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Denver Broncos quarterback and Santa Claus, Indiana native Jay Cutler will become an ambassador for Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.'s (NYSE:LLY) Inspired by Diabetes campaign. Cutler was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last spring. He will kick off his campaign activities during Super Bowl week in Tampa by visiting Tampa Bay-area All Children's Hospital to meet with families of children with type 1 diabetes.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 -- Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler is reaching out to help send children with diabetes to summer camps.
Cutler -- who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last spring and established himself as one of the National Football League's (NFL) top young quarterbacks with a Pro Bowl season in 2008 -- will become an ambassador for Eli Lilly and Company's Inspired by Diabetes campaign, Lilly announced today. Lilly is a worldwide leader in diabetes research and treatment that introduced the world's first commercial insulin as a treatment for diabetes in 1923.
Cutler will kick off his involvement in the campaign with activities during Super Bowl week in Tampa, visiting Tampa Bay-area All Children's Hospital to meet with families of children with type 1 diabetes. His message: encouraging people affected by diabetes to enter the Inspired by Diabetes global contest and help someone else in the process.
Inspired by Diabetes (inspiredbydiabetes.com) is a unique philanthropic initiative that uses art to provide diabetes summer camp scholarships for kids in the United States. Globally, the program contributes to a program that provides care for children with diabetes in developing countries.
The campaign encourages all people touched by diabetes, particularly children and their families, to share their stories through visual and written creative expressions such as art, essays, poems or photography.
By entering the competition, participants can have a direct impact on the lives of children with diabetes around the world.
For each entry into the contest from the United States, Lilly will donate money to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), in Cutler's honor, for scholarships for children from lower-income families to attend ADA diabetes camps. The ADA is the largest provider of camps for children with diabetes in the world and is the U.S. national advocate for Inspired by Diabetes.
"Cutler's story is an inspiration to us all - his resilience has been remarkable since he was diagnosed with diabetes last year," said George Huntley, Chair of the Board, American Diabetes Association. "He has proven himself as a dedicated athlete, proactively managing his disease while building a successful career in the NFL. He is a role model to anyone who wants to follow their dreams. His work with Inspired by Diabetes can only encourage those affected by diabetes to share their creative expressions to show their support in the fight against diabetes."
The 2009 Inspired by Diabetes contest is underway and accepting entries until March 31. Anyone affected by either type 1 (formerly called juvenile diabetes) or type 2 (formerly called adult-onset diabetes) are encouraged to enter - people with the condition, their family members, friends or health care providers. The U.S. grand prize winners will win a trip to an Inspired by Diabetes celebration event at the ADA's annual meeting in June in New Orleans. Entry forms and complete contest rules and regulations can be downloaded from inspiredbydiabetes.com.
Inspired by Diabetes is also a global campaign, with more than 25 countries participating. For each entry from around the world, Lilly provides funds to support the care of children with diabetes in the developing world through the International Diabetes Federation's (IDF) Life for a Child Program, which provides access to diabetes care in some of the world's poorest countries.
After losing about 30 pounds during the course of the 2007 season, Cutler was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the spring of 2008 and since has made it his mission to demonstrate to children that they can still succeed with diabetes. Through the Jay Cutler Foundation, established after the 2007 season, Cutler works to help charities and organizations that have a profound effect on helping people in need.
"Diabetes is the toughest opponent I've ever faced, but I wasn't going to let it slow down my career. And kids don't have to let it stop them from reaching for the dreams," Cutler said. "I'm honored to join the Inspired by Diabetes campaign to help people tell their stories of dealing with diabetes -- and help kids who need it. This is a great way to reach people affected by this condition, and I'm looking forward to connecting with more families dealing with the ups and downs of this lifelong challenge."
In 2008, his second full season as the Broncos' starting quarterback, Cutler had a breakout year and was named to his first Pro Bowl. His 4,526 passing yards led the American Football Conference (AFC) and were third in the NFL, and his 25 touchdown passes were third-best in the AFC. A first-round draft pick from Vanderbilt University, Cutler became the Broncos' starter late in the 2006 season and was the first NFL rookie to throw at least two touchdowns in each of his first three starts. In total, he threw at least one touchdown in each of his first eight NFL starts.
Cutler is a native of Santa Claus, Ind., about a three-hour drive south of Lilly's Indianapolis headquarters, and won an Indiana high school state championship just a few blocks from the Lilly labs where insulin was first produced for mass patient use more than 85 years ago.
"It's always inspiring to hear stories of people living successfully with diabetes - but Jay is re-writing the diabetes record books by performing at such a high level at one of the most challenging jobs in sports," said Matt Beebe, insulin brand team leader, Lilly USA. "We know Jay has already been an inspiration to countless people affected by diabetes, and we're humbled that he has chosen Lilly and the Inspired by Diabetes campaign to continue spreading his unique message of hope. By driving awareness of the Inspired by Diabetes initiative, we look forward to working together to improve the future for children with diabetes in need."
Source: Eli Lilly & Co.


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September 9, 2003
Senior Quick Tackle Justin Colburn
Question: How excited are you to get back home after playing at Tech on their astroturf field?
Justin Colburn: I'm excited. I hate playing on turf. I don't know why teams have that still but I'm excited to be home and have the home field advantage for our first conference game.
Q: It's a big game and you not easing into conference play, what do you think about that?
JC: No we're not. We got a really good team opening up our conference schedule right off the bat and to get a victory we will have to be really good.
Q: If you lose at home, could it be devastating?
JC: Yeah. It's not going to end our season, but it'll be a bad way to start the season. I think we really need a victory going into Washington State. Our first conference game is really important and they're what matter, so our level of expectations as players are higher.
Q: They pretty much run the same defense. Is that an advantage?
JC: I think so. We're very familiar with it. We see it every fall and every spring. I think Bronco is going to pull out some different stuff on us though. I don't think he will go with the same exact stuff but we're prepared.
Q: Is it comforting to know that no matter who you have in the running back position, they are going to gain some yards?
JC: Yes, both Dontrell and D.D. are very explosive running backs. I think either could start for almost any team in college football. It is really good to know they are quality running backs and we just have to do our job and get holes open for them to run through.

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Apple shares this morning extended their recent rally, touching the $500 level for the first time, and trading as high as $503.83. As I write this the stick is actually hovering just over the $499 level; the company now sports a market cap of just under $466 billion.
Let's put that into some perspective.
- At $500, the stock's year-to-date gain is $95, or 23.5%. The company's market cap so far this year has increased $88.6 billion, about equal to the value of Hewlett-Packard and Dell combined.
- The company has blown past the second-largest company by market cap – Exxon Mobil – by a wide margin. Exxon's valuation is just shy of $400 billion.
- Number of other companies with a valuation in the $300 billion range? None.
- Petro China is third at $279 billion.
