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Bought a moleskine on the 13th. Its paper crafted by the hands of immortals and made from unicorn horns.
EDIT - scanned in next post.
moar anatomy to come.
Last edited by Dished; February 25th, 2008 at 12:34 AM.
Nice, I detect a touch of Mobius on your later panels.
I like the way your rendering is progressing... do try and push those pencils, though, the same way you push your inks and digi work, get those DARKS in there... experiement with a range of graphite, too... 2H on up to the 4Bs and such. DRAW MOAR!
hawkwin - hehe thanks for stopping by! Whos/Whats mobius?
jessi-thanks a bunch!!!
Quick digi i just did right now.Gotta work more digital.
very nice pencils madame !! me loves some moleskin too, so keep it coming !!
About the digi's, i would work with a bigger brush and play more with the planes :]
Keep pushing madame !
Thanks for stopping by dan! Will do!
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mine is hte head with two mouths and the figure on top of it
skull study today
Hey dished. Cool sketchbook.
I know you have more updates, just talked to Daniel who were doing a OC session with you. He posted the last ones, now you post one
A suggestion, before rendering, keep it simple, get the basic shape right. The outline will suggest the planes and describe a lot of form. That's why you can tell so much about form just from an outline.
So keep it simple. make an construction of the head and stick with it until you know how it changes and how the proportions look like.
Good luck. And Happy New Year!
pencilator - Thanks man! I'll work on that. Something I shouldve learned ages ago hehe. THanks again!
Happy New year folks!
Heres the oc session with danielc today and the wpe's
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Looking very good dawn !
Play more with the planes on the skull ! With the correct value on each of them you'll find something very interesting :]
have fun !!
Hey dished! Wow this stuff is looking pretty fresh! Skull turned out pretty nice, I love drawing those things.
Skull study looks strong, I think you should take that sort of aim at your other pieces as well, great potential there! Don't forget you can push your values harder, more rendering, darker darks and highlights!
Time to fill your sketchbook! More updates! :]
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Dan- THanks man! Yeah good idea Ill through bridgman for that.
Mike- Heyy long time !thanks! yeah skulls are always fun
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these are all chronological for the most part. These all date from the first week of december to now =]
the tae kwon do stuff are from a class,sat in my neice and nephews class, and drew little kids who cuold kick my ass with one hit, and the pants are from teen vogue. no. its not my copy.
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Haha its so much. Good to see you enjoying your Moleskine Now go go fill those pages!
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My my! You have been a busy little bee!!!
Fantastic updates, great body of work, and a big jump from when I last saw you in SF...(god, that was 3yrs ago!)
One thing tho - try and scan/photograph your pages face on, and adjust the levels a bit it photoshop...also, reduce the size so we can see!!!
Keep at it petal!
Looking good madame !
try to play around with the planes to get closer to what you're looking for.
Keep working !
Yeah, those Vilppu exercises are very useful. Looking at your gestures, I would say to concentrate on the action lines first, when you sketch you tend to go for the contour lines first. The action lines are the implied lines that move through limbs, and any objects that have obvious length, they're also implied whenever there are convex contours.
Linear direction tends to be ambiguous, but the figure can specify the direction by the sense of muscle action, I mean to say that 'if an arm is extended then I know that it's moving forward because the tris and shoulders are active, I know there's a twist in a specific direction because one of the obliques is active.' A good example of it is in Michelangelo's "the temptation and the fall of man", you can tell where everyone's moving by the use of muscle cues, and the clarity of his linear arrangement.
Lines are are also implied as acting on contours, the arrow is the perfect example of it ------->, I know that arrows moving to the right because I follow the line through it's effect on the line at the end, which is being bent by it's force.
The kid's left arm and right torso work like the arrow. Also clarified formal directions by using Vilppu's tools.
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Hey Dished, it is a pleasure meeting you these last couple of weeks at the CA open figure session. Boy have you come along ways from page one to page three!! I would say keep doing studies and drawing the figure like you have been doing. And congrats on finishing the moleskin you showed me saturday morning. I look forward to your next update. And if you're not there next Saturday I am certain i will see you here on the forums well i'm off to bed. Safe travels and take care.
like the pen drawings, and good art tonight in oc, will be sending you the WPE when I wake up, if your online. and dont forget to stop by my book now!
