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I'm impressed — I had no idea how CGI artists do their work, so it was enlightening to see this video of the creation of a Computer Generated Evil Octopus In A Cage. Except, well, I don't see what makes it evil. It just looks thirsty, to me.
Oct 19 2012
Oh, hey, like artists really know how to do stuff
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19 October 2012 at 4:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It looks like the artist is using Blender, which is free and open source. If you want to try your own hand at it, it will certainly give you an appreciation for just how much work went into that scene!
Anthony K
19 October 2012 at 5:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Where's the part where he extracts all the story and plot from modern cinema and puts the kids on the critics' lawns?
consciousness razor
19 October 2012 at 5:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh, hey, like artists really know how to do stuff
I read this was sarcasm at first.
Where's the part where he extracts all the story and plot from modern cinema and puts the kids on the critics' lawns?
It's right after the part when they* decided the music would consist of several repeated loops, which don't change except to fade in and out in different ways.
*I'm not sure who they are, maybe the kids on my lawn or something. It doesn't actually matter.
19 October 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
"Evil Octopus". Isn't that redundant?
Seriously, he doesn't look evil, but I'm sure the artist hated him after all that work.
consciousness razor
19 October 2012 at 5:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I read this was sarcasm at first.
I meant "as sarcasm," obviously. I "thought it was sarcasm." Then that is what I wrote. Then I figured it didn't really involve much thought, so I changed it to "read." Then I wrote this comment, which is a very boring story.
19 October 2012 at 7:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Silly to put it in a cage for all kinds of reasons.
It could and would squeeze through those bars in a trice!
19 October 2012 at 7:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well that was a waste of nearly four minutes.
19 October 2012 at 11:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh easy as pie to do. First you promise your future first born, and every dime of your potential income for the next 20 years to the student loan companies, so you can attend a four year college to learn all of the software and get a proper art education.
After that minor setback, you sketch out your idea on paper.
Make up the base model in your 3D software of choice.(or the one you were taught on)
Export the model to Z-brush so you can sculpt out all the details and paint for a bump and displacement map to go on your original model. repeat for everything else you want to put into the scene.
Once all of your models are complete you have to render them out and import them into a 2D compositing software, so you can piece them all together, color correct, fix the lighting and make the scene all pretty.
All in all pretty easy. I forgot to mention, unless you plan on downloading freeware programs like blender and gimp to do this with, and learning the interface on those programs. You'll need to purchase about $8 or $9,000 worth of software(you were trained on) to do it with.
Now who wants to be a 3D artist?
20 October 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It's not bad, it's just drawn that way.
20 October 2012 at 4:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
None of my four computers runs vimeo so I may be missing James (#1) point here:
You can script (write code) for Blender which if used judiciously can seriously reduce the workload and once you've built up a library of the right stuff you can make quite long animations from small scripts.
I can do the programming – just cant do the art!
20 October 2012 at 7:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That's a lot of work for a still image. How much more to make it move?
theophontes (恶六六六缓步动物)
20 October 2012 at 9:58 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@ James
Modo ™ . It's exactly $1,195.00 dollars more expensive than Blender.
(But also Zbrush $699 + Photoshop $699 … that comes to $2593 total if you don't go the Blender/Gimp route) Ye Gods!!!
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theophontes (恶六六六缓步动物)
20 October 2012 at 10:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
PS: Good Inspiration right here Linky to "10+ Amazing Short Films You'd Not Believe Were Made With Free Software".
20 October 2012 at 12:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
>>That's a lot of work for a still image. How much more to make it move?
Take that effort and multiply x 10 : rigging, animating, rendering, output, compositing, repeat until the client runs out of time or money. I've been doing it too long.
20 October 2012 at 12:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What you saw in that video was called modeling which is the first step in animation. The modeler makes the character and puts "articulations" into the character where the elbow would move, or where the eye would move, or where the eyebrows would move. For a video like this, with all the movement involved in the body, the eyes, and the long tentacles that can move – in real life – in an infinite number of directions, what you saw in 4 minutes would take hundreds of hours. But when the modeler is finished the character cannot move. Now some modelers are also animators but more often they are not.
When the modeler is finished, the model goes to the animator who then slowly makes the monster/character come to life. He or she then moves each joint, eye movement, smile, eyebrow movement, and over time the creation comes alive and if the animator is good, you can see emotion and real character. To get 4 minutes of action in a complicated character such as this would take one person about a year to pull off. That's why a team of animators would be involved. ("Oscar" level animation would take a year. Commercial or straight to dvd level animation would take much less.)
I know this because my daughter did some of the character animation on Smurfette.
20 October 2012 at 3:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah, it looked vaguely Blender-ish, but then I thought… there is no way in hell some of the stuff he is doing there can be done that easy in Blender. lol Man that program has a nasty interface… And, it doesn't support ZBrush style tweaking, I don't think.
