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Personalized story presentations, such as video movies, are prepared with the aid of a kit including a film camera, pose instruction set and chroma-key backdrop. The camera is preferably a special single-use camera having a visual aid strip seen in the viewfinder showing a series of poses associated with a selected story line. An optional audio accessory is provided to capture spoken phrases and other sounds to be associated with the presentation. The exposed film and sound recording are submitted to a photofinisher/image processor where the images and audio are digitized and incorporated into a preexisting digitized story using existing image processing programs. When completed, the personalized story is recorded on suitable playback media and returned to the customer. The same process can be used to create interactive game programs.
1. A method of preparing a customized image presentation incorporating personal digitized images into a preexisting image presentation format; the method comprising:
providing instructions for posing of a subject in a series of predefined poses corresponding to image objects to be incorporated into said preexisting image presentation;
capturing said subject poses on an image capture medium as a sequence of subject pose images;
converting said images on the medium to digitized image signals suitable for digital image processing;
extracting and storing said digitized images of subject poses in an image processing system as sequence of digitized image objects; and
incorporating said digitized image objects into said preexisting image presentation for subsequent display as a customized image presentation.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said customized image presentation is an animated image presentation and said series of predefined posed images comprises a sequence of images forming the animated image presentation.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein portions of a subject pose are separately extracted from a posed image and used to create one or more object images intermediate sequential posed images in the series of predefined posed images to enhance the appearance of animation of the subject in the animated presentation.
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 08/394,083, filed Feb. 24, 1995 abandoned.
The invention relates generally to the field of animated displays, such as video games or prepared video story presentations. More particularly, it relates to apparatus and methods for creating and merging actual user images into video displays to create personalized, animated video displays.
Video games generally involve animated graphical or cartoon characters in their display which are created by the game creator and are not changeable. U.S. Pat. No. 4,710,873 discloses a technique for substituting a digitized image of real life person for the game character. This involves only the face of the person and the image, once merged into the game is fixed and does not change, giving a somewhat artificial appearance.
Camcorders are commonly used to produce home movies which are either unplanned as to format (e.g. scenes of a birthday party) or, if staged, are usually of an amateurish nature and uninteresting. A technique that uses a video booth to merge the image of a person into a pre-recorded video to create more interesting animated scenes is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,688,105. This is done by means of blue-field chroma key removal of a screen behind the customer. A video camera captures the live video of the customer which is then merged into the pre-recorded video. This approach, however, does not allow the customer to take advantage of many computer-based digital effects. It also limits personalization, as only images of the customer in the booth can be included. A relatively new concept on the market offered by Kideo Productions of New York City creates a personalized story on videotape. The use selects a story and submits a suitable print of the "star" to be incorporated into the video. This appears to be similar to the video game concept described above in which fixed images are used in the resultant video.
It is therefore desirable to provide apparatus and method for creating personalized video presentations in which individual images can be merged with pre-existing video programs to provide more realistic and entertaining presentations than heretofore proposed.
Thus in accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of preparing animated image presentations incorporating personalized digitized images merged into a preexisting animated image presentation format; wherein the method comprises posing of a subject in a series of predefined poses corresponding to image objects to be incorporated into said animated image presentation; capturing said subject poses on an image capture medium as a sequence of subject pose images; and converting said images on the medium into digitized image signals suitable for digital image processing. The method of the invention further comprises extracting and storing said digitized images of subject poses in an image processing system as a sequence of digitized image objects; and incorporating said digitized image objects into an animated image presentation for subsequent display as animated representations of the subject in the presentation.
In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a kit of materials to be used for preparing personalized images for digitization and incorporation into an animated image presentation on a recording medium, wherein the kit comprises an image capture medium, such as a single-use photographic camera; and an instruction set providing instructions for posing of a subject in a series of poses associated with scene content of the animated image display, the poses to be captured as subject images on the image capture medium. Preferably, the kit would also include a backdrop for use in posing the subject, the backdrop having a characteristic thereof adapted to facilitate isolation of the subject in subsequent image processing employed to incorporate said poses in the animated presentation.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a camera is provided for capture of subject poses in a format suitable for incorporation into a digitized animated image presentation, wherein the camera comprises a viewfinder, an exposure gate, means for advancing an elongated image capture medium sequentially past the exposure gate. The camera also includes an elongated strip of transparent material bearing a sequence of pose graphics and means for advancing said elongated strip through said viewfinder in synchronism with advancement of said image capture medium past the exposure gate, whereby said sequence of pose graphics serves to assist the camera user in posing a subject for capture of a sequence of predefined poses on the capture medium, the poses corresponding to objects to be used in the digitized animated image presentation.
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FIG. 1 is a system flow block diagram illustrating the personalized video process of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of a kit and method for creating personalized videos in accordance with the present invention.
FIGS. 3a and 3b show a flow chart illustrating the steps of the present invention.
FIGS. 4a-4c are diagrammatic illustrations of a single use camera incorporating a feature of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic illustration of an audio recording module useful with the camera of FIG. 3.
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram providing an overview of the alternative media paths which can be used in the present invention. The top row shows the image capture device alternatives: a film camera, F, an electronic still camera, V, a camcorder, C. The images recorded on the respective media, film for the camera, video disc or digital memory card for the still camera or videotape for the camcorder, are read (block 3) into a workstation computer. For film media, it is necessary that the film images be digitized (block 2) in a scanner. When an analog video camcorder is used as the image source, a digitizing frame grabber (block 2a) is necessary to extract the still images. An example of a suitable unit would be the "Snappy Video Snapshot" device available from Play, Inc. Additionally, the process would be most efficient when the image signals from either source are electronically tagged for easy location of the desired still image. With setup assistance from an operator, image editing software in the workstation extracts key elements (block 4) from some images based on image capture instructions and script associated with a preset story line, as described below. These elements are stored as icons and are passed on to videotape creation software (block 5) in the workstation along with other unmanipulated background scenes. In the videotape creation program, the images, icons and background scenes, are imported and linked into the proper places in the script. The video creation program then produces the desired personalized video movie (block 6) or interactive story or game (block 7).
Referring now jointly to FIGS. 2, 3a and 3b, a consumer desiring to create a personalized video may purchase a kit 10 including a camera 12, an instruction set 14, and an order form 18 which may include an optional data questionaire section. The order form is for use in having the film in the camera processed. The questionnaire data includes provision for the consumer to provide a title, date and name of the "star" 20 and such other information as appropriate to further personalize the resulting video. The instruction set 14 provides written and pictorial instructions to the consumer showing the various viewing scenes and poses that the star 20 of the video is to assume. A number of different star cast members can be posed with each being given an ID number and entered into the data questionnaire. The poses are specifically designed for the selected story contained in a predefined digital animated storyboard 15 and can be both described and illustrated in the instructions. In the initial stage of the process, once the consumer, at step 100, has chosen the story and purchased the appropriate kit, the star 20 is posed in step 102 and the poses are captured on the photographic film in the camera. In step 104, spoken phrases and other sound bites directed by the instructions can also be captured if the camera 12 is equipped with an audio accessory 40 as described below.
Camera 12 may comprise a single use camera, shown in FIGS. 4a-4c, which is particularly useful in preparing the posed images. Camera 12 includes the usual lens 50, viewfinder 52, flash light 54, shutter release button 56 and film advance knob 57. For recording of sound to be included in the video, an audio recording module 40 is provided. It is shown as being attached to the bottom of the camera although it can be separable from the camera and may also comprise a separate unit in the kit 10. As seen in FIG. 5, the audio module is comprised of a start (ON) button 44, power supply battery 45, microphone 46, sound IC recording chip 47, play record switch 48 and playback speaker 49. An example of an audio recording module that may be used for this purpose is an Information Storage Devices Model VM 1110 audio module. Using the audio module, the star 20 may then be recorded speaking phrases that will be used in the personalized video. Other background sounds appropriate to the story line may also be recorded as described in the instruction set 14.