I miss scanners here are some i did today in starbucks. Cept for the Alien and the Sp. I just worked on those a bit more.
Hyver - Moleskine FTW! thanks for stopping by.
iceman - thanks !!
Molly - ee! sorry about that, photoshop bloopers! Thanks Get on msn sometime :p heheh.
Dan - Thanks !!! Didnt realise how important those were.. lol
armando - thank you sooo much for that paint over! Ive been working on that more,and its making things a lot easier !
ashrumm - heyy! likewise! see you again...whenever that will be. thanks for stopping by! update your sb pwease?
jamie - thanks man!! we should OC more.
Nice stuff Dish, keep it coming, and push that mechaman piece, real potential.. ;-)
Girl keep it up...!! I.e. keep updating. ><
Can't give real crits yet, just.. keep studying.
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Professor Sam Edsall holds advanced degrees in mass media and computer graphic design. He teaches entry level and upper division courses in television production with certification training on Final Cut Pro. He also teaches computer graphics and animation for television and online journalism. He is a member and officer in the Broadcast Educator's Association and Advisor for the National Broadcasting Society.
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You can continue to make a difference! Though Step Out day is officially over, donations are still welcomed and will be continued to be collected until April 15, 2014 11:59PM GST via mail or online. (Bonus note: all donations to this year's walk are tax deductable for the 2015's taxes.) Also it is not too late to be eligible for a walk incentive. The ADA will continue to tabulate contributions and deliver your T-shirts (if you've raised over $100) and Chevron with Techron Gas Cards (for $250 and above funds raised). To view your eligibility list of full prizes, please see the Mahalo Gifts section below.
Highlights from Step Out event day:
We are elated to announce that 2,400 of our family, friends, esteemed peers, colleagues, and supporters gathered to join us at the 15th Annual Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes event at Kapiolani Park. Dedicated walkers, health fair partners, entertainers, and sponsors braved the high wind advisory to celebrate the red striders within our lives on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Despite a slight chill from the weather, it was a beautiful day filled by the aloha we feel for those affected by the chronic illness and ardent passion to Stop Diabetes ® for the Hawaii community.
Photos: Please view photos from the event provided byADA supporters 731photo.com as well as red carpet pictures from 808visualimages. If you wish to receive complimentary photos from 731photo.com, please email Greg with the specific image number. If you'd like high resolution copies of 808 Visual Images please download via their website. 25% of proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association.
Stopping diabetes takes efforts on many levels. Funds raised for programs, advocacy, and research efforts will surely help increase opportunities tocome together to change the future of diabetes. We would like to send a very special thank you to Arthur Camara, Mike Ching, Dr. Wilfred Fujimoto, George Isaacs, Dr. Jane K. Kadohiro, Angela Loh, Logan Miller, Cheryl Minaai, Kent Takazawa, Karen Tom, Dr. Laurie K.S. Tom, Sharlene K. Tsuda, and Art Ushijima; Step Out 2014's Champions to Stop Diabetes ® for their stellar achievements in raising over $1,000 to date.
Red Striders:
Red Striders are the reason we continue to fight for federal funding, against discrimination, and raise funds for a cure. This year, over 80 have been recognized as a Red Strider and received a Red Strider cap!
Beyond event recognition, we'd like to extend a welcome and mahalo to those individuals who visited the Red Strider Tent and volunteered to be a part of the Red Strider's Haven, a group of highly devoted Red Striders who have stepped forward and are willing to lend a voice and presence to diabetics in Hawaii. Please stay tuned for updates or contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more info.
