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Does Jane Seymour, the actress known for playing the lead on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, know what's best for your skin? Guthy-Renker, the company that distributes Natural Advantage (along with ProActiv and Principal Secret) seems to think so. Judging by the number of requests we've received to review this line, Seymour's infomercial has stirred quite a bit of interest. (It's true that celebrities always pique our interest and that their endorsements do, more often than not, generate sales.)
If some of my longtime readers are feeling a sense of déjà vu about this line, you're intuition is correct—we reviewed it back in January 2001, when Kathie Lee Gifford was the spokesperson. At some point, their association (that is, between Kathie Lee and Natural Advantage) was dropped, and Jane Seymour was contracted to lend her endorsement. Dr. Patricia Farris, the dermatologist originally associated with this line, is still on board, and joins with Seymour to elaborate on the company's tag line of "Wisdom Comes with Age ... Wrinkles Don't Have To." we agree 100% that wrinkles (at least those from sun damage) don't have to come with age, but all of us will endure wrinkles to some extent because of what we didn't know (or didn't pay attention to) about sun protection, and there is no skin-care product that can truly alter that reality.
Although the Natural Advantage infomercial exaggeration is present in all its absurdity and deception, it is nonetheless encouraging that a line geared toward women concerned with wrinkles has a product that contains sunscreen with broad-spectrum protection (although it's less ideal than many others) along with stably packaged retinol products.
Interestingly (or perhaps it's discouraging, depending on your point of view), three of the Natural Advantage products that we reviewed several years ago are still in the line. And we can assure you that Jane Seymour, despite being an attractive woman whose acting ability creates ample enthusiasm for these products, had nothing to do with formulating any of them. She's merely the face of the brand, because Guthy-Renker knows celebrities sell products. In an effort to illustrate this point further, think of whether or not you'd be as intrigued by Principal Secret if well-known actress Victoria Principal weren't involved, or if you'd consider ProActiv without the endorsement of Vanessa Williams or pop star Jessica Simpson?
Dr. Farris adds her medical perspective, but as a dermatologist specializing in the treatment of aging skin, it is disappointing that she isn't aware of (or decided not to bother with) the problem jar packaging presents or that there are many anti-aging ingredients other than retinol (though retinol is certainly a prime choice and has lots of research to support its use as part of an anti-aging skin-care routine).
As usual with infomercial lines from Guthy-Renker, you get a better deal if you sign up for the company's club program. As a member, you enjoy lower prices on all products, automatic shipments of the items you use most, and the ability to customize your kit. The original three-step kit is still around, and includes cleanser, daytime moisturizer with sunscreen, and moisturizer with retinol. Two of these products have drawbacks, including price (whether you're a club member or not) and formulary concerns. However, the introductory cost is quite a deal, which is why many women try these products.
If you elect to try them, we encourage you to make it a one-time investment until you know for certain you like the products. Otherwise, the company has you commit to a shipment schedule and automatic billing to take advantage (pun intended) of the low price for the starter kit. The Customer Service staff members at Natural Advantage are quite adept at overcoming your objections to joining the club and agreeing to automatic shipments, so an assertive attitude on your part is a must. For those who don't want to deal with any of this potential frustration, fear not: Natural Advantage offers not a single product that cannot be found in many other lines (and the other lines often have better formulas, lower prices, or both).
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Coach Brian Kelly said his starting quarterback would be a game-time decision, but backup Tommy Rees found out he was starting a day earlier. Kelly said he simply wasn't convinced Everett Golson (concussion) was ready after returning to practice Wednesday.
Golson, though, will start Saturday at Oklahoma, Kelly said.
"I just felt like this was the best thing to do," Kelly said. "He was supportive; he was great on the sideline. But he clearly wanted to get in there, as well. We feel like we've got a kid now that's 100 percent ready to go for Oklahoma."Rees didn't do much to ignite a quarterback controversy. After a strong first quarter in which he went 6-for-7 for 86 yards and a touchdown — finding tight end
Tyler Eifert four times for 73 yards and the score — he completed only one pass the rest of the way, finishing 7-for-16 for 117 yards with the touchdown and an interception that hit receiver DaVaris Daniels in the hands. "I'll let others assess [my performance]," Rees said. "I played well enough to get a win, but I didn't play well enough to get the offense going."
"I'll let others assess [my performance]," Rees said. "I played well enough to get a win, but I didn't play well enough to get the offense going."
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Notre Dame's defense went 17 quarters without allowing a touchdown. Its next streak lasted barely two minutes. BYU quarterback Riley Nelson found Cody Hoffman for a six-yard TD in the second quarter.It was the first TD the Irish had allowed since the fourth quarter against Purdue on Sept. 8. And after Rees was intercepted three snaps later at the ND 30, BYU quickly put it back in the end zone, taking a 14-7 lead.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority has priced $1 billion of 10-year global power bonds at a yield of 1.97 percent (bearing an interest rate of 1.875 percent) ― the lowest interest rate ever on a TVA long-term bond.
