1 – Android M – Due for release in October/November on a new Nexus phone and then other Nexus devices. (Though not on other phones and tablets until a few months later). This update will focus heavily on bug fixes but their other announcements are particularly interesting. One of these announcements is ‘Doze’, a very intelligent battery saver that has the potential to double your battery life. This deep sleep state is only for devices running Android M, which uses motion detection to determine when a device is not in use. You will still receive important notifications but with the lengthened battery life, you’ll be able to receive them for longer without worrying about your battery! Android M will also standardise fingerprint sensors used to lock and unlock your phone, which will tie in nicely with the new Android pay system.
2 – iOS9 – The final version of iOS9 is expected to launch with the new iPhone (we’ll get on to that in a sec) expected in September and will be available on all devices which can run iOS 8. Siri is expected to be smarter, capable of rivaling Google Now, including being able to understand what you’re talking about in relation to the app you’re using, suggesting appointments to add to your calendar and perhaps the most promising is the location based knowledge. The smarter location knowledge means if you’ve been listening to audio in the car, it will bring up what you were listening to last time. Perhaps the best development for iOS 9 is that it will tell you when to leave for an appointment, rivaling Google’s app. Let down by battery life, iOS 9 will be no rival to Android M with only an extra hour of battery expected with Apples new low power mode.
3 – iPhone 7? 6S? 6S Plus? 6C? – Likely to hit the market in September, the greatly anticipated new iPhone has already got people speculating about what to expect. It is thought that Apple will release two phones, perhaps even three with the potential to have a 6S, 6S plus and maybe even a 7. Chances are that the new iPhones won’t be different dimensions but will be slimmer. Battery life isn’t expected to be enhanced, however the introduction of iOS 9 will improve battery life on all iPhones. The iPhone camera is expected to be offering DSLR like picture quality. This will be a huge step as Apple continues to rival camera manufacturers and the iPhone Photography awards enter their 9th year. The truth is, no one except Apple knows the full details just yet, but what is rumored is very exciting indeed!
4 – Oculus Rift – Okay so there’s no release date yet, and it is likely to be next year, but the prototypes are out and the reviews are more than positive. The Oculus Rift takes gaming to a whole new level and virtual reality is something which has baffled developers for the last 30 years. Virtual Reality has previously left users with motion sickness and headaches, which is something that had to be confronted when making a consumer product. Oculus, so far, seem to have achieved it with the Rift, which is a lightweight headset, with Velcro straps and soft materials, comfortable to wear.
The general consensus is that Oculus Rift is going to be well worth the wait, and as creator Palmer Luckey stated during the Oculus conference, ‘this is only the beginning’.


Contributed by alex101, Posted by Samantha Barrett Music
As apart of their monthly covers series, Florida's Dikembe have released a cover of Shellac's "Prayer to God" over at The Alternative. The cover features guest vocals from Bob Nanna of Braid. Last month, the band released a Superdrag cover of "Sucked Out" featuring Carly Comando of Slingshot Dakota as the first entry into this series.
Dikembe released Hail Something in 2016 on Death Protector Collective.


Smartphone manufacturing company, Intex has listed budget handset, Intex Aqua Twist , on the company site. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 5,199, but company has not given details about the availability of the device.
Intex Aqua Twist features 5-inch FWVGA (480×854) display. It is powered by 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6580 processor with Mali 400 GPU and Cortex A7. Handset is coupled with 1GB RAM and have 8 GB internal storage. The storage is expandable via MicroSD card upto 32GB.
One of the major highlight of the smartphone is it’s Rotating camera. Inex Aqua Twist sports 5 MP rotating rear camera, which can be twisted to become a selfie snapper. The 3P lens camera features F/2.8 aperture. Handset runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop.
Intex Aqua Twist is backed by 2200 mAh battery which can deliver upto 18 hours of Talktime. Dual-sim 3G supported Aqua Twist comes with the connectivity options like WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS. Sensors like G-sensor, Proximity sensor and Light sensors are also included.
The handset will be available in White and Black color option and will have bunch of preloaded apps that includes Matrabhasha, OLX, Amazon, Goibibo, Freecharge, Hike messanger and many more.


Paul Rudd has hilariously revealed who his wife actually thinks is the sexiest man alive.
However, not everyone close to Rudd actually voted in the awards, with the actor admitting at the premiere of Ghostbusters: Afterlife that not only did is wife not vote, but that if she had, it wouldn’t have even been for him.
Rudd told Extra how his wife would actually have voted for The Matrix’s Keanu Reeves.
No, she would have voted for Keanu Reeves… Come on, he’s Keanu, I’d vote for him.
Ryan Reynolds had a similarly hilarious reaction to Rudd being crowned the title, advising the Ant-Man actor to ‘seize the opportunity’ rather than playing it ‘shy’ or ‘bashful’.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife stars members of the original cast Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson, which Rudd said made him feel ‘a little nervous’, but also ‘excited’.
‘You look down and see those three guys standing there […] I still feel that,’ he said.
Rudd noted how it was ‘really exciting and an honour’ to work with the iconic cast members, however at the premiere, he refused to comment on his next project, which is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is set for release in cinemas on November 19.
If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]
Chosen for YouChosen for You
Most Read StoriesMost Read


This clever cat owner has found an ingenious way to store their pets - by hanging them in the wardrobe.
These cheeky kitties have made themselves at home in the shelves originally designed for housing shoes.
As most moggie owners know cat beds are usually ignored by their furry friends so it seems anywhere these little ones have found home is allowed.
Each of the five has been given their own shelf, but they all seem keen to see what else is going on.
They begin play fighting, swiping at each others paws and tails, with one falling off then struggling to regain its spot.
Proving popular on social media, one watcher Rita Brown said: "They're cute even when they're being naughty!"
While another added: "Had to watch it again and again to see what individual kitten is doing. So adorable"


Feds Seize Assets From Mt. Gox's Dwolla Acount, Accuse It Of Violating Money Transfer Regulations
Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox is experiencing some issues with U.S. authorities. The Department of Homeland Security issued a seizure warrant to Dwolla for the money in Mt. Gox’s Dwolla account. Mt. Gox users can’t use Dwolla as a funding option anymore even though it was one of the most popular options. The Japanese startup failed to register in the U.S. as a money transmitting company — president and CEO Mark Karpeles now faces up to five years in prison. Dwolla had no choice but to proceed with the request. IDG News obtained a copy of the warrant through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the investigation team of the Department of Homeland Security. In order to accept funds in dollars, Mt. Gox opened a Wells Fargo business account for Mutum Sigillum LLC (Mt. Gox’s American subsidiary). The company had to complete a document that states whether it provides money services or not. The warrant reads: “That document was completed on May 20, 2011, and identified ...
Google Wallet Rolls Out To More Devices – Nope, Still No Love For Verizon, AT&T Or T-Mobile Owners
Google sadly scrapped its plans to introduce a plastic "universal" credit card that works at point-of-sale as a way to use its Google Wallet service out in the real world, but the company has not given up on its NFC-powered payments solution just yet. The company announced Wednesday evening the Google Wallet app now works on more phones: the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC One on Sprint, and the Samsung Galaxy Note II on US Cellular.
After ATM heist, India's IT sector again in unwelcome spotlight
MUMBAI/BANGALORE - A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing sensitive financial services to the Asian nation.
Found 4 days ago on channel Reuters
DHS Shuts Down Dwolla Payments To and From Mt. Gox
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from BetaBeat: "The Department of Homeland Security appears to have shut down the ability to use Dwolla, a mobile payment service, to withdraw and deposit money into Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin trading platform. ... A representative for Dwolla told Betabeat that the company is 'not party' to this matter and encourages those with questions to reach out to Mt. Gox or the DHS. 'The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a 'Seizure Warrant' for the funds associated with Mutum Sigillium's Dwolla account (a.k.a. Mt. Gox),' he said. 'In light of the court order, procured by the Department of Homeland Security, Dwolla has ceased all account activities associated with Dwolla services for Mutum Sigillum while Dwolla's holding partner transferred Mutum Sigillium's balance, per the warrant.'"
Aereo Switches Up Pricing: $8/Month For 20 Hours Of DVR, $12/Month For 60 Hours Starting May 15
Aereo users, listen up. The company that has been bringing you access to 30 over-the-air broadcast channels on the cheap is switching up its pricing structure a bit to make things less complicated. Unfortunately, this switch also makes things slightly more expensive, but still highly competitive in today’s content streaming landscape. Starting on May 15, the original five-tier structure will be boiled down into two options: The base $8/month fee will offer 20 hours of DVR storage, and a $12/month fee will get you 60 hours of DVR storage. Neither service requires a long-term commitment. However, it’s worth noting that the $8/month plan changes the way you can record on Aereo’s DVR service, only letting users record from one channel at a time. At the same time, the $12 plan actually offers more than it used to, bumping up storage from 40 hours to 60 hours. When Aereo first launched, it offered more levels of service, including a $1/day deal. This was a unique option for the service, ...


text:
I'm Miss Dee The Clown & Magician. I have been entertaining children for over 10 years.
My goal is to provide a stress free environment for the mommy or client so they can enjoy their child's special day. My experience with being the CEO of a 501(c)3 charity for special needs children gives me the edge over other entertainers. I have loads of patience and have the needed education when working with children with autism or hyperactivity.
The highlight of over 300 events I've entertained last year is the kids magic show. Turn a caterpiller into a butterfly and a frog into a prince. One child gets to dress up in a cute chef's costume as we use real ingredients to make a cake. We magically travel to the circus. Show is very fast paced and do have several different shows depending on the age of children.
I make lots and lots of balloon characters Some balloon figures are Unicorns, Frozen characters,Tinkerbelle, mermaids ,Ninja Turtle fish on a fishing pole, spider man, butterfly, princess , penguin, dinosaur. Plus 100's more. Please let me know the theme of your event, and I will do my best to make a balloon character on that theme
. I pride myself in being one of the top children entertainers in the Nation. My skills with face painting is basic to the many hours I spend perfecting the magic show and excelling in balloon art. I do have an associate I can recommend if needed for more elaborate designs. Even though my main bookings comes from celebrities I totally enjoy working at events for special needs children and the elderly and private birthday parties. I believe in giving 100% to each booking because I totally love entertaining and each person I work with is special. I have a clown costume I wear however I also can dress as a magician with gold boots, colorful vest and fancy red jacket.
You won't be disappointed !!!
Miss Dee The Clown

domain: entertainment


Baku, April 29, AZERTAC
Azerbaijani judokas will test their strength at the Bucharest Cadet European Cup 2022 to be held in Romania, on May 7-8.
Azerbaijan`s hopes will be pinned on 16 judokas.
The tournament will gather together more than 300 judo fighters from 24 countries.
© Content from this site must be hyperlinked when used.
Report a mistake by marking it and pressing ctrl + enter


