This home in Washington County is so special. The homeowners and I (and their architect and builder and many wonderful craftsmen) have been working for some time to see this beauty finally emerge and boy is it emerging to be everything we hoped!
Every site visit I am so excited to see it come to life and near completion!
Is there anything better than the smell of sawdust and fresh paint and the sound of saws and hammers! Not to me!
These colors are soft but fresh and feel so organic and fitting to their landscape, especially with the wildflowers still blooming just outside!
Most of the house is painted BM Pale Oak, SW Eider White with dark accents of SW Dorian Gray and SW Classic French Gray. And SW Peppercorn in one very special room! We may be discussing a drinking game with the aim of naming these colors! The top color is custom just for the lady of the house!
I like to think Mr A. Hayes Town himself would approve of this color palette, I am so pleased with how they play of one another and the natural light. Not all my doing, the homeowners did a lot of samples and comparing colors, total team effort to get to this point. Houses like this don't just happen! I couldn't help but think of this famous image of him today when I saw this Duxbury and Classic French Gray paint on the walls!
More to come including some wonderful exterior photos and brick flooring and grasscloth. Also I am hoping the homeowners will let me share some of the tips and tricks they learned in researching some historic Natchez, Mississippi, paint colors! They did their homework. It's been such a joy to be a part..amazing team of architectural design, builder, craftsmen and more. Including Fischer Tile of Brenham Texas and JM Floors. I can't wait to see the lighting via True Blue Home installed and marble via BRENHAM AREA MARBLE in place.
'Holiday at Home' class photos + 2018 movies!
So in early November this very special class finally happened and it was beyond what I even imagined. By working with Downtown Brenham and their wonderful people and historic facilities, the amazing talent of Mr. Keith Taylor and local legend and classic "go to" for furnishings and accessories, Hermann Furniture, we were able to create something truly special! Big thanks for Natalie Lacey Lange for capturing the day!
Prep began days and weeks before gathering ribbon and florals, real and artificial from near and far…literally! Faux fruit below on left, one of my fave things we used in the event is from Hermann's Furniture just steps from where the class was held in Barnhill Center, ribbon from Michaels of all places, and fresh magnolia straight from Arkansas!
The goal of the event was to talk about and be inspired by the movie we watched the night before, Nancy Meyer's The Holiday, and delve into the ideas of what makes the holidays truly special for our families and gatherings….and how to achieve that feel and beauty while maintaining sanity! Jude Law on the big screen, the English countryside covered in snow with its hygge coziness, and the beauty of the historic Simon Theatre on a Friday night, all prepped us for even more beauty and fun all day on Saturday! And I loved seeing our attendees visit and enjoy one another, we had people from New York, Louisiana, all over Texas and of course, Arkansas!
I also knew the with the tough events of 2017 I wanted to focus on more than just "stuff" and ribbons but the heart of why we decorate at the Holidays..the meaning of it all and a new word we had fun pronouncing crazy ways…. HYGGE!
Everyone received a copy of the cute little Hygee book and we learned a bit about what the Danish have known for years regarding candles, comfy socks and blankets, warm drinks and soups and soaking up time with the ones you love! Some might say we Southerners just call it hospitality and maybe so but there seems to be another layer and depth to this word I wanted to incorporate and explore on this day before going into the holidays!
The class portion of the weekend was held in the ballroom above the Simon Theatre, which is all part of Brenham's historic Barnhill Center. The vision, fundraising and hard work that went into restoring this large building is such a testimony of local love/community and preservation, all things I care about so deeply so it was an honor to coordinate and do an event in this space! It truly is a jewel in our little town and place of many weddings and special events. They have these wonderful chairs on site for events so all I had to do was add some buffalo check and blue and white!
The ballroom looked so pretty! Blue and white, twinkle lights, fresh magnolia,jewel tones and the best pimento cheese and pie from Royers Cafe. A good combo for a good day indeed!
So many people worked together to make the event shine, especially this handsome fella who harvested beautiful magnolia from NW Arkansas and drove it all the way to Texas for us to gush over and admire. Keith Taylor you are an amazing talent, force and good person! You make me laugh so hard, you call me on my BS, self doubt, you make me think and dig deep and you talk just like I do. We were meant to be buddies and collaborate! But y'all this is a lot of work and a lot of miles and he came to our little town just for this event! And he is a hard working machine! I mean who does that..who drives that far to help a friend with a class???! So grateful!
While we like to think all things are bigger and better in Texas, the fresh magnolia that Keith "imported" to Texas was truly some fine and lush magnolia. It was so pretty many of us thought it was artificial. It is simply a different species and climate than we have down here and it was joy to see him create with such lovely natural materials. He also shared his wiring and construction secrets, ribbon philosophies and other tricks and tips including freedom to NOT be afraid of the ribbon aisle at the Hobby Lobby.
And of course he is so fun to listen to and learn from and he truly gets the core heart behind creating beauty and home. Keith showed us step by step how he takes a basic, inexpensive faux garland or wreath and then uses that as a base to add fresh magnolia! He also showed us how to use magnolia leaves for simple arrangements in different vessels and talked about his experience doing "magnolia magic" for Southern Living magazine in freezing temps!
And he says the wedding aisle is the place to go for the best ribbon NOT the holiday ribbon section. The wedding supply area is where he found much of the ribbon we worked with including this navy ribbon above the red cording and navy and white ribbon shown below and on the ginger jar in top photo.
Keith showing us how to pinch and wire the ribbon and snip…we talked about shoestring bows and 1-2 loop bows and no bows, just flowy ribbon wired to the tree at different points. I think many of us felt like he gave us some "ribbon freedom" with how to use and decorate with ribbon and leave behind the "Texas huge bow" legacy many of us feel bound to at the holidays. I mean big bows are fine, but he def showed us more and some fresh ideas that we all savored. At one point he was talking and there were women on the floor sitting cross legged to get closer and see and others videoing with their phones. We know magic when we see it!!
The indigo looking ribbon in the middle photo is from Michaels! It looks so John Robshaw to me!
Yes indeed, the beautiful ballroom in the Barnhill Center above the historic Simon Theatre was the perfect setting for this day. Such beautiful light in this huge space!
Kristen Leigh Calligraphy did the envelopes and placecards on papers from Hermann's and they turned out so pretty!
The tables were decorated with blue and white plates, brass chargers, unique brass flatware; and a mix of pressed glass stemware and glasses both vintage and new, some from World Market! And of course buffalo check!
Lemon cypress trees (from Lowe's!) and artificial cloved oranges from Hermann's showed a mix of real and artificial decorations as well as high and low. The "class" tables were decorated with high and low mix of blue and white jars from Hermann's, antiques shops and my collection, even Amazon and TJ Maxx! It was truly a mish mash of favorite things for the holidays: buffalo check, pops of red with blue and white and fruit, jewel tones and fresh and faux greenery alike.
We also had several vignettes in the room including these chinoiserie wing chairs from Hermann Furniture, they have so much bamboo look pieces right now which I love! I pulled in the vintage rug for a pop of red and hygge warmth, and Keith's magnolia and perfect bow on the Kraft package along with pillows completed this area! Keith, Jennifer Hermann and I agree, Kraft wrapping paper rules!
You can see below how we had the east side of the room set up for class space and the west side for our lunch…it was so nice to have so much space to enjoy! Good light, tons of windows, wood floors and chandeliers…just a dream setting for an event like this!
After lunch Jennifer Hermann spoke to us more about 'trends and traditions' and some of her favorite things from Market this year, she also shared about mixing paper products with real china for the holidays. Hermanns has some of the cutest paper goods, wood cutlery and napkins both cloth and paper. She also talked about doing extra holiday seating on the back porch or patio, something we can easily do in our climate! Love that and she brought my favorite green picnic table they stock to show that idea! After the close of the class we all walked over to the store and saw just how much they have in stock and the variety! I really love that were able to use faux pine cone stems and trees from Jennifer and mix with the real magnolia from Keith to show that there really are no rules when it comes to real versus artificial and mixing it all together. I enjoyed working with them both so much! I have been a fan of Hermann's for years so it was a joy to collaborate!
I could go on and on about this event, it truly was a combo of my favorite things: a good Nancy Meyer film, a historic venue, small town charm, talking about the heart of the home and holidays, fun people, talented friends and business owners, all mixed in with blue and white ginger jars, yummy pimento cheese, pie and ribbon! Thank you Downtown Brenham for working with me to host this event along with Keith Taylor and Hermann Furniture. I think we all had a great time!
And they have some really great movies and fun planned in 2018 at the Barnhill Center's ballroom and Simon Theatre, including an upcoming wedding show, and some awesome movies perfect for girls night out or a good date night. Seeing a favorite film in this restored theatre really is special and was one of my favorite parts of the entire weekend!
Check here for dates and show times.
And later in the spring look what is coming up at the Simon Theatre…oh yes..PATRICK SWAYZE! He is even better than Jude Law AND blue and white ginger jars combined!


