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"Mr. Zatkovich’s approach to the cases has been both diligent and creative."

Wab Kadaba
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Partial Client List
Alston & Bird
America's Criminal Defense
Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein
Cooley Manion Jones
Cozen O'Connor
Dorsey & Whitney
Fenwick & West LLP
Fish & Richardson
Finnegan Henderson
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery
Harness Dickey Matthew
Jones Day
Kilpatrick Stockton
Morrison Foerster
Orrick Herrington
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Stemela & Lubbe, Inc.
Venable LLP
Ward & Olivo
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

case experience highlights

Case highlights for the types of cases eComp Consultants has provided technical and prior art analysis, expert reports, deposition and testimony:

+Patent Litigation - Telecommunications

Provided non-infringement rebuttal report and invalidity report. Served as testifying expert for pre-paid mobile calling cards, IVR call processing and point-of-sale calling card provisioning, Retained by defendant Telecom Co.

Ronald A. Katz: Multi-District Litigation (v. 79 defendants)
The Ronald A. Katz (or RAKTL) cases have been the most prevalent Telecommunications patent cases for the past decade. So numerous are these cases that they are combined into a MDL venue which required grouping the cases into 3 separate tracks and schedules. With eComp Consultant's extensive knowledge of Telecommunications, call centers and IVRs, our experts consulted and testified for defendants in 9 of the cases, as well as providing common invalidity consulting. In total, these cases covered 21 patents and 278 claims.

eComp Consultants implemented a specialized database for managing the large set of infringement and non-infringement arguments. This method used "concept driven" contentions to efficiently and rigorously analyze the accused systems. Cross-referencing all information in the database made the addition, refinement and substitution much easier to manage across multiple defendants.

    For these cases eComp Consultants provided:
  • detailed analysis of 12 accused Call Center systems
  • 7 non-infringement rebuttal expert reports
  • 6 depositions

More importantly, eComp Consultants was able to use its extensive knowledge of the technical history of call centers. Our experts were able to compare and contrast practices and technologies that were common in the early history of call centers with newer capabilities that are significantly different both in structure and functionality.

Nuance v TellMe (Microsoft)
Testifying expert in patent litigation case involving speech recognition technology, call center systems and telecommunications automation. Analyzed prior art and researched historical telecommunications products. Provided invalidity and non-infringement expert reports, deposition and testimony. Retained by Microsoft (defendant)

eBay v. IDT Corp
Testifying expert in Voice Over IP (VOIP) and message routing technologies. Analyzed prior art, performed code reviews and provided infringement and non-infringement expert reports. Retained by IDT (defendant and plaintiff for countersuit)

Dominion Resources, Inc. v. Aspect Software, Inc. and Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Consulting expert to legal counsel for subsequent suit by Katz defendant to recover damages from software vendor providing solution. Expertise in telecommunications and IVR call processing. Provided expert declaration and testimony on which parties performed which limitations of the asserted claims in order to determine liability. Retained by Aspect Software (defendant)

+Patent Litigation - Web Commerce Technologies

Dow Jones v. Ablaise
Consulting expert in web browser and dynamic web page technology. Analyzed defendant product and provided infringement contentions. Retained by patent holder (plaintiff).

Bid for Position LLC v. AOL, Microsoft, Google, MIVA inc.
Testifying expert in web search engines and auction of search keywords. Provided expert report on non-infringement and invalidity. Retained by MIVA (defendant).

Sitrick v. Electronic Arts
Consulting expert for software developer suing game company for infringement of multi-console game patent. Provided declarations of prior art in online gaming technology. Retained by gaming company (defendant).

Logiclink v. Keylink
Testifying expert in a patent litigation case involving the infringement of ecommerce kiosk technology for business centers at hotel chains such as Hilton Hotels. Analyzed the defendant’s product and provided a detailed infringement report comparing the accused product with the asserted patent claims. At trial, the expert was successful in explaining to the court both the complex technology and the asserted infringement. Retained by Logiclink (plaintiff)

+Damage Assessments

Cohen v US
Testifying expert for internet copyright infringement. Analyzed websites where copyrighted documents were provided free for view and download without plaintiff’s knowledge or approval. Additional analysis performed for traffic and popularity of sites and materials during infringement period. Provided damage assessment based on publishing industry standards. Provided website analysis and damage assessment, expert report, deposition and testimony. Retained by Cohen (plaintiff)

Great Lakes Intellectual Property Ltd, v. Sakar International Inc.
Consulting expert for patent damage assessment. Provided expert report and damage valuation for reasonable royalties for international distribution of patent-infringing mouse chip. (defendant)

General Electric v. Kodak
Consulting expert for patent valuation. Assisted General Electric in valuation of semiconductor portfolio in potential patent infringement matter with Kodak. (plaintiff)

Palmetto Health Credit Union vs. Open Solutions, Inc.
Testifying expert for software license and professional services agreement dispute. Provided expert report including damage assessment on software licensing and professional services practices. Retained by Palmetto Health Credit Union (plaintiff)

CBSI v. Sempra Energy
Consulting expert in consumer billing applications. Provided expert report showing invalid contract termination. Retained by software vendor (plaintiff).

+Patent Evaluation - Internet / Telecommunications

Patent Holding Consortium
Consulting expert engaged to determine licensing and infringement potential for e-ticketing patent.

Consulting expert engaged to evaluate prior art, licensing and infringement potential of 50 call center patents.

+Web Marketing Disputes

Duick v Toyota Motor Sales and Saatchi & Saatchi
Consulting and testifying expert in a web-based advertising campaign dispute. Provided trial testimony regarding the usability of an interactive website used as a promotional entertainment tool. Compelling testimony led to a favorable decision for Toyota/Saatchi & Saatchi. Retained by Toyota Motor Sales and Saatchi & Saatchi (defendant).

Imhoff & Associates v. America's Criminal Defense
Testifying expert in search engine optimization and use of paid Ad-word searches. Provided analysis to determine use or mis-use of advertising keywords and estimated resulting damages. Retained by competing firm (defendant).

Rothrock v Pittsburgh Kung Fu
Consulting expert in search engine technology. Provided report analyzing possible misdirection of search engine by competitor. Retained by martial arts school (plaintiff).

+Internet/Software Copyright

Datamaxx Applied Technologies v Computer Projects of Illinois, Inc.
Consulting and testifying experts in a software copyright infringement case involving software used by federal, state and local law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The technology in this case related to Internet based Law Enforcement Products with robust user interfaces and diverse data exchanges and interfaces. Provided expert report and testimony regarding the comparison of the competitor’s operational software, along with comprehension and elimination of many standard procedures dictated by the law enforcement industry. eComp used the standard Whelan Test and Abstraction, Filtration, Comparison Test methodologies to to identify many key areas of the accused software that were 'reengineered' from the Plaintiff’s software. The expert report was a strategic piece of the case that resulted in a successful outcome for our client. Retained by Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar on behalf of Datamaxx Applied Technologies (plaintiff).

Media publisher v. Web content distributor
Consulting expert for magazine and web publisher suing web publisher for allegedly using their photographs. Retained by content distributor (defendant).

Dallal v. New York Times
Testifying expert in media publishing practices, web content licensing and copyright. Provided expert report showing copyright infringement and violation of media license. Retained by freelance photographer (plaintiff).

+Software Contract Dispute

Ameranth v. Six Continents Hotels
Consulting and testifying expert in a software case involving misused of trade secrets and limited web-based advertising opportunities. Provided expert report on standard advertising practices, actual market characteristics and realistic revenue expectations. eComp Consultants also supplied a trade secret analysis based on the Whelan Test and Abstraction, Filtration, Comparison Test methodologies. Expert report provided information to supplement arguments in mediation that resulted in a speedy resolution. Retained by Alston & Bird on behalf of Six Continents Hotels (defendant).

PointServe Inc. v. Scient Corp
Consulting expert to evaluate web product development by vendor and online directory for commercial services. Provided expert report showing defendant's failure to meet software specifications. Retained by web vendor (defendant).

