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Windows stopped for an unexpected error. In some cases a device driver may be identified, but the issue might not be related to this driver.
This is a fatal Windows error, typically called a Stop message, Bug Check, or more commonly the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). The system is in a forced reboot state. Any unsaved work is likely lost.
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
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Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further
Check with the PC manufacturer if you're using the latest BIOS or not. If not, update to the current version.
A few of the manufacture's download or support links for a motherboard/BIOS update:
If the BIOS is current, it's possible bad BIOS parameters are causing the problem, especially if the memory or CPU settings are overclocked. The BIOS parameters are stored in CMOS memory. The best way to reset the BIOS parameters is to remove the CMOS battery. To do this:
Some BIOSes have options to enable/disable caching and/or shadowing. If the options are available, disable caching and shadowing. Most newer (2005+) systems do not have these options. There are many BIOS makers and customized versions of the BIOS, so you may have to enter BIOS setup and look a bit to find these options. Typically you press a key like Esc, Del, F1, or F2 before Windows starts (almost right after you reboot) to enter BIOS setup. Consult your computer manual for details. The setup key can also be found in our BIOS access list.
Check if you are using the latest hardware drivers, especially the chipset and video drivers. Older drivers are a common contributor to BSoD issues.
You can use a product like Driver Genius or Radar Sync to verify you have the latest drivers and help keep all your drivers up-to-date. If you're comfortable with driver installations, you can individually find and install current drivers.
A some of the most popular driver download sites:
Install the latest Windows software updates. Don't forget to check for non-critical updates too!
To manually get updates, open Internet Explorer (you can't use a non-Microsoft browser for updates).
For IE 8 and later: Click on Safety, then Windows Update. Follow the instructions.
For IE 7 and older: Click on Tools, then Windows Update. Follow the instructions.
Microsoft has issued a hot fix (a special update) to fix this issue:
In Windows XP SP2 only, the hotfix to correct the issue is no longer available (Microsoft article 900485).
In Windows XP, if when removing a CardBus Compact Flash (CF) adapter the pci.sys driver faults, you will need to install the current XP service pack (Microsoft article 839641).
In Windows Vista, pre-SP1, if this error occurs after waking from sleep or hibernation with the driver usbhub.sys, you will need to upgrade to the current Vista service pack (Microsoft articles 929734 and 930311).
The system disk (typically C:) may be full. We recommend at least 1 GB of free disk space be left on the Windows system drive at all times. To get additional space:
Several software products that can help clean and remove unneeded files are Fix-It Utilities Professional and SystemSuite Professional. If you need to move or copy a partition or entire drive, you could use Partition Commander or similar product.
Check if this software bug applies to your system:
In Windows XP, old versions of Logitech iTouch or Mouseware software are incompatible. Remove or upgrade these drivers.
Confirm the hardware is working correctly using a hardware diagnostic program. If you suspect a specific hardware item, such as memory stick or video card, try replacing it with known good hardware.
Don't overlook the possibility that hardware was not installed correctly, especially anything you installed just prior to the problems starting. Make sure all cards and memory are securely seated in their slots. Verify disk drive cables are properly connected and are not loose.
Several software products that offer an extensive range of hardware diagnostics includes Fix-It Utilities Professional and SystemSuite Professional. Other diagnostic products include Eurosoft's PC Check and Iolo's System Mechanic.
Also see our list of common Fatal Error Solutions.
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After the Stop code will be 4 hex values: {Parameter 1, Parameter 2, Parameter 3, Parameter 4}.
Parameter 1 specifies the exception code that was not handled. Common codes include:
An unaligned data reference was encountered.
A breakpoint or ASSERT was encountered when no kernel debugger was attached to the system.
A memory access violation occurred.
Parameter 2 specifies the address where the exception occurred.
Parameter 3 specifies the address of the exception record.
Parameter 4 specifies the address of the context record.
Parameter 1 specifies the exception code that was not handled. Common codes include:
An unaligned data reference was encountered.
A breakpoint or ASSERT was encountered when no kernel debugger was attached to the system.
A memory access violation occurred.
Parameter 2 specifies the address where the exception occurred.
Parameter 3 specifies the address of the exception record.
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Hart: Special holiday for lawyer John Raley, innocent client
Christmas, that celebration of miracles, new life and truth, can find expression in unlikely settings.
This year, for Houston attorney John Raley and his family, it arrived six days early in a nondescript Georgetown courtroom, when a state district judge stepped down from his imposing dais to declare the innocence of Michael Morton, a man who spent 25 years in prison wrongly accused of the murder of his wife, Christine.
"I think you've had enough of judges looking down at you," state District Judge Sid Harle said as he shook Morton's hand. "Merry Christmas."
The silver-haired former grocery store employee, whose life was turned upside down in 1986 when his wife was found bludgeoned in bed while he worked an early morning shift, glowed at his attorneys.
Among them was Raley, who seven years ago agreed to work pro bono - free of charge - to persuade a Texas judge to allow the DNA testing of a bandanna found at the Morton crime scene 25 years ago. The DNA test would ultimately prove Morton's innocence - and also lead to the arrest of the man police now believe to be Christine's real killer, and the perpetrator of another unsolved murder in Austin.
Raley's involvement in the case began when a mutual acquaintance in Houston's legal community suggested to Innocence Project attorney Nina Morrison that she solicit his help as a volunteer.
Morrison now laughs when she recalls the naiveté that Raley, a civil litigator with expertise in medical malpractice, brought to the criminal court arena: "He said, 'Of course the prosecutors will want to do DNA testing. Who wouldn't want to do DNA testing?' "
Morrison, jaded from years of fighting injustices that occur all too often in the criminal court system, knew better. Prosecutors do not like to admit mistakes.
While most lawyers who volunteer for Innocence Project cases work in large law firms where "somebody else" picks up the slack, Morrison noted, Raley works with a small firm - Raley & Bowick. "There aren't a lot of 'somebody elses' in John's firm," Morrison noted. "And this was a huge undertaking."
No one knows that better than Raley's wife, Kelly, herself an attorney in the Raley & Bowick law firm, or his three children, Kate, William and Wesley, who were present at Monday's exoneration hearing.
Texting her opinion
Kelly remembers sitting in the stands of a Memorial High football game this fall, and noticing that John was texting a fellow attorney about the case. She picked up her own phone to send John a stern message: "Obsession," she admonished him.
Kate, now a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma, was only 13 when her father first told her about the Morton case. The grisly murder would become a mainstay of family dinner conversations.
Her dad asked her opinion. "I said, 'If you think he's innocent, then he must be,' " she recalls. Now, she says of Morton, "I feel like I know him. When my dad would visit him in prison, he would always take him books."
Similar killing found
Morrison remembers trying to caution Raley that the case might lead to a dead end. If the DNA was too degraded to test, she warned, there might not be a way to help Morton. Raley told her: "We are never going to be out of options."