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BglII is a type-II restriction endonuclease (RE) that recognizes and cleaves the DNA sequence AGACTC. The crystal structure of BglII bound to DNA resembles other REs, with a major α/β core domain containing a central β sheet flanked by α helices. In the February Nature Structural Biology, Lukacs et al. describe the structure of the free BglII enzyme, which provides an understanding of how DNA enters the binding cleft for hydrolysis (Nat Struct Biol 2001, 8:126-130). It seems, from the free-enzyme structure, that an unusual scissor-like motion allows the entry of DNA. The individual monomers swing out by as much as 50°, like scissor blades, producing significant effects on the tertiary and quaternary structure. The free-BglII structure offers a new model for understanding protein-DNA recognition events.


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Q: Update custom parameter in forward pass pytorch I'm trying to create a custom vector that can be later optimized in Pytorch. To do so, I created the following class:
import torch
from torch import nn

class customVector(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, S):
        super().__init__()

        self.vector = nn.Parameter(torch.sqrt(torch.ones((1,S))/S))

    def forward(self, x):
        #Normalise to unit norm
        self.vector = self.vector / torch.sqrt(self.vector @ self.vector.T)

        y = x * self.vector

        return y

As you can see, I need that the vector has unit norm every time it's applied. However, the operation self.vector / torch.sqrt(self.vector @ self.vector.T) returns a tensor, and when assigned again to self.vector, which is a nn.Parameter, I get the error: TypeError: cannot assign 'torch.FloatTensor' as parameter 'vector' (torch.nn.Parameter or None expected).
I wonder if there's a way to constraint the vector to have unit norm every time it's applied. I thought about doing self.vector = nn.Parameter(self.vector / torch.sqrt(self.vector @ self.vector.T)), but I'm afraid if that would change the parameters of the network and then not optimize the vector in each iteration of the backprop.

A: Just convert it before assign:
self.vector = nn.Parameter(self.vector / torch.sqrt(self.vector @ self.vector.T))

you can also try to use .data if it does not behave as expected:
self.vector = (self.vector / torch.sqrt(self.vector @ self.vector.T)).data

some more information on that:
How to assign a new value to a pytorch Variable without breaking backpropagation?

