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Something about exceptional farmers sets them apart. It's an attitude that's evident in a neat, well-maintained farmstead; a shop or equipment shed that's orderly, uncluttered and easy to work in.
Further evidence shows up in crops that are virtually weed free, tractors that run well past their amortization dates and employees who do a bit more than asked. And year in and year out, yields push well above county averages.
Neither aloof nor arrogant, exceptional farmers are non-assuming, quick to give credit to the hired help, the spouse, the good soil, a timely rain and a benevolent Creator.
Chuck Rowland, Gaines County, Texas, peanut, cotton and grain producer, is an exceptional farmer. His fields are neat, the yard of his comfortable home well kept; he credits much of his success to his wife, Vickie, and to divine intervention. He pays attention to production details. Even his pickup is clean. And he makes outstanding yields.
Rowland, with a 2001 average of 5,300 pounds of peanuts per acre, is the 2002 Southwest Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award winner. He'll receive the honor at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference later this month in Panama City, Fla.
He says his recipe for maintaining high yields includes three main ingredients: rotation, adequate water and proper soil mix.
By far, the most important is rotation, he says. "A three-year schedule is essential. Four years is better. I stayed on a four-year system for a long time," he says, "but I had to increase peanut acreage the past few years to survive low cotton prices. The shorter interval has not hurt yet."
A grain crop, wheat or rye, included in the rotation mix helps, he says. He likes rye in sandy soil because it provides a cover quicker than wheat will.
He usually harvests the grain but in dry years will not irrigate the cover crop. "I save water for peanuts and cotton."
Rowland has been "learning about peanuts since the mid-1980s, when he began increasing acreage. "We have to rotate to keep diseases in check," he says. "I once planted peanuts back to back, but on land I had just bought that had no peanut base. Since no one had planted peanuts there before, I got away with it."
He's becoming concerned with water, as are many farmers who irrigate from the Ogallala aquifer in the Texas Southern Plains. "We don't have as much water as we did just a few years ago," he says.
During the growing season, peanuts need one inch of moisture a week, and in most years that comes primarily from irrigation. "I'll pre-water some land before I plant," Rowland explains — "two applications to get on one-and-one-fourth inch. Then I'll plant and water the crop up. I apply light irrigations early and, after the plants come up, apply about an inch and then switch to a one-inch per week schedule."
He says without adequate subsoil moisture at bloom and pegging stages, peanut growth will lag. "If we get rainfall, we're OK, but if water is limited, the crop suffers. If it gets behind, it's hard to catch back up."
Water quality, as well as quantity is important to peanuts. "We're fortunate that we don't have salt or boron problems," Rowland says. "We do have questions about continued volume, however."
He says the home place fields have the weakest water supplies but make the best yields because of the soil mix.
"The right combination of clay and sand makes a big difference. Too much clay and we can't get all the peanuts out of the ground. Too much sand and we lose yield because soil does not hold water or nutrients."
Rowland has farmed on his own since 1974, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. "They always had some peanuts on the land," he says, "but acreage was fairly insignificant, around eight. The allotment system prevented them from getting any more peanuts in the 1960s and 1970s.
"Changes in the peanut program allowed for acreage expansion in the late '70s and Rowland began picking up a few more.
"We went from eight acres to 50 and then to 100 and finally to 352, where we are now." He plants similar cotton acreage to maintain his rotation schedule.
"Cotton does well in this rotation, and we plant Roundup Ready varieties to control volunteer peanuts. And the best peanut crop I ever made, 6,600 pounds, followed cotton."
Rowland is trying some new production techniques he expects will improve efficiency and keep yields up. "I plant some of my peanuts into standing wheat stubble," he says.
The wheat residue protects seedling peanuts from spring wind damage and puts organic matter back into the soil. He also plants cotton in wheat or rye stubble.
"I don't plant all my acreage in stubble because some land needs to be broken about every three years, but the stubble works quite well," he says.
"Where we have weaker water supplies, we might clean-till to hold the subsoil moisture. We'll plant wheat or rye and then kill it in the spring before we plant (and before it pulls moisture from he soil.) The grain crop doesn't need to be very big to prevent soil loss."
Rowland says stubble-planting saves trips work with a sand fighter in the spring and also protects the young peanut and cotton seedlings. "It's cut way back on tractor work. We do very little plowing, so this system shows a lot of promise for the area," he says.
Reduced tillage systems depend on herbicides for weed control. "When Pursuit hit the market, we got a new option to help keep peanuts clean," he says. "We've gotten away from yellow herbicides in the pegging zone. If we need them, we put them in the middle later."
He uses mostly Prowl or Dual in the middles of clean-till fields and waters the material in. "In stubble, I band Pursuit, starting when peanut plants are about three inches across and weeds are less than two inches tall."
Rowland grows Flavo-Runner seed peanuts for Birdsong for a $25 premium above market price, so he has to keep them free of weeds. Nutgrass control, he says, is especially important. "I don't have much, and Pursuit does a good job on it. If I get escapes, I spot treat with Tough or Dual."
Rotation is his first line of defense for disease pressure, but he uses fungicides as needed. "I employ a crop consultant, Clyde Crumley, to check my fields. He scouts for everything but fertility and will suggest nutrient rates if I ask for it.
Rhizoctonia poses the biggest disease threat. "We may get some pythium late in the season if we have a heavy canopy and we may pick up a little leafspot. Folicur and Abound take care of disease problems."
He bands the fungicides with a Red Ball sprayer and cuts the rate in half without losing control.
