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We're starting this week back with our old friend Ashburn Mews. I thought I'd dealt pretty comprehensively with that comparatively small piece of territory but I realised while looking for some pictures of mews arches that Ashburn Mews had also been looked at by the Edwardian photographer Ernest Milner who worked for the District and Piccadilly Circus Railway in the early years of the 20th century doing his own photo survey of streets under which the deep tunnel Piccadilly line was to run. You can see more of his work in this post on Brompton Road, this one on Earls Court Road and this one on Sloane Street and Lowndes Terrace.
One of the other, humbler streets on his list was Ashburn Mews.
The entrance arch in Ashburn Place is dimly visible at the end. A man is working on a carriage. The mews streets were not used for horses and stable with dwellings on the first floor but also for other workplaces like this:
My transport correspondent tells me that there plenty of electric vehicles which ran on rechargeable batteries in this era and electric vehicles vied with petrol engine cars and buses for market domination. An electric car held the land speed record until 1900. By 1907 the London Electro Bus Company ran 20 buses in London. The company turned out to be some kind of scam rather than a serious bus company and it closed, but for a while there had been a contest which might have been won by the cleaner technology. ( For more on this subject look at this post from the always fascinating blog the Beauty of Transport).
Further down the mews some evidence of human habitation with these clothes hanging on a line.
The arch at either end of the mews, with one main entrance and two smaller ones on either side was a frequent feature.
This one is in Egerton Gardens Mews.
Note the small sign which reads "Commit no nuisance."
Below Clarke Brothers announce their ability to do "all kind of jobbing work".
Many mews arches have survived into the present, like this one.
The plain looking entrance to Cornwall Mews.
A much more grand arch below.
Queen's Gate Place Mews, looking inwards.
And outwards (almost as grand)
These arches are often immediately inspired by arches in the classical world. The one below. This one, Holland Park Mews is said to be influenced by the Arch of Constantine in Rome.
Unusually, the mews slopes down at both ends, both here in Holland Park (the street of that name rather than the actual park), and below at the other end (in the same street).
I've been looking out for them as I travel, wondering if I should do by own survey . On the 49 I pass Kynance Mews, two iterations of Stanhope Mews (east and west) and also see mewses which have either lost their arches or never had one like Reece Mews. Sometimes a Mews is just a convenient back way for pedestrians, or a useful location for film and television (from the Avengers to McMafia).
The actual reason for this post is a postcard I recently bought on Ebay of another mews arch which like the one in Ashburn Mews no longer exists. I wanted to feature it here.
This image of Elvaston Mews shows a different style of arch, although the ground floors of these buildings have the same sets of doors, and the upper floors are living spaces with useful openings.
And those metal bins, perhaps for forage deliveries. You can see that Elvaston Mews crossed Elvaston Place and that there were two arches, both visible in the picture. One of them now only exists as a pair of stumps. (Try it on Street View) The arch was removed in the 1930s. It's hard to say which arch is the survivor from this picture.
Here is that figure on the upper floor enlarged.
A boy, keeping an eye on the photographer. He can't tell us which arch survived.
Thanks to Councillor Sam Mackover who drew my attention to the postcard.
If your appetite for mewses is whetted, there is a book called Mews Style by Sebastian Decker (Quiller Press 1998) which might satisfy you. I certainly found it fascinating.
Thanks also to Lucy Elliott who just came into Local Studies to ask me about Kensington Court Mews (some more interesting pictures but no arch) and told me there there are 19 mews streets in Kensington and Chelsea. Not all of them have arches of course but they're all interesting in their own way.


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Yemen Scouts and Guides Association
Number of Girl Guides in 2015
Full Member
Girls only
On my honour I promise to do my best: To do my duty to God then to my country, To help other people in all circumstances, To abide by the Girl Guide Law.
Yemen Guide Law
- A Girl Guide's honour is to be trusted.
- A Girl Guide is loyal to God, her country, her leaders and subordinates.
- A Girl Guide is useful and helpful to others.
- A Girl Guide is a friend to all and a sister to every other Guide.
- A Girl Guide has a praiseworthy character.
- A Girl Guide is kind to animals.
- A Girl Guide is obedient to her parents and leaders.
- A Girl Guide keeps her smile when facing difficulties and deals with all such difficulties with patience and perseverance.
- A Girl Guide is thrifty.
- A Girl Guide is pure in word and in deed.
Development of the Movement
Girl Guiding has existed in the Yemen Republic since 1962, and in 1972 it was officially organized under one official administrative body. In 1975 the Yemen Scouts and Girl Guides Association was set up, which spread Guiding to areas of the country where it had not previously existed.
The Association became a member of the Arab Regional Group in 1980. During the next few years, trainers from the Arab Bureau helped to prepare leaders and open new companies. In 1986 Yemen successfully hosted the 10th Arab Conference which served as a platform for women leaders within the Association to demonstrate their abilities to government authorities and the public. Women demonstrated that they could hold positions of authority and carry out their responsibilities effectively. As a result the Girl Guides Association became a separate Association working independently of the Scouts.
In 1990 the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen merged with the Yemen Arab Republic. Guiding had previously developed in the Arab Republic but now started to spread to all areas of the newly created Republic of Yemen.

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Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has pressed the Scottish Government Minister for Housing and Welfare Margaret Burgess on why the Government are not supporting Scottish Labour's proposals to cap rents in the private sector. This follows the news that the Governments own Expert Welfare Group have recommended that rent increases should be capped in line with inflation.
Scottish Labour is proposing to reform the private rental sector in Scotland by limiting rent reviews to once a year and capping rent increases. The move will stop unscrupulous landlords ripping off tenants, whilst offering clarity and security in the sector. The SNP joined with the Tories to vote against these proposals at Stage 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Bill.
Ms McTaggart said "The case for capping rents is clear and compelling, so much so that even the Governments own Expert Welfare Group has recognised this. The private rented sector now stands at over 300,000 households in Scotland; nearly half of these households are families with children. More worryingly, over 100,000 of private rented households in Scotland live in poverty.
Poverty is the biggest problem Scotland faces and requires a complex, multifaceted approach. We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis so if we see opportunities to ease living costs for people and offer them security in the private rented sector we should look to do so.
Margaret Burgess and the SNP voted to reject Scottish Labours ammendments at Stage 2 and in doing so failed to protect those renting in the private sector. They must now decide whose side they are on."
You can read Anne McTaggart's questions here.
Watch the Culture and External Affairs Portfolio Questions from June 18th 2014 below. Anne
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The first, of this series of books is not covered inside. The cover is a painting that I did which continues from the front cover to the back to make a complete piece. Inside is raw card. The pages are of different colors all in artists watercolor paper.
Black Book
A little Black Book, complete with black paper, so use a white, gold or silver pen. Decorative work is sewn with thread on the front and back covers.
The following books are all original paintings in watercolors. After the black I decided to have some color and touched it also with a ribbon to tie it closed.
Yellow Ribbons
A tiny lady sits on the front of this one with colored pages. Back and front views.
Red Umbrella.
This one has colored pages and is bound with yellow thread.
The Color of Sun
Shooting Star
Still in watercolors is Shooting Star with over-sewing on the decorative spin.
A more decorative spin in white contrasts to the colored pages in Riverside.
Deep Horizon
Deep Horizon is a wash of watercolors, with a contrast of white pages. Both the front and back pages inside and out are the same, as far as the paint allows.


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How should he pay zakaah on a car if it stayed in the showroom for three years and its price has fallen?
If a person buys a car with the intention of selling it and making a profit, he must pay zakaah on it every time a year passes. He should work out its value on that day, i.e., its market value on the day when the year has passed, and pay one-quarter of one-tenth (2.5%), whether the value has increased or decreased.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Someone bought some land with the intention of dealing in it, but it remained in his possession for a long time. Is zakaah due on it?
He replied:
If a person buys land with the intention of dealing in it, then he must pay zakaah on it every year, whether its value increases or decreases, and whether it sells or not. He should work out its value every year, then if he has money he may pay the zakaah from the money he has; if he does not have money he should keep a record of the zakaah that it due every year, year by year, and when he sells it he must pay zakaah on the past period. End quote from Liqa' al-Baab il-Maftooh (15/12).
Based on this, the owner of the car should have looked at its price at the end of every year and paid zakaah on it. If he did not have any money, he should have kept a record of it and paid it when he sold the car.
It should be noted that the year with regard to trade goods is the year from when one acquired the wealth with which he bought them, if it reached the nisaab (minimum threshold). The year for the car in this case does not start from the time when he bought it, but from the time when he acquired the money with which he bought it.