Records indicate that TVA is the first investment grade borrower aside from the U.S. Treasury to price a 10-year bond with a yield below 2 percent.
TVA issued the 10-year bond on Monday to take advantage of the historically low interest rate environment for use to pay down short-term debt and for other corporate purposes. TVA receives no funding from taxpayers, and pays its own way with revenues from power sales and power program financings.
"Achieving a record low interest rate allows us to keep power rates low while we continue to deliver reliable power to our customers, and supports our vision to be a leading provider of lower-cost, cleaner energy by 2020," Chief Financial Officer John Thomas said.
The transaction benefitted from strong investor demand, with orders from a variety of institutional investors in the U.S. and abroad. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and RBS were joint book-running managers for the offering.
The new bonds mature on Aug. 15, 2022, and are not subject to redemption prior to maturity. Interest will be paid semi-annually each Aug.15 and Feb. 15. Application has been made to list the bonds on the New York Stock Exchange. The bonds will also be issued, maintained and transferred through the book-entry system of the Federal Reserve Banks. Transactions may be cleared and settled by international participants through Clearstream and Euroclear. The bonds can be identified by the CUSIP number 880591EN8.
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Track Houston's own Coach Terrance Bean was inducted into the Northwestern State University Graduate N Club Hall of Fame on October 27, 2012. The three-time All-American was honored for his contributions to the NSU's track and field program winning several championships and honors during his tenure. Congratulations Coach Bean from your Track Houston family.
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[ . . . Bean was the third-place finisher at the 1996 NCAA Indoor Championships, clearing a career best 7-4 ½. He also captured All-America honors outdoors that year with a 7-3 ¾ jump for ninth place, and repeated as an Indoor All-American in 1997 as a senior with a fifth-place 7-3 ¾ mark.
The Houston native won four Southland Conference high jump crowns: 1994 and 1995 indoors, and 1995 and 1996 outdoors. Bean reached six consecutive NCAA Championships indoors and outdoors. . . ]
Coach Bean was also a finalist in the 1996 Olympic Trials in Atlanta, GA.
Terrance has been part of Track Houston for almost 7 years and his 4 children and wife are all members of the club.


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No UK importer for Hannes Sabathi at time of writing, but O'Briens of Dublin stock the wines.
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Hannes Sabathi, Welschriesling STK 2012, Austria
"This is the wine to drink in the Buschenschank with a cold cut," according to Hannes (a Buschenschank is an informal restaurant). With only 11.5% alcohol it has a fresh pear nose, lots of zip and apple freshness. Nice and dry and fresh, lots of crisp and clean flavour. 85/100. STK = low alcohol, stainless steel and for early drinking, but will be rationalised to "Steirische Klassik" for this variety too from 2013. 6.30€ locally.
Hannes Sabathi, Weissburgunder Steirische Klassik 2012, Austria
Or Pinot Blanc. More time on lees, and some time in big old casks. "I hate residual sugar and carbon dioxide in this style." Certainly has more leesy, yeasty character, a little bready note to the nutty apple fruit. Very clean very citrusy on the palate. The ripe clean apple and melon comes through, more substantial fruit and persistence in the finish, lovely acidity and bone dry. 86-87. 8€.
Hannes Sabathi, Chardonnay Gamlitz 2011, Austria
Very nice, clean, classic nutty Chardonnay nose, with an undertone of peach, but more about cool nutty apple fruit. The palate is clean and fresh, a nice medium body with juiciness, fresh-cut apple and a squirt of fresh lemon juice in the finish. Grapes from two single vineyards. 12 months ferment in large used oak. Gamlitz is the village where the vineyards are, a legal classification as in a village wine in Burgundy, but very few producers use it on labels. 87-88/100. Hannes thinks it will store for 5 to 7 years. 11€.
Hannes Sabathi, Grauburgunder Jägerberg 2011, Austria
Single vineyard Pinot Gris, 18 months on fine lees in big old casks. A warm vintage here, so the wine is pretty big, Hannes thinks it needs 3 or 4 years. 14% abv. Big, rich and exotic stuff, the smokiness of the Pinot Gris, the little honey and fatter, more tropical fruit tempered by cool apple. Big and hugely sweet fruit on the palate, this is a big wine with a spicy, full finish. It doesn't show the heat of the alcohol too much, but perhaps a little extra acidity would have been good. Loads of flavour and fruit though, and that gentle smokiness. 89/100. 17€.
