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- March 5: The 12 Worst Cars According to Consumer Reports
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and staff
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq:
BBBB), a global leader in education technology, today announced that it has
been selected by the Lester B. Pearson School Board in Quebec, Canada to help
improve parent and community outreach with the Connect-ED(R) multi-modal mass
notification and alert service.
The Blackboard Connect(TM) platform will be used to inform parents,
students and staff members of school closures and contingency plans due to
unforeseen incidents, as well as other important school and student
announcements such as attendance issues. The service will improve
time-sensitive communication and help prevent the spread of misinformation at
Quebec's largest English speaking school board, which is home to nearly 30,000
The Blackboard Connect platform has been successfully leveraged by schools
and districts covering more than 12 million K-12 students and staff members in
the United States, keeping parents informed of important events in their
child's education from bus route announcements and delays to school breaks and
registration days. The Connect platform can be used to quickly reach thousands
of recipients through a variety of channels, and is used by colleges and
universities, federal agencies, military organizations and state and local
governments in addition to K-12 schools and districts.
"It's crucial that we are able to notify parents quickly in time-sensitive
situations because up-to-date and uniform communication is conducive to an
informed and engaged school community," said Marcus Tabachnick, Chairman of
the Board.
"We are honored to partner with the Lester B. Pearson School Board, a
visionary school board that is committed to providing high quality education
in a fiscally responsible manner," said Tom Motter, President and Chief
Operating Officer of Blackboard Connect. "We look forward to exchanging
communication best practices for improved student achievement and parental
With the Blackboard Connect platform, parents will be able to receive
important messages directly from their school through the lines of
communication that are easiest for them, including home phones, cell phones
and other mobile devices and email. The service will also be used to improve
attendance and truancy issues by alerting parents in a timely manner.
"We recognize how important parental engagement is in the overall success
of our students," said Robert Mills, Director General at Lester B. Pearson.
"With Blackboard Connect, we will be able to quickly communicate with parents
and students to enhance ongoing outreach initiatives with our entire school
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Drawing on the experience gained in delivering hundreds of millions of
messages for K-12 organizations, the Blackboard Connect service enables school
leaders to schedule, send and track personalized voice messages at up to six
phone numbers and two e-mail addresses per student and staff member. To ensure
that important messages reach residents, students and parents quickly,
regardless of their location or preferred method of communication, the
Blackboard Connect platform sends voice and text messages through four
different modes of communication:
-- Voice messages to home phones, work phones, cell phones and e-mail
-- Text messages to cell phones, PDAs, networked digital signage and
other text-based devices;
-- Text messages to e-mail accounts; and
-- Messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the hearing impaired.
The Blackboard Connect platform allows officials to send an unlimited
number of messages, requires no additional hardware, and can be used from any
computer with Internet access or telephone. This ensures that administrators
can send vital messages from wherever they are located--even if they are
evacuated. Additionally, officials receive detailed reports on contacts that
did not receive a message, enabling them to follow up through alternative
means as needed.
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and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students
and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow
thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government
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obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to February
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In the last few year the country has experienced a huge running boom, even bigger than the one in the 1980s. Our area has seen evidence of this boom with the phenomenal growth of the Anniston Runners Club's signature race, the Woodstock 5k, held the first Saturday in August each year. Woodstock had 79 runners in 2005, but has exploded to almost 1400 at last year's event.
But maybe a 5K road race has gotten a little too tame for you, and you're looking for more of a challenge. You're in good company. Triathlons/Multi-Sports events are the fastest growing types of fitness challenges.
If you can keep yourself afloat for 400 yards or more, stay upright on a bike for 16 miles or more, and put one foot in front of the other for 3 miles or more...then you can do a triathlon.
There are all different distances to choose. Sprint distances consist of anywhere from a 400-600 yard swim, in a pool, lake, or river, a 16-20 mile bike leg, and the final portion is the run, which is usually a 5k (3.1 miles).
Olympic or Intermediate distances consist of a 1k swim (.6 miles), 30 mile bike, and 10k run (6.2 miles).
The Ironman (IM) distances are 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and full marathon run (26.2 miles). And of course there is the "Half IM," which is half the IM distance.
There are a multitude of triathlons and other multi-sports events within an easy drive of our area, and we have a large number of experienced, as well as nascent triathletes, who support each other by training together and swapping stories and race reports.
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Manchester's property tax bills remain the among lowest in the state. But the township had one of the highest increases in 2012.
Manchester's 3.3 percent tax hike was 120th out of 566 total tax bill hikes.
The township's tax bill is 532 out of 566 municipalities, according to a Star-Ledger analysis. It's also about half of the statewide average.
The Star-Ledger reported noted that property taxes statewide rose 2.4 percent in 2011, the first year Christie's 2 percent cap was in effect. But the trend of lower increases could be reversed because of Hurricane Sandy, according to the report.
In Manasquan, which suffered some of the worst damage from Sandy, local officials said the cost of rebuilding might drive up tax rates by at least 20 percent, the report said. To top it off, the tax base shrank as properties were washed away, according to the report. Towns are allowed to exceed the 2 percent limit on property tax collections for emergencies such as Sandy.
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Best Free Midwest Attractions: Indiana
Free art in Indianapolis [1]
Indianapolis Museum of Art Northwest of downtown, view permanent European, Asian, African and contemporary collections (left) on 152 sculpture-dotted acres. Also on the grounds: The 22-room Lilly house provides a look at life on a country estate in the early 20th century.
Indianapolis Art Center The center offers interactive exhibitions and artist demonstrations, both indoors and in a 12-acre creativity park.