Together we have touched lives, inspired those with diabetes, and received heartfelt comments of gratitude from family members who have lost their loved ones. We have increased our keiki contacts and invited them to join our Youth and Family Link activities. We have honored our dear Red Striders, as well as encouraged them to join our ADA activities. We have done this with your input, creativity, and volunteerism. THANK YOU! We could not have achieved these results without your awe-inspiring support.Your Step Out Specialists,
Congratulations to our artistic and talented designers who've created customized t-shirts for their team for our annual Team T-shirt Contest.First Place: The Queen's Health SystemsSecond Place: Fa'aseila DesignsThird Place: United Public Workers Local Union 625
*Walkers under the age of 16 will receive age appropriate gift certificates
*Prizes are not cumulative and are based on availability. Awards of equal or greater value may be substituted by the American Diabetes Association if necessary. Participants may choose to waive prize receipt as a donation to Stop Diabetes.
National Teams
The National Team Program is a great way for businesses, clubs and organizations to help Stop Diabetes, while boosting employee morale and team-building skills.
This program gives companies an opportunity to form teams across the U.S. to support the Association's mission. If you are interested in learning more about the National Team program, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Conservation Reserve Program has been a popular and effective component of federal farm policy since 1985, reducing soil erosion and water pollution while at the same time, creating critical wildlife habitat.
But after paying billions of dollars to farmers to retire marginal land over nearly three decades, taxpayers and conservationists now are discovering just how temporary their investment has been.
More than 23 million acres of grasslands and wetlands have been plowed and converted to row crops between 2008 and 2011 as commodity prices have soared.
Long-recognized basic conservation measures such as maintaining grassy waterways and buffer strips have been sacrificed to crop production.
That was part of a message Craig Cox brought to several hundred people attending the opening session of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's annual Roundtable meetings in St. Paul on Friday.
That conservation is taking a backseat to cash nowadays on most American farms should come as no surprise.
Cox, senior vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources for the Environmental Working Group based in Ames, Iowa, said increased demand for grains because of improved lifestyles in emerging countries and ethanol production have played a role.
But the rush to plant more of the countryside to row crops also has been accelerated by an existing federal crop insurance program that have shifted the risk of farming marginally productive lands from farmers onto tax payers.
The challenge in the future, Cox said, will be to balance the continued high demand for commodities with effective, more "durable" conservation measures.
Conservation compacts included in federal farm policy over the last three decades, notably the popular Conservation Reserve Program, have worked well, he said.
But he added that the temporary nature of tax payer-funded CRP now is being illustrated by the continued loss of CRP across the countryside.
"Thirty years of investment of taxpayers' dollars have been lost," he said.
What is needed, he said, is a more durable form of conservation pact in farm policy that sets basic standards of land use.
"It's not a technical problem. We already know what to do to solve the problem," he said, adding that there are already award-winning farmers committed to conserving and protecting their land.
"Purely voluntary approaches for durable conservation practices have failed," he said. "It's time to define basic standards of care for the land."
On a federal level, farm policy needs to focus on permanent conservation practices and modifications in the existing crop insurance system. On a state level, standards need to be set to address buffer strips along waterways, prevention of gully erosion, and access of livestock to waterways.
Acknowledging that budgetary concerns will factor into congressional debates over new farm policy, Cox said that there is plenty of money in farm bill to protect farm concerns along with those of conservationists and tax payers and yet address deficit reduction.
Cox's comments followed those of DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr, who spoke of some of the agency's accomplishments during the past year.
Stressing the assistance received from partnerships with volunteers and others, he highlighted the first wolf season in more than 40 years, increased license fees, stepped up efforts to halt the spread of aquatic invasive species and modifications to the waterfowl season that increased hunter opportunities.
Noting that the first Minnesota game warden was hired 125 years ago, Landwehr said two Conservation Officer Academies, the first to be held in several years, resulted in 16 new conservation officers being stationed throughout the state.
Landwehr said DNR efforts in the coming year will be water quality and quantity issues, implementation of a prairie management plan, continued AIS prevention and hunter and angler recruitment and retention.
The Minnesota River also will be the focus of the DNR as part of the Minnesota River Conservation and Recreation Area.
Landwehr said the agency will be looking at ways to maximize the outdoor multi-use recreational opportunities along the Minnesota River, particularly along the stretch from New Ulm to Granite Falls.
The annual roundtables that have been held since 1989 bring together stakeholders and conservation groups to discuss conservation concerns with DNR representatives and some legislators.
