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New International Version
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali--
New Living Translation
He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
English Standard Version
And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
New American Standard Bible
and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
King James Bible
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Holman Christian Standard Bible
He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
International Standard Version
He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
NET Bible
While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he left Nazareth, and came to dwell in Kapernahum, by the side of the sea, in the borders of Zebulon and of Naphtali.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. This was in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
Jubilee Bible 2000
and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
King James 2000 Bible
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali:
American King James Version
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelled in Capernaum, which is on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
American Standard Version
and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;
Darby Bible Translation
and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,
English Revised Version
and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:
Webster's Bible Translation
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;
Weymouth New Testament
and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali,
World English Bible
Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Young's Literal Translation
and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
Parallel CommentariesMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary
4:12-17 It is just with God to take the gospel and the means of grace, from those that slight them and thrust them away. Christ will not stay long where he is not welcome. Those who are without Christ, are in the dark. They were sitting in this condition, a contented posture; they chose it rather than light; they were willingly ignorant. When the gospel comes, light comes; when it comes to any place, when it comes to any soul, it makes day there. Light discovers and directs; so does the gospel. The doctrine of repentance is right gospel doctrine. Not only the austere John Baptist, but the gracious Jesus, preached repentance. There is still the same reason to do so. The kingdom of heaven was not reckoned to be fully come, till the pouring out of the Holy Spirit after Christ's ascension.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 13. - And leaving Nazareth. Finally as a place of residence. The form Ναζαρά occurs only here and Luke 4:16, which in itself well suits the opinion that Luke 4:16-30 is only a fuller account of this sojourn at Nazareth (cf. Weiss, ' Matthaus-Evang.'). He came and dwelt; i.e. made his home in (cf. Matthew 2:23). Not as having a house of his own there, so that he could take shelter in it as of right (cf. Matthew 8:20, "The foxes have holes," etc.); but probably settling his mother there, and being himself generally admitted to some one's house (perhaps Peter's, cf. Matthew 8:14, 16) when he came to the town. In Capernaum. Most probably the modern Tell-hum, upon the north-western shore, two miles from where the Jordan enters the lake. On the interesting relic of the synagogue, presumably that built by the centurion (Luke 7:5), vide especially Bishop Westcott on John 6:59. The identification with Tell-Hum can, however, hardly be considered as absolutely settled. "Some of the narratives of pilgrims of the sixth and seventh centuries appear to place Capernaum here. Jewish authors mention a place called Karat Tankhum, or Nakhum; and as the Arabic Tell ("hill") might easily be substituted for the word Kaphar ("village"), and Nakhum corrupted to Hum, Capernaum and Tell-Hum may be identical. On the other hand, Sepp supposes that the name of the Minim (Jewish Christians), who are known to have been numerous at Capernaum down to the time of Constantine, has been preserved in the Khan Minyeh" (Socin's ' Baedeker,' p. 373). Which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim. The details are mentioned to show the accordance with the following prophecy. Neubauer ('Geogr. du Talm.,' p. 222, edit. 1868) points out that, according to Joshua 19:33, 34, and the notices in the Talmud, the whole western side of the lake was in Naphtali, and that hence Capernaum could not, strictly speaking, be "in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim." He himself explains the discrepancy by saying that St. Matthew imitates the Haggadistic methods in accommodating the geography to the text he quotes. But it is clear that the expression is satisfied by the fact that Zebulun was really near Capernaum, and that numbers of those who frequented the town must have come from Zebulun. The position of Capernaum thus formed quite a sufficient reason for quoting the prophecy in Isaiah. Our evangelist, who (ch. 2.) had noticed the coining of distant heathen to worship Messiah, though he was persecuted by the then ruler of the nation, found it very significant that his public activity should begin at a distance from the home of the hierarchy, and in a district which had been the first to suffer from heathen attacks in the past, and had at the present moment a population in which there was a great mixture of the heathen element (cf. Weiss, 'Matthiaus-Evang.').
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And leaving Nazareth,.... Where he was educated, and had lived many years together; and where he preached first to the good liking of the people, who
wondered at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth: though afterwards they were so much displeased with him, that they thrust him out of their city; and intended to have destroyed him, by casting him down headlong from the brow of an hill; and which seems to be the reason of his leaving this city; see Luke 4:16
he came and dwelt in Capernaum a city of Galilee. Luke 4:31
which is upon the sea-coast by the sea of Tiberias, or Genesareth
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: it bordered on both these tribes; it signifies "the village of consolation" (t); and so it was, whilst the consolation of Israel dwelt there. The Jews speak very evilly of it: no doubt because it was the dwelling place of Christ; and because there might be some in it who believed in him: they represent the inhabitants of it as very great sinners, heretics, and dealers in magic art. Chanina, the brother's son of R. Joshua, they say (u), went to Capernaum, and the heretics did something to him; according to the gloss, they bewitched him: and elsewhere (w) explaining the words in Ecclesiastes 7:26
Who so pleaseth God,....; this, they say, is Chananiah, the brother's son of R. Joshua; and "the sinner"; these are the "children", or inhabitants of Capernaum. Thus they show their spite against the very place in which Christ dwelt.
(t) Vid. Benjamin Tudelens. Itinerar. p. 37. & L'Empereur, not. in ib. & Hieron. in Mar. i. 21. & Origen. Comment. in Matt. p. 317. vol. 1. Ed. Huet. (u) Midrash Koheleth. fol. 63. 1.((w) Ib. fol. 77. 1.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
13. And leaving Nazareth—The prevalent opinion is that this refers to a first visit to Nazareth after His baptism, whose details are given by Luke (Lu 4:16, &c.); a second visit being that detailed by our Evangelist (Mt 13:54-58), and by Mark (Mr 6:1-6). But to us there seem all but insuperable difficulties in the supposition of two visits to Nazareth after His baptism; and on the grounds stated in Lu 4:16, &c., we think that the one only visit to Nazareth is that recorded by Matthew (Mt 13:53-58), Mark (Mr 6:1-6), and Luke (Lu 4:14-30). But how, in that case, are we to take the word "leaving Nazareth" here? We answer, just as the same word is used in Ac 21:3, "Now when we had sighted Cyprus, and left it on the left, we sailed into Syria,"—that is, without entering Cyprus at all, but merely "sighting" it, as the nautical phrase is, they steered southeast of it, leaving it on the northwest. So here, what we understand the Evangelist to say is, that Jesus, on His return to Galilee, did not, as might have been expected, make Nazareth the place of His stated residence, but, "leaving [or passing by] Nazareth,"
he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast—maritime Capernaum, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee; but the precise spot is unknown. (See on [1220]Mt 11:23). Our Lord seems to have chosen it for several reasons. Four or five of the Twelve lived there; it had a considerable and mixed population, securing some freedom from that intense bigotry which even to this day characterizes all places where Jews in large numbers dwell nearly alone; it was centrical, so that not only on the approach of the annual festivals did large numbers pass through it or near it, but on any occasion multitudes could easily be collected about it; and for crossing and recrossing the lake, which our Lord had so often occasion to do, no place could be more convenient. But one other high reason for the choice of Capernaum remains to be mentioned, the only one specified by our Evangelist.
