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Illustrator can be used to accomplish many different design tasks. For this reason, Illustrator CS4 Essential Training teaches core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow for print, the web, or assets that will find their way into other applications. Mordy Golding explains the elements that make up vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use each of Illustrator's drawing tools. He demonstrates how to combine and clean up paths, and organize them into groups and layers. Mordy also covers text editing, working with color, expressive brush drawing, effects, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.
Back in Chapter 01 where we discussed key Illustrator concepts, we covered something called Selections. Now let's focus on exactly how Selections work when you're using Illustrator. For this chapter, I'm actually going to use this file called making_selections. So if you have access to the exercise files, go ahead and open that file. Selecting things inside of Illustrator is probably more important than even using any of the Drawing tools. Without knowing how to select things, it's very difficult for you to edit just about any piece of artwork inside of Illustrator. Day in and day out inside of Illustrator you'll be using the two main selection tools, the regular Selection tool or the Black Arrow and Direct Selection tool or the White Arrow.
In reality, there is a third Selection tool here, if I press and hold down the mouse button on the Direct Selection tool I'll see this something here called the Group Selection tool. We'll talk about that in a moment and we'll see that really it's not necessary to actually physically choose that tool. So first let's do a quick review of exactly differences between the Selection tool and Direct Selection tool. The Selection tool allows me to select entire objects and move them around as a whole. As you can see over here, this is actually a group of several different shapes. If I use the Direct Selection tool, I can click on parts of an object, notice here that the line that's staying behind that allows me to dive into parts of an object or I can click on individual anchor points with Direct Selection tool and move around the anchor point itself or the Control Handle for that anchor point.
Additionally, if I do have the bounding box turned on and I go to the View menu here, and I'll choose Show Bounding Box, then when you're using the regular Selection tool you will always see the bounding box when you select objects. However, on using the Direct Selection tool you will not see the bounding box. When you're using Illustrator, the Command key under keyboard or if you are on a PC, the Ctrl key basically allows you to toggle between these two selection tools. So for example, right now I have the Direct Selection tool Active, simply by holding down the Command key, it switches to the Selection tool.
Notice now the bounding box appears. As soon as I release the Command key or the Ctrl key then the bounding box disappears. As you're working in Illustrator you're constantly moving back and forth between the Selection tools. So it's important to know the keyboard shortcuts. As I said, if you are using either the Selection tools, simply hold down the Command key to toggle between the two. However, if you have another tool, for example, maybe drawing a rectangle and you realize you want to select something, again, the Command key brings your back to the last Selection tool that you've used. In this case here, the last one was the Direct Selection tool. As soon as you release the Command key or the Ctrl key on Windows, you're back to drawing a rectangle.
Alternatively, you can jump direct to these tools by pressing the V or the A keys on your keyboard. A cute way to remember that those are the keyboard shortcuts is that the V is like an inverted arrow, and the A is also like an arrow pointing upwards. In fact, the A is the shortcut for the White Arrow or the Direct Selection tool, why? Because the A has a little hollow center inside of it, which again some people refer to the White Arrow as the Hollow Arrow, again it's a way to remember that the A key is the keyboard shortcut for Direct Selection tool and the V key is the keyboard shortcut for the Selection tool. So now let's take a look at this other tool here called the Group Selection tool.
If I go ahead now and I switch to the Group Selection tool, and I now click on let's say this surfboard that we identified before that each of these surfboards are grouped, it's actually the shape and then the line that goes down the middle. If I click on it, notice that the shape itself has been selected. If I click it second time now, then the other objects inside of that group are selected, and now I can move the entire object around. So what the Group Selection tool allows me to do is basically target either a part of a group, but then without having to switch to anything else, click once again and then simply select more objects or items in that particular group. In fact, it basically works according to the hierarchy of that group. Let me explain.
Let's go back to the regular Selection tool here for a moment and we're going to change this file somewhat. I'm going to basically go ahead and click and drag to marquee select all these surfboards. I'm not going to go to the Object menu; I'm going to choose Group. We'll discuss more about groups later in Chapter 09, but for now let's just go ahead and make a group out of this. I'll also go ahead here and select all these bodysuits and group them as well. I'll use the keyboard shortcut here, Command+G or Ctrl+G. I'll do the same thing for all the flip-flops down here on the bottom, group those as well. Now what I'll do is I'll select all of these objects and I'll group them, again, pressing the keyboard shortcut Command+G or Ctrl+G.
So now if I use my regular Selection tool and I click on even this-this one surfboard, this surfboard is not only within a group on its own, but it also is part of an overall group here, and additionally belongs inside of group with all these objects together. Remember that the Selection tool itself does not really have the ability to go into a group, so it automatically selects the topmost group, which is all these objects. So if I wanted to just adjust something within this surfboard alone, using the Selection tool that would not be possible. I'm going to go ahead and de-select by clicking elsewhere. I'm now going to use the regular Direct Selection tool.
I can click and I can go ahead and I can move this-this part of the group itself of that particular surfboard, but I can't really move the entire surfboard on its own. So here's where the Group Selection tool comes into play. When I use the Group Selection tool, and I'll de-select over here, I can click once to select that piece of surfboard inside of that group, click again and it now selects the group that that belongs into. If I look over here I see that I've now selected or targeted that group. Click now another time, and now all the surfboards in that first level with that group becomes selected. Click now again and now all the other objects become selected. So each successive click with the Group Selection tool selects one group higher in my hierarchy, in my particular file.
In reality, there is no need to actually use the Group Selection tool. Because there is a keyboard shortcut that allows us to access that. I'll switch back to the regular Direct Selection tool. I'll de-select everything. If I decide that I want to click the surfboard here, and I want to adjust the surfboard but I really now need to select the group because I need to have the line moving that as well, I'll hold down the Option key on my keyboard; I'm on a Mac but if you're on a PC, hold down the Alt key, and then click again. This is the same thing right now. You can see that when I hold down the Option key or the Alt key, then a plus (+) sign appears, which means that now Illustrator is toggling to the Group Selection tool.
So it has the behavior of the Group Selection tool, basically, that's now built-in to this Direct Selection tool itself. If I Option+Click again, now this entire group becomes selected. I can move these around individually. I'll press Undo. Again, Option+Click one more time and now all of them become selected. So now basically when I'm working inside of Illustrator, I'll be using a combination of the regular Selection tool to select entire groups or if I want to select parts of the group, I'll use a Direct Selection tool. There is the keyboard shortcut here, simply go ahead and click on this object if I wanted to select the entire group, I would Option+ Click with that particular tool to make that particular thing happen.
One great thing also about Isolation mode is that there are certain things you might be able to do directly with the regular Selection tool at all times. For example, in this case if I did want to edit just the surfboard itself, I can kind of go the exact reverse. If I basically click right now, I'm selecting everything. I want to work with just the surfboards, I double-click on the surfboards and now I notice over here I'm able to isolate just this group. Click again, now this group becomes isolated; click again, this group becomes isolated; click again, now I've gotten directly into this group itself and I can't move this shape around without moving this particular line around as well. I'm now inside of that group. I haven't left that particular Selection tool, but I basically have done the reverse.
If I were to use a Direct Selection tool, I can just click once and grab that surfboard and move it. With the Selection tool, I can use Isolation mode to start off with selecting everything and then drill down directly into that particular group. So I'm just going to go ahead and press Undo. I'm going to double-click here outside of the group. Now I have exited Isolation mode. That's a basic understanding of Selection tools inside of Illustrator. Now let's focus on using some of the other ways that you can select objects, besides these particular Selection tools.