"His whole office was involved," Morrison said. Kelly found a website devoted to unsolved Texas murder cases; a paralegal found a similar unsolved murder committed two years after Christine's.
The DNA found on the bandanna outside the Morton's house matched DNA found at the crime scene of Deborah Ann Baker, who was killed two years after Christine, not far from where the Mortons lived. A Bastrop man has now been arrested in connection with both murders - thanks to Raley and the rest of Morton's legal team.
Critical evidence
On Monday, Raley and the Innocence Project attorneys requested that Harle convene a "court of inquiry" to determine why Morton's original lawyers were never told of crucial facts they uncovered: that Morton's 3-year-old son told his grandmother about a "monster" who beat his mother while his daddy was away. That neighbors witnessed a mustachioed man in a green van casing the Morton's house. That Christine's credit card was used in San Antonio days after her death.
They believe that former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson, now a judge, intentionally withheld the crucial information that led to Morton's wrongful conviction. Evidence suggests that Anderson didn't call a sheriff's department investigator to testify at Morton's trial because the defense might have learned the facts that pointed to Morton's innocence.
'What is horrifying'
Under well-established law, prosecutors must share exculpatory evidence. By withholding crucial facts, Anderson could face contempt charges or even disbarment.
"Thoughout our time of working together, John brought a level of moral outrage to proceedings that I don't see very often," Morrison says. That was evident in the brief statement Raley made to reporters Monday: What is horrifying about the Morton case, Raley said, is that "it could have happened to anybody in this courtroom."
Then there were smiles and tears when the Raley family - with Michael Morton in the center - posed for a photographer.
No family Christmas card could ever better express the spirit of the season.


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Pulling in a dream can be a direct reflection of exerting effort in one's waking life. If we dream about being pulled, it represents our sense of being influenced, of being "pulled" in a certain direction. The dream might also be drawing on a idiomatic sense of pull, as in "pulling strings," to "have pull," to "pull something off," to "pull together," or to "pull rank."
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 15, 2006) Attorney General Terry Goddard, joined by legislators and a coalition of law enforcement, children advocates, medical professionals, firefighters and neighborhood activists, today testified in favor of House Bill 2815.
The goal of the legislation is to make it more difficult for meth cooks to purchase the key ingredient needed to make the illegal drug – pseudoephedrine.
Sponsored by Rep. Tom O'Halleran and 41 co-sponsors, HB2815 is similar to a law adopted by Oklahoma in 2004 and by more than a dozen other states since. It would require:
- Anyone purchasing pseudoephedrine products to be at least 18 years old.
- Anyone purchasing pseudoephedrine products to show identification and sign a log book.
- Purchases to be limited to 9 grams of pseudoephedrine over 30 days.
- Placing pseudoephedrine behind the pharmacy counter, making it harder for meth cooks to steal the product or buy large amounts of pseudoephedrine in order to cook meth.
"We are experiencing a public health crisis due to meth. This legislation provides an important weapon in the fight to make our neighborhoods safer for our children and reduce risks to firefighters," Goddard said. "Other states have proven this statute is incredibly effective in reducing meth labs. Arizona citizens deserve this protection."
"As a former narcotics officer, I know what works and this is a well proven strategy," O'Halleran said. "This legislation is part of a comprehensive approach to addressing the meth problem in Arizona. It will provide us with a tool to help protect our neighborhoods from the dangers of meth cooking."
In addition to championing this legislation, Goddard joined Gov. Janet Napolitano earlier this week hosting the first statewide meth conference. The two-day meeting brought together more than 700 representatives from law enforcement, the medical and treatment communities, children advocates and neighborhood activists to discuss a comprehensive approach to addressing the state's meth epidemic.


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Every year, I resist Black Friday.
I do not claim to be above the masses who line up early and rush box stores in a frenzied search for bargains. I suppose I do have in me a touch of Linus, the beloved "Peanuts" character who sees the commercialization of Christmas and tries to make sure he instead focuses on the reason for the season. For the most part, though, I watch the news and see long lines of people standing in the cold and trampling each other and, sometimes, elbowing, tripping and punching each other, and I think, That doesn't look like a fun time to me.
My father and sister Kelly used to love Black Friday. They'd wake up early the day after Thanksgiving, their bellies still full with too much turkey and stuffing and pie, and they'd go shopping at the mall in Salem, New Hampshire. By the end of the day, they would have most of their Christmas shopping done. One year, when Dad's illness began to hobble him and Kelly was pregnant, they even gave themselves nicknames as they ambled from store to store. "The Limp and the Blimp," they called themselves.
My wife, Valerie, and I usually get our Christmas shopping done between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. One year, we started on a Friday night in early November. That was nice. Every year, I aspire to get everything done — the shopping, the cards, the wrapping — by late November or the first few days of December. The hope is to put all the running-around behind me, so that I can sit back and soak up the season. That never happens. There always seems to be a few mad-dashes and last-minute sprints right through 'til the end.
This year, though, I did venture out to Walmart at midnight on Black Friday, although not to do Christmas shopping. I had a simple mission: Get in, find one particular item, pay for it, and get out.
"Well, look at that," Kelly, our receptionist here at the Sanford News, said a few days before Thanksgiving. "Walmart is selling those Blu-ray machines for $38."
I stopped typing at my desk. "Really?"
That sounded like a deal to me. I love movies, but I've never been too particular or well-versed on matters of sound and picture quality. I went to see the special rerelease of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on an IMAX screen in Massachusetts in September. I had a grand old time, as that film is in my top ten of all time, but I was stuck for an answer when my more tech-savvy friends later asked me what I thought of the picture quality. I had no idea the movie had been remastered for its special release.
To be sure, I know that DVDs look better than those old videocassettes. And I know Blu-ray discs look much better than DVDs. All the same, I have not been eager to replace my favorite DVDs with Blu-rays; that just seems like a costly pursuit. Before last week, I had not been persuaded by friends who told me I just had to get a Blu-ray player. That $38 deal, though, got my attention.
At a few minutes before midnight on Thanksgiving, I headed out to Walmart. When I arrived I saw two very long lines and decided I didn't want to stand in either one of them. I pulled into a parking space and listened to the radio. I waited for the clock to strike twelve.
Evidently, Walmarts in other states opened much earlier on Thanksgiving. When I first heard that Sanford's would open only at midnight, I groaned. I gave it more thought, though, and agreed with a friend who spoke favorably of the state's blue law that prevented an earlier opening. People who work retail have families too, and should be able to spend Thanksgiving with them. I have a friend who is a manager at a Walmart out of town; when I went for a walk on Thanksgiving evening, I passed his house, saw his car in his driveway, and thought how nice it was that he had the day off from work. I worked in retail management in the Boston area in the late 1990s and know first-hand how dramatically the business compromises your personal and family time during the holidays.