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December 5, 2016 at 2:08 am	(environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, issues, journalism, Lakota, life, Native Americans, random, relationships, thinking, Uncategorized)
Tags: #NoDAPL, Bismark, Chase Iron Eyes, energy economy, EtP, First Amendment, fossil fuels, Jordan, Jordan Chariton, journalism, Kelcy Warren, Mainstream Media, North Dakota, permit, Pipeline, police brutality, racism, rant, reporting, Standing Rock, Tara Houska, The New York Times
Who needs mainstream media robot reporters when there's a passionate Young Turk on the job?
TYT Jordan reporting from Standing Rock:
TYT Politics
Jordan goes undercover in Bismark, ND.
Just for fun: Jordan's Ranting Vent on the New York Times' FAIL reporting on Standing Rock– Heads up, foul language in profusion. Hey, it's a RANT! It's to be expected. If you want nice and polite tune into the PBS News Hour.
#WaterIsLife
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Reality Checked: All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
September 11, 2016 at 9:00 pm	(culture, education, ethics, films, history, issues, journalism, life, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: All Governments Lie, and the spirit of I.F. Stone, deception, film, media, movie, news, politics, reporting, trailer, truth
Film site
The opening scene with Colin Powell chilled me to the bone.
Media, Music and Movies ~ For Uranium Mining On Navajo Land, Plus Snow From Sewage
March 17, 2014 at 4:03 pm	(culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, films, history, Independent film, Indigenous People, issues, journalism, life, living, movies, music, Native Americans, nature, people, photography, politics, random, relationships, religion, searching, thinking, Uncategorized)
Tags: activism, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Dine, documentary, environment, exploring interconnectedness, films, Flagstaff, genocide, health, Issues, journalism, justice, Klee Benally, media, music, nature, Navajo, news, Outta Your Backpack Media, Peabody Mine, Peaks, protest, raising awareness, relationships, religious freedom, reporting, sacred places, sewage, snow, song, Song of the Son, teaching, The Return of Navajo Boy, uranium mining, Without Water & Weather Changes, youth
Yes, it's Monday. It's St. Patrick's Day. It's national beer drinking day for a lot of folks.
But it's also another day in the ongoing fight against uranium mining and its consequences everywhere from the past to the present.
On March 14, 2014 independent journalist Amy Goodman reported from Flagstaff, Arizona about the ongoing environmental and health issues connected with uranium mining and its long-term consequences for the Dine ~ Navajo people. The main portion of her video report is posted here but there is a great deal more information and related coverage on Democracy Now!'s site. Part of the Democracy Now! broadcast discussed the use of music and film by to raise awareness and share information regarding issues. To supplement DN!'s coverage I've included two videos featuring Klee Benally's music and an informative video about Outta Your Backpack Media which teaches Indigenous people how to make and use movies to address the need for media justice and coverage in their communities. There's a trailer for the film The Return of Navajo Boy which is referenced in the news piece. The film's website –> http://navajoboy.com/. Democracy Now!'s page for the story also includes links to information and related stories.
Without Water & Weather Changes ~ Klee Benally
humanrights2u
http://kleebenally.com
"A Slow Genocide of the People" Uranium Mining Leaves Toxic Nuclear Legacy On Indigenous Land
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Democracy Now! A Daily Independent News Hour — http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/14/a_slow_genocide_of_the_people
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Outta Your Backpack
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The Return of Navajo Boy Trailer
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This is a trailer for the award-winning documentary film, "The Return of Navajo Boy." See its official website for more information:http://www.navajoboy.com
Also see Groundswell Educational Films website:
http://groundswellfilms.org
Song of the Sun ~ Klee Benally
IndigenousAction
What part of sacred don't you understand?
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What's Your Meta Data Saying? Who Listens To Your Horns and Whistles Intel? Whistleblowing– and Some Very Interesting Information on Democracy Now!
December 19, 2013 at 7:13 pm	(culture, education, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Independent film, issues, journalism, life, living, music, people, politics, random, relationships, searching, thinking, Uncategorized)
Tags: ACLU, Amy Goodman, Ben Wizner, culture, Democracy Now, digital information, Edward Snowden, electronic, exploring interconnectedness, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, global, global news, independent media, independent news, information gathering, internet privacy, interviews, Issues, journalism, justice, Kirk Wiebe, meta data, National Security Agency, news, news team, NSA, official, peace, people, privacy issues, reporting, research, smart phones, Snowden, social justice, social media, Speech Privacy Technology Project, spying, surveillance, thinking, Vindication, whistleblowers, world wide
My meta data information sharing gift to all interested cyber surfing bloggers. Hello. Wave ~~~~~.
If you use the internet,
if you use a smart phone,
if you use any phone,
if you use social media,
if you use an iPod,
if you use any electronic device,
if you use a credit card,
NSA is collecting intel.
Isn't the digital age a blast?
Does the News Matter to You? You bet your ass it does–even if you're ignoring it, even if you don't like it, even if you think it doesn't pertain to you.
Today's news coverage on Democracy Now! is so interesting, intriguing and issue raising that I'm sharing it today for any interested parties who have not yet discovered this Independent News information source at http://www.democracynow.org/ <<< where you can read/listen to today's headlines and the entire broadcast–and get access to past coverage.
It does not matter if you agree or disagree with the opinions expressed by anyone on this daily news show. What matters is the information that Amy Goodman and the rest of the Democracy Now! team provides. It matters that we all have access to information and news from sources independent of government and corporate control.
Democracy Now! December 19, 2013– Two focus pieces today which I found exceptionally interesting:
Vindication for Snowden? Obama Panel Backs Curbs On NSA Surveillance Phone Record Data Mining
http://www.democracynow.org – A White House-appointed task force has proposed a series of curbs on key National Security Agency surveillance operations exposed by Edward Snowden. On Thursday, the panel recommended the NSA halt its bulk collection of billions of U.S. phone call records, citing "potential risks to public trust, personal privacy, and civil liberty." The panel says telecommunications providers or a private third party should store the records instead. The panel also calls for banning the NSA from "undermining encryption" and criticizes its use of computer programming flaws to mount cyber-attacks. And it backs the creation of an independent review board to monitor government programs for potential violations of civil liberties. We discuss the panel's findings with two guests: Ben Wizner, Snowden's legal advisor and director of the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union; and Kirk Wiebe, a retired National Security Agency official who worked there for over 32 years. During his tenure, Wiebe was an NSA whistleblower on matters of privacy involving massive electronic surveillance.
NSA Whistleblower Kirk Wiebe details Government Retaliation After Helping Expose Gross Mismanagement — And there's a LOT more information explained in this piece which is of interest to ALL of us.
http://www.democracynow.org – Veteran National Security Agency official Kirk Wiebe helped develop the data processing system ThinThread, which he believed could have potentially prevented the 9/11 attacks. But the NSA sidelined ThinThread instead of the problem-plagued experimental program Trailblazer, which cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Wiebe was among the NSA officials to face retaliation for blowing the whistle on Trailblazer. During his career he received honors, including the NSA's second highest award, the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Director of CIA's Meritorious Unit Award, and a Letter of Commendation from the secretary of the Air Force. Wiebe joins us to tell his story and to respond to the White House-appointed panel to recommend NSA reforms. We also speak with Ben Wizner, an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union who is helping to coordinate Edward Snowden's legal defense.
Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch it live 8-9am ET at http://www.democracynow.org.
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A Very Meta Merry Data News Christmas Gift to One and All! 🙂 Yeah, even the psycho control freak spies. Are we having fun yet?
Attention FOX News! Gov. Walker killed 800 million dollars for Wisconsin light rail for Koch oil??? Dig FOX! Dig! The information gold is everywhere for your finding.
February 28, 2011 at 1:40 am	(culture, education, entertainment, ethics, history, humor, journalism, life, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: $140 million new spending, $800 Million, budget, cheese, Citgo, collective bargaining rights, ethics, federal funds, gas, heating oil, high speed, industries, journalism, Koch, Koch Industries, light rail, lobbyists, media, Munster, news, Oil, poltics, reporting, special interests, surplus, unions, Walker, Wisconsin
Is this a communist public workers' plot? Sorry FOX News, it's not. Wisconsin Rep. Gov. Scott Walker killed 800 million dollars in federal funding for high speed light rail in order to focus on "roads." Yes, the Governor of Wisconsin declined $ 800 MILLION for a public transportation project in Wisconsin for "roads." What uses roads? Cars. What do cars use for fuel? Gasoline. Who is heavily invested in oil? Koch Industries. Mystery solved! Republican Governor Scott Walker declined $800 MILLION of federal funds in order to provide his Koch backers with more "oil" and other energy opportunities. What a way to connect the dots.
Oh and there was a SURPLUS in the Wisconsin budget UNTIL Walker arrived and pushed through $140 Million in NEW spending for special interest groups. This wiped out the 2009-2011 surplus. Huh, I wonder where Koch Industries lands in that package.
Here's another "dot"–the Budget Repair Bill allows for UNcontested bids for purchase of WI public energy works. Who want this juicy energy cash hog? Koch Industries of course. Why else open a brand spanking new office for an army of Koch Lobbyists in Madison?
So did the public workers' unions create a budget issue in Wisconsin? No–REPUBLICAN Gov. Scott Walker created it all by himself–and apparently he did it for the right wing tea party playing Koch brothers–David and Charles. Still looking forward to a fun time in California with David Koch, Dictator Walker?
Who will save the serfs? Not Walker and certainly not Koch Industries. Hey, Citgo, you amigos down in Venezeuala got some heating fuel for Cheeseheads? Cause I think they're gonna need it if Wisconsin becomes WisKochLand. Hola Chavez, want to trade some heating oil for cheese? Go for the Munster…….
Oh folks this is OLD news, it's everywhere to be found on the web. Connect the dots yourself.