He's watching a potential schlerotinia problem in one small area. "I've isolated that spot and am careful about moving equipment in and out to prevent spreading the disease. Any kind of equipment can move it, so we have to be careful."
He says insect damage is rare but he may apply an insecticide to the edge of fields this year to knock back grasshoppers.
Rowland says he took a chance last year with fertility. "Peanuts don't respond much to direct fertilization but pick up residual nutrients from the previous crop. Last year I cut way back on peanut fertility and still made a good crop. But I used up all the soil reserves, so I'll add a double rate to cotton this year. I've always maintained high nutrient levels and I want to catch back up."
He likes 40-inch row spacings and says he'll stick with that until someone shows him that narrow rows will do better.
"My 40-inch rows lap adequately," he says. "They come together and just barely touch, so I have fewer problems with canopies growing together when vine growth is excessive."
Making a good crop is one thing, but getting it to market may be another, Rowland says. "After 150 days I start looking at maturity, usually around Oct. 5. If vines are healthy and a lot of peanuts are still immature, I let them go a little longer. But if the vines start going down or if a cold spell is predicted, I'll get started. And when I start I have to keep going."
At that time of year, his biggest threat is freeze damage. "Harvest timing is critical," he says. "I need three to four days to dry the peanuts in the field before they're safe from freeze damage."
With seed peanuts, mechanical drying is not an option. Companies demand field drying.
"They need to stay in the field until they reach the proper moisture level," Rowland says. "At 10 percent moisture, we go like crazy to get them up before they drop to 8 percent. If some are at 12 percent, we may blow some air on them to bring them down, but we don't use a dryer."
Rowland says success on his farm depends on more than his own efforts, and he points to his wife, Vickie, who keeps the books and schedules up to date as a significant contributor. He says when he signed up for a government program the interviewer suggested that he list himself at 60 percent of the work force and his wife as 40 percent.
"I told him he'd better switch that around," he says. "The work she does managing the business is too important to figure at a 40 percent contribution."
His son Chase, 19, helps out and 18-year old daughter Jodie stays busy with show lambs. A grown daughter, Robbie, works for John Deere in North Carolina.
"I also have one excellent full-time employee, Jim, who's been with me a long time and contributes a lot to the operation."
Peanuts have contributed substantially to his farm operation since the 1970s and helped him raise a family while he worked at what he loves.
"This is a way of life," he says. "We work hard, often on weekends, but when we get through, at layby, we can take off and enjoy the down time."


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by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Georgia College head tennis coach Steve Barsby is pleased to announce that the Monday Night Drill Group will be starting up again Monday, Jan. 17 and the Georgia College Junior Bobcat Tennis Program will start up again Saturday, Jan. 29.
The cost is $15 for the 90-minute drill program with no commitment. Patrons can show up the night of drills any week they can make it. Remember, any athlete who is able to do drills can come to these sessions. The courts are broken up between juniors and adults so everyone competes with people of their own age group. This allows participants to have fun and meet new people while getting some great instruction.
Also, the Saturday Junior Bobcat Tennis Program with be starting up again Jan. 29 and will run until March 19. Kids up to fifth grade will play from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45a.m. and kids grades 6-12 will be from 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Junior Tennis Program will run for eight weeks at a cost of $99 and the last day will be a game and prize day for the participants. All kids that sign up will receive a Georgia College Junior Tennis shirt.
For more information contact Steve Barsby at firstname.lastname@example.com or 478-445-1778.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/GCSUBobcats and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Astrosaurus Nex (Teal)
Mount Information:
Level Requirement:
Level 3 to ride.
Madam Faye Fortunes.
Fortune Coins Reward.
Ground mount.
Guide to Obtain:
- This mount is a rare drop chance from Madam Faye Fortunes.
- To access Madam Faye Fortunes click the icon in bottom left corner next to the store.
- You will need x1 Fortune Coin to play.
- Fortune Coin's can be purchased from the in-game store. You can purchase in different pack sizes (cost Protobucks).
- If mount not available it can also be found to purchase from the Auction House sometimes.
- For more information on this click HERE.
Mount Riding Skill Upgrade:
- Advanced Riding License (This increases your mounted speed by 15% of the base skill) - Purchase from a Mount Vendor for 50 Gold (your character must be level 40 to purchase.)
- Expert Riding License (This increases your mounted speed by 35% of the base riding skill) - Purchase from in-game store for 790 Protobucks or 395 OmniBits (this purchase can only be claimed by a single character).
- Note not all mounts are affected by Riding Skills as some travel faster than normal, check mounts tooltip (hover over icon) for their information.
Mount Customization:
- Mounts can be customized, go to Mount Customization in game to bring up the menu.
- Click HERE for Ground mount Customization List.


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|For the gang in Grand Theft Auto V, see Varrios Los Aztecas (HD Universe).
- "Extremely dangerous hispanic street gang. Violent. Proud. Psychotic. Heavily involved in gun running, street violence. Have traditionally been anti-narcotics. Long term gang feud with Los Santos Vagos. As well as rivalries with all other street gangs in Los Santos. Dislike of San Fierro Rifa. Wears turquoise."
- — GTA San Andreas Website.
- "¡Hasta la muerte!"
- — Cesar Vialpando
The Varrios Los Aztecas (a.k.a. "Aztecas", "Southerners", "Southside Aztecas", or "VLA") are a gang featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as the second group of protagonist gang.
