.length; i++) {
                var item = jsonObject.d.results[i];
                $("#message").append("
" + item.Name + "
");
            }
        },
        error: function (data, errorCode, errorMessage) {
            var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data.body);
            var errMsg = "Error: " + jsonObject.error.message.value;
            $("#error").text(errMsg);
        }
    });
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Trijicon has come a long way since it first introduced its ground-breaking ACOG for the M-16 battle rifles. Its journey of optical excellence has been accompanied by snipers, military personnel, law enforcers, and earned it a reputation of being extremely sophisticated and trustworthy. And the success of its self luminous aiming systems, as found in various Trijicon rifle scope reviews, is greatly due to the user's success on the hunting/ battlefield.
The Trijicon Rifle Scopes are categorically highlighted by Bindon Aiming Concept. Developed by Glyn Bindon, it is an aiming technique that incorporates aiming through a magnified sight and keeping both the eyes open while doing so. This in turn makes the brain superimpose the illuminated reticle of the Trijicon scope on the object/ target. The shooter, instead of aiming with the scope reticle, lets the dominant eye keep the focus and the other eye on the target. This is handy in a number of ways; it calls for more accurate shooting and helps negate problems of centering or acquiring agile targets.
Trijicon Accupoint Scopes: The Accupoint range speaks of high-end features. Common attributes of the range include natural illumination, nitrogen filled tubes, anodized aluminum construction, manual brightness adjustment and variable scope magnifications of 1x to 20x.
Trijicon ACOG Scopes: The ACOG Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights focus mainly on combat. Common attributes of the range include natural illumination and fixed magnifications of 1x to 6x.
Trijicon Reflex Sights: The Reflex Sights are ideal for tactical, hunting, rifles, and shotguns. Common attributes of the range include natural/ powered illumination, rugged demeanor and 1x optics.
Trijicon RMR Sights: The small RMR Sights are more than perfect for discreet operations. Common attributes of the range include low-profiled demeanor, strong battery and adjustable brightness.


text:
You are here: Home › Wolff Becoming Fixture in Ottawa
Wolff Becoming Fixture in Ottawa
By Zach Spedden on May 23, 2016 in Independent Baseball, News
In just the team's second season, Ottawa Champions (Independent; Can-Am League) executive Miles Wolff is becoming a fixture at the ballpark and in the Ottawa community.
Wolff, the longtime baseball executive who also serves as the Can-Am League's commissioner, oversaw the establishment of the Champions last season at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park (formerly Lynx Stadium). While Wolff is not alone is running the Champions—David Gourlay serves as president and minority owner—his influence helped lead the Champions to a successful inaugural season, as the team averaged more than 2,200 fans per-game and finished third in attendance in the eight-team circuit.
From the looks of it, Wolff sees room for the Champions to grow, and he has become a regular at the ballpark. More from the Ottawa Citizen:
He and Michelle have moved up to their Ottawa home for the rest of the summer, and by many accounts, the couple have made many friends around their regular seats behind home plate.
Champs president and minority owner David Gourlay says Wolff is a very hands-on owner, except on game day.
"If I go down to talk to him during a game, I barely get a response. He waves me straight off, tells me to deal with it."
Wolff says the crowds at the park, while still not near his 3,000-plus targets, are engaged and involved and he's sure things will build.
The story of the Champions has been one of the more interesting developments over the last few seasons. At a time where Ottawa city officials were heavily targeting affiliated baseball, Wolff and the Can-Am League managed to work out a 10-year lease that began last season. The Champions started out with a bang, drawing more than 3,800 fans to their first game despite blustery weather conditions.
Early indications point to another strong season in Ottawa. The Champions have averaged 2,981 fans through their first four games, and attracted a total of 3,081 for yesterday's contest.
About Zach Spedden
Zach Spedden is the managing editor of the August Publications sports sites. He graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in February 2014, and a Master of Arts in Emerging Media from the University of Loyola Maryland's in September 2015. Zach resides in Baltimore.
View all posts by Zach Spedden →
Personnel News: Danville, Gary
Brewery on Tap Near New Gastonia Ballpark
Milkmen Search for New Ballpark Naming-Rights Partner
Best of 2019, #6: Robo-Umps Debut Under MLB/Atlantic League Deal
Pacific Association Preparing for 2020
can am league, david gourlay, independent, miles wolff, ottawa champions
Manatees Experiencing Attendance Jump
What-If Night: The Pensacola Mullets