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Mentally Disabled People, Stripped of Their Right to Vote
May 1, 2018 By Sean Lally Leave a Comment
In 39 states and the District of Columbia, mentally disabled people are kept from voting because they are deemed "incapacitated." In some cases, people seek out guardianship to better protect their loved ones, and in the process, disenfranchise their mentally disabled child.
As Linda Demer put it, speaking about her son Greg Demer, "I wanted to protect him." She was worried that he wouldn't be able to handle the various hardships of adulthood. The problem was that once Mr. Demer was deemed "mentally incapacitated," the judge also deemed him unfit to enter a voting booth.
State officials seem torn between maintaining the integrity of each vote and upholding the civil rights of US citizens. Dan Marson, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, put it this way: "What should we require as a minimal standard? There is not a clear answer."
For some, disenfranchisement is a means toward preventing voter fraud. The worry is that a patient with Alzheimer's will be taken advantage of by a staff member or family member; when the patient awakens, a sound-of-mind person might have the patient fill out a ballot before turning it in as a vote.
According to some – including Paul Appelbaum of Columbia University's department of psychology – this form of fraud can make a big dent in a close race. He put it this way: "Imagine if it became known that all the residents of a nursing home in the district voted in the election." He continued, "and many of them were so impaired that they didn't know what the election was about or didn't know what filling in a bubble on a form was."
But according to Michelle Bishop, punishing mentally disabled people for the actions of opportunistic staff members or family members does not hold up to scrutiny. And even so, there are degrees of impairment. "They are literally the last people in the U.S. who can get their right to vote stripped because of their identity. Having a disability does not mean you are not competent to vote," said Bishop.
Problematic Standards
Even more problematic is the fact that judges seem to apply these low standards in an indiscriminate manner. An analysis conducted by Tom Coleman, an expert at the Spectrum Institute, found that 90 percent of LA residents placed under conservatorship were stripped of their right to vote. At the state level, 32,000 residents have lost their right. In general, it seems that courts don't account for the possibility that someone may have trouble maintaining finances while being perfectly capable of voting.
Take David Rector, a former NPR producer. His wife became his conservator after he suffered a debilitating brain injury that rendered him physically incapacitated and unable to speak without assistance, but in a court proceeding last year, he clearly articulated his wish to vote. His wife, Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik, recounted the event: "He did manage to say through his electronic voice on his eye-tracking device, 'I, David Rector, want my voting rights restored, immediately.'"
States Without Restrictions
Currently, there are 11 states that do not automatically strip people of their rights simply because they have trouble taking care of their health and financial needs. Those are: Michigan, North Carolina, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Vermont.
Roberta Blomster, a 37-year old resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, was able to vote in 2012, and she was incredibly thankful for the right to do so: "It feels wonderful knowing that I'm able to make informed decisions about who I'm voting for," she said. "It's a very satisfying feeling knowing that you're making a difference."
Disability rights advocates have indicated their desire to peel back these limitations, which they see as an infringement of rights promised by the Americans with Disabilities Act. As Bishop put it: "It's horrifying that this is happening. The idea that you can't make a decision on who to vote for is a basic misunderstanding of what it means to be disabled."
Filed Under: Civil Rights, Voting Rights
About Sean Lally
Sean Lally holds a BA in Philosophy from Temple University where he also studied theatre for several years. Between 2007 and 2017, he worked as a professional actor for several regional theater companies in Philadelphia, including the Arden Theatre Co., EgoPo Productions, Lantern Theater and the Bearded Ladies. In 2010, Sean co-founded Found Theater Company, an avant-garde artist collective with whom he first started to cultivate an identity as a writer.
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Brewers acquire catcher Yorvit Torrealba from Blue Jays
By Aaron GleemanSep 21, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
He won't be eligible for the playoffs if Milwaukee gets there, but the Brewers have added some backup catching help for the final two weeks by acquiring Yorvit Torrealba from the Blue Jays for cash considerations.
Torrealba was released by the Rangers in early August after they traded for Geovany Soto to replace him as their No. 2 catcher and eventually agreed to a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays. He was called up on August 21 and played 10 games for Toronto, hitting .217 with a .588 OPS.
Torrealba will be a free agent after the season, so don't expect the "cash" part of cash considerations to be a whole lot. He probably won't get more than a handful of plate appearances for Milwaukee playing behind Jonathan Lucroy.


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I`m interested in 210 W 105th St Manhattan, NY
210 W 105th St, Apartments for Rent & Sale
Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY 10025
210 W 105th St is a Multi-Family building located in Upper West Side, Manhattan constructed in 1926. This 5-story building has 10 units. The building is within Community District 107 and zoned for the following school - P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School. Nearby transportation include the 1, 2, 3, A, C, B subway lines.
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Former overseer of PM residence files suit against Netanyahu family
By HERB KEINON
Ex-employee file suit for NIS 1 million in latest of string of former employees alleging unkind treatment, among other offenses.
The former chief overseer of the Prime Minister's official residence in Jerusalem filed suit Wednesday in Jerusalem Labor Court against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for alleged labor misconduct.
Channel 2 reported that Manny Naftali, who was first employed as a bodyguard to Sara and then promoted to become the overseer of the residence, sued the couple for NIS 1 million in damages.
Naftali joins a list of other former employees who, after leaving their positions, have alleged of unkind, capricious and nasty treatment.
Naftali alleged in the suit that the couple did not "fulfill their obligations" to him and did not pay sufficient overtime. He chronicled a number of incidents where Sara behaved poorly, such as waking him up at 3 a.m. to complain that someone bought milk in a bag, rather than in a carton. Another time, he claimed, she was unhappy that there were wilting flowers in a vase, saying that would never happen in the Élysée Palace, and she threw the flowers on the floor.
Asked in a recent interview about what it signified that so many former employees complained about working for the couple, the prime minister replied that all it meant was that the media was "trigger happy" in dealing with these issues. He added that it is all too happy to give disgruntled workers a platform to air their grievances.
The Prime Minister's Office responded by calling the allegations "evil gossip" that violated the couple's privacy and were aimed at defaming them and extracting money.