There are, like Blender, free tools for most of this stuff, but.. frankly, there are some, like Rhinocerous, where the "free" version falls so short that its like claiming you can do the same thing in MS paint that other people do in Photoshop. But, the "professional" applications are so stupidly costly its absolutely absurd, so if you can't afford to, say, buy a bicycle, instead of two (or three, or four, or like two really expensive ones) new cars, (paying in cash, up front for them), you are pretty hosed when it comes to getting all the stuff needed to do that stuff the easy way. lol
I still stare at Blender once in a while and think, "Well, maybe next version will be better, but for now, I will like with Wings3D and all its damn bugs." ;)
20 October 2012 at 7:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Unfortunately, nobody gets a year to create a scene. In most commercials you are lucky when you get 4-6 weeks to do 8 shots. In features I have walked in to situations where I need to deliver 25 character shots in 3 weeks, with no assets prepared. That is its own special circle of hell.
Don't believe any school or apple advertising that suggests you will be a cool person making money hand over fist doing this work.
It is brutally competitive on a personal and business level, and companies go bankrupt with depressing regularity.
—written from work on a Saturday night.
theophontes (恶六六六缓步动物)
21 October 2012 at 3:04 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[time taken]
this was a side project so it took me like 3 months to finish , but if you do it as your main project would take something like 3 weeks – [Rafael Vallaperde - artist]
How much can one charge for that one image?
22 October 2012 at 11:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Just looks thirsty… for your soul.
And, seriously, the only reason that octopus is still in that cage is because it wants to be there. Obviously it's a masochist octopus. It's naughty.
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JEFFERSONVILLE — Another step has been taken for Jeffersonville to move forward on its combined sewer overflow project.
The Jeffersonville Sewer Board agreed to enter into a value-engineering contract with Commonwealth Engineering at its meeting Thursday. The contract was unanimously approved at a not-to-exceed amount of $51,200. A value-engineering contract looks for efficiencies that can be realized in a project.
A contract to complete the engineering work on the project was approved at the board's previous meeting with Jacobi, Toombs and Lanz Inc., at a not-to-exceed amount of $2.1 million. While the engineering company is acting as the lead on the project, Jorge Lanz, president of Jacobi, Toombs and Lanz, said that the design work on the project would be split between his company, Clark Dietz Inc. and Strand Associates Inc.
The contracts are being paid for through a $3.3 million bond-anticipation note for the CSO interceptor project. The project's total estimated cost is about $34 million and is the city's plan to comply with an Environmental Protection Agency agreed order issued in 2009.
Jeffersonville signed an agreed order with the EPA in 2009 to eliminate sewer overflows. Those overflows occurred when heavy rainfall washed untreated sewage into area waterways, violating the Clean Water Act.
Current plans for the project call for the installation of a new interceptor sewer parallel to the Ohio River that will connect the existing overflows to a new, oversized interceptor. In addition, an interceptor will be placed in the north-south corridor that carries wastewater to the 10th Street pumping station.
However, the alignment for the combined sewer overflow interceptor will not be determined until a final design is determined.
Refinancing bonds
Jeffersonville's Sewer Board took steps to save about $600,000 on the life of outstanding loans. Three bonds sought in 1999, 2003 and 2005 are planned for refinancing.
A unanimous recommendation to refinance the bonds was approved and will be presented to the Jeffersonville City Council for official approval.
French Quarter requirements
The sewer board agreed to send a letter to French Quarter Apartments that outlined the conditions that would have to be met before the city's sewer department took over a lift station on-site.
Among the requirements were after a new lift station is installed, the city must be granted permanent easements to the site; the lift station must be purchased from a specific list of manufacturers; the apartment has a contractor install the lift station; the city be notified to be present when the lift station is turned on to ensure it is operating correctly; and that all conditions of the agreed order from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management be met before it is handed of to the city.


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With Gilmer's boys basketball team coming, North Murray sought a statement win under its new coach.
The Mountaineers sent the Bobcats home with their first loss of the season.
North Murray's boys won their home opener 56-46 behind a third-quarter rally and the hot hands of seniors Drew Mosteller and Austen Horn. North Murray's girls team won the earlier game 45-34 thanks to Erin Robinson's 15-point performance.
Despite beating an undefeated team, North Murray coach Tim Ellis called the Mountaineers "a mystery.
"We're trying to create depth," he said. "I told them in there, I said, 'Guys, I'm going to go with who I have confidence in. ... What that means is you have to take advantage of your opportunities.'"
One of those players who did just that was Mosteller. With the Mountaineers trailing 30-23 less than a minute into the second half, North Murray senior post Zach Vess found Mosteller on the weak side of the Bobcats' zone for two straight wide open 3-pointers that swapped momentum to the home side. Vess grabbed the lead with two free throws, his first points of the game, and Horn scored on a layup and 3-pointer to force a Gilmer (6-1) timeout with 4:18 left in the quarter and North Murray (3-1) ahead 36-30.
"All of the sudden, we're down seven," Ellis said. "The next possession we hit a 3, which kind of got us rolling a bit."
With North Murray leading 44-34 with 5:30 to play, Gilmer's Conner Webber hit a 3-pointer, and Wheeler Lancey hit another 3-pointer 10 seconds later after a North Murray turnover. Two minutes later, Mosteller scored on a layup to extend the Mountaineers' lead to 49-45.
extend the Mountaineers' lead to 49-45.
The next five combined possessions included turnovers and missed shots before Vess followed up a Mosteller miss with a putback layup for a 51-45 lead with 1:47 left.
