There is evidence of early humans being killed and eaten by eagles.
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Thursday, 5 June 2014
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 05, 2014)
Add a Letter 49
Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided.
1) a female relative & to challenge in a mocking manner (4 letters)
2) the point where two edges meet & a person who investigates the causes of deaths (6 letters)
3) a person of low social or cultural status & a long-tailed game bird (7 letters)
4) nimble or agile & a jet of fine vapor, as from an atomizer (4 letters)
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Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided.
1) a female relative & to challenge in a mocking manner (4 letters)
2) the point where two edges meet & a person who investigates the causes of deaths (6 letters)
3) a person of low social or cultural status & a long-tailed game bird (7 letters)
4) nimble or agile & a jet of fine vapor, as from an atomizer (4 letters)
Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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Samuel Silva Makes Art with Ballpoint Pens
Silva likes to recall the story of when he started drawing, growing up in a small town in Portugal. He was only 2. And he pegs his inspiration on simply observing. And seeing his amazing photorealistic art today show that it’s paid off.
…we had a garden and instead of playing with toys I would rather observe the bees, plants and flowers all the time.
The Process
Samuel uses typical unremarkable ballpoint pens you can pick up at any office supply store. What he does differently is he layers pen over pen “cross hatching” to make colors that he wouldn’t have otherwise. A single work has taken him up to 30 hours of work and the detail that time brings is clearly seen in his art!
What makes him even more amazing is he does this just in his free time! Samuel calls his art his hobby. His real job? He has a degree in law and practices as a lawyer! In addition, ballpoint pen isn’t the only medium he draws with:
Ballpoint pen is not my only medium, it’s just the one I’m currently trying to master. At this point in my life I’m fairly proficient with chalk, pencil, color pencil, pastels, oils and acrylics. Maybe one day I’ll create an account just to share those.
He Answered Questions on his Portfolio
Q: How many colors do you have and what pens are these?
I have 8 colored Bic ballpoint pens, for this I used 6 of them plus black. They are just common everyday ballpoint pens.
Everything is 100% ballpoint pen.
Q: Where do you get them? I have never seen them.
Staples, Ebay, Amazon, and pretty much any good office supply store, just because you haven’t noticed them before doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
Q: Do you use any other medium mixed with the ballpoint pens?
No, I just use ballpoint pens for these drawings. Everything is 100% ballpoint pen.
Q: How do you mix the colors? How do you blend them?
I don’t mix them nor blend them. Ballpoint pen ink dries instantly and can not be erased. I just cross hatch the different colors in layers to create the illusion of blending and the illusion of colors I don’t actually have.
Q: Are you a professional Artist?
No, I’m just a lawyer, art is just a hobby for me, although it takes from 20 to 500 hours or more to finish each drawing. I started drawing when I was 2, that’s 29 years of experience.
Q: What colors do you have?
Yellow, orange, magenta, light green, light blue, blue, pink, purple. I also have a classic black and a classic blue Bic pens.
I only draw for myself, as a hobby, to improve my own skills, to practice on my own, and because I love it, not to please critics.
Q: Do you trace the drawings, use projected images, what do you do to get the proportions?
No. I use a grid on the reference, I then draw another pencil grid on the paper to make the drawing the exact size I want, then draw the simple outlines in pencil as accurately as possible and then erase the pencil as I color the drawing. I look and draw, fully freehand, the traditional typical old way. At this point I don’t need a grid, I can draw just by looking, I just use one to save time.
Q: Do you use photo manipulation, digital effects, drawing tablets or any other digital medium?
No. I like to do my work traditionally, the hard way, the way I like and the only way I know how.
Q: Some say drawing exact copies of photos is not art.
I don’t care what some people think and couldn’t care any less! I love realism, I only draw for myself, as a hobby, to improve my own skills, to practice on my own, and because I love it, not to please critics. Also, there are as many concepts of what is art as there are humans on earth, so what really matters is what art is for you, in your heart, not what others think it is or what others think it should be.
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Today in History for 4th June 2014
Historical Events
1919 - US marines invade Costa Rica
1944 - French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1953 - Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
1969 - Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group
1989 - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
2012 - Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan
Famous Birthdays
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
1893 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
1951 - Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
1953 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
1963 - Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
Famous Deaths
1394 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
1809 - Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
1872 - Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
2004 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
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Brain Teaser 6/04/2014
1. A man is asked what his daughters look like. He answers, "They are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two." How many daughters did he have?
2. Which is more, seconds in 100 hours or inches in 100 yards?
3. Why are 1980 pennies worth more than 1979 pennies?
Solution
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2. Which is more, seconds in 100 hours or inches in 100 yards?
3. Why are 1980 pennies worth more than 1979 pennies?
Solution
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