- Microsoft is fourth at $257 billion. Ergo, Apple has a more than $200 billion market cap edge.
- Percentage gain since end of 2010: 55%.
- Rally since Steve Jobs died on October 5: 32.2%
- Since the end of 2009: 137%
- Since the end of 2008: 486%.
- Price at which the stock will hit a market cap of $500 billion: $536.25.
- Of 55 sell-side analysts, the number which rate the stock a Buy or Strong Buy: 55.
- The number which rate the stock Sell or Strong Sell: 2.


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For a quartet of Colorado College Tigers, this weekend's trek to Anchorage, Alaska, will be much more than just another road trip.
It will be a hometown reunion for senior captain William Rapuzzi and forwards Scott Wamsganz and Hunter Fejes. It will also be a home-state trip for forward Jared Hanson, who hails from Palmer, Alaska, 40 miles to the northeast. With Colorado College heading to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference next season, this represents a final chance for the Tigers' Alaskan players to play in front of their families and hometown friends.


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ONB joins list of 'World's Most Ethical Companies' for 2012
Only U.S.-based bank to make the cut
EVANSVILLE - Companies that cheat — whether by fudging the numbers or paying bribes — often do so in an attempt to gain financial advantage.
But that approach is misguided, said Alex Brigham, executive editor at the Ethisphere Institute.
"Being ethical in business is actually good for business in the long term," Brigham said.
Ethisphere, which began as an online newsletter in 2007, is an organization devoted to promoting ethics, social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability in the business community.
The organization also publishes an annual listing of "World's Most Ethical Companies." Evansville-based Old National Bank was named to the 2012 list several months ago, and on Wednesday morning Brigham visited the bank to present the award. His presentation was part of a "town hall" meeting the bank has for its employees each quarter.
Of the 145 companies named to this year's list,
only five were banks. Of these five, Old National was the only U.S.-based bank.
"We are focused on doing what's right for the long term. ... Doing things the ethical way is the only way to do it," President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Jones told the assembled employees.
Brigham told the group that Old National earned the "Most Ethical" designation for several reasons.
The bank didn't get caught up in the mortgage practices that led to America's recent financial crisis, Brigham said. As a result, Old National did not need — and promptly repaid — federal bank bailout money.
Old National's strong volunteer programs, its culture of transparency and its senior leaders' approachability were also factors, Brigham said.
So how does ethical behavior lead to business success? In several ways, Brigham said.
In an interview after the meeting, Brigham said Ethisphere has done research to show that ethical behavior can affect many areas of a company's operations.
For one thing, he said, an ethical company is one in which people feel free raising issues and concerns as they arise. Issues that are discussed early on can be addressed before they become major problems for a company. This culture of transparency, can improve a company's relations with its vendors and suppliers, who can also help spot possible problems.
Ethical and transparent business behavior can also root out shady dealings that aren't in the company's best interest. For instance: A company that awards contracts to favored insiders, Brigham said, is probably not getting the most competitive price on those deals.
"Transparency always leads to better decisions," he said.
Companies with an ethical reputation will also find it easier to attract customers and quality employees, Brigham said.
On the flip side, Brigham said many unethical practices actually hurt a company in the long run.
As an example, he said, a company that wins business through bribes will tend to become weaker. If a bribe is what lands the sale, for instance, the company may feel it doesn't need to put much effort into product development or a strong sales strategy.
For various reasons, including the recent financial crisis and the rise in social media, Brigham said companies are becoming more and more interested in transparency and ethics.
"These are important issues, and the world is waking up to that."
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Viper is a magazine born out of frustration. We've entered an era in which Hip Hop press is at its least intelligent. Major titles have begun to resemble pamphlets in which the major features are irrelevant.
Boasting rap dinosaurs on a conveyor belt of magazine covers, their significance is dwindling. Noticing that indie music and fashion magazines have begun to cover Hip Hop in a more thoughtful and interesting way, Viper was formed to curate for intelligent rap fans.
Based in London with one foot in New York, Viper seeks to boost underground Hip Hop and the culture surrounding it. Named after a slang term once used by William Burroughs, this zine is dedicated to rap fans and members of cult scenes worldwide.
Combining her love of Hip Hop with her love of fashion and street culture, the magazine is the brainchild of Lily Mercer and an extension of her journalism and weekly Rinse FM show. Viper will include the musicians regularly featured on her radio show and blog, which is a Pandora's box of unsigned and underground Hip Hop.
The magazine explores the culture surrounding the music scene in both the UK and US, with elements of the lifestyle surrounding it. Focusing on musicians in the early stages of their careers, Viper will showcase the future stars, plus clothing lines and brands relevant to the music scene.
The first issue features London producer, Darq E Freaker on the cover, plus US rappers, Gita, Remy Banks and GrandeMarshall. Also featured are intelligent, in-depth articles about spirituality in Hip Hop, the significance of rap merchandise, Chicago's current music scene and, naturally, an ode to Cam'ron's Diplomats chain.
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David Mason - Stamping Out Hunger
Our next person on the Foodbank's "30 Faces of Hunger Relief" list is near and dear to our hearts. Little Rock Post Office letter carrier David Mason passed away in February of this year. David played a pivotal role in organizing the letter carriers food drive in Little Rock for the past 6 years.
Those that knew David knew how passionate he was about helping those that are hungry, especially the children.
His goal every year with the Stamp Out Hunger food drive was to keep making it better and feed as many families as possible. His hard work resonated with all of his fellow letter carriers because every year he organized the drive…it broke the previous year's record.
After honorably serving 22 years as a decorated U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant, David became a letter carrier in Little Rock. It was by chance that he took over the responsibility of organizing the food drive in Little Rock. Years back, an injury kept the current letter carrier from participating in media interviews and leading the letter carriers on the day of the drive.
David stepped right in to take over and help.
He liked it so much that he asked if he could take over the food drive permanently.
Every one of the letter carriers in Little Rock knows that the second Saturday is so important to so many families in our state and it is because of people like David Mason. This year, letter carriers all over the state are honoring David with food drive shirts that say "Ooo-rah," a U.S. Marine chant that David would use in pep talks to letter carriers the week of the drive.
As employees of the Foodbank went to pick up items this week at Clinton Elementary to kick off the food drive, we were amazed at how many items the students had collected.
Principal Erica Mitchell told us that the kids wanted to go all out this year for David and they definitely did just that. The students collected 2,750 pounds to help feed children their age that are less fortunate.
If David was there he would have smiled. His favorite part of the drive was being able to help feed hungry children and their families. This Saturday, May 10th, everybody can do just that. Leave a can of food out by your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up.
Do it not just for David but for the 273,000 people in our service area that are hungry.