Gilmer's Joe Bob Charles, who had a team-high 16 points, made one of two free throws while Horn responded with the same seconds later. He made two more for a 54-46 advantage, and the Bobcats' next possession ended in a turnover, all but securing a North Murray victory with 25 seconds left.
"We knew they'd be a tough challenge for us with them being undefeated," Mosteller said. "They beat Gordon Central, too, which is a tough team. We knew they'd be a good team. ... I just think we stepped it up defensively. Coach didn't talk one minute about offense. It was just defense stepping up and making plays."
After allowing 28 points in the first half, the Mountaineers allowed just 18 in the second half.
"We gave up 12 points in transition and eight points off offensive boards," Ellis said of the first-half defense. "That's 20 points. It should've been 23-8 at halftime. Now I know you can't stop all of that, but we can't allow transition points and second- and third-chance points."
Horn ended with a game-high 17 points while Vess chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds.
In the first half, North Murray sank three 3-pointers but Vess did not record a single point. Ahead 16-15 after the first period, North Murray did not score a point for the first six minutes of the second quarter as Gilmer took a 22-16 lead.
"We have a tendency to play at the level — and I'm not saying anything negative about Gilmer, because Gilmer is a good team — but when somebody tries to slow things down and make things methodical, we go into a hibernation state," Ellis said. "We've got to grow out of that."
• North Murray girls 45, Gilmer 34: After leading 28-12 at halftime, the Lady Bobcats (3-4) rallied in the second half and cut the Lady Mountaineers (3-1) lead to 33-29 with five minutes left.
However, Robinson scored on the next three possessions, creating enough a secure cushion for the Lady Mountaineers.
"Early in the season (Robinson) hasn't been finishing around the basket," North Murray coach Keith Robinette said. "Really none of my posts have been where I thought they should be. I'm glad to see Erin back. If she can play like that, then she'll have a great year. ... Casey Chapman, I can't say enough about her. She played her tail off."
Chapman had six points and six rebounds and Kara Deal finished with seven points. Megan Pittman was spread throughout the stat sheet with four points, four rebounds and six assists.
North Murray led 10-7 after the first quarter before a big second quarter. In the third, Gilmer scored 10 of the first 12 points thanks to a full-court press, and the Lady Bobcats trailed 32-23 heading into the final period.
"They were quicker than us and gave us a little grief," Robinette said. "We've got to work better, work on our angles and rubbing shoulders coming around screens."
• Northwest Whitfield boys 63, Ringgold 50: The Bruins jumped out to an 18-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and nearly doubled that by halftime while rolling to an easy non-region win.
Caleb Storey led Northwest (3-0) with 15 points, while O'Shea Hill had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Overall, 10 different players scored for the Bruins, but coach Ryan Richards wasn't particularly pleased.
"We didn't have the same legs we had the other night (in a 70-38 win over Murray County), but we did get after it and make some runs," Richards said. "We got the win and we are happy with some of the things we did. It is always frustrating when you play at a high level one night and not so great the next night. But you can't complain about winning."
• Northwest girls 78, Ringgold 13: The Lady Bruins emptied their bench with no trouble, leading 25-0 after the first quarter and 51-6 at halftime in a non-region blowout victory in Tunnel Hill.
Autumn Blackwell led all scorers with 15 points, while Mackenzie Mastin chipped in 12 for Northwest (4-2), which got points from all but two players on the roster. And everyone saw time on the floor for Northwest.
"We were able to play a bunch of kids and get everybody a lot of time," Lady Bruins coach Greg Brown said. "We played pretty well and shot the ball well tonight, which I was very pleased with."
n Northwest JV boys 57, Ringgold 26: Ty Pendley led all scorers with 13 points for the Bruins (3-0).
• Dalton JV boys 65, Coahulla Creek 24: Payton Veraldi scored 15 points, and Mark Sims and Tristen Darville each had 12 points for the Cats.
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Designing and Using DMZ Networks to Protect Internet Servers
It would seem to be common sense that each host on a DMZ must be thoroughly nailed down. But sure enough, one commonly encounters organizations paranoid (prudent) enough to have a DMZ but not quite paranoid enough to secure their DMZ properly. The good news is that with a little time and a properly suspicious attitude, you can significantly lower any system's exposure to compromise by script kiddies.
Always run the latest stable version of your operating system, software and kernel, and keep current with security patches as they are released.
If everyone followed this simple and obvious tenet, the "Rumors from the Underground" list of hacked web pages on www.hackernews.com would be a lot shorter. As we discussed last month in "Securing DNS", the vast majority of DNS-based hacks don't apply to the most recent versions of BIND; the same can safely be said for most other Linux network software packages. We all know this, but we don't always find the time to follow through.
A program you don't use for anything important is a program you've got little reason to maintain properly and is, therefore, an obvious target for attackers. This is an even easier thing to fix than old software. At setup time, simply delete or rename all unneeded links in the appropriate runlevel directory in /etc/rc.d/.
For example, if you're configuring a web server that doesn't need to be its own DNS server, you would enter something like the following:
mv /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S30named /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/disabled_S30named
(Note that your named startup script may have a different name and may exist in different or additional subdirectories of /etc/rc.d.)