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Алексей Петрович Нетесанов (родился 25 сентября 1972 года в Пензе) — российский бодибилдер, победитель конкурса «Мистер Вселенная» 2006 года по версии NABBA среди любителей в категории Tall и победитель конкурса «Мистер Вселенная» 2009 года по версии NABBA среди профессионалов.

Карьера культуриста
Учился в техникуме. Имеет два высших образования по специальностям «автоматика и измерительная техника» и «медицинское оборудование». Бодибилдингом занимается с 1990 года: по его словам, на его решение повлияла увиденная им фотография Робби Робинсона, победителя конкурса «Мистер Вселенная» 1981 года.

Первый тренер — Анатолий Викторович Назаров. На своём первом турнире в Пензе Алексей занял 3-е место, в 1996 году выиграл чемпионат Пензенской области, в 2001 году занял 3-е место на чемпионате России, в 2002 году стал вторым, уступив культуристу из Екатеринбурга. На чемпионате Европы по версии WABBA в 2002 году занял 3-е место в категории Tall (участники ростом от 179 см) при том, что обошедший его екатеринбуржец не попал в шестёрку лучших в своей категории. В 2003 году выиграл чемпионат России и Кубок России, а в том же году на чемпионате мира по версии WABBA занял 2-е место в категории Tall

В 2004 году Алексей стал чемпионом Европы в той же категории Tall. Через год занял 4-е место на чемпионате Европы среди профессионалов и 6-е место на чемпионате мира WABBA в категории профессионалов, а также дебютировал на конкурсе «Мистер Вселенная», заняв в любительской категории Tall 3-е место. Через год в этой же категории он одержал победу и получил право соревноваться среди профессионалов, рассчитывая выиграть конкурс вопреки необъективному судейству на подобных соревнованиях.

Три года подряд Алексей выступал среди профессионалов NABBA на этом же конкурсе, занимая в 2007 году 4-е место, а в 2008 году — 10-е. В 2009 году он всё же выиграл конкурс среди профессионалов с третьей попытки. На турнире он был самым «большим» по мышечной массе и самым «сухим» (ограничивал количество выпитой жидкости для улучшения рельефа мышц). По традиции, на конкурсах комментатор обычно озвучивал места в обратном порядке, однако в 2009 году порядок был изменён, и победителя назвали первым по счёту. Алексей даже не сразу понял, что победил. После победы в конкурсе он завершил профессиональную карьеру. По собственным словам, за всю свою карьеру он не пропустил ни одной тренировки.

После карьеры
В 2008 году Нетесанову предлагали возглавить федерацию NABBA в России, однако он согласился только через год, когда уже завершил спортивную карьеру. Является владельцем тренажёрного зала на Западной Поляне в Пензе, занимается тренерской деятельностью. Входил в жюри пензенского КВН. На правах президента федерации посещает соревнования по культуризму в Пензе; в своё время отказался от переезда в Москву.

Супруга Мария, сын Максим.

Антропометрические данные
 Рост: 178 см
 Соревновательный вес: 122 кг
 Вес в межсезонье: 130 кг
 Бицепс: 56 см
 Талия: 90 см
 Грудная клетка: 90 см
 Бедро: 80 см

Скандалы
 В ноябре 2016 года против Нетесанова было возбуждено уголовное дело по факту незаконного оборота сильнодействующих веществ «Strombafort» и «Testenol»: его обвиняли в том, что в декабре 2015 года он выкупил не менее 20 блистеров «Strombafort» с 20 таблетками квадратной формы в каждом и не менее 21 флакона «Testenol», которые хранил у себя дома. В ноябре следующего года он решил продать гражданину Бразилии все эти вещества в долг за 1 тысячу долларов, однако в момент передачи товара был арестован. В декабре 2017 года суд приговорил его к трём годам лишения свободы условно в связи с тем, что у него был маленький ребёнок и что преступление не повлекло тяжких последствий.
 В 2019 году Нетесанов подал иск в суд Ленинского района, потребовав с бизнесмена Бшара Асланяна сумму в размере 1 млн. 280 тыс. рублей, которую предоставил ему в долг, и дополнительные проценты (суммарно 1 млн. 335 тысяч рублей). Асланян выдвинул встречный иск, потребовав признать договор займа незаключённым по безденежности и признать себя несостоятельным. Против Асланяна это был не первый иск.

Примечания

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A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set transverse to the wind while the main components are located at the base of the turbine. This arrangement allows the generator and gearbox to be located close to the ground, facilitating service and repair. VAWTs do not need to be pointed into the wind, which removes the need for wind-sensing and orientation mechanisms. Major drawbacks for the early designs (Savonius, Darrieus and giromill) included the significant torque ripple during each revolution, and the large bending moments on the blades. Later designs addressed the torque ripple by sweeping the blades helically (Gorlov type). Savonius vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) are not widespread, but their simplicity and better performance in disturbed flow-fields, compared to small horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) make them a good alternative for distributed generation devices in an urban environment.

A vertical axis wind turbine has its axis perpendicular to the wind streamlines and vertical to the ground. A more general term that includes this option is a "transverse axis wind turbine" or "cross-flow wind turbine". For example, the original Darrieus patent, US Patent 1835018, includes both options.

Drag-type VAWTs such as the Savonius rotor typically operate at lower tip speed ratios than lift-based VAWTs such as Darrieus rotors and cycloturbines.

Computer modelling suggests that wind farms constructed using vertical-axis wind turbines are 15% more efficient than conventional horizontal axis wind turbines as they generate less turbulence.

General aerodynamics
The forces and the velocities acting in a Darrieus turbine are depicted in figure 1. The resultant velocity vector, , is the vectorial sum of the undisturbed upstream air velocity, , and the velocity vector of the advancing blade, .

Thus the oncoming fluid velocity varies during each cycle. Maximum velocity is found for  and the minimum is found for , where  is the azimuthal or orbital blade position. The angle of attack, , is the angle between the oncoming air speed, W, and the blade's chord. The resultant airflow creates a varying, positive angle of attack to the blade in the upstream zone of the machine, switching sign in the downstream zone of the machine.