Mi Temperature and Humidity Monitor 2
– Controls the temperature and humidity in your home
– Compatible with other Mi products
– Easy installation with a built-in magnet in the back
– Baby mode
Accurate measurement of room temperature and humidity can be a significant help for people who are comfortable or have children and pets. The temperature and humidity sensor monitors your home and you can view the status both on the device itself and in the mobile application.
Pairing with your smart home
The sensor is always paired exclusively via Bluetooth. The easiest way is to pair directly with your smartphone, via the Mi Home application. If the phone is within Bluetooth range, you will see the current temperature and humidity directly in the application.
The connection with a smart home is more sophisticated. You must pair the sensor to a control unit (Xiaomi Gateway), which you can purchase, for example, in the Mi Smart Sensor Set. It will then take care of the permanent connection of the temperature and humidity sensor to the smart home. You can then create automatic scenarios, such as activating the humidifier if the humidity in the room is too low, or turning on the Xiaomi fan if the temperature is above a certain value.
The sensor is powered by 1x CR2032 battery, which will keep it running for up to 1 year. The battery is not included.
● LCD Digital Display: the monitor data can be clearly read in various brightness and angle.
● High Sensitivity built-in advanced Sensirion temperature and humidity sensor from Switzerland, sense subtle change of temperature and humidity a breath away.
● Cute Cartoon Expression to spell over comfort level, very cute and simple.
● Low Consumption: built-in CR2032 button battery for one-year.
● High Accuracy: temperature accuracy: 0.1 degrees, humidity accuracy: 0.1 percent RH
● Works with Mijia APP: via Mi app to switch on humidifier when indoor humidity is too low and air-conditioner when indoors temperature is too high.
● Flexible Placement: comes with a wall sticker to makes it can be placed wherever you want.
● Product size: 43 × 43 × 12.5mm
● Working voltage: DC2.5V-3V
● Battery model: CR2032
● Wireless connection: Bluetooth 4.2 BLE
● Temperature measurement range: 0℃ -60℃
● Temperature display resolution: 0.1 ℃
● Humidity measurement range: 0% -99% RH
● Humidity display resolution: 1% RH


text:
Manchester United is an old powerhouse in English football, formerly known as “Newton Heath L&Y Railway F.C.” founded in 1878, renamed Manchester United in 1902, and now plays in the English Premier League. Because the team’s uniform is red, fans call it “the Red Devils”. The team’s home stadium is Old Trafford, which has a capacity of 80,000 seats, and is currently the largest football stadium in England. Manchester United joined G-14 as a founding member in 2000.
Manchester United is one of the most successful football clubs in the world, with no less than 50 million fans worldwide, and is undoubtedly one of the most profitable sports clubs in the world. In the 2007/08 season, Manchester United’s home usage rate was as high as 99.4%, and the business is managed very successfully. For example, the revenue from its two home games alone is roughly equivalent to the annual home revenue of the Premier League Wigan Athletic.
On February 6, 1958, Manchester United, who had just won two consecutive league championships, encountered the darkest time in the history. Eight players with unlimited prospects died in the Munich air crash and were recalled as “Busby Babes”. In addition, more than a dozen people, including Busby and Bobby Charlton, were injured, and the team fell from the peak to the trough. Manchester United finished ninth in the league after the season.
Scottish coach Alex Ferguson took over from Ron Atkinson in November 1986, and he ushered in a new era for Manchester United over the next 20 years. With the maturity of famous players such as Brian Robson and Mark Hughes, and the joining of players such as Eric Cantona and Paul Ince, Manchester United’s strength is increasing day by day. After wining the Premier League championship in the 1992-93 season, the Manchester United under Ferguson also took the flight. In the following Premier League, Manchester United was heroic and dominant, winning four championships in five seasons. In the European competition, Manchester United also has a good record, winning the first trophy since the British team returned to European competitions, and won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1990-91 season. In the 1999-00 season, Manchester United completed a miraculous reversal, winning the Champions League trophy, and gripping the “Triple Crown”.
In the following two seasons after winning the “Triple Crown”, Manchester United failed to defend the Champions League, but won two Premier Leagues and achieved three consecutive Premier League titles. It is a pity that with the gradual ageing and departure of the main players of the Triple Crown era, Manchester United began to regress. In the 2001-02 season, Manchester United was overtaken by Arsenal and lost the Premier League title. In the subsequent 2002-03 season, relying on Van Nistelrooy’s peak state, Manchester United regained the Premier League title, but the decline of the team’s strength is already a fact. After David Beckham left Manchester United, the club began to rebuild the squad by bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo. In the 2003-04 season, with the strong rise of Arsenal and Chelsea, Manchester United was brought to a low point in the Premier League, being defeated by Muhammad in the Champions League. The defeat by Porto, led by Rinho, symbolised that Manchester United’s winter has come. It’s not surprising that Chelsea dominated the Premier League in the next two seasons, Manchester United ended up the runner-up. Last but not the least, in the Champions League, they were double-killed by AC Milan and failed to qualify for the group stage.

domain: sports


Xiaomi Redmi 6 professional smartphone was launched in june 2018. The phone comes with a five.84-inch touchscreen show with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 2280 pixels at a PPI of 432 pixels per inch.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 professional is steam-powered by 2GHz octa-core processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage which will be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As way because the cameras square measure involved, the Xiaomi Redmi 6 professional packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 professional runs humanoid and is steam-powered by a 4000mAh non removable battery. It measures 149.33 x 71.68 x 8.75 (height x dimension x thickness) and weighs 178.00 grams.
Connectivity choices embrace Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG and FM. Sensors on the phone embrace Compass/ gaussmeter, Proximity detector, measuring system and close lightweight detector.
Xiaomi could be a in camera closely-held company that styles, develops, and sells smartphones, associate Android-based OS, and different client natural philosophy. Xiaomi additionally makes fitness trackers, TVs, air purifiers, and tablets. it’s a skin for its humanoid phones and tablets – MIUI. the corporate mostly sells its phones via flash sales in India.


text:
Martapura, South Kalimantan 13/5 (AntaranewsKalsel) - Regent Banjar Khalilurahman handed over aid to dozens of families of fire victims in Aluh-Aluh on Friday (12/5) afternoon.
"The aid is to ease the burden of fire victims so they can meet the food and beverage needs," said the regent on the sidelines of the handover of aid packages in Aluh-Aluh on Saturday.
The bupati's relief package contains basic foods, including canned fish, instant noodles, sugar, soy sauce, tea and other snacks for children who are victims of the fire.
Besides, they were distributed blankets and others for daily necessities, such as soap and toothbrushes received symbolically by the residents' representatives.
"We hope that all citizens victims of the fire can be steadfast and strong in facing this ordeal as well as accept it as destiny," said the regent who is also the cleric.
Head of Banjar Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Sunarto said the number of people who were victims of fire 84 people who inhabit as many as 30 homes. They consist of 23 family.
"All the houses were burnt down in the disaster and the number of victim 84 from 23 families," he said.
Meanwhile, the police temporarily found the cause of fire allegedly because of cigarette butts or flammable objects hit the fabric.
"Our allegation the cause is cigarette butts or other object thrown about the fabric then the fire enlarged," said Aluh-Aluh Police Chief AKP Suroto contacted Saturday evening.
Large fires hit settlements on Jalan Inpres RT 5 Aluh-Aluh Besar Village Friday (12/5) afternoon and caused 30 houses burned down.

domain: sociology


text:
Shipping Related Charges
As you are purchasing from third party sellers, with us assisting you upon your instructions and as your authorized agent, there are a total of TWO payments for each purchase:
(100% which will paid to your selected seller on your behalf): Product Price + China Domestic Shipping (China Express)
Paid after checking out items from shopping cart.
The retail price of the product, which will be paid to the seller that you have selected in your discretion.
This refers to the freight charges imposed by your selected seller for sending your purchased item from seller to the logistic centre in Guangzhou,China.
Note: If e-sellers offer Free Shipping in their Freight Policies, you will not need to pay for Chinese Domestic Shipping.
The freight charges from the logistics centre in Guangzhou to SGshop in Singapore.
Note: This freight is charged according to the weight/measurement of your goods for each parcel and each delivery.
You can choose among 5 types of shipping options for your goods to be shipped from our China warehouse to Singapore warehouse - Express Air (DHL), Economy Air, Special Air, Sea Shipment and Economy Sea. Please factor in the various costs and waiting time into your consideration.
Buy For Me International Freight Charges
Ship For Me International Freight Charges
International shipping from USA to Singapore
Service Related Charges
Charged at $0.98 by SGshop for clearing each parcel of your third-party seller purchases.
Delivery costs paid to SGshop in the event that you require delivery of your purchases to your selected location in Singapore.
For SGshop's logistical services as your agent in delivering your third-party seller purchases.
Svc Chg = (Product Price paid to seller + China Express paid to seller + International Freight) x 8%.
GST (Goods and Services Tax)
Regardless "Buy for me" or “Ship for Me"
For Sea shipment and Economy Sea shipment, customers are required to pay the corresponding 7% GST incurred for all orders by yourself.
Non-dutiable and non-controlled goods imported by courier services with a total CIF value exceeding S$400 will incur GST.
However for high value parcels (total value including Product Price + China Express + International Freight of all parcels submitted under single collection /delivery is $400 or more), you are required to pay the corresponding 7% GST of that particular parcels by yourself.
GST = (Product Price + China Express + International Freight) x 7%.
Your parcels will be measured/weighed per item upon arrival at the logistics centre in China. Your consolidated order will be repacked and remeasured before shipping to Singapore. Extra spaces and gaps between each parcel will be occupied. We will compare the weight taken before and after the repackaging, and charge according to the higher measurement. The chargeable weight of the consolidated order will be summed up by 1.1 X to account for the extra spaces occupied between each parcel.
A charge of S$2.00 is applicable with each change to the international shipping methods, after goods have been purchased.
According to the international shipping practice, the volumetric weight (the amount of space taken up by the parcel during shipment) is calculated and compared with the actual weight of the parcel. The higher weight would be used to calculate shipping cost. This will be done regardless of the chosen shipping method; air or sea.
Volume Weight (kg) For Air Shipments
= Length (cm) * Width (cm) * Height (cm) / 5000
Volume Weight (kg) For Sea Shipments
= Length (cm) * Width (cm) * Height (cm) / 6000
Waiting Time For Various Freight Options