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim—the one lying to the west of the Sea of Galilee, the other to the north of it; but the precise boundaries cannot now be traced out.
Matthew 4:13 Additional Commentaries
Jesus Begins His Ministry
12Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee; 13and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:…
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Matthew 4:14
to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 4:15
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
Matthew 9:1
Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town.
Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Mark 1:21
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
Mark 2:1
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
Luke 4:23
Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself!' And you will tell me, 'Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'"
Luke 4:31
Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.
Luke 10:15
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.
John 2:12
After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
John 4:46
Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
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DFS City Council finalizes budget
By ALICIA LEONARD
In the last public budget meeting the City of DeFuniak Springs finalizes the 2008-2009 budget at $25,872,880 with the millage rate set at 4.5, a lower rate than the the rollback rate by 1.83 percent.
After a short recess, the Council moved onto their regularly scheduled meeting. In the first order of business, Mayor Harold Carpenter re-appointed Donald Truitt to the DeFuniak Spring Housing Authority.
Wal-Mart received approval for 25 temporary storage units to be placed on their property between the dates of September 2008 and mid January 2009.
The DeFuniak Springs Women's Club received unanimous approval to block off Circle Drive for Halloween trick or treating and for the annual Christmas Parade. The Council also unanimously approved to waive the fee for the sound system for a benefit to support Allen Rescue Foundation (ARF). The non-profit foundation will hold an auction and yard sale at the Lakeyard amphitheater on October 4 to benefit the adult dog sanctuary.
Public Works Director Bill Holloway received unanimous approval on two requests for new equipment. The first request was for an advance fuel control system. The electronic pump control will allow the city to keep a better tab on millage and gas used by employees. The old control is a key system, but employees write down their use on a log kept in vehicles. Holloway said the new device will keep up with all aspects of fuel management and employee usage automatically and will assist with the budgeting process for departments in the future. The purchase was bid at $8,130.
The second purchase approved was for a trailer-mounted sewer cleaner with a television inspection system. Holloway said the system will replace the city's old sewer jetter that is constantly under repair. As the Public Works Department uses the new device, it will record the images and help troubleshoot sewer and water issues through out the city lines. The images will be mapped by being transferred onto discs and stored for future reference. The purchase was budgeted and came in at $80,629. Holloway said this was considered a good price since they had requested a price from another company to provide the service without purchasing equipment and received an $11,000 quote to map one street.
Capt. Mark Weeks and Lt. Bill Chapman of the DeFuniak Springs Police Depart sought and received unanimous approval for the purchase of four Powerheart cardiac defibrillators. The purchase was available form leftover funds from this year's budget, according to Weeks. Three of the devices to assist with cardiac emergencies will be placed in each shift supervisor's cars and one will be kept at the dispatch center. Weeks said the ultimate goal will be to have one in every patrol car. Chapman requested approval for a bid to replace a patrol car that was totaled in a wreck a few months back. The Council unanimously approved the purchase price of $17,906 for the replacement.
The Council then approved for Mayor Harold Carpenter to be given a credit card for travel on official business. They also approved unanimously the renewal of the city's property, liability and workers compensation insurance. The renewal rate was $12,570 less than last year's renewal price.
The next scheduled meeting of the Council is set for Oct. 13 at 6 p.m.

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So, when in an interview they said they were pushing the release back to 2014 to listen to player feedback I was pretty ecstatic.
If you were like me at the start and didn't like the direction they were taking the game, now is the time to sign up for the beta if you haven't and make your position known.
Things I personally think they need to change
1. Unit collision- This is huge for pvp, right now apparently there is no unit collision which really kills realism in larger pvp battles. For example, in large engagements you would want shield bearers in front of your squishy archers so to speak to protect them, but I don't want people walking through me, kills realism and limits tactics.
2. Faction shenanigans gone, alignments in- They said your going to be able to have the other two factions in your guild, but still fight them in cyrodil? I want the story to be real and drive me to kill other players, this kills immersion and quite frankly doesn't make any sense. Like your in guild..but all of a sudden I hate you in this particular area? Faction lock guilds, add alignments. Maybe even potentially you can be not friendly with all alliances and be rogue and live in cyrodil? Something awesome along those lines.
3. Cyrodil needs to be amazing- If your going to have only one land mass to pvp on, it better be great or there wont be a pvp community.
4. Different PVE- There was talk of raids inititally in this game....I'm all for players working together to slay a common threat, but I don't want them to replicate raids or anything for that matter from WoW.
5. Exploration- From what I'm told the exploration in this game is going to be solid, still though it would be huge if they managed to screw it up. Thats what elder scrolls is about.
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Originally posted by Chrisbox
1. Unit collision would be nice, but I believe there are some issues with doing that in MMOs. Such as players blocking areas as an example. Now it would be cool if this can be fixed by allowing other players to push other players. Move them or something like that. They do this in many online multiplayer games, not sure why they do not use this method in MMOs.
2. I don't find this much of an issue actually. It does not ruin immersion if you simply view the guilds as an outside influence of the real world. In other words, your friends in the real world, but not inside the game. Think of it like using an IM client with a chat feature. I mean really, that is all guilds really are anyway. Basically I am saying it isn't your normal guild system you would see in an MMO, it's slightly different do to the way the game works.
3. Agreed
4. Agreed, I want them to keep PVE as lore friendly as possible, things that make sense and feel like an Elder Scrolls game.
5. From what I heard, it is just as you said. I think ESO will have one of the best explorations in any MMO. I really can't imagine them messing up this portion of the game since it already sounds good.
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Open World, Full loot PvP + ESO PvE = The greatest game ever created. Hell with just open world full loot pvp I am having a blast in Dark Fall Unholy Wars. Imagine if PvE is put into the mix!
And the siege and PvP in Cyrodiil must suppress anything else we have seen in DAOC, Shadowbane, or Dark Fall. I attached Darkfall video for demo below.
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i hope they improve the character models, because currently they look like they were done in the 1990.
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Originally posted by MoonBeans
1990 ? Meh .. I bet even dinosaurs had better looking models in their pc games !
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Originally posted by gamekid2k
Worst pvp I've seen in a game o.O
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Originally posted by Chrisbox
1. Unit collision isn't more immersive unless they are in blocking mode (even blocking mode should be checked and balanced) as the dynamics of the human body aren't going to be realistically represented in a game. There are limitations to what they can impliment technologically so immersion should be carefully considered along with these limitations.
2. I am figuring they don't want scenerios where one alliance has such a supreme advantage over another by sheer numbers that it turns out to be a huge fiasco upsetting the playerbase. You have to consider the developers for PvP are from DAoC and look what happened to that game early on. There has to be balancing factors involved so everyone participating in PvP scenerios is going to be considered and going to have a chance, instead of staying near guards at the entrance to Cryodiil from their alliance lands much like what happened in DAoC. Also this is a game of players wanting to explore and experience more then their own alliance and simply wanting to have fun as this is all lighthearted fun for everyone, isn't it?