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30 Years Old. 1 Child. Just Want to Look Good in a 2 Piece - Dallas, TX
I have been considering a TT since my daughter was born 7 years ago. Everyone said I didn't need one and that I looked fine but I did not feel fine. I work hard and am a single mother and just wanted to build my confidence for dating again. I am 5'3" and 120 lbs. I eat well and I exercise... READ MORE
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I went to the PS asking for his professional opinion about what I needed to do to get rid of the little pooch below my belly button and the extra skin after having 2 pregnancies. I had never heard of a mini TT before, but he recommended it and some liposuction of flanks, thighs, abdomen. It... READ MORE
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After many painful consultations I decided to take the plunge. Lol! I'm so happy I did. I am very please with my result and my scar so far. On Dec 17, 2014 I had a Mini Tummy Tuck with Lipo to the Waist, Bra rolls, and Upper and Lower Abs. I also did the Smooth Shape massages to help with... READ MORE
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52 Yr Mini TT No Muscle Repair and Lipo of Flanks. Toms River, NJ
For years I have had a Pouch extra skin hanging over my lower half that has bothered me. I am 5'5 and weigh 129 lbs. I have been as light as 125 lbs and the pouch was still there from having two kids. I also have a wide waist "muffin top". I work out 6-7 days a week doing interval and cardio but... READ MORE
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I was a thin woman but had a mommy pouch and in my 40s, my body started retaining fat in my flanks and belly. My scar is low, goes from hip to hip and it has healed up better than imagined it would. I did have persistent seroma that would not resolve. The dr put my drains back in and soon as he... READ MORE
Mom Mini Tummy Tuck, Muscle / Hernia Repair, 30y - Brazil
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50 Year Old with 3 Children and a Much Needed Tummy Tuck - Manchester, GB
I previously had a Tummy Tuck about 16 years ago which I wasn't happy with once I turned 50 I wanted to see if anyone could make it look better and help with my self esteem, I went to see Mr Ross and he was positive he could make it look better. I had the procedure and I am extremely pleased... READ MORE
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I'm nervous, scheduled for May 8th with dr Cardenas. Lots of great reviews although I see some negativity also but the negative reviews have no pictures. That's very important to have pictures whether, good or bad. Anyway working on my hemo, last time I checked it was 10.5 need at least a 11.5... READ MORE
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40 Year Old, 5 Kids (Mini Tummy Tuck - No Muscle Repair, No Lipo) Chesterfield, MO
I am a mother of 5. I gave birth to 3 beautiful baby boys. My 3rd son was born Sept 2002 and by January 2004 I couldn't take it anymore. No matter how much I worked out my stomach was bulging and looking 5 months pregnant so I had a full tummy tuck in April 2004. It went great and was... READ MORE
Mini TT and Lipo of Flanks - Baltimore, MD
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41 Years Old Mini Tummy Tuck with Smart Lipo on Lower Ab - New Brunswick, NJ
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Writing is my escape. Escape from what, I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps from my almost perfect life, which, I admit, lacks a smartphone and a figure to die for, but I survive. I believe that laughter is the best medicine, so I love to make people laugh with witty responses to anything under the sun.
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"We are very happy to have added such a respected agency like Chemistry onto AD-IN-ONE's growing client portfolio, a major win over our competitors is always nice." stated Carl Witton, Head of AD-IN-ONE UK and Ireland operations based in London.
Chemistry is Ireland's most creative agency with an unmatched record in ICAD - the Irish creative awards; they are also the only Irish agency to have won Cannes Lion, D&AD and the One Show.
The team at Chemistry believe a powerful creative idea can change the world. Because it cannot only change how people think and feel, it can also change their behaviour.
Finton Cooney, Client Service Director, explains the main reasons for purchasing AD-IN-ONE's unique integrated creative agency system, commenting, "We believe that AD-IN-ONE offers an unmatched scope of a solution and a vision on how an agency administration process should work. It will help our agency to align our processes and further improve our business". Finton also stated "AD-IN-ONE offers an easy way for all the team to complete mundane administration processes, with the system offering a greater consistency throughout the agency for servicing our clients".
Carl Witton at AD-IN-ONE added that "Implementation is at the core of AD-IN-ONE's software and including training is planned for install within 6 weeks. AD-IN-ONE will be integrated with the popular accountancy package Exchequer. We can expect delivery of the project in first week of March, that includes all staff trained and the system being used daily by all the Chemistry team."
Further to Finton's comments, Garvan O'Toole, Chemistry's Finance Director, made comment that "After a lengthy process in the selection process we chose AD-IN-ONE. As we believe this is the best software currently available on the market and which suits our needs and the needs of our clients" he also stated that "AD-IN-ONE can give me as the FD, hard and fast information on job profitability and with really clever time reporting the system brings a feeling of having both hands on our business. I explicitly appreciate the easy input of timesheets for our creative people. We can now give great tools to our team, so they can manage daily business easier and without interactions with the financial department and waiting for reports."
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(Little Rock) (AP) – A new study has concluded that children in Arkansas are at an increased risk for drowning.
Research conducted by the Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review Program at Arkansas Children's Hospital indicates Arkansas ranks 7th in the U.S. for drowning-related deaths among children under 17. In addition, the state's drowning rate is 60 percent higher than the national average.
Since 2010, the Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review Program has reviewed cases of unexpected deaths of children ages birth to 17. Local review teams found that of all the drowning cases reviewed, over 5 percent involved children between the ages of 1 and 4 who drowned in either a bathtub or a bucket of water.
The research found that most recreational drownings occurred among young people ages 10 to 17.
(Mountain Home) – A Henderson woman faces several drug-related offenses after she was arrested last week on outstanding arrest warrants.
19-year-old Kelsie Bliss was charged with felony possession charges, along with a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant and a bench warrant revocation.
Deupties arrested Bliss around 2:30 AM June 23 on the outstanding warrants. During a search of her purse, the Baxter County Sheriff's Office says they found several items of contraband were found, including approximately 1.1 grams of methamphetamine, 2 morphine tablets, 27 carisoprodol tablets, 23 clonazepam tablets, 5 zolpidem tartrate tablets, all of which were packaged in small plastic zipper style baggies that are commonly used to facility delivery and distribution.
At report time, she was held without bond on the bench warrant, and $20,000 bond on the drug charges.
(West Plains) – The Ozarks Small Business Incubator in West Plains will be holding an intellectual property, or IP, workshop on July 16.
Incubator executive director Heather Fisher told Ozark Radio News more about the event:
For more information, visit www.ozsbi.com or call the Incubator at 417-256-9724.
(Little Rock) (AP) – The Arkansas Educational Television Network says PBS's popular Antiques Roadshow appraisal event is coming to Little Rock next month.
AETN says the program will tape an episode at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock on July 25. Participants must register with AETN by July 10 to attend.
The public TV series features a wide variety of items brought in for professional assessment, including of the market value. Thousands of people appeared for the taping of three one-hour episodes in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday. They are scheduled to air in 2016.
Ticket holders can bring as many as two items, and must bring at least one item. Those who plan to bring a painting for appraisal should be prepared for the possibility of an extra-long wait.
by Jim Salter, AP
(St. Louis) (AP) – A wet June turned worse after strong weekend storms drenched the Midwest, adding to concern that already-serious flooding won't go away anytime soon.
It seems to be unrelenting: More rain is forecast for later this week in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, "possibly a lot," National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs said Monday.
"It's a very wet late spring, early summer, and it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon," he said.
Buyouts since the massive flood of 1993 have removed thousands of homes from the floodplains of the Midwest, but the flooding has closed hundreds of roads and swamped thousands of acres of farmland.
Parts of Missouri saw nearly 2 inches of rain over the weekend. St. Louis has received 13.1 inches of rain this month, 9 inches above normal and setting a June record with two days left in the month. It's also the second-wettest of any month since official record-keeping began in 1874; in first place is 14.78 inches in August 1946.