domain: economics


text:
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Related article at Blabbermouth.net
The album can be purchased from Prosthetic Records.
This is new work. It’s one of a set of 5 monster Liberty Bells. They’re for the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society book 3. The last couple anthologies had open themes, but this 3rd one finally has a Philadelphia theme, which makes sense I suppose since we’re a Philly based group. But I kinda dislike themes. I did manage to come up with something though…these goofy bells. After doin some doodling, it occurred to me how well the Liberty Bell form lent itself to being monstrafied. Here’s the PCS site if anyone’s interested. It needs an update big time. And I’m not in any of the pics btw... www.phillytoon.com
Aeron featured a whole mess of Hellmouths on Monster Brains. CHECK IT OUT!
Here's the argument against online businesses just like that. Presentation. Real world presentation. You can't beat it. You can control the lighting, the smell, the sounds, how stuff is displayed, what people see upon entering, all that stuff. Fire up my smoke machine for special events... weird smelling incense burning all the time. Maybe some retarded black cat lurking around... etc.
Yo, does anyone know what that green monstrous door, i think it's French, from the Art Nouveau period is called? I'm trying to get a good picture of it.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
More concept art for this Children of the Moon campaign i'm running.
Salsiccian police wear pig masks in order to add an extra dimension of anonymity & uniformity to their squads. The dogs wear human masks. This is a poison gas team, which normally takes care of things like rat-infestations, but the poison gas is occasionally used for crowd control & battle as well. The police in Salsiccia, just as the police in this world, are the enforcers of the legitimized crime syndicate known as the government.
"Who is the bigger criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?"
- Die Dreigroschenoper, Bertolt Brecht
Friday, May 22, 2009
Just wanted to let you guys know that I really like everything that's been posted lately, even though I haven't commented.
Human Mollusk is watching you!
Otto von Bismarck has a famous quote involving laws & sausages & their unsightly origins, but this has always seemed a slight against sausages. I could definitely do without laws, but sausages... sausages are another matter altogether. Like the pigs most sausages are made from, sausages take substandard food & transform it, almost magically into something delicious & integral to the culture. There is something alchemical about stuffing this meat back into its own intesting, something ouroborotic about it. No? Maybe Bismarck was right though, in that there is a base reality to the sausage, just like laws, because even though i personally can do without them, they are a dirty mechanism for the messy society we live in.
Hans Volzer - Sausage Magnate from a Children of the Moon campaign i'm running.
"The living being had no need of eyes when there was nothing remaining outside him to be seen; nor of ears when there was nothing to be heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed; nor would there have been any use of organs by the help of which he might receive his food or get rid of what he had already digested, since there was nothing which went from him or came into him: for there was nothing beside him. Of design he was created thus, his own waste providing his own food, and all that he did or suffered taking place in and by himself. For the Creator conceived that a being which was self-sufficient would be far more excellent than one which lacked anything; and, as he had no need to take anything or defend himself against any one, the Creator did not think it necessary to bestow upon him hands: nor had he any need of feet, nor of the whole apparatus of walking; but the movement suited to his spherical form was assigned to him, being of all the seven that which is most appropriate to mind and intelligence; and he was made to move in the same manner and on the same spot, within his own limits revolving in a circle. All the other six motions were taken away from him, and he was made not to partake of their deviations. And as this circular movement required no feet, the universe was created without legs and without feet." ~Plato
This fantastic piece "Uprising of Sausages & Hot Dogs" is by Sergey Tyukanov.
Everything in life has an end. Only sausages have two.
But prior to that bizarre disappearance, the strange black string that I previously thought that I'd seen gave me an interesting idea. It made me imagine giant black worms stuck to the side of a vast stone wall. Maybe they are slugs, vast leeches the size of semi trucks clinging to the stone with thick glue like muck that oozes down in long lines of stinking liquid. Their backsides might have strange patterns, perhaps resembling the faces of larger beasts to scare away whatever might fly up out of the surrounding space to consume them. Think of the Monster Brains logo as a good example. But I picture myself, stuck to this giant wall, attached to the sticky slimy covering of ooze from all the giant slug like creatures. I can move, I can crawl, climb up and down, but I can't let go. And on some of these giant black worms I imagine half dissolved bodies, rotting flesh and bone constructions stuck to the surface of these large beasts as their very skin consumes its meal, like a sort of quicksand with acidic digestive juices bubbling up. What is it about horse bones that creates the recipe for glue? Or animal bones used in making Jello? Perhaps these worms use the bones of their dinners in a similar fashion, excreting them in a gelatinous sticky trail. Being stuck to this wall and being surrounded by hundreds, possibly thousands of these vast horrifying creatures, tall as trucks, curling, shifting in every direction, they would appear as giant grotesque walls, become like corridors through which I must pull my way through, hoping not to get stuck to them.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
I've been trying to capture a certain sensation that I once felt pretty strongly. I associate it with science-fiction book covers, polish poster art, Tarkovsky films and a lot more sort of random "things".
I was at first a little reticent to follow that route, as I thought of it as more too-common nostalgia mining ( for a time I wasn't alive in to boot), but - and forgive me for being obtuse here- This fleeting sensation or aesthetic pleasure is one that I feel rooted to in a real way; it's not merely an attempt at dwelling in the past, but of drawing threads from it to now.
It isn't some sort of ironic connection, in other words.
Beyond just kind of feeling my way through lines and forms, while drawing this, I imagined an alternate future/present, in which all those "fantasy" illustrators who sold their self-published "folios" at flea-bag comic conventions throughout the 70s-80s somehow came to prominence. What if their influence was at work in a big way?
I rarely conceive of any sort of literal translation of the image into a coherent narrative or statement, but I think a general theme along those lines that I think is present in a lot of my drawings has to do with the idea of technological "meddling" with biologic forms; stuff like genetic manipulation, nano-technology, etc..
It's something I fear in a general way, but it's also very mysterious and awesome. The fear has more to do with ruining that epic mystery; the would-be masters of creation, in their march toward "progress" rebel against that mystery because it's something that can't be measured or contained. Hopefully that "mystery" is conveyed through lines, forms, colors, etc., that illicit some kind of emotional response. I feel it while drawing sometimes, but have no idea if it translates for the viewer.
Late-Capitalist Mysticism? Judeo-Christian backwash? Maybe so...
Lately I've been using an horizon-line in drawings that are meant to be somewhat representational, or convey the idea of specific forms in a specific space. Sometimes I rebel against that and seek to only use the page as the space to be dealt with. It's another limitation, and it's one I pretty much can never fully go along with. Eventually, I give into my urges to make forms, but like to try to make them just "off-flat", so there is some dimensionality at work, but it's toyed with or its rule is not followed. I often think of medieval Illuminated Manuscripts while I'm drawing images like this. I think they often achieve a perfect "off-flatness", to coin a phrase.
All the while though, I can see a lot of obvious influences come into play, always as an after-thought; Really busy graffiti, the Charles Burns brush-line, other horror comics, etc., etc., All of these were things that I was looking at as I was trying to learn how to draw, and I think it's pretty much impossible for me to shake them.
The connective tissue between all of them is a very controlled, sure line, but often used to create grotesque or outlandish forms. I've been getting better at allowing myself to make dirty or ugly lines (FILTHY!!), but there is something about making clean lines that I'll always enjoy, I think.
ANYHOW. It is good to be back. As I'm sure you ALL FUCKING KNOW AND ARE TIRED OF ME WHINING ABOUT, I tend to be pretty conflicted about a lot of the work I make, and I that makes my art-related "concerns" suffer; all the blogs I've started and stopped, books I've planned to make, every project I've ever talked about and, most of all, all of you guys who put up with it. In all earnesty, I thank you guys for giving a shit. It's pretty amazing that we have the opportunity to communicate the way we do and to show our work to each other. THANK YOU.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
In some ways, for me, the "Remus" pieces are trying to combine some of the drawings that I have done recently with my ink orthodoxy. I chose the name "Remus" for this series because Remus and Romulus in my mind represent Romulus being human and Remus being something else- a sort of alternative if you will. I'm kinda excited to see where this will go in the future. For now, these two are just baby steps.
Something weird is going on with Pipu where my art is starting to look like Shigeru Mizuki's. In other news, the local comic shop has a million old "Heavy Metal" magazines from 1978 to 1985 all priced at $1.50 & i'm having a hard time not buying too many of them.
ALSO, i gave my long-running button business a name & put it up online. Check it out!