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One of the most difficult things about being a successful musician is finding the inspiration to be creative. Some people accomplish this by relentlessly poking the still burning embers of charred relationships (*cough* Taylor Swift *cough*), others turn to illegal drugs to change their worldview, but the following artists were able to find their muses not with their bandmates, but rather by pairing off with other musicians that appear on the surface to be incongrous with their vibe. So, in salute of the deeply strange pairing of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and ivory tickler Norah Jones on the new album of Everly Brothers covers called Foreverly, here's a rundown of unlikely musical collaborations from over the years and their results.
Tuned In: Norah Jones Says "Goodbye" On Leno
Jay Leno was in good company last night on his Tonight Show, with First Lady Michelle Obama and Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas on as guests, and then the always lovely Norah Jones to play "Say Goodbye" as FLOTUS flitted away. The stage was warm lit like a swanky retro lounge, and the slinky Little Broken Hearts cut went down like a night cap. "It's all right, it's okay, I don't need you anyways," she sasses over the woozy guitar line. We like this new Norah.
Tuned In: Norah Jones Haunts Conan With "Miriam"
Things don't end so well for Miriam, we know that now. So it's with a certain anticipation that we watch when Norah Jones performs the lurking Little Broken Heart lullaby, and all the more so when she plays it live, like she did last night on Conan. Seated at her piano in a pretty blue dress, Jones kept her eyes trained to the audience while she pleaded, "Miriam, was it a game to you? Was it a game to him? Don't tell me lies." This is a perfect song for late night, when all is dark and quiet and it lulls you to sleep and then haunt your dreams with it's eery beauty. Oh, Miriam, that's such a pretty name…
And below, watch her web-only performance of "Out On the Road"
Norah Jones Takes Quiet Revenge In New Video For "Miriam"
"Miriam," off of Norah Jones' recent Little Broken Heart, is as leaden a lullaby as a lullaby can be. In the new Phil Andelman-directed video, Norah sits alone in row boat, floating quietly on a twilight lit Texas pond and singing about just how nice a name Miriam could be. But, pretty as could be in her red dress, she is a woman scorned, and nothing else is so peaceful as it seems. "Never been the killing kind, but I know what you did," she warns. "Now I've saved the best for you." And well, what was started in the "Happy Pills" video gets finished and we are reminded that no water should sit so still.
Last Lap: Big Boi Is Designing A Line Of Socks
Andre 3000 might be the Outkast member better known for his style, but does has he ever designed a sock line of his own? We don't think so. It's also worth mentioning that his new album is "coming good." [Complex]
The Brooklyn MC has dropped a new 18-track mixtape, and it includes features from heavy-weights like A$AP Rocky, Lunice, the sultry Sade, and even the sock king Big Boi himself! [GlobalGrind]
This is what we imagine it would sound like if everyone on the subway/airplane/gym unplugged their headphones all at once. [HuffPost]
Jones lent Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane this brassy, big-band number for his debut movie, Ted. No ticket stub required to enjoy this one. [Stereogum]
Watch as an eager feline lover serenades his cat with a Seal classic. What say you: the most lucky or the least lucky cat in the world?
Storytellers: Norah Jones Sneak Peek: Does "Don't Know Why" Have A Dirty Double Meaning?
Don't expect Norah Jones to give away the entire story behind the conception of her songs on this Friday's VH1 Storytellers: Norah Jones. Don't fret, folks. In the way she shared how "Happy Pills" came to fruition, she will give interesting details on select songs, but what she doesn't want to do is tell so much that it becomes boring. "It kind of takes the magic out of the song," she told us. Read more…
Vh1 Storytellers Sneak Peek: Norah Jones Purposely Made "Happy Pills" A Mean Song
We're beyond ecstatic for the premiere of VH1 Storytellers: Norah Jones this Friday. The video to "Happy Pills" may have been about revenge and murder, but in this sneak peek she says the inspiration for the song originated from a far less dramatic place. As far as we know there was no real revenge plot she concocted to get back at a cheating husband as the video shows. It all started from her hunger. No, really. Read more…
It's A Different World In Grace Potter & The Nocturnals' "Never Go Back"
It's all vintage everything in Grace Potter & The Nocturnals "Never Go Back" video. Grace Potter's heavenly voice pierces as she travels back to her childhood, which for this video's purposes seems pre-civilization. Facing those demons she sings about the quiet girl is taunted by tiny warriors in face paint. They jump on top of the table and eat with their hands. As if that wasn't barbaric enough they break plates, throw a violin over the stairwell and jump on the bed. We totally understand how unappealing going back is, and why she sings, "I'll never go back there no more." We don't blame you, girl. Read more…
Jill Scott, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz And Grace Potter To Appear On Latest Season Of VH1 Storytellers
Great news! The 16th season of VH1 Storytellers is on the horizon, and we're excited to announce another outstanding array of artists that will be appearing on the intimate and confessional program. Jill Scott, who dazzled at VH1 DIVAS this past December, will kick things off with an episode premiering on May 21. She'll be followed by one of our BFFs, Jason Mraz, on June 1, who will be performing faves from all of his albums, including his brand new one, Love Is A Four Letter Word.
Norah Jones has a highly anticipated album, Little Broken Pieces, on the way, and she'll be visiting us on June 8. The season will wrap up in super sexy fashion with an appearance by another former VH1 DIVAS fave, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, on June 15.
Complete press release for you below!
New Season Will Feature Jill Scott, Jason Mraz, Norah Jones, And Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Episodes Will Premiere on VH1 and Online at Storytellers.VH1.com
VH1 has announced the newest artist lineup of its critically-acclaimed original music franchise VH1 Storytellers. This season will continue to deliver the intimate stories and live performances from some of the most popular and influential music artists of our time. Featured artists premiering this season will include multi-platinum selling artist Jason Mraz, Grammy-winning chanteuses Norah Jones and Jill Scott and roots rockers Grace Potter & the Nocturnals.
Norah Jones Is Haunted From Beyond The Grave (And Rightfully So!) In Her New "Happy Pills" Video
Norah Jones describes her video for "Happy Pills", the first single off her forthcoming …Little Broken Pieces LP, as "a murder-not-so-much-of-a-mystery." By our count, it's the second music video to premiere in the last month that deals with females exacting revenge on men who did them dirty. However, unlike Brandy and Monica's "It All Belongs To Me" video (where the only victims are a man's pride and a rather expensive Porsche), Norah takes it a step further and straight up MURDERS her cheatin' hubby. Guess she really meant the "Until death do us 'part" portion of her vows, eh?