Indianapolis Museum of Art [2]
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Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis A glass wall (left) in White River State Park honors recipients of the nation's highest military tribute. Each day at dusk, the memorial's sound system plays recorded stories of medal winners and the conflicts in which they fought.
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Indiana War Memorials, Indianapolis Climb 330 steps to the top of the 1902 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (left) for a 360-degree view of Indy (or ride the $1 elevator). Also nearby are the Indiana War Memorial Museum, Indiana War Memorial Plaza, Veterans' Memorial Plaza, USS Indianapolis Memorial, University Park and American Legion Mall -- all free.
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Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville You can see one of the largest naturally exposed fossil beds along the Ohio River in Clarksville (about 100 miles southwest of Cincinnati, just across the river north of Louisville, Kentucky).
Fossil collecting is not allowed, but you can explore up to 220 acres of fossil beds. Naturalists lead hikers across the beds from June through October, when the river is low and you can see the imprints of creatures from more than 380 million years ago.
For a fee, you can also visit the blufftop Interpretive Center, which shows a movie recounting the area's history.
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Whitewater Gorge Park Trail, Richmond A popular 3.5-mile hiking trail goes through downtown Richmond (about 75 miles east of Indianapolis) to Thistlewaite Falls, a bird sanctuary, vertical cliffs, Happy Hollow, Weir Dam and an old flour mill.
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Those who shared Mount Rainier with Nick Hall were shaken Friday as news spread of the climbing ranger's death.
"He was an extremely nice guy and a talented climber," said Jonathan Spitzer, a guide for Alpine Ascents International, "a key ranger for the national park and a valuable asset to their team."
Hall fell to his death Thursday while helping rescue climbers on Rainier's Emmons Glacier. Poor weather kept his colleagues from removing his body from the mountain Friday.
George Dunn, co-director of International Mountain Guides, met Hall several times on the mountain.
"He was a really solid and sincere climbing ranger and he was always on top of his game," Dunn said. "He was committed to his job and serving the public."
On Friday, Hall's Facebook page was swamped with messages from his friends sharing memories and posting photos of him rock climbing.
Hall, 33, of Patten, Maine, was a former Marine who listed Longmire as his local address.
In addition to his duties at Rainier, Hall was on the ski patrol at Stevens Pass Ski Area from 2008-2010. Bill Bourton, the ski area's new interim general manager, said Hall was well respected.
"Folks here who knew him said he was a very likable, nice guy," Bourton said. "... It's a big shock to us."
Hall's father, Carter Hall, told The Associated Press he and his family were proud of Hall's career in mountain rescue.
Carter Hall said he hopes his son's death will bring attention to the hazards and safety requirements of the sport.
National Park Service director Jonathan B. Jarvis said, "Nick Hall died while he carried out a climbing ranger's greatest responsibility – saving lives. That fact will give us comfort in the future, but not now.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Nick's family and our National Park Service family at Mount Rainier National Park. They bear too great a burden today, and we will do everything in our power to support them as they have been thrown into the depths of loss yet again."
Ken Salazar, secretary of the Interior, said, "Nick embodied the brave and selfless nature of the men and women of the National Park Service who dedicate their lives to protecting and helping the millions of visitors to our cherished national parks across America.
"On behalf of the entire Interior family, I offer our heartfelt support and prayers to Nick's family, friends and coworkers."
Hall was not married and did not have children.
DEATH on RAINIER: Friday's DEVELOPMENTS
• Poor weather conditions prevented a helicopter from being used to recover the body of climbing ranger Nick Hall.
• Multiple sources reported that the fourth Texas climber who Hall went to rescue walked off the mountain under her own power late in the day.
• One local guide and a park official said conditions on Mount Rainier are unusually icy for this time of year.
• Emergency response teams from two other national parks were dispatched to Rainier. A DEADLY 7 MONTHS
Here is a recap of the deaths that have taken place at Mount Rainier National Park since December.
Dec. 12: Brian Grobois, 54, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was reported missing after he failed to return from a snowshoe hike the previous day. He apparently got disoriented in bad weather. He was spotted, motionless, from a helicopter in the upper Stevens Creek drainage, but rescuers could not reach his body until Dec. 13.
Jan. 1: Law enforcement ranger Margaret Anderson, 34, died of gunshot wounds as she attempted to stop a car driven by Benjamin Colton Barnes. The 24-year-old Barnes, a suspect in a Seattle shooting, drove through a tire chain checkpoint, and Anderson attempted to stop him below Paradise.
Jan. 2: Barnes was found dead partially submerged in Paradise Creek. He drowned while suffering from hypothermia.
Jan. 15: Mark Vucich, 37, of San Diego, and Michelle Trojanowski, 30, of Atlanta, were reported overdue from a snow camping trip on the Muir Snowfield. Delayed for a week by a large storm, an extensive ground and air search on Jan. 23 failed to find them. They are presumed dead.
Jan. 16: Sork Yang of Springfield, Ore., and Seol Hee Jin of Korea, both 52, were reported overdue after attempting to reach the 14,411-foot summit. Park staff and volunteers searched for them at the same time as the camping couple. They are presumed dead.
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An Old Age for the Earth Is the Heart of Evolution
CRSQ Vol 40 No 3 pp 164-172 December 2003
An accommodationist claim about chronology runs something like this: "Even if it could be shown that the earth is young (which it is not), that would be irrelevant to the chronology of the universe, because there are independent evidences that the universe is as old as evolution says it is. Furthermore, the age issue is not really important." Such statements are not true. The centrality of long ages to evolutionary thought has long been emphasized. Further, the supposed evidences of the vast antiquity of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe ultimately rest on the belief in the evolutionary age of the earth. The long chronologies for the universe and its parts are therefore not independent of the alleged old age of the earth. If the earth is shown to be young, the evidence for an old universe crumbles.