Items and issues discussed and raised at the two-day events traditionally have planted the seeds for new regulations and outdoor initiatives.
John Cross is a Mankato Free Press staff writer. Contact him at 507-344-6376 or firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @jcross_photo.


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"That's a name I've not heard in a long time.."
The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Packers' OLB Matthews, DE Neal working in tandem
Green Bay — Sunday will feature a chess game between relatives. Clay Matthews vs. Bruce Matthews. Uncle must decide how to block nephew. The long-time NFL offensive lineman is now the Titans' line coach.
"It'll be interesting to see what they do," Matthews said. "If he gives a little extra help over there or he wants to leave me one on one."
Making matters more difficult for Bruce Matthews' Titans is that his nephew has some help now. When Clay Matthews (hamstring) returned to the line-up last week, so did defensive end Mike Neal (shoulder). Together, they were often a tag-team force the Packers envisioned last season.
Matthews had two sacks. Neal had 1.5. Feeding off each other, they created match-up problems in Green Bay's 21-13 win. It's an effect Matthews didn't have in 2011. The Packers lacked a pass-rushing complement on the other side of the line and also in front of Matthews. The loss of Cullen Jenkins was a scar that never healed.
This year -- despite missing four games -- Matthews leads the Packers with 11 sacks.
"You always want some studs up on the front line that are going to help you out," Matthews said. "Not to say we haven't had that in the past, but players develop in this league, year after year, game after game and it's no different for Mike. Obviously he's had a few injuries and a few setbacks throughout his career, but he's shown potential. As long as he keeps progressing and keeps living up to that, he's only going to help this team out."
Emphasis on "injuries." That's held Neal back more than anything — leading to a frustrating off-field malaise a year ago. He hasn't been able to stay on the field. At Chicago, healthy, Neal's raw ability was obvious. A chiseled 6 foot 3 inches, 294 pounds, he's difficult to block.
Matthews sacked Cutler once off a third-and-5 stunt on Neal and then again off of B.J. Raji. On the stunt that freed Matthews for a sack, Neal didn't occupy a pair of blockers -- he charged through them to reach Jay Cutler's ankles.
This combination of size and strength makes Neal a mismatch, Matthews said.
"When you put both of us on the same side, we'd like to think we have an advantage, especially when you can't double team a certain select individual and you have to have a traditional one-on-one matchup," Matthews said. "We like to think we can get the best of that and that's what you saw last week."
Teams are bound to shift an extra blocker in Matthews' direction. Staying creative, a step ahead with the outside linebacker has helped the Packers keep the heat on. With him out of the line-up, the pass rush suffered. After a five-sack game at Detroit, Green Bay had just two over the next three games.
Getting Matthews back opens up Dom Capers' playbook.
Timing, the linebacker agrees, is important on stunts.
"Absolutely," he said. "A lot of it is trying to understand what they're trying to throw your way. After a certain while, you try to set them up with something else. Maybe a lot of speed to bull to speed or something. But it's not just us two working. It's the nose guard influencing the center and the coverage we have to get to him quicker so it's everbody working together.
"It worked at the right time last week. Hopefully we get a few more."
So while the Packers are missing a run stuffer in defensive end C.J. Wilson, they gained some more pass rush in Neal.
There was one downer during Matthews' media session Thursday. He unfortunately wouldn't shed any light on his risqué sack dance. It may be a knockoff of former wrestler Ravishing Rick Rude, but he's not talking about it.
"Aw, that's a secret," he said. "I can't tell you that."
(Journal Sentinel photo by Rick Wood)
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Ravishing Rick Rude.....
"That's a name I've not heard in a long time.."Hide replies
Hopefully it's a name I'll never hear again. I'm a huge fan of CMIII but that dance creeps me out.
Exactly - though I saw a story about it (SI maybe) that included a bunch of tweets by women who looked pretty amazing - if you believe their Twitter profile pic.
Remember when all the arechair GM's here were clamoring for Neal to be cut. Thank God for TT!
Ok here comes a bad joke...that risque dance is a Suzy Hamilton dance Clay saw up close and personal.