PegaSystems Inc. v. Qwest Corp
Consulting expert in telecommunications call centers and service order entry systems. Provided expert report showing performance failure of software and failure to meet requirements. Retained by telecommunications company (plaintiff).

LATimes v. Software AG
Testifying expert in software contract dispute involving the interpretation of multi-seat licensing. Provided declaration and testimony in deposition showing violation of software licensing. Retained by software vendor (defendant).

US v Bobby Holt
Testifying expert in child pornography case. Provided media forensics analysis of cell phone and camera data regarding the nature and origin of the data thereon. Reviewed law enforcement practices for retrieval of accused media. Provided expert report and trial testimony. Retained by Bobby Holt (defendant)

Carolyn Wilson and Solutions, Inc v Robert Healy
Testifying expert for proprietary information theft and company damage. Provided computer forensic analysis to produce evidence sufficient to obtain an injunction against defendant and obtain an order for seizure of computer and communications equipment in their possession. Performed additional analysis to determine level of damages incurred by plaintiff. Retained by Solutions Inc. (plaintiff)

+ Insurance/Financial

Affinity vs. Citibank
Vendor suing customer for non-payment of services rendered. Research progress of vendor regarding promised software enhancements and performance of software. Settled in mediation. Retained by Citibank (defendant)

Delpha Louise Brown v Camacho for American National Property & Casualty Co.
Testifying expert for insurance liability litigation. Provided expertise in cellular phone and messaging technology with opinions on billing data and cellular application transactions to determine if cellular activity distraction led to cause of accident. Provided mediation materials and deposition. Retained by American National for Camacho (defendant).

Kearney v. Auto-Owners
Testifying expert for insurance liability litigation. Provided expertise in information technology regarding systems policies, workflow processes, actual practices, opinions on compliance with statutory requirements. Provided expert report, deposition and testimony. Retained by Kearny (plaintiff)


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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Morning's News

To moralize the state, they drag out a man,
and bind his hands, and darken his eyes
with a black rag to be free of the light in them,
and tie him to a post, and kill him.
And I am sickened by complicity in my race.
To kill in hot savagery like a beast
is understandable. It is forgivable and curable.
But to kill by design, deliberately, and without wrath,
that is the sullen labor that perfects Hell.
The serpent is gentle, compared to man.
It is man, the inventor of cold violence,
death as waste, who has made himself lonely
among the creatures, and set himself aside
from creation, so that he cannot labor
in the light of the sun with hope,
or sit at peace in the shade of any tree.
The morning's news drives sleep out of the head
at night. Uselessness and horror hold the eyes
open to the dark. Weary, we lie awake
in the agony of the old giving birth to the new
without assurance that the new will be better.
I look at my son, whose eyes are like a young god's,
they are so open to the world.
I look at my sloping fields now turning
green with the young grass of April. What must I do
to go free? I think I must put on
a deathlier knowledge, and prepare to die
rather than enter into the design of man's hate.
I will purge my mind of the airy claims
of church and state, and observe the ancient wisdom
of tribesman and peasant, who understood
they labored on the earth only to lie down in it
in peace, and were content. I will serve the earth
and not pretend my life could be better served.
My life is only the earth risen up
a little way into the light, among the leaves.
Another morning comes with its strange cure.
The earth is news. Though the river floods
and the spring is cold, my heart goes on,
faithful to a mystery in a cloud,
and the summer's garden continues its decent
through me, toward the ground.

-Wendell Berry, from Farming: A Handbook

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

A Scent-a-Day with EdieAnne: Scent Comparibles

A Scent-a-Day with EdieAnne: Scent Comparibles
Today I want to go over what scents smell like.  LOL  I know that sounds weird but you all know a scent you are familiar with and now you can compare the two.   You will notice in the list below that the Scentsy Fragrance is listed first and then another scents is listed to compare it to.  I find some of these very interesting and am happy with this knowledge. Now remember that we all interpret scent differently, so these are only suggestions and may not match your connection with each scent.

So for Women’s Scents

Flirtatious = Mix BTW = DKNY Be Delicious and Clinique Happy Heart
Lucky in Love = VS’s Love Spell
Enchanted Mist = VS’s Romantic Wish
Berries and Bubbly = VS’s Strawberry Champagne (discontinued)
Silver Bells = VS’s  Dream Angels: Heavenly French Kiss = Bain de Terre’s  Sugar & Fig (or BBW Sugar & Fig)
French Kiss = Bain de Terre’s  Sugar & Fig (or BBW Sugar & Fig)
Flutter:  Jo Malone’s Orange Blossom
Wishing Well= Estee Lauder's Beyond Paradise
Luna = Wonderland by BBW
Sugar = Aquolina’s Pink Sugar (discontinued)
Taj Mahal = Chantilly
My Wish = Vera Wang Princess

Men’s Scents
Amber Road – Ralph Lauren’s “Blue”
Simply Irresistible = Eternity for Men
Echo = Drakkar Noir or Cool Water
My Dear Watson = Gucci or Kenneth Cole Reaction
Vanilla Suede= Coco Chanel Mademoiselle
Route 66 = Acqua Di Gio
Zephyr = Cool Water

PINK PEPPER:   **Also contained in these perfumes:
Burberry's The Beat,
Hermes' Eau Des Merveilles Elixer,
Cartier's Delices De Cartier EDP,
Streetwise Perfume,
Gucci's Intense,
Chanel's Chance,
Kate Spade New York's Twirl,
Lancome's Miracle Ultra Pink
Estee Lauder's Pleasures
Kate Moss’ Love Blossoms
And, That's only a few of the many perfumes that incorporate pink pepper into their recipes.

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Perspective: Supercooled liquids and glasses

TitlePerspective: Supercooled liquids and glasses
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsEdiger, M. D., and Peter Harrowell
JournalJ. Chem. Phys.
Start Page080901
Date Published08/2012

Supercooled liquids and glasses are important for current and developing technologies. Here we provide perspective on recent progress in this field. The interpretation of supercooled liquid and glass properties in terms of the potential energy landscape is discussed. We explore the connections between amorphous structure, high frequency motions, molecular motion, structural relaxation, stability against crystallization, and material properties. Recent developments that may lead to new materials or new applications of existing materials are described.


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Svend Larsen (b. 1931)

Svend Larsen is a viola player and composer, who studied music theory with Poul Schierbeck, but is autodidact as a composer. He worked as a viola player for Århus Symphony Orchestra from 1957 to 1969, but is now retired. His musical compositions are inspired by Bartok and Stravinsky and his work list includes chamber music works, works for symphony orchestra and a capella choir works.


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Sunday, 6 March 2016

UK Mothers Day

It's Mothers Day today in the UK and I've had a really nice day. Hannah saved her pocket money and chose me some beautiful gifts and a card, and my lovely mum came over for the afternoon and stayed to dinner.

Hannah also made me two pictures which I absolutely love,

Mama Wala is her special name for me, wala means koala!!

We are wearing koala ears in this one !
 and my Mother's Day card,

How cute are the kangaroos??
Happy Mothers Day everyone x

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The Learning Place is a learning environment for discovering, connecting, sharing and growing new ideas and knowledge.

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View the Learning Place overview document (PDF, 2.3MB) for more detailed information.

Find new functionality to support learning in the Learning Place

The Learning Place has upgraded its iConnect web conferencing system and edStudios to offer a simpler web conferencing interface and new exciting features to better support learning.

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1996 Mercedes-Benz SL500

First Registered: 25/01/1996

Make: Mercedes-Benz

Model: R129 SL500

Colour: Brilliant Silver

Interior:  Blue Leather

Odometer: 24,821 Miles

An amazing opportunity for a collector. This UK-supplied 1996 SL500 has covered just 24,821 miles from new in the hands of just two owners.

Supplied new by Jacksons of Jersey on 25/01/96 to a Mr Knight, finished in Brilliant Silver with contrasting dark blue interior and fabric roof. Mr Knight kept the car 19 years until 2015. It has been in the hands of one collector since.

