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January 21st, 2008 #91
...pithy bits of poetic esoterica...
well ... actually... in the one case that i've done with this situation (aspect ratio adjustment to rice sized page) the artist (bowlin from this site) provided a decorative border and we split the difference. so instead of (*grabs ruler and does some quick measurements... ) ... uhh ... 1" to spare on one side, it's more like .5(1/2") - .625" (5/8") on either one. and in this case it complimented the story quite well.
yeah i see what you mean: keep participating in the activity and get better wtih practice. develop a flow that feels natural to the respective artist.
spelling grammar>
yeah it's a big deal ... i know it's tedious to fix after the page is done but really it is a huge blow to the end product for theres bein wordz misspelttz N the end product. one of the cool things about comics is how everything can be a little more poetic and rely on the images. I've had to contact folks re: text too small or words misspelt. of course, there is such thing as artistic license and that has to be considered. maybe the character actually talks that way. or that's part of the flaiir of the story. i.e. Will Eisner's stuff... lots of drunk rumblings in there . hehe. best bet is to make damn sure it reads like you want it to.
thanks, looking forward to this... i even has an idea for it. NONFICTION EVEN!
Hide this ad by registering as a memberJanuary 21st, 2008 #92
Ryuartyi: work the dialogues boxes at the same time than the rest of the page.
is good for the composition and the narration.
gwenevere made some good suggestions, try many pages before to do the finals to see what works(make some sketches in another piece of paper, and then put it together with the rest of the page to try different compositions)
keep going
gwenevere:he, yes i know what you mean about working the story in the head.cheers
January 22nd, 2008 #93
Page 2 WIP.
Page 3 WIP.
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January 22nd, 2008 #94
Got some rough pencils and dialogue down. Thought I'd go for a more literal interpretation of the topic.
I will change the composition a little in the final so that none of the panels cut directly across the middle of the page but I'm rather liking it so far. Not sure about the dialogue, but the character in my head is definitely the sweary type. Thoughts?
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January 22nd, 2008 #95
Arttorney, I can't wait to see where you're takin' this...
Melonby, NICE take on the topic...I like the way your mind works.
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January 22nd, 2008 #96
Woo pencillin time!
January 22nd, 2008 #97
Melonby is thinking outside of the box in terms of the story, whereas I am mainly thinking outside the box in terms of the boxes.
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January 22nd, 2008 #98
my rough sketch/layout/color thingy..
Edit: worked on the text a bit. here's the old text, if anybody is interested
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January 23rd, 2008 #99
damn..i'd better get crackin'
I'm drawing a blankin my sketchbook, that is
Ye-ha! I actually completed my site.Check it out
January 23rd, 2008 #100
Here's my little short story. "Cure"
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January 23rd, 2008 #101
Argh, Hide. You rock my undies! And had a similar idea to mine T_T
why not take to poll?
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January 23rd, 2008 #102
'That bastard was going to pay'
hah, I have that exact phrase on my comic I am doing. Nice looking thought
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January 23rd, 2008 #103
worked on the colors for the first page. I decided i wanted some moody colors at least, as there will no action scenes my story. You know, so it wont be too boring..
did i overdo the first panel with all the colors?
I wanted to show him dreaming of his past, like the good old days. When he still could kill vampires and such
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January 24th, 2008 #105
Fantastic comic Hideyoshi!
By the way. I just found some manga halftone patterns for Photoshop - http://wwwusic.net/design/2007/12/ww...screentone.php (there should be download button)
For gradient halftone it would propably easier to use clone-stamp tool on seperate bitmap image.
I might be a bit pointless but I find that flat grey color looks too sterile and plastic together with hairy ink lines .
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January 24th, 2008 #106
Hideyoshi: good story - I love the twist at the end, and it's well-paced... The tones are looking all rough and moire-patterned, though, which kind of interferes with the line drawing. Was this a bitmap toned at a bigger size and shrunk down?
xenos: Well, I like the story - hey, it's got vampires, that's good enough for me! One thing, though, the last page suddenly feels kind of simple and cartoony in mood compared to the preceding pages. Not sure how to explain, but I think it could have more dramatic camera angles, less bright lighting, more subtle pacing somehow...? It just feels like such a break in the mood. Especially the side-on view of the coffin with the lid popping off...
If you're actually going for a total break in mood, then never mind me!
As for the colors, the only thing that feels like it MIGHT be overkill to me is maybe the spirally bit - at first I thought it was a filter (had to look twice before I saw it wasn't, but by that time I couldn't get the idea of tacky filters out of my head...) But that could be completely subjective, of course.
Arttorney: Looks interesting so far, can't wait to see what you'll do with it - I'm a big fan of wild and crazy layouts, myself - keep going!
Melonby: Hahaaa, cute take on the brief! I would never have thought of that, but it's so devious, I love it. Re: dialogue, go ahead and cuss, it fits the mood! ("Purple guys"? I don't know why, but that amuses me...)