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Can a citizen of Alpena Township throw in a view of the big "plaza" plans for the city? Why would you choose the most used parking lot in downtown in walking distance of a lot of local businesses? You are telling local shoppers that a place for special events is more important than handy parking for them.
And while I'm ranting how about abolishing one-way streets in our metropolis? Can you tell I just spent time going around blocks to get to the business I wanted.
A Lot of us like the small town feeling and the nice people who own business downtown.
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Went a bit off-script for this Ramblings and stuck to one main topic. Sometimes it just needs to be done.
Christmas time and the World Junior Hockey Championships all rolled into one? Heaven. Thy name is heaven.
At its core, this yearly holiday engagement lets even the most jaded hockey fans – a section of people which is rising to disastrous levels all too quickly - revel in the youthful exuberance on display as teams vie for national pride and medals.
It's not about money. Or contracts. Or points.
The NHL and NHLPA have been embroiled in this ridiculous dispute for months now, fighting over the dollars which are derived entirely from you, your friends and your family – either directly or indirectly.
When the league finally resumes a shortened season, many fans will still bring their hands out of their pockets. But instead of cash, they'll likely be giving a much more colourful digital salute.
In the meantime, these games in Ufa, Russia are providing us a meaningful distraction as they lead to a rising crescendo of intense action in the medal round.
For we of the fantasy league ilk, it's another chance to hone our craft in terms of scouting for our own rosters. If anything, this annual tournament should be a reminder as to just how fun it is to be in a deeper keeper league format with some semblance of a farm team.
There are solid arguments to be made for hanging onto only a handful of players each season; perhaps led by the fact that all teams are then more or less beginning each campaign on even ground with a chance to win a title, while still being able to own a handful of favourite players.
But as you're watching Canada take on the United States or any other number of enticing match-ups as this tournament progresses, try to harness that sense of unbridled excitement you feel and realize it can easily be translated into your pool.
Five years later, I still remember how the 2008 tourney led me to nab Steve Mason, who backstopped Canada to a fourth straight gold, as a free agent in our league. Circumstances then presented him with a chance to play for the Blue Jackets earlier than expected, which he translated into a Calder win.
Well, let's be honest. He and Ken Hitchcock translated that into a Calder win.
Fast-forward to a short time later and cue a need of a rival leaguemate to get younger in net. He was willing to part with standard league asset Mike Richards to get him. Mason still had farm eligibility in our format and Richards did not , which meant the other owner would theoretically get to have one more keeper than I would if we executed that straight-up deal.
Enter a subtle request for a smallish throw-in defenceman to the side of the trade I'd get. One Tobias Enstrom. Too bad that kid never panned out.
Yes, that's one of the trades that worked out well for me. There were a number which did not. But the entire chain of events emanated from being glued to that year's WJHC and then doing what I could to improve my farm roster's depth.
Does a standout performance there automatically translate into NHL greatness? Hell no. But part of the fun is developing your own scouting acumen, right?
The information available on the web is vastly superior to what it was even those short five years ago and with the instantaneous nature of news it's certainly much tougher to get any sort of jump on your fellow fantasy owners. But special events like the WJHC still can't be topped when it comes to getting those competitive juices flowing.
If you're reading this Ramblings, you're more or less classed as a hard core hockey fan. Certainly one with at least a passing interest in pools.
And yet you may well be severely turned off by the NHL right now. Who could blame you? We're so far beyond right and wrong for either side. Thousands upon thousands of innocent people have been gravely impacted financially because of this calamity and countless more fans have been robbed of their sport performed at the highest level.
But the World Juniors are a tangible reminder of one of the reasons we love hockey in the first place.
Passion. Leaving it all out of the ice. Coming together as a team to strive for one unified goal.
So bottle that atmosphere. Cultivate that sensation.
Let the exhilaration you feel watching these WJHC tilts manifest itself into your fantasy league. If you're not already, get a serious discussion going about being able to invest in the youth of the game by putting a farm system in place.
You will not regret it.
Twitter: @Nichols_NHLPool NHL news, analysis & fantasy takes with minimal inane babble.
Weekday Hockey Hearsay blogs on Sportsnet.ca, 12 months a year.
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Amateur sports is a myth at the higher levels. Money pervades almost all televised sport. There is a lot of great writing about this regarding college athletics in the U.S.
Don't romanticize something at the expense of reality. No matter how hockey deprived we have all been this year.


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Nominations for 2013 Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, were announced today.
The show will be Feb. 24 on ABC at 8:30 p.m. EST. "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane hosts. (Sidenote: don't forget about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting the Golden Globes this Sunday, Jan. 13!)
"Silver Linings Playbook" scored a whopping seven nods; "Lincoln" trailed just behind with six.
"Beast of the Southern Wild" nabbed five nominations, while "Amour," and "Argo" got four each.
Check out the full list after the cut.
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So, the Les Miserables film is coming out on Christmas day. Yeah, you have families and all, but the star-studded cast might just be enough to pull some of us out of the jolly holiday and get to the movie theater.
First there's Hugh Jackman, AKA Wolverine in the X-Men movies. He also starred in a bunch of other things, including the actual Wolverine film (which we won't talk about), but all that really matters is he's delightfully Australian and nice to look at. There's also Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, and then three ladies it's impossible not to love: Anne Hathaway (she's Catwoman AND the Princess of Genovia), Amanda Seyfried (who was in the best film of all time, Mean Girls), and Helena Bonham Carter (she was in Fight Club, y'all!).
Basically: this film will probably be great, just for the casting choices alone. And if it's not, well, it wouldn't be the first theater-turned-Hollywood film to be awful. I'm looking at you, Raise Your Voice.
And this is coming from someone who actually likes Hilary Duff.