Flood-weary towns scrambled to protect property. In southeast Missouri, dozens of people fled Dutchtown and Allenville as the Mississippi River neared a crest of 12 feet above flood stage. In northeast Missouri, the Fabius River spiked 10 feet above flood stage, topping sandbags on a levee and forcing about 100 residents of a mobile home park to evacuate in Taylor.
The storms also brought severe weather, with three tornadoes touching down Sunday about 70 miles northwest of St. Louis and a possible one in a St. Louis suburb.
Other rivers were overflowing, too. The Illinois River was around 10 feet above flood stage at several points in central Illinois, flooding roads and a few businesses in places such as Beardstown, Meredosia and Peoria. The town of Peru called off its July Fourth fireworks show because of the flooding. And in southern Illinois, the Ohio River was climbing toward an expected crest 7 feet above flood stage Saturday at Cairo, drenching farmland in that area.
Northwest Indiana has been hit particularly hard during June. Agricultural experts said last week the state's corn and soybean crop has already been reduced by nearly $300 million. That was before up to 4 inches of weekend rain caused rivers and creeks to flood and prevented storm sewers from emptying into them, resulting in street flooding in Muncie, Portland and other communities.
The Wabash River was so high in Lafayette, Indiana, over the weekend that it blocked access to a hospital. The river was still more than 10 feet above flood stage Monday after dropping a foot from its crest Sunday.
In southwest Michigan, the overflowing Kalamazoo River drenched Stryker Field, home of the minor-league Kalamazoo Growlers. It'll be several days before the field dries out, and the cost of the damage is not yet known. Flood warnings were issued for several waterways in southern Michigan.
And in Waco, Texas, police said a homeless man, Timothy Lee Bonner, 49, was sleeping in a tent near a creek when he was swept away by flooding. His body was recovered Saturday morning from the creek behind Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium.
(Little Rock) (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling approving the use of the sedative midazolam in executions will allow states to move forward with lethal injections, though other issues remain in Arkansas.
Hutchinson said Monday that he had directed the Department of Correction to "initiate a search for the appropriate drugs." He noted that the department needs to find a drug supplier before any executions can be scheduled.
There are 33 inmates on death row in Arkansas, including at least eight who have exhausted their judicial appeals.
Asked if he would sign the warrants, Hutchinson said he's "ready" to fulfill his responsibility.
The attorney general's office says executions could be delayed amid a challenge over a new law that makes Arkansas' execution drug supplier a state secret.
(Little Rock) (AP) – Arkansas has signed an agreement with a Vietnamese province that is aimed at boosting trade between the two regions.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday signed the agreement with the chairman of Dong Nai Province in southeastern Vietnam. Hutchinson says the agreement will help develop economic development, trade and educational opportunities between the state and the province, and had been negotiated over the past three months.
Arkansas is the first state to sign such an agreement with the province. Hutchinson says he hoped to eventually visit the province as part of the exchange.
Hutchinson says the memorandum of understanding opens up business opportunities for the state, such as increasing exports of soybeans, rice and other agricultural commodities.
by RB Fallstrom, AP
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Matheny has zero interest in scanning the daily statistics that show just how efficiently the St. Louis Cardinals are dealing with the opposition.
Matheny prefers that his players ignore all that, too, just as they have the hacking investigation involving the Houston Astros that seems to have quieted down. The players can keep the franchise with the majors' best record rolling along by grinding out at-bats, grinding out innings, briefly savoring results and moving on.
"I couldn't say I stuck my head in the sand so much I didn't know we won 50 games," Matheny said before the Cardinals raised their record to 51-24. "But it doesn't really do us any good to focus on that stuff, we've just got to go play the game."
It is best, he added, that contributing kids spend no time fretting about when they might be sent back down to the minors or wondering how they'll respond to the hard times that might be around the corner.
The manager is not about to throw cold water on rookie Xavier Scruggs, a recent first-time call-up who has nine hits in his last five games and an RBI in each of the last three, helping the Cardinals run their winning streak to six and widen their lead to nine games in the NL Central.
"Oh, this is awesome," Scruggs said. "It's everything you dream of, just being part of the best team in baseball. Just being able to able to play a little part is just great for me."
Some of the reasons behind the Cardinals' run of success:
The biggest reason, by far, for a start of historic proportions is the pitching minus ace Adam Wainwright, sidelined for the year in April with a torn Achilles tendon. The 2.61 ERA leads the majors by far, and the Pirates are the only other team with an ERA below 3.00.
Over the last five games, the opposition has mustered just six runs, and that's no isolated stretch. The Cardinals have allowed two or fewer runs an amazing 44 times, going 37-7. Michael Wacha (10-3, 2.77), Carlos Martinez (9-3, 2.80) and Lance Lynn (5-4, 2.84) are all among the ERA league leaders.
The Cardinals had enough confidence in Martinez, in his first year in the rotation, to stick with him after two rain delays in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Cubs that completed a three-game sweep. Medical marvel Jaime Garcia, coming off thoracic outlet surgery after years of shoulder trouble, is 3-3 with a 1.69 ERA in seven outings.
Closer Trevor Rosenthal has a 0.52 ERA and one blown save in 24 chances. St. Louis leads the league with 30 saves overall with Carlos Villanueva (1.37), Kevin Siegrist (1.52) and Miguel Socolovich (1.69) all under 2.00.
The Cardinals are 29-7 at home, the best ever in the divisional era that began in 1969 according to STATS, and they lead the majors with 22 come-from-behind wins.
The offense does its part minus Matt Holliday and Matt Adams for long stretches. Scruggs has earned recent time at first base ahead of veteran Mark Reynolds and is not being prepared for the inevitable "rough patch."
"Mark's still going to be a big part of what we're doing here, but Xavier is putting together some at-bats you can't ignore," Matheny said. "That's what a young guy's supposed to do – you get an opportunity, jump on it."
Another neophyte, outfielder Greg Garcia, is 5 for 10 with a critical homer.
Holliday is getting closer to returning from a quad injury sustained in early June but feels no pressure to because the team is doing just fine without him.
"They're obviously playing great, so it's no hurry," Holliday said. "They're finding ways to win and guys are stepping up, and that's really the way it's been the last few years."
Matheny played for Tony La Russa, whose mantra was winning series. The Cardinals have done that admirably, going 18-5-2.
The manager who's taken the Cardinals to a World Series and two NL championship series in his first three seasons thinks smaller.
"I just can't help but keep being drawn to this very simplified idea of one pitch at a time," Matheny said. "We don't worry about what our record is, it's what we can do right now. Play today. That's it."
(Simmons) – A Mountain Home resident was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Texas County.
The accident happened at 8:45 AM on Highway 63 one mile south of Simmons, when the northbound vehicle driven by 42-year-old Patricia Zulfer of Mountain Home crossed the center line and struck the side of a southbound vehicle driven by 37-year-old Dane Long of Houston. A Highway Patrol report states that Zulfer's vehicle skidded and traveled off-road, overturning several times, while Long's vehicle also ran off-road and overturned.
A passenger in Zulfer's vehicle, 46-year-old Edward Deen of Mountain Home, was pronounced dead at the scene by Texas County Coroner Tom Whitaker. The Highway Patrol report states that Deen was not wearing a seat belt when the accident occurred.
Meanwhile, Zulfer and two passengers, 15-year-old Alex and Kaitlyn Zulfur, suffered moderate injuries. Patricia and Alex were taken to Cox Hospital in Springfield by Life Flight Helicopter, while Kaitlyn was taken to Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston.
Dane Long suffered minor injuries and was taken to Texas County Memorial Hospital by a private vehicle.
The death marks fatality number 10 for this year for Highway Patrol Troop G, compared to 15 at this time last year.
(Mountain View) – Nine Mountain View residents suffered minor injuries Saturday evening after a two-vehicle accident near their hometown.