The Smartwool Mountaineering Extra Heavy Crew Socks are a merino wool sock intended for cold weather activities like winter walking and ice climbing.
After your boots the socks you choose to wear arguably have the biggest impact on your ability to move across terrain.
With the case in point being that even comfortable boots can be ruined by poor socks and vice versa; ultimately leading to uncomfortable feet (blisters or just general rubbing), reduced enjoyment and slower progress.
A significant proportion of the cost of a product to a customer is dependent upon the cost of the materials used; these socks use merino wool (74% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon and 1% Elastane).
Merino wool is a great material for outdoor products as it manages moisture extremely well, has a good warmth to weight ratio, is very breathable and is odour resistant (perhaps a particular benefit for socks).
Also merino wool feels much softer than standard wool, but not only is the inclusion of merino wool important but the amount or relative percentage of it.
Too much merino wool (and not enough nylon) and the sock wouldn't be durable enough to handle the use, but too little merino (and too much nylon and elastane) and the sock wouldn't be as comfortable to use.
In actual use and testing merino not only feels more comfortable against the skin when dry but is particularly beneficial when in damp conditions compared to other wool / nylon socks.
Merino wool has a noticeable advantage in managing moisture well; whereby even when wet it still feels comfortable without feeling saturated (like synthetic fibres do).
Smartwool use their 'Smartwool Fit System' involving an ankle brace, arch brace and reinforced cushion zone.
It's unlikely that you will notice the additional support; however this does make the sock feel as though it has been tailored to your foot, with the shape tapering around your ankle and fitting snugly around your arch.
The combination of the ankle brace, arch brace and reinforced cushion zone ensure a significantly more comfortable fit, with much less excess material to create pressure points and a sock which stays in place throughout the whole day.
'Out the box' comfort is amazing. The first time you put them on you will notice how soft the merino feels against your skin (i.e. increased comfort) and how well they fit.
In actual use they keep your feet warm and dry (although your feet may still be wet, they feel more comfortable in a merino wool sock compared to nylon / polypropylene mix sock).
Cost? At £24 they might seem expensive, however when a good quality / well featured waterproof jacket can cost easily in excess of £200 then why would something so important such as the comfort of your feet be overlooked?
Sizing; although the size ranges are fairly standard for socks if you are at one end of the size range it can make it tricky to get a perfect fit (i.e. too tight a fit in one size but too loose a fit in the next size up).
The Smartwool Mountaineering Extra Heavy Crew Socks are brilliant; ensuring comfortable feet in a range of temperatures and in spite of any dampness in your boots. They will be a pleasing revelation to anyone used to synthetic socks, but high quality merino wool socks should perhaps also be seen as an essential item for anyone spending extended periods of time in the outdoors.
The Smartwool Mountaineering Extra Heavy Crew Socks on review here have been provided by Outdoor Look.


text:
Search by Opera or Musical Piece
Cyrano De Bergerac London
Cyrano De Bergerac London London
Cyrano De Bergerac London London Tickets
Monday, February 10 2020, 7:30 PM. Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom
This event is for 12 and over
Other Cyrano De Bergerac London events
Cyrano De Bergerac London London Thursday, January 23 2020, 2:30 PM. Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom
Cyrano De Bergerac London London Friday, January 24 2020, 7:30 PM. Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom
Cyrano De Bergerac London London Saturday, January 25 2020, 2:30 PM. Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom
Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom 10 Feb 2020 - Mon 19:30
10 Feb 2020 - Mon 19:30
Playhouse Theatre London, London, United Kingdom
Playhouse Theatre London
Playhouse Theatre London - London