But let's not talk about the bad – how about some really great transitions from theater to the silver screen?
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
Oh wait, that's Star Wars, created by George Lucas. But that's to whom Peter Jackson is being compared, in some corners, following his decision to extend the film adaptation of The Hobbit. There will now be three films instead of the originally planned two.
Of course, people were anxious when Jackson announced two films. After all, The Hobbit is a fraction of the size of The Lord of The Rings. One book instead of three, and about 300 pages instead of more than 1,000. The argument was that while two films worked for LotR, it would not translate so well to "Hobbit". But after a time people seemed to get used to the idea of two films.
People are even less sure about three. The main worry people have is that there is simply not enough material from the book to carry it through three movies. Or, at least, not enough to do it without it seeming filler-y in places. So, even with some original material thrown in that didn't originally appear in the book, as was already planned, can it work?
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Sesame Street has always done a good job entertaining and educating kids since its beginnings in 1969. In recent years, however, they have stepped up their game to include countless pop culture references. Thanks to the latest viral video from Cookie Monster singing his version of Carly Rae Jepsen (see below), I thought it was a good idea to put together some of my favorite Sesame Street videos from the past few years.
There have been countless "Call Me Maybe" videos made over the past few weeks, and leave it to Cookie Monster to top it off with the best one yet. I have watched this video a few times and every single time it brings a smile to my face. You know a parody is good when you sing that version instead of the original.
"Sadly, you are not a monster." Classic Grover. This is a spoof of the Old Spice commercials from a few years ago and Sesame Street did a great job recreating it. Growing up, Grover was my favorite Sesame Street character and he remains my favorite to this day, despite the fact that people tell me I am an adult.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is still going strong on Broadway, but most people remember all the struggles the show had in the beginning. Kids probably didn't understand any of the references, but the folks over on Sesame Street really picked apart the show thanks to my man Grover!
Do you have any favorite Sesame Street parodies or spoofs? Let us know in the comments below!
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What do you do if you're a television network looking for some other industry to expand into? Create yourself a record label, find yourself a few people with talent, and then watch the tickets fly off the shelf. That's what the Walt Disney Company has been doing for the last several years. Disney, of course, is responsible for launching the careers of Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers. But now that those two acts have settled down for a bit, another network has entered the fray: Nickelodeon.
Though it has released soundtracks for years, Nick really got started in the concert business when Miranda Cosgrove sang the theme song to iCarly, the series she currently stars in, and then launched a recording and touring career. Since then the network has brought together three more musical acts: Keke Palmer, star of the former series True Jackson, VP; Big Time Rush; and The Fresh Beat Band. The latter two in particular have taken off. Big Time Rush is about four kids who get a chance to move to Los Angeles as a band, and spend what time they're not singing trying to solve problems that face them. The Fresh Beat Band has much the same premise, though they're targeted at toddlers.
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Today, we will be taking a look at the Raider. We have once again impressed with all that was offered. The look and shape of the Raider doesn't really fall in the same category of simple square case like some of the units we have looked at lately. A mixture of subtle line with nice curves adds a sense of flair to the case. But looks are not the only thing we look for in case, so read on and see what else there is about the Raider.
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I'm thinking classic beat down.
This will be a drubbing.
Too many things in our favor.
34-10 steelers.
1.15 WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M
2.46 TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington
3.97c CB Philip Gaines, Rice
4.118 ILB Shayne Skov, Stanford
5.157 OT James Hurst, North Carolina
5.173c RB Jerrick McKinnon, Georgia Southern
6.192 CB Walt Aikens, Liberty
6.215c DE Deandre Coleman, California
7.230 NT Zack Kerr, Delaware
I'm a little worried. We beat crappy Redskins and Giants (they got pummeled today too) teams. I am not convinced yet about this Steelers team.
Classic Steelers Monday night beatdown is in order. I expect a true butt whoopin' tomorrow.
I hope Taylor and Lewis can shut down Bowe. He would be a perennial all pro on a better team than the Chefs.
I was lurking KC boards and they said this could get ugly... hide the women and children. Apparantly the team and the FO are a mess.
Hopefully the Oakland and Tennessee games made them aware of letdowns. I heard the weather report calls for rain. Turnovers could be decisive.
As Hawaiian said there will be no letdown in Haley's desire to humiliate the Chiefs on national TV.
Playing Fantasy Football does not qualify you to be the in the front office or on the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are professionals and you are not!
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A knowledgeable and experienced arborist knows that all tree pruning is not equal. The arborist assesses each tree individually and then decides what type of pruning the tree is in need of. Crown cleaning, crown thinning, crown raising, crown restoration, deadwood pruning and training pruning are nationally accepted standards of tree pruning developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The standards are extensive and involved. They are there to protect the consumer. At Wachtel Tree Science our knowledgeable and experienced Certified Arborists will help you benefit from these standards and assist you in determining what type of pruning your trees will need.
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Are you getting ready to go over the cliff? It is almost time for the right-wing to stand-fast, adhere to its pledge to not raise any taxes, and keep the tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans that was pushed through Congress by a lying President George W. Bush who told us all kinds of lies about Iraq and other things that got in line with greed-America.
The solution to the current financial problem is not a conundrum. It is quite easy, actually.
The miracle of meeting different people
Recently I had surgery. In an attempt to help with my recovery, I have been walking a little each day. And in the midst of the holiday season, I have chosen to walk inside large shopping malls. So each day I drove to a different mall, and what occured has been informative and inspirational, whether at Mayfair, Bayshore, Brookfield Square, or Southridge.