This SL retains all its supplied keys, books manuals and tools. It has a full and comprehensive service history. The service book records thirteen stamps (less than 2000 miles between each service) backed up by paper invoices. The services were carried out by the supplying MB main agent, Jacksons, until 2002, after which they were all performed by MB trained specialist Ruellan’s Garage of St. Helier. In December 2015, once on mainland Britain, a service was carried out by Mercedes Eastbourne.

Of 500 models, the ‘96/97 years are the most desirable as they mate the more powerful M119 engine with the Mercedes’ excellent 722.6 five-speed automatic transmission. Later cars switched to the less powerful M113 engine, while earlier models used the less flexible four-speed gearbox.

The car is unmarked throughout and in a condition that would satisfy the most discerning collector.
Being the sought-after 500 model in superb colours with a tiny mileage and fantastic history, it’s a car that really does tick every box.

Optional Equipment

200A – Leather
241 – Left seat electrically adjustable with memory
242 – Right seat electrically adjustable with memory
249 – Auto dipping rear view mirror
501 – Outside mirrors with memory
511 – MB Exquisit stereo
565 – Rear seats
600 – Headlamp wash/wipe
652 – 8-hole alloy wheels
744 – Fabric top in dark blue
819 – CD changer in boot
873 – Heated left and right front seats

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NVIDIA® and Connect Tech Partner in Creating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Carrier Boards for Jetson™ TX1

Embedded World Germany, February 23, 2016 — Involved in more than 20 unmanned vehicle applications today, Connect Tech understands the need for small, lightweight solutions that are ruggedly built to be deployed in real world situations, while still providing a powerful platform. Given these priorities, Connect Tech was enthusiastic to develop commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) carrier board solutions for the NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX1.

Now, Connect Tech is expanding its relationship with NVIDIA, developing COTS carrier boards for the next generation NVIDIA Jetson TX1.

NVIDIA Jetson is the world’s leading visual computing platform for GPU-accelerated parallel processing in the mobile embedded systems market. Its high-performance, low-energy computing for deep learning and computer vision makes Jetson the ideal solution for compute-intensive embedded projects like drones, autonomous robotic systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and mobile medical imaging. The latest iteration of NVIDIA Jetson brings an enhanced focus on the COTS marketplace.

Connect Tech’s new Astro Carrier for Jetson TX1 is designed to be field deployable and comes in at just 57mm x 87mm! Astro builds on the board-to-board connector scheme by providing a full feature set on the carrier and then offering off-the-shelf or custom breakout boards. This allows for a perfect fit from a connector perspective while dramatically reducing the need for cabling.

A lighter feature set version of Astro will be available in Q2; this carrier will provide a lower cost point while still supporting the durability known from Connect Tech. This new addition called Elroy will be available in April 2016.

See the Connect Tech Astro Carrier for Jetson TX1 on display at either Connect Tech, Hall 2 Stand 2-318 or NVIDIA, Hall 4A Stand 4A-646.

About Connect Tech

For 30 years, Connect Tech has built a solid reputation for expertise in providing professional design services, delivering unsurpassed technical support and developing innovative products for embedded applications. Our products include commercial off-the-shelf and modified solutions for COM Express®, Qseven, SMARC Carriers, Single Board Computers, NVIDIA GPU solutions, Rugged Tablets, Cellular/Satellite M2M, FPGA, Digital & Analog I/O, Power Supplies, Enclosures, CAN Controllers, Solid State Drives, Ethernet-to-Serial, Multi-port Serial Cards, Adapters & Development Tools

Since 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has pioneered the art and science of visual computing. The company’s technologies are transforming a world of displays into a world of interactive discovery – for everyone from gamers to scientists, and consumers to enterprise customers. Recently, NVIDIA introduced the Jetson TX1, a credit card-sized module that harnesses the power of machine learning to enable a new generation of smart, autonomous machines that can learn. NVIDIA’s embedded solutions address the challenge of creating a new wave of millions of smart devices – drones that fly autonomously; compact security surveillance systems that don’t just scan crowds but identify suspicious activity; and robots that don’t just perform tasks but tailor them to individuals’ habits – by incorporating capabilities such as machine learning, computer vision, navigation and more.

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Efficient Password Manager is an app for Windows, developed by Efficient Software, with the license kostenlos. The version 3.70 Build 367 only takes up 11.02MB and is available in deutsch, with its latest update on 18.06.14. This app has been downloaded from Uptodown 2 times and is globally ranked number 3932, with a guarantee from VirusTotal, which verifies the app as being 100% sicher. The only requirement to use Efficient Password Manager is to have a device with Windows or higher. Other similar and alternative apps such as Advanced Archive Password Recovery, PasswdFinder, AxCrypt, Snadboys Revelation, Asterisk Key, Password Depot, can also be downloaded directly from Uptodown.

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Special Occasion Beautiful Flower Making Class (Hands-on)

Date: 06-03-2018
Day: Tuesday
Time: 10:00am-03:00pm

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. This class is designed for those who wants to learn lovely, beautiful flowers for their special occasions and for their special days.
. This class is all about elegance and unique style of decorating stunning and professional looking cupcakes.
. This class is suitable for both beginners as well as intermediates. Baking is not included in this class.
Course Covers …
This class is all about stunning decorations only, we will keep freshly made 12 eggless cupcakes and butter cream ready for you to work on, so that we can start working together with fondant and gum paste.
. In this class you will learn how to work with food colours, how to use fondant and gum paste, usage of dusts and tints, how to do shading to give your decorations natural and life like look.
. How to make different types of flowers. How to make real life like rose, some stunning fabric effect roses and few other flowers.
. How to make professional looking fondant tops for your cupcakes, how to use luscious butter cream and then how to place your fondant discs on top of your cupcakes, how beautifully you can place your gum paste decorations on your cupcakes, which you have prepared through out the day.
. Some tips and techniques about cupcakes, where and how to keep your decorations safely and how to achieve desired looks and colours etc.
. At the end of the day you will take home 12 beautiful ,elegant looking cupcakes along with the skills which you have learnt through out the day and the confidence of making different types of flowers and arrangement of your sugar decorations.
. Everything required for the class will be provided, just need to bring an apron!!

Terms & Conditions : In the unlikely event that Eggless Cake Delights has to cancel a class, a full refund will be offered. We are unable to offer any refunds should you decide to cancel or are unable to attend your class. Please double check dates and travel arrangements before you make a booking. We cannot be held liable for any money spent, such as travel arrangements, hotel bookings etc.

. If Eggless Cake Delights has to cancel a class and you have already made a booking, the refund amount from us will be limited to the total amount of money you spent on the booking class with us.
Lunch break: 15 Minutes Lunch Break

Address of class: (This is a residential road so there is plenty of free parking available near by) Woodcock Hill, Harrow-Kenton, HA3 0JJ

Getting to class:
Nearest Train Station: Northwick Park Station  (Metropolitan Line) or Kenton Station (Bakerloo Line,5-7 minute walk)

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

If you don't see these movies before you die you will spend the rest of eternity burning

(Originally written Monday, April 03, 2006)

In one of my first columns here, I started a list of movies that nobody should see. Either because they're too pretentious, too stupid or too overrated.

In this column I also wrote about how I was long ago inspired to create my own list of movies that everybody should see before they die. Movies that are good, movies that are bad, movies that are completely insane. All these movies should be seen in order to have a more all-encompassing view of the world, and a better understanding of the society in which you live.

I've decided to recreate this list here. I used to be the top 100 movies, but additions and modifications have resulted in a somewhat longer list. There is no order, I just randomly wrote film titles as I thought about them. It's totally subjective, (but then again, what in Eighty-Four Glyde isn't?) which means there might be some you don't believe in, or others that you think should be added. I'm open to suggestions.