Eventually, the clock struck twelve and the two lines in front of Walmart started filtering quickly into the store. I got out of my car — and a lot of other people with the same strategy got out of theirs — and walked to the entrance, still determined not to get swept up in the rush. I saw Michelle, a friend and neighbor, and we chatted about each other's Thanksgivings. I asked if her husband, my friend Gary, was awake back at home. She chuckled and said he was long gone, asleep and dead to the world. I had to work in the morning, so there admittedly was a part of me that figured he had the right idea.
I waded through the crowds, only occasionally bumping shoulders with others and getting snared into that little back-and-forth side-stepping you do when you're on course to smack right into somebody and you both fumble as you decide which way to veer in order to avoid a collision. It took a bit of sleuthing, but I found the Blu-ray player I wanted, away from the electronics department and in the midst of the food aisles. An employee grabbed a box from the pile and handed it to me. I brought it to a cashier — an acquaintance who asked me if my mother enjoyed her Thanksgiving — and was out the door and home in bed in no time.
On Friday, I bought my first movie on Blu-ray, "Pulp Fiction," which I also put in that top-ten list of personal favorites. I watched a few minutes of it when I got home and sure enough marveled at the quality, and at the generous amount of "extras," such as deleted scenes and interviews, that comprised the special features.
OK, I'll admit it: It was kinda fun being out there at midnight, whisking up and down the aisles of Walmart, and seeing friends and acquaintances at an hour when I do not usually see them. While most people in town slept, perhaps with the beginnings of sugarplum visions dancing in their heads, there we were, out and about, joining millions of people around the country who were doing the exact same thing.
You can look at it both ways, I guess. There is something unfortunate about Black Friday, for it contributes immeasurably to the ongoing commercialization of Christmas; in a way, it reveals our priorities as Americans. At the same time, though, Black Friday boosts our economy.
Or, sometimes, it doesn't. According to news reports, shoppers who went out for deals on Thanksgiving stole some of Black Friday's thunder. As a result, this Black Friday posted lower numbers than usual. This is disheartening — not for what it means to Black Friday, but for what it does to Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is, first and foremost, associated with family and friends, and perhaps the Macy's Day Parade and definitely turkey and football. In coming years, will the holiday itself also become known for leaving our loved ones and going shopping?
If that happens, we'll trace that development back to this year. But don't blame me. I tossed my whopping $38 into the ol' Black Friday pot.
Shawn P. Sullivan is the editor of the Sanford News. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Midnight Madness: On the front lines of Black Friday's first few minutes
Every year, I resist Black Friday.


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It is with great sadness that IUCN announces the passing of Dr Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin after a protracted illness.
This is a tremendous loss to the organisation and, in particular, to its Environmental Law community.
Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin is a prodigious example of a lifetime's dedication to the conservation of the environment through the conceptual development of its legal dimension. After graduation as a Doctor in Law at the University of Brussels in 1966, Françoise was appointed Secretary to the IUCN Commission on Legislation. From 1970 to 1972 she worked as Legal Officer and in 1973 became Head of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC) in Bonn, the position she held until 1999. From that time onwards she worked as Senior Counsel to the three consecutive directors of the ELC.
Françoise was instrumental in drafting and elaborating a number of international conventions, agreements and instruments, such as the African Convention for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora –CITES; the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals; the World Charter for Nature; the ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Her real passion was the development of technical capacities through access to information on environmental law and policy. That is why already in the 1970s, she initiated the Environmental Law Information System (ELIS), presented at the Stockholm Conference, which over the years evolved into the far more sophisticated online information system ECOLEX, the Gateway to Environmental Law.
Françoise's commitment to the young generation of environmental lawyers was extraordinary. She provided encouragement and support to numerous researchers and interns from all over the world. IUCN Council paid tribute to this in January this year by establishing the Françoise Burhenne Fellowship in Environmental Law as a way to build on her legacy.
Her lifelong contribution to environmental law was acknowledged through many recognitions, distinctions and awards such as the Better World Society Medal for Protection of the Global Environment (1989), the 1991 International Environment Prize of the United Nations, and the Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law (2008).
Her uncompromising demand for accuracy and precision not only in her own but also in the work of others, her determination mixed with kindness, her legendary hospitality in Oelinghoven will be remembered by everyone who experienced them.
She was a remarkable and passionate lawyer who not only shaped the IUCN agenda on policy and law, but influenced the lives of many lawyers around the world. Her daily presence will be missed by the entire organisation, but in particular by her colleagues at the Environmental Law Centre.
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Michael Schumacher has won his fight against pneumonia, according to the major German daily newspaper Bild.
Earlier, the seven time world champion's manager Sabine Kehm played down rumours the lung infection had interrupted efforts to wake Schumacher from his long coma.
She said the great German "still is in a waking up process".
Now, Bild says its sources indicate pneumonia is no longer posing "an acute danger" to the former Ferrari and Mercedes driver's health.
"Schumacher has already won the fight against pneumonia," the report claimed.


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The upwardly mobile of horse racing were seen in Louisville at Churchill Downs Friday afternoon with all the style and fashion expected for a world championship horse race. The Breeders' Cup is known as the two richest days in racing, but the fashion associated with the event cannot compete with The Kentucky Oaks and Derby. As expected, the fashion police were out and about this sunny afternoon at the track. First indication of a good fascinator: if you need to adjust the frame to take the picture to get the fascinator in frame, it's a good one.
In Kentucky, if you are at Churchill Downs for a major racing event, head wear is expected for the ladies. To encourage the ladies to show the stylings of Princess Kate, The Voice-Tribune hosted Fascinator and Fedora Friday at Breeder's Cup. This little soirée did not leave out the guys as they had just as much a shot at the prize for the best looking fedora. The ladies and gentlemen came prepared as purple took first place as the color of choice. The weather outside inspired many to dress in neutral and natural colors as well as animal prints, bringing earth tones to the fascinators. Mixtures of blacks, browns, and tans offset the many purple head pieces. A few ladies took the feathered look to the extreme and added peacock feathers to the head gear.
I spent some quality time down in the Paddock to snap some pictures of this year's fantastic head pieces. Seeing the head wear today makes me look forward to tomorrow's fashion forward day of racing-but don't go and think Derby will be outdone!


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New 'Justified' Season 4 Trailer: Some Gunplay Involved
For weeks now we've been seeing a few tantalizing teasers of 'Justified' season 4, which draws its premiere on Tuesday, January 8, weeks before its FX counterparts 'Anger Management' and 'Archer.' Now, FX has unleashed the longest trailer yet, highlighting Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) back in action, squaring off with everyone from snake-handling preachers to the Harlan county police itself. What other gunslinger action can you spot in the new 'Justified' season 4 trailer?
A little over a month away from the season 4 premiere of FX's acclaimed gunslinger drama 'Justified,' and already the bullets are flying. FX has released a new, extended trailer for Raylan Givens' fourth year, giving new peeks into the villainous, charismatic snake-handling preacher that gets under both Boyd Crowder and Raylan's skin, as well as a few new folk who find themselves on the wrong end of Raylan's gun.