The Varrios Los Aztecas have been around since the early 80's and are one of the newer formed gangs in Los Santos. Much of their origin and past is unknown. Likewise, the origins and past of their rivalry with the other Los Santos gangs - paticularly the Los Santos Vagos is also unknown, though it obviously began sometime from their origins in the early 80's, late 80's, or the early 90's. It is highly likely that they evolved from the El Corona neighborhood.
Events of GTA San Andreas
The Varrios Los Aztecas are not a major part of the story, but are first mentioned during Sweet & Kendl in which Sweet refers to Kendl's relationship with a high-ranking Azteca member - Cesar Vialpando, stating "you know we beefing". Because of this, the gang acts as a fulcrum point between the relationship of Sweet and his sister due to Cesar being Kendl's boyfriend - much to the dismay of Sweet because to Cesar's involvement with the VLA.
They are first seen during the mission Cesar Vialpando. Sweet orders CJ to follow his sister to a lowriding club at Unity Station, where a lowriding competition with a high concentration of Azteca gang members is taking place - including Cesar Vialpando himself. Fortunately, the Aztecas do not harass or fight CJ and let him take part in the bouncing competition against an Azteca member. CJ wins the competition without any violence taking place and is then introduced to Cesar Vialpando - Kendl's boyfriend. CJ makes his objection to the relationship clear, and an influential (possibly an OG) Azteca member called Jose approaches CJ and confronts/insults him for his rudeness. Fortunately, Cesar is able to influence Jose to "cool down", thus causing him to leave and possibly saving CJ's life. From this point on, Cesar and CJ start to develop a close friendship though the gang violence between the Aztecas and Grove Street Families doesn't decrease.
It is likely that the Aztecas have no involvement with C.R.A.S.H. like the other three Los Santos gangs. This is because the Aztecas never show-up to rob the weapons train during the mission Catalyst, where as the other three gangs were tipped off by CRASH about the train. This is odd since the Aztecas are heavily involved in arms dealing/gun running. Either CRASH are scared of the Aztecas due to them being possibly the most heavily armed gang in Los Santos, or they avoid them because they mistakenly think they are weak due to their small size. Another possibility for this is because CRASH does not want to make the VLA too powerful over the other gangs by equipping them with even more weapons (due to them already being heavily armed). CRASH reveals this mentality to CJ during the mission Gray Imports by stating "if one tribe gets an unfair advantage over another, that truly troubles me Carl!".
However, upon the completion of the mission The Green Sabre, the Aztecas lose all of their territory and influence to the Vagos - including El Corona, Unity Station, and Little Mexico. Remaining Aztecas are killed or in hiding while Cesar is far away from Los Santos aiding CJ and Kendl.
Throughout the rest of the middle game, the Aztecas make no appearances.
Upon the return of CJ to Los Santos, Cesar and the Aztecas regain back their territory from the Vagos in a gang war with the help of CJ and some Grove Family members during the mission Los Desperados. This mission also introduces the other three known Azteca OG's - Gal, Sunny, and Hazer. This is the only known situation where the Families and the Aztecas join together briefly to take down the Vagos.
The Varrios Los Aztecas are an extremely proud Mexican/Latino street gang, and they control El Corona, Little Mexico and Unity Station. They are the smallest gang in the city but are likely to be one of the most heavily armed, giving them power over the other gangs. They are a traditionally anti-narcotic gang like the Grove Street families, with heavy involvement in gun running/arms trafficking, gang-banging, gang warfare, street violence, gang-related homicide, murder, vandalism, and illegal street racing. They are easily identifiable by their turquoise colored bandanas and 90's "cholo" style clothing.
The Aztecas have a fierce rivalry with the Los Santos Vagos, and strongly dislike the San Fierro Rifa. They also have many conflicts with the nearby Ballas (especially the Front Yard set) since their territories border near Idlewood. The Aztecas are also enemies with the Grove Street Families and will attack Grove members on sight though the rivalry is not as intense as it is with the Ballas and especially the Vagos since the families are well away from their territory, and since they both share similar views on drug trafficking.
Aztecas will more commonly question CJ about his gang banging status rather than directly shooting him on sight like the Ballas would. If the player chooses to respond positively, CJ will announce he is from Grove Street and the Aztecas will attack. Aztecas members will be hostile to Carl only if he walks on their territory. If he drives a car through their turf, they will just stand on the street and won't even chase hím or shoot at his car. This indicates that the Aztecas and GSF have a lighter rivalry, as opposed to the Ballas and Vagos, whom the GSF are arch-enemies with.
Despite the rivalry between the Aztecas and the Families, two prominent OG's/high ranking members bond a close friendship - Carl Johnson (Grove Street) and Cesar Vialpando (Aztecas) due to Cesar dating Carl's sister Kendl - though this is much to the dismay of Grove Street leader Sweet whom quotes at the beginning of the game "you know we beefing" in relation to the rivalry between the two gangs. The friendship of Carl and Cesar is further fueled when they eventually leave behind the gang-banging lifestyle. Hence, despite the fact that Cesar is a friend of the protagonist, this gang will be hostile towards the player.
Unity Station acts as a front for the gang and is a common meeting place, aswell as being the place where their lowrider competition takes place. VLA members are mostly dressed in the 90's 'cholo' (Mexican gangster) style clothing of the time and turquoise bandanas are a dead give-away and they will often mark their territroy with graffiti. Members are found hanging around and talking in groups while smoking marijuana and drinking malt liquor. Upon spotting a Balla, Grove, and especially a Vago or rarely a Rifa member on sight - they will engage in a violent confrontation. Aztecas can also sometimes be seen flashing their gang handsigns.