3) Cryodiil will be amazing as it is a huge part of the game dynamic and surely endgame playability factors have to be considered as well. Im sure there will be every form of PvP immersive qualities tied in with this zone for strategy and tactics to come into play for groups, raids, and solo players.
When I look at the map on their website it sure looks much bigger then each of the alliance areas and there could be many fronts a player could choose to where to fight and pick their strategies, allies, and tactics therein.
4) Well they are using instancing which is a WoW dynamic and I don't see this as being something bad as it was purely for PvE consideration and enjoyment factor for set solo/group/raid encounters and technological considerations. I would rather see PvE being instanced to allow for alot more PvP immersion and depth; Wouldn't you? At least early on, I highly doubt PvE raiding will be as indepth as WoW was in its heyday.
5) From what has been leaked Tamriel is massive to explore as it should be as an Elder Scrolls game. This is why I want to play characters on all alliances without issues, as I am sure many will do the same, then I can pick and choose what I want to do and when from there. Im sure alot of nostalgia from the Elder Scrolls legacy is going to be all over for fans of previous titles to enjoy thoroughly.
my 5
1) Immersive Siege Equipment; setup/collapse, movement across various terrain, customization/design/types, control and range indicators, damage (outgoingt/incoming) , construction/repair, etc...simply said badass and awesome siege warfare but costly in resources and funds
2) Water; Underwater areas to explore in instances and outside as well, Immersive underwater/overwater PvP, Boats/Ships, Stealthing through water, Water Apparatuses, Underwater MOBs of all types and sizes to consider instead of disregarding, Heard mention to fishing and I hope its awesome, etc....
3) Real Time Immersive Dodging, Evasion, Mitigation, Movement, Attacking, Spellcasting, Throwing, etc...so attack, defensive, counterattacks, and utility maneuvers are carefully considered along with stamina, health and mana therein.
4) Much more then several optimum PvP builds/templates, factors, weapons, tools, etc... to prevent cookie cutter suggested/recommended types players cater to gain advantages in PvP which imo would ruin immersiveness, excitement and anticipation in PvP.
5) Heres hoping PvE is more along the lines of previous elder scrolls titles instead of content easily run through by players as is most MMORPGs. Please don't make every encounter, instance, treasure, etc... the same for every player/group/raid cuz there will be websites, spoilers, cheats, etc...shortly after release and it will ruin a huge part of gameplay for much of your fanbase (as they are from your strictly PvE glorydays). Tamriel needs to be alive, dynamic, interactive, immersive, exciting, enthralling, etc...so a player/group/raid can have much different experiences and outcomes and adventures in the same themepark, so to speak.
Darkfall Unholy Wars is funny and reminds me of Shadowbane...hrmmm wondered why they shut it down in 2009...gee I wonder where that development team ventured off to...go figure and Wheres my freakin TShirt you posers?
Originally posted by gamekid2k
I played DFUW. Awesome combat and seiging but my main problems were with 1. Prowess grinding is the worst form of progression ever made in an MMO and 2. Theres no reason to not to kill other players, leaving no sand in the sandbox. One of the first DFUW videos posted on these forums was from me :P trust me I gave the game a very fair chance, and I do miss it at times. Anyway try to keep the thread ESO related :D
Originally posted by Kuanshu
1. Agreed
2. Agreed
3. Agreed, though like I said unit collision would make all of that a lot easier to become reality.
4. Agreed, hoping for varied build system that can stay balanced
5. Agreed, Like I said I don't want anything WOW related in the slightest.
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
The combat looks solid, the character skills system is great and the DAoC style RvR system (as long as Darkness Falls dungeon is implemented) are good if you're into PvP but that's about as far as I can go with any accolades. Here is my 5 things they need to add t make me say Ohh and ahhh!
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I think at this point they just need to pull a FFXiV and go back to the drawing board. ESO ARR!


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text: ok, thanks. i looked ist some other archives and i found the Swapbox Classic X2 ISA to PCMCIA working in openbsd (for about 33 euros). and i think i will get the netgear ma401 (for about 68 euros)to build up my littel wlan. risa > kl16.no-ip.com [mailto:webmaster_(_at_)_kl16_(_dot_)_no-ip_(_dot_)_com] writes: >> ist there any chance to use a wifi pcmcia card with an isa >> adapter card >> in openbsd 3.0? or if this doesnt work, are there isa or pci (cheap) >> wlancards witch working with openbsd 3.0? > Try searching the archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/. This > subject > was discussed as recently as yesterday. For i386 hardware > compatibility list > see http:/www.openbsd.org/i386.html. > Don't get the Netgear MA401/301 combo as I just did - very problematic > so > far. > -- > stephen


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Blogging Houston-area education with the Chronicle staff.
HISD proposal would reduce waiting-list options for magnet applicants
The mystery has been solved. On Thursday morning, HISD's School Choice twitter account broke news. Kind of. The tweet said in full, "Changes coming… We're moving to a priority-based application system. Details will be posted very soon." Four school board members, including board president Rhonda Skillern-Jones, told me Friday that they didn't know what the message […] [Read More]
Keep track of the HISD campaign funds rolling in
Former City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones has raised more than $8,100 in her run for the HISD school board, nearly twice as much as competitor Ann McCoy. Jones' contributions for the District 4 race include more than $2,800 from her council campaign. She served on the council from 2008 through 2011. Community activist Larry McKinzie also […] [Read More]
HISD employees, others affected by medical records hack
Current and former employees of Houston ISD are among those nationally whose personal medical information may have been accessed in a security breach involving an outside vendor. HISD posted on item on its website Tuesday telling employees that they should have received letters from Medical Informatics Engineering if they were affected. MIE, the medical records company that was hacked, works with Concentra, […] [Read More]
Campaign dollars trickle in for HISD trustees
Fundraising among most HISD board members was slow during the first half of 2015. Board president Rhonda Skillern-Jones, who plans to seek re-election to her District 2 seat this November, raised the most money this reporting period ($4,000) and has the second most on hand ($8,195), according to the July campaign finance reports. Three other board seats […] [Read More]
HISD makes more principal moves this summer
HISD Superintendent Terry Grier announced a slew of new administrative hires earlier this summer. The latest round of moves is below. *Holland Middle School: New principal is LaShonda Bilbo-Ervin, the former principal of Booker T. Washington High School. *Booker T. Washington High School: New principal is Carlos Phillips II, the former principal of Gregory Lincoln K-8. *Harvard Elementary: […] [Read More]
Charter founder gets real with admission about improving schools
"Let's just be real," Chris Barbic wrote last week when announcing his resignation as superintendent of Tennessee's Achievement School District. Then Barbic admitted what skeptics of charter schools have preached for years — "achieving results in neighborhood schools is harder than in a choice environment." Barbic, as founder of the highly acclaimed YES Prep charter school network in Houston, […] [Read More]
HISD board approves school improvement plans on third try
Houston ISD trustees on Thursday approved school improvement plans for 17 low-performing campuses after twice rejecting them as a state deadline loomed. The board agreed 5-1, with three absent, to sign off on the plans. Board president Rhonda Skillern-Jones had called a special meeting after Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams gave the Houston Independent School […] [Read More]
Required reading: truancy, trees and trying again
*The state's new truancy law, which reduces skipping school from a misdemeanor to a fine-worthy offense, has some concerned that more students will skip class and drop out. *San Antonio's pilot program to decrease truancy yields positive results. *Is the new Pearson-developed GED too hard? The Texas State Board of Education is joining the debate. *The city […] [Read More]


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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the Commandant of the Judge Advocate General's School of the Army may, upon recommendation by the faculty of such school, confer the degree of master of laws (LL.M.) in military law upon graduates of the school who have fulfilled the requirements for that degree.