I'd walk a little, and then sit and rest in one of the rest areas inside the mall. Seated there, I watched a wide variety of humanity walk passed. I wondered about each of the myriad personal stories etched on the variety of faces, the spectrum of ages, the roles being played by mother, grandparent, little child, mall security guard, ad infinitum. They represented all ages, all races, and as many ethinicities as one could imagine.
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Each baby born in the United States has a label of "M" or "F" attached to him/her. Of course that stands for Masculine or Feminine. And from those few earliest moments of life, that baby is channeled --often forced-- along a path of expected behaviors that relate to those letters, M or F. No matter that each baby has inherent and genetic make-ups that do not necessarily follow that "pre-scribed" story-line. Each baby is unique from the first moment of life. Each baby has an in-bred road map to follow, but often detoured by society's shallow demands.
Current harrassments of young people by others is a growing concern. Hazing of one sort or another now has new places to exhibit its bigotry, hatred, shallowness, ignorance, etc.: the computer world. It is not enough that kids are bullied at school, or on the playground, or walking to and from school, etc. Now the bigots can do it via various cyber-means.
Newtown: Something must be done!
OK, we know the strong, political power of the gun advocates. We have heard all their arguments, all their defenses, all the so-called patriotism, ad infinitum. But, really, do we have to listen to these people who have special, often selfish interests cloaked in patriotism? When is it time to have an honest and open discussion about the proliferation of guns in the U.S.?
There is no need to list the ongoing examples of human carnage caused by guns in the U.S. No other industrialized Western society has as many guns as the U.S., no other industrialized Western society has as many gun-related murders. And the list of such gun-related slaughters goes on. Yet we pass more legislation giving guns a sacred place in our society. One can now carry a concealed weapon in some states into any building or meeting where there is not a specific notice at the entry about prohibiting concealed weapons. Are we nuts? The U.S. has 5% of the world's population, and 50% of the world's guns. Repeat: are we nuts?
Obviously we need to get rid of the guns, especially the assault rifles and the large ammo-holding clips. But there is more to preventing the gun slaughters of Newtown, Aurora, Oak Creek, ad infinitum. I'm all for getting rid of the guns in America. But stopping the use of guns to kill people in the U.S. will require much more.
We need to have legislation to get rid of the assault rifles and other killing machines. That will be extremely difficult to accomplish, even with the nation moved by the grief and senselessness of what happened in Newtown and elsewhere. Gun advocates control the political dialogue and action on the subjects related to the proliferation of weaponry in the U.S. You can lose an election simply by questioning our gun lunacy.
Record-setting Trees
- One of the tallest soft wood trees is the General Sherman, a giant redwood sequoia of California. General Sherman is about 275 ft or 84 m high with a girth of 25 ft or 8 m.
- The 236 ft or 72 m high Ada Tree of Australia has a 50 ft or 15.4 m girth and a root system that takes up more than an acre.
- The world's tallest tree is a coast redwood in California, measuring more than 360 ft or 110 m.
- The world's oldest trees are 4,600 year old Bristlecone pines in the USA.
Trees and the Environment
- Trees renew our air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
- The amount of oxygen produced by an acre of trees per year equals the amount consumed by 18 people annually. One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year.
- One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
- Shade trees can make buildings up to 20 degrees cooler in the summer.
- Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
- Tree roots stabilize soil and prevent erosion.
- Trees improve water quality by slowing and filtering rain water, as well as protecting aquifers and watersheds.
- The cottonwood tree seed is the seed that stays in flight the longest. The tiny seed is surrounded by ultra-light, white fluff hairs that can carry it on the air for several days.
The right-wing in America has this for its platform...
Any sort of gun control is an infringement on our rights guaranteed in the Second Amendment.
Reovering from recent surgery, I have been walking to re-gain my strength and stamina. I am not fond of walking, and especially in the cold weather. What to do? I decided to do my walking in the various enclosed shopping malls in the area. What a marvelous discovery I made!
It is/was the holiday season. Music filled the air in the malls. I walked awhile, and then I sat and rested. I walked somemore and then rested. I had time. I watched the spectrum of humanity walk by. Every face, every body, every skin color, every clothing display, every hair color, and this revue of humanity's rainbow was there for me to enjoy. It was the world's art museum. And all there for me to take in.


text: One of the greatest lost treasures on Motown – the rare third album from Ronnie McNeir, an artist who did plenty for the label back in the 70s, but only managed to ever get this one record released! The set's a gem – arguably his best record ever – and that's saying a lot, given the strength of his RCA and Prodigal sets. And like those records, this one's a sweet soul spectacular – written, arranged, produced, and performed by Ronnie – with the tight, warm, all-together quality that makes him an equal to Leon Ware back in the day – and which makes this record almost a great counterpart to Ware's Musical Massage set for Motown – another one-off album that's become the stuff of legend! The songs are amazing – totally fresh and deeply personal, but never in a cloying or commercial way – perfectly balanced on top of some gently grooving rhythms, spare keyboards, and soulful undercurrents that are a perfect example of the maturity that Detroit soul was hitting in the 70s. A young Ray Parker Jr plays lead guitar, but most other instruments are by Ronnie – and titles include "My Love Is Coming Down", "Funky Situation", "Selling My Heart To The Junkman", "Say You Will", "Goodbye After Sunday", and "It Won't Be Long". And while the core record alone would be enough to celebrate, Expansion's also done and dug out another 7 bonus tracks from the Motown vault of the 70s – material that Ronnie recorded for other albums that never materialized, every bit as great as the main stuff here! The discovery of this material is incredible – and makes for an overstuffed CD that's sure to get McNeir's name back out there again. Bonus tracks include "Start Over As Your Man", "Betcha I'll Prove", "Dream Come True", "For Those Who Don't Believe", "Just You Babe", and "I Can't See Myself Without You". © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.