What the owner of the car must do now is work out what the value of the car was at the end of each year, with the help of those who have experience in the market, then pay the zakaah.
And Allaah knows best.


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I'll be continually updating my Kerry Smear and Who is Bandar Bush? files from here on. Here are some recent samples from the latter:
From the March, 2004 Harpers:
"Since September 2001, the administration has designated hundreds of individuals and organizations, including several Islamic charities, as terrorists or sponsors of terrorism and frozen their assets. Yet Saudi organizations and individuals have emerged relatively unscathed…. And although in January the Treasury Department designated several branches of the Saudi charity al-Haramain, U.S. officials declined to freeze the assets of the group's dozens of other offices worldwide, including the one in Riyadh….."
From the Sept 11, 2003 Time Magazine:
"U.S. investigators, he says, sometimes suspect that the Saudis are fishing, trying to ferret out details of U.S. intelligence, or stalling, to protect Saudi individuals from embarrassment. One of the Administration's top counterterrorism officials says the Saudis still appear to be protecting charities associated with the royal family and its friends…..
…..Indeed, when President Bush spoke to Abdullah for 20 minutes by phone last week [fall 2003], say U.S. and Saudi sources, he went out of his way to compliment the Prince on Saudi Arabia's efforts to combat terrorism."
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Christian Yoga - Rhema Yoga
This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...
In the world today, life can seem totally overwhelming for so many different reasons.
Whether it's an errand here, a beeping timer there, a ringing cell phone or two somewhere else, most people find themselves being pulled in several different directions.
Although things may feel crazy or scary or hopeless, you don't have to give into what you feel. You can live from your beliefs and your values instead.
At Rhema, we use Christian Yoga to remind students of what they know to be true. What they believe, who they are, and whose they are. From there, they live from that place.
Find more at www.rhemayoga.com
Adam Marks
Coffee Lover. Yogi. Son.
July 2018
Christian Yoga: Rhema Yoga is Christian Yoga
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Travel back to the nineteenth century and find a tradition as romantic as time.
Historically sailor's returned home from the islands to present their loved ones with romantic shell collages set in cedar boxes. Made from love, they were the most common gifts from the sea. This exquisite art form has endured throughout the years as a token of love and affection. We are delighted to offer this new generation of Sailor's Valentine jewelry as a perfect gift for any meaningful occasion. This romantic jewelry is designed in the same form of a seashell collage and comes in many nautical jewelry designs. The Pendant is available in 4 sizes, the earrings in 3 styles and sizes, bracelet with cable attached and swap top clasp all in same size. Choose the center Shell as a Scallop shell, Starfish, Heart shell or Anchor. The stones available for the Sailors Valentine are Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald. Collection is available in 14K Gold, Sterling Silver or in combination.
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This week I've got something cool to show you - the process that I've used for creating a couple of short cutscenes so far for Rainswept. Check it out!
As you can see, the scene is created by animating separate images for the eyes, nose/ eyebrows, face, body and the hands. The process is pretty simple, a lot of fun and also very satisfying!
You can see the component parts here:
These are the kind of cinematic and dramatic and moments I want to provide in Rainswept, and I'll try to add a few more detailed shots of this kind to complement the simplistic style of the rest of the game.
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Hi, I'm Armaan, the creator of Rainswept and Forgotten Fields. On this blog, I post weekly updates about my games' development (or as often as possible!)
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Hi! This is the SA Fighting Game Thread, where we post a bunch of snarky poo poo about video games that we secretly love.
Fighting games can be really intimidating to get into for new players: there's so much to know that it can be hard to figure out where to start. If you've caught some matches of Street Fighter on stream and wanted to understand it better, or mashed your way through Story Mode but don't feel like you really get FGs strategically, this OP should help you get started.
Join the Goonsgarden Discord to play your favorite game with goons! It's easy you idiot just do it.
So what distinguishes "Fighting Games" from other genres, and why do people nerd out so hard over them?
Basically, they�re competitive in just about the most immediate way that exists in video games. There are no teammates you can blame when you lose; no abstracting away of your mistakes (or accomplishments). If you gently caress up, you get hit. If you don�t win, it�s because someone outplayed you, and the next step is to figure out how. When you do win, it�s not because someone carried you or whatever; it�s because your poo poo worked.
Unlike beat-�em-ups, where you cooperate with buddies to beat up mindless NPC enemies, or arena/party games, where 4+ people run around throwing items at each other or trying to knock each other off the stage, fighting games are explicitly 1-on-1 combat competitions. Consistency, dexterity, and psychology are all part of what it means to have skill in a fighting game. Beating a skilled player requires having a thorough understanding of what your character can do, and applying that against the player (not just character) you're facing. This simple dynamic is the genesis of countless emergent strategies, and the better you understand the fundamentals, the more you'll appreciate what the pros are doing in matches.
Fighting games, far more than any other genre in gaming, are driven by an extremely dedicated community of fans who take it upon themselves to ensure the longevity of their scene. The tournaments that form the backbone of the fighting game scene are run by fans, for fans. This year's annual Evolution tournament in Vegas was attended by top players from around the U.S., Japan, Korea, U.K., France, China, Mexico, and beyond; it received mainstream media coverage, drew millions of unique stream viewers, and played host to new announcements from Capcom and Namco's top producers. Evo was not created by Capcom or Namco to publicize their games; it's not run by GameStop or some "e-sports" league that intends to televise it for profit; it was organized by a small group of guys who simply love fighting games. This is a small, tightly-knit community that paradoxically spans the entire globe, and few people can really say that about their hobbies.
For some people, playing these games amounts to cracking a beer, picking the coolest-looking character, and mashing buttons as fast as possible until someone ends up winning. That�s cool, and if this is how you enjoy the game most, then more power to you! But if that's all you're interested in doing, you're probably not reading this thread, so I'm going to assume you're at least a little curious about how more advanced gameplay works. So let's talk about that...
Very loosely put, most fighting games are about two things:
Beginner Tutorial
Concepts covered: Controlling space (zoning), normals/specials/super moves.
Intermediate Tutorial
Concepts covered: 2-in-1s, combos, cross-ups, pressing the advantage, meaties, reversals.
Other learning resources:
Footsies Handbook - A multi-part beginner�s guide to what people mean when they say "footsies." If you're playing a game like Street Fighter and feel like you're not sure what to do during the neutral game (when both you and your opponent are standing up and moving around freely), this is a great place to start.
Shoryuken FG Term Glossary - This has a lot of niche terms and isn't super thorough in its explanations, but it is a fairly large list and it's worth checking if you hear something you don't understand.
Additional terms you'll see tossed about in fighting game discussions are listed in the Advanced Terminology section of this post.
If you�re looking to learn fighters more seriously for the first time, the most important thing is that you pick a game that you think looks cool and that you'll enjoy playing. That's going to keep you motivated to keep improving, which is ultimately better than forcing yourself to play something that doesn't really click for you.
That said, let�s talk about what the loose archetypes of fighting games are, and then what specific games are good to pick up at the moment.
Styles of Fighting Games
This is one of those things that players love to argue about, but since I�m the one writing this post, I�m gonna break it into 3 categories:
Current Game Recs
If you want to play with goons who can help you learn the above games, I recommend picking them up for PC and joining the goon Discord.
Let's face it: to the uninitiated, "frames" is a dirty word. It's a common misconception that people who are really into fighting games sit around all day memorizing frame data, and that this encyclopedic knowledge is somehow instantly accessible and applicable in a real match.
In truth, having a basic understanding of what people mean when they refer to various types of frames is simply useful in comprehending exactly what you're seeing in a game, and it goes a long way toward making the finer points of fighting games easier to grasp. Reading this summary will make it easier to digest some of the advanced terminology you'll see later, so before you get all huffy about not wanting to bother with that nerdy frame-counting bullshit, just relax for a minute and give it a shot.
As you probably know, any given move you're seeing on screen is comprised of multiple frames of animation. Exactly how many frames determines how fast the move is. For fighting games to function on a technical level, each move has to have some hard-coded properties for what each frame of the move represents: in the header above, if Ryu is just starting to perform a punch, should he mysteriously damage the other player if they're standing next to him? Of course not; the damage should occur when his fist is extended, and the punch (or rather, the hidden hitbox representing the punch) actually connects with the opponent on the screen. The frames of animation leading up to Ryu's fist actually hitting his opponent, then, can be thought of as startup frames; they're the frames that happen after you've pressed the punch button, but before Ryu is in a state wherein the opponent will actually be punched. The frames during which Ryu's fist is considered an active, damaging object are the active frames. And the frames after Ryu's punch is completed, during which he is recovering from his attempted attack, are recovery frames. Not so painful, is it?