Implicit in many approaches to the enhancement of well-being is the importance of becoming aware of ones cognitive, emotional, interpersonal and social ecological circumstances. My research examines the role of attention and awareness, and specifically mindfulness, in self-regulation and psychological, physical and social well-being. More broadly, I am interested in the study of consciousness and its role in human functioning. Conducted in both laboratory and naturalistic settings, my research program addresses both theoretical and applied issues.
What helps us express compassion toward people for whom we may not otherwise feel concern?
Do mindful people show less defensiveness when their sense of self is threatened by a confrontation with their own mortality?
Berry, D., Cairo, A., Quaglia, J., Goodman, R.J., Green, J.D. & Brown, K.W. (2018). Mindfulness increases prosocial responses toward ostracized strangers through empathic concern. Journal of Experimental Psychology – General, 147, 93-112.
Lindsay, E.K., Young, S., Smyth, J.M., Brown, K.W., & Creswell, J.D. (2018). Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology,87, 63-73.
Brown, K.W. & Leary, M.R. (Eds., 2016). Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena. New York: Oxford University Press.
Brown, K. W., Creswell, J. D., & Ryan, R. M. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook of mindfulness: Theory, research, and practice. New York: Guilford.
Kirk, U., Brown, K. W., & Downer, J. (2015). Adaptive neural reward processing during anticipation and receipt of monetary rewards in mindfulness meditators. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 752-759.
Mindfulness meditation training and loneliness in older adults. Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator, J.D. Creswell). 2015-2020. National Institutes of Health, $2,204,410.
The effects of mindfulness training on neural activation to incentive delay: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Principal Investigator. 2015-2018. Collaborative Advanced Research Imaging, Virginia Commonwealth University, $20,000.
Mindfulness as a buffer against peer exclusion-related distress. Co-Principal Investigator. 2015-2018. University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center, $11,000.
Using mindfulness meditation training to transform social relationships among lonely older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator, J.D. Creswell). 2014-2016. 1440 Foundation, $20,000.
Creating and optimizing mindfulness measures to enhance and normalize clinical evaluation (COMMENCE). 2017-2022. Consultant (Principal Investigators, D. Victorson, C. Greco). National Institutes of Health, $3,717,633.
Depression and insulin resistance in adolescents. Consultant (Principal Investigator, L. Shumaker). 2013-2016. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, $994,193.
Quaglia, J. T. (K. W. B. Sponsor). Source: Mind and Life Institute. Project Title: From intra- to inter-personal: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on emotion regulation in social contexts. 2013-2016.
Cordon, S. L. (K. W. B. Sponsor). Source: Mind and Life Institute. Project Title: Mindful interactions: Effects on couple conflict-related stress and relationship functioning. 2010-2013.


Cowboy Rick Hamby of Caulfield, shown here with his new book, Last Stage to Matador, will make a presentation at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Ozark County Historium in Gainesville. Weather permitting, he'll bring along the historic Journey Stagecoach.
Cowboy Rick Hamby of Caulfield will visit the Ozark County Historium in Gainesville with a presentation set for 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, and, weather permitting, he plans to bring along his famous "Journey Stagecoach," which he and his crew have driven on several westward journeys in recent years.
Hamby, who has a radio program entitled Great Moments in American History that is aired locally by KUKU in Willow Springs, 100.3 FM, will tell about the origin of the antique coach and its amazing history, including its years as the first "ride" at Silver Dollar City in the 1960s.
Hamby, a natural storyteller who seems to be able to find interesting bits of history everywhere he goes, will bring copies of his new book, The Last Stage to Matador, which he wrote along with his wife, Arkansas Bev Hamby. The large coffee-table book is filled with beautiful color photos taken by award-winning photographer Dennis Crider of West Plains, who was a crew member on the stagecoach journeys. Crider recorded the beauty of the western landscape as well as people they met along the way. The Hambys and Crider will share tales from the book and will gladly sign copies they sell. It would be the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in the American West.
Hamby is currently researching coach routes that once ran through parts of the Ozarks, including Ozark County, and is considering the possibility of making a journey based on one of these historic routes.
This Historium event is free and open to everyone. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.