domain: artistic


text:
This recipe will feed 6 so it is very economical.
You will need a 9 x 9 or similar size pan. I used my Fiestaware one.
1/2 Green Bell Pepper diced
1/2 Medium Onion diced
1/2 lb ground sausage cooked and crumbed (I used 2 sausage patties since that is what I had)
1 1/2 cup grated cheese (I used a 4 cheese blend)
1 1/2 cups milk
3 slices of bread
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray your pan with a spray oil such as Pam.
Saute your diced green pepper and onion until just tender. My sausage patties were the pre-cooked kind but I heated them up as they were frozen and then diced them. Set these aside.
In a mixing bowl whip eggs, add salt and pepper then the milk. Whip all together with fork or wire whisk.
Rip your bread slices into pieces and put an even layer on the bottom of your sprayed or oiled pan. Layer your sausage, cooked onion and pepper and 1 cup of the cheese over the bread. Pour the egg/milk mixture over the top and sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes. The edges will be slightly brown and the middle will not wiggle. You could also do the knife trick and stick it in the middle and if it comes out clean it is done.
This is also good to make up the night before, cover it and have in the refrigerator ready to pop in the oven when you get up.
This was perfect for a Sunday brunch. I added a couple slices of bacon and you could add some fruit. How else could you feed 6 people breakfast on 6 eggs, 2 slices of sausage and 3 pieces of bread? Now you can.
If you don't like peppers and onions...leave them out or add in some different cooked veggies such as zucchini, mushrooms, a few sun dried tomatoes chopped up (yum), smoked salmon instead of the sausage, frozen hash browns instead of the bread.....so many options.
Now I'm ready to tackle the day. Oh, that's right it's Sunday.....I can be lazy all day.

domain: food


It must have been a slow news week at The Seattle Times. Whatever reason, the paper recently lavished much news space on Bethany Jean Clement’s irritation over being served bread crumbs (oh, the culinary horror!) atop her Caesar salad instead of her favored croutons.
Despite the food writer’s tantrum, crumbs vs. croutons doesn’t sound like something that should take precedence over more weighty gourmet topics like finding the region’s best pho or banh mi sandwiches. However, the controversy did draw nearly 100 comments from Times readers wanting to weigh in, pro and con croutons.
All the resulting furor brought me back to the time I tasted my first Caesar salad. It was a pivotal moment in those non-epicurean days, occurring before the salad became a popular, standard offering across the nation.
As lore has it, Caesar salad was invented by Caesar Cardini, an Italian chef who owned a restaurant in San Diego, California. In the 1920s, Cardini moved to Tijuana, Mexico, to avoid Prohibition. Supposedly, he invented the salad on July 4, 1924. The American holiday had drawn so many to his Tijuana kitchen that he ran out of supplies and concocted the dish with what he had on hand.
While that’s the history according to Caesar’s daughter Rosa, there’s another origin story. That tale names Caesar’s brother Alex Cardini as the real inventor. Alex, a World War I aviator, allegedly concocted the dish, first called the “Aviator Salad.” But no matter who gets credit, Caesar salad was destined to become the food rage of Hollywood and a menu staple in Southern California.
Many years later, Caesar salad finally arrived in the provinces. In my case, I would first savor a Caesar salad during a 1970s family reunion in Powell, Wyoming. The salad was introduced to us by Shang, my hip aunt who lived in San Diego. She arrived at the family homestead in Powell, a small farming community, carrying the main ingredients in her luggage.
It’s something only my madcap aunt Shang would do. She was always trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to teach contemporary ways to her backwoods relatives. At previous reunions, Shang had introduced us to guacamole and Cobb salad. Born Lillian in Kalispell, Montana, she had acquired her nickname while playing “Shanghai Lil” on her trumpet as she led the town’s Fourth of July parade on horseback.
Shang (we all called her that) gathered my farm-raised cousins and me to watch her prepare the salad and turn us into trendsetters. The Caesar recipe, as Shang assembled it, called for romaine lettuce, much garlic, fresh lime juice, anchovies, Worcester sauce, grated Parmesan, and croutons. All went well with Shang’s preparation until it came time to add the minute-long coddled egg. She cracked the egg, discarded the white, and mixed the yolk into the already dressed salad.
Silence ensued. Then you could hear first one dumbfounded cousin and then another professing horror. “Not raw egg!” they shuddered.
When the time came for the family dinner, the salad at first had few takers even with Shang’s urging, “Try it, you’ll like it.” Curiosity eventually overcame caution and eventually the cousins all grudgingly tasted the exotic concoction and discovered that it was edible if strange. They’d instantly became part of the cognoscenti with their new-found sophistication.
In the overall scheme of things, I don’t know what to make of Times food writer Clement’s obsession over the need for croutons atop the iconic salad. But I do know that my Powell cousins, long ago initiated, are still preparing Caesar salad the way Shang taught them, complete – not with bread crumbs – but with proper garlic croutons. It seems Shang is still leading the parade.


text:
Working like mad on too many projects to admit to… (with fever breaks in bed with the cat and a lot of hot tea). I’ve been cleaning my studio, an ongoing project that will probably take the rest of my life. I found a humiliating number of knitted socks in progress, but in several cases, I was embarrassingly convinced that I only found half the project, so I did the only logical thing – set them aside and began another pair of knitted socks. The new pair has a chance of getting finished…. Sometime in March, I’m absolutely sure.
For several weeks I’ve been tatting a lace edging for a tablecloth. I was astounded to learn it would be 13 feet of edging before I was done. Now I’m done. Ginny W has the tablecloth; her mom did the embroidery and we’re all adding tatted flowers to the ornamentation. This is going to be auctioned – and it’s already a beauty (even without the edging). The auction proceeds will help support our annual convention. Somewhere along the line, I realized I could keep things from tangling by winding the edging around a piece of cardboard, measuring here and there for the corners. The edging is the simple one everyone learns at the beginning of tatting:
R: 5-5-5-5 CH: 5-5 Repeat until you’re crazy. For some of us this doesn’t take long.
This is what 13 feet of edging looks like. Ginny’s so smart, I’ll let her do the final joins after she inveigles her mother into sewing it on.
The homeless quilts are now in Kansas City, to be given away during the homelessness marathon, February 23-24 (public radio stations and several public TV stations as well – if you can get Pacifica, tune in between 6 pm central time and 8 am the following morning). Sixteen quilts, in case anyone wants to know, filled 4 large black plastic garbage bags. I was told they’d cushion a lot of the broadcast equipment on the ride out.
I made 14 of those quilts, and would you believe the cat came downstairs in the middle of the night and tossed fabric scraps hither and yon? Clearly the only thing to do was to work some of them into quilt squares, which takes more time than I would have believed possible. I need those elves when the shoemaker is finished with them – at least to keep the cat in line. A week’s worth of sewing while I’ve had the flu resulted in enough squares for one quilt - but a mountain more was discovered - I'm sure the cat did it just to frustrate me. I couldn't have quite THAT much around, could I?
Here’s the culprit, resting from her labors. On Bill, who has a slight fever. We’ve been flu-ish. When I went to the clinic Friday, the nurse said brightly, “Oh! Real flu! We haven’t seen much flu this year.” I think what she meant was, “Everyone else was smart enough to get flu shots, you suffering from stupidity as well as bronchitis?” But being a trained health professional, she was much too kind to say so.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I've now completed 10 homeless quilts - the three most recent are festooned artlessly around the messy studio in front of a leaning tower of completed ones in my messy studio. I haven't been cleaning up, just cutting, sewing, tying - and then on to the next one. I figure I've got enough materials and enough energy to make maybe four more. In my "spare" time - this being a snowed-in day without other work - I also completed 8 Seneca Santa hats and worked on a totally pedestrian tatting project - tatting 13 yards of edging for a tablecloth. It may be pedestrian but it's also quite inspiring... that is, I'm very inspired to finish it and move on to something else, but alas, it is not the work of a moment!


text:
A national youth record fell as Jamaica captured three of the four sprint relay gold medals to close out Sunday’s second day of the 46th Carifta Track and Field Championships in Curacao in style. The Under-18 boys produced a national youth best 39.96 seconds to storm to an impressive victory.
Micauli Everett, Tyreke Wilson, Xavier Nairne and Michael Stephens, were the athletes who achieved the impressive feat.
The rout continued through to the Under-20's as the girls team led by 100m silver medallist Aneka Brissett eased to 44.83 seconds for the win. The boys Under-20's with Christopher Taylor on the second leg, closed the show with a 40.10 seconds performance. Delano Dunkley, Ashanie Smith and 100m bronze medallist Jelani Walker were the other members of that team.
However, there was misfortune for the Under-18 girls who were disqualified for a lane violation on the third leg, having earlier won the event in a Carifta record of 44.35 seconds with the team of Briana Williams, Kevona Davis, Brittany Anderson and Michae Harriott.
The competition ends on Monday with the 4x400m relays among the finals.

domain: news


text:
Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/Invision/AP - Photo: DDAA/ZOB/WENN
country music quotes
"She's been my idol since I saw her on both VH1 and CMT when I was about 10. I loved how she was taking country music to bigger audiences, and her grace in the spotlight. Since I put out my first album, Faith [Hill] has been a welcoming and warm presence in my life."