"He unfortunately wouldn't shed any light on his risqué sack dance. It may be a knockoff of former wrestler Ravishing Rick Rude"
He'd better be careful with those moves, or some cat on the Titans might try to ravish him.
Hope Neal can stay healthy. I felt he had some talent if he could stay on the field.
As long as he keeps performing, he can dance all he wants.Hide replies
Maybe having CMIII behind him to encourage him is just what Neal needed! Let's hope they turn into a great combo the rest of the way!
"Spill it, Pickett! Spill it!"
I'm old school. If he's going to mimic a wrestler, go with Baron von Raschke and 'The Claw'.Hide replies
Pampero Firpo, baby!
the wild bull of the Pampas
A Ric Flair face flop would be pretty funny. Also he should have a green and gold feather boa on the side lines. :)
Isn't Bruce Matthews son, CMIII's cousin, playing center for the Titans too? I thought I heard that Monday night?Hide replies
And hopefully CMIII will wind up in the same locker room as his cousin Jake, the All-American tackle @ Texas A&M
He was hurt Monday night.
As the sack histrionics show, Clay definitely loves him some Clay.
Clay Matthews is a BEAST, but I wish I could un-see that stupid dance. It hurt my eyes.


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Tomorrow the world's top 3-year olds will make "The Run for the Roses" at Louisville Downs in the 137th Kentucky Derby. The hugely popular horse race is one of the oldest traditions in Kentucky, but one other notable practice predates it: the making of whisky by the Samuels family, which began in 1784.
Robert Samuels emigrated from the birthplace of whisky, Scotland, to Kentucky that year and immediately began making whisky. The beverage he introduced proved so popular that it led to the Samuels family first commercial distillery in 1840, and the process has remained in the family for five generations.
However, in 1953, Bill Samuels, Sr., Robert's great-great-great grandson, got the notion that the coveted family recipe, a closely guarded secret, could be improved upon. In an act of grandiose theater, he withdrew the recipe from his safe and set fire to it, vanquishing it forever. Inspired by fresh baked bread, he reimagined the rye-based drink as a bourbon made in part from winter wheat, and after a bit of experimentation, Maker's Mark was born.
For more than half a century, Maker's Mark has remained among the most popular and critically acclaimed Kentucky Bourbons – long before bourbon enjoyed its very recent renaissance and trendiness. The mix of wheat and rye are responsible for its famed soft, smooth flavor, not the harsher taste many associate with bourbon. So taken was Samuels with his creation, he named it in honor of the personal stamp the finest pewter craftsmen traditionally put on only their best products to signify their higher quality, the "maker's mark."
The Mint Julep is the traditional drink of the Kentucky Derby, and the recipe calls for little more than bourbon with some sugar, water and mint. It is basically a way (or excuse) to drink straight bourbon that tastes diluted, a much easier (and faster) to consume mixed drink, but is in fact near full strength. In any case, the key ingredient is bourbon, which is why many of the best juleps have long been made with Makers Mark. An even better idea is to skip the sugar, water, and mint altogether and enjoy the spirit straight up in the Scottish style, or maybe opened with a mere drop or two of water, or for the less civilized, on the rocks.
But this year there is a new Maker's Mark on the block, which is big news, since the privately owned distillery, now run by Bill Samuels' Jr., has in its entire history, made only one single product at a time. Including the original discontinued Scottish-style whisky, Maker's 46 is only the third product ever sold by America's oldest stilling family.
Maker's 46 is a variant of the original that begins with fully aged, ready to drink Maker's Mark bourbon. Maker's Mark is always made in tiny batches of 19 or less barrels, and to make the 46, one of these barrels is emptied, then filled with ten seared wooden staves (French oak), then the original spirit is returned, the barrel sealed, and it is aged again for several months.
That's it.
Sounds simple but it makes a big difference. The searing of the wood, just like searing of food, caramelizes the sugars, and introduces a woodier taste more redolent of Scotch. The process also reflects Master Distiller Kevin Smith's insistence that whatever the new product ended up being it should not contain any additives or artificial flavors. The only things manipulated are the wood, the searing and the aging, but nonetheless, it took 46 experiments to get the precise combination right, hence Maker's 46.