What ever your problem might concern, please use the general search function located on the top right corner beforehand. It is likely that a similar type of problem has already been posted, so for the sake of not flooding the forum, make a use of it.
1) Name the topic describing the best of your problem.
2) Do not post in CAPS, some might find it offensive, nor should you be offensive in any other way. As a result, your problem will most likely be ignored. Good grammar is always recommendable.
3) Point out the problem clearly and be as informative as possible.
4) If you can't describe what the problem is, you should atleast try posting some screenshots. You'll need to use an image hosting site, eg. ImageShack, to upload your image and transfer it into a link. Insert the link to your image between the image tags that you get after pressing the following icon: .
5) Make sure to mention your current M.U.G.E.N version, e.g. WinMugen/WinMugen +/Mugen 1.0 for the fact that their coding varies between each version.
6) Last but not least, do not spam your topic, eg. don't update your problem by replying to your own topic, it makes it harder to read, here's a bad example. The best way is to keep updating the very first post.


Print and Graphics Assoc., JDG Storyboard newsletter, 1997.
Addy Awards for Web Promotion Campaign & Product Presentation, Concert Communications, 1998.
Web site award, "Mark of Best Practice," Bureau of Best Business Practice for HRBookmark, 1999.
Workforce Magazine "Reader's Choice Best Ad" for Best Software national campaign, 2001.


text:
NGC 3267 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. It is a member of the Antlia Cluster, which lies about  away. It was discovered on April 18, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel.

References

Antlia
Lenticular galaxies
3267
18350418
Antlia Cluster
030934

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


In fact everything about Business Ready 365 is focused on providing an easy transition from non-integrated and or basic accounting system to a fully integration business solution.
How will the package be implemented?
Business Ready 365 is in the cloud, no need for the maintenance of expensive servers and server software.
managing your software costs against your cash flow.
How much will my Business Ready 365 package cost me?
Planning for remaining activities determined and locked in.
budget within the first 3 months of using of Business ready 365, ask us for more detail on our no change pledge.


In Year 7, 8 & 9 all pupils study an integrated Science course in line with the new national curriculum.
Throughout each unit, students are informally assessed as to whether or not they have met specific key progress indicators. Following this, students are formally assessed on the whole topic that they have covered in class using examination style questions. This is done approximately every half term. They are then given an opportunity to reflect on their learning and any misconceptions are addressed, before moving onto the next topic. Furthermore, at the end of the year all of the topics listed above are assessed in the end of year exam.
A substantial piece of homework is set and will be completed once a fortnight. In Years 7, 8 & 9 homework follows the cycle of: a numeracy based homework task, a literacy based homework task and then a specific topic based task. Students will be given 1 week to complete their homework to the best of their ability.


Hi, I'm Luisa, now 42 and live with my partner Annette and our two lively teenage children!! I have been an actor for 30 years but acting has never been enough for me, I have always wanted more!
After discovering breathwork and becoming completely fascinated and hooked on the process I trained as a Professional Breathworker in the early 'noughties' with wonderful Diana Roberts, a pioneer in the late seventies of the perinatal 'conscious connected breathwork' Rebirthing technique in the UK.
At the time I was soul searching and trying to sort my own issues out. I would like to say I have done that now, but I know it never really ends does it? However I am no longer searching, just being and doing, living in process as healthily as I can. Progress not perfection.
Whilst training with Diana I did a weekend Relationship Workshop with David Parker, in which we breathed to Barbara Streisand!!! . . . not the usual meditation tracks, suffice to say I never forgot him!!!
I really connected to breathwork with music and always wanted to pursue this path in my own practice. So I am really looking forward to working alongside David, and learning from his wealth of knowledge and finding out more how I want my own personal individual breathwork style to be.
Experientially, I have come through the other side of past trauma and now mostly live my life in a state of joy. Joy I purposely seek every single day of my life.
Sometimes it is there shining down at me when I wake up….other days I use every tool I know to find it! I am also interested in using essential oils and different styles of music and sound vibration to compliment the breath work.
The core of Urban Lifeclass's mission – to support those living and working in a creative sphere – fits like a glove, so expect to see me assisting, learning, breathing, co-leading and supporting the team with experience, connection and JOY.