Read and enjoy, won't you? (p.s. spelling doesn't count. not this time)

1. Blues Brothers
2. Bubba Hotep
3. Do the Right Thing
4. The Professional
5. The Adventures of Milo & Otis
6. Ghost in the Shell
7. Fist of the Northstar (the cartoon, not live action)
8. Shawshank Redemption
9. Memento
10. Yellow Submarine
11. Labyrinth
12. Dazed & Confused
13. Time Bandits
14. Brazil
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
16. Ghostdog
17. Requiem for a Dream
18. Trading Places
19. Hear no Evil, See no Evil
20. Toxic Avenger
21. Lucas
22. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
23. Snatch
24. Trainspotting
25. Warriors
26. Dogma
27. What Dreams May Come
28. Bicentennial Man
29. Neverending Story
30. Volcano High
31. Thursday
32. Event Horizon
33. Arthur
34. Summer School
35. Adventures in Babysitting
36. Solar Babies
37. Story of Ricky (Ricky-Oh)
38. Tron
39. Kentucky Fried Movie
40. Big Trouble in Little China
41. Half Baked
42. History of the World Part 1
43. Strange Brew
44. Brother
45. Frailty
46. The Last Dragon
47. Who Am I?
48. Rumble in the Bronx
49. Fist of Legend
50. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
51. Hero (the Jet Li version)
52. City of God
53. Mall Rats
54. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
55. The Big Lebowski
56. Weird Science
57. Breakfast Club
58. Ace Ventura
59. Tommy
60. Jesus Christ Superstar
61. Bing Long's Traveling All-stars and Motor Kings
62. The Good Son
63. Mother, Juggs and Speed
64. Sandlot
65. Kung Pow
66. Christmas Story
67. "Manos" the Hands of Fate
68. The Empire Strikes Back
69. The Matrix
70. Death to Smoochy
71. Candyman
72. Evil Dead
73. Evil Dead II
74. Army of Darkness
75. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
76. Darkman
77. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
78. Goonies
79. Flight of the Navigator
80. Karate Kid
81. The Usual Suspects
82. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
83. The General
84. The Wiz
85. Stalag 17
86. The Great Escape
87. Animal House
88. Hard Boiled
89. Young Frankenstein
90. Die Hard
91. Cool Hand Luke
92. The Princess Bride
93. Seven
94. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
95. Brewster's Millions
96. Animal Crackers
97. The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh
98. Brain Donors
99. Kids
100. 12 Monkeys
101. Fletch
102. Stripes
103. Tougher than Leather
104. UHF
105. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
106. Robocop
107. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
108. Fight Club
109. D.A.R.Y.L.
110. American Psycho
111. Dark Crystal
112. Super Troopers
113. Band of the Hand
114. PCU
115. Predator 2
116. Court Jester
117. The Sting
118. Rocky Horror Picture Show
119. The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai in the 8th Dimension
120. What's Up Tiger Lily?
121. In Like Flint
122. Our Man Flint
123. Boondock Saints
124. American History X

What do you think of that?

brenda said...

i don't see Bridges of Madison County up there??

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I've only seen about 50 of the ones you listed. But it's hard - my top 10 movies would change every single time you asked me. The only constants would probably be Citizen Kane (trite, but true, its amazing) and Godfathers 1 & 2.


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About the Embassy

Argentine writer Sergio Chejfec made public presentations in Indonesia

With the sponsorship of the Embassy of Argentina in Indonesia, during the month of October the writer Sergio Chejfec participated of the Literature and Ideas Festival (LIFEs 2017) at the Salihara Foundation in the city of Jakarta and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in the city of Ubud (UWRF), province of Bali.

During his participation in LIFEs on October 21st 2017, he was in charge of a workshop for young Indonesian writers and participated, together with the writers Verónica Stigger (Brazil) and Feby Indirani (Indonesia), of a round table focused on the rapport between Latin American and Indonesian literatures.

Within the framework of the UWRF, on October 26th 2017, he partook in a round table on Latin American literature along with the writers Héctor Abad (Colombia) and Carmen Boullosa (Mexico); which was moderated by the Spanish-speaking writer Jamie James (USA).

Likewise, on October 27, 2017 he participated in the round tables "The walking cure " together with the writers Simon Armitage (United Kingdom) and Paula Constant (Australia), which was moderated by Sophie Cunningham (Australia), and "Past, present and future" together with the writers Bernice Chauly (Malaysia) and Madeleine Thien (Canada), moderated by Michael Williams (Australia).

It is noteworthy to point out that all the activities had a wide and positive reception by the Indonesian public, wñho not only showed interest in the work of Mr. Chejfec but also in the Argentine literature as a whole.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

November 30, 2015 videos & photos

Put a video camera on me and I forget anything I ever wanted to say..... Any other questions that can be answered one minute at a time?

Elder Sirrine

This week's daily dose of crazy members
Plus the Cruz family which fed us on thanksgiving

November 23, 2015 Just Serve program

Hopefully you can decipher this! Life is going great, loving
missionary life! There are miracles happening every day in the
mission, I testify of that. Hook up with your local missionaries for
more details! In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

(Typed up from photo of  handwritten Journal pages of Nov 20 & 23, 2015)
Nov 20.  Yesterday was quite the day.  It started off with a meeting in Manhattan to launch Just Serve.  I pray that reading this win the future Just Serve will be a well known and well used program.
The Zone leaders and Assistants were invited to attend  with President Reynolds for the pilot training in the North American North East Region.  Just Serve is an initiative to improve public reception of the Church and help the Saints follow Jesus Christ more fully, by making service more publicized and easier.  It is so exciting.  Something interesting about it all – President and Sister Calderwood are in charge of Just Serve in the North America North East Region.  So the presentation was theirs.  It was so fun to see them again and shake their hands and give President a hug.

After that we had several lessons which all cancelled….so we had a long day on the trains, which of course always keeps things interesting.  We still can’t get the zone on board with the commitment from our last zone meeting to talk to five people per day.  It pained me to start the goal so low for city missionaries, but we knew that there were many who would be happy if they could talk to one a day.  Anyways, they like the idea but we are too afraid of the people here…which I suppose is understandable.  Just yesterday I was sitting on a train wile one man had the attention of at least a third of the car, pointing at me and preaching to them as if I were a sort of specimen to be gawked at – “Look here, this is a Mormon! You know what Mormons are?...”  speaking all sorts of blasphemy, lies and slander.  I was powerless to do anything – my pride couldn’t stand walking away, I knew arguing with him wouldn’t help, and something told me starting a train brawl wouldn’t be a good idea either…so I picked up conversation with a woman in front of me that only spoke Spanish so didn’t know what he was saying.  Anyways, that’s what happens here a lot when you open your mouth.  But I’ve also seen miracles happen.  I’ve testified and seen the Spirit move people on train cars.  And I know that God promises that our backs will be laden with sheaves if we open our mouths.  Those sheaves many not come in a day or a transfer, or even on the mission.  But I know they will come.

Our zone is doing a bit better since zone training meeting, but still only at 50 people per day for the zone, many all of which are from the Spanish district and the two districts with decent teaching pools then.

If you can’t tell this has been on my mind lately.  We can’t develop the faith to find if we don’t have faith to talk.  But I understand.  When I started the mission I didn’t think it was even possible for me to become a missionary who talks to everyone.  But the changing power of the Atonement is real.
We had a great finish to the night with the branch Thanksgiving dinner!  It was very successful.  Many people came including investigators and it was full.  I love the people here.  President Cruz (sp?) asked me right as it was starting to give the spiritual thought on the history of Thanksgiving – “Quiero que lo haga un gringo, un Americano!”  Okay.  So I looked up how to say “Pilgrim” real fast and then reached deep into my elementary school studies back when we colored turkeys every third week of November while the teacher attempted to tell us stories about corn and Indians.
Of course, since it was a Spanish activity, as soon as the eating was done they cleared the floor, dimmed the lights, and whipped a disco ball out of thin air.  Hermana Bugas (sp?) (a seventy year old single woman) led the charge to the dance floor and began swinging outrageously.  Boom.  Mission worth it.