Source(Added Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 504(a),Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1086.)
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February 13, 2012
Some great alternative bands from the90's and some who were influenced by that era....great fuzzy guitar driven tracks.Thirty-one tracks including music by Black Lab, Blur, and Pulp.
Temporary Dive by rcomish
A little list of tunes that I like to space out too, some new some older.
alternative, indi chill, stoned., mellow vibes, mixtape
All at Once by rcomish
Late Night Listening Pleasure.
late night driving, late night studying, chill, dark, alternative/indie
Happy Accidents by rcomish
A light fun mix I put together while dating my sweetheart.
love songs, dream pop, happy music, falling in love
Lions in the Garden. by rcomish
Heres to feeling alive again, and for letting the stirrings of life be activated again by another beautiful soul.
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Posted by Anonymous on 02/28/2007
loved the food and the value was great. we tried the tom yum soup which was spicy but if you can handle it you'll love it. we had the mussels appetizer which was really tasty. for our entree we had the soft crab, shrimp and catfish with coconut and special sauce which was very good too. the only thing i didn't like was the atmosphere. the music seemed like it was coming from a boombox and the place looked like a tiny apartment/office space that was repainted and trying to look like a decent restaurant. overall i very highly recommend the food if you don't mind the atmosphere.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/26/2006
This place has a good food. We had Tom Yum soup. It was sour and spicy (usual) hidden sweetness made this soup exceptionally good. Then, we had fried calamari. It was good but I like Angle Thai on Grand St. Green papaya and pat thai were good as any other place. I might like the one from near here Mo-Ra-Kote on Carmine St. The main we had sirloin steak with green curry. Something was missing on that dish. I didn't taste much of green curry. I thought beef need something for my taste. Roasted duck with pineapple curry were excellent. Thick sauce of curry were laid over beautifully decorated plate with cherry tomato carving as flower and cucumber were thin sliced to make a shape of stem and leaves. The ducks were tasty. I will definitely go back and try their excellent offer of lunch and early bird specials!
Posted by Anonymous on 11/17/2006
I got delivery first and was good. Next day, I wanted to check it out the restaurant so I went to see and order take out. Place was small like everyone says but the energy that I got was very kind and warm. The entire store front was open. Fall breeze was coming in. Trees lined street full of red and yellow leaves were framed as if I was watching a painting. I thought delivery was already reasonable but if you come and eat there, it is $1 cheaper on lunch special ($5.95???). The portion was very reasonable. Dishes were on white big plate. I will definitely go back and enjoy watching changes of season and have a good food for less.
Posted by Anonymous on 11/07/2006
I usually order take out from this place and I love it. The grilled sticky rice is incredible as is the beef salad. Juicy and as spicy as you want it. The soups are great and its allso cheap. Fantastic place, I highly recommend it
Posted by Romy on 08/19/2006
This place is verrry small. Not for claustrophobic people. Its cute though and has nice decor. You get a good price for lunch. My husband complained though that there wasnt enough beef in his beef stir fry. Other than that the food was tasty.
Posted by awlrain on 07/21/2006
In fact, i signed on just to rebut the previous commenter! :) I go here / take out at least once a week and can really only vouch for their pad thai & massaman curry. I go around the city eating pad thai everywhere and like this one a lot(although it's nothing out of the blue extraordinary). their massaman curry is quite yum too. the lunch specials are a steal at $6+ for entree, salad and spring roll. service is great, quick, and accomodating and the staff is super nice. the space is warm, inviting, intimate, but a tiny place. it's always booked full! stay away from the green tea creme brulee - worth trying once, but the toxic green color was a bit scary (although amusing) and it was too sweet for me.
Posted by Kanenas on 07/10/2006
I tried this restaurant because of the mostly favorable reviews on this site. First, the good news: Service was prompt and courteous. The place was clean (by New York standards). The coconut milk/lemongrass soup that came with dinner was outstanding. The red curry with chicken was acceptable (although I have had better). The Macau beer was an outstanding value at $3.25. Then we had the pad-thai with pork, and things started to go downhill from there. First impression from the pad-thai was slightly unpleasant. So, generally I was pleased with food, however one unpleasant dish can ruin your whole dining experience. So many restaurants offer a few good items but they lack evenness and quality control. This is the case here.


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Moon Park
THE most accessible snowpark in the 3 Vallées !
Welcome to the Moon Park, Méribel's snowpark, shaped by HO5 and offering fun to all. Here you'll find courses for beginners (green) and intermediates (blue and red) as well as an intermediate boardercross (red).
There are over ten hectares (25 acres) of fun with whoops, tables, rails and boxes, all made from wood. The Moon Park is accessible for every skiers and snowboarders, you can learn freestyle easily. A Chill & Grill area and 2 great shapers are on site to help and advise you.
Access : Plan de l'Homme chairlift or Tougnète gondola, Arpasson draglift (lift serving the Moon Park).
The Moon Park is even more accessible!
The Moon Park has been completely overhauled for greater safety and ease of use. The blue trail, equipped with soft impact jumps, has been enlarged so you can practice freestyle in confidence.
NEW: our Shred Zone concept allows you to choose your jumps without having to follow a particular trail, giving you much greater freedom. Whether you are a beginner or expert, you can plan your run exactly as you want it.
Share your video on the Moon Park !
If you'd like to see yourself on screen, get to the Moon Park in Méribel! You'll be filmed hitting the kickers. You can watch yourself on the big screen at the Moon Park chalet and then see your film on your smartphone. You can do it as many times as you want – just swipe your liftpass. Show off your skills (or lack of them!) It's great to have a record to share with your mates.


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MiLi (Mini Lisp) is the interpreter of a variation of the LISP language: it can be used to dynamically manage code trees and evaluate them. It is not an efficient LISP implementation but a toy interpreter that can be used to try experimental features in the LISP language and to manage dynamically trees of code (for example in genetical-based automated code generation).
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Got this bag about 3 years ago and reviewed it then. Well, I carry it to professional meetings every day and it looks better now than when new! So many people, men and women, ask me where I got the bag and tell me how good it looks.Usually it holds my iPad and any amount of paper, but it will also easily hold a 13" MacBook Pro or even a 15" MacBook Pro (although the flap won't close properly with that one).So glad I picked this bag. It's been worth every penny and will continue to be for a long, long time.