A report from Troop G of the Highway Patrol states the accident happened at 8:20 PM at the intersection of County Road 3030 and County Road 3680, about four miles west of Mountain View, when the southbound SUV driven by 25-year-old Andrew Cross of Mountain View struck a westbound sedan driven by 42-year-old Jack Ripko of Mountain View, which was in the intersection.
Cross and five passengers all suffered minor injuries and were taken to Mercy Hospital in Mountain View, while Ripko and two passengers also suffered minor injuries. They were also taken to Mercy Hospital in Mountain View.


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The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Copyright and Fair Use
A healthy copyright system must balance the need to provide strong economic incentives through exclusive rights with the need to protect important public interests like free speech and expression. Fair use is foundational to that balance. It's role is to prevent copyright from stifling the creativity it is supposed to foster, and from imposing other burdens that would inhibit rather than promote the creation and spread of knowledge and learning.
The Fair Use Project (FUP) was founded in 2006 to provide legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of fair use in order to enhance creative freedom and protect important public rights. It is the only organization in the country dedicated specifically to providing free and comprehensive legal representation to authors, filmmakers, artists, musicians and other content creators who face unmerited copyright claims, or other improper restrictions on their expressive interests. The FUP has litigated important cases across the country, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, and worked with scores of filmmakers and other content creators to secure the unimpeded release of their work.
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Brett Frischmann's expertise is in intellectual property and internet law. After clerking for the Honorable Fred I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practicing at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC, he joined the Loyola University Chicago law faculty in 2002. He has held visiting appointments at Cornell and Fordham. Read more » about Brett Frischmann
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Lauren is an experienced attorney, frequent speaker and start-up advisor who has worked in the field of Internet law and policy since 1995. She is the founder of BlurryEdge Strategies, a legal and strategy consulting firm located in San Francisco that advises technology companies and investors on cutting-edge legal issues. Read more » about Lauren Gelman
The big bad wolf to the . . . rescue?
By Ryan E. Long on July 3, 2015 at 8:19 am
If you work in technology, the big bad wolf can be your best friend. Read below to find out why.
A few days ago, the U.S. Supreme court denied Google's appeal from a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which found that source code -- written instructions that run computer software -- can be protected by copyright law. In so doing, the nation's highest court left in tact a ruling by the Federal Circuit which found Google could have infringed the copyright to Oracle's software programming platform. Read more » about The big bad wolf to the . . . rescue?
Is your design inspired or stolen?
By Ryan E. Long on May 21, 2015 at 1:46 pm
"Am I a crook?" A design client recently asked me this question about one its designs, and whether is was legally inspired by or stolen from other works. Of course, Jonathan Adler may consider my client a crook when it uses an edited, transformed, and artistically styled sample of his pillow design to create a custom-made wallpaper design for sale to the public. But would he be right? These days, it is getting harder to tell, but there are still guidelines that can help you navigate the sometimes murky waters separating inspiration from infringement. Read more » about Is your design inspired or stolen?
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An Axl Rose sample used in a mash up doesn't smell as sweet.
By Ryan E. Long on March 10, 2015 at 5:54 pm
The bright lines of the real property based view of copyright are being blurred by technology. In 1991, Mr. Biz Markee was found liable for infringing Mr. Gilbert O'Sullivan's copyright in his song, Alone Again (Naturally), when Mr. Markee used an unauthorized sample in his rap song entitled Alone Again. Had Mr. Markee used Mr. O'Sullivan's song in a mash up, the result may have been different. Read more » about An Axl Rose sample used in a mash up doesn't smell as sweet.
Lohan, Noriega video game lawsuits are a troubling sign for the arts
Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and actress Lindsay Lohan have at least one thing in common: Both recently filed high-profile lawsuits against video game makers, charging that their likenesses were used in games without their permission.
These suits may seem like acts of desperation by people now more notorious than famous, and a judge has already ruled against Noriega. But they are nevertheless extremely worrying. Read more » about Lohan, Noriega video game lawsuits are a troubling sign for the arts
Piracy Fuels the Fashion Industry
When, in 2011, Oprah Winfrey asked Ralph Lauren how he "keeps reinventing," Mr. Lauren answered: "You copy. Forty-five years of copying; that's why I'm here." Mr. Lauren, a Jewish kid from the Bronx who built a spectacular career reinterpreting the look of the old WASP aristocracy, was at least partly joking. But what made the quip funny was the fact that knockoffs are — and always have been — a pervasive part of fashion. Read more » about Piracy Fuels the Fashion Industry
Trade Secrets and Climate Change: Uncovering Secret Solutions to the Problem of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Climate change is a significant and complex problem facing the world today. To solve the problem will require the coordinated efforts of both the public and private sectors. As with earlier challenges of global significance (such as the polio epidemic), new and improved technologies promise solutions. Read more » about Trade Secrets and Climate Change: Uncovering Secret Solutions to the Problem of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
You know when you break up with someone and they just don't get the message? A few months later, they're trying again, testing the waters with a few small things that just keep getting bigger. They friend you again on Facebook. They start liking your posts. They show up at a party they expect you to be at. They ask you for drinks, just to "catch up," you know? And then they talk about the way things used to be, and if only you two could try again. And you're like, "What part of 'I never want you to be a part of my life' did you not understand?" Read more » about Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
Lang v. Morris
Sarah Morris is a well-known multimedia artist and filmmaker. In 2007, she debuted her "Origami" series, 24 paintings in which she reworked, redesigned, and reshaped origami crease patterns on canvas. Several origami artists sued Morris for copyright infringement, arguing Morris had unduly appropriated their allegedly copyrightable origami crease patterns in developing the "Origami" series. The Fair Use Project teamed up with attorneys Bob Clarida and Donn Zaretsky to defend Morris. We briefed the fair use issues on summary judgment. Read more » about Lang v. Morris
Associated Press v. Meltwater
Meltwater News ("Meltwater") is a search engine and research tool that allows users to search for and obtain information about news items that have been made publicly available on the Internet. Read more » about Associated Press v. Meltwater
Cariou v. Prince
We filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit on behalf of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts urging the appeals court to reverse a district court decision that ignored established fair use principles that many artists rely upon in creating their work. Read more » about Cariou v. Prince
Golan v. Holder
The FUP filed this suit on behalf of a University of Denver conductor and others, challenging Congress's restoration of copyright to works that had entered the public domain. Read more » about Golan v. Holder
Will Supreme Court patent ruling hobble the trolls?
""We're excited. We think it's a good decision," said Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, who filed a brief in the case. Nazer is also the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the foundation.
"A lot of the worst software patents are now under question," he said." Read more » about Will Supreme Court patent ruling hobble the trolls?