So, when you see numbers representing frame data, what you're really seeing are the following:
Attacks that leave you with frame advantage on block/hit (or at least, a small enough disadvantage that your opponent has no guaranteed way of damaging you) are generally considered "safe." Attacks that leave you at a severe disadvantage on block/hit are considered "unsafe." This means that you shouldn't be throwing out unsafe moves unless you're sure they'll hit in your current situation, else your opponent gets a free opportunity to punish you for the mistake.
Because of the emphasized nature of blocking and punishment in 3D games, you'll often see frames discussed more heavily there than you might in Marvel or Street Fighter. In a game like Tekken, it is somewhat useful to know which of your character's moves will come out quickly enough to punish blocked moves from your opponent, and looking at punishment guides (which use frame data) is sort of a cheat sheet for seeing what those moves are. However, even in this case, learning which moves are useful for punishing mistakes is something you can absolutely learn intuitively by simply playing the game; memorizing numbers is never a necessity.
Canceling - Canceling refers to connecting one move to another in a way that reduces the recovery frames of the first move, and usually allows you to combo moves together that otherwise would not be fast enough to connect to each other. It's most often used in the context of connecting a normal to a special move, or a special move to a super move, and is done by simply inputting the next move before the current move is done being performed. The most common notation for cancels when talking about 2D fighters is "xx," so if you see a Ryu combo that reads c.MK xx hadouken xx shinkuu hadouken, you would press down + medium kick for the crouching MK, then cancel it into a fireball by performing the quarter-circle forward and punch while your kick is still going, then cancel that into his super fireball by doing the super fireball input while Ryu is doing the first fireball. If canceling didn't exist, Ryu would be sitting there recovering from his kick for way too long to throw a fireball and have it connect as part of the same combo. Canceling normals into each other is the basis for chain comboing, which is discussed below.
"Chains" vs. "Links" - A chain combo is a string of moves wherein the beginning of one move in the string cancels the recovery frames of the previous move; i.e., the moves "chain" together smoothly and are done simply by pressing one button after the other, usually with fairly even timing. Conversely, links are sequences of moves wherein each move has to completely finish its recovery animation before you can do the next move in the string. This often means that more precise timing is required, because you're left with a pretty small window during which your opponent is still "reeling" from the previous hit (i.e., they're in hitstun) while you perform the next move in the sequence. Games with a stronger emphasis on chain combos include Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Street Fighter IV more strongly emphasizes links. Tekken has a mix of each, technically speaking.
Damage/Hitstun Scaling - Because of the huge damage potential that combo systems create, many games institute a sort of proration system to put limits on what is possible through combos. Damage scaling refers to the gradual decrease in damage that your attacks do as your combo gets longer, so a hard attack done as the 5th hit of a combo does a lot less damage than it does when it's the 1st hit of the combo. Similarly, hitstun scaling is a gradual reduction in the amount of recovery time your opponent has after each hit. The latter is basically a failsafe to help prevent infinite combos from emerging, since eventually your opponent will recover so quickly from being hit that further comboing becomes impossible. There are mixed opinions about this mechanic in the fighting game community. You may also see these terms referred to as hitstun deterioration, proration, reduction, decay, etc.
Option Selects - An option select is a situation in which one input (or set of inputs) can result in multiple outputs, depending on which output is best for the situation. Example: in Street Fighter IV, throws are broken by inputting light punch (LP) and light kick (LK) at the same time when your opponent attempts to throw you. By pressing down-back + LP + LK while on defense, you create an option select: down-back blocks low, so if your opponent is in the middle of an attack (standing or low), the game engine ignores your LP and LK inputs in favor of blocking the attack. If your opponent attempts to throw you, the LP + LK input will break the throw. If your opponent does nothing, the game engine prioritizes the crouching (down-back) and LK inputs, and your character will do a c.LK, which is usually a very quick/safe move. The term is a bit obtuse, but you can see in this situation that one set of inputs results in three different "options" to select from. Usually, option selects are not the result of some intentional design decision from the developers, but rather a quirk of how are engines process and prioritize inputs.
Reads/Hard Reads - Not really just a fighting game term, but since it�s in the thread title: people refer to a �read� when someone blatantly predicts what the opponent is going to do. You wouldn�t typically throw a shoryuken out there willy-nilly, because you�re hosed if it gets blocked. But in matches, you might see someone do one from neutral that somehow hits the other guy, seemingly without explanation. The reason is that he made a hard read: �I�m in your head and I know exactly what you�re going to do in this situation, so I�m going to blow it up.� You generally don�t want to try for too many of these, because if you�re wrong, you�re screwed.
Resets - A reset is when you intentionally drop a combo to create an opportunity to start a new combo. This is done to maximize damage output by connecting 2 (or more) combos rather than just one complete combo -- i.e., it's better to do 4 hits of a 5-hit combo, reset, and get another 5-hit combo than to just land 5 hits in the first place. This is especially true of games that have severe damage scaling on longer combos, like Marvel vs. Capcom, since you're "resetting" the damage and hitstun scaling. The risk, of course, is that any time you drop a combo, you give your opponent an opportunity to block or escape further damage, so the most effective resets are those that are done unexpectedly, or in ways that are very confusing/difficult to escape.
Shimmy - This is a dumb word that was coined when Street Fighter V came out that basically just means �throw baiting.� You walk up to a dude as though you�re going to throw him, then take a tiny step back to get yourself outside of throw range. Because he thinks he�s about to be thrown, he does the input to break the throw, but now you�ve backed out of range, so he gets suckered into a whiffed throw animation and you get to punish him. It works in SF5 because the crouch tech option select (from SF4) doesn�t exist anymore, so there�s no foolproof way to break suspected throw attempts, and also because the throw range in the game is hilariously bad so you won�t get grabbed out of your shimmy.
Throw Breaks, Techs, and Softening - "Teching" a throw refers to inputting a command in anticipation of your opponent's attempt to throw you (or as part of an option select) that results in you reducing the damage taken from the throw. In some games, you can break out of a throw completely and avoid any damage from it altogether. Other games only allow you to "soften" the damage from a throw, rather than breaking it entirely. This is typically done the same way a break would be done in other games; it simply varies based on what the commands for throws are in a particular game. Throw softening also usually allows you to recover from the throw quickly, rather than suffering a full knockdown. Super Turbo and the Darkstalkers series both use throw softening rather than throw breaks.
If you have questions about other terms you've seen, or something isn't explained well enough here, feel free to ask in the thread.
Given the arcade roots of fighting games, it's no surprise that a lot of people prefer the feel of playing on arcade sticks. If you're used to the standard control pad and are thinking of moving to stick, be prepared to practice. There's definitely an adjustment period if you haven't played much on stick before, but once you're used to it, they're a lot of fun to use.
Deciding what stick is the right one for you is a function of how much you care about three things:
Update: Time hasn't been kind to Mad Catz's current-gen sticks. Look at Qanba and Razer as better options for high-end sticks.
Best Overall
Qanba Obsidian
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: $200
Pros: Excellent all-around stick, Sanwa parts, clean design, PS4-friendly, cheaper than other top-end sticks.
Cons: "Cheaper" isn't cheap, modding isn't quite as straightforward as with other sticks.
Razer Panthera
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: $150-$200
Pros: Great stick, Sanwa parts, hinged design allows super easy access to internals for modding or repairs.
Cons: Though internals are easy to access, aesthetic mods require some effort to get their stupid decal off the top and add your own plexi.
Still Good Options
Hori Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: $150
Pros: Solid midrange stick from Hori, an established name for arcade sticks. Cheaper and more readily available than Mad Catz�s high-end sticks. Parts are easy to swap.
Cons: Uses Hori proprietary parts instead of Sanwas. They�re not as terrible as most proprietary parts are, but you may end up wanting to swap them for Sanwas or Seimitsus.
Other: There�s also a Vewlix version out there, which basically means it costs twice as much but you get a loving enormous surface area that feels more like playing on an arcade cab. Doesn�t travel well, though.
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: $200-$300
Pros: Mad Catz's current top-of-the-line stick. Uses full Sanwa parts, includes L3/R3 buttons and a touchpad, and the top panel has hinges so you can pop it open to dick around with the internals easily. Built-in compartment for the USB cord. The bezel and artwork are swappable so you can show off your favorite Naruto yaoi fan art.
Cons: Pricey and in short supply. You may have to hunt around a little to get one, and it won't be cheap. Over time it's become clear that these sticks are prone to PCB problems, and you're SOL if yours breaks.