Hannes Sabathi, Grauburgunder Jägerberg 2003, Austria
Coppery colour, lovely gently nutty and oxidised stuff, with a touch of custard and a full palate, lots of honey and crystallised fruit, that core of apple again, but the acidity back in balance more from this hot vintage. It has the streamlined, more energetic finish. 91/100. Available to drink in the Buschenschank.
Hannes Sabathi, Sauvignon Blanc Steirische Klassik 2012, Austria
Has a very nice touch of the fruit skin grip and the gentle herbaceousness of the grape, a hint of apricot too, but very fresh. 20 - 40% natural yeast ferment, but the other cuvees only natural yeast. The palate has lovely orange juice freshness, lots of tang but the cool, lean mineral dryness. A little rounding weight. 87-88. 9.30€.
Hannes Sabathi, Sauvignon Blanc Gamlitz 2012, Austria
Made in used old oak casks, all spontaneous fermentation, from two single vineyards, 70% gravel and sandy soils in Kranachberg, 30% Limestone in Jägerberg. There's a nutty hint of richness to this. A burgeoning hint of peach and nectarine, but the ripeness is there, hinting at passionfruit. Lovely sweet fruit, with a real juiciness, a squirt of apple acidity but that tropical fruit always hinting in the background. Long and very nicely focused a touch of mineral saltiness. 90/100. 15€.
Hannes Sabathi, Sauvignon Blanc Kranachberg 2011, Austria
18 months on fine lees in big barrels, from the single vineyard Kranachberg. Terrific nose: quite big, smoky, nutty and rich, the fruit cool and tempered, like sweet melon and apple, but again there's a hint of passionfruit coming through. The palate is quite rich, with real tang. The oak does give a nuttiness, but it is the freshness that still impresses. The light oxidation, minerality and nuttiness is delicious - somewhere between Bordeaux and the crisp minerality of natural wines. Punchy citrus in the finish really lifts this. Maybe not for everyone, but fascinating and excellent. 92/100. 21€.
Hannes Sabathi, Sauvignon Blanc Kranachberg 2006, Austria
Fantastic, custard apple nose with more oak possibly? Hannes later confirms it was in a newer barrels, but the wine also went through malolactic. The palate has delicious tropical-edged fruit with hints of pineapple and nectarine tropicality, a touch of green bean, but then that lovely core of dry mineral and lemon rind acidity comes through, this is drinking so well, with precision and a but of fat and generosity. 92/100.
Hannes Sabathi, Gelber Muskateller Gamlitz 2012, Austria
Lovely floral and herbal notes, lots of old roses lift, lots of fragrance. A little terpene character of greenness, and a touch of Turkish delight. Here the majority is from the limestone soils. Only 12.5%. Big, dry palate, the zipping freshness of the acidity and the cool precision of the mineral flavour. This is about steely, lime and lemon freshness on the palate and is delicious. Hannes says it goes really well with beef, "opposites attract"! 88-89/100. 13€.
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Jeff and I are both finally on the mend after both ringing in the new year while sick. We are going out tonight. Won't be as nice as we were planning for NYE, we actually talked about stepping out of our box that night and not going to one of the 2-3 places we always go to, but I won't have to cook. Yay!


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APIs Are Bridging the Mobile App Gap
By Quinton Wall on April 15, 2014
Almost overnight, it seems, our lives came to revolve around social networks: We scan our Facebook feeds for updates from our families and relevant news, use Twitter to follow friends and celebrities, and pin the latest fashions or home-improvement ideas via Pinterest. Behind it all is the desire to drive engagement, to stay connected with […]
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By Jason M. Lemkin on March 17, 2014
I wrote a while back about Room at The Bottom, and how once a space gets big enough (~$100m) or so … the biggest guys end up abandoning many of the smallest customers and segments in their space. Which once a space is at, say $100m in market size, can open up a $10m hole […]
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The conventional wisdom is that 2014 is that year that enterprise IT finally "rolls up the sleeves" and gets serious about cloud adoption. But what does this really mean? Basically we're seeing the era of cloud pilots and proof-of-concepts in the enterprise drawing to close, especially around IaaS and to a certain extent PaaS. CIOs […]
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Dreamforce 2013: Three startups to watch
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As someone focused on enterprise innovation, particularly related to activities by the CIO and CMO, I pay close attention to startups. While large or established organizations bring scale and process to enterprise technology, startups are where to find people pushing the boundaries of what is possible, interesting, and useful. For that reason, I visited with […]
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Last year I made a bit of fun of Oracle, picking on the symbolism in their closed, walled conference setup vs. the open festival-like environment at Salesforce.com's competing event. Here's a little pictorial reminder: Dreamforce did not even feel like a conference, rather a Festival – Woodstock, Mardi Gras, SXSW – your pick. Fun. Contrast that to Oracle's […]