Supreme Court Rules Against Software Patents
""We think that it will cut down on a lot of the worst patents that are out there, the most ridiculous and overbroad software patents… A lot of patent trolls' patents are now more questionable then they were," EFF staff attorney Daniel Nazer told us." Read more » about Supreme Court Rules Against Software Patents
For U.S. high court, a year of discontent with patent rulings
""Every decision has basically said the Federal Circuit was being too pro-patent," said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which favors fewer patent protections." Read more » about For U.S. high court, a year of discontent with patent rulings
Patent Office: Redskins 'disparaging'
""The law is really unclear on this," said Sonia Katyal, the Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham who specializes in intellectual property. "We haven't really had something like this where you have a team and so many other interested parties involved, so we're treading new ground."" Read more » about Patent Office: Redskins 'disparaging'
Fair Use In The Digital Age: The Ongoing Influence of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose's "Transformative Use Test" (Past Event)
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Thursday, April 16
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Innovation Law Beyond IP 2 (Past Event)
For more information visit: http://isp.yale.edu/event/innovation-law-beyond-ip-2
Saturday March 28th featuring CIS Non-Residential Fellow Yana Welinder
1:30-2:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Creative Production Without IP
Kevin Collins – Architectural Innovation Before the AWCPA
Lea Shaver – Publishing Without Property: Commons-Based Social Publishing and Its Implications for Educational and Book Policy Read more » about Innovation Law Beyond IP 2
THE INTERNET'S OWN BOY: A DISCUSSION OF U.S. V. AARON SWARTZ AND THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE OF CYBER-CRIME (Past Event)
The American Bar Association White Collar Crime Committee Presents:
The Internet's Own Boy: A Discussion Of U.S. v. Aaron Swartz And The Prosecution And Defense Of Cyber-Crime
Featuring Brian KNAPPENBERGER, Filmmaker And Director Of The Internet's Own Boy, Jennifer GRANICK, Director Of Civil Liberties For The Center For Internet And Society At Stanford Law School, And More. Read more » about THE INTERNET'S OWN BOY: A DISCUSSION OF U.S. V. AARON SWARTZ AND THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE OF CYBER-CRIME
IP BYTES: Hot Topics in Copyright Law (Past Event)
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Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Ron Gard - Hearsay Culture Show #230 - KZSU-FM
February 18, 2015
CIS Affiliate Scholar David Levine interviews Elizabeth Townsend Gard of Tulane University Law School and Ron Gard of Limited Times LLC, on The Durationator, an online tool to determine whether any work of authorship is covered by copyright, and social entrepreneurship. Read more » about Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Ron Gard - Hearsay Culture Show #230 - KZSU-FM
Techno Sapiens: The End of Serendipity Edition
August 18, 2014
Profs. James Grimmelmann and David Post - Hearsay Culture Show #220 - KZSU-FM
August 6, 2014
CIS Affiliate Scholar David Levine interviews James Grimmelmann of the University of Maryland School of Law and David Post of Temple University School of Law, on the recent US Supreme Court decision in ABC, Inc. v. Aereo and Facebook's emotional manipulation study. Read more » about Profs. James Grimmelmann and David Post - Hearsay Culture Show #220 - KZSU-FM
What Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Means for New Tech
June 25, 2014
"The Supreme Court sides with the big television networks and rules that Barry Diller's start-up Aereo violates existing copyright law. Christopher Sprigman, a professor at New York University School of Law, joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to discuss."
Watch the full interview at the Wall Street Journal. Read more » about What Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Means for New Tech


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The film stars Colin Farrell ("Total Recall"), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV's "Downton Abbey"), and Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), William Hurt ("Kiss of the Spider Woman"), Eva Marie Saint ("On the Waterfront") and Russell Crowe ("Gladiator"). It also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway's "Once").
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Josh Cribbs is undoubtedly a special return man and special teams player. After negotiating what most people in the league believed to be too high of a contract for a special teams player, Cribbs and the Browns attempted to get more value out of him by utilizing him at WR. It has not worked out very well for a variety of reasons. My sources inside the Browns have confirmed that Cribbs is just as much to blame, if not more so than anyone else. Until very recently, he has not taken being a WR very seriously, skipping offensive meetings or leaving them early, not putting in the extra work to learn the playbook or to improve route running, etc. In fact, I'm told that at this point, he still routinely runs the wrong routes/yardages and makes it nearly impossible for a QB to get the proper timing down with him. With that said, Cribbs is once again making noise about his offensive production, or lack thereof. Josh Cribbs told the Cleveland Plain Dealer the following yesterday: "I feel like I'
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Featured Performance: Karina Iglesias, a contestant of NBC hit show The Voice, join us in the festivities and perform live. A local jazz band will also grace the evening with their repertoire.
Key Note Speaker: Kenzo Sung, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Education from Wellesley College
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Echuca-Moama Lady Pirates into CBL semi-final
The men's Pirates team finished their comeback season with a diffiuclt double-header last weekend.GEORDIE COWAN January 25, 2014 4:23am
The Echuca-Moama Pirates will finish the Country Basketball League season in seventh spot and will not play finals.
All three of the team's victories came on its home court, against Wangaratta, Maryborough and Castlemaine.
The season ended on the weekend with tough games against finals-bound teams Seymour Blasters and Shepparton Gators.
After a close first term against Seymour, the team fell away and a disastrous third term saw the margin at 30 points.
However, the Pirates fought back to win the last quarter 22-15, with Shaun Atkins (14 points), Glenn Hopson (13) and Rick Roberts (12) the main scorers as the team lost 69-92.
The team played its last match of the season on Sunday and came close to pulling off a big win against Shepparton.
The Pirates trailed by just four points at the last break after good first and third terms, but the visitors pushed away to win by 10, 54-64.
Staci Richardson (12) with four three-pointers and Hopson (10) led the way for Echuca-Moama, but the team could not hold Gators player Matthew Waight, who scored 23 points in his best game of the season.
Pirates coach Chris Clyne said he was happy with how the team played against the Blasters despite the final score.
''It was just a couple bursts either side of half-time that blew that game out,'' he said.
''Probably for 34 or 35 minutes we were actually very competitive with them.
''It was therefore disappointing to lose by that much after being so close ... but it carried out on to the Shepp game.
''There we had a very good chance of knocking off a top-four team, but we just couldn't do it.''
While the coach had been hoping for a couple more wins, the season was as much about re-establishing the team in the competition as winning.
''Realistically it was about getting competitive and gaining interest in the season for the men's basketball program and I hope we've achieved that,'' Clyne said.
The Pirates had a mixture of players aged over 30 and then a ''good group'' of guys in the 17 to 21 age group, he said.
''Hopefully we can keep the bulk of the squad together,'' Clyne said.
''We will have a new crop of kids finish under 18s and hopefully we can get them to come here.''
Rick Roberts and Anthony Matthews were the only two players to be involved in all 14 games and the coach paid tribute to their impact on and off the court.
''It is a fantastic effort from our oldest player Anthony to have played all the games,'' Clyne said.
''He has been battling a few injuries ... but he is a handy player and his knowledge of basketball is very sound.''
Clyne was also pleased with the development of 17-year-old Shaun Atkins, who averaged more than 15 points a game.
''I was very impressed with how he went about it in what I think is his first full season of senior basketball,'' he said.
''It was a steep learning curve, but he has adapted well and I think he will be a very handy player wherever he goes.''
■ The Lady Pirates lost their last match on Sunday but will play in a semi-final away against the Wodonga Lady Wolves next weekend.
The Lady Pirates lost to the Shepparton Gators 48-69 and finished fourth on the ladder.
With only seven players getting on the court, the Pirates lacked a little depth compared to the Gators but still competed well in the first and second quarters, falling four points behind during each term.
Unfortunately after trailing 32-40 at half-time, Shepparton pushed away in the third quarter to score 17-6 and finalise the win.
The Lady Pirates again locked down the visitors in the final term, but were still outscored 10-12.
Maddie Couroupis and Emilly Atkinson were the team's top scorers with 12 points each, while Greta Pearson (8), Tess Ringin (7) and Georgie Eishold (6) also contributed to the scoring.
Shepparton had five players reach double figure scores.
■ A preview of the Lady Pirates semi-final will be in next Friday's Riverine Herald.
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New Goulburn Valley family violence poster
Raising awareness about family violence's impact on children message of network's new poster
BREAKING NEWS – Double fatal collision
Police are currently at the scene of a double fatal collision involving two cars in at the Cahill Road, Gilmore Street and Woods Road intersection in Yarrawonga.
High tea at house
Tatura Community House held its annual High Tea fundraiser at the facility on Tuesday, with a full-house present to enjoy a sumptuous morning tea, good conversation and relaxing time together.
KGB comes out on top
The Echuca construction team behind Junction Moama has taken out one of the top honours at a regional building awards ceremony.
Honour for historic members
Rochester Historical and Pioneer Society hosted an afternoon tea to recognise long-standing members Barrie and Flora Griffin and John and Margaret Harley.