text:
OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT REPOSITORY
OUSAR TOP | Okayama University | Okayama University Library
OU Author List
Content Type List
Thesis Type List
Date of Granted List
Thesis Fulltext List
OU Project List
List of Seed Image Database
Ikeda Family Collection
How to self-archive your work
About depositing the article for Grants‐in‐aid for Scientific Research
Self-archive your doctoral dissertation in OUSAR
リポジトリへの登録義務化
altmetricsとは
オープンアクセス支援
Support for Open Access
広報用チラシ
OUSAR Statistics
Umeda, Yuzo
The efficacy of pancreatic juice cytology with liquid-based cytology for evaluating malignancy in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
Permalink : https://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/60816
FullText URL
fulltext.pdf 1.01 MB
Miyamoto, Kazuya Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID Kaken ID publons
Kato, Hironari Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID Kaken ID researchmap
Yoshida, Ryuichi Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID Kaken ID researchmap
Umeda, Yuzo Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science Kaken ID researchmap
Inoue, Hirohumi Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Tanaka, Takehiro Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID Kaken ID publons
Matsumi, Akihiro Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Saragai, Yosuke Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Fujii, Yuki Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Yamazaki, Tatsuhiro Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Uchida, Daisuke Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID Kaken ID researchmap
Tomoda, Takeshi Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science ORCID
Horiguchi, Shigeru Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science
Yagi, Takahito Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science Kaken ID publons researchmap
Okada, Hiroyuki Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science Kaken ID publons researchmap
Pancreatic juice cytology (PJC) is a tool for diagnosing malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN); however, the accuracy is insufficient using the conventional method. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) improves the cell recovery rate, and almost all cells can be evaluated. We evaluated the efficacy of PJC with LBC for malignant IPMN.
We retrospectively analyzed 90 patients with suspected malignant IPMN who underwent PJC before pancreatectomy. PJC with smear and LBC methods was conducted in 52 patients (between June 2003 to December 2011) and 38 patients (between January 2012 to December 2018). Based on the imaging studies, all of the patients were classified according to the international consensus guidelines for IPMN revised in 2017.
Of the 90 patients, 43 (48%) had malignant IPMN (high-grade dysplasia or invasive carcinoma), and the remaining patients had non-malignant IPMN (intermediate- or low-grade dysplasia). LBC increased the accuracy of PJC for the diagnosis of malignant IPMN (smear method: 56% [29/52] vs. LBC method: 76% [29/38]; P = 0.044). In a multivariate analysis, LBC was a significant factor influencing the accurate diagnosis of PJC (odds ratio: 3.52; P = 0.021). Furthermore, LBC increased the accuracy of PJC for malignant IPMN in patients with worrisome features (smear method: 66% [19/29] vs. LBC method: 93% [14/15]; P = 0.043).
LBC increases the accuracy of PJC for diagnosing malignant IPMN compared with the conventional smear method.
IPMN
PJC
BD SurePath
OAI-PMH Set
© The Author(s). 2020
Web of Science KeyUT
Related Url
isVersionOf https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-01465-y
Okayama University Library
3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama
Copyright(C)2010-2021 Okayama University All Rights Reserved.