Nov 23.  Monday before transfers.  Elder Cottle and I are the only companionship that doesn’t have a change.  This zone is getting seriously renovated.  It’s been a crazy transfer.  We lost 18 of the original 20 missionaries.  One of these vacancies was a District leader who went home.  He came out with me.  Stress got to him after being a city missionary for almost a year.  That’s a long time to be in the city part of the mission.  One of our districts, three out of the four missionaries are going home tomorrow.  Keeping that district in the race has been a bit of a nightmare.  Hopefully we get some freshies, ready for some Brooklyn Street action.

Wells Wagner?

November 16, 2015 Repentance Changes Disposition

Manhattan/Brooklyn. This is our area it's pretty cool
The wonderful Elder Cottle!

There's a lot of cool murals here
A large bank. 'Nuff said.

Hey there just wanted to drop you in a little note.

How is everything going? Life here is going well. We just had a zone meeting and it was good but it's a trick figuring out how to get missionaries to keep the inspiration and Spirit felt in meetings longer than about a day. We really hit hard on talking to everybody because we are city missionaries and most of us are happy if the companionship talks to three people in a day! It's unreal. I do understand, though, how hard it is. At the beginning of the mission I honestly didn't think I could ever become the kind of missionary that talks to everybody. But I have a testimony of the atonement. Elder Holland said that repentance doesn't change behavior, repentance changes disposition. Not only have I changed my behavior, I know the atonement had changed ME completely in that aspect.

I'm glad I'm out here but I do miss you....

Love you

Elder Sirrine

Sunday, December 6, 2015

November 9, 2015 2 ASL misionaries

(This letter is a response to Dad's questions)

Yeah just got a lot of stuff to do as always. We've stopped "recreating" really on preparation days because there's no time pretty much ever since I became district leader, which is good! I'm thinking about just doing the journal picture thing more often because I always tell myself I will write more next week but then I never do

Hope you get better! Gotta get back in shape for snowmobiling season

Our zone is interesting. We actually don't have any super disobedient missionaries which is good it's just that we are all being pretty ineffective except for the ASL missionaries they're not doing so bad. Actually that's an interesting story: a while back the missionaries discovered that all the ASL speakers here have the same video phone service and they all have the exact same number except for the last two digits. So they literally just sit in their living room and call different number combinations to contact the deaf people! It's genius. And the deaf people love talking to the because they hardly talk to anyone else.

Anyways. Tell the family I love them and do think about them even if I don't write all the time. See y'all in a couple months!

Elder Sirrine

(Photo sent of journal page dated Nov 5…I typed most of it up, hopefully correctly)

We had a great day.  Due to the study focus as of late on faith, I put more effort in our using faith as a principle of power to achieve specific goals (and we set high goals for the day).  We started off by looking up Ulysses.  He was a referral from his mother who we knocked into miraculously.  She wasn’t interested because she already has her church, but we asked if we could leave her with a prayer, and she consented.  The Spirit seemed to loosen her up a bit and we kept talking.  We asked for referrals and she told us her son really needed it, although wasn’t convinced we could get him to listen.  Eventually she said to come back on Wednesday at 10:00 because he leaves for work at 12:00.
So in an attitude of great faith and prayer we looked him up at 10:00.  We knocked with no answer. We knocked again and I found myself repeating over and over in my head, “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”  It didn’t open.  We left a bit disappointed.  I was so sure.  But as we walked toward the train, I felt an impression to return after our next appointment, even though it would be a couple hours later than his mom said he’d be home.

We went to our next appointment, received the two referrals we’d asked the Lord for plus one (exceeding the average weekly actuals here), and came back.  After some pressing, the woman who answered the door told us that Ulysses was home, but wouldn’t listen to missionaries.  After some more pressing she fetched him.  We had a wonderful lesson and set a return appointment for Saturday.

This was the second new investigator in a few days.  The night before, right after we had just exchanged, we headed from our apartment to go teach English Class.  As a background, we’d had district meeting earlier that day.  We talked about finding, and our leader, Elder Paini (sp?) promised us that if we followed the PMG pattern of quickly relating conversations to the message of the Restoration, we would find a new investigator that day.  I wasn’t sure how that would happen because a new investigator constitutes someone who has been taught  a lesson and accepted a return appointment, but had faith in the promise.

So as we went to English Class we struck up conversation with a man on the train platform.  Long story short, I ended up telling him we were heading to English Class, invited him, and he came right with us.  Maybe only someone from Brooklyn could understand what a miracle that was.  After English Class we had a great lesson and he accepted a return appointment.

November 2, 2015 New Assignment

(This weeks letter a response to Dad's letter and questions)

Ouch! I hope your ankle gets better! Haha no more good deeds at deer creek....
How was your meeting in Manhattan the other day?

You got a letter that I was a zone leader? Yeah that happened. And yeah I was the district leader in Jamaica, I got that assignment with my trainer call.

I am in a different zone than last transfer, this zone covers Bushwick and Park Slope, so essentially downtown Brooklyn. Also we have the ASL missionaries, which cover all of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan (yep, different mission. It's crazy). So they have a car to share between the two ASL trios in the mission, but no one else here does. They would be way too inconvenient (and expensive) to park!

I didn't know Elder Cottle before, although he trained one of my MTC comrades! He's been out for almost a year and half, was a district leader for five transfers and then got called as a zone leader last transfer and moved to Bushwick. We are serving in a Spanish district (yay!) which actually is fifty percent native Spanish speakers which is super awesome although I'm still in a gringo companionship. The zone has twenty missionaries, six speak Spanish, eight English, and six ASL.

How do I like my new assignment? Hmm. I really liked being a district leader because it was very personal with the individuals, right there in the trenches. Zone management makes it very difficult to do that, it's really the DL job anyway, so we work more closely with them. So the difference is now we pretty much just try and train good district leaders and help them be effective, but it's at much more of a distant level, since only one district leader works in our area. It's interesting.

On the back, like I said the doctor doesn't want to do platelets, he thought the only option was physical therapy. So I went once to pt and got exercises that I now do at home. The MRI looked good. He phrased it as now being a "minor herniation" so I'm not sure if that means it's closed up all the way. And it is less painful that at first. He said that this is probably about the level of pain it will stay at. So the plan is to just keep doing the stretches!

Elder Sirrine


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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

All is well!

Thanks so much to all who gave me such encouragement yesterday. I did sound pathetic, didn't I? I'm happy to report that yesterday morning I sat down to a new shawl with different yarn (couldn't save the tencel, so I'll make something else out of the remainder). This time I am using a solid color so that I can really see the pattern as it progresses. I knit for most of the day and am already on my fourth repeat of Chart B. You were right-it went much faster this time. Do I have a lifeline in? You bet!
Many thanks for all the posts. It meant so much to know everyone has "been there, done that."
Sue J.

Blogger Margaret Pittman/Heritage Yarns said...

Sue, first, I beg your pardon for calling you by a name other than your own! But, glad you found a yarn that holds promise for the shawl.

6:39 AM
Blogger Sue J. said...

No worries, Margaret! It was your support and encouragement that meant so much. Thank you!

6:42 AM
Blogger fiberfanatic said...

I'm so glad it is going well for you this time!!! Delighted that it is humming along!

10:10 AM

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It is absurd to be here in Venezuela! I have always wanted to come to South-America too see how people live here. I have met many Indians from these countries around the world, but have never actually been here, so this trip has made me understand a few things about the Indians from here.
It is very unusual for me who am from one of the richest countries in the world, Norway, and come here to Venezuela and the prices are twice as high as in Norway. I am just shocked about the prices! No wonder people are poor here, when even I with my salary much higher then people here have, have big problems with these prices. To buy anything is a big deal anyway, I would rather not buy anything, cause everytme I want to buy something they need my passport ID, name and address where I am staying.
Makes me kind of paranoid... There are a few things here that I dont understand, I must say...Why am I not allowed to take a picture of the Hotel? and why do they need my finger prints to exchange money? How come you need my passport id to buy a t-shirt? Why do I have to sign that I ate breakfast for 250 bolivares, when a breakfast buffest is included in the room? Simple questions, but I doubt there is a simple answer...