My friend Jim Martel, a technology industry bourbon lover in Seattle, was one of the earliest adopters and turned me onto the 46, knowing that I am not a big fan of bourbon and much prefer Scotch. "It's definitely more woody than the regular and not as sweet, and for lack of a better word I would say it has a sharper taste. Maker's Mark is known for being a sweet, soft bourbon, so the difference is substantial. I still prefer the original most of the time, but the 46 is very, very good, and now I have a tough choice based on the weather, time of year, and my mood."
Personally, I like the more Scotchesque flavor profile of the Maker's 46, especially since my taste in single malts leans towards the heavily wood influenced versions like The Macallan, the Balvenie Double Wood, and the variously wooded (Port, Madeira, etc.) Glenmorangie products. Maker's 46 is America's answer to these fine products. The seared wood flavor is unique among bourbons I have tried, and really finishes on the tongue. Like Scotch, it has more vanilla and caramel flavor, and it is slightly stronger than the original, 94 proof versus 90. It is also about 50% more expensive, roughly $37 versus $23 per bottle, still much less than comparable Scotch or Irish whiskeys or many single barrel bourbons.
But some will still prefer the more straightforward bourbon taste of the original, and there is only one solution: this Kentucky Derby, try them both. Unlike most of the horses, you will almost certainly win.
mmm bourbon … only seven more hours to happy hour.
i had the wonderful opportunity to meet Bill Samuels – and he tells a fantastic story about the evolution of the wax seal. His mom (not father) actually came up with the idea and they hand-dipped them for years. his neighbor (and god father i believe) at the time was one Colonel James Beam. great stuff thanks for the awesome post.
I recently purchased a bottle of the 46, and you're absolutely right. It's a very different bourbon than the original – not as sweet, but still smooth. I've been savoring the bottle for a while now, taking a nip now and then. I almost feel like finishing the bottle will be a sad moment, but I can always cheer myself up by heading three blocks to the store near me that stocks it.


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ASHTABULA — Ralph A. Fleissner, age 50, of Ashtabula, Ohio, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Ashtabula County Medical Center.
He was born August 25, 1962, in Ashtabula, the son of Robert and Janice (Cutlip) Fleissner and has been a lifetime area resident.
He loved sports especially baseball, and he loved spending time with his son.
Surviving him are his parents of Ashtabula; his wife, Kimberly; a son, Anthony Fleissner of Ashtabula; a daughter, Molly Fleissner of Geneva; a grandson, Liam Fleissner; a sister, Audra (Brian) Amreihn of Stowe, Ohio; and a brother, Glenn (Janette) Fleissner of Ashtabula.
Funeral Services will be held at the convenience of the family.
The Ashtabula Home of FLEMING & BILLMAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, INC., 526 W. Prospect Road, Ashtabula, is in charge of arrangements. Guest book and obituary at fleming-billman.com and starbeacon.com.


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The Durham Museum in collaboration with Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska has developed a new exhibition in honor of the Girl Scouts of the United States centennial anniversary,
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1. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 18, 2012 8:16 AM in response to Braytongray
I am on 10.8.2 now and could not check the settings, however it might be that the logic remains the same... you might need to check spaces or mission control settings for something like "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application"
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"spaces or mission control" ? Where do I find that? This is mail 4.6
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No this is in Settings of mac and in your case it is called "Exposee and Spaces".
For me it looks like you are using spaces and app on its icon click is not switching to its space.
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4. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 18, 2012 11:57 AM in response to Munas
I will try to understand this. Let me say first that I am not knowinly "using spaces", whatever that is and I don't know what its "app on click" is. I have not knowingly defined anything. This just started happening. Maybe I inadvertantly clicked on somethng I shouldn't have. I did not find com.apple.dock.plist inmmy Library
5. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 18, 2012 3:29 PM in response to Braytongray
The com.apple.dock.plist should be located at ~/Library/Preferences/ folder.
6. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 19, 2012 12:50 AM in response to Munas
Thanks, I found the file. I am not sure how to move it. I experimented with mv on an unimportant file and it disappeared.Should it be: mv com.apple.dock.plist Desktop ? Or is ther a higher level way to do this (not using terminal)
7. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 19, 2012 4:01 AM in response to Braytongray
yes you may use mv comand. To be sure that it moves to the correct place try to use full path or something like
cd (to get to your home directory)
mv ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist Desktop/ (to copy file to desktop)
If it will refuse to move - use sudo before mv (sudo mv ~/Library.......), it will request you to enter admin password (the password is invisible when you type).
8. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 19, 2012 4:22 AM in response to Braytongray
Thanks. I am a little unsure of myself here. I tried moving what seemed like an inconsequential file from Downloads to Desktop using mv The file disappeared from Downloads but did not show up in Desktop. Unless I am sure that I can recover something I mv, I need to see it were it went. What happened?
9. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 21, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Braytongray
Thanks, Munas. I managed to move the the com.apple.dock.plist to the Desktop. I lost a lot of information,but did not solve the problem. I moved it back and all is as before. Do you think reinstalling the opertting system would help? What else is there that can fix this?
As I said before, if I want mail, I click on the icon on the dock. I may have 0 or 5 or 6 mail windows that have been moved over to the dock. None of them will come up. I need to open a new viewer window. This is not how it used to function.
10. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 21, 2012 7:52 AM in response to Braytongray
Since it looks more like software and not the hardware problem as well other users seams to not have it - yes ... OS X reinstall would definitely help... unless it is caused by some 3rd party app that you will install again...
But I think of other ways....
The only Mail app behaves like this?
Do you have backup?
What happens when youn click not the icon on dock, but the app icon in Applications folder?
11. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 21, 2012 8:32 AM in response to Munas
Mail app is the only mail program I use. Other programs (Safari, Skype, Word,...) come up when I click on the icon on the dock. Yes, if I click on the icon in applications, mail doen't come up there either (just on the top bar - no window). What do you mean by backup? I don't have an extra hard drive with me, but I suppose I could backup in the cloud if I needed to. But reinstallin the operating system does not destroy data, does it?
12. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 21, 2012 10:19 AM in response to Braytongray
Installing on the top of existing OS may not work since it will not overwrite some of the files. It is better to go with clean install and this will erase all the information on the disk.
It is always good to have at least one additional external drive and bootable backup on it. So if your main HDD fails you can boot from an external one and continue working. In this case you will have all the information from your last backup. Let's say you do weekly backups - so you would lose last week info. You may go with time machine backups, however these are not bootable and you would not be able to boot your computer from it and start working immediately after internal HDD failure. However, it allows you to restore files, and if it is constantly connected to your computer, allows you to get file as it was an hour, two, tree... week before... So, it is up to you which backup model to use, but I strongly recommend you to have at least some kind of it.
13. Re: mac mailBraytongray Nov 23, 2012 4:35 AM in response to Munas
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving (if you are American - or happy Thanksgiving anyway). I do have aan external hard drive in Chicago, but I am in France for the next 2 months so I am reluctant to go out and buy another one. I could upgrade for 10.6. Would that help? If I installed my 10.6.8 on top of the existing one, it may not help - as you say - but could it do any harm? It would be easy.
14. Re: mac mailMunas Nov 23, 2012 4:52 AM in response to Braytongray
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
Theoretically it should not do any harm. However, to be on safe side I would buy an external HDD and use Carbon Copy Cloner to create exact bootable copy of my disk (bear in mind that in that case external drive should be the same size or bigger than your original HDD). This would allow you to do experiments on internal drive (install on top, reinstall and so on) since you have fully working external copy (you need to test it after you do backup and boot from it).
Even if installation on top may not harm your existing system and files it may not to fix an existing problem. I would go: backup to external HDD, check the backup by booting from it and if it works and all the files are copied, boot from recovery partition, format internal partition where all your files are (not the entire disk as you would loose you recovery partition) and do clean install. Then you may manually move all your files and reinstall the software. Even if the migration assistant might help you by migrating your apps and files I would not go with this option since it may copy the files that force your Mail app behave strangely too.