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Anytime you need window repair or residential glass replacement make sure you call someone who specializes in window replacement and repair and knows what he is doing. It's better if you replace your old drafty windows with new quality windows which will save you money on your utilities. It will keep the cold out in the winter and keep you cooler in the summer. But if you can't afford residential glass replacement, you can still improve the energy efficiency of existing windows.
Here are some tips on how you can improve the existing windows. First of all you should start by checking for air infiltration or leakage around the window frames and this way you can discover if you have any gaps or cracks that allow warm or cold air to leave or enter the house. But this isn't a major problem because it can be fixed inexpensively with weather stripping and caulk. Another method is by applying a window film to the glass to reflect harsh sunlight. Films are generally made of polyester or thin plastic applied to the window's interior by homeowners or glued to the surface by professional installers. So, as you can see, when it comes to window repair you might still need specialists. At least you know you are getting quality work.
Older windows that are drafty, sagging and refuse to open often suffer from lack of maintenance rather than poor workmanship. Depending on the problems you have you can always call a window repair specialist or a residential glass replacement contractor. Just think about your safety. You can't allow an intruder break into your home via a glass window.


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Marcella R. Jordening Partridge, of Ames, formerly of Eldora, passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 at the Northcrest Community in Ames. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora. Burial will follow at Eldora City Cemetery in Eldora. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora. The family will direct all memorials to the Cancer Society and the Alzheimer's Association. To leave a message of condolence for the family, please visit our website at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com
Marcella is survived by her sons David (Donna) Jordening, of Independence, and Steven (Joan) Jordening, of Nevada; granddaughter Julee Jordening of Denver, Colo.; brother Eugene (Delores) Busch, of Plymouth, Neb.; many nieces, nephews and cousins and five step-children.


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While Kingler's massive base 130 Attack may appear to make it one of NU's biggest threats, Kingler unfortunately suffers from a severe imbalance of stats. Physically, Kingler is capable of both taking hits and dishing them out with its excellent Attack and Defense stats coupled with its access to boosting moves such as Swords Dance. However, Kingler's terrible Special Defense leaves it exposed to almost every special attack in the tier, and even powerful Fire- and Ice-type attacks will be able to take it down despite its resistances to them. Kingler's Special Attack is also unsalvageable, leaving any hope of a mixed set in the dust. Compared to Speed titans such as Swellow and Swoobat, Kingler's base 75 Speed stat may not seem too appealing, but with access to Agility, Kingler can double its Speed in one turn and lay waste to any revenge killers that dare confront it. Kingler continues to be overshadowed by Crawdaunt in the upper tiers, but in the depths of NU, Kingler is definitely the king crab.
Thanks to the excellent coverage provided by its Water- and Normal-type moves, Kingler can afford to run a very effective double dance set. Agility lets Kingler go on a Speed-boosted sweep, taking out frailer Pokemon in one hit while outspeeding almost every Choice Scarf holder in the tier. Swords Dance is the other boosting move that lets Kingler lay waste to stall teams; every Pokemon in the tier is either OHKOed or 2HKOed by a +2 Kingler. Kingler rarely gets time to use both boosting moves, so the choice of which one to use depends on the opposing team. Frail hyper offense teams can be destroyed after an Agility, while Swords Dance should be used against stall teams, as most of the time the extra Speed isn't required. However, if Kingler does manage to get to +2 in both Speed and Attack, then the chances of your opponent winning are very slim. Crabhammer is Kingler's STAB move of choice, as Kingler unfortunately doesn't learn the more reliable Waterfall and cannot boost its STAB move with Sheer Force. However, Crabhammer does have a high critical hit ratio which can come in very handy in clutch situations where an OHKO is required. Return completes the Water- and Normal-type combo that is resisted by few in the tier.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
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Kingler has few other options to abuse its mighty Attack stat with. Rock Slide is boosted by Sheer Force but doesn't obtain any notable KOs and also has poor accuracy. Superpower is Kingler's most powerful non-STAB move but also fails to gain Kingler any extra coverage and lowers Kingler's best stat after every use. Toxic is a generic move to cripple Tangela and Leafeon, but otherwise it serves little purpose, and Kingler is better off just smashing them with a +2 X-Scissor. Substitute can be used over Agility to assist in setting up, but usually Agility has more utility, although it is nice for setting up on Alomomola. Other moves Kingler has to disrupt the opposition are Knock Off and Swagger, but Kingler is better off just attacking. A Choice Band set is viable as well, but it doesn't patch up Kingler's Speed and Kingler is better off being able to change moves and boost its stats. Kingler has a decent special movepool which includes Ice Beam, but its Special Attack is just too low to make a mixed set viable.
Checks and Counters
Taking advantage of Kingler's terrible Special Defense should be one's first priority when trying to take it out. Most neutral STAB attacks, such as Misdreavus's Shadow Ball, are easy 2HKOs on Kingler. Electric-type attacks from the likes of Raichu and Electabuzz can easily fry Kingler, but they have to be careful switching in as Crabhammer eliminates them and Agility lets Kingler take them out next turn. None of Kingler's attacks can do anything to Vileplume or Alomomola who can beat Kingler with Giga Drain or in Alomomola's case, cripple it with Toxic. Tangela and Leafeon have been mentioned numerous times as the biggest threats to Kingler other than Vileplume, and Alomomola with their immense physical bulk and resistance to Kingler's STAB attacks. They can either suck Kingler dry with Giga Drain or use Leaf Blade to turn Kingler into crab sushi. However, even they can be overpowered by a +2 X-Scissor if they have taken some residual damage. Priority is also a decent way to take out a weakened Kingler regardless of how many Agility boosts it has accumulated. Kingler suffers from all forms of status, so if you can catch it with a burn or paralysis while it tries to set up, then it will be easy pickings for the rest of your team.