On the streets, they are either unarmed or armed with the 9mm Pistol or the Micro Uzi. Since they carry the Micro-uzi on the streets along with an RPG, TEC-9, and Katana in the mission Los Desperados, they are actually better armed than their primary enemy - the Vagos, though the Vagos are much larger and have more territory while the Aztecas are the smallest gang in Los Santos - suggesting that they are probably on equal power.
The Aztecas drive the Broadway, the Glendale, and the Hermes. Their favourite radio station is Playback FM.
The VLA have three different skins that will walk and drive around their territories.
- The first member sports a backwards black baseball cap, sunglasses, a turquoise bandana, a black ProLaps jacket with a white shirt underneth, a cross necklace, black jeans and white sneakers.
- The second member wears sunglasses, a turquoise bandana, a white T-shirt, a cross necklace, beige khaki shorts, knee-high white socks, white sneakers, and has a shaved head and tattoos.
- The last member wears a turquoise bandana, a collared black and gray striped T-shirt, gray khaki pants, white sneakers and also features many tattoos.
Gal, Sunny, and Hazer are likely the gang's OG's who assist Cesar and Carl to recover some of their lost territory during the mission "Los Desperados" towards the end of the game. Jose is also possibly an OG/high ranking member, who is introduced during the mission "Cesar Vialpando". The game never explains Cesar's status in the gang. He could be the leader or a high-ranking OG. It is more likely that he is a high-ranking member and not the leader due to his influence over Jose and his overall respect. If he was the leader, it is unlikely he would befriend CJ, ask for the Grove Street Families' help during the mission Los Desperados, or date Kendl.
The Aztecas are traditionally heavily into cars and the lowriding culture and "hopping" or hydraulics usage as part of their gangs identity and past-time. They have a betting competition known as the Lowrider Challenge. It can be found at Unity Station after talking to the mechanic just outside of the east wall of the station's parking lot.
Unlike the other gangs, the Aztecas don't primarily seem to be concerned with "branching out" or starting businesses/relationships (except for arms running/dealing) like the Vagos/Ballas willingness to engage in the crack trade or the Grove Families willingness for territory/expansion. Instead, they seem to be more locally focused by exclusvely representing and defending their "barrio".
Interestingly, unlike the Ballas and the Grove Families; the Aztecas are not divided into different sets - and are formed as one large gang instead. This is probably due to their small size: the different sets make it easier to organize large gangs, while the Aztecas wouldn't necessarily have that problem.
Member and Associates
- Cesar Vialpando - Leader
- Jose - High Ranking Member
- Gal - Lieutenant
- Sunny - Lieutenant
- Hazer - Lieutenant
- Carl Johnson - Underboss of the Families and Cesar's brother in law
- Sweet Johnson - Boss of the Families and Carl's brother
- Kendl Johnson - Carl's sister and Cesar's girlfriend
- Woozie - Deputy Mountain Master of the San Fierro Triads
Terms and Slang
- Burrito Boys: Disrespect term
- Ass-Suckers: Disrespect term
- Ass-Takers: Disrespect term
- Ass-Bangers: Disrespect term
- Azteca A-holes:Disrespect term
- Az-dicks: Disrespect term
- VK/Vago Killer/Vago Killa: Term used by Aztecas to disrespect Vagos
- GK/Grove Killer/Grove Killa: Term used by Aztecas to disrespect Grove Families
- BK/Balla Killer/Balla Killa: Term used by Aztecas to disrespect Ballas
- Ese: Contemporary Mexican street slang - refers to a friend
- Holmes/Homie/Home Boy/Home Girl: Contemporary street slang - refers to a friend (especially Holmes for latino slang)
- Northerner/North: Usually refers to the Vagos or San Fierro Rifa and their territory
- Varrio/Barrio/Hood: Neighborhood
- OG/Original Gangster: A high-ranking, influential and well-respected member. One that has put in a lot of work.
Territory Glitch
Due to a glitch, it is possible for the Varrios Los Aztecas to attack Grove Street territory. First, the player will have to wait for some Ballas to attack the hood. When the territory is attacked, the player will need to lure 3 Ballas gangbangers into El Corona or Little Mexico, kill them there and then drive to the attacked hood. The player will see blue points on the map, either Glendales, Broadways or Hermes blocking the turf and the Varrios attacking it.
Mission Appearances
- Varrios Los Aztecas is misspelled Spanish for "The Aztec Neighborhoods", the correct word is "Barrio", or "Barrios" in plural. Probably misspelled to be stylized since in Mexican Spanish, the sound of B and V are basically pronounced the same way.
- There is a real-life gang called Sureños.
- The beta versions of the VLA members are different from the final versions.
- One member wore two turquoise bandanas on his head and face, a black long sleeve button jacket with only the top button fastened (as most Mexican gangs wore), a white tank top underneath, baggy dark gray khakis and dark gray sneakers.
- Another member wore a turquoise bandana on his face, a white, tucked-in tank top , and also wore dark gray khakis and sneakers.
- The other member wore a turquoise bandana on his head, a white tucked-in tank top, dark gray khaki shorts, knee-high socks and sandals.
- Varrios Los Aztecas gang tags are Orange, in beta are turquoise.
- When attacking CJ near a rival gang neighborhood, they will turn their hostilities to a rival gang member if they see one.
- It is possible that the Varrios Los Aztecas are allied with the Colombian Cartel, because Catalina in Grand Theft Aero mentions that she does not ally anyone except her relatives.