In accordance with a particular feature of the invention, to aid the consumer in setting up the poses of the star 20, camera 12, as best seen in FIG. 4c, is provided with an elongated transparent strip 60 on which is printed a sequence of pose graphics that correspond to the pose instructions described in the text and pictures of instruction set 14. Pose strip 60 is loaded into the camera 12 at the same time as the film cartridge 22 and is wound on a supply reel 64 rotating in common with the film spool of the cartridge 22. Similarly, the film 23 and pose strip 60 are wound onto a common takeup reel 62. As film advance knob 57 is operated by the consumer to advance film 23 past film exposure gate 25 in the camera for each picture taking event, the pose strip 60 is correspondingly advanced to place each of the succession of printed poses in the viewfinder 52 to aid consumer in posing the star for each of the pictures as they are taken.
When finished with the taking of the pictures, the consumer, in the next stage of the process, fills out the order sheet at step 106 and submits the order (film, optional audio recording and order form) to the participating photofinisher. At the photofinisher, the film is processed normally at step 110 (block 24 in FIG. 2). At step 112, the film images are digitized in a film digitizer 26 using scanner equipment such as the Kodak PhotoCD PIW 4200 film digitizer. If necessary, the digitized image can be converted to a digital file format, such as PICT or TIFF, which is compatible with the animation software used subsequently. If an audio recording is sent in with the order, the audio is digitized in audio digitizer 30, such as a Farallon MacRecorder or a SoundBlaster board. The digitized signals are then stored in memory in a suitably programmed animation/image processing computer 28 for subsequent use in creating the personalized video.
Initially, at step 114, the computer operator prepares title and lead-in frames by keyboard inputting the information supplied by the consumer in the data questionnaire with the order. Then the operator, based on the required scenes on the film for the chosen story, determines at step 116 if the scene is a background shot to be used in the video (such as a hill, house etc.) or a posed shot of the star taken against the backdrop 16. If the latter, then at step 118 the computer is operated using known image extraction techniques to extract the posed image for subsequent importation into the video. The images of the star 20 can be manipulated after extraction by image editing software, such as the Adobe Photoshop magic wand and lasso tools. For some stories, body parts such as head, torso, arms and legs may be made into separate elements for ease of animation. These elements also are saved in formats compatible with the animation software.
At step 120, the preexisting, generic animated story is opened in the animation software, such as MacroMind Director. Next, at step 122, the formatted image elements derived from the consumer's film are then imported as image objects and loaded to correspond individual cast members. Each frame of the animation story script details which cast member objects (by their ID numbers) are to be placed on the screen and where. Thus, by simply changing the contents of cast member boxes, the same script can be used to make different personalized stories. It will be appreciated that the basic plot of the story, pacing and actions are always the same; however, some of the backgrounds, the characters and their voices would be different.
A sound utility program is included as part of animation programs. At step 124, the digitized audio of the star's spoken lines stored in memory are imported and also dropped into appropriate cast member boxes. Thus, predefined soundtrack links are made in the same way as the predefined character links just described. Preferably, dual soundtracks are used, one being a common soundtrack with all of the other voices pre-existing used in the story while the other track is used for the consumer supplied audio.
Once the images are imported into the storyline, the story is ready for videotaping. The video can be recorded, at step 126, in a VCR 32 (FIG. 2) from the video port of the computer 28, or by way of an NTSC converter board if computer is not an audio/visual equipped unit. The recorded videotape 34, with its personalized "movie" is then is then ready to be delivered to the consumer. Alternatively, the recorded story can be place on other suitable media, such as floppy or hard disk, CD disk, memory card, game cartridge or the like. The steps to make a personalized movie are the same as those described in connection with FIGS. 3a and 3b.
The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. However, other methods and apparatus for capturing personal images can be readily adapted to the system described such as explained in connection with the flow diagram of FIG. 1. It will be appreciated that variations and modifications can be effected by a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
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Flashback Friday – 6 Weeks Old
I am linking up with Jenny of Mummy Mishaps for Flashback Friday -"Remember a flashback can be from any time whether it be yesterday, last week, last month, last year or yesteryear! It can be a flashback of your own, your children, your partner or your friends. And if you don't want to write a post, then just link up a photo with a date. If you don't have time to write a new post"
Today this little boy turns 6 Weeks Old – I can't believe it. This was Deacon at a few hours old, he was definitely my easiest baby those 1st couple of weeks, I felt so blessed to have finally had a child that was laid back with no problems, but then these past 2 weeks hit and poor Deacon is suffering with reflux and suspected milk intolerance, he cries most of the time and my easy-going baby is a thing of the past, but it is ok, cause we have done it twice before and we will again and before I know it he will be 6 months.
As it's Deacon's 6 week birthday, i thought I would share pictures of my babies all on their 6 week Birthday's.
Isn't Deacon Grayson's double – well other than a massive weight difference
Although I see bits of Deacon in Addy too
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Dublin poet and university librarian Enda Doyle (a deceptively top-billed Malcolm McDowell, seen mostly in camcorder soliloquies) learns that he's dying, and then does, so let's meet his kin as they reunite at the wake to drink, quarrel, open emotional wounds, and expose secrets, as all dysfunctional-family-at-a-funeral clichés are wont to do. Uptight daughter Catherine (Susan Lynch) has brought her milquetoast beau back home to meet her sister Medbh (Heather Juergensen), rattled ma Moya (Olivia Tracey), and confrontational misfit bro Johnny (Max Beesley), whose gauzy flashbacks attest that he's a jerk because Daddy smacked him around. Apparently lost in some whiskey haze since its AFI fest premiere in 2003, director and co-writer Tamar Simon Hoffs's bland-as-boiled-cabbage adaptation of Joseph O'Connor's play finally hobbles into theaters, reminding us every 15 seconds that just because it looks distinctly American and was shot in California, it's a fookin' Irish movie. Yet neither the backyard jigging, lap blankets, spots of tea, Gabriel Byrne name-check, nor forced colloquialisms (Johnny's girlfriend is "still spreadin' me balls on toast") feel at all natural, and there's nothing "grand" or "sound as a hound" about the cast's chemistry, the limp dramatic twist, and a most regretful gag about snorting cremated ashes.
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Michael J. Kelly Named President/CEO of The Weather Channel Companies
ATLANTA, July 20 /PRNewswire/ — Michael J. Kelly, former president of AOL Media Networks, has been named President/CEO of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC). Kelly will be responsible for the strategic direction and operations of TWCC which includes The Weather Channel, the second most distributed cable network, available in 99 million homes; The Weather Channel Interactive and weather.com, the third most visited news and information brand with 41.5 million monthly unique visitors; and The Weather Channel Mobile, the largest content provider on the mobile Web; as well as Weather Services International and Enterprise Electronics Corporation.
In a joint statement, Lisa Gersh, president of strategic initiatives at NBC Universal who has been serving as interim CEO of TWCC; Michael Chae, senior managing director of the Blackstone Group; and Ian Loring, managing director of Bain Capital, said, "Mike Kelly is a seasoned media executive who will lead TWCC in reaching the great potential envisioned when NBCU, Bain Capital and Blackstone came together to purchase the company last year. He understands how to reach our viewers and users and partner with our advertisers in order to maximize the growth of the business on a cross-platform basis."
Kelly has nearly 30 years experience in media and since 2007 has served as an advisor to Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a media-focused private equity fund, identifying and assessing digital media investment opportunities. He also served on the board of several fast-growing digital media companies — Eyeblaster, Visible World and American Town Network — and as an advisor to the board of Contextweb.