But besides all these political questions Odd-Erling and I have had a wonderful time here! We did a duo-concert where he played the baryton-guitar and we also played the traditional sami drum.
The event we where playing at was actually the opening of a photo excibition by Antonio Briceño called "520 Renos" (520 reindeer). He had been i Sapmi for a while taking pictures of sami people and learned alot about the sami people. He had some portraits of some people I actually know, which was really fun to see on the other side of the world. I was really touched when we got a guided tour through the exibition with him. I don tknow how to explain the feeling I had when I kind of came home to Sapmi on the other side of the world. The exibition was just perfect! His art was fantastic and so thought through, I dont have words. I actually had to stop myself from crying while I was there. It was such a big honour for me to play at the opening!

While we were there we also got to participate in a meeting with the wise-president of the Indigenous peoples standing commite in Venezuela. The wise president of The Sami Parlament in Finland,Irja Seurujärvi-Kari,was also there. And I was hosted by the Norwegian and Finnish embassy in Venezuela, and also the Swedish embassy was there. It was very interesting to hear about the differences between the sami people and Indians in Venezuela. There is such a big difference in the law and rights for the different indigenous people in the different countries. But it is amazing how we are helping and learning from each other and sticking together.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Make Me Wanna Holler

I don't know . . . . just something in the air today. Feeling disappointed and angry. The wounded soul needs some Marvin Gaye.

"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
[Marvin Gaye/James Nyx]

Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots
Money, we make it
'Fore we see it, you take it
Oh, make you wanna holler
The way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
This ain't livin', This ain't livin'
No, no baby, this ain't livin'

Inflation, no chance
To increase finance
Bills pile up sky high
Send that boy off to die
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life

Hang ups, let downs
Bad breaks, set backs
Natural fact is
Oh, honey, I can't pay my taxes
Oh, make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
Yeah, it make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands

Crime is increasing
Trigger-happy policing
Panic is spreading
God know where we're heading

Liam said...

I understand the anger and disappointment. Nice video.

Jeff said...

Yeah, I hear you hollering too.

Marvin. He was irreplaceable.

cowboyangel said...

Video was by the Hughes Brothers. I thought they did a nice job with the song.

One of the great albums of all time.

Marvin was irreplaceable.

Anonymous said...

Nicely done vid.
Great stuff.
Damm shame about Marvin.

cowboyangel said...

David Esensee! Hah! A midnight visit from one of the friends of my youth. Woah.

I was wondering who Anonymous was on my Influential Albums post.

Dude, what's up?!?!?!?!?!?

Weird, I've been feeling slightly homesick for Austin and have been listening to my Lone Star State of Mind playlist. Though that tends more towards Jimmie Rodgers than the Skunks, but no matter. It's all the same in the end, no?

Good to hear from you, man.

Anonymous said...

Homesick? Well let me tell you your not missing a thing.Austin traffic sucks, just seems the people are getting ruder,they just don't want to play nice.

As for myself I'm still your basic Dave.Still trying to write music,still trying to find a woman who's not a wack job.
Oh well 1 out of 2 isn't all bad.

I had a feeling you were in NY.

And the weird thing is that you on web because of Dark Side of the Moon

To funnie!

DE aka snc6

cowboyangel said...

Dave, send me an email. I'm at

Will be nice to continue to conversation.

BTW, I'd love to get your feedback on my "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" post. You taught me so much about great guitar! I always loved hanging out in your room listening to you digging into some new piece, or playing some excellent record I had never heard. With Gandalf sitting fat and happy somewhere, purring in time with the music. There are few folks whose opinions on the subject would interest me more.

Well . . . okay, I would rather hear Jimi's opinions. But, hey.

Jeff said...

This conversation reminds me of many a day spent in bedrooms playing air guitar under black lights. I was really good at air guitar... Great vibrato.

All the way from Hendrix to Joe Walsh to Foghat to Jeff Beck and back again. I have the live version of Crossroads down to a T with imaginary chord progressions.

"Eric Clapton, please!"
"Thank you..."

Is Austin just like the movie Slackers?

Hey, is that Hobsbawm book you're reading any good? Looks interesting.

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Foghat! I was so shocked, when working on my Great American Rock and Roll series, to discover that they were British. I just never knew.

I don't know about Slackers - I had been gone a while when it came out, and it didn't really conjure up the Austin I knew. But Linklater's second film - Dazed and Confused definitely did.

The Hobsbawm book is very good, but I'm afraid I'm not doing it justice, reading in short bits on the bus home from work or late at night. There's so much interesting stuff in it, and I'm having a hard time absorbing it all. In fact, I just started re-reading the first section, hoping to take it in better. But it makes me want to read his trilogy on the 19th century, which is his most famous work, and which the NY Review of Books called "one of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades." He's a British Marxist, and that may turn some people off. (He's also Jewish, and a big jazz fan, so a very interesting mix.) Like the best Marxist writers, he has a way of analyzing things, picking apart an overall system, that I appreciate. And I just keep in mind where he's coming from. But everyone is coming from some angle, no matter how objective they try to be. He certainly hasn't held back on his criticism of the Bolsheviks and the Soviet Union in this book. He just seems to know so much, and pulls things together in a fascinating way.

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Hey Jeff
I haven't picked up my air guitar in along time.I hope I can find it.That guitar was awe sum.It was always in tune and the sustain was better a 57 les paul Oh and talk about controlled feedback,it could go forever,
Also,my air guitar amp went to 11.


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Creative Process

This blog will follow the process of my current project: a series of three 5' x 9' figure paintings called "The Feast of Venus". I'll be posting the preliminary drawings and oil sketches as I complete them, and possibly add some commentary along the way. I have just begun this project and am working on the first painting in the series which has the working title "Stirring the Pot". All images on this blog are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without permission.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

An insane day today with a million distractions: umpteen phone calls in the morning about my friend's care, then a big wind storm knocked the power out for almost seven hours. I live in the country and we get our water from a well. The pump needs electricity; when the power goes out so does the water, yuck. I can't get a cup of tea and there is no music in the studio. Music and tea are essential to my concentration. Did I mention that there was so much water in the air my brushes lost their spring and the paint was all gummy? But somehow I painted well. It was a miracle.

I feel a little more comfortable with the salter today. The new costume makes her look more modern and less like a character from the Sound of Music. I like the stance better too. One of the reasons I soured on that figure was a remark made by a visitor to my studio. Looking at this sketch she said she thought the salter looked "European" and wondered what the significance of that was in relation to the ethnicity of the other figures. I was completely taken aback. I don't think like that. I don't get my figures out of neatly labeled boxes. I live in a diverse world and that is what is natural to me to paint. So I felt awful: suddenly my happy group of gals jabbering away and making their soup together looked like a bunch of painted porcelain figurines - especially the "European" salter.

I think I'm getting over that horrible feeling now, but my new rule is that no one (except Tom of course) is allowed to see these sketches in the studio until I am finished with the big painting. That was always my rule with figure compositions (I wouldn't even discuss what I was doing with anyone) until I started this blog. But then I thought: I'm posting this for the world to see, how can I keep people out of the studio? Well, I've thought about it now and it makes perfect sense. Showing this work to you, gentle viewers, is completely different. We are not face to face. I never see your lifted eyebrows. It is true I check my stat counter once a day (okay, twenty times a day, but who's counting) but all it can tell me is how many of you stop by, the location of your servers (which may have little to do with your actual location) and how long you stay. It is as if I have hung my pictures in a gallery and, through a two-way mirror, I watch the people come in. Some turn right around and walk out; some pause and look at a picture. I never see anyone's face, all I see are shadows. Sometimes one of the shadows has a shape I think I recognize and I say "That's Gabrielle" or "There's Karen" but it is only a guess and I am probably wrong. I love it this way. I like it that people are seeing my work, but I don't want to know everything they think about it. And the life of an artist is very isolated; it is nice to have some quiet company. Thanks for coming.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

I changed the headgear of the salter again. The scene in the studio today was pretty amusing: I donned the costume and painted using a mirror. But that figure still bothers me. No matter what I do to it or how much I (seemingly) improve it, I'm just not happy. I can think of two reasons for this. One is that I used myself as the model and, frankly, I think I have a fairly uninteresting face. Secondly, I think the expression is too cheerful: it shows only one emotion; there is no cross current. To fix the expression is almost impossible: this painting is just too small to model the features with more subtlety. Not to mention the time it would take. At some point I'm going to have stop working on this and paint something I can sell - unless someone out there in the blogosphere would like to fund an artist's endless fiddling with one small figure in one little study for what will be a large and profound work.