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Recently Erick Schonfeld was kind enough to invite me to the DEMO conference to both serve as an Enterprise panel judge, and also to join a panel with 3 esteemed CIOs on how to Sell to Enterprise CIOs. I was the Start-Up Guy on the Panel. You can see the whole session below, with the […]
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As cloud computing matures and success models emerge, enterprises are now getting serious about using cloud to drive IT transformation. JP Morgan Chase, Toyota, GE and other leading organizations are moving beyond incremental costs savings and are using cloud and next generation platforms to drive innovation, growth and competitive advantage. Unfortunately many CIOs and their […]
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The Rise of the Cloud Stack
By Aaron Levie on June 27, 2013
Something changed this week in the enterprise software world. In an industry known for ruthless competition, a number of players – Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and NetSuite – introduced partnerships that portend a very different future. In very un-Larry Ellison-like fashion, something akin to harmony was proposed, "when customers choose cloud applications, they expect rapid low-cost […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Infrastructure, Your POV | Tagged aaron levie, api, best of breed, box, cloud stack, erp, integration, larry ellison, Larry's Kids, microsoft, netsuite, Oracle, peoplesoft, salesforce.com, workday | 1 Response
An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone a Lot of Money
By Jason M. Lemkin on June 21, 2013
I'm not ashamed to admit that when I set up our first SaaS comp plan, I had no idea what I was doing. In my first start-up, yes I sold to the enterprise. I sold $6m our first year (man, that sounds good looking back on it). But I did all the sales myself, and […]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged compensation, echosign, Entrepreneurship, OTE, saas, sales, sales compensation, salescomp, salesforce.com, startups | 1 Response
Why "Enterprise SaaS" may soon be a misnomer
By Chris Yeh on June 13, 2013
One of the most exciting developments to hit the enterprise software world in decades was the rise of SaaS. Companies like Salesforce.com blazed a trail that built enormous amounts of wealth and improved the lives of end-users. Prior to SaaS, most enterprise software was sold based on perpetual licenses, to CIOs and IT departments, with […]
Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged box, businessmodel, dropbox, hybrid cloud, saas, salesforce.com, software as a service | 1 Response
Enterprise May Be Sexy, But….
By Zoli Erdos on June 4, 2013
On the very same day Salesforce.com acquires Exact Target in their largest ever transaction valued at $2.5B, TechMeme's top news is crazy gamers dropped by even crazier gamers…
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, ActiveState, appsecute, Exact Target, m&a, Omgpop, salesforce.com, techmeme, zynga | 1 Response
Enterprise startups against the big guys: CxO Talk 7
By Michael Krigsman on April 22, 2013
On CxO Talk, episode 7, co-host Vala Afshar (absent this week due to travel) and I welcome venture capitalist Evangelos Simoudis. Evangelos is senior managing director at Trident Capital, where he invests in late stage and growth companies, with a focus on enterprise applications. Here is the entire video conversation: The conversation starts with the venture […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #cxotalk, enterprise irregulars, Evangelos Simoudis, salesforce.com, Trident Capital | 1 Response
CxO Talk: Microsoft, salesforce.com, CRM, and the science of hugging
By Michael Krigsman on March 26, 2013
This week's episode of CxO Talk, with my co-host Vala Afshar, features top CRM analyst, Paul Greenberg, as our guest. Paul is widely known as the "godfather of CRM" and is a contributor to ZDNet. Here are important topics from the discussion: On Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Microsoft held its annual Convergence conference in New Orleans […]
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Adria Baebler, a Spanish major who graduated in December 2013 from Missouri State University, was selected for an English Teaching Assistantship by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Baebler will serve as an English Teaching Assistant for eight months in Uruguay from March-November 2014.
An English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) places a Fulbright recipient in a classroom abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English to non-native English-speakers. English Teaching Assistants help teach English language while serving as cultural ambassadors.
"Out of my eight-month grant period, four months will be spent teaching English at a teaching training institute, and the other four months will be spent teaching English in one of the local schools," said Baebler, a native of St. Louis. "Half of my time will be spent teaching in the capital city of Montevideo, and the other half will be teaching English in the provinces of Uruguay."
During her time at Missouri State, Baebler volunteered as a tutor with students in the Monett and Verona school districts, with the Hispanic Initiatives Program and as a translator at the Hand in Hand Multicultural Center. She also taught Spanish to students at Boys and Girls Town of America before studying abroad in Seville, Spain.
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Pelican Bay inmate Todd Ashker a legal force behind prison hunger strike
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Convicted killer Todd Ashker has been described as the legal brains behind the California prison hunger strike.