'Justified' season 4 will also feature Ron Eldard as a military police sergeant with ties to Boyd Crowder, as well as comedian Patton Oswalt as a constable and old friend of Raylan Givens. David Meunier will reprise his role as Johnny Crowder for 10 episodes, and Natalie Zea will be back as Winona for at least three, though Raylan certainly seems to have moved on in the trailer.
Get your best look yet at 'Justified' season 4 below, and give us your predictions for the season in the comments!


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(CNN) -- Oops, she did it again.
Some fans of Britney Spears are accusing the singer of lip-syncing to her song "Perfume" during her Las Vegas show. According to gossip site Oh No They Didn't, Spears' mouth is moving but the audience is mostly hearing singer Sia's version of the track.
Billboard points out that Sia -- best known for her hit song "Chandelier" -- is credited as one of the writers of "Perfume." An acoustic version of the song as performed by Sia is big on YouTube.
"If you listen closely to the performance video, you can make out some of Spears' vocals under Sia's more charactered voice," Colin Stutz writes for Billboard. "That's because, most likely, Spears uses Sia's track as an in-monitor guide when she sings. Only this time it was put into the house mix, making for an embarrassing accident."
It's not the first time Spears has been called out for the vocalizations during her Vegas show, which is part of a two-year residency. In reviewing the show for the Los Angeles Times, writer Mikael Wood points out that the singer's show appears to take its title, "Piece of Me," literally.
"Whatever the scale of the number ... the singer's presence felt so diminished -- her dancing a tentative shadow of what it used to be, her vocals apparently lip-synced for the majority of the show -- as if to make the production's title seem a taunt," Wood writes.
While her manager Adam Leber initially denied that Spears wasn't singing live during the show, he later backtracked during an interview with Medium.com.
"To put on the show that she puts on, it's virtually impossible to sing the entire time and do what she does," he said.
"She's singing on every song, basically, when she has the ability to sing. There's no way you can dance for 90 minutes straight and sing the entire time."


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MOVIE REVIEW- Oscar survey: Academy gets it right, competition still fierce
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has gotten a lot of things right in their nominations for the 81st annual Academy Awards. Of course being "right" means they agree with me. All five of their Best Picture nominees were either in my Ten Best (Milk #1, The Reader #2, Slumdog Millionaire #6) or Second Ten (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon) list.
Three things made me cheer out loud during the announcement of the nominations: the nods to Melissa Leo for Frozen River and Richard Jenkins for The Visitor recognize these long-reliable character actors for their breakout lead roles in small independent films; and the nomination of Kate Winslet as Best Actress for The Reader resisted the marketing strategy that tried to position her performance as a supporting role so Winslet wouldn't compete with her other excellent lead performance in Revolutionary Road.
(The Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes both went along with Plan A, the Globes giving Winslet both awards and SAG naming her Best Supporting Actress but honoring Meryl Streep as Best Actress for Doubt.)
On the downside, two perceived "snubs" have been much discussed in the past week. Many think The Dark Knight should have been nominated for Best Picture. I wouldn't have been upset if it had taken the Frost/Nixon or Benjamin Button slot, but its popularity shouldn't be confused with quality. Had the excellence of the first two hours been sustained to the end I would agree it should be a Best Picture contender, but most people who can get out of their fanboy mindset will tell you The Dark Knight fell apart in the end.
Also snubbed was Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed two fine films, Changeling and Gran Torino, last year, also scoring the former and starring in and co-writing the title song for the latter. He handled most of these tasks very well and deserves a special award as the hardest-working old man in show business. A case can be made that none of his jobs was one of the five best in its category, but his performance in Gran Torino was at least as good as Brad Pitt's, and his song could have taken one of the slots the Academy left vacant (as could Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" and Norah Jones' "The Story" from My Blueberry Nights. Even Miley Cyrus' song from Bolt could have replaced one of the Slumdog songs).
I was also upset that the Best Original Screenplay category ignored Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the Coens for Burn after Reading.
So who's going to win?
Fox Searchlight Pictures has learned to control the zeitgeist by releasing small films at the end of the year that capture the public's imagination. The Weinsteins in their Miramax days had mastered the art of getting nominations for their independent films by relentless promotion. Fox Searchlight is doing it by releasing pictures people like: Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, and now Slumdog Millionaire.
Danny Boyle's bombastic– sorry, Mumbastic– feelgood movie has momentum on its side at the moment, having just won the Best Picture award from the Producers Guild of America and the Best Ensemble Cast prize from the Screen Actors Guild (even though none of the individual performances are anything special). Expect to see the coined word "slumdog" added to dictionaries next year, defined as a derogatory term for a ghetto resident, with perhaps a secondary definition of "Slumdog," referring to the movie, as a juggernaut.
Slumdog looks like a good bet to take Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, along with Best Cinematography, from among its 10 nominations.
One of the most nominated movies ever, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button could end up as one of the biggest losers of all time, taking only the award for Best Makeup, for transforming Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett from youth to old age, or vice versa.
In the acting categories, the late Heath Ledger is a sure thing for Best Supporting Actor. With Winslet out of the way, Penélope Cruz should get the Best Supporting Actress award she deserves. Viola Davis is her biggest threat but is likely to split the "black vote" with Taraji P. Henson and the Doubt vote with Amy Adams.
The lead acting races are too close to call. It's basically Sean Penn vs. Mickey Rourke and Meryl Streep vs. Kate Winslet. The other nominees can stay home on Oscar night.
WALL-E can't lose for Best Animated Feature. Since I've only seen three of the Best Documentary Feature candidates and one of the Best Foreign Language Films, and the voting procedures for them are strange, I won't hazard a guess.
"Down to Earth" from WALL-E should win as Best Original Song since voters won't be able to tell one of the Slumdog songs from the other. I can't hum themes from any of the Best Original Score nominees. Slumdog could win as part of a sweep or the Academy could take the opportunity to honor the much nominated Thomas Newman (his tenth) for WALL-E or James Newton Howard (his eighth) for Defiance. Don't count out Benjamin Button in this category either. Composer Alexandre Desplat (The Queen) is an up-and-comer.
In Best Visual Effects The Dark Knight and Iron Man may split the comic book blockbuster vote and clear the way for another Benjamin Button victory, but the award should really go to whoever puts the smiles on the faces of all those losing nominees when the winners are announced.
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The undergraduate enrollment at UIS has been on the upswing under the emphasis of diversity. It's important for us to recognize that requiring the ACT testing in the State of Illinois in 2001 created an environment among all students in which everyone is thinking about college. If the most recent ACT scores have revealed anything in 2008, it was that more underrepresented students than ever before are taking the ACT test and increasingly setting their eyes on higher education. Over the past five years minorities grew as a percentage of UIS undergraduates by 46.1%.