Tomorrow I think I will just draw. I need a good study of the shirt and apron on the salter. They looked incredible in the studio light. The sleeve swirling around the raised arm was like something out of Caravaggio and the white apron's stiff skirt and wide cinched waist made a silhouette like the line of a Japanese print.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

I'm cheating a bit here: this post shows two days' work. The one on top is what I did today and the one on the bottom is yesterday's.

I had to quit early today. A friend of mine is in the hospital with a broken ankle and it took me two hours on the phone to straighten out what her home care will be when she gets out. Tomorrow will be more phoning and a trip to the hospital, which is 45 minutes away. I care very much for her; she needs me. There is no question in my mind but that I'll do whatever I have to do to help her as she is somewhat dependent on me at this point. But there is a big part of me that is in tears over the disruption of my work. It has always been that way for me: since I was thirteen (and I'm now forty-six) I just could not bear to let anything come between me and my time painting. Actually, I think it quite a sign of maturity (or am I just losing my edge?) that I am able now to sacrifice painting time for someone else.

It is a strange thing, but once you feel the irresistable compulsion to paint you feel like the whole universe is designed to stop you from doing so. More on this later.

Monday, September 26, 2005

Today I was finally able to move away from my fixation on the head on the left and start digging into the rest of the composition; it feels great! The bottom image is what I had at the beginning of the day and the one on top is where I ended.

When I was working on the drawing for the head of the salter (the one I did using three mirrors and myself as the model) I had an amazing experience: I was just looking in the mirror, studying the way the light fell on my head and figure, when I put my hand up to approximate where the light would fall on the second figure (the one tasting the soup). I wanted to see how much shadow the first figure would cast and get some idea of the way the light would move on the second figure. As I moved my hand in and out of the cast shadow I had a sudden vision of the space in my studio as a volume of light. I saw the room of light as if it were a block of transparent, luminous marble and I saw that composing my painting was like carving a block of light.

I've pondered this way of seeing for a few days now. I didn't write about it earlier because it wasn't relevent to my struggles with the head. I usually rely heavily on rhythm for composition; I use the light to illustrate the rhythm, to organize the painting and for dramatic effect (to see my other figure compositions, click on Elizabeth Torak Web Site in the links and look for "The Fates", "The French Fry Eaters", "The Maenads" and "The Beat Goes On") Though I've always loved form and depth and would be the first to tell you that light gives a sense of form, I've never experienced the sculptural power of light until now, never felt it kick me in the gut before. I'm quite curious to see how this changes my work.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

I got back to work again today after four days without painting.

I hate to be away from my work. When I'm compelled by necessity (or exhaustion) to leave off I can't wait to get back. I miss my studio's pool of quiet light; I'm haunted by unfinished thoughts. In bed at night I see just which subtle stroke would make my budding picture bloom; in dreams my fingers close around a brush. But sadly, inevitably, when I do return nothing is as I imagined it would be: there is awkwardness. I can't quite concentrate; I can't get comfortable. I start and stop and wipe out, get a cup of tea, take a nap, and feel dissatisfied. If I'm lucky, at the very end of the day the magic finally happens. With the last wisp of light I make the connection and the energy flows. From me to my work or the other way around? I don't know, but I find the link again and am happy - which is to say I'm miserable in the usual delightful way.

Today I worked on the head on the left - again. I've posted before and after pictures here. This time I was trying to correct the size of it, make it a little larger. Tom suggested moving the right eye up and out a bit and pointed out that the bottom of the head seemed fine: it was the top that was too small. I did that and it was miraculous: without changing the outline the head appeared larger. Note to my fellow artists: if something seems too small, try changing the width, not the length. This is essentially what I did.

Eventually the light died and I was forced to abandon ship. Initially I was pleased with what I did, but now I'm not so sure. The size is fine, but I don't know if I'm happy with the expression. I can't keep painting this one head over and over for the rest of my life - or can I ?

Saturday, September 17, 2005

I worked on this again yesterday, using the drawing as a guide, and I think it is much better - although obviously I need to adjust the color. Also I'm concerned that the head of the salter is just a tad too small. I need to decide whether to completely repaint it or try to live with it the way it is since this is just a study. I don't know yet and I won't have time to paint again until Tuesday at the earliest. (Sadness. I hate leaving my work.)

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

The oil is a detail of the figure on the left from the study of three women I've been working on- I think I'll start calling her "the salter". I worked on this figure yesterday and after working for hours, painting and repainting the head this is where I ended up. As you can see I pretty much wiped out, or, to use a euphemism, "remassed it". I posted this image last night and then took it down because I was so unhappy about it.

So today, instead of spending another day in frustration trying to paint the features out of my imagination, I decided to do a study on paper using myself as a model. Modeling involved setting up three mirrors so that I could draw myself without having the eyes looking straight out at the canvas. It wasn't easy to set up the mirrors; I would have given up in frustration if Tom, my husband and fellow artist, hadn't come along and helped. Also, looking at myself in a raking light, with no makeup and my hair pulled back in an unflattering way was a shock to the system. But I put those dreary thoughts aside, drew for four or five hours and was pretty happy with the result. In fact I forgot all about my looks so happy was I to be drawing in a good light with a model I didn't have to chat with- or pay!

Friday, September 09, 2005

This is what I did today. Yesterday's work is lost: I made a mistake in photographing it and now I've painted over what I had. It is too bad because I am really enjoying watching the evolution of a painting now that I have this blog. It is the first time I have ever photographed each day's work and really looked at it and seen the changes. It is rather unnerving. I feel like I lose as much as I gain with each stroke of the brush: what I gain in clarity, I lose in mystery. But I know from past experience that to leave a painting in a sketchy state is ultimately unsatisfying too. Paintings that are too sketchy don't hold my interest very long; after they hang on the wall for a few years they stop looking fresh and inspired and just start looking thin and unfinished. Not unlike people who try to stretch free-wheeling youth into their fifties.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

I finally got back to work on this today after many interruptions e.g. Labor Day, other work ( to see the other work click on On The Easel in the links roll on the left)

Scroll down to see this sketch in an earlier state. I've been working on the figure on the left. At the moment it is something of a self-portrait, but that could change as I go on.


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Friday, 22 July 2016

Obscure Comic of the Month - The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten

Obscure Comic of the Month takes a detailed look at a little known entry from my personal comic book collection. Some will be from major publishers, others self published projects, Original Graphic Novels, issues and Manga. What they'll all have in common though, is that I've rarely, if ever, seen anybody talk about them.

The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten by Danny McLaughlin and Adam Prescott – Uproar Comics 2013

Based on the Local Legend of John “Half Hanged” MacNaghten

Contains Spoilers for a 250 year old folk tale.

The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten was produced as a special project by Uproar Comics to coincide with Derry's status as the UK City of Culture for 2013. The comic retells a local folk tale of star crossed lovers with a tragic end.

The comic has a charismatic start right from the get go. It's not often I go right into talking about the art, but here the slick presentation by Adam Prescott is really what sells the story from the start. There's a loose, expressive quality to his lines and characters that give this tale a bit of an easygoing flavour, despite the rather grim tone.

It's the kind of presentation that brings to mind recounting tall tales in the corner of a pub on a wet Thursday evening, which is perfectly appropriate for the telling of a folk legend. Prescott's art swings back and forth between sugar-sweet idealised romance and dirty, sleazy streets, and the grayscale art shifting from light to dark keeps the reader from ever felling dragged along.