While any unneeded service should be disabled, the following deserve particular attention:
RPCservices: Sun's Remote Procedure Control protocol (which is included nowadays on virtually all flavors of UNIX) lets you execute commands on a remote system via rsh, rcp, rlogin, nfs, etc. Unfortunately, it isn't a very secure protocol, especially for use on DMZ hosts. You shouldn't be offering these services to the outside world—if you need their functionality, use ssh (the Secure Shell), which was specifically designed as a replacement for rpc services. Disable (rename) the nfsd and nfsclientd scripts in all subdirectories of /etc/rc.d in which they appear, and comment out the lines corresponding to any r-commands in /etc/inetd.conf. (Warning: local processes sometimes require the RPC portmapper, aka rpcbind—disable this with care, and try re-enabling it if other things stop working).
inetd: The Internet Dæmon is a handy way to use a single process (i.e., inetd) to listen on multiple ports and to invoke the services on whose behalf it's listening on an as-needed basis. Its useful life, however, is drawing to a close: even with TCP Wrappers (which allow one to turn on very granular logging for each inetd service), it isn't as secure as simply running each service as a dæmon. (An FTP server really has no reason not to be running FTPD processes all the time.) Furthermore, most of the services enabled by default in inetd.conf are unnecessary, insecure or both. If you must use inetd, edit /etc/inetd.conf to disable all services you don't need (or never heard of). Note: many rpc services are started in inetd.conf.
linuxconfd: While there aren't any known exploitable bugs in the current version of linuxconf (a system administration tool that can be accessed remotely), CERT reports that this service is commonly scanned for and may be used by attackers to identify systems with other vulnerabilities (CERT Current Activity page 7/31/2000, www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html).
sendmail: Many people think that sendmail, which is enabled by default on most versions of UNIX, is necessary even on hosts that send e-mail only to themselves (e.g., administrative messages such as Ctrl+tab output sent to root by the crontab dæmon). This is not so: sendmail (or postfix, qmail, etc.) is needed only on hosts that must deliver mail to or receive mail from other hosts. sendmail is usually started in /etc/rc.d/rc2.d or /etc/rc.d/rc3.d.
Telnet, FTP and POP: These three protocols have one very nasty characteristic in common: they require users to enter a username and password that are sent in clear text over the network. Telnet and FTP are easily replaced with ssh and its file-transfer utility scp; e-mail can either be automatically forwarded to a different host, left on the DMZ host and read through a ssh session or downloaded via POP using a "local forward" to ssh (i.e., piped through an encrypted Secure Shell session). All three of these services are usually invoked by inetd. These dæmons are usually started by inetd.
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This article is very fine, actually i want to implement the three hommed dmz. Will you please help me for that... I am using Redhat 6.2. I have three cards in my firewall machine. One for intranet, one for internet (i have the static ip), and another one for DMZ. I want to know how to configure the firewall machine for achive that. Except my linux firewall machine all are the machines are windows NT/2000. I want to communicate the DMZ mc to intranet mc and intranet to DMZ, for that purpose how to allocate the ip address and subnet mask for the internet and dmz machines. Intranet and DMZ machines are connected in seprate switches.
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I learnt a lot from this - but still have this question - how do I link internal servers (database usually) to DMZ servers (Web linking to DMZ database). ie the DMZ DB servers contain a subset of internal data - but will also need to update internal db servers with results of web interactions with customers.
ie an Extranet(?)
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The Cobb County Public Library System is offering teens an opportunity to fight hunger in Cobb County while having fun with its Hunger Games Challenge. The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Central Library. Middle and high school students are encouraged to attend, and registration is required.
The challenge will be based on the popular Hunger Games book and movie, which tells the story of a post-apocalyptic society with rampant hunger, where teens fought to save their lives and for food for their district. At the event, teens will be split into teams (like the districts from the novel) and will earn points based on challenges. Teens are encouraged to bring food items to earn points for their team. These items will be donated to MUST Ministries, a nonprofit that provides food and services to meet the basic needs of people living in poverty.
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Cape Cod Community College student held without bail for alleged threat to shoot students.
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Q. Hello Jordan, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. Everyone now seems to know your face, but no one really knows who you are. How do you feel about that?
- Well I'm hoping people take a minute to get to know me more personally. I'm more than just a great dancer, y'know
Q. How did you wind up getting the gig as Kat anyhow?
- My modeling agency, Charisma Plus 2 hooked me up! My agent was in talks with 343 Industries and when they mentioned the idea, seeing how I'm a self-proclaimed Halo fanatic, she knew who would be perfect for the job! Fortunately I had the right measurements for the suit.
Q. So you have a modeling background, is this the first time you've worn a head-to-toe suit like this one?
- Yes this was the first time! It's always something I've seen and been super jealous of, so I feel extra blessed to be chosen for it (:
And I'm actually looking into making my own suit now!