Let's talk about this chain of events for a moment! If we understand the video correctly, Norah suspects that her husband is making time behind her back with a ginger seductress, so she hires a private detective to investigate the matter. Said P.I. —who, quite frankly, is no Magnum— brings Norah back a picture of a redhead who accompanied Mr. Jones (let's just call him that) on a picnic. Not a picture of them kissing (or even a pirated RedTube video of them doing the nasty!), mind you, just a picture of the girl's face! Norah, it's fair to say, WILDLY overreacts: She chloroforms Mr. Jones after a front-seat makeout sesh, then pushes his car and his unconscious body into a lake, where he presumably drowns. THEN she lies to the cops, calls her ginger rival on the phone to rub it in, and then invites her male accomplice over for dinner and some Michelle Pfieffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys action on top of her piano. Call us crazy if you must, but we're pretty glad that the Ghost of Mr. Jones is haunting his ex for all eternity! Let's hope he doesn't heed her pleas of "Please just let me go now."
RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Go Behind The Scenes Of "Happy Pills", The New Music Video From Norah Jones


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HealthWatch (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One in ten adults in the US suffers from depression. For many, the symptoms are debilitating and the current treatments just don't work. Researchers say a drug that's used in hospitals and abused on the streets, may dramatically change your state of mind.
In hospitals, it's a commonly used anesthetic. In the clubs, ketamine is 'aka, Special K,' a popular hallucinogenic drug, but what can make ketamine truly "special" for millions of people, is its potential to, quickly and effectively, treat chronic depression.
"It has been one of the major new findings in the field for at least a few decades," said Doctor Gerard Sanacora, MD., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University and Director of the Yale Depression Research Program.
Unlike standard antidepressants, which can take weeks or months to work, Yale researchers say ketamine can improve your mood in hours, "by reconnecting brain regions and allowing proper control of mood and emotion," said Doctor Ron S. Duman, Ph.D., at Yale University School of Medicine.
Even for treatment-resistant patients. However, researchers are still figuring out how to safely administer ketamine as a routine treatment. "It's not strongly addictive, but it does have high abuse potential," Doctor Duman said.
While ketamine is currently not FDA approved for depression, a growing number of private clinics across the country are offering it "off label." Doctor Gerard Sanacora is concerned. "There are several very important questions that we still don't know about ketamine and probably the most important is what is the long term benefit? Is repeating dosing of this actually a good idea," said Doctor Sanacora.
Doctors say the fast-acting quality of ketamine can help save lives of those in danger of committing suicide. Infusions at the private ketamine clinics can run you thousands of dollars, with no guarantee of any results; they're also not covered by insurance.


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It's Tricky, Emcee put in works
It's Tricky, winner of the Grade 2 Top Flight in her 4-year-old debut, worked four furlongs in 48.30 seconds Friday morning over the Belmont training track.
It's Tricky is preparing for a likely start in the Grade 2, $200,000 Distaff here April 14. She also is under consideration for the Grade 1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn on April 13.
It's Tricky worked in company with Broome Street, a 3-year-old maiden. The two were basically head and head until the wire, when It's Tricky finished about a half-length in front.
Art Magnuson, assistant to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, said exercise rider Renzo Morales said all the right things after the work.
"He said 'I had a lot of horse, she was happy,' " Magnuson said. "She's in a great routine this year. She wintered well in Florida, she's carrying great weight."
Magnuson said the work was done in company to ensure It's Tricky got something out of the move.
If It's Tricky runs in the Distaff, she will face defending Distaff winner Nicole H, who worked five furlongs in 1:01.21. Nicole H wound up getting mixed in with a pair of Bill Mott-trained workers, slipping through the inside of them in the stretch.
A short time after It's Tricky breezed, Magnuson sent out Emcee, the third-place finisher in the Tom Fool, for a half-mile work that went in 50.23.
Emcee, pointing to the Grade 1 Carter, was accompanied virtually all the way to the half-mile pole by a pony and went off his first eighth in a pokey 14.14. However, he came home in a solid 36.09.
Magnuson was satisfied with that move and will work him once more before the Carter. Magnuson said there is a slight possibility Emcee could skip the Carter and await the Westchester at Belmont. The Westchester is run at one mile.


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Nathan La Franeer
Guitar chords transcribed by Howard Wright
Tuning: DGDGBD "Joni" Tuning: D57543
The bottom D string is only really used in the intro and at the beginning of the first verse. Later repeats of the verse chords do not use the bottom D string at all, though it doesn't make a big difference it you hit it now and again by mistake. As the chord shapes indicate, the top string is generally not used during the section that starts with the x0808x shape ("I asked him would he hurry ..."). Only the middle four strings are used for this bit until you get to the x55555 chord. INTRO ------ DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD 000535 000313 000535 000313 VERSE 1 -------- DGDGBD DGDGBD 000535 000313 I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD 000213 x02010 x00000 And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again DGDGBD DGDGBD x00535 x33333 The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x22010 x00210 x00200 I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer DGDGBD D G D G B D x0808x x 0 10 0 10 x I asked him would he hurry DGDGBD DGDGBD x7777x x4403x But we crawled the canyons slowly DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x2201x x0021x x0020x Thru the buyers and the sellers, through the DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x55555 x44030 x22010 Burglar bells and the wishing wells CHORUS ------- DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x08080 x8888x x7777x With gangs and girly shows DGDGBD DGDGBD x08080 x00000 The ghostly garden grows (same chords for all other verses/choruses except as shown for last chorus) VERSE 2 -------- The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day I looked thru window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons The city grated thru chrome-plate The clock struck slowly half-past-noon Thru the tunnel tiled and turning Into daylight once again I am escaping Once again goodbye To symphonies and dirty trees CHORUS ------- With parks and plastic clothes The ghostly garden grows VERSE 3 -------- He asked me for a dollar more He cursed me to my face He hated everyone who paid to ride And share his common space I picked my bags up from the curb And stumbled to the door Another man reached out his hand Another hand reached out for more And I filled it full of silver And I left the fingers counting And the sky goes on forever Without meter maids and peace parades CHORUS ------- DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x08080 x8888x x7777x You feed it all your woes DGDGBD x08080 The ghostly garden grows DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x08080 x88888 x77777 You feed it all your woes DGDGBD DGDGBD x08080 x00000 The ghostly garden grows OUTTRO ------- DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD x00535 x00313 x00213 x00210 x00000 © 1968 Siquomb Publishing Co.-BMI
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The Great War was a five-year conflict which occurred in Mobius' recent history between the Overlanders and Mobians (primarily the Kingdom of Acorn). The conflict between the two distinct races goes back as far as the time of the Kingdom's first monarch Alexander. Although the Overlanders had the advantage of superior technology in the beginning of the Great War, the defection of Julian Kintobor and his knowledge of technology and Overlander tactics allowed the Mobians to gain a significant advantage. Eventually, due to Julian's help, the Mobians pushed back the Overlanders and won the Great War. Feelings of racism and xenophobia on both sides have continued to exist between the two species as a result of the war.
This event occurred in both the Pre-and Post-Super Genesis Wave timelines.