- Varrios Los Aztecas are supposed to lose their territory to Los Santos Vagos after completing the first strand of Los Santos missions, but they might retain it for the entirety of the storyline. This is because VLA territories are scripted to be transferred to Vagos after receiving a post-mission call from Catalina after completing Gone Courting.
- Due to a glitch, when players put on the cheat for gangbangers appearing everywhere (PC:BIFBUZZ) they may be seen driving around in Sentinels. They will attack each other because the Sentinel driver is Unused Gang 9.
- In the beta version of the game, Varrios Los Aztecas were recruitable, and were originally scripted to be on much friendlier terms with the Families. This is also proven by their dialogue, as rarely they may say to CJ something like "Hey, nice shoes". If Carl responds that he is from Grove Street, he will get shot at by that gang member, on rare occasions CJ may respond positively to the compliment (e.g: Thanks, I agree etc.) and the gang member will not shoot CJ. Also in Lowrider Challenge, if you recruit the gang member and respond positive, the gang member will not attack CJ and not attack other gang member when in Grove Street or enemy territory.


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The viability of a runaway alert system and the current recovery of runaway practices was the topic of a legislative study Tuesday.
The study was requested by state Rep. Joe Dorman, who ran legislation during the 2013 legislative session to create a runaway alert system similar to the Amber Alert. House Bill 2227 is currently awaiting a committee hearing in the Oklahoma Senate.
"We anticipate having law enforcement officials and national experts participating in the study and we hope to have a few Oklahoma families who have dealt with the system to give us their perspective," said Dorman, D-Rush Springs.
A search of missing children in Oklahoma in a one-year period on the National Center for Missing or Exploited Children website showed 20 open cases. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 800,000 children are annually reported missing nationwide with more than 200,000 of those proven to be abductions by a family member and more than 58,000 abductions by a person with no relation to the child.
"Runaway cases are handled a bit differently in Oklahoma than cases in which the child abducted," Dorman said. "A common misperception is that the Amber Alert system is for all missing children, but it is actually only issued for abductions. One of the problems we face in reacting to runaway cases is the larger number of runaway reports that occur in the state."
To make sure that the alert system doesn't overly burden law enforcement, Dorman wants to make his runaway alert system voluntary and set up a filter so that officers can receive reports only for runaways in their local zip code or zip codes in which they register.
The alert system would come at an estimated one-time price tag of approximately $75,000, according to information provided to Dorman by the Department of Public Safety. Language is included in the proposed law to allow private donations to assist with this cost. Dorman has offered to help raise the funds privately to cover this effort.
Law enforcement cannot currently pick up runaways unless they are breaking a law, Dorman said. Along with the alert system, he wants to authorize law enforcement to take reported runaways into custody and require an exit interview with all runaways taken into custody to verify the reason for leaving the home is not abuse or neglect.


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|2005-12-19, 10:27
|Link #1
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
The following tutorials have been made (mostly) in Photoshop and ImageReady.
ImageReady comes with Photoshop (starting with CS3 ImageReady has been merged into Photoshop and other Adobe programs)
Short F.A.Q.¤
All Freaquently Asked Questions Answered
See footnotes for really basic questions
Category Index¤
Grayed-Out text represents tutorials which are very old or for which part of the content (eg. images) has detiriorated.
Complete Guides¤
Step By Step Guides To Making Avatars
Step By Step Guides To Making Signatures
Other tutorials may have been created since this index was last updated.
The last post in this thread at the time of the last update was Post #1702.
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|2005-12-19, 10:27
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 30
[Original Post] Sig/Avatar tutorials by the makers [Index in First Post]
Have you ever wondered how a certain effect for a signature/avatar is created? Well here's where you can ask! And those of you who want to share the wealth - this is the place for you.
There is only one guideline I suggest is followed: please stay on topic .
And remember: All information on this thread is property of the creators. If they don't want to tell you how they did something, they don't have to.
Please refrain from posting excessive links to tutorial sites. If you feel that they explain better than you can, it's acceptable, but this thread is mainly for home made tutorials.
Have fun!
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|2005-12-19, 16:50
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 30
To get the ball rolling, here's a tutorial I did about rounded edges.
This tutorial was done in Photoshop.
First of all, select the Rounded Rectangle Tool. Up at the top, be sure to have clicked the Paths button. This step is easy to miss and very important. The Radius box allows you to change how curved you want your edges to be. Play around with different values in that box to get different results.
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Next, select what you want inside the rounded edges. After you are satisfied with that, click the paths tab on the pallette at the right, then right click and select make selection.
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On the make selection dialogue box, be sure to have the Feathered Radius set to 0 pixels. The outline of the rounded edges should change from a solid to a broken line.
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Now press Ctrl + Shift + I to select the inverse. This is going to set you up to trim off the outside edges. If you are satisfied with what you have selected to trim, press the delete key to get rid of the selected bits.
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And voila! Rounded edges, Yuiichi Style.
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Hope you find this helpful!