Boil-water advisory issued for Kyabram, Merrigum
About 7600 residents served by Goulburn Valley Water are affected by a boil-water advisory.
Australia's biggest horse vets come to Avenel
Scone Equine Hospital relaunches local veterinary practice.
You beauty
A beauty pamper day has raised a whopping $18k to assist local lady Terri Bevan with her ongoing medical costs associated with her brain tumour
Minister gives IGA approval
A planning scheme amendment to allow the expansion and redevelopment of the IGA supermarket at Heathcote has been approved by the Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne.
Battle for shield
Cross-border rivals Cobram and Barooga football netball clubs will contest the 38th Cobram Courier Shield this weekend.
Lange wins ladies' championship
An exciting three-hole playoff saw Virginia Lange take a narrow win in the Deniliquin Ladies Golf Championship last Thursday.
First seasonal allocations in G-MW
The G-MW Murray gravity irrigation system has received 35 per cent and the Goulburn system 42 per cent of allocation from July 1.
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HOW BOOZE BUILT AMERICA Comes to Discovery 9/19
Mike Rowe is thirsty. Really thirsty. And after doing hundreds of dirty jobs, who can blame him? In Discovery's brand new three part series HOW BOOZE BUILT AMERICA, premiering on Wednesday, September 19th at 10pm ET/PT (and airing on the following two Wednesdays), host Mike Rowe takes a break from the dirty jobs...and takes a seat at the bar.
Did you know that the Puritans landed the Mayflower early on Plymouth Rock...because they ran out of beer? Or that Johnny Appleseed was actually creating farms to sell hard apple cider? Mike Rowe does, and he'll walk you through all of this and more. He's proven that dirty jobs can be fun. He's ready to do the same for history.
In HOW BOOZE BUILT AMERICA, Mike Rowe will crisscross the country, stiff drink in hand and beer goggles firmly strapped on, to take an in depth and slightly unusual look at the story of our nation. Between reenactments of actual historical events, and current day interviews with historians and experts, Rowe will make the case that alcohol is clearly one of the key ingredients that formed our culture and our country. He'll take viewers on a liquor fueled journey based on historical facts, such as:
Paul Revere actuallyrode fromtavern to tavern onhis Midnight Ride, and may have slipped in a few cold onesalong the way George Washington distilled his own whiskey, Thomas Jefferson brewed his own beer,and Abraham Lincoln sold booze out of his grocery stores prior to saving the Union The Pilgrims gave beer to their kids - on purpose
From the Mayflower to the moon landing, from George Washington to the O.K. Corral, booze has been there every step of the way. And that's not just the liquor speaking.
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text: As a mother of two young children that will eventually attend Elk River schools, I am concerned about the leadership, direction and focus of our schools. For my children's sake, I plan to do something about it and hopefully this letter will motivate other parents to do the same. I have three major...Read More


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Today's lifestyles can be stressful and generally involves poor dietary habits, hectic schedules, and anxiety, with little or no time to exercise. Threats of dangerous cold and flu strains and the current state of the economy can contribute to the rise in one's stress levels. All of these factors combined can lay the foundation for stress, tension, fatigue, frustration, and anxiety that can decrease immune function and make us more susceptible to cold and flu viruses.
When it comes to colds and flu, we are faced with the necessity of keeping our immunity high along with what seems to be a difficult decision in regards to having a flu shot. Whether you decide to have a flu shot or not, it is still a good idea to help keep your immune system strong. Using natural dietary supplements can help build and keep your immune system functioning optimally.
Cold and Flu Viruses
Every year in the U.S. the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports several million cases of colds and flu. Up to 10% to 20% of the total U.S. population may become ill in any given year. Of these, thousands of the most serious cases require hospitalization, and each year there are several related deaths from complications caused by the flu. And now we have renewed and more dangerous strains, such as H3N2, H1N1, Avian, and Swine Flu.
You can help to keep you and your family members well by keeping your immune system boosted. Taking dietary supplements at the onset of a cold or the flu will help shorten the severity and duration.
Help keep your immune system strong by:
- Taking supplements to help build the immune system
- Having products on hand in case you begin to not feel well
- Taking measures to reduce stress and exposure to illness
Some supplements we suggest to stay healthy are:
|Wellness Formula is designed to support the immune system when under physical stress. It contains a powerful combination of herbs, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals formulated to boost your well-being. Wellness is a Bio-Aligned Formula™ that goes deep to the root cause of body system imbalances. It is expertly designed to support interlocking components of the immune system, including mucous membranes, cell-mediated immunity and humoral immunity. It also addresses interrelated body systems that impact health: antioxidant defense, stress response, and the respiratory system.
|Colloidal Defense is an evolutionary step beyond simple colloidal silver. It is also an anti-viral, and if taken along with Systemic C and Wellness Formula at the first signs of a cold or flu it can help kill the virus, reducing the severity and duration after onset. Colloidal Silver is also the world's most broad spectrum and safest antibiotic, and can be used for infections of the skin, eyes, ears, and mouth. Harmonic Innerprizes utilizes the most advanced and sophisticated techniques ever developed for colloidal systems to produce their products. (For short term use only during periods of imbalance).
|Vitalzym enzymes are extremely effective in supporting immune function. They are adaptogenic, seeking to restore a steady state to the body (1). When the immune system is running low, we become susceptible to infectious disease. Vitalzym increases immune response, producing more Natural Killer cells, and improving the efficiency of the white blood cells, all leading to improved immunity. When it's cranked up too high, then the system creates antibodies that attack its own tissues, as are seen in the autoimmune diseases of Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Lupus. In this case, Vitalzym will tone down immune function and eat away at the antibodies the immune system is making to attack its body's own tissue.
|Vitamin C antioxidants combat free radicals, directing the body toward greater health. Taking antioxidants like those included in Systemic C can help boost immune function, while protecting our cells and DNA from free radical damage. These antioxidants can also serve as a preventative measure against many different health issues from colds and flu to more serious disorders like cardiovascular disease.
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|Vitamin D-3 is nicknamed the "sunshine vitamin" because the body makes it naturally when exposed to the sun, scientists are discovering that vitamin D-3 is an important hormone precursor that helps support the immune system and helps regulate the health of at least 20 different tissues, including the brain and joints. Vitamin D-3 also plays an important role in regulating cell growth, insulin levels, and bone formation.
As we are all aware, flu vaccines are available each year. However, with all of the conflicting information, it is difficult to decipher what the truth really is regarding their safety and effectiveness.
On one hand we have the Center for Disease Control (CDC) stating that flu vaccines are perfectly safe and necessary, especially for a particular group of people, such as those "at high risk for serious complications."
Then, there are those who are on the other side of the coin claiming the harm that could be potentially caused by the vaccine may outweigh the good. While flu vaccines may not be widely accepted or needed by everyone, it is very important to communicate with your health care professional if you have any concerns whether you or your family members should have it or not.
Read our article: Building Your Immune System and Fighting Viruses to learn more about what you can do to keep you and your family healthy during the cold and flu season, as well as all year long.
- Taking supplements to help build the immune system
- Having products on hand in case you begin to not feel well
- Taking measures to reduce stress and exposure to illness
1. Kunze R., Ransberger K., et at: Humoral immunomodulatory capacity of proteases in immune complex decomposition and formation. First International symposium on combination therapies, Washington, DC, 1991.