Pre-Super Genesis Wave
Early Conflict
Roughly 1,000 years ago, prior to the formation of Mobotropolis, the Mobian Alexander realized that every species on the planet offered something unique which they could contribute to a single, large society. While trying to gather the various groups to form a single civilization, Alexander found that the Overlanders' aggressive tendencies would prove too great a risk to incorporate them into his community, and so they were excluded. (StH: #71)
The Paladin Incident
Since the creation of Mobotropolis, which was led by the first King of Acorns, Alexander, the Mobians had lived in peace and tranquility. Just outside the boundaries of the kingdom existed the mysterious Overlanders. Contact between the two species had been more or less benign since the creation of Mobotropolis. During the next king's rule, Theodore Acorn, a tragic accident befell his son, Emerson. While Emerson was making his way back to Mobotropolis with a group of other Mobians, he decided to take a detour and explore around the areas of Roundabout Creek. There, he met the Overlander Paladin, whose city was nearby just beyond the Badlands and had gone to do some target practice. (StH: #72)
The two were enjoying each other's company, and Paladin decided to teach Emerson how to shoot a gun. Things took a turn for the worst when Paladin decided to target a bird, and Emerson jumped in the way hoping to prevent the bird's death. The shot killed Emerson, and as King Theodore came looking for his son, he saw Paladin running away into the forest. Instead of calling for vengeance, Alexander simply forbade contact between Mobians and Overlanders, as well as establishing a no-gun policy. Little did he know, his no-gun policy would gradually lead to a much larger misunderstanding, which resulted in the Great War. (StH: #72)
The Arrival of Nate Morgan
The death of prince Emerson and Alexander's no-gun policy resulted in tensions between the two people. However, for centuries, conflicts remained as small skirmishes along to border and never escalated. This changed during the rule of King Frederick Acorn. (StH: #73)
The scientist Overlander Nate Morgan had recently been exiled from his home in Megapolis, when his assistant Julian Kintobor caused one of Nate's studies to fail and endanger the society. Nate was accepted into the Mobian society by King Frederick with open arms when he was found in the wilderness. The kingdom had remained in a pre-industrial state due to the Mobian belief in the preservation of nature, ever since the death of Emerson. Nate resumed the work on his previous failed study, which was to create a clean power source to replace fossil fuels. Nate created the Power Rings, which acted as conduits for the mysterious Chaos Emerald King Frederick provided him with. With this new power supply, Mobotropolis broke out of its pre-industrial state and echoed in a new golden age. (StH: #65)
Some time later, Frederick's son, Maximillian Acorn, assumed the mantle of king. Unfortunately, with the new technology replacing the need for the court's wizard, Ixis Naugus, the magician conspired to have Nate Morgan exiled from Mobotropolis. After Naugus was unable to convince King Max of Nate's "treacherous nature," he and general Kodos formed an alliance and would both work to prove it to the king. Naugus used his magic to increase the emotion of hatred in a group of Overlander troops that were nearby Nate, Kodos and a group of Kodos' armed troops while Nate was performing an environmental survey of the Great Forest. With Kodos and Nate the only two to have survived the encounter, Kodos informed the king that Nate had provided the Overlanders with the location of the kingdom. Nate, feeling he had caused enough trouble to both the Overlanders and Mobians, imposed self-exile on himself, and left the Kingdom. With the conflict between the two growing, Naugus fled to the realm he discovered known as the Zone of Silence until it ended, while Kodos remained behind. (StH: #65, #73)
The War
When two scouts from both sides met, neither one wanted to engage in combat. The two decided they would return to their respective lands and inform their people war would be futile and result in surrender. However, the two had been discovered by Kodos and a group of his troops. Kodos executed both, and had their bodies delivered to each side with a note saying "this is what happens to all who oppose us". Each side was convinced by this that they were dealing with savages, resulting in the start of the Great War. Due to the incredible superiority of the Overlander technology, it appeared as if the Mobians had no chance of victory. (StH: #73)
The Queen Alicia Incident
As time went on, the superior technology of the Overlanders allowed them to push back the Mobian forces. By 3221, Overlander troops were within mortar and shelling range of Mobotropolis. As the city came under siege, King Max decided to send his infant son Elias and wife Alicia to the safety of Angel Island where they would remain safe from the clutches of the Overlanders should the city fall. The two members of the royal family were placed under the care of Ian St. John, Colonel Sommersby and a group of a few other soldiers and were dispatched via air ship to Angel Island. (StH: #64, KtE: #20)
- The date 3221 was taken from the fact Elias said he had been away from Knothole for fifteen years in Sonic the Hedgehog #73. The year he made this statement was 3236, making the year he was sent away 3221.
As their craft flew over the floating island it came under siege by Overlander scout ships and was subsequently shot down. The Brotherhood of Guardians arrived on the scene first, finding a seriously wounded Queen Alicia and her infant son amongst the wreckage as the sole survivors of the crash. The Brotherhood's team leader, Sabre, informed the Overlanders that everyone had died in the crash. Due to the Echidnas' non-involvement in the war and overall neutrality, the Overlanders took Sabre's word and departed. Shortly afterwards the dying Queen was taken back to Haven and put in cryo-sleep until a cure could be found for her wounds, while Elias was looked after and raised. (KtE: #20, #21)
Arrival of Julian Kintobor
After being sentenced to imprisonment for testing new weapons on his own people, the Overlander scientist Julian Kintobor was rescued in the Badlands by the hedgehog brothers Charles and Jules during his attempted escape. Julian was able to win the trust of King Max, particularly since Max felt responsible for Nate Morgan's self-exile and wanted to rectify this by trusting the newly arrived Overlander. Additionally, the Overlanders were directly attacking Mobotropolis, making the king all the more desperate for a solution to the war. Julian managed to gain status in the kingdom when he knocked Kodos unconscious and threw him into the Zone of Silence, and convinced them Kodos had died when meddling with one of Naugus' left behind tools. Julian convinced the Mobians that unless they defeated the Overlanders, their enemies would not rest until they wiped them out. With his knowledge of the Overlander tactics, Julian was appointed the new Warlord to replace the presumed-dead Kodos. (StH: #50, #72, #74)
Battles and Skirmishes
As the Overlanders continued their shelling of Mobotropolis, many of its citizens and troops, suffering from wounds and shell-shock and weary from constant battle, were sent into the bunkers beneath the city where the women and children were waiting in sanctuary. Two of the female soldiers, Bernadette and Cocoa, were chosen as guides due to their superior eyesight, and lead a group of soldiers through the massive sewer network, including Jules and Charles. Eventually, the group found themselves behind enemy lines. Using the element of surprise, the Mobian troops emerged and began attacked the startled Overlanders. It was at this point that Amadeus Prower received a wound to his left eye. The Overlander's leader, Colin Kintobor, realized defeat was imminent and retreated into the same sewer systems the Mobians emerged from, managing to escape capture, while the rest of the Overlanders' attacking forces were defeated. (StH: #76)