Anyway, here's where I'm at so far: Character designs and very messy roughs. Yeah, OK, it's a totally slapstick plot! But I'm having fun with it so far. Doing the blue-penciling now, then on to tight penciling...
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January 24th, 2008 #107
thanks a lot, everyone!
Farvus and Gwenevere: yeah, the ever paining moiré effects. :/
Actually, I believe the moiré got especially worse for the simple reason that photobucket resized the images. I will upload again to my own server.
I have been experimenting quite a bit with how to achieve the best screentones in Photoshop in the past. What I do nowadays is color in the panels with greyshades using the lasso tool with clean fills or gradients (just like standard screentones). Then I copy the whole greyshade layer into a new document (with exact same size as the original) where I convert to bitmap with 'halftone screen' as option. You need to play with the settings here. It also always depends on what kind of resolution your comic has got. The value for the 'angle' should be something like 45° or 90° unless you want tilted screentones. Working at a resolution of 400 dpi, I set the 'frequency' value to 50 which worked ok. Set the shape to 'dot'.
Then copy back this bitmap file into your actual comic page, delete the original greyshade layer and position. Then I do some erasing (for highlights etc.) just like you would do with real screentone scraping of the dots.
If you want to print the page, convert the whole page to a bitmap using '50% threshold' as option and you get a clean 1Bit image for printing. Screentones will look great on paper then, especially if you have a laser printer.
Gwenevere: I get a little amused over the fact that female comic artists always tend to do unconventional and somewhat hard-to follow page layouts... But I like the sketches, looking promising!
Xenos: that's a cool story, looking forward to seeing it finished!
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January 26th, 2008 #108
Yeah, the layouts tend to get kinda out of control. I'm hoping it'll get a bit clearer as I clean it up, still getting the hang of it all...
What the hey, can't be more confusing than CLAMP manga, anyway! I'll just throw a lot of feathers and flowers all over the page and we'll be all set!
And the toning method you describe sounds similar to one I've seen some other artists using lately - I haven't really tried much toning yet, but if I do, I'll probably try that method. Sounds like a good, simple method to me, no fiddling around with separate screens...
Though I have no idea how you'd avoid distortion/patterns when you resize it. Always a problem. Probably the ideal thing would be to resize it before you turn the gradients into screentones, and convert the tones of the big and small copies into screens separately, but that wouldn't be practical if you want to erase bits of the screen for highlights and things because you'd have to do it twice...
January 26th, 2008 #109
I think the composition of your panel is fine. Just unconventionnal. Most American comic books are that way anyway. The way you designed it is like you force the eyes to follow the path of the panels to go to the next one by overlapping the frame or a visual element on each panel. Plus, it create tension, or add dramatic which traditionnal square panel don't.
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January 26th, 2008 #110
Here's my WIP.
Don't look at the horrible grammar for the moment. I have it handled by someone at this moment.
Time is running short unfortunately for me, I'll do my best to finish that one, at least in B&W.
January 26th, 2008 #111
*sitting on my first panel*
JonZ, I love your cliché policemen lol
January 26th, 2008 #112
I was only concerned with how the pages would look in print I guess. :/
Jon: looking good, love all the car action!
Zeitwolf: yay!
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Here comes the laughing stock
First of all, i think everyone is doing a really cool job on their panels, cant wait to get a look at the final stuff the 29, is going really well. Gonna be lots of fun .
Well, ill post my preliminar stuff as well, but i warn you, dangerous levels of cheesiness ahead, be prepared. I am going to get giggles and get POWned!
I had 3 ideas for the subject (i share them if anyone cares) , i went with my last one, which is a very simple plot, i have been restricted on schedule so the final pages are still really unfinished, could only work on and off on small periods of time, another reason that i didnt choose one of the other 2 ideas, in fact all of these sketches were made in my uni, in printer paper that i carry around. Im going to work my ass off tomorrow and monday to try to deliver, is unlikely though , but im having lots of fun with it.There is a 4th page, but spilled cofee on it , is just all the warriors getting killed
My 2 main characters reference, the samurai/shaman goth girl who summons spirits with her sword, and the misogynistic generic berserk viking, who seems to be posing for playgirl in that picture. I choosed a not so complicated location, using as a reference the church/fort of "San Nicolas of Portomarin" (type on google images). I wanted a big gothic cathedral but that was being too ambitious with my timeframe :/.
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January 26th, 2008 #114
JonZ: This looks like it's going to be fun! Yea, car chases! I love how the cars are up in the air half the time... And the donut-munching cops, gotta have some of those! I envy you your facility in drawing cars, it's one thing I've always been really bad at, I always end up drawing some ungodly lump and then have to go look out the window to remind myself what cars really look like...
Renegade89: Oh dear, talking of cliches... I think you've covered every barbarian cliche in the book, there. Eh, why not, if you push the cheesy campiness of it all to the max, could be fun... too bad about the 4th page, though, it's kind of left hanging without it (the fourth page is JUST "all the warriors getting killed"??) And every comic heroine needs a "boobies" t-shirt! *snerk*
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January 27th, 2008 #115
damnit, I spent too much time on page 1, especially Panel 1 lol
Page 2 in progress...