But what of the writing though? Well, given it's background it's no surprise we hit the ground running with cliché. A character stands singing Danny Boy as early as page two. Still, the Irish do tend to have a taste for ironic self-deprecation, and it's clear that's the attitude the creators are trying to go for.

The tale itself is one that's been told a million times before. The lowly, unreliable John MacNaghten falls in love with the noble Mary, who's father is set against their relationship. John and Mary try in vain to elope, which leads to tragedy and John facing execution. John survives his hanging but refuses live without his beloved. In the end, everyone is together in death.

No doubt every culture has a variant of forbidden love ending in tragedy, The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten hardly holds a monopoly on that, but in a way, that's what makes it great. The comic itself is a true part of folklore. A retelling for the ages. It's been romanticised, it's details tweaked, but as the writers say themselves in the comic's afterword; “We wanted to take a leaf out of “Mac's” book, and be that little bit daring and roguish, and use the history to tell the more romantic tale of the legend.”

The creators don't waste time on the fine details, just use every advantage the graphic medium gives them to put a new spin on the story. It's a sad tale, and also a very violent one, but it's also great fun, and none of the folk spirit is lost in the translation, quite the opposite. I'd never heard the tale of John “Half Hanged” MacNaghten, but through my love of comic books he's now part of another world I'm eager to explore.

The comic's connection to the UK City of Culture almost feels perfunctory. The retelling didn't need an event, or an occasion, and the comic itself stands on it's own. However, it's important to note that folklore isn't just about the people but the place. The comic is as much about Derry, and Ireland, as it is MacNaghten himself. The preservation of his tale communicates the values of it's storytellers, the underdog spirit, the friendship of community and optimistic determinism, as well as what is deserving of scorn, cowardice, defeatism, and most of all arrogant authoritarianism.

Folklore and legends live on for many reasons. Some are great stories, some come from an important time in cultural history. I like to think that The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten is a combination of both, and a great retelling like this is exactly where it belongs.

Jack Harvey 2016. The Ballard of Half Hanged MacNaghten (c) 2013 Uproar Comics, Danny McLaughlin and Adam Prescott. Images used under Fair Use.

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Select The Best Plumbing Technician For The Job

You may not know this, but click the up coming document is actually a fairly simple concept, when approached correctly. Once you have a good understanding of how everything works, then even the largest projects will appear to be a lot more simple. Read on for more great advice about plumbing in your home.

Noisy pipes is an easy do-it-yourself project. If pipes are exposed, you must anchor them. Enlisting the aid of a professional may be necessary if any of the pipes are located in the floors, walls, or ceiling.

If water is not coming to the dishwasher, you most likely have a blockage somewhere. You will need to turn off the water supply and remove the hose that leads to the dishwasher. After securing the hose, turn the water back on. See if it feeds into a bowl. If not, then you must find the block where it is at which may include removing more piping.

Make sure you clean out overflow holes in your kitchen and bathroom sinks on a regular basis. These holes are intended to act as an emergency fail-safe to prevent spillage from a full sink, but if they are clogged they can't do their job. You can clean out an overflow hole using the same techniques you would for a clogged drain.

If your drain in any device is taking longer to drain water, then you may need to have cleaned depending on the severity of the circumstances. Before you do this, there are several different products you can try. However, some of them are professional strength and all products should be used with caution.

If you are using PEX tubing for the supply lines in your home, make sure you get the right tools for the job. PEX tubing requires a completely different tool type than regular lines. PEX has a lot of benefits though, so don't let the different requirements throw you off.

Installing more efficient shower heads can save you tons of money on your energy bill. Most households use a lot of hot water in the shower. Install energy saving faucets throughout your home and you can recapture your cost within the year.

If you are trying to decide on the material to use for your hose, stick with stainless steel. Stainless steel has a very solid construction and stays durable for many years, eliminating the need for replacement. Also, this material is less prone to bursting, which can yield severe plumbing issues.

If you get your water from a well and orange or pink stains appear in your sink or tub, then you can be sure that the culprit is iron in your water. This is fixed by using water softener, which can be bought at a store, or you can have someone come to your home and fix it.

There are many ways to unclog a drain. You can try plunging it at first. If that doesn't work try using a chemical agent from the store. Before you go and spend money at the store though, if you have baking soda and some vinegar handy, you can mix those together and pour them in the drain and try to plunge that but if all else fails they have stronger remedies at your local hardware store.

Do not place items in the toilets that do not belong there. For example, if you are a female, do not throw away sanitary pads or tampons in your toilet. This could cause severe damage to your toilet that could require a plumber, or even worse, a whole new toilet!

Make sure you shut off your main system before leaving your house for a few weeks. The water will stay in the pipes, but this should prevent any further damages in case a leak starts while you are away. Check that your shut-off valve is working properly before you leave.

To avoid from accumulating and clogging pipes. Use fine mesh strainers in every drain where hair is washed. Fine mesh strainers can catch the hair and still allow the shower, tub or sink to drain and are also useful in the kitchen to catch and stop small food debris from going down the drain.

Education is essential when dealing with plumbing issues, because knowing nothing about the topic will cause people to spend big bucks on a plumber. If you own a home, you should do what you can to educate yourself about plumbing so that you are not taking a plumber's work and word on faith. This will ensure that you are not ripped off.

When it comes to plumbing, there is never an unsolvable problem. If you feel yourself becoming frustrated with the project, you should try to take a break from what you are working on. The greatest mistakes start to happen when you become angry and inpatient, so take a break and walk outside.

Keep an eye on the grout between tiles in your bathroom. Watch for cracks and areas where the grout seems to be falling out, and repair them immediately. Small grout crack issues can be easily repaired by pulling out the bad and putting in new grout. Allow any new grout to dry completely before exposing it to water.

Make sure that you avoid throwing fats down the drain after you clean up your meal. Fats can solidify over time which can cause a drainage problem and corrupt your water flow. Throw out fats and different types of cooking oils in the garbage after you finish with your meal.

You should never dump grease, fat, or cooking oil down the drain. These fats and oils could solidify in cold pipes and clog your sink. Instead you should put the fats and oils in a dish and wait for it to solidify, then throw it away for garbage men to pick it up.

If you have unused cooking grease, do not pour it down your kitchen drain. The grease or oil can clog your drain and even cause irreparable damage. Instead, put the unused grease or oil into a plastic bag. Or, you can put the grease into an empty tin can, set it in the refrigerator to solidify, and then throw it away.

Doing your own plumbing ensures that if anything happens to it, you can fix it. Similar to taking care of your family, it is really important that you take care of your plumbing system. So, do yourself a favor and do your research and apply the above tips to your plumbing jobs.

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Doug Wead – Game of Thorns

Here is an explanation of why the national media and their corporate owners kept Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren out of the race. Why they wanted their investment in the Clinton’s to work and how they were willing to go to great lengths to make that happen.

Don’t have time to read the thousands of leaked emails from inside the Clinton machine?

The author has done it for you and has come back from the experience with a stunning peek into the world of a political leader who privately declared that she wanted a hemisphere “with open trade and open borders.”

Finally, here is the story of the rise of Donald Trump.

How his opponents sought to derail him.

This is the story of how Donald Trump’s message and brand transcended the traps laid by his enemies. How, against all odds, he won the presidency. And here are the details of his plan to make American great again.

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John Martin writes:

I’ve been using ActionOutline for a few months now, and I have to say that I’m pretty happy with it. It’s the first time I’ve used an outliner, so I don’t have a lot to compare against, but it certainly does as advertised and mostly satisfies my current needs. Having said that though, the longer I use it the more things I find it useful for. Initially it was just for managing todo lists, but since then I’ve started doing a whole lot more, like outlining documents that I have to write, planning out software development, even creating presentations.

At the end of the day, the outliner is a platform that provides hierarchy and structure plumbing, plus a nifty compositing engine, plus a bunch of file system and network services.

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