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A presentation was created and implemented with several community partnerships such as the Houston Memorial Library in Beardstown to the Springfield District 186. The program allows underrepresented students and families from the community to meet with UIS representatives and students about financial aid, housing, academics and experiences at UIS as a minority undergraduate. We are certain this program is effective by the increased numbers of our 2009 fall applications, college visits from minority students, and request from the community to speak to community programs such at the Frontiers Club and the Urban League to name a few.
There are many programs at UIS to support our underrepresented students at UIS such as the Midstate Student Support for Teaching, and the newest program the Bonner Leader's Program promotes the development of student leaders while advancing active and engaged learning by connecting students with community service opportunities. Students are encouraged to enroll in a two year term with the Bonner Americorps program and complete 900 hours of service, student receive $2675 dollars which can be used to repay student loans, pay current educational expenses or pay for future education at an institution of higher learning.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The mystery surrounding U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s leave of absence deepened Thursday as his office disclosed a few more vague details about his medical condition, saying his ailments were "more serious" than previously thought and he needs extended inpatient treatment.
But his staff gave no hint of the congressman's whereabouts or exactly what he was suffering from, saying only that he has grappled with physical and emotional problems "privately for a long period of time" and was at an inpatient facility.
The nine-term Chicago Democrat has come under intense scrutiny in recent years for ties to imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and an extramarital affair. Despite a pending U.S. House ethics investigation connected to Blagojevich, he has been widely expected to win re-election in November.
He has been on medical leave for three weeks, though his office didn't disclose his leave until last week — and did so in a meager three-sentence statement saying he was being treated for exhaustion. Neither his family nor his staff has offered more explanation, and the statement Thursday provided few details.
"Congressman Jackson's medical condition is more serious than we thought and initially believed," the statement said. "Recently, we have been made aware that he has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time. At present, he is undergoing further evaluation and treatment at an in-patient medical facility."
The statement said Jackson, 47, will need "extended in-patient treatment as well as continuing medical treatment thereafter."
Multiple messages left for his spokesmen, his brother and his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, were not returned. His father, Rev. Jesse Jackson, said he spoke to his son once recently and he sounded "exhausted and overwhelmed."
"He'll be in for a longer stay for more evaluations and treatment of his challenges," the civil rights leader said, declining to elaborate.
The news of Jackson's illness has baffled congressional colleagues. They noted his absence on the House floor in previous weeks, but several said they have not heard from him at all.
"No one has a clue," said U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, a fellow Illinois Democrat. "There is concern among his colleagues ... Anybody there could understand that. It's a stressful occupation."
In order to take a medical leave of absence, Jackson must notify the leader of his party's House delegation in writing. A spokesman for Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment on Thursday. Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said his office had not received any notification from Jackson's office.
Jackson, who first won office in 1995, is facing a House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations that he was involved in discussions about raising money for Blagojevich's campaign in exchange for the then-governor appointing him to President Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat.
Jackson also allegedly directed fundraiser and longtime friend Raghuveer Nayak to buy plane tickets for a woman described as Jackson's "social acquaintance." Jackson has since called the incident a personal matter that he and his wife have dealt with.
Nayak was arrested last month and pleaded not guilty to unrelated fraud charges involving outpatient surgery centers he owns. At Blagojevich's first corruption trial in 2010, prosecutors said another Blagojevich fundraiser was ready to testify that Jackson instructed Nayak to raise money for Blagojevich's campaign to help him secure the Senate seat. The same witness later testified that he attended a meeting with Jackson and Nayak.
Jackson never has been charged and has denied any wrongdoing. But he's had to repeatedly defend himself, especially on the campaign trail in recent years.
He had to campaign harder in the March primary than he has in past years and faced a serious primary from former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who made Jackson's ethical troubles a focus of her campaign. Jackson faces two opponents in November and both said Jackson owes the public more information.
"There is an obligation here, especially considering there are a lot of rumors going around," college professor Brian Woodworth, a Republican, said Thursday. "There's an obligation they have to let people know what's going on. There's still an air of mystery."
Postal worker Marcus Lewis, who is challenging Jackson as an independent, agreed. He said the lack of details about Jackson's illness only contributed to the rumors, and he questioned the timing of Jackson's announcement last week, which came just before the deadline for independent and new party candidates to file candidacy papers.
"Because you are a public servant, tell us the facility or the treatment center where you are. Don't go under the ground," he said. "You need to let your constituents know where you are. This is getting ridiculous."
Jackson spokesman Rick Bryant has said that Nayak's arrest had nothing to do with the medical leave and that Jackson's congressional offices remain open.
The congressman has kept medical information under wraps before. He underwent weight loss surgery in 2005, but he disclosed it months later after questions were asked about a nearly 50-pound weight loss.
Jackson represents Illinois' 2nd District, which traditionally includes neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side and in its south suburbs. The district was expanded this year to include more territory south of the metropolitan area that isn't as familiar with him.
Reaction in Jackson's district, where voters have overwhelmingly supported him each election, was a mix between people wanting to know more and wanting to respect the congressman's privacy.
"I want to be fair, but we find out he's ill so soon after his friend was charged," said Frances West, 74, who was at a local post office. "I said, 'That sure does sound strange.' At the same time he's been under a lot of stress (for years) as a congressman."
Ann Baker, 60, who was eating lunch at a restaurant frequented by Jackson — a calendar with his picture hangs on the wall — said it was a personal matter.
"He's done a great job for us for so long," she said. "But people speculate. We all do it. Nine out of 10 times there's nothing behind it. We're getting enough information. He's human and we all have problems."
Associated Press Writers Don Babwin in Chicago and Henry Jackson in Washington contributed to this report.
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Normalization is the worst thing that could happen to a Nu Metal band. Back in the 00's everyone whined about bands 'selling out', but they were concerned with the band's image rather than quality. If a band decided to sing more and perhaps tone down the noise, it was wrong because it was accessible. Whether it lead to good music or not didn't matter. So all the critics going hammer missed out about bands dropping elements, turning their vision more and more narrow.
The 00's were surreal times, and pretty awesome. You could listen to Lostprophets without feeling guilt and overly serious EDM didn't dominate the airwaves. A wave of loud rock bands rose, deciding that genres are silly. You can have funky rhythms, rapping, Dream Pop atmospherics and coherent screaming – sometimes all in the same songs. They weren't afraid of being danceable or loud or poppy. "Eyeless", a full-on rant with Jungle elements was considered unoriginal. It was unoriginal compared to, what, exactly? Long guitar solos and lyrics against Jesus Christ?
When Disturbed and Papa Roach dropped their quirks, it was a bummer but not too much. They weren't too good at working with them anyway. Slipknot, however, are the band that suffered the most from the normalization. They didn't distill their quircks into an accessible sound that still had shades of a unique personality. Korn still sounded out-of-place when they made "Make Me Bad". Slipknot obviously read all the reviews that whined about how Machine Head does something other than an overly serious Pantera and decided, 'hey, we'll do it too!'