domain: celebrity


Byrne knows value of town hall
Published 6:20 pm Tuesday, August 28, 2018
No one can deny that the political climate in our country today is pretty divisive. Protests and outbursts are becoming more and more common. This shouldn’t be a huge surprise when you consider that a certain group now considers themselves “the resistance.”
Given the volatile condition of our politics today, many Members of Congress are no longer hosting town hall-style meetings to meet with their constituents. These events have become too risky as they provide an avenue for “the resistance” to cause problems and create negative attention.
Despite the national trend away from town hall meetings, I continue to believe town halls are one of the best ways to stay in touch with the people we represent. My town hall meetings are always open to anyone and provide for an hour of open dialogue between residents and the person elected to be their voice in Congress.
While I know some town halls around the country have turned confrontational, I believe that the people of Alabama have enough decency to be able to openly debate and discuss political issues without becoming nasty. I’ve held over 115 in-person town hall meetings since being elected to Congress, and I can count on one hand the number of times someone has been intentionally disruptive or hateful.
Last year, a national news crew from CBS came down to Alabama to cover a day of my town hall meetings. I think they were expecting some hostile moments. At the end of the day, they commented about how nice, friendly, and hospitable the people were. I told them that was just how we operate in Alabama.
See, I think being able to debate – and even disagree – about important issues is fundamental to our country. If you look at places like Russia, North Korea, and Iran, they don’t allow for open debate and dialogue about issues. It is this type of conversation and the freedom to disagree that makes our country great.
So, over the past month, I hit the road to visit communities across Southwest Alabama to hold town hall meetings. Known as the “Better Off Now” Town Hall Tour, I held open meetings in Salipta, Atmore, Brewton, Dauphin Island, Millry, Citronelle, Mobile, Grand Bay, Monroeville, Seminole, Loxley, and Spanish Fort.
For me, it is very important to spread out where I hold town hall meetings. Instead of just staying in larger cities, I have made a commitment to visiting communities of all sizes and in each of the six counties that make up the First Congressional District. The voice of the people in the Salipta community of Clarke County matters just as much as the voice of those in Mobile.
During my recent town hall meetings, hot topics were problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, concerns about illegal immigration, issues with the “Deep State” and government bureaucracy, and the need for improvement to local roads and infrastructure. Each town hall meeting was different, but these were some of the overarching themes.
At the end of the day, I refuse to give in to the narrative that we can no longer openly discuss political issues in our country. We need to embrace the diversity of opinions and views, and town hall meetings are a great way to do that.
So, I promise that as long as I am your Congressman, I will continue to hold public, in-person town hall meetings throughout our area to hear directly from the people I represent. Through these meetings, I become a better Congressman, and I think our society becomes a little stronger.
– Rep. Bradley Byrne represents the First Congressional District in the House of Representatives.


text:
ECHO Backs IOM Emergency Aid to Vulnerable Migrants in Zimbabwe
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Zimbabwe has received EUR 1 million from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) to provide protection assistance to vulnerable migrants, including asylum seekers arriving in Zimbabwe in mixed migration flows and other mobile populations.
The funds will allow for the improvement of ongoing protection monitoring and assessments, the provision of emergency shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and emergency health care.
The ECHO aid will allow some 6,000 asylum seekers and stranded migrants to receive emergency assistance at the Nyamapanda Temporary Reception Centre.
The funds will also be used for transport assistance to asylum seekers heading to Tongogara Refugee Camp, and for specialized support to unaccompanied minors.
Another 4, 500 households will benefit from improved access to health and WASH, while 9,000 households will get access to secure livelihoods.
The final objective is to assist communities affected by migration to achieve durable solutions through community-based planning, in close partnership with local authorities.
IOM continues to lead emergency coordination, assessment and information management, in close cooperation with UNOCHA and Zimbabwe's Department of Civil Protection.


text:
Tuesday, December 1, 2010
Driving out of Albany started nice. With temps in the 50s and light spitting rain, it felt like a warm spring day and driving was not a big deal. As I moved along, I watched in horror as the rain increased and the temperature dropped. Within 90 minutes, it was snowing. Roads were getting dicey and some traffic ended up in ditches. Fortunately, by the time I made Buffalo, the weather had cleared out. (I later learned that roads in and around Buffalo were a disaster and people were stranded on the expressway for hours and hours. I dodged that bullet!)
With time to spare and in a need of stretch, I figured Niagara Falls was as a good place as any.
First, I went over the Falls in a barrel I stole from Sam Adams Brewery. After drying off, I birded the area around the Falls for just a few minutes. Another sharp-eyed birder who was also there picked out an immature Iceland Gull in the mist and drizzle. A great spot on her part! A loon was down there, too. 1 bah-gillion gulls in the area were made up of Bonaparte's Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls and Herring Gulls. Maybe a Black-headed Gull, too? Who cares! I got mine!
Right around the corner, Taps on Queen Brewhouse and Grill, served up two new beers and the final ones for the trip. The Red Cream Ale (#886) and Premium Lager (#887) were a “4” and “3”. Good stuff. For added impact, lines of glycol(?) were wrapped around the beer line, crusting them in inches of ice. Not only was the beer certainly cold, it also appeared to be draining from solid ice. Kinda neat.
The drive through to Windsor and home was uneventful. The border crossing was a snap but I almost screwed that up. The Customs fellow asked all the usual question and but was clearly stalling, asking irrelevant questions, and then circling back to ask the same questions again in an attempt, I suspect, to trip me up. When he asked “How where the Falls?”, I responded with a one word answer: “Wet.”
How dumb. Now, I was thinking about the mist and light rain that was collecting on my bins and glasses so the answer made sense to me. In hindsight, other stupid things I could say might have included “I think your hat looks silly…” or “You have a funny name…” or “Does that gun really have bullets?” or “I’m a mule. Can we hurry this up? I don’t have all day….” Fortunately, he let me pass even though he easily could have waved me aside and had my car stripped down to the frame.
I was home by 10:00pm and asleep my 10:00:30pm.
So, the details of the trip (followed by a map to highlight locations):
New birds – 6
Total Trip Birds – 92 (a little low, perhaps, but remember I spent a lot of time on the ocean watching the same birds trickle by…)
Life/ABA List – 640
Maine – 80
Massachusetts - 77
Rhode Island - 34
Connecticut – 29
Total States/Provinces Visited - 9
Total States Visited (lifetime) - 42
Total ABA Ticks (sum of all state/province checklists) – 4,203
New Beers – 52
Life Beer List – 887
National Park Sites – 6
Total Cups of Coffee - 1
Astronaut Diapers Used - 0

domain: hobby


text:
There are three reasons why you should know your camera basics inside out for great photos:
- To get the shot quickly when things are changing fast (kids or pets running around, clouds scudding across the sky and changing the light constantly)
- So that you can think about the creativity of the shot, instead of just snapping a photo
- To be certain that you’ll get the shot, even in challenging situations
How many candid photography moments have you missed because you were fiddling with your camera?
We’ve all done it.
It’s part of learning photography and getting to know your camera settings. You don’t have to know it all straight away. We all start at the beginning, but to improve your photography you need to master these photography fundamentals. There are no shortcuts.
So here’s a list of what you need to know and below are some situations I’ve found myself in when I’ve had to rely on my knowledge so that I didn’t have to think about how to create a shot.
Do you have any photography stories? Let us know in the comments.
How to avoid photography failure when the pressure is on
This was the moment before the top shot was taken – playing in the grass with her grandfather.
What camera basics do you need to know?
Once you know these camera settings inside out, and can change your settings without searching on your camera, you’ve got camera basics covered.
After this you’re ready to move onto considering the bigger picture (pardon the pun)!
I’m not saying you have to shoot in manual. Not everyone wants to shoot in manual, and not every situation works for manual mode.
What you do absolutely need to know, even if you’re using Program mode, is the three components that go into exposure.
It’s a steep learning curve in the beginning and focus is actually a much bigger subject than learning how to ensure that the focus is where you want it.
It’s so worth it though, because once you’ve got the hang of this fundamental camera function, your photography will dramatically improve.
- Autofocus Area modes – single point, center weighted, matrix
- Focus modes – continuous, single, automatic, manual
Camera settings for composition
Once you’ve got exposure and focus under your belt, you’re on the edge of beginner, moving towards an intermediate skill level, which is where photography becomes much less frustrating and so much more enjoyable.
Focal length and depth of field are basics of composition controlled by camera settings and equipment and they make a huge difference depending on how you use them.
This was a very lively shoot with a wonderful, extroverted family. To create photos that show them as they are, you have to be ready to capture whatever pops up at any time, or in this case, whoever.
What photography basics do you need to know?
By this point, you’ve got a good working knowledge of your camera, which means that you’re not focusing all your attention on how to take the photograph.
Now you’re ready to learn photography basics so you can start creating a photograph, instead of just taking it. It’s photographing with the end result in mind and knowing how to achieve the look you want.
This is the truly exciting part of photography!
Photography starts and ends with light. But light isn’t just there to make a photo visible, it’s a powerful sculpting tool that will create atmosphere, flatter subjects and draw in viewers.
To create photos that captivate, you need to know the photography fundamentals of light.
Composition rules for portraits
There are many composition rules to help with creating engaging photos that direct the viewer. I suggest starting with these three.
Once you know them so well you don’t have to think about it, choose another three and build your composition knowledge gradually.
How to focus for portrait photos
The more people you add to a photo, the harder it is to ensure everyone is in focus. Plus, you need to know how to focus if your subjects are moving.
Posing people for photos
Lastly, I’ve included some posing information for you too, because understanding the basics is essential. Posing doesn’t have to be formal, as in a formal studio portrait.
Even if you’re shooting lifestyle photos, knowing what angles aren’t flattering means you’ll concentrate on creating situations where everyone looks good, photographing only when the angle is right.
If photographing documentary style, you’ll concentrate on waiting for the right moment when your subjects are in more flattering positions.
After all, there’s no point taking a photo of someone if they’re going to hate the way they look in it.
- Tips for posing women
- Standing poses for women
- Sitting poses for women
- Outdoor family poses
- Family of four poses
Why you need to know the camera basics – some of my stories
When you photograph people, you will at some point be in a position where you have to rely on knowing your camera, your gear, posing, composition, light, exposure …everything …so well that you can function under duress.
You can’t think about how to photograph, you have to focus on the people, the moment and creating the images they need.
I’ve had several of these moments.
Getting the shot when there’s no time
Just before the pandemic hit, I was away with my biz besties. We’d planned it a long time in advance and, aside from catching up with some of my favorite women, we had a lot of work planned. Including photography to update their social media accounts and websites. Two of them are working on a project together, but live in different countries, so it was really important to get photos of them together.
On the afternoon of our second day Michelle received word that Germany was closing its borders the next morning at 8am. She’d travelled by car from Germany via Eurotunnel, so had to change her ticket and get moving really quickly.
I had 30 minutes to get all the photos they needed.
Not only was it a time crunch, but being worried about my friend potentially not being able to get home was stressful.
But you can’t think about these things. And you certainly can’t faff about with equipment when you have no time.
Also, like so many people, Michelle hates having her photo taken. So I had to stay calm, on top of things and be charming to distract a very worried person from the fact that she was being photographed.
Although, maybe her bigger worry about making it home helped her not to think about the camera!
If you’re wondering, we got some great photos and you’d have no idea of the stress at the time. More importantly, she made it home before the border closed.
Getting the shot in challenging circumstances
I’ve photographed a client’s wedding, knowing that the groom would soon die of lung cancer. Except they weren’t just clients. They’d become friends over the years. They booked me the morning he was told his cancer was terminal.
I cried the whole way through their beautiful church ceremony. Luckily, I was hidden behind my camera. It turned out that their wedding day was the last day that he was able to stand.
Sometimes you don’t know what the problem is, but you get a feeling that a shoot is really important. I don’t know how, but I suppose it’s from working so closely with people over so many years, you just know when it’s more than just a shoot.
I was booked for a three generation family shoot in my studio. Lovely family. They mentioned that the grandfather hadn’t been well, but that’s all I knew.
So I made sure that I shot fast, didn’t put the grandfather under any strain and posed the family around him. I kept it lighthearted and paced the shoot so that it didn’t feel rushed.
All my energy went into making it a good experience. I had no headspace to think about:
- Camera settings
Three quarters of the way into the shoot the grandfather collapsed. We called an ambulance and he was rushed to hospital. He died of cancer 12 days later, but the family were so grateful to have those last family photos all together. We’d captured all the photos they’d wanted.
It’s not always sad times though. A few of the common times you absolutely can’t get it wrong is a:
- Newborn session
Fortunately everybody loves a proposal and the moment people saw what was about to happen, they got out of the way. There was just two people in the background that I removed in Photoshop.
Getting the shot when there’s only one chance
I’ve photographed many proposals.
The most challenging one being a couple who flew from America to the UK so that he could propose to her in front of a castle. She of course didn’t know this. So it all had to be a big act of just a couple shoot to mark their wonderful holiday and visiting somewhere they both really wanted to see.
Like a wedding, there are no do-overs for proposals.
The challenge was being in a busy tourist attraction, on an overcast day, with a nervous client and his unsuspecting girlfriend. We’d planned it in secret over Skype – I’d visited the venue and determined the best place for the proposal, organised permission to shoot there and we’d agreed on a signal.
Then we had to act casual. Again, I had no time to think about photography. I was too busy concentrating on not ruining the moment by giving anything away.
I could go on. The longer you photograph people, the more stories you have to tell. They all have to end with photos that they’ll treasure forever, because that’s what you pay for when you hire a professional photographer.
Not everybody is a professional photographer
Even if you’re not photographing for clients, you’ll have situations where a scene unfolds before you and you want to capture it before it goes.
If you know your camera basics and photography basics inside out, you won’t have to think about it. The moment you bring your camera up to take a shot, your fingers will already be changing settings and you’ll stand a greater chance of capturing the magic.
Parents of young children – you know how fast they move. Your fingers need to be faster on the dials, without the delay of thinking.
Take time to really get to know your camera and understand the basics of photography.
Leave a comment
If you have any questions about camera basics or photography basics, let us know in the comments.
Also, I love good news, so if my tips and stories have helped you to understand the need to know your camera, share that too.