Mad Catz FightStick TES+
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: $170-$250
Pros: Another high-quality stick from Mad Catz. Full Sanwa parts, L3/R3 buttons and touchpad. Built-in compartment for the USB cord. Bezel and artwork swappable.
Cons: Doesn't have the hinged panel like the TE2+. But you can still pop it open with an Allen wrench (as with most non-TE2+ sticks) and replace whatever you want.
Other: Slightly tighter form factor than the TE2+, and the color scheme is easier to work with if you're thinking of custom artwork or other mods.
Cheaper/Entry Level
Venom Arcade Stick
Consoles: PS4, PS3, PC
Price: �65
Pros: Cheap, available in Europe, Sanwa buttons swap in easily.
Cons: Harder to get elsewhere, joystick itself doesn't swap quite as easily (you'll need to either get a 5-pin harness or do some soldering), and you're probably going to want to swap parts because the stock ones are lovely knockoffs.
Stick FAQs
Q. I�m having a hard time adjusting to my stick. I�ve been thinking I should get an octagonal gate/hitbox/other gimmicky poo poo...
A. Just stop. Many people fall victim to the mentality that if they just tweaked one more thing or looked for that tiny extra edge, THEN they�d really start to rank up. The thing that will make you better is practice. Octo gates actually screw with the effective throw ranges of diagonals in dumb ways and will make it harder (not easier) to consistently execute in the long run, and Hitboxes are the stick equivalent of Dvorak keyboards (�But they�re objectively better!!!� yeah we know but you�re still that geeklord who has to bring his own keyboard everywhere and doesn�t know how to type on qwerty).
Q. Okay, so what should I change on my stick?
A. Usually the first candidates for mods (particularly if you bought a bargain stick with low-end components) are:
Q. I just need a stick that works with my PC. Will console sticks work?
A. Generally speaking, anything that works with PS3/360 or above should also work with your PC. This means you might save some money over the PS4 sticks described above, because you can look for last-gen sticks like the Mad Catz TE, TE-S, or FightStick Pro. Note that some games (like Street Fighter V for some loving reason) don�t have DirectInput support, but you can use Joy2Key or similar lightweight programs to translate your stick inputs into something idiot games like that can understand.
Q. Do I need to learn stick to get good at fighting games?
A. No. There are a lot of pad warriors out there in tournaments, further enabled by the fact that tournaments now let people get away with in-game macro buttons (e.g. using shoulder buttons as shortcuts for hitting 3 punches or 3 kicks simultaneously). Some stuff is easier to do on stick, and some stuff isn�t, but typically people who get used to playing on stick don�t want to go back to pad. It feels good + fun to smash bigger buttons, you should try it.
Goonsgarden Discord - Discord fully supplanted IRC as the hangout of choice for SA's fighting game illuminati.
Fightcade is, in its own words, �an online retro arcade gaming platform for netplay.�
It uses GGPO�s rollback-based netcode to enable an unparalleled online play experience for lots of classic fighting games, from Super Turbo and the Street Fighter Alpha series to Vampire Savior, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, SNK titles, and tons of other poo poo. Folks who hang out in the goon IRC and Discord channels are almost always up for matches in one of these games, and the platform is free to use. Come hit us up for help setting it up and dive into some cool-rear end old games with us. Don�t play with abo though, that guy�s a dick.
Tekken 7 [Thread]
Injustice 2 [Thread]
Guilty Gear and other anime poo poo [Thread]
King of Fighters XIV [Thread]
Street Fighter V [Thread]
Street Fighter 5�s content
Tekken x Street Fighter (lol j/k)
Guilty Gear Xrd [Thread]
Mortal Kombat X [Thread]
Killer Instinct [Thread]
Pokk�n [Thread]
Skullgirls [Thread]
Ultra Street Fighter IV [Thread]
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 [Thread]
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 [Thread]
Injustice: Gods Among Us [Thread]
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate [Thread]
Persona 4 Arena [Thread]
Street Fighter x Tekken [Thread]
King of Fighters XIII [Thread]
Twitch - Basically all streams that happen for FGC events happen on Twitch. The most popular weeklies are on Wednesday nights: Wednesday Night Fights on Level|Up Live (West Coast) and Next Level Battle Circuit on TeamSp00ky (East Coast). There are also lots of regional events and major tournaments, which are less frequent and usually happen on weekends, all leading up to the Evo championships in July.
News/Blog Sites
iPlayWinner - Various fighting game news and a few guides, forums, and glossary.
EventHubs - They occasionally get tidbits of information about upcoming games before anyone else, but also everyone who posts on it is kind of a retard.
Level|Up - The west coast's biggest stream provider.
Game-Specific Sites
Shoryuken - The biggest resource online for Capcom fighters. Plenty of terrible human beings post here, but so do plenty of top players, and there is a lot of useful information to be found.
Tekken Zaibatsu - The biggest Tekken community site online. Again, lots of awful people, but also many excellent players. If you're getting into Tekken or want to learn more about a character, start here.
Dustloop - Great resource for Guilty Gear and BlazBlue guides, for beginners to experts.
8WayRun - Community site for Soul Calibur, if you still play that for some reason.
VFDC - The aptly-titled Virtua Fighter site.
Mizuumi - Wikis and information for poverty fighting games (Arcana Heart, Melty Blood, other anime fighters).
Stick Stuff
Shoryuken: Tech Talk - This is the section of SRK's forums dedicated specifically to joysticks and controllers. There are lots of useful threads here, including guides on modding your stick, various places to purchase replacement parts, and suggestions on what sticks to get.
Focus Attack - Stick part supplier. Lots of options, competitive prices, and fast shipping. Probably the best place to start when you're looking for the basics (buttons, stick components, etc.).
Paradise Arcade Shop - A married couple based in Hawaii, these two have very quickly become a popular source for stick hardware. The husband has come up with some innovative solutions to common issues with custom sticks, and they even do cute stuff like including chocolate-covered macadamia nuts with every order for all you fat hambeast goons out there.
Art's Hobbies - Art is a member of the Shoryuken community who has built a small business for himself doing custom stick art prints and acrylic orders for people who want to modify their sticks. He is a really nice guy and he does fantastic work, so if you want to do something cool to make your joystick your own, you should check out what he can do.
Amazon - Yep, you can even get stick parts here these days.
As for this thread, try to adhere to the following friendly guidelines:
Have fun!
Brosnan fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Nov 14, 2020
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Using this post for goon stick galleries or some other similar nonsense.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 18:44
Fighting games are fun and cool.
Especially the best fighting game, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R.
You should play it.
ACES CURE PLANES fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Apr 14, 2016
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 18:50
Terrible thread, doesn�t give Gootecks credit for coining the Gootecks Shimmy.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 18:54
I like the title
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 18:54
I know it's mostly for new players but the stick thing could probably do with a mention on converters for old sticks, although i'm not too up to snuff on them myself, top thread though!
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I didn't see anything about the Lupe Daigo SFV match in the OP. This is horseshit.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:03
fighting games in general might be a hard read, but the OP is a Good Read for sure
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ignore the op, this is all you need to know
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:09
This should be in page one of any FG thread.
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Someone please post a tier list for Dig Dug tia
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:13
please note that the OP is incomplete and will be finished sometime in june when brosnan posts a youtube video. you can also unlock other posters like zand and gwyrgyn blood a later date through shitposts or zenny.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:15
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|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:18
That's a good OP.
This should also be on page 1 too
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yah but how can anyone expect to win without knowing the micro-walk?
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:23
For the record, anyone new to fighting games is required to watch every goddamn video on this page.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:25
Brosnan posted:
For the record, anyone new to fighting games is required to watch every goddamn video on this page.
this is 100% true
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:26
Brosnan posted:
For the record, anyone new to fighting games is required to watch every goddamn video on this page.
People who are not new are not exempt from this requirement
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:27
i cant find that one jojos match so have this instead
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I�ll now tell the story of one of my own Street Fighter tournament victories. The tournament was called the East Coast Championships 4, or ECC4. I won the Street Fighter Alpha 2 portion of the ECC3 tournament, so I felt a lot of pressure to win again. I made it to the finals where I faced veteran player Thao Duong. Thao plays only one character (Chun Li), and he�s incredibly robotic, meaning he executes moves perfectly and rarely makes mistakes.
I was undefeated in the tournament so far, and Thao had one loss (it was double elimination format). This means Thao had to beat me 4 out of 7 games to be even with me, and another set of 4 out of 7 to win. I only had to win one set of 4 out of 7 to win.