Why would anyone want to listen to "Gemataria" over "Eyeless"? What is it about the former that makes it more fun, more aggressive, catchier, more creative, more anything positive? Slipknot was so bizarre in their noisy rants that were somehow friendly to Rock radio. You would expect that the music would still have a shed of personality. If Slipknot makes ordinary music, it should at least sound like they're playing the genre on their own terms.
Instead, it sounds like a creative band trying desperately not to come off weird, like a dude trying to hide his Slipknot shirt underneath a suit & tie. "All Hope is Gone"'s chorus breaks into a Hip-Hop beat, and the chorus can be adapted into a Hip-Hop song. Since Corey displayed good rapping skills, nothing prevents him from breaking into a full Rap verse. It would be bolder to end the album with pure Breaks and rapping. The groove that drives it comes less from Pantera, and sounds more like the Funk-influenced ending of Prong's "Cut-Rate".
Elsewhere, "This Cold Black" and "Wherein Lies Continue" are more embarrassing examples of how hard Slipknot are trying to fit in. The latter has a slow groove that's not danceable. It's only 'heavy' in the sense that it's not pleasant to the ear if your musical vocabulary consists of Backstreet Boys and the one Michael Jackson everyone knows. Imagine a Groove Metal track you're supposed to brood too, rather than dance to. If you can imagine that, you need not ever listen to the song – or the whole album, actually. You'll also desperately need something to make you forget this image. The former of these two track is the banding slamming their instruments seriously. There are no fun, catchy lyrics like 'fuck you all, fuck this world'.
Really, people, why must anger be serious and dramatic? Vulgarity is informal. It mixed so well with Nu Metal because it gave it a lightness, a bouncy fun aspect to the music. Vulgarity makes the anger less serious, and the tracks more akin to venting than making grand philosophical statements involving fear and trembling. "Gematria" is limp and anemic, the band slams but can't come up with anything truly hard-hitting. Spitting poetry about America being a killing name is so hilarious over these theatrical, brooding metal riffs. "We'll burn your cities down" is the one highlight of the track, because Slipknot used to sound like they want to burn cities down for the fuck of it. Corey sounds more serious than angry, and you're only allowed to be serious with Nu Metal if you're weird enough.
Slipknot could've have justified their new, 'no fun allowed' approach since they were one of the few Nu Metal bands with an artistic bent. Vol. 3 didn't suffer from it. In fact, it justified it by having fragile atmospheric ballads like "Danger – Keep Away" and weird noises during party tracks like "Pulse of the Maggots". Nothing here is as brave and progressive like "Three Nil", a track that was as angry as it was experimental as in was contemplative. It sees Slipknot utterly unrestrained by either Pop or Metal structures. Corey never once touches the conversational tone of that song, and no song has its unique, ever-changing structure except "Gehenna". It's an interesting song, at least, which counts for something in an album so lacking in spark or imagination.
The highlights are only "Psychosocial", "Vendetta" and "Butcher's Hook". They don't reach the heights of Slipknot's older material except for "Psychosocial" – a fist-pumping stomper that tries to put a serious face, but still cares more about the party than grand statements. The other songs see Slipknot letting loose for a while. "Vendetta" may seem normal, but not because Slipknot are trying to be normal, but because they felt like kicking a straight-forward rocker. "Butcher's Hook" sounds more like something out of Vol. 3 and has some fantastic atmospherics. DJ Starscream has always an important rib of Slipknot. His odd sounds made them sound more dangerous than any metal riff can, and the intro to the song is more intense than any Thrash Metal record.
Slipknot deserve so much more. While at first they seemed like they were Nu Metal's most brutal band, they were also one of its weirdest. Even at their worst they sounded off-kilter and actually dangerous, like a band who can't contain themselves. On this album Slipknot restrain themselves, and if this doesn't sound awful to you consider this. "Danger – Keep Away" is an extremely soft ballad where the band jumps into its idea with full conviction. It has no build-up, just pure ambiance and creepy lyrics. Slipknot are unrestrained even in their soft songs. Nothing here sounds as dangerous or intense or authentic as that one. Here, they try to please those morons who whine about Machine Head being unoriginal since they expanded their sound. Such people you don't want at your party, and you don't want this album either (except "Psychosocial", that's Prong-level of party starting).
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If $|G|=p^n,n>1$, and $1=G_n \subseteq G_1\subseteq \cdots \subseteq G_0=G$, is a composition series, with cyclic-$p$ quotients, and $P$ is set of all automorphisms of $G$, such that for every $u\in P$, $u(x)x^{-1}\in G_{i+1}$ $\forall x\in G_i$, then $P$ is a $p$ subgroup of $Aut(G)$.
What about converse: given $p$ subgroup $P$ of $Aut(G)$,(where $|G|=p^n, n>1$) does there exist a composition series $1=G_n \subseteq G_1\subseteq \cdots \subseteq G_0=G$ of $G$ with cyclic p-quotients such that for $u\in P$, $u(x)x^{-1}\in G_{i+1}$ $\forall x\in G_i$? Can $G_i$ chosen to be normal in $G$?
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As for blogging? I'm behind. So behind. But I'll catch up. Eventually. Bear with me, please.
Good luck on your trip! LOVE your site!
Oh, have fun! And take lots of pictures!
Have a wonderful time and be sure to share some great pictures of the Harley nuptials when you get back!
Hi, visiting from R Family Diaries. Love your blog layout! Have a fabulous time on your plane ride alone.... what a treat!!
Oh, have a nice and relaxing time! I told my hubby I would like to go on a vacation by myself one day... Enjoy your time by yourself!
Enjoy your time away..you deserve it! I am sure there will be some creative posts on that experience.
Have fun. I know how catching up is hard to do, so just take it easy. :D
Wow!!! Enjoy your time with no kids!!
Also, blogging is hard on a daily basis. I have learned to cut out the weekends. (Except for reading, of course.) But trying to be creative on a daily basis is sometimes like torture!
I look forward to hearing about the wedding!
♥ Sounds like fun! You defiantely deserve a little getaway! :)
Only Mercede has flown with me. In fact we both shared our first flight together. She loved it. Cheyenne refused to fly with us, because it was 9 months after 9/11 and she had seen the plane footage. I always hate it that Cheyenne didn't get to have all the fun we had. I'm hoping that plane tickets will get cheaper soon so we can fly to LA to visit my friend and her son (Ben that has the brain tumor).
Have a great time.
I hope that you have a wonderful trip and be safe.
Have a ball!! My kids said it was not fair that we go on planes without them...until they realize who is tending them..Grandma.
Wow!! Lucky girl! Hope you have a great time. It will be so crazy to not be responsible for anyone but yourself, huh? That could get pretty crazy. Enjoy it!!!