Along with three other inmates representing the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia and the Black Guerrilla Family, Ashker originally called for the mass protest, and has been instrumental in keeping it going.
He's earned a paralegal degree while behind bars, and has worked on more than 50 federal lawsuits against the California prison system since 1987.
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Choir visits the States
THE West End Singers have been on a transatlantic mission to strengthen the links between sister communities of Eastleigh and Temple Terrace, Florida. read more
Crew cleared of any blame
TWENTY years of controversy and agonising ended for a Hampshire family yesterday when the captain and crew were cleared of blame for the sinking of the bulk carrier Derbyshire. read more
Fans pave the way for Saints stadium
SAINTS fans are being offered the chance to make their mark on their own piece of the club's new stadium. read more
Prison warning to threats brothers
TWO hooligan brothers face up to five years behind bars if they set foot near a Southampton estate and primary school in the next two years. read more
Moving proposal
HAMPSHIRE-based Britannia Leatherbarrows Removals and Storage is pioneering a new co-operation agreement for removal companies across Europe, thanks to the efforts of managing director David Trenchard. read more
Record results in a slowing market
RISING house prices helped South Coast retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone achieve record results for the year. read more
Steel firm to go private?
HAMPSHIRE-based steel processor Precoat International yesterday warned first-half profits would come in below expectations and said it was considering taking itself private. read more
Twigg breaking golden ground
HAMPSHIRE mining company Twigg Minerals believes it may be on the brink of a major gold strike in Africa after latest test drilling. read more
Ring warrior hangs up his gloves
IN DAYS of Yore, reknowned old warriors were borne from the field of battle on their shields. read more
Scouting for new talent
TEST Valley Borough Council's football partnership with Reading FC is proving a real winner - just ask the youngsters at Hurstbourne Primary School. read more
HEART disease is a bigger killer in Gosport than anywhere else in the region, a new report has revealed. read more
Smith hails Johnson as a one-day wonder
HAMPSHIRE captain Robin Smith is confident the right Neil Johnson will turn up - after the Zimbabwean all-rounder was confirmed as the county's overseas player for next season. read more
Nicholls' heroics put H&W in first round proper
TEENAGE goalkeeper Paul Nicholls pulled off a dramatic last-minute penalty save to steer Havant & Waterlooville into the FA Cup first round proper for the first time in their short but sweet history at Gloucester City last night. read more
shirley sails in
Great Britain's Olympic gold medal winner Shirley Robertson has been named female sailor of the year by the International Sailing Federation. read more
Captured by the enemy
As British war veterans prepare to mark Remembrance Sunday, a survivor of the First World War, Thomas Spriggs, talks about being captured by the enemy and shares his vivid memories of being a prisoner-of-war. RACHEL LAMB reports... read more
A LITTLE boy, who lost his father in a tragic speedboat crash has been robbed of a secure future by thieves. read more
Stars outgun Trailblazers in derby battle
THE high standard of local basketball was demonstrated at Totton College where Solent Stars under-18s outgunned Southampton Trailblazers 93-57 in the RAF Careers NBL Junior Conference 4. read more
Walker's hat-trick sets up victory
IT was a stroll in the park for Liz Walker as she netted three for Southampton Ladies second team who hit newly promoted Petersfield for six. read more
Buoyant Bell lands victory
PALMERSTON booked their ticket into the third round of the Canada Life Denny Plate with a 79-68 win against Bournemouth. read more
Fans pave the way for Saints stadium
SAINTS fans are being offered the chance to make their mark on their own piece of the club's new stadium. read more
Secret of long life is having a good laugh
MARY Longthorne can hardly believe she is 100 - even though she has received a birthday card from the Queen. read more
HEART disease is a bigger killer in Gosport than anywhere else in the region, a new report has revealed. read more
Safe way for young on paper rounds
NEWSAGENTS and schools will be targeted in the latest scheme to protect newspaper boys and girls. read more
Chance for offender
A FAREHAM man convicted of three counts of assaulting police officers, has been given a reprieve from jail. read more
Decision revokes a century of tradition
PRESSURE from Wickham traders has persuaded Winchester civic chiefs to move the date of the Wickham Fair in 2001 from a Saturday to a Monday. read more
Fitness fanatics needed for gym course to give charity muscle
WORKING out regularly can be an effort even for the most dedicated of gym-users. read more
Hospital future looking healthy
ANDOVER War Memorial Hospital manager Mollie Antrobus gave an upbeat presentation on the future of the hospital this week. read more
Village road under water
PART of the main road running through St Mary Bourne became a river last week as high winds and torrential rain battered the area. read more
Emery hits out at lack of support
THREE years of lonely slog around the Satellite tennis tournaments of Europe could be about to pay off for Winchester tennis player Darren Emery. read more
Crafty fundraiser
AN art and craft exhibition held in Broughton raised nearly £900 for village hall funds. read more
Display goes off with a bang
AFTER months of planning, the charity fireworks display at Thruxton race circuit was a sparkling success - with record ticket sales for this year's event. read more
Small sacrifice for brave friend
NINA Pasanen has a hairstyle which acts like Velcro and keeps hats firmly stuck to her head. read more
Storms pave way for a cod bonanza
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Missioner arrives in Bethlehem to grow church parish
BETHLEHEM -- At one of the Rev. Michael Curran's more remote hometowns in Alaska, he would order a year's supply of food eight months in advance from a company that would send it on a barge from Seattle.