As president of AOL Media networks, a division of Time Warner, from 2004 to 2007, Kelly effected enormous change at AOL and in the industry by pioneering the media network strategy through a number of successful acquisitions such as Advertising.com and Third Screen Media. Under his leadership AOL was repositioned in the media and advertising marketplace and experienced significant advertising revenue growth. Previously, Kelly served as president of global marketing at Time Warner, working with all of its companies to bring cross-platform marketing solutions to major advertisers.
"The Weather Channel Companies is a unique organization; it is the premier weather information destination on every platform – TV, Web, Mobile and business to business," said Kelly. "This is a remarkable and exciting opportunity to be part of a powerful media brand which delivers consumers the information they want where and when they want it while offering advertisers cutting edge cross-platform solutions. This multi-platform success will fuel our growth."
Kelly began his media career in 1980 at the Chicago Tribune. In 1983 he began a successful 17 years at Time Inc., first at Fortune magazine where he managed the Southeast and New York sales offices and then as part of the launch team of Entertainment Weekly, eventually becoming EW's publisher. Kelly was named Publisher of the Year twice during the four years he served in that role.
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Found throughout North America, these destructive eating machines may not be easy to see in your garden or fields since they tend to remain hidden under debris, preferring to come out at night to feed.
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Study Reveals People Like Drinking Beer And Making Love
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This just in — adults enjoy having sex and drinking alcohol.
Those stunning discoveries are the result of a new study conducted by Carsten Grimm, a psychology researcher at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Grimm asked participants to rank 30 typical activities in terms of four different qualities: pleasure, meaning, engagement, and happiness, according to a university report detailing his work.
"Psychologists have proposed that individuals may seek to increase their well-being through three main behavioral orientations; via pleasure, via engagement, and via meaning," he said in a statement.
"Endorsing pleasure as a way to happiness means you enjoy 'eating dessert first´ or you focus on feeling good and enjoying sensory pleasures," he added. "Engagement is what you experience when you´re totally absorbed in what you´re doing; either skiing down a hill or being immersed in your work. People call this experience a state of 'flow´ and this may be a dominant orientation to happiness for some people.´´
Making love topped all four lists, while consuming alcohol and partying finished second in the pleasure and happiness balloting. Volunteering or acting as a care-giver was third on the happiness list, followed by religious activities (including meditation), and caring for/playing with children, CBS Atlanta reported on Wednesday.
Feeling ill was the lowest rated activity in terms of pleasure, while using Facebook ranked 30th in terms of meaning, added The Daily Mail. Religious activities, volunteering, playing with children, and hobbies (including arts and crafts) rounded out the top five in terms of meaning, according to the university.
"From my research I can see what activities are routinely rated as highest and lowest in people's daily lives," Grimm explained. "Having sex is (no surprise) highest on all measures of happiness. Being sick is again, no surprise, relatively low on all measures. Going to lectures, or studying, is low on pleasure and happiness, but ranks relatively high on meaning (7th out of 30 behavior categories)."
"The results have implications for what psychologists have called 'the full life,'" he added. "Those who tend to be high on all three orientations to happiness not only score high on life satisfaction, they also tend to have higher experiences of pleasure, meaning, engagement and happiness in their daily lives"¦ This means that being able to seek happiness in different ways may enrich your everyday experience and increase your overall well-being."


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The general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat has said his party would organize a mass march to New Delhi in association with other Left parties on March 12 to protest against the unprecedented rise in prices and the wrong policies of the Central government.
Inaugurating the birth centenary celebrations of veteran Communist leader late E.M.S. Namboodiripad at Pattambi near here on Sunday, Mr. Karat said the Centre has given a tax concession of Rs.80,000 crore to the corporate sector in the Budget which represents just five per cent of the country's population.
Instead of giving tax concessions to the corporate sector, the Government should tax them to mobilize funds for taking up welfare measures for the poor sections of the society, the CPI (M) general secretary said.
He asked the Central government and private sector companies to lift the ban on recruitment of employees.
He said the government should implement land reforms and distribute land to all landless agriculture workers and other poor sections of people.
He said Left parties have an alternative economic policy which is against surrendering the country's interests to the U.S. and other imperialist forces.
He said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatheeya Janata Party (BJP) are trying to create communal division to further their political interest. Some from the minority communities are playing into the hands of militant organizations, he said.
The meeting was presided over by CPI(M) district secretary P. Unni. It was addressed by A. Vijayaraghavan, M.B. Rajesh (both MPs), M. Chandran, MLA, C.T. Krishnan, former MLA, among others.
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School board president John MicGlire suggested that teachers voluntarily take a freeze in pay. Presently, they are scheduled for a 1.87 percent increase which reflects their basic annual longevity increase only. He said such a wage concession could make a "huge" difference in the budget.
"Everybody could take a little pain rather than a few taking a lot of pain," he said. "I'd like the teachers to help themselves by taking a pay freeze."
Teachers union president Mark Mularz refused to comment on the idea of teachers forgoing pay increases.
"I can't discuss anything dealing with negotiations," he said.
The next meeting to discuss the budget is set for 7 p.m. Monday March 21.
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Chris: Organix 10 Mid, Organix 10 325, PB10 Mid, C10 Pro? (YIKES)
I've heard your comparisons of the Ogx10 Mid with the PB10 Mid, but where does the 325 and C10 fit into that mix? Obviously the head size plays a role, but besides that, they spec out pretty close. What are some of the other subtitles among these 4 frames?
Are they all slam dunks?! :)
The C10 Pro is more in the mix with the two mids for me. The X10 MP offers a crisper feel. I like it for different reasons -- easy access to spin, some nice pop and it is very forgiving for a player's racquet.
The C10 Pro and the 10 mids are more precision, silky smooth, feel. The X10 Mid and C10 Pro offer more pop, but nothing comes through the hitting zone like the PB10 Mid -- it is a special racquet in that regard.
I like the playing with all of them. If I were in your shoes, I would demo and play sets with them. Not so much hitting, mostly sets. They all feel great, so for me it would come down to results. Which one am I winning easiest with? Does one help me more than the others in an area where my game needs some love? Which do I feel the most confident with heading into a breaker?
Those are the intangibles which would tip the scales for me.
Hope that helps,
Chris, TW
Thanks a bunch, Chris! You're right...a racquet means nothing on paper if you don't get the results!
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Trading young starting pitching for a soon to be expensive position player would be a huge no in my book. And I think Stanton is an absolute stud. Position players just don't have the kind of effect we think they do when filling out our imaginary lineup cards. About 64 games out of 123 last season Stanton had a negative impact on offense. That is about the same for every good hitter. Stay the course and keep building with young pitching.
Costello: Funny names?
Abbott: Nicknames, nicknames. Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third--
Costello: That's what I want to find out. I want you to tell me the names of the fellows on the St. Louis team.
Abbott: I'm telling you. Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third--
Costello: You know the fellows' names?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well, then who's playing first?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow's name on first base.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The fellow playin' first base.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy on first base.
Abbott: Who is on first.
Costello: Well, what are you askin' me for?
Abbott: I'm not asking you--I'm telling you. Who is on first.
Costello: I'm asking you--who's on first?
Abbott: That's the man's name.
Costello: That's who's name?
Abbott: Yes.
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Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?
Abbott: Every dollar of it. And why not, the man's entitled to it.
Costello: Who is?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: So who gets it?
Abbott: Why shouldn't he? Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
Costello: Who's wife?
Abbott: Yes. After all, the man earns it.
Costello: Who does?
Abbott: Absolutely.
Costello: Well, all I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base?
Abbott: Oh, no, no. What is on second base.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first!
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Costello: St. Louis has a good outfield?
Abbott: Oh, absolutely.
Costello: The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: I don't know, I just thought I'd ask.
Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell you.
Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field?
Abbott: Who's playing first.
Costello: Stay out of the infield! The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: Because.
Abbott: Oh, he's center field.