I started by playing Zangief, my secret counter to Chun Li. Because it�s widely believed Chun Li totally destroys Zangief (but not mine!), it would be a flashy way to win. Whether it was my year of no practice or Thao�s playing skills or Chun Li�s dominance of the game I can�t be sure, but Zangief was not up to the task that day. No problem, since I would switch to my standard Chun Li killer: Ryu. I scraped together a win or two, but again my lack of practice was showing and Thao won by greater and greater margins. I then realized the horror of what I would have to do, and what I would become somewhat famous for in the Street Fighter community. I realized that the only remaining character I could reasonably play in a tournament was Rose, and furthermore that Rose, though very good against most characters, really only has one effective move against Chun Li: low strong.
This is where Sun Tzu comes in. My use of Rose�s low strong move is both a method of winning before fighting and of waiting. The low strong is an uninspiring little punch that doesn�t have all that much range, but it has amazing priority to beat other attacks. It�s also incredibly fast, allowing Rose to do multiple low strongs in a row with only the tiniest of gaps in between.
The low strong was my brick wall�my first test. The only problem is that there was no second test. And worse yet, there really wasn�t much �actual fighting� in store for Thao should he get past my �trick.� I could only hope that he�d fumble in trying to get around it, and even become frustrated enough to make mistakes. In retrospect, this is not the best approach to take against the robotic master of move execution himself, but it�s still preferable to no strategy at all, which was my alternative.
I low stronged my little heart out. Probably over 90% of my moves were low strong, done at a very particular range, and with a particular pattern of timing that I dare not reveal (let me keep some secrets). I had infinite patience to low strong forever, forcing Thao to defeat this trick. If he could beat it, we would then have to actually play, and at that point surely he would win. But fortunately, he never did beat it: he fought it head on. At times, he would decide not to attack, not to beat against a brick wall. I used that opportunity to get at the optimal range (which is one pixel farther from him than the range of my low strong). From this range, I continued to low strong forever. I wasn�t winning by doing that, but I wasn�t losing either. Even the robotic Thao would eventually tire and attack, sometimes at the wrong times out of annoyance or desperation. Spectators reported that I did an amazing 18 consecutive low strongs without either myself or Thao doing any other moves.
A side effect of my low strongs is that they create a �baseline expectation� of what I�m going to do. The sneaky roundhouse I do after the 17th low strong is pretty tricky, actually. I mean, wouldn�t you expect an 18th low strong after the 17th one? (Note: I was actually even more sneaky by doing the 18th low strong, then the low roundhouse.)
My story is dragging on as much as that match did. Each game is best 2 out of 3 rounds, and games tended to go the full 3 rounds. They went the full count of 4-3 when Thao won the first set, and all the way to the 14th and final game, where I won 4-3 in the second set to win the tournament. I collapsed in dehydration and drank a quart of red Fierce Berry Gatorade without pause. Even today, Fierce Berry Gatorade tastes like victory to me, but I digress.
Had I ever actually fought Thao �normally� with Rose, he would have killed me easily. Instead, in an amazingly boring and non-crowd-pleasing show, I attempted to prevent actual fighting through my �brick wall trick� of low strong. Furthermore, I bored my opponent into attacking hastily at times, and generally frustrated him, or at least think I did.
It�s interesting to note that early rounds of Street Fighter tournaments are often dominated by �tricks� like the ones I�ve described. Few players have the will to keep those brick walls up forever, though, and eventually resort to �actually playing.� Also interesting is that the last rounds of Street Fighter tournaments�especially the finals round to determine the top two players�very rarely operate anything like I�ve described. Far more often, the players good enough to get the final two are also good enough to easily avoid the kind of roadblocks I�ve been talking about, even if they have to devise countermeasures on the spot. The usual case at such high levels of play is �actual fighting� right off the bat, the very thing I try to put off as long as possible in a tournament match. So it seems that (my own exploits excepted!) tricks will only get you so far. Above a certain level of play, you must actively try to win the game, not just wait for the opponent to hand it to you. To the benefit of the spectators, when the best face the best, there are more often two bloody, clashing swords than a sheathed one.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:33
Play KOF98/02UM
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:36
AnonSpore posted:
I�ll now tell the story of one of my own Street Fighter tournament victories. The tournament was called the East Coast Championships 4, or ECC4. I won the Street Fighter Alpha 2 portion of the ECC3 tournament, so I felt a lot of pressure to win again. I made it to the finals where I faced veteran player Thao Duong. Thao plays only one character (Chun Li), and he�s incredibly robotic, meaning he executes moves perfectly and rarely makes mistakes.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:36
Killer Instinct is a pretty good game with a super great pc port that's one of the best games at making itself transparent (good tutorial, frame data and hitbox viewer baked in, etc.) out right now. It also has the gold standard in fighting game netcode in my opinion and the pc version supports crossplay with xbone, meaning it comes with a decent sized community already going strong. Just saying, y'all should play it!
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Trykt posted:
Killer Instinct is a pretty good game with a super great pc port that's one of the best games at making itself transparent (good tutorial, frame data and hitbox viewer baked in, etc.) out right now. It also has the gold standard in fighting game netcode in my opinion and the pc version supports crossplay with xbone, meaning it comes with a decent sized community already going strong. Just saying, y'all should play it!
How good a pc does it require?
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:49
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:52
i really dont know how anyone could watch the videos on this page, and play any number of free games, and not think that fighting games are the best pvp games on the internet, right now
brosnans post is good
fighting games are good
if u are bad thats fine, im bad too. lets play
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:54
I pressed buttons in UNIEL training mode last night and it felt good because I fuckin love anime and all of its super bullshit.
|# ? Apr 14, 2016 19:55
Shadow Ninja 64 posted:
I pressed buttons in UNIEL training mode last night and it felt good because I fuckin love anime and all of its super bullshit.
I wish people kept playing UNIEL but then again the netcode is just boring BB netcode so i still wouldn't be playing anyone
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Fereydun posted:
i cant find that one jojos match so have this instead
i gotchu fam
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Time to change the Redskins' name
By Brandon Niles explorebigsky.com Sports Columnist
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has said, "We will never change the name of the team," according to USA Today and ESPN.com.
The NFL football team's name has come under criticism recently by Washington D.C. Councilmember David Grosso on the grounds it's "racist and derogatory" to Native Americans, as reported by The Washington Times.
The organization has carried the name since 1933, when the Boston Braves moved to Fenway Park and were renamed the Boston Redskins. In 1937, the team moved to D.C. and became the Washington Redskins. It is understandable fans might be resistant to changing the name after decades of cheering for their home team. Furthermore, with such a long team history, Snyder likely has considered branding issues and marketing costs associated with a name change.
However, with teams moving cities and changing names fairly often in professional sports, it's difficult to see marketing and branding as a legitimate obstacle. In the wildly popular NFL, I can hardly believe the team would suffer any drawbacks. This reluctance is about tradition.
So what kind of tradition does the Redskins name hold? In an article written for The Nation by Dave Zirin and Zach Zill in 2011, George Marshall, the man who brought the Redskins to D.C., is described as a "great football innovator" but also a "stone bigot." The authors note Marshall's was the last NFL franchise to desegregate, and quote him saying, "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites."
It was Marshall who kept the team behind the curve on racial integration until 1962, after threat of civil rights action from the Kennedy administration. When the Redskins finally did integrate, so much controversy had surrounded the team that their top draft pick, running back Ernie Davis, refused to play for Marshall and was immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns. Marshall's reluctance to integrate still serves as a historical blemish on the team.
I understand tradition has value; however, tradition isn't a reason to maintain poor practices. Many traditions have ended due to civil rights issues, and the Redskins' name should follow. Perhaps only a small number of people are upset by the name and most polls suggest a vast majority of fans are against changing it. But when a name is oppressive and derogatory, those with the power to do so should not wait for a majority of the public to change their minds.
Fans will adjust. At the height of the NFL's popularity, Snyder should take this opportunity to do the right thing, even if it's not the popular thing. I would gladly cheer for the Washington Boars or any other name the market research team can develop. Making this move will gain much more historical support than it will lose current fans.
Snyder's insistence he "will never change the name of the team" is a short-sighted and myopic view of an issue that seems so glaringly obvious. I will continue to root for Washington players and support the city, fans and league as a whole. But my respect for Snyder has suffered and the intensity by which I feel the name should change has doubled in the face of his obstinacy. With such reluctance to do the right thing, it's clear to me that Snyder is just carrying on the Marshall tradition.