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Hey, i though the boobies shirt was a cute touch
Really like were you are going with your paneling, looks quite dynamic,i dont think is hard to read just a bit out of the regular, which is good.
lol feathers and flowers hehe and ill put my main character saying "i will never forgive you!"
Jonz: Looking great man, lots of action going on there, indeed you are doing a really good job on that car chase.
January 28th, 2008 #117
Awwww...shoot, you guys. I'm too slow. I'm never going to make it for tomorrow.
Eh. Here's Panel1 WIP. I'm trying for all old-school and noir, but this is way out of my line. Also, I'm the shit at following instructions...I put a WIP in here as a placeholder...?
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January 28th, 2008 #118
(most comics that use comic sans use it in all-caps, the one noteworthy thing about its use being that the capital "I" is usually replaced by a lowercase "L" to get rid of the serifs and make the typeface more streamlined and compact.)
stoat other than my issues of being a picky typography snob its looking great .
jonz_ your comic is coming along amazing as well, the work is really inspiring me to not suck next week.
Hideyoshi: love the use of halftone. it made me go out and read some tutorials on how i can make good screen patterns for future comics.
January 28th, 2008 #119
I don't think, I'm going to make it.
first page halfway 'penciled' =_='
January 28th, 2008 #120
I know, I know...I wanted to hand letter. Not to mention clean up some of the anatomy. But it's going to be Mama's little miracle if I finish at all.
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I thought I'd share a rather awesome Reds experience I had recently.
I'm sure I've relayed this before but quick background: growing up in South Dakota, all my friends were Twins fans. Even at age 7, I couldn't be like everyone else so red being my favorite color coupled with the Reds having a pretty good team in the mid-70's led me to become a lifelong fan - even though I had never set foot in Ohio.
Until last week.
In more recent history, I work for Yamaha (musical instruments, not motorcycles.) Last summer, a guy I work with started playing one of our keyboards at the Oakland A's games. Out of the blue in December, I received an email from our local Cincinnati dealer that the Reds were interested in upgrading the organ at the ballpark. It seemed a perfect fit to get the Reds the same keyboard as the A's were using so I started talking with John, the Reds organist about using this keyboard. Many emails and phone calls later, I found myself in Cincinnati to help John get everything up and running for the May 21-22 games vs. the Braves.
Note: I did have dinner with Chip at Moerlein House the night of the 20th. He did not show me his Javy Valentin tattoo!
On Monday, I met John at GABP in the morning and we worked our way through the tunnels and elevators up to the booth where the old organ and soon to be new keyboard are. It's right next to Walt Jocketty's suite on the first base side. I would spend 24 of the next 48 hours in this room; it was pretty freaking cool. We got John setup and started making the change from mid-70's keyboard technology (the old organ from Riverfront) to 2012. We also started planning the transition for the DJ who plays all the effects. In the end, we'd made quite a technological leap from the organ in that we were using one of Yamaha's most advanced keyboards being controlled "satellite style" with two iPads.
In the afternoon, John took us on a tour of GABP. We walked all around the stadium and spent some time on the Cincinnati Bell section. John fired up the Calliope (steam-powered pipe organ) they have in the outfield and we played a few tunes. If you heard a rather carnival-esque sounding version of "Night and Day" in the Cincinnati air on the afternoon of May 21, that was me!
After that, it was back to the booth for more setup. We kept working through setups and various situations so John would feel comfortable playing during the game. The on-field activities increased with different running, stretching, fielding and batting practice for pitchers and then the team. When the gates opened at around 5, John played the organ for a few minutes and we went to eat in the cafeteria. We ended up sitting down and eating with Gapper who had some amusing stories. After dinner, we headed back to the booth and I walked right past Joe Morgan who was getting something to eat (I did not see what he chose but I believe he had a cookie.)
Everything starts happening. The booth we're in contains all the audio control for the stadium. The guy sitting next to us was the mixer for the entire game so he had to have his pulse on everything from the pre-game interest interviews to the sound FX to the announcer to John's playing, etc. etc. This booth also houses all the video and graphics for the scoreboard, replays, everything; it's a pretty busy place. John explains that he typically only plays between innings and when the Reds are batting so it was pretty cool to see how he worked with the DJ. Basically, John and the DJ would agree who's going to "play" the next foul ball (during an inning) and as soon as it was hit, they'd play. Many of the "charges" they played, would be together with the DJ adding the stomps and claps.
BTW, this was the game where the Reds HR back to back to back and two of them were caught by the same fan in the outfield.
As the game went on, John asked me if I wanted to play so we fired up the iPad and I played a little drum part underneath John after the mascot race. We were rocking out and I looked up and we were on the Jumbotron...holy crap! I'm more used to playing for 3-4 people rather than 17,000. Nevertheless, I soldiered on and no one was injured.