Costello: Wait a minute. You got a pitcher on this team?
Abbott: Wouldn't this be a fine team w i t h o u t a pitcher?
Costello: Tell me the pitcher's name.
Abbott: Tomorrow.
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Costello: Now, when the guy at bat bunts the ball--me being a good catcher--I want to throw the guy out at first base, so I pick up the ball and throw it to who?
Abbott: Now, that's he first thing you've said right.
Costello: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
Abbott: Don't get excited. Take it easy.
Costello: I throw the ball to first base, whoever it is grabs the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to what. What throws it to I don't know. I don't know throws it back to tomorrow--a triple play.
Abbott: Yeah, it could be.
Costello: Another guy gets up and it's a long ball to center.
Abbott: Because.
Costello: Why? I don't know. And I don't care.
Abbott: What was that?
Costello: I said, I DON'T CARE!
Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop!
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
I talked to him today and he said they were trying to do it.
And really, a lot of teams have tried. But trying and doing are worlds apart.
I had no idea I would start a huge thread. He just posted that and I wanted to know if anyone else had heard something.
I see where a Yahoo guy makes the case but that was a wishful thinking type article.
Sure would be good, probably doesn't happen.
Championships Matter.
24 Years and Counting...
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
If not Stanton, there are other targets on the Marlins: Polanco, Buck, Dunn.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. -- Terrance Mann (Field of Dreams)
Reds deal for Ruggiano put him in CF move Choo to LF.
Speculation on my part but some bloggers have thought if there is an odd man out for the Fish it will be Ruggiano not Stanton.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Last year a platoon of Paul and Ruggiano would have gotten you an OPS of about .850
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I was born in Indonesia right after WWII on Tual in the Kei Islands, in the area of the Spice Islands, near Ambon and close to the coast of New Guinea. In a little house, without the aid of a doctor or nurse, my father delivered me on Sunday afternoon on January 20th, and showed me off to all the native people who had gathered in the yard to look at the first Dutch child born in Tual. "Selamat tuan besar, selamat siang - sangat beruntung - indah anak jadi putih," they said (Hello Sir, good afternoon – very lucky, beautiful child – very white). My father was a police officer in the still active Dutch Police force and that year was stationed in Tual to oversee the political prisoners sent there with their families.
Indonesia was in turmoil at the time, and many Dutch citizens, including almost all of our family, were leaving their birthplace in these the now former Dutch colonies to go back to The Netherlands, aka Holland. It was not an easy adjustment for many that had lived in Indonesia for many generations, and when in Holland they often felt like strangers, aliens, and missed their tropical and easy colonial life. For those of mixed ancestries, the adjustment was often unbearable, not only the cold climate was hostile, but the Dutch people were far from welcoming the "Indos", as they were often called.
But during these turbulent and traumatic times in the fifties, my parents did not immediately go back to The Netherlands with the rest of the family and most of their friends, but stayed until 1959 at their home in Jakarta on Java, and pretended that everything was still the same. And for the most part it was practically the same in the beginning of those ten years when I was growing up.
My sister was born two years after me, at a modern hospital in Utrecht, Holland, since it was the custom to go on annual "leave" to the homeland for several months. Each year, the annual journey was made via boat for six weeks around Cape Hope in Africa, stopping at all sorts of exciting ports along the route, Singapore, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Cape town, and the Canary Islands. Once we went through the Suez Canal and went on a breath-stopping excursion to see the pyramids. The way back to Indonesia took several days via propeller plane, often stopping at Karachi, in newly independent Pakistan, for refueling.
As a child in this new Indonesia, my fondest memories are of soft and warm people around me, many little friends to play with; the great rain monsoons when it seemed like a river fell out of the sky; and the Kali (sort of a drainage canal) at the end of the block where we went swimming against the rules; the green rice paddy terraces high up on the mountains on the way to our cottage in Bogor, where it was cold at night, and we rode the small little horses around the neighborhood. My Dad drove our 1952 Studebaker, and we took with us our "babu''s" (nursemaids). It was fun and easy, we kept clothes and other essentials at our cottage, and we bought food at the stalls along the way. A swimming pool was made by damming off of a section of a small river with practically freezing water in that pool my sister caught a scorpion and let it walk on the back of her hand, she never got hurt, despite all of our yelling. In the stifling hot and muggy summers back in Jakarta, at week's end, my father would take us on his sailboat out of Priok Harbor and with the great winds of the Banda seas we would cut through the water at very great speed, flying by atolls of colored coral sticking out of the sea. And oh...the food - especially all the street vendors such as the tukan sate-babi (pork) or sate-ayam (chicken) with his pot of charcoal on one end of his shoulder yoke, and sate's, seasonings, and other lip-smacking things at the other side...hmmm the burning smell of barbecue as the sate's browned and our mouths were watering.
When I went back to Indonesia in 1989 after many years away, I literally kissed the ground of my HOME, and tears ran down my cheeks.
My parents are what Hawaiians call POI dogs. Several nation's bloodlines mingled together; great-grandparents from China, Portugal, Spain, Holland, France, and Indonesia. I am MULTI-racial, a CHILD OF THE WORLD, comfortable everywhere and with anyone. Understanding a smatter of all languages, and able to eat whatever is available, from raw food of the sea, to sauced entree's with 40 ingredients. From highclass fat cats to the beggars on the street, I talk to everyone, I have compassion and emphathy, and share ideas, thoughts, and my experiences.
My colonial European ancestors did much evil and destruction in their "discovery" of old and cultured places, and my Asian ancestors endured and survived where-ever they came to live, their spirits never broken. I lived and visited many places in Europe, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag, Paris, London, Vienna, Palma, Lisbon, and I am fascinated with the art and architecture and the variety of nature and climate.
The Americas are my home now, stretching from the southern point of Chili and Argentina to the north, Alaska, Canada and the Artic wilderness. When my parents finally left their beloved Indonesia, and then felt unwelcome, undesirable in Holland for two years, they applied as refugees to the USA, and we became immigrants in the brand-new 50th state: Hawaii. Boarding a plane in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport February 1961, bound for New York City and then San Francisco, and finally Honolulu, we thought we would wear grass skirts and maybe live in a palm front hut, but soon saw our new house in Kaneohe on Oahu, all furnished by our sponsor, the congregation of the Kaneohe Methodist Church.
Hawaii - The place I first lived in the Americas is not even a real part of it, but a lonely state in the middle of the Pacific ocean, with its own history and culture - HAWAII-nei. The five major Hawaiian Islands have a long history - with kings and queens and many gods for each island. I was very fortunate to grow up there as a teenager, absorbing the Hawaiiana taught in the schools and on the street. The care and concern for each-other and nature was foremost, and is called aloha (love) - aina (soul/spirit) - ohana (family).
Oahu is one of the five major islands, the gathering island. Don't miss the KOOLAU mountains with its many waterfalls, drive around the island for a day.
Remarried now to a Mexican from Guadalajara, we live in Miami, the HOTTEST city in the USA. We have a culturally rich group of people living here, from every country in the world. There are many Cubans who speak loud Spanish and have a sense of entitlement to Miami, they "discovered" it first, but Brazilians are everywhere in their tight clothes and fabulous bodies, then there are lots of Columbians, Mexicans, Canadians, Carribeans (is that a word?) etc etec etcetera.....Models, good looking people, old and young, tanned, positive, fresh, energetic, interesting, interested, open, friendly, fun-filled.
When in Miami don't miss the Cuban coffee - ask for a "colada", a real adreneline shot of caffeine.
Go to Ocean Drive on South Beach for action, and for look for clubs on Washington Street and Lincoln Road, there is a nice theatre too.
"Calle Ocho" is in March it is a big street festival in Little Havanna.
Helps if you speak Spanish.
I have one son Daniel - the oldest child - lives in San Francisco
And two daughters - the youngest Danielle lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons - Daniel and Michael....and recently expecting a third...a little baby girl this time.