After driving 5,011 miles across the continent to his first and once again hometown of Naugatuck, the new priest missioner at Christ Episcopal Church on Main Street South aims to build a congregation in a similarly small town, but one where he won't need to eat his vegetables from a can.
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The story of Matthew Cordle made news late last year after he admitted in a video posted to YouTube that he had been out drinking on the night of June 22, 2013, in Columbus, OH, when he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 670, struck a car being driven by Vincent Canzani and killed him. Those are the details of the case, and Cordle did indeed plead guilty to the charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and was, not surprisingly, sentenced to six and a half years in jail.
That's not nearly the whole story, though. In an thoughtful and intelligent piece from BuzzFeed, which is much more well-known for quick hits of internet click bait, contributor Joel Oliphint follows Cordle's case from beginning to end. As it turns out, this story and its video have had far-reaching effects that go well beyond the small town in Ohio where Cordle is now serving his jail time.
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Kisner, a PGA Tour member who won the Chile Classic in Santiago last March on the Web.com Tour, had eight birdies, en route to a 13-under 201.
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Day 195: Creating Clothes with Photoshop
Update: If you are new to making clothing in SL, you should consider using the newer PNG file with Photoshop. Its much easier to do, because you dont need to build a separate Alpha Channel. Heres the new Photoshop PNG tutorial!
I did an earlier step-by-step tutorial for making clothes with GIMP using the UV Templates from Robin Woods.
This is a similar step-by-step tutorial, written for Photoshop. The screenshots were taking using Photoshop CS2. Since I only use basic Photoshop features, they should be similar to most versions of Photoshop.
This is a tutorial on how to create a simple shirt in Photoshop using the SL Avatar UV template from Robin Wood. You can download the templates from here. For this tutorial, you should download the "layered Photoshop (.psd) Files". You only need the "Top (2.4 MB)" file. These are the same template files I use for making clothes in Second Life.
This tutorial will cover how to use the Template to make a shirt, and how to export the shirt with Alpha Channel information for uploading to Second Life.
This tutorial is not intended as an in-depth Photoshop tutorial. There are many many books on Photoshop at the local bookstore, and classes and online tutorials. I do intend to show you step-by-step on how to use Photoshop to make a shirt in Second Life.
So lets get started!
From Photoshop top menu bar, select "File", then "Open...". Look for the "SL Avatar Top Layers.psd" file on your computer (make sure you are using the ".psd" file!). Click the "Open" button to open the Template file in Photoshop.
This will open the Template file in a window.
First, let's save a copy of the Template file so we dont accidently overwrite it (I accidently overwrite the template all the time! :P) Select "File" from the top of the window, and "Save as...".
Enter a Name for the new file (something like "Little Black Top") and click on the "Save" button.
OK, now we can play with the file without worrying about messing up the original. :)
By default, the Template file is 1024x1024 pixels. This is great for detail work where you want the highest resolution to align the edges (such as when you are making skins or textures that need to be closely aligned). However, we are just making a simple top for demonstration purposes.
Also, we will be producing a Targa format file (with transparency information). This file will be huge at 1024x1024 pixels. So let's reduce the size to a more manageable 512x512 pixel file.
Click on "Image" from the top menu bar. Select "Image Size...".
This will open the Image Size window. Enter "512" in both the Width and Height textboxes (Height might change automatically when you enter Width). Then click the "OK" button.
This reduces the resolution of the Template from 1024x1024 to 512x512 pixels.
Now we can start drawing.
First things first...I cant see anything :P Lets put a white background so we can at least see the Template.
Go to the Layers, Channels, Paths... palette. Click on the "Create a new layer" button.
(If you dont have the "Layers, Channels, Paths..." palette, click on "Window" on the top menu bar and make sure there is a checkmark next to "Layers".)
Right-click on "Layer 1" and select "Layer Properties...". This will open the Layer Properties window.
Enter "Backdrop" as the Layer Name (I dont want to call it "background" because that layer has a special meaning in Photoshop). Click on the "OK" button.