Prior to the discovery of Sir Charles' Roboticizer, Warlord Julian's schemes to take over the kingdom involved using an army of cyborgs. After capturing and experimenting on the citizens of the neutral village of Kar Leung, Julian managed to create one successful cyborg - Monkey Khan. Although he was disappointed only one test subject had survived receiving cybernetic implants, Julian decided to test his sole cyborg warrior on a group of attacking Overlanders. After Monkey Khan attacked them and single-handedly destroying their tank, the Overlander troops retreated. Julian was impressed by Monkey Khan's success, but was forced to permanently confine him after Khan attempted to mutiny. (StH: #86)
When the infamous Mobian historian Kirby disappeared and was presumed to have been captured by the Overlanders, a team – composed of the now-married Jules and Bernadette Hedgehog, Charles, Sherman Walrus and Amadeus Prower – was dispatched to discover what his fate was. Following a lead about Kirby's whereabouts, the team soon found themselves chasing an Overlander. In their chase however, Jules got careless and was received a mortal wound to the head by the Overlander. The Overlander was soon taken out by an enraged Bernadette and Jules was brought back through the Badlands to Mobotropolis. Jules' wound proved too severe to be healed, though his life was saved by his brother Charles' recently developed means of roboticization. (StH: #77, #78)
With Julian's knowledge of Overlander tactics, and his development of new technologies and machines, the Mobians were finally able to go on the offensive. Eventually they pushed the Overlanders away from Mobotropolis. (StH: #50, #72)
The Great War came to an abrupt end after Julian arranged for the Overlord of the Overlander people to face off against King Max in a sword duel. The purpose of this was to essentially have one of his primary enemies removed and place him in a better position to pursue his plans of global domination after the war's end. In the event the Overlord won, Julian planned to take command and lead the Mobians to constant war with the Overlanders, wearing both sides down. If King Max won, the Overlanders would be forced to surrender, as agreed by both combatants. King Max won the duel, but instead of killing the Overlord, he spared his life and allowed the Overlord to leave, telling him to honor his word. As per the agreement, the Overlord surrendered, and the Great War came to an end. (StH: #78)
Post-Mobian Victory
Despite the outcome of the duel nearly thwarting Julian's plans, the discovery of Sir Charles Hedgehog's roboticizer enabled him to proceed with his plans. Not long after their victory over the Overlanders, King Max was preparing to announce the dismantling of the War Ministry and promote Julian to the position of Minister of Science. Before his announcement could be made however, Julian, now calling himself Dr. Ivo Robotnik, launched a full scale coup d'état and overthrew the Acorn Monarchy. He banished King Max to the Zone of Silence, and began roboticizing the population of Mobotropolis. (StH: #43, #78)
Robotnik's reign as Mobius' dictator lasted for over a decade, until he was ultimately defeated by Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters. (StH: #50)
Overlander Response
Having lost to the "inferior" Mobians, the Overlanders were racked with shame. Lead by Julian's brother Colin Kintobor, a group of Overlanders took off on board two spaceships to look for a new planet to call their own. This prevented the Overlanders from falling under the rule of Robotnik, as the tyrannical ruler sent his legions of SWATbots to their main city of Megapolis following his takeover of Mobotropolis. (StH: #72, #94)
After failing to find a suitable new planet over the course of eleven years, and with their supplies running low, the Overlanders eventually returned to Mobius. At this point, Doctor Eggman had replaced the now-deceased Dr. Ivo Robotnik (formerly Julian Kintobor) and convinced the Overlanders to stay in Robotropolis. When it was discovered Eggman was secretly allowing them to succumb to toxic radiation poisoning, the surviving 70 families from the star trek left and integrated with their human counterparts in Station Square. (StH: #92, #93, #94, #105, #106, #107)
- The year of the Great War's beginning's and end were determined through dialogue and the SEGA data files. Sonic was said to have been born during the "early days of the Great War". Tails' data file states he was born five years later, as did other dialogue throughout the comics. Tails was born the day of Robotnik's coup, which began shortly after the war's end. Thus, the conflict lasted from 3220 - 3225.
External links
- Great War at Mobius Encyclopedia, the Archie Sonic wiki


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It would take some brazen balls for a AAA MMO released in 2013 to be sub-based. The quality and variety of F2P games has increased to such an extent that sub-based is now the domain of the starving artist indies or the old MMOs that can still get away with it. Even EQ Next is coming out F2P.
B2P is simply the more honest version of "Get yer Founder Pack Here!" Gw2 showed the way with that as well. The model worked because the released game oozed quality and the GW fan base was huge... Very similar situation here.
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I believe in life before death... So dont forget to enjoy it while you still can.
Originally posted by Iselin
If they add good mob AI, swtor quallity story based quests and Dynamiv PvE content combined with choices and faction choices that really matter , then i am sold. Oh and an AA sstem please...
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
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Joined: 5/23/06
Originally posted by Iselin
100% agree. 14 odd years of MMOing and glad to support the games I play but I dont think 15 bucks a month is a fair market value. GW2 model or a monthly sub thats much lower IMO would be fair.
=-D Only on a forum can optimism be called the bad thing and pessimism is the good thing =-D
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Joined: 8/19/10
Originally posted by Iselin
I have a feeling when they said F2P they really meant Freemium with EQN (anyone familiar with SOE models will know this means subscriptions if you intend to play longer term). I can't see any AAA game going the true F2P route and relying on a cash shop to cover their costs.
I can also see TESO launching as P2P. But hey we'll find out in a few months :)
Almost all F2P games being released as such currently are still relatively low budget in comparison to this, and if it ends up being the same quality of Neverwinter a lot of people will be dissapointed. There are still almost no F2P games released with a large budget (even Freemium models).
Also the current subscription in real terms is lower than ever before, significantly moreso than a decade ago, given almost no increase in subscription rates over the length of MMO history, yet other forms of entertainment over that same timeframe having increased hugely.
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Joined: 12/23/07
Originally posted by Iselin
There will be two games released this year that will be Sub at launch. ESO and Wildstar, everything else will be F2P or B2P. It's pretty obvious from listening to the companies that these two titles believe they have something special worthy of a sub. Both will probably also have a optional cash shop and I won't guess about how long if ever they go B2P/F2P but I would bet a copy of either game they will launch sub based.
I have no issue with paying for a sub to a fun game. I still pay for a EQ2 sub (well actually a SOE all access pass) and to this day given the number of hours a week I put into that game feel it's worth it. If ESO or Wildstar can garner the same kinds of value to me than why wouldn't I pay $15 a month for the game?