I travel constantly to California at least 6 times a year to see them, and we take vacations together too.
Danny and I went on a cruise to the Bahamas - we had excellent fun and it was an unforgettable trip.....right after the trip we took together to Costa Rica and the rain forest.
My middle daughter - Kwi-Yin - lives in Kailua, Hawaii with my two grandchildren Jazzy and Ola. We don't see them too much anymore since we moved to Florida. But Hawaii is unforgettable. Once you have played at the beaches in Hawaii, nothing else compares, not the shores on Greece, Bali, or anywhere else in the world I have seen so far.
Hawaii-nei....I love you.
A big name for a little baby girl - my GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
My little Hawaiian sunshine. She is alomost two yeas old now....
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Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day.
Hope your birthday is filled with all the fun you can handle!
Hi Rain and family, send you a basket of Easter Eggs to wish you 00000000 Happy Easter 00000000
Hi i read your comment on Homers page - I just love his HP write up of his Cuban roots and so came to read yours and meet you! and yours has made me cry too! what a wonderful diverse life you have had too - isnt it amazing how intense life can be - some only wish for and get a simple life growing up in the same place or country where they were born and some are glad that lifes waves took them around the world! what cutie grandchildren! and reading of your connections Im thinking even more at moment of my forthcoming first trip to South America and the Incas - a bit of a Mexican connection (and thinking of a lovely friend I have on vt and fb who lives in Mexico) and the trip Im booked to do to Easter island which of course is peopled by those who look like Hawaiians and NZ Maoris - NZ where I feel very privileged to come from! But when I first and often used to drive around Holland I used to think of the Dutch People that I knew in Australia who had grown up in Indonesia and had had to leave - and about pondered about how different already that Europe is from NZ and Oz and how different Holland would have been from Indonesia...but its all a great time at the moment being able to travel with such freedom and openness...we are very privileged!
and my Aust and NZ write ups are mostly on each of those pages so most people miss them I think..and just see flowers and gardens and sunsets in my life in London lol! but will sort it eventually!
Hi Angiebabe. Glanced over your photos...cool shots, but basically not much of yourself. You videos (2 I watched) were great too. I left a comment.
I am glad you like my pages. I'll get back to your soon. I am working here in Miami, so I got to get back to that.
Best wishes....
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
Hi Rain and Family, an early wishes for A Merry X'mas and A Happy New Year.
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Wow, you have quite the story yourself! And imagine, we both live in Miami. I am in Cutler Ridge having lived in Kendall for a long time.
I will def. add you and we will keep in touch.
LOVE Indonesia btw, want to go to Borneo (Indonesian section) and Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java! I'll get there someday having returned (and outgrown) Bali.
Be well,
Eey TualBorn Rain,... love your entrance, great history, cya soon, greets RoyJava
You really a Tual Born? WOOw sorry i didnt reply earlier since now I use Trav buddy more hehehe.. yess you Fly from Jakarta to Ambon about 3 hours, the capital city of South Maluku, then continue fly to Tual for 1 hour. Piece of cake :D
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one piece stringing help for tight 325
racquet. i was watching some youtube video by yulittle and mr10stringer. just wondering if 50-50 pattern would be okay with this one. because it seems like the pattern of this tfight325 racquet start his crosses on top 8t.
see attached pattern below. i would love to use one piece stringing because IMO it hold tension better than 2piece. THANKS!
use an ATW pattern
I use an ATW pattern with mine and there are no problems. I posted a few months ago about there being a typo on that stringing diagram I believe, I didn't see it immediately just now but I seem to remember that...
thanks. i forget to tell you that im using a drop weight gamma x-2 machine.
base on my racquet, im goin to use 21' around main and 18' on crosses. how do i set this up on my long side and short side ???
Didn't mention but this requires a starting clamp. For the short side you will need about 14' and for the long side about 24'. Run in the center 16 mains and use the short side to run in the fifth cross (you only have to weave through the first four mains.) Hold the short side with a starting clamp on the outside of the frame on that fifth cross. With the long side run in the fourth cross and clamp to fifth cross, and then the third. Now move the starting clamp to the eight main on the short side, or use a flying clamp to hold the eight main on the short side (easier.) remove the fifth cross and use the long side to run in all crosses except for the bottom cross and tie off. Use the short side to run in the outside mains and bottom cross, then the TOP cross and finishnup with the second cross and tie off.
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Map: Finnish metal is the densest of all metal
- By Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating is associate editor at Foreign Policy and the editor of the Passport blog. He has worked as a researcher, editorial assistant, and deputy Web editor since joining the FP staff in 2007. In addition to being featured in Foreign Policy, his writing has been published by the Washington Post, Newsweek International, Radio Prague, the Center for Defense Information, and Romania's Adevarul newspaper. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN International, C-Span, ABC News, Al Jazeera, NPR, BBC radio, and others. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he studied comparative politics at Oberlin College.
For your Friday afternoon map-viewing enjoyment, here's a map of heavy metal bands by population created by Reddit user depo_ by way of the good folks at the Atlantic Wire. Finland takes the crown, but the Nordic dominance shouldn't be surprising. Norway even trains its diplomats to be conversant on the finer points of True Norwegian Black Metal.
In 2010, I wrote about a slightly more academic effort to measure music exports as a percentage of GDP. The NORCs came out on top in that measurement too, with both Sweden and Finland — not to mention Canada — among the world's top musical exporters. Though I do wonder if the global cultural juggernaut that is K-Pop has shaken things up in the years since.
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Blake Hounshell is managing editor at Foreign Policy, having formerly been Web editor. Hounshell oversees ForeignPolicy.com and has commissioned and edited numerous cover stories for the print magazine, including National Magazine Award finalist "Why Do They Hate Us?" by Mona Eltahawy. He also edits The Cable, FP's first foray into daily original reporting, and was editor of Colum Lynch's Turtle Bay, which in 2011 won a National Magazine award for best reporting in a digital format.
Blake joined Foreign Policy in 2006 after living in Cairo, where he studied Arabic, missed his Steelers finally win one for the thumb, and worked for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Blake was a 2011 finalist for the Livingston Awards prize for young journalists for his reporting on the Arab uprisings, and his Twitter feed was named one of Time magazine's "140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011." Under his leadership, in 2008, Passport, FP's flagship blog, won Media Industry Newsletter's "Best of the Web" award in the blog category. Along with Elizabeth Dickinson, he edited Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future, the memoirs of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012.
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McIlroy, Woods and the Blue Monster at Doral
DORAL, Fla. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods already have been linked twice this year.
There was that practice round together in Abu Dhabi, and being in the same group for the opening two rounds. Then, they shared the stage at PGA National, where McIlroy played the lead role at the Honda Classic by answering a late charge from Woods to win the tournament and go to No. 1 in the world.
Look back to the summer of 2010, when McIlroy said he would "love to face" Woods in the Ryder Cup. That comment was made as Woods was at the low point in his game, and the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland did add, "Unless his game improves."
Is it too early for a rivalry?
Hunter Mahan believes it is, only because he thinks Woods' biggest rival is retired.
"His rival is Jack Nicklaus," Mahan said. "It's hard to put anyone up there right now with him. I understand his last few years haven't been his best and everything that's going on, but that guy, he's had numbers that no one has even thought about reaching."
There's some truth to that.
McIlroy reached No. 1 in the world after 115 tournaments that count toward the ranking. Woods played 21 tournaments before he first reached the top of the world ranking.
What they have in common is raw talent, the ability to control the golf ball like few others, a passion to compete and winning majors in record fashion at an early age. Woods was 21 when he set the Masters record at 270 and won by 12 shots. McIlroy had just turned 22 when he shot a 268 - breaking the U.S. Open record by four shots - to win at Congressional.