In the middle of the 7th, I went out of the booth to hear how the new keyboard sounded in the park. John of course played TMOTTBG and everything sounded great. Our preparation of recreating the traditional ballpark organ sound paid off. Off course, it's not the most critical listening environment but still, it was pretty satisfying to hear.
After I came back, John pointed to the mirrored window between us and Walt's booth. There was Joe Morgan checking out the game. No sign of the cookie from earlier!
The game ended with the Reds winning and we watched the post-game interviews and other activities. Leake got the shaving cream pie and the grounds crew started to put the tarp on as it started to rain lightly. I drove back to my hotel soaking in the experience: a Reds fan since the mid-70's who had never been to a Reds home game just spent the entire day "behind the scenes" in the stadium.
The next day I found out we were going to be doing TV interviews...three, in fact...holy crap! The first one was in the morning around 10 and he interviewed John and me. I ended up on the cutting room floor but John made it. You can see it and get an idea of where we were sitting here. That's me to the left of the screen in the beginning!
On Monday, I felt out of place with my Yamaha shirt so I had to get some Reds gear to fit in. John took me by the team shop after lunch (we got Graeter's, Chip!) and though the temptation to max out the plastic was strong, I exhibited a modicum of restraint by "just" getting a jersey and a collar for Gordy the rally dog.
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and Fox Sports Ohio came by for interviews.
These were longer, more involved chats about the technology and how it will enhance the ballpark experience. My FSO interview was with Brian Giesenschlag who bonded with me due to our similarity in haircuts. No idea when these will air.
Back in the booth, John asked if I wanted to play more during the game. He would play the organ and I would play the keyboard so we did "I Wish" after the umpires were introduced and played together on TMOTTBG; that was beyond cool.
The Reds won again and I got to see Aroldis Chapman shut the Braves down in the 9th.
After the game, the Reds marketing director gave me a box full of cool stuff like a Scott Rolen GG trophy, Votto bobblehead, calendar, blanket, etc. I didn't expect that at all and it was a really nice gesture on their part. We kept making jokes about how my presence kept the winning streak alive and I should probably stay another few days. I said that John would probably need me to come back in September and/or October for a "tune up" and everyone thought that would be a good idea.
After John and I parted in front of Gate 3, I walked back to the car in kind of a fuzzy cocoon. It was a totally awesome experience to not only be at a Reds home game, but have such a behind the scenes look at operations.
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I will stay from 30.11.2014 to 6.12.2014 in Cotonou. As I am there for business, I will operate only in my free time. As I will stay in the city, no big antenna can be set up, so donot expect a loud signal.
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|Automatically generate an HTML version of the email from the plain-text content.
|"true", "on", "yes", "y" or 1 to turn on automatic HTML generation
"false", "off", "no", "n" or 0 to turn off automatic HTML generation
|Use an HTML template stored in your Mandrill account
template_name is the name of the stored template.
block_name is the name of the mc:edit region where the body of the SMTP generated message will be placed. Optional and defaults to "main".
|Add dynamic data to replace mergetags that appear in your message content.
|A JSON-formatted object with name/value pairs for the variable name and value, separated by commas.
Multiple instances of this header may be added.
Recipient-specific values: add the
_rcpt name with the recipient email address as the value, followed by other variable names and their values for that recipient.
|Add Google Analytics tracking to links in your email for the specified domains.
|A comma-separated list of the domains for Google Analytics data to be added to.
|Add an optional value to be used for the utm_campaign parameter in Google Analytics tracked links.
String campaign name
|Information about any custom fields or data you want to append to the message.
|Up to 200 bytes of JSON-encoded data as an object. The object should be flat; nested object structures are not supported.
|Whether to strip querystrings from links for reporting.
|"true" or "false"
|Whether to show recipients of the email other recipients, such as those in the "cc" field.
|"true" or "false"
|Whether to inline the CSS for the HTML version of the email (only for HTML documents less than 256KB).
|"true" or "false"
|Set a custom domain to use for tracking opens and clicks instead of mandrillapp.com.
String domain name
|Set a custom domain to use for SPF/DKIM signing instead of mandrill (for "via" or "on behalf of" in email clients).
String domain name
|Select a subaccount for sending the mail.
String the unique id of a subaccount for this message
The subaccount must exist. Otherwise, the mail will be accepted at the SMTP server but ultimately fail to send.
|Control whether the View Content link appears for emails sent for your account.
|"true" or "false"
Set to false to disable the 'View Content' link for the email. This doesn't disable internal content logging by Mandrill for compliance and abuse, but limits the content as viewed in the account.
|An optional address that will receive an exact copy of the message, including all tracking data
|Can include a single email address; the address won't show up in the Outbound Activity, nor will this email be tracked individually. This mimics the BCC recipient from the account's Sending Options.
|Whether this message is important and should be delivered ahead of non-important messages
|"true" or "false"
defaults to false
|Specify a dedicated IP pool for the message.