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Fabulous, versatile and functional
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This is the second such messenger bag that I've bought from Overland. I was so in love with my brown one that I had to have it in black, too. They are my favorite over-the-shoulder bags. The leather is divine and the layout of the bag could not be more functional. Nothing bulky, everything stays tidy, and the bag is classy and fabulous. If there is another color offered, I'll buy it!
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Bought this bag on a trip to Napa. Have worked worldwide and a perfect bag for travel is key. Love the "raisin" color, leather is soft but structured, and pockets abound. Phone is extremely convenient, room for iPad, tickets, - everything. Have frequented Overland in various cities for years. Always great quality.
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Recording reheaseal and at gigs!
Im gonna record myself and my band when we are rehearsing and play at gigs!
I got a Behringer Eurorack UB-2442FX-Pro Mixer and some overhead microphones for the drums and i will buy a firewire interface soon too!
I was thinkin' to do like this: (sorry for the bad pic) :P
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thats pretty close to how we have ours set up, only thing i might mention is that on the behringer mixers you need to keep a close eye on which channels your using and what is turned up while your recording.
example, i have a behringer 32 channel mixer, we have an ipod hookup running i think to the tape in (i could be mistaken) but if we don't mute the tape in it creates a real real real nasty echo effect on the recording even when nothing is playing or hooked up. not sure why this happens since their not running at the same time but it does....
also i would suggest (if your mixer can do it) assigning each instrument a different subgroup and recording those instead of the main outs. we just found it helpfull to be able to control each subgroup individually rather then only being able to control the main mix...
oh yeah, i would think about getting a bass and snare mic, possibly even a hihat mic, overheads pic up a lot but we found we lost alot of the bass and hihat and the snare sounded distant but that could of just been our mix as well, just something to think about....
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The Avida configuration file (avida.cfg) is the main configuration file for Avida. With this file, the user can setup all of the basic conditions for a run. Below are detailed descriptions for some of the settings in the configuration file, with particularly important settings highlighted in green. The non-colored entries will probably never need to change unless you are performing a very specialized experiment.
This section covers all of the basic variables that describe the Avida run. This is effectively a miscellaneous category for settings that don't fit anywhere below.
|These settings allow the user to determine for how long the run should progress in generations and in updates, and determine if one or both criteria need to be met for the run to end. The run will also end if ever the entire population has died out. A setting of -1 for either ending condition will indicate no limit. End conditions can also be set in the events file, as is done by default, so you typically won't need to worry about this.
|The settings determine the size of the Avida grid that the organisms populate. In mass action mode the shape of the grid is not relevant, only the number of organisms that are in it.
|The random number seed initializes the random number generator. You should alter only this seed if you want to perform a collection of replicate runs. Setting the random number seed to zero (or a negative number) will base the seed on the starting time of the run -- effectively a random random number seed. In practice, you want to always be able to re-do an exact run in case you want to get more information about what happened.
This section relates Avida to other files that it requires.
|The name (or path) of the directory where output files generated by Avida should be placed.
|These settings indicate the names of all of the other configuration files used in an Avida run. See the individual documents for more information about how to use these files.
These settings control how creatures are born and die in Avida.
|The birth method sets how the placement of a child organism is determined. Currently, there are six ways of doing this -- the first four (0-3) are all grid-based (offspring are only placed in the immediate neighborhood), and the last two (4-5) assume a well-stirred population. In all non-random methods, empty sites are preferred over replacing a living organism.
|By default, replacement is the only way for an organism to die in Avida. However, if a death method is set, organisms will die of old age. In method one, organisms will die when they reach the user-specified age limit. In method 2, the age limit is a multiple of their length, so larger organisms can live longer.
|During the replication process in the default virtual CPU, parent organisms must allocate memory space for their child-to-be. Before the child is copied into this new memory, it must have an initial value. Setting the alloc method to zero sets this memory to a default instruction (typical nop-A). Mode 1 leaves it uninitialized (and hence keeps the contents of the last organism that inhabited that space; if only a partial copy occurs, the child is a hybrid if the parent and the dead organism, hence the name necrophilia). Mode 2 just randomizes each instruction. This means that the organism will behave unpredictably if the uninitialized code is executed.
|The generation of an organism is the number of organisms in the chain between it and the original ancestor. Thus, the generation of a population can be calculated as the average generation of the individual organisms. When a divide occurs, the child always receives a generation one higher than the parent, but what should happen to the generation of the parent itself? In general, this should be set the same as divide method.
These place limits on when an organism can successfully issue a divide command to produce an offspring.
|This is the maximal difference in genome size between a parent and offspring. The default of 2.0 means that the genome of the child must be between one-half and twice the length of the parent. This it to prevent out-of-control size changes. Setting this to 1.0 will ensure fixed length organisms (but make sure to also turn off insertion and deletion mutations).
|These settings place limits on what the parent must have done before the child can be born; they set the minimum fraction of instructions that must have been copied into the child (vs. left as default) and the minimum fraction of instructions in the parent that must have been executed. If either of these are not met, the divide will fail. These settings prevent organisms from producing pathological offspring. In practice, either of them can be set to 0.0 to turn them off.
|Is an allocate required between each successful divide (in virtual hardware types where allocate is meaningful)? If so, this will limit the flexibility of how organisms produce children (they can't make multiple copies and divide them off all at once, for example). But if we don't require allocates, the resulting organisms can be a lot more difficult to understand.
|This was originally a hack. It allows the user to set the ID number for a task that must occur for a divide to be successful. At -1, no tasks are required. Ideally, this should be incorporated into the environment configuration file. NOTE: A task can fire without triggering a reaction. To add a required reaction see below.
|Allows user to set the ID number for a task which, if it occures, provides immunity from the required task (above) -- divide will proceede even if the required task is not done if immunity task is done. Defaults to -1, no immunity task present.
|Allows the user to set the ID number for a reaction that must occur for a divide to be successful. At -1, no reactions are required.
|Determines the probability of organism dieing when 'die' instruction is executed. Set to 0 by default, making the instruction neutral.
These settings control how and when mutations occur in organisms. Ideally, there will be more options here in the future.
|Point mutations (sometimes referred to as "cosmic ray" mutations) occur every update; the rate set here is a probability for each site that it will be mutated each update. In other words, this should be a very low value if it is turned on at all. If a mutation occurs, that site is replaced with a random instruction. In practice this also slows Avida down if it is non-zero because it requires so many random numbers to be tested every update.
|The copy mutation probability is tested each time an organism copies a single instruction. If a mutation occurs, a random instruction is copied to the destination. In practice this is the most common type of mutations that we use in most of our experiments.
|These probabilities are tested once per gestation cycle (when an organism is first born) at each position where an instruction could be inserted or deleted, respectively. Each of these mutations change the genome length. Deletions just remove an instruction while insertions add a new, random instruction at the position tested. Multiple insertions and deletions are possible each generation.
|Divide mutation probabilities are tested when an organism is being divided off from its parent. If one of these mutations occurs, a random site is picked for it within the genome. At most one divide mutation of each type is possible during a single divide.