Woods is 36, although rivalries never have been about age.
Nicklaus was 10 years younger than Arnold Palmer, and 10 years older than Tom Watson.
Sometimes it can be about going head-to-head - Greg Norman and Nick Faldo come to mind - though mostly it's about taking turns winning tournaments, and winning majors.
McIlroy still has a ways to go. Besides, he's not interested in rivalries at the moment.
"I'm going to let other people make the comparisons," McIlroy said. "I'm not going to try and compare myself to anyone else. I've never said that I want to be the next anyone. I just want to be the first Rory McIlroy, however good that turns out to be. Then, I'll try my best to win tournaments and to win majors and to be the best player in the world.
"There's still a long road ahead, and I feel like I can accomplish a lot more."
McIlroy makes his debut as the 16th player to be No. 1 in the world on Thursday, when he tees off in the Cadillac Championship at Doral with the two players who were No. 1 before him - Luke Donald and Lee Westwood.
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updated 01:45 pm EDT, Tue July 10, 2007
Gartner analyst chimes in
Yesterday JP Morgan analyst Kevin Chang, based in Taiwan and perhaps gaining access to manufacturing channel sources, speculated that Apple plans to build a $300 iPhone akin to the iPod nano. The rumor is backed up by a patent filed July 5th, which details telephone and text entry interfaces for a cellular-capable device via a click-wheel. Other analysts have now chimed in, saying that the speculation makes sense. Gartner analyst Hugues de la Vergne told MarketWatch that offering a $300 phone would give Apple the ability offer a product with a price premium above the core iPod nano product, but with a more reasonable price than the current iPhone. Vergne said that $199 is really the "sweet spot" of the market, with the RIM Pearl, Samsung BlackJack currently being offered at that price point. "This is what Apple has done with previous product launches," he said in an audio interview. "Apple has to adapt to the pricing of the market."
Meanwhile Apple's shares are currently up more than $2 on the cheaper phone rumor.


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The humble crowbar is Gordon Freeman's truest friend in the game Half-Life. One fan filmmaker charts this epic meeting of giants.
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Jupiter's Io A Plausible Contender For Life
Jupiter's moon Io could be a potential target to look for extraterrestrial life.
Io is the innermost of Jupiter's large moons and has the most volcanic activity in the solar system, with plumes of matter rising 186 miles above the surface.
This activity is due to Jupiter's powerful gravitational pull, which causes Io's tormented solid crust to bulge up and down 328 feet or more, generating intense heat in Io due to friction.
Io generally is considered a poor candidate for life because of all the radiation Jupiter blasts it with. Also, no organic molecules have been detected on its surface, and it has only an extremely thin atmosphere devoid of detectable water vapor.
"Everyone right away tends to categorically exclude the possibility of life on Io," astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch at Washington State University told Space.com.
However, conditions on Io still might have made it a friendlier habitat in the distant past. Schulze-Makuch said that there is a chance life might have survived to the present day.
"Life on the surface is all but impossible, but if you go down further into the rocks, it could be intriguing," he said. "We shouldn't categorize it as dead right away just because it's so extreme."
Computer models suggest that the moon formed in a region around Jupiter where water ice was plentiful. Io's heat, combined with the resulting possibility of liquid water, could have made life plausible.
"There must have been quite a lot of water on Io shortly after formation, judging from the amount of water ice on Europa and Ganymede," said Schulze-Makuch.
This water would have been stripped from Io's surface by Jupiter's radiation within 10 million years. Life could have retreated underground at this point, where water might still be abundant, and geothermal activity and sulfur compound could provide microbes with sufficient energy to survive.
Schulze-Makuch said that although no organic molecules have been detected on the moon's surface, that does not mean they do not exist underground. Jupiter's radiation would quickly destroy any organic compounds that once existed on the surface or that may today still emanate from the subsurface.
Schulze-Makuch suggests that the many lava tubes thought to exist on Io could serve as an especially favorable environment for life by protecting organisms from radiation.
The lava tubes could also provide thermal insulation, trapping moisture and providing nutrients like sulfurous compounds. He also said that microbes are common in lava tubes on Earth, from ice and volcano zones in Iceland to hot sand-floored tubes in Saudi Arabia, and lava tubes are the most plausible cave environment for life on Mars.
The primordial soup that any life on Io might have derived from was likely based on water, but the solvent of choice for organisms might have drastically changed later on as the moon transformed.
Hydrogen sulfide is one choice because it is abundant in Io's shallow subsurface and remains a liquid from negative 123 to negative 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
"I'm exploring with colleagues whether sulfur compounds could work as solvents of life," Schulze-Makuch noted.
Because of the wild extremes Io faces as it orbits Jupiter one possible survival strategy for life would be to remain dormant most of the time, only reverting back when nutrients were rich.
"It'd be much easier for life to take a beating if it goes dormant regularly," Schulze-Makuch said.
Schulze-Makuch said that although Europa and Ganymede are higher priority targets for future exploration missions, Io should not be neglected.
"Much insight could be gained by sending a radiation-resistant robotic probe capable of detecting the chemistry and physical state of subsurface and surface liquids on Io," he noted, perhaps as part of a larger mission to the Jovian system.
"I know the chances of life on Io are low, and even if there is some microbial life in lava tube caves in its crust, in the short term there's no way for us to get there," he added. "But let's not totally exclude Io only because it seems strange or foreign."
If a mission to Io is extraordinarily lucky enough to find life in such an unlikely environment, "then it would make life elsewhere in the galaxy seem much more likely," Schulze-Makuch said. "It would really broaden our horizons."
Schulze-Makuch published his ideas in the February-March issue of the Journal of Cosmology.
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US envoy was inspired by South African struggle
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new United States ambassador to South Africa says he was a "young kid" when he first met Nelson Mandela, who traveled to the U.S. a few months after he was released from jail in 1990. Patrick Gaspard, now 46 years old, was so enthralled that he ignored the anti-apartheid leader's simple request in a municipal chamber in New York City.
"I'm standing in the room and I don't even realize that he and I have been left alone," said Gaspard, then a lead organizer of the city's rapturous welcome for Mandela.
"At some point, I hear someone say, 'Young man, are you OK?' And I realize it's him. And I say, 'Yes, I am.' And he says, 'Oh, OK. Well, I've asked you for a glass of water. Can I trouble you for a glass of water?' I was so mesmerized by the presence, of being in his company, that I was being incredibly rude. And I was leaving Madiba there, incredibly thirsty. So I ran and got him that glass of water."
Gaspard met Mandela a second time in 1991 when New York Mayor David Dinkins led a delegation to South Africa, then struggling to move beyond racial and ethnic conflict as its leaders slowly dismantled the apartheid system.
In September this year, the newly appointed envoy found a very different South Africa, one that wrestles with crime, inequality, corruption and other problems, but embraces the democratic ideals embodied by Mandela, who sought to reconcile South Africa's factions.
South Africa has challenges but recognizes the strength of its diversity, Gaspard said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"I went to an outdoor food market and saw black and white South Africans working in partnership in their small enterprises, which absolutely blew me away, because I didn't see anything like that when I was here two decades ago," said Gaspard, who was born in what was then Zaire, now Congo, to Haitian parents and moved to the United States as a child.
Like President Obama, Gaspard was inspired by the anti-apartheid struggle. He said in his Senate confirmation hearing in July that South Africa occupies a "central place" in his political development.
He spoke to the AP at a screening this past week of the film "The Butler," a red-carpet event hosted at a mall by the U.S. Embassy. Based on a true story, the movie stars Forest Whitaker as a White House butler who serves presidents over the decades, chronicling the civil rights era and ending with Obama's election.
The film features a protest outside the South African embassy in the United States, where a major political battle played out in the 1980s over sanctions legislation that sought to pressure South Africa's apartheid government into ending its racist policies. The scene was evocative for Gaspard, who was involved in the campaign to push American leaders into imposing economic penalties.
