Circular Perfection | Gold Light Art Studios

The sphere is perfect as a classroom exercise because there is no way of faking it! If you make one of the transition tones in the light even a little bit too dark it will look like a spot or blemish. Make the value too light in the dark range and the form doesn't turn. The more one works on it and the more real looking it becomes, the more delicate your handling must become or it will stand out compared to the previously painted passages.

Jessica Du painted this during the Sunday drawing and painting class. She is in high school and works very consistently here, even though she has the usual full high school schedule. This is all going into her college portfolio I am completely impressed at her level of focus and the care she puts into her studies. At that age, I had nowhere near her level of maturity or quality of finished work.

Medical Alert Goes on Television Courtesy of DRTV Agency Kre8 Media Inc.

Medical Alert Direct Response Via TV

Although it’s one of the veteran companies in its category, Medical Alert had never used direct-response television advertising before choosing Kre8 Media Inc. as its new agency. Medical Alert’s new TV campaign from Kre8 Media debuted in August and new leads and orders have spiked.
Medical Alert’s in-home personal alarm system lets people who are experiencing a medical emergency summon help by pushing a button on a wristband or pendant.
The campaign from Kre8 Media is aimed both at senior citizens who live by themselves and the people who care for them. This represents a combined audience in excess of 10 million people. Previously, Medical Alert, a unit of Connect America, had relied on print and online advertising.
Kre8 is using two of its trademark tactics to increase Medical Alert’s market share: telephone numbers that are unique to the networks on which the commercials run and the single Internet URL use www.medicalalert.com. Much of Kre8’s growth and success since its founding is the result of its ability to track Internet responses to the commercials that generated the responses with the aid of sophisticated metrics and modeling.

“Medical Alert is a natural for direct-response TV advertising,” said T. Lee Cutler, founder and president of Kre8 Media. “Their dual audience now has two ways of responding to the company’s offer: an 800 number for the seniors and an Internet address for their younger caregivers. Using this new approach, we’ve already seen an increase at this early stage in the TV campaign.” Kre8 Media’s DRTV Buying tactics have proven to be extremely effective.

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Most Memorable List For 2011

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According to Nielsen, the top web brands in 2011 (in the U.S.) were:

1. Google

2. Facebook

3. Yahoo

4. MSN/WindowsLive/Bing

5. YouTube

6. Microsoft

7. AOL Media Network

8. Wikipedia

9. Apple

10. Ask

For social networks and blogs (in the U.S.) the list was:

1. Facebook

2. Blogger

3. Twitter

4. WordPress

5. MySpace

6. LinkedIn

7. Tumblr

8. Google+

9. Yahoo Pulse

10. Six Apart TypePad

The Top online destinations for video (in the U.S.) were:

1. YouTube

2. VEVO

3. Facebook

4. Yahoo

5. MSN/WindowsLive/Bing

6. AOL Media Network

7. Hulu

8. The CollegeHumor Network

9. CNN Digital Network

10. Netflix

 

Twitter

Twitter's most tweeted events (tweets per second):

6,939 - JAN 1 - New Years

4,064 - FEB 6 - Super Bowl

5,530 - MAR 11 - Japanese earthquake and tsunami

3,966 - APR 29 - UK Royal Wedding

5,106 - MAY 2 - Raid on Osama bin Laden

6,303 - MAY 28 - UEFA Champions League

5,531 - JUN 13- NBA Finals

6,436 - JUN 27 - BET Awards

4,995 - JUL 11 - Home Run Derby

7,166 - JUL 17 - Brazil eliminated from the Copa America

7,196 - JUL 17 - End of FIFA Women's World Cup

5,449 - AUG 23 - East Coast earthquake

7,064 - AUG 25 - Steve Jobs resigns

8,868 - AUG 28 - MTV Video Music Awards

7,671 - SEP 20 - Troy Davis executed

6,049 - OCT 6 - Steve Jobs passes away

The top hashtags of the year were:

1. #egypt

2. #tigerblood

3. #threewordstoliveby

4. #idontunderstandwhy

5. #japan

6. #improudtosay

7. #superbowl

8. #jan25

The top topics were broken down by category

TV:

1. Pretty Little Liars

2. Two and a Half Men

3. The Craigslist Killer

4. Golden Globe Awards

5. People's Choice Awards

Movies:

1. Thor

2. The Dark Knight Rises

3. X-Men: First Class

4. Fast Five

5. Green Hornet

Music:

1. Rebecca Black and Friday

2. Nate Dogg

3. FEMME FATALE

4. Gerry Rafferty

5. Gil Scott-Heron

Actresses:

1. Elizabeth Taylor

2. Mila Kunis

3. Anne Hathaway

4. Raven Symone

5. Natalie Portman

6. Elisabeth Sladen

7. Jennifer Lopez

8. Nina Dobrev

9. Emma Watson

10. Fernanda Vasconcellos

Actors:

1. Charlie Sheen

2. Macaulay Culkin

3. Ryan Dunn

4. Ricky Gervais

5. Pete Postlethwaite

6. Tracy Morgan

7. Jake Gyllenhaal

8. Ashton Kutcher

9. Colin Firth

10. James Franco

Soccer:

1. Wayne Rooney

2. Fernando Torres

3. Howard Webb

4. Wembley Stadium

5. Colo Colo

Football:

1. Dallas

2. Green & Yellow

3. Superbowl MMXI

4. Jim Harbaugh

5. Pittsburgh Steelers

NBA:

1. Rashard Lewis

2. Ray Allen

3. Derrick Rose

4. Jason Terry

5. Dallas Mavericks

Baseball:

1. Texas Rangers

2. Bert Blyleven

3. Roberto Alomar

4. Vernon Wells

5. Justin Verlander

Food and Drink:

1. McLobster

2. Fried Kool-Aid

3. Starbucks Trenta

4. Devassa Beer

5. Guinness

6. BBQ

7. Mac & Cheese

World News:

1. Mubarak's resignation

2. Raid on Osama bin Laden

3. Japanese earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster

4. Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords

5. Gaddafi's death

6. Swine Flu outbreak

7. WoW Gold Guide

Cities and Countries:

1. Cairo

2. Egypt

3. Japan

4. Libya

5. Tokyo

6. Dallas

7. Vancouver

8. Hawaii

9. Joplin

10. Austin

Tech:

1. Mac App Store

2. Sony NGP

3. Guitar Hero

4. Mozilla Firefox

5. Duke Nukem Forever

6. iPad

7. iPhone

8. Nintendo 3DS

9. Mortal Kombat

10. iPod

Facebook

Facebook's top games:

Gardens of Time (Playdom)

The Sims Social (EA)

Cityville (Zynga)

DoubleDown Casino (DoubleDown Interactive)

Indiana Jones Adventure World (Zynga)

Words With Friends (Zynga)

Bingo Blitz (Buffalo Studios)

Empires & Allies (Zynga)

Slotomania-Slot Machines (Playtika)

Diamond Dash (wooga)

Facebook topic lists for 2011

US Top 10 status trends

1. lms (like my status)

2. tbh (to be honest)

3. Death of Osama bin Laden

4. Charlie Sheen

5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

6. Casey Anthony found not guilty

7. Packers win the Super Bowl

8. Hurricane Irene

9. Insidious (movie)

10. Death of Amy Winehouse

Fastest growing areas of interest on Facebook globally

Entertainment

Actors and TV Personalities

1. Megan Fox

2. Vin Diesel

3. Adam Sandler

4. Selena Gomez

5. Will Smith

6. Taylor Lautner

7. Jackie Chan

8. Ashley Tisdale

9. DJ Pauly D

10. Kim Kardashian

  

Movies

1. Harry Potter

2. The Twilight Saga

3. Toy Story

4. Avatar

5. Jackass

6. Shrek

7. Saw

8. Pirates of the Caribbean

9. Fast &Furious

10. Titanic

  

TV Shows

1. House

2. Two and a Half Men

3. The Simpsons

4. Family Guy

5. South Park

6. Grey's Anatomy

7. SpongeBob SquarePants

8. CSI: Miami

9. iCarly

10. The Big Bang Theory

 

Fictional Characters

1. Dr. House

2. Dory

3. Patrick Star

4. Mr. Bean

5. Upin & Ipin

6. Bob Esponja

7. Mario

8. Doraemon

9. Ari Gold

10. Sue Sylvester (GLEE)

Music

Musicians

1. Rihanna

2. Bob Marley

3. Avril Lavigne

4. David Guetta

5. Enrique Iglesias

6. Usher

7. Lady Gaga

8. Metallica

9. Green Day

10. Black Eyed Peas

Most Listened To Songs

1. We Found Love - Rihanna and Calvin Harris

2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry

3. Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO

4. Titanium - David Guetta and Sia

5. First of the Year - Skrillex

6. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - Skrillex

7. Without You - David Guetta and Usher

8. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine

9. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People

10. Someone Like You - Adele

Sports

Athletes

1. Leo Messi

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. John Cena

4. Ricardo Kaka

5. David Beckham

6. Michael Jordan

7. Sachin Tendulkar

8. Andres Iniesta

9. Kobe Bryant

10. Cesc Fbregas

Sports Teams

1. FC Barcelona

2. Real Madrid C.F.

3. Manchester United

4. LA Lakers

5. Chelsea Football Club

6. Liverpool FC

7. A.C. Milan

8. Arsenal

9. Galatasaray

10. Fenerbahce

News

News Outlets

1. CNN

2. Fox News

3. NPR

4. The Onion

5. The New York Times

6. Al Jazeera Channel

7. Yahoo! News

8. The Times of India

9. BBC World News

10. PBS

Most Shared Articles

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami (New York Times)

What teachers really want to tell parents (CNN) No, your zodiac sign hasn't changed (CNN)

Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps (CNN)

(video) - Father Daughter Dance Medley (Yahoo)

At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan (Yahoo)

You'll freak when you see the new Facebook (CNN)

Dog in Japan stays by the side of ailing friend in the rubble (Yahoo)

Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines (Yahoo)

New Zodiac Sign Dates: Ophiuchus The 13th Sign? (The Huffington Post)

Frugal Dad put out this infographic comparing the year in review through the eyes of Twitter, Facebook and Twitter.

StumbleUpon

Top topics from StumbleUpon's explore box:

1. love

2. funny

3. tattoo

4. games

5. diy

6. wedding

7. harry potter

8. hair

9. recipes

10. food

Blogs

Pingdom ranked the top blogging services in terms of downtime:

1. Blogger

2. WordPress

3. Typepad

4. Posterous

5. Tumblr

YouTube

Most popular videos of the year:

1. Rebecca Black - Friday

2. Ultimate Dog Tease

3. Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)

4. Talking Twin Babies (pt. 2)

5. Nyan Cat

6. Look at me now - cover by @KarminMusic

7. The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj & John Waters)

8. Maria Aragon - Born this way cover

9. The Force - Volkswagen commercial

10. Cat mom hugs her baby kitten

Most viewed videos from major record labels:

Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull

LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock

Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song [Official Video]

Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

Pitbull - Give Me Everything ft. Ne-Yo, Afroj