Yah, lots of pictures I'm soooo curious.
And behind? Seriously? You post EVERY day!
Have a safe trip. I love the look on your little guy's face. So much sweetness!!! Enjoy the wedding.
I'm so jealous that you're getting away from your family! Er.. I mean, I'm sure you'll miss your children terribly and can't wait to get back home to them!
I found your blog through SITS.
I hope you have a safe trip..
I've heard of Harley Weddings before. Have fun, and take lots of pictures!
Hi Angie! Tiffany suggested that I stop by and say hello. Your blog colors and style are so soothing. I love looking at your page.
How exciting that you have a chance to be with his brother on his wedding day. My husband will be taking a similar plane trip next weekend for his brother's wedding. Sadly we can't all make the trip with the cost of travel. On that note, hope you have a great adventure. Take lots of pictures for those of us left behind.
How exciting!!! How are you going to deal with not having your kids around? That's gonna be weird for you huh? Nice lil break though....enjoy that wedding!!!! :)
Have a wonderful time! ALONE!!!!
I'm behind on reading and commenting on blogs. I'm trying to catch up today :)
I"m excited to hear all about it.
And I'm sad we wont' get to meet.
Have a great trip! I love weddings!
Have a GREAT time! How fun for you ;)
Have a fantastic trip. Wish it was longer, but I'm glad you get to be there for your brother!
A wedding on Harley's..I can't wait to hear about it. I hope you are enjoying your alone time, although your probably missing your kids like crazy!
Have a blast and make sure you go for a ride! WOOHOO! Your little guy is such a CUTIE!
Congratulations to your brother! Sounds like it will be a fun wedding. Take pictures!! Have fun!
Have a wonderful trip! Can't wait to hear all about the Hogs and nuptuals when you return.
Wow - a trip ALONE. Isn't that an oxymoron for moms?? :-) Sad, but true...but even better is the fact as much as we need the time alone once in a blue moon (or ten years, whatever the case), we don't enjoy ourselves as much as if we were dragging our whole family with us. True? I think so.
Enjoy your trip!
BTW, I'm hosting a Recipe Week on my blog, starting tomorrow. Please stop by and see what's cookin'!
Hey Angie, I am truly looking forward to ALL THE DETAILS of the trip. :) Hope that everything goes well at home and on the trip. Give your brother "Best Wishes" from us. Kudos to Jeff.
Have fun!
Have a blast and blessings to the couple!
This was THAT trip right? The one where I was going to finally get to meet you...?
Oh well. I'll need a shopping trip to Oregon soon enough eh?
I hope you are home...safe and sound! I bet it was a luxury to have a little time all to yourself:) Can't wait to hear all about it.
How do you happen onto contests? I never do.
Have fun flying alone. I may have to in December, but I've never flown alone. I'll be thinking about you. It sounds scary to me. Maybe you can give me pointers on what helped and what to avoid when you get back.
Have a great trip!
I wish I could have been there Ang. I missed out big time but what can you do with sick baby! I missed you.
Wow, mommy taking a trip! WhooHoo! It is going to be nice, enjoy the wedding.
Have fun!! Enjoy the quiet...not that flying is quiet. Hopefully you don't have some snoring, slobbering, head bobbing person next to you!
Have fun!
Great! I hope it is a nice time away! Pictures?
Yeah I'mNOT the only one behind!
Hope you had a great time!! And behind on your blogging??? I just noticed you list of blogs and it is GINORMOUS!!! I don't know how you can keep up!


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Two veteran spacewalkers, Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy, made an impromptu spacewalk to troubleshoot the problem that was detected Thursday, when station crew members alerted Mission Control that they saw "snowflakes" of frozen ammonia floating away from an area around the pump box, according to NBC News.
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A few months ago i gave a presentation to a group of Photographers and had the trickiest question. The photographer wanted to know, how he could take a picture in camera as a JPG but with an inbuilt colour look or colour simulation applied. For example, take a series of JPG's with a sepia tone, or high colour saturation applied, then take this look and apply it to other images. As mentioned on the day the colour is baked into the JPG file and isn't available for extraction, so other than creating the look manually by visually matching the tones, it's going to be tricky to get right and most likely very time consuming. Then a few weeks ago some one asked the same question, but this time from a printed picture/image, one that was maybe taken with a DSLR or smart phone….surely that has to be something out of science fiction!!!
I decided to explore this question and try to find a good answer.
Firstly, I looked into Photoshop CC and the Match Color command under the Image/Adjustments /Match Color.
You can see from the above image that it doesn't do a bad job of matching the right image to the left image, however, this method does have it's drawbacks. the look isn't transferable to another image (or the difference), it is a destructive edit and can't be done on a layer (so not editable at any time). Maybe there is a new way with better fidelity and a better workflow.
I install Speedgrade CC as part of my Creative Cloud subscription and start to explore the new "Match Shot" feature.
What is Match Shot traditional used for :
When people make a movie they typically shoot on different cameras and ultimately end up with completely different looking footage, i.e. shooting on a Red Epic will look different to a Canon C300 and and will look different to an ARRI. This is a huge issue for post houses and typically need to matched by eye or use some complex software or even write code to do it. The clever SpeedgradeCC engineers have worked their magic and now enabled this inside SpeedGrade and must admit it makes it really easy (Watch the videos in this post to see how it's done). The other element that these guys brought to the table was to add the support for an image file and it's colour look to be included as a shot match reference. In this scenario you can take a frame from the film, work with the client in Photoshop CC and get the look exactly how they want it (using traditional Levels, Curves, Colour Balance etc), then bring this image into Speedgrade CC and match the film to the picture, pretty powerful stuff and saving huge amounts of time.
But where does this leave the issue of the stills world, how powerful is this feature.
There are many scenarios that come to mind:
- Video to Video – Proven and works extremely well
- Still to Still (JPG -> JPG etc)
- Video clip to Still image
- Camera to Camera (i.e. Fuji X-Pro 1 to Canon 7D)
- Camera Phone to DSLR
- Art work to Still (Art work could be a painting, poster, graphics, screen grab etc)
- Real World Objects to Still
Let us take Speedgrade CC down a few of these options and see what comes out, the only thing to say is that upon opening Speedgrade CC for the first time does look like a console of the space shuttle endeavour (but it's not that hard, honestly)!
Let us take the Video to Video option as well as a quick how to (This post unfortunately won't teach you how to use Speedgrade CC, only to this one feature).
Here are two videos and I would like to make the right hand sequence look like the left hand one.
The ones that we will focus on are the .look, .cube and 3DL files. Click on the Export button and place the file somewhere (it will be a zip file), you will need to unzip the zip file before progressing to the next step, and bringing the look into Photoshop CC or CS6.
Open the clip in Photoshop, it should be displayed on the screen with an associated time line, as well as the video in the layers palette.
Photoshop makes it really easy to apply the colour .look file.