text:
I could feel someone looking at me as I sat and chatted with my grandmother and son at our favorite Thai restaurant.
This is somewhere Wonder Boy has gone to for years- and mixed in with the people at business lunches or simultaneously plugging into their laptops is a mix of ladies who lunch and occasional other kids.
We were talking about what he was doing on the iPad- something that often comes out at Mu just because it is a quieter restaurant and we can still engage with him as he plays a game- when I looked over and saw a much older boy with boredom and a little yearning on his face watching us.
Who I assumed was his mom was staring at her iPhone.
Now, in the blogging world its hard to state that you judge someone. There’s a lot of pressure to be benevolent of all because you don’t know the situation.
But this mom not only ignored her son before the food came- they barely spoke as they silently slurped their tom ka kai soup.
I felt so bad for him as we chatted and giggled away over my son ordering a ‘side of chopsticks’ and devouring most of his lunch, jabbering away about his little friends and my belly thumped along with every bite of curry I ate.
Eating out is always social in my family. The iPad or an iPhone often gets handed to my son, because he is three in a world of adults at a restaurant where often there is no kids menu.
The adults get some chatting done, and whomever is by him sometimes gets lulled into a game or smiles over his shoulder as he watches one of the retro Mickey Mouse cartoons I downloaded.
But he is never, never ignored.
He is still, often, the center of attention as questions are asked, interrupting his little game or someone joins in with a quick tea party where the host also eats all of the food.
I wondered as we left what the rest of the kid’s day was like- was he off from school for a reason? Did she work? Will they go home and go separate ways into entertainment and chores?
I hoped they’d have a good conversation. I hoped nothing was wrong. it’s hard when all you see is a few minutes of someone’s life.
Even as I still found fried rice later on in my son’s shirt I was glad for our times out- that even if it was just eating out and the iPad was involved my son still felt involved and loved.
Not bored and wanting.

domain: literature


A federal grand jury on Monday indicted General Dynamics Corp., three of its current executives and its former executive vice president, James Beggs, now administrator of NASA, for allegedly seeking to defraud the Defense Department in connection with a celebrated anti-aircraft contract from 1978 to 1981 and making false statements in the matter. Mr. Beggs, the others named and the company promptly declared that they are innocent and may well prove to be; the perils of prejudging cases like this are well known. The incident as reported is still instructive, at the least a metaphor for the badly blurred relationship between buyer and seller in defense.
It is probably useful to remember that you go back to the Carter administration in this case, a lean time for defense contractors, not a boom. Two companies, General Dynamics and Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp., a subsidiary of Ford Motor, were competing for what then seemed likely to be the lucrative right to build a new forward anti-aircraft gun for the Army, the DIVAD, which this year was dropped from the budget. General Dynamics had been given $40 million to build two prototypes of its proposed version.
The models turned out to cost more than that. Instead of absorbing the excess, the company, according to the indictment, charged it to two other Defense Department accounts. One was to pay for research and development, the other to compensate the company for the costs of preparing bids and proposals; in effect, these accounts were paying the part of General Dynamics' overhead given over to thinking up and selling the services on new weapons. The prosecutor said $7.5 million was fraudulently billed to these sustaining accounts, of which $3.2 million was paid. The company lives in a different world. The dispute, it said, involves not fraud but "cost-accounting judgments" and "a highly sophisticated regulatory and accounting matter which should be resolved in a civil forum, not in a criminal case."
The fiction is maintained that defense contractors are private firms dealing at arm's length with their public customer. Yet often they are little more than jobbers. The government provides them with plant and equipment. There are subsidies for interest when the companies have to borrow and, as the General Dynamics indictment shows, for what in the private world would be normal costs of doing business -- items such as research. As a study commissioned by Navy Secretary John Lehman shows, profits are high as well. It is a cosseted, semi-public, cost-plus industry -- and perhaps it has to be. In the U.S. economy that may be the only way for it to exist. But one price of this, as other recent cases have suggested, and as this new case now suggests, is a diminished sense of public responsibility.


text:
LeBron James Cautioned Teammates Not To Get Caught Up In LA Nightlife
Over the past few days, the Cleveland Cavaliers went up, and won, against the Lakers and Clippers in Los Angeles. Not only did they have to worry about Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul, but the team also needed to battle against themselves to avoid the temptations brought by the city’s nightlife.
The Cavs had two days in between both games and it gave them ample time to enjoy the big city vibe and weather that weren’t present at home.
It’s never hard to get caught up on all the sidelights in Los Angeles, but in a recent article for Cleveland.com, Chris Haynes revealed that LeBron James had to make sure that his teammates’ focus won’t go offcourse.
“Guys understood what this trip was about. This is a business trip and they get an opportunity to be in a great city but at the end of the day, we knew what the main thing was and that was to continue the momentum that we’ve been on. We came out and took care of business.”
J.R. Smith knows all too well how the unnecessary nightlife affects an athlete as he was infamous for his nightly escapades in New York when he was a Knick.
“His main message was that this is a business trip. Are we going to have fun? Absolutely, but first things first. We’re going to take care of business, and that’s playing the way we know how to play. Fortunately, we took heed of his message and played the way we were supposed to.”
The Cavaliers’ self constraint paid off with them now looking to sweep this four-game West Coast road trip with a win over the Utah Jazz.
It’s very reassuring to learn that they can live with missing a night or two of partying in a city like Los Angeles, because the party that they should all work for in order to come into fruition is that one big parade down Euclid Avenue in June.


text:
WASHINGTON HTC Corp (2498.TW) and others did not violate digital camera patents owned by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) spinoff FlashPoint Technology to make their smartphones, the U.S. International Trade Commission said on Friday.
FlashPoint Technology, which filed the complaint in 2012, had originally accused Taiwan-based HTC, China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd HWT.UL and ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) of infringing four patents for smartphone cameras. One of the patents was dropped as the case proceeded.
An administrative law judge found in a preliminary decision on September 30, 2013, that two HTC smartphones - the HTC Vivid and HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE - infringed upon one FlashPoint patent, while Huawei and ZTE were cleared.
The commission, which reviewed the judge's ruling, said in a final decision on Friday that none of the accused companies infringed the patents and it terminated the investigation.
If the companies had been found guilty of violating the patents, the smartphones could have been banned from the United States market.
The ITC is a popular venue for patent lawsuits because it can ban infringing products from the United States more easily than district courts.
The ITC will rule that a patent has been violated if the accused company infringes the patent and if the patent owner uses the patent in the United States.
The case at the International Trade Commission is No. 337-850.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz, editing by G Crosse)
Trending On Reuters
Facebook, Twitter, Google's YouTube and Microsoft pledged on Tuesday to review requests for the removal of hateful content posted on their platforms within 24 hours as part of a code of conduct agreed with EU regulators. Full Article
- French finmin rules out Google tax deal, more firms could be targeted
- Rocket Internet stems losses despite slower sales growth
- Mondelez to create more apps, online videos in advertising shift
- Video: NASA tests new fabric to house astronauts in space
- Video: Is China's 'bus-way' the future of public transport?