Q. Are you a Halo Fan?
- Ohhhhhh yes! I grew up with Halo, in fact I only started getting into competitive gaming because of Halo 2! It started when I was invited to a LAN party where I completely sucked. I then decided right then and there I wanted to be the best and needless to say, the following LAN parties were completely dominated by yours truly (:
Q. How does this type of work compare to other jobs you've gotten as a model?
- It's definitely way different. I mean, for one, it was for a game I'm in love with. Plus the whole suit thing was a huge aspect. I'm mostly used to photo shoots, but I'm liking this direction of work
Q. At the 405th, we're no strangers to toughing it out in armor, but could you tell us, what was it like in the first 5 minutes you put on the suit?
-The first 5 minutes... Well I'm not sure if you'll believe me, but I kept looking at my reflection with every piece that was put on, and all I could think of was HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME, it was only after I started walking a little bit that I realized... alright, this suit is a weeee bit heavy and toasty. But it also helped the suit fit me like a glove.
Q. Of course we have to know, how did you feel after the first day of trooping around in it? Were you glad to get it off?
-In all honesty, I didn't want to take it off! I was only supposed to be in the suit for maybe an hour, but I ended up being in it for a few hours everyday, completely by choice. And it was really funny, because when I'd take it off for the day, I'd get back to the convention floor and I was like.... why aren't I being asked to take pictures anymore...? :/ No one was even looking at me at all! And thats when I realized people only liked me for the suit! Hahah just kidding, but I did miss the constant picture taking and people getting excited over the suit.
Q. What was that suit made from? Seemed to be pretty flexible and rugged, as demonstrated by your dancing video.
-It was some sort of rubber-foamy stuff. I really don't know how to explain it other than that. And I think I made it look easier to move in than it actually was.
Q .Were you asked to research Kat before jumping into the suit?
-I wasn't asked, no. But I did take the extra precaution to do a little research to add to my Halo knowledge, which really did pay off at one point especially. -I was walking around with my boss and someone asked her which number Noble was I, and she didn't know off hand, so I immediately stepped in and motioned I was 2! I'm sure they were impressed
Q. Kat is a pretty tough, never-give-up, don't-mess-with-me kinda chick. How much are you like Kat yourself?
-Well I dont really come off that way on the outside at first glance, but on the inside; Im a pretty tough cookie! You can definitely see this side of me when Im gaming. Even more especially when people are trash talking me.
Q. Do you think Microsoft is going to call you back to wear the suit again, and if they do, would you say yes?
-I'm actually under NDA, but I have already been hired back!
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Thanks again for chatting with us. I hope you'll find a nice home with the 405th, and we'd all love to see you in Mjolnir again sometime in the future. Noble Team never looked so good!
Thanks! I feel at home already, and looking forward to making some new friends (:


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Gannett Requires Week of Unpaid Leave For Most of Its 31,000 Workers
The media company attempts to avoid layoffs with furlough.
Most of Gannett's 31,000 workers will be taking a week off in the first quarter--unpaid. The furlough is intended to prevent layoffs at the country's largest newspaper company.
Editor and Publisher has some of Gannett's editors' responses here. No surprise that Laura Rehrmann, managing editor of the Washington Bureau, reportedly told staffers in an E-mail: No, you can't take a furlough week next week." (Inauguration week--bad time for an unpaid vacation).
I've written a couple of times recently about how few companies seem to make cost-cutting efforts in regards to wages, instead choosing layoffs-- which, according to some research, may actually prolong recessions.
While a required week without pay is no doubt discomforting to Gannett staffers, it's of some relief to see a company trying to avoid making more staff cuts (Gannett cut about 10 percent of its staff late last year). Newspapers, like other businesses, are acutely aware that continued trimming of payroll can really cause deterioration of their product and damage to their business longterm.


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DURHAM — Thanks to 30 unanswered points, No. 9 Duke was able to pull away from Florida Gulf Coast for a 88-67 win.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he had been concerned about how his team would respond after the big win against Kentucky. But, the Blue Devils handled the Eagles with ease.
Mason Plumlee led Duke with a career-high 28 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor and went 10-for-11 from the line.
They didnt have an answer for Mason inside, Krzyzewski said. We took advantage of that.
Most of Plumlees shots came fromright under the basket and as a result of tidy passes, which put him in a position to succeed.
Guys were setting me up, Plumlee said. Its not like I was shooting jumpers. You shouldnt miss too many when youre shooting that close.
Quinn Cook, who started for the first time this year, finished with a team-high nine assists, which went along with five turnovers. Rasheed Sulaimon also set a new career-high with 19 points, and Ryan Kelly (14) and Seth Curry (10) reached double figures, as well.
With the win, Duke (3-0) has won 96 straight home games against non-conference opponents, setting a new school record and extending the longest active streak in the nation. The Blue Devils last loss in Cameron to a nonconference foe was against St. Johns on Feb. 26, 2000.
Dukes 30-0 run spanned almost eight minutes and started with 5:43 remaining in the first half, when the Eagles led 30-29. But, that changed quickly with back-to-back 3-pointers from Cook. Kelly followed with two free throws to give Duke a 34-30 lead.
Plumlee went to the line on the next possession after corralling his own offensive rebound. He made the first shot and missed the second his only miss from the free throw line of the game but Kelly grabbed the rebound and converted the lay-in, drawing his own foul in the process. He completed the three-point play to make it 38-30 Duke with 4:08 remaining in the first half.