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Another Southeastern Conference coach has found himself without a job.
Derek Dooley was fired as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee Sunday effective immediately. According to the school, the 44-year-old will not coach the Volunteers final game of the season, Saturday against rival Kentucky.
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will coach the team against the Wildcats.
"I am sorry we could not generate enough wins to create hope for a brighter future," said Dooley in a statement posted on the school's website. "Although progress was not reflected in our record, I am proud of the strides we made to strengthen the foundation for future success in all areas of the program.
During the last 34 months, I've given my all for Tennessee, and our family appreciates all this University and the Knoxville community has given us."
Dooley is the third coach hired at the school in the past five years.
He replaced Lake Kiffin, who spent one season in Knoxville before departing for the head coaching job at USC.
During the two-plus season at Tennessee, Dooley was 15-21 overall including 4-7 this season. His SEC record was a dismal 4-19 including 0-7 this season. His job status has been a point of discussion for most of the season. In fact, he talked about it back before the start of the season at the SEC Media Days in Birmingham.
"It's been a tough four years in Tennessee," Dooley said. "I know, of course, the SEC has enjoyed taking advantage of our tough times. But there's a nice mood on our team right now that you're not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore."
Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Dooley joins Kentucky's Joker Phillips and Idaho's Robb Akey as the only FBS coaches to be fired this season. Phillips will be coaching his final game Saturday against the Volunteers.
According to Tennessee's Director of Athletics Dave Hart, the school will begin an immediate search for a new head football coach. Several names have been mentioned including Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who work as the offensive coordinator with the Vols as well as former NFL coach and current Monday Night Football broadcaster Jon Gruden.
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Germans Shun Comparisons Between Hitler and Putin. What Are They Avoiding?By James Kirchick — The backlash against a finance minister's recent remarks exposes a weakness in Germany's embrace of their unique legacy
In San Francisco and in Palestine, It's Time To Grow Up and Take ResponsibilityBy Liel Leibovitz — From smashing Google Glasses to rejecting peace talks, failing to understand natural rights is leading to some very dark places
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I would offer alternative sentencing like ankle monitors and let prisoners live at home on their own dime. Since many of the female prisoners are non-violent and are sentenced for drugs and burglary, I would utilize local drug-rehabilitation programs so they could receive counseling and help dealing with drugs and their other infractions.
Women on death row and more violent prisoners could be sent to other prisons out of state.
The state should have the private prison facility in Perry County filled to the brim with state prisoners. According to the article, the prison has 734 beds. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the state prison system could save more than $3 million a year by utilizing these beds instead of those in our understaffed state prisons.
The prison system will save $3,170,880 a year by housing prisoners at Perry. The Star reported that the last time the state had prisoners there, it was charged $32 a day for each prisoner, and on average, Alabama spends $42 a day for each prisoner in house. I think with a little bargaining power from the state that we could get the prisoner cost down to $30 a day per prisoner at the private facility.
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Mining, like most of the activities the man does for their livelihood, make changes in the natural environment, from the subtle to the clear account impacts on the environment in which they develop.
This leads us to define the concept of environmental impact of an activity: the difference in the environment between the time the activity begins, the time the activity takes place, and above all, the moment of completion.
These questions, which a few years ago were not perceived as a risk factor for the future of humanity, now viewed with great concern that is not always justified, since man is altering the environment since it has been able to do so, but certainly abuses in this field have led to growing awareness of the need to regulate these impacts. Either way, it should also be clear that the man needs the mineral resources today, and the need in the future. Another point to note is that mining is infinitely less powerful than other industrial activities, such as the development of civil works (visual impact, modifying the original media) and agriculture (massive use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers).
Thus, at present there are very strict rules about the impact that a mine can produce, including regulation of the composition of the liquid waste, emissions of dust, noise, landscape restoration, and so on., Which indeed often very challenging to meet the high economic cost, but undoubtedly have to be made to carry out the operation.
On the other hand, we must keep in mind that mining not only produce an environmental impact, ie on the environment. It also produces so-called Socio-Economic Impact, ie a change on livelihoods and the economy of the region in which it is implanted, which may be positive in some cases and in others negative.


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Grace and Louis Sutter didn't raise any dummies among their seven sons on their ranch in Viking, Canada. Darryl, the Kings' coach and perhaps the smartest of the brothers, knows when things add up and when they don't, and he knew his team's admittedly slim chances of winning the Pacific division title had evaporated Sunday after a 4-3 shootout loss to the Ducks at the Honda Center.
Sutter had pretty much conceded division supremacy to the Ducks on Saturday while previewing the game. Dropping nine points behind the Ducks on Sunday with each team having nine games left merely reinforced his theory.
"I went to school and I graduated and I can do the math," he said, "and with that few games left, it's pretty much impossible. I've been in the game long enough to know that.
"We're trying to get our own points. We couldn't care less who wins the division."
It all but certainly won't be the Kings, but that might not mean much. Last season, the Kings finished third in the Pacific and eighth in the Western conference and still dominated during the playoffs, losing only four games before claiming the Stanley Cup.
They're a solid fourth now, eight points clear of ninth-place Phoenix. They should make it without too much difficulty and, maybe, get home-ice advantage in the first round.
"The hardest part is just getting in," right wing Justin Williams said. "And once you're in — and we obviously proved it last year — anything can happen. A 48-game season, the hardest part is just getting in and staying with it."
If their pride was wounded by realizing a division banner isn't in their immediate future, it healed quickly.