It follows from geometric considerations of angular velocity as seen in the accompanying figure that:

and:

Solving for the relative velocity as the resultant of the tangential and normal components yields:

Thus, combining the above with the definitions for the tip speed ratio  yields the following expression for the resultant velocity:

Angle of attack is solved as:

Which when substituting the above yields:

The resultant aerodynamic force is resolved either into lift (L) - drag (D) components or normal (N) - tangential (T) components. The forces are considered acting at the quarter-chord point, and the pitching moment is determined to resolve the aerodynamic forces. The aeronautical terms lift and drag refer to the forces across (lift) and along (drag) the approaching net relative airflow. The tangential force acts along the blade's velocity, pulling the blade around, and the normal force acts radially, pushing against the shaft bearings. The lift and the drag force are useful when dealing with the aerodynamic forces around the blade such as dynamic stall, boundary layer etc.; while when dealing with global performance, fatigue loads, etc., it is more convenient to have a normal-tangential frame. The lift and the drag coefficients are usually normalised by the dynamic pressure of the relative airflow, while the normal and tangential coefficients are usually normalised by the dynamic pressure of undisturbed upstream fluid velocity.

A = Blade Area (not to be confused with the Swept Area, which is equal to the height of the blade/rotor times the rotor diameter),
R = Radius of turbine

The amount of power, P, that can be absorbed by a wind turbine:

Where  is the power coefficient,  is air density,  is the swept area of the turbine, and  is the wind speed.

Types

Savonius

The Savonius wind turbine (SWT) is a drag-type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The common design includes a rotating shaft with two or three scoops that catch the incoming wind. Due to its simplistic and robust design and its relatively low efficiency it is used whenever reliability is more important than efficiency. One reason for the low efficiency of a Savonius wind turbine is that roughly only half of the turbine generates positive torque, while the other side moves against the wind and thus produces negative torque. A variant of SWT is the Harmony wind turbine with helix-shaped blades and an automatic furling mechanism during high-speed wind conditions.

Darreius
The Darreius wind turbine is a lift-type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The original design included a number of curved aerofoil blades with the tips attached on a rotating shaft. However, there are designs that use vertical airfoils, referred to as H-rotor or Giromill Darreius wind turbines. Furthermore, the blades of the Darreius wind turbine can be shaped into a helix to reduce the torque ripple effect on the turbine by spreading the torque evenly over the revolution.

Being lift-type devices, the Darreius wind turbines can extract more power from the wind than drag-type wind turbines, such as the Savonius wind turbine.

Revolving wing

Revolving Wing Wind Turbines or Rotating Wing Wind Turbines are a new category of lift-type Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) which use 1 vertically standing, non-helical airfoil to generate 360-degree rotation around a vertical shaft that runs through the center of the airfoil.

Advantages

VAWTs offer a number of advantages over traditional horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs):

 Omni-directional VAWTs may not need to track the wind. This means they don't require a complex mechanism and motors to yaw the rotor and pitch the blades.
 Gearbox replacement and maintenance are simpler and more efficient, because the gearbox is accessible at ground level instead of requiring the operator work hundreds of feet in the air. Motor and gearbox failures generally are significant operation and maintenance considerations.
 Some designs can use screw pile foundations, which reduces the road transport of concrete and the environmental impact of installation. Screw piles can be fully recycled at end of life.
 VAWTs can be installed on HAWT wind farms below the existing HAWTs, supplementing power output.
 VAWTs may operate in conditions unsuitable for HAWTs. For example, the Savonius rotor, which can operate in irregular, slow wind ground-level contexts, is often used in remote or unattended locations although it is the most 'inefficient', drag-type, VAWT.
 Reduced noise compared to HAWTs
 Reduced danger for birds

Disadvantages

When the velocity of a VAWT wind turbine grows, so does the power, however at a certain peak point, the power progressively decreases to zero even while the wind turbine velocity is at its greatest. Such that, disc brakes are used to slow the velocity of a wind turbine at high wind conditions. However, sometimes due to disc brake overheating, the turbine can catch fire.

VAWTs often suffer from dynamic stall of the blades as the angle of attack varies rapidly.

The blades of a VAWT are fatigue-prone due to the wide variation in applied forces during each rotation. The vertically oriented blades can twist and bend during each turn, shortening their usable lifetimes.

Other than the drag-types, VAWTs have proven less reliable than HAWTs, although modern designs have overcome many early issues.

Research
A 2021 study simulated a VAWT configuration that allowed VAWTs to beat a comparable HAWT installation by 15%. An 11,500-hour simulation demonstrated the increased efficiency, in part by using a grid formation. One effect is to avoid downstream turbulence stemming from grid-arranged HAWTs that lowers efficiency. Other optimizations included array angle, rotation direction, turbine spacing, and number of rotors.

In 2022 Norway's World Wide Wind introduced floating VAWTs with two sets of counter-rotating blades. The two sets are fixed to concentric shafts. Each has an attached turbine. One is attached to the rotor, the other to the stator. This has the effect of doubling their speed relative to each other versus a static stator. They claimed to more than double the output compared to the largest HAWTs. HAWTs require heavy drivetrains, gearboxes, generators and blades at the top of the tower, necessitating heavy underwater counterbalances. VAWTs place most of the heavy components at the bottom of the tower, reducing the need for counterbalance. The blades sweep a conical area, which helps reduce the turbulence downwind of each tower, increasing the maximum tower density. The company claims it will build a  40-megawatt unit.

Applications

The Windspire, a small VAWT intended for individual (home or office) use was developed in the early 2000s by US company Mariah Power. The company reported that several units had been installed across the US by June 2008.

Arborwind, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, based company, produces a patented small VAWT which has been installed at several US locations as of 2013.

In 2011, Sandia National Laboratories wind-energy researchers began a five-year study of applying VAWT design technology to offshore wind farms. The researchers stated: "The economics of offshore windpower are different from land-based turbines, due to installation and operational challenges. VAWTs offer three big advantages that could reduce the cost of wind energy: a lower turbine center of gravity; reduced machine complexity; and better scalability to very large sizes. A lower center of gravity means improved stability afloat and lower gravitational fatigue loads. Additionally, the drivetrain on a VAWT is at or near the surface, potentially making maintenance easier and less time-consuming. Fewer parts, lower fatigue loads and simpler maintenance all lead to reduced maintenance costs."

A 24-unit VAWT demonstration plot was installed in southern California in the early 2010s by Caltech aeronautical professor John Dabiri. His design was incorporated in a 10-unit generating farm installed in 2013 in the Alaskan village of Igiugig.