text:
In the second teaser trailer for The Force Awakens you most likely noticed a large wedge-shaped ship that we can assume is a new and improved Star Destroyer being used by the First Order. We don't know much beyond that, but the guys at Star Wars 7 News have got their hands on something very interesting that might shed some light on it.
Star Wars 7 News reports that they have received a photo of one of the pages in the upcoming "Star Wars: Ships Of The Galaxy" book. The page features a spread of schematics for the Star Destroyer, providing top, side and rear views of the ship. The book, which is listed on Amazon.com, is slated for release on September 4th(Force Friday) and the front cover teases a "giant foldout that reveals new ships." This could be from that foldout section:
Near the bottom you can see that the Destroyer is named "Finalizaer".
Source: Star Wars 7 News
Follow The Star Wars Underworld on Twitter @TheSWU for more updates about this story and other breaking Star Wars news.


text:
Since 1947, the accession of J&K to India has been a matter of dispute between India and Pakistan. The problem itself has three parts, each part representing one of the three regions of the state. The Ladakh region looks upon itself as distinct from both the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region. The Jammu region identifies itself more closely with India, but even here there are one or two districts which are suspected to lean in the other direction. The hub of the problem is the Kashmir valley, and the hopes and aspirations of the people of the valley.
The Kashmir valley is not a piece of real estate. It is people. It is the proud history of Islam and Hinduism co-existing for centuries. It is a highly refined culture. It is the agony of five decades that has ravaged the lives of three generations of Kashmiris. It is an experiment in governance that has miserably failed. It is the story of one family the Abdullahs that is venerated at one time and hated at another.
I cannot speak for Pakistan. That country was founded on the principle of the two-nation theory. However perverse it may seem to secular human beings, the two-nation theory is alive and kicking (or killing) in diverse places such as Northern Ireland, Palestine, Serbia and Bosnia. Pakistans approach to the Kashmir issue is based on a very simple formulation: since the majority of the people in the Kashmir valley are Muslims, the valley should rightfully be part of Pakistan. According to Pakistan, that view is shared by the people of the valley. Hence Pakistans challenge to India to hold a referendum. At one point of time, this challenge gained legitimacy and acceptance in the only world body, the United Nations. We may think that Pakistan is greedy and stupid, but it cannot be denied that Pakistans argument is simple and linear.
Indias case is more complex. India is a secular state, hence we reject the two-nation theory. Elections have been held in J&K from time to time, hence we reject the call for a referendum. Pakistan forcibly grabbed one-third of the territory and the Line of Control (LoC) is a by-product of three wars, hence we reject the idea of converting the LoC into an International Border. Indias case rests on sound civilisational principles, but there is no gainsaying that it is a more difficult argument to put across to the rest of the world.
Besides, India has not been consistent in its approach to the Kashmir issue. It was India which took the matter first to the United Nations. Subsequently, there have been other interventions, the most notable being the Tashkent agreement hammered into shape by the prime minister of the USSR, Kosygin. Yet, today, the word international in the context of the Kashmir issue is anathema to India. India has been a peace-broker and a peace-keeper in many conflicts. Most recently, India has welcomed Norways initiative in resolving the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. Nothing would be more desirable than a bilateral resolution of the Kashmir issue, but if it cannot be so resolved, are we going to allow the wound to fester for another 50 years and pay an intolerable price in thousands of human lives
There is also the question of Indias attitude to the Abdullah family. Before Mayawati and Rabri Devi came on the scene, J&K had the distinction of being the worst-governed state. Dr Farooq Abdullah has neither the time nor the inclination nor the ability to provide a good, clean and efficient administration. Many years ago he discovered the secret of staying in powerremain on the right side of the party in power in Delhi. As long as Dr Abdullah denounced Pakistan and its territorial ambitions, every government in Delhi was obliged to praise his valour and patriotism. Despite their increasing marginalisation in J&K, both the Congress and the BJP have found no other ally in the state. Until yesterday, Dr Abdullahs son, Omar, held an important portfolio in the NDA government; today, the National Conference is bitterly criticising the BJP and has vowed to defeat the BJP candidates; tomorrow, are we sure that Dr Abdullah will not find a place in the NDA government
For all his faults, Dr Abdullahs heart is in the right place. He truly loves his people and shares their pain and agony. He was the first person to come up with a sensible and practical solution to the Kashmir issue that the LoC should be recognised by both countries as the International Border. De facto, J&K has remained divided for 55 years and there seems to be no yearning for an immediate re-union. If there is indeed an yearning, it is an yearning for peace. It appears to me that since the Congress and the BJP have diminished stakes in J&K, they are too scared to contemplate the alternatives to the Abdullahs and the National Conference. There are other political groups in Kashmir and some of them may perhaps have greater legitimacy. They need time to join the political processes that we take for granted in India. We must pay heed to their voices and we must give them time.
In that view, the current elections in Jammu & Kashmir seem pointless and futile. As I noted earlier, nothing will be changed by these elections. Nothing will be proved and nothing will be disproved.
(The author is former Union finance minister)

domain: geography


R&D Engineer @ Volkswagen AG
Jan-Rickmer Schlegel graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Braunschweig in 2011 and received the Dr.-Ing. degree at the Institute of Dynamics and Oscillations in 2015 after working for three years as a doctoral student at VOLKSWAGEN GROUP. For his thesis, he investigated the influence of part tolerances and mounting processes on the shock absorber
valves’ production scatter. During his research, the fluid structure interaction as coupling of structural and fluidic dynamics was implemented for shock absorber valves. Since 2015, he has been responsible for simulations for the shock absorber development of Volkswagen. Additionally, he is in charge as technical project manager for semi-active shock absorbers.


Garfield's manager to serve as grand marshal in New York Pulaski Day Parade
On Sunday afternoon, Garfield City Manager Tom Duch will lead the 81st annual Pulaski Day parade down New York City's Fifth Avenue.
He is no stranger to the route.
After he was sworn in as mayor in May of 1980, Duch marched in the parade for the first time as part of the Garfield parade contingent. Now, 38 years later, he returns as grand marshal.
“The entire parade is made up of contingents of Polish people from the region,” Duch said. “These are groups of people from various societies and organizations and churches and the Grand Marshal goes to each of their events and presents them with a sash.”
The parade is named after Casimir Pulaski, a nobleman born in Poland and known for his contributions to American independence.
Celebrating Poland:Craving a donut indulgence? Polish paczki abound at North Jersey bakeries
While the Pulaski Day Parade is an event to celebrate Polish history and heritage, Duch said he sees the event as a chance to highlight diversity in all its forms.
“We are all Americans first, but this is a way to celebrate diversity,” Duch said. “This is a march for Pulaski Day but there is a chance to reflect on the richness of diversity with Columbus Day and Hispanic History Month and Black History Month, so many groups and people. We can take the time and have something new to learn.”
The Wallington contingent nominated Duch for the honor.
“Tom has been dedicated for his entire public life to the Polish community,” said Clifton Councilman Peter Eagler, the executive vice president of the New York City Pulaski Day Parade.
Last September President Andrzej Duda of Poland presented Duch with the Commander’s Cross, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his service to the Polish community outside of Poland.
All of the attention is nice, Duch said, but this is good way to raise awareness.
“I look at it as a way to foster pride in the Polish community and its traditions,” Duch said. “Most people don’t know that part of the reason we are free in America is because General Kościuszko gave up Poland to help during the Revolution.”
The day will start for Duch at 9 a.m. with a mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral followed by the parade at noon. About 15 buses with an estimated 700 Garfield residents are expected to attend including the local Pulaski committee, the high school band and several more community organizations.
This parade year is particularly special, said Eagler.
“It is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the rebirth of Poland,” he said. “In 1918, after World War I, Poland declared its independence as a free independent country.”


January 26th – Denis Masseglia, President of the French Olympic Committee, said that athletes from various countries participating in the Tokyo Olympics will face huge challenges if they do not get the coronavirus vaccine.
However, Michael Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s health emergency program, said that there is no need to prioritize vaccination of athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
Data picture: On December 1, 2020, local time, in Tokyo, Japan, the Olympic Fifth Ring logo, which is being transported by boat, returned to the Gulf of Tokyo after four months of safety inspection and maintenance.
Marcella warned that unvaccinated players who travel to Japan would be “quarantined for two weeks” and that “must be screened in the morning and evening”.
He said that the trouble that will happen if you don’t get a vaccine may change the mind of players who don’t intend to be vaccinated.
However, Ryan said, “We must face the reality we are facing now.
There aren’t enough vaccines to even cover the most at risk right now.”
“We are facing a global crisis that requires frontline health workers, the elderly and the most vulnerable to be vaccinated first,” Ryan said.
This in no way diminishes the desire or willingness to host the Olympics.”
Regarding the vaccination of Tokyo Olympic competitors, it will be discussed at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee on the 27th.
Foreign media previously reported that the International Olympic Committee plans to cooperate with the World Health Organization to vaccinate athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, especially those from countries that have not yet started to implement national vaccination programs.


text:
Each year in December we ask our crew of volunteer photographers to choose four of their favorite pieces from the current year.
Go ahead and do your Elvis Presley facial exercises and throw on your leather jacket, because Bible Belt Sinners are laying down the retro rockabilly as thick as the pomade in your hair.
The SXSCity music festival rambled to a close on Monday night with an eclectic bill taking the stage at Off Broadway.
After a rainy Saturday the Big Muddy Blues Festival moved outside for Sunday, the festival's final day.
Once upon a time, country, rock & roll and the blues were more than just musical cousins. The Bible Belt Sinners restore the bloodlines for a rockabilly family reunion.