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|2005-12-20, 05:01
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Join Date: Dec 2005
IT'S ME! good ol' dragonwingz
I will be teaching everyone the good tool called: Pen Tool and how to use it for extraction since beginners and intermediate personals with photoshop doesn't know how. i highly recommend this technique to everyone. I personally dont find it hard or too difficult just watch (hopes everyone likes ichigo from bleach):
First off, we'll start off with this. Selecting the pen tool:
Then this, the settings for it:
make a new transparent layer below the image you want to extract:
Now we'll start our tracing. just like the polygonal tool you go around the scan/picture with a straight line, but with the pen tool you can curve the lines: *zoom till you can see, but not all the way (100 or 200 is good enough)*
This would be what you usually would do with the polygonal tool:
This is the pen tool:
*To curve the lines: click your left mouse button and hold on to it, now dddrrraagg (drag), dont watch where you drag it to, but watch what kind of curve you make! it has to border around the character's face or whatever*
now, here's a tricky part. the extended tail when you curved the line will give you problems on your next tracing line, for example: there's a 90 degree angle, but because of the extended tail it wont allow you to make a 90 degree, instead you made a rounded curve. To fix this you will use the Convert Point Tool. here's a picture of what the scenario is like:
Now we will apply that knowledge into an actual picture (ichigo):
now once you're done to a point (i usually do it section by section, doing the entire picture all at once isn't very secure.) like the polygonal tool, go out of the picture and reconnect with your first dot.
you've probably tried and said: "wtf mate? why can't i delete it?" well that's where this comes in. you have to right click and click on Make Selection
once you've click make selection a small windows will pop up. Put in these settings:
Press Ok, as you can see now. the tracing lines will be now look like the ones you do on any of the marquee tools or polygonal tool. all you do now is press delete
here's the result (not finished of course), and i now realize that using this picture of ichigo was a bad idea because it wasn't too technicle. you probably dont want to use the pen tool ever again because of me now...BUT! you know what?!?! this tutorial took so long i dont care if you like it or not! if you dont use it i'll beat you down with a pillow! that's right! a pillow!
P.S. Yuiichi, why did you ever made this thread in the first place?? :'(
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I know tutorials aren't that fun to make, but don't you feel good inside after making one?
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one of my old psd tuts. this is a christmas present from me so happy early xmas.
requires use of c4d renders
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Advanced Rounded Edges
All of you have probably seen sigs with some corners round and some corners straight. This is the tutorial that's going to tell you how to do that.
Tutorial made with: Photoshop.
Alright, so you're going to start out with a crop of something. I'll just take this crop of Sia from Shuffle.
Spoiler for Step 1:
Next, duplicate the layer. Don't worry about the options there, just click ok.
Spoiler for Step 2:
Now, select the bottom layer and follow the steps to making rounded edges (click here for that tutorial.)
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Next, select the top layer, choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool, and select the corners that you want to be rounded (one corner at a time). When you have a corner selected, delete that portion of the top layer. Continue doing this till you have all of the rounded corners you want.
Spoiler for Step 4:
You might notice that some of the layers don't match up (one having 1 or 2 pixils over the other), and this isn't good. You now want to select the Polygonal Lasso Tool, and cut out the extra pixils. (Tip: pressing shift will make the selection line be confined to straight horizontal or vertical lines.)
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And you're done! Advanced Rounded Edges made simple! To add a border, just merge the two layers and add a stroke. Have fun playing around with this!
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as long as you have the tools needed, dont worry about what version of photoshop it is or have.
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This thread can be for any program: Photoshop 6.0, Photoshop 7.0, PaintShop Pro, MS Paint... It is all determined by the software owned by the tutorial writer.
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And Dragonwingz explained that he had his skinned.
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Shuffle Text
I'm pretty sure some of you have seen the sigs I have done with the font that mimics the Shuffle logo. If not, here's an example:
In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to do this!
This tutorial was made in: Photoshop.
First of all, you need the correct font. The one I use is called Fat; the problem is I don't know where I found it. To fix this problem, I'm going to host it on some webspace I have Click here to download the font. If clicking on the link doesn't prompt you to save the file, right click and select Save Link As or Save Target As, depending on your browser.
(Tip: To install the font, copy it into your C:\Windows\Fonts directory.)
After thats done, get out the image you want to place the text on. Click the Horizontal Line Type Tool and click on your canvas. Make sure you have selected the Fat font and also have an appropriate font size selected. Don't worry about the colour just yet.
Spoiler for Step 2:
Type 1 letter, click another tool, and then click the Horizontal Line Type Tool again. Then click on the canvas away from your first letter. This will type each letter on a new layer (this is crucial for steps coming up).
Spoiler for Step 3:
Once you have all of your letters down, you can start changing the colours. You can change the colours by selecting the Horizontal Line Type Tool and highlighting each letter individually, and then clicking the colour picker. The Shuffle! logo follows a specific colour pattern for the letters, and we want to mimic this. Here is the colour pattern that you should follow. To make your letters this same colour, first save this image and open it in Photoshop. Then follow the above directions to change the colours and when in the colour picker, click on the colours in the pattern.
Spoiler for Step 4:
When all of your letters are coloured, you will want to start rotating them. Rotate each individual letter by selecting the layer, and clicking Edit > Transform > Rotate. The first letter should be rotated Left, second should be rotated Right, and so on. When each letter is rotated, line them up so that they "fit together". This might involve making one letter higher than the other.
Spoiler for Step 5:
When all the letters are lined up appropriately and you are sure you're happy with it, press Shift + Ctrl + E to merge all of the layers. Then duplicate the layer once. Warning! Once you merge your layers, the text is no longer editable. Be sure to make sure you're happy with what you've done before doing this step.
Spoiler for Step 6:
Now you're almost done. Select the bottom layer and click Layer > Layer Style > Stroke. Choose a Size of 5 and the colour black. Click OK. Then select the top layer and click Layer > Layer Style > Stroke. Choose a Size of 4 and the colour white. Click OK. If the layers aren't matched up properly, you'll see more black on one side than another. Choose the Move Tool and nudge (by using the arrow keys) the layer into proper position.