String the name of the dedicated IP pool that should be used to send the message.
If you do not have any dedicated IPs, this parameter has no effect. If you specify a pool that does not exist, your default pool will be used instead.
|Specify a custom domain to use for the message's return-path
String the domain to use for the return-path
must be a domain configured in your account already
|Specify a future date/time that the message should be scheduled for delivery
|UTC timestamp in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
Only available for paid accounts
How you set the headers is dependent upon your environment. For example, in a Rails 3 mailer, there is a handy
headers method you can use:
class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base
def welcome
mail to: 'email@example.com', # normal mailer stuff
from: 'firstname.lastname@example.com',
subject: 'blah blah'
headers['X-MC-Track'] = "opens, clicks_htmlonly"
headers['X-MC-GoogleAnalytics'] = "yourdomain.com, yourotherdomain.com"
An example in PHP using SwiftMailer:
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance();
$headers = $message->getHeaders();
$headers->addTextHeader('X-MC-Track', 'opens, clicks_htmlonly');
$headers->addTextHeader('X-MC-GoogleAnalytics', 'yourdomain.com');
Tag Your Messages
Tags help classify your messages. Transactional email is very immediate in nature, meaning you tell Mandrill to send X email to Y address, and Mandrill delivers it. By default, Mandrill doesn't have much context about that message: was that a welcome email? a shipping status email? etc.
Add tags to your emails to provide that missing context. With tags attached, it's easier to report on your transactional activity, so you can ask questions like "how many welcome emails are bouncing?" or notice trends such as "order status emails aren't delivering to Hotmail addresses" so you can further diagnose issues.
Set the
X-MC-Tags header to add tags to your emails. This should contain a comma-separated list of strings to add to this message as tags.
Notes about tags: Stats are accumulated using tags, though Mandrill only stores 100 tags per account (not including system-generated tags), so this should not be unique for every message or change frequently. Tags should be 50 characters or less. Any tags starting with an underscore are reserved for internal use and will cause errors.
Enable open and click tracking
Use the
X-MC-Track header to control open and click tracking. This should include a comma-separated list of up to 2 strings: one for opens and one for clicks.
The available settings are:
- opens: enables open tracking
- clicks_all: enables click tracking on all emails
- clicks: same as clicks_all
- clicks_htmlonly: enables click tracking only on html emails
- clicks_textonly: enables click tracking only on text emails
- If you provide another value, open and click tracking will be disabled.
Automatically generate plain-text from HTML content
This is a useful header if you send HTML emails but don't want to make your own plain-text versions. Some email clients won't display HTML emails or your recipients may have disabled HTML emails in their mail settings. With this header you can be sure a fallback plain-text version of your message will be delivered, even if you don't take the time to craft one by hand.
X-MC-AutoText header tells Mandrill whether to generate plain-text from your HTML. This header accepts "true", "on", "yes", "y", and 1 as positive values which will turn the feature on. It accepts "false", "off", "no", "n", and 0 as negative values, turning the feature off.
Automatically generate HTML from plain-text content
Like the previous setting, this will allow Mandrill to auto-generate part of your message. Open tracking is generally only possible with HTML emails because Mandrill embeds a tiny invisible image in the footer of the HTML portion of the email and tracks whenever that image is downloaded. To help ensure you can track opens when you're only creating plain-text emails, you can have Mandrill create an HTML version of that email automatically to add the open-tracking image. To enable this, set
X-MC-AutoHtml to "true", "on", "yes", "y", or 1. To disable this feature, set this header to "false", "off", "no", "n" or 0.
Use stored templates
You can create HTML templates for future use in your Mandrill account. If you have a MailChimp account, you have the option of sending your MailChimp templates to your Mandrill account by using the Send to Mandrill button for your MailChimp templates.
X-MC-Templateheader should be set with the pattern "template_name|block_name".
- template_name: set to whatever you named your template in the Mandrill interface (this will match the MailChimp template name if you sent a template from MailChimp)
- block_name: allows you to specify which mc:edit content block of the template you wish to fill with this email's body content. This is optional and defaults to "main"
Specify merge tags for dynamic or personalized content
Add dynamic data per-recipient using the
X-MC-MergeVars header. Each header should be a JSON-formatted object, with name/value pairs separated by commas. To assign a global value for "var1" (the merge tag |VAR1|), Mandrill expects to receive:
X-MC-MergeVars: {"var1": "global value 1"}
To set a recipient-specific value, use the name
_rcpt with the recipient's email address as the value, along with the mergevar and value pairs, like this:
X-MC-MergeVars: {"_rcpt": "firstname.lastname@example.com", "fname": "John", "lname":"Smith"}
If you only have one recipient, use the same format as the global values above (no need to specify the recipient address since there's only one).
A separate header should be used for each recipient of an email being transmitted via SMTP. SMTP headers have a maximum length of 1000 characters, so if the header content for the global values or for an individual recipient exceeds 1000 characters, it can be broken into two (or more) headers. Just be sure to specify the recipient email address for every header for that recipient.