Ive never heard of a 30-0 run before, Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield said. First one Ive been a part of.
During the run, Duke ran high ball screens around the perimeter as often as possible. Cook handled the ball and looked to hit an open shooter, while Plumlee set the screen.
For Cook, the focus in practice has been on tightening his passes and defense, and he accomplished both Sunday.
I tend to get loose and try and do fancy stuff and try to play like I played in high school, flashy, he said. I need to stay sharp.
Duke scored six more points to open the second half before Florida Gulf Coasts Bernard Thompson made a 3-pointer to stop the run. By that point, Duke led 59-33.
Florida Gulf Coast (2-2), which beat Miami earlier this season, was done in thanks in large part to 19 first-half turnovers, which resulted in 27 Duke points.
Duke next travels to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and play Minnesota on Thanksgiving day.


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FILE- In this Aug. 22, 2010 file photo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf addresses guests at an iftar dinner hosted by the U.S. Embassy's deputy chief of mission Stephanie Williams, at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Saar, Bahrain, west of the capital Manama. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
The Muslim cleric who hopes to build an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site in New York is planning to tour the nation to promote the plan.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will first speak in Detroit on Jan. 15. The city has North America's largest Muslim population.
Zaheer Uddin, head of New York's Islamic Leadership Council, told The Associated Press Friday that he thinks it's a good idea for Rauf to address misunderstandings between Muslims and others.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed the project at the location two blocks from ground zero.
Opponents call it offensive to families of 9/11 victims.


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MERRIMAC — The yard waste site will be open ever Saturday from mid-April to November and in January from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Opening day for the site, located on Broad Street between the intersection of Eeat Main Street (Route 110) and the Dunkin' Donuts, is April 13. It will remain open through Nov. 30, weather permitting.
Brush dates are April 13, 27; May 4, 18; June 1, 15, 29; July 13, 27; Aug. 3, 17, 31; Sept. 14, 28; Oct. 5, 19; Nov. 2, 16, 30. Brush in addition to yard waste is accepted on these dates.
Christmas trees will be collected Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Drop off at the Mill Street site.
The site is for residents only and is not for commercial use. Town stickers are required for making drop-offs. Town stickers must be renewed yearly. Stickets are $10 per vehicle and residents can purchase them at the selectmen's office. A valid vehicle registration must be presented at the time of purchase.
In the summer and fall, acceptable items include leaves, grass and clippings. Sticks, branches and garbage are now allowed. Residents are required to take all bags with them.
No roots, dirt, trash or trunks over 3 inches in diameter will be accepted on brush collection days. Lay sticks and branches neatly in piles.
Containers will be located onsite for disposal of electronics and white goods. Items containing refrigerant will not be accepted. There is no additional fee for disposal of those items.


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Pictures from "Have Gun Will Travel" as well as magazine and book covers of Richard Boone. Song by Johnny Western.
Pictures from "Have Gun Will Travel" as well as magazine and book covers of Richard Boone. Song by Johnny Western.
I am addicted to these old westerns , they are so much better to watch then whats on now a days…………100% addicted to the Starr's Western channel…
the band have heart uses this in their song "intro/to us fools" on their 2003 demo
AAAAHHHH!!!Paladin!!!! My Hero!! When I was a kid I watched Paladin always! Had a cowboy outfit like his!! My mom use to say she didn't know what I saw in this guy but I liked the rugged look. Like somebody you might not want to mess with. Intimidating!! And he sure had that look!!
are there any videos on this site without a fucking annoying advert
@Alec319 im 15 and i like them dude…..youre not alone lol
@Jantv81 LOL
You have to face a Holy God on Judgment Day(Hebrews 9:27). He counts lust as adultery(Matthew 5:28) and hatred as murder(1 John 3:15). All liars will have their part in the Lake of Fire(Revelation 21:8). No thief will inherit the kingdom of God(1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved(John 14:6). YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE SAVED! THERE'S NO OTHER WAY! There's no second chance after death, so repent NOW! Proverbs 29:1
You betcha… I need Paladin now!
@CarlDuke It's armor. Like, a knight armor in a savage land. Remeber he was chivalrous and gentlemanly and tried not to use his gun. But what I dont get is that he would always have the company of "ladies" in his suite unchaproned. I think Hey Boy was a pimp. lol.
it's like i'm the only teen who likes western and other things most teens wouldn't lol
@jason75 i watch this every time i get the chance, lol i just love the wild west
lol i'm a kid and even i like it, well, a teen lol
I remember this as a kid!!!! takes me back to, even though it was 10 years before me.
When I was a kid I used to think the lyric was a knight without HONOR in a savage land, which didn't make much sense. Also as kids we used to sing Paladin, Paladin where do you roam, upstairs and downstairs and all through the home.
Paladin = HELL YEAH!!!
@95HarleyDavidson I know but the kids sang it. This is the TV version which is by far waaaaay better
@Wardog687 this song was on Stand By Me
im 14 and i love classic western tv series like gunsmoke,have gun will travel,cheyenne,roy rogers etc… they are awsome!
As these types of series went away, so did that style of theme song. Fortunately, there is Youtube to go take a look at them again.
i lve this in stand by me
FrankClanton is being held in police custody.