text:
Dr. Lasson On the Parsha
Meet Dr. Lasson
Donald Trump and Fathering
From the desk of Dr. Jonathan Lasson
Fathers can be Presidents and Be Present Too! (Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a political article)
Father's Day has Come and Gone But Fathers are Here To Stay…
A few months ago, most people were horrified as Ivanka Trump was harassed while traveling on an airplane with her children. Why was she harassed? Because she is Donald Trump's daughter. What role did Donald Trump play in Ivanka Trump's life that would deserve this kind of harassment? As far as we know, Donald Trump was and continues to be a doting father who holds his daughter, Ivanka and his other children in high esteem. They support him. He supports them. Regardless of party affiliation, we have to look at the role of fathers through a different lens. I will call it the lens of availability.
A father's role in parenting is crucial to the child's social and emotional development. There has been much research conducted in terms of the role of the mother primarily due to the extensive studies conducted in relation to attachment theory. A fathers role is equally if not more important according to researchers, Rohner and Veneziano (2001), who concluded that "overall, father love appears to be as heavily implicated as mother love in offspring's psychological well-being and health as well as in an array of psychological and behavioral problems".
How can fathers become more involved? According to Lamb et. al., (1987) fathers have three major roles and a host of minor roles. The three major roles are:
Engagement refers to the direct contact and shared interactions with his children. Availability focuses on how accessible and present the father is to his children. Lastly, responsibility relates to the fathers arrangement for the resources necessary to be available to his children.
In many cultures, the role of the father has remained the same. Western cultures, however, are seeing a shift in the level of involvement due to several factors including financial needs, more women in the workforce and single parenthood.
Becoming involved in your child's life takes a level of commitment and some attitudinal change towards the traditional roles that many fathers remember from their own fathers. Fathers have to be more creative in order to remain involved in their child's education, social life and guiding them to becoming responsible adults.
Lev Avos Parenting Institute was founded on the premise that fathers can and should take a more active role in the parenting process. Many fathers focus on why they cannot be involved or why they should remain passive. We have seen that fathers who are more active are generally individuals who are passionate and compassionate. They are passionate about their careers and they share their passion with their children. They are also compassionate in understanding the individual differences of each child and adapt accordingly. The results of combining passion with compassion are that children become well-rounded and well grounded. They know that they can turn to their father for guidance as much as they can turn towards their mother. They tend to do better socially, educationally and psychologically.
As Hillary Clinton said when asked to say something nice about Mr. Trump, she said that his kids were nice. Mr. Trump agreed. He continues to dote over his children. No father is perfect but if you are a father, no matter what position you hold–Be Engaged, Available and Responsible!
For more information about Lev Avos, please see www.levavos.org
Lamb, M.E. (1987). Introduction: The Emergent American Father. In M.E. Lamb (Ed.), The Father's Role: Cross-cultural Perspectives (pp. 3-25). New York: Wiley.
Rohner, R.P., & Veneziano, R.A. (2001). The Importance of Father Love: History and Contemporary Evidence. Review of General Psychology, 5 (4), 382-405.
Phone-square Envelope Linkedin Youtube Twitter Google Spotify Podcast Amazon
© 2023 All rights reserved. Dr. Jonathan Lasson. Another amazing project by My Guys Marketing LLC


text:
Q: How do I explicitly order query results when using UNION? I am trying to order my query results in the order below and i am receiving this error message.
'ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if the statement contains a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator'
SELECT [Category]
FROM [dbo].[Category]
WHERE LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%yearling%' OR LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%foal%' OR LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%in%utero%'
    UNION
SELECT [AcquisitionType] AS 'Category'
FROM [dbo].[AcquisitionType]
WHERE LOWER([AcquisitionType]) LIKE '%homebred%'
ORDER BY CASE WHEN [Category] = 'In Utero' THEN 1
              WHEN [Category] = 'In Utero & FS' THEN 2
              WHEN [Category] = 'FS in Utero' THEN 3
              WHEN [Category] = 'Foal' THEN 4
              WHEN [Category] = 'Foal & FS' THEN 5
              WHEN [Category] = 'FS Foal' THEN 6
              WHEN [Category] = 'Yearling' THEN 7
              WHEN [Category] = 'Yearling & FS' THEN 8
              WHEN [Category] = 'FS Yearling' THEN 9
              WHEN [Category] = 'N/a' THEN 10
              ELSE [Category] END ASC

I would like the results to return in the order they are listed in the query.
How do I do that?
I'm a bit lost on this one so any help is appreciated.