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Baltimore trio New Wave Order or NWO for short, is a hip hop group comprised by Jay Verze, Shwaze Collins, and Mack Scott. They have unleashed their video for their song, "Hollywood Hulk Hogan", a play on the groups name. NWO was a group made in the WWE in the mid to late 90's which superstar Hulk Hogan was a part of at one time. This video was shot in Baltimore by Addy Play and has the three artists displaying their talents with each of them bringing fire verses. The entire video is shot at the Francis Scott Key Bridge or as they know it, the Key Bridge. The time of the video was during the night and has the group using just the headlights of an Escalade to set the tone for this hard hitting track. With production from Zo Beats and Lando, this track has every element needed in this trap influenced instrumental. Check out the video above.
Connect with New Wave Order: Jay Verze / Shwaze Collins / Mack Scott


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I don't know what I was thinking. I had a rough day. I probably shouldn't have recorded but I did anyway. For some reason I knew it would make me feel better. And it did. 🙂
Now let me tell you about the video so you know what to expect if you want to watch it. It's long. The toddler shows up about 5 minutes in and he's, ummmmm, all toddler. It's about the only way I can describe it. This video is truly a look at how we make dinner most nights, disheveled and unorganized. But FUN! it worked out in the end. Everyone actually enjoyed this meal, husband included. I was quite surprised. If you remember the husband has that whole fruit/dinner thing. It is a sweet dinner. 🙂
So if you have an extra 20 minutes... enjoy laughing at me trying to be a patient mom. If not scroll down for the recipe.
- 4 oz whole wheat Orzo Pasta (I buy a case here and it's lasts forever! Stores well too)
- 2 boneless chicken breasts (approx 1 pound) cut into chunks
- 1 can pineapple slices packed in their own juice (20 oz) cut into quarters with ½ cup of the liquid saved
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp whole wheat flour
- ½ sweet onion diced
- 2 large bell peppers (1 red & 1 green is fun!) cut into large chunks
- 1 small-medium zucchini sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 inch of ginger root
- non-stick cooking spray
Prepare the pasta according to the package
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray and brown the chicken.
While the chicken is browning open the pineapple can. Take ½ cup of the pineapple juice and whisk with soy sauce, vinegar and flour. Set aside.
Cut your veggies.
One the chicken is completely brown remove from the skillet and set aside. Return the skillet to the heat, spray with a bit more cooking spray. Add the onion, peppers and zucchini in that order allowing some time in between for the onion to get soft. Add the pineapple. Stir. Grate in the garlic and ginger.
Raise the temperature to high and add the pineapple juice mixture. Stir. It should start to thicken.
Add the cooked chicken. Cooked orzo and stir for a minute or two merging the flavors.
Remove from heat and serve!
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|About a cup
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In our previous feature on ATI's new Radeon X1000 architecture, we noted that ATI was actually launching an entire family of graphics cards, to be priced from $99 to $549. That feature focused on the performance of the Radeon X1800 XT and X1800 XL cards, the two highest performing and most expensive in the lineup.
While October 5th was the day an impressively broad lineup was unveiled, ATI was only shipping two SKUs at the time: The X1800 XL and X1300 cards. The top dog X1800 XT is supposed to ship on November 5th and the mid-range X1600 cards don't go out the door until very late in November. Though ATI has always been up front about this, these paper launches only serve to frustrate potential buyers. It can be a bit confusing, too. Previews and reviews of cards were written weeks ago, but by the time you get your hands on them, newer drivers from ATI and competitive products from Nvidia could change the entire landscape, turning a "best of class" card into a bad deal.
As of the date of this writing, the only card you can actually buy is the X1800 XL. We have word from ATI that the X1300 cards have shipped to distributors some time ago, which should be appearing on the shelves and online stores any day now. With new drivers in hand, it's time to take a look at ATI's new low-end card. Continued…
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Television reality star Kim Kardashian is officially on her way to walking down the blissful wedding aisle – again. According to TMZ, her boyfriend, Kanye West, surprised her with a trip to San Francisco where he blindfolded her and took her to the AT&T stadium home of The Giants. He rented out the stadium for the birthday surprise and epic marriage proposal. He even got down on one knee in the middle of the field and presented her with a fifteen carat diamond ring. One of Kim's favorite songs, "Young and Beautiful (most recently heard on The Great Gatsby soundtrack) by Lana Del Ray echoed through the stadium with the help of a full orchestra as the personality celeb, of course, said a great big "Yes!" This will be her third attempt at a marriage while for Kanye, it will be his first. The couple have a baby daughter named North, born just four months ago. The marriage proposal also comes eighteen months after they decided to make their relationship public. Family and friends were also present to celebrate the happy occasion.
The stadium cost $35 K to rent, but money is never a problem for Kanye; it was also Kim's birthday – she is thirty-three years old. Kanye West, hip-hop performer, is known for his wild and non-censored rants while Kim Kardashian is famous for, well, practically doing nothing. With their daughter caught in the middle of all the limelight her parents seems to soak up, hopefully this will be a union to last and bring happiness into their lives.
If it doesn't Kanye can always auction off the giant diamond like the other ring from Kim's seventy-two days marriage to basketball player, Kris Humphries. That particular ring started off at two hundred thousand dollars at Christie's, according to Us Weekly, and eventually sold for six hundred twenty thousand dollars. That doesn't include the markup price, bringing the price of the unwanted ring (by Kim anyway) to seven hundred forty-nine thousand dollars. The original price of the ring was two million. The ex-engagement, Lorraine Schwartz ring was set with a sixteen point twenty-one caret diamond, not including the trapeze-cut diamonds on either side.
For more on Kim, follow her on Twitter where she shares personal information and sexy photos with her loyal eighteen point five thousand followers. Born to navigate social media to her benefit, she's always making a splash in the papers, sometimes for the best and often for not the best.
Image Credit: TMZ & MTV


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A free recipe for chicken with delicious flavour of the east.
I love a chicken curry. The spices are absorbed by the soft flesh to make a tender, fiery and deeply satisfying dish that whisks you away to dreams of hot nights in the exotic east.
Chicken Curry recipe ingredients
8 free-range chicken thighs
5 medium tomatoes
1 finely chopped onion
3 tbsp sunflower oil
thumbnail sized piece of root ginger
4 finely chopped garlic cloves
2 finely chopped green chillies
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
half tsp turmeric powder
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp low fat yoghurt
half a lemon
Chicken Curry recipe instructions
Firstly skin the tomatoes and set aside. Next fry the onion in the sunflower oil on a low heat for five minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and then throw in the spices and still well.
Add the chicken, tomatoes and about 100ml of water, cook for 15 minutes before covering with a lid and cooking for a further half hour.
Add the yogurt and lemon for the last two minutes of cooking before serving with rice or naan bread.


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We have all seen smiles that you know have dental crowns in the front. You look at them and say to yourself that something is not natural. Many times, it is the dark rim of gum tissue that gives it away. The dark rim of gum tissue does not occur around natural teeth, only around teeth that have been covered with dental crowns.
The dark line is associated with an old porcelain dental crown. This style of dental crown is referred to as porcelain fused-to-metal dental crowns because it uses tooth-colored porcelain on the outside and it uses metal under the porcelain for strength. The dark line originates from the edge of the dental crowns where the porcelain and the metal meet at a knife-edge at the gum line. At the knife-edge, a very thin amount of the metal always shows. One of the illusionary techniques cosmetic dentists have used was to hide the thin dark line under the gum line. Over time, the gum tissue would recede and expose the dark line. In some patients the dark line would show through the gum and make it appear dark as well.
The only way to eliminate the esthetic problem is to replace the dental crowns. When replacing just one single dental crown in the front, you should expect that it might take more than one try-in of the new dental crown before it is permanently cemented into place. Because your central incisors are the most prominent teeth in the mouth, matching them is the most difficult esthetic challenge. Only the best dental technicians are able to mimic one central incisor tooth next to another.
Some of the clever ways dentists and dental technicians have been able to mimic natural teeth is through the new advancements in dental materials. New all-tooth-colored ceramic dental crowns are the latest technological advancement cosmetic dentists have to recreate natural teeth. In comparison to porcelain fused-to-metal dental crowns, all-ceramic dental crowns do not contain any metal, thus no dark line can appear.
Some advantages and disadvantages of all-ceramic dental crowns are as follows:
Dental crowns often need to be replaced after several years of service for esthetic or functional reasons. With the growing esthetic awareness of patients and the available ceramic technology, this type of re-treatment is becoming more common in the dental office.
By Benjamin O. Watkins, III, DDS
Maybe the reason we find an eight-year-old's gapped teeth smile so adorable is...we know it's not permanent. Soon the grown-up teeth will be poking through, clean and new. All part of the mouth's natural evolution.