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Walking towards the next-gen
Greetings people,
I decided to write this post to state my opinion regarding the latest gamespot articles about the next-gen. This generation of gaming is finally coming to an end and all I can think about is "Too soon or too late?". Don't get me wrong, I own a PS3 and over 100 games on it. And I freakin' enjoyed it A LOT. But let's be objective for a minute here. Comparing this gen to previous ones, this one is the weakest of all. Remember the Playstation and Nintendo 64? Remember Crash Bandicoot, Abe's Odyssey, Resident Evil, Parasite EVE, Dino Crysis, Final Fantasy VI-VIII, Metal Gear Solid, Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, Perfect Dark? Of course you do. And don't get me started on Playstation 2 and Xbox. When you thought it actually couldn't get any better, suddenly you played Metal Gear Solid 2, Final Fantasy X, Resident Evil 4, God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Forza, Alan Wake, Max Payne and so on. I could be blabbering for hours, naming epic games. But not in this gen. This gen was simply "good". We got our hands on some pretty epic games, but for me, it was just not good enough. Sure, I won't forget Assassins Creed, or Demons/Dark Souls, Uncharted,Bayonetta, Heavenly Sword. But still not good enough. Why you ask me?
Although a lot of AAA games came out with a big success, and indie development went a step ahead with titles like journey, limbo or braid, there where A LOT, and I mean A LOT of dissatisfying games in this era. Not because they were not good, but because they were small-length, tiring with too many cutscenes with their epic graphics, resulting in waiting for a release for two years to get the game and play it for... 8-10 hours? Absurd, I tell ya. Then WiiU came out. You guys might hate it, but forget the loading times for a minute. How great is this technology? This controller? How great is it that we now await a ZeldaU in 1080p? I'd like to get my hands on that baby. And finally, the rumours started with Playstation 4 and Nextbox. We got to hear about the 256 SSD drive of PS4 and the Illumiroom of Nextbox. Fingers-crossed, DON'T mess it up developers. Please. Gaming today is a form of entertainment that every age deserves to play. It's not just the "Secret Santa gift" for your seven-year old child. This means that I don't simply need GREAT graphics. I need gameplay, mystery, plot and duration... I need to spend my 60E and not be sorry about that. I do not need launch-day DLC's that cost 15E each.
This generation of gaming, gave it it's best to give great technologies to the next-gen. I'd like to think of it as a very nice transitional point between the PS2 and PS4, Xbox and Xbox720, Gamecube and WiiU, Steam and Steambox. I still fear about the digitalization of gaming though. I'm sorry but I adore my Blu-ray cases. It's safer that way. I wanna rent games to my buddies and vise-versa. I don't wanna spend money on new HDD or SSD so I can own my games.
Anyways, sorry for blabbering. Feel free to comment on my opinions and post yours too! I'd like to talk about it with you guys.
Cya soon!


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Vendors rejoice at British royal wedding
"It won't be long before we start (product) modeling for children," sales director Simon Willis said.
Suitably for such a fairytale wedding, the company is also making a royal Welsh dragon - the mythical symbol of Wales, where William is based. The designers have been creative with the product line: there are also W&C monogram heart-shaped trays, wedding bells, a set of dwarfs wearing commemorative hats, and a paperweight featuring a hand-painted peacock and roses that will cost more than 3,000 pounds ($4,665) each.
Royal fans on a commoner's budget need not despair. Easy access to digital technology means that almost anyone can print a picture of William on a mug, and many cheaply made T-shirts, tea towels and thimbles are up for grabs on the auction site eBay.com.
Just don't count on them becoming cash in the attic a decade or two on: Hundreds of souvenir items like biscuit tins and stamps marking Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 1981 nuptials swamp the site, with few inviting much bidding interest.
The list of businesses taking advantage of the royal wedding craze goes on.
The supermarket chain Tesco is targeting women who want to copy Middleton's style on the cheap with a 16-pound ($25) version of her dark blue silk engagement dress, while QVC, an online and television shopping company, said sales of its 34-pound ($53) "diamonique" knockoff of Middleton's sapphire and diamond engagement ring rocketed 800 percent the day after the engagement.
All that merchandise can add up to as much as 18 million pounds ($28 million) of retail sales, said Neil Saunders, consulting director of retail researchers Verdict. And that's just the engagement - the wedding itself can bring in more than 26 million pounds ($40 million), Saunders said, on top of the hundreds of millions that tourists already spend every year on visiting palaces and buying monarchy-related souvenirs.
For Ron Smith, who runs an online business selling royal commemorative items, the meaning of collecting royal products has changed since the Victorian times when subjects collected those items to show their allegiance to the British crown. Smith said he has taken many inquiries about the upcoming royal wedding from non-Commonwealth locales such as Alaska and Japan, as well as from royalists in Canada.
"People these days don't buy it because they are loyal to the crown," he said, adding that many of his clients are middle-aged or older and simply started collecting things once they retired and found little else to do.
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Magnum bogus
Why is the Foreign Office sponsoring an exhibition of photographs depicting eastern Europe? Richard
Why is the Foreign Office sponsoring an exhibition of photographs depicting eastern Europe? Richard
by Richard Gott Published
So much time has been spent in recent years on arguing about art and business, that it is easy to forget an earlier debate about art and the state. Visiting the Mall Galleries in London this month, one wonders what the Foreign Office thinks it is doing by financing and organising an exhibition of contemporary photographs of eastern Europe. Isn't that sort of thing the job of Baroness (Helena) Kennedy and the British Council? The short answer is that this is low-grade cultural propaganda by the state, what used in the old days to be called agitprop. What is on show are photographs, shot through the lenses of prestigious Magnum photographers, of what Peter Hain, the minister for Europe and the man responsible, calls "the expansion countries", those sadly rather neglected supplicants for membership of the European Union.
Maybe you thought that state-sponsored agitprop had gone out with Margaret Thatcher. Wrong. It's still flourishing under new Labour. The Foreign Office, of course, is a special case, as a heritage relic of the imperial era that exists purely to justify its own existence, still creaming off clever scholars who would be better employed in more crucial parts of the public sector. Nothing is more important for the FO than to be seen to be doing something, and if that "something" is in the cultural sphere, so much the better.
The idea behind this imaginative yet pointless exhibition is to draw attention to the fact that a bunch of second-world (that is to say, former communist) countries, some of them operating under what used to be called third-world conditions, are about to join the European Union. The photographs, it was hoped when the photographers were commissioned, would challenge preconceptions and stereotypes, and give us a fresh vision of the people and countries we are about to embrace in an ever-wider Europe.
Before seeing the show, to remind myself of my own preconceptions, I jotted down some memories of life under "actually existing socialism". I remembered Bulgaria, with its expensive Japanese hotels, its countryside full of commercial rose gardens and its well-raked beaches of grey sand; and Poland, with its wistful, ill-paid musicians; and Romania, with its prosperous peasants who rarely washed; and Hungary, with its chess-playing musicians in the baths at the Hotel Gellert and its blue movies in the hotel's bedrooms.
Sure enough, the old cliches are still on display, in spite of Peter Hain's claim that these countries have "rapidly transformed over the last decade". Here is a romanticised photo of an empty beach in Bulgaria (by Donovan Wylie), with a girl in a blue bikini on a multicoloured towel, lying beside a shopping bag proclaiming "paolo botticelli". Cliche or what? The posed picture has been taken as the shadows lengthen, and nearly everyone but the photographer's model has left the beach. You can almost detect the goose pimples, and you can certainly see the rubbish in the grey sand. The people seem to have given up raking the beaches in New Bulgaria. It must be lowering its standards before joining Europe, in line with Britain.
Here, too, is the dear old Hotel Gellert in Budapest, with a collection of bathers still playing chess in the baths. Nothing new here, except that they all look perfectly pleasant - a rarity, considering that they are captured through Martin Parr's customarily jaundiced lens. No sign of the blue movies, either.
The truth is that these photographs have very little to do with the "new Europe", and much to do with the old. Few of them could not have been taken in the 1980s. Some of the pictures are about travel - a railway carriage, an airport cafe, a bus station - perhaps hinting that international travel is now more possible than it used to be. Yet in the 1980s, young people in eastern Europe were constantly on the move, travelling from country to country, the trains and buses invariably overbooked. Only travel to the west was difficult and expensive.