NOTE: SMTP headers generally may only contain ASCII characters, so if you have non-ASCII characters, such as special characters or accented characters, they'll need to be escaped. Typically, you'll want to use a JSON library that automatically escapes any non-ASCII characters.
Add Google Analytics tracking
Adding Google Analytics tracking variables to your links is a popular way to track the effectiveness of your email campaigns.
Mandrill supports two headers for this purpose. The first is a whitelist of domains which are eligible for Google Analytics variables. Some links don't work as intended when a query string is added, or if arbitrary things are added to the query string. To avoid this, you'll tell Mandrill which links are intended to receive the Google Analytics variables.
The second header is to associate these links with a particular Google Analytics campaign. What this actually means is up to you: it's frequently a Google search campaign, but you could technically put whatever tracking variable you want in here. It's what gets added to the utm_campaign parameter.
X-MC-GoogleAnalytics: a comma-separated list of domains which tracking will be added to
X-MC-GoogleAnalyticsCampaign: the value Mandrill will set for utm_campaign variable
Use custom metadata
This is a means for attaching arbitrary data to a message, which you can later use to link information back to your application or system. Metadata should be provided as a JSON-encoded object. The object should be flat; nested object structures are not supported.
You can configure Mandrill with the names of up to 10 metadata fields to index for searching. Non-indexed fields are still stored, but are not searchable.
X-MC-Metadata: up to 200 bytes of JSON-encoded metadata. If the metadata exceeds 200 bytes, it will be discarded.
Modify querystring settings for click tracking
During reporting, Mandrill strips the querystring from your links by default. This is normally what you want, as querystrings should usually just be metadata and shouldn't be counted towards the uniqueness of a URL. However, some CMSes may not act this way, so the option to disable this behavior is included.
For example, the following 3 links:
…would all be reported as the same link:
If this option is set to false, however, they would be tracked as 3 entirely separate domains.
X-MC-URLStripQS can be set to "true" or "false" to tell Mandrill whether to strip the querystring from links when reporting for this particular email. It defaults to whatever you have set on your Mandrill Sending Defaults page, which in turn defaults to true.
Preserve recipient headers for group emails
If you send to more than one recipient at a time and want all recipients to see each other recipient's information, you can use the
X-MC-PreserveRecipients header. Recipients will be able to reply-all and see other recipient information if this is set to "true". If it's set to "false", Mandrill will rewrite the To and Cc headers for your email and only show information about an individual recipient.
Customize the tracking domain for click tracking
By default, the open tracking image and all click-tracking URLs in emails you send use a mandrillapp.com domain or subdomain; links get redirected from mandrillapp.com to the final destination. If you prefer, you can set up custom tracking domains to use your own subdomain in open and click tracking URLs instead of mandrillapp.com. You'll need to set up custom click tracking domains first. Once you do, you can specify a default click tracking domain in your Sending Options. To change this on a per-message basis, provide the click-tracking subdomain in the
X-MC-TrackingDomain header.
Customize the signing domain for email authentication
Every email that Mandrill sends is authenticated in multiple ways. We provide the ability to customize SPF and DKIM records so that your domain can explicitly give Mandrill permission to send on your behalf. If you're sending on behalf of clients, though, you may not have the ability to change the SPF and DKIM settings for those domains. In those cases, you may want to have the emails authenticated for your domain, though, instead of mandrillapp.com. In email clients like Gmail and Outlook, this means that recipients would see the emails as coming from your domain, on behalf of your client. To set the signing domain for each message, specify a domain in the
X-MC-SigningDomain header.
Specify the subaccount for sending the message
Subaccounts are an additional way for users who send on behalf of many others, or who operate multi-tenant systems to separate sending for different users (besides using tags or metadata, for example). With subaccounts you can separate reputation, activity, reports, and quotas for different types of senders in a single Mandrill account.
Use this header to specify a subaccount to send the message. The subaccount must exist in order for the message to be sent. The subaccount cannot be validated by the SMTP server, so the message will be accepted by the SMTP server, but then not sent if the subaccount doesn't exist.
Specify whether to have a 'View Content' link for the message
By default, a View Content link is available for 24 hours after a message is sent. For sensitive emails, you may want to disable this link so the contents aren't visible in the account. Setting this parameter to "false" will disable the View Content link for this message. Note: This doesn't disable Mandrill's own internal logging or analysis of the message, just the visibility from within the account.


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Italian football has supported Kevin-Prince Boateng after he walked off the pitch due to racist chanting in a friendly yesterday.
Boateng interrupted the game with Lega Pro Second Division team Pro Patria by kicking the ball into the stands and walking off, followed by his teammates.
"It was a good signal to send out," said Italian Players' Association (AIC) President Damiano Tommasi.
"The ideal is not to suspend games, though, but rather be able to kick out those responsible for these incidents."
Barbara Berlusconi, who is the daughter of President Silvio Berlusconi and on the Milan Board of Directors, also weighed in.