This section covers tests that are very CPU intensive, but allow for Avida experiments that would not be possible in any other system. Basically, each time a mutation occurs, we can run the resulting organism in a test CPU, and determine if that effect of the mutation was lethal, detrimental, neutral, or beneficial. This section allows us to act on this. (Note that as soon as anything here is turned on, the mutations need to be tested. Turning multiple settings on will not cause additional speed decrease)
|When a mutation occurs of the specified type, the number listed next to that entry is the probability that the mutation will be reverted. That is, the child organism's genome will be restored as if the mutation had never occurred. This allows us both to manually manipulate the abundance of certain mutation types, or to entirely eliminate them.
|The sterilize options work similarly to revert; the difference being that an organism never has its genome restored. Instead, if the selected mutation category occurs, the child is sterilized so that it still takes up space, but can never produce an offspring of its own.
|If this toggle is set, organisms must be able to produce exact copies of themselves or else they are sterilized and cannot produce any offspring. An organism that naturally (without any external effects) produces an inexact copy of itself is said to have implicit mutations. If this flag is set, explicit mutations (as described in the mutations section above) can still occur.
These settings describe exactly what an update is, and how CPU time is allocated to organisms during that update.
|This sets the average number of instructions an organism should execute each update. Organisms with a low merit will consistently obtain fewer, while organisms of a higher merit will receive more.
|This setting determines the method by which CPU time is handed out to the organisms. Method 0 ignores merit, and hands out time on the CPU evenly; each organism executes one instruction for the whole population before moving onto the second. Method 1 is probabilistic; each organism has a chance of executing the next instruction proportional to it merit. This method is slow due to the large number of random values that need to be obtained and evaluated (and it only gets slower as merits get higher). Method 2 is fully integrated; the organisms get CPU time proportional to their merit, but in a fixed, deterministic order.
|This setting determines the base value of an organism's merit. Merit is typically proportional to genome length otherwise there is a strong selective pressure for shorter genomes (shorter genome => less to copy => reduced copying time => replicative advantage). Unfortunately, organisms will cheat if merit is proportional to the full genome length -- they will add on unexecuted and uncopied code to their genomes creating a code bloat. This isn't the most elegant fix, but it works.
|Labels are sequences of nop (no-operation) instructions used only to modify the behavior of other instructions. Quite often, an organism will have these labels in their genomes where the nops are used by another instruction, but never executed directly. To represent the executed length of an organism correctly, we need to somehow count these labels. Unfortunately, if we count the entire label, the organisms will again "cheat" artificially increasing their length by growing huge labels. This setting limits the number of nops that are counted as executed when a label is used.
|Determines the number of simultaneous processes that an organism can run. That is, basically, the number of things it can do at once. This setting is meaningless unless threads are supported in the virtual hardware and the instructions are available within the instruction set.
These settings control how Avida monitors and deals with genotypes, species, and lineages.
|For some statistics, we only want to measure organisms that we are sure are alive, but its not worth taking the time to run them all in isolation, without outside effect (and in some eco-system situations that isn't even possible!). For these purposes, we call a genotype "threshold" if there have ever been more than a certain number of organisms of that genotype. A higher number here ensures a greater probability that the organisms are indeed "alive". Recently, we've been shifting away from using threshold genotypes and instead finding other, more accurate testing methods.
|Should all genotypes be printed out upon reaching threshold? Each will receive its own file in the archive directory, so this can get very hard disk intensive. Many runs will have in the millions of organisms.
|Printing only the dominant genotype keeps track of the most successful individual genotypes without costing a huge amount of memory. The number you place here is the total number of updates that a genotype must remain dominant for it to be printed out. A 0 turns this off.
|In Avida, two organisms are said to be of the same species if you can perform all possible crossovers between them, and no more than a certain threshold (set here) fail to be viable offspring. The crossovers are done in isolation, and never affect the population as a whole.
|This entry sets if and how species should be recorded in Avida. A setting of 0 turns all species tests off. A setting of 1 means that every time a genotype reaches threshold, it is tested against all currently existing species to determine if it is part of any of them. If so, its species is set, and if not, it becomes the prototype of a new species. Finally, a setting of 2 only tests a new threshold genotype against the species of its parent (since each species test can take a long time) and if that fails immediately creates a new species. In practice, methods 1 and 2 produce similar results, but method 1 can take a lot longer to run.
|Toggle: Should new species be printed as soon as they are created?
|Many of our analysis methods (such as species testing) require that we be able to run organisms in isolation. Unfortunately, some of these organisms we test might be non-viable. At some point, we have to give up the test and label it as non-viable, but we can't give up too soon or else we might miss a viable, though slow replicator. This setting is multiplied by the length of the organism's genome in order to determine how many CPU-cycles to run the organism for. A setting of 20 effectively means that the average instruction must be executed twenty times before we give up. In practice, most organisms have an efficiency here of about 5, so 20 works well, but for accurate tests on some pathological organisms, we will be required to raise this number.
|In a normal Avida run, the genebank keeps track of all existing genotypes, and deletes them when the last organism of that genotype dies out. With this flag set, a genotype will not be deleted unless both it and all of its descendents have died off. This allows us to track back from any genotypes to its distant ancestors, monitoring all of the differences along the way. Once this information is being saved, see the events file for how to output it.
Log files are printed every time a specified event occurs. By default, all logs settings are 0 (i.e. the logs are turned off). Each time a logged event is printed, the update and identifying information on the individual that triggered it is always included.
|If toggle is set, print an entry to creature.log whenever a new organism is born. Include position information, parent organism, and a link to it genotype so the run can be reconstructed. This gets very large.
|If toggle is set, print an entry to genotype.log whenever a new genotype is created. Includes information on its parent genotype.
|If toggle is set, print an entry to threshold.log whenever a genotype reaches threshold. Includes information on what species it is.
|If toggle is set, print an entry to species.log whenever a new species is created. Includes information on the genotype the triggered the creation.
|Lineages can be given unique identifies and printed (into the file lineage.log) whenever they are created. Includes details about the event that created the lineage.
|Details when lineages are created. See config file comments for more detailed information.
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In the beginning of March we told you that the number of Jailbroken devices running iOS 6.x topped 14 million. With Apple releasing the iOS 6.1.3 firmware unfortunately Evasi0n's 43 day reign of supremacy came to an end, but that doesn't mean the tool went out without a fight. Although Apple patched four of the six exploits used in Evasi0n, according to Saurik, the tool was used by 18.2 million people to Jailbreak their iOS device Untethered on iOS 6.x.
This includes 13.8 million iPhones, 3.4 million iPads, and 1.1 million iPod Touches. These numbers greatly exceed previous Jailbreaks such as JailbreakMe 3, which was released in the Summer of 2011 and was used to Jailbreak around 2 million devices.