On the Layers, Channels, Paths... palette, click and hold on the "Backdrop" layer. Drag the layer to the bottom of the stack of layers (below "SubDivided UVs").
Click on the White square in the Color Swatches to select White as the foreground color.
Click on the "Paint Bucket" button on the Tools bar.
Make sure that the "Backdrop" layer is selected (highlighted in blue in the Layers, Channels, Paths palette). Using the Paint Bucket tool, click anywhere in the Template window to fill the Backdrop layer with white.
OK, thats better. Now we are ready to work :) You might want to save a copy of this file as a starting point for your future projects...
The wonderful thing about these graphics programs is the ability to create different layers for different things. Dont be shy about creating new layers! They are there to make things easier. As you can see, the Template came with a number of layers already. We just added a layer as the backdrop to make it easier to see the Template.
We are going to create another layer to draw in our shirt.
On the Layers, Channels, Paths... palette, click on the "Backdrop" layer to select it. Click on the "Create a new layer" button on the bottom.
Right-click on "Layer 1" and select "Layer Properties...". This will open the Layer Properties window.
Enter "Shirt" as the Layer Name. Click on the "OK" button.
Your Layers, Channels, Paths palette should look like this when you are done.
Click on the Shirt layer to select it.
Make sure that the Shirt layer is below the SubDivided UVs layer, but above the Backdrop layer. If not, then click and hold on the Shirt layer, and drag it into place.
From the main Tools palette, select the Lasso tool. (If you dont see the Lasso tool in the palette, Right-click on the second square down from the top and select the Lasso tool.)
Draw a line all the way around the front side of the shirt (the figure on the left). Be sure you dont include any parts of the arm at the bottom.
Click on the Black square in the Color Swatches to select Black as the foreground color.
From main Tools palette, select the Paint Bucket tool.
With the Paint Bucket tool selected, click in the area you selected around the front side of the shirt. This will fill the selected area with black.
Now repeat the same process with the back side of the shirt (the figure on the right): select the Lasso tool, draw a line around the back side, selec the Paint Bucket tool, and fill the area with black.
Next, we are going to cut out an opening in the front and back sides for the neck. We are going to do this using the Pen/Path tool.
From main Tools palette, select the Pen tool (if you dont see the Pen tool, Right-click on the square [9th square down] and select the Pen).
There will be a new menu bar that appears at the top. On the left side, there are 3 options (Shape layers, Paths, and Fill pixels). Make sure that the middle button (Paths) is selected.
Using the Pen/Path tool, draw a path around the front side of the shirt (the figure on the left). It may help to zoom in on the neck area.
Simply click at each of these 5 points. Try to get the 3 points on the Green line. Remember to click on the first point again to close the Path.
Remember, you can always Undo your last action by pressing Ctrl-Z in Photoshop.
From main Tools palette, Right-click on the square with the Pen tool, and select "Convert Point Tool" at the bottom.
Click and hold on the Anchor Point in the middle of the neck. Drag a line towards the right. Move your mouse around until you have a nice-looking neck shape.
Right-click in the Template window (in the drawing window). Select "Make Selection..." from the popup menu. This will open the Make Selection window.
Select the "New Selection" radio button, and click "OK".
This turns the Path we just made into a selection.
Click on the "Edit" menu at the top of the window. Select "Clear".
This will cut a hole in the shirt for the neck :)
Now, do the same thing for the back side of the shirt:
Go to the main Tools palette, select the Pen tool (you need to change the Convert Point tool back to the Pen tool). Click on the 5 points around the neck. Click on the first point to close the Path.
Go to the main Tools palette, select the Convert Point Tool (change from Pen tool to Convert Point tool). Pull the middle Anchor Point to the right.
Right-click in the Template window (in the drawing window). Select "Make Selection..." from the popup menu. This will open the Make Selection window.
Select the "New Selection" radio button, and click "OK".
Click on the "Edit" menu at the top of the window. Select "Clear".
So here is our completed shirt.
You can create additional layers and draw in additional designs. You can do that now or come back later after you finish this tutorial. I would recommend you run through this tutorial first though...
Its now time to prepare the Alpha Channel. The Alpha Channel provides transparency information for the file. In this case, we want everything in black to be opaque, and everything else to be transparent. By the way, white does NOT mean transparent! White is a color, just like black or any other color. We just happened to pick white to use as a working backdrop color. The Alpha Channel is a separate layer altogether.
Go to the "Layers, Channels, Paths..." palette. Click on the "eye" next to all the layers to hide them, leaving only the Shirt layer visible (use the scrollbars and make sure you check all the layers). When you are done, the Shirt layer should be the only one with an "eye" next to it.