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NORMAN — Notre Dame Stadium is one of the historic venues in American sports, but OU coach Bob Stoops said something like that is usually lost on football teams. The Sooners don't take in many sites in a regular-season road trip.
"All we do is when we land, generally, we'll take the team over to whatever stadium we're playing at. They check their pads and make sure all their stuff's there and we're not missing something. Then we go out and do a little substitution deal on the field, so they're a little familiar with the stadium. That's it," he said. "We don't go on these trips to tour or go to wine country or anything else. We're pretty much there to get ready to play."
So, does that mean there won't be any glimpses at "The Word of Life" mural (also known as "Touchdown Jesus") or the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (the golden dome) on the trip to campus Saturday?
"Nothing more cool about pulling up in a bus, walking into a bad visitor's locker room and going on the field. We do it all the time. Believe me, I'm giving Notre Dame respect, I'm not discounting that, I'm just saying, as a coach, you're not involved in that part of it," Stoops said. "In other words, once you're pulling up, you're pulling up to compete. You just don't think of those things, or you don't really care about what the band may look like or anybody else. You just kinda get in your work mode and go."
Reverse the trend: The Sooners meeting with Notre Dame will mark the 10th between the programs. OU has struggled mightily in those games, going 1-9 with one of the losses being the 7-0 loss in 1957 that ended OU's historic 47-game winning streak.
Now, only two of the games (the Sooners' 34-30 loss at Notre Dame in 1999 and last season's 30-13 loss at Owen Field) have come in the players' lifetimes.
Nonetheless, players know the history.
"That's one of those streaks that you really don't realize and it really doesn't play much of a factor in the game or you don't really think about it. You definitely hear from some of the older guys," OU center Gabe Ikard said. "I remember last year we got a couple letters from some guys that played when the last time we beat them. I realize how important it is for the fans. We realize that this is one of those games that our fans are going to travel very well to and support us fully so I guarantee you we'll work our hardest to try to come out with that one for everybody."
Memories of South Bend: OU's last trip to South Bend, Ind., ended with a 34-30 loss in a game it lead by 16 points in the second half. The loss was the first of Bob Stoops' career and it's one he hasn't forgotten.
"I remember us leading in the third quarter by 16 and looking around and seeing too many happy faces," he said. "Meaning, I felt there were too many guys who thought that they had this won. Really realizing that we had not really learned how to truly compete yet for four quarters. The realization, too, I remember telling the coaches in meetings the next day, listen, they hadn't been to anybody like that on the road before. They don't know how to handle it and we've got to teach them how to handle it. Teach them how to finish games and to win a game like that. Those guys hadn't been in that situation."
Personnel update: Stoops said the Sooners should be at full strength for Monday's practice.
"I don't know that we have one," he said.
The two main players that missed practices last week were safety Gabe Lynn (leg injury) and backup quarterback Trevor Knight (knee). Both returned to practice Monday. Also, running back Damien Williams, who was suspended for the Tulsa game, will play against Notre Dame.
The defensive line also picked up some depth. Sophomore defensive end Mike Onuoha has been cleared to practice. He's been out with a shoulder injury he suffered last spring.
Reversal of traits: One of the major differences in Oklahoma's game with Notre Dame in 2012 was the quarterbacks. Notre Dame's Everett Golson rushed for 64 yards in the game. Landry Jones was sacked twice and finished with minus-16 yard on the ground.
The game will feature different quarterbacks Saturday and the Sooners will be the team with a running quarterback. Blake has rushed for 55 yards this season to go along with 24 career rushing touchdowns.
"Our quarterback is different than what we've had the last couple years, yes," OU coach Bob Stoops said. "We have the ability with Blake to have more quarterback run game, or him having the opportunity to scramble a little better than some of the guys we've had in the past.
Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees has rushed minus-20 yards through four games.
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Have you ever seen a rescue dog at work? Everyone will have the opportunity to see them in action on Saturday at the former Wilson Memorial School in Vernon Hill as part of the Family Dog Day event, which will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ATT Search and Rescue Dogs of VA Inc., a non-profit corporation of volunteers will be there with dogs that are training to the search and rescue standards of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. The K-9s will demonstrate how they search for lost persons.
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