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And there you have it! Shuffle! like text.
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Also how i do add borders?
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Because it doesn't support transparency, hence the white corners.
Try saving it in GIF or PNG format.
For borders, just select the area of the image you want to have a border.
If your corners are square just do a select all, then go to edit->stroke.
If your corners are rounded you may have to use the rounded marquee tool to do your selection.
|2005-12-30, 16:37
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This method is much easier with rounded edges.
|2005-12-30, 17:18
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for the "Advanced Rounded Edges"...this might be stupid but...how do you delete the corners...what button do you press...? i tried backspace and in the history i cleared it...but it didnt do anything. then i tried the delete button under insert like on the keyboard...but nothing happened.
help XS
|2005-12-31, 09:04
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For advanced rounded edges, you have 2 layers right? So, your only rounding 1 of those layers, the other layer fills in the space that you've deleted. Thats why you have to move on to the next step to choose which corners you want rounded.
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The Book Prize Blog: Merivel A Man of his Time by Rose Tremain
In the second of our 2012 Wellcome Trust Book Prize posts, Nancy Wilkinson reads Rose Tremain's Merivel: A Man of his Time. A sequel to Tremain's previous hit Restoration, physician, father and friend to the King, Sir Robert Merivel tells us of his romp through life in the 17th century.
Turning the first pages of the book, I found the main character himself doing the same. Doctor Sir Robert Merivel describes his astonishment at the peculiar package presented to him by his manservant, something that had been under Merivel's mattress for 16 years. It is his old journal, 'The Wedge', and thus he looks back on the events of Restoration, bringing him to the conclusion that for his 56 years of life, he has little to show.
Since we last met Sir Robert Merivel in Restoration, 16 years have passed, which makes it 'the Ninth day of November 1683'. The Merivel of A Man of His Time is a more contemplative soul, now with a grown up daughter and more time on his hands. Although he remains a close friend of the King, and a noted physician, he is still disappointed with 'The Wedge', so he sets off to Versailles to pursue a new chapter of his life. And while his guilt at neglecting his patients occasionally takes him back home, he has a busy couple of years in Paris, Switzerland and London, and even acquires a pet bear.
Although Rose Tremain is known as a historical writer, there are definite links between today and her characters' lives over 300 years ago. The backdrop of anguish for the most vulnerable, and for Merivel himself, relates to austerity Britain, and his feelings towards his daughter's coming of age certainly still ring true.
What struck me was that as a reader you are immediately transported into the mind of this man, and completely succumb to his thoughts and feelings. Not for one moment did the language or topic feel old fashioned, partly due to the comedic style Tremain gives Merivel's thoughts.
'…because all [the patient's] thoughts turned, day by day, upon the making of a good stool to relieve the pain in his bowel, his wool business was neglected.'
Merivel's journey details every aspect of his life, but always coming back to his relationship with medicine. Tremain transports us to a time where there was little certainty over medical practice; the soul and religion still playing an immense role. However, she details some mysteries that remain unsolved today. On the nature of cancer, Merivel describes how "… strange and terrible it was that the body, in its darkness and secrecy, produces Additions that can bring it to the grave." The accurate depiction of many ailments, some still present in the modern world, is fascinating, and the descriptive style is present through all aspects of the novel (in particular during some of Merivel's more unusual sexual encounters).
The book leaves you with a real sense of the period and the characters. The intensity of Merivel's feelings towards the King, the haphazard medical practices and the complex relationships between friends, family and lovers paint a colourful picture of life in the 17th Century. And with the story told through the eyes of a loveable rogue, it's difficult not to feel part of it.
Below is a short film featuring an extract from the novel. It was produced by the Wellcome Trust as part of a series of shorts about the shortlisted titles. To view the full playlist visit the Wellcome Trust YouTube channel.


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Anatomy of a Failover coreboot v2 Image
The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
This page is obsolete
Note: The information on this page is no longer correct. Instead coreboot uses CBFS now.
Overview and according values
This is a pictorial view of FAILOVER_SIZE, _ROMBASE, ROM_IMAGE_SIZE, PAYLOAD_SIZE, ROM_SIZE, ROM_SECTION_SIZE, HAVE_FALLBACKBOOT, HAVE_FAILOVERBOOT for Options.lb and Config.lb.
XIP_ROM_BASE and XIP_ROM_SIZE are for MTRR setting during CAR to cache part of the ROM image. Speeds up anything with loops like copies and decompression.
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The failover image...
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- runs normal or fallback.
Some Errors you might come across and probable solutions
coreboot input file larger than allowed size
./buildrom coreboot.strip coreboot.rom payload 0x70000 0x7f000 coreboot image is 458820 bytes; only 458752 allowed coreboot input file larger than allowed size!
Typically caused by crt0 having a .data segment. Make sure all ROM data is defined as constant.
section .id overlaps section .rom
gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: section .id [00000000ffffefd2 -> 00000000ffffefef] overlaps section .rom [00000000fffeed83 -> 00000000ffffff5f] /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .id lma 0xffffefd2 overlaps previous sections /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .reset lma 0xffffeff0 overlaps previous sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/srv/svn/linuxbios-extra/tmp/LinuxBIOSv2-3021/util/abuild/linuxbios-builds/amd_serengeti_cheetah_fam10/fallback' make: *** [fallback/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
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See also the FAQ for a detailed description of a fix.