It's not often that nature gives us a second chance, but when it comes to teeth it does just that. For many children it can be a wake-up call to start taking dental hygiene seriously. As the old saying goes, "God gives you two sets of teeth, but you have to buy the third."
It may be time though to change that outdated piece of wisdom to: "Teeth are like friends...ignore them and their needs and they'll go away. Be kind to them and they'll stick with you forever."
That's why regular hygiene appointments and a gum disease examination are so important. Barring injury, there's simply no reason why most of us should be missing teeth as we grow older. Call it a "10,000 smile checkup," insuring all your parts are in good working order.
Once your cosmetic dentist knows that your teeth are healthy and the gums are sound, he or she can do a little restorative dentistry to evolve your smile to an even higher level. Things like dental bonding to close the gaps…or invisible dental crowns or veneers for front teeth…even teeth bleaching for a truly dazzling and beautiful smile.
Give your cosmetic dentistry professional a call. He or she can help you see to it that your mouth does the job it was intended to for a lifetime. And look drop-dead sensational at the same time!


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As if UFC 200 didn't provide enough drama over the past few days, UFC 201 has now offered up an unpleasant surprise of its own.
According to Globo, flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (pictured) has been forced out of the July 30 event against Wilson Reis with an undisclosed injury. The 125-pound affair was slated to co-headline the event.
It is believed the UFC will put Reis on the shelf until Johnson returns. It is unknown how long Johnson will be forced to ride the pine.
Johnson, arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the game, has rattled off 10 straight victories, with the last eight being of the title defense variety. "Mighty Mouse" is current tied with former/current interim light heavyweight champ Jon Jones with most consecutive title defenses.
Former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva still holds the UFC mark with 10.
Johnson is coming off February's quick TKO victory over former Olympic wrestling gold medalist Henry Cejudo. Despite the flak Johnson gets for not being "exciting," he has finished off five of his past seven victims before the final horn.
Reis has posted a 4-2 record since joining the UFC in 2013. He most recently notched a unanimous decision win over Dustin Ortiz in January.
Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia serves as host.
Here is the card's current lineup:
Erik Perez vs. Francisco Rivera
Damian Grabowski vs. Anthony Hamilton
Ian McCall vs. Justin Scoggins
Cesar Arzamendia vs. Damien Brown
Michael Graves vs. Bojan Velickovic
Damien Brown vs. Cesar Arzamendia
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Jorge Masvidal
Rose Namajunas vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Tyron Woodley vs. Robbie Lawler (UFC welterweight champion)


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Rising to the Occasion
Gerard Kitchener is fond of talking about the weather, especially as it pertains to Waratah Bay in southeastern Victoria, Australia. But this isn't ordinary weather—it boasts the most boisterous elements this rugged coastal region can dish up. Think lashing horizontal rain, frequent bouts of lightning, gale-force winds strong enough to dislocate car doors and blow the dogs over, and hailstones as big as walnuts.
Gerard and his partner Denise spend most weekends on top of an exposed hill in a two-level steel-and-glass tower on stilts, reading newspapers and savoring the fine wines that they're passionate about. There's no cowering at ground level for these two. "You would have to be mad to live here," admits Gerard, with a grin.
As far as containers for living in, this one is well prepared to cope with all weather. It's a triumph, according to Gerard, of design over environment. Something of an inventor, he views Australia's extreme climate as a hurdle to be overcome—he recently patented a wine-storage system designed especially to battle the tropical humidity and ovenlike heat that Australia can deliver. "This house was a similar exercise. We worked very hard on the design of the wine-storage system—we love our wine so we devised a special condenser to cope with excess humidity. With this house, it was a similar challenge. We've learned a lot about ourselves, and how good design can enable you to live well in an extreme climate."
The couple had owned a more conventional holiday shack nearby, but a few years ago they came into enough money to buy some land on the highest point in the neighborhood. Standing on the roof of their car, they imagined the views from their future house—a 360-degree panoramic sweep that would take in the surging ocean on three sides and in the middle, in the distance, a pristine forest.
Serendipity led them to Melbourne architect Daniel Holan, with whom they instantly clicked. "We bought a book on Australian architect Glenn Murcutt for inspiration, and the woman working in the bookshop suggested we contact Daniel if that was the sort of thing we were looking for. It turns out she was an old friend of his," recalls Gerard.
During initial meetings and site visits, Holan sketched a design that featured a sleeping pavilion connected via a spiral staircase to a living and kitchen level. To take in those greatly anticipated views, the house was to be perched on steel legs, above water tanks, a carport, and a laundry. "We told Daniel we wanted a view from every corner of the house, including the bathroom and even the shower," says Denise.
Those views are immediately evident in the light-flooded living area while in the bedrooms, which are enclosed by walls clad externally in corrugated steel, they are merely glimpsed through narrow vertical windows. Solid blinds ensure a good night's sleep.
Overall, Holan specified cost-effective materials like steel beams and corrugated steel panels that could be prefabricated offsite, trucked to this remote location, and erected quickly using a crane. "The steel members were precision cut offsite, and a preliminary assembly was checked in the factory," he explains. "The entire structure was then constructed and bolted together onsite like a giant Meccano set in one and a half days."
Four double I-beams make up the building's refined outer skeleton. The I-beams are placed centrally on all four sides of the house, leaving the corners free of structural elements. Holan dissolved the corners further still by introducing butt-jointed glazing to the living space and bedrooms. As a foil to all this steel and glass, translucent white thermoplastic cladding lends a 21st-century flavor to the entry stair walls and water tanks.
Generous glazing on the upper level affords the house its lookout-tower character. Holan sourced a special window system from Germany in order to hermetically seal the house against heat loss and howling winds. "It can be blowing a gale outside and be quiet and warm in here," says Gerard. "These double-glazed windows were designed to withstand severe European winters, and they work well here, too."
Atop the house, a pair of skillion roofs is arranged in counterpoint—one raking up to take in views of nearby Wilsons Promontory National Park, the other capturing the rolling pastures of the hinterland. Rain is collected by these two roofs, running into a gutter in the center and down pipes to the tanks below. The garden is maintained using water from a dam on the property. Household waste is treated in an onsite septic unit.
The house is connected to a limited local power supply, so energy-sapping appliances have been kept to a minimum. There's no plug-in climate control—the well-sealed windows and pull-down blinds control solar gain and loss, while glass louvers and ceiling fans aid air circulation during the summer. It could be a chilly 45 degrees outside yet a balmy 74 inside.
The clients are thrilled with their unusual residence—now a national identity thanks to its starring role in a television commercial—but what have the locals made of it? "The local newspaper called us a blight on the landscape," says Gerard, with more than a hint of satisfaction.
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So this weekend, I went to the RiNo Music Festival. This was it's first year in a space that I guess (from what I read) aims to become a music venue in the neighborhood (which is pretty sweet).
The line up was impressive, bands I knew from the radio.
[update] I realized I glossed over this to get to the bad, but the line up really was impressive. Every band had at least one song I knew from the radio so I could recognize them when they played. Having all bands a casual radio listener would know is (I assume) no small feat for a first time music festival. So while there's plenty I think the organizers could have done better, the line up was a success for sure.
The location was not bad, hard packed dirt with room for food trucks, a stage at the far end of the pie shaped space.
That's about where the "good" ends.
The show started at 4:30 and we got there about 5. Not too many people had arrived yet so it was easy to get beer from one of the two trucks, easy to visit one of the 5 or so food trucks.
Beer was cash only, yet they used square registers with iPads. One more step and they could take credit cards. One step, and they could have been totally awesome, and modern, yet they opted for cash only with shitty signs you couldn't see until you got to the front of the ever lengthening line.
Oh and every food truck there, totally capable of taking credit cards. Fail one, RiNo Music Festival.
We grabbed beers and food and were able to grab a table with an umberella. As we sat and enjoyed our beers, more and more folks showed up. A good thing for sure, the festival was clearly not a failure.
That's when things went off the rails.
As we sat there, the the line for beer (remember just two trucks, cash only) got longer and longer.
The line for the food trucks started to get longer. The line for the ATM got as long.
When our cups were empty it was "stand in a 100+ people line" or leave.
We left.
Leaving was a zig zag obstacle course of overlapping lines.
On leaving the security guy asked the guy in front of us if he was coming back in, "Fuck no, i can't even get a beer in there"
Well said brother.
We walked to the Blue Moon Brewery, paid $2 less for a beer, and got a larger cup, and used our credit cards.