Apple took its time patching the Evasi0n Jailbreak, in fact it left the exploit untouched for over 6 weeks. By contrast, Apple patched JailbreakMe within 9 days of its release because the tool posed a serious security risk that could of been repurposed by malicious hackers to perform "drive-by downloads" of malware onto Apple devices that visited an infected website
Although a couple bugs that Evasi0n used to Jailbreak iOS 6.x Untethered remains, Planetbeing has commented that the Evad3rs do not plan to waste other vulnerabilities they have on hand to update the tool. They will more than likely wait until the next major release.
Were you one of the 18 million people Jailbroken on iOS 6.x? Let us know in the comments section below.


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There's nothing quite like a great black-and-white image. In this workshop, author and trainer Tim Grey shows you how to create the best possible black-and-white interpretations of color photographs using Adobe Photoshop. From very basic grayscale conversions to advanced multiple-channel blending using layer masks, Tim explores a wide variety of methods that you can use to produce the best black-and-white results. Afterwards, tackle a set of real-world projects that combine a variety of techniques to produce the final image. Note: This course was recorded in Photoshop CS5, but was created with users of both Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS4 in mind.
With a portrait, the focus tends to be, of course, on the person that is the subject of the photo. Quite often, removing the color element can help emphasize the person in the image. In this lesson, we'll explore some of the ways you might transform a color portrait into a black and white image. Perhaps, even only with the partial black and white element. We'll start off by converting this image to black and white. I'll click to Add a New Adjustment Layer and choose Black and White from the pop-up. And then, I'll adjust my controls here. In this case, I think I might darken down the reds just a little bit and perhaps brighten up the yellows.
This will help give us a little bit more contrast in those skin tones. Now, I am thinking at this point that maybe it might actually be interesting if only the person went black and white and the back were in color. So, I'm going to click on the Layer Mask for my black and white adjustment. And then, I'll choose Image, Adjustments, Invert from the menu. This will invert the Layer Mask, not the image. So, the Layer Mask is now filled with black. That means it's blocking the effect of the adjustment. So now, the black and white conversion is not visible.
However, if I choose the Brush tool from the toolbox, and then press the letter D to set my default colors, so that white is the foreground color. I can paint using a soft brush, a hardness of 0% and the opacity at 100%. This will allow me to paint into the image where I want the effect to be visible. In this case, my black and white conversion. So, I'll paint into the person here, so that I can only see black and white where the person is and the rest of the image appears in color. Now, obviously I'm just going to do a quick job here, so that we don't waste a lot of time trying to paint into the image.
And I'm actually going to paint around the perimeter of the person here first, and then use a larger brush to sort of fill in the details. As you can see, painting in white is revealing the effect of this Adjustment Layer, so that in this case the person is black and white and the background is still in color. And to me, that seems to emphasize the person all the more. It sort of draws attention to the person because it looks unique. It's what jumps out at us as being something special. There, that looks pretty good, I think I've gotten just about the entire area here painted properly.
So, we have black and white for the person and color for the background. Now, I think we could also use a little bit more contrast. If we experiment around with some of the sliders here, we might find some better interpretations of the image. For example, the yellows are helping to brighten up certain areas and the reds, you know, there's a lot of reds in the skin tones here, so I don't want to go too bright or things will start to look a little bit artificial. I think that's a pretty good starting point, but I'd like a bit more contrast. So, I'm going to add a Curves Adjustment Layer, and then we'll brighten up the highlights and darken up the shadows a little bit to give ourselves a bit more contrast.
I'd also like to fix a few blemishes here. So, I'm going to click on my Background Image Layer. And then, I'll create a new layer. Double-clicking the name of the layer, I'll give it a different name. Instead of layer 1, which isn't exactly meaningful, I'll call this clean up. I'll then choose my Spot Healing Brush and I'll Zoom In a little bit on the image. Now, to use the Spot Healing Brush on a separate layer, I need to make sure that I have my Sample All Layers check box turned on. However, in order to ensure that everything will match up, I need to turn off my other layers. So, in this case, I'll have only my Background Image Layer and my Cleanup Layer as active.
I can then use the Content Aware feature of the Spot Healing Brush to simply paint over areas that I would like to remove. And they'll be cleaned up automatically. So, I can get rid of a few blemishes here and there. And there's a couple of hairs here, some whiskers that are a little bit distracting, so I'll get rid of those. And I can continue cleaning up anything I'd like. When I'm happy, I'll Zoom back out here. And of course, I'll turn on my Adjustment Layer, so that we're back to the image as we last left it. Now, I like that color effect in the background, but it's a little bit too cool.
So, I think I'm going to add a Color Balance Adjustment Layer, so that I can shift the color just a little bit. I'll take the Yellow Blue slider a little bit toward yellow. And we'll take cyan red over toward the red and ooh, that's looking much, much nicer. It is a little bit too vibrance though. So, I'm going to reduce the vibrance, the saturation of the image using the Vibrance Adjustment Layer. In this case, a simple reduction of vibrance will help to tone those colors down just a little bit. Now, keep in mind, by changing the color in the image, you are impacting the black and white conversion.
So, you might want to revisit your black and white adjustment after applying any color changes. In this case, I think the overall conversion is fine, I just need a little bit darker dark areas in the image, so I'll go back to curves and make a refinement there. Well, I think that's looking a lot more interesting. I'll scroll down to the bottom of the Layers panel and hold the Alt key on Windows or the Option key on Macintosh and click the Eye icon, so that only the original background color image is visible. I can then, continue to hold the alter option key.
And click again to reveal all layers. As you can see, we've got an image with a little bit more impact here. By exercising some flexibility and control over your portraits, you can create a unique result, that may resonate better with your intended audience.
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Appeal on gay marriage ruling dampens celebrations
Detroit • Bethany Joy Rozeboom and Mary Winn couldn't have been much happier after receiving their long-awaited marriage license this weekend after a judge's ruling that Michigan's ban on such same-sex unions was illegal.
But the Grand Rapids couple and others across Michigan were still in a waiting game Monday to be recognized as legally married on state driver's licenses, voter registration records, Social Security cards and other documents because the ruling has been put on hold while the state appeals.
Some couples were able to file applications for adoptions and federal tax documents, but fear the process may be hampered by the legal tussle, while similar efforts at state offices were thwarted.
"I feel like it's been a constant yo-yo, even this whole weekend," Rozeboom said after being denied an application Monday for a new driver's license at a Michigan Secretary of State Office branch in Grand Rapids. "Walking out and having a legal marriage license that was signed by a clerk, we felt this is as official as it gets. This felt like we can be done now. But we can't be done now. Now what?"
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman struck down the state's 2004 law banning same-sex marriages on Friday while deciding a 2012 lawsuit by Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer. The couple is raising three adopted children with special needs, but couldn't jointly adopt each other's children because that was tied exclusively to marriage in Michigan.
On Saturday morning, four county clerks began issuing marriage licenses before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati issued an order reinstating Michigan's ban. Rozeboom and Winn took advantage of the brief legal window and had their marriage officiated.