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MANCOS Twenty miles west of Durango, just south of U.S. Highway 160, Maggie Rock rises from the horizon like a watchful sentinel. The piñon- and scrub oak-covered ridge climbs sharply from the meadow below before culminating in a crown of rocky outcrops, 8,650 feet above sea level. From a distance, it resembles a sawed-off, less grandiose Chimney Rock.
It was from the apex of Maggie, 45 years ago, that a teenage Beth Murphy lost her footing and took a horrific, 200-foot tumble that nearly and probably should have ended her life.
After decades away, this week she came back, a woman on a mission: to vanquish any residual anxiety from her mind by standing tall atop Maggie Rock again.
Now 60, Murphy and her seven siblings grew up in the shadow of Maggie Rock. Her father owned and operated a logging company, complete with its own sawmill for processing. The family lived simply, Murphy said. The kids, predisposed to gallivanting and scraped knees, used the wooded lands around their property as a de facto playground, with arroyos for slides and windswept boulders standing in for jungle gyms.
Murphy was one of those kids. A self-professed tomboy, she spent countless days traipsing around the hilly terrain with her friends or with her younger brother, James, who shared an enthusiasm for the outdoors.
Youd think I would have tagged along with my older sister, but she was more of a bookworm, an artistic type, Murphy said. Jimmy and I had more in common. We would spend so much time outside, daylight to dark.
Unfinished business
At the time of her accident, Maggie Rock was no stranger to Murphy. She had scaled it, calamity-free, at least three times before. But that fateful afternoon in late April 1967, it all went wrong.
The day began like any other. The morning air was brisk and the spring foliage was yet to fill in. Murphy rallied two friends who lived nearby Pauline Eppich and Eleanor Bartel and the trio set out to summit Maggie again.
In those days, we traveled light. We didnt have fancy climbing equipment or hiking boots, Murphy said Wednesday as she struggled to adjust the newfangled Camelback supplied by her younger sister, Ruth Dillon.
I have to teach my big sister how to drink water, joked Dillon, who now lives in Moab, Utah. Of the octet, she has retained the most wilderness know-how.
Murphys lifestyle, on the other hand, is quite removed from the jaunty days of her youth. The exodus of all eight siblings from Southwest Colorado has taken most of them to tamer pastures. Murphy ended up near Fort Worth, Texas.
Speaking in a faint Southern drawl she has acquired, Murphy admitted to being out of top hiking shape. But her spirit has lost none of its vigor. She was committed to addressing some unfinished business atop Maggie Rock.
During the ascent, she deplored the onset of a splitting altitude-induced headache, and her creaky knees gave her some trouble on longer uphill strides. But all things considered, the rust didnt show much. She was back in her element.
Dillon wielded a machete trudging through the tangle of underbrush like before, there were no defined trails here. Meanwhile, Murphy described the epic fall of 1967 and its grisly aftermath.
Twas the gum that did it
It began innocuously enough. After finishing a scenic lunch at the Maggie Rock summit, the trio of friends threw their empty paper sacks over the edge; out of sight, out of mind.
It sounds irresponsible now, like a bunch of litterbugs. But people thought differently (about environmentalism) then, she said. And there was no plastic. Only biodegradable materials.
Suddenly, Eppich realized she had left a pack of chewing gum in her discarded sack and scampered down to a protruding ledge, about 15 feet below, to retrieve it. She tried once, twice to toss the gum up to Murphy, but they couldnt make the connection. On the third attempt, Murphy stretched out her arm, leaned forward a bit too far and was gone.
Murphys epic plummet was slowed momentarily by colliding with the ledge. The impact knocked her out cold. It probably was for the best because her ill-fated journey down the mountainside was just beginning. She continued to fall through the air, now limp as a rag doll, before meeting the ground 150 feet later. From there, Murphy tumbled through a thicket of shrubs, ricocheting this way and that before finally rolling to a stop.
Im not sure how long I was out. When I came to, I remember looking up toward the rocky cliff and the sky and being unable to move, she said. I remember the girls hollering to me from above. I remember being cold.
Flitting in and out of consciousness, Murphy had no choice but to wait for help. She was incapacitated. Her ankle was broken, her lumbar vertebra cracked, she had nerve damage in her lower right leg and raw lesions covered her entire body.
My clothes were shredded. I was a bloody mess, she said.
She also displayed concussion symptoms. When her two friends arrived on the scene, Murphy was unable to distinguish them.
I called them the wrong names, she said. I saw the fear in their eyes.
While Eppich ran to fetch help, Bartel stayed by her side. Murphy said her friends presence was instrumental in keeping her lucid and calming her nerves.
Buzzards were circling overhead. They knew I was weak, she said.
It took five hours to reach the hospital, where Murphy would spend the next four days in convalescence.
While confined to bed, she still managed to secure a prom date.
I held the covers over my face as he asked me, Murphy said, cringing.
Her wounds took months to fully heal. Forty-six years later, her body still carries scars from that day.
Counting their blessings
Back in the present, the Maggie Rock summit is drenched in sunlight. A few thunderclouds rumble in the distance, but theyre far off. Dillon struggles to hold back tears. Ironically she appears the more emotional of the two.
I dont know how the hell she survived that, she said, peering warily over the edge. We almost lost her. Im so, so grateful we didnt.
For her part, Murphy gives thanks on a regular basis.
I could have easily died or had serious brain damage or broken my neck, she said. It was a miracle. It really was.