FrankClanton is being held in a secure and undisclosed location under Anti-Terrorist Act 1975 [Amended] (UK) And The Protection of Children And Young People Acts (UK) 1963 & 2009
More to follow
please hide this is awful
Ahhhh Paladin,
They just dont make em like they used too
to hammergod…i don't need meds…i just hate to see an actor slandered many years after his death…especially by a troll blogger; but i am gonna let this go; and find positive things to say on internet…
After reading through about the first 20 comments I get the feeling that Someone didn't take thier Prozac on time


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Phoenix Staff Reports
NSU women defeat SOSU
DURANT — The No. 23-ranked Northeastern State women's basketball team defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State University 80-57 Wednesday night at Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
Ten different RiverHawks scored in the contest, led by 14 points from junior guards Katy Harsen and Taylor Collins. Tosha Tyler added 11 with five assists, while fellow guard Taylor Lewis dropped 10 points. Sophomore guard Fontana Tate led the team with nine rebounds.
Bailey Welch was the only member of the Savage Storm to reach double figures, as she finished with 11. The RiverHawks led 41-22 at halftime.
NSU is now set for its home opener. The team will play host to Northwestern Oklahoma State University at 6 p.m. Tuesday inside Jack Dobbins Field House.
Connors men stay unbeaten
WARNER – Connors State cruised to a 27-5 lead midway the first half and went on to an 84-50 victory over the Bacone JV on Wednesday night at Melvin Self Field House.
The victory lifted the 21st-ranked Cowboys to 6-0 and dropped Bacone to 1-5. The Cowboys will open Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference play at home on Monday against Murray State. Tipoff is 8 p.m.
Cowboys had four players score in double figures with sophomore Denell Henderson leading the attack with 16 points while pulling down 7 rebounds and blocking four shots. Jamarcus Weatherspoon poured home 15 points followed by Willie Atwood with 12 and Troy Jones 10.
Bacone's scoring was led by Landon Smoote with 13 points.
Sooner ladies fall in opener
NORMAN — Aaryn Ellenberg scored 24 points and Whitney Hand added 19 as Oklahoma mounted a furious comeback attempt, but fell short losing its first home opener in 15 years, 86-80 to UCLA on Wednesday.
Ellenberg was 6-for-6 on 3-pointers to keep OU close in the first half, but UCLA managed to stall that option in the second half as they built as much as an 18 point lead with 12 minutes remaining.
Four Bruins scored in double figures, led by 18 from Thea Lemberger. Tulsa, Okla., native and Tennessee transfer Alyssia Brewer totaled 15 points and 16 rebounds in her second game with UCLA.
UCLA found its game going through the paint, where it scored 46 of its points and dominated rebounding 56-34.
The loss was Oklahoma's first in a home opener since Sherri Coale's second season in 1997-98. The Sooners previously had a 14-game winning streak of Lloyd Noble Center openers.
OU's next outing is at home against Saint Louis at the Lloyd Noble Center on Sunday. Tipoff at 2 p.m.


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Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Staff
I celebrate innovation and growth.
Sometimes it's the stuff they don't say that rings loudest.
Lance Armstrong has always said he won his seven Tours as a squeaky clean athlete. He claimed he did not use cheater gambits like red blood cell transfusion, EPO, human growth hormone, testosterone, steroids, or any of the banned performance enhancing drugs rife in professional cycling. Armstrong also said he was tested more than any other athlete in the world — more than 500 times. (Maybe not: There has never been any independent verification of Armstrong's "500 times" tested claim. The source of that unrealistic number — once a week for 10 years? Really? — was always Armstrong, just Armstrong.)
Yesterday, Armstrong didn't say any of that. No claims that he never doped. No claims of being the most tested athlete in history.
Armstrong used different words yesterday. He said he used no "unfair advantage" during his career.
Wow — huge shift, that. Armstrong knew the hammer was about to fall on him hard. If he had chosen to arbitrate the charges against him put forward by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the evidence against him would have come out. The strongest of that evidence is the eyewitness testimony from more than 10 ex-teammates and employees.
Let's pause. Some will protest that eyewitness testimony is hearsay, vendetta, not real evidence. Sorry, it is hard evidence when it is given under oath. Eyewitness testimony under oath is enough to convict someone of murder. The pervert Jerry Sandusky is in prison because of eyewitness testimony, not DNA or other "facts." Let us remember that false testimony is called perjury, a felony. Jail time. Most people won't perjure themselves for a vendetta. Do you seriously believe that 10 people who worked closely with Armstrong would perjure themselves and risk jail out of mere jealousy towards Armstrong? That is Armstrong's claim, but it makes no sense.
Armstrong was going down hard and he knew it. He quit his fight with the USADA to keep the evidence — that testimony from ex-teammates and employees — from seeing the light of day. More on this in a minute.
In claiming he had no "unfair advantage" Armstrong has opened the door, a wee bit, to a full doping admission. Yes, Armstrong doped. Everyone with an IQ higher than a tomato knows it. Moreover, Armstrong knows that everyone knows. He is therefore, starting yesterday, laying down the foundation for a new narrative that he hopes will cast him in a positive light. It goes like this: Yes I doped. But they all doped. Fact is, I still worked harder and smarter than any pro cyclist. I won on a level playing field.