"It feels like yesterday for me that I was standing out in front of that South African embassy with Jesse Jackson and others, performing an act of civil disobedience," said Gaspard, a former senior White House aide under Obama and a top Democratic Party official. He was also a trade unionist, community activist and city official in New York.


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David Wojahn Receives the 2007 O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
September 1, 2007
The prize comes with a cash prize of $10,000, and includes a reading at the Folger in October of 2007. Wojahn is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his "career-spanning" colletion, Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2004. Poetry Magazine said that Wojahn "writes with as much formal and emotional strength as any poet alive." Wojahn is the author of six other collections of poetry, and the recipient of three Pushcart Prizes, the William Carlos Williams Book Award, the Society of Midland Authors Book Award, and the George Kent Memorial Prize, among others. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a professor of English and director of creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Loft Literary Center Begins New Executive Director Search
May 1, 2007
Lucille Clifton Wins the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
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There is a principle called "Occam's Razor," which has been interpreted to mean that the simplest of two competing theories is usually the right one. This comes to mind as President Obama and the flying monkey minions in Congress scramble frantically to ram a trillion dollar "stimulus" bill down American's throats with no debate, no discussion, and almost no understanding of what is in it.
And what is in it makes it abundantly clear that this is no "stimulus." It is riddled with hundreds of billions of dollars in pork, payoffs to special interest groups, massive increases in welfare spending, new and more bloated federal bureaucracies. What's worse, we don't actually have the money for any of it. It will have to be taxed, printed, and borrowed, all of which will make our economic situation worse, not better.
But … but … the President and the Democrats don't know this?
Of course they do. For weeks, seasoned and well-respected economic and financial writers from the Wall Street Journal, National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, the American Enterprise Institute, the Hoover Institution, and God-only-knows how many others have been explaining why this bill will not jump-start the economy. Even the Congressional Budget Office has admitted it will make things worse.
Laura Hollis is an Associate Professional Specialist and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, where she teaches entrepreneurship and business law. She is the author of the forthcoming publication, "Start Up, Screw Up, Scale Up: What Government Can Learn From the Best Entrepreneurs," © 2014. Her opinions are her own, and do not reflect the position of the university. Follow her on Twitter: @LauraHollis61.


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55 comments found
Clean theme, good luck with sales!
Nice theme & nice design, only problem I can see is the PHP error in the Twitter section at the bottom!
Ah, thanks for the heads-up on the Twitter error. That's an API request limit issue; working on a fix now.
Cheers, Eric
Cool design mate,. Good Luck With Sales..!
Wow nice & clean awesome work ! Good Luck
Excellent work my friend!!
Glad you like it!
nice theme but i have 3 wishes.
1. make the logo clickable
2. the content images in a article (not the featured images) centered or width = 100% and margin left and right correct. At the moment there are to big and jump to the right
3. a lastFM icon
i think, the shortcodes in editor dont work. when i click on a shortcode, nothing happens.
Hi momworx,
Thanks for the great feedback! Really appreciate it.
I will make the logo clickable—good idea. I'll also work on a lastFM icon.
Regarding the images, these can be centered, left aligned or right aligned. If you want them to span the fullwidth, set one of your media image sizes (from Settings > Media) to at 640px wide. Then you can select that image size and it will be displayed at full width. I did just notice an issue with the images exceeding the post content if they are wider than 640px—I'm working on a fix for that right now.
I'm not sure what you mean about the shortcodes in the editor. The only shortcode that comes with a button is the FontAwesome button—that seems to be working OK for me. The other shortcodes (button, notification box) don't have buttons in the editor. Could you confirm if you mean something different?
Thanks again for the feedback.
Cheers, Eric
Hi Eric,
thanks for the fast response!
On Firefox and IE the embedded images in the articles looks strange. my images for articles are 750px wide, on Safari and Chrome they looks fine.
Hi momworx,
I have just submitted an update to ThemeForest with a fix for images overflowing their containers. I also made the logo clickable—thanks again for that suggestion.
Once you've updated to the new version, could you let me know if you still have issues with the content images looking strange? If so, could you get in touch with me via the contact form with some screenshots and a URL (if possible)?
I've sent an email off to our designer about getting a LastFM icon in there. Hopefully we'll have that added in over the next day or two.
Cheers, Eric
Thank you!
now the images works well.
Hi momworx,
Just posting back here in case you didn't see the latest update—it now includes last.fm buttons.
Thanks again for the feedback
Cheers, Eric
Delicious theme guys! Any chance that this will get infinite scroll capabilities? Would be very useful for a "blog is king" theme such as this!
Hi garethpauljones,
That is an excellent idea! I'll work on adding that into the next update as an optional feature. Thanks for the great feedback.
Hi garethpauljones,
Textural just got AJAX pagination with version 1.2.
Thanks again for the feedback
Cheers, Eric
Superb – bought!
Great! Have fun
Cheers, Eric
Great theme! Good luck with sales
Thank you for the fixes. Next wishes: A really nice Archive and Sitemap Page.
Hi momworx,
Again, great ideas.
I've got a few things to work on adding in now, so will work on integrating these over the next few days or the weekend. Thanks for the suggestions!
Cheers, Eric
Hi again momworx,
The site now includes an archive template.
I haven't included a sitemap page as that overlaps a bit with the archives, and is probably more of a plugin-style feature, rather than something that should be bundled into the theme.
Cheers, Eric
hey… love the theme! wondering what i'm doing wrong w the logo image. getting errors:
Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0 in /nfs/c04/h05/mnt/162438/domains/lindsaymcintire.com/html/wp-content/themes/textural/functions.php on line 147
Warning: getimagesize(http://lindsaymcintire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/logo2.png) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /nfs/c04/h05/mnt/162438/domains/lindsaymcintire.com/html/wp-content/themes/textural/functions.php on line 147
thoughts? ~ lindsay
Hi Lindsay,
Glad you like the theme, but sorry you're having issues with changing the logo image. It doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong, but sounds instead like the server you're running the theme on may have some different PHP configurations to the server I tested on.
I'm working on a fix now.
Could you send me an email via the contact form so that I can send you the updated version ASAP?
Cheers, Eric
where is the contact form?? i think i sent it to the right place….
You sure did. Got your email. I'll have a fix for you soon I hope!
Cheers, Eric
To anyone following this thread, just wanted to confirm that the issue Lindsay was having has now been resolved. The theme has been tweaked to completely avoid the functions that were causing problems for Lindsay, which means that it should run fine on any server running PHP, so long as it's compatible with Wordpress' minimum requirements.
Cheers, Eric
and in the documentation it said there were 4 plug-ins, there was only 1 in mine…. the contact form one….
Ah, that's my bad. The documentation is incorrect. Only one plugin is included: Contact Form 7.
I'll fix up the documentation
Cheers, Eric
cool! didnt want to miss something!
it would be great to use the videos just with the links eq (http://vimeo.com/fiftythree/hellopaper), not with a embed code in a extra field.
Hi momworx,
OK, I'll take a look at ways to improve that this week. Thanks for the feedback!
Cheers, Eric
great! looking forward!
Hi momworx,
I should have an update out on Monday, with a much simpler method of adding video posts.
Cheers, Eric
p.s. If you haven't already, I would really appreciate if you could take a second to rate the theme here on ThemeForest.
Hi there,
I am having trouble uploading the logo. I have tried numerous attempts uploading a strandard .png file as logo but failed.
Any thoughts?
Hi Ning,
The first thing to check is whether your media uploads directory is writable by the server. Are you able to upload any images to the media library?
Are you getting any other error messages?