Select menu item Layer / New Adjustment Layer / Color Lookup and press OK. Once chosen navigate to the properties panel, and you will see 3DLUT File, clock on "Load 3D Lut", then click on "Load 3D LUT in the next panel.
Find either the .look, .3dl or the .cube file that was exported from Speedgrade CC. You should see the video looks the same as the source clip that we used earlier in this post. At which point it wil behave just like a normal Photoshop layer (why not try a blending mode for something different!).
you can see the final video with both clips below (the flat version was the right hand side)
Watch the above example how to video below
Matching Video to a Photoshop still image
The next logical step is to grade a piece of video against a JPG file that was created in Photoshop CC/CS6. For this we will apply levels and curves to a still file in Photoshop CC and save as a JPG file, then take this into Speedgrade CC and grade the same flat video to the Photoshop adjustment.
Image to Image matching
How about we then take this one stage further and work on still images and tackle the original problem.
All video was assembled using Photoshop CC.
This post is a bit more complex and i have tried to be as accurate as i can, if you find an error in the text please drop me a comment. Also, if you find this post was useful, then please drop me a message.
Without the support of the following people this post would not have been possible
Glyn Dewis (Photographer / Retoucher and Trainer), Glyn can be found here.
John G Moore (Professional Photographer), John's website is located here, his Behance page and G+ profile.
Julieanne Kost (WWW Principal Evangelist at Adobe Systems), Julieanne's blog, and her work.


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Sen. Lee Hosts Poverty Roundtable
Dec 04 2013
SALT LAKE CITY – Today, Senator Mike Lee hosted a roundtable with Utah citizens, experts, government officials, and community activists on the growing crisis of immobility among the poor. The event is a continuation of Sen. Lee's "Let's Talk" series he began in August, taking him around the state to hear directly from Utahns about the critical issues facing the state and the country.
Today's panel, held at the Sutherland Institute, presented an opportunity for those who work in Utah communities to fight poverty to discuss their work with Senator Lee and present ideas for solving the problems they face in promoting upward mobility among the disadvantaged. The roundtable included representatives from Utah Department of Work Force Services, Calvary Baptist Church, Utah Food Bank, 4th Street Clinic, United Way, and Standing Together.
"America's true war on poverty began at the founding of this country," said Senator Lee after the event. "It was our dedication to economic freedom and voluntary civil society that liberated millions of American families, opening up opportunities for the pursuit of happiness never known before or since. In that tradition, it should be government's role today to give struggling Americans greater access to the benefits of free enterprise, the greatest weapon against poverty ever conceived by man."
With Senator Lee, the group discussed changes in federal and state policy to remove barriers that trap people in poverty and make upward mobility all but impossible. Topics included welfare reform, access to quality affordable health care, removing anti-marriage biases in federal policy, ways to help keep families intact, increasing educational opportunities, and Medicaid reform.
"As the family goes, so goes society. We need to focus on the role of the father in the family," said a representative of Standing Together. "It's time that someone in Washington speak about moral issues. Poverty is a moral issue."
"Having federal funds helps, but the regulations that come with those funds do not help the cause. We need flexibility," added an employee of the Department of Work Services.
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Every once in a while I realize with a bit of a jolt that for three days I walked around knowing he was dead inside of me. I showed up at my best friend's house to wait for my D&E in my old hometown, because I couldn't find someone I trusted to do it here. We all sat around a table and had dinner together.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Please Ignore the Tragedy
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
They Sure Make It Hard to Move On
If you ever think that I just let myself wallow, please know that I try very hard, every day, to enjoy all the things in my life that I know make me a lucky girl. And I do.
But as a wise man once said, there's always something there to remind me.
Was just shopping online for ribbon to trim a Christmas wreath with, and was feeling rather lighthearted about it. And then the Pottery Barn Baby crib set I had been pondering when my baby died popped up for whatever illogical reason (thanks a lot universe and also stupid stupid google programmers), and now I'm going to have a glass of wine.
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
This Christmas
I just received an invitation to a perinatal loss holiday remembrance service at the hospital where my peri is, where we got the devastating news. While I think it's lovely that they offer such a thing as a comfort to women in my shoes, I will not be going.
I just can't imagine anything more gut-wrenching or less satisfying than sitting with all of these other families with sad stories, mourning people we loved fiercely but never really knew. After all, there isn't really much to remember. I was robbed of that. So I'm sure there are people who would benefit from such a service, but to me no good can come of it.
But this Christmas, I just refuse to let it bring me down. It will not win. Instead of soaking in grief, I will be marinading in the pure joy that is Christmas through my four-year-old's eyes. This is prime time. And though there will be moments of sadness, of realization that there is a whole imaginary track of my life that isn't playing out as it should be, there is also so much to celebrate.
I put the invitation in the shredder. It felt kind of good.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Why I Can't Let Go
Some time ago, I realized the best thing to do when I'm making a decision is to step away from it a bit and see how it feels. Whether it's buying a new coat or assessing a career move, if I stop thinking about it after a couple of days, I know I wasn't very attached to it in the first place. Because if I truly want something, it lingers. Persists. Sometimes takes over all my waking moments.
You'd think after all the torture I've been through on my road to parenthood, I'd have an easier time walking away now, calling the game, settling into my happy life with my one, gorgeous child. The fact that I haven't let go yet tells me this is not some optional pursuit in the course of my life. This has to do with the very vision I've long held of my life itself. I want my son to have a sibling. I believe I should be a mother of two. It still feels like there's someone missing, and just because it's been a rough go doesn't make it easy to walk away from that.
There's this whole thing around infertility/recurrent loss where people are made to feel they're greedy for "pushing their luck" and trying for another after receiving the miracle of a first. And it sort of enrages me. You wouldn't walk up to some random fertile and ask them why they believe they're entitled to a second child, so why is that suggestion made when the path is less smooth? Others, whether they've had problems or not, are no more entitled to it than I -- they've just gotten lucky. But if getting rejected by a first-choice law school (even with the right LSAT scores) doesn't stop people from becoming lawyers, why should I give up on my dream of a family of four?
Just to be perfectly clear, I am grateful beyond words, every day, for my H. I look at him and know now, more than ever, that he is a gift -- and we celebrate that every day. But he had something taken away from him in March, too. A whole world disappeared in that horrible moment when they told us there was no heartbeat. An entire trajectory of our lives has ceased to exist.
I still want him to have a sibling. I still believe in it as one believes in a vision of her life. And call me crazy, but I want to experience all the highs and lows of early childhood all over again, with the added dimension of H taking part. And so the options toward that are expanding; I am trying to think of possible paths toward surrogacy, along with adoption (which has always been a possibility, but doesn't solve the problem of our unused embryos, so I'm trying to sort through that). I still believe this is possible, and I stand ready, my heart and arms open.
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"Barack Obama. I still like his ideas. And I think he will be better for the poor people. I think he has done what he could with what he inherited."
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