"We need zero tolerance for these incidents and games ought to be suspended even in Serie A. It is a shocking incident and it was right to leave the field. We can't always pretend we don't see or hear these things."
Federation President Giancarlo Abete also released a statement on the official FIGC website.
"Any sanction or punishment could not cancel out the disgust for a shocking and intolerable incident. The Federation has already begun an investigation to discover who is responsible and collaborate with the Police to punish the racists who ruined a friendly game.
"We show full solidarity to the players who were victims of the racist chants and to Milan who refused to finish the game, a decision that was shared by the referee – who had already suspended play twice – and the authorities in the stadium.
"We must react strongly and without the protection of silence to isolate those delinquents who transformed a friendly match into a disgusting situation that offends all of Italian football.
"Today's incident confirms once more we must not lower our guard against racial discrimination and racist undertows of society, calling together all the healthy elements of football to fight them."


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The Company has a right to a review of this determination by a Committee of the Board of Directors of NYSE Regulation. Application to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the issue is pending the completion of applicable procedures, including any appeal by the Company of the NYSE Regulation staff's decision. The NYSE noted that it may, at any time, suspend a security if it believes that continued dealings in the security on the NYSE are not advisable.
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JACKSON, Mississippi: The August primary will be held on August 2 in the state of Mississippi, local races across the state will have the chance to be decided and choose who will face off in November. Residents of Mississippi have until July 30 to turn in absentee ballots. Mississippi has a closed primary election meaning residents can only vote on one party ticket.[1] In Joplin, residents will have the chance to vote on extending the sales tax in the city which goes towards maintaining the parks storm water improvement costs.[2]
In George County, the race for Sheriff will see a rematch from the 2010 election. The county Superintendent, Constable, Board of Supervisors and Justice Court Judge will also be decided.[3] In DeSoto County, of the 86,797 registered voters in the county, only 494 had voted absentee so far. Though county officials note that the pace has picked up. County position up for election include the Tax Collector, Sheriff, Justice Court Judge and Supervisors.[4]
See also
- August 2, 2011 ballot measures in Michigan
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Even when taking my general ed. classes, I've learned more than what I've expected. The teachers that I've had this semester all seem thrilled about teaching and hearing student responses.
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3 stars (out of four)
"The Flying Scotsman" is a sports bio movie that I really enjoyed about a sport and sports hero I barely knew existed: the World Hour Record competition for bicyclists and its gutsy, tormented and most unusual champion, Graeme Obree.
Obree is played by Jonny Lee Miller (one of the Edinburgh gang in "Trainspotting") with the kind of stoic grace we like to see in an athlete. The title comes from Obree's nickname and autobiography, and he's a pretty remarkable figure: a bike shop owner and amateur cyclist from humble origins in Ayrshire, Scotland, who revolutionized the sport but paid a heavy price for it.
Obree's story is not only inspiring, it's infuriating. According to the facts dramatized here and recounted in the movie's press book, Obree was a shy, reclusive guy obsessed with bikes and biking, who also suffered from suicidal depression. Despite his emotional problems, and despite the fact that he% lacked the prominent sponsorship of the champions of his sport, Obree built and designed his own bike (using, among other things, household materials such as washing machine blades), and devised a new, very aerodynamic cycling position. In 1993 Obree used both to break the hour record, an effort in which a cyclist tries to ride as far and as fast as he can, in one hour.
Accompanying him were his greatest emotional and professional supports: his best friend and manager, Malky (a fictitious composite played by Billy Boyd), and his wife, Anne (Laura Fraser). On his first try at the lonely, painful ordeal, Obree fell short. But he rode again the very next day and smashed the record. That began his quest for more glory and his battle with the bicycle racing establishment.
And now we get to the villains, the members of the World Cycling Federation Board, embodied here by Ernst Hagemann, a Bavarian snob played by that quintessential '80s movie villain Steven Berkoff ("Beverly Hills Cop," "Rambo"). Hagemann and his fellow traditionalists don't like Obree, his style, his stance, his bike or his attitude. And though the public loves underdogs and independence, the (fictional) World Cycling Federation members, at least in this movie, disallow Obree's bikes and stances.
Soon, Obree is out of the sport and an almost successful suicide. (We see him on the verge of hanging himself in the movie's first scene; a long flashback follows.) But Obree has help. Besides Anne and Malky, there's Brian Cox as Doug Baxter, a minister with a dwindling parish, who supports him early on and offers sage advice. And soon, the racer is back again.That "Scotsman" stirs us is due to the emotional credit that the actors--especially Miller, Cox and the stunner Fraser--build up in this story, as well as the drama and local color that director Douglas Mackinnon and his writers (John Brown, Declan Hughes and Simon Rose) put into the re-creation.