A: Use a subquery or CTE:
SELECT Category
FROM (SELECT [Category]
      FROM [dbo].[Category]
      WHERE LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%yearling%' OR LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%foal%' OR LOWER([Category]) LIKE '%in%utero%'
      UNION ALL
      SELECT [AcquisitionType] AS Category
      FROM [dbo].[AcquisitionType]
      WHERE LOWER([AcquisitionType]) LIKE '%homebred%'
     ) c
ORDER BY . . .;

Notice that I replaced the UNION with UNION ALL.  UNION incurs overhead to remove duplicates.
Based on the logic, your two subqueries cannot have duplicates between them.  So, there is no need to remove duplicates unless each subquery might have duplicates.  If so, I would recommend SELECT DISTINCT rather than a UNION query.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Autumn has come, and in Japan this means that the time has come for the annual harvest of rice. Every year, farmers try to make sure that the rice straw that was left after harvesting, known as "wara", is not wasted. Straw is used to improve the soil, as a feed for livestock, and is also actively used in the coastal region of Niigata Prefecture, where it is used to create giant sculptures during the traditional Wara Art Festival held in Uwasekigata Park.
You already know about this festival and saw the sculptures made in the past years. We are sure, this year the Wara Art Festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary, will not disappoint you! Despite the fact that the festival itself has already been completed, all the giant sculptures that were created as part of it will be available until October 31, 2017. Therefore, if you are in Japan, be sure to take the opportunity to visit the Uvasekigata Park before the end of the month! Take a look at Super-Sized Rice Straw Sculptures and make your day wonderful.


text:
This photo shows Vladimir Putin meeting a young patient from an oncology centre in 2012
AFP Sri Lanka Published on Monday 17 August 2020 at 09:30Updated on Tuesday 18 August 2020 at 12:19
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at a table with his daughter, who he announced in August 2020 had taken part in a novel coronavirus vaccine trial in Russia. The posts go on to claim that the COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia will "save the world from corona". The claims are misleading; the photo in fact shows the Russian leader sitting next to a young patient from a Moscow medical centre during a visit to the Kremlin in 2012; on August 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was looking forward to reviewing clinical trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed in Russia, which it listed as being in the first stage of development.
The photo was published here on Facebook on August 11, 2020.
The Sinhala-language text below the images translates to English as: "After producing a vaccine that will save the whole world from corona, Putin administered the vaccine on his own daughter that he loves to ensure its safety and to show the world that the vaccine is safe. Dear little girl, thank you for the service you and your father did for this world".
The post's Sinhala-language caption reads: "Thank you Putin Sir, for the service done for the world".
Screenshot of the Facebook post published on August 11, 2020
The post was published just hours after Russia announced it was the first country to approve a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. At a meeting with government ministers on August 11, 2020, Putin said that one of his daughters was inoculated with the vaccine as part of a medical trial.
The WHO said on August 12, 2020, it was looking forward to reviewing clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine. It says 28 of more than 150 potential vaccines are currently being actively tested on humans worldwide, among which six have reached Phase 3, the final stage when candidate drugs are tested on large groups of people. Russia's vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya research institute and the defence ministry, is among the 28 in clinical evaluation but is listed by the WHO as only being in Phase 1, AFP reported here.
The image was also shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook here and here.
The claim, however, is misleading.
A reverse image search on Google found the photo in fact shows a young girl who was a patient at a Moscow oncology centre. She was photographed sitting next to Putin during a visit to the Kremlin in May 2012.
The photo was published on the Kremlin's official website here in a post titled "Vladimir Putin met with a girl undergoing treatment at a children's oncology center".
Screenshot of the image from the misleading post featured in Kremlin's official website in 2012
According to the official press release, Putin welcomed "8-year-old Sonya from Pskov, a patient at the Federal Clinical Centre for Child Oncology, Haematology and Immunology, and her parents" to the Kremlin on May 9, 2012.
The report adds that Putin met Sonya at the oncology centre's opening ceremony in 2011 and later promised her that she could visit the Kremlin.
Photos from Putin's meeting with Soyna and her parents were also released by RIA Novosti, Russia's state-owned news agency, and published by AFP here, here, here and here.
The features of the girl in the photograph do not match images of Putin's daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, which can be seen here in a BBC news report and here in a report by The Guardian.
UPDATE: The story has been amended on August 18, 2020, to correct the spelling of Putin's daughter's name.
AFP Sri Lanka