Edit: I forgot about FFXIV reborn. It will be sub to.
Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
A lot of the details get lost in these forums-drowned out by the complaints some have over the basic design decisions. But it seems lIke they'e working on just about every thing you mention: mobs that are intelligent enough to know how many and what types of players they're facing and synergize their own abilities,
There are a lot of confirmed details over at Tamriel Foundry in their development FAQ: http://tamrielfoundry.com/development-faq/
Have a look. 15 minutes there will net you more solid detail about the game than 3 months here :)
Originally posted by udon
Well. We'll find out but the "no subs" movement has really gotten some momentum in the past year. Even gaming sites (such as this one) have posted anti-sub editorials in the past couple of months. That's a relatively bold move for sites that depend o ad revenue.
i really think that GW2 was a financial model game changer. It has the feature set and quality that can compete--often favorably-- with any AAA title. Wildstar and ESO may think that they can still buck the trend, but IMHO that would be a terrible mistake. The fact that neither one has ccommitted publicly to a financial model yet is a pretty good indication of their concern and tat they're having a long hard think about it. Two years ago both would have announced their financial model long before their current betas.
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I dont think WIldStar is a big enough hype-train to go Sub to Play. Unless I fall in love in the open beta or something. The main problem is WIldStar is DIRECTLY competing with WoW. Although I've heard people say they LOVE WoW but just want it done right in a new setting, and WildStar is pretty much aiming to be WoW but better. If it will be better, who knows. WildStar targets the hardcore theme-park crowd
And yeah, EQN is pretty much guaranteed to not be sub. Probably Box + pay for convenience.
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Originally posted by hMJem
SoE said last year very clearly EQN will be not B2P but true F2P.
=-D Only on a forum can optimism be called the bad thing and pessimism is the good thing =-D
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Joined: 8/19/10
Originally posted by Nanfoodle
All I have heard about the payment model is the indication from a Gamasutra piece stating Smedley had indicated it would hew to F2P. "it's safe to say we're going to be a completely free-to-play company." That being the most detailed description on it's pricing policy I have seen thus far, which is a vague indication.
Could you post your source for it being 'true F2P'? :)
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Joined: 3/19/13
I would be shocked if it was a true F2PMMORPG.. Otherwise that means there is gonna be some cash shop wallet destruction happening. Would prefer buy the game, pay for convenience
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Joined: 2/16/07
I come in on the p2p side - I've repeatedly stopped playing MMOs that go f2p. There's nothing I hate as much as cash shops and that constant feeling that they're trying to squeeze every cent possible from me at every opportunity - always ends up costing more in the end to get access to all the same features you'd get on a set p2p model, and always makes me feel like I'm in a shady hotel with an innkeeper who's stealing and tacking on hidden fees at every opportunity. My fingers are crossed for a simple pay to play model and no squeeze.
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Joined: 10/28/06
I think the next few years we will be seeing more and more mmos for consoles in the next gen. So more and more mmos will be either b2p or f2p even the AAA ones. I think ESO will have a console port eventually especially since one of the devs stated that the game can translate well for gamepad if you use a third party gamepad program like xpadder. Hell I played GW2 and neverwinter with a gamepad using xpadder perfectly fine in both pve and pvp. I think final fantasy reborn will also eventually go f2p.
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Joined: 3/04/10
Originally posted by Skyles
I prefer a well-done freemium model + low-key cash shop above all else as it kind of forces the company to think about how they're going to paywall the consumer- and they have to present the incentives via the traditional grid. So upfront you still kind of know what you're getting and how the company is limiting you if you decide to go free.
The whales can still throw all their money at them while the average budget-watching consumer can simply put in their 15/month for account conveniences. ...And people who are wary of the game's appeal are still free to give it a shot with neither the regret of paying sub money nor the regret of having wasted time in a game that ultimately requires financial upkeep well outside of their budgets just to have a half-decent playing experience.
That said, the model doesn't work for everyone and a poorly done freemium will simply enrage people and make things worse for the company. I'm sure we can all think of one stunning example of that.
After freemium, I prefer B2P, then P2P, and then fifty more empty spots of business models that don't exist, and then true F2P.


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In Photoshop CS5 Essential Training, author Michael Ninness demonstrates how to produce the highest quality images with fantastic detail in the shortest amount of time, using a combination of Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw. This course shows the most efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, Michael shares the secrets of non-destructive editing, utilizing and mastering Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, layers, adjustment layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more. Exercise files are included with the course.
One of the more common problems you'll run into when working with digital images is they tend to sometimes be flat. They don't have a lot of contrast and here's an example in this image. It's great composition and nice color, so forth, but it's just looking a little flat. It needs to be a little bit pumped up and have stronger blacks and stronger whites. Now there is a variety of different tools in Photoshop and features that let you address this problem. I am going to teach you about Levels, and specifically, the Levels Adjustment layer. Now before we do that, I've got a layer here called 256 Levels. I am going to go ahead and turn that on, and it's just a gradient from left to right where it goes from black to white.
What this represents is the number of tones or grayscale values there are per channel in an RGB image. It turns out that an RGB image is actually made up of three channels of light: red light, green light and blue light. In fact, if I go ahead and turn off the 256 Levels layer so I can just see my color image again, and I'll go to the Channels panel inside Photoshop here, iff we take a look at just the Red Channel by clicking on the word Red, you'll see it's a grayscale image where each color value is mapped to a grayscale value.
So, the brighter the color, the lighter the grayscale value, So, where there's going to be a lot of red in the Red Channel, that red color would be represented by a light pixel. If it doesn't have a lot of red, then it will be dark. So, if you can take a look at the blue strap here or the blue with their shirt, those pixels end up being dark because there is not a lot of red in them. Likewise, if I click on the Green Channel, you will see parts of the image that have green in them will be brighter. The parts of the image that don't have green in them will be darker, and the same thing for the Blue Channel when you click on Blue.
So, when you break down a color image into three individual channels of light and think about each of those channels being represented by a grayscale image, how many different levels of gray are there per channel? It's 256. 0 is black, 255 is white, and then every gray value in between is assigned as specific number between that range. Let's go back to the RGB Channel, so I see all the composite red, green, blue channels together and see my color image. We'll go back to our friend the Layers panel. I know the Channels panel can be a little scary for folks.
Let's go back over to layers, and we'll turn on that 256 Levels layer again. What I want to teach you here is what happens when you start adjusting the levels with the Levels Adjustment layer. Let's go ahead and do that. Go to the Adjustments panel. I am going to click on the icon for Levels to bring up that editor. Now there are three knobs, or dials, that you can play with in the Levels histogram here. Now if you take a look at this chart, this nerdy word histogram, that is a chart of the tonal values in your image, how many pixels per tone.