If that was the sum of Armstrong's doping confession — I doped, but so did everyone; I won on a level playing field — he might have a point. Armstrong didn't start the age of super bio doping — mostly this is blood boosting that gives cyclists a 5% to 7% performance edge in mountain climbs, but it is also human growth hormone, artificial testosterone and the like. This bad stuff started in the early 1990s. It was not Armstrong's fault that his peak years as an athlete coincided with cycling's peak doping years. Bad luck for him.
That creates some sympathy for Armstrong's doping. He knows it — Armstrong is extremely savvy about marketing and PR — and he is trying to prepare his fans for larger confessions with his "no unfair advantage" comment.
Here I think of the movie, The Sting. Paul Newman and Robert Redford were the good guys. Why? They cheated the cheater. Beat him at his own game. Armstrong, with Thursday's statement, is positioning his fans to believe that he only cheated the cheaters — the rotten Germans, Italians, Spaniards, whatever. Armstrong thus becomes a bad-ass American folk hero, a Robin Hood in stars and stripes, if you like.
Will this ploy work? It might if that is the whole story. But the story does not end there. It's a fact that Armstrong donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the anti-doping efforts of cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, during his pro years. Armstrong was the only cyclist to do so. He's the only pro athlete of any sport to donate money to a regulating body. The conflict of interest is both stunning and appalling. It begs discussion at least.
Saw a good quote the other day. "If he was doping, Lance beat a bunch of fellow dopers. If he didn't dope, he still beat a bunch of dopers." The way I see it, giving up the fight because of how it has affected is family and finances over the years doesn't equal admission of guilt.
On another note, the grammatical errors and flow of some of your sentences should probably be fixed.
Problem with the quote is that the drugs do not effect everyone the same. It does not create a level playing field. Perhaps you want to look into it a bit. That way you won't repeat such a foolish quote.
I saw a good quote the other day. "If he was doping, Lance beat a bunch of fellow dopers. If he didn't dope, he still beat a bunch of dopers." The way I see it, giving up the fight because of how it has affected is family and finances over the years doesn't equal admission of guilt.
On another note, the grammatical errors and flow of some of your sentences should probably be fixed.
Hahaha so let me get this straight: you misrepresent the facts (yes I am calling you a liar), Cecelia here calls you out on it, and you make fun of her and Livestrong, a philanthropic organization which has by the way raised in the vicinity of $500 million to support cancer research. Nice.
The USADA is a nonprofit organization. It is not a government entity. The witnesses could lie all they want and not risk being charged, as this would not be a court of law. This would have been an arbitration hearing ruled over and by the CEO of the USADA. No one would be in a court of law! Get your facts straight you idiot. The USADA receives a government grant of $10 million a year, but is not governed by out government and can do whatever it wants to do. There would be no city, county, state or federal judge presiding over the arbitration hearing had it come to that. You are an idiot that hasn't done any research at all other than draw unfounded conclusions. Shame on Forbes for allowing you to report on a story you do not really know anything about. Go get your facts straight.
You seem unaware that many of the USADA witnesses previously testified under oath at a federal grand jury.
You seem to have your own problems with facts. USADA can't do whatever it wants, it has to submit to very clear rules. Arbitration is generally carried out by a three judge panel, only one of which is selected by USADA. The CEO does not rule over it.
To buy into what you are implying, one would have to believe that multiple ex-teammates of Armstrong all doped on the team while he was there, yet Armstrong did not. Apparently they either hid their doping very successfully from Armstrong, or the latter had no qualms about taking advantage of their doping, since he would be the first to acknowledge they were essential to all his TDF victories. Then they all lied about Armstrong doping, not only to USADA, but in many cases to a federal grand jury that had been investigating Armstrong earlier.
So his teammates apparently hated Armstrong so much that they were willing to fabricate stories about his doping, just to get a reduced sentence. Not one or two discontents, but nearly a dozen. I guess Armstrong wasn't very good at picking loyal teammates! Strange, because he was very good at picking teammates who could help him win Tours, who would give their all on every stage–but according to you, they would then turn around and throw all those victories that they shared in away, stabbing him in the back. Are you aware that by doing so they also hurt their own legacies? You also have to believe that USADA is out to get an innocent rider for no other reason than they are jealous of his success. I can't remember the last time USADA or any other ADA did this, can you?
It's a shame that by refusing to go to arbitration, Armstrong denied us all a chance to test the truth of these wild ideas. I wonder what his response would have been if it turned out teammates gave precise dates of doping that coincided with unusual fluctuations in Armstrong's blood values. But fortunately for him, that possibility will never come up.
Good luck with your head-in-the-sand approach. I think you will find as you go through life, though, that calling people idiots just because they threaten your carefully nurtured fantasies is not very productive.
So appeal and go to CAS (do you know what that is). Why are you defending the greatest fraud in the history of sports. I find it odd you are going people "idiot". Judge Starks said the process was fair read footnote 18 of his ruling. Shame on you for supporting a liar. How does one lie to children who have cancer about their life?