I feel ike the RiNo Music Festival was so close to executing an awesome event. They surely had an idea of how many people were coming, because it wasn't free, tickets were required. They surely knew about square registers, so why not speed up the process selling beer? Why not add another beer truck?
I had friends who showed up and lasted 10 minutes.
Next year if it happens I'll think twice about attending even though it was right in my backyard.


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Benitez has no intention of bringing Colback in from the cold
Rafael Benitez has admitted there is no way back for Jack Colback at Newcastle.
The 28-year-old midfielder continues to train with the club's under-23s after being told during the summer that he had no future at St James' Park and could leave.
However, a transfer window move failed to materialise and, despite Benitez having latest signing Mikel Merino potentially missing for several weeks with a lower back problem, a man who was called into the England squad back in 2014 will not be drafted back into the senior set-up.
Asked about Colback ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Bournemouth at St James' Park, Benitez said: "He's training in the academy with under-23s.
"He knows what the situation is and we will continue working with the players we have available now.
"He knew from the beginning we have four or five midfielders and I didn't want to have six. We couldn't manage to move any more players out at the end of the transfer window or find teams for them, and you can't train as well with too many players around in the same position. I didn't want that.
"Without Merino, we can play Mo Diame, Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden and Henri Saivet – even Chancel Mbemba played as a midfielder at the African Cup of Nations.
"It's not a situation that for games, you will not have players, I think we have enough bodies."
For all Benitez is confident he has cover, Merino's absence against the Cherries will come as a blow with the Spain Under-21 international, having made an impressive start to his career on Tyneside.
His manager said: "Merino is at least a couple of weeks. We'll see how he's doing. He won't go with the national team. He'll have treatment and we will see.
"We know he's not available so we have to concentrate on the other players."
Hayden has shaken off a minor calf strain to return to contention as the Magpies attempt to bounce back from Monday night's disappointing 1-0 defeat at Burnley, a reverse which Benitez accepted in philosophical fashion.
He said: "It's a long race. Just one game should not change you mood or your plans or everything you've been preparing. You have to be disappointed when you lose, but we're in a good position."
Source: PA
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1. Acknowledge God's Character.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1 (NIV)
2. Admit Your Sin.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. Point out anything you find in me that makes you sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139:23-24 (TLB)
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
Psalm 51:4 (NIV)
Surely I was sinful at birth.
Psalm 51:5 (NIV)
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Psalm 51:14 (NLT)
3. Accept God's Cleansing.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7 (NIV)
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Psalm 51:2-3 (NIV)
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:10,12 (NIV)
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Psalm 51:14 (NLT)
4. Advise Your Friends.
Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you.
Psalm 51:13 (NLT)
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This art journal page was created inside a friend's book as part of a swap for the Australian Art Journal Swap group using the theme, Nature.
I've created my art journal page using a sheet of beautiful rice paper from Stamperia featuring two hands inspired by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. Together with Tim Holtz rubber stamps and Idea-Ology Collage Paper, I've grown a wild urban tapestry filled with tiny creatures.
- all arty treasures used are available at the 'Art by Jenny' online shop -
How to create layers with tissue...Dylusions Mixed Media Journal, I trimmed the Stamperia Rice Paper Sheet to size and glued it down with a gel matte medium using my trusty flat wide paintbrush.
white gesso to use as a wash over the background areas of the rice paper to calm down the contrast of the printed words.
The birds, quote and grunge spatters are all from the Tim Holtz Stamp Set "Urban Tapestry". I love the typographic style of this quote. It says :
"The creative is the place where noone else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and venture into the wilderness of your intuition. You can't get there any other way, only by taking risks and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself."
Gesso would do the same thing but pencil doesn't crinkle up the paper or need drying time.
Colour was applied to the birds using watercolour pencil (red and brown) and a waterbrush.
Being a translucent tissue, I was able to flip one of the birds to face the other way (perched on the hand facing left) without losing too much detail. Then coloured over him with black pencil to give his feathers more definition and darken the image.
Slate and Stone").
The brown Archival Ink was only applied to small sections of the stone background stamp and pressed onto the page without an acrylic block, to give it a more rustic appearance.
Entomology". They're crawling all over the place!
I coloured the beetles and some of the ants with brown watercolour pencil then once dry, I drew on the white highlights and gave them a covering of Ranger's crackle medium.
After being glued onto the page with gel matte medium, I painted their wings with an iridescent medium to make them shimmer.
Their black stripes were enhanced using black pen and highlights drawn on with white gel pen.
Thanks for reading my blog post. Hope it helps you smile and inspires you to make time for arts, crafts and creativity! Enjoy every moment :)
Happy Creative Day!


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I understand that blog wise I have – what is the correct terminology here – dropped the ball. This ball dropping extends to all areas of my life. Whatever. Dropping balls is as legitimate a lifestyle as any. Just ask the Raiders.
In the event, I actually blame the Raiders. Who doesn't.
The Raiders were the one relationship I trusted to sustain, distract and comfort me in times of uncertainty and I didn't notice it happening at the time but at some point during the season this relationship took a grievous turn toward near-total apathy so that three months' worth of incidents and machinations failed to elicit any emotion or response from me at all but seeing the Raiders describe Jarrod Croker as a "flashy" player on Facebook causes me to flip the fuck out.
Setting aside the season-spanning, serialised saga of ceaseless negativity, the Raiders appear to have reached a new juncture in their grim narrative by categorising Croker as a "flashy" player.
This is what they've come to. They are so parched of hope and devoid of talent that Croker now rates as a flashy player.
Ye Gods. Because no offense to Jarrod but I register strong objections to this claim. Actually, offense.
He doesn't pass, he can't tackle, and even if you don't take into account the permanent internal damage that missed kick in 2010 obviously inflicted he still looks like he's perpetually on the brink of a psychic meltdown and needs his mom.
Here is Croker holding back the beckoning abyssLeaving aside his undiagnosed and chronic PTSD, the nice – not flashy, nice - thing about Croker is that he has no desire to ever leave Canberra. He is HAPPY in Canberra. He enjoys a FULL AND VIBRANT LIFE in Canberra. He didn't even want to leave Goulburn to move to Canberra and make grade because the carefully laid out roads alarmed and overwhelmed him. There is something essentially decent about this, especially in light of what has been happening at the Raiders for a long time but was thrown into rude relief this year so that they are now what are referred to in professional media circles as a "problem club", which is also nice.
Here is Dugan signing with the Dragons
Of course, the professionals are right, but most of this year's unpleasant 'problems' are representative of a psychological syndrome at the Raiders that I notice has become steadily and now suddenly worse as the years wear on – that of finding Canberra a dissatisfying and dispiriting place to live and play in.
Canberra is not going to change. Young and restless players are going to continue to find themselves trapped in Sartre-like "huis clos" – a "no exit" hell of their own making, and will continue to lose fans and alienate people by seeking or forcing releases.
Short of relocating the entire club to Perth I don't know what can be done about this.
Here is Blake being bad
Performance-wise, the Raiders veer between the passable and the incompetent. Off-field, they have always maintained a relatively calm surface which has been ruptured at obligingly spaced intervals by the sort of scandals that are better understood if you keep a copy of the ACT's criminal statutes handy and prominent.
The gradual and then sudden unspooling of Todd Carney's entire Canberra career, Joel Monaghan being blown by a teammate's dog, Josh Dugan confounding everyone by turning out to be a total dickhead and Blake Ferguson making me so sad I can't even bring myself to mention him beyond this point on here are some of the more seismic ruptures. See also:
Coach Furner's sacking
The senior player revolt that led to Coach Furner's sacking
Hemorrhaging hundreds of points in a series of huge late season losses
Suffering the most catastrophic loss in club history – Storm 68 Raiders 4 Dropping from a lofty ladder position to one lower than Clint Eastwood's balls but still higher than the Eels
Papa Josh announcing his plans to join the priesthoodAnthony Milford's attempts to avoid having to suffer the dreadful corrosive reality of living in Canberra now that people outside of Canberra know his name
Papa and Milford going rogue and getting on the drink two days before their must win match against the Warriors in Auckland which Papa throwing up in their hotel corridor
Letting Sam Williams go and now facing the very real possibility of going from having too many halves to no halves next year Sandor Earl being awarded the opportunity to explore his capacities for regret, despair and banned substances outside of the NRL
The death of #Dorguson
Ricky Stuart
Here are Papa and Milford being best friends
Here are Papa's shorts creeping into his crotch
Here is Milford's hair
Here is Blake being bae
Here is everyone who has anything to do with the Raiders


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