So, if you look at the Black slider, that represents tonal value 0. If you look at the White slider, that represents tonal value 255. And then your middle slider is your 50% gray point, your middle point. And this slider will adjust automatically, based on where you move the white and black sliders. It's always going to try to find the absolute middle between black and white if you don't touch it. You can always override it and move it yourself. But if I start dragging the White slider, you'll see that Gray slider moves with it to always find the new mathematical center of the range of tones.
So, what's happened when you actually move the sliders? Okay. I am going to turn on some Guides to help us out here. I'm going to go to my View menu and Show > Guides. What I have done is I've actually drawn out some Guides, which will be useful in a moment. I am going to switch to my Eye Dropper tool. I am going to press the letter I. I am going to bring up my Info panel under the Window menu, Window > Info. And as I move the Eyedropper around my screen, you'll see some numbers in the RGB section of the Info panel, and they are split in half because it's showing you a before and an after value.
Right now, since I haven't done anything in the Levels panel, they are still at the default values here. I'm just seeing the same numbers for both R, G and B on the before and after side of that split. If I put my cursor all the way over to the left, you'll see that that's tonal value 0, so that's absolute black. Those pixels on the very left edge there are 100% black, or tonal value 0. If I move the cursor all the way over to the right, you can see the tonal value is 255, so absolute white. And if I actually got out rulers and found out my precise middle of this particular image, in terms of pixel dimensions, I would find 128 as my midpoint gray, and there it is, right about there.
So, back to what happens when you actually start adjusting the Level sliders. I am going to take this Black slider and drag it all the way over to 20. Now what I am telling Photoshop to do is, "Hey, Photoshop. Every pixel in this image that has a tonal value of 0 to 20, I want them all to become 0." So, now to kind of prove this to you, if I move my mouse anywhere over here to the left of this guide, you'll see on the right side on the Info panel, so take a look at the left numbers and the right numbers, the left numbers are were we started, the right numbers are where we're going after doing this adjustment in the Levels Adjustment layer.
If I move my mouse anywhere between the edge of the image and that blue guide, you can see all those tonal values have now been re-mapped to absolute black. They've all become zero, in terms of tonal value. The new midpoint is going to be somewhere else than the actual precise middle of the image, because we've shifted all those grayscale values over proportionally, as I adjust that Black slider. So, same thing with the White slider. If I move that to the left - to say 224, sounds good - as I move my mouse in the area to the right of this blue guide, you'll see that all those pixels have now been mapped to white, or 255.
And again, that middle triangle, the grayscale triangle, moved in proportion with that White slider. So, really, what you're doing is you're setting a stronger black and a stronger white. And you are going to be clipping detail in the process, and we'll cover that in just a moment, but you are shifting a certain range of pixels to go absolute black and a certain range of tonal pixels to go absolute white and then your grayscale value changes in between. Let's go ahead and reset this adjustment layer. There is a click of a button here at the bottom where it says Reset to adjustment defaults, so it's like nothing has happened.
I'm going to go ahead and turn off that 256 Levels layer because that was just for visual purposes, and I'll go ahead and close the Info panel. So, it's not distracting, we'll turn off the Guides as well, View > Show > Guides. All right. So, we've got our original color image again. You can see the histogram is now reflecting the chart of the tonal values of the color image instead of having that grayscale layer turned on. It's just showing you the histogram of the layer stack as it's currently seen with the layers turned on or off. So, here when you take a look at this histogram, it actually tells you quite a bit of information.
It's telling you there are gaps, there are missing tones in this image. You can see there isn't actually a pure 100% white set of pixels, because there's no piles of pixels represented in that part of the graph. There is also not an absolute black set of tones in the image, because there is no stack of pixels in the black area as well. So, the way you work with Levels is you simply move the sliders to where the piles of pixels begin in the chart. If I move that Black slider to the right, right about level 5 here, that's where there are some pixels that have that tonal value.
There is not a lot of them, but there are a few. The image actually already starts to look a little bit better. I'll turn it on and off. Here is before, and there's after. And that's very subtle, but you did see a shift. Not very many pixels became 0s because there weren't a lot of pixels in that range anyway, but remember that middle slider moved with the Black slider. So, it's actually remapping the midtones and making them darker as you slide that over to the right, meaning you're increasing contrast in that range of pixels. I am going to go ahead and move that slider all the way over to level 15.
Now I have told Photoshop, "Every tonal value from 0 to 15, you are now going to go to 0." Now are you losing detail in the shadows? Yes, absolutely. But are you losing much detail in this particular image? No, because there weren't a lot of pixels that had that tonal range in them anyway. Let's move that White slider over to the left, and we'll take this down to say 195, okay, right there. Now, here I am starting to lose a little bit of detail on the right side of her face, and I can kind of just see that really quickly, visually here.
But if you really want to be sure where you should start moving the slider to, a good rule of thumb is always to start where the actual piles of pixels begin in the chart, kind of right there. So, it turns out that's about 218 in this particular image. And then if you want to increase the contrast even more, it's helpful to see where you are going to be clipping detail in those highlights as you drag the slider. So, here's a little power tip for you: hold down the Option key, or Alt key on Windows, and when you drag the White slider or the Black slider, it gives you what's called a Clipping Preview.
As I move that slider left or right, you'll see, on the screen, where certain pixels are going to be blowing out to absolute 255, or white in our analogy here. As you can see in the side of that face, if I go over to 189, or 187, or whatever, you can see I am really starting to clip a lot of detail on the highlight side of their face. So, with the Option key held down, or the Alt key held down, I can just keep dragging that White slider left or right until I'm satisfied with getting as much boost in contrast in the highlights as possible but deciding where I don't want to clip detail anymore.
So, I am going to take this particular image, let's say, 210. And that looks about good. I'm not losing much detail, but I've increased the overall brightness and contrast of the image. Here is our before. We can click on the eye at the bottom of the Adjustments panel to see the before. Here's after, and you can see I've made that image have much more visual pop. I've got great contrast. I've established a true black and a true white and adjusted the overall tone quality of the image. And the best part, because it's an Adjustment layer, it's nondestructive. I can turn the whole layer on and off.
I can lower its Opacity, if the effect is too strong I can lower it, and I can even mask it off if needed. So, there you have it. I hopefully have taught you not just about the Levels Adjustment layer but how Levels actually work, and you can apply that to any image that has a little bit of flat no contrast issue. Move the Black slider in. Move the White slider in to where the piles of tiles, or piles of pixels begin. If you want to take it even further, hold down that Option or Alt key as you drag those sliders so you can actually see where detail is going to be clipped in the process.
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Wicked Reviews
One of Broadway's most popular shows, Wicked tells the unbelievable backstory behind The Wizard of Oz's Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the green girl that becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. This family-friendly musical is the definition of a Broadway spectacular, with award-winning sets, costumes and special effects.
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