Almost everyone photographed is in the youthful uniform of T-shirt and jeans, marked with trademark names and Nike ticks, and some of them stand in front of drab and old-fashioned shop windows. These images, too, are familiar from the 1980s. These people don't want to join Europe, they want to join America. They have some way to go yet, for they are lean and hungry and attractive, not fat and ugly like so many Americans, nor overweight and whey-faced like most Britons.
Presumably, Magnum accepted the commission from the Foreign Office and pocketed a decent cheque. But why should this be a Foreign Office operation? It would have been far more sensible for the British Council to have given money to fewer photographers, and to have covered fewer countries. Only two photographers come out of this exhibition with any credit. The veteran Ian Berry clearly enjoyed himself for a few days in the Baltic countries, and came up with some striking images from Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. I particularly liked the image of a young man, inevitably in blue jeans and a T-shirt, sitting one rainy day on a brand-new mountain bike under an umbrella, and dialling a number on his mobile phone. Such a picture could yet grace a City boardroom.
Strong images come also from the more youthful Donovan Wylie, whose speciality is in-your-face colour portraits. They are too posed for my liking, but they have the considerable power of non-socialist realism. You can choose their meaning for yourself. One (from Turkey) shows a glum man in the inevitable T-shirt clutching a baby in a child-carrier. His veiled wife beside him carries an expensive new camera, and he is clearly saying, "I come from an old-fashioned country and I am marching unhappily towards an uncertain future."
One super-irritating aspect of this exhibition is that there is no signage, no labels, and not a trace of an indication of where the picture has been taken or who the photographer is. (Eventually, you can find a crib, tacked to a back wall. But why not print it and hand it out at the entrance?) This - and what bureaucratic mind could have come up with such a bright idea? - is done on purpose, so that you can admire the new Europe in a haze of uncertainty. Possibly, this might have been justified if the show had been just about the former communist Europe, but the 13 "expansion countries" also include such familiar territories as Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, which makes the guesswork rather harder, and yet more pointless. Not all the pictures are contemporary. Those from Poland (yes, of wistful musicians) date back to 1994.
Looking at these photographs, it is all too easy to make mistakes about their location. One splendid shot (by Harry Gruyaert) has a man, obviously a communist apparatchik of yesteryear, striding across the marbled entrance hall of some faceless modern building. Surely, this must be my Sofia hotel? But no. It is somewhere in Istanbul. Then I turned to watch and listen while Peter Hain was being interviewed, standing in front of a large microphone proudly labelled BBC, and I thought of how Lord Reith might have imagined "the institutions of the nation speaking peace unto the institutions of the nation". Then I found myself thinking that the closest thing that we have to the old eastern European apparatchik is Hain himself, with his heavyweight dark suit, his oleaginous manner, his emollient smile, and his ready command of vacuous burble. He would have gone unnoticed in the cabinet of Todor Zhivkov. How suitable, then, that he should be in charge of welcoming these new members to the European club in the name of state-funded art.
Coming out of the Mall Galleries and walking up Lower Regent Street, I passed one of those large hollow cows, repulsive and immobile, that currently litter the streets of London, this one dressed up as a beefeater. Recalling the old eastern European penchant for public art, I realised indeed that England is growing ever closer to the countries of the new Europe - an insight due in no small measure to the efforts of Peter Hain.
"Images of a New Europe" is at the Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 (020 7930 6844)


text: Garry visits with Coach Q Posted 5:34 PM, February 26, 2013, by jeremyledgerwgnam, Updated at 05:36pm, February 26, 2013 EmailTwitterFacebookGoogleRedditPinterest × Garry visits with Coach Q Garry talks with Chicago Blackhawks Coach Joel Quenneville about the team's amazing streak so far and more. GO HAWKS! http://cdn.tribtv.com/wgnam/podcasts/garrymeier/blackhawkscoachQ02262013.mp3 Joel Quenneville watches practice (José M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune)


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major toxic gases, burn-out time, flame-spread characteristics, and pyrolysis temperature and provide data to deduce global heat of vaporization properties. Much research has been aimed at developing means to predict the likelihood of flashover from laboratory-scale fire measurements of flammability characteristics and reduced-scale physical modeling (Pitts, 1994).
Rather than being used exclusively as pass/fail screening tests, small-scale tests should be used to measure flammability properties of the materials that can be used as an input to theoretical models to predict fire hazard, described in this chapter and in Appendix C. Since the amount of sample may be limited, especially when testing new experimental materials, the small-scale tests should be designed for as small a sample as possible. However, sample size must be adequate to generate a turbulent flame, maintain a small-edge surface area to the surface area ratio, and allow measurement of flame-spread properties.
Aircraft fires are extremely complex for a number of reasons. Aircraft materials are complex mixtures of various polymers, and aircraft components are combinations of a number of materials. The chemical reactions that occur in the solid, liquid, and gaseous state of these materials are imperfectly known, and the gaseous species after pyrolysis and their subsequent reactions have not been fully clarified even in the simplest cases. In a real fire, the turbulent fluid motions, including circulation and mixing with air, further complicates the chemistry and resultant radiation production. Fire phenomena need to be better understood and characterized before computer models can be substantially improved.
Systematic full-scale fire tests are needed to understand important physical processes such as the flow pattern, smoke movement, and fire growth in an aircraft cabin under the expected fire scenarios and to validate small-scale and theoretical models. Detailed measurements of temperature and concentration distribution of chemical species, flow velocity, radiant flux, and records of fire growth using video cameras are needed. The aircraft test configuration should be as realistic as possible, including as many of the interior components described in Chapter 2 as possible (e.g., ducts, wiring, seats, carpets, dividers, windows, and doors). Opening of doors should be considered as one of the parameters. Since the size of airplanes varies significantly, the effect of cabin size on fire-growth rate should be characterized so that optimum test facilities can be developed. Theoretical modeling of these full-scale fires (all types of models, such as zone and field models) should be conducted in close collaboration with the full-scale tests. The comparison of the experimental results with the predicted data would provide not only model validation but also guidelines regarding what experimental measurements are required and where they should be measured.


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TALLAHASSEE — Florida State football practice was quiet. That gruff and distinct bark that belongs to defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews was missing. Andrews, the longtime assistant coach, grieved Monday, a day after his only son, Ronnie, died. He was 41.
According to the Tallahassee Police Department, officers arrived Sunday at approximately 6 p.m. to Mickey Andrews' Tallahassee home, where they found Ronnie Andrews lying in the front yard. He had died before the officers arrived, the police said.
David McCranie, police department spokesman, said though the case is still open, the police do not believe the death resulted from foul play. McCranie said investigators are not looking for a suspect.
"Got to be tough as heck," coach Bobby Bowden said. "I don't know anything more tougher than losing a son. We took [the team] to church [Sunday] and told 'em that's why we go to church, you know. Just so all the boys will be thinking about it."
Jim Gladden, a former Florida State assistant coach and longtime friend of Mickey Andrews and his family, spent hours Sunday night at the Andrews' home and said Mickey Andrews was "doing as well as you can expect a guy to be under those circumstances."
Gladden's children and Andrews' children had grown up together, Gladden said. And Ronnie was a constant presence around FSU football from the time his father came to Florida State in 1984. Soon after, Ronnie walked onto the team as a wide receiver and defensive back.
"It's just a death in the family for all of us," Gladden said.
Practice went on, but the mood was somber and the players and coaches subdued. There was less emotion, less chatter and noise.
"It wasn't the same," sophomore rover Myron Rolle said. "Coach, he has a fire that can't be duplicated. We surely do miss him, so we ask him to take his time and heal."