Cheers, Eric
Hi Eric, Thanks for your prompt reply. The issue I am facing is that when I load a 100×100 pixel logo, the logo shows up on the left with half of the bottom image being cropped. When I move my mouse on the logo on the page, it highlights with the accent colour a large strip of rectangular bar.
Hi Ning,
Hmm, that sounds very odd indeed. Could you send me a link to your website via the contact form on our profile page?
Cheers, Eric
Hi Eric, Thanks for your very prompt and quick response. Issue has been resolved. Appreciate it !
No worries Ning. Glad we were able to resolve the issue.
Don't forget to rate the theme when you get a chance!
Cheers, Eric
Ok! This Theme is really nice and with every version better. Thanks for the Support. And finally, here ist my Site: http://spheric.de/ with little modifications.
Great looking site! Nice to see you taking excellent advantage of the child theme to make some nice customizations!
Cheers, Eric
I would buy this theme if Studio164a can confirm if it's "easy enough" to change the default layout width of the video, images and overall content box from 800 (my guess) to something else, more wide, like 960 or so. Or, what would be the customizing price for that feature?
Hi Kilroy4,
It's very easy to do. Just set it up so that you're using the child theme (which comes bundled with the download), and add this to your
custom.css file:
body { width: 960px; }
And that should do it!
Cheers, Eric
Haven't purchased yet, but wanted to say THANKS for creating a nice, simple theme. So many on ThemeForest are over the top. I just need something simple but beautiful. Keep up the good work!
Hey CaptSaltyJack, no worries! Thank you for the very kind words Really appreciate it.
Cheers, Eric
I'm interested in this theme for a prospective client. Is there any way to create a static homepage – something really simple like a headline and subhead? The site will basically be a homepage and 4 "blogs" (each "blog" will be a blog category filter) and I just want to make sure that's doable with this theme. I love the style & design so I hope it is.
Thanks, Christine
Hi Christine,
There isn't currently, but I have toyed with the idea of adding something along those lines. Just upped it's priority thanks to your comment
Cheers, Eric
Hi cbusch87,
As per CaptSaltyJack's post below, I think I may have misunderstood what you're after here. If you're after the ability to use a page as a static homepage, then that is certainly possible.
It just involves creating a page and marking it as the static homepage.
If I understood correctly what you mean in terms of the "blogs", then you could do that quite simply by adding those blog categories to the navigation.
Cheers, Eric
Okay, that's great! Some blog themes don't have any static pages so I wanted to be sure this one would work for my client's needs.
Thanks, Christine
Hey Eric,
cbusch87 asked if there's a way to create a static homepage, and you said no. What does this mean exactly? Is it not possible to just have a home landing page with an image, H1, and some static text? What usually displays on the landing/home page?
Hi CaptSaltyJack,
A static homepage like that is possible, yes. Sorry if I misunderstood cbusch87.
There is absolutely no issue with creating a normal page and then using it for the homepage.
So for example, there would be nothing stopping you using a page like the Features page on the demo site (http://164a.com/textural/features/) as the front page.
Cheers, Eric
Hey Eric,
I'm an inexperienced WP user so my apologies if the answer to my questions is obvious.
1) The footer: Is the footer from the live preview not included? 2) Ad Space: Is it possible to add space (inside each post or to the left or the right of the text on the start page) for Google AdSense or any other affiliate ad network.
Thanks for helping out!
Hi Marcus,
The footer is definitely included. You can set it up using the widgets page in your Wordpress dashboard.
In terms of adding ad space, that is possible but would require some customization of theme files. If you're familiar with HTML & a bit of PHP, you should be able to do that. The best way to achieve this is by using the child theme, which is bundled with the theme.
Cheers, Eric
Hi again,
Thanks for your reply. The footer worked out perfectly.
I discovered another issue. When writing a post i can not see the WYIWYG Editor. The java script doesn't load and this is the error code i get:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'add' of undefined post.php:1609 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'src' of null myscript.js:26
Thanks again!
Hi m_sjoberg78,
It looks like there is a problem with the FontAwesome setup. I'll submit a fix today.
Cheers, Eric


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Oldham County will host the District 29 baseball tournament as the top-seed.
The Colonels (15-8 overall, 5-1 District 29) swept two series with South Oldham and Trimble County and won on the road at North Oldham to take the top-spot in the tournament.
OC will host No. 4 Trimble County (7-13, 0-6) Monday, May 18, at 5:30 p.m. to open tournament play. No. 2 North Oldham (20-4, 4-2) will play No. 3 South Oldham (12-13, 3-3) immediately following the first game.
Goshen native Justin Thomas shot a third-round 65 today at THE PLAYERS to tie for first place.
Thomas hit a PLAYERS championship record 10 birdies in the third round and birdied on the 18th to move to -8 in the tournament.
From 193-yards out, Thomas set him self up nicely placing the ball 4-feet from the hole leading up to his 10th birdie for the lead.
It wasn't too long ago when Brian Hood retired after 26 years as an environmental consultant, bought a boat and decided to live on the water.
Then he got bored.
His son Jon, the 2009 Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year who went on to play at the University of Kentucky for four years, made the next step for his father pretty simple.
North Oldham softball will have the ultimate home field advantage in the District 29 softball tournament May 18-21.
The Lady Mustangs will not only play host to Oldham County, South Oldham and Trimble County for a spot in the Region 8 Tournament, but they enter as the top-seed with a 16-10 record overall and a 5-1 mark in district play. They will play No. 4 South Oldham (1-16, 0-6) May 18 at 5:30 p.m.
La Grange Police Arrests
April 30 -- Timothy D. Eichelberger, 47, La Grange, was arrested for alcohol intoxication in public place 1st & 2nd offense, criminal trespassing 1st degree, criminal mischief 3rd degree, promoting contraband 1st, possession of marijuana, possession paraphernalia
May 1 -- Kraig L. Renn, 44, La Grange, was arrested for resisting arrest
May 2 -- Melissa K. Terry, 34, La Grange, was cited for no operator's license
The following are notes from the Oldham County Board of Education meeting on April 27:
Head Start and preschool
Crestwood Elementary Kindergarten Derby
Crestwood Elementary hosted a kindergarten derby on Monday, May 4 (they were on a field trip Friday—hence the Derby parade delay). Kindergartners created Derby floats with a variety of materials. Many also wore hats and dresses for the Derby. They paraded their floats in front of the rest of the school and finished with a dance party.
EOMS students go robotic
Sphero Robots teach EOMS students how to code and more.
At their annual 80th Annual Conference in Washington D.C. this weekend, Heather Spencer from Prospect, Kentucky was named National Young Mother, by American Mothers, Inc.®, a national non-profit dedicated to honoring and supporting mothers around the world.
"We could not be more proud to honor Heather Spencer as the 2015 'National Young Mother. She's truly a role model for young mothers across our country and she is well-deserving of this award and recognition," said Diane Callister, American Mothers national president.
Cheer Tryouts
This year, a brand new program is being offered at the Oldham County All About Kids location. It is called "Mini-prep All Stars." It is still a competitive all-star cheer program, but athletes will only attend local competitions. It's for ages 3-11 and is a great alternative for athletes or parents who don't want to dive into the full all star program. It is less practice with shorter routine and less expensive than the traditional all star program.
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The Oldham Era is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Oldham County and LaGrange, Kentucky, and the surrounding area.


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Company Overview of Equiniti Services Limited
Company Overview
Equiniti Services Limited provides professional services for pensions and employee benefits. The company offers pensions, actuarial, investment, risk benefit, total reward, and healthcare services; and pensions administration, flexible benefits, pensions auto-enrolment, exit management, transaction, technical and documentation, corporate solutions, DC solutions, national pension trust, trustee training, and trustee evaluation toolkit services. The company was incorporated in 1963 and is based in Crawley, United Kingdom. As of January 27, 2010, Equiniti Services Limited operates as a subsidiary of Equiniti Limited.
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