In the "Layers, Channels, Paths..." palette, Right-click on the little picture of the Shirt layer. Select "Select Layer Transparency" from the popup menu.
Now click on the "Channels" tab in the Layers, Channels, Paths palette.
[If you do not see the Channel tab, you can get it in one of 2 ways: The easiest is to select "Window" from the top menu bar, then "Workspace/Default Workspace". This will put Layer/Channels/Paths/History/Actions into 1 palette.
If you want to keep your existing workspace, then click on "Window" from the top menu bar and "Channels" will create a floating Channels tab. You can work on the Channels tab undocked. But it is a bit of a challenge to dock it somewhere in just the right order (or at least I dont know of an easy way to do it).]
Click on the "Save selection as channel" button at the bottom of the Layers, Channels, Paths palette (looks like a grey square with a white circle in the middle). This will create a new channel called "Alpha 1". This is our Alpha Channel, with the outline of the shirt in white.
Here is a somewhat optional step: Photoshop picks up a little of the background color around the edges of a transparent image. If there is no background color, Photoshop will use white. In our case, we will end up with a little bit of white around the collar of our shirt.
We can fix this issue by putting in a Black base layer, below our Shirt layer.
Go back to the Layers tab in the Layers, Channels, Paths palette. Select the Backdrop layer. Click on the "Create a new layer" button on the bottom of the Layers, Channels, Paths palette. This will create a new "Layer 1" between the Shirt layer and the Backdrop layer.
Click on the Black square in the Color Swatches to select Black as the foreground color.
Select the Paint Bucket tool from the main Tools palette. Now click anywhere in the Template window (drawing window) to fill the new "Layer 1" with Black.
This will turn your whole drawing black. Thats OK. Your shirt is still in there somewhere... (If you dont believe me, click on the "eye" next to "Layer 1". Just be sure you turn "Layer 1" back on when you are done).
Click on the "File" menu at the top of the window. Select "Save" to save all of our changes.
Finally, lets export the file in Targa format...
(Note: if you have an older version of Photoshop, check out Jennifer Dunne's comments on this post on how to save to Targa format)
Click on the "File" menu at the top of the window. Select "Save as..." to save all of our changes.
In the Save As window, select "Targa (*.TGA;*.VDA;*.ICB;*.VST)" and click on the "Save" button.
You may want to change the file name and remove with word "copy" from the end of the name.
The Targa Options window will appear. Make sure that "32 bits/pixel" is selected, and "Compress (RLE)" is NOT checked. Click on the "OK" button.
Thats it! The Targa file is now ready to be uploaded to Second Life.
The steps for uploading a Targa file to Second Life and turning it into a shirt was covered in Creating Clothes Part 1 Tutorial. You can jump to the end of the tutorial, where it says "Next, go into Second Life..."
***Update: If you are using Photoshop 7.0 (specifically 7.0) and having problems with creating the Alpha Channel, check out Justin D's comments on this post! Justin suggested some updates that might help fix problems with creating Alpha Channels. But this only fixes Photoshop 7.0 (not CS2 or CS3)!
I just showed you the very basic steps in creating a clothing item in Photoshop and uploading it to Second Life. Now, feel free to go back and change the shape of the Shirt. Add some layers and create some designs. Or play with some of the other clothing templates (SL Avatar Bottom, Skirt, etc).
Have fun with your SL designer career :)
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The 2.3% drop was the biggest percentage decline since Dec. 17.
Prices fell across all regions. The biggest slide was in the Midwest, where prices dropped 15.2 cents. The drop comes on the heels of a 19.2-cent tumble a week ago, as rising inventories weigh on prices.
Nationwide, gasoline prices are 14 cents above a year earlier, equal to last week' s year-on-year increase. At this time last year, gasoline prices were near six-month lows on weaker crude oil prices.
Current gasoline prices are 15% below the record national average of $4.114 a gallon hit July 7, 2008, the EIA data show.
In its June Short-term Energy Outlook, the EIA said it expected gasoline pump prices to average $3.51 a gallon in July, up from the average of $3.44 a gallon last July.
The forecast is based on Nymex crude-oil futures averaging $92.50 a barrel, up from $87.90 a year earlier. Nymex crude futures settled Monday at $97.99 a barrel to open the month.
Internationally traded Brent crude oil, which holds sway over gasoline prices, settled at $103 a barrel to start the month, compared with EIA' s forecast of $101.50 a barrel. Last July, Brent prices averaged $102.62 a barrel.
The EIA projects nationwide pump prices for the peak spring-summer driving season will average $3.53 a gallon, down 16 cents from a year earlier, while demand slips 0.8% on the year, to a 12-year low for the season. The drop in consumption is due in part to increased fuel efficiency.
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