The appeals court froze Friedman's decision until at least Wednesday, saying the time-out will "allow a more reasoned consideration" of the state's request to stop same-sex marriages.
Devin Schindler, a professor at Thomas M. Cooley law school, said it's the first time a state law banning gay marriage has landed at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which takes cases from federal courts in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The issue for the court this week is whether to indefinitely suspend Friedman's decision while the entire case is appealed.
"If the stay is granted, I would read nothing into it," Schindler said. "It would merely be the court saying we need more time to consider this important matter on the merits."
Meanwhile, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett on Monday urged the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages that were licensed Saturday as lawful and eligible for federal benefits. A Justice Department spokeswoman said officials were monitoring the case.
Employees at Secretary of State offices have been told not to accept applications to change names on driver's licenses from members of same-sex couples due to the appeals court stay, said Fred Woodhams, a spokesman for the secretary of state.
"Certainly, we'll comply with whatever the decision is and whatever the law is," Woodhams said Monday. "Over the weekend, when (Friedman's) decision was in effect, people could have changed their names with a same-sex marriage license. Due to the stay, we fell back."
Gov. Rick Snyder's spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said it's not "appropriate or prudent" to comment amid the legal proceedings.
"We await court or legal direction on this complex, unusual situation," she said. "We're sensitive to feelings on this issue and are hoping for a swift resolution for all involved."
Art and Corey Ledin-Bristol traveled from Grand Rapids to neighboring Muskegon County to get their marriage license because the Kent County clerk did not issue any Saturday.
A supervisor at the Social Security office in Grand Rapids accepted their application, but told them it would be put on hold. The couple of 11 years wasn't allowed to turn in applications for new driver's licenses.
"It was expected, but it's still very disappointing," Art Ledin-Bristol said. "I think we just really wanted to have them tell us 'no' to our faces, but we still held out hope they would let it go through. They are putting us in legal limbo."
Donna DeMarco and Lisa Ulrey got their marriage license at the Oakland County clerk's office in Pontiac and had their ceremony officiated by a non-denominational minister in the same building.


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The US Air Force has produced a handy guide for tracking the next generation of missile programmes, with a few very interesting surprises apparently tossed in to the mix. Included is a replacement for the AIM-9X Sidewinder ("small advanced capabilities missile"), which is envisioned to intercept both incoming missiles as well as other aircraft. There's also the "next generation missile", which appears to be the new term of choice for the dual-role air dominance missile — a single weapon for internal carriage in the F-35 and F-22 to replace the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-88 HARM. And, most interestingly, there's a timeline to integrate the first high-energy laser on a fighter, which is somewhere between mid to far term.
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How fitting: NVIDIA announced their "Project Shield" gaming handheld/console at their CES Press Conference, only to keep it shielded from our hands when it hit the show floor. Encased in glass, the NVIDIA Shield sat taunting us with all it's Android gaming glory.
We're scheduled to get some hands-on time with the NVIDIA shield, but until then, feast your eyes on these photos which we HOPE will hold you over. If not, take a gander at the rest of our CES 2013 coverage until we bring you the goods!
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For the FBI, secret, warrantless snooping on companies' user data may be about to get much more difficult.
In a landmark court victory for privacy advocates, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled Friday that the FBI's covert requests for Americans' private information known as National Security Letters (NSLs) are illegal and ordered the Department of Justice to stop issuing the letters, but gave the government 90 days to appeal her decision. Illston declared the letters, enabled by the controversial section 2709 of the Patriot Act, unconstitutional under the First Amendment due to the gag orders that frequently accompany them, preventing recipients of the data requests from revealing the FBI's surveillance.
"The Court concludes that the nondisclosure provision…violates the First Amendment and the separation of powers principle," reads Illston's order, embedded above. "The government is therefore enjoined from issuing NSLs under 2709 or from enforcing the nondisclosure provision in this or any other case."
NSLs have long been opposed by privacy advocates due to the secret, unaccountable surveillance they allow. Any FBI field office can issue one of the letters to a telecommunications company or Internet firm without any judicial oversight. And since September 11th, the Bureau has sent hundreds of thousands of the requests, drawing complaints from Congress and from watchdog groups that it has abused the Patriot Act to enable massive, secret surveillance.
Illston's order emerged from a case in which an unnamed telecom firm was sued by the Department of Justice for challenging its authority to issue NSLs. Due to the residual secrecy surrounding NSLs, that company remains unnamed and unable to speak out about the FBI's demands.
"This is a major victory for our client," says Matthew Zimmermann, an attorney with the EFF who represented the unnamed firm. "People understand the instinctive problem with a statute like [the Patriot Act's 2709], that cuts out the judiciary and allows the FBI to decide who gets investigated, and then gags the recipient so they can't speak out about it. I think this decision is a major recognition by a federal a district court judge that our concerns were correct."
Reporting by the Wall Street Journal last summer narrowed the possible recipients of the NSL in question to a small cell phone firm called Credo Mobile. Wired, which first reported Friday's ruling, says that Credo's CEO Michael Kieschnick wouldn't confirm or deny that his company was at the center of the case. Credo has a history of criticizing the complicity of other telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon in the NSA's warrantless wiretapping of Americans during the Bush administration.
Illston's decision to strike down the 2709 statute based on the First Amendment may seem strange, given that the case seems to be centered on privacy, rather than censorship. But Illston argues in her ruling that a 1965 case known as Freedman vs. Maryland requires certain procedures in cases of "prior restraint"–a legal term for preemptively preventing information from being published–to put the burden of proving the need for censorship on the censor rather than the publisher. Since the NSLs are designed to skirt judicial scrutiny, Illston argued that they violate that procedural requirement.
She further argues that it's not enough to merely remove the gag order element of NSLs. The primary purpose of the letters, she writes, is to allow secret surveillance. Since the secrecy properties of the letters can't be severed from the idea of the letters themselves, she writes that the entire practice of issuing NSLs must be banned.
"There is ample evidence…that Congress fully understood the issues at hand and the importance of the nondisclosure provisions," Illston writes. "Moreover, it is hard to imagine how the substantive NSL provisions–which are important for national security purposes–could function if no recipient were required to abide by the nondisclosure provisions which have been issued in approximately 97% of the NSLs issued."
The decision comes on the heels of a report from Google that for the first time gave a ballpark figure of the number of its users targeted by NSLs over the last four years. In each of those years since 2009, at least a thousand Google users have been affected by the requests, which would allow the government to learn who those users communicated with and when, although other information such as IP addresses and message content wouldn't be subject to surveillance.
Nonetheless, those numbers pointed to much wider use of the NSLs than the 7,201 targets of the letters reported by the Department of Justice in 2011. Julian Sanchez, an research fellow with the Cato Institute, pointed out at the time that the letters could be used to de-anonymize IP addresses, potentially tying users' sensitive online activities to their identifiable Google accounts.
"This is a tool that can be sued to strip away online anonymity," says Sanchez. "And extrapolating from these numbers it's being used on a much larger scale than the official numbers would lead one to believe."
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