text:
Red Ladder at 50: Exhibition
To mark our 50th year, the story of Red Ladder Theatre Company is being told in an exhibition at Central Library Leeds throughout June. We’re marking this milestone by reflecting on five decades as one of the UK’s longest running radical theatre companies.
Co-curated by artistic director Rod Dixon and Fiona Gell, RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY: 50 YEARS OF RADICAL THEATRE (1968 – 2018) shares how Red Ladder has responded through each decade to the struggles and conflicts of the time.
The theatre company began in 1968 when a group of socialist political theatre-makers gathered in a house in Hackney to form a theatre collective called THE AGITPROP STREET PLAYERS. They aimed to make street theatre that would agitate for social change and bring down the capitalist system. Later re-named RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY after a much-used red stepladder used as a prop for street performances, the company moved to Leeds in 1976.
Key moments are picked out in programmes, photos, costume and more – from the riots and rebellion of the 1960s to plays about ordinary folk taken into working men’s clubs and trade unions, and to present day as a nationally important company.
Rod Dixon says, “For fifty years Red Ladder Theatre Company has responded to the changing world. The exhibition reflects Red Ladder as a company of the moment, challenging issues and stories of the times –but at our core is a commitment to telling the stories of working class, reflecting unheard voices on our stages and making theatre that is relevant to ordinary people. The precarious life of a theatre company is as dramatic as the work we put onstage – but we are proud to be celebrating our 50th year as a Leeds company with a long history of making theatre for the many.”
RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY: 50 years of Radical Theatre (1968 – 2018) is taking place in Room 700 at Central Library Leeds. The exhibition is accompanied by two events:
Join Red Ladder artistic director Rod Dixon talking about 50 years of Red Ladder at an exhibition opening on Thursday 7 June at 11am.
Rod Dixon and Chumbawhamba’s Boff Whalley discuss their artistic collaborations – including the forthcoming 50th anniversary production Mother Courage And Her Children – and making entertaining political work in a lunchtime talk on June 18 at 1pm. Book tickets here.
Red Ladder’s 50th anniversary production Mother Courage and Her Children is taking place at Albion Electric warehouse in Leeds from 28 September – 20 October 2018. Tickets are on sale through West Yorkshire Playhouse box office on www.wyp.org.uk Tel: 0113 213 7700.
- Brecht quote for today: The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them… https://t.co/C9lYB64LuZ, 23 mins ago
- @dannyleewynter Here at Red Ladder we always give a #YesOrNo after auditions and an explanation about why on both counts, 26 mins ago
- RT @bethmeg: UNREPORTED NEWS ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA This is Israa al-Ghamgham, she was executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia yesterd… https://t.co/70Y7rWB7Q0, 30 mins ago
- @empireofthekop VVD, 8 hours ago
- RT @EHULitPress: In the run up to the publication of 'Scenes from the Revolution', in partnership with @PlutoPress, we are sharing t… https://t.co/lDwOuXaI6z, 15 hours ago
- RT @FevRovers: 🎭 ENTERTAINMENT - Featherstone Rovers hosted the best attended performance of 'Playing the Joker' on… https://t.co/FScHLlH1Xu, 16 hours ago


text:
1 edition of Structural steel design awards found in the catalog.
Structural steel design awards
|Statement||sponsored by the British Steel Corporation and the British Constructional Steelwork Association and administered by Constrado. 1975.|
|Contributions||British Steel Corporation., British Constructional Steelwork Association., Constrado.|
STEEL DESIGN covers the fundamentals of structural steel design with an emphasis on the design of members and their connections, rather than the integrated design of buildings. The book is designed so that instructors can easily teach LRFD, ASD, or both, s: This booklet contains basic dimensions (d, b, t, w) and designations, in both inch-pounds (imperial) and SI (metric) units, for the commonly used structural steel sections produced by North American steel mills and listed in the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction, 11th Edition. It is intended as a handy reference printed on water-resistant and tear-resistant paper for designers, fabricators.
The Structural Steel Properties and Design Charts Catalogue is an indication of the company’s commitment to informing customers of what is available from your steel supplier. Supplementary product catalogues are; • The Special Steels Book • Pipe and Pipe Fittings Catalogue • The Steel Book. This book is the second in a series of joint SCI-ECCS publications. It will help provide UK engineers and designers with a better understanding of the design principles in the European Code of Practice for the Design of Steel Structures (EN – Eurocode 3), and the individual Part (EN ) for the design of steel joints, in particular.
Structural Steel Design book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5(6). Structural Steel Design Awards - Award Bloomberg London represents one of the largest, most notable developments to shape the post-Olympic landscape of London. Bloomberg’s new European headquarters is respectful of its location in the heart of the City of London, close to the Bank of England, St Paul’s Cathedral and the church of St.
Bermuda Employers Council
The 2000-2005 Outlook for Fruit in Europe
Everything under the sun...almost
European Community energy strategy and objectives
Prose poems from the Illuminations
book containing the treatises of hawking, hunting, coat-armour, fishing and blasing of arms
Festivals of the Christian year
treasures of the earth; or,Mines, minerals, and metals, with anecdotes of men who have been connected with mining.
Gulabnama of Diwan Kirpa Ram
new test in lieu of the old one, by way of supposition, or, A satisfactory answer to that great and common question, viz., if the penal laws and tests should be abolished, how shall the Protestant religion and interest be secured?
Tg Animals of the Rainforest Set 4
Charter establishing courts of justice in New South Wales 1823.
Papers on etherification and on the constitution of salts.
Geologic reconnaissance of San Clemente Island, California
Design Awards. The Structural Steel Design Awards, which started inrecognise the high standards of structural and architectural design attainable in the use of steel and its potential in terms of efficiency, cost effectiveness, aesthetics and innovation. From The objective of the Structural Steel Design Awards is to celebrate the excellence of the United Kingdom in the field of steel construction, particularly demonstrating its potential in terms of efficiency, cost effectiveness, aesthetics, sustainability and innovation.
The book lays out the fundamentals of structural steel fabrication and erection followed by detailed design methods for steel beams, columns, tension components, roof systems, and connections.
Design examples throughout the book clearly demonstrate how to apply complex code provisions in the field.5/5(1). THE EUROPEAN STEEL DESIGN AWARDS are given by ECCS every two years to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in architecture and construction.
Outstanding design in steel construction emphasizes the many advantages of steel in construction, production, economy, environment and architecture. You can’t do structural steel design without having this handbook open on your desk.” “Fantastic book, quick shipping.
Book arrived in an extremely timely manner and provides me with all the information I need for my courses in University as well as my future in Steel Design”. Download Structural Steel Design By Jack ac and Stephen F Csernak – Structural Steel Design written by Jack C McCormac and Stephen F Csernak is published by [email protected] For undergraduate courses in Steel Design.
This best selling text has been fully updated to conform to the latest American Manual of Steel Construction. Civil Engineering Community. Home; Latest Posts. SAP – Solid Element (Video, Presentation & Model File) Download Structural Steel Design calculations, Handbooks, SCI Publications, AISC Guides, and Steel Detailing and Construction books.
Civil Engineering Books. Structural Steel Books – Manuals. Solutions Manual For Structural Steel Design book. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers/5(3).
Find and Download Civil & Structural Engineering books for Structural Analysis, Matrix Methods, Finite Element Analysis, Concrete Design, Steel Design, Composite Design, Timber Design and Aluminum Design. The material is presented in a clear, reader-friendly style. This best-selling text has been fully updated to conform to the latest American Manual of Steel Construction.
Both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Stress Design (ASD) are now covered and calculations are worked out side-by-side to allow for easy identification of the different methods.4/5(4). STEEL DESIGN covers the fundamentals of structural steel design with an emphasis on the design of members and their connections, rather than the integrated design of buildings.
The book is designed so that instructors can easily teach LRFD, ASD, or both, time-permitting. Structural Analysis and Design Books Image. Welcome to the Civilax Virtual Library, the most comprehensive online civil engineering resource collection in the world.
Here you can explore Structural Analysis and Design Books collection from our Virtual Library. Details Number of Books: e-Books .DOC.djvu Size: gb. The book explains leading methods for connecting structural steel components―including state-of-the-art techniques and materials―and contains new information on fastener and welded joints.
Hundreds of detailed examples, photographs, and illustrations simplify compliance. Structural Steel Design book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers.
The material is presented in a clear, reader-friendly style. This 4/5(1). Professor Dowling was the “British Steel” Professor at Imperial College London. He has been the author of many books and technical papers on steel construction. Fellow of BCSA, Chairman of the UK Structural Steel Design Awards Judging Panel, Chairman of SCI and Vice Chancellor of.
PPI Steel Design for the PE Civil and SE Exams, 3rd Edition (Paperback) – A Complete Guide for the NCEES PE Civil and SE Exams by Frederick S. Roland PE SECB RA CFEI CFII |. This comprehensive reference contains detailed information on the design and detailing of structural steel in metric units.
The 11th Edition has been updated to reflect changes to CSA S and the steel section data. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the National Building Code of Canada Member design tables are based on steel grades ASTM A, A Gr A Grade The SAISC provides marketing and publicity support services to its members.
Since the association’s inception in as the “Structural Steel Publicity and Advancement Association”, our primary objective has been to sing the praises of all players in the industry, while extolling the virtues of structural steel.
Award winning projects in this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards have been announced. Download the SSDA brochure (02/10/19); The September edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format (13/09/19); Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has.
This best-selling textbook addresses the fundamentals of structural steel design for students pursuing careers in engineering and construction.
Presented in an easy-to-read, user-friendly style, the 6th Edition conforms to the latest manual and specifications of the American Institute of Steel Construction. The material is best suited to students with a basic understanding of the mechanics of materials and structural s: 5.
Each year, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) recognizes projects utilizing structural steel to showcase the material's potential for the organization's Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards.Fully updated with the most recent design codes, standards, and specifications, Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook 5th Edition, provides a convenient, single source of the latest information essential to the practical design of steel structures.
Building A Large Post Frame Garage Full Time-lapse Construction: NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE - Duration: RR Buildings Recommended for you.

domain: design