Dulas, Anglesey, received permission in March 2014 to install a prototype VAWT on the breakwater at Port Talbot waterside. The turbine is a new design, supplied by Wales-based C-FEC (Swansea), and will be operated for a two-year trial. This VAWT incorporates a wind shield which blocks the wind from the advancing blades, and thus requires a wind-direction sensor and a positioning mechanism, as opposed to the "egg-beater" types of VAWTs discussed above.

Architect Michael Reynolds (known for his Earthship house designs) developed a 4th-generation VAWT named Dynasphere. It has two 1.5 kW generators and can produce electricity at very low speeds.

See also
 Unconventional wind turbines
 Cross-flow fan

References

External links

 Cellar Image of the Day Shows a VAWT transverse to the wind, yet with the axis horizontal, but such does not allow the machine to be called a HAWT.


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The UPMC – Highmark Dispute: The Beginning of the End of Medical Practices Using Hospitals' Managed Care Contract Rates?
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Recent trends across the country have health systems buying out private physician practices and reclassifying them as hospital-outpatient departments. There are a number of motivations behind these transactions, the greatest being managed care contracting. Typically, the physician practice will reassign its Medicare NPI Number to the Hospital and the Hospital will then bill exclusively under that NPI number. The Hospital will also submit claims to the third party payor and receive payments based on the hospital's negotiated contract rates and fee schedule.
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You know how you have a personality that you are only comfortable to show to people who are close to you? And how this "private" personality is kept from those you just met?
Celebrities are no different. One photographer asked these celebrities to show him how they are in front of people and how they are when they are alone.


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Q: volume generation with GAN I'm not a GAN expert, but I have a problem and I would like to understand if GAN could help me in some way.
Essentially my problem is to convert a 3D grayscaled volume in another 3D grayscaled volume, where two volumes contain the same total sum (this conservation is essential).
My inputs for an eventual forward pass in the generator are the volume V1, and an image that comes from the same original data that generates V1. So as far I understand normally in GAN generator does not have additional input when separated by discriminator after training.
In the training phase, I have obviously V1 and such image, and the relative labels, V2 for the volume and the label image. My intention is to generate for a brand new V1 the right counterpart V2.
Does a GAN represent a good approach to tackle that problem? I came to this idea just because CNNs normally do not use to generate but for classifying. Probably I could instruct a 3D CNN to produce a volume, but the GAN approach that basically model a distribution could be more efficient.

A: I am not a GAN expert either, but I think all you need is Conditional GAN. I hope you have seen this paper before. Although it is in 2D but main idea is more or less same: it can give you a good rough idea of what to do.


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tire. or maybe it just decided to blow on its own. i was trapped.
i pulled over beside some old barn and called the roadside assistance.
paying all this money for this new Sebring, i'm gonna use it if i got it.
call me back and tell me how long it would be before someone would get there.
deal. so the guy arrived and did his thing and that was that.
valentines, you won't be buying any cards, going out to eat, sending flowers.
situational tv shows and teachers and things because they are mainstream.
what ever it is he calls what ever it is that he does then that's all right.
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What Is "Stress Induced Asthma"-what Causes It-why Does It Start?
It only happens when an event occures that I would find traumatic and would normally cry-a big fight, a pet's unfortunate death. Never had this until a couple years ago. Very scary.
In reality, asthma is a condition of the airways, where they become inflamed and narrowed, sometimes having spasms. The most common cause of asthma is allergic, but some adults have asthma that is more related to other environmental causes. Stress, however, can not be a cause of asthma by itself.
However, if you already have asthma, no matter how mild, you may find that stress or emotional highs/lows is a trigger for asthma symptoms. The difference is that stress does not cause the underlying changes in the airways that signify asthma. But, it can irritate your already inflamed airways, setting off asthma symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
And yes, an asthma attack can be quite frightening. Are you on medication for your asthma? Most people should be on some kind of daily or twice daily preventive, or controller medicine, often an inhaled steroid, as well as a rescue inhaler that can be taken when an asthma attack begins, if necessary.
Be sure to talk with your doctor about any concerns you have about your condition, OK?


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Judy Brown follows her career as Professor of Physics at Wellesley College and Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab with a combination of her long-time passions for animals and photography. She loves spending time with animals, photographing them and getting to know their individual behavioral quirks. Her "Elliott" portfolio of a spirited pony in his stall has been given a number of solo shows including two in Griffin Museum of Photography satellite galleries and an MIT Architecture Department Tele-exhibit.
Images from her book "Weatherbury Farm" were in a two person show at the Griffin Museum satellite gallery, SOWA, Boston in the spring of 2017. Her photographs have been selected for over four
dozen juried exhibitions including most recently the 2022 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA; Animal Beings, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Light, asmithgallery, Johnson City, TX; and Conversation with the Archive at SE Center for Photography, Greenville, S.C. Her recent book "Weatherbury Farm" was included in the Davis Orten Gallery's 11th Annual Self-Published Photobook Exhibition and received an honorable mention by Elizabeth Avedon in her list of Best Photography Books of 2020: Round-up Part II.
She is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and a 2019 Critical Mass 200 Finalist.
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Q: Why java is different from javascript when execute this split() function In javascript

",,".split(",").length   // Return 3

But in java:
",,".split(",").length   // Return 0

Why java ignores all empty string in between when split string with charater?

A: Java are having two overloading functions of String.split(..)
 1. public String[] split(String regex, int limit){}
 2. public String[] split(String regex) . This equals with split(String regex, int limit = 0)

With limit parameter make String.spit of java flexible.
The limit parameter controls the number of times the pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting array. If the limit n is greater than zero then the pattern will be applied at most n - 1 times, the array's length will be no greater than n, and the array's last entry will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter. If n is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible and the array can have any length. If n is zero then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded. More detail here
So in your case with java:
",,".split(",").length   // Return 0
",,".split(",", -1).length   // Return 3

A: To know why there is difference you will have to understand split(String regex, int limit) first.
The limit parameter controls the number of times the pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting array. And they specifically says

If n is zero then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.

java docs
Now in split(String regex). This overloaded function is supposed to give the same result as above with a limit argument of zero.

This method works as if by invoking the two-argument split method with the given expression and a limit argument of zero. Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in the resulting array.

Now on the other hand when we talk about javascript. We know there could not be any overloading in it. They made a single function and have optional parameter. If you provide limit argument it will limit on the number of splits to be found.