They played a hard, battle-oriented game and answered the better-rested Ducks goal for goal until the shootout, when Jonathan Bernier was beaten by Bobby Ryan, Saku Koivu and Corey Perry. The Kings could get only Jeff Carter's backhander past Viktor Fasth.
Bernier blamed himself for the loss.
"I've got to be better. It wasn't my best game, that's for sure," he said. "I've got to come up with those big saves to come up with that extra point."
But overall there wasn't much to pick apart on the Kings' side.
"I thought our game overall was pretty good. We battled back in a tough building, against a great team, three times, and we did it late," Williams said. "Unfortunately we couldn't get it in regulation or overtime and then it comes down to a skills competition, and we were on the losing end."
Not by much. They outshot the Ducks, 38-22, including a 16-5 edge in the third period.
Drew Doughty was a force at both ends of the ice, contributing a goal and four hits while playing a game-high 28 minutes and 40 seconds.
Dustin Brown was everywhere, assisting on the goal by Doughty that made it 1-1 and tying the game at 3-3 by batting the puck out of mid-air and past Fasth with 3:45 left in the third period.
"I think if we had another couple of minutes in overtime, we were going to get one," Doughty said.
Even though they didn't, their comebacks outweighed the loss of a point in Sutter's eyes.
"Did it three times. Can't complain about that," he said.
And there was little complaining from the Kings about the division title being beyond their grasp.
"It doesn't matter. Ultimately we've got to get ready for the playoffs and we feel like our game is coming along," center Anze Kopitar said.
"Even tonight, we battled hard. We played pretty good against a good team and we came back three times from a goal down, and in the shootout, it is what it is. They were better at it tonight."
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Learn how to create realistic beaded water droplets and composite them on top of a background photo in Adobe Photoshop with this week's Deke's Techniques. The crux of the technique is a simple black and white, almost ink-blot-like pattern, which Deke creates from scratch with a combination of Photoshop filters and adjustment layers. No drawing required! To this pattern you can add styles that transform it into spilled water, ink, soda, or any other liquid.
Follow along with Deke in this week's free video and use the companion text below to help with each step.
1. Start with your textured background photo. Deke uses wood paneling like you might see on a porch or deck. Convert the image into a layered Photoshop document by double-clicking the Background layer. When the New Layer dialog box appears, rename your layer and click OK.
2. Choose Image > Canvas Size. Check the Relative check box and change the Width to 100 pixels and the Height to 100 pixels to expand your image area or canvas 50 pixels in each direction (left, right, up, and down). Click OK.
The transparency grid you can see around the edges of the image represents the extra space.
3. Create a new layer (Cmd+Shift+N or Ctrl+Shift+N) and name it grayness. Fill the new layer with a solid gray fill by choosing Edit > Fill and selecting 50% Gray from the Use menu in the Fill dialog box.
4. Make sure your grayness layer is selected and then go to the Layer panel flyout menu. Choose Convert to Smart Object.
Converting your layer to a Smart Object will allow you to apply the necessary filters nondestructively.
5. Choose Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Change Amount to 50%, set Distribution to Uniform, and make sure the Monochromatic check box is on. Click OK.
6. Now return to the Filter menu and choose Blur > Gaussian Blur. Crank the Radius up to 28 pixels and click OK.
Note: This setting determines the size of your pattern's droplets and you can change it at any time by double-clicking the Gaussian Blur Smart Filter in your Layers panel.
7. Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Threshold.
Adding the Alt or Option key inserts the adjustment on a brand-new layer, as indicated by the New Layer dialog box. Rename your layer dropmaker and turn on Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. Click OK.
8. If you're using Photoshop CS6, the Properties panel will expand and you should increase the Threshold Level to 129. In older versions of Photoshop, you'll find this field in the Adjustments panel.
Because this is a random effect, the pattern is going to come out a little bit differently for everyone. Your canvas may not look exactly like Deke's at this point.
9. To smooth the edges of your pattern, select your dropmaker layer and press Cmd+Shift+Option+E (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E (Windows) to copy everything visible on-screen to a new layer. Call the new layer blur.
10. Choose Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur again. Dial in a Radius of 6 pixels and click OK.
Your image is going to become very soft and blurry at this point. Time to reinstate some hard edges.
11. Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Levels. Call the new layer sharper and turn on Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. Click OK.
12. In the Properties panel, change the first Levels value (your black point) to 120 and change the third value (your white point) to 145. Now hide the panel.
13. Go to the Channels panel and Cmd-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) the RGB channel to load the white areas of your pattern as a selection.
14. Return to the Layers panel. Select your sharper, blur, dropmaker, and grayness layers and choose New Group from Layers from the panel flyout menu. Name the group intermediate. Finally, turn off the visibility of that group by clicking the eye icon.
Now you should see the "marching ants," or an animated border, around your selection.
15. Choose Select > Inverse to select the black outlines from your pattern.
16. Create a new layer and name it drops.
17. Tap the D key to load the default foreground (black) and background (white) colors. Now press Option+Delete (Mac) or Alt+Backspace (Windows) to fill your selection with black.
18. Deselect the image by pressing Ctrl+D (Windows) or Cmd+D (Mac).
Now you'll apply the styles that come with the exercise file Deke has created for this tutorial, accessible from the lynda.com library.
19. Choose Load Styles from the Styles panel flyout menu. Choose fluid styles.asl from the exercise files.
20. Choose the Clear style to instantly apply a clear liquid effect, with a slightly transparent fill and reflective highlights. Deke built this style by combining effects like Bevel & Emboss, Inner Shadow, Color Overlay, and Drop Shadow.
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If you're a member of the lynda.com library, Deke has two follow-up videos ready and waiting. In the first, he shows you how to add high-contrast reflections. In the second, he shows you how to distort the background texture that appears underneath the droplets, as it would refract through real water.
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