Mackinnon, a TV star director making his theatrical feature debut here, has a flair for pace, color and performances. The writing is more heartfelt than usual for a movie like this; one of the writers, Rose, has been working on the project for 12 years. "The Flying Scotsman," like many movie bios, invents some characters and plays with the truth, though not too much. But the movie, which endured a few bumps and trials of its own on its path to the screen, tells a tale both fast and moving. And when Miller as Obree takes his whirls around the track, it gets your heart pumping and your blood up.
'The Flying Scotsman'
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon; screenplay by John Brown, Declan Hughes, Simon Rose; photographed by Gavin Finney; edited by Colin Monie; music by Martin Phipps; production design by Mike Gunn; produced by Peter Broughan, Peter Gallagher and Sara Giles. A Metro Goldwyn Mayer release; opens Friday. Running time: 1:36. MPAA rating: PG-13 (for some mature thematic elements and strong language).
Graeme Obree - Jonny Lee Miller
Anne Obree - Laura Fraser
Malky - Billy Boyd
Douglas Baxter - Brian Cox
Ernst Hagemann - Steven Berkoff
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Community Ed classes range from sexuality to ornithologyPublished 9:55pm Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Lake Michigan College's Bertrand Crossing Campus in Niles is offering several Community Education classes this March, including Sex Education for Parents; Wheat- and Gluten Free Entertaining; Sexuality, Intimacy and Aging; Ornithology; and Stormy Weather.
The following is a sampling of classes offered. The full schedule of classes at all LMC campuses is available at www.lakemichigancollege.edu/ce.
• Sex Education for Parents: What You Need to Know and How to Talk to Your Kids about It
This course seeks to provide factual information about sexuality that parents can incorporate into their own value system, discuss teachable moments and increase communication skills.
Date: March 12, 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Bertrand Crossing Campus, Room 109
Cost: free
• Wheat- and Gluten-Free Entertaining
An ever-increasing awareness and sensitivity to those with wheat and gluten allergies is bringing more products to the market, but nothing beats home cooking. Join Chef Tim Carrigan at Orchard Hills Country Club to whip up some tasty recipes. Some eating of homework is required.
Date: March 17, 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Orchard Hills Country Club, 2841 Niles-Buchanan Rd., Buchanan
Cost: $30
• Sexuality, Intimacy and Aging
This course will include information and an open discussion on sexuality, intimacy and aging issues including, but not limited to, sexual health, sexual function as we age, sexuality with illness or disability, reentering the dating world and different forms of intimacy.
Date: March 19, 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Bertrand Crossing Campus, Room 109
Cost: $20
• Ornithology: Spring Birds in the Yard and in the Field
This course will address the tools experienced birders use, some of the common obstacles to successful bird identification and how to overcome them. There will also be an overview of some of the common springtime birds seen in Berrien County. They help you identify those birds flocking to your feeders.
Date: March 24, 9 to 11 a.m.
Location: Bertrand Crossing Campus, Room 109
Cost: free
• Stormy Weather
Does Lake Michigan or its bluff protect us from tornados? Southwestern Michigan experiences several types of severe weather. This class outlines the conditions that produce these storms and gives a short history of the science behind them. Appropriate for home-schoolers.
Date: March 31, 9 to 11 a.m.
Place: Bertrand Crossing Campus, Room 109
Cost: free
For more information, visit www.lakemichigancollege.edu/ce. Pre-registration is required.
Those interested in registering can call (800) 252-1562 ext. 2990 or (269) 695-1391.
The Bertrand Crossing Campus is located at 1905 Foundation Drive in Niles.
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To add a conference, email email@example.com with the date, location, conference name, and web link, if available.
Visit the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® for resources and information on sustainability.
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June 17, 2013
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Global Supplies for Chemical Feedstocks in the 21st Century
June 18, 2013, 7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT (GMT-4)
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June 18-20, 2013
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Presented by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®, this year's conference will cover "Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering in the 21st Century."
Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass
June 18-20, 2013
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Green Chemistry in the High School - Online Professional Development
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ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy
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6th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
August 4-7, 2013
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August 11-15, 2013
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246th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
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September 8-12, 2013
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Sustainable Chemistry Summit – Europe 2013
September 18-20, 2013
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11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
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September 23-25, 2013
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October 13-15, 2013
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November 5-7, 2013
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December 4-6, 2013
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Bisping and Belcher. Two of the more jolly gents you will ever find outside the cage. However, sparks immediately began to fly when these two were set to battle one another. In fact, sparks were flying before they were ever set to fight. The trash talk began as simple ribs, then it escalated into a Fiat vs a $300,000 car bet that Bisping couldn't finish Belcher in the first round, and now, Belcher continues to egg on Bisping. It's not that it isn't entertaining, but sometimes bringing out the beast isn't the best thing to do. Bisping and Belfort was one thing, that was all Bisping, but the last time someone openly mocked Bisping as much as this, it was Mayhem Miller, and he ended up looking like this. Will Belcher meet the same fate? Probably not. This is an interesting fight no matter where it goes on the cage. Bisping has vastly improved his ground game, and he has cardio for days. And on the feet, it may not look like it, but I think these two are fairly evenly matched despite ...
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