Integer specifying a limit on the number of splits to be found. The split() method still splits on every match of separator, until the number of split items match the limit or the string falls short of separator.

javascript docs from developer.mozilla.org


I'm still not getting Clive's character design right.
The week before last I went back over pages 2 and 3 to make him more consistent [he's like Lon Chaney Sr., The Man of a Thousand Faces!]. I thought I'd managed it – well enough. But I haven't. I posted a bit on the Facebook page ^ yesterday, and I'll expand a little on it here.
I've also realised the problem of using a simple cartoon style and then trying to do close-ups. Surely the face should become more detailed in close-up. Otherwise, you end up with a few abstract looking lines?
Above: Clive, has been drawn anew each time in closer/larger aspect. See how he changes?
Next, I crudely increased his size from the small, quickly scribbled version using Photoshop. Pretty abstract little bunch of lines – but he still looks like the same guy.
Same design, but with a bit more detail.
Above, having learnt my lesson [finally] I drew over the blown-up version on the right, adding just a bit more detail. He looks more like the same person. The lesson is so obvious that I'm probably the only person on earth who didn't realise it – to my cost. You have to work out the design of the character in the simplest possible forms – FIRST. Basic shapes and dimensions – and stick to that no matter what size he's drawn at and regardless of detail.
That's what decorators say. The problem really, is impatience and over-confidence. I have a small part of 2 days per week when I'm off work to do the comic and I just dashed into it. I'm going to have to loop-back over the previous pages – again, fix the faces and hopefully that'll be the end of it. But I mustn't do it until I've got Clive's design nailed-down and codified into some sort of easy to use formula. I also need to work on drawing him from every conceivable angle. In animation studios they end up with what's called a model sheet for each character. And as I mentioned in a previous post, they often even sculpt the characters in clay so you can examine them from every angle and make sure it works.


The concept of "Time Evaporation" is gospel to clayworkers everywhere. You step into the studio and sink your fingers into the plastic material, and before you know it three hours have disappeared. At the Brattleboro Clayworks, established in 1983, 25 years have mysteriously flown by. Member Alan Steinberg recalls, "It seems like only yesterday we were building ware-shelves and laying firebrick to create the arch of our gas kiln. Now both the arch and my back have a little sag in them."
To commemorate this anniversary, the Clayworks at 532 Putney Road will host a number of events beginning with its annual June "Art for the Garden" exhibit. This year's show will highlight recent work by Steinberg, the sole remaining original member. Many other Clayworks members will also have garden work on display in the courtyard, and the indoor gallery will be open as well. A grand opening reception is scheduled during Gallery Walk on June 6, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Regular hours are Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 5:00, with additional hours by chance or appointment.
Steinberg looks back on a career that spans almost 40 years, marked by a progression of styles and teaching experiences. He began as a wheel-throwing production potter, with a large, private studio in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, where he made dinnerware, vases, lamps, and planters. When he moved to Vermont in 1981, he abandoned the potter's wheel (and all the wholesale accounts that went with it) to explore a new interest in colored-clay slabs with plants pressed into them that evoked images of landscape, especially sunrise and sunset. The rolling pin became his most important tool. For two years he rented workspace from other local potters while attending meetings of a group of eight young potters who hoped to resurrect an older paradigm, that of the crafts cooperative. The Clayworks was born of those meetings.
By 2001, twenty years later, the other original members had moved on to their own studios and were supplanted by a new generation of potters. There were 14 of them, plus month to month renters and students as well, making for a busy studio. At that point, Steinberg had become bored with his line of colored clay. He took a one-year sabbatical from his business to study with a host of teachers. When he attempted to return from that hiatus, he found he could not bring himself to do the work that had kept him and four employees busy for two decades. And so he struck out for new ground again.
The work being shown during June illustrates this new direction. Rather than making pieces that are "about" nature, the new work appears to be "from" nature. Honoring the relationship between clay and stone, these works appear to be ancient stones unearthed at an archeological dig. Many of them have carvings on their surface in an unknown language. The viewer is left to muse on the mystery of their meaning. Perhaps they contain some important wisdom we would be fortunate to decipher, perhaps a dire warning from a lost civilization regarding a path best not taken.
A few sculptures display faint markings in a 3,500-year-old Chinese women's language called Nu-Shu. This now nearly extinct language was used by women to communicate with their lost loved ones -- mothers, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers -- after they were married at an early age and became the property of their husbands' families. Some works feature Buddhist or Mayan prayers, scribed repetitively in English, like a chant. While Steinberg's work has clearly become more sculptural, he still takes time to do some traditional functional work such as planters, vases, fountains, and meditational "blessing bowls," all of which will be on display.


Residents at a sheltered housing complex claim they have been left housebound – and in one case forced to temporarily move out – after the property's only lift was left out of action for more than a week.
People living in Mulligan Court, on Camperdown Street in Lochee, have been taking the stairs after the lift broke down more than a week ago.
Pictures taken inside the complex show a cordon around the ground floor lift space.
Some residents said the problem was caused by mobility scooters being driven into the lift.
Those who rely on mobility scooters and walking frames told the Tele they had been left stuck indoors, while one man said his mother had even moved out of her top floor flat until the lift was repaired.
One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "I know some of the residents in here are in their nineties.
"They have been struggling to get out of their homes.
"We were told it would be fixed by the end of last week.
"Now we have been told it should be repaired some time this week.
"We understand a mobility scooter has maybe damaged the lift when it has been driven inside.
"There is a stair lift on each landing but they are incredibly slow.
"If you had a walking frame it would be extremely time consuming.
Another tenant said some neighbours had expressed concern about having to leave the block quickly in the event of an emergency.
Caledonia Housing Association, which manages the block, blamed the delay in fixing the lift on the lack of available parts.
Gill Donoghue, head of support services for Caledonia Housing Association, says residents still have access to a stair lift and a home help during the disruption.
She said: "We are currently working with our contractors to repair the lift at Mulligan Court.
"The repair is taking longer than we would have hoped due to a delay in the availability of parts.
"To accommodate the inconvenience we have arranged additional cover from our home help service to assist residents with shopping and any other requirements.


Hey folks, a tech note here. Apparently ODS (Open Domain Server) is going to shut down operations sometime in the next year or three. As a result, I'm proactively going to start moving my content away from the subsites that have the nameserver there.
Primarily – and the one of interest here – is the podcast feed I've been playing with. I've also realized (D'oh!) that I can simply put the audio as enclosures with the blog here and configure Feedburner… which is good, because it's one less step and I'll actually remember to do it frequently.
It's bad, because it means I'll only be able to offer a RSS 2.0 feed. And those folks (however few they might be) who actually use the existent podcast feed will have to change subscriptions. (Which you will anyway).
Read this in Google Currents - and help get me featured there!


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